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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 85MOGADISHU1175 |
ECONOMIC POLICY PROFILE: SOMALIA [...] No summary [...] |
1985-01-31 05:31:00 | Embassy Mogadishu | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON EAID SO |
| 85MOGADISHU1242 |
RUMORS OF TENSIONS IN THE SOMALI REGIME [...] SECRET/NOFORN - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. RUMORS ARE PROBABLY ALWAYS ABUNDANT HERE BUT AN FSN EMPLOYEE (PROTECT SOURCE) TELLS US THAT RUMORS OF A NEW KIND ARE CIRCULATING, AS FOLLOWS: --FAILURE TO ANNOUNCE A DATE FOR THE INAUGURAL MEETING OF THE NEW PARLIAMENT REFLECTS SIAD BARRE'S INDECISION ABO [...] |
1985-02-02 07:08:00 | Embassy Mogadishu | SECRET | PINT PINS SO |
| 85MOGADISHU1292 |
LIBYAN ACTIVITY IN AFRICA: SOMALIA [...] No summary [...] |
1985-02-04 05:02:00 | Embassy Mogadishu | SECRET | PGOV PREL PINT SO |
| 85MOGADISHU1643 |
REPORT OF SOMALI OVERTURE T0 SOVIETS [...] (SECRET/NOFORN/WNINTEL/NO CONTRACT/ORCON-ENTIRE TEXT) - 2. AN ARAB AMBASSADOR TOLD ME FEBRUARY 1T THAT SOVIET AMBASSADOR ILICHEV HAD TOLD HIM OF BEING APPROACHED RECENTLY BY THE SOMALIS ON THE QUESTION OF NORMALIZING RELATIONS. ILICHEV REPORTEDLY SAID THAT HE HAD BEEN INVITED TO DINNER BY [...] |
1985-02-12 12:49:00 | Embassy Mogadishu | SECRET | PREL SD UR US |
| 85NOFORNMOGADISHU1643 |
REPORT OF SOMALI OVERTURE T0 SOVIETS [...] (SECRET/NOFORN/WNINTEL/NO CONTRACT/ORCON-ENTIRE TEXT) - 2. AN ARAB AMBASSADOR TOLD ME FEBRUARY 1T THAT SOVIET AMBASSADOR ILICHEV HAD TOLD HIM OF BEING APPROACHED RECENTLY BY THE SOMALIS ON THE QUESTION OF NORMALIZING RELATIONS. ILICHEV REPORTEDLY SAID THAT HE HAD BEEN INVITED TO DINNER [...] |
1985-02-12 12:49:00 | Embassy Mogadishu | SECRET | PREL SD UR US |
| 86MOGADISHU2418 |
LIBYAN PRESENCE IN SOMALIA [...] SECRET - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. THIS MORNING AT THE CEREMONY INITIATING THE AID PROJECT FOR PVOS, I TOOK THE MINISTER OF INTERIOR, AHMED SULEIMAN ABDALLAH, ASIDE. I RECALLED THAT WHEN FOREIGN MINISTER JAMA BARRE HAD MET WITH THE SECRETARY AT THE UNGA LAST FALL, JAMA BARRE HAD TOLD MR. SHULTZ T [...] |
1986-03-04 10:17:00 | Embassy Mogadishu | SECRET | PREL PTER LY SO |
| 86MOGADISHU2896 |
LIBYAN AND IRAQI RECRUITING ATTRACTS [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. IN RECENT DAYS, FLIERS HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED BY THE LIBYAN EMBASSY AROUND THE CITY OF MOGADISHU WHICH SEEK RECRUITS FOR AN "ALL-ARAB ARMY". THE "ARMY" IS AIMED AT FIGHTING "IMPERIALISM AND ZIONISM" AND ON FREEING ARAB LANDS FROM THE ATLANTIC TO THE ARABIAN [...] |
1986-03-16 08:54:00 | Embassy Mogadishu | CONFIDENTIAL | MCAP PINS PREL SO LY IZ XF |
| 86MOGADISHU3219 |
IRANIAN AND LIBYAN TERRORISM [...] SECRET - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. LIBYAN TERRORISM: EGYPTIAN AMBASSADOR MEKKY (PROTECT SOURCE) TOLD ME MARCH 24 THAT HE UNDERSTOOD THAT THE RECENT LIBYAN PUBLIC RECRUITMENT DRIVE (MOGADISHU 3124) HAD RESULTED IN THE SUCCESSFUL RECRUITMENT OF ABOUT 40 SOMALIS, WHO LEFT MOGADISHU SUPPOSEDLY FOR DE [...] |
1986-03-24 10:29:00 | Embassy Mogadishu | SECRET | PTER PINS PREL LY IR SO |
| 86MOGADISHU3643 |
SOMALI ATTITUDE ON LIBYA [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. ON APRIL 1 MFA PERMANENT SECRETARY ADAN MET WITH AMBASSADOR BRIDGES AT THE REQUEST OF PRESIDENT SIAD TO PRESENT SOMALI VIEWS ON THE RECENT U.S.-LIBYAN HOSTILITIES IN THE GULF OF SIDRA. AMBASSADOR NUR, STILL VISITING FROM WASHINGTON, AMERICAS DIRECTOR ELMI [...] |
1986-04-01 10:56:00 | Embassy Mogadishu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER LY SO |
| 86MOGADISHU4325 |
SOMALI WARNING TO LIBYANS ON TERRORISM [...] SECRET - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. WE REPORTED EARLIER THAT THE SOMALIS HAD INFORMED US THAT THEY HAD WARNED THE HEAD OF THE LIBYAN PEOPLE'S BUREAU AGAINST UNDERTAKING ANY ACTION AGAINST AMERICANS IN SOMALIA. I HAVE JUST HAD ADDITIONAL CONFIRMATION OF THIS FROM EGYPTIAN AMBASSADOR MEKKY (PROTECT [...] |
1986-04-17 10:37:00 | Embassy Mogadishu | SECRET | PTER SO LY |
| 88MOGADISHU11685 |
SOVIET FLIRTATION WITH SOMALIA [...] (LOU) WISH TO DRAW DEPARTMENT'S ATTENTION TO REF FBIS REPORT OF AN IZVESTIYA DISPATCH DATELINED MOGADISHU "WARM WIND IN THE HORN OF AFRICA". PIECE IS CLEARLY A SCENE-SETTER FOR CURRENT (AND LONG- POSTPONED) VISIT OF SOVIET ECONOMIC DELEGATION THAT ARRIVED HERE WITH MUCH HOOPLA LAST WEEKEND. [...] |
1988-10-03 13:04:00 | Embassy Mogadishu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL US UR SO |
| 88MOGADISHU8032 |
SOMALI INSURGENCY: ETHIOPIAN COMPLICITY? [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT 2. I TOOK ADVANTAGE OF A MEETING JULY 3 WITH ACTING PERMSEC ABDULLAHI EGAL NUR TO PROBE A BIT REGARDING GSDR'S CURRENT POSITION ON ETHIOPIAN ROLE IN NORTHERN INSURGENCY. I HOPED IN PARTICULAR TO OBTAIN INSIGHT INTO AMBASSADOR ADDOU'S DEMARCHE "UNDER INSTRUCTIO [...] |
1988-07-06 11:44:00 | Embassy Mogadishu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PINS ET UR US SO PGOV |
| 90MOGADISHU10239 |
NEW OPPOSITION GROUP APPEARS [...] CONDFIDENTIAL--ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY. A NOMALI OPPOSITION GROUP, THE SOMALI DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT, HAS BEEN FORMED. ACCORDING TO USC LEADERS, THE SDM GREW OUT OF THE SO-CALLED "MESOPOTAMIAN MANIFESTO," WHICH WAS DRAFTED BY RAHANWEYNE FARMERS TO PROTEST GSDR POLICIES, AND ESPECIALLY THE [...] |
1990-11-26 12:50:00 | Embassy Mogadishu | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PGOV EAGR SO |
| 90MOGADISHU10380 |
MOGADISHU MONTHLY BIOGRAPHIC WRAP-UP [...] CONFIDENTIAL--ENTIRE TEXT. 2. MRS. ASHA HASSAN ABADA. MEMBER, OFFICE OF ASIA AND SOCIALIST COUNTRIES, SOMALIA MFA. OGADENI CLAN. HUSBAND IS COMMANDER OF THE SOMALIA MILITIA. SISTER IS MARRIED TO AN AMERICAN AND LIVES IN EULESS, TEXAS. 3. ABDALLA T. YUSUF-KHALID ("MR KHALID"). BORN [...] |
1990-11-29 13:54:00 | Embassy Mogadishu | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PREL SO ET YE EG SU SA |
| 90MOGADISHU10384 |
LEADER OF SOMALI DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT EXPLAINS [...] CONFIDENTIAL--ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: THE ELDERLY RAHENWEYNE LEADER WHO HEADS THE SOMALI DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENY (SDM) SAID HE HAD BROKEN A PROMISE WITH SIAD BARRE AND ENTERED THE POLITICAL FRAY BECAUSE THE CURRENT REGIME IS EXPIRING AND HE DID NOT WANT HIS TRIBE TO MISS OUT IN THE COMPETI [...] |
1990-11-29 14:11:00 | Embassy Mogadishu | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR SO |
| 90MOGADISHU10556 |
SECURITY DECREE CALLS PARTS OF CONSTITUTION INTO QUESTION [...] (U) ON DECEMBER 5, RADIO MOGADISHU MADE THE FOLLOWING BROADCAST: 2. (U) TEXT FROM UNOFFICIAL USIS TRANSLATION. BEGIN TEXT: THE MINISTER OF JUSTICE, HUSSEIN SHIEKH ABDIRAHMAN MATTAN, GAVE DETAILS ON A NEW ANTI-BANDITRY LAW SIGNED BY THE PRESIDENT WHICH WILL BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL [...] |
1990-12-05 15:20:00 | Embassy Mogadishu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PHUM SO |
| 90MOGADISHU10663 |
MORE ON MASSACRE AT ANIMAL MARKET [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. - 2. WE NOW HAVE A CLEARER PICTURE, IN PART BASED ON EYE-WITNESS REPORTS, OF THE KILLINGS THAT TOOK PLACE AT THE ANIMAL MARKET IN NORTHEAST MOGADISHU ON DECEMBER 6 (REFTEL). A MAN WHO WAS SITTING AT A COFFEE HOUSE NEAR THE MARKET DURING THE INCIDENT SAYS THA [...] |
1990-12-09 15:14:00 | Embassy Mogadishu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PINS PREL SO |
| 90MOGADISHU10701 |
DISCUSSION WITH GENERAL MOHAMED ALI SAMANTAR [...] No summary [...] |
1990-12-10 15:02:00 | Embassy Mogadishu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PGOV SO |
| 90MOGADISHU10969 |
CONSTITUTION DRAFTER DISILLUSIONED [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. - 2. ON DECEMBER 17, POLOFF SPOKE WITH ABDULAHI MOALLIM, A HAWIYE LAWYER SPECIALIZING IN HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES. MOALLIM WAS ONE OF THE SIX DRAFTERS OF THE NEW SOMALI CONSTITUTION. - 3. MOALLIM SAID HE WAS DISILLUSIONED BY THE GSDR'S LACK OF RESPECT FOR TH [...] |
1990-12-17 15:07:00 | Embassy Mogadishu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINS SO |
| 90MOGADISHU11003 |
DISCUSSION WITH MANIFESTO SIGNERS [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. - 2. ON DECEMBER 17, DCM HOSTED A LUNCHEON FOR SEVERAL SIGNERS OF THE MAY MANIFESTO. THEY ARE: GENERAL ABDULAHI MOHAMED HASSAN, FORMER COMMANDER OF THE SOMALI POLICE AND A MAJERTAIN (BIO DETAILS FOLLOW SEPTEL); MOHAMOUD SALAH NOOR, ADOLBAHANTE AND FORMER LAB [...] |
1990-12-18 15:06:00 | Embassy Mogadishu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PHUM MOPS SO |
| 90MOGADISHU11138 |
NORTHERN MINISTER DEPLORES CURRENT SITUATION [...] No summary [...] |
1990-12-20 14:32:00 | Embassy Mogadishu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PGOV SO |
| 90MOGADISHU11232 |
DECEMBER 22, 1990 MEETING WITH THE PRIME MINISTER [...] No summary [...] |
1990-12-24 09:54:00 | Embassy Mogadishu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR SO |
| 90MOGADISHU11295 |
DECEMBER 27, 1990 MEETING WITH PRESIDENT SIAD BARRE [...] No summary [...] |
1990-12-27 15:09:00 | Embassy Mogadishu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR SO |
| 90MOGADISHU1773 |
SOMALIS UNDULY GLOOMY OVER NEW CABINET [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. - 2. SUMMARY: SEVERAL SOMALI FRIENDS CONFIDED DISAPPOINT- MENT TO US OVER THE WEEKEND ABOUT THE MAKEUP OF PRESIDENT SIAD'S NEW GOVERNMENT. THEY GENERALLY CONSIDERED THE LINEUP POLITICALLY WEAK (THOUGH TECHNICALLY STRONGER) AND OF LITTLE VALUE TO THE POLITICA [...] |
1990-02-21 09:44:00 | Embassy Mogadishu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS PINR SO |
| 90MOGADISHU2527 |
PEACE BREAKING OUT IN THE NORTH? [...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. - 2. SUMMARY: EXHAUSTED BY FRATRICIDE AND WEAKENED BY HUNGER,FEUDING TRIBES IN NORTHWEST SOMALIA MAY AT LAST BE READY TO MAKE PEACE AMONG THEMSELVES, WITH SNM, AND WITH GSDR. SOMALI ARMY "WARLORDS" IN THE NORTH HAVE ALREADY WITHDRAWN FROM THE FRAY TO DEVOTE TH [...] |
1990-03-13 11:42:00 | Embassy Mogadishu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SO |
| 90MOGADISHU9903 |
NOVEMBER 11 MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER [...] No summary [...] |
1990-11-13 13:08:00 | Embassy Mogadishu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS EAID SO |
| 90MOGADISHU9970 |
BIOGRAPHIC REPORTING: ABDIRAHMAN ABDULLE OSMAN [...] No summary [...] |
1990-11-15 10:19:00 | Embassy Mogadishu | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PREL PGOV SO |