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01ABUJA1889	NIGERIA: ARMY CHIEF BRIEFED ON OFR [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 23, 3rd Group Battalion Commander LTC Tim Sherwood briefed Chief of Army Staff, MG Alexander Ogomudia, on Operation Focus Relief Phase III (OFR P3). Initially taciturn, Ogomudia quickly turned receptive and largely positive. During the briefing on basing, Ogomudia reminde [...]	2001-07-30 13:23:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MARR NI MAS

01ABUJA2420	NIGERIAN ARMY TROOP ROTATION COMPLETELY CANCELLED [...] (U) This is IIR 6 871 0371 01, repeated through State Channels to ensure wider distribution outside of DOD. begin text: 2. (C/NF) Summary: Nigerian army staff stated that latest troop rotation cancelled. Elements of one battalion that had begun to move to Sierra Leone will be recalled [...]	2001-09-21 16:21:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MASS MARR KPKO SL NI
01ABUJA2617	TFUS3: PETROL BOMB AT KANO BRITISH COUNCIL [...] (U) On 15 October 2001, Embassy Abuja received information from a reliable source that the British Council in Kano had been the target of a petrol bomb during the early morning hours. 2. (C/NF) RSO met British High Commission Security Officer, Keith Rowland, who offered the following deta [...]	2001-10-15 17:26:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ASEC PTER NI
01ABUJA2708	NIGERIA: REPORTS OF ARMY ATTACKS ON TIV IN BENUE [...] (U) Summary: According to several sources, the Army is reported to have destroyed several villages in Eastern Benue and killed an undetermined number of people in an apparent reprisal for the murder of nineteen soldiers October 12. Troops apparently destroyed the house of former Chief of Army [...]	2001-10-24 21:06:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PINS PREF PGOV PHUM NI
01ABUJA871	AMBASSADOR VISITS KADUNA [...] (U) Summary: Ambassador Jeter paid his first official visit to Kaduna State on March 27 and 28. He met with Kaduna Governor Ahmed Makarfi, the Emir of Zazzau, Alhaji Shehu Idris, former Military Head of State General Muhammadu Buhari, Northern kingmaker Dr. Liman Ciroma and leaders in Musli [...]	2001-04-25 14:37:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV NI PINR ECON EAGR EMIN LY
02ABUJA1229	NIGERIA: RESPONSE TO UN RESOLUTION ON CUBA [...] (C/NF) A senior official of Nigeria's Foreign Ministry contacted us at about 1000 Abuja time (0900Z) to inform us that, at the level of the Foreign Ministry, a decision had been made to "support the other guy." Asked if the USG had any hope of reversing that decision, the official said, "Mayb [...]	2002-04-19 11:01:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PHUM UNHRC NI
02ABUJA1254	58TH UN COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS: CUBA [...] (C) Further to Ref A, PolCouns April 19 passed a copy of the draft Cuba resolution and diplomatic Note to Principal Secretary to President Obasanjo, Stephen Oronsaye. PolCouns SIPDIS emphasized that GRULAC states had come forward to sponsor and support the resolution and that the resolution [...]	2002-04-22 12:02:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM UNHRC PREL AORC CU NI
02ABUJA2763	NIGERIA: ROE FOR NIGERIAN FORCES IN COTE D'IVOIRE [...] (C/NF) DCM and POL/MILOFF met with the Minister of State for Defense (Army) Malam Lawal Batagarawa morning of September 27 to discuss ROE for NAF units in Cote d'Ivoire. Batagarawa seemed taken by surprise when told of the deployment of three NAF Alpha Jets, two MI-35 attack helicopters, weap [...]	2002-09-27 16:02:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MOPS MASS NI IV
02ABUJA3332	UPDATED NIGERIA TRIP WIRES [...] (C/NF) Abuja and Lagos EACs met separately to examine and update tripwires last reported reftel. The impetus for these meetings was rising tensions associated with electoral activity in Nigeria and the possibility of U.S. military action in Iraq. This message reports tripwires for both Post [...]	2002-12-18 15:50:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	AEMR ASEC PTER PINS CASC NI US
02ABUJA708	NIGERIA: SACKING OF POLICE CHIEF BELIEVED IMMINENT [...] No summary [...]	2002-03-05 17:17:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KCRM PGOV PHUM ASEC NI
02ANKARA8255	CITIBANK CLIENTS GET SLAPPED WITH $1.5 BILLION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Citibank's foreign investor clients in Turkey were recently disallowed long-standing preferential tax treatment on T-bill income. These investors' T-bill income from 1997 to present was reassessed at a 44 percent tax rate, rather than the preferential 11 percent tax rate, resul [...]	2002-11-15 11:22:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EINV EFIN TU
02ANKARA8545	TURKISH MARKETS REACT TO COURT'S SUSPENSION OF KEY [...] (U) On November 22, Turkish press reported that Turkey's supreme administrative court ("Danistay") issued a decision to suspend the Bank Regulation and Supervision Agency's (BRSA) intervention of the insolvent Pamukbank. Under Turkish law, the bank will now be handed back to its former owner [...]	2002-11-22 12:21:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EFIN PREL TU
02COLOMBO1422	GSL minister cautiously optimistic on direction of peace process based on meeting with Tiger spokesman [...] (C/NF) Summary: In a July 31 meeting, Milinda Moragoda, a senior GSL minister, provided the Ambassador a detailed readout of his recent talks with Anton Balasingham, the spokesman of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). The atmospherics were excellent, he related. On substantive issues, pro [...]	2002-08-01 11:11:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PTER PINR PREL PARM CE NO LTTE
02COLOMBO1441	Government and president headed for a [...] (C) Summary: President Kumaratunga and Prime Minister Wickremesinghe are headed for a showdown. In an August 5 conversation with the Ambassador, G.L. Peiris, a senior minister, said the GSL plans to demand that Kumaratunga agree to a constitutional provision voiding her right to call a parli [...]	2002-08-06 11:00:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PINS PINR PREL CE
02COLOMBO1450	Cohabitation standoff continues, with no firm [...] (C) Summary: The cohabitation standoff between Sri Lanka's two major political parties continues. The PM reportedly met August 6 with former FM Kadirgamar, a close adviser to President Kumaratunga, in a bid to resolve the situation. A readout of that meeting was not available, but a preside [...]	2002-08-07 11:38:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PINS PINR PREL CE
02COLOMBO1790	Peace process update: Report of tensions in [...] (C/NF) This update of Sri Lanka's peace process reviews the following: -- Reported tensions in military toward government's peace initiative -- President muted in public re peace process -- Largest Tamil Tiger cadre movement to date goes smoothly, according to monitors -- The flavor [...]	2002-09-26 11:01:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PTER PINS MOPS CE LTTE
02COLOMBO1989	In conversation with Ambassador, key ministers [...] (C) SUMMARY: In separate conversations with the Ambassador, key ministers Peiris and Moragoda reviewed GSL thinking in the wake of the Supreme Court's rejection of the government's effort to rein in executive powers. In terms of next steps for the GSL, Peiris outlined five options, which in [...]	2002-10-24 11:30:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PINS PHUM PINR CE
02KATHMANDU1119	REHABILITATING A CONTROVERSIAL CROWN PRINCE [...] (C/NF) Summary. Visiting USAID consultant Dr. Scott Palmer briefed Nepal's Crown Prince Paras May 30 on similarities between Nepal's Maoists and Peru's Shining Path. The meeting marked Paras' first formal contact with U.S. officials as Crown Prince. (Note: Nepal's Royal Palace has asked th [...]	2002-06-06 09:36:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR NP GON
03ABUDHABI3856	UAEG DENIES BANKROLLING IRAQI SUNNI [...] (U) Classified by Richard A. Albright, Charge d'Affaires, a.i., for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) UAE Information Minister Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan denied that his government was financing Iraqi Sunni cleric Ahmed Al-Kubaysi. In an August 19 meeting with Charge and Polchief, [...]	2003-08-23 11:38:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KPRP PINR PGOV PINS PNAT PREL IZ TC
03ABUDHABI5030	UAE WOMEN'S GROUP COLLECTS MONEY FOR PALESTINAINS [...] (SBU) Econchief attended a charity Iftar "take away" hosted by an Abu Dhabi women's group in his neighborhood. Members of the group cooked traditional Iftar foods and sweets and sold them at a member's house. Customers could buy the homemade delicacies, reheat them and have them for Iftar ( [...]	2003-11-19 14:06:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN ECON EAID TC
03ABUDHABI5076	UAE: TALK ABOUT TOWN [...] (U) Classified by Charge d'Affaires Richard A. Albright, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (U) This is the first in a series of "Talk About Town" cables that the U.S. Mission in Abu Dhabi and Dubai hopes to provide on a periodic basis. These cables will report on local business atmospheric [...]	2003-11-23 14:03:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAIR ECON EPET PGOV PREL SOCI TC
03ABUDHABI526	SHOW ME THE MONEY: INSIGHTS INTO THE UAE BUDGET [...] No summary [...]	2003-02-02 05:05:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV TC
03ABUDHABI560	POTENTIAL VIOLATIONS OF US EXPORT LAWS AND REGULATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2003-02-03 12:38:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ETTC TC CA
03ABUJA1138	NIGERIA: OIL COMPANIES COURT DELTA MILITANTS [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-01 12:45:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET PREL PGOV PINS NI
03ABUJA1409	WARRI CRISIS UPDATE 19AUG03 [...] (U) Classified by Counselor James Maxstadt for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) Summary: Violent clashes between Itsekiri and Ijaw militants continued in Warri town through August 19, according to press reports and local observers in Warri. The death toll since August 15 is at least 50, [...]	2003-08-19 15:35:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PINS MOPS ASEC EPET NI
03ABUJA1430	WARRI CRISIS UPDATE 21AUG03 [...] (U) Classified by Counselor James Maxstadt for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (SBU) Warri remained calm overnight August 20-21 and through the day August 21 with a large Nigerian Army force observed throughout the town, according to a Warri-based worker for U.S. NGO "IFESH." Local press and [...]	2003-08-21 17:38:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET PGOV PINS ASEC PHUM NI
03ABUJA1908	OIL COMPANIES DIFFER ON RESTARTING WARRI [...] (C/NF) Summary: Shell's October resumption of oil production in Warri has highlighted a widening split between the Anglo-Dutch oil firm and Chevron on how to manage relations with local Ijaw and Itsekiri communities, and how to maintain security. Shell put its money into increasing the Niger [...]	2003-11-03 14:27:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV EPET PINS NI
03ABUJA549	TFIZ01: NIGERIA: NO DEMONSTRATIONS AGAINST IRAQ WAR [...] (U) SUMMARY: The critical Friday flashpoint has passed quietly, with no reports of demonstrations against the U.S.- led Coalition of the Willing (COW) taking place in Abuja or elsewhere. Stern warnings by the authorities and moderate sermons in Juma'at Mosques probably helped. END SUMMARY. [...]	2003-03-21 17:59:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT IZ NI
03ABUJA558	TFIZ01: NIGERIAN CRUDE PRODUCTION DROPS ABOUT 33% [...] (SBU) Summary: Ongoing ethnic strife may cut Nigeria's crude production by 33% and its exports by 43% -- larger cuts than most media are reporting. The evacuation of Escravos, hub for 440,000 of ChevronTexaco's 510,000 bpd, is expected to conclude March 24. ChevronTexaco seeks U.S. imagery [...]	2003-03-24 13:34:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET CASC AINR ASEC PINS ELAB PREF NI IZ
03AMMAN2033	TFIZO1: AMMAN SITREP 27 (4/04 1000 LOCAL) [...] (SBU) The Embassy is closed April 4 for the Jordanian weekend. It will reopen for regular business on Sunday, April 6. The movement of American staff remains restricted. --------------- Consular Issues --------------- 2. (U) See information about AMCIT reporter in para 9 below. -- [...]	2003-04-04 10:06:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC CVIS EFIN ETRD IZ JO
03AMMAN3515	REPATRIATION OF IRAQIS: VIEWS FROM JORDAN [...] (C) Summary: According to the GOJ, between 22,000 and 23,000 Iraqis have returned voluntarily from Jordan since hostilities began. Neither UNHCR nor the GOJ is pushing for the quick return of the 250,000 to 300,000 Iraqis resident in Jordan; both want to wait until security conditions improv [...]	2003-06-15 06:33:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREF PREL IZ JO
03AMMAN4185	JORDAN/SINGAPORE: US FTA PARTNERS LINK UP? [...] (u) This is a joint Embassy Singapor/Embassy Amman cable. 2. (sbu) Summary: Singapore Trade Minister George Yeo passed King Abdullah a letter from Prime Minister Goh Chok Yong on the margins of the World Economic Forum proposing a Free Trade Agreement between Jordan and Singapore. Jord [...]	2003-07-10 05:57:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ETRD PREL SN JO
03AMMAN4416	GOJ RECEPTIVE TO OPIC SOVEREIGN DEBT FACILITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: OPIC Director for Insurance for Africa and the Middle East Jim Williams and Citibank executives met with King Abdullah, GOJ officials, and representatives of Bechtel July 13 to discuss potential OPIC support for a variety of infrastructure projects in Jordan. While a number of [...]	2003-07-17 09:47:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN EINV JO
03AMMAN673	THE VIEW OF A POTENTIAL FEMALE CANDIDATE FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. On January 21, PolOff met with Nadia Alool, a long-time human rights contact who is contemplating a bid for a parliamentary seat in the forthcoming elections scheduled for this summer. Alool attended Post's political campaign workshop in January. She "is about 65 percent certa [...]	2003-02-02 04:58:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI JO
03ANKARA1390	GOT PRESSES BOT COMPANIES TO CUT PRICES [...] (C) Summary: Energy Minister Guler has asked the BOT projects to cut their electricity tariffs, which are set in the companies, contracts with the Ministry of Energy (MENR). The BOTs, which include U.S.-owned companies Trakya Elektrik (Enron) and Doga Enerji (Edison Mission),have informed th [...]	2003-03-04 15:31:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EINV ENRG ECON PREL TU
03ANKARA1732	TURKISH ECONOMY MARCH 19: ORIGINAL U.S. PACKAGE [...] (U) Turkish financial markets were in a foul mood at OOB March 19, on news reports (see below) that the original U.S. financial package had in fact expired, despite GOT public statements to the contrary on March 18 during critical T-bill auctions. At market opening, the lira traded at TL 1,74 [...]	2003-03-19 11:57:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EFIN PREL TU
03ANKARA2661	FREEZING IRAQI ASSETS: INITIAL TURKISH RESPONSE [...] SUMMARY: (C) On April 24, we delivered reftel demarche to Central Bank Governor Sureyya Serdengecti and Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency (BRSA) Acting Chairman Ibrahim Canakci. Both officials said they would make this a top priority and welcomed any information or assistance. Serdeng [...]	2003-04-24 17:40:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON ETTC EFIN TU IZ
03ANKARA4376	(C) DEFENSE MINISTER GONUL SUSPICIOUS OF MILITARY [...] (C) Defense Minister Vecdi Gonul has consistently been one of the most responsible members of the ruling AK government. In the run-up to the failed March 1 vote, he argued within AK governing circles for cooperation with the US. Throughout the tense period that followed, he has always placed t [...]	2003-07-11 13:10:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL TU IZ
03BRUSSELS4143	FIRST STEPS TOWARD AN EU USE-OF-FORCE DOCTRINE: [...] (C/NF) The draft European Security Strategy (ESS),which will be discussed at the September 5-6 informal "Gymnich" meeting of EU Foreign Ministers (ref. A),provides the U.S. with an early opportunity to engage on this emerging EU security doctrine. Born of the divisions over Iraq, the ESS is [...]	2003-08-28 18:10:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PINS MARR MCAP FR IT PL UK DA GM SP NATO UNSC EUN USEU BRUSSELS
03COLOMBO113	Japan's Akashi reviews visit to Sri Lanka; [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: In a January 17 meeting with the Ambassador, Japanese Special Envoy Akashi reviewed his visit to Sri Lanka, noting that President Kumaratunga had decided not to meet him. He said the donors' conference in Tokyo was set for June 9-10, and he invited Deputy Secretary Armitage [...]	2003-01-21 11:33:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER CE JA NO IN LTTE
03COLOMBO1339	As Tigers continue their review, government's [...] (C) The Tigers continue to study the GSL's proposal for establishing an interim structure in the north/east. In the south, however, the proposal has garnered a mixed reaction. The president continues to review the proposal, for example, while the radical JVP party has harshly criticized it. [...]	2003-07-31 11:21:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PTER PINS MOPS CE NO LTTE
03COLOMBO1496	President Kumaratunga and supporters express [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Kumaratunga and her supporters have recently expressed concerns that the Tamil Tigers are targeting her for attack. The police have found little merit in the claims, which seem to involve more than a dollop of politics. That said, the situation has to be monitored; [...]	2003-08-27 11:19:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PTER PINS ASEC CE LTTE
03COLOMBO1522	Tiger political chief Thamilchelvam's steady [...] (C) SUMMARY: S.P. Thamilchelvam, political chief of the Tamil Tigers, has taken an increasingly high profile role as chief Tiger spokesman on peace track issues. In the meantime, Anton Balasingham, the group's long-time spokesman and negotiator, has not been heard from in weeks. In explai [...]	2003-09-02 10:12:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PTER PINR PINS CE LTTE
03COLOMBO1554	Sri Lanka/Maldives: Mission views on possible [...] (C) In response to Reftel, Mission has the following comments regarding possible Sri Lankan and Maldivian reaction to the proposed UN Security Council Resolution on Iraq. 2. (C/NF) SRI LANKA: Although it is generally pro-U.S. and has not been hostile in any sense toward Coalition operat [...]	2003-09-08 10:27:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MARR MOPS PGOV CE MV IZ UN
03COLOMBO1666	PSI: Sri Lanka continues to review "Statement [...] (C) Per Ref A, Mission followed up on September 25 with the Sri Lankan Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding its reaction to the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) "Statement of Interdiction Principles" document. Rohan Perera, the MFA's Legal Adviser, told us that the GSL continues to r [...]	2003-09-25 10:06:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER MNUC PARM CE MV
03COLOMBO1718	Maldives appears calm in aftermath of recent [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Maldives appears calm in the wake of the recent unrest in Male' that was triggered by a violent prison disturbance. President Gayoom has launched investigations into the incidents and transferred the police chief. During his recent visit, DATT spoke to the acting police ch [...]	2003-10-02 10:59:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PINS PHUM SOCI MV
03COLOMBO1753	WALK-IN REPORTS POSSIBLE THREAT INFORMATION [...] (SBU) Summary - On Oct 8 at approximately 1305 hours, RSO Colombo interviewed a walk-in of unknown reliability who reportedly overheard a conversation between two Sri Lankan Muslims on the street in which the words "eleven or eleventh," "eleven o'clock," "attack first," "blast," and "U.S. Emba [...]	2003-10-08 09:47:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ASEC PTER
03COLOMBO1810	WALK-IN DESCRIBES MUSLIM EXTREMIST ACTIVITIES IN [...] (C/NF) Summary - On 10/14/03 and again on 10/15/03, RSO interviewed an unknown walk-in Source of undetermined reliability who claimed to have information on several aspects of Muslim radicalism in Sri Lanka. The information included the name of a passport vendor in Colombo who provides false [...]	2003-10-17 11:34:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ASEC CE PTER
03COLOMBO184	Engaging the Indians on Sri Lanka [...] (C/NF) While in Washington last week, I discussed with the Deputy Secretary and with you the possibility of our engaging with India on the subject of Sri Lanka's move toward peace. In this connection, I present the following thoughts for your review. 2. (C/NF) As you know, Sri Lanka's pe [...]	2003-01-31 06:33:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER CE IN LTTE
03COLOMBO202	Senior GSL Minister G.L. Peiris previews [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: In a February 3 meeting with the Ambassador, senior Sri Lankan Minister Peiris -- like other contacts -- set low expectations for the February 7-8 GSL-LTTE talks in Berlin. He said he primarily wanted to use Berlin to lay the groundwork for future rounds, including by raisin [...]	2003-02-05 10:32:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PTER PINR PARM ECON CE GM LTTE
03COLOMBO252	Japanese envoy Akashi reviews preliminary [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: In a February 13 meeting with the Ambassador, Japanese Special Envoy Akashi reviewed preliminary plans for the Tokyo donors' conference in June, noting that exact details still needed to ironed out with the GSL. Japan felt that U.S. participation was important in giving the [...]	2003-02-13 10:48:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER EAID CE JA NO IN LTTE
03COLOMBO696	GSL continues to mull over response to LTTE's [...] (C) SUMMARY: Key Ministers Moragoda and Peiris told the Ambassador that the GSL continues to mull over its response to the Tigers' decision to withdraw from the peace talks. The government seems to be leaning toward a restrained, but firm approach at this time. Taking another tack, the pre [...]	2003-04-23 08:33:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PTER PINS EAID CE NO JA LTTE
03COLOMBO94	ICC Article 98: Foreign Minister assures [...] (U) This message contains Action Requests -- Please see Paras 4-5. 2. (C) Ambassador Wills spoke to Maldivian Foreign Minister Fathulla Jameel on the telephone on January 16. The Ambassador reiterated the U.S. proposal that the Maldives sign as soon as possible a bilateral Article 98 non [...]	2003-01-16 10:28:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV KTIA MV
03GUATEMALA2014	CODEL BALLENGER VISIT ADVANCES U.S. INTERESTS [...] (SBU) Summary: A U.S. Congressional delegation led by Rep. Cass Ballenger, and including U.S. Representatives Kevin Brady, Jerry Weller, and Marsha Blackburn, visited Guatemala August 4-6. The CoDel conveyed to the GOG, civil society, the private sector and the press USG concern over recent [...]	2003-08-06 23:30:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV ETRD SNAR ELAB CASC GT
03HARARE1891	UPDATE ON SECRET CONSTITUTIONAL TALKS [...] CONFIDENTIAL/NOFORN -- PLEASE DO NOT DIVULGE TO OFFICIALS OF FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS. 2. (C) In a meeting in his law office September 16, MDC Secretary General Welshman Ncube told Ambassador Sullivan SIPDIS that he was scheduled to meet with Justice Minister Patrick Chinamasa September 21- [...]	2003-09-17 15:07:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL ZI
03KATHMANDU1213	NEPALI GOVERNMENT SAID TO ACCEPT OUTSIDE [...] (C) Summary: According to a representative from a Swiss NGO, the Government of Nepal (GON) peace negotiation team has agreed in principle to accept outside "negotiation support," to be provided to both the GON and Maoist insurgents. Despite the delay in peace talks, the recent change in gov [...]	2003-06-27 10:20:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PTER EAID NP GON
03KATHMANDU2040	NEPAL: MAOISTS ABDUCT AND RELEASE BRITISH ARMY [...] (C) Summary. On October 19, a group of armed Maoists seized four British Army Gurkha officers or employees, including one active duty British Lieutenant Colonel and two Nepali Gurkha retired officers, in Baglung District in mid-western Nepal. The insurgents reportedly harangued the group for [...]	2003-10-21 10:13:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PTER PREL UK NP
03KUWAIT1101	KUWAIT OIL UPDATE -- MARCH 26, 2003 [...] (U) Local press reports on 3/26 noted the visit of the acting Minister of Oil, Sheikh Ahmed Al-Fahed Al-Sabah to the Ratqa oil field where he met with the Kuwait oil firefighting team. The press report notes the cooperation of the Kuwaiti team with an American team could result in all the fire [...]	2003-03-26 15:07:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET KU
03LAGOS1940	NIGERIA: MILITARY BUILD-UP KEEPS WARRI QUIET [...] (SBU) The town of Warri has remained mostly calm over the last two weeks as the Nigerian military and mobile police (known as MOPOL) continue to build a presence in the area. Over the weekend of September 6th, oil service contractors in Warri and a Shell spokesperson told Econoff that in reacti [...]	2003-09-16 12:16:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PINS EPET PGOV ASEC PHUM NI
03OTTAWA1014	CANADA-IRAQ: PUBLIC OPINION MORE FAVORABLE; [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In his first comprehensive statement on Canada's Iraq policy, and an effort to make amends with the U.S., Prime Minister Chretien urged the House of Commons April 8 to vote for a resolution supporting "our friends in battle" and hoping "for a quick victory with minimum casualti [...]	2003-04-08 21:41:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MOPS IZ CA
03OTTAWA1437	(C/NF) CANADA: A GOVERNMENT ADRIFT [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Despite guarded optimism that the GOC might try to "make amends" for its anti-U.S. handling of Iraq policy, it has become increasingly apparent that the government's behavior on Iraq was symptomatic of a much deeper problem: as in Baghdad, the leadership has gone underground. [...]	2003-05-20 20:36:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV SNAR CA KCRIM
03OTTAWA1567	(C/NF) CANADA,S LIBERAL LEADERSHIP CONTEST: A RACE [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. With the official launching in April of the leadership campaigns of Deputy PM John Manley and Liberal backbencher Paul Martin, the three-way contest to succeed PM Jean Chretien -- Canada's race for a political cure -- is officially on. Though the Liberal Leadership convention i [...]	2003-06-02 20:23:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL CA
03OTTAWA917	CANADA-IRAQ: WHAT NOW? [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. Ambassador Cellucci's widely reported expression of U.S. disappointment over official Canada's position on Iraq and the military campaign has precipitated a tidal wave of response. While senior Cabinet ministers clearly got the message and want to turn things around in the bi [...]	2003-03-28 22:31:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MARR PTER CA
03RANGOON1595	BURMA FLOATS MONEY LAUNDERING RULES AND [...] (SBU) Summary: As if from thin air, the Burmese government has issued long-awaited regulations to accompany a money laundering law passed in June 2002. Simultaneously, the government launched an investigation into two banks pinpointed by the United States as linked to narcotraffickers. While [...]	2003-12-12 07:45:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	SNAR PGOV EFIN BM
03ROME2045	REVIEW OF ITALY'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO OIF [...] (C) SUMMARY. ITALY ANSWERED THE CALL TO ASSIST THE COALITION WIN THE WAR IN IRAQ. THE GOI MADE A STRATEGIC CHOICE TO KEEP ITS POLICY ALIGNED WITH THE U.S. AND STUCK TO IT, DESPITE INTENSE INTERNAL POLITICAL PRESSURE TO FOLD. CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 03 ROME 02045 [...]	2003-05-12 17:21:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MARR MOPS IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM
03ROME2429	ITALY AND THE EU: WHY DO MILK QUOTAS MATTER? [...] (C) Summary: In an attempt to finally put to rest the knotty problem of EU fines for overproducing milk, the Berlusconi government has found itself caught between an exasperated EU and intransigent Italian milk producers, supported by the Northern League (LN). The GOI has used tough tactics i [...]	2003-06-03 10:26:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ETRD PGOV EAGR EFIN PREL ECON IT EUN
03ROME5665	ITALY'S EU PRESIDENCY HAS UNEVEN SUCCESS BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY. Against the backdrop of EU members' continuing divisions over Iraq, Italy's EU Presidency managed to further U.S. interests in fighting terrorism and in keeping the EU's defense and security policy in accord with NATO and the Berlin-Plus agreement - in line with Italy's Presidency [...]	2003-12-19 16:26:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL IT EUN
03SANAA2753	INTERIOR MINISTER ALIMI: NO DETAINEES RELEASED [...] (C) Summary: Charge called on Interior Minister Alimi 11/19 to express concern over Yemen's reported release of 92 security detainees (refs). Alimi said that U.S. concerns had not been ignored, because no/no detainees had yet been released. None slated for release had committed acts of viole [...]	2003-11-19 20:46:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PTER PREL YM COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANTODOMINGO6671	DOMINICAN BANKING SERIES #1: BANINTER CASE - WILL [...] (U) Following is the first in a series of reports on the Dominican banking sector. (Begin Text) BANINTER CASE -- WILL IT GET PROSECUTED? (C) Dominican banking officials have been gratified by USG interest in the investigation of the case of "Ramoncito" Baez Figueroa's Baninter, which c [...]	2003-11-20 11:07:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN PGOV EAID CJAN DR
03SANTODOMINGO7134	DOMINICAN PESO STEADY ONE WEEK AFTER PRESIDENT [...] (SBU) Summary: The Dominican Peso (RD) continues to hold steady against the dollar one week after President Mejia talked it down while appointing a commission headed by military and police to counter alleged irregularities in trading(reftel). Foreign exchange houses and banks were buying dol [...]	2003-12-09 10:59:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN ECON ECIN DR
03SANTODOMINGO7342	AMBASSADOR MOBILIZES DIPLOMATIC INITIATIVE AGAINST [...] (SBU) Summary. On December 2, the Ambassador urged eight ambassadors of the OECD "Dublin Group" of the need for strong coordinated action against banking fraud and corruption. Ambassadors agreed on the poor state of the economy, the need for free and fair presidential elections, and the abili [...]	2003-12-15 17:41:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL EFIN ECON DR
03TEGUCIGALPA1243	HONDURAN CONGRESS APPROVES IRAQ TROOP DEPLOYMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: The Honduran Congress approved on the evening of May 28 both the resolution authorizing the deployment of Honduran troops to Iraq and the ICC Article 98 Agreement with the U.S. Ambassador Palmer met with the President of Congress, Porfirio Lobo Sosa, on May 2 [...]	2003-05-30 23:52:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MARR PHUM KTIA HO KICC
03TEGUCIGALPA2231	SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE (SEPQ) [...] (SBU) Demonstrations: (1-A.) Yes. Additionally, there are a number of organizations and groups under the loose collective leadership of (and affiliated with) the Bloque Popular that have been carrying out anti-American demonstrations, as well as demonstrations targeting local issues. The [...]	2003-09-19 16:08:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ASEC HO PGOV PTER
03TEGUCIGALPA912	SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE (SEPQ) [...] (SBU) Demonstrations: Responses to reftel (A). (1-A.) Yes. Additionally, there are a number of organizations and groups under the loose collective leadership of (and affiliated with) the Bloque Popular that have been carrying out anti-American demonstrations, as well as demonstrations tar [...]	2003-04-15 23:16:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ASEC HO PTER
03THEHAGUE1957	IRAQI ASSETS: DUTCH IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR 1483 [...] (C/NF) The Netherlands central bank has tasked Dutch financial institutions to search their records for any accounts linked to the former Iraqi regime and to immediately freeze any that are discovered regardless of whether they are on a UN list. Dutch officials admit that the EU regulation i [...]	2003-08-05 08:35:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ETTC IZ NL EUN
03THEHAGUE2457	TERRORIST FINANCE: DUTCH PERSPECTIVES ON ADDING [...] (C/NF) Summary: Given the EU's 2002 decision not to designate NCR/NCRI, the Dutch believe the USG will have to present more evidence of NCR/NCRI ties with MEK before Europe is ready to reconsider this decision. Meanwhile, the Dutch have noted indications of MEK fundraising in the Netherlands [...]	2003-09-30 06:46:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ETTC PTER IR IZ
03THEHAGUE2548	IRAQI DELEGATION VISIT TO THE HAGUE OCTOBER 3 [...] (C) SUMMARY: AN OFFICIAL IRAQI DELEGATION HEADED BY PLANNING MINISTER HAFEDH MADE A BRIEF VISIT TO THE HAGUE OCTOBER 3 IN ADVANCE OF THE IRAQ DONORS' CONFERENCE. WHILE NOT SECURING ANY SPECIFIC PLEDGES OF ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FROM THE "VERY CONSERVATIVE" DUTCH, THE TEAM REPORTED THAT THE VISIT [...]	2003-10-03 18:04:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EAID EFIN PREL OTRA IZ NL
03THEHAGUE3051	DUTCH SHARE COPY OF UK-FR-GE ESDP NONPAPER [...] (C/NF) PM Balkenende's Foreign Policy Advisor (protect) passed to Amb. Sobel a copy of a French-British-German non Paper entitled "European Defence: NATO/EU Consultation, Planning and Operations" on December 11. Post transmits the text of the non paper in para 2. 2. (C) Begin text of Fren [...]	2003-12-11 15:57:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MARR NL NATO
03ZAGREB925	WHO SHIELDED ICTY PIFWC IVICA RAJIC? [...] (C/NF) CROATIAN LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS TELL US THAT THEY HAVE UNCOVERED EVIDENCE OF A SYSTEMATIC, CLANDESTINE EFFORT OF THE FORMER HDZ GOVERNMENT TO SHIELD ETHNIC CROAT PIFWCS -- INCLUDING IVICA RAJIC -- FROM JUSTICE. THEY HAVE LAUNCHED AN INVESTIGATION TO UPROOT THAT SUPPORT NETWORK AND I [...]	2003-04-28 05:50:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KAWC KJUS PREL HR UNSC ICTY
04ABUDHABI2028	UAE: BOGUS REPORT CLAIMS EXXONMOBIL WINS BID TO [...] (U) Classified by Charge d'Affaires Richard A. Albright, a.i., for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (U) A Middle East Economic Survey (MEES) article this week, citing "sources close to the Supreme Petroleum Council" (SPC),claimed that the SPC had selected U.S. firm ExxonMobil to develop the m [...]	2004-06-21 09:40:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET PGOV BEXP ENRG ECON EINV TC
04ABUDHABI2033	UAEG DECLINES TO PROVIDE FURTHER INFO ON GAS [...] (U) Classified by Charge d'Affaires, a.i. Richard A. Albright, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C/NF) In a June 14 meeting with Econoff, Chief Operating Officer of Mubadala (and former Projects Manager for UAE Offsets Group) Khaldoon Al-Mubarak (protect) said the UAEG would not provide fu [...]	2004-06-21 13:43:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET PGOV BEXP ENRG ECON EINV TC IR
04ABUDHABI2254	UAE: MAJOR SHAKE-UP IN THE SUPREME PETROLEUM [...] (U) Classified by Charge d'Affaires, a.i. Richard A. Albright, for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C/NF) Summary and comment: In a surprise move, Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Shaykh Khalifa bin Zayed Al-Nahyan overhauled the membership of the secretive Supreme Petroleum Council (SPC) on June 29. [...]	2004-07-06 14:12:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EFIN EINV EPET PINS PREL PGOV TC
04ABUDHABI2437	UAE NEARING MAXIMUM OIL PRODUCTION LIMITS [...] (U) Classified by Charge d'Affaires Richard A. Albright, a.i., for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C/NF) Summary: During a July 20 meeting with Charge and Econoff, Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) Deputy CEO and new member of the Supreme Petroleum Council (see ref C) Abdullah Nasser Al [...]	2004-07-21 11:53:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET PGOV BEXP ENRG ECON EINV TC
04ABUDHABI4294	SECRETARY OF THE NAVY ENGLAND'S VISIT TO THE UAE [...] (C/NF) Summary: Secretary of the Navy Gordon England visited the UAE November 23-24 and met with UAE Naval Forces Commander Rear Admiral Suhail Al Marar. Their discussion covered cooperation between the U.S. and UAE Navy and Coast Guard, the UAE,s illegal immigration challenge, the lengthy L [...]	2004-11-29 13:04:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PARM PGOV PREL MASS TC
04ABUDHABI735	UAE: SUPREME PETROLEUM COUNCIL DELAYS DECISION ON UPPER ZAKUM [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C/NF) Summary and comment: Almost two years after international oil companies submitted bids, the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) on January 27 presented its recommendation for the award of a 28 percen [...]	2004-03-16 06:56:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET PGOV BEXP ENRG ECON EINV TC
04ABUDHABI790	FORMER UAE OIL MINISTER SHARES "SECRET" DOCUMENT [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C/NF) Special Adviser to the President and the UAE's first Oil Minister Man'a Al-Otaiba recently passed the Ambassador a document on Abu Dhabi oil production marked "secret," and dated February 16, 2003. Al-O [...]	2004-03-21 05:15:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET PGOV BEXP ENRG ECON EINV TC
04ABUJA1233	CHIEF JUSTICE UNDER ATTACK [...] (C) SUMMARY: Nigeria's Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Muhammadu Uwais met with Ambassador last week at his residence. Uwais laid out a story of interference in the judiciary and attempted manipulation and intimidation by the Presidency. He claimed that accusations that he accepted brib [...]	2004-07-14 13:08:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM NI DOMESTICPOLITICS
04ABUJA1472	NIGERIA: PRESIDENT OBASANJO MEETS WITH SENATOR [...] (C) Summary. At a meeting with Senator Chuck Hagel of Nebraska, President Olusegun Obasanjo described a regional security initiative, the Gulf of Guinea Commission. Obasanjo also described negotiations with the Cameroonian President over the Bakassi peninsula without mentioning a previous c [...]	2004-08-27 12:48:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MARR ECON PINR NI
04ABUJA1552	2007 PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE BUBA MARWA [...] (C) Ambassador lunched August 29 with retired Brigadier General Buba Marwa, an announced candidate for president in 2007 whose posters already adorn Abuja and other cities. Marwa is quite confident of winning in 2007, believing that two of his three main potential rivals will not enter the rac [...]	2004-09-08 11:43:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV NI ELECTIONS
04ABUJA1716	ECOWAS AND THE MUTINY IN GUINEA-BISSAU [...] (C) The American advisor to ECOWAS (protect) told us October 7 ECOWAS Executive Secretary Dr. Chambas was planning to call the PM of Guinea Bissau within several days to offer ECOWAS support, including financial assistance to allow Guinea-Bissau to pay its soldiers' deployment arrears, as Ch [...]	2004-10-08 11:17:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL KPKO MASS MOPS PU
04ABUJA1807	MIXED COMMISSION PUNTS BAKASSI TO PRESIDENTS, UNSYG [...] (C/NF) The Cameroon-Nigeria Mixed Commission met October 21-22 in Abuja, and after deliberation on Bakassi "decided to refer the matter to the Heads of State of Cameroon and Nigeria and the Secretary-General of the United Nations." The Mixed Commission had scheduled this session to last only t [...]	2004-10-25 07:40:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PBTS CM NI
04AMMAN1722	(C) JORDANIAN BANKERS CITE UNEXPLAINED, [...] (C) SUMMARY: At the request of respective bank managers, the Ambassador met separately with representatives of the Export & Finance Bank (EFB) and the Arab Bank. Both banks raised concerns that they were being treated arbitrarily by Iraqi authorities and questioned how they might resolve [...]	2004-03-07 16:16:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN PREL PINR JO UNSC IAZ
04AMMAN2409	CLOGGED AQABA PORT CONTRACTED TO PRIVATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The GOJ has awarded a two-year contract for management of Aqaba,s congested container port to international port operator A.P. Moller over the objections of some members of parliament and the port workers, union. The award is good news for Jordanian industries dependent on for [...]	2004-03-30 11:42:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EWWT ELTN ETRD IZ JO
04AMMAN351	EXIM AND EB/CBA ADVOCATE FOR BOEING WITH RJ [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a meeting with representatives from Ex-Im Bank and the State Department, Royal Jordanian Airlines (RJ) CEO Majali stated that he is willing to allow a Boeing team to review RJ's estimates of the costs associated with a potential Boeing purchase so that they can form their own [...]	2004-01-15 16:34:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAIR BEXP JO
04AMMAN4426	STAFFDEL SCHARFEN MEETINGS ON OIL-FOR-FOOD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a May 21-24 visit to Jordan, Staffdel Scharfen engaged in meetings with officials from the Iraqi government, CPA, Jordanian government, and the United Nations. In these meetings the delegation dealt primarily with issues pertaining to Iraqi trade during the period of UN sanct [...]	2004-06-02 12:19:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ETRD ETTC JO IZ
04AMMAN4470	EUROPEANS PRESSURE UNRWA NOT TO PROVIDE REHOUSING [...] (SBU) UNRWA's May 31 launch of a new USD 15.8 million supplementary appeal for Rafah was dominated by discussion of Israel's obligations under international humanitarian law. According to UNRWA External Relations Director Andrew Whitley, the European Commission and "seven or eight European co [...]	2004-06-02 15:22:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREF PREL PHUM EAID KPAL KWBG IS JO UNRWA
04AMMAN8544	ISLAMISTS BURN ISRAELI, U.S. FLAGS; KING EXTOLS [...] (U) Islamic Action Front (IAF) leaders organized a peaceful demonstration October 8 in Amman protesting Israeli actions in Gaza and the West Bank, as well as the U.S. presence in Iraq. Protesters called for "unfreezing" assets of ostensible Palestinian charities. Separately, King Abdullah p [...]	2004-10-14 15:25:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ASEC PREL PTER KISL KPAL IS IZ JO
04AMMAN9013	UNRWA COMMISSIONER GENERAL SUCCESSION [...] (C) SUMMARY: At the informal UNRWA Major Donors Meeting in Amman October 13-14, PRM A/S Dewey met with Commissioner General Peter Hansen to inform him that the United States does not support any extension of his tenure beyond his current term, which expires in February. Hansen claimed he had [...]	2004-11-04 16:45:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PREF JO
04ANKARA2628	TURKISH GOVERNMENT INTEREST RATES SPIKE [...] (C) Summary: Turkish markets' sell-off accelerated Monday with equities, the lira, and, especially government securities falling sharply. The increase in interest rates on government debt was very large for a single day, with rates over 30 percent for the first time in 2004. In Turkey's cas [...]	2004-05-10 17:34:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN ECON TU

04ANKARA4269	KFOR: TURKEY NOT LIKELY TO LIFT CURRENT CAVEATS, [...] (C) On July 30, PolMilOff called on Alper Coskun, MFA Director for NATO and Euro-Atlantic Defense and Security Affairs, to deliver ref a demarche. Coskun responded that after the March violence in Kosovo, Turkey revised its caveats for both SFOR and KFOR in an effort to be more effective and [...]	2004-07-30 15:50:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MOPS PREL TU YI
04ANKARA6134	AEGEAN ISSUE: TURKS DENY A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN [...] (C) Summary: Turkey has not significantly increased flights in the Aegean and is not seeking confrontation with Greece, MFA and TGS officials told the embassy. The Turks provided data which (if accurate) indicate that they have not in fact significantly increased flights, but merely resumed n [...]	2004-10-28 14:29:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV TU GR
04ANKARA856	MEETING AT MFA RE DUBLIN GROUP [...] (U) On February 11 Econoff met with Murat Ates, Head of Department, International Political Organizations, MFA, to discuss Turkey,s application to join the Dublin Group (DG). 2. (C) Ates reiterated Turkey's interest in joining the DG and explained the GOT's opposition to forming a Mini-D [...]	2004-02-13 07:48:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAID SNAR TU
04BOGOTA3913	FOUR CASE STUDIES OF LABOR VIOLENCE IN COLOMBIA [...] (C) During a meeting with four participants in a USDOL-funded exchange program for at-risk trade unionists, we learned that paramilitaries had targeted at least three of them because of their leftist political activism, rather than their trade union membership. Carlos Rodriguez, the moderate [...]	2004-04-19 13:12:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PGOV PTER ELAB SOCI CO
04BOGOTA4326	ANDEAN FTA ANALYSIS: AGRICULTURE SECTOR IN COLOMBIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Agriculture will probably be one of Colombia's most sensitive sectors in the FTA negotiations, due to its historical role and the sector's high level of government intervention. The U.S. has comparative advantage in the products most protected by Colombia, particularly wheat, cor [...]	2004-04-29 14:54:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAGR ECON ETRD CO FTA
04BOGOTA4328	ANDEAN FTA ANALYSIS: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Intellectual property rights (IPR) in Colombia are largely governed by Andean Community decisions, which are interpreted by GOC law. The latter complies with the WTO, though in key areas Colombian protection is weaker than TRIPS protections. Enforcement of IPR law is the princi [...]	2004-04-29 15:10:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON ETRD CO FTA
04BOGOTA4534	ANDEAN FTA ANALYSIS: CUSTOMS ISSUES IN COLOMBIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite previous reforms to Colombia's customs administration, more modernization is needed to fully support trade under an FTA. The customs bureaucracy itself hampers trade, lacking specialized staff and equipment, and suffering from high management turnover. Pilferage in customs [...]	2004-05-04 20:26:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON ETRD CO FTA
04BOGOTA4636	ASSET SEIZURE AND DEMOBILIZATION FUNDING [...] (U) This is an Action Request (please see paragraphs 2 and 12) in reply to reftel request for information about Colombian Law 793 of 2002, "La Ley de la Extincion de Dominio." ------- Summary ------- 2. (SBU) Colombia has two laws that address asset forfeiture and seizure, one criminal [...]	2004-05-06 21:15:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON KCRM PGOV PHUM PTER SNAR CO
04BOGOTA4709	ANDEAN FTA ANALYSIS: FINANCIAL SERVICES ISSUES IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Colombia's financial services sector is distinguished by a regulatory framework that restricts multi-banking and seeks to control money laundering and capital flight. International financial services firms are restricted to those with a subsidiary in the country, and use of forei [...]	2004-05-10 14:41:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON ETRD EFIN CO FTA
04BOGOTA4839	ANDEAN FTA ANALYSIS: TELECOMS AND NON-FINANCIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Telecoms and other non-financial services account for 59 percent of Colombia's GDP. Despite two waves of liberalization, regulatory barriers still protect state-owned service providers from private and foreign firms. Barriers to foreign providers of professional services are fa [...]	2004-05-11 22:56:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON ETRD CO FTA
04BOGOTA9200	COLOMBIA'S "HOMETOWN SOLDIERS" PROGRAM [...] (C) The GOC's "Hometown Soldiers" Program has become a hallmark of President Uribe's Democratic Security Policy. The program is designed to supplement regular military units with platoons of local soldiers that perform basic security functions. A valuable outcome of the program has been great [...]	2004-09-13 15:31:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAID MOPS PINR SNAR CO
04BOGOTA9437	ELN WILLING TO TALK BUT NOT MUCH [...] (U) On September 6, the Central Command (COCE) of the National Liberation Army (ELN) formally responded to the GOC's August 3 communiqu reported reftel. The ELN's written response criticized the GOC for its delay in responding to the ELN's June 4 negotiating proposal and for failing to addres [...]	2004-09-16 21:58:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM EAID KJUS PINR CO ELN
04BOGOTA9676	VIOLENCE IN CALI ON THE RISE [...] (C) In mid September, Emboffs discussed security issues with local officials in Cali, capital of Valle del Cauca Department. Despite an overall improvement in most security indicators, the murder rate in the department has increased substantially this year. A combination of several factors h [...]	2004-09-23 15:43:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAID MOPS PINR SNAR CO PHUM PREL
04BRASILIA2151	BRAZIL: RESPONSE TO ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL AS [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered ref A talking points to Ministry of Foreign Relations Sensitive Technologies and Disarmament Division (MRE/DDS) Deputy Director Manuel Montenegro, who is well versed on Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) matters. Montenegro had participated in the recent NSG plenary meeting [...]	2004-08-26 20:32:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KNNP MNUC ETTC PREL PARM BR NPT IAEA
04BRASILIA913	BRAZIL AND U.S. HOLD FRANK, CONSTRUCTIVE TALKS ON [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: U.S.-Brazil policy discussions in the Joint Standing Committee for Nuclear Energy Cooperation were positive, non-confrontational, and useful to both sides. While Brazil did not express new policy positions on high-profile issues such as the Additional Protocol (AP) or the Resen [...]	2004-04-15 17:27:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ENRG KNNP PREL KSCA BR NPT
04BRUSSELS2211	BRUSSELS VIEW OF IRELAND'S EU PRESIDENCY: A [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-25 11:07:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL EI EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS2368	KEY TOPICS FOR EU FMS' MEETING AND SUMMIT, JUNE 14 [...] The headline issues for the June 14 EU FMs' meeting and the June 17-18 EU Summit will be the final round of Constitutional Treaty negotiations and the nomination of the next generation of key EU leaders (Commission President, CFSP High Rep). But a substantial list of other topics will also [...]	2004-06-03 10:46:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV EAID PINR EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS2498	EU HI-REP SOLANA PROPOSES EU INTELLIGENCE ANALYSIS [...] (C/NF) Summary: At the EU Ministers for Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) June 8 meeting, Council Hi-Rep Javier Solana said he would call on leaders at next week's European Council to extend the scope of the EU Situation Center (SitCen) from external threats to internal threats within the EU. Sola [...]	2004-06-10 13:35:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PTER PINR EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS3225	EU EFFORTS ON AID AND TRADE FOR NORTHERN CYPRUS [...] (C) During meetings with Dutch Presidency, Commission and Council officials on July 26-27, EUR DAS Laura Kennedy was told the prospects for positive developments on Cyprus looked difficult. The Commission's proposed aid and trade measures to "end the isolation" of the north of the island (ref [...]	2004-07-30 07:44:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV EAID ETRD ZS EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS3843	ANNALISA GIANNELLA, LEADING THE EU AGAINST WMD [...] (C) Summary: Annalisa Giannella, EU High Representative Solana's Personal Representative for WMD Non-Proliferation, is the key official shaping the EU approach to nonproliferation and disarmament. Her results-oriented approach, record of close cooperation with the US, and European contacts m [...]	2004-09-10 11:40:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PARM PINR IT FR EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4201	EU WANTS G8 TALKS ON IRAN BEFORE NEXT IAEA BOARD [...] (C/NF) According to UK Mission official Karen Betts (strictly protect),the EU-3 are working to coordinate with the EU ideas for a G-8 strategy to "handle Iran between now and the November IAEA Board meeting." On September 29, EU High Rep Solana presented a draft paper to the EU-3 outlining [...]	2004-09-30 14:31:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL KNNP ETTC EAID IR EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4602	EU INCREASES FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR AU MISSION IN [...] (C) Summary. The European Commission is set to approve 80 million euros from its Africa Peace Facility (APF) to support an expanded deployment of the African Union (AU) mission in Darfur, Sudan. EU financial support for the mission will exceed fifty percent of the total. Although the decis [...]	2004-10-26 05:41:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAID MOPS PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SU SO XA EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4843	MALTESE SEEKING ITS WAY OUT OF NATO-EU BLOCKAGE [...] (C) Summary. Malta's Ambassador to the EU will propose to Valletta that Malta should declare its PfP agreements from 1994 remain in force, although the country has withdrawn from active participation. Under this approach, Malta would make the argument that they satisfy the requirements for par [...]	2004-11-10 16:35:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MT CY TU EUN NATO USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS5125	EU WRESTLING WITH WHAT TO DO ABOUT CROATIA NOW [...] (C) The discussions among EU Member States in the Council on Croatia have been tense, and the EU remains fairly evenly divided on how strictly to condition open accession negotiations with Croatia on improved cooperation with the ICTY. The Commission supports our position (REF A) and High Rep [...]	2004-12-03 17:22:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV HR TU ICTY EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS5159	EU ENLARGEMENT DRIVES GRADUAL HARDENING IN EU [...] (C) Summary: The November 25 EU-Russia summit reflected a shift in the EU,s approach to Russia toward a tougher, more disciplined policy, a process that began following what many Member States viewed as Italian Prime Minister Berlusconi's pandering to Russian President Putin at the 2003 summit. [...]	2004-12-07 16:39:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL RS PL LH NL UK GM IT FR EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS5302	EU COMMITTED TO SENDING A POSITIVE MESSAGE TO KIEV [...] (C) The December 13 GAERC endorsed a European Neighborhood Policy "Action Plan" (AP) for EU-Ukraine cooperation, billing it as part of an effort to send a positive signal to Kiev. In fact, the AP's provisions remain unchanged from the draft which existed prior to the recent events, and offer li [...]	2004-12-16 13:05:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV UP RS PL EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS5393	ENSURING A COORDINATED U.S.-EU MESSAGE IN BIH [...] (C) Our messages alerting the EU to Operation Balkan Vice measures (REFS B and C) apparently did not penetrate very far into the EU apparatus. Although the EU and Solana's office have been supportive of the measures taken by High Rep Ashdown, and understand the steps taken by the US in support [...]	2004-12-23 12:48:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV EFIN BK EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04CARACAS162	GOV FLOATS USD 1 BILLION BOND ISSUE [...] (C) Venezuela issued its fifth tranche of bonds in the past six months on January 7. The new bonds raised USD 1 billion for the GOV and were in heavy demand due to their high offered yield. With a high rate of financing needed for the FY 2004 budget deficit and debt service, more bond operat [...]	2004-01-16 13:47:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON PGOV VE FIN
04COLOMBO1181	TIGER RHETORIC CONTINUES TO INCREASE AFTER COLOMBO [...] (C) SUMMARY: After the July 7 suicide bombing of a police station in downtown Colombo, Tiger rhetoric is heating up. The uptick in the group's rhetoric is accompanied by an increasingly fearful climate in the east, where the Tigers have been flexing their muscles. Assassinations and child [...]	2004-07-16 04:32:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PTER PGOV PREL PHUM CE LTTE
04COLOMBO1502	SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE (SEPQ) [...] (SBU) DEMONSTRATIONS A. YES - There are communities in Sri Lanka capable of conducting anti-US demonstrations. B. NO - There have been no anti-US demonstrations in the past 12 months. C. YES - Other forms of demonstrations have taken place outside USG facilities. D. Demonstra [...]	2004-09-10 06:26:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ASEC PTER
04COLOMBO1568	MALDIVIAN FOREIGN MINISTER REQUESTS MEETING WITH [...] (U) On September 20 the Embassy received a diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of the Republic of Maldives (GORM) advising that Foreign Minister Fathulla Jameel requests a meeting with the Secretary on October 1 "on matters of mutual interest." The SIPDI [...]	2004-09-21 10:48:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	OVIP PREL MV
04COLOMBO842	Maldives: A/S Rocca's visit shows reform has [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary of State for South Asian Affairs Christina B. Rocca visited Maldives, May 16-17. Highlights of the visit included meetings with President Gayoom, FM Fathulla Jameel, Defense Minister Adam, Human Rights Commissioner Mujthaba, and UNDP Resident Representati [...]	2004-05-20 10:53:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON SENV MOPS MV
04COLOMBO950	SOURCE REPORT ON MUSLIM MILITANCY IN SRI LANKA [...] (C/NF) On 6/01/04, RSO and RSO/FSNI interviewed former Directorate of Internal Intelligence (DII) desk officer M.I. CADER (Source) at Embassy Colombo (cell phone 0777-598768, email - iqbalcader@yahoo.co.in). Source was a former police academy classmate of the RSO/FSNI, is recently retired and [...]	2004-06-09 06:03:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ASEC CE PTER
04DJIBOUTI557	DJIBOUTI: STATUS REPORT [...] (U) As outlined in REFTEL (a),the Nation of Djibouti has suffered severe damage to it's infrastructure as a result of flooding in certain parts of the city. Currently, there have been no official reports of instability or an increase in crime due to the flooding. Clearly, the potential exist [...]	2004-04-15 10:40:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ASEC DJ
04DUBLIN1494	CONTINUED IRISH ATTENTION TO THE EUROFAB SHIPMENT [...] (C) Summary: In recent days, the Irish media have continued to focus on the U.S.-France Eurofab plutonium shipment, highlighting opposition by Greenpeace and Irish activists. In reply, the Irish Government has claimed to have received assurances that the shipment will not harm Irish interest [...]	2004-10-06 07:01:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KNNP ENRG PREL
04FRANKFURT6722	FRANKFURT CONVENES EAC ON AUGUST 3, 2004 [...] Amcongen Frankfurt convened a CORE EAC (CG, RSO, ADM, CONS ESC and RSC/ABA Rhein Mein) in response to information reftel(s) concerning the Tashkent Bombings and Escalated Homeland Security ratings. 2. EAC discussed issues concerning the Tashkent bombing scenario along with potential targe [...]	2004-08-05 14:54:00	Consulate Frankfurt	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ASEC PTER
04GUATEMALA985	ACTION PLAN FOR PSI AGREEMENT WITH GUATEMALA [...] (C) We discussed the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) and proposed ship-boarding agreement with the MFA in December 2003 (Ref B). We have been careful in following up to avoid distracting the Berger administration from our highest priority which is the achievement of an Article 98 agr [...]	2004-04-22 22:10:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PARM PHSA KTIA MNUC GT
04HARARE99	LAND REFORM SURVEY ILLUMINATES POLITICAL CHALLENGES [...] (U) SUMMARY: A recent survey by the Mass Public Opinion Institute reconfirms land reform's central importance in Zimbabwean politics. Advocates and critics of GOZ land reform each will find data in the survey to support their respective causes. The survey bears out wide support for the cent [...]	2004-01-16 09:10:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV EAGR ECON KPAO ZI
04KATHMANDU326	NEPAL: UN HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICIAL PLEDGES CLOSER [...] (C/NF) In a February 17 meeting with the Ambassador, Gianni Magazzeni, Geographic Teams leader from the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR),acknowledged that a UN-proposed hman rights accord will likely face resistance from the Government of Nepal (GON) unless the UN [...]	2004-02-20 09:02:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PREL PGOV NP UN
04KATHMANDU541	BHUTANESE REFUGEES: SOME HOPEFUL SIGNS OF PROGRESS [...] (C) Summary. The GON has prepared a report on the December incident in Khudunabari Camp and will provide it to the RGOB in April. A UNHCR official confided that the Government of India had requested information from UNHCR on conditions for return faced by the refugees and how these condition [...]	2004-03-23 07:35:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREF PHUM PREL NP BH IN
04KINSHASA1302	DONOR COUNTRIES SET UP COMMITTEE ON MILITARY, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following up on earlier discussions, MONUC and member states on July 13 set up a committee on Security Sector Reform (SSR). The committee includes representatives from the GDRC plus MONUC, the World Bank, and major embassies; it will meet monthly to coordinate donor efforts and [...]	2004-07-14 15:26:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PINS PREL MARR EAID CG
04KUWAIT3635	AMBASSADOR MEETS AL-SABAH GOVERNOR: FRANK TALK ON [...] (C) Summary: During an October 23 meeting, Mubarak al-Kabir Governor Shaykh Mubarak al-Humoud al-Sabah shared with Ambassador his view that a possible Amiri leadership succession in Kuwait would not include Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah al-Ahmed. In addition, the Governor relayed concerns that [...]	2004-10-25 13:41:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PINR KU
04LAGOS1210	NIGER DELTA: CEASE-FIRE AGREEMENT IN WARRI [...] (C) Introduction and summary. This is the second in a series of four cables addressing the security, political, and humanitarian situations in the Niger Delta, based on a field visit by Poloff and Econoff to Warri June 7 and 8. This cable addresses the recent cease-fire agreement and the Ijaw [...]	2004-06-13 07:34:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PINS PINR EPET KDEM PHUM EINV ASEC CASC NI
04LAGOS767	SCANDAL BREWING OVER NIGERIAN FUEL IMPORTS [...] (C) SUMMARY. A scandal is brewing in Nigeria over prices paid by the government for imported fuel. International fuel traders have been falsifying the dates of bills of lading to reflect particularly high market prices, overcharging the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) by $300 mi [...]	2004-04-08 08:33:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET EINV EFIN PGOV NI
04LILONGWE415	TAIWAN FRETS OVER POST-ELECTION TIES TO MALAWI [...] (C/NF) Taiwanese diplomats are worried that an opposition win in Malawi's upcoming presidential and parliamentary elections could result in Malawi breaking diplomatic relations, Second Secretary C.W. "Albert" Chang told Pol/Econoff. Local Taiwanese officials avoid the opposition and channel [...]	2004-05-18 12:15:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV KHIV PINR TW CM MI
04LILONGWE596	MUNYENYEMBE ELECTED SPEAKER, MUTHARIKA OPENS [...] (SBU) With a narrow margin of victory, United Democratic Front (UDF) MP Rodwell Munyenyembe was elected Speaker of the National Assembly on June 28. The House also elected First and Second Deputies, both of whom are pro-UDF. President Bingu wa Mutharika, in his first address to Parliament on [...]	2004-06-30 11:38:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM PINR KCOR ECON EFIN MI
04MANAMA1216	(C/NF) BAHRAIN AND TRADE WITH THE UNITED STATES [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-03 05:30:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PINR ECON ETRD BA
04MANAMA1225	(C/NF) MINISTER OF INDUSTRY TALKS SECURITY AND FTA [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-04 10:14:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL ETRD KTEX ELAB BA KSEC KINR
04MANAMA1229	IRAQI AMBASSADOR PROCLAIMS ALLAWI VISIT A SUCCESS [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-05 14:25:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL EINV BA IZ
04MANAMA725	BAHRAIN MAY SIGN BIG IRAN GAS DEAL AT YEAR'S END [...] (C/NF) Bahraini CP Sheikh Salman bin Hamed told CDA on May 15 that Bahrain may conclude a major agreement to buy Iranian gas by the end of CY 2004. Bahraini demand for natural gas is increasing with projects such as the expansion of the aluminum smelter go forward. These projects are vital [...]	2004-05-17 14:37:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET ENRG ETTC PREL IR QA BA
04MUSCAT1942	AIRPORT PRIVATIZATION GROUNDED [...] (SBU) Summary: A long-expected pullout by British Airports Authority from the privatized consortium managing Oman's international airports means that the government will now run the airports in Muscat and Salalah. One of the alleged key sticking points was the failure of the government and the [...]	2004-11-03 09:47:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAIR EINV EFIN PGOV ECON MU
04OTTAWA2931	IIR 6 815 0002 05/DUTCH AND UK SUPPORT FOR [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-02 15:44:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	DOD NATO
04OTTAWA2990	GOC LAYS OUT THEIR PREFERENCES FOR PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Summary - Canada would welcome a January visit by President Bush to set a tone of partnership for the next four years, according to Alex Himelfarb and Tim Murphy, the Prime Minister,s top aides. They would like to use the visit to emphasize Canada,s commitment to North American security in [...]	2004-11-08 20:08:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV ETRD PREL CA
04OTTAWA3027	CANADA: CONSERVATIVES DIVIDED ON MISSILE DEFENSE [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Despite broad speculation in media and academic circles that the government was poised to take a (positive) decision on Canada's participation in missile defense, PCO Clerk Alex Himelfarb indicated to the Ambassador that the government would seek to avoid a debate and vote on [...]	2004-11-10 14:46:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MARR PGOV PREL CA
04OTTAWA3132	CANADA'S LIBERALS ON THE DEFENSIVE: POLITICAL [...] (C/NF) Summary: Just over ten days in advance of President Bush's visit to Canada (reftel),PM Martin,s Liberals were hit from three sides in Parliamentary Question Period November 18. Conservatives criticized the PM,s slow disciplining of anti-American MP Carolyn Parrish, questioned the Part [...]	2004-11-19 20:28:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	CA PGOV PREL
04OTTAWA3267	IIR 6 815 0015 05/CANADIAN AIR FORCE TRANFORMATION [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-06 16:37:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PARM
04OTTAWA3275	IIR 6 815 0016 05/AIR FORCE STRATEGIC VECTORS [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-06 21:26:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PARM
04OTTAWA3285	IIR 6 815 0017 05/CANADIAN AIR FORCE F/A-18 [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-07 18:26:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	DOD
04OTTAWA3303	SCENE-SETTER FOR VISIT TO CANADA, 12-14 DEC 2004 [...] (C) CANADA-U.S. POL-MIL RELATIONS. PRIME MINISTER MARTIN LEADS A MINORITY GOVERNMENT, WHICH MUST MOVE FORWARD CAUTIOUSLY ON POLICY ISSUES AND TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE VIEWS OF THE OPPOSITION BEFORE PROCEEDING. PM MARTIN HAS GIVEN STRONG SIGNALS HE UNDERSTANDS THE IMPORTANCE OF AND WISHES T [...]	2004-12-08 21:56:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	DOD
04OTTAWA3336	RAYTHEON BRIEFS AMBASSADOR ON MISSILE DEFENSE [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: In a December 8 office call, Raytheon representatives (U.S. and Canadian) briefed the Ambassador and mission officers on recent meetings with Canadian Ambassador Kergin in Washington and senators on Parliament Hill. Raytheon assesses that the Canadian government "may be interested" [...]	2004-12-10 21:43:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MARR PREL CA
04OTTAWA3440	IIR 6 815 0020 05/RUSSIA INTERESTED IN INCREASED [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-22 16:13:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PARM
04PANAMA1047	PANAMA MAY 2 ELECTION RESULTS: POWERFUL PRD AND [...] (C) President-elect Martin Torrijos and his Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD) won a commanding popular mandate in Panama's May 2, 2004 elections, sweeping all provinces but one. The results were a stinging rebuke of President Mireya Moscoso, whose five-year term will end on September 1, 20 [...]	2004-05-03 22:47:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR PM POL CHIEF POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY
04PANAMA1224	PANAMA LEGISLATIVE UPDATE: NEW BALLGAME ON [...] (SBU) Panamanians (current legislators included) are so focused on what will happen after September 1 that they appear to have forgotten entirely that the current Assembly session will continue until the end of May. The Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD),Panama's largest and best organize [...]	2004-05-17 20:49:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR PM POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY
04PANAMA1849	FEDERICO ANTONIO HUMBERT ARIAS TO BE NEXT [...] (C) President-elect Martin Torrijos has selected Federico "Freddy" Antonio Humbert Arias to be Panama's Ambasador to the United States as of September 1, 2004, but has not yet announced the appointment. Foreign Minister-designate Samuel Lewis Navarro told DCM that he already approached Foreign [...]	2004-07-20 14:19:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR PM POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY
04PANAMA2363	PANAMA: ARNULFISTAS LOSE LEGISLATIVE SEAT TO PRD. [...] (SBU) Geovany Castillo of President Torrijos' Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD) defeated Arnulfista Party (PA) legislative incumbent Haydee Milanes de Lay by an 11% margin in 9/12 partial elections in Panama's easternmost province of Darien. Castillo will represent the La Palma region (el [...]	2004-09-16 22:12:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PM POL FOREIGN
04PANAMA2533	PANAMA'S SUPREME COURT CHIEF JUSTICE CESAR [...] (C) Controversy continues to swirl around the issue of whether Panama's Supreme Court Chief Justice Cesar PEREIRA Burgos must step down after turning 75 on September 23, 2004. Comptroller General Alvin Weeden and numerous Pereira opponents have insisted that Pereira should step down from the [...]	2004-10-13 22:40:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KJUS PINR PM POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY
04PANAMA2641	PANAMA'S ARNULFISTA PARTY: ELECTORAL SHELLACKING [...] (C) Up-and-coming Arnulfista Party (PA) leaders will not wait for Party President Mireya Moscoso to complete her term in January 2006 before trying to rebuild the party, ideally minus her. After the PA's meager third-place finish (16.4% of popular vote) in Panama's May 2004 presidential elect [...]	2004-10-27 14:26:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR PM POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY
04PANAMA2694	PANAMA: NEW GENERATION OF ARNULFISTA VISIONARIES [...] (C) The strong push to reform the Arnulfista Party (PA) after its May 2004 electoral defeat (see reftel) raises questions about why it occurred, who can repair the damage, what are the PA's long-term prospects, and what it all means for the USG. Most observers blame Mireya Moscoso and her cl [...]	2004-11-02 16:50:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PINR PREL PM POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY
04PANAMA924	PANAMA: THE CAMPAIGN OF ARNULFISTA PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Arnulfista Presidential Candidate Jose Miguel Aleman, a distant third in most public opinion polls, seeks to emerge from President Moscoso's shadow to place first in Panama's May 2 elections. Neutralizing Aleman's greatest logistical asset, the three-party coalition that backs him and its [...]	2004-04-22 12:31:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR PM POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY
04PANAMA975	PANAMA ELECTION EVE OUTLOOK: LIKELY WINNER [...] (C) Martin Torrijos and his Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD),well ahead by most indicators, are poised to win the presidency and a plurality of legislative seats in Panama's Sunday, May 2, 2004 general elections. The American-educated Torrijos has marginalized the PRD's "old guard" and ha [...]	2004-04-27 22:52:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR PM POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY
04RANGOON1014	BURMESE PRIME MINISTER KHIN NYUNT: CHINA FREQUENT [...] (C) Summary: Both the PRC Embassy and the Burmese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) described Burmese Prime Minister Khin Nyunt's 11-18 July visit to China, his eighth overall though the first as PM, as a huge success. The visit, during which Khin Nyunt met senior Chinese leaders and repor [...]	2004-08-06 09:48:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL ECON PGOV PHUM BM CH
04RANGOON764	BURMA'S IMPORTERS TAKE ANOTHER BLOW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A PLAN TO STICK IMPORTERS WITH HUGE NEW CUSTOMS EXPENSES IS PAR FOR THE COURSE. IT ADVANCES THE GOB'S DUAL ECONOMIC PRIORITIES -- RAISING REVENUE WITHOUT REFORMING THE DECREPIT TAX SYSTEM AND DISCOURAGING IMPORTS. THE IMPACT ON THE ECONOMY IS HARD TO PREDICT. FLOURISHING SMUGG [...]	2004-06-18 05:58:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ETRD ECON PGOV BM
04ROME1649	C-RE4-00182: G8 SUMMIT AGENDA ISSUES - ITALIAN [...] (U) The Political, Economic, Consular and Science sections have provided the following responses to ref a request for Italian views on G8 Summit Agenda proposals. GREATER MIDDLE EAST INITIATIVE (GME) ------------------------------------ 2. (C) The Italians have been very supportive of the [...]	2004-04-27 10:40:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ETRD PINR PREL IT KPRP
04ROME987	CHR-60: ITALY STRONGLY SUPPORTS U.S. OBJECTIVES [...] (SBU) ITALY STRONGLY SUPPORTS AND SHARES BROADLY U.S, OBJECTIVES FOR CHR-60, MFA HUMAN RIGHTS DIRECTOR GIUSEPPE CALVETTA REITERATED TO US MARCH 11. THE U.S. DEL TO THIS YEAR'S SESSION OF THE COMMISSION WOULD SEE STRONG AGREEMENT AND SUPPORT FROM ITS ITALIAN COUNTERPART, HE PREDICTED. 2 [...]	2004-03-12 12:53:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM AORC IT UNCHR HUMAN RIGHTS
04SANAA1966	SANAA EAC MEETING 08/11/2004 [...] (C) Begin Summary: The CDA convened an EAC meeting on August 11, 2004, to share security concerns with regard to recent incidents in the Al-Jawf region and to remind the Embassy community to remain vigilant in light of recent threat reporting and to report all security related incidents imm [...]	2004-08-14 05:06:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	AMGT ASEC PREL PTER EAC
04SANAA685	SANAA EAC MEETING 03/24/2004 [...] (C) Begin Summary: The Ambassador convened an EAC meeting on March 24th, 2004, to review the security situation in regard to potential tensions in the region as a result of the assassination of Sheikh Ahmed Yassin. EAC members noted no specific threats but recommended that the American com [...]	2004-03-24 16:07:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	AMGT ASEC PREL PTER EAC
04SANTODOMINGO1518	DOMINICAN ELECTION #26: MEJIA CLOSES DEAL - FELLO [...] (U) This is no. 26 in our series on the Dominican presidential election: MEJIA CLOSES DEAL; FELLO IS RUNNING MATE (U) PRD Secretary General Rafael "Fello" Subervi Bonilla has agreed to become President Mejia's running mate in the May 16 election" for the sake of PRD unity and keeping the p [...]	2004-03-08 11:29:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PINR DR
04SANTODOMINGO3004	DOMINICAN PRESIDENT-ELECT LOOKS FORWARD TO CLOSE [...] (SBU) Summary. Dominican President-elect Leonel Fernandez assured the Ambassador on May 19 that he anticipated close and collaborative relations with the United States. Economic issues will occupy much of his time. Dominican relations with Cuba are a relatively low priority for him. Fernand [...]	2004-05-20 12:02:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV DR
04SANTODOMINGO3313	DOMINICAN TRANSITION #1: TAKING REPONSIBILITY FOR [...] (SBU) Following is number 1 in our series on the Dominican presidential transition: Taking the Responsibility for the Mess - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - (SBU) Both sides of this transition are apprehensive of taking blame for the pain necessarily associated with th [...]	2004-06-06 03:38:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV EFIN DR
04SANTODOMINGO3749	DOMINICAN TRANSITION #4: PRESIDENT-ELECT'S VISIT [...] (SBU) This no. 4 in our series on the transition to a new presidential administration in the Dominican Republic. DOMINICAN PRESIDENT-ELECT'S VISIT TO VENEZUELAN PRESIDENT CHAVEZ (U) Dominican President-elect Leonel Fernandez stopped over in Caracas to call on President Hugo Chavez June 20- [...]	2004-06-25 17:45:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL EPET DR VE
04SANTODOMINGO4904	ADDENDUM TO REQUEST FOR CONCURRENCE IN VISA [...] (C) SUMMARY. In reftel, Embassy requested Department's concurrence in the revocation of the B1/B2 visa of now former Attorney General Victor Cespedes under section 212(a)(2)(C) of the Immigration and Nationality Act. Following that cable, just two days before leaving office, Cespedes ordered the [...]	2004-08-30 20:13:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	CVIS CJAN PREL PGOV SNAR KCRM DR
04SANTODOMINGO5024	DOMINICAN POLITICS: SUGAR, IPR, TAXES AND TRADE -- [...] (U) Following is the first in our series on the politics of the new Dominican administration of Leonel Fernandez. (U) Dominican Politics #1: Sugar, IPR, Taxes and Trade ) Trouble for Free Traders (U) Powerful opponents of free trade are mounting a campaign to discredit the agreement with t [...]	2004-09-07 17:30:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV ETRD EFIN DR
04SANTODOMINGO5154	DOMINICAN PRESIDENT AND ECON TEAM SEEK TO REASSURE [...] (U) Summary: During the September 8 visit of EXIMBANK Vice President David Miller Dominican President Fernandez and his advisors stressed that the country,s economic crisis was one of liquidity rather than insolvency. They indicated their commitment to meeting the country's debt obligations an [...]	2004-09-15 18:47:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV EFIN DR
04SANTODOMINGO537	DOMINICAN WORK STOPPAGE, JAN 28-29: STREETS ARE [...] (SBU) Most businesses were shuttered and schools were closed for the January 28-29 national work stoppage in the Dominican Republic, called by a coalition of community, labor, student, and political groups to protest economic and social policies. Banks and supermarkets were open but neighborho [...]	2004-01-28 22:44:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV ELAB ASEC DR
04SANTODOMINGO5426	DOMINICAN BANKING SERIES # 7 - NEW LEGAL TEAMS AIM [...] (U) This is cable number 7 in a periodic series on the banking system and bank frauds in the Dominican Republic. SEE ACTION REQUESTS FOR SEC AND DOJ/OIA BELOW. NEW LEGAL TEAMS AIM AT ALVAREZ RENTA AND PROMISE VIGOROUS PROSECUTIONS 2. (U) Legal actions and investigations continue ag [...]	2004-09-30 15:32:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN PGOV PREL KJUS DR
04SANTODOMINGO630	DOMINICAN ELECTIONS #19: OPENING OF THE [...] (C) Following is number 18 in our series on the Dominican elections. OPENING OF THE DOMINICAN PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN PRD - Mejia brings it home (U) A nationwide work stoppage January 28-29 to protest economic conditions and President Mejia's policies (Refs A-B) has only briefly int [...]	2004-01-30 21:38:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV DR
04SANTODOMINGO794	DOMINICAN WORK STOPPAGE, JAN 28-29: FEW GAINS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Dominican Republic has returned to normal after a January 28-29 national work stoppage by labor and community groups and small leftist parties. The stoppage was successful for the opposition in gaining widespread Dominican support and successful for the government in that v [...]	2004-02-06 22:16:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV ELAB ASEC DR
04SANTODOMINGO990	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC-PARIS CLUB: AVOIDING BURDEN [...] (SBU) Summary. On February 17 Dominican Presidency official Carlos Despradel asked the Charge to seek U.S. support in an effort to avoid burden sharing for holders of sovereign debt bonds. Having just received the portfolio for Paris Club negotiations, he is deeply concerned about the impact [...]	2004-02-18 13:15:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	DR EFIN
04TAIPEI3465	CHINESE TAIPEI'S APEC AGENDA: LOW-KEY MEETINGS [...] (C) Summary: Academia Sinica President Lee Yuan-tseh will once again represent Chinese Taipei at the APEC Leaders' Meeting in November in Santiago, Chile. Academia Sinica's Michael Hsiao and National Security Council's Connie Yang believe the Chinese Taipei delegation will try to avoid any [...]	2004-11-03 08:55:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON PGOV TW
04TEGUCIGALPA2092	SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE (SEPQ) [...] (U) The following responses are keyed to the Security Environment Profile Questionnaire (ref A). POLITICAL VIOLENCE Â [...]	2004-09-20 19:12:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ASEC PTER PGOV HO
04TEGUCIGALPA542	SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE (SEPQ) [...] (U) The following responses are keyed to the Security Environment Profile Questionnaire (ref A. POLITICAL VIOLENCE Â [...]	2004-03-08 15:31:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ASEC PTER PGOV HO
04TEGUCIGALPA649	COUNTERTERRORISM ACTION GROUP -- TEGUCIGALPA [...] (SBU) Summary: At our first Counterterrorism Action Group (CTAG) meeting to discuss counterterrorism (CT) assistance to the Government of Honduras (GOH) and assess GOH CT needs, representatives of G-8 missions, Spain, and the European Union (EU) all concurred that the threat of a terrorist att [...]	2004-03-17 22:55:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PTER ASEC PREL PGOV SMIG PHUM HO
04TELAVIV1845	SHARON'S CABINET SECRETARY DOES THE MATH AND [...] (C) Summary: Cabinet Secretary Israel Maimon predicted to Ambassador Kurtzer March 23 that the present government would not last long. He cited as evidence of "the beginning of the end" the Shas-sponsored no-confidence motion the previous day -- hastily withdrawn to show solidarity after the [...]	2004-03-25 14:47:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV IS GOI INTERNAL
04THEHAGUE1916	DUTCH PRESIDENCY REPLY ON BURMA/ASEM MESSAGE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Dutch Presidency Special Envoy Hans van den Broek was reportedly pleased with the results his recent trip to Hanoi, Bangkok, Beijing and Tokyo to resolve the current impasse regarding Burmese participation in the upcoming Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM). The Dutch are reluctant to pro [...]	2004-07-30 12:31:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PHUM NL BM
04THEHAGUE1919	NETHERLANDS/EU/TURKEY: MOVING IN THE RIGHT [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: According to Dutch sources, the European Council will most likely decide in December to open accession talks with Turkey, setting a fixed starting date contingent on Turkey's completion of specific concrete reforms. Senior Dutch officials based in The Hague are playing an active [...]	2004-07-30 15:48:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PHUM TK NL EUN
04THEHAGUE2490	DUTCH PROVIDE READOUT OF BILATERAL MEETING WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: Both the Dutch and Pakistanis are pleased with the September 26-27 visit of President Musharraf in The Hague. The bilateral visit included an audience with the Queen, meetings with parliamentarians and business executives, and a discussion with the local Pakistani community. T [...]	2004-09-30 07:35:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PK NL
04THEHAGUE553	(C/NF) TERRORIST FINANCE: USG BRAINSTORMING [...] (C) Copenhagen, London, and Madrid are exempt from noforn marking to allow discussion with appropriate contacts. 2. (C/NF) Summary: A U.S.-EU declaration on terrorist financing (TF) would reinforce EU political commitment to fighting TF and provide political support for making European T [...]	2004-03-04 13:55:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ETTC PTER NL EUN
04WELLINGTON539	NEW ZEALAND OPPOSITION PARTY BACKS AWAY FROM [...] (C/NF) Summary: New Zealand Opposition National Party leader Don Brash has formally declared that his party would not propose making changes to NZ's anti-nuclear legislation - at least not until after 2005 Parliamentary election. Brash said a future National Government would not change NZ's [...]	2004-06-24 05:32:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL MNUC PARM NZ
04WELLINGTON601	NEW ZEALAND'S NEWLY FORMED MAORI PARTY TAKES FIRST [...] (SBU) Maori activist Tariana Turia used her decisive win in a July 10 by-election to launch the Maori Party, with herself as its first MP. Turia easily regained her seat in Parliament after resigning her Labour Party Government seat in May protest over the government's stance on Maori claims [...]	2004-07-15 04:30:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM NZ
04WELLINGTON747	CITING DESIRE FOR FTA WITH CHINA, NEW ZEALAND [...] (C) Summary: Taiwan's economic affairs minister withdrew his application for a visa to attend a business conference in Wellington after the New Zealand government made it clear that it would not approve his visit. Although the minister, Lin Yi-fu, had traveled to Wellington two years ago to a [...]	2004-09-02 04:58:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ETRD ECON PREL NZ

05ABUJA115	PRESIDENTIAL TRIBUNAL MOVES AHEAD [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Federal Court of Appeal's 3-1 decision in December favored Obasanjo on Buhari's challenge to the 2003 presidential election, but the four justices were unanimous that the "Independent National Electoral Commission" (INEC) failed during the election due to partisanship, bias [...]	2005-01-26 16:08:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV KJUS NI
05ANKARA2060	TURKISH MFA OFFICIAL: "NATO INVOLVEMENT IN THE [...] (C) Turkey shares with us the goal of eventual NATO involvement in the Black Sea, an MFA official told us April 7. At BLACKSEAFOR's March 31 senior officials meeting, the members agreed on a common threat assessment and agreed that it would be beneficial to build some ties with outside states [...]	2005-04-08 15:06:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MOPS MARR PREL PARM TU RS GG UP RO BU NATO
05ANKARA2196	TURKS SAY NEIGHBORS MEETING POSTPONED AT [...] (C) We read reftel with interest, but the Turks tell us a different story on the postponement of the Istanbul Iraq Neighbors' Meeting. MFA Head of Department for Iraq Avni Botsali emailed us at 0130 local time April 17 to inform us that the "neighbors meeting is postponed since PM-designate J [...]	2005-04-18 14:52:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER TU IZ
05ANKARA2672	TURKEY MAY AGREE TO INFORMAL NATO-EU MINISTERIAL [...] (C/NF) Summary: At NATO SYG de Hoop Scheffer's reported request, Turkey may soon agree to biannual NATO-EU informal meetings in order to move forward on NATO-EU cooperation. MFA officials told us May 6 that FonMin Gul has agreed in principle to this idea, but has not formally signed off as yet [...]	2005-05-09 15:37:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MARR MOPS TU CY MT NATO EUN
05ANKARA2730	TURKEY MOVES FORWARD (AGAIN) ON AEGEAN CBMS [...] (C) Summary: The CBMs announced during Greek FM Molyviatis' visit to Turkey are on track after a temporary freeze while TGS waited to see Athens' response to a mid-April incident when a desecrated Turkish flag was placed in the room of a Turkish cadet on an official exchange to the Greek mil [...]	2005-05-12 08:31:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MOPS MARR TU GR
05ANKARA2891	AEGEAN: TURKEY MULLS NO LONGER FILING FLIGHT [...] (C/NF) Turkey is considering ceasing filing flight information with NATO for military flights over the Aegean, an MFA official told us May 20. TGS contacts confirm this. Mounting Turkish frustration with Greece's public relations and diplomatic efforts to paint the Turks as aggressors--along [...]	2005-05-20 15:19:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MARR PREL TU GR NATO
05ANKARA3033	IMF FIGHTING GOT'S POST-BOARD VOTE POPULISM, AGAIN [...] (C) Summary: In yet another case of proposing populist measures shortly after a board vote, in contravention of its commitments to the IMF, the GOT proposed legislation in mid-May that would soften repayment terms and penalties for missed social security premia payments. IMF pressure (and pe [...]	2005-05-27 14:39:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN PGOV TU
05ANKARA3388	TURKISH EXTRADITION REQUEST FOR MNF-I DETAINEES [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-14 17:22:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PINS PTER TU IZ XF
05ANKARA3907	FAILURE TO PASS SOCIAL SECURITY REFORM JEOPARDIZES [...] (SBU) Summary: Partly as a result of parliamentary obstructionism from the opposition CHP, the GOT failed over the weekend to pass social security legislation that was a condition for a favorable first review of its new IMF stand-by program and release of an $800 million credit. The GOT is [...]	2005-07-07 09:02:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN PGOV TU
05ANKARA4214	DEMARCHE ON IRAQ DEBT AND ASSISTANCE [...] (C) Summary: On Iraq debt, Turkish MFA officials again confirmed they have not been pressed on the debt issue by the ITG. The MFA officicals made very clear that they want to negotiate this issue directly with ITG officials, not outside advisors, although they agreed to meet with the advisors. [...]	2005-07-20 16:08:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN EAID PREL IZ TU
05ANKARA4598	MINISTER BABACAN ON EU, IMF [...] (C) Summary: In his first meeting with the Charge, Minister of Economy--and now EU negotiator--Babacan painted a typically rosy picture of the GOT's role, claiming the IMF program was really the Government's, and asserting the program was effectively on track despite the delays in key reform l [...]	2005-08-05 09:59:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN PGOV PREL EINV EU TU
05ANKARA6400	TURKS REQUEST U.S. TAKE TOUGH LINE WITH BARZANI ON [...] (C/NF) Summary: MFA requests that U.S. principals take a tough line with KRG President Masoud Barzani on the PKK and Kurdish expansionism, especially in Kirkuk but also in Ninewah. Additionally, the Turks hope we will publicize that this occurred. End summary. 2. (C/NF) MFA Director Gener [...]	2005-10-24 14:25:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PTER KPAO TU IZ
05ASUNCION1042	PARAGUAY ON LATAM CONTINGENTS REMAINING IN HAITI [...] (U) On 8/17, PolOff delivered reftel demarche (ref A) to MFA Americas Director Cynthia Filartiga and MFA International Organizations Director Julio Peralta. Peralta advised that Paraguay is still discussing with Spain the possibility of equipment and materiel support for Paraguayan troops to j [...]	2005-08-19 11:15:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MARR KPKO PA HA SP
05BAGHDAD2346	NGO REGISTRY SEEKS STABILITY; STATE MINISTRY ROLE [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. The recent transfer of the NGO Registry Office to the State Ministry of Civil Society Affairs, which has a Sadrist Minister, has raised concerns about the Ministry's role and the potential misuse of registry data for political purposes. Both the Deputy Prime Minister and the [...]	2005-06-01 06:21:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD2349	JAFARI PLEDGES MORE SUNNI DIALOGUE, SAYS [...] (C/NF) Summary: During a May 19 meeting with Prime Minister Jafari, the Deputy Secretary highlighted the need for an integrated strategy (political, economic, and security) to defeat the insurgency. As part of that strategy, he emphasized the need for inclusiveness and the importance of stick [...]	2005-06-01 07:10:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	OVIP PREL PGOV IZ
05BAGHDAD2364	CODELS BIDEN AND WELDON DISCUSS CONSTITUTION PROGRESS WITH IRAQI CONSTITUTIONAL COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN [...] (C/NF) Summary. Transitional National Assembly (TNA) Constitutional Committee chairman Shaykh Humam al-Hammudi apprised CODELS Biden and Weldon of the status of the constitutional process May 30. Al- Hammudi said the committee expected to make a decision on how to include Sunnis at its June [...]	2005-06-02 06:25:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD2436	TEXT OF PRESIDENT TALABANI'S NON-PAPER TO PM JAFARI [...] (C) Below is the full text of President Talabani's non-paper to Prime Minister Jafari; referred to in REFTEL. 2. (C) BEGIN TEXT: His Excellency the Prime Minister Dr. Ibrahim al-Jafari With Greetings and Respect, The Kurdish Alliance - an equal partner in the Unified Coalition of [...]	2005-06-08 11:32:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD2464	STATE MINISTER KHADIM PROMOTES SUNNI SHI'A UNITY, [...] (C) SUMMARY. State Minister Khadim for Civil Society told PolOff on June 7 that despite his ministry's meager budget, he intends to maintain a robust travel schedule and meet with NGO leaders both in Baghdad and the provinces. Khadim, a follower of Muqtada al Sadr, has met with Sunni and S [...]	2005-06-10 12:26:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD2466	CHARGE URGES SCIRI'S AL-HAKIM TO CLOSE DEAL ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Charge on June 10 made a firm presentation to SCIRI leader 'Abd al Aziz al-Hakim to end the drift and close a deal on adding Sunnis to the constitutional committee. Charge noted that his presentation reflected the concern of the highest level of the USG. Charge and DCM went [...]	2005-06-10 17:54:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV KDEM KISL IZ UN
05BAGHDAD2472	FINAL TEXT OF PRESIDENT TALABANI'S LETTER TO PM [...] (C) President Talabani's Chief of Staff Kameran Karadaghi passed to Charge Staff Assistant the final text of a letter Talabani had dispatched to ITG Prime Minister Ibrahim Jafari, noting explicitly that the text had been drafted by Talabani and cleared by KDP chief Masoud Barzani. In the brief [...]	2005-06-12 10:03:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KDEM IZ KDP
05BAGHDAD2506	MUHAMMAD BAHR AL-ULUM DECRIES US "BA'THIST [...] (C) SUMMARY. Leading Islamic cleric and founding Da'wa party member Muhammad Bahr al-Ulum told Poloff the US was "deserting the Shia" and attempting to bring Ba'thists back to power--comments we have heard recently from other Shia interlocutors. Al-Ulum was especially incensed over an artic [...]	2005-06-14 12:07:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD2511	STATE MINISTRY REGAINS CONTROL OF NGO REGISTRY, [...] (C/NF) Summary. State Minister Khadim has finally gotten full control of the NGO Registry Office previously managed by the Council of Ministries, and is planning to convene the Second National NGO conference. However, budget constraints and recent talk of eliminating all state ministries has [...]	2005-06-15 06:06:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM IZ
05BAGHDAD2608	NON-COALITION NATO ALLIES, ACCESS TO BAGHDAD [...] (C) REFTEL A registers our skepticism concerning the security argument underlying French Ambassador to Iraq Bajolet's request for DoD cardholders' slightly expedited access to Baghdad International Airport (BIAP). We would be loathe to issue such cards, or similarly effective senior-grade MNF [...]	2005-06-20 08:03:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MARR PTER PREL ASEC IZ NATO
05BAGHDAD2805	TNA MEMBER QASIM DAOUD ON CONSTITUTION, SISTANI, [...] (C) SUMMARY. Prominent Shia political figure, parliamentarian and Assembly constitutional committee member Qasim Daoud said 30 June the committee has been reluctant to confront sensitive issues such as Kirkuk, federalism, and Arab identity. Daoud supported the TAL language for Arab identity [...]	2005-07-03 07:17:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KDEM EPET IZ
05BAGHDAD2838	MOST ARAB EMBASSIES CONDEMN ATTACKS ON FOREIGN [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. Contacts at a number of foreign missions in Baghdad condemn the recent spate of kidnappings and assassination attempts against Arab diplomats in Baghdad. They believe these actions are likely part of the insurgency's and Al-Qaeda's campaign to undermine the Iraqi government a [...]	2005-07-06 13:52:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER IZ
05BAGHDAD2855	CODEL LEVIN: SRSG QAZI URGES CLOSE COORDINATION [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. SRSG Qazi told CODEL Levin on July 5 that the Sunni have finally joined the Constitution Committee as members and technical advisors. He stated that Sheik Hammoudi, committee chairman, confirmed to him that all decisions, including approval of the final draft, will be done b [...]	2005-07-07 13:06:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER IZ
05BAGHDAD2872	TALABANI TO CODEL LEVIN: CONSTITUTION CAN BE READY [...] (C) SUMMARY. In his July 6 meeting with CODEL Levin, President Talabani predicted that the constitution could be completed on time as long as the constitution committee uses the Transitional Administrative Law (TAL) as the basis. He also favored using the same single-district electoral sys [...]	2005-07-08 13:40:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MOPS PTER IZ
05BAGHDAD2911	THE PRESIDENT'S 28 JUNE SPEECH PROVOKES BOTH [...] (C) SUMMARY. The President's 28 June speech provoked both positive and negative reactions from the Iraqi political class in Baghdad. We heard appreciation for the President's continuing commitment to fighting terrorism, keeping troops in Iraq, and supporting Iraq's political process. On th [...]	2005-07-11 11:10:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER IZ
05BAGHDAD3016	IRAQ AMBASSADOR-DESIGNATE FEARS CHILL IN [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Iraq Ambassador-designate to Egypt, Safia al-Suhail, worries that Iraqi-Egyptian relations will chill unless the Iraqi government takes the initiative after the kidnapping and subsequent murder of the Egyptian Charge. Al-Suhail told PolOff July 18 that before this tragic incid [...]	2005-07-20 16:06:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV
05BAGHDAD3036	CHARGE DISCUSSES CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUES WITH TNA [...] (C/NF) Summary. TNA Deputy President Hussain al-Shahristani and Charge discussed the state of play of the constitutional debate along with the TNA's progress on key legislative proposals in a July 18 meeting. Shahristani told Charge that eighty percent of the drafting has been completed and [...]	2005-07-21 14:20:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER IZ
05BAGHDAD3038	CHARGE DISCUSSES CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUES WITH IRAQ'S [...] (C/NF) Summary. Vice President Shaways told Charge on July 20 that federalism, Iraqi identity, and Kirkuk represent the three redline issues on which the Kurds will not compromise in the constitutional negotiations. Shaways enumerated the measures that the Kurds insist be in the constitution to [...]	2005-07-21 16:03:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PINS PREL IZ
05BAGHDAD3099	PRESIDENT TALABANI SEEKS CALL ON PRESIDENT BUSH IN [...] (U) This is an action cable, see paragraph 6. 2. (C/NF) President Talabani told me on July 26 that he plans to leave Baghdad on September 10 to attend the Socialist Democratic Summit in New York. He said he must arrive in New York no later than September 13 for this meeting with various Eu [...]	2005-07-26 18:40:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PTER IZ SY EG
05BAGHDAD3100	PRIME MINISTER JA'AFARI TO APPOINT TURKMEN SUNNI [...] (C/NF) Both Prime Minister Ja'afari and President Talabani told Ambassador Khalilzad on July 26 that they have decided to appoint Aneesah Mohammad Nouri, a Turkmen Sunni woman, to the position of Deputy Prime Minister. They said that KRG President Masoud Barzani initially resisted the idea but [...]	2005-07-26 18:46:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PTER KWMN IZ TU
05BAGHDAD3101	PRESIDENT TALABANI SEEKS CALL ON PRESIDENT BUSH IN [...] (U) This is an action cable, see paragraph 6. 2. (C/NF) President Talabani told me on July 26 that he plans to leave Baghdad on September 10 to attend the Socialist Democratic Summit in New York. He said he must arrive in New York no later than September 13 for this meeting with various Eu [...]	2005-07-27 02:39:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PTER IZ SY EG
05BAGHDAD3102	PRIME MINISTER JA'AFARI TO APPOINT TURKMEN SUNNI [...] (C/NF) Both Prime Minister Ja'afari and President Talabani told Ambassador Khalilzad on July 26 that they have decided to appoint Aneesah Mohammad Nouri, a Turkmen Sunni woman, to the position of Deputy Prime Minister. They said that KRG President Masoud Barzani initially resisted the idea but [...]	2005-07-27 02:39:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PTER KWMN IZ TU
05BAGHDAD3121	SISTANI REPRESENTATIVE TAKES DIM VIEW OF U.S. [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: TNA Constitution Committee member and Ayatollah Ali Sistani's aide Ahmad al-Safi complained about American efforts to secure Iraq and decried what he perceives as needless American suspicions of Iraqi Shia in his July 25 meeting with Poloff. Al-Safi and Poloff vigorously deb [...]	2005-07-28 12:13:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM KISL IR IZ
05BAGHDAD3145	DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER AGREES ON SUNNI INCLUSION, [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Ambassador stressed to Deputy Prime Minister Rowsch Shaways on July 28 the importance of meeting the August 15 deadline for the constitution and the necessity of holding elections in December. Shaways accepted Ambassador's argument that Sunni participation was key to the proces [...]	2005-07-30 06:23:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM IZ
05BAGHDAD3500	PROGRESS REPORT ON KEY INITIATIVES FOR THE [...] (C) Following is Embassy Baghdad's latest update on the status of Key Initiatives. See reftels for prior updates. ------------------ ELECTRICITY UPDATE ------------------ 2. (C/NF) Status: -- Generation: Iraq Electricity - During the reporting period, the average peak generation for [...]	2005-08-28 19:36:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAID ELTN ENRG EPET PREL IZ KCRS
05BAGHDAD3647	IRAQI GOVERNMENT NAMES INTERLOCUTORS ON TALL,AFAR; [...] (C) SUMMARY: In separate meetings this week, the Prime Minister's special advisor Adnan Ali al-Kadhami and TNA member Hassan Seneid pledged to work closely with U.S. government representatives to ensure the welfare of citizens in Tall'Afar. On August 30, Senior SCIRI official Muhammad Taqi al [...]	2005-09-06 10:14:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV MOPS PHUM PREF PREL IZ MARS
05BANGKOK1817	THAILAND: TRT MPS BEGIN THEIR ENGAGEMENT IN THE [...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Thaksin's select group of 25 Members of Parliament (MP) from his Thai Rak Thai (TRT) party has begun the work he personally assigned them to assess and develop strategies for dealing with the Muslim South. Two MPs told poloffs about their initial visit to the S [...]	2005-03-11 11:31:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PTER TH
05BANGKOK3592	THAILAND: SUSPECTED JI MEMBERS FOUND NOT GUILTY [...] (C) Maisuri Haji Abdulloh and three other suspected Thai Jemaah Islamayah (JI) members on trial in Bangkok on charges of plotting to bomb Western embassies and other targets in Thailand were found "not guilty" on June 1 in a Bangkok court. One of the defense attorneys, Witthaya Buranasin of [...]	2005-06-01 11:09:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PTER TH
05BANGKOK5626	FLU PANDEMIC PREPAREDNESS: THAILAND [...] (C/NF) Summary: The responses below are in reply to questions contained in Reftel. In general, Thailand is increasingly capable and increasingly transparent in detecting, reporting, and planning for and responding to avian influenza outbreaks in animals and humans. Although Ministry of Publi [...]	2005-09-01 08:18:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAGR ECON PGOV PINR SOCI TBIO TH
05BANGKOK6618	EMERGENCY DECREE EXTENDED [...] (U) Summary: On October 18, the Cabinet agreed to extend the Emergency Decree on Public Administration in Emergency Situations in the three southern border provinces of Narathiwat, Pattani and Yala for another three months. The move was expected. Opponents of the measures are criticizing t [...]	2005-10-19 09:20:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM TH
05BOGOTA1775	ELN PEACE TALK'S ADVANCES AND RETREATS [...] (C): Mexican facilitator for the peace process with the National Liberation Army (ELN) Andres Valencia met with the Ambassador on February 18 to report on progress this year. Although January saw positive commitments by both the ELN and GOC on negotiation pre-requisites (ref a),the process stalle [...]	2005-02-24 16:09:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PTER CO MX ELN
05BOGOTA3235	MILITARY JUSTICE REFORM MOVES FORWARD [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 8. 2. (C) Summary: Director of Military Penal Justice (MPJ) Brigadier General Luis Fernando Puentes told Emboff on March 16 that the "shock" reform package (reftel) would be submitted to Congress this week. In preparation for the rollout, Puentes an [...]	2005-04-07 20:00:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KJUS MOPS PHUM CO
05BOGOTA3422	ZAPATERO VISIT AFFIRMS SUPPORT FOR URIBE [...] (SBU) Summary: Spanish President Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero's March 31 visit to Bogota, as well as his participation in a March 29 four-party summit in Venezuela, produced positive results diplomatically for the GOC. Zapatero pledged support on the critical issues of terrorism and trade and [...]	2005-04-13 14:23:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PTER PREL PGOV PINR CO
05BOGOTA3555	DEMOBILIZATION LAW APPROVED IN COMMITTEE [...] (C) On April 12, the Senate and House First Committees finished voting on the Law for Justice and Peace, including on the three most controversial articles (reftel). The changes made to the text provide added safeguards for our ability to extradite drug traffickers. Article 2 on the scope of [...]	2005-04-14 22:57:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PTER KJUS PINR PGOV PHUM CO
05BOGOTA6208	MASS GRAVE EXHUMATION UNCOVERS GROSS HUMAN RIGHTS [...] On June 22, the United Nations Human Rights Commissioner hosted an international delegation visit to Sucre Department. The group visited mass gravesites in San Onofre, met with victims' families and NGOs in Sincelejo, and spoke with local government and military officials about human rights c [...]	2005-06-29 23:49:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PTER PGOV SNAR CO AUC
05BOGOTA8696	THE FARC'S INTERNATIONAL TENTACLES [...] (C) Summary: The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) has outgrown its local roots and should now be characterized as a regional terrorist group with hemispheric reach. Its tentacles reach into many Latin American countries. International law enforcement cooperation has led to the a [...]	2005-09-15 14:47:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PTER PREL ASEC CO
05BOGOTA9095	COLOMBIANS PROTEST FRENCH REGARDING FARC [...] (U) The Colombian Foreign Ministry sent the French Ambassador to Colombia a diplomatic note on September 23 protesting France's latest contact with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) in early September, without GOC authorization. The French reportedly sent the envoy to negotiat [...]	2005-09-24 16:44:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV MARR MOPS PHUM SNAR CO FARC
05BRASILIA325	MISSION COMMENTS: MINISTRY OF DEFENSE DRAFT [...] (C) After initial review of the Ministry of Defense (MOD) draft accord (reftel),Mission believes the Brazilian document is an excellent launching point for negotiation of a Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA). While the MOD version is bare-bones, it also provides a strong negotiating found [...]	2005-02-04 13:09:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MARR MASS PREL BR ASPA
05BRUSSELS1149	WHAT NEXT ON CROATIA'S EU ACCESSION NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) As reported Ref A, EU Foreign Ministers on March 16 postponed opening of accession negotiations with Croatia. The General Affairs and External Relations Council Conclusions said negotiations would be opened "by common agreement as soon as the Council has established that Croatia is coopera [...]	2005-03-18 16:23:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV EAID ETRD HR EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS1466	DISCUSSIONS WITH THE DIRECTOR OF THE EU'S [...] (SBU) Summary: The EU Integrated Rule of Law Mission for the Iraqi criminal justice system plans to train 770 individuals from the senior management ranks of the police, the judiciary, and the penal system. The Director of the mission believes that police and military roles and tasks must be [...]	2005-04-13 12:13:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PINS PTER MARR IZ EAID EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS1556	WHAT A FRENCH "NON" ON THE EU CONSTITUTION COULD [...] (C) No one can be sure of all the political consequences of a French rejection of the EU Constitution, but it would almost certainly end the document's chances of ever entering into force. While forty days remain before the vote, Embassy Paris (refs A and B) has described the challenges facin [...]	2005-04-20 13:13:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV FR TU EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS212	EU RESUMES TRADE, POLITICAL NEGOTIATIONS WITH IRAN [...] (C/NF) Summary. The atmospherics at the January 12-13 EU-Iran Trade and Cooperation and Political Agreement negotiations in Brussels were positive and relaxed, and Iran appeared to want the negotiations to succeed, according to Council Secretariat officials who attended. Negotiations are s [...]	2005-01-19 09:23:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL KNNP PTER PHUM IR EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS2642	CUTTING THROUGH THE NATO-EU KNOT [...] (U) This is a joint USEU-USNATO message. ----------- Summary ----------- 2. (C) It remains in the interest of the United States to continue to lead in NATO while building an ever-stronger partnership with the EU, notwithstanding recent tensions between the two organizations. Doing so is [...]	2005-07-11 16:22:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL NATO EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS2730	EC CONSIDERS FUNDING OPTIONS FOR AMIS [...] (C) Summary. Although the European Commission (EC) has reservations about expanding the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS IIe) beyond 7000 peacekeepers, it nonetheless is considering a third funding tranche from its Africa Peace Facility (APF). Even if the EC uses most of the APF balance, [...]	2005-07-19 04:53:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MOPS SU EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS2923	THE STRUCTURE AND PROGRESS OF THE EU'S CIV-MIL CELL [...] (C/NF) Summary: The EU has created a civilian-military cell designed to enhance its strategic and operational planning capabilities without detracting from NATO,s role as "the natural choice" for a military operation involving the European and American allies." Declared operational on 1 June [...]	2005-08-04 16:12:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MOPS EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS379	S/CRS ASSESSES THE EU'S CRISIS RESPONSE [...] (C/NF) Summary: The European Union has developed deployable capabilities in police monitoring and training, civil administration, rule of law, and civil protection. Under the European Security and Defense Policy (ESDP),there is an evolving capacity to do early warning of failed or failing st [...]	2005-01-27 13:52:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MCAP MOPS EAID EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS537	EU GAME PLAN ON TURKEY AND NORTH CYPRUS [...] (C) Summary: A number of European Commission officials expressed concern to visiting EUR DAS Ambassador Kennedy on January 27 about the inability of the member states to free up the trade and financial assistance package to north Cyprus that the Council had approved in July 2004. They also wor [...]	2005-02-07 10:09:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL CY TU EAID EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS585	US/EU HUMAN RIGHTS CONSULTATIONS: PREPPING FOR CHR [...] (SBU) Summary: US and EU officials met in Brussels February 3 in regularly scheduled human rights consultations (COHOM) to prepare for the spring UN Commission on Human Rights (CHR),and to review the human rights situation in China and Iran. Also discussed were the Global War on Terrorism (GW [...]	2005-02-10 13:04:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM UNHRC EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS672	DEMARCHE RESPONSE: SOMALIA IGAD PEACE SUPPORT [...] (C) Summary: The EU is concerned about the possibility of an outbreak of violence in Somalia in the event of an IGAD deployment. They are also worried that IGAD lacks the capacity to plan or run a peacekeeping operation. End summary. 2. (C) On February 11, PRMOFF delivered reftel talking po [...]	2005-02-16 06:44:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL SO EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS676	MANDATE FOR COMMISSIONER'S NEW CYPRUS ADVISOR [...] (C) We contacted Jean-Christophe Filori, Commissioner Rehn's Cabinet advisor on Turkey and Cyprus, regarding the mandate of Jaako Blomberg, the Commissioner's new "Special Advisor" on Cyprus. Filori (protect) told us Blomberg's immediate responsibility will be to pressure the Cypriots to en [...]	2005-02-16 10:48:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL CY TU EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05CAIRO6448	EGYPT'S PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN, UPDATE #1 [...] (U) This message is the first in a series which will update key developments in the Egyptian presidential campaign (August 17-September 4). ------- Summary ------- 2. (SBU) The presidential campaign kicked off August 17. Not surprisingly, Mubarak has the most visible campaign. In [...]	2005-08-22 16:05:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KDEM EG
05CANBERRA322	NPT ENVOY AMBASSADOR SANDERS HEARS AUSTRALIAN [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: In a February 9 lunch with Australian officials, Ambassador Jackie Sanders, Special Representative of the President for the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons, discussed mainly IAEA matters, hearing Canberra's views on the prospects of a third term for IAEA DG ElBaradei and i [...]	2005-02-18 04:21:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL AORC PARM AS IAEA
05CANBERRA436	AUSTRALIAN REACTION TO BA'ASYIR VERDICT [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Australian officials welcomed the March 3 Indonesian Court decision to convict Abu Bakar Ba'asyir (ABB) for his involvement in the Bali bombings, but were disappointed by the short 30-month sentence he received. The Australian Ambassador to Jakarta raised GOA concerns over the [...]	2005-03-04 07:30:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PTER PGOV KJUS KISL KPAO ASEC ID AS
05CANBERRA807	AUSTRALIA ANTICIPATES EAS INVITATION: WILL MAKE [...] (C/NF) Summary: Australia will sign ASEAN's Treaty of Amity and Cooperation (TAC),with conditions, in exchange for an invitation to the first East Asian Summit (EAS) to be held in Kuala Lumpur this December. The conditions include ensuring that the TAC does not hinder Australia's obligations [...]	2005-05-09 07:09:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV AS ARF
05CARACAS221	UPDATE ON INVESTIGATION INTO VENEZUELAN [...] (C) On January 13 Venezuelan prosecutors formally accused three suspects as the material authors of the murder of Venezuelan prosecutor Danilo Anderson. According to information investigators provided EmbOffs, there are no solid leads as to the intellectual authors of the crime. (The invest [...]	2005-01-25 12:45:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PTER KJUS VE
05COLOMBO1216	CALLS FOR ELECTIONS AS THE UNP MARCHES THROUGH [...] (U) As the opposition United National Party (UNP) concluded its 10-day Janbala Meheyuma (People's Power March) to Colombo on July 12, the party focused on pressuring the Commissioner of Elections Dayananda Dissanayake to call for Presidential elections this year (Ref A). Continued silence f [...]	2005-07-13 11:09:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PTER PHUM CE
05COLOMBO1229	PRESIDENT SAYS SHE NEEDS TO FIND WAY TO STOP [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a conversation with the Ambassador, President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga expressed her surprise at the gazetting of a Government drafted anti-conversion bill and indicated she would try to find a way to stop the bill from moving forward. In response to the bill's gazet [...]	2005-07-15 05:09:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KIRF PHUM CE
05COLOMBO1255	SRI LANKA: SUPREME COURT ORDERS TEMPORARY STAY ON [...] (SBU) In response to petitions filed by members of the Marxist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) party, a three-member panel of the Supreme Court (SC) granted a temporary stay order for four key sections of the Post-Tsunami Operational Management Structure (P-TOMS) on July 15 (Reftel). Despit [...]	2005-07-18 11:15:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PTER CE LTTE
05COLOMBO1862	PUTTALAM DISTRICT GEARS UP FOR CLOSE ELECTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a recent poloff visit to Puttalam district on Sri Lanka's west coast, government officials described a calm, if rather apathetic, polity and a well-practiced electoral mechanism. Catholics in the area are expected to support United National Party (UNP) opposition candid [...]	2005-10-27 11:21:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV CE
05COLOMBO1875	PRE-ELECTION VIEW FROM THE SRI LANKAN FRONT LINE: [...] (C/NF) During a mid-October trip to the Sri Lankan Army (SLA) Headquarters near the front lines, interlocutors from Vavuniya said the situation there and at the Omanthai Entry/Exit Point demarcating Tiger-controlled territory was relatively calm, but expressed concern at continued ceasefire vi [...]	2005-10-31 09:21:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PINS PTER CE
05COLOMBO205	GAINING BROAD CONSENSUS ON A TIMETABLE FOR THE [...] (C) We appreciate the opportunity to clarify the situation regarding the withdrawal of the Combined Support Group - Sri Lanka (CSG-SL) which, as noted in reftels, will occur around the end of January. As we noted in Ref B, the CSG-SL performance in both Sri Lanka and Maldives has been supe [...]	2005-01-26 09:21:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAID ECON CE MV
05COLOMBO678	VISIT OF MCC CEO APPLEGARTH TO SRI LANKA INCREASES [...] (SBU) Summary: During a March 29-31 visit to Sri Lanka, Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) CEO Paul Applegarth discussed Sri Lanka's potential compact proposal with President Kumaratunga, Prime Minister Rajapakse, Finance Minister Amunagama, Central Bank Governor Mendis, Opposition Lea [...]	2005-04-06 11:04:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KMCA EAID ECON PREL CE
05DAMASCUS6394	NEW MEMBERS OF THE BA'ATH PARTY REGIONAL COMMAND: [...] (C/NF) Summary: The new, downsized, Ba'ath Party Regional Command announced at the conclusion of the June Party Congress includes nine new members and five holdovers. Included below is biographical information on eight of the nine (extensive biographic information on DefMin Hasan Ali Turkman [...]	2005-12-08 15:36:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PINR PGOV SY
05DHAKA1308	DHAKA VISAS VIPER REPORT - MARCH 2005 [...] (C) Post's Visas Viper committee met on March 22, 2005. The committee discussed the addition of several leaders of two radical Islamic groups into the VISAS VIPER program. 2. (U) The government of Bangladesh has recently banned two radical Islamic groups, the Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh [...]	2005-03-22 10:32:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KVPR CVIS PTER PINR ASEC
05DHAKA1851	BDG INTEL BRIEFING ON ISLAMIST MILITANTS [...] (C/NF) On April 18, a three-man team headed by Brigadier Asif Chowdhury, Foreign Intelligence Bureau director of the military Director General Forces Intelligence (DGFI),presented a 30-minute Power Point briefing at the Embassy to Ambassador, P/E counselor, DATT, and RAO on the investigation [...]	2005-04-20 11:24:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PTER KISL PGOV PREL BG
05DHAKA2222	DHAKA VISA VIPER REPORT - APR 2005 [...] (C/NF) Post Visa Viper committe met on May 1, 2005. The committe received a briefing from visiting RAO analysts regarding the state of the Islamist movement in Bangladesh. The Committee decided to nominate several leaders of outlawed radical Islamist groups (Ref A) for inclusion in the Visas [...]	2005-05-10 08:20:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KFRD CVIS PTER PINS ASEC
05DHAKA3903	INDIAN EXTERNAL AFFAIRS MINISTER VISITS BANGLADESH [...] (C) Summary: BDG and Indian High Commission contacts describe Indian Foreign Minister Singh's visit as a positive resumption of dialogue, though little if any progress was made on key issues. The Bangladeshi focus is now on the upcoming visits of the Indian water resources and commerce minis [...]	2005-08-10 09:25:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV BG
05DHAKA906	BDG PROVIDES LIMITED KIBRIA CASE MATERIALS [...] (SBU) On March 1, Home Ministry Joint Secretary Mohammad Mohsin conveyed to us the following Kibria investigation case materials: -- 34 photographs of the crime scene, bloodied victims, and apparent grenade fragments/pieces -- "The Investigation Report on Explosion Incident" -- A small sket [...]	2005-03-01 11:53:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KCRM PTER PGOV BG
05DUSHANBE1612	IIR 6 947 0003 06/ ITEMS OF INTEREST IN THE GBAO (U) [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-05 11:31:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MCAP TI
05DUSHANBE1642	IIR 6 947 0006 06/NATIONAL GUARD DEPLOYMENT LIMITATION (U) [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-07 11:50:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MCAP TI
05DUSHANBE1644	IIR 6 947 0005 06/CHINESE GIVE 32 VEHICLES TO TAJIK ARMED [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-07 13:26:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MCAP TI CH
05HARARE1088	ZIMPLATS CEO ON CHINESE INTEREST IN PLATINUM [...] (C) Zimbabwe Platinum Mines (Zimplats) CEO Greg Sebborn told CDA on July 29 that his company was not worried about China's interest in Zimbabwean platinum in the long-term because China lacked the technological know-how to compete. However, the Chinese could cause short-term problems by levera [...]	2005-08-02 10:22:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EMIN EFIN ETRD PREL PGOV ZI
05HARARE1687	INFLATION RATE AT LEAST 500 PERCENT AND RISING [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOZ's Central Statistical Office reported 502 percent annualized inflation in November. A steep increase in the price of food and non-alcoholic beverages dominated the rise. A more objective report by PricewaterhouseCoopers put the cost of living increase at 809 percent [...]	2005-12-14 14:34:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EFIN PGOV ZI
05HARARE831	MODEST STAY-AWAY RESULTS CHALLENGE BROAD ALLIANCE [...] (C) The NCA,s Lovemore Madukhu, organizer of last week,s stayaway action, called it a limited success. However, Madhuku acknowledged that poor organization and communications had hampered the effort. Other opposition leaders were less charitable. While some alliance members felt slighted in [...]	2005-06-14 11:03:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ZI
05HARARE914	RESTORE ORDER TSUNAMI ROLLS ON [...] (C) Now in its second month, Operation Restore Order is affecting both urban and rural populations throughout the country. In Harare, residents of high-density suburbs, domestics and other staff in low-density suburbs, and tenants in downtown office buildings have been turned out of their bui [...]	2005-07-05 14:03:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ASEC ZI
05HARARE977	BUSINESS LEADERS PLEAD FOR IMF LENIENCY [...] (C) At a meeting with the CDA on July 13, Congress of Zimbabwean Industries (CZI) President Patison Sithole, CZI immediate past president Kumbirayi Katsande, and Chamber of Mines of Zimbabwe President Jack Murehwa urged that the USG not support IMF expulsion of Zimbabwe. They expressed concer [...]	2005-07-15 07:40:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL EINV ZI
05HARARE980	GOZ ANNOUNCES SUSPENSION OF DEMOLITIONS [...] (SBU) On July 15, Housing Minister Ignatius Chombo announced that the GOZ would halt Operation Restore Order, the GOZ's nationwide campaign to demolish "unauthorized structures" (reftel),for ten days in order to allow low-density suburb residents time to legalize any structures that do not co [...]	2005-07-18 13:56:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR ASEC ZI
05HARARE981	ZCTU CRISIS CONTINUES [...] (C) Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions, (ZCTU) Information Officer Mlamleli Sibanda told PolOff on July 15 that two separate ZCTU meetings were disrupted within the past week by &trouble-maker8 unions (Ref A and B). In one meeting, four women were beaten up badly by several men. Sibanda adde [...]	2005-07-18 14:15:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ELAB ECON PGOV ZI
05KATHMANDU2549	COAS THAPA WELCOMES PROPOSAL THAT KING CALL FOR [...] (C) In a November 22 meeting, COAS Thapa thought the Ambassador's suggestion that the King call for an internationally-monitored cease-fire was a good proposal. Thapa denied there was any cooling of our military-military relationship and welcomed a visit by PACOM Commander Admiral Fallon. The [...]	2005-11-22 11:45:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MCAP MASS NP
05KATHMANDU2866	NEPAL'S MAN IN TIBET DISCUSSES REFUGEE, ARMS AND [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: NEPAL'S DIPLOMAT IN LHASA HAS CONFIRMED THAT CHINESE PRESSURE PROMPTED NEPAL TO CLOSE THE TIBETAN REFUGEE WELFARE OFFICE IN KATHMANDU LAST YEAR. CONTINUING PRESSURE FROM THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC) ALSO MEANS THAT NEPAL DOES NOT PLAN TO RECOGNIZE A SUBSTITUTE ORGANI [...]	2005-12-19 11:33:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PREF MASS MCAP SENV NP CH
05KUWAIT1734	TREASURY DAS GETS THE COMMERCIAL VIEW ON TERRORIST [...] (SBU) On April 16, 2005 Treasury DAS Daniel Glaser attended a dinner hosted at the DCM's residence. Several key members of Kuwait's commercial banking sector attended and over the course of the evening terrorist financing and the Central Bank's regulations to monitor banking transactions wer [...]	2005-04-27 15:17:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN PTER KTFN KU
05KUWAIT3098	KUWAIT DEMARCHE DELIVERED: FUNDING AFGHANISTAN'S [...] (C) PolChief discussed reftel demarche July 10 and 12 with Hamad Al-Ahmad, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Counselor - Chief of Asian Affairs. Al-Ahmad said with elections scheduled for September, it was still "too early for Kuwait" to make a decision on additional funding. PolChief stressed t [...]	2005-07-12 14:33:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PHUM KU
05KUWAIT5070	KUWAIT REQUESTS FILES ON RELEASED GUANTANAMO [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 3. 2. (C) Ambassador Khalid Al-Maqamis, head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Coordination and Follow-Up Department called poloff December 10 to request that the U.S. military files of the five Guantanamo detainees released November 4 be passed [...]	2005-12-10 14:18:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PTER PREL PGOV PHUM OPDC KU TERRORISM
05KUWAIT564	OPIUM SMUGGLER SEIZED FROM IRANIAN FERRY: AN [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: During a February 2, 2005 visit to observe the International Shipping and Port Facility Security posture at the ferry vessel passenger terminal, Shuwaikh Port in Kuwait City, Econoff and visiting US Coast Guard LCDR Brenden Kettner were unexpected witnesses to a drug seizure [...]	2005-02-08 13:07:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ELTN EWWT KU SNAR
05LIMA2074	BOWEN DECISION CAUSES OUTRAGE, THREATENS PRESS [...] (U) Judge Alfredo Catacora of the 11th Criminal Court of Lima on 5/4 convicted British journalist Sally Bowen, her co-author Jane Holligan, and their publisher of criminal defamation for quoting in their book "The Imperfect Spy" an imprisoned narcotrafficker's assertion that narco-kingpin Fer [...]	2005-05-06 15:41:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PINR SCUL PE
05LIMA2702	ORGANIZED CRIME GROUPS (C-CN5-00417) -- PERU [...] (C/NF) Information requested in Ref A regarding the activity in Peru of organized crimes groups based in specified countries is summarized below. The countries listed are the only ones from those cited in Ref A for which Embassy agencies possess significant background data. ------ Russia [...]	2005-06-16 21:35:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PINR PE
05LIMA5203	FIVE PNP OFFICERS KILLED IN AYACUCHO AMBUSH [...] (C) On the morning of 12/5 between 15 and 20 armed individuals ambushed and attacked two DIRANDRO vehicles en route from the new NAS-funded DIRANDRO base at Palma Pampa to San Francisco, both in the VRAE (reftels). Five police officers were killed, and a prosecutor and one other police office [...]	2005-12-07 21:46:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PTER PGOV SNAR PE

05LONDON4981	IMO SECGEN REPORTS ON HIS TRIP TO THE KOREAN PENINSULAR [...] (C) On June 10, Efthimios Mitropoulos, Secretary General of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) briefed ESTOff on his trip the previous week to the Korean Peninsula. Even before his arrival, the North had indicated that his offer of the IMO's good offices to increase North-South maritime [...]	2005-06-15 10:55:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EWWT JA KR PREL UK IMO PSI
05MADRID3150	SPANISH VIEWS ON IAEA COMMITTEE ON SAFEGUARDS AND [...] (U) ESTHOFF passed reftel points August 30 to MFA Disarmament Affairs Deputy Director General Marcos Rodriguez Cantero, thanking Spain for supporting the creation of the IAEA's Committee on Safeguards and Verification and requesting Madrid's views on membership, leadership and agenda-related [...]	2005-09-06 12:58:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KNNP AORC TRGY ENRG SP IAEA
05MANAMA1261	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES SECURITY ISSUES WITH INTERIOR [...] (SBU) Begin summary: The Ambassador advised Minister of Interior Shaikh Rashid August 24 that the USG had provisionally allocated USD 1 million in CT funding for Bahrain, particularly in support of the planned Joint Counterterrorism Center (JCTC),and needed to discuss proposals on how to use [...]	2005-08-31 11:00:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ASEC BA PGOV PHUM PTER
05MANAMA1581	EDB CHIEF OUTLINES ECONOMIC PLAN [...] (C) Economic Development Board (EDB) CEO Shaikh Mohammed Bin Essa Al Khalifa October 18 presented the EDB's plan for economic reform to a gathering of the local American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham). Shaikh Mohammed identified three key pillars for reform: investment in people; stimulation of [...]	2005-10-29 14:27:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV ELAB ETRD BTIO BA
05MANAMA1602	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES SECURITY ISSUES WITH INTERIOR [...] (C) Begin summary: The Ambassador advised Minister of Interior Shaikh Rashid October 29 that the USG is prepared to transfer a third Bahraini national from Guantanamo to the government of Bahrain. The Ambassador noted continued concerns over the inflammatory remarks by Iranian President Ahmad [...]	2005-10-31 15:19:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ASEC BA PGOV PHUM PTER
05MANILA3046	ARROYO STEADYING THE SHIP [...] (C) Summary: The political scene in Manila continues to be lively but not truly turbulent. During a day trip outside of Manila, President Arroyo vowed to bring the country out of "political and economic deterioration." According to her son, the president's mood was good and she was confiden [...]	2005-07-01 08:23:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PINS PINR KPAO ASEC RP
05MANILA312	MORE VIGILANTE-STYLE KILLINGS REPORTED IN DAVAO [...] (C) Summary: There have been 26 reported killings of suspected criminals in Davao City, Mindanao, since the new year began. Human rights organizations have implicated the "Davao Death Squad," a vigilante group linked with Davao Mayor Rodrigo Duterte, in the killings. Mission has expressed [...]	2005-01-20 08:14:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PINS PINR SNAR RP
05MANILA5372	MEETING WITH MILF CENTRAL COMMITTEE MEMBERS [...] (C/NF) Summary. Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) leaders received a strong message on November 15 from emboffs that the MILF must permanently cut all contacts with terrorist organizations. MILF Vice Chairman for Political Affairs Ghazali Jafaar claimed the MILF remained fully committed [...]	2005-11-16 10:03:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PTER PREL ASEC PINS MOPS EAID KCRM RP
05MANILA587	POLICE ACTIVELY INVESTIGATING STRING OF [...] (C) Summary: Cebu city remains abuzz about a recent string of extrajudicial killings that has taken upwards of 25 lives. Philippine National Police (PNP) officials confirmed that PNP is actively investigating the slayings, which have divided the city, with the Cardinal and some key local po [...]	2005-02-07 09:06:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PINS PINR SNAR RP
05MAPUTO313	MOZAMBIQUE: GUEBUZA REPLACES CHISSANO AS FRELIMO [...] (U) On March 4, FRELIMO's Central Committee announced that former Mozambican President Joaquim Chissano had voluntarily stepped down from his post as president of the ruling FRELIMO party. Shortly thereafter, Mozambique's newly-elected President Armando Guebuza was named his successor by the 1 [...]	2005-03-07 13:32:00	Embassy Maputo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM PINR MZ FRELIMO
05MUSCAT231	FOREIGN MINISTRY CHIMES IN ON RECENT ARRESTS [...] (SBU/NF) As a string of security detentions continues to roil the political waters in Oman, the Foreign Ministry sent a note on February 5 to select foreign embassies offering clarification of the government's action. The MFA letter was adamant in denying any violent or terroristic intentions [...]	2005-02-09 13:30:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PGOV PINS SCUL ASEC KVPR MU
05MUSCAT33	OMAN MFA ON CWC HOST COUNTRY AGREEMENT DRAFT [...] (U) This is an action request for AC/CB. See para 8. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C/NF) Oman responded to the U.S. draft CWC Host Country Agreement (HCA) with a number of proposed amendments. The Foreign Ministry asks that the HCA be converted to letter format, that it delete the term [...]	2005-01-05 12:41:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PARM MARR MASS MOPS MU
05NDJAMENA1560	CHAD: GOVERNMENT LOBBYING FOR CHANGES TO OIL [...] (SBU) Summary: Following a chilly reception in Washington by the Bretton Woods Institutions, the Government of Chad (GOC) is reaching out to development partners and civil society in Chad on the need to modify the law governing management of petroleum revenues, with the hope of persuading the [...]	2005-10-21 09:13:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EFIN ENRG PGOV CD
05NEWDELHI300	INDIA STRENGTHENS OIL AND GAS TIES WITH IRAN [...] (C) Summary: On January 7, India and Iran strengthened significantly their oil and gas relationship when they reached an agreement in which India will purchase a total of 7.5 million tons per year (MMTA) of LNG for 25 years beginning in 2009. Iran will reportedly allow Indian state-controll [...]	2005-01-12 11:59:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ENRG EPET ECON PREL IR IN
05NEWDELHI4531	GOI SATISFIED WITH KOIRALA VISIT, BUT NOT HOPEFUL [...] (C) Summary: As former Nepalese PM GP Koirala prepared to depart New Delhi after his meetings with GOI officials and politicians, MEA Under Secretary (Nepal) Manu Mahawar told Poloff on June 14 that the visit was a success for the GOI, allowing frank exchange of views on the political impasse [...]	2005-06-15 11:59:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MASS IN NP
05NEWDELHI9223	INDIA WILL TAKE STOCK OF IRAQ OPTIONS AFTER [...] (C) Summary: PolCouns shared Ref A points with MEA Joint Secretary (Gulf) Sanjay Singh on December 7, continuing a SIPDIS December 6 discussion on India's objectives and perspectives in the Middle East (septel). New Delhi is waiting to see the outcome of the December polls in Iraq before d [...]	2005-12-07 11:46:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL KDEM PINR IN IZ
05OTTAWA1166	CANADA SCENESETTER FOR POL-MIL BILATS [...] (C) Your leadership of the U.S. delegation at the inaugural US-Canada political-military consultations is greatly appreciated. While the United States and Canada meet regularly in continental security and defense forums, there has been growing recognition in both governments that broader poli [...]	2005-04-18 15:37:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MARR CA
05OTTAWA1221	CANADA: IRAQI POLICE TRAINING PROGRAM IN JORDAN [...] (U) The Government of Canada has every intention to continue its International Police Trainers participation at the Jordan International Police Training Center through CY2006. According to Foreign Affairs Canada, Regional Peacekeeping Director Wendy Gilmour on April 22, recommendations have a [...]	2005-04-22 15:46:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PTER SNAR SOCI CA IQ
05OTTAWA1475	THE POLITICS OF CANADA'S DARFUR INVOLVEMENT [...] (C/NF) Summary: In an effort to shore up support for his tottering minority government, PM Martin gave in to the demands of independent MP David Kilgour and accelerated the announcement of a major increase in aid for Darfur, to include CN $200 million and up to Canadian Forces technical advis [...]	2005-05-16 22:01:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	CA PGOV EAID MARR MASS MOPS PREL SU
05OTTAWA2128	CANADIAN - U.S. DISCUSSION ON MARITIME TRANSIT [...] (SBU) Summary: A U.S. delegation headed by USCG Rear Admiral Sirois met July 11, 2005 with Canadian officials to discuss the US/Canada Great Lakes shiprider proposal and a recent Canadian request for Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) vessels with armed RCMP officers embarked to transit US waters dur [...]	2005-07-14 13:07:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EWWT KCRM PBTS PHSA PREL CA
05OTTAWA2361	HAITIAN-CANADIAN ANNOUNCED AS NEW GOVERNOR GENERAL [...] (C/NF) Summary: PM Martin today announced that the Queen has approved the appointment of Michaelle Jean, a prominent Quebec journalist and media personality, to a five-year term as Governor General when Adrienne Clarkson's term ends September 27. Jean covers all the right bases, indeed it wo [...]	2005-08-04 20:02:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV CA PINR
05OTTAWA2363	UK'S IMMUNIZATION FINANCE PROJECT: VIEW FROM THE [...] (C/noforn) An official at Finance Canada who works closely on international finance and development said he finds the UK's IFFm proposal "personally offensive" and the EuroStat finding does not change that view. While admitting that there are niches within the GOC with different views, those [...]	2005-08-04 20:50:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN EAID CA UK
05OTTAWA2380	CANADIAN FORUM OF FEDERATIONS IRAQ TEAM ON THE NEW [...] (C/NF) Summary: Former Canadian Deputy Minister for Natural Resources George Anderson recently returned from Iraq where he was an advisor to the constitutional committee as part of a Forum of Federations team under contract with NDI. He said that the Canadian International Development Agency [...]	2005-08-08 14:40:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV EAID IZ PREL CA
05OTTAWA2442	DOES CANADA'S MULTICULTURAL FRAMEWORK MAKE IT [...] (C/NF) Summary: In a briefing during the Cross Border Crime Forum's Counterterrorism Working Group, and discussions with Britain's Political Counselor, Poloff was given two views of the internal terrorist threat in Canada. Canadian officials have, since long before the London bombings, been c [...]	2005-08-12 19:36:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PTER KCRM PGOV CA
05OTTAWA2618	IRAQ: PRESENTATION OF A DRAFT CONSTITUTION [...] (C/NF) FAC Middle East Division Deputy Director told Poloff August 30 that the GOC prepared a statement on the Iraqi constitution last week but pulled it back when it became clear that the document was not a finished product and could still change. He said Canada would wait until there was a [...]	2005-09-01 19:23:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	IZ PGOV PREL CA
05OTTAWA2640	YOUR VISIT TO ALBERTA, SEPTEMBER 8-11, 2005 [...] (C) As you prepare to visit Alberta, I want to extend a warm welcome and reaffirm this Mission's strong commitment to making your visit a success. Your meeting with Deputy Prime Minister Anne McLellan will underscore the importance we place on close collaboration with the Canadian government. [...]	2005-09-02 18:30:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV CA
05OTTAWA2909	CANADA NUCLEAR "COOPERATION" WITH INDIA: [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-28 14:30:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PARM MNUC PREL CA
05OTTAWA2987	60TH UNFC: CANADA HEARS USG CONCERNS ABOUT AD HOC [...] (C) DCM and polmiloff met with Canadian Assistant Deputy Minister for International Security Jim Wright late on October 5 to present general points on the UNFC draft resolution and deliver oral points, as instructed. Arms Control Director Rob MacDougall and incoming Deputy Director Ron Stansf [...]	2005-10-06 19:41:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	AORC PARM PREL MNUC CA
05OTTAWA3090	A PARTNER IN TRANSFORMATION - YOUR VISIT TO [...] (SBU) As you prepare to visit Ottawa, I want to extend a warm welcome and reaffirm this Mission's strong commitment to making your trip a success. I have been on the ground in Canada for just under four months and have traveled to all but one of the country,s ten provinces and three territori [...]	2005-10-14 20:55:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	CA ENRG ETRD ETTC PGOV PREL SCRS
05OTTAWA315	CANADA: CABINET TO REVIEW MANDATE TO [...] (C/NF) In meetings January 20 with NorthCom Deputy Commander and U.S. NORAD Vice Commander, Lieutenant General Joseph Inge, Canadian security policy officials professed interest in helping to advance North American security cooperation with Mexico, downplayed the likelihood of an "early" Canad [...]	2005-02-02 17:25:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MARR PREL CA NORAD
05OTTAWA3629	ANTI-AMERICAN RHETORIC IN THE CANADIAN ELECTION: [...] (C/NF) Summary: As the themes in the ongoing campaign take shape it appears that the United States will be in the second tier, although this could change as this hotly contested race takes off and the parties scramble to gain traction. At present the primary themes are health and child care, t [...]	2005-12-09 15:39:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	CA PGOV PREL
05OTTAWA3670	WHAT MIGHT THE NEW GOVERNMENT LOOK LIKE? [...] (C/NF) Summary: With the parties polling eerily similar to where they were at this point in the 2004 election, one might assume that the next government will look much like the last one. However, even if the gross percentages are the same, the next government will be very different, and poss [...]	2005-12-14 22:40:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	CA PGOV PREL
05OTTAWA3684	U.S.-CANADA LAW ENFORCEMENT AND COUNTER-TERRORISM [...] (C/NF) Summary: The final reports of the Arar Public Inquiry (one factual, one with policy recommendations) will be released in March 2006. RCMP Commissioner Zaccardelli fears that the recommendations will seek to undermine his institution's independence and its ability to freely and proactiv [...]	2005-12-15 19:52:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	CA KCRM KJUS PINR
05OTTAWA3765	OPPOSITION PARTIES SEIZE ON RCMP INVESTIGATION OF [...] (U) Summary: Opposition parties have seized on confirmation of an RCMP criminal investigation into the possible leak of tax information from the Department of Finance, calling for Finance Minister Ralph Goodale to resign. Goodale, reiterating his confidence that he, his political staff, and [...]	2005-12-29 21:17:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN ECON PREL CA SIPDIS
05OTTAWA572	MARTIN GOVERNMENT EXPECTED TO ANNOUNCE THIS WEEK [...] No summary [...]	2005-02-24 00:15:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MARR CA NORAD
05OTTAWA706	CANADIAN OPPOSITION LEADER HEARS DISAPPOINTMENT [...] (C/NF) Summary: Ambassador Cellucci met March 4 with Conservative Party Leader Stephen Harper, at the latter's request. Although the original reason for the meeting was to explain and gain understanding for the Opposition Party's position on Missile Defense, the Senate vote to keep the border close [...]	2005-03-04 21:22:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MARR PGOV CA
05PANAMA608	PANAMA TACKLES TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) [...] (C) Armed with Panama's tough March 2004 anti-TIP law, Darien province Prosecutor Arnesia Janeth Torrero recently arrested indigenous National Police (PNP) officers for their alleged commercial sexual exploitation of indigenous minor girls in the remote Darien province. In January, Torrero finis [...]	2005-03-16 22:31:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL
05PANAMA629	PANAMANIAN SUPREME COURT FRACAS BLURS GOVERNMENT [...] (C) A public row pitting one Supreme Court Justice against three others has incited vehement public demands for the dismissal of all nine justices. On March 10 the Panamanian government (GOP) institutionalized those demands by forming a State Justice Commission (SJC) comprising state officials and [...]	2005-03-18 21:46:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PHUM PM POL CHIEF
05PARIS3659	FRANCE'S REFERENDUM ON EU CONSTITUTION: INTERNAL [...] (C) Whatever the outcome on May 29, none of the purely domestic political/economic issues that have so divided the French electorate during the referendum campaign will have been resolved. Rejection of the political class, along with the high unemployment, diminished purchasing power and eco [...]	2005-05-26 14:50:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
05PARIS5922	REPORT FROM THE FRENCH SOCIALIST PARTY'S "SUMMER [...] (C) France's Socialist Party (PS) held the thirteenth edition of its annual "Summer University" on August 26 - 28 (ref D). This year, party leaders used the event to start drawing up the battle lines (ref C) between the rival populist and progressive factions -- the 'no' and the 'yes' camps [...]	2005-08-31 16:05:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV ELAB EU FR PINR SOCI ECON
05PRAGUE1514	CZECH ELECTIONS - TOO EARLY AND TOO CLOSE TO CALL, [...] SUMMARY. (C) The Czech Republic will hold general elections next June. This cable summarizes current election trends and possible outcomes, and assesses impact on US interests in the Czech Republic. Septels will discuss in greater detail the positions of individual parties. Under the propor [...]	2005-10-21 15:23:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EZ PGOV PREL
05QUITO2440	CONGRESS OFFERS, AND PALACIO RESISTS, ASSEMBLY [...] (C) Summary: President of Congress Wilfredo Lucero met with President Alfredo Palacio October 24 to relay lawmakers' support for a constitutional assembly, but not a more powerful constituent assembly as favored by Palacio. The constituent assembly -- intended for times of complete governmen [...]	2005-10-26 19:29:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PINS EC
05QUITO2678	ECUADOR TO COOPERATE ON ANTI-SMUGGLING CASES [...] (U) Summary: Ecuador's top officials committed to working with U.S. law enforcement authorities to slow illegal immigration and put alien smugglers behind bars during a November 16-18 visit by DOJ prosecutors and DHS agents. The visit came just days after Ecuadorian police arrested a couple a [...]	2005-11-25 12:31:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG PBTS PGOV
05RABAT122	MCC CEO APPLEGARTH MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER [...] (U) Summary: Prime Minister Driss Jettou laid out for Millennium Challenge Corporation CEO Paul Applegarth his government's top development priorities in a January 12 meeting attended by Ambassador Riley and Salahuddine Tazi, the Foreign Ministry's director of American Affairs. Also present [...]	2005-01-14 17:33:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KMCA EAID ECON PREL PHUM MO
05RANGOON1262	ETHNIC SHAN LEADERS: OUT FOR THE COUNT? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A GOB court has sentenced eight leading ethnic Shan politicians and cease-fire group leaders, arrested in February 2005, to stiff prison sentences ranging from 12 to over 100 years. The harshest sentence of all was reserved for Hkun Htun Oo, one of Burma's most effective pro-de [...]	2005-11-07 11:12:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PINS BM
05RANGOON1275	BURMA: CHARGE MEETS THE MINISTER OF HEALTH [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Charge made a courtesy call November 8 on Dr. Kyaw Myint, Minister of Health. The minister assured the Charge of the GOB's commitment to transparency on avian influenza outbreaks in Burma and his ministry has several initiatives to mitigate the spread of AI. The minister des [...]	2005-11-09 10:56:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAID EAGR PGOV SOCI TBIO BM
05RANGOON1444	THE SLIPPERY SLOPE TO A DRUG-FREE WA REGION [...] (U) SUMMARY: United Wa State Army (UWSA) leaders told visiting diplomats that drugs have turned the ethnic Wa into "pariahs." The Wa leaders claimed, however, that they have turned a new page and "put narcotics behind us," appealing for increased international assistance and a reversal of U.S. [...]	2005-12-27 08:25:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAID KCRM PGOV PHUM PINS PREL SNAR BM NGO
05ROME1127	EU COMMISSIONER FRATTINI PREDICTS BIG CABINET [...] (C/NOFORN) During Ambassador Sembler's April 1 farewell courtesy call, EU Commissioner for Justice and Home Affairs (and former Italian FM) Franco Frattini (strictly protect) predicted that PM Berlusconi's program of tax cuts and infrastructure improvements would win his center-right coalition [...]	2005-04-04 07:42:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV IT EUN ITALIAN POLITICS ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS
05ROME2051	U.S.-EU IRAQ CONFERENCE, ITALY UNLIKELY TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Italian Foreign Minister Fini will attend the Brussels conference, but aid officials tell us Italy will not commit to new assistance for Iraq. End summary. 2. (SBU) Visiting A/S Fried discussed reftel points with Giovanni Castellaneta, Diplomatic Advisor to Prime Minister Be [...]	2005-06-16 05:06:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV EAID EIND ECON IT IZ EUN IRAQI FREEDOM
05ROME3763	IRAQ: TALABANI IN ROME URGES NO HASTY TROOP MOVES [...] (C) Summary. During his November 7-13 visit to Italy, Iraqi President Talabani discussed current developments in Iraq and Iraqi relations with Syrian, Iran and Turkey with Embassy officials. Talabani received assurances from Italian center-left leaders that they would not withdraw Italian tr [...]	2005-11-15 10:22:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PARM PREL PGOV IZ IT UNSC IRAQI FREEDOM NATO
05SANAA1286	SANAA EAC MEETING 05/14/2005 [...] (C) Post EAC convened on May 14 at 10:00 A.M.local time to assess the possibility of demonstrations or other actions within Yemen in response to recent local and international news coverage about alleged Koran desecration at Guantanamo. Key offices and personnel represented at the meeting in [...]	2005-05-14 13:44:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	AMGT ASEC PREL PTER EAC
05SANAA1355	SANAA EAC MEETING 05/13/2005 [...] (C) Post EAC convened on May 23 to discuss options for the future of post's residential guard force program. Key offices and personnel represented at the meeting included: AMB, DAT, FPD, MO, LEGATT, POLE, POLM, OMC, CCE-Y, USAID, RSO, CONS, and PD. 2. (C) EAC members reviewed discussio [...]	2005-05-24 11:13:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	AMGT ASEC PREL PTER EAC
05SANAA1986	STANDOFF ENDS BETWEEN YEMENI MILITARY AND TRIBAL [...] (C) On 20 July 2005, 300 armed tribal members took up positions near a Jannah Hunt oil processing plant in the Helewah region of the Marib Governate with the intention of pressuring the government of Yemen to reinstate subsidies on oil and gas products. American and British citizens were amo [...]	2005-07-24 05:25:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	AMGT ASEC PREL PTER DOMESTIC POLITICS ENERGY
05SANAA2414	WHERE DOES ISLAH'S HEART LIE? [...] (C) Summary: With the 2006 Presidential and Local Council elections fast approaching, the Yemeni Congregation for Reform, or "Islah" is taking center stage in Yemeni politics. Islah is a coalition of northern tribal interests and the Yemeni Muslim Brotherhood (YMB). The party boasts the hig [...]	2005-08-21 10:41:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER KISL KDEM KMPI KMCA YM
05SANTODOMINGO2819	DOMINICAN REPATRIATIONS TO HAITI HAVE ENDED [...] (U) Summary. The Dominican government has suspended the rounding up and deportation of undocumented Haitian immigrants from the northern border area, following conflicts and threats of mob action in the town of Hatillo Mayor, Montecristi Province. Operations were carried out under supervis [...]	2005-05-19 11:06:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PHUM PGOV DR HA
05SANTODOMINGO4196	DOMINICAN PROGRESS ON IMF STAND-BY [...] (SBU) Summary: IMF Regional Director Guy Meredith and Resrep Ousmene Mandeng told DCM and staff on August 24 that things are going generally well for the Dominicans on the macroeconomic side and they foresee no obstacles to completing the combined first and second reviews of the standby. This [...]	2005-09-02 20:43:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV EFIN DR
05SINGAPORE2524	FLU PANDEMIC PREPAREDNESS -- SINGAPORE INPUT [...] (U) SUMMARY. Post is satisfied that the Government of Singapore (GOS) would rapidly respond to halt the spread of an influenza pandemic within Singapore. The Singapore Ministry of Health (MOH) has developed an "Influenza Pandemic Readiness and Response Plan" that is available for public view [...]	2005-08-22 09:50:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PINR SOCI TBIO ECON KHIV EAGR ETRD SN
05SINGAPORE2894	ALL SMILES, LITTLE SUCCESS IN WU YI VISIT TO [...] (C/NF) Summary: Singapore's ties with China remain strained, despite the favorable press coverage of Chinese Vice Premier Wu Yi's September 19-21 visit to Singapore. In a frankly negative read-out, the PRC Embassy told us many Chinese officials still do not trust Singapore and complained that [...]	2005-09-29 09:30:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV PREL SN CH
05SINGAPORE3146	MUSLIM RELIGIOUS TEACHERS TRYING TO REEDUCATE JI [...] (C/NF) Summary: Deputy Prime Minister and Home Affairs Minister Wong Kan Seng has for the first time publicly thanked Muslim religious leaders trying to reeducate suspected Jemaah Islamiah (JI) terrorists detained under Singapore's Internal Security Act (ISA). The head of the Religious Rehabi [...]	2005-10-27 09:44:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PTER PGOV SN
05TELAVIV4728	(C) ISRAEL CONSIDERS WITHDRAWING FROM GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary. The Ministry of Industry, Trade, and Labor (MOITL) is considering withdrawing from the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) if the GOI is unable to maintain offsets at the current level. MOITL staff claim that economic analysis and industry advocacy have made it clear that cost [...]	2005-07-29 13:13:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON ETRD IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE
05TELAVIV5093	KNESSET MEMBERS VISIT GAZA SETTLEMENTS, SOME [...] (C) Knesset members who support disengagement as well as those who oppose it have been visiting the Gaza settlements since the disengagement process began August 15. Some have gone to show support for the settlers, while others have gone to show sensitivity to the settlers, but also to suppor [...]	2005-08-17 12:53:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL SETTLEMENTS
05TELAVIV5360	DISENGAGEMENT SITUATION REPORT, AUGUST 31, 2005 [...] (C) Summary: The Knesset approved (58-23) the Israeli agreement with Egypt allowing Egypt to post 750 Border Guards on the Egypt-Gaza border, and the GOI plans to sign the agreement on September 1. Egyptian Intelligence Chief Omar Suleiman briefed General Ward on his August 31 meeting with P [...]	2005-08-31 16:01:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KWBG KPAL PREL ECON EAID PINS IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV5698	ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN ENVIRONMENTAL EXPERTS [...] (C/NF) Summary: Officials from the MFA, Environment Ministry, and Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) plan to meet post-disengagement to discuss whether and how to go forward with the Environmental Experts Committee (EEC). Progress on restarting the EEC, suspended [...]	2005-09-16 10:23:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	SENV PREL PGOV KPAL KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
05TELAVIV6552	AMIR PERETZ: NOT YET READY FOR PRIME TIME? [...] (C) Summary: Newly elected Labor Party Chairman Amir Peretz told DAS Danin November 18 that he will focus his upcoming election campaign on socio-economic issues, rather than on peace and security. He stressed the importance of the Labor Party serving as a real opposition party and added tha [...]	2005-11-18 10:48:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PTER PREL KWBG KPAL IS ELECTIONS GOI INTERNAL
05VATICAN541	VATICAN: MEDIA REACT TO PRESIDENT'S RELIGIOUS FREEDOM [...] (U) President Bush's call for increased religious freedom, and particularly "the need for [China] to invite leaders from the Vatican to come and discuss religious freedoms" was widely covered in Italian and Vatican-based news media. In a press release supporting President Bush's statements, th [...]	2005-11-29 16:32:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KIRF PHUM PREL VT CH
05VIENNA2608	C-CN5-00226: ALBANIAN CRIMINAL GROUPS IN AUSTRIA [...] (C) Below is Post's response to C-CN5-00226 on Albanian organized crime. 2. (C) What is the nature and extent of Albanian organized criminal activity in Austria? -- Post's information on ethnic Albanian organized crime elements operating in Austria derives largely from its Au [...]	2005-08-03 12:31:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PINR SNAR AU
05WELLINGTON400	MESSAGE FROM AMBASSADOR SWINDELLS: NZ FOREIGN [...] (C/NOFORN) New Zealand's Foreign Minister Phil Goff will have three main objectives for his State Department, NSC, Congressional, and other meetings next week: to assure Washington officials that New Zealand values its relations with the United States, to reinforce New Zealand's interest in c [...]	2005-05-20 02:43:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV NZ PMIL
05WELLINGTON418	WTO: NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT PLAYS DOWN CRISIS OVER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Although New Zealand's WTO Ambassador Tim Groser has resigned to run as an opposition party candidate in general elections later this year, the Government will finance his stay in Geneva as WTO Agriculture Committee Chair until the summer break. This will allow Groser to partic [...]	2005-05-27 05:09:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ETRD PGOV PREL NZ USTR
05WELLINGTON624	THE DEATH OF DAVID LANGE [...] (C) Summary: Former NZ Prime Minister David Lange died on August 13, following a long illness. In the run-up to elections, Prime Minister Clark may be hoping to capitalize on Labour's identity as the heir apparent to Lange and the anti-nuclear policy his Government implemented. Most observ [...]	2005-08-15 04:41:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL NZ
05WELLINGTON658	NEW ZEALAND FIRST: A PARTY OF THE OLD STILL MAY [...] (C) Summary: As New Zealand gears up for September 17 general elections, neither Labour nor National are likely to get enough votes to win a majority outright. Of all New Zealand's small parties, only two, the New Zealand First party and the Green Party, have enough current support to win mo [...]	2005-08-29 03:28:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV NZ
05WELLINGTON692	THOUGH ON THE FRINGE, NEW ZEALAND'S GREENS MAY [...] (C) Strongly identified with environmental protectionism, New Zealand's Green Party also represents a number of other small constituencies, ranging from those who favor legalizing marijuana to those concerned with improving nutrition in school lunches. Typically favored by younger New Zealand [...]	2005-09-09 03:04:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL NZ
05WELLINGTON695	THE KIWI VOTER: TRAPPED BETWEEN BOREDOM AND [...] (C) Going in to the final week of New Zealand's general election campaign, polls are fluctuating wildly: one had National in a seven-point lead, while another had Labour leading by nine points just two days later. The latest put the major parties in a dead heat, with support for Labour at 40. [...]	2005-09-09 04:50:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL NZ
05WELLINGTON696	NZ'S "PRESIDENTIAL RACE:" FOCUS ON PM CLARK AND [...] (C) Summary: As reftel notes, in this undecided campaign, the personality of the major parties' leaders may really influence voters' decisions. The following are two brief snapshots of what's on offer. End Summary. -------------------------- Prime Minister Helen Clark ------------------- [...]	2005-09-11 19:56:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL NZ
05WELLINGTON715	NZ ELECTIONS: EMBASSY CONFIDENTLY PREDICTS [...] (C) Summary: New Zealand's election race remains the closest in years. We believe it likely the National Party will get more votes than the Labour Government, but the real question will be whether this would be enough to ensure a National government. Mixed Member Proportional voting (MMP),[...]	2005-09-16 05:51:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL NZ
05WELLINGTON719	NZ ELECTIONS: TWO-WEEK WAIT TO SEE WHO'S WON THE [...] (C) As predicted, New Zealand's September 17 General Elections were the closest in years. Despite starting the evening well ahead, the opposition National Party ended up one Parliamentary Seat behind the Labour Government. But the Nats refuse to concede defeat and Labour has not declared vi [...]	2005-09-19 05:04:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL NZ
05WELLINGTON738	SUGGESTED STRATEGY FOR ALIEN (BUI) REQUEST TO GNZ [...] (SBU) This message contains an action request, at paragraph 6. 2. (C) Post believes that reftel demarche would be a very hard sell to GNZ officials. New Zealand prides itself as a strong player in supporting human rights. The Government has also been strongly criticized in the recent pa [...]	2005-09-23 02:32:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PREL PGOV NZ
05WELLINGTON807	NZ LABOUR FORMS GOVERNMENT: COALITION OF THE [...] (U) New Zealand Labour Prime Minister Helen Clark announced October 17 the formation of a new government, involving a Labour coalition with the one-seat Progressive Party and confidence-and-supply arrangements with New Zealand First and United Future. Jim Anderton of the Progressive Party wil [...]	2005-10-17 18:48:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL NZ
05YEREVAN1717	DETAILS OF SHOOTING INCIDENT ON LINE OF CONTACT [...] (C) The September 20 shooting incident on the line of contact seemed clearly directed to disrupt N-K negotiations and will certainly be raised at the OSCE Permanent Council. While there is no way to determine which side fired, the round -- which impacted about 20 meters from an international [...]	2005-09-23 11:35:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MASS AJ AM OSCE
06ABIDJAN549	YOUNG PATRIOTS CONTINUE TO OCCUPY HIGH SCHOOL [...] (SBU) Summary: The Congress of Young Patriots (COJEP),the leading faction of the Young Patriots youth militia and headed by Ble Goude, continues to occupy the headquarters of the Secondary School Teacher,s Union (SYNESCI). Despite complaints to the Ivorian government, COJEP remains in place [...]	2006-05-24 16:25:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ELAB PGOV ECON EFIN IV
06ABUDHABI2542	NEW INVESTMENT COUNCIL TO TAKE ADIA'S UAE [...] (C/NF) Summary. On June 13, UAE President Khalifa bin Zayed established the Abu Dhabi Investment Council to take over the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority's (ADIA) stake in UAE-based investments, such as the National Bank of Abu Dhabi. ADIA will concentrate on its considerable overseas investm [...]	2006-06-20 09:26:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN EINV ETRD ECON AE
06ABUDHABI2956	TFLE01: FM SHEIKH ABDULLAH ON LEBANON, ABU MAZEN [...] (C)SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al Nahyan (AbZ) telephoned Ambassador from Paris the evening of July 17 to condemn the attack in Lebanon on a UAE humanitarian assistance convoy, urge that credit for any defusing of the Hamas situation go to Abu Mazen, and criticize EU p [...]	2006-07-18 15:06:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL EAID KPAL IR LE AE
06ABUDHABI3100	KIMMITT/ZELIKOW MEETING IN ABU DHABI WITH ARAB [...] (C) Summary: An interagency delegation led by Treasury Deputy Secretary Robert Kimmitt and Counselor of the Department of State Philip Zelikow briefed Arab Monetary Fund (AMF) Director General, Chairman of the Board Jassim Al-Mannai on the International Compact for Iraq on July 23 in Abu Dhabi [...]	2006-07-31 12:35:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAID ECON EFIN IZ AE
06ABUDHABI3709	UAEG WELCOMES CONTINUED DIALOGUE ON INVESTMENT [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-20 11:44:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN EINV AE
06ABUDHABI3929	UAE OFFICIALS ON GCC COMMON MARKET AND CURRENCY [...] (C/NF) Econchief briefly discussed the prospects for the GCC common market (scheduled to be established by 2007) and the GCC monetary union (scheduled for 2010) with MinEcon U/S Abdullah Al-Saleh and Central Bank Governor Sultan Nasser Al-Suwaidi on October 8 and 9. In response to econchief's [...]	2006-10-10 12:48:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ETRD EFIN ECON PREL GCC AE
06ABUDHABI453	NEW UAE FEDERAL CABINET ANNOUNCED [...] (C) Summary: The UAE leadership announced a ministerial reshuffle late February 9. The reshuffle preserves key U.S. Mission interlocutors, especially Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahyan (AbZ),who becomes Minister of Foreign Affairs. The UAE's new Prime Minister, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al [...]	2006-02-10 13:56:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PINR PGOV ETRD KISL KDEM AE
06ABUJA2144	NIGERIA: NEW NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR ON THE [...] (U) Summary: On August 17, 2006, Gen. Abdullahi Mukhtar, Ret., the incoming National Security Advisor (NSA),outlined to ambassadors and charges President Obasanjo's strategy for restoring order in the Delta and addressing the long-term social and economic dysfunctionalities. Despite press [...]	2006-08-18 12:28:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV NI
06ABUJA2948	SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL WARD'S NOVEMBER 2006 VISIT [...] (C) Your visit to Nigeria comes at a critical, though tumultuous time in the country's political evolution. Increasing instability in the Niger Delta threatens the nation's oil production, the government's primary source of income; continuing outbreaks of avian influenza threaten the nation's [...]	2006-11-13 12:17:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL ECON MASS KDEM NI
06ABUJA594	SENATORS PRESS USG ON THIRD TERM BUT DISAGREE ON [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with the US Ambassador, six Nigerian Senators repeatedly pressed the Ambassador on the USG position on a presidential third term. The Senators wanted to gauge USG perspective on the principle of constitutional change, the USG assessment of the process so far and wha [...]	2006-03-16 09:01:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM PHUM NI AF
06ABUJA667	NIGERIA: ANGLICAN PRIMATE ON DELTA, THIRD TERM [...] (C) Summary: The Anglican Primate told the Ambassador on March 21 that he was discouraged by the way the third term debate has crowded out resolution of the current hostage crisis in the Delta. He affirmed that hostage taking is bound to continue. He characterized President Obasanjo as one [...]	2006-03-24 15:16:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL NI
06ABUJA686	NIGERIA: CONCERNS BY PEOPLES DEMOCRATIC PARTY [...] (C) Summary: Chief Ojo Maduekwe, National Secretary of President Obasanjo's ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP),is concerned that amendment of the constitution will lack popular legitimacy -- even if it is done legally. He was ambiguous about the desirability of President Obasanjo seekin [...]	2006-03-28 06:38:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL NI
06ABUJA938	PROTECTING CIVILIANS IN DARFUR: AMIS FORCE [...] (C) On April 25 Khartoum CDA Hume raised with AMIS commander Major General Ihekire US concerns about increased fighting and specifically attacks on civilians in Darfur per reftel. He emphasized that recent fighting had taken place in close proximity to AMIS installations without any appropr [...]	2006-04-26 11:14:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI PINS PARM SU NI
06ABUJA969	DARFUR PEACE TALKS: OBASANJO SAYS DRAFT PEACE DEAL [...] (C) Summary: On April 28, Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo requested a meeting with USDEL to share his impressions of the draft peace agreement and his ideas on the way forward. Obasanjo is conducting separate meetings with the parties and then plans to bring them together later in the [...]	2006-04-28 11:31:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PHUM SU NI
06ADDISABABA1194	SUDAN/DARFUR: AU COMMISSION DEMARCHED ON GRAIDA [...] (SBU) Deputy pol/econ counselor delivered ref A points on USG concerns about further violence in south Darfur to Ambassador Ki Doulaye Corentin, Head of the African Union Commission's Darfur Integrated Task Force (AU/DITF),on April 28. Ki Doulaye pledged to share the information with AU Pea [...]	2006-05-01 09:25:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL SU KPKO MOPS AU
06ADDISABABA2877	ETHIOPIA: MELES DISCUSSES INQUIRY COMMISSION [...] (C) SUMMARY: PM Meles told visiting Gen. Fulford and SFRC staffer Michael Phelan that the just-released report of the Independent Commission of Inquiry into 2005 political violence had clearly identified a number of problematic actions by security forces that required additional investigation [...]	2006-10-27 12:03:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PGOV PREL ET
06ADDISABABA536	ETHIOPIA: OPPOSITION MUSTERS QUORUM TO TAKE OVER [...] (C) Summary: After several failed attempts, candidates elected to the Addis Ababa Regional Council under the CUD banner in May 2005 have finally mustered quorum to take over the government of Ethiopia's capital city. Since the official deadline for registration has passed, Prime Minister Mel [...]	2006-02-23 06:47:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PREL ET
06AITTAIPEI1917	ROUND TWO IN TAIPEI: TWO MORE DPP CASUALTIES [...] (C) June 4 saw the second round of resignations from the Chen administration: NSC Deputy Secretaries General Parris Chang and Michael Tsai both stepped down under instruction. This follows the earlier resignations of Presidential Office Deputy Secretary General Ma Yung-cheng and NSC Senior Adv [...]	2006-06-06 00:05:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV TW
06ALGIERS1219	BOUTEFLIKA ON WESTERN SAHARA, RELATIONS WITH [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-01 11:15:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PBTS WI MO AG
06ALMATY2054	KAZAKHSTAN: AES UPDATE ON REGIONAL POWER, [...] (C) Summary: AES Country Manager Dale Perry updated the Ambassador on the company's participation in regional electricity projects, as well as AES's demand-driven modernization plans, on the margins of the Ambassador's June 6 tour of AES's 4,000MW Ekibastuz GRES I coal-fired power plant. The [...]	2006-06-12 04:30:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ENRG EPET KZ PGOV PREL
06ALMATY2155	ACCESS INDUSTRIES CHAIRMAN DISCUSSES KAZAKHSTAN [...] (C) Summary: Access Industries Chairman Len Blavatnik discussed his company's Kazakhstan investments with the Ambassador on June 8. While Access is quietly offering its only Kazakhstani power plant for sale, it is simultaneously trying to buy into the Ekibastuz Gres II plant, as part of what [...]	2006-06-19 11:37:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ENRG EPET KZ PGOV PREL RU
06ALMATY2156	KAZAKHSTAN: EXXONMOBIL EXECS DISCUSS CPC, KASHAGAN [...] (C) Summary: ExxonMobil executives briefed the Ambassador on the company's Kazakhstani interests on June 8. Country Manager David Willis told the Ambassador that the apparent Putin-Nazarbayev political breakthrough on the issue of Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) expansion in April had not [...]	2006-06-19 11:39:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ENRG EPET KZ PGOV PREL RU

06ALMATY2157	KAZAKHSTAN: ADVOCACY: KAZMUNAIGAZ DELAYS "N BLOCK" [...] (C) Summary: Kazakhstani government officials recently informed ConocoPhillips (CP) that KazMunaiGaz (KMG) will not select a partner or partners for the development of the offshore Caspian "N" block until fall, notwithstanding earlier indications that KMG would make a decision by the end of [...]	2006-06-19 11:43:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	BTIO ENRG EPET KZ PGOV PREL
06ALMATY2273	KAZAKHSTAN: TENGIZ UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: New TengizChevrOil (TCO) General Director Todd Levy discussed Tengiz developments with Econoff on June 22 in Atyrau. Levy told Econoff that the project to double TCO oil production (to 500,000 barrels/day) would likely be delayed three months, until July 2007, due primarily to a [...]	2006-06-27 01:20:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ENRG EPET KZ PGOV PREL
06ALMATY2301	KAZAKHSTAN: PARKER DRILLING'S LEGAL WOES [...] (C) Summary: On June 22, Parker Drilling updated Econoff on the company's years-long tax dispute with Kazakhstani authorities. The Supreme Court recently ruled that Parker owed roughly $100 million in back taxes and penalties stemming from work done by Parker's "Sunkar" drilling rig on behal [...]	2006-06-28 09:33:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ENRG EPET KZ PGOV PREL
06ALMATY2687	KAZAKHSTAN: CONOCOPHILLIPS UPDATE: N BLOCK, [...] (C) Summary: Outgoing ConocoPhillips (CP) Country Manager Hakim Janah told Econoff on July 21 that the company had improved the financial terms of its bid for a share of Kazakhstan's offshore "N" block (Ref A),following Shell's rejection of a CP proposal that the two companies cease competin [...]	2006-07-26 09:41:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ENRG EPET KZ PGOV PREL
06AMMAN1305	YEAR 2006 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW: JORDAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Jordan's leadership has endorsed a vision of intellectual property rights that remains one of the strongest in the Arab world, best captured by Microsoft Corporation's commitment to doing business here. The Government of Jordan (GoJ) is no less committed to IPR protection today, [...]	2006-02-22 09:55:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ETRD KIPR ECON KTIA PGOV JO
06AMMAN1735	SOME JORDANIAN VIEWS ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR AMBITIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The GOJ shares U.S. concerns about Iran,s nuclear ambitions, but also fears a U.S.-Iran crisis that adds to regional tensions. Jordan,s political class and the popular press, however, often link the Iran nuclear issue to complaints about the Israeli nuclear program. END SUMMARY [...]	2006-03-08 14:02:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MNUC IR JO
06AMMAN2404	ISLAMIC ACTION FRONT CALLS FOR TWO-HOUR GENERAL [...] (C) Jordan,s Islamic Action Front called April 3 for a two-hour general strike on Sunday, April 9. The Front said the work stoppage would be in protest against the GOJ,s fourth round of fuel subsidy cuts, which most here expect the GOJ to implement in the coming days (ref A). Post,s contacts [...]	2006-04-05 06:37:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV KISL ELAB JO
06AMMAN3954	GEN DAYTON MEETS WITH JORDANIAN INTELLIGENCE CHIEF [...] ( C ) Summary: Dayton and Dhahabi discussed the Palestinian situation, Iran,s role in it, a proposal to train Abu Mazen loyalists in Jordan, and the pro-Hamas lobbying of several Amman personalities, including the Russian Ambassador. End summary. 2. ( C ) USSC Lieutenant General Keith [...]	2006-06-05 13:50:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL KPAL IS JO
06AMMAN4037	A/S WELCH MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER KHATIB [...] (C) Summary: NEA A/S David Welch, Qmpanied by Ambassador, Staff Assistant Ann Donick and poloff (notetaker),met June 5 with Foreign Minister Abdelelah al-Khatib in Amman. In addition to bilateral issues, they discussed recent developments in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the Iranian [...]	2006-06-07 05:43:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL KPAL KWBG JO IS IR
06AMMAN4265	KING ABDULLAH MEETS WITH ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a good-spirited meeting with Israeli PM Olmert on June 8, King Abdullah expressed Jordanian opposition to Olmert's unilateral convergence plan and encouraged the GOI to strengthen Abu Mazen. Olmert reassured the King that Israel would heed Jordan's interests in its plans conc [...]	2006-06-13 09:49:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL KPAL KWBG JO IS
06AMMAN6151	JORDANIAN REACTION TO UN RESOLUTION 1701 [...] (U) SUMMARY: Although hopeful that UN resolution 1701 will end hostilities, many Jordanians are skeptical of the general impact of the resolution, citing Israel's continued ground operations in southern Lebanon and air strikes on Beirut. Mainstream press commentary views the resolution as the b [...]	2006-08-13 14:21:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV IS LE JO
06AMMAN6781	IRAQI POPULATION IN JORDAN INCREASING [...] (U) Informed estimates of the number of Iraqis here now range from 500,000 to one million. Jordan's Ministry of Interior estimates that approximately thirty thousand Iraqis have moved to Jordan in the first half of 2006. By comparison, about thirty thousand Iraqis moved to Jordan in all of 2 [...]	2006-08-31 14:49:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREF ECON SMIG IZ JO
06AMMAN6886	WHERE HAVE ALL THE BANGLADESHIS GONE? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In an attempt to stem labor violations in Jordan's Qualifying Industrial Zones (QIZs),the Ministry of Labor (MoL) took an informal decision in late May to halt all approvals of work permits for Bangladeshis and overturn any previous approvals for Bangladeshis who had not yet tra [...]	2006-09-07 03:44:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ELAB ETRD PHUM GTIP KTEX JO IN BG
06ANKARA2903	PKK VIOLENCE ONGOING [...] (U) According to press reports, PKK violence in Turkey continued the week of May 13-19. In various PKK attacks (usually involving IEDs) and Turkish military operations, six soldiers or police, four civilians (all children),and five PKK terrorists were killed, with two security forces personn [...]	2006-05-23 05:47:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PTER PGOV PREL TU IZ
06ANKARA3104	TOUGH TIMES AT TURKEY'S CENTRAL BANK [...] (C) Summary. Experts agree that the challenge of bringing Turkey's inflation rate down from last year's 8% to normal OECD levels will be far harder than the success over the last four years reducing it from 70% to 8%. Thus, longtime central banker Dormus Yilmaz took the helm of Turkey's Ce [...]	2006-05-26 14:50:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN PGOV TU
06ANKARA3896	MANAGING TURKISH MARKETS AND MEETING WITH TREASURY [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-05 05:33:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN TU
06ANKARA4154	TFLE01: LEBANON EVACUATION - TURKEY READY TO ASSIST [...] (C) Summary. The GOT has offered Turkey as an alternate debarkation point for Lebanon evacuees. Mission believes the port of Mersin and Incirlik AB offer the best facilities. The southeastern Turkish ports of Mersin and Iskenderun can accommodate ferries and medium-sized cruise ships; both ar [...]	2006-07-18 12:15:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	AEMR CASC EWWT MARR PINS PREL ETRA KHLS TU
06ANKARA4199	TURKISH ISLAMIC ORDERS, THOUGH BANNED, MAINTAIN [...] (C/NF) Summary: Turkey is home to many brands of Islam. In addition to the official Sunni overlay and the many Alevis (heterodox Muslims),many Turks, including social and political leaders, continue to associate with Islamic orders known as "tarikats" and "cemaats." These have been officiall [...]	2006-07-19 14:34:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE KIRF TU
06ANKARA4375	TURKISH LAND FORCES COMMANDER BUYUKANIT APPOINTED [...] (C) The Turkish Council of Ministers, in a surprise move, on July 31 appointed Land Forces Commander General Yasar Buyukanit as the next Chief of the General Staff (CHOD) beginning on August 30 when the current CHOD, GEN Hilmi Ozkok, retires. President Sezer approved the appointment the same [...]	2006-08-01 05:14:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MARR TU
06ANKARA4474	TFLE01: TURKEY: ANGRY CALLS FOR IMMEDIATE [...] (C) Summary: The mood in Turkey regarding events in Lebanon - particularly the failure to achieve an early, UN-brokered ceasefire - has turned angry. Growing protests on the streets have been matched by official statements in Kuala Lumpur (PM Erdogan at the OIC ministerial) and Washington (F [...]	2006-08-03 13:28:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PTER TU IS LE
06ANKARA4688	TURKEY'S FOREIGN POLICY SPLIT - THE PM'S CIRCLE TO [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-11 14:53:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PINR PREL TU
06ANKARA5139	TERRORISM FINANCE: TURKISH GOVERNMENT APPEALS [...] (C) Further to ref, MFA DDG Huseyin Bicakli confirmed that on September 5, the MFA and Prime Ministry filed an appeal of the July Danistay (Council of State) ruling that invalidated the 2001 Council of Ministers order that freezed Yassin al-Qadi's assets in Turkey pursuant to UNSCR 1267. Bica [...]	2006-09-06 13:36:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KTFN PTER TU
06ANKARA5854	TURKISH PARTICIPATION IN IRAQ COMPACT [...] (SBU) MFA Iraq Assistance Coordinator Koray Targay took note of the points in reftel, but said that Turkey had not been asked to participate in the Preparatory Group or in Iraq Compact drafting. He said Turkey was supportive of the Compact, but that he understood from other contacts that the [...]	2006-10-10 09:02:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAID PREL IZ TU
06ANKARA737	TURKEY/IRAN NUCLEAR: TURKEY TOUGHENS STANCE ON [...] (SBU) Speaking to the press on February 15, MFA spokesman Namik Tan previewed the visit by Ambassador Schulte and the USG Iran briefing team (reftel). Using language stronger than in previous government statements, Tan said that "the crisis between Iran and the international community has re [...]	2006-02-16 14:03:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL KNUC IR TU
06ASTANA	KAZAKHSTAN: EXXONMOBIL UPDATES AMBASSADOR ON CPC [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-19 06:43:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ENRG EPET KZ PGOV PREL
06ASTANA204	KAZAKHSTAN: EXXONMOBIL UPDATES AMBASSADOR ON CPC [...] (C) Summary: In an October 18 meeting with Ambassador Ordway, ExxonMobil Country Manager David Willis described steps taken by his company to assert itself in the process of developing a Kazakhstan Caspian Transportation System (KCTS) to carry Kashagan (and now possibly Tengiz) crude to market [...]	2006-10-19 06:43:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ENRG EPET KZ PGOV PREL
06ASTANA280	KAZAKHSTAN: FOREIGN MINISTER KEEPS COURSE FOR 2009 [...] (C) Summary: On October 23, Foreign Minister Tokayev told Ambassador Ordway that the GOK would not accept the OSCE CiO compromise laid out in the October 4 USG "non paper." The existence of "pre-conditions" to the Kazakhstani chairmanship, he said, "would embarrass us." Tokayev informed the [...]	2006-10-24 07:34:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	OSCE PREL PHUM PGOV KZ
06ASTANA379	KAZAKHSTAN: ACCESS INDUSTRIES TO MANAGE EKIBASTUZ [...] (C) Summary: In August 2006, U.S.-based Access Industries assumed management control of Kazakhstan's 50% share of the 1000 MW Ekibastuz Gres II power plant, reportedly in return for financing plant upgrades and constructing one or two additional 500-600 MW generating units. (Russia's RAO UE [...]	2006-11-01 06:16:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ENRG EPET KZ PGOV PREL
06ASTANA580	KAZAKHSTAN: AES UPDATES AMBASSADOR ON IPO, [...] (C) Summary: AES's Dale Perry briefed the Ambassador on November 7 on AES's preparations for an IPO of its regulated Kazakhstani assets; the company's efforts to buy three CHP (combined heat/power) plants in Omsk, Russia; and several avenues of possible cooperation with Samruk, Kazakhstan's ho [...]	2006-11-15 11:41:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ENRG EPET KZ PGOV PREL RS
06ASTANA737	TENGIZ UPDATE: RIOT DELAYS PRODUCTION INCREASE [...] (C) Summary: TengizChevrOil (TCO) General Director Todd Levy told DCM on November 27 that the October 20 riot at Kazakhstan's Tengiz oil field (Ref A) -- and the subsequent exodus of site workers -- would likely delay "second generation" Tengiz production from 4-6 months, until year-end 2007. [...]	2006-12-06 02:55:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ENRG EPET KZ
06ASTANA738	KAZAKHSTAN: CONOCOPHILLIPS UPDATES AMBASSADOR ON [...] (C) Summary: ConocoPhillips (CP) Executive Vice President Bill Berry told the Ambassador on the morning of December 1 that rival Shell had recently approached CP with a proposal to split the offshore "N" Block. CP had declined the offer, Berry said, pending an anticipated meeting with Kazakhs [...]	2006-12-06 07:04:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	BTIO ENRG EPET KZ
06ASTANA817	KAZAKHSTAN: PETROKAZAKHSTAN LEGAL CASE WINDS DOWN [...] (C) Summary: On November 14, an Almaty district court convicted three expatriate former executives (two AmCits) of PetroKazakhstan (PK) of criminal violations of Kazakhstan's anti-monopoly law. The judge simultaneously granted the defendants amnesty and lifted a travel ban that had been in p [...]	2006-12-12 04:07:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ENRG EPET KZ CASC
06ASTANA824	KAZAKHSTAN: PREPARING FOR FUTURE ROUND OF OFFSHORE [...] (C) Summary: In early 2006, the Government of Kazakhstan granted a small geophysical company, Caspian Veritas LLP, exclusive rights to acquire seismic data over the entire "open" (unassigned) acreage of the Kazakhstani sector of the Caspian Sea. The company -- and at least one major prospect [...]	2006-12-12 12:04:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ENRG EPET KZ
06ASTANA90	KAZAKHSTAN: CANADIAN OIL COMPANY WEATHERS LEGAL [...] (C) Summary: The Canada-based "NationsEnergy" oil company, whose Kazakhstani subsidiary, "Karazhambasmunai JV" (KBM),owns a 50,000 barrel per day oil field, recently won an appeal in Kazakhstani court against an individual claiming nearly 50% of KBM by virtue of a dispute with former Nations [...]	2006-10-16 08:56:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ENRG EPET KZ CA
06ATHENS1432	CYPRUS AND AZERBAIJAN: ANOTHER OBSTACLE FOR [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with Ambassador of Azerbaijan to Greece, Mir-Hamza Efendiyev, on June 1, to discuss the Turkey-Greece-Istanbul natural gas interconnector (TGI). Ambassador outlined the current state of play and likely Russian efforts to get the GoG to accept Gazprom supplied gas [...]	2006-06-02 14:15:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON ENRG EPET GR
06ATHENS1853	GREEK MFA INVOLVED IN ARRANGING VESSELS FOR BEIRUT [...] (U) Summary: Ambassador called on Deputy Foreign Minister Kassimis on July 17 to advise the GoG of current USG efforts regarding potential evacuations from Beirut, as well as enlist GoG aid in locating appropriate vessels for RFP N00033-06-R-5523, and raise the possibility that Souda Bay mig [...]	2006-07-18 04:41:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	AEMR CASC EWWT GR LE MARR PINS PREL ETRA KHLS
06ATHENS1913	DEVELOPMENT MINISTER FULLY SUPPORTIVE OF U.S. [...] (C) Summary. The Greek Government is committed to enhancing European energy security through promoting the Turkey-Greece-Italy natural gas interconnector as a conduit for Caspian gas. This was the message conveyed July 14 to EUR DAS Bryza by Minister of Development Sioufas, who said he wan [...]	2006-07-21 13:44:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ENRG GR
06ATHENS2078	SOUTHERN CORRIDOR ENERGY CONFERENCE EXAMINES [...] (C) Summary: Gazprom's growing stranglehold on European energy supplies, particularly in the area of natural gas, has the potential to reduce these countries' diplomatic freedom of movement in support of U.S. diplomatic goals. Improving these countries' energy security and diversity of supply [...]	2006-08-09 04:54:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ENRG GR
06ATHENS2145	GREEK MFA SHOWING NEW INTEREST IN IPR ISSUES [...] (U) Summary: Personnel changes at the MFA may be positioning it to play a more positive role on IPR. Washington's efforts to engage the Greek embassy are also helping heighten the MFA's attention to the issue. Embassy officials met with the MFA Ambassador responsible for IPR issues, Georgios [...]	2006-08-17 13:23:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON GR KIPR
06ATHENS3135	GREEK RESPONSE TO DECEMBER 7TH UNGA OCEANS DEBATE [...] (U) The Greek MFA, through its International Organizations department, informed us that in principle they are sympathetic to the U.S. position on the Torres Strait, as they appreciate the precedential value of the Australian action in other international waterways. Our MFA interlocutors told [...]	2006-12-06 15:44:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	GR PHSA
06BAGHDAD4191	MALIKI ASKS FOR NATO GENDARMERIE TRAINING [...] (C/NF) In a November 2 meeting with Ambassador Khalilzad, PM Maliki said that he had signed a letter that morning requesting that NATO provide gendarmerie training to the Iraqi National Police under the auspices of the NATO-Training Mission in Iraq (NTM-I). National Security Advisor Rubaie pr [...]	2006-11-09 09:38:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL MOPS NATO IZ
06BAKU1202	DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO AZERBAIJAN ON UNSC [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-14 12:46:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PTER MOPS UN UNSC IS LE AJ
06BAKU1231	AZERBAIJAN: MEDIA FREEDOM TRENDS RAISE [...] (C) Summary: The past six months have seen the emergence of disturbing trends in Azerbaijan's media climate. Senior GOAJ officials, most prominently the Minister of the Interior, have sued numerous journalists for civil and criminal libel in response to criticism in the print press. These law [...]	2006-08-18 13:30:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM AJ
06BAKU444	WHO CONFIRMS 5 AVIAN INFLUENZA CASES IN AZERBAIJAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 21, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that UK reference laboratory tests showed that five deaths (reftel) in Azerbaijan were caused by H5N1 avian influenza. Testing confirmed two additional H5N1 infections; one patient recovered and has been discharged fro [...]	2006-03-22 13:19:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KFLU EAID PGOV EAGR TBIO CASC AJ
06BAKU572	AZERBAIJAN: YOUTH ACTIVIST TRIAL RESUMES, EMBASSY [...] (SBU) The closed trial of Yeni Fikir youth activists Ruslan Bashirli, Ramin Tagiyev and Said Nuriyev resumed April 12 at the Baku Court of Grave Crimes. The trial had been postponed for 48 hours after the defendants rejected court-appointed attorneys. The Court subsequently selected new lawyer [...]	2006-04-14 04:26:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PHUM KDEM AJ
06BAKU804	AZERBAIJANI PRESIDENT SUPPORTS U.S. ANNOUNCEMENT [...] (C/NF) Charge d'Affaires met with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev June 1 to deliver reftel points on Iran. President Aliyev told Charge he would immediately instruct Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov to follow-up on our request that the GOAJ issue a public statement welcoming the initiativ [...]	2006-06-01 14:50:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV IR AJ
06BANGKOK1215	SENATOR FEINGOLD'S MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER KANTATHI [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a February 20 meeting with Senator Russell Feingold (D-WI),Thai Foreign Minister Kantathi Suphamongkhon discussed the ongoing violence in southern Thailand; ASEAN; the U.S.-Thai FTA; China; and perceptions of the U.S. Senator Feingold emphasized the strong nature of the U [...]	2006-02-28 23:43:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL TH US FTA ASEAN LA BM IZ
06BANGKOK2294	MORE TROUBLED ELECTIONS: SENATE RESULTS AND MP [...] (U) Summary: Thai voters turned out in reportedly lower than expected numbers on April 19 to elect new members of the 200 seat Senate. The polls were largely uneventful save in the separatist violence afflicted southern border province of Narathiwat, where three persons died in separate sho [...]	2006-04-20 10:20:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV TH SNAP
06BANGKOK3582	NO DECISION FROM THAI ON U.S. RESETTLEMENT [...] (C) In a June 14 telephone conversation, the Ambassador raised the three North Korean refugees who are seeking U.S. resettlement (reftels) with Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs Permanent Secretary Krit Garnjana-Goonchorn. The Ambassador urged Krit to permit U.S. resettlement processing of the [...]	2006-06-15 09:25:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREF PREL PHUM TH KS KN DPRK
06BANGKOK885	THAILAND'S BALANCED REACTION TO IRAN-IAEA VOTE [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered ref points and statements to MFA Director for Middle East Affairs Udomsak Sritangos on February 10. In a follow-up meeting on February 14, Udomsak explained that Thailand supports world opinion on this issue but must balance this position with its growing economic ties [...]	2006-02-14 09:28:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PARM PINS PREL TH
06BANJUL29	FORMER CIVAIR DIR REPORTS GOTG WILL CHARGE [...] (C/NF) On January 9, former Director General of Civil Aviation Maimuna Taal reported to GSO that President Jammeh had instructed Justice Department officials to prosecute her for economic crimes committed while at the helm of the Gambian Civil Aviation Authority. In previous reporting (ref A) [...]	2006-01-13 17:27:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAIR KTIA PIRN ETRD EINV XY GA
06BANJUL348	THE GAMBIA: UPDATE ON TREASON TRIAL, MEDIA ISSUES [...] (C) The trial of 16 alleged coup plotters resumed May 26 and Embassy's ACS assistant attended; the next court session is scheduled for June 9. Several suspected plotters have yet to be charged. Meanwhile, the privately-owned journal, "Independent," remains closed, and we continue to urge GOT [...]	2006-05-31 12:06:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM CASC GA
06BANJUL68	THE GAMBIA: U.S. FIRM'S INTEREST IN LEASING [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-08 12:06:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAIR ETRD KTIA PIRN EINV GA GH
06BANJUL689	THE GAMBIA: DEMARCHE ON OPPOSING THE CUBA EMBARGO [...] (C) Ambassador made reftel demarche on the Cuba Embargo resolution to Foreign Affairs Permanent Secretary (Deputy Formin equivalent) William Joof, urging the GOTG to oppose it, or at a minimum, abstain or be absent during the vote. Joof took note of the demarche, but made no substantive comme [...]	2006-11-04 10:57:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PREL UNGA UN CU GA
06BANJUL707	THE GAMBIA: FY07 MCC SELECTION PROCESS [...] (SBU) Per reftel, Ambassador informed Foreign Minister Bala Garba Jahumpa that the Millenium Challenge Corporation's (MCC) Board of Directors did not re-select The Gambia for Compact eligibility for FY07 as it was currently suspended. Ambassador urged the GOTG to address the areas of policy [...]	2006-11-20 12:51:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAID EFIN KMCA PREL PGOV GA
06BASRAH16	FEUD FLARES AS MINISTER MALIKI CLOSES BASRAH INTERNATIONAL [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-07 14:43:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PTER PREL IZ
06BEIJING15857	TFLE01: PRC/LEBANON: INTERNATIONAL FORCE MUST [...] (C) THE PRC SUPPORTS THE DEPLOYMENT OF AN INTERNATIONAL FORCE TO SOUTHERN LEBANON WITH A STRONG MANDATE TO SUPPORT EXTENSION OF THE LEBANESE GOVERNMENT'S AUTHORITY THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. MFA IO DEPARTMENT UN AFFAIRS DIVISION DIRECTOR YANG TAO TOLD POLOFFS AUGUST 2 THAT BEIJINGS POSITION IS V [...]	2006-08-02 11:14:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV KPKO CH UN LE IS
06BEIJING24004	PRC/AFRICA: MUBARAK IN CHINA [...] (C) President Mubarak's November 6-7 State Visit immediately following the Beijing Summit of the Forum for China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC)(Ref A) included separate meetings with President Hu Jintao, Premier Wen Jiabao and National People's Congress (NPC) Chairman Wu Bangguo as well as with ex [...]	2006-11-22 09:58:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV AGOA ECON EAID EG CH
06BEIJING3747	INSTITUTIONS IN BEIJING QUIETLY WARNED NOT TO [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-01 12:03:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV ASEC CH TW JA
06BEIJING4216	PRC/BURMA: MORE ON SOE WIN VISIT AND BEIJING'S [...] (C) PRC Premier Wen Jiabao told Burmese PM Soe Win that China hopes Burma will move forward with national, political and ethnic reconciliation, according to MFA Asian Affairs Department Division Director for Burma, Cambodia, Vietnam and Laos Chen Dehai. Chen first denied that this was a new [...]	2006-03-07 10:11:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PHUM PGOV CH BM
06BEIJING5362	PRC-PACIFIC ISLAND CONFERENCE: BUSINESS AND AID, [...] (C) PRC Premier Wen Jiabao will use the first visit by a PRC Premier to a Pacific Island nation to launch a China-Fiji co-hosted economic development and cooperation conference on April 5, according to a MOFCOM American and Oceanian Affairs Division Director. MOFCOM Minister Bo Xilai will joi [...]	2006-03-23 22:47:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL EAID ETRD EFIS ECIN CH FJ PP TW
06BEIJING5699	COMMERCE SECRETARY GUTIERREZ'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary. Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez emphasized to Premier Wen Jiabao in March 28 meeting that the next several weeks provide an opportunity for China to demonstrate that the U.S. policy of engagement can lead to tangible benefits to the peoples of both the United States and [...]	2006-03-28 15:03:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ETRD KIPR BEXP EFIN PREL CH
06BEIJING5967	JCCT: COMMERCE SECRETARY GUTIERREZ'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) On March 28, 2006 Vice Premier Wu Yi and Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez met to discuss the seventeenth SIPDIS meeting of the Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade (JCCT) scheduled for April 11, 2006. While press representatives remained in the room, VP Wu Yi asked the Secretary wh [...]	2006-03-30 10:21:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ETRD KIPR BEXP EFIN PREL CH
06BEIJING7890	PRC EVACUATES OVER 300 CHINESE FROM SOLOMON [...] (C) The PRC evacuation of over 300 overseas Chinese and Hong Kong residents from the riot-torn Solomon Islands has been front page news for the past two days. The efforts included 5 chartered planes, although the first only arrived in Honiara two days after the cessation of violence. China [...]	2006-04-26 04:43:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL CH PP
06BEIJING8117	PRC/SCO: MFA DISCUSSES SCO MILITARY EXERCISES, [...] (C) The Shanghai Cooperation Organization's (SCO) recent decision to conduct a joint counterterrorism exercise in Russia in 2007 is based largely on the experience of the 2005 China-Russia military exercise, but no regular mechanism for joint military drills has so far been established, accor [...]	2006-04-29 02:48:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER EAID CH KG UZ KZ
06BEIJING9673	SCO: MFA, SCO SECRETARIAT AND RUSSIAN EMBASSY [...] (C) Senior Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) official Du Wei, who serves as Assistant to SCO Secretary General Zhang Deguang, expressed understanding of U.S. concerns regarding the possibility of statements critical of the U.S. presence in Central Asia being issued at the June SCO Summi [...]	2006-05-19 10:52:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MARR RS CH KZ TI UZ
06BEIRUT1715	MGLE01: BERRI UNDERCUTS SINIORA IN MEETING WITH [...] (C/NF) In a May 31 meeting with the Ambassador and econoff, Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri was critical of Prime Minister Fouad Siniora. Berri accused Siniora of squandering an opportunity to meet with Syrian President Bashar al-Asad that Berri had so delicately and s ecretly set up. Be [...]	2006-05-31 15:32:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	IS KPAL LE PGOV PTER SY
06BEIRUT1915	MGLE01: INFORMATION ON SA'AD HARIRI [...] (C/NF) Reftel requested information on Member of Parliament Sa'ad Hariri. Embassy Beirut's answers are keyed to the questions as set forth in reftel. HARIRI'S PERSONALITY -------------------- 2. (C/NF) Hariri is open, engaged, generally warm and friendly, and easily accessible (when [...]	2006-06-13 14:47:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PINR PGOV FR LE SA
06BEIRUT1994	MGLE01: SUNNI MARCH 14 PARLIAMENTARIAN COMMENTS [...] (C) In a June 14 meeting with econoff and FSN political specialist, MP Mosbah Ahdab, a moderate Sunni from Tripoli, provided his insight into the personality and leadership style of MP Sa'ad Hariri. Ahdab described Hariri as likable and a "good guy." Ahdab blamed Hariri's inexperience and a [...]	2006-06-16 14:24:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KISL LE PGOV
06BEIRUT1996	MGLE01: IRAN AND SYRIA ATTEMPT TO MAKE INROADS [...] (C) On June 14, econoff and FSN political specialist made an official visit to Akkar, the poorest and northernmost district in Lebanon. Local religious and municipal leaders reported that Iran is attempting to support Sunni extremist views in the poverty-stricken region. Syria still maintai [...]	2006-06-19 09:26:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON IR KISL LE PGOV PTER SY
06BEIRUT2072	MGLE01: SOME SHIA LOOK FOR A WAY TO ESCAPE CLIENT [...] (C/NF) In a June 21 meeting with econoff and FSN political specialist, independent Shia intellectual Mohammad Obeid said he is trying to reform Nabih Berri's Amal movement from the inside. He wants to take advantage of growing discontent over Speaker Berri's perceived sell-out of the moveme [...]	2006-06-21 15:53:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN IR KISL LE PGOV PTER SY
06BEIRUT2154	MGLE01: JIHAD AL-BINAA WIDELY KNOWN AS A [...] (C/NF) In June, econoff spoke with the Embassy's best contacts on Hizballah to determine the role, activities, and status of Jihad al-Binaa. Complicating matters was the fact that the official Jihad al-Binaa Arabic website does not directly reveal its ties to Hizballah. All contacts reporte [...]	2006-06-28 07:21:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN IR LE PTER
06BEIRUT2155	MGLE01--CHRISTIAN POLITICIAN FEARS [...] (C/NF) Summary: On June 26, PolChief, accompanied by Pol Assistant, paid a farewell call on Minister of Social Affairs Nayla Mouawad. The Minister was in the mood to send a message to the USG. It was a simple and often repeated refrain: We are worried about extremism in the north of Leba [...]	2006-06-28 07:25:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM LE SY KPAL IR
06BEIRUT2221	MGLE01: JA'JA SEES "SMALL WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY" [...] (C/NF) On June 29, the Ambassador and econoff met with Lebanese Forces leader Samir Ja'Ja and his adviser Elie Khoury at the Embassy. Ja'Ja was upbeat about the day's National Dialogue session, saying that Hizballah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah was restrained. Nasrallah, along with Speaker of [...]	2006-06-30 15:31:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	IS LE PGOV PTER SY
06BEIRUT2236	MGLE01: SPEAKER BERRI MEETS WITH CODEL DREIER; [...] (C/NF) In a July 3 meeting with Codel Dreier and the Ambassador, Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri welcomed the delegation and agreed enthusiastically to future parliamentary exchanges. Regarding the national dialogue, Berri said that it was Lebanon's only chance to avoid confessional strif [...]	2006-07-03 15:23:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	IS KDEM LE OVIP PGOV PREL PTER
06BEIRUT2258	MGLE01: MEA LIKELY TO CHOOSE AIRBUS BECAUSE OF [...] (C/NF) Summary. The Ambassador and econoff met with Middle East Airlines (MEA) President Mohammad Hout on June 28 and Edward Schachle, Sales Director for Boeing in the Middle e"QZz[t_Q/=^QtqOa+(5QQQ 2012, and MEA cannot afford short-term leases on its aircraft to "bridge the gap." In nine [...]	2006-07-05 15:15:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAIR EFIN PREL ECON PGOV BEXP LE
06BEIRUT2272	MGLE01: INDEPENDENT SHIA POLITICIAN SAYS [...] (C/NF) In a late June meeting with econoff, independent Shia politician Ali Sabra Hamadeh reported that Hizballah has been cooling down its rhetoric in the Biqa Valley during the past three months. It seems the very confessional tensions that Hizballah has been working to inspire since the H [...]	2006-07-06 15:12:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	IR IS LE PGOV PTER SNAR SY
06BEIRUT2291	MGLE01: A STRATEGY SESSION WITH PRIME MINISTER [...] (C/NF) The current weakness of the "March 14" parliamentary majority -- and the deleterious effect this has on Prime Minister Siniora's ability to govern -- has become a matter of great concern for supporters of Siniora, such as former Central Bank Governor Michel el Khoury. At a 7/3 dinner [...]	2006-07-07 14:00:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM PTER ECON KISL PINR SY LE
06BEIRUT2292	MGLE01: AOUN DISCUSSES SUMMER PLANS; PROMISES TO [...] (C/NF) In a July 7 meeting with the Ambassador and econoff, MP Michel Aoun was optimistic that his new television station would garner a strong sudience and earn a profit. Aoun, along with his adviser Gibran Bassil, commented on Suleiman Franjieh's controversial recent statements, saying th [...]	2006-07-07 14:13:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	CASC IS KDEM KPAL LE PGOV PTER
06BEIRUT2322	MGLE01: JA'JA' SAYS FEAR OF SECTARIAN CLASHES IS [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-10 14:57:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PTER KISL KDEM ASEC MCAP LE SY IZ
06BEIRUT2349	MGLE01: FIGHTING ESCALATES AS ISRAEL STRIKES [...] (C) On the morning of July 13, Israel continued airstrikes on southern Lebanon, increasing the death toll to more than 30 civilian casualties. Israeli aircraft also bombed Beirut International Airport (BIA) and Hizballah targets in southern Beirut. BIA is closed until further notice. Hizb [...]	2006-07-13 09:02:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAIR IS KPKO LE MOPS PTER
06BEIRUT2403	TFLE01: LARSEN TO PROPOSE HANDOVER OF ISRAELI [...] (C/NF) On July 16, the Ambassador and econoff had a late night meeting with UN envoy Terje Roed-Larsen and UNSYG Personal Representative to Lebanon Geir Pederson. Larsen showed a draft proposal to the Ambassador, which Larsen said that he was drawing from orally but not providing to GOL officials. [...]	2006-07-17 11:49:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	IS LE MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2407	TFLE01: BERRI SAYS CEASE-FIRE NECESSARY [...] (C/NF) Lebanon's Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri told the Ambassador today (7/17) that within another week, continued Israeli strikes will solidify Lebanese popular opinion against Israel. For now, however, he suggested in a most oblique manner that the potential for Israel's assault to we [...]	2006-07-17 17:50:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	IS LE MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2415	TFLE01: UNSYG PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE PEDERSON [...] (C) In a July 18 meeting with the Ambassador and econoff, UNSYG Personal Representative to Lebanon Geir Pederson shared a new draft of the UN proposal to end the fighting (reftel). This document (which has many elements that spell its doom in its current form) is transcribed below in para 3. Peders [...]	2006-07-18 16:43:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	IR IS KPKO LE MOPS PTER
06BEIRUT2440	TFLE01: SPEAKER BERRI SAYS HE IS WAITING FOR [...] (C/NF) In a July 22 meeting with the Ambassador and econoff, Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri recited the devastation Israeli military operations have caused to his native southern Lebanon. By contrast, Berri asserted that Israel has not exacted much damage on Hizballah's military wing, saying onl [...]	2006-07-22 14:09:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	IS LE MOPS PGOV PTER SY
06BEIRUT2447	TFLE01: MARONITE DOYEN WARNS: "THE WEST MUST WIN [...] (C/NF) On 7/22, Maronite doyen Sheikh Michel el Khoury (and son of Lebanon's first president) told the Ambassador that the West's hopes for democracy in the Middle East depend upon winning the current war against Hizballah and its Syrian and Iranian backers. Still, Sheikh Michel warned that with it [...]	2006-07-23 18:22:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	IS LE MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2464	TFLE01: BERRI SAYS ISRAEL WON'T WIN [...] (C/NF) In July 25 meeting with Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri, the Ambassador followed up Secretary Rice's visit in presenting updated elements for a cease-fire package. Berri, after his customary review of Israeli acts, said he was still doubtful Hizballah would accept the proposal if a prisone [...]	2006-07-25 13:33:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	IS LE MOPS PBTS PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2469	TFLE01: SINIORA SAYS HE IS READY TO REQUEST AN [...] (C/NF) In a 7/25 meeting, Prime Minister Siniora, after much prodding, told the Ambassador that he was ready to make a public call for the deployment of an international stabilization force in southern Lebanon. (He said he would do so at a 7/26 Core Group conference in Rome.) He urged that the USG [...]	2006-07-25 16:17:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PINS MOPS PTER KPKO LE IS
06BEIRUT2470	TFLE01: UN PRSG: "DON'T RUSH" ON INTERNATIONAL [...] (C/NF) In a 7/25 conversation, Geir Pedersen, Personal Representative of the UN Secretary-General (PRSG),emphasized the importance of showing Lebanon's Shia community that a domestic political approach to Hizballah's disarmament remained possible. He recommended that an international stabilization [...]	2006-07-25 16:20:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PINS PTER MOPS KPKO EAID LE
06BEIRUT2474	TFLE01: SHIA ANGER BUTTRESSING HIZBALLAH; [...] (C/NF) On July 26, Embassy contacts in the Shia community reported that Shia support for Hizballah was strong, as was anger at the USG for supporting Israel. There was a general feeling that Hizballah must remain armed or "they" will pick off the Shia one by one. Morale inside Hizballah remains hig [...]	2006-07-26 15:49:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	IS KISL LE MOPS PTER
06BEIRUT2475	TFLE01: UN IN LEBANON FEELING PRESSURE FROM BOTH [...] (C/NF) On July 26, UNIFIL Senior Adviser Milos Strugar told econoff that UNIFIL suspected that the July 25 Israeli airstrike on an UNTSO post near Khiam was deliberate. UNIFIL had warned the IDF for several days that it was striking a UN post. Close calls have been reported at other UN posts along [...]	2006-07-26 15:50:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	IS KPKO LE MOPS PREL PTER
06BEIRUT2476	TFLE01: UNSYG PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE PEDERSEN [...] (C/NF) In a July 26 meeting with the Ambassador and econoff, UNSYG Personal Representative to Lebanon Geir Pedersen urged an immediate de-escalation to the fighting even if a cease-fire takes some time. He warned that the humanitarian situation and violence could spiral out of control in less than [...]	2006-07-26 16:47:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	IS KPKO LE MOPS PBTS PTER
06BEIRUT2489	TFLE01: PM SINIORA UPBEAT ON CEASE-FIRE [...] (C/NF) In a July 28 meeting with the Ambassador, PM Fouad Siniora was in buoyant spirits following what he saw as a major political victory in last night's (July 27) meeting of the Council of Ministers. Siniora said after several hours of tense argument, he finally told the Council that either they [...]	2006-07-29 06:58:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	IS LE MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2490	TFLE01: MARWAN HAMADEH DISCUSSES CEASE-FIRE [...] (C/NF) During a July 28 meeting with the Ambassador and econoff, Minister of Telecommunications Marwan Hamadeh gave a briefing on the July 27 cabinet meeting and the Rome conference. Al-Nahar publisher Ghassan Tueni was also present. Hamadeh said the cabinet meeting was "epic" as he verbally parrie [...]	2006-07-29 09:58:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	IR IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2491	TFLE01: UNSYG REPRESENTATIVE PEDERSEN SEES ISRAEL [...] (C/NF) In a July 28 meeting with the Ambassador and econoff, UNSYG Personal Representative Geir Pedersen said that he saw Israel getting bogged down in its military campaign. Based on information Pedersen was receiving, Israel's ground incursion was not successful, and a full-scale invasion [...]	2006-07-29 10:12:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	IR IS KPKO LE MOPS PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2504	TFLE01: SINIORA BELIEVES HE HAS THE CONFIDENCE OF [...] (C/NF) In a meeting with the Ambassador and poloff late on July 31, Prime Minister Siniora explained that his declaration to not negotiate until a cease-fire had been implemented gave him the credibility and support he needs across Lebanon's political spectrum to conclude a durable cease-fire agree [...]	2006-08-01 07:01:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	IS LE MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2508	TFLE01: AOUN PARROTS PIAF: "JE NE REGRETTE RIEN" [...] (C/NF) Former General Michel Aoun displayed a stubborn refusal to face the reality of Hizballah's renegade status in Lebanon. Far from holding Hassan Nasrallah accountable for the violence that began with Hizballah's attack on July 12, Aoun said that as long as the fighting continued, all of Lebano [...]	2006-08-01 12:34:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	IS LE MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2511	TFLE01: HAMADEH SEES RESOLUTION OF SHEBAA FARMS AS [...] (C/NF) On August 1, Minister of Telecommunications Marwan Hamadeh told the Ambassador and Emboff that there is no need to get Syrian support for a potential settlement of the Shebaa Farms issue. Hamadeh expressed confidence that any agreement for an Israeli withdrawal from Shebaa, whether or not Sy [...]	2006-08-01 15:37:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	IR IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2518	TFLE01: SOURCES: HIZBALLAH FEELS IT IS WINNING [...] (C/NF) On August 1, three reliable sources on Hizballah told us that Hizballah believes it is winning the war with Israel. Former UNIFIL spokesman Timur Goksel said that Hizballah has already won in the minds of the Lebanese people for standing up to Israel. Israeli tactics and ineffectiveness has [...]	2006-08-02 10:54:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	IR IS LE MOPS PTER
06BEIRUT2527	TFLE01: PATRIARCH SFEIR WANTS DISPLACED SHIA TO [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: On August 3 Ambassador and Emboff met with Patriarch Sfeir at his summer residence in Diman, North Lebanon. Concerned about sectarian tensions, Sfeir was adamant that displaced Shia in Beirut and Mount Lebanon must return to their villages without delay. Regarding Hizballah disarmam [...]	2006-08-03 16:09:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PREF KDEM PTER LE SY IS

06BEIRUT2529	TFLE01: NASSIB LAHOUD OFFERS ADVICE FOR THE DAY [...] (C/NF) Displaying notable resilience and cautious optimism despite the difficult conditions his country faces, pro-reform leader Nassib Lahoud advised the Embassy that the most critical element in preventing a Hizballah "victory" after the war is to take the lead in the reconstruction of post-confl [...]	2006-08-03 17:09:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	IS LE MOPS PGOV PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2539	TFLE01: UN REP SEES CRITICAL WINDOW OF [...] (C) On August 5, A/S Welch and Ambassador Feltman met with the UNSYG's Personal Representative for Lebanon Geir Pedersen and UN Senior Political Affairs Officer Salman Sheikh. Reiterating concerns expressed previously (refs a and b),Pedersen stressed that Israeli military action would not achieve [...]	2006-08-05 15:23:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KPKO MOPS PREL PTER IS SY LE
06BEIRUT2540	TFLE01: JUMBLATT AND HAMADE ON TWO-PHASE SOLUTION [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: On August 4 A/S Welch, Ambassador, and PolOff attended a dinner hosted by Marwan Hamade, Minister of Telecommunications, and attended by Walid Jumblatt, leader of the Druze community and the Progressive Socialist Party. Jumblatt warned that what he described as Israel's ineffective [...]	2006-08-06 07:27:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	IS LE MOPS PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2544	TFLE01: CHRISTIAN POLITICAL LEADERS SAY SHEBA'A [...] (C/NF) On August 5, A/S Welch and Ambassador Feltman met with Christian leaders from the anti-Syria March 14 movement, including former President Amin Gemayel, his son and Minister of Industry Pierre Gemayel, Dory Chamoun, Carlos Edde, Fares Souaid, George Adwan, and presidential hopefuls Nayla Moa [...]	2006-08-07 06:58:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MOPS PREL PTER SY IS LE
06BEIRUT2545	TFLE01: PM SINIORA HOLDS FAST ON SHEBA'A, INSISTS [...] (C/NF) A/S Welch's second meeting with PM Siniora in 24 hours clarified Lebanon's preferred sequence of events at cease-fire. But the Prime Minister would not budge from his "requirement" that the IDF withdraw from all Lebanese territory, including Sheba'a. Siniora argued hard that unless the Israe [...]	2006-08-07 06:59:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	IS LE MOPS PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2553	TFLE01: DEFENSE MINISTER MURR CONFIDENT IN RAPID [...] (C) During an August 7 meeting with the Ambassador and TDY poloff (notetaker),Lebanese Defense Minister Elias Murr confidently claimed that 15000 LAF troops, if called upon, could begin deploying to the South within 12 hours. (Note: this meeting took place before the cabinet decision authorizing d [...]	2006-08-08 05:25:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MOPS PREL PTER LE IS SY
06BEIRUT2566	MGLE01: BERRI IS UNDER THREAT DUE TO HIS PIVOTAL [...] (C) Ambassador and TDY poloff met with several Lebanese politicians of different confessions on August 8 in order to guage attitudes toward the draft UN resolution and sense whether there is a strategy for moving ahead in Lebanon following a ceasefire. In addition to Maronite former Preside [...]	2006-08-08 16:54:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MOPS PREL PTER SY IS LE
06BEIRUT2578	LEBANON: AMIN GEMAYEL SEEKS COORDINATED STRATEGY [...] (C) In an August 8 meeting with the Ambassador and poloff, Kata'eb Party leader and former President Amin Gemayel discussed what should follow a cease=fire in the current conflict with Israel. Gemayel is frustrated that the Maronite Presidency has been sidelined during Emile Lahoud's tenure, and he [...]	2006-08-09 08:06:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MOPS PREL PTER LE SY IS
06BEIRUT2583	LEBANON: MURR SAYS LAF CAN DEPLOY TO SOUTH IN [...] (C) In an August 9 meeting with A/S Welch, Ambassador Feltman, Deputy Legal Adviser Jonathan Schwartz, and poloff, Lebanese Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Elias Murr said 15,000 LAF troops could deploy to southern Lebanon within eight hours and assume security there along with a beefed- [...]	2006-08-10 05:46:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MOPS PREL PTER LE IS SY
06BEIRUT2599	LEBANON: MARWAN HAMADEH DISCUSSES DRAFT RESOLUTION [...] (C) A/S Welch, Ambassador Feltman, Deputy Legal Adviser Jonathan Schwartz and poloff (notetaker) met with Lebanese Minister for Telecommunications Marwan Hamadeh and Minister of Displaced Naame Tomeh, both close allies of Druze leader Walid Joumblatt, at Hamadeh's downtown office on the afternoon o [...]	2006-08-11 17:13:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MOPS PREL PTER LE IS SY
06BEIRUT2602	LEBANON: SAAD HARIRI WANTS LAHOUD OUT [...] (C/NF) In a meeting with Ambassador Feltman and poloff (notetaker) on August 12 at his Qoreitem mansion, Future Movement leader Saad Hariri spoke about his key objectives in the aftermath of a ceasefire between Israel and Hizballah. Convinced at the time of the meeting that the Lebanese Cabinet wil [...]	2006-08-12 13:38:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MOPS PREL PTER LE SY IS
06BEIRUT2608	LEBANON: JUSTICE MINISTER CONFIDENT OF GOL [...] (C) During an expansive conversation on 8/13 with Ambassador and poloff over lunch, Lebanese Minister of Justice Charles Rizk said that the unanimous 8/12 Cabinet decision to accept UNSCR 1701 had strengthened the GOL. He added that while this first session had been a simple agreement on pr [...]	2006-08-14 04:26:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MOPS PTER PREL LE SY IS
06BEIRUT2613	LEBANON: SAMIR JA'JA URGES FULL HIZBALLAH [...] (C) During an August 12 meeting with Ambassador and poloff at the Embassy, Lebanese Forces leader Samir Ja'Ja' urged that the debate on full Hizballah disarmament should not be postponed, and that internal and external pressure should be applied to "squeeze" Hizballah on this issue. Ja'ja suggested [...]	2006-08-14 12:33:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MOPS PREL PTER LE SY IS
06BEIRUT2671	LEBANON: NAYLA MOAWAD VOWS TO STAND FIRM [...] (C/NF) During an 8/16 meeting with the Ambassador and poloff in the Baabda apartment where she is staying, Zgharta MP and Minister for Social Affairs Nayla Moawad said that, though she is threatened by the recent speeches by Hassan Nasrallah and Bashar al-Asad accusing the March 14 movement [...]	2006-08-16 15:43:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAID EFIN PTER PREL SY ISLE
06BEIRUT2680	ISF COMMANDER ON AIRPORT SECURITY, NEEDS FOR [...] (C/NF) In a 8/16 meeting with Ambassador and emboff, Internal Security Forces Commander Ashraf Rifi expressed confidence that the removal of an LAF unit from the Beirut airport and its replacement by the ISF (with its Sunni command hostile to Hizballah) has vastly improved the security of passenger [...]	2006-08-17 08:10:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAIR PTER MOPS PREL PARM LE IS SY
06BEIRUT2683	LEBANON: PEDERSEN SAYS NOW IS NOT THE TIME TO [...] (C/NF) The Ambassador and poloff met with the UNSYG's Personal Representative for Lebanon Geir Pedersen and UN Senior Political Affairs Officer Salman Shaikh on Augest 16 for a frank discussion over lunch at the Ambassador's residence. (Note: Pedersen asked that his comments be kept very c [...]	2006-08-17 12:04:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MOPS PREL PTER LE SY IS
06BEIRUT2685	LAF DEPLOYMENT PLAYING INTO HIZBALLAH'S PLAN [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: On August 17, Ambassador and emboff met with Minister of Public Works and Transportation Mohammed Safadi. Safadi (a Sunni from Tripoli and a member of the March 14 coalition) argued that the deployment of LAF is not in the interest of GOL and plays into the hands of Hizballah. [...]	2006-08-17 13:14:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	IS LE MOPS PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2691	LEBANON: MP MOSBAH AL-AHDAB FEARS MARCH 14 HAS [...] (C/NF) During an August 17 luncheon with the Ambassador and poloff, Tripoli MP Mosbah al-Ahdab presented a bleak precis of the situation in Lebanon. Ahdab, a Sunni and March 14 charter member, described the March 14 movement as rudderless and bereft of good ideas. The government is ill-pre [...]	2006-08-17 16:45:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PTER KDEM LE SY IS
06BEIRUT2697	BERRI CRITICAL OF BASHAR'S SPEECH [...] (C) In an August 18 meeting with Ambassador Feltman and poloff, Speaker of the Lebanese Parliament Nabih Berri hailed the deployment of the Lebanese armed forces (LAF) south of the Litani River. The longtime leader of the Shi'a Amal party and a reluctant political ally of Hizballah, Berri c [...]	2006-08-18 17:42:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PTER MOPS SY IS
06BEIRUT2705	LEBANON: JUMBLATT WANTS HARIRI TO OPEN HIS WALLET [...] (C/NF) Ambassador Feltman, poloff, and pol FSN shared a subdued lunch with Druze chieftain Walid Jumblatt on 8/19 at his Moukhtara manse in the Shouf Mountains. Jumblatt said the government needs to get moving on the reconstruction effort, and that Saad Hariri can help by doling out his vast [...]	2006-08-21 04:13:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PTER CVIS SY IS
06BEIRUT2706	LEBANON: HARIRI WANTS LEBANESE MARSHALL PLAN [...] (C/NF) During a difficult 8/20 meeting at his Qureitem mansion with Ambassador Jeffrey Feltman and poloff, a somewhat erratic Saad Hariri pressed for the immediate reopening of Lebanon's ports and airports. Pushing back, the Ambassador said that until the Government of Lebanon (GOL) does more to im [...]	2006-08-21 05:40:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PTER LE SY IS
06BEIRUT2719	LEBANON: ECONOMY IS "FINE FOR NOW," BUT RISK [...] (C/NF) Lebanese Minister of Finance Jihad Azour describes Lebanon's economy and financial situation as stable in the short run, but in need of stability and reinvestment for long-term viability. Azour showed little hope that projected record revenues for the Lebanese tourism and export sectors [...]	2006-08-22 09:56:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON IS LE PGOV
06BEIRUT2725	LEBANON: FATFAT SEEKS HELP FROM "FRIENDS" TO [...] (C/NF) In an uncharacteristically frank discussion with Ambassador and Staffdel, Acting Minister of Interior Ahmed Fatfat described the GOL as measurably stronger now than it was prior to July 12, but public perception has nevertheless deemed Hizballah the winner. According to Fatfat, lack of [...]	2006-08-22 14:59:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PTER LE SY IS
06BEIRUT2752	LEBANON: MARCH 14 TRIO SAY THEY ARE A MOVEMENT [...] (C/NF) During a downbeat but constructive August 22 dinner with Senate Foreign Relations Staffer Puneet Talwar, Ambassador Feltman, and poloff at the Ambassador's residence, March 14 politicians Boutros Harb (MP for Batroun, Maronite),Mosbah al-Ahdab (MP for Tripoli, Sunni),and Nassib Laho [...]	2006-08-24 16:07:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PTER KDEM LE SY
06BEIRUT2763	ON HARIRI TRIBUNAL, JUSTICE MINISTER WANTS TO COAX [...] (C/NF) Over lunch with the Ambassador on 8/25, Justice Minister Charles Rizk reviewed the draft UN-GOL "Statute of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon." While only a few bracketed items remain, he said, one is important: whether the tribunal will try only suspects in Rafiq Hariri's assassinat [...]	2006-08-25 12:38:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KCRM PREL PTER PGOV LE SY
06BEIRUT2772	LEBANON: MURR SWEARS THAT AIRPORT IS SECURE [...] (C/NF) During an 8/25 meeting with Ambassador Feltman and poloff (notetaker),Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Elias Murr pleaded with the Ambassador to help get the Israeli blockade of the airport lifted. He said the "siege" is perceived by many within the Cabinet as the US-back [...]	2006-08-26 06:06:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MOPS EAIR LE SY
06BEIRUT2802	LEBANON: BRAMMERTZ PURSUES SEVERAL LEADS; MAY NOT [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-29 16:01:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PTER KCRM PINR ASEC SY LE
06BEIRUT2803	LEBANON: BRAMMERTZ PURSUES SEVERAL LEADS; MAY NOT [...] (C/NF) During an August 28 meeting with the Ambassador and poloff, an alternately cagy and revealing Commissioner Serge Brammertz, head of the United Nations International Independent Investigation Commission (UNIIIC),indicated that "Lebanon's next-door neighbor" is still the chief suspect i [...]	2006-08-29 16:01:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PTER KCRM PINR ASEC SY LE
06BEIRUT2844	LEBANON: ROBERT GHANEM SETS HIS SIGHTS ON BAABDA [...] (C/NF) During an expansive luncheon with the Ambassador, poloff, and pol FSN on August 29, West Biqa' MP Robert Ghanem said that there needs to be better coordination of the reconstruction effort and recommended establishing an umbrella organization to oversee the effort. Ghanem (who, as w [...]	2006-09-01 15:42:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PTER SY LE KDEM
06BEIRUT2910	UK PROPOSES CHAIRING SECURITY COORDINATION UNIT IN [...] (C/NF) In a 9/6 meeting with the Ambasador and DATT, UK Ambassador James Watt and British Brigidier General Andrew D. Mackay accurately described a problem faced by donors wishing to help the Lebanese security services: No one is in charge of coordinating requests or trying to match offers w [...]	2006-09-08 14:42:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PARM PREL EAID PGOV LE
06BEIRUT2922	LEBANON: HARIRI AND HAMADEH GIVE POST-BLOCKADE [...] (C) Ambassador and poloff met separately on 9/9 with parliamentary majority leader Saad Hariri and Minister of Information Marwan Hamadeh -- both March 14 members -- to review the situation and next steps in Lebanon now that the air and sea blockades have been lifted. Both meetings touched [...]	2006-09-11 10:06:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PTER CVIS LE SY IR
06BEIRUT2970	LEBANON: RIZK ON HARIRI TRIBUNAL STATUTE [...] (C/NF) During a September 11 meeting with Ambassador and poloff at his Asrafieh home, Lebanese Minister of Justice Charles Rizk discussed the draft statute to establish a tribunal to try suspects in the Hariri assassination (and possibly other related attacks). He focused particularly on th [...]	2006-09-13 14:44:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL KCRM LE
06BEIRUT3162	CHANGING GOL VIEW ON CHRONOLOGY FOR INTRODUCTING [...] (C/NF) In separate one-on-one meetings with the Ambassador on 9/30, Prime Minister Siniora and Minister of Telecommunications Marwan Hamadeh both acknowledged that their positions, and those of March 14 politicians more generally, have evolved on when to engage Lebanon's cabinet on trying to [...]	2006-10-02 05:03:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL KCRM PTER LE SY
06BEIRUT3543	RIZK FRETS ABOUT RUSSIA'S IMPACT ON TRIBUNAL, GOL [...] (C/NF) Asking to see the Ambassador urgently on 11/5, Minister of Justice Charles Rizk said that his lunch the previous day with Russian Ambassador Sergui Boukin had unnerved him. Despite soothing words about Moscow's "reservations" rather than "objections," Boukin presented Rizk with a lis [...]	2006-11-05 13:41:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KCRM PREL PGOV PTER LE SY
06BEIRUT3584	AFTER ROUND TWO OF CONSULTATIONS, MINDEF MURR, [...] (C) In a 11/07 meeting with the Ambassador, Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Elias Murr said that, based on his current understanding of the political consultations chaired by Parliament Speaker Berri, he felt certain that Hizballah and Michel Aoun would take their fight to the str [...]	2006-11-08 04:57:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PTER PGOV LE SY
06BERLIN2740	GERMANY -- RELEASE OF SUSPECT IN ATTEMPTED TRAIN [...] (SBU) The German Federal Prosecutor's Office announced September 14 the release from investigatory detention of Fadi Al Saleh, one of three individuals arrested in connection with the July 31 attempted bomb attacks on the German railway system (Reftel). Al Saleh, a Syrian national, is suspect [...]	2006-09-15 15:59:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PTER ASEC KCRM GM
06BERLIN3520	SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY PAULSON'S VISIT TO BERLIN [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. Your December 21 meetings in Berlin with Chancellor Angela Merkel and Finance Minister Peer Steinbrueck are an excellent opportunity to push economic reforms and boost German, European and global growth as Germany assumes the leadership of the G-8 and the EU. The Chancellor an [...]	2006-12-15 17:53:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EFIN PREL GM
06BERN1253	UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL - SWISS APPROACH TO [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-06 10:48:00	Embassy Bern	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM UNHRC SZ
06BISHKEK1722	SHOOTING INCIDENT AT MANAS AIRBASE, KYRGYZSTAN [...] (U) This is an Action Cable; see paras 11-14 below. 2. (C/NF) SUMMARY: On the afternoon of December 6, A KYRGYZ NATIONAL was SHOT AND KILLED BY a U.S. AIR FORCE SECURITY AIRMAN WHILE MAKING a routine FUEL DELIVERY at Manas Coalition Airbase in Kyrgyzstan. According to the airman, the [...]	2006-12-06 14:48:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MOPS PGOV KG
06BOGOTA3156	INDUMIL STRUTS CONTROLS IN PREP FOR DDTC LICENSE [...] (C) Embassy officers visited Colombian parastatal weapons importer and manufacturer Industrias Militares (INDUMIL) and verified that the plant meets Department criteria for inventory controls. However, there is no statutory framework in place to ensure continued compliance. At this upstream s [...]	2006-04-10 14:20:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL MASS MOPS CO KOMC ETTC OTRA PARM
06BRASILIA2246	BRAZIL PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: VOTERS WILL RE-ELECT [...] (SBU) Summary. President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (PT - Workers Party) appears to be headed for re-election on October 29. Challenger Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB - Brazilian Social Democracy Party) has failed to convince a majority of voters that they would be better off if he were elected, and [...]	2006-10-27 11:47:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV BR
06BRATISLAVA164	FICO: IF DZURINDA'S GOING TO WASHINGTON, THEN I [...] (SBU) During a March 1 meeting with Smer Deputy International Secretary Katarina Nevedalova, we learned that Smer chairman Robert Fico -- who boasted to Ambassador last month (reftel) that he knew of Prime Minister Dzurinda's then-unannounced trip to the U.S. and was planning his own "get to [...]	2006-03-02 16:27:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR SOCI LO
06BRATISLAVA343	SLOVAKIA POLITICAL ROUNDUP, APRIL 26, 2006 [...] (C) On April 20, the Slovak parliament approved an expansion of the mandate of Slovakia's demining unit in Iraq, allowing for increased force protection and training roles. Unsurprisingly, communist party KSS voted against the mandate, as did opposition party Smer (including Robert Fico, but [...]	2006-04-27 13:25:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PINR SMIG EAGR SOCI UK IZ LO
06BRATISLAVA763	IRAQI FM EXPRESSES GRATITUDE, SEES NO PROBLEM WITH [...] (C) Summary: The September 8 visit of Iraqi Foreign Minister Zebari gave the Slovak government the impression that Iraq has no problem with the withdrawal of Slovak troops, as long as there is some symbolic follow-on presence in the form of training or other cooperation. Zebari thanked the go [...]	2006-09-13 15:14:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MOPS IZ LO
06BRIDGETOWN1133	CARIBBEAN CHUTZPAH OVER WHALING [...] (C/NOFORN) Summary: Caribbean countries displayed considerable chutzpah during the June meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) in St. Kitts. Eastern Caribbean delegates to the IWC accused Western nations of practicing colonialism and racism by attempting to keep in place the i [...]	2006-07-03 14:35:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	AORC EAID EFIS PGOV PREL SENV JA XL
06BRIDGETOWN1139	CHINESE AMBASSADOR TO BARBADOS WELCOMES U.S.-PRC [...] (C) SUMMARY: In two separate conversations with Ambassador and DCM, Chinese Ambassador to Barbados Liu Huanxing discussed WHA A/S Shannon,s trip to Beijing, possible U.S.-PRC consultations on hemispheric cooperation, the recent visit of Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi to the Easter [...]	2006-07-05 14:06:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PINR EAID EINV ETRD BB CH XL
06BRIDGETOWN1315	INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY PREPARES TO STEP UP INTO [...] (C) SUMMARY: The first meeting of the International Support and Advisory Group (ISAG) for Cricket World Cup 2007 was held July 26-27 in Bridgetown, Barbados. The objective of the meeting was to pull together an informal group composed of hosting and playing nations and the international com [...]	2006-07-28 22:09:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ASEC CPAS PINR PTER AFIN UNSC USOAS XL
06BRIDGETOWN1375	CWC 2007: TRADEWINDS BECALMED [...] (U) This is an action message: see para. 6. 2. (C) SUMMARY: SOUTHCOM's annual Tradewinds exercise may be a victim of Caribbean indifference. To date, there has been tepid response to MLO requests for information on participation by Cricket World Cup (CWC) countries. Post respectfully [...]	2006-08-08 21:38:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ASEC MOPS PREL XL
06BRIDGETOWN979	FREEDOM OF THE PRESS THREATENED IN THE EASTERN [...] (C/NOFORN) Summary: Freedom of the press is threatened in the Eastern Caribbean by governments that are increasingly intolerant of criticism. Government officials in several countries have threatened to impose legal standards upon what they complain is an unrestrained media that engages in li [...]	2006-06-08 18:40:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI KDEM KPAO XL
06BRUSSELS1889	CAPTION USAGE [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-07 15:50:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	AADP
06BRUSSELS1890	CAPTION USAGE [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-07 15:51:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	AADP
06BRUSSELS2249	BELGIUM RECONSIDERS RENOUNCING NUCLEAR POWER [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. The recent release of a political party-sponsored study of Belgium's nuclear energy options, combined with our analysis of views expressed more privately by Belgian government officials indicate that serious thought is being given to Belgium's future energy options. Opinion di [...]	2006-06-30 10:18:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ENRG SENV PREL BE
06BRUSSELS2463	PM: BELGIUM CAN DO MORE ON AFGHANISTAN, WANTS HELP [...] (C) SUMMARY: PM Verhofstadt told Ambassador Korologos July 20 that he was trying to secure coalition approval to "double" the Belgian troop contribution to Afghanistan, adding some 200 troops around Kabul. In principle, he accepted the need for NATO common funding, but that NATO's budgeting n [...]	2006-07-14 12:48:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PARM MCAP MOPS KNNP AF CG IR BE
06BRUSSELS2476	BELGIAN RESPONSE TO THE DEMARCHE ON THE JULY 17 [...] (c) Poloff met with FM Michel Tilemans. Ref A GAERC points shared, but Tilemans interest went straight to Lebanon/Hizballah points. He said De Gucht will be speaking on this issue at the GAERC but wouldn't give specifics when pressed. This will be Belgian focus for EU, since they were heavi [...]	2006-07-14 16:58:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	BE KPAL LE PREL
06BRUSSELS2502	BELGIAN DEVELOPMENT MINISTER OUTLINES IDEAS TO [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: During Ambassador's July 13 meeting with Belgian Federal Minister of Cooperation and Development Armand De Decker the following topics were discussed: Afghanistan, Iraq, U.S. aid, and the upcoming elections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DROC). Th [...]	2006-07-18 05:37:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAID PGOV MOPS PREL KBIO BE CG AF SO IZ
06BRUSSELS2521	BELGIANS SHOW RESERVED SUPPORT OF GUATEMALA ON UNSC [...] Poloff presented reftel demarche and discussed furthering support for Guatemala's bid to the UNSC with Belgian UN Directorate Rudi Brieven. Breiven, who served at the Belgian Mission to the U.N. his last post, expressed Belgium's desire to see Guatemala win the bid. He felt the campaign would [...]	2006-07-19 08:02:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL BE
06BRUSSELS2603	BELGIAN RESPONSE TO P5+1 INCENTIVE PACKAGE FOR IRAN [...] (SBU) Summary. In response to reftel, Belgian MFA Nonproliferation chief Werner Bauwens believed the Iranians would accept the P5 1 proposal as a basis of negotiation in mid-late August, and at the same time voluntarily suspend an unspecified degree of enrichment activities. He also believes [...]	2006-07-27 09:06:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KNNP PARM PREL AORC
06BRUSSELS2606	BELGIAN RESPONSE TO P5+1 INCENTIVE PACKAGE FOR IRAN [...] (SBU) Summary. In response to reftel, Belgian MFA Nonproliferation chief Werner Bauwens believed the Iranians would accept the P5 1 proposal as a basis of negotiation in mid-late August, and at the same time voluntarily suspend an unspecified degree of enrichment activities. He also believes [...]	2006-07-27 13:50:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KNNP PARM PREL AORC
06BRUSSELS2684	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: COORDINATING WESTERN SUPPORT [...] (U) We passed Reftel demarche to Belgian MFA Nonproliferation and Disarmament Chief Werner Bauwens July 24. Bauwens said that Belgium supports the U.S. position and hoped that discussion based on the draft could begin as soon as possible without conditions (as conditions have already been ass [...]	2006-08-04 07:53:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL
06BRUSSELS2786	LEBANON ISSUE DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO BELGIANS [...] (U) Per reftel instructions, PolCouns discussed the then pending UNSCR on Lebanon with Belgian MFA Director for the Middle East Christian Monnoyer on August 12. Monnoyer appreciated our efforts to keep him informed. 2. (C) In a discussion the previous day, Monnoyer confirmed that "very the [...]	2006-08-14 12:40:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PTER MOPS
06BRUSSELS2788	ISRAELIS HOPE EARLY PROTEST WILL QUASH THREATENED [...] (C) Summary: A Belgian/Lebanese medical doctor has denied press reports he intended to file suit under the controversial universal competence law against Israeli leaders for the near destruction of his property in Lebanon. The Israeli embassy fears the doctor eventually may go ahead with a [...]	2006-08-14 14:00:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MARR BE IS
06BRUSSELS2800	BELGIANS SAY THEY WILL SUPPORT UNIFIL, BUT NO [...] (C) For Belgium, all options were still on the table regarding participation in the new look UNIFIL. This was the only significant result of an August 16, 2006 planning meeting between representatives of the Prime Minister's office, the MFA, the Defense Ministry, and the Development Ministry. [...]	2006-08-16 13:43:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MARR MOPS PREL BE
06BRUSSELS3039	BELGIAN VIEWS OF UNSC RESOLUTION 1695 [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-08 12:08:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KNNP KPAO PARM PREL MNUC PTER BE
06BRUSSELS3105	BELGIUM PRIME MINISTER DESCRIBES SHIFT ON PLANNED [...] (C) Summary: The Belgians may send additional air assets to Afghanistan, rather than ground troops, according to Prime Minister Verhofstadt. In a meeting with the Ambassador on September 11, Verhofstadt also said the Belgian contingent in Lebanon was working with a 1,000 person Chinese de-mi [...]	2006-09-14 15:21:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PINS PGOV EFIN BE AF LE
06BRUSSELS3109	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH BELGIAN FM DE GUCHT ON [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with the Ambassador on September 12, Belgian FM De Gucht reiterated Belgian intentions to fulfill pledges of more forces for Afghanistan, adding that he would get the details worked out with the Socialist coalition partners after local elections October 8. He also s [...]	2006-09-14 15:31:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MARR OSCE AF IR BE
06BRUSSELS3203	DEMARCHE TO BELGIANS ON U.S. PRIORITIES FOR THE [...] (C) The Belgian government generally shares USG goals at the upcoming UN Human Rights Council session, according to France Chainay, Director for Human Rights matters in the MFA's International Organizations Division. She told polcouns the Belgians were particularly anxious to avoid having one [...]	2006-09-22 11:03:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM BE
06BRUSSELS3664	BELGIAN RESPONSE TO ISRAEL AT UNGA DEMARCHE -- [...] (SBU) Polcouns delivered reftel demarche to Bndicte Frankinet, the Director (A/S-equivalent) of the MFA's International Organizations Division. She said the Belgian government generally shared U.S. views on both the resolutions discussed in reftel, and on the broader issue of fighting anti-Is [...]	2006-10-27 15:10:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL
06BRUSSELS3668	A/S FRIED'S OCTOBER 20, 2006 MEETING WITH BELGIAN [...] (C) Summary: EUR A/S Fried met Belgian FM and OSCE CiO De Gucht in Brussels on October 20. Fried and De Gucht agreed that the U.S., EU, and OSCE needed to press Russia on treatment of ethnic Georgians in Russia. De Gucht repeatedly stressed the importance of having the Secretary attend the [...]	2006-10-27 15:23:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PINS OSCE GG RU BE
06BRUSSELS3669	BELGIUM'S COOL RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON PRESERVING [...] (C) In response to ref A demarche, Belgian FM De Gucht's Deputy Chief of Staff for Middle East Affairs, Jean-Luc Bodson, told us the MFA could not agree with the USG request about dealing with the Syrians. Bodson explained that the Belgians thought the U.S. approach would be "counterproductiv [...]	2006-10-27 15:47:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KDEM PREL PGOV PTER MOPS BE
06BRUSSELS3722	DEMARCHE TO BELGIUM ON COUNTRY SPECIFIC HUMAN [...] (U) The acting head of the MFA's International Organizations Division told polcouns Belgium has decided to delay a decision on co-sponsoring the Uzbekistan resolution in the Third Committee until November 8, date of the EU's consultations in Brussels with the Uzbeks. The Uzbek Foreign Minist [...]	2006-11-03 16:50:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KTIA PHUM PREL BE
06BRUSSELS3911	HSPD-6 TERRORIST SCREENING INFORMATION: BELGIUM [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Government of Belgium (GOB) will consider an information sharing proposal with the U.S. within the framework of Homeland Security Presidential Directive - 6 (HSPD-6). The U.S. delegation, during a November 10 meeting in Brussels, proposed to give Belgium access to a portion o [...]	2006-11-22 14:56:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	CVIS PTER PINR PGOV PREL KHLS BE
06BRUSSELS4057	BELGIUM: LIBERTAD ACT REVIEW [...] (C) SUMMARY: In response to ref A, post submits the following information regarding the suspension of Title III of the Libertad Act. Post has no basis to suggest that any Belgian investments qualify for consideration under the Libertad Act. END SUMMARY 2. (C) In conjunction with its Europ [...]	2006-12-07 14:28:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ETTC ETRD PREL BE CU
06BRUSSELS4157	BELGIAN AND THE UN -- VIEWS OF A NEW UNSC MEMBER [...] (C) Summary: IO A/S Silverberg's December 6 meetings with the Belgian MFA indicated that Belgium and the U.S. were in general agreement on most major issues facing the UN Security Council, apart from some differences on Iran. On Iran, the Belgians said that they thought it appropriate now to [...]	2006-12-15 16:37:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL AORC UNSC BE CG SU IR KN
06BRUSSELS4158	AFGHANISTAN: EUR A/S FRIED AND SCA DAS FEIGENBAUM [...] (C) IN A MEETING REQUESTED BY THE AFGHAN SIDE ON THE MARGINS OF THE OSCE MINISTERIAL IN BRUSSELS, EUR A/S DANIEL FRIED AND SCA DAS EVAN FEIGENBAUM TOLD DAVOOD MORADIAN, AFGHAN SENIOR POLICY ADVISOR TO FM SPANTA, THAT WHILE THE USG WOULD CONTINUE TO WORK CLOSELY WITH PARTNERS AND DONORS, THE [...]	2006-12-15 16:48:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MARR MASS MOPS PREF PGOV AF
06BRUSSELS4210	SPECIAL ENVOY NATSIOS' MEETING WITH THE BELGIAN [...] (C) Sudan Special Envoy Natsios conducted a Darfur roundtable on December 15, 2006 with experts from the Belgian MFA led by Director for African Affairs Trouveroy (the former Belgian Ambassador to Sudan) and Director of International Organization Affairs (both A/S-equivalent) Frankinet. The S [...]	2006-12-22 11:42:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL SU CG RW BE UNSC
06BUCHAREST1035	ROMANIA: AMBASSADOR AND PM DISCUSS ENERGY, ECONOMY AND ADOPTIONS [...] (C) The Ambassador met with Romanian Prime Minister Calin-Popescu Tariceanu on June 22 to discuss the state of our bilateral economic relationship and the future of international adoptions. Tariceanu reiterated a request made by letter the previous day for U.S. assistance in strategic planning on e [...]	2006-06-23 15:30:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL ECON ENRG EPET PGOV PHUM CASC RO
06BUCHAREST1198	PRESIDENT BASESCU'S COMMENTS BEFORE LEAVING [...] (SBU) Summary. President Traian Basescu reaffirmed on July 26 Romania's commitment to keep its troops in Iraq until they are replaced by the Iraqi army. This declaration was made as the president left the Bucharest airport for his official U.S. visit. On Kosovo, however, he struck a discordant [...]	2006-07-27 12:04:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL SOCI MOPS MARR IZ SR RO
06BUCHAREST1309	IRAN "CONFISCATES" ROMANIAN OIL RIG IN APPARENT [...] (SBU) Romanian press reported on August 22 that an Iranian naval vessel reportedly fired upon and then seized the Orizont, a Romanian-owned oilrig in Iranian waters in the Salman field near the Kish islands. The rig, owned by the Romanian firm Grup Servicii Petroliere (Oil Services Group),ha [...]	2006-08-22 16:58:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL ECON ENRG EPET PGOV IR RO
06BUCHAREST1330	ROMANIAN, IRANIAN PRESIDENTS AGREE: OILRIG INCIDENT IS COMMERCIAL DISPUTE [...] (C) SUMMARY. On August 22, Iranian authorities boarded and seized a Romanian-owned oilrig involved in a commercial dispute (see reftel). The rig's owner, Grup Servicii Petroliere (GSP),controlled by controversial business figure Sorin Ovidiu Vantu, allegedly intended to remove the rig from Iranian [...]	2006-08-24 16:07:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL ECON ENRG EPET PGOV IR RO
06BUCHAREST1639	TURKISH AMBASSADOR IN BUCHAREST TERRITORIAL ABOUT TURKISH MINORITY [...] (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 [...]	2006-10-25 11:03:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL SCUL RO
06BUCHAREST1644	PACKAGE DEAL: NEW ROMANIAN DEFMIN AND EUROPEAN COMMISSIONER NAMED [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-25 16:44:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL MARR SOCI RO
06BUCHAREST1678	ROMANIA CONSIDERS REQUEST TO RESETTLE PROTECTED MIGRANTS FROM GUANTANAMO [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel demarche to MFA Director for Human Rights Steluta Arhire on October 17 and to Ministry of Administration and Interior (MAI) Deputy Director General of the National Refugee Office Catalin Necula on November 1. PolOff praised Romania's provision of refuge for the Uzbek ref [...]	2006-11-02 15:25:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREF PGOV PREL RO
06BUCHAREST1797	ROMANIA - ENERGY SCANDAL UNFURLING, AMCIT HELD ON [...] (U) SUMMARY. An unfolding energy-related scandal is causing turmoil among Romania's political and economic elites, with allegations of corruption and influence peddling hitting two government ministers, among others. The accusations come with the approach of winter and amid political attacks [...]	2006-11-29 16:03:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ENRG PGOV KCOR CACS ECON PREL RO
06BUCHAREST635	ROMANIA: F-16 AIRCRAFT TRANSFER OFFER [...] (C/NF) It is Embassy's understanding, further to discussions with senior MOD officials, that the GOR has not made up its mind regarding the procurement source of F-16 aircraft. Although President Basescu ruled out that possibility in a March conversation with the Ambassador (Ref B),it is st [...]	2006-04-18 15:39:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MARR MASS PGOV PREL RO IS
06BUCHAREST660	ROMANIA: G8 COUNTER-TERRORISM ACTION GROUP [...] (C) Summary. During the recent Russian Embassy-hosted G8 Counter-terrorism Action Group (CTAG) meeting (Ref A),participants agreed upon the importance of dialogue and exchange with moderate Muslims but acknowledged that their Embassies had not engaged in such efforts. Several participants [...]	2006-04-21 10:19:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KCRM PGOV PREL PTER SOCI RO
06BUENOSAIRES1091	AMBASSADOR RAISES BUSINESS ADVOCACY ISSUES WITH [...] (SBU) The Ambassador called on Minister of Planning Julio De Vido on May 9 to discuss business advocacy cases. The Ambassador began the meeting by thanking De Vido for his help in improving the relationship between the two governments, especially during the January visit of Assistant Secretar [...]	2006-05-12 21:00:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EINV ENRG EAGR AR BL
06CAIRO2021	ARAB LEAGUE'S KHARTOUM SUMMIT [...] (SBU) Summary. Sudan played host March 28-29 to the 18th regular summit of Arab League (AL) leaders, a meeting notable for poor attendance by heads of state and deep divisions over Iraq, Lebanon, and Hamas. AL leaders approved dozens of resolutions, covering the range of priorities for all 2 [...]	2006-04-03 14:07:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER EAID KPAL MEPN EG SU
06CAIRO3441	MFA TELLS NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTE TO HALT [...] (SBU) In a June 5 meeting, MFA Assistant Minister for the Americas Ambassador Salama Shaker told National Democratic Institute regional representative Joe Hall, joined by his local attorney Sarwat Shahid and poloff, to halt NDI outreach activities pending GOE approval of NDI's registration a [...]	2006-06-05 13:58:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM EG
06CAIRO6823	DIRECTOR OF US FOREIGN ASSISTANCE TOBIAS' MEETING [...] (SBU) On October 30, Egyptian Minister of International Cooperation Fayza Aboul Naga hosted Director of US Foreign Assistance Randall Tobias at lunch to discuss the future of U.S. economic assistance. The Egyptian Ministers of Education, Health, Energy and Housing, as well as the Ambassador, [...]	2006-11-09 15:42:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EAID PREL EG
06CANBERRA1009	DPRK: AUSTRALIAN REACTION TO JULY 5 NORTH KOREAN [...] (C/NF) Australian Prime Minister John Howard and Foreign Minister Alexander Downer issued separate statements to local media on July 5 publicly condemning the North Korean Taepo Dong-2 missile launch and calling on the DPRK to return to the Six-Party Talks. The Foreign Minister's media statemen [...]	2006-07-05 21:47:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PARM MNUC MOPS KNNP MARR AS KN
06CANBERRA1161	PM HOWARD DECLARES HE WILL SEEK 5TH TERM; [...] (C/NF) Summary: Prime Minister John Howard announced July 31 that he would contest the next election as Prime Minister, thus ending months of speculation about his intentions. Treasurer Peter Costello, who had established himself as a somewhat impatient heir apparent, called a press conference [...]	2006-07-31 08:40:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV AS
06CANBERRA1229	PM HOWARD WITHDRAWS CONTROVERSIAL REFUGEE ASYLUM [...] (C/NF) Summary: Prime Minister Howard was forced to withdraw legislation from Senate consideration on August 14 that would have required all future unauthorized boat arrivals to be processed offshore for asylum claims. Facing almost certain defeat in the upper house where the Government enj [...]	2006-08-14 08:48:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM AS ID
06CANBERRA1244	PM HOWARD STEPS OUT TOWARD THE 2007 ELECTIONS [...] (C/NF) With his declaration July 31 that he would seek a fifth term in office effectively ending months of speculation about his intentions (ref A),Prime Minister John Howard can now focus on the national elections that must be held in 2007. A renowned morning power-walker, Howard has good [...]	2006-08-17 04:29:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV ECON AS
06CANBERRA1311	AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE TO SRI LANKA CONTACT GROUP [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 6. 2. (SBU) Poloff met with Nigel Stanier, Executive Officer for South and West Asia, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, on August 28, 2006, to follow up Ref A invitation for Australia to participate in the Contact Group's expert level m [...]	2006-08-28 07:54:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MARR PHUM PINS PREL PTER AS
06CANBERRA1366	AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON OPPOSITION [...] (C/NF) Opposition Leader Kim Beazley told the Ambassador during his September 6 introductory call that the alliance continued to enjoy broad bipartisan support in Australia. The Labor Party, for its part, could be counted on to continue to support the alliance,s core elements of ship visits, [...]	2006-09-08 06:10:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL MARR PARM AS
06CANBERRA1410	ORGANIZED LABOR THROWS DOWN THE GAUNTLET [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. At a September 13 luncheon speech at the National Press Club, Greg Combet, the Secretary of the Australian Confederation of Trade Unions (ACTU),fiercely attacked the Howard Government and its labor reforms saying that the new industrial relations laws were unfair and calling [...]	2006-09-14 06:53:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV ELAB AS
06CANBERRA1425	KIM BEAZLEY TAKES A HIT AND SCORES A HIT ON [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: On September 11 Labor Party (ALP) leader Kim Beazley proposed that all Australian visa forms contain a commitment to respect Australian laws and institutions. Prime Minister John Howard -- who also used the anniversary of the twin towers attack for his own anti-terrorism message [...]	2006-09-15 05:13:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV SMIG AS
06CANBERRA1444	LIBERAL PARTY DIRECTOR CONFIDENT PRIME MINISTER [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Liberal Party Federal Director Brian Loughnane (Protect) told Poloffs September 18 that Prime Minister John Howard was in a good position to win reelection as long as the economy continued to do well. The Labor Party's (ALP) slight lead in most of the national polls conducted [...]	2006-09-19 05:51:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MARR PGOV PREL AS
06CANBERRA1517	OPPOSITION LEADER BEAZLEY WILL FIGHT PM HOWARD FOR [...] (C/NF) During a meeting with poloffs on September 25, Opposition and Australian Labor Party (ALP) Leader Kim Beazley's principal advisors vowed to fight John Howard,s coalition for the political center. Though the ALP remains strongly supportive of the alliance with the United States, it will [...]	2006-09-26 07:17:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL MARR ELAB AS
06CANBERRA1574	INTEREST RATES MORE IMPORTANT POLITICALLY THAN [...] (C/NF) Interest rates will be a key political issue for the 2007 federal elections, according to a number of observers Embassy poloffs met with during a visit to Sydney. The consensus was that changes to the industrial relations laws will be at most a contributing factor. So far, the impact o [...]	2006-10-05 07:28:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV ELAB ECON AS

06CANBERRA1586	QUESTIONABLE POLL CLAIMS STRONG PUBLIC OPPOSITION [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: A poll of Australian citizens released by the Lowy Institute in Sydney October 2 found that 84 percent of respondents did not believe the war in Iraq would reduce the threat of terrorism. Two-thirds of those surveyed thought the war would not lead to the spread of democracy in [...]	2006-10-06 07:34:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MARR PGOV PREL SCUL AS
06CANBERRA1933	KEVIN RUDD IS NEW OPPOSITION LEADER [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Kevin Rudd won the vote in the Labor Party (ALP) caucus on December 4, beating Kim Beazley 49-39 to become the new leader of the Opposition. The press is reporting that the uncommitted caucus members swung to Mr. Rudd over the weekend. Voting for the shadow cabinet and other [...]	2006-12-04 05:13:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL AS
06CANBERRA1940	AUSTRALIA DECLINES FIJI'S REQUEST FOR MILITARY [...] (C) Australia declined a request by Fijian Prime Minister Qarase for Australian military intervention to prevent a coup by the RFMF Commander Bainimarama. In reaction to events, the Australian Foreign Minister announced December 5 Australia would suspend defense ties with Fiji, including impo [...]	2006-12-05 06:44:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MARR MASS AS FJ NZ
06CANBERRA814	AUSTRALIA SUPPORTS U.S. ANNOUNCEMENT ON IRAN [...] (C/NF) Charge presented reftel U.S. demarche on Iran to Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer on the morning of June 1. Responding positively to the U.S. proposal, the FM said he would be happy to support it publicly. He told his staff participating in the meeting to draft a press re [...]	2006-06-01 02:42:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PARM AS IR
06CANBERRA849	EAST TIMOR: UPDATE ON AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE FORCE AND [...] (C/NF) The GOA confirmed that the Australian Defence Force (ADF) could include U.S. Embassy in Dili in its patrolling arrangements and could mount a rapid reaction capability to respond to a security threat at the U.S. Embassy, if needed. The GOA planned to double the number of police currently [...]	2006-06-08 07:58:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MOPS MARR AORC PREL KDEM AS PO TT
06CANBERRA889	EAST TIMOR: AUSTRALIA CONCERNED ABOUT UN SLIPPAGE; [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 3 below. 2. (C/NF) Michael Bliss, International Law Director in the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Legal Branch, told Poloff June 13 that the GOA was concerned about delays in moving forward with next steps to establish a new U [...]	2006-06-13 08:15:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PREL AS TT
06CANBERRA952	EAST TIMOR: AUSTRALIAN BRIEFING ON LOBATO ARREST [...] (C/NF) Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Acting East Timor Director provided us a briefing on the arrest of former East Timor Interior Minister Rogerio Lobato on June 22. Ferguson confirmed that a prosecutor, possibly a UN-provided international prosecutor, from the East Timor Of [...]	2006-06-22 08:13:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MARR MOPS KCRM AS TT
06CARACAS1067	GIVING MONEY DIRECTLY TO THE PEOPLE: CHAVEZ' [...] (C) On April 8, the National Assembly passed the Law on Community Councils (Ley de Consejos Comunales),significantly modifying the allocation of municipal government funds by placing Community Councils at the center of municipal governance. The measure effectively reduces the clout of mayor [...]	2006-04-21 19:15:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON PGOV VE
06CARACAS1402	SPANISH POLITICAL COUNSELOR REVIEWS VENEZUELAN [...] (C) Poloff met with Spanish Political Counselor Gonzalo Fournier May 12 to discuss Venezuelan political developments and Spanish-Venezuelan relations. Fournier told Poloff that Cuban diplomats had visited members of the electoral observer group Ojo Electoral and claimed that the USG was oppos [...]	2006-05-17 18:38:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM VE
06CARACAS1426	BCV'S ABILITY TO DEFEND BOLIVAR WEAKENED [...] (SBU) After delaying the issuance of its financial statements for a month, the Central Bank of Venezuela (BCV) finally published its March 2006 financial statement showing cumulative 2006 first quarter losses of USD 136 million. These losses are mainly due to the increasing cost of BCV's effo [...]	2006-05-18 14:54:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN ECON PGOV VE
06CARACAS1758	BRV CONTINUES TO TOY WITH BARUTA MAYOR [...] (C) Baruta Mayor Henrique Capriles Radonski's trial, scheduled to begin June 9, was postponed for another ten days. Prosecutors allege Capriles incited the uprising that occurred at the Cuban Embassy in Caracas during the April 2002 coup attempt (reftels). The failure of the prosecution to [...]	2006-06-14 19:53:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KDEM VE
06CARACAS1849	PDVSA'S TERMINAL WOES [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to a PDVSA sub-contractor, PDVSA terminals suffer from poor recordkeeping, staffing problems, and inadequate equipment. As a result, PDVSA has incurred millions of dollars in demurrage (payments for the delay in loading a vessel). PDVSA's books do not reflect many of [...]	2006-06-20 19:19:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET ENRG EINV VE
06CARACAS1898	MEETING WITH OUSTED FX COMMISSION PRESIDENT AND [...] (C) Econoffs met with ousted Foreign Exchange Commission (CADIVI) President Mary Espinoza de Robles (protect) June 19. Espinoza said she "resigned" her position June 7 because the CADIVI Board continued to impose random requirements (not supported by law or regulation) on foreign currency req [...]	2006-06-23 17:58:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN ECON PGOV VE
06CARACAS2034	HE'S GOT ALL THE MARBLES: WHY ABSTENTIONISM SELLS [...] (C) While the December presidential election is still months away, massive abstention still remains a possibility. Convincing defeatist, suspicious, and fatigued voters to turn out will depend on conditions granted by the National Electoral Council (CNE); the selection of a unified opposition [...]	2006-07-07 20:12:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM KDEM VE
06CARACAS2067	BRV PUBLIC CREDIT CHIEF'S VIEWS ON DEBT MANAGEMENT [...] (C) On July 6, econoffs met with Public Credit Chief Rudolf Romer to discuss the BRV's debt management strategy and upcoming bond issues, including the recently announced joint Venezuelan-Argentine "Bonds of the South." Noting Venezuela's debt profile had improved significantly in recent yea [...]	2006-07-10 19:11:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN PGOV VE
06CARACAS2424	POLITICAL PRISONER FACING THREATS [...] (C) Former Finance Minister and retired Brigadier General Francisco Uson Ramirez, incarcerated since 2004, faces threats of physical harm, according to reports to the Embassy from family members. Uson, openly supportive of the opposition, was listed as a political prisoner in the Department [...]	2006-08-15 18:46:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PGOV SOCI VE
06CARACAS2485	THE STATE OF VENEZUELAN-ISRAELI RELATIONS [...] (C) President Chavez has been exploiting violence in the Middle East to seek international media attention and to burnish his pro-Arab and "anti-Empire" credentials. Chavez's inflammatory and extreme anti-Israel rhetoric first headlines while he was in Iran, and has continued since his retur [...]	2006-08-21 19:28:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF VE
06CARACAS2622	BANKING SECTOR UPDATE: SNAPSHOTS AND [...] (SBU) From December 2005 to June 2006, reported bank profits (return on equity) declined from 32.5 to 30.7 percent (17 percent real profit after adjusting for inflation, which is in line with bank returns in the region). During this period, the sector has faced increasing regulatory control [...]	2006-08-30 20:30:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN PGOV VE
06CARACAS2980	GOLF COURSE EXPROPRIATION UPDATE [...] (C) One month after Caracas Municipal Mayor Barreto's expropriation decree, the two golf courses affected are preparing to submit their legal defense. The directors of the Valle Arriba Golf Club and the Caracas Country Club are confident the BRV will not move on the decrees until after the e [...]	2006-09-29 19:56:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EINV PGOV VE
06CARACAS3257	CHAVEZ' DOLLAR DIPLOMACY: SPREADING WEALTH AND [...] (C) Since 2005, President Chavez has verbally pledged over USD 90 billion for bilateral agreements, regional initiatives, government contracts, binational funds, donations, investments and joint ventures involving foreign countries. The total figure is approximately one third of combined GDP [...]	2006-10-31 18:54:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EAID PREL VE IR
06CARACAS3296	COMPETING ECONOMIC PLANS: CHAVEZ AND ROSALES [...] (U) Consensus opposition candidate Manuel Rosales released his "Proposal for Change toward a New Social Democracy" on October 25. This platform details his populist economic plans for distributing the country's oil wealth to the neediest through "Mi Negra" debit cards, respect for private pro [...]	2006-11-02 15:53:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON PGOV PREL VE
06CARACAS3667	MEETING WITH VENEZUELAN DEVELOPMENT BANK PRESIDENT [...] (SBU) At a November 29 meeting with EconCouns, Vice Minister of Finance and President of the Bank for Economic and Social Development (BANDES) Edgar Behrens outlined BANDES's operations in Venezuela and abroad and detailed future plans to fund the development of Venezuela through promoting coo [...]	2006-12-21 18:48:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EFIN VE
06CARACAS659	CORRUPTION IN BRV ARGENTINE BONDS TRANSACTIONS [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. On March 3, 2006, Nelson Ortiz, the Caracas Stock Exchange (BVC) President, outlined the BRV mechanism undertaken for the purchase and re-sale of Argentine bonds. The BRV has reportedly sold USD 1.1 billion, of a reported USD 2.8 billion in Argentine bonds originally purchase [...]	2006-03-10 18:33:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN ECON PGOV VE
06CARACAS66	VENEZUELAN MILITARY MORALE DECLINING? [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-11 17:06:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV MARR VE
06COLOMBO1850	SRI LANKA: NONCOMMITTAL ON OPPOSING THE CUBA [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-07 12:52:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PREL UNGA UN CU CE
06DAKAR239	GUINEA-BISSAU: STILL CLINGING TO "FRAGILE STATE" [...] (U) President Joao Bernardo &Nino8 Viera,s government has finally presented its program to the National Assembly, which effectively has until early March to approve or disapprove it. The Supreme Court ruled in Vieira,s favor on the appointment of Prime Minister Aristides Gomes, which a facti [...]	2006-02-01 19:05:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PINS EAID PGOV PHUM SNAR BR PU
06DAKAR2477	SENEGAL: G8 COUNTER-TERRORISM ACTION GROUP FOCUSES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The October 10 G8 Counter-Terrorism Action Group (CTAG) meeting focused on the recent wave of clandestine migrants from Senegal to the Canary Islands, rather than ideological extremism. The UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the UN Office for West Africa (UNOWA) both partici [...]	2006-10-13 13:56:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PTER SNAR CVIS SMIG KCRM KISL PU SG
06DAKAR708	SENEGAL SEEKING UNSC SEAT FOR 2008-2009 [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) On March 15, the Mission received a diplomatic note dated the previous day from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The note &solicits8 the support of the United States for Senegal for a non-permanent seat on the United Nations [...]	2006-03-20 15:34:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL AORC UNSC SG
06DAMASCUS2189	MARATHON ONE STEP CLOSER TO DIVESTING [...] (U) On May 10, the AP and other news services reported that Marathon Oil Company concluded a USD 127 million deal to develop an oil and gas concession in the center of Syria despite looming US sanctions. In spite of the news report implying otherwise, Marathon,s concession is actually quite o [...]	2006-05-10 12:37:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAIR ECON ETTC SY SANC
06DARESSALAAM1176	TANZANIA AGREES VOTE ON QATAR'S UNSC RESOLUTION BE [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-13 14:56:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL IS KPAL KWBG TZ
06DARESSALAAM1951	TANZANIA: MOVING CLOSER TO COMMITTING PKO TROOPS [...] (SBU) Signs are increasing that the Government of Tanzania (GOT) is moving closer to committing troops to a peacekeeping mission in Darfur. From December 11 to 15, the Africa Contingency Operations Training and Assistance (ACOTA) team hosted a strategy conference in Dar es Salaam with key dec [...]	2006-12-20 13:00:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MOPS MARR PGOV KTIA TZ
06DHAKA1565	ACCUSED AWAMI LEAGUER SAYS HE IS NOT JMB [...] (C) Summary: In a public confession captured JMB commander Ataur Rahman Sunny alleged that AL Religious Advisor Mohammad Abdullah is part of JMB. Poloff spoke to Abdullah, who said that he has never met Sunny, nor anyone from JMB, firmly believes in AL's secular orientation, and speculates tha [...]	2006-03-22 04:58:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KISL PGOV PREL BG
06DHAKA6756	TERRORISM FINANCING COORDINATING OFFICER (TFCO) - [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-07 08:38:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ETTC KTFN
06DILI112	TRUTH AND FRIENDSHIP COMMISSIONERS PUSH FOR ACCESS TO SCU [...] (C) The bilateral Indonesia-East Timor Truth and Friendship Commission (TFC) has made a surprise request for full access, with necessary redaction to assure witness confidentiality, to the files of the Serious Crimes Unit (SCU). After Prosecutor-General Longuinhos Monteiro refused the request, [...]	2006-03-11 11:05:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KJUS KAWC PHUM KPKO TT
06DILI293	EAST TIMOR WEEKEND UPDATE: JUNE 3-5, 2006, [...] (U) Summary: Pro-Xanana security ministers are sworn in; Superior Council endorses President's security plan; Ramos-Horta begins Defense Minister duties; FRETILIN Central Committee endorses Alkatiri, promotes Lobato; Australia on post-UNOTIL planning; Anti-Alkatiri demonstration reportedly ca [...]	2006-06-05 15:11:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV MOPS ASEC PHUM UN CASC KPKO AU PO TT
06DILI358	JAPANESE EMBASSY VIEWS NEXT UN MISSION [...] (C/NF) Summary: A Japanese diplomat meeting with DCM spoke highly of Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) Sukehiro Hasegawa and suggested Hasegawa should head the next UN mission in East Timor. Japan will not contribute troops or police to the peacekeeping operation (PKO),b [...]	2006-07-12 07:51:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV KPKO UN TT
06DILI363	BISHOP NASCIMENTO IS WORRIED, BUT WILLING TO HELP [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-13 11:06:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV KJUS KCRM KDEM PINR KPKO TT AS PO
06DILI381	CONTINUED TENSIONS OVER NATIONAL POLICE REINTEGRATION [...] (C/NF) Summary: Tensions have continued in recent weeks between the Australian Federal Police (AFP) and the Minister of Interior, Alcino Barris, regarding how to handle the reintegration of East Timor's national police (the PNTL). Each have presented proposals with competing approaches and pr [...]	2006-07-25 11:05:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KPKO PREL PGOV KJUS UN AU TT
06DILI387	PRO-REINADO DEMONSTRATIONS SMALL BUT WORRYING [...] (SBU) Summary: Demonstrations are being staged in Dili to protest the arrest and detention by international forces earlier this week of Major Alfredo Reinado, the leader of a group of dissident Military Police that played a prominent role in the violent clashes in and around Dili in late May. [...]	2006-07-29 15:05:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM ASEC MARR AU PO TT
06DILI427	RAMOS-HORTA WILL REINFORCE SUPPORT FOR JAPANESE DRAFT [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-22 09:36:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL UNSC KPKO TT PO AS CH JA
06DJIBOUTI361	DJIBOUTI AND REQUEST FOR IMMEDIATE COOPERATION ON [...] (SBU) Ambassador conveyed to Mahmoud Ali Youssuf, Djibouti's Minister of Foreign Affairs, substance of points provided in reftel during an urgent meeting at her request on March 23. She also converted the cable's instructions into a series of points which she left with the Minister as a non-p [...]	2006-03-23 13:31:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MARR PHSA SO DJ
06DOHA1639	QATAR SEEKS USG SUPPORT FOR PARAGUAY TO HOST NEXT [...] (C) Mohamed al-Rumaihy, Assistant to the Minister for Follow-Up Affairs at the Qatari MFA and Qatar's chief organizer for the Sixth International Conference for New or Restored Democracies (ICNRD - see reftel),asked Ambassador November 8 for USG assistance in raising funds for Paraguay to hos [...]	2006-11-09 13:11:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL KDEM QA
06DUBAI2853	MBR CHARITY ESTABLISHMENT PROMISES TO END COOPERATION WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ibrahim Bu Melha, SecGen of the MBR Humanitarian and Charity Establishment (MBRE),told CG May 13 that MBRE was partnering on projects in Palestine with Human Appeal Internation (HAI),an Ajman-based organization that he had just heard was problematic for the USG. When CG informed [...]	2006-05-20 13:22:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PTER KTFN PARM MCAP IR AE
06DUBAI5462	IRPO: LITTLE PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR HIZBALLAH IN IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-29 08:06:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	IR IS LE PGOV PINR PTER
06DUBAI5512	IRPO: IRAN'S MINIMUM WAGE INCREASE DISASTROUS [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-30 13:11:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	IR ECON EFIN ELAB
06DUBAI566	UZBEK CONSUL GENERAL DISCUSSES TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] SUMMARY. (SBU) Uzbekistan's Consul General in Dubai, Bakhityor Madaev, discussed with PolEconoff January 23 Trafficking in Persons and related issues. He reported that Uzbekistan prosecutes traffickers and restricts travel of single women to the UAE, but that Neighboring states are used as mean [...]	2006-02-07 09:09:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	SOCI KCRM ECON PHUM TC UZ KZ KG
06DUBAI6928	PHILIP MORRIS CONVEYS IPR FRUSTRATIONS REGARDING THE [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-14 14:45:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EINV KIPR PGOV PREL ETRD IZ AE
06FRANKFURT7924	ALLEGED FRANKFURT AIRPORT TERROR PLOT DISRUPTED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: German authorities temporarily detained six suspected terrorists November 17 for alleged involvement in a plot to blow up an aircraft, presumably from Frankfurt International Airport. END SUMMARY. The Alleged Plot ---------------- 2. (SBU) According to a press release fro [...]	2006-11-21 14:36:00	Consulate Frankfurt	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PTER ASEC PGOV KISL JO KU IZ GM
06GEORGETOWN494	DEMARCHE DELIVERED IN ADVANCE OF NAM MINISTERIAL [...] (C) PolOff delivered demarche per reftel May 24 to Ambassador Elizabeth Harper, Director General (and number two) at Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Harper was unaware of any movement afoot to include a statement in support of Iran at the NAM Ministerial. Nor had she read such language in the d [...]	2006-05-25 18:54:00	Embassy Georgetown	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL AORC AIEA KNNP UNSC IR GY
06GEORGETOWN672	CARICOM DID NOT DECIDE ON UNSC SEAT SAYS GUYANA [...] (C) Ambassador probed Guyana's and CARICOM's stance on the UNSC seat issue during a July 10 farewell call on Foreign Minister Rudy Insanally. (Note: Insanally represented Guyana at the St. Kitts CARICOM Heads of Government meeting, in President Jagdeo's absence.) Insanally plans to address th [...]	2006-07-10 20:24:00	Embassy Georgetown	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL UNSC CARICOM GY
06GEORGETOWN915	SUBJECT: GUYANA ELECTION: FREE, FAIR AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Guyana's 2006 national and regional elections: free, somewhat fair, but not transparent. International observers agree that: (1) the elections were technically a success; (2) proper procedures were followed at polling places in the subsequent vote count. However, there are lo [...]	2006-09-13 20:20:00	Embassy Georgetown	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM OAS GY
06GUATEMALA2471	ILLEGAL ALIEN DETENTIONS IN THE U.S. REVIVE [...] (C) Summary: The December 12 raids of Swift meatpacking plants in the U.S. that resulted in the reported detentions of some 500 Guatemalans have generated a media storm. Critics of the Berger Government have renewed charges that the GOG does not do enough to protect undocumented Guatemalans [...]	2006-12-19 16:13:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG GT
06HANOI2617	HANOI'S NEW CIVIL SOCIETY LAW IN LIMBO [...] (C) Summary: The GVN in late September pulled the 11th version of the draft Law on Associations (LOA) from the National Assembly's (NA) upcoming agenda. The Politburo, which has ultimate say over legislation put forward to the NA, probably is foot-dragging because it fears the law,s potential [...]	2006-10-12 09:12:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PREL PGOV ECON VM
06HELSINKI990	FINLAND: PREVIEW OF EU INFORMAL DEFENSE MINISTERS' [...] (SBU) Summary. The Oct. 2-3 informal EU defense ministers' meeting will focus on operations in Bosnia, Sudan, and Congo; review the EU's force catalogue and the state of civil-military coordination; and discuss the European Defense Agency's (EDA) long term planning scenarios. NATO SYG de Hoo [...]	2006-09-27 09:20:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV NATO EUN FI
06HILLAH98	INTERNAL DISPLACED PERSONS IN SOUTH CENTRAL IRAQ: AN UPDATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 24, Ali Abbass Jahaker, head of the Wasit Office, Ministry of Displacement and Migration briefed REO staff on the Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) situation in South Central Iraq. Jahaker provided updated Ministry statistics for South Central IDPs: Najaf 1600 families [...]	2006-06-01 14:38:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KISL PREF PHUM IZ
06HOCHIMINHCITY1056	AUGUST 14-16 VISIT OF AMBASSADOR HANFORD TO HCMC: MEETINGS [...] (C) Summary: Protestant leaders representing the GVN-recognized Southern Evangelical Church of Vietnam (SECV) and unregistered house church groups told Ambassador Hanford that they see continuing improvement in religious freedom conditions, even in the Northwest Highlands. Some complained of [...]	2006-09-15 10:58:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KIRF PINR VM
06HOCHIMINHCITY1404	HCMC CONTACT ON CHINA, INTERNAL CPV POLITICS AND PRESSURE ON [...] (C/NF) Summary and Comment: On December 12 we met with Huy Duc (protect),a well-placed HCMC media contact, to review the results of the APEC Leaders' Summit, media issues and internal political developments. Duc reportedly is close to Politburo member Truong Tan Sang, head of the Communist P [...]	2006-12-15 11:45:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL CH PGOV PHUM PINR VM
06HOCHIMINHCITY1485	HUMAN RIGHTS CASE OF DOAN VAN DIEN AND DOAN HUY CHUONG [...] (C) Summary. Following up on reftel reports of a series of dissident arrests prior to the APEC Leaders' Summit, ConGen was able to confirm the detention of Doan Van Dien and Doan Huy Chuong -- father and son -- in HCMC. They appear to have been targeted for their peaceful political and socia [...]	2006-12-26 03:56:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PINR PHUM SOCI KIRF PGOV PREL VM
06HOCHIMINHCITY1493	VIETNAM IN-COUNTRY PRIORITY ONE REFERRAL [...] (C) Summary: Mission's Priority One (P-1) Referral Committee has completed consideration of twelve possible P- 1 applicants and is referring one individual, Phan Van Ban, to PRM for consideration. The other eleven individuals did not have persecution claims or credible fears that are either [...]	2006-12-26 09:45:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PINR PHUM SOCI KIRF PGOV PREL VM
06HONGKONG2094	BANK OF CHINA GOING PUBLIC IN A VOLATILE MARKET [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a financial history milestone for both Hong Kong and the mainland, the Bank of China (BOC) is going public. The USD 10 billion initial public offering (IPO) now underway will almost certainly be the world's biggest this year and the largest ever for Hong Kong. The high degree [...]	2006-05-19 10:39:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN ECON HK CH
06HONGKONG2335	CATHAY PLUS DRAGONAIR EQUALS ASIA'S LARGEST AIRLINE [...] (C) A JP Morgan transportation analyst told us that he is confident that media reports are accurate regarding plans for Cathay Pacific to take over Dragonair. He anticipates the deal will be announced tomorrow (June 7). If true, Cathay Pacific would become the Asia-Pacific region's top carrie [...]	2006-06-06 09:28:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EAIR PREL PGOV CH HK
06HONGKONG2373	MEGAPORTS - BILATERAL MEETING ADVANCES [...] (C) SUMMARY. On May 28-29, National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Assistant Deputy Administrator David Huizenga led an inter-agency delegation (Departments of Energy, Homeland Security, and State) to Hong Kong to discuss next steps in the USG's proposed implementation of the Megaport [...]	2006-06-08 09:04:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ENRG PTER PREL PGOV ECON EWWT HK CH
06HONGKONG2378	SUMMARY OF THE ELEVENTH ROUND OF U.S.-HONG KONG [...] (C) ON 16-18 MAY 2006, THE HONG KONG TRADE AND INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT (TID) AND CUSTOMS AND EXCISE (CUSTOMS) DEPARTMENT HOSTED THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE BUREAU OF INDUSTRY AND SECURITY (BIS) FOR THE 11TH U.S. ) HONG KONG BILATERAL EXPORT CONTROL DISCUSSIONS UNDER THE 1997 AGREED MINUTE. THE [...]	2006-06-08 10:59:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ETTC BEXP PTER HK BMGT
06HONGKONG2452	CHING CHEONG DETENTION: HONG KONG JOURNALIST [...] (C) On August 5, 2005, the PRC issued formal charges of espionage against "Straits Times" journalist Ching Cheong. On June 12, 2006, Johnny Lau, a former colleague of Ching's and a veteran China analyst, told poloff that since then there has been no satisfactory progress on Ching's case (i.e. [...]	2006-06-13 09:51:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	CH HK PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
06HONGKONG2587	CPPCC CHAIRMAN JIA QINGLIN VISIT TO HONG KONG: [...] (C) Summary: Chairman Jia Qinglin of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) will visit Hong Kong June 27-29 to attend the "Mainland, Hong Kong and Macau Trade and Economic Cooperation Forum," which will mark the third anniversary of the signing of the Hong Kong-PRC Clos [...]	2006-06-22 09:42:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR CH HK
06HONGKONG2606	COULD A "CHINA ENRON" HAPPEN IN HONG KONG? [...] (C) The expanding role of Hong Kong's stock market, now Asia's top location for raising new equity, underscores the importance of Hong Kong effectively vetting which firms list here and then regulating those companies in a manner that protects investor interests while also advancing China's ec [...]	2006-06-23 10:16:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EFIN PGOV HK CH
06HONGKONG2607	THE FIGHT FOR PCCW [...] (C) Summary: PCCW Limited (formerly known as Pacific Century CyberWorks Limited) is considering bids from three foreign suitors for its core telecommunications and media assets. Mainland Chinese telecommunications company China Network Communications Group Corporation (China Netcom),which h [...]	2006-06-23 10:36:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL CH HK
06HONGKONG2608	SUBJECT: THE FIGHT FOR PCCW [...] (C) Summary: PCCW Limited (formerly known as Pacific Century CyberWorks Limited) is considering bids from three foreign suitors for its core telecommunications and media assets. Mainland Chinese telecommunications company China Network Communications Group Corporation (China Netcom),which h [...]	2006-06-26 00:17:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	TAGS
06HONGKONG2609	THE FIGHT FOR PCCW [...] (C) Summary: PCCW Limited (formerly known as Pacific Century CyberWorks Limited) is considering bids from three foreign suitors for its core telecommunications and media assets. Mainland Chinese telecommunications company China Network Communications Group Corporation (China Netcom),which h [...]	2006-06-26 00:17:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL CH HK
06HONGKONG2635	UPDATE ON COVERT SURVEILLANCE AND WIRETAPPING [...] (C) Summary: The Bills Committee on the Interception of Communications and Covert Surveillance (BC) finished scrutinizing the legislation on June 22 -- only 10 days after Secretary for Security Ambrose Lee criticized the Committee SIPDIS for its slow progress (see ref a). Pro-democracy memb [...]	2006-06-26 09:24:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PREL HK CH PINR MC
06HONGKONG2638	ANSON CHAN JOINS WITH DEMOCRATS IN URGING PUBLIC [...] (C) Summary: On July 25, former Chief Secretary Anson Chan announced that she would join the July 1 pro-democracy march and urged Hong Kongers to turn out for the rally. Appearing in a joint press conference with fourteen democratic legislators, Chan denied that her decision to participate in [...]	2006-06-26 10:09:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL HK CH
06HONGKONG2650	PORT SECURITY: STRENGTHENING THE FIRST LINE OF [...] (C) We have the opportunity in Hong Kong to establish the world standard the U.S. seeks for port and container security. U.S. views will have decisive impact on Hong Kong,s future direction, and on the region as well. The May 28-29 visit of DOE Assistant Deputy Administrator Huizenga's inter [...]	2006-06-27 09:12:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PTER PREL PGOV ECON EWWT HK CH
06HONGKONG2709	LOW TURNOUT EXPECTED FOR JULY 1 MARCH DESPITE [...] (C) Summary: Organizers expect only 30,000 to 40,000 people to participate in this year's July 1 pro-democracy march in Hong Kong, despite the high-profile participation of popular former Chief Secretary Anson Chan. Nevertheless, the organizers hope that by placing less emphasis on other socia [...]	2006-06-30 09:21:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PINR PGOV PREL HK CH
06HONGKONG2728	JULY 1 DEMONSTRATIONS: PRELUDE TO 2007 CHIEF [...] (C) Summary: on July 1, Hong Kong marked the ninth anniversary of its reversion to the PRC with three major events: an official flag-raising ceremony led by Chief Executive Donald Tsang, a "patriotic" parade organized by a coalition of pro-Beijing and pro-business organizations that drew 40-5 [...]	2006-07-03 10:02:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR CH HK
06HONGKONG2741	THE COLOSSUS: A YEAR OF DONALD TSANG [...] (C) Summary. After a year in office, despite what appeared to be a series of political defeats, Chief Executive Donald Tsang has mastered Hong Kong's political scene and seems to dominate his opponents and rivals on all sides. Buoyed by continued strong economic growth, Tsang has effectively [...]	2006-07-05 08:07:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV ECON PINR HK CH
06HONGKONG2786	QUASI-OFFICIAL PRC MAGAZINE ALLEGES U.S. [...] (C) Since the 1997 handover, the PRC Government has conveyed its displeasure with U.S. policy towards Hong Kong through two primary channels -- formal demarches in Hong Kong and/or in Beijing, and/or the pro-Beijing local media -- often alleging U.S. "interference" in China's "internal affairs [...]	2006-07-07 09:34:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL HK CH
06HONGKONG2851	PCCW FOR SALE - SOLD! [...] (C) Summary: On July 10, 2006, Pacific Century Cable & Wireless (PCCW) Chairman Richard Li announced that he would sell his 23 percent stake in PCCW to veteran investment banker and former Li Ka-shing (Hong Kong tycoon and Richard Li's father) ally Francis Leung. PCCW is Hong Kong's dominant [...]	2006-07-12 11:31:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EFIN ECPS PGOV PREL CH HK
06HONGKONG2908	HONG KONG CONTACTS DISCUSS THE MEANING OF "WEI [...] (C) Summary: According to Consulate contacts, the Chinese term "wei quan" is being used with increasing frequency to describe a broad range of protests occurring in China, as well as the work of a group of mainland lawyers and citizens/activists involved in these protests. While there is no d [...]	2006-07-17 09:36:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL HK CH
06HONGKONG2949	NO ADDITIONAL ILLICIT BISHOP ORDINATIONS PREDICTED [...] (C) Summary. On July 18, Monsignor Eugene Nugent, the papal representative in Hong Kong, told poloff that he did not expect any illicit Chinese bishop ordinations in the coming weeks and predicted a quiet summer. The Pope, said Nugent, at Cardinal Joseph Zen's suggestion and urging, hoped to [...]	2006-07-19 08:44:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL CH HK VT
06HONGKONG2966	FORMER SECRETARY FOR SECURITY REGINA IP RETURNS TO [...] (C) Summary: On July 18, following a well-choreographed return to Hong Kong, former Secretary for Security Regina Ip launched the Savantas Policy Institute, a think tank which will focus on how to transform Hong Kong into a knowledge-based economy and develop the city into the mainland's platf [...]	2006-07-20 10:17:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL HK CH
06HONGKONG2981	MACAU ECONOMIC GROWTH ACCELERATING [...] (C) Summary: Macau's economy is again picking up steam as GDP growth surged 18.8 percent in the first quarter of 2006. Growth is being driven largely by the booming tourism and gaming sectors, and by massive investment in a number of large-scale casino and infrastructure projects. Tax receipt [...]	2006-07-21 10:47:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PREL HK CH PINR MC
06HONGKONG3054	MORE POLITICAL APPOINTEES FOR HONG KONG GOVERNMENT? [...] (C) SUMMARY: ON JULY 26, THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT (HKG) RELEASED A PROPOSAL TO SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE THE NUMBER OF POLITICAL APPOINTMENTS TO HIGH-RANKING POSITIONS. THE PLAN, PART OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE (CE) DONALD TSANG'S INITIATIVE FOR STRONG GOVERNANCE, IS INTENDED TO STRENGTHEN SUPPORT FOR M [...]	2006-07-27 11:13:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR CH HK
06HONGKONG3063	HONG KONG REACTIONS TO MARGARET CHAN,S NOMINATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: ON JULY 25, THE PRC CENTRAL GOVERNMENT IN BEIJING NOMINATED DR. MARGARET CHAN, FORMER HONG KONG DIRECTOR OF HEALTH, TO BE DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION (WHO). MEDIA REPORTS AND CONTACTS IN THE PUBLIC HEALTH FIELD SUGGEST BROAD SUPPORT FOR HER CANDIDACY, BELIE [...]	2006-07-28 08:56:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	AMED ECON PREL KSTH TBIO EAGR CVIS HK CH
06HONGKONG3065	U.K. TAKES STRONGER LINE ON HONG KONG [...] (C) SUMMARY: IN A JULY 25 REPORT, THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT STATED THAT HONG KONG SHOULD IMPLEMENT UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE "AS SOON AS POSSIBLE" AND ALSO OBSERVED THAT THERE HAS BEEN "LITTLE OR NO VISIBLE PROGRESS" TOWARD THAT GOAL. THE REPORT RECEIVED BROAD COVERAGE IN THE HONG KONG PRESS, WHICH ALSO [...]	2006-07-28 11:07:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR HK CH UK
06HONGKONG3066	USCC MEETING WITH CARDINAL ZEN [...] (C) SUMMARY: IN A JUNE 25 MEETING WITH MEMBERS OF THE U.S.-CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY REVIEW COMMISSION (USCC),CARDINAL JOSEPH ZEN SAID THE TWO RECENT PRC ORDINATIONS OF BISHOPS WITHOUT VATICAN APPROVAL HAD CONSTITUTED A RETURN TO THE PRACTICE OF FIFTY YEARS AGO, ALTHOUGH HE BELIEVED THE IM [...]	2006-07-30 04:46:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM CH HK
06HONGKONG3067	USCC MEETING WITH DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE FOR THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: DURING A JUNE 26 MEETING WITH A VISITING DELEGATION FROM THE U.S.-CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY REVIEW COMMISSION (USCC),THREE MEMBERS OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE AND STANDING COMMITTEE OF THE DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE FOR THE BETTERMENT AND PROGRESS OF HONG KONG (DAB) EXPLAINED WHY THEIR [...]	2006-07-30 04:58:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR HK CH
06HONGKONG3068	USCC MEETING WITH HONG KONG HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: ON JUNE 26, HONG KONG CONFEDERATION OF TRADE UNIONS (HKCTU) SECRETARY GENERAL LEE CHEUK-YAN AND AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL (AI) HONG KONG-BASED RESEARCHER MARK ALLISON BRIEFED VISITING MEMBERS OF THE U.S.-CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY REVIEW COMMISSION (USCC) ON THE HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATI [...]	2006-07-30 05:18:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CH HK
06HONGKONG3069	USCC MEETING WITH PRO-DEMOCRACY LEGISLATORS [...] (C) SUMMARY: ON JUNE 26, SIX HONG KONG PRO-DEMOCRACY LEGISLATORS TOLD A VISITING DELEGATION FROM THE U.S.-CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY REVIEW COMMISSION (USCC) THAT HONG KONG CHIEF EXECUTIVE DONALD TSANG "HAS PUT DEMOCRACY INTO A BLACK HOLE." BEIJING WAS "VERY WORRIED" THAT FORMER CHIEF SECRE [...]	2006-07-30 05:31:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CH HK
06HONGKONG3089	CE TSANG HOSTS SMALL GATHERING TO SEEK SUPPORT [...] (C) LATE ON JULY 27, WE RECEIVED CHIEF EXECUTIVE (CE) DONALD TSANG,S INVITATION TO A FORTY-FIVE MINUTE RECEPTION ON JULY 31 AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE. THE PURPOSE WAS TO INTRODUCE DR. MARGARET CHAN, CHINA,S CANDIDATE FOR DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION (WHO),AND SEEK CAPITALS, S [...]	2006-07-31 09:58:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	AMED ECON PREL TBIO EAGR CVIS HK CH
06HONGKONG3109	COVERT SURVEILLANCE BILL TO PASS DESPITE [...] (SBU) SUMARY: PAN-DEMOCRATIC LEGISLATORS ANNOUNCED ON JLY 28 THAT THEY WOULD VOTE EN BLOC AGAINST THE COVERT SURVEILLANCE BILL WHEN IT COMES UP FOR A VOTE IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL AS EARLY AS AUGUST 2. DESPITE THIS, PASSAGE OF THE LEGISLATION IS ALL BUT ASSURED GIVEN THE SUPPORT OF THE PRO [...]	2006-08-01 10:27:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PREL HK CH PINR MC
06HONGKONG3120	HONG KONG NEWSPAPERS REPORT POSSIBLE LEADERSHIP [...] (SBU) ON AUGUST 2, THE "ORIENTAL DAILY" AND ITS SISTER PUBLICATION "THE SUN" REPORTED THAT GAO SIREN, DIRECTOR OF THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT LIAISON OFFICE (CGLO) IN HONG KONG, WOULD RETIRE BY THE END OF YEAR. GAO, 62, BEGAN WORKING AT THE CGLO IN JANUARY 2000 AS ONE OF EIGHT DEPUTY DIRECTORS, TH [...]	2006-08-02 08:29:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL HK CH
06HONGKONG3154	HONG KONG PLANS FOR ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING [...] (C) SUMMARY: FOLLOWING REF B INDICATIONS THAT THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT (HKG) LIKELY WILL NOT PASS NEW ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING (AML) LEGISLATION UNTIL AFTER THE MARCH 2007 CHIEF EXECUTIVE ELECTION, WE MET RECENTLY WITH COMMISSIONER FOR NARCOTICS ROSANNA URE AND HONG KONG MONETARY AUTHORITY (HKMA) [...]	2006-08-04 10:56:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN ECON KJUS PGOV PREL CH HK
06HONGKONG3171	LEGCO PASSES COVERT SURVEILLANCE BILL [...] (C) SUMMARY: ON AUGUST 6, THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL (LEGCO) PASSED A CONTROVERSIAL LAW REGULATING THE USE OF COVERT SURVEILLANCE, INTERCEPTION OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS, AND INTERCEPTION OF POSTAL COMMUNICATIONS BY HONG KONG LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES. PRO-DEMOCRACY LAWMAKERS CRITICIZED THE LEGISLAT [...]	2006-08-07 10:36:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PREL HK CH PINR MC
06HONGKONG3207	PROMINENT HONG KONG PROTESTANT DISCUSSES [...] (C) Summary and Comment. On July 31, Reverend Chan Kim-kwong, Executive Secretary of the Hong Kong Christian Council (HKCC) told poloff that the issue of Sino-Vatican relations had moved beyond the State Council's purview and was currently being deliberated by the General Office of the Centra [...]	2006-08-09 11:23:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL HK CH VT
06HONGKONG3208	PROMINENT HONG KONG PROTESTANT DISCUSSES ELECTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY. ON JULY 31, REVEREND CHAN KIM-KWONG, EXECUTIVE SECRETARY OF THE HONG KONG CHRISTIAN COUNCIL (HKCC) AND FORMER CHIEF EXECUTIVE (CE) ELECTION COMMITTEE MEMBER, PREDICTED TO POLOFF THAT IN THE UPCOMING CE ELECTION, 26 OF THE 40 VOTES FROM THE RELIGIOUS SUB-SECTOR WOULD GO TO THE CAN [...]	2006-08-09 11:30:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL HK CH KCRM SMIG
06HONGKONG3271	HONG KONG JOURNALISTS ASSOCIATION AND LOCAL MEDIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: "STRAITS TIMES" JOURNALIST CHING CHEONG IS SCHEDULED TO APPEAR IN THE BEIJING SECOND INTERMEDIATE PEOPLE'S COURT ON AUGUST 15 FOR A TWO-DAY HEARING, THE INDEPENDENT HONG KONG DAILY "MING PAO" REPORTED AUGUST 14. THE NEWSPAPER SPECULATED THAT THE TRIAL WOULD BE CLOSED TO THE PUBLI [...]	2006-08-14 11:22:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PGOV PINR PREL HK CH
06HONGKONG3374	DEMOCRATIC PARTY VICE CHAIRMAN AND LEGISLATOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: FOUR BAT-WIELDING ASSAILANTS ATTACKED DEMOCRATIC PARTY (DP) VICE CHAIRMAN ALBERT HO ON AUGUST 20; HO SUFFERED INJURIES TO HIS HEAD, ARM, AND FACE. AFTER VISITING THE LAWMAKER IN THE HOSPITAL, CHIEF EXECUTIVE (CE) DONALD TSANG DECLARED, "WE WILL ARREST THEM (THE CULPRITS) AND BRI [...]	2006-08-21 11:03:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL HK CH
06HONGKONG3400	DEMARCHE TO MACAU ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (C) On August 15, poloffs delivered Ref demarche on trafficking in persons (TIP) to Deputy Director Patricia Ferreira of Macau's International Law Office. Ferreira reacted positively to the recommendations contained in the nonpaper about how Macau could improve its TIP tier rating and agreed [...]	2006-08-23 10:03:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PINR PGOV HK CH KCRM KWMN PREL SMIG MC
06HONGKONG3559	HONG KONG NEWSPAPERS PUBLISH CHING CHEONG VERDICT [...] (SBU) SEVERAL HONG KONG NEWSPAPERS PUBLISHED "STRAITS TIMES" JOURNALIST CHING CHEONG'S ALLEGED COURT JUDGMENT ON SEPTEMBER 5. ACCORDING TO THE PRESS, THE PRO-BEIJING SING TAO NEWS CORPORATION WAS THE FIRST MEDIA ORGANIZATION TO DOWNLOAD A COPY OF THE LEAKED VERDICT TO ITS WEBSITE ON SEPTEMBER [...]	2006-09-06 00:30:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL HK CH
06HONGKONG3596	VISIT TO THE U.S. OF HONG KONG SECRETARY FOR [...] (C) Summary: Hong Kong Secretary for Justice Wong Yan-lung will visit the U.S. September 10-17 for meetings with USG officials, including Attorney General Gonzales; public speaking opportunities; and participation in legal and academic exchanges. The November 2005 appointment of Wong, an out [...]	2006-09-07 09:31:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR OVIP CH HK

06HONGKONG3655	MACAU OFFICIALS LOOKING FOR RESOLUTION IN BDA CASE [...] (C) Macau's Chief Executive Edmund Ho and the PRC's Ministry of Foreign Affairs Commissioner in Macau Wan Yongxiang told CG James Cunningham in separate meetings on September 5 that they hoped the Banco Delta Asia (BDA) case would be resolved quickly. Noting that Macau's administration of BD [...]	2006-09-13 03:50:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EFIN HK KJUS KN MC PREL
06HONGKONG3750	HONG KONG GOVERNMENT AND MEDIA FRENZY OVER COVERT [...] (C) Summary and Comment: The late-August publication of sneak paparazzi-style photos of partially clad "canto-pop" singer Gillian Chung has sparked a public debate in Hong Kong over the proper balance between right to privacy and freedom of the press. Women's rights activists and some politici [...]	2006-09-19 08:44:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL HK CH
06HONGKONG3794	VISIT TO HONG KONG OF EAP DAS THOMAS CHRISTENSEN [...] (C) Summary: During his September 14-16 visit to Hong Kong, EAP DAS Thomas Christensen reviewed Hong Kong economic and political issues with Financial Secretary Henry Tang, who said the central government leadership in Beijing closely followed but did not fully understand political development [...]	2006-09-22 03:34:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR OVIP ECON CH HK
06HONGKONG3840	UNSCR 1695 DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO HONG KONG AND [...] (U) Summary and Action request: This is an action cable, please see paragraphs 8 and 9. 2. (C) Summary. Consulate General Officials delivered Ref A non-paper to Hong Kong and Macau Trade and Finance Authorities and urged continued vigilance to prevent transfers of North Korean financial [...]	2006-09-26 02:36:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EFIN HK KJUS KN MC PREL
06HONGKONG3872	ANSON CHAN RULES OUT RUNNING FOR TOP POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: In a move undoubtedly welcomed in Beijing, former Hong Kong Chief Secretary Anson Chan announced on September 23 that she would not contest the 2007 Chief Executive (CE) election, removing the most serious complication for incumbent CE Donald Tsang's reelection bid. Chan told the [...]	2006-09-27 09:45:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL HK CH
06HONGKONG3911	SCENESETTER FOR UNDER SECRETARY JOSEPH'S VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Summary: We look forward to your visit next month. Hong Kong works closely with us on the security front. Your visit provides a timely opportunity to push ahead our agenda with Hong Kong in three linked areas: -- Our shared commitment to secure trade, particularly through improving [...]	2006-09-29 10:15:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EFIN EWWT HK KN MC OVIP PARM PREL PTER
06HONGKONG3912	MFA COMMISSIONER IN HONG KONG PRESSES FOR CHAN AS [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-30 07:24:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL HK CH
06HONGKONG3970	G/SENK VISIT TO HONG KONG AND MACAU [...] (C) Summary: Christian Whiton, Senior Advisor to Special Envoy for Human Rights in North Korea Jay Lefkowitz (G/SENK),during a September 29-30 visit briefed Hong Kong Legislative Council members and NGO representatives on United States policies toward North Korean refugees and the implication [...]	2006-10-06 03:55:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PGOV HK CH MC KN
06HONGKONG3973	OVERVIEW OF HONG KONG'S ASYLUM POLICIES [...] (C) Summary: Hong Kong, which is not a signatory to the United Nations Refugee Convention, does not grant asylum to refugees but allows the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Hong Kong Office to assess all refugee claims submitted by asylum seekers. A recent doubling of as [...]	2006-10-06 06:51:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PGOV PREL PREF PINR HK CH
06HONGKONG4066	G/TIP OUTREACH TO MACAU GOVERNMENT ON COMBATING [...] (C) Summary: Mark Taylor, Senior Coordinator for the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (G/TIP),accompanied by Gayatri Patel, G/TIP Reports Officer for China, met with government and non-government contacts in Macau September 29-30 to gather information on human trafficking [...]	2006-10-13 10:29:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KCRM SMIG SOCI PGOV PHUM HK CH MC MG
06HONGKONG4115	FALUN GONG: STRUCTURE AND FINANCING AS SEEN FROM [...] (C) Summary: The Falun Gong (FLG) movement has virtually no organizational structure, coordinated policy, or central financing, according to numerous Falun Gong contacts in Hong Kong. It is better thought of as a very loose association of practitioners who communicate through emails and regu [...]	2006-10-17 09:26:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PINR PGOV HK CH
06HONGKONG4159	SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY HILL'S VISIT [...] (SBU) Summary: The U.S. Consulate General Hong Kong looks forward to your visit this week. The fourteen USG agencies with representatives here address and protect key U.S. interests, including expansion of democracy and protection for human rights; enhancement of transportation security, par [...]	2006-10-19 11:14:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EFIN EWWT HK KN MC OVIP PARM PREL PTER
06HONGKONG4214	EAP ASSISTANT SECRETARY HILL IN HONG KONG [...] (C) Summary: EAP Assistant Secretary Christopher Hill, accompanied by EAP Special Assistant Thomas Gibbons, exchanged views on local and regional issues with a broad spectrum of key Hong Kong contacts, during an October 21-23 visit. William Ryback, the Deputy Chief Executive of the Hong Kong [...]	2006-10-25 09:25:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL HK CH TW KN
06HONGKONG4270	HONG KONG MONETARY AUTHORITY RESPONDS TO UNSCR 1718 [...] (C) Summary: In a written response to Ref A demarche, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) described the Hong Kong Government's (HKG) process for implementing UN Security Council Resolutions and detailed its efforts to monitor financial institutions in Hong Kong to ensure that they have im [...]	2006-11-01 06:59:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EFIN PGOV HK CH
06HONGKONG4288	CARDINAL ZEN REQUESTS RETIREMENT AS BISHOP OF HONG [...] (C) Summary: Monsignor Eugene Nugent, the papal representative in Hong Kong, told us that even though Cardinal Joseph Zen has publicly stated his desire to retire as Bishop of the Hong Kong Catholic Diocese in order to concentrate on Sino-Vatican issues, he did not believe that the Pope had a [...]	2006-11-02 04:20:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL HK CH VT
06HONGKONG4356	ALAN LEONG OFFICIALLY ENTERS CHIEF EXECUTIVE RACE [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-07 00:21:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR CH HK
06HONGKONG4357	ALAN LEONG OFFICIALLY ENTERS CHIEF EXECUTIVE RACE [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-07 00:21:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR CH HK
06HONGKONG4358	ALAN LEONG OFFICIALLY ENTERS CHIEF EXECUTIVE RACE [...] (C) Pro-democracy Civic Party legislator Alan Leong formally declared his candidacy for Hong Kong Chief Executive (CE) on November 4. Leong denied that he had received any pressure -- from Beijing or elsewhere -- not to run, and he told the press that a single-candidate election for CE would [...]	2006-11-07 00:21:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR CH HK
06HONGKONG4398	CHIEF EXECUTIVE ELECTION COMMITTEE -- ACCOUNTING [...] (C) Summary: Mandy Tam, the functional constituency legislator representing the accounting sector, told us on November 2 about the challenges of recruiting pro-democracy accountants to compete for the twenty accounting subsector seats in the Chief Executive (CE) Election Committee. Many acco [...]	2006-11-09 06:25:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL HK CH
06HONGKONG4414	BEIJING-BASED UNHCR REPRESENTATIVE CALLS ON CONSUL [...] (C) Veerapong Vongvarotai, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Regional Representative for China and Mongolia, discussed asylum and refugee issues with Consul General Cunningham on November 9. Vongvarotai, who was accompanied by Choosin Ngaotheppitak, Senior Protection O [...]	2006-11-09 09:41:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PREF HK CH KN MC
06HONGKONG4473	U.S. DELEGATION BRIEFS HKG ON PROPOSED HONG KONG [...] (C) Summary: Officials from the U.S. Departments of Homeland Security and Energy met with Hong Kong Government officials November 6 to explore Hong Kong's participation in the International Container Security Network (ICSN). Dave Huizenga, Deputy Assistant Secretary, International Material Pr [...]	2006-11-16 04:30:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EWWT HK PREL
06HONGKONG4529	PRO-BEIJING MAGAZINE ALLEGES U.S. "INTERFERENCE" [...] (C) "Mirror" magazine, a pro-Beijing Chinese-language monthly, repeated well-worn allegations in its November issue that the USG continued to interfere in Hong Kong's internal affairs (Ref A). "Mirror" magazine is published by Xu Simin, a retired Chinese People's Political Consultative Confere [...]	2006-11-21 10:12:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL HK CH
06HONGKONG4535	MFA COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE PROTESTS U.S.-CHINA [...] (C) Deputy Director General of the MFA Commissioner's Office Kuang Rongjian called Poloff (in the absence of the Economic/Political Chief) on November 21 to convey PRC "opposition" to statements pertaining to Hong Kong as detailed in the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission's 200 [...]	2006-11-22 08:48:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL HK CH
06HONGKONG4610	CHINA ORDAINS THIRD "ILLICIT" BISHOP OF THE YEAR; [...] (C) Summary: Monsignor Eugene Nugent, the papal representative in Hong Kong, told us on December 1 that the installation of Wang Renlei, the Vicar General of the Xuzhou Diocese in Jiangsu Province, as the auxiliary bishop of the diocese was "quite worrying" and "provocative." The participati [...]	2006-12-01 11:15:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL HK CH VT
06HONGKONG4649	PRC NPC CHAIRMAN WU BANGGUO'S LOW-KEY VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary: PRC National People's Congress (NPC) Chairman Wu Bangguo visited Hong Kong December 2-4 to preside at the opening ceremony of the International Telecommunications Union's "ITU Telecom World 2006" and meet with Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Chief Executive Donald [...]	2006-12-05 09:53:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR CH HK
06HONGKONG4666	UNOFFICIAL MARCH 25 REFERENDUM TO ASSESS VIEWS ON [...] (C) Summary: Former legislator Cyd Ho, Co-Convenor of "Project Civil Referendum", recently discussed her plans for a large-scale unofficial referendum in Hong Kong on March 25, 2007 -- the same day as the Chief Executive (CE) election by the 800-member CE Election Committee. Ho and the other [...]	2006-12-07 03:01:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL HK CH
06HONGKONG4690	HONG KONG ELECTORS CHOOSE CHIEF EXECUTIVE ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: On December 10, a small minority of Hong Kong citizens will select the 800-member Chief Executive (CE) Election Committee, which next March will elect a CE to serve from 2007 to 2012. Incumbent CE Donald Tsang almost certainly will be reelected for a five-year term in March 2007 [...]	2006-12-08 08:44:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR SOCI CH HK
06HONGKONG4691	CHIEF EXECUTIVE ELECTION COMMITTEE: WHO MIGHT VOTE [...] (C) Summary: On December 10, a limited number of Hong Kong residents will select the 800 members of the Hong Kong Chief Executive Election Committee (EC),which in turn will choose the next Chief Executive (CE) in March 2007. Ref a reviewed the complicated Hong Kong electoral process, discusse [...]	2006-12-08 09:15:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR SOCI CH HK
06HONGKONG4704	SURPRISING ELECTORAL SUCCESS FOR HONG KONG'S [...] (C) Summary: On December 10, pro-democracy candidates for Hong Kong's Chief Executive Election Committee (EC),which will select the next Chief Executive in March 2007, captured approximately 134 seats on the 800-member EC, potentially more than enough to enable Alan Leong, the pan-democratic [...]	2006-12-11 09:43:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR SOCI CH HK
06HONGKONG4786	CHING CHEONG'S FAMILY AND HONG KONG LEGISLATURE [...] (C) Summary: The family of detained "Straits Times" reporter Ching Cheong formally requested on December 16 that mainland authorities release Ching on medical parole, or allow him to serve his sentence in a Guangdong prison, following last month's decision by a Beijing appeals court to uphold [...]	2006-12-20 03:54:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL HK CH
06HONGKONG4811	MFA SAYS PRC CENTRAL GOVERNMENT HAS "AUTHORIZED" [...] (C) Deputy Commissioner Xie Xiaoyan of the PRC Ministry of Foreign Affairs office in Hong Kong called in DPO Sakaue on December 19 to inform us under instructions that the Central Government had "authorized" the Hong Kong Government to engage in "negotiations" or "discussions" with the United [...]	2006-12-21 09:09:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL ETRD HK CH
06HONGKONG4884	MAINLAND "HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS" GATHER IN HONG [...] (C) Summary: Nine mainland activists gathered in Hong Kong to network and share experiences regarding their weiquan ("rights protection") activities during a two-day conference. Amnesty's original intent in bringing these activists to Hong Kong was to provide them with a safe place outside of [...]	2006-12-29 09:10:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL HK CH
06ISLAMABAD10467	ELECTION COMMISSION STARTS TO UNVEIL ITS PLAN FOR [...] (C) Summary: Encouraging developments out of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) and from senior GOP officials indicate that US-led international pressure may be chipping away at the business-as-usual approach many expected from Pakistan,s electoral machinery. Building on over one year [...]	2006-06-05 12:49:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM PREL PK AADP EAID
06ISLAMABAD10539	MUSHARRAF AND ADVISORS CONFER ON FATA PLAN [...] (C) In a May 6 conversation, National Security Advisor Tariq Aziz told the Ambassador that President Musharraf had convened a meeting of his senior advisors on May 5 to discuss next steps in implementing the government's Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) strategy. The participants [...]	2006-06-06 11:41:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PK PREL PGOV MARR
06ISLAMABAD10608	CORRECTED COPY: MUSHARRAF AND ADVISORS CONFER ON [...] (C) In a June 6 conversation, National Security Advisor Tariq Aziz told the Ambassador that President Musharraf had convened a meeting of his senior advisors on June 5 to discuss next steps in implementing the government's Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) strategy. The participants [...]	2006-06-07 03:29:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PK PREL PGOV MARR
06ISLAMABAD10740	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DECLARATION ON THE RIGHTS OF [...] (C) On June 7, 2006, poloff joined Australian Deputy High Commissioner Jason Robertson in delivering demarche points and non-papers (Ref A) on the Chair's text of the Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples to MFA Director General (UN) Tasneem Aslam. (Note: Both the Australian High [...]	2006-06-07 12:46:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PREL UN PK
06ISLAMABAD10850	GOP TELLS IRAN "ENGAGE WITH P-5 + GERMANY" [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-09 13:54:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	IR KNNP PK PREL
06ISLAMABAD11103	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: FISSILE MATERIAL CUTOFF TREATY [...] (C) On June 12, poloff delivered ref A points to MFA Director (Disarmament Cell) Mohammad Kamran Akhtar, stressing the U.S. desire to avoid "linkages" in fissile Material Cutoff Treaty (FMCT) negotiations at the Conference on Disarmament (CD). Akhtar responded that the Government of Pakist [...]	2006-06-13 04:31:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PK PREL PARM MNUC KNNP CDG
06ISLAMABAD11267	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] (C) On June 14, poloff delivered Ref A points on the Human Rights Council (HRC) to MFA (UN) Director Shafqat Ali Khan. Khan responded by saying that the Government of Pakistan (GOP) also wants the HRC to get off to a strong start. To that end, the GOP agrees that this initial session of t [...]	2006-06-15 03:41:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PK PREL UN PHUM
06ISLAMABAD11504	PRIME MINISTER AZIZ DISCUSSES CHALLENGES ON THE [...] (C) Assistance Request. In the course of a June 12 discussion (other subjects reported separately),Prime Minister Aziz noted that the government is moving ahead with a comprehensive strategy to bring stability to the tribal areas and recalled his request for US funding to support an $200-35 [...]	2006-06-19 07:43:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EINV EAID PK AF PGOV
06ISLAMABAD11546	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: OIC MINISTERIAL IN BAKU [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-19 11:06:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	IR PK PREL
06ISLAMABAD11708	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ANTICIPATED OIC ASSAULT ON [...] (C) At a June 19 lunch with Director General of the MFA Khalid Mahmood, Ambassador raised Ref A points regarding the possibility of highly politicized statements and resolutions regarding Israel at the initial session of the Human Rights Council (HRC) in Geneva. Mahmood said that the Governm [...]	2006-06-20 12:17:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PK PREL PHUM UN
06ISLAMABAD11883	INTERNATIONAL ELECTION MONITORING IN PAKISTAN [...] (U) SUMMARY: Effective monitoring is vital to strengthen the credibility of Pakistan's upcoming elections. Among other things, this requires strong coordination and a broadly international response. Multiple election monitoring initiatives involving many donors will waste scarce resources a [...]	2006-06-22 13:40:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM PREL PK AADP EAID
06ISLAMABAD12211	AFGHAN AMBASSADOR ON FM SPANTA'S JUNE 23 VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary and Introduction: On June 25, Afghan Ambassador Tarzi offered poloff a read-out of foreign Minister Spanta's June 23 visit to Pakistan, his first bilateral foreign travel since assuming office. While in Islamabad, Spanta was received by President Musharraf, Prime Minister Aziz [...]	2006-06-27 06:37:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PK PREL AF IN
06ISLAMABAD12261	FOREIGN STUDENTS STUDYING IN PAKISTANI MADRASSAS [...] (C) On June 23, in response to our request of June 13 (Ref A and B),Minister of Interior Sherpao passed to Ambassador documents on AMCIT and other Westerners studying in Pakistani madrassas. 2. (C) The GOP package identified a total of 77 students from the United States and nine (9) Eu [...]	2006-06-27 10:50:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PK PREL PGOV PTER
06ISLAMABAD12517	END OF THE HUDOOD ORDINANCES? [...] (C/NF) Summary: Following a two month public awareness campaign, President Musharraf on July 1 instructed the Council on Islamic Ideology (CII) to prepare a revised Hudood Ordinance for review and adoption by August. In addition, the President announced his intention to sign an order on July [...]	2006-07-03 12:21:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM KISL KWMN PK
06ISLAMABAD13344	WOMEN'S RIGHTS: ONE STEP FORWARD, MORE IN THE [...] (C/NF) Summary. Minister of Women's Development Sumaira Malik's campaign to improve the state of women's rights in Pakistan won its second battle on June 8, when President Musharraf signed an Ordinance into law that will release nearly 1300 women from prison. The Ordinance orders women current [...]	2006-07-12 09:39:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PK PREL PGOV
06ISLAMABAD13378	OPTIONS FOR DRL PROGRAMMING SUPPORT TO PROMOTE [...] (C) Summary: Consultations with Pakistan's Minister of Women's Affairs, as well as women legal scholars and activists from across Pakistan, point to two promising areas for USG assistance in promoting women's human rights in Pakistan. The first is support for public information campaigns to [...]	2006-07-13 04:54:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KWMN PGOV PHUM PK
06ISLAMABAD15977	GOP SIGNS CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS MAINTENANCE [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-11 15:13:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ETRD ETTC LY MASS MCAP PINR PK PREL
06ISLAMABAD16944	DEATH OF NAWAB BUGTI, BALOCH TRIBAL INSURGENT [...] (C) Summary: The killing of Baloch tribal insurgent leader Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti by security forces on Saturday has dismayed politicians across the political spectrum, including members of the party that President Musharraf relies on to run the country, and triggered riots in a limited number [...]	2006-08-28 12:07:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PK PREL PGOV KTER
06ISLAMABAD16962	BALOCHISTAN (2): THE GRIEVANCES [...] (C) Summary. While the Government of Pakistan (GOP) undertakes projects to develop Balochistan, in part to turn the province into a transit point linking Pakistan to western Afghanistan and the Central Asian states, it faces a distrustful and resentful provincial population. This wariness and [...]	2006-08-29 04:03:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PK PREL PGOV KTER PINR
06ISLAMABAD16987	BALOCHISTAN (3): A RESTLESS HISTORY [...] (C) Summary: Balochistan has a history of uprisings against Pakistani rule. Major insurrections occurred in 1947-48, 1958, throughout the 1960s, and 1973-77. The Bugti tribe has been waging a localized insurgency since 2004. This cable on insurrections in Balochistan since the founding of Pak [...]	2006-08-29 10:29:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PK PREL PGOV PTER PINR
06ISLAMABAD16994	BALOCHISTAN (4): WHO'S WHO - THE BALOCH TRIBES [...] (C) Summary and Introduction: The Baloch people give their name to Balochistan Province in Pakistan, where roughly two thirds of them live, as well as Sistan-va-Baluchestan Province in Iran. The Baloch are further spread across the southern reaches of Afghanistan. Baloch society is tribal, wit [...]	2006-08-29 10:53:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PK PREL PGOV PTER PINR
06ISLAMABAD17261	GOP RESPONSE ON DETAINEE REPATRIATION AND READ-OUT [...] (C/NF) On August 25, PolCouns met LTC Imran Farooq, MoI/National Crisis Management Cell Operations, to solicit his assessment of his visit to the detention facilities at Guantanamo (GTMO). LTC Imran said that interviews with the Pakistani detainees went well. The Pakistani delegation left [...]	2006-08-30 13:10:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KAWC PHUM PINR PK PREL PTER
06ISLAMABAD17594	BUGTI INTERRED, FAMILY IGNORED, BALOCHISTAN QUIET [...] (U) Protests over the August 26 death of Bugti tribal leader Nawab Bugti (refs A,B, and C) continued over the weekend. On August 31, the government announced that it had retrieved Bugti's remains from the cave in which he was killed. Its decision to bury the body rather than to return the rem [...]	2006-09-05 12:23:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PK PREL PGOV KTER PINR
06ISLAMABAD17766	NORTH WAZIRISTAN PEACE ACCORD ANNOUNCED [...] (C) Summary: On September 5, the Government of Pakistan (GOP) and local tribal leaders announced that the 45-member Grand Jirga for North Waziristan Agency (NWA) had a peace agreement with the GOP. (Note: Consulate Peshawar has obtained a copy of the agreement and has translated the Urd [...]	2006-09-06 14:36:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MARR MOPS PGOV PINR PK PTER
06ISLAMABAD17768	SEPTEMBER 9 F-16 SIGNING DOUBTFUL [...] (C) Summary: GOP sources told Office of Defense Representatives Pakistan (ODRP) September 6 that the scheduled September 9 signing of the F-16 LOA would not happen. The same day, MODP (Ministry of Defense Production) sent ODRP a memo requiring an unspecified per-plane price cut; signific [...]	2006-09-07 02:26:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PK PREL MOPS UN MARR
06ISLAMABAD17992	EMBASSY RECOMMENDATION ON ENGAGING GOP ON F-16 SALE [...] (C) Summary: Post requests senior officials from SCA, PM, H, and OSD convene Pakistani Ambassador Durrani and reinforce the importance of the September 15 Offer Expiration Date (OED) for signing the F-16 Letter of Acceptance(LOA.) End Summary 2. (C) Over the weekend, Ambassador Crocker enga [...]	2006-09-11 11:05:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PK PREL MASS
06ISLAMABAD18473	TERRORISM FINANCE: COMMENTS ON DRAFT PAPER ON [...] (S/NF) Embassy Islamabad provides the following comments and observations on the draft "Disrupting External Financing to the Taliban" paper. These comments are in addition to those forwarded to SCA/PB in Ref. B. 2. (S/NF) In "Introduction": Office of the Defense Representative Pakist [...]	2006-09-19 12:45:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PK PREL KTFN PTER
06ISLAMABAD18917	HUDOOD ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS: A BIG SLOPPY MESS [...] (C) Summary and Introduction: With President Musharraf on official travel in the U.S., the governing Pakistan Muslim League (PML) announced a tactical retreat in it beleaguered campaign to amend the Hudood Ordinance, the Sharia-based laws on criminalizing extramarital sexual relations and e [...]	2006-09-25 11:38:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KDEM KWMN PGOV PHUM PK
06ISLAMABAD19121	PAKISTAN ELECTIONS (1): THE CYCLICAL NATURE OF [...] (C) Pakistan is now entering a year of high political stakes, as President Musharraf grapples with his own future in the run-up to provincial and federal parliamentary while political allies and rivals parry and position themselves for possible post-election scenarios. These elections will pl [...]	2006-09-27 13:12:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KDEM PGOV PINR PK
06ISLAMABAD19122	PAKISTAN ELECTIONS (2): THE BASICS [...] (U) This cable, the second in a series of cables mapping the political terrain as Pakistan approaches nationwide elections in 2007, reviews the fundamentals of the Pakistani electoral system, as well as possible time lines for the sequencing of provincial, federal and presidential elections. [...]	2006-09-27 13:16:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KDEM PGOV PINR PK PREL
06ISLAMABAD19123	PAKISTAN ELECTIONS (3): ELECTORATE AND PARTIES [...] (C/NF) Summary and introduction. Pakistani voters have historically alternated between anti-incumbent backlashes and populist ground swells in which voters simply join the bandwagon of expected winners. Which behavior prevails in the coming elections will depend on the ratio of anti-governm [...]	2006-09-27 13:20:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KDEM PGOV PINR PK PREL
06ISLAMABAD19124	PAKISTAN ELECTIONS (4): THE UNIFORM [...] (C) This cable, the fourth in a series mapping the political terrain as Pakistan approaches nationwide elections in 2007, reviews a uniquely Pakistani issues that will color the run-up to presidential, provincial and federal parliamentary elections: whether President Musharraf will relinqui [...]	2006-09-27 13:24:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KDEM PGOV PINR PK
06ISLAMABAD19125	PAKISTAN ELECTIONS (5): MUSHARRAF'S COALITION [...] (C) Summary and introduction: Pervez Musharraf has three options for ensuring a solid political foundation for his moderate and progressive agenda as he prepares for 2007 elections. He can stand by the present Pakistan Muslim League (PML) coalition and leadership; stick with the PML, but di [...]	2006-09-27 13:26:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KDEM PGOV PINR PK PREL
06ISLAMABAD19126	PAKISTAN ELECTIONS (6): THE U.S. ROLE [...] (C/NF) Summary and introduction: The U.S. casts an outsized shadow over Pakistani domestic politics; with the onset of these elections, we have an opportunity to nudge Pakistan toward a stable and sustainable democratic order. Throughout the coming year, we should confirm our support for a [...]	2006-09-27 13:29:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KDEM PGOV PINR PK PREL
06ISLAMABAD19193	BALOCHISTAN: UNQUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-02 06:50:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PINR PK
06ISLAMABAD19208	F-16 LOA SIGNED AT LAST. [...] (C) MG Tariq Salim Malik, Additional Secretary of Ministry of Defense Production (MODP),signed the Letter of Acceptance (LOA) to purchase 18 F-16s Saturday evening, September 30. Following the private signing ceremony, MODP presented to Office of Defense Representative Pakistan a side mem [...]	2006-10-02 10:31:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MASS MCAP PK PREL
06ISLAMABAD19795	AMBASSADOR'S OCT 5 MEETING WITH 11TH CORPS [...] (U) Ambassador met with 11th Corps Commander (Peshawar) LTG Mohammad Hamid Khan on October 5. ODRP Chief MG Helmly, Islamabad DATT, and Peshawar PO (notetaker) were also present. Meetings with NWFP Governor Orakzai and FATA Additional Chief Secretary Arbab reported septels. 2. (C) The 11t [...]	2006-10-10 09:57:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PINR PK PREL MOPS PTER AF
06ISLAMABAD19796	AMBASSADOR'S OCT 5 MEETING WITH NWFP GOV. ORAKZAI [...] (U) Ambassador met with North West Frontier Province (NWFP) Governor Ali Muhammad Jan Orakzai on October 5. Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) Secretariat Additional Chief Secretary (ACS) Shehzad Arbab, Secretary to the Governor Azmat Orakzai, ODRP Chief MG Helmly, Islamabad DATT, and [...]	2006-10-10 10:00:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PTER EAID PINR PK PREL SNAR AF
06ISLAMABAD20669	DEMARCHES DELIVERED: GOP REACTION TO DPRK NUCLEAR [...] (U) This cable contains an action request -- please see para. 6. 2. (C) Summary: The Government of Pakistan has condemned the nuclear tests conducted by North Korea and is in the process of preparing administrative notices necessary for UNSCR 1718 to take effect in Pakistan. Despite t [...]	2006-10-20 06:29:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KN KNNP PK PREL UN
06ISLAMABAD21073	PAK-AFGHAN JIRGAS: THE VIEW FROM PAKISTAN [...] (C/NF) Summary and Comment: Pakistani officials have been tasked to coordinate a border region jirga to which Afghan President Karzai would be invited, but are proceeding at a measured pace. The Pakistan approach reflects a consensus that such an event must be organized with great care to [...]	2006-10-27 14:53:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PK PREL PTER AF PGOV
06ISLAMABAD21223	PAK-AFGHAN JIRGAS: PRESIDENTIAL CHIEF OF STAFF [...] (C) Summary and introduction: In a October 30 meeting, Presidential Chief of Staff Hamid Javaid shared with Ambassador a non-paper passed to Government of Pakistan (GOP) from the Government of Afghanistan (GOA) via the UN Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA). Javaid noted that the GOP envisione [...]	2006-10-31 10:09:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	AF PK PREL PTER
06ISLAMABAD21882	SUICIDE ATTACK IN MALAKAND AGENCY KILLS 35 [...] (U) This cable contains an action request; please see para. 9. 2. (C) Summary: At approximately 08:00 (local) November 8, a suicide attacker detonated a bomb at the front gate of Dargai Fort during morning exercises, killing himself and at least thirty five (35) Pakistani soldiers. Give [...]	2006-11-08 11:45:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MOPS PK PTER PGOV
06ISLAMABAD22023	PAK-AFGHAN JIRGAS: PRESIDENTIAL CHIEF OF STAFF [...] (C) Summary and introduction: In a October 30 meeting, Presidential Chief of Staff Hamid Javaid shared with Ambassador a non-paper passed to Government of Pakistan (GOP) from the Government of Afghanistan (GOA) via the UN Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA). Javaid noted that the GOP envisione [...]	2006-11-16 10:40:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	AF PK PREL PTER
06ISLAMABAD22024	VOX POPULI: REACTIONS TO BAJAUR MADRASSA ATTACK [...] (C) Summary: The Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) public remains exercised over the October 30 Pak-Mil attack on an extremist madrassa in Bajaur Agency and the November 9 retaliatory suicide bombing at Dargai Fort. In the rest of Pakistan, neither event has resonated outside of the commu [...]	2006-11-16 11:33:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PK PREL PTER
06ISLAMABAD22025	INTERIOR MINISTER SHERPAO ON HIGH PROFILE TERROR CASES, IPR AND MISSING AMCITREF: [...] (C) Summary: In a November 13 meeting, the Ambassador and Interior Minister Sherpao reviewed U.S.-Pakistani cooperation on the investigation into the 2006 Karachi Consulate bombing. Sherpao assured the Ambassador that the Government of Pakistan (GOP) is committed to defending the conviction of Omar [...]	2006-11-16 12:00:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	CASC ECON KCRM PGOV PK PREL PTER
06ISLAMABAD22178	FOREIGN SECRETARY BRIEFS AMBASSADOR ON NOVEMBER [...] (C) Summary: During a November 17 meeting with the Ambassador, Foreign Secretary Riaz Khan was positive about the tone of the November 13-14 Composite Dialogue talks, saying that the atmosphere was business-like with no "excessive restating of positions." The effort focused on exploring ar [...]	2006-11-27 10:06:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	AF IN PK PREL PTER
06ISLAMABAD22303	SENIOR PAKISTAN SENATOR WANTS TO REACH OUT TO [...] (C) During a December 1 meeting with poloffs, Pakistan Muslim League Secretary General and Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Mushahid Hussain Sayed discussed his desire to begin a regular parliamentary exchange with his counterparts in Afghanistan. He said that he discussed hi [...]	2006-12-05 03:52:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	AF PK PREL
06ISLAMABAD22323	PAKISTAN'S ELITE REACT DIFFERENTLY TO PRESIDENT [...] (U) On December 4, Indian television network NDTV interviewed President Musharraf in Islamabad for an Indian audience. Although his remarks were reported widely in the international press the day after the interview, Pakistan's news media was slower in picking up the story. During the interv [...]	2006-12-06 12:06:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PK
06ISLAMABAD22365	GOP ARRESTS BALOCH POLITICAL LEADERS TO STOP LONG [...] (U) On November 27, police raided Baloch National Party (BNP) President Sardar Akhtar Mengal's office and put him under house arrest. The arrest was the most prominent of a series that have occurred since the announcement of a "long march" from Gwadar to Quetta to protest President Musharraf's [...]	2006-12-08 03:08:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PK PREL
06ISLAMABAD22617	FM KASURI DESCRIBES VISIT TO DECEMBER VISIT TO IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-28 05:35:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	AF IR PK PREL
06ISLAMABAD9711	NEW POSSIBILITIES FOR SUPPORTING WOMEN'S RIGHTS IN [...] (C/NF) Summary: In an introductory call with the Ambassador on May 25, recently appointed Minister for Women's Development and Youth Affairs Sumaira Malik provided an overview of her key programmatic priorities, offering new and valuable areas for immediate and medium-term USG assistance. Mal [...]	2006-05-26 04:59:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM KWMN EAID PGOV SOCI PK
06ISTANBUL1669	TURKISH IMAM MURDERED; COMMUNITY ADMINISTERS [...] (U) Summary. An Imam reportedly in line to succeed the current head of the Nakshibendi tarikat (mystical Sufi organization) in Turkey was stabbed to death in his mosque following morning prayers. His attacker was immediately killed by the Imam's fellow worshippers. The incident continues t [...]	2006-09-14 10:07:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM TU
06ISTANBUL504	ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY ARMENIAN CONFERENCE: A SMALL [...] (C) Summary: A March 15-17 conference at Istanbul University brought defenders of the official Turkish narrative on the events of 1915-16 together with a handful of more independent voices, including Israeli and Armenian presenters, who openly used the term "Armenian Genocide." The conferenc [...]	2006-04-05 08:35:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PHUM TU AM
06JAKARTA12161	TIMIKA TRIAL: DEFENDANTS REFUSE TO TESTIFY [...] (SBU) The trial of the suspects in the 2002 murder of two Americans and one Indonesian near Timika, Papua resumed on October 3. The opening of the session was delayed by an hour because the head judge in the Timika case also served in the morning session of a circus-like, high-profile corrupti [...]	2006-10-03 11:39:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV ASEC CASC KJUS PHUM ID
06JAKARTA3690	FREEPORT SEES LOOSE-KNIT GROUP BEHIND PAPUA [...] (C/NF) Summary. Calm returned to the Indonesian province of Papua over the March 18-19 weekend following the deaths of four security officials during a March 16 rampage by anti-mining protestors. A disparate group of political and economic actors with varied agendas use anti-Freeport sentime [...]	2006-03-22 00:40:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EMIN ENIV PGOV ASEC ID
06JAKARTA8506	YUDHOYONO AND HOWARD BURY THE HATCHET IN BATAM [...] (C) Summary. After a three-month chill in bilateral ties following Australia's decision to grant temporary asylum to 42 Papuan asylum seekers, Prime Minister John Howard and Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono sealed the two governments' reconciliation with a lightweight, feel-good [...]	2006-07-06 10:19:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PTER AS ID
06JERUSALEM1342	VIOLENT CLASHES IN GAZA FOLLOWING KILLING OF PRC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Four Palestinians were killed and 33 were wounded in clashes following the killing of Popular Resistance Committee (PRC) military leader 'Abd Yusif al-Quqa (Abu Yusif) in Gaza City. Al-Quqa was killed on March 31 when a bomb exploded as he walked past a parked car. PRC spokesmen [...]	2006-04-03 14:42:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ASEC KPAL IS
06JERUSALEM1382	IAF BOMBS NSF SITE NEAR ABU MAZEN'S GAZA OFFICE [...] (SBU) Israel Air Force (IAF) aircraft fired three missiles at 1440L at a helicopter-landing pad in the Gaza City Ansar 2 compound, a largely abandoned National Security Force (NSF) facility that was used for the storage and maintenance of former President Arafat,s helicopters. The facility is [...]	2006-04-04 14:28:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MOPS KPAL KWBG PREL IS
06JERUSALEM2381	HAMAS FIRES QASSAMS INTO ISRAEL; INTENSE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following the June 9 deaths of 8 Palestinian civilians by a suspected errant Israeli shell, HAMAS militants launched a barrage of Qassam rockets into Israel. In statements to the media, PM Haniyyah and other PA government spokesmen called on the international community to halt Isr [...]	2006-06-12 16:19:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KPAL KWBG PREL IS ASEC
06JERUSALEM2391	PA ADVISOR AKRAM HANIYYAH ON POLITICAL STATE OF [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Senior PA Advisor and "al-Ayyam" editor Akram Haniyyah told visiting NEA A/S Welch, the Consul General, and NSC/IPA LoGerfo on June 7 that President Abbas (Abu Mazen) is in a strong political position following his decision to call for a referendum on the prisoners' initiative. [...]	2006-06-13 07:37:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KPAL KWBG PREL IS
06JERUSALEM2399	INTENSE FATAH-HAMAS CLASHES; AT LEAST 9 KILLED IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Violent clashes between Fatah and Hamas groups continued in Gaza on June 12, spreading to the West Bank cities of Ramallah, Nablus and Salfit. Two people were killed in Gaza as a result of these clashes. There were no fatalities or major injuries in the West Bank incidents, but [...]	2006-06-13 13:57:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL ASEC KPAL KWBG IS
06JERUSALEM2406	PLC POSTPONES DECISION ON REFERENDUM; CEC PREPARES [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an emergency session of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) on June 12, HAMAS legislators challenged the legality of President Abbas' (Abu Mazen) decree calling for a July 26 referendum on the prisoners' initiative. After several hours of heated debate, the PLC ag [...]	2006-06-13 15:03:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KPAL KWBG PREL PGOV IS
06JERUSALEM2442	ONGOING FATAH-HAMAS DISCUSSIONS ON PRISONERS' [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Abbas (Abu Mazen) reportedly agreed to continue discussions with the PA government on the prisoners' initiative during a June 13 meeting with PM Isma'il Haniyyah in Gaza. Fatah officials report that HAMAS is insisting on modifying the prisoners' document to include lang [...]	2006-06-14 14:20:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KPAL KWBG PREL PGOV IS
06JERUSALEM2444	GAZA VIOLENCE AND WEST BANK UNREST CONTINUE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Fatah-Hamas violence continued in Gaza June 14, resulting in the death of a Hamas activist and the wounding of a Preventive Security Organization (PSO) official in Khan Yunis. President Mahmud Abbas condemned the June 13 Israeli air strike in Gaza that killed 11 Palestinians, in [...]	2006-06-14 14:46:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PTER ASEC KPAL KWBG IS
06JERUSALEM2470	ABU MAZEN/HANIYYAH REACH REPORTED DEAL ON SSF; [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Abbas (Abu Mazen) and PM Isma'il Haniyyah reportedly agreed June 14 to integrate members of the HAMAS-affiliated Special Security Force (SSF) into the PA Civil Police. Presidential security sources report that the two sides have yet to agree on whether the SSF will be i [...]	2006-06-15 15:07:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KPAL KWBG PREL PGOV IS
06JERUSALEM2485	FATAH GUNMEN ATTACK GOVERNMENT FACILITIES IN WEST [...] (C) SUMMARY. Fatah gunmen June 15-16 attacked Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) and governmental offices in the West Bank, and fired at the car of a HAMAS PLC member in Jenin. As of 1500L on June 16, ConGen Fatah contacts reported that HAMAS-affiliated Special Security Forces (SSF) rema [...]	2006-06-16 15:03:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PTER ASEC KPAL KWBG IS
06JERUSALEM2511	FATAH-HAMAS REPORTEDLY NARROWING DIFFERENCES ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Fatah sources reported that an agreement on the prisoners' initiative is near. Within Fatah, preliminary discussions have begun on a national unity government (NUG). The Interior Ministry Special Security Force (SSF) is still deployed in Gaza, despite reports of a June 14 agreemen [...]	2006-06-19 15:25:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KPAL KWBG PREL PGOV IS
06JERUSALEM2650	GAZA MILITANTS ABDUCT ISRAELI SOLDIER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Popular Resistance Committee (PRC) and HAMAS militants staged a brazen raid on an IDF outpost on the Israeli side of the Gaza border June 25, killing two soldiers and abducting a third. President Abbas (Abu Mazen) issued a statement denouncing the attack as a violation of the "un [...]	2006-06-26 15:28:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KPAL KWBG PREL PGOV PTER IS

06JERUSALEM4031	TEMPORARY INTERNATIONAL MECHANISM: FIRST [...] (C) Summary: The first meeting of the Temporary International Mechanism (TIM) Consultative Group, September 1, reviewed implementation progress to date. Both Windows II (provision of fuel to health, water, and sanitation sectors in Gaza) and III (allowances) have been implemented fully by th [...]	2006-09-06 15:32:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN EAID KWBG
06JERUSALEM4346	EU-BAM CHAIRS SECOND COORDINATION AND EVALUATION [...] (C) Summary: In a productive second meeting of the Coordination and Evaluation Committee on the Rafah crossing chaired by the European Union Border Assistance Mission (EU-BAM),Israeli and Palestinian delegations, with a USG delegation present as observers, reviewed the Rafah crossing operati [...]	2006-09-29 14:25:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PBTS PTER ETRD KWBG IS EG
06JERUSALEM4713	COMPANY SHORT-LISTED FOR RADIO TRUNKING BID IN [...] (C) The Palestinian Authority Ministry of Telecommunications and Information Technology is completing its selection of the winner for a radio trunking provider in the West Bank/Gaza, one using push-to-talk radio technology. Former PA Telecommunications Minister Sabri Seidam told EconChief tha [...]	2006-11-03 10:53:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECPS EFIN PGOV PREL KWBG
06JERUSALEM4757	PROPOSED FIFTH MINARET RENEWS DEBATE OVER [...] (C) SUMMARY: A JORDANIAN PROPOSAL TO BUILD A FIFTH MINARET FOR THE AL AQSA MOSQUE ON OF THE HARAM A-SHARIF/TEMPLE MOUNT HAS RENEWED CALLS BY RIGHT-WING ISRAELIS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SYNAGOGUE IN THE SAME AREA. JORDANIAN KING ABDULLAH ANNOUNCED A CONTEST FOR THE DESIGN OF THE MINARET IN OCT [...]	2006-11-08 15:04:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD KWBG KPAL IS
06JERUSALEM4799	DEMOLITION OF EAST JERUSALEM HOMES DELAYED [...] (C) SUMMARY: TWO HOMES IN THE EAST JERUSALEM NEIGHBORHOOD OF ISAWIYYAH RECEIVED A 10-DAY STAY OF DEMOLITION NOVEMBER 14, A DAY BEFORE THEIR PREVIOUS STAY WAS TO EXPIRE. RABBIS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS HAS TOLD CONGEN THAT THE JERUSALEM MUNICIPALITY SENT SURVEYORS ON NOVEMBER 13 TO MAP AND PHOTOGRAPH [...]	2006-11-15 16:20:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD KWBG KPAL IS
06JERUSALEM4835	FORMER PA MINISTER SURVIVES ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT [...] (C) SUMMARY: FORMER PA MINISTER AND CURRENT MEMBER OF THE FATAH REVOLUTIONARY COUNCIL (FRC) ABD-AL-AZIZ SHAHIN (ABU ALI) WAS SHOT BY UNKNOWN GUNMEN NOVEMBER 21. SHAHIN, A CLOSE ALLY OF PLC MEMBER MOHAMAD DAHLAN, WAS MODERATELY WOUNDED IN THE ATTACK. SHAHIN IS IN GAZA'S AL-SHIFA HOSPITAL IN MODE [...]	2006-11-22 15:18:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL IS
06JERUSALEM4844	TEACHERS RECEIVE BALANCE OF NOVEMBER SALARIES; [...] (C) PA PRESIDENCY ECONOMIC ADVISOR MOHAMMED MUSTAFA CONFIRMED TO ECONCHIEF NOVEMBER 22 THAT THE PRESIDENCY WAS PAYING THE BALANCE OF PA TEACHERS NOVEMBER SALARIES THROUGH BANKS OUT OF FUNDS THE PRESIDENCY HAD RECEIVED FROM THE STATE OF KUWAIT. ARAB BANK, BANK OF PALESTINE, AND BANK OF JORDAN [...]	2006-11-24 14:00:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN ELAB PGOV KWBG
06JERUSALEM4849	EU-BAM CHAIRS THIRD COORDINATION AND EVALUATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: DURING A PRODUCTIVE THIRD MEETING OF THE COORDINATION AND EVALUATION COMMITTEE (CEC),ISRAELIS AND PALESTINIANS MADE PROGRESS TOWARDS TACKLING OUTSTANDING ISSUES CONCERNING OPERATIONS AT THE RAFAH CROSSING POINT, INCLUDING: -- UPDATING THE PALESTINIAN POPULATION REGISTRY AND HAND [...]	2006-11-27 15:32:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PBTS PTER ETRD KWBG IS EG
06JERUSALEM4909	SIGNIFICANT INFRASTRUCTURE WORK UNDERWAY NEAR NEW [...] (C) Summary: A Palestinian foreman working at the construction site of the new Israeli police station located in the E-1 area east of Ma'ale Adumim told poloff December 6 that he had seen plans for the construction of a 600-unit housing complex adjacent to the police station. The foreman said [...]	2006-12-06 15:42:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD KWBG KPAL IS
06JERUSALEM4915	LETTER FROM PA PRESIDENT ABBAS TO THE SECRETARY [...] (U) Action request for the Department in paragraph 2. 2. (C) President Abbas has written to the Secretary regarding an attempt to take control of the Palestine Investment Fund (PIF) as a result of a U.S. court ruling in the Ungar case. The PIF has retained its own U.S. legal counsel to [...]	2006-12-07 13:36:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EINV EFIN KWBG
06JERUSALEM4917	SEPARATION BARRIER AND THE VILLAGE OF SHEIKH SA'AD [...] (C) Summary: Palestinians living in the Sheikh Sa'ad neighborhood, just southeast of the Jerusalem municipal boundary, are awaiting a ruling from the Israeli High Court regarding the route of the separation barrier. The separation barrier was erected in September 2002 and cuts through the nei [...]	2006-12-07 14:14:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD KWBG KPAL IS
06JERUSALEM4920	THREE EAST JERUSALEM HOMES AND ONE BUSINESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: AN EAST JERUSALEM BUSINESS WAS DEMOLISHED DECEMBER 5 AND THREE EAST JERUSALEM HOMES WERE DEMOLISHED OR PARTIALLY DEMOLISHED DECEMBER 6. ALL OF THE AFFECTED STRUCTURES HAD RECEIVED ORDERS OF DEMOLITION FOR LACKING BUILDING PERMITS, THOUGH AT LEAST TWO OF THE THREE HOMES WERE PARTIA [...]	2006-12-08 15:34:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV ECON KWBG KPAL IS
06JERUSALEM4933	EFFORTS TO PREVENT DEMOLITION OF DARI HOME IN EAST [...] (C) Summary: Ahmed Dari's home in the Issawiyah neighborhood of East Jerusalem was demolished December 11 after efforts by the Israeli NGOs Rabbis for Human Rights and the Israeli Committee Against Home Demolitions to stop the demolition failed. Rabbis for Human Rights told ConGen PolOff on De [...]	2006-12-11 15:52:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV ECON KWBG KPAL IS
06JERUSALEM5030	EU-BAM CHAIRS THIRD COORDINATION AND EVALUATION [...] (U) ACTION REQUEST FOR THE DEPARTMENT IN PARAGRAPH 10. 2. (C) SUMMARY: DURING A PRODUCTIVE BUT MORE EMOTIONAL FOURTH MEETING OF THE COORDINATION AND EVALUATION COMMITTEE (CEC),ISRAELIS AND PALESTINIANS CONTINUED THEIR SLOW PROGRESS ON TACKLING OUTSTANDING ISSUES CONCERNING OPERATIONS AT [...]	2006-12-22 13:29:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PBTS PTER ETRD KWBG IS EG
06KABUL1277	CODEL HOEKSTRA SEES POPPY PROBLEM FIRST HAND [...] (C/NF) Summary: INL exposed Codel Hoekstra March 23 to the challenges facing U.S. counternarcotics policy and eradication in Afghanistan firsthand. The morning discussion between the Representatives, Embassy CN officials, CFC-A and the U.K. Embassy CN experts highlighted for the congressmen [...]	2006-03-23 14:26:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	SNAR PREL PGOV AF
06KABUL2387	PAKTIKA'S GOVERNOR PUSHES FOR MORE ROADS, [...] (SBU) In a May 1 visit to the PRT in Sharana, the capital of Paktika, Ambassador met with Governor Khpulwak and local government officials, where he was repeatedly asked for assistance in constructing local roads to complete the provincial network, as well as help in linking the province to [...]	2006-05-25 07:11:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV EAID PTER AF
06KABUL318	UNODC DIRECTOR COSTA NOTES RISE IN 2006 OPIUM [...] (C) Summary: During an official visit to Afghanistan (January 19-22),Executive Director of the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Antonio Maria Costa met with US, UK, and GOA officials to discuss GOA CN programs. Director Costa met with President Karzai on January 21 and present [...]	2006-01-24 05:51:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV SNAR AF
06KABUL3935	HELMAND GOVERNOR ON TRIBAL WARFARE, SECURITY, NEED [...] (C) Summary: Helmand Governor Daud asked the Ambassador on August 23 for support for efforts to carve out the space the governor said he needs to build "loyal" local governance in the province. The Governor acknowledged poppy cultivation and Taliban activities are critical threats to his effor [...]	2006-09-03 08:36:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV MARR PINR PTER AF
06KABUL5025	PRT KANDAHAR/HELMAND: SECURITY CONCERNS TAKE [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Taliban elements have re-infiltrated into parts of the districts of Panjwayi and Zharay. Security incidents in the area have increased, resulting in the deaths of six Canadian soldiers since late September. Canadian forces first shifted into a defensive position to get rein [...]	2006-10-16 04:56:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
06KABUL5215	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH KANDAHAR GOVERNOR [...] (C/NF) During an October 22 meeting in Kandahar, Ambassador Neumann and Governor Khalid discussed the Afghan National Auxiliary Police Program (ANAP) and agreed that recruits for the ANAP needed to come from all regions of the province and not be based on one tribe or individual if we are to [...]	2006-10-26 08:35:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
06KABUL539	INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY DEBATES ACTION ON AFGHAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Poloff attended a January 18 meeting to discuss the possibility of a shake up in the Supreme Court and how the international community should react. Beyond general agreement that they would support a transparent process and qualified candidates, viewpoints diverged on how best to [...]	2006-02-07 12:21:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM AF
06KABUL5499	STABILITY AT STAKE IN ZABUL: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ambassador and Embassy officers visited the Romanian Forward Operating Base (FOB) and the U.S. run Qalat Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Zabul province November 6, where they attended security briefings on Taliban activity and redeployment of artillery assets as well [...]	2006-11-15 09:19:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER MASS AF
06KABUL5676	KUNAR GOV DEEDAR MEETS WITH AMBASSADOR TO DISCUSS [...] (C/NF) Governor DEEDAR Shahlizay of Kunar Province met with the Ambassador on October 31 at the Embassy, and reviewed his efforts to improve security in Kunar and his ideas for spurring economic growth in the province. Deedar,s main complaint was of interference by the Ministry of Interior (MO [...]	2006-12-04 11:33:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ASEC MARR PGOV PREL PTER AF
06KABUL5824	PRT LASHKAR GAH: SUICIDE BOMBING INCIDENT AT [...] (SBU) At 1250hrs on December 12, an explosion occurred inside the Helmand Governor's compound in Lashkar Gah, within the courtyard but outside the building. It appears that a suicide bomber was responsible. One account reports that one of the guards was trying to usher the bomber away from t [...]	2006-12-12 16:06:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
06KABUL5843	PRT/PANSHJIR: WOMEN'S AGENDA ADVANCING, DESPITE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The PRT is working to create opportunities for the women of Panjshir to improve their levels of education, as well as their economic mobility and access to health care. A weak Director of Women's Affairs, however, represents a major stumbling block. The PRT strategy has been [...]	2006-12-14 03:24:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV AF
06KABUL5850	LEAHY VETTING: WITHDRAWAL OF NOMINATION [...] (C) Credible derogatory information has come to light regarding Raz Mohammad Oryakhil, who was nominated as the deputy commander of the guard force for the Afghan National Detention Facility at Pol-e-Charki (reftel: see bio data in paragraph two). CSTC-A has seen MOD documentation reporting t [...]	2006-12-14 10:41:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PHUM PTER PINR SNAR AF
06KATHMANDU1195	PRIME MINISTER KOIRALA ON THE WAY AHEAD [...] (C) Prime Minister Koirala appealed May 10 to the Ambassador for assistance in gaining Indian support for a third party witness for negotiations with the Maoists and for international monitors of the cease-fire. Koirala liked the suggestion of having two witnesses - perhaps an Indian and an o [...]	2006-05-10 11:57:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PTER PREL MASS PINR IN NP
06KATHMANDU1665	COMMERCIAL TURBO PROP AIRCRAFT CRASHES, NO [...] (C) On June 21, a Yeti Airlines DeHavilland DH-6 Twin Otter aircraft crashed in a failed landing attempt at the remote Jumla airport in western Nepal killing all nine Nepalis on board. Mohan Adhikari, Officiating Director General of the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN),explained to E [...]	2006-06-23 12:43:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAIR CASC NP
06KATHMANDU1794	NEPAL ASKS USG SUPPORT FOR UN ASSISTANCE [...] (C/NF) The GON shared with Post a copy of Prime Minister Koirala's letter requesting assistance from the United Nations (full text in para. 5) and asked for our support in getting the UN to give a prompt, positive response. The GON is worried that India is opposing UN action. According to th [...]	2006-07-10 10:58:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER NP
06KATHMANDU1908	CONFUSION MOUNTS OVER INTERIM PARLIAMENT; MORE [...] (C) Informal talks July 14 between leaders of the two largest parties of the Seven-Party Alliance and the Maoists set the stage for agreement between the GON/Maoist negotiation teams to hold the next talks on July 21. The July 14 talks among the Nepali Congress (NC),the CPN-UML, and Maoists [...]	2006-07-17 13:27:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PTER NP
06KATHMANDU2110	NEPAL'S KING REMAINS ISOLATED [...] (C) King Gyanendra's confidant Prabhakar Rana told the Ambassador on August 3 that popular animosity against the King had not died down since the April "People's Movement." Rana had suggested in vain that the King give his testimony to the high-level Rayamajhi Commission. Rana denied that the [...]	2006-08-04 10:03:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PTER NP
06KATHMANDU2251	(C/NF) NEPAL'S FINANCIAL SITUATION AND CAPITAL [...] (C) The continuing extortion and intimidation of businesses in Nepal by the Maoists has created a significant problem for foreign- and Nepali-owned businesses in Nepal. Maoist activities against business have continued despite the cease-fire Code of Conduct. This threat has caused many busine [...]	2006-08-18 11:21:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PINR ECON EFIN EINV PTER NP
06KATHMANDU2479	NEPAL: OHCHR AND NHRC PRESS MAOISTS ON HUMAN [...] (SBU) On September 11, the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Nepal sent a document to the Maoists demanding that they stop human rights abuses and fulfill their commitments in the peace process. The document focused on Maoist killings, abductions, tortur [...]	2006-09-12 13:09:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PTER PGOV PHUM NP
06KATHMANDU2539	MAOISTS ALLEGEDLY PLANNING URBAN REVOLUTION IN [...] (C/NF) On September 12, Chauyen Lai Shrestha, member of the Nepali Congress (NC) Party and assistant to Prime Minister Koirala's daughter, passed two Nepali-language documents to the Embassy. The documents, which appear to reflect the results of the recent Maoist Central Committee meeting, ou [...]	2006-09-19 01:10:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PTER PGOV NP
06KATHMANDU2930	NEW TIBETAN WELFARE SOCIETY REGISTERED BUT IN [...] (C/NF) Tamdin Dorje Tuladhar, a Nepali Citizen, told the Ambassador on October 26 that he, Tuladhar, had registered the Bhota Welfare Society (BWS) as an NGO with the Government of Nepal (GON) on June 29, 2006. Tuladhar said that he had formed the NGO to take the place of the Tibetan Refugee [...]	2006-11-02 10:14:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREF PREL SOCI CH NP
06KATHMANDU2958	TIBETAN REFUGEE UPDATE, OCTOBER 31 [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-03 10:50:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREF PINR NP
06KATHMANDU2959	TIBETAN REFUGEE UPDATE, NOVEMBER 3 [...] (C) According to Douglas DiSalvo, a UNHCR officer in Kathmandu, 41 out of the group of 43 Tibetan refugees who arrived in Nepal safely after the shooting incident at the Chinese border on October 1 (ref A) departed Nepal for India on October 20 and arrived on October 21; the other two should t [...]	2006-11-03 10:57:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREF PINR NP
06KATHMANDU3024	PM KOIRALA OPTIMISTIC ABOUT PROSPECTS FOR PEACE [...] (C/NF) In a November 10 meeting with the Ambassador, Prime Minister GP Koirala shared his optimism on the future of the Government of Nepal's (GON) peace process with the Maoists, but underscored the need for a large presence of foreign observers on the ground in Nepal. The Ambassador pressed [...]	2006-11-10 11:06:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PTER NP
06KATHMANDU3086	BOUCHER DISCUSSES THE FUTURE OF THE NEPAL ARMY [...] (C/NF) In a November 16 meeting with Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher, Ramesh Jung Thapa, Defense Advisor to the Prime Minister, and Bishnu Uprety, Defense Secretary, described an improving relationship between the Nepal Army and the civilian leadership. [...]	2006-11-22 07:43:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PTER PREL MASS NP
06KATHMANDU3131	COAS KATAWAL DOWNPLAYS RUMORS OF ROYAL RESURGENCE [...] (C/NF) On November 28, Siddharta Rana, a prominent businessman and son of a close confidante of the King, told the Ambassador that the King believed he was going to make a comeback soon, and that he still did not realize he was responsible for his own downfall. Rana said the King blamed India [...]	2006-11-30 09:01:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PTER PREL NP
06KATHMANDU3168	NEPAL: INDIAN AMBASSADOR WANTS TO GET THE PROCESS [...] (C/NF) In a December 6 meeting with the Ambassador, Indian Ambassador Shiv Shankar Mukherjee stressed that the logistical realities of the peace agreements between the Government of Nepal (GON) and the Maoists needed to move quickly in order to succeed. Mukherjee worried about continued Maois [...]	2006-12-06 10:32:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PTER NP
06KATHMANDU3265	NEPAL: FOOD FOR BHUTANESE REFUGEES AT RISK, GON [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 8. 2. (C) Foreign Ministry Joint Secretary Dinesh Bhattarai expressed concern to RefCoord December 21 about a possible break in the World Food Program's food supply to the Bhutanese refugees. WFP Deputy Country Director separately requested t [...]	2006-12-22 04:11:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREF PREL PGOV CH BH NP
06KHARTOUM1548	SUDAN: UN SUPPORT FOR DPA IMPLEMENTATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite GNU opposition to UNPKO in Darfur, the UN is preparing several avenues of support for the DPA, including transferring resources to the AU and seconding staff. It also hopes to coordinate other donor DPA support, such as the two recently arrived UK media advisors. Top [...]	2006-07-02 12:37:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL KPKO PGOV SOCI US UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM2430	SUDAN: ENSURING A LEGITIMATE PEACE FOR THE EAST [...] (C) On October 2, Pol/Econ Chief discussed East issues with SPLM Deputy Secretary General for the North and National Assembly Minority Chair Yassir Arman per Ref A. Yassir said that the SPLM had done much to smooth relations between the National Congress Party (NCP) and Eritrea, and had served [...]	2006-10-03 10:34:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL SU
06KHARTOUM2711	CONFUSED MESSAGE ON ADDIS ACCORD [...] (U) Public comments by Sudanese officials on the Statement of Principles signed in Addis Ababa on November 16 have been convoluted. With regard to the role of United Nations forces, the local Arabic press has interchanged the Arabic words for "joint" and "mixed" in the translation of "hybrid." [...]	2006-11-20 15:12:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV AU KPKO SU UN
06KIGALI1111	NO IMMEDIATE ANSWER FROM GOR MFA ON BELARUS AND [...] (C) Ministry of Foreign Affaris Americas Desk Officer Augustin Rutikara did not have an immediate response to talking points (reftels). When pressed on how the USG can ensure its positions are thoroughly communicated to the Rwandan UN delegation, Rutikara said direct lobbying by USUN official [...]	2006-11-17 12:58:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PREL UNGA IS BO RW
06KIGALI365	VISIT OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY FRAZER TO RWANDA [...] (C) In a successful, productive visit to Rwanda April 4-8, Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Jendayi Frazer engaged in candid discussion on a broad range of issues from regional security, bilateral relations, and Darfur to democracy and human rights. In her meetings with senior [...]	2006-04-18 18:24:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL EAGR KDEM PHUM KPKO MOPS RW CG
06KINSHASA1076	RCD/N PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE ROGER LUMBALA, A [...] (C) Summary: On June 12, Pol intern met with Rassemblement Congolais pour la Democratie - National (RCD/N) Presidential candidate Roger Lumbala to discuss the candidate's presidential vision in the run-up to the elections. The meeting took place at Lumbala's house in Kinshasa, against the bac [...]	2006-07-06 10:03:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL
06KINSHASA1396	IMF AND WORLD BANK PROGRAMS IN HOLDING PATTERN [...] (SBU) Summary. Representatives of the IMF and World Bank (WB) say their institutions' programs in the DRC are essentially in a holding pattern. IMF Resident Representative Xavier Maret said the fund's current focus is on helping the DRC maintain macroeconomic stability, while WB Resident Repr [...]	2006-09-06 11:28:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN EAID ECOR PGOV CG
06KINSHASA586	CONGO/BRAZZAVILLE: ASSISTANT SECRETARY JENDAYI [...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary Frazer met with President Denis Sassou-Nguesso and Foreign Minister Rodolphe Adada for a tour d'horizon of African Union issues on April 3 immediately prior to Sassou's departure for a four-nation tour to Senegal, Nigeria, Benin and Ivory Coast. Dr. Frazer c [...]	2006-04-15 14:34:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PINR UNSC ASEC AU CF
06KINSHASA589	CONGO/BRAZZAVILLE: MOUNZEO-MACKOSSO (PWYP) [...] (U) Summary: In the wake of PWYP (Publish What You Pay) Coalition charges of political intimidation and procedural irregularities in the arrest of transparency campaigners Christian Mounzeo and Brice Mackosso, embassy officers contacted key host-government authorities, NGO liaison officers [...]	2006-04-16 12:53:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PREL PGOV PINR AU CF
06KIRKUK132	(SBU) NEW KURDISH BLOC ON POLITICAL GOALS, OPPOSITION TO [...] (C/NF) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Leaders of the recently formed 5-party Kurdish political opposition bloc said they would focus on local issues and push to reduce the domination of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK). They asserted that their bloc [...]	2006-07-25 10:52:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	IZ
06KIRKUK133	(SBU) NEW KURDISH BLOC ON POLITICAL GOALS, OPPOSITION TO [...] (C/NF) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Leaders of the recently formed 5-party Kurdish political opposition bloc said they would focus on local issues and push to reduce the domination of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK). They asserted that their bloc [...]	2006-07-25 11:36:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PNAT PREF PREL KDEM PTER IZ
06KIRKUK134	(C/NF) KDSP LEADERS ON KRG'S CLOSURE OF KDSP OFFICES [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-25 12:16:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PTER PNAT PREF KDEM IZ TU
06KUWAIT1773	FREEDOM AGENDA: BETWEEN DISSOLUTION AND [...] (C) Summary: On May 16, Parliament approved by a simple majority a motion to refer the Government's draft law on constituency reform to the Constitutional Court for review. The session was boycotted by 29 MPs who support five constituencies and strongly criticize the Government for submitting [...]	2006-05-16 14:04:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM KU FREEDOM AGENDA NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
06KUWAIT1912	KUWAIT DEMARCHE DELIVERED: FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-24 15:01:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAID PREL KPAL KU
06KUWAIT1913	KUWAIT DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON NAM MINISTERIAL [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-24 15:01:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL IAEA KNNP IR KU
06KUWAIT1914	GOK CONFIRMS TO PSI COFOUNDERS ATTENDANCE AT JUNE [...] (C) During a May 24 meeting with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Khaled Al-Jarallah, the Ambassador again encouraged Kuwait to transmit the GOK's formal response endorsing the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI). Al-Jarallah restated GOK political support for the initiative an [...]	2006-05-24 15:15:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PARM PREL PGOV KU
06KUWAIT1921	PARADE OF FOREIGN MINISTERS TALK IRAN IN KUWAIT: [...] (C) Summary: MFA Undersecretary Khaled Al-Jarallah briefed the Ambassador on the flurry of Foreign Minister visits -- Russia, China, Iran, and Germany -- who visited Kuwait May 20 - 22. All were in the region to discuss bilateral issues or to attend the Asian Cooperative Dialogue meeting i [...]	2006-05-24 17:34:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PARM PGOV KU
06KUWAIT2023	DEFENSE MINISTER DESCRIBES GCC DISCUSSION OF [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-31 17:32:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PTER PREL PGOV KU
06KUWAIT2024	DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER/INTERIOR MINISTER WELCOMES [...] (C) The Ambassador met with First Deputy Prime Minister Shaykh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah, who holds the Defense and Interior portfolios as well, on May 31 to discuss TIP issues. (The meeting had been scheduled before the change in release dates, so the Ambassador spoke about TIP issues in ge [...]	2006-05-31 17:37:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM ELAB KU TIP
06KUWAIT2025	ARAB AND KUWAIT FUND HEADS CALL FOR CLOSER [...] (C/NF) Summary: During separate meetings on May 29 and 31 with the Ambassador, Abdulwahab Al-Bader, Director General of the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED) and Abdulatif Al-Hamad, Chairman of the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development (AFESD) reaffirmed their organiz [...]	2006-05-31 17:45:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EAID PGOV PREL IZ AF GZ WE XF KU
06KUWAIT2026	FREEDOM AGENDA - KUWAIT ELECTION UPDATE: 24 WOMEN [...] (C) Summary: A total of 244 candidates, including 24 women, have registered so far for the June 29 parliamentary elections. Kuwaiti women, participating in national elections for the first time in Kuwait's history, have responded with enthusiasm. Women account for 194,910 of Kuwait's 340,24 [...]	2006-05-31 18:04:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM KU FREEDOM AGENDA NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
06KUWAIT2028	DEMARCHE TO KUWAIT RE U.S. STATEMENT ON IRAN [...] (C/NF) Ambassador spoke with MFA U/S Khalid Jarallah shortly after the Secretary had completed the statement on Iran to deliver reftel points. (The Foreign Minister was on a plane en route from China to Bahrain.) Ambassador asked that the GOK immediately issue a statement of support, callin [...]	2006-05-31 18:42:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL IR KU
06KUWAIT2065	CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR ON PENDING TERROR FINANCE [...] (C/NF) Summary: During a May 31 meeting with the Ambassador, the Central Bank Governor pointed to GOK interagency progress in finalizing a draft TF law; cited inflation and rising import costs as factors prompting a revaluation of the Kuwaiti Dinar against the USD; and voiced a readiness to [...]	2006-06-03 17:53:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EFIN PGOV PTER PREL KU KTFN
06KUWAIT2067	(C) A/S WELCH URGES KUWAIT TO SUPPORT GUATEMALA [...] (C/NF) NEA Assistant Secretary Welch, during his June 3 visit to Kuwait (septel),raised Venezuela's bid for a seat on the UN Security Council with Prime Minister Shaykh Nasser Mohammed Al-Sabah and Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah. He str [...]	2006-06-04 07:28:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL AORC UNSC KU
06KUWAIT2147	KUWAIT'S AMBASSADOR TO INDONESIA CRITICIZES GOK ON [...] (C) Kuwait's Ambassador to Indonesia, Mohammad Fadel Khalaf, met with the DCM on May 23 to discuss his concerns over the treatment of Indonesian domestic workers in Kuwait. He criticized Indonesia and especially his own government for not doing enough to protect Indonesian workers, and sugges [...]	2006-06-07 17:15:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PREL KIRF JO ID KU TIP RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
06KUWAIT2150	FREEDOM AGENDA: GRASSROOTS ACTIVISM BLOSSOMS IN [...] (C/NF) Summary and comment: Perhaps the most remarkable aspect of Kuwait's recent "orange revolution" is the role played by the ad hoc coalition of pro-reform youth organizations known as the "orange movement." These youth organizations, which include both liberals and Islamists and were not [...]	2006-06-07 17:47:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PINR KDEM KU FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT2218	KUWAIT DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GULF SECURITY DIALOGUE [...] (C) The Charge delivered reftel demarche to the Acting Undersecretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Khaled Al-Babtain, during a June 11 meeting. Al-Babtain welcomed the initiative and promised that the GOK would begin thinking about possible meeting dates and suggestions on ho [...]	2006-06-11 15:52:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MOPS KU
06KUWAIT2219	KUWAIT DEMARCHE DELIVERED: FOLLOW-UP ON NAM [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-11 15:53:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS
06KUWAIT2231	CHALLENGES AND SUCCESSES OF FOREIGN LABORERS IN [...] (C) Summary: The Egyptian expatriate labor community is Kuwait's second largest, surpassed only by the Indians. Anecdotal evidence suggests that Egyptian workers do not suffer as badly as workers from other expatriate communities. Post consulted with Egyptian Embassy officials as well as E [...]	2006-06-12 10:22:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM ELAB PREL EG KU TIP
06KUWAIT2271	THE ENEMY OF MY ENEMY IS MY FRIEND: SUPPORT FOR [...] (C/NF) Summary: An emerging consensus between ideologically opposite political blocs on the need for political reform in Kuwait has led to the formation of a number of unprecedented alliances in advance of the June 29 parliamentary elections. Some Islamist groups, like the Islamic Constituti [...]	2006-06-13 15:40:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PINR KDEM KU FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT2297	KUWAIT DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON JUNE 19-21 OIC [...] (C/NF) PolChief delivered ref A demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs International Organizations Department Director Ambassador Abdullah Al-Murad on June 13. Al-Murad, who will represent the GOK at the June 19-21 meeting in Baku, said that Iran was not on the OIC agenda and there would be [...]	2006-06-14 17:47:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV IR KU
06KUWAIT2298	FREEDOM AGENDA: LOCAL NGO RECRUITS VOLUNTEERS TO [...] (C/NF) In a June 14 meeting with Poloff, Nasser Al-Abdly, the Chairman of the Kuwait Society for Developing Democracy (www.demokwt.com),a local NGO, reported that his organization hoped to recruit 700 local volunteers to monitor Kuwait's June 29 parliamentary elections. He said KSDD had giv [...]	2006-06-14 17:59:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM KU FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT2299	KUWAIT DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON BUILDING SUPPORT FOR [...] (C/NF) PolChief delivered June 13 ref A demarche seeking support for Guatemala over Venezuela for a 2006 seat on the UN Security Council to Ministry of Foreign Affairs International Organizations Department Director Ambassador Abdullah Al-Murad. Noting that NEA A/S Welch had recently raised [...]	2006-06-14 18:21:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV UNSC KU
06KUWAIT2392	FREEDOM AGENDA: WOMEN'S ELECTION PARTICIPATION [...] (C/NF) Summary and comment: The participation of women in the June 29 parliamentary elections is having a profound impact on Kuwaiti society. Issues of equality and social import have taken a prominent place in the local media, and candidates have been forced to address issues important to w [...]	2006-06-19 13:49:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KWMN KDEM KU FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT2395	INTERIOR MINISTRY OFFICIALS SAY TIP PROGRESS TO [...] (SBU/NF) The Charge met June 19 with Brigadier General Ahmad Nawaf Al-Sabah, Assistant Undersecretary for Citizenship, Passports and Bidoon Affairs at the Ministry of Interior, to present the findings of the TIP report and to encourage the GOK to follow through on the promises it has made to [...]	2006-06-19 14:35:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM ELAB PINR KU TIP
06KUWAIT2417	KUWAIT DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PERSUADING OIC MEMBERS [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-20 13:22:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL AORC PHUM PREF ICRC KU
06KUWAIT2418	KUWAIT DEMARCHE DELIVERED -- UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-20 13:24:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PHUM KU DEMARCHE
06KUWAIT2419	ELECTION COUNTDOWN: WELCOME TO THE BIG TOP: [...] (C/NF) Campaigning in Kuwait is quite a production. In addition to waxing eloquent on all manner of issues, candidates are expected to provide lavish buffets, fresh-squeezed juice, copious amounts of tea and coffee, and big screen TVs showing the latest World Cup match. And all this in the [...]	2006-06-20 13:50:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM KU FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT2445	FREEDOM AGENDA: MEPI -- MAKING A REAL DIFFERENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: More than half of the Kuwaiti women currently running for office, while different in their social, economic, and educational backgrounds, have in common their participation in a range of MEPI programs designed to strengthen the role played by women. The women campaigning on [...]	2006-06-21 14:01:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PHUM KDEM KMPI KU FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT2521	ELECTION COUNTDOWN: STRENGTHENED ANTI-FRAUD [...] (C/NF) During a June 24 meeting, the Director of the Ministry of Interior's National Assembly Elections Department, Ali Murad, showed Poloff the voting stands and transparent ballot boxes the GOK has ordered to prevent electoral fraud in the June 29 parliamentary elections. The voting stands [...]	2006-06-26 09:17:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM KU FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT2527	ELECTION COUNTDOWN: CABINET SHUFFLE RUMORED LIKELY [...] (C/NF) Summary: With the June 29 parliamentary elections fast approaching, candidates are making one final push to garner support. Several high-profile former members of Parliament are expected to easily win re-election, but beyond these it is unclear who will emerge victorious. Most contac [...]	2006-06-26 13:39:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM KU FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT2558	SECRETARY'S LETTER ON GUANTANAMO DETAINEES [...] (C) The Charge delivered June 27 ref A letter from the Secretary to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Undersecretary SIPDIS Khaled Al-Jarallah on the five Kuwaiti nationals detained at Guantanamo. (Senior MFA officials returned to work June 26 after accompanying the Amir on a 10-day trip to Asi [...]	2006-06-27 10:08:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER KAWC OPDC KU
06KUWAIT2559	KUWAIT DEMARCHE DELIVERED: YEMENI GCC ASSISTANCE [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-27 10:09:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL EAID KU DEMARCHE
06KUWAIT2563	KUWAIT DEMARCHE DELIVERED: APPROACHING GULF ARAB [...] (C/NF) The Charge delivered June 27 to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Khaled Al-Jarallah ref A demarche encouraging Gulf states to invite Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki for an official visit. Referring to positive GOK statements following the formation of the new Iraqi government, [...]	2006-06-27 12:15:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL EAID PGOV KU IZ DEMARCHE
06KUWAIT2564	KUWAIT DEMARCHE DELIVERED: TEMPORARY [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-27 12:16:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL KPAL EAID KU DEMARCHE
06KUWAIT2568	ELECTION COUNTDOWN: YOUTH ACTIVISTS HIGHLIGHT [...] (C/NF) In a June 26 meeting with Poloff, "orange movement" (ref B) leaders Kahled Al-Fadhalah, Jassem Al-Maqamis, and Dana Al-Salem shared their views on the upcoming elections. All three studied in the U.S. and were active in the U.S. branch of the National Union of Kuwait Students (NUKS). [...]	2006-06-27 14:24:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM KU FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT2569	KUWAITI NGO SAYS IT WILL BREAK THE IMPASSE OVER [...] (C) Summary: Social Work Society Chairman Faisal Al-Masoud called Poloff to say that the GOK had decided it could not implement the standard domestic worker contract it promised as part of an effort to improve the lot of domestic workers because of popular opposition. Al-Masoud claims he h [...]	2006-06-27 14:30:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM ELAB KU TIP
06KUWAIT2593	ELECTION COUNTDOWN: KUWAITI CANDIDATES REPRESENT [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Two hundred and fifty-two candidates will compete in Kuwait's National Assembly elections on June 29. Over 340,000 voters will go to 91 polling stations between 8:00 am and 8:00 pm to elect two representatives from each of 25 electoral districts. Fifty-seven percen [...]	2006-06-28 14:21:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM KU FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT2773	MELKITES DENIED PERMISSION TO BUILD CHURCH [...] (C/NF) On July 8, the Technical Committee of the Municipal Council officially denied the Greek Catholic (Melkite) Church's request for land on which to build a new church. Committee chairman Majid Al-Mutairi told Church representative Pier Maloof that the Committee had refused the applicati [...]	2006-07-10 10:52:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM KIRF KU FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT2774	FREEDOM AGENDA: EMBASSY ANALYSIS OF ELECTION [...] (C/NF) Summary and Comment: Kuwaiti news media reported that only 35% of eligible women voted in the June 29 Parliamentary elections. Post's statistical analysis puts the number at approximately 60%. Although Islamists made gains in the National Assembly, a close look at the voting number [...]	2006-07-10 12:10:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM KU FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT2775	FAMILIAR FACES IN KUWAIT'S NEW CABINET; TWO [...] (C/NF) Amir Shaykh Sabah approved July 10 the new Cabinet proposed by Prime Minister Shaykh Nasser Mohammed Al-Sabah. As is customary, the previous Cabinet resigned July 1 after the parliamentary elections (ref A). The new 16-member Cabinet, the 23rd since Kuwait gained independence in 1962, [...]	2006-07-10 13:19:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KU NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
06KUWAIT2821	FREEDOM AGENDA: CABINET APPROVES FIVE CONSTITUENCY [...] (C/NF) Summary and comment: The new Cabinet approved July 11 a draft electoral reform bill and a draft bill to write off the interest on retirees' loans. Many saw the measures as a conciliatory move by the Government to repair relations with Parliament. Jassem Al-Khorafi was re-elected as Sp [...]	2006-07-12 15:39:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KU FREEDOM AGENDA NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
06KUWAIT2823	DEMARCHE TO KUWAIT ON QATARI UNSC RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-13 13:44:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL KWBG KU UNSC
06KUWAIT2836	(C) TFLE01: GOK CALLS ON U.S. TO PRESSURE ISRAEL [...] (C/NF) Ministry of Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Khaled Al-Jarallah convoked the Charge on July 15 to convey a message from the Amir to President Bush about the situations in Lebanon and the West Bank. Al-Jarallah described Lebanon and Palestinian areas as "boiling now" and said recent deve [...]	2006-07-15 13:18:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV KU
06KUWAIT2855	TFLE01: 200 PROTEST OUTSIDE OF EMBASSY IN SUPPORT [...] (U) The General Union of Students and Trainees of the Public Authority for Applied Education and Training organized a July 15 demonstration in front of the embassy to protest the U.S. veto of the Qatar-proposed UNSC resolution condemning Israeli military actions in Gaza. Billed as a peacefu [...]	2006-07-16 13:03:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL ASEC PHUM KU
06KUWAIT2871	FREEDOM AGENDA: REFORMERS WIN MAJOR VICTORY AS [...] (C/NF) Summary and comment: Parliament voted July 17 to reduce the number of electoral constituencies from 25 to five. The vote comes after months of contentious debate on the issue, which culminated in the Amir's dissolution of Parliament on May 21. According to one liberal political analy [...]	2006-07-17 14:46:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM KU FREEDOM AGENDA NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
06KUWAIT2882	KUWAIT "POSTPONES" NEGOTIATIONS WITH IRAN OVER [...] (SBU) According to a July 10 article in Al-Qabas (local Arabic daily),Kuwait has stopped negotiations with Iran over a project to import fresh water from an Iranian river. Citing "informed sources," the article claimed the talks stalled due to logistical difficulties and regional circumstanc [...]	2006-07-18 14:01:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL SENV EAGR IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS
06KUWAIT2896	PARLIAMENT APPROVES NEW PUBLIC AND AMIRI BUDGETS [...] (U) On July 18, Parliament held its final session before recessing for the summer. The assembly is scheduled to reconvene on October 30. During the session, Parliament voted 39 to 10, with two abstentions, in favor of the 2006-2007 public budget previously approved by the Cabinet. The 10.86 [...]	2006-07-19 11:58:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV EFIN KU NATIONAL ASSEMBLY

06KUWAIT2898	ENERGY SECRETARY BODMAN AND KUWAITI AMIR DISCUSS [...] (C/NF) Summary: During a July 17 meeting with Kuwaiti Amir Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and new Energy Minister Shaykh Ali Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah, Energy Secretary Bodman congratulated the GOK on recent landmark parliamentary elections, thanked the Amir for Kuwaiti support of USG effort [...]	2006-07-19 13:24:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ENRG EPET OVIP PREL KU
06KUWAIT2952	COMMERCE SECRETARY GUTIERREZ DISCUSSES TIFA, IRAQ, [...] (U) SUMMARY: On July 18, Commerce Secretary Gutierrez met with new Kuwaiti Minister of Commerce and Industry Al-Hajeri to discuss bi-lateral trade issues and to congratulate Al-Hajeri on his appointment as Minister. The meeting focused on moving forward the stalled Trade and Investment Framew [...]	2006-07-23 14:08:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	BEXP EINV KIPR OVIP PREL KU
06KUWAIT2954	DEPUTY TREASURY SECRETARY KIMMITT AND COUNSELOR [...] (C/NF) Summary: During a July 22 meeting with Mr. Abdul Latif Al-Hamad, Director General (DG) of the Arab Fund, Deputy Treasury Secretary Kimmitt and State Dept. Counselor Dr. Philip Zelikow outlined the concept for the Iraq Compact, laid out a timeline for critical steps, and solicited the ac [...]	2006-07-23 15:41:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAID PREL KU IZ KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS
06KUWAIT3009	COURT OF APPEALS UPHOLDS ACQUITTALS OF FIVE [...] (C/NF) Kuwait's Court of Appeals upheld the acquittal of five Guantanamo detainees on terror-related charges, including membership in Al-Qaeda. Four of the five were released shortly after their May 21 acquittal in the Court of First Instance while the fifth, Adil Zamil Abdulmohsen Al Zamil [...]	2006-07-26 13:35:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PTER PGOV PHUM PREL KU TERRORISM
06KUWAIT3078	BIDOON ACTIVIST MP: BIDOON (STATELESS ARABS) ARE [...] (C/NF) After the recent announcement of the formation of a Bidoon Affairs Committee in the National Assembly, Poloff met with Committee Rapporteur Khodair Al-Enezi on July 29 to hear his views the Bidoon issue. (Note: The Bidoon -- which means "without" in Arabic -- are Arab residents whose [...]	2006-08-01 14:12:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PTER KU
06KUWAIT3079	CONSTITUTIONAL COURT SENDS PENINSULA LIONS CASE [...] (C/NF) On July 26, Kuwait's Constitutional Court ruled that Article 56 of the Penal Code, dealing with collaboration to commit a crime, was in fact constitutional and immediately returned the Peninsula Lions case back to the Court of Appeals. The Constitutional Court's rapid decision to uphol [...]	2006-08-01 14:13:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PTER PREL PGOV KU TERRORISM
06KUWAIT3099	TFLE01: A PRESS WAR OF WORDS ON NATIONAL ASSEMBLY [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: The Kuwaiti press printed August 1 virulent and anti-U.S. comments made by MPs. One Arabic daily headlined its front page with a paraphrase of one statement: "Americans and Israelis are SOBs and Bastards." While previously relatively balanced in its news covera [...]	2006-08-02 14:21:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	OPRC PREL PGOC KMDR KPAO KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT3165	TFLE01: ISRAEL DENIES GOK REQUEST TO SEND [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 6. 2. (U) On July 31, the Government of Kuwait requested U.S. assistance in sending military aircraft between August 2 - 5 to Lebanon for humanitarian assistance purposes. The GOK planned to deliver relief items and evacuate Lebanese citize [...]	2006-08-07 07:53:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MOPS PHUM PREL KU
06KUWAIT3167	KUWAIT ISLAMIC AFFAIRS MINISTRY VISITS U.S. TO [...] (C/NF) PolOff met Saad Al-Hajji, Director of the Family Development Department at the Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs (MAIA) as well as the Barirah program to raise awareness about domestic labor (ref B),on August 6 to discuss FALCon, Post's anti-TIP ESF project (ref E). Al-Hajji ment [...]	2006-08-07 08:54:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM KIRF PTER KU
06KUWAIT3214	KUWAITI FM URGES P-5 TO SUPPORT UNSCR THAT [...] (C) Summary: The Kuwaiti Foreign Minister convoked representatives of P-5 missions on August 9 to urge support for a UNSC resolution that would incorporate the fundamental elements of PM Siniora's 7 point plan. Kuwait sees the UNSC faced not just with a ceasefire resolution, but at a decisio [...]	2006-08-09 14:55:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL LE KU
06KUWAIT3226	(C) KUWAIT CONFIRMS SUPPORT FOR GUATEMALA'S UNSC [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-12 09:03:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL AORC UNSC KU
06KUWAIT3241	KUWAIT: DEMARCHE ON UNSCR 1701 [...] (C/NF) CDA delivered reftel demarche points and copy of Secretary Rice's EOV to MFA Chief of Staff Shaykh Ahmad SIPDIS Nasser Al-Sabah on August 12. Shaykh Ahmad said the GOK was pleased that the vote had been unanimous and that the resolution provided support to PM Siniora and the GOL's Se [...]	2006-08-12 12:14:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MOPS UNSC LE KU IS
06KUWAIT3293	GOK INFORMED OF ARB DETERMINATION; FM DISAPPOINTED [...] (C/NF) During an August 14 meeting, the Ambassador informed Kuwaiti Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah of the recent Administrative Review Board (ARB) determination that detainee Fouzi Al-Awda continues to pose a threat to the interests o [...]	2006-08-14 13:50:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PTER PREL PGOV KAWC KU
06KUWAIT3294	IRAQ'S FUEL SHORTAGES: KUWAIT SAYS IT'S HONORING [...] (C/NF) The Ambassador used the occasion of a previously scheduled meeting with Kuwaiti Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah to raise the growing fuel shortage in Iraq and encourage the GOK to provide all possible assistance. Responding to [...]	2006-08-14 13:54:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL ECON EPET KU KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS
06KUWAIT3295	KUWAITI FM TROUBLED BY LEBANON, BUT IDENTIFIES [...] (C/NF) Summary: The Ambassador met with Kuwaiti Deputy PM and FM Shaykh Dr. Mohammed on August 14 to review regional developments. The FM welcomed UNSCR 1701 and believed the dispatch of a more robust UNIFIL force would help the ceasefire to hold. He stressed the need for continued intern [...]	2006-08-14 15:00:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV KU
06KUWAIT3314	TAX PROBLEMS PERSIST FOR U.S. COMPANIES IN KUWAIT [...] (SBU) On 15 August in separate meetings with Finance Minister Badr Meshari Al-Humaidhi and Commerce Minister Falah Fahad Al-Hajri, the Ambassador reiterated USG concerns over the negative effects of ambiguous Kuwaiti tax policies on U.S. companies. The Ambassador emphasized that the confusing [...]	2006-08-15 12:03:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	BEXP EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV KU
06KUWAIT3387	KUWAITI COMMENTATORS CONDEMN "ISLAMIC FASCIST" [...] (U) A number of Kuwaiti media figures broadly criticized President Bush's use of the phrase "Islamic fascists." They contended that the characterization was aimed at all Muslims rather than a small segment of the population. A few examples from the Kuwaiti op-ed pages: - "I was not surpris [...]	2006-08-21 11:21:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PTER KISL KU
06KUWAIT3393	SENATOR SPECTER ENGAGES KUWAITI LEADERS ON IRAQ, [...] (C/NF) Summary: During an August 18-19 visit to Kuwait, Senator Arlen Specter (R-PA) discussed current events in Iraq, Iran, and Lebanon, as well as bilateral issues with Kuwait's Amir, Prime Minister, and Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister. On Iraq, Amir Shaykh Sabah said despite mist [...]	2006-08-21 14:16:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV KU
06KUWAIT3432	GOVERNMENT TO INTRODUCE NEW 4-YEAR AGENDA NEXT [...] (C/NF) The new Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs, and Minister of State for National Assembly Affairs, Dr. Ismail Al-Shatti, told the Ambassador August 22 that the Government would present a new four-year agenda during the next legislative term. (Note: Parliament i [...]	2006-08-23 07:41:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV ECON PINR KU NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
06KUWAIT3440	AMBASSADOR ENCOURAGES GOK TO STRENGTHEN EFFORTS TO [...] (C/NF) The Ambassador met August 22 with Kuwaiti First Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Defense, and Minister of the Interior Shaykh Jaber Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah to review ongoing GOK efforts to strengthen legal protections for foreign domestic workers. He had a similar meeting with new [...]	2006-08-23 10:32:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PHUM KU TIP
06KUWAIT3442	KUWAITI RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR SECURITY [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-23 11:00:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MASS EAID LE KU DEMARCHE
06KUWAIT3447	(C) KUWAITI OFFICIAL CORROBORATES INFORMATION ON [...] (C/NF) In an August 23 meeting, PolOff delivered cleared USNAVCENT Intelligence information on Hizballah missiles used against Israel to Shaykh Thamer Ali Al-Sabah, the Office Director of the President of the National Security Bureau, Shaykh Ahmed Al-Fahd Al-Sabah. (Note: This information was [...]	2006-08-23 14:11:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV MNUC IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS
06KUWAIT3451	(C/NF) KUWAIT CONTINGENCY PLANNING FOR DISPLACED [...] (C/NF) In Ambassador's 23 August meeting at the Kuwait Ministry of Foreign Affairs, MFA Director for Coordination and Follow-up, Ambassador Khaled Al-Maqamis, said that Kuwait's National Security Bureau (NSB) was beginning contingency planning to manage displaced persons in case of an outbrea [...]	2006-08-23 14:52:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAID PGOV PREL OVIP KU
06KUWAIT3534	KUWAIT DEMARCHES DELIVERED: DONORS' AND SECURITY [...] (SBU) Shaykh Dr. Ahmed Nasser Al-Sabah, Office Director for the Foreign Minister confirmed August 29 to EmbOff that Kuwait would attend the August 31 Donor's conference in Stockholm, Sweden and would be represented by Finance Minister Bader Al-Humaidhi and Arab Fund for Economic and Social D [...]	2006-08-30 13:25:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAID PREL PHUM KU DEMARCHE
06KUWAIT3565	KUWAITI NATIONAL SECURITY BUREAU OFFICIAL: U.S. [...] (C/NF) PolChief met September 4 with Shaykh Thamer Al-Sabah, the Office Director of Shaykh Ahmed Al-Fahd Al-Sabah, the President of the National Security Bureau (NSB),to deliver additional cleared DIA information on Hizballah activities and missile capabilities, as requested by Shaykh Ahmed [...]	2006-09-04 14:50:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV KU
06KUWAIT3598	KUWAIT DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERIAL IN CAIRO [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-06 13:03:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL UNSC KU
06KUWAIT3650	KUWAIT TO HOLD MODERATION CONFERENCE IN WASHINGTON [...] (C/NF) The Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs (MAIA) has informed Post in a diplomatic note dated August 30 that it will hold its Moderation Conference (reftels) in Washington, DC from November 17 - 19. The event will not be a conference in the traditional sense: it will not be open to t [...]	2006-09-11 13:02:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KIRF KU
06KUWAIT3692	AMBASSADOR-DESIGNATE PLANS TRIP TO IRAQ [...] (C) Summary. Kuwait's Ambassador-designate to Iraq Ali Al-Mumin cited reciprocity issues as the most important stumbling block to upgraded diplomatic representation in Baghdad. He noted that issues involving security, site location and transportation between Iraq and Kuwait needed to be reso [...]	2006-09-14 11:00:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KISL OFDP PINR SOCI IZ KU
06KUWAIT3718	GRIM PROSPECTS FOR PROJECT KUWAIT [...] (C/NF) Summary: The Head of Kuwait's Oil Development Company (ODC) said it was unlikely that the Kuwait Project, the $8.5 billion project for international companies to develop Kuwait's northern oil fields, would be brought before the Parliament this year. He said that support had signific [...]	2006-09-16 11:42:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET ENRG ECON KU OIL
06KUWAIT3720	SYSTEMIC ELECTRICITY AND WATER SHORTAGES REQUIRE [...] (C/NF) Summary and Comment: Kuwait experienced unprecedented rolling blackouts from 19-24 August. The direct cause was a coincidence of mechanical failures at power plants. However, these blackouts unmasked a more systemic problem, Kuwait's razor-thin spare electrical capacity. On the su [...]	2006-09-16 14:33:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ENRG ECON EPET KU
06KUWAIT3733	SENIOR KUWAITI SHI'A CLERIC ON HIZBALLAH, IRAQ, [...] (C/NF) Summary: In a September 13 meeting with PolOff, senior Kuwaiti Shi'a cleric Sayed Mohammed Baqer Al-Mohri shared his views on regional developments and Shi'a-Sunni relations in Kuwait. Al-Mohri said Hizballah was more popular among Kuwaiti Shi'a than before the recent Israel-Hizballah [...]	2006-09-17 13:07:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KTFN IR IZ KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS
06KUWAIT3740	KUWAITIS SHARE CONCERN ABOUT IRAN; URGE POLITICAL [...] (C/NF) Summary and comment: On September 16, the Ambassador hosted a roundtable lunch with a number of leading academics, political leaders, and Kuwaiti Shi'a politicians to hear their views on Iran. The group agreed that President Ahmadinejad's economic policies had largely failed, but felt [...]	2006-09-18 06:52:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS
06KUWAIT3741	KUWAIT TAKES ACTION ON KEY TIP ACTION PLAN ITEMS: [...] (C/NF) Summary. The GOK has made progress on a number of key items on the Kuwait TIP Tier 2 Watchlist Action Plan. The Ministry of Interior announced the implementation of a standardized domestic worker contract beginning October 1. Post will monitor implementation closely. GOK contacts hav [...]	2006-09-18 07:04:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV ELAB PHUM KU TIP
06KUWAIT3751	PETROLEUM CEO ON AMERICAN AND KUWAITI REFINERIES, [...] (C/NF) Summary and Comment: On 17 September, the Ambassador met with Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) CEO Hani Hussain to discuss energy issues and regional concerns. Hussain was reluctant to share details regarding Kuwaiti plans for North American refinery investment, saying that the eco [...]	2006-09-19 08:54:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ENRG EPET ECON KU OIL SECTOR
06KUWAIT3756	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES LEGISLATIVE AGENDA, REGIONAL [...] (C/NF) Summary: Acting National Assembly Speaker and Islamic Constitutional Movement MP Mohammed al-Bousairi told Ambassador September 17 that opposition MPs are ready to move ahead with their agenda, but need to look for pragmatic ways to work with the GOK. Opposition representatives are now [...]	2006-09-19 12:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL IZ IR KU NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
06KUWAIT3787	CONTINUED ANGER OVER POPE'S COMMENTS; ISLAMISTS [...] (C/NF) Summary: The furor over the Pope's comments has continued unabated in Kuwait, fanned by some conservative Islamists' depiction of the comments as further evidence of a Judeo-Christian conspiracy against Islam. The subject has dominated editorials over the past week with almost all aut [...]	2006-09-20 14:45:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KISL VT KU ISLAMISTS
06KUWAIT3830	FORMER GCC SECRETARY GENERAL: "NO COMMON GCC [...] (C/NF) Summary: Former Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council Ambassador Abdullah Bishara told PolOff September 19 the GCC had "no common strategy on Iran," a problem he attributed largely to friction between Saudi Arabia and Qatar. He believed an effective GCC strategy should sup [...]	2006-09-24 13:56:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS
06KUWAIT3856	FREEDOM AGENDA: PARLIAMENT SPEAKER SAYS ELECTORAL [...] (C/NF) Summary: In a September 25 meeting with the Ambassador, Speaker of Parliament Jassem Al-Khorafi highlighted the importance of the recently-passed electoral reform legislation for Kuwait's political future. The new electoral system will change the nature of parliamentary politics in Ku [...]	2006-09-26 12:54:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KDEM IZ KU FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT3875	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PSI PARTICIPATION IN EXERCISE [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-27 13:44:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PARM PREL KNNP MNUC KU DEMARCHE
06KUWAIT3877	MINISTER OF ISLAMIC AFFAIRS ON FOSTERING MODERATION [...] (C/NF) Summary: The Ambassador called on Dr. Abdullah Al-Maatouq, who serves as both Minister of Justice and Minister of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs (MAIA),on September 27. They discussed the MAIA's upcoming Moderation conference in Washington, which the Minister said had been in some jeopardy of c [...]	2006-09-28 06:39:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KIRF SA KU
06KUWAIT3878	FREEDOM AGENDA: MINISTER ANTICIPATES CONTENTIOUS [...] (C/NF) Summary: During a September 27 meeting with the Ambassador, Minister of State for National Assembly Affairs Abdul Hadi Al-Saleh said the Government is expending "maximum efforts" to repair its "tense" relations with Parliament. Despite these efforts, the Minister predicted Parliament w [...]	2006-09-28 06:50:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KDEM KU FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT3920	AMBASSADOR RAISES TRADE, TERROR FINANCING, AND [...] (C) During a September 30 meeting with the Amir's Economic Advisor Dr. Yousef Al-Ebraheem, the Ambassador raised the following issues: -- Amir's Visit to Washington: Al-Ebraheem told the Ambassador the Amir was very pleased with his early September visit to Washington and with his warm wel [...]	2006-10-01 13:29:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EPET KU PGOV PREL PTER KTFN
06KUWAIT3936	KUWAITI ENERGY MINISTER ON BROWNOUTS, PROJECT [...] (C/NF) In a 2 October call on the new and somewhat embattled Energy Minister Shaykh Ali Jarrah Sabah Al-Sabah, the Ambassador asked about the Ministry's priorities, the summer power outages, gas production, and Project Kuwait (the $8.5 billion project for international oil companies to devel [...]	2006-10-02 13:21:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ENRG EPET KU OIL SECTOR
06KUWAIT3937	MFA READ OUT OF PM SINIORA AND PRESIDENT ABBAS' [...] (C/NF) Summary: In an October 2 meeting with PolChief, the Director of the Arab World Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Jassem Al-Mubaraki, provided a read out on the recent visits of Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to Kuwait. Al-Muba [...]	2006-10-02 14:08:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL EFIN KPAL LE KU
06KUWAIT3965	JUSTICE MINISTER STRESSES INDEPENDENCE OF [...] (C/NF) The Ambassador met with Dr. Abdullah Al-Maatouq, who currently serves as both Minister of Justice and Minister of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs, on September 27 to inquire about his plans for the Ministry of Justice. The Minister, who took over the Justice portfolio in February, said that [...]	2006-10-03 14:12:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KIPR KTFN EFIN PTER KU
06KUWAIT3984	ISLAMIST MPS MANEUVER TO GARNER FEMALE [...] (SBU) Islamist parliamentarians (MPs) have drafted a proposal detailing 32 measures they believe should be taken to ensure more equal treatment of Kuwaiti men and women, the Arab Times (local English daily) reported October 3. The measures include giving Kuwaiti women the same social, income [...]	2006-10-04 10:21:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KISL KU ISLAMISTS NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
06KUWAIT3992	MOI READ-OUT OF JEDDAH MEETING OF INTERIOR [...] (C/NF) During a September 30 meeting, Major General Dr. Khaled Al-Osaimi, the Assistant Undersecretary for Legal Affairs at the Ministry of Interior, gave PolChief a brief read out of the September 18-19 meeting of the Interior Ministers of Iraq's neighboring countries in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia [...]	2006-10-04 13:47:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL IZ IR KU KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS
06KUWAIT3993	GOK CONFIRMS THAT STANDARDIZED DOMESTIC LABOR [...] (C/NF) PolCounselor and PolOff visited Abdullah Al-Ruwaih, the Director of Immigration at the Ministry of Interior (MOI),on October 3 to inquire about the Ministry's plans to begin enforcing the standardized, three-party domestic labor contract on October 1. Al-Ruwaih confirmed that as of [...]	2006-10-04 13:52:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM ELAB KU TIP
06KUWAIT4022	TERROR FINANCE: MFA UNSWAYED ON RIHS [...] (C) During an October 8 meeting, Econcouns asked MFA Director for Follow-up and Coordination Khalid Al-Maqamis what reaction the MFA had to the latest non-paper concerning the activities of the Islamic Revival and Heritage Society, which Econcouns delivered to Maqamis on September 12 (Ref A). [...]	2006-10-09 07:03:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON PGOV PTER PREL KU KTFN
06KUWAIT4023	IRAQ COMPACT: GOK UNDECIDED ABOUT HOSTING LATE [...] (C) As instructed reftel, Econcouns discussed reftel demarche and upcoming Iraq Compact (ICI) events with UK DCM Jamie Bowden on October 7. Bowden said UK Ambassador had raised the Iraq Compact with MFA U/S Jarallah that morning, and had been told the GOK was still undecided about hosting th [...]	2006-10-09 07:05:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAID ECON EFIN ETRD IZ KU PGOV PREL
06KUWAIT4071	GCC ADVISOR: VISIT TO ISFAHAN NUCLEAR FACILITY [...] (C/NF) Summary: In an October 9 meeting with PolChief, Advisor to the GCC Secretary General Dr. Sami Al-Faraj shared his impressions of a two-day conference sponsored by the Expediency Council he attended in April that included a visit to the Isfahan nuclear facility. Al-Faraj, who regularly [...]	2006-10-11 13:49:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS
06KUWAIT4076	SENIOR SCIRI LEADER AMMAR AL-HAKIM VISITS KUWAIT, [...] (C/NF) Summary and comment: Ammar Al-Hakim, the son of SCIRI leader Abdulaziz Al-Hakim and a top SCIRI leader himself, arrived in Kuwait October 8 for meetings with the Amir, Prime Minister, Foreign Minister, and other Kuwaiti government officials. Al-Hakim likely tried to assuage Kuwaiti fe [...]	2006-10-11 14:37:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PINR IZ KU KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS
06KUWAIT4109	UPDATE ON ARTICLE 98 AND KATRINA AID [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-15 13:41:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PARM EAID KLEG KU KATRINA AID
06KUWAIT4118	FOREIGN AFFAIRS CHAIRMAN URGES U.S. TO SUPPORT [...] (C/NF) During an October 15 meeting with PolChief, Mohammed Jassem Al-Sager, the Speaker of the Arab Parliament and the Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee in the Kuwaiti Parliament, characterized the prospect of GCC countries gradually accepting an Iraqi government dominated by Shi'a r [...]	2006-10-16 14:02:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV IZ IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS
06KUWAIT4119	ARAB FUND ON IRAQ COMPACT AND AID TO LEBANON [...] (C) Summary: Arab Fund Director General Abdul Latif Al-Hamad told Charge October 16 that the Iraq Compact enjoys "very little support" among Arab countries. He said a combination of "fogginess" over who is driving the compact, anxiety about the brisk pace at which it is moving, and a gene [...]	2006-10-16 14:11:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAID ECON EFIN IZ KU PREL
06KUWAIT4147	REFINERY DISPUTE WITH SAUDI ARABIAN TEXACO [...] (C/NF) Post concurs with Embassy Riyadh's points in ref. A, but would add that further delay of Kuwaiti plans to build a new 615,000 bpd refinery could adversely affect U.S. companies considering participation in the project including Fluor, Parsons, GE, and Bechtel. In addition, the start o [...]	2006-10-17 12:11:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET ENRG EINV PREL KU SA OIL SECTOR
06KUWAIT4173	KUWAIT-IRAQ BORDER VISIT: OCTOBER 2006 [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 15, Econoffs and DHS officer visited Abdaly Border Crossing, Coalition Crossing, and Navistar on the Kuwait-Iraq border. Despite a number of cross-border incidents in August and September 2006 (reftel),activity at the border appeared calm due in part to the decrea [...]	2006-10-18 10:00:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PBTS KU IZ KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS KTFN PTER
06KUWAIT4177	IRAQ COMPACT: PREPARATIONS UNDERWAY FOR OCTOBER [...] (C) Econcouns spoke with MFA Director of Follow-up and Coordination Ambassador Khalid Maqamis on October 18 to touch base on GOK planning for the hosting of the Iraq Compact meeting on October 31. Maqamis said the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED) had been charged by the forei [...]	2006-10-18 13:32:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAID ECON EFIN IZ KU PREL
06KUWAIT4178	ISLAMIC AFFAIRS MINISTRY CAMPAIGNS TO SPREAD [...] (C/NF) Summary and Comment: Kuwait's Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs launched an initiative in 2005 to spread moderation among Muslims and present Islam as a moderate religion to non-Muslims. The Ministry has recently opened its World Moderation Center, a special agency to implement [...]	2006-10-18 13:41:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KIRF KU
06KUWAIT4205	SPLITS EMERGING IN PARLIAMENT'S 17-MEMBER ISLAMIC [...] (C/NF) Summary and comment: Splits within the 17-member Islamic Bloc have recently surfaced. The tensions are largely between independent Islamists and those affiliated with a political association outside Parliament. While the two groups agree on fundamental issues, they differ over propos [...]	2006-10-23 06:18:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KISL KDEM KU ISLAMISTS NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
06KUWAIT4206	FREEDOM AGENDA: OPPOSITION GROUPS IN PARLIAMENT [...] (C/NF) Summary: The three opposition groups in Parliament -- the Islamic Bloc (17 MPs),the Popular Action Bloc (9 MPs),and the National Action Bloc (8 MPs) -- announced the formation of a new, 34-member Reform Bloc, culminating weeks of meetings between the groups. They also agreed on a com [...]	2006-10-23 06:22:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM KU FREEDOM AGENDA NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
06KUWAIT4211	SCENESETTER FOR THE OCTOBER 31 IRAQ COMPACT [...] (C) Undersecretary Kimmitt and Counselor Zelikow, we look forward to your visit. The October 31 meeting of the International Compact with Iraq (ICI) Preparatory Group (PG) will involve delegations from 22 nations and will be hosted by the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development. Kuwait De [...]	2006-10-24 07:49:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV EAID ETTC IQ KU
06KUWAIT4212	SCENESETTER FOR THE OCTOBER 31 IRAQ COMPACT [...] (C) Deputy Secretary Kimmitt and Counselor Zelikow, we look forward to your visit. The October 31 meeting of the International Compact with Iraq (ICI) Preparatory Group (PG) will involve delegations from 22 nations and will be hosted by the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development. Kuwait [...]	2006-10-24 18:59:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV EAID ETTC IQ KU
06KUWAIT4265	KUWAIT CANCELS PARTICIPATION IN PROLIFERATION [...] (C) Post learned October 30 that Kuwait has withdrawn from observer participation in the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) exercise Leading Edge in Bahrain. The decision was not announced publicly. The GOK had previously committed to send three observers to the exercise, two from the [...]	2006-10-30 14:02:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PARM PREL KNNP MNUC KU IR KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS
06KUWAIT4310	DEPSEC KIMMITT DISCUSSES IRAQ COMPACT, TERROR [...] (C) SUMMARY: On 1 November, Treasury Deputy Secretary Kimmitt met with the Governor of the Central Bank of Kuwait, Shaykh Salem Abdullah Al-Sabah, to report on the results of the previous day's Iraq Compact Preparatory Group Meeting (septel) and discuss the importance of a strong monitoring [...]	2006-11-01 16:43:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAID ECON EFIN EINV KTFN IZ KU
06KUWAIT4311	IRAQ COMPACT: ARAB FUND PROMISES CONTINUED [...] (C) Summary: During a November 1 meeting with Treasury Deputy Secretary Kimmitt, Arab Fund Director General Abdul Latif al-Hamad reiterated the Fund's "unwavering" support for the Iraq Compact, despite the absence of the Fund from the October 31 Iraq Compact (ICI) Prep Group meeting due to [...]	2006-11-01 16:54:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAID ECON EFIN ETRD IZ KU PGOV PREL
06KUWAIT4315	IRAQ COMPACT: TREASURY DEPUTY SECRETARY MEETING [...] (C) Summary: Treasury D/S Kimmitt met with Iraqi NSA Rubaie in Kuwait City on November 1, the day following the Preparatory Group meeting on the International Compact for Iraq (ICI). They had a wide ranging discussion regarding the ICI, Iraq-Saudi relations, the Iraqi insurgency and Iraq's [...]	2006-11-03 11:32:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL EAID ECON EFIN ETRD EINV LE IZ KU
06KUWAIT4351	NGOS SAY NEW DOMESTIC LABOR CONTRACT IS A FIRST [...] (C/NF) Summary. After more than a year of delay, the GOK recently implemented a rule that all domestic laborers coming to Kuwait must sign a standard, three-party (recruitment agency, worker, employer/sponsor) contract. The contract provides for, among other things, minimum wages and daily [...]	2006-11-05 05:19:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM ELAB IN SL ET KU TIP
06KUWAIT4389	ISLAMIC AFFAIRS MINISTRY'S AWQAF CONFERENCE [...] (C/NF) The Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs (MAIA) continues preparations for its conference on Islamic moderation, to be held in Washington, DC from November 17 - 19 (ref B). Post has been in daily contact with the Ministry to try to facilitate the visas of 25 Kuwaiti participants as [...]	2006-11-06 13:40:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL CVIS KIRF SU KU
06KUWAIT4406	PROGRESS ON RATIFICATION OF ARTICLE 98 AGREEMENT [...] As reported on October 15 (ref A),the Article 98 agreement has been approved by the Foreign Affairs Committee in Parliament and been referred to the full Assembly for ratification (ref A and B). Post raised the issue with the Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National Assembly [...]	2006-11-07 14:41:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PARM PREL KU
06KUWAIT4418	PARLIAMENT APPROVES ZAKAT LAW DESPITE SHI'A [...] (C/NF) Summary: On November 7, Parliament passed a zakat (religious tax) law opposed by Kuwaiti Shi'a. Liberal parliamentarian (MP) Mishari Al-Anjari downplayed the Islamist nature of the zakat law, saying it was "just a way to collect one percent from companies" to supplement the government [...]	2006-11-08 13:03:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL ECON KISL KU ISLAMISTS
06KUWAIT4430	FREEDOM AGENDA: RUMBLINGS OF ANOTHER PARLIAMENT [...] (C/NF) Summary: Kuwait has been buzzing with rumors over the last two weeks that the Amir may dissolve Parliament again, this time unconstitutionally for a period of up to three years. Many Kuwaitis have come out strongly against such a move, arguing that it would exacerbate existing politic [...]	2006-11-10 14:01:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KDEM KU FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT4435	PROGRESS ON RATIFICATION OF ARTICLE 98 AGREEMENT [...] As reported on October 15 (ref A),the Article 98 agreement has been approved by the Foreign Affairs Committee in Parliament and been referred to the full Assembly for ratification (ref A and B). Post raised the issue with the Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National Assembly [...]	2006-11-12 12:47:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PARM PREL KU
06KUWAIT4463	KUWAIT TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT [...] (C/NF) The GOK has provided Post with updated figures on prosecutions of trafficking-related crimes (Kuwait does not have a specific anti-trafficking law). The statistics address some of the deficiencies noted in last year's figures in that they specify not only the number of convictions, but [...]	2006-11-15 13:30:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PHUM ELAB KU TIP
06KUWAIT4466	KUWAIT PREPARES FOR AVIAN INFLUENZA PANDEMIC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On November 15, Econoff and Medoff met separately with Director of Public Health Dr. Rashed Al-Owaish and his deputy Dr. Mussab Al-Saleh, and with Director of Animal Health Dr. Farida Al-Mulla to discuss the GOK's preparations for a possible outbreak of Avian Influenza (AI). [...]	2006-11-15 13:58:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	AMED CASC KSCA SENV TBIO KU
06KUWAIT4467	PRESS REACTS TO DENIAL OF VISA TO SUDANESE LEADER [...] (C/NF) Several Kuwaiti dailies ran front page stories on November 13 about the denial of a visa to Dr. Issam Al-Basheer. Al-Basheer had planned to attend a conference on Islamic moderation in Washington, DC (reftel). Al-Seyassah wrote that "informed sources" had reported that Dr. Al-Basheer [...]	2006-11-18 04:12:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KIRF KISL CVIS SU KU
06KUWAIT4532	KUWAIT SCRAMBLES TO AVOID WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES [...] (C/NF) Summary and comment: In an effort to avoid a repetition of the rolling blackouts that Kuwait experienced in July-August 2006 due to a growing gap between generating capacity and peak demand (refs A and B),the Kuwait Ministry of Energy is fast-tracking a tender to provide an additiona [...]	2006-11-28 13:54:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ENRG ECON KU
06KUWAIT4537	KUWAITI AMIR REPORTEDLY ACCEPTS INVITATION TO [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-29 14:55:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS
06KUWAIT4555	KUWAIT AIRWAYS CHAIRMAN SAYS DELIVERY TIMELINE [...] (C/NF) On December 3, Ambassador met with Kuwait Airways (KA) Chairman and Managing Director Shaykh Talal Mubarak Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah to discuss KA's plans to replace its aging fleet, TSA screening requirements, United Airlines, and KA's problems with pilots on TSA's "no fly" list. Al-Sabah sai [...]	2006-12-03 13:57:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAIR BEXP ECON KU
06KUWAIT4561	AMIRI ADVISOR DISCUSSES AMIR'S PRIORITIES AND [...] (C/NF) Summary: On 2 December, Ambassador met with Khaled Al-Fulaij, advisor to the Amir and former chairman of Kuwait Oil Company, to discuss the Amir's economic agenda and to solicit Al-Fulaij's perspective on current economic and political issues. Al-Fulaij explained that three of the Am [...]	2006-12-04 08:27:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EINV EPET KU
06KUWAIT4579	(C) C-NE6-01698: KUWAITI ISLAMISTS' INITIATIVES ON [...] (C/NF) Summary and comment: The women's issues legislation recently drafted by Islamist parliamentarians aims to increase state benefits provided to Kuwaiti women, not change their social and political status. It is likely the result of women's suffrage and recent electoral reforms resulting [...]	2006-12-06 14:03:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PINR KISL KWMN KU ISLAMISTS
06KUWAIT4583	MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD LEADER WARNS OF IMPACT OF IRAQ [...] (C/NF) Summary: The Secretary General of the Islamic Constitutional Movement (ICM),Dr. Bader Al-Nashi, told Poloff December 6 that sectarian violence in Iraq was contributing to rising Shi'a-Sunni tensions in Kuwait. While he did not believe violence between the two communities was likely, [...]	2006-12-06 14:38:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KISL IR IZ KU ISLAMISTS SHI
06KUWAIT4610	ISLAMIC AFFAIRS UNDERSECRETARY: MODERATION [...] (C/NF) Summary: Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs Undersecretary Dr. Adel Al-Falah told the DCM on December 5 that the Ministry's recent conference in Washington had been a great success, though he provided few details about the proceedings. He said the Ministry is looking forward to h [...]	2006-12-10 10:37:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KISL CVIS KU ISLAMISTS
06KUWAIT4612	SPEAKER AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS CHAIRMAN ON IRAQ, [...] (C/NF) Summary: During separate meetings December 6 with the Ambassador, Speaker of Parliament Jassem Al-Khorafi and the Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman, Mohammed Al-Sager, shared their views on regional and domestic political issues. Al-Khorafi welcomed the President's recent meetings wit [...]	2006-12-10 13:33:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM LE IZ IR KU
06KUWAIT4621	AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALL ON LOGISTICS GIANT [...] (C) On December 10, Ambassador made a long-planned courtesy call, postponed several times previously due to scheduling conflicts, on Tarek Sultan, Chairman and Managing Director of Kuwait's global logistics company Agility for a discussion of the logistics industry. (Agility, known until rec [...]	2006-12-11 14:25:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON ETRD KU
06KUWAIT4622	INDEPENDENT/LIBERAL TELLS PDAS KUWAITI DEMOCRACY [...] (C/NF) PDAS James Jeffrey met with liberal/independent MP Mohammad Jassem Al-Sager, head of the National Assembly's Foreign Relations Committee on December 9. In addition to discussing regional security issues (septel),Al-Sager gave his assessment of the recent tension between the Governmen [...]	2006-12-11 14:45:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KU
06KUWAIT4624	AMBASSADOR ADVOCATES FOR BOEING WITH [...] (C/NF) On 11 December the Ambassador met with Minister of Communications Dr. Massouma Al-Mubarak, Under Secretary of Communications Abdulaziz Alosaimi, and Kuwait Airways Director of Planning and International Affairs Dawoud Al-Dawoud to discuss plans to expand and upgrade the Kuwait Airways [...]	2006-12-11 15:01:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	BEXP EAIR KU
06KUWAIT4625	KUWAITIS TELL NEA PDAS JEFFREY INCREASED [...] (C/NF) Summary: During his December 9 visit to Kuwait, PDAS Jeffrey met with a number of prominent Kuwaitis to discuss Iraq and Iran. The Kuwaitis expressed concern about rising Iranian influence in the region and emphasized the need for international cooperation. They agreed that the GCC s [...]	2006-12-11 15:09:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL IZ IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS
06KUWAIT4637	TERROR FINANCE: KUWAITI REACTION TO U.S. [...] (C/NF) Summary: Response in Kuwait to the USG domestic designation on December 7 of three Kuwaitis -- Hamed Al-Ali, Jaber Al-Jalahmah, and Mubarak Al-Bathali -- as terrorist facilitators and inciters (Ref A) has been muted. There has been little commentary on the development in the Kuwaiti [...]	2006-12-12 13:43:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PTER KTFN PREL
06KUWAIT4638	EVOLVING IRAQ-KUWAIT BORDER CROSSING PROCEDURES [...] (C/NF) Summary. On December 5, Kuwait Ministry of Interior (MOI) and United States Coalition Forces Land Component Command (CFLCC) officials accompanied by Emboff met and discussed Kuwait-Iraq border crossing issues arising from recently altered MOI procedures. The MOI began using new procedu [...]	2006-12-12 14:51:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MARR PBTS KU IZ
06KUWAIT4649	FILIPINO LABOR ATTACHE SAYS MINIMUM WAGE FOR [...] (C/NF) PolOff met with Filipino Labor Attache Leopoldo De Jesus on December 12 to discuss recent reports that the Philippines intends to increase the monthly minimum wage for Filipino domestic workers from USD 200 to USD 400. De Jesus verified that all domestic workers leaving the Philippine [...]	2006-12-13 12:43:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KHUM ELAB RP KU TIP
06KUWAIT4664	TERROR FINANCE: MFA INDICATES NO PLANS TO LIFT [...] (C/NF) Summary: MFA Director of Follow-up and Coordination Khalid Maqamis told Econcouns December 16 that the three Kuwaitis designated as terrorist facilitators by the US Department of Treasury on December 7 -- Hamad Al Ali, Jaber Al-Jalamah, and Mubarak Al-Bathali -- were not active and we [...]	2006-12-17 12:54:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON PGOV PTER PREL KU KTFN
06KUWAIT4678	KUWAIT DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UN SCALE OF ASSESSMENTS [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-19 13:06:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL UNGA AORC KU
06KUWAIT4682	PARLIAMENT VOTES 39-20 AGAINST WRITING OFF PRIVATE [...] (C/NF) Summary and comment: The Kuwaiti Parliament voted December 19 against a controversial proposal to write off citizens' private loans at an estimated cost to the government of $27 billion. The proposal was strongly supported by tribal parliamentarians, dividing the three opposition bloc [...]	2006-12-20 06:42:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV EAID ECON KU NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
06KUWAIT4702	KUWAITI FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES IRAN, IRAQ, [...] (C/NF) Summary: During back-to-back meetings on 12/24 with a Congressional delegation and the Ambassador, The Kuwaiti Foreign Minister said that the key issues facing the coalition in Iraq are transferring security responsibility to Iraqis and checking Iranian influence. He said we are in a [...]	2006-12-24 14:41:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV CVIS KU IR
06KUWAIT4706	TERROR FINANCE: GOK SEES HEADWAY IN REGULATING [...] (C/NF) Nasser Al-Ammar, Director of Charities at the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor (MOSAL),told Econcouns December 23 he was making progress in implementing two-year-old restrictions on donations to charities in Kuwait. A recent internal MOSAL report, leaked to the Kuwaiti press in D [...]	2006-12-29 08:25:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON PGOV PTER PREL KU KTFN
06KUWAIT748	AMRE MOUSSA REAPPOINTMENT AS ARAB LEAGUE SECGEN A [...] (C) The Egyptian Ambassador to Kuwait commented to the Ambassador on March 5 about President Mubarak's recent attempts to convince Gulf leaders to gather support for Amre Moussa's re-appointment as the Arab League's Secretary General. He said that he had not seen any press coverage of this a [...]	2006-03-05 14:43:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL EG KU XF
06LAGOS451	NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP # 33 - HOSTAGES [...] (C) The remaining three Willbros and Control Risk Group hostages were released early this morning, and are in good physical condition according to preliminary medical examination. The trio are currently in Lagos. AmCits Cody Oswalt and Russell Spell will be departing Nigeria tonight for th [...]	2006-03-27 13:01:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER CASC NI HOSTAGES
06LAGOS80	OIL WORKER HOSTAGE UPDATE SITREP #11 [...] (C) Overnight, the reporters for Reuters and Bloomberg received information from "oil industry sources" that AMCIT Pat Landry died. The Reuters reporter, through direct contact with kidnappers, later confirmed that the report was false. Although neither the Reuters or Bloomberg journalist pu [...]	2006-01-21 14:30:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI
06LAGOS81	OIL WORKER HOSTAGE UPDATE SITREP #12 [...] (C) Econoff, Tidex operations manager, and an HMG official met five representatives allegedly acting for the kidnappers and negotiating with Bayelsa State Governor Goodluck Jonathan. Four of the representatives willingly spoke with Econoff. They said the captives were healthy, and they hop [...]	2006-01-22 15:24:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI

06LAPAZ3132	MAS PUSHES FORWARD WITH SIMPLE MAJORITY [...] (C) Over the objections of the political opposition, President Morales' Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party imposed its proposal for a simple majority vote for constitutional changes, with a two-thirds vote on the final text of the constitution and a limited "veto" for the opposition, on No [...]	2006-11-20 21:19:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL ECON BL

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