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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08BAGHDAD2862 |
PRT SALAH AD DIN: KIRKUK ISSUE HEIGHTENS TENSIONS [...] (U) This is a PRT Salah ad Din reporting cable. Summary ------- 2. (C) For Salah ad Din (SaD) residents, the Kirkuk Provincial Council's (PC's) call for Kirkuk to join the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) has proved to be a very emotive issue. This is a particularly sensitive issue [...] |
2008-09-05 19:34:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL PTER PINS IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD2864 |
NINEWA - DROUGHT PUSHES AGRICULTURAL SECTOR TO [...] (C) Summary. Ninewa,s farmers are facing the fourth year of a serious drought and need agricultural inputs for next season and basic subsistence until then. Farmers, especially in the Sunni western regions, feel abandoned by the provincial and central governments. Our experience thus far ha [...] |
2008-09-06 06:40:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAGR SENV EAID PGOV IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD2866 |
NINEWA: TRAVELING JUDGES ARE A SHORT-TERM FIX BUT [...] (S) Summary. A panel of four traveling Baghdad trial judges did what the provincial justice system has failed to do over the last year: convict and sentence defendants guilty of terrorism-related offenses. Staying on the PRT, travelling to the Mosul court in 3rd ACR convoys, and working unde [...] |
2008-09-06 12:54:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PTER KJUS IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD2867 |
ISCI MOUNTS PEACEFUL COUNTER-PROTEST AFTER [...] (S/REL MCFI) Summary: ISCI party leader Lateef al-Hassani led a group of 250 protesters in a peaceful September 3 march aimed at counterbalancing an anti-corruption protest led one week earlier by independent Provincial Council (PC) members. Banners claimed that Hakim Khazal Khashan (censured [...] |
2008-09-06 13:34:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINR IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD2868 |
DIWANIYAH: DON'T FORGET ABOUT THE SHEIKHS [...] (C) Summary: Sheikh Hussein al-Shaalan, arguably the most influential tribal sheikh in Diwaniyah and a member of the Council of Representatives (CoR), met with the PRT on September 3. Shaalan was critical of both his Kurdish colleagues for disrupting the passage of the elections law and of P [...] |
2008-09-06 13:50:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD2869 |
NINEWA: HAMDANIYA MAYOR ARGUES THE SKY IS NOT [...] (C) Summary: The Assyrian Christian mayor of Ninewa,s Hamdaniya district told us that security in his community is sufficient and that there is less to the debate over whether to affiliate with the Kurdish region or Ninewa province than meets the eye. Mayor Nissan Karumi professes no allegi [...] |
2008-09-06 15:58:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ECON KDEM IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD2875 |
SOUTH PREPARES FOR PROVINCIAL ELECTIONS; ISCI AND [...] (C) In a series of discussions with Senior Advisor Gordon Gray, leaders of all major Shi'a political affiliations expressed a preference that provincial elections occur in December 2008, though they doubt that the soon-to-reconvene Council of Represenatives (CoR) will pass a law in time for el [...] |
2008-09-07 08:28:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD2878 |
NINEWA: PROVINCIAL INVESTMENT COMMISSION OFFERS [...] (SBU) Neither the GOI nor the Ninewa Governorate have taken the steps necessary to stand up the Provincial Investment Commission (PIC). We met with an enthusiastic staff, but one comprised of people with limited experience in investment promotion and who seek from us the basic infrastructure [...] |
2008-09-07 11:33:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV ETRD PGOV IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD288 |
IRAQI PARLIAMENT SPEAKER MASHADANI ON PROVINCIAL [...] (C) Summary: COR Speaker Mashadani told us on January 30 that he expects the Provincial Powers law to pass the CoR on February 4. He does not agree with those arguing that a date for elections should be in the law but does believe that elections should be held as soon as possible, hopefully [...] |
2008-01-31 11:42:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS PINR PROV |
| 08BAGHDAD2883 |
MAYSAN SADRISTS, ISCI PRESS U.S. TO PRESSURE THE [...] (C) Sadrist and ISCI provincial leaders in Maysan asserted to Senior Advisor Gordon Gray on September 3 that they are not associated with militias and that they want to work with the U.S. to promote security and development. Sadrist leaders leveled sharp criticisms at Prime Minister Maliki, c [...] |
2008-09-07 11:59:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD2884 |
BAGHDAD CAPITAL LAW WORKING GROUP MAY CALL FOR NEW [...] (SBU) Summary: In response to apparent inaction within the Council of Representatives (CoR), a group of Baghdad stakeholders has taken the initiative and started discussions on a draft Baghdad Capital Law (BCL). Although passage is a constitutionally mandated requirement, the BCL has fallen [...] |
2008-09-07 13:29:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD2889 |
IRAQ MINISTRY CIO PHASE ONE TRAINING A SUCCESS [...] A two-week intensive Chief Information Officer training workshop held in Erbil, Iraq, 18 - 28 August has been completed successfully. Twenty-eight CIOs and information technology (IT) managers from across the Government of Iraq (GOI) attended the Iraq Transition Assistance Office (ITAO)-funded [...] |
2008-09-07 15:39:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS EINT KGIT KWIR PGOV TINT TSPL IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD289 |
NINEWA: KURDS AND ARABS TAKING STEPS TOWARD [...] (C/REL ACGU) Summary: Provincial Vice Governor and President of the Ninewa Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) Khasro Goran told PRT Leader January 21 that the Kurdish parties had made strides with the Arab Sunni parties in Ninewa Province in working together toward political reconciliation. Gor [...] |
2008-01-31 12:47:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ECON PINR IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD2890 |
STATE OF DETENTION FACILITIES IN IRAQ: SOUTH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: There are still big problems with overcrowding in detention facilities in southern Iraq, with the consequent effect on supplies of food and medicine and judicial processing delays. There is an immediate need for more facilities, especially prisons, and more trained correctio [...] |
2008-09-08 07:07:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KJUS PINS IQ |
| 08BAGHDAD2891 |
SHELL LOOKS TO ESTABLISH A PRESENCE IN BASRA [...] This is a Regional Embassy Office Basra cable. 2. (SBU) Summary: A Shell International executive team visited Basra between August 28 and September 1 as part of its negotiations on a potential joint venture with the Iraqi government. Under the multi-billion dollar, 25-year agreement, She [...] |
2008-09-08 07:17:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET ENRG EINV IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD2897 |
KURDISH REPS CLAIM AQI LINKS AT NEW IRAQI POLICE [...] (U) This is a PRT Diyala reporting cable. 2. (C/NF) Summary: Diyala Provincial Council (PC) Chairman Ibrahim Bajellan has alleged a newly set-up police force at Jaloula in the Khanaqin district has links to Al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) and threatens Kurdish and regional security. He charged t [...] |
2008-09-08 14:00:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PTER PINS PINR MOPS IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD2898 |
CETI: MOT AL-SUDANI DISCUSSES TARIFFS, WTO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraqi Trade Minister Al-Sudani told EMIN that the GOI remains fully committed to WTO accession, even though some in government "who still cling to a regime mentality" continue be skeptical about the process. He confirmed once again that reform of the Public Distribution System wou [...] |
2008-09-08 14:48:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD EINV EAGR ECON IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD290 |
Chalabi's Provision of Services Committee - January 29 [...] SUMMARY: At this week's regularly held Provision of Services Committee meeting, the committee met for 2.5 hours to discuss issues ranging from trash collection privatization and re-opening previously closed streets to electrical supply for pumping stations and service problems in specific qadas [...] |
2008-01-31 15:49:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL IZ REL UK |
| 08BAGHDAD2900 |
RRT ERBIL: ONE IRAQ: THE JUDICIARY CROSSES THE GREAT DIVIDE [...] (SBU) Summary: Chief Justice Medhat on August 29 led a delegation of nine judges from the Iraq High Judicial Council (HJC) to meet with thirteen judges from the Kurdistan Region of Iraq who were selected by the Kurdistan Judicial Council (KJC). This was the first meeting between representative [...] |
2008-09-08 15:12:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KJUS PINR IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD2902 |
IRAQI OIL MINISTER'S FAILED RAID ON SOUTH OIL [...] (SBU) In a September 4 decision, Oil Minister Shahristani appointed Jabbar al-Luaibi to a new position within the Ministry of Oil that will oversee the new Maysan Oil Company, the South Gas Company, and the South Oil Company, rather than simply reinstating him to his old position as director g [...] |
2008-09-08 16:20:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV PGOV IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD2904 |
SOUTHERN ELECTIONS FORECAST: MORE OF THE SAME [...] (C) Summary: Provincial elections are unlikely to result in a radical shift of the southern political map. Despite concerns about voter fraud and low voter registration numbers the overwhelming majority of southern Shi'a say they intend to vote in the elections. Iraq's Shi'a remain deeply d [...] |
2008-09-09 05:44:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV IR IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD2905 |
IRAQI REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT: UPWARD TREND [...] (C) Summary: The arrival of the UAE Ambassador to Iraq on September 4 - the first Arab Ambassador to return to Iraq in several years - and the apparently imminent posting of a Bahraini ambassador later this month provide a concrete demonstration that Iraq's engagement with its Arab neighbors [...] |
2008-09-09 05:45:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ BA AE |
| 08BAGHDAD2906 |
IRAQ PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE CHAIRS ON CAPACITY [...] (C) Summary: Council of Representatives (COR) Economic Committee Chairman Haider al-Abadi and COR Finance Committee Chairman Ayad al-Sammarai told EMIN in separate meetings that the overall situation in Iraq has greatly improved. Abadi warned that these improvements have led Iraqis to have hig [...] |
2008-09-09 07:30:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ELAB EPET PGOV PREL IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD291 |
PROGRESS IN TRANSFER OF IRAQ SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: The fourth quarterly meeting of the High Level Working Group held January 24 to discuss the Joint Committee for Accelerating the Transfer of Iraq Security indicated progress. Consistent Iraqi themes were to reduce the number of supporting committees either through closure or con [...] |
2008-01-31 15:50:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PGOV MOPS PTER PINR IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD2912 |
IRAQ MOVING FORWARD WITH NATIONAL ENERGY STRATEGY [...] (C) Iraqi PM Advisor Thamir Ghadhban informed Energy Attach on Sept. 4 that efforts were underway to advance Iraq's National Energy Strategy (NES). Mr. Ghadhban said a five member Committee has been formed to develop the NES, with Ghadhban the Chairman and the Ministers respectively of Oil, El [...] |
2008-09-09 11:19:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EMIN ENRG IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD2913 |
STATE OF DETENTION FACILITIES IN IRAQ: NORTH AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Similar to conditions in southern and central Iraq, there are serious problems with overcrowding in detention facilities in northern and western Iraq. Ongoing GOI military operations and a lack of sufficient facilities, especially prisons, have exacerbated overcrowding in Diy [...] |
2008-09-09 11:46:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KJUS PINS IQ |
| 08BAGHDAD2914 |
MOHR CAUTIONS GOI WILL MOVE SLOWLY ON MEK AND [...] (S) SUMMARY: Minister of Human Rights Wijdan Salim recognizes the need for the GOI to formulate a comprehensive plan for the transfer of security authority for Camp Ashraf and the post-transfer stage, but said the GOI has not yet reached consensus on modalities for the transfer and how the cam [...] |
2008-09-09 13:10:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PHUM KJUS PREL PTER IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD2915 |
CHINESE EMBASSY ON WASIT OIL DEAL AND BUSINESS IN [...] (C) Summary: Negotiations between the Iraqi Ministry of Oil and the China National Petroleum Company to develop the al-Ahdab oil field in Wasit province are not yet complete, despite an August signing ceremony in Beijing, said Chinese Embassy Economic and Trade Counselor Zhue Yuesheng on Sept [...] |
2008-09-09 13:45:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ECON EAID PREL PINR CH IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD2926 |
COUNCIL OF REPRESENTATIVES RETURNS THIS WEEK TO [...] (C) The Iraqi Parliament started its fall session on September 9 with an agenda that its deputy speaker called quote really hot unquote. The Council of Representatives will meet every day but Fridays for the rest of September in order to make progress on a list of urgent legislation that in [...] |
2008-09-10 09:02:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD2927 |
IRAQI DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER AL-ISSAWI ON ESSENTIAL [...] (C) Summary: Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Rafi Al-Issawi met with EMIN Ambassador Wall on September 8. A confident Al-Issawi assured EMIN of his continued focus on the need to improve the Goverment of Iraq,s (GOI) delivery of essential services, including energy and water, as well as improving [...] |
2008-09-10 10:59:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET ENRG EAID PGOV PREL EAGR TU IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD2928 |
IRAQ NOT IN A TIME OF CHOLERA [...] (SBU) Summary: Iraq Ministry of Health (MoH) officials said September 9 that there have been a total of 26 cases of cholera reported in 2008; according to health officials, this is far below the number of cases reported by this time last year and falls well short of the threshold of an outbreak [...] |
2008-09-10 11:13:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON SOCI KSCA IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD2929 |
PROVINCIAL COUNCIL ELECTIONS: ELECTIONS IN 2008 [...] (C) Summary: Senior Iraqi election commission (IHEC) officials told us September 9 that they require 135 days of lead time between passage of an election law and the holding of elections to organize credible provincial elections. They indicated that January 2009 was the earliest date an ele [...] |
2008-09-10 11:56:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD293 |
BLUEBLOOD SHIA CLERIC COMMENTS ON "BACKWARD" [...] (C) Summary: Scion of a prominent Najafi clerical family and related to both Grand Ayatollah Sistani and Moqtada al-Sadr, Emad Klanter told us January 30 that bumbling Iraqi politicians fail to make progress of any sort but actively encourage a public perception of "American Occupation" throug [...] |
2008-01-31 15:55:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD2930 |
PROVINCIAL COUNCIL ELECTIONS: ELECTIONS IN 2008 [...] (C) Summary: Senior Iraqi election commission (IHEC) officials told us September 9 that they require 135 days of lead time between passage of an election law and the holding of elections to organize credible provincial elections. They indicated that January 2009 was the earliest date an ele [...] |
2008-09-10 12:42:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD2933 |
NSC SEPTEMBER 7: STEMMING ASSASSINATIONS AND [...] (S/REL MCFI) Summary: Deputy Prime Minister Rafi Isawi chaired the sparsely attended September 7 meeting of the Iraqi National Security Council (I-NSC). The Council considered plans to tackle the rising number of assassinations in Baghdad, reconstruction coordination, and the achievements of [...] |
2008-09-11 06:10:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | MOPS MARR MASS PREL PTER IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD2935 |
FORMER TRADE MINISTRY DIRECTOR GENERAL DETAILS [...] (S) SUMMARY: A Director General with 34 years of experience at the Ministry of Trade detailed to us September 7 allegations of widespread corruption within the Ministry of Trade including complicity by the Minister and the Deputy Inspector General. He also described some of the schemes used [...] |
2008-09-11 10:47:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | STATE FOR INL CP NEA AND |
| 08BAGHDAD2936 |
CG DISCUSSES PESHMERGA-GOI CONFLICT, FORCE [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: In their regular weekly meeting on 4 September 2008, Commanding General MNF-I GEN David Petraeus and Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki (joined by CDA) discussed disposition of Kurdish forces (Peshmerga) near the city of Khanaqin and the Green Line, Iraqi military force struct [...] |
2008-09-11 11:45:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL MOPS MARR PTER ENGR EPET IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD2937 |
SISTANI FEARS PROVINCIAL COUNCIL VALIDITY IN [...] (S/NF) Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani worries provincial councils will lack legal standing without new elections by end 2008, Senior Advisor Gordon Gray learned in a UNAMI read-out of SRSG De Mistura's September 6 meeting with the Najaf-based cleric. DSRSG Andrew Gilmour (protect), joined by [...] |
2008-09-11 12:41:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PHUM PGOV IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD2944 |
FINANCE MINISTER JABR ON KUWAIT DEBT ISSUES: LET'S [...] (U) This is an action request, please see para seven. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Iraqi Finance Minister Jabr told EMIN September 11 that "as a politician" he hoped that the Kuwaiti government would understand (and hear from the USG) that the future relationship between the people of Iraq and Kuwait i [...] |
2008-09-11 18:31:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN ECON KU IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD2945 |
VISAS VIPER MANDATORY STATUS REPORT AND WATCHLIST [...] (U) VISAS VIPER 2. (U) POST: BAGHDAD MEETING DATE: SEPTEMBER 7, 2008 CHAIR: DCM PATRICIA A. BUTENIS COORDINATOR: CONOFF MATT CHESSEN ATTENDEES: CONS, DOJ, EXEC, ORA, PAO, MNF-I (CJ9), RSO, POL/MIL, DHS, FBI, POL, MNF-I (DBETT) 3. (U) ADDITIONAL SUBMISSIONS: 4. (S/NF) The following [...] |
2008-09-12 02:39:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | KVPR CVIS PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD2946 |
ICRC STATE OF PLAY ON MEK [...] (S) SUMMARY: ICRC conducted its first official visit to the Mujahedin e-Khalq (MEK) at Camp Ashraf from August 24-26 in line with its agreement to increase ICRC involvement in the transfer of responsibility for the MEK from the USG to the GOI. ICRC Iraq delegation head Juan Pedro Schaerer s [...] |
2008-09-12 09:45:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PHUM PINS PTER ICRC KJUS IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD295 |
IRAN-IRAQ BORDER NEGOTIATIONS TO RESUME IN FEBRUARY [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: At a January 28 meeting with Acting PolMil Counselor, Iraqi MFA Under Secretary Mohammad Hamoud discussed GOI preparations for a further round of bilateral talks with Iran regarding their shared border. He indicated talks would take place on February 19, since negotiations pla [...] |
2008-02-01 06:48:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PBTS IR IZ KU |
| 08BAGHDAD2953 |
TENSIONS SIMMER BETWEEN ANBAR,S GOVERNOR AND THE [...] (U) This is a PRT Anbar reporting cable. Summary ------- 2. (C) Long submerged tensions between the Provincial Council (PC) and Governor Ma'amoun surfaced in Ramadi September 9, with a threat to remove Ma'amoun from office unless he improves essential services. Published minutes of a [...] |
2008-09-13 14:43:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD2958 |
HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...] |
2008-09-14 10:19:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
| 08BAGHDAD2959 |
IRAQIS DESPERATE TO LEARN ENGLISH [...] No summary [...] |
2008-09-14 10:20:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC SCUL IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD296 |
SADRIST SWEEP OF SOUTH NOT A GIVEN [...] (C) This is a joint Baghdad POL - ePRT, PRT, and REO reporting cable. 2. (C) Summary: Contrary to popular opinion, it is not a foregone conclusion that the Sadrist Trend will sweep the southern governorates in the next round of provincial elections. Numerous PRT engagements suggest that [...] |
2008-02-01 13:17:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IR IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD2960 |
GOI LAUNCHES PROPERTY RESTITUTION PROGRAM; POLICE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The GOI's policy on property restitution and evictions coincides with improved security in some neighborhoods and has the potential to encourage increased returns of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and refugees to those districts. According to the GOI, over 7,500 families, [...] |
2008-09-14 10:20:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PGOV EAID IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD2962 |
AMB, CG AND PM DISCUSS ELECTIONS, GOI/KRG [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: In the regular weekly meeting held on September 11 with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, Ambassador and Commanding General MNF-I General David Petraeus discussed the elections law, relations between the KRG and GOI, foreign business investment in Iraq, crude oil processing [...] |
2008-09-14 13:07:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL MOPS MARR PTER ENGR EPET IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD2963 |
IRAQI-KUWAITI BILATERAL ISSUES [...] (C/REL MNFI) Deputy Foreign Minister Hamoud told us on September 11 the Kuwaiti Prime Minister would visit Iraq shortly after Ramadan concludes. He said a proposed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on clearing the Khor Abudllah waterway of shipwrecks remained 'stuck' in the Prime Minister's [...] |
2008-09-14 15:14:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PREL MARR MOPS IZ KU IR |
| 08BAGHDAD2964 |
TRADE ONE-WAY ON IRAQ/IRAN BORDER AT ZURBATIYAH [...] (C/REL MCFI) Summary: Trade is one way on the Iran-Iraq border crossing at Zurbitiyah as Iraqi cargo trucks arrive empty and collect cargo from Iran. Turnaround for cargo takes about half a day. U.S. military visual inspection for incoming cargo trucks is 100 percent but still rudimentary. N [...] |
2008-09-14 15:15:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | ETRD PREL MARR PTER ECON IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD2966 |
NINEWA: SHREWD AND MERCURIAL GOVERNOR FAVORS KRG, [...] (S/NF) Summary: Ninewa provincial governor Kashmoula is a pro-KRG Sunni Arab whose administration has contributed to the socio-economic decline of the province. Elected with US support by Kurdish and pro-Kurdish members of the Provincial Council following the 2004 assassination of his cousin, [...] |
2008-09-14 17:17:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PHUM KDEM PINS PINR IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD2967 |
KARBALA: DA'WA, ISCI COMPETE FOR APATHETIC VOTERS [...] (S) Summary: Amid widespread voter apathy among Karbalans concerning the political process, members of the two dominant parties -- Da'wa and the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI) -- are jockeying for position in the run-up to provincial elections. Da'wa increasingly appears to have the u [...] |
2008-09-15 06:37:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL PINR IZ IR |
| 08BAGHDAD2968 |
DPM SALIH PLEDGES TO TRY TO DEFUSE KHANAQIN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Although the Kurds say they have complied with the August 30 agreement by withdrawing additional "new" Peshmerga from the Khanaqin area, the situation remains tense. DPM Barham Salih agreed to continue defusing the situation. Salih believes that Prime Minister Maliki,s decision [...] |
2008-09-15 09:17:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD2969 |
VP HASHIMI: DEFENDING THE SOFA WILL BE DIFFICULT, [...] (S) SUMMARY: On September 7, Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi told the Ambassador that he anticipated major problems trying to defend the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) in parliament, and he worried about the destabilization that would result if the Iraqi government mishandled the Sons of Ir [...] |
2008-09-15 09:23:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PINS IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD297 |
PRT MAYSAN: MAYSAN'S TRIBAL LANDSCAPE [...] (U) The material in this cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. SIPDIS 2. (U) This is a PRT Maysan reporting cable. 3. (SBU) Summary: Maysan,s tribal landscape is primarily made up of five tribal confederations and over thirty tribal organizations. The B [...] |
2008-02-01 13:49:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD2972 |
KARBALA'S PROVINCIAL INVESTMENT COMMISSION [...] (C) Summary: Karbala's Provincial Investment Commission (PIC) is composed of seven university professors who focus more on where investments should be placed than on how to accommodate and advocate for investors. Because the PIC has as yet received no funding from Baghdad, it relies on its me [...] |
2008-09-15 13:52:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ETRD ECON IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD2973 |
COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR GENERAL DAVID [...] (SBU) Post requests country clearance for General David Petraeus and delegation to travel to London, United Kingdom on 27 September- 1 OCT 2008. The purpose of the visit is to meet with English Leadership to discuss strategic goals and opportunity for cooperation. 2. (SBU) REQUEST TRAVEL [...] |
2008-09-15 13:52:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | APER OTRA IZ UK |
| 08BAGHDAD2975 |
PARLIAMENT YANKS IMMUNITY AFTER DEPUTY VISIT TO [...] (C) Sunni Arab Parliamentarian Mithal Alusi told us September 14 that the Parliament had stripped him of his parliamentarian immunity after a bare knuckle exchange between him and other deputies earlier that day. Alusi said that the fight had started when several deputies accused him of brea [...] |
2008-09-15 15:27:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD2979 |
Security Hampers, But Does Not Quash, Baghdad 9-Nissan [...] (U) Summary: On August 29-30, Baghdad EPRT-2 funded the 9-Nissan Trade Show, which was organized by the Iraqi American Chamber of Commerce and Industry (IACCI), at the Palestine Hotel. This was Baghdad's fourth district-level trade show this year, all organized as spin-offs of the February B2 [...] |
2008-09-16 03:07:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV ETRD IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD298 |
SUCCESSFUL ICRC VISIT TO CAMP BUCCA [...] (C) An ICRC inspection team visited the MNF-I Theater Internment Facility at Camp Bucca January 8-28. This trip, the first major ICRC inspection of Camp Bucca since November 2006, came after several months of high-level pressure on the ICRC, including direct requests from Ambassador Crocker an [...] |
2008-02-01 15:23:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PHUM PREL PTER ICRC IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD2981 |
IRAQ-IRAN BORDER NEGOTIATIONS TO MOVE AHEAD - MAYBE [...] (C) Iraq and Iran appear ready to commence work soon to resolve outstanding border issues, assuming PM Maliki and other key GOI constituencies give the political green light and make available necessary funding. Senior MFA officials who participated in late-August bilateral talks in Tehran s [...] |
2008-09-16 09:27:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS IZ IR |
| 08BAGHDAD2984 |
SADR CITY UPDATE: BOSS SHAMA,S RETURN [...] No summary [...] |
2008-09-16 11:18:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINR IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD2987 |
SEPTEMBER 13TH CAR BOMB IN AD-DUJAYL: A SETBACK [...] (U) This is a PRT Salah ad Din reporting cable. SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) A car bomb exploded in the predominantly Shi'a Ad-Dujayl district of Salah Ad Din (SaD) province on September 13, 2008, shattering a period of relative calm and economic improvement over the past year. According to [...] |
2008-09-16 12:49:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV PINS IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD2988 |
MASHADANI: JULY 22 BLOC AND KIRKUK ARE CRITICAL [...] (C) SUMMARY Parliament Speaker Mahmoud Mashadani told the Ambassador September 10 that he had formed a special committee to resolve the provincial elections law standoff. He claimed that the primary concerns of the July 22 bloc involve the status of Kirkuk, the need for special elections for t [...] |
2008-09-16 12:54:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ KU |
| 08BAGHDAD299 |
ARTICLE 140: WHERE ARE WE NOW? [...] (C) Summary: The issue of Article 140 and the status of Kirkuk and the disputed territories is solidly in the middle of the national debate, although there are significant disagreements on all sides in terms of addressing this complex problem. A fair, transparent and agreed resolution to the [...] |
2008-02-01 16:40:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD2990 |
IRAQ CBI GOVERNOR ON POST-SBA RELATIONS, CASH [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with EMIN and Treasury Attache September 14, Central Bank Governor Sinan Shabibi offered a tour d'horizon of issues concerning the CBI. Shabibi looked forward to the final tranche of Paris Club debt write off. He was open to a follow on "precautionary" Standby Agreem [...] |
2008-09-16 13:35:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN EAID IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD2991 |
HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...] |
2008-09-16 14:00:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
| 08BAGHDAD2993 |
SADR CITY UPDATE: BOSS SHAMA,S RETURN [...] (S) SUMMARY: Hassan Shama, the Sadr City politician wounded in the June 24 blast that killed several EPRT members and U.S. military personnel, returned to work on August 12 and, after a small public wrangle, resumed his role as District Council (DC) chairman. Since then, Shama has moved aggr [...] |
2008-09-16 14:39:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PTER PINR IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD2995 |
DIYALA BUDGET EXECUTION DELAYED BY CIVIL STRIFE [...] (U) This is a PRT Diyala reporting cable 2. (SBU) Summary: Reports on budget execution show Diyala last or near last among provinces in regard to disbursements against its 2006 and 2007 development budgets. Improvements in performance are needed and PRT Diyala is working on those it has id [...] |
2008-09-17 06:27:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EAID PGOV IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD2996 |
WOMEN'S AFFAIRS MINISTER CRITICIZES MALE-DOMINATED [...] (C) Minister of State for Women's Affairs (MoSWA) Dr. Nawal Hamed Majed Al-Samara'e did not mince words in her criticism of Iraqi politicians and the male-dominated GOI. Al-Samara'e asserted that few men in the GOI regard women's issues as even a second-tier priority and believes the exploita [...] |
2008-09-17 09:22:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD2997 |
BAYJI OIL REFINERY DEALING WITH HFO AND CORRUPTION [...] (C) Summary: On September 10, 2008, senior Ministry of Oil (MoO) officials, accompanied by Embassy and MNF-I staff, visited Bayji Oil Refinery (BOR) and discussed the situation at the refinery, including measures to cope with a build-up of heavy fuel oil (HFO) levels, which currently restrict [...] |
2008-09-17 11:06:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET ETRD IZ PREL SY TU |
| 08BAGHDAD3 |
AMBASSADOR AND FM ZEBARI DISCUSS URGENT TOPICS [...] (S) Summary. In a December 30 meeting, the Ambassador reviewed with Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari the Strategic Framework Agreement (SFA), suggesting that the GOI establish a negotiating team parallel to the U.S. delegation. On the Tuwaitha shipment, FM Zebari agreed to send a letter to the [...] |
2008-01-02 06:30:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL MARR ENRG PHUM MOPS NBTS IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD300 |
DOWN BUT HARDLY OUT: ISCI 2008 ELECTION PROSPECTS [...] (U) This is a joint southern PRT, REO, ePRT and Baghdad POL reporting cable. 2. (C) Summary: Public opinion is turning against the religious parties, including Da'wa, ISCI, and the Sadr Trend, throughout the south. This reflects widespread disappointment with the performance and corrupti [...] |
2008-02-01 18:05:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IR IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3002 |
USAID/IRAQ HELPS CAPTURE $1 BILLION PER YEAR [...] BEGIN SUMMARY: With elections approaching and essential services still lagging, improved service delivery of electricity is critical. Yet every day Iraq's southern oil fields burn off gas associated with oil production, gas that could drive 3,500 megawatts (MW) of generator power worth $9 b [...] |
2008-09-17 14:58:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PGOV PREL ECON SOCI PINS SNAR ENRG |
| 08BAGHDAD3003 |
PRT SALAH AD DIN: SAD DEPUTY GOVERNOR FOCUSED ON [...] (U) This is a PRT Salah ad Din reporting cable. Summary ------- 2. (C) The Salah ad Din (SaD) Deputy Governor Abdullah Hussein al-Jubara told PRT officers that private sector investments and development are the best way to create further economic progress in SaD. Abdullah reported that [...] |
2008-09-18 09:23:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ETRD PGOV ECON IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3004 |
A TALE OF TWO NEIGHBORHOODS - IDP RETURNS IN [...] (C) Summary: In the past two months, security gains and GOI evictions of illegal tenants have contributed to return of internal displaced persons (IDP) in Baghdad, but progress is far from uniform. Hurriya, a district in western Baghdad, and Doura, on the city's southern flank, both suffere [...] |
2008-09-18 09:55:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3006 |
UNPRECEDENTED BILL AIMS TO ADDRESS CHRISTIAN [...] (C) Non-Muslim Endowments Office Director Abdullah Al-Naufali and associates are drafting a new law that will aim to protect the personal status rights of Christians. According to one of the drafting committee lawyers, the nearly completed draft will be submitted to the Shura Council by the e [...] |
2008-09-18 10:01:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF PGOV PREL IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3007 |
PROVINCIAL ELECTIONS LAW: MORE CHURNING BUT NO [...] (C) A parliamentary committee came close to agreement September 16 evening on language for the disputed Kirkuk election language of the draft provincial elections law. Proposed changes by Arab and Turcoman members about this disputed text for Article 24 of the draft law scuttled consensus a [...] |
2008-09-18 10:48:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3008 |
ANBAR'S AWAKENING AT TWO YEARS [...] (U) This is a PRT Anbar reporting cable. Summary ------- 2. (C) The Anbar's "awakening movement" was founded in September 2006, a date that arguably marks the turning point in the battle against Al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI). It is now a political party, the Iraq Awakening Conference (Muatam [...] |
2008-09-18 14:35:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR KDEM IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3009 |
VISIT REQUESTED BY HOLY SEE LIKELY TO LEAD TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 10, the Holy See asked the USG to arrange for a human rights attorney from Rome to meet with former Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz, who was the highest ranking Christian in Saddam Hussein,s government and is now on trial before the Iraqi High Tribunal (IHT). On S [...] |
2008-09-18 15:24:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM SOCI IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3010 |
HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...] |
2008-09-18 15:26:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
| 08BAGHDAD3021 |
FORMER PM ALLAWI: IRAQ NEEDS PROVINCIAL ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: During a September 15 meeting, Iyad Allawi, former Prime Minister and current leader of the secular "Iraqiya" parliamentary bloc, told the Ambassador that Iraq needs its political leaders to develop a greater consensus about key issues like provincial elections, constitutional re [...] |
2008-09-19 10:40:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS KDEM IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3022 |
NSC SEPTEMBER 14 REVIEWS NINEWA SECURITY [...] (S/REL MCFI) Summary: Deputy Prime Minister (D/PM) Barham Salih chaired the September 14 meeting of the Iraqi National Security Council (I-NSC). The Council heard short follow-up reports from the MOD on Civil-Military Operations Centers, from the MOI on continued difficulties in securing fund [...] |
2008-09-19 12:36:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | MOPS MARR MASS PREL PTER SY IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3023 |
ISCI/BADR FEELING UNDER THREAT, RAISING INTER-SHIA [...] (S) The influential Shia Islamist party ISCI/Badr has become increasingly isolated among Shi'a parties in the past month, and its governing practices have become increasingly restrictive. Tensions have risen dramatically between ISCI/Badr and its fellow Shi'a Islamist coalition partner Da'wa [...] |
2008-09-19 13:38:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3024 |
WASIT ISCI PARTY CHIEF SLAMS DA'WA, SADRISTS, AND [...] (C) Summary. PRT met on September 14 at al-Kut's ISCI headquarters building with Wasit ISCI party chief Ahmed al-Hakim. Al-Hakim is vehemently critical of Da'wa and the tribal support council concept, and mildly negative about ISCI's electoral prospects given public irritation over the lack [...] |
2008-09-19 13:47:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3026 |
EMBASSY PRESSES GOI TO RESTORE ALUSI'S IMMUNITY [...] (C) Following the Parliament's decision September 14 to remove Mithal Alusi's parliamentary immunity after Alusi's visit to Israel and public criticism of Iraq politicians' ties to Iran (reftel), the DCM expressed USG concern over this action to the Prime Minister's Chief of Staff Tariq Abdu [...] |
2008-09-19 15:00:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3028 |
PRT SALAH AD DIN: AD-DUJAYL CITY COUNCIL [...] (U) This is a PRT Salah ad Din reporting cable. Summary ------- 2. (S) The September 16 Ad Dujayl City Council criticized GOI and provincial responses to the September 12 car bombing (reftel). The Council thanked Coalition Forces (CF) for their quick response and support, complained abo [...] |
2008-09-20 14:26:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER PINS IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3029 |
NINEWA: GEO PREDICTS HIGH TURNOUT FOR PROVINCIAL [...] (C) Summary: The GOI,s chief elections officer in Ninewa Province is optimistic that Sunni Arab participation in provincial elections will be high. GEO Director Adel-Haleq Dabbagh based his optimism on local conversations he has had with Sunni leaders and the more than half million Ninewa ci [...] |
2008-09-21 11:56:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3030 |
SENIOR KURDISH OFFICIAL ACKNOWLEDGES KURDISH [...] (C) Summary: In a September 21 meeting, Senior KRG official in Baghdad Mohamed Ihsan admitted to Senior Advisor Krajeski that Kurds had mismanaged their political alliances and were partly to blame for widespread anti-Kurd sentiment. But he also blamed PM Maliki for seeking to roll back feder [...] |
2008-09-21 12:29:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3031 |
AMB, CG AND PM DISCUSS SOFA, SOI, AMBASSADOR'S [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: In the regular weekly meeting held on 18 September 2008, Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, Ambassador and Commanding General (CG) MNF-I General Raymond Odierno discussed the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA), Sons of Iraq (SOI), the Ambassador's trip to KRG and relations bet [...] |
2008-09-21 13:18:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL MOPS MARR PTER ENGR EPET IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3032 |
KARBALA: TRIBAL FEUD RESOLUTION IN OFFING [...] (C) Summary: Resolution of the long-simmering dispute between Shi'a tribes in Karbala's eastern Ayn al-Tamr district and Sunni tribes in neighboring al-Rahaliyah in al-Anbar Province now appears possible. In response to a request from PRT Karbala, a prominent mediator has brought leaders fro [...] |
2008-09-21 14:03:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS PREL PINR IR IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3033 |
KARBALA: LOCAL UNEASE AT IRANIAN ACTIVITIES [...] (S) Summary: Many tribesmen and others in Karbala are mistrustful of Iranian activities here, and Iran's Consul in particular is held in low regard. Some would like to express publicly their displeasure with Tehran's machinations, but refrain from doing so out of fear of retribution. Althou [...] |
2008-09-21 14:12:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL PINR IR IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3035 |
NINEWA: MURDER OF ASSISTANT GOVERNOR WILL FURTHER [...] (C) Summary: Assailants gunned down Ninewa's Assistant Governor for Technical Affairs September 17 outside his mosque. Shamil Younis was a prominent Sunni Arab working for Governor Kashmoula and a close contact of PRT Mosul. A distraught Kashmoula told us that Younis was the seventeenth of [...] |
2008-09-21 16:25:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL PHUM KDEM IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3038 |
MOD REINSTATEMENT INITIATIVE BRINGS IN THOUSANDS [...] (C) Summary: The Iraqi Ministry of Defense initiated September 6 a program to reinstate or retire remaining officers and NCO's from the pre-2003 Iraqi Army. The initiative is being administered jointly by the Ministry of Defense and the Prime Minister's Implementation and Follow-up Committee [...] |
2008-09-22 05:25:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3039 |
63RD UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: US GOALS AND PRIORITIES [...] (SBU) On September 21, Poloff conveyed refel points on US UNGA goals and priorities to Ambassador Talal al-Khudairi, the head of the MFA's International Organizations Department. Al-Khudairi did not provide any substantive response but promised that the MFA would study the points carefully. [...] |
2008-09-22 05:35:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNGA IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3040 |
SENIOR AYATOLLAH JITTERY ABOUT U.S. SECURITY RAMP [...] (C) Summary: Ayatollah Hussein Al-Sadr, Baghdad's senior Shi'a cleric, warned PMIN on September 19 that the Iraqi government was extremely fragile and would be quickly toppled if the U.S. withdrew forces too quickly. Generally supportive of the U.S., he criticized the USG's current course and [...] |
2008-09-22 05:38:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KISL IZ IR |
| 08BAGHDAD3041 |
CHRISTIAN CONFERENCE PLANNING MOVING FORWARD [...] (C) Summary: The senior officials responsible for organizing the MFA,s Christian Conference are confident that the Prime Minister,s Office will soon approve their proposed list of planning committee members. In the meantime, they are moving forward with drafting the conference,s agenda, wh [...] |
2008-09-22 07:55:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF PGOV PREL IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3045 |
DIPLOMATIC UPDATE: MOMENTUM ON ARAB AMBASSADORS, [...] (C) Summary: According to a senior MFA official, Syria's appointment of an ambassador to Iraq might set the stage to enable the two countries to engage on security and other issues. The official is hopeful that the Syrian ambassador-designate's intelligence background will advance Neighbor [...] |
2008-09-22 12:58:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ IR SY |
| 08BAGHDAD3051 |
BAGHDAD REQUESTS PARTICIPATION IN THE RHYTHM ROAD AMERICAN [...] (U) Embassy Baghdad requests participation in the Rhythm Road American Music Abroad Program during the winter of 2009, preferably at the end of February. Post would like to host a Jazz quartet, for a total of six programming days. Our audience will consist of important mission contacts, includ [...] |
2008-09-22 14:27:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC SCUL IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3052 |
KARBALA ISF COMMANDER OUSTED [...] (C) Summary: Karbala ISF commander MG Ra'ad Shaker Jawdat al-Hasnawi has been ousted. He reportedly will be reassigned to serve as IP chief for Diyala Province. Ra'ad's take-no-prisoners style and penchant for self-promotion apparently were viewed by Da'wa Party rival Governor Aqeel Mahmoud [...] |
2008-09-22 14:53:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3054 |
BASRAH REGIONAL COURTHOUSE NEARING COMPLETION [...] (C) Summary: The Army Corps of Engineers Gulf Region South (GRS) will complete construction of the new Basrah Regional Courthouse on September 25 and plans to transfer possession to the Iraqi government on that date. After some debate, the Iraqi High Judicial Council (HJC) has agreed to ass [...] |
2008-09-23 12:17:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3059 |
(S) MAYSAN PC CHAIR RUBBED WRONG BY ISF [...] (S/REL MCFI) Summary: In his first meeting with American representatives or Coalition Forces (CF) in several years, Abdul Jabar Wahid, the devout Sadrist chairman of Maysan,s Provincial Council, expressed intense dissatisfaction with this summer's "Operation Good Tidings of Peace," describing [...] |
2008-09-23 13:52:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL IR IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3060 |
IRAQ VICE PRESIDENT AL-MAHDI - LACK OF STRATEGY [...] (SBU) Summary: Iraqi Vice Predident Adel Abdul Al-Mahdi told EMIN on September 16 that progress in the energy sector was impaired by a lack of overall strategy, but is now moving ahead with large contracts. Problems in the Nasariyah water supply plant were gradually being addressed, he added. [...] |
2008-09-23 14:39:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG EAIR EINV EAGR PREL IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3062 |
PRESIDENT BARZANI - NOTHING IS AS IT SHOULD BE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 16, an agitated Kurdistan President Barzani told the Ambassador that he had lost trust in Prime Minister Maliki and if the Prime Minister pushed too far with Iraqi army units there would be armed conflict. Barzani inferred that Maliki has betrayed their friendship [...] |
2008-09-23 15:48:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV IZ IR TU |
| 08BAGHDAD3063 |
DEMISTURA VISIT TO IRAN: OPPOSITION TO SOFA, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Senior Iranian leaders told SRSYG DeMistura during his recent visit to Iran that, given improved security conditions, there is no longer a need for a foreign troop presence in Iraq. The Iranians were adamantly opposed to the U.S.-Iraq Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) and said [...] |
2008-09-23 15:50:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM PTER |
| 08BAGHDAD3065 |
IRAQI OIL MINISTRY'S PENDING HUMAN RESOURCES CRISIS [...] (SBU) Summary: With the retirements in the next few years of its top cadre, who are on one-year waivers of the mandatory 63-year-old retirement age, the Ministry of Oil will lose a generation that has the international exposure and experience to lead the Ministry during a period when it restr [...] |
2008-09-24 06:21:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EAID SOCI PGOV KPAO IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3066 |
SRSG DEMISTURA ON PROSPECTS FOR PROVINCIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: SRSG DeMistura told the Ambassador that revalidating the 2005 election law could work as a Plan B if the CoR does not pass a new election law, but that IHEC would still need 135 days to prepare for an election. He said that IHEC could promulgate regulations under the 2005 law t [...] |
2008-09-24 06:24:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM TU |
| 08BAGHDAD3067 |
DPM SALIH ON 2009 BUDGET, OIL LAW, AND A NEW [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 16. 2. (C) Summary: Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih told EMIN September 22 that he would like to host a second session of Dialogue on Economic Cooperation before the end of 2008 to bring both senior U.S. government and business leaders [...] |
2008-09-24 07:03:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV ENRG EPET PREL IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD307 |
ZEBARI URGES INCREMENTAL ACTION ON 140; COMPLAINS [...] SUMMARY. (C) In a short January 31 meeting, Foreign Minister Zebari told Special Adviser Pearce that to create momentum that would facilitate resolution in areas with more complex problems, the USG and UNAMI should focus their Article 140-related work on disputed territories where the issue [...] |
2008-02-02 14:05:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3070 |
UNAMI CONTEMPLATING GREATER ROLE IN FACILITATING [...] (C) Summary: In the face of some skepticism from UN Headquarters, SRSG de Mistura believes the UN should be more proactive in ameliorating tensions between Baghdad and Erbil. He is worried by rising Arab-Kurd tensions, concerned by news of a reported Turkish-Iranian agreement to stifle Kurdi [...] |
2008-09-24 08:23:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM UN IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD308 |
PRT WASIT: PROVINCIAL COUNCIL CHAIR AIRS SECURITY [...] (U) This is a PRT Wasit reporting cable. 2. (S//REL USA, ACGU) Summary: In a 29 Jan meeting with PRT Team Leader (TL), Provincial Council (PC) Chairman Mohammad Hassan Jabir expressed fear that potential Sadrist election victories and the advent of Provincial Iraqi Control (PIC) in Wasit wo [...] |
2008-02-02 14:59:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV MOPS IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3081 |
ADVANCING CIVIL SERVICE REFORM IN IRAQ [...] SUMMARY: The Prime Minister is leading a new Civil Service Reform Committee to overhaul federal personnel management in Iraq. The Iraqi Government has requested USG help to make this happen. The goals are to have merit- based appointment and promotion; performance management, grading, and p [...] |
2008-09-24 14:50:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PGOV PREL ECON SOCI PINS SNAR ENRG EPET |
| 08BAGHDAD3082 |
PROVINCIAL ELECTIONS LAW PASSES COUNCIL OF [...] (SBU) The provincial election law passed the Council of Representatives on September 23, after unanimous approval of compromise language on the final sticking point about the eventual election in Kirkuk province. The Council also voted on other items that had been vetoed by the Presidency Co [...] |
2008-09-24 15:00:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3086 |
GOI ON NEIGHBORS PROCESS SECURITY WORKING GROUP: [...] (C) Deputy Foreign Minister Labeed Abbawi told Political Military Counselor and Deputy Political Counselor September 18 that the GOI is moving ahead on plans to host the next Expanded Iraq Neighbors Ministerial meeting in Baghdad in November. He said that Jordan had just notified the MFA tha [...] |
2008-09-25 08:53:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3087 |
INSPECTORS GENERAL SEEK TO CLARIFY THEIR ROLES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Numerous Iraqi Inspectors General (IGs) have voiced to us confusion about their oversight role and frustration with other Iraqi entities either at the ministerial or national level to usurp the IGs' monitoring authorities. How the IGs develop is subject to pending legislation [...] |
2008-09-25 09:59:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOR KCRM PGOV EAID PREL IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3088 |
IRAQ MINISTERIAL PARTNERSHIPS RE-START WATER [...] SUMMARY: In the midst of Iraq's struggles with a crippling drought, the USAID-funded Tatweer and Inma programs have facilitated a partnership between the Ministry of Water Resources (MoWR) and Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) to help secure a rehabilitation budget allotment to keep the water flow [...] |
2008-09-25 10:12:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PGOV PREL ECON SOCI PINS SNAR ENRG EPET |
| 08BAGHDAD3089 |
MAYSAN WANTS PRIVATE INVESTMENT, BUT IN WHAT? [...] (C/REL MCFI) Summary: In a September 20 meeting with seven members of the Investment Committee of Maysan,s Provincial Council,s (PC) and the head of the provincial Chamber of Commerce, the Maysanis presented a unified plea for PRT assistance in attracting foreign private investment to the prov [...] |
2008-09-25 11:45:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EINV ETRD IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3096 |
NSC REVIEW SEPTEMBER 21, 2008: SECURITY OPTICS, [...] (S/REL MCFI) Summary. The September 21 meeting of the Iraqi National Security Council (I-NSC) opened with the Ministry of the Interior asserting its control of the Petroleum Security Police (PSP). Emphasizing his desire both to improve optics in the international zone for the Iraqi public, [...] |
2008-09-25 16:11:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | MOPS MARR MASS PREL PTER SY IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3097 |
DPM SALIH ON: THE SOFA, KURDISH ISOLATION, THE [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met September 20 with DPM Barham Salih for an exchange of views that included: the status of the SOFA negotiations, increasing Kurdish isolation, the crisis of confidence resulting from recent tensions between the Kurds and the GOI, and the need to tackle the core issu [...] |
2008-09-25 17:10:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EINV IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3099 |
IDP RETURNS - WHAT WE SHOULD AND SHOULD NOT DO TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Since the beginning of 2008, over 125,000 Iraqis have returned to their homes out of a total displaced population of 4.8 million persons (internally displaced and refugees). About half of the returns have been to Baghdad. All measures show the numbers are increasing, albeit slowl [...] |
2008-09-25 17:32:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | EAID IZ PGOV PHUM PREF |
| 08BAGHDAD3101 |
SHELL-SOUTH GAS JOINT VENTURE -- ENDING NATURAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The headline-grabbing signing ceremony on September 22 between Royal Dutch Shell and the Ministry of Oil only finalized a Heads of Agreement that must be followed within a year or so by a joint venture agreement between Shell and the South Gas Company to gather and market associ [...] |
2008-09-26 10:24:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | EPET ENRG SENV EINV IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3106 |
IRAQ NEIGHBORS PROCESS: UNAMI PLANNING FOR [...] (C) Summary: GOI preparations are moving forward for an expanded neighboring countries ministerial in Baghdad this fall but, according to a senior UNAMI advisor, the Neighbors Process is a weak mechanism that falls short of its goals. This is due, he said, to the lack of a coherent Iraqi re [...] |
2008-09-26 11:58:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EPET PREF IZ TU SY JO |
| 08BAGHDAD3107 |
TOP SHI'A LEADER DEMANDS DECENTRALIZATION, FRETS [...] (C) Summary: Baghdad is not delivering, complained Ammar Al-Hakim, leader-in-waiting of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI), the country's largest Shi'a political grouping. The government's failure to deliver services and distribute resources points to the need for wholesale decentraliza [...] |
2008-09-26 12:04:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KISL IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3108 |
IDP RETURNS - WHAT WE SHOULD AND SHOULD NOT DO TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Since the beginning of 2008, over 125,000 Iraqis have returned to their homes out of a total displaced population of 4.8 million persons (internally displaced and refugees). About half of the returns have been to Baghdad. All measures show the numbers are increasing, albeit slowl [...] |
2008-09-26 12:12:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | EAID IZ PGOV PHUM PREF |
| 08BAGHDAD3109 |
IDP RETURNS - WHAT WE SHOULD AND SHOULD NOT DO TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Since the beginning of 2008, over 125,000 Iraqis have returned to their homes out of a total displaced population of 4.8 million persons (internally displaced and refugees). About half of the returns have been to Baghdad. All measures show the numbers are increasing, albeit slowly [...] |
2008-09-26 12:51:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | EAID IZ PGOV PHUM PREF |
| 08BAGHDAD3111 |
IRAQ WTO ACCESSION: BETTER NEWS ON CUSTOMS LEGISLATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: According to Iraqi officials, political differences over the stalled draft Law on Customs and Tariffs appear to have been resolved, and it could be enacted as early as January. Passing a WTO-compatible customs law would mark a significant step forward on Iraq's WTO Legislative Ac [...] |
2008-09-26 14:49:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EFIN EINV IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3124 |
SETTING THE SCENE FOR PROVINCIAL ELECTIONS IN TUZ [...] (U) This is a PRT Salah ad Din reporting cable. Summary ------- 2. (C) While the situation remains reasonably calm in the Tuz district of Salah ad Din province, background tension exists among the different ethnic groups present there. Even though Tuz is not formally a "disputed area," [...] |
2008-09-27 14:23:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PINS PTER PREL KDEM IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3128 |
FUEL AVAILABILITY IN ANBAR PROVINCE IMPROVES, BUT [...] (SBU) This is a PRT Anbar reporting cable. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) Anbar Province experienced severe fuel shortages during the Sunni insurgency in 2006-2007. Fuel supplies have now increased, notably with the re-establishment of security, the reopening of a small refinery in the wester [...] |
2008-09-28 07:14:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG EINV ELTN |
| 08BAGHDAD3134 |
IRAQ WTO ACCESSION: BETTER NEWS ON CUSTOMS LEGISLATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: According to Iraqi officials, political differences over the stalled draft Law on Customs and Tariffs appear to have been resolved, and it could be enacted as early as January. Passing a WTO-compatible customs law would mark a significant step forward on Iraq's WTO Legislative Ac [...] |
2008-09-28 11:51:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EFIN EINV IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3139 |
ERBIL: KURDISTAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY (KDP) POLITBURO [...] (C) Summary: In a September 23 courtesy call, KDP Politburo head Fadhil Merani expressed the view that a political solution could be found to resolve the Article 140 impasse, and stated that in the absence of agreement, a delay was better than resorting to violence. He made a number of obse [...] |
2008-09-28 12:02:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3142 |
PRT WASIT: SADRIST PC MEMBERS DELIVER DOCUMENT TO [...] Prepare for the coming religious state 2. Prepare the people spiritually 3. Guide society by spreading a correct Islamic awareness 4. Teach people about God and Islamic laws 5. Spread social equality and justice through the Islamic system 6. State and spread human rights according to Isl [...] |
2008-09-29 08:46:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS PINR IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3143 |
MOVING FORWARD FROM UNMOVIC/UNSCR 1762: THE BALL [...] (C) Responding to reftel points on Iraq's normalization of its civil nuclear program and lifting UNSCR restrictions, Minister of Science and Technology (MoST) Ra'id Fahmi told EMIN that "the ball is in Iraq's court." Betraying limited understanding of the international nonproliferation regime, [...] |
2008-09-29 08:48:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | TPHY SENV TRGY TSPL PARM ENRG KGIT KNNP KSCA |
| 08BAGHDAD3144 |
PRT WASIT: SADRIST PC MEMBERS DELIVER DOCUMENT TO [...] (U) This is a PRT Wasit reporting cable. 2. (S//REL TO USA, ACGU) Summary: On September 14, Sadrist Trend Provincial Council (PC) member Ahmed Hasan E'barah delivered a statement to the PRT from Muqtada al-Sadr ordering his followers to turn away from armed struggle and enter his new pro [...] |
2008-09-29 13:05:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PINS PINR IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3148 |
FINALLY, SIX IRAQI AMBASSADOR APPOINTMENTS TO [...] (C) Summary: While Foreign Minister Zebari has been in New York, the Prime Minister's office announced the pending retirement of two dozen members of the Iraqi MFA and the Prime Ministry also named six ambassadors to states in the region. The naming of six ambassadors is an important gestur [...] |
2008-09-29 16:42:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3149 |
KARBALA: PERSIANS PIRATING PUBLICATIONS [...] (SBU) A QRF project to provide a number of badly needed English engineering books to the Provincial Engineering Department illustrates Iran's violation of intellectual property rights. Of the 175 titles delivered by a local supplier to the PRT for inspection, all were counterfeits. Although a [...] |
2008-09-29 17:17:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON KIPR IQ IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3160 |
NEXT STEPS FOR MINORITIES IN PROVINCIAL ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: The United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) has agreed to assist parliament with resolving the issue of minority representation for the upcoming provincial council elections. UNAMI is hoping that this can be achieved through a political agreement and an election commi [...] |
2008-10-01 07:52:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KIRF IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3162 |
KARBALA UNIVERSITY FAST-BREAK A SLAM DUNK [...] (SBU) Summary: PRT Karbala hosted Karbala University representatives to an iftar on September 15. The PRT described its activities and the Karbala guests explained their needs. In cooperation with Karbala University, PRT Karbala hopes to assist Iraq regain its tradition of academic excellenc [...] |
2008-10-01 08:01:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3165 |
POPULAR KARBALA ISF COMMANDER SURVIVES OUSTER [...] (C) Summary: Karbala ISF commander MG Ra'ad Shaker Jawdat al-Hasnawi,s reassignment as security chief in Diyala Province was rescinded. In response to Provincial Council pressure, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki reversed an earlier decision to transfer Ra'ad. Ra'ad is credited with ushering [...] |
2008-10-01 10:45:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3166 |
BAYJI OIL REFINERY DG TAKING ACTION AGAINST FUEL [...] (U) This is a PRT Salah ad Din reporting cable. SUMMARY ------- 2. (S) In a September 18 meeting Bayji Oil Refinery (BOR) Director General Ali Obeidi (protect throughout) told PRT and Joint Security Station officers (JSS) that he has made progress in shutting down corruption and black ma [...] |
2008-10-01 11:54:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL KCOR PTER PINS IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD317 |
MAKHMOUR REFUGEE CAMP: BREAKING THE LOGJAM [...] (C) Post believes that there now exists an opportunity to make progress on the closure of Makhmour refugee camp, given a more positive attitude by the GOI, and what appears to be political breathing space in Ankara. Post read with great interest Ref A on the probability of closing Makhmour re [...] |
2008-02-04 08:33:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL IZ TU |
| 08BAGHDAD3172 |
UNAMI TO OPEN OFFICE IN RAMADI [...] (U) This is a PRT Anbar reporting cable. 2. (C) Summary. A UNAMI delegation led by Special Representative for the Secretary de Mistura visited Ramadi on September 29 to announce the formal opening of UNAMI operations in the province. The delegation met with Governor Ma'amoun and some tw [...] |
2008-10-01 14:56:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PREL IO IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3174 |
PROPOSED U.S.-IRAQ CONFERENCE ON INVESTMENT [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 7. 2. (SBU) Summary: Embassy proposes a one-day conference on Iraq,s business and investment climate in late October/early November. This is in response to DPM Salih's requests for a bilateral dialogue before the end of the year. However we do not [...] |
2008-10-02 02:54:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV PREL IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3175 |
IRAQ READY TO PAY $300 MILLION TO SETTLE KUWAIT [...] (C) Summary: On September 29, EMIN and Treasury Attache met with Finance Minister Jabr to discuss Kuwait's efforts to attach GOI assets, transfer of assets from the USG to the GOI, and the 2009 budget. Jabr said the GOI was willing to pay $300 million to settle claims by Kuwait Airways, not th [...] |
2008-10-02 02:54:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PGOV IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3184 |
INTERNAL DEBATE ON IRAQ'S PDS REFORM [...] (SBU) The Ministry of Trade and the Prime Minister's Advisory Board are actively debating how to reform the Public Distribution System (PDS), but there is no consensus on the way forward. Failure to reconcile the two sides could impede the GOI's ability to phase out the PDS in accordance with [...] |
2008-10-02 13:15:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAGR ETRD ELAB PREL IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3185 |
SOUTHERN PROVINCES AIR CONCERNS WITH DPM AL-ISSAWI [...] (SBU) On September 17-18, Deputy Prime Minister Rafa Al-Issawi hosted a conference on "Providing Services to the Southern and Middle Provinces" in Baghdad. Governors and Provincial Council members from the nine southern provinces and Anbar directly presented their concerns about essential ser [...] |
2008-10-02 13:16:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD ENRG ELTN EAGR PREF EAIR SCUL IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3188 |
RETURNEE PROCESSING IN EASTERN BAGHDAD [...] (C) Summary: The recently-opened returnee registration center in Karada has processed approximately 3,000 returnee families to the entire Baghdad province since it opened in late July, a rate of 100-200 per day. These are in addition to the 5,600 returnee families that the MoDM has registered [...] |
2008-10-02 15:17:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3189 |
IRAQI ARMY COMMANDEERS RETURNEE PROCESSING IN [...] (C) Summary: The Iraqi Army's Karkh Area Command (KAC) has established a Returnee Processing Center (RRC-West) to address IDP returns. RRC-West is in its fourth week of assisting returnees move back into their western Baghdad homes. The KAC assumed the lead in this process, after it assess [...] |
2008-10-03 03:05:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3192 |
MUTHANNA TRIBAL LEADERS SUPPORT FOR SOFA, [...] (C) Summary: A delegation of Shia tribal leaders from southern Iraq told Special Advisor Gray on September 24 they supported the SOFA and expanded relations with the U.S. and expressed concern about Iranian influence in the South. The sheikhs looked forward to the upcoming provincial electi [...] |
2008-10-03 11:55:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PREL IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3194 |
UNAMI WANTS TO DECONFLICT ARTICLE 140 REPORTS FROM [...] (C) Summary: The UN will finish its Article 140 reports on the Disputed Internal Boundaries (DIBs) issues by early November, but UNAMI Deputy Gilmour told S/A Krajeski October 2 that they want to avoid disturbing the political atmosphere prior to conclusion of U.S.-Iraq SFA negotiations. He h [...] |
2008-10-03 13:09:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM UN IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3195 |
DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER ESSAWI CONCERNED ABOUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Prime Minister Riad Al Essawi, meeting September 25 with Senior Refcoord and PolMinCouns, voiced dismay at the GOI,s paltry assistance to Iraqi refugees, but is unlikely to be able to influence the GOI to boost assistance. Essawi expressed concern about whether the GOI wa [...] |
2008-10-03 13:52:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID IZ PGOV PHUM PREF |
| 08BAGHDAD3198 |
RRT ERBIL: CHRISTIANS IN THE KURDISTAN REGION [...] (SBU) Summary: Long-term Christian residents of the Kurdistan Region enjoy unique material and political advantages, but this has failed to stem the tide of emigration in search of better economic conditions. Christians do not feel that they suffer discrimination as a result of religious and [...] |
2008-10-03 15:21:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM PINR IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3204 |
NINEWA: YEZIDI SEEK CONTROL OF SHAIKHAN DISTRICT [...] (C) The Yezidi Prince Tahseen Beg told us that his community seeks political control of Shaikhan district plus guaranteed rights as a religious minority under the KRG constitution. He believes that the KRG seeks to engineer demographic changes that will make Sunni Kurds the majority in Shai [...] |
2008-10-04 11:11:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3210 |
RRT ERBIL: JOURNALISTS GIVE NEW KRG MEDIA LAW A TENTATIVE [...] (SBU) Summary: Key independent media editors in the Kurdistan Region have cautiously welcomed passage September 22 of a new KRG Press Law, with one veteran editor characterizing it as "80 percent good." Our interlocutors were pleased with revisions in the law that cap defamation fines, prohib [...] |
2008-10-05 02:48:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KDEM SOCI IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3211 |
PRT SALAH AD DIN: POLITICAL TENSIONS INCREASE AS [...] (U) This is a PRT Salah ad Din reporting cable. SUMMARY ------------ 2. (C) As provincial elections approach, the PRT is hearing more complaints of political infighting, and accusations against provincial officials in Salah ad Din (SaD). One key duel is between two of the most powerful [...] |
2008-10-05 06:49:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINS IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3216 |
IRAQ SIGNS MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH [...] SUMMARY: Iraq's Minister of Electricity, Dr.Karim Hasan, and Christopher Crowley, Mission Director for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) in Iraq, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on 10 September 2008, in support of the Ministry's vision to strengthen its managemen [...] |
2008-10-05 12:02:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PGOV ECON PINR ENRG EPET IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3218 |
NEW ARAB AMBASSADORS TO IRAQ: SETTING PARAMETERS [...] (C) Action Request: This message provides Embassy Baghdad's assessment of logistical and other support we are able to offer newly arriving ambassadors from neighboring Arab countries. We seek the Department's concurrence with this approach and request that Embassies Abu Dhabi, Amman, Manama, [...] |
2008-10-05 15:33:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3219 |
AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES WAY FORWARD ON MINORITIES [...] (C) Summary: According to the Papal Nuncio to Iraq, Iraq's Christian religious leadership is stunned and distressed over the exclusion of Article 50 from the Provincial Elections Law (PEL), which would have guaranteed minority quotas in provincial councils (Ref A). He noted that Christian l [...] |
2008-10-05 15:41:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KIRF PHUM PREL IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3231 |
PRT KIRKUK: IFTAR CELEBRATIONS REFLECT BOTH [...] (C) Summary: At a 25 September PRT-hosted iftar that brought together community leaders from all ethnicities in Kirkuk Province, attendees had the opportunity to socialize and to share views on the just-passed provincial election law. The overall tone was optimistic. Arabs were most positi [...] |
2008-10-06 14:33:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3232 |
IRAQI PROVINCIAL ELECTIONS TIMELINE UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: Shortly after parliament passed the provincial election law, UNAMI Chief Electoral Advisor Sandra Mitchell began working closely with the Independent High Electoral Council (IHEC) and the International Electoral Assistance Team (IEAT) to develop a timeline to hold provincial el [...] |
2008-10-06 15:13:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3238 |
D PRESSES PARLIAMENTARY SPEAKER ON SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: Speaker Mashadani told DepSec Negroponte that a majority in the parliament supported the bilateral security agreement, but that many deputies would not support it publicly. Noting that other countries benefit from security agreements with the U.S., he said the continued American [...] |
2008-10-07 05:38:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3239 |
IRAQ'S ARAB ENGAGEMENT: EGYPTIAN FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) On October 5 with Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmad Aboul Gheit made a surprise visit to Baghdad. Accompanied by Egyptian Oil Minister Sameh Fahmy, Aboul Gheit met with Prime Minister Maliki, Foreign Minister Zebari and Defense Minister Mufriji in Baghdad. He then traveled with Zebari to [...] |
2008-10-07 07:11:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ EG |
| 08BAGHDAD3240 |
IRAQIS CONDEMN PKK ATTACK ON TURKISH ARMY OUTPOST [...] (C) SUMMARY: Both GOI and Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) leaders were quick to publicly condemn the October 3 evening terrorist attack by Kongra-Gel (PKK) rebels on a Turkish military outpost situated on the Iraq-Turkey border. KRG leaders firmly denied a subsequent Turkish accusation that [...] |
2008-10-07 08:16:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER IZ TU |
| 08BAGHDAD3241 |
IRAQ MINISTRY OF OIL PREPARES TO INVITE IN FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: Iraq will launch talks with international oil and gas companies on long-term Technical Service Contracts (TSCs) at a conference in London on October 13. Oil Minister Shahristani will meet with representatives of 41 pre-qualified companies to invite their participation in six oil [...] |
2008-10-07 09:32:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | EPET ENRG EINV IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3244 |
DWINDLING SABAEAN-MANDAEAN COMMUNITY VICTIMIZED BY [...] (C) Zahroon Toma, Sabaean-Mandaean Representative in the Non-Muslim Endowments Office, told Poloff on October 5 that he holds out no hope that the killers of several members of a Mandaean family will ever be caught, much less brought to justice. The Ministry of the Interior (MoI) is investig [...] |
2008-10-07 14:13:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF PGOV PHUM PREL IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3250 |
IRAQ ATTENDING ISTANBUL TRILATERAL GAS TALKS; [...] (C) Oil Minister Husayn al-Shahristani assured EMIN Wall October 6 that a Ministry of Oil (MoO) Director General would attend the October 12 U.S.-Turkey-Iraq trilateral meeting on natural gas in Istanbul. He noted that, in general, the process of consultations with Turkey needed to be streaml [...] |
2008-10-08 09:51:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EPET ENRG TU IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3251 |
PRT WASIT: LOCAL LEADERS ALONG IRANIAN BORDER: [...] (U) This is a PRT Wasit reporting cable. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Local leaders, in towns along and near the Iraq- Iran border, report stable security situation voiced concerns about government services and local economic development. The upcoming provincial elections provoked criticism of the c [...] |
2008-10-08 10:16:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3252 |
BULGARIAN AMBASSADOR: WE WANT TO SUPPORT IRAQ [...] (C) Summary: Bulgaria is proud of its service in the Coalition and wants to remain engaged in Iraq, regardless of the probable departure of its 155 troops from Iraq at the end of the year, according to Bulgarian Ambassador Valeri Ratchev. Ratchev, who has just begun a three week visit to Bagh [...] |
2008-10-08 12:53:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ BG |
| 08BAGHDAD3256 |
Current Economic Challenges and Opportunities in Muthanna [...] (U) This is a PRT Muthanna reporting cable. 2. (U) Summary: The current economic landscape in Muthanna is largely characterized by small-scale farming and animal husbandry, with only a few factories and other industrial plants. With an unemployment rate between 23 and 32 percent, employment [...] |
2008-10-09 02:47:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EFIN EINV IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3257 |
JORDANIAN HIGH-VALUE DETAINEE DIES OF NATURAL [...] (S) SUMMARY. A High-Value Detainee (HVD) died in MNF-I custody of natural causes October 6 in Iraq. Despite calls for his compassionate release to live his last days in freedom with his family in Jordan, the Government of Iraq (GOI) did not grant his release because of pending criminal charg [...] |
2008-10-09 02:48:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PTER PGOV IZ JO |
| 08BAGHDAD3258 |
NINEWA: MINORITY COMMUNITIES OPPOSE DELETION OF [...] (C) Summary: Shaikhan Christians aligned with the Assyrian Democratic Movement (ADM) are angry over the omission of minority set-asides in the recently-adopted provincial election law. In a September 30 meeting in Tel Keif, they said that, although they prefer a form of &virtual autonomy,8 [...] |
2008-10-09 06:13:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KIRF IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3263 |
SAHWA LEADER ABU AZZAM AN AMBITIOUS POLITICAL [...] (C) Sahwa leader Thamir Al Tamimi, aka Abu Azzam, said that the Sahwa issues are not yet over for the government of Iraq (GOI), despite his own claims in the press that the process is going smoothly. This is not the only time Abu Azzam has issued contradictory statements weeks. He has also [...] |
2008-10-09 12:19:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PTER IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3267 |
NINEWA: DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH NINEWA [...] (S) Summary: Ninewa,s political and military leadership outlined security, development and political challenges facing the province during an October 6 meeting with Deputy Secretary Negroponte. Governor Kashmoula said that the GOI has failed to adequately equip Iraqi Army units in the provi [...] |
2008-10-09 14:08:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL MOPS ECON PHUM IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3269 |
KIRKUK: DEPUTY SECRETARY NEGROPONTE HEARS [...] (C) SUMMARY: During Deputy Secretary Negroponte's October 4 visit to Kirkuk, local political leaders expressed support for the provincial elections law and denounced the removal of Article 50 that contained quotas for minority representation. They also demonstrated support for the committee t [...] |
2008-10-09 14:11:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3272 |
MINISTER OF INTERIOR AL-BULANI RECEPTIVE TO RETURN [...] No summary [...] |
2008-10-10 03:02:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PTER PGOV PHUM PINR IZ US |
| 08BAGHDAD3276 |
IRAQI MOT EXPECTS BETTER RESULTS FROM REORGANIZED WTO UNIT [...] (SBU) Ministry of Trade (MOT) officials have informed us that Trade Minister Al-Sudani is seeking to reorganize his WTO unit and "raise its profile" -- a move that he hopes will revitalize the unit's work and improve interagency coordination in advancing Iraq's WTO accession bid. The Minister [...] |
2008-10-10 11:20:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EFIN EINV IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3282 |
ZFR ZFR ZFR MINISTER OF INTERIOR REITERATES GOI [...] No summary [...] |
2008-10-10 14:34:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PHUM PINR IZ IR |
| 08BAGHDAD3283 |
ENCOURAGING LARGER WORLD BANK AND IMF IRAQ PRESENCE [...] (U) This is an action message, see para three. 2. (C) We believe the upcoming Bank/Fund meetings in Washington, which will be attended by Iraqi Finance Minister Jabr and Central Bank of Iraq Governor Shabibi, present a golden opportunity to press the World Bank and IMF to increase thei [...] |
2008-10-10 16:26:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAID OFDP IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3285 |
MINISTER OF INTERIOR REITERATES GOI ASSURANCES [...] (S) SUMMARY. Minister of Interior al-Bulani reiterated October 6 the importance placed on security and humanitarian assurances for the Mujahedin e-Khalq (MEK) residents at Camp Ashraf. The Minister noted that the GOI would deal with the residents in accordance with international human rights [...] |
2008-10-11 11:03:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PTER PHUM PINR IZ IR |
| 08BAGHDAD3288 |
AYATOLLAH TELLS NEGROPONTE: U.S. MUST STAY UNTIL [...] (C) Baghdad's leading Shi'a cleric Ayatollah Hussein Al Sadr told Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte October 6 that the United States and Iraq are "working toward a greater good" to establish a "strong, free, and prosperous" Iraq, but he urged the U.S. to "ensure we reach this goal," an [...] |
2008-10-11 13:54:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3291 |
DPM ISSAWI TO DEPUTY SECRETARY: "IRAQI DEMOCRACY [...] (SBU) On October 6, Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte met with Deputy Prime Minister for Essential Services Rafae Issawi in the DPM's Residence. Ambassador Marc Wall, Coordinator for Economic Transition in Iraq, and Sunni Tawafaq parliamentarians Salman al-Jumaili and Dhafer al-Ani al [...] |
2008-10-12 10:01:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ECON IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3294 |
IRAQI CLERICS AND THE BILATERAL SECURITY AGREEMENT [...] (C) Summary: Recent conversations with prominent Iraqi Islamic clerics revealed support for a bilateral security agreement from several interlocutors, but another expressed strong reservations. In our conversations, only one prominent Islamic figure indicated a willingness to publicly advocat [...] |
2008-10-13 06:46:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KISL MOPS IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3295 |
WASIT PROVINCIAL COUNCIL (PC) CHAIR: WASIT [...] (U) This is a Wasit PRT reporting cable. SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) In a slew of recent meetings and phone conversations with PRT, Wasit PC Chair Mohammed Hassan Jabbar, a friendly but normally circumspect PRT contact, has been increasingly frank with TL about his displeasure with Governor [...] |
2008-10-13 07:11:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3296 |
SWEDISH ENGAGEMENT WITH IRAQ INCREASING; SWEDISH [...] (C) Summary: Sweden has made a large commitment to Iraq and intends to do more, particularly as it looks ahead to its July 2009 European Union (EU) Presidency. In an October 8 meeting, visiting Swedish Ambassador Niclas Trouve and Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Deputy Director G [...] |
2008-10-13 07:34:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EINV ETRD IZ SE |
| 08BAGHDAD3301 |
MUTHANNA: ARREST WARRANT ISSUED FOR PROVINCIAL [...] (U) This is a Muthanna PRT reporting cable. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (S) An arrest warrant was issued for Abdul Hussein Dhalimi, the Muthanna provincial council chairman, following an argument he had with a doctor at Samawah General Hospital. Verbally abusing a government employee [...] |
2008-10-13 14:06:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | POL PGOV EFIN IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3305 |
IRAQI DPM SALIH ON OIL PRODUCTION AND OIL MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with EMIN, Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih complained bitterly about the performance of Minister of Oil Shahristani. Salih is worried by signs that output from the southern oil fields is declining, although he does not anticipate short-term cash flow problems. H [...] |
2008-10-14 06:50:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV PGOV PREL KU IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3309 |
IRAQ OIL MINISTER ON OIL INVESTMENTS, KRG, FUEL [...] (C) Summary: During a meeting with EMIN, Iraqi Oil Minister Shahristani blamed international oil firms for the end of negotiations on short-term contracts, and said the Ministry of Oil (MoO) would try to raise crude oil production by 250,000-300,000 barrels per day by 2009 on its own. Shahris [...] |
2008-10-14 08:15:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG MOPS EINV PGOV PREL KU IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3310 |
ERBIL: DEPUTY SECRETARY DISCUSSES SOFA, PKK [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an October 4 meeting in Sulaymaniyah with Iraq's Presidency Council and Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih, Iraq President Jalal Talibani told visiting Deputy Secretary Negroponte and Ambassador Crocker that the Presidency Council would propose adding Article 50 (election quo [...] |
2008-10-14 08:37:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3311 |
IRAQI TURKOMAN ALLEGE KURDISH MISRULE AND US BIAS [...] (C) Summary: Iraqi Turkoman both in and out of government in late September broadly agreed that Kurdish oppression is their community's largest problem and that the U.S. sytematically discriminates against Turkoman and in favor of Kurds. Contacts generally criticized the Iraqi Turkoman Front [...] |
2008-10-14 08:37:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS PINR IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3318 |
AL-KUT CELEBRATES EID WITH PLAY HIGHLIGHTING RULE [...] (SBU) Summary: The cast of the popular Iraqi TV sitcom Mud House performed a free outdoor public play in downtown al-Kut, sponsored by PRT Wasit, as part of the Eid celebrations on October 1st, 2nd, and 3rd. The hour-long play, a secular patriotic performance, hammered away at the themes of [...] |
2008-10-14 15:38:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SCUL KPAO IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3320 |
ICRC ON MEK, PLANS TO EXPAND ACTIVITIES IN IRAQ, [...] (S) Summary: In an October 8 meeting with the Ambassador, ICRC Iraq head of delegation Juan Pedro Schaerer said that ICRC will increase its detention monitoring, hospital training, staffing, and other projects in Iraq in 2009. ICRC has stepped up its inspections of GOI detention facilitie [...] |
2008-10-14 17:39:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PHUM PREL PREF PTER IR IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3324 |
KARBALA: EXPLOSION RAISES CONCERNS DURING TIMES OF [...] (S) Summary: An explosive device killed an employee of the Karbala Provincial Council (PC) on October 9, 2008, raising concerns about the safety of provincial officials. Emerging evidence suggests that the deadly explosion might have been intended to threaten council members in advance of a [...] |
2008-10-15 06:22:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3325 |
I-NSC OCTOBER 12 REVIEWS SITUATION IN MOSUL, [...] (S/REL MCFI) Summary. The October 12 meeting of the Iraqi National Security Council (I-NSC) opened with the Prime Minister setting aside the prepared schedule and calling for a briefing on the situation of reported Christian persecution in Mosul City, Ninewa. All members of the NSC wanted to [...] |
2008-10-15 06:37:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | MOPS MARR MASS PREL PTER SY IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3328 |
ADHAMIYA SUNNI SHEIKH CONCERNED ABOUT RECENT [...] (S) Summary: On October 12, poloffs, met with Sunni Arab sheikh Amir Hamid Al-Izaawi to discuss security and reconstruction efforts in Baghdad's Adhamiya district. As a prominent local figure connected to the tribal support council, Izzawi said he has yet to receive GOI financial support. [...] |
2008-10-16 10:32:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3329 |
IMPROVING IRAQI DELIVERY OF ESSENTIAL SERVICES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With significant improvements in security, the Iraqi public is becoming increasingly impatient with electricity and fuel shortages and deficiencies in delivery of essential services. The GOI must be seen as recognizing the problem and working to improve essential services. To d [...] |
2008-10-16 10:36:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI EINV ECON ENRG IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD333 |
IRAQI PROVINCIAL ELECTIONS UPDATE PART 2: [...] (C) Summary: We believe Iraq will have the technical capability to conduct credible, nationwide provincial elections in early fall of 2008. However several political obstacles must be overcome over the next seven months, including the passage of a well-crafted elections law, a start to reso [...] |
2008-02-05 17:33:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3330 |
MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS ON MOSUL RECONSTRUCTION [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Communications Farouk Abdul-Rahman claims to have spent all of the USD 100 million provided by the Central Government for reconstruction in Mosul. He said that Provincial Government budget-execution lags behind, and he has asked Prime Minister Maliki to reassign some [...] |
2008-10-16 10:36:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV EAID ECPS EINT EINV IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3331 |
MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS ON MOSUL RECONSTRUCTION [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Communications Farouk Abdul-Rahman claims to have spent all of the USD 100 million provided by the Central Government for reconstruction in Mosul. He said that Provincial Government budget-execution lags behind, and he has asked Prime Minister Maliki to reassign some [...] |
2008-10-16 10:38:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV EAID ECPS EINT EINV IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3332 |
IRAQ MINISTRY OF OIL QUIETLY OFFERS CONTRACTS [...] (S//NF) Summary: Iraqi Deputy Minister of Oil (MoO) for Upstream Affairs, Abdul Sahib Al-Qutub, sent three identical letters to Repsol YPE, Nippon Oil Exploration Limited, and Eni S.p.A. requesting a detailed proposal for developing the Nasiriya oil field under a two-year Engineering, Procurem [...] |
2008-10-16 14:13:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | EINV ENRG EPET IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3341 |
SAHWA LEADER TO AMB CROCKER: WE MUST HAVE [...] (C) Sheikh Ahmed Abu Risha, the leader of Anbar's Iraqi Awakening Conference (Sahwa) party, and prominent Anbari politician Sa'adoun Duleimi, told Ambassador that Anbar province needs investment from U.S. companies. Sheikh Ahmed bemoaned the current weak state of the economy in Anbar, partic [...] |
2008-10-16 15:47:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3349 |
DIP NOTE FROM IRAQI PRIME MINISTER NURI AL MALIKY [...] On October 18, Embassy Baghdad received a diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Iraq which forwarded a letter from Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Al Maliky to President George W. Bush. Below is the text of the letter. Begin text: Republic of Iraq Nuri K. Al Maliky [...] |
2008-10-18 10:01:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL OPDC IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3350 |
MUTHANNA: LEADING SHEIKH OFFERS TO ORGANIZE SHI,A [...] (C) On October 11 Muthanna-based Sheikh Abu Chefat reaffirmed his desire to see the SOFA approved by the Iraqi government and offered to mobilize his tribal colleagues to build support for the agreement. Chefat,s discussion with PRT leader took place in the context of follow-up to a September [...] |
2008-10-18 13:48:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3351 |
PM MALIKI TO MOVE ON INVITATIONS TO FOUR COALITION [...] (SBU) Summary. Prime Minister Nuri al-Malaki has agreed to the U.S. request to formally invite four countries - Australia, El Salvador, Romania, and Estonia - to maintain forces in Iraq for non-combat purposes following January 1, 2009. End Summary. 2. (SBU) In a letter dated October 1 [...] |
2008-10-19 03:01:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AS EN ES IZ MOPS PREL RO |
| 08BAGHDAD3353 |
CHRISTIAN POLITICIANS COOPERATE ON ARTICLE 50 [...] No summary [...] |
2008-10-19 09:53:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF PGOV PREL IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3355 |
JORDAN'S NEW AMBASSADOR TO IRAQ: WE'RE COMMITTED [...] (C) Jordan's new Ambassador to Iraq, Nayef Fantoul al-Zeidan, told Ambassador Crocker October 18 that Jordan sees Iraq's stability as key to its own. Al-Zeidan, who arrived October 15 and presented credentials to Foreign Minister Zebari and President Talabani October 16, said that King Abdu [...] |
2008-10-19 11:46:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ JO |
| 08BAGHDAD3357 |
CHRISTIAN POLITICIANS COOPERATE ON ARTICLE 50 [...] (C) Summary: Iraq's two Christian parliamentarians, political bloc leaders, and other minority representatives are redrafting Article 50, which was excluded from the Provincial Elections Law (PEL) parliament passed on September 24 (reftel). (Note: Article 50 would have established set-aside [...] |
2008-10-19 15:42:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF PGOV PREL IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3364 |
US-IRAQ DIALOGUE ON ECONOMIC COOPERATION: A PROGRESS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY / INTRODUCTION: In preparation for the early November U.S.-Iraq Dialogue on Business and Investment Climate, this cable looks back at the February 2008 Dialogue on Economic Cooperation (DEC); reviews what was agreed then; and takes stock of what has been achieved in the interim. [...] |
2008-10-20 11:04:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EFIN EINV IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3365 |
GOI ACTS DECISIVELY TO PROTECT DISPLACED [...] (S) Summary: At the October 19 Iraqi National Security Council meeting, Prime Minister Maliki demanded quick action to end the intimidation and fear that had driven thousands of Christians from their homes in Ninewa and said he wanted measures taken to ensure that this would not happen again [...] |
2008-10-20 12:04:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | KIRF PGOV PHUM PTER PREF IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3366 |
MAYSAN: SADRIST FRICTION TOWARD GOI OVER [...] (S/REL MCFI) Summary: Sadrist Zaid Khalaf al-Hoshi, Maysan Provincial Director of Reconstruction and Development and a leading aspirant to the Governor,s office, expressed frustration to the PRT about how the central government has managed $104 million earmarked for the province in the wake of [...] |
2008-10-20 13:37:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV IZ IR PINR |
| 08BAGHDAD3373 |
NINEWA: CHRISTIAN IDPS FLEE MOSUL FOR SAFER [...] (C) Summary: Christian IDPs who fled Mosul in the last two weeks are currently out of grave danger and there is currently no humanitarian crisis. It appears that local authorities in the safe-haven communities, with assistance from UNHCR and NGOs, have the capacity to supply food, water, an [...] |
2008-10-21 13:13:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KIRF MOPS PTER KDEM IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3374 |
RSO MEETING WITH THE COMMANDER OF THE PESHMERGA [...] (C/NF) Summary: On 10/13/2008, the RSO met with the Commander of the Peshmerga to extend courtesies, brief him on RSO's roles and responsibilities, solicit his support, and forge a strong working relationship to safeguard U.S. interests in Northern Iraq. (Note: The Peshmerga is also referred [...] |
2008-10-21 13:46:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ASEC IZ PTER AMGT |
| 08BAGHDAD3381 |
SOUTHERN OIL EXPORT PIPELINES: IRAQ'S ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Summary: More than ninety percent of Iraq's revenues come from its crude oil exports. Iraq's southern export pipelines account for greater than eighty percent of that total. The two 48-inch pipelines feeding the Al Basrah Oil Terminal (ABOT) platform were installed in 1975 with a 20 y [...] |
2008-10-22 07:14:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV PGOV PREL SENV EWWT IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3382 |
SOUTHERN OIL EXPORT PIPELINES: IRAQ'S ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Summary: More than ninety percent of Iraq's revenues come from its crude oil exports. Iraq's southern export pipelines account for greater than eighty percent of that total. The two 48-inch pipelines feeding the Al Basrah Oil Terminal (ABOT) platform were installed in 1975 with a 20 y [...] |
2008-10-22 07:21:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV PGOV PREL SENV EWWT IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3383 |
PM DEMANDS ACTION TO PROTECT CHRISTIANS IN MOSUL [...] (S) Summary. In an uncharacteristically short meeting of the Iraqi National Security Council (I-NSC), Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki demanded quick action by the Government of Iraq (GOI) to end the intimidation and fear that had driven thousands of Christians from their homes in Ninawa Provinc [...] |
2008-10-22 08:23:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | IZ KIRF MARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER SY |
| 08BAGHDAD3385 |
SECRETARY LEAVITT PRESSES PM MALIKI FOR QUICK [...] (C) In their October 20 meeting in Baghdad, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Michael Leavitt and Iraq Prime Minister Nuri Al Maliki agreed on the importance of continued U.S.-Iraq health cooperation in "solidifying" the two countries' partnership. Encouraging quick passage of the S [...] |
2008-10-23 10:19:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | TBIO PREL PGOV OVIP SOCI IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3389 |
PRT SALAH AD DIN: EXPATS FROM THE PROVINCE KEEN [...] No summary [...] |
2008-10-23 13:09:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER PINS IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3394 |
CAPITAL BUDGET SNAPSHOT: Dhi-QAR. [...] Summary. Dhi Qar Capital budget planning is marked by a mild trend towards transparency and input from local government. While party politics politicized budget negotiations at the Council and Sub-district level, the negotiation of a Provincial Development Plan and Strategy helped focus the e [...] |
2008-10-24 06:08:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3397 |
IRAQ OIL MINISTER LAUNCHES FIRST LICENSING ROUND [...] (C) Summary: During an October 13-14 session in London, Oil Minister Husayn al-Shahristani presented terms and conditions for 20-year Technical Service Contracts to develop six oil fields and two gas fields to representatives of the 41 oil and gas companies that had qualified to bid. The cont [...] |
2008-10-24 14:46:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG EINV IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3398 |
PRT SALAH AD-DIN: EXPATS FROM THE PROVINCE KEEN TO [...] (U) This is a PRT Salah ad-Din reporting cable. SUMMARY ------- 2. (S) PRT Econ Section chief met with Hassan Ahmad Mahjoob al-Qaisy (strictly protect throughout), October 13 to discuss the investment climate in Salah ad-Din province. Mahjoob, the owner of a fuel transportation company [...] |
2008-10-24 17:51:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | ECON EIND EINV ETRD PGOV PREL PTER IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3402 |
RRT ERBIL: ADVISOR TO PRESIDENT BARZANI CITES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Kurdistan Region's chief advisor on Turkish matters believes that the recent killing of 15 Turkish soldiers by PKK forces increased public and military pressure on the Turkish government and so precipitated the revival of the dialogue between Turkey and the Kurdistan Regiona [...] |
2008-10-25 10:25:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR PTER TU IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3405 |
KARBALA JAM CASES UNDERSCORE JUDICIAL PROGRESS [...] (SBU) Summary: A Karbala court on October 20 convicted two Jaysh al-Mahdi (JAM) members of possessing improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and sentenced them to life in prison. Days earlier, the same court acquitted five JAM members accused of setting fire to police vehicles during the violen [...] |
2008-10-25 13:32:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS PHUM PINR IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3412 |
MAYSAN: SUB-PROVINCIAL LEADERS ENGAGE WITH PRT [...] No summary [...] |
2008-10-26 10:41:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IR IZ PGOV PINR |
| 08BAGHDAD3413 |
WASIT: OMS/SADRIST REPRESENTATIVE SEEKS OUT U.S. [...] (S / / REL TO USA, ACGU) Summary: On October 23, Sadrist Trend Provincial Council (PC) member Ahmed Hassan E,barah, who recently delivered to the PRT Moqtada al-Sadr,s statement renouncing violence, contacted the PRT and requested an appointment at the U.S. Military medical clinic at FOB Delt [...] |
2008-10-26 10:57:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PINR IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3417 |
WITH CITI DEAL, WARKA POSITIONED TO LEAD IRAQ'S [...] (SBU) Summary: Citibank and Iraq's Al Warka Bank for Investment and Finance (Warka) announced establishment of a correspondent relationship on October 22. This is good news for Iraq as Warka is leading the way in revitalizing Iraq's private banking industry. This is also good news for the USG [...] |
2008-10-26 15:10:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3418 |
IRANIAN AMBASSADOR TO IRAQ VISITS SAMARRA [...] (U) This is a PRT Salah Ad Din reporting cable. SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) The Iranian Ambassador to Iraq recently paid an unannounced visit to the Al-Askari (Golden) Mosque in Samarra, Salah Ad Din (SAD) province. The Mayor of Samarra complained to PRT SaD that there had been no advance [...] |
2008-10-26 15:11:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PINR IR IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3419 |
HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...] |
2008-10-27 06:58:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
| 08BAGHDAD342 |
IRAQ EXECUTIVE STEERING COMMITTEE - FEBRUARY 1 [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Maliki chaired the Baghdad Security Plan (Fardh al Qanoon ) FAQ) Iraq Executive Steering Committee (I-ESC) on 1st February. The meeting included much discussion of the role that that the decentralization and the private sector can play in Iraq's development - incl [...] |
2008-02-06 08:37:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON IZ PGOV |
| 08BAGHDAD3420 |
HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...] |
2008-10-27 06:58:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
| 08BAGHDAD3421 |
HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates from the Higher Institute, Ministry of Interior who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no deroga [...] |
2008-10-27 06:58:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
| 08BAGHDAD3422 |
HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates from the Higher Institute, Ministry of Interior who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no deroga [...] |
2008-10-27 06:58:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
| 08BAGHDAD3423 |
HUMAN RIGHTS IMPROVEMENTS IN INTERIOR AND DEFENSE [...] (C) Summary: Due to recent changes in their organizational structures, the Human Rights Offices in the Ministries of Defense (MoD) and Interior (MoI) now face fewer restrictions in pursuing their human rights agendas. The Human Rights Directorate in the MoD was placed under the ministry's [...] |
2008-10-27 09:56:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KJUS PGOV IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3424 |
NINEWA: SMALL-SCALE RETURNS TO MOSUL OF CHRISTIAN [...] (C) Summary: The commander of Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) in Ninewa, LTG Riyad, told us October 26 that 130 displaced Christians have returned to the city. Ninewa governor Kashmoula said all Christian civil servants who work in Provincial Hall are back on the job. One of his deputies told u [...] |
2008-10-27 13:55:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KIRF PTER IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3425 |
PM'S COMMISSIONS TO INVESTIGATE ATTACKS ON [...] (C) In an October 27 meeting with poloffs, Gorges Bakoos, Political Advisor for Christian Affairs to Prime Minister Maliki, intimated that Kurdish politics lay behind the attacks on Christians in Mosul earlier this month. He provided no specific evidence, but cited the interest of "political [...] |
2008-10-27 14:42:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KIRF IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3428 |
IRAQ ENACTS CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION [...] (SBU) After long administrative delays, legislation authorizing the Government of Iraq to accede to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction (Chemical Weapons Convention - CWC) was published in the Offici [...] |
2008-10-27 15:49:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PARM PREL OPCW CWC IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD343 |
CHARGE AND CG MEET PM TO DISCUSS MOSUL SECURITY, [...] (C) MNF-I Commanding General (CG) David Petraeus and CDA Patricia Butenis met Thursday, January 31, 2008 with Prime Minister Maliki. In a cordial and relaxed hour-long meeting, they discussed security operations in Mosul, Turkish cut-off of electricity deliveries, implications for current GOI [...] |
2008-02-06 10:23:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | MOPS MARR PGOV PREL PTER EINV ENGR KU TU IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3430 |
MAYSAN: SUNNI DPM PROMISES RENEWED GOI ASSISTANCE [...] (U) This is a Maysan PRT reporting cable. 2. (C/REL MCFI) Summary: Admitting previous GOI neglect, Sunni Deputy Prime Minister Dr. Rafae al-Issawi promised a crowded auditorium of provincial, local, and tribal leaders on October 22 that the GOI would fully back reconstruction and basic se [...] |
2008-10-28 06:11:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR ECON IR IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3431 |
KARBALA ISF COMMANDER SHOWN THE DOOR [...] (C) Summary: Karbala ISF commander MG Ra'ad Shaker Jawdat al-Hasnawi, whose ouster by Governor Aqeel Mahmoud al-Khazali on September 22 was reversed days later by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, has been shown the door. He departed Karbala in mid-October following Aqeel's survival of a no-co [...] |
2008-10-28 06:32:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3432 |
WASIT PC CHAIR AND GOVERNOR TRADE SHOTS [...] (C) Summary. Wasit Provincial Council (PC) Chair Mohammed Hassan Jabber remains very much at odds with Governor Abd al-Latif Hamad Tarfah over the allocation of the 2008 ARDP budget. The battle has been joined and Jabber's grousing has included PIC terms as a target of opportunity. In the las [...] |
2008-10-28 07:06:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3433 |
UNAMI COMMEMORATION FEATURES KARBALA PRT SPEAKER, [...] (U) At an October 25 commemoration of the U.N.,s 63rd anniversary, Karbala PRT Team Leader was among several speakers asked to give remarks. Others included Karbala Governor Aqueel Mahmoud Kareem al-Khazali and Provincial Council Chairman Abd al-Yasiri. The Iranian consul Ridha Kodha Ward [...] |
2008-10-28 07:19:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR IR IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3438 |
BUDGET EXECUTION CHALLENGES IN MUTHANNA PROVINCE [...] (U) This is a PRT Muthanna Reporting Cable. 2. (SBU) Summary: Current budget execution difficulties in Muthanna are caused by insufficient training, a shortage of certified accountants working for the government, a lack of clear guidance from Baghdad, and funding delays from the Ministry o [...] |
2008-10-28 11:11:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3439 |
SECURITY FOR THE 233RD USMC BIRTHDAY-BAGHDAD, IRAQ [...] (C) Summary: Per REFTEL, Embassy Baghdad,s Emergency Action Committee (EAC) convened on 11/26/2008 to assess the security risk of hosting a USMC Birthday Ball at the New Embassy Compound (NEC) on 11/10/2008. The EAC concurred that the event could be conducted with minimal risk given that it [...] |
2008-10-28 11:32:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | AMGT ASEC KMSG |
| 08BAGHDAD3443 |
NOMINATIONS FOR 2009 SECRETARY'S WOMEN OF COURAGE [...] (SBU) Per Reftel, Embassy Baghdad is pleased to submit its list of nominees for the Secretary's 2008 Award for International Women of Courage, keyed to the priorities in the reference. Embassy Baghdad is submitting four (4) nominees, but understands that only three of them will be considered [...] |
2008-10-28 15:35:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWMN PREL KPAO PHUM IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3444 |
EPET, ENRG, PGOV, EINV, IZ [...] No summary [...] |
2008-10-28 16:03:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3445 |
UPDATE ON MEK TRANSFER [...] (S) Summary: In preparation for the transfer of security authority from the USG to the GOI for the Mujahedin e-Khalq (MEK) at Camp Ashraf, the USG is encouraging MEK leaders to begin planning for the transition and pressing the GOI to formulate a plan for when it takes over responsibility. [...] |
2008-10-28 18:01:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PHUM PTER KJUS PINS PREL UN IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3446 |
BRIEF MOVEMENT OF IRAQI HYDROCARBONS LAW [...] (C) Summary: The long-delayed Hydrocarbons Framework Law saw brief movement in recent days; it is not yet clear if this signifies a genuine thaw and some possibility of the legislation actually moving toward approval in the near future. The bill was unexpectedly forwarded to Parliament late l [...] |
2008-10-29 06:30:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG PGOV EINV IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3447 |
BAGHDAD BUDGET EXECUTION PROBLEMS START AT THE [...] (C) Summary: Baghdad's municipal authorities, at the lowest level, suffer from a host of weaknesses that sharply constrain their ability to deliver essential services effectively. The list is long: insufficient budgets and resources, poor management skills, human resource deficiencies, limit [...] |
2008-10-29 07:20:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PGOV IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3448 |
SALAH AD DIN OFFICIAL: GREATER DECENTRALIZATION [...] (U) This is a Salah Ad Din PRT reporting cable. 2. (C) Summary: According to Salah-ad-Din (SaD) Provincial Council (PC) member Suleiman Yousif Ahmad, limited provincial authority over budgets and projects contributes to local residents' lack of confidence in the SaD PC. He maintains that [...] |
2008-10-29 07:44:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EAID EFIN IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3453 |
IRAQ GROPING FOR LONG-TERM NATIONAL PLAN FOR [...] (C) Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) officials told EmbOffs on October 23 that while MoST and Ministry of Health (MoH) officials have agreed to try and import new Cobalt-60 (Co-60) sources to meet short-term demands for cancer therapy (reftel), they have as yet not reached a consensus [...] |
2008-10-29 13:30:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | TBIO KNNP PGOV OVIP SOCI IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3454 |
GOI DISCUSSES COMPENSATION FOR DISPLACED [...] (S) Summary. Prime Minister al-Maliki opened the October 26 meeting of the Iraqi National Security Council (NSC) with an appeal for Iraqi and Coalition Forces to do everything to avoid use of excessive force while continuing to conduct operations against insurgents. The NSC went on to discus [...] |
2008-10-29 14:00:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | MOPS MARR MASS PREL PTER SY IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3455 |
ECA A/S GOLI AMERI'S MEETING WITH IRAQI HIGHER EDUCATION [...] (U) Summary. Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Barham Salih hosted A/S Goli Ameri and Iraq's most important higher education officials for a roundtable discussion in his home on October 20. The participants from both countries stressed their commitment to revitalize higher education in Iraq and their [...] |
2008-10-29 14:27:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC SCUL IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3456 |
PRT SALAH AD DIN: IRANIAN VICE PRESIDENT VISITS [...] (U) This is a PRT Salah ad Din cable. 2. (C) Summary: Iranian Vice President Mohammad Javad Ali Akbari visited the Golden Mosque in Samarra October 24, accompanied by the Iraqi Minister of Youth and Sports. This is the second visit by a high-ranking Iranian official this month; local [...] |
2008-10-30 06:35:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR IR IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3457 |
MUTHANNA: CIU CHIEF SAYS IRANIAN-BACKED HIT [...] (U) This is a Muthanna PRT reporting cable 2. (C) Summary: Brigadier General Ali, Muthanna,s Criminal Investigative Unit (CIU) Chief told PRT in two late October meetings that alleged hit squads funded by the Iranian government have entered Muthanna and are preparing to strike during prov [...] |
2008-10-30 06:42:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | POL PGOV EFIN IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3458 |
NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTE PROVIDING SUPPORT IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Heather Therrien, Political Party Development Director for the National Democratic Institute (NDI) in Iraq, outlined NDI's political party training and election observer training efforts to an inter-agency provincial election working group at Embassy Baghdad on October 28, 2 [...] |
2008-10-30 11:55:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3460 |
PRT SALAH AD DIN: PRIVATE BANKS DEVELOPING [...] (U) This is a reporting cable from PRT Salah ad Din. 2. (SBU) Summary: It is difficult to imagine a provincial business or economic sector that has more fully exploited the vastly improved security environment than has the private-banking sector within Salah ad Din. The calculated exploitat [...] |
2008-10-30 12:05:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3464 |
HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING QR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...] |
2008-10-31 09:36:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
| 08BAGHDAD3465 |
PM PROMISES TO PROVIDE A "SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT" TO [...] No summary [...] |
2008-10-31 13:35:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ UN |
| 08BAGHDAD3467 |
IRAQI HYDROCARBONS LEGISLATION: PERHAPS STILL [...] (C) Summary: There are conflicting stories about why the hydrocarbons legislation briefly moved to parliament in recent days. Confusion also remains about which is the "right" version of the law. Parliamentary Committee on Oil and Gas Chairman Ali Balo believes that a political decision on h [...] |
2008-10-31 15:16:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG PGOV EINV IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3468 |
DEFENSE UNDER SECRETARY EDELMAN MEETS LEADERS OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Eric Edelman engaged Arab, Turkoman and Christian provincial leaders of Kirkuk on 20 October 2008 to discuss ethnic cooperation and Article 23 of the provincial elections law. Kurdish leaders declined to attend due to the inclusion of Sheik A [...] |
2008-11-01 06:55:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD347 |
NINEWA: WEST MOSUL SHEIKHS EXPRESS DISSATISFACTION [...] (C/REL ACGU) Summary: Sheikhs from west Mosul, an area of the city where terrorists are entrenched, told PRTOff and military representatives January 30 that only through provincial elections would the city see progress. The current provincial government focused only on small repair projects [...] |
2008-02-06 12:11:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PINR EAID IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3474 |
BASRA LEADERS VOICE QUIET SUPPORT FOR SOFA [...] (C) Summary: Basra politicians, security officials, and community leaders voiced quiet support for the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) during a visit October 26-29 by Gordon Gray, Senior Advisor for Southern Iraq Affairs. Basrah Governor Mohammed Wa'eli predicted that the SOFA would lead to [...] |
2008-11-02 02:35:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR IR IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3475 |
BASRAH RESIDENTS ANGRY, WORRIED ABOUT IRANIAN [...] (C) Basrawis blame Iran for the Jaysh al-Mahdi (JAM) violence and intimidation that ended in April following Operation Charge of the Knights, community leaders and security officials told Senior Advisor Gray during a visit October 26-29. With the exception of an Islamic Supreme Council of Ir [...] |
2008-11-02 02:35:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER PINR IR IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3476 |
PLANNING MINISTER BABAN'S BUDGET AND ICI CONCERNS [...] (C) EMIN and Minister of Planning and Development Cooperation (MoPDC) Ali Baban met October 26 and discussed Baban's concerns about the 2009 budget, the International Compact with Iraq (ICI), and future assistance. Baban believes that the GOI's favoring the operational portion of the pared-do [...] |
2008-11-02 05:45:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EAID EFIN IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3477 |
BAGHDAD AMANAT CONTRACT SPECIALISTS TO INTERN WITH [...] SUMMARY: On October 19, the Baghdad Amanat signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Joint Contracting Command Iraq/Afghanistan (JCCI/A) to have two of their contract specialists intern with JCCI/A. This signing is a result of a partnership between JCCI/A, Provincial Reconstruction Team-Bag [...] |
2008-11-02 09:10:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KCRS IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3478 |
FALLING OIL PRICES FORCE TOUGH IRAQI BUDGET [...] (C/NF) Summary: Given the sharp fall in the price of oil and declining exports, Iraq's budget situation had radically changed and cuts would be made to both Iraq's FY 2009 capital expenditures and operating costs, according to Minister of Finance Bayan Jabr in an October 27 meeting with EMIN. [...] |
2008-11-02 09:24:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EFIN ECON PREL EPET EINV IZ KU |
| 08BAGHDAD3479 |
UNHCR DOUBLES PROGRAMMING AND SUPPORTS RETURNS IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Assistant UN High Commissioner for Refugees for Operations Judy Cheng-Hopkins briefed the Ambassador October 28 on UNHCR,s new strategy to sharply increase engagement inside Iraq to support returns. Ambassador Crocker encouraged UNHCR to continue direct engagement with the Iraq [...] |
2008-11-02 11:00:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ PHUM PREF PREL |
| 08BAGHDAD348 |
PRT MAYSAN: MAYSAN'S TRIBES SEEK POLITICAL ROLE [...] (U) This is a PRT Maysan reporting cable. 2. (SBU) Summary: Tribal members in Maysan are asserting their political relevance by occupying key positions and creating independent advocacy groups. Members of several local tribes, including the Bani Malik, the al-Fartusi, and the al-Gharrawi, [...] |
2008-02-06 12:19:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PINR IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3480 |
WASIT: DAWA COURTING TRIBAL SHEIKHS [...] (U) This is a PRT Wasit reporting cable. 2. (C //REL TO USA, ACGU) Summary: On October 18, Al Kut's Special Weapons and Tactics (KSWAT) leader Major Aziz hosted a meeting of tribal sheikhs from across Wasit Province. While nominally a security-related meeting set up by Aziz to gain tribal [...] |
2008-11-02 12:44:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3484 |
RSO MEETING WITH THE MINISTER OF INTERIOR TO [...] (C/NF) Summary: On 10/31/2008, RSO met with the Minister of the Interior (MOI) to discuss further specifics regarding the integration of Iraqi forces into RSO's protective security operation. The RSO updated the Minister on recent progress and underscored the need to accelerate the VIP train [...] |
2008-11-03 04:44:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ASEC IZ PINS PTER |
| 08BAGHDAD3487 |
UNAMI INTERESTED IN "GRAND BARGAIN" FOR KIRKUK, [...] (C) Summary: In a November 2 meeting with S/A Krajeski, UNAMI's Andrew Gilmour said UNAMI will finish its second round of reports on the disputed internal boundaries (DIBs) areas by mid-December, but delay issuing them until after the provincial elections because of the currently tense politic [...] |
2008-11-03 10:32:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM UN IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3488 |
PRINCE OF THE MARSHES ON SOFA AND MAYSAN,S FUTURE [...] (U) This is a Maysan PRT reporting cable. 2. (C/REL MCFI) Summary: In a wide-ranging discussion, prominent Maysani Sheikh Abed al-Kareem al-Mohammedawi of "Prince of the Marshes" fame explained that he was pitching the SOFA to local and tribal leaders to counter attempts by Iran and others [...] |
2008-11-03 12:00:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3489 |
COUNCIL OF REPRESENTATIVES PASSES MINORITY QUOTAS [...] (U) On November 2, the Council of Representatives (CoR) passed an amendment to Article 50 of the Provincial Elections Law. The amendment specifies quotas for seats in the Provincial Councils of three provinces for several minority groups. The vote came after lengthy committee deliberations [...] |
2008-11-03 12:29:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KDEM KIRF IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3492 |
MUTHANNA: IRANIAN IRON AND STEEL INVESTMENT [...] (U) This is a PRT Muthanna Reporting Cable. 2. (C/REL) SUMMARY: Muthanna Provincial Investment Committee (PIC) Chairman Adel Dakhel al-Yasiri told local media that the PIC has nearly completed negotiations with an Iranian company to build a 100 million USD iron and steel plant near t [...] |
2008-11-03 15:33:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN ECON PGOV IZ IR |
| 08BAGHDAD3493 |
PRT DHI QAR HOSTS NUNCIO AT INTERFAITH PROVINCIAL [...] (U) This is a PRT Dhi Qar reporting cable. 2. (SBU) Summary. The Papal Nuncio visited Ur on October 23 accompanied by senior Embassy officials. Although weather conditions compressed the party's time on the ground, it had the opportunity to meet with the small Christian community, which [...] |
2008-11-04 02:28:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KRIF PGOV IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3497 |
IRAQI OIL PRODUCTION: WILL THE SOUTH RISE AGAIN? [...] (S) Summary: Oil Ministry officials estimate production in Iraq's southern oil fields has declined by approximately 100,000 barrels per day (bpd) so far this year, bringing the target production rate to 1.8 million bpd. The main culprits are the reliance on mismanaged enhanced recovery techni [...] |
2008-11-04 11:42:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | EPET ENRG EINV EFIN PGOV PREL SENV EWWT IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3498 |
IRAQI TRADE MINISTER DISCUSSES GRAIN IMPORT [...] (SBU) FAS and FCS Attaches met October 27 with Minister of Trade Dr. Abdul-Falah Hassan Al-Sudani and other MoT officials to discuss the Iraqi grain import situation, planned GOI renovations at the port of Umm Qasr, and the Public Distribution System (PDS), the GOI's subsidized food distributi [...] |
2008-11-04 13:21:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR ECON ETRD IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD35 |
NINEWA: BETTER SUPPLY AND MANAGEMENT REDUCE SOME [...] (C/REL AUS, GBR, CAN) Summary: Black market benzene and diesel prices in Mosul have fallen since August but still remain above the government price for each fuel. Increases in benzene supply, a slight seasonal reduction in benzene demand, and improved Iraqi discipline and management of fuel [...] |
2008-01-03 15:30:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET ENRG PGOV IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3502 |
MOU BETWEEN BAGHDAD AMANAT AND USG [...] (U) The Baghdad Amanat signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with USG that marks a turning point in the coordination of U.S. reconstruction efforts in the Capital. The MOU is the result of a six month long coordinated effort on the part of the Provincial Projects Management Section of th [...] |
2008-11-04 14:51:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3503 |
OMS LEADER REQUESTS U.S. SUPPORT, MUQTADA CALLS [...] (S/NF) Sheikh Mohammed al-Faraji, self-described Office of the Martyr Sadr (OMS) representative for Basra and the surrounding provinces, met with Senior Advisor Gordon Gray to demand that the U.S. engage more directly with Iraqi-born Shi'a clergy. In the October 28 meeting, Faraji argued that [...] |
2008-11-04 15:27:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR IZ IR |
| 08BAGHDAD3504 |
IRAQI NSC MEETING ON NOV 2 REVIEWS SITUATION IN [...] (S) Summary. At the November 2, 2008 meeting of the Iraqi National Security Council, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki received the reconstruction report for Mosul. The report indicated that while many infrastructure projects were planned, implementation was slow and the province appeared una [...] |
2008-11-04 16:10:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | MOPS MARR MASS PREL PTER SY IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3506 |
CHRISTIAN LEADERS DISAPPOINTED IN QUOTAS OUTCOME; [...] (C) Several prominent Christian leaders expressed bitter disappointment over the single-seat minority quotas in the Provincial Elections Law (PEL) passed on November 3 (reftel), and several minority groups issued a joint protest statement on November 4. While all were frustrated, views on [...] |
2008-11-05 11:24:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF PGOV PHUM PREL IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3508 |
IRAQIS WELCOME OBAMA VICTORY, BUT EXPRESS CONCERN [...] (C) Summary: In discussions following the November 4 election of Barack Obama, Iraqi contacts have reacted positively but cautiously. While some expressed surprise at Obama's victory, all contacts were congratulatory and positive, recognizing the historic significance of the election of the [...] |
2008-11-05 17:18:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3509 |
GOI AGREES UPON MODALITIES FOR IRAQ-TURKEY-U.S. [...] (S) Summary: Iraq has agreed to participate in proposed trilateral security talks with Turkey and the U.S. to begin as early as November 14 or 15 in Ankara, according to the GOI spokesman, reporting privately on his talks in Istanbul. The meetings should be at the ministerial level, and GOI [...] |
2008-11-06 02:42:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | IZ TU PREL MARR |
| 08BAGHDAD351 |
DHI QAR: OFFICE OF THE MARTYR SADR TELLS PRT TO [...] This is a PRT Dhi Qar reporting cable. 2. (SBU) Summary: January 30, Dhi Qar PRT met with Sheikh Haider Ali Ghizi, the head of the Office of the Martyr Sadr (OMS) in Nassiriyah. Ghizi mirrored PRT views that training should be a "top priority" for the province. Ghizi called for the PRT [...] |
2008-02-06 13:13:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR PINR PTER IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3511 |
KRG VIEWS ON SOFA, MALIKI, KIRKUK, MOSLAWI [...] (C) Summary: In a November 5 meeting, KRG Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani was critical of PM Maliki's "double game" on the SOFA but believes Iraqi leaders will eventually sign it. He told how KRG President Masoud Barzani disappointed his Iranian hosts on his most recent visit to Tehran by p [...] |
2008-11-06 13:58:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM PTER MOPS TU IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3512 |
BIOMETRIC DATA FOR IRAQI GUANTANAMO DETAINEES [...] (S) Biometric data (photos and fingerprints) for four Iraqi Guantanamo (GTMO) detainees approved for transfer to Iraq was received at Post October 30 (REF A). Taking advantage of the visit to Baghdad of the Deputy Director (DepDir) of the Secretary's Office of War Crimes Issues (S/WCI), Milbe [...] |
2008-11-06 14:18:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PTER PGOV PHUM PINR IZ US |
| 08BAGHDAD3513 |
ARAB LEAGUE TO SEND OBSERVERS TO MONITOR [...] (C) The Arab League (AL) plans to send 70-80 election observers to Iraq for the January 2009 provincial elections, according to newly arrived AL Ambassador Hani Al-Khallaf. In a November 5 meeting with Ambassador Crocker, Al-Khallaf said that Iraq's Independent High Electoral Commission (IHE [...] |
2008-11-06 15:01:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ EG |
| 08BAGHDAD3516 |
RRT ERBIL: DISSENSION IN PUK POLIBURO [...] (C) Summary. Four distinguished PUK members living abroad fiercely condemned the party's leadership for its corruption, its violation of democratic principles, and its mismanagement of government affairs. The group,s stated goal is not to create a new party, but rather to further the cause [...] |
2008-11-07 13:26:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PINR IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3517 |
KARBALA WELCOMES IRANIAN TOURISTS BUT WARY OF [...] (C) Summary: Karbala business leaders and government officials discussed their concerns about Iranian influence and reliance on tourism revenue from Iranian pilgrims in a visit November 2-3 by Senior Advisor Gordon Gray. Governor Aqeel al-Khazali (Da,wa) hinted that the Iranians were behind [...] |
2008-11-07 13:37:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER EFIN IR IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3526 |
SUNNI AND SHIA POLITICIANS EXPRESS OPPOSING VIEWS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Secretary's Senior Coordinator for Iraqi Refugee Issues, Ambassador James Foley, visited Baghdad October 22-27 to review Iraqi refugee admissions and special immigrant visa (SIV) programs and to assess the role the U.S. can play in facilitating refugee and IDP returns. Dep [...] |
2008-11-08 12:12:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID IZ PGOV PHUM PREF PREL |
| 08BAGHDAD3527 |
KARBALA OFFICIALS SEEK TO BALANCE FOREIGN [...] (C) During a November 2-3 visit to Karbala, Senior Advisor Gordon Gray discussed investment in the province with several local leaders, including Governor Aqeel Mahmoud Kareem al-Khazali (Da'wa), three members of the Karbala Provincial Council (PC), and Restaurant and Hotel Association Presiden [...] |
2008-11-08 12:49:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CASC PINR IR IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD353 |
DIWANIYAH PRT: GOVERNOR REACHES OUT TO PRT [...] (C) Summary: During a January 30 meeting with PRToffs, Diwaniyah Governor Al-Khudari stressed that he wants to improve cooperation between his government, coalition forces and the PRT and would like to see more private, particularly U.S., investment in the province. He focused on the needs o [...] |
2008-02-06 15:39:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3530 |
UAE AMBASSADOR: OUR PRESENCE BOOSTS IRAQI [...] (C) Summary: The growing presence of Arab Ambassadors in Baghdad is boosting Iraqi confidence that improved security will last and that Iraq's neighbors are committed to its future, according to the UAE Ambassador to Iraq. UAE engagement on the economic front is also expanding, with large [...] |
2008-11-09 04:52:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD EINV IZ AE |
| 08BAGHDAD3532 |
VISAS VIPER MANDATORY STATUS REPORT AND WATCHLIST [...] (U) VISAS VIPER 2. (U) POST: BAGHDAD MEETING DATE: 02NOV2008 CHAIR: DCM PATRICIA BUTENIS COORDINATOR: CONOFF MCHESSEN ATTENDEES: RSO, POL/MIL, EXEC, DOJ, ORA, PAO, FBI, POL, CONS, MNF-I (CJ9) 3. (U) ADDITIONAL SUBMISSIONS: 4. (S/NF) The following subject was denied access to refug [...] |
2008-11-09 09:46:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | KVPR CVIS PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL IZ |
| 08BAGHDAD3538 |
AMBASSADOR PRESSES CHRISTIAN LEADERS TO [...] (C) During a November 5 meeting, the Ambassador | ||||