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ABLD BUILDING AND GROUNDS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The acquisition, management, and operation of U.S.-owned or-leased facilities and sites both domestic and foreign. (Replaces RCHB file categories: BG, ES)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acquisition
* AIEP
* Allotment
* Antenna
* Antiques
* Appraisals
* Architecture
* Asbestos
* Audit
* Bid Results
* Breathing Device
* Building
* Building Design
* Building Management
* Carpet
* Chancellery
* Construction Management
* Construction Security
* Consulate
* Contract Amendment Contract Award Contract Renewal Contract Termination Contractor
* Core Area
* DCR
* Deed
* Descent Device
* Electrical System
* Elevator
* Embassy
* EMR
* Energy Conservation
* EURMAC
* Fire Alarm
* Fire Detection System
* Fire Prevention
* Fire Safety
* Furnishings
* Generator
* Geotechnical
* Gift
* Hazardous Material
* Housing
* HVAC
* Improvement
* Inventory
* Lease
* Legation
* Maintenance
* Mechanical System
* NOB
* Parking
* PCC
* Post Opening
* Property Exchange
* Property Sales
* Public Access Control
* Real Property
* Reciprocity
* REMS
* Renovation
* Safety & Health Designee
* Safety Program
* Security Enhancement
* Seismology
* SHEMC
* Shielded Enclosure
* Site
* Space Management
* Survey
* WASHMAC
* Water Analysis
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AEMR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND EVACUATION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Measures and actions implemented to protect U.S. personnel, citizens, property and information; especially related to crisis situations. (Replaces RCHB file category: EP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Citizen Protection
* Contingency Plan EAP
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Property
* Protection
* Records Destruction
* Rescue
* Safehaven
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AFIN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

The fiscal operations of the Department, Foreign Service posts, and other Federal agencies. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, FMGT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accounting
* Allowance
* Annuity Check
* Antideficiency
* Appropriation
* Audit
* Authentication Bank
* Account Bonding
* CAPPS
* Cash
* Cash Management
* Cashier
* Central Claim
* Commercial Claim
* Compensation
* Debt Collection
* Deficit
* Disallowances
* Disbursement
* Employee Claim
* ESF
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Management System
* Fiscal
* Fiscal Irregularities
* Foreign Currency
* FSCADP
* Fund Allotment
* Funding
* GBL
* General Ledger
* GTR
* Home Leave
* ICASS
* Leave
* Liquidation
* Local Currency
* Nonreceipt
* Over Obligation
* Pay Advance
* Pay Record
* Payment
* Payroll
* Payroll Deduction
* PCS
* Per Diem
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Post MGT
* Premium Pay
* Prompt Payment
* Reimbursement
* Relocation
* Reprogramming
* Retirement
* Security Enhancement
* Taxes
* TDY
* Time & Attendance
* Transportation Request
* Travel Advance
* Travelers Checks
* Treasury Check
* Vendor
* Vouchers
* Vulnerability Assessment
* Wages
* Working Capital Fund
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AMGT MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The management and organization of the Department and posts abroad and other U.S. agencies. (Replaces RCHB file category: ORG)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Administration
* Audit
* Authorities
* Background Information
* Bureau Organization
* Commissary
* Congressional Report
* Delegation of Authority
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Employee Association
* FCS
* FTE
* Geneva Group
* GORI
* Information System
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* Internal Control
* JAO
* Management Initiative
* Management Issues
* Mission Closure
* Mission Opening
* Occupational Safety
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Office Procedures
* Organization
* Overseas Post
* PCS
* Post Closing
* Post MGT
* Post Opening
* Post Operating Plan
* Reciprocity
* Recreation
* Reorganization
* Scheduling
* Staffing
* Support Services
* Survey
* Task Force
* Workload
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AORC INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES
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Effective from January 1983

The structure and management of international or regional organizations and conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL and Organization Name)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Administration
* Application
* Budget
* Candidate
* Chairman
* Charter
* Congressional Reports
* Constitution
* Donor
* Election Results
* Financial Contribution
* Geneva Group
* Host Government
* Information System
* Infrastructure
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* International Organization
* International Organization Official
* Meeting Agenda
* Meeting Delegation
* Meeting Observer
* Meeting Venue
* Membership
* NGO
* Nomination
* Nonparticipation
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Participation
* PERMREP
* Referendum
* Reform
* Regional Organization
* Regional Organization Official Reorganization
* Resignation from Office Seating
* Secession Secretary General Specialized Agency
* Sponsorship
* Staffing
* Vacancy Announcement
* Veto
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
* Voting
* Wages
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APER PERSONNEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administration and support of the Department's Civil and Foreign

Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Adoption
* Affirmative
* Action
* Ambassador
* Appeal
* Award
* Backpay
* Benefit Plan
* Bilateral Work Agreements
* Blood Donor
* Boarding School Career Development Career Mobility
* CFC
* Civil Service
* Civil Service Reform Act
* Class Action Suit
* CLO Program
* Community Liaison Office
* Coordinators
* Compensation
* Complaint
* Complement
* Consultation
* Continuing Education
* Contract Employee
* Conversion
* CSR
* Death
* Demotion
* Dependent
* Dependent Education
* Dependent Employment
* Discipline
* Divorce
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Employee Association
* Employee Benefit
* Employee Relations
* Employee Service
* Employee Status
* Employee Training
* Employment
* Equal Employment Opportunity
* Family Life
* Family Separation
* Family Support Services
* Fellowship
* FERS
* Foreign Born Spouses
* Foreign Service
* Foreign Service Act
* FSPS
* FTE
* Functional Training
* Grade Retention
* Grievance
* Health
* Injury
* Insurance
* International School
* Interns
* Interview
* Job Title
* Leave
* Library
* Merit Pay
* Merit Promotion
* Military Furlough
* Military Reserve
* Nomination
* Nonsensitive Critical Position
* Open Assignments
* Orientation
* Overcomplement
* Pay Record
* Performance Evaluation
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Personnel
* Personnel Action
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Assignment
* Personnel Classification
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Promotion
* Personnel Reassignment
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Photographer
* PIT
* Position Classification
* Position Description
* Premium Pay
* Presidential Executive Exchange Program
* Private School
* Probation
* Promotion Panel
* PSC
* Public School
* Recall
* Recruitment
* Reentry
* Relocation
* Remains Disposition
* Reprogramming
* Retired Annuitant
* Retirement
* RIF
* Sabbatical
* Savings Bond
* School Admissions
* SEF
* Selection Board
* Selection Out
* Senior Foreign Service
* SES
* Severance Pay
* Sexual Harassment
* Skill Codes
* Spouse
* Staffing
* Staffing Pattern
* Survey
* Tandem Couple
* TDY
* Tenure Board
* Termination
* Time & Attendance
* Upward Mobility
* U.S. Family Member
* Vacancy Announcement
* Wages
* Work Requirements
* Workload
* Workmen Compensation
* Workweek
* Youth Programs
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ASEC SECURITY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The development, coordination, or administration of security policies and programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SY)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AIASA
* Airport Access Procedures
* Antifraud
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Armored Vehicle
* Assault
* Bugging
* Building
* Contract Guard Program
* Counterintelligence
* Debriefing
* Debugging
* Demolition
* Detection Equipment
* Dismantling
* Electronic Security Device
* Emergency Response Team
* Explosives
* Fraud
* Host Country Guards
* Host Country Police
* Identification Systems
* Information Security
* Local Guard Program
* Maps
* Mission Takeover
* Monitoring
* MSG
* Name Check
* NSU
* Personnel Protection
* Physical Security
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Property Protection
* Protective Security
* Public Access Control
* Regional Security
* Riot Control
* RSO
* Scheduled Reporting
* Security Assessment
* Security Clearance
* Security Crisis
* Security Enhancement
* Security Survey
* Security Violation
* Special Support Program
* Suitability
* Technical Security
* Telephone
* Tempest
* Terrorism
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Unit Security Procedures
* Warning System
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BEXP TRADE EXPANSION AND PROMOTION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts to promote trade and other commercial activities, including specific proposals and inquiries to establish trade relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: TP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Best Prospect
* Bid
* Business Firm
* Businessmen
* CMP
* Commercial Action
* Commercial Association
* Consultation
* Cooperatives
* Country Commercial
* Exhibit
* Exposition
* Foreign Agent
* Foreign Market
* Target Industry
* Targeting
* Trade Fair
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Visit
* WITS
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BTIO TRADE AND INVESTMENT
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OPPORTUNITIES

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Administrative and operational reporting on opportunities for U.S. businesses. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, TP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agribusiness
* Bid
* Business Firm
* FGT
* Foreign Markets
* GPC Implementation
* Joint Venture
* Patent
* PTO
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CASC ASSISTANCE TO CITIZENS
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Effective from May 1977 (Revised January 1983)

Consular services provided by the United States to citizens of the United States or any other country. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CON, PS)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Adoption
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Alien
* AMCIT
* Arrest Assault
* Attorney List
* Authorities
* Automation
* Child Custody
* Children Compensation
* Complaint
* Consular Assistance
* Consular Package
* Cult
* Custody
* Death Report
* Deportation
* Detention
* Direct Relay
* Drivers License
* Emergency Evacuation
* Estate
* Family
* FIMED
* Fraud Identification
* Lawyer
* Legal
* Medical Care
* Missing Person
* Murder Offenses
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Property
* Property Protection
* Release
* Remains Disposition
* Repatriation
* Seamen
* Ship Detention
* Ship Registry
* Spouse
* Third Country Representation
* Travel Advisory
* Trial
* Trust Account
* Trust Account Refund
* Welfare & Whereabouts
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CJAN JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE AND NOTARIAL SERVICES
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Effective from May 1983

Matters pertaining to Notarial Services and International Judicial Assistance, including the service of judicial and extra-judicial documents and obtaining evidence. (Replaces RCHB file categories: LEG, PS)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acknowledgment
* Affidavit
* Attorney List
* Authentication
* Automation
* Deed
* Deposition
* Documentation
* Evidence
* Extradition
* Fraud
* FSIA
* Judicial Assistance
* Letters Rogatory
* Notarial
* Oath
* Official Travel
* Prisoner Transfer
* Process Serving
* Subpoena
* Testimony
* Tort Claim
* Witness
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CMGT CONSULAR ADMINSTRATION AND MANAGEMENT
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Effective from August 1983

The administrative and operational management of Consular Affairs activities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, CON, FMGT,ORG, PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antifraud
* Automation
* CAS
* Consular Agent
* Consular Agreement
* Consular Conference
* Consular Equipment
* Consular Package
* Consular Service
* Consular Supplies
* Consular Treaty
* CSS
* ECR
* Fee
* Fraud
* ICARS
* IVACS
* Legislation
* MRP
* NIVCAPS
* Office Procedures
* Personnel
* PFM
* PIT
* Publication
* Space Management
* Supplies
* Support Services
* TDIS
* Third Country Representation
* Word Processor
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CVIS VISAS
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Effective from May 1973 (Revised January 1993)

Operational, procedural, and administrative functions of visa operations. (Replaces RCHB file category: V)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AA 1 Adoption
* Advisory Opinion AIDS
* Alien
* Alien Previously Deported
* Alien Smuggler
* Allocation
* Application
* Appointment
* Arrival Notice
* Athlete Automation
* Bearer Insert
* BUSVIS
* Centralized Visa Processing
* Chargeability
* CHINEX
* CLASS
* Clearance
* CONGRINT
* Consular Package
* Crew List
* Crewman
* Crime
* Data
* Defector
* Denial
* Departure Notice
* Dependent
* Deportation
* Derivatives
* Diversity Immigrant
* DNC
* Documentation
* DV 1DVACS
* Employment Based Preference
* Employment Creation
* Entertainer
* Entitlement
* Exchange Visitor
* Exclusion
* Extraordinary Ability
* Family Preference
* Fiance
* Fiancee
* Files
* Foreign Policy Exclusion
* Forms
* Fraud
* Health Related Grounds
* ICARS
* Immediate Relative
* Immigrant
* Intercompany Transferee
* International Child Abduction
* Interview
* Issuance
* IVACS
* Labor Certification
* LB 1
* Legislation
* Medical Examination
* Moral Turpitude
* MRV
* Name Check
* Narcotics Traffic
* News Media Representative
* NIV
* NIVCAPS
* Nonimmigrant
* Numerical Control
* NVC
* Operations
* Other Worker
* Out of District Applicant
* Parole
* Permanent Resident
* Polygamist
* Portsmouth Consular Center
* Priority Date
* Private Bill
* Procedures
* Public Charge
* Reciprocity
* Refugee
* Refusal
* Religious Worker
* Renewal
* Revocation
* SAO
* Skilled Worker
* SPLEX
* Student
* Supplies Temporary Worker
* Terrorist
* 30 60 Rule
* TIVPC
* Totalitarian Party Membership
* Transfer
* Transit
* Travel Agents
* Treaty Investor
* Treaty Trader
* TTYREP
* Validity Visa
* Visa Clearance
* Visa Photograph
* Visitor for Business
* VLOB
* Waiver
* Waiver of Ineligibility
* Walk Ins
* Workload
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EAGR AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Cultivating the soil and forest, raising livestock, and producing crops. (Replaces RCHB file category: AGR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Production
* Agricultural Program
* Agricultural Worker
* Agriculture
* Animal Disease
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Corn
* Cotton
* Crop Destruction
* Crops
* Dairy Products
* Desalinization
* Disease Control
* Drought
* Erosion
* Famine
* Farm Equipment
* Farming
* Fertilizer
* Food Shortages
* Forestry
* Fruit
* Fungicide
* Grain
* Harvest
* Herbicide
* Husbandry
* Insect
* Irrigation
* Jute
* Land Conservation
* Land Management
* Land Reform
* Livestock
* Natural Fiber
* Nuts
* Oilseeds
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Plant Disease
* Poultry
* Preservation
* Quarantine
* Rainfall
* Rice
* Rubber
* Seeds
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soybean
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Timber
* Tobacco
* Tropical Forest
* Vegetable
* Water Analysis
* Weather
* Wheat
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EAID FOREIGN ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Foreign economic and technical assistance provided by governments, international organizations, institutions, or private individuals. (Replaces RCHB file category: AID)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Agreement
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Program Airlift
* Bank
* Congressional Presentation
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Credit
* Debt
* Development Loan
* Development Program
* Disaster Relief
* Donor
* Economic Adviser
* Economic Assistance
* Economic Development
* Economic Support Fund
* Farm Equipment
* Financial Contribution
* Food
* Foreign Assistance Agreement
* Funding
* Grant
* Industrial Development
* Industrialized Nation
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* LLDC
* Loan
* Medical Care
* Medical Equipment
* North South Dialogue
* Paris Club
* PL 480
* PL 480 Title I
* PL 480 Title II
* PL 480 Title III
* Relief Effort
* Self Help
* Technical Assistance
* Water Analysis
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EAIR CIVIL AVIATION
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

Commercial and private aircraft and air operations, domestic as well as international. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AV, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Access
* Air Cargo
* Air Fare
* Air Safety
* Air Traffic
* Air Transportation
* Aircraft
* Aircraft Accident
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Airline
* Airport
* Airport Fee
* Airport Security
* Airspace
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Aviation Agreement
* Cargo Handling
* Charter Flight
* CIVAIR
* Commercial Aircraft
* Emergency Landing
* Flight Clearance
* Flight Manual
* Hazardous Cargo
* Helicopter
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Landing Rights
* Maintenance
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Manifest
* Pilot Training
* Private Aircraft
* Refueling
* Rescue
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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ECON ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The status of a nation's economy. (Replaces RCHB file category: E)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Development
* Antiinflationary Program
* Black Market
* Capital Investment
* Cost of Living
* Depression
* Economic Agreement
* Economic Assessment
* Economic Conditions
* Economic Crisis
* Economic Development
* Economic Forecast
* Economic Growth
* Economic Indicators
* Economic Program
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Reform
* Economic Report
* Economic Stability
* Economic Trend
* EEC 1992
* Employment
* Financial Profits
* GDP
* GNP
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Reform
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* National Debt
* NIEO
* Price Index
* Recession
* Stock Market
* Tax Law
* Unemployment
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ECPS COMMUNICATIONS AND POSTAL SYSTEMS
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Effective from March 1983

The efforts of governments, the private sector, or international organizations to manage, regulate, develop, apply, or monitor the methods and means of telecommunication, international communication policy, and the informational aspects of communication. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INF, MP, PO, PPB, PR, RAD, SP, TEL, TV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Broadcasting
* Cable TV
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* Fiber Optics
* Frequency Allocation
* Frequency Interference
* Frequency Spectrum
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Frequency
* lnformatics Information Access
* Information Center
* Information Flow
* Information Media
* Jamming
* Light Communication
* Networking
* NWICO
* Orbit
* Postal System
* Prior Consent
* Radio
* Satellite
* Telecommunication
* Telecommunication Agreement
* Telegraph
* Telephone
* Television
* Transborder Data Flow
* Transmitters
* Undersea Cable
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EFIN FINANCIAL AND MONETARY AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Domestic and international financial affairs of governments and private institutions. (Replaces RCHB file category: FN)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accounting
* Audit
* Bank
* Bank Account
* Bankruptcy
* Blocked Assets
* BOP
* Budget
* Buffer Stock
* Capital Flow
* CFF
* Commodities Exchange
* Credit
* Currency Shortage
* Debt
* Debt Equity Swap
* Debt Relief
* Debt Repayment
* Debt Repudiation
* Debt Rescheduling
* Deficit
* Devaluation
* Donor
* Drawing Rights
* Economic Growth
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Trend
* EFF
* EMS
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Agreement
* Financial Contribution
* Financial Control
* Financial Crisis
* Financial Market
* Financial Profits
* Financial Program
* Financial Reform
* Financial Reserve
* Financial Stability
* Foreign Currency
* Foreign Currency Control
* Foreign Currency Exchange
* Foreign Market
* Gold
* Grant
* IMF Standbys
* Income Tax
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* Loan Default
* Local Currency
* London Club
* National Income
* Overpayment
* Paris Club
* Payment
* Revaluation
* Sales Tax
* SDR
* Securities
* Securities Exchange
* Stock Shares
* Tax Haven
* Tax Law
* Taxation Treaties
* Treasury
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EFIS COMMERCIAL FISHING AND FISH PROCESSING
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The breeding and catching of fish and other marine life for commercial purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aquaculture
* Catch
* Quota Cod
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive Economic
* Zone Fish
* Fisheries
* Aid Fishery
* Fishing Agreement
* Fishing Concession
* Fishing Dispute
* Fishing Ground
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Fishing Vessel
* Fishing Vessel
* Detention Halibut
* Herring Joint
* Venture
* Quota Salmon
* Shellfish
* Shrimp
* TEDS
* Tuna
* Whaling Industry
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EIND INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The commercial production of goods and services, including the processing of raw materials into manufactured goods. (Replaces RCHB file category: TEL, INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aerospace Industry
* Alloy
* Aluminum
* Antitrust
* Automotive Industry
* Bankruptcy
* Business Firm
* Capital Investment
* Chemical Industry
* Clothing Industry
* Commercial Association
* Communications Industry
* Complaint
* Construction Industry
* Consumer Goods
* Cooperatives
* Copyright Agreement
* Copyright Claim
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Dairy Industry
* Data Processing Industry
* Defense Industry
* Development Program
* Drug Industry
* Dyeing Industry
* Economic Growth
* Electronic Industry
* Espionage
* Factory
* Fertilizer Industry
* Finishing Industry
* Fishing Industry
* Food Contamination
* Food Industry
* Foreign Agent
* Fraud
* Garment Industry
* Garment Production
* Garment Workers
* Industrial Accident
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Production
* Industrial Reform
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insurance
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber Industry
* Machine Tool Industry
* Manmade Fiber
* Manufactured Product
* Merger
* Metal Industry
* Monopoly
* Nationalization
* Paper Industry
* Parastatal
* Patent
* Petroleum Industry
* Piracy
* Plastic Industry
* Power Looms
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Processing
* Product Safety
* Product Standards
* Product Testing
* Production
* Production Control
* Public Sector
* Railroad Industry
* Ramie
* Raw Materials
* Recall
* Registration
* Rubber Industry
* Sabotage
* Salvage
* Service Industry
* Shipbuilding Industry
* Silk
* Spinning Machinery
* Steel Industry
* Stockpile
* Subsidiary
* Subsidy
* Textile Industry
* Textile Production
* Tobacco Industry
* Tourism
* Trademark
* Vegetable Fiber
* Weaving Industry
* Wood Products Industry
* Wool
* Yarns
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EINT ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL INTERNET
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Effective from October 1997

Economic and commercial programs, policies, and issues relating to the Internet.

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agreement
* Censorship
* Competition
* Connectivity
* Content
* Copyright
* Data
* Democracy
* Economic Conditions
* Domain Names
* Electronic Commerce
* Encryption
* Free Flow of Information
* Information Availability
* Interconnectivity
* Internet
* Meeting
* Monopoly
* Piracy
* Policy
* Pornography
* Privacy
* Private Sector
* Reporting
* Trademark
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EINV FOREIGN INVESTMENTS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

Foreign investments made by governments or private enterprises for commercial gain. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bank
* Bid
* BIT
* Business Firm
* Business Loss
* Business Merger
* Capital Flow
* Capital Investment
* Compensation
* Credit
* Credit Guarantee
* Disinvestment
* Economic Growth
* Foreign Investment
* Fraud
* Garment Investment
* Insurance Risk
* Investment Climate
* Investment Control
* Investment Disputes
* Investment Guarantee
* Investment Incentive
* Investment Law
* Investment Opportunity
* Joint Venture
* Loan
* Multinational Corporation
* Nationalization
* Parastatal
* Private Investment
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Public Sector
* Subsidiary
* Textile Investment
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ELAB LABOR SECTOR AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised May 1995)

The labor sector, labor actors, and national labor policies and their effect on domestic and international systems and relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LAB)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Arbitration
* Benefits
* Bonded Labor
* Child Labor
* Collective Bargaining
* Compulsory Labor
* Dock Workers
* Employee Ownership
* Employee Rights
* Employer Organization
* Employment
* Equal Pay for Equal Work
* Forced Labor
* Foreign Worker
* GSP (Worker Rights)
* Illegal Worker
* International Labor Secretariat
* Job Creation
* Job Discrimination
* Job Security
* Job Training
* Labor Agreement
* Labor Code
* Labor Competition
* Labor Confederation
* Labor Cooperative
* Labor Costs
* Labor Courts
* Labor Disputes
* Labor Federation
* Labor Law
* Labor Leader
* Labor Market
* Labor Migration
* Labor Movement
* Labor Organization
* Labor Relations
* Labor Rights
* Labor Sector
* Labor Settlement
* Labor Standards
* Labor Union
* Layoffs
* Lockout
* Manpower
* Mediation
* NAFTA Labor Cooperation
* Occupational Health
* Occupational Safety
* Pension
* Prison Labor
* Privatization
* Right of Association
* Right to Organize Slave Labor
* Social Clause (WTO)
* Social Net
* Social Security
* Strike
* Trade
* Union
* Underemployment
* Unemployment
* Unemployment Insurance
* Vocational Training
* Wages
* Work Force
* Work Permit
* Worker Rights Workers
* Working Conditions
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ELTN LAND TRANSPORTATION
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

All aspects of land transportation. (Replaces RCHB file categories: IT, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antiterrorism Measures
* Automobile
* Bridge
* Bus
* Cargo Handling
* Detention
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Highway
* Highway Access
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Land Transportation
* Maintenance
* Overland Cargo
* Public Transportation
* Railroad
* Railroad Accident
* Railway Access
* Rescue
* Schedule
* Traffic Accident
* Traffic Safety
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
* Truck
* Tunnel
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EMIN MINERALS AND METALS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The exploration, discovery, and extraction of minerals and metals. (Replaces RCHB file category: INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bauxite
* Bid
* Chromite
* Coal
* Cobalt
* Copper
* Drilling
* Excavation
* Exclusive Economic Zone
* Exploration
* Factory
* Gems
* Gold
* Iron
* Magnesium
* Manganese
* Metal
* Mine
* Mineral
* Mineral Reserve
* Mining
* Mining Accident
* Mining Concession
* Nickel
* Offshore Mining
* Ore
* Quarry
* Silver
* Tin
* Tungsten
* Uranium
* Uranium Enrichment
* Zinc

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ENRG ENERGY AND POWER
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Government and private commercial activities in acquiring and providing energy services from all types of sources. For petroleum and natural gas, see EPET. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, FSE)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Coal
* Dam
* Decontamination
* Electric Energy
* Electric Power Plant
* Energy Conservation
* Energy Consumption
* Energy Reserve
* Energy Shortage
* Factory
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Fuel Shortage
* Generator
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Hydroelectric Power Plant
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing
* Nuclear Power Plant
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Power Line
* Public Utility
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Reexport
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* Stockpile
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Thermal Power Plant
* Transformer
* Uranium Enrichment
* Wind Energy
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EPET PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
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Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)

Government and private sector activities in the exploration and extraction of petroleum and natural gas. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FSE, PET)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bid
* Drilling
* Exploitation
* Exploration
* LPG
* Natural Gas
* Natural Gas Pipeline
* Natural Gas Production
* Natural Gas Reserve
* Offshore Drilling
* Offshore Drilling Platform
* Offshore Oil
* Oil Field
* Petroleum
* Petroleum Concession
* Petroleum Pipeline
* Petroleum Production
* Petroleum Reserve
* Petroleum Shortage
* Refinery
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ETRD FOREIGN TRADE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Exchange of goods between nations. (Replaces RCHB file category: FT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alcoholic Beverage
* Aluminum
* Animal Hides
* Antidumping
* Antitrust
* Apparel Trade
* Arms
* Arms Traffic
* Barter
* BOP
* Boycott
* Buffer Stock
* Chemical
* Clothing
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Commercial Aircraft
* Commodity
* Commodity Market
* Communications Equipment
* Computer
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Countertrade
* Countervailing Duty
* Cross Border Trade
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Clearance
* Customs Court
* Customs Fine
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Official
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Dairy Products
* Debt
* Development Program
* Dispute Settlement
* Diversion
* Duty Free Entry
* East West Trade
* Economic Cooperation
* EEC 1992
* EEP
* Electronic Equipment
* Exhibit
* Export
* Fair Trade
* Farm Equipment
* FCN
* Fertilizer
* Fish
* Food
* Food Contamination
* Food Inspection
* Footwear
* Foreign Market
* Free Trade Zone
* Garment Exports
* Garment Imports
* Government Procurement
* GSP
* Harmonized System
* Helicopter
* Import
* Industrialized Nation
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Intervention
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* Leather
* License
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber
* Machine Tool
* Manmade Fiber
* Market Access
* Meat
* Meat Inspection
* Medical Equipment
* Merger
* Metal
* MFN
* MIC
* Monopoly
* Multifiber Arrangement
* NAFTA
* Natural Fiber
* Newly Industrialized Countries
* Nonalcoholic Beverage
* Nontariff Barriers
* North South Dialogue
* Oils
* Oilseeds
* Perishable Commodities
* Petroleum Products
* Pharmaceuticals
* Plastics
* Poultry
* Private Sector
* Product Standards
* Public Sector
* Quota
* Railroad Equipment
* Ramie
* Reexport
* Rice
* Rubber
* Sanction
* Shellfish
* Silk
* Smuggling
* Soybean
* Steel
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Synthetic Fiber
* Synthetic Rubber
* Tariff
* Tariff Barriers
* Tariff Relief
* Television
* Textile Exports
* Textile Imports
* Textiles
* Tin
* Tobacco
* Trade Agreement
* Trade Balance
* Trade Complaint
* Trade Control
* Trade Concession
* Trade Discrimination
* Trade Dumping
* Trade Fair
* Trade Law
* Trade Liberalization
* Trade Opportunity
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Protectionism
* Trade Relations
* Trade Visit
* Tuna
* VAT
* Vegetable
* Vegetable Fiber
* Vegetable Oil
* Wheat
* Wine
* Wood Products
* Wool
* Yarns
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ETTC TRADE AND TECHNOLOGY CONTROLS
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Effective from April 1984

Government efforts to control the transfer of goods (i.e., equipment),services, or technologies. This includes foreign policy trade controls, strategic (National Security) trade controls, munitions controls, general West to East technology transfer issues, and efforts to circumvent U.S. or COCOM controls. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FT, STR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Arms Traffic
* Blocked Assets
* Boycott
* COCOM Case
* COCOM List Review
* Computer
* Data Bases
* Data Processing Equipment
* Digital Switching
* Diversion
* EAA
* East West Trade
* Economic Warfare
* Electronic Equipment
* Embargo
* End Use Check
* End User
* Enforcement
* Espionage
* Exception List
* EXCON
* Export
* Export Control
* GSOIA
* GSOMIA
* High Technology Equipment
* IEEPA
* Illegal Trade
* Import Control
* ITAR
* Laboratory Equipment
* License
* Manufacturing Agreement
* Military Applications
* Military Critical Technologies
* Military Equipment
* Military Services
* Munitions Control
* NDPC
* Nonmarket Economy
* Origin Certificate
* Reexport
* Research & Development
* Sanction
* Security Survey
* Semiconductors
* SNEC
* Software
* Stockpile
* Strategic Material
* Strategic Trade Control
* Superconductor
* TCDC
* Technical Assistance Agreement
* Technology Acquisition Efforts
* Technology Gap
* Technology Transfer
* Transaction Check
* Turnkey Plant
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EWWT WATERBORNE TRANSPORTATION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Movement of commercial and private vessels over high seas and inland waterways. (Replaces RCHB file categories: OS, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antiterrorism
* Measures Canal
* Cargo Handling
* Coast Guard
* Containerization
* Dock Workers
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Insurance
* Load Line
* Maintenance
* Marine Cargo
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Maritime Flag
* Maritime Law
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Ship
* Patrol Boat
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Port Congestion
* Private Ship
* Refueling
* Registration
* Rescue
* River
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule Ship Accident
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Detention
* Ship Harassment
* Ship Movement
* Ship Registry
* Shipyard
* SOLAS
* Strait
* Tonnage Measurement
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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KACT: Strategic Arms Control (ACS) Treaties
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Effective from August 2000 (Revised August 2004)

Use for all documents relating to specific, interrelated strategic (nuclear) arms control treaties and their implementation:

* ABM (i.e., anti-ballistic missile) treaty and its implementation body the SCC (Standing Consultative Commission);
* INF (i.e., Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces) Treaty and its implementation body, the SVC (Special Verification Commission);
* START (i.e., Strategic Reductions Treaty) and its implementation body, the JCIC (Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission); and the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT) or the Moscow Treaty and its implementing body, the BIC (Bilateral Implementation Commission).

Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NP/EX)
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KAWC: Atrocities and War Crimes
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Effective from July 2001

Use for all documents relating to atrocities, massacres, and war crimes, including allegations, reports, investigations, and prosecutions of genocide, crimes against humanity, grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, and violations of the laws or customs for war. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau, Info: S/WCI)
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KCFE: Conventional Armed Forces in Europe
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Effective from August 1989

Use on all documents between U.S. Vienna and the Department pertaining to CFE negotiations; documents pertaining to conventional forces in Europe including both Eastern and Western forces, their structure, posture, changes, etc.; documents pertaining to allied and Warsaw Pact conventional arms control positions, plans and related internal political situations, documents referring to the High Level Task Force (HLTF) or its subgroups; and all documents discussing congressional delegation visits to Europe that will address conventional arms control issues. (Action: EUR/RPM)
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KCIP: Critical Infrastructure Protection
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Effective from August 2001

Use for all documents reporting on critical infrastructure protection (CIP) issues, which are defined as vulnerabilities and threats, both physical and cyber, to systems and assets (particularly interconnected information systems and networks) so vital to a nation that their incapacity or destruction would have a debilitating impact on national security, national economic security, and/or national public health and safety. Use for reporting of CIP issues both as they affect host country and as they impact the United States. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)

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KCOM: Chief of Mission
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Effective from March 2004

Use for all documents addressed for action to the chief of a U.S. mission in a foreign location (e.g., ambassadors, chargés d’affaires, consuls general, or principal officers). Use KCOM in conjunction with generic PASS instructions to chiefs of mission in Department telegrams. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOR: Corruption and Anti-Corruption
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Effective from August 2001

Use for all documents relating to corruption and anti-corruption, dishonesty, and unethical behavior among public officials representing local, provincial, and national governments. This would include linkages with justice, economic, social and political entities. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)

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KCRM: Criminal Activity
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Effective from April 1994 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to criminal organizations and activities, the threat they pose to U.S. interests and/or friendly governments, and host country and U.S. Government programs to combat them. This includes international criminal organizations; money laundering and other financial crimes; illicit trafficking including alien smuggling and gun running; international stolen property theft and fencing rings; international frauds and commercial crimes; UN crime meetings and anti-crime programs; and interaction with international and regional organizations on these issues. U.S. assistance covers training of host country judicial and law enforcement agencies. Use this K TAGS with the Subject TAGS SOCI. Distinguish the use of this TAGS from AID-funded administration of justice programs in Latin America (KJUS),anti-narcotics issues and programs (SNAR),and anti-terrorism issues and programs (PTER). (Action: INL/ENT)
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KDEM: Democratization
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Effective from May 1991

Use on all documents dealing with democratization in Eastern Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Encouraging democratization constitutes an essential component of U.S. policy. The U.S. Government is devoting significant resources to monitor and promote regional trends away from autocratic rule and toward political pluralism. Programs designed to encourage democratization are diverse, and often are cross-discipline in nature, requiring the involvement of several U.S. Government agencies. Also use the appropriate Subject and Geo-Political TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KDRG: Detainee Repatriation from Guantanamo Bay
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Effective from December 2007

Use for all documents addressing issues connected to the repatriation and transfer of detainees in U.S. Government custody at the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to their countries of origin or to third countries. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/WCI)
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KFRD: Fraud Prevention Programs
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Effective from August 1986

Use on all reporting that refers to efforts and activities pertaining to the prevention of fraud and deceptive practices in the issuance of visas, passports, the issuance of Federal benefits to U.S. citizens and others, and to active measures developed by the Department to oversee their legality and for reporting upon the results of antifraud and prevention measures in consular matters. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: CA/FPP)
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KGHG: Global Climate Change
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Effective from May 2007

Use for all documents addressing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and global climate change (also referred to as global warming). This includes, but is not limited to, the economic, energy, environmental, geographic, health, scientific, social, and political linkages of global climate change. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: OES/EGC)
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KGIC: Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism
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Effective from September 2006

Use for all documents relating to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. The Global Initiative works toward the prevention, detection, and response to acts of nuclear terrorism. Also use appropriate Subject Tags. (Action: ISM/WMDT)
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KHIV: Emerging Infectious Diseases and HIV/AIDS Program
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Effective from June 2000

Use for all documents relating to actual and prospective activities by the U.S. Government, alone or in conjunction with or through other entities, to combat HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases. Also use Appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: S/GAC)
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KHLS: Homeland Security
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Effective from August 2006

Use for all documents relating to all aspects of homeland security issues, including acts of terrorism directed at the U.S. homeland, its citizens, or interests; planning and support for such acts of terrorism; capabilities of terrorist groups; activities of institutions, groups, or individuals that support such terrorism; acts of terrorism that transcend national boundaries due to the support network or nationality of the perpetrator, victim, or facility or conventional, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) terrorism; terrorist travel; actions of the host government, institutions, or individuals related to support for or opposition to U.S. Government homeland security or counter-terrorism initiatives; actions of the host government or multilateral organizations related to the establishment of host country or regional security, bureaucratic, physical, or cyber infrastructure; homeland security implications and effects of border protection, immigration, and customs policies; transportation (e.g., seaports, civil air) security; host government travel document control and standards; emergency, preparedness, and response; biodefense, science and technology development related to the above areas; reactions of host government, media, etc., to homeland security-related programs and activities in the United States, or of the U.S. Government. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/CT, CA, OES, A/OEM)

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KIPR: Intellectual Property Rights
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Effective from December 1988 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to intellectual property rights which include patents, trademarks, copyrights, semiconductor designs (mask works),industrial designs, trade secrets, appellations of origin and other forms of protection to reward and encourage innovation and creativity. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/TPP/MTA/IPC)
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KIRF: International Religious Freedom
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Effective from January 1999

Use on all documents relating to all issues of religious freedom and persecution, including civil unrest where religion is a precipitating factor; changes to or enforcement of laws affecting freedom of religion; religious aspects of movements, parties or persons seeking governmental change; governmental repression of religious minorities, movements or leaders; religion playing a role in reconciling conflicts; and changes in religious demographics that may produce societal changes. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: DRL/IRF)
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KISL: Islamic Issues
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Effective from November 1988 (Revised April 2000)

Use on documents treating government involvement in recognition of or approaches to Islam; political and economic activities undertaken by private Islamic organizations or prominent individuals; and fundamentalism. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS.

(Action: NEA/PPR, AF/RA, EAP/RA)
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KJUS: Administration of Justice
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Effective from May 1986 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with the administration of justice in host countries, particularly as it relates to U.S. objectives of promoting democracy and just economic and social development. This includes judicial reforms, political reporting on personalities and institutions involved in the administration of justice, judicial infrastructure development, criminal investigation capabilities, penal systems, legal training, and assistance and exchange programs in this field. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: WHA/PPC)
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KMCA: Millennium Challenge Account
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Effective from August 2004

Use for documents relating to all aspects of the Millennium Challenge Account, a U.S. new foreign assistance account, or the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the independent government corporation recently established to manage and oversee this assistance. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: MCC/IT)
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KMDR: Media Reaction Reporting
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Effective From October 1999

Use on all documents dealing with setting post ―Watching Briefs and on all post reporting concerning editorial content and media reaction. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: INR/R)
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KNNP: Nuclear Non-Proliferation
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Effective from April 1984

Use on all documents on U.S. policy for preventing the spread of nuclear weapons to other countries, the transfer of nuclear material, equipment of technology, agreements for cooperation on the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, matters concerning multilateral discussions on the uses of nuclear energy including the activities of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and activities in other countries related to the acquisition of nuclear explosives. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KOLY: Olympic Games Reporting
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Effective from February 1984

Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. Note: KOLY will be used in the above prescribed manner for all subsequent winter and summer Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KPAL: Palestinian Affairs
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Effective from August 1983 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with the Palestinian people, as a group or in part, or the area known as Palestine. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. (Action: NEA/PA)
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KPAO: Public Affairs Office
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Effective from May 2000

Use on all documents intended for Public Affairs sections abroad, and should be used by field Public Affairs sections abroad on all documents coming into the Department which relate to Public Diplomacy Programs. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: ECA/EX/PR)
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KPIN: Political Internationals
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Effective from November 1984

Use on all documents relating to the activities and policies of the four major Political Internationals: Socialist International, Christian Democratic International, Liberal International, and the International Democratic Union. This includes reporting on the attitudes of member parties towards the Internationals, the interaction between member parties of the Internationals, and the activities of the Internationals themselves. In addition, this TAGS should be used on all documents relating to the policies of the German (FRG) political foundations: Friederich Ebert, Konrad Adenauer, Hanns Seidel, and Friederich Naumann. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: P)
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KPKO: United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
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Effective from August 1996

Use on all documents relating to existing or potential United Nations peacekeeping activities, including proposals for and negotiations with other countries on peacekeeping activities, military support, sanctions monitoring, elections and humanitarian activities, as well as interaction with international and regional organizations on peacekeeping. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KPWR: Power Support Program
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Effective from March 1993

Use on all documents dealing with the Department’s electrical power support requirements. The program provides consolidated funding for generators, central uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems, and PCB transformer abatement projects. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OBO/PE/DE)
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KRAD: Radioactive Contamination of the Environment
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Effective from May 1997 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with radioactive contamination of the environment from whatever source—military or civilian use, transportation, storage, or disposal of nuclear material Appropriate Subject Terms to use with this TAGS would include nuclear contamination, radiation, radioactive material and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) emergency notification. In connection with accidental or deliberate contamination, appropriate Terms to use with this TAGS include radioactive material transfer, radioactive waste disposal, radioactive waste management, industrial/medical radiography, medical isotope, and transfer of fissile material. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES/OA)

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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
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Effective from February 1983

Use on all documents drafted by or sent to Science Counselors and Science Attachés. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES). Note: KSCA replaces the Organization SCSA.
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KSPR: Strategic, Performance and Resource Planning
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Effective from October 1997

Use on all documents dealing with the strategic planning process for all foreign affairs agencies or agencies with operations and programs abroad as well as the Department’s own strategic planning activities. This includes all resource allocation processes when associated with the Mission Performance Plan (MPP),namely: budget formulation, the Financial Plan (FINPLAN),and the field budget plan. Technical and operational messages that are purely budget-focused should only use ABUD. Use KSPR on messages regarding personnel planning in connection with the annual MPP exercises, and subjects relating to the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993. Operational personnel requests (e.g., new positions, classification actions, conversions of positions from FSN to PIT, etc.) should still only use APER. Suggested terms to use with KSPR are program planning, Mission Performance Plan (MPP),Resource Allocations and Budget Integration Tool (RABIT) and Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: M/P)
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KSUM: Summit Meetings
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Effective from January 1983 (Revised November 1987)

Use on all documents concerning Summit Meetings. This includes substantive and administrative arrangements for meetings, records of meetings and reports on actions by participants as a result of meetings, including preparatory meetings. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KTFN: Terrorism Finance Traffic
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Effective from July 2004

Use for documents relating to all aspects of terrorism financing; sanctions; designations of individuals under Executive Orders (E.O.) dealing with terrorism finance such as E.O. 13224; related UN resolutions; denial of funds to terrorists; and other related aspects of terrorism financing. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/ESC)
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KTIA: Treaties and International Agreements
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Effective from June 1984

Use on all documents concerning treaties, including conventions, protocols, or other International Agreements, such as exchange of notes, exchange of letters and memoranda of understanding, as well as requirements of the Case Act (11 FAM 724; 1 U.S.C. 112B). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: L/T)
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KTIP: Trafficking in Persons
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Effective from September 2008

Use for all cables related to the topics of trafficking in persons, human trafficking, slavery, involuntary servitude, forced labor, labor migration, illegal migration, commercial sexual exploitation, prostitution, sex tourism, forced marriage, child labor, debt bondage, peonage, and child soldiering. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: G/TIP)
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KUNR: UN Reform
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Effective from November 1995

Use on all documents dealing with all efforts to reform and restructure the United Nations. Some of the reforms are: the UN budget and/or ceiling, security council expansion, managerial improvements, and strengthening the role of the UN. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KWBG: West Bank and Gaza
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Effective from December 1993 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with the implementation of the Israeli-PLO Declaration of Principles, including Palestinian interim self-rule, economic development and development assistance to the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. Also, use for Israeli-PLO negotiations on implementing the agreement and political developments in the West Bank and Gaza including elections for a Palestinian Council. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NEA/IPA)
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KWMN: Women Issues
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Effective from June 1995

Use on all documents relating to the Fourth World Conference on Women and any future World Conferences on Women. Also use this TAGS on issues concerning women’s human rights, women’s political participation, women-in-development, and any discussions of women in the United Nations or any other international organizations. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: G/CS, IO, and DRL)
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MARR MILITARY AND DEFENSE ARRANGEMENTS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts to establish and maintain collective security or other international military cooperation. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Alliance
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* CFE
* Collective Security
* DECA
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Ground Forces
* Home Porting
* Host Government
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Lease
* Military Advisor
* Military Agreement
* Military Base
* Military Cooperation
* Military Exercise
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Visit
* Minesweeping
* Monitoring
* National Security
* Naval Forces
* Overflight Clearance
* Peace Plan
* Peacekeeping Forces
* Refueling
* Security Assessment
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Movement
* SOFA
* Tracking Station
* Troop Contribution
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Truce Observer
* Weapons Deployment
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MASS MILITARY ASSISTANCE AND SALES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The Govemment to Govemment transfer, sale, or loan of military equipment, advisers, or services. (Replaces RCHB file categories DEF, FT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Airlift
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Bomber Aircraft
* CAT
* Congressional Presentation
* Credit
* Debt
* Debt Repayment
* Diversion
* Donor
* Economic Support Fund
* Fighter Aircraft
* FMS
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* IMET
* Loan
* Maintenance
* MAP
* Military Adviser
* Military Agreement
* Military Aircraft
* Military Assistance
* Military Procurement
* Military Training
* Military Vehicle
* Missile
* Reexport
* Salvage
* Spare Parts
* Surplus Weapons Disposal
* Technical Assistance
* Technology Transfer
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MCAP MILITARY CAPABILITIES
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Effective from March 1973 to June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The nonnuclear offensive and defensive ability of the military establishment of a nation or international organization. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Bomber Aircraft
* Burden sharing
* Cargo Aircraft
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon
* Control Civil Defense
* Coast Guard
* Conscription
* Contingency Plan
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon
* Control Court Martial
* Defense Industry
* Demobilization
* Fighter Aircraft
* Ground Forces
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* Infrastructure
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Logistics
* Military Aircraft
* Military Balance
* Military Budget
* Military Buildup
* Military Capability
* Military Communication
* Military Equipment
* Military Exercise
* Military Leader
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Reserve
* Missile
* Mobilization
* National Guard
* Naval Forces
* Naval Ship
* Ordnance
* Radar
* RDF
* Security Assessment
* Strategic Plan
* Submarine
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
* Warning System
* Weapons Deployment
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MNUC MILITARY NUCLEAR APPLICATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The development and use of nuclear technology for military purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Artillery
* Counterforce
* Decontamination
* Delivery Vehicle
* Fissionable Material
* Guidance System
* INF
* LRTNF
* Military Capability
* Missile
* Missile Site
* Monitoring
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Powered Ship
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Winter
* Plutonium
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Radioactive Waste Management
* Spent Fuel
* Strategic Plan
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
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MOPS MILITARY OPERATIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Declared or undeclared war involving two or more nations. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Aggression
* Air Alert
* Air Forces
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Blockade
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Ceasefire
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* Combat
* Concentration Camp
* CONTRA
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Escalation
* Explosives
* Ground Forces
* Guerrilla
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intervention
* Invasion
* KIA
* Landing Rights
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* MIA
* Military Balance
* Military Buildup
* Military Plan
* Minesweeping
* Naval Forces
* No Fly Zone
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Occupied Area
* Peace Plan
* POW
* Repatriation
* Reprisal
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Ship Movement
* Surrender
* Threat
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* War
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ODIP U.S. DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATION
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Effective from January 1983

Official representational and ceremonial activities of U.S. diplomats and U.S. Government officials; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by U.S. officials. (Replaces RCHB file categories: PER, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Agrement
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Anniversary
* Assault
* Attache
* Ceremonial Representation
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* Personnel Conduct
* Real Property
* Social Reception
* Tax Exemption
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OEXC EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL
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EXCHANGE OPERATIONS

Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

The administration and operation of educational and cultural exchange programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: EDX)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* American Studies
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Community
* Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Exchange Program
* Designation Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* FLEX Program
* Foreign Leader Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange Grant
* Humphrey Program
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Nomination
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* Scientist
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* U.S. Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Youth Exchanges
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OFDP FOREIGN DIPLOMATS AND FOREIGN MISSIONS
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Effective from January 1983

Administrative, representational, and ceremonial matters related to non-U.S. diplomatic personnel and foreign missions; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by non-U.S. diplomats. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Assault
* Attache
* Building Design
* Ceremonial Representation
* Consul
* Consulate
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Embassy
* Envoy
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* NOB
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Post Closing
* Post Opening
* Real Property
* Recall
* Social Reception
* Staffing
* Tax Exemption
* Third Country Counterparts
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OIIP INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION PROGRAMS
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Effective from October 1999

Administrative and operational aspects of international information programs, products, and services that increase international support for U.S. policies and understanding of U.S. society.

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advance Documents Service
* Article Alert
* Book Donations
* Book Fairs
* Book Reprints
* Book Translations
* Books and Documents List
* Computer
* Cooperative Agreements
* Copyright
* Design Services
* DVC
* Electronic Journal
* Grant
* Graphic Design
* I-Bucks
* IRC
* IRO
* Listserv
* Paper Shows
* PDQ
* Photo Coverage
* Photo Rights
* Photo Requests
* Public Diplomacy
* Publication
* Reference Requests
* Speaker
* Technology Partnerships
* Teleconference
* Translation Requests
* Washington File
* Websites
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OPDC DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE
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Effective from January 1983

Correspondence and ceremonial messages between prominent leaders and principal officers. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acknowledgment
* Anniversary
* Appreciation Message
* Commemorative Message
* Condolence Message
* Congratulatory Message
* Invitation
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OPRC PUBLIC RELATIONS AND CORRESPONDENCE
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Effective from January 1983

Correspondence to and from the public commenting on U.S. policy and foreign incidents, requesting information and speaking engagements, and any other public relations activities. This TAGS includes routine constituent's correspondence such as employment opportunities, requests for photographs, autographs, etc. Also includes press summaries and press conferences, public opinion polls, and the administrative arrangements for press conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: PR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Authentication
* Autograph
* Constituents Mail
* Employment
* Interview
* Invitation
* Journalist
* Photo Request
* Photograph
* Poll
* Press Relations
* Public Diplomacy
* Public Information Publication
* Speaker
* Translation
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OREP U.S. CONGRESSIONAL TRAVEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Administrative and operational aspects of travel by Congressmen, congressional staffers, and delegations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LEG)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* CODEL
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protective Security
* Staffdel
* Support Services
* Travel Advisory
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OSCI SCIENCE GRANTS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administration of grants and disbursal of funds of U.S. Government sponsored research programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Foreign Currency
* Grant
* Science Grant
* Scientific Exchange
* Scientist
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OTRA TRAVEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Routine and operational aspects of travel and visits by other than prominent individuals and Congressmen. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL, TP, TRV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Businessmen
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Dependent
* Itinerary
* Journalist
* Official Travel
* Scientific Visit
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
* Travel Locator Messages
* Travel Orders
* Travel Report
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OVIP VISITS AND TRAVEL OF PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS AND LEADERS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administrative and operational aspects of visits or travel of U.S. and foreign leaders and prominent individuals. Use for assistant secretary level and above or foreign equivalent. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Envoy
* Hotel
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protection Technical Services
* Protective Security
* Secretarys Detail
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
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PARM ARMS CONTROLS AND DISARMAMENT
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts by governments to control the acquisition, development, and production of nuclear, biological, chemical, and other advanced weaponry. Also includes the control of efforts by countries to develop nuclear capabilities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, FT, POL, STR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* ABM Treaty
* Advance Notification
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aerial Inspection
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Arms Buildup
* Arms Control
* Arms Control Agreement
* Arms Control Impact Statement
* Arms Talks
* Arms Traffic
* Associated Measures
* Biological Warfare Convention
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* CDE
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* CNEA
* Compliance
* Confidence Building Measures
* Constraints
* Consultation
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* Conventional Weapon Freeze
* Cooperative Measures
* Counterforce
* Counting Rule
* CST
* CTB
* Deterrence
* Disarmament
* Diversion
* East West Relations
* Electronic Weapons Systems
* Emerging Technologies
* ENMOD
* Entry Exit Points
* Fissionable Material
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hotline
* Implementation
* INF
* IOZP
* Laser Fusion
* Launchers
* Limited Test Ban Treaty
* LRTNF
* Military Budget Reduction
* Military Expenditures
* Missile
* Monitoring
* Moratorium
* Napalm
* National Guidelines Area
* No First Use
* Nonproliferation
* Nonuse of Force
* NPT
* NRR
* NTEM
* NTM
* Nuclear Agreements
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Enrichment Process
* Nuclear Equipment
* Nuclear Free Zone
* Nuclear Material
* Nuclear Proliferation
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Technical Assistance
* Nuclear Technology
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Weapon Free Zone
* Nuclear Weapon Freeze
* Particle Beam
* Peace Movement
* Plutonium
* Political Concession
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* SCC
* SDI
* Simulations
* SNEC
* Spent Fuel
* START
* Stockpile
* Strategic Policy
* Technology Transfer
* Telemetry
* Tlatelolco Treaty
* Troop Level
* TTBT
* Unconventional Weapon
* Verification
* Warhead
* Weapon Destruction
* Weapon Systems Deactivation
* Weapons Deployment
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PBTS NATIONAL BOUNDARIES, TERRITORIES, AND SOVEREIGNTY
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Effective from January 1983

A territory over which dominion is exercised. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Alert
* Airspace
* Annexation
* Arbitration
* Archipelago
* Border Control
* Border Crossing
* Border Dispute
* Border Incident
* Boundary
* Boundary Claim
* Boundary Determination
* Canal
* Cession
* Coast Guard
* Continental Shelf
* Court Decision
* Dependency
* Dispute Settlement
* Island
* Island Claim
* Land Settlement
* Landlocked Country
* Maritime Boundary
* Mediation
* Occupied Area
* Overflight
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Province
* River
* Seabed
* Ship Detention
* Sovereignty
* Strait
* Survey
* Territorial Claim
* Territorial Reversion
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Unification
* Territorial Waters
* Trust Territory
* Water Boundary Agreement
* Water Boundary Claim
* West Bank
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PGOV INTERNAL GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised June 1983)

The form, structure, and organization of local, provincial, and national governments. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Absentee Ballot
* Administration of Justice
* Alliance
* Antigovernment
* Arbitration
* Berlin Access
* Berlin Wall
* Cabinet
* Cabinet Meeting
* Campaign
* Candidacy Support
* Candidate
* Charter
* Church State Relations
* Coalition Government
* Colonialism
* Communism
* Confederation
* Constitution
* Constitutional Law
* Corruption
* Court
* Court Decision
* Death
* Democracy
* Dictatorship
* Election
* Election Forecast
* Election Irregularities
* Election Law
* Election Observer
* Election Reform
* Election Results
* Extremist
* Federation
* First Lady
* Glasnost
* Government Agency
* Government Budget
* Government Media Relations
* Government Official
* Government Reform
* Governor
* Impeachment
* Inauguration
* Influence
* Infrastructure
* Interim Government
* Judicial Reform
* Judiciary
* Junta
* King
* Legislation
* Legislator
* Legislature
* Martial Law
* Mayor
* Minister
* Minority
* Municipal
* Nationalism
* Opposition
* Opposition Party
* Party Faction
* Party Leader
* Party Line
* Party Meeting
* Party Stability
* Party Strength
* Party Unity
* Patronage
* Perestroyka
* Political Adviser
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Crisis
* Political Leader
* Political Military Relations
* Political Party
* Political Trend
* Poll
* President
* Prime Minister
* Progovernment
* Province
* Queen
* Reconciliation
* Referendum
* Reorganization
* Resignation from Office
* Reunification
* Royal Family
* Ruling Party
* Self Government
* Socialism
* Special Interest Group
* State of the Union Message
* Succession
* Tenure of Office
* Totalitarian
* Trial
* Trust
* Territory
* Veto
* Vice President
* Voting
* Voting Rights
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PHSA HIGH SEAS AFFAIRS
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Effective from January 1983

Activities on the high seas, outside a country's national jurisdiction. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Continental Shelf
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive
* Economic Zone
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Freedom of Navigation
* Hazardous Cargo
* Innocent Passage
* International Waters
* LOS
* Marine Mammal
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Natural Resources
* Ocean Dumping
* Piracy
* Seabed
* Seabed Mining
* Ship Accident
* Ship Detention
* Ship Movement
* Strait
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Waters
* Transit Passage
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PHUM HUMAN RIGHTS
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Effective from January 1985

The violation of rights attributable to human beings. (Replaces RCHB file categories: POL, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Abuse
* Amnesty
* Antisemitic
* Apartheid
* Asylum
* Asylum Request
* Capital Punishment
* Childrens Rights
* Civil Rights
* Concentration Camp
* Court Decision
* Death Squad
* Deportation
* Detainee
* Detection Equipment
* Detention Development Rights
* Discrimination
* Economic Rights
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Ethnic Group
* EVD
* Execution
* Exile
* Family
* Forced Labor
* Harassment
* Human Rights
* Humane
* Imprisonment
* Indigenous Peoples
* Individual Rights
* Internal Exile
* Internee
* Mass Migration
* Massacre
* Minority
* Minority Rights
* Missing Person
* Mistreatment
* Murder
* Persecution
* Police Equipment
* Political Disappearance
* Political Prisoner
* Political Repression
* Political Rights
* Poverty
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Welfare
* Proselytize
* Psychiatric Abuse
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Returnees
* Rights of Peoples
* Security Forces
* Sponsorship
* Torture
* Walk In Procedures
* Women
* Womens Rights
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PINR INTELLIGENCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The gathering and reporting of intelligence information, including biographic and background data. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INT, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aerial Reconnaissance
* Biographic Information
* Contacts
* Counterintelligence
* Covert Operations
* Disinformation
* Espionage
* Film
* Humint Collection Plan
* Information Security
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intelligence Collection
* Intelligence Services
* Maps
* Monitoring
* Olive Harvest
* PLPPR
* Remote Sensing
* Satellite
* Ship Movement
* Surveillance Aircraft
* Tracking Station
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PINS NATIONAL SECURITY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

A regime's stability, control, or efforts to maintain itself in power, as well as activities and efforts to disrupt or overthrow the established regime by other than normal political activity. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Assassination
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Censorship
* Church State Relations
* Civil War
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Contingency Plan
* CONTRA
* Counterinsurgency
* Coup
* Court Decision
* Court Martial
* Death Squad
* Defector
* Demobilization
* Detention
* Dissident
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Escalation
* Ethnic Group
* Execution
* Exile
* Exiled Government
* Exit Permit
* Expulsion
* Extremist
* General Strike
* Guerrilla
* Harassment
* Hostility
* Hunger Strike
* Impeachment
* Infiltration
* Insurgency
* Intelligence Assessment
* Internal Control
* Intervention
* Land Reform
* Law Enforcement
* Liberation Front
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* Mercenary
* Minority
* Missing Person
* National Security
* Occupied Area
* Persona Non Grata
* Plot
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Political Assessment
* Political Crisis
* Political Military Relations
* Political Prisoner
* Political Settlement
* Political Stability
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Release
* Propaganda
* Property Protection
* Religious Group
* Repression
* Reprisal
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Sabotage
* Seizure
* Surrender
* Threat
* Travel Document
* Travel Restriction
* Treason
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Violence
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PREF REFUGEES
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Effective from January 1985 (Revised March 1995)

People who move across borders because of danger to life or fear of persecution. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Admissions
* Allocation
* Asylum Policy
* Early Warning
* Emergency Response
* ESLCO
* Family Reunification
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Internally Displaced Persons
* Letter of Introduction
* ODP
* Prevention
* Refugee Camp
* Refugee Protection
* Refugee Relief
* Refugee Resettlement
* Refugee Settlement
* Refugee Status
* Repatriation
* Safe Country of Origin and Transit
* Safe Haven
* Sponsorship
* Temporary Protection
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
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PREL EXTERNAL POLITICAL RELATIONS
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Effective from January 1983

The political relations between countries, international or regional organizations both bilateral and multilateral, that assess intentions, objectives, plans, or possible courses of interaction. (Replaces RCHB file category: CSM, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alliance
* Ambassador
* Amity
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antisoviet
* Bilateral Cooperation
* CBI
* Cold War
* Commitment
* Condemnation
* Consular Service
* Demarche
* Detente
* Deterrence
* Diplomatic Protest
* East West Relations
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Expulsion
* Extradition Treaty
* Foreign Commitment
* Foreign Relations
* Front Line States
* Government Reaction
* Hegemony
* Industrialized Nation
* Influence
* International Organization
* Intervention
* LDC
* Lobbying
* NAM
* National Security
* Neutrality
* No Fly Zone
* Nonaggression
* Nonaligned Nations
* Nonparticipation
* North South Dialogue
* Open Skies Treaty
* Opposition
* Participation
* Peace
* Peace Plan
* Persona Non Grata
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Initiative
* Political Settlement
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Exchange
* Prisoner Transfer
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Relations
* Reciprocity
* Recognition
* Reconciliation
* Regional Organization
* Relations Establishment
* Relations Interruption
* Reprisal
* Sanction
* Secession
* Signatory
* Sister City
* Third Country Representation
* Third World
* Threat
* War Claims
* West Bank
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PROP PROPAGANDA AND PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The spreading of ideology, information, or rumor for the purpose of supporting or defaming nations, institutions, causes, peoples, or persons. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CSM, CUL, INF, MP, POL, PPB, RAD, TV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Active Measures
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antinuclear
* Antisoviet
* Brain Drain
* Brainwashing
* Broadcasting
* Campaign
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Disinformation
* Frequency Interference
* Harassment
* Influence
* Jamming
* Lobbying
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Propaganda
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Disclosure
* Public Information
* Public Relations
* Publication
* Repression
* Slander
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PTER TERRORISTS AND TERRORISM
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Effective from March 1981 (Revised January 1983)

All aspects of terrorism which transcend national boundaries due to the nationality of the perpetrator, victim, place, or the incident. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acts of Terrorists
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Antiterrorist Forces
* Assassination
* Assault
* Bomb Threat
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Hijacking
* Hostage
* Hostility
* Infiltration
* Kidnapping
* Kidnapping Threat
* Mission Takeover
* Piracy
* Plot
* Proterrorism
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Small Arms
* Surrender
* Terrorism
* Terrorist Activities
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Violence
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SCUL CULTURAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

Any part or totality of a nation's behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, or sociology. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CUL, EDU, MP, PPB, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* American Studies
* Anthropology
* Archaeology
* Artifact
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Commemorative Celebration
* Community Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Presentation
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Education
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Ethnic Group
* Excavation
* Exchange Program Designation
* Exhibit
* Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* Fine Arts
* FLEX Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange
* History
* Holiday
* Humphrey Program
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Language
* Library
* Magazine
* Memorial
* Missionary
* Museum
* National Flag
* Newspaper
* Olympics
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Piracy
* Place of Worship
* Pope
* Publication
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Religious Leader
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* School
* Social Custom
* Social Reform
* Sports
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* University
* US Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Women
* Youth
* Youth Exchanges
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SENV ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The preservation, deterioration, and conservation of natural and animal resources, the air, water, land, and space environments. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AGR, CUL, E, HLTH, INCO, OS, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acid Rain
* Air Pollution
* Animal Conservation
* Animal Hides
* Atmosphere
* Biodiversity
* CITES
* Crop
* Destruction
* Dam
* Desertification
* Drought
* Earthquake
* Ecology
* Endangered Species
* Environment
* Erosion
* Exploitation
* Famine
* Fire
* Fish
* Flood
* Flora
* Forestry
* Fungicide
* Habitat
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Herbicide
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insect
* Land Conservation
* Marine
* Mammal
* Migratory Animals
* Monsoon
* National Park
* Natural Disaster
* Natural Resources
* Noise Pollution
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Winter
* Ocean Dumping
* Oil Spill
* Ozone
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Pollution Control
* Preservation
* Rainfall
* Seabed
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sludge
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soil Pollution
* Species Protection
* Storm
* Tidal Wave
* Transboundary Pollution
* Tropical Forest
* Volcanic Eruption
* Waste
* Waste Disposal
* Water
* Water Analysis
* Water Conservation
* Water Pollution
* Water Supply System
* Weather
* Whales
* Wildlife
* Yellow Rain
* Zoo
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SMIG MIGRATION
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Effective from March 1995

The legal or illegal movement of people across borders, border control, and the treatment of aliens by receiving states. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alien Interdiction
* Border Control
* Cross Border Migration
* Economic Migration
* Emigration
* Environmental Migration
* Family Reunification
* Illegal Migration
* Immigration
* Labor Migration
* Migration
* Migration and Development Policy
* Nationality and Citizenship
* Readmission Agreements
* Remittances
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SNAR NARCOTICS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 2008)

The illegal production, distribution, and use of narcotic drugs. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aircraft Registry
* Cocaine
* Crop Destruction
* Crop Substitution
* Crops
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Demand Reduction
* Detection
* Equipment
* Eradication
* Exhibit
* Foreigners
* Hashish
* Herbicide
* Heroin
* Illicit
* Immigration
* Interdiction
* Law Enforcement
* Legal
* Marijuana
* Money Laundering
* Morphine
* Narcotics
* Narcotics Abuse
* Narcotics Control
* Narcotics Detection
* Narcotics Seizure
* Narcotics Traffic
* Opium
* Patrol Boat
* Psychotropic Drugs
* Seizure
* Ship Registry
* Smuggling
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SOCI SOCIAL CONDITIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The conditions and factors that affect the social welfare of a community. (Replaces RCHB file category: HLTH, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Abortion
* Administration of Justice
* Adoption
* AIDS
* Birth Rate
* Black Market
* Census
* Child
* Custody
* Children
* Civil Disobedience
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Consumer Protection
* Crime
* Crime Control
* Cult
* Demography
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Divorce
* Educational Reform
* Elderly
* Epidemic
* Family
* Family Planning
* Food
* Fugitive
* Genocide
* Glasnost
* Health
* Housing
* Housing Shortage
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Hunger Strike
* Illegal Alien
* Immigrant
* Immigration Control
* Infant
* Infrastructure
* Inoculation
* Insurance
* Law Enforcement
* Life Expectancy
* Marriage
* Medical Care
* Medical Facility
* Mental Health
* Minority
* Modernization
* Mortality Rate
* Murder
* Penal System
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Population
* Population Growth
* Pornography
* Prison
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Prostitution
* Public Safety
* Public Transportation
* Public Welfare
* Quarantine
* Recall
* Reform
* Rehabilitation
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Rural Area
* Sanitation
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sex Ratio
* Sexual Crime
* Sexual Harassment
* Social Development
* Social Reform
* Social Security
* Social Service
* Social Trend
* Special Interest Group
* Standard of Living
* Sterilization
* Theft
* Urban Area
* Violence
* Volunteers
* Water Supply System
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TBIO BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL SCIENCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The anatomy, physiology, chemistry, and psychology that affect living organisms and the mechanisms of their expression. (Replaces RCHB file categories: HLTH, SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AIDS
* Animals
* Biology
* Biotechnology
* Chemistry
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Eradication
* Food
* Genetic Engineering
* Hormones
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Medical Science
* Nuclear Contamination
* Parapsychology
* Pest Control
* Pharmaceuticals
* Quarantine
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* STRIDE Technology
* Technology
* Transfer
* Vaccine
* Zoology
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TPHY PHYSICAL SCIENCES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development in any of the physical sciences. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Atmosphere
* Chemistry
* Geodesy
* Geology
* Hydrology
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Maps
* Materials Science
* Meteorology
* Metrology
* Microwave
* Minerology
* Ocean Drilling
* Oceanography
* Physics
* Research & Development
* Research Vessel
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Scientific Visit
* Seismology
* STRIDE
* Survey
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Volcanology
* Weather
* Weather Station
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TRGY ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
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Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development of energy sources. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF, FSE, PET, SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Electric Energy
* Energy Conservation
* Exploration
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Magnetic
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Petroleum
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* SSC
* STRIDE
* Synthetic Fuel
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Transmitters
* Wind Energy
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TSPA SPACE ACTIVITIES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development leading to and resulting in the exploration and utilization of outer space. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, SP, TEL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
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00SANAA5396SALEH'S RHETORIC OVER THE TOP, BUT POLICY UNCHANGED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: IN A MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER BA JAMMAL NOVEMBER 20, THE AMBASSADOR CONVEYED U.S. CONCERNS THAT PRESIDENT SALEH'S RECENT PUBLIC STATEMENTS WERE EXACERBATING AN ALREADY DIFFICULT SITUATION. AT SUCH A TENSE TIME, THE ROYG SHOULD BE PUBLICLY URGING BOTH SIDES TO RETURN TO TH [...]
2000-11-20 13:31:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MEPP YM
00SANAA5449SALEH CITES USN CULPABILITY IN THE USS COLE ATTACK
[...] (C) IN HIS MBC INTERVIEW EARLIER THIS WEEK, YEMENI PRESIDENT SALEH STATED THAT "THE AMERICANS MADE A GROSS MISTAKE WHEN THEY MOVED SUCH A HUGE SHIP (THE USS COLE) INTO ADEN HARBOR WITHOUT PROVIDING SUFFICIENT PROTECTION....WITHOUT (YEMENI) PROTECTIVE VESSELS GOING IN WITH IT. THEY DID NOT AS [...]
2000-11-26 04:44:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL YM
01SANAA5200SALEH PROMISES PROTECTION FOR AMERICANS
[...] SEE ACTION REQUEST PARA 5. 2. (C) AMBASSADOR CALLED PRESIDENT SALEH UPON RECEIPT OF REFTEL. MAKING SUGGESTED POINTS, AMBASSADOR EMPHASIZED URGENT NEED FOR MAXIMUM SECURITY EFFORT AND SUPPORTIVE STATEMENTS BY ROYG. SALEH RESPONDED THAT HE HAD ALREADY GEARED UP HIS SECURITY FORCES TO ASSURE [...]
2001-10-07 19:43:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL PTER YM
02SANAA3591USS COLE: INVESTIGATION AND PROSECUTION
[...] (S/NOFORN) BEGIN SUMMARY: THE YEMENI GOVERNMENT IS MOVING TOWARDS KEY DECISIONS REGARDING THE USS COLE INVESTIGATION, AND THE SUSPECTS IT HOLDS FALL INTO FOUR CATEGORIES: A) THOSE WHO WILL FACE TRIAL SOON; B) THOSE WHOSE TRIAL WILL CONTINUE TO BE HELD IN ABEYANCE AT U.S. REQUEST; C) THOSE WH [...]
2002-10-20 10:09:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL PTER PGOV PINS YM US
03SANAA1041YEMEN INTERESTED IN RESOLUTION TO LIFT UN
[...] No summary [...]
2003-05-07 15:21:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL YM
03SANAA1073YEMEN: FREEDOM PROCLAMATIONS ISSUED
[...] No summary [...]
2003-05-12 14:38:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDMASS PREL YM
03SANAA1074ROYG AND THE ROADMAP
[...] No summary [...]
2003-05-12 14:41:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL IS YM DEMARCHE
03SANAA1075ROYG DEMARCHED ON PATTERNS 2002
[...] No summary [...]
2003-05-12 14:44:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PINS PREL PGOV ECON YM DEMARCHE COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA107656TH WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY THOMPSON INVITATION
[...] No summary [...]
2003-05-12 15:04:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA YM
03SANAA1088SANAA EAC MEETING MAY 13
[...] (S/NF) The Ambassador convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting on May 13 to assess the threat of a "copy cat" attack similar to Riyadh, to determine the best approach to ROYG officials regarding the events in Riyadh and to evaluate Embassy security preparedness. Key offices and [...]
2003-05-13 13:23:00Embassy SanaaSECRETASEC CASC PTER YM EAC COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA1091PL-108-7 TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY REPORT
[...] (U) Below is Post's response to the information requested in ref A. A. Does host government publish national budget in a timely manner? Answer: Yes, with minimum delay. B. Where Subnational levels of government are significant, are their combined fiscal position published. Answer: No, [...]
2003-05-13 13:51:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT EAID ECON EFIN EINV ETRD YM EPTED COM
03SANAA1101USG SUPPORT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN YEMEN
[...] In 2002, Embassy Sanaa managed several successful programs that encourage respect for human rights in Yemen, including equal access to education, human rights training for military officers, and 17 small grants focused on grassroots democracy and the development of civil society. Most notabl [...]
2003-05-14 13:01:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV PREL KDEM ELAB YE HUMAN RIGHTS DEMOCRATIC REFORM
03SANAA1105ESTABLISHING THE FACTS IN IBB
[...] At approximately 0900 on May 14, 2003 an explosion occurred at a courtroom next to Ibb central prison, slightly injuring Judge Haizam Naji Fadl. Fadl was not/not the judge who presided over the recently concluded trial of Mr. Kemal who was convicted of killing three Amcits at the Jibla hospita [...]
2003-05-14 14:36:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PTER YM COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA1117SALIH EXPRESSES CONDOLENCES FOR RIYADH BOMBINGS
[...] (C) On May 14, Deputy FM al-Radi called in the DCM to deliver a condolence letter from ROYG President Salih to President Bush for the 5/13 Riyadh bombings. The letter expresses condolences for the American victims' families, condemnation of the terror acts, and Yemen's commitment to the war o [...]
2003-05-15 14:50:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL YE
03SANAA1118BAATHIST PARTY ANIMAL RETURNS TO YEMEN
[...] (C) Qassem Salam, the Secretary General of Yemen's Arab Socialist Baath Party slunk back from Baghdad in late April. In a May 6 interview with a London Arab paper, he claimed ROYG President Salih had recently praised Saddam Hussein as a "brave struggler". The MFA declares a complete mis-quote [...]
2003-05-15 15:11:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL YE DOMESTIC POLITICS
03SANAA11195/14/03 IBB COURTROOM EXPLOSION: LIKELY A CRIMINAL
[...] On May 15, one day after an explosion occurred in the same courthouse in Ibb as the recently concluded trail of the Jibla hospital murders, more details have emerged that point to this incident being a result of a tribal dispute. 2. Ibb PSO officer al-Kudaimi, told Consular FSN that a nigh [...]
2003-05-15 15:43:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PTER AMGT COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA1124NEW HEAD OF DELEGATION TO 56TH WORLD HEALTH
[...] (U) On May 17, Pol/econoff received a call from Acting Minister of Health Abdel Kader Munibari informing post that he would not/not be traveling to Geneva for the World Health Assembly Meeting. Advisor to the Minister, Dr. Ghazi Ismael will lead the delegation. The reason for the personnel ch [...]
2003-05-18 14:04:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA YM
03SANAA1136SANAA EAC MEETING MAY 18
[...] (S/NF) Summary: The Ambassador convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting on May 18 to assess Embassy security posture and threat information. Drawing upon lessons learned in Riyadh and Casablanca, post is expanding the ongoing security review, and is working closely with ROYG t [...]
2003-05-20 08:24:00Embassy SanaaSECRETASEC AMGT PREL PTER CASC YM EAC COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA1140TERRORIST FINANCE: BATASUNA
[...] (U) This is an Action Request. 2. (U) On May 14, Pol/econoff delivered reftel demarche to Dr. Ahmed Mulhi, the chair of the ROYG Counterterrorism Committee and Director of Legal Affairs for the MFA. He had no substantive comment on the subject, but said he will disseminate the information t [...]
2003-05-20 10:47:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS KSEP KVPR DEMARCHE TERFIN
03SANAA1150YEMEN'S NEW GOVERNMENT: NEW BLOOD, MODEST REFORM,
[...] (C): Begin Summary: ROYG Prime Minister Ba Jammal's new Cabinet (complete list para 12) introduces several fresh faces, but incumbents retain the major ministries and all Ministers are members of the General People's Congress (GPC). At a glance: - By relative population, the South (10 Ministe [...]
2003-05-21 04:21:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR YE DOMESTIC POLITICS
03SANAA1159REORGANIZATION OF THE IRAQI MFA AND RECALL OF COM
[...] (C) Summary. The Foreign Minister's Office Director confirms that Iraq's former Ambassador left Sanaa before the war, that the remaining diplomats are keeping a low profile, and that the ROYG continues to protect the Embassy as inviolable diplomatic premises. In these circumstances, he believ [...]
2003-05-21 14:20:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL IZ YE
03SANAA1189OIC FOREIGN MINISTERS MEETING: DEMARCHE ON
[...] (C) On 5/27, Pol/Econ chief delivered the demarche requested reftel to Dirham al-Saidi, the MFA desk officer for the U.S, and left the talking points as a non-paper. He promised to deliver it immediately to officials from the International Organizations Office who were traveling later that d [...]
2003-05-28 15:27:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL IZ XF ISCON YE DEMARCHE
03SANAA1190IRAN'S PRESIDENT KHATAMI VISITS YEMEN: NO
[...] C) Iranian President Mohammed Khatami's May 15/18 visit to Yemen was low-key, almost pro forma, with little public exposure and no overtures to Yemen's large Shi'a community. Although six cooperative agreements were signed, in areas from security to shipping, the accords broke little new groun [...]
2003-05-28 15:35:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALETRD KCRM PGOV PREL SNAR IR YE
03SANAA1191SANAA EAC MEETING MAY 27
[...] (S/NF) Summary: The Ambassador convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting on May 27 to assess Embassy security posture in light of recent unspecified threat information. Post is working closely with ROYG to review security, and continues to endorse the return of minor dependents. [...]
2003-05-28 16:09:00Embassy SanaaSECRETASEC AMGT PREL PTER CASC YM EAC COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA1192TERRORIST FINANCE: SANAA: PRENOTIFICATION OF
[...] (S) Summary: The head of the Americas Desk at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs had little substantive comment on the USG designation of the al-Aqsa Foundation as a Foreign Terrorist Organization. Al-Aqsa is a sensitive subject in Yemen and USG efforts to extradite al-Aqsa's local leader, Sheik [...]
2003-05-29 09:39:00Embassy SanaaSECRETKVPR ETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS TERFIN COUNTER TERRORISM DEMARCHE
03SANAA1193DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER SOFAN: ECONOMIC ISSUES AND
[...] (C) Summary: Newly appointed Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Planning and International Cooperation Ahmed Sofan outlined the new government's priorities to Ambassador in a courtesy call on May 26. Sofan also said that he expects the long-delayed gun-control legislation to pass Parliament [...]
2003-05-29 09:39:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID YM ECON COM
03SANAA1194SCENESETTER FOR FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER'S VISIT TO
[...] (S/NF) The Ambassador has briefed President Saleh on your visit. Saleh wishes to meet with you and welcomes the establishment of a LEGATT office in Sanaa. As noted in the 2002 Patterns of Global Terrorism Report, ROYG has provided "excellent cooperation with the U.S." Your visit could hard [...]
2003-05-29 10:27:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER KCRM YM COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA1202MIDDLE EAST TRADE INITIATIVE: YEMEN
[...] (C) Summary: The ROYG will respond very positively to the Middle East Trade Initiative. Yemen should accede to the World Trade Organization in five years and that process should help reinvigorate efforts to conclude a Bilateral Investment Treaty. Sub regional FTAs could have wide benefits fo [...]
2003-05-31 08:32:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALETRD ECON EINV YM COM
03SANAA1236YEMEN: FOLLOW UP ON PRESIDENT'S PROPOSED MIDDLE
[...] Embassy Sanaa warmly endorses the proposed Middle East Regional Justice Forum. While the ROYG has conducted a judicial reform project since 1997 with donor support from several countries, the results have been mixed and more work needs to be done. Yemeni reform-minded judges and justice off [...]
2003-06-03 13:09:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDKJUS PHUM PREL YM DEMOCRATIC REFORM
03SANAA1249UNESCO: YEMENI RESPONSE TO U.S. RE-ENTRY AND
[...] No summary [...]
2003-06-04 13:06:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALAORC YM DEMARCHE
03SANAA1250YEMEN RESPONSE TO THE STATUS OF PROTECTION OF
[...] (U) Pol/E Deputy Chief delivered reftel demarche to Ambassador Ahmed al-Wan Mulhi, Chief of the Legal and International Conventions Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on June 3. Dr. Mulhi agreed that instruments to protect children were an important international effort. He noted [...]
2003-06-04 13:07:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPHUM YM DEMARCHE HUMAN RIGHTS
03SANAA1256FBI DIRECTOR MEETS WITH PRESIDENT SALEH, MINISTER
[...] (S/NF) Begin summary: FBI Director Mueller met with President Saleh on Monday, June 2 during a brief visit to Aden. Mueller and his delegation also met with Minister of Interior Rashad Alimi and head of the Political Security Organization (PSO) General Ghaleb Gamish. Issues discussed in t [...]
2003-06-04 20:27:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL PGOV KJUS IZ SA YM COUNTER TERRORISM TERFIN
03SANAA1259ROYG RECEIVES NAMES OF IRAQIS OF CONCERN
[...] (S/NF) On May 28, PolOff delivered the USG response (para 2) to ROYG's 4/29 request for information on Iraqis requesting asylum to Yemen to Abdul Hakim al-Iryani, Advisor to Foreign Minister Qirbi. Iryani noted that the asylum requests were still under review, and agreed to contact the Emba [...]
2003-06-05 11:26:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL ASEC IZ YM
03SANAA1260IRAQI AMBASSADOR TO VIETNAM REQUESTS ASYLUM TO
[...] (S/NF) Abdul Hakim al-Iryani, Advisor to Foreign Minister Qirbi, called the DCM on 5/31 to request immediate assistance in vetting the Iraqi Ambassador to Vietnam, his wife, and the members of his family in para 3 who have requested asylum to Yemen. 2. (S/NF) The original fax from the M [...]
2003-06-05 11:26:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL ASEC IZ YM
03SANAA1263AMBASSADOR'S 6/2 MEETING WITH FM QIRBI: U/S BOLTON
[...] (C) Summary: In a 6/2 meeting with Ambassador, FM Qirbi said he looked forward to visiting WDC, possibly with Interior Minister Alimi for policy discussions. He welcomed Ambassador's readout of the FBI Director's meeting with Saleh earlier the same day. Ambassador briefed Qirbi on the upcomi [...]
2003-06-07 08:45:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR IZ IR YM COUNTER TERRORISM TERFIN ECON COM
03SANAA127YEMEN GENERAL AND ISLAH PARTY REACTION TO ARRESTS
[...] (S) Summary: The arrest of al-Moayed in Frankfurt has surprised many in Yemen, and public reaction is extremely negative. He is a well-known humanitarian to Yemenis, and many have expressed shock about a possible connection to al-Qaeda. The Islah party is particularly concerned, and simil [...]
2003-01-14 13:18:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPTER PREL KJUS YM COUNTER TERRORISM TERFIN
03SANAA1283ADEN EXPLOSION APPEARS ACCIDENTAL
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: There are conflicting reports on the facts behind an explosion in Aden on June 7 that killed three Yemeni men. However, the most credible account of the incident from DAO staff visiting in Aden, with corroborating facts from other sources, point to an accidental ex [...]
2003-06-09 14:53:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPTER KHDP ASEC PGOV YM
03SANAA1313MEDIA REACTION ON THE ROAD MAP
[...] No summary [...]
2003-06-10 09:04:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR PTER KISL YM
03SANAA1318ICOC - URGING ADDITIONAL COUNTRIES TO SUBSCRIBE:
[...] (U) On 6/7, Acting Pol/Econ Chief delivered Ref A demarche concerning the International Code of Conduct against Ballistic Missile Proliferation (ICOC) to Marwan Noman, Office Director to Yemen's Foreign Minister. 2. (C) Noman was familiar with the issue: the diplomatic note that would hav [...]
2003-06-10 13:45:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA YM MTCRE DEMARCHE
03SANAA1319HOST GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE IN COUNTERING POTENTIAL
[...] (S/NF) Information about the missing Boeing 727 has been shared with appropriate Yemeni officials in the MOD and MOI. The Yemen Air Force routinely monitors aircraft movements around the Horn of Africa region, and will be looking for the plane. 2. (S/NF) However, absent specific informatio [...]
2003-06-10 13:57:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPTER ASEC PREL MOPS COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA1348YEMEN: PROPOSED FERRY SERVICE FROM YEMEN TO IRAQ
[...] (U) This is an action request -- see paragraph 4 2. (U) On June 8, Saeed Salh Al-Ghalebi, Al-Ghalebi Shipping Company Ltd, met with Embassy's Commercial Assistant to inquire about the procedures required to establish a ferry service from Yemen to Iraq. 3. (U) Ghalebi estimated that [...]
2003-06-11 13:57:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALEWWT PREF IZ YM
03SANAA1349PROPOSED YEMENI PARTICIPANTS FOR PRESIDENT'S
[...] (U) Per ref A, following are Embassy Sanaa's revised suggestions of both government and private sector participants for the MidEast Regional Justice Forum: Dr. Adnan Omar al-Jafri Minister of Justice Newly-appointed to the cabinet (May 2003),professor of international law at Aden Univers [...]
2003-06-11 14:32:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDKJUS PHUM PREL DEMOCRATIC REFORM
03SANAA1350YEMENI NATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION CHAIRMAN
[...] (U) This is an action request -- see paragraph 7. 2. (U) Dr. Moustafa Bahran, Chairman of the Yemeni National Atomic Energy Commission (NATEC),requests the Department's assistance in coordinating an important visit to the U.S. to discuss the physical security of radiological materials [...]
2003-06-12 15:01:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPARM PREL PTER YM COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA1351SECOND REQUEST: IRAQI AMBASSADOR TO VIETNAM
[...] (U) This is an action request -- see paragraph 4. 2. (S/NF) On May 31, Abdul Hakim al-Iryani, Advisor to Foreign Minister Qirbi, called DCM to request immediate assistance in vetting the asylum request of the Iraqi Ambassador to Vietnam, his wife, and members of his family (listed below [...]
2003-06-12 15:08:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNPREL ASEC IZ VM YM
03SANAA1368MEPI - ARABIC BOOK TRANSLATION PROGRAM, AMEMBASSY
[...] Post requests inclusion in the Arabic Book Translation Program. --------------------- Answers to Questions --------------------- 2. PAO, John Balian, recently spoke with officials from the Ministry of Education regarding the proposed project. 3. MOE officials were enthusiastic abou [...]
2003-06-15 11:31:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OEXC SCUL
03SANAA1373SCENESETTER FOR UNDER SECRETARY BOLTON'S VISIT TO
[...] (C) You are the most senior State Department official to visit Yemen since Secretary Baker came in late 1990. The ROYG thus recognizes your visit as an important opportunity to continue building the positive bilateral relations that have evolved in the aftermath of the Cole and 9/11 attacks, [...]
2003-06-16 05:11:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPARM PREL OTRA OVIP YM COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA1377RECENT REPORTS OF EXPLOSIVE DEVICES UNSUBSTANTIATED
[...] (C) AP reported on 6/13 that Yemeni police defused a time bomb outside the Hadda Hotel late on Thursday, June 12. The hotel is located about 150 yards from a residential compound housing many foreigners, including Embassy staff. Foreign Minister Qirbi, the Ministry of Interior (MOI),and the [...]
2003-06-16 12:59:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL ASEC YM COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA138SANAA EAC MEETING - 14 JANUARY 2003
[...] (S/NF) Begin summary: The Ambassador convened an EAC meeting on January 14 to assess the security implications of the two recent detentions of Yemeni citizens in Germany (see reftel),and how this could affect security for official and unofficial Amcits in Yemen. Also discussed was the need [...]
2003-01-19 04:13:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNASEC AMGT PREL PTER EAC
03SANAA1395STATUS OF FOREIGN DIPLOMATS IN IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2003-06-17 16:28:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OTRA AMGT IZ YM
03SANAA1396TERRORIST FINANCE: YEMEN REQUESTS MORE INFORMATION
[...] (U) This is an Action Request, please see para 8. 2. (S) Summary: The Head of the Americas desk at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs requests more information regarding the link between the Yemen Al-Aqsa Foundation and Hamas. ROYG officials are seeking an alternative charity for donations to [...]
2003-06-18 04:07:00Embassy SanaaSECRETETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS KVPR YM TERFIN
03SANAA1397NEW MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE WELCOMES USAID
[...] (C) Summary: Minister of Agriculture Hasan Omar Sowaid told Charge and USAID Representative that he welcomes USG assistance in the agriculture sector. Sowaid is the youngest Minister of the newly appointed Cabinet at 34, and new to the Sanaa political scene. However, with agriculture employing [...]
2003-06-18 04:07:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALEAID PGOV PINR YM ECON COM DOMESTIC POLITICS
03SANAA1411MOAYED: ROYG MAKES AN 11TH HOUR APPEAL
[...] (U) This is an action request - see paragraph 13. 2. (S/NF) Begin summary: Yemen has launched an aggressive 11th hour campaign for the return of Sheikh Mohamed Ali al-Moayed, now awaiting an extradition ruling in Germany on charges of support for terrorist organizations. After raising [...]
2003-06-19 13:58:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPTER PREL ASEC PGOV KJUS YM TERFIN
03SANAA1412MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT BUSH TO PRESIDENT SALEH
[...] No summary [...]
2003-06-20 06:08:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER YM COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA1414YEMEN: FORMER IRAQI AMBASSADOR TO VIETNAM ARRIVES
[...] (S/NF) On June 18, before a meeting with FM Qirbi (see septels),Charge delivered the USG response to the ROYG request for information on Salah al-Muktar, the Saddam-era Iraqi Ambassador to Vietnam, to Abdul Hakim al-Iryani, Advisor to Foreign Minister Qirbi. Iryani noted that the text (s [...]
2003-06-21 03:56:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL ASEC IZ VM YM
03SANAA143HUMAN RIGHTS VERIFICATION FOR YEMENI FORCES TO BE
[...] (S) PolOff at Embassy Sanaa has verified that a review of Embassy records contains no credible information of gross human rights violations by Central Security Organization (CSO) forces or any members with which U.S. forces plan to interact. 2. (S) PolOff at Embassy Sanaa has verified t [...]
2003-01-20 06:27:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPTER PHUM YM HUMAN RIGHTS
03SANAA1439MOAYED: YEMENI PRESIDENT REQUESTS DISCUSSION WITH
[...] (U) This is an action request -- see paragraph 6. 2. (S/NF) Summary: The Charge received a call from Mohamed Sudam on behalf of President Saleh regarding Sheikh al-Moayed late on June 21. He relayed a response from Saleh to the ref a points delivered by Charge earlier in the day by [...]
2003-06-22 15:53:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPTER PREL ASEC PGOV KJUS YM TERFIN
03SANAA1440ATTACK ON ROYG MEDICAL ASSISTANCE CONVOY IN ABYAN
[...] (C) Summary: A ROYG-protected medical assistance convoy was attacked by unknown forces in Abyan governorate on June 21. Reports of deaths and injuries differ, with the highest estimate at five dead. No Amcits or other foreigners were involved. The motive for the attack is yet unknown, and [...]
2003-06-22 16:12:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPTER ASEC PGOV YM COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA1441ROYG APPEAL ON AL-MOAYED CASE
[...] No summary [...]
2003-06-23 04:57:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPTER PREL PGOV PINR TERFIN
03SANAA1450U/S BOLTON 6/16-17 VISIT TO YEMEN: ARTICLE 98
[...] (C) Summary: ROYG Foreign Minister al-Qirbi pledged his support for an Article 98 agreement with the U.S. during the June 16-17 visit of U/S Bolton. On timing, President Saleh was equivocal, suggesting that Yemen would not sign until a specified list of other Arab states were on board. Acco [...]
2003-06-23 14:23:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL KTIA YM KICC
03SANAA1451MINISTER OF INTERIOR ON YEMEN-SAUDI SECURITY
[...] (C) Begin summary: On June 21, Charge met with Minister of Interior Alimi to discuss recent developments in Yemen-Saudi border security, Red Sea counter-terrorism cooperation, press reports of Yemeni terrorist arrested in Saudi Arabia, and other issues. The Charge was accompanied by RSO an [...]
2003-06-23 15:04:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPBTS PREL PTER PGOV SA YM COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA1453U/S BOLTON'S VISIT TO YEMEN: MEETING WITH
[...] (S/NF) Begin summary: On June 17, Under Secretary John Bolton met with Dr. Moustafa Bahran, Chairman of the Yemeni National Atomic Energy Commission (NATEC) and science advisor to ROYG President Saleh. Discussing the U.S. campaign to target and cut off revenue that funds North Korea's nucle [...]
2003-06-24 07:01:00Embassy SanaaSECRETMARR PARM PREL MNUC MASS KN YM COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA1454U/S BOLTON'S VISIT TO YEMEN: PRESIDENT SALEH ON
[...] (S/NF) Begin summary: On June 17, Under Secretary of State for Non-Proliferation and International Security John R. Bolton joined Yemeni President Abdullah Saleh for an hour-long discussion. U/S Bolton briefed Saleh on U.S. efforts to stop North Korea,s nuclear program, as well as ongoing [...]
2003-06-24 07:02:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPARM PREL MARR MNUC MASS IZ KN YM MARITIME SECURITY
03SANAA1455U/S BOLTON'S VISIT TO YEMEN: MEETINGS WITH FOREIGN
[...] (C) Begin summary: During a day of official meetings on June 17, Under Secretary for Non-Proliferation and International Security John R. Bolton met with Foreign Minister Abubaker al-Qirbi and MOD Chief of Staff Major General Mohammed al-Qasami to discuss Yemen's relations with the DPRK and [...]
2003-06-24 07:03:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPARM MARR PREL MNUC MASS KN YM MARITIME SECURITY
03SANAA154MEETING WITH YEMEN FM QIRBI: DISCUSSION ON SCUDS,
[...] (U) Classified By: Ambassador Edmund J. Hull for Reasons 1.5 (b,d) 2. (S) Summary: On January 19, 2003 Ambassador Hull met with Foreign Minister Qirbi at the MFA. Qirbi has received a letter from the Ministry of Defense outlining outstanding North Korean military shipments and plans t [...]
2003-01-20 13:27:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPTER PGOV PREL ADCO ADPM YM COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA1544ROYG OPERATION AGAINST TERRORISTS IN ABYAN
[...] (S/NF) Summary and Comment: On June 25, ROYG launched an offensive against terrorists suspected in the June 21 attack on a ROYG military medical convoy in Abyan (ref). The successful operation resulted in approximately 30 combatants killed or captured. Initial reports indicate a link betwe [...]
2003-06-29 14:38:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPTER ASEC PGOV YM COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA1545YEMENI SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT'S INTERVIEW WITH
[...] (U) Begin summary: A recent interview with Speaker of Parliament Sheikh Abdullah bin Hussein al-Ahmar provides an illustrative example typifying the views of this prominent Yemeni political figure. Al-Ahmar is known for his controversial ideas as demonstrated in a June 20 interview with Lo [...]
2003-06-30 04:12:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER IZ YM DOMESTIC POLITICS
03SANAA1546FORMER IRAQI AMBASSADOR TO AZERBAIJAN REQUESTS
[...] (S/NF) On 6/21 Abdul Hakim al-Iryani, Advisor to Foreign Minister Qirbi, asked for USG assistance in vetting the asylum request of former Iraqi Ambassador to Azerbaijan, Ghalib Abdu Husayn al-Tamimi, his wife, and their six children. PolOff delivered USG response provided by ORCA (para 2) o [...]
2003-06-30 06:36:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL ASEC IZ AJ YM
03SANAA1550UNESCO: YEMEN ENDORSES U.S. CANDIDACY/ ASKS U.S.
[...] Acting Chief of the MFA's Office of International Organizations, Abdul Wahad Fara'a, informed PolEcon Chief on 6/24 that the ROYG will support the U.S. candidate for UNESCO'S Executive Council, in the event that the election goes to the full membership. 2. At the same time, Fara'a asked t [...]
2003-06-30 06:49:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDAORC YM UNESCO
03SANAA1559YEMEN'S MEPI STRATEGY
[...] (U)Summary: Embassy Sanaa presents the MEPI Strategy 2003/04 at para 2, prepared by the Embassy Development Team that includes Pol/Econ, PD and USAID. This strategy reflects Embassy Sanaa's long-term goals for MEPI. Embassy Sanaa believes MEPI will become a substantive part of our engagement [...]
2003-06-30 14:51:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ETRD PGOV PHUM SCUL SOCI KPAO EAID YM DEMOCRATIC REFORM ECON COM
03SANAA156YEMEN FM QIRBI LETTER ON SCUDS
[...] (S) Embassy Sanaa received a diplomatic note from the MFA on the issue of Yemen-North Korea missile cooperation on January 20 (text para 2). The note should be read in conjunction with report on Ambassador's conversation with the Minister of Defense (ref D),in which the MoD said that no de [...]
2003-01-20 14:00:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPTER PGOV PREL ADCO ADPM YM
03SANAA1577AMBASSADOR AND MINISTER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS: LET'S
[...] Summary: The Ambassador called on the newly-appointed Minister of Human Rights Amat al-Alim al-Suswa on June 30. In a cordial meeting, they discussed the state of human rights in Yemen, the 2002 Human Rights Report, developments in the new Ministry and specific human rights issues, including [...]
2003-07-01 13:14:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL PINR YM HUMAN RIGHTS
03SANAA1585JULY 1 SANAA EAC MEETING: JULY 4 PREPARATIONS
[...] (S/NF) The Ambassador convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting on July 1 to assess security measures for the Embassy's two July 4th activities. Key offices and personnel represented at the meeting included: AMB, A/DCM, DAO, OMC, AID, ORCA, PD, POL/ECON, RSO and SOC YEMEN. 2. [...]
2003-07-02 12:30:00Embassy SanaaSECRETASEC CASC AMGT PTER AEMR YM EAC
03SANAA1586FM QIRBI AND AMBASSADOR DISCUSS PALESTINIAN
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador called on Foreign Minister Qirbi July 2 upon the FM's return from Germany and France. He urged increased assistance to the Palestinian Authority per reftel A. They discussed the al-Moayed case, current Coast Guard training in Aden, the impressive role of the U.S [...]
2003-07-02 13:23:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL KJUS PTER ASEC MARR PARM PGOV GM YM COUNTER TERRORISM TERFIN
03SANAA1589RUMORED OIL FIND NOT ENOUGH TO SUSTAIN ROYG ECONOMY
[...] (C) Summary: Rumors are circulating in Sanaa that an oil discovery by Canadian Nexen could contain over a billion barrels of oil. Earlier, Ministry of Oil officials expressed optimism that new oil finds in Yemen could maintain current production levels indefinitely, in spite of their own Mini [...]
2003-07-02 14:24:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALEPET ECON YM ENERGY COM
03SANAA1590YEMEN: LATEST WEAPONS BUYBACK CACHE
[...] (S/NF) During a July 1 telcon, President Saleh informed Ambassador that Yemen is actively engaged in non-proliferation efforts and instructed Brigadier General Ali Shater to coordinate a viewing of ROYG proceeds from the past few months of weapons buyback collection efforts. Shater later inv [...]
2003-07-02 14:34:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL PARM PTER ETTC YM COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA166SANAA RESPONSE TO NEXT STEPS ON U.S. - MIDDLE EAST
[...] (U) Summary: As the least developed country in the NEA region, Yemen is likely to show rapid, tangible results from well-conceived MEPI-funded programming. The ROYG has welcomed the initiative warmly and publicly, and Foreign Minister Dr. Abu Bakr Al-Qirbi will send a letter to Secretary Powel [...]
2003-01-23 13:27:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID PREL SCUL KDEM KPAO YM DEMOCRATIC REFORM COM HUMAN RIGHTS
03SANAA1674YEMEN: IRAQI EDUCATORS IN MOSCOW REQUEST RESIDENCE
[...] (S/NF) Abdul Hakim al-Iryani, Advisor to Foreign Minister Qirbi, faxed the Embassy on July 8 (text para 3) to request assistance in determining the intelligence affiliation, if any, of Mr. Musalam Mohamed Lahmood and Mr. Jasim Mohamed Ibrahim. Iryani identified Lahmood as the Director of th [...]
2003-07-09 13:48:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL ASEC IZ RS YM
03SANAA1675NO IRAQI GOVERNMENT ASSETS IN YEMEN
[...] (C) Deputy Minister of Finance Ahmed Ghaleb and External Relations Director Ibrahim al-Nahari told Pol/econoff on July 7 that there were no/no Iraqi government assets in Yemen in response to reftel demarche. Al-Nahari explained that the only Iraqi Government assets in Yemen were several cargo [...]
2003-07-09 14:05:00Embassy SanaaSECRETECON EFIN IZ PREL PTER YM UNSC
03SANAA1676ONE STEP FORWARD FOR ADEN SHIPPING INDUSTRY
[...] (U) Deputy Minister of Finance Ahmed Ghaleb confirmed to Pol/econoff on July 9 that the ROYG had placed fifty million USD in an escrow account at HSBC in accordance with the January agreement with Lloyds' to lower transshipment insurance rates for Yemen (Reftel A). However, Ghaleb added, the i [...]
2003-07-09 14:05:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD PTER YM COM
03SANAA1684WEAPONS BUYBACK REDUX
[...] (S/NF) Brigadier General Shater, under orders from President Saleh, held a 7/2 viewing of ROYG proceeds from recent weapons buyback collection efforts for the Ambassador and other USG officials (reftel). On July 6, Shater met with the Ambassador to ascertain the U.S. reaction to the display [...]
2003-07-10 12:20:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL PARM PTER ETTC YM COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA1690 2003 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - REPUBLIC OF
[...] THE FOLLOWING IS EMBASSY'S YEAR 2003 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR YEMEN. 2. BEGIN TEXT OF INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT: A. 1. Openness to Foreign Investment The Republic of Yemen Government (ROYG) is committed to attracting foreign investors by improving its overall investmen [...]
2003-07-13 07:05:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ELAB ETRD KTDB PGOV YM OPIC ECON COM
03SANAA1699ADEN GOVERNOR ON DEVELOPMENT, E-LEARNING, THE
[...] (C) Begin summary: On July 8, Ambassador Hull met with newly-appointed governor of Aden, Dr. Yahya Al-Shaibi. Ambassador and Governor Shaibi agreed on the importance of sustainable development, discussing Aden's status as a World Bank Port City, and e-learning. Ambassador highlighted the r [...]
2003-07-14 11:30:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER MARR PINR YM MARITIME SECURITY ECON COM
03SANAA1700ADEN: YEMEN COAST GUARD GRADUATION, AIRPORT
[...] (C) Begin summary: Ambassador Hull traveled to Aden on July 8 for a series of meetings highlighting the Governorate of Aden and ROYG's commitment to security and development. He met with newly-appointed governor, Dr. Yahya Al-Shaibi (septel); attended a ROYG graduation for training conducted [...]
2003-07-14 11:30:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPGOV PREL PTER MARR PINR YM MARITIME SECURITY COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA1702MINISTER OF INDUSTRY AND TRADE ON YEMEN'S ECONOMIC
[...] (C) Begin summary: Ambassador and USAID Representative met with newly-appointed Minister of Industry and Trade Dr. Khaled Rajeh Sheik on July 12. The courtesy call was part of a series of discussions with newly-appointed ROYG officials to ascertain their priorities and convey U.S. commitmen [...]
2003-07-14 13:06:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALETRD EIND ECON YM COM
03SANAA1718MEDIA REACTION ON AMBASSADOR HULL'S ARTICLE ON
[...] SUMMARY: On July 2, an opinion article on Iraq by Ambassador Edmund Hull, entitled "Toward a Free Iraq: Security, Economic, Political Efforts on Track" was widely distributed to the Yemeni press. Out of about 29 newspapers, six independent papers published the article plus the al-Sahwa.net we [...]
2003-07-16 11:31:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR PTER KISL YM
03SANAA1732002-2003 INCSR SUBMISSION: YEMEN
[...] (U) Summary: Per request in reftels, below is Embassy Sanaa's response for the International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR). End summary. ---------------- MONEY LAUNDERING ---------------- 2. (U) Yemen has no anti-money laundering legislation. Though the extent of money [...]
2003-01-26 12:35:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDKSEP SNAR PTER KCRM YM TERFIN
03SANAA1737SECOND REQUEST: PROPOSED FERRY SERVICE FROM YEMEN
[...] (U) This is an action request -- see paragraph 3. 2. (U) On June 11 post requested guidance on the establishment of a ferry service from Yemen to Iraq. Mr. Saeed Salh Al-Ghalebi, of Al-Ghalebi Shipping Company Ltd, informed the Embassy that a Turkish-owned ship in Dubai was ready to pi [...]
2003-07-19 14:29:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT PREF IZ YM
03SANAA1742ENCOURAGING BALANCED ARAB MEDIA COVERGE OF IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2003-07-20 11:20:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAO YM
03SANAA174458TH UNGA: YEMEN DELEGATION UNDECIDED
[...] No summary [...]
2003-07-20 11:51:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OTRA KSEP YM UNGA UN DEMARCHE
03SANAA1745YEMEN: NEW NAMES ON ASSETS FREEZE LIST
[...] (U) On July 16, PolOff delivered ref A and B demarches to Mr. Abdulsalem Qassim Al-Awadi, Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Americas Office. Awadi said he would relay the names to the relevant ministries, and thanked PolOff for procedural information (derived from reftels, septels [...]
2003-07-20 11:51:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALETTC EFIN PREL PTER KSEP KVPR CVIS IZ YM UNSC EUN DEMARCHE TERFIN
03SANAA1750ROYG NON-COMMITTAL ON HUMAN CLONING RESOLUTION
[...] No summary [...]
2003-07-20 13:14:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KSCA YM USUN ENVIRONMENT
03SANAA1752FM QIRBI DELIVERS DIRECT MESSAGE ON ANTICIPATED
[...] (c) Summary: Foreign Minister Qirbi requested a meeting with the Ambassador July 19 to renew the ROYG,s request that the U.S. withdraw its extradition request from Germany and allow Yemen to host the trial of al-Moayad and his colleague. Qirbi also delivered points indicating that such a wit [...]
2003-07-21 06:19:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALASEC KJUS PGOV PTER MARR PARM PREL GM YM COUNTER TERRORISM TERFIN
03SANAA1772ROYG: ARAB MILITARY FORCES REQUESTED FOR IRAQ?
[...] (u) This is an action request -- see para 3. 2. (c) During a July 16 meeting with Poloff on numerous subjects (septel),MFA Americas Director Abdulsalem Qassim Al-Awadi inquired about a "USG request for Arab military assistance in Iraq." He could not elaborate on the specifics of the r [...]
2003-07-22 13:49:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MASS IZ YM
03SANAA1774INITIAL YEMENI REACTION QUIET REGARDING MOAYED
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: Neither Post nor the German Embassy in Sana'a have yet received any direct reaction from the ROYG or the public to the German court ruling in favor of granting the U.S. request to extradite al-Moayed and his companion. Press reports 24 hours after the decision remai [...]
2003-07-22 13:58:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALASEC KJUS PGOV PTER MARR PARM PREL GM YM COUNTER TERRORISM TERFIN
03SANAA1775YEMEN: U.S. THEMES FOR UNGA
[...] (u) This is an action request - see para 3. 2. (u) Pol/Econ Chief and Poloff delivered ref a and b demarches to Abdulsalem Qassim Al-Awadi, Director of MFA's Americas Office, on July 22. Awadi promised to share the information with relevant ROYG officials, including Foreign Minister Qi [...]
2003-07-22 14:06:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDAORC PREL PHUM YM UNGA UN DEMARCHE
03SANAA1788MINISTER OF INFORMATION AL-AWADHI OPEN TO
[...] (c) Summary: The Ambassador, PAO, and Pol/Econ Chief paid a courtesy call on Minister of Information Hussein Dhaifallah al-Awadhi on July 23 to congratulate him on his appointment and deliver the demarche points in reftel b. (Note: Biographical information in paragraph 8.) In addition to em [...]
2003-07-23 14:05:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAO PINR YM DEMARCHE DEMOCRATIC REFORM
03SANAA1806DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO FM QIRBI ON SANCTIONS
[...] (s) Explaining that the sanctions against the DPKR were the result of a required legal review and that Yemen was not sanctioned, the Ambassador delivered talking points in reftel to Yemeni Foreign Minister Qirbi on July 27. He further emphasized that any actions that increased the DPKR's econ [...]
2003-07-28 08:43:00Embassy SanaaSECRETKSCA PARM MNUC ETTC MARR TSPA YM KN MTCRE DEMARCHE
03SANAA1810U.S. RESPONSE TO ROYG REQUEST FOR WITHDRAWAL OF
[...] (s) The Ambassador delivered a diplomatic note with the points in reftel a on July 27 to Yemeni Foreign Minister Qirbi. The Ambassador also reiterated his earlier suggestion the al-Moayad cooperate with the investigating authorities (ref b). While expressing no surprise at the negative respo [...]
2003-07-28 13:44:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPTER PREL PGOV PINR GM YM COUNTER TERRORISM TERFIN
03SANAA1814YEMENI PRESIDENT SALEH VISITS ETHIOPIA; MOVE TO INCREASE TRILATERAL COOPERATION AMONG YEMEN-ETHIOPIA-SUDAN
[...] (c) In a July 27 meeting with the Ambassador, Foreign Minister Qirbi said Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh,s recent visit to Ethiopia paved the way for increasing regional cooperation. FM Qirbi deemed President Ali Abdullah Saleh,s three day trip successful in terms of strengthening Yemen [...]
2003-07-28 14:36:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER ETRD EIND ECON YM ET COUNTER TERRORISM COM
03SANAA1817MEDIA REACTION: AMBASSADOR'S JULY 8 TRIP TO ADEN
[...] (u) Begin summary: The Ambassador's July 8 trip to the southern port city of Aden (reftels) to attend the graduation ceremony of the first group of Yemeni officials trained by the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) received favorable coverage in both national and local press. During the visit, the Am [...]
2003-07-29 07:43:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PTER MARR YM COUNTER TERRORISM MARITIME SECURITY
03SANAA1818YEMENI FM QIRBI SUGGESTS IRAQI GOVERNING COUNCIL
[...] (u) This is an action request. See comment/request in paragraph 5. 2. (c) In a meeting with FM Qirbi on July 27, the Ambassador lauded the formation of the IGC and its recent participation in the UNSC meeting in New York. He noted UN SYG Annan's supportive statements and Special Represent [...]
2003-07-29 08:41:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL YM IZ DEMARCHE
03SANAA1821HUMAN RIGHTS VERIFICATION FOR YEMENI FORCES TO BE
[...] (S) PolOff at Embassy Sanaa has verified that a review of Embassy records contains no credible information of gross human rights violations by Central Security Organization (CSO) forces or any members with which U.S. forces plan to interact. 2. (S) PolOff at Embassy Sanaa has verified t [...]
2003-07-29 08:43:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPTER PHUM YM HUMAN RIGHTS
03SANAA185PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATION AGAINST WAR IN IRAQ IN SANAA
[...] (U) A large, peaceful and well-controlled demonstration was held on January 27 in Sanaa expressing solidarity with the Iraqi and Palestinian people and protesting a possible war in Iraq. Demonstrators gathered from different points around the city to converge in mid-morning near the United [...]
2003-01-27 13:36:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV IZ YM
03SANAA1879SALEH DEMARCHE ON AL-MOAYED AND CT SUPPORT
[...] (S) SUMMARY: President Saleh July 30 pressed Ambassador and Legatt-designate for an arrangement on al-Moayed to avoid political embarrassment to Yemen. Legatt briefed Saleh on FBI proposal for Yemeni investigators to come to New York and cooperate on al-Moayed case. Saleh also pressed for a [...]
2003-08-02 12:53:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL PTER ASEC MARR PARM PGOV YM COUNTER TERRORISM ECON COM ENERGY TERFIN
03SANAA1924ORAL MESSAGE TO ARAB LEAGUE FOREIGN MINISTERS
[...] No summary [...]
2003-08-04 13:53:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPAL IZ AL XF YM
03SANAA1934EMBASSY SANA'A PROPOSAL FOR PKO FUNDS
[...] (SBU) Below is the spending proposal from US Embassy Sanaa for use of $5 million PKO funds in Yemen. 2. (SBU) We have three (3) objectives in using these funds: (1) Continue to move forward with the Counter Terrorism fight in Yemen and, as a second/third order effect, in the region, (2) P [...]
2003-08-05 12:49:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PREL YM COUNTER TERRORISM MARITIME SECURITY
03SANAA1971INTERIOR MINISTER ALIMI ON AL-MOAYED, TRAINING AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Interior Minister Alimi again pressed Ambassador August 5 for US agreement to return Sheikh al-Moayed to Yemen for trial, in response to FBI invitation for Yemeni officials to visit New York and review evidence following al-Moayed's extradition. Ambassador and Legatt-Designate r [...]
2003-08-11 11:23:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL ASEC YM COUNTER TERRORISM TERFIN
03SANAA1975YEMEN SEEKS INCREASED COOPERATION WITH HOA TO
[...] This is an action request. See paragraph 10. 2. (c) Summary: Commander of the U.S. Combined Joint Task Force for the Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA),General Maston Robeson, met with the Yemeni Ministries of Defense, Foreign Affairs and Interior on August 4 to discuss American and Yemeni policy [...]
2003-08-11 13:36:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPTER MARR PREL YM SU EH COUNTER TERRORISM MARITIME SECURITY
03SANAA1990YEMENI MILITARY LEADERS BRIEF AMBASSADOR ON DPRK
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On 8/10 Yemen's Chief of Staff and Defense Minister informed the Ambassador that President Saleh had taken the decision to end Yemeni military cooperation with North Korea. At Yemen's invitation a senior DPRK delegation, possibly including the deputy ministers of defense and indu [...]
2003-08-12 13:34:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MCAP YM DPRK
03SANAA2004TERRORIST FINANCE: TIMING OF ZINDANI DESIGNATION
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. (S/NF) Post understands that the German Constitutional Court has indicated it will issue a decision to extradite Sheikh Mohammed Ali Hassan al-Moayed and his colleague Mohammed Mohsen Yahya pending the answers to questions posed to the U [...]
2003-08-13 13:03:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL ETTC EFIN PTER CVIS KVPR YM TERFIN COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA2073NO YEMENI REPRESENTATION AT ACRS TRACK TWO MEETING
[...] No summary [...]
2003-08-20 04:28:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL KNNP XF YM MEPN
03SANAA212S44-02: YEMEN INFORMED OF IRAQI EFFORTS TO ACQUIRE
[...] (S) On January 29, 2003 PolOff demarched Abdulrahman M.S. Kamarani, Deputy Director of the Ministy of Foreign Affair's Americas Office, on Iraqi efforts to acquire CBW protective materials (reftel). Kamarani had no immediate response. He agreed to contact the Embassy if the MFA or other pa [...]
2003-01-30 13:27:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPARM PREL ETTC IZ YM CBW UNSC DEMARCHE
03SANAA2125SANAA EAC MEETING - AUGUST 20, 2003
[...] (S/NF) Begin Summary: The Charge convened an EAC meeting on August 20 to assess the recent bombings in Baghdad and Jerusalem and how this could affect security for official and unofficial Amcits in Yemen. Also discussed was a recent internet news item concerning terrorism and security in Y [...]
2003-08-24 07:05:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNASEC AMGT PREL PTER EAC
03SANAA213MFA DEMARCHED ON EXCEPTIONS TO THE ASSETS FREEZE
[...] On January 29, 2003 PolOff demarched Abdulrahman M.S. Kamarani, Deputy Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affair's Americas Office, on exceptions to the assets freeze list (reftel A) and the terrorist financing designations of Stichting Benevolence International Nederland (reftel B) and four [...]
2003-01-30 13:28:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS KSEP KVPR EUN DEMARCHE TERFIN
03SANAA2134YEMENI JUSTICE MINISTER PLANS FOR REFORM
[...] (C) Summary and comment: Charge, accompanied by pol/econoff, called on newly-appointed Minister of Justice Dr. Adnan Omar al-Jafri on August 24 to discuss judicial reform efforts in Yemen. The Minister described his methodology for approaching the reform he admits is sorely needed, highlig [...]
2003-08-25 05:57:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALKJUS PHUM PGOV PINR YM
03SANAA2142YEMEN: IAEA DRAFT RESOLUTION AND YEMEN-DEPT ENERGY
[...] (u) This is an action request -- see para 3. 2. (c) Dr. Moustafa Bahran, Chairman of the Yemen National Atomic Energy Commission (NATEC),requests U.S. assistance in delivering Yemen's draft resolution for the September 2003 IAEA General Assembly to appropriate USG officials. Bahran sp [...]
2003-08-26 09:04:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALTRGY TPHY PTER AORC YM IAEA COUNTER TERRORISM ENERGY
03SANAA214558TH UNGA DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] On August 24, Pol/Econoff delivered reftel demarche to Dirham al-Saidi, Americas desk officer at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Welcoming the demarche, al-Saidi said that he had just returned from a DoD regional seminar in Washington on border security that covered many of the same issues a [...]
2003-08-26 11:13:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL MNUC AORC KNNP YM UNGA CDG UNDC DEMARCHE
03SANAA2186YEMEN PONDERS NAJAF STATEMENT
[...] (c) Pol/Econoff met with Abdul Hakim Al-Iryani, assistant to Foreign Minister Qirbi, on September 1 to discuss a number of Iraq-related issues, including the August 28 car bombing in Najaf. Drawing on reftel, Pol/Econoff noted the apparent absence, in local media or diplomatic channels, of a R [...]
2003-09-02 10:48:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALKPAO PREL PTER YM
03SANAA2187YEMEN: ARAB LEAGUE INVITATION FOR GC LIKELY
[...] (c) On September 1, Pol/Econoff met with Abdul Hakim Al-Iryani to deliver reftel demarche on Iraqi Governing Council (GC) participation in the September 9-10 Arab League (AL) meetings in Cairo, and to discuss last week's "postponement" of an announced GC visit to Yemen. Pol/Econoff also delive [...]
2003-09-02 10:50:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL YM DEMARCHE
03SANAA2203HADRAMAUT: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, MARITIME SECURITY
[...] (c) Begin summary: During an August 7-11 trip to the Hadramaut, Embassy officials met with Governor Hilal, Deputy Governor Ulufi, political figures, and members of the Civil Democratic Forum -- a Yemeni NGO -- to discuss the region's future. In Mukalla, Governor Hilal and members of Yemen's [...]
2003-09-03 12:18:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MARR ECON EFIN EINV PINR YM COM MARITIME SECURITY
03SANAA2204CANADIAN NEXEN IN THE HADRAMAUT: THE TERMINAL AND
[...] (c) Begin summary: During an August 7-11 visit to the governorate of Hadramaut, Embassy officials toured oil company Canadian Nexen's Central Pumping Facility (CPF) and Export Terminal. Nexen said it has good relations with its neighbors and there have been no threats to the pipeline, but no [...]
2003-09-03 12:19:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALEPET PTER EINV PREL ECON YM COM ENERGY
03SANAA2218PROMINENT EXILES RETURNING TO YEMEN
[...] (c) Summary: Prominent Yemeni exiles who left after the 1994 conflict continue to slowly return to Yemen, including most recently Dr. Abdul-Aziz al-Dali, a former People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (PDRY) foreign minister. The 2002 Presidential pardon of 16 separatist Yemen Socialist Party [...]
2003-09-06 08:47:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV YM DOMESTIC POLITICS
03SANAA2224SANAA EAC MEETING - SEPTEMBER 1, 2003
[...] (S/NF) Begin Summary: The Ambassador convened an EAC meeting on September 1 to consider a Department Threat Advisory (reftel). Also discussed was the lack of credible and specific recent threat reporting on American targets in Yemen, the impending al-Moayad extradition, the official design [...]
2003-09-06 13:19:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNASEC AMGT PREL PTER EAC
03SANAA225TERRORIST FINANCE: REQUEST FOR INFORMATION
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para 3. 2. (S/NF) Post looks forward to moving ahead with assessment of Zindani and Sabaa Bank and possible decision on designation. Contrary to statement in ref A, however, Ambassador has not/not received a copy of the targeting report as stated in r [...]
2003-02-03 07:06:00Embassy SanaaSECRETCVIS ETTC PTER PREL KVPR YM TERFIN
03SANAA2250YEMEN: WTO ACCESSION UPDATE
[...] (u) Summary: Minister of Industry and Trade Khaled Rajeh Sheikh will lead the Yemeni delegation to the WTO ministerial in Cancun. Yemen is moving steadily forward on WTO accession and expects to accede in 3-5 years. The European Commission (EC) is launching a five-year, seven million Euro pro [...]
2003-09-10 08:02:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALETRD ECON EINV YM COM
03SANAA2251YEMEN OFFICIALS: AL-AHMAR AND SALIM SALIH MUHAMMAD
[...] (s) Answers are keyed to reftel questions. See reftel b for more information on prominent exiles returning to Yemen. 2. (s) Salim Salih Muhammad: A. (s/nf) Why did President Saleh appoint Muhammad as his special advisor when he was Saleh's former political rival? President Saleh has [...]
2003-09-10 12:08:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPINR YM KPRP DOMESTIC POLITICS
03SANAA2255DEMARCHE ENCOURAGING YEMEN TO SUBSCRIBE TO ICOC
[...] No summary [...]
2003-09-10 14:31:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA PREL MNUC ETTC TSPA YM DEMARCHE
03SANAA2258SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION ON BUSH'S ADDRESS TO THE
[...] SUMMARY: U.S. President George W. Bush's speech on September 7 has so far been mentioned only in one government and one opposition paper. The opposition paper, which is usually very anti-American, only published excerpts of the speech with no commentary. Only the government paper carried c [...]
2003-09-11 10:30:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR PTER KISL YM
03SANAA2260DEMARCHE TO MFA PSI STATEMENT OF INTERDICTION
[...] No summary [...]
2003-09-11 10:30:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM PREL YM DEMARCHE
03SANAA2316INCREASING YEMENI SUPPORT FOR IRAQI GOVERNMENT
[...] (c) On September 15, the DCM discussed Iraq and other issues with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Under Secretary Hussein Taher bin Yahia, who said that the ROYG would welcome a visit by the Iraqi Governing Council (IGC) "with open arms," and that plans for such travel would most likely be arrang [...]
2003-09-03 19:07:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL YM IZ
03SANAA2319DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON POSSIBLE AL-QAIDA AVIATION
[...] No summary [...]
2003-09-16 16:18:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC YM DEMARCHE COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA2335MAKING THE MONEY WORK IN YEMEN; ON-GOING SUPPORT
[...] (u) This is an action request. See paragraph 6. 2. (s/nf) Summary/comment: We need to stay engaged with the Republic of Yemen Government (ROYG) to ensure that Yemen continues to support U.S. counter-terrorism efforts. In order to be successful, we must both continue current levels of ass [...]
2003-09-17 13:18:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPINR POLM YM COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA2336TRIBAL ATTACK ON U.S. OIL PIPELINE LIKELY
[...] (s/nf) Summary: On September 12, tribal elements succeeded in damaging U.S.-based Yemen Hunt Oil Company's pipeline approximately 60 kilometers from the Marib production facility. A single explosion from an IED of unknown specifications made three or four holes in the pipeline. No personnel [...]
2003-09-17 13:18:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPTER ASEC YM COUNTER TERRORISM DOMESTIC POLITICS ENERGY
03SANAA2337AMBASSADOR'S 9/16 MEETING WITH FM QIRBI: IRAQ;
[...] (C) Summary: In a 9/16 meeting with Ambassador, FM Qirbi said Yemen would welcome a visit by the Iraqi Governing Council "at any time." He expressed Yemeni support for early return of Iraqi sovereignty, and proposed a dialogue to engage AL member states constructively in the process. Qirbi s [...]
2003-09-17 13:19:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV IZ YM KICC
03SANAA2338ATTACK ON HUNT PIPELINE: FURTHER
[...] (C) Hunt Oil director Karim Abuhamad provided Ambassador September 15 further information and his assessment of recent attack on Hunt Oil pipeline (reftel). Abuhamad who has long experience in Yemen and with the pipeline, noted the attack was extremely sophisticated in that the saboteurs picke [...]
2003-09-17 13:38:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC YM COUNTER TERRORISM ENERGY DOMESTIC POLITICS
03SANAA2341YEMEN NATIONAL COURT GIVES DEATH SENTENCE TO
[...] (c) On September 15, the Northern Primary Court in Sanaa sentenced Ali al-Jarallah to death for the December 28, 2002 assassination of Jarallah Omar, deputy secretary-general of the Yemeni Socialist Party (YSP) (ref a),and plotting the December 30 murders of three American medical personnel at [...]
2003-09-17 16:44:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER YM COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA2342REPORTS OF 9/16 KIDNAPPING OVERSTATED; NO
[...] (s/nf) Summary: Post has determined from various ROYG sources, informed journalists and the Egyptian Embassy that 9/16 media reports that an Egyptian diplomat was kidnapped in Sanaa were overstated. While sources provide a range of variant "facts" and posit wildly differing motives for the a [...]
2003-09-17 19:08:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPTER ASEC EG YM
03SANAA2356TREASURY INVITATION DELIVERED TO YEMENI FINANCE
[...] No summary [...]
2003-09-21 06:45:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDKMPI EAID EFIN EINV
03SANAA2383ROYG REQUESTS ASSISTANCE EVALUATING IRAQI ASYLUM
[...] (u) This is an action request; see paragraph 3. 2. (c) FM Qirbi on 9/20 provided DCM with a list of Iraqis from the Almutlaq, Altilfah and Almajeed families requesting asylum in Yemen (list of names in paragraph 5). All or some may have family ties to Saddam Hussein. According to Qirbi, [...]
2003-09-22 19:47:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV IZ YM
03SANAA2410GEN ABIZAID'S 9/19 MEETING WITH SALEH: EMPHASIS ON
[...] (S/NF) Summary: In his first visit to Yemen, GEN Abizaid, CDR USCENTCOM, met with the Country Team and called separately on Chief of Staff Qasimi (septel) and President Saleh. Saleh briefed the CDR on the ROYG's discovery and arrest of a terrorist cell over the previous few days. Saleh revea [...]
2003-09-24 07:25:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR IZ YM COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA2428DEMOCRACY SMALL GRANT FOR THE NATIONAL WOMEN
[...] Embassy Sanaa requests funding for a grant from the NEA Democracy Small Grants Program to the "National Women Committee/ Aden" to conduct the "Early Marriage Phenomenon Study and Awareness Workshop." 2. The National Women Committee is quasi-governmental and receives much of its funding fr [...]
2003-09-28 12:00:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM KPAO AFIN KWMN PHUM YM HUMAN RIGHTS
03SANAA243ROYG RAID NETS EXTREMIST SUSPECT MOHAMMED ALI
[...] (U) Begin summary: On Wednesday, January 29th, Yemeni security forces arrested Mohammed Ali Al-Zaidi, a suspect in both the July 27, 2001 kidnapping of German diplomat Rainer Berns and attacks on government institutions in the Marib governorate. Al-Zaidi was wounded during a gunfight with [...]
2003-02-06 07:50:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PREL YM COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA2434SANAA EAC MEETING - SEPTEMBER 28, 2003
[...] (C) Begin Summary: The Ambassador convened an EAC meeting on September 28 to consider information provided to the Embassy by the ROYG concerning recent disruption of a local Al-Qaida cell targeting U.S., other Western, and Yemeni objectives. The new information, provided by Interior Minister [...]
2003-09-29 04:42:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNASEC AMGT PREL PTER EAC COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA2440ROYG BRIEFING ON DISRUPTION OF AL-QAIDA CELL IN
[...] (C) Summary: On 9/28 Interior Minister Alimi called in Ambassador, with ambassadors of Italy, France, UK and Germany, to brief on ROYG's recent disruption of a Sanaa-based al-Qaida cell targeting U.S., other Western, and Yemeni objectives. Alimi's briefing elaborated on preliminary informatio [...]
2003-09-30 15:33:00Embassy SanaaSECRETASEC PGOV PREL PTER YM COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA2454DETAINEES: REHABILITATION AND RELEASE
[...] (C) Summary: Since the 8/02 inception of the ROYG's program to rehabilitate and release detainees, approximately 160 of the over 220 detainees who have participated in the Ulema run dialogues have been recommended for release. Of those, 43 detainees, none of whom were facing criminal charges [...]
2003-10-06 15:42:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPTER PREL YM COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA2463NEA A/S BURNS OCTOBER 4 MEETING WITH SALEH: CT
[...] (S/NF) Summary: In a 10/4 meeting with President Saleh, NEA A/S Burns welcomed U.S.-Yemeni CT cooperation and supported U.S. assistance for Yemen's security and development. Saleh briefed on expanding Saudi-Yemeni CT cooperation, which he characterized as better than ever before, despite (acc [...]
2003-10-08 06:46:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL PTER AMGT EAID PARM MCAP KPAL SA IZ YM ICC DPRK COUNTER TERRORISM ECON COM
03SANAA2464A/S BURNS IN YEMEN: MEPI AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS
[...] (u) Summary: During his October 3-4 visit to Yemen, Assistant Secretary Burns experienced first-hand how development programs complement and support Post's counter-terrorism goals. Meetings with President Saleh and FM Qirbi reported in septels. A/S Burns received comprehensive briefings fro [...]
2003-10-08 06:52:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KDEM SOCI YM MEPI DEMOCRATIC REFORM
03SANAA2470BLUE LANTERN LEVEL III: END USE CHECK ON
[...] Pol/Econ Officer and Commercial Specialist visited Mohamed Abdulrahman Kawkaban, the General Manager of Summer Tour and Travel located on Hadha Street, Sanaa. Kawkaban is also an owner and executive officer of the Kawkaban Modern Center, a separate company that brokered the procurement order [...]
2003-10-08 09:40:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDKOMC ETTC YE
03SANAA2474SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION ON BURNS'S VISIT TO YEMEN
[...] SUMMARY AND COMMENT: U.S. Assistant Secretary of State William Burns's visit to Yemen received wide and positive coverage in the Yemeni media in general. Without commenting on the visit, some papers published straight coverage of his meetings with President Saleh and with the Supreme Commissi [...]
2003-10-08 14:44:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR PTER KISL YM
03SANAA2476NEA A/S BURNS' 10/4/03 MEETING WITH FM QIRBI: CT
[...] (C) Summary: During a 10/4/03 call on FM Qirbi, NEA A/S Burns reviewed U.S.-Yemeni CT cooperation and focused on U.S. development assistance. Burns stressed the need for Yemen to pursue domestic reforms as the U.S. works to increase assistance, e.g. via MEPI and, if Yemen qualifies, the MCA. [...]
2003-10-10 08:25:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER AMGT EAID PARM MCAP SA YM IZ ICC COUNTER TERRORISM DEMOCRATIC REFORM ECON COM
03SANAA2487DEMARCHE OF YEMENI MFA OFFICIAL ON PSI BACKGROUND
[...] (c) On October 12, Pol/Econ Chief met with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of the Americas Office Abdulsalem Qassim al-Awadhi to re-deliver and discuss the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Statement of Interdiction Principles (refs a and b) and to review the questions and answers [...]
2003-10-13 11:16:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALMNUC PARM PREL PHSA PBTS EAIR EWWT KNNP DEMARCHE
03SANAA2496SANAA AMERICAN CORNER PROJECT PROPOSAL
[...] Post requests funding to establish American Corner partnerships with six public institutions in Yemen. Institutions include Dhamar University, Hodeidah University, Sana'a University, Aden University, Taiz University and the Sana'a Public Library. John Balian, PAO, is the designated point of [...]
2003-10-14 12:26:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL YM KSEP OEXC
03SANAA253INITIAL YEMENI MEDIA REACTION TO SECRETARY
[...] No summary [...]
2003-02-06 13:31:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR PTER KISL YM
03SANAA2534AUGUST 29, 2003, SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE
[...] (S/NF) Demonstrations A. Are there any ethnic or religious communities in country that are capable of carrying out significant anti-American demonstrations? Yes, Muslim Yemeni pro-Palestinian/pro-Iraqi/anti-American demonstrators. B. Have there been anti-American demonstrations in t [...]
2003-10-22 04:52:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNASEC PTER COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA2536ROYG RECEIVES UN DEMARCHES
[...] No summary [...]
2003-10-22 06:40:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL IO YM DEMARCHE
03SANAA255YEMEN'S FM QIRBI ON SECRETARY POWELL'S UNSC IRAQ
[...] (C) Summary: Charge called on FM Qirbi to discuss the Secretary's UNSC speech and ongoing pouch issues (refs) on SIPDIS February 8. Qirbi's response to the speech was measured, noting that it contained circumstantial evidence and expressing hope that the evidence can be given to inspecto [...]
2003-02-08 13:17:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ADCO ADPM YM
03SANAA2550YEMEN-DPRK: SCUD REPAIRS, NO FUTURE MILITARY
[...] (C) Summary: Defense Minister Aliwa informed Ambassador on 10/20 that an August visit of North Korea's Deputy Minister of Industry had yielded agreement for DPRK experts to install replacement parts needed to restore defective SCUDs to operational status. In response to precise questioning by [...]
2003-10-22 13:59:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPTER PGOV PREL ADCO ADPM YM
03SANAA2552ROYG UPDATE ON DISRUPTION OF AL-QAIDA CELL
[...] (C) Summary: On 10/22 Foreign Minister Qirbi convened a joint meeting with Interior Minister Alimi with key Western Embassies to provide an update on the September disruption of an al-Qaida cell (refs). Alimi provided further information on ROYG's investigation into the cell's activities and [...]
2003-10-22 14:05:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNPTER ASEC PREL PGOV YM COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA2617PASSING SECRETARY POWELL'S LETTER ON ARTICLE 98
[...] (C) On October 25, I met one-on-one with Foreign Minister Qirbi and passed a signed copy of the Secretary's letter urging quick conclusion of an Article 98 agreement (pouched original not yet received). I also gave Qirbi the exchange of diplomatic notes agreed with Egypt redacted to eliminate [...]
2003-10-26 12:56:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL YM KICC
03SANAA2618POSSIBLE ARMS SMUGGLING FROM YEMEN TO SOMALIA
[...] (c) Summary/Comment: During his mid-September 2003 visit to Yemen, Dr. John Tambi, from United Nation's Panel of Experts on Somalia (UNPES) stated that UNPES was looking into the possible use of Yemeni airports to smuggle weapons from Yemen to Somalia. Given the prevalence of arms dealing in [...]
2003-10-26 13:30:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPTER MARR PREL SU YM EH UN COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA263ROYG INITIATIVE TO ESTABLISH A CODE OF CONDUCT TO
[...] (C) Summary: President Saleh this week proposed an initiative between the political parties to establish a Code of Conduct to ensure peaceful and fair elections. In a controversial move, Saleh appointed Sheikh Zindani, leader of the extremist wing of the Islah party, to the multi-party com [...]
2003-02-09 13:45:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER KDEM KISL YM DEMOCRATIC REFORM DOMESTIC POLITICS
03SANAA2681 ROYG JUSTICE MINISTER ON BAHRAIN CONFERENCE;
[...] (U) Ambassador accompanied by Pol/Econ Deputy (notetaker) called on Minister of Justice Adnan al-Jafri to discuss the September Arab Judicial Forum conference and progress in reforming the Yemeni justice system on November 5. After detailing serious problems with the rule of law in Yemen, t [...]
2003-11-09 14:21:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KJUS PGOV YM DEMOCRATIC REFORM
03SANAA2691 YEMEN PREPARING EXCHANGE OF NOTES ON ARTICLE 98
[...] (C) On November 10, Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Qirbi to discuss the status of internal ROYG discussions on the U.S.-Yemen Article 98 agreement. Also present were the DCM and Pol/Econ Chief, as notetaker. Ambassador Hull said that Article 98 was raised with President Saleh during bot [...]
2003-11-10 12:23:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL YM KICC
03SANAA2700FBI DIRECTOR'S 11/5/03 MEETING WITH YEMENI
[...] (S/NF) Summary: On 5 November 2003, FBI Director Mueller, accompanied by Ambassador, met with ROYG President Saleh in Sanaa. The Director pressed Saleh on the urgent need to arrest al-Qa'ida members at large in Yemen; expressed concerns over the ROYG's release of arrestees who may be assoc [...]
2003-11-12 13:21:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNPTER PREL IZ YM COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA2701AMBASSADOR'S 11/8/03 CT COORDINATION MEETING WITH
[...] (C) Summary: On 8 November 2003, the Ambassador was called to a meeting with Minister of the Interior, Dr. Rashad al-Alimi, and the Director of the Political Security Organization, BG Ghalib al-Qamish, to discuss current levels of cooperation on the counter-terrorism front. The Ambassador pr [...]
2003-11-12 13:21:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNPTER PREL IR YM COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA2711SANAA EAC MEETING - NOVEMBER 15, 2003
[...] (S) Begin Summary: The Charge convened an EAC meeting on November 15 to consider the impending extradition of Sheikh al-Moayad from Germany to the United States. While the Embassy has seen no evidence of anti-US demonstrations or political activity in anticipation of the transfer, the EAC de [...]
2003-11-15 14:10:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNASEC AMGT PREL PTER EAC
03SANAA2730MEDIA REACTION ON PRESIDENT BUSH'S REMAKRS AT THE
[...] SUMMARY: U.S. President George W. Bush's remarks at the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) on November 6th have been mentioned in government, opposition and independent papers. The opposition and independent papers, some of which are anti-American, published excerpts of the speech. Most [...]
2003-11-18 09:03:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR PHUM PTER KISL YM DEMOCRATIC REFORM
03SANAA2741SANAA EAC MEETING - NOVEMBER 18, 2003
[...] (S) Begin Summary: Charge convened an EAC meeting on 18 November to consider further the repercussions of the 17 November 2003 extradition of Sheikh al-Moayad from Germany to the United States, and any appropriate embassy response. The Embassy has not seen, nor is there visible cause to expec [...]
2003-11-18 14:38:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNASEC AMGT PREL PTER EAC
03SANAA2742FM QIRBI ON MOAYED EXTRADITION
[...] (C) On November 18, FM Qirbi called in Charge to discuss the 11/16 Moayed extradition and several other subjects (septels). Pol/Econ Deputy (notetaker) also joined. 2. (C) Qirbi was low-key, stating that the ROYG wished to protect Moayed's rights as a Yemeni citizen. He expressed the hope [...]
2003-11-18 16:54:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL ASEC YM COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA2743DETAINEE RELEASES AND CT COOPERATION: QIRBI CALLS
[...] (C) Summary: FM Qirbi called in Charge 11/18 to discuss Yemen,s 11/17 announcement of detainee releases and other subjects (septels). Charge voiced U.S. concern over the ROYG decision to disregard repeated U.S. requests for consultation prior to any releases. Qirbi called for dialogue, parti [...]
2003-11-18 19:01:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL YM COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA2753INTERIOR MINISTER ALIMI: NO DETAINEES RELEASED
[...] (C) Summary: Charge called on Interior Minister Alimi 11/19 to express concern over Yemen's reported release of 92 security detainees (refs). Alimi said that U.S. concerns had not been ignored, because no/no detainees had yet been released. None slated for release had committed acts of viole [...]
2003-11-19 20:46:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPTER PREL YM COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA2754INVITATION FOR USG PARTICIPATION IN JANUARY 2004
[...] (C) Summary/Comment: In an 11/18 meeting with Charge, FM Qirbi delivered a verbal invitation for &high-level8 USG participation in an international conference to take place in Yemen 10-12 January 2004. Shura Council Member Mohamed al-Tayeb, who will head ROYG preparations, provided background [...]
2003-11-21 07:57:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PTER PREL EU YM ICC HUMAN RIGHTS DEMOCRATIC REFORM
03SANAA2763MEDIA REACTION ON AL-MOAYAD'S EXTRADITION FROM
[...] SUMMARY: The Extradition of Mohammed Al-Hasan al-Moayad and his aide Mohammed Zayed from Germany to the United States on November 17th to face charges of conspiring to provide material support to the al-Qaeda and Hamas terrorist groups have been mentioned in government, opposition and indepe [...]
2003-11-22 13:29:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR PHUM PTER KISL YM COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA2767CHARGE'S NOVEMBER 22 MEETING WITH FM QIRBI:
[...] (C) Summary: During Charge,s 11/22 call on FM Qirbi, there was discussion of: Article 98 negotiations (in &final stages8); CT Cooperation/Detainees (Embassy to maintain steady dialogue with Interior Minister and PSO Chief); and the al-Moayed Extradition (relatives may seek visas to visit defen [...]
2003-11-22 18:31:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL ASEC PGOV YM KICC COUNTER TERRORISM DEMARCHE
03SANAA2769DEMARCHE TO YEMENI FM QIRBI ON DPRK MILITARY
[...] (S) On November 22, Charge, accompanied by Pol/Econ Chief, called on FM Qirbi to deliver ref a demarche, which Charge noted was a follow-up to discussions with President Saleh by both U/S Bolton and NEA A/S Burns (ref c),as well as Ambassador's meeting with Defense Minister Aliwa (ref b). Oth [...]
2003-11-23 09:38:00Embassy SanaaSECRETMCAP PARM PREL YM KN DEMARCHE
03SANAA2770ORAL MESSAGE FROM THE SECRETARY ON IRAQI POLITICAL
[...] (C) On November 22, Charge, accompanied by Pol/Econ Chief, called on FM Qirbi to deliver ref b oral message. Qirbi said he was "very encouraged" by the U.S. statements on Iraq, and that he viewed the program for transition as a "preliminary roadmap" that he hoped would gain momentum and shift [...]
2003-11-23 09:39:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL IZ YM UN
03SANAA2784USAID NATSIOS EXPLAINS MCA TO PRESIDENT SALEH
[...] (c) Summary: On November 3 USAID Administrator Natsios presented Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) criteria to President Saleh, and said Yemen could qualify if Yemen improved in the "Governing Justly" category. While initially questioning the need for Yemen to make progress on such issues as [...]
2003-11-29 14:47:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON PREL YM DEMOCRATIC REFORM COM
03SANAA2795YEMEN SCENESETTER FOR COMMERCE ASSISTANT SECRETARY
[...] (sbu) Embassy Sanaa warmly welcomes you and your team to Sanaa, Yemen, December 7-8. You will be the first visitor from the Department of Commerce since Deputy Assistant Secretary Molly Williamson in May 2001. Your visit will SIPDIS afford an opportunity for follow-on talks with the Yemeni [...]
2003-11-30 11:22:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON YM IMF COM
03SANAA2800UN COMMITTEE ON ARMS SMUGGLING TO SOMALIA; YEMEN'S
[...] (c) Summary: The UN Committee of Experts presented highlights of its "Report of the Panel of Experts on Somalia pursuant to SCR 1474" (2003) to members of the Diplomatic Corps in Yemen on November 16. A number of Ambassadors or Deputy Chiefs of Mission from western countries, including the [...]
2003-12-01 04:25:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPTER MARR PREL YM UN COUNTER TERRORISM MARITIME SECURITY
03SANAA2809ROYG RESPONSE ON US CANDIDATES FOR CERD AND
[...] The following is the translated text of dipnote 10/214/18, dated November 16, 2003, from the ROYG indicating its support of the U.S. candidates for the UN Committees Against Torture and the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD). 2. Begin text: Republic of Yemen Mini [...]
2003-12-02 05:07:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL YM IO HUMAN RIGHTS
03SANAA2834SANAA MEPI POINT OF CONTACT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-12-06 04:48:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDKMPI EAID ECON PREL YM
03SANAA2839FURTHER DETAILS ON YEMEN-EU DEMOCRACY/HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (C) Summary: DCM and Pol/Econ Deputy received updated information on the Sana'a Inter-Governmental Conference on Democracy, Human Rights and the role of the International Criminal Court to be held in January (reftels) from No Peace Without Justice (NPWJ) representative Niccolo Figa-Talamanca [...]
2003-12-06 13:56:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPHUM KDEM PREL PGOV YM KICC HUMAN RIGHTS DEMOCRATIC REFORM
03SANAA2842YEMEN APPEALS COURT APPROVES DEATH SENTENCE FOR
[...] (u) On December 1, a three-judge panel affirmed the death sentence of Abed Abdulrazak al-Kamel, who was convicted in May 2003 of the December 30, 2002 murders of 3 U.S. citizens at Jibla hospital (ref b). Lawyers for Kamel said he will appeal the decision to the Yemen Supreme Court. Court of [...]
2003-12-07 11:38:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PREL PGOV CASC ASEC YM COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA2848HUMAN RIGHTS MINISTER ON MINISTRY DEVELOPMENTS,
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: Pol/Econ Deputy met with Minister of Human Rights Amat al-Alim al-Suswa December 1 to discuss the ROYG's input for the 2003 Human Rights Report, her winning the fight to maintain ministry responsibilities for human rights through effective by-laws and her trip to Wash [...]
2003-12-07 13:33:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV YM HUMAN RIGHTS
03SANAA2890HUMAN RIGHTS MINISTER'S INCIDENT AT FRANKFURT
[...] (U) Please see action request in paragraph 5. 2. (C) Ambassador and Pol/Econ Deputy called on Minister of Human Rights Amat al-Alim al-Suswa December 9 to ascertain what happened at Frankfurt Airport that caused her to turn back and cancel her trip to Washington for the National Democra [...]
2003-12-09 15:44:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM YM HUMAN RIGHTS
03SANAA2908SANAA EAC MEETING - 9 DECEMBER 2003
[...] (S/NF) Summary: The DCM convened an EAC meeting on December 9, 2003, to review security conditions for Embassy personnel and the general American community in light of a recent news article reporting that Yemeni al-Qaeda has threatened attacks in the next 48 hours. The EAC commenced with a [...]
2003-12-14 06:54:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNASEC AMGT PREL PTER YM EAC
03SANAA2917YEMEN: MEPI FY 2003 FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS
[...] (u) Post warmly welcomes the MEPI FY 03 funding recommendations (ref a) and is pleased that Yemen is strongly represented across the pillars. At the same time, Post would appreciate being considered for the following programs: Economic Pillar: Post requests that Yemen be considered for Smal [...]
2003-12-14 11:02:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDKMPI KPAO EAID ECON PREL YM DEMOCRATIC REFORM COM
03SANAA2920REACTION IN YEMEN TO SADDAM'S CAPTURE
[...] (C) Saddam's capture dominated discussion at UAE National Day December 14 with numerous Yemenis seeking Ambassador out to congratulate him. Saddam's surrender without a fight surprised many. Shura Council member Mohammed Tayeb told Ambassador in confidence that President Saleh had reacted an [...]
2003-12-15 07:46:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL IZ YM
03SANAA2953URGENT DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO YEMEN: CHALLENGE TO
[...] (c) Pol/Econ Chief met with Ambassador Abdul-Malik Abdul-Ghani Saleh, new Chief of the Americas Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),to deliver the reftel points on December 15, 2003. When Pol/Econ Chief emphasized the time-sensitive nature of the request, Abdul-Ghani Saleh pr [...]
2003-12-16 07:54:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALKPAL PREL YM UNGA DEMARCHE
03SANAA2979YEMEN: 2003 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] Embassy Sana'a responses to instructions for the "Patterns on Global Terrorism" report are keyed to lettered paragraphs in State 301352. 2. Post responses: A) SIGNIFICANT ACTIONS TAKEN BY HOST GOVERNMENTS TO SUPPORT THE GLOBAL COALITION AGAINST TERRORISM, PARTICULARLY LAW ENFORCEMENT A [...]
2003-12-21 07:33:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER YM COUNTER TERRORISM TERFIN
03SANAA2993SANAA EAC MEETING - 20 DECEMBER 2003
[...] (s) Summary: On December 20 Ambassador convened an EAC meeting to discuss Post response to recent security incidents involving Westerners. Post has confirmed that three Western males were stabbed in or near the Old City on December 15-17. After reviewing security procedures, the Embassy iss [...]
2003-12-21 13:28:00Embassy SanaaSECRETASEC AMGT PREL PTER YM EAC
03SANAA3002YEMEN 2003-2004 INSCR REPORT
[...] (SBU) EMBASSY SANAA SUBMITS ITS UPDATE FOR THE 2003-2004 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT (INCSR) AT PARA TWO. COMMENT: WHILE THE ROYG MUST IMPROVE ITS ENFORCEMENT OF FINANCIAL CRIMES, THE PASSAGE OF ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING LEGISLATION REPRESENTS A SIGNIFICANT STEP FORWARD IN ME [...]
2003-12-22 12:04:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN PTER SNAR KCRM KSEP YM TERFIN
03SANAA3008UPDATE ON ROYG HR MINISTER'S INCIDENT AT FRANKFURT
[...] (C) As part of Post's investigation into security procedures at Frankfurt Airport affecting official ROYG travelers, DCM met with United Airlines officials on December 18 to explore the incident. Background: When transferring to United Airlines in Frankfurt, the Minister of Human Rights wa [...]
2003-12-23 11:00:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM YM
03SANAA3009PM SENIOR ADVISOR BODINE'S 12/17 MEETING WITH
[...] (S/NF) Summary: In an extended 12/17 meeting with President Saleh, PM Senior Advisor Bodine welcomed U.S.-Yemeni CT cooperation and, along with the Ambassador, requested greater access for U.S. interrogation teams. Supporting U.S. assistance for Yemen's security and development, Ambassador Bod [...]
2003-12-23 11:12:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER PARM PGOV KDEM YM COUNTER TERRORISM TERFIN DOMESTIC POLITICS
03SANAA3010PM SENIOR ADVISOR BODINE'S 12/18 MEETING WITH FM
[...] (C) Summary: During a 12/18/03 call on Foreign Minister Qirbi, PM Senior Advisor Bodine and Qirbi exchanged signed diplomatic notes to complete an Article 98 agreement, (ROYG has asked that this not/not be publicized, however.) Without setting a precise date, Qirbi responded positively to the [...]
2003-12-23 11:21:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL ASEC PGOV PARM KDEM YM KICC COUNTER TERRORISM MARITIME SECURITY ECON COM
03SANAA3014SANAA EAC MEETING - 23 DECEMBER 2003
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Ambassador convened an EAC on December 23 to discuss the change to Orange Alert and an update on recent stabbings of Westerners in Old Sanaa (ref). EAC agreed that while none of the threat information causing the change to Orange Alert pointed specifically to Yemen, Embassy [...]
2003-12-23 12:27:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNAMGT PREL PTER YM SEC EAC
03SANAA3016MEDIA REACTION ON THE VISIT OF PHIL REEKER, STATE
[...] SUMMARY: U.S. State Department Deputy Spokesman Phil Reeker visited Yemen during December 8-11. He held an open meeting with the press in Sana'a December 9th attended by journalists and correspondents of local newspapers, international news agencies and Arab TV channels including Al-Arabiya [...]
2003-12-23 12:30:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR PHUM PTER KISL YM
03SANAA309SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT SHEIKH AL AHMAR TALKS
[...] (C) Summary: Within the scope of ongoing post meetings with senior political figures in the run-up to the April parliamentary elections, the Ambassador called on Speaker of Parliament (and leader of the Islamist-oriented Islah Party) Sheikh Abdullah Hussein al-Ahmar at his home on January 30 [...]
2003-02-14 21:15:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM YM DOMESTIC POLITICS DEMOCRATIC REFORM
03SANAA31SANAA EAC MEETING - 4 JANUARY 2003
[...] (S/NF) Begin summary: The Ambassador convened an EAC meeting on January 4, 2003, to assess recent threat information that emerged from the investigation of the Dec. 30 Jibla Hospital shooting (see reftel) and adopt measures to enhance security for Yemen-based American citizens. Key offices [...]
2003-01-06 04:16:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNASEC AMGT PREL PTER YM EAC
03SANAA312SANAA EAC MEETING - 09 FEBRUARY 2003
[...] (S/NF) Begin summary: The Charge convened an EAC meeting on February 9 to assess recent threat information and discuss security-related issues, including alleged terrorist food poisoning, enhanced personal security awareness and obstacles to Chem/Bio training. Also mentioned was EAP readines [...]
2003-02-15 03:51:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNASEC AMGT PREL PTER EAC COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA329FINAL REPORT: DEMOCRACY SMALL GRANT FOR THE WOMEN'S
[...] (U) Summary: The Women's Integration in Development Association (WIDA) conducted five workshops on "Democracy and Human Rights Integration in Local Councils" in five Governorates, Al-Baida, Taiz, Mahweet, Lahaj and Sanaa in accordance with the terms of their democracy small grant. Project's op [...]
2003-02-19 07:39:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM KPAO AFIN KWMN PHUM YM DEMOCRATIC REFORM HUMAN RIGHTS
03SANAA331FINAL REPORT: DEMOCRACY SMALL GRANT FOR THE CIVIC
[...] (U) Summary : The Civic Democratic Initiatives Foundation (CDF) conducted the "Democratic Initiatives Enhancement Program: Voter Registration Education Project". It was a media project campaign aimed to inform the people that their old voter registration cards were no longer valid and encourag [...]
2003-02-19 07:40:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM KPAO AFIN KWMN PHUM YM DEMOCRATIC REFORM
03SANAA338YEMENI FOREIGN MINISTER ON IRAQ AND THE ARAB
[...] (C) Summary: The Iraq situation and the recent Arab League ministerial were discussed when the Ambassador called on Foreign Minister Qirbi on February 18. Notably, according to Qirbi the Yemenis and other Arab countries did not buy into the French proposals on inspections, despite their ap [...]
2003-02-19 09:58:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM IZ AL YM
03SANAA339YEMENI FM AND AMBASSADOR DISCUSS USG ASSISTANCE,
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador briefed the Foreign Minister on his recent Washington consultations at a meeting on February 18. He detailed current and potential USG assistance in several areas and brought up the pouch issue for closure. FM Qirbi expressed appreciation for continued U.S.-Yem [...]
2003-02-19 09:58:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL ADCO ADPM YM ECON COM
03SANAA359MANPADS NEA BILATERAL PLANS: YEMEN
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Yemen has taken significant steps to restrict the number of Man Portable Air Defense Systems (MANPADS) available to civilians. The ROYG has invested an estimated $30 million in a weapons buy-back program designed to remove MANPADS, RPGs, and other weapons from the civilian [...]
2003-02-24 07:37:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPTER PREL PARM ETTC YM COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA37YEMEN FOREIGN MINISTER ON COUNTER-TERRORISM,
[...] (S) Summary: The Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Qirby on January 5 at the MFA to follow-up on the SCUDS and pouch issues and to discuss counter-terrorism cooperation and upcoming USG programs. Also present were MFA advisor al-Iryani, A/DCM and A/PolEcon Chief (notetaker). 2. (S) [...]
2003-01-06 14:35:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPTER PGOV PREL ADCO ADPM YM COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA371SANAA EAC MEETING - 23 FEBRUARY 2003
[...] (S/NF) Begin summary: The Ambassador convened an EAC meeting on February 23 to assess recent threat information and discuss security-related issues. Also mentioned was EAP readiness and the need to prepare for a future conflict in Iraq. Key offices and personnel represented at the meeting [...]
2003-02-26 03:59:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNASEC AMGT PREL PTER AADP CASC EAC COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA3742002 HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT FOR YEMEN MUST BE CREDIBLE
[...] (C) Summary: The Human Rights Report is a vital tool in Post's efforts to improve human rights in Yemen, and its credibility is central to that effort. The draft 2002 Human Rights Report for Yemen is in danger of a damaging lack of credibility unless the report reflects the facts more accu [...]
2003-02-26 13:17:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPHUM YM HUMAN RIGHTS
03SANAA380IRAQ: EVOLVING YEMENI ATTITUDES TOWARD A POSSIBLE
[...] (C) Summary: ROYG policy and Yemeni street opinion publicly oppose a war in Iraq, but the underlying reality is more nuanced. The public line articulated by Saleh and senior officials strongly denounces war and advocates concerted Arab action to prevent it, but includes no/no expression of [...]
2003-02-27 14:51:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL IZ YM UN
03SANAA398SANAA EAC MEETING -- 2 MARCH 2003
[...] (S/NF) Begin Summary: The Ambassador convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting on March 2 to assess threat information and discuss contingency planning for a possible conflict with Iraq and other security-related matters. Key offices and personnel represented at the meeting incl [...]
2003-03-03 15:43:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNASEC AMGT PREL PTER AADP CASC YM EAC
03SANAA415GUN CONTROL LEGISLATION REACHES PARLIAMENT
[...] (U) Summary: After years of internal debate, amendments to Yemen's 1992 gun control law have received Cabinet approval and been referred to Parliament for final passage. However, the absence of official comment of late may signal their relegation to the bottom of the pile. Prospects for ad [...]
2003-03-05 07:43:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PREL YM COUNTER TERRORISM DOMESTIC POLITICS
03SANAA432TERRORIST FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF THREE CHECHEN
[...] No summary [...]
2003-03-06 09:24:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS KSEP KVPR YM DEMARCHE TERFIN
03SANAA442TERRORISM FINANCE: REQUEST FOR POST VIEWS ON
[...] (S/NF) Reftel's proposed designation, under E.O. 13224, of the Al-Aqsa Foundation branch in Yemen involves important U.S. interests in the global war on terrorism and potentially as well US-Yemeni cooperation in that war. From vantage of Embassy Sanaa, our highest priorities at the moment ar [...]
2003-03-06 12:17:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNKVPR CVIS ETTC EFIN PTER PREL YM TERFIN
03SANAA444IRAQ: YEMENI ATTITUDES REMAIN OPPOSED TO WAR;
[...] (C) Summary: ROYG public and private statements continue voicing opposition to a possible war in Iraq (reftel). The government staged peaceful demonstrations coinciding with the Arab Summit. Some American contacts are reporting an increased sense of animosity from random Yemenis on the st [...]
2003-03-06 13:37:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL IZ YM UN
03SANAA446CWC QUESTIONNAIRES DELIVERED
[...] (U) This is an action request - see paragraph 5. 2. (C) Summary: On March 3 Pol/EconOff delivered reftel demarche to MFA Legal Affairs Director Mulhi. Mulhi believes the questionnaires will be submitted in time for the CWC Review Conference, but requested that future texts be translat [...]
2003-03-06 14:34:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL ABUD YM DEMARCHE
03SANAA476DEPSECDEF WOLFOWITZ LETTER TO PRESIDENT SALEH
[...] No summary [...]
2003-03-11 13:21:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL MARR ER YM
03SANAA481PUBLIC DIPLOMACY ON IRAQ: YEMENI IDEAS
[...] (SBU) I spent two days this week in Aden publicizing U.S. development and security projects to remind the Yemeni government and public of their stake in our bilateral relationship as we move toward conflict in Iraq. One of my more interesting encounters was with the editors of Al Ayyam newspa [...]
2003-03-12 07:54:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSCUL IZ YM
03SANAA482FM QIRBI ON THE ARREST OF SHEIKH MOAYED
[...] (C) Summary: On Monday 3/10 DCM provided Foreign Minister al-Qirbi with a redacted copy of the U.S. complaint against Sheikh al-Moayed and a non-paper highlighting the most compelling arguments. Qirbi commented on "USG misconceptions" regarding Moayed's involvement with Hamas and his finan [...]
2003-03-12 13:38:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL ASEC PGOV KJUS YM TERFIN
03SANAA489SANAA EAC MEETING MARCH 12
[...] (S/NF) Begin Summary: The Ambassador convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting on March 12 to assess threat information and discuss ongoing security measures, contingency planning for a possible conflict with Iraq and other security-related matters. Key offices and personnel rep [...]
2003-03-13 13:58:00Embassy SanaaSECRETASEC AMGT PREL PTER AADP CASC YM EAC
03SANAA491AMBASSADOR VISITS ADEN
[...] (U) Summary: Ambassador visited Aden, the financial capital of Yemen, March 9 to 10 to check on several U.S. government sponsored projects and to carry the public diplomacy message that, Yemeni interests are well served by a strong relationship with the U.S. regardless of Iraq. Locally base [...]
2003-03-13 14:57:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL PGOV YM
03SANAA492AMBASSADOR HULL'S INTERVIEW WITH AL-AYYAM
[...] No summary [...]
2003-03-13 15:05:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL PREL PGOV IZ YM
03SANAA503TERRORIST FINANCE: NEXT STEPS REGARDING SABAA BANK
[...] (S/NF) Embassy Sanaa has now reviewed the targeting report noted in para three/reftel. While the report cited several disturbing examples that may implicate Saba Islamic Bank (SIB) in supporting terrorist financing, the report also stated that the USG had information only on a few specific [...]
2003-03-17 11:42:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNCVIS ETTC EFIN PTER PREL KVPR YM TERFIN
03SANAA511YEMEN: FOUR HUNT OIL EMPLOYEES SHOT, THREE FATALLY
[...] (C) Four Hunt Oil employees working at a Hunt rig in Marib were shot by a Yemeni employee shortly before 1215 hours local March 18. Ron Horsch, an American citizen, was killed, as was William Seville, a Canadian, and Anam Al-Qubati, a Yemeni. Another Canadian, Mark Edwards, has two gunshot [...]
2003-03-18 11:00:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC CASC YM
03SANAA516SANAA EAC MEETING MARCH 18; UPDATE ON MARIB
[...] (S/NF) Begin Summary: The Ambassador convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting on March 18 to assess threat information in light of the shooting incident at the Hunt Oil facility in Marib (ref a) and the Iraq contingency. An uncorroborated source from an accounting firm that wor [...]
2003-03-18 17:51:00Embassy SanaaSECRETASEC AMGT PREL PTER AADP CASC YM EAC COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA518ISLAH PARTY MODERATE ON AL-MOAYED
[...] (C) Summary: An Islah party leader entertained the possibility of al-Moayed's guilt after hearing evidence from the U.S. complaint. P/E DepChief met with Islah party political director Mohamed Qahtan on March 17 and discussed the case of Sheikh Mohammed Ali al-Moayed, who is an Islah party [...]
2003-03-19 14:20:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV KJUS ASEC GM YM TERFIN
03SANAA519ISLAH PARTY MODERATE WARNS ABOUT DEMONSTRATIONS;
[...] (C) Summary: Islah party political director Mohamed Qahtan expressed concern that an onset of war in Iraq would endanger Americans in Sanaa because increased demonstrations may spiral out of the government's control. P/E DepChief met with him on March 17 at his request. Qahtan, a well-know [...]
2003-03-19 14:28:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL YM DOMESTIC POLITICS
03SANAA520YEMEN: HUNT OIL SHOOTINGS - MARCH 19 UPDATE
[...] (C) Following the March 18 shooting in Marib of four Hunt Oil employees (reftel),our consular section has been in touch with the family of deceased Amcit Ron Horsch in the U.S. and is assisting in arrangements for shipment of remains from Yemen tonight via Frankfurt. Mark Edwards, the Canadia [...]
2003-03-19 15:31:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC CASC YM
03SANAA521(TFI201) SANAA EAC MEETING MARCH 19
[...] (S/NF) Begin Summary: The Ambassador convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting on March 19 to assess threat information in light of further information on the shooting incident at the Hunt Oil facility in Marib (refs a, b and septel) and the Iraq contingency. Because the investi [...]
2003-03-19 15:52:00Embassy SanaaSECRETASEC AMGT PREL PTER AADP CASC YM EAC COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA567SANAA EAC MEETING MARCH 20 2003
[...] (S/NF) Begin Summary: The Ambassador convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting on March 20 to assess threat information in light of developments with the Iraq contingency and further information on the shooting incident at the Hunt Oil facility in Marib (refs a, b and septel). E [...]
2003-03-20 14:56:00Embassy SanaaSECRETASEC AMGT PREL PTER CASC YM EAC COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA571YEMEN: HUNT OIL SHOOTINGS - MARCH 21 UPDATE
[...] (C) The U.S. investigative team from Embassy Sanaa is continuing to collect evidence regarding the March 18 shootings of Hunt Oil employees in Marib (reftel and previous). Security circumstances permitting, the team is planning an additional visit to Marib in the near future to collect addi [...]
2003-03-21 11:55:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC CASC YM
03SANAA573TFIZ01: SANAA SITREP ON VIOLENT ANTI-WAR
[...] (S/NF) Begin Summary: A violent demonstration that left several demonstrators dead and injured near the Embassy has dissipated and is over as of 1800 local time. Embassy reacted the Marine Security Guard and other measures in response and informed the Embassy and American community of the [...]
2003-03-21 14:49:00Embassy SanaaSECRETASEC AMGT PREL PTER CASC YM EAC COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA574TFIZ01: SANAA EAC MEETINGS MARCH 21
[...] (S/NF) Begin Summary: The Ambassador convened two Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meetings on March 21. At 1400, EAC met to assess threat information in light of developments with the Iraq contingency and a developing demonstration. At 1830, EAC met to discuss Embassy response to the vio [...]
2003-03-21 18:53:00Embassy SanaaSECRETASEC AMGT PTER PREL CASC YM EAC COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA576TF1Z01: SANAA VIOLENT DEMONSTRATION 3/21
[...] (S/NF) Begin Summary: As of 1500 local March 22, no demonstrations are occurring in Sanaa after the violent 3/21 demonstration caused numerous deaths and injuries of civilians and police (reftels). Security has been further augmented around the Embassy, with the addition of more Yemeni secu [...]
2003-03-22 14:20:00Embassy SanaaSECRETASEC AMGT PREL PTER CASC YM EAC COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA579TF1Z01: SANAA EAC MARCH 23
[...] (S/NF) The Ambassador convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) March 23 to discuss current threat information, enhanced security measures and Embassy security posture. EAC decided to move from StandFast to MoveSafe effective 3/23 at the close of business. Key offices and personnel repr [...]
2003-03-23 13:45:00Embassy SanaaSECRETASEC AMGT PREL PTER CASC YM EAC COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA583URGENT DEMARCHE IN ADVANCE OF MARCH 24 ARAB LEAGUE
[...] No summary [...]
2003-03-24 15:28:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IZ YM DEMARCHE
03SANAA584CLOSURE OF IRAQI MISSIONS
[...] (S/NF) DCM delivered reftel demarches to Chief of the Americas Office Abdul-Salam Q. Al-Awadi on 3/24. Awadi said he would convey the U.S. message to FM Qirbi, but offered his own "opinion" of the ROYG position. He said that it would be very difficult for Yemen to act against Iraq because o [...]
2003-03-24 15:41:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL PGOV IZ YM DEMARCHE
03SANAA585TFIZ01: YEMEN ANTSY OVER IRAQI CRITICISM
[...] (C) An interpreter for President Salih, Mohamed Sudam, phoned Ambassador March 23 to underline that the Yemeni government is taking criticism over its stance on the war against Iraq. Sudam cited March 23 remarks of Iraqi VP Taha Ramadan, and an editiorial by Al-Quds Al-Arabi's editor-in-chie [...]
2003-03-24 15:45:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL YM IZ
03SANAA588ROYG APPROACHED TO FREEZE IRAQI ASSETS
[...] No summary [...]
2003-03-25 08:26:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ETTC PREL YM
03SANAA591ROYG BRIEFED ON LEGAL AUTHORITY FOR USE OF FORCE
[...] No summary [...]
2003-03-25 10:54:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL IZ YM UNSC
03SANAA592PMAT: MIDDLE EAST NOTICE TO MARINERS (NOTMAR) AND
[...] No summary [...]
2003-03-25 10:56:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL MOPS MARR EWWT PHSA EAIR YM MARITIME SECURITY
03SANAA593TF1Z01: SHIFT IN YEMEN MEDIA COVERAGE AND RISING
[...] (C) Summary: Yemen media coverage of Operation Iraq Freedom and anti-war protests underwent a noticeable shift in tone from low-key for several days to more sensationalist since March 23. Initially, it appears that the ROYG attempted to down-play media coverage to minimize public outrage. H [...]
2003-03-25 10:59:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALASEC AMGT PREL PTER CASC YM DOMESTIC POLITICS
03SANAA595YEMEN'S ECONOMY AS SEEN BY WORLD BANK ECONOMISTS
[...] Sensitive But Unclassified, please protect. 2. (SBU) Summary: Two World Bank economists in Sanaa are complimentary about the ROYG's fiscal policy and commitment to reforms. In a March 17 discussion with Emboffs, the bank economists gave positive assessments of Yemeni fiscal discipline, cur [...]
2003-03-25 11:47:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDECON PGOV EAID PINR YM WTRO COM
03SANAA597TF1Z01: SANAA EAC MEETING MARCH 25
[...] (S/NF) The Ambassador convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) March 23 to discuss current threat information, security measures and Embassy security posture. No new threats were reported. EAC decided to move from MoveSafe to StandFast effective 3/27 at the close of business in anticipa [...]
2003-03-25 14:12:00Embassy SanaaSECRETASEC AMGT PREL PTER CASC YM EAC COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA602IRAQI SOURCE PROVIDES THREAT-RELATED INFORMATION
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: On March 26 Italian Ambassador to Yemen called on AMB Hull stating that he had information regarding an Iraqi plot to bomb the U.S. Embassy on March 27. Italians arranged for an alleged IIS operative responsible for the plot to come to Embassy Sanaa for interview by ORCA. S [...]
2003-03-27 04:43:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNASEC PTER CASC PREL YM COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA604TF1Z01: SANAA EAC MARCH 27
[...] (S/NF) Begin Summary: The Ambassador convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting on March 27 to assess Embassy posture in light of recent threat information (ref) and the possibility of uncontrolled demonstrations. Embassy went to StandFast posture on March 27 at the open of busine [...]
2003-03-27 14:46:00Embassy SanaaSECRETASEC AMGT PREL PTER CASC YM EAC COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA605FOLLOW-UP REGARDING HOST GOVERNMENT ACTION AGAINST
[...] (S/NF) Summary: On March 27 at 0145 local, Yemen's Political Security Organization (PSO) officers arrested three members of a terrorist cell and confiscated explosives per REFTELS. End Summary. 2. (S/NF) On the afternoon of 27 March 2003, the Ambassador called on PSO Chief Gamish to di [...]
2003-03-27 19:58:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNASEC PTER CASC PREL YM COUNTER TERRORISM EAC
03SANAA606TFIZ01: YEMEN - ROYG WALKING A TIGHTROPE
[...] (C) Summary: ROYG is determined to stay ahead of regional and Yemeni opinion and maintain its bilateral relations with the U.S. Yemeni leadership continues to oscillate between condemnation of the U.S. for the war in Iraq and its stated commitment to protect foreigners, particularly Americ [...]
2003-03-28 12:13:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL PGOV IZ YM DOMESTIC POLITICS
03SANAA607TFIZ01:SANAA FSNS: ANXIETY AND HINTS OF BACKLASH
[...] (C) Summary: Sanaa FSNs report heightened worry from friends and relatives about their working at U.S. Embassy. Several expressed concern that they may unwittingly be the means to an attack on US personnel or property, and some feel that they themselves may become targets because of their asso [...]
2003-03-28 12:18:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV YM DOMESTIC POLITICS
03SANAA608TF1Z01: SANAA EAC MEETING MARCH 28
[...] (S/NF) Begin Summary: The Ambassador convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting on March 28 at 1400 to assess Embassy posture in light of recent threat information (refs). No demonstrations occurred after Friday prayers. EAC recommended that Post request authorized departure sta [...]
2003-03-28 12:26:00Embassy SanaaSECRETASEC AMGT PREL PTER CASC YM EAC COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA611STATE-OWNED MEDIA'S PORTRAYAL OF THE WAR
[...] (C) Summary: Although the tone of the Yemeni State owned and operated media was subdued in the first few days of the war, it has become more strident with developments in the theater of war as well as in the wake of increasing protests in yemen and the Arab world. Nevertheless, state-controlled [...]
2003-03-29 11:29:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALKPAO KWWW PREL OPRC OIIP IZ
03SANAA621TF1Z01: SANAA EAC MEETING MARCH 30
[...] (S/NF) The Ambassador convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting on March 30 to assess Embassy security posture and threat information. Key offices and personnel represented at the meeting included: ADMIN, AMB, CONS, DCM, FPD, OMC, ORCA, PD, POL/ECON, RMO and SOC YEMEN. 2. (S/ [...]
2003-03-30 14:15:00Embassy SanaaSECRETASEC AMGT PREL PTER CASC YM EAC
03SANAA628YEMENI DEMARCHE ON MONEY CONVERSION PROBLEMS IN
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para 5. 2. (SBU) According to the Yemeni Foreign Ministry, the State Bank of India has, at USG request, adopted restrictions affecting the ability of the Yemeni Embassy in New Delhi to transfer funds abroad. Abdul Salaam Al-Awadhi, Director of the Two [...]
2003-03-31 12:44:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EFIN YM DEMARCHE
03SANAA646YEMEN'S ECONOMY: THINKING BEYOND OIL
[...] (C) Summary: A forthcoming World Bank sectoral analysis of fish, transportation, tourism and labor markets is a potential road map for donor projects and steps that the ROYG must take in order to diversify and strengthen Yemen's economy. The Diagnostic Trade Integration Study examines four po [...]
2003-04-02 13:50:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD ELAB YM COM
03SANAA657REPORTS OF AL-QAIDA ARRESTS IN YEMEN
[...] (U) Eleven persons with suspected links to the al-Qaida terror network, including two of the Yemeni government's most-wanted terror suspects, have been arrested in various parts of Yemen, according to an April 1 Associated Press report datelined Sanaa. Citing a Yemeni security official, AP r [...]
2003-04-03 14:42:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNPTER YM COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA671TF1Z01: SANAA EAC MEETING APRIL 6
[...] (S/NF) The Charge convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting on April 6 to assess threat information and discuss Sheraton security in light of concerns expressed by President Saleh April 5 (reftel). Key offices and personnel represented at the meeting included: ADMIN, Charge, CONS, [...]
2003-04-06 15:01:00Embassy SanaaSECRETASEC AMGT PREL PTER CASC YM EAC
03SANAA672YEMEN: CURBING VOLUNTEERS FOR IRAQ
[...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY: Yemeni volunteers are being discouraged by the ROYG from joining the Iraqis in fighting against the coalition, although some volunteers will probably continue to make their way to Baghdad from intermiediate stops in Damascus and Amman. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) The Yemeni g [...]
2003-04-07 08:18:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL SOCI YM IZ
03SANAA677ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING LAW SIGNED, ENFORCEMENT
[...] Summary: President Saleh signed the ROYG's anti-money laundering legislation into law on April 5. The law was written in consultation with the World Bank. While not specifically mentioning terrorism, the law criminalizes money laundering for the first time and requires banks to verify names of [...]
2003-04-07 13:54:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALEFIN KCRM PTER YM TERFIN ECON COM
03SANAA678PROMINENT OPPOSITION BUSINESSMAN'S VIEWS ON ROYG
[...] (C) Summary: A prominent businessman believes civil service reform is the most important change that the Yemeni government must make to stem corruption. According to Islah party member and leading banking figure Mahfoodh Salem Shammakh, attempts by the government, World Bank and other lending [...]
2003-04-07 13:55:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV EFIN PINR YM COM
03SANAA690YEMEN: ASSISTANCE FOR CIVIL DISORDER MANAGEMENT
[...] (SBU) I am requesting your support for Civil Disorder Management (CDM) training for Yemen. There are at least three salient considerations: -- Yemeni efforts against Al-Qa'ida elements, especially over the last eight months, have been sustained and increasingly successful. -- Despite Pre [...]
2003-04-09 08:00:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PTER YM
03SANAA694COALITION MILITARY OPERATIONS AND DIPLOMATIC
[...] No summary [...]
2003-04-09 12:46:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL PGOV MOPS YM
03SANAA695SANAA EAC MEETING: APRIL 9
[...] (S/NF) The Ambassador convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting on April 9 to assess threat information, the possibility of demonstrations this weekend, and Embassy security preparedness. Key offices and personnel represented at the meeting included: A/DCM, ADMIN, AMB, CONS, DAO, [...]
2003-04-09 14:27:00Embassy SanaaSECRETASEC AMGT PREL PTER CASC YM EAC
03SANAA706YEMEN'S ELECTION ADMINISTRATION TECHNICALLY SOUND
[...] (U) Summary: Technical preparations for the April 27 parliamentary elections are significantly better than past efforts by the ROYG, which should increase citizen confidence in the outcome of the elections. Improvements include a more credible voter registration, increased transparency, be [...]
2003-04-10 11:07:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM YM DEMOCRATIC REFORM
03SANAA767FM QIRBI ON THE DIPLOMATIC POUCH, EMBASSY
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador and Foreign Minister Abu Bakr al-Qirbi discussed problems plaguing the diplomatic pouch, outstanding vehicle exemption requests and the shortage of non-diplomatic "blue" license plates during an April 12 meeting on various subjects (septels). Ambassador criticized t [...]
2003-04-15 06:31:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL ADCO ADPM YM
03SANAA794TFIZ01: YEMENI MIXED REACTION TO IRAQ DEVELOPMENTS
[...] (C) Summary: The Yemeni government continues to manage its anti-war credentials and cooperation with the U.S. by playing both sides, although the fall of Baghdad has spurred efforts by the ROYG to move cooperation forward with the U.S. Citizen reaction to Saddam's regime collapse remains to [...]
2003-04-15 13:40:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM KPAO YM DOMESTIC POLITICS
03SANAA805TF1Z01: SANAA EAC MEETING APRIL 16
[...] (S/NF) Summary: The Ambassador convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting on April 16 to assess Embassy security posture and threat information. The EAC decided to return to normal operations on April 19, and to formally request the cancellation of authorized departure -- to incl [...]
2003-04-17 08:18:00Embassy SanaaSECRETASEC AMGT PREL PTER CASC YM EAC COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA818SETTING THE STAGE FOR YEMEN,S PARLIAMENTARY
[...] (U) Summary: The April 27 parliamentary elections should be the most competitive elections ever in Yemen. This third parliamentary election in Yemen's emerging democracy presents a challenge and an opportunity for Yemen to move forward. The potential for violence threatens to mar what obs [...]
2003-04-17 12:22:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM YM DEMOCRATIC REFORM DOMESTIC POLITICS
03SANAA819PRESS PLAYS ON EXAGGERATED ECONOMIC FEARS, ROYG
[...] (C) Summary: Grave economic consequences from the war in Iraq have been predicted in both official and unofficial Yemeni press. However, most of the articles have been based on conjecture and faulty math. In response, ROYG officials have been reinforcing positive economic news and developing [...]
2003-04-17 14:01:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD EPET YM COM
03SANAA857POSITIVE MEDIA REACTION TO AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO
[...] Summary. Ambassador visited Marib Governorate, located in the north of Yemen, from April 20-21. (Refer to Septel.) The trip focused on health, development and cultural issues in the region and provided the opportunity for Post to emphasize work being funded by the U.S. Government in Marib. I [...]
2003-04-23 06:42:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV SCUL YM
03SANAA86ROYG SEIZES OPPORTUNITY TO INCREASE YEMENI
[...] (S) Summary: Formerly on the defensive regarding counter-terrorism cooperation with the U.S., the ROYG has seized the initiative in the aftermath of the recent terror attacks to push forward on broad CT activity and put opposition parties on the defensive. Its public outreach and media cam [...]
2003-01-08 14:44:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL PTER PGOV YM COUNTER TERRORISM DOMESTIC POLITICS
03SANAA875STRONG ELECTION OBSERVATION EFFORT TO ASSESS
[...] Summary: Yemen's parliamentary election April 27 (refs and septel) will benefit from a well-organized election observation effort that will assess its outcome. Encouraged by the ROYG, political parties and NGOs, more than 30,000 international and domestic observers will deploy on election d [...]
2003-04-24 12:49:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM YM DEMOCRATIC REFORM
03SANAA881YEMENI ELECTION HEATS UP
[...] (U) Summary: With three days left in the campaign, Yemen's April 27 parliamentary elections dominate the political scene (refs b and c). The opposition Islah party looks likely to gain seats against the ruling General People's Congress (GPC),although no observers predict that the GPC will [...]
2003-04-24 13:17:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM YM DEMOCRATIC REFORM DOMESTIC POLITICS
03SANAA882MARIB: ALL POLITICS IS LOCAL
[...] No summary [...]
2003-04-24 13:56:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL YM DOMESTIC POLITICS
03SANAA892YEMENI ELECTION DAY PEACEFUL WITH HIGH TURNOUT
[...] (U) Summary: Yemen enjoyed an overwhelmingly peaceful election day on April 27. Early results indicate that the GPC will maintain its parliamentary majority, with opposition parties increasing their seats. Voter turnout was very high, estimated to be at least 70%. Election administration [...]
2003-04-28 12:41:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM YM DEMOCRATIC REFORM
03SANAA955YEMEN,S ELECTION: CITIZENS BET ON DEMOCRACY
[...] (U) Summary: The April 27 parliamentary election demonstrated significant progress in Yemen's democratic path despite some flaws. Obvious enthusiasm and interest by voters in the campaign, including more than 75% turnout on election day, indicate a healthy appetite for democracy in Yemen. [...]
2003-05-01 12:56:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM YM DEMOCRATIC REFORM DOMESTIC POLITICS
03SANAA963EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING 04/30/03
[...] (S/NF) Begin Summary: On April 30, 2003, the Chief Of Mission chaired a core Emergency Action Committee meeting with COM, ORCA, DATT, FPD, SOC-Yemen and RSO in attendance. The topic of discussion was TD-3/OO/13299-03, 21 April 03, regarding a senior Al-Qaida planner in Saudi Arabia who was at [...]
2003-05-04 13:03:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNAMGT ASEC CASC PREL PTER EAC COUNTER TERRORISM
03SANAA969DEMOCRACY YEMENI STYLE: TIDBITS FROM THE AFTERMATH
[...] (U) Summary: Despite several irregularities in post-election procedures, the assessment of the April 27 elections remains generally positive, even among the opposition. Observers express concern that the make-up of the new parliament, with its overwhelming General People's Party (GPC) maj [...]
2003-05-05 14:10:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM YM DOMESTIC POLITICS DEMOCRATIC REFORM HUMAN RIGHTS
03SANAA975DEMARCHES DELIVERED ON FANTA AND SAUCES
[...] (U) This is an Action Request, (Para 3). 2. (U) On May 5, Pol/Econoff delivered reftel demarches on Fanta and Sauces to Yemen Customs Chairman Hafez F. Mayiad. Mayiad told pol/econoff that he would support the USG position on Fanta Beverage Base (REF A) at the upcoming Harmonized System Co [...]
2003-05-06 13:55:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD YM DEMARCHE COM
04SANAA100FINAL REPORT: DEMOCRACY SMALL GRANT FOR THE
[...] The Combating Child Work Association has concluded its training project titled "Awareness-Raising Program Among the Working Children's Community". The awareness sessions were conducted from 20 August until 22 December 03. 2. PAO and PAS attended the opening ceremony of the [...]
2004-01-11 13:12:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM KPAO AFIN KWMN PHUM YM HUMAN RIGHTS
04SANAA1018MEETING WITH INFORMATION MINISTER AND NATIONAL TV CHAIRMAN
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On March 24, PAO held meetings with the Director of Yemen TV and the Minister of Information to brief them on upcoming media training programs sponsored by the Embassy and to discuss further cooperation in the information sector. Both interlocutors expressed readiness to work w [...]
2004-05-01 12:02:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OIIP YM
04SANAA102FINAL REPORT: DEMOCRACY SMALL GRANT FOR THE
[...] The Handicap Rehabilitation Society for Children has concluded its awareness mobile sessions project titled "Inclusion of Disabled Children in Public Schools". 2. The PAO and PAS attended the Handicapped Rehabilitation Society opening ceremony for its project "Inclusion [...]
2004-01-11 13:13:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM KPAO AFIN KWMN PHUM YM HUMAN RIGHTS
04SANAA1027DELIVERED URGENT DEMARCHE: UNGA RESOLUTION ON UN
[...] No summary [...]
2004-05-02 13:58:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALKPAL PREL YM UNGA DEMARCHE
04SANAA1085MEPI GRANT RECIPIENT DECLINES AWARD IN
[...] The Yemeni Female Media Forum declined acceptance of a MEPI small grant in the amount of $16, 500 in protest of U.S. policies in the region. The president of the Forum, Ms. Rahma Hujaira, also withdrew herself as a nominee for the International Visitors Program. Several Yemeni papers and we [...]
2004-05-03 07:17:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO SCUL YM
04SANAA1091ROYG RESPONSE TO U.S. SENATE APPROVAL OF U.S.-IAEA
[...] Pursuant to action request in reftel a, Post informed the Chairman of the National Atomic Energy Commission (NATEC) Moustafa Bahran of U.S. Senate approval of U.S.-IAEA additional protocol via letter, using background and points from reftel a, on or about April 14, 2003 (ref b). 2. On or ab [...]
2004-05-03 12:11:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDTRGY KNNP YM IAEA
04SANAA1092PSI: UPDATE ON ROYG CONSIDERATION OF STATEMENT OF
[...] (u) This is an action request; see paragraph 4. 2. (c) Following up on a 4/22 meeting and email exchanges, Pol/Econ Chief met with Deputy Foreign Minister for Europe, the Americas and International Organizations Mustapha Noman on 5/2 to discuss the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) St [...]
2004-05-03 13:47:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PREL PARM YM
04SANAA1137DELIVERED TO DFM: DEMARCHE SEEKING SUPPORT FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2004-05-10 13:16:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL YM DEMARCHE
04SANAA1138DELIVERED TO DFM: URGENT DEMARCHE TO ARAB LEAGUE
[...] No summary [...]
2004-05-10 13:17:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL YM DEMARCHE
04SANAA1166AMBASSADOR'S 5/12 MEETING WITH FM QIRBI: WEF
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador called on FM Qirbi 5/12 to urge his attendance at WEF Amman and discuss AL attitudes toward reform post-Cairo and pre-Tunis. Qirbi will not/not attend WEF Amman. Yemen will be represented by DFM Mustafa Noman, who has been a receptive interlocutor on GMEI and warrants [...]
2004-05-15 07:48:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV AL IZ YM
04SANAA1172PRESIDENT SALEH ACCEPTS SEA ISLAND INVITATION
[...] (C) Ambassador and DCM called upon Foreign Minister Qirbi 5/16 to discuss President Saleh's acceptance of the G-8 Sea Island invitation (ref e-mails). Qirbi asked about the formal invitation, travel arrangements to the U.S. and the proposed agenda. Ambassador briefed Qirbi on the known deta [...]
2004-05-16 10:47:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV AL YM
04SANAA1178DPM SOFAN: YEMEN WILLING TO HOST PROPOSED G-8
[...] No summary [...]
2004-05-16 14:09:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EAID PGOV YM COM
04SANAA1189DELIVERED TO MFA: DEMARCHE ON INTERNATIONAL
[...] No summary [...]
2004-05-18 11:12:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALTBIO UNGA KSCI YE DEMARCHE ENVIRONMENT
04SANAA1191EXTRANCHECK REPORT: PRE-LICENSE CHECK FADEL
[...] (u) Summary. Reftel c requested a pre-license check (PLC) of the cargo trucks and spare parts of the Republican Guard of Yemen. Despite repeated attempts, Post did not get the full cooperation of the Republican Guard and was not able to access facilities to conduct the PLC as requested by De [...]
2004-05-18 12:05:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBEXP ETRD ETTC YE
04SANAA1193GME: REFORM YEMENI-STYLE
[...] (C) Summary: Embassy Sanaa continues to engage government, civil society and business leaders on the Greater Middle East draft proposals (ref a). While most interlocutors express opposition to the idea of reform being "imposed from outside the region," the discussion generated by the GMEI appe [...]
2004-05-18 12:44:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM YM DEMOCRATIC REFORM
04SANAA1261SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR
[...] (S/NF) Embassy Sanaa warmly welcomes your first visit to Yemen. You will find President Saleh and senior ROYG officials keen to hear from you the Washington perspective on bilateral and regional CT cooperation as well as the broader GWOT. Since 9/11 Saleh has met with President Bush in Washi [...]
2004-05-25 15:50:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNPTER ASEC PGOV OVIP YM COUNTER TERRORISM TERFIN
04SANAA1280FINAL REPORT: DEMOCRACY SMALL GRANT FOR THE
[...] The Society for the Development of Women and Children SOUL has concluded its training project titled "Institutional NGOs Capacity Building" This project was performed in three phases: The first phase was the institutional assessment of local organizations t [...]
2004-05-31 10:12:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM KPAO AFIN KWMN PHUM YM DEMOCRATIC REFORM
04SANAA1458DNSA TOWNSEND 05/26/04 MEETING WITH ROYG SECURITY
[...] (S) Summary: On 5/26 DNSA Townsend reviewed CT cooperation with MOI al-Alimi, PSO Director al-Gamish and NSB Officer Saleh and highlighted recent inconsistencies in the relationship. Dominating discussion, Alimi affirmed the strength of the CT partnership, and noted that differences of opinio [...]
2004-06-15 07:44:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPTER ASEC PGOV ETTC PARM YM COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA146REGIONAL CONFERENCE ON DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS AND
[...] (U) Summary and Comment: The Sanaa Inter-Governmental Regional Conference on Democracy, Human Rights and the Role of the International Criminal Court was held January 10-12, sponsored by No Peace Without Justice (an EU-affiliated NGO),the ROYG, the European Union and several European govern [...]
2004-01-14 14:52:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KDEM YM KICC HUMAN RIGHTS DEMOCRATIC REFORM
04SANAA1475TIP: MINISTER OF HUMAN RIGHTS DISCUSSES ROYG
[...] (U) Summary: DCM called on Minister of Human Rights Amat Alim al-Suswa 6/14 to deliver country narrative and talking points in reftel on the release of the Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report. The Minister detailed further actions taken by the ROYG to combat TIP, including the formation of an [...]
2004-06-16 11:38:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KCRM ELAB ASEC KFRD PHUM SMIG YM TRAFFICKING PERSONS HUMAN RIGHTS
04SANAA148SANAA EAC MEETING - JANUARY 14, 2004
[...] (C) Begin Summary: The Ambassador convened a core Emergency Action Committee on 1/14 to discuss a shooting incident in Aden involving Yemeni security personnel and SOC/Yemen personnel. EAC members agreed, following initial investigation of the incident and apology offered to the Ambassador [...]
2004-01-15 10:26:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNASEC AMGT PREL PTER EAC
04SANAA1490SANAA EAC MEETING - 19 JUNE 2004
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Ambassador convened an EAC 6/19 to discuss the security situation for official and non-official Amcits in light of the killing of Amcit Paul Johnson in Riyadh (ref a). ORCA reported no specific threat information for Yemen. Post disseminated a Warden Message 6/19 containing [...]
2004-06-20 08:39:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNASEC AMGT PREL PTER YM EAC
04SANAA1492YEMEN: PRIORITIZATION OF CT PROGRAMS
[...] (c) Embassy Sana'a welcomes the opportunity to engage with AF Bureau on counter-terrorism issues and on developing a more comprehensive CT strategy for the region. Post is concerned with border and maritime security as well as the movement of people and arms between Yemen and East Africa, par [...]
2004-06-20 11:36:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPTER EAID EFIN PREL PGOV PARM YM COUNTER TERRORISM MARITIME SECURITY TRAFFICKING PERSONS
04SANAA1512CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): DEMARCHE TO
[...] (c) Pol/Econ Chief met with Deputy Foreign Minister for Europe, the Americas and International Organizations Mustapha Noman on 6/19 and per reftel guidance briefly reviewed ROYG obligations under the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC). Noman was familiar with issue, noting that 2-3 months ago he [...]
2004-06-22 11:00:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPARM ABUD AROC CWC CBW OPCW YM
04SANAA1537PARLIAMENT CHALLENGES GOVERNMENT CORRUPTION
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: Over the course of several months, Members of Parliament (MPs) have conducted an investigation into government corruption regarding an oil deal that dates back to 1997. The investigation was spearheaded by two members of the Oil and Resources Committee, one from the r [...]
2004-06-26 12:36:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV EPET PHUM KDEM KMPI YM DOMESTIC POLITICS
04SANAA1565AMERICAN NGO REPRESENTATIVE FORWARDS INCITEMENT
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: On 6/22/04, a U.S. non-governmental organization (NGO) representative forwarded an incitement letter to the RSO, explaining that copies were delivered anonymously to an Islah party leader. The letter calls for supporting Jihad with money and fighting Jews and Christians. Th [...]
2004-06-27 08:54:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNASEC PTER YM COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA1578YEMEN'S NATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION (NATEC):
[...] (u) This is an action request; see paragraphs 4-6. 2. (c) Summary: In a 6/23 meeting with the Ambassador, Yemen's National Atomic Energy Commission (NATEC) Director Moustapha Bahran renewed earlier requests for assistance on border security and radiological detection equipment (reftels). [...]
2004-06-29 12:37:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALKNNP ENRG KSTC PARM PREL YM IAEA
04SANAA1635DEMOCRACY IN ACTION: TEACHERS DEMONSTRATE AGAINST
[...] (U) Summary: The Al-Quds Girls Public School in Sanaa received a computer lab with brand-new equipment through a Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) grant. After an American Embassy delegation visited the school, reports appeared in local newspapers stating that the female principal for [...]
2004-07-07 12:02:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM YM DEMOCRATIC REFORM
04SANAA1690RELIGIOUS GUIDANCE CONFERENCE CALLS FOR MODERATION
[...] (U) Summary: After several delays (reftel),Sanaa was the venue for a significant religious gathering June 20-24, the "Mutamar al-Irshad al-Awal" (First Guidance Conference),which brought together Muslim clerics, scholars, and ministers of religious affairs from Arab and Muslim states. The m [...]
2004-07-13 07:51:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PTER PREL PGOV PINR KISL YM COUNTER TERRORISM HUMAN RIGHTS
04SANAA1721ECONOMIC REFORMS STALLED; IMF DELIVERS TOUGH
[...] (C) Summary/Comment: Senior Ministry of Planning official Nabil Shaiban confirmed that President Saleh has decided to delay economic reform, but reiterated the ROYG's long-term committment to implementation. The decision comes in spite of the recent IMF mission headed by Senior Economist Saad [...]
2004-07-19 08:58:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALECON EAID AADP YM COM
04SANAA1729ICJ ADVISORY OPINION ON ISRAELI SECURITY BARRIER:
[...] (c) At the opening of a 7/18 meeting, Dr. Ahmed Alwan Mulhi, Deputy Director of the Department of International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) preempted subject demarche by launching a tirade against the U.S. position on Israel and "ineffective" U.S. efforts to persuade [...]
2004-07-19 13:28:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL YM DEMARCHE
04SANAA1730DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON U.S. INITIATIVES FOR THE
[...] On 7/18, Pol/Econ Chief met with Dr. Ahmed Alwan Mulhi, Deputy Director of the Department of International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) to deliver talking points on U.S. initiatives for the 59th UNGA. Mulhi agreed that Yemen is generally supportive of promoting econo [...]
2004-07-19 13:29:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM PREL ECON PHUM AORC YM DEMARCHE DEMOCRATIC REFORM TRAFFICKING PERSONS
04SANAA1731G-8 DEMARCHE ON IMPLEMENTATION OF EXPORT CONTROLS
[...] (c) Pol/Econ Chief met with Deputy Foreign Minister for Europe, the Americas and International Organizations Mustapha Noman on 7/12 and delivered reftel demarche and provided a copy of Non-proliferation paper from Sea Island G-8 conference. Noman was attentive, but unable to provide a substan [...]
2004-07-19 13:31:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALKNNP PREL PTER YM DEMARCHE
04SANAA1733ARTICLE 98 NOT YET RATIFIED: DFM NOTES "TIMING IS
[...] (c) Pol/Econ Chief met with Deputy Foreign Minister for Europe, the Americas and International Organizations Mustapha Noman on 7/11 and delivered message in reftel on the importance of Article 98 ratification. Noman said that he was aware that the issue had been discussed twice in Parliament [...]
2004-07-19 14:04:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALKICC PTER YM
04SANAA1738AMBASSADOR HULL'S FAREWELL CALL ON PRESIDENT SALEH
[...] (C) President Saleh received me July 20 for my farewell call. In his remarks, he expressed satisfaction with US-Yemeni relations and particularly the progress on counter terrorism in Yemen over the past three years. Saleh added appreciation for my efforts and acknowledged that he had at time [...]
2004-07-20 12:28:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPARM OPDC PREL YM COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA1771SA'DA FIGHTING: UPDATE AND IMPLICATIONS
[...] (S) After an estimated 400-500 deaths, a large number of injured on both sides and roughly 400 al-Houthy supporters detained, the fighting in the Sa'da region in the north of Yemen remains inconclusive. A cease-fire was recently announced by the Government but non-official accounts indicate t [...]
2004-07-26 17:00:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL PTER PGOV KISL YM COUNTER TERRORISM DOMESTIC POLITICS
04SANAA1936BLOODY CLASHES CONTINUE BETWEEN ROYG AND SHIA
[...] (C) Embassy sources contradict press accounts that ROYG forces encircled extremist Shi'ite leader Hussein al-Houthi in the northern region of Marran on August 5. Rather it seems fighting has intensified in the past few days and continues to be particularly bloody for the ROYG. 2. (C) L [...]
2004-08-08 15:33:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALKISL PGOV PINR PREL PTER COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA194AMBASSADOR,S 1/19 MEETING WITH SHEIKH AL-AHMAR:
[...] (C) Summary. In a 1/19 meeting with Ambassador, Sheikh al-Ahmar appealed for more high-level contact with the Embassy and stoutly defended the bona fides of Sheikh Zindani and al-Iman University which the Ambassador disputed. The Islah leader,s unusually conciliatory approach appears calcula [...]
2004-01-24 14:29:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL YM COUNTER TERRORISM TERFIN DOMESTIC POLITICS
04SANAA1959ADEN SHOWING SIGNS OF LIFE
[...] (SBU) Summary/Comment: On an 8/4-8/6 introductory visit to Aden, CDA met Deputy Governor Shaif, representatives of political parties, businessmen, security and Coast Guard officials and members of civil society. The recent firing of a corrupt official running the Aden Free Zone, some increase [...]
2004-08-11 13:42:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD PGOV YM COM DEMOCRATIC REFORM
04SANAA1961YEMEN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON CONDEMNING HOSTAGE
[...] (C) Summary. Charge delivered demarche on condemning hostage taking and murders in Iraq to Yemeni Deputy Foreign Minister Mustafa No'man on August 11. DFM No'man agreed to draft a public statement for President Saleh's approval. End Summary. 2. (C) Charge delivered reftel demarche on A [...]
2004-08-11 15:47:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM YM DEMARCHE
04SANAA1962ROYG REQUESTS U.S. INTEL ASSISTANCE IN FIGHT
[...] (S) Summary. Yemeni Minister of Defense and his Intelligence Chief made a surprise appearance at Charge's August 11 meeting with Foreign Minister al-Qirby to request U.S. intelligence assistance in the ROYG's continuing struggle against the forces of Shi'ite extremist leader al-Houthi in no [...]
2004-08-11 16:02:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPINR PGOV PTER MCAP YM COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA1965CHARGE DELIVERS BULGARIA YEMEN MANPADS DEMARCHE
[...] (S) Summary. Charge delivered reftel demarche to Yemeni Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Defense on August 11. Both denied the ROYG was engaged in, or had any information about an illicit third-party arms deal for Bulgarian SA-14 MANPADS. End Summary. 2. (S) Charge delivered reftel d [...]
2004-08-14 05:03:00Embassy SanaaSECRETETTC PARM PREL YM DEMARCHE
04SANAA1966SANAA EAC MEETING 08/11/2004
[...] (C) Begin Summary: The CDA convened an EAC meeting on August 11, 2004, to share security concerns with regard to recent incidents in the Al-Jawf region and to remind the Embassy community to remain vigilant in light of recent threat reporting and to report all security related incidents imm [...]
2004-08-14 05:06:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNAMGT ASEC PREL PTER EAC
04SANAA1967CHARGE DELIVERS BULGARIA YEMEN MANPADS DEMARCHE
[...] (S) Summary. Charge delivered reftel demarche to Yemeni Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Defense on August 11. Both denied the ROYG was engaged in, or had any information about an illicit third-party arms deal for Bulgarian SA-14 MANPADS. End Summary. 2. (S) Charge delivered reftel d [...]
2004-08-14 05:08:00Embassy SanaaSECRETETTC PARM PREL YM DEMARCHE
04SANAA1968BLUE LANTERN REPORT 05-929192
[...] The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance requested Post assistance with Blue Lantern case 05-929192, a check on Aston Aviation and its C-130 parts transaction with the Yemen Air Force, Ref. Brigadier General Mohammed Saleh Al-Ahmar, the Commander of the Yemen Air Force, an [...]
2004-08-14 05:09:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC
04SANAA1977AMBASSADOR PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO PRESIDENT SALEH
[...] (SBU) On his second working day in Sanaa, Ambassador Krajeski presented his credentials to President Ali Abdallah Saleh in a ceremony that included seven other Ambassadors, some of whom had waited three months to be invited to present their papers. The ceremonies, full of all the appropriate p [...]
2004-08-16 10:50:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL YM
04SANAA2003YEMEN: ROYG NOTIFIED OF FINAL DISPOSITION OF
[...] (C) Pol/Econ Chief notified Deputy Director of the Yemeni National Security Bureau Ammar Saleh of the enemy combatant determination of Yemeni national Mahdi, Fawaz Na'aman Homoud Abdullah. Saleh expressed concern should the detainees nationality become a press item, saying, "Obviously we do no [...]
2004-08-18 13:52:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALKAWC PINR PREL PTER YM COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA2006YEMEN: AL-HOUTHI INSURGENCY CONTINUES UNABATED
[...] (S) Summary. The conflict continues between ROYG forces and armed-supporters of rebel Shi'ite cleric al-Houthi. The fighting remains concentrated in the northern Marran mountains, although some fighting has been reported in urban centers in the Sa'da governate. Although the crisis has yet t [...]
2004-08-18 15:06:00Embassy SanaaSECRETKISL PARM PGOV PINR PTER YM COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA2009YEMEN REQUESTS U.S. ROLE IN MANPADS BUY-BACK REMAIN SECRET
[...] (S) Summary. Citing potential backlash from the tribes, price gouging by the merchants, and opposition from the street, National Security Bureau Deputy Ammar Saleh asked that any U.S. provided technical and financial assistance to buy-back illicit Yemeni MANPADS be kept secret. Ammar also sha [...]
2004-08-21 10:01:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPTER PARM PREL PREF YM OVIP COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA2015YEMEN CHILD LABOR UPDATE FOR TDA REPORT
[...] Summary. In Yemen, children augment family and household incomes as street vendors and workers in family businesses or on the family farm. Slavery, child prostitution and trafficking are not major issues in Yemen. Some donors express concern that child trafficking may be on the rise. Govern [...]
2004-08-21 13:25:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI YM HUMAN RIGHTS TRAFFICKING PERSONS
04SANAA2021YEMEN: A TALE OF TWO (TERRORISM) TRIALS
[...] (C) Summary: Ongoing trials for 15 al-Qa'ida associates (Trial One) and the USS Cole (Trial Two) defendants are expected to end in the last week of August. While Trial One has been chaotic and presided over by an ineffective judge, the USS Cole trial exemplifies effective U.S.-Yemen cooperati [...]
2004-08-22 04:55:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL ASEC YM COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA2046AMBASSADOR DELIVERS G-8 FORUM FOR THE FUTURE
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: Ambassador delivered invitation to FM Qirbi to attend the September 23-24 G-8 Forum for the Future preparatory meeting on the margins of the UNGA. Qirbi accepted the invitation, stressing that it is important for the Forum to produce results and not just words on pap [...]
2004-08-23 13:57:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON KMPI YM DEMOCRATIC REFORM COM
04SANAA2047AMBASSADOR NOTIFIES MFA OF YEMENI ENEMY COMBATANT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-08-23 13:58:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALKAWC PINR PREL PTER YM COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA2053AMBASSADOR AND FM DISCUSSES MANPADS BUY-BACK AND
[...] (C) Summary. On August 22 Ambassador raised the upcoming visit of PM A/S Bloomfield with Foreign Minister al-Qirbi. Discussion centered on A/S Bloomfield's visit, the need to control MANPADS and SA/LW in Yemen, and ROYG support for the Interim Iraqi Government (reftel). Guantanamo demarch [...]
2004-08-23 14:09:00Embassy SanaaSECRETMARR MOPS OPDC PREF YM COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA2055SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF A/S BLOOMFIELD TO YEMEN
[...] (C) Embassy Sana'a warmly welcomes the visit of PM Assistant Secretary Bloomfield to Yemen. You will find President Saleh and senior ROYG officials ready to discuss the proposed USG buy-back and destruction assistance for illicit Yemeni MANPADS. The ROYG wants this program, and they want to [...]
2004-08-24 04:51:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPARM MASS PREL ASEC PTER YM OVIP COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA2215GROUP TERRORIST TRIAL VERDICT AND SENTENCING TO BE
[...] (C) Assistant Prosecutor Ali al-Samet confirmed to Emboff that the verdict and sentencing for 15 defendants in the Limburg Trial (trial one) will be announced on Saturday August 28. The defendants are all believed to be al-Qa'ida associates and are charged with involvement in: -- the 9/02 e [...]
2004-08-25 12:39:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL ASEC YM COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA2216YEMEN: DEMARCHE ON U.S. NOTE VERBALE ON REFORM OF
[...] No summary [...]
2004-08-25 12:39:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDAORC PARM PREL YM CDG UNGA DEMARCHE
04SANAA2225UPDATE ON SA'DA FIGHTING
[...] (C) Despite repeated government claims that the fighting in Sa'da is in its final stages, the last week has been increasingly bloody for both sides. The ROYG has stopped discussing casualty rates publicly, but local media reports that 15 soldiers were killed on August 24 including Lt. Col. [...]
2004-08-25 12:48:00Embassy SanaaSECRETKISL PGOV PINR PTER YM COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA2274SANAA EAC MEETING 08/28/2004
[...] (S/NF) Begin Summary: The Ambassador convened a core EAC meeting on August 28, 2004, to share security concerns with regard to potential tensions in Yemen. Attention to Emergency Action Plan (EAP) awareness and updating were also addressed. Embassy employees were reminded to remain vigilan [...]
2004-08-29 11:05:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNAMGT ASEC PREL PTER YM EAC
04SANAA2307AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES DEVELOPMENT ISSUES WITH VICE
[...] (U) Summary: Ambassador paid a courtesy call on Yemeni Vice President Abd-Rabo Mansour Hadi on August 28. Discussions centered on U.S. - Yemeni cooperation in the GWOT. Hadi emphasized that long-term success in the war against terror in Yemen would also require improved social services, ec [...]
2004-08-30 06:57:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALECON PREL PGOV KDEM YM COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA2328ROYG TO APPEAL LIGHT SENTENCES IN GROUP TERRORISM
[...] (C) Summary and comment: Deputy Attorney General Sharaf al-Mahbashi and Chief Prosecutor Saeed al-Aqel told DCM on 8/29 that the prosecution has already filed for an appeal over the 8/28 Trial One (reftel) sentences for the now convicted al-Qa'ida associates. The prosecutors will seek harsher [...]
2004-08-30 13:21:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL ASEC KVPR YM COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA2344YEMEN REQUEST - FY05 USDA FOOD ASSISTANCE, PL480
[...] Summary: USDA food assistance in Yemen is enhancing infrastructure, funding agricultural research projects, and teaching horticultural marketing and livestock management skills. Since 2000, USDA assistance constituted the bulk of USG development aid to Yemen. In conjunction with USAID techni [...]
2004-09-01 13:41:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EAID ASEC YM ECON COM
04SANAA2345FIRST KIDNAPPING IN THREE YEARS RESOLVED QUICKLY
[...] (C) Summary: Five oil workers were kidnapped on 8/31 in Ma'rib governorate for three hours. The Ma'rib Governor sent in troops who, after brief gunfire, freed the three hostages. All men are safely back in Sanaa. While Post has no/no indication that the kidnapping was terrorist related, it m [...]
2004-09-01 14:12:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC ECON YM COM ENERGY
04SANAA2346PRESIDENT SALEH TO A/S BLOOMFIELD "NO NEW MANPADS"
[...] (C) Summary. Assistant Secretary of State for Political Military Affairs Lincoln P. Bloomfield Jr. discussed proposed U.S. MANPADS buyback and destruction initiative with Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh on September 1. Saleh not only agreed to move forward with the modalities of the buyback [...]
2004-09-02 11:35:00Embassy SanaaSECRETMASS MOPS OVIP PARM PINR PREL PTER YM COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA2385YEMENI WOMEN DEMAND GREATER PARTICIPATION IN PARTY
[...] Summary: On August 25 nineteen female members of the three major Yemeni political parties overcame substantive political differences to sign a joint-declaration calling on their parties to accept a quota for women candidates in the 2006 municipal and 2009 parliamentary elections. The culminat [...]
2004-09-07 13:43:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDKMPI PGOV KDEM PHUM YM DEMOCRATIC REFORM HUMAN RIGHTS
04SANAA2387PM BA JAMMAL (VAINLY) AFFIRMS HIS ROLE TO
[...] (C) Summary: In a 9/6 introductory call on Prime Minister Ba Jammal, Ambassador was treated to a wide-ranging and somewhat rambling review of Yemen's development obstacles and affirmed the ROYG's support for G8 reform initiatives. Ba Jammal is widely rumored to be on his way out, but held cour [...]
2004-09-07 15:51:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL YM KBIO DOMESTIC POLITICS
04SANAA2388NOTICE OF TWO YEMENIS COMBATANT STATUS REVIEW
[...] No summary [...]
2004-09-08 05:19:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPTER KAWC PINR PREL YM DEMARCHE COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA2389DPM SOFAN WARMLY WELCOMES AMBASSADOR
[...] (C) Summary: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Planning and International Cooperation warmly welcomed Ambassador to Yemen on 9/6. After reviewing recent progress in development cooperation and touching on the negative economic effects of the al-Houthi problem, Sofan and Ambassador discusse [...]
2004-09-08 05:33:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALKMCA EAID ECON LE YM COM
04SANAA2408AMBASSADOR DELIVERS THERMOBARICS, STATE SPONSORED
[...] (C) Summary. Ambassador took the opportunity of his introductory meeting with Deputy Foreign Minister Mustafa Noman to deliver refs A and B. Noman listened carefully to both messages and asked questions, but offered no immediate response. Discussions on G-8 BMENA process covered septel. E [...]
2004-09-12 05:15:00Embassy SanaaSECRETETTC KSTC PARM PREL PTER PINR YM DEMARCHE COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA2411YEMEN ASKS TO HOST FORUM FOR THE FUTURE SUMMIT
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. (C) Ambassador discussed ROYG plans to participate in follow-on initiatives to the Sea Island G-8 BMENA Plan of Support for Reform with Deputy Foreign Minister Mustafa No'man on September 7. No'man confirmed Foreign Minister Qirbi's p [...]
2004-09-12 05:44:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON KMPI YM DEMOCRATIC REFORM COM
04SANAA2421ROYG FORCES KILL REBEL CLERIC AL-HOUTHI IN
[...] (C) Summary. Anti-American rebel Shi'ite cleric al-Houthi was killed on September 10 in an early morning raid on his cave hide-out in the Sa'da Goverornate. The ROYG has announced an end to the 10-week insurgency, which resulted in well over 1000 deaths. ROYG forces have already begun red [...]
2004-09-12 13:23:00Embassy SanaaSECRETMARR MOPS MCAP PGOV PREL PINR PTER YM COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA2436ICAO DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] Pol/Econ Deputy delivered ref A demarche and passed along FAA training catalogue to Civil Aviation and Meteorological Authority (CAMA) Chairman Hamed Ahmed Farag on 9/13. Farag thanked the USG for the FAA training materials and reiterated his earlier support, ref B, for USG ICAO initiatives. [...]
2004-09-14 12:42:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDAORC EAIR YM DEMARCHE
04SANAA2437YEMEN AGREES TO SIGN MOU ON MANPADS BUYBACK
[...] (C) National Security Bureau Deputy Ammar Saleh confirmed to DATT, COS, and Pol/Econ Chief that the ROYG was ready to sign an MOU on the USG buyback and destruction of Yemeni MANPADS. End Summary. 2. (C) Ammar informed emboffs that the President had given a green light to the USG MANPAD [...]
2004-09-14 13:01:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALMASS PREL PTER YM PARMS COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA244U.S. RECORD 2003-04: SUPPORT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND
[...] (u) Paragraph 2 contains Post's input for the 2003-04 edition of "Supporting Human Rights and Democracy: the U.S. Record" per reftel b. Because last year's report on Yemen contained programs that were ongoing throughout 2003-04 (ref a),Post's input consists of updated language on ongoing pro [...]
2004-02-02 16:14:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KDEM YM HUMAN RIGHTS DEMOCRATIC REFORM
04SANAA2458ROYG SUPPORTS USG CANDIDACY TO UNIVERSAL POSTAL
[...] MFA responded positively to retel demarche by diplomatic note on September 15. Test of MFA note follows in paragraph 2. 2. Begin Text: The Ministry has the pleasure to inform that based on the distinguished friendship and cooperative relations between the two countries, it has decided [...]
2004-09-17 09:47:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDAORC ECPS PREL YM
04SANAA2472AL-SOSWA READY TO LEAD THE WAY IN HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] Summary: On 9/06 Human Rights Minister, Amat al-Aleem Al-Soswa, told Ambassador that dealing with other, more established ministries can be challenging and that Yemen still has a ways to go to improve its human rights situation. Soswa touched on her efforts to protect freedom of the press, th [...]
2004-09-20 10:50:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PINR YM HUMAN RIGHTS
04SANAA2486NOTIFICATION OF ENEMY COMBATANT REVIEW - TWO
[...] No summary [...]
2004-09-22 08:43:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPTER KAWC PINR PREL YM COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA2489SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE RESPONSE
[...] (S/NF) Demonstrations A. Are there any ethnic or religious communities in country that are capable of carrying out significant anti-American demonstrations? There are not organized, clearly defined communities as such, but ad hoc groupings of Yemeni fundamentalists and/or some members [...]
2004-09-22 08:43:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNASEC PTER
04SANAA2498YEMEN: OPPOSITION NEWSPAPER CLOSED, EDITOR
[...] (U) Summary: On September 6, a Sanaa court closed opposition newspaper as-Shura for six-months and sentenced its editor Abdulkarim al-Khaiwani to one year in prison for violating the 1990 Press Law. This latest incident, in what some are calling a bad year for freedom of the press in Yemen, [...]
2004-09-22 13:17:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM YM DEMOCRATIC REFORM HUMAN RIGHTS
04SANAA2501DFM NOMAN DISCUSSES BMENA, IRAQ, PRESS FREEDOMS
[...] (C) Summary. On September 21 Deputy Foreign Minister Mustafa Noman discussed with DCM the BMENA Forum for the Future Summit, ROYG support for the IIG, and recent Presidential statements and actions to rein in the Yemeni press. Noman also offered condolences for the murder of American hosta [...]
2004-09-22 14:02:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IZ KDEM PTER YM DEMOCRATIC REFORM HUMAN RIGHTS
04SANAA2504YEMEN: POSTING OF DRL REPORTS COMPLETED
[...] Per reftel, all four current DRL reports concerning Yemen in English have been updated on Post's public website. 2. Arabic translation is currently posted for the 2003 Human Rights Report (HRR). 3. In consultation with the Public Affairs Section, Post understands that the Director of NE [...]
2004-09-23 10:53:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL KDEM KPAO YM HUMAN RIGHTS
04SANAA2505YEMEN: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING APPROVAL FOR SOCCENT
[...] The following statement is provided to verify the human rights vetting process. Embassy verifies that the Department of State possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the Yemen Central Security Force Counter Terrorism Unit or other members of this unit as of t [...]
2004-09-24 09:36:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDMOPS PHUM YM COUNTER TERRORISM HUMAN RIGHTS
04SANAA2506GENERAL SMITH DISCUSSES MIL-MIL COOPERATION WITH
[...] No summary [...]
2004-09-25 05:19:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPINR PREL PTER YE COUNTER TERRORISM MARITIME SECURITY
04SANAA2509AMBASSADOR LAUNCHES MEPI ASSISTANCE TO UNDP PROGRAM
[...] (U) On September 20 Ambassador, AID Rep and United Nations Development Program Resident Representative Flavia Pansieri signed a 1.59 million USD agreement to support the UNDP Decentralization and Local Development Support Project. Deputy Prime Minister and Minster of Planning and International [...]
2004-09-27 05:14:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKMPI KDEM PGOV DEMOCRATIC REFORM
04SANAA2520YEMEN MANPADS BUYBACK: WE HAVE A DEAL
[...] (S) Summary. On September 28 the ROYG signed an agreement with the USG that will affect the purchase and destruction of a minimum 1,435 Yemeni MANPADS. Foreign Minister Dhabbi and Ambassador commented on the agreement's symbolic and strategic importance to the bilateral relationship and U. [...]
2004-09-28 15:25:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPARMS PTER MARR PREL YM COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA2521WHY ECONOMIC REFORM IS FAILING IN YEMEN
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: On September 25 Parliament and the Shura Council voted by a clear majority to reject the ROYG's five year economic plan, which included several hotly debated economic reform proposals. The economic package failed because there was no presidential initiative, no strate [...]
2004-09-29 06:04:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALECON KMCA KMPI PGOV YM COM DOMESTIC POLITICS
04SANAA2542ROYG NOTIFIED OF TRANSFER TO GITMO OF YEMENI
[...] No summary [...]
2004-10-04 06:47:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPTER PREL KAWC YM COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA2543YEMEN BLUE LANTERN ANNUAL UPDATE
[...] POST BLUE LANTERN POC: Julie Kim Johnson, Economic and Commercial Officer; phone 011-967-303-155, extension 2719 (IVG 469-2719); e-mail: JohnsonJK@state.gov; fax 011-967-303-183; estimated departure date Summer 2006. 2. LOCAL CONDITIONS: The various ROYG military branches and agencies re [...]
2004-10-04 06:53:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC KSEP YM
04SANAA2556FM QIRBI WANTS TO OVERCOME OBSTACLES TO EXPAND
[...] (S) Summary: In a follow-on meeting from his recent visit to UNGA, FM Qirbi raised questions on BMENA process with Ambassador on October 4. Noting successful and positive meetings in Washington, Qirbi promised to look into recent irritants in the bilateral relationship including recent setbac [...]
2004-10-06 07:08:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL PTER PGOV EFIN YM DEMOCRATIC REFORM COUNTER TERRORISM TERFIN
04SANAA2559SANAA EAC MEETING - OCTOBER 2, 2004
[...] (S/NF) Begin summary: The Chief of Mission (COM) convened an EAC meeting on October 3, to assess recent threat information and discuss security-related issues followed by a review of the Emergency Action Plan. EAC members concluded the meeting in agreement that no imminent threat was discer [...]
2004-10-06 11:40:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNASEC AMGT PREL PTER EAC
04SANAA256YEMEN MINISTRY OF DEFENSE ON U.S. MILITARY
[...] (s) Summary/comment: DCM and Acting Defense Attach delivered reftel b demarche and diplomatic note to Major General Ali Mohamed Saleh, Deputy Chief of Station for Operations at the Ministry of Defense (MOD) on January 27, with Pol/Econ Chief as notetaker. Major General Saleh had already recei [...]
2004-02-04 08:12:00Embassy SanaaSECRETMARR MOPS PREL PBTS PHSA YM DEMARCHE
04SANAA2561YEMEN: DEMARCHE ON UNGA REFORM RESOLUTION FOR THE
[...] No summary [...]
2004-10-06 12:36:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDAORC PARM PREL YM DEMARCHE
04SANAA2600ROYG REFUGEE CRACKDOWN: A SHIFT IN POLICY?
[...] (C) Summary. Reports of a ROYG crackdown on undocumented refugees are circulating amidst rumors the Ministry of Interior (MOI) released an internal report calling for more stringency in dealing with undocumented refugees in Yemen, particularly from the Horn of Africa (HOA). It is yet unclear [...]
2004-10-13 12:31:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREF YM GTIP HUMAN RIGHTS
04SANAA2602TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICER (TFCO) AT
[...] (C) Post offers the following response corresponding to the letter of the questions asked in reftel. (a) Contact information for TFCO: Post's Terrorist Financing Coordination Officer is DCM Nabeel Khoury. Post's Terrorist Financing Action Officer is Pol/Econ Deputy Jill Hutchings, who may b [...]
2004-10-13 13:07:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALKVPR EFIN PTER ETTC PREL TERFIN
04SANAA2696DEMARCHE DELIVERED: US NOMINEE TO INTERNATIONAL
[...] No summary [...]
2004-10-17 12:53:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDKJUS KAWC PHUM YM UNGA DEMARCHE
04SANAA2697DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IRANIAN ACTIVITY IN IRAQ
[...] (S) On October 16 Ambassador expressed to FM Qirbi USG concerns about Iranian interference with the UN, OIC - endorsed political process in Iraq. Iran's provision of support to insurgents, including terrorists, said Ambassador, directly threatens the security of Iraq and the region. He req [...]
2004-10-17 12:54:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL PTER PINR IZ IR YM DEMARCHE COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA2698CSRT AND ARB NOTIFICATIONS DELIVERED, ROYG REQUEST
[...] (C) Pol/Econ Chief delivered Notifications of Combatant Status review Tribunal (refs A-C),and Final Determination of Combatant Status Review Tribunal Notifications (refs D and E) to Deputy Foreign Minister Mustafa Noman on October 16. 2. (C) As in the past, Noman accepted notification o [...]
2004-10-17 13:06:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL KAWC PINR YM COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA2699RAMADAN RELEASES DEMARCHE DELIVERED, ROYG AGREES
[...] (S) Summary. On October 16 Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to Foreign Minister Qirbi and called on the ROYG to live up to its CT commitments (reftel). Ambassador stressed that ROYG failure to provide the USG with prior information on Ramadan releases of terrorism-related security detain [...]
2004-10-17 13:08:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPTER PREL PINR YM DEMARCHE COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA2707SANAA EAC MEETING - OCTOBER 17, 2004
[...] (S/NF) Begin summary: The Chief of Mission (COM) convened an EAC meeting on October 17, to address security concerns as post moves closer to the U.S. election date and enters Ramadan, raising the possibility of major attacks. COM stated there was currently no information that there will be a [...]
2004-10-18 08:32:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNASEC AMGT PREL PTER EAC
04SANAA2712MEETING WITH MOI AL-ALIMI: HOLD ON AL-BANNA AND
[...] (S/NF) Summary. At 18 October meeting with Minister of Interior al-Alimi, Ambassador urged continued detention of Jaber al-Banna and Hadi Dulqum. Alimi said there were no current plans to release either of the detainees and promised to inform Ambassador prior to any decision to release them. [...]
2004-10-19 08:05:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER KJUS YM COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA2723DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CUBA'S UN RESOLUTION AGAINST
[...] No summary [...]
2004-10-20 13:33:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ETRD YM DEMARCHE
04SANAA2724IRAN/IAEA: OPTIONS FOR ADDRESSING IRAN'S NUCLEAR
[...] (U) On September 16 Pol/Econ Chief delivered reftel demarche to Deputy Foreign Minister Mustafa Noman concerning options for member nations to address Iran's nuclear program at the UNSC in preparation for the November IAEA meeting. 2. (SBU) Noman responded that he believes Iran has reach [...]
2004-10-20 13:33:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PARM KNNP IR YM DEMARCHE
04SANAA2725YEMENI OPPOSITION JOURNALIST REMAINS IN DETENTION
[...] (SBU) Summary. Despite mounting pressure on the ROYG to release opposition newspaper editor Abdulkarim al-Khaiwani, he remains in prison. The local press reported that the ROYG offered Khaiwani freedom in exchange for an apology for publishing articles that the ROYG considers personal attac [...]
2004-10-23 04:19:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM YM HUMAN RIGHTS DEMOCRATIC REFORM
04SANAA2742YEMEN'S TENDERING SYSTEM - A TEST OF PATIENCE
[...] Summary: Yemen's non-transparent government procurement process tops the list of frustrations for Western companies interested in investing in Yemen. The poorest and least developed country in the Middle East, government projects offer one of the better ways for foreign companies to invest in [...]
2004-10-26 04:31:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD KCOR YM COM
04SANAA2753DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER NOMAN ON RAMADAN RELEASES
[...] (S/NF) Pol/Econ chief discussed pending Ramadan prisoner releases with Deputy Foreign Minister Mustafa Noman on October 27. Thanking the ROYG for providing the USG a list of potential Ramadan releases in advance, Pol/Econ Chief urged Noman to continue in this cooperative vein by taking seriou [...]
2004-10-27 15:10:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPTER PREL YM COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA2754INTERIOR MINISTER ALIMI ON RAMADAN RELEASES
[...] (S/NF) Summary. DCM pressed Interior Minister al-Alimi on October 26 not to proceed with ROYG plans to release all 138 security detainees, Hadi Dulqum, and Jaber al-Banna in a Ramadan Amnesty in the next days and weeks. A decision to go forward, said DCM, may have serious consequences for [...]
2004-10-28 13:41:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPTER PREL YM COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA2757AMBASSADOR'S TRIP TO ADEN AND TAIZ
[...] Summary. Ambassador visited the port city of Aden and the city of Taiz October 11-13. Aden and Taiz, the two former capitals of North and South Yemen respectively, are the two largest and most commercially vibrant of Yemeni cities outside the capital Sanaa. NGOs, social activism, commercial [...]
2004-10-30 13:17:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT SOCI PGOV PHUM KMPI YM
04SANAA2767HUMANITARIAN DEMINING ASSISTANCE TO YEMEN HELPS
[...] This is an action request. See paragraph 2. 2. Summary and Action Request. Funds for the USG Yemeni Humanitarian Demining Program (HDP) may be cut entirely in FY 05. Approaching its seventh year, Yemen's HDP (YHDP) is an example of how USG humanitarian assistance can successfully help [...]
2004-10-31 07:00:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER KHDP YM
04SANAA2771NOTICE OF GTMO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW BOARD
[...] No summary [...]
2004-10-31 11:31:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL KAWC YM COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA2775IPR IN YEMEN: NEW LAWS AND ENHANCED ENFORCMENT NEEDED
[...] Summary. Intellectual Property Rights Laws in Yemen need to be updated to meet Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights Standards (TRIPS),and existing laws should be enforced. Although it is not a major transit point or purchaser for illicitly produced goods and is not on USTR Sp [...]
2004-11-01 06:28:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD KIPR YM COM
04SANAA2782LABOR RIGHTS IN YEMEN: LAW VERSUS REALITY
[...] Summary. As is common to poor underdeveloped countries with former socialist influences, Yemen has many laws on the books to protect the rights of workers. In practice, however, the ruling General People's Congress (GPC) party has neutralized the major trade unions by placing party-appointed [...]
2004-11-01 13:07:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDELAB KDEM KMPI PHUM YM
04SANAA2783INVESTMENT CLIMATE CHANGES, CHALLENGES AHEAD FOR
[...] Summary. Corruption and non-implementation of existing laws and regulations make the investment climate appear nontransparent and arbitrary to most foreign investors. Concerns over security and ROYG non-movement on a critical economic reform package (ref A) create an inhospitable picture for [...]
2004-11-01 13:11:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDECON PGOV YM KMPF COM
04SANAA2784WTO UPDATE FOR YEMEN - FIVE YEARS AND COUNTING
[...] Summary/Comment. While accession to the World Trade Organization is still five to seven years out, with the first working party meeting to be held in Geneva on November 30 Yemen will enter a new, more difficult stage of trade negotiations. Through the Integrated Framework (IF) process sponsored [...]
2004-11-01 13:49:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD KMPI YM COM
04SANAA2785Services in Yemen: Legally Open For Investment
[...] Summary and comment: Insurance, telecommunications and the banking industry are all possible fields for American investment in Yemen. The insurance industry is steadily growing and open to investment. With only 1.3 million fixed lines, potential exists for the telecommunications services to e [...]
2004-11-01 13:49:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD EFIN EINV KMPI YM COM
04SANAA2790YEMEN ASKS US TO STAY OUT OF KHAIWANI CASE
[...] (C) Summary. At November 1 meeting, Deputy Foreign Minister Dhabbi expressed concern that the US plans to join European missions in criticizing the ROYG publicly for the detention of journalist al-Khaiwani. Ambassador responded that no such discussion had taken place and the US would not at [...]
2004-11-02 12:32:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PHUM YM
04SANAA2803DFM NOMAN DEPRESSED OVER RISING CORRUPTION IN YEMEN
[...] (C) Summary: In a candid and wide ranging discussion on November 2, Deputy Foreign Minister Mustafa Noman advised Pol/Econ Chief and Deputy that Post should convey to high-level ROYG officials the perils of corruption. Noman advised the Embassy to communicate to journalists and businessmen mo [...]
2004-11-03 11:13:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KCOR KMCA YM ECON COM
04SANAA2832ACTION COMPLETED: PROMOTING SUSTAINABLE
[...] Embassy Sanaa completed reftel action request. September 7, 2004 media notice on the Seed Initiative was sent by PD to normal newspaper distribution throughout Yemen on September 29, 2004. The notice was picked up by at least the Annahar, a weekly independent publication. Annahar has a week [...]
2004-11-08 12:32:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV KPAO YM
04SANAA2833CUSTOMS MAKING PROGRESS
[...] Summary: Yemen's existing customs and tariff schedule is calculated under the Brussels Definition of Value, which is not compliant with WTO standards. As part of the ROYG's economic reform package, reductions to customs and tariffs are being considered, but further revisions will be required f [...]
2004-11-08 12:32:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD YM COM
04SANAA2834YEMEN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON GTRI PARTNERS
[...] No summary [...]
2004-11-08 12:33:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDAORC KNNP PTER TRGY DEMARCHE
04SANAA2836YEMEN 2004 RAMADAN STRATEGY
[...] Per reftel, Post reports the following Ramadan programming for 2004. 2. Third Annual PD Iftar. Post,s major event was its annual Iftar dinner on 11/03. Invitees included ROYG officials, NGO heads and representatives, media and cultural contacts, as well as embassy staff. The Ambassador co [...]
2004-11-08 12:52:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OIIP KPAO KIRF
04SANAA2837CSRT REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE ON ENEMY COMBATANT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-11-08 12:59:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPTER PINR PREL KAWC YM COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA2850FM QIRBI AGREES TO RAISE GOSS CALL WITH SALEH
[...] (S/NF) Summary. Ambassador delivered Eid al-Fitr greetings (ref A),discussed the planned Ramadan amnesty and reviewed the upcoming BMENA forum with Foreign Minister Qirbi on November 8. Qirbi agreed to discuss with President Saleh the possibility of a CIA director call. FM raised Saleh's ref [...]
2004-11-09 11:09:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNPTER PGOV PREL YM COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA2861ACTION TAKEN: DEMARCHE ON THIRD COMMITTEE
[...] (U) On November 9 Pol/Econoff delivered reftel demarche to MFA diplomatic attach Selwa al-Rifai. Rifai said that due to the Eid holidays no one was available to give an indication as to how ROYG would vote on the resolutions. 2. (C) Rifai stated that while Yemen supports Human Rights resol [...]
2004-11-09 14:05:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL DEMARCHE HUMAN RIGHTS
04SANAA2862TOP 3 YEMEN ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES: WATER, WATER,
[...] Summary/comment. Several critical environmental issues face Yemen: overgrazing, soil erosion, desertification, sandstorms and summer dust storms. The most crucial issue, however, is the lack of potable water which affects the majority of Yemen's workers and future export sectors. By most es [...]
2004-11-09 14:07:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAGR SENV EWWT YM ENVIRONMENT
04SANAA2863JOURNALISTS ON KHAIWANI: NO RELEASE ANTICIPATED
[...] No summary [...]
2004-11-09 15:17:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV YM
04SANAA2869SANAA EAC MEETING - OCTOBER 26, 2004
[...] (S/NF) Begin Summary: On October 26, 2004, the Chief Of Mission chaired a core Emergency Action Committee meeting with COM, DCM, ORCA, DATT, FPD, LEGAT, SOC-Yemen, OMC, CONS, POLECON, PDO and RSO in attendance. The topic of discussion was the possible release of 138 prisoners from Republic of [...]
2004-11-11 10:00:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNASEC AMGT PREL PTER EAC COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA2870DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. GOALS FOR GLOBAL FUND
[...] No summary [...]
2004-11-13 13:05:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL TBIO KHIV YM DEMARCHE
04SANAA2936COMBATANT STATUS REVIEW TRIBUNAL REQUEST FOR ROYG
[...] (U) Pol/Econ Chief delivered request for ROYG assistance in contacting witnesses on behalf of Yemeni GTMO detainees coming before the Combatant Status Review Tribunal (ref A) to Deputy Foreign Minister Mustafa Noman on November 23. Noman said he would pass the request to the appropriate ROYG [...]
2004-11-24 10:44:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPTER PINR PREL KAWC YM COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA2938COMBATANT STATUS REVIEW TRIBUNAL REQUEST FOR ROYG
[...] (U) Pol/Econ Chief delivered request for ROYG assistance in contacting witnesses on behalf of Yemeni GTMO detainees coming before the Combatant Status Review Tribunal (ref A) to Deputy Foreign Minister Mustafa Noman on November 23. Noman said he would pass the request to the appropriate ROYG [...]
2004-11-24 10:45:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPTER PINR PREL KAWC YM COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA2939FORUM FOR THE FUTURE DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO ROYG
[...] (U) Summary: On November 23, EmbOffs met with separately with Deputy Foreign Minister Noman and Deputy Finance Minister Ghalib to deliver draft agenda (ref A) and discuss ROYG planning for the December 11 Forum for the Future meeting in Rabat (ref B). Both officials assured us that the nece [...]
2004-11-24 10:45:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALECON PREL KDEM KMPI YM COM DEMOCRATIC REFORM
04SANAA2940TRANSPARENCY OF MILITARY SPENDING IN YEMEN
[...] (SBU) Summary. According to the standards defined by the 1997 Omnibus Consolidated Appropriations Act, the military budgets in Yemen is not transparent. The MOD is not accountable to any civilian auditing authority, and has only limited control over revenues and expenditures within branches [...]
2004-11-24 10:47:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EAID YM
04SANAA2941ANTI-SEMITISM IN YEMEN
[...] There have been no reports incidents of anti-Semitic acts against Jews or Jewish property in Yemen since July 1, 2003. 2. There are between two and three hundred Jews remaining in Yemen. The ROYG issued a press release in June accusing Jews living in northern Yemen of backing the rebellio [...]
2004-11-24 10:47:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM KIRF YM HUMAN RIGHTS
04SANAA2942VP HADI SHARES ROYG CONCERNS ABOUT ERITREA
[...] (C) Summary. Vice President Abd Rabbu Mansour Hadi convoked Ambassador on November 23 to express ROYG concerns over a November 21 exchange of gunfire between Yemeni troops and four suspected Eritrean military boats off the Yemeni Hunaish Islands. Hadi pressed Ambassador for information on wha [...]
2004-11-24 10:47:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPBTS PREL MOPS ER YM
04SANAA2946UPDATE ON YEMEN PRISONER RELEASES
[...] (S) Summary. Post believes that the 28 plus 2 Ramadan detainees who's release we objected to have been put on an "extended hold" pending transfer from PSO custody to that of the Attorney General (AG). As of November 24, however, we have received no confirmation from the AG that the transfer [...]
2004-11-27 06:39:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL PTER PINR KJUS YM COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA2965LETER TO SECSTATE FROM YEMEN PRIME MINISTER
[...] Post received a thank you letter for the Eid al-Fitr greeting from Secretary Powell to Prime Minister Bajammal (reftel). 2. Begin text of letter from Prime Minister Bajammal to Secretary Powell: SIPDIS Mr. Colin Powell, Secretary of the State of the United States of America Bes [...]
2004-11-29 09:08:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC PREL YM
04SANAA2972IS A KHAIWANI RELEASE IMPENDING?
[...] (C) Summary. In separate discussions on 11/21 with a member of the as-Shura Council and a close Presidential advisor, Ambassador was told "in strictest confidence" that Saleh has decided to release imprisoned As-Shura opposition newspaper editor-in-chief, Abdulkarim Al-Khaiwani "very soon." [...]
2004-11-29 13:11:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KMPI YM DEMOCRATIC REFORM
04SANAA2985ASSESSMENT OF THE YEMENI CENTRAL SECURITY FORCES
[...] (C) This message is in response to reftel request for additional information on USG assistance for the Yemeni Central Security Forces for the purpose of assessing the best funding mechanism. USG training for the CSF-CTU is an integral part of U.S.-ROYG cooperation in the GWOT. ----------- [...]
2004-11-30 14:13:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPARM PREL MASS YM COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA2994GTMO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW BOARD PROCEEDINGS
[...] No summary [...]
2004-12-01 13:22:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PINR YM KWAC COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA2996DEMARCHES DELIVERED: SUPPORT FOR IRAQ ELECTIONS,
[...] (C) Summary. DCM delivered ref A and B demarches on keeping weapons out of Sudan (ref A) and encouraging support for full participation in Iraqi elections to Deputy Foreign Minister Noman on December 1. Pointing to President Saleh's on-again, off-again support for Coalition and IIG efforts, [...]
2004-12-01 13:50:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER ETTC SU IZ YM DEMARCHE
04SANAA3023YEMENI PRESIDENT SALEH WANTS WASHINGTON TRIP
[...] (C) Summary. President Saleh convoked Ambassador December 6 to request that he convey Saleh's strong desire to visit Washington to personally congratulate President Bush on his reelection and meet with newly appointed senior officials. Citing important new developments in the region "that can onl [...]
2004-12-06 15:11:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL PTER MARR PGOV KJUS PINR YM PARMS COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA3025SANAA EAC MEETING - DECEMBER 6, 2004
[...] No summary [...]
2004-12-06 19:17:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNASEC AMGT PREL PTER EAC
04SANAA3062LIMBURG AND COLE CASES ON APPEAL, BANNA STILL ON
[...] (C) Summary. Assistant Attorney General (AAG) Sharaf al-Mahbashi told Legatt on 10/06 that the Limburg appeal began with arguments from the first eight appellees, that briefs have been submitted to Court of Appeals in the Cole case although the court has not yet set a date to hear arguments, a [...]
2004-12-12 05:18:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL ASEC KVPR YM COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA3070AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT
[...] (C) Summary. Ambassador paid a courtesy call on Speaker of Parliament and head of the Islah opposition party Abdullah al-Ahmar on December 11. Al-Ahmar refused to address pressing domestic issues, including much-needed economic reforms, Parliament's agenda, and Islah's political agenda, in [...]
2004-12-12 14:55:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER YM DOMESTIC POLITICS
04SANAA3085MESSAGE ON INAUGURATION OF PRESIDENT GEORGE W.
[...] Pol/Econ Chief delivered ref A message and policy statement on inauguration of President George W. Bush to Deputy Foreign Minister Mustafa Noman on December 13. Noman was unaware of any ROYG plans to request to send a special delegation. KRAJESKI [...]
2004-12-14 09:42:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC YM
04SANAA3086UN HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTIONS NEED SUPPORT IN
[...] (U) Pol/Econ Chief delivered ref A demarche to Deputy Foreign Minister Mustafa Noman on December 13. Ref B demarche was delivered November 9 (ref C). 2. (C) Noman said he received the same demarche from the Dutch December 13. The DFM confided that he agreed with the USG position on both t [...]
2004-12-14 09:44:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL IR YM DEMARCHE HUMAN RIGHTS
04SANAA3094AL-JAZEERA TV PROGRAM: "THE UNTOLD WAR STORY" -
[...] SUMMARY: Al-Jazeera TV broadcast a documentary on Thursday, December 9, 2004, titled "The Untold War Story" addressing the impact and repercussions of U.S.-Yemeni counterterrorism cooperation at the economic, social and political levels. The documentary included impressions from a wide varie [...]
2004-12-15 10:03:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO YM PTER KMDR MARR MOPS PNIR COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA3098DPM SOFAN SEEKS U.S. POLITICAL COMMITMENT FOR
[...] (SBU) Summary. Deputy PM and Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Ahmed Sofan reviewed development cooperation and sought strong political support for Yemen's WTO accession bid from visiting Deputy Assistant Secretary Philo Dibble on December 15. Sofan complained of a lack of Sa [...]
2004-12-18 05:15:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD PGOV YM COM
04SANAA3099YEMEN BIOSAFETY STATUS - CARTAGENA PROTOCOL ON
[...] Ref A asked posts to help identify a small number of countries in order to engage them in more detailed bilateral discussions over the coming months over issues related to the Cartagena Protocol. Since the conclusion of the February 2004 First Meeting of Parties (MOP-1) to the Cartagena Proto [...]
2004-12-18 05:15:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ETRD EAGR EAID TBIO YM ENVIRONMENT
04SANAA3105YEMEN: 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] Below is Embassy Sanaa's submission to the 2004 Patterns of Global Terrorism Report. 2004 Addendum sent septel. The text and the addendum have also been forwarded to S/CT POC via e-mail. 2. Begin text. Terrorist Attacks and Prosecutions ---------------------------------- There were n [...]
2004-12-18 12:20:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC KCRM EFIN KHLS KPAO YM COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA3106YEMEN: ADDENDUM TO THE 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] Below is the text of Post's addendum to the 2004 Yemen submission to the annual terrorism report. The text of the report and the addendum have also been forwarded to CT POCs via e-mail. Report sent septel. The M/V Limburg Trial --------------------- 2. For more detailed information on [...]
2004-12-18 12:21:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC KCRM EFIN KHLS KPAO YM COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA3118DAS DIBBLE MEETINGS WITH ROYG MINISTERS: YEMEN
[...] (C) Summary. Ambassador and Visiting NEA/ARPI Deputy Assistant Secretary Philo Dibble met separately with Minister of Foreign Affairs Qirbi, Minister of Interior Alimi, and Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Sofan on December 15. The Ministers worked from the same talking poi [...]
2004-12-18 14:15:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL PTER MARR ECON KMPI YM COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA3130PROMINENT BUSINESS LEADER ON MINISTERIAL CORRUPTION
[...] (C) Summary. Pol/Econ Deputy had a wide ranging discussion with Abdul Wahab Thabet, Chairmen of the Thabet brothers, the second largest company in Yemen. Thabet vigorously criticized three of the most powerful ROYG ministers for corruption, and stated that on economics President Saleh, "does [...]
2004-12-20 10:07:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALECON KCOR PGOV PINR YM COM
04SANAA3144NEW CHAPTER IN YEMEN-ERITREA RELATIONS?
[...] (SBU) Summary. The December 8-10 visit to Sanaa by Eritrean president Isayas Afewerki is being touted as marking "a new page" in Yemen-Eritrea relations. Since a fishing dispute over the Hunaish Islands erupted into armed conflict in 1995, Yemen-Eritrea relations have been icy. Although the [...]
2004-12-22 07:53:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL ER ET YM HOA
04SANAA3151ROYG MAKING TENTATIVE STEPS TO STEM CORRUPTION AND
[...] (C) A recent series of local press articles may signal that the ROYG is finally taking initial steps to address corruption, particularly in the area of diesel smuggling, one of the main reasons Parliament was able to successfully stall implementation of an economic reform package. In a meeting [...]
2004-12-26 11:41:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV KMPI KCOR YM KMCC COM
04SANAA3152CT ACTION GROUP DEMARCHE ON 12 CONVENTIONS AND
[...] No summary [...]
2004-12-26 12:21:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER ASEC PREL YM DEMARCHE COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA3153DEMARCHE ON DARFUR FOR VIP VISITORS TO SUDAN
[...] (SBU) Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to Prime Deputy Foreign Minister al-Dhabbi on December 25. (Note: Foreign Minister Qirbi has already departed for Khartoum. End Note.) 2. (C) Emphasizing that the government of Sudan has repeatedly violated its pledges to the AU to cease offensi [...]
2004-12-26 12:22:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALODIP PREL ER ET DEMARCHE
04SANAA3155YEMEN 2004-2005 INSCR REPORT
[...] (SBU) SANAA'S UPDATE FOR THE 2004-2005 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT (INSCR) IS AT PARA TWO. COMMENT: SANAA NOTES NO SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS IN IMPLEMENTING THE 2003 MONEY LAUNDERING LAW, AND HAS TAKEN NO ACTION ON ENFORCING THE UNSCR 1267 SANCTIONS ON ABDUL MAJID ZINDANI. END C [...]
2004-12-26 13:54:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON SNAR PTER KSEP KCRM YM TERFIN COM
04SANAA3168SALEH PLAYING HOA STATESMAN, WANTS USG STATEMENT
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 5. 2. (C) Summary. Immediately following his return from the Sanaa Forum for Cooperation in Khartoum, Foreign Minister Qirbi convoked Charge on December 28 to ask for U.S. political support for a number of initiatives endorsed by the participan [...]
2004-12-28 15:36:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER ODIP ER ET SU YM
04SANAA3169YEMEN LOOKS TO SEND OBSERVERS TO IRAQI ELECTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2004-12-28 15:42:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL IZ YM
04SANAA3170SANAA EAC MEETING 12/28/2004
[...] (S/NF) Begin Summary: The Charge convened a core EAC meeting on December 28, 2004, to share information regarding the recent attempt to attack Embassy personnel and to assess recent threat information. Embassy employees were reminded to remain vigilant in light of recent threat reporting an [...]
2004-12-28 17:34:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNAMGT ASEC PREL PTER YM EAC COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA358COUNTERTERRORISM ACTION GROUP -- 10 FEBRUARY
[...] (U) Summary: On 10 February 2004, the Ambassador hosted a meeting of the G-8 Counterterrorism Action Group (CTAG) local mission representatives at the Residence to discuss and coordinate member-nations' ongoing counterterrorism training and assistance efforts with the Republic of Yemen governm [...]
2004-02-11 16:01:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC PREL COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA359YEMENI ISLAMIC MODERATE ON THE RELEASE OF
[...] (c) Summary: Pol/Econ Chief, Counter-terrorism Coordinator and Political Specialist (as translator) met with Judge Hamoud al-Hitar, leading cleric of the ROYG committee responsible for the dialogue with security detainees, on February 9. Concerning the dialogue, al-Hitar said that there are [...]
2004-01-30 15:54:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PINR YM KICC
04SANAA368INVITATION FOR PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICERS TO
[...] (sbu) As a follow-up to the recent CJTF-HOA Political/Military Officers conference hosted at Camp Lemonier, January 20-21, Embassy Sana'a would like to extend an invitation to appropriate information officers at CJTF-HOA in Djibouti to meet with Post public diplomacy officers in Sana'a. 2. [...]
2004-02-16 08:12:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL OIIP YM PMIL
04SANAA381FM AL-QIRBI ON YEMEN-SAUDI BORDER ISSUES
[...] (c) In February 16 meeting (other subjects ref b and septel),Foreign Minister Abubakr al-Qirbi elaborated on the current border dispute between Yemen and Saudi Arabia. Qirbi affirmed that President Saleh is traveling to Saudi Arabia on February 17 to discuss the issue with the Saudi Leadershi [...]
2004-02-18 04:35:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MASS YM
04SANAA393SCENESETTER FOR SANAA VISIT
[...] (U) Embassy Sanaa warmly welcomes the visit of GEN Abizaid and his staff. You will find that operational counterterrorism cooperation between the USG and the ROYG has increased since your last visit. 2. (SBU) The grant transfer patrol boats for the Yemen Coast Guard arrived on 15 Februar [...]
2004-02-18 12:55:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL MARR YM COUNTER TERRORISM MARITIME SECURITY TERFIN
04SANAA396FM QIRBI ON WASHINGTON VISIT
[...] (s) In a February 16 meeting (ref a),CDA reviewed Foreign Minister Abubaker al-Qirbi's successful visit to Washington February 2-6. Noting the positive meetings Qirbi had with the FBI Director and DCI, CDA said that arrangements should proceed soon for teams from the CIA and FBI to visit Yeme [...]
2004-02-18 13:13:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL PGOV MASS PTER ETRD YM COUNTER TERRORISM ECON COM DEMOCRATIC REFORM
04SANAA397SIT-IN BY ETHIOPIAN REFUGEES AT UNHCR SANA'A
[...] (SBU) Summary. A group of former refugees composed of Mengistu-era Ethopian naval officers have maintained a 24/7 sit-in at Sanaa's UNHCR office for eight days demanding consideration for resettlement in the US or another third country. The sit-in began on Tuesday, February 10, after a UNHCR [...]
2004-02-18 13:46:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF YM
04SANAA414BEHIND THE SCENES ON YEMEN-SAUDI BORDER COOPERATION
[...] (s) Summary: President Saleh told CDA on February 19 that DCI George Tenent played a major role in facilitating the new border agreement between Saudi Arabia and Yemen. Both countries agreed to halt new construction and begin joint Ministry of Interior patrols. A resolution was a political n [...]
2004-02-24 09:54:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL PTER ASEC PBTS SA YM COUNTER TERRORISM ECON COM
04SANAA448SANAA EAC MEETING - 28 FEBRUARY 2004
[...] (S/NF) Summary: The Ambassador convened an EAC meeting on February 28, 2004 to review security conditions for Embassy personnel and the general American community in light of muted public reaction to the terrorist financing designation of Sheikh Zindani (refs A and B) and recent threat repor [...]
2004-02-26 22:38:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNASEC AMGT PREL PTER YM EAC TERFIN
04SANAA459 MEPI EDUCATION: DEVELOPING THE "PARTERNSHIP SCHOOLS"
[...] On January 27, 2004, Post met with the Vice Minister of Education, Dr. Abdulaziz Bin Habtoor, to discuss the MEPI Partnership Schools Initiative. Dr. Habtoor was responsive to the Partnership Schools concept and will provide further feedback and guidance after consultations within the Ministry [...]
2004-03-01 11:20:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT OTRA YM
04SANAA472MINISTER OF HUMAN RIGHTS TO MEET WITH U.S.
[...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. On 1 March, the Ambassador met with the ROYG Minister of Human Rights, Amat-al-Alim Al-Soswah, to present the 2003 Human Rights Report in English and Arabic. 3. The Minister requested a meeting with the U.S. Delegation to the UN C [...]
2004-03-02 08:27:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM HUMAN RIGHTS
04SANAA477NO NEW SECURITY THREAT IN YEMEN; FRENCH NOT CLOSING
[...] (C) SUMMARY. French DCM told DCM 3/2 that media reports of French diplomatic closure in Sanaa due to new local security threats are in error. The recent Zawahiri audiotape prompted Paris to advise French embassies worldwide to review security. In Yemen, this instruction prompted an ongoing [...]
2004-03-02 14:36:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC PGOV FR YM COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA488MEDIA REACTION ON US TREASURY DEPARTMENT
[...] SUMMARY: Press coverage of the 2/24 terrorist financing designation of Shaikh Abd-al-Majid al-Zindani, Head of both Al-Iman University and the Advisory (Shura) Council of the leading Yemeni opposition party Islah, has generally been highly critical. A few papers offered muted support, reprin [...]
2004-03-03 13:46:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR PHUM PTER KISL YM TERFIN COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA498ROYG CONDEMNS 3/2 ATTACKS IN BAGHDAD AND KERBALA
[...] (C) DCM contacted Presidential translator/advisor Mohamed Sudam and conveyed reftel demarche evening of 3/3. Sudam noted that the absence of FM Qirbi (in Cairo for AL Ministerial) likely accounted for lack of immediate comment from the MFA, adding that ROYG would indeed denounce "these terrib [...]
2004-03-04 11:01:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PREL PGOV KISL YM DEMARCHE
04SANAA505MINISTER OF HUMAN RIGHTS OUTLINES PRIORITIES; HRR
[...] (c) Summary: Ambassador presented to the Minister of Human Rights on 3/1 the 2003 U.S Annual Report on Human Rights Practices on Yemen in Arabic. Already familiar with the report, the Minister said that her Ministry welcomed the report's findings. Overall, the Minister described it as provi [...]
2004-03-07 12:43:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV YM HUMAN RIGHTS TRAFFICKING PERSONS
04SANAA506FM QIRBI ON ARAB LEAGUE, GREATER MIDDLE EAST
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador called on ROYG Foreign Minister 3/7 to discuss developments with Arab League reform and the Greater Middle East Initiative upon the FM's return from the Cairo AL ministerial. Qirbi highlighted the drafting of a charter committing the Arab League to political and econo [...]
2004-03-07 12:51:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER ECON EAID KISL YM DEMOCRATIC REFORM
04SANAA507PRESIDENT SALEH'S SON: ALIVE AND WELL IN SANAA
[...] (u) Colonel Ahmed Ali Saleh, President Saleh's oldest son and Commander of the Yemen Special Forces, made a public appearance on March 6 at a graduation ceremony for the Republican Guard and Special Forces. DATT, who attended the ceremony, confirms that Saleh appeared to be unharmed. Saleh's [...]
2004-03-07 13:31:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPTER PARM PREL PHUM YM DEMOCRATIC REFORM
04SANAA521ONGOING AGGRESSIVE CT OPS IN ABYAN
[...] (S/NF) Summary/Comment: Yemeni counterterrorism (CT) operations by Central Security Forces (CSF) and Ministry of Defense forces have been ongoing in the Abyan region for approximately one week. ROYG informed Post of the capture of al-Qaida element Raouf Naseeb on 3/3. Minister of Interior [...]
2004-03-08 14:06:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNPTER PREL YM COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA53NOTICE OF ALL-CARGO INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT
[...] (u) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (u) Pol/Econ Chief and Econoff delivered information in reftel to Hamed Ahmed Farag, Chairman of Yemen's Civil Aviation and Meteorological Authority (CAMA),Mohammed al-Madhagi, CAMA Advisor and Chief of the Technical Advisory Burea [...]
2004-01-06 12:25:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ASEC YM
04SANAA54TEXTS OF DHS EMERGENCY AVIATION AMENDMENTS
[...] (sbu) Pol/Econ Chief and Econoff delivered texts of three aviation emergency amendments provided in reftel to Hamed Ahmed Farag, Chairman of Yemen's Civil Aviation and Meteorological Authority (CAMA),Mohammed al-Madhagi, CAMA Advisor and Chief of the Technical Advisory Bureau. Noting that Ye [...]
2004-01-06 12:26:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR PTER ASEC PREL YM COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA545DHAMAR MOSQUE ATTACK NOT ANTI-WESTERN TERRORISM
[...] (C) Post confirmed with Ministry of Interior (MOI) that the mosque attack in Dhamar 3/5 has no/no relation to anti-Western or other terrorism. As reported in local and international press (ref),Abdallah Ahmed Yahia Zeid Ghassan killed five persons and injured 30 when he attacked a Dhamar m [...]
2004-03-06 09:14:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL YM
04SANAA546UPDATE ON SIT-IN BY ETHIOPIAN REFUGEES AT UNHCR
[...] (C) Summary. The sit-in by Ethiopian refugees reported in reftel remains unchanged after nearly one month. A group of refugees continues to camp outside UNHCR's Sana'a offices in the road adjacent to the residence of the DCM. Contacts with Yemeni officials indicate willingness by the ROYG to [...]
2004-03-10 13:45:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREF YM HUMAN RIGHTS
04SANAA589SANAA EAC MEETING - 13 MARCH 2004
[...] (S/NF) CDA convened an EAC meeting on 3/13 to review security conditions in light of the Abu-Hafs Al-Masri Brigades statement, ref a. The statement claims responsibility for the 3/11 Madrid bombings and calls for attacks in Yemen. EAC agreed the statement does not warrant any increase to Po [...]
2004-03-15 09:13:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNASEC AMGT PREL PTER YM
04SANAA611TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT -- YEMEN
[...] (SBU) Following is Post's response to ref A questions. -------- Overview -------- 2. (SBU) Ref A para 18 (Overview of a Country's Activities to Eliminate Trafficking in Persons) A. Yemen may be a country of origin, transit and destination for internationally trafficked persons. [...]
2004-03-16 14:02:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SMIG ASEC PREF ELAB KCRM KWMN KFRD YM TRAFFICKING PERSONS
04SANAA620OFFICIAL REPUBLIC OF YEMEN REACTION TO THE SIGNING
[...] No summary [...]
2004-03-17 12:56:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR PGOV IZ YM
04SANAA622SANAA EAC MEETING - 16 MARCH 2004
[...] (S/NF) Summary: The Ambassador convened an EAC meeting on 3/16 to review security conditions for Embassy personnel and the general American community in light of the recent thwarted attack on the U.S. Consulate in Karachi, Pakistan. EAC examined Post's already stringent and comprehensive se [...]
2004-03-17 14:51:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNASEC AMGT PREL PTER YM EAC
04SANAA626FEBRUARY 9, 2004, SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE
[...] (S/NF) Demonstrations A. Are there any ethnic or religious communities in country that are capable of carrying out significant anti-American demonstrations? There are not organized, clearly defined communities as such, but ad hoc groupings of Yemeni Muslims are predisposed to oppose U. [...]
2004-03-17 17:49:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNASEC PTER COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA66203/21/2003 DEMONSTRATION -- GETTING THE FACTS
[...] (C) Summary: On the anniversary of the start of the war against Iraq, Yemeni opposition newspapers are recalling the March 21, 2003 demonstration near the U.S. Embassy that resulted in several persons killed and injured after clashes erupted between armed demonstrators and ROYG security forc [...]
2004-03-21 13:43:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPHUM YM
04SANAA671ROYG PAPERS ON GMEI AND IRAQ/ARAB-ISRAELI CONFLICT
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (C) ROYG Foreign Minister convoked Ambassador on 3/22 to pass for USG comment two papers on Iraq/Israel-Palestine and the Greater Middle East Initiative (full text paras 7 and 8, originals faxed to NEA/ARP) developed by the ROYG for [...]
2004-03-22 14:23:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL YM
04SANAA673SANAA EAC MEETING - 22 MARCH 2004
[...] (S/NF) Begin summary: Ambassador convened an EAC meeting on March 22, 2004, to review security conditions for Embassy personnel and the general American community in light of Israel's assassination of Hamas spiritual leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin (reftel). Ambassador commenced the EAC with an [...]
2004-03-23 09:45:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNASEC AMGT PREL PTER YM EAC
04SANAA6803/20/04 ABIZAID MEETING WITH SALEH: CT OPS IN
[...] (C) Summary. During his 3/20/04 visit to Sanaa, GEN Abizaid, accompanied by Ambassador and senior staff, called on President Saleh. Saleh asked about ongoing Pakistani CT operations in Waziristan. He asserted that good intelligence and money to spread around were more effective in tribal re [...]
2004-03-24 08:13:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PTER EAID IZ AF PK YM COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA683HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW OF DOD TRAINING
[...] No summary [...]
2004-03-24 13:27:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDMOPS PHUM YM HUMAN RIGHTS
04SANAA685SANAA EAC MEETING 03/24/2004
[...] (C) Begin Summary: The Ambassador convened an EAC meeting on March 24th, 2004, to review the security situation in regard to potential tensions in the region as a result of the assassination of Sheikh Ahmed Yassin. EAC members noted no specific threats but recommended that the American com [...]
2004-03-24 16:07:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNAMGT ASEC PREL PTER EAC
04SANAA694MEDIA REACTION ON THE ASSASSINATION OF HAMAS LEADER
[...] SUMMARY: The assassination of Ahmad Yassin 3/22, the spiritual leader of the Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas, received widespread reaction at various levels of Yemeni society including the government, political parties and the media. Newspapers, including government, opposition and indepe [...]
2004-03-27 04:35:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR PHUM PTER KISL YM
04SANAA704EXPULSION OF YEMENI DIPLOMAT
[...] MFA Protcol Director, Mohamed Taha Mustafa, called in DCM on March 28,2004 to discuss the pending expulsion from the U.S. of Yemeni diplomat Abdulla M. Al-Socotry. Ambassador Taha Mustafa reviewed the facts of the case explaining that the ROYG considers the expulsion decision "harsh," but wou [...]
2004-03-29 06:04:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINS YM
04SANAA710MEPI WOMEN'S PROGRAM GRADUATES CREATE SUCCESS
[...] (U) Summary: Alumnae of MEPI regional programs immediately put lessons learned to work to advance women's interests in Yemen. Less than one week after Doha, a female journalist won a seat on the 12-member board of the Yemeni Journalists Syndicate using tactics gained in the conference. Poli [...]
2004-03-29 10:36:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KDEM YM DEMOCRATIC REFORM HUMAN RIGHTS
04SANAA718MEPI FY 2004 FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS
[...] (u) Post welcomes the MEPI FY 04 funding recommendations (ref a) and appreciates the opportunity to comment. Post is pleased to see the continuation of a number of successful programs, including MEET the U.S., WTO accession training, and political parties strengthening. Reftel a requests com [...]
2004-03-31 11:13:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDKMPI KPAO EAID ECON PREL YM COM DEMOCRATIC REFORM
04SANAA720ROYG POLICE END SIT-IN BY ETHIOPIAN REFUGEES AT
[...] (U) Summary. Following a partial closing by UNHCR of its offices in Sana'a and a threat to close permamently, Yemeni police intervened on March 19 to end the sit-in by Ethiopian refugees which began February 10, thus ending the potential security threat posed to the adjacent residence of the [...]
2004-03-31 12:02:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREF YM HUMAN RIGHTS
04SANAA723YEMENI FM: POSTPONEMENT OF PLANNED AL SUMMIT IN
[...] (c) Summary: Ambassador met with FM Qirbi on 3/31 primarily to discuss the reasons for the postponement of the Arab League summit planned for March 29-30 in Tunis. Qirbi characterized the March 27 announcement as a last-minute "surprise." Citing heated discussions on secondary issues, debat [...]
2004-03-31 13:00:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL YM
04SANAA724IMPROVED YEMEN-SAUDI COOPERATION, BUT STILL NO
[...] (c) Summary: Saudi Poloff al-Mqhm told Pol/Econ Chief on 3/27 that there is strong interest in Saudi-Yemen cooperation, including projected committee meetings to develop a joint strategy for border security. He confirmed that because of concerns over smuggling, the SAG opted to construct a " [...]
2004-03-31 13:03:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER ASEC PBTS SA YM COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA726NEA/ARP DEPUTY DIRECTOR WILLIAMS 3/13-15 VISIT TO
[...] (C) Summary: During his 3/13-15 visit to Yemen, Deputy Director of NEA/ARP Tom Williams discussed the Greater Middle East Initiative (GMEI) and Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) with the Deputy Foreign Minister, who critiqued the MCA process and indicators. The DFM also noted his primary con [...]
2004-03-31 13:36:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON EAID PARM PHUM KMPI YM DEMOCRATIC REFORM
04SANAA728PRESENTATION OF INCOMING LEGATT TO MINISTER OF
[...] (U) Summary: On 27 March 2004, The Ambassador met with ROYG Minister of the Interior Rashad al-Alimi to present newly arrived LEGATT and discuss security subjects. Alimi warmly welcomed LEGATT, and listed a number of issues on which MOI sought cooperation with LEGATT. Also present at the m [...]
2004-04-03 04:29:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL IZ YM COUNTER TERRORISM MARITIME SECURITY
04SANAA80DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO ROYG ON FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
[...] No summary [...]
2004-01-10 11:10:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON EFIN KPAL KWBG YM DEMARCHE
04SANAA822MFA RECEIVES GUIDANCE ON U.S. POLICY WITH RESPECT
[...] (s) On April 7, Pol/Econ Chief discussed reftel guidance on U.S. policy on nations' non-lethal military equipment exports to Libya with MFA's Deputy Chief of the Arab World Department, Plenipotentiary Minister Saleh al-Nashad. As in previous meetings, al-Nashad expressed interest in U.S. inte [...]
2004-04-07 13:08:00Embassy SanaaSECRETKSTC PARM PREL PGOV OPDC ETTC OVIP YM
04SANAA823EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK FADEL AL-HUSSEINI
[...] (u) This is an action request. Please see para 6. 2. (u) Post received original PLC request in reftel on March 8. The purchaser is the Fadel Al-Husseini Trading Group. The enduser is the Republican Guard of Yemen. The enduser site is the training and storage facilities of the Yemeni Repu [...]
2004-04-07 14:18:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBEXP ETRD ETTC YE
04SANAA837LAW ENFORCEMENT COOPERATION: USS COLE DEFENDANTS -
[...] (SBU) Ambassador, accompanied by LEGATT and NCIS rep, carried out demarche reftel with Minister of Interior Alimi on Wednesday, April 7. Ambassador noted his intention to reiterate points to prosecutor general early week of April 10. Alimi confirmed that prosecutor general is appropriate in [...]
2004-04-10 13:59:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER CJAN YM DEMARCHE COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA855HUMAN RIGHTS MINISTER ON THE HRR, TIP, AMNESTY
[...] (c) Summary: On 4/10, Ambassador and Pol/Econ Chief met with Minister of Human Rights Amat al-Alim al-Suswah at her request to discuss the ROYG's response to the 2003 Human Rights Report (HRR),additional ROYG actions to quantify and combat Trafficking in Persons (TIP),the Amnesty Internatio [...]
2004-04-13 09:53:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPHUM SMIG ASEC ELAB KWMN KFRD PGOV YM KRIC HUMAN RIGHTS TRAFFICKING PERSONS
04SANAA860AMBASSADOR'S 4/10 MEETING WITH AMNESTY
[...] (sbu/nf) Summary: In a lengthy 4/10 meeting with Ambassador, a four-person Amnesty International delegation appealed for increased information and access for the families of Yemenis detained at Guantanamo. The far-ranging and amicable discussion included Yemen's progress on the mutually-rein [...]
2004-04-13 13:20:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM YM COUNTER TERRORISM HUMAN RIGHTS
04SANAA867YEMEN TO TRY TERRORISTS/COLE BOMBING SUSPECTS
[...] (U) Summary: On 11 April 2004, The Ambassador met with ROYG Attorney General (AttGen) Dr. Abdullah Al-Ulfi to discuss progress on turning over terrorist cases for prosecution, formally request rendition of Cole Bombing suspects Al-Badawi and Al-Quso, and to request/offer USG participation in [...]
2004-04-14 11:35:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PREL IZ YM COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA877PSI: REQUEST TO ENDORSE STATEMENT OF INTERDICTION
[...] (c) On April 12, Pol/Econ Chief met with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of the Two Americas Office Abdul-Malik Abdul-Ghani Saleh and his Deputy, Dirham al-Saidi to review the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Statement of Interdiction Principles (SOP) and request that the ROYG make [...]
2004-04-17 10:24:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PREL PARM YM
04SANAA906YEMEN MAY ATTEND OIC MEETING IN KUALA LUMPUR
[...] (c) Pol/Econ Chief delivered reftel talking points to Deputy Foreign Minister for Europe, the Americas and International Organizations Mustapha Noman on 4/21. Saying that he just signed off on a memo regarding Yemen's participation, Noman strongly hinted that Yemen would be represented at the [...]
2004-04-21 12:30:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL XF IZ YM OIC
04SANAA907DELIVERED: URGENT DEMARCHE ON UNSC DRAFT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-04-21 13:23:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP YM DEMARCHE
04SANAA956GMEI: SUPPORT COMBINED WITH ADVICE FROM DFM NOMAN
[...] (c) Summary: On 4/21, Pol/Econ Chief delivered talking points (ref b) and GMEI paper package (ref c) to DFM Noman. While pledging to support the reforms, Noman's initial reaction included a reminder that the USG's credibility vis a vis reform is being adversely impacted by the Administration's [...]
2004-04-27 05:22:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALKMPI PREL EAID XF PK YM
04SANAA96FINAL REPORT: DEMOCRACY SMALL GRANT FOR THE
[...] The Communication Training & Qualifying Institution (CTQI) has concluded its training project titled "Advocacy and Media Campaign." Conducted from 04-15 October 2003 for 20 participants from ten NGOs working with women and human rights issues on how to use media to prepare [...]
2004-01-11 13:11:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM KPAO AFIN KWMN PHUM YM DEMOCRATIC REFORM HUMAN RIGHTS
04SANAA960MARITIME SECURITY PROGRAMS
[...] Per reftel, Embassy Sanaa would like to be included in the Maritime Security Collective. 2. Point of contact for Embassy Sanaa is Pol/Econ Chief, Mary Brett Rogers, who can be contacted at the following phone numbers: Embassy: (967) (1) 303-155 extension 2236, cell phone (967) 7321-8475 [...]
2004-04-27 10:18:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT EWWT ACOA ASEC EAIR ETRD ECON ETTC MARITIME SECURITY
04SANAA97FINAL REPORT: DEMOCRACY SMALL GRANT FOR Al-ZAHRA
[...] Al-Zahara Association, Dhamr governorate, has concluded its project titled "Training and Capacity Building for NOGs". The duration of the project was from 23-31 August 03. Thirty-two participants from Dhamar and Albaida governorates attended the workshop and learned ab [...]
2004-01-11 13:11:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM KPAO AFIN KWMN PHUM YM DEMOCRATIC REFORM
04SANAA98FINAL REPORT: DEMOCRACY SMALL GRANT FOR Al-
[...] Al-Mara'wa Social and Health Association has concluded its project titled "Girls' Education: Awareness and Advocacy Program". The Association conducted two workshops in ten selected rural areas with dense population in Al-Marawa district in accordance with the terms o [...]
2004-01-11 13:12:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM KPAO AFIN KWMN PHUM YM DEMOCRATIC REFORM HUMAN RIGHTS
05SANAA1031UPDATE ON DENGUE FEVER OUTBREAK IN YEMEN: 133
[...] As of April 17, The World Health Organization (WHO) has detected 84 cases of dengue fever in the Hadramawt governorate since the outbreak began in late December. These cases of dengue fever occurred in the port city of Mukulla and on the Hadramawt coastline along the Indian Ocean. Added to [...]
2005-04-25 07:02:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO AMED YM
05SANAA1032ONE STEP BACK FOR GLOBAL POLIO ERADICATION: FOUR
[...] The World Health Organization (WHO) has identified four cases of polio in Yemen since early February. According to Deputy Minister of Health Dr. Abdulmagid Al-Kulaidi, the genetic profile of the polio virus indicates that these cases may be related to the ongoing outbreak in Sudan, which in t [...]
2005-04-25 07:02:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO AMED YM
05SANAA1036(U) AMEMBASSY CONOPS APPROVAL FOR YE2005JCET002N
[...] (S) AS REQUESTED IN REF A, AMEMBASSY SANA'A AND HOST NATION CONCUR WITH NSWU-3 CONCEPT FOR JCET YE2005JCET002N (REF A). 2. (S) AMEMBASSY SANA'A HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING MESSAGE WILL FOLLOW UNDER A SEPARATE MESSAGE.3. (OMC POC IS COLONEL MARK DEVLIN, COM 967-1-755-2079. [...]
2005-04-25 12:38:00Embassy SanaaSECRETMASS PHUM TC
05SANAA1037AL-HOUTHI LEADERS FLEE YEMEN, REBELLION NEAR END
[...] (C) Summary. The level of conflict between government and rebel forces in the Sa'ada region seems to be decreasing, but clashes continue in isolated areas. The leaders of the uprising are rumored to have fled the country, perhaps under a negotiated agreement. There is considerable risk that [...]
2005-04-25 14:35:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR PTER YM DOMESTIC POLITICS
05SANAA1039SHRD REPORT DELIVERED TO MINISTRY OF HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) Poloff delivered "Supporting Human Rights and Democracy: The U.S. Record 2004-2005" to Nasser Arrabyee, Special Assistant to the Minister of Human Rights on April 24. Arabyee promised to pass the report to Minister Soswa and to report back should she have any comments. Poloff also provi [...]
2005-04-26 06:46:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KPAO OIIP ELAB KDEM KSPR DEMOCRATIC REFORM
05SANAA1040SANAA EAC MEETING 04/24/2005
[...] (S/NF) Post EAC convened at 3:00 P.M. on Sunday, April 24, to review the current security environment and to discuss procedure regarding the continuation or discontinuation of authorized departure status. RSO reported that, apart from unconfirmed, vague reports of an additional two grenade a [...]
2005-04-26 07:17:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNAMGT ASEC PREL PTER EAC
05SANAA1042DEMARCHE ON UNIVERSAL ELECTION STANDARDS DELIVERED
[...] (SBU) Ambassador delivered reftel demarche and concept paper to Presidential Advisor Dr. Abdul Karim al-Iryani on April 19 in preparation for the Santiago Community of Democracies meeting. Iryani commented that the ROYG delegation would fully support the idea of universal election standards a [...]
2005-04-26 07:18:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM KDEM YM DEMARCHE DEMOCRATIC REFORM
05SANAA1052SANAA EAC MEETING 04/27/2005
[...] (S/NF) Post EAC convened on April 27 at 2:30 P.M. to review reverse tripwires for Authorized Depature status (per reftel C). Key offices and personnel represented at the meeting included: AMB, DCM, DAT, FPD, IPC, MO, LEGATT, POLE, RMAS, OMC, RSO, CONS, PD and USAID. Members of the EAC unan [...]
2005-04-27 12:03:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNAMGT ASEC PREL PTER EAC
05SANAA1054DRAFT PRESS LAW CONCERNS JOURNALISTS
[...] (C) Summary. On April 25 the ROYG's draft of a proposed new press law was leaked to the Yemen press. Journalists, citing more restrictions than in the old law and the lack of ROYG consultations with the Syndicate in drafting the law, are disappointed. Minister of Information, Hussein al-Awadi [...]
2005-04-29 09:00:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL KMPI KMCA YM DEMOCRATIC REFORM
05SANAA106ADEN PORT: YEMEN MISSES ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY
[...] (SBU) In a briefing to donors on January 10, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Ahmed Sofan announced that Prime Minister Ba Jammal "in the interest of promoting the widest competition" rejected the Rotterdam Management Group's (RMG) recommendation to [...]
2005-01-17 10:22:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD KCOR YM COM
05SANAA1126EXPIRATION OF AUTHORIZED DEPARTURE FOR AMERICAN
[...] (U) This is an action request; see para 6. 2. (SBU) Based on the recommendations of the Emergency Action Committee (EAC),Ambassador requests that the Department not extend Authorized Departure beyond the current expiration date. 3. (SBU) The EAC unanimously agreed that Post's securi [...]
2005-05-01 14:23:00Embassy SanaaSECRETAMGT ASEC PREL PTER EAC
05SANAA1133SANAA EAC MEETING 05/01/2005
[...] (S/NF) Post EAC convened on May 5 at 3:30 P.M. to review the current security environment and to finalize post recommendation on the discontinuation of authorized depature status (septel forthcoming). Key offices and personnel represented at the meeting included: AMB, DCM, DAT, FPD, IPC, MO [...]
2005-05-02 06:37:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNAMGT ASEC PREL PTER EAC
05SANAA117SANAA EAC MEETING 01/16/2004
[...] (S/NF) Begin Summary: The Ambassador convened an EAC meeting on January 17, 2005, to review post policy for private or official events at Embassy Officer housing following a recent attempted attack against Embassy personnel at an Employee residence during the Christmas holidays. The COM no [...]
2005-01-18 09:45:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNAMGT ASEC PREL PTER YM EAC COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA120NAMES, TITLES AND CONTACT NUMBERS FOR LEADING
[...] (SBU) As per reftel, the titles, names, and contact numbers for leading Yemeni government and political officials were verified on January 4, 2005 and are as follows: Head of Government ------------------ Last Name: Saleh First/Middle Names: Ali Abdullah Conventional Usage: His Excell [...]
2005-01-18 11:17:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL YM DOMESTIC POLITICS
05SANAA1220SANAA EAC MEETING 05/07/2005
[...] (S/NF) Post EAC convened on May 7 at 11:00 A.M. to review Department guidance on the lifting of Authorized Departure status (reftel A) and to determine next steps for post. Key offices and personnel represented at the meeting included: AMB, DCM, DAT, FPD, IPC, MO, LEGATT, POLE, OMC, RSO, CO [...]
2005-05-08 03:57:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNAMGT ASEC PREL PTER EAC
05SANAA1221DEMARCHE ON SUPPORT FOR THE IRAQ TRANSITIONAL
[...] Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to Minister of Foreign Affairs Qirbi on May 8. Qirbi reiterated ROYG support for the transitional government in Iraq, as expressed by President Saleh on April 10. In that statement, Saleh congratulated new Iraqi President Talibani and expressed Yemen's d [...]
2005-05-08 10:18:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL YM DEMARCHE
05SANAA1222DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON ELEHSSAN TERRORIST FINANCE
[...] (U) Ambassador delivered ref A demarche to Minister of Foreign Affairs Qirbi on May 8. Qirbi said that he had not heard of the organization and that Palestinian Islamic Jihad were not active in Yemen. 2. (C) The FM took the opportunity to comment on the State Department's Report on Intern [...]
2005-05-08 11:28:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALETTC EFIN PTER CVIS KSEP KVPR YM DEMARCHE COUNTER TERRORISM TERFIN
05SANAA1233 REQUEST FOR MEDIA LAW SPEAKER TO WORK WITH YEMENI
[...] PROGRAM DESCRIPTION. SPEAKER WILL WORK WITH GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS FROM THE MINISTRIES OF INFORMATION AND PLANNING AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION, WITH THE YEMENI JOURNALIST SYNDICATE, AND CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS REGARDING THE DRAFT OF A NEW, PROPOSED PRESS LAW. 2. TIME FRAME. BECAUSE [...]
2005-05-09 07:59:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDYM KPAO OIIP
05SANAA1244YEMEN GRAPPLES WITH POSSIBLE EXECUTION OF A MINOR
[...] (U) Summary. On May 2, President Saleh suspended the death sentence of murder defendant Amina Ali Abdallah al-Tuhaif. The suspension was a direct result of international and local pressure to revisit the case due to questions on whether or not Al-Tuhaif committed murder when she was a minor. [...]
2005-05-10 12:08:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPHUM YM
05SANAA127BIOTECHNOLOGY OUTREACH PROJECTS - FY05 YEMEN
[...] The government of Yemen is moving from an embryonic policy understanding of biotechnology to a greater desire to embrace international trade standards and to join the international trade market and open their markets to biotechnology. In the last two months, the office of the US Trade Represen [...]
2005-01-19 04:35:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ECON ETRD TBIO KPAO YM ENVIRONMENT COM
05SANAA128BFIF 2004 END OF YEAR REPORT - YEMEN
[...] Embassy Sanaa expanded its outreach to local businessmen and women in FY 2004 by sponsoring the Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) Development and Management Workshop, held September 12 to 14, at the Sanaa Chamber of Commerce. This three-day training workshop focused on the basics of entrepren [...]
2005-01-19 04:35:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ABUD BTIO ETRD EINV YM ECON COM
05SANAA1282YEMEN HUNT LOOKING FOR DEAL ON BLOCK 18 EXTENSION,
[...] (C) Summary. On May 7, Ambassador met with representatives of Yemen Hunt to discuss developments in the ongoing drama of the Block 18 extension (reftel). The ROYG officially confirmed the cancellation of its agreement with Hunt, endorsing Parliament's decision to explore a more profitable ar [...]
2005-05-14 13:29:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALEPET ECON EINV YM COM ENERGY
05SANAA1286SANAA EAC MEETING 05/14/2005
[...] (C) Post EAC convened on May 14 at 10:00 A.M.local time to assess the possibility of demonstrations or other actions within Yemen in response to recent local and international news coverage about alleged Koran desecration at Guantanamo. Key offices and personnel represented at the meeting in [...]
2005-05-14 13:44:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNAMGT ASEC PREL PTER EAC
05SANAA1300YEMEN'S DEMOCRATIC REFORM STRATEGY TO SUPPORT
[...] Per reftel, included below is requested report on Yemen's democratic reform strategy to support the Freedom Agenda. Begin text. ------------ A. Overview ------------ The Government of Yemen has demonstrated rhetorical and real commitment to the goals of democracy and human rights. T [...]
2005-05-15 12:41:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ECON PREL PGOV KDEM KPAO KMPI KMCA YM DEMOCRATIC REFORM
05SANAA1301SALEH AND AMBASSADOR DISCUSS KORAN DESECRATION
[...] (C) Summary. President Saleh convoked Ambassador for a brief meeting May 14. The President and Ambassador discussed the Koran desecration allegations, President Saleh's planned visit to Washington, and the status of ROYG requests for M-113 armored personnel carriers. True to his nature, Sale [...]
2005-05-15 13:48:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL MASS PTER KJUS YM COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA1303SANAA EAC MEETING 05/15/2005
[...] (S/NF) Post EAC convened on May 15 at 15:00 A.M.local time to discuss recent threat information targeting Embassy facilities and personnel. Key offices and personnel represented at the meeting included: AMB, DAT, FPD, MO, LEGATT, POLE, POLM, OMC, CCE-Y, USAID, RSO, CONS, and PD. 2. (S/N [...]
2005-05-15 13:59:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNAMGT ASEC PREL PTER EAC
05SANAA1304YEMEN POLIO UPDATE: 60 CASES AND GROWING
[...] (SBU) On May 11, Yemen's poliomyelitis outbreak reached more than 60 cases according to official statements, making one of the largest outbreaks in non-polio endemic country in recent years. UN Health officials publicly estimated that polio infections in Yemen will exceed the 100 mark, as more [...]
2005-05-16 08:43:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO AMED YM
05SANAA131YEMEN CLOSES ITS AIRSPACE FOR TWO DAYS OVER
[...] THIS IS AN ACTION MESSAGE, PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH 8. 2. Summary: The Yemeni Civil Aviation and Meteorology Authority (CAMA) denied U.S. military aircraft clearances on January 21 and 22, due to a dispute simmering for at least eight years regarding overflight and landing fees. After a meet [...]
2005-03-04 13:02:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR KREC KSEP MARR MOPS PREL YM PBTS
05SANAA1314OUTREACH FOLLOWING NEWSWEEK'S RETRACTION OF ITS
[...] SUMMARY: Post has used both bilateral discussions and public diplomacy to counter the now retracted Newsweek article alleging the desecration of the Koran at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Bilateral efforts have included a meeting between the Ambassador and President Saleh, as well as with the Minis [...]
2005-05-17 11:52:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP PREL KISL YM
05SANAA1315YEMENI MEDIA REACTION TO RETRACTION OF NEWSWEEK
[...] SUMMARY: Yemeni media reporting of the retraction by Newsweek of its story alleging desecration of the Koran in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, is thus far fairly widespread and straightforward. Notable exceptions are official media outlets Saba News Agency and Al-Thawra newspaper. END SUMMARY 2. [...]
2005-05-17 11:52:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR PTER KISL YM
05SANAA1316HUMAN RIGHTS MINISTER SOSWA ON THE AMINA CASE,
[...] (C) Summary: In a May 15 meeting with Ambassador, Human Rights Minister Amat al-Alim Soswa discussed the death penalty case of Amina al-Tuhaif (ref A),the draft press law (ref B) and the recent allegations of Koran desecration at GTMO. End Summary. --------------------------- The Saga of A [...]
2005-05-17 12:51:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL YM KMCC
05SANAA1317SHAKEDOWN AT THE ADEN PORT: SHIPS DETAINED BY
[...] (C) Summary. Commercial maritime traffic to the Port of Aden, already far below the port's potential, may decrease further due to exaggerated insurance claims and an unusual practice of detaining ships in Yemen. Several worldwide insurance clubs have met in the last month to discuss these pr [...]
2005-05-17 12:56:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALECON EINV ETRD EWWT YM COM
05SANAA1325ROYG AL-HOUTHI CELL ROUND UP REVEALS PLANS TO
[...] (S) Summary. On May 15 Interior Minister Rashad al-Alimi informed Ambassador of the round up of al-Houthi cells responsible for the recent series of deadly grenade attacks on ROYG Military officials in Sanaa. Alimi shared alarming information garnered from MOI and PSO investigations that one [...]
2005-05-18 08:11:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL PTER PINR YM COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA1328LIMITED KORAN DESECRATION PROTESTS IN SANAA
[...] Summary: The recent Newsweek piece alleging desecration of a Koran in Guantanamo Bay sparked small protests among students at Sanaa's universities. The non-violent protests were contained by police and were not covered by the local press. Despite strong opposition to many U.S. policies, most [...]
2005-05-18 10:05:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER KJUS YM
05SANAA1331NOTIFICATION OF RETURN OF NON-ENEMY COMBATANT
[...] (C) On May 18 Ambassador delivered Combatant Status Review Tribunal (CSRT) notification to Foreign Minister Abubakr al-Qirbi regarding the release of a Yemeni detainee from GTMO (ref A). Ambassador asked Qirbi to confirm the ROYG's willingness to accept this individual, as well as other Yemen [...]
2005-05-18 11:06:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL PHUM PREF PINR KAWC YM COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA1338ADEN CONTAINER TERMINAL TENDER: ROYG ANGLES FOR
[...] (C) Summary. The tendering process for the Aden Container Terminal was delayed this month when the ROYG,s High Tendering Committee decided not to award the tender at the self-imposed deadline. The Committee believed that the proposals did not apportion a high enough share of ROYG revenue, an [...]
2005-05-21 11:51:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALECON EWWT EINV YM COM
05SANAA1346FM DISCUSSES KORAN DESECRATION, PRESS LAW, SALEH
[...] (C) Summary. On May 18 Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Abubakr al-Qirbi. Discussions centered on the release of a Yemeni detainee from GTMO (ref A),ROYG response to Koran desecration allegations, Ambassador's canceled meeting with Yemeni journalists, and Saleh's proposed visit to Washi [...]
2005-05-23 11:10:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KAWC PHUM KMPI ECON
05SANAA1352ROYG INSIDERS INCREASINGLY FRUSTRATED WITH SALEH CLAN
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-23 14:26:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PINR KMCA KMPI DOMESTIC POLITICS
05SANAA1355SANAA EAC MEETING 05/13/2005
[...] (C) Post EAC convened on May 23 to discuss options for the future of post's residential guard force program. Key offices and personnel represented at the meeting included: AMB, DAT, FPD, MO, LEGATT, POLE, POLM, OMC, CCE-Y, USAID, RSO, CONS, and PD. 2. (C) EAC members reviewed discussio [...]
2005-05-24 11:13:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNAMGT ASEC PREL PTER EAC
05SANAA1359NOTIFICATION OF GUANTANAMO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW
[...] (C) On May 18 Ambassador delivered reftels on Guantanamo Adminstrative Review Board Proceedings to Foreign Minister Abubakr al-Qirbi. FM accepted the information without comment. Krajeski [...]
2005-05-24 13:31:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER YM KWAC COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA1360SHURA LEADER ON HUNT OIL EXTENSION, AL-HOUTHI AND
[...] (C) Summary: On May 17 Ambassador met with Shura Council Chairman Abdul Aziz Abdul Ghani. Discussions centered on the canceled Hunt Oil extension for Block 18, ongoing violence in Saada, and the controversial draft press law. On the Hunt extension (ref A),Ghani expressed optimism that a deal [...]
2005-05-24 13:32:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PHUM ECON YM DOMESTIC POLITICS COM ENERGY
05SANAA1361AGRICULTURAL BANK ABANDONS CORRUPT PAST, LOOKS TO
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Yemen Cooperative and Agricultural Credit Bank (CACB) is moving away from a history of corruption and poor banking practices and positioning itself as a viable commercial bank. The MEPI-funded Financial Services Volunteer Corps worked with the bank May 14-18 to craft a pro [...]
2005-05-24 13:35:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALEFIN EINV PGOV KMPI YM ECON COM
05SANAA1376SALEH CELEBRATES UNIFICATION DAY ALA KIM JUNG IL
[...] (C) Summary. Ambassador along with twenty-five other foreign Ambassadors and thousands of other invited guests attended the 15th commemoration of Yemen's unification on May 22. In what turned out to be a remarkable and contentious decision, President Saleh held this year's festivities in the [...]
2005-05-25 14:18:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL YM DOMESTIC POLITICS
05SANAA1377AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES SALIF PORT YCG STATION WITH
[...] (C) Summary. After touring Yemen Hunt's Safir oil platform and the Yemen Coast Guard Command at nearby Salif Port and hearing briefings from Hunt security and the YCG Salif Port Commander, Ambassador raised the issue of maritime security and the vulnerability of the Safir with the Governor of [...]
2005-05-25 14:19:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MARR PARM ECON YM COM ENERGY MARITIME SECURITY COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA144RECENT JUDICIAL RESHUFFLE: REFORM OR VANDETTA
[...] (U) Summary. Most legal experts view a recent reshuffle of the Yemeni judiciary by the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) more as a vendetta against supporters of rebel cleric Hussein al-Houthi (reftel) than as a serious effort to reform Yemen's weak judiciary. What is required, they note, is a po [...]
2005-01-25 11:36:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KMPI KMCA KCOR YM KHUM DOMESTIC POLITICS
05SANAA1446DONORS ADDRESS THE KEY TO REFORM IN YEMEN: PUBLIC
[...] Summary: The donor community sponsored a workshop in May on the critical but oft-neglected subject of public finance management (PFM). In an effort to develop a work plan for rationalizing the budgeting process, currently a source of extensive corruption and mismanagement, the Ministry of Fin [...]
2005-05-29 11:52:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN EINV PGOV KMCA KMPI YM ECON COM
05SANAA145YEMEN MOVING FAST ON WTO, MAYBE TOO FAST
[...] (SBU) Summary. Yemen is making progress in trade reforms necessary for WTO accession and possible Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the US. Key ministries have a broad mandate within the ROYG to create the necessary legislation and regulations to comply with international standards. They have [...]
2005-01-25 11:36:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKMPI ECON ETRD YM COM
05SANAA1500SCENESETTER FOR NAVCENT COMMANDER - VADM NICHOLS
[...] (S/NF) EMBASSY SANAA WARMLY WELCOMES THE VISIT OF NAVCENT COMMANDER, VADM NICHOLS, AND HIS STAFF JUNE 12-13. YOU WILL FIND THAT OPERATIONAL COUNTERTERRORISM TRAINING AND MARITIME COOPERATION BETWEEN USG AND ROYG IS INCREASING. YOU WILL MEET WITH DEFENSE MINISTER, MAJOR GENERAL ABDULLAH ALI A [...]
2005-06-01 12:57:00Embassy SanaaSECRETMARR MASS MOPS YM COUNTER TERRORISM MARITIME SECURITY
05SANAA1508YEMEN POLIO UPDATE: 179 CASES, "A MAJOR EPIDEMIC,"
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-04 12:39:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO AMED
05SANAA1511SEARCH FOR BLOCK 18 SOLUTION: HUNT ASKS AMBASSADOR
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para. 3 2. (C) Summary and Action Request. Tensions continue to mount over Block 18 and Yemen Hunt's future in Yemen. On May 24 Ambassador met a group of Hunt executives preparing to litigate in international court for ROYG breach of contract (ref A). [...]
2005-06-05 08:34:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALEPET ECON EINV YM COM ENERGY
05SANAA1516AMBASSADOR DELIVERS TIP, GTMO, ARAB-ISRAELI
[...] (C) Summary. Ambassador delivered reftel demarches to Minister of Foreign Affairs Qirbi on June 1 on the Yemen Trafficking in Persons report, return of Yemenis from Guantanamo, and Arab League support for the Arab-Israeli peace process. The FM also discussed details of his recent trip to Ira [...]
2005-06-05 12:49:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALOPRC PHUM SMIG PREL PARM KCRM KWMN KBCT YM KNP DEMARCHE TRAFFICKING PERSONS COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA1528DEMARCHE ON WCO FRAMEWORK OF STANDARDS DELIVERED
[...] Econoff delivered reftel demarche June 5 to Dr. Abdulrazaq al-Marani, Deputy Assistance for Enforcement at the Yemeni Customs Authority. Al-Marani said that Yemen fully supports adoption of the WCO Framework, and Customs Director Ali Zubaidi will attend the WCO Council Session in Brussels, J [...]
2005-06-06 12:23:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD YM CTM DEMARCHE
05SANAA1529DEMARCHE IN SUPPORT OF SWISS CIRCULAR ON
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-06 13:21:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL AORC PHUM YM DEMARCHE
05SANAA1532ROYG SAYS IT LACKS CERTAINTY ON NATIONALITY OF
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-07 05:16:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER YM KWAC COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA1534YEMEN: FUNDING FOR THE CSF-CTU
[...] (S) Summary. Post welcomes the opportunity to address the issue of including Yemen,s Central Security Force-Counter-Terrorism Unit (CSF-CTU) in Yemen,s FY 05, 06, and 07 Foreign Military Financing allocations. Post assesses that the inclusion of the CSF-CTU in FMF is an essential element in [...]
2005-06-07 10:12:00Embassy SanaaSECRETMASS PARM PREL YM YE COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA1549OPERATION TATTERED CARPET: LAST JEWS OF YEMEN
[...] (C) Summary. Yemeni Jews are one of the oldest and most culturally distinct diaspora communities in the world. Since the mass migration of Yemeni Jews to Israel in 1949-50, only a few isolated families have remained in Yemen where they attempt to preserve their traditional customs. In recen [...]
2005-06-08 08:13:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM SOCI YM
05SANAA1569AMBASSADOR AND IRYANI DISCUSS NEXT STEPS ON MIDDLE
[...] On June 6 Ambassador and Dr. Abd al-Karim al-Iryani discussed Yemen's Democracy Charter proposal unveiled at the May Community of Democracies meeting in Santiago, Chile. Presidential Advisor and former Foreign Minister Iryani attended the conference as a representative of Yemen's NGO community [...]
2005-06-11 14:29:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KDEM KMPI DEMOCRATIC REFORM
05SANAA1570ROYG RELUCTANT TO COMMIT TO ACCEPT GTMO RETURNEES
[...] (C) Despite several demarches, the ROYG continues to stall on giving full assurances that it will accept the return of Yemeni GTMO detainees. The purpose of this message is to shed light on ROYG reluctance to provide requested official guarantees for the Deputies Committee on Detainees. Ref A [...]
2005-06-11 14:30:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL PTER YM KWAC COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA1571SALEH ON HUNT OIL DISPUTE, 2006 ELECTIONS, VISIT
[...] (C) Summary. Ambassador met with President Saleh on June 9 to encourage the ROYG to resolve its dispute with Hunt Oil. He highlighted for the President the many potential negative effects for Yemen if the headline American company in the country took the ROYG to the International Public Court [...]
2005-06-11 14:44:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER ECON ETRD YM COM ENERGY
05SANAA1572ADEN WOMEN'S GROUPS REACH OUT TO ISLAMIC AND
[...] (SBU) Summary. May 31 and June 1 Pol/Econ Chief and Poloff met with several women's rights groups in Aden, a vibrant port city with a long-standing tradition of social activism. In anticipation of 2006 local council elections, women's groups are busy lobbying political parties in support of a 3 [...]
2005-06-11 15:41:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWMN ECON PGOV KDEM YM GTIP KMPT
05SANAA1576YEMEN'S IVLP FY-2006 SLATE OF NOMINEES
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-13 06:56:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL YM OEXC
05SANAA1578GTMO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW BOARD NOTIFICATION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-13 12:14:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER YM KWAC DEMARCHE COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA1587DFM NOMAN DISCUSSES ROYG PRESENCE IN BAGHDAD,
[...] (C) Summary. DCM met with Deputy Foreign Minister Mustafa Noman on June 12 to deliver ref A demarche on increasing ROYG diplomatic presence in Baghdad. Discussions also focused on proliferation of Yemen small arms and light weapons (SA/LW) and President Saleh's upcoming visit to Washington. E [...]
2005-06-14 06:10:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL PARM MASS PTER IZ YM DEMARCHE COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA1588DEPOSIT OF REVENUE GENERATING PROGRAM - ENGLISH
[...] Post presents the following amount deposited to the Revenue Generating Program for the English Teaching Activity: - Tuition Revenue Source Code: ADAU - Allot: 9930 - Total amount: USD 278,015.00 2. Following is the detailed source of funds credited to the account: Deposit Date: 06/12 [...]
2005-06-14 07:50:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDABUD AFIN AMGT KPAO
05SANAA1589GOOD NEWS FOR YEMEN'S INVESTMENT CLIMATE: DUBAI
[...] (C) Summary and Comment. On June 8 the ROYG announced Dubai Ports International (DPI) the winner of a 35-year concession to operate and develop the Aden Port and Aden Container Terminal (ACT). DPI is the world's fifth largest port operator, managing 18 international ports and terminals worldwide [...]
2005-06-14 11:10:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON EWWT ETRD KMCA KMPI YM COM
05SANAA1590YEMEN'S NOMINATION FOR THE FOREIGN PRESS CENTER'S
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-14 14:22:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC YM
05SANAA1597HUNT OIL READY TO SUE ROYG IN INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC
[...] (C) Summary. Neither side is backing down in the dispute between headline American company Hunt Oil and the ROYG over the cancellation of Hunt's five-year extension to operate lucrative block 18 in Maarib. Ambassador briefed Yemen Hunt head Wyndell Caveness following his meeting with Presiden [...]
2005-06-15 13:45:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON EAID EPET KMCA KMPI YM COM ENERGY
05SANAA1606UNESCO BIOETHICS DECLARATION DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-15 14:44:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO YM DEMARCHE ENVIRONMENT
05SANAA1688VADM NICHOLS MEETS WITH ROYG DEFENSE, INTERIOR
[...] (C) Summary. Visiting U.S. NAVCENT Commander Vice Admiral Nichols met with the Ministers of Defense and Interior and the Commander of the Yemen Coast Guard (YCG) on June 12, 2005. All three ROYG officials expressed their gratitude to the USG for its assistance in establishing and training th [...]
2005-06-18 13:39:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PARM MASS MCAP YM MARITIME SECURITY
05SANAA1696SALEH SHARES HIS PLAN FOR IRAQ AND PEACE PROCESS
[...] (C) Summary. President Saleh convoked Ambassador June 19 to pass his advice to the U.S. on how to solve the insurgency in Iraq and advance the Middle East peace process. As the U.S. will not be able to send a Washington envoy to Sanaa for the June 28-30 Organization of the Islamic Conference [...]
2005-06-19 15:18:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL KISL KPAL KWBG IS IZ YM OVIP
05SANAA1722YEMEN'S NOMINATION FOR SPECIAL IV FY 05 "TEACHING
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-21 13:20:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL YM
05SANAA1723SAADA REBELLION FOCUSES ATTENTION ON YEMEN'S ZAYDI
[...] (C) Summary. The on-going Shabab al-Moumineen (Believing Youth) rebellion against the Yemeni regime has brought international attention to Yemen's Zaydi Shia population. The line between Sunni and Shia is blurred in Yemen; Sunnis and Shiites pray in the same mosques, and identity is derived f [...]
2005-06-21 14:40:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR KISL MOPS YM
05SANAA1729CAMPAIGN TO COMBAT EARLY MARRIAGE IN YEMEN SEEKS
[...] Summary. Pol/Off attended an Oxfam-sponsored presentation on early marriage in Yemen on June 7. Yemeni researchers presented results from a national study on the prevalence, causes, and societal consequences of early marriage. Oxfam, in conjunction with Save the Children - Sweden, plans to l [...]
2005-06-22 06:12:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV EAID KWMN PHUM SOCI KMCA KMPI YM
05SANAA17302003 GUN REGULATION LEGISLATION CONTINUES TO
[...] (C) Summary: A 2003 law to regulate gun ownership and trade in Yemen, one of the world's most heavily armed countries, continues to languish in Parliament. The ROYG blames opposition party Islah, but, the legislation also faces stiff opposition from members of the ruling elite, many of whom b [...]
2005-06-22 06:53:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PHUM PARM KMPI YM
05SANAA175ATTORNEY GENERAL TO RULE ON PROSECUTION OF
[...] (C) In a meeting between Legatt, Assistant Attorney General (AAG) Sharaf ad-Din Mahbashi and Prosecutor Sa'id al-Aqel, AAG announced that his office had a list of 25 suspects handed to the Attorney General,s (AG) office by the Political Security Office (PSO) for possible criminal prosecution. [...]
2005-01-31 08:15:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV PINR YM COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA1770ROYG SAYS THIRD PROTOCOL CONFERENCE NOT ON OIC
[...] (C) On June 26 Charge delivered ref A demarche to Deputy Foreign Minister Mustafa Noman requesting Yemen not to support OIC attempts to block the convening of a Conference on the Third Protocol this fall. Earlier in June, in response to ref B demarche, Noman said the ROYG had not yet formulat [...]
2005-06-26 13:22:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV AORC AUNR KISL YM DEMARCHE
05SANAA1771CDA DELIVERS UN REFORM PRIORITIES DEMARCHE TO
[...] (U) Charge delivered refs A and B requesting ROYG support for U.S. United Nations reform priorities, and ref C on UNHCR reform to Depduty Foreign Minister Mustafa Noman on June 26. Noman promised to get back to Charge on the ROYG position. 2. (C) Noman noted that the possibility of an OIC se [...]
2005-06-26 13:25:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV AORC KISL YM AUNR DEMARCHE
05SANAA1772NOTICE OF GTMO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW BOARD
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-26 13:25:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER YM KWAC COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA178U.S. SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY REPORT
[...] (U) Paragraph 2 contains Post's input for the 2004-05 edition of Supporting Human Rights and Democracy as requested in reftel. Post's input conists of updates of the 2004 report of on-going as well as new programs. Submission will also be sent via e-mail as a tracked changes document. 2. ( [...]
2005-01-31 13:31:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM ELAB PGOV PREL KDEM YM MEPI DEMOCRATIC REFORM HUMAN RIGHTS
05SANAA1782PARLIAMENTARIANS SEEK TO LIMIT EXECUTIVE
[...] (C) Summary. On June 11 the Yemeni Parliament passed new by-laws aimed at reforming its infrastructure. Among other reforms, the bill would reduce the Speaker of Parliament's term from six years to two. Ambassador discussed the new bill with several reformist MPs on June 14. The legislators [...]
2005-06-27 13:27:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM KMCA KMPI YM DOMESTIC POLITICS DEMOCRATIC REFORM
05SANAA179AMBASSADOR'S 1/30 MEETING WITH INTERIOR MINISTER
[...] (C) Summary. In a January 30 meeting, Ambassador and Interior Minister Rashad al-Alimi discussed the dangers caused by Yemeni foreign fighters traveling to Iraq, the ROYG delegation to the Riyadh CT conference, and the Jaber al-Banna case. Alimi's update on two recent security investigations [...]
2005-01-31 14:57:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL PTER KJUS YM COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA1790PRIORITIES FOR WASHINGTON VISIT: SALEH NEEDS TO BE PART OF THE SOLUTION
[...] (S) Summary: Significant progress has been made in our relationship with Yemen in the past four years. The ROYG has arrested and tried perpetrators of the USS Cole and VM Limburg attacks, shared GWOT-related information, collaborated in the capture of AQ suspects and helped uncover plots agains [...]
2005-06-28 15:44:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PINR PARMS MARR KDEM KMCA KMPI YM COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA180WITH CHALLENGES AHEAD, YEMENI NGOS LOOK FOR
[...] (U) Summary. Yemen has a developing cadre of local NGOs focused on developing civil society and democracy in the country. Leaders of these organizations report that the local NGO community is highly motivated to affect change, but that they are severely lacking in capacity. Skills training, [...]
2005-02-01 05:33:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KMPI YM KHUM KMCC DEMOCRATIC REFORM
05SANAA1817ZAYDIS PERCEIVE PERSECUTION AS ROYG CRACKS DOWN ON
[...] (C) Summary. With the second Saada conflict in a year between the ROYG and the "Shabab al-Moumineen" (Believing Youth),continuing to simmer in its third month, President Saleh is reportedly increasing efforts to silence prominent opposition parties and critics. Recently these actions targete [...]
2005-07-02 14:20:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR KISL MOPS YM DOMESTIC POLITICS
05SANAA1820OPPOSITION COALITION PREPARES FOR 2006 ELECTIONS
[...] (C) Summary. In recent weeks Sanaa has been abuzz with rumors that the opposition party coalition, the Joint Meeting Parties (JMP) plans to nominate a challenger to President Saleh in 2006. In late May, members of the JMP central committee, comprised of one designated representative from eac [...]
2005-07-03 05:17:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM KMCA KMPI YM DOMESTIC POLITICS
05SANAA1833DPM SOFAN ON CORRUPTION, USDA FOOD AID, AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: CDA Nabeel Khoury met with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Planning and International Cooperation, Ahmed Sofan, on July 2 to discuss USDA food aid program implementation, corruption, and Yemen's Millenium Challenge Account (MCA) Threshold plans. Sofan agreed with the DCM [...]
2005-07-06 08:47:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALECON ECIN EAID YM COM
05SANAA1836ALIMI DISCUSSES SOMALIA, SAUDI ARABIA AND INTEL
[...] (C) Summary. In a July 3 meeting between visiting CENTCOM Deputy Commanding General, LTG Lance L. Smith, CDA and Interior Minister Rashad al-Alimi, the Minister discussed the ROYG's concern over Somalia, improving cooperation with Saudi Arabia and the state of USG-ROYG intelligence sharing. En [...]
2005-07-06 12:12:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PARM PREF XW SO YM
05SANAA185GTMO NOTIFICATIONS DELIVERED TO ROYG
[...] No summary [...]
2005-02-02 06:00:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PINR YM KWAC COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA1854MOD ALEWA ON USG ASSISTANCE, IRAQ AND SOMALIA
[...] (C) Summary. In a July 3 meeting between visiting CENTCOM Deputy Commanding General, LTG Lance L. Smith, CDA and Minister of Defense Ali Abdullah Alewa, the Minister discussed the need for increased USG military support, suggested a general amnesty in Iraq and asked for increased USG assistan [...]
2005-07-06 15:23:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PARM PREF XW SO YM COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA1868PRESIDENT SALEH REQUESTS MEDICAL TREATMENT FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-10 13:28:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALMASS PINR PREL YE
05SANAA1875YEMENI RIYAL SHOWS SIGNS OF INSTABILITY
[...] (U) Summary. The Yemeni Riyal has fluctuated dramatically in recent months, and the Central Bank of Yemen (CBY) intervened on at least two occasions to combat devaluation. Despite these efforts, for the first time in three years a black market has emerged for buying foreign currency, and the [...]
2005-07-11 09:39:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EINV YM COM
05SANAA1877JEFFREY SACHS VISITS SANAA, WARNS OF ECONOMIC
[...] (U) Summary. Jeffrey Sachs, Director of the UN Millennium Project, projected a bleak future for Yemen without dramatic policy changes and a significant increase in foreign assistance during a visit to Sanaa, July 1-4. In Sachs's view, poor economic performance, declining natural resources, a [...]
2005-07-11 10:10:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EINV EPET KMPI KMCA YM COM
05SANAA1884MISREPORTED COMMENTS ON RISKS TO AMERICANS IN THE
[...] (C) On June 29, CDA gave a wide ranging press interview in Arabic to a local website on bilateral U.S.-Yemeni relations, during the course of which he was asked if we thought Americans were at risk in Yemen. CDA responded that Americans were at risk throughout the region, from Yemen to Morocco, [...]
2005-07-12 15:33:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER MO YE
05SANAA1892EMBASSY SANAA EAC MEETING - 7/9/05
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-13 10:47:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNAEMR ASEC AMGT PTER CASC YM EAC
05SANAA1904CDA DELIVERS INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM CONVENTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-17 14:07:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER YM UNGA DEMARCHE COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA1905GTMO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW BOARD NOTIFICATION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-17 14:08:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER YM KWAC COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA1906CDA DELIVERS WMD PROLIFERATORS EXECUTIVE ORDER
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-17 14:08:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL PTER PARM YM DEMARCHE COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA1907FM QIRBI DISCUSSES HIS UPCOMING VISIT TO
[...] (C) Summary. In a July 13 meeting with CDA, Foreign Minister Abubakr al-Qirbi confirmed his plans to travel to Washington in advance of President Saleh's November meeting with President Bush. Qirbi pulled CDA aside and confided President Saleh,s concerns over U.S. Embassy contacts with member [...]
2005-07-17 14:11:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL OVIP PTER PARM YM DOMESTIC POLITICS COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA1908CDA DELIVERS SECURITY COUNCIL ENLARGEMENT DEMARCHE
[...] (C) CDA delivered ref A demarche on Security Council enlargement to Foreign Minister Abubakr al-Qirbi on July 13. CDA stressed that successful UN reform depended on building consensus on a wide variety of issues, rather than focusing too much energy on a potentially divisive topic such as UNSC [...]
2005-07-17 14:13:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL YM UNGA DEMARCHE
05SANAA1909ROYG SAYS YEMEN HAS NO PLANS TO SEND TROOPS TO SOMALIA
[...] (C) Deputy Foreign Minister Mustafa Noman assured CDA on July 16 that there is no truth to Somali President Yusef's claim that Yemen plans to deploy forces to Somalia to help "protect government institutions," (ref A). 2. (C) Other ROYG officials of late have raised the issue of stability i [...]
2005-07-17 14:13:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR SO ET IT YM
05SANAA1910SALEH CELEBRATES HIS 27TH WITH PANACHE AND SAYS HE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-17 15:33:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL YE DOMESTIC POLITICS
05SANAA1919SALEH PURSUES TRIBAL APPROACH TO ECONOMIC REFORMS
[...] (SBU) Summary. Yemen's Parliament approved a general sales tax law in early July, which met with fierce protest from business leaders. After hearing their complaints regarding the potential for abuse and corruption, President Saleh locked business leaders in a room with ROYG officials and de [...]
2005-07-18 11:24:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON EFIN EINV KMCA KMPI YM COM
05SANAA193DPM SOFAN PROMOTES DONOR HARMONIZATION AND
[...] (SBU) Summary. On January 30, Ambassador joined key donors and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Ahmed Sofan in signing a declaration on their intent to enhance donor coordination in Yemen. In a follow-on meeting with Sofan, Ambassador raised Socotr [...]
2005-02-02 10:25:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKMCA ECON ETRD EAID EINV YM COM
05SANAA1954EMBASSY SANAA EAC MEETING - 7/17/05
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-19 13:02:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNAEMR ASEC AMGT PTER CASC YM EAC
05SANAA1959SALEH AUTHORIZES ECONOMIC REFORMS: ROYG BRACES FOR
[...] (C) Summary. On July 18, President Saleh approved long-delayed portions of the economic reform package. A reduction or elimination of the fuel subsidy is likely to accompany this decision, and some fear it will lead to civil unrest. Several reports indicate that the security forces will emp [...]
2005-07-19 15:12:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON EFIN EINV KMCA KMPI YM COM
05SANAA196YEMEN GOVERNMENT SEEKS TO CAPTURE TELCOM MARKET
[...] (C) Summary: President Saleh's initiative to provide rural phone access through the use of CDMA technology expanded in 2004 to offer mobile phone service in Yemen. Yemen Mobile, though promoted as part of the rural access program, may serve to squeeze out its private sector GSM competitors, S [...]
2005-02-02 11:49:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV EFIN ECPS EIND EINV ETTC KMPI ECON COM
05SANAA1970SANAA EAC MEETING 07/20/2005.
[...] (S) BEGIN SUMMARY: The Charge convened two EAC meetings on July 20th, 2005, to discuss security concerns with regard to unrest in Sanaa as a result of the removing of subsidies for basic staples. Vandalism and rioting have broken out throughout the city and host government security forces a [...]
2005-07-21 12:13:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNAMGT ASEC PREL PTER EAC
05SANAA1976REMOVAL OF FUEL SUBSIDIES SPARKS RAPID INFLATION,
[...] (C) Summary. On July 23, Rioting and unrest had abated, following a weekend of explosive demonstrations against the lifting of fuel subsidies. On July 23, the ROYG confirmed 22 people killed, but the number is reportedly closer to 40. Demonstrators lashed out against the ruling elite across [...]
2005-07-23 15:35:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PHUM ECON EINV ENRG KMPI YM COM ENERGY
05SANAA1986STANDOFF ENDS BETWEEN YEMENI MILITARY AND TRIBAL
[...] (C) On 20 July 2005, 300 armed tribal members took up positions near a Jannah Hunt oil processing plant in the Helewah region of the Marib Governate with the intention of pressuring the government of Yemen to reinstate subsidies on oil and gas products. American and British citizens were amo [...]
2005-07-24 05:25:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNAMGT ASEC PREL PTER DOMESTIC POLITICS ENERGY
05SANAA1988SANAA EAC MEETING 07/24/2005.
[...] (S/NF) CDA convened an EAC as requested in reftel. POLM, OMC, DAO, POL/ECON, PD, AID, FPD and MO were represented. The EAC noted that the Yemeni government remains on a high state of alert as a result of last weekend's rioting and has still not lifted the ban on travel outside the city for t [...]
2005-07-25 03:46:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNAMGT ASEC PREL PTER EAC
05SANAA1989LISTING OF IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBERS OF SENIOR
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-25 07:38:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER EFIN YM DEMARCHE COUNTER TERRORISM TERFIN
05SANAA202DFM NOMAN'S REACTION TO IRAQI ELECTION
[...] (C) Summary and Comment. Deputy Foreign Minister Mustafa Noman discussed the results of the Iraqi election with DCM and Pol/Econ Chief on February 1. Noman shared his personal feelings on the election process, calling it a "great success." In previous conversations, Noman had expressed his p [...]
2005-02-02 13:17:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KDEM IZ YM
05SANAA2022MAREB ROAD TEMPORARILY CLEARED FOR FUEL DELIVERIES
[...] (C) Summary. July 24 at 19:30, armed members of the Al-Jaden tribe clashed with ROYG security forces approximately 30 miles west of Mareb City. According to Hunt Oil Security Chief Ralph Gonzales there were several casualties. The show of military force convinced the tribesmen to lift their [...]
2005-07-25 13:40:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV PINR ECON ENRG EINV ASEC YM COM ENERGY DOMESTIC POLITICS
05SANAA2023CHARGE DISCUSSES LIFTING OF SUBSIDIES, CABINET
[...] (C) As riots were beginning to break out across the capital on July 19, CDA discussed pressing current issues with Deputy Foreign Minister Mustafa Noman, followed by a brief unscheduled meeting with Foreign Minister Abubakr Qirbi. Noman was critical of ROYG handling of the lifting of oil and [...]
2005-07-25 14:02:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL PGOV OVIP ECON ENRG SOCI EAID KMCA KMPI YM KWAC COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA2032SALEH'S WITHDRAWAL: TO RUN OR NOT TO RUN?
[...] (C) Summary. President Saleh shocked many with his July 17 announcement that he would not be a candidate for reelection in 2006. His statement came days before the ROYG's decision to implement unpopular economic reforms resulting in hikes in oil and gas prices of over fifty percent. While rec [...]
2005-07-26 13:53:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON KDEM KMCA KMPI YM DOMESTIC POLITICS
05SANAA2033ISLAH ON RECENT RIOTING AND ECONOMIC REFORM
[...] (C) Summary. On July 23, in the wake of a recent rioting across the country (ref. A),CDA met with opposition Islah party leaders Abdelwahab al-Anisi, Mohammed Qahtan and Mohammed al-Saidi to urge peaceful and constructive opposition vice support for street demonstrations. Anisi, Islah Assis [...]
2005-07-26 15:00:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PHUM YM DOMESTIC POLITICS
05SANAA2051DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON TERRORISM FINANCE: MOVEMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-27 13:43:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KTFN EFIN PTER KSEP CVIS KVPR UK SA YM DEMARCHE TERFIN COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA2053WOMEN'S GROUP PROTESTS MOAYAD RULING, SEEKS
[...] On July 26, the ROYG-supported Yemeni Women's Union (YWU) staged a sit-in at their Sanaa headquarters to protest the U.S. verdict against Sheikh Moayad. Moayed was found guilty of providing material support to terrorists by a U.S. federal court in March. Following the peaceful protest, a gro [...]
2005-07-27 14:33:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER KWMN YM
05SANAA2062SALEH "RESCUES" YEMEN FROM PRICE HIKES
[...] (C) Summary. Following a week of protests against the ROYG's decision to partially lift fuel subsidies, on July 25 President Saleh ordered the Cabinet to reduce prices by seven to 22 percent. The President reached his decision after consulting with tribal leaders, who in return agreed to lift [...]
2005-07-28 09:43:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM ECON EINV ENRG KMPI KMCA YM COM DOMESTIC POLITICS
05SANAA2094EMBASSY SANAA EAC MEETING - 7/31/05
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-01 12:39:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNAEMR ASEC AMGT PTER CASC YM EAC
05SANAA2095SALEH ON TERRORISM, IRAQ, PEACE PROCESS, AND REFORM
[...] (C) Summary. Ambassador met with President Saleh on August 1 to deliver ref A demarche for Arab League Capitals and discuss his November meeting with President Bush. Discussions focused on combating terrorism, the situation in Iraq, economic and democratic reforms, and Saleh's trip. News of K [...]
2005-08-01 15:12:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID PTER KDEM KMCA KMPI KPAL IZ YM DEMARCHE
05SANAA2115YEMENIS REACT TO MOAYAD SENTENCING
[...] (SBU) Summary. The July 28 sentencing of Shiekh Mohammed Ali Hassn al-Moayad has sparked heated reaction from the ROYG, the opposition Islah party and, according to the print media, the public. On the streets, however, there were no demonstrations and interlocutors state that, contrary to the [...]
2005-08-02 05:07:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV YM PTER
05SANAA2122ROYG SUPPORTS G-4 RESOLUTION ON UNSC EXPANSION, FM
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-02 14:24:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL OTRA OVIP KSEP KUNR YM UNGA
05SANAA2123ROYG UNWILLING TO ACCEPT RETURN OF GTMO DETAINEES
[...] (C) DCM delivered ref A and B notifications of Yemeni GTMO detainees scheduled to come before the Administrative Review Board (ARB) on August 2 to Deputy Foreign Minister Mustafa Noman, along with ref C demarche points "speaking out about GTMO and detainees." ---------------------------- NE [...]
2005-08-02 14:29:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL PTER KAWC YM DEMARCHE COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA2129AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES ANTI-CORRUPTION EFFORTS,
[...] (C) Summary. On August 3 Ambassador discussed the aftermath of the oil price hikes and next steps for ROYG economic reform and anti-corruption with Foreign Minister Qirbi. Discussions also focused on the return of Yemeni detainees from GTMO and Saleh's November meeting with President Bush. [...]
2005-08-03 13:15:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER OVIP KMPI YM KMCC KWAC ECON COM COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA213PRESIDENT SALEH SAYS YEMEN WILL VOTE WITH US ON IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-07 14:37:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL PARM KNNP YM
05SANAA2151YEMEN FIGHTS TERRORIST FINANCING WITH LIMITED
[...] (C) Summary. Yemen has a strong legal framework and considerable political will to combat terrorist financing, but is hampered by insufficient resources and a poorly organized banking sector. Although the volume of transactions is low, terrorists take advantage of the largely unregulated Yem [...]
2005-08-06 14:38:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALKVPR ETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS YM COUNTER TERRORISM TERFIN
05SANAA2162HIGH EXPECTATIONS FOR NEW CHIEF OF YEMENI
[...] (SBU) Summary. Amidst calls of "Enough corruption! Enough plundering!" and "Let's put unity back on track," the Yemen Socialist Party (YSP),Yemen's third most influential political party, concluded its Fifth Annual Conference on July 31. The conference wrapped up with the election of a new s [...]
2005-08-07 12:35:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM KMCA KMPI KWMN YM DOMESTIC POLITICS
05SANAA2165EMBASSY SANAA EAC MEETING - 8/7/05
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-08 05:21:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNAEMR ASEC AMGT PTER CASC YM EAC
05SANAA2196TERRORIST FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF THREE NAMES
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-09 11:40:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KTFN EFIN PTER KSEP CVIS KVPR YM DEMARCHE TERFIN COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA2197TERRORISM FINANCE: NASCO AMENDMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-09 11:41:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDETTC PTER KTFN KSEP KVPR YM IFIN CVIC DEMARCHE TERFIN COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA2206TERROR TRIAL UPDATE: SIX AQ DEFENDANTS SENTENCED
[...] (SBU) Summary. On August 8, the Sanaa Special Penal Court concluded the trial of eight suspected Al-Qaeda members for planning an attack on the Italian and British embassies as well as the Sanaa French Cultural Center (reftel). Five of the eight defendants were found guilty of "conspiracy to [...]
2005-08-10 13:27:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL YM AESC COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA2317EXBS ADVISOR VISIT AND PROGRAM STRATEGY JULY, 2005
[...] (U) SUMMARY. During the period July 9-19, 2005, Export Controls and Related Border Security (EXBS) Advisor met with Yemeni officials and principal Embassy staff to discuss the current state of EXBS in Yemen. Advisor met with senior representatives of the Ministry of Interior, the Yemen and A [...]
2005-08-14 07:59:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP YM MARITIME SECURITY
05SANAA2320EMBASSY SANAA EAC MEETING - 8/14/05
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-14 14:05:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNAEMR ASEC AMGT PTER CASC YM EAC
05SANAA2365DFM ADMITS ROYG VIOLATED SOMALI ARMS EMBARGO
[...] (S/NF) Summary: On August 10, DFM Noman briefed Ambassador on a UNSC investigation into allegations of ROYG infractions against the Somali arms embargo. MOI Alimi followed up on August 14, underlining ROYG concerns that Somalia will be over-run by Al Qaeda and other terrorist groups unless Yus [...]
2005-08-15 12:27:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL PARM PTER KAWC PINR SO YM
05SANAA2376MOD ON CONTROLLING SMALL ARMS AND EUCS
[...] (C) Summary. On August 13, Ambassador introduced the new Office of Military Cooperation (OMC) Chief during a meeting with Minister of Defense MG Abdallah Ali Aleiwa. Ambassador used the opportunity to discuss the importance of providing a long-range strategic security plan in order to more ef [...]
2005-08-16 08:42:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MASS YM
05SANAA2377DFM DISCUSSES SALEH VISIT WITH AMBASSADOR
[...] (C) Summary. On August 14, Deputy Foreign Minister Mohiedeen Al-Dhabi and Ambassador discussed cooperation ahead of President Saleh's scheduled visit to Washington in November and current ROYG efforts to combat corruption. End Summary. ------------------------------ Saleh's Visit: What Ca [...]
2005-08-16 08:50:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER ECON KAWC YM COUNTER TERRORISM COM
05SANAA2412MHR SOSWA REQUESTS SUPPORT FOR UNDP NOMINATION
[...] (C) Summary. In a meeting with Ambassador on August 17, Human Rights Minister Amat al-Alim Soswa asked the USG to support her nomination to the United Nations Development Program Regional Bureau for Arab States (RBAS). She also briefed Ambassador on a ROYG initiative to increase women in gove [...]
2005-08-21 06:46:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALKDEM KMPI KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL YM DOMESTIC POLITICS
05SANAA2414WHERE DOES ISLAH'S HEART LIE?
[...] (C) Summary: With the 2006 Presidential and Local Council elections fast approaching, the Yemeni Congregation for Reform, or "Islah" is taking center stage in Yemeni politics. Islah is a coalition of northern tribal interests and the Yemeni Muslim Brotherhood (YMB). The party boasts the hig [...]
2005-08-21 10:41:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PTER KISL KDEM KMPI KMCA YM
05SANAA2416SANAA EAC MEETING 08/21/2005.
[...] (S/NF) Embassy EAC was convened on 8/21/2005. EAC was chaired by the Ambassador and members in attendance were, DCM, POLE, POLM, RSO, CONS, PD, MGT, DAO, OMC, LEGATT, USAID, and CCE. 2. (S/NF) EAC discussed the security situation with regard to ongoing information received concerning the [...]
2005-08-21 14:10:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNAADP AEMR AMGT CASC YM EAC
05SANAA2425PUSHING FOR TRANSFER OF GTMO DETAINEES, DEMARCHE
[...] (C) GTMO detainees continue to be an important issue for ROYG officials and the Yemeni public in general. Securing ROYG approval for the transfer of GTMO detainees is a post priority. Ambassador has recently engaged the ROYG on several specific issues including the upcoming transfer of one no [...]
2005-08-22 12:57:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL PTER KAWC YM DEMARCHE COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA2426YEMEN'S THIRD GSM TENDER: CHINESE MAKE AN OFFER
[...] (C) Summary. Ambassador met August 17 with Minister of Telecommunications and Information Technology Abdulmalik al-Moalimi to discuss the status of a third tender for a GSM mobile phone operator. Post is advocating for Millicom, which has a vending agreement with Motorola. On August 2, the [...]
2005-08-22 13:24:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV EFIN ECPS EIND EINV ETTC KMPI YM CH ECON COM
05SANAA2451MEDIA REACTION ON AL MOAYAD'S SENTENCING IN U.S.
[...] SUMMARY: There is increasing public reaction in Yemen to the July sentencing of Al-Moayad to 75 years in prison by a U.S. federal court for providing material support to terrorism. Although there is less attention devoted by government media to the case, independent and party- affiliated new [...]
2005-08-28 10:55:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR PHUM PTER KISL YM
05SANAA2453MEDIA REACTION ON THE ISRAELI PULLOUT FROM THE GAZA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Israeli withdrawal from Gaza, called the "liberation of Gaza" by many, received widespread coverage in all media. Most newspapers ran factual accounts. Official papers, however, including government daily Al Thawra (circulation 40,000),highlighted the official view that [...]
2005-08-28 11:07:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOIIP KMDR PHUM PTER KISL YM
05SANAA2460UNABATED POVERTY AND MALNUTRITION: YEMEN REQUESTS
[...] (U) Summary: Embassy Sanaa seeks FY-2006 PL-480 Food for Progress commodities for rural agricultural development program assistance in counterterrorism, poverty alleviation, and critical water needs. Post requests assistance in the form of $4.4 million in concessional loans and $15.5 million [...]
2005-08-29 13:08:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EAID YM
05SANAA2461GTMO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW BOARD NOTIFICATION
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel notification of six Yemenis scheduled to go before the Administrative Review Board to Deputy Foreign Minister Mustafa Noman on August 27. Noman accepted the names without comment. Krajeski [...]
2005-08-29 13:08:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER YM KWAC COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA2462AVIAN INFLUENZA THREAT DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO ROYG
[...] Poloff delivered reftel demarche on addressing the threat of avian influenza to Deputy Foreign Minister Mustafa Noman on August 27. Noman agreed to identify a senior level point of contact to facilitate further consultations on this issue. Krajeski [...]
2005-08-29 13:08:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO ECON PREL SOCI YM DEMARCHE
05SANAA2463THE CITY OF TAIZ: WILL THE PHOENIX RISE AGAIN?
[...] Summary: DCM visited the city of Taiz, the third largest city in Yemen to open bids for the the US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA)-funded wastewater system project and to meet with civic, NGO, and business leaders on August 8. Taiz stand on the shoulders of trained and passionate NGO, [...]
2005-08-29 13:08:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDECON SENV SOCI YM COM AORC
05SANAA2464SALAMI TAKES HIGH ROAD ON GSM TENDER, CORRUPTION,
[...] (C) Summary. On August 28, the tender for a new mobile phone operator in Yemen was at the top of the agenda when Ambassador met Minister of Finance Salami. Ambassador offered the merits of Millicom's bid, stressing the importance of American investment in Yemen, and raised questions about th [...]
2005-08-29 14:36:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV EFIN ECPS EIND EINV ETTC KMPI YM ECON COM
05SANAA2465CJTF HOA COMMANDER GHORMLEY VISITS MOD AND MOI
[...] (C) Summary. On August 23 Ambassador and visiting Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) Commanding General, Major General (MGen) Timothy Ghormley met separately with Minister of Defense, Ali Abdullah Alewa, and Minister of Interior, Rashad al-Alimi. Both ministers commended the [...]
2005-08-29 14:39:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS PTER PARM YM COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA2468TRANSFER OF GITMO DETAINEE TO YEMEN
[...] (S) At approximately 0930 local (0630Z) on 21 August 2005, Colonel Calvin T. Carlsen, Chief Office of Military Cooperation (OMC),Sana'a, Yemen, met the USAF C-17 at Sana'a International Airport, signed for GITMO detainee (Hamza, Karam Hamis Said (US9YM-000586DP)),and then handed Hamza and h [...]
2005-08-30 04:50:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPGOV PTER YM COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA2469SANAA EAC MEETING 08/28/2005.
[...] (S/NF) Embassy EAC was convened on 8/28/2005. EAC was chaired by the Ambassador and members in attendance were, DCM, RSO, POLM, POLE, CONS, PD, MGT, DAO, OMC, LEGATT, USAID, and CCE. 2. (S/NF) EAC reviewed the security situation in Sanaa and the provinces. Members reported no new inform [...]
2005-08-30 04:51:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNAEMR ASEC CASC AMGT YM EAC
05SANAA2481IMI: THIRD MAJOR OIL BID IN YEMEN
[...] The Ministry of Oil and Minerals of the Republic of Yemen is inviting international oil companies to bid for the exploration and production opportunities on 14 open oil blocks. 2. The contract model to be used is a Production Sharing Agreement (PSA). 3. All interested oil companies must [...]
2005-08-31 05:01:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDECON YM COM ENERGY
05SANAA2482IMI: SANAA BASIN WATER MANAGEMENT PROJECT TENDER
[...] The Sanaa Basin Water Management Project (SBWMP) of the Ministry of Water and Environment is inviting international companies to bid to supply equipment for pressurized irrigation systems (drips, bubbler, and sprinkler) and PVC pipes and fittings, PE pipes and fittings. 2. Bidding will be c [...]
2005-08-31 05:01:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDECON YM COM
05SANAA2483YEMEN REQUESTS EXTENSION IN TIME FOR BLUE LANTERN
[...] Post requests an extension of 60 days to conduct the Blue Lantern end-use check on the Yemen Air Force Suppliers Aston Aviation, Transworld Aviation, and Segers. (reftel) 2. Emboffs met with Yemen Air Force (YAF) on 22 August but were not able to discuss the matter with the appropriate YAF [...]
2005-08-31 05:01:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC YM SN AE US
05SANAA2487MOD DEMONSTRATES NEW FOUND COOPERATIVE SPIRIT IN
[...] (C) Summary. On August 28, Office of Military Cooperation (OMC) Chief met with Minister of Defense MG Abdallah Ali Aleiwa, Director of Military Intelligence BG Ali Ahmed Al-Sayyani, and Commander of the Yemen Special Operations Forces (YSOF) Colonel Ahmed Saleh. At the behest of President Sa [...]
2005-08-31 11:56:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MASS YM COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA2507SALEH COOPERATIVE ON CT, LOOKS FOR ECONOMIC REWARDS
[...] (S) Summary: Ambassador met President Saleh September 4 in preparation for APHAS/CT Townsend's September 6 visit to Yemen, and Saleh's November trip to Washington. Ambassador said the highest priorities for discussion include CT and security cooperation, economic reform and development, and [...]
2005-09-05 12:26:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL PGOV PTER MASS ECON PARM YM COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA2512YEMEN OFFERS CONDOLENCES AND DONATION TO HURRICANE
[...] (U) Ambassador met September 4 with President Saleh and September 5 with Prime Minister Bajammal to thank them for their expressions of sympathy on behalf of the victims of Hurricane Katrina. The official Government daily al-Thawra reported on September 1 that President Saleh sent a cable to [...]
2005-09-05 13:48:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON EFIN AEMR AMGT EAID KPAO YM
05SANAA2528GTMO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW BOARD NOTIFICATION
[...] (C) On September 7, poloff delivered ref A notification to DFM Mustafa Noman on the pending transfer of one Yemeni detainee determined to no longer pose a threat. Noman anticipated that the ROYG would accept his return without issue as with the previous transferee (ref C),but would forward [...]
2005-09-07 13:01:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER YM KWAC COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA2529ISOLATING SYRIA DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] (S) Poloff delivered reftel on isolating Syria at the UNGA to DFM Mustafa Noman on September 5. Noman responded that it was "politically impossible" to refuse if SARG requested a meeting, but would encourage more "transparency and cooperation" on Iraq and Lebanon. Krajeski [...]
2005-09-07 13:01:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL PTER SY YM DEMARCHE
05SANAA2530ARAB LEAGUE, IRAQI CONSTITUTION, AND TERRORISM
[...] Poloff delivered reftels on the Arab League meeting, support for the Iraqi Constitution, the Convention Against Terrorism, changes to military commissions, and amendments to the Safety of Maritime Navigation Convention (SUA) to DFM Mustafa Noman on September 5. Post will report any substanti [...]
2005-09-07 13:01:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PTER KAWC PARM YM DEMARCHE COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA2531DCM VISITS MUKALLA, ENCOURAGES SUPPORT FOR COAST
[...] (C) On August 30, DCM visited the eastern port city of Mukalla to encourage regional support for the planned expansion of the Yemeni Coast Guard (YCG). In meetings with the Hadramaut governor, MOI Chief of Security, and Eastern Military Region Deputy Commander, DCM stressed the importance of [...]
2005-09-07 14:53:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MASS ENRG YM MARITIME SECURITY
05SANAA255INVESTMENT CLIMATE 2005
[...] The following is posts' submission for the 2005 Investment Climate Statement: (Begin Text) Investment Climate 2005 for Yemen: Openness to Foreign Investment Conversion and Transfer Policies Expropriation and Compensation Dispute Settlement Performance Requir [...]
2005-02-07 11:03:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDOPIC KTDB USTR YM ECON COM
05SANAA2556PM BAJAMMAL ON GSM TENDER: IT'S ALL ABOUT THE MONEY
[...] (C) Summary. On September 5, Ambassador discussed the status of Yemen's GSM mobile phone tender with PM Bajammal. He emphasized the importance of a transparent tendering process for attracting American business and for the country's overall investment climate. Bajammal responded directly tha [...]
2005-09-10 13:20:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV EFIN ECPS EIND EINV ETTC KMPI CH YM ECON COM
05SANAA2573SANAA EAC MEETING 09/11/2005.
[...] (S/NF) Embassy EAC was convened on 9/11/2005. EAC was chaired by the Ambassador and members in attendance were, DCM, RSO, POLM, POLE, CONS, PD, MGT, DAO, OMC, LEGATT, USAID, and CCE. 2. (S/NF) EAC reviewed the security situation in Sanaa and agreed that while there was no new threat info [...]
2005-09-11 14:50:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNAEMR ASEC CASC AMGT YM EAC
05SANAA2580GTMO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW BOARD NOTIFICATIONS
[...] (C) On September 11, poloff delivered ref A notification on the continued detention of two Yemenis and ref B and C notifications on four Yemenis scheduled to go before the Administrative Review Board to DFM Mustafa Noman. Noman accepted the names without comment. Krajeski [...]
2005-09-12 11:43:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER YM KWAC COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA2604SANAA EAC MEETING
[...] (S/NF) On 09/12/05, core EAC met to discuss RefTel received after regular work hours. Members in attendance were DCM, RSO, POLM, OMC. 2. (S/NF) Members discussed the veracity of the RefTel and the potential impact on post operations. Core EAC decided that while the information was sketchy [...]
2005-09-13 14:00:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNASEC PTER PREL YM EAC
05SANAA263STRONG POLITICAL SUPPORT FOR MOKHA PORT DEVELOPMENT
[...] On February 2, 2005 a joint USAID-DOD JTF/HOA Civil Affairs team met the Governor of Taiz, Ahmed Abdullah Al-Hajri, to discuss public health and education services and quarantine practices in the Port of Mokha, a primary port of entry for livestock from the Horn of Africa (HOA). (Note: The go [...]
2005-02-08 12:09:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON YM COM
05SANAA264FM QIRBI TALKS ABOUT IRAQI ELECTIONS, MCC, AND
[...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador discussed the Iraqi Elections, Yemen's MCC Threshold concept paper, and deterioration of Press Freedoms in Yemen. End Summary. --------------- Iraqi Elections --------------- 2. (C) Qirbi called the Iraqi elections an important first step, commenting that "Yem [...]
2005-02-08 12:40:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KDEM KMPI IZ YM ECON COM DEMOCRATIC REFORM
05SANAA265YEMEN SUBMITS THRESHOLD PAPER: REACHING MCC A
[...] Summary. Deputy Prime Minister Sofan presented Yemen's MCC-Threshold Concept Paper to USAID Director on Jan. 30. The paper was recommended for approval on Jan. 30 by letter to AID/PPC/MCA, signed by Ambassador and USAID Director. The Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation (MOPIC) [...]
2005-02-08 12:49:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDECPS EFIN EIND EINV KMCA KMPI PGOV YM ECON COM DEMOCRATIC REFORM
05SANAA268SANAA EAC MEETING 02/06/2005
[...] No summary [...]
2005-02-08 14:46:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNAMGT ASEC PREL PTER YM EAC
05SANAA269COMBATING YEMEN'S GRAY MARKET IN SMALL ARMS AND
[...] (S) Summary. Yemen has one of the highest per capita rates of small arms and light weapons (SA/LW) in the world. It has been reported that, as a result of leakage or diversion, Yemeni weapons procured officially by the Ministry of Defense (MOD) have ended up in terrorist caches. In the past y [...]
2005-02-08 15:51:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL PGOV PARM PTER YM COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA276HARSHER SENTENCES AWARDED AND APPEALS REJECTED IN
[...] (U) In the Yemeni legal system, both defense and prosecution can appeal a ruling. On February 6 a Sanaa Appellate Court resentenced one defendant to death (from a ten year sentence),awarded harsher sentences for two defendants and upheld the sentences of the remaining defendants in the group [...]
2005-02-12 06:52:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL ASEC YM COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA2764GTMO NOTIFICATION DELIVERED, ROYG STILL UNSURE OF
[...] (C) On September 13, DCM delivered notification on the continued detention of three Yemenis (ref A) to Deputy Foreign Minister Mustafa Noman. Noman accepted the names without comment. 2. (C) DCM also inquired on ROYG acceptance of an additional no-longer enemy combatant (ref B). Noman sai [...]
2005-09-17 11:46:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER YM KWAC COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA2766WILL SALEH'S SUCCESSOR PLEASE STAND UP?
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-17 12:29:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNKDEM KMCA KMPI PGOV PINR PREL PTER YM DOMESTIC POLITICS
05SANAA2767DFM EXPRESSES CONCERN OVER KIDNAPPING OF
[...] (C) Summary: On September 13, DFM Mustafa Noman briefed DCM on the recent kidnapping and assault of his close friend, journalist Jamal Amer. Noman also shared his concerns that his perceived support for Amer angered President Saleh, who reportedly encouraged Zindani to publicly attack Noman. [...]
2005-09-17 13:14:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV ECON PHUM YM DOMESTIC POLITICS
05SANAA277DECLINING OIL AND PARLIAMENTARY INTERVENTION
[...] (C) Summary: Yemen's oil production is steadily declining, and may drop below 400,000 barrels per day (bpd) in 2005. (Note: Production reached a high of 490,000 bpd in 2003.) Mismanagement of existing oil fields accelerates production and could serve to reduce long-term yields. Current explor [...]
2005-02-12 06:54:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALEPET KCOR ECON YM COM ENERGY
05SANAA2778SANAA EAC MEETING
[...] (S/NF) On 09/18/05, EAC met to discuss RefTel's A and B. Members in attendance were AMB, DCM, RSO, POLM, OMC, DAO, MO, POLE, PD, CONS, LEGATT, AID, AND CCE. 2. (S/NF) Members discussed RefTel A, JEDDAH, Lessons Learned-Follow Up. RSO specifically addressed para 7, which directed RSO's to r [...]
2005-09-18 14:45:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNAEMR ASEC PTER AMGT YM EAC
05SANAA2781IMI: INVITATION FOR BIDS - IFB#30/05 FOR THE
[...] The Rural Access Program of the Ministry of Public Works and Highway is inviting international companies to bid to construct Al Ashmour - Maswar District RR (22.33 KM) & Bait Salah (8.30 KM) in Amran Province. The Construction period is 16 months. 2. Bidding will be conducted through the I [...]
2005-09-19 13:46:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDECON YM COM
05SANAA2782IMI: INVITATION FOR BIDS - BID NO. EGS/05-14 FOR
[...] The Groundwater & Soil Conservation Project of the Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation is inviting international companies for the procurement of the following heavy equipments: Bulldozers (220-240 HP) quantity 2 nos Wheel loaders (217-220 HP) quantity 2 nos Motor Graders with laser leve [...]
2005-09-19 13:46:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDECON YM COM
05SANAA2791FM QIRBI DISCUSSES IRAN, SALEH VISIT, CT ISSUES
[...] (S) Summary: In a September 18 meeting with Ambassador, Foreign Minister Abubakr Qirbi discussed potential IAEA action against Iran and Saleh's November visit to Washington. Discussions also focused on several counter-terrorism issues, including support for the extradition of an Iraqi form [...]
2005-09-20 12:15:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL PTER KNNP KAWC YM COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA2796AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO MUKALLA SPARKS REQUESTS FOR
[...] (C) Summary: On September 12-13, Ambassador visited the Hadramaut governorate capital and port city of Mukalla. In meetings with the Deputy Commander of the Eastern Military Region, university faculty, NGO activists and political and business leaders, Ambassador was repeatedly urged to increa [...]
2005-09-21 10:39:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MASS ENRG KMPI YM MARITIME SECURITY ECON COM DOMESTIC POLITICS
05SANAA2803AMBASSADOR DELIVERS DEMARCHE ON IRAQI FORMER
[...] (S/NF) On September 21, Ambassador delivered ref A demarche requesting ROYG support for the detention and extradition of Umar Sabawi Ibrahim al-Tikriti during a meeting with Deputy Foreign Minister Mohiedeen Al-Dhabi. Dhabi accepted the letter and promised to immediately pass the information [...]
2005-09-21 12:36:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL PTER YM IZ DEMARCHE COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA2806ROYG REQUESTS ZINDANI INFORMATION
[...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph seven. 2. (C) Summary: In a September 18 meeting with Ambassador, Foreign Minister Abubakr Qirbi provided a written request for detailed evidence on Abdul Majeed Zindani's financial support to terrorists groups (ref A). The letter states t [...]
2005-09-21 14:10:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL PTER YM COUNTER TERRORISM TERFIN
05SANAA2807G-8 BMENA: ROYG REPRESENTATION FOR OCTOBER 1-3 DAD
[...] During a September 21 meeting with Deputy Foreign Minister Mohiedeen Al-Dhabi, Ambassador raised reftel points on supporting the October 1-3 Democracy Assistance Dialogue (DAD) conference in Rabat. Dhabi informed Ambassador that he would represent the ROYG at the conference. Krajeski [...]
2005-09-22 09:02:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KDEM KPAO KMPI YM DEMARCHE DEMOCRATIC REFORM
05SANAA2814IMI: INVITATION FOR BID - URBAN WATER SUPPLY AND
[...] The Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Project of the Ministry of Water and Environment is inviting international companies for the drilling and construction of ten boreholes in Al-Sabeen and the surrounding area. The works consists of drilling ten boreholes at a depth of between 600-900m, sup [...]
2005-09-24 08:35:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDECON YM COM
05SANAA2820DCM HOSTS SMALL GROUP OF YEMENI JOURNALISTS TO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador met on September 20 with seven journalists, the DCM, two emboffs, and representatives of three European donor states at the home of the DCM to listen to members of the Yemeni press corps give voice to concerns in the wake of the recent incidents involving kidnapping, [...]
2005-09-24 14:16:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALOIIP KMDR PHUM PTER KISL YM DOMESTIC POLITICS
05SANAA2822ROYG PRESENTS DRAFT MEMORANDUM ON BI-LATERAL
[...] (C) Summary: During a September 18 meeting with Ambassador, Foreign Minister Abubakr Qirbi presented a draft "Memorandum of Intention" establishing a framework for future US-Yemen cooperation (reftel). The memorandum outlines broad guidelines for cooperation on counter-terrorism, political i [...]
2005-09-24 15:20:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON PTER MASS YM COUNTER TERRORISM COM
05SANAA2844SHOW ME THE MONEY: CHINESE WIN YEMEN'S GSM TENDER,
[...] (C) Summary. On September 21, Yemen's Cabinet officially awarded the third GSM license to Chinese-owned Unitel for its bid of USD 149 million. The decision came as no surprise; ROYG officials had made clear that the financial offer outweighed all other considerations. Many doubts remain, ho [...]
2005-09-27 07:06:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV EFIN ECPS EIND EINV ETTC KMPI YM CH ECON COM
05SANAA2848SALEH PARDONS AL-HOUTHI SUPPORTERS
[...] (C) Summary. On the anniversary of Yemen's revolution against the Imam, President Saleh announced a surprise amnesty for supporters of the slain radical cleric Hussein al-Houthi. Saleh also promised compensation to the family of the royal family, deposed in 1962. The decisions were linked b [...]
2005-09-27 12:41:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR YM DOMESTIC POLITICS
05SANAA2867TERRORISM FINANCING COORDINATING OFFICER
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-01 14:34:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER EFIN ETTC PREL KTFN KVPR YM TERFIN COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA2880YEMENIS REMAIN RELUCTANT TO ACCEPT GTMO DETAINEES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: President Saleh and his Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Interior have made clear in recent meetings that the ROYG will not accept repatriation of detainees from Guantanamo Bay who are designated as "enemy combatants." Yemeni officials have stated that the ROYG has enough probl [...]
2005-10-03 10:42:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KAWC YM COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA2882SANAA EAC MEETING
[...] (S/NF) On 10/03/05, EAC met to discuss RefTel's A and B. Members in attendance were AMB, MO, RSO, POLM, OMC, DAO, POLE, PD, CONS, LEGATT, AID, AND CCE. 2.(S/NF) ROYG Foreign Embassy Travel Policy: Ambassador advised the EAC that he had spoken to the Minister of Interior about the ROYG travel [...]
2005-10-03 14:04:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNAEMR ASEC PTER AMGT YM EAC
05SANAA2891RAMADAN 2005 PD ACTIVITIES
[...] SUMMARY: Ramadan celebrations in Yemen are typically hosted within families and, while Yemenis generally prefer to remain at home and close to family during the month, Embassy Sana'a has planned to participate in Ramadan in a variety of ways. End summary. 2. Ambassador will host well-posi [...]
2005-10-04 15:22:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDKIRF KPAO PREL COUNTER TERRORISM DOMESTIC POLITICS DEMOCRATIC REFORM
05SANAA2897YEMEN: COMBATING EXTREMISM
[...] (U) Summary: The Government of the Republic of Yemen (ROYG) considers extremism a serious threat to the country's security and stability. Security and intelligence agencies routinely monitor mosques and religious institutions for extremist views. The ROYG regularly closes unlicensed religi [...]
2005-10-05 09:46:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL KDEM KPAO EAID PHUM KMPI YM DOMESTIC POLITICS COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA2912MOI ALIMI DISCUSSES OIL TERMINAL SECURITY AND
[...] (C) Summary: In a October 3 meeting with Ambassador and Office of Military Cooperation (OMC) Chief, Interior Minister Rashad Alimi discussed security arrangements for the Safer oil terminal and the transfer of protection duties to the Yemen Coast Guard (YCG). Alimi stated that the YCG, a M [...]
2005-10-09 13:11:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MASS YM MARITIME SECURITY ENERGY
05SANAA2920PARLIAMENT FLEXES MUSCLES, CHALLENGES ROYG ON
[...] (C) Summary. In its last session, Yemen's Parliament asserted its constitutional authority in unprecedented fashion, summoning ministers for questioning, challenging ROYG corruption, and even passing original legislation. Parliamentarians also took aim at the Speaker, Sheikh Abdullah al-Ahmar [...]
2005-10-10 12:17:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KMPI KMCA YM DOMESTIC POLITICS DEMOCRATIC REFORM
05SANAA2922MCC ESSENTIAL TO STABILITY AND REFORM IN YEMEN
[...] (S) Summary: Millennium Challenge Corporation programs are crucial to Yemen's future and to U.S. national security interests. Yemen stands at an important crossroads in its path to development and reform. For Yemen's reformers, MCC offers an important way forward. If the United States walks [...]
2005-10-11 06:39:00Embassy SanaaSECRETECPS EFIN EIND EINV PGOV KMCA KMPI YM ECON COM
05SANAA2945FM QIRBI SAYS SALEH MAY "CHANGE HIS MIND" ABOUT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During an October 10 meeting to review logistical arrangements for President Saleh's November visit to Washington, FonMin Abu Bakr al-Qirbi told Ambassador that Saleh was "nervous" about how a reversal of his announcement that he would not run for re-election in 2006 would be p [...]
2005-10-11 14:16:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL KDEM YE DOMESTIC POLITICS DEMOCRATIC REFORM
05SANAA2956CJTF HOA COMMANDER GHORMLEY VISITS ADEN
[...] (U) Summary. On October 1, visiting Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) Commander MG Timothy Ghormley and Ambassador traveled to Aden for meetings with the Governor of Aden, Yemen Coast Guard (YCG) and regional military commanders. MG Ghormley and Ambassador also participate [...]
2005-10-12 11:25:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MASS PARM YM MARITIME SECURITY
05SANAA2957RECORD OIL REVENUES FOR YEMEN -- WHERE HAS THE
[...] (C) Summary. In September, the Ministry of Finance (MOF) submitted a record supplementary budget to Parliament for approval, totaling 50 percent of the original 2005 budget. As a result of higher than expected oil revenues and the lifting of fuel subsidies, Yemen is showing a revenue surplus [...]
2005-10-12 11:28:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EFIN ECON KMCA KMPI YM DOMESTIC POLITICS
05SANAA2961LIVELY MEDIA REACTION TO COMMMENTS REGARDING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Local outlets reacted strongly to the October 6 publication of Ambassador Krajeski's remarks that "Yemen's progress [towards greater democracy] has stalled." Official and GPC-funded newspapers charged the USG with interference in Yemen's internal affairs and accused the Ambass [...]
2005-10-12 14:28:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOIIP KMDR PHUM PTER KISL YM
05SANAA2962AMBASSADOR DELIVERS IRAQI CONSTITUTION DEMARCHE TO
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-13 09:31:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL YM IZ DEMARCHE
05SANAA2986AMBASSADOR VISITS PORT CITY OF ADEN
[...] Summary: On October 2, Ambassador visited Aden to meet with local government, business and civil society representatives. Local council members, the Chamber of Commerce, and NGOs shared their experiences in strengthening democracy, improving the business climate, and creating local solutions [...]
2005-10-17 05:31:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ECON KMPI KPAO YM DEMOCRATIC REFORM COM
05SANAA2988YEMEN-IRAQ: NO EVIDENCE OF AN EXTRADITION TREATY
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-17 05:34:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER CJAN IZ YM COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA2994IAEA/BOG: U.S. POINT OF CONTACT IN SANAA
[...] IAEA-related issues are handled at post by Political Officer Melissa Cline. Contact information below: Name: Melissa Cline e-mail: clinem@state.gov (unclass); clinemr@state.sgov.gov (secure) Phone: 967-1-755-2156 Krajeski [...]
2005-10-17 09:57:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP YM IAEA
05SANAA2996AMBASSADOR DELIVERS ARMS BROKERS DEMARCHE
[...] (S) Summary. On October 16, Ambassador, along with UK Ambassador Michael Gifford, delivered ref A demarche to Foreign Minister Abu Bakr Qirbi expressing concern over the continued use of Yemeni arms dealers to procure weapons on behalf of the Ministry of Defense (MOD). He noted that MOD appe [...]
2005-10-17 11:37:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL PARM PTER ETTC MASS YM DEMARCHE COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA2997PROGRESS REPORT ON YEMEN'S COUNTER-TERRORISM
[...] (S) Summary. In July, Ambassador presented President Saleh with a white paper assessing the Republic of Yemen Government's (ROYG) level of counter-terrorism (CT) cooperation. The Ambassador shared USG concerns that Yemen's efforts to combat terrorism have been neither consistent nor aggressi [...]
2005-10-17 12:17:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL PTER PARM SA IZ YM COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA300NOMINATING YEMEN TV TO UNDERTAKE A TV CO-OP PROJECT
[...] SUMMARY: The US Embassy's Public Affairs Office, Sana'a, nominates Yemen TV to undertake a TV co-op project during FY2005. Two people from Yemen TV, a reporter and a cameraman, would participate. 2. The primary aim of the project is to focus on key aspects of US foreign policy objectives in [...]
2005-02-14 10:50:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO YM KSRE
05SANAA3003 FEMALE LOCAL COUNCIL QUOTA EXPECTED TO BE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: At a signing ceremony on October 9 for a USAID grant for women's rights projects, Minister of Human Rights Amat al-Alim Soswa conveyed invitations for several high-ranking current and former USG officials to a December conference in Sanaa on women's issues in the Arab world. She [...]
2005-10-17 13:16:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM KMPI PGOV PHUM PREL YM DEMOCRATIC REFORM
05SANAA3007MCC: "CAN WE SIGN DURING SALEH'S VISIT?"
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Krajeski met with Deputy Prime Minister Ahmed Sofan on October 17, to discuss the November visit of President Saleh to Washington. Sofan said the ROYG would like to see Saleh sign the Millennium Challenge Threshold agreement during the visit. The ROYG has eagerly pu [...]
2005-10-18 04:27:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KDEM YM
05SANAA3009 THE ECHO CHAMBER IN YEMEN.
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Over the past several weeks Post has initiated a dynamic series of programs in response to U/S Hughes' Echo Chamber cables. End Summary. 2. (U) IRAQ REFERENDUM (Echo Chamber dated October 13): Post has translated the text of U/S Hughes' Echo Chamber cable on the October 1 [...]
2005-10-18 07:13:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOIIP KMDR PHUM PTER KISL YM
05SANAA3018DEMOCRATIC REFORM STRATEGY FOR YEMEN -- QUARTERLY
[...] (C) Summary: Post implemented the initial phase of Yemen's Democratic Reform Strategy with mixed results. (Ref A) This quarterly report demonstrates progress for women in political participation, and in the role of Parliament providing a check on the executive. (Ref B) The ROYG's Threshold Pr [...]
2005-10-18 12:10:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM KMPI KMCA ECON PHUM YM DOMESTIC POLITICS DEMOCRATIC REFORM
05SANAA3023YEMEN: UNESCO, ICJ DEMARCHES DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-18 14:13:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ETRD SCUL YM UNESCO UNGA DEMARCHE
05SANAA3027AMBASSADOR UPDATES MOI ON PISCES AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador informed MinInt Rashad al-Alimi on October 17 that a team from Washington would visit Yemen in the next few weeks to update the ROYG's PISCES system, and that an FBI team would come to provide training and equipment for a national fingerprint database in the next sever [...]
2005-10-19 10:24:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL ACOA KHLS YM
05SANAA3032BOEING VS. AIRBUS: YEMENIA ATTRACTS SUITORS FOR
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Krajeski met with Captain Abdulhamid AlQadi, Chairman and CEO of Yemenia Airlines, the national airline of Yemen, on October 16 to discuss a 10-plane purchase they are planning. Both Airbus and Boeing have demonstrated significant outreach to Yemenia management for the [...]
2005-10-19 12:06:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALEAIR ECON KTDB YM COM
05SANAA3046(S) MOI ALIMI SAYS MORE INFO ON SABAWI FORTHCOMING
[...] (S) Following up on an earlier demarche urging the detention and transfer to the Iraqi Transitional Government of Iraqi Former Regime Element High Value Individual Umar Sabawi Ibrahim al-Tikriti, Ambassador asked Minister of Interior Rashad al-Alimi on October 17 if the ROYG had made any prog [...]
2005-10-23 13:24:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL PTER KDEM IZ YM COUNTER TERRORISM TERFIN
05SANAA3048SANAA EAC MEETING
[...] (S/NF) On 10/23/05, EAC met to discuss RefTel. Members in attendance were AMB, DCM, MO, RSO, POLM, OMC, DAO, POLE, PD, CONS, LEGATT, AID, FPD and CCE. 2.(S/NF) EAC discussed RefTel A which concerned the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between State and DoD concerning security of DoD personnel [...]
2005-10-23 14:04:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNAEMR ASEC PTER AMGT YM EAC
05SANAA307YEMENI VIEWS ON ELECTIONS AND THE FUTURE OF IRAQ
[...] (SBU) Liberal elites, moderate Islamists, ROYG officials as well as civil society activists and journalists in Yemen are unanimous in considering the recent elections held in Iraq as a step in the right direction. All are equally unanimous, however, in expressing skepticism that these election [...]
2005-02-14 18:17:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KMDR KPAO IZ YM
05SANAA309FOREIGN POLICY IMPLICATIONS FOR RESEARCH PROJECT
[...] Per reftel, post believes there are no foreign policy implications to the proposed study and recommends it proceed, pending human subject approval. Krajeski [...]
2005-02-15 05:51:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OSCI KSCA YM
05SANAA3093GTMO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW BOARD NOTIFICATION
[...] (C) On October 23, Poloff delivered reftel notification to Deputy Foreign Minister Mohiedeen Al-Dhabi on the continued detention of eleven Yemenis. Al-Dhabi accepted the names without comment. Krajeski [...]
2005-10-24 14:00:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KAWC YM COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA3099YEMEN UPDATE: WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR 2005
[...] Summary. In Yemen, children augment family incomes by working as street vendors and workers in family businesses or on the family-owned farm. While slavery and child prostitution are not major issues in Yemen, parliamentarians, international observers, and donors over the past two years have [...]
2005-10-25 11:29:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDECON SOCI SMIG SCUL YM TRAFFICKING PERSONS
05SANAA310MEPI PROJECTS SHOWING RESULTS IN YEMEN
[...] Summary. MEPI programs are making progress and solidifying MEPI's track record in Yemen. CHF's vocational training center, forming a new partnership with local NGO Girls World Communication Center (GWCC),opened classes beginning in February. IFES has begun implementation of the GIS Bounda [...]
2005-02-15 05:51:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM KMCA KMPI YM DEMOCRATIC REFORM
05SANAA3102PRESIDENT SALEH REQUESTS ACCESS TO BETHESDA NAVAL
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-25 13:28:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OVIP YM
05SANAA3103BLUE LANTERN END-USE CHECK COMPLETED ON YEMEN AIR
[...] Per ref A, Post contacted Yemeni Air Force to inquire if it has ordered U.S.-origin military aircraft spare parts from the firms Aston Aviation, Transworld Aviation, and Segers Aviation. Post made repeated inquiries though OMC in routine meetings and through diplomatic notes for several weeks. [...]
2005-10-25 13:29:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC YM
05SANAA3104AMBASSADOR DELIVERS NORTH KOREAN ARMS TRADE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-25 13:29:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL PARM MNUC KNNP YM DEMARCHE
05SANAA3105AMBASSADOR DELIVERS ZINDANI INFORMATION
[...] (S) Summary: On October 24, Ambassador delivered ref A information on de-listing terrorist financier Sheikh Abd al-Majid al-Zindani to Deputy Foreign Minister Mohiedeen Al-Dhabi. Dhabi thanked Ambassador for responding to the ROYG's previous request for assistance (ref B),but once again ask [...]
2005-10-25 13:41:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL CVIS EFIN ETTC PTER KSEP KVPR YM COUNTER TERRORISM TERFIN
05SANAA3133DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON TERRORIST FINANCE LIST 72U
[...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche on October 24 to Ibrahim al-Nahari, Director of External Relations at the Ministry of Finance. Nahari said he would share the list of additions to the UN 1267 Sanctions Committee with Yemen's Higher Committee on Money Laundering, and report to post any [...]
2005-10-26 13:38:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS EFIN ETTC KTFN KVPR PREL PTER YM DEMARCHE TERFIN COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA3136SCENESETTER FOR PRESIDENT SALEH'S VISIT TO
[...] (C) Summary: President Ali Abdullah Saleh arrives in Washington looking for increased military support and economic deliverables for Yemen, while at home he has shown little willingness to make the tough decisions necessary for the future of his country. Yemen remains an important regional [...]
2005-10-26 13:41:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KDEM ECON EAID MASS MARR PINS YM COUNTER TERRORISM DOMESTIC POLITICS DEMOCRATIC REFORM
05SANAA3137SALEH ACCEPTS GTMO DETAINEES, DOES NOT BACK DOWN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: President Saleh told Ambassador on October 25 that his government would accept all Yemeni detainees from Guantanamo Bay, provided the USG passes all relevant information on their cases so that they can be charged and tried in local courts, as appropriate. Saleh agreed to crimin [...]
2005-10-26 13:41:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM KDEM YM COUNTER TERRORISM TERFIN DEMOCRATIC REFORM
05SANAA315SANAA EAC MEETING 02/13/2005
[...] (S/NF) Begin Summary - The Ambassador convened an EAC meeting on February 13, 2005, to discuss a recent report about two individuals who are in custody after a belt laden with explosives, for placement around a persons waist, was turned in at a police station on Tuesday, 8 February 2005. EAC [...]
2005-02-15 12:33:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNAMGT ASEC PREL PTER YM EAC COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA3160DEMOCRACY CENTRAL THEME AT LATE NIGHT RAMADAN SOCIAL GATHERINGS
[...] (U) Summary. DCM and Poloffs attended Ramadan late night social sessions during which party hacks, sheikhs, journalists and academics spanning the Yemeni political spectrum voiced strong opinions on the problems with democratization in Yemen and how the U.S. could help. Participants from all p [...]
2005-10-30 08:41:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV YM DOMESTIC POLITICS DEMOCRATIC REFORM PTER
05SANAA3167 YEMEN AND AVIAN FLU - LONG ON STRATEGY - SHORT ON
[...] SUMMARY: A/DCM Tom Burke, accompanied by USAID's Senior Health Advisor in Yemen, Dr. Ahmed Attieg, met with Yemeni Public Health Deputy Minister, Dr. Majid al-Gunaid at his request on 10/17/2005, at which he discussed Yemen state of preparations to respond to the Avian Flu Influenza. Deputy [...]
2005-10-30 14:16:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KSCA KPAO EAGR ECON PREL SOCI YM WHO AID COM ENVIRONMENT
05SANAA3170FONMIN "SURPRISED" AT IRANIAN COMMENTS; SAYS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: FonMin Abubakr al-Qirbi told Ambassador on October 30 that the ROYG was "surprised" by Iranian President Ahmadi-Nejad's recent comments regarding Israel. Qirbi said they were likely meant to score domestic political points in what has become a "popularity contest" between the Pr [...]
2005-10-31 11:16:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER OVIP IR YM
05SANAA3171REACTIONS TO MEHLIS REPORT: MOSTLY NOT THERE
[...] (U) Summary: Government newspapers took the lead, covering and commenting on the October 20 UN Mehlis report implicating Syrian and Lebanese security officials in the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minster Rafiq Hariri. While op-eds in the official press took no stance on the report, t [...]
2005-10-31 14:46:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAO YM SY UNSC
05SANAA3184BREAKING FAST WITH FRIENDS IN SANAA
[...] SUMMARY: Early in the month, Ambassador hosted an iftar for 120 key contacts and expressed his appreciation of Ramadan as a month of introspection. During the month, the Public Affairs section and a local non-governmental organization co-sponsored several iftars for a marginalized group of [...]
2005-11-01 11:11:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR PHUM PTER KISL YM
05SANAA3185EXIT HUNT: YEMEN MOVES TO NATIONALIZE OIL
[...] (C) Summary: On October 17, Yemen's Cabinet announced that it would not renew Hunt's contract for oil production in Block 18, and would instead award it to the Yemeni-owned Safer Company. Hunt intends to sue the ROYG for violation of contract, and will likely announce legal action to coincide [...]
2005-11-01 11:12:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON EINV EPET YM ENERGY COM
05SANAA3186COMMERCIAL STRATEGIC PLAN FY-2006 [CORRECTED COPY]
[...] Summary: Embassy Sanaa's commercial office is currently a Partner Post of the Foreign Commercial Service's Riyadh office, and has recently undergone a transition in locally- employed commercial staff. The new Commercial Specialist, Ammar Al-Anssi, was trained on U.S. Department of Commerce F [...]
2005-11-01 11:30:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECIN ECON KTDB YM COM
05SANAA3187ASSAULT ON TWO JOURNALISTS: NEWEST CASE IN SPATE
[...] (U) Summary: On October 29, Moujeeb Sweileh, a cameraman with the "Al-Arabiya" news channel, and Najib Al-Sharai, from "Al-Akhbariya," were assaulted by ROYG security forces while attempting to cover a strike at a textile factory in Sanaa. The attack is just one of a long string of physical and [...]
2005-11-01 12:35:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL KMPI KMCA YM DOMESTIC POLITICS
05SANAA3189SANAA EAC MEETING
[...] (S/NF) On 11/01/05, EAC met to discuss threat information contained in RefTel. Members in attendance were AMB, DCM, MO, RSO, POLM, OMC, DAO, POLE, PD, CONS, LEGATT, AID, FPD and CCE. 2.(S/NF) EAC discussed threat information received by SIMO of possible terrorist attacks in Aden during the [...]
2005-11-01 14:21:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNAEMR ASEC PTER AMGT YM EAC
05SANAA3198ROUND 2: BOEING VS. AIRBUS: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with Director of President Saleh's Office, Ali Al-Anssi, on October 29 to discuss the upcoming 10-plane purchase by Yemenia Airlines, the national airline of Yemen. As President Saleh's chief of staff, Al-Anssi is considered an influence broker with the President. [...]
2005-11-02 09:33:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALEAIR ECON KTDB YM COM
05SANAA3206MOPIC PLAYS SHELL GAME WITH USDA $60 MILLION
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador met with Deputy Prime Minister Ahmed Sofan on October 17, to convey USG's serious and growing concerns about the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) food aid programs in Yemen. Ambassador told Sofan that USDA is sending a compliance team shortly to investigate and [...]
2005-11-02 12:57:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EAID YM ECON COM
05SANAA3225SANAA EAC MEETING
[...] (S/NF) On 11/12/05, EAC met to discuss security issues in light of the hotel bombings in Amman, Jordan. Members in attendance were CDA, RSO, POLM, OMC, DAO, POLE, PD, CONS, LEGATT, AID, FPD and CCE. 2.(S/NF) EAC was informed by the RSO and POLM that security was increased at hotels, popular [...]
2005-11-14 11:59:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNAEMR ASEC PTER AMGT YM EAC
05SANAA3227PUBLIC AND OFFICIAL REACTION TO AMMAN BOMBINGS IS
[...] Public and official reactions to the November 9 hotel bombings in Amman were uniformly expressions of the un-islamic nature of the attacks, and disgust for the perpetrators. According to Embassy local employees, some 150 people -- including men and women of several nationalities -- gathered [...]
2005-11-14 11:59:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PREL JO YM
05SANAA3231SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL ABIZAID'S VISIT TO YEMEN
[...] (C) Welcome back to Sanaa. Although Yemen remains an important regional partner in the GWOT with a post-9/11 string of CT successes, cooperation on this front has not been perfect -- a point that was made clear to President Saleh during his visit to Washington last week. You will be the fi [...]
2005-11-14 13:09:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPTER PREL MASS MARR OVIP YM COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA3232CDA DELIVERS DEMARCHE ON TRANSFER OF YEMENI
[...] (C) On November 14, CDA delivered ref A points to Deputy Foreign Minister Mohiedeen Al-Dhabi on seeking an exchange of diplomatic notes between the USG and the ROYG to ensure that Yemeni detainees eligible for transfer will not pose a continuing threat to the interests of either government. C [...]
2005-11-14 13:19:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KAWC YM DEMARCHE COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA3233SCENESETTER FOR LTG WHITCOMB'S VISIT TO SANAA
[...] (C) Welcome to Sanaa. We have requested meetings for you with Minister of Defense MG Abdullah Ali Aliwa, Minister of Interior Rashad Mohammed al-Alimi, and Commander of the Yemeni Special Operations Forces (YSOF) Ahmed Ali Abdullah Saleh. Chief of Staff MG Mohammed al-Qassemi is currently in [...]
2005-11-14 13:39:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MARR MASS YM COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA3256ROYG CLOSES DOWN HUNT OFFICES, AMERICANS TO LEAVE
[...] (C) Summery: Early in the morning on November 15, representatives of the Ministry of Oil took over the Sanaa offices of Hunt Oil accompanied with security forces. Hunt responded by relocating employees from its Block 18 facility in Mareb to Sanaa, and is in the process of removing most of it [...]
2005-11-16 12:32:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON EINV EPET YM ENERGY COM
05SANAA3257AMBASSADOR DELIVERS IRAN RESOLUTION DEMARCHE
[...] (C) On November 16, Ambassador raised reftel points with Deputy Foreign Minister Mohiedeen al Dhabi. Al Dhabi said he would discuss the points with the Foreign Minister, who had just returned from a two week visit to Japan, US, and France and was not available, and would pass any reaction d [...]
2005-11-16 14:05:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM IR YM DEMARCHE
05SANAA326POSITIVE ECONOMIC NEWS FOR YEMEN: LNG DEAL TO BE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Yemen's first billion dollar direct foreign investment project since the USS COLE Attack is near completion. The Yemen Liquefied Natural Gas Company (YLNG) is set to sign a major deal with the Korean Government to supply LNG for 20 years to the Korean Gas Company (Kogas). Jean- [...]
2005-02-16 14:02:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET ECON YM COM
05SANAA328POWERFUL FINANCE MINISTER AL-SALAMI ON THE
[...] (C) Summary. Time may be up for Finance Minister al-Salami. Rumors are spreading throughout Sanaa that President Saleh will remove the Minister from office in an upcoming cabinet shuffle. A number of small but significant political losses for Salami appear to give teeth to this rumor. Sal [...]
2005-02-16 14:06:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALEFIN EINV KMCA KMPI PGOV YM KBIO DOMESTIC POLITICS
05SANAA3287DFM SHARES VIEWS ON SALEH VISIT, FORUM FOR THE
[...] (C) During a November 14 meeting with DCM, Deputy Foreign Minister Mohiedeen Al-Dhabi shared his views on President Saleh's visit to Washington and the recent Forum for the Future conference in Bahrain. Al-Dhabi was optimistic about Saleh's meetings with President Bush and others, saying the [...]
2005-11-22 06:15:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM YM
05SANAA3290YEMEN INFORMATION ON AVIAN AND PANDEMIC INFLUENZA
[...] (U) Summary: This cable describes ROYG preparations and capabilities in the event of an avian influenza pandemic; responses are keyed to reftel questions. End Summary. 2. Preparedness/Communication -- Does the government have a preparedness plan/strategy for preventing avian flu from bec [...]
2005-11-22 06:18:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALTBIO SENV ECON EAGR EAID PREL YM ENVIRONMENT
05SANAA3297MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT SALEH'S VISIT TO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Expectations were high for President Saleh's Washington trip and the general consensus in the press has been that the visit was largely successful. It appears, however, that the outcomes of the visit have not yet fully been conveyed to the media. END SUMMARY. 2. (U) PRE-VI [...]
2005-11-23 05:05:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM KMPI PGOV PHUM PREL YM
05SANAA3349MOD SHOWS INTEREST IN WEAPONS INVENTORY CONTROL
[...] (C) Summary: During a November 21 meeting, Office of Military Cooperation Chief and DATT briefed Minister of Defense MG Abdullah Ali Aliwa on a proposed weapons inventory control system. OMC Chief explained the basic concept of the system and reiterated USG willingness to assist in its imple [...]
2005-11-26 13:17:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PARM YM COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA335SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF U/S FOR GLOBAL AFFAIR
[...] (SBU) Post warmly welcomes the visit of Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs Paula J. Dobriansky to Yemen February 23-25. You will meet with President Ali Abdullah Saleh, Foreign Minister Abu Bakr al-Qirbi and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Planning International Cooperation Ahm [...]
2005-02-18 14:13:00Embassy SanaaSECRETOVIP PREL PGOV PTER KDEM KMPI ECON EAID PREF PHUM GTIP COUNTER TERRORISM DEMOCRATIC REFORM COM TRAFFICKING PERSONS
05SANAA3364PRESIDENT SALEH, AFTER WASHINGTON VISIT: "I GET
[...] (C) Summary: President Saleh told Ambassador that he has taken to heart the messages he heard in Washington from President Bush, Secretary Rice, MCC/CEO Danelovich, World Bank Wolfowitz and others. He said that he had convoked his cabinet upon his return and demanded a plan of action to respon [...]
2005-11-27 09:45:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL SY YE DOMESTIC POLITICS
05SANAA3378SALEH TELLS GEN ABIZAID HE ACCEPTS WEAPONS
[...] (S) SUMMARY: In a November 26 meeting with visiting CENTCOM Commander GEN John Abizaid, President Saleh accepted long-standing U.S. offers to create a weapons inventory system for the Yemeni Armed Forces. He claimed that Syrian President Bashar al-Asad had expressed willingness to cooperate [...]
2005-11-29 07:51:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL PTER IZ SY YM COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA3387 SANAA MEDIA REACTION -- GENERAL ABIZAID VISIT,
[...] ABIZAID VISIT: Yemeni newspapers gave above-the-fold coverage to the two-day visit of Commander-in-Chief General John Abizaid of U.S. Central Command to Yemen. Al-Thawrwa (official government daily) reported that General Abizaid and President Saleh discussed bilateral cooperation in security [...]
2005-11-30 10:53:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM KMPI PGOV PHUM PREL YM
05SANAA3392TAIZ NGOS SEEK INCREASED COOPERATION WITH USG
[...] (U) Summary. On November 16, emboffs visited the city of Taiz to meet with local NGOs to discuss the Democracy Assistance Dialogue (DAD) and Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) programs. During the two-hour meeting, emboffs and visiting MEPIoff fielded questions and comments on MEPI an [...]
2005-12-03 11:26:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL KMPI YM DEMOCRATIC REFORM
05SANAA3397SANAA EAC MEETING
[...] (S/NF) On 12/04/05, EAC convened to discuss security environment. Members in attendance were AMB, DCM, RSO, POLM, OMC, DAO, POLE, CONS, LEGATT, MO, FPD and CCE. 2. (S/NF) EAC members reported no new threats to Embassy personnel. EAC did note recent reports of minor conflicts in the north [...]
2005-12-04 13:33:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNAEMR ASEC PTER AMGT YM EAC
05SANAA3423ROUND 3: BOEING VS. AIRBUS: AMBASSADOR RECEIVES A
[...] (C) Summary: On December 4, the Ambassador met with Captain Abdulhamid AlQadi, Chairman and CEO of Yemenia Airlines to discuss the 10-plane purchase that the company is in the midst of completing. AlQadi said that the company will make a decision in the near future, possibly by the end of Jan [...]
2005-12-07 06:37:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALEAIR ECON KTDB YM COM
05SANAA3430LTG WHITCOMB DISCUSSES MILITARY COOPERATION WITH
[...] (C). Summary. Visiting U.S. ARCENT Commander LTG Whitcomb met with the Ministers of Defense and Interior on November 29. Both Ministers expressed their gratitude for USG assistance in strengthening Yemen's ability to combat terrorism. LTG Whitcomb thanked the ROYG for its support in the GW [...]
2005-12-10 07:52:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MASS YM COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA3438 MEDIA REACTION -- AL-HOUTHI CLASHES, DRAFT PRESS
[...] HOSTILITIES RESUME IN SA'ADA: On November 30, all major opposition and independent outlets gave prominent coverage to the resumption of clashes between ROYG security forces and followers of the Al-Houthi rebel movement in the northern Sa'ada governorate. Casualty estimates on the first day [...]
2005-12-10 11:44:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM KMPI PGOV PHUM PREL YM
05SANAA3439COUNTER-TERRORISM TRAINING AND ADVISOR RESPONSE -
[...] RSO has explored the utility of establishing an Investigative Counter-Terrorism Training and Advisor Program (ITP) in Sanaa and recommended to the AMB, DCM and Country Team that post not pursue the program, at this time. 2. ATA and RSO Sanaa have offered training courses to the host governm [...]
2005-12-11 05:00:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PTER YM COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA3441DCM REGISTERS CONCERN ABOUT ZINDANI TRAVEL AND
[...] (C) In a December 11 meeting, DCM told Deputy FonMin Mohy al-Din al-Dhabi that the USG is very concerned that Abdul Majid al-Zindani had traveled outside of Yemen, in an apparent contravention of sanctions placed on him by the UN Security Council's 1267 Committee. DCM said that Embassy and W [...]
2005-12-12 04:16:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER YM COUNTER TERRORISM TERFIN
05SANAA3442DCM PRESSES MFA ON GTMO DETAINEE TRANSFER AND
[...] (C) DCM called on Deputy FonMin Mohy al-Din al-Dhabi on December 10 to press for an answer to Embassy's November 21 diplomatic note proposing the transfer of 13 Yemenis from Guantanamo Bay to Yemen (ref A). Al-Dhabi reiterated FonMin Qirbi's assurance to DAS Gordon Gray on December 3 that the [...]
2005-12-12 04:18:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL PTER KAWC YM COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA3454YEMEN OFFERS TO HOST FOUNDATION FOR THE FUTURE
[...] (U) The Republic of Yemen Government (ROYG) has offered to host the Foundation for the Future headquarters. In a meeting between Deputy FonMin Mohy al-Din al-Dhabi and DCM, as well as via a dip note, the ROYG offered to cover the costs of providing a facility and local staff, promising also [...]
2005-12-12 07:45:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL YM
05SANAA3460SOMALI REFUGEES PROTEST UNHCR TREATMENT
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 12. 2. (U) Summary. Since November 9, over 500 Somali refugees have been protesting in front of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) HQ in Sanaa. Encouraged by rumors that the USG soon will accept 70,000 Somali refug [...]
2005-12-12 14:21:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREF PHUM YM SO GTIP
05SANAA347FM ON ARAB LEAGUE AND REFORMS: CHALLENGE IS TO GET
[...] (C) Although the GOE has postponed the planned March 3 Arab League - G-8 Ministerial, Ambassador asked FM Qirbi for his views on the meeting and Arab League attitudes on BMENA (reftel). Qirbi said he believed the agenda for the March 3 meeting (now expected to occur following the March 22-23 A [...]
2005-02-21 10:48:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAO KMPI KDEM YM
05SANAA3470RESTORING ESF FUNDS IS A PRIORITY FOR THE GWOT IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: If current budget allocations hold, Yemen will lose all but its military assistance funding for FY06. Economic Support Funds (ESF) have been reduced to zero, and Yemen's participation in the Millenium Challenge Account (MCA) Threshold Program was suspended. In addition, Yemen w [...]
2005-12-13 13:00:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER EAID MASS YM COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA3471 STUDY IN THE U.S. -- IT'S GOOD FOR YEMEN -- IT'S
[...] SUMMARY: As was the case throughout the MENA region, the number of Yemeni students applying to study in the United States plummeted after 9/11. The good news is that the trend line is positive -- our numbers are slowly climbing after bottoming out in 2003. The bad news is that even with a [...]
2005-12-14 04:01:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM KPAO SCUL OIIP CVIS XF YM
05SANAA348AMBASSADOR ENCOURAGES ROYG SUPPORT FOR IRAQI
[...] (C) On February 21 Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to Foreign Minister Qirbi, stressing that he hoped the ROYG would move quickly and vocally to support the new government and the constitutional process. Qirbi replied that a February 20 ruling GPC party communique states "the ROYG hopes [...]
2005-02-21 10:48:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALASEC PREL IZ YM DEMARCHE
05SANAA3483YEMEN: 2005 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM
[...] Below is Embassy Sanaa's submission for the 2005 Country Report on Terrorism. A copy of this report has been forwarded to S/CT POCs via e-mail. 2. Begin text. In 2005, the Republic of Yemen continued to provide support for the global war on terrorism and took action against al-Qaida a [...]
2005-12-14 13:09:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PREL ASEC KTFN YM COUNTER TERRORISM TERFIN
05SANAA3512DEMARCHE ON CONDEMNING TUENI ASSASSINATION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-17 07:47:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL LE YM DEMARCHE
05SANAA3513SANAA EAC MEETING
[...] (S/NF) On 12/18/05, EAC met to discuss Avian Bird Flu tripwires as required by RefTel. Members in attendance were CDA, RSO, POLM, OMC, DAO, POLE, PD, CONS, LEGATT, AID, FPD and CCE. 2.(S/NF) EAC agreed with tripwires set by Consular section. ConsOff will answer the specific questions and ou [...]
2005-12-18 12:36:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNAEMR ASEC AMGT CASC AMED KFLO YM EAC
05SANAA3514COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR TREASURY REGIONAL
[...] (SBU) Embassy Sanaa grants country clearance and welcomes the visit of Mr. George Mullinax from o/a December 18, 2005 to o/a December 20, 2005 to provide assistance to the Central Bank of Yemen. Please make sure that Post has Mr. Mullinax's SSN and security clearance on file. 2. (SBU) Con [...]
2005-12-18 12:55:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV KMPI YM
05SANAA3524 PLACEMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS DAY OP-ED
[...] Post has placed A/S Lowenkron's op-ed on International Human Rights day, entitled "Helping the Impossible Become the Inevitable," in Arabic and English in the media outlets below. The Arabic translation was done by Public Affairs Section personnel at post. -- Al-Sahwa.Net (news website of [...]
2005-12-19 07:23:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM KMPI PGOV PHUM PREL YM HUMAN RIGHTS
05SANAA3527YEMEN AVIAN INFLUENZA PREPARATIONS
[...] Post has addressed ref A and implemented its recommendations to the maximum extent possible. Further avian influenza preparation measures will also be taken over the next month. Paragraph 2 provides a general assessment of avian influenza (AI) preparedness. Paragraph 3 details post's trip w [...]
2005-12-19 07:26:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ASEC CASC AMED KFLO AEMR YM
05SANAA3532CDA VISITS ADEN ON THE EVE OF THE GPC CONFERENCE
[...] (U) Summary: On December 13-16, CDA visited an Aden saturated with political activists and senior ROYG officials in town for the seventh General People's Congress (GPC) convention. Before attending the ruling party convention, CDA participated in a local media conference on Arab-European dial [...]
2005-12-19 14:05:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KMPI KPAO CASC YM DEMOCRATIC REFORM
05SANAA3533CHARGE DREYER: YEMEN WILL RECEIVE DEMOCRACY
[...] (C) Summary. During a December 7 meeting with Ambassador, European Commission (EC) CDA to Yemen, Ralph Dreyer, revealed that the EC intends to implement democracy and human rights programming in Yemen starting in 2007. Dreyer also informed Ambassador that the EC and other European missions hav [...]
2005-12-19 14:17:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KMPI YM EU HUMAN RIGHTS
05SANAA3534GPC CONVENTION: POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE, SIGNIFYING
[...] (C) To fluttering banners, flying doves, sound effects reminiscent of Space Odyssey 2000 (with added neighing horses to symbolize the GPC mascot),President Saleh marched into the Aden football stadium on December 15 to officially launch the proceedings of the ruling party's seventh annual con [...]
2005-12-19 14:58:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL DOMESTIC POLITICS
05SANAA3546STATE-DOD MOU ON SECURITY - ANNUAL REVIEW OF MOA
[...] On November 13, the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) convened to complete the required annual review of post's MOA implementing the Department of State and Department of Defense MOU on security arrangements for DOD personnel (ref A). EAC reviewed annexes A and B as requested and made no subs [...]
2005-12-20 11:53:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDAODE AMGT ASEC KMRS
05SANAA3548(S) PUBLISHER THREATENED AND IN SECLUSION AFTER
[...] (S) SUMMARY: During a visit to Aden, CDA met on December 14 with Basha Bashrahil, International News Editor of the independent Aden-based daily "Al-Ayyam." Bashrahil (strictly protect) expressed to CDA his alarm about recent signals from the ROYG, describing in detail threats against his fami [...]
2005-12-20 11:53:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPGOV PHUM PREL YM
05SANAA3555SANAA EAC MEETING
[...] (S/NF) On 12/20/05, EAC met to review security procedures as required by RefTel A as well information in RefTel's C and D. Members in attendance were CDA, RSO, POLM, OMC, DAO, POLE, PD, CONS, LEGATT, AID, FPD and CCE. 2.(S/NF) RSO advised the EAC that appropriate security measures are in p [...]
2005-12-21 10:37:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNAEMR ASEC PTER CASC YM EAC
05SANAA3558DAS GRAY ADDRESSES WOMEN'S CONFERENCE, ROYG
[...] Summary. On December 3 - 5, over 300 government and civil society representatives from across the Middle East participated in a Sanaa-based conference entitled "Women's Rights in the Arab World: From Words to Deeds." Participants discussed a variety of topics, including women's roles in poli [...]
2005-12-21 12:29:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KDEM KWMN YM PHUM
05SANAA3560AL-HETAR OFFERS CANDID ASSESSMENT OF EXTREMIST
[...] (C) Summary: At a meeting with pdoff and poloff, Judge Hamoud Al-Hetar provided a more candid and straightforward assessment of the efficacy of his rehabilitation program than previously heard. While defending the overall merits of his attempts to convince young radicals of the error of their [...]
2005-12-21 12:55:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL KMPI PGOV PHUM YM COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA35772005-2006 INSCR REPORT FOR YEMEN: FINANCIAL CRIMES
[...] The following is the text of Embassy Sanaa's update to Part II of the 2005-2006 INSCR report on financial crimes and money laundering. ---------- Begin Text ---------- The Yemeni financial system is not yet well developed; thus, the extent of money laundering is not known. The prevalenc [...]
2005-12-26 11:27:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PTER KCRM KTFN YM TERFIN
05SANAA3588ESTABLISHING A SENIOR DEFENSE OFFICER IN YEMEN
[...] (C) Department of Defense (DOD) personnel posted in Yemen have been instrumental in supporting both the Department and post's goals of improving Yemen's capacity to combat terrorism. The combined use of diplomacy and military cooperation is a cornerstone of our engagement policy. Through the [...]
2005-12-27 10:30:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPTER MASS YM
05SANAA3591UNITEL SIGNS CONTRACT FOR YEMEN'S THIRD GSM
[...] (C) SUMMARY. After winning Yemen's third GSM license under a dubious tendering process with a staggering bid of USD 149 billion, Unitel has now failed to pay. Initially billed by the Ministry of Telecommunications as a Chinese company, Unitel now appears to have no Chinese investors at all. [...]
2005-12-27 11:25:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV EFIN ECPS EIND EINV ETTC KMPI KMCA YM ECON COM
05SANAA36GENERAL ABIZAID'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT SALEH
[...] (C) Summary. USCENTCOM Commander General Abizaid met with President Saleh on January 4. Discussions centered on Iraqi elections, regional security, and U.S.-Yemen cooperation in the GWOT. Both agreed that U.S.-Yemen joint security efforts should continue and increase in the new year, with Ab [...]
2005-01-06 10:16:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL PTER MASS IZ YM COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA3600 MEDIA REACTION -- VIOLENCE IN SAADA,
[...] AL-HOUTHI: The eruption of new violence in the Sa'ada region has been a primary topic of press coverage in recent weeks. After two weeks of relative quiet, RayNews.net (website of liberal opposition Rabita Party) reported on December 21 that armed clashes once again broke out between governm [...]
2005-12-28 12:08:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM KMPI PGOV PHUM PREL YM
05SANAA3603MEPI IN ACTION: YEMENI WOMEN PUT CAMPAIGN SKILLS
[...] Summary: During a December 26 meeting with female representatives from Yemen's major political parties, General People's Congress (GPC) member Fatima Khatari shared the secrets to her recent successful campaign for the party's General Committee. Khatari explained to the group, who meet regu [...]
2005-12-28 13:00:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KDEM KMPI KWMN YM DEMOCRATIC REFORM
05SANAA37ECONOMIC REFORM PART DEUX: ROYG MAKING LIMITED
[...] (C) Summary. During a rancorous Parliamentary session on December 26, Prime Minister Ba Jammal's bodyguards ushered him out of the building while he was trying to give a speech promoting the government's 2005 budget. Attached to the budget are much needed economic reforms including reduction o [...]
2005-01-06 13:16:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KCOR KMCA KMPI YM ECON COM DEMOCRATIC REFORM
05SANAA419YEMEN TERROR TRIALS UPDATE: COLE DEATH SENTENCE
[...] (C) Summary. On 2/26 the Sanaa Appellate Court commuted the death sentence of U.S.S. Cole defendant Jamal Badawi to 15 years in prison and upheld the death sentence for Abd al-Rahim Nashiri (ref a). On 2/27 Assistant Attorney General (AAG) Sharaf al-Mahbashi along with Lead Prosecutor Saeed [...]
2005-02-28 13:09:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL YM AESC COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA420CIVIL SOCIETY LEADERS CALL ON U/S DOBRIANSKY FOR
[...] Summary: On February 24, Undersecretary for Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky, explored at a roundtable with Yemeni NGOs areas where the U.S. can support Yemen's nascent civil society. Representatives from forty NGOs raised concerns over human rights abuses, women's access to political and eco [...]
2005-02-28 14:11:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KCOR KMCA KMPI YM DEMOCRATIC REFORM HUMAN RIGHTS
05SANAA421GTMO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW BOARD PROCEEDINGS
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-01 04:02:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KAWC YM COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA426SALEH - AL-AHMAR TENSIONS PORTEND THE LAUNCH OF A
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-01 09:44:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL YM DOMESTIC POLITICS
05SANAA432SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION ON UNDER SECRETARY PAULA
[...] SUMMARY: U.S. UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE FOR GLOBAL AFFAIRS PAULA J. DOBRIANSKY'S VISIT TO SANA'A, YEMEN WAS EXTENSIVELY COVERED IN THE YEMENI MEDIA. MOST NEWSPAPERS REPORTED ON THE VISIT WITHOUT COMMENT, CITING HER MEETINGS WITH THE PRESIDENT AND OTHER ROYG OFFICIALS AS WELL AS HER DISCUSSIONS [...]
2005-03-02 04:37:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR PTER KISL YM DEMOCRATIC REFORM
05SANAA433DEMARCHE ON SCHROEDER VISIT TO YEMEN DELIVERED TO
[...] (C) Ambassador met with German Ambassador to Yemen, Frank Marcus Mann, on February 27 to discuss the upcoming visit of German Chancellor Schroeder. The German Ambassador shared the main issues Schroeder will focus on, encouraging continued ROYG CT efforts and supporting democratization effor [...]
2005-03-02 05:06:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM PTER YM DEMARCHE
05SANAA460U/S DOBRIANSKY'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT SALEH
[...] (C) Summary. Visiting Under Secretary for Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky thanked Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh on February 24 for Yemen's partnership in the GWOT. Praising Yemen's strong CT cooperation, U/S called on the ROYG to be more forthcoming on intelligence sharing. Discussions [...]
2005-03-04 13:02:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KMPI PTER PINR EAID ECON YM COUNTER TERRORISM DEMOCRATIC REFORM COM
05SANAA461U/S DOBRIANSKY'S MEETING WITH MINISTER OF PLANNING
[...] (C) Summary. On February 24, Under Secretary for Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky urged Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Planning and International Cooperation Ahmed Sofan to use the MCC threshold process to Yemen's full advantage and implement serious anti-corruption measures. Sofan repl [...]
2005-03-04 13:02:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KMPI KDEM EAID ECON EFIN YM COM
05SANAA462U/S DOBRIANSKY'S MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] (C) Summary. On February 24 Under Secretary for Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky thanked Foreign Minister Abu Bakr al-Qirbi for Yemen's partnership in the Global War on Terrorism and encouraged the ROYG to expand intelligence sharing cooperation with the USG. In response to the FM's complaint [...]
2005-03-04 13:02:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PHUM EAID ECON KMPI KDEM PINR YM COUNTER TERRORISM DEMOCRATIC REFORM COM
05SANAA477SALEH TELLS SYRIAN PRESIDENT TO WITHDRAW TROOPS
[...] (U) President Saleh telephoned Syrian President Bashar al-Assad the evening of March 4, advising him to withdraw Syrian troops from Lebanon in accordance with the 1989 Taif Accord. This move followed Foreign Minister Qirbi's statement at the March 3 Arab League Ministerial declaring confiden [...]
2005-03-06 05:46:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL LE YE
05SANAA478DENGUE FEVER OUTBREAK IN YEMEN
[...] This is an action request. See para. 5. 2. A dengue fever outbreak has afflicted the port cities of Hodeidah and Mokha on the western coast of Yemen and the surrounding coastal area beginning mid-January. Exact numbers are difficult to ascertain, and governmental, press, and WHO estimate [...]
2005-03-06 06:07:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO AMED YM
05SANAA485DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNITED NATIONS GENERAL
[...] Reftel demarche on the United Nations General Assembly Consideration of the Declaration on Human Cloning was delivered to Deputy Foreign Minister Mustapha Noman, on March 5. The ROYG has not yet shared its position with the Embassy on this matter. Khoury [...]
2005-03-06 06:52:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO YM UNGA KSCI DEMARCHE
05SANAA545ISLAH: IN FOR A PEACEFUL STRUGGLE
[...] (C) Summary: In a February 28 meeting with Islah (Reform) party senior officials, Ambassador and DCM discussed economic reform, corruption, and the need for dialogue with the West. Islah General Secretary Mohammed Abdullah al-Yadoumi, Deputy General Secretary Abdul Wahab al-Anisi, Head of the P [...]
2005-03-08 10:20:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL YM DOMESTIC POLITICS
05SANAA56CENTRAL BANK OF YEMEN USING "MORAL PERSUASION" FOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: During a MEPI-sponsored assessment of the Yemen banking system, representatives of the Financial Services Volunteer Corps engaged in lengthy discussions with Central Bank of Yemen (CBY) Sub-Governor for Control Abdullah Ulafi and Payment Systems Director Omar Bazara. Both offic [...]
2005-01-09 13:29:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN KMPI YM COM
05SANAA564SALEH SAYS FROM NOW ON NO MORE WEAPONS DEALS USING
[...] (U) This is an action request for NEA/ARPI. See para. 12. 2. (S) Summary. Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to President Saleh on March 10. In a classic Saleh move to put his interlocutors on the defensive, the Yemeni President opened with a theatrical tirade on the latest Human Rights [...]
2005-03-12 07:26:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL ETTC PARM PHUM IZ SA SR YM DEMARCHE COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA573TAIZ: THE FORGOTTEN CITY
[...] This is an Action Request for Riyadh Foreign Commercial Office. Please see Para 4. 2. Summary: In a two day trip to the Taiz Governorate March 3-4, CDA explored opportunities to expand the mission's relationship with Yemen's third largest city. Deputy Governor AbdulMalik al-Hiagem sought [...]
2005-03-13 12:42:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ECON YM COM
05SANAA576FIFTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT: YEMEN
[...] This message is posts response to ref A. ------------------------ Overview of TIP in Yemen ------------------------ 2. (SBU) Overview: A. Yemen is a country of origin for internationally trafficked children and may be a country of destination for sex trafficking of foreign women. I [...]
2005-03-13 15:24:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC ELAB YM TRAFFICKING PERSONS
05SANAA577YEMEN: SYRIA OUT OF LEBANON, IN DUE TIME
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador delivered ref A demarche to Foreign Minister Qirbi on March 11. Ambassador conveyed the U.S. demand for full compliance with UN Security Council Resolution 1559, calling for a complete Syrian withdrawal from Lebanon, including the Syrian Military Intelligence (SMI) pr [...]
2005-03-13 15:31:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL PARM PTER OVIP LE SY ET ER YM DEMARCHE
05SANAA58YEMEN REPORT - ACCESS TO GENETIC RESOURCES AND
[...] Per request in reftel and in preparation for the February 2004 Seventh Conference of the Parties of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD),EconCommoff interviewed the CBD point of contact for Yemen, Mahmoud M. Shidiwah, Chairman of the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA),and Dr. Mo [...]
2005-01-10 06:17:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EAID SENV TBIO YM ENVIRONMENT
05SANAA580SALEH WISHES TO CONVEY HIS COMMITMENT ON SA/LW
[...] (S) Following up on his 3/10 meeting with Ambassador and DCM, during which he made a pledge to ban once and for all the importation of weapons by independent arms dealers, President Saleh has requested a phone conversation with President Bush in order to personally convey to him his commitment [...]
2005-03-14 11:43:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPINR PREL PTER YE COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA589CHILD MARRIAGE IN YEMEN: HALF THE CHILDREN ARE
[...] This message is in response to reftel questions on child marriage in Yemen, see para. 4. 2. The legal age of marriage in Yemen is 15. UNICEF estimates that approximately 41 percent of Yemeni children under the age of 15 are married. According the USAID-funded Development and Health Survey [...]
2005-03-15 08:38:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDECON ELAB PHUM PGOV SCUL SOCI KWMN YM
05SANAA602TURNING SWORDS INTO PLOUGHSHARES: YEMEN'S CHIEF OF
[...] (S) During a 3/15 meeting with General Gassemi, Chief of Staff of the armed forces of Yemen, DCM, DATT and OMC presented Gassemi with recently released photos and serial numbers of the weapons found on two of the Jedda Consulate attackers in December. DCM briefed Gassemi on the conversations t [...]
2005-03-16 04:39:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPINR PREL PTER COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA612FINANCE MINISTER SALAMI PUTS A GOOD SPIN ON HIS
[...] (C) Summary and comment: In a cordial and open meeting on March 13 with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Alawi al-Salami, Ambassador highlighted U.S. efforts to support decentralization, urged the ROYG to take serious anti-corruption and transparency efforts and encouraged Yemen t [...]
2005-03-16 11:27:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALKCOR PGOV ECON YM KMCC COM
05SANAA647HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING APPROVAL FOR SOCCENT JCET IN
[...] The following statement is provided to verify the human rights vetting process: at this date the Embassy verified that Post possesses no credible information of gross human rights violations by any members of the Yemen Special Operations Force (YSOF). 2. Additionally, the following human ri [...]
2005-03-19 06:21:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDMOPS PHUM YM
05SANAA651MOI ALIMI: WE GOT THE SA/LW MESSAGE
[...] (S) On March 16, Ambassador and DCM briefed Minister of Interior Rashad al-Alimi on the March 10 conversation with President Saleh concerning SA/LW (reftel A). Alimi replied that the ROYG shares U.S. concerns over this issue and confirmed that his Ministry received a copy of the President's l [...]
2005-03-19 13:46:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL ETTC PARM PHUM IZ SA YM
05SANAA652DFM ON SA/LW, SYRIA AND IMPRISONED JOURNALIST
[...] (S) Summary: On March 16, DCM delivered refs A-C demarches to Deputy Foreign Minister Mustapha Noman and held a wide-ranging conversation on recent U.S.-ROYG discussions on SA/LW, Syria, and imprisoned journalist Abdulkarim al-Khaiwani. Suggesting continued follow-up on the SA/LW issue, Noman [...]
2005-03-20 03:51:00Embassy SanaaSECRETASEC PTER PREL PHUM SY LE IR IZ DEMARCHE
05SANAA663SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF EB/ICT DEPUTY ASSISTANT
[...] (SBU) Post welcomes the visit of EB Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Telecommunications and SIPDIS Information Policy David Gross to Yemen March 24-26. You will meet Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Planning Ahmed Sofan, and Minister of telecommunications and Information T [...]
2005-03-21 11:09:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EFIN ECPS EIND EINV ETTC KMPI YM KMCC ENVIRONMENT ECON COM
05SANAA690SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE RESPONSE
[...] (S/NF) Demonstrations A. Are there any ethnic or religious communities in country that are capable of carrying out significant anti-American demonstrations? There are not organized, clearly defined communities as such, but ad hoc groupings of Yemeni fundamentalists and/or some members [...]
2005-03-23 11:22:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNASEC PTER
05SANAA695SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS TAKE TO THE STREETS
[...] (C) Summary: Many small business owners across Yemen closed their shops and took to the streets, March 13-18, in protest of ROYG plans to implement a general sales tax as part of its economic reform package. Demonstrations occurred in the cities of Hodeidah, Taiz, Sanaa and Aden, with a few d [...]
2005-03-23 13:48:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM YM ECON COM DOMESTIC POLITICS
05SANAA696KHAIWANI RELEASED VIA PRESIDENTIAL AMNESTY
[...] (U) On March 22, the Sanaa Appellate Court upheld the September 6 conviction of "as-Shura" opposition newspaper editor-in-chief, Abdulkarim al-Khaiwani (reftel). Khaiwani was sentenced to one year in prison for violating the 1990 Press Law for "supporting" the al-Houthi rebellion, "publishing [...]
2005-03-23 13:59:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KMPI YM
05SANAA697SHORT OUTBREAK OF FIGHTING IS SAADA
[...] (U) Fighting broke out between ROYG security forces and members of the "Believing Youth" (Shabab al-Moumin) in the northern city of Saada March 19. Four supporters of the late anti-American Shi'ite Cleric al-Houthi were reportedly killed while attempting to flee police after a shoot out at the [...]
2005-03-23 15:05:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PINR YM DOMESTIC POLITICS COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA72TRACK TWO MIL-TO-MIL DIALOGUE MESSAGE DELIVERED TO
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-10 11:31:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PARM KNNP YM
05SANAA723SANAA EAC MEETING - 27 MARCH 2005
[...] (S/NF) Summary: CDA Nabeel Khoury, convened an EAC meeting on March 27, 2005, to discuss a litany of recent security concerns to include security at the hotels in Aden, recent threats from Yemen citizens who have lost family members in Iraq, as well as a review of general security concerns [...]
2005-03-29 09:17:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNASEC AMGT PREL PTER EAC COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA726FIGHTING ESCALATES IN SAADA: AL-HOUTHI LIVES ON
[...] (U) Renewed fighting between government forces and followers of the slain anti-American rebel cleric Hussein al-Houthi occurred on March 28. Reports from official media and Post contacts indicate over 20 casualties from both sides. The ROYG blamed the current uprising on the dead cleric's fa [...]
2005-03-29 14:36:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPINR PREL PTER YM COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA73COMMERCIAL BANKS IN YEMEN: WHOM CAN THEY LEND TO?
[...] (U) Summary. Commercial banks are underutilized in Yemen, slowing the flow of capital and preventing investment in domestic development. Few Yemenis deposit their savings with banks, and loans are available only to an elite few. The lack of lending stems from a weak judicial system, poorly [...]
2005-01-10 11:34:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN KMPI YM COM
05SANAA76CDA DELIVERS IRAQ ELECTIONS DEMARCHE, DISCUSSES
[...] (C) Summary. CDA delivered ref A demarche to Principle Deputy Foreign Minister al-Dhabbi on January 8. In addition to the Iraqi elections, discussions focused on relations between the ROYG and its opposition in Parliament and media, the al-Khaiwani case, proliferation of small arms and light [...]
2005-01-10 14:57:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL PTER PGOV YM PARMS DEMARCHE COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA836SANAA EAC MEETING - 30 MARCH 2005
[...] (S/NF) Summary: CDA Nabeel Khoury, convened an EAC meeting on March 30, 2005 to discuss recent security concerns including a grenade attack against unidentified ROYG officials in a busy downtown shopping area, threats from Yemen citizens who have lost family members in Iraq, and resurgence [...]
2005-03-30 15:16:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNASEC AMGT PREL PTER EAC
05SANAA853MINISTER SOFAN ON MCC THRESHOLD: WE'LL DO IT
[...] USAID Director and Pol/Econoff met March 28 with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Ahmad Sofan. USAID Director conveyed that Yemen's MCC Threshold paper was very strong (reftel),and urged the ROYG to focus on specific reforms within the MCC categor [...]
2005-04-02 13:08:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN EIND EINV PGOV KMCA KMPI YM TAGS
05SANAA860CORE EAC MEETING SANAA-02 APRIL 2005
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Ambassador convened a core EAC meeting on April 02, 2005, to review updates on recent incidents and threat reporting. EAC members were asked to make recommendations concerning the need to reduce the number of temporary personnel and other measures to reduce Embassy personnel's [...]
2005-04-04 05:40:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNASEC AMGT PREL PTER EAC
05SANAA863SANAA EAC MEETING - 03 APRIL 2005
[...] (S/NF) Summary: AMB convened an EAC on 03 April, 2005 to discuss recent security threats. RMAS briefed EAC on threat information of a sensitive nature involving an unidentified arab male in Sana,a who is apparently in the final stages of attack planning against " American leaders" in Yeme [...]
2005-04-04 13:25:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNASEC AMGT PREL PTER EAC COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA8732004 CENSUS RESULTS: FIVE MILLION MISSING YEMENIS?
[...] (C) Summary and Comment. On March 16, the Yemen Central Statistics Organization (CSO) surprised the donor community in Sanaa, along with many ROYG officials, by announcing a 2004 Census result of 19.7 million Yemenis, an apparent drop from an estimated 22 million. Earlier that day, two senior [...]
2005-04-06 11:00:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON EAID ELAB SOCI KWMN KMPI KMCA KDEM YM DOMESTIC POLITICS COM
05SANAA875SANAA EAC MEETING 04/05/2005
[...] (S/NF) Ambassador Thomas Krajeski convened an EAC meeting on April 5, 2005, to discuss the possible threat and review security measures taken by the Embassy and community. The RSO briefed the EAC about another grenade attack in central Sanaa (see paragraph 5),earlier in the day, against a [...]
2005-04-06 13:26:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNAMGT ASEC PREL PTER EAC
05SANAA876SANAA EAC MEETING 04/06/2005
[...] (S/NF) Summary: The Charge d' Affaires (CDA) convened a core EAC meeting on April 06, 2005, to review updates on recent incidents and threat reporting. RMAS provided an update on the perceived threat followed by a show of hands by the EAC that determined current awareness and recommendations, [...]
2005-04-06 13:56:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNAMGT ASEC PREL PTER EAC
05SANAA882SANAA EAC MEETING 04/07/2005
[...] (S/NF) Summary: The Charge d' Affaires (CDA) convened a core EAC meeting at 1200 noon, on April 07, 2005, to review the current threat conditions at post. Following core EAC review, CDA decided to call an expanded EAC to decide upon further steps necessary to inform and protect the community. [...]
2005-04-07 19:24:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNAMGT ASEC PREL PTER EAC COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA883SANAA EAC MEETING 04/08/2005
[...] (S/NF) Summary: The Charge d' Affaires (CDA) convened a core EAC meeting at 1400 hours, on April 08, 2005, to review posts security profile. Based on the review the EAC decided to adhere to the security measures delineated in the 7 April 2005, EAC reported REFTEL A. Key offices and personnel [...]
2005-04-08 13:15:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNAMGT ASEC PREL PTER EAC
05SANAA891SANAA EAC MEETING 04/09/2005
[...] (S/NF) Ambassador Thomas Krajeski convened an EAC meeting on April 5, 2005, to discuss the possible threat and review security measures taken by the Embassy and community. EAC members recommended continuation of security measures in line with those delineated in REFTEL B, to include a restr [...]
2005-04-10 10:00:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNAMGT ASEC PREL PTER EAC COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA892EB ECT DAS AMBASSADOR GROSS'S YEMENI TELECOM
[...] (C) Summary. EB ICT DAS Ambassador David Gross's March 24-26 visit to Yemen came at a crucial juncture for the development of information and communications technology (ICT). With the introduction of GSM technology four years ago, the ROYG opened the wireless sector to private investment. M [...]
2005-04-10 12:45:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EFIN ECPS EIND EINV ETTC KMPI PINR YM ECON COM ENVIRONMENT
05SANAA893EB ICT DAS AMBASSADOR GROSS'S MEETINGS WITH ROYG
[...] (U) Summary. EB ICT DAS Ambassador David Gross raised the prospect of an independent telecom regulator and advanced AID proposals for rural internet development with ROYG officials on March 26. His discussions with the Ministry of Telecommunications and Information Technology (MOTIT) and the [...]
2005-04-10 12:47:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALECPS EFIN EIND EINV ETTC KMPI PGOV PINR YM ECON COM ENVIRONMENT
05SANAA894SALEH DISCUSSES SECURITY CONCERNS WITH AMBASSADOR
[...] (C) Summary. President Saleh convoked Ambassador the morning of April 9 to discuss renewed fighting in Saada. Saleh immediately launched into requests for USG political and military support for ROYG efforts to defeat al-Houthi rebels in the north. Reiterating an argument he used during last [...]
2005-04-10 13:46:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL PGOV PTER MASS KPAO YM COUNTER TERRORISM DEMOCRATIC REFORM
05SANAA895SANAA EAC MEETING 04/10/2005
[...] (S/NF) Ambassador Thomas Krajeski convened an EAC meeting on April 10, 2005, to review the current threat and security measures in light of that threat. The EAC agreed that current threat indicators now point to a mid to long term, not imminent, threat and recommendation of opening the Emb [...]
2005-04-10 13:56:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNAMGT ASEC PREL PTER EAC
05SANAA9MCC VISITS SANAA: YEMEN ON THE THRESHOLD
[...] (SBU) Summary. USAID Millennium Challenge Account Secretariat Representatives Bryan Kurtz and Steve Feldstein SIPDIS and MCC Threshold Country Managing Director Kevin Saba briefed senior level ROYG officials at the Ministries of Planning, Justice, and Human Rights December 16-19 on requirem [...]
2005-01-02 15:05:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKMCA KCOR PGOV YM KMEPI ECON COM DEMOCRATIC REFORM HUMAN RIGHTS
05SANAA903SOSWA MEETS DCM ON THE 2004 HRR
[...] (C) Summary: Amidst heavy ROYG criticism of the 2004 U.S. Human Rights Report, Human Rights Minister Amat al-Alim al-Soswa delivered a 49-page ROYG response to the report to DCM April Soswa took the opportunity to express her own less critical feelings on the report, and share her Ministry's [...]
2005-04-11 13:30:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KMPI YM KMCC DOMESTIC POLITICS
05SANAA905YEMEMI DOCTORS STRIKE, ACCUSE ROYG OF DOING HARM
[...] (C) Summary. Yemeni doctors recently suspended a strike against the ROYG. In a rare nation-wide organized strike in modern Yemeni history, the physicians demanded higher wages and a return of seized assets. None of the issues have been resolved, and it appears likely the doctors will strike [...]
2005-04-12 04:12:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ELAB ECON KMPI KMCA YM COM
05SANAA906GRENADE ATTACKS IN SANAA PERSIST AMID SAADA
[...] (SBU) Summary. Amidst reports of escalating fighting in Saada, six grenade attacks against military personnel were reported in downtown Sanaa in the past ten days. Accounts of the attacks, which are sporadic and sometimes conflicting, indicate that this violence is Saada related, perpetrated [...]
2005-04-12 04:12:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPINR PREL PTER YM DOMESTIC POLITICS COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA912SANAA EAC MEETING 04/11/2005
[...] (S/NF) Begin Summary: Ambassador convened an EAC meeting on April 11, 2005, to review the current threat, ongoing security measures and to discuss reverse trip wires. The EAC agreed that current threat indicators continue to point to a mid to long term threat for the community. The Ambass [...]
2005-04-12 11:03:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNAMGT ASEC PREL PTER EAC
05SANAA916YEMEN GWOT ASSESSMENT
[...] (S) Summary. President Saleh has logged some major CT gains and significantly improved security in Yemen since the post-9/11 forging of the U.S-Yemen GWOT partnership. Recent successes include: the round-up of an emerging al-Qa'ida cell with plans to target the U.S. Ambassador, prosecution an [...]
2005-04-12 12:29:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL PTER YM COUNTER TERRORISM TERFIN
05SANAA917AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES TERRORIST THREAT, SAADA WITH
[...] (C) Summary. Ambassador and Foreign Minister Qirbi met on April 9 to discuss the current threat environment for Americans in Sanaa as well as the situation in Saada. Following up on Ambassador's meeting with President Saleh earlier the same day, the FM listed needed USG assistance in combatin [...]
2005-04-12 13:16:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL PTER MASS YM COUNTER TERRORISM DOMESTIC POLITICS
05SANAA923SALEH ON KANAAN: WE'VE GOT HIM!!
[...] (S) In a conference call with Ambassador and DCM, President Ali Abdallah Saleh informed us last night, Tuesday, April 12, that suspected terrorist Kanaan has been caught. Saleh began with, "You know this man Kanaan who has been threatening you and for whose sake you closed down your embassy? W [...]
2005-04-13 10:29:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPINR PREL PTER YE COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA926NOTICE OF GTMO ARB PROCEEDING DELIVERED TO ROYG.
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-13 11:47:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL KAWC YM DEMARCHE COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA927DEMARCHE ON G8-BMENA LITERACY WORKSHOP DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-13 11:47:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDECON KPAO PREL XF KMPI AG YM DEMARCHE
05SANAA93DEAL CUT ON YEMEN'S BUDGET -- FOR NOW
[...] (C) Summary: In a rare roll-call vote on January 5, Parliament approved Yemen's 2005 budget while striking a deal with the Government that postpones the lifting of oil and gas subsidies pending the Government's implementation of several wide-reaching economic reforms demanded by Parliament. W [...]
2005-01-15 05:49:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON KMPI YM KGOR COM
05SANAA930MEDIA REACTION TO ROUNDTABLE ON THE U.S. HUMAN
[...] SUMMARY: Post hosted a roundtable discussion March 24 to discuss with emeni stakeholders local reactions to the realease of the 2004 Human Rights Report (HRR). The event, co-sponsored by the Yemeni Center for Human Rights (a local NGO) was attended by civil society representatives and various [...]
2005-04-13 12:05:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR PTER KISL YM
05SANAA935SAADA-RELATED MILITARY ASSISTANCE TO CENTRAL
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: PRESIDENT SALIH URGENTLY REQUESTS MATERIAL ASSISTANCE FOR HIS SECURITY FORCES CURRENTLY ENGAGED WITH AL-HOUTHI INSURGENTS. THE LIST OF REQUIREMENTS PROVIDED BY MINISTER OF INTERIOR, MAJOR GENERAL ALIMI (SEPTEL) ON 9 APRIL 05 SHOULD BECOME THE STARTING POINT FOR YEMEN ASSISTAN [...]
2005-04-13 14:14:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL PGOV PTER MARR MOPS PINR YM COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA949ROYG DECLARES END TO AL-HOUTHI REBELLION: SAADA
[...] (U) Summary. The ROYG claimed that it has ended the al-Houthi uprising in Saada, but isolated clashes continue. Initial casualty estimates show 280 killed from both sides in less than two weeks of clashes, but such figures may rise as more facts come to light. The main rebel leaders escaped [...]
2005-04-16 10:44:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPINR PREL PTER YM DOMESTIC POLITICS COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA950DEMARCHE ON G8 BMENA/OECD MENA INVESTMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-16 10:54:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN EINV PREL YM DEMARCHE ECON COM
05SANAA951HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING APPROVAL FOR SOCCENT JCET IN
[...] The following statement is provided to verify the human rights vetting process: at this date the Embassy verified that Post possesses no credible information of gross human rights violations by any members of the Yemen CoastGuard (YCG). 2. Additionally, the following human rights vetting i [...]
2005-04-16 11:46:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDMOPS PHUM YM MARITIME SECURITY HUMAN RIGHTS
05SANAA952DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER NOMAN TO REPRESENT ROYG IN
[...] Pol/Econ Chief delivered reftel demarche to Deputy Foreign Minister Mustafa Noman on April 13. Noman was please that Secretary Rice would attend the April 28-30 Community of SIPDIS Democracies (CD) Ministerial in Santiago, commenting that her participation would draw attention to important [...]
2005-04-16 11:59:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KDEM YM DEMARCHE
05SANAA955SANAA EAC MEETING 04/11/2005
[...] (S/NF) Begin Summary: The Ambassador convened an EAC meeting on April 13, 2005, to review the current threat, ongoing security measures and approve reverse trip wires. President Saleh informed the Ambassador that Kanaan had been captured along with several of his top associates and Yemen f [...]
2005-04-16 12:15:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNAMGT ASEC PREL PTER EAC COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA957YEMEN'S HUMAN RIGHTS MINISTRY REACTS TO HUMAN
[...] SUMMARY: On March 30, Yemen's Human Rights Minister, Amat Al-Alim Soswa held a press conference formally announcing Yemen's response to the 2004 U.S. Human Rights Report on Yemen. Copies of a fifty-page document containing a detailed response to the U.S. report were distributed to approximate [...]
2005-04-17 06:33:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR PTER KISL YM DEMOCRATIC REFORM
05SANAA966ROYG REJECTS BLOCK 18 EXTENSION: HUNT CONTEMPLATES
[...] (C) Summary. On April 13, Ambassador met with Wyndell Caviness, Vice President and General Manager of Yemen Hunt Oil to discuss the ROYG's rejection of the Block 18 extension. It appears certain that there are no further negotiating options for Hunt and that they have decided to pursue litig [...]
2005-04-18 07:41:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALEPET ECON YM COM ENERGY
05SANAA968SANAA EAC MEETING 04/17/2005
[...] (S/NF) Begin Summary: The Ambassador convened a general EAC meeting on April 17, 2005, to review the current threat assessment and to consider changes to post travel restrictions. The EAC determined that the threat condition remains as described in reftel A, with no specific information sugg [...]
2005-04-18 11:30:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNAMGT ASEC PREL PTER EAC COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA971DELIVERY OF EU PARTICIPATION AT UNESCO
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-18 12:58:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDXG YM UNESCO DEMARCHE
05SANAA972NOTICE OF GTMO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW BOARD
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-18 12:59:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER YM KWAC DEMARCHE COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA974NATEC'S BAHRAN: WE NEED USG SUPPORT, INVITE TO US
[...] (C) Summary: In an April 17 meeting with Ambassador, Director of the Yemen National Atomic Energy Commission (NATEC),Dr. Moustafa Bahran, asked for USG assistance to train NATEC staff and pushed for Yemen's acquisition of radioactive detection equipment. Bahran also invited Under Secretary ( [...]
2005-04-19 04:01:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL KNNP YM IAEA NPT COUNTER TERRORISM ENVIRONMENT
05SANAA99GENERAL ABIZAID MEETING WITH DEFENSE MINISTER
[...] (C) Summary. General Abizaid met with Minister of Defense Alaiwa and Chief of Staff Qassemi on January 4. Abizaid briefed Alaiwa on current USG priorities in the region: The political transition in Iraq, continued worldwide pressure on al-Qaida, and resumption of the Peace Process. Alaiwa rai [...]
2005-01-16 10:57:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL MASS MCAP PTER YM COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA997IRYANI RECEIVES DEMARCHE ON DEMOCRACY CHARTER
[...] (C) Summary. On April 18 Ambassador delivered ref a demarche to Presidential Counselor, former Prime Minister Dr. Abdul Karim al-Iryani, and Deputy Foreign Minister, Mustapha Noman. Iryani also briefly discussed the recent ROYG rejection of the Hunt Oil drilling rights extension (ref. b). En [...]
2005-04-20 12:54:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KDEM YM DEMARCHE DEMOCRATIC REFORM ECON COM ENERGY
05SANAA998SANAA EAC MEETING 20 APRIL 2005
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-21 04:27:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNAMGT ASEC PREL PTER EAC COUNTER TERRORISM
06EFTOSANAA1621MOP-3 CARTAGENA PROTOCOL YEMEN ACTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-03 10:18:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID ETRD SENV TBIO BR YM
06EFTOSANAA1996ELECTIONS: CHARGE PRESSES FREEDOM AGENDA WITH
[...] (SBU/NF) SUMMARY: In an unexpected meeting called by Saleh to discuss other issues (septel) on July 11, Charge pressed Saleh on respecting the June agreement of principles signed by the ruling party and the opposition. Charge particularly emphasized that equal access to government-owned med [...]
2006-07-12 10:32:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KDEM MEPI YE
06SANAA110YEMEN: SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY
[...] (U) Paragraph 2 contains Post's input for the 2005-2006 edition of "Supporting Human Rights and Democracy" as requested in reftel. This submission will also be sent via e-mail on the classified side as a clean copy word document. --------------------------------------------- --------------- [...]
2006-01-23 11:01:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM ELAB PGOV PREL KDEM KMPI YM HUMAN RIGHTS
06SANAA111AMBASSADOR AND FONMIN DISCUSS ZINDANI, IRAN, AND
[...] (C) Summary. In a January 21 meeting, FonMin Abubakr al-Qirbi presented Ambassador with a copy of President Saleh's response to President Bush's December 30 letter protesting ROYG support for UN-designated terrorist financier Sheikh Zindani and HAMAS leader Khalid Mishaal (ref A). Qirbi con [...]
2006-01-24 06:50:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER EFIN ETTC YM KWAC COUNTER TERRORISM TERFIN
06SANAA1116"THE BLEEDING MUST STOP": FIRST FEMALE
[...] (SBU) Summary. On April 12, Ambassador met with Sumaya Raja, Yemen's first female presidential candidate (reftel). Raja explained that she was running as an independent candidate on an anti-corruption platform. She hopes to generate support from alienated groups, especially young voters. Am [...]
2006-04-19 08:08:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KDEM KWMN YM
06SANAA1125YEMEN CANDIDATES FOR JUNE PEIA TRAINING COURSE IN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-23 11:18:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PINS PREL SENV SOCI XF
06SANAA1147AN ECONOMIC AND FOOD SECURITY ISSUE SHOULD AVIAN
[...] (U) Summary: Even though there are currently no reported cases of Avian Influenza (AI) in Yemen, Ministry of Agriculture (MAI) officials are extremely concerned AI will breakout in Yemen soon. To assist the Republic of Yemen Government (ROYG),the USG has to date: provided US$8,500 in reagents [...]
2006-04-24 03:31:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAGR KFLU YM
06SANAA1185COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR USUN POLOFF DAVID
[...] Embassy Sanaa grants country clearance and welcomes the visit of PolOff David Tessler from May 2 to 4, 2006 to participate in the visit of Ambassador Cesar Mayoral, the Argentine Permanent Representative to the UN and Chariman of the UN Security Council's Sanctions Committee. Security Cleara [...]
2006-04-29 09:10:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT OTRA
06SANAA1213AN ECONOMIC AND FOOD SECURITY ISSUE SHOULD AVIAN
[...] (U) Summary: Even though there are currently no reported cases of Avian Influenza (AI) in Yemen, Ministry of Agriculture (MAI) officials are extremely concerned AI will breakout in Yemen soon. To assist the Republic of Yemen Government (ROYG),the USG has to date: provided US$8,500 in reagents [...]
2006-05-02 12:59:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAGR KFLU YM
06SANAA1223COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NEA/PI OFFICERS,
[...] Embassy Sanaa grants country clearance and welcomes the visit of NEA/PI Regional Coordinator David Mulenex; NEA/PI Economic Officer Briana Meacham; NEA/PI Political Pillar Manager Owen Kirby; Management Systems International Consultants Jacqueline Vavra and Andrew Griminger; DCHA/DG Specialis [...]
2006-05-03 08:40:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT EAID ECON KMPI KPAO OTRA PREL YM
06SANAA1282COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR BENJAMIN D. HARMON
[...] Embassy Sanaa grants country clearance and welcomes the visit of Benjamin D. Harmon from May 15 to 18, 2006. Security Clearance information is on file. 2. Control Officer for the visit will be James Jmerson who can be contacted at all times through the Embassy at (967) (1) 755-2276 cell p [...]
2006-05-09 09:38:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDACOA AMGT ANET ASEC OTRA
06SANAA1309COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR NOAH SIEGEL TO
[...] Embassy Sanaa requests country clearance for Political Officer Noah Siegel for May 13 to May 18. PolOff will be in Muscat to attend a USTDA conference. 2. No assistance requested. Hotel reservations have been made at ShangriLa Jissah Resort. 3. Thank you. Khoury [...]
2006-05-13 12:00:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT APER OTRA
06SANAA1312COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR BOOZ/ALLEN/HAMILTON
[...] Embassy Sanaa grants country clearance and welcomes the visit of Mr. John Adams and Ms. Deena El Ataar from May 15 to 26, 2006. Security Clearance information is on file. 2. Control Officer for the visit will be Susan Plott who can be contacted at all times through the Embassy at (967) (1 [...]
2006-05-14 05:14:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT KMPI OTRA
06SANAA1320COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR JILL BURKHOLDER
[...] Embassy Sanaa grants country clearance and welcomes the visit of Ms. Jill Burkholder, from May 14 to 17, 2006. Security Clearance information is on file. 2. Control Officer for the visit will be James Jamerson, who can be contacted at all times through the Embassy at (967) (1) 755-2276 ce [...]
2006-05-14 11:32:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT OTRA
06SANAA1341HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING APPROVAL FOR SOCCENT JCET IN
[...] The following statement is provided to verify the human rights vetting process: at this time the Embassy verified that Post possesses no credible information of gross human rights violations by any members of the Yemen Special Operations Force (YSOF) or the Yemen Coast Guard (YCG). 2. Addi [...]
2006-05-16 11:41:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDMOPS PHUM MASS YM
06SANAA1343YEMEN IMPLEMENTATION OF BOYCOTT STATUTES
[...] In response to the Department's request for updated information on Republic of Yemen (ROYG) adherence to the Arab League Boycott of Israel, post conducted a review of ROYG enforcement and compliance practices in place regarding the boycott. The results of that review are as follows, and are ke [...]
2006-05-16 12:12:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDKBCT ABLD PHUM
06SANAA1345COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR AMBASSADOR THOMAS C.
[...] Embassy Sanaa requests country clearance for Ambassador Thomas C. Krajeski to attend the Chief of Mission Counter-Terrorism Conference in Nairobi May 23 - 25, 2006. 2. Ambassador's travel itinerary follows: May 22 Sanaa Dubai EK 962 1005 1340 May 22 Dubai Nairobi EK 717 1430 [...]
2006-05-17 06:50:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT APER OTRA KE YM
06SANAA135IAEA/IRAN: YEMEN TO VOTE YES OR ABSTAIN ON
[...] (C) Foreign Minister Abubakr al-Qirbi convoked the EU, Russian, and U.S. chiefs of mission on January 25 to discuss Yemen's position on Iranian nuclear issues. Qirbi said he learned a great deal from technical briefings he had received in Sanaa from the EU-3, and that the Republic of Yemen G [...]
2006-01-25 12:01:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KNNP IR YM IAEA
06SANAA1359HAMEED AL-AHMAR: YEMEN'S NEXT KINGMAKER?
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Hameed al-Ahmar, son of powerful tribal leader Sheikh Abdullah al-Ahmar, made his entry into Yemeni politics this year by increasingly distancing himself from his father's traditional alliance with President Saleh. To the surprise of many, Hameed has emerged as an articulate re [...]
2006-05-22 09:52:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS KDEM YE
06SANAA136YEMEN WILL RECEIVE BASHAR, DELIVER "TOUGH" MESSAGE
[...] (C) Ambassador took the opportunity to deliver reftel points to FonMin Abubakr al-Qirbi on the sidelines of a reception for a visiting UK minister on January 24. Qirbi confirmed that the ROYG had "agreed" to allow Syrian President Bashar al-Asad to visit, but that the date had not yet been f [...]
2006-01-25 12:02:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL SY YE
06SANAA137YEMEN'S NATIONAL SECURITY BOARD "REVIEWING" GTMO
[...] (C) Ambassador met briefly with National Security Board (NSB) Deputy Director Amaar Saleh and FonMin Abubakr al-Qirbi on the margins of a social event on January 24 and urged both to expedite the ROYG's immediate written response to post's November 2005 diplomatic note proposing the transfer o [...]
2006-01-25 12:02:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KAWC YM COUNTER TERRORISM
06SANAA1373HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING APPROVAL FOR MAJOR TAWFIK
[...] The following statement is provided to verify the human rights vetting process: at this time the Embassy verified that Post possesses no credible information of gross human rights violations by Major Tawfik Nagi Kaid Al-Bawah of the Yemen Coast Guard (YCG). 2. Additionally the following hu [...]
2006-05-23 09:07:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDMOPS PHUM MASS YM
06SANAA1387COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR EXBS PROGRAM
[...] Embassy Sanaa grants country clearance and welcomes the visit of EXBS Program Manager Varvara Psaros, June 9 - 12. Security Clearance information is on file. 2. Control Officer for the visit will be Melissa Cline who can be contacted at all times through the Embassy at (967) (1) 755-2156 [...]
2006-05-25 10:50:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT OTRA KNNP YM
06SANAA143DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON PROVISION OF BANKING
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-28 08:56:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON EFIN KJUS KNNP YM DEMARCHE
06SANAA146DONORS CALL FOR ROYG PARTICIPATION IN EITI, OTHER
[...] On January 24, post participated in the second of a series of ROYG-donor dialogues on governance reform objectives. The meeting focused on measures to improve the business enabling environment in Yemen, and allowed the donors an opportunity to present specific reforms the ROYG could take in th [...]
2006-01-28 11:32:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ECON EINV EPET KMCA YM COM
06SANAA1490HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING APPROVAL FOR SOCCENT JCET IN
[...] The following statement is provided to verify the human rights vetting process: at this time the Embassy verified that Post possesses no credible information of gross human rights violations by any members of the Yemen Special Operations Force (YSOF) or Yemen Central Security Force, Counter Te [...]
2006-05-30 11:36:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDMOPS PHUM MASS YM
06SANAA1599U.S ARAB ECONOMIC FORUM JULY 27-29,2006, HOUSTON,
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-31 12:16:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP EAID ECON YM
06SANAA1664TERRORISM FINANCE: JI-4 DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-05 11:50:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER EFIN YM
06SANAA1668GTMO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW BOARD NOTIFICATION
[...] (C) June 5, Poloff delivered ref A notification of Yemenis scheduled to go before the Guantanamo Administrative Review Board to Assistant Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Khaled al-Akwa. He accepted the notifications without comment. 2. (C) Akwa did provide a response to ref B notificati [...]
2006-06-06 04:59:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KAWC YM
06SANAA167BACK IN THE SADDLE AGAIN: MOD CHIEF OF STAFF
[...] (C) Summary. During a January 18 meeting with OMC Chief, MG Mohammed Ali Al-Qassimi, Chief of Staff for the Armed Forces, expressed his appreciation to the USG for granting him access to Bethesda Naval Hospital (ref A). Qassimi, who returned to Yemen in December after six months of cancer t [...]
2006-01-30 03:42:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MASS YM COUNTER TERRORISM
06SANAA1675YEMEN: TIP REPORT AND RELATED DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-06 11:15:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM PHUM KWMN PREL PGOV SMIG YM
06SANAA1687URGING PSI ENDORSEMENT DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-07 06:03:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MNUC KNNP YM
06SANAA1688MENAFATF DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-07 06:04:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER EFIN KTFN YM
06SANAA1689HCOC DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-07 06:05:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PARM KNNP YM
06SANAA1698TERROR TRIALS UPDATE: PROSECUTIONS CONTINUE
[...] (U) Summary: In the past three months several terror-related cases have been adjudicated in the Special Penal Court (SPC) -- Yemen's special court for terror and state security crimes -- and/or presented to the Attorney General's Office (AG) for consideration. The cases in summary are: -- [...]
2006-06-07 12:29:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC PGOV YM
06SANAA1723COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR MICHAEL LOTZE FROM
[...] Embassy Sanaa grants country clearance and welcomes the visit of Michael Lotz, program officer for Partners for Democratic Change from June 16 to 21, 2006. Security Clearance information is on file. 2. Control Officer for the visit will be Faris Asad who can be contacted at all times thr [...]
2006-06-11 11:36:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT OTRA PREL KMPI
06SANAA1742RULING PARTY OFFICIAL COMMENTS ON ELECTIONS, LOCAL
[...] (C) Summary. On May 31, Ambassador met with the ruling GPC party's new ASYG for Political and External Relations (and also Minister of Youth and Sports),Abd al-Rahman al-Aqwa. During the meeting, Aqwa informed Ambassador that a recent breakdown in negotiations (now back on track) between his [...]
2006-06-12 13:42:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM KMCA KMPI YM
06SANAA1743JMP-GPC DEAL APPEARS IMMINENT
[...] (U) On July 12, the opposition Yemeni Congregation for Reform party's (Islah) internet news service, "Sahwa.net," quoted Mohammed Qahtan -- Islahi Head of External Relations and spokesperson for the Joint Meetings Party opposition coalition (JMP) -- as saying that (year-long rocky) negotiation [...]
2006-06-12 13:49:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM KMCA KMPI PINR YM
06SANAA1756COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR JACQUELYN JOHNSTONE
[...] Embassy Sanaa grants country clearance and welcomes the visit of Jacquelyn Johnstone from June 25 to 27, 2006, to attend the Democracy Assistance Dialogue conference. Security Clearance information is on file. 2. Control Officer for the visit will be Faris Asad who can be contacted at all [...]
2006-06-13 08:06:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT OTRA PREL KMPI KDEM
06SANAA1757COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR LAURA SHULZ FROM
[...] Embassy Sanaa grants country clearance and welcomes the visit of Laura Shulz from 19 June to 1 July 2006.. Security Clearance information is on file. 2. Control Officer for the visit will be Joey Hood who can be contacted at all times through the Embassy at (967) (1) 755-2236 cell phone [...]
2006-06-13 08:12:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT OTRA KMPI PREL
06SANAA1765GTMO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW BOARD NOTIFICATION
[...] (C) On June 13, Poloff delivered reftel notifications of Yemenis scheduled to go before the Guantanamo Administrative Review Board to Assistant Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Khaled al-Akwa. He accepted the notifications without comment. Krajeski [...]
2006-06-14 09:05:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KAWC YM
06SANAA1769(SBU) COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR INTERAGENCY
[...] (SBU) Embassy Sanaa grants country clearance and welcomes the visit of S. Witten, C. Camponovo, S. Walker, A. Liotta and T. Monheim from 16 to 19 June. Security Clearance information is on file. 2. (SBU) Control Officer for the visit will be Joey Hood who can be contacted at all times th [...]
2006-06-14 12:50:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMGT OTRA
06SANAA1770COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR JEFFREY KLANG FROM
[...] Embassy Sanaa grants country clearance and welcomes the visit of Jeffrey Klang, June 17 to 20, 2006, to attend Civial Aviation Internation conference. Security Clearance information is on file. 2. Control Officer for the visit will be Noah Siegel who can be contacted at all times through [...]
2006-06-14 12:50:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT OTRA EAIR
06SANAA1772DEMARCHE DELIVERED: JUNE 19-21 OIC MINISTERIAL IN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-14 13:57:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL MNUC IR YE
06SANAA1773PRESIDENT SALEH ON SOMALIA'S ISLAMIC COURTS: LET'S
[...] (C) SUMMARY: President Saleh and his Foreign Minister are urging dialogue between the USG and factions of the Islamic Courts not aligned with Al-Qaeda. The Courts are now a "fact on the ground" and we must seek to influence them now; if we wait until they take over Baidoa, we will have very [...]
2006-06-15 08:29:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL KCRS PTER SO YE
06SANAA1787COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NEA DAS SCOTT
[...] Embassy Sanaa grants country clearance and welcomes the visit of DAS Carpenter and Mr. Thorkelson. Security Clearance information is on file. 2. Control Officer for the visit will be Noah Siegel who can be contacted at all times through the Embassy at (967) (1) 755-2152; cell phone (967 [...]
2006-06-19 09:19:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT OTRA PREL KMPI KDEM ECON
06SANAA1788YEMEN 2006 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND
[...] The United States Government is aware of two ongoing claims of United States persons against the Republic of Yemen Government (ROYG). The following information is keyed to reftel instructions. ------------------------- Claim 1: Property Dispute ------------------------- a. Claimant A [...]
2006-06-19 09:24:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL CASC KIDE EINV ECON YM
06SANAA1805AMBASSADOR DELIVERS HRC DEMARCHE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-20 12:20:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM YM
06SANAA1813TRAIL OF DEBT LEADS TO PRESIDENT'S OFFICE AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In early June, the Central Bank of Yemen (CBY) leaked a list of prominent figures with unpaid loans to Watani Bank, and recommended legal action be taken against them. The debt contributed to Watani's collapse, and the CBY is seeking repayment in order to honor commitments to de [...]
2006-06-21 09:55:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ECPS PGOV KMPI YM
06SANAA1814EMBASSY SANAA COMMENTS ON NIC WATCHLIST
[...] (U) Post recommends the following changes to the suggested test for Yemen in the NIC watchlist of internal instability: 2. (S) "Yemen's risk of significant internal instability over the past six months has slightly decreased due to a successful ceasefire with insurgents in the north, Preside [...]
2006-06-21 11:32:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPINS PGOV PTER EAID PREL KDEM KCRS YM
06SANAA1832SALEH ADVISES GEN ABIZAID ON SOMALIA'S "NEW
[...] (C) SUMMARY: President Saleh told visiting CENTCOM Commander GEN John Abizaid on June 18 that Yemen had invited members of the Somali Islamic Courts (IC) and the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) to Sanaa for talks. The IC leadership answered that they would come "within a week." Saleh [...]
2006-06-24 13:15:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MOPS SO YE
06SANAA1833YEMENIS TELL GEN ABIZAID ABOUT IRANIAN
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: President Saleh and Minister of Interior Rashad al-Alimi told CENTCOM Commander GEN John Abizaid on June 18 that, while Iran's Revolutionary Guards have been active in Yemen since 1983, their recent support for insurgents in Yemen's Saada region was unacceptable and, along wi [...]
2006-06-24 13:16:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNPREL MNUC PINR IR YE
06SANAA1850SALEH AT DAD: DON'T PREACH TO US, FEED US!
[...] (C) Summary. On June 25, NEA Deputy Assistant Secretary, Scott Carpenter, met with President Saleh and expressed disappointment with his comments during the opening ceremony of the Democracy Assistance Dialogue (DAD) conference being held in Sanaa June 25-26. Saleh, who started off by express [...]
2006-06-26 08:28:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM KMCA KMPI YM
06SANAA1873THE SALEH SHOW: POLITICAL THEATER IN SANAA
[...] (C) Summary. On June 24, President Saleh ended almost a year of speculation and announced his intention to run in September's Presidential election. Speaking before a peaceful mass rally in Sanaa, Saleh rescinded his July 2005 public pledge not to seek re-election, saying he was "respondin [...]
2006-06-28 12:54:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM YM
06SANAA1888COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR OREST MELNYX AND
[...] Embassy Sanaa grants country clearance and welcomes the visit of Orest Melnyx and Drusilla Menaker from MEPI/IREX to travel to Aden from July 9 to July 16, 2006. 2. Control Officer for the visit will be Faris Asad who can be contacted at all times through the Embassy at (967) (1) 755-2398 [...]
2006-07-02 04:52:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT KDEM KMPI OTRA PREL
06SANAA1939COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR JEFFREY WILBURN
[...] Embassy Sanaa grants country clearance and welcomes the visit of Jeffrey Wilburn. Security Clearance information is on file. 2. Control Officer for the visit will be James Jamerson who can be contacted at all times through the Embassy at (967) (1) 755-2276; cell phone (967) 1-73323-2207. [...]
2006-07-05 12:39:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ACOA ANET ASEC
06SANAA1950GTMO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW BOARD NOTIFICATION
[...] (C) On July 5, Poloff delivered reftel notification of Yemenis scheduled to go before the Guantanamo Administrative Review Board to Assistant Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Khaled al-Akwa. He accepted the notification without comment. Khoury [...]
2006-07-08 10:41:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KAWC YM
06SANAA2KIDNAPPING UPDATE: SECURITY FORCES DEPLOY, ROYG
[...] (C) Summary: Tribesmen continue to hold five Italian tourists hostage in the Sirwah mountains, 60 miles northeast of Sanaa. On January 2, the ROYG deployed 33 members of the Ministry of the Interior's Counter Terrorism Unit (CTU) to an area near where the hostages are believed to be held. T [...]
2006-01-03 13:40:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER ASEC YM COUNTER TERRORISM
06SANAA2003HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING APPROVAL FOR AL-SUBHI AND
[...] The following statement is provided to verify the human rights vetting process: at this time the Embassy verified that Post possesses no credible information of gross human rights violations by Colonel Ali Mohammed al-Subhi, Deputy Chairman, Yemen Coast Guard and Brigadier General Taher Ali al [...]
2006-07-12 14:02:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDMOPS PHUM MASS YM
06SANAA2006MAVERICK FINANCE MINISTER CHARGES AHEAD ON REFORM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Yemen's new Minister of Finance, Dr. Seif al-Asali, may march to the beat of a different drummer, but he appears to be making progress on reform following years of corruption by his predecessor. Under Asali's leadership, the Ministry of Finance (MOF) is implementing the first phas [...]
2006-07-12 14:59:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EFIN ECON EAID PINR KMCA KMPI YM
06SANAA2058YEMEN'S DEMOCRATIC REFORM STRATEGY REVISED
[...] SUMMARY: Since its articulation of a Democratic Reform Strategy nearly one year ago, Post has registered a number of successes. The sustainability of such changes remains uncertain, however, and they are at best only small steps on the road to democracy. In order to consolidate recent refo [...]
2006-07-18 09:57:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KMPI KMCA YM
06SANAA2063WTO MEETING BREATHES NEW LIFE INTO TRADE REFORMS
[...] SUMMARY: When it comes to trade reform, Yemen may finally be willing to do business. The ROYG's World Trade Organization (WTO) negotiating team recently returned from the third Working Party meeting in Geneva reporting significant progress. Despite some differences on tariff rates, the ROYG [...]
2006-07-18 13:21:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ECON ETRD EAID ECIN KMCA KMPI YM
06SANAA2070YEMEN REQUEST FOR FY07 COMMODITIES DONATION UNDER
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-20 13:01:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EAID YM
06SANAA212YEMENIS SUPPORTIVE OF SOMALI PARLIAMENTARY
[...] (C) Ambassador delivered points contained in refs A and B to Foreign Minister Abubakr al-Qirbi during a January 16 meeting. Ambassador welcomed the efforts of Somali leaders, as well as facilitation efforts by the Republic of Yemen Government (ROYG),to hold a full parliamentary session insi [...]
2006-01-30 12:52:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SO YM
06SANAA2136YEMEN LNG ON FAST TRACK WITH SUPPORT FROM SALEH;
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a July 22 meeting with Econoff, Karim Abuhamad of the Yemen Liquid Natural Gas Company (YLNG) said that construction was underway on the LNG pipeline and that the project was back on schedule. The company is close to an agreement with the ROYG on resolving legal ownership of ga [...]
2006-07-26 12:15:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON EINV EPET ENRG YM
06SANAA214THANK YOU MESSAGE FROM FOMIN AL-QIRBI TO SECRETARY
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-01 04:34:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC PREL YM
06SANAA2143MEPI SUPPORT FOR IFC CONTRIBUTES TO REFORM IN YEMEN
[...] SUMMARY: After establishing its offices in Yemen over a year ago, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) is now addressing issues that are critical to reforms required by the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) and the World Bank. At the request of the ROYG, the IFC will undertake an [...]
2006-07-30 06:46:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ECON EFIN KMCA KMPI YM
06SANAA2149ELECTIONS UPDATE: DATE ANNOUNCED, CAMPAIGN SET TO
[...] (U) After weeks of difficult negotiations and opposition threats to boycott the elections, preparations for Yemen's September 20 presidential and local council elections appear to be back on track. Over the last two weeks, Charge met with the ruling party, the opposition coalition, and elect [...]
2006-07-30 12:39:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM YM
06SANAA221UNITEL GSM BID IN DOUBT; OMANTEL POISED TO BENEFIT
[...] (C) SUMMARY. After months of speculation, it is now certain that Unitel is unable to cover the cost of its bid offer for Yemen's third GSM license. Political connections continue to keep the company afloat, but most bets are now on Omantel to win the license. Although a legitimate operator, [...]
2006-02-01 12:53:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON EINV ECPS EIND YM COM
06SANAA222YEMENI WOMEN PROTEST DANISH PORTRAYAL OF PROPHET
[...] On February 1, approximately 5000 veiled women marched from Sanaa's Airport Road to the U.N. headquarters, protesting the recent publication of caricatures of the prophet Mohammed in a Danish newspaper. The women arrived in buses, and were organized by the Saleh Foundation, a charity run by o [...]
2006-02-01 12:53:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM KMPI YM
06SANAA223SANAA'S HIP NEW CAFE BULLDOZED
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 30, bulldozers ripped through the patio of Zorba's Cafe, an establishment that had rapidly become a popular hang-out for both locals and foreigners. Zorba's expatriate owners had high hopes that opening the first sidewalk cafe in Sanaa would allow them to recoup thei [...]
2006-02-01 12:53:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ECON PGOV SOCI YM COM
06SANAA2230GTMO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW BOARD NOTIFICATION
[...] (C) On August 2, Poloff delivered reftel notification of a Guantanamo Administrative Review Board decision to continue detaining eleven Yemenis to Assistant Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Khaled al-Akwa. He accepted the notification without comment. Krajeski [...]
2006-08-05 06:47:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KAWC YM
06SANAA2255SANAA ATMOSPHERICS: LOCAL IMAMS CALL FOR JIHAD,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 30, President Saleh suggested in a televised interview with Al-Jazeera that Yemen and other Muslim countries should send volunteer fighters, as well as financial and material support, to the "resistance" against Israel in Lebanon and Palestine. Average Yemenis were stron [...]
2006-08-07 08:41:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER EPET PINR KPAL KISL YM
06SANAA226GTMO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW BOARD NOTIFICATION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-01 12:59:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KAWC YM COUNTER TERRORISM
06SANAA23ROYG TELLS UNITEL SHOW ME THE MONEY, BY THE END OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On January 4 Ambassador met with Minister of Telecommunications, Abdul Malik al-Moalimi, to determine the current status of Yemen,s third GSM tender, particularly the ROYG's next move if tender winner Unitel fails to pay. He also offered assistance with creating an independent tel [...]
2006-01-07 08:05:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALECPS EINV KMPI PGOV YM ECON COM
06SANAA233ARMED FORCES CHIEF REQUESTS ACCESS TO BETHESDA
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-01 13:39:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MASS YM
06SANAA234APPROVAL OF OFFICE OF MILITARY COOPERATION CHIEF
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-01 13:39:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDMASS YM
06SANAA2369COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR STAFFDEL MAGUIRE
[...] Embassy Sanaa grants country clearance and welcomes the visit of John Maguire, Todd Rosenblum, John Dickas, and Lt. Josh Wellner from the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. Security Clearance information is on file. Information on in-country schedule will be sent via separate channels. [...]
2006-08-12 12:38:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT OTRA YM
06SANAA2441AMBASSADOR FINDS STRONG ALLY IN MINISTER OF FINANCE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On August 14, Ambassador met Minister of Finance Dr. Saif Al-Asali who was strongly supportive of the U.S. position on Hezbollah. MOF suggested that Yemen was the best hope for the region in its example as an emerging democracy, and urged the United States to back reformers like [...]
2006-08-19 11:08:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON EFIN EAID EINV ETRD KMPI KMCA YM
06SANAA2451YEMEN'S NOMINEES FOR FDIC CT FINANCE REGULATORY
[...] In response to reftel request, Embassy Sanaa nominates the following three candidates for the September CTF training program to be held at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Training Center: Nagib Abdullah al-Dabashi Cell: (967) 711096475 Off: (967) 4-508544 Email: abdu5050@hotmail [...]
2006-08-20 07:03:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDFDIC KJUS KTFN PREL PTER YM
06SANAA2466OPPOSITION CANDIDATE: "IF THIS ELECTION WERE TO BE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Opposition presidential candidate Faisal bin Shamlan told Ambassador on August 19 that he considers corruption and poverty to be the most important issues for this campaign, but regretted that President Saleh refused to debate him publicly. Asked if the elections would be largel [...]
2006-08-21 10:24:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM YE
06SANAA2485COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR JIM FLOWERS FROM
[...] Embassy Sanaa grants country clearance and welcomes the visit of Jim Flowers for personal tourism from August 24 to 27th, 2006 . Please provide Security Clearance information for our file. 2. Control Officer for the visit will be Joey Hood who can be contacted at all times through the Emb [...]
2006-08-22 05:15:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT OTRA
06SANAA2495COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CONSUL GENERAL
[...] Embassy Sanaa grants country clearance and welcomes the visit of Con/Gen Tatiana Gfoeller from August 27 to 29, 2006. Security Clearance information is on file. 2. Control Officer for the visit will be Joey Hood who can be contacted at all times through the Embassy at (967) (1) 755-2236; [...]
2006-08-22 14:21:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT OTRA
06SANAA2504COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR PM/WRA OFFICE
[...] Embassy Sanaa grants country clearance and welcomes the visit of PM/WRA Office Director Richard Kidd and SA/LW Expert Eric Arnett from August 26 to September 1, 2006. Security Clearance information is on file. 2. Control Officer for the visit will be Melissa Cline who can be contacted at [...]
2006-08-23 11:46:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT OTRA YM
06SANAA2519GTMO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW BOARD NOTIFICATION
[...] (C) On August 23, Poloff delivered reftel notification of Yemenis scheduled to go before the Guantanamo Administrative Review Board to Assistant Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Khaled al-Akwa. He accepted the notification without comment. Krajeski [...]
2006-08-26 15:02:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KAWC YM
06SANAA2546JUSTICE MINISTER LEADS WAY FOR INDEPENDENT COURTS
[...] SUMMARY: Ambassador met the Minister of Justice (MOJ) Ghazi Shaif al-Aghbari on August 27 to discuss judicial reforms and related programs. Under the new minister, Yemen has taken substantive steps to strengthen the independence of the courts, which has produced results in combating corrupt [...]
2006-08-29 14:22:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV EAID KMCA KMPI YM
06SANAA2559UNDER YEMEN'S NEW CHIEF JUSTICE, THE PEOPLE'S
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Ambassador met Yemen's Chief Justice Esam Abdul-Wahab al-Samawi for the first time on August 29, and discovered a youthful voice for reform and moderation. Samawi expressed the need for a clearer legal framework for trying suspected terrorists and would-be jihadis. As the newly a [...]
2006-09-03 10:49:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR EAID KMCA KMPI YM
06SANAA2564HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING APPROVAL FOR SALEH, AL-NONO,
[...] The following statement is provided to verify the human rights vetting process: at this time the Embassy verified that Post possesses no credible information of gross human rights violations by: Captain Nabil Abdullah Ahmed al-Rassas, Yemen Coast Guard Major Khalid Ali Mohammed Saleh, Yemen [...]
2006-09-04 09:53:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MASS PHUM MOPS YM
06SANAA2565YEMEN: BLUE LANTERN CONTACT
[...] As requested in reftel, Embassy Sanaa's point of contact for the Blue Lantern End-Use Monitoring Program is: Susan Plott Commercial Officer Phone: (967)-1-755-2252 Fax: (967)-1-755-2127 Email: PlottSM@state.gov; PlottSM@state.sgov.gov ETD: December 2007 Krajeski [...]
2006-09-04 10:26:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC KSEP YM
06SANAA2570GTMO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW BOARD NOTIFICATION
[...] (C) On September 4, Pol/Econ Chief delivered reftel notification of Yemenis scheduled to go before the Guantanamo Administrative Review Board to Marwan Noman, Diplomatic Attach, Foreign Minister's Office. He accepted the notification without comment. Krajeski [...]
2006-09-04 13:10:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KAWC YM
06SANAA2575TERRORIST/INSURGENT FINANCE OPERATING ENVIRONMENT
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Yemen provides no known financial support for terrorism and insurgency in Iraq. Financial controls in general are weak, making it difficult to track suspicious transactions. The informal financial market comprises the vast majority of transactions, making it even more difficult [...]
2006-09-05 12:40:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPGOV PREL PTER EFIN YM
06SANAA259 MEDIA REACTION -- HAMAS VICTORY.
[...] SUMMARY. Almost all media outlets reacted positively to the victory of Hamas in the recent Palestinian parliamentary elections. They also hailed the election process as democratic, free, and fair. In particular, they commended the Palestinian Authority for immediately accepting the Hamas [...]
2006-02-05 03:37:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM KMPI PGOV PHUM PREL YM
06SANAA266SANAA EAC MEETING
[...] (SBU) AVIAN BIRD FLU: ConsOff advised EAC of tripwire #2 in post's Avian Bird Flu Strategy. The migration of the avian bird flu from Turkey to Iraq and neighboring Saudi Arabia triggered the tripwire. EAC was advised that tripwire #2 is administrative and requires verification of medical sup [...]
2006-02-05 14:10:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNAEMR ASEC PTER CASC YM EAC
06SANAA2693U.S. AND YEMEN FIGHT CORRUPTION WITH EYE ON MCC
[...] SUMMARY: On September 13, Ambassador signed a USD 1.73 million agreement with the Republic of Yemen Government (ROYG) for anti-corruption programming. Minister of Planning and International Cooperation (MOPIC) Abdulkareem al-Arhabi is planning to visit Washington October 11-12 in advance of a [...]
2006-09-19 14:55:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV EAID ECON KMPI KMCA YM
06SANAA2697ELECTIONS SITREP 2: ORDERLY VOTING CONCLUDES,
[...] (SBU) Polls officially closed across Yemen at 2000L. International and local observers contacted by post universally agreed that voting was conducted in a generally peaceful and orderly manner. There were no reports of widespread violence and unconfirmed reports of isolated incidents were f [...]
2006-09-20 18:04:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM YM
06SANAA2700ELECTIONS SITREP 2: ORDERLY VOTING CONCLUDES,
[...] (SBU) Polls officially closed across Yemen at 2000L. International and local observers contacted by post universally agreed that voting was conducted in a generally peaceful and orderly manner. There were no reports of widespread violence and unconfirmed reports of isolated incidents were f [...]
2006-09-23 04:48:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM YM
06SANAA272YEMEN'S GREAT ESCAPE: 23 AL-QA'IDA DETAINEES ARE AT LARGE
[...] (S) Summary. On February 3, 23 al-Qa'ida supporters escaped from a maximum security prison in Sanaa. Among the escapees were 13 individuals convicted of participating in the 2000 USS Cole and the 2002 M/V Limburg attacks, including one of the Cole attack ringleaders, Jamal Badawi. (Names and [...]
2006-02-06 02:40:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL PTER YM
06SANAA2854FREEDOM AGENDA TAKES A MAJOR STEP FORWARD IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: September's open and competitive elections capped seven months of intensive USG pressure, coordinated with other donors and international NGOs, to bring about democratic and economic reforms in Yemen. While the road ahead is long, the Republic of Yemen Government (ROYG) has with [...]
2006-10-04 13:15:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL KMPI KDEM PTER YE
06SANAA286SALEH SIGNALS SHAKE UP IN INTELLIGENCE SERVICES
[...] (S) CDA Requested and received a phone call from President Saleh, 2/5, on the heels of the jail break-out that yielded 23 al-Qa'ida operatives to the streets of Sanaa, and perhaps beyond. CDA stressed to Saleh the importance of working in close tandem with the USG on this critical issue and not [...]
2006-02-06 14:55:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPINR PREL PTER COUNTER TERRORISM
06SANAA296YEMENIS DISCUSS AL QAEDA ESCAPEES: GOVERNMENT SOAP
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Post contacts, media outlets and websites are thus far treating the February 3 Al-Qaeda jailbreak as less of a national emergency and more as another peculiar power struggle within the ROYG. Contacts universally dismiss the ROYG's claim that the prisoners dug a tunnel and escape [...]
2006-02-08 03:27:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV YM COUNTER TERRORISM DOMESTIC POLITICS
06SANAA305SANAA EAC MEETING
[...] (S/NF) EAC was briefed by all relevant agencies and sections on the situation, six days after the reported escape of the Al-Qaida prisoners. Members were advised that none of the escapees had been captured as yet and their whereabouts were unknown. 2. (S/NF) AMB advised the EAC that he and [...]
2006-02-08 12:18:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNAEMR ASEC PTER CASC YM EAC
06SANAA3076COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR STEFANIK AND
[...] Embassy Sanaa grants country clearance and welcomes the visit of Evan Stefanik and Carol Kalinoski from November 10 to 15 to conduct an Introductory Legal and Regulatory Workshop for Yemeni government officials as part of the Export Control and Related Border Security (EXBS) program. 2. C [...]
2006-11-08 09:50:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPARM KNNP ETTC YM
06SANAA314ROYG'S PUBLIC RESPONSE TO AL-QA'IDA JAILBREAK:
[...] (S/NF) Summary. Yemeni security services continue to search for the 23 al-Qa'ida prisoners who escaped from a high-security prison in Sanaa on February 3 (ref A). Per Saleh's orders (ref B),the National Security Board is leading the nation-wide manhunt, while the Political Security Organi [...]
2006-02-09 10:50:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL PTER PGOV YM COUNTER TERRORISM
06SANAA323WATANI BANK CASE UNEARTHS PERVASIVE CORRUPTION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Central Bank announced its plan to liquidate Watani Bank. The decision is being appealed, but there appears to be little hope of rescuing the failed financial institution. Watani's Amcit General Manager, Dr. Hamdani, and seven others are being tried in Yemen's Specialized P [...]
2006-02-11 10:20:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALECPS EINV PGOV KMPI CASC YM ECON COM
06SANAA330OPPOSITION TESTS LIMITS OF PRESIDENTIAL POWER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Parliament is preparing for its next session with a highly anticipated leadership race. Sheikh Abdullah al-Ahmar is widely expected to win re-election as Speaker, but reformers are looking to defeat President Saleh's candidates for the Deputy positions. Such a rebellion could r [...]
2006-02-11 12:36:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR KDEM KMPI YM DOMESTIC POLITICS
06SANAA342CABINET SHAKE-UP: IS REAL REFORM ON ITS WAY?
[...] (C) Summary and Comment. On February 11, President Saleh announced a dramatic reshuffling of his 34-member cabinet, including replacing the Ministers of Defense, Finance, Oil, and Planning. Saleh's new cabinet, still led by Prime Minister Bajammal, includes 15 new ministers and two women. [...]
2006-02-12 14:04:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV YM DOMESTIC POLITICS
06SANAA347PRESIDENT SALEH SHARES INFORMATION AND INVITES
[...] (S) Ambassador, DCM and SIMO met with President Saleh, Wednesday, 2/8, to ask for an update on the status of the al-Qa'ida escapees and to stress the need for absolute transparency on ROYG findings and steps being taken. Saleh, the Director of the National Security Bureau (NSB) and the Attorne [...]
2006-02-13 06:48:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL PTER COUNTER TERRORISM
06SANAA348 MEDIA REACTION - CARICATURES OF
[...] SUMMARY. Recent caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed, which appeared in European newspapers, have angered Yemenis, who have responded with protests, boycotts, and calls for diplomatic measures. Yemeni protests, however, have been peaceful. END SUMMARY. 2. EDITORIAL COMMENTARY: A. O [...]
2006-02-13 07:36:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM KMPI PGOV PHUM PREL YM
06SANAA349SANAA EAC MEETING
[...] (S/NF) EAC was briefed by all relevant agencies and sections on the situation, 10 days after the reported escape of the Al-Qaida prisoners. Members were advised that none of the escapees had been captured as yet and their whereabouts were still unknown. Relevant office and section heads advi [...]
2006-02-13 07:55:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNAEMR ASEC PTER CASC YM EAC
06SANAA3609WATANI BANK FAILURE THREATENS BROADER FINANCIAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In early December, the Central Bank of Yemen (CBY) declared Watani Bank insolvent, and initiated the first bank closure in Yemen's history. General Manager Dr. Hamdani, and other bank officials, were arrested and face charges of financial crimes against the state. Watani's futu [...]
2006-01-02 10:35:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN KMPI CASC YM COM
06SANAA3610U.S. CONVENES DONOR GROUP TO CONFRONT CORRUPTION
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Following Yemen's suspension from the Millennium Challenge Account Threshold Program (MCA),Ambassador gathered an informal group of key donors to discuss ways of jointly pushing for reform in Yemen. Declining performance in political and economic indicators has already led to a [...]
2006-01-02 11:32:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON EINV KMCA KMPI YM COM
06SANAA3611SANAA POC FOR MULTILATERAL DEVELOPMENT BANK LOAN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-02 11:52:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON EAID EINV PREL YM
06SANAA3614KIDNAPPINGS IN YEMEN: THE ROYG FACES A DILEMMA
[...] (C) Summary. On December 31, a former German government official and four of his family members were released unharmed after being kidnapped by tribesmen three days earlier in Shebwa province. The ROYG negotiated a peaceful settlement with the kidnappers, who had demanded the release of othe [...]
2006-01-02 13:17:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL ASEC YM
06SANAA3615SANAA EAC MEETING
[...] (S/NF) On 1/2/2006, EAC met to discuss recent tribal kidnappings of Western tourists. Members in attendance were AMB, RSO, POLM, OMC, DAO, POLE, PD, CONS, LEGATT, AID, FPD, RMO, CLO and CCE. 2.(S/NF) EAC discussed recent tribal kidnappings of tourists in the Governates of Marib and Shabwah. [...]
2006-01-02 13:21:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNAEMR ASEC PTER CASC YM EAC
06SANAA3618AMBASSADOR AND FONMIN DISCUSS ZINDANI, KIDNAPPINGS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a January 2 meeting, FonMin Abubakr al-Qirbi told Ambassador that the ROYG had made a conscious decision to include UN-designated terrorist financier Abdul Majid Zindani in its official delegation to the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) meeting in Saudi Arabia, claimin [...]
2006-01-03 09:32:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER YE COUNTER TERRORISM TERFIN
06SANAA385AL-QA'IDA ESCAPE: COORDINATING MARITIME EFFORTS
[...] (C) Summary: On February 11, Office of Military Cooperation (OMC) Chief and NAVCENT Liaison Officer (LNO) met with Yemeni military and coast guard officials to discuss maritime cooperation to capture 23 escaped al Qa'ida prisoners (ref A). Led by the Chief of Staff for the Yemeni Armed For [...]
2006-02-15 11:05:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS PTER PHSA YM MARITIME SECURITY
06SANAA387AMBASSADOR DELIVERS MESSAGE ON SUPPORT FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-15 11:05:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KPAL YM
06SANAA388AMBASSADOR DELIVERS DEMARCHE ON DEFEATING
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-15 11:05:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL YM DEMARCHE
06SANAA389CABINET SHAKE-UP: BIOGRAPHIES FOR NEW MINISTERS
[...] On February 11, President Saleh announced a dramatic reshuffling of his 34-member cabinet (reftel). The reshuffle included changes to 22 ministerial portfolios, 15 of which went to individuals not previously in the government. Among the new faces are two women, now heading the Ministries of [...]
2006-02-15 12:01:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV YM INR DOMESTIC POLITICS
06SANAA392SALEH ASSERTS CONTROL OVER PARLIAMENT: LEADERSHIP
[...] (C) After months of maneuvering by reform-minded parliamentarians, President Saleh drew a line in the sand on February 15 and demanded loyalty. MPs re-elected Sheikh Abdullah al-Ahmar to a two-year term as Speaker with 240 yes votes and 12 blank ballots, and re-elected all three Deputy Spea [...]
2006-02-15 13:06:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM YM DOMESTIC POLITICS
06SANAA41ROYG STAGGERS FORWARD IN FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Yemen's Cabinet approved a new anti-corruption law, calling for the creation of an independent High Commission for National Corruption. Neither the extent of the Commission's powers nor its relationship to existing ROYG institutions -- or the newly created anti-corruption role fo [...]
2006-01-08 13:08:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN KMCA KMPI PGOV PINR PREL YM COM
06SANAA415SANAA EAC MEETING
[...] (S/NF) EAC was briefed by all relevant agencies and sections on the situation, 17 days after the reported escape of the Al-Qaida prisoners. Members were advised that none of the escapees had been captured as yet and their whereabouts were still unknown. NOTE: (Post has subsequently been advi [...]
2006-02-20 13:39:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNAEMR ASEC PTER CASC YM EAC
06SANAA419GTMO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW BOARD NOTIFICATION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-21 07:05:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KAWC YM COUNTER TERRORISM
06SANAA440ROYG ACCEPTS THE RETURN OF GTMO DETAINEES
[...] (C) On February 21, Assistant Deputy Foreign Minister Khalid Al-Akwa presented DCM with the ROYG's long-awaited response to the proposed transfer of 13 Yemenis from Guantanamo Bay (ref A). In the diplomatic note, the ROYG agrees to accept 12 of the detainees proposed for transfer (ref B). [...]
2006-02-22 09:56:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KAWC YM COUNTER TERRORISM
06SANAA448TERROR TRIALS UPDATE: DEFENDANTS RELEASED AND
[...] (U) On February 21, the Yemeni daily "al-Shura" reported that the Sanaa Special Penal Court ordered the release of Abdel Rauf Nassib, who had been tried and acquitted in 2004 of charges that he forged official documents for the USS Cole attackers (ref. A). Foreign press reports also stated tha [...]
2006-02-22 14:32:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC PGOV YM COUNTER TERRORISM
06SANAA455GTMO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW BOARD NOTIFICATION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-25 13:32:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KAWC YM COUNTER TERRORISM
06SANAA456IRAN: MAINTAINING PRESSURE AND SEEKING REGIONAL
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-25 13:33:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALKNNP PREL PARM IR YM DEMARCHE
06SANAA457DEMARCHE ON HOST COUNTRY MEETINGS WITH HAMAS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-25 13:34:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAL YM DEMARCHE
06SANAA480AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH NEW MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE
[...] On February 26, Ambassador and USAID Director met with the newly appointed Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation, Jalal Ibrahim Fukairah. Ambassador and Minister Fukairah discussed ROYG-USG cooperation on encouraging growth and development in the agricultural sector. Fukairah hoped that USG [...]
2006-02-28 05:31:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ECON YM COM
06SANAA481AIRBUS LIKELY TO EDGE OUT BOEING FOR YEMENIA DEAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador met with Captain Abdulhamid Al-Qadi, Chairman and CEO of Yemenia Airlines, the national airline of Yemen, on February 13, to make another push for Boeing in its contest against Airbus for the purchase of ten new airplanes (ref D). Ambassador reminded Al-Qadi that EXIM [...]
2006-02-28 05:33:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALEAIR ECON KTDB YM COM
06SANAA50ROYG FREES ITALIAN HOSTAGES: WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR
[...] (C) Summary: On January 6, tribesmen released unharmed five Italian tourists that had been held hostage since January 1 (ref A). Breaking from a long-standing policy of granting concessions without legal consequences, the ROYG pursued a successful dual-track strategy of negotiating through [...]
2006-01-09 11:25:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL PTER ASEC YM COUNTER TERRORISM
06SANAA521AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH NEW MINSTER OF LEGAL AFFAIRS
[...] Ambassador met with newly appointed Minister of Legal Affairs, Adnan Omar al-Jefri, on February 26. Ambassador congratulated al-Jefri, who was previously Minister of Justice, on his posting. Al-Jefri discussed the challenges in balancing rights and responsibilities when drafting and enforci [...]
2006-03-04 09:02:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV YM DEMOCRATIC REFORM
06SANAA537SALEH FEELS PRESSURE TO REFORM, RESPONDS WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Yemen's recent cabinet reshuffle was brought about by, among other factors, coordinated pressure for reform by donor countries. On February 8, Post met with President Saleh, together with the Germans, British, and Dutch. The delegation pressed Saleh for specific actions to fight [...]
2006-03-05 07:12:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KMCA KMPI YM
06SANAA539COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR WILLIAM W. WENG
[...] Embassy Sanaa grants country clearance and welcomes the visit of William W. Weng from 23-30 March 2006. Security Clearance information is on file. 2. Control Officer for the visit will be Troy Fontenot who can be contacted at all times through the Embassy at (967) (1) 755-2249 cell phone [...]
2006-03-05 10:34:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA YM
06SANAA54(S) STATUS OF REQUESTS ON FORMER IRAQI REGIME
[...] (S) During a January 2 office call, Ambassador asked FonMin Abubakr al-Qirbi for an update on USG requests to detain and freeze the assets of Former Iraqi Regime Element Umar Sabawi. Qirbi said he had no new information, and believed that Sabawi was "no longer in Yemen." The FonMin did not [...]
2006-01-09 12:06:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL PTER YM COUNTER TERRORISM TERFIN
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