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02AMMAN2143	MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST [...] No summary [...]	2002-05-01 09:22:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO

02AMMAN2184	JORDAN: MEDIA REACTION ON SITUATION IN THE [...] No summary [...]	2002-05-02 10:44:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
02AMMAN2200	JORDAN TELECOM PLANS LINKS TO BAGHDAD [...] (C) According to Jordan Telecom (JTC) CEO Pierre Mattei, JTC is planning to issue a request for proposals (RFP) to construct a fiber-optic telecommunications cable link between Amman and Baghdad within the next month. He said that at present all Iraqi telecom traffic is currently routed via t [...]	2002-05-06 05:51:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ECPS PREL IZ JO
02AMMAN2204	MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST [...] No summary [...]	2002-05-06 10:38:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
02AMMAN2221	DEMARCHE ON BOYCOTT OF U.S. AND ISRAELI PRODUCTS [...] (SBU) On May 6, Poloff conveyed reftel points on the boycott issue to Ali Al-Ayed of Foreign Minister Muasher's Private Office. Al-Ayed offered no substantive comment but promised to convey the message to FM Muasher who is currently in Washington with King Abdullah and other senior members of [...]	2002-05-06 14:44:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KBCT PREL ETRD AL IS US JO
02AMMAN2222	URGENT DEMARCHE ON UN ACTION ON THE MIDDLE EAST [...] (C) On May 6, Poloff conveyed reftel points on the prospective emergency session of the General Assembly on the Middle East to Ali Al-Ayed, Personal Assistant to Foreign Minister Muasher. Al-Ayed promised to pass the information promptly to FM Muasher who is currently in Washington with King [...]	2002-05-06 14:45:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IS JO UNGA
02AMMAN2227	MEDIA REACTON ON MIDDLE EAST [...] No summary [...]	2002-05-07 10:20:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
02AMMAN2228	RESPONSE TO REQUEST ON COUNTERRORISM LEGISLATION [...] (U) In response to Ref A, Post has queried and received a positive response from the FonMin's office on the GOJ's interest in attending counterterrorism legislation seminars in Washington. The GOJ is one of our strongest partners in the war on terrorism and we believe the opportunity to furth [...]	2002-05-07 10:43:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC KCRM KTIA PREL PTER JO
02AMMAN2243	MODERATES IN PALESTINIAN REFUGEE CAMP UNEASY ABOUT [...] (C) Summary and Comment: In the aftermath of Israel's Operation Defensive Shield, the mood among even moderate factions in Amman's Wihdat refugee camp is suspicious and uneasy about Israeli and U.S. intentions. In a May 1 meeting with emboffs, Palestinian notables from Wihdat questioned U.S [...]	2002-05-07 13:34:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF KPAL KWBG IS JO
02AMMAN2251	PROPOSED MIDDLE EAST CONFERENCE GREETED WITH [...] (C) A survey of political contacts suggests a general lack of enthusiasm over the recent Quartet proposal to stage a Middle East conference in the next few weeks. The GOJ has endorsed the proposal with some caveats. While several contacts condemned outright the idea of a conference, a few ma [...]	2002-05-07 14:48:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IS JO
02AMMAN2253	EMBASSY POSITION ON THIRD PARTY TRANSFER OF ROYAL [...] U.S. Embassy Amman concurs with the GOJ request for third party transfer of F-5 A/B spare parts to Intertrade Aviation Corporation, 5722 Buckingham Drive, Huntington Beach, CA 92649. 2. Basis for Request: A. Items being transferred: 5 Heat Exchangers (NON-SME),Value USD 41,500.00 [...]	2002-05-08 09:53:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR MASS MCAP JO
02AMMAN2257	JORDAN SUGGESTS EUROPEAN INTERVENTION WITH ARAB [...] (C) Responding to our earlier demarche (ref a),Acting Foreign Minister Shaher Bak told the Charge and PolCouns May 8 that Jordan does not want the UN Special Session on Children to be "hijacked" by radical language from the Arab Group. He said that PM Ali Abul Ragheb had instructed the hea [...]	2002-05-08 11:47:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL JO UNGA
02AMMAN2258	GOJ TAKES ACTIONS TO DISCOURAGE BOYCOTT OF U.S. [...] (C) Responding to our earlier demarche on the local call for a boycott of U.S. goods (ref a),Acting Foreign Minister Shaher Bak told Charge and PolCouns May 8 that Prime Minister Ali Abul Ragheb was trying to discourage the boycott of U.S. goods in Jordan. Bak reported that Abul Ragheb has [...]	2002-05-08 11:48:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	KBCT PREL ETRD IS US JO
02AMMAN2262	DEMARCHE ON INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT DELIVERED [...] (C) PolCouns May 7 delivered ref points on the U.S. position on the International Criminal Court to Ali al-Ayed, Personal Assistant to Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher (who is in Washington accompanying King Abdullah). Ayed listened to the points without making substantive comment, and said h [...]	2002-05-08 12:40:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KTIA JO KICC
02AMMAN2270	JORDAN: PARTICIPATION IN TRANSSHIPMENT ENFORCEMENT [...] Jordanian Customs Director General Mahmoud Qteishat confirmed May 6 that his agency would send three representatives to the Barcelona conference on transshipment: -- Faisal Ahmad al-Sarhan, Director of Inspection -- Fadi Baker Makhlouf, Director of the al-Omary Customs House -- Mohammad Faye [...]	2002-05-08 15:31:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC JO KSTC MNUC PARM PREL
02AMMAN2298	JORDAN LIKELY TO ABSTAIN OR BE ABSENT ON WHA VOTE [...] (C) PolCouns spoke May 9 with Dr. Khaled al-Tahaineh, Deputy Director of the Foreign Ministry's International Organizations Department regarding Taiwan's bid to gain observer status in the WHO. Tahaineh confirmed ref information that Jordan is likely to either abstain on or be absent from a [...]	2002-05-09 14:18:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TW JO WHO
02AMMAN2302	JORDAN'S THANKS ON WTO SUBSIDY ISSUE [...] No summary [...]	2002-05-09 14:50:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD JO WTRO
02AMMAN2310	DEMARCHE ON IRANIAN PLANE SUSPECTED OF CARRYING [...] (S) On May 11, upon receipt of NIACT precedence message, poloff/duty officer passed reftel information regarding the impending 5/12 flight of a suspected arms-laden Iranian cargo plane to Ambassador Mohammed Shahankari, Director of Foreign Minister Muasher's Private Office. Shahankari conferre [...]	2002-05-11 09:38:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL PTER IR SY JO
02AMMAN2329	IBB's Radio Sawa an initial hit among the [...] (Summary) The experimental broadcast of IBB's Radio Sawa, which offers an attractive mix of Arabic and American music, became an instant hit among Jordan's young, who are the main target audience and the majority of the population. Whether this popularity will continue now that Radio Sawa h [...]	2002-05-12 13:42:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO KPAO
02AMMAN2334	EAST BANK-WEST BANK DIVIDE GROWS AS INTIFADA [...] (C) Over the past few weeks the Israeli offensive in the West Bank has highlighted a trend we have seen growing as the Intifada has intensified--the cleavage between Palestinian Jordanians (West Bankers) and Transjordanians (East Bankers). Residual mistrust left over from the 1970 PLO attem [...]	2002-05-12 14:10:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL PGOV IS JO
02AMMAN2363	JORDAN QIZ UPDATE APRIL 2002 [...] (sbu) QIZ exporters and park managers are cautiously optimistic for a strong 2002 export season. Production is steady throughout the QIZ's, orders are on the rise, and new investment interest is beginning to trickle in once more. With the apparent passing of the immediate crisis in the West [...]	2002-05-13 13:53:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV ELAB JO
02AMMAN2371	EU ASSOCIATION AGREEMENT DOES LITTLE FOR JORDAN'S [...] (sbu) Jordan's Association Agreement with the EU entered into force May 1 after a five-year ratification process that had frustrated Jordan and embarrassed EU diplomats here. While both sides have publicly lauded the agreement as a catalyst for investment and trade, privately the GOJ, EU and [...]	2002-05-14 07:28:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EINV JO WTRO EUN
02AMMAN2375	MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST [...] No summary [...]	2002-05-14 09:08:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
02AMMAN2383	JORDAN: REGULATION OF CHARITIES [...] (c) Jordanian charities and non-governmental social service organizations are registered with and monitored by the Ministry of Social Affairs and by the Ministry of Religious Affairs in the case of religious organizations. Their activities complement government-provided social services, espe [...]	2002-05-14 13:10:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC EFIN PTER PREL JO
02AMMAN2396	UNRWA DONORS MEETING HIGHLIGHTS CRISIS GRIPPING [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: UNRWA's May 8-9 meeting of major donors and host governments highlighted the crisis gripping the humanitarian agency as a result of ongoing Israeli-Palestinian tensions. Continued Israeli closures in the West Bank and Gaza have severely hindered UNRWA's ability to [...]	2002-05-14 15:57:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL EAID KPAL KWBG IS JO
02AMMAN2414	WHA: JORDAN OPPOSES POLITICIZATION OF WHA, WILL [...] (C) PolCouns covered ref points on the morning of May 15 with Ali al-Ayed of Foreign Minister Muasher's personal office, urging Jordan to vote no on the proposed WHA draft resolution on health conditions in the Occupied Territories. PolCouns noted that quick action was required, since the re [...]	2002-05-15 13:12:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IS JO UNGA
02AMMAN2420	NEW JORDANIAN TELECOM REGULATOR FACES CHALLENGES [...] (SBU) The GOJ's recent reform of its telecom regulatory infrastructure thrusts its now fully independent regulator into the role of decision-maker at a time of transition, opportunity, and challenge. As it finds its feet, the regulatory agency must find creative ways to encourage market entr [...]	2002-05-15 14:11:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ECPS BEXP EINV JO
02AMMAN2423	SADDAM'S REGIME PROSPERING AND CONFIDENT ACCORDING [...] (S) Journalist Peter Arnett (please protect throughout) shared with the Ambassador May 13 impressions from a just-completed three-week tour of Iraq. The images he conveyed -- full flights into and out of Baghdad, markets better stocked with products than before, huge, recently-completed ornat [...]	2002-05-16 06:00:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD IZ
02AMMAN2432	SENIOR ISLAMIC FIGURES PRAISE CHRISTIAN-MUSLIM [...] (C) The Chief Justice of the Sharia Court and the Mufti of the Kingdom recently expressed to us their strong condemnation of Israeli violence in the West Bank and of suicide bombings, but asked that the U.S. adopt a "more just" position defending the rights of Palestinians against Israeli oc [...]	2002-05-16 09:37:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL SOCI IS JO
02AMMAN2447	AL-NAKHBA DAY PASSES QUIETLY IN JORDAN -- WAITING [...] (C) Traditionally a day of protests in Jordan, the May 15 remembrance of al-Nakhba (the "Catastrophe" -- the 1948 founding of Israel) passed quietly in Jordan this year. The Professional Associations sponsored a pro-Palestinian rally in the Shmeisani neighborhood of Amman. A large number of [...]	2002-05-16 14:42:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPAL ASEC JO
02AMMAN2475	IMF MISSION VIEWS ON JORDAN DEBT [...] (c) Summary. IMF staff currently in Amman says that Jordan needs a new Fund program that will allow it to "refinace" its Paris Club debt in such a way as to guarantee its graduation from the IMF process. Given its low credit rating and volatile neighborhood, Jordan does not have market-bas [...]	2002-05-19 09:40:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN JO
02AMMAN2477	JORDANIANS SAY UN ISSUES NOT ON AGENDA FOR BEIRUT [...] (C) DCM reviewed ref points May 17 with Ali al-Ayed, personal assistant to Foreign Minister Muasher, asking that Jordan oppose any move at the May 17-18 Beirut Arab League Meeting to call publicly for challenges to Israeli credentials in international organizations or support for Chapter VII [...]	2002-05-19 11:45:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL XF JO
02AMMAN2478	JORDAN AND DEBT ISSUES [...] (C) We understand there will be a high-level interagency meeting May 20 to discuss Jordan's request for debt relief from the Paris Club in the wake of King Abdullah's visit to Washington and meetings with the President, Secretary O'Neill, NSA Rice and other senior U.S. officials. Since ther [...]	2002-05-19 15:18:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN JO
02AMMAN2513	IMPORTANCE OF CONTINUED U.S. SUPPORT FOR JORDAN'S [...] (C) We understand that the Department may be considering consolidating its NADR Humanitarian Demining programs and focusing on fewer countries in the coming fiscal years. If this is the case, we believe it is important for U.S. political and military interests in the region -- and in OEF -- t [...]	2002-05-20 05:53:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	KHDP PREL MASS JO
02AMMAN2516	JORDAN: EMBASSY SCIENCE FELLOW SELECTION [...] Embassy Amman has reviewed the three candidates for the Embassy Science Fellow Program that were forwarded to us by OES and has chosen Dr. Sylvana Li of the USDA/FAS as our first choice. Dr. Li's background suits her well to the job. Not only is her expertise in water quality and [...]	2002-05-20 06:18:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT APER EAGR EAID TSPL SENV KSCA JO
02AMMAN2527	JORDAN: MEDIA REACTION ON THE OPERATIONS IN [...] No summary [...]	2002-05-20 13:02:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
02AMMAN2529	TENSE REGIONAL SITUATION INCREASES ELECTION [...] (C) Developments across the river and elsewhere in the region continue to place strong pressure on King Abdullah's reformist agenda. Along with the pressure, speculation concerning the status of parliamentary elections that were tentatively scheduled for the fall has grown. On May 10, Jordan [...]	2002-05-20 13:07:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	JO KISL PGOV PREL
02AMMAN2554	UNRWA AND U.S. INTERESTS [...] (U) This is a joint message from Embassies Amman, Beirut and Damascus. 2. (C) Given current scrutiny in the Israeli press and in Congress of UNRWA's programs and role in the West Bank, it is important to remember that UNRWA plays a key role throughout the region -- Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, [...]	2002-05-21 07:58:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PGOV KPAL SY LE JO
02AMMAN2559	COURT FINDS FORMER MP GUILTY OF SLANDERING [...] (C) The State Security Court May 16 sentenced former Member of Parliament Toujan Faisal to one and a half years in prison. Because she was convicted of only "misdemeanors," she has no right to appeal. Faisal was convicted on all of four charges levied against her: 1) slandering the judici [...]	2002-05-21 10:05:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM JO
02AMMAN2587	JORDANIANS ASK FOR U.S. HELP IN FACILITATING [...] (C) In a meeting with Ambassador and PolCouns May 20, Prime Minister Ali Abul Ragheb stressed the need for U.S. intervention to improve the "humanitarian situation" in Palestinian areas of the West Bank, Jerusalem, and Gaza. Israel has recently made it more difficult for humanitarian supplie [...]	2002-05-21 15:07:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KPAL JO
02AMMAN2609	DEMARCHE TO JORDAN ON MCLURG CANDIDACY FOR ACABQ [...] (C) Ambassador covered ref points on the candidacy of Susan McLurg for the UN Advisory Committee for Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ) May 20 with Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher, emphasizing the importance of continued U.S. participation on the ACABQ to ensure Congressional supp [...]	2002-05-22 12:27:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC JO UN
02AMMAN2624	NOMINATION FOR AWARD FOR CORPORATE EXCELLENCE [...] No summary [...]	2002-05-23 05:58:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP EINV ELAB ETRD JO
02AMMAN2645	Mr. Robert McNamara - Target-of-Opportunity [...] Summary: PAS Amman organized three public concerts and two workshops for musician Mr. Robert McNamara during his program in Jordan on May 19 through May 21. Mr. McNamara's program in Jordan was the first of PAS' cultural programs to be pursued following the events taking place in the region. [...]	2002-05-23 13:22:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP OEXC SCUL JO
02AMMAN2648	JORDAN: IMF MISSION UPDATE [...] (sbu) The IMF mission is leaving Amman for Washington Thursday (May 23) evening. According to a mission member, they are taking with them a draft "letter of intent" for a new 2-year stand-by program. The letter, however, contains some "empty paragraphs" that need to be filled in by the Jor [...]	2002-05-23 14:27:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN JO
02AMMAN2649	DEATH OF SWEDISH DIPLOMAT ON ROAD FROM BAGHDAD MAY [...] (U) Jonas Weiss, Sweden's Amman-based Iraq Watcher, was killed in a car accident on the Amman-Baghdad road on Wednesday, May 22. Weiss was returning to Amman after spending several days making a periodic visit to Iraq. The accident took place at approximately 0430 in morning, about 100km wes [...]	2002-05-23 14:27:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ SW JO
02AMMAN2652	JORDAN--FTA ENVIRONMENT COMMITMENTS [...] (U) This is an action cable; see para 5. 2. (SBU) Jordan has made some progress in strengthening its environmental regulatory structure since signing the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the U.S. in October 2000. Specifically, seven new environmental by-laws, drafted by the General Corporati [...]	2002-05-23 15:01:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD JO PREL SENV
02AMMAN2655	MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST [...] No summary [...]	2002-05-27 08:18:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
02AMMAN2673	JORDAN WELCOMES PRESIDENT'S DECISION TO SEEK THE [...] (U) On May 27, Poloff conveyed reftel information on the President's May 9 decision to seek the Senate's advice and consent to ratify the U.S.-IAEA Additional Protocol to Ayman Aamiri, Deputy Director of the MFA's Department of International and Regional Organizations. Aamiri said that Jordan [...]	2002-05-27 12:34:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KNNP JO IAEA NPT
02AMMAN2674	DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO JORDAN ENCOURAGING UNIVERSAL [...] (U) On May 27, Poloff delivered reftel talking points to Ayman Aamiri, Deputy Director of the MFA's Department of International and Regional Organizations. Aamiri noted that Jordan submitted data on military expenditures in 2001 and is currently preparing its 2002 submission with a view to me [...]	2002-05-27 12:34:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM JO UNGA CDG
02AMMAN2693	JORDAN DECLINES TO DEMAND SEARCH OF IRANIAN PLANE; [...] (S) The Ambassador made ref points on Iranian aerial resupply of Hizballah May 27 to Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher. PolCouns and Muasher's personal aide Ali al-Ayed were also present. The Ambassador asked that Jordan grant overflight clearance for a possible May 28 Iranian resupply fligh [...]	2002-05-28 07:44:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER IR SY JO
02AMMAN2696	MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST AND SUICIDE [...] No summary [...]	2002-05-28 08:00:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
02AMMAN2706	MICROSOFT EXPANDS INVESTMENT IN JORDAN [...] (U) Estarta Solutions, the result of a merger between two prominent and well-established Jordanian IT companies, represents a significant expansion of Microsoft's investment and presence in Jordan. The new company bills itself as an international IT solutions company and consultant specializ [...]	2002-05-28 12:59:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS BEXP EINV JO
02AMMAN2720	IRAQ/GRL: PASSAGE OF UNSCR 1409 CAUSES BARELY A [...] (C) Since UNSCR 1409's passage two weeks ago, there has been surprisingly little reaction from either the GOJ or Jordan's business community on the new international rules governing Iraq trade. Those who follow the issue have greeted 1409 with caution, unsure whether or not Jordan will benefi [...]	2002-05-28 14:49:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PREL ETRD IZ JO
02AMMAN2725	FONMIN SAYS JORDAN TO PRESS PARIS CLUB FOR [...] (C) During a May 27 meeting with the Ambassador and PolCouns on other topics (septel),Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher mentioned that he was leaving in twelve hours for Tokyo to talk about Jordan's need for debt relief. Jordan, Muasher argued, needs "debt reprofiling on a long term basis" s [...]	2002-05-28 15:09:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL US JO
02AMMAN2768	KING ABDULLAH'S MAY 26 MEETING WITH CONGRESSMEN [...] (C) Congressman Darrell Issa and Congressman Tom Davis met on May 26 with King Abdullah and Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher. The focus of both discussions was how to move forward on the peace process. The Congressmen also asked the King for his impressions of Syrian President Bashar Asad. En [...]	2002-05-30 07:29:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL PGOV IS JO
02AMMAN2793	JORDAN ASKS FOR USG SUPPORT ON OIOS AUDIT ISSUE AT [...] (U) This is an action request for the Department. See paras 3-4 below. 2. (U) Acting Foreign Minister Shaher Bak asked the Ambassador and PolCouns May 29 for USG support for Jordan's position in the upcoming June 4 meeting of the Governing Council (GC) of the UN Compensation Commission [...]	2002-05-30 12:39:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KUNC PREL IZ JO UNSC ERIN
02AMMAN2802	CHIEF OF MISSION SUPPORT FOR AMMAN AMERICAN [...] I STRONGLY SUPPORT AMERICAN EMBASSY AMMAN'S DIRECT ENGLISH TEACHING PROGRAM AND THE CONTINUED OPERATION OF THE AMERICAN LANGUAGE CENTER (ALC) AS A PUBLIC DIPLOMACY TOOL. THE ALC'S GOAL TO BECOME A MODEL OF ENGLISH TEACHING IN THE REGION WILL INCREASE THE ALC'S ABILITY TO [...]	2002-05-30 12:55:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL JO
02AMMAN2819	JORDAN ASKS FOR VIEWS ON FTA MEETINGS [...] (sbu) Majed Hammoudeh, the director of the Foreign Trade Policy Directorate at the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT),called to broach the subject of bilateral meetings foreseen by the Free Trade Agreement. ------------------------- Rules of Origin Committee ------------------------- [...]	2002-05-30 15:42:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV JO OPIC
02AMMAN2892	KING, PM AND FONMIN PITCH A/S BURNS ON DEBT RELIEF [...] (C) Prime Minister Ali Abul Ragheb and Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher asked A/S Burns and the Ambassador June 2 for greater U.S. support for Jordan's request for a reprofiling of its debt. Abul Ragheb said that Muasher's just-concluded meetings in Japan on debt had not gone well, with the [...]	2002-06-03 14:53:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL JA US JO
02AMMAN2907	DEMARCHE: IRANIAN AIRCRAFT [...] (S) THE DCM MADE THE POINTS IN REF A ON JUNE 2 TO ALI AL-AYED, THE PERSONAL ASSISTANT TO FOREIGN MINISTER MUASHER. AFTER REVIEWING THE SUBSTANCE OF THE AMBASSADOR'S DEMARCHE TO THE MINISTER ON MAY 27 (REF B),THE DCM EXPRESSED OUR DEEP CONCERN THAT THE IRANIAN PLANE HAD BEEN ALLOWED TO OVERFLY [...]	2002-06-03 15:52:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER IR IS LE SA SY
02AMMAN2938	STAFFDEL BODLANDER AND MAKOVSKY: MONITORING UNRWA [...] (U) In a May 30 visit to UNRWA's West Bank field, House International Relations Committee Staffers Deborah Bodlander and Alan Makovsky investigated UNRWA's compliance with section 301(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act (which prohibits UNRWA from using any USG assistance to provide services to [...]	2002-06-04 14:21:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL KPAL KWBG IS JO
02AMMAN2941	JORDAN-IRAQ OIL PIPELINE UPDATE [...] (c) Summary: The GOJ recently extended the deadline for final bids on a proposed crude oil pipeline connecting oil fields near Baghdad to the Zarqa refinery. The proposed 100,000 bpd pipeline (which equals Jordan's current oil consumption) would be expandable to 150,000 bpd once the Zarqa [...]	2002-06-05 06:11:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC ENRG IZ JO
02AMMAN2950	DCM EXPLAINS USG POSITION ON AUDIT OF UNCC AWARDS [...] (C) DCM covered ref d talking points on the USG position on the audit of UN Compensation Commission (UNCC) awards by the UN's Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS) June 5 with MFA Secretary General Hani Thabarah. DCM said the USG believes that UNCC Governing Council (GC) decisions are [...]	2002-06-05 10:30:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	KUNC PREL IZ JO UNSC ERIN
02AMMAN2954	DVC Program on "The Protection of Webs Sites on the [...] Summary: In cooperation with the National Center for Intellectual Property (NCIP),PAS Amman conducted the third DVC program of a series on IPR on Monday, June 3 at 1400 GMT. Audience consisted of over sixty lawyers, judges, businessmen, and academicians who displayed great interest in the [...]	2002-06-05 12:06:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP OEXC SCUL JO
02AMMAN2980	ROYAL JORDANIAN PROBLEMS WITH AIRLINE PASSENGER [...] Ambassador Gnehm received the following letter from Samer Majali, CEO of Royal Jordanian Airlines (RJ) regarding the technical problems RJ faces in meeting the standards set by the Airline Passenger Information System (APIS). Post will reply to Majali drawing on the points in reftel, but woul [...]	2002-06-06 11:20:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR JO
02AMMAN2981	JORDAN: WORLD FOOD SUMMIT BIOTECH SYMPOSIUM [...] No summary [...]	2002-06-06 11:29:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD JO AORG FAO
02AMMAN2987	FOLLOWING VISIT BY PAKISTANI ENVOY, JORDAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. On June 4, veteran Pakistani diplomat Wasim Sajjad visited King Abdullah to discuss the Kashmir crisis and requested that the King use his "good office" to convey to governments around the world the need for India to "come back to the negotiating table". Following this meeting, [...]	2002-06-06 13:11:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	JO PREL
02AMMAN2990	ILO/PALESTINIAN RESOLUTION: DEMARCHE TO JORDAN [...] Per reftel, on June 5 PolCouns delivered ref points to Ali al-Ayed, Personal Assistant to the Foreign Minister. PolCouns emphasized that the draft resolution on the situation of workers in the Occupied Territories contains subjects outside the mandate of the ILO and is an attempt to politiciz [...]	2002-06-06 13:23:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAL PREL ELAB IS JO
02AMMAN2999	UNRWA'S UXO REMOVAL EFFORTS IN JENIN CAMP STYMIED [...] (C) Summary and Comment: UNRWA's efforts to remove unexploded ordnance (UXO) from Jenin refugee camp remain severely hindered by the UN agency's inability to procure the necessary equipment and explosives. UNRWA requested Israeli authorization to use the equipment and explosives verbally in [...]	2002-06-06 15:46:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL KPAL KWBG IS JO
02AMMAN3009	JORDAN'S BURGER KING PROUD TO BE UNAMERICAN [...] SUMMARY: BURGER KING JORDAN IS LINING ITS SERVING TRAYS WITH A LEAFLET IN ARABIC LABELING THE ORIGIN OF ALL OF ITS HAMBURGER INGREDIENTS. THE FLYERS DO NOT STATE SPECIFICALLY THAT BURGER KING'S PRODUCTS ARE NOT AMERICAN, BUT IT DOES LABEL EACH INGREDIENT AS JORDANIAN, ARAB, OR AUSTRALIAN. T [...]	2002-06-09 06:22:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	JO PREL KPAO ECON
02AMMAN3010	JORDAN: TREASURY QUESTIONS ON TERRORISM FINANCE [...] (sbu) In a conversation with Econ Chief, Malakh Ghanem, a senior official in the Central Bank of Jordan banking supervision department (effectively the deputy),and her staff provided orally the following answers to the questions in reftel. The CBJ's answers were developed in consultation w [...]	2002-06-09 06:33:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC EFIN PTER KVPR CVIS JO
02AMMAN3040	DVC Program on the Literary Works of Ernest [...] Summary: PAS Amman conducted the third DVC program in a DVC series entitled "Regional American Writers" at 1400 GMT on Wednesday, June 5. The program revolved around the Literary Works of legendary American writer, Ernest Hemingway. The attendance was good with an audience of about thirty un [...]	2002-06-10 07:01:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP OEXC SCUL JO
02AMMAN3042	MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST [...] No summary [...]	2002-06-10 08:27:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
02AMMAN3044	JORDAN'S ECONOMIC OLD GUARD FLEXES MUSCLES [...] (c) Anti-normalization, pro-Iraq, and anti-reform elements in Jordan's business community are trying to re-establish themselves in the kingdom's economic decision-making arena. These recidivist groups have been encouraged by an increase in anti-American, and hence anti-globalization, feelin [...]	2002-06-10 08:41:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETTC ETRD IZ JO
02AMMAN3077	JORDANIAN MINISTERS SEEK WASHINGTON MEETINGS ON [...] (sbu) Planning Minister Bassem Awadallah called the Ambassador late Sunday, June 9, to say that Prime Minister Abul Ragheb had asked that he go to Washington at the end of this week with Minister of State for Economic Affairs Mohammed Halaiqah. Awadallah hopes to join Halaiqah (who has been [...]	2002-06-10 14:32:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN JO
02AMMAN3082	PROGRESS ON JORDAN PHOSPHATE MINES PRIVATIZATION [...] (SBU) The GOJ is moving forward with the privatization of the Jordan Phosphate Mines Company (JPMC),Jordan's largest company and the largest, single exporter, with plans to sell a substantial chunk of the firm to a Canadian company. If successful, the transaction could bring in up to USD70 [...]	2002-06-11 10:17:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EIND EMIN JO
02AMMAN3084	JORDAN: MIDDLE EAST PARTNERSHIP INITIATIVE SURVEY [...] Following are answers to the questions posed in reftel. We would be happy to provide more detailed answers on request. Jordan already has a large, well-functioning micro-finance sector that is supported by USAID and other institutions. As a general observation, we believe that a regional in [...]	2002-06-11 11:06:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN JO
02AMMAN3092	VICE PRESIDENTIAL VISIT, PRESS CHARGES UNDER PD ALLOTMENT. [...] VICE PRESIDENT RICHARD CHENEY VISITED JORDAN DURING MARCH 2002. 2. DATE OF STAY: MARCH 12, 2002. 3. PERIOD OF STAY: ONE DAY. 4. DESCRIPTION OF VISIT: THE VICE PRESIDENT RAN OVER NIGHT IN AMMAN, MET WITH KING ABDALAH IN THE ROYAL PALACE. 5. FOLLOWING CHARGES WER [...]	2002-06-11 13:33:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	OVIP CHENEY RICHARD
02AMMAN3093	SECRETARY POWELL VISIT, CHARGES UNDER POST'S [...] SECRETARY OF STATE COLIN POWELL VISITED AMMAN, JORDAN DURING APRIL 2002. 2. DATE OF STAY: APRIL 11, 2002. 3. PERIOD OF STAY: DAY STOP. 4. DESCRIPTION OF VISIT: THE SECRETARY HAD A DAY STOP IN AMMAN, MET WITH KING ABDALAH AND HIGH RANKING JORDANIAN OFFICIALS IN THE RO [...]	2002-06-11 13:35:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	OVIP POWELL COLIN
02AMMAN3102	KING ABDULLAH'S JULY VISIT TO THE US [...] (C) Post understands that the Jordanian Embassy in Washington has been working to arrange meetings for King Abdullah with the President and other senior officials at the end of July. The Palace and Minister of Planning Bassem Awadallah have queried the Ambassador on the status of the King's [...]	2002-06-11 14:29:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL JO
02AMMAN3111	PUBLIC DIPLOMACY ACTION PLAN: WMD- JORDAN [...] EMBASSY AMMAN AGREES THAT SUBJECT PLAN IS AN IMPORTANT GOAL. THE GOJ ALREADY HAS A VERY HELPFUL POSITION ON THE ISSUE OF WMD AND WE DO NOT BELIEVE THAT PROACTIVE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT ON THE ISSUE WILL BE USEFUL WITH OUR AUDIENCE. GIVEN THE CURRENT POLITICAL REALITIES IN THE REGION, PUBLIC ENGAG [...]	2002-06-12 08:34:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC KPAO OPRC OIIP PTER PARM
02AMMAN3112	KING ABDULLAH'S JULY VISIT TO THE US [...] (C) Post understands that the Jordanian Embassy in Washington has been working to arrange meetings for King Abdullah with the President and other senior officials at the end of July. The Palace and Minister of Planning Bassem Awadallah have queried the Ambassador on the status of the King's [...]	2002-06-12 08:34:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL JO
02AMMAN3114	STATE OF DIVORCE LAW IN JORDAN: MILD IMPROVEMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Government of Jordan issued a cabinet decree in December 2001 that allows certain Muslim women, within a narrow legal framework, to bring a divorce action in Sharia Court. To date, over 500 women have filed for divorce under the new law; so far the court has granted divorc [...]	2002-06-12 08:39:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM JO
02AMMAN3130	IRAQ/UNSC SANCTIONS: DEMARCHE ON ROYAL JORDANIAN [...] (C) A/DCM covered ref points on Royal Jordanian airlines (RJ) flights to Baghdad June 11 with Ali al-Ayed, Personal Assistant to Foreign Minister Muasher. A/DCM stressed that RJ has conducted 4-times-weekly flights to Baghdad since January, and 5-times-weekly flights since April, and that th [...]	2002-06-12 13:46:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETTC IZ JO
02AMMAN3164	PRINCE HASSAN TRAVELING TO US JUNE 16-20 [...] (C) Prince Hassan Bin Talal met with Ambassador Gnehm on June 13 to discuss his upcoming travel to the U.S. The Prince will arrive in New York on June 16 and is tentatively scheduled to participate in a Fox television interview that night. On June 17, Prince Hassan will help launch a joint h [...]	2002-06-13 13:35:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL JO
02AMMAN3174	JORDAN AND IRAQI OIL [...] (S) During the executive session of the U.S.-Jordan Joint Military Commission (JMC) in Amman on May 28, DOD U/S for Policy Douglas Feith, drawing on guidance prepared for his trip, told the Jordanians that the U.S. would "work to fill any gaps" should Jordan's oil supply from Iraq be cut. 2 [...]	2002-06-13 14:52:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL JO IZ
02AMMAN3220	MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST [...] No summary [...]	2002-06-17 09:20:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
02AMMAN3227	JORDAN FINANCE MINISTRY OFFICIAL ON DEBT AIMS [...] (c) In a June 16 meeting with Econ chief, Dr. Muhammad Abu Hammour, Secretary General of the Finance Ministry (the number two ministry official and the senior such official currently in town),said meetings in European capitals were "going well" regarding Jordan's request for a stock of debt [...]	2002-06-17 12:22:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN JO
02AMMAN3242	JORDANIANS AWAIT PRESIDENT'S MIDDLE EAST [...] (C) Jordanians, confused about the direction of U.S. Middle East policy, are nervously awaiting President Bush's Middle East policy statement, hoping (but doubting) that it will bring clarity and the prospect of genuine progress for the Palestinians. Most Jordanians see U.S. engagement in th [...]	2002-06-17 13:53:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL ASEC IS JO
02AMMAN3248	JORDAN EXPRESSES INTEREST IN ECAP [...] (u) On June 6, Post received a letter of thanks from Mohammed Obeidat, Head of the International Cooperation Section at Jordanian Customs, for USG support for Jordan's participation in the May 20-24 Barcelona Transshipment Conference (ref). In the letter, Obeidat expressed interest in takin [...]	2002-06-17 14:27:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KSTC ETTC JO EXBS
02AMMAN3249	THE CASE OF TOUJAN FAISAL: SCRATCHING ONLY MAKES [...] (C) SUMMARY. Imprisoned former Member of Parliament Toujan Faisal continues to be a topic of discussion and debate within various elements of Jordanian society. Following her arrest and sentencing (reftel),the outspoken and antagonistic former MP has reportedly gone on a hunger strike in pr [...]	2002-06-17 14:33:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM JO PGOV
02AMMAN3253	STATUS OF SIHAM QANDAH CHILD CUSTODY CASE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Post has reviewed the case of Jordanian widow Siham Qandah and her children. At issue are the custody of the children, their sectarian affiliation and their religious upbringing. Qandah's husband converted to Islam from Christianity (thus converting the children to Islam as a [...]	2002-06-17 14:34:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	JO PGOV PHUM SOCI
02AMMAN3273	INTERIM LAWMAKING WRAPS UP AS LIKELIHOOD OF [...] (C) Jordan's Constitution allows the Cabinet to pass provisional laws when Parliament is not in session, so long as the laws are sufficiently "necessary." The GOJ has promulgated some ninety-nine provisional laws in the year since Jordan's Parliament was dissolved on June 16, 2001. But provis [...]	2002-06-18 08:57:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON EAID JO
02AMMAN3296	JORDAN: TRADE MINISTRY IN TALKS WITH ISRAEL TO [...] (c) GOJ Trade Ministry officials tell us they have begun talking to their Israeli counterparts about improving current QIZ operations and regulations. The GOJ's proposals include both improvements to existing logistical procedures as well as changes to the structure of required Israeli input [...]	2002-06-19 05:34:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EINV IS JO
02AMMAN3304	MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST [...] No summary [...]	2002-06-19 09:21:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
02AMMAN3327	ISLAMIC ACTION FRONT LEADERS TO U.S.: DIALOGUE, [...] (C) On June 13, Poloff and PA Cultural Exchange Visitor Imam Yahya Hindi met with Islamic Action Front (IAF) leaders Hamza Mansour (IAF Secretary General),Abdel Latif Arabiyat (IAF Shura Council President),Jamil Abu Bakir (Chairman of the Board for the weekly IAF newspaper, Assabeel),and Sa' [...]	2002-06-20 05:26:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL KPAO PGOV PHUM JO
02AMMAN3330	SHARIA PROFS DISMISSED, SOME REINSTATED; MYSTIFIED [...] (C) SUMMARY. Three Jordanian universities recently dismissed 8 professors, most of whom were Sharia professors, without explanation. Most suspect the professors were dismissed because of their political views and/or their background as Saudi-educated 'Salafi' proponents. Media reports and e [...]	2002-06-20 06:31:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PHUM PGOV JO
02AMMAN3332	MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST [...] No summary [...]	2002-06-20 08:13:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
02AMMAN3346	ICC DEMARCHE TO TROOP CONTRIBUTORS: JORDAN [...] (C) PolCouns June 20 delivered ref demarche and the text of the U.S. draft resolution on the International Criminal Court (ICC) and peacekeeping operations (PKO) to Ali al-Ayed, Personal Assistant to Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher, and Samer Naber, MFA Legal Advisor. PolCouns emphasized U [...]	2002-06-20 14:52:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO PREL JO KICC UNSC

02AMMAN3347	FOLLOW UP ON RJ FLIGHTS TO IRAQ: FONMIN TALKS TO [...] (C) Following up on our June 11 demarche on the frequency and regularity of Royal Jordanian (RJ) flights to Iraq (ref b),PolCouns met June 20 with Ali al-Ayed, Personal Assistant to FonMin Muasher, and Samer Naber, MFA Legal Advisor. Ayed said that, since the June 11 demarche, the Jordania [...]	2002-06-20 14:56:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAIR IZ JO
02AMMAN3394	SYRIAN SOFT DRINKS SWAMP U.S. PRODUCTS [...] (SBU) The local subsidiaries of Pepsi and Coca Cola say that their soft drink sales are off by up to 40 percent from 2001 due to a new bilateral trade agreement between Jordan and Syria that has led to an influx of Syrian soft drink products concurrent with the continuing boycott of American [...]	2002-06-24 06:52:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV BEXP JO
02AMMAN3403	MEDIA REACTION ON AL-QA'EDA AND RADIO `SAWA' [...] No summary [...]	2002-06-24 12:25:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
02AMMAN3408	JORDANIAN PALESTINIANS NOTCH UP CRITICISM OF ARAFAT [...] (C) While Jordanian Palestinians have long grumbled about Arafat, two prominent Jordanian Palestinian leaders recently expressed to us a new level of criticism of the PA President. Some Palestinian Jordanians are even calling into question Arafat's true nationality in another round of anti-Ara [...]	2002-06-24 13:17:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL IS JO
02AMMAN3422	MEDIA REACTION ON PRESIDENT BUSH'S SPEECH [...] No summary [...]	2002-06-25 07:21:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
02AMMAN3423	INVITATION TO ORDER SEPTEMBER 11 COMMEMORATION [...] THE AMMAN ARABIC BOOK PROGRAM IS PREPARING A SEPTEMBER 11 COMMEMORATION BOOK SET INTENDED FOR DISTRIBUTION TO OFFICIAL CONTACTS TO MARK THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF THE 9/11 ATTACKS. THE PACKAGE CONSISTS OF THREE BOOKS TRANSLATED INTO ARABIC: "ANTHOLOGY OF AMERICAN LITERATURE," "THE AMERICAN REA [...]	2002-06-25 07:34:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP OEXC SCUL KPAO JO
02AMMAN3427	GOJ'S OFFICIAL RESPONSE TO PRESIDENT BUSH'S SPEECH [...] The Jordanian Foreign Ministry released on June 25 Jordan's official response to President Bush's June 24 speech on the Middle East. The full text follows: Begin text of statement. We welcome President Bush's speech and the commitment to US engagement. It is extremely important that the [...]	2002-06-25 12:14:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAL US JO
02AMMAN3441	LUKE-WARM TO HOSTILE REACTION TO PRESIDENT'S [...] (C) A survey of Embassy contacts suggests that President Bush's June 24 speech received mixed reviews here. More hard-line Palestinian Jordanians charged that the U.S. was in "cahoots" with the Israelis to destroy the Palestinian resistance, and expressed resentment about "U.S. interference" [...]	2002-06-25 14:24:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IS JO
02AMMAN3453	EDUCATIONAL ADVISERS FROM SOUTH ASIA AND NEAR EAST [...] AMIDEAST AMMAN NOMINATES MS. DANA BARADEI FOR SUBJECT CONFERENCE. FOLLOWING ARE ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS REQUESTED PARA 4 PER REFTEL: --NAME: DANA BARADEI --LOCATION: AMIDEAST, AMMAN, JORDAN --YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN ADVISING: SIX MONTHS --MOST RECENT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCE: ATTE [...]	2002-06-26 07:21:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	JO KPAO SCUL OEXC
02AMMAN3461	JORDAN MEDIA REACTION ON PRESIDENT'S MIDDLE [...] No summary [...]	2002-06-26 09:33:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
02AMMAN3465	HUMAN CLONING DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (U) Poloff and Envoff delivered Ref demarche to Aiyman Aamri, Deputy Director of the International Organizations section of the Foreign Ministry, on June 26. Aamri told Poloff that he has forwarded the issue to New York for consultation, but after inquiring about the Vatican's position on the [...]	2002-06-26 11:59:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC FR GM PHUM PREL SENV TBIO TPHY TSPA TSPL SKCA UNGA
02AMMAN3484	MIDDLE EAST PARTNERSHIP INITIATIVE: SURVEY ON [...] (C) In response to reftel, Embassy Amman supports the continuation and development of basic education reform projects in Jordan and attests to the GOJ's and Jordanian education sector's interest and receptivity to such programs. The GOJ has demonstrated a high-level of receptivity to USG as [...]	2002-06-27 06:40:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO PREL SCUL JO
02AMMAN3495	JORDAN: MEDIA REACTION ON PRESIDENT'S SPEECH, [...] No summary [...]	2002-06-27 11:35:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
02AMMAN3496	DESIGNATION OF TERRORIST FINANCING COORDINATION [...] No summary [...]	2002-06-27 11:37:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	ETTC EFIN PTER PREL PGOV SNAR JO
02AMMAN3518	UPON REFLECTION...JORDANIAN ESTABLISHMENT [...] (C) Mainstream Jordanians, who were initially inclined to stress what they considered positives in the President's July 24 speech, are voicing increased criticism after two days of reflection and questioning. The practical effect of calling for Arafat's removal has been a particular point of [...]	2002-06-27 16:24:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IS JO
02AMMAN3548	STATUS OF JORDAN'S ACCESSION TO UN CT CONVENTIONS [...] Poloff delivered Ref points to Aiyman Aamri, Acting Director of the International Organizations section of the Foreign Ministry, on June 30. Poloff explained that the U.S. has now ratified all twelve UN CT Conventions and pressed Aamri on the GOJ's progress in ratifying the four remaining UN [...]	2002-06-30 12:36:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PREL OSCE OSCE
02AMMAN3549	ASSABEEL: UNDERSTANDING JORDAN'S PREEMINENT [...] (C) The Islamist publication Assabeel ("the way" or "the path") is Jordan's most important weekly newspaper. Its circulation is small compared to that of the daily newspapers, but it has grown recently when other Jordanian weeklies have not. Insiders aver that the paper seeks to convey "qual [...]	2002-06-30 13:27:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL KPAO PGOV PHUM JO
02AMMAN3609	JORDAN MEDIA REACTION ON PRESIDENT'S MIDDLE [...] No summary [...]	2002-07-02 14:12:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
02AMMAN3617	EUROPEANS ASK IF U.S. WILL BE MORE FORTHCOMING ON [...] (C) During a regular monthly breakfast meeting July 2, new British Ambassador Christopher Prentice told the Ambassador that HMG had been surprised by the conservative stance of the USG on debt relief for Jordan at the June 20 Paris Club meeting (ref a). Prentice noted that PM Blair and FonS [...]	2002-07-02 16:35:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL US JO
02AMMAN3619	JORDAN: XIV INTERNATIONAL AIDS CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...]	2002-07-03 05:41:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID OTRA KHIV TBIO JO
02AMMAN3620	KING PARDONS TOUJAN FAISAL: EFFECT ON HER [...] (C) SUMMARY. King Abdullah issued a pardon June 26 which released Toujan Faisal from detention and vacated the State Security Court's decision to sentence her to one and one half years in prison (reftels). Faisal, who had been hospitalized due to deteriorating health, was detained for 100 day [...]	2002-07-03 05:49:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM JO
02AMMAN3621	POINTS ON OPEN SKIES TREATY DELIVERED [...] (U) POLCOUNS AND POLOFF DELIVERED REF NON-PAPER TO ALI AL-AYAD, PERSONAL ASSISTANT TO FONMIN MUASHER, ON JULY 2. AL-AYAD HAD NO INITIAL REACTION TO THE NON-PAPER BUT PROMISED TO REVIEW IT FURTHER. Gnehm [...]	2002-07-03 06:25:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM OSCE
02AMMAN3622	JORDAN'S ENERGY MINISTER DISCUSSES PIPELINE ISSUES [...] (u) Jordanian Energy Minister Mohammed Bataineh briefed DCM and econoff on recent developments on the Egypt-Jordan gas pipeline and the Iraq-Zarqa oil pipeline. The projects could save Jordan a combined $50 million per year on their current energy bill. Meanwhile, Jordan is moving closer to [...]	2002-07-03 06:39:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ETRD JO
02AMMAN3640	JORDAN: FS STRAW LETTER TO G7 ON JORDAN DEBT [...] (c) As reported reftel, the following is the text of the UK Foreign Secretary's June 14, 2002 letter to G7 colleagues. This text was provided to us on July 3. 2. (c) Begin text: &I am writing to ask for your continuing support for Jordan their discussions with the IMF and Paris Club Cred [...]	2002-07-03 13:16:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN JO
02AMMAN3641	AQABA AUTHORITIES HOST QIZ PROGRAM [...] (u) Aqaba Chief Commissioner Akel Biltaji hosted a group of some 50 QIZ exporters and park managers for a two-day program in the Special Economic Zone to tout improved port services and to sell the Aqaba International Industrial Estate as an investment option. Participants were pleased with [...]	2002-07-03 13:22:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV ELAB IS JO
02AMMAN3642	TALKING POINTS ON ANTHRAX IMMUNIZATIONS DELIVERED [...] (C) POLCOUNS AND POLOFF DELIVERED REF POINTS TO ALI AL-AYAD, PERSONAL ASSISTANT TO FONMIN MUASHER, ON JULY 2. AL-AYAD PROMISED TO FORWARD THE POINTS TO THE APPROPRIATE AUTHORITIES. Gnehm [...]	2002-07-03 13:24:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PINS PTER
02AMMAN3648	SURF'S UP: THE EBB AND FLOW OF THE JORDANIAN [...] (SBU) While anecdotal evidence suggests that a nationwide boycott of American products has waned for the time being, support at the street level remains strong. Despite GOJ efforts in various fora to discourage the action, boycotters seem to be determined to make a statement by rejecting what [...]	2002-07-03 14:00:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV JO
02AMMAN3662	JORDAN: OES-FUNDED CORAL REEFS SYMPOSIUM BRIDGES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A recent international symposium on coral reefs monitoring, partly funded through an OES grant, brought together scientists from Israel, Jordan, Egypt, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, and Iran, among others, to share data and experiences. Despite a tense political climate in th [...]	2002-07-03 15:17:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV PREL ECON JO MEPN
02AMMAN3680	JORDAN: PETROLEUM RE-EXPORT DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (s) DCM met Jordanian Energy Minister Mohammed Bataineh July 7 to deliver reftel demarche points. Bataineh was clearly disappointed, but noted that the GOJ would look to other methods to solve their summer refining problems. For the current year this would mean continuing to import gasolin [...]	2002-07-07 13:46:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL ENRG IZ JO
02AMMAN3704	FPC REPORTING TOUR FOR NEAR EAST JOURNALISTS [...] THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS SECTION NOMINATES MR. ABDUL MAJID ASFOUR, ASSISTANT CHIEF EDITOR, AL RA'I NEWSPAPER. FULL BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION FOLLOWS: EXPORT-SOURCE: USIS EVDB VERSION: 3.0.0 POST-EMAIL: BAMAWI@PD.STATE.GOV TRANSMITTING-POST: PAS AMMAN TRANSMITTING-POST-ID: 2887 EXPORT-TYPE: BIO D [...]	2002-07-08 09:19:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	JO SCUL OEXC
02AMMAN3715	JORDAN: MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ, OCCUPIED [...] No summary [...]	2002-07-08 14:04:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
02AMMAN3716	UNRWA BRIEFING HIGHLIGHTS USD 55.7 MILLION IN NEW [...] (C) Summary: On July 2, UNRWA Deputy Commissioner General Karen AbuZayd briefed donors on UNRWA's USD 55.7 million in new financial needs following the March-April military operations in the West Bank and Gaza. UNRWA warned that its 2002 emergency appeal remains severely underfunded, with p [...]	2002-07-08 14:34:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL EAID KPAL KWBG IS JO
02AMMAN3726	AND THE SURVEY SAYS . . . GOJ POPULAR [...] (C) On June 23, 2002, the Center for Strategic Studies (CSS) at the University of Jordan released the most recent iteration of its opinion poll assessing government popularity. The poll indicates that a large segment of the Jordanian public continues to support Prime Minister Ali Abul Ragheb [...]	2002-07-08 15:07:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPAL SOCI IS JO
02AMMAN3727	QUIET IN JORDAN'S PALESTINIAN REFUGEE CAMPS: [...] (C) In a July 3 meeting with refcoord, GOJ Department of Palestinian Affairs Director-General Abdulkarim Abulhaija shed some light on the calm that currently prevails in Jordan's refugee camps, in spite of continued tensions in the West Bank and Gaza. Abulhaija attributed the calm to three f [...]	2002-07-08 15:11:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF KPAL KWBG JO
02AMMAN3760	JORDAN: MEDIA REACTION ON OCCUPIED TERRITORIES [...] No summary [...]	2002-07-09 14:48:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
02AMMAN3761	LABOR TRENDS IN QUALIFYING INDUSTRIAL ZONES [...] SUMMARY. Labor conditions at the qualifying industrial zones (QIZs) are satisfactory and tending toward improvement. The QIZs continue to grow, resulting in increased demand for labor, and the demand for trained domestic labor is pressing. Foreign source labor, especially within the textile [...]	2002-07-09 14:52:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ETRD
02AMMAN3793	JORDAN: MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ, OCCUPIED [...] No summary [...]	2002-07-10 14:20:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
02AMMAN3804	JORDAN MEDIA REACTION ON ARAB CONSULTATIONS, [...] No summary [...]	2002-07-11 12:18:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
02AMMAN3808	EXTRANCHECK: POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION; JORDAN [...] IN RESPONSE TO REF A POST-SHIPMENT VERIFICATION ON APPLICATIONS D292692/D293119, ECONOFFS VISITED THE JORDAN BROMINE COMPANY'S (JBC'S) BROMINE MANUFACTURING PLANT IN GHORE SAFI, SOUTHERN JORDAN, ON JULY 8, 2002 AND MET WITH JBC MATERIALS MANAGER W.C. (GRAIG) RUSSENHOLT. RUSSENHOLT WARMLY WEL [...]	2002-07-11 13:19:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC JO
02AMMAN3813	OUTER SPACE ARMS CONTROL DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (U) On July 11, A/POLCOUNS conveyed reftel points and Ambassador Javits' remarks on the issue of Outer Space Arms Control to Ayman Aamiri, Deputy Director of the Jordanian MFA's Department of International Organizations. Aamiri had no substantive comment, but said the Ministry would review th [...]	2002-07-11 13:58:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL RS CH JO
02AMMAN3819	HOMELAND SECURITY COORDINATOR [...] (C) In response to Reftel, counterterrorism and homeland security responsibilities fall to a number of agencies in Jordan. The General Intelligence Directorate (GID) is responsible for internal security and most counterterrorism operations in Jordan, and as such has disrupted several terroris [...]	2002-07-11 15:23:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL CVIS
02AMMAN3857	U.S. SPEAKER, DVCS AND BOOK TRANSLATION PROGRAMS: [...] THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS SECTION NOMINATES MR. AZMI TUBBEH, ARABIC BOOK PROGRAM SPECIALIST FOR SUBJECT WORKSHOP. ANSWERS TO INFORMATION REQUESTED PARA 7 FOLLOWS: --FIRST NAME, LAST NAME: AZMI TUBBEH --GENDER: MALE --POST AND OFFICE: AMMAN/PA --JOB TITLE: ARABIC BOOK PROGRAM SPECIALIST, GRADE 9 [...]	2002-07-15 11:37:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OIIP APER AMGT AFSI OEXC SCUL JO AFOR
02AMMAN3860	JORDAN: MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ, THE [...] No summary [...]	2002-07-15 12:27:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
02AMMAN3861	JORDAN: SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2002-07-15 12:27:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
02AMMAN3888	JORDAN: BILATERAL AGREEMENTS ON THE INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) The Ambassador raised the proposed bilateral agreement on the ICC (reftel) with Prime Minister Abul Ragheb on July 15. The Prime Minister said that Jordan agrees with the U.S. approach at the policy level, but will have to examine the legal issues involved, such as the legal precedence o [...]	2002-07-15 14:54:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL LICC
02AMMAN3894	JORDAN'S IRAQ JITTERS [...] (S) Repeated public statements by Jordanian FM Muasher and PM Abul Ragheb since July 10 denying that Jordan will be used as a "launching pad" for U.S. military operations against Iraq shed light on GOJ sensitivity to its vulnerabilities vis-a-vis Baghdad. Similarly, on July 13, the GOJ issued [...]	2002-07-16 08:22:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL ETTC EPET IZ JO
02AMMAN3910	JORDAN: MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ, QUADRIPARTITE [...] No summary [...]	2002-07-16 12:36:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
02AMMAN3916	JORDANIAN YOUTH UNCONVINCED ABOUT THE WAR ON [...] The following cable is a report prepared by a foreign service national and based on extensive contacts in the student community. ------- Summary ------- 2. Through the eyes of most Jordanian young adults, America's war on terrorism is a war on Islam and the Arabs. America's support fo [...]	2002-07-16 13:57:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL JO
02AMMAN3931	CWC: POINTS ON JULY 25 CSP MEETING DELIVERED TO [...] (U) On July 17, A/Polcouns conveyed reftel points on the July 25 meeting of the CWC's Conference of State's Parties to Ali Al-Ayed, personal aide to Foreign Minister Muasher, encouraging Jordanian participation at the meeting and the GOJ's support for the candidacy of Ambassador Pfirter as mew [...]	2002-07-17 09:06:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL JO CWC
02AMMAN3934	JORDAN: MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ, QUADRIPARTITE [...] No summary [...]	2002-07-17 11:58:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
02AMMAN3936	JORDAN TIGHTENS BORDER BUT PROMISES SOME [...] (C) Despite public reassurances that travel restrictions on Palestinians entering Jordan have been eased, tacit acknowledgments made privately by Jordanian officials buttressed by anecdotal evidence indicate that a quota system is in place to restrict the number of Palestinians who can cross i [...]	2002-07-17 12:20:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPAL CASC KWBG IS JO
02AMMAN3947	JORDAN: ENGAGING ISLAM [...] (C) Embassy Amman's chief goals include promoting moderation and reform within Jordan through contact work and a wide range of programs. Our Economic Reform efforts seek to achieve these goals through improved living standards, increased employment opportunities, and encouraging Jordan's cont [...]	2002-07-17 13:14:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KISL PTER EFIN EAID KPAO KDEM KIRF PHUM JO
02AMMAN3953	. . . AND NOW ELECTIONS APPEAR LESS LIKELY [...] (C) As King Abdullah's July 31st visit to Washington approaches, the status of elections to reinstate Jordan's Parliament remains uncertain, but elections before the spring of 2003 seem unlikely. When we last reported on this topic in mid-June, regional tensions had abated somewhat (Ref. A). [...]	2002-07-17 15:28:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KISL JO
02AMMAN3958	Travel Restrictions for Palestinians Crossing [...] Tales of West Bank Palestinians stuck at the Jericho border crossing have been prominent in conversations throughout Jordan in recent weeks. Rumors and anecdotal reports of thousands stranded - some for over a week - waiting either for Israel to lift the curfew so they can return to their vi [...]	2002-07-18 09:03:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KPAL IS JO
02AMMAN3968	JORDAN MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ, THE [...] No summary [...]	2002-07-18 11:16:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
02AMMAN3971	CONFIRMATION THAT EMBASSY AMMAN POLFSN SIREEN [...] (U) Post confirms that POLFSN Sireen Khalifeh will attend FSI's September 16-27, 2002 Political Training Course for FSNs. Embassy point of contact is Ms. Khalifeh's Supervisor, Political Officer Samuel Kotis. Information requested reftel para 9 is as follows: A. Name: Sireen Khalifeh B. [...]	2002-07-18 11:19:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	APER AFSI AFSN PGOV JO
02AMMAN3978	FORMER JORDANIAN PM TOUR D'HORIZON [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: In a wide-ranging tour-d'horizon with the Ambassador, former PM and FM Abdulkarim Kabariti candidly weighed in on a variety of issues, foreign and domestic. Kabariti is known for his strong views on domestic politics and the GOJ's relationship with Iraq. Kabariti's comments n [...]	2002-07-18 14:42:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PINS ETRD EFIN JO
02AMMAN4050	JORDAN: MEDIA REACTION ON ARAB MINISTERS [...] No summary [...]	2002-07-22 13:38:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
02AMMAN4060	JORDAN: 2002 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT SINCE KING ABDULLAH SUCCEEDED TO THE THRONE IN 1999, JORDAN HAS TAKEN STEPS TO ENCOURAGE FOREIGN INVESTMENT. KEY REFORMS HAVE BEEN UNDERTAKEN IN THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, TOURISM, AND SERVICES SECTORS. FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC INVESTMENT LAWS GRANT SPECIFIC IN [...]	2002-07-23 07:04:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV KTDB KIDE EFIN ECON ETRD JO OPIC
02AMMAN4062	RESPONDING TO ISRAELI CHARGES ABOUT UNRWA: MESSAGE [...] (C) On July 23, A/Polcouns (in the absence from post of Refcoord) conveyed ref A para 4 points to UNRWA Deputy Commissioner General Karen AbuZayd. AbuZayd made careful note of the points. Her only substantive comment was that the message called for UNRWA to sever its ties to youth centers in [...]	2002-07-23 14:14:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IS JO UNRWA
02AMMAN4063	JORDAN WILL SUPPORT SPANISH-MOROCCAN UNDERSTANDING [...] (C) On July 23, A/Polcouns delivered reftel points on the Spanish-Moroccan Understanding to Ali Al-Ayed, Personal Aide to Foreign Minister Muasher. Al-Ayed said that Jordan agreed fully with the U.S. view and would do what it could to support efforts to resolve the issue. Gnehm [...]	2002-07-23 15:06:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MO SP EU XF JO
02AMMAN4067	JORDAN: MEDIA REACTION ON KING'S WASHINGTON [...] No summary [...]	2002-07-23 15:12:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
02AMMAN4082	PRM AMBASSADORS' FUND REQUEST FOR PALESTINIAN [...] Summary: Ambassador requests $40,000 under the PRM Ambassadors' fund for refugees in the Middle East, to purchase a 14-passenger minibus for the Community Rehabilitation Center (CRC) at Baqa'a camp ($20,000) and to build an addition to the Women's Program Center (WPC) at Jebel Hussein camp ( [...]	2002-07-24 07:49:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF EAID KPAL LE
02AMMAN4086	PALESTINIAN-JORDANIAN BUSINESSMEN PONDER ROLE IN [...] (SBU) A group of Palestinian-Jordanian businesspeople met with econoffs July 11, to discuss what they believe might be the leading investment opportunities and economic prospects following the establishment of a Palestinian state, as well as the role of Palestinian-Jordanians in promoting de [...]	2002-07-24 10:00:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAL EINV EAID PREL IS JO
02AMMAN4089	JORDAN: MEDIA REACTION ON THE GAZA BOMBING [...] No summary [...]	2002-07-24 12:59:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
02AMMAN4117	REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON FOREIGN FLIGHT SCHOOLS [...] (U) Econoff conveyed request for information to Civil Aviation Authority Director General Hanna Najjar. Najjar said he understood the reason for the request, and will convey the requested information to post once his staff collects it. Gnehm [...]	2002-07-25 07:36:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR PTER ASEC JO
02AMMAN4119	REINFORCED COCKPIT DOORS: JORDANIAN RESPONSE [...] (U) As per REFTEL, we informed Civil Aviation Authority Director General Hanna Najjar and National carrier Royal Jordanian Airlines officials about FAA regulations calling for accelerated implementation of reinforced cockpit door installation requirements. RJ Head of Airport Services Mu'ath [...]	2002-07-25 10:59:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ASEC ATRN AMGT JO
02AMMAN4122	JORDAN: NO TRANSPORT OFFICIALS TO ATTEND WSSD [...] No summary [...]	2002-07-25 11:50:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ELTN ECON PREL KSUM
02AMMAN4138	JORDAN: MEDIA REACTION ON GAZA BOMBING RAID [...] No summary [...]	2002-07-25 15:24:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
02AMMAN4145	IRAQ AND THE JORDANIAN POPULACE'S MOOD DOMINATE [...] No summary [...]	2002-07-28 07:23:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL JO
02AMMAN4179	JORDAN: MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ, OCCUPIED [...] No summary [...]	2002-07-29 11:57:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
02AMMAN4180	IRAQ/UNSC: DEMARCHE ON JORDANIAN FLIGHTS TO [...] (C) On July 29, Charge delivered ref A points regarding the frequency and regularity of Royal Jordanian Airlines' Baghdad flights to Ali Al-Ayed, personal aide to Foreign Minister Muasher. Al-Ayed said that, in response to our earlier demarche, the number of flights per week had dropped, and [...]	2002-07-29 12:05:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETTC JO IZ
02AMMAN4213	JORDAN: DEMARCHE ON GI'S IN WTO AG NEGOTIATIONS [...] (U) ECONOFF delivered ref demarche to Trade Ministry Secretary General Samer Tawil on July 25. Tawil agreed that SIPDIS the EU proposal was unlikely to provide any real trade benefits for Jordan, and said he would consider supporting our position pending a detailed reading of demarche po [...]	2002-07-30 09:00:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON JO WTRO
02AMMAN4217	JORDAN: MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ AND T OCCUPIED [...] No summary [...]	2002-07-30 11:42:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
02AMMAN4236	AMBASSADOR ROSS' MEETING WITH ISLAMISTS: A GOOD [...] (C) On July 17, R Special Coordinator Ambassador Ross met with Islamic Action Front (IAF) leaders Sheikh Hamza Mansour (IAF Secretary General),Abdel Latif Arabiyat (IAF Shura Council President),and Jamil Abu Bakr (IAF First Deputy Secretary General). Poloff accompanied Ambassador Ross. IAF [...]	2002-07-31 06:28:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL KPAO PGOV PHUM JO
02AMMAN4244	JORDAN: MEDIA REACTION ON KING'S ASPEN SPEECH, [...] No summary [...]	2002-07-31 09:29:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
02AMMAN4258	IAF PRESS RELEASE RESPONDS TO PRESS CRITICISM OF [...] Summary. The July 17 meeting between R Special Coordinator Ambassador Christopher Ross and the leadership of the Islamic Action Front (IAF) was not reported in the IAF's weekly Assabeel but received considerable attention from other weeklies, including a scathing editorial by a former lefti [...]	2002-07-31 12:18:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO KISL KPAL JO
02AMMAN4260	U.S. GOALS FOR UNGA DELIVERED TO JORDAN [...] (C) On July 31, Charge delivered reftel points (left as a non-paper) on U.S. Goals at the 57th UNGA to Ali al-Ayed, personal aide to Foreign Minister Muasher. Al-Ayed (who will be part of the Jordanian delegation to the UNGA) promised to share the non-paper with other relevant MFA officials, a [...]	2002-07-31 14:21:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL JO UNGA UN
02AMMAN4261	57TH UNGA: JORDANIAN DELEGATION [...] (U) As per reftel request, Jordan's MFA has provided us the following information regarding the GOJ's delegation to the upcoming 57th UNGA. Standard Response Format: A. Attendance of Head of State: No B. Attendance of Head of Government: No C. Attendance of Foreign Minister: Yes [...]	2002-07-31 14:22:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OTRA JO UNGA UN
02AMMAN4286	JORDAN: MEDIA REACTION ON KING'S U.S. VISIT, [...] No summary [...]	2002-08-01 13:14:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
02AMMAN4304	JORDAN TRADE MINISTER'S IRAQ TRIP "ONLY FOR [...] (C) According to the number two Ministry official, Trade Minister Salah al-Bashir's July 19-23 visit to Baghdad was primarily for show, and added little to the bilateral economic relationship. He noted that some adjustments had been proposed to the bilateral oil and trade protocols to offse [...]	2002-08-04 12:46:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PREL IZ JO
02AMMAN4312	RECYCLING CARRY-OVER/FORWARD BALANCES FOR [...] Post reports the following status for its revenue generating programs: Allot. Total Projected Estimated Total Oblig Oblig Un-Oblig as of 10/1/01- 8/1/02- Balance 7/31/02 7/31/02 9/30/02 carryover [...]	2002-08-04 13:59:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ABUD AFIN AMGT KPAO
02AMMAN4313	UNGA/MIDEAST: DEMARCHE TO JORDAN ON JENIN REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2002-08-04 14:00:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAL JO UNGA
02AMMAN4317	MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST [...] No summary [...]	2002-08-05 08:19:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
02AMMAN4331	FOREIGN PRESS CENTER'S BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC [...] THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS SECTION NOMINATES TWO PRINCIPAL NOMINEES FOR SUBJECT TOUR: MS. HALA AL HADIDI, ECONOMIC REPORTER, JORDAN NEWS AGENCY (PETRA) AND MS. LUBNA ABDEL- HAQ, ECONOMIC REPORTER, AL ARAB AL YAWM NEWSPAPER. FULL BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION FOLLOWS: EXPORT-SOURCE: USIS EVDB VERSION: 3 [...]	2002-08-05 12:27:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	JO SCUL OEXC
02AMMAN4369	FPC REPORTING TOUR FOR NEAR EAST JOURNALISTS [...] MR. ABDUL MAJID ASFOUR, ASSISTANT CHIEF EDITOR, AL RA'I NEWSPAPER, CONFIRMS HIS PARTICIPATION IN SUBJECT PROGRAM. 2. MR. ASFOUR'S TRAVEL ITINERARY FOLLOWS: --AUGUST 18, AMMAN - AMSTERDAM VIA NW 8370 AT 0210/0630 --AUGUST 18, AMSTERDAM - WASHINGTON, D.C. (DULLES AIRPORT) VIA NW 35 AT 11 [...]	2002-08-06 09:20:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	JO SCUL OEXC
02AMMAN4377	MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST AND IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2002-08-06 12:15:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
02AMMAN4379	USINT BAGHDAD CHIEF BERNACKI GETS OUT OF TOWN, [...] (C) PolCouns and Poloff met August 6 with Krzysztof Bernacki, Chief of USINT Baghdad, as he transited Amman for home leave in Poland. Bernacki, who had not been able to depart Baghdad for four months, was visibly relieved to be out of Iraq. He departed the Iraqi capital August 4, one day aft [...]	2002-08-06 15:17:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ JO
02AMMAN4395	57TH UNGA: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON JORDANIAN [...] (U) Post has received the following additional information from the Jordanian MFA regarding Foreign Minister Muasher's arrival/departure dates for the UNGA and the composition of Jordan's delegation. 2. (U) Travel Itinerary of Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher: September 10, 2002: 1640: Arr [...]	2002-08-07 08:10:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OTRA JO UNGA UN
02AMMAN4401	MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2002-08-07 11:33:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
02AMMAN4405	UN SANCTIONS: DEMARCHE ON JORDANIAN REQUEST TO ADD [...] (C) Following up on earlier Embassy approaches to the GOJ (ref a),PolCouns on August 6 covered ref b points on Jordan's request to add 9 names to the 1267 Committee List with Ali al-Ayed, Personal Assistant to Foreign Minister Muasher. PolCouns explained that the USG would like Jordan to s [...]	2002-08-07 13:11:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETTC PTER JO UNSC
02AMMAN4426	NEA REGIONAL ENVIRONMENT OFFICE HOSTS NGO GRANT-WRITING [...] (U) The NEA Regional Environment Office sponsored a one-day grant-writing workshop for the Jordanian environmental NGO community on July 22. The workshop trained 22 participants in the concrete skills of writing proposals for improved fundraising and NGO sustainability. The Regional Environme [...]	2002-08-08 10:25:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV PGOV JO
02AMMAN4443	IRAQI, TURKISH FONMINS VISIT AMMAN: FOCUS ON [...] (S) Iraqi FonMin Naji Sabri visited Amman August 6 and met with King Abdullah, PM Ali Abul Ragheb, and FonMin Marwan Muasher. In an August 8 conversation with the Ambassador, Muasher said that Sabri was clearly concerned about what King Abdullah had discussed regarding Iraq during the King's [...]	2002-08-08 13:34:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL IZ TU JO
02AMMAN4447	DEMARCHE TO JORDANIANS ON IRAQI PROCUREMENT [...] (S/NF) On August 8, POLCOUNS delivered points in reftel to Ali Al-Ayed, personal assistant to the foreign minister. Ayed asked if there was any more specific information on the names of the companies involved, the shipping and transit route, or the shipment schedule, and also asked if the info [...]	2002-08-08 14:45:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL IZ JO
02AMMAN4499	MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2002-08-12 10:06:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
02AMMAN4506	PUBLIC'S UNEASINESS ABOUT DIRECTION OF [...] (S) Despite healthy bilateral economic, trade, political, and military ties, confusion and uncertainty about recent developments on both bilateral and regional issues have made many Jordanians uneasy about the direction of the US-Jordan relationship. The press has pulled together a number o [...]	2002-08-12 12:05:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL PGOV IZ IS JO
02AMMAN4519	DEMARCHE ON CANDIDACY OF PROFESSOR RUTH WEDGWOOD [...] (U) On August 7, Poloff delivered reftel information on the candidacy of Professor Ruth Wedgwood to the Jordanian MFA. On August 12, Ayman Aamiri, Deputy Head of the MFA's International Organizations Department, and Samer Naber, MFA's Legal Advisor, told us that MFA has since conveyed all the [...]	2002-08-12 13:20:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM JO UNHRC
02AMMAN4521	UPDATE ON DOCUMENT REQUEST FOR INFORMATION [...] No summary [...]	2002-08-12 13:30:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PINS XF
02AMMAN4526	GOJ RECALLS AMBASSADOR TO QATAR FOR CONSULTATIONS, [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Government of Jordan closed the al-Jazeera office in Amman on August 7 and subsequently recalled its Ambassador to Qatar for consultations in response to an "inflammatory" episode of "Opposite Direction" by al-Jazeera. The program featured a guest who was aggressively criti [...]	2002-08-12 14:20:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM QA JO
02AMMAN4533	JORDAN: NO INCREASE IN INSURANCE OR SHIPPING [...] (c) Summary. According to the head of the Jordanian Shipping Agents Association, the July issuance of a "special advisory" by the Maritime Liaison Office (MARLO) in Bahrain has not resulted in an increase in either insurance or freight charges for Aqaba shipping. End Summary. 2. (c) Se [...]	2002-08-13 07:05:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	MOPS ETTC EPET PREL IZ JO

02AMMAN4554	JORDAN: BLUE LANTERN END USE CHECK PROGRAM [...] Due to changes in embassy staffing during the summer transfer cycle and the departure of the officer previously responsible for this program, we will not be able to identify a new npermanent embassy Blue Lantern contact until early September. In the interim, Department may contact: Thomas [...]	2002-08-14 11:05:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC JO
02AMMAN4583	JORDAN ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT WSSD WATER PARTNERSHIP [...] No summary [...]	2002-08-14 14:43:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON SENV JO UNCSD
02AMMAN4589	FORMER IRAQI OIL MINISTER SAYS SADDAM IS VULNERABLE [...] (C) Former Iraqi Oil Minister Issam Chalabi told visiting SFRC Staffer Puneet Talwar August 12 that Saddam's hold is fragile, that most Iraqis believe the U.S. is serious about regime change "this time," and that they "want to see Saddam gone, preferably while they are asleep." Saddam will use [...]	2002-08-15 05:31:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL XF IZ JO
02AMMAN4594	SFRC STAFFER TALWAR'S MEETING WITH FM MUASHER [...] (C) Foreign Minister Muasher met with the DCM, Poloff, and SFRC Staffer Puneet Talwar on August 13. Most of the discussion revolved around the MEPP and Iraq. FM Muasher applauded the U.S. commitment to a three-year time-frame for a Palestinian state, but urged that the U.S. come up with a pl [...]	2002-08-15 08:41:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IZ IS JO
02AMMAN4645	MEDIA REACTION ON U.S.-ARAB RELATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2002-08-18 13:47:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
02AMMAN4648	JORDAN IPR UPDATE: MIXED OUTLOOK [...] (SBU) Jordan's record on enforcement of IPR laws has been improving steadily over the past six months. However, greater awareness of the impact of lax IPR enforcement on Jordanian industries as well as further reform of existing IPR legislation and prosecution is still needed if Jordan is to [...]	2002-08-19 07:30:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR ECON JO
02AMMAN4652	MEDIA REACTION ON U.S.-ARAB RELATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2002-08-19 11:14:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
02AMMAN4682	(NIAG 2057) JAPANESE EMBASSY ASKS FOR MORE [...] (S/NF) Japanese Embassy Counselor (and Japanese Charge in Iraq) Masashi Kono called on PolCouns August 18. Referring to Embassy Tokyo's demarche (ref b) on Iraq's possible purchase of thermal luminescence dosimetry equipment from Japan through the Jordanian company al-Eman Investment Group ( [...]	2002-08-19 13:41:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	KNNP PARM PREL GM JA IZ JO
02AMMAN4697	JORDAN CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR WORRIED ABOUT BANKS' [...] (S) Summary. Jordan's central bank governor is worried that a sudden interruption in Oil for Food exports via Jordan to Iraq in the event of military action in Iraq could leave the Jordanian banking system seriously exposed. He requested U.S. views on possible mechanisms that would help ban [...]	2002-08-20 11:15:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	EFIN ETRD JO
02AMMAN4719	A STEP FORWARD ON IRAQ, BUT ELECTIONS POSTPONED [...] (C) King Abdullah's televised speech on August 15 carried few surprises. As expected, he announced the postponement of elections until "the spring." The King also said that responsibility for the future of Palestine and Iraq lies with their respective leaderships. Most Embassy contacts had f [...]	2002-08-20 13:41:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IZ IS JO
02AMMAN4722	ARAB-ISRAELI COOPERATION--MERC MAKES THE GRADE [...] (SBU) An embassy survey of Jordanian scientists collaborating with Israeli counterparts on MERC (Middle East Regional Cooperation) projects confirmed that, despite the tense political climate in the region, the projects generally are on track. Creative measures have been taken to maintain mom [...]	2002-08-20 15:36:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV PREL JO MEPN
02AMMAN4724	MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST [...] No summary [...]	2002-08-21 11:08:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
02AMMAN4744	MEETING WITH STEAMED FORMER PRIME MINISTER TAHIR [...] (C) In a meeting with former Prime Minister Tahir al-Masri on August 18, a visibly angry al-Masri complained about the recent U.S. treatment of Egypt and Saudi Arabia, and encouraged the U.S.--before any movement against Iraq--to pressure the Israelis to withdraw from Areas A and improve the h [...]	2002-08-22 06:58:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IS JO
02AMMAN4755	JORDAN QIZ INVESTORS BRING CONCERNS TO ISRAELI [...] (u) Summary. Thanks to a meeting organized by the Israel-Jordan Chamber of Commerce, an impressive number of QIZ investors were able to raise directly with senior Israeli officials their concerns about slow and expensive shipping of QIZ products through Israel and difficulty meeting the cur [...]	2002-08-22 11:27:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD IS JO
02AMMAN4786	U.S. FIRM INTERESTED IN CALL CENTERS IN JORDAN [...] (u) Summary. In an initiative that it sees both as a promising business venture and an element of support for regional peace, the U.S. firm Stream International is seriously looking at Jordan as a site for an international call service center that would employ over 300 technically skilled J [...]	2002-08-25 06:38:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ECPS ECON IS JO OPIC
02AMMAN4820	Jordanian Youth and the Future of Jordan [...] (SBU) The following cable was drafted by an FSN member of the Embassy staff. We thought it was particularly interesting as a description of the youth scene from the inside. ------- Summary ------- 2. (SBU) Frustrated and insecure about the future and the prevailing social and economic [...]	2002-08-25 14:21:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SOCI PHUM JO
02AMMAN4829	MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST ISSUES [...] No summary [...]	2002-08-26 06:40:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
02AMMAN4832	REINFORCED COCKPIT DOORS: JORDANIAN VIEWS [...] (U) Jordanian Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) Director General Hanna Najjar informed us August 22 that he fully expects state-owned carrier Royal Jordanian Airlines (RJ) will be able to comply with the FAA regulation on reinforced cockpit doors by April 9, 2003. RJ is currently in the process [...]	2002-08-26 10:13:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ASEC JO
02AMMAN4841	JORDANIAN INFORMATION ON FOREIGN FLIGHT SCHOOLS [...] (SBU) As per instructions reftel, the following are non-FAA approved flight schools in Jordan. The information was provided to us by Civil Aviation Authority Director General Hanna Najjar: A) Name: Sun Air Aviation Address: PO Box 811573 Amman, Jordan Website: www.sun-a [...]	2002-08-26 13:33:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR PTER JO
02AMMAN4843	JORDANIAN VIEWS ON ICAO SYG, DESIRE FOR SEAT ON [...] (SBU) Jordanian Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) Director General Hanna Najjar told us August 22 he agrees with the U.S. view that it is appropriate that the ICAO seek new leadership following the expiration of current SYG Renato Costa Pereira's second term in office. Najjar said that while Pe [...]	2002-08-26 14:00:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR JO ICAO
02AMMAN4863	JORDAN: CONFERENCE ON SPECIALIZED IP COURTS [...] (U) The Jordanian government has nominated two judges, Bassam Talaheen and Khalid Samam', to attend the September 12-13 conference being co-hosted by USPTO and the International Intellectual Property Institute (IIPI). Their travel and per diem in Washington will be supported by USAID Jordan' [...]	2002-08-28 06:06:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EAID KIPR JO
02AMMAN4864	JORDAN'S DIPLOMATS FOCUS ON TRADE AND INVESTMENT [...] (sbu) Summary. Reflecting the emphasis he has put on economic and commercial development and the growing private sector export and investment orientation of Jordan's economy, King Abdullah personally launched a four-day USAID-supported economic/commercial training program for Jordanian amba [...]	2002-08-28 06:07:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON BEXP PREL JO
02AMMAN4945	SPREAD THE WORD: JORDAN ICT FORUM [...] (U) This is an action request. See para. 6. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Under the patronage of King Abdullah, the Ministry of Information Communications and Technology (MOICT) and the Information Technology Association of Jordan (INTAJ) are hosting an Information Communications Technology (ICT) Foru [...]	2002-09-03 05:36:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS BEXP JO
02AMMAN4946	JORDAN RE: UN CONVENTION TO BAN HUMAN CLONING [...] (U) On August 27, poloff delivered reftel points to Ayman Aamiri, Deputy Director of the Office of International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Aamiri said the MFA would study our points and consult with other relevant government bodies. 2. (U) On September 1, econoff [...]	2002-09-03 05:52:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA PREL AORC TBIO TPHY JO UNGA
02AMMAN4968	SURVEY OF NON-IMMIGRANT VISA ISSUANCE POLICIES [...] (U) The following is in response to reftel questions. A) (S/NF) Law Enforcement and Intelligence Agencies Represented at Post: ORCA, LEGATT, DIA, (STATE) DS B) (S/NF) Visas Viper Information Input Process: Potential submissions are sent to the Visas Viper Coordinator (VVC) who in turn c [...]	2002-09-03 12:52:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	ASIG AMGT CVIS JO
02AMMAN4975	FOLLOW-UP DEMARCHE ON WEDGWOOD CANDIDACY: JORDAN [...] (U) On September 3, A/Polcouns contacted Ayman Aamiri, Deputy Director of the MFA's Department of International Organizations, to again urge Jordan's support for the candidacy of Professor Ruth Wedgwood in the September 9 UN Human Rights Committee election. Aamiri had no new information to co [...]	2002-09-03 14:07:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM JO UNHRC
02AMMAN4986	MEPI ROLLOUT PLAN [...] POST PLANS TO HIGHLIGHT SECRETARY POWELL'S ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE MEPI INITIATIVE WITH A SERIES OF RELATED ACTIVITIES TARGETED FOR JORDAN'S BUSINESS, INTELLECTUAL AND NGO ACTIVISTS AS WELL AS LOCAL MEDIA. 2. IF POSSIBLE, WE WOULD BE READY TO CONDUCT A "PRE- BRIEF" FOR A SELECTED GROUP OF SEN [...]	2002-09-04 05:27:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP EFIN ECON PREL XF KPAO JO
02AMMAN4996	JORDANIAN ATTENDEES: ITU PLENIPOTENTIARY CONFERENCE [...] (U) As per instructions REFTEL, we passed along to the Ministry of Information and Communications Technology (MOICT) our intention to nominate James Carroll for reelection to the Radio Regulations Board. MOICT Adviser Roger Guichard told us that Minister of ICT Fawaz Zu'bi and MOICT Adviser A [...]	2002-09-04 13:55:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS AORC JO
02AMMAN5071	SENATOR CORZINE DISCUSSES IRAQ AND THE MEPP WITH [...] (C) Senator Jon Corzine traveled to Jordan August 28-30. On August 29, the Senator met with Foreign Minister Muasher, Prime Minister Abul Ragheb, Minister of National Economy Halaiqa, Minister of Finance Marto, private sector leaders, the Trade and Planning Ministers, and a number of media per [...]	2002-09-05 16:10:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IS JO
02AMMAN5074	SEPTEMBER 11 COMMEMORATION AMMAN [...] EMBASSY AMMAN WILL COMMEMORATE THE SEPTEMBER 11 TERROR ATTACK ANNIVERSARY WITH IN-HOUSE AND OUTREACH ACTIVITIES DESIGNED TO REMIND OUR JORDANIAN AUDIENCE OF THE TRAGIC EVENTS BEHIND THE WAR AGAINST TERRORISM. FOLLOWING ARE OUR MAJOR ACTIVITIES. 2. EMBASSY HAS COMMISSIONED THE PRODUCTION [...]	2002-09-08 06:29:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PREL OIIP JO
02AMMAN5085	57TH UNGA: PASSPORT INFORMATION OF JORDANIAN [...] (U) As requested ref A, this cable provides the department with the passport numbers of members of the Jordanian UNGA delegation (previously provided travel information contained in refs b, d and e.). It does not include passport information on members of Jordan's delegation already in New Yo [...]	2002-09-08 11:38:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC OTRA PREL EAIR JO UNGA
02AMMAN5131	APPREHENSION AND RESIGNATION: A SENIOR JORDANIAN [...] (C) In an off the record session of the Amman World Affairs Council attended by A/DCM on September 2, Royal Court Chief Fayez Tarawneh gave the mostly East Bank audience one of the most frank assessments of GOJ thinking on Iraq that we have heard. After being peppered by leading questions on [...]	2002-09-09 12:14:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ JO
02AMMAN5144	JORDAN - MONITORING OF REFUGEE REGISTRATION [...] Cairo's Regional Refcoord and Amman's Refugee Admissions Specialist met with UNHCR Amman's Senior Protection Officer and Acting Chief of Mission, Ms. Jacqueline Parlevliet, to obtain the information requested in Reftel A. Below are the answers to your questions in the order in [...]	2002-09-09 14:49:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF JO UNHCR
02AMMAN5168	SEPTEMBER 11 ONE YEAR LATER IN JORDAN: SYMPATHY [...] (C) A year after 9/11, many Jordanians still make a point of expressing sympathy for the victims of the attacks and condemnation for those who carried them out. That said, many also quickly add that the U.S. "failed to learn the lessons of September 11" and has yet to address the perceived "ro [...]	2002-09-11 05:28:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SOCI XF JO
02AMMAN5173	OUTSPOKEN JORDANIAN MP SAYS IRAQIS DON'T LIKE [...] (C) In a recent rambling conversation with A/DCM, Mahmoud Kharabsheh (please protect),an outspoken former Jordan MP and former provincial intelligence chief, said that most average Iraqis would not/not support a U.S. military strike on Iraq aimed at overthrowing the regime. He said that, b [...]	2002-09-11 11:37:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ JO
02AMMAN5185	JORDAN: MEDIA REACTION ON SEPTEMBER 11 [...] No summary [...]	2002-09-11 13:53:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
02AMMAN5195	EMBASSY POSITION ON THIRD PARTY TRANSFER OF ROYAL [...] U.S. Embassy Amman concurs with the GOJ request for third party transfer of F-5 A/B spare parts to Intertrade Aviation Corporation, 5722 Buckingham Drive, Huntington Beach, CA 92649. 2. Basis for Request: A. Items being transferred: 7 ARM (NON-SME) value: USD 781.20; 2 ADAPTER, DRAIN V [...]	2002-09-11 14:13:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR MASS MCAP JO
02AMMAN5196	GOJ PUSHES BACK AT POPULAR DISSATISFACTION [...] (S) In recent weeks, the GOJ--through the King's public address on August 15 (see Ref A),the Prime Minister's speech to the Jordan press association on September 2, and Royal Court Chief Fayez Tarawneh's September 2 address to the Amman World Affairs Council (see Ref B)--has respondcd more ag [...]	2002-09-11 15:14:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL KPAL IZ XF IS JO MEPP
02AMMAN5207	PRINCE HASSAN TRAVELING TO US OCTOBER 3-8 [...] (C) The office of Prince Hassan Bin Talal has notified us that Prince Hassan will be traveling to the U.S. October 3-8. The Prince will arrive in New York from Jordan on a private or GOJ aircraft on October 3 to participate in a meeting of the International Crisis Group. The Prince and his par [...]	2002-09-12 11:14:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OVIP ASEC JO
02AMMAN5212	JORDAN GEARS UP FOR ARAB FREE TRADE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: WITH TRADE WITH OTHER ARAB COUNTRIES MAKING UP A SIZEABLE PORTION OF ITS OVERALL TRADE, JORDAN WAS ONE OF THE FIRST COUNTRIES TO EMBRACE THE ARAB FREE TRADE AGREEMENT (AFTA),WHICH AIMS AT CREATING AN ARAB FREE TRADE AREA BY 2005. INDEED, SINCE ENTERING INTO FORCE, JORDAN HAS [...]	2002-09-12 12:44:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON JO
02AMMAN5213	MEDIA REACTION ON 9/11 ANNIVERSARY [...] No summary [...]	2002-09-12 12:48:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
02AMMAN5237	IRAQ: JORDANIAN REACTION TO POINTS ON PRESIDENT'S [...] (C) In the absence of FonMin Muasher (who is leading the Jordanian delegation to the UNGA in New York),A/DCM delivered ref points to Muasher's personal assistant, Ali al-Ayed September 12. A/DCM urged that the GOJ express public support for the President's themes, as well as the GOJ's will [...]	2002-09-12 15:35:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL PGOV PHUM KPAL ASEC PTER
02AMMAN5238	DRAWING A ROADMAP FOR IRAQ PUBLIC DIPLOMACY: [...] No summary [...]	2002-09-12 16:17:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO PREL OPRC
02AMMAN5239	SEPTEMBER 11 MEETING OF EMBASSY AMMAN'S HOMELAND [...] (S/NF) The Charge on September 11 chaired a meeting of Embassy Amman's Homeland Security Working Group (HSWG). A/DCM, and DAO, LEGATT, ORCA, RSO, POL, ECON, CONS, and ADMIN agency/section chiefs participated in the meeting. 2. (S) We intend to use the meetings of the newly-constituted H [...]	2002-09-12 16:31:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC PTER CASC US JO
02AMMAN5240	JORDANIAN ASSESSMENT OF ECONOMIC IMPACT OF [...] (c) Post has faxed to NEA/ARN a copy of a paper given to DAS Satterfield by Prime Minister Abul Ragheb that describes a preliminary Jordanian government interagency assessment of the economic impact on Jordan of possible military hostilities involving Iraq. The paper assumes and attempts to [...]	2002-09-13 09:12:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL ETRD JO IZ
02AMMAN5267	HUMANITARIAN AGENCIES IN JORDAN RAMPING UP IRAQ [...] (C) Summary: Humanitarian agencies in Jordan have stepped up contingency planning efforts for a crisis in Iraq. Estimated refugee flows (10,000 into Jordan over six months) match those provided reftel, but UN sources admit that they are based only on conjecture and, in fact, are purposely c [...]	2002-09-15 16:10:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL IZ JO
02AMMAN5295	PRESIDENT'S IRAQ SPEECH: JORDANIANS WELCOME MOVE [...] (C) Initial reaction in Jordan to the President's UNGA speech has been mixed. The government issued a generally supportive statement on September 12 calling for the return of inspectors to Iraq, and many of our GOJ interlocutors have privately praised the forcefulness of the speech. Those Jo [...]	2002-09-16 14:34:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL MOPS KPAL IS IZ JO UNSC
02AMMAN5331	PEACE AIRPORT REVIVED? ISRAELI-JORDANIAN OFFICIALS [...] (SBU) On the heels of an Israeli government decision to prohibit jets from using Eilat Airport, officials from the Jordanian and Israeli Civil Aviation authorities, Israeli Ministry of Transportation, Eilat and Aqaba Airport officials, and the Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority (ASEZA) Chi [...]	2002-09-17 14:26:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR PTER ETRD IS JO
02AMMAN5348	MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST DEVELOPMENTS [...] No summary [...]	2002-09-18 08:36:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
02AMMAN5353	GIFT COLLECTIONS OF THE LIBRARY OF AMERICA [...] PAS AMMAN LOOKS FORWARD TO RECEIVING A SET OF THE LIBRARY OF AMERICA COLLECTION TO DONATE TO AL HUSSEIN BIN TALAL UNIVERSITY. 2. PLEASE FORWARD THE COLLECTION TO THE FOLLOWING ADDRESS: CAO DONNA WINTON AMERICAN EMBASSY AMMAN PUBLIC AFFAIRS SECTION APO AE 09892-9999 TEL: (962-6) 592-0 [...]	2002-09-18 11:19:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	JO SCUL OEXC
02AMMAN5355	MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2002-09-18 11:46:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
02AMMAN5398	MULLAH KREKAR CASE: STATE OF PLAY IN JORDAN [...] (S) Post has been in contact with the GOJ and the Dutch Embassy this week regarding the Mullah Krekar case, and has provided materials to assist the Jordanians with preparation of their extradition request to the Netherlands. This cable recounts steps taken thus far. End Summary. --------- [...]	2002-09-19 08:50:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER KJUS PREL NO NL IZ JO
02AMMAN5412	BOEING PRESENTS "AGGRESSIVE" FINAL OFFER TO ROYAL [...] (SBU) Summary. The Boeing Company, which has been in negotiations with Jordanian national carrier Royal Jordanian Airlines (RJ) for the purchase and leasing short-haul aircaft in competition with Airbus, presented its final offer to the airline September 19. The offer marks the climactic sta [...]	2002-09-20 09:03:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP EFIN EAIR JO
02AMMAN5463	NEED FOR PD NETWORK [...] No summary [...]	2002-09-23 05:32:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP AADP ASEC ACOA AMGT
02AMMAN5470	MEDIA REACTION ON PALESTINIAN ISSUE [...] No summary [...]	2002-09-23 12:06:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
02AMMAN5471	PRE-LICENSE END USE CHECK ON APPLICATION 05-857824 [...] (U) As per instructions reftel, we can verify the legitimacy of the export of M60 tank components to the Jordan Armed Forces (JAF) Royal Maintenance Corps (RMC). The non-lethal parts/components will be used for routine maintenance, salvage, and repair of the automotive track on the JAF M60 t [...]	2002-09-23 13:36:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KOMC ETTC JO
02AMMAN5478	EMBASSY AMMAN'S PARTICIPATION IN CAIRO CONFERENCE [...] Embassy Amman requests country clearance for Political Counselor Douglas A. Silliman and Public Affairs Officer Haynes Mahoney to participate in the Conference on Engaging Islam in Cairo October 2-3, 2002. 2. Mr. Silliman and Mr. Mahoney will arrive at Cairo International Airport (CAI) o [...]	2002-09-23 14:30:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PREL OTRA KISL JO
02AMMAN5485	JORDAN AND THE QIZ EXPERIENCE [...] The Qualifying Industrial Zones (QIZ) initiative has had a net positive, and increasingly widely-felt, effect on Jordan's economy, political dynamics, and social structure. While the success of the initiative to date is irrefutable, the QIZ's will have to face a number of hurdles in the near [...]	2002-09-24 07:47:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV JO IS
02AMMAN5490	USINT BAGHDAD CHIEF BERNACKI SAYS IRAQIS ARE [...] (C) USINT Baghdad Chief Krzysztof Bernacki, in meetings with the Ambassador and other Embassy officials on September 23, provided his latest impressions of life in Baghdad. Bernacki, who returned to Baghdad September 6 after a month's leave, said the Iraqi regime, and average Iraqis themselves, [...]	2002-09-24 12:43:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL XF IZ
02AMMAN5510	AMMAN CENTER FOR PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT SEEKS U.S. [...] (U) On September 19, poloff met with Dr. Muhammad Kheir Mustafa, Director of the Amman Center for Peace and Development (ACPD) to discuss a proposed ACPD project "to develop an operational definition to the security aspect of the Arab Initiative." The ACPD, one of the few remaining active pro [...]	2002-09-24 15:43:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAL IS JO MEPP
02AMMAN5511	"FRIENDS OF AMERICA" DECRY LACK OF PUBLIC U.S. [...] (C) A group of self-described "Friends of America" representing the Amman World Affairs Council called on the Ambassador and PolCouns September 22 to deliver a letter from the WAC to President Bush (excerpts in para 7 below). The group members said that they had all lived and studied in the [...]	2002-09-25 05:47:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IZ JO
02AMMAN5514	JORDAN GPA ACCESSION UPDATE [...] (sbu) Jordan's number two trade official, Samer Tawil, told econcouns and econoff September 24 that the GOJ has nearly completed drafting its initial entities offer for GPA accession. He said the draft should be completed and delivered to the Prime Ministry for clearance through the cabinet [...]	2002-09-25 06:51:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAID JO WTRO
02AMMAN5515	JORDAN'S TRADE MINISTRY GEARING UP FOR JOINT [...] (u) The Ambassador delivered the USG's official invitation to convene the 2002 U.S.-Jordan Joint Commission to Jordanian Trade Minister Salah al Bashir on September 22. Accepting the invitation, Bashir provided the GOJ's preferences for dates, events, and agenda items for the Joint Commissio [...]	2002-09-25 06:58:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV EAGR JO OPIC
02AMMAN5517	IMPACT ON JORDANIAN BANKS OF OIL-FOR-FOOD TRADE [...] (C) According to the UN officials cited in ref A, possible military action involving Iraq would interrupt the functioning of the oil-for-food program. Suppliers of O-F-F goods whose delivery could not be confirmed by UN officials in Iraq would therefore not be paid under the current rules g [...]	2002-09-25 09:34:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC EFIN PREL IZ JO UNSC
02AMMAN5527	HAMZA MANSOUR AND THE IAF/MB: MODERATE LEADERSHIP [...] No summary [...]	2002-09-25 14:37:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL JO
02AMMAN5528	GOJ TO APPROACH DUTCH TO ASK THAT MULLAH KREKAR [...] (S) Following ref a telcon, DCM and PolCouns September 25 called on Acting Foreign Minister Shaher Bak and Personal Assistant to Foreign Minister Muasher, Ali al-Ayed, regarding the GOJ's request for the extradition of Najmuddin Faraj Ahmad (aka Mullah Krekar) from Holland. The DCM explained [...]	2002-09-26 04:04:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL PTER NL NO JO
02AMMAN5576	GOJ MOVES TO DISSOLVE THE JORDANIAN SOCIETY FOR [...] No summary [...]	2002-09-26 14:47:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL JO
02AMMAN5595	JORDANIANS CRITICAL OF U.S. AND ARAB POSITIONS ON [...] (C) When Poloff recently queried a number of Jordanian contacts about the Muqatta siege, most had surprisingly little sympathy for Arafat, but quite a bit of antipathy for U.S. "acquiescence" in the Israeli actions and Arab leaders' lethargic response to the situation. End Summary. ------- [...]	2002-09-30 05:51:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAL PREL PGOV IS JO
02AMMAN5597	MR. EDWARD EIKNER - TARGET OF OPPORTUNITY PIANIST: EVALUATION [...] Summary: This program was initiated by post. In coordination with The National Music Conservatory (NMC) and The Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, PAS Amman organized two public concerts and two workshops for target of opportunity pianist Mr. Edward Eikner during his program in Jordan on Au [...]	2002-09-30 06:15:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP OEXC SCUL JO
02AMMAN5604	DVC PROGRAM ON "THE NEGATIVE EFFECT OF PIRACY ON COMPUTER SOFTWARE, AUDIO CASSETTES AND VIDEO CASSETTES.": PROGRAM EVALUATION [...] Summary: In cooperation with the National Center for Intellectual Property (NCIP) and the ECON Section, PAS Amman conducted the fourth and final DVC program of a series on IPR on Wednesday, September 4 at 1400 GMT. The Audience consisted of about sixty lawyers, businessmen, IT specialists, [...]	2002-09-30 10:44:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP OEXC SCUL JO
02AMMAN5626	MFA LEGAL ADVISOR SAYS ARTICLE 98 AGREEMENT STILL [...] (U) This is an action request for the Department. See para 5 below. 2. (C) MFA Legal Advisor Samer Naber told PolCouns September 29 that the GOJ has not yet reached a conclusion on whether it can sign a bilateral Article 98 agreement with the U.S. He noted that, although Justice Minis [...]	2002-09-30 14:37:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV US JO UN
02AMMAN5627	MULLAH KREKAR: DUTCH EMBASSY SAYS SECOND SET OF [...] (C) The Jordanian MFA on September 26 presented to the Dutch Embassy in Amman a second, somewhat more detailed request for the extradition of Mullah Krekar to Jordan on narcotics charges. According to Dutch DCM Peter van der Vliet, the Arabic diplomatic note covering the second extradition [...]	2002-10-01 05:09:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL PTER NL JO
02AMMAN5650	PLP direct funding initiative [...] Amman welcomes this opportunity to submit proposals for fsi's post language program direct funding initiative. The current uncertain political atmosphere in the region has led to an increased interest among Mission employees and EFM's in gaining a greater mastery of (or in many ca [...]	2002-10-01 14:23:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	AFSI AMGT KFLO JO
02AMMAN5653	FTOS: QUARTERLY REVIEW [...] (C) Per reftel, a number of foreign terrorist organizations (FTOs)--mostly Palestinian rejectionist groups--maintain a clandestine presence in Jordan. Those that qualify under the FTO status are HAMAS, PFLP, PFLP-GC, PIJ, Abu Nidal, and Hizballah. Although DFLP no longer qualifies as an FTO, [...]	2002-10-01 15:30:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC KCRM JO
02AMMAN5690	GOJ ALLOWS WEEKEND PROTESTS; QUIETER THAN EXPECTED [...] (C) The GOJ allowed--officially or unofficially--several rallies to be held this weekend, September 27-28, to mark the second anniversary of the beginning of the Intifada. These were the first protests the GOJ has allowed since April, when demonstrators threatened to march to the Israeli Embas [...]	2002-10-02 11:57:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF ASEC KPAL JO
02AMMAN5692	MINOR CABINET RESHUFFLE UNLIKELY TO RESULT IN ANY [...] (C) The Palace announced a minor Cabinet reshuffle on September 26 involving five portfolios. Amman had been rife with rumors of a reshuffle since the King's August 15 announcement that elections were postponed until the Spring. In recent conversations with the Ambassador, several young, prog [...]	2002-10-02 14:57:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EINV EAGR PINR JO
02AMMAN5718	MEDIA REACTION ON U.S. DECISION REGARDING [...] No summary [...]	2002-10-03 05:44:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
02AMMAN5719	MEDIA REACTION ON U.S. DECISION REGARDING [...] No summary [...]	2002-10-03 05:45:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
02AMMAN5736	MEDIA REACTION ON SIGNATURE OF FOREIGN [...] No summary [...]	2002-10-03 13:09:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
02AMMAN5737	BIOS ON NEW CABINET MEMBERS [...] (U) King Abdullah and Prime Minister Abul Ragheb reshuffled the Cabinet on September 26 adding 4 new members to the Cabinet, and reassigning one Cabinet member to a new portfolio. Para 2 contains biographical data on the new ministers. 2. (U) New members of the Cabinet are: A. (U) Mini [...]	2002-10-03 13:29:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ECON EINV EAGR PINR JO
02AMMAN5751	JAPANESE DIPLOMAT REPORTS BAGHDAD NORMAL, BASRA [...] (C) On October 2, a source in the Japanese Embassy's Iraq Division provided A/Polcouns a readout of his recently completed three week visit to Iraq. The source had been in Iraq from September 7 to 27 and had traveled from Baghdad to Basra and back by car September 14-16. Overall, he said that [...]	2002-10-03 15:41:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ JA JO
02AMMAN5781	UNRWA AND FAA 301(C) CONCERNS: PRM PDAS GREENE'S [...] (C) In a September 24 meeting on the margins of the UNRWA Major Donors meeting (reported septel),PRM PDAS Richard Greene pressed UNRWA Commissioner General Peter Hansen, Deputy Commissioner General Karen AbuZayd, West Bank Director Richard Cook and Gaza Director Lionel Brisson on the need for [...]	2002-10-06 12:42:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL EAID KPAL KWBG IS JO
02AMMAN5823	MONITORING AND EVALUATING SEEDS OF PEACE'S [...] AS REQUESTED REFTEL, REGIONAL REFCOORD MONITORED PRM- FUNDED ACTIVITIES AT SEEDS OF PEACE'S JERUSALEM CENTER FOR COEXISTENCE ON SEPTEMBER 5, 2002. WE UNDERSTAND PRM/ANE MONITORED PRM-FUNDED ACTIVITIES AT THE SEEDS SUMMER CAMP IN MAINE AND THEREFORE ARE REPORTING ONLY ON ACTIVITIES AT THE JER [...]	2002-10-08 03:55:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL KPAL KWBG IS JO
02AMMAN5826	JORDANIAN MFA PROPOSING NEW, MORE LIBERAL LAW [...] (C) MFA Legal Advisor Samer Naber told PolCouns recently that one of Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher's current highest administrative priorities is to pass through the cabinet a new law governing the Jordanian Foreign Service. Naber said the law, which he is writing, will incorporate at Muas [...]	2002-10-08 08:57:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM JO
02AMMAN5838	PRIME MINISTER ABUL RAGHEB ON HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES, [...] (C) The Ambassador and DCM spoke October 5 with Prime Minister Ali Abul Ragheb about human rights and legal assistance issues (other topics septels, notal). Abul Ragheb mentioned that the Jordanian Ministry of Justice was collecting the bank records requested by the U.S. Department of Justi [...]	2002-10-08 11:59:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	CJAN PHUM PREL US JO
02AMMAN5839	PM ABUL RAGHEB ON SYRIA, IRAQ: IT'S THE ECONOMY, [...] (S) The Ambassador and DCM spoke October 5 with Prime Minister Ali Abul Ragheb about his recent visit to Syria (other topics septels, notal). Abul Ragheb focused mostly on economic issues. Bashar al-Asad, he said, had "asked all the right economic questions," and PM Mohammed Miru, a conser [...]	2002-10-08 12:17:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL ECON IZ SY JO
02AMMAN5840	JORDAN WILL SUPPORT RE-ELECTION OF BRUNSON [...] (U) On October 8, Embassy received a diplomatic note from the MFA affirming that Jordan will support the re-election of IOM Director General Brunson McKinley. GNEHM [...]	2002-10-08 12:28:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF AORC JO IOM
02AMMAN5843	PM SAYS JORDAN IS NOW STOCKPILING OIL ON TANKER IN [...] (C) Prime Minister Ali Abul Ragheb, in answer to a question from the Ambassador during an October 5 conversation (septels on other topics),said that Jordan now has a large oil tanker (290,000 metric tons capacity) in the port of Aqaba that it will use to add to its limited strategic reserve [...]	2002-10-08 13:42:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG IZ JO
02AMMAN5878	TERRORISM FINANCE: ARABIC TRANSLITERATIONS [...] This is an action request: Post received the following diplomatic note from the ministry of foreign affairs requesting that embassy provide the Arabic spellings of the names contained in the most recent list of names added to E.O. 13224 (reftel). Post would appreciate guidance on how to res [...]	2002-10-09 15:04:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC EFIN PTER JO
02AMMAN5904	TERRORISM FINANCE - JORDAN: POST VIEWS ON E.O. [...] No summary [...]	2002-10-10 11:27:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	CVIS EFIN ETTC KVPR PTER JO
02AMMAN5905	PROPOSED DEMOCRACY CONFERENCE [...] POST CONCURS WITH THE IDEA OF A REGIONAL DEMOCRACY CONFERENCE TO DISCUSS HOW BEST TO PROMOTE THE ISSUES RAISED IN REFTEL, WITH THE GOAL OF BETTER FOCUSING OUR REGIONAL EFFORTS AND OF ACHIEVING GREATER REGIONAL COORDINATION BETWEEN EMBASSIES AND WITH THE VARIOUS WASHINGTON AGENCIES. WHILE THE [...]	2002-10-10 12:11:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT XF JO
02AMMAN5908	PM ABUL RAGHEB TELLS DAS CHENEY GOJ WORKING ON [...] (C) NEA DAS Elizabeth Cheney met October 8 with Prime Minister Ali Abul Ragheb to discuss economic, political, and educational reform issues (septel). Ambassador Gnehm, USAID Director, and PolCouns accompanied. Planning Minister Bassam Awadallah and PM's Media Advisor Natasha Bukhari sat in [...]	2002-10-10 12:50:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL US JO
02AMMAN5911	BORDER SECURITY ACT - HOST GOVERNMENT VIEWS ON USG [...] IN RESPONSE TO REFTEL, JORDANIAN MFA CONSULAR REPRESENTATIVE INFORMED POST OCTOBER 8 THAT, IN PRINCIPLE, THE GOJ HAS NO OBJECTION TO FINGERPRINTING APPLICANTS IN CONNECTION WITH VISA ISSUANCE. HE EMPHASIZED THAT THE GOJ IS SUPPORTIVE OF PROCEDURES DESIGNED TO PROVIDE GREATER SECURITY TO LEGI [...]	2002-10-10 13:25:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS CPAS PREL JO
02AMMAN5912	DEFUSING JORDAN'S GROWING FEAR OF TRANSFER [...] (C) Over the past few weeks, many Jordanians of all political stripes have become deeply afraid that Israel -- and specifically PM Sharon personally -- will exploit a U.S. attack on Iraq to forcibly transfer large numbers of Palestinians from the West Bank to Jordan. Senior officials, media [...]	2002-10-10 13:28:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IS IZ JO MEPP
02AMMAN5915	PM ABUL RAGHEB TELLS DAS CHENEY GOJ TO CONTINUE [...] (SBU) NEA DAS Elizabeth Cheney discussed the USAID program and economic reform October 8 with Prime Minister Ali Abul Ragheb and Planning Minister Bassam Awadallah (discussion of honor killings reported in septel). Ambassador Gnehm, USAID Director Christiansen-Wagner and PolCouns Silliman ac [...]	2002-10-10 13:59:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PGOV US JO
02AMMAN5918	DEMARCHE ON JORDANIAN CW-RELATED EXPORTS TO IRAQ [...] (S/NF) ORCA DELIVERED POINTS IN REFTEL TO GOJ COUNTERPARTS, WHO INDICATED THAT THEY WILL REVIEW THE INFORMATION AND FOLLOW UP. POST WILL ADVISE OF ANY FURTHER RESPONSE FROM GOJ. GNEHM [...]	2002-10-10 14:22:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	PARM ETTC TU IZ JO CBW
02AMMAN5922	DAS CHENEY MEETS WITH QUEEN RANIA: US ASSISTANCE, [...] No summary [...]	2002-10-10 14:33:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL JO AID
02AMMAN5964	JORDAN: U/S LARSON MEETINGS ON ECONOMIC PLANNING [...] (C) Under Secretary Larson had meetings in Amman October 13-14 with Prime Minister Abul Ragheb and key members of the Jordanian ministerial "economic team," including Finance Minster Marto, Planning Minister Awadallah, Trade Minister Bashir and Central Bank Governor Umayya Toukan. He also m [...]	2002-10-15 11:51:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	EFIN ECON PREL JO
02AMMAN5966	PROGRAM REQUEST: PROFESSIONALIZATION OF THE [...] This is an action request for IIP. See para 6 2. In view of the success to date of Embassy Amman's "Media Professionalization Program," which has had a visible impact on the quality of the work of a number of Jordanian journalists, Amman seeks the Department's assistance in continuing [...]	2002-10-15 12:08:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL PROP JO
02AMMAN5967	MEDIA REACTION ON CONGRESS' DECISION ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2002-10-15 12:24:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO

02AMMAN5993	KING ABDULLAH AND FONMIN MUASHER ADDRESS TRANSFER [...] (U) Foreign Minister Muasher and King Abdullah made successive high profile public statements October 10-11 addressing growing fears in the Kingdom about a possible large influx of Palestinian and Iraqi refugees should military action against Iraq commence. The King's remarks were part of a l [...]	2002-10-16 05:43:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF KPAL IS IZ JO MEPP
02AMMAN5994	JORDAN: AIR MARSHALS PROGRAM, ACTION REQUEST [...] Action Request: Post received via a diplomatic note from the Jordanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs the following letter regarding new U.S. procedures pertaining to foreign air marshals programs. The note and letter formally request U.S. government permission to allow Royal Jordanian Airlines [...]	2002-10-16 07:32:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR PTER JO
02AMMAN5996	SPECIAL COORDINATOR FOR WOMEN'S ISSUES VISITS [...] (C) SUMMARY. April Palmerlee, Special Coordination for International Women's Issues, visited Jordan Oct 5-8 for the recent NEA Economic Officers Conference. During her visit, Palmerlee made a site visit to a social services center in Zarqa and met with a GOJ human rights official and a local [...]	2002-10-16 07:37:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV JO
02AMMAN6022	JORDAN: ROYAL JORDANIAN SEEKS TO DELAY AIRPLANE [...] (c) Samir Hanna, the Boeing VP who has been negotiating the sale/lease package of nine 737's to Royal Jordanian Airlines (RJ),reported that RJ CEO Samer al-Majali told him October 16 that RJ was not able to make a decision between competing Boeing and Airbus offers, as had been planned for [...]	2002-10-16 15:16:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	BEXP EFIN EAIR JO
02AMMAN6024	S/CT COORDINATOR TAYLOR'S OCTOBER 10 MEETING WITH [...] (S/NF) In a cordial meeting October 10 with FonMin Muasher, visiting S/CT Coordinator Francis X. Taylor conveyed the U.S.'s appreciation for Jordan's superb cooperation on the war on terrorism, reiterated strong U.S. interest in stopping Iranian resupply flights to Hizbullah, and said that as [...]	2002-10-17 04:59:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL SY SA JO MEPP
02AMMAN6028	TERRORIST FINANCE: JORDANIAN RESPONSE TO LIST 18 [...] (SBU) The Government of Jordan, through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, has notified us via a diplomatic note that, following a search, no assets of any kind belonging to Saudi citizen Wa'el Julaidan were found in Jordan. GNEHM [...]	2002-10-17 08:00:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC EFIN PINR PTER KVPR JO
02AMMAN6060	A VIRTUAL SUCCESS: JORDAN'S ICT FORUM [...] (U) SUMMARY: Jordan's second ICT Forum was held Sept. 30-Oct. 1 in Amman. Featuring addresses by King Abdullah, Intel CEO Craig Barrett, John Gage, Chief Researcher and Director of the Science Office for Sun Microsystems, and AOL Strategic Advisor George Vradenburg, the event attracted more [...]	2002-10-20 08:40:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS BEXP EINV JO
02AMMAN6073	DROC PRESIDENT KABILA'S VISIT TO JORDAN [...] (S) DROC President Joseph Kabila paid an official visit to Jordan September 16-18. The visit entailed the usual meetings and official functions. Kabila enjoyed a short visit to the seaport of Aqaba as the King,s guest. We saw nothing remarkable to report -- except that Jordan seemed an u [...]	2002-10-20 13:31:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL XA ZF CF JO
02AMMAN6095	UPDATE OF CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR TRADE AND [...] As requested in reftel, Post is providing updated information on child labor in Jordan. Post has informed GOJ that we are compiling the information for the report. In addition, we will meet with Ministry of Labor officials the week of October 21 to discuss further. 2. During the past y [...]	2002-10-21 07:43:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI JO
02AMMAN6141	COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES: JORDAN WILL BE [...] (U) On October 21, Ayman Aamiri, Deputy Director of the MFA's IO Department informed poloff that, due to other scheduling requirements, FonMin Muasher regretted that he would not be able to attend the Community of Democracies Ministerial in Seoul, November 10-12. The Jordanian delegation will [...]	2002-10-22 06:32:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PREL PHUM PGOV JO
02AMMAN6150	REPORT OF POTENTIAL EVACUEES CONTACTS [...] PER INFORMATION IN REFTEL, AMMAN ACCESSED HTTP://SES.STATE.GOV/F77-POSTS AND IS READY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM. 2. THE FOLLOWING AMERICAN CITIZEN OFFICERS ARE DESIGNATED USERS TO ADMINISTER THE F-77 PROGRAM: A) NAME: MS. NADIA M. MOKHTAR - TITLE: VICE CONSUL - CLEARANCE [...]	2002-10-22 10:56:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ASEC AEMR CMGT KFLO CASE PINS JO
02AMMAN6154	HUMAN RIGHTS: STATUS OF JSCR; MB DEMONSTRATION [...] (C) SUMMARY The President of the Jordanian Society for Citizens' Rights (JSCR) told us October 14 that despite the recent reports of a GOJ "walkback" from its threat to close the JSCR (reftel A),he remains concerned that the JSCR will be rendered ineffective by a rumored new GOJ-appointed bo [...]	2002-10-22 12:57:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM JO
02AMMAN6157	KING ABDULLAH PROVIDES ADDITIONAL INFO ON DROC [...] (S) During an October 19 dinner with visiting NEA A/S Burns, King Abdullah again raised the September 16-18 visit to Jordan of DROC President Joseph Kabila. The King said "Kabila came to see me mostly about how to create a channel to the British but also to the Americans." The King said he h [...]	2002-10-23 05:10:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL XA ZF XW CF JO SU LY
02AMMAN6182	JORDAN: ASSISTANCE IN TELEMARKETING FRAUD [...] (sbu) Summary. The government and Central Bank of Jordan and the Union Bank for Savings and Investment told the Embassy they will cooperate fully with a Department of Justice investigation of a telemarketing fraud that used Union Bank as an apparently unwitting channel for transferring fund [...]	2002-10-23 13:33:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN CJAN JO
02AMMAN6189	RAMADAN PUBLIC AFFAIRS STRATEGY 2002 [...] Following is an outline of the PD Ramadan activities which emphasize respect for Islam and shared values during the month of Ramadan. In Jordan, Ramadan is a festive time similar to the Christmas season. After the Iftar, most Jordanians spend their time on visits to family and friends, cult [...]	2002-10-23 13:49:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PREL OIIP JO
02AMMAN6205	DVC PROGRAM ON "THE NEGATIVE EFFECT OF PIRACY ON COMPUTER SOFTWARE, AUDIO CASSETTES AND VIDEO CASSETTES.": PROGRAM EVALUATION [...] Summary: In cooperation with the National Center for Intellectual Property (NCIP) and the ECON Section, PAS Amman conducted the fourth and final DVC program of a series on IPR on Wednesday, September 4 at 1400 GMT. The Audience consisted of about sixty lawyers, businessmen, IT specialists, [...]	2002-10-24 07:43:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP OEXC SCUL JO
02AMMAN6226	DOPCAT DEMARCHE DELIVERED: JORDAN WILL ALLY ITSELF [...] (SBU) On October 24, PolCouns and Poloff delivered reftel demarche on the Draft Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture (DOPCAT) to Samer Naber, the MFA's Legal Advisor. Naber welcomed the points saying that Jordan had its own reservations about the DOPCAT and how it had been han [...]	2002-10-24 13:25:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM US JO
02AMMAN6227	57TH UNFC: DEMARCHE ON IRAQ'S DEPLETED URANIUM [...] No summary [...]	2002-10-24 13:25:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL JO UNGA
02AMMAN6250	ICT PROGRAMS IN JORDAN [...] (U) Per REFTEL request, we are providing information on telecom regulation, internet, and other IT-related questions posed, as well as a description of ICT projects related to education, business skills, business development, and e-government in Jordan. ----------------------------- THE TR [...]	2002-10-27 07:31:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ECPS EAID JO
02AMMAN6261	U.S. DIPLOMAT ASSASSINATED IN AMMAN 10/28: SITREP 1 [...] (C) Between 0705 and 0715 this morning (October 28),an individual approached USAID employee Larry Foley as he was entering his vehicle to depart his residence and fired multiple shots at close range. Assailant immediately fled the scene on foot. Mr. Foley appears to have died instantly. 2 [...]	2002-10-28 07:51:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PTER PREL JO
02AMMAN6265	ASSASSINATION OF U.S. DIPLOMAT IN AMMAN 10/28: [...] (U) NIACT PRECEDENCE REQUIRED BECAUSE OF URGENCY OF INFORMATION 2. (S/NF) At approximately 1045 local time, the Ambassador spoke with GID Director Sa'ad Kheir regarding the shooting of USAID employee Larry Foley. Director Kheir conveyed his condolences and said that the GOJ (GID and PSD) [...]	2002-10-28 09:50:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC PTER PREL JO
02AMMAN6270	KING POSITIVE ON ARTICLE 98, BUT BUREAUCRACY DRAGS [...] (U) This is an action request for the Department. Please see para 6 below. 2. (S) In a conversation with A/S Burns on October 19, King Abdullah said again that he thought Jordan should be able to sign an Article 9 agreement. 3. (C) However, in a separate conversation October 20 wit [...]	2002-10-28 12:14:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL KPAL IS IZ JO MEPP
02AMMAN6282	ASSASSINATION OF U.S. DIPLOMAT IN AMMAN 10/28: [...] (C) The GOJ's investigation of this morning's murder of USAID employee Larry Foley continues. As reported previously, cooperation from the GID and PSD has been excellent. 2. (S/NF) Investigation: According to investigators working the case, the assailant used a small caliber 7mm handgun to [...]	2002-10-28 15:48:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC PTER PREL JO
02AMMAN6288	JORDAN'S UNUSED INDUSTRIAL CAPACITY [...] (u) Summary: We have been following with interest attempts by Israeli industrialist Stef Wertheimer to secure support for a new industrial park (or parks) in Jordan. While there does not seem to be a need for new industrial parks in Jordan given a current glut of unused industrial infrastru [...]	2002-10-29 07:41:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EAID IS JO
02AMMAN6309	ASSASSINATION OF U.S. DIPLOMAT IN AMMAN: STATUS AS [...] (C) Twenty four hours after the brutal murder of USAID employee Larry Foley, the GOJ continues to provide excellent cooperation in the investigation of the attack and in implementing new security measures to protect the American community. At the political level, numerous senior GOJ officials [...]	2002-10-29 10:45:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PTER PREL JO
02AMMAN6333	MEDIA REACTION ON MURDER OF USAID'S LAURENCE [...] No summary [...]	2002-10-29 16:06:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
02AMMAN6345	Request for a DVC Program in Honor of Black History [...] Summary: In honor of Black History Month, post would like to request IIP's support in organizing a 90 minute DVC program discussing African-American Literature. 2. We expect an audience of 40 - 50 people for this DVC program. The audience will consist of American Studies students from Jord [...]	2002-10-30 09:39:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP OEXC SCUL JO
02AMMAN6374	JORDAN FUND LAUNCHED [...] (U) Amid an enthusiastic reception, the Government of Jordan launched the Jordan Fund, a $50 million fund designed to attract foreign investment and provide capital to the local private sector. Deutsche Bank is acting as International Advisor for the Fund, with Jordanian investment banking f [...]	2002-10-31 08:58:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ECON KTDB KIDE JO OPIC
02AMMAN6427	JORDAN RESPONDS TO BANK RECORDS REQUEST, INDICATES [...] (C) Over the past two months, Embassy Officers have heard from a variety of GOJ officials increased willingness to cooperate on U.S. legal assistance requests. For example, Justice Minister Nabulsi told the Charge, Legatt, and PolCouns September 15 that the Justice Ministry supported provid [...]	2002-11-03 14:21:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CJAN PTER US JO
02AMMAN6444	DELTA DISCUSSES CODESHARING WITH ROYAL JORDANIAN [...] (SBU) Summary. A Delta sales executive left Amman this week saying that he was prepared to make a positive presentation to Delta President Fred Reid on codesharing for Royal Jordanian's new non-stop Amman-New York service. He asked RJ to provide detailed projections of passenger and cargo [...]	2002-11-04 09:50:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR AMGT JO
02AMMAN6462	FM MUASHER PLEDGES GOJ WILL DO ALL IT CAN TO [...] (C) During a November 4 meeting with FonMin Muasher, the Ambassador conveyed his personal thanks for the GOJ's response to the murder of USAID officer Larry Foley, its affirmation of support for the U.S.-Jordanian relationship, and -- most importantly -- the GOJ's willingness to provide added [...]	2002-11-04 15:59:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PTER PREL JO
02AMMAN6463	FONMIN MUASHER SAYS JORDAN WILL SIGN ARTICLE 98 [...] (C) During a November 4 meeting with the Ambassador that covered a number of topics (other subjects reported septels),FonMin Muasher pledged that Jordan "will respond positively, but in a credible manner" to the U.S. request to sign an Article 98 agreement. Muasher went on to note that, as P [...]	2002-11-04 16:01:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL JO
02AMMAN6469	TEXTILE DIVERSIFICATION CHALLENGES IN JORDAN [...] (U) Embassy Econ staff and USAID Jordan have maintained an extensive and productive dialogue with Jordan's government and private sector along the lines of reftel recommendations since the inception of the QIZ initiative in 1998. The GOJ in particular is eager to see Jordan's industrial base [...]	2002-11-05 12:18:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTEX ETRD EINV JO
02AMMAN6507	JORDAN FINANCE AND FOREIGN MINISTERS ON WASHINGTON [...] (c) The Ambassador called on Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher on November 4 and on Finance Minister Michel Marto on November 5 to review their recent meetings in Washington on supplemental economic assistance for Jordan. Confirming the informal readouts the embassy has received by email, both [...]	2002-11-05 16:30:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN JO
02AMMAN6514	BOSNIA TRAIN AND EQUIP PROGRAM: POTUS MESSAGE TO [...] (U) On October 31, Embassy conveyed reftel message from the President to King Abdullah. On November 4, Chief of the Royal Court Fayez Tarawneh called the Ambassador to say that the King had received the letter and wished to convey that Jordan was pleased to be a participant in Bosnia and, if [...]	2002-10-27 01:52:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MOPS JO BK
02AMMAN6515	JORDAN IMF TEAM REVIEWS IRAQ SCENARIOS [...] (C) According to an IMF team visiting Amman this week to discuss the Fund's program for 2003, economic disruptions from military operations against Iraq could increase Jordan's external financing need by $1.2 billion in 2003. Substantial external assistance could over time, however, help smoo [...]	2002-11-06 07:11:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EAID PREL IZ JO
02AMMAN6517	JORDAN'S QIZ MANAGERS SEEKING CONFERENCE DURING [...] (u) Summary: Building on U/S Larson's visit to Amman last month, QIZ park managers and GOJ officials are proposing an investment promotion event to coincide with the December 11-12 FTA Joint Commission meeting in Washington. We believe such an event could help encourage both new QIZ investm [...]	2002-11-06 08:48:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV BEXP IS JO
02AMMAN6520	PRESIDENT BUSH'S RAMADAN GREETING: [...] PRESIDENT BUSH'S NOVEMBER 5 RAMADAN GREETING RECEIVED WIDE MEDIA PLACEMENT IN JORDAN. PA AMMAN DISTRIBUTED THE STATEMENT TO EACH OF THE LOCAL DAILIES, FOLLOWED BY PERSONAL PHONE CALLS TO EDITORS- IN-CHIEF, RESULTING IN PLACEMENT IN EACH OF JORDAN'S ARABIC AND ENGLISH DAILIES TODAY, NOVEMBER 6 [...]	2002-11-06 13:44:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR JO
02AMMAN6521	GOJ DISSOLVES SOCIETY FOR CITIZENS' RIGHTS [...] (C) SUMMARY. On October 29, the Ministry of Interior officially dissolved the Jordanian Society for Citizens' Rights (JSCR). Despite previous media attention to the plight of the JSCR, coverage of the dissolution has been scant, coming as it did the day after the murder of Larry Foley. MFA [...]	2002-11-06 13:48:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV JO
02AMMAN6522	"JORDAN FIRST": KING SEEKS TO PROMOTE LOYALTY [...] (C) SUMMARY. In mid-October, the GOJ rolled out an extensive public relations campaign to promote its new "Jordan First" domestic political initiative. Billboards, signs and posters emblazoned with the motto "al-Urdun Awaalan" (Jordan First) and a Jordanian flag held aloft by five hands (e [...]	2002-11-06 13:50:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL JO
02AMMAN6523	REQUEST FOR DVC ON "ISLAM IN A MULTICULTURAL [...] SUMMARY: PAS AMMAN REQUESTS IIP SUPPORT IN RECRUITING AN AMERICAN EXPERT FOR AN ARABIC LANGUAGE 90 MINUTE DVC PROGRAM ON "CULTURAL DIVERSITY AND ISLAM." THE PROGRAM WOULD BE CONDUCTED DURING THE HOLY MONTH OF RAMADAN. OUR AUDIENCE WOULD INCLUDE STUDENTS AND PROFESSORS FROM ISLAMIC SHARIA SCH [...]	2002-11-06 14:09:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP OEXC SCUL JO
02AMMAN6528	Amendments to Jordan's Passport, Citizenship and [...] (U) Summary: Queen Rania November 3 inaugurated the 2nd annual Arab Women's Summit by announcing that the GOJ has endorsed three new temporary laws expanding the rights of women in Jordan. New amendments to the Kingdom's Passport, Citizenship, and Pension laws come as the governm [...]	2002-11-06 14:42:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM JO
02AMMAN6535	ISLAMIST ABU SAYYAF POSES CHALLENGE TO GOJ IN MA'AN [...] (C) Jordanian Security Forces are currently engaged in a tense standoff with Islamist activist Mohammad Shalibi aka Abu Sayyaf, which started when the PSD attempted to take Abu Sayyaf into custody on October 29, at a road block on the Desert Highway near Ma'an in Southern Jordan. Abu Sayyaf ( [...]	2002-11-06 16:50:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PTER PREL PGOV JO
02AMMAN6537	(ATA #3707-MOI) MEMORANDUM OF INTENT FOR [...] (U) This message contains a request for Department guidance. Please see para 3. 2. (U) On October 24, Embassy conveyed reftel draft MOI to the MFA's Legal Advisor Samer Naber. On November 6, we received the following diplomatic note (also faxed to DS/ATA) in return. Begin text: [...]	2002-11-07 06:50:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PTER JO
02AMMAN6581	JORDAN'S JOINT COMMISSION AGENDA [...] (u) Summary: Jordan's government and private sector have developed an ambitious schedule of events in support of the December 11 U.S.-Jordan FTA Joint Commission meeting (detailed schedule below). Their plan envisages three days of FTA-related meetings and press events to raise awareness o [...]	2002-11-08 10:26:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV KPAO JO OPIC
02AMMAN6586	JORDAN TELECOM DEBUTS ON AMMAN STOCK EXCHANGE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following a well-subscribed initial public offering (IPO),Jordan Telecom (JTC) stock had its first day of public trading on the Amman Stock Exchange (ASE) November 3. The listing made JTC the largest company on the ASE in terms of operating capital, and placed the Amman bours [...]	2002-11-11 06:00:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS BEXP EINV JO
02AMMAN6595	ORDERING PUBLICATION "IF YOU WANT TO STUDY IN THE UNITED STATES" - ARABIC EDITION [...] Post would like to order a total of 400 copies of subject title, including: 200 copies of the first booklet "Undergraduate Study", Arabic edition; and 200 copies of the second booklet "Graduate and Professional Study and Research", Arabic edition, for a total cost of U.S. Dollars 440. 2. Ple [...]	2002-11-11 14:38:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OEXC SCUL OIIP OPRC
02AMMAN6609	CUBA/UNGA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO JORDAN [...] (U) On November 11, Poloff conveyed reftel demarche urging Jordan to oppose, or at least abstain on, Cuba's anti-embargo UNGA resolution to Ayman Aamiri, Deputy Director of the MFA's IO Department. Aamiri promised that the MFA would review the information we provided and share it with Jordan's [...]	2002-11-12 10:46:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD PHUM JO CU UNGA
02AMMAN6610	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON POSSIBLE HIZBALLAH RESUPPLY [...] (S/NF) DCM delivered Ref A demarche on November 9 to Ali al-Ayad, personal assistant to FONMIN Muasher. Ali promised to provide the information to the appropriate people in the GOJ and asked for further details on the flight as soon as they are available. DCM also provided the text of the de [...]	2002-11-12 11:00:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER JO LE SY IR
02AMMAN6649	JORDAN BEGINS DISCUSSION OF 2003 OIL AND TRADE [...] (c) Following internal discussion about the timing of a trip to Iraq by Jordanian ministers, the Jordanian trade and energy ministers plan to travel to Baghdad next week for initial discussions of the 2003 bilateral oil and trade protocols. As in previous years, the two main elements of the [...]	2002-11-12 18:22:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETRD ETTC ENRG IZ JO
02AMMAN6650	GOJ MOVES AGAINST ARMED GROUP IN MA'AN; CURFEW, [...] (S) SUMMARY. As of mid-day November 12, the search for members of an armed Islamic group in the southern Jordanian city of Ma'an continues. Jordanian security forces entered Ma'an on November 10 after a heavily armed gang refused to give up its leader Mohammad Shalibi (aka Abu Sayyaf) (ref [...]	2002-11-13 08:58:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER ASEC JO
02AMMAN6659	REQUESTING SUPPLEMENTARY FUNDS FOR RELO AMMAN [...] RELO AMMAN WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST TRANSFER OF ALLOTTED FUNDING OF FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS (5000) FROM FOURTH QUARTER TO THE FOR FIRST QUARTER OF FISCAL YEAR 2003 ALLOTMENT. 2. JUSTIFICATION: RELO AMMAN WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST THIS TRANSFER DUE TO UNEXPECTED HEAVY AND EXTENSIV [...]	2002-11-13 15:14:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL JO
02AMMAN6671	TERRORIST FINANCE-JORDAN (LIST 21) [...] (SBU) The Jordanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs informed us via Diplomatic Note that the Global Relief Foundation has no branches or activities in Jordan. GNEHM [...]	2002-11-13 16:44:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC EFIN PTER PREL KSEP CVIS KVPR JO EUN
02AMMAN6691	JORDAN: 2002 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] Answers keyed to reftel. A) (U) Significant actions taken by host governments to support the global coalition against terrorism. The GOJ continues to be a strong supporter of the global coalition against terrorism and has responded positively to our requests for assistance. To support Oper [...]	2002-11-13 18:20:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER CASC
02AMMAN6692	DESPITE APATHY AND MILD APPREHENSION, JORDANIANS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Jordanian reaction to the recently launched "Jordan First" initiative (reftel) has been characterized primarily by apathy and mild apprehension. Some welcome the campaign, while others are skeptical for various reasons, including the fear that "Jordan First" could exacerbate dom [...]	2002-11-13 18:22:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM JO
02AMMAN6699	MUASHER ON CAIRO AL MINISTERIAL: SHARA, IRAQ AND [...] (C) NEA DAS David Satterfield called on Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher November 13. Ambassador, PolCouns, Muasher's personal aide Ali al-Ayed, and private office staffer Ashraf Zeitoun also attended. --------------------------------------- ARAB LEAGUE PRESSES IRAQ TO ACCEPT 1441 ------- [...]	2002-11-14 19:05:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL PGOV IZ SY JO
02AMMAN6706	PALESTINIAN REFUGEES AND THE RIGHT OF RETURN: THE [...] (S) Following more than two years of Israeli-Palestinian violence and Israel's intense and still ongoing military operations in the West Bank and Gaza, few if any Palestinian refugees in Jordan are focused on the right of return. In the eyes of Palestinian refugees in Jordan, Israeli govern [...]	2002-11-17 10:09:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PINR KPAL KWBG IS JO KPRP
02AMMAN6707	JORDAN GPA ACCESSION UPDATE [...] (u) Summary: Jordan has nearly completed its initial Entity Offer for accession into the WTO's plurilateral Government Procurement Agreement (GPA). While a few hurdles remain, including settling on the all-important offsets in the General Notes of the Offer, the GOJ is certain it will meet [...]	2002-11-17 10:32:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD JO WTRO
02AMMAN6710	ARAB CIVITAS NETWORK ANNOUNCED IN AMMAN [...] SUMMARY: 25 REPRESENTATIVES FROM 8 ARAB COUNTRIES GATHERED AT JORDAN'S DEAD SEA MOVENPICK, NOVEMBER 1-4, 2002 TO ANNOUNCE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A REGIONAL ARAB CIVITAS NETWORK TO BE BASED IN AMMAN. THE WORKSHOP, MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH AN AID WASHINGTON GRANT TO THE CENTER FOR CIVIC EDUCATION A [...]	2002-11-17 12:01:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP OEXC SCUL JO AID
02AMMAN6722	JORDAN: DAS SATTERFIELD DISCUSSES PROPOSED [...] (c) Summary. In meetings with the Jordanian Prime Minister and Finance Minister, DAS Satterfield was told that answers to the U.S. questions regarding possible supplemental economic assistance for Jordan would be ready within the coming week. The ministers agreed that additional U.S. assist [...]	2002-11-18 08:18:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EAID JO
02AMMAN6735	DEMARCHE ON POSSIBLE RESCHEDULING OF HIZBALLAH [...] (S) Following receipt of ref A demarche request, poloff conveyed points to Ali al-Ayed, personal assistant to FonMin Muasher. Al-Ayed took down the information and promised to share it with the relevant GOJ authorities. He noted, however, that after our last demarche on the subject (ref B),[...]	2002-11-18 12:42:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER LE SY IR JO
02AMMAN6754	JORDAN FORMALLY ASKS FOR TAX TREATY [...] (u) Embassy received on November 17 a diplomatic note from the GOJ that included a formal request to begin negotiating a bilateral tax treaty. Text of diplomatic note below: 2. (u) Begin text: Number:WM/US/1/2533 Date:13 Nov 2002 (complimentary opening) the Jordanian delegation t [...]	2002-11-19 12:07:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETRD JO
02AMMAN6764	JORDANIAN INSPECTORS IN UNMOVIC? [...] (C) This message contains an action request for USUN. Please see para 6. 2. (C) On November 17, the MFA's Legal Advisor Samer Naber informally provided Poloff information on possible Jordanian participation in UNMOVIC (Note: Poloff was meeting with Naber on other issues when Naber received [...]	2002-11-19 16:14:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MCAP MARR IZ JO
02AMMAN6785	LESSENING THE BLOW TO THE GOJ OF MOVING TO [...] (S) If the Department approves our request for authorized departure (ref A),we need to consider carefully how to soften the political impact of this decision on Jordan. We should take steps to reassure the King and government that the U.S. continues to attach great value to the relationshi [...]	2002-11-20 19:48:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL ASEC US JO
02AMMAN6812	U.S. UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATORS DELIVER MESSAGE TO [...] SUMMARY: THE ECA FUNDED U.S. UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATORS TOUR VISITED JORDAN OCTOBER 20-22 TO DELIVER THE MESSAGE TO JORDANIAN STUDENTS THAT THEY CONTINUE TO BE WELCOME IN U.S. UNIVERSITIES. THE PROGRAM INCLUDED DIALOGUE AND INFORMATION SESSIONS FOR HIGH-LEVEL EDUCATION CONTACTS, UNIVERSITY AN [...]	2002-11-21 12:04:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	JO KPAO SCUL OEXC OIIP
02AMMAN6823	USE OF FORCE IN MA'AN ASSERTS GOJ AUTHORITY, BUT LEAVES A BAD TASTE [...] (S) The winding down but not quite completed security operation in Ma'an against Islamic militant leader Mohammed Shalibi (aka Abu Sayyaf - refs) has been a decidedly unsatisfying operation from the standpoint of most Jordanians. For the government and its staunch supporters, the week-long [...]	2002-11-21 13:05:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PGOV PHUM ASEC PTER JO
02AMMAN6843	FOREIGN PRESS CENTER'S BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC [...] SUMMARY: MS. LUBNA ABDUL HAQ, AN ECONOMIC REPORTER AT "AL-ARAB AL-YAWM" ARABIC DAILY NEWSPAPER, AND MS. HALA AL HADIDI, AN ECONOMIC REPORTER AT JORDAN NEWS AGENCY (PETRA) WERE PARTICIPANTS IN THE FOREIGN PRESS CENTER'S BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC REPORTING TOUR, SEPTEMBER 15-28, 2002 (NON-IV ALLOCA [...]	2002-11-24 06:37:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL JO
02AMMAN6852	THE ARAB BANK'S PLACE IN JORDAN AND THE REGION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: For more than seventy years, the Arab Bank has been among the most respected, and even beloved, financial institutions in the region. Having weathered wars, political and economic unrest, closures, and nationalizations, the Bank has grown into a regional and global player in t [...]	2002-11-24 11:31:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN JO
02AMMAN6862	JORDAN CELEBRATES THE HOLY MONTH OF RAMADAN WITH [...] The following cable was drafted by one of our FSNs and conveys the mood of Ramadan 2002 in Jordan from her perspective. 2. Summary: While last year's Ramadan was marked with pessimism and lethargy, one would have thought that the situation wouldn't and couldn't [...]	2002-11-25 12:13:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM JO IS
02AMMAN6878	JORDANIAN REACTION TO AUTHORIZED DEPARTURE AND [...] (U) Summary. Jordanian official and public reactions to the announcement of authorized departure and the departure of the Peace Corps are mixed. While GOJ leaders and many businessmen express regret but "understanding" for the decisions, the columnists and some of our contacts say they are c [...]	2002-11-25 13:47:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO
02AMMAN6924	FOREIGN PRESS CENTER'S BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC [...] SUMMARY: MS. LUBNA ABDUL HAQ, AN ECONOMIC REPORTER AT "AL-ARAB AL-YAWM" ARABIC DAILY NEWSPAPER, AND MS. HALA AL HADIDI, AN ECONOMIC REPORTER AT JORDAN NEWS AGENCY (PETRA) WERE PARTICIPANTS IN THE FOREIGN PRESS CENTER'S BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC REPORTING TOUR, SEPTEMBER 15-28, 2002 (NON-IV ALLOCA [...]	2002-11-27 10:20:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL JO
02AMMAN6926	ARTICLE 98: JORDAN EMPOWERS ITS UN PERMREP TO [...] (C) PolCouns on November 26 separately queried Ali al-Ayed, personal assistant to Foreign Minister Muasher, and Samer Naber, MFA Legal Advisor, about the status of GOJ consideration of an Article 98 agreement with the U.S. PolCouns reiterated our desire to complete an agreement with Jordan a [...]	2002-11-27 11:39:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL US JO ICC
02AMMAN6937	AQABA PIZZA HUT FIRE AN ACCIDENT [...] (SBU) Econoff spoke to Arab Food Catering Company owner Khaled Dhaleh November 27 to check on press reports about a "suspicious" fire in a Pizza Hut in Aqaba. Dhaleh, whose company owns the Pizza Hut, Burger King, and Popeyes restaurants in Jordan, said the November 25th fire was caused by a [...]	2002-11-27 14:39:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ASEC PTER JO
02AMMAN6938	FURTHER MA'AN VIOLENCE, OTHER INCIDENTS, RATTLE [...] (C) The southern city of Ma'an was again the site of a clash between police and local armed militants on November 24. According to press reports, one 22 year old man was killed in the exchange of gunfire, and three others, including one policeman, were injured. The circumstances of the clas [...]	2002-11-27 14:40:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL JO
02AMMAN6939	UNRWA AND FAA 301(C) COMPLIANCE: VIEWS FROM GAZA [...] (U) This message has been cleared by Embassy Tel Aviv. 2. (C) Summary: In the course of November 18 meetings with UNRWA's Gaza program chiefs, regional refcoord reviewed UNRWA's compliance with section 301(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act. The Relief and Social Services Chief told refco [...]	2002-11-27 14:41:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL EAID KPAL KWBG IS JO UN
02AMMAN6952	QIZ UPDATE - IRAQ WORRIES, TRANSSHIPMENT RUMORS, [...] (sbu) Despite continuing political uncertainty in the region, QIZ exporters in Jordan continue to report solid production and growth. Most exporters are booked through the winter, some new investor interest is evident, and many current investors are expanding production. Many QIZ exporters [...]	2002-12-01 10:37:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EINV IS IZ JO
02AMMAN6989	DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO JORDAN ON PROPOSED [...] (U) On December 1, PolCouns and PolOff delivered message in ref A regarding the Suppression of Unlawful Acts (SUA) convention and its protocol to Samer Naber, Legal Adviser to the Foreign Ministry. PolCouns also passed the full text of proposed USG changes to the SUA per ref B. 2. (SBU) [...]	2002-12-01 14:57:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIA AORC ASEC UK PTER EWWT PHSA JO
02AMMAN6990	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON POSSIBLE HIZBALLAH RESUPPLY [...] (S) On December 1, PolCouns and PolOff delivered message in reftel regarding a possible forthcoming Hizballah resupply flight to Ali Ayad, personal assistant to Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher. PolCouns urged Jordan to inform the USG if it receives such an overflight request, and to deny the [...]	2002-12-01 14:58:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL PTER LE SY IR JO
02AMMAN6993	DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO GOJ ON POSSIBLE TERRORIST [...] (SBU) On December 1, PolCouns and PolOff delivered the message in reftel concerning the possibility of forthcoming terrorist attacks in Kenya, Yemen and/or Djibouti to Ali Ayad, personal assistant to Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher. Ayad noted that Royal Jordanian flies to Yemen and said the [...]	2002-12-02 04:38:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL EAIR DJ YM KE JO
02AMMAN7124	MINISTER OF JUSTICE PRAISES PA JUDICIAL REFORM [...] SUMMARY: POINTING TO A RECENT REPORT FROM HIS STAFF, MINISTER OF JUSTICE H.E. FARES AL NABULSI SHARED WITH EMBOFFS DURING A RECENT VISIT STATISTICS DEMONSTRATING WIDESPREAD ACCEPTANCE OF NEW CASE MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES FOR PROCESSING CIVIL CASES WITH DRAMATIC RESULTS. HE CREDITED THIS DEVELOPM [...]	2002-12-09 08:19:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP OEXC PGOV PHUM KPAO JO
02AMMAN7125	JORDAN-IRAQ TRADE AND OIL PROTOCOLS NEARLY SET FOR [...] (c) Following preliminary negotiations in Baghdad, terms for Jordan's annual oil and trade protocols with Iraq have been nearly agreed to, according to senior GOJ officials. The terms for the oil protocol will be virtually identical to last year's agreement, with minor adjustments to quantiti [...]	2002-12-09 08:56:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC ETRD EPET EFIN IZ JO
02AMMAN7128	MINISTER OF JUSTICE PRAISES PA JUDICIAL REFORM [...] SUMMARY: POINTING TO A RECENT REPORT FROM HIS STAFF, MINISTER OF JUSTICE H.E. FARES AL NABULSI SHARED WITH EMBOFFS DURING A RECENT VISIT STATISTICS DEMONSTRATING WIDESPREAD ACCEPTANCE OF NEW CASE MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES FOR PROCESSING CIVIL CASES WITH DRAMATIC RESULTS. HE CREDITED THIS DEVELOPM [...]	2002-12-09 09:51:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP OEXC PGOV PHUM KPAO JO
02AMMAN7130	JORDAN'S ENERGY MINISTER ON TANKERS AND PIPELINES [...] (s) Energy Minister Mohammed Bataineh updated DCM December 4 on a number of developments in Jordan's energy sector. The Minister commented on challenges facing the GOJ in maintaining a floating oil reserve in a tanker in Aqaba, discussed latest developments on the al-Arish-Aqaba gas pipelin [...]	2002-12-09 11:27:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	ENRG EPET ETTC IZ JO
02AMMAN7151	REQUEST FOR SECURITY ENHANCEMENTS - AMMAN [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST 2. (C) IN RESPONSE TO THE OCTOBER 28, 2002 ASSASSINATION OF U.S. DIPLOMAT LARRY FOLEY IN AMMAN, THE REGIONAL SECURITY OFFICE, WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF TDY SUPPORT FROM THE DEPARTMENT, HAS COMPLETED REVIEWS OF EMBASSY AMMAN'S SECURITY PROGRAMS. THESE REVIEWS PRI [...]	2002-12-09 16:29:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC ABUD AFIN AMGT
02AMMAN7178	TERRORIST FINANCE-JORDAN (LISTS 21 AND 22) [...] (U) The Jordanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) informed us via Diplomatic Note December 2 that the Global Relief Foundation (list 21),under that and other names cited in List 21, has no assets in Jordan. The MFA also informed us that Jemaah Islamiyah (list 22) similarly has no assets in [...]	2002-12-10 11:10:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC EFIN PTER PREL KSEP CVIS KVPR JO EUN
02AMMAN7179	NAMES, TITLES, AND CONTACT NUMBERS FOR JORDAN [...] (SBU) Per reftel, the following constitutes contact information for King Abdullah, the Prime Minister, and the Foreign Minister: AMMAN (December 10, 2002) King Abdullah II Bin AL Hussein Office: 962-6-463-7341 Residence: 962-6-463-7341 The number above is manned twenty four hours a day a [...]	2002-12-10 12:45:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL
02AMMAN7190	MINISTER OF JUSTICE PRAISES PA JUDICIAL REFORM [...] SUMMARY: POINTING TO A RECENT REPORT FROM HIS STAFF, MINISTER OF JUSTICE H.E. FARES AL NABULSI SHARED WITH EMBOFFS DURING A RECENT VISIT STATISTICS DEMONSTRATING WIDESPREAD ACCEPTANCE OF NEW CASE MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES FOR PROCESSING CIVIL CASES WITH DRAMATIC RESULTS. HE CREDITED THIS DEVELOPM [...]	2002-12-11 07:58:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP OEXC PGOV PHUM KPAO JO
02AMMAN7229	JORDAN: YET ANOTHER DELAY FOR BOEING [...] (SBU) Summary. Minister of Transportation Nader Dahabi informed the Charge that an independent airline consultant has been brought in to analyze Boeing/Airbus offers to sell short-haul jets to Royal Jordanian Airlines (RJ) (REFTEL). The analysis, which will delay yet again a decision by RJ b [...]	2002-12-12 12:21:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP EFIN EAIR JO
02AMMAN7234	RAMADAN 2002: AMMAN [...] SUMMARY: EMBASSY AMMAN UNDERTOOK A NUMBER OF SPECIAL ACTIVITIES THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF RAMADAN AIMED AT REINFORCING A MESSAGE OF RESPECT FOR ISLAM. SOMEWHAT TO OUR SURPRISE IN THESE TENSE TIMES, OUR JORDANIAN CONTACTS PARTICIPATED IN GREAT NUMBERS AT OUR EMBASSY RAMADAN EVENTS, INCLUDING TW [...]	2002-12-12 13:27:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PREL KISL JO
02AMMAN7255	JORDAN: PEACE AIRPORT AND OTHER TRANSPORT ISSUES [...] (SBU) According to Jordan's Transportation Minister, the Jordanian government remains ready to work with Israel on a plan to allow domestic flights bound for Eilat to land in Aqaba (REFTEL). The Ministry has also prepared contingency plans for a possible conflict in Iraq. Regarding Royal J [...]	2002-12-15 11:55:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR PREL ELTN EWWT PREF BEXP JO IS
02AMMAN7304	UNRWA LAUNCHES NEW USD 93.7 MILLION EMERGENCY [...] (C) Summary and comment: At December 10 and 11 briefings in Jerusalem and Amman, UNRWA ComGen Hansen launched UNRWA's new USD 93.7 million appeal to cover six months of emergency programming in the West Bank and Gaza. The majority of the appeal would cover expanded food assistance programs ( [...]	2002-12-16 15:06:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL EAID KPAL KWBG IS JO
02AMMAN7307	JAZZ AMBASSADORS 2003/AMMAN [...] PA AMMAN IS DELIGHTED TO REQUEST INCLUSION IN THE 2003 JAZZ AMBASSADORS TOUR. POST PREFERS THE MAY TOUR TIMEFRAME IN ORDER TO COINCIDE WITH POSSIBLE PA PLANS TO ORGANIZE AN AMERICAN ARTS FESTIVAL DURING THAT MONTH. IF MAY IS NOT FEASIBLE, POST ALSO WOULD BE INTERESTED IN HOSTING THE TOUR IN [...]	2002-12-17 04:57:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	JO KPAO SCUL OEXC
02AMMAN7308	JORDAN: SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION ON MEPI [...] No summary [...]	2002-12-17 06:57:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
02AMMAN7312	THE GOJ, PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS, AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. Since the middle of November, the Jordanian Government has stepped up pressure on professional associations to reform, with PM Abul Ragheb aggressively championing the view that the associations should tend to the needs of their members instead of engaging in political activism [...]	2002-12-17 12:17:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV JO
02AMMAN7313	THE BULGE: JORDANIANS SET TO BEGIN WORK ON [...] (C) Raif Nijem, Vice-President of the GOJ's Restoration Committee for Al-Aqsa Mosque and Dome of the Rock and the leader of a Jordanian team sent to study the bulge in the southern wall of Haram al-Sharif (see Ref),is optimistic that work can begin the week of December 22 to shore up the sout [...]	2002-12-17 12:17:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAL PREL KWBG PBTS IS JO
02AMMAN7328	JORDAN: CAPITALIZING ON THE JOINT COMMITTEE [...] (u) Jordan's government and business community are hailing the first annual U.S.-Jordan Joint Economic Committee meeting held in Washington December 11, and the private-sector trade events that surrounded it, as unqualified successes. Jordanian participants were impressed by and appreciativ [...]	2002-12-18 12:03:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV SENV BEXP JO
02AMMAN7349	MEPI REACTION: AMMAN [...] SUMMARY: THE MEPI AND SECRETARY POWELL'S SPEECH HAVE DOMINATED JORDANIAN EDITORIAL PAGES IN RECENT DAYS, WITH REACTION BEST DESCRIBED AS COMPLEX: SOME WRITERS HAVE WELCOMED THE INITIATIVE, EXPRESSING A KIND OF RELIEF AT THE ACCURATE IDENTIFICATION OF CORE DEFICIENCIES PLAGUING ARAB SOCIETIE [...]	2002-12-19 14:28:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PREL KISL JO
02AMMAN7388	JORDAN: DETAILS ON RJ BOMB THREAT [...] (C) Civil Aviation Authority Director General Hanna Najjar and Royal Jordanian Airlines Executive VP Ghassan Ali provided the following details on the bomb threat against a Royal Jordanian Airlines Airbus A-340 flight 602 from Amman to Abu Dhabi the early morning of December 22. -- At abou [...]	2002-12-22 14:06:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ASEC PTER JO
02AMMAN7434	JORDANIAN MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT BACK ON TRACK? [...] (SBU) Summary. According to local press and contacts, the Jordanian government may be on the verge of ratifying a new law, heralding the creation of a new, free-standing, ministry of environment. Jordanian government officials believe the new ministry will retain the General Corporation for E [...]	2002-12-23 13:58:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ETRD PGOV JO
02AMMAN7450	IRAQ: JORDAN BRIEFED ON U.S. REACTION TO IRAQ [...] (C) The Ambassador on December 21 summarized ref information on the U.S. reaction to Iraq's weapons declaration with Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher. Muasher had little comment on the presentation, other than to say that he had been following the subject in the press, and that "everyone exp [...]	2002-12-24 09:22:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL JO

02AMMAN7452	ESTABLISHMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY WORKING GROUP [...] (S/NF) Ref A, of 20 Dec. 2002, requests that posts establish Homeland Security Working Groups (HSWG) as either standalone committees or as subsets of existing security entities. Ref B is Post's response to an earlier request along the same lines,reporting that AmEmbassy Amman had establishe [...]	2002-12-24 10:07:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER CVIS PREL PGOV APER
02AMMAN7520	EMBASSY POSITION ON THIRD PARTY TRANSFER OF ROYAL [...] U.S. Embassy Amman concurs with the GOJ request for third party transfer of F-5 A/B spare parts to Intertrade Aviation Corporation, 5722 Buckingham Drive, Huntington Beach, CA 92649. 2. Basis for Request: A. Items being transferred: 11 LEAF, HINGE (NON-SME) value: USD 1,489.73; 20 SCR [...]	2002-12-30 07:50:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR MASS MCAP JO
02AMMAN7535	JORDAN: UPDATE ON BOYCOTT OF U.S. PRODUCTS [...] (sbu) Summary. Business contacts say that an abiding affinity for U.S. consumer products, marketing strategies that played up local connections, and a crackdown by the government on political activities by professional associations blunted the impact of calls for boycotting American product [...]	2002-12-30 13:14:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON BEXP PGOV PREL IS JO
03AMMAN1021	VACCINE FOR CRITICAL COALITION PARTNERS: OFFER TO [...] (C) PolCouns February 16 made ref points on the USG's offer to provide Jordan with a limited supply of smallpox and anthrax vaccines to Ali al-Ayed, Personal Assistant to Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher. Al-Ayed thanked that USG for the offer, and said he would coordinate the GOJ's response [...]	2003-02-18 07:53:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	TBIO PREL JO
03AMMAN1040	JORDAN MFA ON SECRETARY POWELL'S FEBRUARY 14 UNSC [...] (C) PolCouns February 16 presented Ali al-Ayed, personal assistant to Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher, with a copy of the Secretary's February 14 address before the UNSC on Iraq. Ayed said he had called up a text of the Secretary's speech from the Department web site and had already read it. [...]	2003-02-18 13:34:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL US IZ JO UN
03AMMAN1049	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): JORDANIAN [...] (SBU) On February 17, Poloff delivered reftel points and copies of OPCW Technical Secretariat (TS) questionnaires to Ayman Aamiri, Deputy Director of the MFA's IO Department. On February 18, Poloff followed up on this issue with Jusuf Bataineh, the MFA's action officer on CWC issues. Bataineh [...]	2003-02-18 14:22:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL ABUD JO AROC CWC CBW OPCW
03AMMAN105	TERRORIST FINANCE-JORDAN (LIST 19) [...] (U) The Jordanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) informed us via Diplomatic Note January 7 that the four individuals cited in List 19 have no assets in Jordan. The MFA also said it would forward any information it receives from other ministries relevant to those named on the list to the E [...]	2003-01-07 08:58:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC EFIN PTER PREL KSEP CVIS KVPR EUN
03AMMAN1053	JORDANIANS TAKE PART IN SIZABLE BUT SOGGY ANTI-WAR [...] (SBU) On Saturday, February 15, thousands of demonstrators participated in a 2 kilometer anti-war march through the Shmeisani district of Amman ending at the UN Headquarters there. The demonstration, organized by the Higher Coordination Committee for Opposition Parties, was approved by th [...]	2003-02-18 15:08:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM JO
03AMMAN1054	HUMANITARIAN PLANNING TEAM VISIT HIGHLIGHTS NEED [...] (C) Summary: During a February 2-3 visit to Amman, members of the interagency Humanitarian Planning Team (HPT) met with GOJ Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Shaher Al-Bak, JAF Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence Major General Mohamed-Majed Al-Eitan, the UN country team and the Has [...]	2003-02-18 15:15:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL EAID MARR MOPS IZ JO
03AMMAN106	IRAQ REVITALIZING DEPENDENCY DEBATE BY UPPING [...] (c) New data provided by Jordan's Statistics department shows a major shift in the pattern of Jordan's exports to Iraq. What has been for half a decade a fairly static market for vegetable oil, feed, and medicine expanded comprehensively to include a wide array of additional products. The [...]	2003-01-07 09:01:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETRD PREF ETTC JO IZ
03AMMAN1063	JORDAN: PILLARS OF THE REGIME, PART IV OF IV - THE [...] (c) Along with the military/security apparatus and tribal networks, Jordan's economic elite as a group round out the pillars upon which the Hashemite monarchy leans for support. This elite, representing no more than five percent of the population, controls some 85 percent or more of the king [...]	2003-02-19 10:45:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS ECON JO
03AMMAN1081	MANPADS NEA BILATERAL PLANS: POST INPUT FOR JORDAN [...] (C) This message responds to reftel request for input on the MANPADS situation in Jordan. Answers are keyed to questions posed in reftel paras 7-13. ------------------- General Information ------------------- 2. (S) Jordan possesses a limited stock of MANPADS, all of which are under the [...]	2003-02-20 05:38:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	ETTC PARM PREL PTER JO
03AMMAN1082	JORDAN-AMERICAN BUSINESS COMMUNITY FORMS OSAC [...] (U) At a February 18 meeting convened by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Jordan (the Jordanian American Business Association--JABA),approximately 30 representatives of the Jordanian-American business community took the first step towards the establishment of an Overseas Security Advisory Co [...]	2003-02-20 05:40:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV CASC ASEC JO
03AMMAN1086	INS-APPROVED IRAQI REFUGEES AWAITING SAO CLEARANCE [...] (SBU) AS REQUESTED BY PRM/A, THIS IS A BRIEF UPDATE ABOUT THE INCREASING PRESSURES AND DIFFICULTIES REPORTED IN THREE INS APPROVED REFUGEE CASES (13 PERSONS),PENDING THEIR SAO CLEARANCE. WE NOTE THAT, WHILE THE APPLICANTS THEMSELVES ARE THE PRIME SOURCE OF INFORMATION IN TWO CASES, UNHCR AMM [...]	2003-02-20 08:07:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF CVIS IZ JO
03AMMAN1092	TRIBAL SHEIKHS JAILED FOR SADDAM-SPONSORED IRAQ [...] (C) A delegation calling itself the League of Arab and African tribes consisting of Jordanian "tribal sheikhs" visited Baghdad in mid-January and pledged the group would act as human shields in Iraq. The visiting delegation was well covered in Iraqi press (ref A),but were arrested upon their [...]	2003-02-20 09:57:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ JO
03AMMAN11	JORDAN: POST VIEWS ON ENLARGING INTERARAB FUND [...] (sbu) Summary. In response to proposals to increase the size and nature of OPIC's support for the Amman-based InterArab Fund, Embassy staff took a hard look at the Fund's current activities as well as the factual basis of persistent local rumors about improprieties involving the Fund's mana [...]	2003-01-02 08:31:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV JO OPIC
03AMMAN1157	JORDAN STALLS ON BIT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: FM Muasher told the Ambassador that he wants a three month delay in the Exchange of Instruments of Ratification that would bring the Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) into force in order to allow the government time to assess the Treaty's impact on a pending investment dispute [...]	2003-02-23 14:07:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV JO
03AMMAN1170	EMBASSY POSITION ON THIRD PARTY TRANSFER OF ROYAL [...] U.S. Embassy Amman concurs with the GOJ request for third party transfer of F-5 A/B spare parts to Intertrade Aviation Corporation, 5722 Buckingham Drive, Huntington Beach, CA 92649. 2. Basis for Request: A. Items being transferred: 1 valve, vent (NON-SME),value USD 937.02; 3 valve, v [...]	2003-02-24 11:35:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR MASS MCAP JO
03AMMAN1182	UPDATE ON JORDAN GLOBE PROGRAM [...] PER REF A, POST HAS IMPRESSED UPON THE LOCAL GLOBE COORDINATOR THE IMPORTANCE OF JORDANIAN STUDENTS AND TEACHERS ATTENDING THE UPCOMING GLOBE LEARNING EXPEDITION IN CROATIA. THROUGH THE NEA REGIONAL ENVIRONMENT OFFICE (REO),BASED IN AMMAN, WE ARE ALREADY INVOLVED IN ASSISTING THE JORDAN GLO [...]	2003-02-24 14:26:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KGLB SENV SCUL JO
03AMMAN1185	SUPPORTING QIZ'S IN THE EVENT OF WAR [...] (c) SUMMARY: We are beginning to see the first indications of a negative impact on QIZ business as a result of war jitters on the part of U.S. buyers. Given the importance of QIZ exports to Jordan's economic growth and macroeconomic stability, a prolonged downturn in QIZ orders as a result [...]	2003-02-27 08:03:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EAIR MOPS IS JO
03AMMAN1188	JORDAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION SEEKS U.S. ASSISTANCE [...] (SBU) Summary. In a 20 February meeting, Jordan Atomic Energy Commission DG Kodah made a strong pitch for U.S. technical and financial assistance in the operation of Jordan's five radiation portals. In addition, Kodah is keen for his staff to participate in upcoming EXBS training on export con [...]	2003-02-27 10:58:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP PARM PTER SENV IZ JO
03AMMAN1191	QUOTA GUARANTEES WOMEN SIX SEATS IN PARLIAMENT [...] (U) A royal decree issued on February 19 formalized a quota system that guarantees six seats for women in the next Parliament. End Summary. -------------------------------------------- NEW QUOTA GUARANTEES FEMALE PARLIAMENTARIANS -------------------------------------------- 2. (U) The G [...]	2003-02-27 12:23:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI JO
03AMMAN1192	JORDAN REQUESTS SLIGHTLY LARGER QUANTITIES OF [...] (U) This is an action request for the Department. See paras 4-5 below. -------------------------------------- GOJ WANTS VACCINES FOR CIVILIAN USE... -------------------------------------- 2. (S) Following up on ref b demarches to the MFA and Jordan Armed Forces (JAF),Ambassador on [...]	2003-02-27 12:24:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	TBIO PREL JO
03AMMAN1193	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES NEW FDA, PHRMA ISSUES WITH [...] (c) Summary: Jordanian Health Minister Dr. Walid Ma'ani explained his plans to create a Jordanian FDA in a meeting with the Ambassador February 23. The Ambassador and Ma'ani also discussed drug pricing and registration concerns voiced by local PhRMA member company representatives. Followin [...]	2003-02-27 12:39:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID BEXP PGOV JO
03AMMAN1210	EMBASSY AMMAN'S HUMAN RIGHTS STRATEGY [...] (U) Per reftel, Post is providing the following report on actions taken by the USG in Jordan during 2002. 2. (SBU) Begin text: Introduction Our human rights strategy in Jordan seeks to promote human rights through a) direct dialogue with the Jordanian Government and others, b) progra [...]	2003-03-02 06:30:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV ELAB KDEM KSEP XE XF XM JO
03AMMAN1214	LOTS OF HOLES TO BE FILLED IN JORDAN'S 2003 BUDGET [...] (c) Summary. Jordan's new 2003 budget signals a very difficult fiscal year ahead for Jordan: Filling the holes needed to meet a 4.3% of GDP deficit target includes finding $100 million in additional spending cuts and $100 million in still unidentified foreign grants, as well as compensating [...]	2003-03-02 08:35:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EAID PGOV JO
03AMMAN1215	DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS, SAME CONCLUSION: THE USG [...] (C) SUMMARY. On February 24th PolOff met together with former senator Hosni Ayesh, a Palestinian-Jordanian, and former parliamentarian Dr. Ahmad Ennab, an East-Banker. The two men differed in their background, reasoning and style of discourse. Both however, arrived at the same conclusion: [...]	2003-03-02 08:49:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM JO
03AMMAN1233	ENGAGING THE GOJ ON IPR COMPLAINT FROM ELECTRONIC [...] (u) Summary: We have met over the past weeks with a number of GOJ officials regarding the complaint Electronic Arts (EA) raised through the International Intellectual Property Alliance (IIPA) regarding importation of pirated software from Syria. The cause of the complaint appears to have b [...]	2003-03-03 06:27:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ETRD JO
03AMMAN1234	DCM'S MEETING WITH ENERGY MINISTER BATAYNEH [...] (u) Following are info items from the DCM's February 24 meeting with Energy Minister Mohammed Batayneh: 2. (c) Gasoil shortage: Due to unseasonably cold weather, local consumption of gasoil and fuel oil has risen higher than expected. Normally, Jordan stockpiles gasoil and fuel oil re [...]	2003-03-03 06:34:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EAIR ETTC JO
03AMMAN1251	ROYAL JORDANIAN WAR CONTINGENCY PLAN [...] (sbu) Summary. Royal Jordanian Airlines plans to shuttle passengers between Amman and a temporary operating hub in Athens in the event civil air traffic to Amman's Queen Alia airport is closed by a military conflict and/or lack of affordable insurance coverage. This scenario could have a ma [...]	2003-03-03 12:13:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR EFIN MOPS JO
03AMMAN1252	BIDDER ON JORDAN-IRAQ OIL PIPELINE SEEKS USG [...] (sbu) We were recently contacted by Brock Tuppeny, Business Development Manager for Petrofac, a UK-registered company with extensive operations in Texas and partial U.S. ownership. According to Tuppeny, Petrofac is involved in, inter alia, construction of the Georgian portion of the Baku-Ce [...]	2003-03-03 12:15:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP EPET ETTC IZ JO
03AMMAN1253	MEDIA REACTION ON THE ARAB SUMMIT AND THE [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-03 12:15:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN1264	FONMIN MUASHER: ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT AVOIDS A SPLIT [...] (S) Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher told Ambassador and A/DCM March 2 that he was "perplexed" by Egyptian behavior in calling for an extraordinary summit, then not injecting any new content or energy. He said the Egyptians were totally passive. The Sharm al-Sheikh Summit, he said, had the [...]	2003-03-03 15:28:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL AL SA EG IZ JO
03AMMAN1283	Embassy Amman Staffing as of 3/4/03 [...] IN-COUNTRY TOTALS: EMPLOYEES: 115 TDYers: 240 EFMS: 19 CONTRACTORS: 12 Total: 386 COMMENT: EFMs: Of the 19 EFMs remaining at post, 9 have decided to leave and will depart post within the next few days. After their departure, we will have 10 EFMs [...]	2003-03-04 13:34:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	APER PREL AMGT AEMR ASEC JO
03AMMAN1336	JORDAN SCHEDULES PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS FOR JUNE [...] (U) THE JORDANIAN GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED ON FEBRUARY 27 THAT LOWER HOUSE PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS, POSTPONED THREE TIMES, WILL BE HELD ON JUNE 17. THE GOVERNMENT FURTHER ANNOUNCED THAT MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED FOR JULY 5 WOULD BE DELAYED UNTIL JULY 26 TO ALLOW FOR A PRUDENT AMOUNT [...]	2003-03-06 08:04:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI JO
03AMMAN1344	JORDAN: DEMARCHE TO OIC ON IRAQ ISSUES [...] (C) A/DCM covered ref points on the Iraq discussion at the OIC summit with Ali al-Ayed, personal assistant to Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher. A/DCM emphasized that UNSCR 1441 found Iraq in material breach and that Iraq must comply immediately and fully with 1441. It is also crucial that an [...]	2003-03-06 09:47:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KISL IZ JO OIC
03AMMAN1356	IAF URGES CITIZENS NOT TO COOPERATE WITH US TROOPS [...] (U) The Islamic Action Front (IAF) issued a statement--published in the Muslim Brotherhood mouthpiece Al-Sabil on March 4--urging Jordanians to boycott US soldiers. The statement called on Jordanians to refuse leasing land, housing, or cars, and not to provide US soldiers with food or servi [...]	2003-03-06 14:06:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEC IZ JO
03AMMAN1357	ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT: JORDAN [...] Per reftel, Post's information for the 2002 anti-trafficking in persons report is contained in paras below. Responses are keyed to reftel questions. Until 6/1/2003, embassy poc on trafficking issues is PolOff Gregory D. LoGerfo. Subsequent to 6/1/2003 poc will be PolOff James Fellows. [...]	2003-03-06 14:11:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF JO
03AMMAN1358	FOREIGN CONSEQUENCE MANAGEMENT RESPONSE [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman in principle would welcome the proposed initial visit of a USG Consequence Management Support Team (CMST) to discuss emergency operations execution procedures, operational plans, and any other necessary preparations with appropriate GOJ officials and Mission personnel. Sin [...]	2003-03-06 14:25:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PM JO
03AMMAN14	PLO REFUGEE AFFAIRS OFFICIAL QUIETLY TRYING TO [...] (C) Summary: Jordan-based PLO Refugee Affairs official Mohamed Abu Bakr told refcoord December 24 that he and West Bank Refugee Affairs Director Saji Salameh are quietly trying to prepare the Palestinian refugee community for what they see as an inevitable compromise on the right of return. [...]	2003-01-02 10:27:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF KPAL KWBG IS JO
03AMMAN1405	PRISON VISIT: RAED HIJAZI [...] CONOFF AND FSN WENT TO SUWAQA PRISON ON MARCH 9, 2003 TO VISIT RAED HIJAZI. ONCE AGAIN RAED REFUSED TO MEET WITH THE VISITING CONSULAR PERSONNEL. CONOFF LEFT A MESSAGE FOR RAED HIJAZI EXPLAINING THE PURPOSE OF THE VISIT. 2. THE PRISON DIRECTOR REPORTED THAT RAED HIJAZI DOES NOT CAUSE AN [...]	2003-03-10 04:15:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC PREL PTER JO HIJAZI RAED
03AMMAN141	ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THE AMMAN ARABIC BOOK [...] Summary: PAS Amman supports PAS Cairo's request for increased funding, and seeks an additional USD 65,000 supplement for Amman's Arabic Book Program. Funds will be used to encourage greater initiative on the part of publishers and to expand program capacity to publish books in support of ME [...]	2003-01-08 09:14:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL KPAO OIIP JO
03AMMAN1424	JORDANIAN AIRLIFT SUPPORT FOR OEF [...] (sbu) In a March 10 letter to the embassy Royal Jordanian Airlines (RJ) CEO Samer Majali confirmed RJ's offer to provide uplift support for OEF operations in the region. The text of the letter, including approximate hourly rates for passenger and cargo charter flights, is transmitted below. [...]	2003-03-10 14:40:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR MOPS JO
03AMMAN1425	MIDDLE EAST MULTILATERAL WORKING GROUP ON WATER [...] This is a joint message with Embassy Tel Aviv and ConGen Jerusalem. 2. In separate events on March 4 and 5 in Tel Aviv, Gaza, and Amman, representatives of Jordan, Israel, and the Palestinian Authority signed the multilateral working group "WaterNet" agreement that will create a shared el [...]	2003-03-10 15:27:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF SENV KWBG IS JO NO
03AMMAN1426	KUWAITI FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO JORDAN [...] (c) Further to phone and email conversations between Ambassadors Jones and Gnehm, a March 10 meeting between the Ambassador and Prime Minister shed some light on the apparent misunderstanding between the Kuwaitis and Jordanians over the $100 million Kuwait had offered to deposit in the Jordan [...]	2003-03-10 15:29:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KU JO
03AMMAN1428	OFFER OF VACCINIA IMMUNE GLOBULIN (VIG) PASSED TO [...] (SBU) On March 9, Embassy passed reftel information on VIG to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Jordanian Armed Forces (JAF). If/when we receive a letter from the GOJ officially requesting FDA authorization for the export of VIG to Jordan in the quantities and for the purposes outlined [...]	2003-03-10 16:11:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS TBIO JO
03AMMAN1429	OUT WITH THE OLD, IN WITH THE NEW; KING [...] (C) King Abdullah revamped the Royal Court on March 9, replacing his most senior advisor, Chief of the Royal Court Fayez Tarawneh, and creating a new Cabinet position with the title Minister of the Royal Court. End Summary. -------------------------- NEW ROYAL COURT: NEW FACES ------------ [...]	2003-03-10 16:33:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR JO
03AMMAN143	TURKISH PM GUL'S JANUARY 6 VISIT: IN PUBLIC [...] (U) Turkish Prime Minister Abdullah Gul met with King Abdullah and Jordanian PM Ali Abul Ragheb January 6 in Amman, in the third stop of Gul's trip through the region. The visit was given prominent above-the-fold coverage in all of the Kingdom's Arabic and English dailies. Press accounts, qu [...]	2003-01-08 10:05:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL TU IZ JO
03AMMAN1432	JORDANIAN MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS SETS UP [...] (C) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs recently announced formation of a "Human Rights Directorate" within the MFA. On March 5, MFA Human Rights Officer Bisher Khasawneh told PolCouns and PolOff the MFA wants the new directorate to "have teeth", and is committed to providing HR training for as m [...]	2003-03-11 09:42:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV JO
03AMMAN1433	LOOKING AHEAD: JORDANIAN ELECTIONS AFTER AN IRAQ [...] (C) We believe it is essential that we start to think seriously about Jordan's position in a post-Iraq war environment: what the GOJ will expect us to do, and how Jordan can contribute to achieving our longer term regional goals. Assuming that a military campaign is of limited duration and fu [...]	2003-03-11 09:48:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM IZ JO MEPP
03AMMAN1462	RELO AMMAN NOMINEES FOR TESOL 2003 CONVENTION [...] Amman-based Regional English Language Office (RELO) would like to nominate the following nominees: Ms. Shireen Bawab from East Jerusalem, Mr. Abdul Bari Muhajer from Aleppo, and Ms. Samia Abou Hamad from Beirut to attend the TESOL 2003 convention in Baltimore, Maryla [...]	2003-03-12 05:46:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL JO
03AMMAN1477	MONITORING AND EVALUATING PRM-FUNDED ACTIVITIES AT [...] SUMMARY: REGIONAL REFCOORD ASSISTANT MET WITH SEEDS OF PEACE'S COEXISTENCE CENTER OFFICIALS JANUARY 27 TO MONITOR PRM-FUNDED ACTIVITIES AT THE JERUSALEM CENTER FOR COEXISTENCE. ALTHOUGH POLITICAL AND SECURITY CONDITIONS CONTINUE TO IMPEDE DIRECT CONTACT BETWEEN ISRAELI AND PALESTINIAN SEEDS [...]	2003-03-12 05:50:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL KPAL KWBG IS JO
03AMMAN1495	2002 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] EMBASSY AMMAN'S SUBMISSION FOR THE INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT (INSCR) FOLLOWS: ---------------- PART I: SUMMARY ---------------- 2. JORDAN REMAINS PRIMARILY A TRANSIT COUNTRY FOR ILLICIT DRUGS BECAUSE OF ITS GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION BETWEEN DRUG PRODUCING COUNTRIES [...]	2003-03-12 12:34:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC JO SANR
03AMMAN150	MULLAH KREKAR EXTRADITION: JORDANIANS THINK THE [...] (S) Post shares Embassy The Hague's frustration with the current state of play of the Mullah Krekar extradition case. To have Krekar walk free would be an outcome that would serve no one's interests and would send the wrong signal to all those working tirelessly in the fight against terrorism [...]	2003-01-08 12:59:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	SNAR PTER KCRM PREL JO NL
03AMMAN1517	MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-12 14:20:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN1525	EMBASSY AMMAN TO FORM CRISIS LIAISON UNIT IF/WHEN [...] (SBU) In the event that war begins with Iraq, Embassy Amman will stand up a Crisis Liaison Unit (CLU) that will serve as the Embassy's central point of contact/clearinghouse for DoS inquiries on all crisis-related issues. Inquiries from the Ops Center and associated DoS Task Forces should com [...]	2003-03-13 05:54:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AEMR AMGT CASC CVIS IZ JO
03AMMAN1526	JORDANIAN HOTELIERS HOPE FOR BETTER DAYS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Having slightly recovered from a post-September 11 drop in regional tourism, Jordan's hotel industry is now reeling in the face of uncertainty over conflict in neighboring Iraq. Despite the downturn, the sector is not under threat of financial collapse, due to a reluctance on th [...]	2003-03-13 07:12:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN JO
03AMMAN1529	PRESIDENT OF JORDAN SOCIETY FOR CITIZENS' RIGHTS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Jordan Society for Citizens' Rights President Fawzi Samhoury has lost on his court action to have the JSCR reinstated as a society recognized by Jordanian law. On March 6 the Higher Court of Justice notified Samhoury at a court session that his case against the decision of the M [...]	2003-03-13 08:15:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV JO
03AMMAN1530	OUTSIDE AMMAN, MANY FEAR ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF [...] (C) Summary. In March 5 and 6 meetings in Salt and Aqaba with Poloff, a number of prominent Jordanian businessmen and politicians provided an "outside-the-beltway" assessment of the GOJ's recent decision to schedule Parliamentary elections in June and the issue on everyone's mind, Iraq. Whil [...]	2003-03-13 09:07:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI JO
03AMMAN1531	MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-13 09:18:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN1533	LABOR ROUNDUP: ILO PROGRAM; FTA; POVERTY [...] (C) SUMMARY. On March 5, the GOJ and the International Labor Organization signed a long-awaited memorandum of understanding on a program to develop "internal social dialogue." The three year program (one of two ILO programs here) is funded exclusively by the U.S. Department of Labor with app [...]	2003-03-13 09:55:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PGOV PHUM PREL JO
03AMMAN154	IRAQIS IN JORDAN: WHO THEY ARE AND WHAT TO EXPECT [...] (S) Most political observers in Jordan predict that the great majority of the large Iraqi expat community in the Kingdom (estimated by the GOJ to number approximately 300,000) will stay quiet should military action against Saddam commence, and will then exercise caution before deciding to retu [...]	2003-01-08 13:56:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL PREF XF IZ JO
03AMMAN1544	JORDANIAN TELECOMS PREPARED FOR CONFLICT PRESSURES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In recent meetings with Jordanian telecom operators, we were assured that fixed-line and wireless telecom networks were prepared for pressures on their systems in the event of a conflict in neighboring Iraq. Plans have been made to protect physical infrastructure, fleets, offi [...]	2003-03-13 15:12:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS EINV BEXP JO
03AMMAN1550	JORDAN'S TRANSPORT SECTOR DURING AND AFTER AN IRAQ [...] (c) The GOJ paints a gloomy picture of predicted heavy losses to the transport sector during hostilities in Iraq, totaling over $44 million monthly as a result of higher insurance charges and decreased business volumes. Following war, though, the consensus opinion is that the sector will en [...]	2003-03-13 16:18:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ELTN EWWT MOPS ETRD IZ JO
03AMMAN1579	ATLANTIC SUMMIT: DEMARCHE TO JORDAN [...] (C) In the absence of the King, Prime Minister, and Foreign Minister (all in Abu Dhabi),A/DCM March 16 conveyed ref points on the Atlantic Summit to Ali al-Ayed, Personal Assistant to Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher, urging that the GOJ support publicly the Atlantic Summit's forthcoming sta [...]	2003-03-16 14:06:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL
03AMMAN1580	GOJ WELCOMES POTUS STATEMENT ON ROADMAP BUT [...] (C) In what most here see as the final days before the beginning of a U.S.-led war against Iraq, senior GOJ officials have issued a series of public statements welcoming the President's March 14 Statement on the Roadmap and calling for national unity in the face of imminent challenges. At the [...]	2003-03-16 14:31:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ JO
03AMMAN1581	(S) REPORT THAT 20 RUSSIAN MISSILE TECHNICIANS [...] (S) On March 16, the First Secretary of the Thai Embassy in Baghdad, Prasidhi Sochiratna (please protect),contacted A/POL to request a meeting to "pass on some information from my Ambassador to your Ambassador." Sochiratna said he had just returned to Amman on March 11 after a month in Baghda [...]	2003-03-16 14:32:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL MOPS IZ JO
03AMMAN1582	WEEKEND DEMONSTRATIONS IN JORDAN SIZABLE, PEACEFUL [...] (C) SUMMARY. The weekend of March 15-16 saw sizable GOJ-permitted demonstrations in Amman and Irbid as well as smaller gatherings in other locations. The demonstrations were peaceful, with no security incidents reported. Estimates of crowd sizes varied widely, but reliable sources indicate [...]	2003-03-16 15:11:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL JO
03AMMAN1583	JORDAN'S UPDATE OF 1999 AUTOMOTIVE PARTS RE- [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-16 15:50:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD JO BGMT
03AMMAN1587	MONITORING AND EVALUATING ICMC ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS [...] AS REQUESTED REF, REGIONAL REFCOORD AND REF ASSISTANT MONITORED PRM-FUNDED ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS FOR VULNERABLE IRAQIS IN JORDAN ADMINISTERED BY THE INTERNATIONAL CATHOLIC MIGRATION COMMISSION (ICMC) ON FEBRUARY 19 AND 24. REPORT IS KEYED TO QUESTIONS PROVIDED REF. A. ON FEBRUARY 19, REFCO [...]	2003-03-16 16:17:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL IZ JO
03AMMAN1594	DEMARCHE ON U.S. WTO EXPORT CREDITS PROPOSAL [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-17 12:17:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EAGR JO WTO
03AMMAN1598	Jordan: Special media reaction on President's [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-17 13:22:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN16	IRAQIS IN JORDAN: VIEWS FROM UNHCR [...] (S/NF) Summary and Comment: According to UNHCR officials, recognized refugees and asylum seekers represent 5,000 of the estimated 300,000 Iraqis resident in Jordan. With just a ten percent refugee recognition rate, UNHCR reports most Iraqis in Jordan are economic migrants who simply are look [...]	2003-01-02 10:34:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL ECON IZ JO PREP
03AMMAN1620	JORDANIAN BANKS: WILL WEATHER STORM, BUT FACE [...] (SBU) While fundamentally sound, the Jordanian banking sector faces a number of short- and long-term challenges: Exposure to a military conflict with Iraq, a surplus of banks, high infrastructure costs, and implementation of modern banking and technological advances that are only now beginnin [...]	2003-03-18 14:16:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EAID ETRD JO
03AMMAN1621	JORDAN GOVERNMENT DISSOLVES BOARD OF CENTURY [...] (c) Summary. The Jordanian Minister of Industry and Trade has dissolved the Board of the Century Investment Group following accusations of financial and managerial improprieties made by some stockholders. Century is a leading investor in QIZ companies and an outstanding example of business [...]	2003-03-18 14:20:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ETRD BEXP JO
03AMMAN1622	REFUGEE AND TRANSIT CAMPS IN JORDAN NEARLY READY [...] (U) This is a joint Embassy/DART message. 2. (U) UNHCR REFUGEE CAMP: As of mid-day (local time) on March 18, GOJ workers were laying water/sanitation infrastructure -- water tanks, latrine pits, a trench system and cesspools. UNHCR has not yet received authorization from the GOJ to erec [...]	2003-03-18 14:43:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL EAID MOPS IZ JO
03AMMAN1623	ALUMNI OF THE INTERNATIONAL VISITOR PROGRAM [...] A ROYAL DECREE WAS ISSUED ON MARCH 10 APPOINTING MR. FAISAL AKEF FAYEZ AS MINISTER OF THE ROYAL COURT. MR. FAYEZ HAS SERVED AS CHIEF OF ROYAL PROTOCOL FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS. MR. FAYEZ, A JORDANIAN ALUMNUS OF THE INTERNATIONAL VISITOR PROGRAM ON "ELECTION CAMPAIGN" IN 1988. 2. JUDGE TA [...]	2003-03-18 15:02:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL JO
03AMMAN1629	A SNAPSHOT OF THE IRAQI COMMUNITY IN JORDAN - SOME [...] (U) AS PART OF ROUTINE REFCOORD MONITORING OF PRM-FUNDED ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS FOR VULNERABLE IRAQIS IN JORDAN (MONITORING REPORT SUBMITTED REFTEL),FSN REFUGEE ASSISTANT VISITED THE HOMES OF THREE VULNERABLE IRAQI FAMILIES LIVING IN JORDAN, ALL OF WHOM HAD OBTAINED OR WERE SEEKING ASSISTANCE F [...]	2003-03-18 16:02:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL EAID IZ JO
03AMMAN1650	MEPI: POST PLAN TO SUPPORT GROWTH OF GOOD [...] POST'S INTERAGENCY MEPI COMMITTEE, CONSISTING OF USAID, POL, ECON AND PA HAS DEVELOPED THE FOLLOWING STRATEGY OVER THE NEXT YEAR TO ENCOURAGE GOOD GOVERNANCE IN JORDAN. OUR PLAN AIMS TO STRENGTHEN CITIZEN AWARENESS AND ACTIVISM THROUGH NGO'S AS WELL AS GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS SUCH AS THE LEG [...]	2003-03-19 06:22:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON EAID PREL KDEM SCUL KPAO XF JO
03AMMAN1651	GOJ HOPES JORDAN CAN BE BASE FOR BAGHDAD [...] (sbu) Jordanian Trade Minister Salah al Bashir asked the Ambassador in a meeting on March 12 what requirements would need to be met to allow USG agencies making procurements in Iraq after a government change to procure goods and/or services from Jordan (such as waivers of "buy America" contr [...]	2003-03-19 06:23:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN IZ JO
03AMMAN1653	MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ AND MIDDLE EAST [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-19 12:12:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN1661	TF1Z01: RJ FLYING, BUT MOST INTERNATIONAL CARRIERS [...] (SBU) Queen Alia International Airport Director Nasri Nowar told us that while the airport remains open, most international carriers have suspended or are about to suspend service. These include KLM, Air France, Lufthansa, Alitalia, and British Airways. He said that national carrier Royal J [...]	2003-03-19 14:01:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR AMGT JO CACS
03AMMAN1664	TFIZ01: JORDAN HUMANITARIAN UPDATE [...] According to UNHCR Emergency Coordinator Carlos Maldonado, UNHCR today began erecting tents at the refugee camp at Ruweished (also identified on USG maps as Ruwayshid or H-4). Poor weather conditions (rain & sandstorms) are hindering UNHCR's efforts, but Maldonado reports that the camp is re [...]	2003-03-19 14:36:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL EAID IZ JO
03AMMAN1665	TFIZ01: FONMIN MUASHER AGAIN RAISES JORDANIAN [...] (C) During a March 19 meeting with Ambassador on a number of subjects, FonMin Muasher raised the GOJ's concern with the current suspension of the Oil For Food (OFF) program. Muasher told the Ambassador that Jordan's mission in New York has been told that shipments currently en route to Iraq mus [...]	2003-03-19 14:42:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EFIN ETTC IZ JO
03AMMAN1667	MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-19 15:13:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN1685	TFIZ01. JORDANIAN STREET ON THE EVE OF WAR: [...] (C) SUMMARY. On the eve of likely coalition military action against Iraq, the mood in Jordan is resigned to war, but nevertheless very angry. Although the street is relatively quiet, EmbOffs' conversations with Jordanians on the subject of USG policy, while often beginning politely, invariab [...]	2003-03-19 16:47:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV JO
03AMMAN1686	FOLLOW UP DEMARCHES TO HOST GOVERNMENTS ON IRAQI [...] (S/NF) Jordan is a unique case in a number of ways. Our close relationship at the most senior levels enables us to maintain a candid and forthright exchange on this specific subject -- the expulsion of Iraqi intelligence officers. ORCA has and continues to work closely on this matter. GID [...]	2003-03-19 16:48:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER ASEC JO
03AMMAN1688	DELIVERY OF LETTER FROM PRESIDENT BUSH TO KING [...] (C) Following the return of King Abdullah from a 5 day trip to the UAE and Qatar late on March 18, the Ambassador on the morning of March 19 hand delivered to the King ref a letter from President Bush regarding Jordan's support in fighting terrorism. 2. (S/NF) In a subsequent meeting wi [...]	2003-03-19 18:11:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	OPDC PREL MASS JO
03AMMAN1695	TFIZ01: JORDAN NOT INTERESTED IN BEING PROTECTING [...] (S/NF) In his March 19 conversation with King Abdullah and GID Director Saad Kheir, the Ambassador conveyed USG concerns regarding the presence of Iraqi personnel in Jordan, and the King promised to take all necessary actions to protect American and Jordanian interests from a possible Iraqi [...]	2003-03-20 08:40:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV IZ JO
03AMMAN1696	TFIZ01: AMMAN SITREP 1 (3/20 1130 LOCAL ) [...] (SBU) As of 0545 local time (0345 GMT) Embassy Amman stood up its Crisis Liaison Unit (CLU) which will serve a the Embassy's central point of contact/clearinghouse for DoS inquiries on all crisis-related issues. At 0600 local time we notified the OpsCenter via phone that we are operational. C [...]	2003-03-20 08:52:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AEMR AMGT CASC CVIS IZ JO
03AMMAN1699	TF1ZO1: AMMAN SITREP 2 (3/20 1530 LOCAL) [...] (C) As of 1530 local (1330 GMT),the situation throughout Jordan is calm, and street traffic and activity is lower than normal. Several peaceful demonstrations are ongoing and others are planned for later today, however there have been no reports of any disturbances. Amman's Queen Alia Inter [...]	2003-03-20 13:14:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC CVIS IZ JO
03AMMAN17	RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR NAME/TITLE OF MINISTER OF [...] Per reftel, the GOJ has no ministerial position for women's affairs. Women's issues in large part fall under the Ministry of Social Development, which is headed by Ruwaida Ma'ita. In addition to Ma'ita, several other prominent Jordanian women are engaged in women's issues. Farah Daghistani [...]	2003-01-02 11:26:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OVIP KWMN KPAO KSEP
03AMMAN1701	TF1ZO1: AMMAN SITREP 3 (3/20 2000 LOCAL) [...] (C) As of 2000 local time (1800 GMT) the situation in Jordan remains calm. A steady rain throughout the day has kept many people off the streets. A demonstration not sanctioned by the GOJ (numbering in the low hundreds) has begun at the Professional Associations Complex in the Shmeisani ar [...]	2003-03-20 17:33:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR AMGT CASC CVIS IZ JO
03AMMAN1702	TF1ZO1: AMMAN SITREP 4 (3/21 0800 LOCAL) [...] (C) UNHCR contacts report that oil tanker trucks coming in from Iraq to Jordan have stopped entirely as of 2130 local time March 20. --------------- Consular Issues --------------- 2. (U) No new developments since previous sitrep. ---------------------- GOJ Actions/Statements ---- [...]	2003-03-21 05:52:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR AMGT CASC CVIS IZ JO
03AMMAN1704	TFIZ01: JORDANIAN MARKETS REACT CALMLY TO START OF [...] (sbu) We have been in touch with the finance ministry, central bank, and local bankers, and have reported in our sitreps and other messages that Jordanian financial markets have been calm, with no exceptional demand for dollars or withdrawal of deposits. There has been no pressure on foreig [...]	2003-03-21 11:10:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETTC ECON JO
03AMMAN1705	MEDIA REACTION ON WAR ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-21 12:04:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN1708	TFIZO1: AMMAN SITREP 6 (3/22 0930 LOCAL) [...] (C) Embassy Amman will remain on "standfast" through March 22. 2. (C) Finance Minister Marto told us privately that plans were in the works to raise domestic gasoline and fuel oil prices. The increase was included in the 2003 budget and an initial gasoline price increase of 25 fils/lite [...]	2003-03-22 07:25:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR AMGT CASC CVIS IZ JO
03AMMAN1716	JORDAN: SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION ON WAR IN IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-22 11:16:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN1718	KING'S SPEECH TO NATION UPSTAGED BY "SHOCK AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. King Abdullah's March 21 speech was largely upstaged by the televised coverage of the beginning of extensive coalition bombing. Many people we spoke with missed the beginning of the speech to watch the bombing, but most read a transcript the following day. Already very emotiona [...]	2003-03-22 12:11:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM JO
03AMMAN1719	TFIZO1: AMMAN SITREP 7 (3/22 1845 LOCAL) [...] (SBU) The Embassy maintained a standfast posture throughout 3/22, but will open 3/23 on a regular work schedule. However, American personnel will be limited to essential movements. 2. (C) Scattered demonstrations and protests occurred around the country today, but far fewer than yesterday. [...]	2003-03-22 15:40:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC CVIS IZ JO

03AMMAN1720	PALESTINIANS AND PALESTINIAN-JORDANIANS PRAISE [...] (C) During a series of discussions in the days before the start of war in Iraq, prominent Palestinian-Jordanians and Palestinians resident in Jordan told A/DCM that the appointment of Abu Mazen as Palestinian Prime Minister should provide a big boost to good government in the PNA. However, [...]	2003-03-22 15:52:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL PGOV IS IZ JO
03AMMAN1735	MEDIA REACTION ON WAR ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-23 12:05:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN1744	TFIZO1: AMMAN SITREP 8 (3/23 1600 LOCAL) [...] (C) The GOJ this afternoon publicly announced (confirmed by the Foreign Minister to the Ambassador) the expulsion of five Iraqi diplomats "for security reasons and for performing actions that contradict the nature of their work as diplomats". The Minister said they would be asked to leave th [...]	2003-03-23 12:57:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR AMGT CASC CVIS EAIR ECON EWWT IZ JO
03AMMAN1745	FONMIN MUASHER WILL NOT ATTEND MARCH 24 CAIRO ARAB [...] (C) Ambassador spoke with Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher March 23 to deliver ref points on the planned March 24 Arab League ministerial meeting in Cairo. The Ambassador asked that Jordan work to avoid statements or actions that would undermine current efforts to disarm the Iraqi regime and [...]	2003-03-23 13:01:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ AL XF JO
03AMMAN1749	DENYING PETROFAC'S ADVOCACY REQUEST [...] (u) On March 13, Embassy informed Petrofac Business Development Manager Brock Tuppeny of the USG's determination that Petrofac's bid on the Iraq-Zarqa pipeline project would not qualify for advocacy support (ref a). We cited USG concerns over the Iraq portion of the project and possible US [...]	2003-03-23 17:49:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP EPET ETTC IZ JO UNSC
03AMMAN1769	MEDIA REACTION ON WAR ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-24 12:11:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN1770	TFIZO1: AMMAN SITREP 9 (3/24 1600 LOCAL) [...] (U) The Embassy continues on a normal schedule, with consular services open. Services at ancillary facilities -- the Peace Corps office and the American Language Center -- remain suspended. 2. (C) A large demonstration (3,000 students) at Amman's Jordan University on 3/23 became unruly acc [...]	2003-03-24 12:40:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR AMGT ASEC EFIN ETRD CASC CVIS IZ JO
03AMMAN1774	TFIZ01: JORDAN FREEZE OF IRAQI ASSETS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Central Bank of Jordan (CBJ) officials have frozen Government of Iraq (GOI) assets in Jordanian banks pending resolution of the conflict in Iraq, and, in addition, are keeping a watchful eye on the Jordanian operations of the GOI-owned Rafidain Bank. Banking sector exposure to Oi [...]	2003-03-24 15:51:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETTC PREL IZ JO
03AMMAN1776	TFIZO1: AMMAN SITREP 10 (3/25 0800 LOCAL) [...] (C) The Embassy continues on a normal schedule March 25, with Consular services open. Services at ancillary facilities -- the Peace Corps Office and the American Language Center -- remain suspended. 2. (U) Lufthansa representatives reported they are resuming flights to/from Amman three day [...]	2003-03-25 07:16:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC CVIS IZ JO
03AMMAN1789	MEDIA REACTION ON WAR ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-25 12:12:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN1798	TFIZ01: KING ABDULLAH, GOJ RETRENCH IN FACE OF [...] (S) The sharp and angry public reaction to the start of war in Iraq has forced King Abdullah and the GOJ to alter their public line to deal with the public ire. In a speech by King Abdullah on March 21, a press conference the next day with the PM, FonMin and InfoMin, and official news agency [...]	2003-03-25 15:56:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL MOPS IZ JO
03AMMAN1800	TFIZO1: AMMAN SITREP 11 (3/25 1800 LOCAL) [...] (SBU) The Embassy continues on a normal schedule March 25, with Consular services open. The Peace Corps office opened briefly to allow access to Jordanian staff, but activity at the American Language Center remains suspended. 2. (C) The Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Jordan confirm [...]	2003-03-25 16:12:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC CVIS IZ JO
03AMMAN1803	TFIZO1: AMMAN SITREP 12 (3/26 0800 LOCAL) [...] (SBU) The Embassy continues on a normal schedule March 26. Consular services are open. Activities at the American Language Center and Peace Corps remain suspended. Movements for American staff remain restricted. --------------- Consular Issues --------------- 2. (U) No new issues. [...]	2003-03-26 06:30:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC CVIS IZ JO
03AMMAN1805	TFIZO1: JORDANIANS' RAGE AT US FOR IRAQ WAR DRIVEN [...] (C) Summary: A survey of Embassy contacts shows an increasing use of words like outrage, hostility, rage, dismay, disillusion and impotence to describe the war in Iraq. Most Jordanians, across all age groups and social classes, believe the Bush administration failed to provide legitimate just [...]	2003-03-26 07:29:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR AMGT CASC CVIS EAIR JO
03AMMAN1808	TFIZ01: FONMIN MUASHER DID NOT ATTEND MARCH 24 [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-26 09:23:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV AL IZ EG JO
03AMMAN1832	MEDIA REACTION ON WAR ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-26 13:54:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN1833	TFIZ01: IRAQ: ENCOURAGING POSITIVE JORDANIAN [...] (C) A/DCM on March 26 covered ref points on the UNSC open session on Iraq with Ali al-Ayed, personal assistant to Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher. A/DCM asked that Jordan make a positive statement regarding the conflict in Iraq. Al-Ayed said that he did not think Jordan's UN PermRep would b [...]	2003-03-26 14:13:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM IZ JO UNSC
03AMMAN1835	TFIZ01: JORDAN'S EXPULSION OF IRAQI DIPLOMATS: GOJ [...] (C) Naji Sabri's publicly released March 25 letter denouncing the GOJ's decision to expel five Iraqi diplomats (ref A),and Taha Yasin Ramadan's subsequent outburst against Jordan during a March 25 press conference (ref b),have left GOJ officials in a state of acute public discomfort as they [...]	2003-03-26 14:31:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER IZ JO
03AMMAN184	MARCH 2003 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SECURITY OF [...] (U) On January 8, A/Polcouns conveyed reftel non-paper on the March 2003 Vienna conference on security of radioactive sources to Ayman Aamiri, Deputy Director of the MFA's International Organizations Department. Aamiri offered no substantive comment but promised to convey the information both [...]	2003-01-09 13:03:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC TRGY MNUC KNNP KSAF PINS TPHY JO IAEA
03AMMAN1840	JORDAN RESPONSE TO MCA COUNTRY DATA REQUEST [...] (sbu) Ministry of Finance Secretary General Dr. Mohammad Abu Hammour provided the following information in response to reftel request. Data are derived from official GOJ budgetary documents. Data are in Jordanian dinars Note: 1 JD = 1.4104 usd 1999 2000 2001 [...]	2003-03-26 14:42:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID JO EFNI
03AMMAN1842	TFIZO1: AMMAN SITREP 13 (3/26 1915 LOCAL) [...] (C) The Embassy continued on a normal schedule throughout March 26. Consular services were open. Activities at the American Language Center and Peace Corps Office remain suspended. Movements for American staff remain restricted. A freezing rain fell on Amman all day today, keeping most peop [...]	2003-03-26 16:13:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC CVIS IZ JO
03AMMAN1843	TFIZ01: THAI AMBASSADOR TO IRAQ PROVIDES MORE [...] (S) On March 26, Thai Ambassador to Iraq (also accredited to Jordan) Tawatchai Piyarat (please protect) invited A/DCM and A/Pol to his temporary Amman residence to discuss ongoing events in Iraq. Piyarat said that he was speaking in a personal capacity and not on instructions from Bangkok, and [...]	2003-03-27 05:41:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL IZ TH JO
03AMMAN1844	TFIZO1: AMMAN SITREP 14 (3/27 0900 LOCAL) [...] (U) Embassy Amman remains on a normal work schedule March 27. Activities at the American Language Center and the Peace Corps office remain suspended. --------------- Consular Issues --------------- 2. (U) No new issues. ---------------------- GOJ Actions/Statements -------------- [...]	2003-03-27 05:42:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC CVIS IZ JO
03AMMAN1845	VISAS ADVISORY OPINIONS: SPECIAL IMMIGRANT VISA FOR [...] I SUBMIT FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION A NOMINATION FOR A SPECIAL IMMIGRANT VISA (SIV) FOR SENIOR CULTURAL SPECIALIST NADIA AL ALAMI AND HER FAMILY. I CONCUR WHOLEHEARTEDLY WITH THE UNANIMOUS RECOMMENDATION FROM EMBASSY AMMAN'S SIV PRE- SCREENING PANEL THAT NADIA AL ALAMI DESERVES THIS STATUS IN TH [...]	2003-03-27 08:36:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS JO
03AMMAN1849	MEDIA REACTION ON WAR IN IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-27 12:12:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN1855	MEPI ELECTION ASSISTANCE FOR JORDAN [...] (SBU) IN THE COURSE OF A COURTESY CALL BY THE NEW USAID DIRECTOR AND THE AMBASSADOR ON MARCH 27, THE AMBASSADOR DISCUSSED WITH PLANNING MINISTER BASSAM AWADALLAH THE PROPOSED $400,000 MIDDLE EAST PARTNERSHIP INITIATIVE (MEPI) ELECTION ASSISTANCE. THE PROJECT IS TO BE CARRIED OUT IN COOPERATION [...]	2003-03-27 14:01:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON EAID PREL KDEM SCUL KPAO XF JO
03AMMAN1864	TFIZO1: AMMAN SITREP 15 (3/27 1800 LOCAL) [...] (C) Embassy EAC met March 27 to discuss security measures in anticipation of significant protest activity after Friday prayers on March 28. EAC issued a "standfast" order for all non-emergency personnel for 3/28 until 1800. After 1800, unless notified differently, post posture will return t [...]	2003-03-27 15:13:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC CVIS IZ JO
03AMMAN1867	TFIZO1: GOJ BRACES FOR COUNTRYWIDE ANTI-WAR [...] (C) Although the coalition's military actions against Iraq started a week ago, this Friday will be the first time that Jordanians will congregate for Friday prayers and express their pent up frustrations with the "US aggression" after watching events unfold on t.v. all week. Adding to the hei [...]	2003-03-27 17:19:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM JO
03AMMAN1869	TFIZOl: AMMAN SITREP 16 (3/28 1200 LOCAL) [...] (C) The Embassy is closed March 28 and 29 for the Jordanian weekend. Given expectations for widespread demonstrations around the country, all American staff (with the exception of those who must come to the Embassy for mission-critical work) have been instructed to remain at "Standfast" unti [...]	2003-03-28 08:56:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC CVIS EFIN ETRD IZ JO
03AMMAN1872	TFIZO1: AMMAN SITREP 17 (3/28 1900 LOCAL) [...] (C) Embassy Amman went off standfast at 1800 local after a mostly quiet day (see below). The movement of American staff remains restricted. The Embassy will remain closed March 29 for the regular Jordanian weekend. --------------- Consular Issues --------------- 2. (U) No new issue [...]	2003-03-28 14:52:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC CVIS EFIN ETRD IZ JO
03AMMAN1875	TFIZO1: AMMAN SITREP 18 (3/29 1100 LOCAL) [...] (SBU) The Embassy is closed March 29 for the Jordanian weekend. It will open for regular business on Sunday, March 30. The movement of American staff remains restricted. --------------- Consular Issues --------------- 2. (SBU) Embassy's Crisis Liaison Unit received e-mail from Task F [...]	2003-03-29 07:23:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC CVIS EFIN ETRD IZ JO
03AMMAN1876	TFIZO1: REPORT FROM U.S. REPORTER EXPELLED FROM [...] (C) SUMMARY - MR. NATE THAYER, A REPORTER EXPELLED FROM IRAQ, CALLED TODAY TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ON SITUATION IN BAGHDAD. HE SPECIFICALLY REQUESTED THAT HIS COMMENTS NOT/NOT BE PROVIDED TO PRESS OR PUBLIC. SITUATION IN BAGHDAD IS CHAOTIC WITH NO ONE APPEARING TO BE IN CONTROL. MS. MARY CAP [...]	2003-03-29 09:47:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	CASC AMGT ASEC CVIS EFIN ETRD IZ JO
03AMMAN1880	TFIZ01: JORDANIAN STATE-OWNED MEDIA'S PORTRAYAL OF [...] (C) SUMMARY. WE ASSESS JORDAN'S STATE-CONTROLLED MEDIA COVERAGE OF THE WAR IN IRAQ TO BE REACTIVE AND CAUTIOUS, RATHER THAN INCITEFUL. REFLECTING BROAD OPPOSITION AMONG JORDANIANS TO THE WAR AND ADMIRATION FOR IRAQI RESISTANCE, JORDAN'S STATE-OWNED MEDIA HAVE ADOPTED AN EDITORIAL LINE AGAINS [...]	2003-03-29 17:20:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO KWWW PREL OPRC OIIP
03AMMAN1881	TFIZ01: MUASHER SAYS STORY ON RESUMPTION OF OIL [...] (S) The Ambassador raised with Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher March 29 local press reports that as many as thirty Jordanian oil tanker trucks have returned to Iraq to restart the delivery of Iraqi crude to Jordan. The Ambassador said he found the reports beyond comprehension. In response t [...]	2003-03-29 17:23:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL MOPS EPET IZ JO
03AMMAN1882	TFIZ01: VENTING ON THE WEB: JORDAN INTERNET USE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The two major Internet providers in Jordan report a sharp upsurge in Internet use, particularly email traffic, over the past week. Technical support managers said that sophisticated software is allowing users to access and download inflammatory TV news reports, which are then g [...]	2003-03-30 07:59:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECPS PREL KPAO IZ JO
03AMMAN1883	TFIZO1: AMMAN SITREP 19 (3/30 1500 LOCAL) [...] (C) The Embassy is operating on a normal schedule March 30. Consular services are open. Activities at the American Language Center remain suspended, and there is only restricted activity by FSNs at the Peace Corps office. Movements of American staff remain restricted. 2. (C) The official [...]	2003-03-30 11:27:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC CVIS EFIN ETRD IZ JO
03AMMAN1885	MEDIA REACTION ON WAR IN IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-30 12:48:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN1898	TFIZ01: INFOMIN: SEVEN OIL TRUCKS GO TO IRAQ, [...] (C) Information Minister Mohammad Adwan told the Ambassador March 30 that, contrary to information reported in ref conversation with Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher, the GOJ had in fact sent seven oil tanker trucks to al-Qaem in Iraq (near H-1) to take delivery of some Iraqi oil. The trucks [...]	2003-03-30 12:58:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EPET ETRD IZ JO
03AMMAN1901	Jordan: Reply to Questionnaire [...] (u) Below is information on duties/taxes and customs procedures for information technology products and electronic commerce transactions for Jordan. Answers are keyed to questions reftel. Follow-up questions should be directed to Ian Campbell, Econ Section (CAMPBELLIP2(at)state.gov). Informat [...]	2003-03-31 05:14:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD JO ECIP
03AMMAN1902	REQUEST FOR EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZED DEPARTURE [...] (S) AmEmbassy Amman was placed on Authorized Departure beginning February 8, 2003 and the current extension of that status expires on April 7, 2003. Security concerns have increased since the start of the war with Iraq. GoJ authorities recently arrested Iraqis involved in a terrorist attack a [...]	2003-03-31 07:11:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	AMGT ASEC AEMR CASC JO
03AMMAN1905	TFIZO1: AMMAN SITREP 20 (3/31 1200 LOCAL) [...] (C) The Embassy is operating on a normal schedule March 31. Consular services are open. Activities at the American Language Center remain suspended, and there is only restricted activity by FSN's at the Peace Corps office. Movements of American staff remain restricted. --------------- Co [...]	2003-03-31 08:22:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC CVIS EFIN ETRD IZ JO
03AMMAN1910	MEDIA REACTION ON WAR IN IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2003-03-31 10:52:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN1914	PROPOSED VISIT TO JORDAN BY TREASURY AUDITING TEAM [...] (C) Post learned by email from NEA that Treasury Under Secretary Taylor contacted Jordanian Finance Minister Michel SIPDIS Marto and Central Bank of Jordan (CBJ) Governor Umayya Toukan regarding Treasury's interest in sending a small auditing team to Amman to learn more about the activitie [...]	2003-03-31 14:03:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	EFIN
03AMMAN192	DEMARCHE TO JORDAN ON ABU ABBAS [...] (S) The Ambassador made the points in reftel to Foreign Minister Muasher on the morning of January 9. Muasher said he understood the importance of the issue and would talk immediately to the Prime Minister and to GID Director Sa'ad Kheir. 2. (S/NF) Simultaneously, we raised the issue th [...]	2003-01-09 14:16:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL KCRM PGOV IT JO IQ
03AMMAN1922	TFIZO1: AMMAN SITREP 21 (3/31 1800 LOCAL) [...] (C) The Embassy operated on a normal schedule March 31. Consular services were open. Activities at the American Language Center remain suspended, and there is only restricted activity by FSN's at the Peace Corps office. Movements of American staff remain restricted. --------------- Consu [...]	2003-03-31 16:10:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR AMGT ASEC PREL CASC CVIS EFIN ETRD IZ JO
03AMMAN1928	TFIZO1: WEEKEND DEMONSTRATIONS MOSTLY PEACEFUL; [...] (C) Weekend demonstrations in Jordan's refugee camps, Amman, Irbid, Salt, Zarqa, Karak, Aqaba and Maan attracted large numbers of anti war Jordanians. Many demonstrators carried pictures of Saddam Hussein, a phenomenon that has been much less common in marches up to now, and chant "death to A [...]	2003-04-01 06:44:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM IZ JO
03AMMAN1929	TFIZO1: AMMAN SITREP 22 (4/01 1200 LOCAL) [...] (C) The Embassy is operating on a normal schedule April 1. Consular services are open. Activities at the American Language Center remain suspended, and there is only restricted activity by FSN's at the Peace Corps office. Movements of American staff remain restricted. --------------- Cons [...]	2003-04-01 07:51:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC CVIS EFIN ETRD IZ JO
03AMMAN1949	TFIZ01 THE IRAQI WAR THROUGH JORDANIAN EYES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Almost two weeks into the war, and Jordanians remain fully engrossed with the latest developments in Iraq. Although many have resumed their daily activities, a widening resentment towards the US has become virtually a universal sentiment and an accepted trut [...]	2003-04-01 11:36:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM JO
03AMMAN1951	MEDIA REACTION ON WAR IN IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-01 13:53:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN1953	TFIZO1: AMMAN SITREP 23 (4/01 2000 LOCAL) [...] (C) The Embassy operated on a normal schedule April 1. Consular services were open. Activities at the American Language Center remained suspended, and there was only restricted activity by FSN's at the Peace Corps office. Movements of American staff remained restricted. --------------- Co [...]	2003-04-01 15:52:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC CVIS EFIN EAIR IZ JO
03AMMAN1954	TFIZO1: 99 PROMINENT JORDANIANS LETTER EXHORT KING [...] (C) On March 31, Al Arab Al Yawm newspaper published an open letter to King Abdullah, signed by 99 prominent Jordanians, urging the King to toughen his stance against the "U.S. aggression" in Iraq. The letter's signers include former prime ministers, ministers, deputies, former intelligence o [...]	2003-04-01 17:59:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM IZ JO
03AMMAN1955	TFIZO1: AMMAN SITREP 24 (4/02 1000 LOCAL) [...] (C) The Embassy is operating on a normal schedule April 2. Consular services are open. Activities at the American Language Center remain suspended, and there is only restricted activity by FSN's at the Peace Corps office. Movements of American staff remain restricted. --------------- Co [...]	2003-04-02 05:16:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC CVIS EFIN ETRD IZ JO
03AMMAN1973	MEDIA REACTION ON WAR IN IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-02 11:50:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN1981	TFIZO1: 104 (LESS PROMINENT) JORDANIANS SIGN [...] (C) On April 2nd, Al Arab Al Yawm newspaper published a second letter addressed to King Abdullah. The letter contains one basic point -- the signatories support the King's handling of the war and his continuing efforts to stop the "aggression" against Iraq. The letter also praises the King [...]	2003-04-02 14:41:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM IZ JO
03AMMAN1983	TFIZO1: AMMAN SITREP 25 (4/02 2000 LOCAL) [...] (C) The Embassy operated on a normal schedule 2 April. Consular services were open. Activities at the American Language Center remain suspended, and there was only restricted activity by FSN's at the Peace Corps office. Movements of American staff remain restricted. --------------- Consula [...]	2003-04-02 15:49:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC CVIS EFIN ETRD IZ JO
03AMMAN1999	TFIZO1: AMMAN SITREP 26 (4/03 1000 LOCAL) [...] (C) The Embassy will operate on a normal schedule April 3. Consular services will be open. Activities at the American Language Center will remain suspended. Movements of American staff remain restricted. --------------- Consular Issues --------------- 2. (U) No new issues. ------- [...]	2003-04-03 08:59:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC CVIS EFIN ETRD IZ JO
03AMMAN2006	JORDAN GPA OFFER PRELIMINARY RESPONSES [...] (sbu) Below are informal responses to questions posed ref a based on our conversations with Jordan's GPA negotiating team and on our own research. Answers keyed to PARAGRAPHS in ref a. 2. (sbu) Para 4: The list of units in Annex Three represents a fairly complete list of units subordi [...]	2003-04-03 11:55:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD JO WTRO
03AMMAN2007	ZARQA BUSINESS COMMUNITY EYES PARLIAMENTARY [...] (sbu) Although they doubt elections will occur as scheduled on June 17, business leaders in Jordan's main industrial center believe a new parliament will redress the balance of political power in Jordan, giving areas outside Amman a greater voice in policy decisions. While a new parliament [...]	2003-04-03 12:02:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON JO
03AMMAN2009	Jordanian IPR Enforcement: Good on Interdiction, [...] (u) The GOJ has made good progress implementing Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) legislation in the last two years. As a result, the share of pirated material in the market has dropped considerably since 2000. Despite this progress, though, the current system has some flaws. There is a n [...]	2003-04-03 12:34:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD KIPR JO
03AMMAN2010	HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT DELIVERED TO MFA [...] (U) Per instruction in reftel A, on March 31 PolCouns and PolOff delivered the 2002 Country Report on Human Rights Practices to Ali al-Ayedd, Assistant to the Foreign Minister. PolCouns noted the report was less positive than the previous year's, but thanked Ayed for the MFA's increased dial [...]	2003-04-03 12:37:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM JO
03AMMAN2028	JORDANIAN ECONOMY: WELL-PREPARED, FOR NOW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A high state of preparedness on a number of levels has enabled the Jordanian economy to thus far weather the war with few dislocations. However, the expectations that have shaped the current economic stability factored in a nonprotracted and a relatively--at least for Jordan-- [...]	2003-04-03 15:30:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EAID ETRD JO
03AMMAN2029	TFIZ01: PM ABUL RAGHEB CONVOKES AMBASSADOR ON [...] (S) Prime Minister Ali Abul Ragheb convoked the Ambassador April 3 to deliver a message on Iraq. Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher was present, and PolCouns accompanied the Ambassador. Abul Ragheb said that Jordan opposed the war and was not happy that it had started, but needed to be pragma [...]	2003-04-03 15:36:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL PGOV IZ JO
03AMMAN2030	TFIZO1: AMMAN SITREP 26 (4/03 2000 LOCAL) [...] (SBU) The Embassy will be closed on April 4 and 5, for the Jordanian weekend. It will open for regular business on Sunday, April 7. The movement of American staff remains restricted. --------------- Consular Issues --------------- 2. (U) No new issues. ---------------------- GOJ [...]	2003-04-03 15:42:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC CVIS EFIN ETRD IZ JO
03AMMAN2032	TFIZ01: AMIDST EMOTIONS AND ANGER, A FEW CALMER [...] (C) SUMMARY. As we have reported, the anger of most Jordanians towards coalition military action against the Iraqi regime is obvious and unmistakable (reftels). However, as the war moves into its third week, we are beginning to see a "cooling off" among some of our contacts. One human right [...]	2003-04-03 15:49:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV JO
03AMMAN2033	TFIZO1: AMMAN SITREP 27 (4/04 1000 LOCAL) [...] (SBU) The Embassy is closed April 4 for the Jordanian weekend. It will reopen for regular business on Sunday, April 6. The movement of American staff remains restricted. --------------- Consular Issues --------------- 2. (U) See information about AMCIT reporter in para 9 below. -- [...]	2003-04-04 10:06:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC CVIS EFIN ETRD IZ JO
03AMMAN2035	JORDAN MEDIA PLAYS UP GOJ DEMARCHE AGAINST THE WAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: ROUNDING OUT THE GOVERNMENT'S THREE-DAY EFFORT TO ALIGN ITS PUBLIC STANCE MORE CLOSELY WITH THE FEELINGS OF AN ANGRY NATION, JORDAN'S STATE-OWNED AND INFLUENCED MEDIA APRIL 4 PLAYED UP THE PM'S CONVOKING OF THE AMBASSADOR AS EVIDENCE THAT THE GOJ IS TAKING TANGIBLE AND MEANINGFUL [...]	2003-04-04 13:35:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAO JO IZ
03AMMAN2044	TFIZO1: AMMAN SITREP 28 (4/05 1000 LOCAL) [...] (SBU) The Embassy is closed April 5 for the Jordanian weekend. It will reopen for regular business on Sunday, April 6. The movement of American staff remains restricted. --------------- Consular Issues --------------- 2. (U) Nothing new to report. ---------------------- GOJ Actions [...]	2003-04-05 09:06:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC CVIS EFIN ETRD IZ JO
03AMMAN2068	TFIZ01: ZARQA BUSINESS COMMUNITY PONDERS IRAQ'S [...] (c) Business community leaders in Zarqa, Jordan's industrial center, are hopeful that a post-war Iraq will open numerous new business opportunities for Jordanian companies. They fear, though, that Iraq's diverse social structure makes the country vulnerable to collapse into internecine warfar [...]	2003-04-06 13:35:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID PREL IZ JO
03AMMAN2069	DEMARCHE TO JORDAN ON BLOCKING UNGA MEETING ON IRAQ [...] (C) PolCouns on April 3 and again on April 6 raised ref points on possible UNGA discussion of Iraq with Ali al-Ayed, Personal Assistant to Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher. PolCouns emphasized that, when the UNSC is "seized of an issue of international peace and security" -- e.g. Iraq -- the [...]	2003-04-06 13:54:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ JO UNGA
03AMMAN2070	TFIZ01: JORDANIAN FSNS AND THE WAR NEXT DOOR [...] (C) Summary: As in Sanaa (reftel),the FSNs at the U.S. Mission in Amman are experiencing societal pressures and some personal doubts about working for the USG as a result of the war with Iraq. A recent news article implying that some FSNs effectively are spying on demonstrators for the Emba [...]	2003-04-06 14:39:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AMGT JO
03AMMAN2071	UNESCO EXECUTIVE BOARD: DEMARCHE ON IRAQ DELIVERED [...] (C) On April 3 and again on April 6, PolCouns raised with Ali al-Ayed, Personal Assistant to Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher, points from reftels on the possibility of a Cuban proposal to discuss Iraq in the UNESCO Executive Board. PolCouns stressed the inappropriateness of a politicized dis [...]	2003-04-06 14:42:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL JO UNESCO
03AMMAN2072	TFIZO1: AMMAN SITREP 29 (4/06 1730 LOCAL) [...] (C) The Embassy is operating on a normal schedule April 6. Consular services are open. Activities at the American Language Center remain suspended, and there is only restricted activity by FSN's at the Peace Corps office. Movements of American staff remain restricted. --------------- Co [...]	2003-04-06 15:35:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC CVIS EFIN ETRD IZ JO
03AMMAN2083	TFIZO1: ANOTHER WEEKEND OF PEACEFUL COUNTRYWIDE [...] (C) Several demonstrations ranging in the hundreds to the low thousands again took place throughout Jordan after Friday prayers on April 4. Press reports said the continuation of images of the destruction and civilian Iraqi deaths on Jordanians' television screens motivates the demonstrators. [...]	2003-04-07 11:51:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PHUM IZ JO
03AMMAN2092	JORDAN WILL SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDACY TO UNESCO [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-07 13:47:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC JO UNESCO
03AMMAN2098	TFIZO1: AMMAN SITREP 30 (4/07 1530 LOCAL) [...] (C) The Embassy is operating on a normal schedule April 7. Consular services are open. Activities at the American Language Center remain suspended, and there is only restricted activity by FSN's at the Peace Corps office. Movements of American staff remain restricted. 2. (SBU) Please n [...]	2003-04-07 16:22:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC CVIS EFIN ETRD IZ JO
03AMMAN2117	TFIZ01: AMBASSADOR RAISES U.S. CONCERNS ABOUT [...] (S) The Ambassador raised with Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher April 8 continued U.S. concerns over the unbalanced coverage in the Jordanian media of events in Iraq. MFA Officer Samer Dabbas and PolCouns also sat in. The Ambassador cited for Muasher several examples of factually incorrect [...]	2003-04-08 11:08:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL IZ JO
03AMMAN2124	NSC COALITION MEMBERS UPDATE DELIVERED: MFA [...] (S) In an April 8 meeting with FonMin Muasher that covered a number of issues (septel),the Ambassador delivered the April 7 NSC Coalition Members Update, as instructed reftel. Muasher welcomed the information and said he would look forward to receiving future updates as they become availabl [...]	2003-04-08 13:04:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	ASEC AMGT PREL MOPS IZ JO
03AMMAN2128	MEDIA REACTION ON WAR IN IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-08 13:27:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN2130	RUWEISHED RELIEF EFFORTS FLAPPING IN THE WIND [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: On April 5, refcoord and DART-West monitored operations at the IOM/JRCS TCN transit and UNHCR refugee camps in Ruweished. Rather than serving as a brief stopping point on the way home, the IOM/JRCS transit camp is struggling to care for an unexpected population of [...]	2003-04-08 15:57:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL EAID KPAL IZ JO
03AMMAN2131	TFIZO1: AMMAN SITREP 31 (4/08 1700 LOCAL) [...] (C) The Embassy is operating on a normal schedule April 8. Consular services are open. Activities at the American Language Center remain suspended, and there is only restricted activity by FSNs at the Peace Corps office. Movements of American staff remain restricted. 2. (S) The Ambassa [...]	2003-04-08 16:19:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC CVIS EFIN ETRD IZ JO
03AMMAN2132	IRAQ: MOTHER OF ALL PUBLIC DIPLOMACY BATTLES [...] (SBU) Summary. Post has continuously taken stock of where we are in the public diplomacy struggle, what we are doing about public opinion, and what more we can do to counter the deep anger and resume a productive dialogue in support of U.S. goals towards the region. In Jordan a profound di [...]	2003-04-08 16:59:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAO OPRC OIIP KWWW IZ
03AMMAN2155	MEDIA REACTION ON WAR IN IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-09 14:08:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN2159	TFIZO1: AMMAN SITREP 32 (4/09 1730 LOCAL) [...] (C) At approximately 2245 April 8, an Embassy TDYer was shot at and slightly injured by unknown assailants near the Le Royal Hotel in Amman. Immediately following this incident the Embassy issued a phone tree message to both American and Jordanian staff notifying them of what had occurred and [...]	2003-04-09 14:52:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC CVIS EFIN ETRD IZ JO
03AMMAN2179	MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-10 09:57:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN2194	UN FLASH APPEAL FOR HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE IN IRAQ [...] (U) As requested ref, refcoord contacted UN Resident Coordinator Christine McNab to ensure that UN officials in Jordan have raised the UN flash appeal with GOJ officials. McNab said that UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Iraq Ramiro Lopes da Silva will be in Jordan April 11-13 and will brief se [...]	2003-04-10 13:23:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PREF EAID IZ JO
03AMMAN2196	TF1Z01: JORDAN TELECOM REGULATOR NIJEM ON THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Muna Nijem, the head of the Jordanian Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (TRC) concluded a week of meetings recently in Washington with FTC, DOS, and World Bank officials in which she emphasized her commitment to make the TRC, with USG assistance, the strong body the sect [...]	2003-04-10 14:39:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS EINV ECON JO
03AMMAN2204	TFIZO1: AMMAN SITREP 33 (4/10 1845 LOCAL) [...] (C) Most Jordanians are still sorting through the complex emotions unleashed by the events of the past 24 hours in Baghdad and elsewhere in Iraq. Many appear in a state of shock that Saddam's rule collapsed so quickly, depressed that "once again the Arabs have lost," and uncomfortable with the [...]	2003-04-10 15:45:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC CVIS EFIN ETRD IZ JO
03AMMAN2205	TFIZ01: JORDANIANS DAZED AND CONFUSED OVER HOW TO [...] (C) The day after Saddam's statue crashed down in Fardous Square in Baghdad, Jordanians are mostly confused and unsure how to react, especially in front of Americans. Many tell us they are stunned that Baghdad "fell so easily" to the "invaders." The most cynical -- yet heartfelt-- remark is [...]	2003-04-10 16:02:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ JO
03AMMAN2206	FORMER PARLIAMENT SPEAKER CRITICIZES GOJ'S [...] (S) In a lengthy conversation April 8, former Parliament Speaker Abdul Hadi al-Majali (please protect throughout) told PolCouns that King Abdullah and Prime Minister Ali Abul Ragheb have mis-handled their public approach to the war in Iraq. Majali said that the King and PM have "only an eco [...]	2003-04-10 16:02:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PGOV PTER PREL IS IZ JO
03AMMAN2208	TFIZO1: AMMAN SITREP 34 (4/11 1630 LOCAL) [...] (SBU) Embassy Amman was closed for the first day of the local weekend on April 11, and will be closed for the second day of the weekend on April 12. American staff movements remain restricted. 2. (SBU) Absent any significant events, Embassy Amman will take Saturday, April 12 off. Our next [...]	2003-04-12 07:09:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC CVIS EFIN ETRD IZ JO
03AMMAN2212	QIZ'S WEATHERING WAR WELL - FOR NOW [...] (u) This cable has been coordinated with Embassy Tel Aviv. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (sbu) There is little evidence of systemic negative impacts on the QIZ's from the war, although there have been isolated instances of order cancellations. Although the government is concerned tha [...]	2003-04-13 06:13:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD IZ JO
03AMMAN2231	TFIZ01: LOCAL EXPORTERS FACE LOSSES FROM [...] (c) Summary: While the government meets with business leaders to formulate a plan to mitigate the economic costs of war in Iraq, local businesses are beginning to feel the squeeze from the inability of the evaporating Saddam regime to pay its bills. Local exporters worry that a new Iraqi g [...]	2003-04-13 14:50:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETRD EAID IZ JO
03AMMAN2232	JORDAN - REQUEST FOR 2003 EMBASSY SCIENCE [...] SUMMARY: Post welcomes the opportunity to further USG environmental and trade objectives in Jordan and requests an Embassy Science Fellow from EPA for up to three months during the summer of 2003. The fellow will provide technical assistance to the recently created Ministry of Environment, p [...]	2003-04-13 14:53:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPL SENV ETRD AMGT APER KSCA JO
03AMMAN2233	TFIZO1: AMMAN SITREP 35 (4/13 1745 LOCAL) [...] (C) Amman was calm throughout the weekend. We did not hear reports of significant demonstrations or protests anywhere in the country. 2. (SBU) The Embassy opened April 13 for normal business. Activities at the American Language Center and the Peace Corps offices remain suspended. Movement [...]	2003-04-13 14:53:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC CVIS EFIN ETRD IZ JO
03AMMAN2234	TFIZ01: JORDAN WILL PROTECT IRAQI DIPLOMATIC [...] (S) PolCouns on April 13 delivered ref points on the protection of Iraqi diplomatic property to Ali al-Ayed, personal assistant to Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher. Al-Ayed said Jordan had already taken steps to protect the Iraqi Embassy in Jordan even though no threat had yet arisen. GOJ of [...]	2003-04-13 15:02:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL IZ JO
03AMMAN2240	MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-14 12:32:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN2255	TFIZ01: ROYAL JORDANIAN INTEREST IN IRAQ CIVIL [...] (SBU) Summary. Royal Jordanian Airlines (RJ) indicates its availability to help Iraqi Airways or a successor Iraqi airline begin operations as quickly as possible. RJ, which has long experience in Iraq, is ready to operate flights on behalf of Iraqi Airways and/or provide technical, training [...]	2003-04-14 12:40:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR EAID IZ JO
03AMMAN2259	TFIZO1: AMMAN SITREP 36 (4/14 1700 LOCAL) [...] (C) Amman and the rest of Jordan is calm. No reports of any demonstrations anywhere in the Kingdom April 14. Embassy operated on a normal business schedule today. Movements of American personnel remain restricted. Activities at the American Language Center and Peace Corps offices remain su [...]	2003-04-14 16:14:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC CVIS EFIN ETRD IZ JO
03AMMAN2260	JORDAN ISSUES MODIFIED NOTAM [...] (SBU) After receiving REFTEL talking points April 8, Jordan Civil Aviation Authority Director Hanna Najjar told us that he had "no problem" issuing a Notice to Airmen (NOTAM),but said he would limit the contents to operational instructions, ICAO provisions, frequencies, etc., removing allusi [...]	2003-04-15 05:45:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR MOPS JO
03AMMAN2261	JORDAN HAS NOT RECEIVED EU DEMARCHE AGAINST [...] (C) PolCouns on April 13 raised ref points on EU intervention against bilateral Article 98 agreements with Ali al-Ayed, personal assistant to Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher. Al-Ayed said that he was unaware of any EU approach discouraging Jordan from signing an Article 98 agreement with th [...]	2003-04-15 05:55:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PHUM US EU JO

03AMMAN2294	TFIZ01: WHY JORDANIANS OPPOSE A ROLE FOR AHMED [...] (S) Both the official and popular reaction in Jordan to the return to Iraq of Iraqi National Congress (INC) leader Ahmed Chalabi has been sharply negative. Foreign Minister Muasher told the Ambassador that a Chalabi role in Iraq would cause "serious problems" for Jordan. Press and popular [...]	2003-04-15 15:32:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL KCRM PGOV IZ JO
03AMMAN2321	MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ AND U.S.-SYRIA [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-16 12:51:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN2331	TFIZO1: AMMAN SITREP 37 (4/16 1600 LOCAL) [...] (C) Embassy staff are allowed greater freedom of movement although restrictions are still in place. --------------- Consular Issues --------------- 2. (SBU) On April 16 ICRC contacted Embassy to report an AMCIT in Baghdad had approached their office there with a request that he be retu [...]	2003-04-17 04:25:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR AMGT PREL ASEC CASC CVIS EFIN ETRD IZ JO
03AMMAN2354	TFIZ01: JORDAN WILL NOT PERMIT ENTRY TO FLEEING [...] (S) Ambassador April 17 covered ref points on fleeing Iraqi officials with Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher. The Ambassador asked that Jordan not permit fleeing Iraqi officials entry into Jordan, and asked that the GOJ inform the USG if Jordan received any information about the travel of fo [...]	2003-04-17 14:49:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL IZ JO
03AMMAN2358	TFIZ01: SEVERAL MISSIONS REQUEST U.S. HELP TO [...] (C) The Polish Charge called the Ambassador April 17 to present a formal request from the Polish government for U.S. assistance in reestablishing its diplomatic presence in Baghdad. On April 16 we also received a formal diplomatic note from the Romanian Embassy in Amman requesting that Coal [...]	2003-04-17 14:58:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ODIP IZ JO
03AMMAN2363	TFIZ01: DISBURSAL OF SUPPLEMENTAL AID TO JORDAN [...] (s) Summary. With preliminary assessment of the political and economic impact of the war in Iraq revealing substantially greater costs than foreseen last year, senior leadership of the Jordanian government, including King Abdullah himself, have urged prompt disbursal of the recently appropr [...]	2003-04-18 15:22:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	EFIN EAID JO
03AMMAN2367	TFIZ01: JORDAN'S ENERGY MINISTER ON OIL SITUATION, [...] (c) Summary: Jordanian Energy Minister Mohammed Bataineh told us April 17 that after a slow start, Gulf oil was now flowing into Jordan to replace Iraqi crude. Jordanian reserves had dipped initially when Iraqi oil stopped flowing, but had since stabilized and were expected to replenish soo [...]	2003-04-20 10:28:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ETRD ENRG IZ JO
03AMMAN237	JORDAN FIRST CAMPAIGN PRESSES AHEAD: [...] (C) The "Jordan First" campaign continues to make headlines almost daily as the GOJ moves to implement recommendations put forward in December by the Jordan First Committee--consisting of 31 political and business leaders. While some of the initiatives are straightforward, others--particularly [...]	2003-01-13 06:37:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM JO
03AMMAN2372	MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-20 11:58:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN2374	TFIZ01: OFAC LICENSE REQUEST DENIAL LETTER [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. Please see para. 5. 2. (SBU) As per instructions REF, econoff delivered letter to Dr. Muwaffak Haddadin, Director General, Arab Company for Drug Industries and Medical Appliances (ACDIMA),on April 16. The letter, a copy of which was provided t [...]	2003-04-20 14:36:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETRD ETTC PREL JO
03AMMAN2394	MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ AND THE PALESTINIAN [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-21 11:17:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN2400	TFIZ01: JORDAN SEEKS U.S. ASSISTANCE TO RETURN [...] (C) During a meeting with the Ambassador and PolCouns April 20, Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Shaher Bak asked for USG assistance in helping the GOJ reopen its Embassy in Baghdad. Muasher said that Jordan wished to return the Ambassador and some d [...]	2003-04-21 14:25:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS IZ JO
03AMMAN2402	PM AFFIRMS GOJ INTENT TO HOLD ELECTIONS JUNE 17, [...] (C) PM Ali Abul Ragheb affirmed publicly on April 18 that the GOJ intends to proceed with parliamentary elections on June 17. However, the King told the British Ambassador that there were 70-30 odds that elections would go forward as planned and the King confided to the Ambassador on April [...]	2003-04-22 04:12:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI JO
03AMMAN2403	SPEAKER REQUEST IN SUPPORT OF JORDAN'S [...] SUMMARY: IN SUPPORT OF JORDAN'S PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS SCHEDULED FOR JUNE 17, PA REQUESTS THE RETURN OF U.S. SPECIALIST DARYL GLENNEY, A COMMUNICATIONS AND STRATEGIC PLANNING CONSULTANT, MAY 17-26, 2003, TO ASSIST WOMEN CANDIDATES IN PREPARING FOR THEIR CAMPAIGNS FOR THE 2003 PARLIAMENTARY EL [...]	2003-04-22 06:20:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP OEXC SCUL JO
03AMMAN2427	950 ASYLUM SEEKERS AT JORDAN-IRAQ BORDER, UNHCR [...] (C) The GOJ is not admitting most asylum seekers to the UNHCR refugee camp at Ruweished. As of mid-day on April 22, 950 people (roughly 800 Iranian Kurds, 50 Iranian oppositionists and 100 Palestinians) are being held in no-man's land between the Iraqi and Jordanian border posts, where they [...]	2003-04-22 15:47:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	PREF PREL EAID MOPS IZ JO
03AMMAN2429	Survey of Jordan's Wireless Internet [...] As per instructions REFTEL, we consulted with Jordanian telecom regulatory officials to respond to survey questions regarding Wi-Fi regulations in Jordan. Follow-up questions can be directed to Greg Garramone, Econ Section (GarramoneGG@state.gov). The responses begin para. 2. 2. Jordan [...]	2003-04-23 05:30:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS ECON ETRD JO
03AMMAN244	MIXED SIGNALS OUT OF AQABA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Over the past year, impressive progress in a number of areas in the Aqaba Special Economic Zone (ASEZ),much of it due to US Government support, is evident. However, in areas in which USAID assistance has not been deployed, significant obstacles remain, such as an inefficient b [...]	2003-01-13 10:52:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD PREF KPAL JO
03AMMAN2447	TFIZ01: HEAD OF BENI HASSAN TRIBE IN JORDAN SAYS [...] (S) Sheikh Nawwaf al-Eitan, head of the Beni Hassan tribe in Jordan, contacted PolCouns April 17 to say that the head of the Beni Hassan tribe in Iraq would like to cooperate with Coalition forces. Sheikh Nawwaf said that Sheikh Hatem al-Hassan, leader of the Beni Hassan in Iraq, called this [...]	2003-04-23 13:04:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL PGOV IZ JO
03AMMAN245	MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ AND THE PALESTINIAN [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-13 11:56:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN2467	TFIZ01:TRACKING IRAQI ASSETS IN JORDAN [...] (s) The GOJ has agreed to receive a small team of U.S. Treasury experts. Prime Minister Ali Abu Ragheb told the Ambassador on April 23 that Central Bank Governor Umayya Toukan would cooperate and work closely with the team to the extent consistent with Jordanian law. Abu Ragheb stressed tha [...]	2003-04-24 07:03:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	EFIN ETTC JO IZ UNSC
03AMMAN2468	Request for Two American Cultural Specialists - FY [...] Summary: The Amman Public Affairs section requests two ACULSPECS, Ms. Lynne Allen and her husband Mr. Sergei Tsvetkov for July/August 2003. SIPDIS A.) Ms. Lynne Allen, Professor of Art and Director of Rutgers Center for Innovative Print and Paper, Department of Visual Arts, Mason Gross S [...]	2003-04-24 08:52:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP OEXC SCUL JO
03AMMAN2486	STOPPING FLEEING IRAQI LEADERSHIP FROM ENTERING [...] (S) PolCouns on April 23 passed reftel list of senior former Iraqi officials to Ali al-Ayed, personal assistant to Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher. Ayed said he would pass the list to the proper authorities. 2. (S/NF) ORCA will also pass the list in its channels. GNEHM [...]	2003-04-24 12:58:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	MARR MOPS PREL IZ JO
03AMMAN2504	JORDAN TO HOST SPECIAL WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM [...] Post received original letters from King Abdullah to President Bush, NSA Rice, Secretary Powell, USTR Zoellick, Administrator Natsios, and Senator John Kerry, inviting them to participate in an extraordinary meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) to be held in Jordan June 21-23. The theme [...]	2003-04-28 14:44:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KPAO OVIP JO
03AMMAN2505	IRANIAN DEPUTY FONMIN IN AMMAN TALKS IRAQ, PEACE [...] (SBU) Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs, Sayed Mohammed Sadr, visited Amman April 23. He met with King Abdullah -- for whom he carried a message from President Khatami -- and Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher. The official press releases following the meetings (ref [...]	2003-04-28 15:02:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL IR JO
03AMMAN2509	JORDAN-BASED COMPANY REPEATS OFAC LICENSE REQUEST [...] (SBU) In response to letter delivered APRIL 16 as requested in REF B, recipient Dr. Muwaffak Haddadin, Director General, Arab Company for Drug Industries and Medical Appliances (ACIDMA) asked that we pass along his response on behalf of the company addressed to OFAC's David Mills. Haddadin to [...]	2003-04-29 08:40:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC JO
03AMMAN252	MULLAH KREKAR: JORDAN UNLIKELY TO BE ABLE TO MEET [...] (S) Charge and PolCouns delivered ref a points January 13 to Ali al-Ayed, personal assistant to Foreign Minister Muasher, and Samer Naber, MFA Legal Advisor. Charge encouraged the GOJ to provide to the Dutch as much as possible of the additional evidentiary and legal information they have r [...]	2003-01-13 15:49:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER SNAR KCRM NO NL JO
03AMMAN2528	IRAQ WAR HITS POPULAR CREDIBILITY OF KING [...] (S) The perceived support that King Abdullah gave to the military campaign in Iraq -- which many Jordanians contrast with his statements that U.S. forces in Jordan performed merely a defensive role -- has led to a good bit of anti-government grumbling and, during the war, some open criticism [...]	2003-04-29 15:55:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM IZ JO
03AMMAN2529	JORDANIAN PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS SET FOR JUNE 17; [...] (S) In a conversation with the Ambassador on April 25, King Abdullah confirmed that Jordan will hold Parliamentary elections on June 17, as PM Ali Abul Ragheb had publicly affirmed a week earlier (ref A). The King told the Ambassador that although some voices had been advising him to delay th [...]	2003-04-29 16:14:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PGOV KDEM JO
03AMMAN253	JORDAN CHANGES HUMANITARIAN PLANNING TO ACCEPT [...] (S) Summary and comment: The Prime Minister, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and JAF Assistant Chief of Staff confirmed in separate meetings that, in the event of hostilities in Iraq, the GOJ would allow 10,000 to 20,000 Iraqi refugees to enter Jordan on a "temporary basis." JAF Assis [...]	2003-01-13 17:15:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREF PREL EAID MOPS IZ JO OFDA
03AMMAN2536	ORDER FOR 4TH OF JULY PAPER SHOW [...] POST WISHES TO ORDER ONE 4TH OF JULY: AN AMERICAN CELEBRATION PAPER SHOW IN ENGLISH. PLEASE USE APO SHIPMENT: CAO DONNA WINTON AMERICAN EMBASSY AMMAN PUBLIC AFFAIRS SECTION APO AE 09892 - 0205 UNIT 70205 2. PLEASE CHARGE THE COST OF U.S. DOLLARS 40 FOR THE PAPER SHOW P [...]	2003-04-30 08:45:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP OEXC SCUL JO
03AMMAN2539	LABOR SUPPORTING PARLIAMENTARY CANDIDATE; UNION [...] (C) SUMMARY. Fathallah Omrani, Vice President of the Jordanian International Textile Workers Union, told us April 29 he is optimistic a parliamentary candidate in Irbid endorsed by the textile union would be elected. He was also pleased to report increased contact with the Palace on QIZ/lab [...]	2003-04-30 08:52:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB JO ILAB
03AMMAN2548	RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR ASSESSMENT OF ENHANCED [...] No summary [...]	2003-04-30 11:57:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KSPR MARR MCAP MOPS PINS JO
03AMMAN2561	EMBASSY AMMAN'S APPLICATION FOR HRDF GRANT FUNDS [...] Embassy Amman welcomes the opportunity to compete for funds from the Department's Human Rights and Democracy Fund (HRDF). The following proposals are tailored to criteria in reftel, i.e. supporting critical mission human rights priorities, relevance to foreign policy objectives, and within E [...]	2003-04-30 14:34:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID KDEM KSEP PGOV PHUM
03AMMAN2562	JORDAN: TRADING WITH IRAQ [...] (sbu) The following responses to the questions asked ref A are based on our ongoing dialogue with Jordanian officials and business leaders on their business and trade relationships with Iraq. Refs B and C are recent reports on these issues. 2. (sbu) Jordan was not one of the countries [...]	2003-04-30 14:38:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON JO IZ
03AMMAN2568	DEMARCHE TO JORDAN ON ROADMAP PRESENTATION [...] (C) A/DCM May 1 presented a copy of the Roadmap to and reviewed reftel points with Ali al-Ayed, Personal Assistant to Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher. Ayed took careful notes of the talking points, focusing especially on the actions that the USG is asking Israel and the Palestinian Authority [...]	2003-05-01 11:08:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IS JO
03AMMAN2569	JORDAN OFFICIALS REITERATE COMMITMENT ON OIL PRICES [...] (c) In public and private statements, senior Jordanian officials continue to reaffirm their commitment to eliminate subsidies and move to a market-based system for distributing petroleum products. In remarks to Jordanian newspaper editors published in each of the three Arabic dailies on Apr [...]	2003-05-01 11:56:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EAID JO
03AMMAN2571	INFORMATION ON LABOR IN JORDAN [...] (U) The following information is provided per reftel A instructions. 2. (SBU) Answers are keyed to reftel a. I. Capacity and structure of Ministry of Labor a. Ministry structure The Ministry (MOL) consists of 16 departments in addition to the Minister's office. These departments [...]	2003-05-01 13:30:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB
03AMMAN2616	IRAQI "SOUVENIR" CAUSE OF FATAL EXPLOSION AT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: An explosive device apparently picked up in Iraq as a souvenir by a Japanese photo-journalist detonated at Queen Alia International Airport during examination by a security guard May 1, killing the guard and injuring five others. The photographer remains incarcerated by Jordan [...]	2003-05-04 13:26:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ASEC PTER JO
03AMMAN2626	PALESTINIANS IN POST-SADDAM IRAQ [...] (C) Summary and Comment: The estimated 90,000 long-term Palestinian residents of Iraq reportedly are losing the legal protection, privileges and access to government services extended by the Saddam government, resulting in a flow of more than 800 Palestinians toward Jordan since the onset of [...]	2003-05-04 14:56:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PHUM KPAL IZ JO UNSC
03AMMAN2627	INCREASING NUMBERS OF DIPLOMATIC PERSONNEL SEEKING [...] (C) Over the past week, Embassy Amman, Task Force West, units deployed in Iraq, and CENTCOM HQ have worked jointly to facilitate the movement of several foreign diplomatic convoys into Baghdad from Amman, following requests from those diplomatic missions (see list para 3) asking for guidance a [...]	2003-05-04 15:21:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ JO
03AMMAN2659	JORDAN RESPONSE TO CUSTOMS DEMARCHES [...] (u) Embassy delivered ref demarches to Marwan Gharaibeh, Director of Planning and Organization at Jordanian Customs, on May 4. Gharaibeh said the GOJ would support the USG position on both subjects. BERRY [...]	2003-05-05 13:44:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD JO
03AMMAN2669	REQUEST TO TERMINATE AUTHORIZED DEPARTURE FOR [...] (C) The post EAC met on 29 April 2003 to review security conditions and events following the end of military operations in Iraq. Apart from the incident reported in reftel C, there have been no security- related incidents involving Americans recently. Nevertheless, the EAC decided to postpon [...]	2003-05-06 07:24:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	AEMR ASEC AMGT PTER CASC KFLO PGOV JO
03AMMAN2678	MEDIA REACTION ON ROAD MAP, ALTERNATIVE [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-06 13:13:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN268	SESAME--A VIRTUAL REALITY [...] No summary [...]	2003-01-14 09:54:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TSPL TPHY TBIO KSCA EAID SENV JO MEPN
03AMMAN2682	JORDAN'S JUNE 17 PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS: TIMELINE [...] (U) Jordan is scheduled to hold parliamentary elections on June 17. This cable provides basic information regarding the legal requirements candidates must fulfill in the run-up to the election, as well as a timeline of when specific actions must occur prior to the sitting of the new Parliament [...]	2003-05-06 14:37:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI JO
03AMMAN2694	JORDAN TOURISM TAKES ANOTHER SHORT-TERM HIT [...] (sbu) SUMMARY. The war in Iraq was a new blow to the Jordanian tourism industry, which was already reeling from the fallout of the Intifada and September 11. With the war's impact reflected in cancellations that began in January, the Jordanian tourist industry has basically written off the [...]	2003-05-07 05:19:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN JO
03AMMAN2716	JORDAN HIKES CONSUMER FUEL PRICES [...] (C) Summary. The GOJ raised prices of oil derivatives and by-products an average of four to eight per cent effective May 7, 2003. Finance Minister Marto and other senior officials confirmed publicly and privately that this was the first installment in a plan to raise consumer prices of petr [...]	2003-05-07 13:09:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN JO
03AMMAN2717	JORDAN HIKES CONSUMER FUEL PRICES [...] (C) Summary. The GOJ raised prices of oil derivatives and by-products an average of four to eight per cent effective May 7, 2003. Finance Minister Marto and other senior officials confirmed publicly and privately that this was the first installment in a plan to raise consumer prices of petr [...]	2003-05-07 13:17:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN JO
03AMMAN2752	SUPPLEMENTAL ESF FOR JORDAN [...] (c) On May 6, Embassy shared with Ministers Marto and Awadallah drafts sent from Washington of the bilateral transfer agreement that would govern the $700 million FY03 emergency supplmental ESF transfer. The most recent draft includes among the policy measures that the GOJ must execute prio [...]	2003-05-08 14:20:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EAID JO
03AMMAN2755	WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION (WHO) FRAMEWORK [...] (SBU) On April 29, poloff delivered reftel points and non-paper to Ayman Aamiri, Deputy Director of the MFA's IO department, asking for Jordan's support in the deletion of article 30 of the FCTC as a limited amendment before final adoption at the upcoming World Health Assembly. On the same da [...]	2003-05-08 14:33:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC PREL JO WHO
03AMMAN2775	IRAQ SANCTIONS IMPLEMENTATION UNDER JORDANIAN LAW [...] (c) Embassy has consulted with Trade Ministry and Foreign Ministry officials to obtain answers to reftel questions regarding sanctions implementation. Answers keyed to reftel questions: -- UNSCR 661 was implemented in Jordan by Prime Ministerial decree. Within the context of the sanctio [...]	2003-05-11 12:18:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ JO UNSC
03AMMAN2786	JORDAN REACTS POSITIVELY TO PRESIDENT'S MAY 9 [...] (C) Initial reaction in Jordan to the President's May 9 speech calling for the establishment within ten years of a U.S.-Mideast Free Trade Area has been positive, especially among senior government officials. In a phone conversation May 10 with the Ambassador, Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher [...]	2003-05-11 15:45:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD KPAL IS XF JO
03AMMAN2788	MEDIA REACTION ON SECSTATE VISIT AND [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-12 05:43:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN2801	JORDANIAN MILITARY PROSECUTOR CHARGES 11 WITH [...] (SBU) The military prosecutor indicted 11 people on May 11 involved in the plot to assassinate USAID employee Larry Foley. Jordanian officials have captured and detained four of the accused, including the possible trigger man, but seven remain at large outside of Jordan, including the accused [...]	2003-05-12 14:51:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER ASEC PREL JO
03AMMAN2822	ISLAMIC ACTION FRONT ANNOUNCES LIST OF 29 [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-13 15:53:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI JO
03AMMAN2825	DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO JORDAN TO SUBMIT [...] (SBU) On May 14, A/PolCouns delivered reftel points to Ayman Aimiri, Deputy Director of the MFA's IO Department. Aamiri said that he was unfamiliar with AIR SERV's request and had not received any message asking for instructions from Jordan's Mission in New York on this case. A/PolCouns under [...]	2003-05-14 09:43:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAIR ETTC JO IZ
03AMMAN2829	SECRETARY POWELL, FM MUASHER EXCHANGE BIT [...] (SBU) On May 13, Secretary Powell and Jordanian FM Muasher exchanged Instruments of Ratification of the American-Jordanian Bilateral Investment Treaty, bringing entry into force of the Treaty in thirty days. The exchange was held in a brief ceremony before a press event during the Secretary' [...]	2003-05-15 07:30:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV KTIA JO
03AMMAN2844	MEDIA REACTION ON RIYADH BOMBINGS, PEACE [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-15 12:06:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN2871	DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO JORDAN ON REORGANIZATION OF [...] (SBU) On May 14, A/DCM conveyed ref A points to Ali Al-Ayed, personal assistant to FonMin Muasher. Al-Ayed took down all the information without offering any substantive comment. 2. (C) On May 15, al-Ayed contacted A/Polcouns inquiring how the information on the reorganized Iraqi MFA rela [...]	2003-05-15 15:14:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ JO
03AMMAN2884	VISA CARD OFFICIAL SEEKS CONTACTS IN BAGHDAD [...] (SBU) Visa Jordan, a subsidiary of Visa International, has sent a staff member to Baghdad to work with Iraqi businesses to enable them to accept Visa credit and debit card payments. Under the system, a limited number of Iraqi businesses would be able to accept such payments, authorization w [...]	2003-05-18 10:42:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP EAID AMGT JO IZ
03AMMAN2889	YOUR MAY 31 - JUNE 1 VISIT TO JORDAN [...] (C) Director Mueller: It was a pleasure speaking with you last week regarding your upcoming visit to the region. As you will recall, at that time I was not certain whether King Abdullah or GID Director Sa'ad Kheir would be in Jordan at the end of the month or traveling abroad. I am happy to [...]	2003-05-18 15:27:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KCRM JO
03AMMAN2928	MEDIA REACTION ON SUICIDE BOMBINGS AND MIDDLE [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-19 11:47:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN2933	ELECTION REGISTRATION OPENS; 622 CANDIDATES APPLY [...] (U) Registration for candidates wishing to run in the June 17 elections officially began on May 18. Candidates have three days to register; afterwards, the GOJ has 4 days to verify the candidates meet the requirements to run. Political parties have been coy about announcing their candidates a [...]	2003-05-19 14:48:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL JO
03AMMAN2934	INFORMATION ON INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT FOR IRAQ'S [...] (U) On May 19, A/PolCouns delivered reftel information on staffing gaps ORHA has identified in Iraq's Ministries to Ali Al-Ayed, personal assistant to Foreign Minister Muasher. Al-Ayed promised to share the material with GOJ agencies and departments that have specialized expertise in the releva [...]	2003-05-19 14:53:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EFIN PREL IZ JO
03AMMAN2935	AMBASSADOR DELIVERS DEMARCHE ON REORGANIZATION OF [...] (U) The Ambassador delivered ref A demarche to Foreign Minister Muasher May 19 during a meeting that covered a number of issues (other topics reported septels). (Note: A/DCM had previously delivered the same message to Muasher's personal assistant, Ali Al-Ayed on May 14 (ref B)). 2. (C) Mu [...]	2003-05-19 14:56:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ JO
03AMMAN2954	NEW MIDDLE EAST REGIONAL WATER ACTIVITY FLUSH WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A recent Middle East regional workshop on wastewater reuse in agriculture, jointly-organized by USDA, USEPA, and USGS, brought together about 25 Jordanians, Palestinians, and Israelis for several days of presentations and sharing of information and experiences. Despite the cur [...]	2003-05-20 12:32:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SENV JO MEPP
03AMMAN2956	MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-20 12:37:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN2959	WHO SCALE OF ASSESSMENTS: JORDANIAN HEALTH [...] (U) On May 18, A/Polcouns conveyed reftel points on the WHO scale of assessments issue to Ambassador Musa Burayzat, the Director of the MFA's IO Department, and requested Jordan's support of the U.S. position at the WHA in Geneva. Separately, econoff passed the same material to the Jordanian M [...]	2003-05-20 13:29:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC KUNR PREL JO UN WHO
03AMMAN2989	JORDAN'S POLITICAL PARTIES: ISLAMISTS, LEFTISTS, [...] (U) This cable provides background on Jordan's political parties participating in upcoming parliamentary elections on June 17. Jordan's political landscape, runs the gamut from religious to secular and from left to right, complicated by tribal and family loyalties. The Islamic Action Front, t [...]	2003-05-20 16:13:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI JO
03AMMAN2997	DEMARCHE ON THE STATUS OF THREE INSTRUMENTS [...] (C) Per reftel a, on April 19 A/PolCouns and PolOff delivered message to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. MFA Legal Adviser Samer Naber and Human Rights Officer Bisher Khasawneh provided the following information: a. The GOJ is a party to ILO Convention 182 (reftel B). b. On the Protocol [...]	2003-05-21 08:56:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM JO
03AMMAN2998	JORDAN'S AMCHAM PLANS IRAQ SUPPORT EFFORTS [...] (u) The Jordan-American Business Association is putting together a program to support efforts by Jordanian companies to assist in Iraq reconstruction efforts. The centerpiece of the plan, which envisions a host of activities both to get Jordanian companies into Iraq and to sell Jordan as a [...]	2003-05-21 09:31:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV EAID JO IZ
03AMMAN3009	MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-21 11:13:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN3039	JORDANIAN CAMPAIGNING AQABA STYLE; INSIGHT INTO [...] (U) PolOff attended a luncheon in Aqaba on May 15 hosted by Dr. Mohammed Badri, a former member of the parliament for the Aqaba Governorate and current candidate for the June 17 parliamentary elections. The Aqaba governorate is composed of one district with two Muslim seats. Dr. Badri discuss [...]	2003-05-21 14:31:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI JO
03AMMAN3047	SCENESETTER FOR CDR, CENTCOM GENERAL FRANKS' MAY [...] (C) GENERAL FRANKS: WELCOME BACK TO JORDAN. YOUR VISIT PROVIDES AN OUTSTANDING OPPORTUNITY TO THANK THE LEADERSHIP OF JORDAN FOR THEIR SUPPORT IN OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM AND THEIR CONTINUED EFFORT IN AFGHANISTAN, CONGRATULATE THE CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS ON HIS RECENT PROMOTION TO GENERAL, [...]	2003-05-22 09:18:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MARR PARM MASS JO
03AMMAN3050	MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2003-05-22 10:08:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN3055	JORDAN TELECOM EXPLORING IRAQI MARKET OPTIONS [...] (sbu) Summary: Senior management staff from Jordan Telecom called on ECONOFF May 15 to inquire about commercial opportunities for provision of mobile telecoms service in Iraq and to ask for requirements and procedures for importing telecoms equipment into Iraq on a commercial basis. JTC see [...]	2003-05-22 12:29:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS ETRD EAID JO IZ
03AMMAN3056	JORDAN QIZ UPDATE MAY 2003 [...] (u) This message has been cleared by Embassy Tel Aviv. 2. (sbu) Summary: Putting war worries to rest, Jordan's QIZ exporters maintained solid growth throughout the first four months of the year and are bullish on prospects for the balance of 2003. Both the government and private sector [...]	2003-05-22 13:15:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV ELAB IS JO
03AMMAN3078	JORDAN ELECTION MISCELLANY: END OF WEEK ONE [...] (U) At the end of the May 18-20 registration period, 821 candidates had registered nationwide for the 110 Lower House seats to be contested. In a move that surprised few, the Amman governor and the head of the elections committee rejected Toujan Faisal's application for participation in the P [...]	2003-05-22 14:59:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL JO
03AMMAN3099	MIDDLE EAST TRADE INITIATIVE ASSESSMENT - JORDAN [...] (c) Senior Jordanian officials issued strongly supportive statements both in public and in private following the President's May 9 announcement regarding the Middle East Trade Initiative. In comments repeated privately to the Ambassador (ref b),Planning Minister Bassem Awadallah told the J [...]	2003-05-26 14:48:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON EINV JO
03AMMAN3102	DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (U) A/POLCOUNS delivered Reftel points on the OIC Foreign Minister's Conference to Ibrahim Awawdeh, Director of the Foreign Minister's office, on May 26. Awawdeh reviewed the points, but had no substative comments. GNEHM [...]	2003-05-27 04:24:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL IZ XF ISCON
03AMMAN3135	ELECTION SUPPORT ACTIVITIES [...] (C) Summary. In the three remaining weeks before the June 17 Parliamentary elections the Mission is coordinating with MEPI-funded NGOs, including the National Democratic Institute (NDI) and the International Republican Institute (IRI) to strengthen the electoral process and traditions, to enco [...]	2003-05-29 09:24:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM SCUL OEXC OIIP JO
03AMMAN3141	FOLLOW UP ON PRESIDENT'S PROPOSED MIDDLE EAST [...] POST NOMINATES THE FOLLOWING THREE SENIOR LEVEL CANDIDATES FOR THE MIDDLE EAST REGIONAL JUSTICE FORUM IN BAHRAIN: - H.E. MOHAMMAD AL RAQQAD, HEAD OF THE JUDICIAL COUNCIL; - H.E. FARES NABULSI, MINISTER OF JUSTICE; - MS. REEM ABU HASSAN, LAWYER AND KEY PLAYER IN REFORM EFFORTS; PLEASE NOTE [...]	2003-05-29 09:47:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KJUS JO
03AMMAN3152	JORDAN FY 2003 PL 480 TITLE I DEVELOPMENT PLANS [...] NATIONAL AID FUND - $5,922,000: SUPPORT LOW-INCOME FAMILIES. (THOSE WITHOUT BREADWINNERS OR ANY INCOME TO OVERCOME THE DIFFICULTIES OF POVERTY.) 2. ADMINISTRATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES OF AL-TAFILEH AND AL-KARAK GOVERN ORATES - $493,500: AIMS AT STOPPING LANDSLIDES, THE DEVELOPMENT OF 39,0 [...]	2003-05-29 14:58:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID JO
03AMMAN3172	KING ABDULLAH'S MAY 26 NATIONAL DAY ADDRESS [...] (SBU) King Abdullah devoted most of his May 26 National Day address to preparations for the upcoming Parliamentary elections scheduled for June 17, only giving "hot button" regional issues such as Palestine and Iraq scant mention at the conclusion of his remarks. ---------------------------- [...]	2003-05-30 12:16:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM JO
03AMMAN3173	PRINCE HASSAN HOSTS CONFERENCE OF IRAQI RELIGIOUS LEADERS IN AMMAN MAY 27-28 [...] (U) Former Crown Prince Hassan hosted a conference in Amman May 27-28 attended by 20 representatives of Iraqi religious communities and 40 international religious figures. Organized by the "World Conference on Religion and Peace," (WCRP) participants included Iraqi Shi'ite leaders Ayatollah M [...]	2003-05-30 12:16:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ JO
03AMMAN3175	FY-03 MRP: "ELECTRONIC COMMERCE AND THE GLOBAL [...] THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS SECTION NOMINATES TWO IRAQI CANDIDATES, MS. NISREN KAZIMI, MULTI-MEDIA GRAPHICS DESIGNER, AND MS. WAFA AL-DADA, WEBSITE DESIGNER AND E- COMMERCE EXPERT, RUBICON-JORDAN TECHNOLOGY GROUP. FUNDING FOR THIS PROGRAM WILL BE ALLOCATED FROM A SPECIAL FUND FOR IRAQI CANDIDATES. F [...]	2003-06-01 07:30:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL JO
03AMMAN3190	JORDAN'S IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION CONFERENCE A HOT [...] (u) Summary: Surprising local organizers, reservations for a June 5 Iraq Reconstruction conference are flooding in from throughout the region. Confirmed bookings have already exceeded the organizers' rosiest predictions, even with a sticker price three times the going rate for conferences i [...]	2003-06-02 08:55:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV EAID IZ JO
03AMMAN3205	Invitations to Foreign/Trade Ministers Event [...] Post received the following two letters from Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher for transmission to Secretary Powell and Ambassador Zoellick. The letters are identical with the exception of portions marked with parentheses. Originals have been faxed to NEA/ARN. 2. Begin text: Dear Mr. Se [...]	2003-06-02 13:35:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD PREL OVIP JO POWELL COLIN
03AMMAN3207	MEDIA REACTION ON SHARM EL-SHEIKH AND AQABA [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-02 13:41:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN3233	MEDIA REACTION ON SHARM EL-SHEIKH AND AQABA [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-03 12:12:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN3242	UNRWA MAY 21-22 DONORS MEETING: BUDGET [...] (U) Summary: UNRWA's May 21-22 meeting of major donors and host governments revealed an agency in an atypically sound cash-flow position but troubled by overall budget shortfalls and underfunded emergency needs in the West Bank and Gaza, with only USD 25 million received against its current [...]	2003-06-03 14:45:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL KPAL KWBG EAID IS JO
03AMMAN3261	MEDIA REACTION ON SHARM EL-SHEIKH AND AQABA [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-04 11:35:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN3308	MONITORING AND EVALUATING ICMC'S HUMANITARIAN [...] Embassy Beirut cleared this message. 2. As requested ref a, Regional Refcoord monitored the International Catholic Migration Commission's (ICMC) humanitarian assistance project for vulnerable Iraqis in Lebanon on May 13, 2003. Report is keyed to questions provided ref a. A. On May 1 [...]	2003-06-05 14:41:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL EAID IZ LE JO
03AMMAN3309	FACILITATING THE WORK OF IRAQ INSPECTION TEAMS IN [...] Embassy Amman welcomes the visit of an Iraqi MFA inspection team to Amman and will be happy to facilitate the work of the team, in coordination with the UK Embassy in Amman. Post will name a specific liaison officer for the Iraqi MFA team when we have specific travel dates to Amman, given th [...]	2003-06-04 17:13:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ODIP IZ JO
03AMMAN3310	MONITORING AND EVALUATING ICMC'S LEGAL AND SOCIAL [...] Embassy Beirut cleared this message. 2. As requested reftel, Regional Refcoord monitored the International Catholic Migration Commission's (ICMC) legal and social protection project on May 13, 2003. Report is keyed to questions provided reftel. A. On May 13, refcoord and Embassy Beir [...]	2003-06-05 14:44:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL EAID IZ LE JO
03AMMAN3311	JORDANIANS PROUD, SKEPTICAL OF AQABA SUMMIT [...] (C) Initial reaction from a sample of Embassy contacts and the local press indicates that most Jordanians feel a combination of pride for Jordan's role as host of the Aqaba Summit (and King Abdullah's performance as Hussein-like peacemaker),but lingering skepticism that any real progress will [...]	2003-06-05 14:48:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IS KPAL JO MEPP
03AMMAN3332	FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER WITH FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) FBI Director Robert Mueller met June 1 with Jordanian Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher. The Ambassador, Mueller's Special Assistant Solomon, Executive Assistant Director D'Amuro, LEGATT, and PolCouns accompanied Mueller. Muasher's Personal Assistant Ali al-Ayed and MFA Legal Advisor Same [...]	2003-06-08 13:08:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL CJAN PGOV JO
03AMMAN3365	TRAVEL OF NEA ADVANCE TEAM FOR WORLD ECONOMIC [...] Embassy Amman grants country clearance to State/NEA personnel Gary Grappo, Amy Schedlbauer, Jessica Davies and Sonia Franceski to Amman, Jordan from o/a June 10 to o/a June 25, 2003. Purpose of the trip is to assist in coordinating and preparing for USG participation in the World Economic For [...]	2003-06-09 07:19:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OTRA ECON AMGT JO POWELL COLIN
03AMMAN3375	JORDANIAN RESPONSE: CONSOLIDATED APPROPRIATIONS [...] (U) As per REFTEL, responses to questions addressing government fiscal transparency in Jordan are as follows: a-3 b-There are no significant subnational levels of government c-The Jordanian national budget is published in the Royal Gazette, as well as in national newspapers and on the Inte [...]	2003-06-09 11:25:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT EAID ECON EFIN EINV EPET ETRD JO
03AMMAN3420	ZARQA ELECTION PRIMER [...] (c) Summary: Mohammed Arsalan, a long-time Embassy contact and candidate for the "Chechen" seat representing Zarqa in the new parliament, spoke with econoff at some length about the election process (Byzantine),his chances (good),and the primary concerns of the Zarqa constituency (surpris [...]	2003-06-10 07:07:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI JO INRB

03AMMAN3421	EXBS PROPOSED ACTIVITIES FOR JORDAN [...] (u) Post concurs with EXBS cooperative activities proposed reftel, and expects the GOJ will react favorably to the proposal. 2. (u) Post recommends the following amendments to the proposed programs: -- For FY 02 funds, we note that item (d),"Licensing Workshop," is proposed as a on [...]	2003-06-10 08:02:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM AMGT ETTC KSTC JO
03AMMAN3422	FOLLOW UP ON PRESIDENT'S PROPOSED MIDDLE EAST [...] POST NOMINATES THE FOLLOWING THREE SENIOR LEVEL CANDIDATES FOR THE MIDDLE EAST REGIONAL JUSTICE FORUM IN BAHRAIN: - H.E. MOHAMMAD AL RAQQAD, HEAD OF THE JUDICIAL COUNCIL; - H.E. FARES NABULSI, MINISTER OF JUSTICE; - MS. REEM ABU HASSAN, LAWYER AND KEY PLAYER IN REFORM EFFORTS; PLEASE NOTE [...]	2003-06-10 08:59:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KJUS JO
03AMMAN3454	2003 Jazz Ambassadors Fall Tour [...] PAS wishes to be included in the Jazz Ambassadors Program for the fall FY03. We request the Jazz Ambassadors, Freddie Bryant and Kaleidoscope for four or five program days during their fall tour. We are very enthusiastic about the opportunity. There is a great interest here in Latin jazz, [...]	2003-06-11 06:50:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO OEXC SCUL JO
03AMMAN3455	IN ABSENCE OF IRAQI EMBASSY, IRAQIS IN JORDAN SEEK [...] This is an action request; see para 4. 2. Embassy Amman's front gate receptionist reports that 10 to 15 Iraqi nationals per day are approaching the embassy to seek assistance, primarily on Iraqi citizen service issues. The Iraqis explain that without a functioning Iraqi embassy in Amman, [...]	2003-06-04 17:13:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PREF IZ JO
03AMMAN3456	JORDAN IRAQ CONFERENCE SENDS NEEDED MESSAGE [...] (sbu) Summary: The June 5 "Doing Business With Iraq" conference organized by four leading Jordanian business associations left local businessmen better informed and better prepared to take advantage of opportunities. Despite a vocal minority of "old economy" businessmen who grilled U.S. sp [...]	2003-06-11 07:18:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD EAID IZ JO
03AMMAN3460	MEDIA REACTION ON THE ROADMAP [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-11 11:11:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN3461	MEDIA REACTION ON ISRAELI ASSASSINATION [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-11 11:12:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN3462	MEPI - ARABIC BOOK TRANSLATION PROGRAM [...] POST HAS DISCUSSED SUBJECT PROGRAM WITH RELEVANT JORDAN MINISTRY OF EDUCATION OFFICIALS. THE MOE IS INTERESTED, IN PRINCIPAL, IN PARTICIPATION. HOWEVER, THE FINAL DECISION MUST BE MADE BY THE MINISTER HIMSELF, WHO WILL ONLY RESPOND TO A WRITTEN PROPOSAL, AND WHO WOULD WANT TO PERSONAL [...]	2003-06-11 12:34:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OEXC SCUL JO
03AMMAN3464	AMBASSADOR MEETS JORDANIAN MINISTER OF ENVIRONMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a June 2 courtesy call on the Jordanian Minister of Environment, Dr. Mohammed Thuneibat, the Ambassador commended the minister for his leadership of Jordan's newest ministry and impressed upon him the need for an environmental regulatory and enforcement body to complement th [...]	2003-06-11 13:36:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV PREL EAID JO
03AMMAN3512	JORDAN'S ENERGY MINISTER CONFIRMS CONTINUATION OF [...] (sbu) Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Mohammed Batayneh confirmed on June 12 press reports that the GOJ had reached agreement with Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and the UAE on a 3-month extension to the deal reached prior to the war to supply Jordan with concessional oil. Batayneh said the [...]	2003-06-15 06:33:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ETRD PREL KU SA JO TC
03AMMAN3513	JORDAN ELECTION MISCELLANY: LAST FULL WEEK OF [...] (C) Front page news in Jordan's English daily, The Jordan Times, details the IAF's last minute threat to boycott the elections due to perceived bias against it by the GOJ. IAF Secretary General Hamzeh Mansour accuses the government of SIPDIS bias against his party by alleging that the gover [...]	2003-06-15 06:33:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL JO
03AMMAN3514	IRAQ'S PRIVATE SECTOR INDUSTRIALISTS LOOK FOR LEG [...] (u) Summary: In a meeting with econoff hosted by the local AmCham, a visiting delegation from the Iraq Federation of Industries requested a meeting with CPA Chief Ambassador Bremer, and sought support for the establishment of a joint US-Jordanian-Iraqi Chamber of Commerce. Federation Board [...]	2003-06-15 06:33:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ETRD PREL IZ JO
03AMMAN3515	REPATRIATION OF IRAQIS: VIEWS FROM JORDAN [...] (C) Summary: According to the GOJ, between 22,000 and 23,000 Iraqis have returned voluntarily from Jordan since hostilities began. Neither UNHCR nor the GOJ is pushing for the quick return of the 250,000 to 300,000 Iraqis resident in Jordan; both want to wait until security conditions improv [...]	2003-06-15 06:33:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREF PREL IZ JO
03AMMAN3549	EMBASSY AMMAN INPUT: 2003 REPORT ON INVESTMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Amman submits the following case for bureau consideration. Per instructions REFTEL, post notes that the case involves a U.S. company that purchased a non-U.S. company with an outstanding claim. END SUMMARY ---------------- CASE DESCRIPTION ---------------- 2. [...]	2003-06-16 08:05:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EFIN PGOV KIDE JO
03AMMAN3555	MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST AND IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-16 11:53:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN3556	EMBASSY AMMAN TELECOMMUNICATIONS POLICY OFFICER [...] (U) As per instructions REFTEL, Economic Officer Greg Garramone covers telecommunications and information policy for Post. His contact information is as follows: OFFICE:962-6-592-0101, ext. 2557; MOBILE:962-79-522-0808; FAX: 962-6-592-7653; E-Mail: GarramoneGG@state.gov. Effective August 7, [...]	2003-06-16 13:10:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ECPS ETRD JO
03AMMAN3566	RELO AMMAN REQUEST EXTRA FUNDING FOR JORDANIAN [...] RELO requests $25,000 to support English teaching initiative in Jordan. The funds will be used as follows: 2. Support distance learning Content Based Instruction (CBI) for secondary teachers and small entrepreneurs by adapting two telecourses for use for broadcas [...]	2003-06-16 14:00:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL JO
03AMMAN3587	TERRORIST FINANCE:AMMAN:HAMAS NAMES [...] (S) On June 16, Poloff conveyed reftel points to Ali al-Ayed, Personal Assistant to Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher, requesting that the GOJ keep this material close hold until after the June 19 public announcement designating and freezing the assets of four HAMAS-linked NGOs and the six top H [...]	2003-06-17 12:44:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	ETTC EFIN PTER PREL KVPR CVIS KPAL JO
03AMMAN3588	JUNE 24 UN-HOSTED TECHNICAL CONSULTATIONS ON [...] (U) On June 15, poloff conveyed reftel points on the upcoming June 24 UN-hosted meeting on Iraq reconstruction to Ali al-Ayed, Personal Assistant to Foreign Minister Muasher, stressing the USG's desire to see Jordan represented at a senior level. On June 16, in a follow-up discussion, al-Ayed [...]	2003-06-17 12:44:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EFIN PREL JO
03AMMAN3612	LARGE NUMBERS OF JORDANIANS GO TO THE POLLS; [...] (C) According to preliminary estimates, between 50 and 75 percent of Jordanians eligible to vote went to the polls June 17 to elect a new Parliament. Percentages in urban Amman and Irbid seem to be lower. Voting throughout the country was calm, and numerous polling stations had a festive a [...]	2003-06-17 18:19:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM JO
03AMMAN3651	JORDAN'S PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION RESULTS: [...] (C) An estimated 1.3 million Jordanians voted in the parliamentary elections June 17, out of 2.3 million registered voters. Surprisingly, the Islamic Action Front (IAF),the political arm of the Muslim Brotherhood, won only 18 seats, fewer than analysts' predictions of 20-25 seats. Results in [...]	2003-06-18 19:10:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM JO
03AMMAN3654	BAD NEWS FOR RJ [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador Gnehm followed up with Royal Jordanian Airlines (RJ) CEO Majali on recent Transportation Security Administration (TSA) visits and meetings in Washington between RJ officials and DAS John Byerly. The Ambassador stressed to Majali the importance of taking seriously TS [...]	2003-06-19 08:17:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ETRD JO
03AMMAN3687	IV ALUMNI WERE ELECTED TO 14TH JORDANIAN [...] FOUR ALUMNI OF THE INTERNATIONAL VISITOR PROGRAM AND ONE CITIZEN EXCHANGE ALUMNUS WERE ELECTED IN THE 14TH JORDANIAN PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS HELD ON JUNE 17, 2003. THE ALUMNI ARE: --MS. NAREMAN ROUSAN, ELECTED DEPUTY OF IRBID GOVERNORATE (BANI KENANAH). MS. ROUSAN WON THE ELECTION UNDER TH [...]	2003-06-22 06:02:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL OEXC JO
03AMMAN3785	THE RED SEA - DEAD SEA CONVEYANCE PROJECT: A [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATION: Sunday afternoon's World Economic Forum (WEF) panel session on the Red Sea - Dead Sea canal was noteworthy for the first-ever public meeting of the Palestinian Minister of Planning, the Israeli Minister of National Infrastructure, and the Jordanian Minister of [...]	2003-06-25 13:41:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID JO MEPN
03AMMAN3826	JORDAN'S PRIVATIZATION PROGRAM MOVES FORWARD [...] (SBU) The Jordanian Executive Privatization Commission (EPC) announced June 24 four bidders as finalists for the purchase of a 26% stake in the Arab Potash Company (APC),the world's fifth largest potash producer. The Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan, the German firm Kali und Salz, China's [...]	2003-06-26 10:30:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EIND EINV ETRD JO
03AMMAN3829	GOJ INQUIRES RE STATUS OF OFF CONTRACTS [...] (u) This is an action request; see para 4. 2. (u) On June 24, Ambassador received a letter dated June 18 from Minister of Industry and Trade Salah Eddin al Bashir inquiring about the status of pending OFF contracts and requesting USG assistance in resolving outstanding claims. Text of l [...]	2003-06-26 12:28:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EFIN IZ JO UNSC
03AMMAN3830	A/USTR NOVELLI'S JUNE 21 MEETING WITH TRADE [...] (sbu) Summary: A/USTR Novelli discussed the President's MEFTA plans, US-Jordan FTA follow-up, and QIZ's with Trade Minister Salah Eddin al Bashir in a June 21 meeting on the margins of the World Economic Forum at the Dead Sea. Novelli and Bashir also discussed the possibility of expeditious [...]	2003-06-26 12:32:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV IS JO
03AMMAN3838	PA AMMAN'S WEF COVERAGE [...] Summary: The June 21-23 Extraordinary Meeting of the World Economic Forum at the Dead Sea provided the USG an unprecedented opportunity to highlight for much of the world's media -- and, in particular, the usually ultra-critical Arab satellite TV channels -- positive messages and new foreig [...]	2003-06-26 16:20:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO ECON OVIP JO
03AMMAN3863	JIPA Rolls Out Plans for Intellectual Property [...] (U) The Jordanian Intellectual Property Association (JIPA) announced at a June 25 fund-raising breakfast plans for its upcoming Intellectual Property Week (IP Week) to be held in Amman, Jordan on August 11-14, 2003. The weeklong workshop is the first of its kind in the region and JIPA hopes t [...]	2003-06-29 06:42:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ETRD EINV JO
03AMMAN3870	MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-29 10:13:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN3878	JORDAN OFFERS FOOD SAFETY HELP ON IRAQ IMPORTS [...] (u) In mid-June, Jordanian and Iraqi businesspeople purchased on the high seas a shipment of 4,652 tons of Brazilian frozen chicken for import to Iraq through Jordan. The same shipment had previously been rejected by Saudi Arabia, Oman, Yemen for health and safety reasons due to a problem w [...]	2003-06-29 13:47:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD IZ JO
03AMMAN3880	JORDAN SUPPORTS INDIAN PARTICIPATION IN IRAQI [...] (C) Ambassador and PolCouns June 26 delivered to Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher ref points asking that Jordan encourage Indian participation in an Iraqi stabilization force. Muasher noted that Jordan and India had already agreed to adopt jointly a small number of hospitals in Iraq. He said [...]	2003-06-29 14:29:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR IZ IN JO
03AMMAN3891	JORDAN-BASED COMPANY WORRIED ABOUT IRAQI SUBSIDIARY [...] (SBU) Dr. Muwaffak Haddadin, Director General, Arab Company for Drug Industries and Medical Appliances (ACDIMA) met with Econoff June 29 to express concern regarding ACDIMA's Iraq-based subsidiary Arab Company for Antibiotics Industries (ACAI). Haddadin said he was concerned about the securi [...]	2003-06-29 14:40:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC MOPS PREL IZ JO
03AMMAN3904	IRAQI MFA INSPECTION TEAM TO RECOMMEND REOPENING [...] (S) PolCouns met June 26 with the members of the Iraqi MFA's inspection team, Amb. Zaid Noori and Abdul Baqi Ismail Ali (ref). Noori said that they had no trouble getting into the Iraqi Embassy in Amman on June 25 and had found the morale of the Iraqi staff quite high, "since all the intell [...]	2003-06-30 10:53:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM IZ JO
03AMMAN3905	MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST [...] No summary [...]	2003-06-30 10:57:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN3931	OIL AND JOBS FOR JORDAN: AMERICAN FIRM HAS BIG [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Washington Group International (WGI) executives updated post on lurching, but continuing, progress on the commissioning of a magnesium oxide plant for the Arab Potash Company (APC) and shared ideas on proposed energy synergies that could result in significant cost savings and j [...]	2003-06-30 13:42:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD ENRG JO
03AMMAN3947	IRAQI BUSINESS COMMUNITY IN JORDAN MEETS CPA [...] (SBU) Summary. In a meeting with CPA advisors visiting Jordan, a group of Amman-based Iraqi business people said that they controlled substantial capital and technical resources that they wanted to contribute to the reconstruction of Iraq. In order to facilitate communication with the auth [...]	2003-07-01 05:18:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV PINR IZ JO
03AMMAN3964	MIDEAST STATES DISCUSS REGIONAL DRUG TRAFFICKING; [...] (U) The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime,s Subcommission on Illicit Drug Traffic and Related Matters in the Near and Middle East met in Amman, Jordan, 23-27 June 2003. The functions of the Subcommission are to coordinate regional activities directed against illicit drug traffic an [...]	2003-07-01 13:09:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PREL XF JO
03AMMAN3980	SECURITY EVALUATIONS OF REFUGEE PROCESSING SITES [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-01 13:30:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF ASEC AMGT JO
03AMMAN3987	TRIAL OF ACCUSED IN FOLEY ASSASSINATION POSTPONED [...] (U) Local press reported on July 1 that the trial of five men (six additional suspects are being tried in absentia) accused of murdering US diplomat Laurence Foley has been postponed for a week. One of the accused, Libyan national Salem Said Bin Sewid, requested the State Security Court relea [...]	2003-07-01 13:58:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC PREL JO
03AMMAN3988	OPIC SOVEREIGN DEBT FACILITY FOR JORDAN [...] (SBU) Citibank Jordan General Manager Suhair Al-Ali told ECON/C July 1 that Citigroup had scheduled a July 13 presentation to Prime Minister Ali Abul Ragheb on the proposed use in Jordan of OPIC's new "Non-Honoring of Sovereign Guarantee Insurance" facility. She hoped that an OPIC official [...]	2003-07-01 14:22:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EINV JO
03AMMAN3989	ARAB TELECOM REGULATORS INITIATIVE [...] (SBU) Telecommunications Regulatory Commission chief Muna Nijem approached USAID director and Econ Couns on June 30 about U.S. Government support for an effort she is leading to create a network of Arab telecommunications regulators. Nijem said the idea to create a network was developed dur [...]	2003-07-01 14:23:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS EAID JO XF
03AMMAN3990	PRESSING JORDAN TO MEET ITS PALESTINIAN AID [...] (C) A/DCM on June 30 delivered ref a oral message from the Secretary on Jordan's aid pledges to the Palestinian Authority to Ali al-Ayed, Personal Assistant to Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher. EconCouns that same day delivered the message to Bassam Awadallah, Minister of Planning, who confi [...]	2003-07-01 14:37:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID KPAL IS JO
03AMMAN3991	Secretary Powell/Trade Rep Zoellick Discuss [...] (SBU) King Abdullah convened a breakfast meeting June 23 with Secretary Powell and Trade Representative Zoellick at the World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Jordan to discuss the President's Middle East free trade initiative with the heads of Arab delegations to the WEF. Participating Arab m [...]	2003-07-01 14:41:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV JO XF
03AMMAN3992	PRM AMBASSADORS' FUND REQUEST FOR PALESTINIAN [...] SUMMARY: AMBASSADOR REQUESTS USD 20,000 UNDER THE PRM AMBASSADORS' FUND FOR REFUGEES IN THE MIDDLE EAST TO BUILD A 177 SQUARE-METER ADDITION TO THE WOMEN'S PROGRAM CENTER AT JERASH REFUGEE CAMP. THE ADDITION WILL ALLOW THE CENTER TO ESTABLISH THREE INCOME-GENERATION PROJECTS (WITH A PROJECTE [...]	2003-07-01 14:54:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF EAID KPAL JO
03AMMAN4001	2,200 REFUGEES LANGUISH ON IRAQI-JORDANIAN BORDER [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: On June 24, Amman-based regional refcoord and PRM DART-Iraq team members visited UNHCR refugee camps on the Jordanian-Iraqi border and in Ruweished, Jordan. Combined population for the two camps remains near 2,200: 1,200 Iranian Kurds from Al Tash refugee camp an [...]	2003-07-02 12:05:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL KPAL IZ JO
03AMMAN4023	AMMAN-BAGHDAD AIR SERVICE [...] (SBU) We understand that CPA is planning to reopen Baghdad International Airport to limited commercial air service around July 15 and that it is currently analyzing requests to provide air service in and out of Baghdad. Royal Jordanian Airlines (RJ) CEO Samer Majali, who recently met with C [...]	2003-07-02 15:50:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR IZ JO
03AMMAN4029	PALESTINIAN BUSINESS GROUP VENTS FRUSTRATION [...] (U) Summary. Under Secretary of Treasury John Taylor and Under Secretary of Commerce Grant Aldonas met with a group of Palestinian business leaders on the margins of the World Economic Forum on June 21, 2003 (attendees list at end of cable). The business leaders discussed their skepticism [...]	2003-07-03 07:07:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV ECPS JO IS IZ
03AMMAN4035	TERRORIST FINANCE-JORDAN (LISTS 27, 28, 30) [...] (SBU) The Jordanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs informed us via a Diplomatic Note dated June 29, 2003 that the Benevolence International Foundation, the Benevolence International Fund, Bosanaka Idealna Futura (REF A),Nurjamam Riduan Isamuddin, Mohamad Iqbal Abdurrahman (REF B),and Nabil Abd [...]	2003-07-03 12:07:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC EFIN PTER PREL KSEP CVIS KVPR JO EUN
03AMMAN4038	Jordan MEPI Strategy [...] Following per State 126550 is the post's integrated MEPI strategy divided into the three MEPI Pillars: A) Economic Reform and Private Enterprise b) Political Reform and C) Education. Our approach is based on the good governance and citizen awareness strategy outlined in reftel B plus the Jor [...]	2003-07-03 12:46:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON EAID BTIO PGOV SOCI KWMN PREL KDEM SCUL BEXP PHUM KPAO XF JO ETRO
03AMMAN4041	58TH UNGA: DEMARCHE TO JORDAN ON U.S. INITIATIVES [...] A/PolCouns on July 2 delivered ref b talking points to Dr. Mousa Braizat, Director of the MFA Department of International Organizations, and his assistants Mr. Nayef Al-Zaidan and Mr. Ayman Al-Ameri. A/PolCouns emphasized shared U.S.-Jordanian interests with respect to the six U.S. initiativ [...]	2003-07-03 13:25:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PREL PHUM OTRA KSEP JO UNGA UN
03AMMAN4042	DEMARCHE TO JORDAN ON UN CLONING RESOLUTION [...] A/PolCouns and Pol Intern met 2 July with Dr. Mousa Braizat, director, International Organizations Department, Jordanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Mr. Nayef al-Zaidan, assistant and consultant to the director; and, Mr. Ayman al-Ameri, second assistant and consultant to the director. 2. [...]	2003-07-03 13:28:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KSCA JO USUN
03AMMAN4098	JORDANIAN ACTION ON IRAQI ASSETS [...] Summary. According to a senior Jordanian finance ministry official, the GOJ -- using an April 24 law under which the GOJ took ownership of $463 million in funds frozen in Iraqi bank accounts -- is working hard to reimburse private Jordanians who have submitted claims for unpaid deliveries of [...]	2003-07-07 07:16:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL PTER IZ JO UNSC
03AMMAN4157	MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-09 19:06:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN4185	JORDAN/SINGAPORE: US FTA PARTNERS LINK UP? [...] (u) This is a joint Embassy Singapor/Embassy Amman cable. 2. (sbu) Summary: Singapore Trade Minister George Yeo passed King Abdullah a letter from Prime Minister Goh Chok Yong on the margins of the World Economic Forum proposing a Free Trade Agreement between Jordan and Singapore. Jord [...]	2003-07-10 05:57:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ETRD PREL SN JO
03AMMAN4189	ISLAMIC ACTION FRONT TO PARTICIPATE IN AMMAN [...] The Islamic Action Front (IAF) declared 2 July that it would participate in municipal elections on 26 July but only for seats in the Greater Amman Municipality (GAM). IAF plans to boycott all other municipal polls. 2. IAF Secretary-General Hamzeh Mansour announced the boycott in protest [...]	2003-07-10 06:53:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM JO
03AMMAN4194	PHRMA GROUP FORMS TO SUPPORT IRAQ [...] (SBU) Summary. A group of Amman-based reps of multinational pharmaceutical companies, facilitated by the regional office of Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA),is forming a working group to provide recommendations to Iraqi authorities on establishing a pharmaceutica [...]	2003-07-10 11:54:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD BEXP KIPR JO IZ
03AMMAN4212	Jordan Takes Major Step in Its Education [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Jordanian Cabinet approved an $80 million project as the first step in the provision of providing broadband connectivity to all learning centers in the country. The centerpiece of the Jordan Education Initiative (JEI),launched by King Abdullah at the World Economic Forum ( [...]	2003-07-10 13:17:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS EAID JO
03AMMAN4233	JORDANIANS FEELING UPBEAT, FOR A CHANGE [...] (C) Summary. Jordan is currently on a high: the war in Iraq is over, parliamentary elections succeeded, the World Economic Forum was a shot in the arm, there is movement on the roadmap, the stock market is up, foreign debt is down, and Jordan's credit rating was just upgraded. The private [...]	2003-07-10 14:06:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL JO
03AMMAN4240	FORMER GID HEAD CONVICTED IN BANK SCANDAL CASE [...] (C) Former General Intelligence Directorate (GID) head Samih Battikhi was sentenced to 8 years in prison on July 10 after being convicted of fraud and forgery charges, which stem from a bank fraud scandal associated with Jordanian businessman Majd Shamayleh (see reftels). One Embassy source s [...]	2003-07-10 15:47:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KCRM JO
03AMMAN4246	COMPOSITION OF NEW JORDANIAN PARLIAMENT, [...] (C) The new Jordanian Parliament elected June 17 is better-educated and somewhat younger than its predecessor, and includes a large number of former ministers, lawyers, engineers and medical doctors. PolOff has been meeting with newly elected MPs and political analysts to discuss their views [...]	2003-07-10 17:54:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM JO
03AMMAN4247	JORDAN SEEKS TO SECURE SUPPLY OF IRAQI OIL [...] (C) During a 9 July meeting, Jordanian FM Marwan Muasher raised with Ambassador the status of a proposed trip to Baghdad by a Jordanian interministerial team. The purpose of the visit would be to follow-up at a technical level on a conversation Industry & Trade Minister Salah al-Bashir had wi [...]	2003-07-10 18:19:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL IZ JO
03AMMAN4249	ON TO BAGHDAD: JORDAN-IRAQ CIVAIR AGREEMENT SIGNED [...] (U) SUMMARY: Jordanian Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) Director Hanna Najjar signed a Letter of Agreement July 10 regarding air traffic control and airway establishment between Jordan and Iraq. While communications and service issues have yet to be ironed out, the LOA paves the way for resump [...]	2003-07-11 06:20:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ETRD JO
03AMMAN4251	PLANS FOR MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS MOVE FORWARD, [...] A controversial amendment to Jordan,s Municipal Law has come under fire from nearly a third of the members of the country,s newly elected parliament. Between 30 and 40 MPs have signed and circulated a petition calling on the government to delay the country,s municipal elections, scheduled for [...]	2003-07-13 06:51:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM JO
03AMMAN4256	BILATERAL TRADE AGENDA WITH JORDAN [...] (SBU) Ambassador Gnehm called on Trade Minister Salah al-Bashir July 1 to keep up the momentum on bilateral trade issues discussed with AUSTR Cathy Novelli during the recent World Economic Forum meetings in Jordan (ref). Bashir also mentioned follow-up on Jordan-Israel- Palestine and Jordan [...]	2003-07-13 13:35:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD BEXP JO IZ
03AMMAN4306	Some Kurds on Jordan's Border Return to Iraq; [...] (U) This is a joint report from Amman and Cairo refcoords and contains an action request in para 8. 2. (SBU) Summary and Action Request: Amman and Cairo refcoords traveled to the Jordanian-Iraqi border July 8 to meet with Iranian Kurds who seek resettlement in a third country. UNHCR rep [...]	2003-07-14 12:05:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL IZ JO
03AMMAN4307	IRAQ ASSETS: JORDAN TO LOOK FOR/FREEZE ASSETS OF 55 [...] (sbu) Central Bank of Jordan (CBJ) Deputy Governor Mohammad Said Shahin told ECON/C that the CBJ would circularize to commercial banks the list of 55 names of individuals whose assets must be frozen pursuant to UNSCR 1483. Banks would be instructed to freeze any such assets and report to th [...]	2003-07-14 12:09:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC PREL PTER IZ JO UNSC
03AMMAN4314	POST VIEWS ON POTENTIAL HAMAS TARGETS FOR [...] (S/NF) Post knows of no GOJ sensitivities regarding the designation of Ref HAMAS targets for asset-freezing under E.O. 13224. GNEHM [...]	2003-07-14 15:43:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	EFIN PTER ECON ETTC
03AMMAN4332	KING SAYS MINOR CABINET RESHUFFLE SOON, NEW [...] (S) King Abdullah told the Ambassador July 13 that he has been working with Prime Minister Ali Abul Ragheb on the details of a small cabinet reshuffle to be announced in the next few days. The King said that Abul Ragheb had wanted to change 5-6 ministers, but the King told him to limit it to [...]	2003-07-14 16:22:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PINR JO
03AMMAN4337	UNRWA PLANS EXTRAORDINARY, HIGH-LEVEL MEETING IN [...] (U) This is an action request; see para 8. 2. (C) Summary and action request: On July 7, UNRWA briefed Amman-based donors and host government representatives on its plans to hold an extraordinary, possibly ministerial-level meeting in Geneva in spring 2004. While UNRWA initially hoped t [...]	2003-07-15 07:31:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL KPAL KWBG JO
03AMMAN4348	Creating Gender Sensitive ICT Synergies [...] (U) SUMMARY: UNIFEM (United Nations Development Fund for Women) plans to launch an "E-Village" project that will integrate a number of information and communications technologies (ICT) efforts underway in Jordan with the construction of a computer assembly plant in a village near Madaba. Deem [...]	2003-07-15 12:03:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS EAID JO
03AMMAN4352	MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-15 12:37:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN4354	FOLEY TRIAL: COURT HEARS PROSECUTION TESTIMONY, [...] (U) The State Security Court on July 15 adjourned the trial of those accused of assassinating USAID diplomat Laurence Foley until September 2 for a judicial holiday, according to local press reports. The court--which had resumed hearings on July 8 after previous postponements (see Ref)--heard [...]	2003-07-15 12:58:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PGOV PREL JO
03AMMAN4361	JORDAN WELCOMES FORMATION OF IRAQI GOVERNING [...] (U) Charge and PolCouns presented ref a points on formation of the Iraqi Governing Council July 15 to Ali al-Ayed, the new Director of Foreign Minister Muasher's Private Office, and Samer Dabbas, the Private Office Iraq action officer. Charge emphasized that the formation of the Council is [...]	2003-07-15 15:26:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL PHUM IZ JO
03AMMAN4374	New Book Published CAIRO PLEASE PASS TO ALEXANDRIA [...] Amman is pleased to announce a new title from the Arabic Book Program. "The Best American Short Stories of the Century", edited by John Updike and Katrina Kenison was published in early July. This book is the sixty-second in an annual series by the American publisher. This edition includes o [...]	2003-07-16 06:44:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO JO IIP
03AMMAN4389	JORDANIAN FM MUASHER AND RUSSIAN FM IVANOV DISCUSS [...] (C) Charge and PolCouns met July 15 with Ali al-Ayed, Director of Foreign Minister Muasher's Private Office, and Samer Dabbas, the Private Office Iraq action officer. In addition to discussions on the formation of the Iraqi Governing Council (reported ref a),Ayed gave a read-out on Muasher's [...]	2003-07-16 14:00:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IS IZ JO MEPP
03AMMAN4403	POLL SHOWS JORDANIANS WANT PARLIAMENT AND SEEK [...] (U) Summary: The University of Jordan,s Center for Strategic Studies (CSS) released an opinion poll 8 July which suggests Jordanians want an active Parliament but doubt that their newly elected Lower House will be an effective law-making body. It also reveals that domestic concerns, not fo [...]	2003-07-16 14:27:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM JO
03AMMAN4404	GOJ CALLS FOR END TO ADMIN FEES AT TREBIL BORDER [...] (sbu) Jordanian Minister of Planning Bassem Awadallah sent a letter to the Ambassador July 13 to voice concern over administrative processing fees imposed at the Trebil border crossing. Text of letter follows: 2. (sbu) Begin text: (complimentary opening) Kindly note that we have b [...]	2003-07-16 14:29:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PBTS IZ JO
03AMMAN4406	JORDAN TO LIFT 14 DAY QUARANTINE ON TRAVELERS [...] On July 14, 2003, Dr. Walid Ma'ani, Minister of Health, notified the Embassy that the government of Jordan has lifted all restrictions which had been imposed on travelers coming from previously infected countries. HALE [...]	2003-07-16 15:33:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC ASEC PREL PTER AMED JO
03AMMAN4408	NEW PARLIAMENT MEETS, ELECTS SPEAKER; ISLAMIST [...] (U) The Jordanian Chamber of Deputies (Lower House of the Parliament),elected on June 17, held its first special session July 16 and elected Saad Hayel Srour as President (i.e. Speaker) of the house. Srour, who was speaker of the Lower House from 1993-97, received 65 of the 110 votes. Imme [...]	2003-07-16 15:58:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PHUM KISL JO
03AMMAN4416	GOJ RECEPTIVE TO OPIC SOVEREIGN DEBT FACILITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: OPIC Director for Insurance for Africa and the Middle East Jim Williams and Citibank executives met with King Abdullah, GOJ officials, and representatives of Bechtel July 13 to discuss potential OPIC support for a variety of infrastructure projects in Jordan. While a number of [...]	2003-07-17 09:47:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN EINV JO
03AMMAN4417	US-FUNDED NEIRAB REFUGEE HOUSING PROJECT NEARS [...] (U) Embassy Damascus cleared this message. 2. (C) Summary and Comment: The first U.S.-funded units in UNRWA's Neirab housing project in Syria are ready for an August handover to Palestinian refugees, with all 28 units scheduled for completion in December 2003. While there have been some [...]	2003-07-17 10:32:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL KPAL SY JO
03AMMAN4420	MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-17 12:26:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN4423	KERAK: A CASE STUDY OF THE WOMEN'S QUOTA [...] (C) On July 7, Poloff paid a call to Zakeyeh Shamayleh, one of the newly-elected women to Parliament who benefited from the women's quota. Shamayleh, a retired principal, is a member of a small tribe near Kerak, which saw the women's quota as an opportunity to elect one of its members to Parl [...]	2003-07-17 13:49:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL JO
03AMMAN4441	JORDANIAN ARTICLE ON "HI" MAGAZINE [...] The following is an Embassy translation of a commentary on "Hi", the IIP-funded Arabic language magazine now on the stands in Jordan, that appeared in the independent, mass appeal Arabic language daily, "Al Arab Al Yawm.". Begin Embassy Translation: . "HI: Connection or Communication? T [...]	2003-07-20 05:14:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO JO
03AMMAN4450	PRM A/S DEWEY DISCUSSES PALESTINIAN AND IRAQI [...] (SBU) Summary: During a July 16-17 visit to Jordan, PRM A/S Dewey met with the Director-General of the GOJ's Department of Palestinian Affairs and the Camp Improvement Committee at Wihdat refugee camp, visited UNRWA installations and met with UNRWA Deputy ComGen Karen AbuZayd. The Palestini [...]	2003-07-20 13:41:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL KPAL KWBG IZ JO
03AMMAN4467	RAED HIJAZI DEATH PENALTY OVERTURNED BY [...] JORDAN TIMES EDITION OF JULY 4, 2003 REPORTED THAT THE COURT OF CASSATION OVERTURNED THE EARLIER DEATH SENTENCE AGAINST AMCIT RAED HIJAZI. A NINE-JUDGE COURT OF CASSATION PANEL OVERTURNED THE STATE SECURITY COURT VERDICT AND SENTENCE, RETURNING THE CASE TO STATE SECURITY COURT WHICH IS NOT E [...]	2003-07-21 07:40:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC PREL PTER CJAN JO HIJAZI RAED
03AMMAN4477	MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-21 14:14:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN4491	PM AND CABINET RESIGN; MINOR RESHUFFLE IN THE WORKS [...] (S) PM Abul Ragheb on July 19 submitted the resignation of his cabinet. King Abdullah on July 20 asked him to form a new Cabinet. In a conversation with the Ambassador on July 13 (see Reftel),the King said this reshuffle would be minor and entail the change of just a few ministers. New Lowe [...]	2003-07-21 15:28:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PGOV PREL ETRD PINR JO
03AMMAN4503	AL TAJAMMOUAT QIZ PLANS BIRTHDAY BASH, U.S. [...] (u) Al Tajammouat QIZ park manager Halim Salfiti is planning in September to commemorate four years of successful QIZ activity at his industrial park. The event will highlight Tajammouat's success at bringing in investment and creating local jobs, and will formally inaugurate the "village w [...]	2003-07-22 06:57:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV JO
03AMMAN4534	GOJ APPROACHES CITIGROUP RE TRADE FACILITATION [...] (sbu) During a July 22 courtesy call, Planning Minister Awadallah passed Charge a copy of a letter from the GOJ to Citibank Jordan GM Suhair al Ali proposing the establishment of a trade facilitation mechanism that would protect L/C's written for Jordan-Iraq commercial trade. Awadallah said [...]	2003-07-23 06:47:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN BEXP ETRD IZ JO
03AMMAN4535	USG PERSONNEL DISADVANTAGED BY AMMAN-BAGHDAD AIR [...] ACTION RECOMMENDATION AT PARA 6. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Personnel from various U.S. and other governments' agencies have expressed concern over a shortage of capacity on flights into and out of Baghdad via Amman. Restrictions on the use of the two carriers currently operating under CPA mandate [...]	2003-07-23 07:52:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ETRD EINV JO
03AMMAN4538	HUMAN RIGHTS PROGRESS: GOJ CREATES TWO NEW HUMAN [...] (C) Over the past few months, the GOJ has created two new governmental human rights organizations -- the National Center for Human Rights and a Directorate of Human Rights in the Foreign Ministry. While the work of these new institutions has ramped up too slowly for local activists, their c [...]	2003-07-23 12:03:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINR SOCI JO
03AMMAN4539	PARLIAMENTARY QUOTA EXPOSES DIVISIONS AMONG [...] (C) One of the unforeseen aspects of the new women's quota in Parliament is that it has exposed cultural cleavages and the differing agendas between women who live in urban areas and women who live in tribal-based areas. Neither group believes the other represents their collective interests. [...]	2003-07-23 12:13:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM JO
03AMMAN4577	BIOS FOR NEW JORDANIAN CABINET MINISTERS [...] (U) The official Jordanian news agency, Petra, announced 21 July the release of a royal decree approving the new government of Prime Minister Ali Abul Ragheb. Five ministers from the old cabinet have been removed, and eight new figures have been brought in. Of the newcomers, former jailed [...]	2003-07-24 07:24:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV PHUM JO
03AMMAN4586	FIVE IV ALUMNI AND ONE SALZBURG SEMINAR ALUMNUS [...] FIVE IV ALUMNI OF THE INTERNATIONAL VISITOR PROGRAM AND ONE SALZBURG SEMINAR ALUMNUS WERE APPOINTED MINISTERS IN THE NEW CABINET. THIS IS THE THIRD CONSECUTIVE GOVERNMENT LED BY PRIME MINISTER ALI ABU RAGHEB WHO WAS FIRST APPOINTED IN JUNE 2000. TWENTY NINE CABINET MEMBERS WERE SWORN IN BEFO [...]	2003-07-24 12:48:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL OEXC JO
03AMMAN4587	FOREIGN PRESS CENTER'S REPORTING TOUR FOR NEAR EAST [...] THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS SECTION NOMINATES MR. PHILIP MADANAT, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, AMMANNET RADIO FOR SUBJECT TOUR: FULL BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION FOLLOWS: START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NOT EDIT): : THE FOLLOWING DATA IS IN A FIXED FORMAT WHICH ENABLES : AUTOMATED PROCESSING IN WASHINGTON AND [...]	2003-07-24 13:18:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL JO
03AMMAN4588	IRAQI MOBILE TENDER CONFERENCE SET FOR AMMAN [...] Action recommendation at paragraph 4. 2. (U) The Coalition Provisional Authority of Iraq (CPA) announced July 21 that a bidders' conference for companies with an interest in a recently-issued mobile telecom services tender in Iraq would be held in Amman July 31. The tender, which will be [...]	2003-07-24 13:20:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS EINV ETRD IZ JO
03AMMAN4590	MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-24 14:10:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN4610	NOTE VERBALE INVITING COUNTRIES TO DESIGNATE [...] No summary [...]	2003-07-24 14:40:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PREL JO

03AMMAN4629	JORDANIAN MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS TO MOVE FORWARD JULY [...] (C) Despite a petition endorsed by the Islamic Action front (IAF) and its allies in the Lower House of Parliament to delay municipal elections and review the electoral laws, the government has decided to move forward with the process on Saturday, July 26. In Amman, low voter turn-out is exp [...]	2003-07-24 17:23:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM JO
03AMMAN4638	SECRETARY POWELL VISIT, CHARGES UNDER POST [...] SECRETARY OF STATE COLIN POWELL VISITED AMMAN, JORDAN DURING MAY 2003. 2. DATE OF STAY: MAY 12-13, 2003. 3. PERIOD OF STAY: TWO DAYS. 4. DESCRIPTION OF VISIT: SECRETARY POWELL MADE AN OVERNIGHT VISIT TO JORDAN ON MAY 12 - 13 DURING WHICH HE MET WITH KING ABDULLAH TO [...]	2003-07-27 07:29:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	OVIP POWELL COLIN
03AMMAN4643	LETTER FROM JORDANIAN PLANNING MINISTER BASSEM [...] (U) Please forward the following message from the Jordanian Planning Minister Bassem Awadallah to Assistant Secretary William Burns. Signed original was pouched from SIPDIS this office on 07/28/2003. 2. (SBU) Begin Text: H.E. William J. Burns, Assistant Secretary of State for Near E [...]	2003-07-27 14:27:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OPDC PREL JO
03AMMAN4644	MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS: LOW TURNOUT PROMPTS [...] (U) Jordan's July 26 municipal elections suffered from low voter turnout causing the government to extend balloting in 9 of the 82 municipalities in which elections were held. In 17 other municipalities, elections were not held because the number of candidates equaled the number of seats. Fin [...]	2003-07-27 14:38:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM JO
03AMMAN4650	GOJ BEGINS OIL DISCUSSIONS WITH IRAQ [...] (c) Summary: A working-level GOJ delegation from the Ministries of Energy and Finance, along with refinery officials, traveled to Baghdad July 24 to open discussions with Iraqi counterparts concerning resumption of crude exports from Iraq to Jordan. The two sides held exploratory discussio [...]	2003-07-27 15:51:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG PREL IZ JO
03AMMAN4679	PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH VISIT/SUMMIT, CHARGES [...] PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH ATTENDED THE RED SEA SUMMIT IN AQABA, JORDAN DURING JUNE 2003. 2. DATE OF STAY: JUNE 4, 2003. 3. PERIOD OF STAY: DAY STOP(SIX HOURS). 4. DESCRIPTION OF VISIT: PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH ATTENDED THE RED SEA SUMMIT IN AQABA, JORDAN, TO PROMOTE M [...]	2003-07-28 13:52:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	AFIN OVIP BUSH PRESIDENT GEORGE
03AMMAN4688	SECRETARY POWELL VISIT, CHARGES UNDER POST [...] SECRETARY OF STATE COLIN POWELL VISITED AMMAN, JORDAN DURING JUNE 2003. 2. DATE OF STAY: JUNE 19-23, 2003. 3. PERIOD OF STAY: FOUR DAYS. 4. DESCRIPTION OF VISIT: THE SECRETARY CAME TO JORDAN FOR THE WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM AND A MEETING OF THE PEACE PROCESS QUARTET, AND [...]	2003-07-28 14:25:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	AFIN OVIP POWELL COLIN
03AMMAN4689	DEMARCHE TO GOJ ON 58TH UNGA, GOJ UNGA DELEGATION, [...] Per ref A, Pol Intern discussed renewal of UNOMIG mandate with Ayman al-Ameri, second assistant and consultant to the director of the MFA,s Office of International Organizations Department, on 24 July. Al-Ameri made no substantive comment, but took note of Syria,s decision to follow P-5 cons [...]	2003-07-28 14:25:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL JO UNGA UNOMIG
03AMMAN4700	FOREIGN PRESS CENTER'S REPORTING TOUR FOR NEAR EAST [...] THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS SECTION NOMINATES MR. PHILIP MADANAT, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, AMMANNET RADIO FOR SUBJECT TOUR: FULL BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION FOLLOWS: START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NOT EDIT): : THE FOLLOWING DATA IS IN A FIXED FORMAT WHICH ENABLES : AUTOMATED PROCESSING IN WASHINGTON AND [...]	2003-07-29 10:39:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL JO
03AMMAN4713	JORDANIAN STOCK OF ASSISTANCE TO IRAQ [...] (u) Jordan has been extremely forthcoming with humanitarian and other assistance for Iraq in the months following the end of major combat operations. As requested ref (a),below is an illustrative (but we believe not an exhaustive) list of material assistance provided to Iraq by the GOJ. I [...]	2003-07-29 14:28:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON IZ JO
03AMMAN4725	JORDAN ASSISTANCE TO IRAQ: ASSET FREEZES [...] (u) As noted SEPTEL, Jordan has been extremely forthcoming with material assistance for aid and reconstruction efforts in Iraq. SEPTEL outlines Jordanian assistance in this regard, as requested ref (a). Ref (a) also requested information regarding frozen Iraqi assets. Unfortunately, the ne [...]	2003-07-29 16:20:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EFIN PREL IZ JO
03AMMAN4733	JORDAN SUPPORTS IRAQI GOVERNING COUNCIL, TRYING TO [...] (C) PolCouns on July 28 raised ref a points on supporting the Iraqi Governing Council (GC) with Samer Dabbas, Iraq action officer in FonMin Muasher's Private Office. Dabbas listened carefully to the points, noting especially the comments of UNSYG Annan in support of the GC. He noted that Jo [...]	2003-07-30 11:21:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AL IZ JO
03AMMAN4735	SUPPORTING THE ROADMAP: BUILDING REGIONAL ECONOMIC [...] (U) This is a joint Amman-Jerusalem-Tel Aviv cable. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) The Aqaba summit and the Dead Sea WEF conference have generated new hopes for expanded economic activity between Jordan, Israel and -- to a lesser extent -- the West Bank/Gaza. Jordan is particularly em [...]	2003-07-30 11:36:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PREL IS JO
03AMMAN4737	JORDAN'S MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS: CONTROVERSY, [...] (C) Summary: Jordan's municipal elections concluded July 27 with little fanfare but some controversy. Despite the efforts of the Islamic Action Front (IAF) to seek delay, more than 80 percent of municipal councils held contested elections over the weekend. The IAF remained firm in its ins [...]	2003-07-30 12:08:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM SOCI JO
03AMMAN4761	MEET U.S. FOLLOW-UP: JORDAN [...] (u) Embassy appreciates DOC feedback from the first MEET U.S. conference. Regarding the proposed issue areas for future MEET U.S. programs listed reftel, we believe it will be easy to find a solid group of qualified applicants for virtually any sector-specific program. Reftel suggestions f [...]	2003-07-31 08:24:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD KPAO JO
03AMMAN4763	JORDANIAN BORDER CONTROL WITH IRAQ [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 4. 2. (S) PolCouns July 28 covered with Samer Dabbas, Iraq action officer in FonMin Muasher's Private Office, ref points requesting that the GOJ tighten its border controls with Iraq. Dabbas said that he believed considerable GOJ resources had a [...]	2003-07-31 09:30:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	MARR MASS PREL IZ JO
03AMMAN4764	PARLIAMENT OPENS, ERRANT MP'S SWEAR PROPER OATH; GOJ BEGINS TO FEEL PARLIAMENTARY PRESSURE [...] (C) The just-begun special session of the Parliament will examine Parliamentary bylaws, consider a vote of confidence in the new cabinet, begin to examine more than 200 temporary laws promulgated by the government, and adjudicate complaints of irregularities in the June polls. The Lower Ho [...]	2003-07-31 09:32:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI JO
03AMMAN4807	SESAME-SOWING THE SEEDS OF REGIONAL SCIENTIFIC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Second SESAME (Synchrotron-Light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East) Council meeting, hosted in Istanbul in mid-July, yielded a productive discussion among the regional members on key issues such as upgrading of the synchrotron machine, future scie [...]	2003-08-03 12:14:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TSPL TPHY TBIO KSCA EAID SENV JO MEPN
03AMMAN4827	POLITICAL ISLAM IN JORDAN: OPPOSITION MOSTLY FROM [...] (C) Political Islam is a mostly moderate force in Jordanian society. By far, the most important Islamic organization in Jordan is the Muslim Brotherhood, and then its political arm, the Islamic Action Front. There are no other Islamic groups in the country that match the MB/IAF in influence a [...]	2003-08-03 14:21:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PREL PHUM XF XA XG
03AMMAN4831	CPA SENIOR HEALTH ADVISOR HAVEMAN'S VISIT TO AMMAN [...] (sbu) Summary: CPA Senior Health Sector Advisor Jim Haveman and a team of CPA staff visited Amman July 28-29 on a fact-finding and appeal tour. During meetings with an array of local and international groups, Haveman described current conditions in the Iraqi health sector, elicited outside [...]	2003-08-03 14:21:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID SOCI PREL IZ JO
03AMMAN4849	POLL RESULTS REFLECT GROWING POPULAR DESIRE FOR [...] (C) A Jordanian pollster who has conducted a number of studies in the country over the past several years believes that there is a growing disconnect between government pronouncements on democracy and the popular perception of Jordanian "half-democracy." In a recent conversation with Pol In [...]	2003-08-04 07:52:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI KISL JO
03AMMAN4891	JORDAN LOOKS TO REHABILITATE MUNICIPAL SECTOR WITH [...] (U) In line with GOJ's new Municipal Elections Law, which empowers the GOJ to appoint all mayors and up to 50 percent of the seats in the country's 99 municipal councils, the Cabinet recently announced the names of mayors and non-elected municipal council members (see reftels for more inform [...]	2003-08-05 06:19:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM SOCI JO
03AMMAN4893	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES ARTICLE 98 AGREEMENT WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador met August 3 with Prince Zeid Bin Raad, Head of the Jordanian Delegation to the UN in New York, to discuss the status of a proposed Article 98 non-surrender agreement between the U.S. and Jordan. Zeid stated that the GOJ was "politically committed" to reaching such an [...]	2003-08-05 09:29:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL KTIA JO KICC
03AMMAN4894	AMBASSADOR GNEHM DISCUSSES U.S.-GOJ ISSUES WITH [...] (C) Ambassador Gnehm visited newly elected Speaker of the Parliament, Saad Hayel Srour, and discussed issues related to the new Parliament including the ongoing debate on temporary laws, Iraq, and the peace process and U.S.-Jordanian relations.END SUMMARY. ---------------------- INITIAL PRA [...]	2003-08-05 09:29:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI JO
03AMMAN4908	SECRETARY'S ORAL MESSAGE TO ARAB LEAGUE FOREIGN [...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel oral message via telcon on August 4 to Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher, who was in Kuwait on official business. Ambassador stressed the need for Jordanian help in steering the Arab League to support the Iraqi Governing Council and Palestinian PM Abbas. Muasher [...]	2003-08-05 14:34:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IZ AL JO
03AMMAN4929	JORDAN: 2003 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT SINCE KING ABDULLAH SUCCEEDED TO THE THRONE IN 1999, JORDAN HAS TAKEN STEPS TO ENCOURAGE FOREIGN INVESTMENT. KEY REFORMS HAVE BEEN UNDERTAKEN IN THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, TOURISM, AND SERVICES SECTORS. FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC INVESTMENT LAWS GRANT SPECIFIC IN [...]	2003-08-06 07:40:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV KTDB KIDE EFIN ECON ETRD JO OPIC
03AMMAN4931	CPA Iraqi Mobile Telecom Tender Conference [...] (U) SUMMARY: CPA telecommunications officials held a conference in Amman July 31 for prospective bidders on licenses to provide mobile telecommunication services in Iraq, attracting over 400 participants. During the conference, attendees expressed frustration over the short bid submission pe [...]	2003-08-06 08:50:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS JO ENV
03AMMAN4965	AMBASSADOR PROMISES JORDAN CONTINUING SUPPORT ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In an introductory call on the new Minister of Environment, Dr. Hisham Gharaibeh, the Ambassador gave his assurances that the U.S. would continue to support Jordan's environmental objectives. Among these, both agreed that building the country's environmental management capacit [...]	2003-08-07 08:08:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EAID PGOV JO
03AMMAN4979	SOLICITATION FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY STOCK [...] Per REF: A) post would like to place the following publications order: ITEM QTY COST/ITEM U.S. DOLS ---- --- --------- --------- 01-A 100 2.50 250.00 01-E 100 2.50 250.00 02-A 50 1.60 080.00 02- [...]	2003-08-07 15:01:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OEXC SCUL OIIP OPRC
03AMMAN5006	AFTERMATH OF ATTACK ON JORDAN'S EMBASSY IN BAGHDAD [...] (S/NF) Charge spoke to Prime Minister Abul Ragheb and Foreign Minister Muasher on August 7 to convey our condolences and sympathies for the losses and injuries suffered in the attack on Jordan's Baghdad Embassy. Both stressed in the course of the day their gratitude for U.S. and CPA action o [...]	2003-08-07 17:30:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL JO IZ
03AMMAN5012	LOWER HOUSE TRYING TO ROLL BACK ON WOMEN'S [...] (U) The Lower House of Parliament voted on August 3 to reject two of the 211 temporary laws passed since Parliament was disbanded two years ago and sent another 86 temporary laws to special committees for further examination. The laws in question--which deal with marriage/divorce and honor cri [...]	2003-08-08 08:58:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI JO
03AMMAN5025	SKIES CLEARING FOR RJ? [...] (SBU) COMMENT: Royal Jordanian Airline officials have apparently taken on board strong messages regarding airline security, service to Iraq, and other issues delivered by the Ambassador June 16 (REF B). A successful visit by a follow-up TSA inspection team and an informal discussion between R [...]	2003-08-10 10:33:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ETRD ASEC PREL JO
03AMMAN5037	ESTIMATED RECYCLING CARRY-OVER BALANCES FOR [...] Post reports the following status for its revenue generating programs in US Dols: English Teach Library(ARC) Post's X Allotment as of 7/31/03: 189,420 342 Obligations 10/1/02 - 7/31/03: 189,420 342 Projected Obligations 8/1/ [...]	2003-08-10 14:49:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ABUD AFIN AMGT KPAO
03AMMAN5038	PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH VISIT/SUMMIT, CHARGES [...] PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH ATTENDED THE RED SEA SUMMIT IN AQABA, JORDAN DURING JUNE 2003. 2. DATE OF STAY: JUNE 4, 2003. 3. PERIOD OF STAY: DAY STOP (SIX HOURS). 4. DESCRIPTION OF VISIT: PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH ATTENDED THE RED SEA SUMMIT IN AQABA, JORDAN, TO PROMOTE [...]	2003-08-10 15:00:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	AFIN OVIP BUSH PRESIDENT GEORGE
03AMMAN5041	AFTER THE BOMBING, JORDAN REQUESTS U.S. PROTECTION [...] (S) Ali al-Ayed, Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher's Private Office Director, told PolCouns August 10 that, despite the August 7 bombing of the Jordanian Embassy building in Baghdad (ref),Jordan wishes to maintain a diplomatic and security presence in Baghdad. Al-Ayed said Jordan hopes to m [...]	2003-08-10 15:02:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL MOPS PTER IZ US JO
03AMMAN5067	MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ, BOMBING OF JORDANIAN [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-11 12:26:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN5100	MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ, ROAD MAP [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-12 12:25:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN5115	JORDANIAN WOMEN PROTEST AGAINST PARLIAMENTARY [...] (U) A group of Jordanian women conducted a peaceful demonstration at the gates of the Parliament August 10 to protest a recent Lower House decision to reject three temporary laws concerning women's rights. The protesters approached several MPs entering the building, some of whom argued that t [...]	2003-08-12 16:57:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KWMN SOCI JO
03AMMAN5165	MEDIA REACTION ON MIDEAST ROADMAP [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-14 12:53:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN5186	JORDAN'S OIL SUPPLY NEEDS [...] (c) Summary. The Jordanian Oil Ministry believes that Kuwait has agreed to continue supplying Jordan with 25,000 barrels of crude oil per day through September, with Kuwait refining the crude on behalf of Jordan. Along with the 50,000 bpd Saudi oil grant -- which the Jordanians expect to c [...]	2003-08-14 15:45:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ENRG IZ JO
03AMMAN5188	A/S BURNS DISCUSSES IRAQ WITH PM ABUL RAGHEB AND [...] (S) In separate meetings with PM Abul Ragheb and FonMin Muasher August 13, A/S Burns expressed condolences for the bombing of the Jordanian Embassy in Baghdad and pledged continued USG support in the investigation. Muasher characterized the recent Arab League (AL) meeting in Cairo as "posit [...]	2003-08-14 16:02:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER MOPS ASEC EFIN IZ JO
03AMMAN5232	CPA TELECOM TEAM RECEIVES OFFERS OF HELP FROM GOJ [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The CPA telecommunications team met with the Jordanian Minister of Information and Communications Technologies, Minister of Planning and a representative from the Telecommunications Regulatory Commission(TRC) on July 30. Discussion with GOJ officials centered around partnerships [...]	2003-08-18 14:40:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS EAID JO CPA
03AMMAN5245	JORDANIAN PARLIAMENT GIVES ABUL RAGHEB'S [...] (U) On August 14, Jordanian Members of Parliament (MPs) overwhelmingly approved the new government of Prime Minister Ali Abul Ragheb. Despite this support, many MPs criticized the prime minister's cabinet and agenda during the five days of debate that preceded the vote. In the end, Abul Rag [...]	2003-08-19 07:50:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KISL JO
03AMMAN5257	JORDANIAN PRIME MINISTER MEETS IRAQI GOVERNING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraqi Governing Council (GC) member Dr. Mowaffak Al Rubaie met with Jordanian PM Ali Abul Ragheb on August 19 in Amman to discuss bilateral issues. Dr. Al Rubaie characterized their talks as "very positive" and said that Abul Ragheb promised that the GOJ would continue to receiv [...]	2003-08-19 15:16:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ JO
03AMMAN5266	JORDANIAN REQUEST FOR BILATERAL MEETING WITH THE [...] Ali al-Ayed, the Director of Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher's Private Office, officially requested to PolCouns August 19 a meeting between FonMin Muasher and Secretary Powell on the margins of the UNGA. FonMin Muasher will arrive in New York on September 20 and depart New York in September [...]	2003-08-19 16:10:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL JO UNGA
03AMMAN5329	GOJ CONDEMNS UN HEADQUARTERS BOMBING; PRESS, [...] (U) The GOJ reacted strongly against the August 19 bombing of U.N. HQ in Baghdad. Information Minister, Nabil al-Sharif, released a statement condemning the "criminal and cowardly act" and expressing hope that it would not delay achieving the goals of security and stability in Iraq. The stat [...]	2003-08-21 14:17:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI JO
03AMMAN5330	CHRISTIAN MP COMPLAINS ABOUT USG RELIGIOUS FREEDOM [...] (C) A Christian member of the Jordanian Parliament complained August 20 that USG religious freedom policy in the Middle East hurts the indigenous Christian communities by encouraging emigration and diluting the strength of established churches by supporting foreign missionary groups. He sug [...]	2003-08-21 14:26:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KIRF KISL XF JO
03AMMAN5333	MILITARY PROSECUTORS FORMALLY CHARGE 13 IN 2002 [...] (U) The Jordanian State Security Court on August 14 formally charged 13 individuals accused of plotting attacks against U.S. and Jordanian targets late last year. Jordanian authorities in December 2002 arrested nine individuals, known locally as the Mafraq cell, for allegedly planning attacks [...]	2003-08-21 14:36:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KISL JO
03AMMAN5336	JORDANIAN ISLAMISTS USE PARLIAMENTARY PLATFORM TO [...] (C) The Islamic Action Front (IAF),political arm of the Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood, bounded onto the political scene in Jordan this month after boycotting the political process since 1997. Relishing its newfound legitimate voice in the Jordanian Parliament, the IAF aired longstanding griev [...]	2003-08-21 15:30:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL JO
03AMMAN5339	BIRTH OF A JORDANIAN "SUPERSTAR" -- AND SOME [...] (U) Diana Corazan, a young Jordanian singing sensation, was declared the new "Superstar" of Lebanon's Future TV August 18 after winning an Arab-world wide vote. Thousands of Jordanians got on the internet or called in to vote for their favorite daughter. After the announcement of Corazan's [...]	2003-08-22 13:12:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI PHUM SY JO
03AMMAN5377	LIBERIA: SUPPORTING UN REQUEST TO JORDAN FOR [...] Charge and PolCouns covered ref points on ECOMIL August 24 with Ali al-Ayed, Director of Foreign Minister Muasher's Private Office. Charge asked that Jordan carefully consider the UN's request for participation of a Jordanian hospital in ECOMIL. Ayed said that Jordan would give the UN's requ [...]	2003-08-25 12:10:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KPKO MARR PREL JO UN
03AMMAN5378	MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ AND THE MIDDLE EAST [...] No summary [...]	2003-08-25 12:28:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN5491	JORDANIAN SUPPORT FOR THE IRAQI ASSET HUNT [...] (S/NF) Expressing appreciation for Jordan's cooperation in tracking Iraqi assets, the Charge explained to Prime Minister Ali Abul Ragheb August 28 that the investigation had reached a stage where more specific information was needed about individual accounts, companies and methods. He presse [...]	2003-08-28 13:42:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN ETTC IZ JO
03AMMAN5497	JORDAN TO WORK WITH, BUT NOT "RECOGNIZE," IRAQI [...] (C) Speaking to a visiting delegation of Iraqi Governing Council members August 25, PM Abul Ragheb and FonMin Muasher pledged to work with the GC, but said formal recognition would be premature. Both urged the GC to work to expand ties with Iraq's neighbors, and said they hoped the GC was th [...]	2003-08-28 15:08:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL EAID IZ JO
03AMMAN5498	INVITATIONAL TRAVEL [...] Post requests authority for FSN Environment Assistant Ms. Rana Safadi to accept invitational round-trip travel (via commercial carrier),lodging and per diem from the Quebec- Labrador Foundation (QLF) to attend a two-week workshop in the Boston, MA, area. QLF is a U.S.-based private, non- pro [...]	2003-08-28 15:25:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA AMGT JO
03AMMAN5499	JORDAN MAY IMPLEMENT STRICT CONTROLS ON ENTRY OF [...] (C) Prime Minister Ali Abul Ragheb told Charge and EconCouns August 28 that the GOJ is actively considering a considerable tightening of controls on Iraqis entering Jordan, including the possibility of a new visa requirement. Abul Ragheb said that Jordan was very concerned about the authenti [...]	2003-08-28 15:59:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL CVIS IZ JO
03AMMAN5500	SECRETARY POWELL VISIT, CHARGES UNDER POST PD [...] SECRETARY OF STATE COLIN POWELL VISITED AMMAN, JORDAN DURING JUNE 2003. 2. DATE OF STAY: JUNE 19-23, 2003. 3. PERIOD OF STAY: FOUR DAYS. 4. DESCRIPTION OF VISIT: THE SECRETARY CAME TO JORDAN FOR THE WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM AND A MEETING OF THE PEACE PROCESS QUARTET, AND [...]	2003-08-28 16:07:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	AFIN OVIP POWELL COLIN
03AMMAN5501	PM ABUL RAGHEB VISITS DAMASCUS TO RAISE IRAQ, [...] (S) PM Abul Ragheb delivered a message to Bashar al-Asad August 26 complaining of arms and explosives smuggling and a border incursion. Bashar professed readiness to resolve these issues, and to support the Iraqi Governing Council (GC). END SUMMARY ------------------------------------- [...]	2003-08-28 16:20:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER KPAL IZ SY JO
03AMMAN5532	JORDAN CONDEMNS NAJAF BOMBING [...] (U) Jordanian Information Minister Nabil Sharif publicly condemned the bombing in Najaf just a few hours after the blast on August 29. In the name of the GOJ, Sharif denounced the bombing and assassination of Ayatollah Mohammad Baqir al-Hakim as "a hideous crime," saying that the "horrid a [...]	2003-09-01 16:26:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PREL PTER IZ JO
03AMMAN5540	JORDAN'S NATIONAL POLICE DIRECTOR ON PRIORITIES [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an August 27 meeting with Emboffs and visiting Congressional staff, Public Security Directorate (PSD) Director General Tahseen Shurdom cited training and equipment as his fiscal priorities. He reiterated his government,s willingness to train Iraqi police officers and showed [...]	2003-09-02 12:12:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCRM PBTS PTER JO
03AMMAN5550	JORDAN ALLOWS 386 PALESTINIANS TO LEAVE UNHCR [...] (C) Summary and comment: On August 24, the GOJ allowed 386 Palestinians (Palestinian-Jordanian women, plus their Palestinian-Iraqi families) to leave the UNHCR refugee camp at Ruweished and reside permanently in Jordan. While announcing the decision, GOJ officials stated that the refugee fi [...]	2003-09-02 15:32:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL KPAL IZ JO
03AMMAN5567	COMPLETION OF FY02 PRM AMBASSADOR'S FUND [...] SUMMARY: POST'S TWO PROJECTS FUNDED IN FY02 UNDER PRM'S AMBASSADOR'S FUND FOR REFUGEES IN THE MIDDLE EAST WERE COMPLETED BY JULY 2003. THE TWO PROJECTS - PURCHASE OF A MINIBUS FOR THE COMMUNITY REHABILITATION CENTER AT BAQA'A CAMP AND CONSTRUCTION OF AN ADDITION TO THE WOMEN'S PROGRAM CENTE [...]	2003-09-02 15:38:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL EAID KPAL JO
03AMMAN5569	SOLANA IN AMMAN: DOWNBEAT ON ROADMAP, IRAN [...] (S) EU Foreign Policy Chief Xavier Solana briefed EU ambassadors in Amman September 1 on his recent swing through the Middle East and Iran. On the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, Solana expressed extreme frustration that Palestinian infighting and Israeli intransigence would scuttle the [...]	2003-09-02 16:56:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL KPAL PTER IS IR JO
03AMMAN5575	CONSULTANT EMPOWERS JORDANIAN WOMEN POLITICIANS [...] Summary: Jordanian and Palestinian female Members of Parliament and municipal officials praised the workshops and individual consultations by political consultant Daryl Glenney, who focused the newly-elected representatives on their role in advancing both women's empowerment and citizen partic [...]	2003-09-03 09:58:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP OEXC SCUL JO
03AMMAN5596	DEMARCHE TO JORDAN IN ADVANCE OF ARAB LEAGUE [...] (C) PolCouns on September 3 covered ref points on Iraq and the roadmap with Ali al-Ayed, Director of Foreign Minister Muasher's Private Office. On Iraq, PolCouns thanked the GOJ for its recent public reception of an Iraqi Governing Council (GC) delegation and encouraged the GOJ to continue t [...]	2003-09-03 15:11:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IS IZ JO
03AMMAN5600	JORDANIAN PARTICIPATION IN MADRID IRAQ DONORS [...] (sbu) Summary. Confirming that Jordan is committed to providing technical and cooperative assistance to Iraqi ministries, Planning Minister Awadallah asked us for U.S. help in securing an invitation for Jordan to the October 23-24 donors' conference in Madrid. In addition, Jordan has four [...]	2003-09-03 16:17:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN IZ JO
03AMMAN5602	WITH LITTLE FANFARE, CROWN PRINCE HAMZAH GETS [...] (U) Jordanians were surprised -- but nonetheless delighted -- at the announcement of the marriage of Crown Prince Hamzah on August 29, 2003. The CP signed a traditional marriage contract with his second cousin, Princess Noor Bint Asem Ben Nayef, in a private family affair held at King Abdul [...]	2003-09-04 05:04:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR OVIP JO
03AMMAN5620	PEACE PROCESS, IRAQ DOMINATE CHAFEE MEETINGS IN [...] (C) Senator Lincoln Chafee, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, met with King Abdallah, Senate President Zaid Al-Rifa'i, and several Jordanian academics and political activists to discuss Iraq, the peace process, and Jordan's domestic [...]	2003-09-04 13:06:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IZ SY JO
03AMMAN5623	NEPHEW OF SLAIN IRAQI SHIA CLERIC AL-KHOEI SEEKS [...] (C) Iraqi Shia cleric Sayed Jawad al-Khoei (nephew of Sayed Abd al-Majid al-Khoei, who was assassinated in Najaf on April 10) and Ghanim Jawad from the London-based al-Khoei Foundation called on PolCouns September 2. Al-Khoei said that the removal of Saddam Hussein and his regime from Iraq [...]	2003-09-04 13:56:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV IZ
03AMMAN5663	GOJ REQUESTS STATUS REPORT ON JORDANIAN PRISONERS [...] (SBU) This is an action request. See Para 4. 2. (SBU) Jordan's MFA sent to the Embassy on August 28 a diplomatic note requesting a status report on Jordanian prisoners and detainees held in Iraqi jails. 3. (SBU) Begin text of note: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs presents its complime [...]	2003-09-04 14:49:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ODIP IZ JO
03AMMAN5664	IRAQI MFA OFFICIALS DISCUSS WITH GOJ RESTARTING [...] (C) Susan Johnson, Senior Advisor to the MFA in Baghdad, and two Iraqi MFA officials visited Amman from August 15 to 20 to meet with GOJ MFA officials, officials at the Iraqi Embassy, and visit the Jordan-Iraq border area. The purpose of the visit was to pave the way for resumption of Iraqi c [...]	2003-09-04 15:15:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ODIP IZ JO
03AMMAN5698	BAGHDAD BASED IRAQIS SHARE THEIR PERSONAL [...] (C) PolOff discussed with two Baghdad based Iraqis what their lives in Iraq are like post-Saddam, Iraqi expectations vs. current realities, the lack of security and basic services, and observations on how the U.S. can ensure stability, democracy and prosperity in Iraq. Among their chief concer [...]	2003-09-07 16:06:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI JO
03AMMAN5699	JORDANIAN OFFICIALS SURPRISED BY ABU MAZEN'S [...] (C) Jordanian officials publicly and privately expressed their concern about the fate of the roadmap after the resignation of Palestinian Prime Minister Abu Mazen and subsequent Israeli assassination attempt against senior HAMAS leaders in Gaza on Saturday. MFA officials appealed to the Unit [...]	2003-09-07 16:39:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL PTER JO
03AMMAN5763	CHILD LABOR INFORMATION UPDATE: JORDAN [...] As requested in reftel, post is providing additional information on child labor in Jordan. Ministry of Labor (MOL) officials informed post that they are aware of DOL reporting requirements and recently provided clarifications on three issues in the 2002 DOL child labor report through the Jorda [...]	2003-09-09 07:55:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI JO
03AMMAN5764	PROPOSED NEW UNSC RESOLUTION COULD HELP JORDAN DO [...] (C) The proposed new U.S. draft UN Security Council Resolution on Iraq contains several elements that will please the Jordanians. First, it asks that Iraqis come up with a timetable for transfer of sovereignty to Iraqis. Senior Jordanian officials have repeatedly encouraged the coalition t [...]	2003-09-09 08:02:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL MARR MOPS IZ JO UNSC
03AMMAN5765	PROPOSED NEW UNSC RESOLUTION COULD HELP JORDAN DO [...] (C) The proposed new U.S. draft UN Security Council Resolution on Iraq contains several elements that will please the Jordanians. First, it asks that Iraqis come up with a timetable for transfer of sovereignty to Iraqis. Senior Jordanian officials have repeatedly encouraged the coalition t [...]	2003-09-09 08:03:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL MARR MOPS IZ JO UNSC
03AMMAN5766	GROUP OF JORDANIAN MP'S ASKS GOVERNMENT TO OPPOSE [...] (U) Thirty two members of the lower house of the Jordanian Parliament (MPs) have sent a petition to the government asking that Jordan oppose the seating of "representatives of American occupation" -- that is, the Iraqi Governing Council (GC) -- at the upcoming Arab League (AL) Ministerial me [...]	2003-09-09 08:09:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ JO
03AMMAN5792	VOLVIS PROGRAM ON AMERICAN STUDIES [...] THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS SECTION NOMINATES DR. HAKAM AL HADIDI, PRESIDENT, THE HASHEMITE UNIVERSITY AND DR. MARWAN OBEIDAT, DEAN OF STUDENTS AFFAIRS, THE HASHEMITE UNIVERSITY FOR A VOLVIS PROGRAM FROM OCTOBER 11- 22, 2003. 2. FULL BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION FOR DR. AL HADIDI FOLLOWS: PREFIX: DR. [...]	2003-09-10 05:12:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL JO
03AMMAN5793	VOLVIS PROGRAM ON EDUCATIONAL REFORM, CIVIC [...] THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS SECTION NOMINATES DR. RAED QAQISH FOR A VOLVIS PROGRAM, MEMBER OF THE LOWER HOUSE OF THE JORDANIAN PARLIAMENT FROM OCTOBER 20-30, 2003. FULL BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION FOLLOWS: PREFIX: MR. F-NAME: RAED M-NAME: K. L-NAME: QAQISH M-ADDR1: P.O. BOX 1355 M-CITY: AL SALT 1911 [...]	2003-09-10 05:12:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL JO
03AMMAN5798	ARAB TELECOM REGULATORS NETWORK: READY FOR PRIME [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Jordanian Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (TRC) hosted the first preparatory meeting for the Arab Telecommunications Regulators Network (ATRN) on August 28-29 in Amman, Jordan. Delegates from twelve countries created a permanent Secretariat and produced a series [...]	2003-09-10 09:59:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECPS KMPI JO
03AMMAN5832	NEW ISRAELI AMBASSADOR PRESENTS CREDENTIALS [...] (U) King Abdallah accepted the credentials of the new Israeli ambassador to Jordan, Yacov Hadas Handlesman, during a ceremony with seven other new ambassadors September 7. Handlesman, Israel's fourth ambassador to Jordan, assumes the post from Ambassador David Dadonn, who left Jordan two weeks [...]	2003-09-10 16:40:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL PINR IS JO
03AMMAN5889	CURRENT STATUS OF IRAQI AIRCRAFT IN JORDAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: CPA officials have informally sought Embassy Amman's assistance in determining the status and timely return to Iraqi government control of seven airplanes of probable Iraqi government ownership currently known to be located in Jordan. Post was able to take a close look at six [...]	2003-09-13 08:39:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ETTC IZ JO
03AMMAN5890	TRAVEL TO IRAQ FROM JORDAN: NEW HACC CHARTER [...] (U) Post has received multiple inquiries about travel to Iraq by way of Jordan, and is in planning stages for the creation of a logistics center to assist USG personnel transiting Jordan en route to Iraq. As this logistics center is not yet operational, the Embassy wishes to supply he Departm [...]	2003-09-13 08:39:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ETRD EINV JO
03AMMAN5901	KING ABDULLAH VISITS IRAN [...] (U) King Abdullah visited Tehran September 2-3 in what President Khatami termed &a significant turning point in relations.8 Local and regional media sources referred to the visit as &landmark8 and &a new chapter in bilateral relations.8 Accompanied by Prime Minister Ali Abul Ragheb and several [...]	2003-09-14 11:18:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER IR JO
03AMMAN5905	American Studies Books For Amman [...] Post would like to re-confirm request for two sets of "Library of America" and two sets of "Gale Collection", the first set of each to be provided by ECA/A/E/USS as noted in emails. Funding information for the second of each set included below. 2. Post understands costs for second sets as f [...]	2003-09-14 13:20:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL KPAO OIIP JO
03AMMAN5907	PROSECUTION WITNESSES TESTIFY IN FOLEY TRIAL [...] (U) The state security court trial of five suspects in the October 2002 assassination of USAID official Laurence Foley resumed on September 2 and 9 with the appearance of several more witnesses for the prosecution. The first round of prosecution witnesses appeared before the court on September [...]	2003-09-14 14:00:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC PREL JO
03AMMAN5940	JORDANIAN AUTHORITIES CHARGE 15 IN ANOTHER [...] (U) In the second indictment against alleged terrorist plotters handed down in a month, Jordan's state security court formally charged 15 individuals with conspiring to carry out terrorist attacks against U.S. and Israeli targets worldwide, according to press reports on September 13. Military [...]	2003-09-15 15:04:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PTER KISL ASEC PREL JO
03AMMAN5941	MB AND MP'S CONDEMN EU BLACKLISTING OF HAMAS; GOJ [...] (U) Both the Jordanian Mulsim Brotherhood (MB) and a majority of members of Parliament (MP's) publicly rebuked the European Union for its recent moves against the political wing of Hamas. After Israel announced its intention "in principle" to expel Yaser Arafat, the GOJ came out firmly agains [...]	2003-09-15 16:08:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL JO
03AMMAN5943	JORDAN IV DENIED ENTRY TO U.S. [...] (U) While the Department correctly notes the difficulties facing some students in fulfilling NSEERS requirement (reftel),other travelers bearing different visa classifications can also get caught up in the system. A recent experience by a Jordanian contact traveling under the International V [...]	2003-09-16 04:53:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS CLOK PREL KPAO JO
03AMMAN5947	JORANIAN SUPPORT FOR THE IRAQI ASSET HUNT [...] (S/NF) Central Bank of Jordan (CBJ) Deputy Governor Mohamed Said Shahin phoned ECON/C September 15 with the following bank account information for companies suspected of being linked to Uday Hussein (refs b and c). Shahin said he was acting on the instructions of CBJ Governor Toukan at the [...]	2003-09-16 09:07:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN ETTC IZ JO
03AMMAN5965	UNINTENDED BUT EFFECTIVE CLOSURE OF JORDAN-IRAQ [...] (S) U.S. military units on the Jordan-Iraq border unintentionally but effectively closed the border to Iraq-bound traffic on September 15. GOJ MFA and security officials queried the Embassy, seeking an explanation. Embassy officers contacted U.S. military command units in Iraq, who indicate [...]	2003-09-16 13:47:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	MOPS PREL IZ JO
03AMMAN5971	GOJ CALLS U.S.-JORDAN-IRAQI FRATRICIDE INCIDENT AT [...] (U) Acting PM Faris Nabulsi stated that the September 12 U.S.-Jordan-Iraqi fratricide incident at Falluja, was "unintentional" and would not deter the GOJ from its commitment to assist the Iraqi people. In that incident at the Jordanian military hospital, a Jordanian sergeant was killed, and [...]	2003-09-16 16:07:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI JO
03AMMAN5999	JORDANIAN-ISRAELI WATER FRUSTRATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Jordanian Water Minister El-Naser expressed his disappointment over the past few months' behavior of his Israeli counterparts from the Joint Technical Water Committee. Pointing the finger at Israel for dragging its feet on Jordanian technical requests and charging them with obst [...]	2003-09-17 13:47:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SENV KWBG IS JO MEPN
03AMMAN6000	TERRORIST FINANCE: AMMAN: HAMAS NAMES: JORDAN [...] (c) Summary. The Jordanian Central Bank canceled an order to commercial banks to freeze bank accounts of HAMAS-connected individuals and entities in Jordan following a political firestorm sparked when the order leaked in the local press. Although there were no actual HAMAS-related funds in [...]	2003-09-17 14:06:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC EFIN PTER KPAL JO
03AMMAN6027	HONOR CRIMES IN JORDAN ON THE AGENDA [...] (U) Press reports have highlighted recent "honor killings," the reduction of a stiff sentence against one perpetrator, and the rejection by the Lower House of the Jordanian Parliament of amendments to the "honor crimes law." However, honor crimes are both a complex issue and a deeply-rooted [...]	2003-09-18 15:43:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM SOCI KWMN PREL KMPI JO
03AMMAN6028	GOJ PLANS TO CLOSE RUWEISHED REFUGEE CAMP [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Interior Habashneh informed UNHCR on Sept. 8 that the GOJ intends to close the Ruweished refugee camp and transfer the remaining 550 camp residents to the no-man's land (NML) camp between the Jordanian and Iraqi border posts, preferably by October 15. UNHCR and the [...]	2003-09-18 16:02:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL KPAL IZ JO
03AMMAN6029	JORDAN'S RED-DEAD POSTURING--YOU'RE EITHER WITH US [...] (C) SUMMARY: Jordan,s Planning and Water Ministers, Bassem Awadallah and Hazim El-Naser, insisted to visiting NEA Senior Science Advisor Charles Lawson that the Red Sea - Dead Sea Conveyance (RDC) project feasibility study must happen. If the Israelis and Palestinians cannot put the politics of [...]	2003-09-18 16:47:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SENV KWBG JO IS
03AMMAN6064	GOJ MAY REQUIRE PRE-APPROVAL FOR ENTRY OF IRAQIS [...] (S/NF) The visiting Jordanian Charge in Baghdad told PolCouns that, because of security agencies' concerns about export of terrorism from Iraq to Jordan, the GOJ is considering declaring Iraqis a "restricted" nationality. Iraqi travelers to Jordan would require pre-approval from security age [...]	2003-09-21 13:09:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV IZ JO
03AMMAN6068	Chicken in Transit to Iraq via Jordan [...] (SBU) Post would appreciate urgent guidance on the following two diplomatic notes from the Jordanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. They request guidance from appropriate Iraqi authorities on how to deal with a consignment of frozen chicken being shipped to Iraq from Saudi Arabia across Jorda [...]	2003-09-21 14:37:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR IZ JO
03AMMAN6119	ANTI-NORMALIZATION CAMPAIGN IN JORDAN HAS LASTING [...] (C) The effects of an Anti-Normalization Committee, disbanded over two years ago, linger. One remnant of its campaigns to discredit Jordanians who supported relations with Israel is the ongoing legal case filed by one of its targets, Jordanian businessman and self-proclaimed peace advocate Tar [...]	2003-09-23 15:23:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL PHUM KPAL IS JO

03AMMAN6120	ISLAMISTS DENOUNCE U.S. PRESSURE ON IRAN, CALL FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY & COMMENT: Prominent Jordanian Islamists have denounced U.S. policy toward Iran, encouraged the Iraqi resistance, and called on Jordan to close its field hospital in Fallujah, Iraq. The Acting Prime Minister responded to the last demand, defending the hospital's humanitarian work. [...]	2003-09-23 15:24:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KISL IR IZ JO MEPP
03AMMAN6122	MODERATE IRAQI PARTIES SEEK CPA PARTICIPATION IN [...] (U) Jamal Rifai, member of Jordan's al Mustaqbel Party and freelance journalist, told us September 22 that there will be a conference September 25 in Baghdad including 17 Iraqi political parties. Rifai outlined his involvement with the Iraqi Salam party and its participation in the conference, [...]	2003-09-23 15:51:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI JO
03AMMAN6177	ALTERCATION AT RUWAISHED REFUGEE CAMP COULD [...] (C) Four residents of Ruwaished refugee camp set themselves and a UNHCR trailer on fire September 23, leading to "rioting" in the camp, including attacks on UNHCR staff, who were forced to flee. The Jordanian Interior Minister contacted UNHCR to urge that the situation be brought under cont [...]	2003-09-25 16:46:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PGOV KPAL IZ JO
03AMMAN6178	JORDAN'S EXPORTS TO IRAQ EXCEED TRADITIONAL [...] (U) A Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) source provided embassy with the latest summary of Jordanian export statistics to Iraq showing a strong rebound in the wide-ranging trade to levels in excess of those in the 1995-2000 period. Amer al-Hadidi, MOIT Director of Industrial Develop [...]	2003-09-25 17:35:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EFIN ETTC IZ JO
03AMMAN6184	PRM PDAS GREENE DISCUSSES NEW IRAQI REFUGEE [...] (C) In separate meetings on the margins of the UNRWA major donors meeting, GOJ and UNHCR officials told PRM PDAS Greene that the refugee camps on the Iraqi-Jordanian border were increasingly problematic. The GOJ continues to advocate consolidation of the camps in no-man's land, while UNHCR p [...]	2003-09-28 08:22:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PGOV KPAL IZ JO
03AMMAN6185	MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST [...] No summary [...]	2003-09-28 09:40:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN6220	Jordan and Israel Seeking EU "QIZ" Arrangement [...] (sbu) Summary. Jordan and Israel are working together to ask the EU for a special "QIZ-like" arrangement that will allow duty-free access to the European market for goods produced in Jordan with Israeli content. This effort, which the Jordanians say has high- level European and Israeli pol [...]	2003-09-29 14:28:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD JO IS EU
03AMMAN6221	IRAQI "EMBASSY" IN AMMAN SERVES TEA WHILE WAITING [...] (C) By their own admission, Iraqi Interests Section staff (six diplomats and six admin. staff) have been mostly idle since the end of the war. They while away the time by fielding -- but not being able to do anything about -- Iraqi citizens' consular questions by phone and in person. Activity [...]	2003-09-29 14:46:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI JO
03AMMAN6222	Jordan-Iraq Aviation Issues Reviewed [...] (SBU) Summary. The Jordanian Transportation Minister told CPA transportation advisors that Jordan wishes to cooperate in rebuilding the Iraqi aviation sector. Jordan is ready to provide training to Iraqi CAA and airline employees and to work with CPA to return or dispose of Iraqi aircraft [...]	2003-09-29 14:58:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR EFIN PINR IZ JO
03AMMAN6232	JORDANIAN FORCES CAPTURE FUGITIVE EXTREMIST BEHIND [...] (U) Capping a ten-month manhunt, Jordanian security forces on September 27 captured one of its most-wanted fugitives, local Islamic extremist Muhammad Ahmad al-Shalabi (aka Abu Sayyaf),and an accomplice, 'Umar Ghazi al-Bazayi'ah, in the northeastern town of Mafraq. Charges against al-Shalabi [...]	2003-09-29 15:51:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KISL JO
03AMMAN6233	FOLLOW-UP ON IRAQI ASSETS IN JORDAN [...] (S) In a September 29 meeting with the Ambassador, Finance Minister Marto confirmed that he was ready to chair the meeting on assets and bilateral financial issues agreed to during Prime Minister Ali Abul Ragheb's September 16 meeting in Washington with State and Treasury officals (ref). Ma [...]	2003-09-29 15:53:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	ETTC EFIN JO IZ
03AMMAN6234	JORDAN SUPPORTS SEATING IGC AT OCTOBER OIC SUMMIT [...] (C) PolCouns and PolOff covered ref points on seating the Iraqi Governing Council (IGC) at the upcoming meeting of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) in Kuala Lumpur with Ali al-Ayed, Director of Foreign Minister Muasher's Private Office on September 29. PolCouns asked that Jo [...]	2003-09-30 05:10:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ JO OIC
03AMMAN6255	PSI BACKGROUND AND TALKING POINTS DELIVERED TO [...] (C) PolCouns and PolOff September 29 delivered ref a points on the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) to Ali al-Ayed, Foreign Minister Muasher's Private Office Director. PolCouns had previously delivered ref b text of the Statement of Interdiction Principles (SOP) to Ayed on September 7. [...]	2003-09-30 12:29:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL PHSA PBTS EAIR EWWT JO
03AMMAN6261	JORDAN'S AMB. IN SYRIA ON TERRORISM IN IRAQ, HAMAS [...] (C) An Embassy contact outlined for us a recent meeting he had with Jordan's Ambassador in Syria. The Ambassador worried about the flow of terrorists from Syria into Iraq, and pressure he feels to permit old Palestinian fedayeen into Jordan. End Summary. ----------------------------------- [...]	2003-09-30 13:34:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAL LE PGOV PREL PTER SY JO JY
03AMMAN6267	GOJ SILENT, MEDIA NEGATIVE ON POTUS SPEECH AT UNGA [...] (C) Although the GOJ did not issue any official commentary on President Bush's UNGA speech, the Jordanian media panned the remarks as "vulgar" and an "insult" to Arabs, particularly the section dealing with the "ideology of terrorism." Many of our contacts admitted to have not heard or read t [...]	2003-09-30 14:39:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL US IZ JO UNGA
03AMMAN6276	JORDANIANS WEARY ON THIRD ANNIVERSARY OF [...] (C) While the third anniversary of the al-Aqsa intifadah passed with little fanfare in Jordan, Jordanians remain frustrated with continuing violence and lack of movement toward a settlement. Beneath weariness, the most common themes we hear include the need to restrain Israeli security poli [...]	2003-10-01 07:12:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAL PGOV IS JO
03AMMAN6281	JORDANIAN MPS EXPECT NEW GOVERNMENT, BUT NOT NEW [...] (C) In recent meetings with new and returning members of Parliament, PolCouns and PolOff were treated to a litany of complaints about lack of job opportunities and the need for continued USG economic support. While many MPs imply corruption on the part of the Prime Minister, most thought th [...]	2003-10-01 10:16:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM JO
03AMMAN6289	REQUEST FOR SIGNIFICANT PUBLIC BENEFIT PAROLE [...] Name: Rehaief, Hussein Oda (as written in English in passport: Hoseen A Rehaif) 2. DPOB: 16 August 1974; Basra, Iraq (per passport) 3. Justification: Mr. Hussein Rehaief is the brother of Mohammed Rehaief, who rendered invaluable assistance to the United States Government during Operat [...]	2003-10-01 13:51:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS PHUM JO IZ
03AMMAN6340	MEDIA REACTION ON JORDAN'S EXPORTS TO U.S., [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-02 14:49:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN6347	PROSECUTION IN FOLEY TRIAL RESTS; JORDANIAN [...] (U) The final prosecution witnesses in the case of five individuals accused of assassinating USAID official Laurence Foley appeared in court on October 1. The witnesses included a Jordanian Telecom employee who traced the calls of the primary suspect, Libyan national Salem Bin Suweid, a sec [...]	2003-10-02 15:50:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KISL PGOV PTER JO
03AMMAN6391	USPTO TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING - JORDAN [...] Embassy nominates two Jordanian government officials to participate in the USPTO Visiting Scholars Program. The Embassy USAID mission plans to provide travel and per diem assistance for these candidates. 2. Post nominates: Ms. Zein Al-Awamaleh, Director Office of International Indust [...]	2003-10-06 13:49:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KIPR OTRA
03AMMAN6393	TERRORISM FINANCE: JORDAN: HAMAS STORY NOT OVER [...] (C) SUMMARY. A HEATED LOCAL CONTROVERSY OVER JORDAN'S CLUMSY HANDLING OF THE DECISION TO ORDER AND THEN CANCEL A FREEZE ON HAMAS-LINKED BANK ACCOUNTS HAS 1) JEOPARDIZED THE CAREER OF A SOUND CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR, 2) POLITICIZED THE ISSUE OF THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE CENTRAL BANK, AND 3) LIKELY [...]	2003-10-06 14:18:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETTC PTER KPAL JO
03AMMAN6394	MEDIA REACTION ON ISRAELI RAID ON SYRIA [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-06 14:18:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN6398	U.S.-JORDAN EXTRADITION TREATY: AMBASSADOR ASKS [...] (C) The Ambassador on October 5 asked FonMin Muasher to have the GOJ to submit the U.S.-Jordan extradition treaty to the Parliament for ratification. Muasher promised to raise the issue with the PM and cabinet. The MFA Legal Advisor told us separately that, while the legal obstacles to full [...]	2003-10-06 15:19:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	CJAN PREL PTER US JO
03AMMAN6409	GOJ CONDEMNS ISRAELI RAID IN SYRIA; ISLAMISTS [...] (U) Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher on October 5 condemned in an official press statement the Israeli military strike in Syria, calling it a "dangerous escalation" which threatened the security of the entire region. Muasher further said that the attack "does not at all help the peace process [...]	2003-10-06 17:08:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER IS JO SY
03AMMAN6411	JORDAN: BLUE LANTERN END USE PROGRAM [...] (U) Embassy Amman designates Econoff Richard C. Donovan as the new permanent Embassy Blue Lantern contact. Mr. Donovan's contact information is a follows: Richard C. Donovan Economic Officer Tel: 011-962-6-592-0101, ext. 2659 or 2558 Fax: 011-962-6-592-7653 unclass email: DonovanRC@state. [...]	2003-10-07 06:57:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC JO
03AMMAN6414	JORDAN-IRAQ: POLICE TRAINING, DEBT, CHALABI, [...] (S) Foreign Minister Muasher said October 5 that Jordan will continue its pragmatic, cooperative relationship with the Iraqi Governing Council (IGC) and will send a ministerial representative to the Madrid donors' meeting. However, he expressed concern that an escalating war of words with IG [...]	2003-10-07 07:17:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MARR IS IZ JO
03AMMAN6428	TRAVEL TO IRAQ FROM JORDAN 2: RATES RISE FOR HACC [...] (U) SUMMARY: In the interim prior to the creation of a logistics center to assist USG personnel transiting Jordan en route to Iraq (ref A),the Embassy wishes to supply the Department and all other interested USG personnel with information on current options for travel from Jordan to Iraq. Th [...]	2003-10-07 10:50:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ETRD ETTC IZ JO
03AMMAN6445	MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST ISSUES [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-07 15:06:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN6451	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 2: PRE-LICENSE END USE CHECK ON [...] (U) Post Military Assistance Program office (MAP) personnel have inquired discreetly about the end use of the commando rifles for which PM/DTCC has received the subject license application. We can confirm that the rifles are destined to Jordan's counter-terrorism (CT) forces. Given that CT f [...]	2003-10-08 06:16:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KOMC ETTC JO
03AMMAN6456	UNRWA DONOR MEETING HIGHLIGHTS INCREASING [...] (SBU) Summary: Discussion at the September 23-25 UNRWA donor meetings focused on the ever-increasing gap between Palestinian refugees' needs and UNRWA's stagnant financial base. Continuing conflict in the West Bank and Gaza have led to increased demands for UNRWA services, while chronic und [...]	2003-10-08 10:56:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL EAID KPAL KWBG JO
03AMMAN6490	MEDIA REACTION ON TURKISH FORCES TO IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-09 12:51:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN6491	JORDANIAN PARLIAMENT FINISHES EXTRAORDINARY [...] (C) The 14th Jordanian Parliament ended its 75 day "extraordinary session" on September 28. While the Parliament discussed a wide variety of topics and took several important procedural steps, including the election of Speaker, the formation of committees and the approval of a new Cabinet, it [...]	2003-10-09 13:31:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM ECON JO
03AMMAN6502	GOJ DEMOLITION ORDER IN PALESTINIAN REFUGEE CAMP [...] (C) A plan to demolish homes of more than 500 families to widen a congested main thoroughfare in Jordan's second-largest Palestinian refugee camp has spawned controversy. Amman city authorities say the demolition is part of a larger plan to rehabilitate the camp's infrastructure, and they p [...]	2003-10-09 14:22:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL KPAL IS PGOV JO
03AMMAN6504	JORDAN: FY04 USDA FOOD ASSISTANCE RECOMMENDATION [...] (U) Summary. Post recommends that $20 million in FY04 P.L. 480 Title I funds be set aside for a concessional loan that will help the government of Jordan procure U.S. wheat, with proceeds from the local sale of the wheat being used to fund agricultural productivity and rural development pro [...]	2003-10-09 18:00:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID JO
03AMMAN6505	Jordan: No Biotech Regulations [...] (U) According to senior officials of the Jordanian health and agriculture ministries, Jordan does not currently have agricultural biotechnology laws or regulations. They did not preclude that such regulations might be put in place, but did not suggest that any planning was underway to do so [...]	2003-10-09 18:00:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD SENV TBIO TSPL KPAO JO
03AMMAN6506	JORDAN: EMBASSY COMMENTS ON OPIC APPLICATION [...] (U) As requested in a memorandum dated September 23, 2003 from OPIC Applications Officer Sharon Williams, the Embassy has reviewed the application for up to $300 million in OPIC Political Risk Investment Insurance for an "Aqaba Special Economic Zone" project that was submitted to OPIC by Cit [...]	2003-10-09 18:02:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV JO
03AMMAN6514	SECURITY EVALUATION OF REFUGEE PROCESSING SITE [...] (U) In a follow-up to a survey conducted and reported in reftel D, the Regional Security Office revisited the UNHCR interview site to further determine the security suitability as an interview site for Iraqi refugees. This report seeks to expand on previously reported security information. [...]	2003-10-13 04:51:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PREF
03AMMAN6518	AMBASSADOR ASKS PM TO PRESENT EXTRADITION TREATY [...] (C) The Ambassador on October 9 asked Prime Minister Ali Abul Ragheb to submit the U.S.-Jordan bilateral extradition treaty to Parliament for approval and work to bring it fully into force. Abul Ragheb was aware of the Ambassador's earlier request to the Foreign Minister (ref),and, in fact, [...]	2003-10-13 06:37:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CJAN PTER US JO
03AMMAN6522	WHEN JORDAN RUMBLES, THINGS MIGHT CRUMBLE [...] (U) Summary. Although Jordan's history is littered with seismic activity, Jordanian officials and builders believe that present building codes are insufficient to protect residential buildings and public structures from an earthquake, with potentially major humanitarian consequences. While [...]	2003-10-13 09:12:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAID JO
03AMMAN6562	MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ AND MIDDLE EAST [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-14 14:12:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN6580	MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-15 12:10:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN6599	JORDANIANS CONDEMN BOMBING OF U.S. CONVOY IN GAZA, [...] (C) Jordanians expressed shock and condemnation in the immediate aftermath of the October 15 attack on a U.S. diplomatic convoy in the Gaza Strip. The GOJ strongly condemned the bombing and extended its condolences to the families of the victims. Noting that the investigation into the atta [...]	2003-10-15 16:55:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAL IS ASEC PTER JO
03AMMAN6604	SECURITY EVALUATION OF REFUGEE PROCESSING SITE - [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-16 08:44:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PREF JO
03AMMAN6613	MEDIA RECTION ON MIDDLE EAST [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-16 14:00:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN6620	JORDANIAN PARTICIPATION IN MADRID MEETINGS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A high-level Jordanian interagency delegation to Madrid, led by Finance Minister Michel Marto, will make a presentation highlighting Jordan's potential to provide technical and training support for rebuilding Iraq's institutions and to support other donors' efforts. While plann [...]	2003-10-16 15:12:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID BEXP JO IZ
03AMMAN6621	OIL, GAS, AND ELECTRICITY FOR IRAQ: ENERGY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Jordanian Minister of Energy Mohammed Bataineh told DCM on October 14 that little progress beyond statements of principle has been made in talks on the provision of Iraqi oil to Jordan. He expressed pride at the completion of the first phase of the Egypt-Jordan gas pipeline and [...]	2003-10-16 16:11:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ETRD EINV JO
03AMMAN6622	KING, GOVERNMENT PUBLICLY SUPPORT IRAQ [...] (U) Both Prime Minister Abul Ragheb and King Abdullah continue to publicly express their support for direct Jordanian involvement in reconstruction efforts in Iraq, including security-related training. The Jordanian Cabinet formally endorsed October 14 a contract for the training in Jordan o [...]	2003-10-16 17:42:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON IZ JO
03AMMAN6683	FOLEY ASSASSINATION DEFENDANTS, ABU SAYYAF CLAIM [...] (U) Jordan's state security court heard three separate cases involving suspects involved in anti-U.S. activity on October 13-15. On October 15, five men accused in the assassination of USAID official Laurence Foley appeared in court to proclaim their innocence, claiming that Jordanian secur [...]	2003-10-20 08:39:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PREL PHUM ASEC JO
03AMMAN67	ARMORED GLASS REQUEST [...] Regional Refugee Coordinator requests replacement windows (all windows) for the following vehicle. Refcoord also requests DS/PSP/DEAV authorized installation team install windshields at post during installation of previously requested State windshields. Please obligate to the following fun [...]	2003-01-06 09:31:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC ASUP AMGT PREF JO
03AMMAN6706	UNRWA BEGINS PLANNING FOR JUNE 2004 GENEVA [...] This is an action request; see para 11. 2. Summary: At an October 17 core group meeting, UNRWA opened discussions on the agenda and participation of its planned June 2004 extraordinary Geneva conference. UNRWA and conference co-chair Switzerland view the Geneva event as an opportunity t [...]	2003-10-21 07:42:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL KPAL JO UNRWA
03AMMAN6710	REVISED - CORRECTED COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR [...] Amman-based Regional English Language Officer (RELO) John Turek and RELO Assistant Salwa Rihani request country clearance for their upcoming TDY in Beirut November 2 - 7, 2003. RELO Tureks' title is Attach and holds top security clearance. 2. Justification for [...]	2003-10-21 09:59:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL JO
03AMMAN6713	JORDAN-IRAQ: SECURE DISPOSITION OF RADIOACTIVE [...] (C) PolCouns on October 20 conveyed to Ali al-Ayed, Director of Foreign Minister Muasher's Private Office, and Basheer Zoubi, MFA Private Office Iraq Action Officer, ref points on the need to identify and secure orphaned and illicitly trafficked radioactive sources from Iraq. Ayed said he u [...]	2003-10-21 11:27:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL US JO
03AMMAN6716	MEDIA REACTION 10/21/03 [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-21 14:53:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN6728	KING ABDULLAH TO APPOINT NEW GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Prime Minister Abul Ragheb told the Ambassador today that he will submit his resignation to the King on October 22. Embassy sources and the press report that King Abdullah will appoint Royal Court Minister Faisal Fayez as the new PM. The King intends to meet with prospective members of a [...]	2003-10-21 15:55:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM JO
03AMMAN673	THE VIEW OF A POTENTIAL FEMALE CANDIDATE FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. On January 21, PolOff met with Nadia Alool, a long-time human rights contact who is contemplating a bid for a parliamentary seat in the forthcoming elections scheduled for this summer. Alool attended Post's political campaign workshop in January. She "is about 65 percent certa [...]	2003-02-02 04:58:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI JO
03AMMAN6732	FONMIN MUASHER ON IRAQ: TURKISH TROOPS A BAD [...] (S/NF) Foreign Minister Muasher told the Ambassador October 19 that Jordan is not happy with the decision to deploy Turkish troops to Iraq, arguing that Turkey has "another agenda" in Iraq. He pointed to the continued presence of Turkish forces in northern Cyprus as evidence that Turkish tr [...]	2003-10-22 06:24:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MARR TU IZ JO
03AMMAN6734	ASKING GOVERNMENT OF JORDAN TO ACCEPT NEW IRAQI [...] (U) On October 20, Consul and Political Counselor met with Mr. Ali al-Ayed, Director of Foreign Minister Muasher's Private Office, and Basheer al-Zoubi, MFA Private Office action officer on Iraq to present reftel talking points and non-paper on Government of Jordan (GOJ) recognition of new Ir [...]	2003-10-22 07:10:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT CVIS IZ JO
03AMMAN6741	JORDAN: DEMARCHE ON THE U.S. CANDIDATE FOR THE UN [...] PolCouns delivered dip note, CV, and ref talking points on the candidacy of Ms. Felice Gaer for re-election to the UN Committee Against Torture October 20 to Ali al-Ayed, Director of Foreign Minister Muasher's Private Office. Ayed promised to study the U.S. request and provide a considered re [...]	2003-10-22 10:58:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL US JO
03AMMAN6746	MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-22 13:57:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN6766	JORDAN NOT TO SEND MINISTERIAL LEVEL REP TO MADRID [...] (C) Bassam Awadallah, the immediate past and likely future Minister of Planning, told the Ambassador October 22 that Jordan would be unable to send a ministerial representative to the Madrid Iraq Donors Conference. With the resignation of the Jordanian PM and government October 22 (ref a an [...]	2003-10-22 17:09:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID BEXP PREL ETRD IZ JO
03AMMAN6767	JORDAN'S NEW GOVERNMENT TAKES SHAPE, BUT STILL [...] (C) King Abdullah formally accepted the resignation of Prime Minister Ali Abul Ragheb on October 22 and entrusted Royal Court Minister Faisal Fayez with forming a new government. Political insiders, however, express doubt over Fayez's ability to effectively lead a team of Ministers to implem [...]	2003-10-22 17:29:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KWMN ECON JO
03AMMAN6812	KING ABDULLAH LAYS OUT POLITICAL REFORM VISION FOR [...] (C) In a public letter to Prime Minister designate Faisal Fayez, King Abdullah laid out his general priorities for the new government, which he hopes will be more unified and proactive than its predecessor. Noting that political development is "at the top of these priorities," the King empha [...]	2003-10-23 15:50:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KWMN ECON JO
03AMMAN6820	American Corners In The Middle East [...] Post requests 4 (four) American Corners collections and supporting equipment to be hosted at the institutions listed individually below. Post estimates the cost of each Corner at approximately USD 102,000 based on module costs provided by IRO and current procurement costs of equipment and su [...]	2003-10-26 12:10:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KIRC KPAO OIIP
03AMMAN6833	INTERNATIONAL VISITOR ALUMNUS HEADS JORDAN'S NEW [...] NEW JORDANIAN PRIME MINISTER FAISAL AL FAYEZ, ALONG WITH A NEW CABINET, WAS SWORN IN ON OCTOBER 25. MR. AL FAYEZ IS AN ALUMNUS OF THE INTERNATIONAL VISITOR PROGRAM ON "ELECTION CAMPAIGN" IN 1988. 2. THREE CONTINUING CABINET MEMBERS ARE ALSO ALUMNI OF EXCHANGE PROGRAMS: --H.E. DR. AHMAD [...]	2003-10-26 12:39:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV OEXC JO
03AMMAN687	ANNUAL REQUEST FOR STAFFING, EMPLOYMENT, AND [...] In accordance with reference cable, paragraph 17, original subject hard copy data was dispatched from AmEmbassy Amman on 02/02/2003 via registered pouch mail. Document registration number: 2927118. 2. POC this cable is Mr. Roland Elliott, POL OMS, (962) 6 592 0101, ext 2591. GNEHM [...]	2003-02-02 12:13:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC APER ECON UNESCO POL UN
03AMMAN6907	NEW JORDANIAN GOVERNMENT SWORN IN [...] King Abdullah swore in his new 21-member Cabinet October 25 led by Prime Minister Faisal al-Fayez and including nine first-time ministers. During a two day retreat prior to the swearing in ceremony, the ministers discussed ways to achieve the King's priorities and were charged with developing [...]	2003-10-27 09:41:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM ECON JO
03AMMAN6912	Media Training Workshop combines Iraqi, [...] Summary: In support of the MEPI goal of encouraging a professional and independent media, PA Amman, in cooperation with PA Jerusalem and Baghdad organized a three-day workshop (October 6-8) on "Relations between Journalists and Media Officials." Boosting PA Amman's ongoing media professional [...]	2003-10-27 12:27:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM SCUL OEXC OIIP JO
03AMMAN6917	JORDANIAN VIEWS ON THE OSCE AND ITS MEDITERRANEAN [...] SUMMARY: In a bilateral meeting at the October 20-21 Aqaba OSCE seminar, U.S. and Jordanian officials discussed the Jordanian vision for the OSCE,s six Mediterranean Partners for Cooperation. While upbeat on OSCE principles and the partners, continued participation with the OSCE, the Jordanian [...]	2003-10-27 12:55:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL JO OSCE
03AMMAN6934	RESPONSE TO INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION - [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-27 16:23:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EWWT KTIA PHSA JO IMO
03AMMAN6935	MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-28 07:55:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN6945	JORDAN: LEADING U.S. INVESTOR RUNS INTO MORE [...] (SBU) Summary. The largest U.S. investor in Jordan, the Albemarle Company of Richmond, Virginia, is "heartbroken" by the GOJ's October 15 sale of 50% of its stake in the Arab Potash Company -- Albemarle's joint venture partner in the Jordan Bromine Company -- to the Potash Corporation of Sa [...]	2003-10-28 14:52:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV JO
03AMMAN6960	PM FAYEZ PLANS "CONTROLLED" POLITICAL [...] (C) New PM Faisal al-Fayez told the Ambassador October 28 that he hopes to implement needed but "controlled" political reforms, reaching out to political parties (including Islamists),NGOs and communities in the process. He sees great economic challenges, especially in controlling the budge [...]	2003-10-28 17:24:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD PHUM KDEM IZ JO
03AMMAN6961	AJEX EXPO 2003 SELLS JORDAN AS GATEWAY TO IRAQ AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The American Jordanian EXPO 2003 drew 900 participants to its opening plenary on October 22, focused on the Iraq transit trade, and pitched Jordan as the "gateway" to Iraq and other markets in the region. Sessions on the U.S.-Jordan Free Trade Agreement and qualifying indus [...]	2003-10-28 17:26:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PREL IZ JO EFTA
03AMMAN6962	JORDAN: NEW GOVERNMENT'S COMMITMENT TO FISCAL [...] (C) Summary. While the new Jordanian government is led by economic and political reformers, changes in the cabinet and leadership give rise to questions about its commitment to fiscal discipline, particularly given the weariness of the political leadership following several years of tax hike [...]	2003-10-28 17:47:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PREL JO
03AMMAN6999	ISLAMISTS WELCOME KING'S CALL FOR POLITICAL [...] (C) The Jordanian Islamic Action Front (IAF) publicly embraced King Abdullah's call for political development and a more democratic elections law. The IAF sees the current electoral system as limiting its power in Parliament and hopes to capitalize on political reform measures to expand its [...]	2003-10-29 13:49:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM JO
03AMMAN7000	ISLAMISTS WELCOME KING'S CALL FOR POLITICAL [...] (C) The Jordanian Islamic Action Front (IAF) publicly embraced King Abdullah's call for political development and a more democratic elections law. The IAF sees the current electoral system as limiting its power in Parliament and hopes to capitalize on political reform measures to expand its [...]	2003-10-29 13:49:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM JO
03AMMAN7002	AMBASSADOR CALLS ON NEW LABOR MINISTER [...] (U) Ambasador, economic counselor and PolOff made an October 28 courtesy call on newly sworn-in Labor Minister Amjad al-Majali (biographic info septel). A former diplomat and long-term contact of the embassy, Minister Majali has been in office for four days and is new to his portfolio, but loo [...]	2003-10-29 13:49:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB PHUM JO
03AMMAN7003	MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2003-10-29 14:09:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN7017	UNHCR COMPLETES PROFILE OF KURDS ON JORDANIAN [...] (U) In an October 21 meeting with Amman- and Cairo-based refcoords, UNHCR Sr. Protection Officer Jacqueline Parlevliet reported that UNHCR completed its profile of the 1,070 asylum seekers currently held in no-man's land between the Iraqi and Jordanian border posts. 1,065 individuals (189 cas [...]	2003-10-29 15:50:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL IZ JO
03AMMAN7068	BIOS FOR JORDAN'S NEW CABINET MEMBERS [...] (C) Reflecting a trend (and the 11 ministers) carried over from the previous Jordanian cabinet, western-educated, Muslim, "East Bankers" dominate the newly-appointed, slimmer, 21-member cabinet of Prime Minister Faisal al-Fayez. We count seven Jordanians of Palestinian origin ("West Bankers" [...]	2003-10-30 15:19:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PREL KDEM KWMN PHUM ECON JO
03AMMAN7081	FOLLOW-UP DEMARCHE FOR U.S. CANDIDATE TO UN [...] (U) PolOff delivered a follow-up demarche October 30 supporting the candidacy of Ms. Felice Gaer for re-election to the UN Committee Against Torture to Ayman Al-Amiri, Acting Head of the International Organizations (IO) Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Dr. Khaled Takhayneh, [...]	2003-10-30 15:22:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL JO
03AMMAN7087	DEMARCHE ON UNGA FIRST COMMITTEE: JORDAN [...] PolOff delivered reftel talking points, non-paper and draft resolution October 30 to Ayman Al-Amiri, Acting Head of the International Organizations Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Amiri responded that reform of the First Committee was desirable and that Jordan would carefully [...]	2003-10-30 15:42:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL MNUC AORC KNNP JO UNGA CDG UNDC
03AMMAN7088	DEMARCHE OPPOSING CUBA'S RESOLUTION AGAINST U.S. [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel talking points October 30 to Ayman Al-Amiri, Acting Head of the International Organizations Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Amiri promised to closely review our request to oppose or abstain on the resolution, but admitted that it was "unlikely" that [...]	2003-10-30 16:02:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD CU JO UNGA
03AMMAN7089	ADVOCATING THE U.S. POSITION IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF [...] While receiving reftel points on October 28, Ministry of Agriculture Director's Assistant for Plant Protection Mohammad Kateh-Bader noted that he was reviewing extensive technical comments on living modified organisms (LMO's),including from the U.S. and the EU. We left with him reftel non-p [...]	2003-10-30 16:09:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR TBIO JO FAO WTO
03AMMAN7110	EIPC FUNDING FOR JORDAN FOR FY 2005 [...] (S) Jordan, a key supporter of U.S. policies in the Middle East, has long been an enthusiastic participant in international peacekeeping operations (PKO),including service in recent years in Sierra Leone, Ethiopia/Eritrea, East Timor, Haiti, and the Balkans. In addition, Jordan has provided [...]	2003-10-30 16:46:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	KSPR MARR MCAP MOPS PINS JO
03AMMAN7111	JORDANIANS, ISRAELIS FAULT THE OTHER FOR LACK OF [...] (C) Jordanian Foreign Minister Muasher on October 28 publicly defended Jordan's as yet unsuccessful efforts to negotiate the release of 82 Jordanian prisoners currently held in Israel. Muasher's public comment on this issue was partly driven by Hizballah's recent public statements that it is [...]	2003-10-30 17:05:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAL IS PTER LE JO
03AMMAN7112	THE WIPO COPYRIGHT TREATY AND WIPO PERFORMANCES [...] (SBU) Post has continued to monitor the government of Jordan's (GOJ) progress in ratifying and implementing subject treaties as instructed Reftel. We have spoken with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Legal Affairs office subsequent to passing to the MFA the reftel talking points as a non-pap [...]	2003-10-30 17:09:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR JO
03AMMAN7115	MUASHER SAYS PRINCE SAUD'S ATTENDANCE IN DAMASCUS [...] (U) This is an action message. See para 5 below. 2. (C) Ambassador covered ref points on the November 1-2 meeting of foreign ministers in Damascus October 31 with Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher. Ambassador stressed the need to ensure that the SARG invites an Iraqi Governing Council ( [...]	2003-10-31 13:16:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SY SA KU JO IQ
03AMMAN7142	DEMARCHE ON CONSOLIDATED UNRWA RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-02 13:20:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPAL IS JO UNSC
03AMMAN7147	AMBASSADOR WITH NEW JUSTICE MINISTER: AID, [...] (C) Ambassador, AID Country Director, AID officer and PolOff made an October 28 courtesy call on new Justice Minister Salah al-Bashir. Bashir requested that AID participate in the meeting and used the courtesy call as a platform to seek financial assistance for his judicial reform plans. Expla [...]	2003-11-02 13:41:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID CJAN CASC US JO
03AMMAN7151	TERRORIST FINANCE: JORDAN: AL-ZARQAWI (LIST 41) [...] (C) The Jordanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs replied by classified diplomatic note to the Embassy's note of September 25 regarding the co-sponsorship by the United States and Germany of Abu Musa'ab al-Zarqawi to be added to the United Nations lists. Following is the Embassy's translation of [...]	2003-11-02 14:55:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC EFIN PTER PREL JO IZ EUN
03AMMAN7157	MEDIA REACTION ON THE DAMASCUS MEETING ON [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-03 10:40:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN7178	JORDAN: TRANSFER OF IRAQI ASSETS TO DFI [...] (C) In follow-up to his October 29 conversation with King Abdullah (ref),the Ambassador raised the urgent need for Jordan to transfer frozen Iraqi assets to the Development Fund for Iraq (DFI) by telephone with Prime Minister Fayez on November 2 and in November 3 meetings with Deputy Prime [...]	2003-11-03 15:14:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETTC PTER JO IZ
03AMMAN7179	AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON NEW JORDANIAN MINISTER FOR [...] (C) Minister for Municipal Affairs Armal Farhan praised new Prime Minister Faisal al-Fayez and his cabinet, as well as King Abdullah's direction of the new government. Although the King is "serious" about political development, Farhan said that democratic reforms must be "gradual" and that th [...]	2003-11-03 15:38:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM ECON JO
03AMMAN7181	JORDAN BACKTRACKS SLIGHTLY ON PRE-SHIPMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Jordan Institute for Standards and Metrology is wedded to its new Pre-Shipment Inspection (PSI) scheme, called DAMAN, while attempting to address potential WTO-related issues of national treatment and discrimination. Importers complain about the system that forces their c [...]	2003-11-03 16:43:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PREL JO WTO
03AMMAN7182	JORDAN BACKTRACKS SLIGHTLY ON PRE-SHIPMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Jordan Institute for Standards and Metrology is wedded to its new Pre-Shipment Inspection (PSI) scheme, called DAMAN, while attempting to address potential WTO-related issues of national treatment and discrimination. Importers complain about the system that forces their c [...]	2003-11-04 05:39:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PREL JO WTO
03AMMAN7187	MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ, THE DAMASCUS MEETING [...] No summary [...]	2003-11-04 11:34:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
03AMMAN7225	JORDANIAN READOUT ON DAMASCUS FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Jordanian Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher described the foreign ministerial in Damascus in Iraq as unimportant, and faulted Iraqi Foreign Minister Zebari's rejection of an 11th hour invitation as a mistake. Muasher said that Zebari would be in included in all such future meetings [...]	2003-11-04 17:08:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ SY JO
03AMMAN7226	MINISTER OF ICT AND ADMIN DEVELOPMENT PLEASED WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Reappointed Minister of Information and Communications Technology and Minister of Administrative Development Fawwaz Al-Zou,bi on Nov. 2 provided to the Ambassador an unusually candid insight into the formation of the new Jordanian government and the challenges facing administrat [...]	2003-11-04 17:09:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ECPS EAID PGOV PREL JO

03AMMAN7227	JORDAN COMMITTED TO REACHING ARTICLE 98 AGREEMENT, [...] (C) Jordanian Foreign Minister Marwan Muasher reiterated to the Ambassador that Jordan is committed to negotiate and sign an Article 98 agreement with the U.S. and should have a counter-draft ready soon. Muasher expressed great disappointment that the USG might have thought to link such an a [...]	2003-11-04 18:11:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL KTIA IS JO

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