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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05AMMAN4780 |
THE COMBUSTIBLE POLITICS OF FUEL SUBSIDIES IN [...] (C) Proposed plans to end fuel subsidies have already elicited howls of protest throughout Jordan. Numerous MPs have confirmed that blocking an increase in fuel prices is one of the top concerns of their constituents, and the Islamic Action Front has made opposition to fuel price increases a [...] |
2005-06-15 14:37:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAID ECON EPET JO |
| 05AMMAN4782 |
2005 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] (SBU) Per reftel, post herewith updates the October 2004 "Report of U.S. Citizen Expropriation Claims and Certain Other Commercial and Investment Disputes" regarding an outstanding investment dispute by a "U.S. person" against the Government of Jordan (GOJ). Claimant A refers to Jacobs Eng [...] |
2005-06-15 15:12:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC EFIN EINV KIDE OPIC PGOV JO |
| 05AMMAN4874 |
MDA: JORDANIAN STANCE ON CONFERENCE FOR THIRD [...] No summary [...] |
2005-06-16 13:56:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ JO ICRC |
| 05AMMAN4885 |
Jordan Supports Global Fund Phase 2 Renewal [...] Summary: Post recommends reftel Phase 2 renewal of Jordan's grant under the Global Fund to fight HIV/AIDS in Jordan. The Global Fund grant has been utilized effectively and complements efforts made by the Government of Jordan (GOJ) and other donors to combat HIV/AIDS. Jordan's Country Coord [...] |
2005-06-19 03:14:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO SOCI KHIV EAID JO |
| 05AMMAN4886 |
Jordan - UNESCO Bioethics Demarche Delivered [...] No summary [...] |
2005-06-19 03:18:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO JO UNESCO KSCI |
| 05AMMAN4889 |
Jordan Supports Global Fund Phase 2 Renewal [...] Summary: Post recommends reftel Phase 2 renewal of Jordan's grant under the Global Fund to fight HIV/AIDS in Jordan. The Global Fund grant has been utilized effectively and complements efforts made by the Government of Jordan (GOJ) and other donors to combat HIV/AIDS. Jordan's Country Coord [...] |
2005-06-19 04:58:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO SOCI KHIV EAID JO |
| 05AMMAN4890 |
EXBS-MIDDLE EAST REGION ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE [...] SUMMARY. Regional EXBS Advisor completed coordination for visits to Yemen and Oman. The "Export Control Legal-Regulatory Workshop I," held in Oman May 15-18, provided exposure to a complex subject for Omani officials, but the course detail and subject were premature in terms of the level of d [...] |
2005-06-19 06:46:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP JO |
| 05AMMAN4897 |
UPDATE ON JORDANIAN DETAINEE AT GUANTANAMO [...] No summary [...] |
2005-06-19 08:03:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PREL PTER KAWC JO |
| 05AMMAN49 |
MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ, TSUNAMI AND THE [...] No summary [...] |
2005-01-04 11:03:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 05AMMAN4937 |
PROMOTING UN REFORM PRIORITIES: JORDAN [...] No summary [...] |
2005-06-21 08:57:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KUNR JO UNSC AROC |
| 05AMMAN4947 |
DEMARCHE ON ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS FOR DARFUR: [...] Poloff delivered reftel points to Walid Obeidat in the Foreign Minister's private office on June 20. Obeidat did not offer a substantive response, but noted that Jordan's financial situation would likely preclude monetary donations to the mission in Darfur. However, he said that he would pa [...] |
2005-06-21 10:50:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID ECON SU JO |
| 05AMMAN4961 |
MEDIA REACTION ON SECRETARY RICE'S VISIT TO [...] No summary [...] |
2005-06-21 11:59:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 05AMMAN4991 |
JORDAN PREPARES FOR INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON [...] (C) Jordan will host an international conference from July 4-6 to promote the Amman Message of moderate Islam. Tentatively entitled "True Islam and its Role in Contemporary Society," the organizing foundation has issued invitations to Muslim scholars, government officials, and religious figure [...] |
2005-06-22 07:10:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KISL IZ JO |
| 05AMMAN4996 |
THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MAY 20 ROUNDTABLE MEETINGS [...] (U) The Deputy Secretary met separately with members of Jordan,s civil society and with business leaders from the BMENA region on May 20 at the Dead Sea Movenpick Hotel, Jordan, on the margins of the World Economic Forum conference. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. ----- The Deputy Secretary [...] |
2005-06-22 11:54:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON KMPI JO |
| 05AMMAN5009 |
JORDAN COMMITTED TO ENDING FUEL SUBSIDIES [...] (C) In conversations this week with virtually every relevant Jordanian official - the King, Prime Minister, outgoing Finance Minister, Planning (and acting Finance) Minister, and Royal Court Minister, Charge has heard renewed pledges of their commitment to ending fuel subsidies over a three-ye [...] |
2005-06-22 13:35:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID JO |
| 05AMMAN5043 |
UNEP Supporting Study of Depleted Uranium in Iraq; [...] Summary: The United Nation Environment Program (UNEP) organized a one-day training seminar on May 31 in Amman to review depleted uranium (DU) in Iraq. Iraqi officials at the seminar said that DU presents serious health risks and is responsible for higher cancer rates in and around Basra. In [...] |
2005-06-23 11:09:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV TBIO MOPS JO |
| 05AMMAN5053 |
AMBASSADORS' FUND FOR REFUGEES: FY 05 FUNDING [...] Embassy Amman received applications from twenty-three Jordanian organizations seeking to participate in this year's Ambassadors' Fund for Refugees initiative (reftel). The Charge requests USD 17,450 to support a project by the Zahr Al Basateen Charity Association to establish a physiotherapy [...] |
2005-06-23 11:39:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL EAID KPAL JO |
| 05AMMAN5065 |
KING REACHES OUT TO PARLIAMENT IN WAKE OF FINANCE [...] (C) The resignation of Finance Minister Bassem Awadallah was welcomed by traditionalist forces in parliament, most of whom are expected to drop their opposition to PM Badran's reformed cabinet in an upcoming vote of confidence. While some observers warn the move could embolden anti-reform fo [...] |
2005-06-23 13:43:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KMPI ECON JO |
| 05AMMAN5104 |
REFORMING THE UN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION: JORDAN [...] (C) Poloff met with Ambassador Ziad Majali, head of the human rights directorate of the Jordanian Foreign Ministry, on June 23 to discuss USG priorities for reforming the UN Human Rights Commission (reftel). Majali said that Jordan is very supportive of efforts to reform the UN, especially with [...] |
2005-06-27 04:23:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KUNR UNCHR |
| 05AMMAN5111 |
Jordan Supports Global Fund Phase 2 Renewal [...] (SBU) Summary: Post recommends reftel Phase 2 renewal of Jordan's grant under the Global Fund to fight HIV/AIDS in Jordan. The Global Fund grant has been utilized effectively and complements efforts made by the Government of Jordan (GOJ) and other donors to combat HIV/AIDS. Jordan's Country [...] |
2005-06-27 09:19:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO SOCI KHIV EAID JO |
| 05AMMAN5128 |
AMERICAN MUSIC ABROAD REQUEST FOR AMMAN [...] No summary [...] |
2005-06-27 13:04:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC SCUL JO |
| 05AMMAN5129 |
MDA DEMARCHE BEFORE JUNE 27 OIC MEETING: JORDAN [...] No summary [...] |
2005-06-27 13:37:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREF PREL JO ICRC |
| 05AMMAN5130 |
JORDAN-ISRAEL TRADE AND RESEARCH INITIATIVES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Government of Jordan (GOJ) has pursued trade discussions with Israel and Egypt related to Qualifying Industrial Zones (QIZs). The GOJ seeks USG support of Jordanian positions to lower Israeli content to five percent in QIZ products and to use the simpler Egyptian QIZ product [...] |
2005-06-27 14:41:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PREL KTIA SENV ECON PGOV KDEM EG IS JO |
| 05AMMAN5136 |
JORDANIAN BANKS RECEIVE LARGE DEPOSITS FROM [...] (U) This cable represents a joint message from Embassies Amman and Baghdad. 2. (S/NOFORN and throughout) In the course of checking into recent rumors about alleged large-scale deposits into Jordanian banks by Iraqi government personnel, Amman Emboff learned of an alleged Iraqi Ministry of D [...] |
2005-06-28 06:15:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV ECON PREL IZ JO |
| 05AMMAN5195 |
WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM: SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Special Representative for Commercial and Business Affairs J. Frank Mermoud and his Senior Advisor Bill Behrens held meetings on the margins of the World Economic Forum at the Dead Sea (May 20-22) with numerous businessmen and Government of Jordan (GOJ) leaders who repeated posit [...] |
2005-06-28 14:51:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ETRD PREL JO |
| 05AMMAN5228 |
FUEL PRICE INCREASES IN JORDAN ON THE HORIZON [...] (U) SUMMARY: Royal Court Minister Marwan Muasher June 27 spoke briefly about lifting oil subsidies in remarks carried prominently in most of the Arabic-language dailies. It is only a matter of time before the first wave of oil and gas price hikes are announced and implemented. Muasher's re [...] |
2005-06-29 14:33:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ENRG EPET EFIN ECON JO |
| 05AMMAN5230 |
GOJ PREVIEWS NATIONAL AGENDA FOR REFORM TO COUNTER [...] (C) Royal Court Minister Muasher gave a briefing to press June 22 on the status of the National Agenda committee, followed by a meeting on June 27 to discuss reform with private Jordanians. Promising feasible solutions rather than rhetoric, Muasher stated that work on the National Agenda was [...] |
2005-06-30 08:25:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KISL KMPI JO |
| 05AMMAN5232 |
JORDAN'S FAMILY PROTECTION DEPARTMENT A WORK IN [...] (U) Jordan's Family Protection Department (FPD) is making headway in providing quality care abuse victims. The FPD has the backing of Queen Rania and the support of the Ministry of Social Development (MSD). A major project for the FPD, a shelter to house adult women abuse victims, is still not [...] |
2005-06-30 09:43:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KWMN KCRM JO |
| 05AMMAN5233 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SECURITY SECTOR SUPPORT FOR [...] No summary [...] |
2005-06-30 11:02:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL KWBG KPAL IS |
| 05AMMAN5247 |
MEDIA REACTION ON PRESIDENT BUSH'S SPEECH ON [...] No summary [...] |
2005-06-30 11:41:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 05AMMAN5258 |
C-NE5-00725: UPDATE ON JORDANIAN CONFERENCE ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: In separate meetings on June 28 and 29 with King Abdullah, National Security Advisor Saad Khayr, and special adviser to the King (and the King's first cousin) Prince Ghazi, Charge received an update on plans for the conference on "True Islam and its Role in Modern Society," to b [...] |
2005-06-30 14:51:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KISL IZ JO |
| 05AMMAN5286 |
DEMARCHE ON UN AGENCIES AND TERROR ORGANIZATION [...] No summary [...] |
2005-07-03 07:50:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER XF UNRWA UN |
| 05AMMAN531 |
JORDAN - INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, 2005 [...] In response to reftel request, post submits the Investment Climate Statement for 2005 for Jordan. As requested, post will also send a copy of the ICS via email to EB/IFD/OIA. BEGIN TEXT OF INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, JORDAN: Investment Climate Openness to Foreign Investment Since [...] |
2005-01-23 07:11:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD KTDB JO OPIC USTR |
| 05AMMAN5311 |
IMF ADVANCE REPORT PRESENTS STARK FISCAL PICTURE, [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to advance reports, a quarterly IMF review of Jordan,s economic situation shows a dramatic deterioration in the fiscal position of the GOJ, broadly in line with figures that we have seen from the Ministry of Finance, that stems from the rise of world crude prices and the [...] |
2005-07-03 11:30:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EFIN PREL KPRV JO |
| 05AMMAN5313 |
FAO/WHO CODEX ALIMENTARIUS COMMISSION - U.S. [...] Post June 23 delivered Ref (A) demarche to the Government of Jordan Ministry of Agriculture seeking support for USG candidate Dr. Hulebak for the Vice-Chairperson position of Codex Alimentarius. Post followed up again on June 30 (Ref B) with the Ministry and with the Jordan Institute of Stan [...] |
2005-07-03 12:56:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD AORC FAO |
| 05AMMAN5314 |
JORDAN: CABINET RESHUFFLE ANNOUNCED [...] As widely anticipated, Prime Minister Badran reshuffled his cabinet on July 3, nearly three months after its initial appointment (refs). The reshuffle resulted in the addition of three new cabinet positions, bringing the total to 29, including Badran. Complete bios of the new ministers and [...] |
2005-07-03 13:32:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR PBIO KDEM PHUM PREL ECON JO |
| 05AMMAN5354 |
ATTENDANCE AT SUDAN'S NATIONAL UNITY INSTALLATION: [...] No summary [...] |
2005-07-05 13:36:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SU JO IGAD |
| 05AMMAN5357 |
C-NE5-00725: OPENING OF INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC [...] (SBU) The international conference on "True Islam and its Role in Modern Society" opened in Amman on July 4 amidst great fanfare. Large banners promoting the conference adorned major thoroughfares in the city, while prominent advertisements for the conference were splashed across major daili [...] |
2005-07-05 14:07:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KISL JO PERL |
| 05AMMAN5365 |
USG CANDIDACY FOR UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE COMMITTEE: [...] No summary [...] |
2005-07-06 05:27:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL JO UNESCO |
| 05AMMAN537 |
MESSAGE FOR GENERAL CASEY [...] No summary [...] |
2005-01-23 12:17:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MOPS IZ JO |
| 05AMMAN538 |
FIRST NEW BANK LICENSES IN DECADE PROVOKE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The past two years have seen the Central Bank of Jordan (CBJ) perform an increasingly difficult, but so far successful, balancing act. On the one hand, CBJ has remained committed to consolidation of the fragmented Jordanian banking sector and resisted pressure from domestic mag [...] |
2005-01-23 12:31:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PREL EINV ECPS KPRV JO |
| 05AMMAN5386 |
UPDATE ON JORDANIAN PARTICIPATION IN COESPU [...] No summary [...] |
2005-07-06 12:09:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KPKO MASS MARR JO |
| 05AMMAN5387 |
FOREIGN MINISTER QASRAWI ON UN REFORM, OTHER ISSUES [...] (U) Charge met with Jordanian FM Qasrawi on July 5 and discussed the following subjects: UN REFORM --------- 2. (C) Charge explained USG positions (ref A) on the various aspects of UN reform, and Qasrawi answered each in turn, spending most of the time discussing Security Council reform. [...] |
2005-07-06 12:24:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KISL KPAL JO |
| 05AMMAN5415 |
COORDINATING CONSTITUTIONAL ASSISTANCE TO IRAQ: [...] No summary [...] |
2005-07-06 12:48:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EAID EIND IZ JO EUN |
| 05AMMAN5417 |
JORDANIAN FUGITIVE ARRESTED IN SYRIA [...] (C) Post security contacts on July 5 confirmed press reports that Syrian authorities arrested a Jordanian fugitive, Sharif Ayid al-Smadi, wanted in Jordan on charges of murder, armed robbery, and theft. Jordan's state prosecutor on June 23 had charged Smadi and two of his brothers (Mohammed [...] |
2005-07-06 13:12:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PTER SY JO |
| 05AMMAN5451 |
GOJ TO PARTIALLY ELIMINATE FUEL SUBSIDIES JULY 9 [...] (C) In Charge's initial courtesy call on recently appointed Finance Minister Adel al-Kodah on July 7, Minister Kodah stated that the Council of Ministers had finalized its decision to raise fuel product prices. In its first session, on July 5, the Cabinet had set July 9 as the date on which t [...] |
2005-07-07 12:34:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EAID EFIN PGOV PREL JO |
| 05AMMAN5456 |
C-NE5-00725: ISLAMIC CONFERENCE PARTICIPANTS IN [...] (U) The three-day international conference "True Islam and its Role in Modern Society" closed on July 6 in Amman with a joint statement that forbids declaring adherents to any one of the eight schools of Islamic jurisprudence an apostate (takfir) (refs). Signed by a wide range of prominent [...] |
2005-07-07 14:39:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KISL JO |
| 05AMMAN5466 |
FY-05 P4L: "WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS" AUGUST 22- [...] THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS SECTION IN IRAQ NOMINATES THREE PARTICIPANTS FOR SUBJECT PROGRAM. 2. 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 should not be : Edi [...] |
2005-07-10 04:41:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL JO |
| 05AMMAN5473 |
INTERNATIONAL VISITOR ALUMNUS HEADS JORDAN'S [...] PRIME MINISTER DR. ADNAN BADRAN RESHUFFLED HIS TWO-MONTH- OLD GOVERNMENT ON SUNDAY, JULY 3, 2005 WITH EIGHT NEW MINISTERS SWORN IN BEFORE HIS MAJESTY KING ABDULLAH. PRIME MINISTER DR. BADRAN IS AN ALUMNUS OF THE INTERNATIONAL VISITOR PROGRAM ON "HIGHER EDUCATION" IN 1977. DR. BADRAN HAS SERV [...] |
2005-07-10 09:11:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV OEXC SCUL JO |
| 05AMMAN5484 |
MONITORING AND EVALUATION OF ICMC PROGRAMS FOR [...] (U) Following is a monitoring and evaluation report for PRM cooperative agreements SPRMCO04CA150 and SPRMCO04CA140 with the International Catholic Migration Commission (ICMC), designed to secure medical care, primary and non-formal/vocational education and basic humanitarian aid for extremely [...] |
2005-07-11 05:47:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL IZ LE JO |
| 05AMMAN5510 |
DEPUTY SECRETARY'S JULY 10, 2005 MEETING WITH KING [...] (U) Deputy Secretary's meeting with King Abdullah on July 10, 2005, 11:30 a.m., Amman, Jordan. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. Deputy Secretary Zoellick Mr. Natsios, AID Administrator Ms. O'Sullivan, NSC Mr. Ross Wilson, D Executive Assistant Charge (notetaker) Jordan King Abdullah II [...] |
2005-07-11 12:34:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV JO |
| 05AMMAN5519 |
STAFFDEL TALWAR AND FM QASRAWI DISCUSS GAZA [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a July 9 meeting, Jordanian Foreign Minister Farouk Qasrawi shared with Senior Professional Staff Member Puneet Talwar (SFRC) and Charge his opinions on regional issues. The upcoming Gaza withdrawal, Qasrawi felt, should be followed up with further Israeli withdrawals and a co [...] |
2005-07-12 04:56:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL ECON JO IZ |
| 05AMMAN5555 |
GREEN LIGHT FOR THE RETURN OF JORDANIAN DETAINEE [...] (C) Charge met with Foreign Minister, Justice Minister and de facto head of the security services Mohammad Dhahabi in separate meetings over the past week concerning the return of Guantanamo detainee Khalid Mahmoud Abdul Wahab (refs). In the final meeting on July 12, Dhahabi offered authoritat [...] |
2005-07-12 13:37:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PREF PINR JO |
| 05AMMAN5575 |
JORDANIAN COMMENTS ON JULY 18-19 IRAQ DONOR'S [...] (SBU) Embassy passed reftel demarche on July 10 to Ghaith Zureikat, Director of the U.S., South America, and Australia Bilateral Cooperation Division at the Ministry of Planning and Bilateral Cooperation. (Note: The Ministry has lead responsibility within the GOJ for organizing the Jordan-h [...] |
2005-07-13 05:36:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAID EFIN PREL JO IZ |
| 05AMMAN5587 |
COMPREHENSIVE CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM [...] No summary [...] |
2005-07-13 11:28:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER JO UNGA |
| 05AMMAN5601 |
MEDIA REACTION ON SUICIDE BOMBINGS IN ISRAEL [...] No summary [...] |
2005-07-14 10:55:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 05AMMAN5623 |
KING ABDULLAH CREATES ANTI-CORRUPTION COMMISSION [...] (U) King Abdullah, in a letter dated June 26 and released publicly, instructed Prime Minister Adnan Badran to form an independent commission to fight corruption. This commission, according to the letter, was charged with drafting an anti-corruption law designed to ensure transparency, justice [...] |
2005-07-14 13:30:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCRM ECON JO |
| 05AMMAN5624 |
LOWER HOUSE VOTES TO STRIKE ARTICLE 98 FROM AGENDA [...] (C) During the opening of Parliament's extraordinary session on July 14, the Lower House voted overwhelmingly to exclude the Article 98 agreement from its agenda. (Note: The omission of the Anti-Money Laundering Law from the agenda will be reported septel. End Note.) The agreement, which m [...] |
2005-07-14 13:48:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL JO |
| 05AMMAN5626 |
AML LAW SNAFU MAKES ITS SWIFT PASSAGE MORE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The failure of the GOJ to place a draft anti-money laundering law on the agenda for the extraordinary session of Parliament beginning July 14 may mean that the bill,s consideration will be delayed until the start of the next regular session of Parliament. Whenever it is considere [...] |
2005-07-14 14:17:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON KTFN ETTC JO |
| 05AMMAN5674 |
ARRANGEMENTS FOR RETURN TO JORDAN OF GUANTANAMO [...] No summary [...] |
2005-07-17 13:54:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PREF PINR JO |
| 05AMMAN571 |
INTERIOR MINISTER'S FACE-OFF WITH PROFESSIONAL [...] (C) Interior Minister Habashneh has locked horns yet again with Jordan's Islamist-heavy professional associations, demanding that they cease all political activity. The associations' leaders, among the most vocal critics of the GOJ's pro-U.S. policies and ties to Israel, are openly defying [...] |
2005-01-23 14:23:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ASEC KMPI KISL IS JO |
| 05AMMAN5723 |
UNRWA'S FORMAL RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE PREVENTING UN [...] No summary [...] |
2005-07-18 13:35:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAL PREF PTER XF UNRWA UN |
| 05AMMAN5725 |
ASSISTANT SECRETARY WAYNE'S JULY 10 MEETINGS WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: In July 10 meetings with Central Bank of Jordan (CBJ) Governor Umayya Touqan and with Minister of Finance Adel Al-Kodah, A/S Wayne repeated earlier calls (Ref B) for action by the Government of Jordan (GOJ) on anti-money laundering/counter-financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) contro [...] |
2005-07-19 05:09:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KTFN ETTC PGOV PREL EAID JO |
| 05AMMAN5726 |
JORDAN'S NEW NATIONAL MINE ACTION PLAN: THE NEW [...] (U) Summary: While the National Committee for Demining and Rehabilitation (NCDR) has been in existence since 2002, it was not until last month that NCDR could really claim to be in charge of demining activities in Jordan. Under Prince Mired's leadership and with the blessing of the King, NCD [...] |
2005-07-19 06:18:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MARR MASS JO KHPD |
| 05AMMAN5728 |
SENATOR LEVIN MEETS JORDAN'S KING ABDULLAH [...] (C) Summary: Senator Levin met King Abdullah on July 7 to discuss key issues in the region, most notably the Iraq reconstruction process. The King commented on the ongoing insurgency, and identified steps to end it, including a more inclusive political process and poverty alleviation. The King [...] |
2005-07-19 06:54:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV OREP JO |
| 05AMMAN5737 |
SUPPORTING REFORM - JORDANIAN PLANNING MINISTER'S [...] (SBU) New Jordanian Planning Minister Suhair al-Ali will visit Washington the week of August 1. The articulate, Georgetown-educated Citibanker is on the frontlines of Jordan,s reform program, and was handpicked by the King. Her intention is to brief on Jordan,s economic and fiscal situation [...] |
2005-07-19 09:04:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON EFIN EAID JO |
| 05AMMAN5760 |
SPEAKING WITH MUSLIM LEADERS ABOUT TERRORIST ACTS: [...] (SBU) Post continues to deliver ref B points as part of its regular engagement with the Government of Jordan and Jordanian religious leaders, underscoring the importance of countering extremism, terrorism, and incitement to violence and intolerance. One of our strongest allies on the counter [...] |
2005-07-19 11:16:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KISL KPAO PREL PTER JO |
| 05AMMAN5761 |
NEXT STEPS AFTER AMMAN'S ISLAMIC CONFERENCE [...] (C) Summary. Jordan's King is planning next steps to advance the moderate, anti-violence message of the recent Islamic Conference held in Amman. These include further work to de-legitimize extremists' use of "psuedo" fatwas to justify terrorism, development of a core canon of books which wi [...] |
2005-07-19 11:27:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER KISL KPAO |
| 05AMMAN5806 |
COMING SOON: A NEW JORDANIAN AMBASSADOR TO IRAQ [...] (C) Deputy Prime Minister Marwan Muasher told Special Advisor Jones and Charge on July 19 that the GOJ has identified a candidate to serve as ambassador to Iraq and has approached the Government of Iraq for agreement. The designee is a retired general, but no name has been provided to us. Gi [...] |
2005-07-21 06:00:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ JO |
| 05AMMAN583 |
ANOTHER CABINET SHAKEUP EXPECTED [...] (C) Summary. The three-month old cabinet's non-performance has sparked speculation about another shakeup soon, possibly to include a change of prime ministers. While PM Fayez's limitations are self-evident, a likely successor is not. Rumors in elite west Amman focus on intelligence chief K [...] |
2005-01-23 15:53:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON JO |
| 05AMMAN5830 |
TRANSFORMING THE ECONOMY OF MA'AN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOJ drive to better integrate the restive southern city and region of Ma,an into King Abdullah,s vision of a reform-oriented Jordanian state and society is having perhaps its most visible impact in the economic sphere. The GOJ is making substantial, if cautious, efforts to at [...] |
2005-07-21 11:22:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV EAID KPRV PREL JO |
| 05AMMAN5839 |
GUANTANAMO NLEC ABDUL WAHAB RETURNED TO JORDAN [...] No summary [...] |
2005-07-21 13:00:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PTER KAWC PINR JO |
| 05AMMAN5840 |
JORDAN ALIGNING WITH G-4 ON UNSC EXPANSION PROPOSAL [...] ( C ) Charge July 21 urged Foreign Minister Qasrawi not to support the G-4 UNSC expansion proposal. Qasrawi, contradicting what his subordinates told us last week, said Jordan's position "is to support Japan" based on long-standing Jordanian commitments to Tokyo. He said this meant that, b [...] |
2005-07-21 13:12:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL JO UNSC |
| 05AMMAN5847 |
AMMAN NOMINATION FOR 2005 WORKER RIGHTS TRAINING [...] Post nominates political officer Jonathan Peccia for the September 21-22 labor diplomacy and worker rights training seminar in Cairo, Egypt (reftel). 2. Information requested reftel follows: Name: Jonathan Peccia Title: Political Officer, Third Secretary Name of Supervisor: Eric Carl [...] |
2005-07-21 13:31:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM AMGT ELAB OTRA JO |
| 05AMMAN5848 |
BADRAN GOVERNMENT WINS VOTE OF CONFIDENCE [...] (C) A week of heated debate in the lower house of Parliament in response to PM Badran's opening policy statement resulted in a vote of confidence for the Badran government on July 21. With 66 votes in favor, 39 against, and 6 absentions, the debate will now turn to more than 30 agenda items [...] |
2005-07-21 13:41:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL JO |
| 05AMMAN5849 |
JORDAN'S AUSTERITY PLANS KEEP GROWING DEFICIT IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOJ strategy for getting through the present fiscal crisis (Refs A, B) consists of austerity measures (most importantly a 20 percent cut in Ministries' operational spending), revenue enhancement through accelerated privatization and tax reform, an end to costly fuel and oth [...] |
2005-07-21 15:41:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PGOV EAID PREL JO |
| 05AMMAN585 |
ANOTHER CABINET SHAKEUP EXPECTED [...] (C) Summary. The three-month old cabinet's non-performance has sparked speculation about another shakeup soon, possibly to include a change of prime ministers. While PM Fayez's limitations are self-evident, a likely successor is not. Rumors in elite west Amman focus on intelligence chief K [...] |
2005-01-24 04:41:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON JO |
| 05AMMAN5859 |
MEDIA REACTION ON EGYPT TERROR ATTACKS [...] No summary [...] |
2005-07-24 09:09:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 05AMMAN587 |
LOW IRAQ OUT-OF-COUNTRY VOTER REGISTRATION TOTALS [...] IOM-run, out-of-country (OCV) voter registration for Iraqis in Jordan continues to be marked by low turnouts, widespread confusion, and apparent apathy among many potential voters. As of COB Saturday, January 22, six days after the beginning of registration, only 10,941 Iraqis were registere [...] |
2005-01-24 04:41:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PREL IZ JO |
| 05AMMAN5887 |
THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH JORDAN [...] (U) The Deputy Secretary met with Jordanian Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Suhair al-Ali July 10 at 3:40 p.m. at the Ministry during a visit to Jordan in connection with the U.S.-Iraq Joint Commission for Reconstruction and Economic Development (JCRED) held July 11. 2. [...] |
2005-07-24 15:13:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EFIN PREL JO |
| 05AMMAN5907 |
Jordan's Request for Science Fellows [...] Summary: Post requests four Embassy Science Fellows (Ref A). One Science Fellow would fill a longstanding commitment to the Government of Jordan under the Joint Environmental Forum (JEF) of the U.S.-Jordan Free Trade Agreement to provide an environmental economist. The second fellow would c [...] |
2005-07-25 13:27:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAID TSPL TPHY TBIO KSCA JO |
| 05AMMAN5910 |
JORDANIAN RELEASED FROM GUANTANAMO TELLS PRESS OF [...] No summary [...] |
2005-07-25 13:40:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PINR PTER MOPS JO KWAC |
| 05AMMAN5912 |
CBJ'S $1.3 BILLION TRADE LEDGER ACCOUNT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The $1.3 billion deficit in the Iraqi trade ledger account in the Central Bank of Jordan (CBJ) is a recurring issue among Jordan, the U.S., and Iraq. A legacy of the former Jordan-Iraq trade protocol, the account is not considered by the GOJ to fall under any Paris Club treatment [...] |
2005-07-25 13:56:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EFIN PREL IZ JO |
| 05AMMAN5913 |
JORDANIANS CONDEMN SHARM AL-SHEIKH BOMBINGS [...] (U) SUMMARY: King Abdullah led Jordan's public condemnation of the July 23 bombings in Sharm al-Sheikh, calling the attacks "barbaric" acts of terrorism that have no grounding in Islam. He telephoned President Mubarak to express Jordan's solidarity with Egypt, as ordinary Jordanians and th [...] |
2005-07-25 14:00:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV ASEC PREL KPAO ECON EG JO |
| 05AMMAN5917 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON SYRIAN-LEBANESE BORDER [...] No summary [...] |
2005-07-26 09:16:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD SY LE JO |
| 05AMMAN5918 |
REFORM CABINET WINS CONFIDENCE, BUT FACES [...] (C) Summary. Parliament gave its grudging confidence to the Badran cabinet, but resistance to political, social, and economic reforms and resulting paralysis are likely to characterize the next phase of Jordanian political life. Parliamentary debate and other actions revealed public skepti [...] |
2005-07-26 12:35:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL JO |
| 05AMMAN5922 |
JORDAN: BIOS FOR NEW BADRAN CABINET MEMBERS [...] (U) Prime Minister Badran's reshuffled cabinet received its vote of confidence from parliament on July 21 (ref A), nearly three weeks after King Abdullah swore in ten new ministers (although three only shifted portfolios) and accepted the resignation of five (ref B). Hisham al-Tel loses the [...] |
2005-07-26 12:58:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM PHUM ECON JO PBIO |
| 05AMMAN5931 |
NEW UNRWA COMGEN OUTLINES HER GAZA DISENGAGEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: UNRWA's new Commissioner-General (ComGen) is modifying her agency's Gaza disengagement response plans as a result of meetings she has had with PA President Abbas and with Quartet Special Envoy for Disengagement James Wolfensohn since her appointment. In an introductory July 20 mee [...] |
2005-07-26 14:22:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF OPDC KPAL KWBG JO UNRWA |
| 05AMMAN5988 |
ASSISTANT SECRETARY WAYNE'S CONVERSATIONS WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: On the margins of the Donors Committee meeting of the July 18-19 International Reconstruction Fund Facility for Iraq (IRFFI), EB Assistant Secretary Wayne had conversations with Jordanian Prime Minister Adnan Badran and with Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Suhai [...] |
2005-07-28 10:39:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EFIN IZ JO |
| 05AMMAN5992 |
HALTING THE FLOW OF FOREIGN INSURGENTS AND [...] (S) Acting DCM drew from reftel points July 27 in a meeting with Walid Obeidat, director of the Foreign Minister's private office. Obeidat noted that Jordan agreed that foreigners in Iraq contributed to the violence there out of proportion to their numbers. Jordan sees the "foreign fighter" [...] |
2005-07-28 12:12:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL PTER JO |
| 05AMMAN5994 |
GOJ PUSHES ARTICLE 98 AGREEMENT IN SENATE [...] (C) Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Abdul Karim al-Malahmeh told Charge July 28 that he and several other GOJ ministers (including the Foreign and Justice Ministers) would be going later in the day to the Jordanian Senate to explain and lobby for ratification of the Article 98 agr [...] |
2005-07-28 14:02:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL JO KICC |
| 05AMMAN5995 |
JORDAN FORWARDS NAMES FOR POSSIBLE CONSIDERATION [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 5. 2. (C) Foreign Ministry interlocutors July 27 handed to Legatt a list of 16 Jordanian nationals which they said at the time was for the UN 1267 Committee. In a follow-up conversation July 28, FM Legal Department Director Bishir Al-Khasawneh s [...] |
2005-07-28 14:08:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PTER KTFN ASEC KVPR PREL EFIN ETTC CVIS JO |
| 05AMMAN5997 |
USPTO TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING - JORDAN [...] Embassy Amman nominates for the October 17-28 USPTO Visiting Scholars Program the following candidate from Jordan's Ministry of Industry and Trade: Mr. Khaled Arabeyyat Director Industrial Property Protection Directorate Ministry of Industry and Trade Mr. Arabeyyat supervises the entire [...] |
2005-07-28 15:02:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR EAID ECON JO |
| 05AMMAN6094 |
Jordanians, Israelis Bridge the Rift in Joint [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Jordanian, Israeli, and U.S. university professors and students in early July participated in a joint scientific survey of the Dead Sea area environment along the Jordan-Israel border. This survey and its predecessor in January, 2005, are the first of their kind and essential [...] |
2005-07-31 12:26:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV EAID TBIO TSPL KSCA JO |
| 05AMMAN6116 |
DEMARCHE ON SHARM AL-SHEIKH SUMMIT: JORDAN [...] No summary [...] |
2005-07-31 13:40:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KPAL IZ JO |
| 05AMMAN6118 |
GOJ REQUEST FOR "STATEMENT OF INTEREST" IN U.S. [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. (C) In a July 31 meeting with Charge (septel), Foreign Minister Qasrawi presented a non-paper asking that the U.S. government file a "statement of interest" in the suit brought against the GOJ by Iraqi Deputy PM Ahmad Chalabi before the [...] |
2005-07-31 14:41:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ JO |
| 05AMMAN6137 |
MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST [...] No summary [...] |
2005-08-01 10:59:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 05AMMAN6143 |
APPLICATION FOR OPIC FINANCE: MIDDLE EAST FROZEN [...] (SBU) As requested reftel, Embassy Amman provides the following information on H. Mahmood J. Al-Bunnia & Sons Co. (HMBS): HMBS is active in Jordan and throughout the region. Mustafa Bunnia, who we understand will be running the frozen food operation being considered by OPIC, is based in Jor [...] |
2005-08-01 12:48:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV IZ JO |
| 05AMMAN6145 |
60TH UNGA HIGH LEVEL ATTENDANCE LIST: JORDAN [...] GOJ representation: A. Head of State Attendance: King Abdullah II is tentatively planning to attend the Summit/High Level Event (HLE), but will not attend the UN General Assembly (UNGA). No confirmed arrival or departure dates for the King are available yet. B. Head of Government Attenda [...] |
2005-08-01 13:08:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP JO UNGA |
| 05AMMAN6146 |
SECURITY AND UPCOMING NAVAL EXERCISE [...] (S) Post is monitoring closely the security environment for Jordan and for the Gulf of Aqaba in light of three potential threats reported in refs. The U.S.-Jordan naval exercise Infinite Moonlight will take place in the Gulf of Aqaba August 13-25. The deployment will include port calls and [...] |
2005-08-01 13:28:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | ASEC MOPS PREL JO |
| 05AMMAN6148 |
JORDAN'S UPPER HOUSE APPROVES ARTICLE 98 [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Jordanian Senate unanimously endorsed the U.S.-Jordan Article 98 agreement prior to the end of parliament's extraordinary summer session on July 31. The agreement will be considered by the lower house, which previously struck it from its legislative agenda, when parliament [...] |
2005-08-01 15:44:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID JO KICC |
| 05AMMAN6160 |
FM ON RELATIONS WITH ITG, MONEY LAUNDERING, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Kasrawi hopes to send an ambassador to Baghdad by September, but will first need adequate assurances concerning his safety. A visit by PM Badran to Iraq is still possible, although, again, security is the chief concern. The GOJ will work hard to ensure passage [...] |
2005-08-02 07:43:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER CASC IZ JO |
| 05AMMAN6200 |
JORDAN: NEW UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] |
2005-08-03 12:08:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM JO UNGA |
| 05AMMAN623 |
NOTICE OF GUANTANAMO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW BOARD [...] No summary [...] |
2005-01-25 07:18:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL KAWC JO |
| 05AMMAN6237 |
JORDAN SECURITY COURT: TERRORISM TRIALS UPDATE [...] (U) Two new cases entered the State Security Court in July. Jordanian extremist Issam al-Barqawi (aka Abu Mohammad al-Maqdisi) was released on June 26 and re-arrested a week later by Jordanian authorities on charges of instigating subversive acts. Eight men with links to the Palestinian Is [...] |
2005-08-03 14:04:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC PHUM IZ JO |
| 05AMMAN6238 |
JORDAN'S KING ABDULLAH HOSTS PA PRESIDENT ABU MAZEN [...] (C) Summary. According to a Jordanian official, PA President Abu Mazen expressed to King Abdullah his commitment to a smooth Gaza withdrawal, but voiced frustration with the stance of Israeli PM Ariel Sharon. The King proposed the formation of a committee of Arab foreign ministers to provide s [...] |
2005-08-03 14:06:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KPAL JO |
| 05AMMAN6240 |
SADDAM'S FAMILY IN JORDAN: UPDATE [...] (C) Saddam's daughters Raghda and Rana took refuge in Amman in 2003 and still live in West Amman. (We understand another daughter, Hala, and Saddam's wife Sajida Khayrallah Tilfah reside chiefly in Doha.) 2. (S) In accordance with UNSCR 1483, paragraph 23(b), the names of the two Amman dau [...] |
2005-08-03 14:35:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER MOPS PINR IZ JO |
| 05AMMAN6252 |
NEW TITLE FROM ARABIC BOOK PROGRAM-AMMAN [...] No summary [...] |
2005-08-04 10:44:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OIIP OPRC JO |
| 05AMMAN6265 |
FY-05 P4L: "YOUNG LEADERS" SEPTEMBER 19, 2005. [...] THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS SECTION IN IRAQ NOMINATES TWO PARTICIPANTS FOR SUBJECT PROGRAM. 2. MS. SARA SA'AID AND MS. CELIA HAMAZASP HAVE RECEIVED COUNTRY TEAM APPROVAL FOR THEIR PARTICIPATION IN THE PROGRAM 3. FULL BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION FOLLOWS: START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NOT EDIT): [...] |
2005-08-04 12:58:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL JO |
| 05AMMAN6266 |
RECOMMENDED JORDANIAN ATTENDEES FOR THE U.S. ARAB [...] In response to Ref A request, post recommends the following government, business, association and NGO executives be invited to the U.S. Arab Economic Forum. The lists are not meant to indicate a priority preference. 2. GOVERNMENT OF JORDAN, IN ADDITION TO THOSE OFFICIALS ALREADY INVITED [...] |
2005-08-04 13:22:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP EAID CVIS ECON JO |
| 05AMMAN627 |
JORDAN: HUMAN RIGHTS STRATEGY 2004-2005 [...] Post is providing the following report as requested in reftel. ------------------------------- Human Rights Strategy 2004-2005 ------------------------------- 2. The Government of Jordan's respect for human rights remained satisfactory during the year. A human rights commission establis [...] |
2005-01-25 09:31:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM ELAB KDEM PGOV PREL JO |
| 05AMMAN6270 |
SECURITY AT THE JORDAN-IRAQ BORDER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Attacks inside Iraq near the Iraqi/Jordanian border crossing in recent months have focused GOJ attention on security on the Jordanian side of the border. Some security measures have contributed to delays for commercial and humanitarian traffic headed into Iraq. NGO officials hav [...] |
2005-08-04 13:56:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF PREL PTER MOPS IZ JO |
| 05AMMAN6275 |
UNRWA'S RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON PREVENTING UN [...] No summary [...] |
2005-08-07 02:38:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PTER KPAL XF JO UNRWA UN |
| 05AMMAN631 |
TERRORIST FINANCE: PRENOTIFICATION OF DESIGNATION [...] (S) On January 18 emboffs delivered reftel points to Walid Obeidat, special assistant to the office director for the Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Siwar Massadeh from the Ministry,s Legal Affairs Department. Obeidat stated that he would immediately take initial steps to coordinate with Jor [...] |
2005-01-25 12:25:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | KTFN ETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS |
| 05AMMAN634 |
MEDIA REACTION ON PRESIDENT BUSH'S [...] No summary [...] |
2005-01-25 14:07:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 05AMMAN6350 |
MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST [...] No summary [...] |
2005-08-08 11:55:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 05AMMAN6353 |
MORE JORDANIAN REACTION TO PROPOSED UN HUMAN [...] (SBU) Summary. The head of the Human Rights Directorate of the Jordanian Foreign Ministry is supportive of the U.S. proposal for a new Human Rights Council (HRC) at the UN. However, he held back from fully endorsing all of the details of the proposal, with an eye still on the Arab group's, and [...] |
2005-08-08 12:02:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM JO UNGA |
| 05AMMAN6399 |
MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST [...] No summary [...] |
2005-08-09 13:04:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 05AMMAN6407 |
GAZA WITHDRAWAL - WHAT'S AT STAKE FOR JORDAN [...] (C) Senior Jordanian officials continue to do their part to promote a smooth Gaza withdrawal. In statements following his meetings with Abu Mazen, Quartet envoy Wolfensohn, and Israeli Defense Minister Mofaz, the King stressed the importance of supporting Abu Mazen to consolidate control of [...] |
2005-08-10 03:04:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL IS JO |
| 05AMMAN6408 |
DEVELOPING MEDIA FREEDOM IN JORDAN [...] (C) Introduction: A free media sector will play a central role if Jordan is to continue moving toward a more democratic political order. Free media and open information environments are also necessary to sustain economic growth and to raise public confidence in the integrity of the governmen [...] |
2005-08-10 03:27:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM KPAO PHUM JO |
| 05AMMAN6413 |
MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST [...] No summary [...] |
2005-08-10 09:01:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 05AMMAN6435 |
FURTHER COMMENTS ON APPLICATION FOR OPIC FINANCING [...] (SBU) Ref (A) provided information relating to the history and commercial stature and activities of the firm of H. Mahmood J. Al-Bunnia & Sons Company regional office in Jordan, and noted that the Embassy has no derogatory financial information on this company. The information was provided [...] |
2005-08-10 14:07:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | EINV KTFN ETTC IZ JO |
| 05AMMAN6440 |
MEDIA REACTION ON IRAN [...] No summary [...] |
2005-08-11 08:59:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 05AMMAN6445 |
JORDANIAN GOVERNMENTAL ASSISTANCE TO THE [...] (C) Jordan (which formerly administered the West Bank) offers significant support to Palestinian society in keeping with its extensive economic and social ties to the Palestinian territories. King Abdullah, who most recently met with Abu Mazen in Amman on August 2 (ref B), and other senior G [...] |
2005-08-11 12:30:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EFIN PREF PREL KPAL JO |
| 05AMMAN6447 |
ENSURING A PEACEFUL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT: JORDAN [...] No summary [...] |
2005-08-11 12:47:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KPAL GZ IS JO |
| 05AMMAN6452 |
HOST COUNTRY AGREEMENT WITH JORDAN ON CWC [...] (C) Acting PolCouns met with Foreign Ministry Legal Adviser Bisher Khasawneh on August 10 to present reftel talking points on the proposed bilateral Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on challenge inspections under the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC). Khasawneh apologized for the long delay [...] |
2005-08-11 12:54:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MARR MASS MOPS JO |
| 05AMMAN6459 |
GOJ EASES PALESTINIAN TRAVEL FROM WEST BANK INTO [...] (SBU) In May 2005 Jordanian Interior Minister Awni Yarfas announced that the GOJ would no longer require Palestinians arriving from "the territories of the Palestinian National Authority" to present a Certificate of Non-Objection in order to be granted entry into Jordan. The Jordanian Ministry [...] |
2005-08-11 13:25:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAL JO |
| 05AMMAN646 |
RESULTS OF UNRWA ADCOM MEETING ON PA ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UNRWA rejected the PLO's request that it allow locally-recruited UNRWA staff in Gaza and the West Bank to simultaneously hold municipal council seats after consulting its UNGA-mandated Advisory Commission (AdCom) in Amman January 24. In an unexpected move, the PLO delegation q [...] |
2005-01-26 06:28:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPAL PREF PGOV PREL JO |
| 05AMMAN6468 |
JORDANIAN PRISON HUNGER STRIKES END [...] Summary. Complaining of slow-moving court proceedings in terrorism cases, inmates began a hunger strike July 12 that spread to include, at its peak, 56 prisoners in three Jordanian prisons. By August 5, all of the protesters had ended their strikes. End Summary. 2. On July 12, five inmates [...] |
2005-08-14 07:02:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PTER ASEC JO |
| 05AMMAN6496 |
MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ AND GAZA WITHDRAWAL [...] No summary [...] |
2005-08-15 08:55:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 05AMMAN6526 |
IN MA'AN, GOJ TRIES TO CHANGE ATTITUDES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Two and a half years after a failed uprising left six persons dead, citizens of Jordan's southeastern transportation hub of Ma'an are still restive. This hardscrabble desert town is influenced both by surrounding tribes, and by the many who drifted in to town and away from triba [...] |
2005-08-16 08:42:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EAID JO |
| 05AMMAN6529 |
Jordanian Businesswomen Tackle Gender Barriers [...] SUMMARY: Over the past decade, women's ability to succeed in Jordan's private sector has improved. Although financial and social barriers are still present, the establishment of business and gender-focused organizations combined with a general optimism suggest that many Jordanian businesswo [...] |
2005-08-16 10:12:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI KWMN ECON EFIN JO |
| 05AMMAN6535 |
MEDIA REACTION ON GAZA WITHDRAWAL [...] No summary [...] |
2005-08-16 11:01:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 05AMMAN6538 |
JORDANIAN FM ON CHALABI SUIT, PROLIFERATION [...] (C) Charge met with Foreign Minister Farouk Kasrawi on August 11. After discussing the upcoming Israeli disengagement from Gaza (ref A), Charge informed Kasrawi that the USG had carefully reviewed Jordan's request for a Statement of Interest in a U.S. court case against the GOJ brought by Ir [...] |
2005-08-16 12:41:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PGOV PREL KNNP IZ JO |
| 05AMMAN6563 |
PRESSURING SYRIA TO NORMALIZE THE SYRIAN-LEBANESE [...] No summary [...] |
2005-08-17 10:28:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON SY LE JO |
| 05AMMAN6568 |
CODEL KING MEETINGS WITH JORDANIAN SECURITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Codel King met with Saad Khayr, the King's National Security Advisor, General Mohammed Al-Eitan, Director of the Public Security Directorate (PSD), and Major General Samih Asfura, Director of the General Intelligence Directorate (GID) during their visit to Amman on August 2. Discu [...] |
2005-08-17 11:13:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL PTER PGOV KPAL OREP IZ JO |
| 05AMMAN657 |
ARAB BANK [...] (S) Charge delivered reftel points to Foreign Minister al-Mulki on January 26. Mulki expressed Jordanian appreciation for the cooperative spirit of the message and agreed fully on the need to close any gaps that terrorists might exploit at Arab Bank. He intended to call Arab Bank Chairman S [...] |
2005-01-26 09:47:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL EFIN PTER KTFN JO |
| 05AMMAN6602 |
FY-05 P4L STUDENT LEADERS SEPTEMBER 19- OCTOBER 7, [...] THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS SECTION IN IRAQ NOMINATES TWO PARTICIPANTS FOR SUBJECT PROGRAM. 2. MS. SARA SA'AID AND MS. YOSIR S. ALI ABDULLAH HAVE RECEIVED COUNTRY TEAM APPROVAL FOR THEIR PARTICIPATION IN THE PROGRAM. 3. FULL BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION FOLLOWS: START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO N [...] |
2005-08-17 12:36:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL JO |
| 05AMMAN6603 |
FY-05 MRP ORGANIZED LABOR, AUGUST 18-SEPTEMBER 8, [...] No summary [...] |
2005-08-17 12:37:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL JO |
| 05AMMAN6612 |
KING READS RIOT ACT TO PARLIAMENT, GOVERNMENT, THE [...] (C) Summary. The King convened Jordan's political class on August 17 to an open meeting and read them the riot act. In particular, he demanded more responsible and constructive behavior by members of parliament, who continue to threaten to block the King's and government's reform agenda. Thi [...] |
2005-08-17 13:43:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON JO |
| 05AMMAN6629 |
STAUNCHING THE FLOW OF SAUDI SUICIDE BOMBERS TO [...] (S) Post continues to press for Jordanian support on the points made in paras 9 and 10 of ref A. On following up King Abdullah's efforts to counter the message of extremist tendencies in Islam, ref B outlines the King's ambitious plans to keep up the momentum generated by the July 4-5 Amman [...] |
2005-08-17 13:57:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER IZ SY JO GCC |
| 05AMMAN6656 |
ESTIMATED RECYCLING CARRY-OVER BALANCES FOR [...] No summary [...] |
2005-08-18 10:34:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ABUD AFIN AMGT KPAO |
| 05AMMAN6686 |
DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PERFORMANCE OF JORDAN'S [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 7. 2. (S) Summary. Defense Attache met August 16 with senior Jordan Armed Forces (JAF) officials to deliver reftel demarche regarding Jordan's battalion in Haiti. The Jordanians admitted leadership failures and identified key areas of improved [...] |
2005-08-18 12:33:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL MARR KPKO HA JO UNSC |
| 05AMMAN6689 |
UPDATE ON CURRENT JORDAN-IRAQ RELATIONS [...] (C) Official Jordanian-Iraqi relations remain strong despite GOJ fears that insurgent violence may cross the border, and tensions related to Ahmad Chalabi. The GOJ has worked hard to smooth over the King,s December public warnings of a "Shi,a Crescent", as well as the diplomatic row sparked b [...] |
2005-08-18 13:30:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER IZ JO |
| 05AMMAN671 |
TERRORIST FINANCE: JORDAN SUPPORTS DARWISH [...] (SBU) Post informed the MFA via diplomatic note of the U.S. intention to designate Sulayman Khalid Darwish under E.O. 13224 on January 25 (refs). Walid Obeidat of the Foreign Minister's private office called to inform poloff on January 26 that the Ministry late on January 25 had instructed [...] |
2005-01-26 13:55:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN ETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS JO |
| 05AMMAN672 |
IRAQ ELECTION UPDATE: JORDAN [...] (SBU) Out-of-country (OCV) registration concluded January 25 with 20,166 Iraqis signing up to vote in Jordan. Turnout, though very light, gradually increased during the registration period from a low of 710 on the first day, to a peak of 3679 on January 23. The International Organization fo [...] |
2005-01-26 13:57:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC KDEM PGOV PREL IZ JO |
| 05AMMAN6723 |
JORDAN OFFERS PRIVATE SUPPORT FOR CONSULTATIONS ON [...] (C) Per reftel, acting Pol Chief and refcoord met with Walid Obeidat, the Director of the Jordanian Foreign Minister's Private Office, on August 21 to ask that Jordan back the proposal for a diplomatic conference to adopt the new international Red Cross/Red Crescent Movement emblem when Switze [...] |
2005-08-21 12:22:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL IS SZ JO ICRC |
| 05AMMAN674 |
Request for a DVC Program in Honor of [...] 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 Jo [...] |
2005-01-26 14:49:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP OEXC SCUL JO |
| 05AMMAN6740 |
REACTION TO AUGUST 19 ATTACK IN AQABA [...] (S/NF) The GOJ is conducting an intense security operation in Aqaba, and has detained some 300 people. However, the Jordanian General Intelligence Directorate informs us that it has not yet reached any conclusions as to who may have been responsible for the launch of the three Katyusha rocket [...] |
2005-08-21 13:28:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | MOPS PTER ASEC IS JO |
| 05AMMAN6742 |
DEMONSTRATORS DENOUNCE "THREAT" TO AL AQSA [...] (U) Summary. Around 1000 Jordanians peacefully marched in Amman on August 19 to "defend" the Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. The demonstrators, who had received GOJ approval for the event, shouted anti-American and anti-Israeli slogans in addition to condemning the U.S. presence in Iraq. A smalle [...] |
2005-08-22 06:35:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL KISL ASEC IZ JO |
| 05AMMAN6745 |
FY 05 RP:"YOUNG LEADERS: EFFECTING SOCIAL, [...] FOLLOWING IS THE EVDB EVALUATION OF SUBJECT PROGRAM: START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NOT EDIT): : THE FOLLOWING DATA IS IN A FIXED FORMAT WHICH ENABLES : AUTOMATED PROCESSING IN WASHINGTON AND SHOULD NOT BE : EDITED EXCEPT BY MEANS OF THE POST-EVDB SOFTWARE. EXPORT-SOURCE: POST-EVDB VERS [...] |
2005-08-22 11:09:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL JO |
| 05AMMAN6748 |
FY 05 MRP:"PERFORMING ARTS IN U.S. SOCIETY," MARCH [...] FOLLOWING IS THE EVDB EVALUATION OF SUBJECT PROGRAM: START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NOT EDIT): : THE FOLLOWING DATA IS IN A FIXED FORMAT WHICH ENABLES : AUTOMATED PROCESSING IN WASHINGTON AND SHOULD NOT BE : EDITED EXCEPT BY MEANS OF THE POST-EVDB SOFTWARE. EXPORT-SOURCE: POST-EVDB VERS [...] |
2005-08-22 11:09:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL JO |
| 05AMMAN6750 |
FY 05 MRP:"ELECTRONIC COMMERCE AND THE WORLD [...] FOLLOWING IS THE EVDB EVALUATION OF SUBJECT PROGRAM: START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NOT EDIT): : THE FOLLOWING DATA IS IN A FIXED FORMAT WHICH ENABLES : AUTOMATED PROCESSING IN WASHINGTON AND SHOULD NOT BE : EDITED EXCEPT BY MEANS OF THE POST-EVDB SOFTWARE. EXPORT-SOURCE: POST-EVDB VERS [...] |
2005-08-22 11:10:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL JO |
| 05AMMAN6751 |
MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST [...] No summary [...] |
2005-08-22 11:11:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 05AMMAN6752 |
FY 05 RP:"FOREIGN POLICY DECISION MAKING [...] FOLLOWING IS THE EVDB EVALUATION OF SUBJEC PROGRAM: START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NOT EDIT): : THE FOLLOWING DATA IS IN A FIXED FORMAT WHICH ENABLES : AUTOMATED PROCESSING IN WASHINGTON AND SHOULD NOT BE : EDITED EXCEPT BY MEANS OF THE POST-EVDB SOFTWARE. EXPORT-SOURCE: POST-EVDB VERSI [...] |
2005-08-22 11:11:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL JO |
| 05AMMAN6753 |
FY 05 MRP:"INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM," JUNE 15 - [...] FOLLOWING IS THE EVDB EVALUATION OF SUBJECT PROGRAM: START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NOT EDIT): : THE FOLLOWING DATA IS IN A FIXED FORMAT WHICH ENABLES : AUTOMATED PROCESSING IN WASHINGTON AND SHOULD NOT BE : EDITED EXCEPT BY MEANS OF THE POST-EVDB SOFTWARE. EXPORT-SOURCE: POST-EVDB VERS [...] |
2005-08-22 11:11:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL JO |
| 05AMMAN6754 |
FY 05 MRP:"ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL [...] FOLLOWING IS THE EVDB EVALUATION OF SUBJECT PROGRAM: START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NOT EDIT): : THE FOLLOWING DATA IS IN A FIXED FORMAT WHICH ENABLES : AUTOMATED PROCESSING IN WASHINGTON AND SHOULD NOT BE : EDITED EXCEPT BY MEANS OF THE POST-EVDB SOFTWARE. EXPORT-SOURCE: POST-EVDB VERS [...] |
2005-08-22 11:11:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL JO |
| 05AMMAN6758 |
Jordan's Environmental Priorities: Environmental [...] Summary: Minister of Environment Khaled Irani renewed his interest in hosting an EPA environmental economist under the Science Fellows program. He also seeks National Park Service assistance in creating a park ranger corps for Jordan. An EU-sponsored capacity building project at the Minis [...] |
2005-08-22 11:45:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAID KPAL IS JO |
| 05AMMAN6782 |
(S) IRAQ FRE ASSETS: AL-SADUN [...] (S) Acting Econ/C August 14 delivered reftel background paper to Central Bank of Jordan Deputy Governor Faris Sharaf and requested that he inquire closely into the case and share with us any information that he or the CBJ fraud investigation unit might uncover. Sharaf said that he would per [...] |
2005-08-23 11:45:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | ETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS KTFN IZ JO LVPR |
| 05AMMAN6832 |
MONITORING AND EVALUATION OF PRM'S COOPERATIVE [...] (U) Following is a monitoring and evaluation report for PRM's $100,000 cooperative agreement (SPRMCO04GR131) with the non-profit organization Seeds of Peace, which is designed to extend that NGO's conflict resolution program to Palestinian refugee youth residing in the West Bank, Jerusalem an [...] |
2005-08-24 08:18:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL KPAL EAID IS JO |
| 05AMMAN6835 |
MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST [...] No summary [...] |
2005-08-24 10:18:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 05AMMAN6845 |
GOJ ATTRIBUTES AQABA ATTACK TO ZARQAWI-LINKED [...] (SBU) Jordanian Deputy Prime Minister Marwan Al-Muasher told visiting Congressman Peter Hoekstra and Charge late August 23 that Jordan believed the Aqaba rocket attack of August 19 was carried out by persons with links to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi,s group. Muasher and other GOJ spokesmen were quo [...] |
2005-08-24 12:24:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PTER MOPS ASEC IS IZ JO |
| 05AMMAN6848 |
STREAMLINING THE JORDAN ARMED FORCES [...] (C) Summary: The Jordan Armed Forces are seeking to re-make themselves as a smaller, more highly-skilled force. It remains to be seen whether this will be a less-expensive force. Some of the military,s traditional social welfare and political functions will be hard to shed at a time of belt- [...] |
2005-08-24 12:29:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MASS MCAP PM JO |
| 05AMMAN6849 |
JORDAN BROMINE INVESTMENT DISPUTE RESOLVED [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Jordan Bromine Company (JBC) is the largest U.S. investment in Jordan. The company's Dead Sea plant produces bromine and related products for export and has just reached profitability ahead of schedule. An investment dispute involving operational control over the company [...] |
2005-08-24 12:32:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EIND EMIN JO |
| 05AMMAN686 |
BACKGROUND ON DETENTION OF PROFESSIONAL [...] (SBU) Background on the detention of Jordanian Ali Hattar by GOJ authorities follows. 2. (U) After delivering a lecture on December 14, 2004 at the professional associations headquarters in Amman, Hattar was detained and charged with violating Article 191 of the Penal Code for "slandering [...] |
2005-01-27 11:18:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM IS JO |
| 05AMMAN6874 |
FY 05 RP:"YOUNG LEADERS: EFFECTING SOCIAL, [...] FOLLOWING IS THE EVDB EVALUATION OF SUBJECT PROGRAM: START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NOT EDIT): : THE FOLLOWING DATA IS IN A FIXED FORMAT WHICH ENABLES : AUTOMATED PROCESSING IN WASHINGTON AND SHOULD NOT BE : EDITED EXCEPT BY MEANS OF THE POST-EVDB SOFTWARE. EXPORT-SOURCE: POST-EVDB VERS [...] |
2005-08-25 10:28:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL JO |
| 05AMMAN6898 |
ROYAL COMMISSION PREPARING TO RELEASE "NATIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Royal Commission charged by King Abdullah with drafting a National Agenda has nearly completed its work. Commission staff say 80% of the agenda's recommendations are approaching final form. There is still disagreement over a new elections law, however, with traditionalists [...] |
2005-08-25 13:52:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM KMPI JO |
| 05AMMAN6925 |
UPDATE OF WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR INFORMATION: [...] Post has contacted appropriate ministries and NGOs per ref A in order to update ref B reporting on the worst forms of child labor in Jordan, and the efforts in place to combat them. The bulk of the information from ref B remains unchanged, and the worst forms of child labor, as defined in ILO [...] |
2005-08-28 11:43:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI JO USAID |
| 05AMMAN6930 |
Jordan - Avian Influenza Points Delivered [...] No summary [...] |
2005-08-29 04:38:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO EAGR JO |
| 05AMMAN6944 |
PRESENTATION OF DRAFT IRAQI CONSTITUTION: JORDAN [...] On August 29 Charge made points contained in ref A to royal court policy director Abdullah Woreikat, who said the GOJ would seriously consider making public statements welcoming the continuation of the process that produced the draft constitution. Acting PolCouns delivered ref A talking poin [...] |
2005-08-29 13:17:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL IZ JO |
| 05AMMAN6975 |
JORDANIAN FIRMS TO CODEL HOEKSTRA: STAY THE COURSE [...] (C) SUMMARY: During two informal meetings arranged by Jordanian businessman Khaled Kanaan, a congressional delegation led by House Intelligence Committee chairman Peter Hoekstra heard prominent Jordanian businessmen strongly urge members of congress to remain engaged in Iraq while rethinkin [...] |
2005-08-30 07:25:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON ETRD IZ JO |
| 05AMMAN7 |
PREPARATIONS FOR IRAQ NEIGHBORS' CONFERENCE, [...] (C) Foreign Minister al-Mulki updated Charge on January 3 on plans for the Iraq neighbors, ministerial, scheduled to be held in Amman on January 6. All neighboring states have confirmed Foreign Ministers, attendance, except Iran. Mulki has had several phone conversations with Iranian Foreign [...] |
2005-01-03 11:00:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ JO |
| 05AMMAN701 |
MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ AND MIDDLE EAST [...] No summary [...] |
2005-01-27 14:20:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 05AMMAN7069 |
DEMARCHE ON ISOLATING SYRIA AT THE UNGA [...] No summary [...] |
2005-08-31 11:56:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER JO |
| 05AMMAN7071 |
DEMARCHE ON IRAQ DRAFT CONSTITUTION [...] ( C ) On August 31 A/DCM and British Charge Patricia Phillips jointly made ref A demarche to Ambassador Muhammad al-Qaraan, director of the Foreign Ministry,s Arab and Middle Eastern Affairs Department. Al-Qaraan started out by calling the constitution an internal Iraqi affair. When reminde [...] |
2005-08-31 12:38:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ JO PBIO |
| 05AMMAN7081 |
COMPREHENSIVE CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL [...] No summary [...] |
2005-09-05 12:12:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL OPDC JO UNGA |
| 05AMMAN7084 |
Jordan's TRIDE Participation Moving Slowly [...] Summary: Jordanian Ministry of Planning (MOP) Secretary General Maher Madadha told Econcouns and ESTHOff on August 31 that responsibility for the US/Israel/Jordan Trilateral Industrial Research and Development Fund (TRIDE) within the GoJ will eventually move from MOP to the Ministry of Indust [...] |
2005-09-05 12:35:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EIND EINV PREL IS JO |
| 05AMMAN709 |
GOJ CLOSES RANKS AGAINST PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS [...] (C) On January 26 police broke up an unlicensed rally at the headquarters of Jordan's professional associations, allegedly beating Islamic Action Front members of parliament. The associations continue to defy the Interior Minister's order that they end their political activities. The gover [...] |
2005-01-27 15:09:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ELAB KMPI JO |
| 05AMMAN710 |
UNRWA'S GAZA DISENGAGEMENT STRATEGY [...] (C) SUMMARY: UNRWA wants to start large-scale development of its refugee camps in Gaza post-disengagement -- using its experimental Neirab Camp project in Syria, which is centered on re-housing refugees outside camps, as its model. Apart from its limited experience carrying out integrated cam [...] |
2005-01-27 15:18:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL EAID KPAL IS JO |
| 05AMMAN711 |
JORDAN TO PARTICIPATE IN SAUDI COUNTERTERRORISM [...] (S/NF) Jordanian government officials will attend the counterterrorism conference hosted by the government of Saudi Arabia in Riyadh on February 5-8 (ref). Major General Samih Asfurah of the General Intelligence Directorate will head Jordan's delegation. Other GID officials participating in [...] |
2005-01-27 15:42:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PGOV PREL JO |
| 05AMMAN7112 |
Jordan Notes Cool Reception for Red-Dead Project [...] Summary: Jordanian Ministry of Planning (MOP) Secretary General Maher Madadha told Econcouns and ESTHOff on August 31 that the GOJ has noted with concern the donor community's cool response to requests for funding of the feasibility study for the "Red-Dead" water conveyance project. The GOJ [...] |
2005-09-06 09:01:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV IS JO |
| 05AMMAN7116 |
EMBASSY SUPPORT FOR AMBASSADOR SPECKHARD [...] Embassy Amman welcomes the visit of Ambassador Daniel V. Speckhard to Amman, Jordan from September 7-8, 2005, and will work with Embassy Baghdad to arrange meetings, as requested reftel. 2. Point of contact for this visit will be Greg Lawless, office 962-6-590-6557/6558; mobile 962-79-522 [...] |
2005-09-06 09:34:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA APER IZ JO |
| 05AMMAN712 |
ANNOUNCEMENT OF ROYAL DECENTRALIZATION INITIATIVE [...] (C) King Abdullah gave a nationally televised speech January 26 announcing his intention to divide the country into "a number of development regions," each with its own directly-elected council (previewed reftel). The King said this would help move government decision-making closer to the gr [...] |
2005-01-27 16:17:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KMPI JO |
| 05AMMAN7122 |
JORDANIAN REACTION TO DRAFT IRAQI CONSTITUTION [...] (C) Summary and Comment. Post contacts outside the GOJ have been uniformly negative in their reaction to the draft Iraqi constitution, despite statements by the King and other senior officials (ref A) encouraging the continuation of the political process that produced the document. The highl [...] |
2005-09-06 12:50:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER IZ JO |
| 05AMMAN713 |
IRAQ OUT-OF-COUNTRY VOTING GOES SMOOTHLY IN JORDAN [...] Out-of-country voting (OCV) in Jordan for the Iraq elections concluded on schedule at 1700 January 30. Official figures on total turnout will not be available until January 31 at the earliest. However, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) organizers reported that 79 percent of [...] |
2005-01-30 19:25:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM ASEC PREL PGOV IZ JO |
| 05AMMAN7133 |
ARAB LEAGUE FOREIGN MINISTERS' MEETING: JORDAN [...] (C) In the absence of Foreign Minister Kasrawi, Charge and poloff delivered ref B demarche and corresponding non-paper on September 5 to Nabih Shuqom, Secretary General of the Foreign Ministry. Shuqom said he would pass the information to FM Kasrawi upon his return to Amman that evening and [...] |
2005-09-06 13:40:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER IZ JO UN |
| 05AMMAN7157 |
SAAD KHAYR ON IRAQ, IRAN, PEACE PROCESS, SYRIA [...] (C) IRAQ: Former GID Director (and head of Jordan's embryonic National Security Council) Saad Khayr told the Charge September 7 that King Abdallah's visit to Turkey earlier this week focused on Iraq and Israeli-Palestinian issues. On Iraq, Khayr said the Turks shared Jordan's interest in see [...] |
2005-09-07 11:51:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL IR IS IZ JO KWBG SY |
| 05AMMAN7202 |
JORDAN FORMALLY AGREES TO JOIN FOUNDATION FOR THE [...] No summary [...] |
2005-09-08 11:59:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KDEM JO |
| 05AMMAN7211 |
FY-05 RP: "PROMOTING INTERFAITH DIALOGUE," NOVEMBER [...] THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS SECTION IN IRAQ NOMINATES THREE PARTICIPANTS FOR SUBJECT PROGRAM. 2. MR.DALUZ A. MOHAMMED, MR.MAJID I. MOHAMED, AND MR. MUNIR H. KHUDAIR HAVE RECEIVED COUNTRY TEAM APPROVAL FOR THEIR PARTICIPATION IN THE PROGRAM. 3. START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NOT EDIT): : TH [...] |
2005-09-08 13:03:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL JO |
| 05AMMAN7212 |
NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW BOARD [...] No summary [...] |
2005-09-08 13:07:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL KAWC JO |
| 05AMMAN7215 |
60TH UNGA HIGH LEVEL ATTENDANCE: JORDAN UPDATE [...] Head of State: King Abdullah II, accompanied by his wife Queen Rania, is currently scheduled to arrive in Washington, D.C. on September 12. They will travel to New York City for the High-Level Event the following day (September 13), departing New York on September 16. All travel will be via [...] |
2005-09-08 13:32:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OTRA OVIP JO UNGA |
| 05AMMAN723 |
MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQI ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...] |
2005-01-31 10:26:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 05AMMAN7236 |
Jordan - Avian Influenza Partnership Information [...] Post passed reftel talking points and statement of core principles on the International Partnership on Avian and Pandemic Influenza (IPAPI) on September 8 to Foreign Ministry Director for International Organizations Affairs Amb. Abdul Latif Bowab, Ministry of Health Secretary General Saed Khr [...] |
2005-09-11 08:22:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO EAGR JO |
| 05AMMAN7237 |
(U) Jordan Response - Global Fund Parallel Review [...] (U) Summary: Text below is post's response to ref A request for an evaluation of Jordan's Round Five proposal on tuberculosis control to the Global Fund To Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria, emailed to S/GAC ref B. 2. (SBU) Begin text: Country: Jordan Region: Middle East and North Africa Titl [...] |
2005-09-11 08:22:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO EAGR JO |
| 05AMMAN7273 |
READOUT ON JORDANIAN MINISTERS' SEPT. 10 VISIT TO [...] (U) In the first visit of a senior Arab state official to Iraq since the fall of Saddam, Jordanian PM Adnan Badran, accompanied by four other cabinet members, met in Baghdad September 10 with Iraqi Vice President Adel Abdul Mehdi and Prime Minister Ibrahim Jaafari. 2. (C) Jordanian Foreig [...] |
2005-09-12 05:31:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN IZ JO |
| 05AMMAN7275 |
VISAS VIPER: AUGUST 2005 MONTHLY REPORT [...] Acting DCM chaired post's monthly Visas Viper Committee meeting on August 30th. Post identified the men suspected of carrying out the attack on the USS Kearsarge in Aqaba on 19 August 2005 (reftel) as candidates for submission. 2. The Office of the Legal Attache provided the following bi [...] |
2005-09-12 05:51:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KVPR CVIS PTER CMGT PINR ASEC JO |
| 05AMMAN7283 |
UNSCHEDULED FUEL PRICE HIKE IMMINENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Minister of Finance Adel Al-Kodah told Charge September 11 that the Government of Jordan (GOJ) would institute a second, unscheduled fuel price hike September 20, after consulting with the King on the subject the same day. The King had earlier explained to Charge that he was de [...] |
2005-09-12 09:18:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG PGOV EAID PREL JO |
| 05AMMAN7288 |
JORDAN - SUPPORT FOR SUA AMENDMENTS DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] |
2005-09-12 13:37:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT JO |
| 05AMMAN7327 |
Jordan/TRIDE - Trade Ministry Ready to Engage, [...] (SBU) Summary: Jordan's Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) says the United States and Israel can "count on" MOIT to provide "100% support" for the Trilateral Industrial Research and Development Fund (TRIDE). In MOIT's view, the next step is for TRIDE management to ask the MOIT in writing [...] |
2005-09-13 03:24:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EIND EINV PREL IS JO |
| 05AMMAN7343 |
DEPOSIT OF ENGLISH TEACHING PROCEEDS [...] No summary [...] |
2005-09-13 11:56:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ABUD AFIN AMGT |
| 05AMMAN7372 |
MEDIA REACTION ON SYRIA [...] No summary [...] |
2005-09-14 09:25:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 05AMMAN7415 |
DUE DILIGENCE FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S 2005 [...] (U) Embassy Amman's Country Team reaffirms our nomination of Cisco Systems for the Secretary's 2005 Award for Corporate Excellence. Cisco clearly excels in adhering to its core value of corporate social responsibility, and we are glad to respond to your request for further due diligence on [...] |
2005-09-15 06:10:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BEXP EINV ELAB ETRD KSEP SENV JO |
| 05AMMAN7438 |
TERRORISM TRIALS UPDATE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Jordan,s State Security Court (SSC) began new proceedings against a group of 17 charged with planning to attack Americans in Amman and Jordanian intelligence officers. Meanwhile, the defense attorney for one of nine defendants on trial for plotting the April 2004 attempted chemic [...] |
2005-09-15 12:42:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC PHUM IZ JO |
| 05AMMAN7495 |
TEXTILES AND APPAREL SECTOR: UPDATED STATISTICS [...] (U) Following is post's response to reftel request for data and answers to questions on Jordan's textiles and apparel sector. Post will provide septel further analysis of Jordan's unique position as a country with a growing apparel industry attempting to serve both the U.S. and European mar [...] |
2005-09-19 08:13:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTEX ECON ETRD JO |
| 05AMMAN7498 |
DEPUTY PM MUASHER BRIEFINGS HINT AT AMBITIOUS [...] (C) Summary: The current draft of the National Agenda advocates a concrete and highly ambitious agenda for political reform and for social and economic development. It includes electoral reforms (still under discussion) that would make the system more representative of the population, and [...] |
2005-09-19 09:17:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON KDEM JO |
| 05AMMAN75 |
DEMARCHE ON SUPPORT FOR INTERNATIONAL MISSION FOR [...] (C) Poloff on December 30 discussed reftel demarche with Walid Obeidat, responsible for the Iraq portfolio in Foreign Minister Mulki's private office. Obeidat expressed appreciation for the background on the International Mission for Iraq Elections (IMIE). Although the GOJ has not taken an [...] |
2005-01-04 16:14:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ JO |
| 05AMMAN7500 |
EAST BANK NATIONALISTS WANT "DEMOCRACY," BUT ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: East Bankers sometimes complain to us that "their country" is being taken over by "minority groups" (i.e., Jordanians of Palestinian origin). While some East Bank nationalists claim they support greater democratization, what they seem to really want is political freedom for "tru [...] |
2005-09-19 10:05:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KPAL JO |
| 05AMMAN7507 |
UNESCO DEMARCHE DELIVERED: JORDAN [...] No summary [...] |
2005-09-19 11:40:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL ETRD JO UNESCO |
| 05AMMAN7522 |
VISIT OF HOWARD DEAN AND NATIONAL JEWISH [...] (C) A delegation from the U.S. National Jewish Democratic Council (NJDC), led by Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean and accompanied by three state Democratic party leaders, met separately September 17 with Prince Ali bin al Hussein (acting as Regent in the absence of King Abdul [...] |
2005-09-20 06:19:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KISL KPAL KMPI EAID ECON PINR IS IZ JO |
| 05AMMAN7525 |
MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST [...] No summary [...] |
2005-09-20 08:51:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 05AMMAN7534 |
G-8 BMENA - OCTOBER 1-3 MEETING IN RABAT [...] No summary [...] |
2005-09-20 12:44:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM KMPI KPAO PREL JO |
| 05AMMAN7547 |
SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF TREASURY ACTING A/S [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: The USG has enjoyed improved engagement with the GOJ on anti-money laundering/countering terrorist financing issues over recent months, as Jordanian officials increasingly understand the importance the USG places on these issues and the vulnerabilities of Jordan's economy to a [...] |
2005-09-21 06:28:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | KTFN ETTC EFIN PREL JO IZ |
| 05AMMAN7561 |
JORDANIAN FUEL PRICES HIKED [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Government of Jordan announced fuel price hikes September 21 (Ref A), prompting widespread grumbling but no disorder. Gasoline price increases of 5% and diesel increases of 22% tracked exactly the proposal that the government has been considering for the past weeks. Fuel o [...] |
2005-09-21 11:23:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG PGOV EAID PREL JO |
| 05AMMAN7597 |
THE BAATH PARTY IN JORDAN: SHORT ON FUNDS AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Once a potent force in Jordanian politics, the Baath party in Jordan (as opposed to traditional Baathist ideology) is widely viewed as irrelevant. The main Baathist party, discredited by close identification with Saddam Hussein, is short on both cash and membership. The GOJ can [...] |
2005-09-22 12:43:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ JO |
| 05AMMAN7600 |
JORDANIAN AL-TAHRIR ACTIVISTS ARRESTED [...] Jordan's state prosecutor charged three men on September 21 with belonging to the illegal Hizb al-Tahrir al-Islami (Islamic Liberation Party). The three men were arrested in July for distributing leaflets among delegates at the First International Conference of Muslim Scholars, a meeting spo [...] |
2005-09-25 03:08:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KISL PTER JO |
| 05AMMAN7601 |
JORDANIAN ARMED FORCES CHIEF OFFERS IRAQ MILITARY [...] (S) In discussions with visiting U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad, Jordanian Armed Forces (JAF) Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Khalid Sarairah thanked the U.S. Ambassador for the generous assistance to Jordan from the U.S.. Sarairah stated that only with US assistance [...] |
2005-09-25 03:11:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL MARR JO IZ |
| 05AMMAN7602 |
AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD PROMOTES ELECTION FOCUS IN [...] (C) Ambassador to Iraq Khalilzad outlined recent compromises in the Constitution drafting process and promoted the need to focus on the December elections during a three-hour meeting in Amman with Iraqi Sunni Arab tribal leaders. The meeting included several major Sunni Arab tribal figures, [...] |
2005-09-25 03:11:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL JO IZ |
| 05AMMAN7621 |
AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD'S DINNER WITH EX-PM ALLAWI [...] (C) During an informal dinner with Ambassador Khalilzad on September 21 in Amman, National Assembly member Adnan al-Janabi, and Emboff, former Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi proposed that Sunni Arab officers from the former army should be actively recruited to act as "advisors" to the MOD a [...] |
2005-09-25 05:00:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ JO |
| 05AMMAN7624 |
SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION ON KING ABDULLAH'S [...] No summary [...] |
2005-09-25 09:05:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 05AMMAN7661 |
WELCOME CODEL HARMAN [...] Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Representative Jane Harman, Member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI), and her delegation to Amman, Jordan from September 29-30, 2005, as requested reftel. 2. Control officer for this visit will be Regional Affairs Of [...] |
2005-09-26 06:24:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP OTRA AMGT ASEC IZ JO |
| 05AMMAN7679 |
KING POSTPONES PARLIAMENTARY SESSION [...] (SBU) The palace issued a decree September 25 postponing the start of the upcoming regular session of Parliament from October 1 until December 1. The decree cited a section of Jordan's constitution that gives the King authority to delay the convocation of Parliament by up to two months. The [...] |
2005-09-26 14:11:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL JO |
| 05AMMAN7685 |
FY-2006 MRP: "ACCOUNTABILITY IN GOVERNMENT AND [...] THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS SECTION IN BAGHDAD NOMINATES MS. NADIA K. HESSIN FOR SUBJECT PROGRAM. 2. MS. HESSIN HAS RECEIVED COUNTRY TEAM APPROVAL FOR HER PARTICIPATION IN THE PROGRAM. 3. FULL BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION FOLLOWS: START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NOT EDIT): : THE FOLLOWING DATA I [...] |
2005-09-27 08:25:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL JO |
| 05AMMAN7693 |
FY-2006 MRP: "SUBSTANCE ABUSE EDUCATION, TREATMENT [...] THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS SECTION IN BAGHDAD NOMINATES MR. HAMID J. KASSIM FOR SUBJECT PROGRAM. 2. MR.KASSIM HAS RECEIVED COUNTRY TEAM APPROVAL FOR HIS PARTICIPATION IN THE PROGRAM. 3. FULL BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION FOLLOWS: START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NOT EDIT): : THE FOLLOWING DATA IS [...] |
2005-09-27 12:27:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL JO |
| 05AMMAN7708 |
COMBATING EXTREMISM - JORDAN [...] (S) Summary: Embassy Amman has been working to strengthen local traditions of dialogue, tolerance, and intellectual exchange as foils against extremist ideas - and to help such values emerge where they are absent - for several years. We use a wide panoply of State Department and other USG pro [...] |
2005-09-28 05:35:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | KDEM KMPI KISL KPAO EAID ECON PHUM PREL JO |
| 05AMMAN7709 |
IRAQI SUNNI FERMENT IN AMMAN: A TALE OF THREE [...] (C) Several meetings of Iraq Sunni Arab personalities about political involvement and the new Constitution took place in Amman between September 21-25. These included Ambassador to Iraq Khalilzad,s September 21 meeting with tribal leaders (ref a); a hastily-organized "Anbar Conference" domi [...] |
2005-09-28 05:43:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ JO |
| 05AMMAN772 |
MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ ELECTION AND US AND [...] No summary [...] |
2005-02-01 13:39:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 05AMMAN7728 |
FY-2006 SCP: "BORDER AND HOMELAND SECURITY [...] THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS SECTION IN BAGHDAD NOMINATES EIGHT PARTICIIPANTS, MR.ABBAS AL-GEBORY; MR.ADNAN MANHAL; MR.AHMED KAREEM; MR. SAAD ALWAN; MR. RATHA AINAD; MR. HADI TAHA HASOON; MR. AMJAD SAKER TAEIAH; MR. HASSAN HUSHIA ADNAH FOR SUBJECT PROGRAM. 2. ALL EIGHT HAVE RECEIVED COUNTRY TEAM AP [...] |
2005-09-28 12:22:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL JO |
| 05AMMAN7748 |
TRIPWIRE CONTACTS, ACCOUNT REQUEST--AMMAN [...] Post requests new tripwire accounts for Poloff Jonathan Peccia and RSO Robert Goodrich. 2. Requested information for Mr. Peccia is as follows: Title: Third Secretary Office: Political Section Security Clearance Level: TS Work Phone Number: 962-6-590-6597 email: pecciajr@state.gov / peccia [...] |
2005-09-29 09:28:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PTER PINR JO |
| 05AMMAN7753 |
Iraqi Scientists, Engineers Seek Funding for [...] Summary: The "International Conference to Engage Iraq's Science & Technology Community in Developing its Country" took place in Amman, Jordan on September 18-20 with support and participation from DOE and State. Over fifty Iraqi scientists and engineers attended to present and seek funding f [...] |
2005-09-29 10:38:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA SENV TBIO SOCI EAID KNNP IZ JO |
| 05AMMAN7777 |
SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT AMBASSADOR JEFFREY AND [...] (S) King Abdullah views the success of the Coalition effort in Iraq as essential to Jordanian national security interests. The GOJ provides important political and logistical support for U.S. activities in Jordan that contribute to the Iraq effort, most notably training for police, for milit [...] |
2005-09-29 15:23:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV JO IZ |
| 05AMMAN7793 |
JORDAN AND ISRAEL CLOSE TO NEW QIZ ARRANGEMENT [...] (U) This message contains an action request. See para 11. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Jordan is close to agreeing with Israel on an amendment to their Qualifying Industrial Zone (QIZ) Agreement that would change the terms of the product review mechanism by which Israeli content in Jordanian QIZ produ [...] |
2005-10-02 07:54:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD KTEX ECON PREL IS JO |
| 05AMMAN7794 |
JORDAN AND ISRAEL CLOSE TO NEW QIZ ARRANGEMENT [...] (U) This message contains an action request. See para 11. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Jordan is close to agreeing with Israel on an amendment to their Qualifying Industrial Zone (QIZ) Agreement that would change the terms of the product review mechanism by which Israeli content in Jordanian QIZ produ [...] |
2005-10-02 07:54:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD KTEX ECON PREL IS JO |
| 05AMMAN7825 |
JORDAN SEEKS MEMBERSHIP ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] Post received a diplomatic note dated September 25 from the Jordanian Foreign Ministry, addressed to all missions in Amman, seeking support for the nomination of Jordan for membership on the UN Human Rights Committee for 2007-2009. 2. The GOJ has not yet raised this request with us in other [...] |
2005-10-03 07:51:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL JO UNHRC |
| 05AMMAN785 |
KING UPBEAT ON IRAQI ELECTIONS; OCV BALLOT COUNT [...] In a CNN interview, King Abdullah said he was "very pleased" with the Iraqi elections and expressed optimism for the future of Iraq and the region. While he cautioned against Sunni marginalization, he dismissed claims that he was anti-Shia. Local media carried the King's statements but over [...] |
2005-02-01 15:49:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KDEM IZ JO |
| 05AMMAN7858 |
FY-2006 RP: "WOMEN AS ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS [...] THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS SECTION IN BAGHDAD NOMINATES DR. SAWSAN AL-SHARIFI FOR SUBJECT PROGRAM. 2. DR. AL-SHARIFI HAS RECEIVED COUNTRY TEAM APPROVAL FOR HER PARTICIPATION IN THE PROGRAM. 3. FULL BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION FOLLOWS: START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NOT EDIT): : THE FOLLOWING [...] |
2005-10-03 12:52:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL JO |
| 05AMMAN786 |
JORDAN SEEKS SECSTATE ATTENDANCE AT OECD/BMENA [...] (C) Foreign Minister al-Mulki telephoned Charge on February 1 with a request from the King. He asked that consideration be given to even the briefest of appearances by the Secretary at the Dead Sea OECD/BMENA meeting on Good Governance for Development, February 6-7. He noted that all other [...] |
2005-02-01 16:08:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM JO |
| 05AMMAN7868 |
FY-2006 SCP: "THE ROLE OF THE PRESS IN A [...] THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS SECTION IN BAGHDAD NOMINATES EIGHT PARTICIPANTS, MS. HAKEMA AL SHEBLY; MS. KAZIMEA AMJASEER; MS. SABAH MOTEB; MS. ZAINAB SHA'ALAN; MS. HUDA MOHAMMED; MS. MONTAHA AHMED; MS. EYMAN THAMER; AND MS. ISRAA HASSAN FOR SUBJECT PROGRAM. 2. ALL EIGHT HAVE RECEIVED COUNTRY TEAM A [...] |
2005-10-04 05:58:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL JO |
| 05AMMAN787 |
ANNUAL STAFFING DATA FOR UNRWA [...] Refcoord will also send this data to IO/S/EA in hard copy form via registered pouch mail. HALE [...] |
2005-02-01 17:07:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APER ECON KUNR JO POL UN |
| 05AMMAN7908 |
IPAPI Meeting - Jordan [...] No summary [...] |
2005-10-04 13:13:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO EAGR JO |
| 05AMMAN7932 |
RAMADAN 2005 PA STRATEGY: ENGAGING ISLAM [...] DURING THE MONTH OF RAMADAN, THE ENTIRE AMERICAN MISSION IN JORDAN WILL WORK TO REINFORCE PUBLIC RECOGNITION OF AMERICAN RESPECT FOR ISLAM AND ISLAMIC TRADITIONS. OUR EFFORTS THIS YEAR WILL FOCUS ON EVENTS WHICH WILL CARRY THAT MESSAGE BEYOND OUR USUAL CONTACTS TO AUDIENCES NOT ALWAYS REACHED [...] |
2005-10-05 06:10:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KIRF KPAO PREL JO |
| 05AMMAN7936 |
WELCOME CODEL INHOFE [...] Embassy Amman welcomes the visit of Senator James Inhofe and his delegation to Amman, Jordan from October 8-9, 2005, as requested reftel. 2. Control officer for this visit will be Richard McCrensky, office 962-6-590-6225; mobile 962-79-582-0115; fax 962-6-592-7653, or email at McCrenskyRM [...] |
2005-10-05 07:01:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN IZ JO |
| 05AMMAN7940 |
MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...] |
2005-10-05 09:49:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 05AMMAN7943 |
Environmental Public Diplomacy in Aqaba: Baseball [...] Summary: $1,500 still buys a lot. Post used $1,500 of public diplomacy funds from the "R" Bureau through OES to co- sponsor "Clean up the World Day" in Aqaba, Jordan on October  [...] |
2005-10-05 10:10:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KICR KPAO JO |
| 05AMMAN7951 |
JORDAN'S ECONOMY: TOP OFFICIALS CONCERNED ABOUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Jordan's Finance Ministry and the Central Bank of Jordan (CBJ) are increasingly concerned that high levels of liquidity and increasing prices will fuel inflation over the coming year. The CBJ recently raised interest rates by half a percentage point, double the size of increases [...] |
2005-10-05 11:52:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON JO KU |
| 05AMMAN7953 |
OBTAINING JORDANIAN SUPPORT FOR AMENDING SUA [...] No summary [...] |
2005-10-05 12:26:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT PGOV JO |
| 05AMMAN7955 |
REQUEST FOR RESETTLEMENT ASSISTANCE OF CERTAIN [...] No summary [...] |
2005-10-05 12:41:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PREF PINR |
| 05AMMAN7979 |
NATIONAL AGENDA COMMISSION COMPLETES ITS WORK, BUT [...] (C) The royal commission charged with drafting a comprehensive National Agenda has completed its reform recommendations. Consensus was reached on all major issues except for electoral reform, with East Banker traditionalists determined to gut the proposed "national list" system. The GOJ pla [...] |
2005-10-05 15:26:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KISL KMPI JO |
| 05AMMAN7986 |
ADVOCATES AND SKEPTICS SHARE THEIR VIEWS ON THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: As the Jordanian political class awaits the release of the reform recommendations of the Royal Commission for the National Agenda (NA), Jordanian officials and political observers shared their views on the prospects for reform with visiting NEA Deputy Assistant Secretary Elizabet [...] |
2005-10-06 06:48:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EFIN PREL JO |
| 05AMMAN7990 |
MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST [...] No summary [...] |
2005-10-06 08:33:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 05AMMAN7997 |
AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD'S MEETING WITH JORDANIAN [...] (C) In his meeting with Jordan's National Security Advisor Sa'ad Kheir, U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Khalilzad emphasized recent efforts made to deal with Sunni Arab concerns over the draft Constitution, and asked for Jordanian help in encouraging prominent Sunni Arabs to support the Constitution [...] |
2005-10-06 09:48:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL PGOV JO IZ |
| 05AMMAN8005 |
TRADE MINISTER ZU'BI ENGAGES DAS DIBBLE ON S&T [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The U.S.-Jordan Free Trade Agreement is a platform upon which to increase higher value-added production and attract investment in advanced laboratories, research institutions, and manufacturing, Jordan's Minister of Industry and Trade Sharif Zu'bi told visiting NEA Deputy Assis [...] |
2005-10-06 09:56:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EIND KIPR PREL EAID JO |
| 05AMMAN8022 |
JORDAN AND IRAQ INCREASE SECURITY COOPERATION [...] (SBU) Iraqi Interior Minister Bayan Jabr visited Jordan September 30 - October 1 and announced the completion of an Iraq-Jordan MOU on security cooperation. Jabr, who in the past has publicly criticized the training of Iraqi security forces outside Iraq, also visited the U.S.-funded Jordanian [...] |
2005-10-06 13:46:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PBTS IZ JO |
| 05AMMAN8024 |
FM KASRAWI ON UNESCO, ARAB LEAGUE-IRAQ TIES [...] (SBU) Charge delivered reftel demarche on the UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions to Foreign Minister Kasrawi October 6. Kasrawi also shared a brief readout with Charge of the October 2 meeting of the Arab League Contact Group in Jeddah [...] |
2005-10-06 15:56:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PREL SCUL IZ JO BHUM UNESCO |
| 05AMMAN8027 |
IRAQ SUNNI OUTREACH: AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD'S [...] (C) Ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad outlined the most recent revisions to the draft Constitution, including probable changes addressing Arab concerns over federalism, Iraq's Arab identity, and qualifications for citizenship, during an October 3 meeting in Amman with Jordan-based Iraqi bu [...] |
2005-10-10 05:18:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EPET ENRG PINR IZ JO |
| 05AMMAN8031 |
CHARGE REVIEWS MONETARY ISSUES WITH CBJ GOVERNOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an Oct 5 meeting with Central Bank of Jordan (CBJ) Governor Umayya Touqan and his two deputies, Faris Sharaf and Mohammed Shahin, Charge and Ecouns followed up on Treasury A/S Daniel Glaser's recent visit to Jordan, and elicited feedback on a wide range of monetary issues. Gove [...] |
2005-10-10 07:55:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON JO |
| 05AMMAN8041 |
Jordan Willing and Able to Work on Avian Influenza [...] (SBU) Summary: Jordan is willing and able to collaborate with foreign partners on avian flu. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs supports international engagement, and the Ministry of Agriculture has staff knowledgeable about avian flu, and has laboratory capacity as well. The Ministry of Health [...] |
2005-10-10 12:26:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TBIO EAGR KHIV PGOV AMED JO |
| 05AMMAN8050 |
CODEL SHAYS MEETS WITH KING ABDULLAH'S CHIEF OF [...] (SBU) Summary. CODEL Shays met on October 8 with Marouf Bakheet, Chief of Staff to King Abdullah (and Deputy Director for National Security), to discuss progress in Iraq and other regional issues. Bakheet emphasized the need for greater USG interaction with Iraqi Sunnis to bring them into the [...] |
2005-10-11 05:30:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KISL KPAL IZ IS JO |
| 05AMMAN807 |
SUSPECT IN FOLEY ASSASSINATION TO BE RE-TRIED; [...] (U) The State Security Court is set to proceed in the coming days with two high-profile cases linked to fugitive Jordanian terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, including the re-trial of a suspect accused of involvement in the murder of USAID official Laurence Foley. The court also convicted two [...] |
2005-02-02 09:40:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC IZ JO |
| 05AMMAN8093 |
JORDAN: KING'S COMMENTS ON IRAQ CONSTITUTION [...] (U) Jordan's King Abdullah continued efforts to bolster the Iraqi political process in an October 9 interview with Al-Rai, the leading semi-official Arabic-language daily. The widely circulated independent centrist Arabic daily Al Ghad, also covered the basic points of the King's interview. [...] |
2005-10-11 14:43:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAO IZ JO |
| 05AMMAN8098 |
FY-2006 RP: "CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT AND CIVIC [...] THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS SECTION IN BAGHDAD NOMINATES MR. SAIDON SARHAIN AND MR. SAAD ABAD ALLH FOR SUBJECT PROGRAM. 2. BOTH PARTICIPANTS HAVE RECEIVED COUNTRY TEAM APPROVAL FOR THEIR PARTICIPATION IN THE PROGRAM. 3. FULL BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION FOLLOWS: START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NO [...] |
2005-10-12 05:50:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL JO |
| 05AMMAN810 |
MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ ELECTION AND MIDDLE [...] No summary [...] |
2005-02-02 11:04:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 05AMMAN8144 |
ICARDA and USDA Developing Cooperation on Water [...] Summary: USDA/FAS water specialist Sylvana Li and Amman-based ESTH FSN Rana Safadi visited the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) in Aleppo, Syria September 22-23 to develop new activities with ICARDA on water reuse and water quality. Li will work with I [...] |
2005-10-13 11:33:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAGR TPHY XF SY |
| 05AMMAN8166 |
AMBASSADOR JEFFREY AND DELEGATION MEET WITH [...] (S) SUMMARY: On October 9, S/I Ambassador Jeffrey and his delegation met with King Abdullah, Foreign Minister Farouq Kasrawi, Finance Minister Adel Kodah, Chairman of the Jordanian Armed Forces General Khalid Sarairah, and General Intelligence Directorate chief Samih Asfoura. The Jordanians p [...] |
2005-10-14 14:25:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER EFIN IR IZ SY JO |
| 05AMMAN8167 |
IRAQI SIDE OF THE JORDAN-IRAQ BORDER CLOSED FOR 3 [...] No summary [...] |
2005-10-14 14:31:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER MARR IZ JO ETRN |
| 05AMMAN8168 |
CBJ MOVING FORWARD ON TREASURY AGENDA [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a second follow-up meeting to Treasury DAS Glaser's recent visit to Amman (see ref), Central Bank of Jordan (CBJ) Deputy Governor Faris Sharaf was optimistic the Anti-Money Laundering (AML) bill might pass by December, and agreed tentatively to a December FIU study tour in Egyp [...] |
2005-10-14 14:32:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN IZ JO PGOV |
| 05AMMAN8169 |
JORDAN: IRAQI CONSTITUTION COMPROMISE DEMARCHE [...] (C) Polcouns delivered ref A demarche October 13 to Dimi Haddad, chief of Foreign Minister Kasrawi's private office; the FM is currently abroad with King Abdullah. Haddad confirmed that the GOJ public line on the referendum paralleled ours, and said the GOJ would continue privately encouragi [...] |
2005-10-14 14:34:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ JO |
| 05AMMAN8170 |
TREASURY ACTING A/S GLASER DISCUSSES TERRORIST [...] (C) SUMMARY: Treasury Acting A/S Daniel Glaser met with Finance Ministry and Central Bank of Jordan officials to discuss terrorism finance issues, including the status of the Anti-Money Laundering (AML) law and Arab Bank's follow-up to U.S. regulatory actions against it. He also explored Jor [...] |
2005-10-14 14:35:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | KTFN EFIN JO |
| 05AMMAN8176 |
MEDIA REACTION ON PRESIDENT BUSH'S REMARKS [...] No summary [...] |
2005-10-16 06:56:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 05AMMAN8198 |
EMBASSY AMMAN REQUEST FOR POST LANGUAGE PROGRAM [...] EMBASSY AMMAN WELCOMES THE OPPORTUNITY TO SUBMIT A PROPOSAL FOR THE FOREIGN SERVICE INSTITUTE'S DIRECT FUNDING INITIATIVE (DFI). POST HAS REALIZED IMPORTANT AND TANGIBLE BENEFITS FROM DFI FUNDING IN PREVIOUS YEARS. AT THIS HIGH THREAT POST, DOZENS OF EMPLOYEES AND EFM'S SUPPORT CRITICAL U.S. [...] |
2005-10-16 15:09:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | AFSI AMGT KFLO JO |
| 05AMMAN8202 |
SIGNING OF AMENDMENT TO EXTEND TRAINING AT THE [...] EMBASSY AMMAN CONFIRMS THAT CHARGE DAVID HALE SIGNED ON OCTOBER 1, 2005, AN AMENDMENT TO THE LETTER OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE USG AND GOJ CONCERNING THE TRAINING OF IRAQI POLICE IN JORDAN, AS REQUESTED BY INL PDAS WILLIAM TODD. 2. ORIGINAL SIGNED DOCUMENT WAS SENT TO INL/RM, JAMES S. KOHLE [...] |
2005-10-17 07:03:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ KCRM KJUS MARR MCAP MOPS PGOV PINR PINS PREL PTER SNAR SOCI |
| 05AMMAN8215 |
URGENT DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] |
2005-10-17 11:29:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD PREL SCUL JO UNESCO |
| 05AMMAN8228 |
AMENDED JORDAN-ISRAEL QIZ AGREEMENT [...] (C) Ministry of Industry and Trade official Baha'a Al-Armouti passed to Econoff October 17 the initialed amendments to the 1997 Israel-Jordan Qualifying Industrial Zone Agreement. The changes reflect mutual understandings reached in September (Ref B). Armouti explained that the amendments t [...] |
2005-10-17 14:45:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD KTEX ECON PREL IS JO |
| 05AMMAN8229 |
JORDAN: LOCAL SYRIAN EMBASSY BLOCKS U.S. [...] (C) The Syrian Embassy in Amman has unexpectedly rejected 15 U.S. diplomatic visa requests submitted during the last week. One of the visa requests was officially denied, while 14 were returned without processing or explanation. The Syrian Embassy is currently holding another five U.S. dipl [...] |
2005-10-17 15:30:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | AMGT CVIS PREL SY JO |
| 05AMMAN8236 |
FY-2006 MRP: "U.S. JUDICIAL SYSTEM," JANUARY 12- [...] THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS SECTION IN BAGHDAD NOMINATES MR. KASAM E. KASAM FOR SUBJECT PROGRAM. 2. MR. KASAM HAS RECEIVED COUNTRY TEAM APPROVAL FOR HIS PARTICIPATION IN THE PROGRAM. 3. FULL BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION FOLLOWS: START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NOT EDIT): : THE FOLLOWING DATA IS [...] |
2005-10-18 08:34:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | OEXC SCUL JO |
| 05AMMAN8259 |
IRAQ SUNNI OUTREACH: AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD'S AMMAN [...] (C) U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Khalilzad pursued Iraqi Sunni outreach in Amman October 3 through a series of meetings with Iraqi political and tribal figures, including a small group of prominent ex-Ba'athists presented to him by former Prime Minister Allawi; Sheikh Dari al-Fassal, an Iraqi tri [...] |
2005-10-19 05:54:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ JO IR SY |
| 05AMMAN8268 |
VISIT OF INSPECTOR GENERAL KRONGARD TO JORDAN [...] (U) Embassy Amman grants country clearance and warmly welcomes the visit of Inspector General Howard J. Krongard from November 1-2 and November 9-12, 2005 for the purpose of observing post facilities and operations, including ISU and JIPTC. 2. (U) The embassy point of [...] |
2005-10-19 09:59:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | OVIP ASIG JO |
| 05AMMAN8283 |
JORDAN: HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] |
2005-10-19 14:26:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | IS JO PREL UNGA |
| 05AMMAN8284 |
MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...] |
2005-10-20 04:58:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 05AMMAN8299 |
URGENT DIPLOMATIC NOTE AND POINTS DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] |
2005-10-20 12:39:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD PREL SCUL JO UNESCO |
| 05AMMAN8303 |
JORDAN DEMOCRATIC REFORM STATUS REPORT: THIRD [...] (C) Summary. Ref A contained the democracy strategy for Jordan, which identified freedom of the press, protection of women, and judicial reform as priorities. Progress on each of these points is assessed below. The "desired outcome" provided by ref A leads each section. ------------------ [...] |
2005-10-20 14:43:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KMPI JO |
| 05AMMAN8330 |
JORDAN IPR PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS: PART I - [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Safeguarding intellectual property rights (IPR) in Jordan has been a major government concern, but implementation is not yet well-coordinated, and the GoJ is ill-prepared for modern IP pirating techniques. As the sophistication of Jordan's IPR protection regime increases, the [...] |
2005-10-23 10:54:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD KTIA PGOV ECON JO |
| 05AMMAN8340 |
Request for a DVC to Launch Arabic Book [...] The Arabic Book Program is planning to launch the title "Activists Beyond Borders." Post would like to request IIP's support in organizing a 90 minute DVC program discussing the title with author Dr. Katherine Sikkink from University of Minnesota. Tel: (612)624-7513, Fax: (612)626-7599, E-mai [...] |
2005-10-23 11:21:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP OEXC SCUL JO |
| 05AMMAN8343 |
MOROCCAN EMBASSY IN AMMAN REQUESTS USG ASSISTANCE [...] (C) Moroccan Ambassador to Jordan Abdel Kader Zaoui phoned Charge October 23 to request USG assistance in obtaining information on, and if possible locating two Moroccan diplomats -- Abdel Rahim Bu'ilam and Abdel Karim Almuhafadhi -- who crossed the Jordan-Iraq border at approximately 11:30 AM [...] |
2005-10-23 12:04:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS JO IZ MO |
| 05AMMAN8349 |
DEMONSTRATION IN SUPPORT OF JORDANIAN PRISONERS IN [...] (SBU) Supporters of Jordanians imprisoned in Israel staged a peaceful demonstration on October 19 in front of the Prime Ministry. In addition to two dozen relatives of the prisoners, five members of parliament (four of whom were from the Islamic Action Front) participated, generating coverage [...] |
2005-10-23 14:20:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KISL JO IS |
| 05AMMAN8361 |
MEDIA REACTION ON THE MEHLIS REPORT [...] No summary [...] |
2005-10-24 09:57:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 05AMMAN8398 |
DEPOSIT OF ENGLISH TEACHING PROCEEDS [...] No summary [...] |
2005-10-25 12:00:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | ABUD AFIN AMGT |
| 05AMMAN842 |
PRIVATE REACTIONS TO IRAQI ELECTIONS [...] (C) Reactions of post contacts to the elections in Iraq ranged from dismissive to strongly positive, with most expressing cautious optimism. Jordanians and Sunni Iraqis were predictably very concerned with the role of Sunnis in the new government. One Iraqi election candidate, currently in [...] |
2005-02-02 15:24:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM IZ JO |
| 05AMMAN8422 |
BEGINNING THE FIGHT OVER PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS [...] (C) Summary: Deputy PM Marwan Muasher, chairman of the Royal Commission for the National Agenda (the centerpiece of King Abdullah's reform efforts), recently announced that the commission's report will include a recommendation that membership in the Jordan Press Association (JPA) become volun [...] |
2005-10-26 08:03:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB KDEM KPAO PGOV JO |
| 05AMMAN8431 |
JORDAN: EARTHQUAKE RELIEF DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) Poloff met October 25 with Ambassador Mohammed Siraj, Chief of the Foreign Ministry's Asian Affairs Department, to discuss reftel appeal for contributions to the international effort to provide earthquake relief and rehabilitation to Pakistan. Siraj said that he would inform the Jordanian [...] |
2005-10-26 11:12:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL JO PK |
| 05AMMAN8435 |
JORDAN AGREES TO VOTE FOR THOMAS BUERGENTHAL'S [...] No summary [...] |
2005-10-26 12:07:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | JO UNSC UNGA |
| 05AMMAN8451 |
LEAHY VETTING COMPLETED FOR JORDANIAN COESPU [...] Per ref, Post has found no indication that the Jordanian COSEPU attendees named below, are implicated in human rights abuses. Additionally, Post has confirmed that they are officers in good standing with the Jordanian Armed Forces. 2. The attendees are: LTC Gassan Al Dalaeen; LTC Salem Ele [...] |
2005-10-27 04:09:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR PREL PHUM JO |
| 05AMMAN8455 |
JORDAN: CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION PROPOSED [...] No summary [...] |
2005-10-27 05:57:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | KTIA PARM PREL JO CWC |
| 05AMMAN8460 |
JORDAN ENDORSES THE PROLIFERATION SECURITY [...] No summary [...] |
2005-10-27 08:53:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PHSA PREL ETTC KNNP KPAO OIIP JO |
| 05AMMAN8466 |
IRAQ: UNAMI CHIEF ON AVIAN FLU THREAT, [...] (C) Amman-based UNAMI chief Staffan de Mistura raised concerns over the impending threat of an Avian Flu and/or cholera outbreak in Iraq during a wide-ranging meeting with Emboff. Mistura noted that insufficient security protection continues to hamper U.N. international staff activities in [...] |
2005-10-27 09:30:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAGR KHIV ECON IZ JO UN UNESCO |
| 05AMMAN8521 |
FM RENEWS REQUEST FOR INTERVENTION IN CHALABI [...] (C) Jordanian Foreign Minister Kasrawi convoked Charge October 26 to renew the GoJ's request that the Department submit a statement of interest in the lawsuit that Iraqi Deputy PM Ahmed Chalabi is currently pursuing against the GoJ in a U.S. federal court. 2. (C) Kasrawi said that even tho [...] |
2005-10-30 12:16:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ JO |
| 05AMMAN8526 |
JORDAN READY TO SEND AMBASSADOR TO IRAQ [...] (C) Jordan,s ambassador should be able to present his credentials in Baghdad soon, according to Dimai Haddad, head of Foreign Minister Kasrawi's private office. Haddad told Polcouns October 30 that Ambassador Ahmad Salameh Al-Lawzi must first swear an oath before King Abdullah, a ceremony whi [...] |
2005-10-31 05:40:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ JO |
| 05AMMAN8527 |
MEDIA REACTION ON IRANIAN PRESIDENT'S REMARKS [...] No summary [...] |
2005-10-31 06:03:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 05AMMAN8566 |
DEMARCHE ON IRANIAN PRESIDENT'S REMARKS DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] |
2005-10-31 12:44:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IR IS JO |
| 05AMMAN8568 |
POLITICAL PARTIES IN JORDAN: NOT YET READY FOR [...] (C) With the exception of the Islamic Action Front, political parties in Jordan are poorly developed and suffer from a lack of both resources and members. They are often driven by personal ambitions, rather than national interests; most are hampered by internal problems. Party leaders will [...] |
2005-10-31 12:50:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KMPI JO |
| 05AMMAN87 |
JORDANIAN REASSURANCES ON NEIGHBORS' CONFERENCE [...] (C) On a daily basis, the Charge has received reassurances this week from the King, Royal Court Minister, and Foreign Minister that the January 6 Neighbors, Conference will reflect solid support for holding Iraq's elections on time and with maximum participation. Jordanian officials, includi [...] |
2005-01-05 10:37:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ JO |
| 05AMMAN8821 |
Gulf ESTH FSN Conference in Qatar - November 23 [...] The Amman-based NEA Regional Environment, Science, Technology and Health (ESTH) Hub Office, with the cooperation of Embassy Doha (ref), invites action posts to participate in a one-day conference for FSNs on ESTH issues. The conference will be held at Embassy Doha on November 23. Action posts [...] |
2005-11-09 14:02:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV KSCA JO XF |
| 05AMMAN8823 |
GOJ PREPARES FOR PUBLIC LAUNCH OF NATIONAL AGENDA [...] (C) The GOJ continues preparations for the public launch this month of the report of the National Agenda commission. In a November 7 briefing to donors, Deputy PM Muasher laid out plans for the implementation of the report's reform recommendations. A strong marketing campaign will be necessa [...] |
2005-11-09 14:49:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM EAID ECON JO |
| 05AMMAN8907 |
THANK YOU TO SUZANNE SWANSON [...] The Front Office here in Amman would like to express deep gratitude and appreciation to Suzanne Swanson for her valuable assistance following the hotel bombing attacks in Amman. Suzanne traveled to Amman from Cairo on extremely short notice to assist Post with the last minute visits of Secre [...] |
2005-11-15 14:32:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | APER |
| 05AMMAN8923 |
THANKS AND KUDOS: RYAN GLIHA [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-16 08:12:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO APER |
| 05AMMAN8924 |
JORDAN: ARAB LEAGUE PREPARATORY MEETING [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-16 08:17:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ JO |
| 05AMMAN8935 |
JORDAN: UN THIRD COMMITTEE DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-16 14:26:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM IR JO UNHRC |
| 05AMMAN8944 |
PUBLIC DIPLOMACY RAMADAN EVENTS [...] During Ramadan, Embassy Amman made a comprehensive and vigorous effort to demonstrate American respect for Islam and to further public understanding that Islam and respect for religion are a part of mainstream American life. All mission elements' public statements during the month began with [...] |
2005-11-17 06:03:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO KISL JO |
| 05AMMAN8948 |
FM KASRAWI ON SYRIA [...] (C) Ambassador met with Jordanian Foreign Minister Farouk Kasrawi November 17. Ambassador said the international community needs to keep up the pressure on Syria to cooperate with the UN. Jordan seemed to be on the same page as the U.S., but he warned Kasrawi not to fall into Syrian Deputy [...] |
2005-11-17 11:45:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY JO |
| 05AMMAN8955 |
MEDIA REACTION ON TERRORISM IN JORDAN AND THE [...] No summary [...] |
2005-11-17 12:24:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR JO |
| 05AMMAN8957 |
OUTRAGED JORDANIANS RALLY AROUND KING AFTER HOTEL [...] (C) The November 9 hotel bombings have sparked national outrage. Thousands of Jordanians have demonstrated peacefully around the country and pledged their support for King Abdullah. Polling data shows an abrupt decline in support for al-Qaeda, with a large majority (87%) now describing it a [...] |
2005-11-17 12:26:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER JO |
| 05AMMAN8982 |
JORDAN: APPEAL FOR EARTHQUAKE DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (U) Poloff delivered ref A demarche November 17 to Ambassador Mohammed Siraj, Chief of the Foreign Ministry's Asian Affairs Department. Siraj said that he would forward our request to the appropriate Jordanian relief organizations, as well as to Jordanian representatives attending the Novembe [...] |
2005-11-17 14:23:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL SENV EAID JO PAK |
| 05AMMAN8994 |
JORDAN: IMO ELECTION DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche November 17 to Jamal Al-Shamayleh, chief of the Foreign Ministry's International Organizations Department. Shamayleh said that he was unsure if Jordan would have representation at the 24th International Maritime Organization (IMO) assembly, and that he woul [...] |
2005-11-20 03:13:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PHSA AORC EWWT KTIA US JO IMO |
| 05AMMAN9 |
GOJ SAYS KUWAITI AND EMIRATI CASH GRANTS ALREADY [...] (C) Finance Minister Abu Hammour, in a January 3 conversation, reconfirmed to Charge that Jordan's arrangement to receive 50,000 barrels per day in crude from Saudi Arabia is currently scheduled to conclude at the end of April 2005. Abu Hammour also confirmed that the Kuwaiti and Emirati pledg [...] |
2005-01-03 11:30:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID EPET EFIN ENRG JO |
| 05AMMAN9014 |
MINIMAL ECONOMIC IMPACT OF TERRORIST BOMBINGS, SO [...] (U) SUMMARY: There has been little negative impact to date on Jordan,s economy as a result of the terrorist bombings of three hotels in Amman on November 9, according to the general consensus among leading private sector and government contacts. While tourism-related businesses are suffering [...] |
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