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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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01BEIRUT1935 ANTI-ISRAELI AND ANTI-U.S. RHETORIC ON THE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. LAST WEEK'S UPSURGE IN VIOLENCE IN ISRAEL DREW WIDESPREAD CONDEMNATION FROM GOL OFFICIALS, THE MEDIA, HIZBALLAH, AND MUSLIM LEADERS. THE JULY 31 ATTACK AT NABLUS INTENSIFIED ANTI-ISRAELI RHETORIC, WHILE SPARKING CRITICISM OF THE U.S. HIZBALLAH CONDEMNED THE ISRAELI ATTACKS AND CA [...]
2001-08-06 15:06:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPAL PTER IS SY LE
01BEIRUT2254TFUS01: LEBANESE EXPRESS OUTRAGE AND SYMPATHY,
[...] (C) SUMMARY. AS THE MASSIVE SCALE OF TRAGEDY UNFURLED DRAMATICALLY ACROSS THE WORLD, LEBANESE OF ALL PERSUASIONS OFFERED FRESH OUTPOURINGS OF CONDEMNATION AND SYMPATHY FOR THE ATTACKS ON AMERICA. ACROSS THE SPECTRUM OF OFTEN FRACTIOUS SECTARIAN GROUPS, THE NATION UNITED IN THE CONVICTION TH [...]
2001-09-13 16:38:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER LE
01BEIRUT758 HIZBALLAH-AMAL FORGE MUNICIPAL ELECTION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: PARLIAMENTARY SPEAKER/AMAL MOVEMENT HEAD NABIH BERRI, CORNERED BY SYRIAN SUPPORT FOR HARIRI'S STRUCTURAL REFORMS WHICH WILL HARM HIS PATRONAGE MACHINE, IS TRIMMING SAILS. HE HAS MET WITH ARCH-RIVAL HIZBALLAH SYG NASRALLAH AND COMPROMISES ON TWO BONES OF CONTENTION ARE EMERGING. [...]
2001-03-22 16:28:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KISL IR LE
01CAIRO3303EGYPT'S MUSLIM BROTHERS - PART I: HISTORY AND STRUCTURE
[...] (C) THIS IS THE FIRST IN A TWO PART MESSAGE DISCUSSING EGYPT'S MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD. PART 1 OUTLINES ITS HISTORY AND STRUCTURE, PART 2 OF THE MESSAGE WILL DISCUSS THE BASES FOR THE MB'S POPULARITY AS A POLITICAL FORCE IN EGYPT TODAY. EGYPT'S (ILLEGAL) MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD, FOUNDED IN 1928, IS A PART OF [...]
2001-05-31 09:04:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALKISL PGOV PTER EG
01CAIRO7997EGYPT: NEW TERRORIST GROUP, AL-WA'AD (THE PROMISE)
[...] (C) IN THE FIRST TWO WEEKS OF TRIAL BEFORE THE MILITARY TRIBUNAL, THE PREVIOUSLY UNKNOWN ORGANIZATION OF 94 EGYPTIANS AND FOREIGNERS, WHICH HAS BECOME KNOWN AS "AL-WA'AD" (THE PROMISE),IS ALLEGED TO BE A SOPHISTICATED NETWORK OF TERRORIST CELLS. INDICTMENTS WERE ISSUED AGAINST 94 DEFENDANT [...]
2001-12-10 16:42:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALKISL PTER PGOV PHUM EG
01DJIBOUTI401DJIBOUTI: NEW PRIME MINISTER NAMED
[...] PRESIDENT ISMAIL OMAR GUELLEH ANNOUNCED ON MARCH 4 THE APPOINTMENT OF DILEITA MOHAMED DILEITA AS PRIME MINISTER. DILEITA IS AN AFAR, AND IS PRESENTLY DJIBOUTIAN AMBASSADOR TO ETHIOPIA. THE PREVIOUS PRIME MINISTER, BARKAT GOURAD HAMADOU, RESIGNED FEBRUARY 6 BECAUSE OF POOR HEALTH, REF A. SI [...]
2001-03-07 00:53:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL DJ
01KUWAIT3081TFUS01: KUWAIT'S FOREIGN MINISTER: "BIN LADEN KNOWS
[...] KUWAIT'S DE FACTO PRIME MINISTER AND FOREIGN MINISTER, SHAYKH SABAH AL-AHMAD, CONVOKED THE EDITORS-IN-CHIEF OF THE KUWAITI NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES OCTOBER 10 TO DISCUSS THE GOVERNMENT'S VIEW OF THE CURRENT SITUATION. SHAYKH SABAH'S STATEMENTS WERE CARRIED OCTOBER 11 BY ALL PAPERS ON THE FRO [...]
2001-10-11 11:05:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAL KU
01KUWAIT3821KUWAITIS ARGUE TAPE OFFERS PROOF OF BIN LADEN'S
[...] TWO INFLUENTIAL KUWAITIS WROTE COLUMNS RECENTLY ARGUING THAT THE TAPE OF BIN LADEN RELEASED BY THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT CONSTITUTED UNDENIABLE EVIDENCE OF HIS RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE SEPTEMBER 11 ATTACKS. A MEMBER OF THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD AND WELL-KNOWN COLUMNIST, FAISAL AL- ZAMEL, STATED THAT [...]
2001-12-23 11:00:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KDMR KU
01LONDON7384UNITED KINGDOM: 2001 ANNUAL TERRRORISM REPORT
[...] POST HAS KEYED ITS RESPONSES TO REFTEL PARAGRAPHS. A) DESCRIBE SIGNIFICANT ACTIONS TAKEN TO SUPPORT THE ANTI-TERRORISM COALITION, PARTICULARLY IN ACTIONS TAKEN AGAINST AL-QAEDA AND THE TALIBAN. THE UNITED KINGDOM HAS AN EXCEPTIONALLY STRONG RECORD OF ACTIONS TO COUNTER THE TERRORIST THREA [...]
2001-12-21 16:23:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIEDPTER UK
01TUNIS325GOVERNMENT SHAKE-UP: OBSERVERS SEE INCREASINGLY
[...] (C) IN NUMEROUS CONVERSATIONS SINCE THE JANUARY 23 GOVERNMENT RESHUFFLING (REFTEL),TUNISIAN AND DIPLOMATIC OBSERVERS HAVE ALMOST INVARIABLY DESCRIBED THE SHAKE-UP AS SOMETHING OF A GAME OF MUSICAL CHAIRS AND A SIGN OF PRESIDENT BEN ALI'S FIRM PERSONAL CONTROL OVER THE POLITICAL SITUATION IN [...]
2001-02-09 08:57:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ELAB KDEM PHUM TS
02AMMAN2243MODERATES IN PALESTINIAN REFUGEE CAMP UNEASY ABOUT
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: In the aftermath of Israel's Operation Defensive Shield, the mood among even moderate factions in Amman's Wihdat refugee camp is suspicious and uneasy about Israeli and U.S. intentions. In a May 1 meeting with emboffs, Palestinian notables from Wihdat questioned U.S [...]
2002-05-07 13:34:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PREF KPAL KWBG IS JO
02COLOMBO1900 FY-2002 INTERNATIONAL VISITOR PROGRAM:
[...] POST SUBMITS FOLLOWING LIST OF IV NOMINEES FOR FY- 2003 IN RANK ORDER. SEPARATE NOMINATING CABLES IN EVDB FORMAT WILL BE FORWARDED TO INDIVIDUAL PROJECT OFFICERS. 2. (I) MS. KHADEEJA HASSAN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, MALDIVES MONETARY AUTHORITY SA/RP "WOMEN AS LEADERS IN THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE [...]
2002-10-10 11:04:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL KPAO
02COLOMBO1954 Maldives: President Goyoom announces cabinet
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (U) In an October 9 announcement, Maldivian President Maumoon Gayoom announced changes to his cabinet, and appointed new ambassadors to Sri Lanka and the UN. Please see Para four for a complete listing of the ne [...]
2002-10-18 05:54:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PINR PHUM MV UN
02COLOMBO2167FY-2003 INTERNATIONAL VISITOR PROGRAM:
[...] POST NOMINATES MR. MOHAMED AMIR, DIRECTOR, POST AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS SECTION, MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF THE REPUBLIC OF MALDIVES, FOR PARTICIPATION IN SUBJECT PROJECT. 2. PART I OF NOMINEE'S BIO DATA FOLLOWS: EXPORT-SOURCE: USIS EVDB VERSION: 3.0.0 POST-EMAI [...]
2002-11-21 10:18:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL KPAO
02COLOMBO2178FY-2003 INTERNATIONAL VISITOR PROGRAM: SRI
[...] POST NOMINATES MR. NISSANKA WEERASEKERA, MANAGING DIRECTOR, NEXTVENTURES, FOR PARTICIPATION IN SUBJECT PROJECT. 2. PART I OF NOMINEES' BIO DATA FOLLOWS: EXPORT-SOURCE: USIS EVDB VERSION: 3.0.0 POST-EMAIL: rscmb@pd.state.gov TRANSMITTING-POST: PAS Colombo TRANSMITTING-POST-ID: 2929 EXPO [...]
2002-11-22 05:19:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL KPAO
02COLOMBO2179FY-2003 INTERNATIONAL VISITOR PROGRAM:
[...] POST NOMINATES DR. MOHAMED ALI, DIRECTOR, ENVIRONMENT, MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS, HOUSING AND ENVIRONMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF MALDIVES, FOR PARTICIPATION IN SUBJECT PROJECT. 2. PART I OF NOMINEE'S BIO DATA FOLLOWS: EXPORT-SOURCE: USIS EVDB VERSION: 3.0.0 POST-EMAIL: rscmb@pd.state.gov TRAN [...]
2002-11-22 05:20:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL KPAO
02COLOMBO2329Normally placid Maldivian political scene seems
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The normally placid Maldivian political situation is stirring a bit with the approach of the 2003 presidential election. In December 16-17 meetings in Male, polchief was told that President Gayoom is expected to run and win the election. That said, there is some dissonance eme [...]
2002-12-19 10:09:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PHUM SOCI MV
02HARARE284A/S CRANER MESSAGE TO ZIMBABWE GOVERNMENT: YOU
[...] (C) SUMMARY: BETWEEN JANUARY 15 AND 18, ASSISTANT SECRETARY LORNE CRANER AND HIS DELEGATION MET WITH A SIPDIS WIDE SAMPLING OF ZIMBABWE GOVERNMENT, OPPOSITION AND CIVIL SOCIETY REPRESENTATIVES. A/S CRANER INFORMED TWO MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE (GOZ) THAT THE ZIMBABWE LEADERSHI [...]
2002-01-31 08:19:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ZI
02LONDON8320UNITED KINGDOM: 2002 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] (U) THIS TELEGRAM CONTAINS EMBASSY LONDON'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE 2002 "PATTERNS OF GLOBAL TERRORISM" REPORT. EMBASSY INPUT IS KEYED TO REFTEL QUESTIONS. 2. (U) SIGNIFICANT ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE UK TO SUPPORT THE GLOBAL COALITION AGAINST TERRORISM, PARTICULARLY LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS TAKEN [...]
2002-11-25 10:59:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIEDEI PGOV PINR PREL PTER UK
02MADRID4435SPAIN: 2002 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] ACTIONS AGAINST AL QAEDA OPERATIVES BUILDING ON ARRESTS MADE IN 2001, SPANISH LAW ENFORCEMENT MADE ADDITIONAL ARRESTS OF AL QAEDA ASSOCIATES DURING 2002. IN JANUARY, POLICE ARRESTED MOROCCAN CITIZEN NAJIB CHAIB MOHAMED IN A BARCELONA SUBURB. CHAIB MOHAMED WAS ACCUSED OF BELONGING TO A TERRO [...]
2002-12-05 09:39:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDPTER SP
02RANGOON1310ARAKAN ROHINGYA NATIONAL ORGANIZATION CONTACTS
[...] (C) Summary: Under pressure from Bangladesh, the Arakan Rohingya National Organization (ARNO) contacted the Karenni National Progressive Party in late August 2002 regarding the possibility of relocating its bases to KNPP-controlled territory on the border between Thailand and Burma. According [...]
2002-10-10 05:01:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPTER PINS PGOV PREL BG TH BM
02ROME1402SOMALIA: AIDID "AMBASSADOR" ACCUSES ITALIAN GOVERNMENT OF GRAND LARCENY, ATTEMPTED MURDER
[...] (C) POLOFF MET WITH FADUMA FARAH AIDID, THE SISTER OF "SOMALI PRESIDENT" HUSSEIN MOHAMED AIDID AND DAUGHTER OF THE ASSASSINATED WARLORD GENERAL AIDID FEBRUARY 20. HUSSEIN AIDID IS THE HEAD OF THE SOMALI RECONCILIATION AND RESTORATION COUNCIL (SRRC) FACTION BUT HAS NO REAL CLAIM TO BEING P [...]
2002-03-19 15:32:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL ET SO IT
02ROME303CONCERNS VOICED ON THE U.N. WORLD FOOD
[...] SUMMARY. U.S. MISSION/ROME OFFICERS MET ON THURSDAY, JANUARY 17 WITH THE U.N. WORLD FOOD PROGRAM (WFP) ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (AED) AND DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS, MOHAMED ZEJJARI TO EXPRESS U.S. CONCERNS ABOUT THE SOON TO BE RELEASED NEW EMERGENCY OPERATION (EMOP) FOR AFGHANISTAN. THE PR [...]
2002-01-21 10:49:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EAGR AORC PREF EU WFPO UN AFGHANISTAN
03ABUDHABI1130 AMBASSADOR SIGNS MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH THE
[...] No summary [...]
2003-03-10 09:10:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA TPHY KSCA TC
03ABUDHABI1479 MEDIA REACTION: WAR IN IRAQ CIVILIAN CASUALTIES
[...] SUMMARY: THE WAR IN IRAQ, IRAQI CIVILIAN CAUSALITIES, AND HUMANITARIAN AID DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE MEDIA. UAE PRINT DAILIES ALSO COVERED ANTI-WAR DEMONSTRATIONS IN DUBAI, VARIOUS ARAB CAPITALS, AND AROUND THE WORLD. AN "AL KHALEEJ" ARTICLE EMPHASIZED THE NEED FOR ARABS TO REALIZE THE CONS [...]
2003-03-29 10:09:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI1656 MEDIA REACTION: WAR IN IRAQ CIVILIAN CASUALTIES
[...] SUMMARY: THE WAR IN IRAQ, IRAQI CIVILIAN CASUALTIES, AND U.S. PLANS FOR POST-WAR IRAQ DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE MEDIA. UAE COLUMNIST AYSHA SULTAN WROTE IN "AL BAYAN" THAT ONLY THE U.S. AND NONE OF ITS ALLIES WILL CONTROL POST-WAR IRAQ. ANOTHER UAE COLUMNIST, DR. SHAMLAN AL EISSA POINTED OUT [...]
2003-04-07 10:45:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI1756UAE MAY IMPOSE RETALIATORY TARIFFS ON SAUDI
[...] (U) Classified by DCM Richard A. Albright for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) Summary and comment: General Director of the UAE Federal Customs Authority Mohamed Al-Mehairi told Econoff on April 13 that the UAE is seriously considering retaliatory tariffs on Saudi exporters, in response to [...]
2003-04-13 11:33:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL KIPR ETRD ECIN ETTC ECON TC
03ABUDHABI2016UAE ROLE IN INFORMAL INTERNATIONAL CONTACT
[...] (U) Classified by Marcelle M. Wahba, Ambassador, reason 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) DCM delivered reftel points April 27 on UAE participation in the Informal International Contact Group for Iraq to MFA A/USEC for Political Affairs Abdullah Rashed al Nuaimi, noting that the UAE's regional per [...]
2003-04-29 09:11:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALECON EAID PREL PGOV EFIN TC
03ABUDHABI2218UAE AND SAUDI CUSTOMS OFFICIALS AT AN IMPASSE
[...] (U) Classified by DCM Richard A. Albright for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). ------------------- Summary And Comment ------------------- 2. (C) Summary and comment: General Director of the UAE Federal Customs Authority Mohamed Al-Mehairi updated Econoff May 6 on negotiations between the UA [...]
2003-05-06 13:52:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL KIPR ETRD ECIN ETTC ECON TC
03ABUDHABI2454 UAEG CONFIRMS ITS DELEGATION TO THE THIRD GLOBAL
[...] (U) Classified by Charge d'Affaires Richard A. Albright, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) The UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed via diplomatic note May 25 that the following will represent the UAE at the Third Global Forum on Fighting Corruption: -- Ministry of Foreign Affair [...]
2003-05-25 13:06:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALKCRM PGOV EAID EINV ECON ETRD TC
03ABUDHABI2457 MEDIA REACTION: ROADMAP IRAQ
[...] SUMMARY: THE ISRAELI CABINET'S ACCEPTANCE OF THE ROADMAP, THE RECONSTRUCTION OF IRAQ, AND THE LIFTING OF UN SANCTIONS ON IRAQ DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. AN "AL ITTIHAD" EDITORIAL CLAIMED THAT BOTH 'AL QAEDA' AND ISRAEL ARE SIMILAR IN THEIR AIMS AND GOALS. AN "AL K [...]
2003-05-26 07:23:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI2576 MEDIA REACTION: ROADMAP IRAQ
[...] SUMMARY: THE ISRAELI CABINET'S ACCEPTANCE OF THE ROADMAP, THE RECONSTRUCTION OF IRAQ, AND THE LIFTING OF UN SANCTIONS ON IRAQ DOMINATED COVERAGE IN UAE PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. AN "AL ITTIHAD" EDITORIAL CLAIMED THAT BOTH 'AL QAEDA' AND ISRAEL ARE SIMILAR IN THEIR AIMS AND GOALS. AN "AL K [...]
2003-06-01 09:45:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI2607GULF AIR LOBBIES EMBASSY ABU DHABI TO RESUME
[...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) Summary: On the heels of a 5/27 meeting between Ambassador Neumann and Gulf Air CEO Jim Hogan (reftel),a representative from the Abu Dhabi Department of Civil Aviation (ADDCA) visited Acting DCM 5/31 to p [...]
2003-06-02 11:18:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL EAIR PGOV ECON IZ TC
03ABUDHABI2631 UAEG RESPONDS TO U.S. PROPOSALS FOR THE 2003
[...] (U) Classified by Acting Deputy Chief of Mission Thomas E. Williams for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (U) This cable contains an action request; please see paragraph 7. 3. (C) Summary: Econoff delivered ref demarche 6/1 to UAE Ministry of Communications Undersecretary Abdullah Ahmed L [...]
2003-06-03 10:20:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALECPS AORC TC
03ABUDHABI2797MIDDLE EAST REGIONAL JUSTICE FORUM: RECOMMENDED UAE
[...] Per Ref A, Embassy Abu Dhabi recommends that the following UAEG invitees be considered for the upcoming Middle East Regional Justice Forum scheduled for 15-17 September in Manama. We note that the UAEG invitees were recommended previously in Ref B. UAEG Officials -------------- --H.E. M [...]
2003-06-11 10:04:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDKJUS PHUM PREL TC
03ABUDHABI3021END OF SHOW REPORT FOR CERTIFIED TRADE FAIR:
[...] SUMMARY: THE USA PAVILION AT THE SIXTH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL DEFENSE EXHIBITION AND CONFERENCE (IDEX),MARCH 16-20, 2003, WAS DOC CERTIFIED AND WAS ORGANIZED BY THE ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY (AUSA). TWENTY SEVEN AMERICAN COMPANIES, INCLUDING 5 NEW TO MARKET, WERE LOCATED IN THE [...]
2003-06-25 06:02:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDABUD BMGT AFIN BEXP TC
03ABUDHABI3059DEMARCHE ON SIERRA LEONE SPECIAL COURT/OIC:
[...] (U) Classified by A/DCM Thomas E. Williams for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) Econoff accompanied the Dutch Ambassador and a counterpart from the British Embassy in delivering reftel demarche points June 28 to MFA Organizations and Conferences Director Mohamed Jassem Samhan Al- Nuaimi. T [...]
2003-06-28 13:32:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPINS PHUM UNSC TC
03ABUDHABI3116(U) VEHICLES IN SUPPORT OF THE POLISH-LED
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY AMBASSADOR MARCELLE M. WAHBA FOR REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) OUR ACTING CG IN DUBAI DISCUSSED THE ISSUE OF DUBAI'S VEHICLE DONATIONS TO THE POLISH-LED DIVISION IN IRAQ AND TO THE AFGHAN POLICE WITH SAYANTA BASU DURING A PHONE CALL ON JULY 1. DUBAI HAS NOT OFFERED T [...]
2003-07-02 14:25:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MOPS EAID EFIN AF IZ TC
03ABUDHABI3208ABU DHABI'S NEXUS OF ECONOMIC POWER, PART II: THE
[...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba, for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). ------------ Introduction ------------ 2. (C) This is the second cable in a series that focuses on the informal, and less visible, power structure of Abu Dhabi emirate and -- through the power of the purse st [...]
2003-07-09 13:32:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNECON EFIN EINV EPET PINS PREL PGOV TC
03ABUDHABI3249UAE READY FOR MLAT VIDEO CONFERENCE JULY 15
[...] (U) Classified by A/DCM Katherine Van De Vate, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (U) This is an Action request. Please see para 5. 3. (C) The Ambassador Met with UAE Minister of Justice, Islamic Affairs, and Awqaf Mohamed Nakhera Al-Daheri on July 13, 2003. The Minister said that of th [...]
2003-07-13 13:06:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALCJAN PREL ASEC ETTC KCRM PGOV KTIA
03ABUDHABI3251 UAEG WANTS ARTICLE 98 DVC ON JULY 16
[...] (U) Classified by A/DCM Katherine Van De Vate, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) Summary and Action Request: The UAE Ministry of Justice is eager to hold a digital videoconference on the U.S.-UAE Article 98 agreement and is proposing July 16 for the date. The relevant Ministry of Just [...]
2003-07-14 10:36:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL KTIA KICC PGOV PARM TC
03ABUDHABI3896UAE CIVAIR AUTHORITIES RECEIVE NOTAM TO OVERFLY
[...] Post delivered 8/23 reftel information regarding applications to overfly Iraq to Director General of the UAE Civil Aviation Authority Mohamed Al-Ghaith and Ministry of Communications Assistant Undersecretary for Civil Aviation Mohamed Al-Suweidi. Econoff also forwarded the NOTAM to the offic [...]
2003-08-25 13:32:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EAIR PGOV ECON IZ TC
03ABUDHABI3975 (C) UAE'S ARABSAT BOARD MEMBER WEIGHS IN ON U.S.
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY CHARGE D'AFFAIRES, A.I. RICHARD A. ALBRIGHT FOR REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST; PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH 9. 3. (C) SENIOR COMMERCIAL OFFICER (SCO) AND SENIOR COMMERCIAL SPECIALIST VISITED UAE BOARD MEMBER TO ARABSAT, MOHAMED OMRAN, ON SEPTEMBER [...]
2003-09-01 12:55:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALBEXP ETTC PARM PREL TC
03ABUDHABI4408 UAE STUDENT VISA APPLICATIONS LOW BUT HOPE ABOUNDS
[...] SUMMARY: UAE NATIONALS CONTINUE TO APPLY FOR STUDENT VISAS IN LOW NUMBERS, ATTRIBUTED MOSTLY TO VISA REQUIREMENTS, SYSTEMIC COMPLICATIONS WITH THE TIMING OF FINAL HIGH SCHOOL GRADES, AND PARENTS' MISPERCEPTIONS ABOUT US DISCRIMINATION AGAINST MUSLIMS AND ARABS. DESPITE THIS, POSITIVE SIGNS [...]
2003-10-01 06:27:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO SCUL CVIS TC
03ABUDHABI4494UAEG CLARIFIES GCC CONFORMITY CERTIFICATION PROGRAM
[...] (U) This is an action request; please see paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) The Ambassador expressed USG interest in developing a constructive dialogue on the specificities of the "GCC Conformity and Certification Scheme for Countries Exporting to GCC Member Countries" and forwarded ref A points in a [...]
2003-10-06 12:26:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD WTRO GCC USTR TC
03ABUDHABI4612UAE OFFICIAL ADVISES USG TO ALLOW IRAQ GOVERNING
[...] (C) Summary: MFA Assistant Undersecretary for Political Affairs Abdullah Rashid Al-Noaimi stressed to Charge that it was in the best interests of the USG if the Iraq Governing Council (IGC) was allowed to assume more authority. He expressed his concern that the Iraq Governing Council (IGC) was [...]
2003-10-15 13:58:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IZ TC
03ABUDHABI4889 MEDIA SUMMIT IN THE UAE
[...] SUMMARY: THE MEDIA SUMMIT IN DUBAI (OCTOBER 7-8, 2003) WAS HELD UNDER THE AUSPICES OF SHEIKH MOHAMMED BIN RASHID FOR THE THIRD CONSECUTIVE YEAR. THIS YEAR'S HEADLINE WAS "WAR AND THE MEDIA." AMONG THE SENIOR OFFICIALS WHO SPOKE IN THE OPENING CEREMONY INCLUDED SHEIKH MOHAMMED BIN RASHID, SH [...]
2003-11-05 12:07:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
03ABUDHABI523UAE: DEMARCHES ON NEW CUSTOMS CARGO MANIFEST RULES
[...] No summary [...]
2003-02-01 12:58:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KIPR ETRD ECIN ETTC ECON TC
03ABUDHABI772 AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI AND AMCONSUL DUBAI FACILITATE U.S.
[...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (C) Comment and summary. The U.S. Mission to the UAE has facilitated a number of high-profile business deals in the UAE during the last year. Family connections and political influence remain key to doing bus [...]
2003-02-17 14:44:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALBEXP BBSR ECON ETRD EINV TC
03ABUDHABI870UAEG WILL CONSIDER MULTILATERAL OPEN SKIES REGIME
[...] (U) Classified by DCM Richard Albright for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) Econchief delivered reftel demarche on the benefits of joining a multilateral open skies aviation regime on 2/22 to UAE Ministry of Communications Assistant Undersecretary for Civil Aviation Mohamed Yahya Al-Suweidi [...]
2003-02-22 14:00:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL EAIR PGOV ECON MU QA BA TC
03ABUDHABI936THE DIFFICULTIES OF DOING BUSINESS IN ABU DHABI
[...] (U) Classified by DCM Richard Albright for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) In a 2/19 meeting with Econ FSN, an Emirati businessman from one of Abu Dhabi's lesser families harshly criticized the local business climate, particularly in contrast with the relative simplicity and openness of Dub [...]
2003-02-26 06:07:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV EINV TC
03ABUJA1467RELIGIOUS FREEDOM TIDBITS
[...] (U) The Amina Lawal case is to appear again before the Katsina State Shari'a Court of Appeal on Wednesday August 27. Hearings have been delayed three times before for various reasons. Meanwhile, the Jigawa State Shari'a Court of Appeal dismissed charges of rape (with a penalty of death by s [...]
2003-08-27 08:23:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KIRF PHUM PREL NI
03AMMAN1054HUMANITARIAN PLANNING TEAM VISIT HIGHLIGHTS NEED
[...] (C) Summary: During a February 2-3 visit to Amman, members of the interagency Humanitarian Planning Team (HPT) met with GOJ Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Shaher Al-Bak, JAF Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence Major General Mohamed-Majed Al-Eitan, the UN country team and the Has [...]
2003-02-18 15:15:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL EAID MARR MOPS IZ JO
03AMMAN14 PLO REFUGEE AFFAIRS OFFICIAL QUIETLY TRYING TO
[...] (C) Summary: Jordan-based PLO Refugee Affairs official Mohamed Abu Bakr told refcoord December 24 that he and West Bank Refugee Affairs Director Saji Salameh are quietly trying to prepare the Palestinian refugee community for what they see as an inevitable compromise on the right of return. [...]
2003-01-02 10:27:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF KPAL KWBG IS JO
03AMMAN253JORDAN CHANGES HUMANITARIAN PLANNING TO ACCEPT
[...] (S) Summary and comment: The Prime Minister, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and JAF Assistant Chief of Staff confirmed in separate meetings that, in the event of hostilities in Iraq, the GOJ would allow 10,000 to 20,000 Iraqi refugees to enter Jordan on a "temporary basis." JAF Assis [...]
2003-01-13 17:15:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPREF PREL EAID MOPS IZ JO OFDA
03AMMAN2626PALESTINIANS IN POST-SADDAM IRAQ
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: The estimated 90,000 long-term Palestinian residents of Iraq reportedly are losing the legal protection, privileges and access to government services extended by the Saddam government, resulting in a flow of more than 800 Palestinians toward Jordan since the onset of [...]
2003-05-04 14:56:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL PHUM KPAL IZ JO UNSC
03AMMAN3991Secretary Powell/Trade Rep Zoellick Discuss
[...] (SBU) King Abdullah convened a breakfast meeting June 23 with Secretary Powell and Trade Representative Zoellick at the World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Jordan to discuss the President's Middle East free trade initiative with the heads of Arab delegations to the WEF. Participating Arab m [...]
2003-07-01 14:41:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EINV JO XF
03AMMAN4337UNRWA PLANS EXTRAORDINARY, HIGH-LEVEL MEETING IN
[...] (U) This is an action request; see para 8. 2. (C) Summary and action request: On July 7, UNRWA briefed Amman-based donors and host government representatives on its plans to hold an extraordinary, possibly ministerial-level meeting in Geneva in spring 2004. While UNRWA initially hoped t [...]
2003-07-15 07:31:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL KPAL KWBG JO
03AMMAN5947JORANIAN SUPPORT FOR THE IRAQI ASSET HUNT
[...] (S/NF) Central Bank of Jordan (CBJ) Deputy Governor Mohamed Said Shahin phoned ECON/C September 15 with the following bank account information for companies suspected of being linked to Uday Hussein (refs b and c). Shahin said he was acting on the instructions of CBJ Governor Toukan at the [...]
2003-09-16 09:07:00Embassy AmmanSECRET//NOFORNEFIN ETTC IZ JO
03AMMAN6220Jordan and Israel Seeking EU "QIZ" Arrangement
[...] (sbu) Summary. Jordan and Israel are working together to ask the EU for a special "QIZ-like" arrangement that will allow duty-free access to the European market for goods produced in Jordan with Israeli content. This effort, which the Jordanians say has high- level European and Israeli pol [...]
2003-09-29 14:28:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD JO IS EU
03AMMAN7627RED CROSS/RED CRESCENT STANDING COMMISSION
[...] (C) Embassy Amman supports the candidacy of Jordan Red Crescent Society (JRCS) President Dr. Mohamed Al-Hadid for re-election to the Standing Commission of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. Al-Hadid supports strong relations with the United States Government and U.S. humanitarian orga [...]
2003-11-23 14:54:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALAORC PREF PREL JO ICRC
03COLOMBO1040FY-2004 IV PROGRAM: SRI LANKAN NOMINATION FOR
[...] POST NOMINATES MS. MOHAMED ALI MUHAMMED ARIFA, ASSISTANT DIVISIONAL SECRETARY, DIVISIONAL SECRETARIAT, KATTANKUDY, EASTERN PROVINCE, FOR PARTICIPATION IN SUBJECT PROJECT. 2. NOMINATION IS AS FOLLOWS: START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NOT EDIT): : The following data is in a fixed format wh [...]
2003-06-16 07:33:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL KPAO
03COLOMBO1348AL HASHIMI, MAHMUD SHAKIR MAHMUD - DPOB 11/17/1952
[...] (S/NF) Ref A requested a summary of AmEmbassy Colombo's activities concerning Iraqi national Mahmud Shakir Mahmud AL HASHIMI. RSO provides the following chronology: 2. (S/NF) On March 25, 2003, at approximately 1445 hours, RSO/SD team, while on routine surveillance of DATT residence, repor [...]
2003-08-02 19:08:00Embassy ColomboSECRET//NOFORNASEC PTER
03COLOMBO1556 58th UNGA: Maldivian government attendance
[...] No summary [...]
2003-09-08 10:49:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OTRA KSEP CE MV UNGA UN
03COLOMBO1623 2003 Human Rights Report for the Republic of
[...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified entire text. 2. (U) Following is the 2003 Country Human Rights report for the Republic of Maldives. BEGIN TEXT: 3. (U) The Republic of Maldives, which is made up of 1,190 islands, less than 200 of which are inhabited, has a parliamentary style of gove [...]
2003-09-18 10:14:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM ELAB PREL KSEP MV
03COLOMBO1810WALK-IN DESCRIBES MUSLIM EXTREMIST ACTIVITIES IN
[...] (C/NF) Summary - On 10/14/03 and again on 10/15/03, RSO interviewed an unknown walk-in Source of undetermined reliability who claimed to have information on several aspects of Muslim radicalism in Sri Lanka. The information included the name of a passport vendor in Colombo who provides false [...]
2003-10-17 11:34:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNASEC CE PTER
03COLOMBO1819 Maldivian President wins another five-year
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Maldivian President Gayoom handily won reelection for a sixth term in a national referendum held on October 17. In other local political developments, the government continues to investigate the causes of the rare outbreak of unrest last month. Although he won the referendum in [...]
2003-10-20 10:52:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINS SOCI MV
03DJIBOUTI1660DJIBOUTI NEC SITES - RESPONSE TO ASSEMBLY OF RELEVANT INFORMATION
[...] Post researched the topics raised in ref. B) and provides the following responses. 2. REAL ESTATE QA. Is Fee Simple land ownership available to the USG ? If not, what other types of land interests are available ? If a Crown lease or similar long-term lease is available, how long is th [...]
2003-09-08 13:48:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDABLD AMG
03DJIBOUTI1664DJIBOUTI: DEMARCHE ON POSSIBLE AL-QAIDA AVIATION
[...] Ref demarche was presented September 10 to MFA Director of Bilateral Relations Mohamed Ali Hassan. 2. Mohamed Ali Hassan noted that there were no flights to the Western Hemisphere emanating from Djibouti. He said that U.S. concern about terrorist utilization of aircraft passing near or tr [...]
2003-09-10 11:58:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC DJ
03FRANKFURT2405 VERDICT IN FRANKFURT TERRORISM TRIAL - WHAT WE
[...] (U) Background and summary: This cable is a wrap up of the Frankfurt terrorism trial. It is based on observations by U.S. officials at the trial, but is not to be taken as a verbatim transcript of the proceedings. When the written verdict is published, post will provide it to Department. 2 [...]
2003-03-20 11:51:00Consulate FrankfurtUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PINR PGOV AG GM
03HARARE493MEDIA REACTION IRAQ; HARARE
[...] Under headline "Iraq (U. N.) debate: War mongers shamed again" the pro-government weekly "The Sunday Mirror" dedicated its March 9 editorial to call for a peaceful disarmament of Iraq. Excerpts: 2. "After the latest presentation by the U. N. chief weapons insp [...]
2003-03-10 11:45:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO KMDR ZI
03JAKARTA13041INDONESIA: 2003 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] Indonesia significantly increased its support for the global coalition against terrorism during this period. The October 12, 2002 bombing in Bali that killed 202 - including 88 Australians, 38 Indonesians, 28 Britons, and seven Americans galvanized the Indonesian Government into action, and t [...]
2003-11-28 10:47:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PGOV PREL KJUS ID
03KHARTOUM185 SUDAN'S POSITION ON IRAQ
[...] (C) SUMMARY: THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS HAS FORMALLY SPELLED OUT THE GOVERNMENT'S VERY GENERALIZED AND NON-CONFRONTATIONAL POSITION ON IRAQ WHICH PUTS KHARTOUM BEHIND THE UNSC RESOLUTION AND THE WORK OF THE INSPECTORS. THE POSITION IS MARKEDLY DIFFERENT FROM VIEWS EXPRESSED BY SUDAN'S FO [...]
2003-03-02 17:47:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SU AL IZ
03KUWAIT2543(C) KUWAIT SEEKS US SUPPORT AGAINST NEW PROPOSAL
[...] (C) At a luncheon in honor of visiting US Ambassador to Jordan Edward Gnehm on June 7, Kuwaiti UN Permanent Representative Ambassador Mohamed Abulhassan buttonholed Ambassador Jones regarding recent developments in the UN Compensation Commission in Geneva. According to Abulhassan, the French [...]
2003-06-10 11:15:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL KU IZ UN
03KUWAIT4071LACK OF NAJAF SECURITY THREATENS SHIA SUPPORT
[...] (C) Summary: Reacting to the death of Sayed Mohammed Baqer Al-Hakim, prominent Kuwaiti Shi'is have again (reftels) warned the Embassy that the absence of increased security for Shi,a religious leaders based in the city of Najaf is threatening coalition efforts in Iraq and turning the country' [...]
2003-09-03 13:48:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL KISL SOCI KU IZ
03KUWAIT486KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, 30 JANUARY-5 FEBRUARY:
[...] Summary: For the second time this week, Kuwaiti Islamic activist Mohamed al-Mulaifi has offered a carefully worded apologia for al-Qaeda's terrorist operations based on his exegesis of Quranic texts. Asserting that the Prophet Mohammed abided by a truce with the city of Mecca while continuing [...]
2003-02-06 04:57:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDKU KDMR
03LAGOS104NIGERIA: CONVERSATION WITH FORMER INFORMATION
[...] (U) Summary. Prince Tony Momoh, former Minister of Information and Culture, successful public relations consultant and influential political columnist for the "Vanguard" newspaper says that the Shari'a law case of Amina Lawal will be decided in Lawal's favor. He believes there was an inevit [...]
2003-01-14 10:13:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM KISL NI
03LAGOS369LAGOS STATE GOVERNOR'S VIEWS ON IRAQ, NATIONAL
[...] (C) Begin summary. Lagos State Governor Tinubu told ConGen and DAS Bridgewater February 16 that he has asked the Lagos State Assembly to issue a resolution declaring that no new construction be permitted along "Embassy Row" on Victoria Island. Tinubu assured ConGen that he will do all he can [...]
2003-02-21 15:09:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PINR ETRD NI
03MADRID4409SPAIN: 2003 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] Actions against Al Qaeda Operatives Building on arrests made in 2001 and 2002, Spanish police made additional arrests of Al Qaeda suspects during 2003. In January, police arrested 16 North African (mostly Algerian) nationals in Catalunya suspected of having ties with al Qaeda operatives in [...]
2003-12-11 11:46:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDPTER SP
03OTTAWA1866A/S WAYNE'S MEETING WITH AHMED MOHAMED ALI
[...] (SBU) Summary: During a bilateral meeting held June 25 on the margins of the International Arab Banking Summit in Montreal, A/S Anthony Wayne and Ahmed Mohamed Ali al-Khawi, Chairman of the Yemen Banking Association (YBA),discussed the fight against terrorist financing and Yemen's economic [...]
2003-06-30 20:11:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ECIN EFIN ETRD EINV ETTC PREL PTER PINR YM ZR
03OTTAWA701 MEDIA REACTION: SERBIA; IRAQ; NORTH KOREA
[...] "A murder in Serbia" The leading Globe and Mail stressed (3/13): "...We hope the world sees this [assassination of reformist Prime Minister Zoran Djindjicas] more than just another in a line of troubles that have historically made the Balkans a powder keg. We hope its concern is for the cou [...]
2003-03-13 21:49:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA
03RABAT1086CASABLANCA ATTACKS: WHO ARE THE SALAFIYAH
[...] (C) SUMMARY. COMMENTING ON THE MAY 16 BOMBINGS ON MOROCCAN TELEVISION MAY 18, PM DRISS JETTOU INDIRECTLY CRITICIZED THE LEGAL ISLAMIST JUSTICE AND DEVELOPMENT PARTY (PJD),AS WELL AS THE LEFTIST MOROCCAN HUMAN RIGHTS ASSOCIATION (AMDH),FOR THEIR PAST CRITICISM OF THE GOVERNMENT OVER ALLEGE [...]
2003-05-19 17:13:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV KISL MO
03SANAA1041YEMEN INTERESTED IN RESOLUTION TO LIFT UN
[...] No summary [...]
2003-05-07 15:21:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL YM
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
03TUNIS1947AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON PRIME MINISTER
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador, accompanied by DCM, paid a farewell call July 22 on Tunisian Prime Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi. In a wide-ranging review of US-Tunisian bilateral relations, the Ambassador encouraged the GOT to build on its impressive record of economic and social development and to [...]
2003-07-23 12:06:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TS
03USUNNEWYORK716UN/IRAQ:GERMAN, FRENCH, AND RUSSIAN MARCH 15 JOINT
[...] (U) ON MARCH 15, GERMAN PERMREP PLEUGER CIRCULATED THE FOLLOWING GERMAN, FRENCH, AND RUSSIAN JOINT DECLARATION ON IRAQ AS AN ANNEX TO A LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE SECURITY COUNCIL. 2. (U) BEGIN TEXT OF GERMAN, FRENCH, AND RUSSIAN JOINT DECLARATION. -- THE SHARED GOAL OF THE INTERNATI [...]
2003-03-17 15:40:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC PARM IZ
03USUNNEWYORK766UN/IRAQ: SYG MAKES STATEMENT TO COUNCIL ON IRAQ,
[...] (U) IN REMARKS TO THE SECURITY COUNCIL MARCH 19, SYG ANNAN EXPRESSED REGRET THAT THE COUNCIL DID NOT REACH A COMMON POSITION ON IRAQ, CALLING IT A "SAD DAY" FOR THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY. ANNAN STATED THAT "THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR PROTECTING CIVILIANS IN CONFLICT FALLS ON THE BELLIGERENTS; I [...]
2003-03-19 21:48:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PARM UNSC IZ
04ABUDHABI182UAE CENTRAL BANK FROZE ACCOUNT OF MOHAMED
[...] (U)THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST, PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH 3. 2. (SBU)POST RECEIVED A NOTE FROM THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS THAT THE UAE CENTRAL BANK HAS FROZEN THE ACCOUNT OF MOHAMED YAQOUB BATI, PAKISTANI NATIONAL, AT CITIBANK, DUBAI, AS HE HAS BEEN SENTENCED BY THE AMERICAN FEDERAL COURT IN [...]
2004-01-19 10:01:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN PREL TC
04ABUDHABI1831UAE - Talk of reform in advance of the G8
[...] (C) Summary: There is a lively dialogue about the need for political, economic, and educational reforms in the UAE. We read about it in the local press, hear about it from our contacts, and we may be contributing to it by sending Emiratis on Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) programs. [...]
2004-06-02 13:43:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM PGOV ECON NATO KMPI TC
04ABUDHABI1880UAE AND REQUEST FOR HUMANITARIAN SUPPORT FOR
[...] (C) Post discussed reftel points with UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director for Arabian Affairs Mohamed Ateeq Bandouq Al-Qumzi on June 7. Al-Qumzi told Polchief that he appreciated the information and noted that the UAEG had already taken several measures to respond to the Darfur crisis. [...]
2004-06-07 13:12:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID PHUM TC
04ABUDHABI1979UAE WELCOMES UNSC RESOLUTION ON IRAQ
[...] Polchief shared reftel points June 8 with MFA Director of International Organizations Yacub Al- Hosani urging the UAE to issue a public statement in support of the UNSCR on Iraq. The UAE's official news agency published the following statement from an unnamed foreign ministry official on June [...]
2004-06-16 10:20:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC IZ TC
04ABUDHABI1987UAE downplays recent fishing boat seizures
[...] (C) Summary: Abu Dhabi Deputy Crown Prince and UAE Armed Forces Chief of Staff Shaykh Mohamed bin Zayed (MbZ) downplayed the significance of recent seizures of Iranian and UAE fishing boats by each of their coast guard forces. Seizures of fishing and smuggling boats by both sides are relative [...]
2004-06-16 11:26:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS IR TC
04ABUDHABI1988UAE WELCOMES UNSC RESOLUTION ON IRAQ
[...] Polchief shared reftel points June 8 with MFA Director of International Organizations Yacub Al- Hosani urging the UAE to issue a public statement in support of the UNSCR on Iraq. The UAE's official news agency published the following statement from an unnamed foreign ministry official on June [...]
2004-06-16 11:26:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC IZ TC
04ABUDHABI1992SCENESETTER FOR CENTCOM COMMANDER, GEN ABIZAID,
[...] (U) GENERAL ABIZAID: WELCOME BACK TO THE UAE. WE HAVE REQUESTED MEETINGS FOR YOU WITH ABU DHABI CROWN PRINCE SHAYKH KHALIFA BIN ZAYED AL NAHYAN, AS WELL AS WITH ABU DHABI DEPUTY CROWN PRINCE AND UAE ARMED FORCES CHIEF OF STAFF LT GEN SHAYKH MUHAMMAD BIN ZAYED AL NAHYAN (MBZ). BOTH SHAYKHS WI [...]
2004-06-16 12:36:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPINS PREL PTER PGOV TC
04ABUDHABI2034UAE - REACTIONS TO TIP REPORT
[...] (C) Summary: UAE Government officials have responded relatively positively to the annual Trafficking in Persons report despite the fact that the UAE was dropped from Tier 1 to Tier 2. The prevailing sentiment has been that the demotion - a year after the UAE's unprecedented jump from Tier 3 t [...]
2004-06-21 14:01:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPHUM KCRM PREF TC
04ABUDHABI2061VIEWS ON QATAR-SAUDI MEETING, QATAR'S TIES
[...] (C) In farewell calls with the Ambassador, the Qatari Ambassador to the UAE, Abdullah Al-Othman, and Abu Dhabi Deputy Crown Prince and Chief of Staff of the UAE Armed Forces, Shaykh Mohamed bin Zayed (MbZ),gave their respective readouts on the recent Qatar- Saudi talks, and on the Qatari Crow [...]
2004-06-22 14:04:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL QA TC
04ABUDHABI2062UAE CROWN PRINCE ADVISOR ON SAUDI INSTABILITY,
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met on June 14 with Mohamed Habroush Al-Suweidi, chairman of the National Bank of Abu Dhabi and close advisor to the Al-Nahyan ruling family. Their discussion covered the uncertain security situation in Saudi Arabia and its repercussions in the UAE, the disparities [...]
2004-06-22 14:06:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TC
04ABUDHABI2074 MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ
[...] SUMMARY: "AL KHALEEJ" EDITORIAL ALLEGES THAT U.S. PRACTI OF USING IRAQI OIL REVENUES TO FINANCE ITS OCCUPATION OF IRAQ WAS NOT SOMETHING NEW. THE STRONGLY WORDED EDITORIAL ASSERTS THAT U.S.OCCUPATION OF IRAQ WAS CONDUCTED TO CONTROL IRAQ'S RESOURCE AND FOR THE PURPOSE OF USING IRAQ AS A LAUNC [...]
2004-06-23 12:51:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
04ABUDHABI211UAEG urges U.S. to give UN greater
[...] (C) Summary: In separate discussions this week with the Ambassador about current developments in Iraq, de facto Foreign Minister Shaykh Hamdan bin Zayed (HbZ) and DMI Director Brigadier Mohammed Saif Al Neyadi urged the United States to allow the UN to play a larger role in Iraq's political t [...]
2004-01-20 13:59:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL IZ TC
04ABUDHABI2113SHAYKH MOHAMED BIN ZAYED REJECTS UNARMED
[...] (C) Summary: Abu Dhabi Deputy Crown Prince and UAE Armed Forces Chief of Staff Shaykh Mohamed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan (MbZ) met on June 26 with a SAF/IA team led by Brigadier General Ronald Yaggi, Director of Regional Affairs for the Deputy Under Secretary of the Air Force for International Affair [...]
2004-06-27 12:27:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALMCAP MASS TC
04ABUDHABI2194DEPUTY CENTCOM COMMANDER DISCUSSES REGIONAL SITUATION WITH UAE ARMED FORCES DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-04 10:02:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETIZ MARR MASS MOPS PK PREL SA TC YM
04ABUDHABI3078UAE press on El Baradei, Iran nukes
[...] (C) Summary: Iran's nuclear program received an unusual amount of attention in the press this week, with an exclusive interview with IAEA Chief Dr. Mohamed El Baradei in one newspaper, and a strong editorial endorsement of Iran's decision to go on a diplomatic offensive about its nuclear inten [...]
2004-09-08 13:41:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALKNNP IAEA IR TC
04ABUDHABI3834UAEG GIVES USTR ZOELLICK HIGH-LEVEL COMMITMENT TO
[...] (SBU) Summary: UAEG leaders assured USTR Ambassador Zoellick that the UAE remained interested in negotiating an FTA with the U.S. They also assured him that the UAEG was taking steps to end implementation of the secondary and tertiary aspects of the Arab League boycott and would ensure that [...]
2004-10-26 13:13:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EFIN PREL PTER IZ TC
04ABUDHABI4024 SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: NOVEMBER 3-8: REPORTING OF U.S.
[...] SUMMARY: THE REACTION TO THE DEATH OF SHEIKH ZAYED, PRESIDENT OF THE UAE, AND SUBSEQUENT CONDOLENCE CALLS WERE COVERED EXTENSIVELY BY ALL LOCAL, REGIONAL, AND INTERNATIONAL PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. LOCAL TELEVISION AND SOME REGIONAL ELECTRONIC MEDIA STOPPED THEIR NORMAL BROADCAST FOR FOUR [...]
2004-11-09 12:02:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
04ABUDHABI503SCENESETTER FOR A/S WAYNE VISIT TO ABU DHABI
[...] (SBU) Assistant Secretary Wayne: We look forward to welcoming you back to the UAE for your February 28- 29 visit. In addition to the donor's conference, we have scheduled bilateral meetings for you with Minister of State for Finance and Industry, Dr. Mohamed Khalfan bin Khirbash, MFA Assistan [...]
2004-02-26 12:40:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON AF IR IS IZ TC
04ABUDHABI571DEDICATION OF `THE DUNES' - THE NEW EMBASSY
[...] SUMMARY: THE U.S. EMBASSY IN ABU DHABI COMMEMORATED ON MARCH 2 THE OPENING OF ITS NEW COMPOUND, `THE DUNES', IN A DEDICATION CEREMONY ATTENDED BY THE GUEST OF HONOR, SHAYKH HAMDAN BIN ZAYED AL NAHYAN, DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER AND MINISTER OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS, SEVERAL UAE SHAYKHS AND MINI [...]
2004-03-05 06:31:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL AMGT TC
04ABUDHABI814TRIP READOUT - G/TIP VISIT TO UAE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. From February 11 to 15, G/TIP Senior Coordinator for Reports Mark Taylor and NEA/RA Desk Officer Nahide Bayrasli visited the UAE to update information for the 2004 Trafficking in Persons Report. The meetings were very informative, and the team stated on several occasions that [...]
2004-03-22 14:03:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL TC
04ABUDHABI932OPIC VISIT READOUT
[...] SUMMARY: A delegation from the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) visited the UAE February 27 to 29 to assess progress on labor rights issues. They met with representatives from the Ministries of Finance and Industry, Labor, Foreign Affairs, and the Central Bank, as well as U.S. ba [...]
2004-03-31 12:15:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDELAB PREL PHUM PGOV SOCI CVIS TC
04ABUDHABI933UAEG TO BIS U/S JUSTER: EXPORT CONTROL
[...] (U) Classified by DCM Richard Albright for reasons 1.5(b) and (c) 2. (U) Summary: From February 28 through March 1, Under Secretary Kenneth Juster led a delegation from the SIPDIS Departments of Commerce and State to the UAE to discuss US-UAE export control cooperative efforts and to e [...]
2004-03-31 13:08:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALETTC BEXP PARM PREL PTER TC
04ABUDHABI94A "FRIEND" INDEED, UAE ASSISTANCE TO IRAN POST BAM
[...] The UAE responded quickly to the earthquake in the Iranian city of Bam by providing humanitarian assistance including tents, blankets, food and medicines. The Abu Dhabi based, UAE Red Crescent Authority (RCA) and the Dubai based Mohamed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Humanitarian and Charity Establish [...]
2004-01-07 11:46:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM EAID PREL OFDA IR TC
04ABUDHABI95 A SENIOR EMIRATI ON POLITICAL REFORM, IRAQ AND
[...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba, for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) Summary and Comment: The Ambassador met one-on-one with Mohamed Habroush Al Suwaidi, chairman of the National Bank of Abu Dhabi, to discuss the current situation in Iraq, the recent appointment of Shaykh Mo [...]
2004-01-07 12:16:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TC
04ABUJA1323NIGERIA'S ECONOMIC TEAM: COMMITMENT TO REFORM BUT
[...] (S/NF) Summary: President Olusegun Obasanjo's economic "Dream Team" is largely doing the right thing but operates mainly at the macroeconomic level, while the micro-economy continues to suffer. Team members appear to enjoy shallow support at the level of the Presidency and Vice Presidency, [...]
2004-07-29 13:23:00Embassy AbujaSECRET//NOFORNEFIN ETRD EINV PGOV PREL NI
04ABUJA2068DARFUR PEACE TALKS: STATUS REPORT
[...] (C) Summary: Reftel described fragility of African Union-led peace talks on Darfur due to intense fighting in Darfur. AU and international observers met with the SLM on December 14 and with the JEM and GOS on December 15. The CFC representative to the talks reported that Sudanese Government [...]
2004-12-15 11:07:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM MARR EAID PREF PGOV SU NI DARFUR
04AMMAN1730SHARIA' LAW FACULTY PRAISE THE "RELIGION IN AMERICA" IV PROGRAM, JANUARY 26 - FEBRUARY 14, 2004
[...] Summary. Ambassador Gnehm and PA met on Feb. 25 with three Sharia' Law graduate students who also assist in the mosques in Ma'an, Mafraq and the outskirts of Amman. A cleric from Ma'an -- an area known for its Salafi and gun- running ties to Saudi Arabia-- told us that immediately on returni [...]
2004-03-08 07:55:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP SCUL KPAO OEXC JO
04AMMAN3907 IRAQ FY 05 INTERNATIONAL VISITOR PROGRAM
[...] NAME: MS.AMAL UMRAN AL RUBAIEE TITLE: MANAGER, WOMENS'S CENTER COUNCIL PROJECT: RP: "YOUNG LEADERS," JULY 7-JULY 22, 2005 NOMINATING SECTION: PAO- KARBALA- R. ANDREW DICKSON III RANK 1 2. NAME: MS. NIHAL ABDULZAHRA TITLE: MEMBER OF PROVINCIAL CONCIL PROJECT: MRP: "GRASSROOTS DE [...]
2004-05-19 10:55:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SOCI OEXC SCUL JO PGOVE
04ANKARA4233ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-29 15:50:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04COLOMBO1012 In a well-received public speech, Maldivian
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 9 landmark public speech, Maldivian President Gayoom recommended a series of constitutional reforms to be considered by a special parliamentary session. Gayoom's proposals would mark a great step forward in building democracy in Maldives. They have been well-received [...]
2004-06-17 08:40:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL MV
04COLOMBO1259FY-2004 MRP "STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN THE U.S.",
[...] POST NOMINATES MR. ABDUL HAMEED MOHAMMED "ZIYAAD", MEMBER OF THE URBAN COUNCIL, BALANGODA, FOR PARTICIPATION IN THE SUBJECT PROJECT. POST CONFIRMS THAT THIS NOMINATION HAS "FULL COUNTRY TEAM APPROVAL." 2. NOMINATION IS AS FOLLOWS: START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NOT EDIT): : The foll [...]
2004-07-29 09:01:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL KPAO
04COLOMBO1308IMI - NEW CELLULAR MOBILE NETWORK, MALDIVES
[...] Summary. The Government of the Republic of Maldives plans to liberalize the cellular network and invite a second operator. This will present business opportunities to US telecommunications service providers and equipment manufacturers. End Summary. 2. The Government of the Republic of [...]
2004-08-09 05:53:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP BTIO MV ECONOMICS
04COLOMBO1337 Maldivian reform in peril after August 12-13
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On the evening of August 12, Maldivians began massing outside police headquarters on the capital island of Male', demanding the release of several political prisoners. The crowd continued to grow until the police moved in with tear gas on the afternoon of August 13 to end the d [...]
2004-08-16 11:42:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL CASC MV
04COLOMBO1392MALDIVES: ATMOSPHERE CALM BUT TENSE AMID FEARS
[...] (C) Summary: The atmosphere in the Republic of Maldives remained calm but tense in the week following the August 12-13 demonstrations against the government in Male', the capital. Night-time curfews (from about 11:00 p.m. to 4:30 a.m.) remain in effect, but schools and businesses are open, [...]
2004-08-20 09:25:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL MV
04COLOMBO1400MALDIVIAN SPECIAL ENVOY REQUESTS MEETING WITH USG
[...] (U) This is an action request -- please see Para Four. 2. (C) On August 23, Mission received a diplomatic note dated August 22 from the Maldivian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Ref A). In the note, the MFA conveys that Dr. Mohamed Latheef, Maldivian Ambassador to the United States and Maldivi [...]
2004-08-23 10:45:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM MV
04COLOMBO1409IMI MALDIVES INFRASTRUCTURE OPPORTUNITIES
[...] Summary: The Government of Maldives has ambitious infrastructure development plans that present new business opportunities for US companies. Projects include commercial ports and fisheries harbors, airports, new residential and resort islands, land bridges, information and communication techn [...]
2004-08-24 10:37:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDKTDB BTIO ECON ETRD BEXP MV ECONOMICS
04COLOMBO1470MALDIVES: GAYOOM TRIES FOR BUSINESS AS USUAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Maldivian President Gayoom shuffled members of his Cabinet September 1 as he divested himself of two long-held ministerial portfolios: defense and finance. As planned, the police also separated from the National Security Service on September 1, becoming a "civilian force." Sev [...]
2004-09-03 06:20:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM MV
04COLOMBO1582MALDIVES: DEMOCRACY AND DHOONIDHOO
[...] (C) Summary: Democracy and human rights themes dominated the DCM,s September 19-20 visit to Maldives to open the American trade fair. Government (GoRM) officials acknowledged they have a public relations problem with the detained Special Majlis members but argued that a serious investigatio [...]
2004-09-23 08:10:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL MV
04COLOMBO1737MALDIVES: GOVERNMENT READYING CHARGES AGAINST
[...] (C) The Government of the Republic of Maldives has filed charges against three individuals who had been detained after the civil unrest of August 12-13; more charges, including some against Members of the Special Majlis, are expected to be filed soon. All of the remaining 43 detainees are e [...]
2004-10-20 12:15:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM MV
04COLOMBO1832MALDIVES: REMAINING PRISON DETAINEES STAGE HUNGER
[...] (C) Summary: Eighteen of the 20-odd Maldivian detainees still in prison since the events of August 12-13 have reportedly gone on a hunger strike. The likely cause is the almost three month continuing detention, without charges, while most of the other detainees have been released or transfer [...]
2004-11-08 10:44:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM MV
04COLOMBO1878MALDIVES: ELECTION NEARS AS LEGAL PROCESS FROM
[...] (C) Summary: The Maldivian government is slowly returning to work following the Ramadan Eid-al-Fitr holiday. Prison detainees are no longer on a hunger strike and approximately 21 people remain detained or under house arrest in connection with the August 12-13 civil unrest. Nine people have [...]
2004-11-19 04:54:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM MV
04COLOMBO1956MALDIVES: GOVERNMENT LEVELS SERIOUS CHARGES AT
[...] (C) Summary: The Maldivian government has charged four prominent MPs involved in the August 12-13 civil unrest for attempting to overthrow the government. Among those charged is one pro-reform MP who has filed to contest the December 31 People's Majlis elections. The four MPs remain under h [...]
2004-12-07 11:45:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL MV
04COLOMBO244 OFFICIAL INFORMAL NUMBER 022 (02/12/04)
[...] (U) Ambassador will be traveling out of Colombo (but within Sri Lanka) from about noon on Friday till Monday afternoon. He should be in cell phone reach during that period. AID Director Carol Becker will be Acting DCM. Joe Novak and Dean Thompson will also both be in Colombo and reachable th [...]
2004-02-12 11:12:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALAMGT CE MV
04COLOMBO248 Maldives: Increasing signs of opposition to
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Opposition to President Gayoom's long rule of the Maldives appears to be growing stronger. Mission has heard that anti-Gayoom elements may be planning to rally in Male' and that police have been out in force to counter any such effort. There are also indications that an anti-Ga [...]
2004-02-13 06:08:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PINR PHUM MV
04COLOMBO257 Maldivian government cracks down on opposition;
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Maldivian government has confirmed that it arrested eight people on February 13 and has indicated that it will charge them with planning an illegal demonstration, among other items. There are reports that an additional 10-25 people may also have been detained on trumped up [...]
2004-02-17 10:57:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PHUM PINR CASC MV
04COLOMBO510WALK-IN CLAIMS LOCAL PASSPORT VENDOR HELPED FOUR
[...] (S/NF) On March 18, a confidential source of undetermined reliability but known to RSO and ORCA New Delhi contacted the RSO to pass new information and advise he will be relocating to Abu Dhabi for work. Source is identified as Mohamed Ilyars Mohamed HUNU, DPOB 12/15/1972 - Sri Lanka, National [...]
2004-03-23 07:53:00Embassy ColomboSECRET//NOFORNASEC PTER
04COLOMBO765FY-2005 International Visitor Program: Sri Lanka
[...] Colombo is pleased to submit the following slate of nominees to the FY-2005 IV program: - U.S. Financial System (March 17-April 7, 2005): M. Zain Mohamed "Aazim," Central Bank of Sri Lanka - Grassroots Democracy II (May 5-26, 2005): Mahindananda "Aluthgamage," Member of Parliament [...]
2004-05-12 07:36:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL KPAO
04COLOMBO766FY-2005 International Visitor Program: Maldives
[...] Colombo is pleased to submit the following slate of nominees from the Republic of Maldives to the FY-2005 IV program: - U.S. Trade Policy and the World Economy I (October 28-November 18, 2004): Abdul "Harris," Island Aviation Services - U.S. Financial System (March 17-April 7, 2005): [...]
2004-05-12 07:37:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL KPAO
04COLOMBO842 Maldives: A/S Rocca's visit shows reform has
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary of State for South Asian Affairs Christina B. Rocca visited Maldives, May 16-17. Highlights of the visit included meetings with President Gayoom, FM Fathulla Jameel, Defense Minister Adam, Human Rights Commissioner Mujthaba, and UNDP Resident Representati [...]
2004-05-20 10:53:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PHUM ECON SENV MOPS MV
04COLOMBO850FY-05 IV PROGRAM: SRI LANKAN NOMINEE FOR MRP "U.S.
[...] Post nominates M. Zain Mohamed "Aazim", Assistant Manager/Economist, Central Bank of Sri Lanka for participation in subject project. Post confirms that this nomination has "full country team approval." 2. Nomination is as follows: START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NOT EDIT): : The follo [...]
2004-05-21 04:28:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL KPAO
04COLOMBO950SOURCE REPORT ON MUSLIM MILITANCY IN SRI LANKA
[...] (C/NF) On 6/01/04, RSO and RSO/FSNI interviewed former Directorate of Internal Intelligence (DII) desk officer M.I. CADER (Source) at Embassy Colombo (cell phone 0777-598768, email - iqbalcader@yahoo.co.in). Source was a former police academy classmate of the RSO/FSNI, is recently retired and [...]
2004-06-09 06:03:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNASEC CE PTER
04DJIBOUTI1042INFORMATION FOR USITC STUDY ON U.S.
[...] Good management and foreign assistance have greatly contributed to a healthier economy in Djibouti. Hosting the COMESA conference in 2005 will give the Government of Djibouti (GOD) an opportunity to promote its liberal economic regime and the port of Doraleh, which is expected to jump start t [...]
2004-08-01 12:47:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA ETRD AF ECON PREL EAID DJ
04DJIBOUTI1052DEMARCHE DELIVERED - CONDEMNING HOSTAGE TAKING AND
[...] (U) Poloff delivered demarche per reftel 2 August to Mohamed Omar Djama, head of American affairs in the Bilateral Relations department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Djama agreed that the actions taken by terrorists in Iraq should be condemned and were not in line with the peaceful natur [...]
2004-08-02 10:38:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER PHUM DJ
04DJIBOUTI1074CODEL PAYNE MEETING WITH DJIBOUTIAN MINISTER OF
[...] (U) Summary: Congressman Donald Payne and HIRC Ted Dagne met with Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ali Abdi Farah, 9 August 2004 during a visit to the Horn of Africa region. PolOff and Charge Robert Gribbin accompanied Payne to meetings with the Minister, President Guelleh (septel),and French Amb [...]
2004-08-09 13:48:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER EAID DJ
04DJIBOUTI1083ICAO ASSEMBLY - DEMARCHE ON KEY U.S. ISSUES
[...] (U) Poloff delivered demarche per reftel 10 August 2004 to Director of Bilateral Affairs, Mohamed Ali Hassan. Hassan was very interested in the topics the U.S. would present at the ICAO conference in Montreal and said he would pass the information to the Director of Civil Aviation. Hassan sai [...]
2004-08-12 10:33:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR AORC DJ
04DJIBOUTI111THE IMPACTS OF AFRICAN RIFT VALLEY GEOTHERMAL
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The involvement of the African Rift Geothermal Development Facility (ARGeo) has the potential to bring an end to the stalemate in the negotiations between the Government of Djibouti (GODJ) and the private American company Geothermal Development Associates (GDA). The proposed GDA p [...]
2004-01-26 13:56:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ENRG SENV TRGY EINV DJ
04DJIBOUTI1113RAILROAD UNIONISTS PROTESTS LATE SALARY
[...] (U) Summary: Members of the Djibouti-Ethiopian Railway (CDE) union staged two protests the week of August 15th-19th. Protests on Sunday, August 15th and Wednesday, August 18th were peaceful and did not result in any arrests. The most apparent cause of this week's protests is the late payment [...]
2004-08-19 11:40:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EINV ECON ELTN DJ
04DJIBOUTI1114NAM DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] (U) Poloff delivered demarche per reftel 18 August to Head of the Americas Desk in Bilateral Relations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mohamed Omar Djama. In response to Poloff request for Djibouti's position on the Pakistani proposal, Djama said he did not know the official stance offhan [...]
2004-08-19 11:40:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP PREL PARM MNUC DJ
04DJIBOUTI1115DEMARCHE ON COMPLIANCE WITH IMO ISPS CODE DELIVERED
[...] (U) Poloff delivered demarche per reftel 18 August to Head of the Americas Desk at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mohamed Omar Djama. Djama said he was familiar with the ISPS code and recommended Poloff pass the demarche to Ministry of Transport, Maritime Affairs, and the Director of the Por [...]
2004-08-19 11:41:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT ECON ETRD PREL PTER DJ
04DJIBOUTI1137RUMORS OF CHANGES IN DJIBOUTI'S DIPLOMATIC CORP
[...] (C) Political Assistant reported to Poloff that rumors have been circulating throughout town and within Foreign Affairs that changes in Djibouti's Embassies abroad will be coming soon, possibly as soon as September. Washington DC, Asmara, Addis Ababa, Jeddah and Yemen are rumored to be where [...]
2004-08-26 10:25:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL DJ
04DJIBOUTI1140POST SEALS AGREEMENT WITH DJIBOUTI AIRLINES TO DISTRIBUTE HI! MAGAZINE IN FLIGHT
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Post today made an agreement with Djibouti Airlines to distribute HI! Magazine as free, in flight reading material. The airline will receive 150 copies monthly to offer to passengers. Negotiations with Daallo, another local carrier, are still pending. END SUMM [...]
2004-08-26 11:23:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO PREL OIIP YM ET SO DJ TC
04DJIBOUTI1180NOMINATION OF DJIBOUTIAN AMBASSADOR TO SOMALIA
[...] (U) In the 20th meeting of the Council of Ministers on 7 September, where President Ismail Omar Guelleh presided, the counsel approved the proclamation for nomination of Mohamed-Siad Doualeh Warsama to the position of Ambassador to Somalia. Warsama will receive the title of Ambassador of the [...]
2004-09-08 12:00:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR SO DJ
04DJIBOUTI1181STATE SPONSORSHIP OF TERRORISM NON-PAPER DELIVERED
[...] (U) Poloff delivered non-paper per reftel 7 September to Mohamed Omar Djama, Americas Desk Officer in the Bilateral Relations section of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Djama could not provide an official reaction to the non-paper, but told PolOff he would try to get a response soon. However [...]
2004-09-08 13:56:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PREL DJ
04DJIBOUTI1201DJIBOUTIAN DELEGATION TO SAFE SKIES CONFERENCE IN
[...] (U) The Government of Djibouti nominates the following candidates for participation in the Safe Skies for Africa workshop in Johannesburg, South Africa October 26-28: Mr. Mohamed Mahmoud Ibrahim, Technical Counselor to the Minister of Transportation Mr. Almis Mahamoud Haid, Director of Civil A [...]
2004-09-14 12:50:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ECON DJ
04DJIBOUTI1202TERRORIST FINANCE: LIST 61 DELIVERED
[...] (U) PolOff delivered demarche per reftel 14 September 2004 to Mohamed Omar Djama, Americas Desk of Bilateral Relations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Djama said he would pass the list through the necessary channels to the National Counterterrorist Finance Committee. RAGSDALE [...]
2004-09-14 12:50:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDKSEP ETTC EFIN PTER CVIS DJ
04DJIBOUTI123DJIBOUTI: GOVERNMENT ANXIOUS OVER ELEVATED PROFILE
[...] (S/NF) Amidst growing Djiboutian Government stir related to recent explosions (Ref. A) and claims by Puntland strongman Abdullahi Yusuf of Djibouti arming Somaliland against him in the Sool region, Post SAO Major Patrick Anderson received a browbeating on January 27 from Abdourahman Boreh, pe [...]
2004-01-28 14:49:00Embassy DjiboutiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER PINR DJ
04DJIBOUTI1250IMPACT OF AHMED DINI'S DEATH ON DJIBOUTIAN POLITICS
[...] (U) Summary: The death of Ahmed Dini Ahmed on September 12, figurehead of the political opposition coalition Union for Democratic Alternance (UAD) and president of the Republican Alliance for Democracy (ARD) opposition party, will have significant impact on Djibouti's upcoming regional and pre [...]
2004-09-27 12:07:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV DJ
04DJIBOUTI1262DEMARCHE DELIVERED: WTO NON-AGRICULTURAL MARKET
[...] (U) Poloff delivered demarche per reftel 26 September to Mohamed Omar Djama, Head of Europe and Americas Office in Bilateral Relations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Djama appreciated the information and said he would pass it to the appropriate person for consideration. He also commented [...]
2004-09-29 09:35:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDETRD DJ
04DJIBOUTI1271VISIT TO GABODE PRISON
[...] (U) Summary: Pol/Econ, USLO NCO, and Pol Asst visited Djibouti's civil prison, Gabode, on September 23rd. Followed by a tour of the facilities, Pol/Econ discussed the conditions with the Director of the Prison, Mohamed Ismail. The following is reaction to the conditions and a brief overview o [...]
2004-10-03 06:45:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV DJ
04DJIBOUTI1277CONVERSATION WITH OPPOSITION PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: In a statement to the press 30 August 2004, Mohamed Daoud Chehem, president of opposition Djiboutian Party for Development (PDD),declared his candidacy for the presidential race to take place in April/May 2005. Chehem visited Ambassador Ragsdale 29 September as a courtesy call t [...]
2004-10-03 10:27:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV DJ
04DJIBOUTI1336CUBA DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DJIBOUTI POSITION UNSURE
[...] (U) Pol/Econ delivered demarche 13 October per reftel to Director of Bilateral Affairs, Mohamed Ali Hassan. Hassan could not give a definitive answer on which way Djibouti would vote on the Cuba resolution. He did, however, note that it was especially helpful to have a detailed explanation o [...]
2004-10-19 01:51:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ETRD DJ
04DJIBOUTI1356RPP CONGRESS OFFICIALLY NOMINATES GUELLEH FOR
[...] (U) The RPP (People's Rally for Progress),the ruling party in the Djiboutian Government, held its annual Central Committee Congress October 6 and 7. The two-day event consisted of an ordinary session of the central committee, a body of 250 members gathered from around the country, and a sec [...]
2004-10-25 02:54:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM ECON DJ
04DJIBOUTI1373REPORT OF CONDEMNATION OF DJIBOUTI IN PORTO-ALLEGRE
[...] (U) Alleged violations of labor rights have come to the forefront of opposition party attentions after the Fourth Congress of International Education held in Porto-Allegre, Brazil 16-26 July, 2004. In its first few issues back from their summer holiday, La Realite, the opposition journal publi [...]
2004-10-27 05:01:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ELAB PHUM BR DJ
04DJIBOUTI1375DEMARCHE TO HOST GOVERNMENT: US NOMINEE FOR
[...] (U) Poloff delivered demarche per reftel via diplomatic note 24 October 2004 to Director of Bilateral Relations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),Mohamed Ali Hassan. Demarche has not yet elicited a response from the MFA. Post will follow-up on the issue at earliest opportunity. RAGSDAL [...]
2004-10-28 05:39:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KJUS PHUM DJ
04DJIBOUTI1376TERRORIST FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF JAMA'AT AL-
[...] (U) Poloff delivered demarche per reftel 21 October to Mohamed Ali Hassan, Director of Bilateral Relations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Hassan stated he would pass the new list for distribution to the banks and financial agencies. RAGSDALE [...]
2004-10-28 05:39:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS DJ
04DJIBOUTI1382REPORT OF TERRORIST CAPTURED AND HANDED OVER TO
[...] (U) Summary: The international Saudi newspaper Al Sharq Al Awsat reported on October 25th that the brainchild of the latest series of European aid workers killings in Somaliland has been caught. The Somali terrorist, who is said to be an activist of Al Ittihad Al Islamiya, a terror group linked [...]
2004-10-28 08:42:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PTER PINR DJ
04DJIBOUTI1384OPPOSITION PARTIES DEMAND TRANSPARENCY FOR 2005
[...] (U) Summary: Recent developments in opposition party politics have led to the release of demands to the Government of Djibouti for transparency in the upcoming presidential election. Reiterating many of the points stated in their unanswered letter to the Government 21 May 2004, the four leader [...]
2004-10-28 10:47:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM SCUL DJ
04DJIBOUTI1393USG-DONATED SCHOOL KITS ELICIT SUPPORT AND ALSO
[...] (U) Summary: On October 21 and October 30, Ambassador and USAID Director joined Djiboutian officials and local UNICEF Director Thomas Davin, in the official unveiling and distribution of school kits provided by the Ministry of Education to primary school children in Djibouti under a USAID educ [...]
2004-11-01 11:52:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV EAID SCUL DJ
04DJIBOUTI1424DJIBOUTI THRILLED ABOUT RESULTS OF JOHANNESBURG
[...] (U) Summary: Djibouti's delegation to the Safe Skies for Africa (SSFA) Conference in Johannesburg, South Africa, October 25-28 returned with effusive praise of their experience. Djiboutian aviation officials that attended included Technical Advisor to the Minister of Transportation, Mohamed Ma [...]
2004-11-07 09:27:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ECON ASEC ETRD DJ
04DJIBOUTI1444DJIBOUTI AND OPPOSING ANTI-ISRAELI BIAS AT UNGA
[...] (C) Pol/Econoff delivered demarche per reftel on November 10 to Director of Bilateral Relations, Mohamed Ali Hassan. Hassan commented that Djibouti is among many countries in the world that condemn Israel because it violates international and humanitarian laws when dealing with the Palestinian [...]
2004-11-10 12:17:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL IS DJ UNGA
04DJIBOUTI1449RESPACH CANDIDACY DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] (U) Poloff delivered demarche per reftel 10 November to Director of Bilateral Relations, Mohamed Ali Hassan. Hassan said it did not seem there would be a problem with supporting Mr. Respach's candidacy, but said he would pass the demarche along for an official stance. RAGSDALE [...]
2004-11-16 02:25:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDKSEP AORC DJ
04DJIBOUTI1450DEMARCHE ON HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTIONS DELIVERED
[...] (U) Poloff delivered demarche per reftel 10 November to Director of Bilateral Relations, Mohamed Ali Hassan. Hassan could not detail Djibouti's stance on any individual country, but said he would pass the papers on for consideration and relay any responses to poloff. RAGSDALE [...]
2004-11-16 02:25:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL DJ
04DJIBOUTI1451CLONING DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DJIBOUTI TO SUPPORT
[...] (U) Poloff delivered demarche 10 November per reftel to Director of Bilateral Relations, Mohamed Ali Hassan. Hassan said that Djibouti would continue to support the Costa Rican resolution to ban human cloning. Djibouti maintains its position that cloning is wrong and should be banned. RAGSDALE [...]
2004-11-16 02:26:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL TBIO DJ UNGA KSCI
04DJIBOUTI1507DJIBOUTI EXPRESSES INTEREST IN ANGLICIZATION
[...] (U) Djibouti is an isolated francophone country, surrounded by countries where the official languages all include English. The recent presence of the U.S. military in Djibouti has underscored a language barrier. After the Government of Djibouti, the U.S. Government is the second largest emp [...]
2004-11-23 10:16:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV SCUL KPAO DJ
04DJIBOUTI1533MAJORITY PARTIES HOLD CONGRESS TO SELECT
[...] (U) Summary: Two parties within the ruling coalition held congresses to select their presidential candidate and formulate plans for the elections scheduled for April 2005. The Front for the Restoration of Unity and Democracy (FRUD) held an ordinary session of the National Council on 24 Novembe [...]
2004-12-02 02:13:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL DJ
04DJIBOUTI1562BUDGETARY SESSION OPENING INDICATIVE OF FRICTION
[...] (U) Summary: On November 29th, the Djibouti National Assembly officially opened its second session, known as the budgetary session, for 2004 in a ceremony presided over by Prime Minister Dileita Mohamed Dileita. The ceremony, in which PM Dileita and National Assembly President Idriss Arnaoud A [...]
2004-12-08 07:39:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PGOV PREL EPET PHUM DJ
04DJIBOUTI1566PDD CURRIES SOMALILAND VOTE, PROMISES RECOGNITION,
[...] (C) Summary: In a move aimed at currying the Djiboutian vote resident in Somaliland, Mohamed Daoud Chehem, President of the Djiboutian Party for Development (PDD),visited Hargeisa, Somaliland 1 December. While in Hargeisa, Chehem met with officials from Somaliland opposition party Kulmiye to [...]
2004-12-09 03:03:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PNAT SO DJ
04DJIBOUTI1575DJIBOUTI: UN HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTIONS NEED
[...] (C) Pol/Econ delivered demarche per reftel 9 December to Director of Bilateral Relations, Mohamed Ali Hassan. Hassan explained Djibouti's position on the two cases, particularly that of Iran, as a matter of differing approaches to the problem. For Djibouti, the approach utilized most often in [...]
2004-12-09 09:03:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL DJ
04DJIBOUTI1576LIST 63 AMENDMENT DELIVERED
[...] (U) Pol/Econ delivered demarche per reftel 9 December to Director of Bilateral Relations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mohamed Ali Hassan. Hassan said he would pass the list to the national committee. He had no particular comments on the list itself. RAGSDALE [...]
2004-12-12 02:09:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDKSEP ETTC EFIN PTER CVIS DJ
04DJIBOUTI1621GUELLEH REQUESTS ON-SITE SURVEY OF PROPOSED CAMP
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 27, the Ambassador and CJTF-HOA Commanding General Samuel Helland met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Abdi Farah, at the Minister's request, to discuss the proposed expansion of Camp Lemonier. The Minister said that Djiboutian President Ismail Omar Guelleh told [...]
2004-12-27 13:08:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MASS MARR MOPS DJ
04DJIBOUTI1622COUNTERTERRORISM ACTION GROUP CONVENTIONS AND
[...] (U) Acting Pol/Econ Off delivered demarche (reftel) to Mohamed Ali Hassan, Director of Bilateral Relations in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Hassan said that in the past three months Djibouti has passed many of the counterterrorism conventions that had previously been stalled in the governme [...]
2004-12-28 11:22:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC PREL
04DJIBOUTI1623TERRORIST FINANCE: AL-FAQIH AND BATTERJEE DEMARCHE
[...] (U) Acting Pol/Econ Officer delivered demarche (reftel A) to Mohamed Ali Hassan, Director of Bilateral Relations in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Hassan said he would pass the additions to the Ministries of Justice and Finance for information and, if applicable, action. He said that the Dji [...]
2004-12-28 11:22:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ETTC KTFN PTER KSEP CVIS KVPR
04DJIBOUTI1624NAMES, TITLES, AND CONTACT NUMBERS FOR LEADING
[...] (U) Per reftel, Embassy Djibouti's contact numbers for leading government and political figures are: A. Post: Djibouti Date of submission: December 27, 2004 B. Head of Government: Ismail Omar Guelleh Title: President of the Republic of Djibouti Office Telephone Number: (Secreta [...]
2004-12-28 13:32:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL DJ
04DJIBOUTI335DJIBOUTI SPECTACLE AT PELTIER HOSPITAL
[...] (U) Djibouti's Minister of Health, Mohamed Ali Kamil, along with French Ambassador Phillipe Selz, inaugurated on March 7 a new wing at Djibouti's public hospital, Peltier. The French financed surgical wing also has UN HIV/AIDS blood testing equipment and an imaging scanner donated by Djibouti' [...]
2004-03-09 14:02:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PM EAID PINR KHIV AFIN DJ
04DJIBOUTI364DJIBOUTI'S FM ON CAMP LEMONIER LEASE RENEWAL
[...] (C) In a meeting with Djibouti's Foreign Minister Ali Abdi Farah on March 10, Farah contradicted information we reported (reftel A) that placed authority for negotiations on the Camp Lemonier base lease renewal within the Ministry of Presidential Affairs. Farah also denied that Ambassador Olh [...]
2004-03-11 13:44:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR MOPS MARR DJ
04DJIBOUTI442DJIBOUTI: INFLUENCE ANALYSIS
[...] (U) The following text was compiled in report form per reftel. Begin text: DJIBOUTI Djibouti,s population is estimated at 600,000 inhabitants from diverse ethnic backgrounds. Somalis make up the majority, followed by the Afars and a minority of Arabs. The population has ethnic, cultur [...]
2004-03-25 13:39:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OIIP DJ
04DJIBOUTI447DJIBOUTIAN GOVERNMENT COMMITTED TO PURSUING
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Djibouti was the site of a kick-off conference for the African Rift Valley Geothermal Development Facility (ARGeo) March 17-20, 2004. The conference focused on energy needs in Djibouti, next steps for the exploration and exploitation of geothermal resources in Djibouti and lesson [...]
2004-03-28 06:16:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON EFIN ENRG SENV PREL DJ GM XW
04DJIBOUTI449SECRETARY'S ARAB LEAGUE MESSAGE PASSED TO DJIBOUTI
[...] (U) Oral message from the Secretary to Arab League members was passed 3/27 to Mohamed Ali Hassan, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Director of Bilateral Relations. Hassan stated that Mahamoud Youssef Ali, MFA Minister of Cooperation (and the Number 2 at the MFA),would be representing Foreig [...]
2004-03-28 06:26:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KPAL IZ AL DJ
04DJIBOUTI460KEEPING IT IN THE FAMILY; GUELLEH'S LABOR POLITICS
[...] (C) Recent worker discontent in Djibouti brings the spotlight back to the subject of workers' rights in this commercial city-state. The International Labor Organization has long maligned the Government of Djibouti for its labor policies but clever manipulation of key players, strong arm tacti [...]
2004-03-29 06:04:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALELAB ECON PREL PINR DJ
04DJIBOUTI474DELAY IN IMPLEMENTATION OF EACTI ENGLISH LANGUAGE
[...] (U) Post has received a high volume of requests in Djibouti for English language training. Djibouti is a Francophone island in a predominantly English speaking Horn of Africa region. The arrival of CJTF-HOA, the only U.S. Military base in Africa, has created an additional incentive for Dji [...]
2004-03-31 11:55:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EAID KPAO CT DJ
04DJIBOUTI487CISCO SYSTEMS INTERESTED IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
[...] (U) Shehab Meshki, Cisco Systems Regional Sales Manager for East Africa, briefly visited Djibouti March 23-25, 2004. The main purpose of the visit was to make initial contact with key government and business persons to evaluate the possibilities for Cisco investment in Djibouti. Meshki also [...]
2004-04-04 11:52:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV EINV ECON ECPS EINT DJ
04DJIBOUTI576NAMES, TITLES, AND CONTACT NUMBERS FOR LEADING
[...] Per reftel, we are submitting the following information in the requested format: A. Post: U.S. Embassy Djibouti Date of submission: April 18, 2004 B. Head of Government: President Ismail Omar Guelleh Title: President of the Republic of Djibouti Office telephone number: (Secretar [...]
2004-04-18 11:51:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL DJ
04DJIBOUTI581FOREIGN MINISTER AND MINISTER OF COOPERATION OFFER
[...] (C) Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Abdi Farah, and Minister of Cooperation within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),Mohamoud Ali Youssef, both drew Ambassador aside April 15, on the margins of an emergency meeting with heads of diplomatic missions on the subject of the flood disaster in [...]
2004-04-19 11:01:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MOPS IZ DJ
04DJIBOUTI585DJIBOUTI ACCUSES FRENCH OF TRYING TO DESTABILIZE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In reaction to an April 16 French program broadcast on TF1 and Radio France International regarding new developments in the Borrel case, the Djiboutian government issued a statement 17 April accusing France of attempting to destabilize the government of Djibouti. The statement [...]
2004-04-19 13:36:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PROP PINS DJ
04DJIBOUTI650DJIBOUTI: EXPLOSION IN THE CITY LIMITS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On 26 April, 2004 an explosion took place in Quartier 4 (Q4) in the city of Djibouti. One person was injured and taken to the hospital for treatment. The National Police (PN) conducted an investigation and submitted their findings to RSO Djibouti. Several details of the inci [...]
2004-05-03 15:01:00Embassy DjiboutiSECRETPTER ASEC PREL DJ ET
04DJIBOUTI660DJIBOUTI SECURITY CHIEF SEEKS ADDED
[...] (S) Ambassador, accompanied by RAO, paid a courtesy call on Hassan Said Khaireh, Chief of National Security Services, and his Deputy, Abdillahi Mohamed Abdillahi, on May 4 at the Presidency. She began the meeting by thanking the two for their support in the global war on terrorism. She stresse [...]
2004-05-05 13:47:00Embassy DjiboutiSECRET//NOFORNPREL ASEC EAIR PTER ABLD DJ
04DJIBOUTI6672004 EACTI CONFERENCE - REACTION OF DJIBOUTI
[...] (C) Summary: Members of Djibouti's delegation to the April 22-23 East Africa Counter-Terrorist Initiative EACTI) Conference in Kampala relayed their observations of the event to Embassy officers. The delegates found the conference a useful forum to express Djibouti's total commitment to the [...]
2004-05-06 14:43:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALASEC DJ PREL PTER
04DJIBOUTI668MAY DAY EVENTS POTENTIAL SIGN OF IMPROVEMENT IN
[...] (C) May Day celebrations in Djibouti City may be a sign that the Government is changing its position on labor relations between the Government and the legitimate national labor union. Both the Union Djiboutienne de Travailluers (UDT) and the government created Union General Travailluers de Dj [...]
2004-05-06 14:52:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALPREL ELAB PGOV DJ
04DJIBOUTI767DJIBOUTI NEC SITE ACQUISITION
[...] (U) At the invitation of the Djiboutian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador, Management Officer and General Services Officer met on June 1 with representatives of MFA, Mohamed Ali Hassan, Director of Bilateral Relations, and Secretary General Badri Ali Bogoreh. The purpose of this SIPDI [...]
2004-06-02 14:50:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALABLD AMGT PREL PGOV DJ
04DJIBOUTI786TERRORIST FINANCE: LISTS 55, 56, 57 DELIVERED
[...] (U) Ambassador delivered list 56 to Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Badri Ali Bogoreh on 1 June. Bogoreh noted that the list would be distributed to the Terrorist Finance Committee for distribution to the banks and financial institutions. 2. (U) Poloff delivered list [...]
2004-06-08 10:46:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDETTC PTER EFIN PREL
04DJIBOUTI796DJIBOUTI INAUGURATES FREE ZONE WITH SUPPORT FROM
[...] (U) Summary: Djibouti and its United Arab Emirates investor, Dubai International (DI),inaugurated June 5 the new Djibouti Free Zone (DFZ) with the participation of President Guelleh, cabinet officials, heads of diplomatic missions, and potential DFZ investors. The project, billed "the first o [...]
2004-06-09 14:51:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON EINV AA DJ TC
04DJIBOUTI830 MESSAGE OF THANKS FOR APRIL FLOOD ASSISTANCE
[...] (U) On June 16 the Djibouti Ministry of Health sent a letter to Ambassador in thanks for the assistance provided by the U.S. Government during the devastating floods in April. Below is the transcribed text of the letter. 2. Begin text. The Minister for Health to Her Excellency Madam Amb [...]
2004-06-17 09:18:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL SENV TBIO DJ
04DJIBOUTI854TERRORIST FINANCE: LIST 58 DELIVERED
[...] (U) Pol/Econ delivered to Director of Bilateral Relations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mohamed Ali Hassan, 21 June, demarche and terrorist finance list 58. Hassan said he would pass the list to the Terrorist Finance Committee for distribution to the banks and financial institutions. RAG [...]
2004-06-21 12:28:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN PTER PREL CVIS DJ
04DJIBOUTI855GOVERNMENT OF DJIBOUTI REACTION TO MURDER OF PAUL
[...] (C) Pol/Econ delivered demarche, per reftel, to Director of Bilateral Relations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mohamed Ali Hassan, 21 June, urging the Government of Djibouti to publicly denounce the murder of American citizen Paul Johnson. Hassan responded that the Government of Djibout [...]
2004-06-21 12:35:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER ASEC CASC DJ
04DJIBOUTI890TERRORIST FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF SIX NAMES
[...] (U) Pol/Econ delivered to Director of Bilateral Relations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mohamed Ali Hassan, 29 June, demarche and terrorist finance list 59. Hassan said he would pass the list to the Terrorist Finance Committee for distribution to the banks and financial institutions. RAG [...]
2004-06-30 05:18:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDKSEP ETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS
04DJIBOUTI903DJIBOUTI OFFICIALLY NOTIFIED OF U.S. INTENT TO
[...] (C) Ambassador hand-carried June 30 to Mohamed Ali Hassan, Director of Bilateral Relations at Djibouti's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, an English version and a French translation of the diplomatic note provided paragraph 3 of reftel. The Bilateral Relations Director acknowledged receipt of thes [...]
2004-07-01 09:32:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL MOPS DJ
04DJIBOUTI90659TH UNGA: DJIBOUTIAN HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE
[...] (U) Ambassador and Pol/Econ delivered demarche, 1 July, per reftel to Chief of International Organizations Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mohamed Idriss Farah. Farah responded that currently there is a chance the President of the Republic, Ismael Omar Guelleh, will attend the ses [...]
2004-07-01 09:42:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDKSEP PREL OTRA OVIP DJ
04DJIBOUTI907DJIBOUTI'S STANCE ON U.S. ICAO COUNCIL CANDIDACY
[...] (U) Ambassador and Pol/Econ delivered demarche per reftel to Chief of the International Organizations Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mohamed Idriss Farah, on 1 July. Farah said the Government of Djibouti will automatically support U.S. candidacy for re-election as a Category 1 c [...]
2004-07-01 09:42:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDAORC EAIR XX DJ ICAO
04DJIBOUTI913DJIBOUTIAN ATTENDANCE AT AFRICAN UNION SUMMIT
[...] (U) Ambassador met with Director of the International Organizations Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mohamed Idriss Farah, to discuss Djibouti's representation at the upcoming African Union (AU) Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Farah stated that President Guelleh would attend and [...]
2004-07-01 12:14:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ECON SOCI DJ
04DJIBOUTI929LOST/STOLEN PASSPORT DATA SHARE PROGRAM
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-07 06:02:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDCPAS CMGT ASEC KFRD DJ
04DJIBOUTI933DJIBOUTI CIVAIR: DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] (U) Pol/Econ and PAO delivered demarche 6 July per reftel to Director of Bilateral Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mohamed Ali Hassan. Hassan said he would pass the documents to the Minister of Transport and Director of Civil Aviation for review and commentary. 2. (U) Hassan qu [...]
2004-07-07 12:30:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR DJ
04DJIBOUTI934PORTENTS IN DJIBOUTI BASE LEASE NEGOTIATIONS
[...] (S) During the July 6 meeting of the U.S.-Djibouti Military Coordinating Committee, Abdurahman Boreh, Special Economic Advisor to President Ismail Omar Guelleh, told USLO Chief that the Government of Djibouti would like to construct a new international airport. He said an American consulting f [...]
2004-07-07 15:22:00Embassy DjiboutiSECRETPREL PGOV MARR MOPS DJ
04KINSHASA1293UPDATED LIST OF TOP CONGOLESE OFFICIALS
[...] Following is a list of top Congolese government officials, following the reshuffle of July 11, 2004: PRESIDENT --------- - Joseph Kabila (PPRD) VICE-PRESIDENTS --------------- - Azarias RUBERWA (RCD-G) - Jean-Pierre BEMBA (MLC) - Arthur Z'AHIDI NGOMA (pol) - YERODIA Abdoulaye [...]
2004-07-14 08:51:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PINR CG
04KINSHASA1600UPDATE ON DRC REFUGEE REPATRIATION AND RECENT
[...] (U) Summary. UNHCR plans to transfer survivors from the Gatumba massacre in Burundi to camps away from the DRC border within 10 days. In the meantime, the Burundian government has strengthened security in the Gatumba school where these refugees are being housed. It is unlikely that Congolese r [...]
2004-08-25 08:31:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PINS PREL CG PRM
04KINSHASA1874CONGOLESE REFUGEES ABROAD: NOT EASY TO RETURN HOME
[...] (SBU) Summary. UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) officials in Kinshasa expressed concern October 3 over the manipulation of refugee returns to the East from Burundi, Rwanda, and Tanzania. They are trying to work with the various governments involved to facilitate repatriation of refugees [...]
2004-10-08 15:46:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PHUM PGOV PINS CG UNHCR PRM
04KUWAIT3525SHAYKH JABER RECEIVES AMBASSADOR,S CREDENTIALS
[...] (C) In a quick, well-choreographed October 12 ceremony, the Ambassador presented his credentials to Shaykh Jaber at the Amiri Diwan. The Ambassadors from Japan, Azerbaijan, and Canada presented credentials in succession before the Amir received the Ambassador and the six senior members of the [...]
2004-10-12 11:57:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNPREL PINR KU
04LAGOS2526 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY
[...] Summary Nigeria remains a major transit route for illicit trafficking of narcotic drugs. There is evidence that narcotics transiting Nigerian ports and borders reach the United States in amounts sufficient to have a significant effect on United States. However, Nigeria does not produce any [...]
2004-12-17 09:53:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR
04MADRID1657 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. ON MAR 23, 2004, THE SPANISH NATIONAL POLICE ARRESTED THE FOLLOWING SUSPECTED TERRORIST FOR THEIR POSSIBLE INVOLVEMENT IN THE 11 OF MARCH 2004 TERRORIST AT [...]
2004-05-10 14:51:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID1997 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS ARE BELIEVED TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE MAHDJOUB-ZERROUG TERRORIST NETWORK IN SPAIN. 3. NAME: ZENIMI, REDOUANE - AKA: " [...]
2004-05-28 15:11:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID2041 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. THE FOLLOWING ARE SUSPECTED TERRORISTS MEMBERS OF SPAIN-BASED NETWORK LED BY EGYPTIAN ISLAMIC RADICAL SOUGHT IN CONNECTION WITH MARCH 11, 2004 ATTACKS IN S [...]
2004-06-02 10:48:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL EL
04MADRID2043 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. THE FOLLOWING ARE SUSPECTED TERRORISTS MEMBERS OF SPAIN-BASED NETWORK LED BY EGYPTIAN ISLAMIC RADICAL SOUGHT IN CONNECTION WITH MARCH 11, 2004 ATTACKS IN S [...]
2004-06-02 10:48:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL EL
04MADRID2236 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. DAILY SPANISH PRESS OF JUNE 9, 2004 AND SUBSEQUENT DAYS REPORTED THAT THE ITALIAN POLICE ARRESTED THE ALLEGED RADICAL ISLAMIST RABEI OSMAN SAYED AHMED, ALI [...]
2004-06-15 10:59:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID2341 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. IN APRIL 2004, A MOROCCAN GOVERNMENT SERVICE PROVIDED BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION ON SOME OF THE 11 MARCH 2004 MADRID BOMBING SUSPECTS AND ASSOCIATES AS FOLLOWS: [...]
2004-06-21 15:07:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID2343 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS ARE BELIEVED TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE RECENTLY ARRESTED IN MILAN, ISLAMIC EXTREMIST RABEI OSMAN EL SAYED AHMED, ALIAS: "MOHAMED [...]
2004-06-21 15:08:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID2443 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. ON JUNE 11, 2004, PORTUGUESE AUTHORITIES ARRESTED THE FOLLOWING MOROCCAN NATIONALS IN PORTO, PORTUGAL, ON SUSPICION OF PLANNING A TERRORIST ATTACK. THE GROUP [...]
2004-06-29 11:31:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP EL
04MADRID2477 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] THIS IS A REPEAT OF MADRID 002443. MADRID INADVERTENTLY OMITTED CLASS RESULTS FOR SUSPECTS. POST REGRETS INCONVENIENCE. 2. POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 3. ON JUNE 11, 2004, PORTUGUES [...]
2004-07-01 08:32:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP EL
04MADRID2481 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. FOLLOWING ARE ADDITIONAL DETAILS OBTAINED BY SPANISH AUTHORITIES ON INDIVIDUALS ASSOCIATED WITH SUSPECT TERRORIST RABI' OSMAN EL SAYED AHMED, RECENTLY ARRE [...]
2004-07-01 08:33:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL EL
04MADRID2558 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. AS OF EARLY JUNE 2004, RAY MOHAMED, AKA MOURAD, WAS ARRESTED ON JUNE 8, 2004 BY THE BELGIAN FEDERAL POLICE FOR HIS CONTACTS WITH RABI' OSMAN EL-SAYED AHMED, [...]
2004-07-07 06:51:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
04MADRID2560 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. AS OF LATE JUNE 2004, FOUR ADDITIONAL INDIVIDUALS WERE BELIEVED TO BE POSSIBLY ASSOCIATED WITH PREVIOUSLY BARCELONA-BASED SUSPECT AL-QAEDA ASSOCIATE KHALAD [...]
2004-07-07 06:52:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL MIAH
04MADRID2586 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. AS OF LATE JUNE 2004, THE NORTH AFRICAN IMMIGRANTS LISTED BELOW WERE BELIEVED TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE NETHERLANDS SUSPECTED TERRORIST CELL MEMBER OR DUTCH [...]
2004-07-08 10:02:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL EL
04MADRID2689 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. POST RECEIVED ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON ASSOCIATES OF FORMER BARCELONA-BASED ALGERIAN NATIONAL AND SUSPECT TERRRORIST KHALAD ABIDI, AKA: ABBAS 3. NAME: [...]
2004-07-15 07:04:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
04MADRID2877 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-28 11:59:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID3034VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. SPANISH DAILY "EL PAIS" OF JUNE 30, 2004 REPORTED THAT THE SPANISH NATIONAL POLICE ARRESTED SEMAAN GABY EID ON JULY 28, 2004, FOR HIS ALLEGED PARTICIPATION IN [...]
2004-08-10 15:06:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SEMAAN GABY EID
04MADRID3052 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. AS OF MID-JULY 2004, THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS ARE BELIVED TO BE POSSIBLY ASSOCIATED WITH PREVIOUSLY BARCELONA-BASED AL QAEDA SUSPECT KHALED ABIDI, WHO WAS [...]
2004-08-10 15:28:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID4073GOS ARRESTS SUSPECTED ISLAMIC EXTREMISTS
[...] (C) Summary. Spanish National Police arrested eight Maghrebi residents of Spain on charges of planning to bomb Spain's High Court, which takes the lead in GOS terrorism investigations. The detentions were based in part on USG information provided through Legatt channels. According to news r [...]
2004-10-19 15:51:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC SP
04MADRID4110 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. THE SPANISH GOVERNMENT PROVIDED THE FOLLOWING NAMES OF SUSPECTED ISLAMIC EXTREMISTS WITH POSSIBLE TERRORIST TIES IN SPAIN. 3. NAME: EL BAYADE, ABDESALAM [...]
2004-10-22 12:07:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL EL
04MADRID4322 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. AS OF OCTOBER 2004, THE SPANISH NATIONAL POLICE WERE CONCERNED ABOUT AN ASSOCIATE OF ALGERIAN NATIONAL AND ISLAMIC EXTREMIST MOHAMED ACHRAF, AKA MUSTAFA HAW [...]
2004-11-12 12:01:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
04MADRID4386 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. SPANISH DAILY PRESS OF OCTOBER 19, 2004 REPORTED THAT THE SPANISH POLICE ARRESTED SEVERAL ISLAMIC EXTREMISTS WHO WERE BELIEVE TO BE PLANNING SUICIDE ATTACK [...]
2004-11-16 14:52:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
04MADRID4387 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. ON OCTOBER 28, 2004, THE SPANISH AUTHORITIES ARRESTED 13 INDIVIDUALS ASSOCIATED TO ISLAMIC EXTREMIST MOHAMED ACHRAF, AKA MUSTAFA HAWARI, AKA MIKAEL ETIENNE [...]
2004-11-16 14:53:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
04MADRID4388 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. ON NOVEMBER 3, 2004, AS PART OF THE ON-GOING "OPERATION NOVA" SPANISH AUTORITIES ARRESTED THE FOLLOWING MOROCCAN AND THREE ALGERIAN NATIONALS, POSSIBLY ASS [...]
2004-11-16 14:53:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
04MADRID4389 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM SPANISH AUTHORITIES HAVE HIGHLIGHTED CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES OF ALGERIAN NATIONAL SAMIR BENBELLIL. SUBJECT HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN VARIOUS [...]
2004-11-16 14:53:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
04MADRID4523 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. DAILY SPANISH PRESS OF NOV. 17, 2004, REPORTED THAT SPANISH NATIONAL COURT JUDGE BALTASAR GARZON, INDICTED ISLAMIC EXTREMIST ABDELADIM AKOUDAD, ALIAS "NADU [...]
2004-11-30 08:39:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
04MADRID4524 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. AS PART OF AN ON-GOING COUNTERTERRORISM OPERATION, SPANISH AUTHORITIES ARRESTED THE FOLLOWING ALGERIAN NATIONALS: 3. NAME: BOUKHIRI, MOHAMED - G [...]
2004-11-30 08:40:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
04MADRID4649 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. NAME: BEN ABDELLAH, SAMIR - GENDER: MALE - DPOB: NOV. 29, 1967, MOROCCO - CLASS: POSITIVE 3. ON NOVEMBER 22, 2004 THE SPANISH POLICE ARRESTED [...]
2004-12-09 16:50:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL BEN
04MADRID4748VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. BETWEEN 18 AND 19 NOVEMBER 2004, THE SPANISH POLICE RE-DETAINED AL-JAZIRAH JOURNALIST TAYSIR ALOUNI KATE AND NINE OF HIS ASSOCIATES IN SPAIN AS SUSPECTED I [...]
2004-12-17 16:41:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
04MADRID4749 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. ON DECEMBER 13, 2004, THE SPANISH NATIONAL POLICE ARRESTED THE FOLLOWING FOUR INDIVIDUALS IN THE ON-GOING "OPERACION LAGO". 3. NAME: LEBIK, ABDELKADER [...]
2004-12-17 16:42:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL LEBIK
04MADRID4774SPAIN: 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] Per Ref A instructions, the following is the 2004 terrorism report submission for Spain. 2. Spain is a strong ally in the war on terrorism, authorizing the use of military bases to support Operation Enduring Freedom and sending troops to Afghanistan to provide added security during that cou [...]
2004-12-20 16:04:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC SP
04MADRID893MADRID MARCH 11 BOMB ATTACKS: STATUS OF
[...] (C) The investigation into who perpetrated the March 11 attacks in Madrid continues, with an Al Qaeda link looking increasingly likely. While authorities cannot completely rule out responsibility by the terrorist group ETA, or a possible ETA role in coordination with an Islamic terrorist group, the [...]
2004-03-15 17:35:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL SP
04MANAMA1283CROWN PRINCE PROMOTING INTERNAL INTELLIGENCE AND
[...] (C) The Charge held her initial meeting with Crown Prince (CP) Shaikh Salman bin Hamad Al-Khalifa to discuss joint counter-terrorism efforts, the security situation and the status of the DOD Bahrain School. They also covered the Saudi proposal for Muslim troops to Iraq and the U.S. global de [...]
2004-08-16 11:49:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MARR MOPS MCAP PINS BA
04MANAMA1290BAHRAIN SUPPORTS TROOP CONTRIBUTION TO IRAQ IN
[...] (S) Charge presented Ref A talking points on the U.S. thoughts on the Saudi proposal for Muslim troops to Iraq to Crown Prince (CP) Shaikh Salman bin Hamad Al-Khalifa August 15 during a meeting that also covered joint counter-terrorism efforts, the security situation, and the U.S. global defen [...]
2004-08-17 09:49:00Embassy ManamaSECRETPREL OPDC MOPS MARR BA IZ
04MANAMA1501MIXED REACTIONS TO ARREST OF HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The arrest of prominent human rights activist Abdulhadi Al Khawaja continues to dominate the public's attention in Bahrain. Some oppositionists and NGO representatives who support Al Khawaja have been cautious in their public statements for fear that outspokenness could work ag [...]
2004-09-29 14:25:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALKDEM PHUM PGOV KJUS ASEC BA
04MANAMA1603BMENA ENTREPRENEURSHIP CENTER GETTING OFF THE
[...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified (Deliberative Process); not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) On October 12 the Ambassador met with Minister of Finance and National Economy Abdulla Bin Hassan Saif to discuss implementation of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and Bahrain's decision to host a [...]
2004-10-20 08:39:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD PREL BA
04MANAMA1840US TREASURY DELEGATION DISCUSSES SYRIAN 311
[...] No summary [...]
2004-12-09 14:55:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ETTC PREL PTER KTFN BA
04MANAMA272GEARING UP FOR FTA ROUND TWO: STICKY ISSUES
[...] FTA round one produced remarkable progress. Round two promises to be more difficult because negotiators will have to tackle sticky issues. Eliminating physical presence requirements and disclosure of judicial decisions will likely require extensive revision of local laws. Textiles, technol [...]
2004-02-26 11:16:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON BA
04PARIS8983FRANCE: 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] (U) Post encloses the 2004 annual terrorism report for France. Per reftel, Word versions will be e-mailed to John Kincannon and Kiersten McCutchan at S/CT. Post POC is Political Officer Peter Kujawinski, x.2575. France ) 2004 OVERVIEW In 2004, France made progress in a number of areas [...]
2004-12-16 08:30:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC FR
04QUEBEC44ALGERIAN SEEKING HAVEN IN QUEBEC CHURCH ARRESTED AND
[...] (U) The case of an Algerian asylum-seeker who had been living in Montreal for the last six years came to a head this weekend. Mohamed Cherfi, 35, was finally refused asylum by the Canadian government and was deported to the United States March 5. The case has sparked demonstrations and outc [...]
2004-03-08 17:47:00Consulate QuebecUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PREF PHUM CA CVIS KISL SMIG
04ROME2371 Further World Food Program Discussions with
[...] (SBU) WFP received a letter dated June 14 from Mohamed Fakheri El-Kreikshi, Director-General of the Economic Department, regarding the agreement of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya with WFP's request for a waiver for all taxes and fees applicable to WFP cargo in transit. Libya's letter seeks confirm [...]
2004-06-18 13:16:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDPREF EAID ELTN XA CD SU WFP
04ROME4582AMBASSADOR TONY P. HALL'S TRIP TO DARFUR
[...] Ambassador Tony Hall led a delegation of staff and journalists to Sudan's Darfur states on November 18 through 20. The purpose of the visit was to witness first-hand the dire situation and to observe U.N. operations, principally those of the World Food Program (WFP) and the Food and Agricul [...]
2004-12-02 14:37:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF EAGR PHUM AORC WFP FAO
04ROME4620IN THE DESERT OF LIBYA, AMBASSADOR TONY P. HALL
[...] During a visit to al-Kufrah on November 22, Ambassador Tony Hall witnessed the first shipment of U.S. food assistance moving through the "Libyan Corridor" on its way to Sudanese refugees in Chad. The first 40 truckloads of an estimated 350 made their way on the 2,800 kilometer journey start [...]
2004-12-06 14:37:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF EAGR PHUM AORC WFP FAO
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
04TELAVIV2470ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2004-04-30 11:45:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV6335ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2004-12-14 12:58:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV6535ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that during his visit to the region Wednesday British PM Tony Blair called for the cessation of Palestinian terrorism as a paramount need for the renewa [...]
2004-12-23 11:34:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04THEHAGUE1213TERRORIST FINANCE: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON
[...] No summary [...]
2004-05-18 15:23:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALETTC PTER NL EUN
04THEHAGUE1918ICTY: A PUNISHING WEEK FOR OTP
[...] (SBU) Summary: It was a punishing week for the Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY). On July 28, a trial chamber ordered the provisional release of two of the highest-ranking members of Slobodan Milosevic's inner circle, Jovica [...]
2004-07-30 14:34:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALBK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
04THEHAGUE771TERRORIST FINANCE: AL-HARAMAIN ACTIVITIES IN THE
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Al Haramain does operate in the Netherlands under the name "Stichting Al Haramain Humanitarian Aid," located at Jan Hanzenstraat 114, 1053SV Amsterdam, telephone number 020-618-2645. Embassy/ROAL have no substantive information indicating that the Dutch Al-Haramain chapter sup [...]
2004-03-24 12:31:00Embassy The HagueSECRET//NOFORNETTC PTER SA NL
04THEHAGUE798CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR
[...] (U) The 36th Executive Council session of the OPCW was a solid success for the U.S. across the entire range of substantive and administrative issues. The presence of the Libyan delegation was sufficient to ensure that EC-36 would be memorable, and a report on the various discussions involvi [...]
2004-03-29 13:25:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL CWC
04THEHAGUE814CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): LIBYA AT EC-36
[...] (C) Summary: In addition to many formal welcomes during the 36th Executive Council (EC) session of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) U.S., U.K. and Libyan representatives had several opportunities to interact. Each meeting was cordial and held in a mutually coop [...]
2004-03-30 10:54:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL LY CWC
04USUNNEWYORK257059TH UNGA: GENERAL ASSEMBLY PAYS TRIBUTE TO THE
[...] Summary. On November 11, the United Nations General Assembly marked the passing of Yasser Arafat. Secretary-General (SYG) Kofi Annan and GA President Jean Ping both made statements of condolences as did the leaders of the various regional groups. Gambia, on behalf of the African States; In [...]
2004-11-12 21:55:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNGA
05ABUDHABI1330UAE NOMINATIONA FOR IPR ENFORCEMENT ACADEMY AND
[...] In response to reftel, Post asked the UAE Ministry of Justice and the Judicial Training and Studies Institute to nominate Emirati judges to participate in the May 9-26 IPR Enforcement Academy and U.S. Study Tour. The Ministry of Justice nominated three judges, and post supports their nominati [...]
2005-03-23 11:54:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID KIPR KMPI OTRA TC
05ABUDHABI2067UAE OPENS TELECOM SECTOR FOR COMPETITION
[...] (U) The UAE Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) announced this week it has approved the establishment of a new telecommunications company that will compete with Etisalat, which up until now was the sole telecommunications entity in the UAE. According to a May 7 Gulf News report, TRA [...]
2005-05-09 13:03:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALECPS EINT ETRD EFIN PGOV KPRV TC
05ABUDHABI2500RELIGIOUS LEADERS DISCUSS QU'RAN DESECRATION
[...] (SBU) DURING A MEETING MAY 24 WITH UAE RELIGIOUS ADVISOR, DR. ALI AL HASHEMI, AND A MEETING MAY 31 WITH MINISTRY OF JUSTICE UNDER SECRETARY FOR ISLAMIC AFFAIRS, DR. MOHAMED JUMA AL MEHAIRI, POL CHIEF DISCUSSED THE CONTROVERSY SURROUNDING THE DESECRATION OF THE HOLY QU'RAN AT THE DETENTION FACIL [...]
2005-06-06 06:53:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM KIRF KISL TC
05ABUDHABI2704UAE PROGRESS ON FTA ISSUES -- SLOW BUT STEADY
[...] (C) Summary: The UAE continues to make slow, but steady progress on outstanding Free Trade Agreement issues in advance of the proposed June 27 or 28 DVC between the lead negotiators. We have noticed an up tick in UAE preparations as the date of the DVC draws near. For that reason, Embassy su [...]
2005-06-15 11:04:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALETRD ECON EFIN AS CH TC FTA
05ABUDHABI3068MTCR REGIME OUTREACH MISSION TO THE UAE
[...] (C) Summary: Given the UAE's strategic geographic location, booming economic activity, and outstanding shipping facilities, the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) identified the UAE as a priority country for outreach. South Korea, as current MTCR Chair, led a June 7-9 mission to the UA [...]
2005-07-12 07:19:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPARM KNNP MNUC ETTC TC
05ABUDHABI3243UAE COUNTERTERRORISM EFFORTS: GOOD HARDWARE, BUT
[...] (S) Summary: The UAE, keenly aware that the threat of extremist violence on its soil is real, is implementing numerous measures in hopes of preventing terrorist attacks. In the past year, the UAEG has prioritized homeland security within its national security strategy. However, the UAE lacks [...]
2005-07-25 07:52:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPTER PINS ASEC EPET MCAP TC
05ABUDHABI3883UAE 9/11 COMMEMORATION: "WE MUST ALL STAND UNITED"
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Abu Dhabi held a ceremony commemorating the fourth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks and honoring the memory of those from eighty-two countries who lost their lives on September 11. UAE senior officials from the Presidency, and Ministries of Justice and Islamic Affairs, [...]
2005-09-12 12:49:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO OEXC SCUL PTER XF TC
05ABUDHABI4104UAE ANNOUNCES NEAR TERM OIL PRODUCTION CAPACITY
[...] (C) Summary: On September 25, UAE Minister of Energy Al-Hamili announced that the UAE would raise its oil production by 200 kb/d by March 2006, which tracks with what we have been told privately by Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) officials. The same day, Exxon Al-Khaleej President Fran [...]
2005-09-28 12:09:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALECON EPET ENRG TC
05ABUDHABI4111ENCOURAGING A NATIONAL SEISMIC NETWORK FOR UAE
[...] (U) Two Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) seismologists, Dr. Keith Nakanishi and Dr. Arthur Rodgers, visited the UAE on September 13 and 14 in coordination with a planning meeting for the 2006 Gulf Seismic Forum that will be hosted in Oman. The two seismologists have been working wi [...]
2005-09-30 13:10:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDSENV KSCA ECON EPET ETRD TC
05ABUDHABI4175UAE LABOR: RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR INFORMATION
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: Labor laws and practices in the United Arab Emirates are in a state of flux; the young Minister of Labor, Dr. Ali Al Ka'abi, is a technocrat appointed in the November 2004 Cabinet reshuffle for his energetic plans for reform rather than for family connections. In the [...]
2005-10-03 14:24:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALELAB PREL ETRD KDEM PINR PHUM TC
05ABUDHABI4537 MEDIA REACTION:CRITICISM OF AMR MOUSA
[...] SUMMARY: A UAE COLUMNIST DIRECTED STRONG AND UNPRECEDENTED CRITICISM TO ARAB LEAGUE SECRETARY GENERAL AMR MOUSA, BLAMING HIM FOR DISREGARDING A PROPOSAL MADE BY THE LATE SHEIKH ZAYED, THUS PAVING THE WAY FOR THE AMERICAN OCCUPATION OF IRAQ. THE COLUMNIST URGES MOUSA TO PUBLICLY APOLOGIZE FOR [...]
2005-11-01 14:32:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
05ABUDHABI4546SCENESETTER - VISIT OF ENERGY SECRETARY BODMAN TO
[...] (C) We look forward to Secretary Bodman and team's November 11 to 13 visit to the UAE. The UAE is both a key regional security partner and a major oil producer. It holds 8 to 9 percent of the world's proven oil reserves and is the world's fifth largest natural gas reserves. The individual e [...]
2005-11-07 12:04:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETEPET ENRG ETRD AE
05ABUDHABI4902UAEG'S PREPARATIONS FOR AVIAN INFLUENZA
[...] (U) In response to the questions posed Reftel A regarding the UAEG's efforts to protect against avian influenza (AI) and its capability to respond to a pandemic, the following information is provided. ------------ Preparedness ------------ 2. (U) The UAEG has formed a National Avian Inf [...]
2005-11-30 14:46:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO SENV ECON EAGR EAID PREL TC
05ABUDHABI4979RIGHTS ACTIVIST ALLEGES CAMEL JOCKEYS TRAIN AT
[...] (C) Summary: Pakistani human rights activist Ansar Burney alleges that underage camel jockeys continue to train after dark in several camel racetracks in at least three of the country's seven emirates. Burney, who plans to be in Washington to meet with G/TIP later this month, told us that he [...]
2005-12-12 04:59:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPHUM ELAB PREL PK AE
05ABUDHABI5025CHARGE CALL ON HBZ: HURRICANE KATRINA, IRAN NUKE
[...] (C) Summary. In call today by CDA to present House of Representatives resolution on Hurricane Katrina foreign donors, UAEG Deputy PM/Min State Foreign Affairs Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed raised concern over Haaretz report that Iran could be three months away from acquiring a nuclear weapon. See [...]
2005-12-13 15:18:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALEAGR PTER PREL PHUM PNUC ASEC KNNP LE AF IR
05ABUDHABI5168EXBS ADVISOR VISIT TO UNITED ARAB EMIRATES OCTOBER 2005
[...] Several times during the period October 9-23, EXBS Advisor met with principal US Embassy and Consulate staff to discuss the state of EXBS in UAE. Salient points of subsequent conversation were as follows: A. UAE has unique challenges with implementation of EXBS principles due to the st [...]
2005-12-21 14:16:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP JO
05ABUJA1891ECOWAS SUMMIT ON COTE D'IVOIRE AND OTHER REGIONAL
[...] (C) Summary. The ECOWAS Heads of State and Government met in Abuja for an Extraordinary Summit on September 30 to discuss the situation in Cote d'Ivoire. Liberia was a late addition to the agenda. The leaders created a list of recommendations, which they have not made public, which will be [...]
2005-10-04 15:25:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM PBTS XY ECOWAS
05ABUJA1892ECOWAS: AMBASSADOR PRESENTS CREDENTIALS
[...] The Ambassador presented the letter from S to the Executive Secretary of ECOWAS designating him as her "Special Representative to ECOWAS" on October 3. The short ceremony was also attended by the DCM, DATT, and PolMilOff and by the Deputy Executive Secretary for Political Affairs, Defense, a [...]
2005-10-04 15:28:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL NI ECOWAS
05ACCRA151ECOWAS MEETINGS IN ACCRA: NIGER NEW ECOWAS CHAIR
[...] Summary: A round of ECOWAS statutory meetings in Accra January 10-19 culminated in the 28th Summit of ECOWAS Heads of State and Government. ECOWAS heads of state unanimously selected President Mamdou Tadja of Niger as the new ECOWAS Chairman. There was candid discussion of regional conflict [...]
2005-01-21 16:15:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDAORC EAGR EAID ECON GH PGOV PREL ECOWAS
05ALGIERS1030POTENTIAL FOR GREATER U.S. ACTIVITY IN ALGERIA'S
[...] (U) The first half of 2005 has witnessed a small boom in U.S. interest in the Algerian domestic energy supply sector, with one U.S. firm, General Electric, pressing for participation in a new power plant and two other firms looking for opportunities in the market. According to GOA officials, [...]
2005-05-23 15:13:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALECON EINV EPET BEXP AG
05ALGIERS1149STATUS ON JAIL SENTENCES FOR JOURNALISTS
[...] There are currently two Algerian journalists in prison, nine sentenced to prison terms and awaiting appeal, and two on trial for defamation. It is perhaps worth noting that all the defamation cases stem from articles written in 2003 or earlier. TWO JOURNALISTS IN PRISON ---------------- [...]
2005-06-05 16:19:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM AG
05ALGIERS1199POLISARIO SECRETARY GENERAL SAYS THE NON-VIOLENT
[...] (SBU) In a departure from recent sabre-rattling rhetoric, Polisario leader Abdelaziz told a press gathering in Algiers June 11 it was the intent of the Sahrawis to use peaceful means in their struggle for self-determination. Blaming the Government of Morocco for the violence of late May, Abde [...]
2005-06-13 09:41:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPAO PHUM AG WI MO
05ALGIERS1402BOUTEFLIKA'S STRATEGIC MANEUVERING ON THE
[...] (C) President Bouteflika has spoken out twice in the last ten days against the French law passed by the French Parliament in February citing the positive achievements of the French colonial period. Prior to Bouteflika's comments, however, Algerian Foreign Minister Mohamed Bedjaoui spoke of a n [...]
2005-07-12 06:04:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETRD FR AG
05ALGIERS1652GOA MOVES TO STOP CORRUPTION
[...] (C) A growing realization of the economic and development costs of pervasive corruption in Algeria, coupled with reported pressure from some key senior military figures, is prompting increased government efforts against corruption. Over the past several months, President Bouteflika has made a [...]
2005-08-10 15:06:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALECON EINV PGOV EPET AG
05ALGIERS1952ALGERIAN EFFORTS AGAINST MONEY LAUNDERING
[...] (C) In a September 14 meeting with Department of Justice money laundering expert Suzanne Hayden, the head of Algeria's inter-ministerial financial action task force, Mohamed Benamar Aid, briefed on the group's activities since the adoption of new national money-laundering legislation in Februa [...]
2005-09-20 16:47:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALEFIN KCRM PREL PTER AG
05ALGIERS2091VULNERABILITY OF KEY FOREIGN OIL SUPPLIERS
[...] (S) Post provides the following answers to the Department's questions on the vulnerability of key foreign oil supplies in Algeria: (S) -- Have host governments completed vulnerability assessments of the facilities (Arzew Terminal and Skikda)? Following the 2004 explosion at Skikda (see par [...]
2005-10-12 09:31:00Embassy AlgiersSECRETKHLS EPET ETRD EWWT PTER PINR ASEC
05ALGIERS2114REPORTERS SANS FRONTIERES SOUNDS ALARM ON
[...] Portions of this cable are sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) The health condition of Mohamed Benchicou, editor-in-chief of the now-defunct French-language daily Le Matin, who was sentenced to two years imprisonment June 14, 2004 for having illegally transferre [...]
2005-10-16 08:37:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM KMPI AG
05ALGIERS2155MEETINGS IN ALGIERS ON GUANTANAMO DETAINEES
[...] (S) Ron Miller, Senior Adviser to the Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues, held meetings with officials from the MFA, Ministry of Justice, and Presidency officials October 18 on issues related to the detention and repatriation of detainees held at Guantanamo who claim to be Algerian. Mi [...]
2005-10-23 05:33:00Embassy AlgiersSECRETPTER KAWC PINR PREL AG
05ALGIERS2162INFORMATION PASSED TO GOA ON TRANSFER AND RELEASE
[...] (C) Ambassador, accompanied by PolEc Chief, delivered reftel talking points October 24 to MFA Director General for the Americas Fatiha Selmane. Ambassador also passed the proposed diplomatic notes that would be required in advance of the transfer of Algerian detainees from U.S. to Algerian co [...]
2005-10-25 15:30:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KAWC AG
05ALGIERS2228 Algeria Economic Highlights
[...] Oil Export Revenues expected to hit $40 Billion 2. French Interest in Bank Privatization 3. Booming Mobile Phone Sector 4. Spanish Aquatia Selected for Desalination Plant 5. Algeria Among Least Transparent Countries 6. $51 Billion Foreign Exchange Reserve 7. Algerian Purchasing Power Do [...]
2005-11-02 15:27:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EIND ETRD BEXP AG
05ALGIERS2247IRAN RELATED BRIEFING
[...] (S) Ambassador called on Energy Minister Chakib Khelil November 7 to deliver reftel talking points and introduce SIMO, who presented a sensitive briefing on Iranian nuclear weaponization efforts. (Reaction to the SIMO brief will be reported in separate channels.) Khelil heads Algeria's interm [...]
2005-11-07 16:17:00Embassy AlgiersSECRETKNNP PARM PREL AORC IR EU AG
05ALGIERS868BIOGRAPHY OF MOHAMED BEDJAOUI, MINISTER OF FOREIGN
[...] (U) Following is a biographical summary of the Algeria's new Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mohamed Bedjaoui, the former President of the Constitutional Council from May 2002 until the announcement of his new appointment on May 1: Mohamed Bedjaoui was born in Sidi-Bel Abbes (Algeria) on Septem [...]
2005-05-02 16:37:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR AG
05ALGIERS877LONG-AWAITED PARTIAL ALGERIAN GOVERNMENT RESHUFFLE
[...] (U) On May 1, President Bouteflika announced "a partial reshuffle" of the Algerian government. Six ministers changed portfolios; four ministers left the cabinet; and six new ministers were appointed to the GoA. Prime Minister Ahmed Ouyahia remains as Prime Minister. The Cabinet contains 16 [...]
2005-05-03 11:52:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR AG
05AMMAN1384 JORDAN TO MAKE JORDANIAN PASSPORTS AVAILABLE TO
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Jordan intends to issue "special case" passports to a select group of investors in Jordan, with the primary beneficiaries said to be Iraqi businessmen. While the passports will not confer some rights (e.g., voting, transmission of citizenship),they will perm [...]
2005-02-21 12:37:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS CPAS PREL KFRD JO
05AMMAN1725ENGAGING JORDAN ON REDIRECTION OF IRAQI WMD
[...] (SBU) Anne Harrington, Deputy Director of the Office of Proliferation Threat Reduction (NP/PTR),Richard Jarvis, PTR's Iraq Program Manager, and Amman's ESTH Hub Director visited several Amman-based NGOs to discuss their possible collaboration with State's program to redirect Iraqi WMD scienti [...]
2005-03-02 08:23:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREL JO IZ TI
05AMMAN4549ASSISTANT SECRETARY WAYNE'S MAY 18 MEETING WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On the margins of the BMENA Trade and Investment conference in Amman on May 18, Qatar's Sheikh Mohamed Ahmed Al-Thani, Minister of Economy and Commerce, told Assistant Secretary E. Anthony Wayne that while substantially increased investment was flowing to Qatar from the U.S., US [...]
2005-06-07 14:52:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALETRD ENRG BEXP ECON JO
05AMMAN7211FY-05 RP: "PROMOTING INTERFAITH DIALOGUE," NOVEMBER
[...] THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS SECTION IN IRAQ NOMINATES THREE PARTICIPANTS FOR SUBJECT PROGRAM. 2. MR.DALUZ A. MOHAMMED, MR.MAJID I. MOHAMED, AND MR. MUNIR H. KHUDAIR HAVE RECEIVED COUNTRY TEAM APPROVAL FOR THEIR PARTICIPATION IN THE PROGRAM. 3. START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NOT EDIT): : TH [...]
2005-09-08 13:03:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL JO
05ANKARA2314TURKS PREPARING FOR PKK SPRING OFFENSIVE
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 17. Summary ------- 2. (S) The GOT appears to be convinced that the PKK is going to carry out its first "spring offensive" in southeast Turkey since 1999. Press and intel reporting indicate the Turks have moved two commando brigades towar [...]
2005-04-22 13:29:00Embassy AnkaraSECRET//NOFORNPTER PREL MOPS PREF TU IZ IR SY
05ANKARA5140TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, AUGUST 16- 31, 2005
[...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. Published by Tempo Magazine in its August 1 [...]
2005-09-02 13:03:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05BAGHDAD2463FALLUJAH CITY COUNCIL SELECTS MAYOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The Fallujah City Council selected Sheikh Dhari Abd Alhadi Yousif al-Ersan as mayor in a June 7 session. Four candidates put their names forward for the job (two were absent from the meeting); Sheikh Dhari received 16 of 17 council votes cast by secret ballot. The selection pr [...]
2005-06-10 11:41:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS PTER IZ
05BAGHDAD2860KIRKUK COUNCIL: "CONSENSUS" GOVERNMENT ELUSIVE AS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. Kirkuk Provincial Council met June 26 and 28, but postponed electing a Deputy Governor. U.S. urging to secure Kurdish leaders' agreement to a Kirkuk "consensus government" that includes Arabs and Turkmen had apparently not yet been conveyed by July 3 to Kirkuk pla [...]
2005-07-07 17:50:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IZ
05BAGHDAD2862KIRKUK: US, UK ENGAGE KIRKUK ETHNIC GROUPS TO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. U.S. Kirkuk Regional Embassy Office Coordinator (RC) and UK Acting Consul General called on Arab, Turkmen, and Kurdish blocs of the Kirkuk Provincial Council July 3 and 4 to urge them to form a consensus government. The Turkmen and Arab blocs say they will remain engaged in t [...]
2005-07-07 18:29:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD2863KIRKUK: US, UK ENGAGE KIRKUK ETHNIC GROUPS TO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. U.S. Kirkuk Regional Embassy Office Coordinator (RC) and UK Acting Consul General called on Arab, Turkmen, and Kurdish blocs of the Kirkuk Provincial Council July 3 and 4 to urge them to form a consensus government. The Turkmen and Arab blocs say they will remain engaged in t [...]
2005-07-07 18:30:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD3042FALLUJAH: CITY IMAMS ISSUE FATWA ON POLITICAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a July 19 Fallujah city council session, Sheikh Kamal Shakir Mahmood -- a leading imam and council member -- announced that city clerics had issued a Fatwa (religious edict) calling upon all Fallujah residents to participate in the upcoming referendum and election. City i [...]
2005-07-22 10:34:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM IZ XL
05BAGHDAD3779CONSTITUTION OUTREACH PROGRAMMING
[...] (LOU) SUMMARY. Over the past few months, post (principally PAS and USAID) has sponsored or funded a substantial level of programming relating to Iraq's current constitutional debate. This programming has involved airlifting Iraqi officials to meet with local audiences to discuss the constitu [...]
2005-09-13 15:53:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KDEM KPAO IZ
05BAGHDAD4842CHALABI ALLY: THERE IS NO RESISTANCE, ONLY
[...] (C) In a December 3 meeting with Poloffs, INC candidate Mariam al-Rais argued in favor of her party's platform and party leader Ahmed Chalabi's qualifications to lead the next government. Al-Rais faulted Jordan, Syria and Saudi Arabia for contributing to Iraq's instability. In a clear allusio [...]
2005-12-04 21:43:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IZ SA
05BAGHDAD4846LEADING SUNNI ARAB SLATE REP ON ELECTIONS, U.S.
[...] (C) Summary: A leading Sunni Arab coalition representative recounted the Sunni Arab sense of grievance and estrangement from the political transition process, and asserted the solution to the security problem is a "balanced" government (read: more Sunni officials) and "professional" securit [...]
2005-12-05 08:00:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM KISL MOPS IZ
05BAGHDAD4847LEADING SUNNI ARAB SLATE REP ON ELECTIONS, U.S.
[...] (C) Summary: A leading Sunni Arab coalition representative recounted the Sunni Arab sense of grievance and estrangement from the political transition process, and asserted the solution to the security problem is a "balanced" government (read: more Sunni officials) and "professional" securit [...]
2005-12-05 08:03:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM KISL MOPS IZ
05BAGHDAD4869MAYSAN POLITICAL LEADER DISCUSSES SHIA ELECTORAL
[...] (C) Summary: A prominent tribal leader from Maysan, who won a TNA seat on the United Iraqi Alliance (UIA) list in January and has decided to join Ali al-Dabbagh's party as a candidate in this month's election, told poloff December 5 that there are no policy differences between the UIA and Da [...]
2005-12-06 19:18:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD4885SUFI POLITICAL PARTY PESSIMISTIC ON ELECTIONS,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Party officials from the slate representing Iraq's Sufi Muslims complained about intimidation in the election campaign, interference by neighboring states, and the sectarian and extremist character of Iraqi politics during a December 3 meeting with poloffs. Anticipating they wil [...]
2005-12-07 19:04:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM IZ
05BAGHDAD4892KURDISTAN ISLAMIC UNION OFFICIALS ON ELECTIONS;
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Over the course of two meetings with the Kurdistan Islamic Union (KIU),a Kurdish splinter group from the Kurdistan Alliance and the main rival to the dominant KDP and PUK parties in Kurdistan, members highlighted their allegedly non-sectarian, democratic and secular political ag [...]
2005-12-08 08:08:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV IZ
05BAGHDAD4963INFORMATION UPDATE ON ALGERIAN DETAINEE
[...] (SBU) Post passed Embassy Algiers' request for information (see Reftel) to Coalition Forces, and has been informed that Mohmad Ahmed Mohamed Waber (DPOB 27 SEP 1975, Al Shalaf, Algeria) was detained on 21 May 2005 inside a targeted terrorist safe house. Mr. Waber has been referred to the Cen [...]
2005-12-13 03:00:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS PHUM PGOV KJUS IZ AG XA
05BRASILIA1229ARAB-SOUTH AMERICAN SUMMIT: MISSING HEADS OF STATE
[...] (U) On the eve of the Arab-South America Summit in Brasilia, one key point of contention is preventing consensus on the long-running negotiation over a Summit Declaration, according to the local press. On Sunday May 8, senior representatives from the Palestinian Authority and Lebanon, with [...]
2005-05-10 12:51:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ETRD XR XF
05BRASILIA1230ARAB-SOUTH AMERICA SUMMIT: THE SUMMIT DECLARATION
[...] (C) At the final preparatory Ministerial meeting on May 9, a compromise, of sorts, was reached on contentious "terrorism" language for the Summit Declaration, according to press reports. Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso Amorim affirmed that the Declaration would condemn terrorism "without a [...]
2005-05-10 14:21:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD PGOV XR XF
05BRASILIA760ARAB DIPLOMATS WEIGH BRAZIL'S READINESS TO HOST
[...] (SBU) During March 17 Tunisia National Day reception, numerous Arab diplomats expressed concerns to Poloff about the lethargic pace of administrative and substantive preparations for the May Arab-South America Summit in Brasilia. According to the diplomats, numerous logistical issues, in par [...]
2005-03-18 21:00:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KSUM ETRD XF XM IS BR
05BUCHAREST1243ROMANIAN REQUEST TO PARTICIPATE IN INTEROGATION OF
[...] (U) This is an action request - see para 3. 2. (SBU) CDA received letter for General Prosecutor Botos 5/26/05 requesting contact information at FBI to facilitate GOR participation in the interrogation of Mohamed Munaf in Baghdad. Text of letter is below. Begin Text: Your Excellency [...]
2005-05-26 12:58:00Embassy BucharestUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PREL IZ RO
05CAIRO2271PRISON VISIT: MOHAMED HESHAM S. ELDIN YOUSSEF
[...] Name: Mohamed Hesham S. Eldin Youssef 17. ACCESS: FEBRUARY 24, 2005 19. MISTREATMENT: NONE REPORTED THIS VISIT. 23. Remarks: Vice Consul and ACS LES visited Mr. Youssef at Liman Torah Prison, south of Cairo. Subject appeared to be in normal physical condition. He told us he is ambi [...]
2005-03-23 11:13:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDCASC PHUM EG
05CAIRO2482CODEL SMITH MARCH 21-24 VISIT TO CAIRO: MEETING
[...] (C) During a March 23 meeting, Senator Gordon Smith and Egyptian Minister of Foreign Trade and Industry Rachid discussed the recent QIZ agreement and prospects for an eventual FTA with the U.S. Smith underlined the importance of further Egyptian progress in particular areas, including IPR. S [...]
2005-03-29 16:14:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALOREP ETRD PREL EG
05CAIRO2589 REPORTING ON RECENT DEMONSTRATIONS; NEW WEEKLY
[...] Egyptian newspapers carried only limited reporting of the recent demonstrations in Cairo and around Egypt by the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) and the opposition Kifaya ("Enough") movement. Al Destour ("The Constitution"),a weekly paper with an aggressive tone, reappeared on the newsstands after [...]
2005-04-04 13:36:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KPAO EG
05CAIRO2733MIXED REVIEWS OF HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL'S FIRST
[...] (C) Summary: After several months of delay, the National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) has completed its first annual report on the state of human rights in Egypt. After review by the Presidency, the document is expected to be released next week. Our discussions with NCHR contacts sugges [...]
2005-04-07 14:58:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL EG
05CAIRO2968EGYPTIAN JOURNALISTS SENTENCED TO PRISON TERMS FOR
[...] (SBU) A Cairo Criminal Court has convicted three journalists working for independent daily Al Masry Al Youm of defaming Minister of Housing Ibrahim Soliman. The court sentenced the three defendants each to one year in jail and ordered them to pay fines of LE 10,000 (about $1750). The sente [...]
2005-04-18 15:30:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KPAO PREL EG
05CAIRO2969EGYPT NAMES ACCOMPLICES IN APRIL 7 BAZAAR BOMBING
[...] (SBU) In a public announcement on the afternoon of April 17, the Ministry of Interior named four accomplices of the bomber who died as he carried out the April 7 terrorist attack in a Cairo tourist bazaar that killed one AmCit, two French nationals and wounded 17, including three AmCits, other [...]
2005-04-18 16:08:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC CASC EG
05CAIRO3131 FY06 MRP "VOLUNTEERISM AND COMMUNITY SERVICE," FEBRUARY
[...] PA Cairo is pleased to nominate Ms. Nora Ismail Mohamed YOUNIS, Project Coordinator, United Nations Development Program (UNDP),to participate in the subject MRP. 2. Following is full EVDB nomination and DS-2019 information: START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NOT EDIT): : The following [...]
2005-04-27 13:29:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC KPAO EG
05CAIRO3132 FY06 MRP "URBAN ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES," NOVEMBER
[...] PA Cairo is pleased to nominate MR. Ashraf Amin Mohamed AMIN, TV Nile News reporter, to participate in the subject MRP. 2. Following is full EVDB nomination and DS-2019 information: START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NOT EDIT): : The following data is in a fixed format which enables : [...]
2005-04-27 13:31:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC KPAO EG
05CAIRO3184EGYPT: EAC MEETING FOLLOWING APRIL 30 SUICIDE
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified, please handle accordingly. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) On May 1, the Charge d'Affaires convened post's Emergency Action Committee to review details of the April 30 suicide bombing in downtown Cairo and shooting incident (ref A),[...]
2005-05-01 15:05:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER ASEC PREL CASC KCRM EG EAC
05CAIRO3889EGYPT MONTHLY ECONOMIC REPORT: MARCH AND APRIL 2005
[...] (U) In this edition: Banking and Finance: Parliament considers amendments to the Banking Law and the first foreign medical insurer enters Egypt's market. Telecom and IT: The Government of Egypt (GOE) announces plans for a public offering of shares in Telecom Egypt, while the Minister o [...]
2005-05-22 16:38:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ETRD EINV ENRG EWWT SENV EG
05CAIRO3952EGYPTIAN FOREIGN MINISTER ON BILATERAL RELATIONS,
[...] (C) During a May 25 meeting with the Charge, Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit expressed satisfaction with the respective visits of Prime Minister Nazif and First Lady Laura Bush. The visits had, in his view, improved the atmosphere in the relationship. Aboul Gheit warned against [...]
2005-05-25 16:25:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EG KDEM KPAL IS IR SU
05CAIRO4122THE TERROR SUSPECT WHO BEAT HIMSELF TO DEATH: A
[...] (SBU) On May 22, the Egyptian Public Prosecutor announced that 27-year-old Ashraf Said Youssef, the alleged mastermind behind the April 7 and April 30 terror attacks on tourist sites in Cairo (reftels),died in custody on May 19. According to the GOE announcement, Youssef, who had been captur [...]
2005-06-01 15:06:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PTER PGOV EG
05CAIRO4127 SHAKE-UP RUMORED IN EGYPTIAN PRO-GOVERNMENT PRESS
[...] (SBU) Summary: An unprecedented "correction" in the pro-government Al Ahram newspaper has sparked a tense stand-off between ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) Secretary General Safwat El Sherif and pro-government Al SIPDIS Ahram Editor-in-chief Ibrahim Nafei. The correction to a rep [...]
2005-06-02 05:58:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV OPRC KPAO EG
05CAIRO4262MESSAGE TO THE ARAB LEAGUE ON ADVANCING THE PEACE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-06 16:00:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAL EG IS
05CAIRO4309IRAQ CONFERENCE CORE-GROUP PLANNING MEETING IN
[...] (C) Steering Group members (U.S., EU, Iraq, Japan, UN, Egypt, and Russia) met in Cairo June 2 to coordinate planning for a June 22 Ministerial meeting on Iraq to be held in Brussels (ref A). The USG delegation, led by Iraq Policy Coordinator Ambassador Richard Jones, held bilateral meetings [...]
2005-06-08 07:53:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID EIND ECON EG IZ RS EUN
05CAIRO4361EGYPT CONSIDERING SUPPORT FOR INDEPENDENT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-10 15:28:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM KISL CASC PTER EG UZ
05CAIRO4709SECRETARY RICE'S VISIT A SUCCESS IN EYES OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: Secretary Rice's visit to Egypt on June 20 and her speech at the American University in Cairo (AUC) led all Egyptian reporting, both in print and on television. Coverage was generally positive, with most commentators applauding what they perceived as a less-aggressive tone bot [...]
2005-06-21 15:59:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EG KPAO OVIP PREL
05CAIRO4960EGYPT: HUMAN RIGHTS REFORMS AT THE UN
[...] (C) PolOff discussed ref A points June 29 with Mohamed Mounir of the MFA's Human Rights Department, who emphasized the need to reform "the human rights machinery" at the UN within the context of broader UN reforms. The GOE did not necessarily see a need "to tear apart" current organizations [...]
2005-06-29 15:13:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KUNR EG
05CAIRO4980EGYPT: RELEASE OF SHI'A MUSLIM DETAINEE MOHAMED
[...] (C) Summary: On June 29, Egyptian Shi'a Muslim Mohamed El-Derini, arrested in March 2004 apparently because of his religious beliefs, was released after having spent 15 months in administrative detention. Derini's release comes just a week after the U.N. Working Group on Arbitrary Detention [...]
2005-06-30 15:10:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV KDEM KIRF KISL EG
05CAIRO5009 SUPPORT FOR IRAQI RESISTANCE; PRAISE FOR IRANIAN
[...] Summary: Reacting to the President's speech at Fort Bragg, Egyptian newspapers criticized U.S. policy in Iraq and accused the U.S. of falsely portraying the situation there. One editorial said resistance was the only reaction to the U.S. imperialist march. The Iranian elections provided muc [...]
2005-07-03 13:04:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPAO EG
05CAIRO5057 EGYPTIAN PRESS SHAKE-UP: MUSICAL CHAIRS OR
[...] Summary: Egypt's Shura Council confirmed long-rumored changes to the pro-government press by appointing new editors and board chairmen on July 4. The changes see younger faces rising from the ranks to replace an old guard of editors - some appointed by Anwar Sadat himself - who doubled as b [...]
2005-07-05 14:56:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPAO EG
05CAIRO5058MFA MYSTIFIED BY AMBASSADOR IHAB SHERIF'S
[...] (C) Alaa Al-Hadidi of the Foreign Minister's Cabinet told poloff that, as of July 5, the GOE still had no firm clues as to the location of kidnapped Ambassador Ihab Sherif, who was heading Egypt's mission in Baghdad. Al-Hadidi further confirmed that no group has claimed responsibility. He did [...]
2005-07-05 15:54:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER EG IZ
05CAIRO5245 EGYPTIAN JOURNALISTS SUCCESSFULLY COVER LEBANESE
[...] (SBU) Summary: In anticipation of Egypt's presidential and parliamentary elections later this year, post funded the travel of seven Egyptian TV and print journalists to cover Lebanon's June parliamentary elections. The traveling journalists focused their reporting on Lebanon's religious di [...]
2005-07-11 08:51:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPAO LE EG
05CAIRO5350UPDATE ON EGYPT'S PRIVATIZATION PROGRAM
[...] (SBU) Since taking office in July 2004, Prime Minister Nazif's administration has reinvigorated the GOE's program to privatize state-owned industries. Under the leadership of the new Ministry of Investment, the revitalized program aims to speed up privatizations by making public enterprises m [...]
2005-07-13 16:42:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD EINV EG
05CAIRO5473 TERRORISM: EGYPTIAN MEDIA THEMES,
[...] Summary: The Egyptian media continued to comment on the murder of Egyptian envoy to Iraq Ehab Al-Sharif and the London bombings. Some commentators blamed "western double standards" for terrorism. Others pointed towards corruption and "a lack of democracy" as the cause. Some commentators q [...]
2005-07-18 14:43:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC UK IZ IS EG
05CAIRO5477 EGYPTIAN MEDIA COVERAGE OF DEPUTY SECRETARY
[...] Deputy Secretary Zoellick's visit to Egypt (July 13-14) was the occasion for extensive, and mostly positive, coverage in pro-government, opposition, and independent papers, July 13-16. His meeting with President Mubarak and an Embassy-arranged press round table prompted many positive article [...]
2005-07-18 14:45:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC UK IZ IS EG OVIP
05CAIRO5553 FY06 "RP: Foreign Policy Decision Making
[...] In addition to already nominated Mr. Gamal Ismail Abd El Aziz Hassan SHAHIN, Journalist, at Al Sharq Al Awsat Newspaper, post also nominates Mr Alaa El Din Kamal Mohamed SABET, journalist, Al Ahram Al Messaie Newspaper, for participation in subject RP. 2. FOLLOWING IS FULL EVDB AND SEVIS [...]
2005-07-20 14:49:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC KPAO EG
05CAIRO5589MODIFIED GOE ASSURANCES ON RETURN OF EGYPTIAN GTMO
[...] (C) The Embassy has received a memorandum from the Egyptian General Intelligence Service (EGIS) amending the memorandum described reftel concerning the proposed return to Egypt of three Egyptians detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The memorandum is identical in text to the one described reftel, [...]
2005-07-21 16:08:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPTER KISL PHUM EG
05CAIRO5753 PRESIDENT'S CONDOLENCE VISIT TO EGYPTIAN EMBASSY
[...] Summary: Egyptian state-run TV ran President Bush's July 25 signing of the condolence book at the Egyptian Embassy as the top news item, while local press made it the main front-page story with a photo on July 26. Egyptian press and TV also prominently carried Secretary Rice's July 26 signi [...]
2005-07-27 12:04:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC EG
05CAIRO5935NEA SENIOR ADVISOR MALLORY MEETING WITH EGYPTIAN
[...] (SBU) NEA Senior Advisor King Mallory and private sector consultant Ahmed Dabbous met on July 28 with Egyptian Minister of Investment Mahmoud Mohieldin. Mohieldin was accompanied by Mohamed Atallah, Vice Chairman of the General Authority for Free Zones and Investment (GAFI),and the Hani Sar [...]
2005-08-02 13:14:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON EFIN EINV EG
05CAIRO5944EGYPT: PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS MOVING AHEAD WITH
[...] (C) President Mubarak's July 28 announcement of his plans to run for a fifth 6-year term in Egypt's first-ever multi-candidate presidential election (ref A) was marked by a range of reactions, from full support to outright disappointment, and an anti-Mubarak rally in downtown Cairo on July 30 [...]
2005-08-02 15:30:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM EG
05CAIRO5945SHARM AFTERMATH UPDATE
[...] (C) Resilience among tourists and shock-absorbers in the economic system may be calming initial fears regarding the economic fallout of the July 23 Sharm El Sheikh attacks, but near-term pain is still expected. Security forces reported on August 2 that they had killed a prime suspect in the Ta [...]
2005-08-02 16:30:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPTER ECON ASEC PREL EG
05CAIRO6171EGYPT: BANKING SECTOR REFORM UPDATE
[...] (SBU) As part of its banking sector reform program, the GOE has pushed legislation through parliament designed to strengthen the sector. As a result, banks now have more leeway in pursuing legal remedies and setting compensation for public bank staff. Requirements on foreign exchange bureau [...]
2005-08-10 13:50:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD EINV PGOV EG USTR
05CAIRO6446BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE CHECK ON
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-22 15:29:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDKOMC ETTC EG
05CAIRO6509SUDAN: DARFUR REBEL GROUPS AND ZAM ZAM BLOCKADE;
[...] (C) Post is unaware of any permanent official representation in Egypt of either the Sudan Liberation Movement/Army (SLM/A) or the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM). While representatives of these Darfur rebel groups may occasionally transit Cairo and engage locally-based Sudanese oppositio [...]
2005-08-24 10:53:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR MOPS EG SU SA KBIO
05CAIRO6953CAIRO ARAB LEAGUE FOREIGN MINISTERS MEETING:
[...] (C) During an introductory meeting September 6, the Ambassador reviewed with Arab League Secretary General Amre Moussa reftel points ahead of an Arab League foreign ministers meeting scheduled for September 8 in Cairo. The Ambassador sought Moussa's and the League's support on Iraq's politic [...]
2005-09-08 10:29:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER ECON KPAL EG IZ IS ICRC MEPN
05CAIRO6986UPDATE ON SECURITY CONDITIONS IN NORTH SINAI
[...] (S/NF) Following the killing of two high-ranking police officials by what authorities call "Bedouin outcasts" in the Jabal Halal area, the Police-led terror sweep of the Sinai appears to have stalled amidst mined approaches and fierce resistance. Top Egyptian officials have begun to publicly [...]
2005-09-08 13:42:00Embassy CairoSECRET//NOFORNPTER KISL ASEC CASC EG
05CAIRO7045NEXT STEPS ON DEMOCRACY IN EGYPT
[...] (S) Summary: After absorbing Washington's clear message on reform, Gamal Mubarak's NDP clique, allied with ministers and advisors, was given unprecedented power over the conduct of the election. The positives of September 7 -- sidelining of the NDP "old guard" and the security forces -- were [...]
2005-09-12 10:12:00Embassy CairoSECRETPGOV KDEM EG
05CAIRO7393G-8 BMENA: EGYPT TO BE REPRESENTED AT RABAT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-25 08:32:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KDEM KPAO KMPI EG MO
05CAIRO7548SURPRISES IN EGYPT'S BANKING SECTOR
[...] (SBU) In a surprise move earlier this week, the GOE announced the merger of two of Egypt's state-owned banks, Banque du Caire and Banque Misr. The GOE also announced that the banks' management would be changed in anticipation of the merger. The banking sector reacted positively to the news; [...]
2005-09-29 13:52:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV EG
05CAIRO7626 EGYPTIAN MEDIA THEMES, SEPTEMBER 26 TO OCTOBER 2:
[...] Summary: President Mubarak's September 27 inauguration was carried on live TV and followed over the course of the week by coverage and paeans of praise. At the same time, several leading columnists advocated that President Mubarak and the ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) stick to thei [...]
2005-10-03 11:28:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC EG
05CAIRO7795SPECIAL ENVOY FOR DISENGAGEMENT WOLFENSOHN'S
[...] (C) Quartet Special Envoy for Disengagement, James Wolfensohn visited Cairo October 9 and met with President Mubarak, Egyptian Intelligence Chief Omar Soliman, Defense Minister Tantawi, and Trade Minister Rachid. He briefed the Ambassador on the way out of town. Key points as follows: -- [...]
2005-10-11 14:47:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON EAID KPAL PTER EG IS
05CAIRO7946 PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION COVERAGE REVS UP: EGYPTIAN
[...] Summary: The Egyptian media intensified parliamentary election coverage with several announcements about the NDP and opposition parties' candidate lists, along with the announcement, on October 15, that President Mubarak would be personally leading the NDP's parliamentary campaign. An unsig [...]
2005-10-17 07:52:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC IZ SY EG
05CAIRO7987CHRISTIAN-MUSLIM TENSIONS FLARE IN ALEXANDRIA
[...] (SBU) Summary: Coptic-Muslim tensions erupted in Alexandria October 14 as local Muslims protested the performance -- and DVD distribution -- of a controversial play by Copts, which the protestors deemed offensive to Islam. Large, angry crowds surrounded the St. George Coptic Orthodox churc [...]
2005-10-17 14:12:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KISL KIRF EG
05CAIRO8009UPDATE ON SECURITY CONDITIONS IN THE SINAI
[...] (C) Three armed militants were killed and a fourth captured alive in late September, following several weeks of standoff in Jebel Halal, a remote region south of Al Arish, on Sinai's Mediterranean coast. The incident seemed to be a significant breakthrough for the GOE, but does not necessaril [...]
2005-10-18 06:29:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC CASC EG
05CAIRO8024ACADEMIC YEAR 2006/2007 FULBRIGHT EGYPTIAN
[...] CECEUS/E received 147 applications from Cairo-based and regional universities, government and private organizations, for academic year 2006/2007 Egyptian Student Program (5 in accounting, 6 in archeology, 31 in fine and performing arts, 6 in business administration, 1 in computer supervision, [...]
2005-10-18 12:15:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL
05CAIRO8161GOE PRIVATIZES "STRATEGIC" FIRMS, WITHIN LIMITS
[...] (SBU) The Ministry of Investment (MOI) has recently acted to extend the revitalized privatization program to cover petrochemical firms, which were previously considered untouchable "strategic" companies, theoretically important to Egypt's overall economic security. Nevertheless, there remain [...]
2005-10-24 13:00:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV EIND EG
05CAIRO8556EGYPT'S PEOPLE'S ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS: INITIAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: As of midday on November 10, the Parliamentary Elections Commission issued results for 43 of 88 districts competed in the first round of People's Assembly elections. As anticipated, many races have gone to a runoff stage, which will take place on November 15. There have been d [...]
2005-11-10 09:54:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM EG
05CAIRO8929 NEW ORLEANS ALL STARS BRASS BAND LIGHTS UP
[...] SUMMARY: The New Orleans All Stars Brass Band played for about 900 people including senior representatives of the GOE, business leaders, military officers, and jazz fans in lively concerts in Alexandria on Nov. 18 and Cairo on Nov. 19. The concerts, held to thank the Egyptian government for [...]
2005-11-29 11:06:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OEXC SCUL EG
05CAIRO9471EGYPT CLEAR ON USG APPREHENSIONS OF BASHIR AS
[...] (C) During a December 22 meeting with poloff, MFA Assistant Minister for African Affairs Mohamed al Higazy shared that he was already aware of USG discomfort at the prospect of Sudanese President Bashir being offered the Presidency of the African Union at the January summit in Khartoum. Higa [...]
2005-12-22 16:33:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PTER EG SU
05CANBERRA322NPT ENVOY AMBASSADOR SANDERS HEARS AUSTRALIAN
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: In a February 9 lunch with Australian officials, Ambassador Jackie Sanders, Special Representative of the President for the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons, discussed mainly IAEA matters, hearing Canberra's views on the prospects of a third term for IAEA DG ElBaradei and i [...]
2005-02-18 04:21:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL AORC PARM AS IAEA
05CASABLANCA1269 VISAS VIPER FOR NOVEMBER 2005 REPORTING PERIOD
[...] (U) Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met on December 9, 2005. The meeting was chaired by the DCM and attended by representatives from CG, CONS, RAO, RSO, POL, ECON, and LEGATT, and DAO. 2. (SBU) The Committee submits the following [...]
2005-12-10 14:25:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKVPR CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO
05CASABLANCA1316 IOM AND GOVERNMENT OF MOROCCO HOLD JOINT
[...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Marking International Migrants Day, December 18, the International Organization of Migration (IOM) released a statement saying, "More attention should be paid by the international community to the large numb [...]
2005-12-21 11:29:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SMIG PREF PREL SOCI ELAB MO
05COLOMBO1071SRI LANKAN POST-TSUNAMI RECONSTRUCTION UPDATE
[...] (U) This cable provides information for the June 16 post-Tsunami IAWG meeting. Please see action request in para 10. Maldives -------- 2. (U) Econchief and USAID Environment Officer visited Maldives on June 13 to discuss USD 8.7 million contribution to the GORM Tsunami Relief and Reconst [...]
2005-06-16 10:15:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON PGOV CE MV
05COLOMBO1151SRI LANKA: WHAT COMES AFTER THE P-TOMS?
[...] (C) President Chandrika Kumaratunga's decision to sign the controversial Post-Tsunami Operational Management Structure (P-TOMS),also known as the "joint mechanism," has clearly surprised her political allies and enemies alike, leaving many of them scrambling to strategize next moves. In the [...]
2005-06-30 12:53:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER CE LTTE
05COLOMBO1295MALDIVES CONTINUES TO WORK ON DEMOCRATIC REFORMS
[...] (U) Summary. The Government of the Republic of Maldives (GORM) is continuing its efforts to institute multi-party democracy and human rights reforms. On July 14, the President announced a massive shift in the Cabinet, with young, progressive Ministers replacing those opposed to reform. The A [...]
2005-07-26 03:21:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM MV
05COLOMBO1315PROVINCIAL COUNCILS LACK FISCAL AUTONOMY TO
[...] (U) Provincial Councils PCs have limited revenue generating capabilities and are dependent on the central government for funding. Transfers to the PCs do not meet the amount required to fulfill their responsibilities. Corruption remains a widely recognized problem within the PCs. Consequent [...]
2005-07-28 10:59:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ECON EFIN CE LTTE
05COLOMBO1420MALDIVES: PROTESTERS DETAINED AFTER DEMONSTRATION
[...] (U) An unknown number of arrests were made in the Maldivian capital of Male' late August 13 after protests against the arrests of three prominent opposition activists turned violent. National Security Services (NSS) forces were called in to assist the police in quelling the disturbance after [...]
2005-08-14 10:32:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM MV
05COLOMBO1449MALDIVES: GOVERNMENT, OPPOSITION ACCUSE EACH
[...] (C) Although the streets of Male' were calm August 15 for the first night since August 12, at least 137 people remain in detention as a result of the preceding nights' unrest. ICRC is planning a visit to Maldives to meet the detainees. In an August 15 meeting in Colombo, opposition Maldivi [...]
2005-08-17 13:11:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM MV
05COLOMBO1478MALDIVES: DRL-FUNDED HUMAN RIGHTS SPEAKER
[...] (U) Summary: From August 14-19, Dr. Bert B. Lockwood, Professor of Law at the University of Cincinnati and Director of the Urban Morgan Institute for Human Rights, was in Maldives with the assistance of the International Information Programs Bureau and funded by an Economic Support Funds (ESF [...]
2005-08-22 11:30:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SOCI EAID ELAB KPAO KDEM MV
05COLOMBO1530MALDIVES: SOME DEMOCRATIC REFORMS DESPITE TRIAL OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: Following the August 12-14 pro-reform demonstrations in Male' (Reftels C and D),as of August 28, 76 persons remained in detention, including opposition leader Mohamed Nasheed. Nasheed, the chairman of the Maldives Democratic Party (MDP),has been charged with one count of ter [...]
2005-08-31 12:30:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM MV
05COLOMBO1621MALDIVES: FORMER DETAINEE-TURNED-CABINET MINISTER
[...] (C) In a September 6 meeting with the DCM in Colombo, Maldivian Foreign Minister Dr. Ahmed Shaheed and Finance Minister Qasim Ibrahim each asserted their strong belief in President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom's commitment to democratic reform, citing several recent positive developments, such as the [...]
2005-09-13 10:46:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM EFIN MV
05COLOMBO1669 PROSPECTS FOR REFORM DOMINATE DISCUSSIONS IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: DCM and Econchief visited Maldives September 14 and 15 and found newly-appointed cabinet members eager to move forward with a bold reform agenda, while members of the opposition Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP)continue to regroup following the August 12-13 demonstrations and rel [...]
2005-09-21 11:10:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM EAID MV
05COLOMBO1680MALDIVES: DEMOCRACY STRATEGY
[...] (C) Summary: Although Maldives was not listed as a focus country in Reftel A, assisting Maldives in a peaceful transition to multi-party democracy would serve broad USG interests in promoting democracy and advancing human rights. Maldives is a moderate Islamic country where both the government [...]
2005-09-22 11:40:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL EAID MV
05COLOMBO1716MALDIVIAN DEMOCRATIC REFORMS: PROGRESS PLODDING
[...] (C) During a September 25-27 visit to Maldives as part of the first US-Maldives Friendship Week (septel),Ambassador met Government of Republic of Maldives (GORM) representatives, including President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, and opposition Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) leaders to discuss the [...]
2005-09-29 11:52:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM EAID MV
05COLOMBO1823GORM INDIRECTLY TARGETS OPPOSITION NEWSPAPER STAFF
[...] (C) Summary: In a perceived crackdown on an opposition newspaper, police in Male detained two popular columnists for "Minivan" on October 13 on charges unrelated to journalism. Mohamed Nasheed and Ablo Saeed were summoned to the police station and detained on respective charges of "instigating [...]
2005-10-18 11:19:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL MV
05COLOMBO1824MALDIVES: OPPOSITION FIGURE'S DAUGHTER SENTENCED
[...] (U) Jennifer Latheef, daughter of Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) Spokesman Mohamed Latheef, was sentenced by the Criminal Court on October 18 to 10 years in prison on terrorism charges. The charges stemmed from Jennifer's participation in a September 2003 demonstration in Male' protesting [...]
2005-10-18 11:49:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM MV
05COLOMBO1868FOREIGN MINISTER STICKS UP FOR HIS SISTER, SLAMS
[...] (C) Summary. Sri Lankan Foreign Minister (and brother of President Kumaratunga) Anura Bandaranaike told the Ambassador he is contemptuous of SLFP Presidential candidate Mahinda Rajapakse's alliance with the Marxist JVP, will not campaign very hard on Rajapakse's behalf and is not at all sur [...]
2005-10-31 04:06:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KIRF CE MV
05COLOMBO1878MALDIVIAN FOREIGN MINISTER HERALDS BEGINNING OF
[...] (C) Maldivian Foreign Minister Dr. Ahmed Shaheed, accompanied by Deputy Foreign Minister Aminath Didi and Maldivian High Commissioner Dr. Mohamed Asim, called on the Ambassador in Colombo October 31 to offer the Government of Maldives' (GORM) side of recent events in the country, including th [...]
2005-10-31 11:17:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM MV
05COLOMBO1953MIXED MESSAGES FROM MALDIVES: GOVERNMENT MOVES
[...] (C) During a November 9-11 visit by polcouns and Sri Lanka/Maldives Desk Officer Molly Gower to Maldives, discussions with government and opposition figures revealed a now-familiar mix of signs of progress--if intermittent and faltering--toward democratic reform, along with some disturbing in [...]
2005-11-15 12:28:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM MV
05COLOMBO2025MALDIVES: PLODDING PROGRESS ON THE PATH TO REFORM
[...] (U) Summary: The Government of the Republic of Maldives (GORM) is attempting to move forward with media and judicial reforms with bills in the People's Majlis (parliament) to create a freer press and the formation of a new Judicial Services Commission. However, the Maldives Human Rights Comm [...]
2005-12-01 08:11:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV MV
05COLOMBO2038MALDIVES: PROPOSED LETTER FROM SECRETARY TO
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 2. 2. (SBU) Maldives has made some progress in implementing democratic reforms, but significant problems, including limitations on the opposition and on pro-opposition media, as detailed in Reftels B and C, remain. The Maldives is a moderate, [...]
2005-12-05 10:11:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM MV
05COLOMBO2138MALDIVES: IBRAHIM ISMAIL ELECTED PRESIDENT OF
[...] (U) The opposition Maldives Democratic Party (MDP) held its first ever party Congress in Male' December 19-21. On December 20, delegates at the Congress used a cascading preferential voting system to elect Member of Parliament (MP) Ibrahim Ismail party president and former SAARC secretary-gen [...]
2005-12-21 11:12:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PINR MV
05COLOMBO297MALDIVES: PRO- AND ANTI-GOVERNMENT GROUPS CLAIM
[...] (C) Summary: In the aftermath of the December 26 tsunami, the Maldivian government proceeded with its SIPDIS rescheduled Majlis ("Parliament") elections on January 22, an event that occurred largely without incident. Pro- and anti-government groups declared victory, with the anti-governm [...]
2005-02-07 10:56:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM MV
05COLOMBO301 TSUNAMI RECONSTRUCTION: REMEMBER MALDIVES
[...] (U) Summary. The Maldivian government, aided by international agencies, has done an impressive job of identifying long-term tsunami reconstruction needs. The U.S. should do its part in funding this Maldivian effort. The upcoming visit to Maldives by former U.S. Presidents Bush and Clinton [...]
2005-02-07 11:24:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PREL MV
05COLOMBO326COLOMBO PLAN: CONSENSUS MINUS ONE TOWARD THAI
[...] (C) Summary: During the February 15 Colombo Plan Working Group meeting, all other member states present expressed their support for the Thai constitutional amendment proposal to address arrears. Among the several concerns voiced about the U.S. proposal, representatives from member states sin [...]
2005-02-10 12:26:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPREL SNAR AORC IR CE
05COLOMBO420MALDIVES: BANNER DAYS FOR DEMOCRACY?
[...] (C) Summary: Democracy in Maldives is going through a growth spurt -- a big one -- and the government seems to be taking it in stride. Amnesty International was set to release its report on February 24 from its official visit to Maldives in October 2004. The Maldivian court is scheduled to [...]
2005-02-25 05:13:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM MV
05COLOMBO461SRI LANKA: REQUEST FOR INFORMATION/ASSISTANCE
[...] This is an action request. Please see Para 4. 2. On March 3 the Embassy received a letter from a Member of Parliament requesting assistance with the repatriation of remains of a Sri Lankan national believed to have been killed in Iraq on February 11. According to the letter, Dewamullage [...]
2005-03-03 10:04:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER IZ CE
05COLOMBO489 AMBASSADOR'S FUND FOR CULTURAL PRESERVATION
[...] Contact: Philip Frayne Public Affairs Officer U.S. Embassy, Colombo Tel: +94 11 242 1264 Fax: +94 11 244 9070 E-mail: fraynepa@state.gov Angela Gemza Cultural Affairs Officer U.S. Embassy, Colombo Tel: +94 11 242 1271 Fax: +91 11 244 9070 E-mail: gemzaa@state.gov 2. Grante [...]
2005-03-08 04:06:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDECIN KPAO OEXC SCUL
05COLOMBO704MALDIVES: GOVERNMENT FUND EFFECTIVE MECHANISM FOR
[...] Summary: During Ambassador Lunstead's April 7 meetings with Maldivian officials, several details regarding tsunami assistance funding in Maldives emerged. The government's National Fund and the UNDP are the two major funding mechanisms available for USG aid. The National Fund appears well [...]
2005-04-12 08:22:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PREL MV
05COLOMBO833SRI LANKAN POST-TSUNAMI RECONSTRUCTION UPDATE (MAY
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-04 09:41:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON PGOV CE MV
05COLOMBO837MALDIVES BLACKLISTS FOREIGN NATIONALS FOR
[...] (C) On May 2 Maldivian Foreign Secretary Abdul Hameed Zakariyya met with CDA in Colombo to advise him that the Government of the Republic of Maldives (GORM) had blacklisted eight foreigners, including an apparent American citizen, from entering Maldives because of suspected links to a Maldivi [...]
2005-05-05 06:15:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV CASC MV
05COLOMBO845MALDIVES: PROGRESS ON REFORMS: GLACIAL BUT
[...] (C) Summary: In a May 4 release, the Government of the Republic of Maldives said it would seek to legitimize political parties under the current constitution, based on a legal opinion by the current Attorney General Dr. Hassan Saeed. The move stems from growing dissatisfaction across the po [...]
2005-05-05 12:31:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL MV
05COLOMBO870BURNING TIRES IN BATTICALOA: MORE PROBLEMS IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) called a one-day strike that closed businesses and halted transportation in many areas of the north and east May 10. The strike was called ostensibly to protest the fatal shooting of a civilian protester at a Batticaloa checkpoint [...]
2005-05-11 12:52:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV CE LTTE
05DAMASCUS6072Damascus Media Reaction: Iraq, Syria/US, Lebanon,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers led with reports on Iraq, featuring a statement by the Commander of US airborne troops in the Central Command in Iraq that the US does not possess any evidence against Syria on the issue of infiltrations through the Syrian border, and a statement by President Bush ruling [...]
2005-11-21 15:29:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
05DARESSALAAM832Tanzania Elections Update
[...] (C) Summary: The next week or so will see several decisive developments in voter registration, nomination of candidates and preparation for the October elections in Tanzania and on Zanzibar. The following is a round up of the most recent developments. End Summary. Voter Registration Draw [...]
2005-05-02 05:35:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM TZ
05DARESSALAAM908The CCM Nominates a President: an Incomplete
[...] (C) Summary: It's only the second week of May, but the October Presidential election has already been decided, now that the ruling CCM party has selected Jakaye Kikwete as its nominee. Over a decade after the introduction of multiparty democracy in Tanzania, the CCM is still a juggernaut that [...]
2005-05-09 12:29:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamCONFIDENTIALPGOV TZ
05DHAKA6297BNP/JI COALITION STRAINED BUT NOT BROKEN
[...] (C) Calling Jamaatul Mujahedin Bangladesh (JMB) "de-railed romantics," BNP MP and party whip Rezaul Bari Dina told poloff that he didn't think that the attacks will continue. He credited the police's numerous arrests of key Jamaatul Islami Bangladesh (JMB) figures for stopping the bombings t [...]
2005-12-21 09:43:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV KISL BG
05DHAKA6335PM ZIA AT BNP GRAND RALLY WARNS OPPOSITION
[...] (SBU) Prime Minister Zia rallied an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 BNP faithful on Dec 22, at the Paltan Maidan outdoor parade grounds, a normal crowd size by Bangladeshi political rally standards. Zia criticized the opposition for not accepting her call to resolve the national crises of bomb [...]
2005-12-22 10:08:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV BG
05DJIBOUTI1026DJIBOUTI AND DEMARCHE REQUEST ON IRAQI CONSTITUTION
[...] (C) Ambassador conveyed reftel demarche October 13 to Minister of Foreign Affairs Mahmoud Ali Yousuf. She noted terms of the compromise by political leaders, as announced October 12, their endorsement by key Sunni elements, and the U.S. desire to build on the momentum generated by the comprom [...]
2005-10-13 12:31:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IZ DJ
05DJIBOUTI1028DJIBOUTI WALK-IN 10/13/2005
[...] (S/NF) Summary - On 10/13/2005 RSO and ARSO interviewed a Walk-in claiming to have information relating to terrorism. The Walk-in provided RSO with information regarding a terrorist camp located in Somalia. Details of the interview were discussed with ORA and the Walk-in was turned over to OR [...]
2005-10-13 13:37:00Embassy DjiboutiSECRET//NOFORNASEC PTER PINR DJ
05DJIBOUTI1051URGENT DEMARCHE AND SECRETARY GUTIERREZ LETTER ON
[...] (U) Embassy Djibouti delivered demarche and letter from Secretary Gutierrez to Mohamed Ali Hassan, Director of SIPDIS Bilateral Relations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on October 19th. Djibouti has yet to give its stance regarding the UNESCO Cultural Diversity Convention, however in re [...]
2005-10-20 13:23:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDETRD PREL SCUL DJ UNESCO
05DJIBOUTI1056ISRAEL AT UNGA - I: HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE
[...] (U) Embassy Djibouti delivered demarche per reftel to Mohamed Ali Hassan, Director of Bilateral Relations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on October 19th. Djibouti has not given its stance on the Holocaust Remembrance Resolution. RAGSDALE [...]
2005-10-23 08:16:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL DJ UNGA
05DJIBOUTI1118DEMARCHE DELIVERED - UN THIRD COMMITTEE
[...] (U) Pol/Econ delivered demarche per reftel 9 November to Americas Bureau Chief, Mohamed Omar Djama. Djama was not able to comment on Djibouti's position on the resolutions but said he would pass them immediately to the Minister of Foreign Affairs for consideration. RAGSDALE [...]
2005-11-09 11:30:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL DJ
05DJIBOUTI1123AMBASSADORS MEETING WITH HONORARY CONSUL FOR UK
[...] (S) On 11/10/2005 at approximately 1000 Mr. Alain Martinet, Honorary Consul for the U.K., called the Ambassador because he wanted to come to the Embassy to discuss a security issue. At 1030 the Ambassador met with Mr. Martinet who passed to the Ambassador that he had been contacted by a man [...]
2005-11-10 09:16:00Embassy DjiboutiSECRETASEC PTER
05DJIBOUTI1136GOVERNMENT OF DJIBOUTI PROGRESS ON DJIBOUTI
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-16 13:28:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDABLD AMGT DJ
05DJIBOUTI1139DEMARCHE DELIVERED INTERNATIONAL MARITIME
[...] Charge d'Affaires David W. Ball called on Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of Bilateral Relations Mohamed Ali Hassan to inform the Government of Djibouti of and seek support for the re-election of the United States to the International Maritime Organization Council (IMO) in Category "A." [...]
2005-11-17 07:32:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDAORC EWWT PHSA KTIA IMO
05DJIBOUTI1145MDA DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON ADD'L GENEVA PROTOCOL
[...] (C) Charge called on Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of Bilateral Relations Mohamed Ali Hassan to seek support to add the 'red crystal' emblem to the red cross and red crescent now used with the Geneva convention, and for Magen David Adom (MDA) membership to the IRC/RC Movement. Charge [...]
2005-11-20 11:47:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALAORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ ICRC
05DJIBOUTI1147DEMARCH DELIVERED: IRAN RESOLUTION THIRD CMTE VOTE
[...] (C) Charge called on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of Bilateral Relations Mohamed Ali Hassan on November 15 to seek support on the subject resolution. Charge urged the Government of Djibouti to vote with the United States on this issue. Mr. Hassan said he would convey the request [...]
2005-11-20 12:36:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALPHUM UNHRC
05DJIBOUTI1182POLICE FIRE ON PROTESTERS DURING DESTRUCTION OF
[...] (C) Summary: An operation to remove illegal squatter houses began on November 22, 2005 in the area known as Arhiba II in the capital city Djibouti. On November 30, the last scheduled day of operations, police fired on angry inhabitants who were throwing stones at authorities. Four persons are [...]
2005-12-01 13:03:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV PINS DJ
05DJIBOUTI1212DJIBOUTI RESPONSE TO CWC DEMARCHE
[...] (U) Pol/Econ delivered demarche 7 December per reftel to Mohamed Omar Djama, Chief of Americas/Europe Office of Bilateral Relations Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Djama responded that Djibouti has shown its willingness to work against the proliferation of weapons of mass dest [...]
2005-12-11 13:38:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL CN DJ CWC
05DJIBOUTI1217PRESIDENT'S CABINET DIRECTOR ON LIVESTOCK EXPORT
[...] (C) LIVESTOCK EXPORT PROJECT: In her meeting December 7 with Ismail Tani, Director of President Guelleh's Cabinet, Ambassador talked about the commercial possibilities inherent in the U.S.- sponsored livestock holding and Gulf export project now underway in Djibouti. She told Tani that she u [...]
2005-12-12 14:34:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID ECON ETRD SCUL ENRG DJ
05DJIBOUTI122DJIBOUTI'S HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT--TOOL FOR
[...] (C) Pol/Econ met February 5 with the Director of Bilateral Relations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mohamed Ali Hassan, and the Americas Desk Officer, Mohamed Omar Djama, at their request to discuss the 2004 Annual Country Report for Djibouti on Human Rights. Hassan stated that Djibouti wa [...]
2005-02-07 11:52:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL DJ
05DJIBOUTI1237EMBASSY HOSTS DJIBOUTIAN ARTS AND CRAFTS EXHIBITION
[...] (U) Ambassador launched December 4 at Djibouti's Palais du Peuple the Embassy's second Arts and Crafts Exhibition and Sale in two years for Djiboutian handicrafts and art works. The five-day exhibition featured works and wares of 22 artisan associations in Djibouti, attracted a host of viewers [...]
2005-12-18 13:24:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV SCUL EAID ETRD DJ
05DJIBOUTI1266DJIBOUTI ENGAGES SAUDI INVESTOR FOR USAID
[...] (C) Summary: With a claim of dissatisfaction with technical aspects of construction and progress of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)-funded Livestock Export Facility in Djibouti, the Government of Djibouti has advised Embassy and Regional Economic Development Services Offi [...]
2005-12-28 09:41:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALEAID EAGR PREL PGOV ECON ETRD DJ SA
05DJIBOUTI136SOMALILAND FM ON MARGINS OF KAHIN'S DJIBOUTI STOP:
[...] (C) Somaliland President Daher Rayaleh Kahin, accompanied by his Foreign Minister Edna Adan Ismail, and other ministers, were in Djibouti February 12 and morning of February 13 for talks with Djiboutian officials, including President Ismail Omar Guelleh and Prime Minister Dileita Mohamed Dilei [...]
2005-02-14 03:06:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM DJ SO
05DJIBOUTI149ISLAM IN DJIBOUTI
[...] (SBU) Summary: During recent years, the Islamic world has witnessed changes in religious attitudes and verbal outlook. Fundamental views that oppose all things external to Islamic culture expressed by scholars and preachers have taken hold in some Muslim societies. This fervent opposition of an [...]
2005-02-15 07:01:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALSOCI SCUL PREL PGOV ASEC PINR KISL DJ
05DJIBOUTI157UNION FOR PRESIDENTIAL MAJORITY (UMP) CONVENTION IN
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The Union for Presidential Majority (UMP),the majority coalition, held its Convention February 6 at the Equestrian Club in Djibouti City. The UMP is composed of four political parties: People's Rally for Progress (RPP, ruling party),Front for Unity and Democracy Restoration (FRUD [...]
2005-02-16 10:20:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PINR FR DJ
05DJIBOUTI182TACTICAL MANEUVERS FOR UPCOMING PRESIDENTIAL
[...] (C) In less than sixty days, April 8, Djibouti will hold its third multi-party election since its independence in 1977. As presidential elections approach, a frenzy within the ruling party is increasingly visible in its efforts to seize every chance to win. Two months before election day, the [...]
2005-02-22 08:50:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALPGOV SCUL SOCI PHUM PINR DJ
05DJIBOUTI212ACTING FOREIGN MINISTER ON ELECTIONS, MCA, GOOD
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with Acting Foreign Minister, Mahamoud Ali Youssouf, at her request February 23 to discuss several issues, among them good governance, elections, and Djibouti's quest to become eligible for the Millennium Challenge Account. Youssouf said regarding good governance, D [...]
2005-03-02 04:31:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SOCI KDEM PINR DJ
05DJIBOUTI213DJIBOUTI SEEKING WILLING CANDIDATES TO RUN FOR
[...] (U) The February 27th evening news in Djibouti launched an open appeal to Djiboutians to be candidates in the upcoming Presidential elections, currently scheduled for April 8th. The news announced, "It is now official, if there are male or female Djiboutian candidates who would like to partake [...]
2005-03-02 04:34:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALPGOV SOCI DJ
05DJIBOUTI215 SUDANESE PASSPORTS REPORTED LOST
[...] (U) Embassy Djibouti has been informed by the Sudanese Embassy in Djibouti that the following Sudanese Diplomatic passport has been lost and should be considered invalid: Name: Mohamed Al-Amin Osman Mohamed Passport No: 7620 Issued: Dec. 12, 2003 RAGSDALE [...]
2005-03-02 12:16:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD ER DJ
05DJIBOUTI217REQUEST FOR DEMARCHE: UNITED NATIONS GENERAL
[...] (U) Pol/Econ delivered reftel demarche 2 March to Director of Bilateral Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mohamed Ali Hassan. Hassan said he thought the new vote was related to concerns regarding certain arguments within the Declaration, not the principle itself. He said he would like [...]
2005-03-02 12:55:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL TBIO DJ UNGA
05DJIBOUTI218HCOC - ENCOURAGING ADDITIONAL COUNTRIES TO
[...] (U) Pol/Econ delivered reftel demarche 2 March to Director of Bilateral Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mohamed Ali Hassan. Hassan stated issues such as ballistic missiles were more of a concern for certain countries. He continued that Djibouti normally waits until a general consen [...]
2005-03-02 12:55:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA PREL MNUC ETTC TSPA DJ
05DJIBOUTI219U.S. VIEWS ON DEBT RELIEF FOR POOR COUNTRIES
[...] (U) Pol/Econ delivered reftel demarche 2 March to Director of Bilateral Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mohamed Ali Hassan. Hassan stated Djibouti would be very interested to examine the U.S. position on debt relief. He told Pol/Econ it would also be good to pass the demarche to th [...]
2005-03-02 12:57:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EAID DJ
05DJIBOUTI220TERRORIST FINANCE: FADHLI DESIGNATION UNDER E.O.
[...] (U) Pol/Econ delivered reftel demarche 2 March to Director of Bilateral Relations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mohamed Ali Hassan. Hassan said he would pass it on to the National Terrorism Finance Committee. RAGSDALE [...]
2005-03-02 12:58:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDKSEP ETTC EFIN PTER CVIS DJ
05DJIBOUTI221SOMALIA: PUBLIC STATEMENT - DJIBOUTIAN REACTION
[...] (C) Pol/Econ delivered reftel demarche 2 March to Director of Bilateral Relations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mohamed Ali Hassan. Hassan stated there would be a Ministerial level meeting of Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) member states in Nairobi during March to revie [...]
2005-03-02 13:41:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SO DJ
05DJIBOUTI237PUBLIC DIPLOMACY AND SELF-HELP HOST ARTS AND CRAFTS
[...] (U) Summary: Public Diplomacy funded the Self-Help Program with end of year grant money to host an exposition and sale of locally made arts and crafts. The Self-Help Program has funded many Associations that teach women and girls the skills of sewing, as well as their traditional crafts. Thi [...]
2005-03-06 11:59:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO EAID ECON EFIN DJ
05DJIBOUTI244NATIONAL EDUCATION FORUM IN DJIBOUTI
[...] (U) Djibouti's Ministry of Education hosted February 5-6 at the People's Palace a formal review of its education reform program, which began in 1999. Funded in part by USAID, under the Economic Support Funds (ESF) program, the formal review was an outgrowth of district stakeholders meetings by [...]
2005-03-07 13:06:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV EAID SOCI SCUL DJ
05DJIBOUTI265DJIBOUTI PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS - A ONE HORSE RACE
[...] (C) Summary: Mohamed Daoud Chehem, President of the opposition party, Djiboutian Party for Development (PDD),and his Secretary General Bouha Daoud, confirmed to Embassy that PDD has every intention of participating in the upcoming presidential elections. However, the Party lacks the funds and [...]
2005-03-13 05:50:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALPGOV SOCI DJ
05DJIBOUTI2749TH POLITICAL PARTY CREATED IN DJIBOUTI
[...] (U) On March 3rd, the Ministry of Interior gave official legal recognition to the ninth political party created in Djibouti. The Union for Supporters of Reform (UPR) is led by Ibrahim Chehem Daoud as President, Mohamed Abdillahi Aourah and Ali Houssein Ahmed as dual vice-presidents, and Adou Al [...]
2005-03-15 12:01:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALPGOV SOCI DJ
05DJIBOUTI283 LAUNCH OF HEALTH DONOR-COORDINATING GROUP IN
[...] U) A launching ceremony took place March 14 at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to inaugurate a new donor-coordinating group in health in Djibouti and to formally announce to the public that both donors and the Ministry of Health are ready to work together to help the people of Djibouti. Focus [...]
2005-03-18 12:11:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EAID SOCI DJ
05DJIBOUTI289SOMALIA - IGAD DEPLOYMENT PLAN AND DJIBOUTI
[...] (C) Ref Message reached post after the departure of the Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs for the Arab League Summit in Algiers. In his absence, Ambassador presented the demarche March 20 to Ahmed Ali Bogoreh, Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and highest ranking official [...]
2005-03-22 09:44:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SO DJ
05DJIBOUTI299 OFFICIAL OPENING CEREMONY OF GOUBETTO HEALTH CLINIC
[...] (U) An official ceremony was held March 16 in the rural community of Goubetto, located 25 miles south of the capital, to open a newly rehabilitated health facility. The Goubetto Clinic previously was defunct until the USAID program for health sector reform began rehabilitation of it in Decembe [...]
2005-03-24 12:49:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV EAID SOCI DJ
05DJIBOUTI304STAFFDEL CHAKA MEETING WITH MFA DIRECTOR OF
[...] (U) Summary: Staff Members of the House International Relations Committee Malik Chaka and Pearl Alice Marsh met 31 March with Director of Bilateral Relations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mohamed Ali Hassan, to discuss Djibouti's relations with the United States, the counter-terrorism ef [...]
2005-03-31 14:12:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV DJ
05DJIBOUTI326STAFFDEL CHAKA GETS STATISTICS ON DJIBOUTI'S
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On March 31, HIRC Staff members Malik Chaka and Dr. Pearl Alice Marsh met with Commandant Mohamed Moussa Abar, the Harbor Master and Director of Maritime Security at the Port of Djibouti (see para 9 for bio). Abar explained to the Staffdel how the current port operates, the problem [...]
2005-04-06 14:01:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SCUL OREP PINR ECON DJ
05DJIBOUTI338CORNERSTONE LAID FOR SAUDI-FUNDED DIALYSIS CENTER
[...] (U) Prime Minister Dileita Mohamed Dileita, Saudi Ambassador to Djibouti Abdulaziz bin Mohamed Al-Eifan, and Army Major Khatab Bin Eid Al-Otaibi of the Saudi Army's Medical Corps, led ceremonies April 6 in Djibouti laying the cornerstone for a future dialysis center donated by Prince Sultan Bi [...]
2005-04-07 14:28:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV SOCI SA DJ
05DJIBOUTI391DJIBOUTI AT LOGGERHEADS WITH SAUDI ARABIA OVER
[...] (C) The 4/19-20 visit of the president of Al-Imam Mohamed Ibn Saud Islamic University, Dr. Mohamed Al-Salem, gave Arab League member state Djibouti the opportunity to reiterate to Saudi Arabia its concerns about instruction offered Djibouti's youth under Saudi auspices. Acting Minister of For [...]
2005-04-20 13:44:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SCUL SOCI PINR EAID SA DJ
05DJIBOUTI424COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] (U) Acting Pol/Econ delivered demarche per reftel April 28 to Mohamed Omar Djama, Coordinator of the Americas Office at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Djama reported the Djiboutian government does have an observer at the Community of Democracies meeting from Djibouti's NY/DC Mission, but t [...]
2005-04-29 08:54:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM PREL DJ
05DJIBOUTI498GUELLEH'S SECOND TERM: CABINET CHANGES, BUT NOT
[...] (U) Summary: With the start of President Ismail Omar Guelleh's second term comes the customary change in cabinet. As required by law, Prime Minister Dileita Mohamed Dileita submitted his resignation Thursday, May 19th to President Guelleh. Saturday, May 21st, Guelleh issued a decree re-appoint [...]
2005-05-23 13:09:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR DJ
05DJIBOUTI529BIOS AND COMMENTARY ON NEW DJIBOUTIAN CABINET
[...] (C) Summary: The following is current bio data on the new Ministerial cabinet, announced May 22nd, as well as on reasons behind the appointment/change/removal. An outline of Guelleh's policy "road map" for his new six-year term will follow septel. End Summary. 2. (C) Prime Minister Dileita [...]
2005-06-05 13:07:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL DJ
05DJIBOUTI541DEMARCHE REQUEST: GATHERING SUPPORT FROM MUSLIM
[...] (U) Pol/Econ delivered demarche per reftel 2 June to Director of Bilateral Relations, Mohamed Ali Hassan. Hassan replied that it is not Djibouti's tendency to take positions on every crisis in the world. He explained that Djibouti's diplomatic corps was much smaller than that of the U.S. As it [...]
2005-06-07 07:05:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDKISL CASC PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER DJ
05DJIBOUTI542DJIBOUTI'S RESPONSE TO WCO FRAMEWORK DEMARCHE
[...] (U) Pol/Econ delivered demarche per reftel 2 June to Director of Bilateral Relations, Mohamed Ali Hassan. Hassan said he would study the issue and pass the demarche to the Minister of Commerce and the Customs Department. RAGSDALE [...]
2005-06-07 07:06:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDETRD DJ CTM
05DJIBOUTI543DEMARCHE DELIVERED: TERRORIST FINANCE LIST 71
[...] (U) Pol/Econ delivered demarche per reftel 2 June to Director of Bilateral Relations, Mohamed Ali Hassan. Hassan said he would pass the list to the National Committee for Terrorism Finance and financial institutions. RAGSDALE [...]
2005-06-07 07:06:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDKTFN EFIN ETTC PREL PTER CVIS KVPR DJ
05DJIBOUTI544DJIBOUTI'S RESPONSE TO CUBAN CANDIDACY FOR THE ILO
[...] (U) Pol/Econ delivered demarche per reftel 2 June to Director of Bilateral Relations, Mohamed Ali Hassan. Hassan stated that while Djibouti appreciates the U.S. requesting assistance on its neighbor's behalf and explaining why it will be supporting a particular candidate, it has a hard time su [...]
2005-06-07 07:07:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDELAB PHUM PREL BB CU DJ ILO
05DJIBOUTI545MESSAGE TO THE ARAB LEAGUE: REGIONAL SUPPORT FOR
[...] (C) Pol/Econ delivered demarche per reftel 2 June to Director of Bilateral Relations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mohamed Ali Hassan. Hassan replied the peace process was a sensitive issue to all Arab states. He continued that he believed Israel had a great deal of responsibility to take [...]
2005-06-07 09:05:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IO IS SY DJ
05DJIBOUTI546DJIBOUTI'S RESPONSE TO UNESCO DEMARCHE
[...] (U) Pol/Econ delivered demarche per reftel 2 June to Director of Bilateral Relations, Mohamed Ali Hassan. Hassan stated he would pass the demarche on to the International Organizations department within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. RAGSDALE [...]
2005-06-07 09:05:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDETRD SCUL DJ UNESCO
05DJIBOUTI568UPDATE ON ETHIOPIAN HELICOPTER CREW ASYLUM REQUEST
[...] (C) Deputy Director of National Security Service, Abdillahi Mohamed Abdillahi, told Embassy officer that the highest ranking official among the helicopter crew that sought asylum in Djibouti 6/9 (see reftel) had been a "general." It is unclear if this individual actually piloted the aircraft. [...]
2005-06-13 15:02:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MARR PGOV ET DJ
05DJIBOUTI581MDA: DJIBOUTI RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE REQUEST
[...] (U) Pol/Econ delivered demarche per reftel (B) 12 June to Americas' Desk Officer in the Bilateral Relations Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mohamed Omar Djama. Djama said he would pass the information to his superior, who is currently on a mission abroad. Djibouti has no response [...]
2005-06-16 13:13:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PHUM PREL DJ
05DJIBOUTI610DJIBOUTI: PARTICIPANT LIST - ILEA GABORONE, LEEDP
[...] Per REFTEL, the appropriate local national checks have been conducted for the Djiboutian participants of session 16 LEEDP. Post is still in the process of vetting the names through appropriate U.S. Agencies and will forward any negative information as received. Travel itinerary and other per [...]
2005-06-24 09:17:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM SNAR ASEC EAID ECON DJ
05DJIBOUTI62328TH DJIBOUTIAN INDEPENDENCE DAY - GUELLEH'S
[...] (U) Summary: On the 27th June, after the traditional military parade, President Ismail Omar Guelleh and his wife hosted a garden party for government employees, members of Parliament, the diplomatic corps, and large numbers of the population. At the event, Guelleh gave two speeches traditional [...]
2005-06-30 06:01:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KDEM ECON DJ
05DJIBOUTI625DEMARCHING AFRICAN NATIONS AND THE AU ON UN REFORM
[...] (U) Pol/Econ delivered demarche per reftel 30 June to Americas Desk Officer in the Department of Bilateral Relations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mohamed Omar Djama. Djama said he would be sure to pass the information to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, who left for the African Union Su [...]
2005-06-30 13:28:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL DJ UN UNSC
05DJIBOUTI630FAO/WHO CODEX ALIMENTARIUS COMMISSION - U.S.
[...] (U) Pol/Econ delivered demarche per reftel 30 June to the Americas Desk Officer in the Department of Bilateral Relations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mohamed Omar Djama. Djama said he would pass the information on to the appropriate offices, but had no information whether Djibouti would [...]
2005-07-04 11:04:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ETRD AORC DJ
05DJIBOUTI65TOTAL AND MOBIL TRY TO HOLD LINE ON DORALEH MOVE
[...] (C) Momar Nguer, Total's Director of Refinery and Marketing for East Africa and the Indian Ocean, and boss of Total Djibouti's Chief Executive Francois de Charnace, told Ambassador 1/16 during a de Charnace-hosted dinner, that Total, Mobil and Shell had each received new communication from the [...]
2005-01-18 04:12:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON ETRD PGOV MARR MOPS DJ TC
05DJIBOUTI668DJIBOUTI'S FOREIGN MINISTER RAISES NEC WITH
[...] (U) Djibouti's Foreign Minister Mahmoud Ali Youssouf contacted Ambassador on July 10 to request an urgent meeting on the New Embassy Compound (NEC) Project. The meeting took place at the Foreign Ministry on July 11. 2. (C) The Minister, joined by Director of Bilateral Relations Mohamed Ali [...]
2005-07-13 10:52:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALPREL ABLD AMGT ASEC DJ
05DJIBOUTI669JUSTICE MINISTER SEEKS USG ASSISTANCE FOR
[...] (C) Ambassador and Pol/Econ met 5 July with Minister of Justice, Mohamed Barkat Abdillahi, and Secretary General at the Ministry of Justice, Abdi Ismail Hersi, at their request, to be briefed on changes being implemented at the Ministry since Abdillahi assumed charge in May. Abdillahi said the [...]
2005-07-13 11:08:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM DJ
05DJIBOUTI678MDA: FOLLOW-UP WITH OIC
[...] (C) Pol/Econ delivered demarche per reftel 14 July to Director of Bilateral Relations in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mohamed Ali Hassan. Hassan asked did the Swiss government write to each member nation of the OIC directly asking for this support. Pol/Econ said she was not sure, but could [...]
2005-07-18 10:42:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALPREF PHUM PREL DJ
05DJIBOUTI679WAY-AHEAD FOR CREATING THE UN PEACEBUILDING
[...] (U) Pol/Econ delivered demarche per reftel 14 July to Director of Bilateral Relations in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mohamed Ali Hassan. Hassan said that Djibouti supported reforms in all organs of the United Nations and that Djibouti will vote for any positive reforms. He added that he w [...]
2005-07-18 10:42:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDKUNR PREL DJ KPOKO UNSC UNGA ECOSOC
05DJIBOUTI708TIP ACTION PLAN: DJIBOUTI'S INITIAL RESPONSE
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador and Pol/Econ presented the demarche and proposed action plan 25 July to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mahamoud Ali Youssouf, and Director of Bilateral Relations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as requested in reftel. Youssouf was defensive about the statement tha [...]
2005-07-25 12:40:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALKCRM PHUM PREL DJ
05DJIBOUTI710GOVERNMENT OF DJIBOUTI RAISES THREAT LEVEL IN
[...] (S) DURING A MEETING JULY 26 AT NATIONAL SECURITY SERVICES (NSS) HEADQUARTERS, THE DIRECTOR OF NSS, HASSAN SAID, AND THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR ABDILLAHI MOHAMED ABDILLAHI, ADVISED TDY RSO, FSNI, AND NCIS FORCE PROTECTION OFFICER THAT NATIONAL SECURITY HAS RAISED THE THREAT LEVEL OF DJIBOUTI TO A [...]
2005-07-26 14:15:00Embassy DjiboutiSECRETASEC DJ PTER
05DJIBOUTI725DECENTRALIZATION FORUM: FOLLOW-UP WITH PND
[...] (C) Summary: In one of several conversations (reftel B and septel to follow) with the participants of the recent forum held to discuss decentralization and the special status for Djibouti City, Embassy spoke with the Secretary General of the National Democratic Party (PND),Mohamed Abdillahi W [...]
2005-07-28 12:56:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PHUM PREL DJ
05DJIBOUTI737TIP ACTION PLAN: MEETING WITH DIRECTOR BILATERAL
[...] (C) Pol/Econ met with Director of Bilateral Relations, Mohamed Ali Hassan, on 28 July to follow up on the Trafficking in Persons action plan demarched to Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mahamoud Ali Youssouf (reftel A). Hassan said he had a chance to review the action plan and demarche submitted [...]
2005-08-01 04:48:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALKCRM PHUM PREL DJ
05DJIBOUTI738DECENTRALIZATION FORUM: FOLLOW-UP WITH PND
[...] (C) Summary: In one of several conversations (reftel B and septel to follow) with the participants of the recent forum held to discuss decentralization and the special status for Djibouti City, Embassy spoke with the Secretary General of the National Democratic Party (PND),Mohamed Abdillahi W [...]
2005-08-01 08:39:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PHUM PREL DJ
05DJIBOUTI740DECENTRALIZATION FORUM: FOLLOW-UP WITH PND
[...] (C) Summary: In one of several conversations (reftel B and septel to follow) with the participants of the recent forum held to discuss decentralization and the special status for Djibouti City, Embassy spoke with the Secretary General of the National Democratic Party (PND),Mohamed Abdillahi W [...]
2005-08-02 06:24:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PHUM PREL DJ
05DJIBOUTI755TIP ACTION PLAN: MEETING WITH DIRECTOR BILATERAL
[...] (C) Pol/Econ met with Director of Bilateral Relations, Mohamed Ali Hassan, on 28 July to follow up on the Trafficking in Persons action plan demarched to Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mahamoud Ali Youssouf (reftel A). Hassan said he had a chance to review the action plan and demarche submitted [...]
2005-08-07 05:30:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALKCRM PHUM PREL DJ
05DJIBOUTI766DJIBOUTI WILLING TO HOST GEOTHERMAL WORKSHOP
[...] (U) Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent official notice on August 6 to Embassy informing that Djibouti is willing to host a technical workshop for countries in the African Rift Valley Geothermal Development Facility project on the proposed dates of November 6 -10, 2005. Attached to the official n [...]
2005-08-09 06:01:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDENRG ECON TRGY DJ
05DJIBOUTI784DATA REQUEST: DJIBOUTI ASSISTANCE TO THE
[...] (U) Pol/Econ delivered demarche per reftel 10 August to Director of Bilateral Relations, Mohamed Ali Hassan. Hassan looked into the issue and replied 11 August. Djibouti has no records of any assistance in the 2000-2005 time frame. There is no regular assistance to the Palestinian Authority, wi [...]
2005-08-11 10:31:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EFIN PREL DJ
05DJIBOUTI899DJIBOUTIAN HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE AT UNGA
[...] (SBU) Djibouti has confirmed that its delegation to UNGA from September 10-20th will include President Ismail Omar Guelleh, Minister of Foreign Affairs Mahamoud Ali Youssouf, and Djiboutian Ambassador to Addis Ababa Ibrahim Mohamed Kamil. Protocol for the Ministry of the Presidency informed Po [...]
2005-09-08 11:08:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL XA DJ UNGA
05DJIBOUTI965STRIKES AT DJIBOUTI PORT AND RUMORS OF EMBASSY
[...] (C) Summary: On September 14, the Port of Djibouti's general union, Union of Port Workers (UTP),launched a strike denouncing what it called "catastrophic management of the port's Human Resources Division." Further protests took place on September 24th following a breakdown in mediations and [...]
2005-09-30 08:27:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ELAB ECON ASEC SCUL DJ
05DJIBOUTI972 Making an Impression in
[...] (U) Souguah Mohamed, Director of Al Biri, a conservative Muslim social service organization, recently complimented Post for its proactive and sensitive dealings with both the conservative Muslim community and the nation's underprivileged in the time since Post's primary positions (Ambassador, [...]
2005-10-03 07:47:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPAO PGOV SCUL DJ
05DJIBOUTI984TERRORISM FINANCE - ADDITION OF AL-AKHTAR TRUST
[...] (U) Pol/Econ delivered demarche per reftel 21 September to Mohamed Bourhan, Americas Bureau in the Department of Bilateral Relations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Bourhan said he would pass it to the Terrorism Finance Committee for distribution. RAGSDALE [...]
2005-10-04 11:19:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDKSEP ETTC EFIN PTER CVIS DJ
05DJIBOUTI985TERRORIST FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF NAME APPROVED BY
[...] (U) Pol/Econ delivered demarche per reftel 21 September to Mohamed Bourhan, Americas Bureau in the Department of Bilateral Relations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Bourhan said he would transmit the new list to the Terrorism Finance Committee for distribution. RAGSDALE [...]
2005-10-04 11:19:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS DJ
05DJIBOUTI986DEMARCHE REQUEST: UNESCO CONVENTION ON CULTURAL
[...] (U) Pol/Econ delivered demarche per reftel 21 September to Mohamed Bourhan, Americas Bureau in the Department of Bilateral Relations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Bourhan said he would take the draft document of the convention and the U.S. position to his superiors for consideration. He [...]
2005-10-04 11:20:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL ETRD DJ
05DJIBOUTI995CHINA'S INFLUENCE IN DJIBOUTI
[...] (C) The Republic of Djibouti and the People's Republic of China have had diplomatic relations for 26 of the 28 years Djibouti has been independent. Over those 26 years, China has given a substantial amount of aid to Djibouti in the form of loans, grants, building projects and cooperative trade [...]
2005-10-05 13:48:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON ETRD EFIN EMIN EINV ENRG ETTC PHUM SENV AF CH DJ
05DOHA1056CONVERSATION WITH ISLAMIC SCHOLAR YOUSEF
[...] (C) P/E Chief met with influential Islamic scholar Dr. Yousef al-Qaradawi in May. Qaradawi maintained an attitude of intellectual superiority and aloofness during the meeting. He made a point to reaffirm his well-known positions on suicide bombings against Israel and on interacting with Jews. H [...]
2005-06-13 14:45:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPREL KISL PTER PINR IZ IS QA
05DOHA1268QARADAWI VIEWED LOCALLY AS A MODERATE SCHOLAR
[...] (C) Summary. Dr. Yousef al-Qaradawi is the most influential Muslim scholar in Qatar. His positions on social issues are seen as moderate by his followers. He plays an important role in Islamic banking in the country. His personal wealth is due to favors bestowed by the ruling Al Thani family. [...]
2005-07-12 14:43:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPREL KISL PTER QA
05DOHA1764AMIR'S INAUGURAL ADDRESS TO ADVISORY COUNCIL
[...] (U) Summary. On Tuesday, October 11th, the Amir Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani delivered the opening address to the 34th session of the Advisory Council. The Amir's speech was perhaps more noteworthy for what it did not say, as opposed to what it said. The speech touched on Qatar's economic [...]
2005-10-20 13:17:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL QA
05DOHA1809QATAR ECONOMY HEATS UP
[...] Summary. Qatari Minister of Economy and Commerce, Sheikh Mohamed bin Ahmed Al Thani, has highlighted the country's bright economic prospects in interviews with local press and in a front- page story in the recent Middle East Economic Digest. The economy is expected to grow by 25 to 27 percent, [...]
2005-11-02 12:33:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EPET EINV PGOV QA
05DOHA845QATAR: UPDATE ON NATIONALITY ISSUE
[...] (C) Summary. Over the past several months, post has received numerous reports from Qatari nationals that the government has revoked their nationality (reftel A). According to various sources, the group most affected by these revocations is the Al-Ghufran branch of the Al-Murra tribe. This trib [...]
2005-05-10 13:51:00Embassy DohaSECRETPGOV PREL PHUM PINR QA
05DOHA849QATAR: UPDATE ON UNDERAGE CAMEL JOCKEYS
[...] (U) Summary. Recently concluded camel races in Qatar provided an opportunity to learn about the child camel jockey situation in Qatar. While the findings point to a significant problem, recent statements and pledges by government officials suggest that the GOQ may finally be taking some impor [...]
2005-05-11 14:45:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV ELAB KCRM QA
05GENEVA1094WTO DG RACE - LAMY AND PEREZ DEL CASTILLO TO BE FINAL
[...] The General Council chair, Ambassador Mohamed of Kenya, held informal consultations on the evening of April 29 to present the results of the second round of consultations over the selection and appointment of the next WTO Director-General. She recalled the procedures for selecting a Director- [...]
2005-05-03 06:13:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD WTRO USTR
05GENEVA1320 MEETING OF THE WTO GENERAL COUNCIL - MAY 26, 2005
[...] Begin Summary. The meeting of the WTO General Council on May 26, 2005 was punctuated by two significant decisions - 1) a decision to create a working party on the accession of Iran to the WTO, and 2) formal approval of Pascal Lamy to be the next WTO Director-General. Lamy's term will [...]
2005-05-31 12:52:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD WTRO USTR
05ISLAMABAD17267 SUCCESSFUL DONOR CONFERENCE GIVES MAJOR BOOST
[...] (SBU) summary and comment. The Musharraf Government is basking in the glow of a successful November 19 donor reconstruction conference that raised $6.0 billion (GOP's current internal figure, as of November 21 evening) in pledges for earthquake reconstruction, comfortably in excess of both t [...]
2005-11-21 21:04:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON PK PREL SENV
05JEDDAH3366SAUDI KING PLEASED WITH PROGRESS AGAINST
[...] (S) SUMMARY. On September 5, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security Fran Townsend met with King Abdullah at his invitation at the King's home in Jeddah. The meeting, notable for its warm and friendly tone, focused on the Saudi progress in subduing Saudi terrorists and the need to c [...]
2005-09-13 11:44:00Consulate JeddahSECRETPGOV PTER PREL SA
05KINSHASA354Updated List of GDRC Leaders
[...] SUMMARY. On February 17, DRC President Joseph Kabila completed a cabinet reshuffle that began January 3. An updated list of all GDRC vice presidents, ministers and vice ministers follows. END SUMMARY. Vice Presidents --------------- - Mr. Jean-Pierre BEMBA (MLC) - Mr. Abdoulaye YERODIA N [...]
2005-03-02 09:26:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PINR CG
05KUWAIT1756KUWAIT STOCK EXCHANGE: AN INSIDE VIEW
[...] (U) Summary: Econ Officer met on April 27 with Kuwait Stock Exchange Manager of the Technical Bureau Department Ms. Wafa Mohamed Al-Rasheed for an overview and tour of the Exchange. Al-Rasheed described the modernization and upgrading of the Exchange, including the installation of a new ele [...]
2005-05-01 04:51:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN BEXP PINR KU
05KUWAIT2171AMBASSADOR MEETS CANDIDATE FOR FIRST WOMAN CABINET
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-22 14:22:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM SOCI PINR KWMN KU
05KUWAIT2548IRANIAN NSA VISITS KUWAIT, CALLS FOR AMERICAN
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: Following a number of official exchanges, the Secretary General of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, Dr. Hassan Rouhani, visited Kuwait June 4-6, during which he held a series of meetings reportedly focusing on security cooperation in the fight against terroris [...]
2005-06-08 14:21:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KU IR KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS
05KUWAIT2990GOK PROSECUTION FOR TRAFFICKING-RELATED CRIMES
[...] (SBU) Since the June 3 release of the 2005 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report, PolOff has continued to meet with Hashim Maged Mohamed, General Manager of the Kuwait Union of Domestic Labor Offices (KUDLO). Mohamed also has a business association with Al-Haqooq International, a law firm provid [...]
2005-07-03 12:59:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV KCRM PREL KU
05KUWAIT4325MEPI-FUNDED REGIONAL CAMPAIGN SCHOOL BRINGS ARAB
[...] (U) Summary. The National Democratic Institute (NDI) held in Kuwait from September 25 - 28, the fourth regional campaign school funded by the Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI). "Partners in Participation" attracted women activists from 14 countries in the Middle East and North Afri [...]
2005-10-05 09:35:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KDEM KMPI KWMN PGOV PREL PINR KU XF WOMEN POLITICAL RIGHTS MEPI
05KUWAIT4334KUWAITIS PRESS IRANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER TO
[...] (C) In a very brief exchange as Ambassador was leaving the Foreign Ministry with Ambassador Jeffrey's Iraq-related delegation on October 5, Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah advised that he had pressed visiting Iranian Foreign Minister Manoucher Mottaki to c [...]
2005-10-05 13:33:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPARM PGOV PREL PBTS IZ IR KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS
05KUWAIT4763MEDIA REACTION: INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
[...] Moderate Arabic daily Al-Seyassah reprinted an article by Mohamed Yousef Al-Melaify titled "The audacity of the American report." Mr. Al-Melaify heavily criticized the International Religious Freedom Report. He questioned the authenticity of the report's information as well as the integrity o [...]
2005-11-15 04:03:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO XF IZ KU
05KUWAIT5140THE HIGH IMPACT OF CULTURAL AND SPORTS PROGRAMS
[...] SUMMARY: EMBASSY KUWAIT'S CULTURAL AND SPORTS OUTREACH EFFORTS HAVE BEEN EFFECTIVE IN REACHING NEW AND DIVERSE AUDIENCES OF YOUNG KUWAITIS. SPORTS PROGRAMS SERVE AS A SUPERB TOOL WITH WHICH TO REACH YOUNG KUWAITI MALES, A KEY DEMOGRAPHIC IN THE STRUGGLE FOR HEARTS AND MINDS, AS WELL AS YOUN [...]
2005-12-16 11:24:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC KPAO SCUL OIIP XF KU
05KUWAIT5286KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION: The New Press Law
[...] Summary: The Kuwaiti press was vigorous in its coverage of the new press law which was seen as groundbreaking. The daily Arabic-language newspapers provided readers with some of the modifications proposed by the special panel formed to study the law and also changes that have been made to the [...]
2005-12-28 13:10:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL PGOV KPAO KMDR KU
05LAGOS935 NIGERIA: 2006 NARCOTICS CERTIFICATION REPORT CARD
[...] (U) This responds to Ref A's request for a certification report card identifying the Government of Nigeria's (GON's) efforts towards meeting the 2004 certification benchmarks. A. Major Traffickers 2. (SBU) The 2003 benchmark for cooperation against major traffickers include increased eff [...]
2005-06-16 14:17:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR NI
05MADRID1305 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. THE SPANISH NATIONAL POLICE ARRESTED THE FOLLOWING 13 INDIVIDUALS ON APRIL 1, 2005 IN CONNECTION WITH THE 11 MARCH 2004 TERRORIST ATTACKS IN MADRID. THE ARRE [...]
2005-04-06 08:46:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
05MADRID1560 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. INFORMATION RECEIVED AT THIS POST REFERS TO THE RADICAL ISLAMIST ACTIVITY OF TWO MOROCCANS IMPRISONED IN SPAIN. AS OF LATE MARCH 2005, THE SPANISH AUTHORI [...]
2005-04-21 15:39:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
05MADRID1584MASS TRIAL OF AL-QA'IDA SUSPECTS GETS UNDERWAY
[...] (U) Spanish prosecutors launched their case against al-Qa'ida financier Imad Eddin Barakat Yarkas and 23 associated defendants on April 22 before the Fifth Magistrate of Spain's National Court. The defendants were named in a September 2003 indictment handed down by high-profile judge Baltasar [...]
2005-04-22 16:33:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL SP
05MADRID2082DOJ COUNTERTERRORISM MEETINGS WITH SPANISH
[...] (C) Summary. A USDOJ/FBI team led by DOJ Trial Attorneys Donald Ashley and Greg Sofer visited Madrid May 16-20 for meetings with Spanish prosecutors and judicial officials to discuss counterterrorism cooperation and to participate in the first official meeting of the U.S.-Spain Bilateral Coun [...]
2005-06-01 14:28:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL SP
05MADRID2209OPPOSITION HITS MORATINOS ON WESTERN SAHARA/MOROCCO
[...] (C) Summary. FM Moratinos faced vigorous opposition criticism this week for declining to condemn Morocco's refusal to admit two Spanish political delegations seeking to visit Laayoun as a demonstration of support for the Sahrawis. The opposition Popular Party has been the most vocal critic, [...]
2005-06-08 15:56:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL MO WS SP
05MADRID2223SPAIN: YARKAS TERRORIST TRIAL UPDATE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 22, judge Javier Gomez Bermudez of the Spanish National Court initiated trial proceedings against 24 defendants, mostly Syrian-born residents of Spain, accused of belonging to a radical Islamic terrorist cell linked to al-Qa'ida (Reftel). Three defendants, the main one b [...]
2005-06-10 11:24:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV SP
05MADRID2248GOS SUGGESTED COOPERATION WITH U.S. ON TERRORISM
[...] (C) During the first official meeting of the U.S.-Spain Bilateral Counterterrorism Experts Working Group on May 16-20 in Madrid (reftel),Spanish judicial officials proposed a joint investigation into the finances of the Islamic Cultural Center. The Center is a prominent Islamic institution l [...]
2005-06-10 15:41:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALKTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL ADPM SP
05MADRID2337 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. DAILY PRESS OF JUNE 16, 2005 REPORTED THAT THE SPANISH POLICE ARRESTED FIVE MOROCCAN NATIONALS IN BARCELONA AND MADRID, FOR THEIR ALLEGED LINKS TO THE MADR [...]
2005-06-16 15:43:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL EL
05MADRID2340SPANISH POLICE DISRUPT AL-ZARQAWI SUPPORT NETWORK
[...] (U) Spanish police arrested 16 suspected Islamic terrorists early June 15 in two related operations involving over 500 police officers. The arrests took place in Madrid, Catalunia, Andalucia, Levante and Ceuta; with 13 of those detained being natives of Morocco, two others from Algeria and on [...]
2005-06-16 16:05:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV SP PINR
05MADRID2347 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. ALL INDIVIDUALS REFERENCE BELOW WERE ALSO ARRESTED IN THE RECENT SPANISH POLICE OPERATIONS AGAINST RADICAL ISLAMIST CELLS ASSOCIATED TO "ANSAR AL ISLAM" AND T [...]
2005-06-17 12:06:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL EL
05MADRID2442 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. INFORMATION OBTAINED AT THIS POST REFERS TO THE INDIVIDUALS REFERENCED BELOW, ARRESTED OR BEING SOUGHT FOR THEIR ALLEGED ASSOCIATION WITH THE "ANSAR AL ISLAM" [...]
2005-06-24 12:55:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL EL
05MADRID2537BARAKAT YARKAS TERRORISM TRIAL: PROSECUTION BLAMES
[...] (C) Summary. Embassy officials met with the Chief Prosecutor of Spain's National Court Eduardo Fungarino on July 1 to express concern regarding press reports quoting the lead prosecutor in the Barakat Yarkas terrorism trial complaining about the lack of access to USG detainee Ramzi Binalshibh [...]
2005-07-05 15:46:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL SP
05MADRID2594 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. INDIVIDUALS REFERENCED BELOW HAVE BEEN ARRESTED BY THE SPANISH NATIONAL POLICE FOR THEIR LINKS WITH THE SPAIN-BASED JIHADIST FACILITATOR NETWORK, "ANSAR AL [...]
2005-07-11 14:35:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SAAD
05MADRID2653AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT ZAPATERO
[...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Aguirre had his first meeting with President Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero on July 12 to introduce himself and to review the USG roadmap for improving bilateral relations. The 90-minute meeting was cordial and relaxed throughout and covered a broad range of bilateral an [...]
2005-07-14 12:16:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER SP VZ
05MADRID3260SPAIN: AN ACTIVE FRONT IN THE WAR ON TERROR
[...] (C) Summary. Spain is both a significant target of Islamic terrorist groups and a major logistical hub for Islamic extremist groups operating across the globe. The March 11, 2004 train bombings made Madrid the site of the worst terrorist attack in the history of the EU and triggered the second majo [...]
2005-09-15 10:18:00Embassy MadridSECRETPTER PGOV SP
05MADRID3667 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. INFORMATION RECEIVED AT THIS POST FROM ANOTHER AGENCY STATES THAT THE SPANISH POLICE HAS IDENTIFIED THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS AS SUSPECTED ISLAMIC EXTREMIS [...]
2005-10-19 14:59:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL ET AL BOUCHAIB KAKA
05MADRID391 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. INFORMATION RECEIVED AT THIS POST INDICATES THAT AS OF MID-JANUARY 2005, THE SPANISH AUTHORITIES WERE INVESTIGATING THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS FOR POSSIBLE [...]
2005-02-02 12:39:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
05MADRID468 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. DAILY SPANISH PRESS OF JAN. 29, 2005 REPORTED THAT THE SWISS OFFICE OF FEDERAL JUSTICE AGREED TO THE REQUEST FOR EXTRADITION TO SPAIN OF MOHAMED ACHRAF, A R [...]
2005-02-07 16:37:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
05MADRID471 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. RELIABLE PRESS OF FEB. 2, 2005 REPORTED BELGIUM POLICE ARRESTED THE ALLEGED AL QAEDA "SPOKESMAN" YOUSSEF BELHADJ IN BRUSSELS, BELGIUM ON FEB. 1, 2005. THE [...]
2005-02-07 16:37:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
05MADRID473 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. RELIABLE DAILY SPANISH PRESS OF FEB. 2, 2005 REPORTED THAT THE SPANISH POLICE DETAINED FOUR MEMBERS OF THE SAME FAMILY ALLEGEDLY INVOLVED AND/OR ASSOCIATED [...]
2005-02-07 16:37:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
05MADRID50 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. ON DECEMBER 22, 2004, THE SPANISH NATIONAL POLICE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE SPANISH CIVIL GUARD, DETAINED SIX MOROCCAN NATIONALS IN BARCELONA, SPAIN, FOR THEIR [...]
2005-01-10 13:50:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
05MADRID699SPANISH MUSLIMS VIEWS ON U.S. FOREIGN POLICY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. This message is the second of two cables discussing Spain's large and growing Muslim community and is based on Poloff's discussions with leading members of the Muslim community in Madrid (Reftel). Poloff recently met with three prominent members of the Muslim community--Yusuf [...]
2005-02-24 09:52:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALSOCI KPAO KISL SP
05MANAMA1131FRIDAY PRAYERS CANCELED IN PROTEST OF NEW LAW
[...] (C) Eight political societies, including the boycotting opposition and two somewhat pro-government groups, held a silent protest July 29 against the recently passed Political Societies Law. Leading Shi'a clerics set a precedent by canceling their Friday prayers July 29 in protest against the [...]
2005-08-01 13:33:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREL BA
05MANAMA1265MINISTER OF JUSTICE SUPPORTS MEPI JUDICIAL REFORM
[...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador August 29, Minister of Justice Dr. Mohamed Al Sitry called the new Political Societies Law a step forward and pledged to work with political societies to make its implementation as agreeable as possible. The Minister gave his full support for MEPI-sponsor [...]
2005-08-31 15:05:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALKJUS PGOV KDEM PREL BA
05MANAMA1297 MAJOR COVERAGE OF AMBASSADOR'S THANKS TO BAHRAINI
[...] Major Arabic and English dailies carried a statement September 7 from the Ambassador expressing "profound gratitude" for the $5 million offer of assistance from the Government of Bahrain, as well as the many gestures of compassion, concern, and generosity shown by the Bahraini people. Englis [...]
2005-09-08 09:13:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PREL PGOV BA
05MANAMA145MINISTER OF INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE DISCUSSES NEW
[...] (C) Summary. On January 29, Ambassador and Minister of Industry and Commerce Hassan Fakhro discussed cabinet portfolios after the recent shake-up, the impact of the Saudi cut-off of its 50,000 barrel per day oil grant, and U.S.-Bahrain relations. Fakhro said that, for now, the Minister of F [...]
2005-02-01 14:20:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALECON ECIN ENRG EPET PREL BA
05MANAMA1564 Proposal for Cultureconnect Envoy Muslim American
[...] (U) This cable contains a proposal for a Cultureconnect Envoy Visual Arts Program entitled "Muslim American Calligrapher in Bahrain." 2. (U) Begin proposal text. CULTURECONNECT ENVOY REQUEST Project Type: Visual Arts "This project meets the ACULSPEC Request Criteria" CONTACTS FOR [...]
2005-10-24 15:59:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL KPAO BA
05MANAMA1578TRANSFER OF THIRD BAHRAINI DETAINEE
[...] (C) Ambassador advised Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Dr. Mohammed Abdul Ghaffar on October 29 that the USG is prepared to transfer a third Bahraini national, Shaikh Salman Ebrahim Mohamed Ali Al Khalifa, from Guantanamo to the exclusive custody of the Government of Bahrain on the basis [...]
2005-10-29 13:55:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPTER KAWC PHUM PINR BA
05MANAMA1714G/TIP INTERIM REPORT FOR BAHRAIN
[...] Short-term action items delivered to the GOB in September 2005 (ref B) guide post's response to ref A. The following paragraphs cover the three items in ref A, among other items. Action item No. 1: Shaikh Abdul Aziz Bin Mubarak Al Khalifa, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Undersecretary for Coo [...]
2005-11-22 10:50:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG PREL BA HUMRIT
05MANAMA1742Six Bahraini Guantanamo Detainees Made Media
[...] Summary: The plight of six Bahraini detainees at Guantanamo Bay detention facilities has consumed the Bahraini media for months, building tensions with a series of published reports alleging sexual humiliation and other abuses catalogued in the journal writings of one of the detainees, Juma Al [...]
2005-11-27 15:45:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PREL PGOV BA BILAT
05MANAMA1836DAS GRAY DISCUSSES REGIONAL ISSUES WITH FOREIGN
[...] (C) NEA DAS Gordon Gray met December 4 with Bahrain Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid Al-Khalifa for a discussion of regional issues. On Iraq, Shaikh Khalid said he was urging Arab Foreign Ministers discussing Iraq reconciliation to meet in Baghdad. Not doing so sends the wrong message. He talk [...]
2005-12-13 06:03:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETRD BTIO BA ECTRD OFFICIALS REGION
05MANAMA1910BAHRAINI SHI'A CLERIC DETAINED AT AIRPORT,
[...] (C) Summary: Bahraini Shi'a Ayatallah Shaikh Mohamed Al-Sanad was detained four-five hours at Bahrain International Airport upon his return from Iran December 25, sparking a violent protest at the airport which resulted in damage to airport facilities and arrests of and injuries to protester [...]
2005-12-27 13:53:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL BA POL
05MANAMA1916CLERIC IN SPOTLIGHT STRIKES CONCILIATORY TONE
[...] (U) Shi'a cleric Shaikh Mohamed Al-Sanad met December 27 with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Islamic Affairs Shaikh Abdulla Bin Khalid Al-Khalifa in the company of Ministry of Islamic Affairs Undersecretary Farid Muftah and president of Al-Wifaq political society Shaikh Ali Salman, to [...]
2005-12-28 13:31:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV BA POL
05MANAMA361BAHRAINI LEADERS DISCUSS REFORM AND IRAN WITH
[...] (C) GOB officials expressed their commitment to continued political and economic reform in the kingdom and advocated a diplomatic solution to the disagreement with Iran over its nuclear program in meetings with visiting NEA/ARPI Director Alan Misenheimer February 21. Members of parliament also [...]
2005-03-14 11:47:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV PHUM KDEM BA
05MANAMA363WEBSITE ADMINISTRATORS REFUSE BAIL OFFER, REMAIN
[...] (SBU) In a meeting with the public prosecutor March 13, three Internet website administrators who were detained two weeks ago rejected a bail offer and chose to remain in jail until their next hearing in 15 days. Following the meeting, the detainees' supporters gathered for a protest and vowe [...]
2005-03-14 13:14:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL BA
05MANAMA551KING EMPHASIZES NEED FOR COUNTER-TERRORISM LAW
[...] (SBU) The press reported that the King met with parliamentary leaders April 13 to emphasize that a counter-terrorism law is necessary to protect Bahrain given the growing number of attacks throughout the region and the world. King Hamad told the parliamentarians that they had "a responsibili [...]
2005-04-13 14:07:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC PGOV BA
05MANAMA684MENA FATF PLENARY - OFF TO A GOOD START
[...] (U) Summary. The first plenary meeting of the newly created Middle East and North African Financial Action Task Force (MENA FATF) was held in Manama, Bahrain April 11-14. The United States is an observer country to the MENA FATF and Treasury DAS Glaser attended as the USG representative. Repr [...]
2005-05-14 05:30:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER KTFN EFIN ETTC BA
05MANILA2590STAYING ENGAGED WITH COUNTERTERRORISM COOPERATION
[...] (S) SUMMARY. US counterterrorism assistance, ranging from operations/intelligence fusion support for the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) to RMAS' involvement with the Philippine National Police (PNP),has helped the Philippines register some counterterrorism successes in 2004 and 2005. [...]
2005-06-03 04:24:00Embassy ManilaSECRET//NOFORNPTER PREL PINS ASEC MOPS PINR RP
05MAPUTO1236MOZAMBIQUE: COMBATING EXTREMISM
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Mozambique presents unique opportunities in the Global War on Terrorism, as its significant Muslim-minority community remains moderate and open to cooperation, discussion and exchange with the U.S. and Mission elements. In the past year, Post has successfully expanded its outreach [...]
2005-09-23 09:15:00Embassy MaputoCONFIDENTIALEAID KDEM KPAO PHUM PREL KMPI
05MAPUTO155ISLAM IN MOZAMBIQUE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Mozambique large Muslim minority has long been a bastion of moderate faith, both in the native African and South Asian immigrant communities. The country has no tradition of militant, anti-western Islamic thought, and post sees no substantial evidence of any Islamic organizations [...]
2005-02-02 12:07:00Embassy MaputoCONFIDENTIALKISL MZ PHUM PTER SCUL KNAR
05MILAN548MILAN MAGISTRATE TO PUSHES FOR TRIAL FOR TERRORISM
[...] (SBU) On December 1 Milan Magistrate Elio Ramondini submitted his request to bring Majid Zergout, former Imam of the Omar El Farouk mosque in Varese, and his close advisors Majid Zergout Mohamed Raouiane and Abellialah El Kaflaoui to trial on terrorism charges. Ramondini reported to Econoff t [...]
2005-12-06 14:02:00Consulate MilanCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV ASEC IT ANTITERRORISM FORCE PROTECTION
05MUSCAT281OMAN ONLINE: CALL TO BOYCOTT US GOODS AND ANOTHER
[...] Summary: The Omani Internet chat rooms "Al-Sablah" and "Al- Majarra" are the liveliest and most comprehensive Arabic-language fora for political and social discourse in the country, touching on issues and personalities rarely addressed in the conventional media. While not totally free, nor wh [...]
2005-02-16 13:40:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO SOCI ETRD MU
05MUSCAT932U.S. COAST GUARD ENGAGES OMANI GOVERNMENT ON ISPS
[...] (U) A representative of the United States Coast Guard (USCG) International Port Security Program initiated a dialogue with the government of Oman on efforts to comply with the International Ship and Port Security (ISPS) Code. The visit revealed important developments in Omani maritime security [...]
2005-06-11 06:57:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM ETTC EWWT KSTC ETRD MU
05NAIROBI2167TERRORISM TRIALS: MAGISTRATE ORDERS DEFENSE TO
[...] (U) In a minor victory for the Global War on Terrorism, the presiding magistrate for the conspiracy trial against suspected al Qaida terrorists responsible for the November 2002 twin terrorist attacks in Mombasa and Kikambala ruled May 25th that the prosecution had presented enough evidence [...]
2005-05-25 15:20:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC PHUM PGOV KISL KE
05NAIROBI2409TERRORISM TRIALS: MURDER SUSPECTS RELEASED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A Kenyan judge ordered June 9 the immediate release of four al Qaida suspects who had been on trial for murder. He ruled the prosecution failed to provide any evidence connecting the accused to the November 2002 suicide-bombing against the Israeli-owned Paradise Hotel in Kikam [...]
2005-06-09 15:46:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC CASC PHUM PGOV KISL KE IS
05NAIROBI2617LAMU: BUDDING NEGATIVE SENTIMENTS TOWARD THE U.S.
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff traveled with the CJTF-HOA Civil Affairs (CA) team to Lamu to gauge local sentiments toward the U.S. and to visit Siyu, the village from which three of the recently-released Kikambala terror suspects hail. Frustrations with the U.S. are mounting in Lamu due to several re [...]
2005-06-24 12:01:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER ASEC EAID PGOV PINS KISL KPAO KE
05NAIROBI3575SOMALIA -- SELF-DECLARED INDEPENDENT SOMALILAND
[...] (SBU) The Minister of the Interior of the self-declared independent Republic of Somaliland committed his "government" to full cooperation with the USG should there ever be a need to deport a Somaliland "national" from the United States. He expressed confusion on learning that Somaliland offic [...]
2005-09-02 06:09:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL CVIS KPAO SO KE
05NAIROBI3658SOMALIA -- INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY PREPARES TO
[...] (C) Somali Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi has formally requested that the international community travel to Jowhar, Somalia -- temporary seat of the Somali President's wing of the Transitional Federal Government -- to convene a meeting of the Somali Coordination and Monitoring Committee. In t [...]
2005-09-07 09:29:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPAO SO KE
05NAIROBI4003SOMALILANDERS SEIZE JIHADISTS
[...] (C) Media reports from BBC and Al Jazeera describe a September 22-23 shoot-out in Hargeisa, Somaliland. The shoot-out ended in seizure of four to eight individuals, some of whom the Somaliland government claims are "foreign Al Qaeda operatives." (NOTE: In the Somaliland context, "foreign" ca [...]
2005-09-26 14:30:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC PINS PGOV PHUM SO KE
05NAIROBI4063POSSIBLE THREAT INFORMATION RECEIVED BY AMBASSADOR
[...] (S/NF) The following information was passed to post's Ambassador at a function held at his home on Sunday, September 24. The diplomat who passed the information, which was typed on a plain white piece of paper, stated he had been given this information but had no way to check it's veracity an [...]
2005-09-28 13:37:00Embassy NairobiSECRETASEC PINR PTER
05NAIROBI4764COASTAL SECURITY KEY TO KENYAN COUNTER-TERRORISM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Members of post,s Coastal Security Working Group discussed the security situation and options for engagement with law enforcement and local leaders during a three-day visit to Lamu. The U.S. Navy Special Warfare training program in Lamu is progressing well, and post is looking [...]
2005-11-16 10:42:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC MARR PGOV PREL PINS KISL KE
05NAIROBI4866SOMALI PIRACY -- ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS
[...] (S) Country Team elements directly engaged in the issue of piracy off the Somali coast met to discuss the impact of possible interdiction operations in the Somali political, clan, and CT context. We recommend options that mitigate any impact on the current Somali political process or on- goin [...]
2005-11-25 05:47:00Embassy NairobiSECRETPGOV PTER PREL ASEC KPAO SO KE
05NAIROBI4903SOMALIA PIRACY -- JOWHAR-TFG MEMBERS LET CONTRACT
[...] (C) Somali Transitional Federal Government (TFG) Prime Minster Ali Mohamed Gedi has confirmed that members of the TFG allied with President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed signed on November 25 a contract with a U.S.-origin company to provide coastal security and training services. The primary goal see [...]
2005-11-29 01:31:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PREL MOPS ASEC KPAO SO KE
05NAIROBI4957SOMALIA PRIME MINISTER BY TURNS ACCUSATORY,
[...] (C) Somali Prime Minister Gedi November 25 alternately accused the USG of abandoning Somalis to the killing clutches of Mogadishu warlords, and sought our advice on building a "third way" in Parliament -- depending on who was in the room. He admitted he and the Jowhar TFG faction were taking [...]
2005-11-30 12:22:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PREL MOPS ASEC KPAO SO KE
05NAIROBI5070KENYA'S NEW CABINET: NO NATIONAL UNITY, NO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Late December 7, Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki finally announced his new cabinet. Instead of cleaning house as most Kenyans hoped, President Kibaki has returned to cabinet a full measure of corrupt and obstructionist ministers, including those who advised him so badly on the con [...]
2005-12-08 10:45:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KE
05NAIROBI5073KENYA'S NEW CABINET: NO NATIONAL UNITY, NO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Late December 7, Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki finally announced his new cabinet. Instead of cleaning house as most Kenyans hoped, President Kibaki has returned to cabinet a full measure of corrupt and obstructionist ministers, including those who advised him so badly on the con [...]
2005-12-08 11:16:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KE
05NAIROBI5156SOMALIA: ITALIAN DEPUTY MFA SEEKS USG - EU UNITY
[...] (C) Italy's Deputy Foreign Minister Alfredo Mantica queried Ambassador December 13 on the probable outcome of the USG's Somalia policy review. He confidently pushed for the USG to join a "common EU position" in support of the Transitional Federal Government's (TFG) Prime Minister and the exec [...]
2005-12-16 06:45:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PREL MOPS ASEC KPAO EAID SO KE
05NAIROBI5158KIBAKI'S SUPER-SIZE CABINET
[...] (C) SUMMARY: After nearly a week of wheeling and dealing, President Kibaki December 14 swore in a second tranche of Ministers and Assistant Ministers. This was only after acceding to appointed ministers Charity Ngilu and Musikari Kombo's demands of seats at the table for their party members. [...]
2005-12-16 10:31:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON PREL KDEM KE
05NDJAMENA1011A VISIT WITH CHADIAN GRAND IMAM AND THE
[...] (SBU) Summary: During a visit with the High Council for Islamic Affairs June 20, Chad's Grand Imam welcomed the Embassy's support for English classes at Muslim schools, responded positively to statements about charges of abuse of the Koran at Guantanamo, urged Washington to consider eventua [...]
2005-06-27 06:41:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV OIIP KPAO KIRF PHUM KWMN CD
05NDJAMENA1635RAMADAN ACTIVITIES 2005
[...] (SBU) Summary: To celebrate Ramadan this year, Embassy N'Djamena organized a talk by Dr. Abderrahmane Almahy, rector of King Faisal University. The talk was followed by End Summary --------------- MUSLIM OUTREACH --------------- 2. (SBU) The Ambassador, accompanied by the PAO, [...]
2005-11-07 13:01:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV OIIP KPAO KIRF PHUM KWMN CD
05NEWDELHI6312MEA ON PAKISTAN TALKS: SOME PROGRESS, MANY DOUBTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: MEA Pakistan policy manager Dilip Sinha believes India and Pakistan made good but slow progress in their latest round of Composite Dialogue efforts, with a more constructive climate than earlier discussions. They agreed to extend the LOC ceasefire, establish nuclear hotlines, pre [...]
2005-08-12 13:53:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PBTS ECON ECIN ETRD MOPS IN PK AF INDO PAK
05NEWDELHI6339PM INDEPENDENCE DAY SPEECH: THE WORLD IS WATCHING
[...] (U) SUMMARY: In his second annual independence day speech to the nation, PM Manmohan Singh echoed themes from his recent address to the US Congress regarding India's rising economic power, its democratic credentials, its increasing engagement with the international system, and the need to ens [...]
2005-08-16 12:50:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON EFIN PBTS EAID MOPS PTER IN
05NEWDELHI7990TFPK01: KASHMIRIS SEEK LOWERING OF BORDERS AS
[...] (C) Summary: PM Singh and the senior Indian leadership have moved swiftly following the October 8 earthquake to show Kashmiris that India shares their grief and would help them, but relief efforts have been slow to reach some areas. The quake is having its impact in Kashmiri politics, too, wit [...]
2005-10-14 10:55:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV EAID AEMR KISL PTER PBTS PK IN
05NEWDELHI8791INDIANS WORRY LASHKAR TERRORISTS ARE THRIVING IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Apprehension is mounting in India about Pakistan-based terrorist groups' exploitation of relief efforts to enhance their capabilities, recruitment, and operations against India. Indians are also noticing with alarm that terror groups such as the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Jammat- [...]
2005-11-18 12:43:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PBTS KISL MOPS PINS EAID ASEC PK IN
05OTTAWA3102ISLAMIC SCHOLAR EXHORTS CANADIAN MUSLIMS TO FIGHT
[...] (U) On September 28, 2005, poloff attended a conference entitled "Building the Dialogue Gaps Towards a Culture of Peace" hosted by WEBB Canada (Women Engaging in Bridge Building) at which keynote speaker Dr. Mohamed Fathi Osman challenged the Muslim community to embrace a faith that is forward [...]
2005-10-17 18:17:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKISL KDEM PHUM PREL KPAO KIRF CA
05OTTAWA3698CANADA: 2005 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM
[...] Unclassified entire text. GENERAL ASSESSMENT ------------------ 2. The Government of Canada remained steadfast in 2005 in partnering with the United States and other like-minded states to support the international fight against terror. With a 5,200 mile undefended border, Canada is one [...]
2005-12-16 21:40:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC CA KCRM KHLS PGOV PHUM PINR PTER KPAO
05PARIS104GTMO AND DJAMEL BEGHAL TRIAL UPDATES
[...] (C) Summary: The investigation against four former GTMO detainees (reftels A and B) appears to be proceeding well; all appeals for pre-trial release have been denied and the investigating judges feel confident that the trial, likely to begin this summer, will result in conviction. However, in a [...]
2005-01-06 17:58:00Embassy ParisSECRETFR PGOV PINR PREL KISL
05PARIS1968MEDIA REACTION REPORT - SYRIA-LEBANON
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-24 12:16:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS280FRENCH EX-HOSTAGE DISCUSSES "PLANET BIN LADEN"
[...] (C) Summary: Georges Malbrunot, one of two French journalists held hostage in Iraq for just over four months and released on December 21, recounted to Emboffs on January 12 his experience in captivity and his surprise that his captors were not focused solely on combating Coalition forces in Ir [...]
2005-01-14 13:56:00Embassy ParisSECRETPGOV KPAO PTER IZ FR
05PARIS3181PROPOSED FY 2006-INTERNATIONAL VISITOR LEADERSHIP
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-11 13:22:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL FR
05PARIS3188FY 2006 IVLP - NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR TWO
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-11 13:36:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL FR
05PARIS3547CONTINUED MUSLIM OUTREACH FOLLOWING NEWSWEEK
[...] Summary: As requested in reftel A and initially reported in reftel B, Post has continued its outreach to French Muslim contacts following Newsweek's retraction of its story alleging desecration of the Koran at Guantanamo. Post and Consulate Strasbourg issued press releases to contacts and th [...]
2005-05-24 13:09:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO PREL KISL FR
05PARIS4193FY 2006 IVLP - NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR TWO
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-15 09:27:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL FR
05PARIS4196PROPOSED FY 2006-INTERNATIONAL VISITOR LEADERSHIP
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-15 09:29:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL FR
05PARIS4218FY 2006 IVLP - NOMINATION AND PART I BIODATA FOR TWO
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-15 10:08:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL FR
05PARIS4302MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAN ELECTIONS INTERNATIONAL
[...] IRAN ELECTIONS 2. INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM - GUANTANAMO - IRAQ HOSTAGES 3. EU ISSUES - EU ENLARGEMENT - TURKEY B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: THE ELECTIONS IN IRAN ARE ONE OF TODAY'S LEAD INTERNATIONAL STORIES. LE FIGARO EMPHASIZES ON ITS FRONT PAGE THE CENTRAL ROLE PLAYED BY RELATIONS WITH THE [...]
2005-06-17 13:25:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS4644FRENCH MUSLIM COUNCIL ELECTION RESULTS
[...] (C) Summary: The French Council of the Muslim Faith (CFCM) held elections June 19, with Interior Minister Sarkozy lauding an estimated 85% turnout rate. The Morocco-linked National Federation of French Muslims (FNMF) consolidated its position as the leading group within the CFCM, winning an a [...]
2005-07-01 13:50:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KISL AL MO FR
05PARIS5352FRENCH MFA OFFICIAL VIEWS MAURITANIA COUP AS
[...] (C) GOF MFA DAS-equivalent for West Africa Bruno Foucher on August 4 said that France viewed Mauritania's coup as "consolidated" (i.e., concluded). He said that the key remaining question involved Mauritanian forces which remain loyal to President Taya and are conducting anti-terrorist oper [...]
2005-08-05 07:29:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC PINR MOPS CASC MR FR
05PRETORIA3051IPACT Workshops on IPR Enforcement Advance STOP -
[...] Summary. This wrap-up cable reports on the seven workshops on IPR enforcement funded by INL that the U.S. Embassy organized with IPACT. The workshops succeeded in raising awareness of the seriousness of IPR issues and of ways to enforce the law more effectively in South Africa. Some 244 pro [...]
2005-08-01 10:54:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDKIPR ETRD SF USTR
05RABAT1052WESTERN SAHARA: ECONOMIC CONSIDERATIONS
[...] (C) Summary: The economy of Western Sahara is based almost entirely on fishing for export, which employs two-thirds of the local workforce, along with small bits of mining, agriculture and tourism. Existing infrastructure is good and cash flow is buoyed by a large military presence, tax brea [...]
2005-05-18 15:31:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALECON EFIS ETRD MO PGOV PINR PREL WS EINV PBTS
05RABAT1118WESTERN SAHARA: POLICE USE VIOLENCE TO PUT DOWN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy contacts in Laayoune confirm news reports that significant demonstrations have taken place in Laayoune between May 21-25. More than twenty persons have reportedly been arrested and as many are reported to be injured, some seriously. Large numbers of police and milita [...]
2005-05-27 17:47:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALKPKO MO PBTS PHUM PREL
05RABAT1129WESTERN SAHARA: UPDATE ON DEMONSTRATIONS
[...] (C) Summary: Spanish FM Moratinos reached out to both Moroccans and Algerians in an attempt to restore "calm" to the situation in the Western Sahara, holding separate bilateral meetings with GOM and GOA officials in Luxembourg May 30, and indicated his government's intention to stay engaged in [...]
2005-05-31 17:11:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALKPKO MO PBTS PHUM PREL
05RABAT1136MOROCCO ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS
[...] Sixty-six state-owned companies were fully or partially privatized by the GOM since 1993, earning nearly $9 billion for the state, according to Abdelaziz Talbi, Director of Public Enterprises at the Ministry of Finance. Morocco ranked first in privatization receipts among Arab countries and [...]
2005-06-01 16:16:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ETRD EAGR ELAB ELTN KMPI MO
05RABAT1159ATTIJARIWAFA BANK: SHAKING UP THE MOROCCAN BANKING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Attijariwafa bank is the largest private bank in Morocco and the eighth largest in Africa. It was created in late 2003 when two of Morocco's top five banks decided to merge: Banque Commerciale du Maroc (BCM) and Wafabank. The merger took many in Morocco's staid banking commu [...]
2005-06-03 17:03:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN KMPI MO
05RABAT1161MOROCCO TO ATTEND THE U.S.-EU INTERNATIONAL
[...] (SBU) Poloff joined Dutch Counselor Caroline Weijers (as local representative of the EU Presidency) and EU Commission Charge d'Affaires Olivier Ruyssen to deliver ref (a) demarche (with ref b changes) to MFA Director of Arab and Islamic Affairs Mohamed Azeroual on June 2. The delegation explai [...]
2005-06-03 17:13:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ASEC IZ MO EUN
05RABAT1162US-MOROCCAN MILITARY CONSULTATIONS: THE MOROCCANS
[...] (C) Summary: The third annual US-Morocco Defense Consultative Committee took place in Rabat on May 18-19, 2005, led on the US side by ASD Peter Rodman and on the Moroccan side by Minister Delegate to the PM in Charge of the Administration of National Defense Mr. Abderrahmane Sbai. During the [...]
2005-06-03 17:27:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALAG ETRD IZ KPKO MARR MO PGOV PREL PTER SNAR
05RABAT1169MOROCCO ON MESSAGE TO THE ARAB LEAGUE AND REGIONAL
[...] (C) Poloff met June 2 with MFA Director of Arab and Islamic Affairs Mohamed Azeroual to discuss ref(a) demarche regarding the opening of an Israeli liaison office in Rabat, the closure of the Central Boycott Office (CBO) in Damascus, and support for resolving the membership of Magen David Adom [...]
2005-06-07 11:27:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALIO IS IZ LE PREL SY MO
05RABAT1702MOROCCO POLITICAL HIGHLIGHTS
[...] (U) THIS MESSAGE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. PLEASE PROTECT ACCORDINGLY. Table of Contents - King Mohammed VI Presents Vision for African Development - Spanish Foreign Minister Visits Morocco - Polisario Invites Spanish NGOs to Western Sahara - Europe to Send Humanitarian Aid to S [...]
2005-08-12 18:57:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SNAR PHUM MO
05RABAT1721WESTERN SAHARA CBMS: MORE BACK AND FORTH
[...] (C) Summary: MFA Director of Multilateral Affairs Mohamed Loulichki (tapped to be Morocco's next Ambassador in Geneva) briefed Polcouns August 15 on the substance of the GOM's proposed reply to UNHCR concerning the confidence-building measures (in particular the family visit program) for the [...]
2005-08-16 18:50:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALMO PBTS PHUM PREL
05RABAT1752MOROCCO POLITICAL HIGHLIGHTS
[...] (U) Through a series of messages addressed to world leaders, King Mohammed expressed his satisfaction with the withdrawal of Israeli settlers from the Gaza strip, according to official Moroccan news agency, Maghreb Arabe Presse (MAP). The King called Palestinian President Abbas on August 16 t [...]
2005-08-19 15:54:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALMO PGOV PHUM PREL SNAR
05RABAT1809MOROCCO POLITICAL HIGHLIGHTS
[...] (SBU) Table of Contents - Early Reactions to Algeria's New Ambassador to Morocco - King Mohammed VI Receives King of Bahrain - King Pardons Underage Would-Be Suicide Bomber Twins - International Community Pleased with Tindouf POW Release - PJD and USFP Clash over Cultural Festival [...]
2005-08-26 17:03:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER SNAR MO
05RABAT2015SAHRAWI PRISONERS: SEPTEMBER 23 UPDATE
[...] (C) On September 23, Poloff contacted Assia El Ouadia, member of the Consultative Council for Human Rights (CCDH) and the Mohamed VI Foundation for the Integration of Former Prisoners. Ouadia accompanied Chawki Benyoub, who heads the CCDH committee on "Control of Violations in Moroccan Pris [...]
2005-09-23 17:53:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PBTS PREL MO
05RABAT2016MOROCCO POLITICAL HIGHLIGHTS
[...] Table of Contents - King Mohammed Shows He's a Man of the People - Swedish MPs Visit Laayoune - Socialist Alliance Holds Town Meetings in Western Sahara - PJD Organizes "Brotherhood Caravan" - Drug Seizure in the North -------------------------------------------- KING MOHAMMED [...]
2005-09-23 18:06:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PBTS SNAR MO
05RABAT2032SAHRAWI PRISONERS: THE MFA RESPONDS
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: On the evening of September 23, the MFA passed us the following document concerning the status of the Sahrawi prisoners discussed reftel. The document is entitled "Elements of Information Relating to the Campaign Orchestrated by Algeria and the Polisario on the Cond [...]
2005-09-26 16:26:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALMO PBTS PHUM PREL
05RABAT2177 Moratinos Visits Morocco to Discuss Illegal
[...] (U) Summary: Spanish FM Miguel Angel Moratinos visited Morocco October 11 to discuss illegal immigration with FM Benaissa in the wake of the massive immigrant assaults on Spanish border posts in northern Morocco (reftels). The foreign ministers agreed to create a bilateral ad hoc ministeri [...]
2005-10-20 12:44:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL PGOV SMIG MO
05RABAT2218WESTERN SAHARA: LETTER TO SECRETARY RICE FROM
[...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified, protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) The evening of October 25, emboffs met with 10 Sahrawi dissidents in Laayoune, Western Sahara, as part of our regular reporting and fact-finding visits to the territory (details of the discussion to follow septel [...]
2005-10-27 16:47:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPBTS PHUM PINR MO
05RABAT2227EQUITY AND RECONCILIATION COMMISSION: AN UPDATE
[...] (C) Summary: Poloff met with Dr. Abdelhay Moudden, a member of the Equity and Reconciliation Commission (IER),on October 19 to discuss developments within the IER. Moudden was forthcoming and pleased with the progress of the IER. He believes the IER to be pivotal in Morocco's reform proce [...]
2005-10-28 17:06:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPHUM PINR PBTS MO
05RABAT2228MOROCCO POLITICAL HIGHLIGHTS
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Table of Contents - Morocco Calls Amnesty International Report on Sub- Saharans "Biased" - Driss Basri Speaks Out on Immigration Issue - UGTM Leader Under Fire - Interior Ministry Requests Mayors Cu [...]
2005-10-31 07:32:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PBTS PHUM MO
05RABAT2231ICRC BRIEFS ON LATEST HUMANITARIAN ACTIVITIES IN
[...] (C) Summary: ICRC Regional Delegate Bernard Pfefferle met with Poloffs October 27 to review humanitarian issues concerning the Western Sahara and to update us on ICRC activities in Morocco. Pfefferle said the ICRC was somewhat put off by Moroccan insistence, conveyed in a meeting between MF [...]
2005-10-31 11:04:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALMO PGOV PHUM PREL PBTS
05RABAT2265DEMARCHING MOROCCO ON IRANIAN PRESIDENT'S REMARKS
[...] (C) With a group of fifteen Ambassadors and Embassy representatives, Ambassador met with Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Taieb Fassi Fihri on November 2 to underscore our deep concern regarding the Iranian President's remarks on Israel (refs a and b). In an impressive showing, Ambassadors [...]
2005-11-03 14:36:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER IR MO
05RABAT2389MOROCCO POLITICAL HIGHLIGHTS
[...] (SBU) Contents - Israeli Participation in EuroMed Assembly Sparks Controversy - Mauritanian President Receives Warm Welcome by the King - Morocco Renews Demand for Release of Moroccan Hostages in Iraq - Morocco-South African Relations Still in the Tank - Istiqlal Opts for Socialist A [...]
2005-11-28 17:52:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALMO PBTS PGOV PHUM PREL
05RABAT2475WESTERN SAHARA: GOM DEFENDS ITS ACTIONS
[...] (C) Summary: During a December 1 meeting with the Ambassador, Deputy FM Fassi Fihri defended recent Moroccan actions in the Western Sahara, stressing that the GOM was responding appropriately to violent acts by demonstrators. He fended off any suggestion that demonstrators were rounded up me [...]
2005-12-13 10:08:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALAG MO PBTS PGOV PHUM PREL
05RABAT2481THE KING IN JAPAN: MOROCCO CROSSES THE ASIAN
[...] Summary: King Mohammed VI traveled to Japan from November 27-30, his first trip to Japan since assuming the throne in 1999. During the visit, the King emphasized the warm relations between the two countries, called on business communities to boost investment, and highlighted Japan's active [...]
2005-12-13 13:37:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALMO PGOV PREL
05RABAT2513FTA: EXCHANGE OF LETTERS ON DATA PROTECTION
[...] (C) Post performed an exchange of letters in English and French with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Dec. 16 per instructions in Refs B and C. The signatory for the GOM was Minister of Health Mohamed Cheikh Biadillah. Charge d'Affaires Wayne Bush signed on behalf of the United States. Ori [...]
2005-12-16 18:49:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALETRD ECON KIPR MO
05RABAT2526 MOROCCO: 2005 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] As requested ref A, Post submits the following text for Department's use in drafting the 2005 Country Reports on Terrorism. Embassy POC for this report is Political Officer Chad Stevens (StevensCI@state.gov). 2. Begin Text: Morocco The Government of Morocco remains a steadfast ally [...]
2005-12-19 09:17:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC PGOV PREL MO
05RABAT2604MOROCCAN HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS DISCUSS CHALLENGES
[...] This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Five Moroccan human rights advocates, including a member of Morocco's Equity and Reconciliation Commission, offered views on Morocco's accomplishments and shortcomings in the field of human rights [...]
2005-12-30 16:10:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV MO
05RABAT2605PARLIAMENT: SOME MP'S GROUSE ABOUT PRESSURE TO
[...] (C) While the U.S. Mission is extremely pleased with the December 16 passage by the Moroccan parliament of the remaining provisions of FTA-related legislation (reftels),several members of the Moroccan Parliament's (MP) lower house (Chamber of Representatives) have expressed privately their [...]
2005-12-30 16:38:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETRD ECON KIPR MO
05RABAT563MOROCCO: PORT SECURITY IN OUR TIME?
[...] (U) Summary: Morocco is taking its port security obligations seriously, and efforts are underway at ports nationwide to bring security infrastructure up to the level required by the International Maritime Organization's ISPS port security code. Observation at several Atlantic ports confirm th [...]
2005-03-18 11:09:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT ETRD ECON PTER PREL PINS PINR MO
05RABAT896MOROCCO POLITICAL HIGHLIGHTS
[...] (U) In Jakarta for the April 22-23 Africa-Asia summit, PM Jettou signed the new African-Asian strategic partnership declaration calling for collective action to address common issues like terrorism, weapons of mass destruction, and organized crime, and committing countries to meeting internat [...]
2005-04-29 17:23:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALKDEM KPKO KTFN MO PGOV PREL PTER SNAR
05RABAT991MARRAKECH BRAVES CONTROVERSY TO ROCK TO CHRISTIAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Thousands of Moroccans rocked to the music of seven American Christian bands and nine Moroccan groups at a well-organized outdoor concert, dubbed the Friendship Fest, that took place in Marrakech without incident on May 6-8. The event's American and Moroccan organizers viewed the [...]
2005-05-13 16:45:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALMO PHUM PREL SCUL
05RANGOON951GOB SHARES INFORMATION ON FOUR SUSPICIOUS MUSLIM
[...] (C) Summary: Burmese security officials recently shared with Emboffs biographic data for four Muslim Indian nationals of "Pakistani origin," whom the GOB had deported in June for "suspicious behavior." The GOB did not provide any direct evidence of terrorist activities by the four, and Burma h [...]
2005-08-16 03:44:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV BM
05ROME1451PESTICIDE OVERSTOCKS: FAO LETTER TO LOCUST
[...] Summary. The United Nations (UN) Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) alerted USUN Rome to a potential problem with pesticides overstocks in Sahelian and North African countries currently embattling desert locusts, via a letter (see below) to affected countries and the donor community to en [...]
2005-04-29 06:43:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EAGR SENV XI XY UN FAO
05ROME2555DESERT LOCUSTS: FAO'S WORK ON PESTICIDES AND OTHER
[...] Summary: In a letter dated April 16, 2005, the United Nations (UN) Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Director-General Jacques Diouf alerted the international donor community to a potential problem with pesticides overstocks in Sahelian and North African countries currently embattling des [...]
2005-08-01 13:15:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EAGR SENV XI XY UN FAO
05ROME3204ITALY: COMBATING EXTREMISM
[...] (C) Summary. Post welcomes the opportunity to strengthen programs to combat extremism, and we believe European posts have an important role to play in reaching out to Muslim audiences. To accomplish this long-term objective, we propose an outreach program aimed at Italian citizens and immi [...]
2005-09-26 13:25:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM KPAO EAID PHUM KMPI
05ROME4060MOI EXPELS MOHAMMED DAKI: ITALY'S 13 IN 2005
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Minister of Interior Giuseppe Pisanu expelled Moroccan national and suspect terrorist Daki Mohamed on December 10, returning him to Morocco. Tunisian national and terrorist suspect Gharsellaoui Mohamed Akremi was also expelled December 10. In a December 11 press release, Pisanu [...]
2005-12-14 16:06:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV ASEC IT ANTITERRORISM FORCE PROTECTION
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
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
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
05SANAA1352ROYG INSIDERS INCREASINGLY FRUSTRATED WITH SALEH CLAN
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-23 14:26:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PINR KMCA KMPI DOMESTIC POLITICS
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
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
05SANAA1590YEMEN'S NOMINATION FOR THE FOREIGN PRESS CENTER'S
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-14 14:22:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC YM
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
05SINGAPORE312MUSLIM MPS IN SINGAPORE: PART 1 OF 2
[...] (C) Summary: Concerned about preventing racial and religious conflict in Singapore, the ruling People's Action Party (PAP) actively co-opts talented Muslims, especially potential critics. In addition to holding a modest number of senior positions in the government, representatives from Singap [...]
2005-02-03 01:09:00Embassy SingaporeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER SN SOCI
05SINGAPORE3146MUSLIM RELIGIOUS TEACHERS TRYING TO REEDUCATE JI
[...] (C/NF) Summary: Deputy Prime Minister and Home Affairs Minister Wong Kan Seng has for the first time publicly thanked Muslim religious leaders trying to reeducate suspected Jemaah Islamiah (JI) terrorists detained under Singapore's Internal Security Act (ISA). The head of the Religious Rehabi [...]
2005-10-27 09:44:00Embassy SingaporeCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPTER PGOV SN
05TELAVIV1833ISRAELI DEFMIN DISCUSSES PA SECURITY PERFORMANCE
[...] (C) Summary: On March 23, 2005, Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz told NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch, Deputy National Security Advisor Elliott Abrams and the Ambassador that arms smuggling continues into both Gaza and the West Bank. Despite success by Palestinian Authority (PA) secur [...]
2005-03-25 08:27:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PTER MARR KWBG KPAL EG SY IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV2205JEWISH AND PALESTINIAN AMERICANS OFFER FUND FOR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 1, Senator Carl Levin and Michigan State community leaders met with several Palestinian business leaders to discuss investment opportunities in Gaza. Senator Levin told the group that the aim of his proposed Michigan Fund for Peace and Development, which totals 200,000 U [...]
2005-04-08 13:39:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ISRAEL RELATIONS
05TELAVIV4472ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Gaza Disengagement 2. Global War on Terrorism ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The major media reported that the police last night allowed tens of thousands of anti-pullout demonstrators to sleep at Kfar Maimon, five km west of Netivot, w [...]
2005-07-19 10:23:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4820GAZA DISENGAGEMENT UPDATE, AUGUST 4, 2005
[...] (C) Summary: This is the second in a series of regular reports tracking progress on disengagement coordination between the GOI and the PA. The IDF will open Karni and Erez terminals two days a week for Gazans during "lockdown;" the GOI is considering a trilateral meeting on the passages; VP [...]
2005-08-04 11:06:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALKWBG KPAL PREL ECON EAID IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV4838ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-05 09:57:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5515DISENGAGEMENT: GAZA BUSINESSMEN BOTH HOPEFUL AND
[...] (C) Summary: In an August 24 meeting with the Ambassador, nine businessmen from the Gaza Strip stressed that freedom of movement for people and goods was essential to achieving economic prosperity after disengagement. They claimed that the GOI's proposal for a trilateral border crossing at Ke [...]
2005-09-07 10:54:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALECON KPAL EINV EAID IS PTER GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV5597ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] IDF Withdrawal From Gaza 2. Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina 3. Global War on Terror ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The IDF withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, after 38 years of Israeli military rule, dominated the headlines during the w [...]
2005-09-12 11:22:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5641ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media led with the disorder in the PA and along the Philadelphi route. While some media, like Jerusalem Post (banner: "Egypt, PA Vow to Stop Gaza Infiltrator [...]
2005-09-14 09:56:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5802ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Likud Infighting 3. Six-Party Talks ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All major media, except Jerusalem Post, led with PM Sharon's situation in the Likud. Leading media (banner in Ha'aretz) reported that on Wednesday, Shar [...]
2005-09-26 07:07:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6025ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Nobel Peace Prize to ElBaradei and IAEA ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Almost all media bannered the bestowing of the Nobel Prize in Economics on Monday upon Hebrew University Professor of Mathematics Robert J. Aumann for his [...]
2005-10-11 11:53:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6297ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Syria 3. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio quoted Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz as saying in Washington Wednesday, at a meeting with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, that Israel will SIPDIS not frus [...]
2005-11-03 13:02:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6815ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Iranian Nuclear Race ------------------------------ Key stories in the media: ------------------------------ The Jerusalem Post and other media reported the IDF is gearing up for a crackdown on the Islamic Jihad in the West Bank, wishing to apprehend "all of the terrorists" there. The [...]
2005-12-07 11:01:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05THEHAGUE2850PROSECUTORS ON DUTCH TERROR ARRESTS
[...] (C) Summary. Dutch prosecutors responsible for terrorist cases confirmed during an October 17 lunch that the timing of the arrests of seven terror suspects on October 14 was driven by intelligence information indicating the threat of an imminent attack; they did not provide details on the s [...]
2005-10-20 15:05:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PINS PTER NL KPRP
05THEHAGUE2859DUTCH GOVERNMENT WILL APPEAL INJUNCTION AGAINST
[...] Justice Minister Donner has approved filing an appeal of The Hague District Court's October 12 injunction against the Minister's extradition order for Mohamed Awad, wanted in the U.S. on fraud charges. The state attorney is expected to file the appeal with The Hague Appellate Court on October [...]
2005-10-21 12:29:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDCJAN PREL CVIS KCRM NL
05TRIPOLI332UNHCR OPERATIONS STRUGGLING IN LIBYA; BUT OPTIMISTIC ABOUT
[...] (C) During a series of meetings over the last three months, the Tripoli-based UNHCR representative, Mohamed Hantosh Alwash, has conveyed information about local operations and ongoing negotiations with the Libyan government to sign a Memorandum of Understanding. UNHCR's primary interlocutor [...]
2005-12-23 13:05:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREF KPAL LY
05TUNIS1235TUNISIA HUMAN RIGHTS DEVELOPMENTS: 05/25 - 06/08
[...] SUMMARY: This cable summarizes significant human rights developments during the previous two week period. Topics covered are: -- Case of Mohamed Abbou -- Arab Institute of Human Rights Funding Problems -- Formation of "Committee for the Defense of Victims of Terrorism Law" -- Amnesty Int [...]
2005-06-09 15:17:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KPAO KMPI TS
05TUNIS1282ABBOU APPEAL TRIAL: SENTENCE UPHELD, DIPLOMATIC
[...] (SBU) Summary: On June 10, the Court of Appeal in Tunis upheld the three and a half year sentence of lawyer/activist Mohamed Abbou (ref a). The trial was disorderly, and at times chaotic, with over 120 lawyers attempting to defend Abbou. Embassy human rights officer attended the trial along [...]
2005-06-13 14:56:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KPAO KMPI TS
05TUNIS1379MEETING WITH SAMIA ABBOU
[...] (C) Summary: Abbou supporters continue to seek USG intervention in the case of jailed lawyer/activist Mohamed Abbou (ref A). According to his wife, Abbou refused to bring his case before the Supreme Court because it would be giving too much legitimacy to what he and his supporters believe is [...]
2005-06-23 09:13:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KPAO KMPI KDEM TS
05TUNIS1442VISAS VIPER MONTHLY REPORT FOR JULY 2005
[...] Post's Visa Viper Committee met on Friday, July 1, 2005. The Ambassador chaired the meeting, which was attended by Consular, Pol/Econ, ODC, DAO, ORA, Public Affairs, Management, FSI Arabic language field school, and MEPI representatives. We reviewed the recently disseminated revised procedures [...]
2005-07-01 15:17:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIEDKVPR CVIS PTER ASEC PINR CMGT TS
05TUNIS1495USTR NOVELLI ADVANCES US-TUNISIA TRADE
[...] (SBU) Summary. Assistant Trade Representative Catherine Novelli, in Tunis June 14-15 for the second TIFA Council meeting, firmly emphasized to Minister of Development and International Cooperation Jouini that the U.S. wants to expand our free trade community and is working at a modest pace, b [...]
2005-07-08 06:08:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD TS EFTA
05TUNIS768TUNISIAN LABOR UPDATE: UGTT SHOWS A MORE
[...] (C) Summary. Labor negotiations between labor, private employers, and government take place every three years in Tunisia. The three parties negotiate 51 separate collective bargaining contracts covering Tunisia's entire active work force. Since 1990, Tunisia has had this unique system of un [...]
2005-03-25 09:15:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALELAB PHUM TS
05TUNIS826VISIT TO WIFE OF IMPRISONED LAWYER PROMPTS
[...] (C) Summary. At the invitation of university economics professor and PA contact Fedhi Jerbi, Polcouns April 6 visited the wife and family of Mohamad Abbou, the lawyer who was arrested March 1 for writing an online article harshly critical of President Ben Ali and his decision to invite Prime [...]
2005-04-19 11:16:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KMPI KDEM KISL TS
05TUNIS840HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH HOLDS FIRST PRESS CONFERENCE IN
[...] (C) Summary: Two visiting Human Rights Watch (HRW) staffers successfully held a press conference April 20 to release a new HRW report on solitary confinement of Tunisian political prisoners. The 39-page report is based on interviews of political prisoners conditionally released in the Novembe [...]
2005-04-20 17:03:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV TS
05TUNIS896GOT RUSHES CONVICTION TO COINCIDE WITH ICRC
[...] (C) Summary: A Tunisian court sentenced dissident lawyer Mohamed Abbou to a prison term of three years and six months following his one-day April 28 trial for two charges. Abbou was arrested in early March for publishing on the website/listserve "Tunisnews" an article attacking President Ben [...]
2005-04-29 17:13:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KMPI KJUS KDEM TS ICRC WSIS
05TUNIS944AMB. RAISES CONCERNS ON ABBOU CONVICTION; NEW
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador reiterated USG concerns about the recent conviction of dissident lawyer Mohamed Abbou to MFA DG Hatem Atallah May 4. Attallah offered a familiar refrain: Abbou broke the law; the GOT is fully committed to democratic reform; Washington should understand that only the [...]
2005-05-04 15:27:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPHUM KDEM PREL TS
06ABIDJAN1036COTE D'IVOIRE: TENTH MEETING OF THE INTERNATIONAL
[...] (C) Summary. The tenth meeting of the International Working Group (IWG) produced a somewhat bolder than usual communique challenging the African Union (AU) and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to devise new, better transition arrangements to take effect after October. T [...]
2006-09-14 11:02:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN1355ELEVENTH MEETING OF THE INTERNATIONAL WORKING GROUP
[...] (C) Summary. At the eleventh meeting of the International Working Group (IWG),Prime Minister Banny sought to persuade the group that significant progress has been made to implement UN Security Council Resolution 1721, especially on re-launching identification, returning civil servants to the [...]
2006-12-08 14:20:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC UNSC IV
06ABIDJAN190COTE D'IVOIRE: FOURTH MEETING OF THE INTERNATIONAL
[...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Banny briefed the fourth meeting of the International Working Group (IWG) on his plans to adopt the IWG's road map as his government's work plan. In light of the four days of street disturbances in reaction to the previous IWG's stance on the National Assembly, it [...]
2006-02-22 14:45:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNAUS IV
06ABIDJAN320COTE D'IVOIRE: FIFTH MEETING OF THE INTERNATIONAL
[...] (C) Summary. The International Working Group (IWG) held a largely uneventful fifth meeting March 17. Prime Minister Banny, UN High Representative for Election (HRE) Monteiro, and the new Chairman of Cote d'Ivoire's Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) gave presentations. Some element of dr [...]
2006-03-24 16:21:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN414COTE D'IVOIRE: SIXTH MEETING OF THE INTERNATIONAL
[...] (C) At the sixth meeting of the International Working Group (IWG),the group was alarmed to hear from a series of senior Ivoirian officials in charge of various aspects of the peace process that the political process is once again at an impasse and that hardly any progress has been made toward [...]
2006-04-21 16:38:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN475COTE D'IVOIRE: SIXTH MEETING OF THE INTERNATIONAL
[...] (C) At the sixth meeting of the International Working Group (IWG),the group was alarmed to hear from a series of senior Ivoirian officials in charge of various aspects of the peace process that the political process is once again at an impasse and that hardly any progress has been made toward [...]
2006-05-09 17:11:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN60COTE D'IVOIRE: THIRD MEETING OF THE INTERNATIONAL
[...] (C) Summary. The subject that came in for the most discussion at the January 15 meeting of the International Working Group (IWG) was the future of the National Assembly, whose mandate expired December 16. Heads of delegation reached an initial consensus to recommend that the Assembly remain [...]
2006-01-20 16:34:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN686COTRE D'IVOIRE: EIGHTH MEETING OF THE
[...] (C) Summary. At the eighth meeting of the International Working Group (IWG),Prime Minister Banny gave a long, evasive presentation seeking to reassure the group that he is determined to succeed in bringing the country to elections, while IWG members tried to pin him down on why so little pro [...]
2006-06-28 15:23:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO IV
06ABUDHABI1001 MEDIA REACTION: P&O PORTS DEAL; HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT;
[...] SUMMARY: A UAE COLUMNIST IN "AL-ITTIHAD" WRITES THAT US REJECTION OF THE P&O DEAL CONVEYED A NEGATIVE MESSAGE TO ALL ARABS AS WELL AS TO THE UAE. A COLUMNIST IN "AL-KHALEEJ" COMMENTED ON THE DOS HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT BY STATING THAT IT ACCUSES MANY COUNTRIES, INCLUDING THOSE WHO ARE CONSIDERED [...]
2006-03-15 12:54:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR AE TC
06ABUDHABI1119 MEDIA REACTION: TEHRAN AND WASHINGTON
[...] SUMMARY: A SAUDI COLUMNIST IN "AL-ITTIHAD" WONDERS WHY WASHINGTON HAD TO RESORT TO ITS ENEMY IRAN AND NOT TO ITS ARAB ALLIES TO RESOLVE IRAQ'S ISSUES. AN EDITORIAL IN "AL- ITTIHAD" CLAIMS PRESIDENT BUSH'S RECENT SPEECH SHOWS THAT ZIONIST INFLUENCE CONTROLS THE WHITE HOUSE. A UAE COLUMNIST I [...]
2006-03-22 12:34:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO AE TC
06ABUDHABI1301UAE CHARITY REGULATION: EMIRATE-LEVEL, NOT FEDERAL
[...] (C) Summary. The UAE does not have a unified federal system of charity oversight or regulation. Charity regulation is ultimately the responsibility of each of the seven emirates. The Ministry of Social Affairs (MSA) licenses and monitors charities in Abu Dhabi, and any charity that is licen [...]
2006-04-04 11:15:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALEAID PTER KTFN PHUM AE
06ABUDHABI1471UAE SHI'A AND THEIR LOYALTIES
[...] (C) Summary: With rising international tension over Iran's quest for nuclear power, and persistent reports of Iranian influence in Iraq's internal affairs, the UAE's Shi'a minority have been doing a lot of soul-searching, according to sect members and their acquaintances. While we have heard [...]
2006-04-15 11:56:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNPHUM KISL PREL PINR IR AE
06ABUDHABI1472TREASURY U/S QUARLES VISIT TO UAE
[...] (C) Summary. During Treasury Under Secretary Quarles' March 22 meetings, his interlocutors stressed their belief that the U.S. - UAE relationship was strong and that government investors in the UAE would continue to invest in U.S. assets, despite DP World. Over ninety-eight percent of the Ce [...]
2006-04-15 12:01:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALEFIN EINV ETRD ECON AE
06ABUDHABI1637 MEDIA REACTION: DUBAI PORTS/IRAQ
[...] Summary: A UAE columnist in "Al-Khaleej" comments on the oppressive way the Dubai Ports deal was handled by the American media and politicians. He concludes that despite of all these failures, globalization will continue. "Al- Khaleej" asserts that the American occupation of Iraq is the pro [...]
2006-04-23 14:08:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR AE KPAO TC
06ABUDHABI19 MEDIA REACTION: U.S. PUBLIC DIPLOMACY EFFORTS/PALESTINE
[...] SUMMARY: Arab columnists are critical of U.S. public diplomacy efforts. Al-Khaleej urges Palestinian authorities to take stronger control of the resistance and not just make statements condemning resistance groups. End Summary. 2. Under the headline "Brainwash", Jafar Mohamed Ahmed, a col [...]
2006-01-02 14:24:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR AE KPAO TC
06ABUDHABI1994 MEDIA REACTION: IRAN/PALESTINE/UAE FTA/REFORM IN THE
[...] SUMMARY: A columnist in "Al-Bayan" cautions the use of military force against Iran. An editorial in "Al-Khaleej" says it is disgraceful for the U.S. to provide Israel with Weapons of Mass Destruction while preventing the Arabs from providing the Palestinians with basic support. A UAE colum [...]
2006-05-15 09:41:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR AE KPAO TC
06ABUDHABI2119 MEDIA REACTION: APPEAL FOR THE RELEASE OF UAE
[...] SUMMARY: Three daily Arab newspapers appealed for the release of the kidnapped UAE diplomat. A columnist in "Al-Bayan" warns Arabs against counting on America because its policies have always served Israeli interests. An editorial in English daily "Gulf News" rejects the concept of a regio [...]
2006-05-22 10:51:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR AE KPAO TC
06ABUDHABI2248UAE JOINS UN OCHA DONOR SUPPORT GROUP (ODSG); UAE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Already a regional leader in humanitarian assistance, the UAE announced at a May 9 conference in Abu Dhabi its decision to become the 20th member and the first non-Western country to join the UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Donor Support Group (ODSG). US [...]
2006-05-31 15:36:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PHUM KPAL IZ AF AE
06ABUDHABI2324UAE ARMED FORCES COS ON IRAN, MISSILE DEFENSE,
[...] (S) Summary: During a June 6 meeting with Ambassador, UAE Armed Forces Chief of Staff Lt. General Hamad Mohamed Thani al-Rumaithy sought broader engagement on the Gulf Security Dialogue, particularly given the escalating tension surrounding Iran. Al-Rumaithy, who requested the meeting, charac [...]
2006-06-06 13:12:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPREL PARM MARR MASS MCAP IR IZ AF AE
06ABUDHABI2347PLANES, TRAINS, AND AUTOMOBILES: TRANSPORTATION
[...] (SBU) Summary. On June 3, Deputy Secretary of Transportation Maria Cino met with Sultan bin Saeed al-Mansouri, the UAE Minister of Governmental Sector Development, to discuss transportation and development issues. Al-Mansouri discussed the expansion of the UAE's civil aviation sector. He al [...]
2006-06-07 10:58:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELTN EWWT EAIR ECON ETRD PREL AE
06ABUDHABI2464 MEDIA REACTION: ZARQAWI'S DEATH/GUANTANAMO
[...] Summary: A female columnist in "Al-Bayan" describes Iraq as another faction-divided Lebanon under UK-US custody. A UAE columnist in "Al-Ittihad" criticizes those who sympathize with Al- Zarqawi's death. Another columnist in "Al-Ittihad" criticizes Hamas for considering Al-Zarqawi a symbol of [...]
2006-06-14 12:27:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR AE KPAO TC
06ABUDHABI2470THE PALESTINIAN COMMUNITY IN THE UAE: A PROSPEROUS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: MORE THAN 120,000 PALESTINIAN EXPATRIATES CURRENTLY RESIDE IN THE UAE, A GULF STATE WHICH IS A MAJOR AID DONOR TO PALESTINIANS IN THE WEST BANK AND GAZA. OVER THE LAST SEVERAL DECADES, PALESTINIANS HAVE COME TO THE UAE, BRINGING WITH THEM THEIR EDUCATION, KNOW-HOW, AND CAPITAL [...]
2006-06-17 09:15:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KPAL KWBG AE
06ABUDHABI2688IMPROVING THE UAE COUNTERPROLIFERATION RECORD
[...] (S) SUMMARY. Ambassador met June 26 evening with Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed (AbZ) to discuss the USG's plans to take a number of immediate steps to address the continuing problem of diversion of goods from the UAE to Iran's WMD and missile programs (ref A). AbZ listened caref [...]
2006-06-28 10:29:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNPARM PREL ETTC IR PK AF AE
06ABUDHABI2780DEADLINE FOR EXPORT CONTROL LAW "INTERFERENCE IN
[...] (S/NF) Summary. On July 4, Ambassador received a letter from Brigadier Mohamad al-Qemzi, Chairman of the U.S./UAE Counterproliferation Task Force and director of the Dubai security service. The letter responded to Ambassador's ref A demarche on "Improving the UAE Counterproliferation Effort" [...]
2006-07-05 12:47:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNPARM PREL ETTC AE
06ABUDHABI2882005/2006 REPORT TO CONGRESS ON ALLIED
[...] (U) The UAE in 2004 and 2005 continued its outstanding record as a valuable strategic partner in the Global War on Terrorism and in supporting key U.S. regional strategic policy goals. Among the highlights of the UAE's contributions to the common defense are: -- (C) Providing basing for USA [...]
2006-01-29 13:19:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL MCAP MARR MASS AE
06ABUDHABI2940TFLE01: UAE HUMANITARIAN AID CONVOY ATTACKED
[...] (C) Per reftelcon, ConGen Dubai officer received a telephone call from General Director, State Security Mohamed al Qemzi at approximately 1340 local time reporting that a UAE humanitarian aid convoy traveling from Damascus to Beirut had been attacked. The exact location of the attack was not [...]
2006-07-18 10:47:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALEAID KPAL LE SY AE
06ABUDHABI2997 MEDIA REACTION: CRISIS IN LEBANON
[...] Summary: One editorial in "Al-Bayan" accused the United States of betraying Lebanon after it promised to support its new democracy. In "Al-Khaleej," one writer questioned how anyone could believe that Arabs would accept Israeli aggression given their own experiences with Israeli attacks, whi [...]
2006-07-23 12:32:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
06ABUDHABI3137REPLACING FOREIGN JUDGES OVER TIME
[...] (C) Summary: An IV-grantee with extensive experience in the UAE judicial system offered insights into the foreign lawyers, prosecutors and judges who now staff much of the court system in the Emirates and efforts to train UAE nationals to take over. He noted that two of the seven Emirates m [...]
2006-08-02 12:12:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL KJUS EG SU AE
06ABUDHABI3169UAE CLAIM TO NEED MORE INFORMATION IN ORDER TO
[...] (S/NF) On August 4 CDA met with MFA Director of Arab Affairs, Ambassador Hamad Saeed Al-Zaabi shortly before Friday noon prayers to request action on ref A NIACT. CDA explained that the USG had information indicating that the "Iran Isfahan," which had docked in Dubai that morning, was carryin [...]
2006-08-05 14:02:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNPARM PREL ETTC AE
06ABUDHABI319 SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: ANGER AT DANISH CARTOON
[...] SUMMARY: "AL-KHALEEJ" CALLED UPON MUSLIMS AND ARABS TO REACT AGAINST ENTITIES TARGETING THEIR SACRED SYMBOLS. A UAE COLUMNIST SAYS THE DANISH MOCKERY OF THE PROPHET MOHAMMED HAS AWAKENED THE MUSLIMS' SENSE OF IDENTITY AND UNIFIED THEM TOGETHER. END SUMMARY. 2. Under the headline "Attac [...]
2006-01-31 13:07:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO AE TC
06ABUDHABI3342 MEDIA REACTION: LEBANON
[...] Summary: One UAE columnist in "Al-Ittihad" wondered why some Arab TV channels during war in Lebanon accused Gulf governments of being traitors and agents to the West and concluded that this will not help restore any occupied land. Al-Khaleej" wondered when Arabs will ever live with dignity a [...]
2006-08-16 13:47:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR TC
06ABUDHABI3629IRAQ COMPACT PREPARATORY MEETING A SUCCESS
[...] (SBU) Summary: On September 10, the United Arab Emirates hosted the Preparatory Group for the International Compact for Iraq (ICI). The United Nations (UN) represented by Deputy Secretary General Mark Malloch Brown, and the Government of Iraq (GOI),represented by a delegation led by Iraqi Dep [...]
2006-09-14 07:51:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EFIN IZ PREL PGOV ECON AE
06ABUDHABI3632LEBANON A KEY TOPIC IN A/S HILLEN DISCUSSION WITH
[...] (S) Summary: Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs John Hillen and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (MbZ) met on September 11 and discussed the Gulf Security Dialogue (GSD),Qatar and Lebanon. MbZ welcomed the GSD scheduled for October 19 and reiterat [...]
2006-09-14 11:11:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETMASS PREL EAID LE QA IZ SY IR AE
06ABUDHABI373DECISION ON UAE'S FIRST HUMAN RIGHTS NGO IMMINENT
[...] (SBU) The UAE Government is apparently close to announcing that it will allow a domestic human rights organization to operate for the first time. On February 6, the English-daily 'Gulf News' reported that the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs had approved the first human rights organization [...]
2006-02-06 12:24:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV PHUM AE
06ABUDHABI374 MEDIA REACTION: US PUBLIC DIPLOMACY; IRAN'S NUCLEAR
[...] SUMMARY: A columnist in "Al-Bayan" advised the State Department's Public Diplomacy Bureau not to waste its time enhancing their country's image, as US policies make their mission doomed to failure. "Akhbar Al-Khaleej" warned of confrontations between Iran and the United Nations following Ira [...]
2006-02-06 12:30:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR AE KPAO TC
06ABUDHABI376UAE HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TO AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) On January 30, on the margins of U.S.-UAE FTA negotiations in London, Minister of Economy and Planning Sheikha Lubna Al-Qasimi provided Econchief with information detailing UAE aid to Afghanistan. She stressed that the UAE would prefer that the UAE treat this information confidentially. [...]
2006-02-06 13:40:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON PREL PHUM AF AE
06ABUDHABI3782TERRORISM FINANCE: TALIBAN UAE STRATEGY
[...] (S/NF) Post appreciates the opportunity to comment on reftel strategy for disrupting external financing to the Taliban. We believe that the draft background paper covers the issue in a comprehensive fashion. In the UAE specifically, we would propose using the existing Joint Terror Financing [...]
2006-09-26 12:00:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNKTFN PTER EFIN AE
06ABUDHABI3871DP WORLD VP ON STRATEGY MOVING FORWARD
[...] (C) Summary: On October 2, DP World Senior Vice President (Commercial) Michael Moore told Ambassador that the company planned to conduct an Initial Public Offering (IPO) though the time frame had not been finalized. He confirmed that the five short-listed candidates to buy its U.S. assets wer [...]
2006-10-04 08:03:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALEWWT EINV PREL ETRD EFIN AE
06ABUDHABI3904UAEG SETS DATE FOR FNC ELECTIONS; CRITICISM OF
[...] (C) Summary: On October 1, the Cabinet announced that the elections of one-half of the Federal National Council(FNC) will be held on December 16, 18, and 20. That same day, the National Election Committee published the names of the 6,689 member electoral college that will participate in the e [...]
2006-10-09 04:07:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM AE
06ABUDHABI4094UAE IDENTIFIES OBSERVERS FOR EXERCISE LEADING EDGE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-26 13:08:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC PARM PREL AE
06ABUDHABI4154UAEG SEEKS TO END UNCERTAIN STATUS OF STATELESS
[...] (C) Summary: President Sheikh Khalifa issued directives October 25 for federal ministries to seek a final end to the problem of the "bidoun" (stateless persons) in the UAE. The bidoun of the UAE generally fit two groups: Arabs (from Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman),and non-Arabs (primarily from Ira [...]
2006-11-02 12:20:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PTER AE
06ABUDHABI4211UPCOMING ARAB LEAGUE CENTRAL BOYCOTT OFFICE
[...] (SBU) On November 5, Econchief and Polchief raised the November Arab League Boycott meeting in Damascus with MFA A/US for International Cooperation Mohamed Abduljalil and urged the UAEG to neither attend nor support the meeting. Abduljalil reiterated the UAE's position that it did not implemen [...]
2006-11-06 12:29:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON KBCT AE
06ABUDHABI4281IRAQ VP AL-HESHIMI VISITS UAE
[...] (U) Iraqi Vice President Tareq Al-Heshimi made a well-publicized visit to the UAE November 12, in which he met with President Khalifa bin Zayed and Vice President Mohammed bin Rashid. President Khalifa stated, according to press reports, that the UAE would "spare no effort" in supporting and [...]
2006-11-14 11:36:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KDEM AE
06ABUDHABI4326UAE OFFICIALS DISCUSS OIL AND GAS EXPANSION PLANS WITH EIA
[...] (C) Summary: UAE Minister of Energy Al-Hamili told the 12th Annual ECSSR Energy Conference that the UAE would increase its oil production capacity to 2.7 mb/d in 2006. He told EIA Administrator Guy Caruso that he did not know what OPEC would decide about oil production during its December meet [...]
2006-11-22 07:05:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALECON EPET ENRG AE
06ABUDHABI4359Candidates Nominated as UAE Prepares for First Election
[...] (U) Summary: The period during which the 6,000 plus members of the Federal National Council (FNC) "Electoral College" can be nominated to compete for one of 20 vacant seats has closed. Although nominations began slowly, the final list exceeded 450 candidates and included 65 women. UAE Presiden [...]
2006-11-27 15:13:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM AE
06ABUDHABI4477QUIET CAMPAIGNING FOR FNC ELECTIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary: A mild sense of anticipation has candidates and the public watching for results of the first UAE Federal National Council (FNC) limited elections to take place December 16, 18, and 20. The 14-day campaign period for 20 FNC seats ends December 14; candidates have promoted their [...]
2006-12-14 13:47:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PHUM AE
06ABUDHABI4501UAEG RECIEVES SYRIAN PRESIDENT
[...] (C) Summary: On December 17, UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al-Nahyan hosted Syrian President Bashar Al-Asad in Abu Dhabi, followed by a separate meeting with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan (MbZ). According to the Emirates News Agency (WAM),Khalifa "warmly" [...]
2006-12-18 13:28:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL AE SY
06ABUDHABI4528UAE FNC ELECTIONS RESULTS: 20 MEMBERS, INCLUDING ONE WOMAN,
[...] (U) Summary: On December 16, 18, and 20, the UAE held their first limited election for 20 members of its 40-member Federal National Council (FNC). Despite the fact that 14% (65) of all candidates were women, only one woman was elected--in the emirate of Abu Dhabi. Even though voting was limit [...]
2006-12-21 16:19:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PHUM AE
06ABUDHABI4529UK PRIME MINISTER BLAIR VISITS UAE
[...] (U) British Prime Minister Tony Blair arrived in Abu Dhabi December 19 for an official two-day visit to the UAE as part of a regional tour. Blair held meetings with UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Armed Forces Deputy Supreme Commander Mohammad b [...]
2006-12-21 17:12:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL AE UK IR SY
06ABUDHABI605A/S RADEMAKER LAUNCHES US/UAE COUNTERPROLIFERATION
[...] (S) Summary. On February 11, the U.S. and UAE met for the first meeting of the U.S./UAE Counterproliferation Task Force (CTF). Acting Assistant Secretary for International Security and Nonproliferation (ISN) Stephen Rademaker led the U.S. interagency delegation, and the UAE team was led by Du [...]
2006-02-20 05:46:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNETTC PARM PREL IR AE
06ABUDHABI780UAEG APPROVES COUNTRY'S FIRST FIRST HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) Summary: On February 18, the Ministry of Social Affairs formally licensed the first human rights organization in the UAE. The new Emirates Human Rights Association (EHRA) will be based in Abu Dhabi, and may have a future branch office in Dubai. All members of the organization passed a se [...]
2006-03-01 14:03:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV AE
06ABUDHABI782NEW UAE MINISTER OF EDUCATION SETS OBJECTIVES
[...] (U) Summary: PAO's call on new UAE Minister of Education, Dr. Hanif Hassan, elicited teacher training and English language preparation as priorities of the ministry. In parallel development, the perceived need for "stricter controls of private schools" has prompted the Ministry of Education' [...]
2006-03-01 14:29:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALKPAO AE
06ABUDHABI849SHEIKHA LUBNA ON PRIMARY BOYCOT AND FTA ISSUES
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 8. 2. (C) Summary: On March 5, in response to a question from CNN's Wolf Blitzer, Minister of Economy Sheikha Lubna Al-Qasimi agreed that the UAE would lift its Arab League primary boycott of Israel if the UAE had an FTA with the U.S.. It is [...]
2006-03-06 13:50:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALKBCT KMPI ETRD IS AE
06ABUDHABI942 SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: P&O PORTS DEAL
[...] SUMMARY: A COLUMNIST IN "AL-ITTIHAD" IS SKEPTICAL OF U.S. OFFICIALS' NEGATIVE STANDPOINT AGAINST P&O DEAL AND WONDERS WHY THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION DID NOT EXPLAIN WHY IT WAS IN FAVOR OF THE DEAL. "AL-KHALEEJ" RAN AN UNSIGNED FRONT-PAGE EDITORIAL IN WHICH IT CONVEYED A MESSAGE TO THE PEOPLE OF [...]
2006-03-12 13:34:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR AE KPAO
06ABUDHABI955 MEDIA REACTION: HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT
[...] SUMMARY: AN EDITORIAL IN "AL-KHALEEJ" STRONGLY CRITICIZED THE LATEST STATE DEPARTMENT'S ANNUAL HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT AND ACCUSES THE U.S. USING A DOUBLE-STANDARD WHEN IT COMES TO HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS. TWO UAE COLUMNISTS IN DUBAI-BASED ARABIC DAILY "EMIRATES TODAY" WERE SKEPTICAL OF THE US [...]
2006-03-13 14:41:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR AE KPAO TC
06ABUJA524ECOWAS SAYS PREPARING TO MEET AVIAN-FLU CHALLENGE
[...] Summary. Ambassador met March 2 with ECOWAS Executive Secretary Mohamed Ibn Chambas, who noted with concern AI's SIPDIS advance in Nigeria. Chambas said ECOWAS countries needed to have national strategies, after which regional ones could be created. He said Nigeria's "lessons learned" wou [...]
2006-03-03 15:41:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KFLU EAID AMED EAGR NI
06ADDISABABA1615DARFUR: JEM SEEKS FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO REFORM,
[...] (SBU) Summary. Two members of the Sudanese Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) told poloff June 12 that their organization sought to join the peace process under the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) but urgently needed funds to hold a general congress in order to elect new leadership. End Summary [...]
2006-06-13 12:55:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPKO MOPS PREL SU AU UN
06ADDISABABA1745SUDAN - AU REJECTS SUPPORT TO JEM SPLINTER GROUP
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Dissident representatives of the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM),a non-signatory to the May 5 Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA),seek USD 200,000 to hold a party congress in Addis Ababa to replace JEM leader Khalil Ibrahim Muhammed. While the JEM representatives have approache [...]
2006-06-26 10:22:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM PINS SU AU KPKO
06ADDISABABA2093SOMALI TFG SURVIVES ASSASSINATION, DEFECTIONS, AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Over the last three days, Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG) has weathered the assassination of one government minister, the resignation of nearly 20 others, and a no-confidence vote by 49 per cent of its parliamentarians. According to Somalia's PermRep to the Afric [...]
2006-07-31 16:07:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS PINR KPKO AU SO ER ET
06ADDISABABA2170ETHIOPIAN FOREIGN MINISTER OUTLINES ETHIOPIAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Ethiopian Foreign Minister Seyoum Mesfin briefed Charge and CODEL Payne on his recent trip to Baidoa to mediate among the president, prime minister, and parliamentary speaker of Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG),who had been divided over whether to engage in dialog [...]
2006-08-09 08:54:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ET SO
06ADDISABABA2203SOMALI PERMREP REPORTS THAT BELED WEYNE REMAINS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On August 10, deputy pol-econ counselor met with Ambassador Abdulkarim Farah, Permanent Representative of the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia (TFG) to the African Union and the TFG's Ambassador to Ethiopia. Farah dismissed press reports that Union of Islamic Court (UIC [...]
2006-08-14 11:35:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRETPREL PINS MOPS SO ET UG
06ADDISABABA2420DARFUR: AU MINISTERIAL MUST DECIDE FUTURE OF AMIS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. African Union Peace and Security Commissioner Said Djinnit reported to international partners that in September 4 discussions with the AU, Sudan disavowed press reports that say it seeks the immediate expulsion of the AU Mission in Sudan (AMIS),but confirmed its rejection of a [...]
2006-09-06 17:55:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MOPS KPKO AU SU
06ADDISABABA2479ETHIOPIA: SECSTATE HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING APPROVAL
[...] (SBU) Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following Ethiopian civilian candidates who have been nominated for USG-sponsored training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. (SBU) The training is on civil-military [...]
2006-09-13 10:27:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDPMIL PGOV ET
06ADDISABABA2948DARFUR: AMIS FORCE COMMANDER ARGUES FOR UP TO NINE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a November 2 briefing to major AU partners, officers from the AU Mission in Sudan (AMIS) highlighted two areas of continued fighting in Darfur: North Darfur, where GOS aerial reconnaissance and bombardment of suspected NRF strongholds continues; and the Darfur-Chad border, [...]
2006-11-06 14:26:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MOPS KPKO SU AU
06ADDISABABA3212SOMALI PRIME MINISTER GEDI HIGHLIGHTS FOREIGN EXTREMIST SUPPORT FOR ICU
[...] (C) SUMMARY. TFG PM Gedi reported that over 3,000 foreign Islamic militants are assisting the CIC, including fighters from Afghanistan, Pakistan, Chechnya, and Libya. Eritrea and Saudi sources have provided weapons and funding respectively to the CIC, while Somali Hawiye are increasingly back [...]
2006-12-06 14:51:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS KPKO SO ET KISL MOPS
06ADDISABABA3316DARFUR: NOV. 16 SPECIAL ENVOY NATSIOS BILATERAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Separate November 16 bilateral consultations with UK Secretary of State for International Development Hilary Benn, French MFA Africa Director Jean de Gliniasty and Special Envoy for the Peace Process in Sudan Henri Benoit de Coignac, and Chinese PermRep to the UN Guangya Wang hig [...]
2006-12-18 16:18:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS KPKO SU AU UK CH FR
06ADDISABABA723AU APPROVES AMIS REHAT - NOW WHAT?
[...] (SBU) Summary/Action Request: The March 10 African Union (AU) Peace and Security Council (PSC) ministerial supported transition of the AU Mission in Darfur, Sudan (AMIS) to a UN mission. The PSC extended AMIS' mandate until September 30, 2006, and set a deadline of April 30 to conclude the A [...]
2006-03-14 04:45:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPKO EAID PREL SU AU
06ALGIERS1075IMPRISONED ALGERIAN JOURNALIST MOHAMED BENCHICOU
[...] Mohamed Benchicou, former publisher of the now defunct French-language daily Le Matin, is set to be released from prison June 14 according to press reports. Benchicou served a two year prison term for illegal transfer of funds related to the operation of his newspaper, though many believe the [...]
2006-06-13 16:46:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM AG
06ALGIERS2025POLISARIO PERCEIVES CHANGE IN U.S. POLICY
[...] (C) During a November 16-17 orientation visit to Sahrawi refugee camps in the Tindouf region of Algeria, NEA/MAG desk officer and poloff met with Polisario Secretary-General Mohamed Abdelaziz and Polisario Representative to the U.S. Mouloud Said. Abdelaziz provided his version of the history [...]
2006-11-22 11:24:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PBTS PREF AG
06ALGIERS2087HOW FREE IS ALGERIA'S PRINTED PRESS?
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Algerian government exerts pressure on Algeria's independent printed media with the aim of encouraging self-censorship. Government tactics have included using the state advertising agency to reward or punish papers financially; miring journalists in lengthy legal proceedings [...]
2006-12-09 06:08:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KPAO AG
06ALGIERS246GAS PIPELINE EXPLOSION IN AOMAR
[...] (U) Wednesday's edition of "Le Soir d'Algerie" reported that GSPC member Mohamed Keraouni, also known as Emir Kezouit, used a homemade bomb to destroy a portion of the Hassi R'mel-Cap Dijnet gas pipeline on February 6 in Aomar, approximately 100 kilometers southeast of Algiers. The article p [...]
2006-02-12 05:37:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALEPET PTER ENRG AG
06ALGIERS367TALLY OF ALGERIAN JOURNALISTS IN JAIL
[...] (SBU) There are currently three Algerian journalists in prison. Eighteen other journalists have been sentenced to prison terms but are free pending appellate court rulings on their appeals. In prison the longest is Mohamed Benchicou, former publisher of the now-defunct Le Matin newspaper, wh [...]
2006-03-05 09:48:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM AG
06ALGIERS451PUTIN VISIT RESULTS IN SUBSTANTIAL DEBT
[...] (C) Russian President Putin's March 10 visit to Algeria, the first by a Russian president, has produced a substantial debt forgiveness package, some commercial and investment agreements, and talk about a possible energy clearing house deal. But the details of the debt forgiveness package and [...]
2006-03-15 18:53:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD PGOV PREL RS AG
06ALGIERS576EL KHABAR JOURNALIST INTERROGATED ABOUT THE
[...] (U) Algeria's leading Arabic-language daily, El Khabar, claimed in April 1 that its reporter Mohamed Mourad, the author of two articles published March 27 and 29 on the dissemination of leaflets by the Salafist Group for Call and Combat (GSPC),was questioned March 30 at an Algerian police st [...]
2006-04-01 16:00:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPTER KDEM PHUM AG
06ALGIERS629NEW LAW DENOTES ALGERIAN PROGRESS AGAINST
[...] (SBU) Summary: A new anti-corruption law, which took effect March 8, aims to bring Algeria in line with the U.N. Convention Against Corruption. The law is an important step in establishing an institutional framework to combat corruption and comes at a time the GoA has been actively pursuing cr [...]
2006-04-06 06:58:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV PGOV AG
06ALGIERS850ALGERIAN PRESIDENT PARDONS JOURNALISTS
[...] (C) On the occasion of World Press Freedom Day, President Bouteflika issued a communique May 2 pardoning Algerian journalists found "definitively" guilty of "insults against civil servants, offense against the President of the Republic, and insults against corporate bodies." The announcement [...]
2006-05-10 18:09:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM AG
06ALGIERS851ALGERIAN PRESIDENT PARDONS JOURNALISTS
[...] (C) On the occasion of World Press Freedom Day, President Bouteflika issued a communique May 2 pardoning Algerian journalists found "definitively" guilty of "insults against civil servants, offense against the President of the Republic, and insults against corporate bodies." The announcement [...]
2006-05-10 19:51:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM AG
06ALGIERS936MFA OFFICIAL'S OBSERVATIONS ON LIBYA AND THE HAMAS
[...] (C) In a May 22 meeting on other issues attended by Ambassador and PolEc Chief, MFA Director General for Arab Affairs Bouzaher gave the Algerian perspective on Libya and dealing with the Hamas government in the Palestinian territories. Ambassador briefed Bouzaher on the U.S. decision to rest [...]
2006-05-23 19:14:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM PARM LY IR PA
06ANTANANARIVO1307INTER-ISLAND TENSION THREATENS COMOROS' UNITY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Officials of the Government of the Union of the Comoros (GOC) expressed anxiety to the Ambassador, during his November 2006 visit, that the tension between the Union and Anjouan Island Governments could split the fragile union. Efforts by the forward-looking Sambi government to pr [...]
2006-11-21 12:26:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR EAID KISL CN
06ANTANANARIVO1350 Frustration in Comoros Over Unpaid Teacher Salaries
[...] (U) Frustrated Comoran teachers who are owed more than four months of back salaries recently marched in Moroni, demanding to be paid before returning to the classroom. Union President Sambi and Grand Comore Island President El-Bak met with teachers' representatives to seek a compromise. At t [...]
2006-12-05 05:05:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID KDEM KISL CN
06ANTANANARIVO364 Comoros Holds Primaries in Anjouan
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Awaiting official announcement by the Constitutional Court, the National Electoral Commission of the Union of the Comoros published interim results from the April 16 Presidential primary putting candidates Sambi, Ibrahim Halidi, and Djaanfari through to the second round. Thou [...]
2006-04-18 14:05:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM CN
06ANTANANARIVO569 SUCCESSFUL PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION IN COMOROS
[...] (U) This cable is the first of a three-part cable; it describes the inauguration of Union of the Comoros President Sambi, attended by the U.S. Presidential Delegation. The second cable describes the Delegation's meetings with and assessment of the new government. The third cable provides su [...]
2006-05-31 13:41:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM OVIP ECON CN
06ANTANANARIVO570 U.S. MEETS COMOROS' NEW LEADERSHIP
[...] (U) This cable is the second of a three-part cable. The first describes the inauguration of President Sambi, attended by the U.S. Presidential Delegation. This cable describes the Delegation's meetings with and assessment of the new government. The third cable provides suggestions for U.S. [...]
2006-05-31 13:42:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM OVIP ECON CN
06ASMARA354ERITREA TO HOST EASTERN FRONT NEGOTIATIONS
[...] (C) Summary: With the announcement that Eritrea will host talks between the Eastern Front and Sudan's Government of National Unity, speculation has risen on whether we may finally see a resolution to instability in eastern Sudan. An Egyptian Diplomat provided additional information on the re [...]
2006-04-19 12:34:00Embassy AsmaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC ETTC ER SU
06ASMARA636ABDULWAHID DETHRONED?
[...] (C) Summary: While no one has publicly denounced the claim made by Ahmed Abdel Shafi in his "Impeachment of President of SLM/A AbdulWahid Mohamed Ahmed Nur," issued on July 28, AbdulWahid and his close advisors seem unwilling to accept their fate. AbdulWahid in a meeting with PolOff on August [...]
2006-08-03 14:35:00Embassy AsmaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC ETTC ER SU
06ASMARA648DARFUR: ABDEL SHAFI WANTS SLM/A TO REUNITE
[...] (C) Summary: Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM/A) defector Ahmed Abdel Shafi and Babikir Abdalla Mohamed requested a meeting with the Embassy on August 8 to discuss the recent press release issued by 32 commanders of the SLM/A, explain the current state of play within the organization and ask fo [...]
2006-08-09 13:57:00Embassy AsmaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC ETTC ER SU
06ASMARA679EASTERN FRONT/GNU NEGOTIATIONS PROCEED, NO
[...] (C) Summary: While the Eastern Front and the Government of Nation Unity(GNU) have both expressed optimism about progress in negotiations since their resumption August 8, outside advisors for the Eastern Front expressed concern about the Eastern Front's capabilities to achieve a fair agreement. [...]
2006-08-21 15:13:00Embassy AsmaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC ETTC ER SU
06ASMARA757EASTERN FRONT NEGOTIATIONS PROCEED; OPTIMISM
[...] (C) Summary: Negotiations between the Sudanese Government of National Unity (GNU) and Eastern Front (EF) are proceeding apace with the third and final committee currently in session. While the GNU, the Government of the State of Eritrea (GSE) mediator and many in the diplomatic community see [...]
2006-09-25 12:31:00Embassy AsmaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR SU ER
06ASMARA793EU REPRESENTATIVE FOR SUDAN BRIEFS ON DARFUR
[...] (C) Summary: On September 29, EU Special Representative for Sudan, Pekka Haavisto briefed the diplomatic community on recent developments in Darfur. Haavisto highlighted the shifting alliances in Darfur and raised concerns over the role of Eritrea in Darfur politics and the creation of the N [...]
2006-10-02 14:39:00Embassy AsmaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC ETTC ER SU
06ASUNCION95PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE, JANUARY
[...] (U) Summary -------------- -- GOP and Morocco Sign Agreement to Facilitate Bilateral Investment and Relations -- Preparations for Election Not Easy -- Child Pornography Bill Becomes Law --------------------------------------------- ----------- GOP and Morocco Sign Agreement to Facilitate [...]
2006-01-30 15:19:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PINR PA
06ATHENS1821GEORGE PAPANDREOU INVITES IRANIAN FM MOTTAKI TO
[...] (C) Summary: George Papandreou's closest foreign policy adviser Droutsas told Ambassador July 13 that Iranian FM Mottaki would be joining the Socialist International Presidium "for coffee" on July 15 on the Greek island of Samos. The invitation was extended when Papandreou visited Tehran o [...]
2006-07-13 14:45:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PARM IR GR MARR MNUC MOPS PINR
06BAGHDAD132914 SUNNIS ALLEGEDLY ARRESTED BY MOI APPEAR IN
[...] (C) Summary. On April 22, Baghdad resident Dena Ahmed told Poloff that the bodies of 14 Sunni laborers detained April 15 at a checkpoint by individuals in MoI uniforms were later found in the morgue April 22. Ahmed, a cousin of one of the laborers, explained that the 14 were seen detained on [...]
2006-04-24 14:53:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD1540DISCUSSIONS CONTINUE ON GOVERNMENT POSITIONS
[...] (C) Summary. The day before PM-designate al-Maliki's May 9 target date for announcement of the new government, debate among and within political blocs continued over key positions. Tawafuq appears to have settled on Agriculture specialist (and Adnan al-Dulaimi ally) Salam Zakam al-Zuba'i as [...]
2006-05-08 15:02:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PNAT ECON KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD1623TAWAFUQ GRUMBLES OVER HEALTH; FADHILA CONTINUES TO
[...] (C) Tawafuq negotiator Ali Baban told Poloff May 15 that PM designate Nuri al-Maliki had informed the Sunni Arab bloc that they would not receive, as expected, the Health Ministry. Baban predicted that the Sadr movement would get the ministry instead. Baban said that in compensation, Tawafuq [...]
2006-05-16 13:30:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD258ALLAWI ALLY SAYS AYAD OPEN TO OVERSEEING SECURITY
[...] (C) Summary. Safia Suhail told Poloffs January 30 that former PM Allawi would be open to a government appointment overseeing the security ministries. She added that SCIRI's Abd' al-Aziz al-Hakim is trying to establish a political marja'iya in order to remain in power over ever-increasing popul [...]
2006-01-30 13:11:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PNAT KDEM KWMN IZ
06BAGHDAD2675REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED
[...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (U) Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory informa [...]
2006-07-26 16:20:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV MOPS PINS PHUM PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD2740HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE REPORTS FOR ACES DATABASE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-01 07:22:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS PARM IZ
06BAGHDAD383NEW SCIRI PARLIAMENTARIANS TALK ABOUT MOI,
[...] (C) Summary. In a February 6 introductory meeting, two newly-elected SCIRI parliamentarians rejected Sunni complaints about MOI abuses and stated that Minister of Interior (SCIRI) Bayan Jabr is doing an excellent job. They added that the Shia Coalition will insist on retaining the MOI in g [...]
2006-02-08 08:17:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PINR PINS PHUM IZ
06BAGHDAD4275PRT DIYALA - PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT WEAKENED BY
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Diyala's reconstruction efforts and the provincial government?s ability to manage its affairs have been increasingly hindered as the province's security situation has worsened over recent months. Key Iraqi government personnel in various departments have been killed, kidnappe [...]
2006-11-19 14:01:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PREL SOCI IZ
06BAGHDAD4759ANBAR PROVINCE -- THE ISSUES, THE LEADERS, STEPS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-29 21:49:00Embassy BaghdadSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PTER PINS ECON EAID PHUM KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD4769TA'MIM PROVINCE AND KIRKUK: THE ISSUES, THE
[...] (S) Summary: Kirkuk's most divisive issue in Kirkuk remains Article 140 of the Iraqi Constitution which dictates that normalization, a census and a referendum on Kirkuk,s future status occur before December 31, 2007. The Kurds are pushing for the process to go forward in order to tie Kirkuk [...]
2006-12-30 01:35:00Embassy BaghdadSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PTER PINS ECON EAID PHUM KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD778SHIA INDEPENDENT STILL FEARS SUNNI PERSECUTION
[...] (C) In a March 5 introductory meeting with PolOffs, Shia Coalition Independent and re-elected Council of Representatives member Shaikh Khalid Abathar Atiyyah said that security for Iraq can only be attained through "inclusion" of the Shia. Atiyyah expressed his concern about the fear among th [...]
2006-03-10 18:27:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PINR PINS IZ
06BAMAKO443THE "FRERE GUIDE" QADHAFI CAUSES A STIR IN MALI
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Libyan leader Mouammar Qadhafi arrived to great fanfare in Mali on April 6 to celebrate the April 11 prophet Mohammed,s birthday (Mawloud). After a two-day stay in Bamako, Qadhafi and Malian President Amadou Toumani Toure (ATT) headed on a 2-day road trip to Timbuktu. In a contr [...]
2006-04-17 13:01:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR PGOV EINV LY ML
06BAMAKO914AN ISLAMIC LEADER'S VIEW OF THE U.S., THE ALGIERS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-22 16:19:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR PINS MASS PARM ML
06BANDARSERIBEGAWAN452CHINA FIRM WINNER IN BRUNEI BLOCK L&M PRODUCTION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-07 08:20:00Embassy Bandar Seri BegawanCONFIDENTIALEPET BX
06BANDARSERIBEGAWAN485BRUNEI CONFIRMS SUPPORT FOR GUATEMALA IN UNSC RACE
[...] (C) On September 19, Ambassador asked Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) Permanent Secretary Pengiran Dato Osman for an update on Bruneian views of the contest between Guatemala and Venezuela for a Latin American UNSC seat. After checking with others at the Ministry, Osman got back t [...]
2006-09-22 08:45:00Embassy Bandar Seri BegawanCONFIDENTIALPREL UNGA VE BX GT
06BANJUL137THE GAMBIA: CHRISTIAN COUNCIL ADDRESSES CARTOON
[...] (U) The Gambia Christian Council (GCC),representing the various churches serving The Gambia's tiny Christian community, has issued a statement in reaction to the controversy generated by the recent publication of cartoons of the Prophet Mohamed in a Danish newspaper. As reported by the loca [...]
2006-03-04 13:01:00Embassy BanjulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KISL KPAO XF GA
06BANJUL329THE GAMBIA: TIES WITH NIGERIA, SENEGAL, IRAN
[...] (C) Nigerian President Obasanjo reportedly indicated May 19 a willingness to engage in renewed mediation between The Gambia and Senegal. The May 20 visit here by Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister was part of a "charm offensive" by Tehran in West Africa, according to Gambian official. END SUMMAR [...]
2006-05-23 18:23:00Embassy BanjulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL GA SG NI IR AU
06BANJUL332THE GAMBIA: TIES WITH NIGERIA, SENEGAL, IRAN
[...] (C) Nigerian President Obasanjo reportedly indicated May 19 a willingness to engage in renewed mediation between The Gambia and Senegal. The May 20 visit here by Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister was part of a "charm offensive" by Tehran in West Africa, according to Gambian official. END SUMMARY [...]
2006-05-24 10:27:00Embassy BanjulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL GA SG NI IR AU
06BANJUL333THE GAMBIA: TIES WITH NIGERIA, SENEGAL, IRAN
[...] (C) Nigerian President Obasanjo reportedly indicated May 19 a willingness to engage in renewed mediation between The Gambia and Senegal. The May 20 visit here by Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister was part of a "charm offensive" by Tehran in West Africa, according to Gambian official. END SUMMARY [...]
2006-05-24 10:27:00Embassy BanjulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL GA SG NI IR AU
06BANJUL65THE GAMBIA: REACTION TO CARTOON CONTROVERSY
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-07 15:58:00Embassy BanjulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KISL SOCI GA
06BASRAH100BASRAH LEADERS DECLARE A "STATE OF PEACE" FOR THE WORLD CUP
[...] Summary. On June 8, the Regional Embassy Office (REO) organized an event at the Basrah Business Center (BBC) for the political, religious and tribal leaders of Basrah to publicly sign a declaration of peace for the period of the 2006 World Cup in Germany, June 9 - July 9. The event also [...]
2006-06-09 06:39:00REO BasrahUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PGOV IZ
06BASRAH17BRITISH APOLOGIES AND PROMISES MAKE NO IMPACT ON BASRAH
[...] (S/NF) Summary: On February 07, the Deputy Regional Coordinator (DRC),attended a meeting of Basrah Provincial Council (PC) members, the UK 7th Armored Brigade Commander and the British Consul General. The meeting was organized by the British at the Basrah Palace Compound to provide info [...]
2006-02-08 07:57:00REO BasrahSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PTER PREL IZ
06BASRAH19VEILED HYPOCRISY: BASRAH PROVINCIAL COUNCIL VOTES TO
[...] (C) Summary: On February 13, the Basrah Provincial Council (BPC) unanimously voted to suspend communication and cooperation with British and Danish officials in Basrah. The decision was officially issued on February 14 and delivered to the British and Danish missions in Basrah on February 1 [...]
2006-02-15 17:07:00REO BasrahCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM IZ
06BASRAH30MINISTRY OF DEFENSE ADVISOR ON BASRAH'S "PROPHYLACTIC"
[...] (C) Summary: On February 28, the Basrah Regional Coordinator (RC) and Deputy Regional Coordinator (DRC) met with Majed al Sari, Advisor to the Minister of Defense for Southern Iraq. Blatant in his dislike for Basrah Governor Mohamed Waeli (Fadillah),Majed said the Basrah Provincial Council [...]
2006-03-01 06:05:00REO BasrahCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR IZ
06BASRAH43GOOD GUYS AND BAD GUYS ON THE BASRAH PROVINCIAL COUNCIL
[...] (C) Summary: The current structure of Basrah politics allows religious extremism to flourish. In order to survive in the Basrah political scene today, political figures must portray themselves as devout Shia to the public. A small number of extremists on the Basrah Provincial Council have b [...]
2006-03-31 11:01:00REO BasrahCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PINR KISL IZ
06BASRAH44MODERATE PARLIAMENTARIANS VOICE THEIR CONCERNS
[...] (SBU) On March 30, four newly elected members of parliament from Basrah met with the Regional Coordinator (RC) for the Basrah Regional Embassy Office (REO),British Consul General (CG) Tansley and British Brigadier Marriott to discuss current issues of concern. The members of parliament -- all [...]
2006-04-03 10:38:00REO BasrahCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KDEM KISL IZ
06BASRAH49MOVERS AND SHAKERS IN THE BASRAH COMMUNITY
[...] (C) Summary: Wielders of power and influence in Basrah outside of the local government can be classified into three general categories: highly respected sheikhs and imams, thugs and militia leaders, and a nebulous third category of individuals in positions of power but whose influence on the [...]
2006-04-07 11:45:00REO BasrahCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL PINR SOCI KISL IZ
06BEIJING23548PRC/AFRICA: PRC SEEKS NEW STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP
[...] (C) Representatives from 48 African countries, including 41 Heads of State or Government, converged on Beijing for the November 3-5 Beijing Summit and Third Ministerial of the Forum for China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC)(Ref A). The PRC played up its desire to forge a "new strategic partnership" [...]
2006-11-06 12:04:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV AGOA ECON EAID CH
06BEIRUT1483MGLE01: SHIA CLERIC TELLS OF HIZBALLAH DOMINANCE,
[...] (C) Sheikh Ahmed Taleb describes himself as a member of a small group of apolitical Shia clerics. He came to the embassy to "set the record straight' about his relationship with Hizballah and his connection to his father-in-law Sheikh Mohamed Hussein Fadlallah, the doyen of the spiritual and [...]
2006-05-10 15:16:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALKISL KDEM PHUM SOCI SY
06BEIRUT1544MGLE01: A/S SILVERBERG MEETS LEBANESE POLITICIANS
[...] (C) At a May 15 dinner for visiting IO A/S Silverberg, Lebanese politicians and opinion-makers of different stripes had at least one thing in common: dissatisfaction with Lebanon's current atmosphere of stagnation, impasse, and finger-pointing, especially regarding President Lahoud's tenacio [...]
2006-05-17 15:33:00Embassy BeirutSECRETPREL PTER EAID KDEM KWMN LE
06BEIRUT1545MGLE01: PM SINIORA MEETING WITH A/S SILVERBERG --
[...] (C) Summary: On May 15, A/S for International Organizations Affairs, Kristen Silverberg, accompanied by the Ambassador, met with Prime Minister Fouad Siniora in his offices at the Grand Serail in Beirut. PM Siniora opened the meeting by expressing his satisfaction with his visit to Washin [...]
2006-05-17 15:41:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPORG PREL KDEM UNSC LE SY QT KPAL
06BEIRUT1775MGLE01: KARAME RALLY REVEALS OPENING OF A NEW/OLD
[...] (SBU) Summary: On June 3, a political gauntlet was thrown down during a rally marking the anniversary of the 1987 death of a prominent Sunni figure in northern Lebanon. Omar Karame, former Prime minister and friend to Syria, was joined by several ex-deputies, and followers of anti-Hariri fo [...]
2006-06-05 15:41:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PTER SY LE
06BEIRUT2034MGLE01: UNIIIC AND THE DEFENSE'S CASE FOR JAILED
[...] (S) Reftel reports that UNIIIC Commissioner Serge Brammertz is deeply worried that the evidence against the four jailed Lebanese generals, suspected of complicity in the Hariri assassination, may not be strong enough to justify their continued detention. Release of the generals would have a [...]
2006-06-20 12:44:00Embassy BeirutSECRET//NOFORNPTER KCRM PINR KISL ASEC LE SY UN
06BEIRUT2602LEBANON: SAAD HARIRI WANTS LAHOUD OUT
[...] (C/NF) In a meeting with Ambassador Feltman and poloff (notetaker) on August 12 at his Qoreitem mansion, Future Movement leader Saad Hariri spoke about his key objectives in the aftermath of a ceasefire between Israel and Hizballah. Convinced at the time of the meeting that the Lebanese Cabinet wil [...]
2006-08-12 13:38:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMOPS PREL PTER LE SY IS
06BEIRUT2690LEBANON: TWO MINISTERS ON LEBANESE RECONSTRUCTION
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: On August 17 the Ambassador and emboff had separate meetings with Minister of Economy and Trade Sami Haddad and Minister of Public Works and Transportation Mohammad Safadi. They blamed the GOL's lack of a centralized authority to set priorities and determine the distribution o [...]
2006-08-17 16:38:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALIS LE MOPS PREL PTER SY
06BEIRUT2767LEBANON : PM SINIORA ON DONORS CONFERENCE,
[...] (S) In an August 25 conversation with the Ambassador, Prime Minister Siniora revealed Lebanon's tentative delegation list, plans, and priorities for next week's Stockholm Conference on assistance to Lebanon. Siniora maintained that the 1949 Armistice Agreement should be revived and form the f [...]
2006-08-25 17:16:00Embassy BeirutSECRETPREL LE
06BEIRUT2852ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERIAL DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] (C) On 9/2, the Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to Ambassador Mohamed Chatah, senior advisor to Lebanese Prime Minister Siniora. Chatah agreed with the points and focused in particular on the part dealing with UNSC membership. Chatah said that he fully understood the negative implicati [...]
2006-09-04 15:30:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL LE IS
06BEIRUT3060LEBANON: SINIORA ADDRESSES BILATERAL, DOMESTIC
[...] (S) Ambassador Feltman, S/CRS representative, and poloff met on 9/20 with Prime Minister Siniora (accompanied by aides Mohamed Chatah and Rola Noureddine) on a wide variety of issues. Siniora welcomed the White House private sector initiative and was pleased by the U.S. delivery of assistanc [...]
2006-09-20 16:20:00Embassy BeirutSECRETKCRM LE PREL PTER SY GE
06BEIRUT3104LEBANON: PRESIDENTIAL DELEGATION FOR LEBANON MEETS
[...] (SBU) The Presidential Delegation for Lebanon met with Prime Minister Siniora on September 23 and affirmed its commitment to achieving both immediate and long-term results for Lebanon, as well as its commitment to a long-term engagement with the country. The PM appealed to the Delegation to s [...]
2006-09-26 13:29:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON LE PGOV PREL
06BEIRUT3563LEBANON: WORLD BANK MIDDLE EAST DIRECTOR ON PARIS
[...] (U) World Bank Middle East Department Director Joseph Saba noted Nasrallah's October 31 ultimatum as disturbing and a challenge to the confidence that holds up Lebanon's fiscal house of cards, but views awareness of the need for essential economic reforms as recognized across the Lebanese polit [...]
2006-11-06 15:36:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIEDECON PREL PTER LE
06BEIRUT3606SINIORA DEFENDS CABINET, VOWS TO PASS TRIBUNAL
[...] (S) Meeting with the Ambassador late on 11/12, Prime Minister Fouad Siniora projected serenity and strength, as lawyers, aides, and ministers whirled in and out of his office offering advice on transcending Lebanon's latest made-in-Damascus political crisis. Siniora provided a detailed chro [...]
2006-11-13 09:19:00Embassy BeirutSECRETPREL PGOV PTER KCRM LE SY
06BEIRUT3651SINIORA, HARIRI RESOLUTE, ASK FOR HELP AND
[...] (S) The Ambassador met one-on-one with Prime Minister Fouad Siniora late on 11/16 and with Saad Hariri the following evening. Both the PM and the MP came across as strong and resolute, commenting that the March 8-Aoun alliance was taken aback by the March 14 resistance to the pro-Syrian dem [...]
2006-11-18 09:25:00Embassy BeirutSECRETPTER PGOV KDEM LE SY IS
06BEIRUT3652SINIORA, HARIRI RESOLUTE, ASK FOR HELP AND
[...] (S) The Ambassador met one-on-one with Prime Minister Fouad Siniora late on 11/16 and with Saad Hariri the following evening. Both the PM and the MP came across as strong and resolute, commenting that the March 8-Aoun alliance was taken aback by the March 14 resistance to the pro-Syrian dem [...]
2006-11-18 13:08:00Embassy BeirutSECRETPTER PGOV KDEM LE SY IS
06BEIRUT3693BERRI ASKS USG INTERVENTION FOR CABINET DISCUSSION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-24 16:53:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER LE SY
06BEIRUT3695RUMP CABINET PASSES TRIBUNAL; HIZBALLAH PLANS
[...] (S) Last-ditch shuttle diplomacy between the March 14 majority and Speaker Berri on 11/24 failed to find a political breakthrough to Lebanon's cabinet crisis. Lebanon's rump cabinet -- missing its Shia members, one Lahoud ally, and the murdered Pierre Gemayel -- thus proceeded on 11/25 to ap [...]
2006-11-27 08:20:00Embassy BeirutSECRETPREL PGOV PTER KCRM LE SY
06BEIRUT3746SINIORA, MINISTERS TEMPORARILY CUT OFF BY CROWDS
[...] (SBU) AT 1900 LOCAL TIME, ALL BUT ONE OF THE ROADS LEADING TO THE GRAND SERAIL -- WHERE PRIME MINISTER SINIORA AND NINE OF HIS CABINET MINISTERS WERE TEMPORARILY BESIEGED BY THE MARCH 8-AOUN CROWDS -- WERE STARTING TO CLEAR OUT. THIS FOLLOWS A VERY TENSE ONE-HOUR PERIOD WHEN, DESPITE PROMISE [...]
2006-12-01 17:45:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER KDEM LE SY
06BEIRUT3775MARCH 14, GOL LEADERS ON AMR MOUSSA'S PLAN, OTHER
[...] (C) In meetings with the Ambassador on December 6, March 14 officials reacted with skepticism to Amr Moussa's plan to solve the Lebanese political crisis. They believed that Nabih Berri, Michel Aoun, and Hizballah will find ways to reject it. Or, if they do accept it, that will signal that [...]
2006-12-07 10:03:00Embassy BeirutSECRETPREL PTER PGOV LE SY
06BEIRUT3784WITH GOL APPROVAL OF TRIBUNAL, ARE MARCH 14 AND
[...] (S) We have heard from March 14 figures that Fouad Siniora plans to use the emotionally charged date of December 12 -- the one-year anniversary of the assassination of MP and al-Nahar publisher Gibran Tueni -- to convene the cabinet to approve the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. If current pla [...]
2006-12-07 15:21:00Embassy BeirutSECRETPTER PREL PGOV KDEM LE SY
06BEIRUT3826JUMBLATT ON CURRENT SITUATION
[...] (C) Walid Jumblatt told the Ambassador on 12/12 that the Siniora cabinet and March 14 should be credited for three major accomplishments during the current political crisis: 1) Standing firm, remaining united and in office. 2) Approving the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. 3) Bringing Nasra [...]
2006-12-13 16:54:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM PTER LE SY
06BEIRUT3834MOUSSA INITIATIVE FALTERING; SINIORA WARNS US TO
[...] (C) While Moussa tried to project optimism during his press conference here this afternoon, March 14 leaders report on 12/14 that Hizballah and Nabih Berri have rejected Amr Moussa's initiative to solve Lebanon's political crisis. Berri blames the breakdown instead on inflexibility by March [...]
2006-12-14 16:51:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM LE SY
06BEIRUT3890LEBANON: CODEL DODD MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER
[...] (C) Prime Minister Fouad Siniora conveyed to Senators Christopher Dodd and John Kerry that Russian President Vladimir Putin supported the formation of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. It remained unclear, however, whether Russia would support the establishment of the Tribunal under Chapter V [...]
2006-12-22 15:02:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PRER LE
06BEIRUT811MGLE01: A BUSINESSMAN'S VIEW OF LEBANESE-IRANIAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On March 15, Econoff met with Mohamed Maktabi, the owner of a chain of high-end Persian carpet stores in Lebanon and the Gulf and a frequent traveler to Tehran, to discuss Lebanese-Iranian commercial relations. Maktabi told us he had noticed "no changes on the ground" regarding [...]
2006-03-16 09:23:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON ETRD EINV LE IR
06BEIRUT847FINCEN NOTICE ON COMMERCIAL BANK OF SYRIA
[...] On March 9, Charge conveyed to Mohamed Baasiri, head of the Special Investigations Commission (SIC) of the Central Bank of Lebanon, reftel talking points and the text of a background paper provided by the Department. These materials were also provided to Walid Alameddine, head of Lebanon's B [...]
2006-03-17 16:14:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN PTER ECON SANC LE SY
06BERLIN3565GERMANY: COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] (U) Germany continues to be a strong partner in countering the global terrorist threat by participating in military operations overseas, providing leadership in multilateral settings, and fighting terrorism within its borders. German cooperation with the United States on the counterterrorism [...]
2006-12-21 16:42:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC GM
06BERN141SWISS COUNTERTERRORISM OVERVIEW - SCENESETTER FOR \
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-20 16:53:00Embassy BernCONFIDENTIALPTER PARM ETTC SZ
06BRUSSELS1095 BELGIAN STEWPOT: March 17, 2006
[...] (U) Although Belgium has one of the highest per capita income levels of the EU ($35,749 in 2005),Belgian households still struggle to balance their budgets, due to high prices for some basics. Electricity prices, for example, are near 30 percent above those of France. A recent survey compa [...]
2006-03-30 13:07:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV EWWT EAIR BE
06BUCHAREST1686GOR REQUESTS ASSISTANCE FROM MNF-I AND ITS BAGHDAD
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-06 09:10:00Embassy BucharestUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PARM IZ RO
06BUENOSAIRES500MEDIA REACTION US PRESIDENT BUSH TO INDIA
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's major international stories include US President Bush's trip to India; the IDB granting a loan to Argentina "in spite of US objections;" Argentina's supporting the strengthening of Haiti's Congress; and President Kirchner urging a 90-day halt to the construction of [...]
2006-03-03 16:19:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06CAIRO1144EGYPT AND AFRICA: BACKGROUND NOTES FOR U.S.-EGYPT
[...] (U) Assistant Secretary Frazer, your bilateral discussions February 24 with Egyptian MFA Assistant Minister for African Affairs Mohamed Higazy in Washington will offer an excellent chance to determine how Egypt and the U.S. may be able to cooperate to address regional conflicts like Darfur an [...]
2006-02-23 12:46:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETRD ECON EG SU
06CAIRO1185IRAQ: SHEIKH OF AL AZHAR AND OTHER EGYPTIAN
[...] (SBU) On February 25, during an unprecedented visit to the Iraqi Embassy in Cairo, Al Azhar's Sheikh Mohamed Sayed Tantawi, Egyptian Grand Mufti Ali Gomaa, and Minister of Religious Endowments Hamdy Zaqzouq conducted a lengthy, televised press conference with Iraqi Charge Saad Ridha aimed at [...]
2006-02-26 14:51:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER EG IZ
06CAIRO1299DARFUR: EGYPTIANS NOT OPPOSED TO UN FORCE;
[...] (C) Presidential Spokesman Soliman Awad told the Ambassador late March 1 that press reports claiming President Mubarak and Libyan leader Qadhafi agreed February 28 in Miserata to oppose UN troops in Darfur were "wrong." While Qadhafi opposed UN forces in Darfur, Awad said, President Mubarak [...]
2006-03-01 18:21:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO EG LY SU UNSC
06CAIRO1413SUDAN: EGYPT PRESSING HARD TO RECONCILE POSITIONS
[...] (C) Following up on the Ambassador's discussions with senior Presidential Advisor Soliman Awad (ref B),post delivered reftel demarche March 7 to MFA Assistant Minister for African Affairs Mohamed Higazy, stressing the importance of an African Union endorsement of a transition from the AU's M [...]
2006-03-07 16:49:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER UNSC EG SU
06CAIRO1555JUDGES' CLUB LEADER DISCUSSES CONFRONTATION WITH
[...] (C) Summary: Judge Mahmoud Khodeiry, Head of the Alexandria Judges Club and one of four senior Egyptian judges at the center of a dispute with the GOE over conduct of the 2005 parliamentary elections reports that Egyptian judges are under tremendous pressure from the GOE to participate in th [...]
2006-03-13 17:12:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALEG KDEM PGOV PHUM
06CAIRO1623GOE ASSURANCES FOR EXPORT OF NUCLEAR FUEL FOR
[...] In response to reftel request for GOE assurances for the export of nuclear fuel for the ETTR-2 research reactor at Abu Zabal Nuclear Research Center, Post received the following letter on March 12 from Professor Aly Islam M. Aly, Chairman of the Egyptian Atomic Energy Authority (AEA). (Note: L [...]
2006-03-15 09:48:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDENRG KNNP KSCA EG RGY
06CAIRO1653 EGYPTIAN MEDIA THEMES, MARCH 6-12, 2006:
[...] Summary: Throughout the week, all papers highlighted President Mu and European trip, and commentators analyzed his role and message to importance as a counter-balance to the U.S. While simultaneously arg Egypt as a regional power-broker, columnists turned inward to demand momentum on domestic [...]
2006-03-16 11:24:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPAO KMDR OPRC EG DA XZ IS XF IZ
06CAIRO1676JERICHO PRISON INCIDENT PROMPTS HARSH REACTION
[...] (C) Presidential Spokesman and Senior Advisor Soliman Awad called the Ambassador late March 15 to share that a parliamentary committee had severely grilled a senior Ministry of Foreign Affairs official March 14 during an emergency session to address the Jericho prison incident. Awad explained [...]
2006-03-16 15:33:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAL PTER ASEC UNSC EG IS
06CAIRO1697EGYPT REPORTS FIRST HUMAN CASE OF AVIAN INFLUENZA
[...] (SBU) The U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU-3) in Cairo confirmed the first reported human case of H5 Influenza infection in Egypt in a 35-year-old woman from a village in the governorate of Qalyoubiya, Egypt's major center of poultry production. The woman, Amal Mohamed Ismael, died Ma [...]
2006-03-19 17:10:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO SENV AMED CASC KSCA EAGR EG KFLU
06CAIRO2010EGYPT: ACTIONS LOUDER THAN WORDS - GAMAL MUBARAK
[...] (C) The public profile of Gamal Mubarak, presidential son and rising star in the ruling party, has increased in recent months. His appearance in late March on an evening talk show and a highly publicized visit to a Cairo slum have fueled speculation that an effort to succeed his father is movin [...]
2006-04-03 10:59:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM EG
06CAIRO2064EGYPT FERRY DISASTER: ABSENT OWNER'S IMMUNITY
[...] (C) The investigation into the early February sinking of the "Al Salam 98" passenger ferry in the Red Sea is ongoing, although preliminary GOE statements are assigning culpability to the still-missing captain. Egypt's upper chamber of parliament lifted ferry owner Mamdouh Ismail's parliamentar [...]
2006-04-04 13:48:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON EWWT MARR EG
06CAIRO2165SENIOR ADVISOR FOR AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY
[...] (SBU) State Department Senior Advisor for Agricultural Biotechnology Madelyn Spirnak visited Egypt the week of February 12-18 to speak at the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA),to advocate in favor of a supportive regulatory framework for agricultural bi [...]
2006-04-10 11:16:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ETRD ECON EFIN EINV TBIO EG
06CAIRO3145EGYPT REVIEWING USG REQUEST ON KYRGYSTAN'S MANAS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-25 13:36:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS EG AF KG
06CAIRO3792EGYPT CONSIDERING USG NOMINATION OF RUTH
[...] No summary [...]
2006-06-18 12:53:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM UNHRC EG
06CAIRO3819SOMALIA: EGYPT LAMENTS U.S. DECISION TO "EXCLUDE
[...] (C) During a June 19 meeting, MFA Assistant Minister for African Affairs Mohamed Higazy complained to poloff about what he termed Washington's decision to "exclude Arab participation" in a newly formed "Contact Group" to deal with the ongoing crisis in Somalia. Higazy questioned the selectio [...]
2006-06-19 13:43:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS PTER EG SO
06CAIRO3966SOMALIA: ARAB LEAGUE BRINGS SOMALI TRANSITIONAL
[...] (C) Summary. Senior Arab League contacts Samir Hosni and Talal Elamine briefed poloff June 25 on outcomes of the Khartoum meeting of the Arab League's Somalia Committee with key Somali political leaders. In addition to providing Arabic texts of the June 22 Khartoum Communique (translations [...]
2006-06-26 12:01:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER EFIN MOPS EG SM
06CAIRO4168EGYPT PREPARING TO HOST IRAQI OFFICIALS; FORMAL
[...] (C) During the July 4 Embassy reception, poloff discussed Iraqi-Egyptian relations with Iraqi Embassy diplomatic attache, Amir Abbas (protect). Asked about upcoming senior visits between Cairo and Baghdad, Abbas shared that he was working with contacts at the Egyptian General Intelligence Se [...]
2006-07-05 14:36:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER EFIN ECON EG IZ
06CAIRO4201ATTORNEY GENERAL GONZALES MEETINGS IN CAIRO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In warm June 29 meetings with the Egyptian Ministers of Justice, Interior, and the Public Prosecutor, Attorney General Alberto F. Gonzales and his Egyptian interlocutors praised the close CT coordination between the USG and GOE, as well as overall cooperation on criminal and judic [...]
2006-07-09 04:00:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS EG
06CAIRO4608 Egypt Media trends for July 27, 2006
[...] Summary. The past week internal disagreement over Hezbollah as right or wrong has been replaced by unified calls for an immediate ceasefire. The US has been characterized as frustrating any opportunity to end the days of bloodshed splashed on front pages and captured on Egyptian and regio [...]
2006-07-27 13:53:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER KPAO KMDR OPRC UK AL AG IS SA IR EG
06CAIRO4939GAMAL MUBARAK DISCUSSES BEIRUT TRIP, UPCOMING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Gamal Mubarak briefed Ambassador and visiting Congressman Darrell Issa August 9 on his August 8 visit to Beirut, at the head of a 70-member Egyptian "solidarity" delegation. He predicted that the Egyptian Parliament's new session (beginning in November) will be "the constitutional refo [...]
2006-08-10 17:27:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM LE IS EG
06CAIRO5019UPDATING BILATERAL ASSISTANCE TO EGYPT: EGYPTIAN
[...] (C) Ambassador, USAID Mission Director and Washington visitors met on August 2 with GOE Minister of International Cooperation Fayza Aboulnaga and other GOE ministers and officials regarding proposals to update the management of U.S. bilateral foreign assistance to Egypt. Aboulnaga labeled as [...]
2006-08-14 12:32:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON EAID EG
06CAIRO5287EGYPT: THIRD MOBILE LICENSE AGREEMENT SIGNED
[...] (U) Summary: The National Telecommunication Regulatory Authority (NTRA) recently signed a licensing agreement with Egyptian-Emirati consortium Etisalat for operation of Egypt's third mobile phone system. Etisalat paid LE 16.7 billion ($2.9 billion) for the license, a sum that will have a sig [...]
2006-08-23 13:38:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ECPS EINT EINV ETRD EG KCOR KGIT
06CAIRO5298EGYPTIAN PARLIAMENTARY DYNAMICS: DEBATE SHIFTS,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The current Egyptian parliament, populated by a majority of National Democratic Party (NDP) members and an energized Islamist minority, contains more opposition parliamentarians than any previous People's Assembly in Egyptian republican history. The presence of an activist and discipli [...]
2006-08-24 08:44:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM EG
06CAIRO5333 GOE SEEKS CLARIFICATION OF FAA PLANS
[...] (U) This is an action cable. For action requested, see paragraph four. 2. (SBU) On August 6, econoff learned from Chairman of the Egyptian Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) General Samir Abdel Maboud that a courtesy call by FAA desk officer Leeann Hart on the Egyptian Ambassador in Washin [...]
2006-08-24 15:05:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR PREL EG
06CAIRO5384EGYPT: LIMITED CABINET RESHUFFLE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In a minor August 27 cabinet shake-up, a new Minister of Justice (Mamdouh Marei) and Minister of Local Development (Mohamed Abdel Salam Al Mahgoub) were named, and Minister of Planning Mohamed Othman given an additional economic development portfolio. Reformers are disappointed wi [...]
2006-08-28 16:31:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM EG
06CAIRO5389EGYPTIAN AND ARAB LEAGUE ASSISTANCE FOR LEBANON
[...] (C) According to MFA Cabinet staff member Ezzedine Shukry, Minister for International Cooperation Fayza Aboul Naga will represent Egypt at the August 31 Stockholm donors conference for Lebanon. MFA Deputy Assistant Minister for Arab Affairs Amal Mourad will also attend. Minister Aboul Naga [...]
2006-08-29 12:03:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID EG LE
06CAIRO5430AMBASSADOR SCHULTE DISCUSSES IRAN WITH FM ABOUL
[...] (C) U.S. Permanent Representative to the UN Mission in Vienna Ambassador Schulte discussed Iran's nuclear weapons program with Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit on August 28. Aboul Gheit warned Ambassador Schulte that the U.S. handling of Lebanon had strengthened Iran, that economic sanctions against Ir [...]
2006-08-31 10:33:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC EG IR LE IS KNNP
06CAIRO5709INCREASED DETENTIONS OF MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD MEMBERS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Egyptian regime detained 38 Muslim Brotherhood (MB) members in late August, including two senior members of the organization. These arrests are the latest in an apparent renewed government campaign against the MB that began last spring. Some analysts assess this as a GOE reac [...]
2006-09-12 14:51:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM KISL KJUS EG
06CAIRO5748DEFMIN TANTAWI AND GENERAL ABIZAID: STRENGTHEN
[...] (C) In his August 30 meeting with CENTCOM Commander General Abizaid, Egypt's Minister of Defense Field Marshal Tantawi inquired about the possibility of sending U.S.-origin Egyptian armaments to support the Lebanese Army, which he characterized as very weak. General Abizaid agreed, and promi [...]
2006-09-13 14:57:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MASS PTER KPAL PHUM KNNP LE EG IR
06CAIRO5860EGYPTIAN REACTIONS TO PAPAL COMMENTS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A loud chorus of Egyptian political and religious leaders has publicly criticized Pope Benedict XVI's September 12 comments regarding Islam. The Pope's September 17 statement that he is "deeply sorry" about the reaction to his comments has been met with varying reactions in Egyp [...]
2006-09-19 03:53:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KISL EG
06CAIRO5942EGYPT: EIGHTH ANNUAL EUROMONEY CONFERENCE SEPT. 11-12
[...] (U) Summary: Prime Minister Nazif kicked off Egypt's eighth Euromoney conference September 11-12, highlighting improvements in Egypt's economy and laying out his government's plans for the coming five years. His upbeat assessment was echoed by the economic ministers in the Cabinet, who each [...]
2006-09-21 11:30:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD EINV EG
06CAIRO6016NO SURPRISES AT NDP PARTY CONFERENCE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The ruling National Democratic Party's annual party conference, convened under the banner "New Thinking ... and the Second Leap Towards the Future," closed on September 21, following three days of animated speeches, discussion panels, plenary sessions, and discourse on policy paper [...]
2006-09-25 12:34:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM EG
06CAIRO6254MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD HOSTS LARGE RAMADAN IFTAR
[...] (C) Summary: The Muslim Brotherhood (MB) hosted a large Ramadan iftar on October 4, with guests including MB luminaries from across Egypt, as well as opposition party leaders, and even a prominent NDP parliamentarian. In remarks to the gathering, MB Supreme Guide Mahdi Akef outlined the MB's [...]
2006-10-09 13:56:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPGOV KISL KDEM EG
06CAIRO646EGYPT HOSTS PALESTINIAN PRESIDENT AND ISRAELI
[...] (C) Playing a central role in post-Hamas victory diplomatic contacts, Egypt hosted Palestinian President Abu Mazen and Israeli Foreign Minister Livni in Cairo February 1. Livni met one-on-one with Mubarak for nearly 2 hours, and was hosted by Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit for a joint press co [...]
2006-02-02 18:15:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER KPAL EG IS MEPN
06CAIRO6474EGYPTIAN MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD: SUPREME GUIDE AND
[...] (S) This is the first in a series of cables addressing INR queries (ref A) regarding the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood (MB). All of Embassy Cairo's reporting on the MB is based on open sources and second-hand information that poloff obtains from non-MB members. ------------------------------ SUPREME [...]
2006-10-19 10:11:00Embassy CairoSECRETPGOV PINR KISL PHUM EG
06CAIRO651EGYPTIANS REFLECT ON THE NIGHT BAGHDAD
[...] (U) SUMMARY From a standing ovation at the Cairo International Film Festival to standing room only crowds in working class downtown theaters, the film The Night Baghdad Fell (NBF) has enjoyed critical and popular success in Egypts capitol since its premier on December 8. The film condemns US [...]
2006-02-05 08:06:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EG US OIIP KPAO KIRF
06CAIRO6595MUBARAK INDICATES AMENDMENT 76 LIKELY TO BE CHANGED
[...] (C) In an October 30 meeting with members of the National Democratic Party (NDP) parliamentary bloc, President Hosni Mubarak reportedly stated that he is open to amending contoversial constitutional Article 76. Presidential spokesman Suleiman Awad subsequently told the pres that the president [...]
2006-10-31 15:47:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM EG
06CAIRO6677EGYPT TO REVIEW DECISION ON UN COUNTER-TERRORISM
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche November 2 to MFA Cabinet Staff Member responsible for counter-terrorism issues, Mohamed al Shinnawy, requesting Egypt to consider a visit in the coming year by UN Counterterrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) staff. Shinnawy was unaware of the [...]
2006-11-02 15:01:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREF PGOV UNGA PTER UNSC EG SA QA
06CAIRO6799VOTING BEGINS IN EGYPT'S CONTENTIOUS LABOR UNION
[...] (SBU) THE LABOR UNION VOTE IS THE FIRST NATIONAL-LEVEL TEST FOR THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD (MB) FOLLOWING THEIR STRONG SHOWING IN 2005'S PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. WHILE SOME ACCUSE THEM OF BEING WEAK ON "BREAD-AND-BUTTER" WORKER ISSUES, THEIR PARLIAMENTARY SUCCESS AND EFFECTIVE GRASSROOTS ORGANIZIN [...]
2006-11-08 14:34:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ELAB ECON KISL EG
06CAIRO680 CONTROVERSY OVER SALE OF EGYPTIAN AMERICAN BANK
[...] (SBU) Calyon Bank of Egypt recently purchased all of the GOE's shares in Egyptian American Bank (EAB),taking a controlling interest in the small but profitable bank. Shareholders immediately protested the sale, claiming that it was not sufficiently transparent, and that the price per share p [...]
2006-02-05 12:12:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV EG
06CAIRO6824INTERNATIONAL COMPACT WITH IRAQ -- DEBT RELIEF
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-09 15:46:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PREL IZ EG
06CAIRO6902INCREASED ASSERTIVENESS OF THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD
[...] (C) Summary: In recent weeks, the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) has been noticeably more assertive across the Egyptian political scene, demonstrating an increased tactical muscularity and confidence that markedly differs from the past. In a variety of proving grounds - parliament, labor elections, [...]
2006-11-19 11:55:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KISL EG
06CAIRO6959BMENA: EGYPTIAN FOREIGN MINISTER TO HEAD GOE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-22 15:09:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KDEM KMPI MEPN EG
06CAIRO6963MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD DEPUTY LEADER: "I AM VERY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: IN A TWO-HOUR LONG NOVEMBER 21 APPEARANCE AT THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF CAIRO, MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD (MB) DEPUTY SUPREME GUIDE MOHAMED HABIB DELIVERED A BRIEF LECTURE ON "THE RIGHTS OF CITIZENSHIP," AND THEN TOOK QUESTIONS FROM THE CROWD COVERING A RANGE OF TOPICS, FROM HIS VIEWS OF T [...]
2006-11-22 17:00:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL KISL KDEM EG
06CAIRO6980EGYPT: OMAR EFFENDI SALE SHOWS PRIVATIZATION
[...] (C) Summary: The successful sale of government-owned retail chain Omar Effendi is a triumph for the GoE privatization program, overcoming public opposition and accusations of undervaluing a national icon. However, opponents of privatization from across the political spectrum criticized the sa [...]
2006-11-27 10:58:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EINV EIND EG
06CAIRO7009MUBARAK'S CHINA VISIT STRENGTHENS ECONOMIC, TRADE
[...] (C SUMMARY: Egyptian President Mubarak and a delegation including most of his economic ministers visited Moscow and Beijing in early November. While the visit played in the press as a rebuke to the US, the delegation did conduct some real business while visiting both countries, China in pa [...]
2006-11-29 15:32:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD EFIN MNUC EPET AA CH RU EG
06CAIRO7100(C) EGYPTIAN AND ARAB LEAGUE VIEWS ON SOMALIA
[...] (C) Summary: Egypt, bilaterally and via its strong influence over the Arab League (AL),hopes to help stabilize Somalia and prevent Islamic extremists from taking over. Egypt appears to be hedging its bets with the powerful Council of Islamic Courts (CIC) in hopes of bolstering its more moder [...]
2006-12-07 16:09:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER UNSC MARR EG ET SO
06CAIRO7109EGYPT: HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES UPDATE
[...] (SBU) International Human Rights Day passed with little notice in Egypt, but human rights continue to generate public debate and controversy. Government progress on some human rights issues has been notable, but civil society critics of the GOE--bolstered by an increasingly assertive media-- [...]
2006-12-11 12:58:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KIRF EG
06CAIRO713ANGER IN EGYPT OVER DANISH CARTOONS EXPRESSED
[...] (SBU) Egyptians are peacefully expressing their outrage over Danish cartoons of the Prophet Mohamed, which is finding expression through various official and private channels. Businesses and consumers are boycotting Danish products, and the government is publicly condemning the cartoons in a [...]
2006-02-06 15:49:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD PREL PGOV ECON ASEC EG DE
06CAIRO7133OCTOBER - NOVEMBER ECONOMIC REPORT
[...] IN THIS EDITION: MACROECONOMIC: 2. INFLATION: Highest rate in two years 3. MONETARY POLICY: Interest rate increase 4. FDI: $7.5-8b by year-end? 5. FDI: One-stop Shops 6. CAPITAL MARKETS: Enhanced regulatory regime 7. UNEMPLOYMENT: Survey shows unemployment down 8. MO [...]
2006-12-13 14:39:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ETRD EINV ENRG EWWT EG
06CAIRO7150BANK OF ALEXANDRIA (BOA): FINAL SALE EXECUTED
[...] (U) BOA Vice Chair Fatma Lotfi confirmed to econoff that the final sale of the bank was executed on the Cairo and Alexandria Stock Exchange (CASE) on December 12. The CASE website indicated that 128 million shares traded on December 12 at LE 71.99/share ($12.60),for a total value of LE 9.2 b [...]
2006-12-14 18:10:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID EFIN EINV EG
06CAIRO7171MORE ARRESTS: GOVERNMENT-MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD
[...] (C) Summary: The Egyptian security services arrested between 140-200 Muslim Brotherhood (MB) members (many of them college students) between December 14-16. The dragnet included one of the most senior leaders in the MB's hierarchy. Detainees are reportedly being charged with "terrorism" and [...]
2006-12-18 16:41:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KISL PHUM EG
06CAIRO7199SOMALIA: ARAB LEAGUE PRESSING FOR RESUMPTION OF
[...] (C) Poloff discussed reftel demarche with Arab League Secretariat African Affairs Office Director Samir Hosny on SIPDIS December 20, urging the League to use its contacts with Somali Islamic Courts (CIC) and Transitional Federal Government (TFG) figures to help avoid military clashes, to r [...]
2006-12-20 12:09:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS MARR ARABL EG SO
06CAIRO7218EGYPT SNAPSHOT: VIOLENCE SURROUNDS CLOSURE OF FISH
[...] (SBU) Summary: Citing public health concerns, GOE officials recently ordered police in the northern Delta to remove thousands of fish-rearing cages from the Nile, prompting clashes that led to the deaths of three fishermen and the injury of thirty more. While scientists, environmentalists, [...]
2006-12-21 13:21:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ECON EFIS SOCI TBIO PHUM PGOV ELAB EG
06CAIRO765HAMAS DELEGATION ENDS CAIRO TALKS, CONTINUES
[...] (SBU) A delegation of senior Hamas political figures wrapped up several days of talks in Cairo February 8, including a full day of internal deliberations February 6 among internal and external leaders of the Islamic organization. Press reports assert that part of the team departed for Gaza w [...]
2006-02-08 16:46:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAL PTER EG IS MEPN
06CAIRO798FERRY DISASTER: RIPPLES HITTING CAIRO
[...] (C) The emerging picture of negligence on the part of the "Al Salam 98" crew and ownership, coupled with a GOE response perceived as ineffective, has caused tempers to flare among victims' families. Opposition politicians and press are casting the tragedy as an indicator of GOE corruption and [...]
2006-02-09 16:44:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON EWWT MARR EG
06CAIRO970SUDAN/DARFUR: EGYPTIAN VIEWS ON RE-HATTING AMIS
[...] (C) During a February 13 meeting with MFA UN Affairs Office Director Hani Saleem, poloff discussed GOE views on re-hatting the African Union's Darfur Mission (AMIS-II) to a UN operation (reftel). Saleem noted that Egypt had concerns regarding the impact that such a transition might have on th [...]
2006-02-15 16:05:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO EG SU UNSC
06CAIRO971IRAQ: EGYPT AND ARAB LEAGUE WELCOME FINAL
[...] (U) Following the public release February 17 of final election results by the Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq (IECI),both the Government of Egypt and Arab League publicly welcomed the conclusion of Iraq's electoral process and called for the rapid formation of a government of nation [...]
2006-02-15 16:10:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS PTER KPAO OPRC EG IZ
06CASABLANCA1020 VISAS VIPER FOR AUGUST 2006 REPORTING PERIOD
[...] (U) Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met September 5, 2006. The meeting was chaired by the Acting DCM and attended by representatives from CONS, RAO, RSO, POL, ECON, PAS, DAO and LEGATT. 2. (SBU) The Committee submits the following 53 [...]
2006-09-08 17:11:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKVPR CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO
06CASABLANCA1151 VISAS VIPER FOR SEPTEMBER 2006 REPORTING PERIOD
[...] (U) Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met October 2, 2006. The meeting was chaired by the DCM and attended by the CG and representatives from CONS, RAO, RSO, POL, ECON, PAS, DAO and LEGATT. 2. (SBU) The Committee submits the following [...]
2006-10-06 15:41:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKVPR CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO
06CASABLANCA1293 VISAS VIPER REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-15 07:06:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKVPR CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO
06CASABLANCA1294 VISAS VIPER REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-15 07:34:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKVPR CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO
06CASABLANCA1308DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON MARITIME SAFETY ISSUES
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Per reftel, Econoff delivered talking points regarding the International Maritime Organization's (IMO) role in two maritime safety and security programs to Mohamed Marzagui, Chief of the Division of Maritim [...]
2006-11-22 15:49:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIA EWWT ANET AORC PREL ECPS IMO
06CASABLANCA1314 VISAS VIPER FOR NOVEMBER 2006 REPORTING PERIOD
[...] (U) Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met December 4, 2006. The meeting was chaired by the DCM and attended by the CG and representatives from CONS, POL, RAO, RSO, ECON, PAS, DAO and LEGATT. 2. (SBU) The Committee submits the following [...]
2006-12-05 07:58:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKVPR CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO
06CASABLANCA1325MOROCCAN BANKS ON REGIONAL GROWTH, REFORM
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A recent series of meetings with Morocco's three national banks showed that while they have distinct personalities, they share a strong interest in expanding to francophone Africa and other countries in the Maghreb. They also agree that the economic climate in Morocco has improv [...]
2006-12-20 08:54:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN KDEM MO
06CASABLANCA232MOROCCO 2005 ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) This cable responds to action request (ref A) for updated information on the Moroccan government's efforts to combat trafficking in persons from March 2005 to March 2006. --------------------------------- Morocco Remains [...]
2006-02-28 15:52:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB MO
06CASABLANCA45 VISAS VIPER FOR DECEMBER 2005 REPORTING PERIOD
[...] (U) Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper committee met on January 9, 2006. The meeting was chaired by the DCM and attended by the CG and representatives from CONS, RAO, RSO, POL, ECON, DAO, PAS, and LEGATT. 2. (SBU) The committee has no names [...]
2006-01-10 15:33:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKVPR CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO
06CASABLANCA947On the Edge of the Arab World Morocco Joins in the Fray
[...] (C) Summary: As the fighting between Israel and Lebanon hits the one month mark, anti-American sentiments in Morocco's largest city are strong, and getting stronger. On Sunday, August 6, Casablanca witnessed a well-organized protest with tens of thousands of Moroccans marching in solidarity [...]
2006-08-14 12:06:00Consulate CasablancaCONFIDENTIALMO PGOV PINR
06COLOMBO1132MALDIVES: REFORMS MOVING IN RIGHT DIRECTION,
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador visited Male' July 6 to pay farewell calls on President Gayoom, Maldivian government officials, and the Chairman of the opposition, currently under house arrest. All interlocutors focused on a possible referendum on presidential versus parliamentary forms of gove [...]
2006-07-11 04:21:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM MV
06COLOMBO1443MALDIVES: CROSS-PARTY COOPERATION YIELDS GENERALLY
[...] (C) Summary: Following a July 19 meeting between the Government of the Republic of Maldives (GORM) and the opposition Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) in Colombo, facilitated by the British High Commissioner, the two sides upheld commitments to move the reform agenda forward. In exchange for [...]
2006-09-05 05:44:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM MV
06COLOMBO1731 MALDIVES SCORECARD DELIVERED, EMBASSY URGES CONSIDERATION
[...] SUMMARY: DCM and EconOff met with Dr. Mohamed Asim, Maldives High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, to discuss the Millennium Challenge Corporation's (MCC's) scorecard, Maldives' designation as a Candidate country, and the fact that the MCC Board must still determine whether to invite Maldives to d [...]
2006-10-20 05:40:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL PGOV ETRD ECON KMCA MCC MV
06COLOMBO1827MALDIVES: SOME HARD BUMPS ALONG THE ROAD TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During his initial trip to the Maldives to present his credentials (ref a),Ambassador discussed the political reform process with several ministers and with the principal opposition figures. Assessments of the state of reform diverged widely: the government side portrayed the r [...]
2006-11-03 13:57:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL MV
06COLOMBO1847MALDIVES SUPPORTS U.S. RE-ELECTION TO THE ITU
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-07 12:09:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDAORC ECPS ITU MV
06COLOMBO2124 MALDIVES REFORMS MAKING SLOW PROGRESS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Assistant U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) to South and Southwest Asia Ambassador Douglas A. Hartwick and Special Assistant Manpreet Anand traveled to Maldives on December 5-6, 2006, to meet with President Gayoom and other government officials to discuss US-Maldives bilateral e [...]
2006-12-26 05:19:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON PHUM SOCI EAID PREL MV
06COLOMBO2132 DEVELOPMENT GOALS FOR MALDIVES
[...] (U) Summary: The importance of creating a stable economy before Maldives' 2011 LDC graduation, diversification beyond the fisheries and tourist industries, and promoting environmental protectionism were the main topics of Assistant U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) to South and Southwest Asia, [...]
2006-12-27 12:06:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAIR ENRG EWWT SENV EINV ETRD MV
06COLOMBO254MALDIVES: POLITICAL SUSPICIONS FESTER WHILE
[...] (C) During a February 10-13 DCM visit to Maldives (in conjunction with a port call by the missile destroyer USS McCampbell from the USS Ronald Reagan strike group),conversations with government officials and the opposition conveyed a sense of logjam in the political reform process as social [...]
2006-02-17 05:40:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL MV
06COLOMBO445MALDIVES: GROWING PAINS OF DEMOCRATIZATION
[...] (SBU) Summary: During a March 14-16 trip to Maldives, poloff met government officials, political party leaders, and civil society representatives, all of whom expressed commitment to democratic reform but worry about its pace and implementation. All interlocutors responded positively to the [...]
2006-03-22 04:58:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR MV
06COLOMBO62MALDIVES: ELEMENTS OF GOVERNMENT AT ODDS OVER
[...] (C) Summary. On December 28, Sri Lankan police, apparently acting on a request from Maldivian authorities via Interpol, searched the Colombo office of the pro-opposition Minivan News for evidence that Minivan staff were engaged in seditious activities and/or gun-running. Although the search y [...]
2006-01-10 10:44:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR MV CE
06COLOMBO662MALDIVES: DESPITE REFORM ROADMAP, QUESTIONS ON
[...] (U) Summary: On March 27 the Government of the Republic of Maldives (GORM) unveiled its much-hyped "Reform Roadmap" which calls for increased press freedom, a new constitution by June 2007, and a multi-party election in October 2008. Since then, however, little progress has been made and const [...]
2006-04-24 13:01:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM MV
06COLOMBO776HIV/AIDS IN MALDIVES -- LOW PREVALENCE BUT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Despite a low reported prevalence of HIV/AIDS in Maldives, the lack of surveillance among high risk populations and risky behavior among Maldivian drug- using youth suggest underreporting and the potential for a serious, but silent, outbreak. Even though Government of Maldives ( [...]
2006-05-15 03:41:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KSTH ECON PREL SOCI WHO EAGR CASC MV
06COLOMBO992MALDIVES: MINIMAL PROGRESS ON REFORMS, BUT
[...] (U) Summary: Following the Government of the Republic of Maldives (GORM) publication of a Reform Roadmap, the President's office issued a decree on freedom of assembly May 15 to complement the Roadmap and expand civil liberties. Nonetheless, police arrested over 120 demonstrators taking part [...]
2006-06-13 08:21:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM MV
06DAKAR1264THIRD MEETING OF THE UN HIGH LEVEL GROUP OF THE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: President Wade opened the third meeting of the 15-member UN High Level Group of the Alliance of Civilizations on May 28. Like Turkish Minister of State Aydin and former UNESCO Secretary General Mayor before him, Wade spoke of both economic and religious divisions, warning that [...]
2006-05-30 10:46:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALSOCI PHUM PINS ECON KIRF KISL SMIG UNAUS IR
06DAKAR1265THIRD MEETING OF THE UN HIGH LEVEL GROUP OF THE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: President Wade opened the third meeting of the 15-member UN High Level Group of the Alliance of Civilizations on May 28. Like Turkish Minister of State Aydin and former UNESCO Secretary General Mayor before him, Wade spoke of both economic and religious divisions, warning that [...]
2006-05-30 10:49:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALSOCI PHUM PINS ECON KIRF KISL SMIG UNAUS IR
06DAKAR1892AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK TO FINANCE BRIDGE
[...] During a recent visit to Senegal, the President of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) announced the Bank's plans to provide financial support for the construction of a bridge at Rosso, on the Senegal River, which will link Senegal and Mauritania. The project of building a bridge over [...]
2006-08-07 18:10:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIEDBTIO BEXP ECIN EAID SG MR
06DAKAR2503SENEGAL: FINANCIAL SERVICES FOR USITC STUDY ON
[...] SUMMARY: Senegal's financial sector is anchored by the Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO),based in Dakar. The commercial banking sector is active, and relatively efficient, with a number of international banks using Dakar as their regional headquarters. Senegal has one of Africa's m [...]
2006-10-17 09:45:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EFIN EINV SG
06DAKAR3016CASAMANCE: ESCALATION IN REBEL ATTACKS
[...] (SBU) On December 20, Movement of Democratic Forces of the Casamance (MFDC) combatants ambushed a Senegalese army vehicle near the village of Kagnaru, north of Bignona. Two soldiers died, and 14 suffered injuries. One day before, a Senegalese army vehicle struck a fresh landmine in the outsk [...]
2006-12-27 10:51:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPINS ASEC CASC KHDP PHUM SG MO
06DAKAR619ELY OULD VALL: "MAURITANIA HAS NO REFUGEES IN
[...] (U) Mauritania'S Colonel Ely Ould Mohamed Vall made his first visit to Senegal as head of state, March 6-7, 2006. In a press conference shortly before departure, he said use of the term "refugee" is inappropriate for those who left Maritania in 1989, and that those who claim to be Mauritani [...]
2006-03-09 16:50:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PREF KFLU KUNR KPAL CN IZ MR SU SG
06DAMASCUS2636Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Palestinian Authority,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers today reported the visit to Damascus of Ahmad Qurei', Special Envoy of the President of the Palestinian National Authorit, who conferred with President Asad and conveyed a message from President Mahmoud Abbas about the latest developments in the Palestinian arena and the [...]
2006-06-06 14:18:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS3965SYRIA,S INVOLVEMENT IN IRAQ,S FUEL TRADE
[...] (U) Syrians are involved in both the legal and illicit trade in oil and oil derivatives from Iraq. On the legal side, the Syrian Oil Marketing Bureau (OMB) imports 10,000 barrels per day (BPD) of crude oil and 1,000 BPD of residual fuel-oil (RFO) from Iraq. In exchange, the Syrians export 60 [...]
2006-08-14 09:53:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALEFIN EPET KCOR JO KU SY TU IZ AE
06DAMASCUS426Damascus Media Reaction: Cartoons on Prophet Mohamed,
[...] Summary: Syrian papers reported that on Saturday angry mobs protesting cartoons depicting the prophet Mohamed as a terrorist stormed the buildings housing the Danish and Norwegian Embassies in Damascus. Protestors set fire to both missions and pillaged the contents of the first-floor office o [...]
2006-02-06 15:19:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS4613SYRIA HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE: LABWANI IN COURT,
[...] (C) Summary: Jailed political activist Kamal Lawbani appeared in court September 19, as an assistant public prosecutor reaffirmed potential capital changes against him. The public prosecutor's statement seemed to shift the basis for the charges from two televised interviews given by Labwani [...]
2006-09-21 16:44:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV SY
06DAMASCUS5285SYRIAN BANKING CONFERENCE HEAVY ON CHEERLEADING,
[...] (C) Summary. A recent Syrian banking and financial services conference served as a showcase of self-congratulation for the SARG,s economic reforms, asserting Syria is an engaged member of the global economy. Various conference speakers bashed United States policy towards Syria and speculated [...]
2006-11-08 16:09:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EINV PREL SY
06DAMASCUS5378SYRIANS REFUSE TO DEPORT ACCUSED AMCIT MURDERER
[...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 5. 2. (SBU) The Syrian MFA notified us by a dipnote (text included below) received December 2 that the SARG has rejected our request to deport Amcit accused murderer Muaz Haffar (AKA to the Syrians as Omar al-Sawwaf). The dipnote, dated [...]
2006-12-07 16:54:00Embassy DamascusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL CASC ASEC SY
06DHAKA2681PRE ELECTION JOCKEYING CONTINUES
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Election Commission issued a voter list based on a fresh voter canvas, which showed a 22 percent increase over previous election lists. AL SYG Jalil responded to BNP SYG Bhuiyan to ask for mutual concessions in creating an acceptable dialogue committee to discuss AL demands f [...]
2006-05-09 09:47:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KISL BG
06DHAKA623GRAND RALLY MARKS END OF LONG MARCH;AL PROMISES
[...] (U) On February 5, following a three day march from all quadrants of the country, the Awami League and other opposition parties held a large rally in Dhaka. The leader of the opposition Sheikh Hasina stated that the AL would return to Parliament this week, in order to formally present its d [...]
2006-02-07 08:45:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM BG
06DJIBOUTI1053SENATOR OBAMA MEETS WITH DJIBOUTI'S PRIME MINISTER
[...] (U) Following visits to South Africa and Kenya, Senator Barack Obama and CODEL visited Djibouti on August 31-September 1. During the visit, the Senator, accompanied by members of CODEL, Admiral Hunt of CJTF-HOA, ChargQ d'Affaires, and Poloff, met with Djiboutian Prime Minister Dileita Mohamed [...]
2006-09-04 08:59:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDOREP OTRA PREL DJ
06DJIBOUTI1057DJIBOUTI'S PRESIDENT VISITS TEHRAN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Djibouti President Ismail Omar Guelleh paid a two-day official visit to the Islamic Republic of Iran beginning on September 2. He was received by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and talks revolved around the reinforcement of economic and political ties between the two cou [...]
2006-09-04 13:06:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR IR DJ
06DJIBOUTI372DJIBOUTI AND ARAB LEAGUE DEMARCHE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Djibouti's Minister of Foreign Affairs indicated that Djibouti shares similar points of view with the United States regarding the four key issues on the agenda in the upcoming Arab League Summit. He also offered insights on other issues such as Iran, Somalia, and a Common Defense [...]
2006-03-27 05:18:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAL IS SO SU IR IZ DJ
06DJIBOUTI383DJIBOUTI RESPONSE ON SOMALI PIRACY SUSPECTS
[...] (C) Ambassador met 3/26 with Acting Foreign Minister Badri Ali Bagoreh and Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Bilateral Affairs Director Mohamed Ali Hassan as a follow up to reftel (B) request to the Government of Djibouti on the suspected Somali pirates. Bagoreh and Hassan advised Ambassador [...]
2006-03-27 12:15:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHSA SO DJ
06DOHA1265QATARI AMIR: AFTER ARAB "VICTORY," TIME TO TALK
[...] (U) Qatari Amir Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani made the first visit to Lebanon by an Arab leader after the end of the recent fighting. Following a tour of bombed-out areas of southern Beirut, he held a press conference with Lebanese President Lahoud carried live on Al Jazeera, in which he said "t [...]
2006-08-22 15:37:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPREL IS LE QA
06DOHA1268QATAR'S ASSISTANCE TO LEBANON
[...] Mohamed al-Rumaihy, Assistant to the Foreign Minister and Vice Chairman of the Qatari National Committee for the Relief of the Lebanese People, told Ambassador August 22 that his country has spent USD 10-11 million post-conflict in Lebanon to date. He returned from a trip to Lebanon August 20 a [...]
2006-08-23 11:09:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL LE QA
06DOHA127A/S SILVERBERG'S MEETING WITH QATARI FOREIGN
[...] (C) Summary. A/S Silverberg met with FM Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani (HBJ) January 21 to discuss UN Security Council issues related to the Darfur conflict in Sudan and Syria's adherence to UNSC 1559. The Foreign Minister said Qatar is keen to cooperate with the United States. But he said he hoped [...]
2006-01-26 14:30:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPREL IR SU SY QA UNSC
06DOHA1639QATAR SEEKS USG SUPPORT FOR PARAGUAY TO HOST NEXT
[...] (C) Mohamed al-Rumaihy, Assistant to the Minister for Follow-Up Affairs at the Qatari MFA and Qatar's chief organizer for the Sixth International Conference for New or Restored Democracies (ICNRD - see reftel),asked Ambassador November 8 for USG assistance in raising funds for Paraguay to hos [...]
2006-11-09 13:11:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL KDEM QA
06DOHA1725QATARIS WILL USE ARAB LEAGUE OR TEMPORARY
[...] (SBU) P/E Chief spoke to Assistant Minister for Foreign Affairs Mohamed al-Rumaihy December 7 regarding the mechanism for transfering funds promised by the Qatari government to the Palestinian Authority (reftel). Rumaihy said that Qatar will "certainly" use the Arab League bank account or the [...]
2006-12-10 14:16:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPAL EFIN EAID PTER GZ IS QA
06DOHA1788QATAR RECEPTIVE TO SECURE FREIGHT INITIATIVE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-27 13:12:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT KHLS ASEC PTER ECON QA
06DOHA317U/S HUGHES MEETINGS AT AL JAZEERA
[...] (C) Summary: U/S for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Karen Hughes met February 19 with Al Jazeera managing director Wadah Khanfar at the Al Jazeera studios in Doha. She also participated in a roundtable discussion with Khanfar and four senior Al Jazeera staff members and recorded an Al Jaz [...]
2006-03-01 12:38:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KPAO IZ QA ALJAZEERA
06DOHA456DOHA ROUNDUP
[...] Topics: ----------- -Energy & Economy, paragraphs 2-4 -Labor, para. 5 -Civil Society, para. 6 -Drug Abuse, para. 7 --------------------------- Launch of Energy City Qatar --------------------------- 2. Hailed as the Middle East's first energy business hub, Energy City Qatar (ECQ),[...]
2006-03-26 13:12:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON EINV ELAB KDEM PHUM PGOV INL SOCI
06DOHA461COUNSELOR ZELIKOW'S MEETING WITH QATARI FOREIGN
[...] (S) Summary. Department Counselor Dr. Philip Zelikow met with the Qatari Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces, and the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs March 20 to begin a strategic dialogue between the two countries, consult on Iran, and enlist support for [...]
2006-03-27 09:41:00Embassy DohaSECRETPREL MARR KPAL XF IR IZ QA
06DOHA465SCENESETTER FOR U/S ROBERT JOSEPH'S VISIT TO DOHA
[...] (C) Embassy Doha is pleased to welcome you. You will find the Qatari foreign minister, Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani (HBJ),will be interested to meet you to further the nascent Strategic Dialogue put forth by Counselor Zelikow during his visit March 20-21. HBJ will be particularly intereste [...]
2006-03-27 13:48:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR KNNP QA
06DOHA480MINISTER OF ECONOMY AND COMMMERCE REMOVED FROM
[...] (U) Local papers March 29 announced that the Minister of Economy and Commerce, Mohamed bin Ahmed Al Thani, has been relieved of his ministerial post. The Minister of Finance, Yousef Hussain Kamal, will assume the economic and commercial portfolio on an interim basis, in addition to his present [...]
2006-03-29 14:40:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON ETRD EFIN QA
06DOHA562U/S JOSEPH MEETING ON IRAN WITH MINISTER OF STATE
[...] (S) Summary. Undersecretary for Arms Control and International Security Robert Joseph told Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Ahmed al-Mahmoud that Iran was approaching the "point of no return" on its nuclear program, after which it will be much more difficult and costly to stop the country [...]
2006-04-12 14:15:00Embassy DohaSECRETPREL KNNP IR QA UNSC
06DOHA670FOURTH INTERFAITH DIALOGUE: AN "ACADEMIC" EXERCISE
[...] Summary. On April 25-27, Qatar held its Fourth Interfaith Dialogue Conference. Representatives from the main monotheistic religions--Christianity, Islam, and Judaism--attended. This year's event witnessed notable differences from the previous three conferences. The conference was organized by [...]
2006-05-03 07:39:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KISL IS QA
06DOHA77SCENESETTER FOR A/S SILVERBERG'S VISIT TO QATAR
[...] (C) Embassy Doha is pleased to welcome you. We expect that you will find the Qatari leadership welcoming -- in principle -- of cooperation with the United States on UN Security Council issues. Our goals for regional security largely coincide with those of Qatar; the number two in the foreign m [...]
2006-01-17 14:53:00Embassy DohaSECRETPREL PGOV ECON QA UNSC
06DUBAI1068AJMAN FREE ZONE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Sheikh Mohamed Al Nuaimi, Director General of the Ajman Free Zone (AFZ),discussed the zone's operations with PolEconoff on January 24. AFZ has been in operation since 1986 and has registered more than 1600 companies. AFZ's registration requirements and due diligence are not stri [...]
2006-02-26 13:52:00Consulate DubaiCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PREL TC
06DUBAI326IPR WORKSHOP IN DUBAI BRINGS TOGETHER REGIONAL JUDGES AND
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-22 12:26:00Consulate DubaiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TSPL ETRD XI ZP TC
06DUBAI4121IRBIS FOLLOW-UP - SHARJAH, RAS AL-KHAIMAH, AND FUJAIRAH
[...] SUMMARY: (C) Poleconoff met with the directors of Sharjah, Ras al-Khaimah (RAK),and Fujairah airports in June to follow-up on the closure of Irbis and other UN designated operations belonging to Viktor Bout. Sharjah and RAK airport directors gave assurances that all of Bout's operations had be [...]
2006-07-05 12:54:00Consulate DubaiSECRET//NOFORNECON EAIR ETTC PGOV PINS SOCI KCRM LI AE
06DUBAI4122EMIRATES SHIPPING LINES INFORMATION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-05 14:48:00Consulate DubaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEWWT EIND ETRD AE HK
06DUBAI4348AIRPORTS IN THE EMIRATES - SHARJAH, RAS AL-KHAIMAH, AND
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-11 07:57:00Consulate DubaiCONFIDENTIALEAIR PINS TSPA EINV IR AE
06DUBAI5323UAEG OFFICIALS DISCUSS UAE-IRAN RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-20 14:33:00Consulate DubaiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IR ECON EFIN AE
06DUBAI6881CUSTOMS OPERATIONS IN THE EMIRATE OF AJMAN
[...] Summary. On November 8 the director general of Ajman Port and Customs discussed customs operations in the Emirate of Ajman with PolEconoffs. Ajman customs has 12 officers who enforce UAE federal customs regulations and collect Ajman customs duties. Customs officers are said to inspect nearly 25 [...]
2006-11-21 13:42:00Consulate DubaiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS EWWT ECON AE
06DUBAI6928PHILIP MORRIS CONVEYS IPR FRUSTRATIONS REGARDING THE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-12-14 14:45:00Consulate DubaiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNECON EINV KIPR PGOV PREL ETRD IZ AE
06DUSSELDORF15AL-QAIDA TRIAL OPENS IN DUESSELDORF
[...] (U) Summary: A trial against suspected members of the Al-Qaida terrorist network opened in Duesseldorf May 9. One Iraqi and two Palestinian defendants have been charged with violating post-9/11 German legislation prohibiting membership in or support of a foreign terrorist organization, as we [...]
2006-05-12 13:36:00Consulate DusseldorfUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER KCRM ASEC MNUC ETTC KTFN KNNP PARM GM
06FREETOWN1007MIXED REACTIONS TO BLOOD DIAMOND MOVIE IN SIERRA
[...] (SBU) Sierra Leonean reactions to the soon-to-be released Blood Diamond movie set in Sierra Leone are mixed. Due for release on December 8, the movie comes amidst an upsurge in public awareness about the conflict diamond trade and has drawn increasing attention to the African diamond mining [...]
2006-12-11 10:05:00Embassy FreetownCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON EFIN EAID ETRD EMIN SL
06FREETOWN473DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SL GOVERNMENT ACCEPTS TIP
[...] On June 6, the Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to Acting Foreign Minister Dr. Mohamed Kamara. The Ambassador encouraged the GoSL to activate the Trafficking in Persons Task Force, as stipulated in the new Anti-Trafficking Act, and prepare a national strategy on TIP. Kamara was pleased [...]
2006-06-12 09:23:00Embassy FreetownUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN SMIG SL
06FREETOWN511UNPP ELECTS US COLLEGE PROFESSOR AS PRESIDENTIAL
[...] Summary: On June 16 and 17, the United National People's Party (UNPP) held a national convention in Freetown to elect a new party leader and presidential candidate. Delegates elected Abdul Karim Koroma, a U.S. professor, as presidential candidate. One party official denied the legitimacy of [...]
2006-06-22 16:44:00Embassy FreetownUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM SL
06FREETOWN755SIERRA LEONE: LOSING THE BATTLE AGAINST CORRUPTION?
[...] (C) Summary: On August 24, the High Court of Sierra Leone acquitted six defendants accused of procuring an overvalued, non-functional forklift for the Sierra Leone Port Authority for lack of evidence. The acquittal in this case, which was the only corruption case involving high-level governmen [...]
2006-09-11 18:37:00Embassy FreetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV KCOR UK SL
06FREETOWN810AMBASSADOR HOSTS SUCCESSFUL RAMADAN IFTAR
[...] On September 27, the Ambassador invited members of Sierra Leone's Muslim community to the residence to participate in a Maghreb Prayer and Ifter to break the Ramadan fast. The event was well attended by about 75 prominent Muslim Sheiks, clerics and Imams, as well as Minister of Labor Alpha Tim [...]
2006-09-29 14:48:00Embassy FreetownUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KISL KPAO SL
06GEORGETOWN817INFORMATION ON DAR-UL-ULOOM ISLAMIC CENTER AND
[...] (U) Post has gathered the following information in response to the questions posed in Ref A: A. (S/NF) What is the relationship between the Dar-ul-Uloom Islamic Center in Guyana and the center in Trinidad? Individuals from the center in Guyana and Trinidad share personal and professional [...]
2006-08-14 18:46:00Embassy GeorgetownSECRET//NOFORNPINR PK TD GY
06HANOI2962 GVN ANNOUNCES PLANS TO SIGN IAEA ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL
[...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: On December 4, MFA Department of International Organizations Acting Director General Le Hoai Trung met with representatives of the diplomatic community to announce State President Nguyen Minh Triet's decision that Vietnam will sign the IAEA Additional Protocol (AP). [...]
2006-12-05 08:03:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL KNNP KGIT VM
06HANOI3006IAEA DG ELBARADEI'S VISIT BOOSTS VIETNAM'S NUCLEAR ENERGY
[...] (SBU) Summary. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Mohamed ElBaradei visited Hanoi December 9-11 to review the Agency's cooperation with the GVN. DG ElBaradei's objectives for the visit were to promote the potential for Vietnam's nuclear power program to become a region [...]
2006-12-13 08:01:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ETTC PARM PREL KNNP VM
06HILLAH136HEIRS TO SHIA POWER MEET TO DISCUSS REGIONAL SECURITY AND
[...] (C) Summary: Ammar Al Hakim and Mohamed Ridha Al Sistani, sons to two of Shia Islam's most important leaders, met on August 24 to discuss a wide range of issues. The two men spoke about the continuing problem of militias and how "Public Committees" might enhance security. Al Sistani voiced his [...]
2006-09-10 15:37:00REO HillahCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PINS PREL IZ
06HILLAH45NAJAF GOVERNOR VOICES CONCERNS OVER IDP (INTERNALLY
[...] (U) This is a SET Najaf cable. 2. (C) Summary. Set Najaf staff met March 15 with Najaf Governor Assad Al Taee. The short meeting focused on the governor's concern regarding the influx of (IDP) Internally Displaced Persons into Najaf. Al Taee claimed that nearly 400 families have moved [...]
2006-03-19 07:36:00REO HillahCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM IZ
06HILLAH59AYATOLLAHS BLAME U.S. FOR SECTARIAN VIOLENCE
[...] This is a SET NAJAF cable. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. In reaction to the terrorist attacks near Najaf's Imam Ali Shrine (April 6) and the Attack at Baghdad's Buratha mosque (April 7) two of the major Shi'a clerics affiliated with Ayatollah Ali Al-Sistani issued sharply worded Fatwas blaming the Un [...]
2006-04-09 18:55:00REO HillahUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM KISL IZ
06HOCHIMINHCITY82VIETNAM'S ISLAMIC COMMUNITY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Southern and central Vietnam's 30,000- to 50,000-member Sunni Muslim community does not appear to face significant restrictions in its ability to worship. Unlike Vietnam's five other recognized religious organizations, the Muslim community does not have a national leadership to [...]
2006-01-24 03:24:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KISL KIRF PGOV SOCI PREL SA CB LY EG VM ETMIN RELFREE
06JAKARTA10563BA'ASYIR SPOUTS OFF ABOUT SHARIA`, JIHAD AND BALI
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Abu Bakr Ba'asyir, the spiritual head of Jemaah Islamiyah and its political wing, the Majelis Mujahiddin Council (MMI),continues to speak publicly on a variety of topics following his release from prison on June 14, 2006. Most notably, Ba'asyir has pontificated about the need [...]
2006-08-25 06:56:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV KISL KJUS ASEC AS ID
06JAKARTA12555US-ASEAN BUSINESS COUNCIL DELEGATION VISITS JAKARTA
[...] (SBU) Summary. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) told a visiting U.S. ASEAN Business Council (USABC) delegation on October 12 that he remains optimistic about Indonesia's economic outlook and committed to economic reforms and the process of democratization. Vice President Jusuf Kalla [...]
2006-10-16 05:38:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV ENRG ETRD EFIN PGOV ID
06JAKARTA12773INDONESIAN TERRORISTS:RECENT RELEASES AND UPCOMING
[...] (C) Four years after the 2002 Bali bombing, several individuals convicted of terrorism for their involvement in that attack and the 2003 Marriot bombing are starting to complete their prison terms. According to information obtained from the Australian Embassy, nine convicted terrorists have b [...]
2006-10-20 09:26:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV KJUS ASEC CASC ID
06JEDDAH149ACHIEVING DIALOGUE WITH ISLAMIC DEVELOPMENT BANK
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On February 7, Consul General Gfoeller and Jeddah Pol/Econ Chief met with President of Islamic Development Bank (IDB) Al-Madani and senior staff members. CG delivered points in ref B. Al-Madani and his associates were cordial and forthcoming. In a wide ranging conversation Al- [...]
2006-02-15 10:04:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIALEAID IZ KISL KPAL PK PREL SA SOCI
06JEDDAH271IRANIAN DIPLOMAT CONFRONTS CONOFF AT JEDDAH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a recent gathering at the home of a prominent Saudi businessman, the Iranian ambassador to the Organization of the Islamic Conference, Mohammed Kazem Khawansari, confronted Conoff after he was seated near him by the host. Khawansari discussed the recent publication of an [...]
2006-04-07 14:52:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SA IR IS KPAL KWBG
06JEDDAH384TABUK SAUDI ARABIA: NORTHERN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
[...] SUMMARY: On May 16, the CG and Pol/Econ Chief met with the Board of Directors of the Tabuk Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Manager of the Supreme Commission for Tourism (SCT). The Board enthusiastically promoted the agricultural and industrial developments in the region and express [...]
2006-05-23 12:55:00Consulate JeddahUNCLASSIFIEDBTIO EAGR ECON EIND KISL PREL SA SCUL SENV
06JEDDAH453JEDDAH JOURNAL 15: JCCI TURMOIL ENDS; CONVICTION
[...] (U) Ending several months of controversy (reftel),the Consulate learned from a contact on July 1, that embattled Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI) Chairman, Engineer Abdullah Yehia Al-Moallemi, had resigned, formally citing a disagreement over management style with the Board as [...]
2006-07-05 07:48:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIALEAIR ECON KISL KWMN PREL SA SOCI
06JEDDAH548AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH ISLAMIC DEVELOPMENT BANK
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 8, Ambassador Oberwetter led a group to met Islamic Development Bank (IDB) President Al-Madani. The Ambassador apprised Al-Madani of the forthcoming visit of Deputy Treasury Secretary Kimmit to discuss U.S. and potential IDB involvement in the reconstruction of Lebano [...]
2006-08-19 06:24:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIALEAID EFIN IZ KISL LE PREL SA
06JERUSALEM4863ALLOWANCES PAID TO PA EMPLOYEES IN NOVEMBER
[...] (C) Summary: The PA government paid all PA employees an allowance of NIS 1000 (USD 233),starting November 25 in Gaza and November 28 in the West Bank. The Union of Public Employees called on PA employees to pick up their allowances but to continue the general strike. The Temporary Internat [...]
2006-11-30 15:31:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALEFIN ELAB PGOV KWBG
06JERUSALEM585PALESTINE INVESTMENT FUND MOVED UNDER PRESIDENT
[...] (SBU) President Abbas issued a presidential decree February 4, 2006, that named a new board of the Palestine Investment Fund (PIF) and moved the PIF under the responsibility of the President and away from the PA cabinet. According to the presidential decree which the ConGen has seen, the cha [...]
2006-02-08 14:56:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALEFIN KBIO KWBG
06JOHANNESBURG339THE SOUTH AFRICAN COAL INDUSTRY: PART IV -- AFRICAN COAL
[...] (U) Introduction: This is the fourth and last of a four-part cable dealing with coal and the important role it plays in the South African economy. Part 4 provides information on some of the coal-related developments in other African countries. Reftel A provides a summary for all four sections [...]
2006-09-08 16:54:00Consulate JohannesburgUNCLASSIFIEDEMIN ENRG ECON SF
06KABUL3264PRT/QALAT: GOVERNOR, CJTF-76 PUSH SHAJOY DISTRICT
[...] (C) Summary: At Governor Arman,s request, CJTF commander MG Freakley met with mullahs and elders from Shajoy district, an area which has become more problematical in recent months. The ultimate objective is the release of a BAF detainee, Mullah Riais, in return for his allegiance to the GoA [...]
2006-07-24 02:15:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER AF
06KABUL5113PHASE III ANP COL - BIODATA FOR LEAHY VETTING, PART ONE OF
[...] (U) In order to comply with Leahy requirements per reftel, post is forwarding the names and biodata of 355 Afghan officers selected to serve as Colonels in Phase III of the Afghan National Police (ANP) rank and reform process. The United Nations Misson in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has vetted these in [...]
2006-10-22 09:11:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM SNAR PTER PINR AF
06KABUL5120PHASE III ANP COL - BIODATA FOR LEAHY VETTING, PART THREE
[...] (U) In order to comply with Leahy requirements per reftel, post is forwarding the names and biodata of 355 Afghan officers selected to serve as Colonels in Phase III of the Afghan National Police (ANP) rank and reform process. The United Nations Misson in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has vetted these in [...]
2006-10-22 09:16:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM SNAR PTER PINR AF
06KABUL5123PHASE III ANP COL - BIODATA FOR LEAHY VETTING, PART FIVE OF
[...] (U) In order to comply with Leahy requirements per reftel, post is forwarding the names and biodata of 355 Afghan officers selected to serve as Colonels in Phase III of the Afghan National Police (ANP) rank and reform process. The United Nations Misson in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has vetted these in [...]
2006-10-22 09:16:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM SNAR PTER PINR AF
06KABUL5250PRT/ASADABAD: MURDERS OF KORENGAL OUTPOST
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-29 11:32:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER EAID PHUM SOCI AF
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