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SECSTATE SECTOR SECURITY SEMAAN GABY EID SEN SENC SENG SENS SENU SENV SENVQGR SENVSPL SENVSXE SEP SERBIA SERZH SETTLEMENTS SEVN SEXP SF SFNV SG SGNV SGWI SH SHANNON SHI SHUM SI SILVASANDE SIMS SIPDI SIPDIS SIPR SIPRNET SIPRS SIUK SK SKCA SKEP SKI SKSAF SL SLM SLOVAK SM SMAR SMI SMIG SMIL SMIT SMITH SMRT SN SNA SNAP SNAR SNUC SO SOC SOCI SOCIA SOCIETY SOCIO SOCIS SOCISZX SOCR SOCY SOE SOFA SOI SOIC SOLI SOLIC SOM SOMALIA SOPN SORT SOSI SOVIET SOWGC SP SPAS SPC SPCE SPCVIS SPECI SPECIALIST SPILL SPP SPSTATE SR SREF SRIT SRS SRYI SSA SSH ST STAG START STATE STC STEINBERG STEPHEN HADLEY STET STP STR STUDENT SU SUCCESSION SUFFRAGE SULLIVAN SUMMIT SUR SUSAN SV SW SWHO SWMN SX SXG SY SYAI SYMBOL SYR SYRIA SYSI SYTH SZ TA TAGS TALAL TAUSCHER TAX TB TBI TBID TBIO TBIOZK TBKIO TBO TC TCOR TCSENV TD TDA TE TECH TECHNOLOGY TER TERAA TERFIN TERR TERROR TERRORISM TF TFIN TG TGRY TH THANH THE THERESE THIRDTERM THKSJA THOMAS THOMAS THOMMA THPY TI TIA TIBO TIFA TINT TIO TIP TITI TIUZ TJ TK TL TM TN 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KUIR KUM KUNA KUNC KUNH KUNP KUNR KUS KUWAIT KV KVBL KVIP KVIR KVIS KVPR KVRC KVRP KW KWAC KWAK KWAWC KWBC KWBG KWBW KWCI KWCR KWGB KWHG KWIC KWIM KWIR KWKN KWM KWMJN KWMM KWMN KWN KWNM KWNN KWOMN KWPA KWPB KWPG KWPR KWRC KWRF KWRG KWUN KWWT KWWW KX KY KZ LA LAB LABOR LANSANA LANTERN LARREA LARS LAS LAURA LAVIN LAW LB LBAR LBY LE LEAGUE LEB LEBIK LEGAT LEGATT LEIS LEON LEVINE LEW LG LGAT LH LI LIB LICC LIMA LINE LK LMS LN LO LOG LOPEZ LORAN LOTT LOVE LR LS LT LTG LTTE LU LV LVPR LY LZ MA MAAR MACEDONIA MACP MANUEL MANUEL SERGIO GONZALEZ MAP MAPP MAPS MAR MARAD MARANTIS MARIA MARIE MARINO MARITIME MARK MARQUEZ MARR MARS MARTIN MARV MAS MASC MASS MATT MAYA MB MBM MC MCA MCAP MCAPARR MCAPN MCAPP MCAPS MCAT MCC MCCAIN MCCONNELL MCCP MCGRAW MCRM MCTRE MD MDA MDC MDO ME MEA MED MEDIA MEETINGS MENDIETA MEP MEPI MEPN MEPP MERCOSUR MESUR MEX MF MFA MFO MG MGL MGMT MGOV MGT MGTA MH MHUC MI MIAH MIC MICHAEL MICHEL MIGUEL FELIPE CANAHUATI YACAMAN MIGUEL VARGAS MALDONADO MIK MIKE MIL MILI MILITANTS MILITARY MILLENNIUM MINURSO MINUSTAH MITCHELL MJ MK ML MLS MMAR MMED MN MNLF MNNC MNNUC MNU MNUC MNUCH MNUCWA MNUM MNUN MNUR MNUS MNVC MO MOHAMAD MOHAMED HESHAM ELDIN YOUSSEF MOHAMMAD MOLINA MONTENEGRO MONUC MONY MOOPS MOP MOPP MOPPS MOPS MORALES MORG MOROCCO MORS MOS MOTO MOTT MP MPOL MPOS MPP MPS MQADHAFI MR MRCRE MRRR MRS MRSEC MS MSG MSIG MT MTAA MTAG MTCAE MTCR MTCRA MTCRE MTRCE MTRE MTRRE MTS MU MUC MUCN MUKASEY MULLEN MUNC MURAD MURRAY MV MW MX MY MZ NA NAC NACB NADIA NAFTA NAM NAMSA NANCY NAR NARC NARCOTICS NARR NAS NASA NAT NATEU NATGAS NATIONAL NATO NATOAFGHAN NATOBALKANS NATOIRAQ NATOOPS NATOPOLICY NATSIOS NAVO NB NBTS NBU NC NCCC NCD NCT NCTC NDI NDP NE NEA NEC NEGROPONTE NEI NELSON NEPAD NERG NET NEW NFATC NFMS NFSO NG NGO NGUYEN NH NI NICHOLAS NICOLE NIH NIPP NK NKWG NL NLD NLIAEA NLO NMFS NMNUC NMUC NNPT NO NOAA NOI NOK NON NONE NORAD NOTAG NOVO NP NPA NPG NPT NR NRC NRG NRR NRRC NS NSC NSF NSFO NSG NSSP NT NTDB NTSB NTTC NU NUC NUIN NV NW NZ NZUS OA OAO OARC OAS OASC 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06ABUJA3163 | INEC OFFICIAL CLAIMS IWU AND OBASANJO BEHIND [...] (S) SUMMARY: A senior official in the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) discussed the current confusion in voters registration and elections preparation with PolCouns. He suggested that a "Plan B" already presented to the President and to the INEC Chairman could salvage the [...] | 2006-12-11 07:50:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET | PGOV KDEM PHUM NI ELECTIONS |
06ABUJA3181 | ALIYU MOHAMMED PREDICTS PRESIDENT OBASANJO WILL [...] (S) Summary: Former National Security Advisor Lt. Gen. (Ret) Aliyu Mohammed Gusau believes that President Obasanjo will try to rig the upcoming Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Convention so that it nominates as its presidential candidate Katsina Governor Umaru Musa Yar'Adua and Villa denizen A [...] | 2006-12-12 16:24:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET | PGOV PHUM KDEM NI |
06ABUJA3186 | CORRECTED COPY - ALIYU MOHAMMED PREDICTS PRESIDENT [...] (S) Summary: Former National Security Advisor Lt. Gen. (Ret) Aliyu Mohammed Gusau believes that President Obasanjo will try to rig the upcoming Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Convention so that it nominates as its presidential candidate Katsina Governor Umaru Musa Yar'Adua and Villa denizen A [...] | 2006-12-13 09:06:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET | PGOV PHUM KDEM NI |
06ABUJA3220 | NIGERIA, REPORTED PRESIDENTIAL ANGER AT U.S. [...] (C) Attorney General Bayo Ojo told me December 9 that President Obasanjo is Qdeeply angryQ over what he sees as U.S. failure to resolve QsatisfactorilyQ U.S. legal processes against former chief of State Gen. Abubakar. Expatriate Nigerians, the Attorney General continued, have brought suit i [...] | 2006-12-15 15:28:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET | PGOV PREL NI |
06ABUJA483 | CORRUPTION: NIGERIA "IMPROVES" TO SIXTH-WORST IN [...] (U) Transparency International recently released its annual Corruption Perceptions Index for 2005, showing that there are now five countries in the world perceived to be more corrupt than Nigeria. In 2004, only two countries had been listed as more corrupt. As expected, the GON both claim [...] | 2006-02-28 12:03:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET | PGOV PHUM KCOR KDEM CVIS NI |
06ABUJA874 | MILITANTS DETONATE VBIED AT NIGERIAN ARMY BARRACKS [...] (U) The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND),the militant group responsible for the recent rash of kidnappings and violence in the Niger Delta, claimed credit for the detonation of a VBIED at Camp Bori, a Nigerian Army base in Port Harcourt, the evening of April 19. While [...] | 2006-04-20 17:02:00 | Embassy Abuja | SECRET | PTER ENRG MOPS NI MILITANTS |
06ADDISABABA1326 | ETHIOPIA: GOVERNMENT LAUNCHES MILITARY OFFENSIVE [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Two senior Ethiopian General officers told DATT May 9 and May 11 that Ethiopian National Defense Forces (ENDF) have begun an offensive aimed at neutralizing Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) in the Somali region. The Ministry of National Defense advised that Combined Joi [...] | 2006-05-12 09:04:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET | MOPS CASC PREL ET KN |
06ADDISABABA1634 | ETHIOPIA: PM MELES ON SOMALIA, ERITREA BORDER AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Meles told the Charge and CJTF-HOA Commander Rear Admiral Hunt June 13 that Ethiopia would not take military action against the Islamic Courts Union (ICU) in Somalia unless the ICU moved against Baidoa, which the PM did not expect them to do. Meles said the Transi [...] | 2006-06-15 08:56:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET | PREL ASEC MARR KPKO ET ER SO |
06ADDISABABA1763 | ETHIOPIA: ANALYSIS OF OLF CONNECTIONS TO TERRORISM [...] (S) SUMMARY: In response to reftel request for intel analysis on the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF),Post has gathered information from local sources, including clandestine reports, to respond to the questions posed. The information collected suggests that the OLF has, and continues to, support [...] | 2006-06-28 06:30:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET | PTER PREL PGOV ET ER |
06ADDISABABA1904 | CORRECTED COPY - ETHIOPIA: GOE SAYS NO INCURSION [...] (S) SUMMARY: An Ethiopian government spokesman publicly denied that Ethiopian troops had crossed the Somali border and reaffirmed Ethiopia's desire to work with regional partners on a response to the situation in Somalia. Meanwhile, a senior Ethiopian military official has assured post that t [...] | 2006-07-12 14:45:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET | PREL ASEC MOPS ET SO |
06ADDISABABA2203 | SOMALI PERMREP REPORTS THAT BELED WEYNE REMAINS [...] (C) SUMMARY. On August 10, deputy pol-econ counselor met with Ambassador Abdulkarim Farah, Permanent Representative of the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia (TFG) to the African Union and the TFG's Ambassador to Ethiopia. Farah dismissed press reports that Union of Islamic Court (UIC [...] | 2006-08-14 11:35:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET | PREL PINS MOPS SO ET UG |
06ADDISABABA2572 | ETHIOPIA: GENERALS' DEFECTION MAY SIGNAL DEEPER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent defections of senior Oromo military officers have shaken the Ethiopian military establishment. Brigadier General Kemal Gelchu of the Ethiopian National Defense Forces (ENDF) defected to Eritrea on Aug 8, taking as many as two hundred soldiers and lower level officers with [...] | 2006-09-21 13:21:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET | PGOV KDEM MOPS ASEC ET ER |
06ADDISABABA2708 | ETHIOPIA: RECENT BOMBINGS BLAMED ON OROMOS [...] (S) SUMMARY A series of explosions were reported in Addis Ababa on September 16, killing three individuals. The GoE announced that the bombs went off while being assembled, and that the three dead were terrorists from the outlawed Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) with links to the Oromo National [...] | 2006-10-06 08:53:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET | PTER PREL PGOV ET ER |
06ADDISABABA2793 | ETHIOPIA: ERITREAN ARMORED FORCES INITIATE [...] (S) SUMMARY. AS OF MID-DAY ON 16 OCTOBER 2006, ERITREAN ARMORED FORCES HAD INITIATED BATTALION-SIZE MOVEMENT INTO THE UNITED NATIONS TEMPORARY SECURITY ZONE (TSZ) IN THE VICINITY OF OM HAJER (BR 468 858); MALUBA (CNA),BARENTU (CS 583 570),KARAKASH (CS 633 656) AND SHAMBIKO (CS 745 515). NO E [...] | 2006-10-16 15:36:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET | MOPS PREL PTER ER ET |
06ADDISABABA3211 | ETHIOPIA GIRDS FOR HIGH-RISK IN SOMALIA [...] (C) Summary: Indications suggest that Ethiopia is preparing to increase its military involvement in Somalia in the coming weeks. The GOE feels ever more compelled to intervene in southern Somalia to counter what it sees as the growing threat of an extremist Islamic regime in Mogadishu that [...] | 2006-12-06 13:26:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET | MOPS PREL PGOV PINS ET SO ER |
06ADDISABABA3410 | CORRECTED COPY: SOMALIA: GOE PM MELES SAYS [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. Please see para 5. 2. (S) SUMMARY: Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles told Charge that the "Jihadist" leaders of the Council of Islamic Courts (CIC) had fled Mogadishu as ENDF and TFG forces closed in on the Somali capital. ACTION REQUEST: Meles ask [...] | 2006-12-28 14:14:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET | MOPS ASEC PREL PGOV SO ET |
06ADDISABABA3411 | SOMALIA: TFG AMBASSADOR REPORTS MILITARY CAMPAIGN [...] (S) SUMMARY. In a December 28 meeting with USAU Amb. Courville and deputy pol-econ counselor (note-taker),the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia's (TFG) PermRep to the AU and Ambassador to Ethiopia, Amb. Abdulkarim Farah, responded to a series of questions asked by Amb. Courville on [...] | 2006-12-28 14:56:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER MOPS KPKO KISL ET SO DJ |
06ADDISABABA3413 | SOMALIA: PM MELES REPORTS ETHIOPIAN FORCES HAVE [...] (S) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. Prime Minister Meles Zenawi informed Charge in the evening of December 28 that Ethiopian troops had not entered Mogadishu, and that Ethiopia would wait until the following day to assess circumstances and decide whether to intervene in Somalia's capital. Meles [...] | 2006-12-28 19:47:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET | PREL PTER MOPS KISL ET SO |
06AITTAIPEI1142 | TAIPEI PCC SAFETY AND INDOOR AIR QUALITY [...] (C) Per REFTEL A, AIT would like see the issue of indoor air quality (IAQ) in Taipei's ABCD addressed. Taipei was due for a complete PCC renovation and shielded enclosure (ABCD) replacement in 2004. It needed it; Taiwan is a high-humidity environment and the Soundsoak wall panels date back to t [...] | 2006-04-03 05:05:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | SECRET | ABLD AMED AMGT KSAF KRIM |
06AITTAIPEI1787 | MTAG: CONTINUED MACHINE TOOL PROLIFERATION TO IRAN [...] (S) AIT delivered reftel points/non-paper on indications on continued machine tool sales to Iran to Taiwan Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT) Export Controls Task Force Head Wally Su on May 17. 2. (S) BOFT agreed to investigate the information in the non-paper and to report back to AIT with i [...] | 2006-05-25 05:15:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC |
06AITTAIPEI2349 | MTAG: BOFT ACTION ON SHE HONG [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-11 08:26:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | SECRET | ETTC MTCRE PARM PK TW |
06AITTAIPEI2800 | TAIWAN DPRK NON-PAPER: ADDRESSING U.S. CONCERNS [...] (S) MOFA NORTH AMERICAN AFFAIRS DIRECTOR-GENERAL LEO LEE (CHEN-JAN) CONVEYED A TAIWAN INTERAGENCY DECISION ON NORTH KOREA-RELATED PROLIFERATION ISSUES TO AIT ON AUGUST 15. LEE EXPLAINED THAT THE "NON-PAPER" (TEXT IN PARA 2) WAS DRAFTED IN RESPONSE TO AIT'S REPEATED URGING THAT TAIWAN RESTRICT [...] | 2006-08-16 08:27:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | SECRET | PGOV PREL TW |
06AITTAIPEI2924 | MTAG: TAIWAN EXPORT CONTROL: REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE [...] (U) Action request paras 3 and 5. 2. (S) Summary: AIT seeks reactions to the ref A non-paper on Taiwan's plans to restrict trade with North Korea and Iran and to Taiwan's Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT) repeated, and now urgent, BOFT requests for technical assistance (ref B) in its export [...] | 2006-08-24 02:32:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | SECRET | MTCRE PARM TW ECCT KGIT |
06AITTAIPEI4167 | (S) IRANIAN MACHINE TOOL PROCUREMENT IN TAIWAN - [...] (S) Summary: On December 20, 2006, AIT/T delivered reftel points to Taiwan's Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT). BOFT informed us that it has added 109 items to its sensitive commodities list and is working on a list of luxury goods that would be banned for export to North Korea. End summary. [...] | 2006-12-21 06:48:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | SECRET | PARM MTCRE PREL ETTC TW IR |
06AITTAIPEI685 | MTAG: TAIWAN EXPORT CONTROL READOUT FOR FEBRUARY [...] (S) In a February 27 meeting with Taiwan's Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT),AIT delivered ref A demarche and received assurances that BOFT would investigate the cases mentioned. As requested in the demarche, BOFT also provided AIT with an accuracy report on the Manford Vertical Machining Cent [...] | 2006-03-06 02:37:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | SECRET | ECCT PARM MTCRE IR TW |
06AITTAIPEI781 | TAIWAN CONTINUES TO WORRY ABOUT CENTRAL AMERICA [...] (C) Summary: Taiwan Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) officials continue to worry about Taipei's diplomatic standing in Central America and are particularly concerned that Panama, Costa Rica, and Nicaragua might consider switching recognition from Taipei to Beijing. MOFA hopes US influence i [...] | 2006-03-10 02:02:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | SECRET | CR NC PAN PANAM PGOV PREL TW XR |
06AITTAIPEI855 | MTAG: TAIWAN EXPORT CONTROL IMPLEMENTATION AND [...] (S) Summary: In a March 9 meeting with Taiwan's Bureau of Foreign Trade (BOFT),and a March 10 meeting with Taiwan's National Security Council (NSC),AIT delivered ref A demarche on the need for Taiwan to expeditiously implement its "gameplan" commitments on export/transit/transshipment licen [...] | 2006-03-15 22:45:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | SECRET | ECCT PARM MTCRE JP TW |
06ALMATY1162 | KAZAKHSTAN: REQUEST FOR TRANSFER OF SA-16 AND [...] (S) In a March 30 meeting with FM Tokayev (other issues reported septel),Ambassador reiterated Ref A request for the transfer of SA-14 and SA-16 MANPADS to the U.S. for countermeasures testing. Tokayev, although apparently not briefed on the request in advance of the meeting, responded very [...] | 2006-04-03 07:36:00 | US Office Almaty | SECRET | PARM PREL PTER MARR KZ |
06ALMATY1376 | SCENE SETTER FOR THE VISIT OF THE VICE PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: The Vice President's visit comes at a time of strengthened U.S.-Kazakhstani strategic ties, particularly noticeable in light of the deterioration in our relationship with Uzbekistan. President Nursultan Nazarbayev was reelected in December to what he and the constitution say wi [...] | 2006-04-14 12:36:00 | US Office Almaty | SECRET | KZ OVIP PGOV PREL |
06ALMATY1482 | KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH NEW SECURITY [...] (S) Summary: During his first meeting with Marat Tazhin in his new position of Secretary of the Security Council, the Ambassador reviewed bilateral security cooperation efforts. He noted that counterterrorism cooperation with the KNB appeared to be back on track, DOD and MOD were engaged in a [...] | 2006-04-24 05:21:00 | US Office Almaty | SECRET | PREL MARR PTER KZ |
06ALMATY1956 | KAZAKHSTAN: DISCUSSIONS ON THE TRANSFER OF SA-16 [...] (S) Summary: Poloff met with Kazakhstani MFA official Sergey Savelyev to discuss the transfer of SA-14 and SA-16 MANPADS. Savelyev asked if the U.S. is interested in the rockets or the whole systems, if the U.S. wanted to purchase the items, and if the U.S. had made a similar request to Ukra [...] | 2006-06-02 09:46:00 | US Office Almaty | SECRET | PARM PREL PTER MASS MARR NATO KZ |
06ALMATY2549 | KAZAKHSTAN: FURTHER DISCUSSIONS ON GUANTANAMO [...] (S) Summary: In a July 12 meeting with MFA consular officials, Poloff followed up on Ref A discussion of the transfer of Kazakhstani detainees at Guantanamo. Poloff passed requested information about the background of the three Kazakhstani detainees approved for transfer (Ref B),explained t [...] | 2006-07-13 15:21:00 | US Office Almaty | SECRET | PTER KAWC PINR PREL KZ |
06ALMATY2871 | KAZAKHSTAN: DISCUSSIONS ON THE TRANSFER OF MANPADS [...] (S) Summary: Poloff met with Kazakhstani MFA official Sergey Savelyev to discuss the transfer of SA-14 and SA-16 MANPADS. Savelyev said that his office had given its opinion that the weapons systems should not be transferred, but should be destroyed. This is not the MFA's final decision, bu [...] | 2006-08-09 11:28:00 | US Office Almaty | SECRET | PARM PREL PTER MASS MARR NATO KZ |
06ALMATY2872 | KAZAKHSTAN: MFA UNWILLING TO RECEIVE TRANSFER OF [...] (S) Summary: In an August 2 meeting with MFA consular officials, Poloff again discussed the issue of transferring the Kazakhstani detainees held at Guantanamo to Kazakhstan. Poloff informed his counterparts that only intelligence and law enforcement personnel were allowed to visit the detaine [...] | 2006-08-10 00:49:00 | US Office Almaty | SECRET | PTER KAWC PHUM PREL KZ |
06ALMATY2889 | KAZAKHSTAN: POSSIBLE TRANSFER OF KAZAKHSTANI [...] (S) Post appreciates receipt of ref B information on Kazakhstani citizen Ilkham Turdbyavich Batayev, ISN US9UZ-000084DP, and will pass it to the GOK soonest. Additionally, in response to reftel A approval for the transfer of Batayev from DoD custody to Kazakhstan, post notes that the Kazakhst [...] | 2006-08-12 03:09:00 | US Office Almaty | SECRET | PTER KAWC PHUM PREL PINR KZ |
06ALMATY2905 | SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY [...] (C) Summary: Your visit comes at a time of accelerating U.S. Kazakhstan bilateral engagement. With its economic strength, vast energy resources, strong commitment to the fight against international terrorism, and capacity and demonstrated willingness to craft an independent foreign policy, K [...] | 2006-08-15 07:11:00 | US Office Almaty | SECRET | PREL KZ |
06ALMATY3080 | (S) KAZAKHSTAN UNABLE TO TRANSFER MANPADS [...] (S) In an August 28 meeting, Deputy Foreign Minister Kairat Abdrakhmanov informed the Ambassador that Kazakhstan would not be able to turn over MANPADS slated for destruction in the NATO Trust Fund project to the U.S. as requested (reftel). Abdrakhmanov said that several bilateral agreements [...] | 2006-08-31 10:44:00 | US Office Almaty | SECRET | PARM PREL PTER MASS MARR NATO KZ |
06ALMATY3086 | KAZAKHSTAN: MFA EAGER TO RESOLVE DETAINEE ISSUE [...] (SBU) Following up on his discussion of the issue with Foreign Minister Tokayev (reftel),the Ambassador on August 28 pressed Deputy Foreign Minister Kairat Abdrakhmanov on the need for Kazakhstan to accept the return of its citizens detained at Guantanamo. The Ambassador stressed that there [...] | 2006-08-31 11:11:00 | US Office Almaty | SECRET | PTER KAWC PHUM PREL PINR KZ |
06ALMATY761 | KNB HEAD STEPS DOWN FOLLOWING ARRESTS IN [...] (U) Summary: On February 22, two days after the arrest of five KNB officers in the Sarsenbaiuly murder case (reftel),Kazakhstani President Nursultan Nazarbayev accepted the resignation of Committee of National Security (KNB) Chairman Nartai Dutbayev. According to press reports, KNB Vice Cha [...] | 2006-02-25 10:05:00 | US Office Almaty | SECRET | PHUM PGOV PREL PTER KZ POLITICAL |
06ALMATY895 | KAZAKHSTAN: REQUEST FOR TRANSFER OF SA-16 AND [...] (S) On February 28, Poff delivered ref B demarche immediately following the delivery of Ref C demarche to Gaukhar Biseyeva, Head of the Office of European Security in the Kazakhstani Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and her assistant Yerzhan Zhukenov. Biseyeva appeared cautiously optimistic abo [...] | 2006-03-09 07:07:00 | US Office Almaty | SECRET | PARM PREL PTER MASS MARR KZ POLITICAL |
06AMMAN1116 | JORDAN TO REPLACE PEACEKEEPING MISSION LEADER IN [...] (S) King Abdullah told Ambassador on February 1 enroute to Washington that he had concluded there was a problem with the leadership of the Jordanian peacekeeping unit in Haiti. This problem had been worsening since the killing there December 24 of two Jordanian soldiers. The King said the com [...] | 2006-02-15 14:06:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL MARR KPKO HA JO |
06AMMAN1261 | SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT TO JORDAN OF LIEUTENANT [...] (C) EMBASSY AMMAN IS LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR VISIT ON 22-24 FEBRUARY 2006. JORDAN REMAINS ONE OF OUR STRONGEST SUPPORTERS FOR ALL ASPECTS OF REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT. YOUR VISIT WILL ALLOW YOU TO REITERATE TO THE JORDANIANS OUR CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO OUR JOINT EFFORTS TO COMBAT TERRORISM AND MAI [...] | 2006-02-21 12:25:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL MARR JO |
06AMMAN1285 | MUQTADA AL-SADR VISITS JORDAN [...] (U) Muqtada al-Sadr visited Jordan February 17-19 for meetings with the King and Prime Minister, and to visit shrines venerated by Shiites. According to press reports, the King told Sadr that Jordan was eager to protect Iraq's unity, and stressed the importance of the political process and of [...] | 2006-02-21 16:30:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL IZ JO |
06AMMAN1364 | EAST BANKER VIEWS ON HAMAS [...] (S) Summary: Three political thinkers from Jordan's East Bank establishment shared with us their views ) ranging from alarmist to confident ) on the "Hamas effect" and Jordan's internal politics. In a separate meeting, the chief of Jordan's security service expressed confidence that the GOJ [...] | 2006-02-23 15:55:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PGOV KISL KPAL JO |
06AMMAN1511 | AMBASSADOR CRUMPTON'S VISIT TO JORDAN'S 71ST [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Henry Crumpton, U.S. Coordinator for Counterterrorism (CT),discussed Jordanian CT capabilities - and CT training for foreign special operations forces - with the commander of the 71st Jordanian Counterterrorism Battalion during a February 28 visit to Jordan. END SUMMA [...] | 2006-03-02 10:38:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL PTER MARR MCAP IZ JO |
06AMMAN1526 | AMBASSADOR CRUMPTON'S MEETING WITH THE CHIEF OF [...] (C) Coordinator for Counterterrorism Ambassador Henry Crumpton met with Lt. General Mohammad Majid Al-Eitan February 28. Discussions focused on terrorist tactics, border security, and regional security cooperation. Ambassador Crumpton was joined in the meeting by the Ambassador, A/RSO, and Po [...] | 2006-03-02 14:24:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL PTER IZ SY LE JO |
06AMMAN1657 | SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT TO JORDAN OF LIEUTENANT [...] (S) EMBASSY AMMAN IS LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR VISIT ON 8-9 MARCH 2006. JORDAN REMAINS ONE OF OUR STRONGEST SUPPORTERS FOR ALL ASPECTS OF REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT. YOUR VISIT WILL ALLOW YOU TO REITERATE TO THE JORDANIANS OUR CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO OUR JOINT EFFORTS TO COMBAT TERRORISM AND MAINTAIN [...] | 2006-03-07 05:29:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | JO MARR PREL |
06AMMAN2234 | SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT TO JORDAN OF GENERAL [...] (S) EMBASSY AMMAN IS LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR VISIT ON 28-29 MARCH 2006. JORDAN REMAINS ONE OF OUR STRONGEST SUPPORTERS FOR ALL ASPECTS OF REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT. YOUR VISIT WILL ALLOW YOU TO REITERATE TO THE JORDANIANS OUR CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO OUR JOINT EFFORTS TO COMBAT TERRORISM AND MAINTA [...] | 2006-03-28 12:05:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | JO MARR PREF |
06AMMAN2325 | CODEL MCCAIN MEETS WITH KING ABDULLAH [...] ( S ) Summary: King Abdullah briefed Codel McCain on his proposal to help pacify Anbar province, discussed Iraq, Iran, Hamas, and his effort to convene a conference of Iraqi religious leaders. He accused Syrian intelligence of giving &a green light8 to terrorists seeking to carry out attacks [...] | 2006-03-30 17:14:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL OVIP KPAL IS IZ JO |
06AMMAN234 | SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT TO JORDAN OF LIEUTENANT [...] (C) EMBASSY AMMAN IS LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR VISIT 16-17 JANUARY 2006. JORDAN REMAINS ONE OF OUR STRONGEST SUPPORTERS FOR ALL ASPECTS OF REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT. YOUR VISIT WILL ALLOW YOU TO REITERATE TO THE JORDANIANS OUR CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO OUR JOINT EFFORTS TO COMBAT TERRORISM AND MAINTAI [...] | 2006-01-12 18:09:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | JO MARR PREL |
06AMMAN2741 | SCENESETTER FOR CODEL COCHRAN [...] (C) Embassy Amman welcomes your visit April 18-20. Jordan is a key partner for U.S. efforts in Iraq, the war against terrorism, regional reform and promotion of moderate Islam, and Israel-Palestinian peace. 2. (C) You are scheduled for an audience with Prince Faisal, who is serving as Rege [...] | 2006-04-17 12:42:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL PGOV OVIP JO |
06AMMAN2854 | SCENESETTER FOR A/S HILLEN [...] (C) Embassy Amman and the Jordanian government look forward to your visit April 30 to May 3. Jordan is a key partner for U.S. efforts in Iraq, the war against terrorism, regional reform and promotion of moderate Islam, and Israel-Palestinian peace. You are scheduled for an audience with King [...] | 2006-04-24 06:15:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL PARM MASS MARR JO |
06AMMAN3180 | SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT TO JORDAN OF LIEUTENANT [...] (S) EMBASSY AMMAN IS LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR VISIT ON 6-7 MAY 2006. JORDAN REMAINS ONE OF OUR STRONGEST SUPPORTERS FOR ALL ASPECTS OF REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT. YOUR VISIT WILL ALLOW YOU TO REITERATE TO THE JORDANIANS OUR CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO OUR JOINT EFFORTS TO COMBAT TERRORISM AND MAINTAIN RE [...] | 2006-05-04 14:34:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | JO MARR PREL |
06AMMAN3507 | HAMAS CONSPIRACIES - MANY AREN'T BUYING IT [...] (C) Summary: Many Jordanians are unconvinced by the GOJ's public charges that Hamas cached weapons and sent terrorists to Jordan with the goal of targeting the GOJ. Local media, however, which initially expressed some skepticism toward the GOJ's version, is now largely backing the government [...] | 2006-05-18 08:14:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PGOV PTER KISL KPAL JO |
06AMMAN4124 | SCENESETTER FOR THE CONUS VISIT OF GENERAL KHALID [...] (S) GENERAL KHALID JAMIL SARAYREH WILL VISIT THE UNITED STATES AT THE INVITATION OF GENERAL PETER PACE, CJCS, 15-24 JUN 2006 UNDER THE COUNTERPARTS' VISIT PROGRAM. JORDAN REMAINS ONE OF OUR STRONGEST SUPPORTERS FOR ALL ASPECTS OF REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT. THIS VISIT WILL ALLOW US TO FURTHER ENHANC [...] | 2006-06-08 09:19:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | JO MARR PREL |
06AMMAN5324 | JORDAN'S STATE SECURITY COURT [...] (SBU) Summary: Jordan's State Security Court is responsible for handling all terrorism, state security, and drug-related cases. These trials are conducted in a mixed military and civilian court with hearings open to the public. The court has an increasing workload, with most of the growth [...] | 2006-07-16 07:31:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL PTER PHUM JO |
06AMMAN568 | A/S SILVERBERG'S MEETING WITH KING ABDULLAH [...] (U) A/S Kristen Silverberg met with King Abdullah on January 18. Jordanian participants included Deputy Prime Minister Ziad Fariz, Foreign Minister Abdelelah al-Khatib, Royal Court advisor Abdullah Woreikat, and Rania Atallah, the King's communications director. The A/S was joined in the mee [...] | 2006-01-25 07:46:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL PGOV KWBG SY IR IZ IS JO |
06AMMAN6542 | LEBANON: STOCKHOLM DONORS, CONFERENCE [...] (S) Summary: Jordan's Foreign Minister will probably attend the August 31 donors' conference in Stockholm. Jordan is providing important support and facilitation for Lebanon's recovery. Some of the GOJ's most useful help stems from its good relations with Israeli security and military services; the [...] | 2006-08-27 13:39:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL EAID EAIR MOPS LE JO IS |
06AMMAN6783 | DEMARCHE IN ADVANCE OF ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERIAL [...] (S) Ambassador spoke to King Abdullah's Office Director, Bassem Awadallah, September 2 by phone. Awadallah said Jordan is in complete agreement with the U.S. on the need to stop the Arab League proposal for a Middle East peace process ministerial in New York. He said the Royal Palace would i [...] | 2006-09-04 05:22:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL IS LE JO |
06AMMAN6933 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF JORDAN,S KING ABDULLAH [...] (C) King Abdullah will be in New York for the General Assembly opening and will meet with U.S. and other officials its margins. 2. (C) During the Israel-Hizballah hostilities, the King's stock plunged among both ordinary Jordanians and elites (refs a-f) because of his early public criticism of Hi [...] | 2006-09-07 14:53:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL UN IS LE IZ JO |
06AMMAN7924 | DEMARCHE ON PRESERVING SINIORA,S GOVERNMENT [...] (S) A/DCM delivered reftel demarche October 15 to Thamar Al-Adwan, FM Khatib's chief of staff. Al-Adwan took careful notes and undertook to brief Khatib immediately, but offered no substantive comment. 2. (S) During a follow-up demarche October 16 with Jaffar Hassan, foreign affairs advi [...] | 2006-10-17 14:44:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER KDEM MOPS LE SY JO |
06AMMAN8269 | PROSECUTOR DISMISSES COMPLAINT AGAINST ADNAN ABU [...] (SBU) Summary: The prosecutor for Jordan's State Security Court announced November 5 that he had determined there were no grounds to take action on a complaint that several private citizens had lodged against Palestinian-Jordanian elder statesman and author Adnan Abu Odeh. End summary. [...] | 2006-11-05 15:14:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PGOV PINR KPAL KDEM JO |
06AMMAN8529 | U.S.-JORDAN JOINT MILITARY COMMITTEE MEETS [...] (S) The U.S. and Jordan held their annual bilateral Joint Military Committee (JMC) meetings in Amman, Jordan (reftel) November 8 and 9. The session, co-chaired by the Jordan Chairman of Defense Gen. Khaled al-Saraireh and Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs Peter [...] | 2006-11-21 10:03:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL MARR MASS JO |
06AMMAN8549 | U.S.-JORDAN JOINT MILITARY COMMITTEE MEETS [...] (S) The U.S. and Jordan held their annual bilateral Joint Military Committee (JMC) meetings in Amman, Jordan (reftel) November 8 and 9. The session, co-chaired by the Jordan Chairman of Defense Gen. Khaled al-Saraireh and Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs Peter [...] | 2006-11-22 09:07:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL MARR MASS JO |
06AMMAN863 | SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT TO JORDAN LIEUTENANT [...] (C) EMBASSY AMMAN IS LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR VISIT ON 8 FEBURARY 2006. JORDAN REMAINS ONE OF OUR STRONGEST SUPPORTERS FOR ALL ASPECTS OF REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT. YOUR VISIT WILL ALLOW YOU TO REITERATE TO THE JORDANIANS OUR CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO OUR JOINT EFFORTS TO COMBAT TERRORISM AND MAINTAI [...] | 2006-02-06 15:23:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | JO MARR PREL |
06ANKARA1043 | TURKEY TO CONSIDER CFE FLANK ENTITLEMENT REQUEST [...] (S) Per reftel, we approached the MFA on Feb. 28 and the Turkish General Staff (TGS) on Mar. 1 with our request for Turkey to consider a transfer of some of its unused CFE ground equipment entitlements to the US to allow the rotational training of US forces in Romania and Bulgaria. MFA Deputy [...] | 2006-03-02 10:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | NATO PREL MARR KCFE PARM TU GR RO NO BU RU |
06ANKARA1152 | EUROPEAN DIPLOMATS IN ANKARA OPEN TO ENHANCED [...] (C) Summary: At a briefing by a visiting JAC analyst, French, British and German diplomats in Ankara were receptive to enhanced cooperation against PKK networks in their countries. Both the British and French DCM's believed their host government's attitude towards Kurdish issues was evolving, [...] | 2006-03-08 09:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PTER KTFN FR GM UK TU PKK |
06ANKARA1651 | A/S FRIED'S MEETINGS WITH TURKISH MFA U/S TUYGAN [...] (C) A/S Daniel Fried, accompanied by Special Negotiator Steven Mann and EUR/NCE Director Elizabeth Rood, discussed Nagorno-Karabakh, the Armenian genocide resolution, Cyprus, Iran and the Balkans with MFA Undersecretary Ali Tuygan and Deputy Undersecretary Ahmet Uzumcu on March 16. Fried said [...] | 2006-03-28 13:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PGOV PREL AM AJ GG IR KPAL IS CY TU |
06ANKARA1657 | CJCS AND CHOD OZKOK STRESS IMPORTANCE OF [...] (S) Summary: CJCS Gen Pace and TGS Chief Ozkok reaffirmed the importance of the US-Turkey military relationship. Ozkok underscored Turkey's record of cooperation on Iraq, acknowledged recent progress there, stressed the importance of Kirkuk, and warned that sectarian strife could draw neighbo [...] | 2006-03-29 06:04:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL MARR PTER OVIP PACE PETER TU IZ IR SY |
06ANKARA1748 | TURKISH RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON ETLO [...] (C) We met with Huseyin Ozdemir, Chief of Section for the International Security Section of the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on March 30 to follow up on our January demarche (reftels) regarding China's request that the UN designate the East Turkistan Liberation Organization (ELTO/SHAT) [...] | 2006-04-03 06:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PTER TU CH |
06ANKARA1821 | TURKEY, PKK TERRORISM, AND NEXT STEPS BY THE USG [...] (S) SUMMARY: PKK terrorism in Turkey is on the upswing. Violent protests in the southeast and bomb attacks in Istanbul have resulted in over 15 deaths in under a week. On April 3, the Kurdish Freedom Falcons issued a warning to foreign tourists to avoid Turkey and called on Kurdish youth to j [...] | 2006-04-06 04:34:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PTER PREL PGOV MOPS TU IZ |
06ANKARA1877 | DAS BRYZA'S DISCUSSIONS AT FOREIGN MINISTRY ON [...] (S) MFA Caucasus Director General Resit Uman briefed DAS Bryza April 4 on Turkey-Georgia relations, focusing on President Sezer's March visit to Tbilisi (ref a). He said Georgian MFA officials had told the Turks Georgia would prefer a "5 plus 2" formula in order to internationalize negotiatio [...] | 2006-04-07 10:52:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL GG AR TU |
06ANKARA2054 | TURKEY: BASE REALIGNMENT - ROUND 40 CONSULTATIONS [...] (S) SUMMARY: TGS indicated that Turkey would likely respond positively to a US notification to close the Yumurtalik Sea Terminal in accordance with provisions of the bilateral Defense and Economic Cooperation Agreement (DECA) which assume the Terminal will be turned over to Turkey. TGS also s [...] | 2006-04-14 12:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | MARR TU |
06ANKARA2153 | TURKEY WORRIED ABOUT PKK'S SMUGGLING ARMS FROM IRAQ [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 7. 2. (S) Summary: MFA requests the USG investigate the loss of 617 handguns that were intended for Iraqi government use and that ended up in criminals' hands in Turkey. Two people have been killed with these weapons, including the Italian priest [...] | 2006-04-19 14:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PTER TU |
06ANKARA2199 | SCENESETTER: YOUR APRIL VISIT TO ANKARA [...] (S) Thank you for coming to Turkey. The Mission and I look forward to seeing you here. Your visit can help us achieve three things. -- First, we need to restore lost confidence --on both sides -- about intent and capacity for genuine collaboration. Announcing the start of a strategic dialo [...] | 2006-04-21 09:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PGOV TU VISIT |
06ANKARA2333 | GOI PROTESTS PRESENCE OF TURKISH TROOPS IN [...] (S/REL GBR, AUS) The Government of Iraq has requested the removal of the 1500 Turkish troops who have long been stationed in northern Iraq to monitor the PKK, according to the Turkish MFA. We understand from Embassy Baghdad that this request may not have been fully coordinated within the Iraq [...] | 2006-04-28 04:26:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | MOPS PREL TU IZ IR |
06ANKARA2410 | TURKEY/ARMENIA: YEREVAN'S RESPONSE TO JOINT [...] (S) On April 28 the MFA provided us, in confidence, a copy of Yerevan's response to Turkey's March 10 non-paper seeking to bridge the gap between Turkey's April 2005 proposal for the establishment of a Joint Historical Commission and Armenia's counter-proposal of an Intergovernmental Commissio [...] | 2006-05-02 14:01:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PHUM AR TU |
06ANKARA2417 | INTENSIFYING COOPERATION WITH BELGIUM AGAINST PKK [...] (S/NF) Summary: We should move now to extend the effort to disrupt criminal networks in Europe that support PKK terrorist activity beyond France and Germany to other European countries that host significant PKK support networks. Belgium is a prime candidate. The recent arrest in Switzerlan [...] | 2006-05-02 14:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PTER EFIN KTFN BE TU |
06ANKARA2446 | TURKEY/ARMENIA: JOINT COMMISSIONS, ARMENIAN [...] (S) The Foreign Ministry continues to analyze the Armenian response to Turkey's March 10 proposal on joint commissions. We are encouraging a positive Turkish response and early re-engagement with Yerevan. The MFA is also considering how to respond to the Canadian Prime Minister's statement on [...] | 2006-05-03 14:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PHUM AM CA FR TU |
06ANKARA2452 | PKK IN EUROPE: DRAFT LONDON/OSLO DEMARCHES [...] (S) Summary. In a May 3 meeting, Turkish MFA Director General for Intelligence and Research Hayati Guven welcomed the proposed demarches to Norway and the United Kingdom urging cooperative action against PKK activities (reftel),and made suggestions to strengthen the message to Norway given [...] | 2006-05-04 05:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PTER TU UK NO |
06ANKARA2539 | DEEPENING ANTI-PKK COOPERATION WITH GERMANY [...] (S) Summary: Following the productive launch of discussions with German authorities on combating illegal PKK support activities in Germany, we may wish to consider bringing Turkish services directly into the conversation with German counterparts in the trilateral exercise foreseen by ref A. [...] | 2006-05-09 08:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | KTFN PTER EFIN PGOV TU GE |
06ANKARA2614 | SECOND ACTION REQUEST--TURKEY WORRIED ABOUT ARMS [...] (U) This is an action request -- please see para. three. 2. (S) MFA Director General for Security Affairs (S/CT-equivalent) Hayati Guven reminded us May 3 that he had requested information from us April 18 (see reftel) on 617 firearms that the Turkish authorities have recovered that apparen [...] | 2006-05-10 13:05:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PTER TU IZ |
06ANKARA2789 | TURKEY/IRAN: FM GUL TALKS MAY 15 WITH LARIJANI [...] (S) MFA Spokesman Namik Tan told the Ambassador May 15 that FM Gul took a long phone call from Larijani late that day to review and discuss further the state of play on Iranian nuclear issues. According to Tan, Gul was again insistent that Iran has a credibility problem and must compromise. [...] | 2006-05-16 12:20:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | KNUC PREL PARM UN IR TU |
06ANKARA3203 | SCENESETTER FOR THE JUNE 4 VISIT OF DEPUTY [...] (S) Your visit to Turkey comes at an important moment. Foremost on our immediate agenda is ensuring Turkey's sustained support for Secretary Rice's May 31 announcement that we will join EU-3 talks if Iran suspends enrichment and reprocessing. Turkish officials will be interested in hearing U. [...] | 2006-06-02 08:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PGOV PREL TU |
06ANKARA331 | SCENE-SETTER FOR THE VISIT OF MARINE CORPS COMMANDANT GENERAL HAGEE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-30 13:38:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | MARR MASS MOPS PREL PGOV TU IZ AF RU |
06ANKARA3619 | PKK IN EUROPE UPDATE WITH TURKISH MFA [...] (S) Summary: Turkish MFA Deputy Director General for Security Affairs Huseyin Bicakli expressed appreciation for USG efforts against PKK in western Europe, noting that they were having an effect. Bicakli supported the creation of trilateral working groups in key western European capitals in o [...] | 2006-06-20 04:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PTER KTFN TU |
06ANKARA3775 | PKK AFFILIATE CLAIMS RESPONSIBILITY FOR BOMBING [...] (S) SUMMARY: The Kurdish Freedom Falcons (TAK),a well-known PKK affiliate, has claimed responsibility for the June 26 bombing in Manavgat, a tourist destination near the coastal resort of Antalya. This bombing fulfills previous threats by TAK to target foreign tourists and brings the death [...] | 2006-06-27 14:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | ASEC PTER MOPS PKK |
06ANKARA3838 | ROMANIAN ARMS FOR IRAQ: INFORMATION ON TURKISH [...] (C) Post researched all three companies listed ref a which may be involved as intermediaries in shipping weapons from Romania to the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF): --Martel Electronics and Representations, Ltd.: This company was apparently the shipper of weapons to Iraq earlier this year. The [...] | 2006-07-03 08:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PARM ETTC IZ TU RO TC |
06ANKARA386 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETINGS WITH THE TURKISH GENERAL [...] (S) Summary: During separate meetings with Turkish General Staff (TGS) Chief GEN Hilmi Ozkok, TGS Deputy Chief GEN Isik Kosaner, and Turkish Land Forces (TLFC) Commander GEN Yasar Buyukanit January 26 and 27, the Ambassador asserted that Turkey should do nothing to disrupt the fragile situat [...] | 2006-02-01 12:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL MARR PTER MASS TU IZ IR |
06ANKARA4405 | TURKEY SYMPATHETIC BUT NEEDS EVIDENCE TO REQUIRE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 6. 2. (S) SUMMARY: MFA Aviation Department Head Olcay welcomed information on possible Syrian and Iranian use of passenger flights to transfer weapons. He raised the possible abuse of VIP flights from Syria and Iran, noting that one such flig [...] | 2006-08-01 14:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PARM MARR ETTC SA SY IR TU |
06ANKARA4407 | TURKEY SYMPATHETIC BUT NEEDS EVIDENCE TO REQUIRE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 6. 2. (S) SUMMARY: MFA Aviation Department Head Olcay welcomed information on possible Syrian and Iranian use of passenger flights to transfer weapons. He raised the possible abuse of VIP flights from Syria and Iran, noting that one such flig [...] | 2006-08-01 14:55:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PARM MARR ETTC SA SY IR TU |
06ANKARA443 | TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTER COMPLAINS TO IRAN; [...] (s) Ambassador was convoked February 3 by FM U/S Tuygan to be briefed on a call FM Gul made to Iranian FM Mottaki the day before to urge Iran to turn away from confrontation with the IAEA. Reading from the foreign ministry,s memcon, Tuygan said that Gul: -- Referred to earlier conversations [...] | 2006-02-03 12:52:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL MNUC KPAL IR IS TU |
06ANKARA4450 | PKK IN EUROPE: SUSTAINING MOMENTUM [...] (C) Summary: Pushing for concrete law enforcement action aginst PKK criminal activity in Europe is a key next step, according to both European and Turkish reps during recent discussions in Ankara. To help achieve this goal, they identified three near-term action items: -- raise the priority [...] | 2006-08-02 15:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PTER KTFN TU GM FR UK |
06ANKARA4451 | TURKEY PROVIDES PKK WISH LIST; CONFIRMS READY FOR [...] (S) SUMMARY: Deputy Foreign Minister Tuygan presented to Charge on Aug. 2 the GOT list of requested actions to be taken against the PKK before and after a trilateral meeting with the US and Iraq. Tuygan expressed Turkey's readiness to meet bilaterally in a neutral location the week of Aug. 7 t [...] | 2006-08-02 15:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PTER MOPS TU IZ |
06ANKARA4489 | TURKEY TO PUT SYRIA AND IRAN ON NOTICE ABOUT ABUSE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-05 11:16:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | ETTC MARR PARM PREL TU IR |
06ANKARA4608 | TURKS CLAIM PKK FRONT OFFICES REMAIN OPEN [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (S) SUMMARY: Ambassador reviewed for MFA Deputy U/S Akgunay on August 9 the US-proposed way forward on the PKK trilateral process and our understanding of the actions taken by the GOI/KRG -- including the closure of some PKK front [...] | 2006-08-10 12:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL MARR MOPS TU IZ |
06ANKARA4704 | TURKEY PREFERS SUPPORTING ROLE IN LEBANON PKO [...] (S) SUMMARY: Ambassador advised MFA Deputy U/S Uzumcu of US efforts to finalize a UN resolution on Lebanon. He urged the GOT to make public its support for a resolution that would bring about an urgent cessation of hostilities, the withdrawal of Israeli forces, and the establishment of a robu [...] | 2006-08-11 15:31:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PGOV PREL TU SY LE |
06ANKARA4706 | TURKEY PREFERS SUPPORTING ROLE IN LEBANON PKO [...] (S) SUMMARY: Ambassador advised MFA Deputy U/S Uzumcu of US efforts to finalize a UN resolution on Lebanon. He urged the GOT to make public its support for a resolution that would bring about an urgent cessation of hostilities, the withdrawal of Israeli forces, and the establishment of a robu [...] | 2006-08-11 15:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PGOV PREL TU SY LE |
06ANKARA4710 | TURKEY PREFERS SUPPORTING ROLE IN LEBANON PKO [...] (S) SUMMARY: Ambassador advised MFA Deputy U/S Uzumcu of US efforts to finalize a UN resolution on Lebanon. He urged the GOT to make public its support for a resolution that would bring about an urgent cessation of hostilities, the withdrawal of Israeli forces, and the establishment of a robu [...] | 2006-08-12 08:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PGOV PREL TU SY LE |
06ANKARA4753 | TURKEY CONSIDERING HUMANITARIAN AID BATTALION AND [...] (S) SUMMARY. The Ambassador met with MFA Deputy U/S Uzumcu on August 14 for a read-out of PM Erdogan's earlier meeting with senior military and MFA officials on Lebanon. Uzumcu reported that the PM's meeting discussed offering the Mersin Port and Adana airport as a military and humanitarian a [...] | 2006-08-15 14:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PGOV PREL TU SY LE |
06ANKARA4994 | TURKEY ON NUCLEAR FUEL SUPPLY ASSURANCES; [...] (U) An action request is contained in para 6. 2. (C) EXBS advisor discussed ref a points on nuclear fuel supply assurances with President Okay Cakiroglu of the Turkish Atomic Energy Authority (TAEK) on August 25. Cakiroglu accepted the paper and points, assuring us that his agency would [...] | 2006-08-29 13:19:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | ENRG KNNP PARM TRGY TU |
06ANKARA5212 | COMPULSORY MILITARY SERVICE IN IRAN: A MISNOMER? [...] (S) Summary: Over a period of two months conoffs surveyed male Iranian visa applicants about the military service requirement in Iran. While all Iranian men upon reaching eighteen years of age are ostensibly required to fulfill a national military service requirement, many means exist for th [...] | 2006-09-11 10:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PGOV PREL TU IR |
06ANKARA5251 | TURKEY - ASSESSMENT OF TERRORIST/INSURGENT FINANCE [...] (S) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: This cable details Embassy Ankara's assessment of the terrorist/insurgent financing environment in Turkey as requested in ref a. Embassy Ankara and our Turkish Government contacts have little information about support for the Iraqi insurgency coming from Turkey. [...] | 2006-09-12 14:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | KTFN PTER TU IZ |
06ANKARA5399 | PKK IN EUROPE: LEGATT DISCUSSIONS WITH EUROPEAN [...] (S) Summary: Following up on the DCM's recent meeting with French, German and UK counterparts (ref A),LEGATT discussed PKK issues with law enforcement counterparts at these Embassies to increase collaboration on PKK issues. Separately, the Turkish National Police (TNP) called two meetings of [...] | 2006-09-18 05:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PTER KTFN TU |
06ANKARA551 | MARINE CORPS COMMANDANT GENERAL HAGEE WITH TGS AND [...] (S) BEGIN SUMMARY: US Marine Corps Commandant General Michael Hagee outlined for Deputy Chief of the Turkish General Staff (TGS) General Isik Kosaner and Turkish Land Forces Commander (TLFC) General Yasar Buyukanit in separate meetings on Feb. 2 the Iraqi Coalition's progress to stand up Iraqi [...] | 2006-02-08 15:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | MARR MOPS PREL PGOV TU IZ SY |
06ANKARA581 | UNHCR TURKEY READY TO ENGAGE ON MAKHMOUR [...] (S) UNHCR's Turkey office is ready to get to work on voluntary repatriation or local integration for residents of the Makhmour Camp in northern Iraq. However, the UNHCR-Turkey Representative pointed out obstacles to be overcome, such as accessing villages in southeast Turkey to which Makhmour [...] | 2006-02-09 14:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREF EAID SOCI PHUM PREL PTER IZ TU UNHCR |
06ANKARA6191 | SHIELD S22-06: TURKISH PROCUREMENT OF IRANIAN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-31 12:26:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PARM PREL CBW ETTC TU IR |
06ANKARA6230 | TURKISH MILITARY STRESSES IRAQ AND PKK TO VISITING [...] (S) Summary: Iraq and the PKK dominated US Army Chief of Staff Schoomaker,s meetings in Ankara October 27 with his host Turkish Land Forces Commander Gen. Basbug and with TGS CHOD Gen. Buyukanit. The Turks expressed anxiety about developments in Iraq and possible trends in US policy; complai [...] | 2006-11-01 15:26:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PGOV MARR MPOS PTER IZ TU |
06ANKARA6372 | IRAQ: GOT SEEKS TO POSTPONE CONTROVERSIAL SUNNI [...] (S) Summary: Turkish MFA has learned that a Nov. 14-16 NGO conference in Istanbul of apparent Iraqi Sunni Arab rejectionists may complicate the visit of Iraqi PM Maliki, scheduled for the same dates. The GOT has had no hand in organizing the conference and has been able to learn few specifics [...] | 2006-11-08 15:04:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PTER PGOV TU IZ TC QA |
06ANKARA6392 | PRESERVING LEBANESE PM SINIORA'S GOVERNMENT: [...] (S) Ambassador raised ref a points with MFA Deputy U/S Apakan November 8, stressing USG concern that the SARG was using Lebanese political figures to try to bring down the government of PM Siniora. Large-scale demonstrations may be orchestrated during which violence would be encouraged in ord [...] | 2006-11-09 16:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PROV PTER KDEM MOPS TU |
06ANKARA647 | SCENESETTER FOR THE FEB 15- 17 VISIT OF AMB [...] (S) Summary: Your visit to Ankara provides a welcome opportunity to accomplish two things in our Iran diplomacy: brief the Turks on what we know about Iran's nuclear weapons development efforts and consult with them on the way forward. Turkey is at best a reluctant supporter of the internatio [...] | 2006-02-14 06:01:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | AORC EUN IR KNNP PARM PREL TU |
06ANKARA6519 | TURKISH ATTITUDES TOWARD IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM [...] (C) Summary: Official Turkish views about Iran's nuclear development program have shifted over the past year. Senior GOT officials question the bona fides of the Iranian nuclear program and believe that a nuclear armed Iran would pose a military threat. They are more concerned, however, abo [...] | 2006-11-28 13:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL IR TU KNNP MNUC |
06ANKARA6546 | TURKEY SHARES CONCERNS ABOUT STABILITY OF SINIORA [...] (S) DCM discussed reftel demarche Nov. 30 with Deputy Undersecretary Uzumcu, who undertook to raise the issue at the higher levels of the ministry. We also double-tracked with MFA Middle East Department Head Sedat Onal. Onal thanked us for sharing our concerns and noted that Turkey has also [...] | 2006-11-30 16:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER KDEM MOPS LE SY TU |
06ANKARA6563 | TURKS CONVEY USG CONCERNS TO SARG, BUT STILL [...] (S) SUMMARY: We further discussed U.S. concerns related to Syrian efforts to destabilize Lebanese Prime Minister Siniora's government December 1 with MFA officials and received a read-out of Deputy PM Sener's November 29 meeting with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. According to MFA, Sener [...] | 2006-12-01 16:11:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER KDEM MOPS LE SY TU |
06ANKARA6565 | TURKEY/IRAQ: WHAT ELSE CAN WE DO? [...] (C) Summary: Turkey -- despite serious ongoing concerns about violence and what it views as overreaching Kurdish aspirations, as well as anger over the PKK issue -- has been steadily engaging the new Iraq. Increasing this engagement would require demonstrating to the GOT that Iraqi disintegra [...] | 2006-12-04 07:41:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PTER PGOV EAID ECON ENRG TU IZ IR SY |
06ANKARA6574 | TURKISH PM ERDOGAN'S VISIT TO TEHRAN -- INITIAL [...] (S) Summary: Turkish PM Erdogan emphasized Lebanon and the implications for Iran of widening Shia/Sunni conflict during his December 3 visit to Tehran, according to FM Gul and PM/FM foreign affairs advisor Davutoglu. Other topics included Iraq and Iranian gas transit for the Nabucco pipeline [...] | 2006-12-04 16:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL IR IZ LE SY TU |
06ANKARA6674 | FM GUL ASKS TO MEET SECRETARY RICE IN WASHINGTON [...] (S) Turkish FM Gul,s personal assistant, Ambassador Altay Cengizer, contacted Ambassador December 15 to advise that FM Gul would like to visit Washington in February to meet with Secretary Rice, other Administration officials, members of Congress and others. He said that Gul mentioned the po [...] | 2006-12-16 08:32:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL EUN TU |
06ANKARA6729 | GOT'S IRAQ ENVOY CONTINUES OUTREACH TO SUNNIS AND [...] (C) Summary: Turkey is continuing its efforts to bring Sunni Arabs into the Iraqi political process, GOT Special Envoy Celikkol told us Dec. 19. Celikkol insisted Turkey was powerless to prevent rejectionist Sunnis from meeting in Istanbul last week. Officials in Jordan and the UAE are worri [...] | 2006-12-22 12:17:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PTER PGOV TU IZ IR SY |
06ANKARA721 | TURKEY/IRAQ: IRAQI POLITICAL LEADERS SEEK [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 3. 2. (C) Summary and Comment. MFA Iraq Coordinator Oguz Celikkol informed DCM February 14 that Iraqi PM Jafari has been invited to Ankara and is expected to come after formation of the new government. At the same time, Moqtada al-Sadr and the [...] | 2006-02-16 10:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PTER PREF ETRD IZ IR TU |
06ANKARA722 | HAMAS -- TURKS DESCRIBE PLANNED MEETINGS IN ANKARA [...] (c) Summary: Turkey will host probably two meetings with Hamas on February 16, according to two senior government officials. One will be at the Deputy Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs level and will take place over lunch at a government guesthouse. A second meeting is likely follow betwee [...] | 2006-02-16 10:29:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | PREL PTER XF TU |
06ANKARA972 | BRIEFING TURKEY ABOUT IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM [...] (C) Summary: UNVIE Ambassador Greg Schulte led a three member team to brief and consult with the Turkish government February 15-17 on the Iranian nuclear program and related diplomacy. MFA, Turkish General Staff and Turkish Intelligence officials were clearly already convinced of Iran's inten [...] | 2006-02-28 10:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | KNNP PARM PREL TU IR |
06ASHGABAT1245 | (S) ASHGABAT DELIVERS FLIGHT BY NORTH KOREAN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-06 12:58:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | SECRET | IR KN KNNP MNUC PARM PREL TX |
06ASHGABAT1260 | DPRK DID NOT REQUEST LANDING/OVERFLIGHT FROM [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-11 13:32:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | SECRET | IR KN KNNP MNUC PARM PREL TX |
06ASHGABAT1313 | DEATH OF NIYAZOV SITREP 005: 12/27/2006 [...] (C) Turkmenistan remains calm. Peace Corps volunteers are returning to their assigned cities, and government institutions are continuing to function, albeit in some chaos. Charge met today with the head of the Americas section at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to discuss next steps, includ [...] | 2006-12-27 14:26:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | SECRET | PGOV PREL ASEC CASC TX |
06ASHGABAT228 | SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY BOUCHER FROM [...] (C) Turkmenistan is a hydrocarbon rich, strategically located dictatorship ruled by "President for Life" Saparmurat Niyazov. The South and Central Asia Bureau has inherited the eighth worst dictator in the world, according to "Parade" magazine; the third most corrupt country in the world, ac [...] | 2006-02-23 12:49:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | SECRET | ECON ENRG EPET MARR PGOV PREL TX |
06ASHGABAT828 | FOREIGN MINISTER MEREDOV SAYS TURKMENISTAN HAS [...] (S) Charge delivered ref A appreciation to Turkmenistan's Foreign Minister Rashit Meredov on August 3. Meredov took meticulous notes and said he would convey text verbatim to President Niyazov. Meredov added that "for your information only," the Government of Turkmenistan had denied overfligh [...] | 2006-08-03 11:53:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | SECRET | IR KN PARM PGOV PREL TX |
06ASMARA1066 | ERITREA AND ETHIOPIA SKIRMISH AS THE RUMOR MILL [...] (S) Reports of two separate attacks by Eritrean Defense Forces(EDF) on Ethiopian National Defense Forces(ENDF) (Reftel A and B) in the region of the central sector of the Temporary Security Zone (TSZ) and the rumors and rumblings in Asmara of an impending war, have increased the level of inte [...] | 2006-12-22 08:43:00 | Embassy Asmara | SECRET | PGOV KPKO MARR PINR UNSC ER |
06ASMARA885 | ONE KILLED AS ERITREAN INTRUDERS ATTACK UNMEE [...] (C) On October 21 between 20:00 and 21:00, an UNMEE Jordanian soldier shot and killed an Eritrean intruder in the Giega UNMEE camp near Barentu in UN West Sector. The Eritrean, accompanied by two others who managed to escape during the melee, illegally entered the camp by cutting through the [...] | 2006-10-25 16:53:00 | Embassy Asmara | SECRET | PGOV KPKO UNSC PINR ER |
06ASTANA795 | KAZAKHSTAN: DISCUSSION ON RETURN OF DETAINEES [...] (S) On December 5, Poloff delivered reftel demarche on the proposed return of three Kazakhstani detainees to Ualikhan Saginkhanov of the MFA's Consular Department. Saginkhanov appeared surprised at the proposed mid-December time frame. Saginkhanov said that he would send the information up t [...] | 2006-12-08 01:44:00 | Embassy Astana | SECRET | PTER KAWC PHUM PREL PINR KZ |
06ASTANA924 | KAZAKHSTAN: TRANSFER OF THREE DETAINEES [...] (S) On December 16, three Kazakhstani detainees were transfered to the custody of Kazakhstan. Poloff and Embassy Astana DAO officer met with Ualikhan Saginkhanov of the MFA's Consular Department at the Almaty international airport to facilitate the transfer. Five individuals who declined to [...] | 2006-12-26 01:37:00 | Embassy Astana | SECRET | PTER KAWC PHUM PREL PINR KZ |
06ASUNCION1020 | PARAGUAY REJECTS IMMUNITIES FOR U.S. MILITARY [...] (C) SUMMARY. FM Ruben Ramirez confirmed October 2 press reports that Paraguay had decided to reject A&T status for U.S. participants in military exercises proposed for 2007. He told the Ambassador that the decision had been made on the basis of legal and political considerations. The Ambass [...] | 2006-10-05 21:07:00 | Embassy Asuncion | SECRET | PREL MASS KICCPUR PTER PINR BR VZ AR PA |
06ASUNCION1077 | PARAGUAY: PRIVATE AND PUBLIC CONCERN OVER BOLIVIA [...] (U) SUMMARY: Bolivian Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca visited Paraguay October 19-21 to address concerns about Bolivia's military agreement with Venezuela to build new military bases and increase weapons sales. The Duarte Administration maintains it is satisfied with the Bolivian explana [...] | 2006-10-26 14:03:00 | Embassy Asuncion | SECRET | PREL PBTS PGOV PINS PNAT MASS MCAP PA BO VE |
06ASUNCION1089 | PARAGUAY: ANTI-DRUG UNIT SUCCESS NO ACCIDENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Paraguay's National Anti-Drug Secretariat (SENAD) has taken serious steps to combat illicit trafficking of narcotic drugs by disrupting important cocaine and marijuana trafficking networks in close cooperation with international law enforcement agencies. The arrests of important d [...] | 2006-10-30 18:43:00 | Embassy Asuncion | SECRET | ASEC KCRM PTER SNAR PINR PA |
06ASUNCION1208 | PARAGUAY: 12 CONVICTED FOR CECILIA CUBAS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Twelve of the 15 individuals charged with the 2004-5 kidnapping and murdering Cecilia Cubas, daughter of former President Raul Cubas, were convicted November 28. Their sentences,released December 1, range from between 10 and 35 years. Several of the defendants have ties to the le [...] | 2006-12-04 21:13:00 | Embassy Asuncion | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PINR KCRM PA CO VE CU |
06ASUNCION182 | PARAGUAY: UPDATE ON LEFTIST PATRIA LIBRE ARRESTS [...] SUMMARY: (S//NF) Police officials transferred the six members of the leftist Patria Libre Party, who were arrested on February 5 in connection to the recent seizure of a truck containing weapons and explosives, to Emboscada High Security Prison. Separately, they discovered letters declaring t [...] | 2006-02-17 15:53:00 | Embassy Asuncion | SECRET | PTER PREL PINR PGOV ASEC SNAR MARR MASS KCRM |
06ASUNCION210 | PARAGUAY: UPDATE ON LEFTIST ACTIVITY IN CONCEPCION [...] (U) Summary: Patria Libre Party (PPL) militants blamed for the February 6 murder of a policeman in the Department of Concepcion (ref A) reportedly siphoned off funds transferred from bank accounts in Europe to legitimate campesino organizations. Brazilian authorities provided Paraguayan autho [...] | 2006-02-27 11:09:00 | Embassy Asuncion | SECRET | PTER PINR PREL PGOV ASEC SNAR MARR MASS KCRM |
06ASUNCION325 | PARAGUAY'S LEFTIST PATRIA LIBRE SHOPPING FOR [...] (C) On 3/21, Spanish DCM Marta de Blas Mayordomo told PolOff and Colombian PolCouns Raul Sanchez that a lawyer representing the leftist Free Fatherland Party (Partido Patria Libre, or PPL),whose military wing has ties to the FARC and was responsible for the 2003 kidnapping and murder of a for [...] | 2006-03-22 21:59:00 | Embassy Asuncion | SECRET | PREL PTER PINR PA CO VZ SP |
06ASUNCION392 | PARAGUAY: HATTEM BARAKAT SENTENCED TO SIX YEARS [...] (S//NF) SUMMARY: On April 10, a Paraguayan court sentenced Hattem Barakat to six years in prison on charges of aggravated production and use of documents containing false information. Barakat is the brother of Assad Ahmad Barakat, who was convicted in 2003 of tax evasion and is currently s [...] | 2006-04-12 18:08:00 | Embassy Asuncion | SECRET | PTER KCRM PINR PREL PGOV PA |
06ASUNCION503 | PARAGUAY'S INCIPIENT INSURGENCY: A KEY MOMENT FOR [...] (C) The involvement of militant members of the leftist Free Fatherland Party (Partido Patria Libre, or PPL) in two high-profile kidnappings (refs D and E),the murders of two policemen (refs C and F),and an assault on a rural police station (ref A) are evidence of a small militant leftist mov [...] | 2006-05-12 14:28:00 | Embassy Asuncion | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PINR MARR MASS PA CO VE CU |
06ASUNCION590 | PARAGUAY: SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL BANTZ CRADDOCK [...] (C) General Craddock, Embassy Asuncion warmly welcomes your visit as an opportunity to promote U.S. interests in military, counter-narcotics and counter-terrorism cooperation with Paraguay. You come at a particularly sensitive time as we prepare to submit a new request to the GOP to establish [...] | 2006-06-07 17:07:00 | Embassy Asuncion | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER MARR MASS SNAR PA |
06ASUNCION757 | PARAGUAY: PEACEKEEPING FORCE MAY GET BRAZILIAN [...] (C) On 6/28, Pol Couns learned of the possibility that Brazil would be supporting a team of Paraguayan Peacekeepers for Peacekeeping Operations (PKO) in Haiti. Post has confirmed that Brazil approved USD 1.7 million for the Paraguayan Military forces. The funds are designated to be used to r [...] | 2006-07-24 18:40:00 | Embassy Asuncion | SECRET | PGOV PINR MCAP MOPS MARR PA BR |
06ATHENS1057 | GREECE SUPPORTS INCREASING DIPLOMATIC PRESSURE ON [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-19 14:11:00 | Embassy Athens | SECRET | PREL AORC EU EUN IAEA KNNP UNSC IR GR WMD |
06ATHENS1806 | GREECE TO SUPPORT DELAY ON QATAR'S UNSC RESOLUTION [...] (S) In the absence from Athens of Foreign Minister Bakoyannis (her son is being married this weekend),Ambassador raised reftel points with MFA Secretary General Harlambos Rocanas at OOB Athens time July 13. Rocanas grasped the significance of the resolution and the necessity of the broadest [...] | 2006-07-13 08:27:00 | Embassy Athens | SECRET | PREL KWBG GR UNSC IS KPAL |
06ATHENS1908 | GREECE AGREES UNSC ISRAEL/LEBANON STATEMENTS [...] (S) SUMMARY: MFA Secretary General Haralambos Rocanas agreed with CDA on July 21 that all UNSC statements on Lebanon/Israel should have the broadest possible consensus. In that spirit, he read to us Greece's draft statement, which he intended to pass shortly to the Greek delegation in NY. Roc [...] | 2006-07-21 13:06:00 | Embassy Athens | SECRET | PREL UNSC IS LE GR |
06ATHENS3232 | MOD'S MEIMARAKIS: INTERNATIONAL MAN OF MYSTERY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite the importance of his position, Greek Minister of Defense Vangelis Meimarakis remains largely an unknown quantity for the international community. Greeks, however, nearly universally regard him as a fish out of water. A New Democracy party politician and electoral strate [...] | 2006-12-21 09:25:00 | Embassy Athens | SECRET | PGOV PREL MARR MOPS GR |
06BAGHDAD101 | DPM CHALABI UPDATES ON ENERGY AND INFRASTRUCTURE [...] (C/REL MNF-I) SUMMARY: Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Ahmad Chalabi, serving at that time as acting Minister of Oil (MoO),hosted a status review on January 8 for the Steering Group for Infrastructure Integrity. According to data he presented, Chalabi claimed that Baghdad has 1.1 days of gasoli [...] | 2006-01-11 15:09:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | ECON ENRG EPET EFIN MOPS MARR PGOV PREL KCOR IZ |
06BAGHDAD1010 | ABDUCTION AND DEATH: ONE STORY TO ADD TO THE REST [...] (S) In a March 22 conversation, Baghdad resident Mo'ayyad Al-Hamdani told PolOff that three of his brothers-in-law visiting from Diyala were stopped at a Sadr-City Jaysh al-Mehdi (JAM) checkpoint March 15, and were found in the morgue 4 days later (March 19). Al-Hamdani, who is also a news edi [...] | 2006-03-27 12:04:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PHUM PTER PNAT KDEM IZ |
06BAGHDAD1012 | CAMPAIGNING IN SOUTHERN IRAQ: DIRTY TRICKS, [...] (S) Summary. The number one candidate in Muthanna province for the National Peace List (#635, Laith Kubba's party),Talib Aziz al-Hamdani, acknowledged that his party made strategic mistakes, and that they got fewer than 5,000 votes nationwide, but said that they were also the victim of a c [...] | 2006-03-27 12:43:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM |
06BAGHDAD1023 | PM JAFARI SAYS INVESTIGATION INTO MARCH 26 BAGHDAD [...] (S) Prime Minister Jafari on March 27 evening told the Ambassador that the conflicting information circulating about the March 26 raid on a compound in Baghdad's Ur district was hurting Iraqi public confidence in Coalition Forces. Jafari said there was not a "crisis of confidence" yet, but t [...] | 2006-03-28 17:37:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL MOPS IZ |
06BAGHDAD1024 | TOUR D'HORIZON FROM HIGHER JURIDICAL COUNCIL [...] (S) Summary. Judge Medhat al-Mahmud, President of the Iraqi Higher Juridical Council and Chief Justice of the Iraqi Federal Supreme Court, described the importance of public integrity and the need to keep -- but improve -- all the major anti-corruption institutions in Iraq today. He called [...] | 2006-03-29 10:10:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV PHUM KJUS KDEM KCOR KCRM IZ |
06BAGHDAD1055 | FALL-OUT FROM IRAQI SPECIAL FORCES RAID NEAR SADR [...] (S) SUMMARY: At approximately 1800 on Sunday, March 26, 2006, Iraqi Special Operations Forces (ISOF) launched an assault on a target in the Ur neighborhood near the Sadr City area of Baghdad. The raid was planned and executed by the Iraqi forces with the assistance of U.S. Special Forces a [...] | 2006-04-01 14:13:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | MOPS PREL PGOV IZ |
06BAGHDAD1056 | IRAQ: JOINT COMMITTEE TO TRANSFER SECURITY [...] (S//REL GBR AUS JAPAN) SUMMARY: The Principals Group of the Joint Committee to Transfer Security Responsibility (JCTSR) met March 27, 2006 at the Prime Minister's Situation Room to review progress made by the Working Group and to approve future steps. The meeting was chaired by National Sec [...] | 2006-04-01 14:20:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PINS MOPS IZ |
06BAGHDAD106 | IRAQ'S ENERGY TIGHTROPE: ANOTHER PERFECT STORM AT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Electricity has been in chronically short supply for months, and developments of recent weeks have exacerbated even the normally tight situation. Interdictions, low efficiencies caused by unscheduled maintenance, and use of inappropriate fuels have been the usual culprits behind [...] | 2006-01-12 10:05:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | ECON ENRG EPET EFIN MOPS MARR PGOV PREL TU IZ |
06BAGHDAD1141 | MCNS MEETS TO APPROVE MILITIA ACTION PLAN [...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: On April 3, Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Ja'afari convened a meeting of the Ministerial Committee for National Security (MCNS) to discuss further the "Prime Minister's Plan to Manage the Issue of Armed Groups in Baghdad" that was approved initially on March 26 (reftel B [...] | 2006-04-06 14:27:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | MOPS PINS PGOV IZ |
06BAGHDAD1169 | MCNS DISCUSSES ATTACK ON BURATHA MOSQUE AND [...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: The Iraqi Ministerial Committee for National Security (MCNS) convened at the residence of Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Ja'afari the evening of April 8 to discuss the previous day's suicide bombing attack on the Buratha mosque and the overall security situation in Baghdad. [...] | 2006-04-10 09:02:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PINS PGOV MOPS IZ |
06BAGHDAD1196 | MCNS TO REVIEW SECURITY PLANS [...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: The Ministerial Committee for National Security (MCNS) convened the morning of April 9 at PM Jafari's residence to follow up on discussions held the previous evening (reftel). The Committee first addressed Operation Scales of Justice, on which there is a difference o [...] | 2006-04-13 02:42:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PINS PREL MOPS IZ |
06BAGHDAD1247 | MCNS DISCUSSES BAGHDAD SECURITY, MILITIAS, [...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: The Ministerial Committee for National Security (MCNS) convened the evening of April 13 at the residence of Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Ja'afari. The Commanding General of Multi-National Division-Baghdad (MND-B) gave a briefing on Operation Scales of Justice, highlight [...] | 2006-04-17 12:54:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PINS PGOV MOPS PTER IZ |
06BAGHDAD1351 | BAGHDAD GOVERNOR CONCERNED ABOUT PROVINCIAL [...] (S) SUMMARY: Baghdad provincial governor Hussein Mohammed Al-Tahan indicated in an April 19 meeting with Baghdad PRT staff that Baghdad's security forces are not ready to take full responsibility for Baghdad's provincial security without significant Coalition support. Al-Tahan expressed doubt [...] | 2006-04-25 15:10:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER IZ |
06BAGHDAD1422 | MINDEF DULIME CONVEYS SECURITY CONCERNS TO [...] (S) SUMMARY: Minister of Defense Sadoun al-Dulime called on Ambassador to discuss his concerns with the "terrorist-controlled" highway between Baghdad and Amman and the 8,750 Iraqi security detail personnel currently being paid out of MoD's budget. Dulime also took this opportunity to cauti [...] | 2006-04-30 16:10:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PINR PREL PINS PNAT PTER KDEM KISL IZ |
06BAGHDAD1438 | AMBASSADOR OFFERS HIS CONDOLENCES TO ITALIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 28, Ambassador offered his condolences to Italian Ambassador Maurizio Melani for the death of three Italian soldiers killed on April 27 in Nasiriyah. He further committed to sharing any investigative reports he receives from MNF-I on the incident. Melani conveyed that [...] | 2006-05-01 17:22:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PINR PREL PINS PNAT PTER KDEM KISL IT IZ |
06BAGHDAD1492 | BADR CORPS LEADER AL-AMIRI: DON'T CALL US A MILITIA [...] (C/REL UK) Badr Organization General Secretary Hadi al-Amiri and Badr Organization Deputy Secretary for Protection Tahsin al-Azawi said in an April 24 meeting with DCG LTG Robert Fry, MG Rick Lynch, RDML Scott Van Buskirk and PolOffs that the Badr Organization should not be labeled a militia " [...] | 2006-05-05 19:00:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PINR PINS PNAT PTER KDEM KISL IZ |
06BAGHDAD1552 | SHAHRISTANI: PORTRAIT OF AN OIL MINISTER-IN-WAITING [...] (S) Summary: Dr. Husayn Shahristani, under consideration by some in the United Iraqi Coalition (UIC) to become Oil Minister, shared his ideas for the oil sector with EmbOffs on May 1. Key themes included the needs to attract foreign investment, combat oil smuggling/corruption and increase tr [...] | 2006-05-10 03:39:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | EPET ENRG KCOR PGOV PREL PINR IZ |
06BAGHDAD1655 | IRAQI GOVERNMENT FORMATION: BARGAINING DURING END [...] (C) Summary: As of midday May 18, a final deal on the new cabinet was close, but there were last minute changes and demands. The Finance, Interior and Defense slots were still undecided and we heard Tawafuq grumbling about some of the candidates proposed. Tawafuq negotiator Ali Baban told Po [...] | 2006-05-18 15:03:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PNAT KDEM IZ |
06BAGHDAD1683 | IRAQI VILLAGERS AND SECURITY FORCES FOIL JAYSH [...] (C) SUMMARY: This is a PRT Diyala cable. A May 11 raid by Jaysh al-Mahdi (JAM) elements on a Sunni village east of Khan Bani Sa'd was foiled by the response of villagers and the coordinated response of local Iraqi Army (IA) and Iraqi Police (IP) units. Twenty-eight detained members of the g [...] | 2006-05-22 08:13:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV MOPS PHUM IZ |
06BAGHDAD1754 | SENIOR KURDISH AIDE: IRAN WANTS A DIALOGUE WITH [...] (S) Summary: President Talabani's Chief of Staff and close confidant Kamran Karadaghi told PolOff on May 23 that all of Iran's activities in Iraq and the broader Middle East were just aimed at jumpstarting bilateral relations with the U.S. He urged Washington to engage Tehran as a means of h [...] | 2006-05-25 13:14:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV IR IZ |
06BAGHDAD1766 | AUSTRALIAN CONCERNS ABOUT MNF-I DETENTION OF [...] (SBU) On May 24, Australian Ambassador Howard Brown and Australian Consul Alan Elliot met with Pol- MilCouns and MNF-I Deputy Commanding General - Detainee Operations (DCG-DO) to express Canberra's concern about the detention of Australian national Bradley John Thompson by US military forces [...] | 2006-05-27 10:57:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PINS PTER PHUM KJUS IZ |
06BAGHDAD1792 | FM AGREES TO SEND LETTERS TO UNSC AND TROOP [...] (S) Political Counselor delivered ref A points to Foreign Minister Hoshyiar Zebari on May 28 and asked that the Iraqi Government prepare a letter from the Prime Minister or Foreign Minister to the UNSC asking for the continuation of MNF-I presence in Iraq. FM Zebari said that the last time su [...] | 2006-05-29 11:23:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL UNSC IZ |
06BAGHDAD1843 | ARAB LEAGUE AMBASSADOR REPORTS SISTANI SUPPORTIVE [...] (C) Arab League Ambassador to Iraq Mukhtar Lamani told Poloff that his May 31 visit to Najaf was successful. During the one day trip, Lamani met separately with Ayatollah Sistani, Fadilah Party Spiritual Leader Muhammad al-Yaqubi, SCIRI leader Abd al-Aziz al-Hakim and Muqtada al-Sadr. Lamani [...] | 2006-06-01 08:07:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM IZ |
06BAGHDAD1844 | MCNS DISCUSSES NEW PLAN FOR BAGHDAD SECURITY [...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki convened a meeting of the Ministerial Committee for National Security (MCNS) on May 29 to discuss the Baghdad Security Plan. National Security Advisor (NSA) Dr. Mowaffak al-Rubaie provided a briefing on the political and outreach aspect [...] | 2006-06-01 09:46:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PINS MOPS IZ |
06BAGHDAD1845 | PM HEADING TO BASRAH TO ADDRESS SECURITY, [...] (S) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Maliki will focus on security during his May 31 trip to Basrah. Maliki said he will announce his nominees for Minister of Defense and Interior at the next session of parliament (either June 1 or June 4. The leading candidate for MOI now appears to be Farouq Al-Araj [...] | 2006-06-01 09:56:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV KDEM PNAT IZ |
06BAGHDAD1869 | PM HOPES TO COMPLETE SELECTION OF SECURITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 1 meeting with Ambassador, PM Maliki repeated his intent to complete selection soon of Ministers of Defense and Interior. MinDef will be either Abdel Qader al-Mufraji (if Kurds can be brought on board) or Nabil Khalil Saeed. MinInt candidates are Tawfiq Yasseri or Farouk [...] | 2006-06-03 16:14:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | ASEC IZ PGOV PREL |
06BAGHDAD1920 | MCNS APPROVES BAGHDAD SECURITY PLAN, DISCUSSES [...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: On June 5, the Ministerial Committee for National Security (MCNS) met and approved a new plan for Baghdad security. The group decided that Prime Minister Maliki would be in overall charge of the plan's execution, with Multi-National Force-Iraq (MNF-I) commanders car [...] | 2006-06-07 13:23:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PINS PGOV MOPS IZ |
06BAGHDAD1973 | MCNS APPROVES SECURITY MEASURES, DISCUSSES UNSCR [...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: In the wake of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's death, the Iraqi Ministerial Committee on National Security (MCNS) agreed to implement the Baghdad Security Plan beginning June 13 and to follow up with a series of speeches and press events by senior GOI officials and others in [...] | 2006-06-11 14:32:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PINS PGOV MOPS IZ |
06BAGHDAD1983 | SESSIONS 24-32: SADDAM TRIAL DEFENSE WITNESS [...] (S) SUMMARY: From May 15-31, the Iraqi High Tribunal (IHT) heard testimony from defense witnesses for the eight defendants in the Ad-Dujayl trial. Amid concerns over testimony given by four defense witnesses, a hearing was held to assess perjury charges. The perjured witnesses revealed that [...] | 2006-06-12 11:43:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PHUM KJUS KCRM KDEM IZ |
06BAGHDAD202 | AMB AND TALABANI DISCUSS IRAN, DE-BA,ATHIFICATION, [...] (S) SUMMARY: In a January 17 meeting, Ambassador told President Jalal Talabani that the U.S. would never relent on the war against terror, refuting SCIRI leader Abd al-Aziz al-Hakim's public statements accusing the USG of encouraging terrorism with its Sunni Arab outreach program. Ambassador [...] | 2006-01-24 17:58:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PTER IR IZ |
06BAGHDAD2041 | REQUEST: FULL RELEASE U.S. ORIGIN EQUIPMENT [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 9. 2. (S) SUMMARY: The Core Country Team for Security Matters requests the full release of the AN/AAR-47 Missile Warning System and AN/ALE-47 Countermeasure Dispensing System to the Government of Iraq. These systems are currently deployed on [...] | 2006-06-16 12:58:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | IZ PINS MOPS |
06BAGHDAD2059 | XXXXXXXXXXXX BLAMES UK FOR SECURITY [...] (S//REL UK) Summary: In a June 12 conversation with PolOff, XXXXXXXXXXXX told PolOff the UK is largely to blame for the unrest in Basrah. The UK has not brought militias under control, and so Basrah is now a violent place, he said. This, combined with the activities of foreign intelligence ser [...] | 2006-06-18 12:52:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PINR PINS PNAT PREL PTER KDEM KISL IZ |
06BAGHDAD2065 | MODERATE ISLAMIST CABINET CONTENDER URGES USG TO [...] (S/REL UK) Summary: In a June 8 meeting with Emboffs, moderate Islamist Ali al-Dabbagh (strictly protect) said that the present Sadrist Minister of Transportation, Karim Mahdi Salih, may be forced to resign and that he is a possible candidate to replace him. Dabbagh claimed to be undecided as [...] | 2006-06-19 09:13:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PINR PNAT ECON EAIR ELTN ETRD KDEM IZ |
06BAGHDAD2080 | PM DISCUSSES BAGHDAD SECURITY PLAN, SITE 4, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 15 meeting with the Prime Minister, the Ambassador and GEN Casey discussed the Baghdad security plan; the Site 4 investigation; Basrah; military operations in Ramadi; security transition; the Arab League Boycott; and an upcoming detainee release. END SUMMARY. -------- [...] | 2006-06-19 14:36:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL MOPS IZ |
06BAGHDAD2114 | MCNS - MUTHANNA, BASRAH, AND BAGHDAD [...] (S//REL GBR AUS JAPAN) SUMMARY: On June 18, the Ministerial Committee for National Security (MCNS) met to discuss security issues in Muthanna, Basrah, and Baghdad. It was decided to announce the transfer of security responsibility for Muthanna from the Coalition to the GOI on June 19. The Ba [...] | 2006-06-21 02:31:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV CIA IZ MASS MCAP MOPS NATO PINR PREL |
06BAGHDAD2116 | WHERE WE STAND ON CRUDE EXPORTS, ELECTRICITY AND [...] (C) Summary: Baghdad's hours of power increased in June to an average of 8-9 hours per day, up from 4-5 a month ago. Improvements are attributable to more focused security and the return to service of several power plants that had been down for maintenance or other reasons. Crude exports are [...] | 2006-06-21 06:25:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | ECON ENRG EPET PGOV PREL TU SY IZ |
06BAGHDAD2135 | MCNS - UPDATE ON BAGHDAD SECURITY [...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: On June 20, the Ministerial Committee for National Security (MCNS) met to review progress on the Baghdad security plan. Iraqi Army (IA) and Iraqi National Police (INP) leadership, supported by Multi-National Division-Baghdad(MND-B) Commanding General (CG),highlighte [...] | 2006-06-22 02:44:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | MASS CIA IZ MCAP MOPS NATO PGOV PINR PREL |
06BAGHDAD2165 | PRESIDENT TALABANI: UPBEAT ON RECONCILIATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Talabani hosted the Ambassador for lunch June 23 with Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih. Talabani said that the Prime Minister's reconciliation proposal would go forward to the Council of Representatives. Barham expressed deep concern over as-yet unchallenged infiltrati [...] | 2006-06-24 09:49:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | IZ PGOV PREL |
06BAGHDAD217 | POSSIBLE SURFACE-TO-AIR MISSILE ATTACK AGAINST [...] (S) SUMMARY: On January 23, 2006 at about 1411 hours local time, a possible surface-to-air missile (SAM) was fired at a Coalition aircraft eight miles southwest of Baghdad International Airport (BIAP). Countermeasures were deployed and a possible detonation 100 meters from the aircraft was re [...] | 2006-01-26 14:49:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | ASEC IZ |
06BAGHDAD2237 | DEATH OF SADDAM HUSSEIN DEFENSE ATTORNEY [...] (S) SUMMARY: On the morning of June 21, multiple assailants entered the home of Khamees Al-Obeidi -- one of two principal Iraqi defense attorneys in the Ad-Dujayl trial of Saddam Hussein and his co-defendants. The assailants removed Khamees from his home, transported him to the Jamilah neighb [...] | 2006-06-27 02:45:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PHUM KJUS KCRM KDEM IZ |
06BAGHDAD2281 | PM MALIKI UPBEAT ON REACTION TO RECONCILIATION PLAN [...] (C) Summary: In a June 28 meeting, Prime Minister Maliki said that he is optimistic about his upcoming trip to the Gulf and pleased with Ambassador's readout of his own consultations in Jeddah, in which Ambassador reported that the Saudis are ready to help Maliki with reconciliation and the In [...] | 2006-06-29 10:40:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | IZ PGOV PREL |
06BAGHDAD2323 | DPM SHAWAYS DISCUSSES SLOWLY MOVING FORWARD ON THE [...] (S) SUMMARY: In a June 28 meeting with Ambassador, former Deputy Prime Minister and senior Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) parliamentarian Rowsch Shaways discussed suggestions for the rules, administration, and structure of the National Policy Council (NPC). Shaways proposed a two-level stru [...] | 2006-07-03 12:57:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV IZ |
06BAGHDAD2354 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES SECURITY, SERVICES, AND [...] (S) SUMMARY: In a brief meeting with Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki on June 29, the Ambassador raised points on security and economic issues, ranging from a military operation in Fallujah to the draft investment law. The Ambassador also discussed the Kurds, and he indicated to Maliki th [...] | 2006-07-05 07:47:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV IZ |
06BAGHDAD2401 | PRIME MINISTER MALIKI PLEASED WITH VISITS TO SAUDI [...] (S) During a July 8 meeting, Prime Minister Maliki told the Charge that he had been extremely well-received in his stops in Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Kuwait and that overall he was very pleased with the results of these visits. He said that Kuwait had promised to establish relations at the amba [...] | 2006-07-09 17:11:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL IZ KU AE SA |
06BAGHDAD2444 | RESPONSE TO GOR REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE IN HOSTAGE [...] (S) Per reftel, the Mission will work closely with the GOR and GOI to coordinate efforts to recover the Russian Embassy staff members' remains and assist in apprehending those responsible for their murders. 2. (S) At this time, the location of any remains is unknown. Post recognizes the imp [...] | 2006-07-10 15:43:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | MOPS PREL PTER PINS PGOV RS IZ |
06BAGHDAD2464 | MCNS - UPDATE ON SECURITY ISSUES [...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: The Ministerial Committee for National Security (MCNS) met July 9 to review the transfer of security authority to al-Muthanna Province, critical energy infrastructure protection, the Baghdad and Basrah Security plans, and events in Anbar. END SUMMARY. 2. (S//REL G [...] | 2006-07-12 14:55:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | MOPS PGOV PINS PNAT PREL PTER IZ |
06BAGHDAD2581 | TALABANI: IRANIAN UPDATE AND SEEKING POLITICAL [...] (S) Summary: The Ambassador, just back from consultations in Washington, met President Talabani July 17. Talabani briefed the Ambassador on the latest Iraqi discussions with the Iranians, and they discussed ways to leverage concerns about Iran into greater support for Iraq from Sunni neighbo [...] | 2006-07-19 09:19:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | IZ PGOV PREL |
06BAGHDAD2587 | MCNS - BAGHDAD SECURITY PLAN AND FORCE STRUCTURE [...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: The Ministerial Committee for National Security (MCNS) met July 16 to hear MNF-I briefings on the progress of the Iraqi Army training and on the strategic view of the Baghdad Security Plan Phase II. The Iraqis expressed the desire for more Iraqi troops to be trained, [...] | 2006-07-19 16:31:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PINS PNAT PREL PTER MOPS IZ |
06BAGHDAD2591 | IRAQI REACTION TO ISRAEL-LEBANON SITUATION [...] (S) SUMMARY: Israeli military action in Lebanon has brought strong condemnation from Iraqi officials across the political spectrum. No negative reference has been made to Hezbollah militia actions. Friday prayers were dominated by anti-Israeli rhetoric, and demonstrations against Israel repo [...] | 2006-07-20 02:35:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PTER PDEM KCRM MOPS MARR IZ |
06BAGHDAD2622 | POST SUPPORT FOR IRAQI PURCHASE OF ISR AIRCRAFT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-22 10:12:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PINS PREL MOPS IZ |
06BAGHDAD2628 | KURDS WANT TO RESOLVE THE PKK PROBLEM [...] (S) Summary: Talabani understands the seriousness of situation with Turkey. He and Barzani are in agreement on steps show Iraqi-Kurdish bona fides. In addition to steps aimed at stopping PKK attacks on Turkish targets, he believes that progress toward a comprehensive solution could be achiev [...] | 2006-07-22 19:45:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PTER TU IZ |
06BAGHDAD2629 | SCENESETTER FOR PRIME MINISTER MALIKI'S VISIT TO [...] (S) Introduction and Summary: Two months into his tenure as Iraq's first permanent Prime Minister since liberation, Nuri Kamel Maliki has staked his reputation and political future on improving the security situation, providing basic services, and rebuilding the Iraqi economy. Although he fac [...] | 2006-07-22 19:54:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL IZ |
06BAGHDAD2646 | HUNGER STRIKE BY AD-DUJAYL DEFENDANTS [...] (S) SUMMARY: On July 8, 2006, Saddam Hussein began a hunger strike in response to the June 21, 2006 murder of one his defense attorneys. He also ordered Taha Yaseen Ramadan, Barzan al-Tikriti, and Awad al-Bandar (three co-defendants in the continuing Ad-Dujayl trial) to participate in this hun [...] | 2006-07-24 07:54:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | IZ KCRM KDEM KJUS PGOV PHUM |
06BAGHDAD2655 | IRAQIS AND KURDS INITIATE ACTION AGAINST PKK [...] (S) Summary: Chief of Staff (COS) Karadaghi told Poloff on July 23 that President Talabani was following up on his pledges to curb PKK activity in Iraq. The day after Talabani issued the order to shut down PKK offices in Baghdad, the COS was checking with the MOI on the status of that request. [...] | 2006-07-24 17:26:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PTER TU IZ |
06BAGHDAD2677 | IRAQI MINDEF ON IA DEVELOPMENT [...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met with Iraqi Minister of Defense Abd al-Qadir al-Mufraji July 21 to discuss Baghdad security. Al-Mufraji said the situation reflected personal struggles among politicians who are behind the militias killing innocent Iraqis. He pledged to "nip in the [...] | 2006-07-26 19:07:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | IZ MOPS PGOV PINS PNAT PREL PTER |
06BAGHDAD2692 | GOI OPEN TO MAKHMOUR TRIPARTITE [...] (S) Per Department's instructions (ref A),on July 27, Acting PolCouns and RefCoord called on the Minister of Displacement and Migration (MODM) and the MFA Undersecretary - Multilateral Affairs to engage them on moving forward on resolving Makhmour through the GOT-GOI-UNHCR tripartite agreemen [...] | 2006-07-28 12:32:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREF PREL PTER TU IZ |
06BAGHDAD2768 | IRAQI GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS REPORT SOME MOVEMENT ON RESOLVING PKK ISSUE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In separate conversations on July 30 and 31, President Talabani and Foreign Minister Zebari assured Charge d'Affaires that the Iraqi Government (GOI) remained committed to resolving the PKK issue and resuming the trilateral meetings. Talabani reported that the GOI had taken steps to cl [...] | 2006-08-02 11:56:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER TU IZ |
06BAGHDAD2844 | TALABANI DISCUSSES PKK, BAGHDAD SECURITY [...] (S) SUMMARY: In a meeting on August 6, President Talabani and the Ambassador focused on the PKK and improving Baghdad security. The Ambassador stressed the importance of not allowing the PKK to put the Kurds, achievements in Iraq at risk. Talabani assured the Ambassador that he, Kurdistan Re [...] | 2006-08-07 17:50:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV IR IZ |
06BAGHDAD2907 | PRIME MINISTER ON SECURITY ISSUES [...] (S) Summary: On July 29, MNF-I CG Casey briefed Prime Minister Maliki on security-related developments that had occured during his absence from Iraq. The Prime Minister's National Security Adviser, Dr. Mowaffaq Al-Rubaie was also present. General Casey stressed to the Prime Minister that the [...] | 2006-08-12 09:32:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | ASEC IZ MARR PREL PTER |
06BAGHDAD2908 | IRAQI MOD - QUELLING VIOLENCE TOP PRIORITY [...] (S) SUMMARY: At an August 7 working lunch, Ambassador Khalilzad and Minister of Defense Abdul Qader al-Mufraji discussed the current security situation, relations with the Ministry of Interior (MOI),MOD reforms and future plans, the regional environment, and ideas for reforming MOI. Al-Mufraj [...] | 2006-08-12 10:17:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PHUM PREL MOPS IZ |
06BAGHDAD2927 | AMBASSADOR,S AUGUST 6 AND 7 MEETINGS WITH PM MALIKI [...] (S) SUMMARY: Ambassador Khalilzad and General Casey met on both August 6 and 7 with Prime Minister Maliki to review plans for the second phase of the Baghdad Security Plan. Maliki -- focused on national reconciliation -- hoped that residents forced out by sectarian intimidation would return on [...] | 2006-08-12 12:18:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PHUM PREL MOPS IZ |
06BAGHDAD2928 | AMBASSADOR'S AUGUST 11 MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER [...] (S) SUMMARY: Ambassador Khalilzad and General Casey met on August 11 with Prime Minister Maliki to review the Baghdad Security Plan. Maliki gave his consent to a revised plan for a more flexible checkpoint system and appeared markedly more forward leaning on operational security cooperation th [...] | 2006-08-12 12:39:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PHUM PREL MOPS IZ |
06BAGHDAD2932 | MALIKI TALKS ON DOMESTIC POLITICS AND TURKISH PKK [...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: On August 10, the Prime Minister told the Ambassador that he had donated $27,000 to a new party formed by 600 former Ba'athists who now support the GOI. He criticized CoR Speaker Mashhadani for not cooperating with the government. The PM alleged that MNF-I publicly [...] | 2006-08-13 13:14:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS ASEC TU IZ |
06BAGHDAD3014 | SEVENTH IMAM PILGRIMAGE: IRAQI MOI AND MOD PREPARE [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: In order to avoid a repletion of last years tragedy when nearly one thousand pilgrims were killed at the Seventh Imam pilgrimage, both the Ministry of Interior (MOI) and Ministry of Defense (MOD) have conducted extensive operational planning to ensure order and prevent a repeat [...] | 2006-08-19 14:19:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PHUM PREL MOPS IZ |
06BAGHDAD3025 | MCNS AUGUST 13 - TURKEY, IRAN, AL QAEDA, AND [...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: At the Ministerial Council on August 13, Prime Minister Maliki welcomed the proposed tripartite talks among the US, Turkey and Iraq on PKK Turkish Kurd terrorist activities. Improved relations with Turkey might also increase imports, and ease Iraq's fuel crisis. Rel [...] | 2006-08-20 11:17:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PINS PNAT PREL PTER MOPS IZ |
06BAGHDAD3051 | KURDISH LEADERS DISCUSS PESHMERGA, PKK WITH [...] (S) SUMMARY: In a series of brief asides at the 60th anniversary celebration of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) in Erbil on August 16, the Ambassador discussed plans to integrate the KDP and Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) Peshmerga forces into a single, unified structure and the conti [...] | 2006-08-22 11:20:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PTER PGOV PREL TU IZ |
06BAGHDAD3053 | AUGUST 18 MEETING BETWEEN IRAQI PM, AMBASSADOR, [...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: At an intense August 18 meeting with Prime Minister Maliki, MNF-I Commander General (CG) Casey and the Ambassador, the PM reacted negatively to American news reports that the PM is willing to kill Sunnis, but shield Shia including Moqtada al-Sadr from MNF-I raids. The [...] | 2006-08-22 11:50:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PINS PNAT PREL PTER MOPS IZ |
06BAGHDAD3057 | IRAQI MINISTERS ON DETENTION CENTERS INSPECTIONS [...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: At an August 20 meeting at the Ambassador's Residence the Ministers for Defense, Interior, Justice and Human Rights discussed procedures for improving the treatment of criminal detainees in Iraq in accordance with applicable human rights standards. Regarding the Site [...] | 2006-08-22 14:43:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PINS PNAT PREL PTER MOPS IZ |
06BAGHDAD3058 | LAUNCHING THE COMPACT WITH IRAQ [...] (C) Treasury Deputy Secretary Kimmitt and Department of State Counselor Zelikow met with Prime Minister Maliki, Deputy Prime Minister Salih, Finance Minister Jabr, Oil Minister Shahristani, Central Bank Governor Shabibi and other foreign delegation members in Baghdad during the July 19-21 inf [...] | 2006-08-23 10:10:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL EAID PGOV IZ |
06BAGHDAD3121 | BAGHDAD SECURITY PLAN MOVES TOWARD NORMALCY IN [...] (C) Leaders in Baghdad District Advisory Councils (DAC) continue to praise the improved security situation resulting from the Baghdad Security Plan (BSP) initiatives in focus areas throughout the city (reftels). To encourage further normalcy of the city's neighborhoods, Coalition Forces (CF) [...] | 2006-08-27 09:02:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PTER KDEM IZ |
06BAGHDAD3157 | MCNS AUGUST 21 [...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: During the August 21 Ministerial Council on National Security, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki emphasized the importance of civil support for the Baghdad Security operations; called for the reform of the Facilities Protection Service; and approved Iraqi assumption of sec [...] | 2006-08-28 17:11:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | GPGOV PINS PNAT PREL PTER MOPS IZ |
06BAGHDAD3205 | MCNS - AUGUST 27 [...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: At the Ministerial Council for National Security (MCNS) on August 27, Prime Minister Maliki suggested that the looting of a former British base in Maysan province created a "public perception of defeat" that must be analyzed. The Baghdad Security Plan is progressing, [...] | 2006-08-31 11:36:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PINS PNAT PREL PTER MOPS IZ |
06BAGHDAD3273 | MCNS -- SEPTEMBER 3: BSP UPDATE AND MOSQUE POLICY [...] (S) SUMMARY: In the Prime Minister's absence, National Security Advisor Rubaie chaired the September 3 Ministerial Committee on National Security -- despite the fact that both Deputy PMs (Barham Salih and Salam al-Zubai) were in attendance. General Casey argued that the Baghdad Security Plan [...] | 2006-09-05 15:18:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PINS PREL PTER MOPS IZ |
06BAGHDAD3345 | SALAH AD DIN PROVINCIAL OFFICIAL DISCUSSES BAATH [...] (S) SUMMARY: Salah ad Din Province Vice Governor Abdullah H. M. Ejbarah claims the Baath Party is planning to hold a national convention in Salah ad Din province before the end of the year to begin the party's reintegration into Iraq's political process. The party will expel Saddam to demons [...] | 2006-09-09 12:37:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PINR KDEM IZ |
06BAGHDAD3346 | MALIKI SAYS IRAQI POLICE NUMBER ONE PROBLEM; [...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: On September 6, during a briefing on the Baghdad Security Plan (BSP),Prime Minister Maliki told MNF-I Commanding General (CG) Casey and the Ambassador that he sees reforming the Iraqi Police as his number one issue, and key to solving other related problems. When the [...] | 2006-09-09 13:09:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PINS PNAT PREL PTER MOPS IZ |
06BAGHDAD3358 | NINEWA'S FUEL CRISIS [...] (C) Unending fuel shortages in Ninewa are the preoccupation of all/all PRT interlocutors, second only to ongoing violence in Mosul. These shortages are the single most critical issue impeding improved security and economic rehabilitation throughout Ninewa. They restrict mobility of Iraqi s [...] | 2006-09-10 07:43:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL ECON EPET MARR IZ |
06BAGHDAD338 | ALLAWI SAYS IRAN STRONGER IN IRAQ THAN U.S. [...] (S) At a February 1 dinner with the Ambassador, Dr. Ayad Allawi said that there is "unchecked Iranian involvement in Iraq." Allawi specifically cited the new constitution's provisions on federalism and decentralization as well as Iranian institution-building within the Iraqi Security Forces ( [...] | 2006-02-06 10:46:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PNAT PREL IR IZ |
06BAGHDAD3456 | MCNS - MALIKI ON OIL SMUGGLING, DIYALA SECURITY [...] (S/REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: During the September 10 meeting of the Ministerial Committee for National Security, Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki: -- Cited petroleum smuggling as a key source of terrorist financing that must be addressed together with energy infrastructure protection; -- Called for be [...] | 2006-09-14 19:35:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | IZ MOPS PGOV PINS PNAT PREL PTER |
06BAGHDAD352 | DE-BAATHIFICATION AND THE IRAQI HIGH TRIBUNAL [...] (S) SUMMARY: On February 4, 2006, Ambassador and Regime Crimes Liaison Kevin Dooley met with Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Ahmed Chalabi to discuss how the January 18, 2006 order of the High National Commission of De-Ba'athification (HNCD) - which declared Judge Sa'eed Mousa Alhamash as subject [...] | 2006-02-06 15:43:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PHUM KJUS KCRM KDEM IZ |
06BAGHDAD3539 | NINEQA: TURKISH CG BOTSALI VISIT TO MOSUL 19-20 [...] (SBU) Turkish Consul General for Mosul Huseyn Avni Botsali visited Mosul 19-20 Sep. While this visit was scheduled primarily to initiate contractor work to harden and rehabilitate the Consulate's facilities in Mosul, he held productive discussions on future GOT-Coalition economic and governa [...] | 2006-09-21 13:43:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL ECON EAID MARR PREF TU IZ |
06BAGHDAD3724 | PESHMERGA TRANSFORMATION TALKS [...] (S/REL MNF-I) SUMMARY: On September 26, the Government of Iraq and the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) held the second in a planned series of meetings to transform the Peshmerga into a unified regional force consistent with Iraq's constitution and federal law. Neither side presented a clea [...] | 2006-10-07 15:57:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PTER PREL MOPS PINS PNAT IZ |
06BAGHDAD3738 | LEAHY IN IRAQ [...] (U) Restated questions from Ref A para 7 followed by Post's answers. ---------- QUESTION A ---------- 2. (SBU) What measures have Post or MNF-I taken to prevent human rights abusers from receiving U.S. security assistance and to improve the human rights record of units receiving U.S. a [...] | 2006-10-09 08:49:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PHUM PINS MOPS IZ |
06BAGHDAD3757 | OCTOBER 8 MCNS: REFORM ON THE MIND [...] (S/REL UK) SUMMARY: In the October 8 meeting of the Ministerial Committee on National Security (MCNS),PM Maliki expressed his frustration with the current MCNS process, arguing that it should be more focused on decision making. MCNS members agreed that MOI and MOD reform was a priority, inclu [...] | 2006-10-10 15:34:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL MOPS IZ |
06BAGHDAD3901 | IRAQI LEADERS DEBATE EXTENSION OF UNSCR MANDATE ON [...] (S) SUMMARY: In separate meetings on October 16, President Talabani and Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih informed the Ambassador that the second session of the extended Policy Committee on National Security (PCNS) meeting focused almost exclusively on the question of whether to extend the UN [...] | 2006-10-17 17:54:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL IZ |
06BAGHDAD3926 | PRESIDENT TALABANI REPORTS ON POSSIBLE CHANGES TO [...] (S) SUMMARY: In a meeting on October 16, President Talabani informed the Ambassador that the Presidency Council (PC) - Talabani, Sunni Arab Vice President Tarik al-Hashimi, and Shia Vice President Adil Abd al-Mahdi - had met that day and agreed to bring their respective parties together to w [...] | 2006-10-20 07:27:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV FR IR IZ |
06BAGHDAD3927 | TALABANI, AMBASSADOR DISCUSS PCNS, SYRIA, PUK [...] (S) SUMMARY: In a meeting on October 14, President Talabani informed the Ambassador that the Policy Committee on National Security (PCNS) met that day to discuss pressing security and political issues, and had resolved to keep its session open until the key issues have been resolved. Although [...] | 2006-10-20 07:27:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER SY IZ |
06BAGHDAD3928 | NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR RUBAIE ON DDR [...] (S) SUMMARY: National Security Advisor Muwafak al-Rubaie told MNF-I and Emboffs on October 14 that Prime Minister Maliki has mandated a new committee to address security sector reform and DDR issues. The committee has been charged with producing a report with recommendations on security sect [...] | 2006-10-20 07:27:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINS IZ |
06BAGHDAD3985 | IRAQI GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS BLAME PRIME MINISTER'S [...] (S) SUMMARY: In separate meetings on October 16 with President Talabani and Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih, both assured the Ambassador that the third National Reconciliation Conference for Political Party leaders was "indefinitely postponed," rather than cancelled outright. Both Talaban [...] | 2006-10-23 19:25:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL IZ |
06BAGHDAD3992 | PRT ANBAR: IRAQ DEPUTY NSA ON ANBAR [...] (S/REL MCFI) Summary. Iraqi Deputy National Security Advisor (NSA) Safa A. Hussein provided an analysis to Anbar PRT PolOff October 19 of recent developments in Anbar regarding reconciliation between the provincial government and the tribes. He expressed cautious optimism regarding the poss [...] | 2006-10-24 18:03:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | IZ KDEM PGOV PINS |
06BAGHDAD3994 | PRT ANBAR: ANBAR PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT AND TRIBES [...] (S/REL MCNI) Summary: MNF-W hosted an Iftar dinner October 17 for Anbar Governor Ma'amoun Sami Rasheed Al-Awani and prominent Anbar Sheikh Sattar Al- Rishawi to follow up on the reconciliation momentum generated from the previous joint meeting held October 10 (reftel). The atmospherics were [...] | 2006-10-25 10:01:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | IZ KDEM PGOV PINS |
06BAGHDAD4016 | NINEWA: PENDING RELEASES OF FOREIGN INSURGENT [...] (C) Summary: Authorities at Ninewa's Badush Prison remain urgently concerned about the pending release of 150 foreign fighters, at least one of whom is an admitted al-Qaeda member. These prisoners have completed sentences and, absent other arrangements, will be released at the prison and ar [...] | 2006-10-27 11:06:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PHUM PTER KJUS IZ |
06BAGHDAD4017 | NINEWA: IIP CHAIR ON ELECTIONS, DISPUTED [...] (C) In a recent meeting with Team Leader Knight and other PRT members, Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP) Chair Dr. Mohammad Shakir indicated that they expect legislation to schedule provincial elections will be addressed by the Council of Representatives (COR) shortly after Ramadan. Shakir also indi [...] | 2006-10-27 11:22:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREF PHUM IZ |
06BAGHDAD402 | SHIA ISLAMIST PM CONTENDERS: NO PERFECT CANDIDATE [...] (S) SUMMARY: None of the contenders for the Shia Islamist Coalition's prime minister nominee is ideal, and we will need to convince whoever the nominee is to construct a good set of structural agreements and program plans to address Iraq's deep problems. SCIRI's Adil Abd' al-Mahdi appears to [...] | 2006-02-10 08:51:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL IZ |
06BAGHDAD4054 | AMBASSADOR AND DCM MEET WITH IRAQI NATIONAL [...] (S) Summary: Ambassador and DCM held a wide-ranging discussion with Iraqi National Security Advisor Muwafaq al-Rubaie immediately following the Ambassador's October 27 meeting with PM Maliki: - Rubaie portrayed the PM as under pressure, worried about failure, and without adequate staff to ad [...] | 2006-10-29 18:26:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINS JO SA AEMR IZ |
06BAGHDAD4111 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES UNSCR RENEWAL, ANBAR WITH PM [...] (S) SUMMARY: In a November 1 meeting the Ambassador and Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki focused on UNSCR 1546's extension, national reconciliation and progress in Anbar, recent statements to the press from Maliki's confidants, and a visit to Baghdad by KRG leadership. In a brief comment at the [...] | 2006-11-03 13:30:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINS IZ |
06BAGHDAD4140 | FORMER MINISTER DISCUSSES KURDISH EXPANSION INTO [...] (C) Summary: In a November 1 meeting with the Ambassador, former Minister of Industry and Minerals and current Council of Representatives (CoR) member from the cross-sectarian secular Iraqiyya party Osama Al-Najafi said Kurdish expansionism constitutes the most serious threat to Iraqi unity. [...] | 2006-11-05 19:38:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINS IZ |
06BAGHDAD4168 | DHI QAR PRT AND U.S. ARMY CIVIL AFFAIRS PERSONNEL [...] (U) This is a PRT Dhi Qar cable. 2. (S) Summary: Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) and U.S. Army 1/34 Civil Affairs personnel met with a representative of the Jaysh Al Mahdi Militia (JAM) on October 26 to discuss access to parts of the province under the influence of the JAM. The inter [...] | 2006-11-07 13:40:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINS IZ |
06BAGHDAD4184 | SADDAM VERDICT AND APPELLATE TIMEFRAME [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Saddam Hussein was found guilty of crimes against humanity and sentenced to death in the Iraqi High Tribunal ("IHT"). Of the remaining seven defendants, 2 others received death sentences, one received a sentence of life imprisonment, three received sentences of 15 years impriso [...] | 2006-11-08 16:02:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PHUM KJUS KCRM KDEM IZ |
06BAGHDAD420 | GOVERNMENT FORMATION UPDATE: MODERATE SHIA [...] (S/REL UK) Summary. In a February 10 meeting, independent moderate Shi'a Islamist Ali al-Dabbagh told Poloffs that the two leading United Iraqi Alliance (UIA) candidates for Prime Minister, Ibrahim Jafari and 'Adil 'Abd al-Madhi, are in a dead heat, with eight or more Alliance members still u [...] | 2006-02-11 13:31:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PNAT KDEM ECON IZ |
06BAGHDAD421 | (U) PROMINENT KURDISH POLITICIAN MAHMUD OTHMAN [...] (S) Summary: In a February 8 meeting, outspoken Kurdish negotiator Dr. Mahmud Othman bitterly criticized the Prime Minister candidates as unfit to lead and claimed that the Shia Islamist Coalition's delay naming its prime minister candidate had made Iraq look foolish. Othman urged the U.S. g [...] | 2006-02-11 14:46:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV IZ |
06BAGHDAD4217 | PM RAISES SUNNI LEADERSHIP, UNSCR AND [...] (S) SUMMARY: In a November 4 meeting, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki discussed continuing concerns over the sincerity of Sunni cooperation within the GOI, specifically referring to their efforts towards reconciliation. The Ambassador raised UNSCR renewal, highlighting potential contradiction [...] | 2006-11-13 07:08:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINS IZ |
06BAGHDAD4241 | IRAQI PM AND AMBASSADOR DISCUSS CONTROVERSIAL [...] (S) SUMMARY: Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki raised with the Ambassador concerns about a planned conference for Iraqi Sunnis hosted by Qatar-based NGO Global Anti-Aggression Campaign scheduled to occur in Turkey November 15-16. The PM expressed concern that Conference organizers consider both Shi [...] | 2006-11-15 07:47:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL KDEM KJUS IZ |
06BAGHDAD4267 | NOVEMBER 15 MCNS ON MOD REFORM [...] (S/REL UK, AUS) SUMMARY: On November 15, Minister of Defense Abdul Qader presented a report on MoD reform to the Ministerial Committee on National Security (MCNS),focusing on the current situation in the ministry. Following the MinDef's presentation, National Security Advisor Rubaie said the [...] | 2006-11-16 21:06:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV MOPS IZ |
06BAGHDAD4270 | MOI INTERNAL AFFAIRS CHIEF SAYS HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (S) Summary. Ministry of Interior Director for Internal Affairs Brigadier General Ahmed Taha al-Mosawi told EmbOffs November 8 that conditions for accountability had improved since Minister Bolani took office. Al-Mosawi, who in February complained to us that Minister Bayan Jabr rarely, if [...] | 2006-11-17 10:34:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PHUM KDEM PGOV IZ |
06BAGHDAD4295 | PRT DIYALA: SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN NUMBER OF [...] (S) SUMMARY. There has been a noticeable increase in the number of Iraqi Police (IP) and Iraqi Army (IA) detainee abuse cases reported to Coalition Forces (CF) in Diyala Province since Major General Hulal Husain Shakir, a Shi'a Arab, was appointed commander of the 5th IA Division in July 200 [...] | 2006-11-20 13:00:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PINS PREL PHUM IZ |
06BAGHDAD4317 | MALIKI CREATES CRISIS CELL; INVITES AMBASSADOR TO [...] (S/REL MNF-I) On November 11, we received a letter (e-mailed to NEA-I) from National Security Advisor Rubaie informing us that Prime Minister Maliki was establishing a Crisis Cell of key decision makers which could be called together in the event of a crisis in Iraq. In his letter, Rubaie sai [...] | 2006-11-21 17:59:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL MOPS IZ |
06BAGHDAD4330 | NOVEMBER 19 MCNS: NAJAF TO PIC; BSP TO BE REVIEWED [...] (S/REL UK, AUS) SUMMARY: The November 19 meeting of the Ministerial Committee on National Security agreed to transfer security responsibility for Najaf to Iraqi authorities. The Committee also agreed to study the security situation in Diyala, which PM Maliki referred to as being in the hands o [...] | 2006-11-23 06:41:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | IZ MOPS PREL PGOV PTER |
06BAGHDAD4335 | FM ZEBARI DISCUSSES SYRIA, IRAN, THE PRIME [...] (S) SUMMARY. Foreign Minister Zebari expressed to the Ambassador on November 23 his view that the USG should take a tough stance with GOI ministers to bring about an agreement on national reconciliation. He explained how the restoration of diplomatic ties with Syria was brought about through [...] | 2006-11-24 17:48:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PINS PGOV IZ |
06BAGHDAD4350 | REPORT ON ENERGY COMMITTEE MEETING ON HYDROCARBON [...] (S) Summary: At the invitation of Oil Minister Shahristani and DPM Barham Salih, Econ MinCouns attended two sessions of the Energy Committee meeting on November 23 and 24. On the key issue of contracting, considerable progress was made. The committee will refer the issue to the "political leve [...] | 2006-11-26 08:10:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | ECON ENRG EPET IZ |
06BAGHDAD4351 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MINISTER OF OIL [...] (S) Summary. Ambassador met evening of November 22 with Minister of Oil Husayn al-Shahristani to discuss the outlook for the November 23 GoI Energy Committee discussion of the Hydrocarbon Law. Shahristani expressed optimism that a breakthrough with the Kurds can be reached if the U.S. makes i [...] | 2006-11-26 08:45:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | ECON ENRG EPET IR IZ PREL SY TU |
06BAGHDAD4367 | REPORT OF KILLING AND TORTURE AT MOD DETENTION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-27 13:15:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PHUM KDEM PGOV IZ |
06BAGHDAD4370 | APPARENT BREAKTHROUGH ON HYDROCARBON LAW AT [...] (S) Summary. Apparent breakthroughs on the issues of contracting, arbitration and arrangements for revenue sharing have raised a real prospect that agreement on a hydrocarbon law can be reached in time for a draft to be submitted to the Council of Representatives (CoR) before it adjourns for tw [...] | 2006-11-27 17:57:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | ECON EPET IZ KJUS KCOR PGOV EINV PBTS |
06BAGHDAD4373 | IRAQ,S KURDISH, SUNNI, SHIITE LEADERS PLEDGE [...] (S) Summary: At a November 26 meeting, SCIRI chairman and Shi'a coalition leader Abdulaziz al-Hakim and Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi (IIP/Sunni) continued discussions started November 25 (reftel). President Talabani (PUK),Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) President Masud Barzani (KDP),[...] | 2006-11-27 20:53:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINS IZ |
06BAGHDAD4384 | PRT DIYALA: IRAQI ARMY GENERAL TARGETING DIYALA,S [...] (S) SUMMARY: Credible evidence collected by Coalition forces (CF) working with Iraqi Army (IA) battalions and reported by senior Diyala government officials indicates that Diyala's IA Fifth Division Commander, Major General Hulail Husayn Shakir (Shi'a),is targeting Sunnis and abusing detain [...] | 2006-11-28 15:13:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PINS PREL PHUM IZ |
06BAGHDAD4387 | PM DISCUSSES INTEL CHIEF'S RETURN TO IRAQ, [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki agreed to take steps that would allow Iraqi intelligence chief Mohammed al-Shahwani to return to Iraq without fear of arrest because of an indictment based on debunked charges. MNF-I CG Casey expressed concern with the PM about accelerating the trans [...] | 2006-11-28 21:45:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINS PINR IZ |
06BAGHDAD4390 | LEADING SHIA POLITICIAN SHAYKH HUMAM HAMMOUDI [...] (S) SUMMARY. Leading Shia Coalition and SCIRI member Shaykh Humam Hammoudi told the Ambassador November 27 that he had presented his national compact plan (reftel) to President Talabani, who approved of it. Hammoudi will brief PM Maliki and VP Tariq al-Hashimi, and then present his plan to th [...] | 2006-11-29 06:52:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV IZ |
06BAGHDAD4391 | TEXT OF DPM SALIH'S ECONOMIC DOCUMENT FOR AMMAN [...] (S) Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih provided post with a draft of the comments on economic issues he developed for the Prime Minister for the upcoming summit in Amman. In the wide-ranging document, Barham outlines a vision for the development of the petroleum sector, the centrality of the [...] | 2006-11-29 07:05:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | ECON EINV IZ PREL |
06BAGHDAD4392 | AMBASSADOR HOSTS FRANK RXCHANGE BETWEEN IRAQI [...] (S) SUMMARY: Iraqi Shiite Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and Sunni Vice-President Tariq al-Hashimi had a frank exchange on differences and prospects for cooperation in a meeting with the Ambassador on November 27. Maliki also discussed dealing with national level problems and his lack of auth [...] | 2006-11-29 07:12:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL IZ |
06BAGHDAD4407 | PRT TIKRIT: POWER, CORRUPTION, AND AQIZ IN SALAH [...] (U) This is a PRT Tikrit, Salah ad Din cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY. The disintegration of the social fabric of Salah ad Din (SaD),which started during the Saddam regime, was exacerbated by its fall and the subsequent aftermath, has caused political disarray in the province. With the diminuti [...] | 2006-11-30 05:22:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PINR PTER KCOR KDEM IZ |
06BAGHDAD4425 | IRAQI PRESIDENT'S LIST OF STEPS FOR IRANIANS TO [...] (S) Summary: President Jalal Talabani provided the Ambassador December 1 with a document that included steps for Iran to take to help restore security and support the government in Iraq. Talabani delivered the list to Iranian leaders during his November 27-29 trip to Teheran. Recommended measu [...] | 2006-12-03 03:41:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINS PINR IR IZ |
06BAGHDAD4426 | IRAQI PRESIDENT RECOMMENDS U.S. DIALOGUE WITH [...] (S) Summary: President Jalal Talabani informed the Ambassador December 1 that Iranian leaders were eager to re-establish a direct dialogue with the U.S. on Iraq, during his November 27-29 trip to Iran. Talabani recommended that the U.S. talk to Iran if Iran follows through on a commitment to [...] | 2006-12-03 03:41:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINS PINR IR IZ |
06BAGHDAD4430 | DHI QAR PRT FOLLOW ON MEETING WITH JAM OFFICIAL [...] (U) This is a PRT Dhi Qar cable. 2. (S//REL UK, AUS) Summary: Dhi Qar Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Provincial Program Manager (PPM) met on November 6 with a mid-level Jaysh al-Mahdi (JAM) member, who presented himself as a liaison officer for JAM in Dhi Qar Province, to discuss the [...] | 2006-12-03 06:10:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINS IZ |
06BAGHDAD4440 | IRAQI LEADERS CONTINUE DISCUSSIONS OF MODERATE [...] (S) Summary: President Talabani, Prime Minister Maliki, and other Iraqi leaders met December 2 to continue discussing the formation of a moderate political front. They seemed to be moving toward the creation of an executive body representing the Kurds, IIP, SCIRI, and Dawa, perhaps as embodie [...] | 2006-12-04 10:51:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINS IZ |
06BAGHDAD4450 | AMBASSADOR'S DECEMBER 4 MEETING WITH IRAQI [...] (S) Summary: In a December 4 meeting with the Ambassador, Iraqi Minister of State for National Security Shirwan Wa'ili discussed a draft law to make the Ministry of State for National Security (MSNS) a regular Ministry; Wa'ili envisions one cabinet level official would coordinate and channel [...] | 2006-12-05 08:59:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PINS TU SY IZ IR |
06BAGHDAD4487 | MODERATE FRONT DISCUSSIONS CONTINUE: NO AGREEMENT [...] (S) SUMMARY. President Talabani, Prime Minister Maliki, and other Iraqi leaders met December 6 to continue discussing the formation of a moderate political front. They were unable to reach agreement on how to organize themselves. Two options emerged: (1) expand the Presidency Council to inc [...] | 2006-12-08 18:42:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV IZ |
06BAGHDAD4527 | IRAQI MODERATE FRONT ORGANIZERS CONCERNED ABOUT [...] (S) Summary: In the latest meeting of political leaders quietly organizing a moderate front, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki made clear his desire to keep their effort out of the media and expressed frustration at the front's lack of progress thus far. Usual participant Sunni VP Tariq al [...] | 2006-12-12 12:58:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL IZ |
06BAGHDAD4529 | MCNS DECEMBER 3 [...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: During the December 3 Ministerial Council on National Security, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki: -- Responded to reports of attacks on downtown Baghdad banks and government ministries by calling for "Green Zone" like security zones in strategic areas of the capital; [...] | 2006-12-12 13:23:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PINS PGOV PNAT PTER MOPS IZ |
06BAGHDAD4530 | MCNS DECEMBER 10 [...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: During the December 10 Ministerial Council on National Security, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki asked for options to rapidly restore security to the area around the Bayji Oil Refinery so that production may resume. Ministers also discussed increasing prison security a [...] | 2006-12-12 13:35:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINS PTER PNAT MOPS IZ |
06BAGHDAD454 | GROUPS INSIDE AND OUTSIDE SHIA COALITION PONDER [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Kurdish leadership, Ayad Allawi, and Tawafuq leaders met the morning of February 13 to consider their reaction to Ibrahim al-Jafari's nomination to the premiership. Their discussions included two options: (a) forging a contract with Jafari on the basis of a clear government [...] | 2006-02-14 15:43:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV KDEM IZ |
06BAGHDAD4552 | MASHHADANI UPDATES AMBASSADOR ON HIS NATIONAL BLOC [...] (S) SUMMARY. Council of Representatives (CoR) Speaker Mahmoud Mashhadani told the Ambassador December 11 that approximately 100 CoR members are in agreement with the National Bloc proposal he presented to the CoR December 5. He said the National Bloc could be in formal opposition to the modera [...] | 2006-12-14 12:35:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV KDEM IZ |
06BAGHDAD4564 | PM TELLS CODEL MCCAIN BETTER WEAPONS AND QUICKER [...] (S) Summary. Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki told CODEL McCain December 13 that Iraq did not need more U.S. troops, but rather access to better weapons for Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) to win against militias and insurgents. He agreed with the CODEL that Iraq needed to "work quickly" to demonstr [...] | 2006-12-14 18:27:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PHUM PGOV PTER KDEM IZ |
06BAGHDAD459 | JAFARI HOPES TO FORM CABINET WITHIN 30 DAYS [...] (C) Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jafari told the Ambassador in a February 13 meeting that he was humbled by his re-election by the Shia coalition and hopes to build on lessons of past mistakes. Jafari said he plans to appoint a team of negotiators to oversee the government formation process with [...] | 2006-02-14 15:56:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV KDEM IZ |
06BAGHDAD4609 | IRAQI LEADERS FROM FIVE PARTIES ENDORSE MODERTAE [...] (S) As relayed to the Ambassador by KRG President Masoud Barzani and Iraqi President Jalal Talabani on the evening of December 16, leaders of SCIRI, Dawa, KDP, PUK, and IIP met December 16 and endorsed the creation of a moderate front. The leaders gave a committee 24 hours to draft the front's [...] | 2006-12-18 15:51:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV IZ |
06BAGHDAD4612 | ANOTHER SENIOR DAWA FIGURE QUESTIONS THE MODERATE [...] (S) Falih al-Fiyadh, a senior Dawa figure who is a member of the Council of Representatives (CoR) and of the High Commission for National Reconciliation, told PolCouns December 17 that he had serious doubts about the efficacy and utility of and the intentions behind the emerging moderate fron [...] | 2006-12-18 19:24:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV IZ |
06BAGHDAD462 | MINISTRY OF INTERIOR INTERNAL AFFAIRS CHIEF [...] (S) Summary: Ministry of Interior Director for Internal Affairs Brigadier General Ahmed Taha Al Mosawi (strictly protect) told Poloff February 8 that he has evidence linking MoI Commandos to widespread abductions and extra-judicial killings. Saying that he was too fearful for his life and the [...] | 2006-02-14 20:17:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PHUM KDEM IZ |
06BAGHDAD4625 | BARZANI AND TALABANI DISCUSS PKK, TURKISH [...] (S) SUMMARY: In recent meetings the Ambassador raised Turkish concerns about a possible resurgence in PKK activity with Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) President Masoud Barzani (KDP) and Iraq President Jalal Talabani(PUK). In separate meetings both Barzani and Talabani commented that the [...] | 2006-12-19 17:54:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINS PTER TU IZ |
06BAGHDAD4631 | VP ABDEL MEHDI DESCRIBES "SETBACK" IN MODERATE [...] (S) Summary: Iraqi Vice President Adel Abdel Mehdi told the Ambassador on December 19 that there haQbeen a "setback" in negotiations oQthe moderate front. The IIP representative had come to the most recent meeting with a set of conditions that had to be filled before the party would join. Th [...] | 2006-12-20 09:44:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINS IZ |
06BAGHDAD4638 | CHALABI DISCUSSES RECENT TRAVEL TO SYRIA WITH [...] (S) In a December 15 meeting, Ahmed Chalabi discussed his recent trip to Syria with the Ambassador and Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) President Masoud Barzani. In an unofficial visit, Chalabi met with Syrian officials including Vice President Farouk al-Shara, Foreign Minister Walid al-Mu [...] | 2006-12-20 16:07:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINS EPET SY IZ |
06BAGHDAD4651 | IRAQI LEADERS FROM FIVE PARTIES ENDORSE MODERATE [...] (S) As relayed to the Ambassador by KRG President Masoud Barzani and Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, leaders of SCIRI, Dawa, KDP, PUK, and IIP met on the evening of December 16 and endorsed the creation of a moderate front. The leaders gave a committee 24 hours to draft the front's institution [...] | 2006-12-21 15:34:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV IZ |
06BAGHDAD4652 | SUNNI LEADER DISCUSSES IIP DEMANDS FOR JOINING [...] (S) Summary: Minister of Planning and senior Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP) leader, Ali Baban, explained to the Ambassador in a December 19 meeting his party's concerns about participating in the moderate front before their recently presented demands have been met. IIP needs to demonstrate to thei [...] | 2006-12-21 15:51:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINS IZ |
06BAGHDAD4654 | THE SECURITY SITUATION IN ANBAR: A YEAR-END REVIEW [...] (U) This is a PRT Anbar reporting cable. 2. (S) Summary. The security situation in Anbar is typically described as "deteriorating," and there is little doubt that the enemy is deeply rooted here and ruthlessly pursues its goals. However, AQI is on the defensive. The organization may hav [...] | 2006-12-21 16:38:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINS ASEC PHUM KDEM PINR IZ |
06BAGHDAD4667 | PM COMMITS TO UNVEILING AGGRESSIVE STRATEGY ON [...] (S) Summary. Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki December 20 told the Ambassador he sought decisive action with the development of a new plan for security in Baghdad and agreed to announce the new plan at a speech in coming days. He also agreed with the importance of following through with his com [...] | 2006-12-22 14:14:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINS IZ |
06BAGHDAD4672 | IRAQI PRESIDENT TALABANI PROVIDES SECDEF SECURITY [...] (S) Summary: President Jalal Talabani emphasized to Secretary of Defense Gates and the Ambassador December 20 his SIPDIS firm belief that Iraqi Security Forces should be on the frontlines of Iraq's internal conflict while Coalition Forces should be in a support role. He provided a list of [...] | 2006-12-22 17:48:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINS PTER IZ |
06BAGHDAD4673 | IRAQI PRESIDENT TALABANI'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR [...] (S) Summary: President Jalal Talabani provided in Arabic a list of his recommendations for Baghdad security, during a December 20 meeting with Secretary of Defense Gates and the Ambassador (septel). Among other recommendations, Talabani calls for a unified Iraqi military command in Baghdad; t [...] | 2006-12-22 18:05:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINS PTER IZ |
06BAGHDAD4696 | AL-HASHIMI DISCUSSES US TRIP, MODERATE FRONT, [...] (S) Summary. Iraqi Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi (Iraqi Islamic Party - IIP) discussed his recent trip to the US and emphasized his desire to speak with Secretary of Defense Gates. On the Moderate Front, al-Hashimi stated that he wanted a "systematic" approach which included guarantees, ti [...] | 2006-12-24 13:27:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINS PTER IZ |
06BAGHDAD4698 | SECDEF MEETS WITH IRAQI NATIONAL SECURITY TEAM [...] (S) SUMMARY: During Secretary of Defense Gates' December 21 meeting with Minister of Defense Abdul Qader Mufraji, Minister of Interior Jawad Bolani and National Security Advisor Mowaffuk al-Rubaie, Iraq's key security officials focused on institutional challenges and capacity building. They al [...] | 2006-12-24 13:51:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINS PTER IZ |
06BAGHDAD4706 | IRAQI DEPUTY NSA,S VIEWS ON SECURITY, ELECTIONS [...] (U) This is a PRT Anbar reporting cable. 2. (S/REL MCFI) Summary. Iraqi Deputy National Security Advisor Safa expressed his views on a variety of issues to Anbar PRT Poloff. Safa commented on the positive impact of increased U.S. troop presence, his interpretation of the evolving securit [...] | 2006-12-26 07:02:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PREL IZ |
06BAGHDAD4715 | MCNS DECEMBER 17 [...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: Deputy Prime Minister Salam Al-Zubai presided over the December 17 Ministerial Council on National Security, and discussed his trip to the Bayji area to observe security operations against Al Qaeda. Ministers again discussed increasing prison security. Minister of D [...] | 2006-12-26 15:16:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PINS PNAT PREL PTER MOPS IZ |
06BAGHDAD4765 | DIWANYAH: THE ISSUES, THE LEADERS, POSSIBLE STEPS [...] (S) Summary: Diwaniyah is a province with a number of problems. Security is weak and the reconstruction process is virtually halted. Restarting the reconstruction process could provide an alternative to young men with a desire for employment, but that is only part of the solution. Free and [...] | 2006-12-30 01:35:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER PINS ECON EAID PHUM KDEM IZ |
06BAGHDAD4766 | DHI QAR PROVINCE: THE ISSUES, THE LEADERS, [...] (S) Summary: Dhi Qar is a largely rural province, where tribal loyalties are still very strong. Four Shi'a parties largely control provincial politics, with the help of affiliated militias. Reccurrent electricity shortages affect Dhi Qar particularly hard since farmers need electricity to pow [...] | 2006-12-30 01:35:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER PINS ECON EAID PHUM KDEM IZ |
06BAGHDAD4767 | KARBALA PROVINCE: THE ISSUES, THE LEADERS, [...] (S) Summary: Karbala, like nearby Najaf, is home to a number of Shi'a religious sites and has become an important tourist destination. Four Shi'a parties control local politics. The JAM is increasing in power. The province recently transferred from CF Control to Provincial Iraqi Control (PI [...] | 2006-12-30 01:35:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER PINS ECON EAID PHUM KDEM IZ |
06BAGHDAD4768 | THE KURDISTAN REGION OF IRAQ: THE ISSUES, THE [...] (C) Summary: The Kurdistan Region of Iraq is flourishing compared to the rest of Iraq, and is actively recruiting foreign investment and even international tourism. The Kurdish region is generally much more secure than the rest of the country, although illicit trafficking in arms, fighters [...] | 2006-12-30 01:35:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER PINS ECON EAID PHUM KDEM IZ |
06BAGHDAD4770 | BASRAH PROVINCE: THE ISSUES, THE LEADERS, [...] (S) Summary: Basrah province is home to Iraq,s second largest city and has an estimated population of 2.4 million, the majority of which are Shi,a. Basrah is also Iraq,s economic center; over 80 % of the country,s commerce passes through its ports. Security concerns center around targeted [...] | 2006-12-30 01:35:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER PINS ECON EAID PHUM KDEM IZ |
06BAGHDAD4772 | BABIL PROVINCE: THE ISSUES, THE LEADERS, POSSIBLE [...] (S) Summary: Babil is a Shi'a majority province, with a significant disenfranchised Sunni population. The province lacks respected leaders and, as in other parts of Iraq, has witnessed a marked increase in religious extremism and militia activity. Iraqi Army personnel staffed entirely from [...] | 2006-12-30 01:35:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER PINS ECON EAID PHUM KDEM IZ |
06BAGHDAD4773 | WASIT: THE ISSUES, THE LEADERS, POSSIBLE STEPS [...] (C) Wasit has seen a significant rise in the influence of Sadrist politicians, who are likely to sweep the next provincial elections. Highly dependent on agriculture, the province is plagued by high employment and extreme shortages of all critical goods. An Iraqi-led effort to disarm militi [...] | 2006-12-30 01:35:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER PINS ECON EAID PHUM KDEM IZ |
06BAGHDAD4774 | SALAH AD DIN PROVINCE: THE ISSUES, THE LEADERS, [...] (C) Summary: Salah ad Din, a Ba'athist stronghold under the previous regime, has had difficulty finding itself in a democratic Iraq. Most of the Sunni majority in the Province do not support the insurgency, but at the same time are frustrated by a provincial government in which they do not [...] | 2006-12-30 01:35:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER PINS ECON EAID PHUM KDEM IZ |
06BAGHDAD4791 | DHI QAR POLITICAL LANDSCAPE PART II: FADILA PARTY; [...] (U) This is a PRT Dhi Qar cable, the second in a series of six cables covering the political landscape of Dhi Qar Province and responding to the information request in ref B. This cable focuses on the Fadila party. 2. (C) Summary: Fadhila was founded and is led today by Ayatollah Mohamme [...] | 2006-12-31 09:08:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINS PINR IZ |
06BAGHDAD501 | LEADERS OUTSIDE SHIA COALITION DISCUSS "NATIONAL [...] (S) SUMMARY: The leaders of the Kurdistan Alliance, Sunni Arab Tawafuq list, and Allawi's Iraqiyya List met on February 16 and agreed to work to form a united front to change the balance of power in the government formation process. Their first goal is a "National Salvation Front" that draws i [...] | 2006-02-17 08:32:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV KDEM IZ |
06BAGHDAD507 | HAKIM LOOKING TO UNSEAT JAFARI WITHOUT BREAKING [...] (S) SUMMARY: SCIRI leader Abd al-Aziz al-Hakim told the Ambassador February 17 that he wanted to work to block Ibrahim al-Jafari's nomination without breaking the Shia coalition. Hakim said he had met with Ayatollah Sistani in Najaf February 16 and found that Sistani was unhappy with Jafari's [...] | 2006-02-17 18:03:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV KDEM IZ |
06BAGHDAD519 | COUNCIL OF MINISTERS SYG REQUESTS USG HELP TO HIRE [...] (S) SUMMARY: On February 13, the day after the United Iraqi Coalition (UIC) nominated Ibrahim Jafari for Prime Minister, Council of Ministers Secretary-General (SYG) Emad Dhia al-Khirsan told PolOffs that Jafari knows there were weaknesses in his administration. Dhia said that he is trying t [...] | 2006-02-19 15:17:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | ECON PGOV PREL IZ |
06BAGHDAD52 | SHIA ALLIANCE LEADERS BLAME MNF-I AND SUNNIS FOR [...] (S/REL) SUMMARY: A Shia Coalition "security committee" told the Ambassador and MNF-I Deputy Commanding General (DCG) that the level of violence in Iraq since the election has prompted community and religious leaders to call for taking measures to defend themselves. The committee members said [...] | 2006-01-07 17:59:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV PHUM IZ |
06BAGHDAD534 | SADRISTS EXTEND HAND AS PLOT AGAINST JAFARI [...] (S) SUMMARY: A Sadrist leader presented a flexible approach to government negotiations in a February 19 conversation with the Ambassador, but, in a subsequent meeting, Ayad Allawi and Kurdistan President Masud Barzani made clear that they want to continue to develop plans to upend Jafari's nom [...] | 2006-02-20 15:12:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV KDEM IZ |
06BAGHDAD537 | TRIAL OF SADDAM HUSSEIN - SESSIONS 11 AND 12 [...] (S) SUMMARY: The eleventh and twelfth sessions of the Ad Dujayl trial continued with witness testimony and minimal difficulties related to the defendants' previous refusal to attend trial. The Court now has received evidence from all but one witness. In a surprise move, however, the Chief J [...] | 2006-02-21 07:58:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PHUM KJUS KCRM KDEM IZ |
06BAGHDAD544 | GROUPS OUTSIDE SHIA COALITION START WORK ON [...] (S) In an evening meeting on February 20 at President Talabani's residence, leaders of the Kurdistan Alliance, Tawafuq Front, and the Allawi list agreed to accelerate the government formation process and to calm the tense Iraqi public. Ambassador attended the meeting, which included a readout [...] | 2006-02-21 12:51:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV KDEM IZ |
06BAGHDAD566 | PM JAFARI AND DEPUTY PRESIDENT ABD AL-MAHDI WARN [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see paragraph 12. 2. (S) Summary: Prime Minister Jafari and Deputy President Abd al-Mahdi emphasized to the Ambassador and General Casey midday on February 22 that the bombing of the Askeri mosque in Samarra had inflamed sectarian tensions and rais [...] | 2006-02-22 20:15:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PINS PGOV PREL IZ |
06BAGHDAD569 | POLITICAL UPDATE: SHAWAYS DOUBTS NON-SHIA [...] (S) Summary. The Kurds together with the Sunni Arab bloc and Ayad Allawi's group are writing up a program that they can present as a national salvation front program. They aim to attract Shia Islamists who will split from Prime Minister Jafari. Deputy Prime Minister Shaways told PolOffs Feb [...] | 2006-02-22 20:34:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | IZ PGOV |
06BAGHDAD570 | GOVERNMENT FORMATION UPDATE, FEBRUARY 22 - [...] (S) The effort to oust Ibrahim Jafari from the Prime Ministry is on two tracks. February 21 and February 22 the Kurdish/Allawi/Sunni Arab group began developing the principles from the meeting a month in Kurdistan into a broader government program. This program would be introduced be the K [...] | 2006-02-22 21:09:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV IZ |
06BAGHDAD574 | (CORRECTED COPY) QUIET MORNING FOLLOWS SIGNIFICANT VIOLENCE; [...] (C) SUMMARY: Although it appears there were more incidents on Wednesday after the Samarra mosque bombing than we reported (ref),there appear so far to be fewer incidents of sectarian violence on Thursday. Baghdad Deputy Mayor al-Bahrani told Poloff February 23 that approximately 30 Sunni mo [...] | 2006-02-23 13:25:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PTER PNAT PREL IZ |
06BAGHDAD58 | PM JA,AFARI, MOI JABR, MOD DULIME BLAME COALITION [...] (S/REL) SUMMARY. Prime Minister Ja'afari, Interior Minister Jabr, and Defense Minister Dulime conveyed their concern with the increasing level of violence in Iraq since the election, particularly in and around Baghdad. As these officials relayed to the Shia Coalition "security commission" ea [...] | 2006-01-08 15:15:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | MOPS MARR PGOV PHUM IZ |
06BAGHDAD584 | SISTANI RELATIVE COMMENTS ON SAMARRA ATTACK [...] (S) Summary: Sayed Emad Kelanter (strictly protect),who is related by marriage to both Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani and Muqtada al-Sadr, told PolOff in a February 23 meeting that Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Said al-Hakim successfully pressured Grand Ayatollah Sistani into inserting tougher langu [...] | 2006-02-23 20:24:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PINR IZ |
06BAGHDAD597 | FEBRUARY 23 MINISTERIAL COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-24 21:22:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | IZ KCRM MOPS NATO PARM PGOV PINR PREL UK |
06BAGHDAD628 | NATIONAL SECURITY COMMITTEE DISCUSSES 24-POINT [...] (S//REL MNFI) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Ibrahim Jafari called a Ministerial Committee on National Security (MCNS) meeting on February 26 with the Ambassador, UK Ambassador Patey, senior MNF-I officers, and top Iraqi national security staff to continue addressing the February 22 bombing of the Go [...] | 2006-02-27 19:54:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | IZ KCRM MOPS KJUS PINR PREL PGOV UK |
06BAGHDAD643 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH TURKISH IRAQ COORDINATOR [...] (S//REL MNFI) SUMMARY. Turkey's Iraq Coordinator, Amb. Oguz Celikkol, visited Baghdad February 24-25 where he met separately with Pres. Talabani, PM Jaafari and the Ambassador. Topics discussed were the Golden Mosque bombing, Sadrists, Iranian influence, formation of the Iraqi government, Kur [...] | 2006-02-28 16:18:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | IZ KCRM MOPS NATO PARM PGOV PINR PREL UK |
06BAGHDAD646 | IRAQ,S EFFECTIVE SECURITY RESPONSE TO THE GOLDEN [...] (S//REL MNFI) SUMMARY: The GOI's national security apparatus and the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF),supported by the U.S. and UK embassies and MNF-I, performed well in most areas of Iraq that experienced sectarian violence following the February 22 bombing in Samarra. The GOI's tactics were mos [...] | 2006-02-28 16:49:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | IZ KCRM MOPS NATO PARM PGOV PINR PREL UK |
06BAGHDAD653 | AMIDST VIOLENCE IN BAGHDAD, KURDS AIM TO BLOCK [...] (S) SUMMARY: Military and press reports indicate significant incidents of violence February 28 and March 1. Eighty percent of a Shia mosque in Kathamiya was destroyed in an IED explosion February 28. Military sources reported 23 civilian deaths on March 1 as of 1600 hrs. In a March 1 convers [...] | 2006-03-01 19:50:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV IZ |
06BAGHDAD67 | MASROUR BARZANI REPORTS BREAKTHROUGH IN KRG [...] (S) Masrour Barzani, Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) President Masoud Barzani's son and advisor, telephoned DCM staff assistant on January 7 to relay that Kurdistan's two main political factions -- the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) -- had come [...] | 2006-01-09 10:37:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV IZ KRG |
06BAGHDAD682 | SCIRI SIGNALS READINESS TO BE FLEXIBLE ABOUT PM; [...] (S) SUMMARY: SCIRI Chief of Staff Haitham al-Husseini advised us March 4 of a party statement expressing commitment to the UIC 555 nomination of Jafari as PM, but indicating openness to discussions about who would be the best Prime Minister. PUK's Barham Salih welcomed the SCIRI statement and [...] | 2006-03-04 20:20:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV PNAT IZ |
06BAGHDAD707 | MIXED SUPPORT FOR JAFARI WITHIN SHIA COALITION AS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The rejection of Shia Prime Minister nominee Ibrahim Jafari by the Kurds, Sunni Arab Tawafuq bloc and the secular Allawi bloc has generated at least initial tough responses from the Shia Islamist Coalition (List 555). There are also hints of flexibility about dumping Jafari. TN [...] | 2006-03-06 12:35:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PHUM IZ |
06BAGHDAD750 | CORRUPTION IN THE IRAQI OIL MINSTRY FAVORS FADHILA [...] (S/REL UK) Iraqi State Oil Marketing Organization (SOMO) Director General Mussab al-Dujayli (strictly protect) told US and UK Emboffs that the Fadhila Party was blatantly trying to use its control over the Ministry of Oil to raise as much money from corruption as possible. Dujayli obtained su [...] | 2006-03-09 03:31:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV KCOR ECON EPET KCRM IZ |
06BAGHDAD759 | PM JAFARI APPROVES AMBASSADORIAL ASSIGNMENTS TO [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-09 11:49:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINR IZ |
06BAGHDAD811 | FORMER INTERIOR MINISTER PONDERS HOW TO COMPETE [...] (C) Summary. Former Interior Minister Nuri Badran, brother-in-law of former Prime Minister Ayad Allawi, told Poloffs that sectarian parties are the only way to have influence in Iraqi politics today. Moderate Shia like himself must ally themselves with Islamists to have a chance to gain in [...] | 2006-03-13 15:21:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV KISL IZ |
06BAGHDAD812 | MILITIAS AND OTHER ARMED GROUPS IN IRAQ - [...] (S//REL MNCI) SUMMARY. Militia organizations, acting both as extra-legal bodies and within government structures at multiple levels, will continue to pursue sectarian agendas that will undermine the government's ability to improve the security environment and will exacerbate sectarian tensions [...] | 2006-03-13 16:38:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | KJUS MCAP MOPS PGOV PINR PINS PNAT PREL PTER |
06BAGHDAD822 | SHIA HARDLINER HINTS THE SHIA COALITION MAY YET [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-14 19:32:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV IZ |
06BAGHDAD837 | DIPNOTE PASSED ON UMAR SABAWI [...] (U) This is a response to action cable STATE 30018. 2. (S/NF) Embassy Baghdad passed the DIPNOTE outlined in para 3 of STATE 30018 regarding extradition from Yemen of Umar Sabawi to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on March 9, with copies to the Office of the Prime Minister and to the Dep [...] | 2006-03-15 13:12:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | KJUS CJAN MOPS PHUM PTER IZ YM |
06BAGHDAD944 | POWERPOINT AND PSYCHO-BABBLE: SECOND-TIER JAFARI [...] (S) Summary. In a March 20 meeting with PolCouns and PolOff, PM advisors (and brothers) Bashar and Zuhair al-Naher, who aspire to join Jafari's inner circle, presented a plan they said PM Jafari had approved to reorganize the PM's office substantially and creating policy development and follo [...] | 2006-03-22 10:58:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PNAT IZ |
06BAGHDAD975 | AL-DABBAGH SAYS MARJA'IYYA UNHAPPY AT DELAY; [...] (S/REL UK) Summary. Independent Shia political figure Ali al-Dabbagh (strictly protect) told us on March 23 after his late March 22 phone call with Mohammed Ridha Sistani that the Shia clerical establishment in Najaf (marja'iyya) was unhappy at the delay in government formation. PM Jafari' [...] | 2006-03-24 14:32:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM IZ |
06BAGHDAD981 | MCNS DISCUSSES MILITIA DEATH SQUADS, RECENT [...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: At a meeting of the Iraqi Ministerial Committee for National Security (MCNS) on March 22, MNF-I Commanding General Casey presented information indicating militia death squads are most likely responsible for recent spikes in murders and executions that have followed t [...] | 2006-03-25 07:13:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PTER MOPS IZ |
06BAKU1530 | NEA PDAS JEFFREY DISCUSSES IRAN WITH DEPUTY [...] (S) Summary: In a 12 October call on Deputy Foreign Minister Khalafov, NEA PDAS Jeffrey, accompanied by the Ambassador, discussed Iran and sought support for a unified international front in response to Iranian nuclear ambitions. DFM Khalafov, responsible for Azerbaijan's Iran policy and ser [...] | 2006-10-20 05:49:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET | PREL KDEM PINR KNNP MASS MCAP MNUC PARM IR AJ |
06BAKU1533 | NEA PDAS JEFFREY DISCUSSES IRAN WITH PRESIDENT [...] (S) Summary: During his 12 October call on President Aliyev, NEA PDAS Jeffrey, accompanied by the Ambassador, encouraged Azerbaijan to support a unified international front in response to Iranian nuclear ambitions. Reviewing recent U.S. efforts to counter the Iranian nuclear threat, PDAS Je [...] | 2006-10-20 12:43:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET | PREL KDEM KNNP MASS MCAP MNUC PARM PINR IR AJ |
06BAKU1540 | ISRAEL ENHANCING MILITARY RELATIONSHIP WITH [...] (U) This is an action request; see para 8. 2. (C) Summary: According to Israeli Ambassador to Azerbaijan Arthur Lenk, Israeli MOD DG for Political-Military Affairs Amos Gilad will visit Baku in late October to sign a new bilateral defense cooperation agreement. Admitting that the agreem [...] | 2006-10-21 08:57:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET | PGOV PREL MARR MASS IR IS AJ |
06BAKU1709 | ISRAELI READOUT ON MOD GILAD'S VISIT TO AZERBAIJAN [...] (C) Summary: According to Israeli Ambassador to Azerbaijan Arthur Lenk, Israeli MOD DG for Political-Military Affairs Amos Gilad's October 30-31 visit to Azerbaijan was low-profile and short on substance. Gilad engaged Azerbaijani Minister of Defense Abiyev in a detailed discussion of Iran' [...] | 2006-11-24 13:22:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET | PREL PGOV ETTC MASS IR IS AJ |
06BAKU1857 | TREASURY VISIT TO AZERBAIJAN - THE IRANIAN THREAT [...] (C) Summary: During a 16-18 November visit by the U.S. Department of Treasury's Office of Terrorist Finance and Financial Crimes, GOAJ officials from the National Bank, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Presidential Apparat reviewed Azerbaijan's anti-terrorism finance inf [...] | 2006-12-22 12:10:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINR ECON EFIN PTER IR AJ |
06BAKU369 | SCENESETTER FOR A/S FRIED'S MARCH 13-14 TRIP TO [...] (S) Summary: We warmly welcome your March 13-14 visit and view it as much-needed opportunity to engage the highest levels of the GOAJ. Azerbaijan could play a critical role in advancing U.S. interests in energy security and a useful one in the resolution of the nuclear threat posed by Iran. [...] | 2006-03-07 13:38:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET | PREL PGOV ENRG MARR KDEM PHUM IR RU AM AJ |
06BAKU430 | PRESIDENT ALIYEV LOOKS TO THE FUTURE OF AZERBAIJAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with EUR A/S Fried on March 14, President Aliyev said that the U.S.-Azerbaijan relationship remains strong and reaffirmed Azerbaijan,s westward orientation. Aliyev expressed concern about the situation of ethnic Azeris in Georgia asked A/S Fried to raise the issue th [...] | 2006-03-21 13:09:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM ECON ENRG MOPS AJ |
06BAKU660 | EU SPECIAL REP SEMNEBY ON EU SOUTH CAUCASUS POLICY [...] (C) SUMMARY: EUR Senior Advisor Steven Mann met with EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus Peter Semneby (Sweden) on April 22. Semneby provided a readout of his recent conversation with Azerbaijani Deputy Foreign Minister Azimov, outlined the EU process for committing peacekeepers, [...] | 2006-05-01 12:24:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET | PREL PREF PBTS PNAT AJ GG RU MD |
06BAKU661 | THE IRANIANS ARE COMING [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to rumors, press reports and Azerbaijani government officials, an increasing number of Iranians are moving to Azerbaijan and buying property here. Most -- but not all -- of these Iranians are ethnic Azeris. Although some portray this as nothing more than Iranians tryin [...] | 2006-05-02 08:12:00 | Embassy Baku | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINR ECON EPET AJ IR |
06BAMAKO1237 | MALI'S POLITICAL SEASON BEGINS - CONTROVERSIAL [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-27 14:06:00 | Embassy Bamako | SECRET | PREL PINR PINS PGOV ML |
06BAMAKO1244 | TUAREG AND GOM OFFICIALS PROVIDE DETAILS ON GSPC [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-31 08:20:00 | Embassy Bamako | SECRET | PREL PINR PINS PGOV ML |
06BAMAKO1359 | MALI'S UNSETTLED NORTH: RESTIVE TUAREGS, RESTIVE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-28 17:05:00 | Embassy Bamako | SECRET | PREL PINR PINS PGOV ML |
06BAMAKO577 | ARMED ASSAILANTS ATTACK MILITARY POSTS IN KIDAL - [...] (C) The Embassy has received reports of an attack by armed assailants on two military posts in Kidal. According to Embassy contacts, the attack and an ensuing gun battle occurred during the early hours of May 23. Although reports are contradictory, the attackers appear to have targeted a lar [...] | 2006-05-23 13:44:00 | Embassy Bamako | SECRET | ASEC PREL PGOV PINR CASC ML |
06BANDARSERIBEGAWAN167 | DISCOURAGING VISIT TO IRAN BY SULTAN OF BRUNEI [...] (S) Summary: As a result of our demarches about the inadvisability of the Sultan accepting an Iranian government invitation to visit Iran, it now appears less likely that any such invitation will be accepted. The British will reinforce our position in their own contacts with the Government o [...] | 2006-03-28 08:43:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | SECRET | PREL BX IR |
06BANDARSERIBEGAWAN555 | OCTOBER MEETING OF CTAG CHIEFS OF MISSION [...] (S) SUMMARY: Chiefs of Missions from G-8 Counterterrorism Action Group (CTAG) member countries resident in Brunei plus Australia discussed following topics at their October meeting: -- CTAG members continue to rate the threat of domestic terrorism in Brunei as low, but remain concerned ab [...] | 2006-11-01 06:31:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | SECRET | PINR PTER BX |
06BANDARSERIBEGAWAN636 | PURSUIT OF TERRORIST INFO EXCHANGE WITH BRUNEI [...] (C) Reftel requested reporting on Government of Brunei (GOB) activities to collect identifying personal information on terrorists or suspected terrorists. Following post assessment is keyed to questions posed reftel. The majority of this information has not/not been publicly released by the [...] | 2006-12-22 08:36:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | SECRET | ASEC BX CVIS KHLS KVPR PINR PREL PTER |
06BANGKOK2270 | MOVING FORWARD ON AN SEA CT STRATEGY [...] (S/REL AUS UK CAN) SUMMARY: On March 6, Embassy Bangkok and S/CT Ambassador Henry Crumpton hosted regional Chiefs of Mission and participants from other U.S. agencies to follow up on the January CT consultations in Jakarta (REFTELS). Chiefs of Mission (COMs) continued to develop a framework to [...] | 2006-04-19 23:37:00 | Embassy Bangkok | SECRET | ASEC PTER CASC PGOV PINS KJUS KISL TH |
06BANGKOK2335 | SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: THAIS TO BEGIN TALKS WITH PULO [...] (S) SUMMARY: The Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (HDC) has facilitated talks between the RTG and purported leaders of southern Thai separatist groups. The talks, scheduled for June, will take place in Geneva and reportedly have the support of key parts of the Thai government. Talks are po [...] | 2006-04-21 08:53:00 | Embassy Bangkok | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER TH SNAP |
06BANGKOK2337 | SOUTHERN THAILAND: CURRENT PROGRAMS AND ASSISTANCE [...] (S) Summary. Over the past two years, Post has focused much of our wide ranging assistance and training programs to help the RTG deal with the growing problem in the South. We have been very careful to avoid overt, direct involvement--the RTG sees this as a domestic issue and the insurgency i [...] | 2006-04-21 09:19:00 | Embassy Bangkok | SECRET | PTER PREL PINS TH |
06BANGKOK2338 | THE WAY AHEAD IN SOUTHERN THAILAND [...] (U) ACTION REQUEST. Post requests inter-agency approval for the proposals in paragraph 6. 2. (S) Summary. The violence in the South of Thailand remains a serious problem for the RTG and a threat to U.S. interests. As outlined in ref, in the last two years we have shifted a significant por [...] | 2006-04-21 09:37:00 | Embassy Bangkok | SECRET | PTER PREL PINS PINR TH |
06BANGKOK2359 | WANG BINGZHANG: THAI POLICE FOUND ENOUGH TO EXPEL [...] (S) Summary: Poloff recently met with Police Colonel Sanya Thongbud of Royal Thai Police (RTP) Special Branch II to discuss the 2001 investigation of Chinese dissident Mr. Wang Bingzhang (see Reftel) and verify claims made by a human rights advocate from the NGO Worldrights. Sanya revealed th [...] | 2006-04-24 08:53:00 | Embassy Bangkok | SECRET | PHUM PREL PGOV KIRF CH TH HUMAN RIGHTS |
06BANGKOK258 | CT ASSISTANCE TO THAILAND [...] (S) Summary: Thailand is the recipient of a wide range of U.S. training and assistance programs to help the RTG combat terrorist and extremism. We believe that the assistance programs detailed below are making a contribution to the RTG's efforts. This message provides information on CT ass [...] | 2006-01-13 09:32:00 | Embassy Bangkok | SECRET | PTER PREL PINR PGOV PINS PBTS ECON TH |
06BANGKOK2890 | A LONG-TERM THAI EFFORT TO DEAL WITH SOUTHERN [...] (S) SUMMARY/INTRODUCTION: As we continue to develop a framework to assist the Thai deal with the situation in far southern Thailand, we should be realistic about the limitations of our aid and the length of time it will take for the Thai to make significant progress in the South. Expanded t [...] | 2006-05-16 23:44:00 | Embassy Bangkok | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER TH |
06BANGKOK3202 | THAILAND IN 2006 - POLITICS AND THE SOUTH [...] (C) Summary: Political uncertainty will be the theme the rest of this year in Thailand as Thaksin and his political opponents gird for renewed conflict. US-Thai FTA negotiations can be expected to languish during this period. If the political instability becomes protracted a decline in fore [...] | 2006-05-26 06:54:00 | Embassy Bangkok | SECRET | PREL PGOV PHUM PTER TH |
06BANGKOK3913 | RTG LOOKS FOR ALTERNATIVE TO BURMA UNSC RESOLUTION [...] (S/NOFORN) On July 3, Poloff spoke by telephone with Minister-Counselor Kallayana Vipattipumiprates of MFA's East Asia Affairs Department regarding the RTG's position on the proposed UN Security Council Resolution on Burma. Kallayana stated that the RTG is working with ASEAN member states "and [...] | 2006-07-03 10:28:00 | Embassy Bangkok | SECRET | PGOV PINR PREL TH BM |
06BANGKOK501 | AMBASSADOR CRUMPTON DISCUSSES CT COOPERATION WITH [...] (C) Summary: S/CT Coordinator Henry Crumpton and Ambassador Boyce met with Deputy Prime Minister and Justice Minister Chidchai Wannasathit, National Security Council General Secretary General General Winai Phattiyakul and Ministry of Foreign Affairs Counter-terrorism Coordinator Ambassador [...] | 2006-01-26 09:04:00 | Embassy Bangkok | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER TH PSI |
06BANGKOK5705 | EYE ON AMERICA? - CHINESE MEDIA IN THAILAND [...] (C) SUMMARY. Representing television, radio and print media, six Mainland Chinese press outlets are present in Thailand. Each organization's mandate varies, but all have small staffs and budgets. Most reporters do not speak Thai and English appears to be their working language. While the [...] | 2006-09-15 09:50:00 | Embassy Bangkok | SECRET | OPRC PREL PGOV CH TH ASEAN |
06BANGKOK6941 | THAILAND: IRAN BRIEFING [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (S) Ambassador spoke on November 9 to MFA Permanent Secretary Krit Garnchana-Gooncharn regarding reftel briefing. SIPDIS Given the nature of the issue, Krit recommended that the briefing be given to the MOD Permanent Secretary [...] | 2006-11-16 10:08:00 | Embassy Bangkok | SECRET | IAEA TRGY ENRG MNUC KNNP PARM PREL IR AORC TH |
06BANGKOK926 | U.S.-THAI MILITARY COOPERATION IN THE CONTEXT OF [...] (S) Eric and Peter: My country team continues to explore ways to improve our military cooperation with Thailand in order to address the violence in the South here. I know these are issues that are important to you. I'd like to share my views with you and suggest ways we can help the Thai. [...] | 2006-02-16 02:19:00 | Embassy Bangkok | SECRET | PGOV PREL TH POL MIL |
06BANJUL645 | UNSC ELECTION ON AGENDA OF GAMBIAN SECURITY [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-17 13:58:00 | Embassy Banjul | SECRET | PREL UNSC GT VE GA |
06BASRAH10 | BASRAH GOVERNOR FAILS TO IMPOSE BOYCOTT ON BRITISH FORCES [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-26 17:04:00 | REO Basrah | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER IZ |
06BASRAH109 | MODERATE IMAMS IN BASRAH [...] (S) Summary: During the past two months the Regional Embassy Office (REO) has met regularly with moderate Shia and Sunni clerics to follow their efforts with regards to the current security situation in Basrah. Independent and moderate, these clerics currently represent the best alternative [...] | 2006-06-20 15:12:00 | REO Basrah | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER IZ |
06BASRAH128 | MILITIAS IN BASRAH BEGIN TO INFILTRATE IRAQI ARMY [...] (S) Summary: On August 2, the Deputy Regional Coordinator (DRC) met with Majed al-Sari, the intelligence chief and representative of the Ministry of Defense (MOD) in Basrah. He confirmed that a new battalion of the Iraqi Army (IA) in the south of the city is being composed entirely of Fadhilla [...] | 2006-08-03 09:18:00 | REO Basrah | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER IZ |
06BASRAH145 | MURDER INVESTIGATION OF REO BASRAH LOCAL EMPLOYEE [...] (C) Summary: On August 26, 2006, a local Triple Canopy contract employee who worked as a translator at Basrah's Regional Embassy Office (REO) was murdered and her sister seriously injured as they returned home from work. RSO and ARSO interviewed the employee's two brothers, one of whom w [...] | 2006-09-11 14:12:00 | REO Basrah | SECRET | ASEC PGOV IZ |
06BASRAH177 | REO BASRAH EAC MEETING ON 12/29/06 [...] (S) The Regional Coordinator (RC) chaired a meeting of the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on December 29, 2006, to discuss impending execution of Saddam Hussein. As per reftel, the EAC assessed the local reaction and threat in response to the execution. The EAC along with the British milit [...] | 2006-12-29 13:22:00 | REO Basrah | SECRET | ASEC IZ CMGT |
06BASRAH55 | MILITIAS IN BASRAH -- DIRTY POLITICS PERSONIFIED [...] (C) Summary: Most of the militias in Basrah are controlled by political parties or, in some instances, are now political parties in their own right. The insidious nature of militias acting as political parties - or vice versa - makes politics in Basrah particularly perverse. The Fadillah pa [...] | 2006-04-15 06:17:00 | REO Basrah | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER PINR KDEM IZ |
06BASRAH67 | BASRAH EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING 05/01/06 [...] (SBU) The Regional Coordinator for Regional Embassy Office Basrah (REO) chaired a meeting of the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on May 1 to discuss the security situation in Basrah. The Deputy Regional Coordinator, RSO, ORA, CPATT, Triple Canopy, POL/ECON Section, USAID, SCID and KBR manage [...] | 2006-05-05 12:00:00 | REO Basrah | SECRET | ASEC PTER IZ |
06BASRAH91 | EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING - REO BASRAH [...] (SBU) The Deputy Regional Coordinator (DRC) chaired a session of the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on June 1 to discuss the security situation in Basrah. The discussion centered on the impact of the Prime Minister's announcement of a state of emergency in Basrah, FSN intimidation, and the [...] | 2006-06-03 05:11:00 | REO Basrah | SECRET | ASEC PTER PGOV IZ |
06BEIJING10909 | A/S HILL'S MAY 25 WORKING LUNCH WITH VFM WU DAWEI [...] (S) Visiting EAP Assistant Secretary Christopher R. Hill urged VFM Wu Dawei to improve relations with Japan and use PRC influence to push the Burmese regime to release Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK) during a May 25 working lunch. A/S Hill also noted the negative impact of PRC/Taiwan competition on Pa [...] | 2006-06-02 00:21:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PREL CH |
06BEIJING12181 | CHINA SHOCKED AT E.O. 13382 DESIGNATIONS OF FOUR [...] (S) The U.S. decision to designate four Chinese companies under E.O. 13382 demonstrates that dialogue with the United States is useless, a shocked and shaken MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Director General Zhang Yan told DCM in response to ref demarche points delivered on June 13. News of th [...] | 2006-06-13 15:44:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PARM PREL EFIN ETTC CH |
06BEIJING1238 | (S) RESTRUCTURING CHINESE FOREIGN AID--NEXT STEPS [...] (S) Summary: A senior advisor on Chinese development assistance told Econoff on December 20 that he has submitted his recommendations to the Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) on how China should restructure its foreign aid program. The advisor stated that China's aid program should continue to fo [...] | 2006-01-20 06:25:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | CH EAID ECON PREL |
06BEIJING1427 | VISIT OF CONGRESSMEN KIRK, LARSEN AND FEENEY TO [...] (S/NF) Summary: Congressional U.S.-China Working Group Representatives Mark Kirk, Rick Larsen and Tom Feeney visited the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, also known as the Shuangchengzi Missile and Space Test Center, the site of China's manned space launches, on January 13. In this rare visi [...] | 2006-01-24 08:39:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | CH PINR PGOV PREL |
06BEIJING18589 | PRC EXPERT ON EXPORT CONTROL ENFORCEMENT [...] (C) Summary: Chinese firms must export to survive and may view export control laws and regulations as an impediment to profitability, China Institute of Contemporary International Relations (CICIR) Senior Research Professor and Deputy Director Ouyang Liping told Poloff. (Note: CICIR is affili [...] | 2006-09-05 07:35:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PARM ETTC PREL MTCR CH |
06BEIJING19404 | DAS CHRISTENSEN'S MEETINGS WITH AFM HE YAFEI AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: ASSISTANT FOREIGN MINISTER HE YAFEI EXPRESSED CONCERN OVER PRESS REPORTS THE USG MAY SELL TAIWAN F-16S AND OVER THE POSSIBILITY THAT CHEN SHUI-BIAN MAY SEEK TO CREATE A CROSS-STRAIT CRISIS WHEN AFM HE MET EAP DAS CHRISTENSEN. DAS CHRISTENSEN SAID U.S. POLICY ON TAIWAN, INCLUDIN [...] | 2006-09-13 09:30:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PREL PHUM CH KN |
06BEIJING19483 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: BEIJING SENDS POSITIVE SIGNAL [...] (S) Poloff delivered reftel points to MFA IO Department UN Affairs Division Director Yang Tao on September 14. Noting that Indonesia has no objection to the UN 1267 Committee's listing of the Indonesian branch of the International Islamic Relief Organization (IIRO),Poloff passed a copy of r [...] | 2006-09-14 06:08:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PTER EFIN PREL IN CH |
06BEIJING19683 | PRE-LICENSE CHECK: D357208 DEVELOPMENT AND [...] (U) Unauthorised disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. (U) REFTEL requested a Pre-License Check (PLC) to be conducted at the facilities of the DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH CENTER OF CHINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY (CGS),No. 4 [...] | 2006-09-18 06:45:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | BEXP CH ETRD ETTC PREL |
06BEIJING20073 | POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: D321423 AND D321151 [...] (U) REFTEL A requested a Post-Shipment Verification (PSV) end-use check to be conducted at the CHINA OCEAN MINERAL RESOURCES RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION (COMRA) in order to determine that COMRA is in possession of commodities shipped against USDOC license applications D321523, D32115 [...] | 2006-09-21 07:46:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | BEXP CH ETRD ETTC PREL |
06BEIJING20974 | INTERAGENCY INSIGHTS FROM NDRC FINANCE DIRECTOR [...] (S) The recently-promoted National Development Reform Commission (NDRC) Director General in charge of financial affairs (protect) offered candid and even critical comments about the Ministry of Finance (MOF),the People's Bank of China (PBOC),and the internal workings of the NDRC itself. He f [...] | 2006-09-29 08:44:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | ECON PGOV ETRD EFIN EINV KPAO CH |
06BEIJING21219 | DPRK NUCLEAR TEST THREAT: ROK, JAPANESE, RUSSIAN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-07 09:27:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PREL MNUC KN CH KS JA RU |
06BEIJING21220 | DPRK NUCLEAR TEST THREAT: VIEWS OF CHINESE [...] (S) Chinese academic and media observers are concerned about North Korea's threat to conduct a nuclear test and generally believe the DPRK will actually carry out its threat to test at some point. Some observers expressed skepticism that a test would come soon. The official China Daily ran o [...] | 2006-10-07 11:22:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PREL MNUC CH KN KS JA RU |
06BEIJING21224 | REPORTED DPRK NUCLEAR TEST: RARE MFA ""STATEMENT"" [...] (S) The Chinese Foreign Ministry issued a rare official ""statement"" (text at para 11) on October 9 condemning the reported DPRK nuclear test that day. China had only issued four previous MFA statements of this kind in the last decade and a half. Chinese contacts we spoke with expressed sur [...] | 2006-10-09 11:50:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PREL MNUC CH KN JA KS RU |
06BEIJING23736 | CHEN YUNLIN RAISES TAIWAN CONSTITUTION CONCERNS [...] (S) Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) Director Chen Yunlin told the Ambassador that China remains concerned about Chen Shui-bian's plans to pursue de jure independence for Taiwan through constitutional reform, despite his current political troubles. TAO's Chen asserted that Chen Shui-bian will take [...] | 2006-11-13 06:54:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PREL PGOV CH TW |
06BEIJING24237 | CHINA URGED TO PREVENT TRANSFERS TO IRAN MISSILE [...] (S) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Missile Division Third Secretary Yu Dunhai on December 1, urging China to investigate quickly and fully the activities of two Iranian front companies seeking to procure missile-related equipment from Chinese fi [...] | 2006-12-01 10:47:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA CH IR |
06BEIJING4671 | MTAG: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON MISSILE-RELATED STEEL [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-13 09:05:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA KN KS PK CH |
06BEIJING8334 | CHINA INFORMED OF RELEASE TO ALBANIA OF FIVE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-06 00:44:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PREF PTER CH AL |
06BEIJING8919 | URGENT DEMARCHE REQUEST: PARTICIPATION IN MAY [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-12 12:56:00 | Embassy Beijing | SECRET | PREL SNAR CH RS TI |
06BEIRUT1072 | MGLE01: SAUDI AMBASSADOR SEES NASRALLAH (WHO [...] (S) In a 4/5 meeting with the Ambassador, Saudi Ambassador Abdulaziz Khoja reported on his two-hour meeting the previous evening with Hizballah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah. Nasrallah, Khoja said, reported that Hizballah would back Michel Aoun for Lebanon's presidency and would oppose [...] | 2006-04-06 12:38:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PREL PGOV KDEM PTER LE SY SA |
06BEIRUT1339 | MGLE01: AOUN DEFENDS HIS POSITION, CRITICIZES [...] (S) In a 4/29 meeting, the Ambassador shared USG concerns about Iran, Syria, and Hizballah with presidential aspirant and MP Michel Aoun. Aoun denied being a tool of any of the three. The USG, in his view, should welcome the alliances he has made with Hizballah and pro-Syrian politicians. [...] | 2006-05-01 12:43:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PREL PGOV KDEM PTER LE SY IS IR |
06BEIRUT1464 | MGLE01: PM A/S HILLEN MEETS DEPUTY PM AND DEFENSE [...] (S) In a 5/4 dinner meeting with the Ambassador and PM A/S Hillen, Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Elias al-Murr said that enhanced U.S. security assistance would boost morale in the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) and make his job easier in soliciting equipment donations from Gulf cou [...] | 2006-05-10 06:45:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PREL MASS ASEC SNAR PTER LE SY |
06BEIRUT1496 | MGLE01: BAABDA PALACE WHISPERS [...] (S) Seeing Egypt as a natural ally in its resistance to U.S. promotion of democracy in the region, President Lahoud plans to travel to Sharm El-Sheikh this month to "sit in the lap" of President Mubarak, as one of Lahoud's aides candidly put it. In the meantime, various allies of the Syrian r [...] | 2006-05-11 14:57:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PINR PTER KISL KPAL LE SY EG |
06BEIRUT1530 | MGLE01: UNIIIC SAYS USG ASSISTANCE IS [...] (U) This message contains an action request for the Department -- please see paras 9-10. SUMMARY ------- 2. (S) In a May 12 meeting with emboffs, senior investigators from the UN International Independent Investigation Commission (UNIIIC) said that the USG's responsiveness on the UNII [...] | 2006-05-16 12:13:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PTER PINR KCRM LE SY UN |
06BEIRUT1544 | MGLE01: A/S SILVERBERG MEETS LEBANESE POLITICIANS [...] (C) At a May 15 dinner for visiting IO A/S Silverberg, Lebanese politicians and opinion-makers of different stripes had at least one thing in common: dissatisfaction with Lebanon's current atmosphere of stagnation, impasse, and finger-pointing, especially regarding President Lahoud's tenacio [...] | 2006-05-17 15:33:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PREL PTER EAID KDEM KWMN LE |
06BEIRUT1560 | MGLE01: NASRALLAH SKETCHES OUT PERMANENT STATE OF [...] (S) In separate meetings with the Ambassador, Amin Gemayel and Marwan Hamadeh read aloud their notes from the 5/16 session of the National Dialogue. The participants agreed to disagree on the issue of the presidency, leaving the subject unresolved. On Hizballah's weapons -- the final agend [...] | 2006-05-18 13:56:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PTER PGOV PREL KDEM LE SY IS IR KISL |
06BEIRUT1675 | MGLE01: S/CT COORDINATOR CRUMPTON HEARS STRAIGHT [...] (S) Visiting S/CT Coordinator Crumpton had a long 5/22 conversation with Druze leader Walid Jumblatt, Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Elias al-Murr, and Telecommunications Minister Marwan Hamadeh -- three men convinced they have been, or will be, targeted for assassination by the S [...] | 2006-05-30 11:00:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PREL ASEC MASS PTER KCRM KISL LE |
06BEIRUT1676 | MGLE01: UN SYG'S REPRESENTATIVE DISCUSSES [...] (S) In a 5/23 meeting, the UN Secretary-General's Personal Representative to Lebanon told visiting S/CT Coordinator Crumpton that Hizballah emerged as a "mixture" of Iranian Islamic-revolutionary links, social grievances in the Shi'a community, a fight against Israel, and what eventually beca [...] | 2006-05-30 11:17:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PTER KISL MOPS KDEM SOCI LE SY IR IS |
06BEIRUT1678 | MGLE01: CT COORDINATOR CRUMPTON AND ISF DIRECTOR [...] (S) In a May 23 meeting, Internal Security Forces (ISF) Director General Ashraf Rifi told Counterterrorism Coordinator Crumpton, the Ambassador, and emboffs that the ISF was rapidly expanding both its size and mission. From a personnel level of 13,000 last year, Rifi plans to increase the I [...] | 2006-05-30 11:54:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | ASEC JO LE MAS PTER SA SY |
06BEIRUT1680 | MGLE01: S/CT COORDINATOR'S MEETING WITH LEBANESE [...] (C) SUMMARY: S/CT Coordinator Crumpton and the Ambassador, accompanied by Defense Attache, met May 23 with Director of LAF G2 Brigadier General Georges Khoury. BG Khoury provided an overview of the terrorism situation from the LAF G2 perspective. He noted three distinct terrorist threat l [...] | 2006-05-30 12:04:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PTER PREL MARR MOPS LE |
06BEIRUT1682 | MGLE01: S/CT CRUMPTON MEETING WITH INTERIOR [...] (S) SUMMARY: In a May 23 meeting, Acting Interior Minister Ahmad Fatfat, accompanied by Internal Securtity Forces Director General Ashraf Rifi, told Counterterrorism Coordinator Crumpton, the Ambassador, and emboff that his highest priority regarding counterterrorism in Lebanon was reconstruc [...] | 2006-05-30 13:02:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PTER MASS PREL PGOV LE |
06BEIRUT1735 | MGLE01: MINDEF MURR OFFERS THEORY ON BLUE LINE [...] (S) Summary and comment: In a 6/1 meeting with the Ambassador, Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Elias Murr said that Hizballah was the primary instigator of Sunday's Blue Line incidents (reftel) but had seriously miscalculated, believing that the Israeli response would be limited [...] | 2006-06-01 15:36:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PTER MOPS KPKO PREL KPAL LE IS JO |
06BEIRUT1746 | MGLE01: SINIORA SEES SYRIAN AND PALESTINIAN [...] (S) In a 6/1 meeting, Prime Minister Siniora told the Ambassador he suspects Syrian and Palestinian agents were behind a violent 5/28 exchange with Israel. He also said it was impossible for the attacks to have been carried out without Hizballah's knowledge, and expressed concern that Hizbal [...] | 2006-06-02 12:39:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PTER KDEM MOPS KPAL KPAO LE IS SY |
06BEIRUT1771 | MGLE01: SAUDI AMBASSADOR WORRIED ABOUT SINIORA'S [...] (S) In a 5/5 meeting with the Ambassador, Saudi Ambassador Abdulaziz Khoja insisted that there is no current "Saudi initiative" to reduce Syrian-Lebanese tension. He expressed deep worry about Prime Minister Fouad Siniora's safety. He cited a recent article in al-Hayet by Syria's Ambassado [...] | 2006-06-05 14:01:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PREL PTER PGOV LE SY SA |
06BEIRUT1849 | MGLE01: SAAD HARIRI ON IRAN, SINIORA, AOUN, [...] (S) In a 6/7 meeting with the Ambassador, MP Saad Hariri spent most of the time discussing his recent travels in Europe, which he claimed to have used to push for international consensus on Iran and Syria. The Russians, he claimed, were persuaded by his arguments not to abstain on any UNSCR [...] | 2006-06-08 15:30:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PREL PGOV KDEM PTER LE SY IR RS FR |
06BEIRUT1964 | MGLE01: SCARED OF BLOODSHED, SA'AD MUSES ABOUT [...] (S) In a June 14 meeting with the Ambassador and emboff at his Qorytem residence, Sa'ad Hariri expressed alarm at mounting Sunni-Shiite tensions that he believes have driven Lebanon to the brink of civil war. Citing his concern following the May 28 attack on Israel and the June 1 Hizballah r [...] | 2006-06-15 14:44:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | IR LE PGOV PTER SY |
06BEIRUT2220 | MGLE01: WITH SYRIA AND ITS ALLIES ON THE [...] (S) In a 6/28 meeting -- a day before the National Dialogue was to reconvene -- Druze leader and "March 14 Forces" figure Walid Jumblatt described a "stalemate" among National Dialogue participants over the deadline they had set on disarmament of Palestinian militias outside the refugee camps [...] | 2006-06-30 15:24:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PGOV KDEM PTER KPAL ECON SY LE |
06BEIRUT2353 | MGLE01: LEBANESE PM SINIORA: "WE NEED HELP." [...] (S) Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora expressed deep concern to the Ambassador this morning that the current security crisis is unfolding "as if by script," with Israel and Hizballah dutifully playing out the assigned roles one would expect in a worst case scenario path to regional war. He argu [...] | 2006-07-13 11:01:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | IS IZ LE PGOV PTER SY |
06BEIRUT2437 | TFLE01: MINISTER MOUAWAD URGES HUMANITARIAN [...] (S/NF) Minister of Social Affairs Nayla Mouawad described the humanitarian situation in Lebanon as approaching a critical point. Although she used less alarming terms than PM Siniora employed in his speech of July 19, Minister Mouawad still insisted the greatest challenge was not the supply of food [...] | 2006-07-21 12:39:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | IS LE PGOV PREL PTER SY |
06BEIRUT268 | MGLE01: UN LEGAL AFFAIRS CHIEF BRIEFS P-3 ON UNSCR [...] (S) In a 1/28 meeting, UN Under Secretary General for Legal Affairs Nicolas Michel briefed P-3 ambassadors on his consultations with GOL authorities on follow-up to UNSCR 1644. Michel said that he was pleasantly surprised and relieved by the broad base of support he found for an internatio [...] | 2006-01-30 07:30:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER KCRM LE SY |
06BEIRUT2698 | DEFMIN MURR WORRIED ABOUT PALESTINIANS PROVOKING [...] (S) On 8/18, Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Elias Murr told the Ambassador that he was deeply worried by intelligence information suggesting that Palestinian rejectionists planned to disrupt the ongoing LAF deployment to the south. While he had nothing specific, he analyzed from [...] | 2006-08-18 18:20:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PREL PTER MOPS PARM SY LE |
06BEIRUT2767 | LEBANON : PM SINIORA ON DONORS CONFERENCE, [...] (S) In an August 25 conversation with the Ambassador, Prime Minister Siniora revealed Lebanon's tentative delegation list, plans, and priorities for next week's Stockholm Conference on assistance to Lebanon. Siniora maintained that the 1949 Armistice Agreement should be revived and form the f [...] | 2006-08-25 17:16:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PREL LE |
06BEIRUT281 | MGLE01: WASHINGTON-BOUND JUMBLATT REACHING OUT TO [...] (S) In a 1/28 meeting, Druze leader Walid Jumblatt described his efforts to find a candidate for an upcoming parliamentary by-election on which both his "March 14" allies and Michel Aoun can agree. He reiterated his belief that Sa'ad Hariri needs to return to Lebanon, but not before soothing [...] | 2006-01-31 09:03:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PGOV PTER KISL LE SY SA |
06BEIRUT2826 | LEBANON: MODERATE SHI'A MP YASSINE JABER ON [...] (S) The Lebanese economy, government and armed forces have been weakened by years of crisis and the recent armed conflict, according to moderate Shi'a MP Yassine Jaber. Lebanon's institutions are incapable of heading off the Hizballah threat without significant support from the international c [...] | 2006-08-31 15:15:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PREL ECON PGOV PTER LE SY IS |
06BEIRUT2838 | LEBANON: CUSTOMS PLANS A COMPLICATED FIGHT AGAINST [...] (S) Although our GOL senior and political interlocutors have spoken with less than a unified voice on arms smuggling into Lebanon, we have heard about both success stories and chronic problems about this issue from Lebanon's customs services. While positive developments have been hard to conf [...] | 2006-09-01 08:51:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PREL PTER PGOV ECON EFIN LE SY IR IS |
06BEIRUT2928 | ALLEGED FINANCIAL LINKS BETWEEN HIZBALLAH AND [...] (U) This is an action cable -- see para 5 below. 2. (S) Media reports suggest that Michel Aoun's Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) and Hizballah have a new area of cooperation: financing reconstruction for the south. Newspapers and media have carried stories and pictures that show FPM and [...] | 2006-09-11 13:38:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PREL PTER KDEM EFIN LE SY IR IS |
06BEIRUT3006 | IS MICHEL AOUN PLAYING WITH PRISONER EXCHANGES? [...] (S) In a 9/15 meeting with the Ambassador, an agitated Ghattas Khoury -- conveying information on behalf of Saad Hariri -- claimed that Michel Aoun's sudden and mysterious trip to Belgium was part of a prisoner exchange scheme that would destroy the Siniora government's credibility in the pr [...] | 2006-09-15 15:28:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PREL PTER LE IS |
06BEIRUT3010 | AOUN CONFIRMS BELGIUM TRIP LINKED TO PRISONER [...] (S) At the conclusion of a 9/16 meeting with Michel Aoun and his advisor/son-in-law Gebran Bassil (septel),the Ambassador asked to see the General one-on-one to ask about Aoun's mysterious 48-hour trip to Belgium, concluded the previous day. Aoun confided that, besides meeting with some Bel [...] | 2006-09-18 07:54:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PREL PTER LE SY IS |
06BEIRUT3014 | UNIIIC INVESTIGATION "CLOSING DOORS," MAKING [...] (S) Ambassador Feltman and econoff met on 16 September with UNIIIC head Serge Brammertz to discuss progress on the investigation ahead of the progress report due 29 September and UNIIIC investigator Peter Nicholson's visit to Washington later this month. Brammertz was preoccupied with the ad [...] | 2006-09-18 10:17:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | KCRM LE PREL PTER SY |
06BEIRUT3017 | AOUN DENIES HIZBALLAH FINANCIAL LINKS, PLEDGES [...] (S) Summary: Ambassador Feltman and econoff met on 16 September with General Aoun and his son-in-law and chief advisor Gebran Bassil to deliver reftel demarche points. Aoun emphatically denied that the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) has taken money from Hizballah or "any other state." Feltman a [...] | 2006-09-18 11:02:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PTER PREL KDEM LE SY IS |
06BEIRUT3018 | UNIIIC INVESTIGATION "CLOSING DOORS," MAKING [...] (S) Ambassador Feltman and econoff met on 16 September with UNIIIC head Serge Brammertz to discuss progress on the investigation ahead of the progress report due 29 September and UNIIIC investigator Peter Nicholson's visit to Washington later this month. Brammertz was preoccupied with the ad [...] | 2006-09-18 11:21:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | KCRM LE PREL PTER SY |
06BEIRUT3021 | HARIRI ALLEGES THREAT OF SYRIAN NERVE GAS ATTACK [...] (S) MP Saad Hariri passed via messenger threat information alleging that the Syrians are planning a nerve gas attack against either a UN or March 14 target in Lebanon during the month of September. The attack will be portrayed as an al-Qaida operation. According to the information, five Sy [...] | 2006-09-18 12:31:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PTER PREL LE SY |
06BEIRUT3042 | LEBANON: UNIFIL HITS MILESTONE FORCE LEVEL, [...] (S) We were told today by Milos Strugar, UNIFIL spokesman, and by Imran Reza, Senior Advisor in the UN Office of the Personal Representative of the Secretary General (UNOPRSG),that UNIFIL forces in Lebanon have reached the 5000 troop level. Except for troops transiting in and out through Bei [...] | 2006-09-19 16:01:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | IS LE PREL |
06BEIRUT3060 | LEBANON: SINIORA ADDRESSES BILATERAL, DOMESTIC [...] (S) Ambassador Feltman, S/CRS representative, and poloff met on 9/20 with Prime Minister Siniora (accompanied by aides Mohamed Chatah and Rola Noureddine) on a wide variety of issues. Siniora welcomed the White House private sector initiative and was pleased by the U.S. delivery of assistanc [...] | 2006-09-20 16:20:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | KCRM LE PREL PTER SY GE |
06BEIRUT3062 | SPECULATING ABOUT HIZBALLAH'S RALLY [...] (S) Hizballah is applying pressure to Lebanese from all political factions to show up at "the largest rally in Lebanon's history" tomorrow (9/22),by hinting that those who don't share in the collective celebration of Lebanon's "divine victory" must be Israeli collaborators. Syria, accordin [...] | 2006-09-21 08:47:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PREL PTER KDEM LE SY |
06BEIRUT3084 | LEBANON: MARWAN HAMADE SEES +BAD TIMES TO COME, [...] (C) In a 9/22 meeting with the Ambassador and econoff, Minister of Telecommunications Marwan Hamadeh described a March 14-led cabinet attack on Wafiq Jezzini, the Hizballah-allied Surete General chief, the previous evening. He said that the cabinet also agreed to pay outstanding debts to lando [...] | 2006-09-22 16:05:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | KCRM LE PREL PTER SY MARR PARM |
06BEIRUT3128 | PEDERSEN OPPOSED TO JOSHKA FISCHER'S APPOINTMENT [...] (S) In a one-on-one meeting with the Ambassador, Geir Pedersen, the UNSYG Annan's Personal Representative for Lebanon, reported that he has learned that Annan plans to appoint former German Foreign Minister Joshka Fischer as his special envoy for Lebanon. Describing the idea as "terrible" for both [...] | 2006-09-27 15:03:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PREL PGOV LE SY |
06BEIRUT3130 | PEDERSEN BELIEVES HIZBALLAH SERIOUS ABOUT CHANGING [...] (S) In a one-on-one meeting with the Ambassador on 9/27, UNSYG Annan's Personal Representative for Lebanon Geir Pedersen said that he found a meeting he had the previous day with his "usual Hizballah contact" (i.e., Wafiq Safa) both "reassuring and alarming." The reassuring part, Pedersen s [...] | 2006-09-27 15:46:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PREL PTER KCRM LE SY |
06BEIRUT3132 | LEBANON: SHIA HEALTH MINISTER EVALUATES HIZBALLAH, [...] (S) Shia Health Minister Khalifeh (Shia, allied with Nabih Berri) told the Ambassador that while Hizballah is cornered in a security sense, it remains potent and dangerous politically and could even make major inroads into Lebanon's Sunni community. He speculated that Hizballah is using Miche [...] | 2006-09-28 08:08:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | LE PGOV PREL PTER KDEM |
06BEIRUT3164 | SECURITY SECTOR COORDINATION: PROCEEDING WITH [...] (S) Summary: Prime Minister Siniora, Deputy Prime and Defense Minister Murr, and French Ambassador Emie all agree: despite rumors to the contrary, Emie was not the cause of Siniora's rejection of a UK-led security sector reform and coordination unit in his office. The three argue that the U [...] | 2006-10-02 07:14:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PREL MARR PARM MOPS PGOV LE UK FR |
06BEIRUT3209 | LEBANON: DRUZE LEADERS ASSESS SYRIA THREAT, [...] (S) Druze politicians Walid Jumblatt and Marwan Hamadeh offered us suggestions for helping Lebanon overcome Syrian influence, and discussed how to counter March 8 group calls for a national unity government. They were optimistic about improvement in the March 14 group's relations with Speaker [...] | 2006-10-04 15:08:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | KCRM LE PGOV PREL PTER |
06BEIRUT3225 | LEBANON: DEFENSE MINISTER POSITIVE ON UNIFIL, [...] (S) Defense Minister Murr is positive on the deployment of and cooperation between the LAF and UNIFIL. On the political scene, Murr is pessimistic about potential future Hizballah and FPM demonstrations. Deeply worried about Shia-Sunni tensions that he fears Internal Security Forces could in [...] | 2006-10-05 11:28:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PGOV PREL MASS LE SY IS |
06BEIRUT3311 | LEBANON: THREE LOCAL BANKS WORTHY CANDIDATES TO [...] (SBU) This cable responds to reftel action request. The Embassy finds no reason to object to an Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) proposed investment guaranty that would result in Citibank N.A. and OPIC together lending to three selected Lebanese banks: Byblos Bank, Bank Medit [...] | 2006-10-13 14:42:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | EINV PTER ECON LE |
06BEIRUT3517 | RIZK BEWILDERED BY LAHOUD'S ATTACK ON TRIBUNAL, [...] (S) Over lunch with the Ambassador on 11/1, Minister of Justice Charles Rizk expressed bewilderment over the blistering attack his childhood friend (and Lebanese President) Emile Lahoud launched against him and the special Hariri tribunal on 10/30 and 10/31 (reftel). Rizk, who felt until La [...] | 2006-11-01 16:19:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | KCRM PREL PGOV PTER LE SY |
06BEIRUT3518 | LEBANON: AOUN "RIGHT-WINGER" ON HIZBALLAH, MONEY, [...] (S) A Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) contact claimed to us that he represents a less-vocal, less-visible wing of the party that is anti-Syrian, skeptical of Hizballah, and which seeks closer ties with the international community. He says that FPM leader Michel Aoun himself is worried about the [...] | 2006-11-01 16:54:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER LE |
06BEIRUT3540 | LEBANON: AOUN DEFENDS HIZBALLAH RELATIONSHIP, [...] (S) In a November 2 meeting with the Ambassador, FPM leader Michel Aoun denied that his party had any dealings with Syria and asserted that Hizballah is increasingly independent of Damascus. Despite March 14 group warnings of violent confrontation, the FPM has no plans either with or without [...] | 2006-11-03 17:24:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER LE |
06BEIRUT3565 | LEBANON: SPARKS FLY ON FIRST DAY OF NATIONAL [...] (S) Druze Telecommunications Minister and frequent Embassy contact Marwan Hamadeh (protect) read to Ambassador and polchief his notes from the first day of the national consultations sponsored by Chamber of Deputies Speaker Nabih Berri. Hamadeh characterized the consultations as "heading for [...] | 2006-11-07 12:09:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER LE |
06BEIRUT3599 | LEBANON: RESORT TO DEMONSTRATIONS THREATENED AS [...] (S) Despite consistent reports of a positive atmosphere, the November 9 session of Parliament Speaker Berri's national consultations ended with no progress or compromise on the key issues. The group adjourned until November 11. Veteran insider Michel Murr conveyed to us on November 9 a grave [...] | 2006-11-09 15:31:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER LE |
06BEIRUT3601 | SINIORA, HAMADEH PERCEIVE SIGNS THAT HIZBALLAH MAY [...] (S) Filling in more details of the 11/9 third round of consultations, Prime Minister Siniora and Minsiter Marwan Hamadeh mused that the March 14 decision to stand tough and even suggest counter demonstration had a positive impact. Both saw initial signs in today's session suggesting Hizballa [...] | 2006-11-09 18:55:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PREL PTER PGOV LE |
06BEIRUT3602 | LEBANON: ISRAELI OVERFLIGHTS [...] (C) October saw a notable increase in the number and intensity of Israeli overflights in Lebanese airspace. The overflights were noted with indignation by politicians and the press, and documented by UNIFIL. According to our contacts, the IAF has conducted the flights beyond the south, inclu [...] | 2006-11-09 19:07:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | MARR PGOV PREL LE IS |
06BEIRUT3606 | SINIORA DEFENDS CABINET, VOWS TO PASS TRIBUNAL [...] (S) Meeting with the Ambassador late on 11/12, Prime Minister Fouad Siniora projected serenity and strength, as lawyers, aides, and ministers whirled in and out of his office offering advice on transcending Lebanon's latest made-in-Damascus political crisis. Siniora provided a detailed chro [...] | 2006-11-13 09:19:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER KCRM LE SY |
06BEIRUT3619 | LEBANON: DEFMIN ON LAF STABILITY, CHANGES UNDER A [...] (S) In a meeting with visiting Assistant Secretary of Defense Rodman, Lebanese Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Murr expressed appreciation for continued U.S. support for the LAF, and hoped that such support would continue in the form of light materiel to be used in the LAF's daily o [...] | 2006-11-14 14:47:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PGOV KCRM MARR MAS PREL PTER SY LE |
06BEIRUT3651 | SINIORA, HARIRI RESOLUTE, ASK FOR HELP AND [...] (S) The Ambassador met one-on-one with Prime Minister Fouad Siniora late on 11/16 and with Saad Hariri the following evening. Both the PM and the MP came across as strong and resolute, commenting that the March 8-Aoun alliance was taken aback by the March 14 resistance to the pro-Syrian dem [...] | 2006-11-18 09:25:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PTER PGOV KDEM LE SY IS |
06BEIRUT3652 | SINIORA, HARIRI RESOLUTE, ASK FOR HELP AND [...] (S) The Ambassador met one-on-one with Prime Minister Fouad Siniora late on 11/16 and with Saad Hariri the following evening. Both the PM and the MP came across as strong and resolute, commenting that the March 8-Aoun alliance was taken aback by the March 14 resistance to the pro-Syrian dem [...] | 2006-11-18 13:08:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PTER PGOV KDEM LE SY IS |
06BEIRUT3653 | BERRI CLAIMS MARCH 14 PERFIDY, HINTS AT TIME BUT [...] (S) In a 11/18 meeting with the Ambassador, Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri portrayed himself as the only adult amidst squabbling, selfish children. He claimed success twice already in preventing street demonstrations. Yet his attempts to find a way out of Lebanon's political mess was under [...] | 2006-11-18 15:15:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PREL PGOV KDEM PTER SY LE |
06BEIRUT3656 | CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR WANTS CASH UP FRONT, [...] (S) Central Bank of Lebanon (CBL) Governor Riad Salameh told the Ambassador in a 11/16 meeting that the IMF team currently in Beirut confirmed that GDP would have 0 percent growth in 2006, down from the 6 percent growth projected in June but considerably better than the 5 percent decline pre [...] | 2006-11-18 16:55:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | EFIN ECON PGOV PREL LE |
06BEIRUT3695 | RUMP CABINET PASSES TRIBUNAL; HIZBALLAH PLANS [...] (S) Last-ditch shuttle diplomacy between the March 14 majority and Speaker Berri on 11/24 failed to find a political breakthrough to Lebanon's cabinet crisis. Lebanon's rump cabinet -- missing its Shia members, one Lahoud ally, and the murdered Pierre Gemayel -- thus proceeded on 11/25 to ap [...] | 2006-11-27 08:20:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER KCRM LE SY |
06BEIRUT3703 | LAHOUD REJECTS PATRIARCH'S CALL TO QUIT [...] (S) In a one-on-one 11/27 meeting with the Ambassador, Maronite Patriarch Sfeir -- asking that this information be closely held -- revealed that he had recently sent a written letter to President Emile Lahoud suggesting that Lahoud resign for the sake of Lebanon. Faced with Lahoud's rejecti [...] | 2006-11-27 17:01:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PREL PGOV KDEM LE SY |
06BEIRUT3757 | GEMAYEL MEETS NASRALLAH, WILL TEST HIZBALLAH [...] (S) Amin Gemayel -- former President, grieving father, and presidential aspirant -- met with Hizballah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah on 12/3. Briefing the Ambassador on the meeting, Gemayel said that he was taken aback by Nasrallah's hatred of Prime Minister Fouad Siniora, MP Saad Hari [...] | 2006-12-04 17:20:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PTER PGOV PREL LE SY |
06BEIRUT3766 | DIFFICULT EXISTENTIAL BATTLE FOR LEBANON LOOMS [...] (S) With Nabih Berri's Amal movement trapped as an unenthusiastic partner, Hizballah, Michel Aoun's Free Patriotic Movement, and various pro-Syrian politicians are on the ascendency. They appear prepared to use all available means to implement an agenda hostile to U.S. interests in Lebanon: [...] | 2006-12-05 17:30:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER LE SY |
06BEIRUT3775 | MARCH 14, GOL LEADERS ON AMR MOUSSA'S PLAN, OTHER [...] (C) In meetings with the Ambassador on December 6, March 14 officials reacted with skepticism to Amr Moussa's plan to solve the Lebanese political crisis. They believed that Nabih Berri, Michel Aoun, and Hizballah will find ways to reject it. Or, if they do accept it, that will signal that [...] | 2006-12-07 10:03:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PREL PTER PGOV LE SY |
06BEIRUT3782 | LEBANON: BERRI FOR BOTH SINIORA AND CABINET [...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador, a curiously jubilant Speaker Berri laid out his positions: he is for the current GOL, including PM Siniora, staying; opposed to any confidence or no-confidence vote or a new Ministerial Declaration; but in favor of the opposition obtaining a "blocking minor [...] | 2006-12-07 13:02:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER LE |
06BEIRUT3784 | WITH GOL APPROVAL OF TRIBUNAL, ARE MARCH 14 AND [...] (S) We have heard from March 14 figures that Fouad Siniora plans to use the emotionally charged date of December 12 -- the one-year anniversary of the assassination of MP and al-Nahar publisher Gibran Tueni -- to convene the cabinet to approve the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. If current pla [...] | 2006-12-07 15:21:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PTER PREL PGOV KDEM LE SY |
06BEIRUT3913 | LEBANON: HIZBALLAH HINTS AT HAJJ VIOLENCE; BERRI [...] (C) Walid Jumblatt hosted the Ambassador and Polchief for lunch at his Beirut residence in the neighborhood of Clemenceau December 29. As is often the case when Jumblatt meets with us in Beirut, Druze Communications Minister Marwan Hamadeh joined the meeting. Unusually, however, the Informat [...] | 2006-12-29 14:36:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER LE |
06BEIRUT3914 | CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR RAISES ALARM BELLS ON [...] (S) In contrast to his usual calm-within-a-storm posture, Central Bank of Lebanon (CBL) Governor Riad Salameh has sounded the alarm bells -- albeit private alarm bells -- on Lebanon's financial and fiscal position. In a 12/29 meeting with the Ambassador, Salameh spoke with unprecedented can [...] | 2006-12-29 16:40:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | EFIN ECON LE PGOV |
06BEIRUT563 | MGLE01: HARIRI AND JUMBLATT DISCUSS STRATEGY [...] (S) On February 23, while waiting for Secretary Rice to arrive for a meeting with MP Saad Hariri and MP Walid Jumblatt at his house in Beirut, econoff and FSN senior political specialist were invited to sit with these two leaders. The small talk with FSN senior political specialist eventual [...] | 2006-02-24 15:01:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | LE PGOV PREL SA SY |
06BEIRUT579 | MGLE01: SAAD HARIRI TO HOLD JOINT PRESS [...] (S) Summary: In a 2/27 meeting with the Ambassador, Saad Hariri revealed that he would hold a join press conference with Hassan Nasrallah, Secretary-General of Hizballah on 2/28. The press conference will come at the end of Hariri's private meeting with Hizballah and will cover three areas [...] | 2006-02-27 17:13:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | KDEM PTER KISL LE SY |
06BEIRUT581 | MGLE01: SAAD HARIRI TO HOLD JOINT PRESS [...] (S) Summary: In a 2/27 meeting with the Ambassador, Saad Hariri revealed that he would hold a join press conference with Hassan Nasrallah, Secretary-General of Hizballah on 2/28. The press conference will come at the end of Hariri's private meeting with Hizballah and will cover three areas [...] | 2006-02-27 17:14:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | KDEM PTER KISL LE SY |
06BEIRUT647 | MGLE01: ALL IN THE (FIRST) FAMILY: LAHOUD [...] (S) In a 3/3 meeting with the Ambassador, Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Elias Murr said that he had been threatened by his father-in-law, President Emile Lahoud, in front of friends and relatives over dinner the previous evening. Lahoud, according to Murr, ordered Murr to recant [...] | 2006-03-06 06:58:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | PREL PGOV KDEM LE SY |
06BEIRUT727 | FOLLOW UP ON FOREIGN FIGHTERS TO IRAQ [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-09 15:35:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | ASEC KISL PTER LE SY |
06BELGRADE1308 | ARMS CONTROL DEMARCHES DELIVERED RE SYRIA AND [...] (s) We delivered reftel demarches in separate meetings with Assistant DEFMIN for Material Resources COL Markovic, MFA Chief of the Directorate for Arms Control Branka Latinovic, and YugoImport Director Stevan Nikcevic August 15-17. In each meeting, we impressed upon our interlocutors the se [...] | 2006-08-18 08:38:00 | Embassy Belgrade | SECRET | PARM BEXP PREL SR SY VE |
06BELGRADE1325 | ICTY ACTION PLAN UPDATE NUMBER 3: AUGUST 18, 2006 [...] (c) One month into the announcement of the Action Plan (AP),there is still no sign of a sustained and public senior-level effort to prepare the ground for a Mladic handover. Visiting ICTY officials shared our disappointment at the pace of work on the action plan, and agreed that the ultima [...] | 2006-08-22 10:15:00 | Embassy Belgrade | SECRET | ICTY PREL PGOV PHUM SR |
06BELGRADE1407 | TADIC AND KOSTUNICA [...] (U) As Tadic heads to Washington, we would like to share some additional observations about him, about how his views on key issues compare with Kostunica's, and why his visit represents an opportunity different from Kostunica's July visit. 2. (S) Tadic tends to take a more realist, pro-Wes [...] | 2006-09-01 12:00:00 | Embassy Belgrade | SECRET | PGOV PREL |
06BELGRADE861 | RESPONSE TO STATE 80071: KOSOVO FINAL STATUS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-31 06:39:00 | Embassy Belgrade | SECRET | PINR PBTS PGOV PNAT PREL YI SR |
06BELIZE471 | BELIZE: DEMARCHE IN ADVANCE OF NAM MINISTERIAL [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-26 15:46:00 | Embassy Belmopan | SECRET | KNNP PREL AORC UNSC IEAB BH |
06BELIZE543 | BELIZE: SHIP REGISTRY RESPONSE TO CURTAILING THE [...] (S) Following the demarche of March 30, the MFA referred questions (reftel) to the Belizean ship registry company, IMMARBE (International Merchant Marine Registry of Belize),which has provided post a copy of its reply to the MFA: BEGIN TEXT ---------- We refer to your fax transmission date [...] | 2006-06-16 16:49:00 | Embassy Belmopan | SECRET | PARM PREL KN KNNP MNUC EWWT PHSA BH |
06BERLIN1160 | SCENESETTER: AG GONZALES MEETING WITH INTERIOR [...] (C) Summary. Interior Minister Schaeuble, a loyal ally in the war on terror, looks forward to discussing ongoing as well as additional cooperation with the U.S. Our work to date, as with his predecessor, in fighting terrorists and international criminal groups, while excellent, is sometimes [...] | 2006-04-28 14:56:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | KJUS PTER PREL PGOV GM |
06BERLIN1443 | TURKISH EMBASSY PRESSES FOR HELP CAPTURING PKK [...] (S) Turkish Embassy PolCouns Kemal Tuzun requested a meeting May 26 with Acting Global Affairs Counselor to discuss new ideas from Ankara to fight the PKK. During the meeting he provided a non-paper (in English, text contained in para 4 below) about and photos of Canan Kurtyilmaz, a.k.a. Asya [...] | 2006-05-26 19:14:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | PREL PTER PGOV PINR KCRM KTFN GM TU |
06BERLIN1570 | SCENESETTER: DHS SECRETARY CHERTOFF'S VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary. Your visit to Germany gives Interior Minister Schaeuble, a loyal ally in the war on terror, his long-awaited chance to discuss with you personally ongoing and additional bilateral cooperation. Your visit also lets you thank former Minister Schily, who enjoys good relations with [...] | 2006-06-09 13:23:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | PTER KJUS PREL PGOV KHLS GM |
06BERLIN2060 | TERRORISM FINANCE: IIRO: ADDITIONAL ADDITIONAL [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-21 15:35:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | EFIN PTER PREL ETTC KTFN GM |
06BERLIN2303 | SCENESETTER: FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER'S BERLIN VISIT [...] (C) Summary. German officials welcome your visit to Berlin to show the strength of U.S.-German law enforcement and counterterrorism cooperation; we want you to use the visit to strengthen it further. You can underscore to nearly all key law enforcement decision-makers the need for uncomplica [...] | 2006-08-11 11:34:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | PTER KJUS ASEC PGOV ETTC CVIS PREL KHLS GM |
06BERLIN2577 | SCENESETTER: AMBASSADOR CRUMPTON'S VISIT TO BERLIN [...] (C) Summary. The July 31 train bombing plot, the UK airplane bombing plot, and the Hizballah-Israel war have brought about public debate in Germany that gives us new opportunities for increased counterterrorism cooperation which you should explore in your discussions here. After 9/11, German [...] | 2006-08-31 16:54:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | PTER PGOV GM |
06BERLIN2593 | GERMAN THOUGHTS ON SANCTIONS, EU3 UNITY [...] (U) Summary: Charge raised Iran with Foreign Office State Secretary (U/S-equivalent) August 30 and Embassy delivered SIPDIS reftel demarche August 31. Germany is ready for discussion of Iran to return to the Security Council and supports discussion of punitive measures. The critical task, [...] | 2006-09-01 16:01:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | EU IR KNNP PARM PGOV PREL UN |
06BERLIN2785 | U.S.-GERMAN COUNTERTERRORISM STRATEGY: SEIZING THE [...] (S) Summary. The discovery this summer of the plot to bomb German trains, coming on top of terrorists' plans in the UK to blow-up transatlantic flights, has created an opening for the German government to move on further counterterrorism initiatives. Interior Minister Schaeuble's trip to Was [...] | 2006-09-21 08:46:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | PTER PGOV PREL KHLS CVIS TBIO GM EU |
06BERLIN3059 | GERMAN COMMENTS ON U.S. NATIONAL SPACE POLICY [...] (U) Please see the action request in paragraph 9. 2. (S) Summary: Global Affairs officer briefed German officials in Bonn on the U.S. National Space Policy October 16. Although the German officials appreciated the information, they also expressed some reservations. In sum, they contended [...] | 2006-10-20 17:34:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | PARM GM |
06BERLIN3259 | GERMAN RESPONSE: UNSCR 1718 OBLIGATIONS AND KOMID [...] (S) Global Affairs officer delivered ref A demarche November 6 to MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Andreas Kauke. Global affairs officer subsequently delivered ref B demarche November 7 to MFA International Economic Policy Division Desk Officer Bernd Forster and MFA Nuclear Nonprolife [...] | 2006-11-07 17:01:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | PARM EFIN KNNP PREL PGOV DPRK KN CH GM |
06BERLIN3374 | (S) SHIELD S06-06: GERMAN INSTITUTES DECLINE [...] (S) Global Affairs officer discussed WMD nonproliferation issues with German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Andreas Kauke November 27. Kauke provided a German-language nonpaper in response to ref B demarche concerning contacts between the Chinese Center for Disease Control (CCDC) and [...] | 2006-11-28 15:16:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | PARM PREL CBW ETTC GM CH |
06BERLIN3380 | (S) DEMARCHE ON IRAN SEEKING GERMAN-ORIGIN ENGINES [...] (S) Global Affairs officer passed ref demarche to German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Andreas Kauke November 27. Kauke thanked us for the information concerning the Dutch firm Aviation Services International's procurement efforts of German-produced Limbach Flugmotoren engines on b [...] | 2006-11-28 16:48:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | PARM MTCRE PREL ETTC GM TW IR |
06BERLIN3450 | DEMARCHE ON E.O. 13382 ENTITIES -- EXAMPLES OF [...] (S) Global Affairs counselor and Global Affairs officer passed ref demarche December 6 to officials from the Foreign Trade Law Division in the German Economic Ministry. Foreign Trade Law Division Office Director Ursina Krumpholz thanked us for the information and said she would discuss it with [...] | 2006-12-07 16:44:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | PARM KNNP PREL PGOV KN GM |
06BERLIN3505 | GERMAN REQUEST CONCERNING KOMID FINANCIAL [...] (S) Global Affairs officer met Christian Mayer, deputy director of the German Finance Ministry's Division for Monetary Transactions and Prevention of Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing, November 24 to follow up ref B demarche and the Germans' interim reply (ref A). Mayer said relevant G [...] | 2006-12-14 17:08:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | EFIN PARM KNNP PREL PGOV KNAR GM CH |
06BERLIN3506 | (S) DEMARCHE PASSED TO GERMANY ON POTENTIAL SALES [...] (S) Global Affairs officer passed ref demarche to German MFA Export Control Divison Desk Officer Ina Schuett December 14. Schuett thanked us for the information. She said that the German firm Spinner Machine Tools is a well-known producer of CNC machinery, but she had no knowledge of prolif [...] | 2006-12-14 17:40:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA GM TW SY KN |
06BERLIN3554 | GERMAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON UAE-BASED MAYROW [...] (S) Global Affairs officer discussed WMD nonproliferation issues with German MFA Export Control Desk Officer Andreas Kauke December 4. Kauke provided a German-language nonpaper in response to ref B demarche concerning the procurement efforts by a Berlin-based man, Akbar Ashraf Vaghefi, and a [...] | 2006-12-20 17:31:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | ETTC PARM PREL AEMR GM IR |
06BERLIN3566 | GERMAN QUERY ON PRC UNIVERSITY SEEKING FILAMENT [...] (U) This message contains a request for guidance -- please see paragraph four. 2. (S) Global Affairs officer met German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Andreas Kauke December 21. Kauke passed a nonpaper concerning an export license application currently undergoing review by the [...] | 2006-12-21 16:47:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | ETTC MNUC MTCRE TNGD PARM PREL PINR GM CH |
06BERLIN3580 | (S) DEMARCHE ON IRAN'S MISSILE PROGRAM SEEKING [...] (S) Global Affairs officer passed ref demarche to German MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Ina Schuett December 27. Schuett thanked us for the information and said she would convey it to appropriate government officials for consultation. She said that the Federal Economic and Export [...] | 2006-12-28 11:50:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | ETTC MNUC MTCRE PARM PREL GM |
06BERLIN889 | SHUTTING DOWN THE PKK IN FRANCE AND GERMANY: [...] (S) Upon receipt of Ref A, DCM chaired a meeting of relevant members of the country team and post raised the issue of PKK support in Germany with the Turkish DCM and senior members of the German government. German officials state an awareness of the threats posed by the PKK and a readiness to [...] | 2006-03-31 14:56:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | PTER EFIN KCRM PINR PREL FR GM |
06BERLIN988 | ADDITIONAL GERMAN ACTION AGAINST THE PKK [...] (C) Recent allegedly PKK-linked violence in Germany and one arrest in Berlin formed the backdrop for continued engagement with senior German officials pursuant to ref B. Demonstrations -------------- 2. (C) According to local press reports, on the evening of April 1, alleged PKK supporte [...] | 2006-04-11 15:51:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | PTER EFIN KCRM PINR PREL GM |
06BERN1218 | (S) SWISS AIMING TO PREVENT MEDIA TORNADO ON [...] (S) Charge d'Affairs a.i. Carol Urban met with Department of Finance (EFD),Director for Financial Markets, Rene Weber to deliver points in REF A mid-afternoon June 23, 2006. The Charge highlighted the legal safeguards and auditing that are in place in the Terrorist Finance Tracking Program an [...] | 2006-06-23 14:59:00 | Embassy Bern | SECRET | PTER EFIN SZ |
06BERN1867 | S/CT CRUMPTON PRESSES THE SWISS TO SHARE MORE INTEL \ [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-02 14:48:00 | Embassy Bern | SECRET | PTER ETTC SZ |
06BERN1896 | MTAG: LATEST ON SWISS INVESTIGATION OF BB [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-05 16:57:00 | Embassy Bern | SECRET | PARM ETTC SZ IR |
06BERN2060 | SWISS-DPRK TRADE VERY LIMITED [...] (S) Summary: In response to REFTELS A and B, on November 7 Emboffs spoke with Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs, Bilateral Economic Relations Division, Export Controls and Sanctions Chief Othmar Wyss about Swiss-DPRK trade relations. According to Wyss, Swiss trade with North Korea [...] | 2006-11-08 16:20:00 | Embassy Bern | SECRET | ETTC KNNP PARM TRGY MNUC IAEA SZ |
06BERN545 | SWISS SEE GOLAN HEIGHTS RESOLUTION AS KEY TO [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-14 14:00:00 | Embassy Bern | SECRET | PREL KPAL IS SY SZ |
06BISHKEK1196 | BOUCHER AND BAKIYEV: BOTH PLEDGING TO MOVE FORWARD [...] (C) SUMMARY. In an August 11 meeting with Assistant Secretary for South and Central Affairs Richard Boucher, SIPDIS President Bakiyev turned straight to investment issues, urging U.S. involvement in major hydro-electric projects. Surprising everyone with an about-face, Bakiyev said that the [...] | 2006-08-16 06:37:00 | Embassy Bishkek | SECRET | PGOV PREL ENRG EINV MARR KG |
06BISHKEK1297 | REPORT OF THE BISHKEK EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) The Ambassador chaired a meeting of the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on September 6, 2006 to review the disappearance of Major Jill Metzger, assigned to Manas Airbase. Present at the EAC were the DCM, RSO, POL/ECON, POL/RA, AID, DAO, PAS, CONS, MGT, RLA, GSO and Base Representative [...] | 2006-09-07 09:55:00 | Embassy Bishkek | SECRET | PGOV PREL ASEC MARR KG PINR |
06BISHKEK457 | BISHKEK SCENESETTER FOR SCA ASSISTANT SECRETARY [...] (C) Ambassador Boucher, thank you for your willingness to come to Bishkek. Your visit comes as Kyrgyzstan still struggles to make sense of last year's Tulip Revolution. Although the government declared March 24 a national holiday ) "People's Revolution Day" ) and staged a Soviet-style milita [...] | 2006-04-05 12:33:00 | Embassy Bishkek | SECRET | PREL PGOV PHUM KCOR KCRM EINV KG |
06BISHKEK779 | ALL SIDES PREDICTING A PEACEFUL MAY 27 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: One day before the May 27 opposition demonstration in central Bishkek (reftel),both government and opposition contacts continue to predict a violence-free demonstration. One protest organizer told the Embassy on May 26 that the opposition is expecting 30,000 demonstrators to [...] | 2006-05-26 10:11:00 | Embassy Bishkek | SECRET | PGOV PHUM KDEM PINS PREL ASEC KG |
06BOGOTA10214 | ARAUCA AND CATATUMBO: 3 KEYS TO SECURITY [...] (S) Security in Arauca department is much improved, with no pipeline attacks this year and the population increasingly cooperating with the COLMIL. Three keys to this progress are U.S.-funded helicopters for combat air mobility, judicial processes against militias relying on out-of-town pros [...] | 2006-11-02 18:54:00 | Embassy Bogota | SECRET | PROG PREL PTER CO |
06BOGOTA10785 | POSSIBLE FARC THREAT TO EMBASSY BOGOTA [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Embassy Bogota is in receipt of information concerning a possible attack by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) against the American Embassy compound, allegedly being coordinated by elements of the FARC's Antonio Narino Urban Front (RUAN). Biographic details of [...] | 2006-11-28 22:39:00 | Embassy Bogota | SECRET | PTER |
06BOGOTA10933 | PLAN PATRIOTA - THE SEQUEL [...] (S) Building on the progress of Plan Patriota, Colombia's Ministry of Defense is in the process of planning its 2006-10 campaign. The outlines which follow are still tentative. Operationally the new Plan is more a natural evolution of Plan Patriota than a change of course. The COLMIL's main [...] | 2006-12-01 16:58:00 | Embassy Bogota | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER CO MARR |
06BOGOTA11380 | UAVS -- "EYES IN THE SKY" FOR COLMIL OPERATIONS [...] (S) Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are a low-tech, low-cost, and low-risk but potentially high-impact new addition to USG-GOC intelligence cooperation in support of counterterror and counterdrug efforts. Since their arrival in July, a test package of UAVs has provided valuable, real-time ae [...] | 2006-12-20 21:10:00 | Embassy Bogota | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER MARR CO |
06BOGOTA11488 | COLMIL: JTF-O ONTO A MORE AGGRESSIVE FOOTING [...] (S) In the Colombian military's main focus area against the FARC, the incoming commander is planning two changes to improve results. First, he will spread battalion formations to widen their area of control and increase chances of enemy contact. Second, he will create new companies dedicated [...] | 2006-12-27 19:01:00 | Embassy Bogota | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER MARR CO |
06BOGOTA1643 | ANALYSIS OF FARC'S POLITICAL-MILITARY STRATEGY FOR [...] (C) According to Colombian security analysts, the FARC's principal short term goals are to sabotage Uribe's reelection prospects; influence Congressional elections with intimidation and funding; and energize leftist constituencies. The FARC, though weakened by the Colombian military's offensi [...] | 2006-02-22 16:00:00 | Embassy Bogota | SECRET | KJUS PGOV PREL PTER CO |
06BOGOTA1981 | NEW ARMY COMMANDER MAJOR GENERAL MARIO MONTOYA [...] (C) On February 22, Major General Mario Montoya Uribe was sworn in as the Commander of the Colombian Army (COLAR). Montoya had been Commander of the Army First Division and the Caribbean Joint Task Force, one of Colombia's two major commands. Montoya replaced Major General Reinaldo Castellano [...] | 2006-03-06 18:24:00 | Embassy Bogota | SECRET | PGOV MOPS PINR CO |
06BOGOTA2076 | CUCUTA PERSPECTIVE ON COLOMBIA-VENEZUELAN BORDER [...] (S) Summary: During a pre-election trip to Cucuta (septel will detail electoral issues),an Army commander told poloff that COLMIL forces were prohibited from crossing the Venezuelan border to pursue guerrilla high value targets (HVTs),in contrast to his counterparts on the Ecuadorian borde [...] | 2006-03-08 16:00:00 | Embassy Bogota | SECRET | PREL MARR MOPS PTER SNAR CO VE |
06BOGOTA2518 | FARC IDEOLOGY ON THE BACKBURNER [...] (C) The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) began in 1964 as a Marxist insurgency dedicated to redressing rural grievances, at a time when the democratic left had been politically marginalized. Over time, illicit activity and alienation from the democratic left have taken the FARC f [...] | 2006-03-21 21:06:00 | Embassy Bogota | SECRET | KJUS PGOV PREL PTER CO |
06BOGOTA2858 | S/CT AMBASSADOR CRUMPTON AND OAS PERMREP MAISTO [...] (C) On the margins of the 6th Regular Session of the Inter-American Committee against Terrorism (CICTE),Coordinator for Counterterrorism Ambassador Henry A. Crumpton and Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States (OAS) John F. Maisto met for an hour with Vice Foreign Mini [...] | 2006-03-29 11:37:00 | Embassy Bogota | SECRET | PGOV PHUM PTER CO |
06BOGOTA3814 | COLOMBIA SECURITY UPDATE - Q1'06 [...] (C) This quarterly review of the security outlook in Colombia considers Plan Patriota, FARC, ELN, and paramilitaries. The first quarter of 2006 was dominated by FARC pre-election actions and by large paramilitary demobilizations. Near the end of President Uribe's first term, his security in [...] | 2006-05-01 17:20:00 | Embassy Bogota | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER CO |
06BOGOTA4348 | FARC URGES VOTING AGAINST URIBE; IMPLIES WILL NOT [...] (C) In recent communications implying the guerillas' intent to refrain from disruptive actions, FARC Secretariat leaders have urged Colombians to participate in May 28 presidential elections. This reversal of past pronouncements may be a face-saving maneuver to mask impotence against the GOC [...] | 2006-05-16 23:30:00 | Embassy Bogota | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER CO |
06BOGOTA435 | DAS DIRECTOR PENATE ON VENEZUELA [...] (S) At a British Embassy dinner on January 14, Departamento Administrativo de Seguridad (DAS, roughly the FBI equivalent) Director Andres Penate told polcouns that Hugo Chavez's entourage remains convinced there is a U.S.-directed conspiracy to kill Chavez with support from Colombia. Penate s [...] | 2006-01-18 20:28:00 | Embassy Bogota | SECRET | PINR PREL CO |
06BOGOTA4750 | ESTIMATES ON REGROUPING OF DEMOBILIZED [...] (S) Estimates of the collectively demobilized paramilitaries (30,902 to date) that have regrouped into criminal organizations range from 2 to 4 percent. According to Colombian National Police Intelligence (DIPOL) analysts and the Military's Joint Intelligence Center, 21 new criminal groups h [...] | 2006-05-30 19:02:00 | Embassy Bogota | SECRET | KJUS PGOV PREL PTER CO |
06BOGOTA4752 | INDIGENOUS PROTESTS TO BLOCK PAN AMERICAN HIGHWAY [...] (C) On May 15-19, approximately 16,000 indigenous people and supporters in 9 Departments blocked major highways to protest perceived GOC failure to follow through on land agreements. The demonstrations, which GOC authorities said were instigated and supported by the FARC, also criticized pres [...] | 2006-05-30 19:12:00 | Embassy Bogota | SECRET | PHUM PREF PGOV PTER CO |
06BOGOTA4983 | FARC/ELN: TERRORIST TAKEDOWNS REFLECT USG-GOC [...] (S) The GOC captured or killed 29 key midlevel operatives of the country's main guerilla insurgencies, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and the National Liberation Army (ELN),from September 2005 through April 2006. Takedowns were concentrated among three groups -- front com [...] | 2006-06-05 15:53:00 | Embassy Bogota | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER CO |
06BOGOTA5497 | COLAR PREDICTS ESCALATION BEFORE NEGOTIATION [...] (S) Commanders of Joint Task Force Omega (JTF-O),the Colombian military's elite force at the core of the Plan Patriota campaign, see the conflict with the FARC entering a phase of more direct confrontation. They contend the FARC has determined it cannot withstand four more years under re-ele [...] | 2006-06-16 15:26:00 | Embassy Bogota | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER CO FARC |
06BOGOTA5940 | COLAR TAKES DOWN FARC GENERAL STAFF MEMBER [...] (S) On June 27 an elite Colombian Army (COLAR) unit killed FARC leader "Juan Carlos," a member of the FARC's General Staff military command (equivalent of the capture of Simon Trinidad in 2004). For the COLAR the takedown is a boost to morale, a credit to its new rapid reaction force units, [...] | 2006-06-30 21:02:00 | Embassy Bogota | SECRET | PREL PTER PGOV MOPS MARR CO |
06BOGOTA7383 | COLOMBIA SECURITY UPDATE - Q2'06 [...] (C) Police and military operations at least temporarily pushed the FARC -- and many of its senior leaders -- out of the eastern side of the Macarena Park. Fighting on the western side continued. Police and the COLMIL deterred significant attacks during the presidential elections. FARC acti [...] | 2006-08-14 14:48:00 | Embassy Bogota | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER CO |
06BOGOTA7397 | INDUMIL DOWNSTREAM: TIGHTER CONTROLS, FEW LEAKS [...] (S) Responding to possible weapons leakage to terrorist groups from state weapons manufacturer INDUMIL, econ/poloffs went beyond a routine factory licensing review (reftel C) to investigate inventory controls in the later stages of storage, transport, and retail sales. INDUMIL outlined compr [...] | 2006-08-14 17:42:00 | Embassy Bogota | SECRET | PGOV PREL MASS MOPS CO KOMC ETTC OTRA PARM |
06BOGOTA7485 | FARC ATTACK ON FUEL DISTRIBUTOR IN LA GUAJIRA [...] (C) On August 14, 2006 at approximately 0230 hours, the 59th Front of the FARC attacked a fuel distribution outlet in Guajira close to the Colombian/Venezuelan border. The attack was launched using gas cylinder bombs, destroying 85 fuel trucks and 15 other vehicles, and reportedly injuring 8 [...] | 2006-08-16 15:16:00 | Embassy Bogota | SECRET | PTER PGOV EINV ENRG VE CO |
06BOGOTA7602 | GOC PREPARING DETENTION CENTERS FOLLOWING URIBE'S [...] (C) Of the 38 AUC leaders the GOC is seeking, 16 have turned themselves in, 3 have been located, and 19 remain at large including Vicente Castano and Rodrigo Tovar (AKA Jorge Cuarenta). Police analysts expect the remaining leaders to turn themselves in soon; President Uribe may extradite any [...] | 2006-08-18 21:28:00 | Embassy Bogota | SECRET | KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO |
06BOGOTA7893 | COLMIL PENETRATES FARC HEARTLAND IN LA MACARENA [...] (S) After months of intense campaigns, the COLAR has occupied former FARC strongholds and harried key FARC cocaine trafficking fronts in the Macarena region. La Macarena (Meta department) is key to the FARC -- as a core zone of coca cultivation, a historic homeland, and a strategic rear guard [...] | 2006-08-29 15:11:00 | Embassy Bogota | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER CO |
06BOGOTA830 | EX-LABOR LEADERS SAID TO USE ASYLUM IN EUROPE TO [...] (C) In a meeting on January 24 with LABOFF, leaders from Colombia's largest banker's union and its labor confederation claimed that exiled labor leaders with guerrilla affiliations are behind a Danish T-shirt sales campaign, whose proceeds reportedly are destined for the Revolutionary Armed For [...] | 2006-01-30 16:19:00 | Embassy Bogota | SECRET | ELAB PGOV PHUM PTER CO DA XT KLAB |
06BOGOTA871 | FARC LEADER'S MESSAGE TO GUERRILLAS [...] (S) Poloff met with a military intelligence analyst who discretly shared a secret communique sent in January to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) from its Supreme Commander Pedro Antonio Marin, AKA "Manuel Marulanda" or "Tirofijo". (Please protect source and information.) The [...] | 2006-01-31 15:15:00 | Embassy Bogota | SECRET | KJUS PGOV PREL PTER CO |
06BOGOTA9448 | COLOMBIA CONFLICT UPDATE - Q3'06 [...] (C) Combat continued in Meta and Antioquia, where the COLMIL aggressively battled concentrated FARC and ELN forces. The COLMIL shifted more resources to the Catatumbo region bordering Venezuela after increased FARC attacks, but has not yet established control in the area. The Southwest borde [...] | 2006-10-13 17:51:00 | Embassy Bogota | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER CO |
06BRASILIA1910 | BRAZIL: GOB OFFICIALS COMMENT ON REFUGEE CASE OF [...] (S/NF) Summary. Charge and PolCouns delivered ref A demarche to senior GOB officials, stressing USG concerns about the 14 July 2006 decision by Brazil's national refugee commission (CONARE) to grant refugee status to suspected FARC terrorist Francisco Antonio Cadena Collazos (refs B and D),de [...] | 2006-09-12 13:20:00 | Embassy Brasilia | SECRET | PREL PTER SNAR BR |
06BRASILIA1966 | BRAZIL: AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALL ON [...] (S/NF) Summary. On 14 September, Ambassador (accompanied by PolCouns and DATT) made a courtesy call on General Jorge Armando Felix, Minister for Institutional Security in the Brazilian Presidency. Felix's office oversees both national intelligence and narcotics prevention efforts nationwide, [...] | 2006-09-18 14:21:00 | Embassy Brasilia | SECRET | PREL BR |
06BRASILIA593 | NO BRAZILIAN BROADCASTS OF AL-MANAR [...] (S) Post delivered Ref A, paragraph 3 talking points to the Maria Luiza Lopes da Silva, the Foreign Ministry Deputy Coordinator for the Combat Against Illicit Transnational Activities, in a March 22 conversation. Silva had no substantive response. 2. (S) Alberto Milgewitz of the local Jewi [...] | 2006-03-23 17:53:00 | Embassy Brasilia | SECRET | PTER ASEC ETTC KPAO BR |
06BRATISLAVA167 | SLOVAK POLICE WORRIED ABOUT NEW INTERIOR [...] (S) Poloff spent February 23 participating in weapons training at the invitation of Pavol Draxler (protect),the Ministry of the Interior's National Coordinator for the Fight Against Trafficking in Persons. Draxler, an up-and-coming policy-maker at the Ministry of the Interior (MOI),spent t [...] | 2006-03-03 08:57:00 | Embassy Bratislava | SECRET | PGOV PREL KCRM PHUM KPAO PINR LO |
06BRATISLAVA562 | NEW SLOVAK FM PROMISES FULL COORDINATION ON [...] (U) This message includes an action request and recommendation in para 3. 2. (S) New Slovak Foreign Minister Jan Kubis told Charge today that he would personally "take care of the issue of the Slovak troops in Iraq." Speaking privately just after an introductory session with the diplomatic [...] | 2006-07-10 15:05:00 | Embassy Bratislava | SECRET | PREL MARR LO IZ |
06BRATISLAVA617 | FM KUBIS: GOVERNMENT PROGRAM TO UNDERSCORE [...] (C) In a 7/28 meeting at the MFA, Foreign Minister Jan Kubis told the Ambassador and DCM that the government's program to be issued on August 1 will highlight Slovakia's continued support for stability and democratization in Iraq, despite planned changes in the military presence. Although the [...] | 2006-07-28 15:40:00 | Embassy Bratislava | SECRET | PREL PGOV MOPS IZ LO |
06BRATISLAVA619 | GOVERNMENT TO CALL FOR COORDINATED WITHDRAWAL OF [...] (S) Para 4 of this message contains an action request regarding Slovak government officials' planned travel to Baghdad August 17. 2. (S) As promised reftel, FM Jan Kubis provided CDA July 29 an advance copy of the Iraq-related text of the Fico government's just-agreed program that will be p [...] | 2006-07-29 17:42:00 | Embassy Bratislava | SECRET | IZ LO MARR MOPS PGOV PREL |
06BRATISLAVA673 | SLOVAKIA TO REPURCHASE TRANSPETROL SHARES FROM [...] (S) Summary - On August 9, Minister of Economy Lubomir Jahnatek reached an agreement with Yukos Finance representatives Steve Theede and Bill Shoff on a deal that allows Slovakia to repurchase the Transpetrol shares from Yukos Finance and thereby obtain greater energy independence. A "share p [...] | 2006-08-10 15:42:00 | Embassy Bratislava | SECRET | ENRG ECON EPET PREL PGOV LO RS |
06BRATISLAVA720 | SLOVAKIA REMAINS FOCUSED ON REGAINING TRANSPETROL [...] (S) Summary - The Ministry of Economy continues to pursue a deal to buy back the 49 percent stake in Transpetrol from Netherlands-based Yukos Finance and/or its subsidiary Yukos International. This task was complicated when a Dutch judge appointed Yukos Oil Receiver and Russian Eduard Rebgun a [...] | 2006-08-25 14:33:00 | Embassy Bratislava | SECRET | ENGR ECON EPET PREL PGOV LO RS |
06BRATISLAVA790 | SLOVAK PRIME MINISTER, IN AFGHANISTAN, PLEDGES [...] (S) SUMMARY: Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico traveled to Afghanistan on September 27 to meet with NATO/ISAF commanders and Afghan officials to discuss Slovakia's future military contributions to Afghan reconstruction. The one day trip included Slovakia's Ministers of Defense and Interior [...] | 2006-09-27 14:01:00 | Embassy Bratislava | SECRET | PGOV PREL AF IZ LO |
06BRUSSELS1083 | TURKS PROVIDE INFORMATION ON PKK ACTIVITIES IN [...] (S) The Turkish Embassy in Brussels presented Embassy a package March 23 containing two DVD's of recordings of various broadcasts of ROJ TV, as well as their texts translated in English. The recordings cover the period from August 29 through October 11, 2005, and January 3 through February 9 [...] | 2006-03-29 14:48:00 | Embassy Brussels | SECRET | PREL PTER BE TU |
06BRUSSELS1585 | APPROACHING BELGIUM ON PKK TERRORISM [...] (S) SUMMARY: Post has worked to push appropriate Belgian ministries, including MFA, Justice, and Interior, on increasing action against Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) activities in Belgium. The Belgians want to do more and have told us that, in addition to information, increased dialogue wou [...] | 2006-05-11 14:32:00 | Embassy Brussels | SECRET | PTER PREL BE TU |
06BRUSSELS3930 | USG DELEGATION APPROACHES BELGIUM ON PKK TERRORISM [...] (S) SUMMARY: An inter-agency USG team, led by S/CT Principal Deputy Counterterrorism Coordinator Frank Urbancic, met with representatives of Belgium's counterterrorism, law enforcement, and intelligence communities to discuss ways to engender joint cooperation against the Kurdistan Workers Pa [...] | 2006-11-27 12:46:00 | Embassy Brussels | SECRET | BE PREL PTER TU |
06BRUSSELS3947 | USG DELEGATION APPROACHES BELGIUM ON PKK TERRORISM [...] (S) SUMMARY: An inter-agency USG team, led by S/CT Principal Deputy Counterterrorism Coordinator Frank Urbancic, met with representatives of Belgium's counterterrorism, law enforcement, and intelligence communities to discuss ways to engender joint cooperation against the Kurdistan Workers Pa [...] | 2006-11-28 14:49:00 | Embassy Brussels | SECRET | PREL PTER TU BE |
06BUCHAREST1171 | THREE ROMANIAN INTELLIGENCE CHIEFS AND GENERAL [...] (C) Three Romanian Intelligence Chiefs and the General Prosecutor resigned July 20 and 21 amid a media frenzy over Omar Hayssam's disappearance before being prosecuted in court in connection with the 2005 Romanian hostage crisis in Iraq. Romanian Intelligence Service (SRI) Director Radu Timofte [...] | 2006-07-21 17:35:00 | Embassy Bucharest | SECRET | PGOV KCOR KJUS PREL PINR PTER RO |
06BUCHAREST1223 | ROMANIAN WEAPONS PURCHASE AND POTENTIAL MANPADS [...] (S) On July 20, PolOff delivered to Dan Neculaescu, MFA Director for Nonproliferation and Arms Control, reftel demarche regarding GOR's weapons systems purchase and possible cooperation on surplus MANPADS destruction. On July 21 PolOffs delivered the same demarche to MOD Director for Internat [...] | 2006-08-01 14:06:00 | Embassy Bucharest | SECRET | PREL MASS RO |
06BUCHAREST153 | S59-05 AND S23B-04: ROMANIAN RESPONSE TO ALERT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-27 15:49:00 | Embassy Bucharest | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC CBW KNNP IR RO |
06BUCHAREST1685 | ROMANIA COMMITTED TO UNSCR 1718 OBLIGATIONS ON [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-06 07:12:00 | Embassy Bucharest | SECRET | PARM PREL RO |
06BUCHAREST1693 | SCENESETTER FOR FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER'S VISIT TO [...] (S) I welcome your upcoming visit to Bucharest November 13-14. I want to share some thoughts about the extraordinarily strong bilateral partnership we have with the Romanians, the political backdrop to your visit, and how your trip can help advance USG interests here. Romania is a reliable [...] | 2006-11-07 15:33:00 | Embassy Bucharest | SECRET | PGOV PREL RO |
06BUCHAREST1694 | RAFO REFINERY – A TROJAN HORSE FOR RUSSIAN MAFIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The RAFO oil refinery is embroiled in a web of corruption, money laundering, fraud and criminal charges involving shady entities in Romania, Russia, Ukraine and Bulgaria. Russian-Israeli organized crime figures Mikhail Cernoy and Iakov Goldovskiy are believed to be behind the purchase [...] | 2006-11-07 15:37:00 | Embassy Bucharest | SECRET | ENRG ECON PREL RO |
06BUCHAREST1747 | FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER'S VISIT TO ROMANIA [...] (C) Summary: FBI Director Robert Mueller's November 14 visit to Bucharest sent a strong message about our continued commitment to our growing partnership in law enforcement and intelligence. In meetings with President Basescu, Prime Minister Tariceanu, and other key officials, our Romanian interloc [...] | 2006-11-17 16:45:00 | Embassy Bucharest | SECRET | PREL PGOV KCOR PTER PINR KJUS SOCI RO |
06BUCHAREST278 | ROMANIA SEEKS "POSITIVE POLITICAL SIGNAL" FROM [...] U) This is an Action Request. Please see paragrap 11. 2. (C) Last summer, Romania proposed a "Back Sea Forum for Dialogue and Partnership Summi" as a launching pad for a process of dialogue ad partnership among Black Sea states, the U.S. an the E.U. (Refs) The proposed forum focuses on "o [...] | 2006-02-16 16:00:00 | Embassy Bucharest | SECRET | PGOV PREL ECON ETRD ENRG SENV PTER EPET TU |
06BUCHAREST344 | ROMANIA RECEIVED GDPR UPDATE FOR NATO ALLIES AND [...] (S) PolOff delivered reftel to Mirela Maghiar, MFA Director for NATO Division, and Dan Neculaescu, MFA Director for Non-Proliferation and Arms Control, on February 22. They expressed appreciation for the notification and continuing "great" coordination. Neculaescu promised to inform MOD coll [...] | 2006-02-27 15:57:00 | Embassy Bucharest | SECRET | KCFE NATO PREL MARR PARM RO |
06BUCHAREST618 | TURKISH AND SAUDI PRESSURE ON ROMANIAN MUFTI [...] (C) SUMMARY. On October 11, Turkish Ambassador Ahmet Okcun met with the Ambassador to discuss "increased U.S. activity in the Dobrogea region directed at the Turkish minority," who he referred to as "his people." Okcun asserted that the activities centered at the American Corner in Constanta were u [...] | 2006-04-14 15:26:00 | Embassy Bucharest | SECRET | PGOV PREL PHUM PTER SOCI TU SA RO |
06BUCHAREST814 | ROMANIA: RESPONSE TO AUSTRALIA GROUP DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-17 10:53:00 | Embassy Bucharest | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC RO |
06BUCHAREST881 | ROMANIA PLEDGES SUPPORT ON KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE [...] (C) Summary: Romania's president, foreign minister, and national security advisor agreed to support U.S. efforts to resolve Kosovo's final status when they met in Bucharest with Ambassador Frank Wisner, the Secretary's Special Representative to the Kosovo Status Talks. While noting serious con [...] | 2006-05-30 15:52:00 | Embassy Bucharest | SECRET | PREL PGOV YI EU RO |
06BUCHAREST902 | SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR J.D. CROUCH'S VISIT TO ROMANIA [...] (C) Summary. Embassy Bucharest warmly welcomes your upcoming visit to Bucharest. Your participation at the June 5 "Black Sea Forum for Dialogue and Partnership Summit" is a tangible sign of USG support for Romania's aspirations to promote regional efforts to strengthen democratic institutions, dive [...] | 2006-05-31 17:57:00 | Embassy Bucharest | SECRET | ECON ETRD MARR MOPS NATO PGOV PHUM PREL RO |
06BUDAPEST2230 | SURVIVOR HUNGARY: THE GYURCSANY GOVERNMENT'S [...] (S) Beset by continuing political attacks and public protests, the Gyurcsany government is circling its wagons as winter approaches. Although even the opposition concedes that crowds will fall as the temperature does, few doubt that they will return in force in the spring, when the full econo [...] | 2006-11-02 15:57:00 | Embassy Budapest | SECRET | PGOV KDEM HU |
06BUDAPEST2269 | HUNGARY'S PARTIES PREPARE FOR A WINTER OF [...] (S) Summary: Conflict between and within Hungary's political parties continues even as the likelihood of large-scale public demonstrations declines. In a meeting with the Ambassador November 7, opposition FIDESZ party leader Viktor Orban alleged that the Gyurcsany government is enforcing par [...] | 2006-11-09 08:41:00 | Embassy Budapest | SECRET | PGOV KDEM ECON HU |
06BUENOSAIRES1594 | ARGENTINA: KIRCHNER AT THREE YEARS [...] (C) Coming to power after one of the worst economic, political and social crises in Argentina's history, President Nestor Kirchner has had a successful first three years in office. He is seen as a strong and decisive leader and is credited with restoring governability to the executive branch and pr [...] | 2006-07-18 21:16:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | SECRET | PGOV PHUM PREL AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2568 | TERRORIST FINANCE: TERRORIST FACILITATORS AND [...] (s) Econoff conveyed reftel demarche and background information November 16 to Gustavo Urutia, Deputy Director, Office of Terrorism Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Mr. Urutia said the normal procedure for handling U.S. prenotifications is for the MFA to hold the information until the day [...] | 2006-11-16 20:24:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | SECRET | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL AR |
06BUENOSAIRES746 | THE IRANIAN DIPLOMATIC PRESENCE IN ARGENTINA [...] (S) Reftel asked the Embassy to forward the most current records of official Iranian diplomatic representation in Argentina. Poloffs visited the MFA March 30 and spoke with Minister Bibiana Jones and Maria Ruth de Goicochea of the Office of Northern Africa and The Middle East. MFA officials [...] | 2006-03-31 18:04:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | SECRET | PINR PREL AR |
06CAIRO175 | ARAB LEAGUE'S MOUSSA ON SYRIA/LEBANON DIPLOMATIC [...] (S) On January 14, Arab League Secretary General Amre Moussa provided the Ambassador a readout on recent Arab mediation efforts with Syria and Lebanon, and reaffirmed that the Arab League and others remained committed to full implementation of UN Security Council resolutions. He said he had [...] | 2006-01-15 11:52:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER EG SY LE |
06CAIRO2162 | CAIRO: SCENESETTER FOR UNDER SECRETARY JOSEPH [...] (C) Embassy Cairo warmly welcomes your visit and the opportunity to continue our dialogue with the GOE on counterproliferation, Iran, and security assistance. Egypt values its role as a regional leader on nonproliferation and its influence in multilateral fora. Your visit will reassure Egy [...] | 2006-04-09 14:27:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL PGOV MOPS UNSC EG IR KNNP |
06CAIRO2432 | AMBASSADOR´S MEETING WITH MIN INFO AND EGIS CHIEF ON RADIO SAWA AND AL-MANAR [...] (S) Summary: On April 20th, the Ambassador pressed MOI Al-Fiqqi on the GOE´s media portrayal of issues important to the US-Egyptian relationship, including Iran, Hamas, and Iraq. He also again raised the issues of Radio Sawa and Al-Manar. The Ambassador argued that if the GOE values its relation [...] | 2006-04-23 13:44:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PGOV PINR PREL KPAL EG |
06CAIRO3270 | (U) PRESSING EGYPT ON TORTURE CASE [...] (C) Summary: Egyptian human rights circles are outraged by reports of the alleged torture by police of Mohammad Al-Sharqawy and Kamal Al-Shaer, activists with "Youth for Change," an offshoot of the Kefaya movement. According to press and blog accounts, police detained Sharqawy and Shaer af [...] | 2006-05-30 14:47:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PGOV PHUM PINR KDEM EG US |
06CAIRO493 | SCENESETTER FOR FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER'S VISIT TO EGYPT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-29 11:49:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PTER KCRM PREL EG |
06CAIRO5270 | AL MANAR NEXT STEPS [...] (S) Ref B and previous messages report our campaign against Al Manar on NileSat over the past year. When circumstances permit, we will resume our advocacy with every influential top official. Further discussion with the GOE at this time regarding removing Al Manar broadcasts from NileSat would not [...] | 2006-08-22 16:21:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | ECPS ETTC KPAO PREL PTER XF EG |
06CAIRO557 | SOLIMAN ON ARAB LEAGUE IRAQ CONFERENCE VENUE [...] (S) Ambassador told EGIS chief Omar Soliman that we had heard that the AL was thinking of postponing its planned follow-up conference involving all the Iraqi factions, and of moving it outside Iraq. We could understand the need to postpone such a conference, particularly pending the formati [...] | 2006-01-30 15:49:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER EG IZ |
06CAIRO6106 | SCENESETTER: SECRETARY RICE'S OCT 3-4 VISIT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: Madame Secretary, warm welcome to Cairo. President Mubarak and Omar Soliman have been trying to ameliorate conditions in Gaza. They will look to you for specific measures to support Abu Mazen, specifically on salaries to workers and release of prisoners. They [...] | 2006-09-28 19:25:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL PGOV ENRG MNUC KDEM PHUM EG |
06CAIRO6461 | (C) THREATS TO LEBANESE PRIME MINISTER OF SERIOUS [...] (S) During an October 17 meeting with MFA Cabinet Advisor for Syrian and Lebanese Affairs, Nazih Al Negeiry, poloff raised reftel demarche points on Syrian-originated threats against Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Seniora. Negeiry was familiar with the topic, referring to Egyptian embassy rep [...] | 2006-10-18 15:05:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL PTER MEPN UNSC EG LE SY |
06CAIRO6474 | EGYPTIAN MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD: SUPREME GUIDE AND [...] (S) This is the first in a series of cables addressing INR queries (ref A) regarding the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood (MB). All of Embassy Cairo's reporting on the MB is based on open sources and second-hand information that poloff obtains from non-MB members. ------------------------------ SUPREME [...] | 2006-10-19 10:11:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PGOV PINR KISL PHUM EG |
06CAIRO6678 | (C) EGYPT TO FULLY RESPECT UNSCR 1718 OBLIGATIONS [...] (S) During an introductory meeting on November 2 with MFA Deputy Assistant Minister for East Asian Affairs, Ambassador Magdy Amer, poloff delivered reftel demarche on Egypt's obligations with respect to North Korea and UNSCR 1718. Amer was not aware of any Egyptian ties with the Korea Mining [...] | 2006-11-02 15:23:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL PGOV PARM EG NK |
06CAIRO6770 | IRAQ: ENCOURAGING ADDITIONAL EGYPTIAN AND ARAB [...] (S) EGYPT'S ENGAGEMENT ON IRAQ, BOTH BILATERALLY AND MULTILATERALLY, CONTINUES TO BE QUIET BUT CONSISTENT. PER REFTELS, EGYPT IS IN FREQUENT COMMUNICATION WITH IRAQI GOVERNMENT LEADERS, HOSTS HIGH-LEVEL IRAQI DELEGATIONS, AND IS INTERESTED IN DEEPENING BILATERAL TIES AS THE SECURITY SITUATIO [...] | 2006-11-07 15:27:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL PGOV MOPS PTER UNSC EG IZ |
06CAIRO6825 | IRAQ: ENCOURAGING ADDITIONAL EGYPTIAN AND ARAB [...] (S) EGYPT'S ENGAGEMENT ON IRAQ, BOTH BILATERALLY AND MULTILATERALLY, IS QUIET BUT CONSISTENT. PER REFTELS, EGYPT IS IN FREQUENT COMMUNICATION WITH IRAQI GOVERNMENT LEADERS, HOSTS HIGH-LEVEL IRAQI DELEGATIONS, AND WILL DEEPEN BILATERAL TIES AS THE SECURITY SITUATION IN IRAQ PERMITS. EGYPT MA [...] | 2006-11-09 16:35:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL PGOV MOPS PTER EFIN ECON EG IZ |
06CAIRO7000 | MUBARAK ON DARFUR, IRAQ, IRAN, AND THE [...] (S) President Mubarak informed visiting Congresswoman Diane Watson on November 27 that he would travel to Khartoum within ten days to follow up on the recent Tripoli Darfur meetings and that he invited the presidents of Eritrea, Chad and the CAR to visit Cairo within the next month. Mubarak w [...] | 2006-11-28 15:59:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL PGOV MOPS EG IR IZ SU |
06CAIRO7074 | IRAQ: ENGAGING THE ARAB LEAGUE ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-06 12:52:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL EG IZ |
06CAIRO7122 | THWARTING HAMAS CASH TRANSFERS THROUGH RAFAH [...] (S) Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit told the Ambassador on December 12 that Egypt "had taken a decision" and is striving to find a legal mechanism to stop Hamas officials from taking cash through Egypt into Gaza. Finance Minister Youssef Boutros Ghali reportedly has "found one bank" in which th [...] | 2006-12-12 15:51:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL PTER KPAL EFIN IS EG |
06CAIRO7190 | GRAFT, BRIBES, AND SWEETHEART DEALS: THE RISE (AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Corruption in Egypt, long a concern of investors, opposition politicians and average Egyptians trying to keep on the good side of shady officials, is receiving renewed attention from civil society activists, media commentators, the Egyptian government and even the Arab League. [...] | 2006-12-20 07:23:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | ECON KCOR KDEM PGOV PINR PREL EG |
06CAIRO7208 | EGYPTIAN-IRANIAN RELATIONS: WARMING IN PUBLIC ONLY [...] (C) Summary: Visits by Iranian FM Motakki to Cairo and other high-level meetings between Egyptian and Iranian officials in 2006 have created public perceptions of a thaw in the historically chilly relationship, but GOE contacts stress privately that they remain deeply suspicious about Tehran' [...] | 2006-12-21 07:42:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL KNNP IR EG |
06CANBERRA2043 | INFORMING MTCR PARTNERS ABOUT SPECIALTY STEELS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-28 04:50:00 | Embassy Canberra | SECRET | ETTC MNUC MTCRE PARM PREL AS |
06CARACAS1026 | ACCION DEMOCRATICA: A HOPELESS CASE [...] (C) Accion Democratica (AD),Venezuela's largest opposition party, is going nowhere fast. Its leader, secretary general Henry Ramos Allup, is unimaginative, SIPDIS overconfident, and even repellent. Rather than seeking unity among the opposition, Ramos Allup insults other party official [...] | 2006-04-17 12:34:00 | Embassy Caracas | SECRET | PGOV KDEM VE |
06CARACAS1461 | BRV VICE MINISTER DISCUSSES TERRORISM, EXTRADITION [...] (S//NF) Venezuelan vice foreign minister Maria Pilar Hernandez called in the Ambassador on May 17 to discuss the status of BRV extradition requests on alleged terrorist bombers Jose Antonio Colina, German Varela, and Luis Posada Carriles. She said her government had taken the position that [...] | 2006-05-22 17:44:00 | Embassy Caracas | SECRET | PREL SNAR PTER KSAF VE |
06CARACAS1635 | THE VENEZUELAN MILITARY IN GOVERNMENT AND SOCIETY [...] (C) Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez continues to nominate military personnel to serve in the most senior elected and appointed positions of his administration. Although we lack precise numbers, Embassy contacts and research suggest the military's presence in civilian government continues to [...] | 2006-06-05 16:21:00 | Embassy Caracas | SECRET | PGOV MARR VE |
06CARACAS219 | CUBA/VENEZUELA AXIS OF MISCHIEF: THE VIEW FROM [...] (S//NF) As noted in REF A, the Venezuelan relationship with Cuba continues to intensify. Thousands of personnel sent by the Cuban Government are involved in the Venezuelan health sector and other BRV social missions. Cubans cooperate extensively with Venezuelan intelligence services. Cubans ma [...] | 2006-01-30 19:12:00 | Embassy Caracas | SECRET | PGOV PREL VE |
06CARACAS3356 | USAID/OTI PROGRAMMATIC SUPPORT FOR COUNTRY TEAM 5 [...] (S) During his 8 years in power, President Chavez has systematically dismantled the institutions of democracy and governance. The USAID/OTI program objectives in Venezuela focus on strengthening democratic institutions and spaces through non-partisan cooperation with many sectors of Venezue [...] | 2006-11-09 15:03:00 | Embassy Caracas | SECRET | PGOV PREL PHUM VE |
06CARACAS494 | CHAVEZ NATURALIZES COLOMBIANS TO GET VOTES [...] (C) In an effort to reach President Chavez' goal of obtaining 10 million votes in December's presidential elections, the BRV is using the tried and true method of stuffing the voter registry by naturalizing migrants and handing out identification cards through its Mision Identidad (Mission I [...] | 2006-02-22 21:09:00 | Embassy Caracas | SECRET | PGOV KDEM VE |
06CARACAS776 | CARRIER VISIT TO BENEFIT US POLICY TOWARD VENEZUELA [...] (U) See Ambassador's comment para 9. 2. (S) Post supports Southcom's planned "Partnership of the Americas" maritime surge to the Caribbean to be led by the aircraft carrier U.S.S. George Washington. The deployment will help us to counter President Hugo Chavez' courtship of Caribbean co [...] | 2006-03-23 19:26:00 | Embassy Caracas | SECRET | PGOV MOPS MASS VE |
06CARACAS852 | BRV COUNTERDRUG AMBIVALENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The BRV's CN relationship with us continues to be ambivalent. On one hand, the Antidrogas command of the National Guard (GN) is increasingly willing to work with us within our Port Security Project, while BRV Drug Czar Luis Correa appears to be penalizing NGO Alianza for having to [...] | 2006-03-28 19:45:00 | Embassy Caracas | SECRET | SNAR PREL PINR VZ |
06CASABLANCA576 | TERRORIST FINANCE: UN 1267 SANCTIONS AGAINST [...] (S) Post has discussed reftel internally with relevant Mission elements. Post does not object to the proposed designations of Moroccan nationals Mohammed Moumou and Farid Lamrabet. Post does not anticipate any negative impact of reftel designations in Morocco. Post also believes GOM would [...] | 2006-05-26 17:12:00 | Consulate Casablanca | SECRET | PREL PTER EFIN KTFN UN IT BE NR AG EG MO |
06COLOMBO1241 | ALLEGATIONS OF LTTE CHEMICAL WEAPONS CAPABILITY [...] (S) On July 27, Foreign Secretary Palihakkara passed Charge' a document from the Sri Lankan Ministry of Defense (full text below) which discusses an alleged chemical weapons capability by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). Palihakkara said his government is extremely concerned by th [...] | 2006-07-31 08:08:00 | Embassy Colombo | SECRET | PTER MCAP PARM CE |
06COLOMBO142 | SRI LANKA: ARMY COMMANDERS PREPARE FOR TWO KINDS [...] (S) Summary: On January 10, poloff accompanied Defense Attach to Security Forces Headquarters Jaffna (SFHQJ) at the Palaly military base on the Jaffna peninsula. During the three hour visit poloff and DATT met with the commanding general, received a tactical briefing and attended a frank needs [...] | 2006-01-25 05:19:00 | Embassy Colombo | SECRET | MOPS PINS PTER CE |
06COLOMBO1428 | SRI LANKA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON SRI LANKAN [...] (C) Charge' met with Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Additional Secretary Geetha de Silva on August 30 regarding U.S. concern that Sri Lanka may be considering procuring lethal military equipment (LME) from Iran. Charge' explained that under the Iran-Syria Nonproliferation Act, procuring LME [...] | 2006-08-31 11:36:00 | Embassy Colombo | SECRET | PREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE |
06COLOMBO1745 | LTTE DELEGATION TO GENEVA: NAMES AND TRAVEL [...] (S) Norwegian Special Envoy Jon Hanssen-Bauer passed A/S Richard Boucher a copy of a Norwegian non-paper outlining the travel arrangements proposed for the LTTE delegation's travel to Geneva. Following their humiliating experience at the Colombo airport in June, the LTTE group has asked for [...] | 2006-10-23 12:04:00 | Embassy Colombo | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER CE |
06COLOMBO1874 | SRI LANKA: PRO-LTTE PARTY SAYS "INDIAN MODEL" FOR [...] (S) SUMMARY: A Member of Parliament from Jaffna for the Tamil National Alliance (TNA),a pro-Tamil Tiger party, told us on November 8 that the Indian constitution was worth studying, but that the "Indian model" of federalism would not work in Sri Lanka. He thought the Indian government was i [...] | 2006-11-09 07:09:00 | Embassy Colombo | SECRET | PREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE |
06COLOMBO1887 | SRI LANKA: KARUNA PARAMILITARY IMPLICATED IN WAVE [...] (C) Summary: The Batticaloa-based Karuna group, which split from the northern Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) leadership in March 2004, has renamed itself the Tamil Makkal Vidutalai Pulikkal (TMVP),or Tamil People's Liberation Tigers. The TMVP claims to be a democratic organization [...] | 2006-11-09 12:46:00 | Embassy Colombo | SECRET | PREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE |
06COLOMBO1925 | SRI LANKA LOOKS FOR HELP FROM INDONESIA ON TAMIL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Sri Lankan MFA Director General for Southeast Asia, who accompanied the Prime Minister on his visit to Indonesia, gave us a readout of their meeting with the Indonesian President on Tamil Tiger activities in the region. Indonesia has become a major transshipment and logistic [...] | 2006-11-16 10:50:00 | Embassy Colombo | SECRET | PREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE |
06CONAKRY101 | GUINEAN MILITARY SEES BROAD SECURITY MANDATE; [...] (S) On January 24, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Defense (DASD) Theresa Whelan met with Prime Minister Cellou Dalein Diallo and then with senior military officers to discuss regional stability and bilateral military cooperation. 2. (S) DASD Whelan delivered a strong message to Guinean m [...] | 2006-01-30 12:55:00 | Embassy Conakry | SECRET | PREL PGOV MASS KDEM GV |
06CONAKRY93 | DASD WHELAN SCORES RARE ENCOUNTER WITH GUINEAN [...] (S) SUMMARY. In a surprise development, Guinean President Lansana Conte received Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for African Affairs Theresa Whelan at the Presidential Palace on January 25. Plagued by poor health, Conte has not to our knowledge held any meetings with persons outside h [...] | 2006-01-27 12:58:00 | Embassy Conakry | SECRET | PGOV PREL MASS KDEM PINS GV |
06CONAKRY94 | GUINEAN MILITARY SEES BROAD SECURITY MANDATE; [...] (S) On January 24, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Defense (DASD) Theresa Whelan met with Prime Minister Cellou Dalein Diallo and then with senior military officers to discuss regional stability and bilateral military cooperation. 2. (S) DASD Whelan delivered a strong message to Guinean m [...] | 2006-01-27 12:59:00 | Embassy Conakry | SECRET | PREL KDEM PGOV MASS GV |
06DAKAR1427 | IS SENEGAL'S DEMOCRATIC CONSENSUS AT RISK? [...] (SBU) There is deep-rooted Senegalese consensus in favor of freedom of expression, rule of law, respect of national institutions, conformity to parliamentary or executive rules or custom, civilian control of security forces, the desirability of dialog between authorities and opposition, and [...] | 2006-06-15 14:10:00 | Embassy Dakar | SECRET | PGOV PINS PINR SG |
06DAKAR1721 | SEEKING TRANSFORMATIONAL PRESSURE POINTS IN THE [...] (C) Ref A sums up interagency talks on Senegal's 2007 elections and suggests "engaging ... Muslim Brotherhoods ... to ensure peaceful, fair and free elections." Our first reaction was that this would be a delicate exercise, given our focus on promoting Islamic-Christian dialogue, doctrinal m [...] | 2006-07-18 08:45:00 | Embassy Dakar | SECRET | PGOV PINR PREL KDEM KISL SG |
06DAKAR2940 | CULTS AND VIOLENCE: POLITICAL AND RELIGIOUS [...] (C) In conjunction with the presidential decree setting February 25 as the date for Senegal,s presidential and parliamentary elections, the Interior Ministry has forbidden carrying guns, clubs, machetes or knives from now through the coming elections, possibly out of concern about political or [...] | 2006-12-12 12:25:00 | Embassy Dakar | SECRET | PINS SOCI PINR KISL SG |
06DAKAR681 | A (MERCIFULLY BRIEF) HISTORY OF VIOLENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-16 16:25:00 | Embassy Dakar | SECRET | PINS PGOV PINR ASEC CASC SG |
06DAMASCUS3485 | TFLE01: SYRIA SITREP 02 AS OF 1230 LOCAL, MONDAY, [...] (S) Summary: Initial eyewitness reports estimated that as many as 20,000 Syrians participated in a SARG-orchestrated demonstration July 17 in downtown Damascus. Protesters mainly expressed pro-SARG and pro-Hizballah messages. Separately on July 17, the Syrian MFA's Protocol Director summone [...] | 2006-07-17 12:00:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET | PREL PGOV SY LE |
06DAMASCUS3490 | TFLE01: SYRIA SITREP 03 AS OF 1300 LOCAL, [...] (S) Summary: The Ba'ath Party's highest policy-making body met July 17 and urged the SARG to prepare for all possibilities in view of Israel's continued bombardment of Lebanon, according to the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA). The SARG has rejected a proposed visit to Syria by UN env [...] | 2006-07-18 11:38:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET | PREL PGOV SY LE |
06DAMASCUS3577 | TFLE01: SYRIA DAILY SITREP 05 FOR THURSDAY, JULY [...] (S) Summary: On July 20, Syria's President Bashar al-Asad met with Russian Middle East envoy Saltanov and, separately, called Turkish PM Erdogan to discuss the Israel-Hizballah conflict, according to media reports. The Ba'ath party's most important policy-making body met for the third conse [...] | 2006-07-20 13:48:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET | PREL PGOV SY LE |
06DAMASCUS3601 | TFLE01: SYRIA DAILY SITREP 07 FOR SUNDAY, JULY [...] (S) Summary: Contacts are reporting a dramatic rise in anti-American sentiment in Syria over the past ten days. The influential director of the Abu Noor Institute, Sheikh Saleh Kuftaro, called upon the SARG "to open the borders with Israel for resistance" during Friday prayers on July 21. O [...] | 2006-07-23 13:31:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET | PREL PGOV PHUM SY LE |
06DAMASCUS3627 | TFLE01: SYRIA DAILY SITREP 08 FOR MONDAY, JULY [...] (S) Summary: Up to 250,000 people have entered Syria from Lebanon since the start of the Israel-Hizballah conflict, with up to 90,000 needing "immediate assistance," according to contacts. Displaced Lebanese are settling throughout the country, with many seeking aid from the government, Syr [...] | 2006-07-24 14:30:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET | PREL PGOV PHUM SY LE |
06DAMASCUS3711 | TFLE01: SYRIA DAILY SITREP 12 FOR SUNDAY, JULY [...] (C) Summary: An Israeli missile strike on July 29 destroyed the road serving a main Lebanese border crossing between Damascus and Beirut about five miles west of the official Syrian border crossing, effectively closing the crossing, according to contacts and press reports. Several hundred p [...] | 2006-07-30 12:44:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET | PREL PGOV PREF PHUM LE SY |
06DAMASCUS3742 | TFLE01: SYRIA DAILY SITREP 13 FOR MONDAY JULY 31, [...] (S) Summary: For the second time in two days Israel bombed the main border crossing between Lebanon and Syria, more than three miles from the Syrian border. Syrian artillery, missile and ground forces are being defensively dispersed from their garrisons throughout Syria and Syrian air defenses [...] | 2006-07-31 13:04:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET | PREL PGOV PHUM PREF LE SY |
06DAMASCUS3754 | TFLE01: SYRIA DAILY SITREP 14 FOR TUESDAY, AUGUST [...] (U) Summary: Syrian President Asad asked the Syrian military to raise its readiness, pledging not to abandon support for the Lebanese "resistance" against Israel, according to reports of Asad's July 31 annual address commemorating the foundation of the Syria Arab Army. Israel launched its t [...] | 2006-08-01 12:33:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET | PREL PGOV PREF PHUM LE SY |
06DAMASCUS3806 | TFLE01: SYRIA DAILY SITREP 15 FOR WEDNESDAY, [...] (U) Summary: Syria's President Asad was expected to meet visiting Spanish FM Moratinos August 2 in Damascus, according to Arabic regional media. Germany's FM linked Syrian cooperation in ending fighting between Israel and Hizballah to closer relations with the European Union, including impr [...] | 2006-08-02 13:41:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET | PREL PGOV PREF PHUM LE SY |
06DAMASCUS3851 | TFLE01: SYRIA DAILY SITREP 17 FOR SUNDAY AUGUST 6, [...] (S) Summary: Syrian Information Minister Mohsen Bilal called the August 4 al-Qaa strike that killed 26 Syrians "a racist, fascist and terrorist act committed with American weapons." The Syrian Foreign Minister on August 5 sent two letters regarding the al-Qaa killings to the UN SYG and the he [...] | 2006-08-06 15:57:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET | PREL PGOV PHUM LE SY |
06DAMASCUS4025 | SYRIA REJECTS MEETINGS WITH ICRC PRESIDENT, ICRC [...] (C) Summary: ICRC President Jakob Kellenberg cancelled a planned August trip to Syria after the SARG refused to offer him any high-level meetings, according to Damascus-based ICRC representative Jean-Jacques Fresard. Fresard described noted that in during a recent encounter with Hamas leader [...] | 2006-08-16 13:57:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET | PREL PHUM PGOV KPAL SY IR IZ |
06DAMASCUS4612 | INITIAL EMBASSY EFFORTS TO PRESS SARG ON INCREASED [...] (S) Summary: In the wake of the September 12 attack on the Embassy, the Embassy has pressed the SARG through various channels for increased security for USG facilities in Damascus and for complete sharing of details of the SARG investigation into the attack. RSO has relied on informal conta [...] | 2006-09-21 16:31:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER SY |
06DAMASCUS5399 | INFLUENCING THE SARG IN THE END OF 2006 [...] (S) Summary. The SARG ends 2006 in a much stronger position domestically and internationally than it did 2005. While there may be additional bilateral or multilateral pressure that can impact Syria, the regime is based on a small clique that is largely immune to such pressure. However, Basha [...] | 2006-12-13 16:03:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER SY |
06DARESSALAAM1076 | CT IN HORN OF AFRICA; RESULTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS [...] (S REL AUS UK CAN) SUMMARY: U.S. Chiefs of Mission and other Mission representatives from Kenya, Djibouti, Yemen, Tanzania, Ethiopia and Sudan met in Nairobi May 23-24 to discuss regional counterterrorism strategy with Ambassador-at-Large for Counterterrorism Hank Crumpton, Commander CJTF-HO [...] | 2006-07-03 07:07:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | SECRET | PGOV PTER PREL EAID |
06DARESSALAAM1089 | (CORRECTED COPY) CT IN HORN OF AFRICA; RESULTS AND [...] (S REL AUS UK CAN) SUMMARY: U.S. Chiefs of Mission and other Mission representatives from Kenya, Djibouti, Yemen, Tanzania, Ethiopia and Sudan met in Nairobi May 23-24 to discuss regional counterterrorism strategy with Ambassador-at-Large for Counterterrorism Hank Crumpton, Commander CJTF-HO [...] | 2006-07-03 10:11:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | SECRET | PGOV PTER PREL EAID |
06DARESSALAAM1260 | TANZANIA READY FOR ACOTA ACTION; OPEN TO ARTICLE 98 [...] (S) SUMMARY: Tanzania is eager to get the ACOTA program underway. In mid-July meetings with ACOTA's Chip Beck, officials from the Ministry of Defence (MOD) addressed specific training and equipment options while Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) officials showed increased interest in, and [...] | 2006-07-27 15:02:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | SECRET | PREL MARR ASEC TZ |
06DARESSALAAM522 | TANZANIA: MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS DISCUSSES [...] (S) Ambassador Retzer met the Minister of Foreign Affairs on March 15 in Arusha to discuss Article 98, the upcoming late March visit of an ACOTA team, and the long-standing U.S. request for Tanzania to allow surveillance over-flights. Dr. Asha-Rose Migiro, appointed as Minister of Foreign Affa [...] | 2006-03-24 14:34:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | SECRET | PGOV PREL PHUM TZ |
06DARESSALAAM592 | TANZANIA OVERFLIGHTS REVISITED, NO READ ON RESPONSE [...] (S) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),through Grace Martin, Head of Section for Europe and the Americas, contacted Poloff April 4 regarding the outstanding USG request for overflight permission. In a April 5 meeting, Martin told Poloff that she had been directed to research the issue, [...] | 2006-04-10 14:51:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | SECRET | MOPS PREL PBTS PTER PINR TZ MARR |
06DARESSALAAM640 | TANZANIA GIVES IRAN BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT [...] (S) SUMMARY. Charge delivered reftel demarche regarding increasing diplomatic pressure on Iran to Ambassador Liberatta Mulamula, Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Multilateral Division, on April 18, 2006. The Government of Tanzania (GOT) is waiting for the International Atomic Ener [...] | 2006-04-19 16:41:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | SECRET | PREL AORC EU EUN IAEA KNNP UNSD IR TZ |
06DARESSALAAM641 | TANZANIA GIVES IRAN BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT [...] (S) SUMMARY. Charge delivered reftel demarche regarding increasing diplomatic pressure on Iran to Ambassador Liberatta Mulamula, Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Multilateral Division, on April 18, 2006. The Government of Tanzania (GOT) is waiting for the International Atomic Ener [...] | 2006-04-19 16:42:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | SECRET | PREL AORC EU EUN IAEA KNNP UNSD IR TZ |
06DARESSALAAM715 | AMBASSADOR RETZER AND PRESIDENT KIKWETE DISCUSS [...] (C) President Kikwete emphasized to Ambassador Retzer during an hour-long meeting in Dodoma that his administration intends to be "proactive in developing our relationship with the United States." Kikwete indicated he will use his mid-May trip to Washington, Boston and New York to forge stron [...] | 2006-05-03 12:43:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | SECRET | PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EAID MARR TZ |
06DARESSALAAM771 | OVERFLIGHTS: HELP US DO IT OURSELVES [...] (S) Ambassador Pastor Ngaiza, Head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Europe and Americas Division, has informed Ambassador Retzer that the Government of Tanzania (GOT) would like to develop its own capacity to conduct aerial surveillance and reconnaissance missions rather than allow USG ov [...] | 2006-05-11 06:54:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | SECRET | MARV MOPS PREL PBTS PTER PINR TZ |
06DARESSALAAM864 | NAM STATEMENT ONE OF PRINCIPLE, PER TANZANIA [...] (S) Poloff reviewed points in reftel with Ambassador Liberata Mulamula, Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Multilateral Division, on May 25. Mulamula said the statement being considered by the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) is a general message which would underline the position that [...] | 2006-05-26 14:29:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | SECRET | PREL AORC IAEA KNNP UNSC IR TZ |
06DHAKA1525 | WELCOME TO SCA: THE BANGLADESH AGENDA [...] (C) It's not George Harrison's Bangladesh anymore. Major advances in health, education, and food security have given Bangladesh a stability and a future that seemed unthinkable just 20 years ago. Bangladeshis are tolerant, moderate people who generally live at peace with their Hindu and Chri [...] | 2006-03-20 09:10:00 | Embassy Dhaka | SECRET | PREL PTER KISL KDEM BG |
06DHAKA1865 | SCA DAS GASTRIGHT MEETINGS AT MFA [...] (S) Summary: In a meeting with Foreign Ministry officials, DAS Gastright commended the BDG on recent arrests of terrorist leaders and stressed the need for further investigations and timely prosecutions. DAS Gastright offered continued technical assistance in counterterrorism efforts, especi [...] | 2006-04-04 09:35:00 | Embassy Dhaka | SECRET | PREL PGOV UNGA UNSC BG |
06DHAKA2573 | JMB TERRORIST INVESTIGATION MARCHES ON--UP TO A [...] (S) Summary. The BDG's pursuit of JMB crossed a huge threshold in April with the capture of the last two members of JMB's senior leadership body. Overall, some 693 alleged JMB activists have been arrested, 141 criminal cases have been filed, and 31 defendants have been convicted and sentence [...] | 2006-05-03 05:19:00 | Embassy Dhaka | SECRET | PTER KISL PGOV PHUM BG |
06DHAKA280 | YOUR VISIT TO BANGLADESH [...] (S) Everything and nothing has changed in Bangladesh since your last visit in May 2005. JMB's stunning onslaught of violence finally forced the BDG to acknowledge that terrorism and extremism exist in Bangladesh, but domestic politics remain as polarized and painful as ever. Your BNP and MFA [...] | 2006-01-20 11:54:00 | Embassy Dhaka | SECRET | PREL PTER KISL KDEM BG BGD |
06DHAKA2886 | EXCHANGE OF NOTES WITH BANGLADESH FOR JULY 2-8 [...] (S) On May 21, we proposed to MFA Americas-Pacific DG Shahidul Islam an exchange of diplomatic notes per reftel in support of the port visit of the USNS Mercy. We stressed the importance the USG places on such agreements and of a timely and positive response. 2. (U) We will follow up with [...] | 2006-05-21 09:47:00 | Embassy Dhaka | SECRET | MARR MOPS PREL KTIA BG |
06DHAKA3060 | DEMARCHE IN ADVANCE OF NAM MINISTERIAL MEETING MAY [...] (S) On May 25, we conveyed reftel points to MFA UN Director Hamid Rashid, stressing the importance of addressing Iran's pursuit of a nuclear weapons capability and holding it accountable to its international obligations. Rashid expressed appreciation for the points and undertook to ensure the [...] | 2006-05-25 08:15:00 | Embassy Dhaka | SECRET | PREL AORC IAEA KNNP UNSC IR |
06DHAKA3453 | IMPROVING BANGLADESHI COUNTER TERRORISM [...] (C) ACTION REQUEST: See Paragraphs 14 and 22. 2, (S) Summary: After discussion of current mission Counter Terrorism efforts, embassy believes that enhancement to current programs is justified and should be explored. Embassy believes that next steps include steps towards initiation of a Rewa [...] | 2006-06-13 10:42:00 | Embassy Dhaka | SECRET | PTER KCRM KISL EAID ASEC BG |
06DHAKA352 | SPECULATION ON BDG'S FAILURE TO CATCH JMB LEADERS [...] (SBU) On January 19, 2,000 police and paramilitary personnel cordoned off an area in Kushtia, 120 kilometers west of Dhaka, to hunt for fugitive JMB leader Bangla Bhai, according to police and media reports. Five helicopters, a huge deployment for Bangladesh, supported the effort reportedly t [...] | 2006-01-23 11:25:00 | Embassy Dhaka | SECRET | PTER KCRM PGOV BG |
06DHAKA3538 | TABLIGH-E-JAMAAT: ISLAMIC REVIVALISM STRIKING DEEP [...] (S) Summary. Tabligh-e-Jamaat (TJ) is a transnational Islamic missionary movement that has deep roots in Bangladesh. Its followers here probably number in the millions, and the organization's influence extends to every corner of the country. The most unique feature of TJ is its emphasis on [...] | 2006-06-15 04:37:00 | Embassy Dhaka | SECRET | PGOV PINR PINS PTER BG |
06DHAKA3889 | IMPROVING BANGLADESHI COUNTER TERRORISM [...] (C) ACTION REQUEST: See Paragraph 21. 2. (S) Summary: Embassy thoroughly reviewed USG Counter Terrorism assistance to Bangladesh and believes that enhancement to current programs is fully justified and should be explored. Paragraph 21 outlines proposed next steps. We do not believe that [...] | 2006-06-29 10:58:00 | Embassy Dhaka | SECRET | PTER KCRM KISL EAID ASEC BG |
06DHAKA5332 | INDO-BANGLADESH RELATIONS SHOW NEW STRAIN [...] (S) Summary. After a brief respite between the Dhaka SAARC summit in October and Prime Minister Zia's visit to New Delhi in March, Indo-Bangladeshi relations are again showing strain. Given India's support for the opposition Awami League, Indian antagonism towards the current government, and [...] | 2006-08-22 08:23:00 | Embassy Dhaka | SECRET | PTER PGOV KISL IN BG |
06DHAKA5892 | FACILITATING POLITICAL DIALOGUE: "PLEASE DO [...] (S) Summary. As Bangladesh's polarized political parties count down to the arrival of the Caretaker regime in late October, we, with support from our Canadian, British, and Australian colleagues, are working publicly and privately to promote dialogue between the opposition Awami League and the [...] | 2006-09-18 11:47:00 | Embassy Dhaka | SECRET | PREL PGOV KDEM BG |
06DHAKA6738 | EMERGING LEADERS IN BANGLADESH (C-NE6-01896) [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-04 09:11:00 | Embassy Dhaka | SECRET | PINR PGOV BG |
06DILI203 | DAS JOHN MEETING WITH PRESIDENT GUSMAO [...] (C) Summary: EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary Eric John, along with Ambassador Rees and Emboffs, met with President Xanana Gusmao May 2 to discuss U.S. priorities and concerns in East Timor. The major focus of the discussion was the riots on Friday, April 28 and the subsequent intervention of th [...] | 2006-05-03 11:06:00 | Embassy Dili | SECRET | PGOV PHUM ASEC MARR PREL KJUS KCRM KAWC ID TT |
06DILI226 | EAST TIMOR UPDATE: WHAT IS THE PRESIDENT THINKING? [...] (S) Summary: Despite the widespread popular belief in East Timor that the ongoing political and security crisis can only be resolved if the President invokes the constitutional provision permitting the dismissal of the Prime Minister, President Gusmao and his close associates have made clear t [...] | 2006-05-11 19:08:00 | Embassy Dili | SECRET | PGOV PHUM ASEC MARR TT |
06DILI228 | EAST TIMOR UPDATE: WHAT IS THE PRESIDENT THINKING? [...] (S) Summary: Despite the widespread popular belief in East Timor that the ongoing political and security crisis can only be resolved if the President invokes the constitutional provision permitting the dismissal of the Prime Minister, President Gusmao and his close associates have made clear t [...] | 2006-05-11 19:24:00 | Embassy Dili | SECRET | PGOV PHUM ASEC MARR TT |
06DILI229 | RAMOS-HORTA: WOULD ACCEPT PRIME MINISTER POSITION [...] (S) Summary: In a conversation with Ambassador Rees, Foreign Minister Jose Ramos-Horta said he believes Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri will probably be defeated in next week's Fretilin Party Congress. He believes Alkatiri has brought the defeat upon himself by his arrogant and sometimes abusive [...] | 2006-05-12 15:12:00 | Embassy Dili | SECRET | PGOV PHUM ASEC MARR TT |
06DILI254 | EAST TIMOR REQUESTS FOREIGN MILITARY INTERVENTION; PRIME [...] (S) Summary: East Timor's four top government leaders today announced that the government would request military intervention from Australia, New Zealand, Portugal, and Malaysia to restore order and to end what President Xanana Gusmao called "this climate of panic." Foreign Minister Jose Ramo [...] | 2006-05-24 15:36:00 | Embassy Dili | SECRET | PGOV PHUM ASEC MARR TT |
06DILI262 | EAST TIMOR REQUESTS FOREIGN MILITARY INTERVENTION; PRIME [...] (S) Summary: East Timor's four top government leaders today announced that the government would request military intervention from Australia, New Zealand, Portugal, and Malaysia to restore order and to end what President Xanana Gusmao called "this climate of panic." Foreign Minister Jose Ramo [...] | 2006-05-25 07:27:00 | Embassy Dili | SECRET | PGOV PHUM ASEC MARR TT |
06DILI263 | DILI UPDATE: FIGHTING IN DILI INCREASES, PRESIDENT ASSUMES [...] (U) Summary: -- President Assumes Control of the Military (on Paper) -- FDTL Soldiers Shoot Unarmed Police and UN Personnel -- Violence in the Capital Worsens -- Casualty Information -- Military Reportedly Arming Civilians -- Status of Amcits -- Special Police Unit Requests Embassy Assistanc [...] | 2006-05-25 15:11:00 | Embassy Dili | SECRET | ASEC PGOV MARR PHUM CASC TT |
06DILI274 | EAST TIMOR SITREP FOR MAY 29, 2006 [...] (U) Summary: PRIME MINISTER MAY ENDORSE PRESIDENT'S ASSUMPTION OF SECURITY POWERS MINISTERS OF INTERIOR AND DEFENSE WILL BE REPLACED TOMORROW ALKATIRI REFUSES TO RESIGN, BUT MAY SOON BE DISMISSED VIOLENCE SIGNIFICANTLY DOWN, LOOTING CONTINUES FDTL WITHDRAWS FROM DILI HQ ADF SUCCESSFULLY RESP [...] | 2006-05-30 11:30:00 | Embassy Dili | SECRET | ASEC PGOV MARR PHUM CASC TT |
06DILI291 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETINGS WITH MINISTER RAMOS-HORTA [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-03 19:12:00 | Embassy Dili | SECRET | ASEC PGOV MOPS PHUM TT KDEM KPKO |
06DILI298 | EAC MEETING: REVERSE TRIPWIRES ESTABLISHED [...] (U) Summary: Embassy Dili's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) met on 7 June to develop reverse tripwires related to the current political and security situation in East Timor, discuss added security measures at the Embassy, and review the Mission's policy for travel within East Timor. Deputy C [...] | 2006-06-07 11:17:00 | Embassy Dili | SECRET | AEMR ASEC AMGT TT |
06DILI303 | EMBOFFS MEET WITH ALLEGED FRETILIN "SECRET SECURITY" FORCE [...] (C) Summary. U.S. Embassy and United Nations Mission in Timor-Leste (UNOTIL) PolOffs met today with the leaders of the "Fretilin Secret Security" force in their mountaintop compound outside of Liquica. The group, comprised entirely of former Falintil resistance fighters, showed PolOffs t [...] | 2006-06-12 15:16:00 | Embassy Dili | SECRET | PGOV PHUM PINS ASEC TT |
06DILI335 | EAST TIMOR SITREP FOR 28 JULY [...] (U) Summary: --- Dili security situation deteriorates overnight; --- President "considering all options" for new Government; --- Demonstration update: westerners prepare to depart, easterners undecided; --- UDT leadership announces the replacement of its two Members of Parliament; --- Govern [...] | 2006-06-28 11:22:00 | Embassy Dili | SECRET | PGOV MOPS ASEC KCRM AEMR AS TT |
06DILI357 | PRESIDENT GUSMAO SAYS RAMOS-HORTA WILL LEAD A REFORM [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met today with President Xanana Gusmao, who gave a detailed account of the negotiations that led up to the appointment of the new Government that was sworn in today. The President also expressed his confidence that Prime Minister Jose Ramos-Horta will lead a reform gov [...] | 2006-07-11 15:12:00 | Embassy Dili | SECRET | PREL PGOV PREF KJUS KCRM KDEM PINR TT |
06DJIBOUTI82 | PII CASE # CT09-1205-191-1945 [...] (S) On 01/19/2006 at approximately 1030 hours, a man approached the Embassy requesting to speak with Michael Fogarty from the security office. ARSO was notified and identified the subject as Kader Dirar Ragueh reported in REFTEL. After careful screening the subject was escorted to a secured a [...] | 2006-01-20 05:41:00 | Embassy Djibouti | SECRET | ASEC DJ PINR PTER |
06DOHA1288 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF ATTORNEY GENERAL TO QATAR [...] (C) Mr. Attorney General: Embassy Doha is pleased to welcome you to Qatar. Yours is the highest-ranking visit by a U.S. official to Qatar since the President himself came in June 2003, and the first cabinet-level visit to Qatar since Energy Secretary Bodman came in April 2006. The Qataris app [...] | 2006-08-27 10:43:00 | Embassy Doha | SECRET | PREL PGOV OVIP QA |
06DOHA1610 | IRAQ: QATAR CAN SUPPORT EDUCATION, INFLUENCE SUNNI [...] (S) SUMMARY. In contrast to its support for our military in the region, Qatar has not been an important partner on political issues regarding Iraq. Post believes Qatar can provide increased support in areas where it can achieve leadership, such as education and training. Its contacts with Iraq [...] | 2006-11-05 14:28:00 | Embassy Doha | SECRET | PREL MARR MOPS IZ XF QA |
06DOHA1789 | TERRORIST FINANCE: LIKELY QATARI VIEWS ON POSSIBLE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-28 05:32:00 | Embassy Doha | SECRET | PTER ETTC PREL EFIN KTFN QA |
06DOHA1791 | REPORT OF VISIT TO TEHRAN FOR IAEA TRAINING COURSE [...] (S) Summary. A Qatar-based Jordanian nuclear expert believes he and other participants of an IAEA workshop in Tehran in December were targeted by internal security services. He said the Iranian nuclear agency had increased its security. The Iranian official in charge of safety at the Bushehr p [...] | 2006-12-28 11:16:00 | Embassy Doha | SECRET | PREL KNNP IR QA |
06DOHA219 | AL JAZEERA AND KIDNAPPING TAPES [...] (S) Summary: Officials from Embassies Doha and Baghdad met with Al Jazeera leadership on Feb 11 to discuss Al Jazeera,s handling of videos that Al Jazeera receives from terrorist hostage takers, its broader editorial polices, and the media,s role in hostage and terrorist crises. Al Jazeera o [...] | 2006-02-13 13:07:00 | Embassy Doha | SECRET | PREL KPAO QA ALJAZEERA |
06DOHA371 | AL JAZEERA AND NORMALIZING RELATIONS WITH QATAR [...] (S) I recently asked LGEN Mike Maples USA, director of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA),to address this question: "Does Al Jazeera's reporting/commentary incite violence against the United States?" I did so because I have long heard that Al Jazeera,s broadcasts do exactly this - or, wors [...] | 2006-03-12 10:05:00 | Embassy Doha | SECRET | PREL PTER KPAO QA ALJAZEERA |
06DOHA461 | COUNSELOR ZELIKOW'S MEETING WITH QATARI FOREIGN [...] (S) Summary. Department Counselor Dr. Philip Zelikow met with the Qatari Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces, and the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs March 20 to begin a strategic dialogue between the two countries, consult on Iran, and enlist support for [...] | 2006-03-27 09:41:00 | Embassy Doha | SECRET | PREL MARR KPAL XF IR IZ QA |
06DOHA562 | U/S JOSEPH MEETING ON IRAN WITH MINISTER OF STATE [...] (S) Summary. Undersecretary for Arms Control and International Security Robert Joseph told Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Ahmed al-Mahmoud that Iran was approaching the "point of no return" on its nuclear program, after which it will be much more difficult and costly to stop the country [...] | 2006-04-12 14:15:00 | Embassy Doha | SECRET | PREL KNNP IR QA UNSC |
06DOHA616 | INCREASING DIPLOMATIC PRESSURE ON IRAN: QATAR'S [...] (S) Ambassador delivered ref A message to Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Ahmed al-Mahmoud April 18. Al-Mahmoud said that, as he told U/S Joseph during his recent visit (ref B),Qatar is in a "difficult position." He said Qatar's main interest is to resolve the crisis peacefully so that [...] | 2006-04-20 12:03:00 | Embassy Doha | SECRET | PREL AORC EU EUN IAEA KNNP UNSC IR QA |
06DOHA77 | SCENESETTER FOR A/S SILVERBERG'S VISIT TO QATAR [...] (C) Embassy Doha is pleased to welcome you. We expect that you will find the Qatari leadership welcoming -- in principle -- of cooperation with the United States on UN Security Council issues. Our goals for regional security largely coincide with those of Qatar; the number two in the foreign m [...] | 2006-01-17 14:53:00 | Embassy Doha | SECRET | PREL PGOV ECON QA UNSC |
06DOHA868 | A/S WELCH'S MEETINGS JUNE 4 WITH QATAR'S HEIR [...] (S) Summary. A/S David Welch met with the Qatari leadership, including Heir Apparent Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and later with Foreign Minister Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani (HBJ),June 4 to discuss Iran, Iraq, and Israel/Palestine. Relaxed and well-prepared, Sheikh Tamim, who handles defense [...] | 2006-06-06 12:28:00 | Embassy Doha | SECRET | PREL KNNP KPAL IR IZ IS QA |
06DUBAI10 | GENERAL ABIZAID MEETING WITH ABU DHABI CROWN PRINCE AND [...] (S) Summary: CENTCOM Commander General Abizaid met December 27 in Dubai with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces General Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (MBZ) and Dubai Crown Prince and UAE Minister of Defense General Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Ma [...] | 2006-01-02 12:28:00 | Consulate Dubai | SECRET | PREL MOPS MARR PTER XF TC IR IZ SY LE XD SO |
06DUBAI1217 | IRAN: ASSEMBLY OF EXPERTS ELECTION UPDATE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-04 14:04:00 | Consulate Dubai | SECRET | PGOV SOCI IR |
06DUBAI1319 | IRAN'S HOJJATIYEH SOCIETY (C-NES-01487) [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-08 16:12:00 | Consulate Dubai | SECRET | IR PGOV PHUM PINR |
06DUBAI1322 | IN DUBAI, U/S MCCORMICK HEARS SADNESS, FRUSTRATION ON DPW [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-11 10:36:00 | Consulate Dubai | SECRET | ECIN ECON PREL PGOV AE |
06DUBAI1728 | ONE IRANIAN REFORMER'S REACTION TO RECENT U.S. POLICY [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-22 14:30:00 | Consulate Dubai | SECRET | PGOV PREL IR SOCI |
06DUBAI1807 | IRAN'S FOREIGN MINISTRY UNDER AHMADINEJAD (C-NE5-01038) [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-26 13:02:00 | Consulate Dubai | SECRET | IR PREL PGOV PINR PINS |
06DUBAI1873 | TEHRAN CHANGING POLICY TO ATTRACT FOREIGN INVESTMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-02 07:55:00 | Consulate Dubai | SECRET | IR ECON EFIN PGOV PINR |
06DUBAI1904 | SITUATION IN IRAN'S KHUZESTAN AND REQUESTS FOR SUPPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-04 14:33:00 | Consulate Dubai | SECRET | PGOV PREL IR PHUM PINR SOCI |
06DUBAI2300 | VIEWS FROM IRAN'S CULTURAL SECTOR [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-23 13:49:00 | Consulate Dubai | SECRET | PGOV PREL IR SOCI |
06DUBAI2756 | IRANIAN STUDENT ACTIVIST VIEW OF IRAN AND US POLICY [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-15 13:33:00 | Consulate Dubai | SECRET | PGOV PREL IR PHUM |
06DUBAI2757 | IRANIAN STUDENT ACTIVIST CALLS FOR INTERNATIONAL PRESSURE ON [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-15 14:06:00 | Consulate Dubai | SECRET | PREL PGOV IR PHUM |
06DUBAI292 | SABA TV DENIED LICENSE TO BROADCAST FROM DUBAI [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-18 14:30:00 | Consulate Dubai | SECRET | PINR ECPS IR PGOV SCUL TC |
06DUBAI3131 | JEWISH MP: NO CHANGE IN SITUATION FOR IRANIAN JEWS BUT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-24 15:30:00 | Consulate Dubai | SECRET | PGOV PREL IR PHUM |
06DUBAI347 | UAE OFFICIAL PUBLICLY OPPOSES IRAN NUCLEAR PROGRAM [...] (S) Stepping far ahead of the Gulf governments' previous public comments on Iran's nuclear program, Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (MbZ) told reporters while in France (meeting President Chirac) that the UAE was opposed to the acquisition of nuclear capability by Ira [...] | 2006-01-24 15:06:00 | Consulate Dubai | SECRET | KNNP PARM PREL IR TC |
06DUBAI4511 | DEMONSTRATORS IN DUBAI VOICE SUPPORT FOR LEBANON [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-18 14:19:00 | Consulate Dubai | SECRET | ASEC PGOV PREL SOCI AE LE |
06DUBAI5191 | IRPO: IRANIAN MPS INDICATE US MESSAGE NOT REACHING POPULACE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-14 12:07:00 | Consulate Dubai | SECRET | PGOV PREL ECON ENRG ETTC IR ZP AE |
06DUBAI52 | JEWS IN IRAN OKAY, BUT HAMPERED BY GLASS CEILING [...] (C) Summary: According to an Iranian Jewish couple, the situation of Jews in Iran is pretty good, as long as they remain apolitical. They are allowed to worship freely. The main drawback of being an Iranian Jew is the inability to move up in jobs with the Iranian government. End Summary. Ira [...] | 2006-01-03 13:51:00 | Consulate Dubai | SECRET | IR PHUM PINR PGOV |
06DUBAI528 | FIGHTING DRUG ADDICTION AND HIV/AIDS IN IRAN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-06 07:40:00 | Consulate Dubai | SECRET | PGOV SNAR SOCI IR |
06DUBAI543 | IRANIANS CLAIM NUCLEAR CRISIS HELPS GOVERNMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-06 12:08:00 | Consulate Dubai | SECRET | AORC IAEA KNNP EU IR |
06DUBAI583 | REFORMERS IN IRAN TRYING TO REGROUP [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-08 07:58:00 | Consulate Dubai | SECRET | PGOV IR PREL |
06DUBAI6926 | AIR FORCE SECRETARY WYNNE DISCUSSES COOPERATION WITH UAE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-13 14:32:00 | Consulate Dubai | SECRET | PREL PARM MOPS MASS KNNP IR IZ AF LE AE |
06DUBAI852 | WOMEN'S RIGHT IN IRAN ON SLOW DECLINE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-19 09:01:00 | Consulate Dubai | SECRET | PREL PGOV IR SOCI SCUL |
06DUBLIN274 | TERRORIST FINANCE: JI-4 PRENOTIFICATION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-15 14:16:00 | Embassy Dublin | SECRET | KTFN EFIN PTER PREL ETTC EI |
06DUBLIN342 | TERRORIST FINANCE: LET AMENDMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-30 16:50:00 | Embassy Dublin | SECRET | EFIN KTFN PTER PREL ETTC PK EI |
06DUBLIN668 | GAERC: IRELAND HOPES FOR POSITIVE OUTCOME TO [...] (C) Summary: On June 8, Post delivered reftel points to Jim Kelly, Department of Foreign Affairs EU Correspondent. Kelly stated that Montenegro will highlight the discussions on the Balkans and that he believes the EU will welcome the Montenegrin Parliament's expected declaration of independe [...] | 2006-06-09 18:29:00 | Embassy Dublin | SECRET | PREL PHUM PTER EUN ECON ETRD SOCI EI |
06DUBLIN798 | IRELAND: ISLAM IN EUROPE (C-DI5-01478) [...] (U) Summary. Embassy Dublin salutes the initiative of Washington analysts (ref A.) to look at the role of Islamic thinkers across Europe. In 2004, we launched a new outreach program to Muslims in Ireland, a group that has grown rapidly in recent years from a population of less than 4,000 ac [...] | 2006-07-07 16:45:00 | Embassy Dublin | SECRET | PINR PTER SCUL KTFN AU PINS KPAO BE FI FR |
06DUBLIN800 | IRELAND: TERRORIST FINANCE: IIRO PRENOTIFICATION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-10 07:15:00 | Embassy Dublin | SECRET | EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC |
06DUSHANBE1285 | TAJIK FOREIGN MINISTER NAZAROV ON INCREASING REGIONAL [...] (S) In a 'just between us' session with the Ambassador on July 6, Foreign Minister Talbak Nazarov offered a litany of challenges to Tajikistan's regional foreign policy and even sovereignty. The meeting was ostensibly to preview Secretary Rumsfeld's July 10-11 visit with President Rahmonov, b [...] | 2006-07-07 04:06:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | SECRET | PREL PGOV MARR TI |
06DUSHANBE1296 | RUMSFELD VISIT AND RUSSIA - WHO'S ON THE SIDE OF THE [...] (S) Russian Charge Viacheslav Svetlichny was the first diplomat to seek a readout of Secretary Rumsfeld's visit to Tajikistan and his meeting with President Rahmonov. The Ambassador joked with him on July 12 that Svetlichny must surely already have a near-verbatim treatment of the meeting fro [...] | 2006-07-12 11:35:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | SECRET | PREL PGOV MARR TI |
06DUSHANBE179 | COUNTERING NEO-SOVIET ANTI-U.S. AND ANTI-DEMOCRACY [...] (U) Especially when analyzing the so-called "color revolutions" in Georgia, Ukraine, and Kyrgyzstan, neo-Soviet authoritarians have dominated the information space and defined the world view in Central Asia. U.S. Embassies' Public Affairs Sections face an up-hill battle because Russian media [...] | 2006-01-27 10:34:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | SECRET | PGOV PREL PINR PROP KDEM KPAO RS TI |
06DUSHANBE669 | TAJIKISTAN: FOREIGN MINISTER AGREES TO TRY TO HELP RESOLVE [...] (S) Foreign Minister Talbak Nazarov agreed to designate a government point of contact to help resolve the issue of transferring Tajik citizens from Guantanamo to Tajikistan (reftel). In a 40-minute meeting April 6, Nazarov listened carefully as the Ambassador explained the assurances necessar [...] | 2006-04-12 09:03:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | SECRET | PREL PGOV PHUM PROP PTER ECON KAWC RS TI |
06DUSHANBE858 | SCA A/S BOUCHER, NSC SENIOR DIRECTOR MILLARD ESTABLISH SOLID [...] (C) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Richard Boucher and National Security Council Senior Adviser Elisabeth Millard met with President Emomali Rahmonov for nearly two hours on May 8 to discuss strengthening cooperation between Tajikistan and the United States i [...] | 2006-05-10 06:39:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | SECRET | PREL PGOV EAID ENRG SNAR KDEM KISL KPAO RS IR |
06DUSHANBE870 | URGENT REQUEST FOR DEMARCHE ON SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIAN [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. SEE PARA NINE BELOW. 2. (S) ON MAY 11 AT 1800 LOCAL, GENERAL-COLONEL SAIDIMIR ZUHUROV, CHAIRMAN OF THE TAJIK STATE BORDER COMMITTEE, CALLED THE U.S. DEFENSE ATTACHE AND REQUESTED AN URGENT MEETING. GENERAL ZUHUROV TOLD THE DATT HE HAD A SERIOUS INTERNATIONA [...] | 2006-05-11 16:47:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINR SNAR RS TI |
06DUSHANBE909 | TAJIKISTAN HOSTS REGIONAL CN CONFERENCE [...] (U) SUMMARY: The George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies along with U.S. CENTCOM and Tajikistan's Committee on State Border Protection organized the International Conference on Counter Narcotics and the second Meeting of the Central and South Asia Counter Narcotics Securi [...] | 2006-05-18 13:22:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | SECRET | PGOV PREL SNAR TI |
06FREETOWN360 | AMCIT DETAINED FOR PHOTOGRAPHING SPECIAL COURT, NO [...] (C) On May 2, AmCit Michael Chemidlin was arrested for taking photographs of the Special Court for Sierra Leone (reftel) where war crimes indictee former Liberian President Charles Taylor is incarcerated awaiting trial. Chemidlin was accompanied by two Sierra Leoneans who he said told him to [...] | 2006-05-05 17:13:00 | Embassy Freetown | SECRET | ASEC CASC PREL SL LI |
06GEORGETOWN112 | SHAHEED "ROGER" KHAN: GUYANA'S OWN ESCOBAR? [...] (S) SUMMARY. Shaheed "Roger" Khan (DOB: 13-Jan-72),Guyana's number one narco-criminal, threatens to exert control over the fragile Guyanese state akin to Pablo Escobar's erstwhile control over Colombia. Khan is presently active in drug trafficking, money laundering, and arms smuggling. His [...] | 2006-02-01 13:37:00 | Embassy Georgetown | SECRET | SNAR PINR PINS PGOV KCRM KCOR NS GY |
06GEORGETOWN137 | DEATH THREAT AGAINST U.S. AMBASSADOR AND PROMINENT [...] (S) Ambassador met with Major General (ret.) Norman McLean on February 8 at McLean's request. At the meeting, McLean handed Ambassador a sheet of paper listing information he had received from a policeman who has access to the Buxton area. This paper described a discussion regarding an operati [...] | 2006-02-08 23:27:00 | Embassy Georgetown | SECRET | ASEC PTER PGOV PREL SNAR GY |
06GEORGETOWN183 | REQUEST FOR EVALUATION OF SECURITY INFORMATION [...] Visas Viper 2. (U) Khan, Shaheed Roger; AKA Khan, Roger; Male; Marital Status: Unknown; DOB:13 January 1972; POB: Guyana; Passport Data: A028178; Physical Description: Race: Black Height: 64 Weight: 128 Eyes: Brown Hair: Black; Current Occupation: Director of Classic Development Inc. and Dr [...] | 2006-02-24 21:12:00 | Embassy Georgetown | SECRET | CVIS PTER PINR ASEC |
06GEORGETOWN278 | SECRET TAPE, RAID ON DRUG LORD'S ASSETS ROCK GUYANA [...] (U) SUMMARY. Georgetown is flush with intrigue as a joint army/police team conducted raids March 19-20 on drug lord Shaheed "Roger" Khan's properties and, concurrently, a secret recording of Police Commissioner Winston Felix's phone conversations was anonymously and widely distributed to the [...] | 2006-03-23 20:33:00 | Embassy Georgetown | SECRET | SNAR PINS PGOV KCOR KCRM GY |
06GEORGETOWN815 | (U) GUYANA ELECTION PREPARATIONS (C-AL6-01121) [...] (U) Post presents response to ref A. 2. (C) WHAT IS THE CURRENT STATE OF AFFAIRS WITHIN THE GUYANA ELECTIONS COMMISSION (GECOM)? HOW IS CHAIRMAN STEVE SURUJBALLY VIEWED WITHIN GECOM? (C) The much-maligned GECOM has withstood constant criticism and is on track to deliver free and fair el [...] | 2006-08-14 17:42:00 | Embassy Georgetown | SECRET | PINR PGOV SNAR GY |
06GEORGETOWN828 | SECURITY FEARS MAR RUN-UP TO GUYANA ELECTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY. One week after the August 8 execution-style killing of five Kaieteur News printery employees (ref A),we take stock of the consequences for Guyana and the August 28 elections. Uncertainty remains over the gunmen's motive, but the front-running theory of conspiracy-minded Guyanese [...] | 2006-08-16 21:32:00 | Embassy Georgetown | SECRET | PINS PGOV ASEC CASC KCRM GY |
06GUANGZHOU31747 | South China's Daya Bay Nuclear Power Station: Commissioner Jaz [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-26 02:39:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | SECRET | ENRG KNNP KSCA ECON CH |
06GUANGZHOU31861 | South China's Daya Bay Nuclear Power Station: [...] (S) SUMMARY: During a September 26, 2006 tour of the Ling Ao units of the Daya Bay Nuclear Power Station near Shenzhen in Guangdong Province, Steven Lau, Senior Vice President of the Daya Bay Operations and Management Co., told NRC Commissioner Gregory Jazcko that Chinese plans for nuclear pow [...] | 2006-10-30 07:54:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | SECRET | ENRG KNNP KSCA ECON CH |
06HANOI1535 | VIETNAMESE PROTESTANTS WARY OF / EXPEL POLITICAL [...] (S) SUMMARY. In early June, Hanoi Protestants expelled activist political dissident Lawyer Dai Nguyen from their church executive board because of concerns that his recent political activities would damage church interests. They also suspect that, at the worst, he may be a GVN agent provocate [...] | 2006-06-22 07:21:00 | Embassy Hanoi | SECRET | PGOV PHUM HUMANR VM |
06HANOI1947 | SBV DEPUTY GOVERNOR DETAILS NORTH KOREAN BANKING [...] (S) Summary: In a July 19 meeting with State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) Deputy Governor Tran Minh Tuan, Treasury Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Stuart SIPDIS Levey reiterated U.S. concerns over North Korean financial transactions with Vietnam,s State-owned commercial ban [...] | 2006-08-01 11:53:00 | Embassy Hanoi | SECRET | EFIN CTERR ECON IO PREL KN VM |
06HANOI1948 | TREASURY UNDER SECRETARY MEETS WITH THE COMMUNIST [...] (S) Summary and Comment: In a July 19 meeting with Le Quang Ba, Deputy Director General of the Vietnamese Communist Party (CPV) External Relations Commission North East Asia Department, Treasury Under Secretary Stuart Levey encouraged the Party to follow through on information previously passed [...] | 2006-08-01 11:54:00 | Embassy Hanoi | SECRET | EFIN CTERR ECON IO PREL KN VM |
06HANOI1949 | VIETNAMESE RESPOND FAVORABLY TO U.S. REQUEST FOR [...] (S) Summary and Comment: In a July 19 meeting with Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Director General for the Asia I Department Nguyen Ba Cu, Treasury Under Secretary Stuart Levey and the Ambassador raised U.S. concerns over North Korean banking activity in Vietnam. This was following up on p [...] | 2006-08-01 11:54:00 | Embassy Hanoi | SECRET | EFIN CTERR ECON IO PREL KN VN |
06HANOI1950 | VFM PHUNG RESPONDS TO CONCERNS ABOUT NORTH KOREAN [...] (S) Summary: In a July 19 meeting with Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Standing Vice Minister Le Cong Phung, Treasury Under Secretary Stuart Levey and the Ambassador raised U.S. concerns over North Korean interactions with two of Vietnam,s State-owned commercial banks. Phung made clear that [...] | 2006-08-01 11:54:00 | Embassy Hanoi | SECRET | EFIN CTERR ECON IO PREL KN VM |
06HANOI2239 | NORTH KOREAN BANKING: MFA NERVOUS IN THE FACE OF [...] (S) Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) officials contacted us August 31 to request clarification of Treasury Undersecretary Stuart Levey,s itinerary during his trip to the Asia Pacific region in July 2006. Econoff provided MFA officials with this information, which U/S Levey had already share [...] | 2006-09-01 06:21:00 | Embassy Hanoi | SECRET | EFIN KTER ECON IO PREL NK VM |
06HARARE1299 | CHURCH LEADERS "NATIONAL VISION" REJECTED BY [...] (C) Summary. A group of religious leaders presented President Mugabe October 27 with a so-called "national vision" document they said is intended as a road map for dialogue leading to a resolution of Zimbabwe,s problems. While stating that the document could lead to consensus among Zimbabwea [...] | 2006-10-31 14:43:00 | Embassy Harare | SECRET | PREL PGOV PHUM ZI |
06HARARE1349 | DISCORD IN THE MILITARY [...] (C) MDC shadow minister for defense Giles Mutsekwa told Ambassador November 8 that according to his sources morale has plummeted at all levels of the military. The military does not yet view the MDC as a solution to the country's problems and may consider a coup, which would not be in the be [...] | 2006-11-09 14:24:00 | Embassy Harare | SECRET | MOPS PGOV PREL ZI |
06HARARE1356 | AMBASSADOR DELIVERS DEMARCHE ON TANCHON COMMERCIAL [...] (S) Ambassador Dell delivered demarche (reftel) to Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Governor Gono November 13 on the alleged request by Tanchon Commercial Bank to open an account with Harare,s Merchant Bank of Central Africa. Gono promised full cooperation. He called in the RBZ Director of the [...] | 2006-11-15 05:38:00 | Embassy Harare | SECRET | EFIN KN KNNP PARM PGOV PREL ZI |
06HARARE1365 | TANCHON COMMERCIAL BANK DEMARCHE RESPONSE: [...] (S) Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) Governor Gono conveyed to the Ambassador in a letter dated November 14 the outcome of the RBZ's investigation into the alleged request from North Korea's Tanchon Commercial Bank to open an account in Zimbabwe (reftel). RBZ Senior Division Chief ) Financial I [...] | 2006-11-16 13:32:00 | Embassy Harare | SECRET | EFIN KN KNNP PARM PGOV PREL ZI |
06HARARE178 | GONO ON POLICY FRUSTRATIONS, SUCCESSION TENSIONS, [...] (S) In a February 10 meeting with the Ambassador, Reserve Bank Governor Gideon Gono bemoaned the GOZ's unwillingness to address deepening corruption, fiscal indiscipline and parastatal inefficiencies. Depicting himself as under seige politically, he said the leadership had talked him into wi [...] | 2006-02-16 05:45:00 | Embassy Harare | SECRET | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN ZI |
06HARARE183 | INFLATION SOARING EVER HIGHER [...] (SBU) The GOZ's Central Statistical Office (CSO) reported February 13 that the annualized rate of inflation reached 613 percent in January, up from 585 percent in December (ref D). Food and non-alcoholic beverages, which make up nearly one third of the consumer price index basket, posted an an [...] | 2006-02-17 05:40:00 | Embassy Harare | SECRET | ECON ETRD PREL PGOV ZI |
06HARARE46 | INFLATION ENDS 2005 ON A HIGH, POISED FOR INCREASE [...] (S/NF) Summary: The GOZ,s Central Statistical Office (CSO) reported that the cost of living increased to 585.8 percent in December, up from the annualized November rate of 502 percent (ref A). A steep increase in the price of transportation services and food dominated the month-on-month ri [...] | 2006-01-13 09:26:00 | Embassy Harare | SECRET | ECON EFIN PGOV ASEC ZI |
06HAVANA10031 | NEW CUBAN AMBO TO BOLIVIA: RAFAEL DAUSA [...] (S) The Cuban regime has nominated senior Foreign Ministry honcho Rafael Dausa Cespedes as its ambassador to Bolivia. This in the context of greatly improved relations between Cuba and Bolivia in the wake of Evo Morales' election. Dausa can be expected to intensify Cuba's assault on Bolivia's [...] | 2006-05-11 13:27:00 | US Interests Section Havana | SECRET | PINR PREL ASEC BO CU |
06HAVANA10104 | "GREEN EYESHADE" SOBERON: CUBA'S SENIOR ECON GUY [...] (C) Summary: Unhindered by his modest background in accounting, Central Bank President Francisco Soberon has become one of Castro's key advisors. The architect of GOC efforts to recentralize the economy, Soberon has recently eclipsed most other ministers in influence and public profile (with [...] | 2006-05-12 15:58:00 | US Interests Section Havana | SECRET | PGOV EFIN ECON PINR CU |
06HAVANA10189 | CARTAS DE CUBA, SPRING 2006 [...] (U) The latest installment of Cartas de Cuba features the following items: - GOC Delirious Over HRC Win - PR on the Prowl - PR vs. BR - Robinson Liked His Whiskey - Party Shuffle - Feisty - New Strategy: Give 'Em Money, Make 'Em Spend It - Just Below the Surface - CDRs... Who [...] | 2006-05-12 16:54:00 | US Interests Section Havana | SECRET | PGOV PINR PINS ECON EFIN EAGR SOCI UN CU |
06HAVANA16609 | CUBA HUMAN RIGHTS ROUNDUP AUGUST 18, 2006 [...] (C) Summary: The Catholic Church's senior official in Cuba, Cardinal Jaime Ortega, celebrated a mass for recently deceased pro-democracy activist Gustavo Arcos on August 17, with diplomats, activists and journalists in attendance. For an hour, at least, Arcos got his dying wish of a unified o [...] | 2006-08-18 19:55:00 | US Interests Section Havana | SECRET | PHUM KDEM SOCI CU |
06HAVANA21638 | CONFERENCE CALL TO MEXICO BRINGS CUBAN YOUTH [...] (S) Summary: Leaders of two Cuban pro-democracy youth groups took part in a USG-facilitated teleconference October 17 with university students in Monterrey, Mexico. At the Havana end, at the PAO Residence, 25 young Cubans took part, mainly from the Marti Youth Coalition (CJM) but also from Yo [...] | 2006-10-19 22:47:00 | US Interests Section Havana | SECRET | PHUM PREL SOCI CU |
06HAVANA23579 | CUBAN 75ER PALACIOS GAINS CONDITIONAL RELEASE [...] (S) Summary: The Cuban Government granted conditional probation December 6 to self-described pro-democracy activist Hector Palacios Ruiz, allowing him to head home from the Havana hospital where he says he spent the last three years. Palacios, apparently freed on health grounds, belongs to the [...] | 2006-12-06 22:39:00 | US Interests Section Havana | SECRET | PHUM KDEM SOCI CU |
06HAVANA23611 | "LADIES IN WHITE" WEBSITE LAUNCHED [...] (C) A new, polished website on Cuba's "Ladies in White" was launched on December 18, produced by the NGO Spanish Solidarity With Cuba. The professionally crafted website (www.damasdeblanco.com),created with the Ladies' permission, describes the group's genesis (in April 2003, following the " [...] | 2006-12-18 20:44:00 | US Interests Section Havana | SECRET | PHUM KDEM SOCI CU |
06HAVANA9102 | ROCA, SANCHEZ RAP USINT'S INTERNET-ACCESS POLICY [...] (C) Summary: XXXXXXXXXXX on April 18 requested a meeting with COM, without declaring the reason. At the April 24 meeting, they presented a list of 10 independent journalists banned from USINT's two Internet Centers since 2004, saying they had been unfairly blacklisted. XXXXXXXXXXX called the [...] | 2006-04-27 19:40:00 | US Interests Section Havana | SECRET | PHUM KDEM SOCI CU |
06HELSINKI115 | SHIELD S59-05: AG ALERT ON IRANIAN PROCUREMENT [...] (S) On February 8, Political Section Chief delivered subject demarche to Laura Kansikas-Debrais, the Finnish MFA's Director for Arms Control, Disarmament and Non-proliferation. Kansikas-Debrais said that no Finnish firm has applied for a GOF license to sell dual-use items to the Iranian procur [...] | 2006-02-08 13:54:00 | Embassy Helsinki | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC IR FI CBW |
06HELSINKI116 | S23B-04: IRANIAN RESEARCHER AND DUAL-USE RESEARCH [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-08 14:01:00 | Embassy Helsinki | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC IR FI CBW |
06HELSINKI117 | MTAG 05-96: IRANIAN UAV/CRUISE MISSILE ENTITY [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-08 14:09:00 | Embassy Helsinki | SECRET | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL FI MTCRE |
06HELSINKI1217 | PRESERVING THE DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED GOVERNMENT [...] (S) PolChief delivered subject demarche to Middle East Officer Eija Rotinen Dec. 8. Rotinen thanked us for sharing further information about SARG efforts to destabilize the Lebanese government and expressed great concern about what may happen next in Lebanon in light of the recent murders and [...] | 2006-12-08 15:17:00 | Embassy Helsinki | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER KDEM MOPS FI |
06HELSINKI495 | SALE OF TELESCOPING MASTS TO SYRIA [...] (C) PolChief delivered subject demarche to Laura Kansikas-Debraise, MFA Director for the Unit on Arms Control. Kansikas-Debraise was unfamiliar with the Finnish company Mastsystem International which, as yet, has made no application for an export license to sell any communication or other equ [...] | 2006-06-01 10:59:00 | Embassy Helsinki | SECRET | ETRD ETTC FI PARM PCI PREL SY |
06HILLAH102 | QADISIYAH PROVINCE: SADR, SCIRI, AND SECURITY [...] (S) SUMMARY: Muqtada al-Sadr's Mahdi Militia (MM) and his political organization, Office of the Martyr Sadr (OMS),increasingly dictate the pace of events in Qadisiyah Province. While the Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution (SCIRI) holds 20 seats out of 41 on the Provincial Council, SCIRI is [...] | 2006-06-12 16:11:00 | REO Hillah | SECRET | PGOV KISL MARR PTER IZ |
06HILLAH103 | NO GOOD DEED GOES UNPUNISHED: BABIL POLICE CHIEF UNDER FIRE [...] (U) This is a Babil PRT Cable. 2. (S) SUMMARY: Babil Police Chief General Qais Hamza Aboud Al-Momouri has yet again come under political fire from the Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI) affiliated Babil Provincial Governor, Salem Saleh Mehdi Al-Muslimawi. This time Qais [...] | 2006-06-12 16:19:00 | REO Hillah | SECRET | PGOV KDEM IZ |
06HILLAH104 | RUMBLINGS IN SOUTH CENTRAL PROVINCES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Events in four South Central provinces over the last twenty-four hours indicate that although the incidence of terrorist acts remains low in this seemingly stable region, tensions are increasingly manifesting themselves in public demonstrations, ultimatums to provincial government [...] | 2006-06-14 12:20:00 | REO Hillah | SECRET | KISL PGOV PTER MARR IZ |
06HILLAH106 | NO GOOD DEED GOES UNPUNISHED: PART II [...] (U) This is a Babil PRT Cable. 2. (S) SUMMARY: During a series of recent meetings Babil Province Governor Salem Saleh Mehdi Al-Muslimawi and members of the Provincial Council (PC) related to REO and PRT staff that the security situation in the province is deteriorating as evidenced by the v [...] | 2006-06-17 05:34:00 | REO Hillah | SECRET | PGOV KDEM IZ |
06HILLAH107 | DIWANIYAH PROVINCE: MAHDI MILITIA ON THE OFFENSIVE? [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a recent visit to Diwaniyah, REO staff found that with the fulcrum of political influence in Diwaniyah swinging toward the Office of Martyr Sadr (OMS) and its associated Mahdi Militia (MM or Jaysh al-Mahdi),the Mahdi Militia are increasingly able to declare large sections [...] | 2006-06-20 04:51:00 | REO Hillah | SECRET | PTER PGOV KISL IZ |
06HILLAH117 | GENERAL QAIS DISMISSED AS BABIL PROVINCE POLICE CHIEF [...] (S) SUMMARY General Qais Hamza Aboud Al-Momouri told RC that on July 13, Minister of Interior Jayad al-Bulani signed an order removing Qais as Chief of Police in Babil Province, transferring Qais to an unspecified desk job in Baghdad. Qais said Ministry contacts told him that al-Bulani bowed [...] | 2006-07-16 18:05:00 | REO Hillah | SECRET | PTER MARR PGOV ASEC IZ |
06HILLAH13 | WASIT BADR ORG. DEPUTY ON THE SADRIST CHALLENGE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-26 18:22:00 | REO Hillah | SECRET | PGOV MOPS KDEM IZ |
06HILLAH131 | QADISIYAH INA LEADER: BADR ORGANIZATION IS SETTING UP SADR [...] (S) SUMMARY: In a August 2 meeting with REO staff, Abd Muslim, the head of the moderate Iraqi National Accord party in southern Qadisiyah (Diwaniyah) province, warned against attributing all instability in Diwaniyah Province to the Mahdi Militia (MM). Muslim believed that local MM cells ar [...] | 2006-08-10 11:54:00 | REO Hillah | SECRET | KISL PTER MARR IZ |
06HILLAH147 | SWAT COMMANDER'S DEATH MAY JEOPARDIZE NON-PARTISAN SECURITY [...] (C) Summary and comment: The head of the Al-Hillah SWAT team was assassinated in his office on Oct. 13, days after being informed by the office of the Prime Minister (PM) that he was being replaced. Though the victim had a warrant out for his arrest on terrorism charges, a confluence of factor [...] | 2006-10-13 18:23:00 | REO Hillah | SECRET | PGOV PINS PREL PINR PTER PHUM IZ |
06HILLAH39 | MEETING OF REO AL-HILLAH EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE (EAC) [...] (C) Summary: The REO Al-Hillah EAC was convened on 1 March 2006. It was chaired by the Regional Coordinator, and in attendance were representatives from RSO, POL, PRT, USAID, KBR, and ORA. The REOs US Army LNO and the 2/4 BCT S-9 were also present, and advised on the posture of Coalition f [...] | 2006-03-06 10:50:00 | REO Hillah | SECRET | ASEC AEMR AMGT IZ |
06HILLAH44 | WELCOME TO IRAQ: SCENES FROM THE IRAQ-IRAN BORDER CROSSING [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. A March 8 visit by Regional Embassy Office Al-Hillah staff to the Arafat Border Patrol station and Zorbatiyah Point of Entry (PoE) confirmed continuing reports of nearly unrestricted movement of people and goods across the Iran/Iraq border in Northeast Wasit province. The Border [...] | 2006-03-14 08:51:00 | REO Hillah | SECRET | PBTS PGOV PTER KCRM IR IZ |
06HILLAH50 | SCIRI LEADER AL-HAKIM'S SON ISSUES INVITATION FOR U.S./IRAN [...] (S/NF) Summary. The son of SCIRI leader Abdul Aziz Al Hakim, Sheikh Ammar Al Hakim petitioned the Regional Embassy Office, Al Hillah staff for a dialogue between the United States and Iran. He noted that this dialogue should be at the highest levels possible within Iraq and that SCIRI would [...] | 2006-03-26 09:19:00 | REO Hillah | SECRET | PGOV PREL EAIR IZ |
06HILLAH52 | MOQTADA AL SADR ISSUES STATEMENT ON RECENT FIGHT WITH ISF [...] (U) This is a SET Najaf cable. 2. (C) Summary: Radical anti-American cleric Moqtada Al Sadr met March 26 in Najaf with clerics from his organization and members of his Mahdi Militia. He called on them to be calm and show restraint in the wake of renewed fighting with Iraqi Security Forc [...] | 2006-03-27 18:34:00 | REO Hillah | SECRET | PGOV PTER KISL IZ |
06HILLAH54 | FORMER NAJAF GOVERNOR ON AL-SADR, IRANIAN INFLUENCE [...] (S) SUMMARY: Former Najaf Governor and head of the Loyalty to An Najaf party Adnan Al Zurfi believes Muqtada Al-Sadr wishes to avoid armed confrontation with coalition forces, but is finding it difficult to keep Madhi Army militia under his direct control. Sadr, Zurfi commented, is listening to [...] | 2006-04-05 10:05:00 | REO Hillah | SECRET | PGOV PREL KDEM IZ |
06HILLAH78 | MUQTADA AL-SADR MEETS WITH MAHDI MILITIA LEADERS ON BASRA [...] (S) According to a source close to cleric Muqtada's Al-Sadr's immediate circle, radical cleric Muqtada Al-Sadr met with unidentified Mahdi Militia (MM) leaders on May 6th. Participants discussed the MM response to the downing of a British helicopter in Basra. 2. (S) Our source told REO staf [...] | 2006-05-07 18:44:00 | REO Hillah | SECRET | KISL PGOV PTER IZ |
06HILLAH84 | GENERAL QAIS: WILL HE BE DISMISSED? [...] (S) SUMMARY: The beleaguered, but popular head of the Babil Police, General Qais Hamza Aboud Al-Momouri, updated the Regional Coordinator on developments in the Babil Governor and Provincial Council's campaign to dismiss him. General Qais stated that he had traveled to Baghdad on Friday to se [...] | 2006-05-14 18:14:00 | REO Hillah | SECRET | KISL PGOV MARR IZ |
06HILLAH85 | GENERAL QAIS: WILL HE BE DISMISSED? [...] (S) SUMMARY: The beleaguered, but popular head of the Babil Police, General Qais Hamza Aboud Al-Momouri, updated the Regional Coordinator on developments in the Babil Governor and Provincial Council's campaign to dismiss him. General Qais stated that he had traveled to Baghdad on Friday to se [...] | 2006-05-15 12:31:00 | REO Hillah | SECRET | KISL PGOV MARR IZ |
06IRANRPODUBAI11 | ASSEMBLY OF EXPERTS ELECTION -- HARBINGER OF FUTURE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-06 14:50:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET | IR PGOV |
06IRANRPODUBAI13 | AHMADINEJAD USES UNIVERSITIES FOR POLITICAL ENDS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-15 14:42:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET | IR PGOV SOCI |
06IRANRPODUBAI15 | IRGC: AN ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL POWERHOUSE (C-NE6-00566) [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-30 18:09:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET | PGOV PTER ECON EPAT MCAP IR |
06IRANRPODUBAI17 | EX-CENTRAL BANK OF IRAN EMPLOYEE CLAIMS STATISTICS FIXED IN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-11 07:51:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET | ECON EFIN IR PGOV |
06ISLAMABAD12689 | PAKISTAN MANPADS COLLECTION PROGRAM: JULY 3 FIELD [...] (U) This cable contains an action request: please see paragraph 5. 2. (S) On July 3, 2006, poloff and PM/WRA Kabul-based EOD contractor Drew Prater flew to Quetta, Balochistan to assist Government of Pakistan (GOP) Ministry of Interior (MOI) program manager COL Abbas and field manager [...] | 2006-07-05 13:34:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PK PREL PGOV MASS |
06ISLAMABAD18189 | Test message [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-14 09:24:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PREL PGOV PK |
06ISLAMABAD20836 | PAKISTANI CONCERNS OVER SPECULATION ON U.S. [...] (S) During an October 20 meeting with the Ambassador on Indo-Pak relations, National Security Advisor Tariq Aziz shifted the conversation to ask about press reports that President Bush had likened the current situation in Iraq to the U.S. experience in Vietnam. (Note: Aziz's question was a [...] | 2006-10-23 13:25:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PK PREL PTER IZ |
06ISLAMABAD22174 | TERROR FINANCE: EMBASSY PRESSES GOP ON UN 1267 [...] (C) Summary: As noted in Ref A, post has raised the ongoing operations of two UN 1267 Committee-designated entities -- Al Rashid Trust, Al Akhtar Trust and Lashkar-e-Tayyba/Jamaat ud-Dawa (LeT/JuD) -- with contacts throughout the Government of Pakistan (GOP). While the Ambassador has pressed the is [...] | 2006-11-27 09:55:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | AF EFIN PK PREL PTER KTFN UN |
06ISLAMABAD3542 | 15TH PAKISTAN-AFGHANISTAN-U.S. TRIPARTITE MEETING [...] (C) Summary: The 15th U.S.-Afghanistan-Pakistan Tripartite Commission meeting, held at Bagram on February 25, was characterized by frank discussion between the Afghan and Pakistani delegations. The agenda focused on cross-border issues, intelligence sharing, steps to counter IEDs, and the lin [...] | 2006-03-03 02:00:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | AF MARR MASS MCAP MOPS PK PREL PTER |
06ISLAMABAD3575 | SHIPMENT OF ALUMINUM ALLOW SHEETS AND RODS [...] (S) Ambassador delivered ref A talking points to Foreign Secretary Riaz Khan, who, in turn, discussed the issue with SIPDIS the Prime Minister. Based on this conversation, Khan subsequently informed the Ambassador that Pakistan was not in a position to touch the ship in Karachi. 2. (S [...] | 2006-03-03 13:17:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC PK |
06ISLAMABAD3705 | POST REQUESTS TWO WEEK DELAY IN JUD DESIGNATION [...] (S) After reviewing the time line presented in ref A and B for moving forward with the UN 1267 and domestic terrorism finance designation of Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) as an alter-ego of current terrorism finance designee Lashkar-e-Tayyba (LeT),Ambassador requests a two-week delay in pre-notificaion, pr [...] | 2006-03-07 15:10:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | EFIN PK PREL PTER KTFN |
06ISLAMABAD3807 | POLITICAL SCENESETTER FOR PM - A/S JOHN HILLEN [...] (S) The U.S. Mission in Pakistan warmly welcomes your planned March 15 - 18 visit to Pakistan. As demonstrated during President Bush's recent visit to Islamabad, both President Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz are western-oriented modernizers who are trying to move Pakistan to [...] | 2006-03-08 14:31:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | KDEM MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PK PREL PTER |
06ISLAMABAD3895 | MILITARY AND MILITANTS CLASH IN NORTH WAZIRISTAN [...] (S//NF) Summary. March 1st and 2nd raids on militant training facilites by the Pakistan Special Operations Task Force (SOTF) in Miram Shah and Sedgai, North Waziristan led to the biggest clashes in the region in three years. The GOP military attacks and subsequent retaliatory strikes reportedl [...] | 2006-03-10 04:28:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PK PREL PGOV |
06ISLAMABAD3898 | MILITARY AND MILITANTS CLASH IN NORTH WAZIRISTAN [...] (S//NF) Summary. March 1st and 2nd raids on militant training facilites by the Pakistan Special Operations Task Force (SOTF) in Miram Shah and Sedgai, North Waziristan led to the biggest clashes in the region in three years. The GOP military attacks and subsequent retaliatory strikes reportedl [...] | 2006-03-10 06:04:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PK PREL PGOV |
06ISLAMABAD4373 | POLITICAL SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL PACE [...] (S) The U.S. Mission in Pakistan warmly welcomes your planned March 20 - 22 visit to Pakistan. As demonstrated during President Bush's recent visit to Islamabad, both President Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz are western-oriented modernizers who are trying to move Pakistan to [...] | 2006-03-17 11:38:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | EFIN ETTC PK PREL PTER KTFN |
06ISLAMABAD4767 | ANP AND PPP MOVING TOWARDS ACCOMMODATION WITH THE [...] (S) Summary: In recent separate meetings, Awami National Party (ANP) Chairman Senator Asfandyar Wali Khan and Pakistan People's Party Parliamentarians (PPPP) Chairman Makhdoom Amin Fahim delivered closely coordinated messages to the Embassy. Both leaders were prepared to support an alliance o [...] | 2006-03-22 05:59:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PGOV PTER MOPS PK |
06ISLAMABAD4960 | COORDINATING PAKISTAN PROGRAM FOR SENATOR HAGEL [...] (SBU) Post is looking forward to the anticipated visit to Islamabad by Senator Chuck Hagel on 12-15 March. We understand from email and telephone communications with Senator Hagel's Legislative Assistant Rexon Ryu that the Senator desires a program addressing his interests as a chair of the [...] | 2006-03-24 13:57:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | AMGT PREL OTRA OVIP |
06ISLAMABAD5070 | MFA SEEKS INFORMATION ON 1267 COMMITTEE [...] (S) Summary: On March 24, MFA Director Tasneem Aslam advised DCM that the GOP seeks "hard evidence" from the USG that could be used in domestic legal proceedings on the implemenation of terror financing sanctions against organizations designated by the UN 1267 Committee. Aslam claimed that [...] | 2006-03-27 10:55:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | EFIN ETTC PK PREL PTER KTFN |
06ISLAMABAD5123 | A/S HILLEN VISIT TO PAKISTAN [...] (C) Introduction: On his March 15-18 visit to Pakistan, A/S John Hillen and PM/RSAT Tom Canahuate met with senior Government of Pakistan (GOP) officials, as well as Pakistan's top military leadership. Describing his role in soliciting support for USG security assistance to Pakistan from the U [...] | 2006-03-28 08:54:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PK PTER MOPS MASS MCAP PREL |
06ISLAMABAD5357 | TERRORIST FINANCE: LET AMENDMENT - EMBASSY [...] (U) This message contains action requests; please see Para. 5. 2 (S) Post has had several opportunities in the past week to update the Government of Pakistan (GOP) on the USG intention to request that the UN 1267 Committee amend the designation of Lashkar-e-Tayyba (LET) to include Jammat-u [...] | 2006-03-30 12:46:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PK PREL PTER KTFN UN |
06ISLAMABAD5381 | AFGHAN AMBASSADOR SAYS PAK-AFGHAN ATMOSPHERICS ARE [...] (C) In a March 29 conversation, Afghan Ambassador Tarzi told Ambassador that he feels that the atmosphere between Islamabad and Kabul is clearing. On the eve of his return to Kabul for consultations, Tarzi said that he sensed that the GOP is eager to put aside the heated public rhetoric that [...] | 2006-03-31 02:48:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | AF PGOV PK PREL |
06ISLAMABAD5382 | AMBASSADOR'S BILATERAL TOUR D'HORIZON WITH FOREIGN [...] (S) Summary: On March 29, Ambassador called on Foreign Secretary Mohammed Riaz Khan to discuss follow-on action SIPDIS after the March 3-4 visit by President Bush, particularly a time frame for the Foreign Secretary's Strategic Dialogue discussions with P - U/S Burns and cooperation on e [...] | 2006-03-31 02:48:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PREL EAID ETRD PGOV PK AF PTER PARM KNNP |
06ISLAMABAD5537 | POLITICAL SCENESETTER FOR SENATOR HAGEL [...] (S) The U.S. Mission in Pakistan warmly welcomes your planned April 12-15 visit to Pakistan. As demonstrated during President Bush's recent visit to Islamabad, both President Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz are western-oriented modernizers who are trying to move Pakistan towa [...] | 2006-04-03 06:07:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | EAID MASS MOPS OVIP PGOV PK PREL PTER |
06ISLAMABAD5596 | GOVERNMENT'S CHARM OFFENSIVE LEAVES MANY BALOCH UNIMPRESSED [...] (S) Summary: While sporadic engagements continue between Baloch nationalists and military and Frontier Corps units, the Pakistan government has recently announced a series of political and economic initiatives to address some of Balochistan's long-standing grievances, including promises of more fed [...] | 2006-04-03 14:36:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PGOV PTER PK |
06ISLAMABAD5767 | YASIN MALIK TELLS KASHMIRI MILITANTS "GIVE PEACE A [...] (S) Introduction: Srinagar-based Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik has told post that he has used his extended March-April 2006 visit to Pakistan to reach out to Kashmiri militant leaders, counseling them to lay down their arms and give the peace process a chance. In between highly-pub [...] | 2006-04-05 13:09:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PREL PK PGOV PTER IN |
06ISLAMABAD5887 | TERROR FINANCE: INFORMATION DELIVERED ON 1267 [...] (S) On April 5, Poloff delivered Ref A talking points and background papers on Laskhar-e-Tayyba (LET) and Al-Akhtar Trust to MFA (UN) Director Imran Siddiqui. Poloff pressed Siddiqui of the importance the U.S. places on full and vigorous implementation of UN 1267 Committee terror finance sa [...] | 2006-04-06 12:52:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PREL KTFN PTER ETTD PK EFIN |
06ISLAMABAD6420 | PRESIDENT MUSHARRAF EXPRESSES CONCERN TO SENATOR HAGEL ON HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH THE U.S. [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-14 15:07:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | AF IN MNUC PGOV PK PREL PTER |
06ISLAMABAD6647 | WITH SENATOR HAGEL, FOREIGN MINISTER KASURI PUSHES FOR CIVIL NUCLEAR TRANSFERS AND WARNS THAT A MILITARY ATTACK ON IRAN WOULD MEAN DISASTER FOR PAKISTAN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-17 16:38:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | IN IR PK PREL PTER |
06ISLAMABAD7537 | BALLISTIC MISSILE TEST NOTIFICATION [...] (S) On April 28, 2005, MFA Disarmament Cell Director Muhammad Kamran Akhtar notified poloff that Pakistan would conduct a ballistic missile test on April 29-30 over the Arabian Sea. Akhtar said that the GOP has sent written notification to the Government of India regarding this missile test [...] | 2006-04-28 11:01:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | KNNP MCAP PK PREL |
06ISLAMABAD7564 | SCENESETTER FOR S/CT AMBASSADOR CRUMPTON [...] (S) The U.S. Mission in Pakistan warmly welcomes your planned May 3-4 visit to Pakistan. As demonstrated during President Bush's visit to Islamabad, both President Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz are western-oriented modernizers who are trying to move Pakistan toward Musharra [...] | 2006-04-28 15:13:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PREL PK PGOV MASS MOPS PTER MCAP |
06ISLAMABAD7629 | POLITICAL AND SECURITY ASSISTANCE SCENESETTER FOR [...] (U) In anticipation of the U.S.-Pakistan Defense Consultative Group (DCG) meetings in Washingont May 1-5, Embassy Islamabad offers the following snapshots of political and security assistance developments in Pakistan. U.S.-Pakistan Strategic Partnership ----------------------------------- [...] | 2006-05-01 11:45:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | MASS MCAP MOPS PGOV PK PREL |
06ISLAMABAD7780 | SCENESETTER FOR U.S. CENTRAL AIR FORCES COMMANDER [...] (S) The U.S. Mission in Pakistan warmly welcomes your May visit to Pakistan. As demonstrated during President Bush's visit to Islamabad, both President Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz are western-oriented modernizers who are trying to move Pakistan toward Musharraf's goal of [...] | 2006-05-02 12:20:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | MASS MCAP MOPS PGOV PK PREL |
06ISLAMABAD8148 | A STRATEGY FOR FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS IN PAKISTAN [...] (C) Summary: With the appointment of a credible, permanent Chief Election Commissioner (CEC),Pakistan is moving in the necessary direction for free and fair elections in 2007. Post believes that the credibility of the 2007 contest has significant implications for long-term stability and de [...] | 2006-05-05 08:40:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PGOV KDEM EAID OIIP KPAO PK |
06ISLAMABAD8829 | S/CT AMB CRUMPTON ENCOURAGES ROBUST GOP [...] (C) Introduction and summary: Visiting Islamabad on May 3-4, S/CT Ambassador Henry Crumpton and S/CT Senior Advisor Michael Hurley engaged political, diplomatic and military interlocutors on Pakistan's counterterrorim (CT) strategies and policies. Calling on National Security Advisor Tariq [...] | 2006-05-16 02:07:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | MASS MCAP MOPS PGOV PK PREL PTER |
06ISLAMABAD9088 | AT D-8 SUMMIT, PAKISTAN AND TURKEY TELL IRAN TO [...] (S) Prior to his departure to the D-8 Summit in Bali last week, Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz told the Ambassador that he and Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan would be meeting with Iranian President Ahmedinejad and asked if we had any advice. As conveyed to SCA and NEA Ambassador told Aziz that w [...] | 2006-05-18 11:22:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PGOV PK PREL IR TK |
06ISLAMABAD9336 | NSA TARIQ AZIZ READY TO REACH OUT TO AFGHAN [...] (S) During a May 22 conversation, National Security Advisor Tariq Aziz told Ambassador that Pakistan's senior leaders are increasingly concerned by both the security situation in Afghanistan and by public accusations by Afghanistan President Karzai and Foreign Minister Spanta blaming Pakista [...] | 2006-05-22 12:45:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PGOV PK PREL AF |
06ISLAMABAD9499 | PM AZIZ TO TALK SENSE TO IRANIAN VICE PRESIDENT AND FOREIGN MINISTER [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-23 13:54:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | IR PGOV PK PREL |
06ISLAMABAD9585 | FATA: MISSION PAKISTAN REPORTING AND ASSISTANCE [...] (SBU) Summary. This cable is intended to inform the inter-agency discussion on how to stimulate counterrorism progress, stability, and political change in Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas. Mission Pakistan--in biweekly "Interagency FATA Working Group" meetings that include office [...] | 2006-05-24 12:07:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PL PREL PGOV |
06ISLAMABAD9708 | FATA OPERATIONS SINCE JULY 7TH: A MIXED BAG [...] (U) This is the second in a series of four cables assessing the GOP's progress in its crackdown on extremism. 2. (S) Summary. In the aftermath of the July 7, 2005 bombings in London, President Musharraf made a series of broad-reaching committments to tackle extremism and terrorism in Pakist [...] | 2006-05-25 12:15:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PGOV PTER MOPS MARR PK |
06ISLAMABAD9710 | FATA OPERATIONS SINCE JULY 7TH: A MIXED BAG [...] (U) This is the second in a series of four cables assessing the GOP's progress in its crackdown on extremism. 2. (S) Summary. In the aftermath of the July 7, 2005 bombings in London, President Musharraf made a series of broad-reaching committments to tackle extremism and terrorism in Pakist [...] | 2006-05-26 01:37:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET | PGOV PTER MOPS MARR PK |
06ISTANBUL2013 | ISTANBUL'S KURDISH INTELLECTUALS: THE TIME IS NOW [...] (S) Summary. Istanbul's Kurdish intellectuals opine the evolving political situation in Turkey and the region sets a favorable stage for agreement to end the Kurdish conflict in Turkey. According to these intellectuals, Turkey's Kurds -- accepted as equals during Turkey's war of independenc [...] | 2006-11-02 13:59:00 | Consulate Istanbul | SECRET | PGOV PHUM PTER TU |
06JAKARTA10039 | GOI ACTIVELY WORKING TO COUNTER JIHAD CALLS [...] (C) The Indonesian government, led by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY),has responded to public clamoring for jihad on the part of militant groups by urging the Indonesian public to respond realistically and rationally to events in the Middle East. Following a cabinet discussion of ho [...] | 2006-08-09 10:51:00 | Embassy Jakarta | SECRET | PTER PGOV PINR KDEM KISL ASEC ID IZ |
06JAKARTA10189 | BANK MANDIRI CLOSES DPRK ACCOUNTS [...] (S) Summary. After repeated interventions by the Embassy, Bank Mandiri and Central Bank officials confirmed August 9 and 11 that Bank Mandiri had shut down its relationship with two North Korean banks in July: Korea Daesong Bank and the Foreign Trade Bank of the DPRK. Bank Mandiri did not/not [...] | 2006-08-14 07:58:00 | Embassy Jakarta | SECRET | EFIN ETTC KFTN PREL PTER PARM MNUC KJUS ID |
06JAKARTA10395 | TERRORIST FINANCE: REMOVAL OF NASIR ABAS FROM [...] (S) Embassy Jakarta wishes to reaffirm its ref a stance in support of the delisting of former JI-leader Nasir Abas from the USG Executive Order 13224 and UNSCR 1267 terrorist finance designation lists. This position reflects our consideration of recent additional intelligence reporting on Nas [...] | 2006-08-18 09:57:00 | Embassy Jakarta | SECRET | PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS KPAO ID |
06JAKARTA10570 | TERRORIST FINANCE - INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC RELIEF [...] (S) Summary: Department of Foreign Affairs (Deplu) counter terrorism finance officer Aris Munundar told us on August 23 that the Indonesian Government (GOI) would no longer stand in the way of a U.S.-led UN 1267 designation of the International Islamic Relief Organization (IIRO) branch in Indo [...] | 2006-08-25 10:14:00 | Embassy Jakarta | SECRET | EFIN ETTC PREL AS ID |
06JAKARTA10926 | MOVING FORWARD WITH THE MARITIME BORDER NEEDS [...] (S) Summary: Post strongly supports S/CT's proposal for a border control technical needs assessment for the triborder area and will welcome the assessment team to Indonesia, with the below recommendations for S/CT and DS/ATA's further consideration. Post has received encouragement from various [...] | 2006-09-01 11:22:00 | Embassy Jakarta | SECRET | PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS KPAO ID |
06JAKARTA11482 | THE VISIT OF VP KALLA: ENGAGING ON THE ECONOMY [...] (C) Summary. Vice President Jusuf Kalla,s September 23-28 visit to the U.S. offers an excellent opportunity to deliver a message on the need to accelerate economic reforms to one of Indonesia,s most influential officials. Although deeply involved in economic policy issues, Kalla is a relucta [...] | 2006-09-18 06:13:00 | Embassy Jakarta | SECRET | PREL MASS MARR ID |
06JAKARTA1179 | YUDHOYONO CONVOKES AMBASSADOR ON IRAN; [...] (S) Summary: President Yudhoyono (SBY) convoked the Ambassador to an extraordinary meeting January 31, attended by four ministers, to convey Indonesia's intention to decide its position on Iran's nuclear program when the IAEA Board of Governors meet on March 6. He conveyed concerns with resp [...] | 2006-01-31 11:16:00 | Embassy Jakarta | SECRET | KNNP PARM PREL PGOV ID IR |
06JAKARTA12160 | DISCOURAGING TNI FROM TAKING MANPADS TO UNIFIL [...] (S) Charge discussed the MANPADS issue with Indonesian Presidential Foreign Policy Adviser Dino Patti Djalal on October 2. Charge emphasized that Indonesian deployment with MANPADS would cause big problems and urged GOI to reconsider. Djalal subsequently discussed the issue with the commander [...] | 2006-10-03 11:00:00 | Embassy Jakarta | SECRET | MARR MOPS PGOV PREL ID LE |
06JAKARTA13193 | YOUR VISIT TO INDONESIA [...] (S) Summary: Mr. President: Your visit to Indonesia provides an excellent opportunity to consolidate recent gains in U.S.- Indonesian relations and showcase the success of our core political values ) freedom, democracy, and economic development ) in this, the world,s largest Muslim-majority [...] | 2006-11-13 10:11:00 | Embassy Jakarta | SECRET | PREL MASS MARR ID |
06JAKARTA13385 | MUNIR CASE: INDONESIAN POLICE SAY FBI COULD HELP [...] (S) A police team investigating the case of murdered human rights campaigner Munir will visit FBI Quantico December 4-9, accompanied by Embassy Legatt, for technical assistance in retrieving SMS messages among Munir and those implicated in his murder (Ref A). Lead police investigator Anton C [...] | 2006-12-04 07:02:00 | Embassy Jakarta | SECRET | PHUM PGOV PREL PINR KCRM KJUS ID |
06JAKARTA13509 | INDONESIA'S TOP THREE WANTED TERRORISTS AND A [...] (S) Summary: Despite hundreds of terrorists arrested by Indonesian authorities in the past several years, three top operatives linked to Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) remain on Indonesia's "Most Wanted" list. Of these, Malaysian Noordin Mohammad Top is well known; the other two, Indonesians Abu Duja [...] | 2006-12-18 07:26:00 | Embassy Jakarta | SECRET | PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS KVPR CVIS KPAO ID |
06JAKARTA252 | TERRORIST FINANCE: ENGAGING TEH GOI FURTHER ON TF [...] (S) As requested reftel, Embassy Jakarta proposes the following talking points for an initial approach to the Government of Indonesia (GOI) on securing better implementation of Indonesia's exiting UNSCR 1267 obligations. We recommend the same approach this time as in the past, i.e., a separa [...] | 2006-01-06 10:30:00 | Embassy Jakarta | SECRET | EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL AS ID |
06JAKARTA2527 | TERRORIST FINANCE: ENGAGING TEH GOI ON TF ADN [...] (S) Summary: Government of Indonesia (GOI) officials raised concerns about the effect of additional UN 1267 designations of Indonesia's on the country's international reputation. Generally speaking, though, they did not voice specific initial opposition to a U.S. and Australian plan to move [...] | 2006-02-24 09:58:00 | Embassy Jakarta | SECRET | EFIN ETTC PREL AS ID |
06JAKARTA3241 | TERRORIST FINANCE: JI-4 PRENOTIFICATION [...] (S) As requested in ref Ref a, on March 13 we notified Department of Foreign Affairs Directorate of International Security and Disarmament Officer Aris Munandar that, o/a March 30, the U.S. and Australia plan to submit the names of the JI-4 to the UN 1267 Sanctions Committee for inclusion on [...] | 2006-03-13 08:29:00 | Embassy Jakarta | SECRET | KTFN PTER PREL ETTC ID |
06JAKARTA4757 | MUNIR CASE: AMBASSADOR SIGNALS CONTINUED U.S. [...] (S) In an April 11 meeting intended to signal continued U.S. concern over the Munir case, Suciwati, the widow of the murdered human rights campaigner, told the Ambassador of her plan to visit Washington in late April as part of a schedule organized by U.S. human rights groups. The visit would [...] | 2006-04-13 12:14:00 | Embassy Jakarta | SECRET | PHUM PGOV PREL PINR KCRM KJUS ID |
06JAKARTA5040 | PROSECUTORS UNFAZED BY AMROZI'S TESTIMONY FOR [...] (S) Convicted Bali bomber Amrozi appeared in the Cilacap District Court on April 19 to testify on behalf of Jemaah Islamiyah Emir Abu Bakar Ba'asyir in the months-old Judicial Review request process. With hundreds of Ba'asyir supporters in tow, Amrozi repeated his previously submitted testimon [...] | 2006-04-20 11:01:00 | Embassy Jakarta | SECRET | PTER PREL PGOV KJUS KISL KVPR ASEC AS ID |
06JAKARTA5217 | SBY OPPONENTS WAVE ECONOMIC NATIONALISM FLAG [...] (C) Summary: Former People's Consultative Assembly Chairman Amien Rais and retired General Wiranto continue to wave the flag of economic nationalism in hopes of strengthening their likely presidential bids in 2009 and stirring up trouble for President Yudhoyono in the meantime. In their latest [...] | 2006-04-26 07:27:00 | Embassy Jakarta | SECRET | ECON EMIN ENIV PGOV ID |
06JAKARTA5704 | GOI, UNIONS ASSIGN BLAME FOR MAY 3 VIOLENCE [...] (S) Jakarta is awash in speculation as to the possibility or extent of political manipulation behind the massive May 3 labor demonstrations that turned violent at the Parliament's gates (ref A). In the course of expressing his concern over the violence, President Yudhoyono publicly called on [...] | 2006-05-05 12:24:00 | Embassy Jakarta | SECRET | PGOV PHUM ELAB ID |
06JAKARTA5778 | TERRORISM FINANCE: MA'ARIF EDUCATION FOUNDATION [...] (S) The Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) education office tells us that the Sidoarjo-based Yayasan Pendidikan Ma'arif (the Ma'arif Educational Foundation) has no links to the al Ma'arif Education Foundation in the Philippines (reftel). "Ma'arif" means "learning" or "knowledge" in Arabic, and thousands of [...] | 2006-05-08 10:27:00 | Embassy Jakarta | SECRET | KTFN EFIN PTER PREL ID |
06JAKARTA7378 | PREPARING FOR THE MARITIME BORDER CONTROL NEEDS [...] (U) This is an action request:see paragraph 8. 2. (S) Summary: Embassy Jakarta strongly supports S/CT's Ref A interest in a border control needs assessment for the Indonesia, Philippines, and Malaysia triborder area. Post agrees that host nation support is essential and will discuss the po [...] | 2006-06-12 07:36:00 | Embassy Jakarta | SECRET | PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS KPAO ID |
06JAKARTA7397 | REMOVING FORMER JI-LEADER NASIR ABAS FROM [...] (C) Summary. We believe the time has come for former Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) terrorist network leader Nasir Abas to be removed from the U.S. and UN terrorist finance lists. We believe that it is critical to respond to the requests to do so by our closest national security contacts. Now conside [...] | 2006-06-12 09:53:00 | Embassy Jakarta | SECRET | PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS KPAO ID |
06JAKARTA7501 | TERRORIST FINANCE: THE GOI AND 1267 DESIGNATIONS [...] (S) Summary: This cable provides post,s responses and comments to questions and issues raised in ref a. Embassy Jakarta supports the creation of a bilateral group to discuss counter terrorism finance (CTF) issues and sees a proposed U.S.-Indonesia Justice Sector Joint Working Group (JSJWG) C [...] | 2006-06-14 02:11:00 | Embassy Jakarta | SECRET | EFIN ETTC PGOV PREL PTER ID |
06JAKARTA7941 | ADVISOR WORRIES ABOUT YUDHOYONO'S POLITICAL [...] (S/NF) President Yudhoyono has yet to consolidate political power and could lose his 2009 reelection bid if he cannot show significant achievements in the near future, according to T.B. Silalahi, Special Advisor to the President. In a June 13 meeting, T.B. told us that he had recently sought [...] | 2006-06-23 09:51:00 | Embassy Jakarta | SECRET | PGOV KDEM ID |
06JAKARTA8088 | TERRORIST FINANCE: PRE-NOTIFICATION OF IIRO [...] (S) As requested in reftel, we met with Department of Foreign Affairs Directorate of International Security and Disarmament Fajar Wirawan Harijo on June 27 to pre-notify him of the USG,s intention to request on July 20 UN 1267 designation of the Philippines and Indonesia branches of the Inter [...] | 2006-06-28 05:31:00 | Embassy Jakarta | SECRET | EFIN KTFN KISL PTER PREL ETTC ID |
06JAKARTA9045 | NASIR ABAS DISCUSSES HIS APPEAL FOR UN DELISTING [...] (S) Summary. Per REFTEL, former terrorist Nasir Abas, now a key CT asset of the Indonesian National Police (INP),met with Embassy officers in Jakarta on June 4 and discussed his request to be removed from the U.S. and U.N. lists of designated terrorists. The following additional details of [...] | 2006-07-19 10:36:00 | Embassy Jakarta | SECRET | PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS KPAO KVPR CVIS KISL |
06JEDDAH286 | THE CG IN SOUTHERN SAUDI ARABIA, PART II - THE [...] (S) SUMMARY. At the conclusion of the formal meeting between the Consul General and Nejran Governor Prince Mishael bin Saud bin Abdulaziz, CG, Congenoff, and A/RSO were invited for drinks with the Governor at his home. Throughout the 2 hour-long informal meeting Prince Mishael spoke candidly [...] | 2006-04-11 10:40:00 | Consulate Jeddah | SECRET | EAID ECON IR KDEM KISL PGOV PHUM PREL PTER |
06JEDDAH372 | INTERNAL SAG RIVALRIES ON CLOSING PALESTINE STREET [...] (S) SUMMARY: As part of his research for a SAG-commissioned report on improving the issuance of US visas to Saudi nationals, Nawaf Al Obeid, an advisor to Saudi Ambassador to the US Turki bin Feisal Al Saud, met with the Consul General and Conoff on May 17. The CG emphasized that though mino [...] | 2006-05-20 13:51:00 | Consulate Jeddah | SECRET | CMGT CVIS PGOV PREL SA PTER ASEC ABLD AMGT |
06JEDDAH381 | JEDDAH BUSINESSMAN: IRAN ESTABLISHING GRASSROOTS [...] (S) SUMMARY: During a recent meeting with ConGenoff, a Jeddah businessman and former International Visitors Program participant claimed that he had been approached by representatives of the Iranian government to participate in a new strategic media initiative to foment anti-US sentiment in th [...] | 2006-05-23 01:37:00 | Consulate Jeddah | SECRET | PGOV PINR PREL PROP PTER SA SCUL |
06JEDDAH449 | AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD DISCUSSES IRAN, DETAINEES AND [...] (U) PARTICIPANTS: U.S. ---- Ambassador Khalilzad Ambassador Oberwetter Consul General Gfoeller Special Assistant Hutchings PolOff Dale (notetaker) Saudi Arabia ------------ Prince Saud Al Faisal, Foreign Minister 2. (S) Summary: During their June 27 meeting, Ambassador to Iraq Z [...] | 2006-07-05 04:04:00 | Consulate Jeddah | SECRET | PGOV PINR PREL PTER SA |
06JEDDAH450 | AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD MEETS WITH SAUDI CROWN PRINCE [...] (U) PARTICIPANTS: Meeting with King Abdullah U.S. ---- Ambassador Khalilzad Ambassador Oberwetter Consul General Gfoeller Special Assistant Hutchings PolOff Dale (notetaker) Saudi Arabia ------------ King Abdullah Prince Saud Al Faisal, Foreign Miister Prince Bandar bin Sultan, Sec [...] | 2006-07-05 04:04:00 | Consulate Jeddah | SECRET | PGOV PINR PREL PTER SA |
06JEDDAH545 | AMBASSADOR URGES SAG TO SUPPORT GUATEMALA'S UNSC [...] (S) Ambassador Oberwetter renewed USG concerns with Venezuela's candidacy for Latin America's open UNSC seat during an August 15 meeting with FM Saud al-Faisal. The Ambassador raised Ref A points, adding that President Chavez had vowed to support Iran "at any time and under any conditions" d [...] | 2006-08-16 06:56:00 | Consulate Jeddah | SECRET | PREL UNSC GT VE SA |
06JEDDAH559 | FM'S VIEWS ON THE UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] (S) Ambassador Oberwetter delivered Reftel points on the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) to Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal on August 21. The Ambassador emphasized tha the HRC has not taken a balanced approach to theIsrael-Hizballah conflict and he questioned why he Council spoke out so strongly agai [...] | 2006-08-23 14:29:00 | Consulate Jeddah | SECRET | PHUM PREL SA XF |
06JEDDAH623 | SEX IN SAUDI ARABIA - CLOAK AND DAGGER DATING [...] (S) Recently, Pol-Econoff spoke with a number of young men and women in Saudi Arabia. In one encounter, with a 29 year old man named Abdul, Pol-Econoff learned about the Saudi social scene. As both are roughly the same age, they began to speak about what guys that age tend to speak about, nam [...] | 2006-09-24 15:07:00 | Consulate Jeddah | SECRET | KISL KWMN PREL SA SCUL SOCI |
06JEDDAH643 | IIRO SECRETARY-GENERAL TALKS OF SAUDI PROGRAMS AND [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: In a meeting at the headquarters of the International Islamic Relief Organization (IIRO) on September 18, Secretary-General Dr. Adnan Khalil Basha told PolOffs that IIRO headquarters in Jeddah has administrative and budgetary control of all 28 country branches and receives no [...] | 2006-10-09 07:52:00 | Consulate Jeddah | SECRET | PGOV PREL PINR KISL SA |
06JEDDAH700 | TALES OF A PRINCE: CG MEETS WITH GOVERNOR OF [...] (S) On November 7 the CG met with a prominent Western businessman who is close to the Governor of Asir, Prince Khalid bin Faisal. The businessman is known as a "fixer" for Prince Khalid. During their conversation, he recounted to the CG a number of his interactions with the Prince. 2. (S) Their f [...] | 2006-11-08 14:37:00 | Consulate Jeddah | SECRET | PGOV PINR SCUL |
06JEDDAH769 | IRF OFFICER MEETS WITH CHRISTIAN LEADERS [...] (S) Summary. In a visit to Jeddah and Dhahran, DRL/IRF officer Kate Lurie met with various leaders of the Christian communities. In Jeddah, Lurie and Poloff held several meetings with leaders of Christian congregations. In Dhahran, Lurie met with three Americans, two Protestants and one Ca [...] | 2006-12-19 15:56:00 | Consulate Jeddah | SECRET | KIRF SOCI SA |
06JERUSALEM1704 | KARNI CROSSING ATTACK: INTRA-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT? [...] (S) The April 26 attack on the Karni crossing (details ref (a)) appears to have been the work of the Popular Resistance Committees (PRC),according to PA security sources and an April 26 conversation between Consul General and Fatah PLC member Mohammed Dahlan. The PRC has officially denied any [...] | 2006-04-27 14:40:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | SECRET | PREL KPAL KWBG |
06JERUSALEM666 | MOI DG SALAMAH: HAMAS WILL NOT COLLAPSE QUICKLY [...] (S) SUMMARY: PA Interior Ministry Director General Ibrahim Salamah told Poloff and USSC staff during a February 13 meeting that he disagreed with predictions of a rapid collapse of a HAMAS-led government. Salamah said HAMAS is capable of enduring international pressure for quite some time tha [...] | 2006-02-14 16:10:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | SECRET | ASEC KPAL IS |
06JERUSALEM799 | GI CHIEF AL-TIRAWI OFFERS IDEAS ON PASF CONTROL, [...] (S) In a February 23 meeting with PolChief, General Intelligence (Mukhabarat) Chief Tawfiq al-Tirawi said he favors plans to retain presidential control of the PA Security Forces (PASF) through the creation of an Officers Committee and a restructured National Security Council (NSC). With regar [...] | 2006-02-24 15:28:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | SECRET | ASEC KPAL IS |
06JERUSALEM888 | IRANIAN FINANCING FOR HAMAS? [...] (S) ConGen contacts in Fatah and the PA have not been able to confirm press reports that Iran pledged to provide USD 250 million in funding to the incoming Hamas government. However, our contacts do agree that Hamas is reaching out to countries such as Iran to obtain funding in the face of Isr [...] | 2006-03-02 13:33:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | SECRET | PREL EFIN KPAL KWBG IR |
06KABUL1103 | PRT/TARIN KOWT - TALIBAN REMAIN POTENT THREAT IN [...] (S) SUMMARY. The security environment in the province of Uruzgan in southern Afghanistan remains grave. The Taliban threat has not diminished over time and may increase in the near term. The provincial government - only marginally effective on the best of days - shows signs of surrendering [...] | 2006-03-14 15:55:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | PTER MARR SNAR PGOV SOCI AF |
06KABUL152 | TERRORISM FINANCE: POST VETTING [...] (S) POST DOES NOT BELIEVE THAT DESIGNATING HIG AS A PARTY WOULD HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON ELIMINATING SOURCES OF FUNDING TO GULBUDDIN HEKMATYAR, BUT COULD HAVE A NEGATIVE EFFECT ON THE ONGOING RECONCILIATION PROCESS. AS MENTIONED IN REF A OF REFTEL, THE CURRENT STATUS OF ANY TIES BETWEEN [...] | 2006-01-11 13:32:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | EFIN KTFN PREL PTER ETTC AF |
06KABUL1769 | PRT/TARIN KOWT - DUTCH PREPARING FOR ISAF [...] (S) SUMMARY: The Dutch deployment to Uruzgan province is getting underway. Under NATO'S ISAF Stage III expansion into southern Afghanistan, the Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Uruzgan will transfer from U.S. to Dutch-NATO command on or about July 31, 2006. In recent months, several D [...] | 2006-04-19 14:58:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | MARR PTER PREL ASEC SNAR AF NL AS |
06KABUL1828 | PRT/KANDAHAR - RECENT ATTACKS ON CANADIAN-LED [...] (S) SUMMARY. At 07:30 April 22 near Gumbad in Shah Wali Kot district of Kandahar Province, an improvised explosive device (IED) killed three Canadian soldiers immediately and one perished later at a military hospital. Three Canadian soldiers were wounded, but not seriously. The four vehicle [...] | 2006-04-24 14:05:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | PTER MARR ASEC AF CA |
06KABUL2178 | PRT/TARIN KOWT: GOVERNOR MONIB'S TENUOUS GRASP ON [...] (C) The security situation in Afghanistan's Uruzgan province remains acute seven weeks after the arrival of a new governor. Unhelpful interference by the previous governor, stepped up Taliban activity, and police forces operating outside governmental authority impede Governor Monib's ability [...] | 2006-05-14 11:22:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER ASEC AF |
06KABUL2366 | REPORT FROM KANDAHAR: CIVILIAN CASUALTIES IN U.S. [...] (S) Conflicting reports about the U.S.-led forces (CJSOTF) attack the evening of May 21 on the village of Azizi in Panjwai district about 25 kilometers from Kandahar City reflect, in part, an ongoing Taliban psychological operations (psyops) campaign to misrepresent coalition military operat [...] | 2006-05-24 16:01:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | PREL PGOV EAID PTER AF |
06KABUL258 | PRT/BAMYAN: POOR FACILITIES, CORRUPTION PLAGUE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The law enforcement organs in Bamyan are on life support. Poorly paid, equipped, and trained police do little to counter lawlessness in the Central Highlands. Police and prosecution corruption exacerbates and undermines the people's already shaky faith in Central Government aut [...] | 2006-01-18 06:25:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM PHUM SOCI AF |
06KABUL2802 | DRAFT AFGHAN LEGAL FRAMEWORK FOR DETAINEE [...] (S) Summary: The Afghan National Security Council (ONSC),in consultation with relevant Ministries, the U.S. mission, and its own contracted legal expert, has developed a legal framework for Afghan detainee operations. The framework, as briefed to the polmiloff and representatives of CFC-A, a [...] | 2006-06-21 02:19:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | PGOV PREL PHUM KWCR AF |
06KABUL2841 | ASSESSING THE PASHTUN BELT [...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Kabul-Embassy Islamabad-CFC cable. 2. (C) Summary: On June 7, Ambassador Neumann, Ambassador Crocker, CFC Commanding General Eikenberry, and their senior staffs met at Embassy Kabul for the first of a series of planned periodic inter-Embassy meetings prompte [...] | 2006-06-24 02:52:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | PREL PGOV ECON PREF PTER USAID MASS PINR AF |
06KABUL2970 | NDS DIRECTOR SALEH ON INSURGENCY - CAUSES AND [...] (S/Rel Aus and GB) Summary: NDS Director General Amarullah Saleh told visiting S/CT Deputy Coordinator and Chief Strategist on June 27 that the Taliban insurgency is now focused largely on Zabul, Helmand, Kandahar, and Uruzgan. For the moment it is still a "measurable problem," he said. S [...] | 2006-07-02 13:27:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | PTER PREL MOPS AF PK |
06KABUL2975 | ZABUL GOVERNOR ON ROMANIAN DEPLOYMENT, UAE AID, [...] (S) In a meeting with Ambassador Neumann on June 30, Zabul Governor Arman expressed his concern with the ability of the Romanians to operate in Zabul province without additional support. Leaving aside the question of combat capability, he cited three factors: 1) the Romanian troops will be n [...] | 2006-07-03 07:08:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | PREL MOPS PGOV PTER AF |
06KABUL3719 | PAG MAKES FIRST RECOMMENDATIONS TO PRESIDENT KARZAI [...] (S) Summary: The security situation in the south remains fragile, with an increasingly determined enemy operating freely in key areas according to a joint CFC, ISAF, GOA brief to President Karzai in a Policy Action Group (PAG) meeting on August 16. Wardak said that the enemy is succeeding in p [...] | 2006-08-21 10:18:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF |
06KABUL4005 | KARZAI COMMENTS ON COUNTER NARCOTICS POLICY [...] (S) Ambassador Neumann met with President Karzai and discussed the Afghanistan counter-narcotics strategy. Karzai is vehemently against aerial spraying saying that we would eliminate poppy for one year at the price of turning Afghanis permanently against GOA and putting large numbers into the [...] | 2006-09-06 12:54:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | SNAR AF |
06KABUL4045 | NAC VISIT TO KANDAHAR PROMPTS REQUEST FOR MORE [...] (C) Over the course of two days, the North Atlantic Council (NAC) visited Kandahar Air Field (KAF),home of NATO Regional Command South (RC-South),to review PRT activities in southern Afghanistan and receive a briefing on Operation MEDUSA. On September 5, Kandahar PRT Commander LtCol Simon [...] | 2006-09-10 03:41:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | MARR NATO PGOV PREL PTER AF |
06KABUL4251 | SCENESETTER FOR PRESIDENT KARZAI'S UPCOMING VISIT [...] (S) President Karzai is more self-confident than three months ago, but not politically stronger. Karzai worries endlessly about how firm our support is -- and how much he must do. He will be looking for support and encouragement of every kind during this visit, but assurances must be balance [...] | 2006-09-19 05:47:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER ASEC PINS AF |
06KABUL4321 | SECURITY OPERATIONS GROUP SEPT 21: SOUTHERN [...] (S) Summary: Although the usual Policy Action Group (PAG) was canceled this week due to high-level travel, Minister Wardak convened the Security Operations Group (SOG) today, Sept 21, at the Ministerial level in order to keep up the momentum on security-related projects, particularly the auxi [...] | 2006-09-21 14:00:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | PTER MARR PGOV PK AF |
06KABUL4965 | SECOND TRANSFER OF AFGHAN DETAINEES INTO THE [...] (S) Polmiloff delivered reftel message on October 8 to Jamil Bahramy, an official of the Afghan National Security Council. Bahramy was aware of the impending transfer, thanked polmiloff for the confirmation, and acknowledged GOA responsibilities under the August 2005 exchange of diplomatic no [...] | 2006-10-11 03:24:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | PTER KAWC PINR PREL AF |
06KABUL5082 | NOTIFICATION OF SIX AFGHAN DETAINEES CLEARED BY [...] (S) On October 6, Afghan PTS point-of-contact Khadigal Hamdard, Chief of Inquiry, Intelligence Directorate, Ministry of Interior, informed CSTC-A Director of Detainee Affairs Colonel William Hart that the GOA approves the transfer of the individuals listed in paragraph 2 to Afghanistan and the [...] | 2006-10-19 06:52:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | PINS PTER KAWC AF PHUM |
06KABUL5277 | SCENESETTER FOR NSA HADLEY VISIT TO AFGHANISTAN [...] (S) Your November 1-3 visit to Afghanistan will be greeted by a President and Afghan government with security and reconstruction very much on their minds. The country is facing some of its most serious challenges since the fall of the Taliban. Since his return from Washington, President Kar [...] | 2006-10-30 14:50:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF ECON IR |
06KABUL5387 | NSA HADLEY HEARS PRESIDENT KARZAI'S VIEWS ON THE [...] (S) President Karzai used his November 2 dinner with NSA Hadley to lay out his goals and plans for the cross-border jirgas agreed to at the September 27 trilateral dinner in Washington. Karzai confirmed that he hopes there will be two parallel events, each addressing the security issues in th [...] | 2006-11-07 04:14:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER PINR AF |
06KABUL5444 | RASSOUL REVIEWS AFGHAN SECURITY SITUATION WITH [...] (C) National Security Advisor Rassoul used his November 8 meeting with Assistant Secretary for South and Central Affairs Richard Boucher to review Afghanistan's evolving security situation, which he characterized as generally improving due to NATO operations in the South, but still affected b [...] | 2006-11-13 12:08:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER EAID MARR AF |
06KABUL5452 | PRESIDENT KARZAI WITH A/S BOUCHER ON SECURITY [...] (S) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher used his November 8 meeting with President Karzai to report on his discussions in Islamabad on the cross-border jirgas, and urged early direct discussions before differences on expectations and plans become s [...] | 2006-11-14 04:27:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF |
06KABUL5584 | MUSA QALA AGREEMENT: OPPOSING INTERESTS AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Two delegations of Helmand Province elders and residents affected by the Musa Qala Agreement, each reflecting opposing forces fighting for control of the district, offered PolCounselor and Lashkar Gah PRTOFF very different assessments of the impact of the Agreement. The first [...] | 2006-11-27 01:34:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MARR EAID AF |
06KABUL5679 | KARZAI RELAYS PRESSURE TO RELEASE BAGHLAN WARLORD [...] (SUMMARY): (S) President Karzai on 30 November initially urged the Ambassador, COMISAF, and UNAMA Special Representative (SRSG) to endorse the release of former Taliban commander Amir Gul, a prominent Baghlan warlord now in National Directorate of Security (NDS) custody. Karzai wants Gul rele [...] | 2006-12-04 12:11:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | PGOV PINR PREL PTER AF |
06KABUL5734 | KHOST SECURITY AGREEMENT NOT LIKE MUSA QALA: [...] (C) Summary: Governor Jamal underlined that the November 23 Khost Security Resolution was "totally different" from the Musa Qala agreement, and that there was nothing in the resolution that would limit the operation of ISAF/Coalition forces or Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF). He asked [...] | 2006-12-07 10:41:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | MARR MOPS NATO EAID PGOV AF |
06KABUL5777 | NOTIFICATION TO GOA OF TRANSFER OF 7 DETAINEES [...] (S/REL GOA) Polmiloff delivered reftel A message on December 10 to Wakil Shakir and Mohammad Zia Salehi, who are now handling detainee affairs at the Office of the National Security Council (ONSC) related to the Takhim e-Solh (Peace Through Strength) PTS reconciliation program. In a discussio [...] | 2006-12-11 04:22:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | PTER KAWC PINR PREL MARR AF |
06KABUL5823 | KARZAI AND SPANTA ON FM KASURI VISIT ON JIRGAS: NO [...] (S) President Karzai believes the Pakistanis are having trouble accepting the idea of large cross-border jirgas, due to their deep fear of the Pashtuns, and that we have to work to remove these fears. During his recent meeting with Pakistani FM Kasuri, Karzai did not accept the GOP proposal [...] | 2006-12-12 15:40:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF |
06KABUL5920 | BAGHLAN WARLORD AMIR GUL RELEASED [...] (S) Post learned on 12 December that Baghlan warlord Amir Gul, detained in National Directorate of Security (NDS) custody since his July 2006 capture by Afghan National Army (ANA) and coalition forces, has been released despite recommendations to the contrary made by the Ambassador, COMISAF, [...] | 2006-12-21 04:08:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | PGOV PINR PREL PTER AF |
06KABUL5952 | PRT/QALAT: SUICIDE BOMBING IN QALAT BAZAAR [...] (S/REL TO USA, ISAF, NATO) SUMMARY: On December 14, a suicide bomber detonated himself in the Qalat bazaar killing four locals, including a 12 year old child. Thirty others were wounded, but all were treated at the provincial hospital without outside assistance, a noteworthy accomplishment. [...] | 2006-12-26 09:14:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF |
06KABUL5958 | DETAINEE LEGAL FRAMEWORK: DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY [...] (SBU) Charge, A/Polmilcouns, and Polmiloff met on 26 December with Deputy National Security Adviser (DSNA) Engineer Ibrahim Speenzada to follow up on his agreement (reftel A) to convene GOA representatives to identify which Afghan laws could provide the legal basis for detention and prosecuti [...] | 2006-12-27 08:48:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | KAWC MARR MOPS PREL PGOV PHUM AF |
06KABUL8 | SOUTHERN GOVERNORS' CONFERENCE FOCUSES ON SECURITY [...] (C) Summary. On 28 Dec, the Governors and Police Chiefs of Kandahar, Zabul and Helmand provinces met with key Regional Command (RC) South commanders and staff. Security dominated the agenda. Many Taliban are migrating to Pakistan for the winter but RC South and the governors all want to ke [...] | 2006-01-02 10:50:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | PGOV PREL AF PK |
06KABUL855 | PRT FARAH - ASSESSMENT OF 10 FEBRUARY ATTACK [...] (C) Summary. PRT Farah was attacked by rockets and mortar rounds, followed by small arms fire, in the early morning of February 10. Although no injuries or damage occurred, the well-coordinated attack demonstrated the growing sophistication of anti-Coalition elements. This and similar even [...] | 2006-02-28 04:02:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | PGOV PREL PINR PTER AF |
06KATHMANDU1030 | AMBASSADOR URGING PARTIES TO DEVELOP GAMEPLAN, AND [...] (S) On April 23, the eighteenth day of the seven-party alliance general strike and demonstrations, the Ambassador contacted the Party leaders to urge them to develop a gameplan for transferring power, should the King publicly accede to their agenda. While the leaders were concerned about the [...] | 2006-04-23 11:47:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | SECRET | PGOV PTER PREL NP |
06KATHMANDU135 | CONTACTS RELATING TO KIDNAPPED SDU SHIFT LEADER [...] (S/NF) On January 12, at the recommendation of Post's EAC (ref A),Emboff contacted a political party member known to have contacts with the Maoists, Hridayesh Tripathi, and asked that he convey to the Maoists that the USG would not tolerate threats and/or attacks against its employees and woul [...] | 2006-01-13 10:08:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | SECRET | PTER ASEC PGOV CASC NP |
06KATHMANDU2364 | AMBASSADOR URGES HER MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT SUPPORT [...] (S) The Ambassador made the case for continued UK political engagement in Nepal in an August 29 meeting with the new British Ambassador. The Ambassador explained why he did not believe a Maoist victory was inevitable. UK Ambassador Hall expressed concern that nothing be done to impede the pe [...] | 2006-08-31 12:05:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER UK NP |
06KATHMANDU2488 | TERRORISM FINANCE: CANDIDATES FOR TRANCHE II OF [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-13 10:30:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | SECRET | EFIN KTFN PTER PREL ETTC NP |
06KATHMANDU2917 | POINTS DELIVERED ON UNSCR 1718 OBLIGATIONS ON DPRK [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-02 03:56:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | SECRET | PARM XX KN NP |
06KATHMANDU450 | MAOIST LEADER CALLS U.S. THE ENEMY [...] (C) The Maoists appear engaged in a big push to declare the U.S. the enemy and India the good guy. In his early February interview with the Hindu, Maoist Chairman Prachanda contrasted the roles of India and the U.S since the King's February 1, 2005 takeover. Although he urged India to abando [...] | 2006-02-15 09:13:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | SECRET | PTER PREL PGOV NP |
06KATHMANDU583 | CRITICAL AMMUNITION SHORTAGE [...] (S) Royal Nepal Army (RNA) Master General of Ordnance Major General Prakash Bahadur Basnyat told Emboff on February 28 that the RNA was running critically low on almost all types of ammunition. The RNA had 16,800 rounds of M-16 ammunition remaining in the depots for its 16,000 M-16s. In othe [...] | 2006-02-28 12:11:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | SECRET | PREL MOPS MASS PTER NP |
06KATHMANDU689 | PDAS CAMP VISIT: INDIAN, UK ENVOYS ON STATE OF [...] (S) Visiting SCA PDAS Camp and the Ambassador alerted the Indian and British ambassadors in a March 9 meeting that the Chief of Army Staff had acknowledged that the Royal Nepalese Army's stocks of ammunition were so low as to have reached a "crisis" point. Indian Ambassador Mukherjee maintain [...] | 2006-03-15 11:26:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | SECRET | PREL PGOV MARR NP |
06KATHMANDU971 | KING'S NEW YEARS' MESSAGE DISAPPOINTING [...] (C) The King's much anticipated New Year's speech on April 14 contained no concrete initiatives, but called on "all political parties to join in a dialogue, which we have always advocated, to bear the responsibility of and contribute towards activating the multiparty democratic polity." Par [...] | 2006-04-14 07:08:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | SECRET | PGOV PTER KDEM NP |
06KHARTOUM1117 | AMIS TRANSITION AND DARFUR PEACE AGREEMENT [...] (C) Summary: Initiating the transition from the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) to a UN peacekeeping operation and implementing the Darfur Peace Agreement require well targeted and bold steps taken in a timely manner. Advancing this agenda will require strengthening AMIS during the int [...] | 2006-05-11 15:56:00 | Embassy Khartoum | SECRET | PREL KPKO PGOV PREF EAID AU US UN SU |
06KHARTOUM1974 | DARFUR: REBEL SURFACE-AIR MISSILE CAPACITY [...] (U) This is an action request ) see para 5. 2. (S) Summary: The sophistication of military operations in Darfur appears to have been raised another notch this summer with the potential introduction of surface to air missiles. Shortly after returning from an investigation of recent fighting [...] | 2006-08-19 15:59:00 | Embassy Khartoum | SECRET | MCAP MOPS PREL PINS ASEC FR CH SU |
06KHARTOUM2100 | SITUATION IN DARFUR CONTINUES TO DETERIORATE; [...] (C) Summary: Without political intervention, the government offensive will continue, resulting in increased displacement and hardship for the people of Darfur and lack of progress in the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) over the near to mid-term. Numerous attacks by the National Redemption Front [...] | 2006-08-31 15:43:00 | Embassy Khartoum | SECRET | PREL KPKO PREF SOCI US UN AU SU |
06KHARTOUM2264 | DARFUR: REALIGNMENTS AND FRAGMENTATION OF DPA [...] (S) Summary: An effective and successful organizational conference for Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) non-signatories in the near-term appears unlikely. Fur commanders have splintered into three or four groups with a new breakaway faction splitting from Ahmed Abdul Shafi. Abdel Wahid appears [...] | 2006-09-17 16:59:00 | Embassy Khartoum | SECRET | PREL KPKO PGOV PINR AU US UN SU |
06KHARTOUM2381 | SLM/A EFFORTS TO WIN OVER G-19 COMMANDERS FALTER [...] (C) Summary: Minni Minawi continues to complain that Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) leaders and Suleiman Jamoush are actively engaged in an effort to prevent the breakup of the National Redemption Front (NRF) and G-19 commanders from rejoining the SLM/A. Meanwhile, Minawi,s military del [...] | 2006-09-27 15:41:00 | Embassy Khartoum | SECRET | PREL KPKO PGOV PINR AU US UN SU |
06KHARTOUM239 | A/S FRAZER MEETING WITH GOS NISS D/G GHOSH ON 25 [...] (S) SUMMARY: A/S Frazer met with NISS D/G Saleh Ghosh on January 25 following the AU Summit in Khartoum. This was A/S Frazer,s second meeting with Ghosh, the first was in late November 2005. Ghosh emphasized his and his government,s desire to make the Darfur issue go away, noting that activ [...] | 2006-01-31 12:14:00 | Embassy Khartoum | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINR US AU |
06KHARTOUM2616 | DPA NON-SIGNATORY COMMANDERS' CONFERENCE PLANNING [...] (SBU) Summary: The development of an organizational conference for Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) non-signatory commanders is moving forward slowly and fitfully. Development of a conference is hindered by numerous field commanders touting separate efforts with vague objectives and disjointed co [...] | 2006-11-05 14:12:00 | Embassy Khartoum | SECRET | PGOV PREL SU UN CD ER |
06KHARTOUM2631 | MINAWI ON THE EVE OF HIS DARFUR TRIP [...] (S) Summary: In a November 5 meeting with Sr. Security Advisor, SLM leader Minni Minawi approached his upcoming trip to Darfur practically, intent on taking his message directly to the people, but understanding he had little to offer at this stage. He expects the Government to throw some obs [...] | 2006-11-07 10:39:00 | Embassy Khartoum | SECRET | PGOV PREL SU UN CD ER |
06KHARTOUM2687 | CHAD MAY ACCEPT UN FORCES TO PREVENT WIDER WAR [...] (S) Summary: Blaming Sudan for the deteriorating security situation in his country, Chadian Embassy Security Chief Mohamad Tahir Tordjok (strictly protect) said the Chadian government would accept United Nations peacekeeping forces in Chad to secure its eastern border. Tordjok claimed that 30 [...] | 2006-11-16 12:01:00 | Embassy Khartoum | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PINR KPKO SU CD NG SO UN |
06KHARTOUM2894 | DARFUR: NGO PRESENCE UNDER THREAT - CORRECTED COPY [...] (U) This is an action request: see para 11. 2. (C) Summary: Humanitarian conditions have declined markedly in the past few months, with several recent events, particularly in the Gereida area, representing a new threshold in what appears to be a concerted effort to chase NGOs out of Darfur. [...] | 2006-12-22 13:34:00 | Embassy Khartoum | SECRET | EAID PGOV PREF PHUM PREL KCRM ICRC UN SU |
06KHARTOUM655 | DARFUR: CHARGE MEETS WITH MFA UNDERSECRETARY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Charge Cameron Hume and MFA Undersecretary Saddiq Mutriff discussed the AU mediation's new "Enhanced Humanitarian Ceasefire" proposal on March 14. Hume advised Mutriff to use the document to engage the other side in negotiations, and work constructively on the proposal. Mutriff b [...] | 2006-03-14 13:02:00 | Embassy Khartoum | SECRET | PGOV PREL KPKO SU AU |
06KHARTOUM713 | SPLA CHIEF OF STAFF SAYS GOSS OFFICIALS KNOW WHERE [...] (S) Summary: During a meeting between Consul General (CG) Juba and SPLA Chief of Staff Oyai Deng on March 18, Deng said that the Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) is in direct contact with Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) chief Joseph Kony. He said that GoSS Vice President Riek Machar is nego [...] | 2006-03-20 13:50:00 | Embassy Khartoum | SECRET | PREL PTER MARR MOPS PINS PGOV PINR SU UN |
06KIEV1136 | UKRAINE: YUSHCHENKO ON ELECTIONS, COALITIONS [...] (S) Summary: In a March 23 meeting with Ambassador, President Yushchenko expressed confidence that problems in staffing polling stations would be fixed in time for the March 26 elections, but said that he would not sign a Rada-passed bill allowing citizens to be added to the voter list on ele [...] | 2006-03-24 07:54:00 | Embassy Kyiv | SECRET | PGOV PINR KDEM PHUM RU |
06KIEV1185 | UKRAINE: POTENTIAL JOINT MANPADS EVENT: GOU [...] (S) PolOff and Army Attache provided ref A information on a potential joint MANPADS event March 28 to Oleksiy Melnyk, First Assistant to Defense Minister Hrytsenko. Melnyk noted the weeks of May 1 and May 8 could be problematic due to the number of holidays. (Note: May 1 and 2 are official [...] | 2006-03-28 12:17:00 | Embassy Kyiv | SECRET | MARR MOPS PREL PARM |
06KIEV1921 | MTAG/UKRAINE: UKRAINIAN EXPORT ACTIVITY TO IRAN [...] (S) Stressing the importance of this issue, Ambassador passed ref A talking points to Foreign Minister Borys Tarasyuk during his May 17 farewell call. Tarasyuk said he would pass the information to the relevant officials in his ministry and pay personal attention to the preparation of a respo [...] | 2006-05-18 13:01:00 | Embassy Kyiv | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC MTCRE MNUC IR UP |
06KIEV2452 | UKRAINE: PROGRESS ON SCUDS INVENTORY BY JULY NPWG [...] (S) We delivered reftel's talking points on the need for a SCUDS inventory and a proposed timeline for a USG assessment team visit June 22 to MFA Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation Counselor Serhiy Kucherenko. Kucherenko noted the topic had been raised in a recent meeting between [...] | 2006-06-22 12:36:00 | Embassy Kyiv | SECRET | ETTC PARM PREL MTCRE MNUC UP |
06KIEV2453 | UKRAINE: YEMENI ARMS BROKERS SEEKING [...] (S) We delivered reftel's talking points with information on Yemeni arms brokers efforts to obtain weapons and ammunition June 22 to MFA Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation Counselor Serhiy Kucherenko. Kucherenko said he would relay the information to other Ukrainian government of [...] | 2006-06-22 13:01:00 | Embassy Kyiv | SECRET | ETTC PARM PREL YM UP |
06KIEV2523 | UKRAINE: YEMENI ARMS BROKERS SEEKING [...] (U) This is an action request. Please advise how to respond to MFA inquiry in para 3. 2. (S) MFA Arms Control and Military-Technical Cooperation Counselor Serhiy Kucherenko requested clarification of the following point contained in our demarche of June 22 (taken from ref B) regarding arms [...] | 2006-06-29 09:49:00 | Embassy Kyiv | SECRET | ETTC PARM PREL YM UP |
06KIEV2589 | UKRAINE: BILATERAL NONPROLIFERATION WORKING GROUP [...] (S) We delivered USG response (ref A) July 5 to the Ukrainian government's (GOU) proposed agenda for the July 11-12 nonproliferation working group (NPWG) meetings to MFA Arms Control and Military-Technical Cooperation Counselor Serhiy Kucherenko. Kucherenko nodded understanding when we highli [...] | 2006-07-05 15:06:00 | Embassy Kyiv | SECRET | PARM PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA TSPA PINR UK PL UP |
06KIEV3021 | UKRAINE: FOLLOW UP ON MANPADS COUNTERMEASURES [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 6 2. (S) We met August 1 with Defense Minister First Assistant Oleksiy Melnyk regarding next steps on MANPADS countermeasures development, as agreed during our July 14 meeting with Melnyk and other Ukrainian officials (ref A). Melnyk said he had repo [...] | 2006-08-03 13:03:00 | Embassy Kyiv | SECRET | MARR MOPS PREL PARM NATO PINR US UP |
06KIEV3672 | UKRAINE/MTCR: VENEZUELA ARMS SALES POLICY BRIEFED, [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 5. 2. (S) On September 22, we relayed ref A points on changes in USG policy regarding arms sales to Venezuela and MTCR papers in other reftels to MFA Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation Department Counselors Igor Kyzym and Oles Belakoles [...] | 2006-09-22 13:54:00 | Embassy Kyiv | SECRET | PREL ETTC MTCRE PARM MNUC KSCA TSPA FR DA KN |
06KIEV380 | UKRAINE: PRIME MINISTER YEKHANUROV WARNS RUSSIANS [...] (S) Summary: Ukrainian Prime Minister Yuriy Yekhanurov told Ambassador on January 28 that Russia was threatening to cut off shipments of Turkmen gas to Ukraine as early as February 1 because of the GOU's delay in implementing the January 4 agreement between Russia's GazProm and Ukraine's Naft [...] | 2006-01-30 14:39:00 | Embassy Kyiv | SECRET | EPET ENRG PGOV PREL RS UP |
06KIEV604 | UKRAINE ON THE ROAD TO NATO: A STATUS REPORT [...] (C) Summary: Ukraine's 2004 Orange Revolution revitalized Ukraine's aspirations to join Euro-Atlantic institutions such as NATO and the EU, but significant challenges in transforming the institutions, conditions, and mentalities inherited from the Soviet Union at independence in 1991 remain. [...] | 2006-02-15 13:36:00 | Embassy Kyiv | SECRET | PREL NATO |
06KIEV743 | UKRAINE: MFA DEFENDS DEPORTATION OF UZBEKS, LABELS [...] (S) In a written response to our February 17 non-paper about Ukraine's refoulement of a group of Uzbek asylum seekers (refs A and B),MFA asserted that the Uzbeks had been deported in accordance with domestic and international law, dismissed the Uzbeks' asylum claims as "manifestly unfounded," [...] | 2006-02-23 17:05:00 | Embassy Kyiv | SECRET | PHUM PGOV PINR SOCI PREF PREL PTER UP UZ |
06KINGSTON1045 | DEMARCHE IN ADVANCE OF MAY 27 NAM MINISTERIAL [...] (S) On May 26, P/E Couns and Poloff delivered reftel points to Angella Brown, Deputy Director, Multilateral Affairs Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT). Given staffing gaps on the Ministry, this was the earliest the meeting could be scheduled. Brown read the poi [...] | 2006-05-26 20:22:00 | Embassy Kingston | SECRET | PREL AORC IAEA KNNP UNSC IR JM |
06KINGSTON1097 | DEMARCHE TO "RECONFIRM" SUPPORT FOR GUATEMALA'S [...] (S) Summary: The Ambassador met with Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller and six aides May 30 to ascertain GOJ voting intentions vis-a-vis Guatemala's bid for a non-permanent UNSC seat. The PM was unable to answer the question but said she would consult with Foreign Minister Anthony Hylton [...] | 2006-06-05 12:05:00 | Embassy Kingston | SECRET | PREL PGOV UNSC PINR JM |
06KINSHASA898 | ITURI UPDATE: TALKS STILL UNDERWAY FOR RELEASE OF [...] (C) According to MONUC and Congolese government officials, talks are still underway with militia leader Peter Karim and his Front for National Integration (FNI) regarding the release of seven Nepalese peacekeepers captured in Tsupu May 28 (ref C). MONUC officials confirm that a Crisis Managemen [...] | 2006-06-06 12:17:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | SECRET | PGOV KPKO CG |
06KIRKUK119 | OVERVIEW OF NORTHERN IRAQ FROM DEPARTING A/RC [...] (S) SUMMARY. The Kurds have long made clear they want the territories Saddam stripped from Kurdish control. Kirkuk province is main prize. We believe the Kurds would let Hawijah go in exchange for the other territories they seek. The Commission for the Resolution of Real Property Disputes [...] | 2006-06-20 14:41:00 | REO Kirkuk | SECRET | PGOV PINR PINS KDEM IZ |
06KIRKUK12 | (C) KRG UNIFICATION: TWO YEARS TO FORM NEW SECURITY SERVICE [...] (S) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION. Kurdistan Regional Government-Sulaymaniyah (KRG-S) PM Omar Fattah told RC and DRC January 26 he expected the two main Kurdish parties to name a PM and a Deputy PM for a unified KRG in the next few days so the Kurds could present a unified face in Baghdad. PUK De [...] | 2006-01-28 20:03:00 | REO Kirkuk | SECRET | PGOV EAID PINR PINS KDEM IZ IS BAGHDAD FOR POL |
06KIRKUK20 | (U) KIRKUK CHURCHES BOMBED [...] (S) According to Coalition military and local Iraqi security service information, on January 29 two vehicle-borne improvised explosive devices (VBIEDs) detonated near two churches in northern Kirkuk city. The first VBIED detonated at 1435 hours near the Mar-Afram church in the Quriyah neighbo [...] | 2006-01-31 06:37:00 | REO Kirkuk | SECRET | PTER PINS PHUM KIRF PGOV ASEC IZ |
06KIRKUK25 | (SBU) KRG DETAINEES [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Kurdistan Regional Government-Sulaymaniyah (KRG-S) Interior Ministry says it has information only on 15 of the 200 or so names on the U.S. list of individuals allegedly detained in Kirkuk and taken to the KRG. The Minister says 3 have been released and the remaining 12 had [...] | 2006-02-04 17:16:00 | REO Kirkuk | SECRET | PGOV PINS PHUM KDEM IZ |
06KIRKUK27 | (S) KURDISH IA UNIT SPLITS OVER DEPLOYING OUT OF KIRKUK [...] (S) The 101st tells REO that the MOD ordered the 4th BN, 2nd BDE, 4th Iraqi Army DIV to deploy from Kirkuk outside of Kirkuk province to Bayji. We understand this IA unit is composed of Kurds, but was not a former Peshmerga unit. After the order was given, about half (50%) of the unit deser [...] | 2006-02-05 06:40:00 | REO Kirkuk | SECRET | MOPS PGOV KDEM PINS IZ |
06KIRKUK30 | 02/07/06 EAC MEETING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On 02/07/06 acting Regional Coordinator (RC(A)) convened a meeting of post's Core Emergency Action Committee (EAC) at RSO's request. The following members were present: RC(A),PRT Leader (A),RSO, ARSO, MGTO. The purpose of this meeting was to assess the threat environment a [...] | 2006-02-07 19:53:00 | REO Kirkuk | SECRET | ASEC PTER IZ |
06KIRKUK44 | (S) SAMARRA BOMBINGS APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN PLANNED IN ADVANCE [...] (U) This is a SET Tikrit cable. 2. (S) Intelligence reporting about people and tribes in the Samarra area suggests plans to destroy the Golden Mosque were made as early as a year ago. HUMINT reporting in April 2005 points to plans by Samarra AQIZ members to destroy the mosque. Those AQIZ m [...] | 2006-02-24 10:21:00 | REO Kirkuk | SECRET | PINS PGOV PTER KISL PINR IZ |
06KIRKUK50 | (C) MEASURED RESPONSE IN DIYALA TO SAMARRA BOMBING; ISF [...] (U) This is a SET Ba'qubah cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The reaction in Diyala to the destruction of the al-Askariya shrine in Samarra has been restrained and generally focused on positive messages of shared determination to fight against takfirism, due in no small part to the responsible rhetori [...] | 2006-03-02 05:41:00 | REO Kirkuk | SECRET | PGOV PHUM KDEM MOPS KISL IZ IR |
06KIRKUK64 | (S) OPERATION SWARMER UPDATE 0600 BAGHDAD [...] (U) This is a SET Tikrit cable. 2. (S) SUMMARY. OPERATION SWARMER began on March 16, Northeast of Samarra, Iraq to kill or capture AIF, to disrupt AI operations, and to capture weapons caches. The Governor of Salah Ad Din Province gave a news conference, and will give a second on March 17 [...] | 2006-03-17 14:27:00 | REO Kirkuk | SECRET | MOPS PINS PGOV PTER IZ |
06KIRKUK70 | (C) KAMAL QADR KARIM: CONVICTED FOR CRIMINAL LIBEL, PARDON [...] (SBU) Media reports say a Kurdistan Regional Government-Erbil court convicted Austrian citizen and Kurdish political activist Kamal Qadr Karim on March 26 of criminal defamation and sentenced him to 18 months in jail. As reported reftels, on December 19 a court had sentenced him to 30 years [...] | 2006-03-27 18:43:00 | REO Kirkuk | SECRET | PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR IZ |
06KIRKUK80 | MORE PROTESTS AHEAD IN NORTHERN IRAQ [...] (S) SUMMARY. A freelance press interpreter says some who participated in the violent Halabjah protests could now be inclined to become KRG insurgents because the PUK is giving them few other options. Our contact said he had heard reports that some protestors had fled to the mountains or Ira [...] | 2006-04-07 14:07:00 | REO Kirkuk | SECRET | PINS PGOV KDEM KCOR KISL PINR IZ IR |
06KUALALUMPUR1096 | PREPARING FOR THE MARITIME BORDER NEEDS ASSESSMENT [...] (S) Embassy Kuala Lumpur strongly endorses the DS/ATA and S/CT maritime border control technical needs assessment in Indonesia, the Philippines, and Malaysia and looks forward to working with the Department in arranging this visit. 2. (S) Post agrees with Embassies Jakarta and Manila with r [...] | 2006-06-15 02:02:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | SECRET | PTER ASEC PREL ID RP MY |
06KUALALUMPUR1259 | SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF CNO ADMIRAL MULLEN [...] (S) SUMMARY: Malaysian-American relations are good and improving; we are currently conducting negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement with Malaysia. This moderate, Muslim-majority state is our tenth-largest trading partner worldwide. Our robust and growing military-military cooperation is r [...] | 2006-07-07 08:49:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | SECRET | PREL PGOV MARR ECON PTER MY |
06KUALALUMPUR1525 | MALAYSIAN VIEW OF GRP/MILF PEACE PROCESS [...] (S) Summary: Malaysian lead facilitator for the Philippine Government(GRP)/Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) peace process Othman Abdul Razak told the Ambassador August 9 that he anticipated that the parties would sign an interim agreement late this year, with conclusion of a "comprehensi [...] | 2006-08-14 07:21:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | SECRET | PREL PINS PTER EAID RP MY |
06KUALALUMPUR1764 | "NO TEARS FOR THAKSIN" -- INITIAL MALAYSIAN [...] (S) Summary: Malaysian officials and politicians reacted with ambivalence on September 20 to news of Thailand's military coup, shedding no tears for the widely disliked Thaksin, but expressing disapproval at the use of force to change their neighbor's government. Malaysians, beginning with P [...] | 2006-09-20 10:23:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINS MOPS TH MY |
06KUALALUMPUR1812 | MALAYSIA SEES "DEADLOCK" IN GRP/MILF PEACE PROCESS [...] (S) Malaysia's Othman Abdul Razak, facilitator for the Philippines Government (GRP)/Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) peace process, told Polcouns September 26 that the talks had "deadlocked." The previous round in early September had gone nowhere because GRP negotiators had failed to dem [...] | 2006-09-27 09:45:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | SECRET | PREL PINS PTER MOPS EAID RP MY |
06KUALALUMPUR1834 | SCENESETTER FOR ADMIRAL ANWAR'S VISIT TO WASHINGTON [...] (C) Admiral Mohd Anwar Mohd Nor, Chief of Malaysian Defense Forces, will visit the U.S. from September 30 - October 12. Admiral Anwar's visit provides us with an excellent opportunity to strengthen our efforts for mil-mil cooperation, influence Malaysia's military equipment acquisitions and [...] | 2006-09-30 00:55:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | SECRET | PREL PGOV MARR ECON PTER MY |
06KUALALUMPUR1884 | MALAYSIA "DEPLORES" NORTH KOREA NUCLEAR TEST, [...] (S) Malaysian Foreign Minister Hamid reacted initially to the October 9 North Korean nuclear test announcement by calling for North Korea to halt its tests and return to the Six-Party Talks. Kuala Lumpur toughened its rhetoric somewhat on October 10 with the release of a Foreign Ministry sta [...] | 2006-10-10 09:29:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | SECRET | PREL PARM KNNP KN MY |
06KUALALUMPUR2041 | SCENE SETTER FOR THE VISIT OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY [...] (C) Malaysian-American relations rest on an impressive range of economic exchanges and have improved significantly in other areas as well over the three years of Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi's tenure. This moderate Muslim-majority state is our tenth-largest trading partner worldwide. Althou [...] | 2006-11-01 08:38:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | SECRET | MARR MASS MCAP MOPS OVIP PREL PTER MY |
06KUALALUMPUR2056 | DEMARCHES ON UNSCR 1718 OBLIGATIONS AND MARITIME [...] (C) We delivered refs A and B demarches, concerning obligations under UNSCR 1718 on DPRK conventional arms and maritime services for DPRK ships, to Bala Chandran Tharman, Principal Assistant Secretary, Multilateral Political Division, on November 3. Bala Chandran indicated that Malaysia takes [...] | 2006-11-03 07:15:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | SECRET | PREL PARM ETTC MNUC KN MY |
06KUALALUMPUR2089 | SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF PACOM COMMANDER [...] (C) Admiral Fallon, we welcome your visit to Malaysia for the Ninth Chiefs of Defense Conference, November 13-15. Malaysian-American relations rest on a range of common interests and have improved in the three years since Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi's took the helm. This moderate Muslim-m [...] | 2006-11-08 08:21:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | SECRET | MARR MASS MCAP MOPS OVIP PREL PTER MY |
06KUALALUMPUR2108 | MALAYSIA ADOPTS NEW ANTI-TERROR LAWS [...] (C) Strong anti-terrorism provisions in Malaysia's Penal Code and Criminal Procedures Code will take effect January 1, 2007, following the early October finalization of amendments to these laws. Counterterrorism finance-related amendments to the Anti-Money Laundering Act, the Subordinate Cour [...] | 2006-11-14 09:05:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | SECRET | PTER PREL PINR KHLS ASEC MY |
06KUALALUMPUR2198 | NSD CHIEF DETAILS SECURITY DUTIES, THAI VISIT, [...] (C) The head of Malaysia's National Security Division (NSD),Ahmad Fuad, discussed NSD's broad duties, including its disaster management role, and inquired about U.S. technical assistance during a November 29 meeting with the DCM. Fuad said that Thai General Sonthi had used his visit to Kual [...] | 2006-11-30 09:10:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER MOPS EAID SENV RP TH MY |
06KUALALUMPUR2235 | DAS JOHN FINDS MALAYSIAN BROKER OPTIMISTIC ON MILF [...] (S) Visiting EAP DAS Eric John on December 6 found Malaysian facilitator Othman Abdul Razak "more optimistic" following the latest informal talks between the Philippines Government (GRP)/Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF). In meetings held in Kuala Lumpur the week of November 27, GRP clari [...] | 2006-12-08 10:40:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | SECRET | PREL PINS PTER MOPS EAID KISL RP MY |
06KUALALUMPUR2287 | DAS JOHN EXPLORES STRONGER TIES WITH MALAYSIA, [...] (C) DAS John encouraged stronger ties with Malaysia during his December 6 meetings with Foreign Ministry officials Ambassador Ghazzali Khalid and the new Americas division chief Ramlan Ibrahim, with both sides concluding that good relations between President Bush and Prime Minister Abdullah p [...] | 2006-12-15 00:19:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINS ECON KISL ASEAN MY |
06KUALALUMPUR832 | SCENESETTER FOR PACFLEET COMMANDER ADMIRAL ROUGHEAD [...] (S) SUMMARY: Malaysian-American relations are good and improving; on March 8 we notified Congress of our intention to conclude a Free Trade Agreement with Malaysia. This moderate, Muslim-majority state is our tenth-largest trading partner worldwide, and we have robust military-military coope [...] | 2006-05-08 09:06:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | SECRET | PREL MARR MASS PTER ECON MY |
06KUWAIT1010 | ON IRAQ AND IRAN, KUWAITI MINISTERS TELL ZELIKOW [...] (S) Summary: Counselor Philip Zelikow met separately March 19 with Minister of Foreign Affairs Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Salem Al-Sabah and Minister of Interior and Defense Shaykh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah to advance a strategic dialogue with Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries begun by Se [...] | 2006-03-22 07:40:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PREL PARM PTER EFIN IR IZ KU |
06KUWAIT1011 | ON IRAQ AND IRAN, KUWAITI MINISTERS TELL ZELIKOW [...] (S) Summary: Counselor Philip Zelikow met separately March 19 with Minister of Foreign Affairs Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Salem Al-Sabah and Minister of Interior and Defense Shaykh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah to advance a strategic dialogue with Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries begun by Se [...] | 2006-03-22 07:40:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PREL PARM PTER EFIN IR IZ KU |
06KUWAIT1138 | MFA OFFICIAL CITES INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE IN RIHS [...] (S) During a March 20 meeting, and in subsequent conversations, Econoff followed-up with Khaled Al-Maqamis, the MFA's Director of Follow-up and Coordination (MFA TF lead) to elicit GOK feedback on the USG non-papers about the Revival of the Islamic Heritage Society (RIHS) and potential TF-des [...] | 2006-04-02 12:43:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | ECON EFIN PGOV PREL KTFN KU |
06KUWAIT1675 | REGIONAL CT STRATEGY FOR IRAQ AND ITS NEIGHBORS: [...] (S REL AUS UK) Summary: Chiefs of Mission from Kuwait, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and Syria conferred via video conference on April 26 to follow up on Regional Strategy Initiative (RSI) proposals first formulated at a March 7-8 counterterrorism (CT) strategy session in Kuwait (Ref A) to counter foreign [...] | 2006-05-11 03:36:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PTER PREL PGOV IZ KU SY JO TU SA |
06KUWAIT363 | CONSEQUENCE MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE FOR KUWAIT [...] (U) This cable contains an action request, at para 3. 2. (S) In a January 21, 2006 meeting with General Abizaid, Kuwait's Army Chief of Staff General Fahad Al-Amir asked that USG provide Kuwait a wide range of training and technical capabilities to deal with emerging nuclear issues posed b [...] | 2006-02-01 10:49:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PREL MARR ETTC MCAP ENRG SENV KU IR |
06KUWAIT407 | KUWAIT: 2005/2006 REPORT TO CONGRESS ON ALLIED [...] (U) Note on classification: Kuwait's extensive support for U.S. and Coalition troops in the country is sensitive both domestically and in the region. While all of the figures in the unclassified and the sensitive but unclassified sections of this report are from unclassified SIPDIS source [...] | 2006-02-06 14:13:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PREL MCAP MOPS KU |
06KUWAIT4345 | AMBASSADOR VOICES U.S. DISAPPOINTMENT AT KUWAIT [...] (S) Taking advantage of opportunities to speak separately to the Kuwaiti Prime Minister, Defense Minister, and Foreign Minister on the margins of other events on 1 November, I expressed U.S. disappointment on the cancellation by Kuwait of its agreement to observe the recent PSI Leading Edge ex [...] | 2006-11-04 12:30:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PARM PREL KNNP MNUC IR KUWAIT RELATIONS |
06KUWAIT4405 | ENGAGEMENT OF REGIONAL STATES FOR IRAQ: WHAT CAN [...] (S/NF) This cable responds to reftel request for ideas on Iraq-Kuwait engagement. Kuwait's relationship with Iraq continues to be colored by their difficult shared history. While Kuwaitis are elated to see Saddam condemned by an Iraqi court, and recognize the danger of a failed state on thei [...] | 2006-11-07 14:22:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PREL IZ XF MOPS MAPP |
06KUWAIT4681 | GUANTANAMO RETURNEES MAY SOON BE RELEASED [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. (S/NF) Post has learned that Omar Rajab Amin and Abdullah Kamel Al-Kandari, Kuwaiti nationals returned from detention at Guantanamo Naval Base in September 2006, may be released by the judge presiding over their investigation when their cur [...] | 2006-12-20 06:37:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PTER PREL PGOV PHUM KU TERRORISM |
06KUWAIT4703 | AMBASSADOR RAISES HOLD ON DESIGNEES WITH FM [...] (S/NF) In a 12/24 meeting with Kuwaiti FM Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Salem Al-Sabah, Ambassador requested again that the GOK instruct Qatar to lift the UN hold on the U.N. designation of three Kuwaitis for involvement in terrorism: Hamad Al-Ali, Jaber Al-Jalamah, and Mubarak Al-Bathali (reftel). [...] | 2006-12-24 14:46:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | ECON PGOV PTER PREL KU |
06KUWAIT560 | SHI'A MP DISILLUSIONED BY RAMPANT GOVERNMENT [...] (S) Summary and Comment: Saleh Khorshid, a moderate Shi'a member of Parliament, told Poloff in a February 15 meeting that he was pessimistic about the prospects for political and economic reform in Kuwait given what he characterized as wide-spread, institutionalized government corruption. He [...] | 2006-02-15 15:56:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PGOV EINV PINR KU |
06KUWAIT616 | CONSEQUENCE MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE FOR KUWAIT [...] (U) Action request at para 4. 2. (S) Ambassador convened a meeting on February 21 among OMC-K, ECON, POL and RSO to consider further follow-up on GOK request (reftel) for USG assistance in dealing with nuclear issues posed by Iran. Our understanding is that the GOK request could run the [...] | 2006-02-21 15:45:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PREL MARR ETTC MCAP ENRG SENV KU IR |
06KUWAIT913 | REGIONAL CT STRATEGY FOR IRAQ AND ITS NEIGHBORS: [...] (S REL AUS UK) Summary: U.S. Chiefs of Mission and Embassy representatives from Kuwait, Iraq, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Syria, and Turkey met in Kuwait, March 7-8, as a first step to develop a regional counterterrorism strategy. Ambassador for Counterterrorism Henry Crumpton and U.S. interagency repres [...] | 2006-03-18 04:36:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PTER PREL IZ KU SY JO TU SA |
06KUWAIT999 | DESIGNATION OF AL-MANAR TELEVISION, THE LEBANESE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-21 13:18:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PTER ASEC ETTC KU |
06KYIV4062 | UKRAINE: GUAM STATEMENT CRITICIZES RUSSIAN ACTIONS [...] (U) The Organization for Democracy and Economic Development - GUAM issued a statement dated October 16 on Russia-Georgia tension on the margins of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) Council of Foreign Ministers in Minsk. The press reported that Ukrainian delegation head First Deputy [...] | 2006-10-20 16:25:00 | Embassy Kyiv | SECRET | PREL KDEM YI RS AZ GG MD UP |
06KYIV4251 | UKRAINE: YANUKOVYCH LAYS MARKERS FOR COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary. During a long Sunday afternoon lunch with Ambassador November 12, Prime Minister Yanukovych said that while President Yushchenko held up general, vague concepts like the guarantee of Ukrainian independence as the benchmark for cooperation with the Yanukovych government, the Prime [...] | 2006-11-13 15:21:00 | Embassy Kyiv | SECRET | PGOV PREL UP |
06KYIV4432 | UKRAINE: ADDITIONAL MANPADS AND SCUDS INVENTORY: [...] (S) Summary: Deputy Defense Minister Volodymyr Tereshchenko told us November 22 that Ukraine would be willing to provide an additional 1,713 MANPADS, a mix of SA-7s and SA-14s, for destruction in the NATO PfP Trust Fund project. An official notification of this offer was under preparation and [...] | 2006-12-01 16:33:00 | Embassy Kyiv | SECRET | MARR MOPS PREL PARM NATO PINR US UP |
06KYIV4469 | UKRAINE/NIAG 6167: PAKISTAN HEAVY WATER PURCHASE [...] (S) We relayed inquiries regarding Ukrainian State Enterprise Ecoantilid's potential sale of heavy water to the Karachi Nuclear Power Plant in Pakistan (ref A) and Ukrainian Yuzhnoye company's potential cooperation with Chinese 11 Institute on development of the RD-120 liquid rocket engine (re [...] | 2006-12-05 16:12:00 | Embassy Kyiv | SECRET | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KNNP MTCRE CH PK UP |
06LAGOS1218 | DAMACHI: OBASANJO FAVORS ODILI, TURNS UP THE HEAT [...] (C) On September 7 Professor Ukande Damachi, long-time advisor to Former Military President Ibrahim Babangida (IBB) and an established Mission contact, told the Consul General that President Obasanjo was intent on garroting Babangida,s presidential ambitions but Babangida was adamant about ru [...] | 2006-09-25 11:19:00 | Consulate Lagos | SECRET | PREL PGOV NI |
06LAGOS1248 | PRESIDENT'S LAWYER:PRESIDENT IS "COMPARATIVELY [...] (C) Summary: Wale Babalakin, private legal counsel to President Obasanjo and head of one of Nigeria's largest law firms, told Consul General that the President's trust in an inept corps of advisors has led to much of the current negative press reports, including the embarrassment over Trans [...] | 2006-10-03 16:53:00 | Consulate Lagos | SECRET | PREL PGOV NI |
06LAGOS1429 | GOVERNOR ODILI ON THE OUTS AND IBB TOO [...] (C) Summary: During a recent conversation with the Consul General, longtime contact Professor Damachi stated Rivers Governor Odili has been squeezed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to give up his presidential candidacy and control of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) [...] | 2006-12-15 22:08:00 | Consulate Lagos | SECRET | PREL PGOV KDEM NI |
06LAGOS225 | TELECOM AND HOSTAGE CRISIS [...] (S/NF) Vmobile Chief Regulatory Officer told us the Bayelsa State Director State Security Services (SSS) approached the company during the hostage crisis to request data on kidnappers who were apparently using Vmobile networks to communicate. In a series of four to five meetings with the SSS, [...] | 2006-02-15 15:14:00 | Consulate Lagos | SECRET | ECPS ECON EINV EIND PGOV PREL NI |
06LAGOS226 | NDDC OFFICIAL SAYS IJAW MILITANTS LIKELY TO STRIKE [...] (S/NF) During a February 11 conversation with the Consul General, Timi Alaibe, Executive Director for Finance and Administration of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC),expressed fear that Ijaw militants would soon honor their threats to cause more disruption in the Delta. Alaibe a [...] | 2006-02-16 08:58:00 | Consulate Lagos | SECRET | PREL PGOV NI |
06LAGOS251 | NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP #3 [...] (C) MEND released a statement claiming the hostages are in good health. Willbros has contacted all next-of-kin. Delta State governor James Ibori has been appointed Chair of a committee to resolve the hostage crisis. Due to security concerns, Shell has not been able to fully assess damage to [...] | 2006-02-19 14:57:00 | Consulate Lagos | SECRET | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI |
06LAGOS263 | NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP #5 [...] (C) A reliable contact reported to Shell hostage Macon Hawkins was "presenting difficulties," and we infer this to mean that he was beginning to show signs of diabetic complications. Willbros is attempting to contact Hawkins' doctor to obtain a more complete assessment of his medical history [...] | 2006-02-21 18:20:00 | Consulate Lagos | SECRET | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI |
06LAGOS274 | NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP #6 [...] (C) Sources including Ijaw traditional leader Chief Edwin Clark tell us medicines sent to the hostages through the State Security Service (SSS) and Delta State have been delivered to the kidnappers. However, we have no confirmation the medication has been passed to the hostages. Willbros inf [...] | 2006-02-22 18:52:00 | Consulate Lagos | SECRET | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI |
06LAGOS279 | NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP #7 [...] (C) Sources in Warri told PolCouns that AmCit hostage Macon Hawkins refuses to eat or drink and is exhibiting signs of depression. According to those contacts the other hostages are comfortable and the medicine sent for the hostages has been received. Media sources claim they will have a ph [...] | 2006-02-23 19:08:00 | Consulate Lagos | SECRET | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI |
06LAGOS287 | NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP #8 [...] (C) Constituting the first proof of life since the crisis began, MEND released several undated photographs of the hostages last night. Individual photographs of each of the hostages as well as two group photographs, one showing seven and one showing four of the nine hostages, backed by masked [...] | 2006-02-24 17:29:00 | Consulate Lagos | SECRET | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI |
06LAGOS288 | NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP #9 [...] (C) The hostage-takers allowed a journalist to see AmCit hostage Macon Hawkins at an undisclosed location away from the other eight hostages. Hawkins told the journalist the hostages were doing well and eating; Hawkins' statements suggest he has resumed eating and drinking. He confirmed he [...] | 2006-02-25 16:34:00 | Consulate Lagos | SECRET | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI |
06LAGOS346 | NIGERIA: HOSTAGE-TAKING, SITREP # 19 [...] (SBU) Despite repeated attempts, Willbros management told us they have not been able to reach Governor Ibori over the last two days, although the Governor did send them a text message indicating the hostages were fine. -------------------- Hostage Negotiations -------------------- 2. (C [...] | 2006-03-08 18:29:00 | Consulate Lagos | SECRET | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI |
06LAGOS54 | OIL WORKER HOSTAGE UPDATE SITREP #5 [...] (C) Post confirmed additional attacks against Shell and AGIP perpetrated since January 11. A military intelligence source confirmed an attack against Shell's Ogbotobo flow station on January 16 with an unconfirmed number of casualties. Agip also reported other attacks on January 11, one ag [...] | 2006-01-17 15:47:00 | Consulate Lagos | SECRET | EPET PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS PINR ETRD CASC NI |
06LAGOS743 | THE NIGER DELTA: CURRENT STATE OF PLAY [...] SUMMARY (C) (Note: This cable was drafted prior to the latest hostage-taking which occurred off the coast of Bayelsa State during the early morning hours of June 2. A more detailed report of that incident will be provided Septel. At this juncture, most of the evidence suggests this hostage [...] | 2006-06-02 13:20:00 | Consulate Lagos | SECRET | PGOV EPET PINS PTER NI |
06LAHORE590 | TEST LAHORE CLASS NET CABLE RECEIPT - [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-28 11:06:00 | Consulate Lahore | SECRET | ACOA |
06LAPAZ3258 | THE MEDIA LUNA DECEMBER 1 CIVIC STRIKE [...] (U) On December 1 the departments of Santa Cruz, Beni, and Tarija began a one day civic strike in response to frustration with recent GOB moves on a variety of fronts. The strike is also being partially observed in Pando, Cochabamba, and parts of Chuquisaca. The strike is due to end at 6 p.m. [...] | 2006-12-01 20:26:00 | Embassy La Paz | SECRET | ECON PGOV PREL BL |
06LAPAZ615 | FIRESTORM OVER EMBASSY CUTTING SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) Summary: In response to our ending support for a specialized Bolivian military counter-terrorism (CT) unit, President Evo Morales publicly blasted the U.S. for interfering in Bolivia's internal affairs. The decision to sever ties with the outfit was taken after the GOB appointed as comman [...] | 2006-03-07 21:40:00 | Embassy La Paz | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER PINS PARM BL |
06LAPAZ886 | EVO AND HIS ADVISORY CIRCLE (PART 1 OF 3) [...] (C) Summary: President Morales is an astute domestic political operator but lacks confidence in his economic and international relations abilities. As a result, Morales has surrounded himself with three compartmented groups of advisers. The first are domestic political operators who implement [...] | 2006-03-30 16:47:00 | Embassy La Paz | SECRET | ECON PGOV PREL BL PINR |
06LAPAZ906 | THE ROLE EVO'S "INTELLECTUALS" PLAY (PART 2 OF 3) [...] (C) Summary: President Evo Morales' circle of Bolivian intellectual advisers occupies half of the President's Cabinet, including the top three positions: the Vice President, the Minister of the Presidency, and the Minister of Sustainable Development and Planning. While the intellectuals have m [...] | 2006-03-31 13:26:00 | Embassy La Paz | SECRET | ECON PGOV PREL BL PINR |
06LAPAZ908 | EVO'S POLITICAL ADVISERS (PART 3 OF 3) [...] (C) Summary: President Evo Morales keeps several close advisers who facilitate and carry out his personal agenda but have limited influence on the President's decisionmaking. They are split between those who work behind the scenes to facilitate Morales' vision and those who are charged with in [...] | 2006-03-31 14:07:00 | Embassy La Paz | SECRET | ECON PGOV PREL BL PINR |
06LIMA1079 | BUSINESS SECTOR'S ANALYST FORESEES HUMALA VICTORY [...] (S) A management consultant hired by a small group of Peruvian businessmen to study electoral trends has conducted 54 focus groups nationwide with C-E (lower-middle class to poverty stricken) sector participants. His analysis of the focus groups and polling by the Apoyo consultancy points to a [...] | 2006-03-20 21:17:00 | Embassy Lima | SECRET | PGOV PINR PE |
06LIMA1126 | OLLANTA HUMALA MEETS WITH EU AMBASSADORS [...] (S) SUMMARY: On March 20, British Ambassador Richard Ralph provided his US and Canadian colleagues with a readout of the EU Ambassadors' meeting with Ollanta Humala five days earlier. Amb. Ralph said that Humala was accompanied by his wife Nadine, who said nothing, and by a leading business [...] | 2006-03-22 20:40:00 | Embassy Lima | SECRET | PGOV PINR PREL EU PE |
06LIMA1233 | VIEWS FROM THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL: UNIDAD NACIONAL [...] (C) In recent conversations with Poloffs, Unidad Nacional alliance congressional candidates and advisors described a disorganized campaign struggling to come up with a formula to reverse presidential candidate Lourdes Flores' steady fall in the polls. Going into the last three weeks of the [...] | 2006-03-29 20:47:00 | Embassy Lima | SECRET | PGOV PINR PE |
06LIMA1452 | APRA CONFIDENT OF MAKING SECOND-ROUND RUN-OFF, SEEKS EMBASSY'S ASSISTANCE IN CEMENTING DEMOCRATIC COALITION AGAINST HUMALA [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-12 22:48:00 | Embassy Lima | SECRET | PGOV PINR PE |
06LIMA1473 | PERUVIAN PRIVATE SECTOR GEARS UP FOUR-WEEK [...] (S) A marketing consultant hired by top Peruvian business sector leaders to design and implement a four-week public information campaign to promote the Peru Trade Promotion Agreement (PTPA) provided a briefing to the Ambassador and Emboffs on 4/6. The consultant explained that the campaign [...] | 2006-04-17 22:12:00 | Embassy Lima | SECRET | PROG PREL ETRD PE |
06LIMA4570 | PERU: PRESIDENT GARCIA'S EMOTIONAL AND PHYSICAL [...] (S) This message is in response to reftel request for information on the emotional and physical health of President Alan Garcia. Our responses are slugged to the questions in reftel paragraphs. We do not always have first-hand information on the questions asked, a fact reflected in some of our answ [...] | 2006-12-04 22:44:00 | Embassy Lima | SECRET | PINR PGOV PE |
06LIMA622 | NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE DIRECTOR'S BRIEFING ON [...] (S) SUMMARY. National Intelligence Directorate Chief Julio Raygada sees SL as collaborating with the narcotics trade, but does not consider the Senderistas to be simply "narco-terrorists;" he asserts that the group remains ideologically focused in its activities. Raygada points out that in recent f [...] | 2006-02-14 18:09:00 | Embassy Lima | SECRET | PTER PGOV PE |
06LIMA850 | (S) IRANIAN DIPLOMATIC PRESENCE IN PERU [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-03 20:10:00 | Embassy Lima | SECRET | PINR PREL IR PE CO |
06LISBON1014 | PORTUGUESE VIEWS ON EAST TIMOR AND DEPLOYMENT PLANS [...] (C) Portuguese interlocutors from the Defense Ministry, Foreign Ministry, and Republican National Guard (GNR) have confirmed Portugal's plans to help East Timor stabilize, although not under the auspices of the Australia-led Joint Task Force. Both the Portuguese Defense Minister's Advisor and [...] | 2006-06-02 19:09:00 | Embassy Lisbon | SECRET | PREL MOPS TT PO |
06LISBON1921 | AMBASSADOR - FOREIGN MINISTER TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (S/NF) Ambassador Hoffman's meeting with Foreign Minister Amado on September 8 covered the waterfront of issues. The Minister said that he would push hard with the Prime Minister to allow Lajes to be used as a transit point in repatriating Guantanamo detainees (ref a). During recent closed testimon [...] | 2006-09-08 16:57:00 | Embassy Lisbon | SECRET | MOPS PREL PTER PO US VE |
06LISBON2366 | SCENESETTER FOR FM AMADO'S OCT 24 MEETING WITH [...] (S/NF) Foreign Minister Luis Amado's visit with you is part of Portugal's effort to raise its profile in the international arena, particularly in the run-up to its EU Presidency which it will assume in the latter half of 2007. Although Prime Minister Socrates focused primarily on domestic issues du [...] | 2006-10-20 17:13:00 | Embassy Lisbon | SECRET | MOPS PGOV PREL PO |
06LJUBLJANA329 | SUCCESSFUL U.S.-SLOVENIA POL-MIL TALKS HELD MAY [...] (S) The first joint State-DOD pol-mil talks with Slovenia took place at the Slovenian MFA May 12. Highlights included: -- SLOVENE CONTRIBUTIONS TO GWOT (paras 3-5): The Slovenes said they are increasingly willing to share the collective burden and that they intend to maintain their particip [...] | 2006-05-25 06:18:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | SECRET | MARR NATO PGOV PREL SI |
06LJUBLJANA45 | S23B-04: DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO SLOVENIA ON IRANIAN [...] (S) PolMiloff delivered reftel demarche on January 23 to MFA Security Policy Department staffer Bostjan Jerman. Jerman did not have any immediate comment other than to note that socialist Yugoslavia never had a biological weapons program. Jerman promised to investigate any cases of Iranian ci [...] | 2006-01-23 07:29:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC SI |
06LJUBLJANA553 | SLOVENIA: MOD TO GET LESS MONEY THAN PLANNED FOR [...] (U) This is an action request, please see Action Request in paragraph 7. 2. (U) SUMMARY. The GoS's most recent budget plans for 2007 and 2008 include a defense budget of 1.65% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for 2007 and 1.81% of GDP for 2008, instead of the nearly 2% of GDP that was planne [...] | 2006-08-24 14:42:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | SECRET | NATO PGOV PINR SI |
06LJUBLJANA57 | SHIELD S59-05: SLOVENIA DEMARCHED ON IRANIAN [...] (S) On January 26, PolMiloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA Security Policy staffer Bostjan Jerman. Jerman noted that Slovenia had not had any dual-use transactions with the UAE in recent years but promised to update his database with the information provided. 2. (S) Jerman also raised a [...] | 2006-01-26 06:33:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC SI |
06LJUBLJANA758 | ITF AND DONOR COMMUNITY RESPONSE TO ALLEGATIONS OF [...] (S) On November 22, COM attended the International Trust Fund (ITF) Advisory Board of Donors meeting in Ljubljana. Before the meeting COM delivered the points from reftel A to Slovenian ITF Director Goran Gacnik sharing, in a side conversation, USG concerns about allegations of corruption and [...] | 2006-11-28 11:44:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | SECRET | MASS MOPS PGOV PREL SI |
06LONDON4338 | UK OPEN TO FINANCIAL MEASURES AGAINST IRAN [...] (S) Undersecretary of Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Stuart Levey met with UK officials on June 7 to discuss possible financial measures that could be used to increase pressure on Iran. In meetings at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Her Majesty's Treasury, and the Bank of En [...] | 2006-06-16 10:23:00 | Embassy London | SECRET | ETTC EFIN PTER PREL UK IR |
06LONDON5500 | TERRORISM FINANCE: IIRO PRENOTIFICATION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-27 09:15:00 | Embassy London | SECRET | ETTC EFIN PTER LVPR CVIS KTFN UK |
06LUXEMBOURG662 | LUXEMBOURG INFORMED ABOUT SPECIALTY STEELS SOUGHT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-29 10:44:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | SECRET | ETTC MNUC MTCRE PARM PREL |
06MADRID1722 | SPAIN/IRAQ: TRANSIT OF FOREIGN FIGHTERS TO IRAQ [...] (S) Summary. Beginning in early 2005, Spanish authorities discovered the existence of a significant Spain-based network to recruit, indoctrinate, and send Islamist radicals to Iraq to fight against coalition forces. Press reports indicate that as many as 80 individuals have been recruited in o [...] | 2006-07-06 10:34:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET | PTER PREL IZ SP |
06MADRID1914 | COURT FREES "SPANISH TALIBAN" [...] (C) Summary. The Spanish Supreme Court announced July 24 that it had annulled the six-year prison sentence handed down in September by Spain's National Court against accused terrorist Hamed Abderrahaman Ahmed, known in the media as the "Spanish Taliban." Abderrahaman, a Spanish national capture [...] | 2006-07-28 11:05:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET | PTER PGOV PREL SP |
06MADRID2322 | SPAIN: PRESS ON WESTERN SAHARA BUT KEEP MINURSO FOR [...] (S) Spanish MFA DG for Middle East/Africa Alvaro Iranzo welcomed enthusiastically new US engagement on Western Sahara and efforts to break the stalemate by pressing Morocco for a credible autonomy plan and talks with the Polisario, along with urging Algerian support and flexibility (reftel). [...] | 2006-09-15 15:00:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET | PREL PGOV MO WI AG FR SP |
06MADRID2380 | DISRUPTING EXTERNAL FINANCING TO THE TALIBAN - [...] (S/NF) Although an info addressee, per reftel invitation Embassy offers the following comments. The initiative on disrupting external financing to the Taliban could help induce the GOS to reenergize the fight against Taliban financing, among other reasons because Spain has some 600 soldiers deploye [...] | 2006-09-22 12:12:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET | PTER KTFN EFIN KPAO ASEC SP |
06MADRID2813 | SPAIN ON UNSCR 1718 CONVENTIONAL ARMS OBLIGATIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-03 09:57:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET | PARM SP |
06MADRID2908 | DEMARCHE ON IRAN AIR'S ATTEMPT TO ACQUIRE 30 [...] (S//NF) Ambassador raised reftel demarche during a November 17 meeting with Spanish FM Moratinos. (Note: Other meeting topics are covered septel. End Note.) Moratinos stated he was completely unaware of any such deal, but noted that Iberia was a private commercial enterprise with no government inte [...] | 2006-11-17 17:13:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET | EAIR ETRD ETTC PARM PREL IT VE KTFN SP |
06MADRID2938 | DEMARCHE ON IRAN AIR'S ATTEMPT TO ACQUIRE 30 [...] (S/NF) As promised in Reftel A, FM Moratinos called the Ambassador back to say that he had looked into the potential Iberia-Iran Air deal and that it would not happen. The Ambassador referred to the possible use of shell companies and the Foreign Minister reiterated that the deal would not happen b [...] | 2006-11-22 13:51:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET | EAIR ETRD ETTC PARM PREL IT VE KTFN SP |
06MADRID3006 | SPAIN: PRESERVING THE DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED [...] (S) The DCM met with Spanish MFA Director General for Foreign Policy Rafael Dezcallar to discuss the ongoing effort of Syria and Hizballah to destabilize the legitimately elected Lebanese government of Prime Minister Fouad Siniora. The DCM reviewed reftel demarche with Dezcallar and emphasiz [...] | 2006-12-07 09:28:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER KDEM MOPS LE SP |
06MADRID801 | SPAIN: SEVEN ARRESTED SUSPECTED OF ACQUIRING ARMS, [...] (S) Spanish National Police units arrested seven suspected arms traffickers in Madrid and Alicante in raids on March 29. The suspects are from various countries including Spain, Syria, Argentina, Egypt, Estonia and Germany. They are suspected of working to acquire arms and explosives for Isl [...] | 2006-04-03 15:42:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET | PTER PGOV SP |
06MANAGUA1209 | UPBEAT PRESIDENT BOLANOS HOPES SUCCESSOR BUILDS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Bolanos recently confided to Ambassador his desire for his successor, ideally Liberal dissident Eduardo Montealegre, to build on his legacy. He justified his firing of a number of government employees for corruption, downplaying the fact that they had recently abandone [...] | 2006-06-05 22:54:00 | Embassy Managua | SECRET | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM MARR MOPS NU |
06MANAGUA1383 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF STATE DEPARTMENT [...] (S) Summary/Introduction: Your visit to Nicaragua allows you to reiterate U.S. opposition to the Sandinista (FSLN)-Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC) pact and assure the Nicaraguan people that we share their desire for free, fair, credible, and inclusive elections. Your presence will also co [...] | 2006-06-23 17:16:00 | Embassy Managua | SECRET | PGOV PREL PINR PHUM MARR MOPS KDEM ECON EFIN |
06MANAGUA1539 | NICARAGUA AXES PLAN TO APPOINT AMBASSADOR TO [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-12 22:11:00 | Embassy Managua | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PINR KPAL IS NU |
06MANAGUA1960 | TAKE TWO ON NICARAGUA ELECTIONS -- SCENARIOS, [...] (S) SUMMARY: In January, post shared its assessment of Nicaragua's possible election scenarios, the risks entailed, and possible outcomes (Reftel). Since then, a fifth presidential candidate entered the race, and Herty Lewites passed away, replaced by Edmundo Jarquin. While approximately 7 [...] | 2006-09-06 22:32:00 | Embassy Managua | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU |
06MANAGUA1972 | WHILE PLC MODERATES SEEK LIBERAL UNITY, HARDLINERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: While some Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC) Assembly moderates continue to seek a PLC alliance with Eduardo Montealegre's Liberal Nicaraguan Alliance (ALN),PLC hardliners have ratcheted up their party's smear campaign against Montealegre to the point that an alliance is likely [...] | 2006-09-07 19:15:00 | Embassy Managua | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU |
06MANAGUA1977 | MONTEALEGRE: BEST SCENARIO IS RIZO/ALVARADO [...] (S) SUMMARY: In his recent meeting with presidential candidate Eduardo Montealegre, the Ambassador touched on the crucial elements required to consolidate the campaign: convey a clear, concise, and consistent message; ensure financial and moral support to his campaigners throughout the countr [...] | 2006-09-08 17:37:00 | Embassy Managua | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU |
06MANAGUA2044 | NICARAGUA: ENSURING DEMOCRATIC CONTINUITY IN THE [...] (S) INTRODUCTION: Our election priorities in Nicaragua have not changed since our February 24 update (Ref. D): support clean, fair, credible, and inclusive national elections; keep Nicaragua on the democratic path; and, end the Ortega-Aleman pact's control of the political system. Our four-p [...] | 2006-09-18 19:45:00 | Embassy Managua | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU |
06MANAGUA2116 | NICARAGUA ELECTIONS UPDATE: WHERE WE ARE NOW [...] (C) Summary: Sandinista Front (FSLN) candidate Daniel Ortega remains stagnant in the polls, though within striking distance of victory (using fraudulent means),while the Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN) under Eduardo Montealegre and the Sandinista Renovation Movement's (MRS) Edmundo Jarquin [...] | 2006-09-26 18:49:00 | Embassy Managua | SECRET | PGOV PREL EAID KDEM SOCI NU |
06MANAGUA2160 | "EDUARDO WILL BE THE NEXT PRESIDENT, UNLESS FSLN [...] (C) Over lunch at the Presidency on 28 September, Eduardo Montealegre's campaign adviser Mario Elgarresta asserted to President Bolanos' chief of staff Nayo Somarriba, DCM, and polcouns that Ncaaguan Liberal Alliance (ALN) candidate Montealegre will be Nicaragua's next president -- unless San [...] | 2006-09-29 22:44:00 | Embassy Managua | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU |
06MANAGUA2377 | NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS: THE SCENE ON THE GROUND TEN [...] (C) SUMMARY/INTRODUCTION: With ten days remaining before Nicaragua's November 5 elections, three presidential candidates are scrambling to convince voters that they are best suited to beat Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) candidate Daniel Ortega. Ortega remains the frontrunner in [...] | 2006-10-25 22:46:00 | Embassy Managua | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU |
06MANAGUA2518 | THE TORTOISE AND THE HARES -- WHY ORTEGA WON THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) candidate Daniel Ortega won Nicaragua's presidential election after surpassing the low 35% threshold required to win on the first round and with 4 percentage points below what he received in the 2001 race. While the lion's share of the [...] | 2006-11-14 23:02:00 | Embassy Managua | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU |
06MANAGUA432 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF STATE DEPARTMENT [...] (S) Summary: Your visit to Nicaragua allows you to reiterate U.S. opposition to the PLC-FSLN pact and assure the Nicaraguan people we share their desire for free, fair, credible, and inclusive elections. Your engagement will also facilitate progress on CAFTA-DR implementation and MANPADS des [...] | 2006-02-24 22:54:00 | Embassy Managua | SECRET | KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL ECON ETRD MARR |
06MANAGUA474 | (C-NE6-00140) CURRENTLY NO IRANIAN DIPLOMATIC [...] (S) According to the Nicaraguan Foreign Ministry, although Nicaragua and Iran do enjoy diplomatic relations, the Government of Iran currently has no diplomatic presence in Nicaragua, neither an embassy or consulate, nor any bilateral or international agency representations. The Iranian Embassy [...] | 2006-03-03 15:52:00 | Embassy Managua | SECRET | PINR PREL NU |
06MANAGUA674 | MONTEALEGRE: REAL TEST BEGINS AFTER PLC SELECTS [...] (C) Summary: Eduardo Montealegre is reassured by the latest IRI/Borge poll suggesting that he is the candidate most able to beat Sandinista (FSLN) leader Daniel Ortega in the November elections. Montealegre believes the next poll, to be conducted following the Liberal Constitutional Party's [...] | 2006-03-24 21:17:00 | Embassy Managua | SECRET | KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL ECON EFIN |
06MANAGUA755 | NICARAGUA WILL CONSIDER RESETTLEMENT OF GUANTANAMO [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-05 20:37:00 | Embassy Managua | SECRET | MOPS PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PREF PINR NU |
06MANAGUA841 | VENEZUELA NOW USING FERTILIZER TO GROW SUPPORT FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: In only the latest example of Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV) efforts to bolster the Sandinista Front Party (FSLN) in Nicaragua's 2006 national elections, 11,260 metric tons of urea have been sent for distribution by a Sandinista Cooperative to the rural poor as part of an [...] | 2006-04-17 21:26:00 | Embassy Managua | SECRET | ECON ENRG EFIN PGOV NU PREL SOCI VE CU EPET |
06MANAGUA882 | NICARAGUA STILL CONSIDERING RESETTLEMENT OF [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-21 23:34:00 | Embassy Managua | SECRET | MOPS PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PREF PINR NU |
06MANAGUA943 | FOREIGN MINISTER CALDERA ASSURES DAS MADISON HE [...] (S) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Norman Caldera recently told DAS Madison, USAID's DAA Magan, and Ambassador that he will continue hammering Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez and Sandinista (FSLN) leader Daniel Ortega on their false accusations of U.S. intervention in Nicaragua's internal affairs [...] | 2006-05-02 14:45:00 | Embassy Managua | SECRET | EAID ECON EFIN KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL MOPS |