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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05BASRAH147 |
DEMONSTRATING FOR THE VOTE - SOUTH OIL COMPANY WORKERS VOICE [...] (C) In a December 12 meeting with the Basrah Regional Embassy Office, Basrah Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq (IECI) Manager Hazim Joda said that approximately 100 South Oil Company (SOC) workers held a demonstration at the Basrah Governorate because no arrangements have been made to [...] |
2005-12-13 08:58:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EPET KDEM IZ |
| 05BASRAH148 |
IRAN PURSUING ACTIVE PUBLIC DIPLOMACY PROGRAM IN BASRAH, [...] (C) Summary. Iran is pursuing an aggressive public diplomacy campaign in Basrah and Maysan Provinces that includes programs similar to the State Department's public diplomacy (PD) programs: visitor programs, book fairs, book reprinting services, libraries and media training programs. In Nove [...] |
2005-12-15 10:09:00 | REO Basrah | SECRET | PREL PROP KPAO IZ |
| 05BASRAH149 |
DESPITE MINOR HICCUPS, SUCCESSFUL ELECTION IN THE SOUTH [...] Summary: December 15 elections in Basrah and the other three southern provinces generally ran smoothly and without many signs of significant fraud or security incidents. Basrah Regional Embassy Office (REO) Iraqi Provincial Action Officers (IPAOs) visited three polling centers in the morning [...] |
2005-12-15 17:19:00 | REO Basrah | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM IZ |
| 05BASRAH150 |
ENCOURAGING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND STABILITY IN DHI QAR ON [...] (U) SUMMARY: On December 12, Ambassador Khalilzad announced to the Dhi Qar Governor and Provincial Council (PC) the approval of $7.0 million in assistance for critical reconstruction projects in the water and electric power sectors and the building of several new roads. The projects will he [...] |
2005-12-17 11:04:00 | REO Basrah | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM EAID PGOV PINS ECON IZ |
| 05BASRAH152 |
INFORMAL ELECTION-DAY POLL RESULTS IN THE SOUTH [...] (C) Summary. During the December 15 election REO Basrah partnered with Al-Manarah newspaper, Radio Shinasheel and the AFAQ Media NGO to conduct informal polling of Iraqi voters in the south. These three organizations conducted election-day polling in all four (4) southern provinces, using the [...] |
2005-12-19 13:29:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM IZ |
| 05BASRAH153 |
TOUR D'HORIZON WITH BASRAH GOVERNOR MOHAMMAD [...] (C) Summary: In a December 20 meeting with REO Basrah's new regional coordinator, Basrah Governor Mohammad Mossibh Al Wahili touted the possibility of a national unity government in Baghdad. After being pressed on the question of the Fadhila party's loyalty to the United Iraqi Alliance (555) [...] |
2005-12-21 12:39:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM IZ |
| 05BASRAH154 |
PROJECT MONEY JUMP-STARTS PRDCS IN MAYSAN AND DHI QAR [...] Summary: The Provincial Reconstruction and Development Committees (PRDC) in Maysan and Dhi Qar provinces met on December 19 and 20. Demonstrations over fuel price increases in both provinces threatened to disrupt the meetings, but Provincial Council members prevailed in making the meeting ta [...] |
2005-12-22 11:01:00 | REO Basrah | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON EAID IZ UN |
| 05BASRAH155 |
REO BASRAH SUPPORT FOR PRIVATE MEDIA IN THE RUN-UP TO THE [...] Summary. REO Basrah programmed $145,000 in public diplomacy grant funds to media organizations for coverage of key election issues in the run-up to the December 15 national election. Al-Samawah, Al-Manarah, Shatt Al-Arab, Al-Haqeeqa and Basrah Politics newspapers and Radio Shinasheel each rec [...] |
2005-12-24 16:08:00 | REO Basrah | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO KDEM PGOV IZ |
| 05BASRAH156 |
HOW THE 731 COALITION LOST THE SOUTH [...] (C) Summary: On December 26, the Basrah Regional Coordinator met with Gali Najm Muter, the Iraqi National Accord (731) representative in Basrah. Gali attributed the poor showing of 731 in Basrah and the other southern provinces in the December 15 election to intimidation campaigns run by th [...] |
2005-12-27 10:21:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PTER IZ |
| 05BASRAH157 |
HOW THE 731 COALITION LOST THE SOUTH [...] (C) Summary: On December 26, the Basrah Regional Coordinator met with Gali Najm Muter, the Iraqi National Accord (731) representative in Basrah. Gali attributed the poor showing of 731 in Basrah and the other southern provinces in the December 15 election to intimidation campaigns run by th [...] |
2005-12-27 11:44:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PTER IZ |
| 05BASRAH158 |
IT'S THE IRANIANS' FAULT - SOUTHERN SUNNIS' DISCONTENT WITH [...] (C) Summary: On December 27, the Basrah Deputy Regional Coordinator met with Haji Khalaf El Eisah, the head of the Iraqi Islamic Party (List 618) in Basrah and his deputy, Dr. Jamal. Both Haji Khalaf and Dr. Jamal stated they were upset with the way the parliamentary elections had been conduc [...] |
2005-12-28 10:12:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PTER IZ |
| 06BASRAH1 |
SUNNI COMPLAINTS SYMPTOMATIC OF "SORE LOSER SYNDROME" [...] (C) Summary: On December 28, the Basrah Regional Coordinator (RC) met with Hazim Joda, the manager of the Basrah Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq, and discussed allegations of fraud during the December 15 election. Hazim assured the RC that there had been no widespread fraud during [...] |
2006-01-02 08:25:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM IZ |
| 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 |
| 06BASRAH100 |
BASRAH LEADERS DECLARE A "STATE OF PEACE" FOR THE WORLD CUP [...] Summary. On June 8, the Regional Embassy Office (REO) organized an event at the Basrah Business Center (BBC) for the political, religious and tribal leaders of Basrah to publicly sign a declaration of peace for the period of the 2006 World Cup in Germany, June 9 - July 9. The event also [...] |
2006-06-09 06:39:00 | REO Basrah | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PGOV IZ |
| 06BASRAH101 |
SUNNI CLERIC PESSIMISTIC ON BASRAH SECURITY SITUATION [...] Summary: On June 12, the Regional Coordinator (RC) and Deputy Regional Coordinator (DRC) met with Sheikh Khalid al Mullah, a moderate Sunni Imam. During the meeting, Sheikh Khalid said that the security situation remains dismal and Sunnis in Basrah are continuing to flee because of intimidat [...] |
2006-06-13 10:16:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
| 06BASRAH102 |
BASRAH GOVERNOR RENEWS EFFORTS TO REMOVE POLICE CHIEF, [...] (C) Summary: Basrah Governor Mohammed al-Wa'eli again renewed his efforts to replace Chief of Police (CoP) Hassan Sewady al-Saad by calling for a vote of no confidence on June 11. He said that the emergency security plan was not successful in halting violence in Basrah because the CoP was no [...] |
2006-06-14 05:54:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER SOCI IZ |
| 06BASRAH103 |
UPDATE ON BASRAH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT [...] (U) Summary: The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Governments of the UK and Iraq was extended for a second time to June 30, 2006. The second extension occurred because certification of the air traffic controllers (ATCs) is still pending, a shortage of fire trucks, issues with the [...] |
2006-06-17 16:43:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EAIR EAID IZ |
| 06BASRAH104 |
MAJOR GENERAL LATIF MOTIVATED TO TACKLE BASRAH SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: In a June 14 meeting with the Regional Coordinator (RC) and Deputy Regional Coordinator (DRC), Major General Abdul Latif of the 10th Division of the Iraqi Army expressed support for Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's recent visit to Basrah and his efforts to enhance security in Bas [...] |
2006-06-18 06:40:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PREL PTER IZ |
| 06BASRAH105 |
SUNNI LEADER BEMOANS CONTINUED VIOLENCE IN BASRAH [...] (C) Summary: On June 19, the Regional Coordinator (RC) met with Haji Khalaf Mohammad Abid al-Mawla, the head of the Iraq Islamic Party (IIP) in Basrah. He said that the situation for Sunnis in Basrah continues to deteriorate and cited the recent killings of two high profile Sunnis. He added [...] |
2006-06-20 04:55:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SOCI SMIG KISL IZ |
| 06BASRAH107 |
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES IN BASRAH [...] (U) Summary: Water supply and sanitation are the main environmental issues for both the Basrah Provincial Council and the Office of the Director General at the Ministry of Environment. Because of problems of purity, many residents purchase their water from reverse osmosis stations for drinki [...] |
2006-06-20 09:07:00 | REO Basrah | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SENV ECON EPET 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 |
| 06BASRAH110 |
PROVINCIAL ELECTION IN BASRAH LIKELY TO BE WAR BETWEEN THE [...] (C) Summary: In meetings on June 15 and June 19, Hazim Joda, the branch manager for the Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq (IECI), and Osama Khalil, the Basrah IECI media manager, gave Basrah Regional Embassy Office (REO) Poloff an overview of issues in the pre-provincial election seaso [...] |
2006-06-21 06:49:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PINS KDEM KISL IZ |
| 06BASRAH111 |
BASRAH MANDAEAN LEADER EXPRESSES SERIOUS CONCERNS [...] (C) On June 29, the Regional Coordinator (RC) met with the spiritual leader of the Basrah Mandaean community, Shaykh Raad Gbashi at his request. Shaykh Raad is a contact of the Regional Embassy Office (see Ref A) and has met previously with the RC. At this meeting, Shaykh Raad said that his c [...] |
2006-06-30 07:53:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF PREL PNAT KDEM SMIG IZ JO SY |
| 06BASRAH112 |
TWO DIFFERENT VIEWS OF SECURITY IN BASRAH [...] (C) On July 3, the Regional Coordinator (RC) met with Hassan al-Rashid, leader of Badr Organization in Basrah and a member of the Basrah Provincial Council (BPC). Al-Rashid discussed the migration of Sunni families from the Zubair and Al Khassib areas because of threats and intimidation and t [...] |
2006-07-04 06:11:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
| 06BASRAH113 |
SUNNI TRIBAL LEADER CONCERNED ABOUT CONTINUED VIOLENCE [...] (C) On July 2, the Regional Coordinator (RC) met with Sheikh Adnan Majeed al-Ghanim, the head of the al-Ghanim tribe. The RC opened the meeting by expressing his wishes for the rapid recovery of the sheikh's son, who was wounded in an assassination attempt on June 12 in Basrah. The RC also i [...] |
2006-07-04 07:54:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF IZ |
| 06BASRAH114 |
SECURITY SITUATION IN MAYSAN [...] Summary: On June 28 the Regional Coordinator (RC) and Poloff met with the Commander of the 4th Brigade of the Iraqi Army (IA), Commander of the Department of Border Enforcement (DBE) and Chief of Police in Maysan province. All three men grumbled about the lack of heavy weaponry their forces [...] |
2006-07-05 06:51:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MCAP PREL IZ |
| 06BASRAH115 |
FADILLAH LEADERS VISIT BASRAH [...] (U) Summary: On July 6, a delegation of Fadillah members from Baghdad visited the Regional Embassy Office (REO) and met with the Regional Coordinator (RC). The discussion centered on the broad topics of security in Basrah, particularly on militias and their infiltration of the Iraqi Police S [...] |
2006-07-09 13:11:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PNAT PREL PTER KDEM KISL IZ |
| 06BASRAH117 |
BASRAH CHIEF OF POLICE CLAIMS HE IS STILL IN CHARGE [...] (C) On July 12, Basrah Chief of Police (CoP) Hassan Sewady al-Saad met with Poloffs and affirmed that he remains CoP despite a no-confidence vote against him by the Basrah Provincial Council (BPC) on July 7. This is the second time in the past month that the BPC has voted to remove him (see [...] |
2006-07-13 11:29:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IZ |
| 06BASRAH118 |
SOUTH OIL COMPANY INCREASES OUTPUT [...] (C) Summary: The Director General of the South Oil Company (SOC), Jabbar al-Ueibi, met with the Deputy Regional Coordinator (DRC) on July 13 and reported that SOC's crude oil production has risen from 1.7 million barrels per day (bpd) at the end of 2005 to slightly more than 2 million bpd at [...] |
2006-07-16 06:41:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD ENRG EINV PGOV IZ |
| 06BASRAH119 |
THE DISMAL STATE OF HEALTHCARE IN BASRAH [...] (U) Summary: The hospitals and clinics in Basrah suffer from a shortage of the most basic supplies and equipment. There are a total of 17 hospitals and numerous clinics in Basrah province. Most of the citizens of Basrah go to the public hospitals and clinics to receive free healthcare, the [...] |
2006-07-19 15:34:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI IZ |
| 06BASRAH12 |
BASRAH GOVERNOR CONTINUES TO MAKE NOISE WHILE BRITISH [...] (S/NF) Summary: Deputy Regional Coordinator (DRC) met with the British Consul General (CG) on January 27 to discuss the current political situation in Basrah (see reftel.) The British CG provided a read out on his attempts yesterday to engage tribal leaders and an assessment of the Gover [...] |
2006-01-28 06:35:00 | REO Basrah | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER IZ |
| 06BASRAH120 |
EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE- REO BASRAH 07/17/2006 [...] (SBU) The Deputy Regional Coordinator (DRC) chaired a session of the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on July 17 to discuss the security situation in Basrah and possible implications from the current violence in Lebanon. Attending the meeting were representatives from the agencies at the Reg [...] |
2006-07-20 08:31:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PTER IZ |
| 06BASRAH121 |
DETERIORATING SECURITY IMPACTING REO BASRAH [...] (C) Summary: Following the arrest of a high ranking Jaysh al Mahdi (JAM) member on July 16 by the British military, the REO Basrah Palace compound has come under significant increased indirect fire (IDF) attacks, severely impacting REO operations. There is insufficient space in hard buildings [...] |
2006-07-21 16:41:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC AMGT PTER IZ |
| 06BASRAH122 |
GROWING NUMBERS OF BASRAH YOUTHS TURN TO DRUGS [...] No summary [...] |
2006-07-22 11:31:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PBTS PINS SOCI SNAR IZ |
| 06BASRAH123 |
EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE- REO BASRAH 07/23/06 [...] (C) The Deputy Regional Coordinator (DRC) chaired a session of the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on July 23 to discuss the continued threat of sustained indirect fire (IDF) attacks and the lack of adequate hardened protection for all of the 419 personnel on the Regional Embassy Office (REO) [...] |
2006-07-24 10:12:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC AMGT PTER IZ |
| 06BASRAH124 |
UPDATE ON REO BASRAH PARTIAL REDEPLOYMENT [...] (C) In the past 24 hours, the Regional Embassy Office (REO) has redeployed 115 personnel to other locations in Iraq. In the next 24 hours, another 22 personnel will be redeployed completing the bulk of REO Basrah's redeployment. The redeployment was accomplished utilizing existing transporta [...] |
2006-07-27 06:35:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | AMGT ASEC IZ |
| 06BASRAH125 |
BASRAH NOTABLES SIGN DECLARATION OF SUPPORT FOR RULE OF LAW [...] (C) Summary. An influential moderate cleric, Sayed Abdul Ali al-Musawi, met with Deputy Regional Coordinator (DRC) July 24 and reported that 32 political and militia leaders and military and police commanders have issued a declaration calling for support of rule of law in Basrah. Al Musawi, [...] |
2006-07-27 13:40:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER IZ |
| 06BASRAH126 |
EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE - REO BASRAH 07/27/06 [...] (C) The Deputy Regional Coordinator (DRC) chaired a session of the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on July 27 to discuss plans to manage the continued threat of sustained indirect fire (IDF) attacks with the reduced number of personnel on the Regional Embassy Compound. Attending the meeting [...] |
2006-07-28 11:50:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC AMGT 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 |
| 06BASRAH129 |
POLITICS AND POLLUTION -- UPDATE ON THE IRAQI PORT [...] (C) Summary. On August 2, the assistant to the director general of the Iraqi Port Authority (IPA), Captain Hussein Mohammed Abdullah, met with the Deputy Regional Coordinator (DRC) to discuss issues regarding the Iraqi Port Authority. Hussein described the permeation of politics in the IPA an [...] |
2006-08-03 10:29:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD IZ ZP |
| 06BASRAH13 |
BASRAH GOVERNOR ORGANIZES DEMONSTRATION AGAINST THE BRITISH [...] (S/NF) Summary: Basrah Governor Mohammed has increased his rhetoric against the British for their arrest operations, attempting to incite anti-British sentiment and exhorting the local population to stage a large demonstration at the British Consulate. However, the Governor's anger at the Br [...] |
2006-01-30 11:22:00 | REO Basrah | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER IZ |
| 06BASRAH131 |
STATE OF PLAY IN MAYSAN PROVINCE [...] (C) Summary: On August 15, the Regional Coordinator (RC) and poloff met with Abu Muslim al-Saadi, a close REO contact from Maysan province. Abu Muslim expressed his concern with democracy building in Iraq and suggested that coalition forces work closely with and support moderate religious cl [...] |
2006-08-17 06:59:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM IZ |
| 06BASRAH132 |
BASRAH'S NEW SECURITY CHIEF - FIRST IMPRESSION [...] (C) Summary. On August 16, Major General Ali Hammadi al-Musawi, the newly appointed chairman of the Basrah Security Committee, met with the Regional Coordinator (RC) and requested military equipment that he claimed was vital for him to stabilize Basrah. He said the key for him to succeed in [...] |
2006-08-17 14:26:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR IZ |
| 06BASRAH134 |
NEW BASRAH INA CHIEF'S VIEW ON SECURITY [...] (C) On August 21, the Regional Coordinator (RC) and poloff paid a visit to the newly appointed head of the Iraqi National Accord (INA) in Basrah and member of the Basrah Provincial Council (BPC), Sayed Khalaf Shamhood. The discussion centered primarily on the security situation in Basrah and [...] |
2006-08-22 04:53:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
| 06BASRAH135 |
BASRAH GOVERNOR ON NEW "ILLEGAL" SECURITY COMMITTEE AND [...] (C) Summary. Basrah Governor Mohammed al-Wa'eli told the Regional Coordinator (RC) on August 21 that the Basrah security committee recently created by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and headed by Major General Ali Hammadi al-Musawi (ref A) is illegal and that he planned to visit the PM later [...] |
2006-08-23 06:10:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR IR IZ |
| 06BASRAH136 |
THE GATHERING TO SAVE BASRAH -- A NEW POLITICAL ENTITY [...] (C) Summary: On August 22, the Regional Coordinator (RC), Deputy RC and poloffs hosted three members of the newly established Gathering to Save Basrah (GSB) group. The GSB was established by a group of influential politicians, clerics, tribal leaders, and educators in Basrah who believe that [...] |
2006-08-24 04:34:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ |
| 06BASRAH137 |
IRAQI GENERAL HOLDS DIM VIEW OF BASRAH'S NEW SECURITY CHIEF [...] (C) Summary. Major General Abdul Latif, commander of the Iraqi Army's 10th division responsible for the four southern provinces, told the Regional Coordinator (RC) on August 22 that he has low expectations that the chairman of the newly formed Basrah security committee, Major General Ali Hamm [...] |
2006-08-24 06:31:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IR IZ |
| 06BASRAH138 |
SHAHID AL-MEHRAB EXPLAINS VIEWS, ACTIVITIES [...] (C) Summary. On August 23, the head of the Basrah branch of the Shahid al-Mehrab Islamic organization, Sheikh Diya al-Timimi, hosted the Regional Coordinator and poloff and briefed them about the educational and charitable activities of the group. The sheikh said that Shahid al-Mehrab has 5, [...] |
2006-08-24 16:30:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IR IZ |
| 06BASRAH139 |
BASRAH SUNNI IMAM ATTENDS CONFERENCE IN TEHRAN [...] (C) The Regional Coordinator (RC) met with Sheik Khalid al-Mullah, a close REO contact and prominent Basrah Sunni imam, at the latter's request on August 24. Sheik Khalid recently returned from four days in Tehran attending the 19th International Islamic Unity Conference that focused on the r [...] |
2006-08-27 14:01:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KISL IR IZ |
| 06BASRAH14 |
BASRAH GOVERNOR OPENS DIALOGUE WITH THE U.S. REGIONAL [...] (S/NF) Summary: The Deputy Regional Coordinator (DRC) met with Basrah Governor Mohammed on January 30, to discuss the current political situation in Basrah (see refs) and to search for a way to move ahead. The Governor stated that the Provincial Council (PC) had voted to boycott the Brit [...] |
2006-01-31 10:19:00 | REO Basrah | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PTER PREL IZ |
| 06BASRAH140 |
SUNNIS RETURNING TO BASRAH? [...] (C) Summary: The Regional Coordinator (RC) and poloff held separate meetings with three prominent Sunni leaders - Sheik Khalid al-Mullah, Sheik Yusif al-Hamdani and Sheik Adnan al-Ghanim - to determine if there has been any improvement in the security environment for Sunnis in Basrah All th [...] |
2006-08-28 09:32:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF IZ |
| 06BASRAH141 |
BASRAH'S ELECTRICITY SUPPLY DECLINES BY ONE-THIRD [...] (C) Summary. The head of the Electric Committee of the Basrah Provincial Council, Ghazy Smari Jaafar told poloff on August 24 that the electricity supply has fallen from three hours on, three hours off to two hours on, four hours off in recent weeks. He pointed to soaring August temperatures [...] |
2006-08-30 05:46:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON ENRG EINV IZ |
| 06BASRAH142 |
PRINCE OF THE MARSHES ON MAYSAN'S NOBLE COUNCIL AND SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: On August 31, the Regional Coordinator (RC), Deputy RC and poloff met with Abu Hatem and discussed Maysan's Noble Council and the current security situation. Abu Hatem said he established the Maysan Noble Council (MNC) in April to ensure that all segments of the community were r [...] |
2006-09-01 15:09:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM IZ |
| 06BASRAH143 |
BASRAH'S ACTING CHIEF OF POLICE URGES TRAINING TO REFORM THE [...] (U) Summary. On September 4, the Regional Coordinator (RC), Deputy RC and poloff met with Brigadier General Mohammed Hammadi al-Musawi, Basrah's acting Chief of Police and the brother of the chairman of the Basrah Security Committee. Although Hammadi made it clear that he believes he is quit [...] |
2006-09-05 16:14:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR IZ |
| 06BASRAH144 |
THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS - A CONVERSATION WITH SCIRI IN [...] (C) On September 7, the Regional Coordinator (RC) and Deputy RC met with Sayed Furat al-Sharaa, head of Basrah's SCIRI office, and his senior political officer, Ali al-Kanaan, at their Basrah office. The rambling hour-long discussion was devoid of much substance and looped back and forth betw [...] |
2006-09-08 10:55:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM 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 |
| 06BASRAH146 |
MURDER INVESTIGATION OF BASRAH REO 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 works [...] |
2006-09-11 16:42:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC IZ |
| 06BASRAH147 |
BADR CHIEF ON SECURITY AND RECONSTRUCTION [...] (C) Summary: The Regional Coordinator (RC) and Deputy RC met with Badr Organization chief and Basrah Provincial Council member Hassan al-Rashid on September 11 to discuss the security environment and the current state of political affairs. Al-Rashid spoke at length on his practical views of f [...] |
2006-09-12 17:06:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM IZ |
| 06BASRAH148 |
BANI ASAD SHEIKH ON AUGUST 16 ATTACK AND SECURITY [...] (C) Summary. The Regional Coordinator (RC) and Deputy RC met with Bani Asad tribal leader Sheikh Hassan al-Asad on September 12. Sheikh Hassan expressed concern over Basrah's dismal security situation and provided background on his tribe's August 16 attack on the Basrah government building. [...] |
2006-09-14 13:08:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR IZ |
| 06BASRAH15 |
BASRAH PROVINCIAL COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THE BRITISH CONSUL [...] (S/NF) Summary: On February 01, the Deputy Regional Coordinator (DRC), the Basrah Deputy Provincial Council (DPC) Chairman Nusaeef Jasim Ali (Fadheela Party) and the Head of the Supervisory Committee of the Provincial Council, Mr. Hakim, met to discuss the current political situation in B [...] |
2006-02-02 13:30:00 | REO Basrah | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PTER PREL IZ |
| 06BASRAH150 |
MEETING WITH THAR ALLAH CHIEF SAYID YUSIF [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a wide-ranging September 14 discussion between the Regional Coordinator (RC) and Deputy RC and Sayed Yusif al-Batat, leader of Thar Allah, Sayed Yusif said Basrah's security situation continues to erode. He said a majority of the population holds Coalition Forces responsible [...] |
2006-09-15 17:47:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR IZ |
| 06BASRAH151 |
THE BASRAH ASHURA COUNCIL - AN AL-MUSAWI INITIATIVE [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 11, the Regional Coordinator (RC) met with Sayed Abdul Ali al-Musawi to discuss the Ashura Council he recently formed to advise and support the local government. The Ashura Council is inclusive of all religious, political and tribal groups as well as women, academ [...] |
2006-09-18 06:18:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR IZ |
| 06BASRAH152 |
"HONORABLE COVENANT" FOR COOPERATION AND PEACE IN DHI QAR [...] (U) On September 11 tribal, religious and community leaders in Dhi Qar province signed an Honorable Covenant in support of the non-violent resolution of disputes. Governor Aziz Kadhum al-Ugali convened the conference that brought the participants together to sign the Honorable Covenant. Ther [...] |
2006-09-20 07:55:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM IZ |
| 06BASRAH153 |
REGIONAL EMBASSY OFFICE BASRAH EMERGENCY ACTION MEETING ON [...] (C) The Regional Coordinator (RC) chaired a meeting of the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on September 22, 2006, to discuss the latest indirect fire (IDF) attacks against the Regional Embassy Office (REO) and the general security situation. The EAC was prompted by a rocket attack on the REO [...] |
2006-09-24 11:36:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PTER IZ AMGT |
| 06BASRAH154 |
REO BASRAH EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING ON 09/22/2006 [...] (C) The Regional Coordinator (RC) chaired a meeting of the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on September 22, 2006, to discuss the latest indirect fire (IDF) attacks against the Regional Embassy Office (REO) and the general security situation. The EAC was prompted by a rocket attack on the REO [...] |
2006-09-24 15:09:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PTER IZ |
| 06BASRAH155 |
TEMPORARY REDUCTION OF THE TRIPLE CANOPY FIXED SITE GUARD [...] POST REQUESTS THAT 30 OF THE SCHEDULED 60 TCN PERUVIAN GUARDS NOT DEPLOY TO THE U.S. REO BASRAH AT THIS TIME. 2. THE GUARDS WERE SCHEDULED TO WORK ADDITIONAL POSTS CREATED BY NEW CACS (COMPOUND ACCESS CONTROLS), PROVIDE FOR ONE DAY OFF PER WEEK FOR EXISTING GUARDS AND ADD AN EXTRA GUARD IN T [...] |
2006-09-28 10:46:00 | REO Basrah | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC AMGT IZ |
| 06BASRAH156 |
BASRAH GOVERNOR AND HIS BROTHER ON ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT AND [...] (C) Summary. Basrah Governor Mohammed al-Wa'eli and his brother, Ismail, told the Regional Coordinator (RC) in separate meetings on October 2 that the governor survived an assassination attempt on September 30 while returning to Basrah from Najaf. Both brothers blamed the Serious Crimes Unit [...] |
2006-10-03 14:44:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM IZ |
| 06BASRAH157 |
PARLIAMENTARIAN DISCUSSES SECURITY IN BASRAH [...] (C) Summary. Council of Representative member and former Basrah governor Wae'il Abdul Latief told the Regional Coordinator (RC) on October 4 that militias are the true sources of authority in Basrah city. The security situation is still dismal, he said, and the UK military operation to exorc [...] |
2006-10-05 04:47:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR IZ |
| 06BASRAH158 |
MAYSAN CIVIC LEADER RECOUNTS ASSASSINATION CAMPAIGN AND [...] (C) Summary. A prominent civic leader in Maysan Province, Abu Muslim al-Saadi, met with the Regional Coordinator (RC) on October 4 and provided details about the growing number of assassinations in his home province. He said that 138 people have been assassinated in al-Amarah, the Maysan cap [...] |
2006-10-05 12:55:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ IR |
| 06BASRAH159 |
REO BASRAH EAC MEETING ON 10/06/06 [...] (C) The Regional Coordinator (RC) chaired a meeting of the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on October 6, 2006, to discuss the latest indirect fire (IDF) attacks against the Regional Embassy Office (REO) and the general security situation. The EAC was prompted by almost daily IDF and mortar a [...] |
2006-10-08 13:13:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PTER AMGT IZ |
| 06BASRAH16 |
FEUD FLARES AS MINISTER MALIKI CLOSES BASRAH INTERNATIONAL [...] No summary [...] |
2006-02-07 14:43:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PTER PREL IZ |
| 06BASRAH160 |
SECURITY IN MAYSAN PROVINCE DETERIORATES [...] (U) Summary: In an October 12 meeting between Maysan contact Abdul Kareem Mahod (Abu Hatem) and the Regional Coordinator (RC) at the REO, the discussion centered on the deteriorating security situation in Maysan. Violence and assassinations have markedly increased since the departure of Coa [...] |
2006-10-13 10:01:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM IZ |
| 06BASRAH161 |
BASRAH PROVINCIAL COUNCIL MEMBER DEPLORES SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: On October 15, the Regional Coordinator (RC) and poloff met with Basrah Provincial Council (BPC) member Sayed Ghali Nujem Mutar. The discussion focused on the miserable security situation in Basrah and the ineffectiveness of the security committee led by General Ali al-Hammadi a [...] |
2006-10-15 17:19:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC IZ |
| 06BASRAH162 |
REO BASRAH EAC MEETING ON 10/15/2006 [...] (C) The Regional Coordinator (RC) chaired a meeting of the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on October 15, 2006, to discuss the latest indirect fire (IDF) attacks against the Regional Embassy Office (REO) and the general security situation. Attending the meeting were the Regional Security Offi [...] |
2006-10-16 07:21:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PTER AMGT IZ |
| 06BASRAH163 |
FURTHER EXPLANATION OF REO BASRAH'S SECURITY EQUITY [...] No summary [...] |
2006-10-18 13:08:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PTER AMGT IZ |
| 06BASRAH164 |
MAJED AL-SARI ON ASSASINATIONS AND IRANIAN INFLUENCE [...] No summary [...] |
2006-10-20 16:37:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM IZ |
| 06BASRAH165 |
REO BASRAH EAC MEETING ON 10/20/2006 [...] (C) The Regional Coordinator (RC) chaired a meeting of the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on October 20, 2006, to discuss moving to a minimized staffing level due to the severe IDF threat against the Regional Embassy Office (REO) and the general security situation. Attending the meeting wer [...] |
2006-10-21 15:51:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PTER AMGT IZ |
| 06BASRAH166 |
BASRAH COUNCIL MEMBER ON MAYSAN FIGHTING AND OPERATION [...] No summary [...] |
2006-10-23 08:10:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM IZ |
| 06BASRAH167 |
MEDIA IN BASRAH [...] (SBU) Summary: Journalists and people involved with media in Basrah are under constant threat from extremists and politicians. There is pressure from religious and political organizations to not report on issues they deem taboo. Journalists continue to be murdered, but many are willing to r [...] |
2006-10-26 06:20:00 | REO Basrah | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI KDEM IZ |
| 06BASRAH168 |
IIP LEADERSHIP IN BASRAH SAYS SECURITY HAS IMPROVED FOR [...] (C) On October 26, the RC and poloff met with Haji Khalaf Mohammad Abid al-Mawla, parliamentarian and former head of the IIP in Basrah, and Sheik Abdul Karim Jurad al-Dosari, acting IIP head. Haji Khalaf was upbeat during the meeting and told the RC that the security situation for Sunnis in B [...] |
2006-10-27 09:33:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM IZ |
| 06BASRAH17 |
BRITISH APOLOGIES AND PROMISES MAKE NO IMPACT ON BASRAH [...] (S/NF) Summary: On February 07, the Deputy Regional Coordinator (DRC), attended a meeting of Basrah Provincial Council (PC) members, the UK 7th Armored Brigade Commander and the British Consul General. The meeting was organized by the British at the Basrah Palace Compound to provide info [...] |
2006-02-08 07:57:00 | REO Basrah | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PTER PREL IZ |
| 06BASRAH172 |
BASRAH COUNCIL MEMBERS ON BUDGET AND SECURITY WOES [...] (C) Summary. On November 14 and 15 the Deputy Regional Coordinator (DRC) and poloffs met with three close contacts of the REO who are Basrah Provincial Council members (one from Iraqi National Accord, one from Fadhillah Party, and one independent). The three separately voiced concerns over [...] |
2006-11-18 09:24:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM IZ |
| 06BASRAH173 |
BASRAH'S PRO-WESTERN SUNNI CLERIC ON SECTARIAN VIOLENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 27 Acting Regional Coordinator met with Shaykh Khaled Al Mulla, a prominent Sunni cleric whose pro-Western stance has made him the target of Al Qa'eda in Iraq (AQI). Shaykh Khaled told the ARC that he blames Iraq's security problems squarely on AQI elements and their [...] |
2006-11-29 11:53:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KISL PGOV IZ |
| 06BASRAH175 |
BASRAH'S DATE PALMS PROJECT OFFERS JOBS, POSSIBILITY OF [...] (U) This cable was cleared by PRT Basrah. 2. (U) SUMMARY: The Basrah provincial government has begun implementation of a $10 million project to restore the date palm plantations of Basrah, creating 2,000 immediate jobs. The director of the Basrah Date Palm Research Center, Mohammed A. H [...] |
2006-12-02 20:02:00 | REO Basrah | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAGR ETRD ETRA IZ |
| 06BASRAH176 |
MAYSAN PROVINCE CONTACTS SAY IT IS NOT READY FOR PIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 5 and 10, the Acting Regional Coordinator (ARC) and poloff met with frequent contacts Hussein Jaloob al-Saadi and Abdul Kareem Mahod respectively, from Maysan province. Both men told the ARC that following days of fighting between Jaish al-Mahdi (JAM) and the Iraqi P [...] |
2006-12-12 21:15:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM 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 |
| 06BASRAH19 |
VEILED HYPOCRISY: BASRAH PROVINCIAL COUNCIL VOTES TO [...] (C) Summary: On February 13, the Basrah Provincial Council (BPC) unanimously voted to suspend communication and cooperation with British and Danish officials in Basrah. The decision was officially issued on February 14 and delivered to the British and Danish missions in Basrah on February 1 [...] |
2006-02-15 17:07:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM IZ |
| 06BASRAH21 |
PRTS IN THE SOUTH: U.S. AND U.K. DISCUSS WHEN AND HOW THEY [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 15, Ambassador Speckhard visited the U.S. Regional Embassy Office (REO) and the British Embassy Office in Basrah to discuss the formation of southern Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs). TheU.K. is well-advanced in their planning, with the meetings taking place i [...] |
2006-02-19 13:17:00 | REO Basrah | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL IZ |
| 06BASRAH22 |
MAYSAN PROVINCE: AVIAN INFLUENZA, FLOODING AND AGRICULTURAL [...] Summary: Information from the Danish Embassy Office and the UN indicates that there are confirmed cases of H5N1 in birds in Maysan province. There is currently no evidence that it has affected humans, but there are six suspicious cases (including one death) still awaiting test results. Recen [...] |
2006-02-20 11:53:00 | REO Basrah | UNCLASSIFIED | KFLU AMED EAID ECON EAGR PGOV PREL IZ |
| 06BASRAH24 |
INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS, SECURITY ARE CASUALTIES AS BADR AND [...] (C) Summary: On February 20, the Basrah Regional Coordinator (RC) and Deputy Regional Coordinator (DRC) met with Captain Hussain M. Abdallah, the Director General of the Iraqi Port Authority (IPA). Captain Hussain described Umm Qasr port operations as being at full capacity. He acknowledge [...] |
2006-02-22 06:58:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EAID ETRD EINV IZ |
| 06BASRAH26 |
BASRAH ERUPTS AFTER DESTRUCTION OF SAMARRA MOSQUE [...] (SBU) Summary: Protests erupted in Basrah after the media carried stories of the destruction of the Golden Mosque in Samarra. The Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP) building was attacked and damaged and several IIP party members were injured. No deaths have been confirmed at this time. More demons [...] |
2006-02-22 18:57:00 | REO Basrah | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM PTER IZ |
| 06BASRAH27 |
SITUATION IN BASRAH CALMER, BUT STILL VOLATILE [...] (SBU) Summary: Relative calm reigned in Basrah on February 23 in marked contrast to February 22's violent demonstrations triggered by the destruction of the Golden Mosque in Samarra. Demonstrations of thousands of people continued to take place, but were largely peaceful and without signific [...] |
2006-02-23 16:48:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER KDEM IZ |
| 06BASRAH28 |
IRANIAN INFLUENCE IN BASRAH - SLOW, SUBTLE AND STEADY [...] (S/NF) Summary. The Iranian Government is focused on quietly spreading influence by facilitating travel to Iran, investing in different projects and organizations in Basrah, and working with Iraqi nationals with strong personal ties to Iran. The opinions expressed by Basrah Regional Embass [...] |
2006-02-26 07:04:00 | REO Basrah | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER IZ |
| 06BASRAH29 |
SADR SURPRISES BASRAH, CALLS FOR NATIONAL UNITY, EXPULSION [...] (SBU) Summary: In an unannounced visit to Basrah, Moqtada al Sadr made a televised statement at the Office of the Martyr Sadr (OMS) headquarters. His speech called for Sunnis and Shias to unite and force the expulsion of the occupiers. An explosion in the Imam Ali Mosque in Basrah occurred [...] |
2006-02-26 16:46:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ECON IZ |
| 06BASRAH30 |
MINISTRY OF DEFENSE ADVISOR ON BASRAH'S "PROPHYLACTIC" [...] (C) Summary: On February 28, the Basrah Regional Coordinator (RC) and Deputy Regional Coordinator (DRC) met with Majed al Sari, Advisor to the Minister of Defense for Southern Iraq. Blatant in his dislike for Basrah Governor Mohamed Waeli (Fadillah), Majed said the Basrah Provincial Council [...] |
2006-03-01 06:05:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR IZ |
| 06BASRAH31 |
BASRAH UNITED - SOCCER BRINGS THE SHIA, SUNNIS, CHRISTIANS [...] Summary. On March 5, the Regional Embassy Office (REO) in Basrah organized a local outreach event that brought together religious leaders and children from all the communities in Basrah to celebrate religious tolerance. The event was held at the largest mosque in Basrah and included the [...] |
2006-03-06 14:00:00 | REO Basrah | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PREL PGOV IZ |
| 06BASRAH32 |
FAULT LINES IN SOUTHERN SHIA PARTIES [...] (C) Summary: In Basrah, the Shia parties of the Unified Iraqi Coalition (UIC) of List 555 show signs of splitting, with the Office of the Martyr Sadr (OMS) lining up against the Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution (SCIRI) and Badr Organization. Fadillah and Da'awa parties exhibit signs o [...] |
2006-03-06 17:18:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM IZ |
| 06BASRAH33 |
BASRAH NDI HOSTS ADVOCACY TRAINING FOR POLITICAL MODERATES [...] (C) Summary: On March 7 and 8, the National Democratic Institute (NDI) in Basrah hosted a training session on political advocacy, targeting women in Basrah who are actively engaged in politics, non-governmental organizations, and journalism. The goal of the training was to increase particip [...] |
2006-03-14 06:13:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM IZ |
| 06BASRAH34 |
SNAPSHOT OF MUTHANNA: POOR, PEACEFUL, AND TRADITIONAL [...] (U) Summary: Located in the far southeast of Iraq, the province of Muthanna is the second largest in Iraq in terms of size, but the poorest and least populated of all of Iraq's provinces. A fairly quiet region with few security concerns, Muthanna's residents call it the "peaceful province." [...] |
2006-03-14 14:11:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PHUM ECON EAID ELAB KDEM KISL |
| 06BASRAH35 |
WE WERE TORTURED BEFORE -- NOW IT IS MUCH WORSE [...] (C) Summary: On March 14, the Regional Coordinator (RC) and Deputy Regional Coordinator (DRC) met with Khalid Al Mullah, a prominent Sunni sheikh and imam in Basrah. Sheikh Khalid said that he considered the Coalition friends and liberators, not occupiers. All violent acts should be condem [...] |
2006-03-18 12:12:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PTER KISL IZ |
| 06BASRAH36 |
SOUTHERN SHIA PERCEPTIONS OF NATIONAL GOVERNMENT POLITICS [...] (C) Summary: On March 15, the Basrah Regional Coordinator (RC) and Deputy Regional Coordinator (DRC) met with Dr. Wathib Salman Al Gamud, a senior political figure in the Da'awa party in Basrah and member of the Basrah Provincial Council (BPC). Dr. Wathib said that the Shia population in the [...] |
2006-03-18 12:30:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM IZ |
| 06BASRAH37 |
SUB-ZERO EDUCATION - THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM IN BASRAH [...] Summary: On March 16, the Deputy Regional Coordinator (DRC) met with Mr. Qahtani Al-Musawi, the Director General of Education for Basrah. He provided a frank, but bleak assessment of the current public education system in Basrah. Unless there is a strong infusion of money into the syste [...] |
2006-03-20 05:53:00 | REO Basrah | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KPAO IZ |
| 06BASRAH39 |
MAKING A DIFFERENCE - REO BASRAH HOSTS LOCAL ORPHANS FOR [...] Summary. On March 23, the Regional Embassy Office (REO) in Basrah hosted 25 children from a local orphanage for a visit to the REO Fire Station. The children learned about fire safety and prevention while also watching a demonstration on the use of fire extinguishers. Local and internat [...] |
2006-03-24 07:53:00 | REO Basrah | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PREL PGOV IZ |
| 06BASRAH4 |
WE WILL PAY MORE, BUT WE EXPECT MORE - BASRAH COMMENTS ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The central government's mishandling of the fuel price increase has led to anger on the part of most Iraqis in Basrah. News of the price increase has spread to the local population by word-of-mouth. Once understood, it is being accepted by those REO Basrah has contacted as a [...] |
2006-01-20 12:12:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PGOV PINS ECON KDEM IZ |
| 06BASRAH43 |
GOOD GUYS AND BAD GUYS ON THE BASRAH PROVINCIAL COUNCIL [...] (C) Summary: The current structure of Basrah politics allows religious extremism to flourish. In order to survive in the Basrah political scene today, political figures must portray themselves as devout Shia to the public. A small number of extremists on the Basrah Provincial Council have b [...] |
2006-03-31 11:01:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PINR KISL IZ |
| 06BASRAH44 |
MODERATE PARLIAMENTARIANS VOICE THEIR CONCERNS [...] (SBU) On March 30, four newly elected members of parliament from Basrah met with the Regional Coordinator (RC) for the Basrah Regional Embassy Office (REO), British Consul General (CG) Tansley and British Brigadier Marriott to discuss current issues of concern. The members of parliament -- all [...] |
2006-04-03 10:38:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM KISL IZ |
| 06BASRAH45 |
SOUTH OIL COMPANY - TOO MANY RUMORS AND NOT ENOUGH [...] Summary: On March 29, Regional Coordinator (RC) and Poloff met with General Manager of South Oil Company (SOC) Jabbar Ali Husayn Al Lu'aybi at the Regional Embassy Office Basrah (REO). Al Lu'aybi refuted concerns of oil smuggling through the SOC terminal and questioned a report he had receive [...] |
2006-04-03 16:03:00 | REO Basrah | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON ETRD ENRG EINV IZ |
| 06BASRAH46 |
FOLLOWING VIOLENCE, SUNNI MOSQUES IN BASRAH CLOSE [...] (SBU) On April 5, the Basrah branch of the Sunni Endowment issued an official statement (Administrative Notice No. 931) addressed to all Sunni imams and clerics in Basrah to close all Sunni mosques for two days because of the rising sectarian violence in the city. Sunni mosques are to be clos [...] |
2006-04-05 15:42:00 | REO Basrah | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL KISL IZ |
| 06BASRAH47 |
SNAPSHOT OF MAYSAN - THE INDEPENDENT PROVINCE [...] (SBU) Summary: Maysan province, which shares the longest border with Iran, is regarded as the independent province, and the population has a reputation as a self-reliant people who look to their tribal leaders for leadership and guidance. Politically and socially the province is conservative [...] |
2006-04-06 12:20:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR IZ ECON |
| 06BASRAH48 |
COUNCIL DITHERS AS BASRAH SECURITY WORSENS [...] (C) Summary: On April 3, the Basrah Regional Coordinator (RC) met with Hakim Abdul Sahib Kadum (Independent- Basrah Islamic Coalition), Basrah Provincial Council (BPC) member and Head of the Supervisory Security Committee of the council. He insisted that the U.S. REO take an "active role" i [...] |
2006-04-06 12:28:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PTER KISL IZ |
| 06BASRAH49 |
MOVERS AND SHAKERS IN THE BASRAH COMMUNITY [...] (C) Summary: Wielders of power and influence in Basrah outside of the local government can be classified into three general categories: highly respected sheikhs and imams, thugs and militia leaders, and a nebulous third category of individuals in positions of power but whose influence on the [...] |
2006-04-07 11:45:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PINR SOCI KISL IZ |
| 06BASRAH5 |
THE CHRISTIANS IN BASRAH - SHOULD WE STAY OR SHOULD WE GO? [...] (C) Summary: Christians are a small minority in Iraq, about 2 percent of Iraq's 26 million, and are sometimes lost in the larger Iraqi sectarian schisms. Deputy Regional Coordinator (DRC) met separately with the leaders and members of the three largest Christian groups in Basrah; the Chaldean C [...] |
2006-01-22 08:21:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KDEM IZ |
| 06BASRAH50 |
UK CONSULATE BASRAH TO TRIM ITS PERSONNEL [...] (C) On April 7 and 9, UK Consul General (CG) James Tansley advised the Regional Coordinator (RC) for Regional Embassy Office Basrah (REO) that the UK Government planned to reduce temporarily Foreign Commonwealth Office (FCO) personnel at the consulate on the Basrah Palace compound. The recomme [...] |
2006-04-09 13:12:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC PTER IZ |
| 06BASRAH51 |
DISPLACED PERSONS IN SOUTHERN IRAQ INCREASE [...] (C) Summary: Significant population displacement has taken place throughout southern Iraq since the attack on the Samarra mosque on February 22, both of Shia families moving into the provinces of Basrah, Dhi Qar, Muthanna, and Maysan, and of Sunni families leaving southern provinces. Precise [...] |
2006-04-09 15:29:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PTER EAID KISL SMIG SOCI IZ |
| 06BASRAH52 |
BADR IN BASRAH: A CHANGE IS IN THE AIR [...] (C) Summary: The General Secretary of the Badr Organization in Basrah, Hassan Al Rashid, and three colleagues attended a luncheon hosted by Regional Embassy Office (REO) Basrah on April 10. During the lunch Al Rashid discussed the inability of the provincial council to deliver basic service [...] |
2006-04-11 08:53:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM IZ |
| 06BASRAH53 |
BASRAH GOVERNOR ON HIS WAY OUT? [...] (C) The Regional Coordinator (RC) for the Regional Embassy Office (REO) Basrah met with local Iraqi National Accord (INA) chairman and Basrah Provincial Council (BPC) member Sayid Ghali Najim on April 11. Sayid Ghali told the RC that he wanted to "consult" with him on the continuing stagnation [...] |
2006-04-11 15:42:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR IZ |
| 06BASRAH54 |
SUNNI KILLINGS IN BASRAH [...] (C) Summary: Since March 30, 12 high-profile killings of Sunnis have taken place in Basrah. This cable builds on Ref A and discusses targeted killings of Sunnis in Basrah, as well as threats and intimidation campaigns against Sunni and Christian minorities. The local Shia government is at b [...] |
2006-04-12 09:08:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL PTER SMIG SOCI KISL IZ |
| 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 |
| 06BASRAH56 |
TRIBAL LEADERS FED UP WITH BAD SECURITY IN BASRAH [...] (C) Summary: On April 12, Basrah Regional Coordinator (RC) met with Sheikh Kadim Al Gatrani, the Chair of the Basrah Council of Nobles (CoN) and leader of the Al Gatrani tribe in Basrah. As one of the most powerful and influential sheikhs in Basrah, Sheikh Kadim's message that security in Ba [...] |
2006-04-15 11:19:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER KDEM KISL SOCI IZ |
| 06BASRAH57 |
HIZB DAWA ISLAMIYA PERSPECTIVES IN BASRAH [...] (C) Regional Coordinator (RC) and Poloff on April 6 met with Amer Al-Khuzaei, field coordinator for the Basrah branch of the Hizb Dawa Islamiya party and Deputy Health Minister, to discuss the Dawa party's views on various issues. Poloff on April 14 conducted a similar conversation with Abu Fa [...] |
2006-04-17 15:06:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM IZ |
| 06BASRAH58 |
BASRAH GOVERNOR ON THE ROPES? [...] (C) Summary: In an April 17 meeting with the Regional Coordinator (RC) for the Regional Embassy Office (REO) in Basrah, Ministry of Defense advisor Majed al-Sari confirmed the details of a plan (Ref A) to vote Governor Muhammad out of office. Though there is no timetable for the vote, he exp [...] |
2006-04-18 12:55:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM IZ |
| 06BASRAH59 |
PROSPECTS FOR CHANGE OF GOVERNOR -- A CONTRARY VIEW [...] (C) Sheikh Mansour al-Khanaan, leader of the al-Khanaan tribe, met with the Regional Coordinator (RC) of the Regional Embassy Office in Basrah on April 18 to review the current political picture in Basrah (for background on Sheikh Mansour see Ref A). After a quick discussion of the unprecedent [...] |
2006-04-19 15:00:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM IZ |
| 06BASRAH6 |
LOCAL AUTHORITIES CONFIRM NO CASES OF H5N1 STRAIN OF AVIAN [...] No summary [...] |
2006-01-24 16:02:00 | REO Basrah | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO PGOV ECON SOCI AMED AMGT IZ |
| 06BASRAH60 |
BASRAH GOVERNOR: "I'M NOT GOING ANYWHERE" [...] (C) Basrah Governor Muhammad al-Wa'eli met with the Regional Coordinator (RC) for the Regional Embassy Office Basrah on April 23 and discussed the move afoot to vote him out of office and replace him with another Basrah Provincial Council (BPC) member. (See Refs A - C.) Stressing his and the [...] |
2006-04-25 04:22:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM IZ |
| 06BASRAH61 |
FADILLAH PARTY VOWS TO HELP END THE BOYCOTT [...] (C) The Regional Coordinator (RC) for the Basrah Regional Embassy Office (REO), Deputy Regional Coordinator and IPAO met with Dr. Hayder al-Wa'eli, head of the Basrah Fadillah Party and Sheikh Khazl Jaloob Falih (Abu Salom), a prominent Fadillah member of the Basrah Provincial Council (BPC) to [...] |
2006-04-26 13:31:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM IZ |
| 06BASRAH63 |
BASRAH POLICE - A WORK IN PROGRESS [...] (C) Summary: The Basrah police force is a barometer to gauge the ability of the local government to govern in the south, and a viable police force is essential to curb internal security threats. The police force has received large amounts of assistance from the Coalition and has made some pr [...] |
2006-05-01 13:18:00 | REO Basrah | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV KDEM ASEC IZ |
| 06BASRAH65 |
HASSAN AL-RASHID ON SECURITY, THE BASRAH GOVERNMENT AND THE [...] (C) Summary: In a May 3 meeting with Badr Organization chief Hassan al-Rashid, the Regional Coordinator (RC) discussed the threats against the employees of the Regional Embassy Office (REO) in Basrah and suggested that splinter groups could be responsible. Hassan believes that the Basrah Pro [...] |
2006-05-04 16:32:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC KDEM IZ |
| 06BASRAH66 |
MODM BASRAH OFFICIAL ON IDP CAMP FOR DISPLACED SHIA [...] (C) Summary: On April 30, the Basrah Regional Coordinator (RC) and PolOffs met with Abdul Kareen Salman, Director of Human Affairs from the Ministry of Displacement and Migration (MoDM) for the Southern Region to discuss the issue of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in southern Iraq. Abdu [...] |
2006-05-05 10:00:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PTER PREF SMIG SOCI EAID KISL 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 |
| 06BASRAH68 |
BASRAH PROVINCIAL COUNCIL VOTES TO END BOYCOTTS OF BRITISH [...] (C) Summary: On the evening of May 3, the Basrah Provincial Council (BPC) voted to end the boycotts of the British and the Danes. An official statement and media event is scheduled for Sunday, May 7, at the Provincial Council building where it is expected that statements will be read from th [...] |
2006-05-05 12:34:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM IZ |
| 06BASRAH69 |
SOUTH OIL COMPANY CHIEF PESSIMISTIC, BUT COMMITTED TO A [...] (C) On May 4, Regional Coordinator (RC), Deputy RC and Poloff met with South Oil Company (SOC) General Manager Jabbar Ali Husayn al-Lu'aybi at the Regional Embassy Office (REO) as part of an ongoing dialogue. Looking visibly tired, Jabbar started the meeting on a positive note and confirmed re [...] |
2006-05-06 15:38:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD ENRG EINV PGOV IZ |
| 06BASRAH70 |
SNAPSHOT OF DHI QAR: PROVINCE AT A CROSSROADS [...] (C) Summary: The province of Dhi Qar is located about 200 miles southeast of Baghdad and has an estimated population of 1.85 million. More politically moderate and secular than the other Shia-dominated southern provinces, the influence of Shia religious political parties has grown in past mo [...] |
2006-05-07 14:00:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PINR ECON EAID ELAB KDEM KISL |
| 06BASRAH71 |
IT'S OFFICIAL -- THE BOYCOTTS ARE OVER [...] (SBU) On May 7 at a joint press conference held at the British Consulate, the Basrah Provincial Council (BPC) and the British Foreign Commonwealth Office (FCO) and military publicly announced the end of the BPC boycott of the British. The boycott officially had been in effect against the Brit [...] |
2006-05-08 09:30:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM IZ |
| 06BASRAH72 |
BRITISH HELO CRASH IN BASRAH [...] (C) Summary: On the afternoon of May 6, a British Lynx helicopter with five individuals was shot down as it departed the Basrah Palace Compound (BPC). The helicopter crashed in the city and hostile crowds hampered the subsequent recovery effort by British forces. The city was under curfew d [...] |
2006-05-08 11:48:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL IZ |
| 06BASRAH75 |
BASRAH GOVERNOR WANTS POLICE CHIEF OUT [...] (U) On May 13, the Governor of Basrah, Mohammed al-Wa'eli declared in a press conference that he was suspending the Chief of Police, Hassan Sawadi Assad, because of his failure to improve the deteriorating security situation. In a flyer distributed the same evening throughout Basrah, the Gove [...] |
2006-05-15 12:42:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KJUS IZ |
| 06BASRAH76 |
BASRAH GOVERNOR WANTS POLICE CHIEF OUT [...] (U) On May 13, the Governor of Basrah, Mohammed al-Wa'eli declared in a press conference that he was suspending the Chief of Police, Hassan Sawadi Assad, because of his failure to improve the deteriorating security situation. In a flyer distributed the same evening throughout Basrah, the Gove [...] |
2006-05-15 12:42:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KJUS IZ |
| 06BASRAH77 |
BLEAK BUT IMPROVING - PRISON CONDITIONS IN SOUTHERN IRAQ [...] (U) Summary: Prison conditions in southern Iraq are comparable to those of a poor third world country -- bleak and dismal. However, real progress has been made, and despite political pressure the Regional Director of Prisons for southern Iraq is committed to improving prison and related huma [...] |
2006-05-16 09:12:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR KJUS IZ |
| 06BASRAH78 |
SUNNI LEADERS EXPRESS THEIR ANGER OVER KILLINGS [...] (C) Summary: On May 14 2006, the Regional Coordinator (RC), Deputy RC and Poloff attended a meeting with six prominent Sunni leaders at the diwan at the Al Abayachi mosque of Sheik Khalid al-Mulla, a moderate Sunni imam and a close contact of the Regional Embassy Office (see Ref. A). The Sunn [...] |
2006-05-16 10:51:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER SOCI KISL IZ |
| 06BASRAH79 |
BASRAH SECURITY ATMOSPHERICS [...] (C) Summary: The recent uptick of violence in Basrah is directly attributable to the endemic political corruption and use of militia forces for criminal purposes. Killings of Sunni citizens have increased at an alarming rate, but the organized bloodshed knows no community boundaries. Govern [...] |
2006-05-16 15:05:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL KDEM IZ |
| 06BASRAH80 |
IRANIAN CONSULATE IN BASRAH [...] (C) On May 18, Deputy Regional Coordinator (DRC) and poloff met with Sayed Rajah Al Musawi, Assistant to the Basrah Governor (Independent) to discuss the current political situation. During the course of the meeting, DRC inquired whether the Iranian Consulate was officially opened today (Note: [...] |
2006-05-21 09:55:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IR IZ |
| 06BASRAH81 |
POLITICAL PICTURE IN BASRAH - NOT PRETTY [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 18, Deputy Regional Coordinator (DRC) hosted separate meetings with Basrah Provincial Council (BPC) member Sayed Ghali (Iraqi National Accord) and Assistant to the Governor, Sayed Rajeh Al Musawi (Independent) at the Regional Embassy Office. The discussions focused on the [...] |
2006-05-21 10:48:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV KCRM IZ |
| 06BASRAH85 |
BASRAH PC MEMBER ON OPTIONS TO OUSTING THE GOVERNOR [...] (C) Summary: On May 25, the Basrah Deputy Regional Coordinator (DRC) and Poloff met with Munathil Abd Khanjar, Basrah Provincial Council (BPC) member. He described a number of options the BPC was considering as alternatives to removing the Governor. The BPC's efforts to brainstorm up alternati [...] |
2006-05-27 07:38:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM IZ |
| 06BASRAH86 |
BASRAH PC MEMBER: SECURITY PROBLEMS IN BASRAH IMPEDES [...] (C) Summary: On May 25, the Basrah Deputy Regional Coordinator (DRC) and Poloff met with Munathil Abd Khanjar, Basrah Provincial Council (BPC) member and head of the Economic Committee. Munathil provided a bleak picture of economic development in Basrah, saying that deteriorating security por [...] |
2006-05-27 14:34:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EINV ETRD IZ |
| 06BASRAH87 |
BASRAH YOUTH - ANGRY AND FRUSTRATED [...] (C) Summary. In a series of meetings with political, religious and youth leaders in Basrah over the past month, the Deputy Regional Coordinator (DRC) discussed the attitudes of the local youth towards the Coalition Forces (CF). A combination of unemployment, dashed hopes, religious and milit [...] |
2006-05-28 09:48:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV IZ |
| 06BASRAH88 |
BASRAH ELECTRICITY UPDATE [...] (C) In a May 27 meeting, Dr. Wathib Al Amood, Basrah Provincial Council (BPC) member and member of the Reconstruction Committee, told Poloff that electricity availability in Basrah had declined from "three on, three off," to "two on, four off" since the beginning of May. With temperatures in t [...] |
2006-05-29 11:28:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON ENRG ETRD IZ |
| 06BASRAH89 |
SUNNI MOSQUES CLOSE IN BASRAH AGAIN AS VIOLENCE SURGES [...] (C) Summary: Since the end of March, violence targeting the Sunni minority in Basrah has produced sensational headlines in the local news and a growing stack of bodies in local morgues. With a new rash of high-profile killings since May 10, the Sunni Endowment closed its mosques in Basrah from [...] |
2006-05-30 05:03:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM SOCI SMIG KISL IZ |
| 06BASRAH90 |
IRANIAN CONSULATE OFFICIALLY RE-OPENS IN BASRAH [...] (U) On Saturday, May 27, Iran re-opened its Consulate in Basrah which had been closed since the early days of the Iran-Iraq war. The consulate is located in the Al Zaraji neighborhood which is less than a kilometer from Basrah Palace compound. According to media reports, this is one of two I [...] |
2006-06-02 10:33:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ IR |
| 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 |
| 06BASRAH92 |
BASRAH FUEL MARKET THRIVES ON SMUGGLING [...] (C) Summary: In a series of meetings with Poloff, petroleum and security officials in Basrah painted a stark picture of Basrah's fuel market and the black market in petroleum products. Smuggling is relatively easy because of Iraq's porous borders. There does not appear to be any organized cart [...] |
2006-06-03 15:54:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL PINS ECON EPET ETRD ENRG IZ |
| 06BASRAH93 |
SERIOUS CONCERNS WITH NEWLY-APPOINTED BASRAH SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: It is unlikely that the 5-person emergency security committee appointed by PM Nouri Al Maliki will be able to positively impact on the security situation in Basrah. Three of its members, Badr Corps head Hadi al-Amiri, former Minister of Transportation Salam al-Maliki, and Minist [...] |
2006-06-04 17:33:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER KISL ASEC IZ |
| 06BASRAH94 |
PM MALIKI DECLARES STATE OF EMERGENCY IN BASRAH [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a press conference in Basrah on May 31, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki declared a one-month state of emergency in Basrah and requested that the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) devise a security plan to stabilize the city. This announcement follows a May 29 press conference in Basra [...] |
2006-06-05 15:23:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | AMGT ASEC PGOV PREL PTER IZ |
| 06BASRAH95 |
STATE OF EMERGENCY IN BASRAH IS "MESSY" [...] (C) SUMMARY: Little changed on the streets the day after Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki completed his one-day visit to Basrah on May 31 and declared a state of emergency for one month in Basrah. REO contacts report that the PM's visit was well received by all residents of Basrah, except local [...] |
2006-06-05 15:38:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | AMGT ASEC PGOV PREL PTER IZ |
| 06BASRAH96 |
VIOLENT ATTACKS IN BASRAH DESPITE STATE OF EMERGENCY [...] (U) Summary: Following a suicide bomb at the main marketplace in Basrah, a Sunni mosque was attacked leading to increased fear among the Sunni population in Basrah. It is unclear exactly who was responsible for either attack, however, the State of Emergency declared by the Prime Minister has [...] |
2006-06-06 05:21:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL ASEC IZ |
| 06BASRAH98 |
BASRAH GOVERNOR SIDELINES IRAQI ARMY ROLE IN BASRAH [...] (C) Summary: In a June 5 meeting, Basrah Governor Mohammed Wa'hili told the Deputy Regional Coordinator that the Iraqi Army would have a small role in the recently-enacted emergency security plan for Basrah, and the Iraqi police would carry out most of the plan. The 5-person delegation left [...] |
2006-06-06 16:03:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ECON IZ |
| 06BASRAH99 |
READ-OUT FROM NEW FADILLAH PARTY LEADERSHIP IN BASRAH [...] (C) Summary: On June 6, the Deputy Regional Coordinator (DRC) met with the new head of the Basrah Fadillah Party, Dr. Jamal Abdul Zahra Mezel, at the Fadillah Party headquarters. Dr. Jamal stated that the Fadillah Party in Basrah believed that the media was blowing the security issue out of pr [...] |
2006-06-07 07:29:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER EAID ENRG EPET IZ |
| 07BASRAH10 |
POLITICIAN EVADES ASSASSINATION AFTER REO MEETING [...] (S/REL MNF-I) Provincial Council First Deputy Chairman Nasay'eif Jasem (aka Nussaif Jasim Ali) reportedly was the target of an assassination attempt following our January 24 meeting. The attack occurred up the road from the Basrah Palace Compound (BPC) minutes after the meeting. Jasem was tra [...] |
2007-01-25 17:19:00 | REO Basrah | SECRET | PTER EAID IZ IR ECON EINV |
| 07BASRAH100 |
GENERAL MOHAN'S SECURITY PLAN FOR BASRAH [...] (S) SUMMARY: Basrah's Security Chief, Lieutenant General Mohan Hafith Fahad, has laid out his security plan for Basrah, which relies heavily on the Iraqi Army (IA) rather than the Iraqi Police (IP), which remains compromised by militia infiltration. The ambitious plan calls for the central g [...] |
2007-10-26 18:33:00 | REO Basrah | SECRET | MCAP MOPS PBTS PGOV PINR PINS PREL PTER IR IZ |
| 07BASRAH101 |
MAFIA-STYLE NETWORKS STIFLE RECONSTRUCTION EFFORTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Basrah's infrastructure remains decrepit four and a half years after Coalition forces liberated the province. Mafia-style networks comprised of public officials and their associated political parties, militias, and corrupt contractors exploit weak governmental institutions and unde [...] |
2007-10-30 17:42:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PGOV KCOR IZ |
| 07BASRAH102 |
ISF-JAM CLASHES PREVIEW BASRAH PIC [...] (C/REL MNF-I) Summary: On October 26, Police Chief Major General Jalil Khalaf Shueil provided Regional Embassy officers (REO) with an account of the recent clashes between Iraqi security forces (ISF) and Jaysh al-Mahdi fighters (JAM). (Ref. A) While the Iraqis were able to resolve the confli [...] |
2007-11-01 16:53:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS MARR IZ |
| 07BASRAH103 |
PROMINENT SUNNI DEVELOPS NEW BLOC, WARNS OF VIOLENCE [...] (C) Summary: Sheikh Abdul Karim al-Dosari, a leading member of the Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP), told Regional Embassy Officers on October 31 that tribal sheikhs and nationalists were forming a new political bloc to be called the National Tribal Confederation. The Confederation seeks to unite nat [...] |
2007-11-04 16:49:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR PINS PHUM IR KU SA TC BA IZ |
| 07BASRAH104 |
IRANIAN FRONT GROUP COMES OUT OF THE SHADOWS [...] (S/NF) Summary: Leaders of Sayyid al-Shuhada (translated as `Lord of the Martyrs'), an Iraqi Shia party with close ties to Iranian intelligence, met with Regional Embassy Officers (REO) on November 3. They told us this was an introductory meeting to dispel rumors of their Iranian ties, nefario [...] |
2007-11-05 14:03:00 | REO Basrah | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PINR PINS PREL PTER IR IZ |
| 07BASRAH106 |
SECURITY FOR SUNNIS REMAINS TENUOUS IN BASRAH [...] (C) Sheikh Abd al-Karim al-Dosari, a leading member of the Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP) in Basrah, called the Regional Embassy Office (REO) on the evening of November 5, to report a spate of violence against Sunnis that day: -Around 1230, the head of the Abu al-Khasib Municipal Council and thre [...] |
2007-11-13 07:14:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PHUM IZ |
| 07BASRAH107 |
SOUTHERN TRIBAL ENGAGEMENT REQUIRES MORE COORDINATION AND [...] (S/NF) Summary & Comment: Southern Iraq's security situation remains fragile: Iranian lethal aid is pouring in, militias continue to act outside the law, and Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) remain incapable of establishing law and order. Inspired by the successes of Anbar, southern tribal leaders [...] |
2007-11-15 18:55:00 | REO Basrah | SECRET//NOFORN | MOPS PBTS PGOV PINR PINS PREL PTER IR IZ |
| 07BASRAH109 |
IRAN AND OIL IN SOUTHERN IRAQ: TAKING NOT GIVING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Basrah governor Wa'eli (Fadhila) told REO Basrah on November 19 that virtually no imports of oil or derivatives from Iran enter southern Iraq. Rather Iran needs derivative imports. Oil smuggling to Iran is rampant. Wa'eli claimed that PM Maliki was allowing Iran to unfairly ben [...] |
2007-11-19 16:38:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EPET ENRG ECON PGOV IR IZ |
| 07BASRAH11 |
KIDNAPPING OF HCN EMPLOYEE AND THREATS TO OTHER HCN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 24, at approximately 0630 hrs, a Host Country National (HCN) temporary KBR contract laborer was kidnapped and beaten by Jaish Al Mahdi (JAM) militia members. The laborer was released later that day. The laborer reported that the kidnappers were attempting to gain inf [...] |
2007-01-27 14:06:00 | REO Basrah | SECRET | ASEC |
| 07BASRAH110 |
APPEAL OF GOVERNOR'S CASE IMPEDES RECONCILIATION [...] (U) This is an action request; please see paragraph 8. 2. (C/Rel MNCI) SUMMARY: Basrah's Badr leader, Hasan al-Rashid, expressed optimism that increased dialogue among local political parties was improving the political environment. He characterized the Sadrists' recent engagement with the [...] |
2007-11-19 18:22:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MOPS IZ IR |
| 07BASRAH111 |
EXTREMISTS TARGET WOMEN [...] Female, DOB 1977. The victim's body was discovered in her house in the Jameat district at 0100 on 10/22/2007. The victim's face and hair were burned. Case number 3839. 2. Female, DOB 1962, occupation housemaid. At 0200, 10/20/2007, three vehicles without license plates opened fire on the [...] |
2007-11-20 17:13:00 | REO Basrah | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN PTER IZ |
| 07BASRAH112 |
PRINCE OF THE MARSHES GIVES TOUR DE HORIZON [...] (S) SUMMARY: The famed Abu Hatem, (aka "Prince of the Marshes") visited the Regional Embassy Office on November 16. Having closely dealt with USG agencies in Iraq for several years, he observed the need to improve interagency coordination and expand our contacts in the rural areas. He opined [...] |
2007-11-20 17:23:00 | REO Basrah | SECRET | PREL PINR EAID IR IZ |
| 07BASRAH113 |
BASRAH GOVERNOR REACHES OUT [...] (C) Provincial Council (PC) member Sayed Ghali visited the Regional Embassy Office on November 20 to discuss the appeal against Governor Mohammed Wa'eli. (Ref. A) Ghali is chairman of the Reconstruction Committee and is the Basrah leader of the Iraqi National Accord. 2. (S) Ghali confirme [...] |
2007-11-21 14:34:00 | REO Basrah | SECRET | PGOV MOPS IZ IR |
| 07BASRAH114 |
S/I SATTERFIELD HELPS BASRAH GOVERNOR AND PRIME MINISTER [...] (S/Rel MCFI) SUMMARY: Senior Advisor to the Secretary and Coordinator for Iraq (S/I), Ambassador David Satterfield, encouraged Basrah Governor Mohammed Wa'eli to contact and work through Iraqi National Security Advisor (NSA) Muwafaq al-Rubaie as an intermediary to improve the Governor's relatio [...] |
2007-12-03 18:36:00 | REO Basrah | SECRET//NOFORN | ECON PTER PGOV PREL MARR MOPS IR IZ |
| 07BASRAH115 |
IRANIANS SEEK TO THWART TRIBAL ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS [...] (S) Regional Embassy Officers met December 11 with representatives of a new tribal gathering called the Independent National Iraqi Tribal Assembly (INITA) (ref. A). The goal of their assembly is to end sectarianism, emancipate the political parties from religion, and unify Iraq. Their assembl [...] |
2007-12-13 17:51:00 | REO Basrah | SECRET | PGOV ETRD IZ IR |
| 07BASRAH116 |
SAYID AL-SHUHADA LEADER DENIES IRANIAN TETHERS [...] (C/REL AUS/CAN/UK) SUMMARY: Sayid al-Shuhada (SAS) Secretary General Sayid Dagher al-Musawi visited the Regional Embassy Office (REO) on December 13, 2007. SAS is believed to be an Iranian front organization, but Dagher denied he is controlled by Iranians. Rather, he claimed SAS is a legitim [...] |
2007-12-15 15:08:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS IZ IR |
| 07BASRAH117 |
BASRAH DEVELOPMENT FORUM HIGHLIGHTS POLITICAL CONSENSUS FOR [...] (U) SUMMARY: The "Third Basrah Development Forum" on December 12 was a resounding success. PM Maliki's presence on the dais next to Basrah Governor Wa'eli was a public announcement that the central and provincial governments are working together to solve Basrah Province's security and developm [...] |
2007-12-16 11:36:00 | REO Basrah | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID PGOV IZ |
| 07BASRAH118 |
BASRAH PROVINCE RETURNED TO IRAQI CONTROL [...] (U) Basrah province was officially returned to Provincial Iraqi Control (PIC) December 16 at a well run ceremony held at the Basrah Air Station. Basrah is the fourth and final province in MND(SE), and the ninth of Iraq's eighteen provinces, to undergo a security transfer. UK Foreign Minister [...] |
2007-12-16 16:22:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MOPS PGOV PREL PTER PINS IZ |
| 07BASRAH12 |
REO BASRAH EAC MEETING ON 01/24/2007 [...] (U) SUMMARY: REO Basrah's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) convened on 01/23/07 to address the recent Indirect Fire (IDF) attacks, morale, and the general security environment in Basrah. The EAC agreed to limit time spent in residential trailers to one hour, continue the restriction on non-eme [...] |
2007-01-28 13:48:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC AMGT IZ |
| 07BASRAH120 |
BASRAH'S SHEIKHS TO OFFER POLICE RECRUITS [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 7. 2. (S/NF) Summary: Basrah's leading tribal sheikhs and Police Chief met December 17 with Regional Embassy Officers to discuss how the tribes could contribute to improving the province's security situation. The Police Chief, MG Jalil Khalaf Sh [...] |
2007-12-20 14:20:00 | REO Basrah | SECRET//NOFORN | MCAP MOPS PGOV PINR PINS PREL PTER IZ |
| 07BASRAH13 |
IRANIAN INFLUENCE COMPLICATES IRAQ CONUNDRUM [...] (S/NF) Summary. Two close contacts of the Regional Embassy Office (REO) Basrah provided disturbing reports of increasing Iranian efforts to destabilize southern Iraq at a time that MND(SE) is preparing to reposture its military forces and turn Maysan and Basrah provinces over to Iraqi control [...] |
2007-02-04 18:49:00 | REO Basrah | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER KPAO IZ IR |
| 07BASRAH15 |
MODERATES PREDICT MORE VIOLENCE [...] (S/NF) Summary and Introduction. Two tribal leaders and a lawyer, all with close ties to the Coalition, told REO Basrah that they expect violence to erupt in Basrah after Coalition Forces implement Provincial Iraqi Control (PIC). This ominous prediction was delivered by Sheikh Mansur al-Kana [...] |
2007-02-21 18:07:00 | REO Basrah | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER IR IZ |
| 07BASRAH16 |
EMPOWERING THE WOMEN OF SOUTHEAST IRAQ [...] No summary [...] |
2007-02-23 18:33:00 | REO Basrah | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN EAID PHUM PREL IZ |
| 07BASRAH17 |
SECURITY - COALITION URGES TRIBAL ENGAGEMENT [...] (C) Summary. U.S. and British diplomats and the commander of British forces in southern Iraq met on February 21 with 25 sheikhs from the Basrah Tribal Council to encourage them their role in the security process. The sheikhs and the Coalition exhorted each other to take the lead in fighting t [...] |
2007-02-28 08:57:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ IR UK KCOR |
| 07BASRAH18 |
REO BRINGS BASRAH LEADERS TOGETHER [...] Summary and introduction: On February 28 REO Basrah's director hosted a farewell luncheon for the outgoing UK Consul General, Ros Marsden, with local prominent officials in attendance. The luncheon was also intended to kick-start a dialogue between Basrah's Governor; Basrah Provincial Council [...] |
2007-03-01 15:46:00 | REO Basrah | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EINV IZ |
| 07BASRAH2 |
SECURING BASRAH [...] No summary [...] |
2007-01-02 17:32:00 | REO Basrah | SECRET | MOPS PGOV PREL PINS PHUM |
| 07BASRAH23 |
THE GLOVES COME OFF IN BASRAH [...] (S/REL MNF-I) Over the past month, British forces have conducted a series of counter-IDF raids, employing newly acquired rescources such as the C-RAM (counter rocket and mortar) system and UAVs (unmanned aerial reconnaissance vehicles) to locate the attackers. The counter-IDF raids are part o [...] |
2007-04-09 10:34:00 | REO Basrah | SECRET | PGOV PTER MOPS IZ |
| 07BASRAH24 |
ANOTHER IRAQI SLAIN FOR SERVING HIS COUNTRY [...] (S/NOFORN) On the evening of April 7, Assaf Alnahi, a Basrah Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) locally engaged contractor (LES) was assassinated in central Basrah. In addition to his duties with the PRT, Assaf worked with the MND/SE legal office and was the judicial assistant to the Basrah [...] |
2007-04-09 17:12:00 | REO Basrah | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER KCRM PHUM UK IZ |
| 07BASRAH25 |
GOVERNOR'S OPPONENT PLANS STREET ACTION [...] (C) The head of Thar Allah in Basrah, Sayid Yusif al-Batat, met with the director of the Regional Embassy Office (REO) on April 9 and informed him that thousands of people are planning to take to the streets of Basrah on April 16 in a bid to oust Governor Mohammed al-Wa'eli from office. Sayid [...] |
2007-04-11 08:11:00 | REO Basrah | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL IR IZ |
| 07BASRAH26 |
REO BASRAH EAC MEETING ON 04/10/2007 [...] (S) The Regional Director chaired a meeting of the expanded Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on April 10, 2007 to discuss concerns raised in Baghdad over the amount of Indirect Fire (IDF) attacks against the Basrah Palace Compound (BPC). Attending the meeting were the Acting Regional Security O [...] |
2007-04-11 11:05:00 | REO Basrah | SECRET | ASEC PTER AMGT IZ |
| 07BASRAH27 |
ABU HATEM URGES U.S. TALK WITH IRAN, SYRIA [...] (C) Maysan's legendary resistance leader Abu Hatem (Abdul Kareem Mahod) met with the director of the Regional Embassy Office (REO) Basrah Louis Bono April 8 and urged the U.S. government to open talks with Iran and Syria. "There can be no stability in Iraq without dialogue with Iran and Syria [...] |
2007-04-12 19:04:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ IR |
| 07BASRAH28 |
FADILLAH EMISSARIES SEEK CLOSER TIES WITH U.S. [...] (C) Summary. Two senior figures in Fadillah, Sheikh Abbas al-Zaydi from al-Kut Province, and Ismail al-Wa'eli, the younger brother of Basrah Governor Mohammed al-Wa'eli, met with the Basrah Regional Embassy Office (REO) director April 12. Sheikh Abbas said that Fadillah is interested in impr [...] |
2007-04-15 13:43:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ IR |
| 07BASRAH29 |
REO BASRAH EAC MEETING ON 04/14/2007 [...] (S) Summary and Introduction: The Regional Director chaired a meeting of the expanded Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on April 14, 2007 to discuss the continuing incidents of indirect fire (IDF), including the attack of April 13, in which four housing trailers were damaged, and three personne [...] |
2007-04-16 09:01:00 | REO Basrah | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC PTER AMGT IZ |
| 07BASRAH3 |
AN AMERICAN KIDNAPPED IN BASRAH [...] No summary [...] |
2007-01-05 19:23:00 | REO Basrah | SECRET | ASEC CASC PTER MOPS PGOV IZ |
| 07BASRAH30 |
REO BASRAH EAC MEETING HELD ON 04/14/2007 [...] (S) Summary and Introduction: The Regional Director chaired a meeting of the expanded Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on April 14, 2007 to discuss the continuing incidents of indirect fire (IDF), including the attack of April 13, in which four housing trailers were damaged, and three personnel [...] |
2007-04-16 09:07:00 | REO Basrah | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC PTER AMGT IZ |
| 07BASRAH31 |
2,500 PEOPLE DEMONSTRATE AGAINST BASRAH GOVERNOR [...] (C) About 2500 people marched peacefully on the office of Basrah Governor Mohammed al-Wa'eli April 16 and delivered a letter of grievances. The demonstrators departed from the Great Mosque of Basrah at 09:00 and marched 1.8 kilometers to the government complex housing the governor's office an [...] |
2007-04-16 13:28:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL |
| 07BASRAH35 |
IRAQI ARMY OPENS TALKS ON FUTURE OF BASRAH PALACE [...] (C) Summary. The commander of the Iraqi Army's (IA) 10th division in charge of southern Iraq, Major General Habib Abbas al-Husseini, met with the Basrah Regional Embassy Office (REO) director on April 25. The two discussed efforts to stabilize the province and prospects for the IA taking con [...] |
2007-04-30 11:39:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR MOPS IZ IR |
| 07BASRAH36 |
TWO EXPLOSIONS, TWO STORIES [...] (S) Summary: On April 30, an F-16 bombed insurgents as they were preparing to fire rockets at a Coalition base in Basrah. The previous day, a vehicle transporting a munitions cache exploded in a Ja'ish al-Mehdi (JAM) neighborhood, killing several people. JAM blamed the incident on Sunni insurg [...] |
2007-05-01 18:00:00 | REO Basrah | SECRET | MOPS PTER PROP IZ UK |
| 07BASRAH37 |
BUSINESSMAN URGES PRIVATE INVESTMENT IN BASRAH [...] (C) Summary and Introduction: The head of the Basrah Business Center, Abdul Hafiz al-Ati, met with the Regional Embassy Office (REO) Basrah director April 26 and urged the United States to "take a small step" to attract foreign investment in Basrah's crippled economy. He said business develo [...] |
2007-05-06 10:05:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAGR EIND EINV IR IZ |
| 07BASRAH38 |
BASRAH GOVERNOR REMAINS IF OFFICE, FOR NOW [...] (C) The latest attempt to oust Basrah Governor Mohammed al-Wa'eli appears to be over, at least for now. The three leading opponents, provincial council members Hassan al-Rashid (Badr) and Sayid Yousuf (Thar Allah) and Defense Ministry advisor Majid al-Sari, visited the Regional Embassy Office [...] |
2007-05-08 07:14:00 | REO Basrah | SECRET | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM IZ IR |
| 07BASRAH39 |
STUDENT TAKES RISK TO DISCUSS LIFE IN BASRAH [...] (C) A Basrah Student Union leader met the Regional Embassy Office (REO) director on May 7, to talk about Basrah University and life in general for the educated and moderate citizens of Basrah. The director noted the risk involved in visiting the REO and asked the student why he came in. The s [...] |
2007-05-13 11:07:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | SCUL ECON PHUM PREL IZ IR |
| 07BASRAH4 |
REO BASRAH EAC MEETING ON 01/08/2007 [...] (U) SUMMARY: REO Basrah's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) convened on 01/08/07 to address the recent volley of rocket attacks that injured 3 U.S. Chief of Mission personnel and 3 British personnel. In order to mitigate the security threat posed by frequent indirect fire (IDF), the EAC agreed [...] |
2007-01-09 08:55:00 | REO Basrah | SECRET | ASEC PTER AMGT IZ |
| 07BASRAH41 |
BASRAH CLERIC FEARS CIVIL WAR [...] (C) Summary. A respected Basrah cleric (name protected) visited the Regional Embassy Office (REO) Basrah May 19 and predicted that civil war could engulf Iraq's oil-rich southernmost province after Provincial Iraqi Control (PIC) is implemented. He added that the political parties and securit [...] |
2007-05-21 06:36:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IR IZ |
| 07BASRAH44 |
GOVERNOR, POLICE CHIEF REPORTED TO BE SACKED [...] (C) Rumors abound in Basrah May 24 that Basrah Governor Mohammed al-Wa'eli and Basrah Chief of Police Mohammed Hammadi al-Musawi are about to be sacked. According to former Basrah Governor Hasan al-Rashid and other sources, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has decided to remove the governor fr [...] |
2007-05-24 13:21:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PNAT PINS IZ |
| 07BASRAH45 |
LOCAL POLITICIAN ON SECURITY, PIC [...] (C) Iraqi National Dialogue Front (IDNF) Southern Director Awad al-Abdany met with the Regional Embassy Office (REO) director on May 22 to discuss security and plans to handover provincial Iraqi control (PIC). Awad said the Basrah police are divided between factions. He said "the security forc [...] |
2007-05-25 13:44:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PREL IZ |
| 07BASRAH46 |
JAM LEADER'S DEATH SPARKS VIOLENCE [...] (S) On Friday afternoon May 25 Iraqi Special Operations Forces (ISOF), in coordination with MND-SE, attempted to arrest Basrah Ja'ish al-Mehdi (JAM) leader Wissam Al Wa'eli (aka Abu Qadir) as he was driving away from the Office of Martyr Sadr (OMS) headquarters. Wissam tried to escape, but was [...] |
2007-05-29 17:53:00 | REO Basrah | SECRET | MOPS PTER IZ IR UK |
| 07BASRAH47 |
CORRECTED COPY: JAM LEADER'S DEATH SPARKS VIOLENCE [...] (S) On Friday afternoon May 25 Iraqi Special Operations Forces (ISOF), in coordination with MND-SE, attempted to arrest Basrah Ja'ish al-Mehdi (JAM) leader Wissam Al Wa'eli (aka Abu Qadir) as he was driving away from the Office of Martyr Sadr (OMS) headquarters. Wissam tried to escape, but was [...] |
2007-05-29 18:56:00 | REO Basrah | SECRET | MOPS PTER IZ IR UK |
| 07BASRAH48 |
JOURNALIST DESCRIBES MAYHEM IN BASRAH [...] Half the members of the Basrah Provincial Council 2. Sayid Yusuf, the head of the Thar Allah militia, an old enemy of the governor. 3. The Sayid Ashuhada organization which belongs to Abdul Aziz al-Hakim. Sayid Dagher runs this organization in Basrah. 4. The Badr organization, headed b [...] |
2007-05-31 18:45:00 | REO Basrah | SECRET | PGOV IZ IR |
| 07BASRAH50 |
IRAQI ARMY NOT PREPARED FOR PIC [...] (C) Summary: The commander of the Iraqi Army's (IA) 10th Infantry Division (ID), Major General Habib Abbas al-Husseini, told the Regional Embassy Office (REO) director on May 28 that his forces will not be able to secure Basrah once provincial Iraqi control (PIC) is handed over. His comments [...] |
2007-06-02 18:39:00 | REO Basrah | SECRET | MCAP PTER ABLD IR |
| 07BASRAH51 |
HALLELUIA; MOI SECURITY COMMITTEE UNCOVERS HOW BAD BASRAH [...] (S) Summary. In a two-hour meeting with the Regional Director on June 7, the Interior Ministry committee charged with evaluating Basrah's security situation quickly admitted that they found security in Basrah to be very poor and laid the blame squarely on the chief of Police, Iraqi Police Ser [...] |
2007-06-08 12:21:00 | REO Basrah | SECRET | PTER PGOV PINS PREL MCAP MARR ZP |
| 07BASRAH53 |
TRYING TO RIGHT THE SHIP OF BASRAH [...] (S/NF) Over the past few months, there have been several indicators that raise concerns about the ability of Iraqi authorities to adequately govern Basrah. In March, there was a direct attack against the Governor's palace followed by a coordinated attempt within the Provincial Council to depos [...] |
2007-06-17 10:14:00 | REO Basrah | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PINS PREL IZ IR |
| 07BASRAH54 |
PRT BASRAH: LESSONS LEARNED: JUNE 2006 - JUNE 2007 [...] The Basrah Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) is a multinational PRT under British direction. This cable records the observations and lessons learned by the U.S. deputy team leader, James Donegan, during his deployment period, June 2006 to June 2007. It is being recorded in this informal, [...] |
2007-06-22 17:30:00 | REO Basrah | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PGOV IZ UK |
| 07BASRAH55 |
IRAN COMMANDEERS BASRAH JAM [...] (C/REL UK, AUS) The rising violence that has gripped Basrah results largely from Iran's success in commandeering and empowering Basrah cells of the Ja'ish al-Mahdi (JAM). This is the near unanimous view expressed by Iraqi and Coalition sources tracking the declining security situation in Iraq [...] |
2007-06-24 09:37:00 | REO Basrah | SECRET | PTER PREL IR IZ |
| 07BASRAH56 |
BASRAH'S NEW POLICE CHIEF CHALLENGES U.S. [...] (C/NF) Summary. The newly appointed Basrah Chief of Police, Major General Jalil Khalaf Shueil, visited the director of the Basrah Regional Embassy Office June 24 and made an energetic appeal for U.S. troops to be sent in to replace British forces which are drawing down in preparation for Provi [...] |
2007-06-24 17:25:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL MOPS IR IZ |
| 07BASRAH57 |
SADRIST LEADER REACHES OUT TO U.S. [...] (S/NF) Summary and Introduction: A senior cleric of the Office of Martyr Sadr (OMS) organization, Sheikh Mohammed Daoud-al-Basyri, held secret talks with the director of the Office of Provincial Affairs and the director of the Basrah Regional Embassy Office (REO) at the Basrah Air Station June [...] |
2007-06-28 05:23:00 | REO Basrah | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER OEXC SCUL EAID IR IZ |
| 07BASRAH58 |
NEW POLICE CHIEF ADDRESSES JAM, PERSONAL RUMORS [...] (C) Basrah's new police chief Major General Jalil Khalaf Shueil met with the director of the Office of Provincial Affairs and the director of the Basrah Regional Embassy Office (REO) on July 27 to discuss his efforts to stabilize Basrah. Jalil said his primary objectives are to reform his poli [...] |
2007-06-28 06:04:00 | REO Basrah | SECRET | PINS PTER MOPS IZ IR |
| 07BASRAH59 |
BASRAH BADR CHIEF SAYS JAM BEHIND THE VIOLENCE; ASKS FOR [...] (S) Summary: The leader of Badr Organization in Basrah, Hassan al-Rashid, told the acting REO director that JAM is the chief culprit for violence and should be strongly dealt with by the new Basrah security chiefs. If the security apparatus and Coalition Forces vigorously confront JAM, al-Ras [...] |
2007-07-02 16:11:00 | REO Basrah | SECRET | PGOV PREL IR IZ |
| 07BASRAH6 |
REO BASRAH CHALLENGES LOCAL MEDIA [...] Summary. The Regional Embassy Office (REO) in Basrah hosted a luncheon on January 3 for four journalists from Basrah and Maysan provinces. The journalists focused on the security situation and expressed a desire to maintain frequent contact. The REO director stated that he wants to build a l [...] |
2007-01-10 16:32:00 | REO Basrah | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO IZ PGOV MOPS EAID ENRG |
| 07BASRAH64 |
FOREIGN FIGHTERS IN BASRAH? [...] (S - REL MNF-I) On June 28, three British soldiers were killed by an IED as they were escorting a convoy from the Basrah Palace to the Basrah Air Station. British forces subsequently recovered a video recording of the incident. British sources believe that the male voices overheard on the rec [...] |
2007-07-22 09:48:00 | REO Basrah | SECRET | PTER MOPS IZ IR LE SY |
| 07BASRAH66 |
GOVERNOR ACKNOWLEDGES END IS NEAR [...] (C) Summary: On July 26, Basrah Governor Mohammad Wa'eli received an order from the Council of Ministers directing him to step down from office. Wa'eli insists the order is unconstitutional but says he will abide by the decision of the Iraqi High Tribunal Court, which has the matter before it. [...] |
2007-08-07 22:38:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IZ IR |
| 07BASRAH68 |
BADR LEADER SUGGESTS TRUCE BETWEEN ISF AND MILITIAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Badr leader Hasan al-Rashid met with Regional Embassy Officials (REO) on July 28 and August 9. He said he would serve as governor if asked, and that as governor he would seek to improve security by reconciling the politicians, the Iraqi security forces (ISF), and the militias. He [...] |
2007-08-13 11:23:00 | REO Basrah | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MOPS IZ IR |
| 07BASRAH69 |
BANI MALIK TRIBE STRIKES MILITIAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Bani Malik tribe demonstrated they were a force to be reckoned with August 10, following the murder of the tribal leader's son. The Bani Malik assumed Badr Corps was responsible and attacked a Badr office, killing one Badr member. The tribe also attacked the offices of severa [...] |
2007-08-13 12:20:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR IZ |
| 07BASRAH70 |
CENTRAL BANK MANAGER ON BASRAH PROBLEMS: SECURITY AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Zuhair Ali Akbair, General Manager for the Central Bank of Iraq (CBI), Basrah Branch met with Basrah Regional Embassy Office (REO) officials on August 11. Zuhair listed lack of electricity and security as the two main impediments to Basrah's development, but Zuhair showed no con [...] |
2007-08-18 15:50:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ENRG ECON EAGR PGOV PTER IZ |
| 07BASRAH71 |
BASRAH GOVERNOR LIKELY TO REMAIN IN OFFICE [...] (C) Regional Embassy Office contacts predict Governor Mohammed Wa'eli (Fadhila) will remain in his position despite the Provincial Council's no confidence vote against him. The sudden shift towards Wa'eli stems from reports that the Iraqi High Tribunal Court will decide in favor of Wa'eli. Fa [...] |
2007-08-18 15:55:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ IR |
| 07BASRAH72 |
SADRIST AGREES TO DIALOGUE WITH REO [...] (S) Summary: A senior Sadrist cleric, Sheikh Mohammed Daoud-al-Basyri, resumed secret talks with Regional Embassy Office (REO) officials on August 18. (Reftel) Mohammed agreed on the need to establish a dialogue with the United States and said he would assemble his colleagues for this purpose [...] |
2007-08-18 16:32:00 | REO Basrah | SECRET | PREL PTER IR IZ |
| 07BASRAH77 |
BASRAH GOVERNOR BESET WITH PROBLEMS [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Governor Muhammed Wa'eli visited the Regional Embassy Office (REO) August 30 to give us a tour de force of current issues confronting him. He told us that the court's decision on his fate was delayed and is now expected in mid-September. He seemed confident, but not overwhelming [...] |
2007-09-04 18:28:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL IR UK IZ |
| 07BASRAH8 |
LOOKING AHEAD TO ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) The REO staff have been polling our Basrah contacts since September regarding the likelihood of provincial elections and possible outcomes. With few exceptions, REO contacts have overwhelmingly stated that election planning and candidate vetting is stalled until the new election law is p [...] |
2007-01-17 07:11:00 | REO Basrah | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM IZ |
| 07BASRAH81 |
(S//NF) UK FORCES CONTEMPLATE IRAQ DRAWDOWN TIMELINE [...] (S//NF) During a September 6 briefing, MND-SE commander MG Graham Binns asked his staff to contemplate what actions would be required to turn security for Basrah province to Iraqi control (PIC) in October. Binns suggested "exploiting" this period of calm to engage key leaders, by driving a wed [...] |
2007-09-07 14:29:00 | REO Basrah | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PINS MARR UK IZ |
| 07BASRAH82 |
ELECTRICITY ISSUES IN BASRAH [...] (SBU) Summary: REO Discussions with a wide range of contacts revealed an intermittent supply of 8 to 9 hours of grid electricity per day for Basrah, with ever rising demand. Single family or neighborhood for-profit generators are common, as is theft from grid lines. The lack of consumer billin [...] |
2007-09-08 14:51:00 | REO Basrah | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EAID ECON PGOV IZ |
| 07BASRAH83 |
FADHILA NOT TAKING CHANCES ON BASRAH GOVERNOR'S COURT CASE [...] (S/NF) Fadhila member Aqueel Talib provided the REO director on September 8, a letter from Council of Representatives Speaker Mahmoud Mashadani to Prime Minister Maliki. The letter supports Basrah Governor Muhammed Wa'eli (Fadhila) in his court case against the Provincial Council's (PC) no-con [...] |
2007-09-09 18:58:00 | REO Basrah | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PINR PINS IR IZ |
| 07BASRAH84 |
FADHILA NOT TAKING CHANCES ON BASRAH GOVERNOR'S COURT CASE [...] (S/NF) Fadhila member Aqueel Talib provided the REO director on September 8, a letter from Council of Representatives Speaker Mahmoud Mashadani to Prime Minister Maliki. The letter supports Basrah Governor Muhammed Wa'eli (Fadhila) in his court case against the Provincial Council's (PC) no-con [...] |
2007-09-11 10:16:00 | REO Basrah | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PINR PINS PREL PTER IR IZ |
| 07BASRAH85 |
BASRAH GOVERNOR'S FATE FURTHER DELAYED [...] (C/NF) Summary: Fadhila member Aqeel Talib told Regional Embassy Officers September 17 that the High Tribunal Court reviewing the Basrah Provincial Council's (PC) no-confidence vote against Governor Mohammed Wa'eli had closed the case and would issue a verdict around September 28. On Septembe [...] |
2007-09-21 08:37:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINS UK IZ |
| 07BASRAH86 |
BASRAH POLICE CHIEF ON IRAN & SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: Basrah Police Chief, Major General Jalil Khalaf Shueil, told Regional Embassy Officers September 18 that Iran is training a Hezbollah-like force in reaction to rumors of a U.S. deployment to Basrah following a British withdrawal. Jalil expressed concern that Iraqi Prime Minister [...] |
2007-09-23 05:19:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | IR IZ PGOV PINR PREL PTER |
| 07BASRAH88 |
SECURITY IN BASRAH PROVINCE [...] (S) Summary: While attacks against Coalition Forces (CF) remain at a six-month low, security for Basrah's politicians and government security forces is bad. A series of assassinations, or attempts, of politicians and security officials has highlighted the failure of basic law enforcement. Un [...] |
2007-09-25 06:52:00 | REO Basrah | SECRET | PINS PGOV ASEC ECON IZ |
| 07BASRAH89 |
BASRAH MOD ADVISOR SAYS IRAN TRAINING JAM FOR PROXY WAR [...] (S) Summary: MOD Advisor Majid al-Sari told REO September 23 that Iran was now hosting training for 3,000 Jaysh al-Mahdi (JAM) members on collecting intelligence, radio intercepts, and employing EFPs and snipers for operations in Basrah. According to al-Sari, Tehran was secretly behind a Septe [...] |
2007-09-26 16:07:00 | REO Basrah | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PINR PINS PREL PROP PTER IR IZ |
| 07BASRAH9 |
CAN GOVERNOR WA'ELI LEAD BASRAH AFTER PIC? [...] (C) Summary. On January 11, 2007, the director of the Regional Embassy Office (REO) Basrah and Basrah Provincial Governor Mohammad al-Wa'eli held a meeting that dealt with the need for strong leaders to take charge of security after Basrah goes to Provincial Iraqi Control (PIC). The REO dire [...] |
2007-01-22 15:19:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ IR |
| 07BASRAH90 |
AMIDEAST CONTINUES DESPITE BASRAH'S DANGERS [...] (SBU) The Basrah representative for the NGO AMIDEAST, Nezar Abbas (please protect), described the extremely difficult conditions of implementing Department-funded cultural exchange programs to REO IPAO on September 25. Nezar told us that AMIDEAST was currently promoting the Iraqi Young Leaders [...] |
2007-09-28 07:39:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM KLSO SOCI SCUL PHUM IZ |
| 07BASRAH91 |
TENSIONS RISE AND ABATE BETWEEN BASRAH'S PC AND ISF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Members of Basrah's Provincial Council (PC), led by the Fadhila Party, attempted to "vote out" Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) commander LTG Mohan Hafith Fahad and Provincial Director of Police (PDOP) MG Jalil Khalaf Shueil at a September 22 "emergency session." Both officers left bef [...] |
2007-10-03 07:26:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR IZ |
| 07BASRAH92 |
BADR LEADER EXPRESSES SECURITY CONCERNS IN BASRAH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former Basrah Governor and Provincial Council (PC) member Hasan al-Rashid (Badr) told REO Director October 4 that Basrah's security has worsened. Unfortunately, Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) have done little to respond, and he accused Security Chief Lieutenant General Mohan Hafith F [...] |
2007-10-08 15:40:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PINR PINS PGOV PREL IR IZ |
| 07BASRAH93 |
GOVERNOR WINS CASE, OPPOSITION PROPOSES A TRUCE [...] (C) Summary: According to Basrah's Governor Mohammed Wa'eli (Fadhila), the Administrative Court has ruled that the Basrah Provincial Council's (PC) no-confidence vote was illegal, allowing Wa'eli to remain in office. The Court has yet to make an official announcement, but Prime Minister Nuri [...] |
2007-10-09 13:38:00 | REO Basrah | SECRET | PGOV PREL MOPS UK IZ |
| 07BASRAH94 |
PRT/USACE WORKSHOP GETS PROVINCIAL COUNCIL AND GOVERNATE [...] (U) Summary: In an August 31 - September 5 conference at the Dubai School of Government, the Basrah PRT and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers introduced best practices by successful UAE and Jordanian municipal services providers to Basrah municipal service directorate (sewage, water and electricity) [...] |
2007-10-13 09:59:00 | REO Basrah | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON PGOV PREL IZ |
| 07BASRAH95 |
PROMOTING GRASS ROOTS EFFORTS TO STOP THE VIOLENCE [...] (SBU) Over the past two months, militia attacks against Coalition personnel in Basrah have significantly subsided, but the absence of anti-Coalition violence has not resulted in tranquility for the citizens of Basrah. Shi'a militias and criminal gangs continue to terrorize Basrawis through a c [...] |
2007-10-13 13:03:00 | REO Basrah | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER EAID KWMN IZ |
| 07BASRAH96 |
GEN MOHAN ON IRAN, ISF, AND PIC [...] (S/REL AUS, CAN, UK) SUMMARY: In an October 7 meeting, Basrah Security Chief General Mohan listed Iran as Basrah's central problem, with unrestricted arms smuggling leaving militias too powerful for him to confront directly now. As UK troops leave, he described three areas in which the U.S. co [...] |
2007-10-14 12:08:00 | REO Basrah | SECRET | PGOV PINS PREL MOPS IR IZ |
| 07BASRAH97 |
GOVERNOR'S RIVAL DELIVERS IRANIAN COMPLAINT, ASSESSES BASRAH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Basrah Provincial Council (PC) member Hasan al-Rashid (Badr) advised Regional Embassy Office (REO) officials on October 18 that the Iranian Consul General, Hamid Baghnan, visited him to protest the presence of British forces at the al-Shalamja crossing on the Iraq-Iran border. Bag [...] |
2007-10-21 12:19:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MOPS IZ IR UK |
| 07BASRAH99 |
IRAQI SECURITY FORCES AND JAM CLASH IN BASRAH [...] (C) Summary: The tentative truce between the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) and Jaysh al-Mahdi (JAM) in Basrah was broken October 23 when fighting broke out throughout the city. Following a shooting of an alleged Organization of the Martyr Sadr (OMS) member at a police checkpoint, JAM forces laun [...] |
2007-10-23 22:04:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PINR IZ |
| 08BASRAH10 |
BASRAH BADR LEADER PREDICTS SOME BADR-JAM ELECTION VIOLENCE [...] (C) Summary: Hasan al-Rashid, Basrah's Badr leader, told the Regional Embassy Office IPAO that provincial elections might occur in September assuming passage of key legislation in Baghdad. He did not rule out violent political confrontation in Basrah during the campaign season between the Isl [...] |
2008-02-10 06:37:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PINS PHUM PGOV IZ |
| 08BASRAH12 |
CBS REPORTER KIDNAPPED IN BASRAH (PART 1) [...] (C) Summary: CBS reporter and British citizen Richard Butler (protect throughout) and his Iraqi interpreter were kidnapped from their hotel in Basrah city the night of February 10. It is unknown exactly who is responsible, but many suspect a small, Jaysh al-Mahdi (JAM) splinter group of former [...] |
2008-02-18 13:19:00 | REO Basrah | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PINR PHUM PTER UK IR IZ |
| 08BASRAH13 |
FADHILA FOCUSED ON REGIONAL FORMATION; ELECTIONS ON [...] (C/Rel USA, MCFI) Provincial Councilor Aqeel Talib (Fadhila) told Regional Embassy Officer February 17 that the Fadhila party was more concerned with turning Basrah province into its own region than it was with future elections. Talib explained that the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI) f [...] |
2008-02-21 15:01:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PINS PREL IR IZ |
| 08BASRAH14 |
BASRAH MOD ADVISOR ARRESTED BY MOI UNDER BADR PRESSURE [...] (C) Ministry of Defense (MoD) Advisor to the Basrah Operations Center (BOC) Majid al-Sari met Regional Embassy Officer February 10 to describe his poor relations with the Badr Corps because of his vocal opposition to Iranian intervention and his close relationship to the Basrah Operations Comma [...] |
2008-02-22 10:34:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PINS IR IZ |
| 08BASRAH16 |
BASRAH GOVERNOR ALLEGES IRANIAN ASSASSINATION PLOT [...] (C) Basrah Provincial Governor, Muhammed Musbeh Wa'eli, met with Regional Embassy (REO) officers on February 24 to substantiate his public allegation that the Iranian Government was directly involved in a recent assassination plot against Wa'eli and his brother. At a February 23 press conferen [...] |
2008-02-26 17:20:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS IZ IR |
| 08BASRAH18 |
BASRAH REFINERY DIRECTOR ON OIL SMUGGLING AND SECURITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 27, REO met with Qasim Mohammed Ali Kadhim, Technical Director of the South Refinery Company, who said Basra refinery operations have returned to its pre-fire production levels at approximately 60 percent capacity or 90,000 barrels per day. According to Kadhim, smuggl [...] |
2008-03-13 12:54:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON KCRM IZ |
| 08BASRAH19 |
ISCI-LED PROTEST AGAINST VIOLENCE IN BASRAH [...] (C/Rel MCFI) SUMMARY: Basrawis affiliated with the Basrah Islamic List (BIL) parties on the provincial council (ISCI, Badr, Thar Allah, Sayyid al-Shuhada, Shaheed al-Mihrab, Hizbollah Movement) took to the streets March 8, protesting the city's deteriorating security. An estimated 600-800 pa [...] |
2008-03-14 15:00:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PROP MCAP MOPS PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PREL |
| 08BASRAH2 |
GOVERNOR WANTS TO MAKE BASRAH A REGION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Basrah Provincial Governor Mohammed Wa'eli told REO Basrah on January 16 that Basrawis (except for those tied to Iran) wanted their own region and that he was ready to start the process. Wa'eli suggested a likely compromise region that would consist of Basrah, Dhi Qar and Maysan, r [...] |
2008-01-22 07:38:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EPET IR IZ |
| 08BASRAH21 |
BASRAH ISF COMMANDER SAYS ISF NOT READY [...] (S/REL MCFI) Summary: Basrah Operations Commander, LTG Mohan Hafith Fahad al-Fariji told us that the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) in his command are not capable of confronting the militias given their lack of training and equipment. Mohan asked the Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force [...] |
2008-03-17 17:01:00 | REO Basrah | SECRET//NOFORN | MCAP MOPS PBTS PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PREL PROP |
| 08BASRAH24 |
BASRA SHEIK'S SUCCESS CONFRONTING JAM [...] (S/Rel MNFI) SUMMARY and Comment: Sheik Mansur (Beni-Tamim) told REO March 28 of tribal success in securing the Shat-al-Arab sector of Basrah City; he asked the Minister of Interior for permission to field 500 tribesmen from a coalition of 12 tribes to secure his area, as well as help in removi [...] |
2008-03-29 11:40:00 | REO Basrah | SECRET | PGOV PINS IZ IR |
| 08BASRAH25 |
BASRAH SHEIK'S SUCCESS CONFRONTING JAM [...] (S/Rel MNFI) SUMMARY and Comment: Sheik Mansur (Beni-Tamim) told REO March 28 of tribal success in securing the Shat-al-Arab sector of Basrah City; he asked the Minister of Interior for permission to field 500 tribesmen from a coalition of 12 tribes to secure his area, as well as help in removi [...] |
2008-03-30 07:15:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS IR IZ |
| 08BASRAH26 |
GENERAL WARNS BASRA BATTLE LOST WITHOUT U.S. TROOPS [...] (S/REL MNFI) SUMMARY: MG Mared Beni-Malik (Strictly Protect), Director of Tribal Affairs, spoke with the REO Director on March 30 after meeting with PM Maliki in the Basrah Palace. He said that the ISF will lose the battle for Basrah without intervention of U.S. ground troops and increased a [...] |
2008-03-30 11:46:00 | REO Basrah | SECRET | PGOV PINS IR IZ |
| 08BASRAH27 |
BASRAH AVOIDS HUMANITARIAN CRISIS WHILE PREPARING FOR FUTURE [...] (C/REL MCFI) SUMMARY: Limited Government of Iraq (GOI) planning and poor coordination with the Coalition for the potential humanitarian consequences of the March 24 "Charge of the Knights" operation in Basrah left all concerned parties--most importantly, Basrawis themselves--unprepared for the [...] |
2008-04-10 14:34:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON PGOV IZ IR |
| 08BASRAH28 |
PM MALIKI'S TRIBAL INITIATIVE IN BASRAH [...] (S/REL MCFI) SUMMARY: Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has reversed his previous opposition to a tribal initiative in Iraq's Shia south. Shunning Coalition involvement, Maliki affirmed the nascent scheme will be GOI-led and appears to be under the direction of Acting Minister of Justice Sa [...] |
2008-04-11 18:44:00 | REO Basrah | SECRET | MOPS MCAP PGOV PREL PINS PINR PARM PTER IR UK |
| 08BASRAH29 |
CBS REPORTER RICHARD BUTLER FREED [...] (S) SUMMARY: Kidnapped CBS reporter and British citizen Richard Butler was freed during the afternoon of April 14 during an Iraqi Army (IA) operation conducted as part of operation Charge of the Knights II (COKII). UK, U.S., and Iraqi authorities had been trying to secure Butler's release sin [...] |
2008-04-14 17:18:00 | REO Basrah | SECRET | KCRM PTER PINS PGOV IZ |
| 08BASRAH3 |
BASRAH'S IRAQ SECURITY FORCES QUELL "SOLDIERS OF HEAVEN" [...] (C//Rel ACGU) Summary & Comment: The Shia festival of Ashura was disrupted January 18 when militants from the messianic cult Jund al Sama'a (Soldiers of Heaven - JAS) attacked Iraqi police and civilians in Basrah. It is believed the cult sought to create the chaos that foretells the return of [...] |
2008-01-22 14:41:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | MCAP MOPS PGOV PINR PINS PREL PROP PTER IR IZ |
| 08BASRAH31 |
JUSTICE MINISTER ON SPENDING $100 MILLION FOR BASRAH [...] (C/REL MCFI) SUMMARY: CETI Ambassador Ries, STRATEFF MG Zamzow and USAID Director Crowley met with Justice Minister Safa al-Safi in Basrah regarding PM Maliki's $100 million infusion of aid. Safi judged the Charge of the Knights a success, paving the way for investment and reconstruction. Sa [...] |
2008-04-15 20:27:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EFIN IZ |
| 08BASRAH32 |
REO BASRAH SITREP FOR APRIL 15, 2008 [...] (U) Basrah REO situation report for April 15. 2. (S//REL MCFI) Summary: The situation in Basrah remains tense, but is gradually improving as Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) confront militias and assert governmental control. The ISF continue to execute the second phase of "Operation Charge of [...] |
2008-04-16 09:21:00 | REO Basrah | SECRET | PGOV PINS ECIN IZ |
| 08BASRAH33 |
CHARGE OF THE KNIGHTS III: BASRAH UPDATE [...] (S//REL MCFI) SUMMARY: Charge of the Knights (COK) II, clearing of Basrah City's Qibla district, winds down as COK III, clearing of the strongest JAM stronghold Hyyaniyah, is about to begin. JAM, possibly with IRGC help, may make COK III its major fight. Sadrists are reportedly behind several [...] |
2008-04-18 13:05:00 | REO Basrah | SECRET | PGOV PINS ECON IZ |
| 08BASRAH34 |
UMM QASR DEPUTY UPBEAT ABOUTPORT'S PROPSECTS [...] (C//REL MCFI) SUMMARY: REO Officers met with merchant marine Captain Hussain Mohammed Abdullah, Assistant Director General (A-DG) for Management at the Port of Umm Qasr (PUQ). The GOI has sacked PUQ A-DG for Technical Affairs Safa Abud al-Hussein, who with militia influence had been appointed [...] |
2008-04-21 15:12:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | EWWT ETRD ECON PINS IZ |
| 08BASRAH35 |
BASRAH SITUATION REPORT, APRIL 21, 2008 [...] (S//REL MCFI) SUMMARY: Charge of the Knights (COK) III commenced on the morning of April 19, meeting very little resistance. Planning is already underway for the next operations to be conducted in Latif, Qarmat, and the Five Mile areas. The Tribal and Political Committees set up by PM Maliki [...] |
2008-04-22 11:53:00 | REO Basrah | SECRET | PGOV PINS ECON IZ |
| 08BASRAH36 |
NEW BASRAH ISF COMMANDER ON OPERATIONS AND IP REFORM [...] (C//REL MCFI) Summary: During an April 16 meeting with the Regional Embassy Office, MG Mohammed Jawad Hawadi, the newly appointed Basrah Operations Commander, admitted that the ISF initially performed poorly against the militias. Thanks to U.S. support and recent operational successes clearin [...] |
2008-04-22 16:23:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | MCAP MOPS PGOV PINR PINS PREL PTER IZ |
| 08BASRAH37 |
SAYYID AL SHUHADA ON BASRAH OPERATIONS, IRANIAN INFLUENCE, [...] No summary [...] |
2008-04-24 15:31:00 | REO Basrah | SECRET//NOFORN | MOPS PBTS PGOV PINR PINS PREL PTER IR IZ |
| 08BASRAH38 |
HYYANIYAH HEARTS AND MINDS WITH CMOC [...] (C/REL MCFI) SUMMARY: MNCI's Civil Military Operations Center (CMOC) has planned a weeklong rejuvenation of Basrah City's poor and JAM-infested Hyyaniyah. On April 29, Iraqi Army and Coalition Forces will secure the area, to be followed by Iraqi teams to deliver services and repairs. The CMOC [...] |
2008-04-27 14:32:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PHUM IZ |
| 08BASRAH39 |
BASRAH HUMAN RIGHTS DIRECTOR ON OPERATION CHARGE OF THE [...] (C/REL MCFI) Regional Embassy Officers met with the head of the Ministry of Human Rights' Basrah office, Mahdi al-Tamimi, April 17 to discuss the humanitarian effects of the GOI's Operation Charge of the Knights (CoK). Mahdi noted that before CoK, Basrah was crime ridden, suffering a murder ra [...] |
2008-04-28 16:55:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KDEM PBTS PGOV PREL PTER SOCI IR IZ |
| 08BASRAH40 |
SAFA AL SAFI ON COALITION FAILURES, GOI FUND FOR BASRAH, [...] (C/REL MCFI) SUMMARY: Acting Justice Minister Safa al-Safi met with CMOC and REO Basrah Directors in Basrah on April 24. Safi roundly criticized Coalition reconstruction efforts as ineffective and corrupt. He showed little understanding of the PRT role or a provided list of past projects. Sa [...] |
2008-04-29 15:19:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS KJUS ECON EAID IR IZ |
| 08BASRAH41 |
SMALL IRAQI PARTY SEEKS SOUTHERN REGION & HIGH ELECTION [...] (C//REL USA, MCFI) SUMMARY: Abd al-Rizak al-Saadi, the Secretary General of a minor political party called the Federal SIPDIS Democratic Iraq Coalition (FDIC) met Regional Embassy Office (REO) Basrah to explain his party's vision for a three-province southern region in Iraq to prohibit Irani [...] |
2008-04-30 12:24:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PBTS PGOV PREL IR IZ |
| 08BASRAH42 |
FADHILA MEMBER CRITICIZES MALIKI FOR BASRAH OPERATION [...] (C//REL USA, MCFI) SUMMARY: Basrah Provincial Council (PC) member and Fadhila insider, Sheikh Khazl Jaloob Falih al-Saidi (aka Abu Salam), criticized Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's Charge of the Knights (CoK) as a political move to eliminate the Jaysh al-Mahdi so that the Islamic Supreme Counc [...] |
2008-05-04 17:18:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PINS PREL KDEM MOPS PBTS IR IZ |
| 08BASRAH43 |
SOUTHERN REGION FORMATION STILL ON BASRAWI MINDS [...] (C//REL USA, MCFI) Summary: The formation of a southern Iraqi region is still on the agenda of many political actors in Basrah. With the exception of the Sunnis and staunch nationalists, the preponderance of Basrawis appears to favor a southern region in some form. ISCI's ultimate goal remain [...] |
2008-05-13 07:28:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IR IZ |
| 08BASRAH44 |
CHARGE OF THE KNIGHTS WHEELS NORTH: OBJECTIVE QURNAH [...] (S//REL MCFI) SUMMARY: For the first time since the GoI launched Operation Charge of the Knights (CoK) in March, on May 13 CoK will focus its attention outside greater Basrah - targeting the JAM stronghold of Al Qurnah, 70 km to the northwest. Despite a long supply line and a low priority for [...] |
2008-05-13 12:37:00 | REO Basrah | SECRET | PINS PGOV ECON IR IZ |
| 08BASRAH45 |
SAYYID AL-SHUHADAH LEADER ON POST-CHARGE OF THE KNIGHTS [...] (S) SUMMARY: In a May 21 meeting with the REO, Sayyid al-Shuhadah (SAS) leader and Council of Representatives (COR) member Daghir al-Musawi stated that the security situation is much improved after Operation Charge of the Knights (Cok), but cautioned that the slow pace of reconstruction was be [...] |
2008-05-27 03:37:00 | REO Basrah | SECRET | PGOV ECON IR IZ |
| 08BASRAH46 |
SAYYID AL-SHUHADAH LEADER ON POST-CHARGE OF THE KNIGHTS [...] (S) SUMMARY: In a May 21 meeting with the REO, Sayyid al-Shuhadah (SAS) leader and Council of Representatives (COR) member Daghir al-Musawi stated that the security situation is much improved after Operation Charge of the Knights (Cok), but cautioned that the slow pace of reconstruction was be [...] |
2008-05-27 03:37:00 | REO Basrah | SECRET | PGOV PINS ECON IZ |
| 08BASRAH47 |
SHIA INDEPENDENT SHEIKHS REFLECT ON POST-COK BASRAH, [...] (C/REL MCFI) Summary: In a meeting held on May 19 at the Regional Embassy Office in Basrah, Sheikh Amir Faiz of the Bani Amr tribe and esteemed Shia cleric, Sayyid Adil al-Musawi, said that the Charge of the Knights (COK) operation was a historic event which brought security to Basrah but caut [...] |
2008-05-27 03:37:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON IZ IR |
| 08BASRAH48 |
SHIA INDEPENDENT SHEIKHS REFLECT ON POST-COK BASRAH, [...] (C/REL MCFI) Summary: In a meeting held on May 19 at the Regional Embassy Office in Basrah, Sheikh Amir Faiz of the Bani Amr tribe and esteemed Shia cleric, Sayyid Adil al-Musawi, said that the Charge of the Knights (COK) operation was a historic event which brought security to Basrah but caut [...] |
2008-05-27 03:37:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON IR IZ |
| 08BASRAH49 |
SHIA INDEPENDENT SHEIKHS REFLECT ON POST-COK BASRAH, [...] (C/REL MCFI) Summary: In a meeting held on May 19 at the Regional Embassy Office in Basrah, Sheikh Amir Faiz of the Bani Amr tribe and esteemed Shia cleric, Sayyid Adil al-Musawi, said that the Charge of the Knights (COK) operation was a historic event which brought security to Basrah but caut [...] |
2008-05-27 03:37:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON IR IZ |
| 08BASRAH50 |
TRIBAL LEADER FAULTS GOI FOLLOW-UP TO COK, PLANS RUN FOR [...] (S/REL MCFI) SUMMARY: During a meeting held May 21 at the Basrah REO with Sheikh Mansur Tamimi, leader of the Bani Tamim tribe, Mansur said the lack of progress on reconstruction was eroding the popular support for the GOI and ISF engendered by the Charge of the Knights (COK) operation. Thou [...] |
2008-05-27 17:06:00 | REO Basrah | SECRET | PGOV ECON IR IZ |
| 08BASRAH51 |
BASRAH SADRIST: MOVEMENT DISARRAY AS IRAN GAINS [...] (S/REL MCFI) SUMMARY: In a cordial yet at times confrontational meeting held May 23 at the Basrah Regional Embassy Office, OMS leader Sheikh Mohammed al-Faraji, Ayatollah Qassim al-Tai's purported representative in the five southern provinces, called the Charge of the Knights (COK) campaign "a [...] |
2008-05-30 11:22:00 | REO Basrah | SECRET | PGOV PREL KISL IR IZ |
| 08BASRAH52 |
BANI MALIK SHEIKS ON COK, GROWING IRANIAN INFLUENCE IN [...] (S/rel MCFI) Summary: In a May 22 meeting at the REO, Sheikh Salam Maliki, leader of the Bani Malik tribe, and his brother, Sabah Maliki, expressed dissatisfaction with the ongoing Charge of the Knights (COK) operation in their tribal area, Qurnah. Both claimed the government had yet to fulfil [...] |
2008-05-30 12:02:00 | REO Basrah | SECRET | PGOV PINS IR IZ |
| 08BASRAH53 |
BASRAH JOURNALISTS ON SECURITY, RECONSTRUCTION AND [...] SUMMARY: REO Director and Public Affairs officer met with a series of journalists from print and broadcast media in April and May. Their views were not uniform but remarkably similar, with many common questions about U.S. policy, positions, and actions. There is concern that Basrah, because of [...] |
2008-06-02 18:58:00 | REO Basrah | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID PGOV IZ IR |
| 08BASRAH54 |
SUNNI CLERIC ON BASRAH AFTER COK, RECONSTRUCTION DELAYS, [...] (C/rel MCFI) In a meeting held on May 20 at the Basrah Regional Embassy Office, Sheikh Abd al-Karim al-Dosari, a leading Sunni cleric, discussed the improved environment in Basrah following the Charge of the Knights (COK) operation, crediting the GOI and the ISF for the instrumental role that [...] |
2008-06-03 18:16:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON PINS IR IZ |
| 08BASRAH55 |
MINISTRY OF OIL REMOVES SOUTH OIL COMPANY DIRECTOR GENERAL [...] (C) Summary: On May 23, the Ministry of Oil (MoO) announced it had removed South Oil Company (SOC) Director General Jabbar Al-Lu'aybi. Kefah Kaml, Jabbar's Deputy, has been appointed to serve as SOC's interim DG. Although Minister of Oil Husayn Al-Shahristani issued the order in mid-May, Jab [...] |
2008-06-04 10:57:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON KCRM IZ |
| 08BASRAH56 |
BASRAH OPERATIONS COMMAND GENERAL MOHAMMED ON SECURITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Lieutenant General Mohammed Jawad Huwaidi, Commander of the Basrah Operations Command (BOC), told REO Basrah May 24 that Basrah is now 70-80% secure. He expected operations to continue through the summer and posited that there was greater cooperation between Basrawis and the ISF. [...] |
2008-06-07 11:38:00 | REO Basrah | SECRET | PGOV PREL KISL IZ |
| 08BASRAH57 |
BASRAH ELECTION UPDATE [...] (C/REL MCFI) SUMMARY: The Basrah elections Director, Hazim Joda told the Basrah Regional Embassy Office (REO) and UK FCO that 34 acceptable voter registration centers had been identified, as of June 4. Coalition forces are conducting their own security assessment. Liaison between the ISF and H [...] |
2008-06-10 09:51:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IZ |
| 08BASRAH58 |
BASRAH ELECTION UPDATE (CORRECTED COPY; DISREGARD BASRAH [...] (C/REL MCFI) SUMMARY: The Basrah elections Director, Hazim Joda told the Basrah Regional Embassy Office (REO) and UK FCO that 34 acceptable voter registration centers had been identified, as of June 4. Coalition forces are conducting their own security assessment. Liaison between the ISF and H [...] |
2008-06-11 05:25:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IZ |
| 08BASRAH59 |
(S) SADRIST IN BASRAH SEEKS USG AID TO REPLACE MOQTADA [...] (S/REL MCFI) SUMMARY: Mohammed al-Fariji, a Sadrist cleric in Basrah and representative of Ayatollah Qassim al-Ta'i, requested USG support in al-Ta'i's bid to lead the Sadrist Trend. Fariji noted that the Sadrists were deeply divided, upset with Moqtada al-Sadr's failure of leadership, and read [...] |
2008-06-13 17:41:00 | REO Basrah | SECRET | PTER PINR PINS PGOV PREL PROP MARR MOPS UK IR |
| 08BASRAH60 |
BASRAH'S DEPUTY GOVERNOR COMPLAINS ABOUT GOVERNOR [...] (C/REL MCFI) SUMMARY: Luai Abdul Amir Abbass al-Battat (Future of Iraq Assembly), Basrah's deputy governor, complained June 15 to the Regional Embassy Office (REO) that Governor Muhammed Musbeh Wa'eli (Fadhila Party) has sidelined Luai and used his influence to place his own supporters in key p [...] |
2008-06-17 17:59:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON IZ |
| 08BASRAH61 |
BASRAH DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION PROMOTES INVESTMENT IN [...] (U) Summary: Since the establishment of the Basrah Development Commission (BDC) in October 2007, the British Government and the Basrah Provincial Council have been working closely on strategies to promote development and attract foreign investment in southern Iraq. The BDC has undoubtedly ser [...] |
2008-06-18 09:25:00 | REO Basrah | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EPET ENRG ECON KCRM IZ |
| 08BASRAH62 |
IRANIAN COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY IN BASRAH [...] (C/REL MCFI) SUMMARY: Iranian investment in Basrah province appears to be limited as Tehran focuses on influencing Basrah's political and security environment. Basrawis suspect Iranian front companies exist, but given their clandestine nature and the use of Iraqi intermediaries have difficulty [...] |
2008-06-22 14:08:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ELTN ENRG EPET ETRD PARM PBTS PGOV |
| 08BASRAH63 |
BASRAH TRIBAL BATTALIONS FLOUNDERING [...] (C//REL MCFI) SUMMARY: The tribal battalions established in Basrah by Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki to assist the Iraqi Security Forces during Operation Charge of the Knights are dying a slow death due to a lack of GOI support (ref A). The Bani Tamim and Bani Malik tribes each organized [...] |
2008-07-02 19:33:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | MASS MOPS PBTS PGOV PINR PREL PROP PTER IR IZ |
| 08BASRAH64 |
THE NEW BATTLE FOR BASRAH: CONTROL OF THE PROVINCE'S [...] (U) SUMMARY: Nearly four months after the Charge of Knights operation, Governor Muhammed Waeli acknowledged that the central Qernment has improved security in the province and praised the Iraqi Security Forces' ongoing efforts to bring steady quality of life improvements for Basrawis. The rel [...] |
2008-07-22 08:47:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV EPET ENRG ECON KCRM IZ |
| 08BASRAH65 |
ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON INDEPENDENT SHIA CLERIC [...] (C) Summary: Gunmen rumored to be connected to a Jaysh al-Mahdi (JAM) Special Group attempted to assassinate independent Shia cleric Sayid Aqiel Fadil Abbass Jamal al-Deen on July 16. The attack is one of a series of recent assassination attempts that underscore the fragile nature of Basrah [...] |
2008-07-30 06:19:00 | REO Basrah | SECRET | PGOV PINR PBTS PINS PREL |