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08BAGHDAD4033	IRAQI NSC DISCUSSES INSURGENT FINANCING, AGREEMENT [...] (S) Summary. At the December 21, 2009 meting of the Iraqi National Security Council (NSC),Prime Minister (PM) Nouri al-Maliki received a detailed report from the Minister of Defense (MoD) on the internal sources of financing for Al Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) and other insurgent organizations. Accor [...]	2008-12-26 14:38:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	MOPS MARR MASS PREL PTER SY IZ

08BAGHDAD4046	SADR CITY'S NATIVE SON AND HIS SHOES: MUTED [...] (C) SUMMARY: Reactions in Sadr City to its native son's Muntader al-Zaidi's shoe-throwing incident during President Bush's recent press conference in Baghdad led to varied -- though mostly muted -- reactions in the capital's largest district, home to approximately 40 percent of the city's pop [...]	2008-12-28 13:36:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ PGOV PREL
08BAGHDAD4076	MUTHANNA SHEIKH SAYS TRIBAL SUPPORT COUNCILS [...] (U) This is a Muthanna PRT reporting cable 2. (C) SUMMARY: PRT Team Leader met with Sheikh Abu Chefat to discuss current political issues in Muthanna, including Tribal Support Council (SC) activities in the province. Chefat stated that despite the lack of Provincial Council (PC) support, [...]	2008-12-31 13:45:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	POL PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD422	MALIKI CABINET APPROVES MOSUL CONCEPT OF OPERATIONS [...] (S) SUMMARY: On February 7, Prime Minister Maliki convened a cabinet-level Crisis Action Cell (CAC) to review the concept of operations for the upcoming campaign against al-Qaeda (AQI) in Ninewa province. Major General Riyadh, Commander of the Ninewa Operations, briefed a three-phased plan tha [...]	2008-02-13 06:44:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	IZ MARR MCAP MOPS PGOV PINS PNAT PTER
08BAGHDAD428	PRIME MINISTER MALIKI UPDATES AMBASSADOR AND CG ON [...] (S) During a February 11 meeting with the Ambassador and General Petraeus, Prime Minister Maliki blamed the Kurds for the present budget impasse, insisting their behavior was a challenge to his governance that required a firm hand lest other provinces be so emboldened. The Ambassador encourag [...]	2008-02-13 13:41:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD429	IRAQ EXECUTIVE STEERING COMMITTEE - FEBRUARY 8 [...] SUMMARY: In place of an absent PM Maliki, Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih chaired the 8 February Iraqi Executive Steering Committee (I-ESC) in support of the Baghdad Security Plan (Fardh Al Qanoon - FaQ). The meeting featured calls to limit political and religious interference menacing co [...]	2008-02-13 14:43:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON IZ PGOV
08BAGHDAD430	FCO'S HOWELLS:BRITISH ELECTORATE MONITORING IRAQ [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a February 9 meeting, UK Foreign Office Minister of State Kim Howells told Ambassador Crocker that he had not gotten the sense from intense U.K. Cabinet discussions that the British were going to relinquish responsibility in Basrah. Howells was clear, however, that the U.K. [...]	2008-02-13 15:05:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ UK
08BAGHDAD433	IRAQ AWAKENING MOVEMENT CHOOSES NEW DEPUTIES, [...] (U) This is a PRT Anbar reporting cable. 2. (C) Summary: The Anbar-based Awakening Movement of Iraq took a step toward transforming itself from a tribal security force into a political party February 12 when 300 supporters met to elect new deputy leaders and to signal their intention to att [...]	2008-02-14 14:04:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM IZ
08BAGHDAD448	MCNS ON FEBRUARY 10 DISCUSSED AIRPORT SECURITY, [...] (S REL UK AS) In a meeting chaired by D/PM Barham Salih, the MCNS received a concise, well-organized briefing on 2007 force generation results for the Iraqi Army, discussed at length the administrative direction and security command at the Baghdad International Airport (BIAP),and briefly revi [...]	2008-02-15 13:26:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	MOPS MARR PGOV PREL PTER SY IZ
08BAGHDAD473	GOI FIGHTS KEROSENE CORRUPTION, MILITIA RACKETS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sayid Nemah Jabour of the office of the Iraqi National Security Advisor told poloff February 15 that the new Project Clean Delivery (PCD) kerosene distribution system had significantly diminished militia revenue from the theft and sale of kerosene. Jabour said that an Iraqi inte [...]	2008-02-19 10:03:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PINR PINS PTER IZ PGOV
08BAGHDAD474	MALIKI RECONSIDERS CABINET RE-SIZING, MAKES [...] (S) SUMMARY: At the weekly security meeting with the Ambassador and General Petraeus on February 14, Prime Minister Maliki expressed optimism on the return of the Tawafaq and Iraqiyya parties to the government, but noted their objection to reducing the number of ministries. On services, Maliki [...]	2008-02-19 10:47:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	IZ MARR MCAP MOPS PGOV PINS PNAT PTER
08BAGHDAD477	THE PROVINCIAL POWERS LAW: A HARD COR BATTLE WON, [...] (C) Summary. CoR members passed the provincial powers law February 13 as part of an omnibus package with the 2008 budget and amnesty law. Among the three pieces of legislation, the provincial powers law was the most controversial, as it delineates the authorities between Iraq's central and [...]	2008-02-19 14:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD49	CODEL COLEMAN DISCUSSES 2008 OUTLOOK WITH HAKIM [...] (C) On January 5 CODEL Coleman (Sens. Norm Coleman (R-MN),John Cornyn (R-TX),Johnny Isakson (R-GA)) met with ISCI Leader Abd al-Aziz Al-Hakim. MPs Hadi al-Amri and Redha Taki also attended the meeting. Hakim opened by saying 2007 ended on a better note than it began, citing a "20-25%" dec [...]	2008-01-07 13:59:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IR IZ PGOV
08BAGHDAD527	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...]	2008-02-24 02:20:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08BAGHDAD528	NINEWA: TIGRIS BRIDGE CLOSURES SQUEEZE KURDISH [...] (C/REL ACGU) Insurgent attacks in the last year on Tigris River bridges north of Mosul have constrained the Kurdish Democratic Party's (KDP) ability to deliver food and fuel from Dohuk province to the contested Sinjar District of Western Ninewa, in which the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) [...]	2008-02-24 02:22:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON MARR PREL PINR IZ
08BAGHDAD536	VICE PRESIDENT HASHIMI ON NATIONAL GOVERNANCE, [...] (S) During a February 21 meeting, the Ambassador and Vice President Tareq al-Hashimi reviewed the status of Provincial Powers legislation, the Executive Council, Mosul, and Kurdish issues. Responding to the Ambassador's request to help pressure Vice President Adel Abdel Mehdi to avoid vetoing [...]	2008-02-24 17:03:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD537	BAGHDAD EPRT: SHEIKH ALI-HATEM SPEAKS ON AQI, [...] (U) This is a Baghdad 2 E-PRT reporting cable. 2. (C) Summary: During a February 12 meeting with MNF-I Officers and E-PRT Team Leader, Sheikh Ali Hatem al-Suleiman, a controversial Anbar Province figure, condemned the February 11 VBIED attack against him, which he attributed to AQI, and de [...]	2008-02-24 17:28:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER SOCI SCUL IZ
08BAGHDAD557	MINISTER OF HOUSING AND CONSTRUCTION EXPLAINS [...] (C) In a cordial 90 minute meeting on February 24, Minister of Housing and Construction Bayan Diyazee told Ambassador Charles Ries, the Coordinator for Economic Transition in Iraq, and Major General Kevin Bergner, Deputy Chief of Staff for MNF-I Strategic Effects, that foreign investment was a [...]	2008-02-26 13:42:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV EFIN SOCI IZ
08BAGHDAD570	MCNS ON FEBRUARY 24 DISCUSSES TURKISH INCURSION, [...] (S/REL AS UK) Deputy Prime Minister (D/PM) Barham Saleh opened the February 24 Ministerial Committee on National Security (MCNS) meeting with a discussion of the Turkish incursion into northern Iraq (ref. A). National Security Advisor (NSA) Muwaffaq Rubaie presented a list of intelligence col [...]	2008-02-27 13:52:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	MOPS MARR PGOV PREL PTER SY IZ TU
08BAGHDAD581	KIRKUK PRT: LION DAY MARKET-WALK RESTORES KIRKUK LEADERS [...] This is a PRT Kirkuk cable. 2. (SBU) Summary: The Kirkuk Brotherhood List (KBL) and the Arab Bloc continue to work together to identify mechanisms for the implementation of the last of the 13 points cited in the agreement between the two blocs that resulted in the Arab bloc's return to the [...]	2008-02-28 12:04:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER IZ
08BAGHDAD583	AYATOLLAH HUSSEIN AL-SADR ON IRAQ'S POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: In a February 27 dinner meeting held in his house adjacent to Baghdad's Kadhimiyah Shia shrine, Ayatollah Hussein al-Sadr lamented to the Ambassador that Iraq is poorly led by its political class, warned that Arab-Kurd tensions are increasing, and complained of markedly increasing [...]	2008-02-28 13:20:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD585	NINEWA: IRAQI GOVERNMENT SAYING THE RIGHT THINGS [...] (C/REL ACGU) Summary and Comment: The Iraqi Government is focused on Mosul security and reconstruction. The massive explosion in January in West Mosul's Zanjali market and ongoing military operations served as catalysts to focus the Iraqi Government at the highest level on the critical import [...]	2008-02-28 14:09:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAID PREL ECON MARR IZ
08BAGHDAD614	PRT MAYSAN MEETS WITH GOVERNOR FOR FIRST TIME [...] (SBU) THIS IS A PRT MAYSAN REPORTING CABLE. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: ON FEBRUARY 25 MAYSAN PRT MET WITH GOVERNOR ADIL MOHUDER RADI AL-MALIKI AND HIS SENIOR ADVISOR, ZAID HOSHI AL-KALLAF TO DISCUSS SECURITY, ONGOING PROJECTS, AND TEAM ACCESS TO THE PROVINCE. THE PRT PRESSED THE GOVERNOR ON THE I [...]	2008-03-02 12:00:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD615	HUGE SHIA ARBA'EEN COMMEMORATION REFLECTS [...] (C) Summary: As many as several million Iraqi and foreign Shia pilgrims converged on the central Iraq city of Karbala February 26-29 to mark the end of the symbolic forty-day "Arba'een" commemoration to honor the seventh-century death of Hussein, a grandson of the Prophet Muhammad who is ento [...]	2008-03-02 13:11:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL IZ
08BAGHDAD623	PRT KIRKUK: MAJOR CRIMES COURT RESUMES TRYING [...] (U) THIS IS A PRT KIRKUK REPORTING CABLE. SUMMARY ------- 2. (U) THE KIRKUK MAJOR CRIMES COURT (MCC) RESUMED OPERATIONS FEBRUARY 28 HEARING A SECOND DOCKET OF 42 CASES. CREATED IN OCTOBER 2007, THE MCC HAS TRIED 26 CASES AND CLEARED A TWO-YEAR BACKLOG OF MAJOR CRIMES CASES, INCLUDING [...]	2008-03-03 09:48:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM SOCI IZ
08BAGHDAD646	Input for New Required Reports to Congress on Energy [...] (U) This report is prepared per reftel request under Sections 931(b) and (d) of the Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA) of 2007, requiring a description of the Department of State personnel who are dedicated to energy matters at the U.S. Embassy in Iraq, a major energy producer. The p [...]	2008-03-05 08:51:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG SENV APER ABUD IZ
08BAGHDAD650	THE IRAQI FPS - A MISSING SECURITY LINK? [...] SUMMARY: Prior to the fall of Saddam's regime, the Facility Protection Services (FPS) was directly controlled by the Ministry of Interior (MoI) but was decentralized during the CPA's administration. The MoI has recently introduced a FPS Reform Law that is considered critical in guaranteeing [...]	2008-03-05 13:46:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ MCAP PGOV PINS
08BAGHDAD695	PRT KIRKUK: COUNCILS CONVOCATION II - [...] (U) This is a PRT Kirkuk reporting cable. 2. (SBU) Summary: Rizgar Ali, Chairman of the Kirkuk Provincial Council (PC),convened a second information sharing session on February 24 with the primarily Kurdish and Turkman district and sub-district councils to discuss council operations, rol [...]	2008-03-09 10:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI ECON IZ
08BAGHDAD701	COUNTRY TEAM ASSESSMENT FOR EQUIPPING NINE [...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 10. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The U.S Embassy Country Team concurs with the full and immediate equipping of nine additional Iraqi army units via Foreign Military Sales (FMS) as a part of the force generation plan. The GOI will generate these units [...]	2008-03-09 16:55:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IZ MARR MASS MCAP PREL
08BAGHDAD732	ONE HAND CANNOT CLAP: SADR'S PERIOD OF ISOLATION [...] (C) In a March 7 statement Shi'a leader Muqtada al-Sadr distanced himself one step further from contemporary Iraqi politics, telling his followers he was in a state of "corporeal separation" due to their continuing disobedience. Immediately afterwards Sadrist leaders sought to reassure confus [...]	2008-03-12 09:24:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD735	(C) SUNNI POLITICAL BLOC (TAWAFUQ) SEEKS EMBASSY [...] (S) On March 8, a senior member of the Iraqi Islamic Party and Tawafuq Bloc, Parliament Member Dr. Alaa al-Mekki, presented poloff with a letter clarifying the bloc's demands in ongoing but stalled negotiations with the Prime Minister's office. In the letter's cover note, Mekki requests Embass [...]	2008-03-12 11:54:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREF IZ
08BAGHDAD749	AWAKENING LEADER ABU AZZAM ON GOI COOPERATION [...] (S) Summary: Abu Ghraib Awakening movement leader Abu Azzam told FSEC that the Awakening movement continues to progress, though some GOI and ISF elements remain opposed to them. In Abu Ghraib, Iraqi Army units target Awakening members for harassment, even after the GOI hired 1500 local men [...]	2008-03-13 15:28:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD768	IRAQI DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF SURVEYS IRAQI JOINT [...] SUMMARY: (SBU) At the monthly Defense Attach Association of Iraq (DAAI) meeting on March 4, the Deputy Chief of the General Staff (DCOS),General Nasier Abadi, presented a frank overview of the Iraqi military and the challenges it faces in the coming years. He observed that the current counte [...]	2008-03-14 14:15:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	IZ MARR MCAP MOPS PINS PNAT PTER
08BAGHDAD769	MCNS MARCH 9: SECURITY OPERATIONS IN MOSUL, [...] (S REL MNFI) LTG Jalal Tawfiq Riyadh, Ninewa Operations Command and former commander of the Iraqi Army 9th Division, presented a well-organized and thorough brief on preparatory measures for tackling Al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) in Ninewa province. The MCNS dealt again with instructions to the Mini [...]	2008-03-14 14:32:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	MOPS MARR PGOV PREL PTER SY IZ
08BAGHDAD786	AN ODE TO COR SPEAKER MASHADANI [...] (C/NF) Summary: CoR Speaker Mahmoud Mashadani is becoming more comfortable in his role as leader of Iraq's parliament, though he continues to breed controversy on a regular basis and is prone to emotional outbursts in the CoR chamber. Behind the scenes, Mashadani has become a legislative "deal [...]	2008-03-15 17:51:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PINR IZ
08BAGHDAD831	PRT MAYSAN: JAM AND THE TRIBES, URBAN-RURAL DIVIDE [...] (U) This is a PRT Maysan reporting cable. 2. (C) Summary: The extent of Mahdi Army influence on dense urban and sparse rural populations in Maysan remains in dispute. Most evidence points to an elected and JAM-dominated provincial government controlling Maysan,s urban centers balanced ag [...]	2008-03-19 08:15:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD834	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...]	2008-03-19 11:17:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08BAGHDAD844	PRT KIRKUK: ASAYISH DETAINEES FACE POSSIBLE [...] (U) This is a PRT Kirkuk reporting cable. 2. (C) Summary: The Iraqi Chief Justice has agreed to begin reviewing 229 cases of Asayish detainees in Sulimaniyah for possible transfer to Kirkuk. The Kirkuk Chief Judge has received a written order from the Chief Justice to begin reviewing t [...]	2008-03-19 18:26:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KCRM PGOV PTER IZ
08BAGHDAD850	VISIT TO MAKHMOUR REFUGEE CAMP [...] (C) MNF-I coordinated a March 8 visit for senior UNAMI, Embassy, and PRT Ninewa officials to the UNHCR refugee camp in Makhmour, Ninewa Province. Refugee representatives at the camp said the residents unanimously want to return to Turkey. Local Kurdish Iraqi officials said the camp and its r [...]	2008-03-20 09:31:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ PGOV PREF PREL
08BAGHDAD855	WEEKLY MEETING WITH PM, MARCH 13: SOFA/STRATEGIC [...] (S) In a cordial meeting March 13 at Prime Minister Maliki's weekly security meeting with Ambassador Crocker and GEN Petraeus, Ambassador briefed Maliki on the dual-tracked, concurrent negotiation of the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) and the Strategic Framework (SF) by a technical experts [...]	2008-03-20 14:47:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	MARR PREL PGOV MASS MOPS IZ
08BAGHDAD875	Chalabi's Provision of Services Committee - March 18 [...] SUMMARY: Dr. Chalabi's March 18 Provision of Services Committee meeting focused primarily on potable water theft around Baghdad, with Dr. Chalabi stressing the importance of prosecuting those responsible. Additional discussion centered on problems with ground transportation in the country, and [...]	2008-03-23 12:34:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL IZ REL UK
08BAGHDAD880	MCNS MARCH 16 DISCUSSES BASRAH SECURITY, TAJI [...] (U) The March 16 Ministerial Committee on National Security (MCNS) focused on dealing with security in Umm Qasr port and Basrah Province, implementation of the 2008 budget, and mine action. MNF-I briefed on the now operational Taji Maintenance Facility. End Summary. Umm Qasr/Basrah Securit [...]	2008-03-23 15:55:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	MOPS MARR PGOV PREL PTER SY IZ
08BAGHDAD887	THE AMBASSADOR'S MARCH 23 MEETING WITH VP ABDEL [...] (S) Summary: In a March 23 meeting with the Ambassador, VP Abdel Mehdi shared his analysis of the latest IDF strikes on the International Zone; discussed the reasons for his withdrawal of his veto of the Provincial Powers Law; speculated on the CoR's priorities when it reconvenes; described a [...]	2008-03-24 12:38:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD890	CORRECTED COPY (REFTEL): MCNS MARCH 16 DISCUSSES [...] (U) The March 16 Ministerial Committee on National Security (MCNS) focused on dealing with security in Umm Qasr port and Basrah Province, implementation of the 2008 budget, and mine action. MNF-I briefed on the now operational Taji Maintenance Facility. End Summary. Umm Qasr/Basrah Securit [...]	2008-03-24 16:19:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	MOPS MARR PGOV PREL PTER SY IZ
08BAGHDAD900	CORRECTED COPY (REFTEL): MCNS MARCH 16 DISCUSSES [...] (U) The March 16 Ministerial Committee on National Security (MCNS) focused on dealing with security in Umm Qasr port and Basrah Province, implementation of the 2008 budget, and mine action. MNF-I briefed on the now operational Taji Maintenance Facility. End Summary. Umm Qasr/Basrah Securit [...]	2008-03-25 16:07:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	MOPS MARR PGOV PREL PTER SY IZ
08BAGHDAD901	THE AMBASSADOR'S MARCH 23 MEETING WITH VP ABDEL [...] (S) Summary: In a March 23 meeting with the Ambassador, VP Abdel Mehdi shared his analysis of the latest IDF strikes on the International Zone; discussed the reasons for his withdrawal of his veto of the Provincial Powers Law; speculated on the CoR's priorities when it reconvenes; described a [...]	2008-03-25 16:07:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD904	MCNS MARCH 16 DISCUSSES BASRAH SECURITY, TAJI [...] (U) The March 16 Ministerial Committee on National Security (MCNS) focused on dealing with security in Umm Qasr port and Basrah Province, implementation of the 2008 budget, and mine action. MNF-I briefed on the now operational Taji Maintenance Facility. End Summary. Umm Qasr/Basrah Securit [...]	2008-03-25 16:07:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	MOPS MARR PGOV PREL PTER SY IZ
08BAGHDAD907	VISIT TO MAKHMOUR REFUGEE CAMP [...] (C) MNF-I coordinated a March 8 visit for senior UNAMI, Embassy, and PRT Ninewa officials to the UNHCR refugee camp in Makhmour, Ninewa Province. Refugee representatives at the camp said the residents unanimously want to return to Turkey. Local Kurdish Iraqi officials said the camp and its r [...]	2008-03-25 16:07:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ PGOV PREF PREL
08BAGHDAD909	WEEKLY MEETING WITH PM, MARCH 13: SOFA/STRATEGIC [...] (S) In a cordial meeting March 13 at Prime Minister Maliki's weekly security meeting with Ambassador Crocker and GEN Petraeus, Ambassador briefed Maliki on the dual-tracked, concurrent negotiation of the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) and the Strategic Framework (SF) by a technical experts [...]	2008-03-25 16:08:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	MARR PREL PGOV MASS MOPS IZ
08BAGHDAD910	PRT KIRKUK: ASAYISH DETAINEES FACE POSSIBLE [...] (U) This is a PRT Kirkuk reporting cable. 2. (C) Summary: The Iraqi Chief Justice has agreed to begin reviewing 229 cases of Asayish detainees in Sulimaniyah for possible transfer to Kirkuk. The Kirkuk Chief Judge has received a written order from the Chief Justice to begin reviewing t [...]	2008-03-25 16:08:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KCRM PGOV PTER IZ
08BAGHDAD92	PROVINCIAL OPERATIONS CENTERS CHANGING THE PREMISE [...] (C) On December 16th, Basrah become the second province to transfer to Provincial Iraqi Control (PIC) with a federally-mandated provincial operations command in charge of the province,s security forces. Established in several volatile provinces by Prime Minister Maliki, these operations comma [...]	2008-01-13 11:09:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP MOPS PGOV PINS PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD920	MALIKI TAKES ON BASRAH MILITIA [...] (C) Prime Minister Maliki on 24 March traveled to Basrah to announce the beginning of military operations to regain control of the city from armed militias. Interior Minister Bolani, Defense Minister Abdul Qadar and Minister of State for National Security Waeli are with the PM. Fighting between [...]	2008-03-26 02:03:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PGOV PINS PTER IZ
08BAGHDAD928	BASRAH/BAGHDAD SITUATION REPORT: MARCH 25-26, [...] (U) The following is a situation report on Basrah, Baghdad, and the southern provinces as of 14:00 local time, drawn from Embassy contacts, REO Basrah, and local press reporting. PM Taking Control in Basrah --------------------------- 2. (C) At present, PM Maliki, Defense Minister Abdel [...]	2008-03-26 13:57:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PGOV PINS PTER IZ
08BAGHDAD948	JAM CONTROLLING BAGHDAD'S SHIA NEIGHBORHOODS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Jaysh Al-Mahdi (JAM) militants have seized control of many of Baghdad's Shia neighborhoods, according to Embassy, Baghdad PRT, and Baghdad EPRT contacts. JAM has taken over key streets and public spaces, limiting movement between and within Shia-majority neighborhoods on both sid [...]	2008-03-27 21:48:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER IR IZ
08BAGHDAD959	SOUTHERN IRAQ SITUATION REPORT: MARCH 28, 1300 [...] (S REL MCFI) Fighting continues in numerous areas of Basra city and the surrounding province. Sporadic violence is also reported in other southern provinces as well as Baghdad, which is now under curfew until March 30, 0500 local. Council of Representives (COR) Speaker has called for an emerg [...]	2008-03-28 17:09:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	IZ KU MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PREL
08BAGHDAD968	RUBAIE ON CURRENT SECURITY AND POLITICAL SITUATION [...] (S) SUMMARY: During a March 28 call on National Security Advisor Mowafuq Rubaie, the Ambassador discussed the current security situation in Baghdad, Basrah, and the southern provinces, all of which were the scenes of intensified conflict with criminal elements associated with Moqtada al-Sadr [...]	2008-03-29 13:30:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	MOPS PGOV PREL PTER EG IR IZ JO SA SY
08BAGHDAD970	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...]	2008-03-30 02:18:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08BAGHDAD971	Chalabi's Provision of Services Committee - March 25 [...] SUMMARY: Dr. Chalabi's March 25 Provision of Services Committee meeting focused on a variety of topics covered in previous weeks. While he did briefly discuss ongoing events in southern Iraq and Basra, the remainder of the meeting was divided between violations on potable water lines, Ministry [...]	2008-03-30 02:39:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL IZ REL UK
08BAGHDAD984	REQUEST TO CLOSE DOWN AL-RAFIDAYN SATELLITE TV [...] (SBU) The Al-Rafidayn Satellite Channel is a Cairo-based Iraqi television channel that appears to be affiliated with the Association of Muslim Scholars (AMS) -- a group of Sunni clerics led by Harith al-Dari -- and which adopts a pro-resistance, anti-U.S., anti-Iraqi Government, and anti-Iran [...]	2008-03-31 15:02:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PROP PTER EG IZ
08BAGHDAD995	MCNS ON MARCH 23 REVIEWED RECENT BAGHDAD ATTACKS, [...] (S REL MNFI) Prime Minister Maliki opened the March 23 Ministerial Committee on National Security (MCNS) by soliciting comments on responding to recent rocket and other attacks in Baghdad. Following discussion, all agreed with GEN Petraeus that intelligence to target the perpetrators and thei [...]	2008-04-01 07:06:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	MOPS MARR PGOV PREL PTER KU AE SA IZ
08BAKU1117	TRANSCOM GEN MCNABB SECURES SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) Commander USTRANSCOM General Duncan McNabb, USAF met Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov in Baku on November 17 to discuss GOAJ support for overland transport of supplies to U.S. and Coalition forces in Afghanistan. The Minister responded enthusiastically to the concept, and als [...]	2008-11-25 05:27:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET	PGOV PREL AF AM AJ IZ TX KZ
08BAKU1118	TRANSCOM GEN MCNABB MEETS AZERBAIJANI DEFENSE [...] (C) On November 18 Commander USTRANSCOM General Duncan McNabb, met Azerbaijani DefMin General Colonel Safar Abiyev to discuss GOAJ support for overland transport of supplies to U.S. and Coalition forces in Afghanistan. Abiyev responded favorably to the concept, but steered the discussion on al [...]	2008-11-25 09:55:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF AM AJ IZ TX KZ
08BAKU1176	AZERBAIJAN: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-17 11:27:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PTER PREL AJ
08BAKU164	VISIT OF AZERBAIJANI MINISTER OF DEFENSE TO IRAN [...] (C) Azerbaijani Minister of Defense Safar Abiyev visited Iran February 18-19, his first visit to the Islamic Republic since 2004. During a February 12 meeting with the Ambassador, Abiyev noted that he was preparing for the trip. In addition to Iranian Defense Minister Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar [...]	2008-02-22 14:03:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PGOV PREL IR AJ
08BAKU194	AZERBAIJAN: INTERIM SECURITY DIALOGUE REVIEW WITH [...] (C) Summary: Visiting PM/RSAT office director David Bame and OSD Eurasia Policy Director Colonel Jon Chicky met with Deputy Foreign Minister Araz Azimov on February 26 for an interim review of the bilateral security dialogue. Azimov said Kosovo's independence creates a harmful perception of [...]	2008-03-05 12:29:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET	PREL PGOV PBTS PHUM ENRG AJ
08BAKU256	NATO ROSE-ROTH SEMINAR ATTRACTS DIVERSE [...] (C) SUMMARY: NATO's 68th Rose-Roth Seminar, focused on "Security in the Caspian Region," was held in Baku March 6-8. Speakers included a range of parliamentarians, scholars and government officials from Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia; this was the first time that Central Asian states [...]	2008-03-14 10:24:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARK MASS PBTS NATO AJ
08BAKU35	CODEL SHUSTER RAISES ENERGY, IRAN, DEMOCRACY AND [...] (C) Summary: During a friendly January 10 meeting, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and CODEL Shuster discussed a wide range of issues including strengthening the U.S-Azerbaijan partnership, energy, Iran, Azerbaijan's growing regional role, and the Farhad Aliyev case. President Aliyev outli [...]	2008-01-15 11:48:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ENRG EPET PTER PBTS KDEM ECON AJ
08BAKU383	FATA-ALIYEV MEETING - APRIL 16, 2008 [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a cordial one-hour meeting with visiting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for European and NATO Policy Daniel Fata on April 16, President Aliyev delivered a direct plea for greater US support for Azerbaijan's security in the face of growing regional pressures, especiall [...]	2008-04-23 08:19:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MARR MASS ENRG AJ
08BAKU541	PRESIDENT ALIYEV "HURT" BY U.S. CRITICISMS, SEEKS [...] (C) Summary: On May 30, President Aliyev bluntly detailed his personal sense of "hurt" over statements by the Secretary and President that were critical of Azerbaijan's democracy and human rights record. He views the statements as part of a trend -- the UNGA vote, the Presidential statement [...]	2008-06-10 11:25:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS ENRG AJ
08BAKU553	PRESIDENTIAL CHIEF OF STAFF CONTINUES TO EXPRESS [...] (C) Summary: Presidential Chief of Staff Ramiz Mehdiyev told visiting EUR DAS Bryza that, as a strategic partner, Azerbaijan expects the U.S. to take a more active role in resolving the Nagorno-Karabakh (NK) conflict. Mehdiyev said greater U.S. activism and pressure is needed to balance Rus [...]	2008-06-17 10:24:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS KDEM AJ
08BAKU790	AZERBAIJANI PRESIDENT: I DIDNâ€™T STAND BEHIND [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 19, President Aliyev told visiting British Petroleum CEO Inglis that Azerbaijan is taking quiet steps to support Georgia, although Aliyev himself did not publicly support the Georgian President. For example, Azerbaijanis are repairing a critical rail bridge destroyed by the R [...]	2008-08-22 04:03:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ETRD PREL AJ RU TR
08BAKU813	PRESIDENT ALIYEV DISCUSSES GEORGIA, ENERGY WITH [...] (C) Summary: President Aliyev told Senator Lugar August 25 that his visit to Azerbaijan was very important and timely, coming on the heels of a stopover in Tbilisi. Azerbaijan, the President said, was first to send assistance to Georgia and will continue to do so, despite grave errors and "ir [...]	2008-08-28 03:52:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL KDEM PHUM AJ
08BAKU881	DEMARCHE ON CONTRIBUTIONS TO AFGHAN ARMY DELIVERED [...] (C) Embassy delivered reftel demarche on contributions to the Afghan army to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Security Affair Department Chief Galib Israfilov on September 16. Israfilov said Deputy Foreign Minister Araz Azimov recently visited Afghanistan, where he met with a variety of Afghan off [...]	2008-09-17 12:53:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	AF PREL NATEU MOPS MARR AJ
08BAKU90	AZERBAIJANI FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES ENERGY AND [...] (C) Summary: Azerbaijani Foreign Minister appeared unaware that Iran may soon move the Alborz oil rig, while noting that Azerbaijan would respond through diplomatic and legal means if Iran moves the rig into disputed waters. Mammadyarov raised the need for an EU energy summit in Brussels, co [...]	2008-02-01 12:16:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS ENRG PHUM AMGT ABLD AJ IR
08BAKU97	AZERBAIJANI POLICE DISRUPT JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES' [...] (C) On January 30, approximately 30 police reportedly disrupted a Jehovah's Witnesses' worship service around noon in the central Azerbaijani town of Barda. There were 16 members attending the service, which was held in the home of Barda resident Nasiba Guliyeva. Guliyeva refused to allow t [...]	2008-02-05 12:40:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF AJ
08BAKU970	PRESIDENT ALIYEV, DEPUTY SECRETARY DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary: President Aliyev, meeting with Deputy -Secretary Negroponte on October 2, lauded the timely September visit of Vice President Cheney and re-emphasized the importance of further enhancing U.S.-Azerbaijan relations in the aftermath of the Russia-Georgia conflict. President Aliyev, [...]	2008-10-10 14:18:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ENRG KDEM AJ
08BAMAKO217	GENERAL WARD'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT TOURE [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-03 09:35:00	Embassy Bamako	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER PINR MASS MARR
08BAMAKO239	TRIBAL FAULT LINES WITHIN THE TUAREG OF NORTHERN [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-06 14:21:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR ML
08BAMAKO295	MALIAN ARMY RUNS INTO BAHANGA, AND LOSES, AGAIN [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-21 11:15:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PINS PINR ML
08BAMAKO299	MALI TALLIES ITS LOSSES FOLLOWING LATEST BATTLE [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-27 11:42:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PINS PINR ML
08BAMAKO305	MALI NEGOTIATES WITH BAHANGA AS NEW GROUP ATTACKS [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-28 06:30:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PINS PINR PTER ML
08BAMAKO320	BATTLE WITH BAHANGA BREWING NEAR KIDAL [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-01 15:48:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PINS PINR ML
08BAMAKO325	MALI USES HELICOPTERS TO ATTACK BAHANGA NEAR KIDAL [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-03 11:16:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PINS PINR ML
08BAMAKO339	TUAREG LEADERS FROM GAO AND TIMBUKTU: TIME FOR [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-07 13:38:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PINS PINR ML
08BAMAKO366	EXECUTION OF TWO TUAREGS IN KIDAL SETS MALI ON EDGE [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-14 15:28:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PINS PINR PHUM ML
08BAMAKO371	BERABICHE AND AQIM IN NORTHERN MALI [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-17 11:36:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PINS PINR ML
08BAMAKO375	UPDATE ON SECURITY IN KIDAL [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-21 11:19:00	Embassy Bamako	SECRET	ASEC PINS PINR ML
08BAMAKO385	COMMISSION OF TUAREG LEADERS TO MEET WITH ADC AND [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-22 16:03:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PINS PINR ML
08BAMAKO415	UPDATE ON NEGOTIATIONS, HOSTAGES AND HUMANITARIAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-05 15:49:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF EAID PHUM ASEC PINS ML
08BAMAKO446	TUAREG CLAIMS AND COUNTER-CLAIMS FOR RECENT ATTACKS [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-16 12:04:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PINS PINR ML
08BAMAKO462	OF TUAREGS AND TERRORISTS: A REBEL'S VIEW OF [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-21 14:18:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PINS PINR ML
08BAMAKO463	TUAREG REBELS OVERRUN GARRISON IN ABEIBARA [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-21 16:02:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PINS PINR ML
08BAMAKO482	MALI USING TUAREG MILITIAS TO COMBAT TUAREG REBELS [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-30 12:06:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PINS PINR ML
08BAMAKO507	A FORMER MINISTER OF DEFENSE'S VIEW OF THE CRISIS [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-04 15:53:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PINS PINR PREL
08BAMAKO599	AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON A DISCOURAGED [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador's June 20 farewell call on the Minister of Territorial Administration found General Kafougouna Kone upbeat about the Mali-U.S. relationship, but discouraged on prospects for peace in northern Mali. Kone, who is extraordinarily close to President Amadou Toumani To [...]	2008-06-27 11:47:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER
08BAMAKO606	SCENESETTER FOR HHS SECRETARY MICHAEL O. LEAVITT'S [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-30 16:52:00	Embassy Bamako	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID ML
08BAMAKO610	DISTANCES AND DISORGANIZATION HAMPER ASSESSMENT OF [...] Summary: On June 26 the Embassy met with International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) delegate Andreas Schmidt to discuss the living conditions of populations displaced by fighting in northern Mali. A hand-written report sent to the Embassy by the Director of the Malian Red Cross in Kida [...]	2008-07-01 15:03:00	Embassy Bamako	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM EAID SOCI ML
08BAMAKO627	TRIPARTITE MEETING ON ALGIERS ACCORD IMPLEMENTATION [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-07 14:38:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR AG ML
08BAMAKO636	AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL WITH PRESIDENT TOURE [...] (C) Summary: President Amadou Toumani Toure (ATT) effusively praised the state of U.S.-Malian relations during the Ambassador's July 3 farewell call, citing specifically the Millennium Challenge Compact and bilateral military cooperation. The president said he was reluctant to see an exchan [...]	2008-07-07 16:32:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER EAID ML

08BAMAKO684	FIVE MALIAN SOLDIERS RELEASED FOLLOWING TALKS IN [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-28 13:48:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PINS PINR ML
08BAMAKO712	DETAILS ON RECENT HOSTAGE RELEASE AND NEXT STEPS [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-07 15:50:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PINS PINR PREL ML
08BAMAKO779	MALI AND ADC CONTENT TO LEAVE BAHANGA BEHIND IN [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-09 16:06:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEC PINS PINR ML
08BAMAKO787	FALL 2008 SEPQ RESPONSE-BAMAKO [...] (SBU) Embassy Bamako responses to the security Environment Profile Questionnaire (SEPQ) are as follows: --------------------------- 2. (S) Political Violence --------------------------- DEMONSTRATIONS: A. Are there any ethnic or religious groups in country that are capable of carryin [...]	2008-09-11 15:48:00	Embassy Bamako	SECRET	ASEC
08BAMAKO800	POLICE ROUND UP MORE GANDA-IZO SUSPECTS AND RAID [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-17 16:17:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PINS PINR ML
08BAMAKO888	THE LIBERATION OF AQIM'S AUSTRIAN HOSTAGES: AN [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-14 10:26:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PINS PINR ML
08BAMAKO901	NORTHERN MALI: ALGIERS ACCORDS OPTIMISM [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-20 14:54:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINR ML
08BAMAKO932	TOP REBEL: THE RETURN OF IYAD AG GHALI [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-11 09:45:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PINS ASEC ML
08BAMAKO942	NORTHERN MALI POLICE BLOTTER AND EVENTS CALENDAR [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-16 15:00:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PINR ASEC KCOR PHUM ML
08BAMAKO960	ASSESSING BAHANGA'S ATTACK ON NAMPALA [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-23 12:56:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PINS PGOV PINR ML
08BAMAKO968	EFFORTS TO SAVE ALGIERS ACCORDS ACCELERATE AS [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-29 16:38:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PINR ASEC ML
08BANGKOK1198	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Individuals listed below, which have been selected to attend the courses lis [...]	2008-04-18 05:27:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	OASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
08BANGKOK1210	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: RTG TALKS WITH INSURGENTS [...] (S/NF) Summary: A Henri Dunant Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (HDC) representative, Michael Vatikiotis, told the Ambassador in mid-April that secret talks between the RTG and southern insurgents were stalled and would likely remain so for four to six months. HDC, which is brokering talks b [...]	2008-04-18 10:03:00	Embassy Bangkok	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH
08BANGKOK1218	SCENESETTER FOR UNDER SECRETARY OF COMMERCE PADILLA [...] (U) Summary. Your visit to Thailand gives you the opportunity to affirm our strong economic relationship with Thailand as we celebrate the 175th anniversary of the Treaty of Amity and Commerce. After being led for 15 months by an interim military-appointed government following a coup in Sept [...]	2008-04-22 10:53:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EINV EFIN OVIP PGOV PREL TH
08BANGKOK1293	THAI DEMOCRACY ABROGATED AND RESTORED: LESSONS [...] (C) Despite Thailand's peaceful transition back to an elected government, underlying tensions between certain social groups remain unresolved. Many Thais initially accepted the September 2006 coup because it offered a way out of a grueling political crisis and appeared to have the King's supp [...]	2008-04-28 08:31:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM TH
08BANGKOK136	RTG WAITING FOR DPKO ON WORD OF SUDANESE [...] (C) POLOFF met January 14 with Cherdkiat Atthakor, Director of the Peace, Security and Disarmament Division at the MFA to confirm the RTG position on contributing to UNAMID. Cherdkiat said that the RTG considered its deployment to Sudan a multilateral issue not a bilateral issue with the gove [...]	2008-01-14 10:43:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PGOV UNSC SU CH
08BANGKOK1370	BURMESE PM VISIT: RTG FOCUSES ON ECONOMIC [...] (C) The RTG used Burmese Prime Minister Thein Sein's first state visit to Thailand primarily to highlight areas of economic engagement between the neighboring countries. Thai PM Samak Sundaravej made a show of welcoming Thein Sein to the Government House and expanding on various opportunities [...]	2008-05-02 11:25:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM TH BM
08BANGKOK1380	FORMER DPM SURAKIART WORRIES ABOUT SOCIAL CONFLICT [...] (C) Former Deputy Prime Minister Surakiart Sathirathai told the Ambassador in a May 2 meeting that harmful divisions persisted in Thailand. Surakiart worried that former Prime Minister Thaksin would generate instability by pushing for speedy amendment of the constitution; he also complained of [...]	2008-05-06 10:34:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM TH BM
08BANGKOK1392	LEADING DEMOCRAT LEGISLATOR COMMENTS ON THAI [...] (C) Leading Democrat Party legislator Sukhumbhand Paribatra told us on May 7 that current media speculation about a possible coup d'etat evoked earlier rumors that former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra might orchestrate a seizure of power to undo the effects of the 2006 coup. Sukhumbhand as [...]	2008-05-07 10:27:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM TH BM
08BANGKOK1435	EXBS: THAILAND/VIETNAM ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING [...] (U) An Export Control Legal-Regulatory Workshop was conducted in Hanoi, April 8-10. Advisor met with Customs specialists from the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and European Commission (EC) to assess potential areas for collaboration or deconfliction. The Thai translation [...]	2008-05-10 13:06:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TH VN
08BANGKOK1567	CONSTITUTION AMENDMENT PLAN STRAINS COALITION [...] (C) SUMMARY: The ruling People's Power Party coalition should have enough votes to push through an extensive revision to the 2007 Constitution before the end of the year. Despite the coalition's numbers, however, the PPP is clearly nervous about the extent and effect of possible public oppo [...]	2008-05-22 00:20:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM TH
08BANGKOK1611	SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY OF DEFENSE GATES VISIT [...] (C) Summary. Mr. Secretary, all of us in Bangkok look forward to your June 1-2 visit as an opportunity to advance key U.S. foreign policy interests. Your meeting with Prime Minister/Defense Minister Samak Sundaravej will provide an opportunity to emphasize the importance of Thailand to our r [...]	2008-05-23 12:24:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MARR MOPS PINS PHUM TH
08BANGKOK1612	HOW HOT IS IT, ANYWAY? [...] (S) SUMMARY: The current state of political deadlock is similar in many ways to the protracted statemate of 2006. Of greatest concern are the repeated references in the media and by contacts of a serious threat to the monarchy. This fear is based on the increase in criticisms of the monarch [...]	2008-05-24 11:37:00	Embassy Bangkok	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM TH
08BANGKOK1619	CONFLICT OVER CONSTITUTION AMENDMENT CONTINUES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Minor clashes marred the otherwise peaceful rally by opponents of the current government on May 25. The anti-Thaksin People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) will continue demonstrating to rally opposition to the government and its plans to amend the 2007 Constitution. PM Samak wo [...]	2008-05-27 10:59:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM TH
08BANGKOK1670	COBRA GOLD INTEGRAL TO USG ALLIANCE STRUCTURE IN [...] (C) Summary. Cobra Gold, America's largest multilateral exercise in Asia, is much more than a bilateral exercise with Thailand. In that Thailand provides good training infrastructure, large areas for unrestricted live fire operations, and access to bombing ranges -- all in short supply in [...]	2008-06-02 09:22:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MARR MOPS PINS PHUM TH
08BANGKOK1671	PM MAKES EMPTY THREAT TO DISPERSE DEMONSTRATORS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The government stood down from threats to disperse the week-long protest by the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) after a day-long, tense confrontation on May 31. Prime Minister Samak claims he was misunderstood, and never really meant to force a confrontation with the prot [...]	2008-06-02 09:42:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM TH
08BANGKOK1705	EXBS: THAILAND/VIETNAM ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING [...] (U) A Technical Introduction to Strategic Trade Control Licensing Workshop was conducted in Bangkok, May 14-16. Almost one-half million dollars of equipment was donated to Vietnam Customs and Border Army on May 21. Advisor and POLOFF met with officials from several Vietnamese ministries. An [...]	2008-06-05 03:02:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TH VN
08BANGKOK1722	BANGKOK GOVERNOR TELLS AMBASSADOR POLITICAL [...] (C) During a June 5 courtesy call, the Ambassador asked Bangkok Governor Apirak Kosayothin his view of ongoing anti-government protests. Apirak said he did not believe the situation would spiral out of control. He noted that the atmosphere was currently less tumultuous than in 2006, and Prim [...]	2008-06-05 10:16:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM TH
08BANGKOK1723	SCENESETTER FOR ADMIRAL TYSON [...] (C) Summary. Admiral Tyson, your visit to Thailand will afford you a chance to see the importance of Thailand to our regional security interests as the United States and Thailand celebrate 175 years of relations. You will also have an opportunity to underscore the United States Government's [...]	2008-06-05 10:23:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MARR MOPS PINS PHUM TH
08BANGKOK1731	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for units and commanders listed below, which have been selected to attend the ab [...]	2008-06-06 03:13:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
08BANGKOK1778	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: IDENTITY, CULTURE AND RELIGION [...] (SBU)Summary: On May 26 and 27, Senate Foreign Relations Committee staff members Jonah Blank and Frank Jannuzi traveled with Poloff to Narathiwat, Pattani, Hat Yai and Songkhla in southernmost Thailand for discussions about the root causes of the insurgency in Thailand's deep south, and the po [...]	2008-06-10 10:43:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH
08BANGKOK1818	PREAH VIHEAR TEMPLE: THAI GOVERNMENT REVIEWS NEW [...] (SBU) MFA Deputy Director General Pisanu Suvanajata told Poloff on June 11 that, after completion of an ongoing survey by the military and the Royal Thai Survey Department, the RTG would formulate a position on the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) map recently presented to the RTG in Paris. [...]	2008-06-13 07:08:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO PREL SCUL PBTS TH CB
08BANGKOK1838	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JIATF West Bangkok has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for individuals listed below, which have been selected to attend the above [...]	2008-06-16 03:45:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
08BANGKOK1879	FORMER CABINET MINISTER DISCUSSES LESE MAJESTE [...] (C) Jakrapob Penkair, the former Minister Attached to the Prime Minister's Office who resigned on May 30 after being charged with lese majeste, told us on June 17 that he may be prosecuted for this alleged offense, but he would expect to be pardoned if convicted. He believed the police were li [...]	2008-06-18 09:56:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PINR KDEM KJUS TH
08BANGKOK1896	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON [...] (U) According to the Thai Ministry of Commerce, Laser Research Co., Ltd. was listed. Registration No. 0105536079904 Registered Date: July 12, 1993 Status: Company Limited Capital Registration: 2,000,000 baht Executives: Kriangdech Prasong and Duangsamon Thongsidaeng. Authorized executive m [...]	2008-06-19 11:08:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC TH
08BANGKOK1916	SCENESETTER FOR ACTING A/S MCNERNEY'S VISIT TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ms. McNerney, Embassy Bangkok looks forward to your visit as an opportunity to advance our nonproliferation and security interests and to meet with key counterparts. In these meetings, you will have an opportunity to discuss ongoing cooperation on export control and nonprolife [...]	2008-06-20 11:05:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM ETTC TH
08BANGKOK1917	ANTI-GOVERNMENT DEMONSTRATORS BLOCK GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) In accordance with their announced intentions, anti-government protesters from the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD),reportedly totaling several thousand, assembled in Bangkok at mid-day June 20 and moved along various routes to converge on Government House. Protesters forced their [...]	2008-06-20 12:23:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM TH
08BANGKOK1978	LEADING GENERAL PRAISES SAMAK'S APPROACH TOWARDS [...] (C) Defense Ministry Permanent Secretary General Winai Phattiyakul told the Ambassador on June 25 that Prime Minister Samak appeared unlikely to crack down harshly on anti-government protestors, and, even if Samak were to do so, this would not necessarily prompt military intervention in politi [...]	2008-06-26 09:46:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS MOPS KDEM TH
08BANGKOK198	ALL CLEAR FOR PARLIAMENT TO OPEN, NEW GOVERNMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Everything appears on track for the opening of Parliament on Monday, January 21. Chart Thai and Motherland parties have formally announced they will join the coalition led by the People's Power Party (PPP). Negotiations over the ministerial portfolios are ongoing; the PPP leade [...]	2008-01-18 11:39:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM TH
08BANGKOK2029	EXBS: THAILAND/VIETNAM ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING [...] (U) Vietnamese licensing officials received Tracker software training in Washington, DC, June 9-12. Advisor and FSN Program Assistant attended the EXBS Annual Conference in Washington, DC, June 9-11. Advisor took annual leave in US, June 16-20. Advisor participated in meetings with ISN Actin [...]	2008-07-03 08:44:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TH VN
08BANGKOK2092	THAKSIN SHINAWATRA'S LEGAL TEAM PESSIMISTIC ABOUT [...] (C) Former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and his wife are now on trial for alleged abuse of power in connection with a 2003 purchase of a plot of land from a state-affiliated institution. This trial may conclude as early as September. Thaksin's wife also appears likely to be convicted in [...]	2008-07-09 09:00:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS TH
08BANGKOK2126	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for units and individual/s listed below, who have been selected to attend the [...]	2008-07-14 04:37:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
08BANGKOK2157	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for individual listed below, who has been selected to attend the above-mention [...]	2008-07-16 07:34:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
08BANGKOK2159	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for individual listed below, who has been selected to attend the above-mention [...]	2008-07-16 07:34:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
08BANGKOK2167	THAIS DENY MILITARY INCURSION INTO CAMBODIA AFTER [...] (SBU) On July 15, a senior monk and two other Thais crossed into disputed territory between Thailand and Cambodia in protest of Preah Vihear temple's World Heritage status. Tempers flared on both sides when Cambodian and Thai press reported that large numbers of Thai troops had entered Cambodi [...]	2008-07-16 10:36:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNESCO SCUL MOPS PBTS TH CB
08BANGKOK2175	ACTING A/S MCNERNEY URGES THAI ENDORSEMENT OF PSI [...] (C) Summary: Thai officials told ISN Acting A/S Patricia McNerney during her late June visit that the RTG inter-agency would need to resolve several issues prior to Thai endorsement of the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) or the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. McNerney [...]	2008-07-17 04:03:00	Embassy Bangkok	SECRET	PGOV PINR PREL PTER TH
08BANGKOK2181	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: HERETOFORE UNKNOWN GROUP IN [...] (C) Summary: In a series of sudden and bizarre pronouncements July 17, former Minister of Defense General (ret) Chetta Thanacharo, a potential contender for a cabinet job, said that a group of militants behind the violence in southern Thailand would announce a cease-fire. A short time later, [...]	2008-07-17 10:28:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH
08BANGKOK2226	NO CLEAR PATH TO STABILITY IN THAI POLITICS [...] (C) Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej, under pressure, plans to carry out a cabinet reshuffle. He has gone on the offensive against his opponents, and he is once again publicly floating the idea of constitutional amendment. The shaky state of Samak's administration is a direct and deliberate c [...]	2008-07-22 04:24:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KJUS TH
08BANGKOK2233	PREAH VIHEAR: GBC TALKS END IN STALEMATE [...] (C) Thailand derived no definitive results from the July 21 General Border Committee (GBC) meeting with Cambodia, according to our MFA and military sources. The highest levels of the RTG were discussing possible next moves, an MFA official told us, although he declined to elaborate on what th [...]	2008-07-22 11:12:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS ASEC CASC UNESCO SCUL PBTS TH CB
08BANGKOK224	PRIVY COUNCILLOR TELLS AMBASSADOR OF STEADY [...] (C) SUMMARY: During the Ambassador's January 22 courtesy call, a Privy Councillor with long experience in the South encouraged the Ambassador to travel in the troubled region. Palakorn Sunwanrath believed that a visit with southern religious and community leaders would show sympathy for Th [...]	2008-01-23 11:09:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PINS TH
08BANGKOK2255	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: THAI OFFICIALS BRIEF DIPLOMATS [...] (C) Summary: In a June 30 briefing to the diplomatic corps about developments in southern Thailand, Thai officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Royal Thai Army, and the Ministry of Interior outlined a broad strategy for dealing with the insurgency in the South. Deputy Commander of [...]	2008-07-24 05:58:00	Embassy Bangkok	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH
08BANGKOK2294	PREAH VIHEAR: THAI MFA ON JULY 28 TALKS, DAO VISIT [...] (C) Embassy Bangkok's Defense Attache visited the vicinity of the Preah Vihear temple on July 28; the atmosphere was calm, and there were no signs of a significant military build-up on the Thai side. The Foreign Ministry described the atmosphere of the July 28 Thai-Cambodian talks on Preah Vi [...]	2008-07-29 09:48:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS ASEC CASC UNESCO SCUL PBTS
08BANGKOK2303	PREAH VIHEAR: THAI MFA BRIEFS ON TALKS WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: In a July 30 briefing, a Thai senior MFA official discussed with a select group of diplomats the Thai-Cambodian dialogue on the Preah Vihear temple. (DCM and Poloff attended.) The Cambodian Ambassador to Thailand was present and, in a show of harmony, echoed many of the Thai p [...]	2008-07-30 10:07:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS ASEC CASC UNESCO SCUL PBTS
08BANGKOK2357	RESHUFFLED CABINET UNLIKELY TO ALTER TONE OF THAI [...] (C) In a cabinet reshuffle announced on August 2, Prime Minister Samak, among other moves, demoted his Commerce Minister, returned to the cabinet a Minister who had been forced from office by a recent court ruling, appointed a former Police Chief as Interior Minister, and retained three offici [...]	2008-08-04 09:16:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM KJUS TH
08BANGKOK2405	TENSIONS ESCALATE AT THAI STREET PROTESTS [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Increased tension at ongoing People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) rallies across Thailand resulted in numerous clashes between PAD supporters and pro-government groups in July. Following the recent outbreak of violence at a July 24 rally in Udon Thani province, the R [...]	2008-08-11 07:27:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINS ASEC TH
08BANGKOK2410	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: FEWER CASES OF ABUSE REPORTED, [...] (C) Summary and comment: Thai security officials who are working to curb alleged human rights abuses committed by members of security units fighting the insurgency in Thailand's deep south may be seeing some success; embassy contacts working with victims of abuse reported in July that the num [...]	2008-08-11 09:29:00	Embassy Bangkok	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH
08BANGKOK2428	THAI-CAMBODIAN DISPUTE OVER PREAH VIHEAR: [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Meetings between Thai and Cambodian regional military commanders in Thailand's Surin Province August 13 and between Foreign Ministers planned August 18-19 in Hua Hin indicate bilateral efforts to reduce tensions in the spat over the territory near the Khmer Preah Vi [...]	2008-08-13 10:30:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS TH CB
08BANGKOK2460	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for units and commanders listed below, which have been selected to attend the c [...]	2008-08-15 08:48:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
08BANGKOK2463	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for individuals listed below, which have been selected to attend the seminar sch [...]	2008-08-15 09:39:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
08BANGKOK2487	THAI CAMBODIAN BORDER DISPUTE: FOREIGN MINISTERS [...] (C) Summary: In a August 19 meeting the Thai and Cambodian Foreign Ministers agreed on measures designed to provide for a way forward in dealing with the disputed Preah Vihear temple. As previewed by Thai MFA officials last week, the two sides agreed to reduce the number of troops in the area [...]	2008-08-20 10:34:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TH
08BANGKOK2546	PAD PROTESTS CHALLENGE PM SAMAK'S AUTHORITY, PATIENCE [...] (C) Prime Minister Samak's coalition government on August 26 faced one of the biggest challenges to its authority since it took over the reins of power last January, not from the formal parliamentary opposition or the courts, but from the streets. As of late afternoon, large crowds of demonstr [...]	2008-08-26 14:16:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR TH
08BANGKOK2555	THAI PROTEST UPDATE: POLICE AND PAD PEACEFULLY [...] (SBU) One day after demonstrations and the seizure of government buildings by the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) shook the Thai political scene (Ref A),Prime Minister Samak and the Thai police reached an uneasy temporary accommodation August 27 with the anti-government demonstrators s [...]	2008-08-27 10:23:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR TH
08BANGKOK2591	SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL BOONSRANG'S COUNTERPART [...] (C) Summary. Embassy Bangkok is extremely appreciative that General Boonsrang Niumpradit will be able to conduct a counterpart visit with CJCS Admiral Mullen. The visit will reinforce the importance of Thailand to our regional security interests as the United States and Thailand celebrate 175 [...]	2008-08-29 09:41:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MOPS PINS PHUM TH
08BANGKOK2592	THAILAND PROTESTS: A PAD PRIMER [...] (SBU) Summary: The People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) behind the ongoing street protests against PM Samak's government first surfaced in 2005 in reaction to growing discontent over the alleged corruption of then-PM Thaksin. It largely disappeared following the September 2006 coup that ended [...]	2008-08-29 10:14:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL TH
08BANGKOK2610	MIDNIGHT BANGKOK CLASH LEADS TO EMERGENCY DECREE [...] (C) Summary: After a desultory 12 hour parliamentary debate on the ongoing political crisis ended without resolution after midnight early on September 1, action returned to the streets in the early hours of September 2. Violence erupted between pro and anti government street factions near th [...]	2008-09-02 12:25:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH
08BANGKOK2619	THAILAND: SENIOR STATESMEN SEEKING THE KING'S [...] (S) Summary: Ambassador saw Privy Councilor ACM Siddhi Savetsila September 3 to discuss the current political impasse and Siddhi's views on the way forward. Siddhi laid out a scenario which he said he would present to King Bhumiphol in an audience at the Hua Hin Palace later in the evening S [...]	2008-09-03 10:14:00	Embassy Bangkok	SECRET	PGOV PREL TH
08BANGKOK2643	THAI POLITICAL DEADLOCK: PM SAMAK DEFIANT [...] (C) Thailand,s political crisis ground on September 4 with Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej defiant in the face of apparently eroding support. In a one-two punch late September 3, Foreign Minister Tej Bunnag resigned from Samak,s cabinet, and Army Commander Anupong Paochinda told Samak he woul [...]	2008-09-05 00:01:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH
08BANGKOK2655	THAI POLITICAL DEADLOCK: BANGKOK QUIET AS SAMAK [...] (C) Summary: Bangkok was mostly quiet September 5, despite a motorcycle gunfire attack on university students marching on Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej's house during the evening of September 4, as the House focused on passing a budget, and the Senate moved the national referendum bill forwa [...]	2008-09-05 10:10:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR CASC TH
08BANGKOK2677	THAI UPDATE: QUIET SEPTEMBER 8, LOOKING TOWARDS [...] (C) After two weeks of rolling political crisis, the pace of events in Thailand slackened over the September 6-7 weekend. Senior political leadership in the House and Senate appeared to re-engage in an attempt to reach some common political ground on which the crisis could be settled; the par [...]	2008-09-08 11:42:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH
08BANGKOK2778	SAMAK UNDERCUT FOR REELECTION AS THAI PM [...] (C) One day after the People's Power Party (PPP) decided to support former Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej for reelection as Prime Minister, leading PPP figures engineered a postponement (to September 17) of the vote. These PPP officials sought to buy time to persuade Samak that he should dec [...]	2008-09-12 09:22:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM TH
08BANGKOK2808	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: MEDIATOR HAS GOOD NEWS AND BAD [...] (S) Michael Vatikiotis from the Henri Dunant Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (HDC) provided the Ambassador and DCM an update on September 11 on the status of the secret peace process between the Royal Thai Government (RTG) and southern Thai insurgents. While upbeat about the enthusiasm of man [...]	2008-09-17 08:17:00	Embassy Bangkok	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH
08BANGKOK2854	THAI CAMBODIAN BORDER DISPUTE: THAI CLAIM [...] (C) Summary: MFA Permanent Secretary Virasakdi Futrakul engaged the Ambassador September 16 regarding the Thai-Cambodian border dispute and Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen's September 15 reported comments that Thailand should give up the chair of ASEAN. Virasakdi claimed that border tension [...]	2008-09-19 07:46:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TH CB
08BANGKOK2856	PAD DEFIANCE CONTINUES AS THE PAD HIGHLIGHTS [...] (C) The People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) -- the group currently occupying and befouling the formal seat of government -- has shown no sign it intends to end its protest in the near future, despite having achieved its initial rationale for occupying the Government House compound in the fir [...]	2008-09-19 10:01:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM TH
08BANGKOK2871	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: PEACE TALKS IN INDONESIA CATCH [...] (S) Summary: Announcements by the Indonesian government that it was mediating peace talks between the Royal Thai government (RTG) and southern Thai insurgent groups, reported in the Thai press September 22, caught the Thai government by surprise. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Royal Thai Ar [...]	2008-09-22 11:01:00	Embassy Bangkok	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH
08BANGKOK2899	CABINET APPOINTMENTS WILL SIGNAL CONTINUITY AND [...] (C) Ambassador's meetings and media reports this week indicate that PM-elect Somchai Wongsawat's cabinet -- poised to receive endorsement by King Bhumibol at the time of writing September 24 -- appears unlikely to change the tone of Thai politics in the short term, and likely will not last in [...]	2008-09-24 10:38:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM TH
08BANGKOK2927	NEW THAI CABINET RECEIVES ROYAL ENDORSEMENT [...] (C) Prime Minister-elect Somchai Wongsawat's cabinet lineup -- scheduled to be sworn in late in the day on September 25 by King Bhumibol -- consists primarily of partisan political figures associated with the administration of Samak Sundaravej. Following Samak's example, Somchai will concurre [...]	2008-09-25 10:00:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM TH
08BANGKOK300	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: DAS MARCIEL HEARS CONTRASTING [...] (S/NF) Summary: In meetings to discuss the situation in southern Thailand on January 23 and 24, Deputy Assistant Secretary Scot Marciel received widely contrasting views on SIPDIS Thai government efforts to end the violence. Dr. Mark Tamthai, National Reconciliation Committee member and adv [...]	2008-01-30 09:26:00	Embassy Bangkok	SECRET//NOFORN	EAID PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH
08BANGKOK3020	THAI POLICE ARREST TWO PAD DEMONSTRATION LEADERS [...] (C) Thai Police arrested two leaders of the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) outside of the Government House compound over the October 3-5 weekend. One of the two, retired Major General Chamlong Srimuang, is widely seen as PAD's leading strategist. While Chamlong's arrest was not unexpe [...]	2008-10-06 10:58:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KJUS ASEC TH
08BANGKOK3021	MINOR CLASHES ERUPT ALONG THAI BORDERS WITH [...] (C) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs told us October 6 that the Cambodian military had violated the August 13 agreement between Thailand and Cambodian by digging a trench in the disputed territory near the Preah Vihear temple. This violation led directly to the October 3 clash that left two T [...]	2008-10-06 11:11:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TH CB BM
08BANGKOK3032	THAILAND: POLITICAL CRISIS RETURNS TO THE STREETS [...] (C) Summary: Thailand's political crisis returned to the streets in chaotic fashion overnight October 6-7, as several thousand People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) demonstrators blockaded the Thai parliament to prevent the new government from presenting its policies to a joint House-Senate ses [...]	2008-10-07 11:12:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CASC TH
08BANGKOK3033	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: CHAVALIT REENTERS GOVERNMENT [...] (S) Then-deputy Prime Minister Chavalit Yongchaiyuth told Ambassador on October 1 that his primary focus in returning to government was to bring resolution to the conflict in southern Thailand. He outlined an approach that focused on achieving buy-in from community representatives in the south [...]	2008-10-07 11:18:00	Embassy Bangkok	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH
08BANGKOK3042	THAILAND POLITICAL CRISIS: BANGKOK QUIET IN [...] (C) Summary. The streets of Bangkok's government district were quiet October 8 after a day and evening of violence left a large number of demonstrators and police injured and two dead. Thai police told us that a number of People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) demonstrators had been armed with [...]	2008-10-08 11:22:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KJUS ASEC TH
08BANGKOK3059	THAILAND POLITICAL CRISIS: CHARGES AGAINST PAD [...] (C) Summary. The streets of Bangkok remained quiet October 9. The major development came in the courts, when the Appeal Court threw out the most serious charges (of insurrection/treason) against the nine leaders of the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD). The two arrested PAD leaders then [...]	2008-10-09 10:04:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KJUS ASEC TH
08BANGKOK3066	MEDIA COVERAGE OF THAI CRISIS, OCTOBER 7-10: BLACK [...] (SBU) Summary: Media coverage of Thailand's worst street violence in 16 years has been extensive and pervasive. Print media, televised news coverage and internet blogs each have their own spin on the October 7 violence as they join in the "blame game" that has played out in the public arena. [...]	2008-10-10 09:23:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV KPAO TH
08BANGKOK3067	LAO HMONG: THAI MILITARY PROMISES FIRST [...] (C) Summary. Senior Royal Thai Armed Forces (RTARF) officials have offered new transparency on the 6,000 remaining Lao Hmong at the army-run camp in Petchabun province. In separate meetings with Ambassador and DCM, newly-appointed Supreme Commander General Songkitti Jaggabartra and Chief of [...]	2008-10-10 09:23:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM TH LA
08BANGKOK3068	EXBS: THAILAND/VIETNAM ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING [...] (U) Advisor conducted meetings with embassy and Vietnamese officials in Hanoi, Sept. 22-23. Advisor met with Royal Thai Customs officials on Sept. 25. New EXBS Program Assistant in Vietnam started work on Sept. 3. Upcoming events include an Enterprise Outreach Seminar and a regional UN 1540 W [...]	2008-10-10 09:27:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TH VN
08BANGKOK3080	THAI QUEEN SHOWS SUPPORT FOR ANTI-GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Bangkok was calm October 14 as as Queen Sirikit sent the strongest public signal to date of her support for the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) when she presided over the October 13 funeral ceremony of an anti-government protestor, Angkhana Radappanyawut. Shortly after the funeral c [...]	2008-10-14 10:55:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM ASEC CASC TH
08BANGKOK3082	TENSIONS FLARE WITH CAMBODIA AFTER HUN SEN DEMANDS THAI WITHDRAWAL FROM DISPUTED BORDER AREA NEAR PREAH VIHEAR [...] (C) Tensions between Thailand and Cambodia flared again October 13 after Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said during the new Thai FM's visit to Phnom Penh that Thai troops would have to withdraw from a disputed area near the Preah Vihear temple because the area was a ""life and death battle zone." [...]	2008-10-14 11:41:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TH CB
08BANGKOK3094	THAI AND CAMBODIAN TROOPS CLASH NEAR DISPUTED [...] (C) Despite initial indications that tensions surrounding the Preah Vihear border dispute had eased (ref A),Thai and Cambodia troops exchanged fire mid-afternoon October 15 in the area near the temple. Initial media reports indicated that at least four Thai soldiers had been injured in the [...]	2008-10-15 11:28:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CASC ASEC TH CB
08BANGKOK3100	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Units and commanders listed below, which have been selected to attend the co [...]	2008-10-16 03:14:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
08BANGKOK3119	THAI KING'S SECRETARY ASSURES AMBASSADOR: NO COUP; [...] (C) Summary: The streets of Bangkok remained calm October 16; Royal Thai Army (RTA) commander Anupong Paojinda went on live TV late in the day to reiterate that political actors should resolve their differences and that military intervention was not the solution. The King's Principal Private [...]	2008-10-16 11:32:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM ASEC CASC MOPS TH
08BANGKOK3120	SITUATION CALM OCTOBER 16 AROUND DISPUTED PREAH [...] (C) The situation in the Preah Vihear temple area appeared calm October 16 as the two sides reportedly agreed to conduct joint patrols in the disputed area. The Thai MFA asserted in a briefing for the diplomatic corps that Cambodia had recently placed mines in the disputed area and presented w [...]	2008-10-16 11:52:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TH CB
08BANGKOK3143	THAI PRIME MINISTER SOMCHAI DISREGARDS ARMY [...] (C) Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat on October 17 declined to resign, called for public unity in advance of upcoming events of national importance, and he called for the public to await an independent commission's report on the violent confrontation between police and protesters on October 7. [...]	2008-10-17 10:20:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM ASEC CASC MOPS TH
08BANGKOK3154	PEACEFUL PROTEST IN BANGKOK; EX-COP THREATENS [...] (SBU) Summary: The anti-government People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) held a peaceful protest in central Bangkok on October 20. A former high-ranking police official, Salang Bunnag, threatened publicly to lead ex-police officers in a move to clear PAD protestors from the Government House c [...]	2008-10-20 10:00:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM ASEC CASC MOPS TH
08BANGKOK3191	THAI PM SOMCHAI AIMS FOR CONSTITUTION AMENDMENT; [...] (C) Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat told the Ambassador he was committed to a peaceful resolution of political disputes. He welcomed the Ambassador's expression of USG support for democracy and the rule of law, and Somchai said the way forward entailed a fact-finding commission's report on t [...]	2008-10-22 10:11:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KJUS TH CB
08BANGKOK3192	PRIVY COUNCILORS TELL AMBASSADOR: NO COUP, KING IN [...] (C) Privy Councilors Prem Tinsulanonda and Siddhi Savetsila separately told the Ambassador on October 22 that the Thai Army would not launch a coup. The Ambassador welcomed this assurance and explained the USG could not accept a coup or coup-like action. Prem spoke well of Prime Minister Som [...]	2008-10-22 10:25:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM ASEC MOPS TH
08BANGKOK3209	THAI SUPREME COMMANDER ASSURES AMBASSADOR THAT [...] (C) Summary. Thai Armed Forces Supreme Commander General Songkitti Jaggabartra told the Ambassador on October 24 that the Thai military would not stage a coup. The military was committed to working with Prime Minister Somchai and to helping the country through constitutional means. Songkitti [...]	2008-10-24 10:20:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM ASEC MOPS TH
08BANGKOK3220	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: RECENT DEVELOPMENTS AND NEW [...] (C) On an early October trip to southern Thailand, we observed a robust but low profile security presence and an atmosphere that subjectively appeared less tense. The Deputy Commander of the Royal Thai Police in Yala told us that the number of insurgents willing to conduct operations in Yala [...]	2008-10-27 07:20:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH
08BANGKOK3227	AMBASSADOR ENGAGES THAI FM SOMPONG ON CAMBODIA, [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador, accompanied by DCM and PolCounselor, met with Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sompong Amornvivat late October 27. Fresh from the ASEM meetings in Beijing October 23-25, FM Sompong described the positive atmosphere of Thai-Cambodian meetings and highlighted [...]	2008-10-28 08:42:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF BMGT CB TH
08BANGKOK3236	THAI HUMAN RIGHTS BODY BLAMES POLICE FOR OCTOBER 7 [...] (C) Summary: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) released a report on October 17 blaming the RTG for excessive use of force during the October 7 clash between People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) protestors and the police. The clash resulted in two fatalities and numerous injuries, i [...]	2008-10-29 10:53:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV TH

08BANGKOK3251	PRIVY COUNCILOR PREM SAYS SITUATION CALM; ARMY TO [...] (C) Summary: Privy Council Chair Prem Tinsulanonda told the Ambassador October 29 that the political situation was getting calmer and that he was not worried about a planned November 1 rally by pro-Thaksin supporters. In a separate October 29 meeting, Deputy Army Commander General Jiradej Kot [...]	2008-10-30 06:16:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PBTS TH CB
08BANGKOK3252	SOUTHERN THAILAND: PM VISITS; CROWN PRINCESS [...] (C) Summary: Crown Princess Sirindhorn told the Ambassador October 27 that she was concerned with how the Thai government was utilizing the already abundant educational resources that the RTG directed towards the South. During an October 28 visit to southern Thailand, Prime Minister Somchai W [...]	2008-10-30 06:16:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH
08BANGKOK3255	THAILAND,S UDD LEADERS DISMISS CONCERNS ABOUT [...] (C) Leaders of the pro-government United Front of Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD) assured us that a major UDD rally on November 1, at which former PM Thaksin is expected to speak via phone, would be non-violent. A leading UDD figure stressed UDD's role as the primary obstacle to future c [...]	2008-10-30 11:20:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KPAO TH
08BANGKOK3288	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the officers listed below, who have been selected to visit with the United S [...]	2008-11-04 05:59:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
08BANGKOK3289	THAILAND IN TRANSITION: POLITICAL AND SOCIAL [...] (C) Immediate concerns of a threat of a coup d'etat in Thailand have ebbed for now, but we see no viable course of action that appears likely in the near term to heal the deep political divisions in contemporary Thai society and the body politic. There are street fighters on both sides willing [...]	2008-11-04 07:57:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KJUS TH
08BANGKOK3317	PALACE INSIDER TELLS AMBASSADOR OF THE KINGâ€™S [...] (C) King Bhumibol explicitly told Army Commander Anupong Paojinda not to launch a coup, XXXXXXXXXXXX, an advisor to Queen Sirikit, told Ambassador November 4. XXXXXXXXXXXX also claimed that the Queen had not meant to signal support for the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) anti-government agend [...]	2008-11-06 07:30:00	Embassy Bangkok	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM MOPS ASEC TH
08BANGKOK3331	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for individual listed below, which has been selected to attend the course schedu [...]	2008-11-07 08:20:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
08BANGKOK3332	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for individual listed below, which has been selected to attend the course schedu [...]	2008-11-07 08:20:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
08BANGKOK3341	SCENESETTER FOR ADMIRAL KEATING'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary. Admiral Keating, your brief meeting with Royal Thai Armed Forces (RTARF) Chief of Joint Staff General Ratchakrit Kanchanawat at the Chiefs of Defense conference affords a chance to affirm the United States Government's commitment to working with a democratically elected Thai gove [...]	2008-11-10 09:51:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MARR MOPS PINS PHUM TH
08BANGKOK3342	U.S. ELECTION WATCH IN THAILAND DRAWS RECORD CROWD [...] Summary: U.S. Mission Thailand directly engaged over 2,000 members of the public through three simultaneous Election Watch events held in Bangkok and Chiang Mai on November 5. Media interest was intense and Post estimates that approximately 25-35 million Thais were reached through the widespre [...]	2008-11-10 10:30:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PGOV OIIP PREL SCUL OPRC TH
08BANGKOK3349	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the officer listed below, who has been selected to attend the conference in [...]	2008-11-12 03:01:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
08BANGKOK3350	QUESTIONING THE UNQUESTIONABLE? UPTICK IN ONLINE [...] (C) Online and open public criticism of Thai royals, particularly of Queen Sirikit, has increased recently. Army Commander Anupong Paojinda issued a public warning October 27 that the Army would take unspecified steps against people committing lese majeste, or offense to the monarchy. A high [...]	2008-11-12 07:08:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KPAO TH
08BANGKOK3374	THAI WEBSITES, RADIO FACE LESE MAJESTE SCRUTINY [...] (C) The Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Ministry and the Ministry of Interior (MOI) joined recent Army and Police efforts against lese majeste in late October. The ICT Ministry sought the cooperation of website editors in self-censoring content and announced an effort to create [...]	2008-11-14 08:27:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KPAO KJUS TH
08BANGKOK3376	PROGRESS IN THAI-CAMBODIAN BORDER TALKS [...] (C) Summary: Thai and Cambodian Foreign Ministers agreed November 12 to a series of measures that will initiate the process of delineating disputed border areas. The two sides prioritized settling overlapping claims adjacent to the Preah Vihear temple for survey work scheduled to begin in Dece [...]	2008-11-14 09:23:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS TH CB
08BANGKOK3388	EAST ASIA ESTH HUB WORK PLAN FOR FY09 [...] Summary: This cable sets out the East Asian Regional Environmental Officer's ("Hub") work plan for FY09. In accordance with OES and EAP priorities the Hub will focus on three areas of science diplomacy: clean energy, public health and conservation of natural resources combined with law enforce [...]	2008-11-18 00:04:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAID AMGT TH
08BANGKOK340	AMBASSADOR AND PRIME MINISTER SAMAK DISCUSS [...] (C) The Ambassador called on Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej at his residence on February 1 and welcomed the return of a democratically-elected government to Thailand. Samak explained his decision to serve concurrently as Minister of Defense and confirmed reports of his intended appointments t [...]	2008-02-01 08:05:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PHUM SNAR KDEM KJUS TH BM
08BANGKOK3454	ANTI-GOVERNMENT DEMONSTRATION IN BANGKOK STARTS [...] (SBU) Tens of thousands of supporters of the anti-government People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) demonstrated at the parliament on the morning of November 24, causing the cancellation of a legislative session. As of late afternoon November 24, the main protest outside of the PAD base at Gov [...]	2008-11-24 10:19:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC CASC TH
08BANGKOK3470	PEACEFUL PROTESTS CONTINUE AT BANGKOK AIRPORT, [...] (SBU) Several thousand anti-government People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) supporters continued to demonstrate peacefully at Bangkok's Don Muang (domestic) airport on November 25, without disrupting airport operations. While most PAD sympathizers appear intent on remaining at Don Muang unti [...]	2008-11-25 10:45:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC CASC TH
08BANGKOK3492	MOB SHUTS MAIN BANGKOK AIRPORT, ARMY CHIEF URGES [...] (C) Thousands of anti-government People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) protestors swarmed into Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi international airport on the night of November 25, forcing the airport's closure, which continues as of COB November 26. The Army Commander led a news conference late in the d [...]	2008-11-26 11:18:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC CASC TH
08BANGKOK3504	STALEMATE, LOOKING FOR A WAY OUT: BANGKOK AIRPORTS [...] (C) Bangkok's international and domestic airports remain closed as of COB November 28 due to continuing anti-government People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) protests, with no clear path out of the stalemate in the offing. Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat on November 27 declared a state of em [...]	2008-11-28 12:31:00	Embassy Bangkok	SECRET	PGOV PREL ASEC CASC TH
08BANGKOK3505	ARMY TELLS AMBASSADOR IT WANTS PEACEFUL, [...] (C) Summary. In a November 28 meeting, Deputy Army Commander General Jiradej Kotcharat told the Ambassador that the only solution to the political crisis was via peaceful, democratic means. The Army was concerned that there was no way to take back the airports without massive damage to the fa [...]	2008-11-28 13:29:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TH
08BANGKOK3519	THAILAND: ECONOMY SUFFERS FROM AIRPORT SHUTDOWNS [...] (SBU) Summary: As the anti-government protesters continue to blockade Bangkok's airports, tourism and other industries dependent on air cargo are getting clobbered. Thai Airways alone reports losses of $14 million a day. Tourism has long been a mainstay of Thai economic growth, and to the ext [...]	2008-12-01 11:45:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL ETRD TH
08BANGKOK3521	SUPREME COMMANDER TELLS AMBASSADOR MILITARY WILL [...] (C) Summary. In a December 1 meeting, Supreme Commander General Songkitti Jaggabartra predicted to the Ambassador that the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) would not be able to sustain its hold on the nation's key international airports for more than a few days. Songkitti again stressed [...]	2008-12-01 12:10:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TH
08BANGKOK3522	AMBASSADOR AND FM SOMPONG DISCUSS CHOICES FACING [...] (S) Summary: Ambassador engaged FM Sompong Amornvivat December 1 on the ongoing political crisis and the choices facing PM Somchai Wongsawat. Sompong said that there would be informal discussions on the margins of a December 2 Cabinet meeting to be held in Chiang Mai about whether Somchai sho [...]	2008-12-01 12:40:00	Embassy Bangkok	SECRET	PREL PGOV TH
08BANGKOK3529	THAI COURT DISSOLVES PPP, REMOVES PRIME MINISTER; [...] (C) The Constitutional Court on December 2 issued a ruling that dissolved the People's Power Party and two other coalition parties, stripping the Prime Minister and other party executive board members of their political rights and offices. Deputy PM Chavarat Charnvirakul now serves as acting [...]	2008-12-02 10:04:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KJUS ASEC CASC ECON EINV TH
08BANGKOK3585	THAI UPDATE: KING ILL; DEMOCRATS PREPARE TO FORM [...] (C) Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn and Princess Sirindhorn announced jointly on December 4 that King Bhumibol was too ill to deliver his annual address to the nation; subsequent reports from the Palace indicated the King was recovering. The Secretary General of Thailand's Democrat Party (DP),fla [...]	2008-12-08 09:47:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM TH
08BANGKOK3617	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for individual listed below, which has been selected to attend the courses sched [...]	2008-12-11 09:17:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
08BANGKOK3618	THAI POLITICAL MANEUVERING CONTINUES AS VOTE FOR [...] (C) Thai politicians appear to remain engaged in coalition-building maneuvers in advance of the House of Representatives election of a new Prime Minister, likely to take place on December 15. While Democrat Party Leader Abhisit Vejjajiva appears to be the frontrunner, we do not rule out the p [...]	2008-12-11 10:00:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM TH
08BANGKOK3632	SCENESETTER FOR SENATOR WEBB'S VISIT TO THAILAND [...] (SBU) Senator Webb, Embassy Bangkok looks forward to welcoming you to Thailand. Your visit will afford a chance to express the United States' commitment to working with a democratically-elected Thai government and to affirming U.S. commitment to the bilateral relationship, particularly our im [...]	2008-12-12 09:14:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MARR MOPS PINS TH
08BANGKOK3648	THAI HOUSE ELECTS DEMOCRAT ABHISIT AS NEXT PRIME [...] (C) The Thai House of Representatives on December 15 elected Democrat Party Leader Abhisit Vejjajiva as Thailand's next Prime Minister by a vote of 235-198; we recommend that, as with Abhisit's last two predecessors, the President call to congratulate the PM-elect. Abhisit will likely receive [...]	2008-12-15 09:42:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM TH
08BANGKOK3649	THE SOUTHERN BORDER PROVINCES ADMINSTRATION [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: In an early December meeting, Vithit Powattanasuk, an MFA officer assigned to the Southern Border Provinces Administration Center (SBPAC) in Yala province, told us that the SBPAC was responsible for directing and monitoring all efforts in the deep south that could be [...]	2008-12-15 09:49:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH
08BANGKOK366	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Individuals listed below, who have been selected to attend the above-ment [...]	2008-02-05 02:57:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
08BANGKOK3695	ABHISIT VEJJAJIVA FORMALLY BECOMES THAI PRIME [...] (C) Abhisit Vejjajiva on December 17 received the royal command from King Bhumibol, formally becoming Thailand's Prime Minister in the wake of the December 15 parliamentary vote. He delivered an eloquent speech, partially in English, pledging to work on behalf of all Thais, end Thailand's "fa [...]	2008-12-18 07:27:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC TH
08BANGKOK3712	NEW THAI CABINET APPOINTED, FACES CRITICISM [...] (C) Abhisit Vejjajiva's cabinet received royal appointment on December 20 and was scheduled to be sworn in late in the day on December 22. The cabinet consists primarily of politicians, although a former Army Commander serves as Defense Minister and a career diplomat serves as Foreign Ministe [...]	2008-12-22 09:42:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM TH
08BANGKOK3756	ANTI-GOVERNMENT UDD RESORTS TO PAD METHODS TO [...] (U) Summary. In moves evocative of protests in recent months by yellow-shirted People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) protesters, approximately 5,000 anti-government, red-shirted United Front for Democracy (UDD) protesters blocked the entrances to Thailand's Parliament December 29. The protest [...]	2008-12-29 09:58:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER ASEC CASC TH
08BANGKOK3778	THAI ARMY COMMANDER TELLS AMBASSADOR MILITARY DID [...] (C) Summary. Army Commander General Anupong Paochinda told the Ambassador December 22 that he had not influenced the formation of the new government. Self-interest and the opportunity to gain political power had led the Newin Chidchob political faction and other politicians to split with Tha [...]	2008-12-30 09:33:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR TH
08BANGKOK3780	THAILAND'S DEMOCRACY FACES CONTINUED CHALLENGES, [...] (C) Over the past year since the December 2007 post-coup elections, Thai politics have been dominated by a dramatic tug-of-war between the supporters and opponents of former Prime Minister Thaksin, with a wide range of actors in the latter camp deploying both traditional and unconventional tac [...]	2008-12-30 09:47:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM TH
08BANGKOK384	DEMOCRATICALLY-ELECTED GOVERNMENT INAUGURATED IN [...] (C) Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej and his cabinet were inaugurated at the Palace on the afternoon on February 6; the ceremony marked the return of a democratically-elected government to office. Most Thais view Samak and his People's Power Party as beholden to deposed Prime Minister Thaksin [...]	2008-02-06 10:47:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM TH
08BANGKOK409	NEW THAI CABINET FILLED WITH PRO-THAKSIN FIGURES [...] (C) The cabinet inaugurated on February 6 is largely made up of figures with close ties to deposed Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. Most of the representatives of the People's Power Party's coalition partners are relegated to less influential positions, even though many of them also have ha [...]	2008-02-07 10:51:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM TH
08BANGKOK585	SCENESETTER FOR ADMIRAL KEATING [...] (C) Summary. Admiral Keating, your visit to Thailand will afford you a chance to see the importance of Thailand to our regional security interests as the United States and Thailand celebrate 175 years of relations. You will also have an opportunity to underscore the United States Government's [...]	2008-02-22 11:11:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MARR MOPS PINS PHUM TH
08BANGKOK607	THAKSIN TO RETURN THIS WEEK [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra plans to return to Thailand by the end of the week, according to well-placed sources and press reports. Thaksin has, we believe, long intended to return to Thailand as soon as he was convinced it was safe to do so; he will still have to [...]	2008-02-26 09:47:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM TH
08BANGKOK628	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: STATISTICS SUGGEST MILITANTS [...] (C) Summary: Understanding the situation in Thailand's deep south through analysis of violence statistics and economic indicators is difficult. Although multiple organizations keep statistics on the violence, inconsistent methodologies coupled with inaccurate and unreliable reporting of event [...]	2008-02-27 09:53:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH
08BANGKOK710	PRISONER ABUSE ALLEGATIONS REPORTEDLY ON THE RISE [...] (C) NGO and civil society groups allege military units in the South abused detained suspected militants on dozens of occasions since 2007, including the widely-reported alleged abuse of nine student activists in Yala. While we have yet to see hard evidence of these abuses, some NGOs claim to h [...]	2008-03-06 09:46:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR KDEM TH
08BANGKOK826	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Individuals listed below, which have been selected to attend the courses li [...]	2008-03-14 09:01:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
08BANGKOK833	SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL MONTREE,S COUNTERPART [...] (C) Summary. General Montree Sungkasap's counterpart visit will afford the chance to reinforce the importance of Thailand to our regional security interests as the United States and Thailand celebrate 175 years of relations. This visit to the U.S. will be the first by a senior Thai military [...]	2008-03-14 09:59:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MARR MOPS PINS PHUM TH
08BANGKOK84	SELECTION PROCESS BEGINS FOR "NON-PARTISAN" THAI [...] (C) Non-partisan Thai organizations are currently nominating candidates for consideration by a Senate selection committee charged with appointing members to the parliament's upper chamber. The committee will fill 74 of 150 seats with selected candidates by February 23, while elections tentati [...]	2008-01-09 09:46:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM TH
08BANGKOK845	INSURGENTS PUSH THE ENVELOPE WITH HIGH-PROFILE [...] (C) Summary: A series of effective and high-profile bombings in the south since Saturday have caused significant alarm. Two explosions at a hotel in Pattani normally regarded as a safe zone, and a failed attempt to bomb possibly a religious gathering both occurred on Saturday evening (March [...]	2008-03-17 10:38:00	Embassy Bangkok	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH
08BANGKOK941	PROMINENT THAI NGOS RELEASE REPORTS ON ABUSES IN [...] (C) Two prominent Thai human rights groups have released detailed accounts of alleged widespread government abuses by security forces fighting the violent insurgency in southern Thailand since mid-2007. Citing first-hand testimony, interviews, photographic evidence, and government and media r [...]	2008-03-25 09:46:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR KDEM TH
08BANGKOK943	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: HARSH TACTICS, LESS VIOLENCE, [...] (C) Summary: Embassy contacts contend that the recent drop in the violence in the South is not the result of progress toward resolving the underlying conflict; rather, the Thai military has become more effective at targeting more senior insurgent leaders, thus disrupting the insurgents' operat [...]	2008-03-25 11:16:00	Embassy Bangkok	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH
08BANGKOK957	RTA COMMANDER ANUPONG COMMITTED TO RULE OF LAW IN [...] (C) Summary. Royal Thai Army Commander-in-Chief Anupong Paochinda told the Ambassador March 25 that the Thai military was committed to addressing the unrest in Southern Thailand via military operations that follow the rule of law and by attempting to win over the hearts and minds of Southern [...]	2008-03-27 08:19:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM MOPS KDEM TH BM
08BANGKOK959	AMBASSADOR AND ICRC DISCUSS SOUTHERN THAILAND, [...] (C) International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Regional Head Christian Brunner briefed the Ambassador on ICRC activities in southern Thailand and told the Ambassador the Red Cross would continue to maintain a presence in the region despite a deadly March 15 bombing at the hotel which hous [...]	2008-03-27 08:46:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF ICRC TH BM
08BANGKOK968	LAO HMONG: THAI ARMY EXPLAINS POLICY, SIGNALS [...] (SBU) Summary. The Royal Thai Army revealed that it will seek Laotian Government agreement to a proposal to allow third country resettlement for the 153 Lao Hmong confined in an immigration jail in Nong Khai, Thailand. The proposal will be made by the Thai Prime Minster at a bilateral border [...]	2008-03-27 10:34:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM TH LA
08BANGKOK997	EXBS: THAILAND/VIETNAM ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING [...] (U) US Customs and Border Protection conducted an International Seaport Interdiction Training (ISIT) course, March 3-7, in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement conducted an Export Control Enforcement Training course, March 10-14, in Bangkok Thailand. Advisor me [...]	2008-03-28 08:25:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL TH VN
08BANGOK1382	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS VETTNG FOR: JUSMAG - 2008 INTERNATIONAL SPECIAL OPERATONS FORCES WEEK, MACDILL AFB, FLORIDA, MAY 19-23 2008 [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Individuals listed below, which have been selected to attend the courses lis [...]	2008-05-07 02:16:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	NOTAG
08BANGUI234	CAR NATIONAL DIALOGUE - DECEMBER 8 PRESS COMMENTS, [...] (U) Most CAR private and official media focused on the political dialogue which began with an opening ceremony this Monday, December 08: 2. (U) The private newspaper `Hirondelle' reports that MLCJ rebel leader Abakar Sabone and former CAR President Ange Filix Patassi have arrived in Bangui [...]	2008-12-08 21:37:00	Embassy Bangui	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ECON EAID CT
08BANJUL216	THE GAMBIA: MORE CHANGES IN GOVERNMENT [...] On June 27, President Yahya Jammeh appointed a new Secretary of State (Minister) for Youth and Sports and a new Director General of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA). The new Sports Minister is former army lieutenant Sheriff Gomez, while Benedict Jammeh, until recently the Inspector Gene [...]	2008-07-03 08:12:00	Embassy Banjul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR PINS PHUM GA
08BANJUL86	THE GAMBIA: 2008 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (U) In accordance with Reftel, Embassy Banjul provides its submission to the 2008 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. 2. (SBU) OVERVIEW: A. The Gambia is a country of origin, transit, and destination for victims of trafficking, mainly women and children. Due to its porous borders, [...]	2008-02-29 09:15:00	Embassy Banjul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG
08BASRAH14	BASRAH MOD ADVISOR ARRESTED BY MOI UNDER BADR PRESSURE [...] (C) Ministry of Defense (MoD) Advisor to the Basrah Operations Center (BOC) Majid al-Sari met Regional Embassy Officer February 10 to describe his poor relations with the Badr Corps because of his vocal opposition to Iranian intervention and his close relationship to the Basrah Operations Comma [...]	2008-02-22 10:34:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PINS IR IZ
08BASRAH24	BASRA SHEIK'S SUCCESS CONFRONTING JAM [...] (S/Rel MNFI) SUMMARY and Comment: Sheik Mansur (Beni-Tamim) told REO March 28 of tribal success in securing the Shat-al-Arab sector of Basrah City; he asked the Minister of Interior for permission to field 500 tribesmen from a coalition of 12 tribes to secure his area, as well as help in removi [...]	2008-03-29 11:40:00	REO Basrah	SECRET	PGOV PINS IZ IR
08BASRAH25	BASRAH SHEIK'S SUCCESS CONFRONTING JAM [...] (S/Rel MNFI) SUMMARY and Comment: Sheik Mansur (Beni-Tamim) told REO March 28 of tribal success in securing the Shat-al-Arab sector of Basrah City; he asked the Minister of Interior for permission to field 500 tribesmen from a coalition of 12 tribes to secure his area, as well as help in removi [...]	2008-03-30 07:15:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS IR IZ
08BASRAH26	GENERAL WARNS BASRA BATTLE LOST WITHOUT U.S. TROOPS [...] (S/REL MNFI) SUMMARY: MG Mared Beni-Malik (Strictly Protect),Director of Tribal Affairs, spoke with the REO Director on March 30 after meeting with PM Maliki in the Basrah Palace. He said that the ISF will lose the battle for Basrah without intervention of U.S. ground troops and increased a [...]	2008-03-30 11:46:00	REO Basrah	SECRET	PGOV PINS IR IZ
08BASRAH28	PM MALIKI'S TRIBAL INITIATIVE IN BASRAH [...] (S/REL MCFI) SUMMARY: Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has reversed his previous opposition to a tribal initiative in Iraq's Shia south. Shunning Coalition involvement, Maliki affirmed the nascent scheme will be GOI-led and appears to be under the direction of Acting Minister of Justice Sa [...]	2008-04-11 18:44:00	REO Basrah	SECRET	MOPS MCAP PGOV PREL PINS PINR PARM PTER IR UK
08BASRAH29	CBS REPORTER RICHARD BUTLER FREED [...] (S) SUMMARY: Kidnapped CBS reporter and British citizen Richard Butler was freed during the afternoon of April 14 during an Iraqi Army (IA) operation conducted as part of operation Charge of the Knights II (COKII). UK, U.S., and Iraqi authorities had been trying to secure Butler's release sin [...]	2008-04-14 17:18:00	REO Basrah	SECRET	KCRM PTER PINS PGOV IZ
08BASRAH3	BASRAH'S IRAQ SECURITY FORCES QUELL "SOLDIERS OF HEAVEN" [...] (C//Rel ACGU) Summary & Comment: The Shia festival of Ashura was disrupted January 18 when militants from the messianic cult Jund al Sama'a (Soldiers of Heaven - JAS) attacked Iraqi police and civilians in Basrah. It is believed the cult sought to create the chaos that foretells the return of [...]	2008-01-22 14:41:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP MOPS PGOV PINR PINS PREL PROP PTER IR IZ
08BASRAH31	JUSTICE MINISTER ON SPENDING $100 MILLION FOR BASRAH [...] (C/REL MCFI) SUMMARY: CETI Ambassador Ries, STRATEFF MG Zamzow and USAID Director Crowley met with Justice Minister Safa al-Safi in Basrah regarding PM Maliki's $100 million infusion of aid. Safi judged the Charge of the Knights a success, paving the way for investment and reconstruction. Sa [...]	2008-04-15 20:27:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN IZ
08BASRAH32	REO BASRAH SITREP FOR APRIL 15, 2008 [...] (U) Basrah REO situation report for April 15. 2. (S//REL MCFI) Summary: The situation in Basrah remains tense, but is gradually improving as Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) confront militias and assert governmental control. The ISF continue to execute the second phase of "Operation Charge of [...]	2008-04-16 09:21:00	REO Basrah	SECRET	PGOV PINS ECIN IZ
08BASRAH33	CHARGE OF THE KNIGHTS III: BASRAH UPDATE [...] (S//REL MCFI) SUMMARY: Charge of the Knights (COK) II, clearing of Basrah City's Qibla district, winds down as COK III, clearing of the strongest JAM stronghold Hyyaniyah, is about to begin. JAM, possibly with IRGC help, may make COK III its major fight. Sadrists are reportedly behind several [...]	2008-04-18 13:05:00	REO Basrah	SECRET	PGOV PINS ECON IZ
08BASRAH34	UMM QASR DEPUTY UPBEAT ABOUTPORT'S PROPSECTS [...] (C//REL MCFI) SUMMARY: REO Officers met with merchant marine Captain Hussain Mohammed Abdullah, Assistant Director General (A-DG) for Management at the Port of Umm Qasr (PUQ). The GOI has sacked PUQ A-DG for Technical Affairs Safa Abud al-Hussein, who with militia influence had been appointed [...]	2008-04-21 15:12:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT ETRD ECON PINS IZ
08BASRAH35	BASRAH SITUATION REPORT, APRIL 21, 2008 [...] (S//REL MCFI) SUMMARY: Charge of the Knights (COK) III commenced on the morning of April 19, meeting very little resistance. Planning is already underway for the next operations to be conducted in Latif, Qarmat, and the Five Mile areas. The Tribal and Political Committees set up by PM Maliki [...]	2008-04-22 11:53:00	REO Basrah	SECRET	PGOV PINS ECON IZ
08BASRAH38	HYYANIYAH HEARTS AND MINDS WITH CMOC [...] (C/REL MCFI) SUMMARY: MNCI's Civil Military Operations Center (CMOC) has planned a weeklong rejuvenation of Basrah City's poor and JAM-infested Hyyaniyah. On April 29, Iraqi Army and Coalition Forces will secure the area, to be followed by Iraqi teams to deliver services and repairs. The CMOC [...]	2008-04-27 14:32:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PHUM IZ
08BASRAH39	BASRAH HUMAN RIGHTS DIRECTOR ON OPERATION CHARGE OF THE [...] (C/REL MCFI) Regional Embassy Officers met with the head of the Ministry of Human Rights' Basrah office, Mahdi al-Tamimi, April 17 to discuss the humanitarian effects of the GOI's Operation Charge of the Knights (CoK). Mahdi noted that before CoK, Basrah was crime ridden, suffering a murder ra [...]	2008-04-28 16:55:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM PBTS PGOV PREL PTER SOCI IR IZ
08BASRAH42	FADHILA MEMBER CRITICIZES MALIKI FOR BASRAH OPERATION [...] (C//REL USA, MCFI) SUMMARY: Basrah Provincial Council (PC) member and Fadhila insider, Sheikh Khazl Jaloob Falih al-Saidi (aka Abu Salam),criticized Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's Charge of the Knights (CoK) as a political move to eliminate the Jaysh al-Mahdi so that the Islamic Supreme Counc [...]	2008-05-04 17:18:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PINS PREL KDEM MOPS PBTS IR IZ
08BASRAH44	CHARGE OF THE KNIGHTS WHEELS NORTH: OBJECTIVE QURNAH [...] (S//REL MCFI) SUMMARY: For the first time since the GoI launched Operation Charge of the Knights (CoK) in March, on May 13 CoK will focus its attention outside greater Basrah - targeting the JAM stronghold of Al Qurnah, 70 km to the northwest. Despite a long supply line and a low priority for [...]	2008-05-13 12:37:00	REO Basrah	SECRET	PINS PGOV ECON IR IZ
08BASRAH52	BANI MALIK SHEIKS ON COK, GROWING IRANIAN INFLUENCE IN [...] (S/rel MCFI) Summary: In a May 22 meeting at the REO, Sheikh Salam Maliki, leader of the Bani Malik tribe, and his brother, Sabah Maliki, expressed dissatisfaction with the ongoing Charge of the Knights (COK) operation in their tribal area, Qurnah. Both claimed the government had yet to fulfil [...]	2008-05-30 12:02:00	REO Basrah	SECRET	PGOV PINS IR IZ
08BASRAH53	BASRAH JOURNALISTS ON SECURITY, RECONSTRUCTION AND [...] SUMMARY: REO Director and Public Affairs officer met with a series of journalists from print and broadcast media in April and May. Their views were not uniform but remarkably similar, with many common questions about U.S. policy, positions, and actions. There is concern that Basrah, because of [...]	2008-06-02 18:58:00	REO Basrah	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID PGOV IZ IR
08BASRAH56	BASRAH OPERATIONS COMMAND GENERAL MOHAMMED ON SECURITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Lieutenant General Mohammed Jawad Huwaidi, Commander of the Basrah Operations Command (BOC),told REO Basrah May 24 that Basrah is now 70-80% secure. He expected operations to continue through the summer and posited that there was greater cooperation between Basrawis and the ISF. [...]	2008-06-07 11:38:00	REO Basrah	SECRET	PGOV PREL KISL IZ
08BASRAH57	BASRAH ELECTION UPDATE [...] (C/REL MCFI) SUMMARY: The Basrah elections Director, Hazim Joda told the Basrah Regional Embassy Office (REO) and UK FCO that 34 acceptable voter registration centers had been identified, as of June 4. Coalition forces are conducting their own security assessment. Liaison between the ISF and H [...]	2008-06-10 09:51:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ
08BASRAH58	BASRAH ELECTION UPDATE (CORRECTED COPY; DISREGARD BASRAH [...] (C/REL MCFI) SUMMARY: The Basrah elections Director, Hazim Joda told the Basrah Regional Embassy Office (REO) and UK FCO that 34 acceptable voter registration centers had been identified, as of June 4. Coalition forces are conducting their own security assessment. Liaison between the ISF and H [...]	2008-06-11 05:25:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ
08BASRAH65	ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON INDEPENDENT SHIA CLERIC [...] (C) Summary: Gunmen rumored to be connected to a Jaysh al-Mahdi (JAM) Special Group attempted to assassinate independent Shia cleric Sayid Aqiel Fadil Abbass Jamal al-Deen on July 16. The attack is one of a series of recent assassination attempts that underscore the fragile nature of Basrah [...]	2008-07-30 06:19:00	REO Basrah	SECRET	PGOV PINR PBTS PINS PREL PTER IR IZ
08BASRAH66	SHOOTING AT BASRAH HOSPITAL [...] (C) Summary: A close REO contact reported a shooting incident involving the director of al-Musawi Hospital in Basrah. The director confronted members of the Iraqi Army (IA) who insisted on bringing weapons into the hospital. The shooter was allegedly a bodyguard of the commander 50th Brigad [...]	2008-07-30 06:31:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PINS IR IZ
08BASRAH67	BASRAH VOTER REGISTRATION UPDATE [...] (C/REL MCFI) SUMMARY: Governorate Electoral Office (GEO) Director Hazim Joda assessed voter registration in Basrah as on track but with low numbers, yet he remains optimistic. Security has been good and only a few minor problems have been reported. He said he generally trusts the Iraq Army (IA [...]	2008-08-12 09:11:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
08BASRAH69	DISTRUST BETWEEN BASRAH GOVERNOR AND IRAQI ARMY [...] (C). Summary: Basrah governor Mohammad Wa'ili and General Abd al-Aziz al-Dalmi of the Iraqi Army (IA) reported an August 16 altercation between the governor's personal security detail (PSD) and members of the 14th Division, IA. While there are conflicting versions of the events that transpi [...]	2008-08-19 07:30:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS IZ
08BASRAH71	GENERAL ABD AL-AZIZ AL-DALMI ON BASRAH GOVERNOR [...] (C) Summary: REO met with the commander the Iraqi Army (IA) 14th Division, Major General Abd al-Aziz al-Dalmi on August 18 to discuss the August 16 altercation between Basrah governor Mohammad Wa'ili's personal security detachment (PSD) and members of his division. Aziz confirmed that arrest [...]	2008-08-23 10:03:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS IZ
08BASRAH72	REO/PRT MAKE OFFICE CALL TO DOWNTOWN BASRA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Signaling an improved security environment, REO personnel visited downtown Basra for the first time in more than a year. The visit to the Governor's office also sought to showcase the implementation of two USAID programs. The REO emphasized US support for the Iraqi Army and g [...]	2008-08-25 11:54:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID IZ
08BASRAH75	BASRAH DEPUTY GOVERNOR ON SECURITY SITUATION, ELECTIONS LAW, [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Governor Luay al-Battat voiced concern August 25 about the recent uptick in violence in Basrah, attributing it to the return of Special Group members from Iran. Battat said the mood among Basrawis had grown tense and fearful in recent weeks. On the failure to pass the Pr [...]	2008-08-28 12:33:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ
08BASRAH77	SUNNI CONCERNS IN BASRAH [...] (C) Summary: While anti-Sunni violence has all but stopped, many Sunni Basrawis continue to feel victimized by the Shi'a majority. The high unemployment rate in Basrah and the relatively low number of development projects in Sunni areas fuels Sunni perceptions of discrimination, although the [...]	2008-09-18 10:45:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PHUM IZ
08BASRAH8	AMBASSADOR CROCKER VISITS BASRAH [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Ambassador Ryan Crocker visited Basrah on January 27 and met with the MND-SE commander, the UK PRT team leader, the provincial governor, Iraqi security commanders, and several tribal leaders. Common themes from the meetings included the threat and depth of Iranian in [...]	2008-02-03 10:45:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PTER MOPS ECON EINV UK IR IZ
08BASRAH80	BASRA OPERATIONS COMMANDER ACKNOWLEDGES IMPROVEMENTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Basra Operations Commander, Major General Mohammed Jawad Huwaidi, acknowledged improvements in the Iraqi police (IP). He was not concerned about the reemergence of Jaysh Al-Mahdi (JAM) as a credible force, but rather the emergence of criminal gangs of former JAM members. He ex [...]	2008-09-29 09:00:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KISL IZ IR
08BASRAH85	BASRAH PROVINCIAL JOINT OPERATIONS CENTRE NEARLY READY TO [...] (C) Summary: On October 28, Senior Advisor Gordon Gray toured the newly operational Basrah Provincial Joint Operations Center (PJOC),located at the Basrah Operations Command (BOC). Conceived as a result of the poor communication among Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) components during Operation Ch [...]	2008-11-07 11:03:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS ASEC IZ
08BASRAH88	SECURITY CONCERNS IN BASRA RESURFACE DUE TO SOFA VOTE [...] (C) Summary: Sadrist and Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) contacts of the Regional Embassy Office (REO) predict a rise in violence in Basra if the SOFA is approved by the Council of Representatives. While the security situation has dramatically improved since Operation Charge-of-the-Knights (COK) a [...]	2008-11-24 14:02:00	REO Basrah	SECRET	PGOV PINR ASEC KISL IZ
08BEIJING1111	PRC/IRAN: CHINESE OBSERVERS SAY LITTLE ROOM LEFT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chinese foreign policy experts say there is little room left for more sanctions against Iran that China can support because current UN Security Council resolutions come close to the PRC red line of jeopardizing China-Iran energy cooperation. Domestically, China's leaders feel in [...]	2008-03-24 09:24:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM ENRG PTER MNUC IR CH
08BEIJING1284	The United States-China Economic and Security Review [...] (SBU) A "responsible government" would never "initiate, sponsor or support" cyber attacks on other countries, a scholar from the Chinese Academy of Military Sciences told United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission members on April 1. However, the scholar described cyber warfare [...]	2008-04-07 09:07:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PARM CH
08BEIJING1565	CHINA STILL SUPPORTS MUSHARRAF; IS CONCERNED ABOUT [...] (C) Summary: Chinese schoars downplayed the significance of Pakistan President Musharraf's April 10-15 visit to China in recent discussions with PolOff, but scholars and Chinese Government officials alike reaffirmed Chinese support for Musharraf despite his declining authority in the wake of [...]	2008-04-23 09:41:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PARM ENRG EPET MNUC CH PK
08BEIJING1699	Ningxia Muslims, Part 3: The Sufi King of Tongxin County: [...] (C) Hong Yang, a Peking University-educated imam in Ningxia's Tongxin County, heads a Sufi order which he says has over 2,000 imams, serving at 1,500 mosques with a total population of over one million Hui followers. An entourage of imams surrounded Hong as he entertained PolOff on an April vi [...]	2008-05-02 01:38:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV PTER KIRF PK EG CH SA
08BEIJING1840	DEPUTY SECRETARY DISCUSSES BILATERAL DIALOGUES, [...] (U) May 11, 2008; 3:00 p.m.; Beijing, Ministry of National Defense, Ba Yi Building. 2. (U) Participants: UNITED STATES The Deputy Secretary Ambassador Clark T. Randt, Jr. Thomas Christensen, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs David Sedney, Deputy Ass [...]	2008-05-13 09:01:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MARR MASS MCAP CH TW BW
08BEIJING1843	DEPUTY SECRETARY DISCUSSES BILATERAL DIALOGUES, [...] (U) May 11, 2008; 3:00 p.m.; Beijing, Ministry of National Defense, Ba Yi Building. 2. (U) Participants: UNITED STATES The Deputy Secretary Ambassador Clark T. Randt, Jr. Thomas Christensen, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs David Sedney, Deputy Ass [...]	2008-05-13 10:48:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MARR MASS MCAP CH TW BM
08BEIJING1879	CHINA: PROGRESS ON OLYMPIC SECURITY, BUT STILL [...] (S) While progress has been made in some areas of Olympic security, some issues remain outstanding, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Ken Wainstein told Vice Minister for Public Security (VMPS) Liu Jing during a May 13 meeting. Outstanding issues include ve [...]	2008-05-15 08:28:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PREL PTER PGOV PHUM KOLY CH
08BEIJING188	ADMIRAL KEATING'S JANUARY 14 MEETING WITH FM YANG [...] (C) U.S.-China bilateral and military-to-military relations were strengthened in 2007, in part due to frequent high-level exchanges, FM Yang Jiechi told visiting PACOM Commander Timothy Keating on January 14. FM Yang said he hoped the U.S. presidential election would not affect bilateral ties [...]	2008-01-18 08:54:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR CH TW
08BEIJING1991	MAY 22 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE, BAN KI-MOON [...] Key points at the May 22 MFA press briefing were: -- Only 400,000 of 3.3 million tents needed in the disaster areas of Sichuan have been delivered. -- Consultations are ongoing for a possible visit to China by Ban Ki-moon. -- Spokesperson had no information about a potential dirty bomb [...]	2008-05-22 10:13:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KOLY PTER TSPA KS IR TW VM ZI
08BEIJING2087	SCENESETTER FOR JUNE 4 SECURITY DIALOGUE [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-29 10:45:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PARM PGOV CH

08BEIJING2103	THE U.S.-CHINA HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE, MORNING [...] (U) May 26, 2008; 9:30 a.m.; Beijing, Diaoyutai State Guesthouse 2. (U) Participants: U.S. --- David J. Kramer, Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Rights, and Labor (DRL) John V. Hanford, Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom Dan Piccuta, Charge d'Affaires, [...]	2008-05-30 09:49:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KOLY CH UN
08BEIJING2281	U.S.-CHINA SECURITY DIALOGUE - MORNING SESSION [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-11 23:00:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PREL PGOV MARR MCAP MNUC CH TW KN KS JA RS
08BEIJING2305	U.S.-CHINA SECURITY DIALOGUE: MEETING WITH DEPUTY [...] (C) In a June 5 meeting at the Ministry of National Defense with Acting Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs John Rood, PRC Deputy Chief of the General Staff Department Lieutenant General Ma Xiaotian summarized the People's Liberation Army's major arms c [...]	2008-06-12 10:48:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM MNUC KTIA MOPS PBTS PHSA CH
08BEIJING2484	HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE: HRD DELEGATION'S MAY 27 [...] (U) May 27, 2008; 9:00 a.m.; Beijing, United Front Work Department. 2. (U) Participants: United States ------------- David J. Kramer, Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor John V. Hanford, Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom Thomas C [...]	2008-06-24 08:09:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KOLY CH UN
08BEIJING2644	AFGHAN ARMY SIZE INCREASE: DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) PolOff conveyed reftel points regarding increasing the size of the Afghan Army to MFA Asian Affairs Department Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh Division Deputy Director Xu Wei on July 3. On July 7, Xu said that the Chinese Government had received information that the Afghan Army was p [...]	2008-07-07 09:48:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO AF CH
08BEIJING2645	PRC: A TAIWAN POLICY "HAWK" RECANTS [...] (C) Tsinghua University Professor Yan Xuetong, a prominent advocate of using military force to reunify with Taiwan, penned a recent article in the Global Times in which he "apologizd" for his prediction of war before 2008. In the article, he assessed that th cross-Strait situation will be pea [...]	2008-07-07 10:01:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MOPS PGOV CH TW
08BEIJING2648	(S) CHINA PROVIDES RESPONSE TO U.S.-RAISED [...] (S) Summary. MFA Arms Control and Disarmament Department Missile Division Director Zhang Junan briefed Poloffs on June 27 regarding the PRC's response to twelve proliferation-related cases raised by the United States. Zhang provided additional information on four cases and otherwise largely r [...]	2008-07-07 10:42:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PARM PREL MTCRE ETTC CH IR SY
08BEIJING2913	BEIJING-BASED G-5 CHIEFS OF MISSION ON SIX-PARTY [...] (C) At the regular meeting of G-5 ambassadors in Beijing July 25, Japanese Ambassador Miyamoto and French DCM Chapuis agreed that "too many things" are being considered a security threat to the upcoming Olympics. The Chinese Government has given the domestic press free reign to report on viole [...]	2008-07-28 09:00:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KOLY PTER CVIS CH FR JA UK KS
08BEIJING2965	CHINESE SCHOLARS ON PAKISTAN, AFGHANISTAN, INDIA [...] (C) Summary: Chinese contacts agree that continuing political uncertainty and the resulting diffusion of authority in Pakistan have distracted Pakistan's leadership from addressing counter-terrorism and economic concerns. They say that the Pakistan Government's negotiation approach with tribal [...]	2008-07-31 11:55:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV MNUC CH PK AF IN
08BEIJING3006	TIBET: DUTCH DIPLOMAT REPORTS TENSION, HEAVY [...] (C) Summary: A Beijing-based Dutch diplomat (protect) who traveled to Lhasa and Shigatse July 21- 25 told PolOff August 1 that tensions remain very high between Han Chinese and Tibetans, noting that working- level Han and Tibetan government officials he met with were openly contemptuous of on [...]	2008-08-04 10:29:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF KOLY CH NE EU
08BEIJING3018	BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT [...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, and consular activities related to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games as of 08/05/2008. Copies of this and previous situation reports can be found on the following ClassNet/SIPRNet link: http://www.intelink.sgov.g [...]	2008-08-05 07:51:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER
08BEIJING3065	BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT 9, 08/09/2008 [...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, political, and consular activities related to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games as of 08/09/2008. 2. (U) The interagency USG Joint Operations Center (JOC) can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following n [...]	2008-08-09 07:32:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER CASC CH
08BEIJING3091	BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT [...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, political, and consular activities related to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games as of 08/12/2008. 2. (U) The interagency USG Joint Operations Center (JOC) can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following n [...]	2008-08-12 07:31:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER
08BEIJING3117	BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT [...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, political, and consular activities related to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games as of 08/14/2008. 2. (U) The interagency USG Joint Operations Center (JOC) can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following n [...]	2008-08-14 08:10:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER
08BEIJING3218	CHINESE OFFICIALS INTERESTED IN INCREASING [...] (C) Chinese officials want to increase cooperation with the United States in prosecuting terrorists, Supreme People's Procuratorate (SPP) Public Prosecution Department Deputy Director General Wang Jun told United States Department of Justice (DOJ) attorney Francis Schmitz August 14. Wang stat [...]	2008-08-21 09:31:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PINR KCRM CH
08BEIJING3253	BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT [...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, political, and consular activities related to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games as of 08/23/2008. 2. (U) The interagency USG Joint Operations Center (JOC) can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following n [...]	2008-08-23 08:29:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ASEC CASC CH CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER
08BEIJING3285	CHINA'S VIEWS ON UN PEACKEEPING OPERATIONS [...] (C) Over the past 30 years, China has metamorphosed from an open opponent to an active supporter of UN Peacekeeping Operations (PKOs),according to Chinese scholars. China currently deploys roughly 2,000 peacekeepers across ten UN missions. Our scholarly contacts say that PKOs are an easy wa [...]	2008-08-25 10:54:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	CH MARR MOPS PGOV PREL XA
08BEIJING335	CENTER MOBILIZES TO DEAL WITH SNOWSTORM; MAJOR [...] (C) At last grasping the severity of the disruptions caused by snowstorms in south and central China that have affected millions of travelers headed home for the Chinese New Year holiday (reftels),China's central leadership on January 29 and 30 launched an all-out effort to mobilize Party and [...]	2008-01-30 13:26:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PROP ECON ELTN SOCI CH
08BEIJING3425	AFGHANISTAN NATIONAL ARMY EXPANSION POINTS [...] (C) MFA Asian Affairs Department Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan Division Deputy Director Xu Wei September 4 offered no substantive response to reftel non-paper points on the expansion of the Afghanistan National Army, but promised to convey USG views to his superiors. Xu said China noted [...]	2008-09-04 09:23:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS PGOV CH AF
08BEIJING3476	MINISTER OF CIVIL AFFAIRS DISCUSSES PARALYMPICS, [...] (SBU) In a September 5 meeting, Minister of Civil Affairs Li Xueju welcomed Secretary of Veterans Affairs James B. Peake, head of the U.S. Presidential Delegation to the Paralympic Games, and wished U.S. athletes success. Minister Li said that with assistance from the international community, [...]	2008-09-08 05:44:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINS MOPS SOCI EAID SENV KOLY CH
08BEIJING3497	U.S. Presidential Paralympics Delegation Meeting with [...] (U) September 8, 2008; 10:40 am; Diaoyutai State Guesthouse, Beijing, China. 2. (U) Participants: UNITED STATES Secretary of Veterans Affairs James B. Peake Ambassador Clark T. Randt, Jr. Kirk Bauer, Executive Director, Disabled Sports USA Jean Driscoll, Paralympic Gold Medalist LTC. G [...]	2008-09-09 08:39:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MASS KOLY OVIP CH NK IR TW
08BEIJING375	POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: D365577 JIUJIANG [...] (U) Unauthorised disclosure of the information below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. (U) REFTEL requested a Post-Shipment Verification (PSV) end-use check to be conducted at JIUJIANG PRECISION MEASUREMENT TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE ("JJ PRECISION MEASU [...]	2008-02-01 07:35:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET//NOFORN	BEXP CH ETRD ETTC PREL
08BEIJING3888	TAIWAN ARMS SALES: IMPACT LIMITED TO "SHORT-TERM," [...] (C) The fallout from the October 3 announcement of arms sales to Taiwan will be limited to the "short-term," because PRC leaders know the U.S.-China bilateral relationship is "simply too important" to jeopardize, according to three Beijing scholars. The sales take place against a backdrop of [...]	2008-10-10 08:14:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV EFIN CH TW
08BEIJING390	WINTER STORM CONTINUES TO WREAK HAVOC; CENTER [...] (C) China's worst snowstorm in 50 years continues to wreak havoc across southern and central parts of the country. Although some transportation networks over the past two days have started to return to normal, hundreds of thousands of travelers remain stranded and millions of residents face ha [...]	2008-02-01 11:27:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PROP ECON ELTN SOCI CH
08BEIJING4092	TIBETAN MONKS DEFIANT AT LABRANG MONASTERY, [...] (C) Ethnic Tibetans in Xiahe (Sangchu),Gansu Province, told EmbOffs September 25 that authorities there continue to be on "high alert" against renewed unrest. Though, unlike in March, Xiahe is now readily accessible by car, foreigners are still not allowed to stay overnight. Han Chinese tour [...]	2008-10-29 10:04:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PHUM PGOV PREL KIFR CH
08BEIJING4475	PRC SCHOLARS CONCERNED ABOUT INDIAN REACTION [...] (C) PRC South Asia scholars have expressed concern to us that retaliation by India against Pakistan for the recent Mumbai terror attacks would create instability in the region and significantly hamper U.S. counter-insurgency efforts in Afghanistan and along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border. In [...]	2008-12-09 08:15:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER CH PK IN AF
08BEIJING4572	IN A/S HOOK'S PRC MEETINGS, UNSC REFORM, 1267, [...] (C) State International Organizations A/S Brian Hook heard China's concerns about the direction of intergovernmental negotiations on UN Security Council reform during a cordial and productive visit December 4-8. Chinese MFA IO Director General Wu Hailong pressed the United States to support the [...]	2008-12-17 09:53:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MNUC IR AORC SU SO KCRM UN CH
08BEIJING4593	XINJIANG'S PARAMILITARY AGRICULTURALISTS: A VISIT [...] (SBU) Summary: The Xinjiang Construction and Production Corps (XJCPC) is a massive industrial and agricultural conglomerate operation in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region (XUAR). The XJCPC, divided into state-run farming and industrial units, employs over 10 percent of Xinjiang's populat [...]	2008-12-18 10:01:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PTER PREL PGOV KIRF ECON EAGR CH
08BEIJING4624	MFA ON PLANNED PRC NAVAL DEPLOYMENT TO COMBAT GULF [...] (C) Summary: China intends to deploy two destroyers and a support vessel to the Gulf of Aden and waters off the Somali coast to combat piracy, MFA North American Affairs Department Deputy Director General Zheng Zeguang informed the DCM on December 21. The ships plan to sail from China Decembe [...]	2008-12-22 08:03:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EWWT KCRM MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER CH
08BEIJING791	MARCH 4 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: PENTAGON REPORT ON PRC [...] Key points at the March 4, 2008 MFA Press Briefing were: -- China dismissed the Pentagon report on the Chinese military as "a serious distortion of facts" and accused the United States of adopting a "Cold War mentality." -- China does not encourage Chinese hackers to launch cyber-attacks o [...]	2008-03-04 11:39:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR ETRD CH JA RS IR KN
08BEIJING869	PRC-PAKISTAN: MFA, SCHOLARS REMAIN FOCUSED ON [...] (C) Summary: MFA officials and PRC scholars believe the new coalition government in Pakistan will be inherently weak and that extended political instability would likely lead to the intervention of the Pakistan Army. Though the shakiness of the nascent coalition Government will slow the devel [...]	2008-03-10 09:18:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PARM CH PK
08BEIJING873	PROVINCIAL NPC DELEGATIONS DISCUSS PREMIER'S WORK [...] (C) Provicial delegations to the National People's Congress (NPC) spent March 6 and 7 "discussing" the Premier's Government Work Report (ref C),in the process revealing concerns over both local problems and the Government's ability to solve them. At the Beijing, Shanghai, Anhui and Tibet se [...]	2008-03-10 16:03:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	CH ECON PGOV SOCI
08BEIJING931	MARCH 12 CPPCC OLYMPIC PRESS BRIEFING: PROTESTS, [...] (U) Members of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC),the largely ceremonial advisory body that is currently in session in Beijing, held a press conference March 12 to discuss preparations for the August Olympic Games. CPPCC members present included Beijing Vice Mayor [...]	2008-03-13 11:58:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KOLY ASEC PHUM CH
08BEIRUT1043	LEBANON: A GLOATING NASRALLAH CLAIMS HIZBALLAH [...] (C) In a July 16 five-minute personal appearance and subsequent televised speech, Hizballah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah proudly declared victory for all of Lebanon and took credit for securing the release by Israel earlier in the day of five Lebanese prisoners and 199 bodies of Lebanese [...]	2008-07-17 17:16:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC IS LE
08BEIRUT1075	LEBANON: JUMBLATT WARY OF SYRIAN INTENTIONS, [...] (C) Druze leader Walid Jumblatt remains skeptical of Syrian intentions toward Lebanon and continues to press for expedited action on the Special Tribunal as the only way to pressure Damascus, especially in light of recent French overtures toward Syria. Agreeing that released Lebanese prisoner [...]	2008-07-23 15:16:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE
08BEIRUT1076	LEBANON: DEFENSE MINISTER MURR ON THE NEXT ARMY [...] (C) Please see action request in para 12. In a July 22 meeting, Defense Minister Elias Murr told Charge the decision on the next Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander is down to two names: LAF Intelligence Director BG Georges Khoury and 2nd Brigade Commander BG Jean Qahwaji. (Murr will advoc [...]	2008-07-23 15:47:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PTER MCAP MARR EAIR IR LE
08BEIRUT108	LEBANON: AMBASSADOR FAREWELL CALL ON LEBANESE ARMY [...] (C) In a January 12th farewell office call, a confident Lebanese Army Commander Michel Sleiman discussed the ongoing investigation of General Francois Al-Hajj's assassination, the current political impasse, a new but improbable Presidential candidate, and his mandatory resignation date as Army [...]	2008-01-24 13:47:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
08BEIRUT1139	LEBANON: MINISTERIAL STATEMENT: RESISTANCE [...] (C) The ministerial committee charged with drafting the government's policy statement reached an agreement on August 1, and the full cabinet is expected to approve the statement on August 4. The statement is an improvement over the previous 2005 ministerial statement in that it gives increase [...]	2008-08-04 18:18:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE
08BEIRUT1149	LEBANON: FINANCE MINISTER CHATAH SAYS MINISTERIAL [...] (C) Finance Minister Mohamad Chatah, former advisor to PM Siniora, views the 2008 ministerial statement as an improvement over 2005, in that it elevates the status of the state and puts limits on Hizballah. Remarkably, he notes, the statement was drafted without foreign interference. The big [...]	2008-08-05 17:41:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE
08BEIRUT1168	LEBANON: PETRAEUS AND SLEIMAN DISCUSS SYRIAN TRIP, [...] (C) In an August 6 meeting with visiting General David Petraeus, President Michel Sleiman outlined three objectives for his upcoming meeting with Syrian President Bashar Asad. Most important, Sleiman said, is to initiate a diplomatic exchange between the two countries. Additionally, Sleiman p [...]	2008-08-08 15:43:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET//NOFORN	OVIP PETRAEUS DAVID PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC
08BEIRUT1170	LEBANON: NEW DEPUTY PM SAYS AOUN INTERESTED IN [...] (C) Newly-appointed Deputy Prime Minister Issam Abou Jamra expressed to CDA on August 9 his pride both in being named Deputy Prime Minister and in how well his long-time friend Michel Aoun's Free Patriotic Movement is doing. Abou Jamra pointed to FPM's friendly alliance with Amal and Hizballah [...]	2008-08-08 16:49:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE
08BEIRUT1188	LEBANON: CABINET WINS CONFIDENCE VOTE [...] (U) In the final step to form the new government, the cabinet obtained the Lebanese Parliament's vote of confidence on August 12. Of the 107 MPs in attendance, 100 voted in favor of the cabinet and accompanying cabinet statement (parliament currently has 127 members). The five days of sessi [...]	2008-08-13 17:53:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE
08BEIRUT1198	LEBANON: CONSPIRACY THEORIES AND CONDEMNATIONS [...] (SBU) Leaders from across Lebanon's political spectrum condemned the August 13 civilian bus bombing in the northern city of Tripoli that resulted in the deaths of several Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) soldiers, among others. So far, no group has claimed responsibility for the attack. Several t [...]	2008-08-14 16:23:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE MARR MOPS SY
08BEIRUT120	LEBANON: ISF INTELLIGENCE OFFICER TARGETED IN [...] (S) A huge car bomb explosion rocked the Chevrolet-Furn al-Chubbak area of east Beirut on January 25 killing Internal Security Forces (ISF) intelligence officer Captain Wissam Eid, his bodyguard, and at least two others, and injuring dozens. Eid, an Embassy contact, was in charge of the ISF's [...]	2008-01-25 18:28:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PGOV PREL IS KPAL LE
08BEIRUT1220	LEBANON: DRUZE (OPPOSITION) MINISTER: U.S. SHOULD [...] (C) An affable Minister of Youth and Sports Talal Arslan welcomed the recent Damascus meeting between Presidents Sleiman and Asad as a positive step in putting the Lebanese-Syrian bilateral relationship back on a good track. Thanking the U.S. for its military assistance, Arslan said the list o [...]	2008-08-19 14:29:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE
08BEIRUT1269	LEBANON: FM SALLOUKH RECEIVES AMBASSADOR'S [...] (C) On August 27, the Ambassador presented copies of her credentials to Minister of Foreign Affairs Fawzi Salloukh. In a subsequent meeting with the Ambassador and visiting NEA DAS David Hale, Salloukh asked the USG to place pressure on Israel to implement its share of UNSCR 1701. He emphasize [...]	2008-09-02 08:54:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR IS LE SY
08BEIRUT1270	LEBANON: NEA DAS HALE MEETS SPEAKER BERRI [...] (C) In an August 28 meeting with Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, NEA DAS David Hale reiterated the USG's continued support for Lebanon. Berri thanked DAS Hale for USG assistance to the Lebanese Armed Forces and expressed his concern over the recent violence in Tripoli, blaming Al-Qaeda and f [...]	2008-09-02 09:25:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR IS LE QA
08BEIRUT1273	LEBANON: GEAGEA WARNS DAS HALE THAT ISRAEL IS [...] (C) In an August 29 meeting with visiting NEA DAS David Hale, Lebanese Forces (LF) leader Samir Geagea stressed the importance of resolving the Israeli-Palestinian issue to facilitate resolution of other regional issues. He said Israel is making a huge mistake by publicly criticizing the Leb [...]	2008-09-02 09:56:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER UNSC PINR MARR IS IR FR SY LE
08BEIRUT1278	LEBANON: MARCH 14 DRUZE MP REMINDS DAS HALE THAT [...] (C) March 14 MP Marwan Hamadeh expressed concerns about ongoing affronts to the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) and Israeli actions benefiting Hizballah and Syria during his August 29 meeting with visiting NEA Deputy Assistant Secretary David Hale. Hamadeh predicted Hizballah would either delay t [...]	2008-09-02 12:26:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE
08BEIRUT1283	LEBANON: JUMBLATT DESCRIBES TO DAS HALE MARCH 14'S [...] (C) Druze leader Walid Jumblatt and his advisors told NEA DAS David Hale that March 14 was united, before giving multiple examples of disagreements among the bloc's party leaders. He had little confidence that the National Dialogue would begin until after Ramadan and perhaps even Ashura. He [...]	2008-09-03 07:32:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE
08BEIRUT1286	LEBANON: NEA DAS HALE URGES THAT PRESIDENT SLEIMAN [...] (C) NEA DAS David Hale, accompanied by DCM and Poloffs, stressed to two of President Michel Sleiman's senior staff and an unofficial advisor the importance of Sleiman visiting Washington before or after his address to the UNGA in September. For their part, the advisors expressed concerns abou [...]	2008-09-03 08:34:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE MARR MOPS SY
08BEIRUT1288	LEBANON: WITH DAS HALE, VETERAN SUNNI FIGURE [...] (C) In his August 30 meeting with visiting NEA DAS David Hale, Minister of Culture and respected leader of the Sunni community Tammam Salaam stressed the need for progress in the Israeli/Palestinian peace process to defuse extremism in the region. Praising Hizballah's quick admission of culpa [...]	2008-09-03 08:35:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR EAID UNSC MARR IR SY IS
08BEIRUT1289	LEBANON: WITH DAS HALE, UNSCOL SHARES CONCERNS [...] (C) In an August 31 meeting with visiting NEA DAS David Hale,officials of the UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon (UNSCOL) discussed the 2009 parliamentary elections, the National Dialogue, LIBAT II, Sheba'a Farms, UNMACC's funding crisis, and the August 28 downing by Hizballah of a Lebanese Ar [...]	2008-09-03 08:35:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS IS SY LE
08BEIRUT1292	LEBANON: PRESIDENT SLEIMAN MEETS ASD LONG, ASD [...] (C) In an August 27 meeting, President Sleiman said that he was looking forward to his upcoming trip to the White House. Sleiman intends to address the complicated issues facing Lebanon with the President, as well as his concern over recent Israeli comments. Sleiman thanked the USG for conti [...]	2008-09-03 14:07:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR MCAP MARR KPAL IR LE
08BEIRUT1296	LEBANON: LAF HELICOPTER ATTACK A HIZBALLAH ERROR? [...] (C) On August 28, a Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) helicopter operating in Hizballah-controlled territory was shot down, resulting in the death of an LAF officer. Details surrounding the incident remain unclear, although the LAF has begun a full investigation. Hizballah did not deny responsibil [...]	2008-09-04 11:12:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY IS LE
08BEIRUT1301	LEBANON: ACTING ARMY COMMANDER MASRI PUTS ATTACK [...] (C) In an August 29 meeting with a visiting DOD delegation, a confident and open Acting Lebanese Armed Forces Commander Masri explained the Army's most pressing needs, chief among them attack helicopters. Masri explained that the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) would remain in support of the Inte [...]	2008-09-04 15:48:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PINR MCAP MARR IR LE
08BEIRUT1302	LEBANON: DEFENSE MINISTER MURR DISCUSSES URGENCY [...] (C) In an August 27 meeting, Defense Minister Elias Murr said the outcome of elections in 2009 will depend on the Christian vote. It is critical that the current majority be able to show results to Christian voters. Specifically, the people must perceive that Murr's relationship with the Unit [...]	2008-09-04 15:49:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR MCAP MARR IR LE
08BEIRUT1319	LEBANON: AMBASSADOR MEETS NEW LEBANESE ARMY [...] (C) In a September 8 meeting, a confident new Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander Kahwagi told us about himself and his positive past experiences with the U.S. Military. He also told us that he looks forward to future bilateral cooperation, to include the Joint Military Commission in Octobe [...]	2008-09-08 15:05:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PINR MCAP MARR IR LE
08BEIRUT1347	LEBANON: ARMY COMMANDERS LAMENT DEMINING PROBLEMS [...] (C) In a September 10 meeting, Brigadier General (BG) Mohammed Fehmi, Commander of the Lebanese Mine Action Center (LMAC),stated that lack of further funding for demining activities in southern Lebanon was a grave concern and expressed sincere hope that the U.S. would "push LMAC's needs" fo [...]	2008-09-15 13:15:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS IS SY LE
08BEIRUT1358	LEBANON: SLEIMAN LAUNCHES NATIONAL DIALOGUE [...] (C) President Michel Sleiman launched the National Dialogue on September 16. As expected, this first session produced no significant results. The next session is scheduled for November 5. In his opening remarks, Sleiman stressed the need for dialogue and reconciliation, cited Israel as Leba [...]	2008-09-16 15:39:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE
08BEIRUT1366	LEBANON: JUMBLATT FORESEES PARALLEL TRACKS OF [...] (C) March 14 Druze leader Walid Jumblatt stressed that recent talks with Hizballah and rival Druze leader Talal Arslan were limited exclusively to security matters to defuse Shia/Druze tensions. Should majority leader Saad Hariri decide to meet with Hizballah SYG Hassan Nasrallah, however, Ju [...]	2008-09-17 15:03:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE
08BEIRUT1368	LEBANON: FIRST NATIONAL DIALOGUE SESSION MEETS LOW [...] (C) Most participants characterized the first session of the re-launched National Dialogue as calm and positive; one contact said it was "more than a photo op, but less than a dialogue." Hizballah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah welcomed the dialogue, but insisted on expanded participation [...]	2008-09-17 17:02:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
08BEIRUT1381	LEBANON: SINIORA: WHAT I ADVISED SLEIMAN TO RAISE [...] (C) PM Siniora told the Ambassador that President Michel Sleiman, in his upcoming visit to Washington, would raise UNSCR 1701; Sheba'a; protecting Lebanon against regional shocks, the need for continued U.S. political, economic and military assistance to Lebanon; and assurances that Lebanon w [...]	2008-09-22 11:13:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE
08BEIRUT1386	LEBANON: DEFENSE MINISTER MURR ON SLEIMAN TRIP, [...] (C) Minister of Defense Elias Murr told us he had been briefing President Sleiman regularly to prepare Sleiman for his upcoming meetings in Washington. He complained September 20 about Saad Hariri's demand that Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander Kahwagi place Sunni officers in key LAF Inte [...]	2008-09-22 13:49:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS IS SY LE
08BEIRUT1390	LEBANON: SCENESETTER FOR OCTOBER 5-6 JOINT [...] (C) The expansion of the U.S.-Lebanese military partnership represents a historic opportunity to bolster the cause of democracy, peace and stability in Lebanon and the Middle East. The Government of Lebanon (GOL) has demonstrated a commitment to strengthening our military-to-military ties. T [...]	2008-09-22 15:33:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PGOV PINR PREL PTER UNSC IS LE SY
08BEIRUT1406	LEBANON: CHRISTIAN RECONCILIATION UNLIKELY, [...] (SBU) Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea apologized for mistakes made by the Lebanese Forces during the 1975-90 civil war and called for unity and reconciliation during his September 21 speech before tens of thousands of supporters at a ceremony honoring Lebanese Forces members killed during t [...]	2008-09-25 14:20:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE MARR MOPS SY
08BEIRUT1456	LEBANON: NEA DAS HALE TO JUMBLATT: NO CHANGE IN [...] (C) NEA Deputy Assistant Secretary David Hale reassured Druze leader Walid Jumblatt that, despite recent meetings between Secretary Rice and Assistant Secretary David Welch with Syrian Foreign Minister Moallem, there was no change in U.S. policy towards either Syria or Lebanon. DAS Hale also [...]	2008-10-08 11:00:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE
08BEIRUT1473	LEBANON: WITH MARCH 14, DAS HALE STRESSES U.S. [...] (C) March 14 leaders shared their concerns about regional developments with visiting NEA Deputy Assistant Secretary David Hale, especially perceived western (especially French) rapprochement with Syria and possible focus of the next U.S. administration on Iran, at Lebanon's expense. The March [...]	2008-10-10 15:22:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE
08BEIRUT1478	LEBANON: MINISTER LAHOUD SAYS SLEIMAN'S SAUDI TRIP [...] (C) Minister of State Nassib Lahoud on October 15 told the Ambassador that he hopes the U.S. strong support of Lebanon's sovereignty continues after the U.S. presidential elections. Lahoud accompanied President Sleiman on his October 12 and 13 visit to Saudi Arabia. He said Saudi King Abdull [...]	2008-10-15 05:00:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE MARR MOPS SY
08BEIRUT1497	LEBANON: INAUGURAL JOINT MILITARY COMMISSION [...] (C) MinDef Elias Murr and ASD for International Security Policy Mary Beth Long chaired the inaugural U.S.-Lebanon Joint Military Commission (JMC) October 6. Murr opened the session by warmly welcoming the U.S. delegation and expressing his deep gratitude for U.S. assistance, especially during [...]	2008-10-20 15:05:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINR MCAP MARR IR LE
08BEIRUT1498	LEBANON: UNIFIL COMMANDER ASKS FOR HELP IN [...] (C) Force Commander General Claudio Graziano, speaking on October 9 at a regular United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) mission update briefing to the diplomatic corps, described the withdrawal of Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) from northern Ghajar as a critical step towards successful [...]	2008-10-20 15:24:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS IS SY LE
08BEIRUT1499	LEBANON: ARMY DESTROYS ITS FIRST MANPAD [...] (C) On October 16, Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) demolition experts destroyed their first MANPAD (Man-Portable Air Defense System),a Russian made SA-7 (serial# 9()54M-04-73-04774, 9M32M-04774). This demolition reflects an agreement with the Department of State's Office of Weapons Removal and Ab [...]	2008-10-20 15:26:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER UNSC MARR MOPS IS SY LE
08BEIRUT1506	LEBANON: USDP EDELMAN MEETS LEBANESE ARMY COMMANDER [...] (C) In an October 17 meeting with visiting USDP Edelman, a confident new Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander Kahwagi discussed his vision for the army as well as priority equipment requirements. Kahwagi also provided an update on the current situation in city of Tripoli in the north and rec [...]	2008-10-21 13:58:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PINR MCAP MARR IR LE
08BEIRUT1507	LEBANON: PM SINIORA, WITH EDELMAN, THANKS USG FOR [...] (C) Under Secretary for Defense Eric Edelman met with Prime Minister Siniora on October 17 to explain to the Prime Minister that USG support for the Lebanese Armed Forces had been formally institutionalized with the recent establishment of the Joint Military Commission (JMC). U/S Edelman also [...]	2008-10-21 14:50:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL UNSC MARR MCAP MOPS IR LE
08BEIRUT1524	LEBANON: HIZBOLLAH ASKS FOR ISF ASSISTANCE TO [...] (C) Summary: The Lebanese Internal Security Forces recently have been granted the power to access and enforce the law within Lebanese regions and suburbs previously controlled by Hizbollah. At the request and urging of Hizbollah, the ISF two weeks ago began to police and to arrest individuals [...]	2008-10-24 15:55:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR LE
08BEIRUT1538	LEBANON: OPPOSITION MARADA LEADER CALLS FOR [...] (C) Christian opposition Marada leader Suleiman Franjieh suggested on October 27 that direct talks between Lebanon (partnered with Syria) and Israel would lead to resolution of the issue of Hizballah arms, and that Lebanese-Syrian collaboration was necessary for border security. Stressing the [...]	2008-10-29 12:20:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR SY LE
08BEIRUT1563	LEBANON: JUMBLATT WITH A/S HOOK: JUSTICE AND [...] (C) Druze leader Walid Jumblatt, in an October 30 meeting with visiting Assistant Secretary for International Organization Affairs Brian Hook and Ambassador, stressed justice and stability as priorities for the outcome of the Special Tribunal. Jumblatt repeatedly ceded authority for March 14 [...]	2008-10-31 15:57:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE SY
08BEIRUT1576	LEBANON: SINIORA TELLS A/S HOOK HE IS FRUSTRATED [...] (S) Prime Minister Fouad Siniora told visiting Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs Brian Hook that he was frustrated with Lebanon's lack of progress with the Israelis on the Blue Line, Ghajar, and strike data. Siniora believed the Special Tribunal for Lebanon w [...]	2008-11-04 16:06:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PGOV PREL UNSC LE IS
08BEIRUT1577	LEBANON: A/S HOOK TOURS THE BLUE LINE; MEETS WITH [...] (C) On October 31, A/S for International Relations Affairs Brian Hook, Ambassador, PolMilOff and Defense Attach toured the Blue Line in a UNIFIL helicopter, overflying Sheba'a farms and Ghajar, and met at length with UNIFIL Commander Graziano. Graziano has developed a detailed UNIFIL plan for [...]	2008-11-04 16:20:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MARR MASS MCAP PGOV PREL PTER PARM PINR SY
08BEIRUT1582	LEBANON: BOUTROS HARB URGES INDEPENDENT LIST, EVEN [...] (C) March 14 MP Boutros Harb, on the eve of the U.S. presidential elections, expressed hope that the "Lebanese message" would be well-understood by the new U.S. administration. During his November 4 meeting with the Ambassador, Harb said March 14 had agreed to reach a unified position on cand [...]	2008-11-05 15:42:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE SY
08BEIRUT1584	LEBANON: NEW GOL BORDER PLAN DISAPPOINTS DONORS [...] (C) In an October 31 meeting, PM Siniora told international donors that the GOL planned to create a national border force to operate along Lebanon's border with Syria. He acknowledged that parliamentary approval would be needed to proceed with such a plan. However, Siniora felt this was a m [...]	2008-11-05 15:56:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID MARR MCAP PBTS PGOV PINR PREL EC LE SY
08BEIRUT16	LEBANON: MURR, CONVINCED STREET VIOLENCE IS [...] (C) Citing sources close to March 8 and noting that Hizballah's Wafiq Safa met with Michel Aoun for three hours, Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Elias Murr told the Ambassador on 1/4 that he expected March 8-prompted street action to break out and turn violent by the end of Januar [...]	2008-01-05 12:02:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PTER PGOV KDEM LE SY
08BEIRUT1614	LEBANON: SCENESETTER FOR UNDER SECRETARY OF [...] (C) Under Secretary Clapper: Welcome to Lebanon. Your trip provides an excellent opportunity to reinforce the message of strong U.S. government support for Lebanon. The expansion of the U.S.-Lebanese military partnership represents an historic opportunity to bolster the cause of democracy, [...]	2008-11-10 19:24:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PGOV PINR PREL PTER UNSC IS LE SY
08BEIRUT1627	LEBANON: CHATAH DISCUSSES BUDGET, ECONOMIC REFORM WITH [...] (SBU) In a November 11 meeting with Treasury Deputy Assistant Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis Howard Mendelsohn, Finance Minister Mohammad Chatah said that despite differences between the U.S. and Lebanese definitions of terrorism, there is ample room for terror finance and anti-money l [...]	2008-11-13 15:31:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAID PGOV LE
08BEIRUT1638	LEBANON: OPPORTUNITIES TO INFLUENCE THE 2009 [...] (C) Although March 14 is working to fine-tune its campaign messaging and tactics, a March 14 victory in the spring 2009 parliamentary elections is, by the moderate coalition's own admission, by no means guaranteed. March 14 contacts tell us their hope is to win an absolute majority (65 out of [...]	2008-11-14 17:10:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR SY LE
08BEIRUT1657	Lebanon: Media Reaction - November 20, 2008 [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-20 14:15:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL KMDR OPRC KPAO KISL KPAL LE
08BEIRUT1663	LEBANON: GEMAYEL DISTANCING HIMSELF FROM MARCH 14? [...] (C) Former President and Kataeb head Amine Gemayel told the Ambassador and visiting NEA/ELA Office Director Nicole Shampaine that March 14 would not develop a common platform by the coalition's January convention. At a November 20 meeting at Kataeb Headquarters, Gemayel emphasized the need to [...]	2008-11-21 14:28:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE
08BEIRUT1666	LEBANON: BLOOMFIELD PROMOTES MANPADS DESTRUCTION [...] (C) Ambassador Lincoln P. Bloomfield, Jr., Special Envoy for Man Portable Air Defense Systems (MANPADS),addressed the need for control of MANPAD weapons with Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander General Kahwaji, took a tour of LAF munitions storage depots, and met with several Lebanese interl [...]	2008-11-24 06:55:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
08BEIRUT1667	LEBANON: HARIRI EXPLAINS HIS CONTINUING HIZBALLAH [...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador and NEA/ELA Office Director Nicole Shampaine on November 20, parliamentary majority leader Saad Hariri said that he had spoken with Hizballah officials following his October 26 meeting with SYG Hassan Nasrallah (reftels) on a variety of topics. Hariri said [...]	2008-11-24 09:00:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL UNSC MARR MCAP MOPS IR LE
08BEIRUT1677	LEBANON: MURR CONCERNED ABOUT HARIRI IN ELECTIONS, [...] (C) Defense Minister Elias Murr, in a November 21 meeting with visiting CENTCOM J2 Brigadier General Stephen Fogarty, visiting NEA ELA Officer Director Nicole Shampaine, and the Ambassador, said he would travel to Damascus as soon as border cooperation, missing Lebanese soldiers, and the trans [...]	2008-11-25 12:09:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE
08BEIRUT1682	LEBANON: AOUN EXPLAINS HIS DEFENSE STRATEGY, [...] (C) In a November 20 meeting with the Ambassador and visiting NEA/ELA Office Director Nicole Shampaine, Free Patriotic Movement (FPM) Leader Michel Aoun talked briefly about his upcoming trip to Syria, which he confirmed would take place before the end of the 2008. He said the recent wave of [...]	2008-11-25 14:12:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE SY IS
08BEIRUT1688	LEBANON: IRAQI CHALDEAN REFUGEES SUFFERING IN [...] (C) In a November 25 meeting with the Ambassador, Chaldean Archbishop Michel Kassarji spoke of the challenges facing the 5,000 Iraqi Christian refugees in Lebanon, including child labor, minimal education opportunities, and inability to find skilled employment. While the GOL has grown more un [...]	2008-11-26 14:25:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR PREF IQ LE
08BEIRUT1699	LEBANON: JUMBLATT PLEASED WITH HIS U.S. VISIT [...] (C) In a November 25 meeting, Progressive Socialist Party (PSP) leader Walid Jumblatt told the Ambassador that his trip to the United States had been a success, and he was pleased to hear that the U.S. continued to support the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. He worried that Kataeb Party leader [...]	2008-11-28 12:42:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY IS
08BEIRUT1701	LEBANON: SCENESETTER FOR CENTCOM COMMANDER GENERAL [...] (C) General Petraeus: Welcome back to Lebanon. Your trip provides an excellent opportunity to reinforce the message of strong U.S. support for a sovereign, democratic, and stable Lebanon to reassure Lebanon's moderates that a change in the U.S. Administration does not equal a change in U.S. [...]	2008-11-28 14:56:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PGOV PINR PREL PTER UNSC IS SY LE
08BEIRUT1753	LEBANON: LAF COMMANDER TELLS CODEL ACKERMAN HE [...] (C) In a December 13 meeting with Codel Ackerman, Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander Jean Kahwagi stressed that the LAF's primary goal was to fight terrorists, and highlighted the U.S. assistance that the army needs in order to succeed. He underscored the importance of U.S. military assistan [...]	2008-12-15 09:17:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MASS MCAP LE IS IR
08BEIRUT1761	LEBANON: CODEL ACKERMAN GIVES HARIRI STRONG [...] (C) Codel Ackerman delivered a strong message of U.S. bipartisan support for Lebanon during its meeting with majority leader Saad Hariri. Rep. Ackerman said that with the administration change in Washington, there would be no change in U.S. support for Lebanon. In particular, the USG will c [...]	2008-12-16 14:56:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MASS MCAP LE SY IR
08BEIRUT1763	LEBANON: NEW SALARY MEASURES COULD BREAK THE BUDGET [...] (SBU) On December 11, a parliamentary committees approved a set of measures which, if implemented, will put a significant additional burden on state finances. While the measures still require approval by the full parliament, their passage would dramatically increase Lebanon's already huge budg [...]	2008-12-16 15:15:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE
08BEIRUT1768	Lebanon: Media Reaction - December 17, 2008 [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-17 11:28:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL KMDR OPRC KPAO KISL KPAL LE
08BEIRUT1773	LEBANON: WITH DAS HALE, MIKATI CALLS HIZBALLAH A [...] (C) Former Prime Minister Najib Mikati told visiting NEA DAS Hale and the Ambassador that Sunni leader Saad Hariri, with whom Mikati acknowledged seeking an electoral alliance, would win the Tripoli district in Lebanon's 2009 parliamentary elections. Mikati said he would refuse the position o [...]	2008-12-19 15:08:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
08BEIRUT1780	LEBANON: DEFMIN MURR EXPLAINS RUSSIANS' "SURPRISE" [...] (C) In a December 22 meeting with the Ambassador, Defense Minister Elias Murr struggled to explain that the Russians "surprised" him with a grant aid offer of 77 free T-72 or T-90 tanks and 130 mm mortars, among other equipment, to which he reportedly declined and made the "completely unrealis [...]	2008-12-22 15:41:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS RS LE SY

08BEIRUT181	LEBANON: BERRI NOT OPTIMISTIC ABOUT MOUSSA VISIT [...] (C) The Ambassador paid an introductory call on Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, one day before Arab League Secretary General Moussa's return to Beirut. The Speaker did not appear optimistic that Moussa's visit would lead to a breakthrough in the ongoing impasse over the presidential election, [...]	2008-02-07 13:39:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM PINR SY IS LE
08BEIRUT183	LEBANON: JUMBLATT PESSIMISTIC ON ARAB LEAGUE, [...] (C) The Special Tribunal, the Arab League initiative and Amr Moussa's return to Lebanon, preparations for the February 14 commemoration of the assassination of PM Rafiq Hariri, and Hizballah arms were among the topics of conversation at a February 7 lunch hosted for the Ambassador by Druse lead [...]	2008-02-07 17:30:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM PINR SY IS LE
08BEIRUT191	LEBANON: SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF U/S DEFENSE ERIC [...] (C) Under Secretary Edelman: Welcome back to Lebanon. Your trip provides another excellent opportunity to reinforce the message of strong U.S. government support for Lebanon. Since your last visit in October 2007, Lebanon has sunk further into a political crisis. There have been more car bo [...]	2008-02-08 15:56:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MASS MCAP SY IS LE
08BEIRUT193	LEBANON: DEFMIN ON DEMONSTRATIONS, QATAR/UNIFIL [...] (C) In a February 8th introductory meeting at the MinDef's home, MinDef Elias Murr warmly welcomed the Ambassador and laid the ground work for continued, close coordination and cooperation with the USG. Murr looks forward to the upcoming visit of USDP Edelman and what that entails for supportin [...]	2008-02-08 16:06:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
08BEIRUT2	LEBANON: SLEIMAN SEES AOUN AS "DANGEROUS" AND [...] (C) In a 1/2 meeting with the Ambassador, LAF Commander -- and presidential front-runner -- Michel Sleiman came across as both bemused and exasperated by the presidential limbo. While skeptical that elections would occur on 1/12, he denied rumors he would pull out of the race. Dismissing p [...]	2008-01-02 14:50:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM LE SY QA SA
08BEIRUT203	LEBANON: ARMY COMMANDER SAYS AMR MOUSSA WILL [...] (C) In a February 8th introductory office call, Lebanese Army Commander Michel Sleiman warmly welcomed Ambassador. Sleiman did not think that the February 7-9 trip by Arab League SYG Amr Moussa would accomplish anything other than a framework for more discussions. Sleiman gave a brief overvie [...]	2008-02-11 10:57:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
08BEIRUT205	LEBANON: MARCH 14 ORGANIZING BETTER; ESTABLISHES [...] (C) At long last, the March 14 pro-government coalition has set up a secretariat for internal coordination to develop strategies to boost public (both domestic and international) support and create a unified public relations message. March 14 leaders already have begun an intensive diplomatic [...]	2008-02-11 12:55:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PTER PARM PHUM PINR SY IS LE
08BEIRUT215	LEBANON: HARIRI URGES STRONGER U.S. PRESSURE ON [...] (C) Increased pressure on Syria was the dominant theme of the Ambassador's first meeting with majority leader Saad Hariri. The opposition, supported by Syria and Iran, was pursuing a long-term strategy to gradually take over the country, he claimed. Bilateral and international assistance was [...]	2008-02-12 17:08:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PTER PARM PHUM PINR SY IS LE
08BEIRUT223	LEBANON: ARMY COMMANDER DISCUSSES DISCIPLINARY [...] (C) In a February 13th office call with Under Secretary of Defense for Policy (USDP) Edelman, Lebanese Army Commander Michel Sleiman reviewed the themes of Army unity, good morale in the Army, and the positive role model for sectarian cooperation the Army provides to Lebanon (Reftel A). Sleima [...]	2008-02-13 16:31:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
08BEIRUT228	LEBANON: FINMIN AZOUR - NAVIGATING BY RADAR; [...] (C) Summary: Finance Minister Azour, in his initial meeting with the Ambassador, outlined the economic situation at the end of 2007, and the challenges facing him in 2008. Last year was better than it might have been, but now security tensions are stalling the economy. Preventing economic col [...]	2008-02-14 10:35:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL PTER SA LE
08BEIRUT237	LEBANON: THEORIES ABOUT MUGHNIEH'S ASSASSINATION [...] (C) Two days after the February 12 Damascus car bomb attack that killed senior Hizballah commander Imad Mughnieh, theories abound in Beirut on who was behind the assassination and why. The timing of the killing also cannot be ignored, occurring just two days before the third anniversary of th [...]	2008-02-14 16:56:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL IS KPAL LE
08BEIRUT24	LEBANON: AOUN SAYS MY WAY OR THE HIGHWAY [...] (C) In a January 4 meeting with Ambassador, Michel Aoun said the Hizballah-led March 8-Aoun opposition would not agree to ending the presidential vacuum until the pro-government March 14 bloc agrees to a package deal comprised of a one-third blocking minority in cabinet for the opposition, agr [...]	2008-01-07 14:29:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM FR IS LE SY
08BEIRUT27	LEBANON: SINIORA PLEASED WITH ARAB LEAGUE; WON'T [...] (C) Summary: Meeting with the Ambassador on Monday 1/7, Prime Minister Siniora appeared pleased with the Arab League's weekend effort to find a solution to the presidential impasse, and promised to "extend a hand" to the Hizballah-led opposition, although not agreeing to a "10-10-10" cabinet s [...]	2008-01-07 17:19:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	ENIV PGOV PREL PTER LE
08BEIRUT270	LEBANON: FRENCH AND VATICAN AMBASSADORS [...] (C) In separate introductory meetings with Charge Sison, Dean of the Diplomatic Corps and Papal Nuncio Luigi Gatti and French Charge d'Affaires Andre Parant expressed similar views on Lebanon's ongoing political impasse, including the role of regional actors, Lebanon's Christians, the Special T [...]	2008-02-19 16:22:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PTER PARM PHUM PINR SY IS LE
08BEIRUT283	LEBANON: JUMBLATT PREOCCUPIED WITH SECURITY ISSUES [...] (C) Security concerns weighed heavily on Druse leader Walid Jumblatt during a February 22 meeting with the Charge. He sought U.S. assistance in persuading Saad Hariri to discuss recent Sunni-Shia clashes with Amal leader Nabih Berri, pointing to an upcoming Hizballah rally as another source o [...]	2008-02-21 15:28:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PTER PARM PINR SY IS LE
08BEIRUT324	LEBANON: GENERAL SLEIMAN ON GAZA, US NAVY IN [...] (C) Summary: Charge met with Lebanese Armed Forces Commander Michel Sleiman March 3 for an overview of the past week: Gaza, U.S. Navy ship movements, and continued speculation on the Arab League Summit. Sleiman was frank and constructive during the meeting, offering feedback on Charge's rece [...]	2008-03-03 16:59:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
08BEIRUT325	LEBANON: DRUSE AND PHALANGE DISMISSIVE OF ARAB [...] (C) Advisors to Phalange party leader Amine Gemayel and Druse leader Walid Jumblatt were critical of Arab League SYG Amr Moussa's ongoing efforts to resolve Lebanon's political impasse, suggesting that Moussa's real focus was a successful Arab League summit. They said some in March 14 favor th [...]	2008-03-04 06:25:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM PINR PREF MASS SY IS LE
08BEIRUT333	LEBANON: 2008 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW [...] Summary: In 2007, the Government of Lebanon (GOL) made some important advances in the protection of intellectual property rights (IPR). Progress, however, was hindered by continued political instability, the absence of a functioning parliament that could approve new IPR legislation and the d [...]	2008-03-05 07:24:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ETRD ECON PGOV LE
08BEIRUT334	Lebanon: Print Media -- Newspapers [...] This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: This cable provides information on Lebanese newspapers including political affiliations and circulation figures where available. Lebanon's print media is diverse, vibrant and often opinionated. There a [...]	2008-03-05 08:56:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KMDR OPRC KPAO PREF PREL KISL KPAL LE
08BEIRUT349	LEBANON: PRM A/S WITTEN REVIEWS IRAQI REFUGEE [...] (C) Acting Foreign Minister Tarek Mitri conveyed his concerns to visiting Acting A/S for Population, Refugees and Migration Samuel Witten about the complex situation of Iraqi refugees residing in Lebanon. He admitted that some in the Lebanese public are suffering from "paranoia," and he is co [...]	2008-03-07 13:46:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI SMIG LE
08BEIRUT354	LEBANON: HARIRI ADVISOR LOOKING AHEAD TO [...] (C) Ghattas Khoury, advisor to majority leader Saad Hariri, does not believe enough pressure has been exerted on Syria to allow Lebanon's presidential election to take place. Michel Aoun, who seemed to reject all three points in the Arab League initiative, was the main problem. Lebanon would [...]	2008-03-07 16:42:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM PINR PREF MASS SY IS LE
08BEIRUT372	LEBANON: MINDEF WORRIED THAT HIZBALLAH WAR WITH [...] (S) In a March 10 meeting with Charge, MinDef Murr expressed his growing concern that a Hizballah war with Israel is imminent. His assessment is based upon recent Hizballah preparations, reported movement of families, and the precipitous increase in Israeli overflights of Lebanon. Murr does n [...]	2008-03-11 16:08:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PTER PARM PINR SY IS LE
08BEIRUT391	LEBANON: GOL INEFFICIENCY IN AIDING SHIA BENEFITS [...] (C) Reasons for Hizballah's popularity and what the GOL could do to counter it were the dominant themes of discussion at a March 13 dinner with moderate Shia figures hosted by Charge Sison. Some of the guests noted that tangible assistance to underdeveloped Shia areas was the most effective [...]	2008-03-17 13:39:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SY LE
08BEIRUT392	LEBANON: MARCH 14 CONVENTION REINVIGORATES THE [...] (SBU) On March 14th, the March 14 coalition commemorated the third anniversary of the 2005 Cedar Revolution with a convention that attracted a strong showing of over 2,300 supporters. The event set out to reinvigorate the movement and recapture public support. The speeches focused on March 1 [...]	2008-03-17 14:10:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SY LE
08BEIRUT411	LEBANON: UNIFIL COMMANDER REQUESTS ASSISTANCE FROM [...] (S) In a March 21 introductory meeting with Charge, United Nations Interim Force In Lebanon (UNIFIL) Force Commander Graziano discussed a wide range of issues, but focused primarily on the difficulties posed by the continued Israeli occupation of Ghajar village inside Lebanon, the precipitous [...]	2008-03-21 15:18:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PARM PINR MCAP MASS SY IS LE
08BEIRUT459	LEBANON: DEFMIN MURR ON TRANSFORMING THE LAF TO SUPPORT CT OPERATIONS, UNSCR 1701, CAMPS [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-03 10:43:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET//NOFORN	IS KPAL MASS MCAP PARM PINR PTER SY
08BEIRUT479	LEBANON: MARCH 14 SECRETARIAT SEEKS U.S. SUPPORT [...] (C) March 14 Secretary General Fares Suaid outlined current thinking for March 14's next steps in the wake of the Arab League summit. Unified support for a cabinet reshuffle continued to be hampered by individual political aspirations and Christian concerns. However, March 14 needed to be pr [...]	2008-04-07 14:18:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM PINR KPAL MASS SY IS LE
08BEIRUT49	LEBANON: MOUSSA MISSION MISSES MARK; PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) In a 1/12 meeting with the Ambassador, Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa, while relentlessly chipper, SIPDIS could not point to a single positive development from his shuttle diplomacy among feuding Lebanese politicians. While publicly and privately interpreting the Arab League [...]	2008-01-12 13:23:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM LE SY
08BEIRUT50	LEBANON: GEMAYEL ON THE PRESIDENCY AND HIS [...] (C) During the Ambassador's 1/12 farewell call, former president Amine Gemayel dismissed Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa's shuttle diplomacy as incapable of solving Lebanon's presidential impasse: only real pressure on Syria, so that the Syrians see that presidential elections are [...]	2008-01-12 14:05:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM LE SY
08BEIRUT523	LEBANON: HIZBALLAH GOES FIBER OPTIC [...] (S) Requesting a special meeting with Charge, Telecommunications Minister Marwan Hamadeh decried the establishment of a complete fiber optics network by Hizballah throughout Lebanon. The GOL has been sharing this information widely among friends of Lebanon, to include the governments of France, Sau [...]	2008-04-16 16:42:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER ECPS PINR LE IR SY
08BEIRUT528	FIRST CLASS OF POLICE OFFICERS TRAINED BY U.S. INSTRUCTORS [...] (U) Summary. The first class of 166 Lebanese Internal Security Forces (ISF) police cadets trained under the USG sponsored Lebanon Police Program graduated on April 15, 2008. The graduation ceremony took place at the ISF Academy located in Warwar, a suburb of Beirut, and featured a sixty piece m [...]	2008-04-18 06:48:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL NAS PGOV IS SY LE
08BEIRUT542	LEBANON: TOUR OF THE BLUE LINE; UNIFIL COMMANDER'S [...] (C) On April 19, Charge and Defense Attache toured the Blue Line in a UNIFIL helicopter, overflying Sheba'a farms and Ghajar and met at length with UNIFIL Commander Graziano. General Graziano continues to stress that Ghajar is his number one issue, predicting that this issue will lead to arm [...]	2008-04-21 17:19:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MARR MASS MCAP PGOV PREL PTER PARM PINR SY
08BEIRUT551	LEBANON: ARMY COMMANDER WILL EXTEND IF ORDERED BY [...] (C) In an April 18 meeting with NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch, Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander General Michel Sleiman stressed he was intent on retiring by November 21, 2008. Sleiman said his announcement that he would leave his post on August 21 was designed to put pressure on th [...]	2008-04-22 14:03:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MASS MCAP PTER PARM PINR KPAL SY AE IS LE
08BEIRUT57	LEBANON: UNDERSTANDING MICHEL AOUN'S POPULARITY [...] (C) While his support has dropped since its 2005 peak, Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun remains the most popular Christian political leader in Lebanon. His polling numbers remain high in spite of actions that could have diminished his support, particularly among Lebanese Christians. [...]	2008-01-15 09:54:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM LE
08BEIRUT572	LEBANON: IMF MISSION TO DISCUSS NEW EPCA PROGRAM; ILLEGAL [...] (SBU) An International Monetary Fund (IMF) delegation is expected to arrive in Beirut on April 29 for a two-week visit to discuss a new Emergency Post-Conflict Assistance (EPCA) program for Lebanon, Finance Minister Jihad Azour told Charge on April 23. The mission will discuss and negotiate wi [...]	2008-04-28 09:13:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE
08BEIRUT627	LEBANON: MARCH 14 DECLARES BEIRUT AIRPORT BELONGS [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: With the road to Beirut International Airport still blocked by Hizballah tents and barricades, Druze leader Walid Jumblatt urged Arab and international support for Lebanon. Jumblatt and March 14 colleague Saad Hariri believe the May 8 UNSC discussion on UNSCR 1559 implementat [...]	2008-05-07 20:21:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER PINR ASEC EAIR SA IR USUN LE
08BEIRUT632	LEBANON: MEETING WITH MINDEF MURR [...] (C) In a May 8 meeting, Defense Minister Elias Murr explained how the current crisis in Lebanon developed, focusing on the Cabinet's May 5 decision to remove the Beirut International Airport head of security, Lebanese Army Brigadier General Wafiq Choucair, who is a Shia officer. Murr explained [...]	2008-05-08 14:24:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PTER MCAP MARR EAIR IR LE
08BEIRUT634	LEBANON: MAY 8 RUND-UP: BEIRUT REMAINS TENSE [...] (C) The situation on the ground in Beirut remains tense. Beirut International Airport (BIA) has resumed some operations, halted since demonstrators blocked roads early May 7, while the main road to BIA and the road to Damascus, have been closed. Sunni-Shia tension continues to rise and severa [...]	2008-05-08 19:16:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER PINR ASEC EAIR SA IR USUN LE
08BEIRUT635	LEBANON: BEIRUT UPDATE AS OF 1045 MAY 9 [...] (C) As of 1045 on May 9, the situation remains tense (Ref A) with fighting between Saad Hariri's Future Movement supporters and Hizballah-Amal Movement supporters, especially in southern Beirut. We are seeing a series of successful positional takeovers of Future positions by Hizballah, which [...]	2008-05-09 07:41:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR ASEC UNSC EAIR SA IR LE
08BEIRUT636	LEBANON: DISCUSSIONS WITH LAF COMMANDER SLEIMAN, [...] (C) Lebanese Armed Forces Commander Michel Sleiman told the Defense Attache that the LAF cannot continue to contain the situation and that he believes civil war has begun. Meanwhile, Justice Minister Charles Rizk is questioning why Hizballah is handing over its takeovers to the army and said t [...]	2008-05-09 08:40:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR ASEC EAIR SA IR UNSC LE
08BEIRUT640	LEBANON: DISCUSSIONS WITH PM SINIORA, LF LEADER [...] (C) Prime Minister Fouad Siniora told the Charge at 1440 on May 9 that Beirut is undergoing a "coup d'etat" by Hizballah and would welcome a strong condemnation from the U.S. on Iran, Syria, and Hizballah. He expressed his appreciation for USG and Arab League foreign ministers' support. He a [...]	2008-05-09 12:27:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR ASEC EAIR SA IR UNSC LE
08BEIRUT641	LEBANON: SLEIMAN SAYS ARMY DOING ITS BEST TO [...] (C) Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander Michel Sleiman said the LAF is doing its best to prevent militia activity, while expressing concern for the safety of the Lebanese people. March 14/Progressive Socialist Party leader Walid Jumblatt, from his residence in Clemenceau, told the Charge at [...]	2008-05-09 16:28:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR ASEC EAIR SA IR UNSC LE
08BEIRUT642	LEBANON: GEAGEA PROPOSES ARAB PEACEKEEPERS; A [...] (C) Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea, in a surprise visit to the Embassy Friday night (May 9),stressed the importance of strengthening Prime Minister Fouad Siniora, Lebanese Armed Forces Commander Michel Sleiman, and the Siniora government. He mentioned the idea of an Arab peacekeeping fo [...]	2008-05-09 20:19:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR ASEC EAIR CASC SA IR
08BEIRUT648	LEBANON: SINIORA TURNS CABINET DECISIONS OVER TO [...] (C) Prime Minister Fouad Siniora, in his televised speech on May 10, criticized Hizballah for disregarding the will of the Lebanese people and called on the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) to fulfill its duty of ensuring the security of Lebanon. Siniora also announced that the Cabinet's decisions [...]	2008-05-10 19:30:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR ASEC UNSC EAIR SA IR LE
08BEIRUT653	LEBANON: JUSTICE MINISTER RIZK WANTS TO MAINTAIN [...] (C) Justice Minister Rizk told the Charge on May 11 that he had not anticipated such a strong reaction from Hizballah to the Cabinet's May 5 decisions to transfer the head of airport security and to declare Hizballah's fiber optics network illegal. Rizk criticized the relationship between the [...]	2008-05-11 22:40:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR ASEC UNSC EAIR SA IR LE
08BEIRUT661	LEBANON: ARMY COMMANDER SAYS HE WILL PROTECT THE [...] (C/NF) In two meetings on Sunday, May 11, Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander Sleiman explained that he had not meant to embarrass the Prime Minister with his comments on GOL cabinet decisions, that reports of massive army resignations were not true, and that the Army would "defend until th [...]	2008-05-12 16:20:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MASS MCAP PTER PARM PINR KPAL SY AE IS LE
08BEIRUT662	LEBANON: SAMIR GEAGEA LOOKING TOWARDS NEXT STEPS [...] (C) In a late night, Sunday, May 11 meeting, Lebanese Forces (LF) leader Samir Geagea told Charge that the USG must not waiver in its support for March 14, that Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander Sleiman was weak, and that the LAF had failed to protect the people. Geagea suggested that the A [...]	2008-05-12 16:24:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PTER MCAP MARR EAIR IR LE
08BEIRUT681	LEBANON: MINDEF MURR MEETING ON 11 MAY 2008 [...] (C) In a May 11 meeting, Defense Minister Elias Murr told Charge that Hizballah fighters were moving into his neighborhood to take up positions around Michel Aoun's residence. Murr thinks that the incidents of 8-10 May prove that Army Commander Sleiman and Army Intelligence Chief Georges Khou [...]	2008-05-13 21:32:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PTER MCAP MARR EAIR IR LE
08BEIRUT687	LEBANON: WITH CENTCOM ACTING COMMANDER, DEFMIN [...] (C) Acting CENTCOM Commander and CENTCOM J5 Policy and Planning Director Major General Allardice, in a May 13 visit to Beirut, met with Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Elias Murr to discuss support for the LAF. There has been a shift in Murr's thinking since we last saw him three d [...]	2008-05-14 21:23:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR ASEC UNSC EAIR SA IR LE
08BEIRUT688	LEBANON: ARMY COMMANDER DESCRIBES CHALLENGES AND [...] (C) In a 14 May meeting, Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander LTG Sleiman told visiting Acting CENTCOM Commander LTG Dempsey that Lebanon is in a "civil war" that requires a political solution. Sleiman outlined for General Dempsey the difficulties of the current tactical situation on the grou [...]	2008-05-14 21:46:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MASS MCAP PTER PARM PINR KPAL SY AE IS LE
08BEIRUT697	LEBANON: AOUN WILL GO TO DOHA; INSISTS ON [...] (C) Free Patriotic Movement leader General Michel Aoun confirmed he will attend the May 16 National Dialogue meeting in Doha, although he expressed his discontent with having all 14 political leaders attend the Dialogue. Aoun argued that a national unity government would restore calm to the co [...]	2008-05-15 19:35:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR KJUS MASS IR AR SY IS LE
08BEIRUT701	LEBANON: SAMIR GEAGEA GOING TO DOHA, NO TO 10-10-10 [...] (C) In a late night, Thursday, May 15 meeting, Lebanese Forces (LF) leader Samir Geagea told Charge that he is concerned that deals are being made under the table at this time with regards to the next Lebanese government and that Sa'ad Hariri is wavering on the March 14 agenda. Geagea specific [...]	2008-05-15 22:06:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PTER MCAP MARR EAIR IR LE
08BEIRUT704	LEBANON: SAAD HARIRI: LOW EXPECTATIONS FOR DOHA, [...] (C) Future Movement leader Saad Hariri confirmed the death of top Hizballah military leader General Abu al-Fadl in a May 15 meeting with the Charge. Political leaders were preparing to meet in Doha on May 16 to relaunch the National Dialogue, though both enthusiasm and expectations for the tal [...]	2008-05-15 22:25:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM PINR KJUS MASS IR AR SY IS LE
08BEIRUT713	LEBANON: TRIPOLI MP: WHO WILL DEFEND TRIPOLI -- [...] (C) Pro-March 14 Tripoli MP Mosbah Ahdab and prominent Sunni leaders from Tripoli conveyed their deep concern to us on May 16 that if the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) does not protect the Sunnis in Tripoli, some moderate Future Movement supporters may turn to Sunni extremist groups for protecti [...]	2008-05-16 20:12:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR EAIR SA IR LE
08BEIRUT732	LEBANON: FORMER PM MIKATI EXPECTS CONTINUED STATUS [...] (C) Former Prime Minister and prominent Sunni businessman Najib Mikati reported to Charge May 19 evening that he heard Syrian President Bashar Assad had "ordered" Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri to "finalize an agreement" in Doha. Mikati explained that the Qataris are feeling pressure to succee [...]	2008-05-20 19:53:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR EAIR SA IR LE
08BEIRUT746	LEBANON: RESIGNED MINSTER OF HEALTH CONTINUES [...] (C) "Resigned" yet still-active Minister of Health (MOH) Mohammed Khalifeh described the reforms he has undertaken at the Ministry since assuming office in 2005. Although he resigned in November 2006 when five Shia ministers left the Siniora cabinet, he told Charge that he continues to push [...]	2008-05-22 14:24:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR ECON EFIN EAID LE
08BEIRUT748	LEBANON: GEMAYEL: U.S. NEEDS TO COUNTER SYRIAN [...] (C) Former president and Kataeb (Phalange) leader Amine Gemayel expressed to the Charge on May 22 his disappointment with the agreement reached in Doha. He credited himself for the agreement's omission of an endorsement of Hizballah's legitimacy as a resistance movement. He is pleased that th [...]	2008-05-22 17:07:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC SA LE
08BEIRUT754	LEBANON: A CONFIDENT AOUN BELIEVES OPPOSITION WILL [...] (C) A confident and cheerful Free Patriotic Movement leader Michel Aoun told the Charge on May 23 that the Finance Ministry was most important cabinet seat for the opposition in the upcoming cabinet formation, followed by Interior and Defense. The other ministries were less important, in the [...]	2008-05-23 14:52:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE
08BEIRUT758	GEN. SLEIMAN LOOKS AHEAD AT PRESIDENCY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Charge met one-on-one with General Michel Sleiman, President-designate and Commander of the Lebanese Armed Forces, to thank him for the close relationship the Embassy has enjoyed with the LAF under his command and to share with him the news of Codel Rahall's travel for Sunday's P [...]	2008-05-23 21:21:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MCAP PTER PINR LE
08BEIRUT760	LEBANON: ELIAS MURR WANTS TO REMAIN MINISTER OF [...] (C) In a May 24 meeting, Defense Minister Elias Murr told Charge that he wanted to be the Minister of Defense in the next Cabinet. Murr rejects the idea of a Hizballah veto over his reappointment as MinDef and threatened President-Designate Sleiman last night, after Murr's return from Geneva, [...]	2008-05-24 17:10:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PTER MCAP MARR EAIR IR LE
08BEIRUT764	LEBANON: CODEL RAHALL MEETING WITH [...] (C) In a May 25 meeting with CODEL Rahall a few hours before the Parliamentary vote on the Presidency, Lebanese President-Designate Sleiman said that Lebanon's problems can only be solved through dialogue. Sleiman thanked the delegation for their steadfast support of the Lebanese Armed Forces [...]	2008-05-26 13:27:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PTER PREF MCAP MARR EAIR IR LE
08BEIRUT765	LEBANON: SAAD HARIRI WARNS CODEL RAHALL OF [...] (C) Hours before the parliamentary election of former Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander Michel Sleiman as president, Saad Hariri, leader of the parliamentary majority, thanked visiting CODEL Rahall for continuing U.S. Congressional support for the Lebanese security forces. Repeatedly warni [...]	2008-05-26 13:35:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR ASEC UNSC EAIR SA IR LE
08BEIRUT766	LEBANON: PARLIAMENT ELECTS MICHEL SLEIMAN AS [...] (C) After 19 previous sessions were canceled, the Lebanese Parliament finally succeeded in electing former Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander Michel Sleiman as president, ending the presidential vacuum that had gripped Lebanon for the past six months. In what many viewed as a stronger than [...]	2008-05-26 14:04:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR ASEC UNSC EAIR SA IR LE
08BEIRUT770	LEBANON: NASRALLAH EXTENDS HAND FOR PARTNERSHIP, BUT [...] (U) During a ceremony held in the Beirut southern suburbs to mark the eighth anniversary of the 2000 Israeli withdrawal from southern Lebanon, Hizballah SYG Nasrallah delivered a televised speech in which he extended to the GOL the hand for partnership and cooperation, but at the same time just [...]	2008-05-27 12:14:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER PINR LE
08BEIRUT780	LEBANON: MARCH 14 SELECTS FOUAD SINIORA AS PRIME [...] (C) Shortly before March 14 announced on May 27 that Fouad Siniora was its candidate for prime minister, Druze leader Walid Jumblatt shared ongoing deliberations affecting majority leader Saad Hariri's decision whether to take the job himself. On cabinet formation, Jumblatt argued that March [...]	2008-05-28 06:42:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR ASEC UNSC EAIR SA IR LE
08BEIRUT80	LEBANON: FM SALLOUKH CORDIAL IN FIRST MEETING [...] (C) The Ambassador paid a farewell call to Foreign Minister Fawzi Salloukh on January 18, his first official visit to Salloukh in over a year. Salloukh is among the Shia ministers who resigned from the Siniora government in November 2006. Salloukh condemned the January 15, 2008 bombing that [...]	2008-01-18 16:58:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE
08BEIRUT849	LEBANON: MURR TELLS USDP EDELMAN HE EXPECTS TO [...] (C) Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Eric Edelman expressed to Defense Minister Elias Murr the U.S. commitment to assisting the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF). Murr reported that he understood from President Michel Sleiman that Sleiman would appoint him to stay on as Defense Minister in the [...]	2008-06-05 16:44:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MCAPS PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE
08BEIRUT85	LEBANON: DEFENSE MINISTER RECOUNTS MEETING WITH [...] (S) Deputy PM and Defense Minister Elias Murr advocated separation of the presidential election from cabinet formation in his discussions with visiting Arab League SYG Amr Moussa, but held little hope that Damascus, Moussa's next stop, would accept the idea. The Syrians, Murr believed, were f [...]	2008-01-20 12:19:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
08BEIRUT850	LEBANON: SAAD HARIRI TELLS USDP EDELMAN THAT A [...] (C) Parliamentary Majority leader Saad Hariri told visiting Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Eric Edelman that a strong Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) can defeat Hizballah. Saad believes that U.S. military assistance to train and equip the LAF, funded in part by friendly Arab states, is Leb [...]	2008-06-05 16:45:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MCAPS PTER PINR MOPS UNSC IR LE
08BEIRUT852	LEBANON: CARETAKER TELECOM MINISTER: 2009 [...] (C) Caretaker Minister of Telecommunications Marwan Hamadeh warned that the unity of Lebanon is at stake as people arm themselves against continuing violence. He admitted that March 14 was facing a difficult period, but was optimistic it could still win the 2009 parliamentary elections. Hama [...]	2008-06-05 17:36:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR EAID LE
08BEIRUT855	Lebanon: Media Reaction, June 6, 2008 [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-06 10:18:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL KMDR OPRC KPAO KISL KPAL LE
08BEIRUT861	LEBANON: LABOR CONFEDERATION IN HIZBALLAH'S GRIP (ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) According to a long-time employee at the General Labor Confederation (GLC),Hizballah has been exerting almost full control over the GLC for the last three years. The GLC has totally ignored labor demands, and has been transformed into a political tool which Hizballah uses against the GO [...]	2008-06-09 05:10:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE
08BEIRUT865	LEBANON: MARCH 14 SECURITY MOST IMPORTANT TO [...] (C) Linking success in the 2009 parliamentary elections to March 14's ability to "protect its people," caretaker Social Affairs Minister Nayla Mouawad and her son Michel Mouawad proposed that March 14 implement a security strategy. This would include developing a force within the Internal Secu [...]	2008-06-09 14:54:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC EG LE
08BEIRUT895	LEBANON: SAAD HARIRI CONFIDENT MARCH 14 WILL [...] (C) Parliamentary Majority leader Saad Hariri stated with confidence on June 13 that President Michel Sleiman would appoint acceptable candidates to the Defense and Interior Ministries, that March 14 would retain the Finance and Justice Ministries, and that the opposition would choose the Fore [...]	2008-06-13 18:46:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE
08BEIRUT936	LEBANON: ONE MONTH LATER, HOW CAN THE U.S. SUPPORT [...] (C) One month since he became president, the optimism and celebration that followed President Sleiman's election seem to have faded. The Lebanese political scene has returned to its all too familiar picture of squabbling leaders unable to resolve their differences, this time on cabinet format [...]	2008-06-26 18:00:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE
08BEIRUT942	LEBANON: PM'S AIDE ON CABINET, VIENNA PLEDGES, [...] (C) PM Siniora's senior aide Mohamed Chatah said Michel Aoun has agreed to withdraw his demand for a sovereign ministry in the new cabinet, but in return wants the public works portfolio as well as the telecommunications portfolio that Siniora has already offered him. March 14 is favorably di [...]	2008-06-27 18:36:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MCAP PINR PREF PREL PTER LE KU QA SA
08BEIRUT953	LEBANON: ARMY MAKES HUMANITARIAN DEMINING A [...] (C) Summary. Charge and Office of Defense Cooperation Chief visited three Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) sites on 30 June, including the Lebanese Mine Action Center (LMAC),the LAF Engineer Regiment, and the Mine Detecting Dog unit. The purpose of these visits was to publicly demonstrate the scope [...]	2008-07-01 12:26:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	LE MARR MAS MCAP MOPS PGOV PHSA PM
08BEIRUT96	LEBANON: SINIORA URGES PRESSURE ON SYRIANS, [...] (S) In the Ambassador's January 22 farewell call, Prime Minister Fouad Siniora shared concerns that Hizballah may be planning some sort of action against Israel as a way to improve its image domestically and within the Arab League. Siniora also asked the Ambassador to carry two messages back t [...]	2008-01-23 11:26:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
08BELGRADE1097	SERBIA: PROSPECTS FOR COMPLETION OF ICTY [...] (C) The Serbian government's cooperation with the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia has increased since parliamentary elections in May and took a dramatic step forward just after the July formation of the new government with the arrest of wartime Bosnian Serb political leade [...]	2008-10-22 14:28:00	Embassy Belgrade	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV KWAC SR
08BELGRADE111	MY SWEET LITTLE SERBIAN VILLAGE [...] (C) DCM re-visited the central Serbian town of Kraljevo where she lived as an exchange student 34 year years ago, and found her "typical" Serbian family galvanized by the presidential elections and traumatized by the thought of returning to the '90's under a Radical government. Coincidentall [...]	2008-01-29 13:33:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS SR
08BELGRADE1231	SERBIA ATTEMPTS TO REOPEN KUMANOVO MILITARY [...] (C) Serbia's President and its Army Chief of Staff have publicly expressed their interest in revising the 1999 Kumanovo military technical agreement with NATO, stating the agreement was out of date given the current security and political environment. The agreement, signed in June 1999 at th [...]	2008-12-01 17:12:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR KV SR
08BELGRADE1332	SERBIAN DEFENSE MINISTER AND ARMY CHIEF OF STAFF IN OPEN [...] (SBU) A simmering conflict between Serbia's civilian and military defense leaders burst into the open with a front-page interview in which Army Chief of Staff Zdravko Ponos boldly criticized Minister of Defense Dragan Sutanovac and alleged that Serbia had neither a national security strategy n [...]	2008-12-26 13:30:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MARR PREL SR
08BELGRADE1343	SERBIAN AUTHORITIES ARREST NINE SERBIAN-CITIZEN ALBANIANS [...] (SBU) On December 26 in southern Serbia's Presevo Valley, authorities arrested nine Serbian-citizen Albanians on allegations of war crimes committed against Serbs in neighboring Kosovo in 1999. Police are searching for an additional eight suspects while judicial proceedings have begun in Belg [...]	2008-12-30 07:28:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MARR SR KV
08BELGRADE1345	SERBIA: PRESIDENT FIRES ARMY CHIEF OF STAFF PONOS [...] (U) Following several hours of debate in the National Security Council on December 29, President Tadic announced on December 30 that he had relieved Army Chief of Staff (CHOD) Zdravko Ponos of his official duties. While the short announcement on the presidency web site did not provide any det [...]	2008-12-30 15:23:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MARR PREL SR
08BELGRADE150	BELGRADE HOPES FOR SLOW CHANGE IN KOSOVO STATUS [...] (SBU) Kosovo Ministry officials told visiting State and Defense Department representatives on January 30 that only a compromise on Kosovo final status would lead to a durable solution. Assistant Kosovo Ministers urged "incremental" changes in Kosovo and said a "surge to independence" would de [...]	2008-02-08 09:10:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KBTS KPAO SR MW KV
08BELGRADE167	TRIAL of ALLEGED MUSLIM EXTREMISTS IN SERBIA [...] (SBU) The trial of 14 Muslims from Serbia's Sandzak region on charges of terrorism and related charges began on January 14. According to the indictment, the group was planning attacks on the U.S. Embassy and other sites in Belgrade and Novi Pazar, as well as the murder of an Islamic religious l [...]	2008-02-13 06:22:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF ASEC PTER SR US
08BELGRADE18	NEXT STEPS IN SOUTHERN SERBIA IN 2008 [...] The Serbian government's Coordinating Body for Southern Serbia (CB) will unveil in early 2008 its engagement and investment strategy for the next two years for the ethnic Albanian-majority Presevo Valley. While serious obstacles remain in the way of a normalized relation between Belgrade and [...]	2008-01-04 11:37:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM KBTS KPAO SR MW KV
08BELGRADE283	VETTING FOR IMET COURSE [...] The following candidates from Montenegro are presented as nominees for IMET COURSE -- Army WARRIOR LEADER COURSE scheduled for 18 MAY 2008 to 18 JUNE 2008 at 7th Army NCO Academy at Grafenwoehr, Germany. Consistent with Department Policy as it relates to the Leahy Amendment/Human Rights Vettin [...]	2008-03-25 11:18:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM KCRM SR
08BELGRADE340	VETTING FOR IMET COURSE [...] The following candidate from Serbia is presented as a nominee for IMET COURSE -- Basic Non Commissioned Officer Course scheduled for 14 APR 2008 to 04 MAY 2008 at Ohio Army National Guard. Consistent with Department Policy as it relates to the Leahy Amendment/Human Rights Vetting, this individ [...]	2008-04-07 09:00:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KCRM SR
08BELGRADE357	SERBIA: DOMESTIC CONDEMNATION OF HARADINAJ VERDICT; APPEAL [...] (SBU) Serbia's coalition and opposition parties universally condemned the April 3 decision by The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY),finding former Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj, not guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity. The political partie [...]	2008-04-09 13:14:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KV SR
08BELGRADE51	SERBIA: CORPORATE SHARE GIVE AWAY - GOOD ECONOMICS? GOOD [...] On December 26, the Serbian Parliament approved a law on the free distribution of shares of privatized and soon to be privatized companies to Serbian citizens. The law was approved less than two months after Economy and Regional Development Minister Dinkic first proposed it. The law started [...]	2008-01-11 16:07:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN KPRV SR
08BELGRADE577	SERBIA: WAR CRIMES FUGITIVE ZUPLJANIN ARRESTED [...] (SBU) Serbian authorities arrested Stojan Zupljanin, one of four remaining ICTY fugitives (PIFWC),on June 11 in a Belgrade suburb. His arrest was based on a tip from Serbian Intelligence Services (BIA) and carried out by officers of the Special War Crimes Prosecutors Office with participation [...]	2008-06-12 08:33:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM SR KV
08BELMOPAN149	BELIZE - EIGHTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-13 20:18:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB BH
08BERLIN105	German Out-Of-Area Deployment Update [...] (SBU) As of January 13, Germany had 6,481 military personnel in out-of-area deployments (compared to 7,173 in late December),plus 5,700 on stand-by for the NATO Response Force (NRF). All military out-of-area (OOA) deployments, with the exception of those in support of UN observer missions, re [...]	2008-01-24 17:06:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PREL MARR NATO EUN GM AF SU KV BK LE GG ET
08BERLIN1108	German Out-Of-Area Deployment Update [...] (SBU) As of July 30, Germany had 6,750 military personnel in out-of-area deployments (compared to 7000 in May),plus 2,500 on stand-by for the NATO Response Force (NRF) and an additional 1,000 on stand-by for the EU's Battle Groups. All armed military out-of-area (OOA) deployments, with the ex [...]	2008-08-13 09:13:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PREL MARR NATO EUN GM AF SU KV BK LE GG ET
08BERLIN1126	HOST NATION SENSITIVITY SURVEY FOR USAREUR [...] (S) Reference is EUCOM J5-J8 request for Embassy Berlin's assessment of host nation sensitivity regarding USAREUR's plan to re-station the G/52 Aviation Company with its four aircraft from Livorno, Italy to locations in Germany. 2. (U) This is a joint DoD-Department of State message, prov [...]	2008-08-15 09:27:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET//NOFORN	MARR PREL GM
08BERLIN122	WELCOME TO BERLIN [...] (C) NSA Hadley: Mission Germany looks forward to welcoming you to Berlin January 31 to February 1. Germany is currently consumed by the aftermath of bitterly fought state elections that took place on January 27 in Hesse and Lower Saxony. They are being seen as barometers for next year's nat [...]	2008-01-29 16:25:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL GM
08BERLIN1223	GERMANY WILLING TO SUPPORT ANA EXPANSION, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY. At the September 10 Joint Coordination and Monitoring Board (JCMB) meeting, Germany is prepared to go along with the Afghan government's request to expand the Afghan National Army (ANA),but has concerns about the cost and the sustainability of this initiative. German officials [...]	2008-09-04 15:38:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR AF GM
08BERLIN1345	SEPTEMBER 17 VISIT OF ACTING DOD GENERAL COUNSEL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Acting DOD General Counsel Daniel Dell'Orto, accompanied by Charge Koenig, met with MFA Legal Advisor Georg Witschel and MOD Legal Advisor Dieter Weingartner September 17 in Berlin. In addition to a general legal discussion about the use of force in combating transnational terror [...]	2008-09-29 12:48:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS PARM PGOV GM
08BERLIN1354	GERMANY/ANA EXPANSION: MORE INFORMATION NEEDED [...] (C) As instructed ref A, post approached officials in both the MFA and MOD to ask that Germany consider providing $100 million per year from 2010 to 2014 in additional funding for sustainment of the expanded Afghan National Army (ANA). 2. (C) While open to making an additional contribution a [...]	2008-10-01 16:50:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS NATO GM AF

08BERLIN1387	GERMANY: BUNDESTAG SET TO RENEW A BEEFED-UP ISAF [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: The Bundestag is expected to approve on October 16 a 14-month extension of the parliamentary mandate that authorizes Bundeswehr participation in the NATO ISAF mission in Afghanistan. The renewed ISAF mandate will continue to limit German forces essentially to the north of Afghanista [...]	2008-10-10 17:31:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MARR PGOV AF GM
08BERLIN1436	GERMANY: OPEN TO GREATER COOPERATION WITH THE U.S. [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Officials at the German Center for International Peace Operations (ZIF) told visiting S/CRS Deputy Coordinator Larry Sampler October 16 that they would welcome greater cooperation with S/CRS and invited the U.S. to send one or more representatives to a December 11-12 internatio [...]	2008-10-23 07:33:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV EAID PHUM PREF UNDP UN
08BERLIN1529	MEDIA REACTION: Financial Crisis, Economic, EU-Russia, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Economic) Financial Crisis 3. (Economic) U.S. Car Industry Problems 4. (EU-Russia) Energy Policy, Partnership Agreement 5. (U.S.-Afghanistan) Future Policy 6. (U.S.-EU) Future Cooperation 7. (Mideast) Peace Process 8. (U.S.) Obama [...]	2008-11-12 12:02:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO GM
08BERLIN1542	GERMANY REMAINS STUBBORN ON MAP AND ADDITIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. Top German government officials emphasized to visiting USNATO Ambassador Kurt Volker November 10-11 that Germany remains strongly opposed to granting Ukraine and Georgia member action plan (MAP) status at the December 2-3 meeting of NATO Foreign Ministers. While open to giving the appl [...]	2008-11-14 18:25:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV AF RS GG UP GM
08BERLIN1669	GERMANY: POST-MORTEM ON KEY ISSUES FOLLOWING THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: German officials are generally satisfied with the hard-fought compromises on MAP and NATO-Russian relations in the December 2-3 NATO Foreign Ministers communique. On MAP, there is hope that this contentious issue can finally be put to the side for the medium term. While conceding [...]	2008-12-15 11:09:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NATO RS AF GM
08BERLIN1689	ROUND 55 - HOST NATION NOTIFICATION REGARDING [...] (S) Post delivered the host national notification regarding the return of 192 vacant housing units in the U.S. Army Europe's Mark Twain Village Housing area in Heidelberg, Germany. Poloff delivered the letter to MFA North America Desk Officer Wert Boerner at 1430 local time on December 18, an [...]	2008-12-19 13:05:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET	MARR NATO PREL GM
08BERLIN1690	GERMANY: VISIT OF KUNAR AND WARDAK GOVERNORS HELPS [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a December 18 visit to Berlin, the governors of Kunar and Wardak provinces pressed for greater German assistance with the training and equipping of the Afghan Border Police (ABP) and the Afghan National Police (ANP). In a surprise announcement, the Interior Ministry revealed tha [...]	2008-12-19 13:32:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR NATO EUN GM AF TU
08BERLIN1695	German Out-Of-Area Deployment Update [...] (SBU) As of December 3, Germany had 7,200 military personnel in out-of-area deployments (compared to 6,700 in July),plus 2,500 on stand-by for the NATO Response Force (NRF) and an additional 1,000 on stand-by for the EU's Battle Groups. All armed military out-of-area (OOA) deployments, with t [...]	2008-12-19 15:20:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PREL MARR NATO EUN GM AF SU KV BK LE GG ET
08BERLIN235	GERMANY/ISAF: THE OUTLOOK FOR BUCHAREST AND BEYOND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Germany is unlikely to make any new major contributions to ISAF before the NATO Bucharest Summit in April or the Afghanistan Conference hosted by France in June, despite pleas for additional forces. German officials see no reason to re-evaluate the current Bundeswehr force postur [...]	2008-02-26 14:07:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NATO GM AF
08BERLIN250	GERMAN OUT-OF-AREA DEPLOYMENT UPDATE [...] (SBU) As of February 17, Germany had 6,657 military personnel in out-of-area deployments (compared to 6,481 in late January),plus 5,700 on stand-by for the NATO Response Force (NRF). All military out-of-area (OOA) deployments, with the exception of those in support of UN observer missions, r [...]	2008-02-29 11:20:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	GM MARR MOPS NATO PREL AF BK ET EUN GG KV
08BERLIN389	HOST NATION SENSITIVITY SURVEY: USAREUR FY-09 [...] (U) This is a joint DOD/DOS message in response to the reftel request for an embassy assessment of host nation sensitivity regarding proposed FY-09 USAREUR force structure changes in Germany, including the reorganization, relocation, activation and inactivation of U.S. Army Europe units in Ans [...]	2008-03-28 17:22:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MARR PREL GM
08BERLIN391	HOST NATION SENSITIVITY SURVEY: USAREUR FY-09 [...] (U) This is a joint DOD/DOS message in response to the reftel request for an embassy assessment of host nation sensitivity regarding proposed FY-09 USAREUR force structure changes in Germany, including the reorganization, relocation, activation and inactivation of U.S. Army Europe units in Ans [...]	2008-03-31 07:34:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET//NOFORN	MARR PREL GM
08BERLIN465	GERMANY: HOST NATION CONSULTATIONS INITIATED ON [...] (S) As instructed reftel, post has opened consultations with both the German Ministry of Defense (MOD) and the Federal Foreign Office (FFO) on EUCOM plans to close and return 15 U.S. military sites in Germany (Round 54). In a letter outlining the planned action, we have asked for any German g [...]	2008-04-14 15:45:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET	MARR PREL NATO GM
08BERLIN620	GERMANY: CONSTITUTIONAL COURT RULING COULD RAISE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The German Constitutional Court has ruled that allowing German air crews to participate in the NATO AWACS mission in Turkey on the eve of the war in Iraq without first seeking approval of the Bundestag was unconstitutional. While it is still too early to draw any definitive concl [...]	2008-05-09 16:02:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS GM
08BERLIN669	German Out-Of-Area Deployment Update [...] (SBU) As of early May, Germany had just over 7,000 military personnel in out-of-area deployments (compared to 6,657 in mid-February),plus 5,700 on stand-by for the NATO Response Force (NRF). All armed military out-of-area (OOA) deployments, with the exception of those in support of UN observe [...]	2008-05-21 06:32:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PREL MARR NATO EUN GM AF SU KV BK LE GG ET
08BERLIN909	GERMANY NEEDS MORE INFO ON PURPOSE AND DEPLOYMENT [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel points to Karin Marschall, desk officer for the Defense and Security Policy Division at the German MFA on July 10. Marschall expressed appreciation for the points, but noted that Germany does not yet have an official response due to outstanding questions concerning [...]	2008-07-10 15:12:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	IO NATO PREL AF GM
08BERN573	AFGHANISTAN: SEEKING SWISS SUPPORT FOR THE AFGHAN [...] (C) Poloff delivered the reftel A message on November 6 to Pierre-Yves Fux, Senior Coordinator for South Asia at the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (EDA). Fux was not aware of the UNDP "basket fund" and appreciated the information. He noted that Switzerland has made a multi-year [...]	2008-11-07 14:00:00	Embassy Bern	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL AF SZ
08BERN612	BILATERAL RELATIONSHIPS WITH SWITZERLAND AND THE [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-02 14:39:00	Embassy Bern	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ETRD PHUM EFIN SZ
08BISHKEK530	A RAMP TOO FAR? KYRGYZ OFFER SOME INSIGHTS INTO [...] (C) Summary. In a May 23 meeting, Kyrgyz Security Council Deputy Secretary informed Charge that the Kyrgyz decision to disapprove the U.S. proposal to invest $30 million to construct a strategic parking ramp at Manas Airport for use by coalition forces was final, and the decision had been ta [...]	2008-05-23 11:26:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR KG
08BISHKEK670	SCO ROLE IN AFGHANISTAN: CONFERENCE SHORT ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A June 11-12 conference in Kyrgyzstan examined the possible role of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Afghanistan's security and development. Afghan speakers described a bleak situation in the country and called for more foreign aid to focus on fighting terrorism [...]	2008-06-27 07:15:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ECON AF KG
08BISHKEK992	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH KYRGYZ PROSECUTOR [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met September 23 with Prosecutor General Satybaldiyev to discuss the status of the "criminal investigation" connected to the August 4 seizure of weapons and equipment from a U.S. military training team. Satybaldiyev said that he had asked the Kyrgyz Parliament for an o [...]	2008-09-26 10:43:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR KG
08BOGOTA1053	UNHCHR ANNUAL HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT CITE PROGRESS, [...] Summary: The United Nations High Commissioner for High Rights in Colombia's (UNHCHR) 2007 report on Colombia,s human rights situation cites progress, while recognizing that challenges remain. The report highlights human rights violations stemming from Colombia's armed conflict, including F [...]	2008-03-18 14:07:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV KJUS CO
08BOGOTA1056	QUARTERLY HUMAN RIGHTS CONSULTATIONS FOCUS ON [...] Summary: At the suggestion of the Colombian Commission of Jurists, Post's quarterly consultations with human rights groups focused on alleged extrajudicial executions (EJEs) by security forces. Citing a report released last October by a coalition of human rights groups, the participants said [...]	2008-03-18 16:08:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV KJUS CO
08BOGOTA1059	FARC-ELN ABUSES CREATE HUMANITARIAN NEED IN ARAUCA [...] In the first weeks of 2008, fighting between the FARC and ELN led to the displacement of over 4000 people in Arauca department. The FARC is trying to wrest oil-rich areas from the ELN, using selective assassinations and displacement. Meanwhile, the ELN pressured fleeing residents to stay. Int [...]	2008-03-18 20:07:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PHUM CO
08BOGOTA1072	SUPREME COURT REOPENS 1987 MURDER CASE AGAINST [...] Summary: On March 6, the Supreme Court ordered the reopening of the investigation of a retired general and two officers for the 1987 massacre of 19 businessmen in Magdalena. New testimony from demobilized paramilitaries in the Justice and Peace process, as well as a ruling by the Inter-Ameri [...]	2008-03-19 13:01:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV KJUS CO
08BOGOTA1092	BLUE LANTERN POST-SHIPMENT CHECK ON LICENSES [...] In response to reftel Econoff initiated efforts with MilGroup Army Officer to confirm the purchase by the Colombian Military (COLMIL) of 111 compressor-turbine stators with the part number 3056531CL07 ("stators") from two U.S. vendors. Per reftel, the stators are parts for the PT6A-68C engin [...]	2008-03-19 21:27:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC NL CO
08BOGOTA1136	NEW CRIMINAL GROUPS AND POLICE EFFORTS TO COMBAT [...] (C) The OAS Mission for Support of the Peace Process (MAPP/0AS) and local media highlight the growing threat to local governance posed by new narcotrafficking and extortion groups. The new criminal groups lack the popular and political acceptance that facilitated the expansion of United Self- [...]	2008-03-27 17:58:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR CO
08BOGOTA1205	SCENESETTER FOR APRIL 4-6 VISIT OF USTR SCHWAB AND [...] (U) Fostered by targeted U.S. assistance, Colombia finds itself safer, economically stronger, better governed, and more democratic than it has been in decades. Rates of murder, kidnapping, and violence nationwide, particularly against union members, have fallen dramatically. Increased secur [...]	2008-04-01 20:53:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PREL ECON EFIN PGOV EAID CO
08BOGOTA1282	NEW ARRESTS IN 2005 SAN JOSE DE APARTADO MASSACRE [...] On March 14, the Prosecutor General's Office (Fiscalia) ordered the capture of 15 members of the Velez Battalion of the Army's 17th Brigade in connection to the February 21, 2005 massacre of eight people, including three children, connected to the San Jose de Apartado peace community. Thirteen [...]	2008-04-08 11:59:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV KJUS CO
08BOGOTA1373	AMBASSADOR BROWNFIELD'S VISIT TO QUIBDS, CHOCS ON MARCH [...] (U) SUMMARY. The Ambassador traveled on March 28 to the predominately Afro-Colombian town of Quibds, Chocs to meet local military, political and economic figures, civil society leaders, and university students. Chocs is the department with the highest percentage of Afro popolulation in Colo [...]	2008-04-14 13:44:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAID EAGR PTER PREL ECON SOCI CO
08BOGOTA1376	AMBASSADOR BROWNFIELD'S VISIT TO QUIBDS, CHOCS ON MARCH [...] (U) SUMMARY. The Ambassador traveled on March 28 to the predominately Afro-Colombian town of Quibds, Chocs to meet local military, political and economic figures, civil society leaders, and university students. Chocs is the department with the highest percentage of Afro popolulation in Colo [...]	2008-04-14 14:47:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAID EAGR PTER PREL ECON SOCI CO
08BOGOTA146	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF ADMIRAL MULLEN, CJCS [...] (U) Post welcomes the January 16-18 visit of Admiral Michael G. Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, to Bogota. Your delegation will visit Colombia in the midst of a dramatic transformation, one in which U.S. assistance is playing a powerful role. The Colombia of 2008 is far safer, [...]	2008-01-11 18:52:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PTER CO
08BOGOTA1555	SCENESETTER FOR APRIL 30- MAY 2 VISIT OF CHIEF OF [...] (U) Fostered by targeted U.S. assistance, Colombia finds itself safer, economically stronger, better governed, and more democratic than it has been in decades. Rates of murder, kidnapping, and violence nationwide, particularly against union members, have fallen dramatically. Increased secur [...]	2008-04-25 22:02:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR CO
08BOGOTA164	GOC CAPTURES ELN COMMANDER "PABLITO" [...] (C) Colombian authorities captured Carlos Marin Guarin (aka "Pablito") a commander of the country's second largest terrorist group, the National Liberation Army (ELN),on January 7. Defense Minister Santos said Pablito was the key figure in the ELN's military structure, adding that his captur [...]	2008-01-11 21:17:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET	PTER PREL PREF PHUM CO
08BOGOTA1656	THREATS TO PRIESTS IN SOUTHERN BOLIVAR [...] (U) Three Catholic priests and ten lay workers in Southern Bolivar said they were thV8=Q'yZth links to narcotraffickers Victor and Miguel Mejia (LosMellizos). The priests believe they were targeted due to their alternative development, human rights, and social organization programs which antago [...]	2008-05-06 16:32:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PHUM PREL CO
08BOGOTA1713	AMBASSADOR BROWNFIELD'S VISIT TO ARAUCA, APRIL 29, [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Ambassador traveled on April 29 to the oil-producing and historically conflict-plagued Department of Arauca (along the Venezuelan border) to meet with local political, security, and civil society representatives as well as to visit Occidental Petroleum's (Oxy) major production [...]	2008-05-09 17:57:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EPET EAID PGOV PREL CO
08BOGOTA1715	BRAZIL PUSHES SOUTH AMERICAN SECURITY COUNCIL [...] (C) Brazilian Defense Minister Nelson Jobim briefed Defense Minister Juan Manuel Santos on April 28 on the GOB proposal to create a South American Security Council and pushed hard for the GOC to sign up. Santos told us the GOC fears the initiative may duplicate UN and OAS efforts, suspects Ve [...]	2008-05-09 18:30:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR MOPS PTER PHUM BR CO
08BOGOTA177	SCENESETTER FOR ONDCP DIRECTOR AND CONGRESSIONAL [...] (U) Post welcomes the January 18-20 visit of Office of National Drug Control Policy Director John P. Walters and accompanying CODEL. Your delegation will visit a Colombia in the midst of a dramatic transformation, one in which U.S. assistance is playing a powerful role. The Colombia of 2008 [...]	2008-01-14 19:07:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM SNAR MARR KCRM PTER EAID ETRD ECON
08BOGOTA1838	NAS MONTHLY REPORT FOR APRIL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In April the Government of Colombia (GOC) aerially eradicated 10,630 hectares of coca and manually eradicated another 1,607 hectares of coca and 48 hectares of poppy. The Colombian National Police (CNP) seized 7.46 metric tons of cocaine HCl and coca base, 11.50 metric tons of [...]	2008-05-16 16:40:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR SENV KCRM PTER CO
08BOGOTA191	COLOMBIANS REJECT CHAVEZ' PROPOSALS ON FARC AND [...] The GOC rejected President Chavez' January 10 statement urging that the FARC and ELN be removed from international lists of terrorist groups and receive "belligerent status" from the international community. President Uribe later said he would be willing to seek the FARC's removal from intern [...]	2008-01-15 19:48:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR PREF PREL PTER VZ CO
08BOGOTA1929	FARC 47TH FRONT LEADER 'KARINA' DESERTS [...] (C) FARC 47th Front leader "Karina" voluntarily deserted on May 18 in Antioquia due to continuing military pressure on her unit. The GOC made no promises to Karina regarding her inclusion in the Justice and Peace Law (JPL) program, but a Defense Ministry official told us that it is likely she [...]	2008-05-22 22:31:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV PTER PINR MOPS CO
08BOGOTA1951	PROSECUTOR GENERAL MAKES PROGRESS ON SAN JOSE DE [...] (U) On May 17, local media reported that Army Captain Guillermo Gordillo of the 17th Brigade had confessed to participating in the February 21, 2005 murder of eight civilians near San Jose de Apartado. Gordillo claimed that the Brigade's commander and other senior officers "must have known" a [...]	2008-05-23 23:40:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KJUS CO
08BOGOTA1988	AIR MOBILITY KEY TO SUCCESS IN COLOMBIA [...] (U) SUMMARY: Colombia has transformed itself into a secure, prosperous democracy and an even closer U.S. ally with our help. Many factors contributed to this successful transformation, but one of the most important was the provision of air mobility to the Colombian security forces. Air mobili [...]	2008-05-30 19:47:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PGOV PREL MCAP EAID KCRM PTER SENV CO
08BOGOTA2013	MAPP/OAS NOTES GOC PROGRESS IN COMBATING NEW [...] (C) The draft MAPP/OAS (OAS Mission in Support of the Peace Process) eleventh quarterly report cites recent GOC progress in combating emerging criminal groups, but notes that narcotrafficking profits enable these groups to adapt and recruit even under sustained military pressure. MAPP/OAS Chi [...]	2008-06-02 14:03:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PHUM PREL CO
08BOGOTA2051	COLOMBIA: NARCOTICS MAJORS LIST CERTIFICATION [...] (U) SUMMARY: Though Colombia remains a major producer and trafficker of illicit narcotics, the Government of Colombia (GOC) continues as an unwavering ally in the fight against both narcotics production and trafficking. Our core bilateral counternarcotics eradication and interdiction program [...]	2008-06-06 13:21:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR SENV KCRM PTER CO
08BOGOTA2166	AMBASSADOR'S JUNE 11 MEETING WITH HOSTAGES AND [...] (C) Free Country Foundation (Pais Libre) Executive Director Olga Lucia Golez Cardona told the Ambassador on June 11 her human rights group seeks more resources and support for kidnapped victims and their families. She voiced concern that the extradition of former United Self-Defense Forces of [...]	2008-06-16 23:24:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL PREF PHUM CASC FR CU CO VZ
08BOGOTA2179	NAS MONTHLY REPORT FOR MAY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In May the Government of Colombia (GOC) aerially eradicated 9,540 hectares of coca and manually eradicated another 9,358 hectares of coca and 62 hectares of poppy. The Colombian National Police (CNP) seized 8.21 metric tons of cocaine HCl and coca base, sixteen metric tons of [...]	2008-06-17 20:55:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR SENV KCRM PTER CO
08BOGOTA2264	EMBASSY BOGOTA REPLY REGARDING THE AUC'S FTO [...] (U) Over 32,000 former United Self Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC) paramilitaries have demobilized since 2002 and the elimination of its national command structure significantly reduced the group's terrorist activities. Still, a human rights group reports that AUC offshoots committed 358 vio [...]	2008-06-20 20:11:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV ASEC PREL KCRM KJUS CO
08BOGOTA2313	GOC AND USG COMPLETE UH-1N LOAN AGREEMENT ON JUNE 19, [...] (U) The USG and GOC signed the Loan Agreement for 18 UH-1N helicopters for the Colombian Army Aviation Brigade on June 19, 2008. NAS Bogota has engaged with Colombian Army officials to coordinate the return of the previously grounded helicopters to flight status. All 18 helicopters are fully [...]	2008-06-25 21:44:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR SENV KCRM MOPS PGOV PTER CO
08BOGOTA2317	COFAN INDIGENOUS GROUP DEMANDS CONSULTATIONS ON [...] (U) The Santa Rosa del Guamuez Cofan Indigenous community petitioned the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) to seek precautionary measures requiring the GOC to consult with them on plans to build a military base near their territory. The Santa Rosa representatives (who clash wi [...]	2008-06-25 22:34:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV PREL ECON SOCI CO
08BOGOTA2328	AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO META, JUNE 12, 2008 [...] SUMMARY: The Ambassador traveled on June 12 to the historically conflict-plagued Department of Meta to meet with local political, security, and civil society representatives and highlight USG efforts to assist the GOC in consolidating security gains made in territory previously occupied by th [...]	2008-06-26 20:19:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL SNAR KCOM KAID EC ECON EPET EAID
08BOGOTA2386	HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP STUDY SHOWS DOWNWARD TREND IN [...] (C) A June 9 report released by the well-known Colombian think tank/human rights group Center for Research and Popular Education (CINEP) showed a marked fall in alleged extrajudicial killings in the latter part of 2007. CINEP director Mauricio Garcia Duran told us it is too early to determine [...]	2008-07-01 21:49:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KJUS CO
08BOGOTA2425	COLOMBIA TOUTS HEROIC RESCUE SUCCESS OF HOSTAGES [...] President Uribe touted the successful July 2 military rescue mission of the three Americans, Ingrid Betancourt, and eleven members of the Colombia security forces. He called on the FARC to release the remaining hostages and seek peace. The operation - planned for months - incurred no casualtie [...]	2008-07-03 23:08:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PTER PREL PREF PHUM FR CO SP
08BOGOTA244	COLOMBIA MAKES MAJOR ADVANCES ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN [...] In 2007, Colombia made significant progress in implementing the Justice and Peace Law (JPL),exposing and punishing politicians tied to paramilitaries, and resolving longstanding human rights cases. Twenty-five paramilitary leaders remained in jail. JPL testimony helped clarify 3000 crimes, in [...]	2008-01-17 22:29:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PREL PTER KJUS CO
08BOGOTA2545	NAS MONTHLY REPORT FOR JUNE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In June the Government of Colombia (GOC) aerially eradicated 17,953 hectares. The Colombian National Police (CNP) seized 28.3 metric tons of cocaine and coca base, 19.3 metric tons of marijuana, and 22 kilos of heroin. They also captured 26 metric tons of precursor chemicals. [...]	2008-07-14 19:56:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR SENV KCRM PTER CO
08BOGOTA2568	ASSISTANT SECRETARY SHANNON'S JULY 7 MEETING WITH [...] (C) Assistant Secretary Shannon conveyed President Bush's gratitude to President Uribe for the Colombian military's successful rescue of the three U.S. and twelve Colombian hostages held by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). The operation reflects the transformation that has occurre [...]	2008-07-15 20:29:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECIN PGOV PREF PTER MARR SNAR KJUS CO
08BOGOTA2597	SCENESETTER: VISIT OF POLICY PLANNING DIRECTOR, [...] (U) Your visit comes as Colombia celebrates major victories in its fight against the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC),continued strong economic growth, and an expansion of democratic governance. Increased security has led to an economic boom that has reduced poverty by 20 perce [...]	2008-07-17 22:54:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KJUS PREL CO
08BOGOTA260	SCENESETTER FOR THE JANUARY 24-25 VISIT OF [...] (U) Your visit is well timed. Colombia is in the midst of a dramatic transformation, one in which U.S. assistance is playing a powerful role. The Colombia of 2008 is safer, economically stronger, better governed and more democratic than it has been in decades. Murder rates have declined over [...]	2008-01-22 13:54:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER SNAR ETRD PHUM VZ CO
08BOGOTA2623	AIR BRIDGE DENIAL: JUNE 2008 PROGRAM UPDATE [...] (U) SUMMARY. This is the monthly Air Bridge Denial (ABD) activity report for June, 2008, as required by Reftel. The Government of Colombia (GOC) sorted 5,867 tracks during June. Three were Unknown, Assumed Suspect (UAS). There were no Phase I/II/III events with one Law Enforcement End game [...]	2008-07-21 15:04:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PREL MOPS MASS PGOV CO
08BOGOTA2641	COLOMBIA'S JUNGLAS -- ANTINARCOTICS POLICE WITH AN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: While recent GOC success liberating the hostages has persuasively demonstrated the enormous operational strides made by Colombian Army intelligence forces, GOC Special Forces proficiency extends beyond the Colombian Army. The Narcotics Affairs Section (NAS) Bogota-supported eli [...]	2008-07-23 12:02:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PGOV PREL KCRM PTER MX EC AF CO
08BOGOTA2674	COLOMBIA'S JUNGLAS -- ANTINARCOTICS POLICE WITH AN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: While recent GOC success liberating the hostages has persuasively demonstrated the enormous operational strides made by Colombian Army intelligence forces, GOC Special Forces proficiency extends beyond the Colombian Army. The Narcotics Affairs Section (NAS) Bogota-supported eli [...]	2008-07-24 21:04:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PGOV PREL KCRM PTER MX EC AF CO
08BOGOTA2798	SCENESETTER FOR AUGUST 7-9 VISIT OF ACTING DEPUTY [...] (SBU) Summary: Amid strong economic growth, pro-investment policies, improved security, and targeted U.S. assistance, Colombia finds itself safer, economically stronger, better governed, and more democratic than it has been in decades. Foreign direct investment and trade, led by the energy [...]	2008-08-01 12:08:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG PGOV PREL CO
08BOGOTA2800	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF DIRECTOR OF FOREIGN ASSISTANCE [...] (SBU) Summary: Fostered by targeted U.S. assistance, Colombia finds itself safer, economically stronger, better governed, and more democratic than it has been in decades. Rates of murder, kidnapping, and violence nationwide, particularly against union members, have fallen dramatically. Incre [...]	2008-08-01 16:20:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PGOV EAGR PTER SNAR CO
08BOGOTA2831	COLOMBIA LOOKS AT DEVELOPING ILLICIT FINANCE [...] (SBU) In a July 25 speech to the VIII Panamerican Congress on the Prevention of Money Laundering and Terrorism Finance, Colombian Vice President Francisco Santos announced the GOC's intention to create an Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)-type sanctions list of Colombian nationals involve [...]	2008-08-01 20:48:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER SNAR KCRM PGOV ECON EFIN ETTC CO
08BOGOTA3006	CONSTITUTIONAL COURT LIMITS DISCRETIONARY [...] (U) On August 11, the Constitutional Court announced a ruling limiting the Ministry of Defense's (MOD) discretional authority to dismiss police and military personnel without cause. In its ruling on the case of a career navy infantry officer fired after nine years of service, the court ordere [...]	2008-08-15 16:56:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KJUS CO
08BOGOTA3070	ARMY CAPTAIN IMPLICATES GENERAL FANDINO IN SAN [...] General Hector Fandino, former commander of the 17th Brigade, was implicated by jailed Captain Guillermo Gordillo in a cover-up of the February 2005 massacre of eight people, including three children, near San Jose de Apartado. Gordillo has pled guilty and asked for witness protection for hims [...]	2008-08-19 21:33:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV KJUS CO
08BOGOTA3077	MEDELLIN GRAPPLES WITH POST-CONFLICT SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: A 17% rise in murders in Medellin--after five consecutive years of decline--has aroused fears that security may be deteriorating. Local officials blame the increase on infighting between narcotraffickers seeking to fill the vacuum left by the extradition of crime boss Diego Mu [...]	2008-08-20 14:51:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PGOV PREL CO
08BOGOTA3079	NO PROGRESS IN GOC PEACE OVERTURES TO FARC AND ELN [...] (C) Peace Commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo told us the GOC continues efforts to contact FARC leader Alfonso Cano to start peace talks, but has made no progress. Restrepo's contact with the group communicated with lower-level FARC, but has not obtained a meeting with the FARC leader. Restrepo [...]	2008-08-20 18:51:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET	PGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM CO
08BOGOTA3084	EMBASSY RAISES HUMAN RIGHTS CONCERNS WITH SENIOR [...] (C) Summary: We recently raised specific human rights issues--including threats and violence against human rights defenders--with senior GOC officials. Colombian National Police (CNP) director Oscar Naranjo said the GOC has found that most threats against Bogota-based human rights groups we [...]	2008-08-21 22:01:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PGOV PREL CO
08BOGOTA3088	BLUE LANTERN POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK ON [...] In response to reftel Econoff initiated efforts with MilGroup Army Officer to confirm the purchase by the Colombian Army (COLAR) of 574 AN/PVS-14 Night Vision Devices ("NVDs") from U.S. vendor Nightline, Inc. of Miami Florida exported under license No. 050032015. 2. On August 22, Econoff [...]	2008-08-22 21:00:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC CO
08BOGOTA3093	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF SENATOR HAGEL AND [...] (SBU) Summary: With U.S. support, Colombia finds itself safer, economically stronger, better governed, and more democratic than it has been in decades. Murders, kidnapping, and violence are down nationwide. Increased security has led to an economic boom that has reduced poverty by 20 percent [...]	2008-08-25 18:59:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD PGOV PREL PTER SNAR CO
08BOGOTA3181	AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO CAUCA, JULY 30, 2008 [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Ambassador traveled on July 30 to the Department of Cauca to meet with local political, security, and civil society representatives, as well as to visit USAID sponsored sites in and around Popayan, Cauca. During his visit he emphasized the U.S.-Colombia partnership in matters [...]	2008-08-27 23:23:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAID PHUM EINV ETRD PTER PREL ECON CO
08BOGOTA3279	AUGUST HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE: EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLINGS [...] (C) The UN High Commissioner on Human Rights (UNHCHR) office in Medellin praised the GOC's commitment to end extrajudicial killings, but said it remains a problem on the ground. The Defense Ministry committee set up to address such killings reported 112 alleged victims in 2007, but human rig [...]	2008-09-03 20:15:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KJUS CO
08BOGOTA3342	COLOMBIA MAKES PROGRESS IN FIGHT AGAINST IMPUNITY [...] (U) The Prosecutor General's Office (Fiscalia) and Colombian National Police (CNP) recently made several high-profile arrests of military and police officials linked to human rights abuses and other crimes. The Fiscalia detained highly decorated, former Army General Rito Alejo del Rio after [...]	2008-09-08 16:17:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KJUS CO
08BOGOTA335	UNHCR COACHES COLMIL IN PROTECTING CIVILIANS [...] The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is offering nationwide workshops with Colombian military and police to reinforce awareness of their duty to protect civilians and and avert displacement. The seminars present core principles of humanitarian law, followed by discussion [...]	2008-01-28 16:47:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER PHUM MARR CO PREF
08BOGOTA337	CJCS ADMIRAL MULLEN'S JANUARY 17 MEETING WITH [...] (S) President Uribe's overwhelming concern during a January 17 meeting with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS) Admiral Michael Mullen, was Hugo Chavez' aggressive remarks and proposal to grant belligerent status to the FARC. Uribe insisted the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia [...]	2008-01-28 17:05:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER MARR MOPS VZ AR BH BR CI CS
08BOGOTA3553	INDIGENOUS LAND CONFLICTS IN NORTHERN CAUCA [...] (C) Over the last three years, indigenous land protests in northern Cauca have led to more than 30 clashes with security forces. The local Paez claim the GOC has failed to fulfill a 1995 agreement--signed after the 1991 massacre of 20 Paez--which committed the GOC to buy 15,663 hectares of l [...]	2008-09-23 13:34:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KGIC PARM PREL CO
08BOGOTA3584	FARC UNIVERSITY RECRUITMENT EFFORTS UNDER [...] (C) Summary: Colombian officials are investigating reports that the FARC is stepping up recruitment efforts at Colombian universities. The controversy was sparked by leftist Senator Piedad Cordoba's address to Bogota university students on September 4, in which she urged them to rise up agai [...]	2008-09-24 15:39:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM CO
08BOGOTA3601	CAUCA: FARC DIMINISHED, BUT RETAIN INFLUENCE IN [...] (C) The Colombian military is steadily pushing the FARC into Cauca department's northeast corner, reducing the group's influence. Still, the FARC retains a significant base within the Paez indigenous communities in northern Cauca, and GOC officials fear the communities are vulnerable to pene [...]	2008-09-25 21:03:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL ECON SOCI CO
08BOGOTA3604	TOUGH WEEK FOR THE BAD GUYS: COLOMBIAN POLICE FORCES [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-25 22:45:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PREL PGOV CO
08BOGOTA3625	UNHCHR INTERNAL REPORT ON EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLINGS [...] (C) The Prosecutor General's Office (Fiscalia) and the Defense Ministry (MOD) are investigating the deaths of 19 young men who disappeared from Soacha earlier this year and were later declared killed in combat by the military in northeast Colombia. Human rights groups said several of the dece [...]	2008-09-29 22:58:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KJUS CO
08BOGOTA3686	SPECIAL PROSECUTOR'S TEAM TO INVESTIGATE SOACHA [...] (S) Summary: Vice President Francisco Santos announced on September 30 the creation of a special Prosecutor General (Fiscalia) team to investigate the deaths of 19 men reported killed in combat by the Army only days after they went missing in Soacha. Defense Minister Juan Manuel Santos also [...]	2008-10-07 13:16:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET	PHUM PGOV KJUS CO
08BOGOTA3710	SCENESETTER FOR OCTOBER 14-16 VISIT TO COLOMBIA OF [...] (SBU) Your visit comes as Colombians watch with great interest the U.S. presidential campaign, and speculate on what the outcome of the campaign might mean for U.S.-Colombia relations--especially prospects for Congressional passage of the U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Act (CTPA). As a bridge [...]	2008-10-08 22:25:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PREF PHUM PTER ETRD SNAR CO
08BOGOTA3747	UNDERSECRETARY GLASSMAN'S OCTOBER 1 MEETING WITH PRESIDENT URIBE [...] (C) President Alvaro Uribe told Undersecretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs James Glassman on October 1 that he appreciated President Bush's efforts to obtain congressional passage of the Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act (ATPDEA) but voiced concerns over the impact of the [...]	2008-10-14 13:20:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV CO ECON PREL PTER EC BL VE ETRD
08BOGOTA3759	SEPTEMBER HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE [...] The Prosecutor General's office (Fiscalia) voiced concern over attempts to kill and intimidate witnesses in the case against Colonel Hernan Mejia, and has taken actions to protect remaining witnesses. The Fiscalia ordered the arrest of three Colonels and a police Captain for their alleged in [...]	2008-10-14 22:39:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV KJUS CO
08BOGOTA3782	EVER VELOZA (HH),OTHER FORMER PARA LEADERS [...] (U) On September 24-25, former AUC (United Self Defense Forces of Colombia) block commander Ever Veloza (aka "HH") continued his voluntary testimony (version libre) under the Justice and Peace Law (JPL). Veloza, who previously acknowledged his complicity in over 3000 murders and whose extradi [...]	2008-10-15 22:59:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV PREL PTER CO
08BOGOTA3794	INDIGENOUS PROTESTS TURN VIOLENT [...] (U) Two days of protests by indigenous groups in Valle de Cauca and Cauca led to violent clashes between security forces and protesters, leaving at least 150 injured and one dead. The protests, organized by the National Organization of Indigenous in Colombia (ONIC),were prompted by indigenou [...]	2008-10-17 14:28:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KJUS CO
08BOGOTA3840	PLAN COLOMBIA HELICOPTER PROGRAM IN-PROGRESS REVIEW [...] (U) The purpose of this message is to announce that INL/A and NAS Colombia will be co-hosting an in-progress review conference for the Plan Colombia Helicopter Program (PCHP) also known as the Colombian Army (COLAR) Aviation Program. The conference will be held at the Hilton Melbourne beach o [...]	2008-10-21 22:02:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR AFIN SENV KCRM PTER CO
08BOGOTA3856	NARCOTRAFFICKERS BEHIND "AUTODEFENSAS GAITANISTAS" [...] (C) The recent appearance of pamphlets ordering work stoppages in Antioquia, Cordoba, Sucre, La Guajira, Cesar and Santander departments--allegedly from a group calling itself the Autodefensas Gaitanistas de Colombia (AGC)--has stirred popular concerns about a revival of paramilitarism. No re [...]	2008-10-22 20:27:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KJUS CO
08BOGOTA3887	NAS MONTHLY REPORT FOR AUGUST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In August, the Government of Colombia (GOC) aerially eradicated 16,524 hectares; the Colombian National Police (CNP) seized 30 metric tons of cocaine and coca base, 17 metric tons of marijuana, and 74 kilograms (kgs) of heroin, and captured 1,973 metric tons of precursor chemic [...]	2008-10-23 21:18:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR SENV KCRM PTER CO
08BOGOTA3920	DISMISSAL OF TWO COLONELS AND LT COLONEL TIED TO [...] (C) On October 24, Army Commander General Mario Montoya removed two colonels and a lieutenant colonel from their commands due to their roles in the alleged extrajudicial killings of eleven men from Soacha. Montoya publicly said the three officers were removed due to "serious indications that [...]	2008-10-28 18:41:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KJUS CO
08BOGOTA3925	THREATS FROM DON MARIO PROMPT SECURITY BOOST IN [...] (C) Defense Minister Juan Manuel Santos announced on October 25 that the GOC will boost its security presence in the Uraba region of Antioquia after threats by the so-called Autodefensas Gaitanistas de Colombia (AGC)--a front organization for major narcotrafficker Daniel Rendon--led to a wides [...]	2008-10-28 19:58:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KJUS CO
08BOGOTA3951	HOSTAGE ESCAPE CONTINUES FARC'S WORST YEAR EVER [...] Former congressman Oscar Lizcano, held by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) for eight years, escaped from a FARC camp along with one of his captors and turned himself into an Army checkpoint in San Jose del Palmar (Choco) on October 26. President Uribe and Defense Minister Sa [...]	2008-10-29 17:05:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KJUS CO
08BOGOTA3959	GOC FIRES 27 MILITARY OFFICIALS FOR LINKS TO [...] (C) President Uribe announced the dismissal of 27 military officers--including two division and three brigade commanders--for their roles in the disappearance and subsequent murders of young men from Soacha and Antioquia. Uribe said a special ministerial commission found that commanders' neg [...]	2008-10-29 23:24:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KJUS CO
08BOGOTA4011	MINISTRY OF DEFENSE COMMISSION FINDS ARMY [...] (C) Vice Minister of Defense (MOD) Sergio Jaramillo briefed the Ambassador on the results of the special military Commission that reviewed the recent Soacha and eastern Antioquia killing. He said the Commission's finding showed a mix of corruption, inadequate intelligence and operational pro [...]	2008-11-05 20:07:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KJUS CO
08BOGOTA4012	OCTOBER HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE [...] (U) Murders in Medellin through September 30 this year increased 35.6% over the comparable period last year. President Uribe met with the indigenous from Cauca in La Maria reserve on November 2, stating he would consider removing the military presence in La Maria reserve if the indigenous agr [...]	2008-11-05 20:38:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KJUS CO
08BOGOTA4028	COLOMBIAN MILITARY COMMANDER MONTOYA RESIGNS, [...] (S) Colombian Army Commanding General Mario Montoya Uribe resigned his post on November 4. Montoya stepped down less than a week after President Alvaro Uribe's dismissal of 27 military officers for their roles in the disappearance and subsequent murders of young men from Soacha and Antioquia. [...]	2008-11-06 18:33:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET	PHUM PGOV KJUS CO
08BOGOTA4066	PRESIDENT URIBE ANNOUNCES NEW MILITARY HUMAN [...] (U) On November 6, President Uribe announced that the Colombian military would designate a special official in every division, brigade, battalion, and police command to receive public complaints of possible human rights abuses by the security forces. The officials will provide publicized wee [...]	2008-11-10 20:52:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV KJUS CO
08BOGOTA4083	COLOMBIAN COUNTERPROPOSAL TO U.S. DEFENSE [...] (U) This is an Action Request. See paragraph 5. SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) On October 23 the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of Colombia (GOC) delivered its official response to Embassy Bogota on the Defense Cooperation Agreement text that we proposed on August 13. The GOC counterpropos [...]	2008-11-12 16:05:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR PREF PTER MASS CO
08BOGOTA4092	SCENESETTER FOR NOVEMBER 20-22 VISIT TO COLOMBIA [...] (SBU) Your visit comes as Colombians watch with great interest the results of the U.S. presidential election, and speculate on the impact on U.S.-Colombia relations--especially prospects for Congressional passage of the U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Act (CTPA). The Government of Colombia (GOC [...]	2008-11-13 16:34:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM MARR MASS CO

08BOGOTA4165	GOC LAUNCHES FIRST PUBLIC FORUM ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) On November 17, President Alvaro Uribe presided over the first, public forum on human rights abuses against the security forces. Military and police commanders were instructed to report human rights complaints as well as the status of each case. Uribe also ordered them to forward all com [...]	2008-11-19 00:13:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV MOPS KJUS CO
08BOGOTA4179	CODEL MEEKS FOCUSES ON AFRO-COLOMBIAN ISSUES, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Representative Gregory Meeks (D-NY) traveled to Bogota, Cali, and Guapi, Colombia November 6-10. During meetings with President Uribe and other public and private sector leaders, Congressman Meeks emphasized that the Obama administration would continue to embrace Colombia as a [...]	2008-11-19 20:31:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PREL EAID PHUM CO
08BOGOTA4215	SCENESETTER FOR DECEMBER 8-9 VISIT TO COLOMBIA OF [...] (SBU) Your visit comes as Colombians watch with great interest the transition period to President-elect Barack Obama, and speculate on what the outcome might mean for U.S.-Colombia relations--especially prospects for Congressional passage of the U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Act (CTPA). The [...]	2008-11-25 13:20:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PREF PHUM PTER ETRD SNAR CO
08BOGOTA4231	NARINO--PROGRESS ON SECURITY AND ALTERNATIVE [...] (C) The poor, coca-growing department of Narino--which borders Ecuador along the Pacific coast--has seen significant security gains against the FARC, ELN, and new illegal armed groups since 2006. Governor Navarro Wolff and local security officials told us the illegal armed groups have been pus [...]	2008-11-25 19:11:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM CO SNAR
08BOGOTA4233	LABOR CONFEDERATIONS REMAIN INTRANSIGENT ON THE [...] (C) Summary: Center-left Nuevo Arco Iris think tank Director Leon Valencia wrote an open letter to the presidents of Colombia's three labor confederations on November 18, saying that due to the changing political climate in the United States, the "time was right" for Colombian unions to send [...]	2008-11-25 19:44:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL ECON SOCI CO
08BOGOTA4248	NAS MONTHLY REPORT FOR OCTOBER 2008 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Even with poor weather conditions negatively affecting the total hectares sprayed, the contractor remains above the projection line for the year. Total manual coca eradication for the month of October was 11,683 hectares - bringing the GME program's year-to-date total to 68,60 [...]	2008-11-26 17:10:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR SENV KCRM PTER CO
08BOGOTA4265	AIR BRIDGE DENIAL: OCTOBER 2008 PROGRAM UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. This is the monthly Air Bridge Denial (ABD) activity report for October, 2008, as required by Reftel. The Government of Colombia (GOC) sorted 6262 tracks during October. Seven were Unknown, Assumed Suspect (UAS). There was one Phase II event where the aircraft departed Colomb [...]	2008-12-01 13:38:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PREL MOPS MASS PGOV CO
08BOGOTA4304	INDIGENOUS MARCH TO BOGOTA [...] (U) After a 16-day trip from Cauca department, the indigenous protest reached Bogota on November 20. They demanded the GOC comply with prior commitments on land, apologize for making public statements linking the indigenous to the FARC, and make concessions on a range of issues including th [...]	2008-12-02 14:04:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL ECON SOCI CO
08BOGOTA4307	COLOMBIA CONFLICT UPDATE FOR JULY-AUGUST, 2008 [...] (S) The success of operation "Jaque" on July 2 and the blows delivered to the FARC Secretariat over the past six months left the terrorist organization weakened and demoralized, resulting in record numbers of desertions. Still, the FARC continued to maintain between 8,000 and 12,000 fighters, [...]	2008-12-02 14:29:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET	PGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM MASS MARR CO
08BOGOTA4310	MAPP/OAS COMMENDS PEACE PROCESS, HIGHLIGHTS [...] (SBU) The MAPP/OAS (OAS Mission in Support of the Peace Process) twelfth draft report commends GOC progress made under the peace process, including increased victim participation, expanded services for ex-combatants, and advances in investigations of paramilitary crimes. The report recommend [...]	2008-12-02 19:43:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KJUS CO
08BOGOTA4334	COLOMBIA-CUBA: REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF TITLE III [...] (C) Colombia has a minimal trade and investment relationship with Cuba. According to the Colombian Ministry of Trade, in 2007 Colombia exported USD 50.5 million worth of goods to Cuba and imported USD 8.4 million of goods from Cuba. The rate of bilateral trade flows in the first half of 2008 [...]	2008-12-05 16:07:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON ETTC PGOV PREL CU CO
08BOGOTA4342	NOVEMBER HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE [...] (C) MAPP/OAS Chief Sergio Caramanga said he considered President Uribe's appointment of General Gonzalez Pena as new Army commander a "mistake" due to human rights concerns. MOD officials said Minister Santos' 15 point plan would strengthen the Inspector General (IG) system and revise milita [...]	2008-12-05 22:14:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KJUS CO
08BOGOTA4396	LA GUAJIRA AND CESAR--SHARED INDIGENOUS [...] (U) Cesar and La Guajira departments share significant indigenous populations and security issues, including the presence of FARC, ELN, and criminal groups. The indigenous in the region have great cultural differences, but express a common distrust for the National Indigenous Organization of [...]	2008-12-12 22:57:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL PTER SOCI CO VE
08BOGOTA4430	EMERGING CRIMINAL GROUPS: POLITICAL THREAT WITHOUT [...] (C) Emerging criminal groups (ECGs) persist despite recent GOC successes, with narcotrafficking profits and continuing weak state presence in some areas enabling them to bribe local officials and recruit new members to replace those killed or captured by security forces. The ECGs are largely [...]	2008-12-16 17:59:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KJUS CO SNAR
08BOGOTA4457	MILITARY KILLS HUSBAND OF CAUCA INDIGENOUS LEADER [...] (U) 29th Army Brigade Commander General Barrero told us Colombian soldiers killed the husband of prominent Regional Indigenous Council of Cauca (CRIC) Chairperson Aida Quilcue when his vehicle did not stop at a check-point around 4:00am on December 16. Barrero called the incident a "terrible [...]	2008-12-17 17:02:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PGOV PREL ECON SOCI CO
08BOGOTA4485	INVESTIGATION INTO MILITARY KILLING OF EDWIN [...] (C) Summary. Vice Defense Minister Jaramillo told us the killing of Edwin Legarda--husband of indigenous activist Aida Quilcue--appeared to have been a mistaken military ambush based on bad intelligence intended to target arms traffickers. President Uribe repeatedly expressed his condolences [...]	2008-12-18 20:27:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PTER KJUS CO
08BOGOTA4499	NAS MONTHLY REPORT FOR NOVEMBER 2008 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In November, only 4,492 hectares of coca were sprayed due to bad weather and lack of support from the Colombian National Police (CNP); this setback slowed our progress toward the annual eradication goal of 130,000 hectares sprayed. Eradication aircraft were involved in four ho [...]	2008-12-19 19:27:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR SENV KCRM PTER CO
08BOGOTA4547	QUARTERLY HUMAN RIGHTS CERTIFICATION CONSULTATIONS [...] Summary. Post's quarterly consultations with human rights groups focused on recent violence against indigenous communities and extrajudicial killings. Participants highlighted the recent killing of Edwin Legarda--husband of Cauca indigenous leader Aida Quilcue--by military forces as evidenc [...]	2008-12-23 21:45:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV KJUS CO
08BOGOTA4577	GOC REPORTS ON WEALTH TAX EXPENDITURES [...] (C) The Colombian Ministry of Defense (MOD) reported in November 2008 that the four-year "wealth tax" imposed on Colombia's richest citizens and enterprises to fund the democratic security policy would total $3.7 billion from 2007-2011. Approximately 80% is directed towards the internal confl [...]	2008-12-24 15:53:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PTER MASS MCAP CO
08BOGOTA540	COLOMBIA'S TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE: IS IT UP TO [...] (U) SUMMARY: Colombia's demography and topography make transportation infrastructure development particularly challenging. Security problems and constitutional earmarks for social services and local governments hobbled public investment in transportation in the 1990s. Today the GOC is emb [...]	2008-02-12 15:13:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ELTN EAIR EWWT ETRD ECON CO
08BOGOTA595	GOC CONSIDERS WAYS TO REVIVE ELN TALKS [...] (C) Summary. GOC Peace Commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo told us the National Liberation Army (ELN) remains wedded to Venezuelan President Chavez and has expressed no interest in resuming peace talks. Still, Restrepo said the GOC would like to revive negotiations on the basis of previous GOC [...]	2008-02-14 21:16:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF PREL PTER KAID CO
08BOGOTA624	COURT FINDS COLONEL GUILTY OF JAMUNDI KILLINGS [...] Summary: On February 18, the Trial Court of Cali found Colombian military Colonel Byron Carvajal and fourteen members of his platoon guilty of "aggravated homicide" for the May 22, 2006 massacre of ten members of an elite anti-narcotics police unit and an informant in Jamundi (Valle del Cauca [...]	2008-02-20 21:39:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV KJUS MARR CO
08BOGOTA645	FARC AND NARCOTRAFFICKERS CONTINUE TO PLAGUE URABA [...] (C) Members of the San Jose de Apartado Peace Community (PC) told us February 5 that paramilitary groups, in collusion with the military and police, continue to threaten and kill community members. The military denied the allegations, stating their focus is combating the increased FARC and na [...]	2008-02-22 20:46:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS MARR PGOV PHUM PTER CO
08BOGOTA687	AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO PUTUMAYO HIGHLIGHTS USG [...] (SBU) Ambassador Brownfield visited Villa Garzon, Putumayo on February 8, to inaugurate a major road pavement project and survey a water treatment project funded by USAID. Local officials touted the road as an important step to reducing Putumayo's isolation, improving security, and promoting [...]	2008-02-25 22:45:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL PTER SNAR KCOM KAID EC CO
08BOGOTA736	SCENESETTER FOR FEBRUARY 29-MARCH 2 VISIT OF [...] (U) Your visit comes as Colombia experiences a dramatic transformation, fostered by targeted U.S. assistance. Colombia finds itself safer, economically stronger, better governed and more democratic than it has been in decades. Rates of murder, kidnapping, and violence nationwide, including aga [...]	2008-02-28 00:16:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EFIN PGOV EAID CO
08BOGOTA737	SCENESETTER FOR FEBRUARY 29-MARCH 3 VISIT OF LABOR [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-28 00:56:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ETRD CO
08BOGOTA800	COLOMBIAN FORCES KILL FARC'S KEY LEADER, SPURRING \ [...] (U) Summary: The GOC announced March 1 that its military \ forces killed Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) \ Secretariat member Raul Reyes in a cross-border operation in \ \ SIPDIS \ Ecuador. Reyes' death shattered the FARC's myth of \ invincibility, and boosted popular support for Pr [...]	2008-03-04 00:29:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF PREL PTER CASC SP PM FR VZ SZ CO
08BOGOTA902	PARAMILITARY DEMOBILIZATION CREATES GREATER [...] (C) Local civic and Catholic church leaders said the paramilitary demobilization and parapolitical investigations created new political space in the Medio Magdelena region, noting the triumph of reformist mayors in southern Bolivar department and Barrancabermeja in the October local elections. [...]	2008-03-06 21:07:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL ECON SOCI CO
08BOGOTA905	COLOMBIA CONFLICT UPDATE FOR SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER [...] (S) The military killed two key FARC commanders in the September-December period, prompting desertions from the 16th and 37th fronts. The FARC continued to move forces from the eastern Macarena in Meta to parts of Tolima -Valle zone, leading some analysts to speculate that it is withdrawing [...]	2008-03-06 23:29:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET	PREL PTER MARR PGOV CO
08BOGOTA921	MILITARY JUSTICE OFFSITE YIELDS PROGRESS [...] At an offsite conference in Paipa organized and funded primarily by SOUTHCOM with USAID and DOJ support, senior Ministry of Defense and Prosecutor General's office officials made progress in addressing extrajudicial killings by military personnel. Participants discussed their interpretations [...]	2008-03-08 16:02:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM KJUS CO
08BOGOTA937	COLOMBIA MAKES SUCCESSFUL TRANSITION TO ACCUSATORY [...] Summary: On January 1, 2008, Colombia initiated the final phase of a four-year, phased implementation of its new Criminal Procedure Code which introduces an accusatory criminal justice system. Implementation of the new system, which began on January 1, 2005, has largely been viewed as a succ [...]	2008-03-10 20:58:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	KJUS PGOV PREL PTER CO
08BRASILIA1151	SCENESETTER FOR AUGUST 31-SEPTEMBER 2 VISIT OF [...] (U) Summary: The relationship between the United States and Brazil is as productive and broad-based as it has ever been, the result of the excellent relationship between President Bush and President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, new cooperation mechanisms on biofuels, business issues, and econom [...]	2008-08-27 20:42:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PREL ECON BR
08BRASILIA124	BRAZIL'S LONG-TERM PLANNING MINISTER OUTLINES [...] (C) Summary. Over the course of two meetings with the Ambassador (accompanied by PolCouns, DAO, and MLO representatives) and a briefing with Department of Defense officials in Cambridge, Long-Term Planning Minister Roberto Mangabeira Unger has laid out his vision for a U.S.-Brazil partnership [...]	2008-01-24 19:38:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PARM SOCI SENV ECON BR
08BRASILIA1312	WHA TARGETED REQUESTS FOR AFGHAN NATIONAL ARMY [...] (SBU) PolCouns delivered the demarche on September 24 to Minister Marcos Pinta Gama in the Foreign Ministry's General Secretariat of Foreign Relations, and Poloff delivered it on September 29 to First Secretary Marisa Kenicke, the Afghanistan desk officer. Pinta Gama noted that Brazil had a [...]	2008-10-03 11:04:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AF BR
08BRASILIA1345	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF ADM. STAVRIDIS TO [...] SUMMARY. Your visit comes at an important time for our strategic partnership with Brazil. Overall, the U.S.-Brazil relationship is as productive as it has ever been, driven by strong cooperation between Presidents Bush and Lula, particularly in the area of biofuels. As Brazil completes its [...]	2008-10-10 13:58:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS ETTC BR
08BRASILIA1356	BRAZIL: SCENESETTER FOR OCTOBER 16-17 VISIT OF [...] (C) Summary: The relationship between the United States and Brazil is as productive and broad-based as it as ever been, the result of the excellent relationship between President Bush and President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, new cooperation mechanisms on biofuels, the CEO Forum, racial integr [...]	2008-10-10 20:47:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BR
08BRASILIA1365	IMPACT OF OLYMPICS ON VIEWS TOWARD CHINA [...] (SBU) This cable transmits Brasilia's responses to questions (reftel) about the impact that China's hosting of the Olympic Games has had on views of China. A) How closely did the public follow the Beijing Olympic Games? The Brazilian public followed the games with great interest, especial [...]	2008-10-15 20:04:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SCUL PGOV PREL BR CH
08BRASILIA1529	NNSA ADMINISTRATOR SEEKS BRAZIL SUPPORT FOR NSG PROPOSAL ON [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. On November 5, National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Administrator D'Agostino met with senior officials of the Government of Brazil (GOB) - Ministry of Exterior Relations (MRE) Und [...]	2008-11-25 17:05:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY IAEA BR
08BRASILIA1588	BRAZIL: DRUG TRAFFICKING UP, DRUG FLIGHTS DOWN, TIP ISSUES LIMITED: A REPORT FROM THE FAR NORTH [...] (SBU) Summary. Drug flights into Brazil's far north have diminished by 75 percent since the introduction of Brazil's Air Bridge Denial (shootdown) program, but Brazilian authorities say pressure from Plan Colombia has actually increased the amount of cocaine entering Brazil. The region rem [...]	2008-12-12 15:26:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR SOCI KCRM ELAB FARC KTIP BR VE PE CO XR
08BRASILIA1603	PRODUCTIVE U.S.-BRAZIL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DIALOGUE, [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. On October 30-31, representatives of the USG scientific and technological community met with Brazilian counterparts in Brasilia. The Brasilia meeting was generally viewed as very productive [...]	2008-12-12 17:28:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID KSCA SENV ECON ETRD EINV BR
08BRASILIA1617	BRAZIL'S PORT DREDGING CHALLENGE [...] (U) Summary: Brazil recently unveiled updated plans to dredge over 75 thousand cubic meters at an estimated cost of R$ 1.4 billion (USD580 million) in 16 of its largest commercial maritime ports as part of President Lula's Accelerated Growth Program (PAC). The plan, entitled the National Progra [...]	2008-12-17 17:30:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV BR
08BRASILIA246	BRAZIL'S DEFORESTATION CYCLE (PART 3 of 3): GOVERNMENT HAS [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. The Government of Brazil (GOB) has a limited ability to use "sticks," various law enforcement measures to control deforestation. Even if it could obtain the tools it currently lacks (suffic [...]	2008-02-24 13:03:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EAGR ENRG KSCA BR
08BRASILIA351	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF MINISTER OF DEFENSE [...] (C) Minister of Defense Nelson Jobim will travel to Norfolk and Washington from March 18-22, 2008 on a counterpart visit. He will meet with Secretary Gates in an office call on March 20 June. Minister Jobim,s objectives for the visit are to enhance prospects for bilateral cooperation and exp [...]	2008-03-13 16:57:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASC OVIP BR
08BRASILIA454	SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 108 [...] The following is the one hundred eigth in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views e [...]	2008-04-09 16:53:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
08BRASILIA469	SCENESETTER FOR POLICY PLANNING DIRECTOR GORDON [...] (C) Summary: The relationship between the United States and Brazil is as productive and broad-based as it as ever been, the result of the excellent relationship between President Bush and President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, new cooperation mechanisms on biofuels, business issues, and economi [...]	2008-04-04 18:11:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON BR
08BRASILIA507	Got Guerrillas? The Rise of the LCP in Brazil [...] (U) Summary: Following is an Embassy Brasilia translation of an article published in the March 26, 2008, edition of IstoE, a major Brazilian news magazine. The article reports that a violent leftist guerrilla organization operates in Rondonia state, Brazil, and in some ways resembles the Co [...]	2008-04-14 10:45:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER FARC BR CO
08BRASILIA516	BRAZIL: DEFENSE PLAN PREVIEW GETS THUMBS UP IN [...] (U) Summary: Previewing their Strategic Plan on National Defense (scheduled to be unveiled on September 7, 2008) in Congress for the first time on April 9, Minister of Defense Nelson Jobim and Long-Term Planning Minister Mangabeira Unger were met with an overwhelmingly positive response from m [...]	2008-04-17 10:58:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MARR MCAP PREL BR
08BRASILIA707	BRAZILIAN GENERAL BREAKS RANKS ON INDIGENOUS [...] (C) Brazilian Army General Augusto Heleno, military commander of the Amazon region, spoke out on April 16 against the GOB's indigenous policy calling it "chaotic," specifically in reference to a traditionally indigenous area in northern Roraima state planned to become a protected reserve. Thi [...]	2008-05-20 19:23:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	BR PHUM PREL PGOV
08BRASILIA993	BRAZIL: IS THE MILITARY THE SOLUTION TO THE CRIME [...] (SBU) Summary: Public concern in Brazil over steadily rising crime and a murder rate more than four times that in the United States has re-fueled a two-decade old debate over the question of deploying the military to undertake urban crime fighting missions. Enthusiasm for this idea increased [...]	2008-07-21 20:12:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KJUS PGOV ASEC BR
08BRATISLAVA145	GUIDANCE REQUEST ON AEY EXPORT LICENSE APPLICATION [...] (U) This cable contains a short-fuse policy guidance request, please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) The GoS expects to reach a decision this week on an Export License Application submitted by AEY Inc. of Miami Beach, Florida. Recent press reports have alleged the company engages in untoward busine [...]	2008-04-01 11:57:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	KOMC ETTC LO
08BRATISLAVA237	FM KUBIS LUNCH WITH NATO AND EU AMBASSADORS ON MAY [...] (C) Foreign Kubis invited NATO and EU Ambassadors to a working lunch on May 20, 2008, and offered the Slovak government's views on Afghanistan, Kosovo, Belarus, the EU and other subjects. Afghanistan ----------------- 2. (C) Kubis said he would personally attend the June 12 conference i [...]	2008-05-22 06:19:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL LO PARM
08BRATISLAVA558	SLOVAKIA SUPPORTS SUSTAINMENT OF ANA VIA TRUST FUND [...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel points to Minister of Foreign Affairs Jan Kubis on November 28. Slovakia fully supports incorporating sustainment into NATO's current Afghan National Army (ANA) Trust Fund, according to Kubis. 2. (C) Kubis said Slovakia has provided material assistance direct [...]	2008-11-28 14:19:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS NATO AF LO
08BRATISLAVA560	NAC MINISTERIAL: SLOVAKIA SUPPORTIVE OF GEORGIA [...] (C) Ambassador met Foreign Minister Jan Kubis on November 28 to discuss the upcoming NATO Ministerial (septel reports Slovak views on NATO support for the Afghan National Army). Both the Ambassador and Kubis acknowledged that recent stories in the European press had led to some misconceptions [...]	2008-11-28 15:35:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO GA UA LO
08BRIDGETOWN574	AMBASSADOR'S FIRST CALL ON NEW GRENADA GOVT [...] (U) The Ambassador and Grenada Charge met August 15 with newly elected Grenadian Prime Minister Tillman Thomas, Minister for Foreign Affairs Peter David, and Opposition Leader Keith Mitchell in separate meetings. Thomas' National Democratic Congress (NDC) beat out Mitchell's New National Party [...]	2008-09-22 18:19:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL INRB XL
08BRUSSELS1308	MEDIA MISINTERPRET BELGIUM'S AIR CHIEF ON NEW [...] (C) SUMMARY: A (possibly innocent) misinterpretation of Belgian Air Force Chief's comments about the F16 forthcoming deployment to Kandahar by a big Belgian paper has been corrected firmly by DefMin De Crem, but not without cost, the cost being future GoB maneuverability on maybe someday having [...]	2008-08-26 05:12:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS AF NATO BE
08BRUSSELS1366	BELGIAN MFA FINDS IDEA OF BIG EXPANSION OF AFGHAN [...] Summary: Without committing the GOB, Renier Nijskens of the Belgian MFA received reftel demarche, regarding expanding the Afghan National Army (ANA),favorably. He warned that such an increase in manpower must be implemented intelligently so that money spent is not wasted. He said that curr [...]	2008-09-04 06:04:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR AF BE
08BRUSSELS1403	EUROPEAN COMMISSION ON AFGHAN NATIONAL ARMY [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-09 16:07:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AF
08BRUSSELS1474	TWO ANTI-KABILA EXTRA-PARLIAMENTARY POLITICAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Since mid-June, an Embassy Poloff with a previous posting in Kinshasa has been sought out separately by the heads of two different Congolese political groups (Union Socialiste Congolaise and the Movement des Patriots Congolais). These groups did not participate in the electoral [...]	2008-09-23 15:12:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CG BE
08BRUSSELS1496	BELGIAN MOD ON PLANS FOR THE MILITARY IN 2009 [...] (C) Summary: Belgian troops are operating in Afghanistan, Kosovo, Lebanon, Chad and the Congo. The Ministry of Defense is developing a strategy for 2009 that foresees increases in the Belgian participation in Afghanistan and in the EU Battle Group, but a pullback in Lebanon. Although Defense [...]	2008-09-25 11:57:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR BE AF LE CG CD KV
08BRUSSELS1680	BELGIAN GOVERNMENT INCHES TOWARD ACTION ON CRISIS [...] Summary: (C) The situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Congo) is currently the number one real-time foreign policy concern for the Belgian Government and one of the top stories in the Belgian press (French and Flemish). The GoB issued statements October 30 calling for an immediate [...]	2008-10-30 17:58:00	Embassy Brussels	SECRET	PGOV PREL BE RW CG EU
08BRUSSELS1693	CRISIS IN THE CONGO: BELGIAN FM DEGUCHT'S MEETING [...] (C) Summary: On November 4 the Belgian MFA briefed European Union, Canadian, Japanese, South African, and U.S. Embassies on FM Karl De Gucht's November 1 meeting with Rwandan President Paul Kagame. After providing the meeting points, the MFA Africa team offered Belgian views on the situation [...]	2008-11-04 16:57:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CG BE
08BRUSSELS1720	EU OUTLINES TRANSATLANTIC PRIORITIES FOR PDAS RIES [...] (U) EU officials took advantage of the timing of EUR PDAS Marcie Ries's Nov. 4-6 visit to Brussels to outline Europe's priorities in working with the incoming Obama administration. Building on consensus reached by EU foreign ministers at the November 3 informal Gymnich meeting on transatlantic [...]	2008-11-10 16:03:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN
08BRUSSELS1734	PDAS RIES DISCUSSES AFGHANISTAN, CONGO, RUSSIA [...] (C) Summary: Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Marcie Ries met on November 5 with Vincent Mertens de Vilmars, Director for International Relations at the Ministy of Defense of Belgium. Mertens is a close advisor of Minister of Defense Pieter De Crem and a former Ambassador to Russia from B [...]	2008-11-13 17:38:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR BE AF CG GG RU UP
08BRUSSELS1740	EU OUTLINES TRANSATLANTIC PRIORITIES FOR PDAS RIES [...] (U) EU officials took advantage of the timing of EUR PDAS Marcie Ries's Nov. 4-6 visit to Brussels to outline Europe's priorities in working with the incoming Obama administration. Building on consensus reached by EU foreign ministers at the November 3 informal Gymnich meeting on transatlantic [...]	2008-11-14 13:13:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN
08BRUSSELS1772	BELGIAN FOREIGN MINISTER DE GUCHT ENDURES TOUGH [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht (Open VLD) is living through one of the rockiest periods of his political life, but he is generally expected to survive and see it through to the June 2009 parliamentary elections. He is accused of passing inside information to his wife, who benefi [...]	2008-11-21 17:49:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BE CG
08BRUSSELS1793	BOSNIA AND OPERATION ALTHEA: OHR LAJCAK ADDRESSES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At the November 24 joint meeting of NATO,s North Atlantic Council and the EU,s Political and Security Committee, HR Javier Solana said he thought 5-plus-2 could be met by mid-2009. Acknowledging the positive momentum engendered by the Solana-Rehn paper on Bosnia and the Novem [...]	2008-11-26 16:22:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR MOPS EUN BK AF
08BRUSSELS1806	BELGIUM: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON AFGHAN NATIONAL [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-01 14:06:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	AF MARR MOPS NATO PREL BE
08BRUSSELS1879	DISCUSSIONS AT NOVEMBER 14 U.S.-EU TROIKA MEETING [...] (C) Discussions at the November 14 U.S.-European Union (EU) Troika meeting on Drug Issues confirmed U.S.-EU convergence on most drug issues. Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement (INL) Affairs David Johnson led the inter-agency U.S. Delegation as a sign [...]	2008-12-12 15:30:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PGOV PREL SNAR EUN
08BRUSSELS1884	BURMA: SANCTIONS IDEAS WELL RECEIVED; WILL DECIDE [...] (C) Summary: USEU Mission officers delivered points and non-paper on Burma sanctions (REF A)to Commission and Council interlocutors, as well as French, Czech, and UK External Relations (RELEX) experts. EUR PDAS Ries flagged the issue separately at the U.S.-EU Task Force meeting on December [...]	2008-12-12 16:24:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETTC EAID EFIN PREL PGOV BM EUN
08BRUSSELS630	BELGIAN MFA ON BELGIAN AID ALONG RWANDAN BORDER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Over the course of a meeting on April 18, Paul Jansen, the Belgian MFA desk officer for Rwanda and Burundi, explained Belgium,s role in helping reassimilate Rwandan returnees and the status of Rwandan immigrants in Belgium. END SUMMARY Belgium,s Role in Reassimilation [...]	2008-04-24 14:54:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	BE PGOV PREL RWANDA CONGO
08BRUSSELS719	BELGIAN MINISTERS VISIT DRC [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-14 14:47:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BE DRC CH
08BRUSSELS918	U.S. AND EU DISCUSS TURKEY, CROATIA AT COELA [...] (C) Summary. EUR/SE Director Kathleen Fitzpatrick and USEU Political Minister Counselor Laurence Wohlers met with counterparts from the Slovenian Presidency, incoming French Presidency, Commission, and Council Secretariat to discuss EU candidate countries Turkey and Croatia at a regularly sch [...]	2008-06-17 11:03:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL EUN TU CR CY
08BUCHAREST216	ROMANIA STEADFAST ON ENERGY SECURITY, BUT WARY OF BEING ISOLATED [...] (C) With concerns growing that it is being out-maneuvered, the Government of Romania (GOR) has stepped up its energy diplomacy over recent weeks in an effort to parry perceived advances for Russia's "South Stream" natural gas pipeline project. While neighboring countries rushed to conclude agreemen [...]	2008-03-17 05:36:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EINV ECON PREL PGOV RO
08BUCHAREST468	COUNTRY TEAM ASSESSMENT FOR CLASSIFIED [...] (S) Summary: The Romanian Navy has requested a classified AEGIS capabilities brief from the USG. The Romanian Navy purchased two Type-22 Frigates from the UK in 2004 which did not include weapons or command and control systems. Romania is exploring possibilities for upgrading and refitting the [...]	2008-06-11 14:58:00	Embassy Bucharest	SECRET	MARR PGOV PREL NATO MOPS RO
08BUCHAREST687	BASESCU TELLS SEN. LUGAR ROMANIA FACING HARD [...] (C) President Traian Basescu told Senator Richard Lugar on August 27 that he fears that Russian recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, coming in the wake of U.S./European recognition of Kosovo, has begun a process which threatens to unravel the existing international legal architecture and [...]	2008-08-29 08:26:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG ECON MD GG RS RO
08BUCHAREST852	ROMANIA: A NEW UNSCR IS ONLY VIABLE OPTION FOR [...] (S) In an October 30 meeting, MFA Director General for Bilateral Relations Anca Mantulescu told POLMILOFF that there is no longer a window for Parliament to approve a SOFA with Iraq. She said, "I think your plan B for a UNSCR needs to become your plan A." She added that the demands for formin [...]	2008-10-31 15:57:00	Embassy Bucharest	SECRET	KTIA MARR PGOV PREL SOFA RO
08BUDAPEST1018	BUDAPEST FY 2009 REGIONAL ESTH HUB WORK PLAN [...] (U) In FY09, the Budapest Environment, Science, Technology and Health (ESTH) Hub will build on its ongoing efforts promoting and leveraging U.S. engagement on ESTH issues to strengthen regional cooperation in the Balkans, Central and Eastern Europe and the Caucasus. To this end, we will seek [...]	2008-10-22 14:29:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TBIO KPSC AMGT XH XG ZJ ZL HU
08BUDAPEST696	HUNGARIAN COMMENTS ON NEW U.S. POLICY ON CLUSTER [...] (SBU) MFA Deputy Security and Non-Proliferation Department Head Gabor Horvath discussed reftel with PolOff on July 10. Horvath noted that, while Hungary intends to sign the Oslo Convention on Cluster Munitions, the final text provides flexibility to continue operations and training with thos [...]	2008-07-11 14:40:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL MOPS NATO HU
08BUDAPEST879	HUNGARIAN COMMENTS ON UPCOMING SEPTEMBER 5-6 [...] (SBU) MFA EU External Relations Section Chief Andras Dekany discussed reftels with PolOff on September 4 and provided the following comments on GYMNICH agenda items: 2. (SBU) Georgia: - Hungary supports an ESDP mission to Georgia and expects a decision at the September 15 GAERC. The mis [...]	2008-09-05 11:43:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM HU EUN GG
08BUDAPEST882	HUNGARY SUPPORTS AFGHAN NATIONAL ARMY EXPANSION [...] (SBU) In response to reftel, MFA Afghan Desk Officer Ferenc Hegyesi told PolOff on September 4 that Hungary supports increasing the size of the Afghan National Army (ANA). Highlighting the current and planned Hungarian military activity in Afghanistan - their PRT in Baghlan province, the upco [...]	2008-09-05 13:54:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AF PREL HU
08BUDAPEST924	HUNGARY REQUESTING ASSISTANCE TO SUSTAIN AFGHAN [...] (C) MFA Security and Non-proliferation Department Head Vilmos Hamikus discussed reftel with PolOff on September 17. Responding to the request to prioritize troops and trainers rather than for financial support, Hamikus said the Hungarian PRT in Pol-e-Komri was ready to provide training, and he [...]	2008-09-22 12:26:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR HU AF
08BUENOSAIRES1039	ARGENTINA: COURT CONVICTS EX-ARMY CHIEF FOR DIRTY WAR [...] (U) On July 24, 81 year-old Luciano Benjamin Menendez, an Argentine ex-army General, was sentenced to life in prison for the 1977 kidnapping, torture and killing of four left-wing activists. Menendez must serve a life sentence in prison since a 2007 law was passed stating that all military offi [...]	2008-07-28 09:00:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KJUS MARR AR
08BUENOSAIRES1239	ARGENTINA ENDS ITS MILITARY JUSTICE SYSTEM [...] (C) Summary: The Argentine Senate on August 6 completed the legislative journey for a law abolishing the Argentine military justice system, a change pressed forward by Minister of Defense Garre. The step fulfills a promise Argentina made to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and res [...]	2008-09-05 14:33:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM MARR PGOV PREL KJUS AR
08BUENOSAIRES1305	ARGENTINA: AMBASSADOR, DEFENSE MINISTER WORK THE DETAILS OF MIL-MIL COOPERATION DESPITE RISING BILATERAL TENSIONS [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-17 21:22:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MARR PGOV PHUM AR
08BUENOSAIRES1314	ARGENTINA: ARMY CHIEF BENDINI, A KIRCHNER ALLY, [...] (C) Summary: Argentina's Cabinet Chief Sergio Massa announced late on September 18 that General Bendini, Army Chief of Staff for the past five years, had resigned. The resignation and its acceptance by the President followed by only hours the decision of a Federal Appeals Court in Comodoro Ri [...]	2008-09-19 21:41:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCRM MARR KCOR SNAR PHUM AR
08BUENOSAIRES1324	Argentina and Brazil Pledge Increased Cooperation [...] (SBU) Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva (Lula) pledged increased cooperation and agreed on a number of economic and infrastructure deals during a September 6-8 CFK state visit to Brazil. The fact that the summit constitut [...]	2008-09-23 12:12:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL EINV ENRG EFIN EIND MARR MCAP SENV AR BR
08BUENOSAIRES1523	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US TRAINING PROGRAMS [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-05 10:58:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PINR MARR AR
08BUENOSAIRES1542	ARGENTINE POLITICAL CLASS WELCOMES OBAMA VICTORY; [...] (U) Summary: Argentine reaction to the victory of President-elect Obama was uniformly positive and welcoming. In a congratulatory message to President-elect Barack Obama (reftel),Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) called Obama's win "a major milestone...in the fight ag [...]	2008-11-07 20:44:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPAO OPDC AR
08BUENOSAIRES235	ARGENTINA: GETTING PAST SQUARE ONE WITH THE [...] (C) Summary: With a seven-week period of bilateral estrangement in our rear-view window, we have an opportunity -- again -- to build a more constructive relationship with Argentina. The warming trend in the bilateral relationship continues. President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner and her governmen [...]	2008-02-26 12:20:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	SECRET	PREL CJAN KJUS EFIN SNAR MASS VZ AR
08BUENOSAIRES259	ARGENTINA HOSTS MINISTERIAL IN PREPARATION FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: South American and Arab nations held a ministerial in Buenos Aires February 20-21 to prepare for their upcoming bi-regional summit in the final quarter of 2008 in Doha, Qatar. A senior MFA official assured the DCM in advance that the ministerial would be attended by moderate [...]	2008-02-29 16:43:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECIN ENRG MARR PARM PBTS PNAT SCUL SENV
08BUENOSAIRES307	ARGENTINA: COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL SHELBY [...] Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Ambassador Richard Shelby and members of his delegation to travel to Argentina for the period March 23-26, 2008. The purpose of the visit is to have bilateral discussions with senior Argentine government officials on a range of financial, ec [...]	2008-03-10 18:13:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER SNAR ECON EFIN BEXP AR
08BUENOSAIRES751	Argentina: Ambassador Promotes NGOs, U.S. Commercial [...] (SBU) Ambassador met with political, business and military leaders, NGOs, media, and Fulbright scholars during a May 22-23, 2008, visit to Argentina's southwestern province of Neuquen. Ambassador discussed the current political situation and U.S. corporate social responsibility efforts with Gov [...]	2008-05-30 20:08:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ENRG KPAO BEXP PREL AR
08BUENOSAIRES785	ARGENTINA: SCHEDULING THE NEXT POL/MIL BILATERAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Regular bilateral Pol/Mil meetings have been an integral part of managing and advancing our broad security relationship with Argentina, from the classic Pol/Mil issues to counterterrorism and non-proliferation. The GoA hosted the last Pol/Mil bilaterals in December 2006. It is [...]	2008-06-06 20:13:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PARM PREL PGOV PTER AR
08BUENOSAIRES95	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON [...] (SBU) Per Reftel request, post carried out a pre-license check on Aerospacio SRL, based in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on January 9. It is Post's opinion that the company will be a responsible recipient of United States Munitions List items. 2. (SBU) A site visit by Blue Lantern Officer and in [...]	2008-01-29 11:23:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC AR
08BUJUMBURA183	DAS SWAN SUPPORTS SOUTH AFRICAN MEDIATION WITH THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During his visit to Burundi to facilitate the Tripartite Plus meetings taking place March 24 - 27, Deputy Assistant Secretary for African Affairs, James Swan met separately with President Pierre Nkurunziza, First Vice President Yves Sahinguvu, and Minister of Defense, Lt. Gene [...]	2008-04-08 16:04:00	Embassy Bujumbura	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR BY
08BUJUMBURA396	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF CODEL PAYNE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Your visit to Burundi comes as the country grapples with the many challenges facing nascent democracies. The last remaining rebel group, the PALIPEHUTU-FNL, signed a cessation of hostilities agreement in May following several weeks of violent attacks that left over 100 people d [...]	2008-07-31 19:39:00	Embassy Bujumbura	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP MARR PGOV PREF PREL BY
08CAIRO1029	TIMELINE FOR SUPPLYING COUNTER-TUNNELING EQUIPMENT [...] Summary: In order to improve Egyptian efforts on the Gaza border to interdict smuggling through underground tunnels, the USG is supplying the GOE with counter-tunneling equipment out of military aid funds. The program is divided into three phases to provide a command and control underground s [...]	2008-05-21 10:37:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL MASS EG
08CAIRO1067	CODEL BAIRD MEETS WITH EGYPTIAN LEADERS ON MARGINS [...] (C) Summary: Codel Baird discussed Egyptian and regional issues with Egypt's political and business leaders on the margins of the May 18 - 20 World Economic Forum (WEF) in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. President Mubarak, Intelligence Chief Omar Soliman, and presidential son Gamal Mubarak focused on [...]	2008-05-27 11:53:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EG
08CAIRO1126	EGYPT: COUNTRY TEAM ASSESSMENT FOR THE PROCUREMENT OF TWO [...] (SBU) Description. In REF B, the GOE submitted a request to procure two UH-60M Black Hawk Helicopters to augment the Egyptian Air Force (EAF) Search and Rescue capability. This capability will directly support the GOE National Crisis Response Plan. The primary role of these designated SAR ai [...]	2008-06-04 07:09:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MASS MARR EG
08CAIRO1128	EGYPT: COUNTRY TEAM ASSESSMENT FOR THE PROCUREMENT OF TWO [...] (SBU) Description. In REF A, the GOE submitted a request to procure two UH-60M Black Hawk Helicopters to support their Border Security Mission. These designated aircraft will perform tasks associated with border security and surveillance. These helicopters will support an existing military f [...]	2008-06-04 09:40:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MASS MARR EG

08CAIRO1198	S/P GORDON MEETS WITH EGYPTIAN MFA TEAM [...] (S) S/P Director Dr. David Gordon engaged with MFA Chief of Cabinet Wafa Bassim in a wide ranging regional policy discussion June 6. Bassim reiterated the Egyptian view that resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is paramount. The Egyptians are supporting the Lebanese government, asse [...]	2008-06-11 13:39:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PREL PGOV LE IS SY IZ IR EG
08CAIRO1271	CODEL RAHALL, DEFENSE MINISTER DISCUSS THE GAZA [...] (C) Summary: Codel Rahall, comprised of Rep. Nick Rahall (D-WV),Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA),Rep. Ray LaHood (R-IL),Rep. Charlie Melancon (D-LA),Rep. John Linder (R-GA) and Rep. Jack Kingston (R-GA),met with Defense Minister Tantawi June 1, accompanied by the Ambassador and OMC Chief. Rep. [...]	2008-06-19 11:44:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MARR IQ IS EG
08CAIRO1353	COUNTRY TEAM ASSESSMENT FOR THE TRANSFER OF 120MM [...] (C) Description: The Government of Egypt has requested procurement of 15,500 120mm HE-T main-gun rounds, 200 dummy rounds, and 100 cutaway rounds. The dummy and cutaway rounds are for training purposes only. 2. (C) Reason the purchaser desires the articles or services: The Egyptian Army [...]	2008-06-30 06:44:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PARM PREL MASS MARR EG
08CAIRO1436	U.S. COUNTER-TUNNELING EQUIPMENT TEAM VISIT TO [...] (S) Summary: A U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Team visited Egypt June 15-30 to conduct site surveys on the Gaza Border and at the Giza training site in preparation for the GOE's deployment of seismic-acoustic counter-tunneling equipment on the Gaza Border, expected in January 2009 (reft [...]	2008-07-09 14:34:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PARM PREL MASS EG
08CAIRO1491	COUNTRY TEAM ASSESSMENT FOR THE RELEASE AND [...] (U) Background: a. In Feb 99, the U.S. and Egypt concluded an MOU for the co-production of M865 and M831A1 120mm Tank Training Ammunition. The associated foreign military sales case (EG-B-NFP) was implemented in Nov 00 and was assigned to the U.S. Army Joint Munitions Command (JMC),Rock I [...]	2008-07-16 08:50:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET//NOFORN	PARM PREL MASS MARR EG
08CAIRO151	DARFUR: CAIRO-BASED SLM/A-UNION FRONT WANTS LARGER [...] (SBU) In a January 27 meeting at their request, Youssef Hassan Youssef Abdallah and Ahmed Hassan Mohamed of the Sudan Liberation Movement/Army-Union Front (SLM/A-UF) asked us to lobby the UN and AU envoys to include SLM/A-UF representatives in their meetings when they next approach Darfur rebe [...]	2008-01-29 10:44:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO UNSC MASS PINR EG SU
08CAIRO1567	EGYPT: ESSENTIAL INTERESTS IN THE NILE BASIN AND [...] (C) Summary: Egyptian officials emphasize that Egypt is a leader not only in the Arab world but also in Africa. Outside of projecting regional weight, though, Egypt's core interests in Africa center on maintaining security of Nile water resources and managing the often illegal flow of people a [...]	2008-07-24 12:05:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF SENV EWWT EAGR EG ET SU SO
08CAIRO1647	DARFUR REBELS IN EGYPT ROUND-UP [...] (C) Summary: Since the GOE expelled prominent representatives of the relatively active and well-organized Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) after the JEM attack on Khartoum in May 2008, the Darfur rebels remaining in Cairo seem a less active bunch. The most prominent remaining group seems t [...]	2008-07-31 14:49:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PHUM EG SU
08CAIRO1651	EGYPT: NEW APPROACH ON ERITREAN REFUGEES [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOE has acknowledged that it returned 167 Eritreans that it claims did not need refugee protection to Eritrea, claims to have "set free" 87 who were arrested in Egypt but who carried UNHCR refugee identification cards, and is disputing UNHCR designated refugee status for 130 [...]	2008-07-31 15:16:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL EG ER IS
08CAIRO172	COUNTRY TEAM ASSESSMENT FOR THE UPGRADE OF [...] (SBU) Description: In Ref A (TAB A),the GOE requested the modification and upgrade of all existing Type 3 NVGs to type 4 in support of the operational flying requirements of the Egyptian Air Force (EAF). These upgrades are essential for the safe execution of night flying operations and must [...]	2008-02-03 05:05:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MASS MARR EG
08CAIRO1878	STRATEGY FOR THE GAZA BORDER [...] (S/NF) Summary: Since the Egyptian-brokered "tahdiya" ("calming") between Israel and Palestinian groups in Gaza took effect June 19, rocket attacks from Gaza have decreased, and Israeli public pressure on the GOE to stop smuggling via tunnels into Gaza has relaxed. However, smuggling remains [...]	2008-08-25 15:38:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET//NOFORN	PARM PREL KPAL PTER MOPS MARR IS EG
08CAIRO1940	ARAB LEAGUE AND EGYPTIAN MFA ON IRAQ, LEBANON, AND [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-02 14:23:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL IS IZ SU EG
08CAIRO2079	ARAB LEAGUE WORKING WITH AFRICAN UNION TO ADDRESS [...] (C) Summary: According to senior officials at the Arab League and African Union, the two bodies are working closely to address key issues in Sudan, Somalia and Mauritania. AL SYG Amr Moussa and AU SYG Jean Ping head an Arab Ministerial committee on Darfur, and AU Peace and Security Commission [...]	2008-09-22 15:20:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SU SO MR IT QA EG
08CAIRO2175	UPDATE: EGYPT INCREASES COUNTER-SMUGGLING EFFORTS [...] Sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Egyptian security forces continue to improve counter-smuggling efforts along the Gaza border following the June Egyptian-brokered "tahdiya" ("calming") between Israel and Palestinian groups. During an August visit [...]	2008-10-13 14:19:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL PTER MASS MARR KPAL IS EG
08CAIRO2197	SYG MOUSSA ON IRAQ, SUDAN AND ISRAEL-PALESTINIAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-15 15:29:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL MARR IS SU IZ EG
08CAIRO2266	THE VIEW FROM THE AHWA: THE TALK OF TOWN IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite ubiquitous complaining about life's difficulties, and justified laments about pervasive corruption and the widely loathed Mubarak government, the denizens of Cairo's famed coffeehouses seem satisfied merely to grouse about their grievances, with no thought of taking any [...]	2008-10-28 13:46:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM SOCI SCUL PGOV ECON PHUM KISL EG
08CAIRO2297	ACTIVISTS PRESENT DIFFERING VIEWS ON REFORM [...] (C) Summary: Visiting NEA PDAS Jeffrey Feltman met October 26 with political activists to discuss the current state of reform in Egypt, and opportunities for the U.S. to promote democracy. The activists mostly agreed that the current climate in Egypt is disappointing, citing income dispariti [...]	2008-11-02 15:25:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM EG
08CAIRO2316	ARAB LEAGUE SYG MOUSSA DISCUSSES REGIONAL ISSUES [...] (C) Summary. Arab League Secretary General Moussa discussed Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and the global financial crisis during an October 26 meeting with visiting NEA PDAS Feltman and the Ambassador. Moussa said that the situation in Lebanon has improved markedly [...]	2008-11-05 12:21:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL LE SY IZ EG
08CAIRO2475	EGYPT UNHAPPY WITH ITS ROLE IN RESOLVING SUDAN [...] (C) Summary: The Egyptian MFA's cabinet advisor for African Affairs, Ahmed Abu Zeid, told us the Government of Egypt (GOE) sent a letter to UN SYG Ban expressing its dissatisfaction with the work of UN Special Envoy for Darfur Yipene Bassole. Egypt is unhappy that Bassole and the Qatari Govern [...]	2008-12-04 14:04:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN SU EG
08CAIRO2492	EGYPT: COUNTRY TEAM ASSESSMENT FOR THE PROCUREMENT [...] (SBU) Description. In REF A, The GOE submitted a request to procure twenty-four (24) AH-64D Helicopters (BLK II) with the Modernized Target Acquisition and Designation System (MTADS),the required infrastructure/facility upgrades, logistical and technical support requirements. This case will [...]	2008-12-11 17:39:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MASS MARR EG
08CAIRO2503	QUINT POLICY PLANNING TALKS FOCUS ON REGIONAL [...] (C) Summary. The November 18 "Quint" consultations with policy planners from Iraq, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Egypt (host) and the U.S. yielded a comprehensive dialogue on a range of regional issues, including Iraq, Iran, Lebanon, piracy off the Horn of Africa, and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. [...]	2008-12-15 14:25:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PREL PGOV KPAL EFIN SY LE SU IR IS IZ EG XF
08CAIRO255	DEFMIN TANTAWI SAYS EGYPT READY TO MEET ISRAEL AND [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Defense Tantawi told A/S Welch February 7 that he would welcome a visit by Israeli Defense Minister Barak or Amos Gilad to discuss moving forward with solving the Gaza border crisis. Tantawi said that he personally would not object to four-way talks involving the PA, [...]	2008-02-11 15:25:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MARR KPAL EG IS
08CAIRO2572	APRIL 6 ACTIVIST ON HIS U.S. VISIT AND REGIME [...] (C) Summary and comment: On December 23, April 6 activist XXXXXXXXXXXX expressed satisfaction with his participation in the December 3-5 "Alliance of Youth Movements Summit," and with his subsequent meetings with USG officials, on Capitol Hill, and with think tanks. He described how State Se [...]	2008-12-30 09:09:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PGOV PHUM KDEM EG
08CAIRO411	SPECIAL ENVOY WILLIAMSON ASKS EGYPT TO PRESS SUDAN [...] (C) Summary: Meeting on February 24, Special Envoy to Sudan Richard Williamson asked Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit to press the GOS to drop its obstruction to UN/AU Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) deployment. Aboul Gheit said that the GOE shares the USG's interest in stabilizing Darf [...]	2008-03-02 07:25:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EG SU
08CAIRO467	A/S WELCH, MINDEF TANTAWI DISCUSS GOE ACTION ON [...] (S) Summary. In a March 6 meeting, A/S Welch encouraged Mindef Tantawi to work with the U.S. and Israel to achieve calm in Gaza, help restart Israeli-PA negotiations, and to improve the quality of life for the Palestinian people on the.[\is no rocket fire into Israel, the GOI would have no rea [...]	2008-03-09 16:05:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PREL PARM KPAL MASS IS EG
08CAIRO479	EGYPT: AFRICAN MIGRANTS TO ISRAEL CONTINUE, [...] (C) Summary: Egypt faces a continuing problem with African migrants attempting to migrate illegally to Israel. Since the beginning of 2008, Eritreans, always a component of the equation, have been making the attempt in greater numbers. Sudanese continue to represent the bulk of migrants, enc [...]	2008-03-10 14:07:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREF PHUM PREL EG ER IR SU
08CAIRO507	ASD MCHALE'S DISCUSSIONS ON CIVIL DEFENSE WITH THE [...] (S) Summary. On February 28, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense and American Security Affairs Paul McHale briefed the Ambassador on his February 27 meetings with Egyptian military officials. ASD McHale noted that he wants to increase USG engagement with Egypt on involving th [...]	2008-03-13 16:59:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PARM PREL PGOV MASS PTER EG
08CAIRO52	CODEL PRICE MEETS WITH ABOUL GHEIT [...] (C) Summary. FM Aboul Gheit told visiting Codel Price January 6 that the GOE recognizes that the Administration is trying to advance the Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts, but warned that continuing Israeli settlement activity would scuttle progress. He urged that USG security measures not d [...]	2008-01-13 14:20:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IS IZ EG
08CAIRO524	SCENESETTER FOR MINDEF TANTAWIâ€™S VISIT TO THE U.S. MARCH 24-28REF: A. CAIRO 452 B. CAIRO 488 C. CAIRO 507CAIRO 00000524 001.2 OF 002 [...] (S) Summary: Defense Minister Field Marshal Mohamed Tantawi will travel to Washington, Tampa, and Chicago March 24-28. He will meet senior officials in Washington and at USCENTCOM HQ in Tampa, and view U.S. civil defense arrangements in Chicago. Mrs. Tantawi and as many as five senior generals will [...]	2008-03-16 16:43:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PARM PREL PGOV MASS MARR PTER IS EG XF
08CAIRO607	DARFUR: CAIRO-BASED REBELS ON NATIONAL CENSUS [...] (SBU) In a March 26 meeting, we asked Alaa El Din Ibrahim and Abdallah Ali, Political and Media Secretaries of the Sudan Liberation Movement/Army (SLM/A) Abdulwahid Nur faction, respectively, to encourage Nur supporters in Darfur, and particularly in the internally displaced persons (IDP) camp [...]	2008-03-27 12:53:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SOCI UNSC KDEM EG SU
08CAIRO612	ARCENT COMMANDER LOVELACE DISCUSSES BRIGHT STAR [...] (C) Summary. On March 9, U.S. Army Central Command (ARCENT) Commanding General LTG James Lovelace made his introductory calls on MOD Chief of Staff LTG Sami Enan and MOD Training Division Chief Major General Mohammed Hisham. LTG Enan said that the size of the joint U.S.-Egyptian BRIGHT STAR e [...]	2008-03-30 12:32:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PINR PREL MASS EG
08CAIRO701	NEA DAS BUTLER DISCUSSES IRAQ WITH ARAB LEAGUE [...] (C) Visiting NEA DAS Butler discussed Iraq issues with Arab League Chief of Staff Hisham Yousef April 6. DAS Butler gave an overview of the current situation, including in Basrah, where the GOI had managed an overall gain of territorial control. Yousef claimed that Arab states are willing to [...]	2008-04-08 06:35:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ SY KV EG
08CAIRO702	EGYPT MFA SPOKESMAN DISCUSSES IRAQ WITH DAS BUTLER [...] (C) Visiting DAS Lawrence Butler discussed Iraq with MFA Spokesman and Senior Advisor Hossam Zaki on April 6. Zaki confirmed that Egypt plans to send an ambassador to Baghdad, but only after President Mubarak is convinced that Maliki is serious about reaching out to the Arabs, and is satisfied [...]	2008-04-08 06:57:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EG IZ
08CAIRO741	COUNTRY TEAM ASSESSMENT FOR THE TRANSFER OF 2000 [...] (C) Description: The Government of Egypt has requested procurement of 2,000 TOW-2A missiles. 2. (C) Reason the purchaser desires the articles or services: a. Egypt has an immediate need to replenish its TOW missile inventory. The shelf-life of all of Egypt's 17,346 Basic TOW, ITOW, a [...]	2008-04-13 05:09:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS MARR EG
08CAIRO742	COUNTRY TEAM ASSESSMENT FOR THE TRANSFER OF 120MM [...] (C) Description: The Government of Egypt has requested procurement of 15,500 120mm HE-T main-gun rounds, 200 dummy rounds, and 100 cutaway rounds. The dummy and cutaway rounds are for training purposes only. 2. (C) Reason the purchaser desires the articles or services: The Egyptian Army [...]	2008-04-13 05:09:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS MARR EG
08CAIRO860	DARFUR: EGYPT URGES RE-ENGAGEMENT, INCLUSIVITY ON [...] (SBU) The GOE seeks to re-invigorate the idea that UN and AU Darfur envoys Jan Elaisson and Selim Ahmed Selim engage in "shuttle diplomacy" between the rebel groups and GOS to bring them to a comprehensive political solution, MFA Cabinet Advisor for African Affairs Ahmed Abu Zeid told us on Apr [...]	2008-04-24 15:30:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM EG SU
08CAIRO9	CODEL VOINOVICH MEETING WITH EGIS CHIEF SOLIMAN [...] (S) Summary. EGIS Chief Omar Soliman told Ambassador and a visiting Codel led by Senator George Voinovich December 31 that he is optimistic progress will be made on Israeli-Palestinian negotiations. However, Soliman was concerned with continuing Israeli criticism of Egyptian anti-smuggling e [...]	2008-01-02 18:07:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PREL PGOV IS IZ SY EG
08CAIRO977	EGYPT ALLEGEDLY DEPORTS JEM IN RESPONSE TO [...] (C) Egypt has deported several Darfur rebels from the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) and the Sudanese Liberation Army Abdulwahid Nour faction (SLA/Nour) after the unsuccessful JEM raid on Khartoum (reftel),according to contacts in Darfur rebel groups in Cairo. Osama Mohamed El Hassan, S [...]	2008-05-13 15:12:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EG SU
08CAIRO995	S/I SATTERFIELD BRIEFS GOE ON IRAQ DEVELOPMENTS [...] (S) Summary: S/I Ambassador David Satterfield, the Ambassador, and a team of Embassy Baghdad, MNF-I and Washington experts briefed FM Aboul Gheit and EGIS Chief Soliman May 11 on developments in Iraq, with a focus on Iraqi PM Maliki's efforts to consolidate state authority and work to reconci [...]	2008-05-15 12:31:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PREL PTER MASS IR IZ EG
08CANBERRA1025	2008 U.S.-AUSTRALIA POL-MIL TALKS: PART I [...] (SBU) This is Part I of a three-part cable reporting on the annual U.S.-Australia Political-Military Talks held in Canberra, Australia on October 9, 2008. Part I covers Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan, as well as providing a summary and list of participants. Part II (septel) covers Persian Gul [...]	2008-10-14 05:13:00	Embassy Canberra	SECRET	PREL MARR MOPS AS
08CANBERRA103	AUSTRALIAN DEFENSE TEAM TO VISIT U.S. RE IRAQ [...] (C) David Hallett, Director for Iraq, International Policy Division, Australian Department of Defense, outlined GOA thinking about the nature of arrangements Australia will need to govern deployment of Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel and civilian contractors in Iraq when the current r [...]	2008-02-07 06:01:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL KTIA AS
08CANBERRA1101	AUSTRALIA DELAYS FUNDING DECISION ON AFGHAN [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4 below. 2. (C/NF) Australia has postponed until early 2009 a decision on the U.S. request to provide US$85 million per year from 2010 to 2014 to fund the expansion of the Afghan National Army (ANA). Jon Merrill, Director, Afghanistan [...]	2008-10-31 06:05:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MARR MCAP PREL AF AS
08CANBERRA1172	AUSTRALIA'S DEFENSE WHITE PAPER UPDATE [...] (S/NF) Defence Minister Joel Fitzgibbon has directed that Australia's Defense White Paper be completed no later than April 2009, despite internal pressures to delay its release owing to the global financial crisis, according to the senior Department of Defence official heading the White Paper [...]	2008-11-19 07:54:00	Embassy Canberra	SECRET//NOFORN	MARR MOPS PREL AS
08CANBERRA1230	NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR DUNCAN LEWIS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Kevin Rudd announced the appointment of Duncan Lewis to the newly-created post of National Security Advisor (NSA). The creation of the position of NSA is the first step in the formation of the Rudd Government's new national security structure. The NSA will be resp [...]	2008-12-05 06:32:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR MARR AS
08CANBERRA1246	AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE: CHINA MILITARY POWER, U.S. [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Australian views and efforts on Chinese military modernization largely mirror those of the U.S. according to John Quinn, Assistant Secretary, Strategic Issues and Intelligence Branch, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Quinn reiterated to Poloffs on December 9 the need [...]	2008-12-09 21:02:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MARR PREL AS
08CANBERRA133	SCENE SETTER FOR AUSMIN 2008 [...] (SBU) AUSMIN 2008 takes place just three months after the Australian Labor Party (ALP) government of Kevin Rudd swept to power, decisively defeating John Howard and his Liberal/National coalition after eleven years in office. While domestic issues such as workers' rights, climate change, healt [...]	2008-02-14 07:36:00	Embassy Canberra	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MARR OTRA AS
08CANBERRA140	RUDD HAS A VERY GOOD WEEK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Kevin Rudd burnished his leadership image this week by issuing an emotional apology to indigenous Australians, particularly the "Stolen Generations" and by coolly managing his first foreign crisis, the attack on East Timorese President Ramos-Horta. By closing the apology issue [...]	2008-02-15 05:55:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV AS
08CANBERRA178	AUSMIN 2008: SESSION I (IRAQ, IRAN, MIDDLE EAST) [...] (U) February 23, 2008; Parliament House, Canberra, Australia. 2. (C) SUMMARY. The 2008 Australia-United States Ministerial Consultations (AUSMIN) -- the first AUSMIN hosted by the recently-elected Labor government -- opened with Foreign Minister Smith and Defence Minister Fitzgibbon strong [...]	2008-02-25 04:10:00	Embassy Canberra	SECRET	OVIP PGOV
08CANBERRA185	AUSMIN 2008: SESSION II (DPRK, INDIA, CHINA, [...] (U) February 23, 2008; Parliament House, Canberra, Australia. SUMMARY ------- 2. (C/RL AUS) U.S. and Australian officials dedicated the second session of the 2008 AUSMIN conference to a consideration of regional security issues throughout Asia. They agreed to coordinate in managing the st [...]	2008-02-25 07:47:00	Embassy Canberra	SECRET	OVIP MOPS
08CANBERRA230	AUSTRALIA MULLS ADDITIONAL INPUTS TO AFGHANISTAN IN ADVANCE OF NATO BUCHAREST SUMMIT [...] (C) Beyond Australia's contribution of an Operational Mentoring and Liaison Team (OMLT) to be embedded with the Afghan National Army's (ANA) Kandak battalion in Afghanistan's southern province of Oruzgan, which Defense Minister Fitzgibbon previewed for the Ambassador and later announced in Par [...]	2008-03-06 05:59:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF AS
08CANBERRA267	SCENESETTER: PRIME MINISTER RUDD'S VISIT TO THE [...] (SBU) Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is coming to Washington with a message that Australia will continue its friendship and close cooperation with the United States across a wide spectrum of issues, from non-proliferation and counterterrorism to climate change and trade liberalization. Rudd, a form [...]	2008-03-19 22:24:00	Embassy Canberra	SECRET//NOFORN	AS OVIP PREL US
08CANBERRA4	U/S BURNS AT 12/5 TSD SOM - AFGHANISTAN, PAKISTAN, [...] (C) Summary: Under Secretary Burns met with his Trilateral Strategic Dialogue (TSD) counterparts Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Secretary Michael L,Estrange and Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Deputy Foreign Minister Mitoji Yabunaka December 4-5, 2007 in [...]	2008-01-03 04:49:00	Embassy Canberra	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL AF IN PK AS
08CANBERRA682	AUSTRALIA INFORMED OF PROPOSED INCREASE IN AFGHAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-07 05:41:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AS
08CANBERRA685	GUIDANCE REQUEST: ALLEGATION USG SOUGHT TO TEST [...] (U) This is an action request - please see paragraph 4 below. 2. (SBU) Australian newspapers, quoting recently declassified Australian government documents, carried stories over the July 4 weekend alleging the U.S. Government had asked the Australian government in 1963 to permit aerial tes [...]	2008-07-07 07:49:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PINS PREL AS
08CANBERRA696	SCENESETTER FOR YOUR VISIT TO AUSTRALIA [...] (C/NF) Kevin Rudd, who was sworn in on December 3, 2007 as Australia's first Labor Party prime minister in nearly 12 years, has moved quickly to implement domestic reforms and to give substance to a three-pronged foreign policy based on the primacy of the treaty alliance with the United States, [...]	2008-07-09 05:49:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	OVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA OTRA PREL AS
08CANBERRA721	SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY RICE'S VISIT TO PERTH, [...] (C/NF) Kevin Rudd, who was sworn in on December 3, 2007, as the first Australian Labor Party prime minister in nearly 12 years, has moved quickly to implement domestic reforms and to give substance to a three-pronged foreign policy based on the primacy of the treaty alliance with the United St [...]	2008-07-17 07:15:00	Embassy Canberra	SECRET//NOFORN	OVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA OTRA PREL AS
08CANBERRA873	AUSTRALIA REVIEWS PROPOSED INCREASE IN AFGHAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-05 06:37:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AS
08CANBERRA887	AUSTRALIA SUPPORTS INCREASE IN AFGHAN NATIONAL ARMY [...] (C/NF) The GOA is broadly supportive of the proposal to increase the Afghan National Army (ANA),according to Shane Flanagan, Executive Officer, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh and West Asia Section of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT). Flanagan expressed the appreciation o [...]	2008-09-08 08:28:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL AS
08CANBERRA904	AFGHAN NATIONAL ARMY EXPANSION [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-12 07:18:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL AS
08CAPETOWN245	CAPE TOWN MAYOR DISCUSSES LOCAL, NATIONAL AND [...] (SBU) On December 12, Cape Town CG, Poloff and Polasst met with City of Cape Town Mayor and Democratic Alliance (DA) leader Helen Zille. Mayor Zille was enthusiastic about the strong gains the DA made in the recent by-elections, particularly in the Western Cape. She said that although the resu [...]	2008-12-18 09:45:00	Consulate Cape Town	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM SF
08CARACAS1231	CHAVEZ OUTFLANKS CONSTITUTION [...] (C) Summary. The Organic Law of the Bolivarian National Armed Forces (LOFAB) was among the 26 decrees enacted into law by President Hugo Chavez on July 31 the last day of his special powers to rule by presidential fiat under the Enabling Law. In addition to resurrecting defeated constitution [...]	2008-09-03 17:56:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP PGOV PREL VE
08CARACAS1271	CHAVEZ CLAIMS ANOTHER U.S. COUP PLOT [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-11 21:33:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL VE
08CARACAS1278	ACCUSATIONS FLY, ARRESTS BEGIN, INVESTIGATIONS TO [...] (C) Summary: As President Hugo Chavez accused businessmen, media outlets, opposition leaders, active duty and retired military of conspiring in a U.S. backed coup plot the Directorate of Military Intelligence (DIM) confirmed the arrest of four persons for "inciting rebellion." National Assem [...]	2008-09-12 21:55:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL VE
08CARACAS1298	CHAVEZ UNSHAKEN AS COUP ACCUSATIONS BROADEN AND [...] (C) Summary: Despite his earlier bluster of U.S. F-16's coming to bomb the presidential palace, President Hugo Chavez told supporters on September 14 that the coup attempt "revealed" three days prior was "no threat," to him. A National Assembly (AN) Deputy claimed several prominent business [...]	2008-09-17 19:42:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PINR PREL VE
08CARACAS1340	BRV DOING DAMAGE CONTROL WITH USG [...] (C) Summary. Prior to departing September 21 for Cuba, Portugal, France, Russia, and China, President Chavez continued to temper his anti-U.S. rhetoric (Ref A). The BRV reportedly moved a signing ceremony involving Chevron up to September 19, presumably to underscore continuity in the U.S.-V [...]	2008-09-23 21:25:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV VE
08CARACAS14	CHAVEZ RESHUFFLES CABINET BUT KEEPS LOYALISTS CLOSE [...] (C) Summary. During a call-in to Venezolana de Television (VTV) on January 3 President Chavez announced the first of a series of thirteen cabinet changes. Chavez replaced former Vice President Jorge Rodriguez, Telecommunications Minister Jesse Chacon, and Communications Minister William Lara w [...]	2008-01-04 20:50:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL VE
08CARACAS1413	GENERAL ARRESTED IN ANOTHER ALLEGED COUP PLOT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Mario Isea, president of the National Assembly special committee investigating the attempt to overthrow/assassinate President Hugo Chavez, announced the arrest of Air Force Inspector General Jose Felix Caraballo Gomez on September 26. The arrest is based on a tape recording bet [...]	2008-10-03 21:43:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM VE
08CARACAS1422	GENERAL BADUEL ARRESTED [...] (SBU) Agents of the Directorate of Military Intelligence (DIM),on October 3 unceremoniously pulled former Defense Minister General Raul Baduel off of the city streets of Maracay. General Ernesto Cedeno of the Judge Advocate General told the press that Baduel had to account for 31 billion Bs [...]	2008-10-07 22:16:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM VE
08CARACAS1636	CHAVEZ SEEKS RE-ELECTION/GRABS POWERS FROM [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Chavez is on the political offensive after the opposition scored some noteworthy gains in the November 23 state and local elections. In a nationally-televised November 30 speech, President Chavez urged his supporters to launch a signature drive that would force a new re [...]	2008-12-01 22:17:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
08CARACAS1676	NATIONAL ASSEMBLY RELEASES FLIMSY REPORT ON [...] (C) Summary. The National Assembly (NA) released a report calling on the Attorney General's Office (AG) to investigate retired military personnel, independent media owners, and businessmen for their supposed involvement in a conspiracy to assassinate President Chavez. It accused the USG of pr [...]	2008-12-05 20:01:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL VE
08CARACAS1700	CHAVEZ'S BAND OF BROTHERS [...] (C) Six of the seventeen PSUV governors elected to office on November 23 were either co-conspirators in Chavez's 1992 coup attempt or his military contemporaries. Personal loyalty, reliability and the ethos of a military fraternity reflected in many of Chavez's ministerial appointments and w [...]	2008-12-10 21:48:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV VE
08CARACAS1724	PSUV STALWARTS RETAIN CONTROL IN SEVEN STATES [...] (C) Summary: The incoming United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) governors of Cojedes, Delta Amacuro, Falcon, Monagas and Sucre States face significant challenges in meeting the needs of their relatively poor, sparsely-populated regions. The new PSUV governor of Merida will have to bal [...]	2008-12-16 21:24:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV VE KDEM
08CARACAS1760	VENEZUELA: 2008 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-22 19:29:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PTER VE
08CARACAS227	PSUV FOUNDING CONGRESS: DELAYS AND AN EXPULSION [...] (C) Summary. President Chavez publicly declared after his constitutional referendum defeat that shoring up his political base will be one of his highest priorities. Since then, he has focused considerable personal attention on launching his proposed single, pro-government party, the United S [...]	2008-02-22 17:35:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM VE
08CARACAS25	SAME FACES, DIFFERENT PLACES: BIOS ON CHAVEZ' NEW [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 6, President Chavez announced changes in eight key economic portfolios: the Ministry of Finance, Telecommunications, Planning and Development, Housing, Basic Industry and Mining, Light Industry and Trade, Food, Housing, and Social Development and Popular Participation [...]	2008-01-09 19:35:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV VE
08CARACAS283	RAUL REYES DEATH: CONFLICT DOES NOT APPEAR [...] (S/NF) Summary: Notwithstanding President Chavez' order that ten battalions be dispatched to the Colombian border in the wake of the March 1 killing of FARC's second-in command Raul Reyes, DAO reports only a minor increase in activity at two relevant BRV bases in two states west of Caracas and [...]	2008-03-03 19:23:00	Embassy Caracas	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MOPS PGOV PTER MCAP CO VE
08CARACAS286	CHAVEZ PUTS FINISHING TOUCHES ON HIS PSUV PARTY [...] (C) Summary. President Chavez presided over the final session of the founding congress of his United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) March 2 in Maracaibo. Over 1600 PSUV party delegates elected Chavez party president the week before. In Maracaibo, Chavez announced the names of 69 PSUV m [...]	2008-03-03 22:15:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM VE
08CARACAS293	MINIMAL BRV ARMED FORCES RESPONSE TO DEPLOYMENT [...] (S) SUMMARY: Nearly 48 hours after Chavez ordered ten battalions to the Colombian border, there has been only small scale movements of troops or equipment from major combat units. Less than 12 light tanks or armored fighting vehicles have been seen preparing for movement at Carora in the wes [...]	2008-03-04 19:06:00	Embassy Caracas	SECRET//NOFORN	MCAP MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL VE CO
08CARACAS301	CHAVEZ INSULATES VENEZUELAN ARMED FORCES FROM [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Venezuelan Army withdrew from hosting the 28th Conference of the Armies of the Americas (CAA) and declined its turn to serve as president of the organization on February 18, less than four weeks before the scheduled transfer ceremony. This is the fourth military conference i [...]	2008-03-04 22:01:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PREL VE
08CARACAS326	NO NEW TROOP MOVEMENTS REPORTED [...] (S) No additional troop movements have been reported in the March 7 open press. Considering the distances from major bases such as Fuerte Paramaracay in Valencia and Carora barracks in Lara state, it is reasonable to assume that elements of the 41st Armored Brigade, such as the 413th "Pedro [...]	2008-03-07 21:26:00	Embassy Caracas	SECRET	MCAP MOPS PGOV PREL CO VE
08CARACAS327	A GLIMPSE INTO FRACTURES WITHIN CHAVISMO? [...] (C) Summary. In February President Chavez removed the Director of the Venezuelan tax and customs service (SENIAT) Jose Gregorio Vielma Mora and replaced him with Infrastructure Minister Jose David Cabello. Vielma Mora was widely regarded within Venezuela as an efficient administrator, who by [...]	2008-03-07 21:56:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SCUL VE
08CARACAS334	PSUV BATTALION LEADERS ELECT LOYALISTS TO PARTY [...] (C) Summary. President Chavez's United Socialist Party of Venezuela's (PSUV) held intra-party elections March 9 to fill the PSUV's 15-member leadership committee. PSUV local ("battalion") leaders elected well-known loyalists to one-year terms on the party's steering committee from the 69 nam [...]	2008-03-10 20:42:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM VE
08CARACAS349	THE COLOMBIAN PATIENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 11, news services were reporting rumors that FARC directorate member Milton Jesus Toncel was being treated at a medical clinic in the town of Rubio in the Venezuelan border state of Tachira for a wound to the face. Guardia Nacional Operations Chief Juan Carlos Hidalgo lat [...]	2008-03-12 21:53:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER CO VE
08CARACAS38	THE RESHUFFLE: SUPPLEMENTAL BIOS ON KEY POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary. During his January 6 "Alo, Presidente" television broadcast Chavez formally announced changes to five political cabinet-level positions: the Vice Presidency, the Office of the Presidency, the Ministry of Interior and Justice, Ministry of Communications, and Ministry of Sports and [...]	2008-01-10 21:28:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR VE
08CARACAS468	CLANDESTINE AIRFIELD DESTROYED [...] (SBU) The Bolivarian News Agency announced on March 28 the start of Operation Boquete I, an Army effort to destroy all clandestine airstrips in Venezuela. By March 30 the Venezuelan Army claimed to have destroyed 67 of an estimated 157 dirt runways in the south-western border state of Apure a [...]	2008-04-03 21:06:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PGOV PREL SNAR CO VE
08CARACAS47	CHAVEZ EXPLOITS FARC HOSTAGE RELEASE [...] (C) Summary. President Chavez is trying to extract maximum political advantage from the January 10 release of FARC-held hostages Clara Rojas and Consuelo Gonzalez de Perdomo. He personally met the freed hostages and their families at his Miraflores presidential palace hours after their relea [...]	2008-01-11 19:00:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV PHUM VE
08CARACAS62	CHAVEZ HIGHLIGHTS COLOMBIAN HOSTAGE RELEASE, [...] (C) Summary. Chavez used numerous events over the January 11-13 weekend to claim credit for the Colombian hostage release, urge international understanding for the FARC and to blame others, including the USG, for the failure of earlier efforts to secure release of the hostages. He also ackno [...]	2008-01-16 23:19:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL VE
08CARACAS64	DENGUE CASES DOUBLE IN VENEZUELA [...] (C) Summary: The Ministry of Popular Power for Health (MPPS) ceased publishing dengue and malaria statistics from July 21 to December 22, during the lead up to Chavez' failed December 2 constitutional reform vote. Now we know why: the latest official epidemiology bulletin, released January 8, [...]	2008-01-17 16:09:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	TBIO SOCI PGOV VE
08CARACAS686	BRV ACCUSES COLOMBIAN ARMY OF INCURSION [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV) alleges that Colombian soldiers crossed into the southwestern Venezuelan border state of Apure on May 16. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) reportedly filed a formal protest calling for an immediate stop to these "violations of inter [...]	2008-05-19 22:21:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER CO VE
08CARACAS776	SLOWLY SINKING: ARMADA SOCIALISTA I-2008 [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Venezuelan Navy (Armada) released broad details regarding "Armada Socialista I-2008", a series of military exercises and civic action programs involving the Navy, Territorial Guard (GT),Army and Air Force (FAV) during the month of June. The highlight will be the first firi [...]	2008-06-04 19:30:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MCAP VE
08CARACAS86	BRV CONSUMED WITH NORMALIZING VENEZUELAN FOOD [...] (C) Summary: During January 21 - 22, a somewhat manic Chavez announced a laundry list of agricultural and food distribution "reforms," including increasing the controlled price of milk, closing the Colombian border to food smugglers, threatening to expropriate land and facilities from milk pro [...]	2008-01-23 22:30:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV EAGR VE
08CARACAS986	CHAVEZ AND URIBE'S UNEASY SUMMIT, A CARACAS READOUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Hugo Chavez met Colombian President Alvaro Uribe July 11 in the western Venezuelan city of Punto Fijo and announced that both countries were "ready to relaunch bilateral relations." However, in less than 48 hours Chavez took umbrage over comments by Colombian Defense [...]	2008-07-17 15:32:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CO VE
08CASABLANCA271	EFFECTIVENESS OF UN EFFORTS TO COMBAT SEXUAL EXPLOITATION [...] (U) This cable responds to a request for information on MINURSO's efforts to combat trafficking in persons (TIP) and sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) involving UN peacekeeping mission personnel in the Western Sahara and Moroccan peacekeepers in Cote d'Ivoire. This message was cleared with [...]	2008-01-15 16:59:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KPRO MO
08CASABLANCA39	MOROCCO: 2008 ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (U) This cable responds to action request (reftel) for updated information on the Moroccan government's efforts to combat trafficking in persons from April 2007 to March 2008. ------------------------------------- Morocco Headed in the Right Direction ------------------------------------- [...]	2008-02-27 12:42:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF ELAB SMIG KFRD KCRM KWMN MO
08CHENGDU171	KUNMING BOMBINGS: SOME LOCAL PERSPECTIVES [...] (C) Summary: Following the July 21 bombing of two buses in Southwest China's Yunnan provincial capital of Kunming, security forces remain on alert with a noticeable stepped up presence in some downtown areas. Speculation in the city appears still focused, although not exclusively, on alleged [...]	2008-08-01 08:20:00	Consulate Chengdu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM ASEC CH
08CHENGDU188	LHASA: CONVERSATIONS WITH TAR GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS [...] (C) Summary: In a week of meetings with Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) foreign affairs, religion, health, education, and tourism officials, ConGenOffs' interlocutors generally responded readily to questions but at times showed considerable unease. TAR officials apparently believe that the March [...]	2008-09-10 07:09:00	Consulate Chengdu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KHIV SOCI CH
08CHENGDU263	VETERANS: CHENGDU BURMA-INDIA OLD SOLDIERS REMEMBER [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-14 07:21:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED	SOCI MARR PGOV
08CHENGDU275	SOUTHWEST CHINA: MIGRANT LABOR, DIALECTICS, AND LIES [...] (C) Summary: An excursion arranged by an influential Southwest China businessman for some of his employees that ConGenOff was invited to join provided a rare opportunity for informal exchanges on challenges faced in a relatively underdeveloped part of eastern Sichuan Province. Many of the ar [...]	2008-12-03 01:24:00	Consulate Chengdu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB CH
08CHENGDU287	SOUTHEAST TIBET: ETHNIC HAN TOWNSHIP FLOURISHES ON [...] (C) Summary: Massive government subsidies and military infrastructure improvements have doubled the size of Bayi Township (80 percent ethnic Han) in the southeast of China's Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR) over the past decade. Large contributions on infrastructure and in kind "Help Tibet Ca [...]	2008-12-15 09:58:00	Consulate Chengdu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PHUM CH
08CHENGDU288	SOUTHEAST TIBET: TRAVELING WITH THE PARTY'S MINDERS [...] (C) Summary: A week spent in the Bayi capital of Linzhi Prefecture in China's Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) with local authorities and "Help Tibet Cadres" yielded a number of insights on prevailing attitudes about government policies in the region and the personalities involved. The array of [...]	2008-12-16 01:02:00	Consulate Chengdu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR CH

08CHENNAI203	ANDHRA PRADESH COP SEES HYDERABAD LINK TO JAIPUR [...] (C) Summary: One of Andhra Pradesh's top anti-terrorist cops said the trail of evidence in the May 13 Jaipur bombings leads to Hyderabad. The detonators used in Jaipur have been traced to the district adjoining Hyderabad and the shapes of the charges used in Jaipur are similar to the August [...]	2008-06-10 07:54:00	Consulate Chennai	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC IN KISL PGOV PREL PTER
08CHENNAI344	TAMIL NADU'S MAJOR PARTIES PRESSURE GOI TO INTERVENE IN [...] (SBU) Summary: An "all-party meeting" held on October 14 under the chairmanship of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Karunanidhi resolved that the Members of Parliament (MPs) from Tamil Nadu would resign if the Government of India does not ensure a ceasefire in Sri Lanka within two weeks. The "all-pa [...]	2008-10-15 10:04:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR PTER IN CE
08CHENNAI387	SRI LANKAN REFUGEES STILL ARRIVING, POST RECOMMENDS PRM [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 12 and 13. 2. (SBU) Summary: The recent escalation of Sri Lanka's war against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam has not resulted in the expected flood of new refugees to India. Nonetheless, refugees continue to arrive at a steady, but mod [...]	2008-11-24 08:13:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PGOV PTER PHUM SOCI IN CE
08CHENNAI39	LITTLE SUPPORT FOR TAMIL TIGERS IN INDIA DESPITE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Recent events in Sri Lanka, including the Sri Lankan government's decision to formally withdraw from the ceasefire agreement and target the Tamil Tiger leadership, have been widely covered in Tamil Nadu media. Despite the coverage, India's Tamils remain lukewarm to the occasion [...]	2008-02-04 10:52:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREF PREL PTER IN CE
08CHENNAI408	ABANDONED BOATS STOKE FEARS OF LTTE OPERATIVES FLEEING INTO [...] (SBU) Summary: Six abandoned Sri Lankan boats, some marked with bullet holes and blood stains, recently washed up on Tamil Nadu shores. Tamil Nadu police claim the boats drifted to India after a recent cyclone, but this explanation has not convinced Indian Navy officials. Security analysts s [...]	2008-12-18 02:04:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PHUM IN CE
08CHIANGMAI10	STAFFDEL YEO FOCUSES ON REFUGEES, IDPS AND BURMESE POLITICAL [...] (C) In meetings with Staffdel Yeo, some politically active Burmese exile groups requested stronger U.S. sanctions against Burma, claimed to play a significant role in organizing recent protests inside Burma, and asked for U.S. support for a constitution they drafted as an alternative to the Bu [...]	2008-01-14 09:00:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PHUM PGOV SOCI TH BM
08CHIANGMAI110	BURMESE ASYLUM SEEKERS FORCIBLY RETURNED; NOT HANDED OVER TO [...] (C) Though the precise timing of events is still unclear, the Thai Government returned some 70 Burmese asylum seekers from two refugee camps to Burma sometime between the evening of July 16 and the morning of July 17. Thai authorities escorted the group to the Eh Tu Ta camp for internally disp [...]	2008-07-17 11:15:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PGOV PHUM BM TH
08CHIANGMAI120	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: IMPLEMENTATION STALLED ON IDEAS FROM [...] (S/NF) Consul General met for the first time since late May with Mark Tamthai, the Thai Government's point-man for secret talks between the RTG and southern insurgents. Tamthai said: -- implementation of a pilot "peace zone" in Yala city, worked out during the talks in May, is stalled due [...]	2008-08-14 09:03:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM PTER PHUM TH
08CHIANGMAI125	THA-BURMA CROP SUBSTITUTION PROPOSAL ADVANCING, SLOWLY [...] (C) Thai and Burmese officials met in mid-August to explore a Burmese request for Thai assistance in crop substitution and poverty alleviation in drug-producing border areas. While the project reportedly has the backing of the Thai King, progress is slow as the Burmese have yet to meet the Th [...]	2008-08-21 06:26:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SNAR PHUM PREF TH BM
08CHIANGMAI133	NORTHERN LABOR UNIONS, STUDENTS AND MEDIA DIVIDED OVER PAD [...] (SBU) Labor unions in northern Thailand are split, with some supporting the anti-government People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) and others supporting Prime Minister Samak's government, though the more vocal ones support PAD. Over 1,000 PAD supporters have traveled from the north to Bangkok [...]	2008-09-03 10:08:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ELAB SOCI TH
08CHIANGMAI141	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: SEARCHING FOR WAYS AHEAD [...] (S/NF) Mark Tamthai, the RTG's point-man for secret talks with southern insurgents, told CG September 15 of his efforts to move ahead with a pilot peace zone plan in Yala despite the distraction of ongoing political crisis in Bangkok. He aims to implement this as a "local" operation via the R [...]	2008-09-15 08:44:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM PTER PHUM TH
08CHIANGMAI152	PAY-OFF DISPUTE SPARKS MINOR CLASH ON THAI-BURMA BORDER [...] (C) The October 3 border incursion by the Burmese junta-backed Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA) into Thai territory in Tak Province was a small-scale action sparked by a dispute over farming pay-offs. The action, which involved fewer than a dozen DKBA troops, damaged the house of a Thais [...]	2008-10-08 07:57:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS BM TH
08CHIANGMAI154	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: CHAVALIT FOLDS; WHO'S DEALING NOW? [...] (S) Mark Tamthai, the RTG's point-man for secret talks with southern insurgents, told CG October 8 that Deputy PM Chavalit had resigned after being undercut by the Prime Minister, the Army, and faction leaders inside his own party. Tamthai expressed little regret over his departure and the ac [...]	2008-10-09 09:21:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH
08CHIANGMAI169	CROSS-BORDER MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE EXPANDS WITH GREATER MEKONG [...] (U) With the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) highway infrastructure project nearing completion, movement of persons and trade in services - not only trade in goods - across the northern Thai border is increasing. While the number of persons entering Thailand at Chiang Khong, the border point fo [...]	2008-11-07 07:51:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ECPS EINV ELAB ELTN ETRD PREL EWWT BM CH
08CHIANGMAI17	KARENNI REFUGEE CAMP FEELING SQUEEZED [...] (C) At the Karenni refugee camp where a violent clash with security forces last December left one refugee dead, order has been restored but follow-up actions promised by local officials have proceeded unevenly. A post-clash formal dialogue involving camp residents, local Thai authorities, and [...]	2008-02-01 02:43:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PHUM SOCI TH BM
08CHIANGMAI173	BURMESE EXILES TELL STAFFDEL GROVE HUMANITARIAN SPACE WON'T [...] (C) Increased space for humanitarian relief work in the Irrawaddy Delta won't speed up political change, and the U.S. needs a strategy for change in Burma involving regional actors -- these were the two main messages prominent Burmese exiles conveyed to StaffDel Grove during his brief November [...]	2008-11-14 09:22:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM EAID ECON SOCI BM CH TH
08CHIANGMAI175	THAIS SEE ECONOMIC BENEFIT FROM CONTRACT FARMING IN BURMA [...] (C) Thai contract farming is a growing feature of the Thai-Burmese bilateral economic relationship. The activity remains concentrated in the border areas, however. Thai businesspeople who engage in contract farming in Burma are generally individuals who conduct their business informally with [...]	2008-11-20 10:01:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR ECON EAGR EAID ECIN EINV ETRD PREL BM TH
08CHIANGMAI177	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: DEMISE OF SECRET PEACE DIALOGUE [...] (S) Mark Tamthai, the RTG's point-man for secret talks with southern insurgents, confirmed to visiting DCM that the RTG committee charged with running the dialogue has now been disbanded following several months of inaction due to a funding cut-off. The ensuing vacuum remains unfilled, despit [...]	2008-11-25 02:31:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH MY
08CHIANGMAI184	LOWER NORTH LEADERS SAY NATIONAL STALEMATE HARDENING; DON'T [...] (C) Consul General discussed Thailand's national political impasse with local politicians during a trip to two lower north provinces just prior to the December 2 court ruling dissolving the governing People's Power Party. All interlocutors, in a trend reflective of similar conversations in th [...]	2008-12-03 07:38:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KJUS ASEC CASC ECON EINV TH
08CHIANGMAI193	KNU WILLING TO TALK?; ETHNIC ALLIANCES IN TROUBLE [...] (C) The Karen National Union (KNU) is interested in a just peace with the Burmese regime if a mutually acceptable agreement can be reached, and a major regime offensive in Karen State may not take place this dry season, according to KNU contacts. Other Burmese exile interlocutors told us separ [...]	2008-12-19 09:43:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS BM TH
08CHIANGMAI2	DEATH OF KARENNI REFUGEE HIGHLIGHTS UNDERLYING CAMP [...] (C) The December 15 shooting death of a Karenni refugee at Ban Nai Soi Camp highlights underlying, on-going tensions in the camp between residents and Thai security officials, according to the camp commander and Thai National Intelligence Agency contacts. Though the camp commander has been tra [...]	2008-01-03 07:30:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PHUM MOPS BM TH
08CHIANGMAI27	KNU SECRETARY GENERAL ASSASSINATED [...] (C) Though the assassination of Karen National Union Secretary General Mahn Sha is most likely the result of SIPDIS infighting among Karen groups, we cannot discount entirely the possible involvement of elements of the Burmese military and perhaps local Thai officials. The Thai police are [...]	2008-02-15 10:18:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MOPS PREL PREF PHUM SNAR BM TH
08CHIANGMAI29	SPDC BLAMED FOR KNU ASSASSINATION AS TENSIONS RISE [...] (C) An increasing number of interlocutors are blaming the Burmese regime for the February 14 assassination of Karen National Union Secretary General Mahn Sha. Thai officials' investigation has turned up a regime connection to the killing, as well as a private Thai link to the plot and photos o [...]	2008-02-21 09:51:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM BM TH
08CHIANGMAI30	BURMA SEEKS THAI HELP FOR CROP SUBSTITUTION IN [...] (C) Thai and Burmese officials are exploring Thai assistance to northeastern Burma's Shan State in the form of crop substitution and poverty alleviation in drug-producing areas. This would mirror a previous program that had some success in Shan State from 2002-05 before abruptly ending shortly [...]	2008-02-28 08:13:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SNAR TH BM PHUM PREF
08CHIANGMAI32	SNAPSHOT OF NORTHERN KAREN STATE PROVIDES LITTLE HOPE [...] (C) A snapshot of Burma's northern Karen State provided by a recently returned Free Burma Rangers relief mission provides an overall bleak assessment for the local populace there. The ethnic Karen, although not facing an increase in fighting with Burma Army troops, are contending with contin [...]	2008-03-03 07:53:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PHUM PREF TH BM
08CHIANGMAI34	THAI-LAO BORDER CHECKPOINT GIVES GLIMPSE INTO [...] (C) A visit to a small Thai-Lao border checkpoint revealed good cross-border cooperation, predictable trade patterns, and little or no illegal migration. However, the local Thai military commander reported that narcotics trafficking networks in the region were increasingly shifting their tran [...]	2008-03-04 09:16:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SNAR PREF ETRD TH LA
08CHIANGMAI40	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: PEACE DIALOGUE AWAITS SIGNAL FROM NEW [...] (S/NF) PM Samak's month-old government has yet to signal its approach to the secret peace process launched by its predecessor to address the violence in southern Thailand, we were told by Mark Tamthai, advisor to former PM Surayud. Samak's security policy team is still taking shape, and it is [...]	2008-03-11 09:26:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER KDEM TH
08CHIANGMAI60	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: NEW NSC CHIEF SEEN AS THREAT TO PEACE [...] (S/NF) Thai Government point-man for secret talks with southern insurgents Mark Tamthai fears the newly announced National Security Council chief prefers harsh tactics over conciliation. Tamthai sees the next few weeks before the new chief takes office as a window for outreach directly to Pri [...]	2008-04-10 03:16:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PINR PREL KDEM PTER TH
08CHIANGMAI69	MILITARY DETENTION OF AMCIT UNDERSCORES SHIFT IN THAI POLICY [...] (C) Amcit and Free Burma Rangers (FBR) head David Eubank, together with his wife and children, was detained by the military under martial law provisions April 29-May 1. This detention, like the tactics used in last month's raids by Thai security organs against Burmese exile groups, are a depar [...]	2008-05-01 12:19:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM CASC BM TH
08CHIANGMAI74	BURMA'S CONSTITUTIONAL REFERENDUM DOMINATED BY [...] (C) Voting irregularities in Burma's constitutional referendum were blatant, wide-spread, and intentional, according to Burmese exile groups based on the Thai-Burma border. By the morning of May 10, they had already catalogued over 100 reports of irregularities covering both advanced voting an [...]	2008-05-14 04:28:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV KDEM BM TH
08CHIANGMAI79	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: THAILAND'S POLITICAL TURBULENCE PUSHES [...] (S/NF) A late-May round of secret talks between the Thai Government and southern insurgents yielded good progress on a proposal to create pilot "peace zones" in specific conflict areas, according to Mark Tamthai, RTG point-man for the talks. However, making the proposal operational anytime soo [...]	2008-05-30 09:12:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM PTER PHUM TH
08CHIANGMAI80	A "THIRD WAY" TO AVOID A CRISIS? [...] (C) Over 130 academics from across the country have launched a campaign to find a way out of the current political stalemate. Their plan calls for a more complete constitutional amendment process than the one currently underway, resulting in an entirely new constitution that would have to be [...]	2008-06-02 02:33:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TH
08CHISINAU305	AMBASSADOR ENCOURAGES OPPOSITION LEADERS TO COOPERATE ON [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Kirby met leaders of the three largest opposition parties to discuss recent 3+2 talks in Vienna and to discuss a future, acceptable settlement on Transnistria. The Ambassador shared his view that any durable solution would require broad political support, including tha [...]	2008-03-19 14:42:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PBTS MD
08CHISINAU466	THE WORLD ACCORDING TO SMIRNOV [...] (C) Summary: Transnistrian (TN) "president" Igor Smirnov took advantage of the April 30 meeting, the first with an American Ambassador to Moldova since 2001, to declaim Transnistria's Russianness and separateness from Moldova, to expound on Transnistrians' distrust of Moldovan President Voroni [...]	2008-05-02 13:28:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID MD
08CHISINAU746	TRANSNISTRIAN POWER STRUGGLES OVER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Two succession-related power struggles are currently taking place in Transnistria. The first is the struggle to determine who will succeed Valeri Litskai as Transnistrian "Minister" for Foreign Affairs. Political insiders who attended the Embassy's 4th of July reception categor [...]	2008-07-11 14:29:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS OSCE PGOV PINR MD
08CHISINAU854	SIXTH MOLDOVAN DEMINING CONTINGENT EN ROUTE TO IRAQ; [...] (C) Summary: The sixth Moldovan Army demining contingent left Moldova on August 19, en route to a week's trainup in Kuwait before a six-months' deployment in Iraq. The Government of Moldova (GOM) notes that 86 deminers in the previous five contingents have destroyed 30,000 tons of ordnance i [...]	2008-08-22 12:59:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR PARM MD
08COLOMBO1040	Sri Lanka: Scenesetter for the Visit of Deputy Assistant [...] (SBU) Summary: Your visit comes at a critical time, with Sri Lanka's 25-year ethnic conflict entering a possibly decisive phase. Government forces have made significant progress against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in the last several months, gaining a large swath of territory i [...]	2008-11-18 11:32:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PGOV PHUM PREL CE
08COLOMBO1042	SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT FORCES TAKING CONTROL OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: The recent fall of Pooneryn and the crossroads town of Mankulam to government forces has greatly improved the government's military position and put the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam in a strategic bind. Government forces now control virtually all of Sri Lanka's western coastli [...]	2008-11-18 14:11:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MOPS PTER CE
08COLOMBO1049	SRI LANKA: TERRORISM TRIAL OF JOURNALIST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The trial on terrorism charges of journalist J.S. Tissainayagam has entered a critical phase. The testimony in the case has not gone well for the government, with the officer who took Tissainayagam's confession conceding errors. The Judicial Medical officer who examined Tissa [...]	2008-11-20 13:46:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER PREL CE
08COLOMBO1078	SRI LANKA: DASD CLAD TOLD EASTERN PROBLEMS LIKELY [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a visit to Sri Lanka on November 22-23, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense James Clad discussed the Sri Lankan Army's military progress against the LTTE, future political arrangements in Sri Lanka's north, demobilization of the TMVP, and child soldiers with Defense Secr [...]	2008-11-28 09:49:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
08COLOMBO1079	SRI LANKA: LTTE CHIEF PRAISES INDIA, CALLS SRI [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In his annual "Heroes' Day" speech, a defiant LTTE supremo Prabhakaran professed his commitment to a peaceful solution of the conflict, but labeled the government's pursuit of a military solution racist and genocidal. He criticized "so-called Peace Sponsors" who "impaired" neg [...]	2008-11-28 09:54:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
08COLOMBO1099	SRI LANKA: SECURITY DETERIORATES IN EASTERN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Over the past three weeks the security situation in the East has deteriorated as LTTE cadres and TMVP members loyal to Karuna have conducted a series of killings. In response, the government imposed a curfew on Batticaloa and the Chief Minister and Mayor of Batticaloa went on a o [...]	2008-12-03 05:11:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM MOPS CE
08COLOMBO114	SRI LANKA: RISING VIOLENCE IN NORTH KILLS STUDENTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: An LTTE artillery bombardment of the Palaly base near Jaffna thwarted an attempt by Defense Secretary Gothabaya Rajapaksa and Army Commander Sarath Fonseka to land there on January 28, forcing their aircraft to return to Colombo. Government forces responded by bombing the LTTE a [...]	2008-01-30 11:46:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE
08COLOMBO1153	2008 Country Reports on Terrorism [...] (U) Here is the 2008 Country Report on Terrorism for Sri Lanka. The point of contact for this cable is Ben Barry. His e-mail address is BarryBG@state.gov. 2. (U) BEGIN TEXT: More than 7,000 people were killed and many thousands more displaced in 2008 as the Sri Lankan government continue [...]	2008-12-23 08:19:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC CE
08COLOMBO1163	STAFFDEL AHUJA BRIEFED ON HUMANITARIAN SITUATION [...] (U) SUMMARY: During her December 11-16 visit, House Foreign Affairs Committee (HFAC) staff member Jasmeet Ahuja met with Government of Sri Lanka, NGO, UN, and international organization representatives to assess the humanitarian situation in the North. Humanitarian access issues for the UN and [...]	2008-12-31 06:28:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
08COLOMBO120	SRI LANKA: TOURISM DOWN 12% IN 2007; COULD HAVE BEEN [...] Summary: The escalating ethnic conflict continues to hurt the Sri Lankan tourism industry, which experienced a 12% decrease in visitors in 2007 compared to 2006. Industry representatives have mixed assessments of the possible impact of the recent escalation of violence and the consequent bad [...]	2008-01-31 10:54:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EFIN PTER CE
08COLOMBO135	SRI LANKA: SPIKE IN DEADLY ATTACKS CONTINUES TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sri Lanka experienced a spike in terrorist attacks prior to its February Independence Day celebrations. On February 2, a bomb exploded on a civilian bus in Dambulla, in north central Sri Lanka, killing 20. On February 3, an LTTE suicide cadre killed herself and 14 others at the Fo [...]	2008-02-05 12:18:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM MOPS ASEC CE
08COLOMBO136	EMBASSY COLOMBO EAC MEETING 02/05/2008 [...] (SBU) Summary: AmEmbassy Colombo convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting on February 5, 2008. The EAC discussed Post's security posture in light of terrorist attacks on February 2, 3 and 4 (the weekend prior to, and the day of, Sri Lankan Independence Day). The EAC recommended, an [...]	2008-02-05 13:21:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CASC PTER
08COLOMBO144	SRI LANKA: SURGE IN VIOLENCE AND INTIMIDATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Intimidation and attacks on the media in Sri Lanka have risen sharply since the beginning of the year. The International Federation of Journalists ranked Sri Lanka as the fifth deadliest country for journalists based on 2007 incidents that included six recorded deaths. January [...]	2008-02-07 12:22:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PTER SCUL CE
08COLOMBO15	SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT DECIDES TO ANNUL CEASE-FIRE [...] (C) Summary. On January 2, Sri Lanka's cabinet voted unanimously to end the Cease-Fire Agreement (CFA) signed between the GSL and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in 2002. Norway, the CFA's facilitator, issued a statement regretting the decision and noting that the Sri Lankan Mo [...]	2008-01-03 12:18:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
08COLOMBO162	SRI LANKA: FIGHTING INTENSIFIES IN THE NORTH [...] (C) Summary: Fighting between Sri Lankan Army (SLA) and LTTE forces has intensified, particularly in Mannar district. On February 12, the LTTE attacked the Thallady brigade command center in Mannar district killing several soldiers and damaging a nearby church. On February 11, 10 government [...]	2008-02-13 12:46:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM MOPS CE
08COLOMBO177	NGOS IN LTTE-CONTROLLED AREA BRIEF ON GROWING [...] (SBU) Summary: In a February 19 briefing at the EU Commission for selected Heads of Mission, international NGOs operating in the northern area of the Vanni still controlled by the LTTE reported growing constraints on their operations, including increasing restrictions on access both to and w [...]	2008-02-20 10:31:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL PTER CE
08COLOMBO184	SRI LANKA: FIGHTING CONTINUES IN MANNAR DISTRICT; [...] (U) On February 20 at 11:00 AM, three soldiers were shot and killed in Buttala, an area deep in Sri Lanka's south. The Defense Ministry blamed the attack on the LTTE and deployed additional troops to conduct a search operation. Following the attack, the Defense Ministry replaced the military [...]	2008-02-21 11:44:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MOPS CE
08COLOMBO215	SRI LANKA: THE EIGHTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (U) Mission's submission for the eighth annual Anti-Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report for Sri Lanka follows. Responses are keyed to questions in Reftel. Mission point of contact is poloff Amy Trimble, telephone +94-11-249-8822, fax +94-11-249-8820. Paragraph 27: Sri Lanka Overview ----- [...]	2008-02-29 07:40:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ELAB ASEC PREF KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD CE
08COLOMBO244	SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT-BACKED EX-TIGERS SWEEP LOCAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The March 10 local elections in Batticaloa District in eastern Sri Lanka went off without any serious violations or incidents of violence. The TMVP, a government-backed anti-LTTE Tamil paramilitary, swept the elections, winning 8 of 9 local bodies (and in a coalition with the r [...]	2008-03-11 14:34:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM MOPS CE
08COLOMBO245	SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT-BACKED EX-TIGERS SWEEP LOCAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The March 10 local elections in Batticaloa District in eastern Sri Lanka went off without any serious violations or incidents of violence. The TMVP, a government-backed anti-LTTE Tamil paramilitary, swept the elections, winning 8 of 9 local bodies (and in a coalition with the r [...]	2008-03-11 15:20:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM MOPS CE
08COLOMBO246	SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT-BACKED EX-TIGERS SWEEP LOCAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The March 10 local elections in Batticaloa District in eastern Sri Lanka went off without any serious violations or incidents of violence. The TMVP, a government-backed anti-LTTE Tamil paramilitary, swept the elections, winning 8 of 9 local bodies (and in a coalition with the r [...]	2008-03-11 15:20:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM MOPS CE
08COLOMBO247	SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT-BACKED EX-TIGERS SWEEP LOCAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The March 10 local elections in Batticaloa District in eastern Sri Lanka went off without any serious violations or incidents of violence. The TMVP, a government-backed anti-LTTE Tamil paramilitary, swept the elections, winning 8 of 9 local bodies (and in a coalition with the r [...]	2008-03-11 15:20:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM MOPS CE
08COLOMBO248	SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT-BACKED EX-TIGERS SWEEP LOCAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The March 10 local elections in Batticaloa District in eastern Sri Lanka went off without any serious violations or incidents of violence. The TMVP, a government-backed anti-LTTE Tamil paramilitary, swept the elections, winning 8 of 9 local bodies (and in a coalition with the r [...]	2008-03-11 15:20:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM MOPS CE
08COLOMBO249	SRI LANKA: DEFENSE SECRETARY DEFENDS SPECIAL [...] (C) On March 11, Ambassador delivered reftel (a) points to Defense Secretary Gothabaya Rajapaksa, highlighting our desire to clarify U.S. vetting policy to the GSL while at the same time preserving our long-term relationship with the Sri Lankan military. Ambassador invited Gothabaya to provi [...]	2008-03-11 15:20:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL MASS PGOV MOPS CE
08COLOMBO279	AMBASSADOR PRESSES SRI LANKAN JUSTICE SECRETARY ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 17, Ambassador and DCM met the Secretary to the Ministry of Justice Suhada Gamalath to urge SIPDIS that the GSL, in the face of restrictions on U.S. Foreign Military Financing to Sri Lanka (ref A),take swift and effective measures to demobilize and rehabilitate child [...]	2008-03-18 11:51:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PTER MOPS CE
08COLOMBO345	SRI LANKA: BISHOP OF MANNAR APPEALS TO STOP CHURCH [...] (U) On April 3, the Bishop of Mannar faxed to Ambassador a press release calling on both the LTTE and Sri Lankan military to stop shelling the premises of a venerated Catholic shrine in Madhu, and to respect it as a zone of peace. TamilNet reported that the LTTE said the SLA was shelling the [...]	2008-04-03 11:48:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
08COLOMBO368	SRI LANKA: AMBASSADOR OPENS USAID PROJECTS IN THE [...] SUMMARY: Ambassador visited Galle on April 4 to open two USAID projects and meet local officials. Party leaders expressed concern about Southern Province's disproportionate share of the war burden, a growing drug problem, a shortage of labor for traditional industries. A representative of t [...]	2008-04-09 11:23:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS ELAB KCRM CE
08COLOMBO412	SRI LANKA: PDAS CAMP ENCOURAGES PROGRESS ON HUMAN [...] (C) Summary. During his April 21-22 visit to Colombo, SCA PDAS Don Camp highlighted to GSL officials that despite the long-standing friendship between our countries, continuing human rights abuses place limits on our cooperation. PDAS Camp pressed for the release of TMVP child soldiers and [...]	2008-04-28 04:02:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS ECON CE
08COLOMBO423	SRI LANKA: POLICE ARREST CHILD TRAFFICKING [...] On April 28, the National Child Protection Authority disclosed the arrest of four suspects involved in trafficking more than 20 children to Singapore over an extended period of time. NCPA Chairman Jagath Wellawatta said that in January, three Sri Lankan children, ages 11,13, and 14, were foun [...]	2008-04-29 13:13:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ELAB SMIG KCRM KFRD KWMN CE
08COLOMBO424	G/TIP FY06 PROGRAMS: MONITORING REPORT (SRI LANKA) [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-30 06:29:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SMIG KCRM KFRD KWMN CE
08COLOMBO441	SRI LANKA: GSL ACHIEVES PROGRESS ON CHILD SOLDIERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: UNICEF reported that in April, the number of child soldiers with the TMVP on whom it has files dropped by 55, to a total of 76. The actual number still with the TMVP is likely higher, possibly 200-250. Nevertheless, the GSL is clearly pushing the TMVP to release child soldiers, [...]	2008-05-06 12:27:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
08COLOMBO448	SRI LANKA: MAY 10 EASTERN POLLS SEEN AS REFERENDUM [...] (C) SUMMARY: The May 10 Eastern Provincial Council elections are the first provincial-level polls in the East in twenty years. A relatively free, fair, and peaceful election would help bring back normalcy in the East, lay the groundwork for democratic administrative structures, and reinforce [...]	2008-05-08 13:25:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
08COLOMBO483	SRI LANKA: PRESIDENT NAMES PILLAIYAN CHIEF [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Rajapaksa swore in the TMVP leader "Pillaiyan" as new Chief Minister of the Eastern Province on May 16. However, it is still unclear whether a block of a few Muslim Provincial Councilors led by M.L.M. Hisbullah will assure Pillaiyan of a majority by supporting him in th [...]	2008-05-20 12:12:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM MASS MOPS PTER CE
08COLOMBO493	SRI LANKA: COMMISSION REQUESTS ASSISTANCE FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 6, Chairman of the Commission of Inquiry Udalagama formally requested assistance in continuing video conference testimony from abroad. Embassy and USAID have agreed that support of this effort would be the most appropriate use of unused U.S. funds which had been designat [...]	2008-05-22 04:19:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
08COLOMBO506	SRI LANKA: PARCEL BOMB ON TRAIN KILLS NINE AT SUBURBAN [...] (U) SUMMARY: A parcel bomb on a train detonated at a suburban Colombo station on May 26 causing nine deaths and wounding more than seventy. It was unclear whether the bomb was triggered by a remote control (such as a cell phone) or a timer. The government of Sri Lanka blamed the attack on t [...]	2008-05-27 11:37:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER ASEC PGOV CE
08COLOMBO507	SRI LANKA: DEFENSE JOURNALIST ABDUCTED, BEATEN AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Keith Noyahr, a prominent journalist and defense analyst, was abducted and severely beaten by unidentified men on the night of May 22. The next day, hundreds of journalists protested the attack and demanded a full investigation. Some of the victim's journalist colleagues specula [...]	2008-05-27 12:00:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PTER CE
08COLOMBO510	SRI LANKA: DISCUSSIONS ON NEXT STEPS AFTER EASTERN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassadors or Heads of Mission of the U.S., France, Norway, India, and U.K., and the Resident Representatives of the UN, World Bank and Asian Development Bank met on May 21 to discuss policy responses to the recent elections for the Provincial Council in the east. Most agreed [...]	2008-05-28 12:13:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MARR PHUM CE
08COLOMBO528	SRI LANKA: DEFENSE MINISTRY MOBILIZES AGAINST [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Defense Secretary summoned two media workers from the government-owned publishing house. He reportedly harangued them for over two hours for participating in a rally to protest the abduction and beating of defense journalist Keith Noyahr. The journalists told us that Gothab [...]	2008-06-02 13:14:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER MOPS PREL CE
08COLOMBO539	SRI LANKA: ETHNIC DIVIDE IN ATTITUDES ON THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In May 22-24 meetings with visiting DAS Barks-Ruggles, representatives from the ICRC, the UN, and a leading local think tank described a deteriorating human rights situation. Human Rights Ministry Secretary Amarasinghe highlighted the limited steps the government has taken to rec [...]	2008-06-03 10:39:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PTER CE
08COLOMBO581	SRI LANKA: PRESIDENT TELLS PRESS TO TOE THE LINE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Two senior journalists told Embassy that President Rajapaksa called in the heads of Sri Lanka's major media outlets on June 6 to criticize their coverage of the war and instructed them to avoid publishing any sensitive or derogatory military information. The President implied that [...]	2008-06-13 03:26:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER MOPS PREL CE
08COLOMBO6	BOMB BLAST IN COLOMBO TARGETS ARMY BUS [...] A bomb exploded in the "Slave Island" area of Colombo 2 around 9:30 am on January 2. The apparent target was a bus carrying Sri Lanka Army troops. The director of the Colombo National Hospital has confirmed five deaths, at least two of which were SLA personnel, and over 25 injuries. A nearb [...]	2008-01-02 11:49:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS ASEC CE
08COLOMBO620	SRI LANKA: SCENESETTER FOR DAS FEIGENBAUM'S VISIT [...] (C) Sri Lanka: Your visit comes at a time when our relations with Sri Lanka are showing signs of strain from the increasing pressure we have applied on key issues, particularly human rights. Nonetheless, we continue to have access at the highest levels of the GSL and to play an important [...]	2008-06-25 13:18:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE MV
08COLOMBO637	SRI LANKA: LARGE SEARCH OF TAMILS IN COLOMBO [...] (C) On July 2, in an early morning operation Sri Lankan army, police, and STF forces cordoned off and searched Kimbula Ela, a predominantly Tamil area of Colombo. According to an Embassy mail room employee who lives in the area, 800 people (including the Embassy employee) were told to leave [...]	2008-07-02 10:36:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM ASEC CE
08COLOMBO646	SRI LANKA: TMVP LEADER ASSURES COOPERATION ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: In his first meeting with USG officials, new Eastern Province Chief Minister and TMVP head Pillaiyan pledged his cooperation to release the TMVP's remaining child soldiers. He was less forthcoming about the near-term disarmament of all TMVP cadres, arguing that the LTTE had re-i [...]	2008-07-07 07:33:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
08COLOMBO653	SRI LANKA: TWO PROVINCIAL COUNCIL ELECTIONS SET [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Sri Lankan Election Commission set August 23rd as the date for two Provincial Council elections in the North Central and Sabaragamuwa provinces. The campaigns in both provinces are likely to revolve around the government's war strategy versus the opposition's emphasis on poc [...]	2008-07-08 09:28:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
08COLOMBO659	SRI LANKA: FONSEKA MOVES GOALPOSTS ON VICTORY AGAIN [...] (U) In a June 30 interview widely reported in the Sri Lankan press, Army Chief Sarath Fonseka estimated LTTE strength at 5,000 cadres and stated "maybe a maximum of a year from now the LTTE should lose large areas." He also said "Even if we finish the war, capture the whole of the north, stil [...]	2008-07-09 10:35:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
08COLOMBO695	SRI LANKA: TENSION IN THE TMVP: KARUNA AND [...] (U) SUMMARY: On July 12 in Colombo, Karuna and Pillaiyan held their first face to face meeting since Karuna's return to the country July 3. The TMVP spokesman characterized the meeting positively, yet two days later Karuna appeared in Batticaloa unannounced causing deep concern for Pillaiyan a [...]	2008-07-21 11:05:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
08COLOMBO696	SRI LANKA: AMBASSADOR CONTINUES EFFORTS ON BEHALF [...] (C) On July 16 Ambassador met with Ronnate Tissainayagam, wife of detained journalist and two time IVP participant J.S. Tissainayagam (Ref B). Mrs. Tissainayagam reported that the four and a half month detention had severely affected her husband's mental capacity and he was now hardly able to [...]	2008-07-21 11:11:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM CE
08COLOMBO7	MODERATE TAMIL POLITICIAN ASSASSINATED IN COLOMBO [...] (C) Summary. United National Party (UNP) member of parliament T. Maheswaran was shot and killed on January 1 while attending New Year's Day ceremonies at a Hindu temple in Colombo. Sri Lanka Police officials say that the suspected assailant, who they claim was working for the LTTE, was am [...]	2008-01-02 12:12:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
08COLOMBO706	SRI LANKA: LTTE DECLARES UNILATERAL CEASEFIRE FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The LTTE announced that it will observe a unilateral ceasefire during the SAARC summit from July 26 to August 4, but warned that it would continue to respond to any government offensives with defensive actions. The Sri Lankan government has reacted warily to the ceasefire declar [...]	2008-07-22 12:04:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
08COLOMBO723	SRI LANKA: APRC RECOMMENCES MEETINGS, JOINED BY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador met with All Party Representative Committee (APRC) Chairman Tissa Vitharana to discuss the devolution process and encourage the APRC to invite the Opposition to reach a consensus on a post-conflict political solution. Vitharana told Ambassador that the APRC's main dif [...]	2008-07-28 08:53:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
08COLOMBO747	SRI LANKA: BOUCHER PRESSES DEFENSE SECRETARY ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asia Richard Boucher and Ambassador Blake met Defense Secretary Gothabaya Rajapaksa on August 1 to discuss bilateral security cooperation, the progress of the government's war against the separatist Tamil Tigers, and humanitarian and hum [...]	2008-08-08 10:21:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
08COLOMBO75	SRI LANKA: LTTE STRIKES CIVILIAN BUS IN THE [...] (C) On January 16 at 7:30 am, a claymore mine exploded near Buttala, in Sri Lanka's southeastern Uva Province, hitting a civilian bus. At least 24 people were killed, including several women and children, and more than 60 were wounded. Chief of Defense Staff Donald Perera confirmed to Amba [...]	2008-01-16 11:35:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS ASEC CE
08COLOMBO766	SRI LANKA: BOUCHER FINDS COMMITMENT TO MILITARY [...] (C) SUMMARY: During Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher's visit to Colombo for the SAARC summit on August 1-4, Sri Lankan government interlocutors made clear they were committed to a military solution to the conflict. The President, the Foreign Minister, th [...]	2008-08-15 06:43:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS EAID CE
08COLOMBO807	EMBASSY COLOMBO EAC MEETING 08/27/2008 IN WAKE OF [...] (SBU) Summary: AmEmbassy Colombo convened a meeting of the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on August 27, 2008 to discuss post's security posture in light of an attack on a Sri Lanka naval base in Trincomalee, Sri Lanka. The attack occurred during the evening of August 26, 2008. GSL police and [...]	2008-08-27 10:35:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CASC CE MARR PTER
08COLOMBO868	DEFENSE SECRETARY AND PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR SHARE [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-15 11:15:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PREF EAID CE
08COLOMBO989	AMEMBASSY COLOMBO EAC ADDRESSES LTTE "AIR TIGER" [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 29, 2008, AmEmbassy Colombo convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting to discuss security for the official and expatriate American communities in light of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) "Air Tiger" attacks on the evening of October 28, 2008. T [...]	2008-10-31 04:17:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CASC PTER
08COLOMBO994	BASIL RAJAPAKSA DISCUSSES INDIA TRIP, [...] (C) Summary: In a November 3 meeting with Ambassador, Presidential senior advisor Basil Rajapaksa agreed security remains a problem in eastern Sri Lanka and agreed to discuss with the Defense Secretary a timetable for demobilizing paramilitaries there. Regarding his recent trip to India, he sa [...]	2008-11-04 12:25:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM IN CE
08CONAKRY151	UNION LEADER HAS NO HOPE FOR PEACEFUL SOLUTION [...] (S) SUMMARY. During a meeting with Poloff on April 29, union leader Rabiatou presented a gloomy outlook on Guinea's current political situation. She said that it is impossible to find a solution as long as President Conte remains in power, and literally scoffed at the idea that transparent [...]	2008-05-02 11:40:00	Embassy Conakry	SECRET	ELAB PGOV PREL ASEC GV
08CONAKRY244	EMBASSY CONAKRY - SITUATION REPORT 11 [...] (C) Embassy received several reports from different sources of gunfire in the downtown area around 15:00, specifically around the Castro Bridge and the British Ambassador's residence. Sources reported hearing heavier fire, such as from grenades and/or Rocket Propelled Grenades (RPGs),but no [...]	2008-05-29 15:19:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PMIL ASEC GV
08CONAKRY247	EMBASSY CONAKRY - SITUATION REPORT 12 [...] (SBU) The streets of Conakry are quiet this morning, and there have been no reports of gunfire. Stores, markets, and fuel stations remain closed. There are a few people on the streets waiting for taxis, but the roads are virtually empty due to lack of transportation. Poloff saw children and [...]	2008-05-30 09:19:00	Embassy Conakry	SECRET	PGOV PMIL ASEC GV
08CONAKRY252	EMBASSY CONAKRY - SITUATION REPORT 13 [...] (C) As of 14:00, Conakry remains quiet and calm. Embassy has received no reports of gunfire or criminal activity. Local businesses and gas stations remain closed. There is very little traffic on the roads. Earlier this morning, between 150 and 250 women were peacefully demonstrating in fro [...]	2008-05-30 12:38:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PMIL ASEC KDEM GV
08CONAKRY254	EMBASSY CONAKRY - SITUATION REPORT 14 [...] (U) There was a visible lessening of tension in the streets over the weekend as Conakry residents ventured out to take care of regular business. Gas stations, some of which were under the protection of the president's military forces, opened to the public. Many stores were open, and there wa [...]	2008-06-02 08:04:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PMIL ASEC GV
08CONAKRY28	BUSINESS UNRUFFLED BY STRIKE THREAT - CONTE CRONY STILL IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Local businesses are confident that a negotiated settlement to the labor union strike threat will be accomplished tonight. Meanwhile, a Conte crony is not yet out of legal trouble. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) On January 9, Econoff met with members of the Conseil National du Patr [...]	2008-01-10 05:57:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV ELAB ASEC GV

08CONAKRY290	(S) DRUGS, BOOZE AND WOMEN - TOTAL DISORDER AT [...] (S) SUMMARY. A new civilian contact claiming to have been living in Camp Alpha for the past eight years shares some interesting perspectives on the mutiny and life among the mutineers. He paints a depressing picture of young, undisciplined soldiers that bully the local population while smok [...]	2008-06-13 06:43:00	Embassy Conakry	SECRET	PGOV ASEC KDEM PREL GV
08CONAKRY297	POLICE AND CUSTOMS OFFICIALS STRIKE FOR PROMOTIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Police and Customs officials in Conakry began an unofficial labor strike on June 15. Negotiations with the government were started yesterday afternoon and continue today. There were reports of gunfire yesterday into the night from several parts of the city. Flights into Con [...]	2008-06-17 09:28:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ASEC PMIL ELAB GV
08CONAKRY298	CASUALTIES REPORTED AS MILITARY AND POLICE [...] (SBU) Beginning at approximately 10:00 on June 17, elements of the Guinean military faced off with striking police officers (reftel) in the Camayenne area of Conakry, which is located about one kilometer before the Castro Bridge. Preliminary reports indicate that there are at least 5 dead an [...]	2008-06-17 10:17:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ASEC PMIL ELAB GV
08CONAKRY301	MILITARY LOOTS POLICE OFFICES, BUT RELATIVE CALM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. After attacking the CMIS (Mobile Company for Security Intervention) headquarters and arresting up to 45 police officials earlier today, elements of the military spent the afternoon moving through the downtown area, vandalizing and looting police offices. Preliminary reporting [...]	2008-06-17 14:39:00	Embassy Conakry	SECRET	PGOV ASEC PMIL PREL ELAB GV
08CONAKRY302	MILITARY LOOTS POLICE OFFICES, BUT RELATIVE CALM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. After attacking the CMIS (Mobile Company for Security Intervention) headquarters and arresting up to 45 police officials earlier today, elements of the military spent the afternoon moving through the downtown area, vandalizing and looting police offices. Preliminary reporting [...]	2008-06-17 14:39:00	Embassy Conakry	SECRET	PGOV ASEC PMIL PREL ELAB GV
08CONAKRY308	GENERAL CAMARA LOOKING TO GET SITUATION UNDER [...] SUMMARY. According to General Camara, certain elements of the military are out of control, but he has a plan for dealing with them. He blamed the situation on poor communication and rumors, which enabled the "Bulletin Rouge" to take on a life of its own. Focused and calm, Camara came acros [...]	2008-06-20 13:02:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC GV
08CONAKRY335	GOG SAYS 11 DEAD AND 147 WOUNDED DURING MAY [...] (C) SUMMARY. According to a confidential GoG report, a total of 11 people were killed, and 147 wounded during the military mutiny in late May. These totals include 1 civilian death and 72 civilians injured. The GoG's tally, which comes from the Ministry of Defense, represents the best casua [...]	2008-07-01 14:29:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC KDEM PMIL GV
08CONAKRY41	RULING PARTY - WATCH OUT, WE,RE BACK! [...] (C) A lengthy conversation with the head of the ruling Party for Unity and Progress (PUP) suggests that party leaders are interpreting last weeks events (reftels) as tacit popular support for President Conte. Highly critical of the unions and the prime minister, the PUP is firmly behind the [...]	2008-01-16 14:02:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM ELAB ASEC GV
08CONAKRY448	NATIONAL ROUNDTABLE GENERATES HARD-HITTING [...] (U) SUMMARY. The UNDP sponsored a three-day national roundtable in Conakry, which closes a series of roundtables held over the last few months in each of Guinea's 33 prefectures and five communes. While the dialogue itself may have been somewhat routine, the conference was unusual in terms [...]	2008-08-19 15:26:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC GV
08CONAKRY47	PM DENOUNCES +BULLETIN ROUGE, - OFFERS [...] (U) On January 9, on the eve of the nationwide strike planned by Guinea,s labor unions (reftels),the Ministry of Defense announced plans to pay every soldier a flat sum of $482, which is equivalent to about four months pay for an average soldier. The military has not conducted an accurate c [...]	2008-01-18 05:51:00	Embassy Conakry	SECRET	PGOV KDEM ELAB ASEC GV
08CONAKRY500	UNIONS DIVIDED ON POLITICAL STRATEGY [...] (C) SUMMARY. Pessimistic but hoping for peace, union leader Rabiatou's comments during a September 3 meeting with A/DCM suggests that she does not have a clear idea of a strategy to achieve change in the face of what she is convinced will be fraudulent elections. Continued divisions both be [...]	2008-09-05 13:40:00	Embassy Conakry	SECRET	ELAB PGOV PREL ASEC GV
08CONAKRY51	EYE ON GUINEA,S SOCIO-POLITICAL UNDERCURRENTS [...] (C) COMMENT. Since the president sacked the communications minister in early January, political and economic tensions in Guinea have generally been high. A persistent atmosphere of uncertainty has many Guineans on edge, especially as we approach the March 31 union deadline for resolving iss [...]	2008-03-27 14:40:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC ELAB PREL GV
08CONAKRY520	CONAKRY YOUTHS DEMAND PRESIDENT'S RESIGNATION, [...] (C) SUMMARY. A group of 12 prominent youth leaders have sent a letter to President Conte demanding his immediate resignation and the dissolution of the entire government. They are waiting to see if the president will meet with them tomorrow. If he does not, they plan to hold a press confere [...]	2008-09-11 17:31:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL ASEC GV
08CONAKRY530	POWER BROKERING AND INFLUENCE PEDDLING - A LOOK AT [...] (S) SUMMARY. President Conte's wives appear to be at the center of influence within the presidential palace, with a number of other powerful players circling in the wings. There are a few individuals who may be looking to take over the presidency, but most seem to be trying to stuff their po [...]	2008-09-16 11:28:00	Embassy Conakry	SECRET	PGOV SNAR ASEC GV
08CONAKRY532	CONTINUED RUMBLINGS OF DISCONTENT IN CONAKRY [...] (C) SUMMARY. For nearly a week and a half, Conakry has experienced a number of random, spontaneous demonstrations throughout the city. Reportedly protesting a lack of electricity, youths have been blocking major traffic intersections at various times by throwing rocks and burning tires. Th [...]	2008-09-16 15:03:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV KDEM GV
08CONAKRY642	ALL EYES ON NOVEMBER 1 - INDICATIONS OF POSSIBLE [...] (S) SUMMARY. People have been talking about a possible coup d,etat in Guinea for a number of weeks now. Recent information from various sources suggests that a plot may move forward within the next few days, before the November 1 national military holiday. At the same time, these same indi [...]	2008-10-28 16:55:00	Embassy Conakry	SECRET	PGOV PREL ASEC GV
08CONAKRY646	CONAKRY EAC MEETING - OCTOBER 29, 2008 [...] Charge Raspolic convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on October 29, 2008. Core EAC members present included CDA, DCM, RSO, CONS, CLO, DAT, MGT, MSG, PAO, POL/ECON, RAO, Peace Corps and USAID. 2. The EAC reviewed the current security situation in Guinea due to the upcoming 50th an [...]	2008-10-29 15:17:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC GV
08CONAKRY664	RIOTS IN BOKE OVER THE WEEKEND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. There were prolonged riots in Boke over the weekend after negotiations between the GoG and the local population failed to produce an acceptable agreement. Rioters attacked buildings owned by prominent government officials and one youth was killed when security forces intervene [...]	2008-11-03 12:48:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV GV
08CONAKRY666	GUINEAN ARMY QUIETLY CELEBRATES FIFTIETH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Guinean Army quietly celebrated its fiftieth anniversary on November 2, contrary to the expectations of the press and various contacts. The GoG announced a force-wide salary increase over national radio, to be implemented in January 2009, but effective November 1. The mili [...]	2008-11-03 14:07:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ASEC GV
08CONAKRY748	NIGERIAN EMBASSY FRUSTRATED WITH GUINEAN GOVERNMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY. A recent discussion with a senior Nigerian Embassy official suggests that the Government of Nigeria is increasingly frustrated with the Guinean Government and unsympathetic to the country's political and economic struggles. Contact highlighted concerns over increased crime rate [...]	2008-12-10 16:24:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC SNAR GV
08CONAKRY767	PRESIDENTIAL GUARD CONFISCATES COPIES OF "LA [...] (SBU) Mr. Souleyman Diallo, Director of the independent newspaper "La Lance" told PD LES on December 17 that soldiers from the Red Berets (presidential guard) were in the process of confiscating all copies of the latest edition of the newspaper. Diallo said that Colonel Mamadouba Soumah, an [...]	2008-12-17 15:42:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC GV
08CONAKRY793	COUP APPEARS TO HAVE ROUTED GUINEAN GOVERNMENT - [...] (S) SUMMARY. A military coup launched by elements of the so-called 19th promotion following the announcement of President Conte's death (reftels) appears to have succeeded in routing the government, at least in the immediate term. The Ministry of Security, which includes the police force, ap [...]	2008-12-23 17:10:00	Embassy Conakry	SECRET	PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC KDEM GV
08CONAKRY811	CNDD MEMBERSHIP - A FIRST LOOK [...] (U) On December 23, the National Council for Democracy and Development (CNDD) released a list of its membership. Of the 32-member Council, only six were civilians not associated with the police, customs, or gendarmerie. Preliminary information on CNDD members is provided in this cable. Add [...]	2008-12-30 17:25:00	Embassy Conakry	SECRET	PGOV PREL BIOS GV
08CONAKRY88	AMBASSADOR CARTER MEETING WITH GUINEAN PRESIDENCY [...] (C) SUMMARY. In his initial meeting with Ambassador Carter, Sam Soumah, Secretary General of the Presidency, commented on Guinea's political situation, economy, legislative elections, and Hyperdynamics. Although Soumah emphasized Guinea's high esteem for the United States, he was guarded in [...]	2008-02-01 13:04:00	Embassy Conakry	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GV
08COPENHAGEN22	DENMARK: GOVERNMENT FIRM, PUBLIC NERVOUS ON [...] (C) Summary. Denmark's participation in ISAF enjoys broad parliamentary support, and the Danish government is looking to do more in Afghanistan. Danish public support regarding NATO's engagement in Afghanistan, however, is slipping, jarred by continuing casualties and the perception that other [...]	2008-01-22 11:20:00	Embassy Copenhagen	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS NATO PGOV PREL PTER AF DA
08COPENHAGEN322	DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH DANISH FM MOELLER [...] (C) Summary: In a May 27 meeting before the opening of the Arctic Ocean Conference in Ilulissat, Greenland, Deputy Secretary Negroponte and Danish FM Per Stig Moeller exchanged perspectives on cooperation in the Arctic; underlined shared goals for a climate change agreement and resolution of t [...]	2008-06-06 10:55:00	Embassy Copenhagen	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL SENV ETRD PBTS MARR KGHG AORC DA
08COPENHAGEN336	DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH DANISH FM MOELLER [...] (C) Summary: In a May 27 meeting before the opening of the Arctic Ocean Conference in Ilulissat, Greenland, Deputy Secretary Negroponte and Danish FM Per Stig Moeller exchanged perspectives on cooperation in the Arctic; underlined shared goals for a climate change agreement and resolution of t [...]	2008-06-11 11:17:00	Embassy Copenhagen	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SENV ETRD PBTS MARR KGHG AORC DA
08COPENHAGEN630	DANES TO BACK CHANGE TO ANA TRUST FUND, [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-28 13:34:00	Embassy Copenhagen	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS NATO AFIN DA
08DAKAR1285	Rains Cause Flooding in Dakar's Suburbs [...] (SBU) Summary: Severe rainfall from June through late September 2008 destroyed hundreds of homes, leaving thousands of people homeless or displaced in the highly populated Dakar suburbs of Pikine, Thiaroye, Guediawaye, Medina Gounass, Diamaguene, Dalifort, and Yeumbeul. As a result of flash f [...]	2008-11-06 17:05:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PGOV PHUM ECON SENV SG
08DAKAR1324	GUINEA-BISSAU ELECTIONS COULD PROMPT UNEASE IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Threatened by the likely victory of the African Party for the Independence of Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde (PAIGC) in the November 16, 2008 legislative elections, a handful of insecure Bissau Guinean army officers theoretically could be persuaded to take action to forestall PAIGC- [...]	2008-11-14 13:16:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	KOCI PGOV PREL PU XY
08DAKAR1416	GUINEA-BISSAU ENTERING PERIOD OF VOLATILITY [...] (C) Summary: Many aspects of the November 23 attack on Guinea-Bissau's President, Joao Bernardo Vieira, remain unclear. According to the official account, the President narrowly escaped an attempted assassination as a prelude to a coup d'etat, which he survived due to the intervention of loy [...]	2008-12-10 19:11:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PU SNAR
08DAKAR262	SENEGAL: ANNUAL TIP REPORT [...] (SBU) As was the case in previous years Senegal continues to devote, time, resources and attention to combat trafficking in persons. 2. (U) responses are keyed to questions in reftel Begin TIP report PARA 27: OVERVIEWS OF A COUNTRY'S ACTIVITIES TO ELIMINATE TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS A. Senega [...]	2008-03-04 14:31:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG SG
08DAKAR637	SENEGAL: OPPOSITION LAUNCHES NATIONAL DIALOGUE [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite tremendous government pressure and intimidation against it, Senegal's main opposition has successfully kicked off a three- to six-month long National Dialogue (Assises National) to diagnose and propose solutions to the country's political, economic and social problems. [...]	2008-06-03 15:36:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM ECON SG
08DAKAR783	Fighting Domestic Violence in Senegal [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 27, 2008 the Committee to Combat Domestic Violence against Women (CLVF) held its annual general assembly to review and assess the situation of domestic violence in Senegal. Participants, representing a wide swath of civil society groups, NGOS and foreign missions, focused [...]	2008-07-03 09:47:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PINR SCUL KJUS SG
08DAKAR960	GUINEA-BISSAU: INTERNATIONAL COCAINE [...] (C) SUMMARY. A whirlwind of events in Guinea-Bissau in the past month have climaxed in an unsuccessful coup d'etat which, combined with a change in cabinet, holds out hope for movement towards legislative elections on 16 November, and may facilitate advances against the increasing dominance [...]	2008-08-20 15:45:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PGOV PREL PU SNAR
08DAMASCUS210	SARG PLAYS ARAB UNITY CARD ON EVE OF ARAB SUMMIT [...] (C) Summary: With last minute changes still a possibility and Jordan's representation up in the air, the SARG claims it will receive up to 12 heads of state, despite evidence to the contrary. In response to Egypt and Saudi Arabia's decision to downgrade significantly their representation and [...]	2008-03-27 17:54:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SY
08DAMASCUS224	SENIOR SYRIAN DISSIDENT EXPRESSES VIEWS ON THE [...] (C) Summary: On March 30, opposition Damascus Declaration National Council (DDNC) leader Riad al-Turk updated us on the current state of the DDNC and its attempts to move forward after the arrest of many of its members. Key among these activities are establishing its abilities to meet inside [...]	2008-04-02 16:14:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SY IS
08DAMASCUS330	SYRIA VIEWS LEBANON'S "INTERNAL CRISIS," STRESSES [...] (C) Summary: After public weekend consultations with Qatar, Bahrain, and Yemen (and private discussions with Turkey,) Syrian officials continue to frame the Lebanese crisis as a "domestic affair" that must be solved by internal dialog. Syria's low-level representation at the May 11 emergenc [...]	2008-05-12 12:27:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SY LE
08DAMASCUS357	INITIAL TAKE FROM DAMASCUS ON DOHA AGREEMENT ON [...] (C) Summary: With President Asad in Aleppo and FM Muallem in Bahrain, SARG reactions in Damascus have been slow to emerge. FM Muallem expressed the SARG's support of "all that the brethren in Lebanon agree on," and we understand Bashar has been in close contact with the Qataris. Syria's po [...]	2008-05-21 13:18:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SY LE
08DAMASCUS46	SYRIA: 2007 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] (SBU) Russell Comeau is the Embassy POC. Address: 6110 Damascus Place, Dulles, VA 20189. Unclassified e-mail: ComeauR@State.gov. Tel: ( 963-11) 3391-3785. 2. (SBU) Syria was designated as a State Sponsor of Terrorism in 1979. Since then it has continued political support to Palestinia [...]	2008-01-22 12:33:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC PGOV SY
08DAMASCUS517	SEIDNAYA CONTINUES TO STIR FEARS AND CONSPIRACY [...] (C) Summary: Amid a wide range of sometimes contradictory reports, a growing number of Embassy sources have indicated the Seidnaya prison riots continue, despite the official government statement to the contrary. Human rights activists have conveyed deep concerns about reports of the alleged [...]	2008-07-17 15:22:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL SY
08DAMASCUS862	BAILING OUT THE SHAM: SARG CONTRACT RESCUES [...] (C) A reputable Syrian website reported that the SARG will supply Syrian public sector entities with "Sham"-model automobiles. The "Sham" (colloquial Arabic for Syria) is a Peugot-based sedan produced by a joint Syrian-Iranian assembly plant (SIAMCO) in rural Damascus that opened in 2007. B [...]	2008-12-02 12:56:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EPET ETRD PGOV IR SY
08DARESSALAAM104	SCENESETTER FOR PRESIDENT BUSH'S FEBRUARY 2008 [...] (SBU) Over the past two years, the U.S.-Tanzanian bilateral relationship has witnessed a sea change. With the election of a charismatic, pro-Western President, and increasing levels of U.S. assistance, cooperation has expanded in areas ranging from health and education to counterterrorism and [...]	2008-02-11 18:53:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PREL PGOV EAID ECON TZ
08DARESSALAAM206	TANZANIA: MINISTER MEMBE BRIEFS AMBASSADOR GREEN [...] (C) The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Bernard Membe, confirmed to Ambassador Green that the Tanzanian forces that assisted with the invasion of Anjouan will stay in Comoros through the elections and likely longer to maintain peace and train Anjouan gendarmes to pr [...]	2008-04-01 19:28:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM MOPS PREL PHUM ZI TZ
08DARESSALAAM224	TANZANIA: MINISTER MEMBE DEFENDS TO DIPLOMATS [...] (C) The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Bernard Membe, defended to Dar es Salaam-based diplomats on April 4 the decision of the Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) party to insist on a referendum among Zanzibari voters on a powersharing agreement within the Government of Zanzib [...]	2008-04-08 18:01:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PHUM PREL PGOV TZ
08DARESSALAAM393	TANZANIA: SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF CODEL NELSON [...] (SBU) Over the past two years, the U.S.-Tanzanian bilateral relationship has witnessed a sea change. With the election of a charismatic, pro-Western President, and increasing levels of U.S. assistance, cooperation has expanded in areas ranging from health and education to counterterrorism and [...]	2008-06-25 13:53:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAID ECON MOPS TZ
08DARESSALAAM419	Leahy vetting to attend: Combined Strategic Intelligence [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting the following candidate from the United Republic of Tanzania for training funded by the U.S. Department of Defense pursuant to the Leahy Amendment and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name, rank, date, and p [...]	2008-07-09 12:50:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM TZ
08DARESSALAAM422	Leahy vetting to attend: George Marshall Center for [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting the following candidate from the United Republic of Tanzania for training funded by the U.S. Department of Defense pursuant to the Leahy Amendment and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name, rank, date, and p [...]	2008-07-09 15:22:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM TZ
08DARESSALAAM439	Leahy vetting to attend: Field Artillery Captains Career [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting the following candidate from the United Republic of Tanzania for training funded by the U.S. Department of Defense pursuant to the Leahy Amendment and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name, rank, date, and p [...]	2008-07-17 12:05:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM TZ
08DARESSALAAM447	TANZANIA OPPOSES ICC INDICTMENT OF PRESIDENT BASHIR [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bernard Membe, spoke out at France's national day reception on July 14 against the request for the prosecutors of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to indict Sudan's President Omar Bashir for genocide. Membe said that such a move could lead t [...]	2008-07-19 09:13:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL EGAD SU TZ
08DARESSALAAM471	A/S FRAZER DISCUSSES ZIMBABWE, SUDAN, AU ISSUES [...] (C) On the margins of the Leon H. Sullivan Foundation conference in Arusha, Tanzania on June 3, Assistant Secretary for African Affairs, Jendayi Frazer, discussed with Tanzania's President Jakaya Kikwete about preparations for the June 27 runoff elections in Zimbabwe, the LRA in Uganda, the si [...]	2008-07-29 16:27:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ZI AU TZ
08DHAKA1012	(S) NATIONAL SECURITY INTELLIGENCE DIRECTOR [...] (S) During a September 22 courtesy call, National Security Intelligence (NSI) Director General Major General Sheikh Mohammad Monirul Islam told the Ambassador that among his goals was to professionalize NSI and oversee an increase in the size and capabilities of the service. NSI was monitoring [...]	2008-09-24 03:30:00	Embassy Dhaka	SECRET	PREL PTER PINR PINS PGOV BG
08DHAKA1059	UNCERTAINTY ABOUT BANGLADESH'S POLITICAL [...] (C) Nearly three weeks after Chief Adviser Dr. Fakhruddin Ahmed announced a date for national elections, fears about Bangladesh's return to democracy appear to be spiking again. Hardliners within the Bangladesh Nationalist Party are trying to convince party Chairperson Khaleda Zia to boycott [...]	2008-10-08 12:58:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PINS KDEM BG
08DHAKA1066	LEAHY VETTING FOR SIGNAL CAPTAIN CAREER COURSE, NOVEMBER 12 [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in the Signal Captain Career Course in Fort Gordon, Georgia, which will begin on November 12, 2008. Post vetting was completed on October 13, 2008. Post requests that vetting be comp [...]	2008-10-14 08:17:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
08DHAKA1075	CRUNCH TIME FOR NEGOTIATING THE RETURN TO DEMOCRACY [...] (C) The two Caretaker Government Advisers leading negotiations with political parties on terms to ensure a smooth return to democracy explained to Ambassador Moriarty on 10/14 their end-game strategy. The key elements of their plan were to convince the two major parties to refrain from nominat [...]	2008-10-16 00:30:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL BG
08DHAKA1083	BANGLADESH ARMY CHIEF ASSURES PACAF COMMANDER [...] (C) During a meeting with the visiting Commander of U.S. Air Forces Pacific, Bangladesh's Chief of Army Staff reiterated his commitment to seeing elections take place on schedule. Both agreed the Bangladesh Army had played a critical role in providing support to the Caretaker Government sinc [...]	2008-10-16 12:06:00	Embassy Dhaka	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINR MARR KDEM BG
08DHAKA1108	COAS PLEDGES TO BLOCK IDP REGISTRATION; DGFI [...] (S) The Ambassador, on October 22, phoned Bangladesh Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Moeen Uddin Ahmed (then on an official visit to Pakistan) to convey deep concern about the Islamic Democratic Party's (IDP,s) attempt to register to participate in the 18 December parliamentary elections. [...]	2008-10-23 11:01:00	Embassy Dhaka	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL PGOV PINR PINS KDEM BG
08DHAKA1120	KHALEDA ZIA CONSOLIDATES LEADERSHIP AND BNP [...] (C) Former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia has moved steadily to consolidate control over the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) since her release from prison on September 11. At her direction, the BNP registered with the Election Commission prior to the October 20 deadline and subsequently met wit [...]	2008-10-27 10:40:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PHUM KDEM BG
08DHAKA1128	LEAHY VETTING FOR MPAT MULTINATIONAL FORCE STANDARD [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in the MPAT Multinational Force Standard Operation Procedure (MNF SOP) in Hawaii, which will begin on November 16, 2008. Post vetting was completed on October 27, 2008. Post requests [...]	2008-10-29 07:43:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
08DHAKA1129	LEAHY VETTING FOR ASIA PACIFIC CENTER FOR SECURITY STUDIES [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in the Asia Pacific Center for Security Studies (APCSS) Comprehensive Crisis Management Course in USA, which will begin on November 17, 2008.Post vetting was completed on October 27, 2 [...]	2008-10-29 07:43:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
08DHAKA1130	LEAHY VETTING FOR ARMY COMMAND AND STAFF COLLEGE COURSE - [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in the Army Command and General Staff College Course in USA, which will begin on January 02, 2009. Post vetting was completed on October 29, 2008. Post requests that vetting be complet [...]	2008-10-29 07:45:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
08DHAKA1137	CIVIL SOCIETY CASTS WARY EYE TOWARDS POST-ELECTION [...] (C) As the likelihood of parliamentary elections taking place as scheduled on December 18 has increased, prominent members of civil society have become increasingly vocal in expressing their concerns about what happens after the political parties return to power. In general, civil society we [...]	2008-10-30 10:08:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PINS KDEM PHUM BG
08DHAKA1138	ELECTION COMMISSION TO REJECT IDP REGISTRATION [...] (S) Election Commissioner Brigadier General (retired) Sakhawat Hossain told the Embassy on 10/30 the Commission would reject the Islamic Democratic Party's attempt to register for Parliamentary elections in December. The party was formed earlier this year by senior members of Harakat ul-Jihad- [...]	2008-10-30 11:27:00	Embassy Dhaka	SECRET	PTER PREL PGOV PINR PINS KDEM ASEC BG
08DHAKA1139	PLAN TO ASSIST THE BANGLADESH NAVY IMPROVE [...] (S//REL TO USA, FVEY/RELIDO) Action Request: Embassy Dhaka recommends USG support for the creation of a Bangladesh Navy Special Operations unit, similar to US SEAL and Special Boat units. The Government of Bangladesh intends this unit to be a counterterrorism force that will address critical g [...]	2008-10-30 11:33:00	Embassy Dhaka	SECRET	PHUM PTER PREL PGOV ASEC BG MARR MASS
08DHAKA1157	MARITIME TENSIONS BETWEEN BANGLADESH AND BURMA [...] (C) Diplomatic talks between Bangladesh and Burma ended inconclusively November 8, with no negotiated settlement over the current maritime border dispute. Tensions between the two states continued to escalate, with both nations placing border forces on alert. Bangladesh-based South Korean di [...]	2008-11-09 14:13:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	BG BM ECON PBTS PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI TRGY
08DHAKA1158	CONFIDENT AND RELAXED, SHEIKH HASINA LOOKS TO [...] (C) Former Awami League Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has wasted little time in reasserting control over her party after her return to Bangladesh following a five month absence. Hasina appeared confident that her party would win the December 18 elections and seemed to have begun preparing for [...]	2008-11-10 00:52:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL PHUM KDEM BG
08DHAKA1159	SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF [...] (SBU) Your visit to Bangladesh comes in the twilight of the Caretaker Government's (CTG) two-year term, amid preparations for national Parliamentary elections in December. The return to democracy remains fraught with uncertainties, including whether one of the country's two major political pa [...]	2008-11-10 00:53:00	Embassy Dhaka	SECRET	PGOV PTER KREL BG
08DHAKA116	BANGLADESH SCENESETTER FOR PDAS CAMP [...] (C) SUMMARY: Your visit comes just after a major reshuffling of the Caretaker Government (CTG) that coincided with its one-year anniversary. The reshuffle in mid-January was designed to inject new life into a Government struggling to rehabilitate areas of the country devastated by Cyclone Si [...]	2008-01-27 01:33:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON PGOV PREL BG
08DHAKA1161	LEAHY VETTING FOR NEAE EAST SOUTH ASIA CENTER FOR STRATEGIC [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in the NESA Combating Terrorism Executive Seminar in USA, which will begin on December 02, 2008. Post vetting was completed on November 10, 2008. Post requests that vetting be complete [...]	2008-11-10 06:45:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
08DHAKA1175	A MONTH FROM ELECTIONS, BANGLADESH'S POLITICAL [...] (S) Although Parliamentary elections are fast approaching, many Bangladeshis remain deeply uncertain about prospects for a return to democracy. The most likely scenario remains elections on or about the set date of December 18, but the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has yet to say whether i [...]	2008-11-16 01:00:00	Embassy Dhaka	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM BG
08DHAKA1180	AMBASSADOR WARNS BANGLADESH INTELLIGENCE HEAD TO [...] (S) The Ambassador warned Bangladeshi Director General for Forces Intelligence Golam Mohammad that the U.S. government vehemently opposed the creation of the Islamic Democratic Party (IDP),formed earlier this year by senior members of Harakat ul-Jihad-Islami-Bangladesh (HUJI-B) with DGFI sup [...]	2008-11-17 06:58:00	Embassy Dhaka	SECRET	PREL PTER PINS PGOV PINR KDEM BG
08DHAKA1182	SHEIKH HASINA COMMITTED TO ELECTIONS ON DECEMBER [...] (C) Awami League President Sheikh Hasina insists Bangladesh's parliamentary elections must take place on December 18, with or without the BNP's participation. For Hasina, violent extremist groups represent the greatest threat to the restoration of democracy; she fears terrorist attacks within [...]	2008-11-17 10:01:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PINS KDET PTER BG
08DHAKA1199	NO ELECTION DEAL YET, BUT DOOR STILL OPEN [...] (C) The deadline set by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) for the Caretaker Government to meet its election demands passed late November 19 with no agreement. As a result, the Caretaker Government reaffirmed its intention to hold elections as originally scheduled on December 18. Still, th [...]	2008-11-20 10:25:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PINR PINS PREL PHUM BG
08DHAKA1200	JATIYA PARTY SUPPORTS AWAMI LEAGUE BUT STRIKES A [...] (C) As Bangladesh,s third largest party, former President Ershad,s Jatiya Party (JP) is well positioned to play the role of kingmaker in the country,s upcoming parliamentary elections. Ershad seeks to maximize the number of JP candidates nominated by the Awami League-led &Grand Alliance8 eve [...]	2008-11-20 11:17:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PINR PINS PREL PHUM BG
08DHAKA1201	THE SAO PROCESS IS BROKEN: LET'S FIX IT [...] (U) The Security Advisory Opinion (SAO) process is broken and is damaging both U.S-Bangladesh relations and presumably those in other vital Muslim-majority nations as well. Whether the visa applicant is a parent seeking to rejoin a child, a valued Embassy contact or employee heading for traini [...]	2008-11-20 12:06:00	Embassy Dhaka	SECRET	BG CVIS KISL PREL
08DHAKA1222	SCENESCETTER FOR CODEL MCCAIN [...] (SBU) USG activities in Bangladesh are based on three pillars: democratization, development and denial of space to terrorists. Your visit to Bangladesh comes in the twilight of the Caretaker Government's (CTG) two-year term, amid preparations for national Parliamentary elections in December [...]	2008-11-25 05:44:00	Embassy Dhaka	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM PINR PINS PREL PHUM BG
08DHAKA1241	MEDIA REACTION: MUMBAI TERROIST ATTACKS [...] Summary and Comment: Mainstream English and Bangla-language newspapers across the political and religious spectrum condemned the Mumbai terrorist attacks. Editorials generally focused on two issues. First, most editorials called on India to refrain from blaming neighboring countries before c [...]	2008-12-01 10:48:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL BG
08DHAKA1256	CODEL MCCAIN DISCUSSES ELECTIONS, CLIMATE CHANGE, [...] (SBU) A Congressional delegation led by Senator John McCain emphasized the need for Bangladesh to remain on the path to free, free and credible elections. During a brief December 2-3 visit, the bipartisan delegation also highlighted the importance of political parties working together after [...]	2008-12-07 10:11:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD PTER SENV EAID OREP OVIP
08DHAKA1268	ANTI-CORRUPTION CHIEF LOOKS PAST ELECTION TO [...] (C) Hasan Mashud Chowdhury, Chairman Bangladesh,s Anti- Corruption Commission, has attempted to keep the ACC out of political deal making preceding the national parliamentary elections slated for later this month. Chowdhury interprets the recent increase in judicially granted bails and their [...]	2008-12-08 11:54:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB KCRM KDEM PGOV PINR PREL BG
08DHAKA1274	MEDIA REACTION: CODEL MCCAIN VISIT TO BANGLADESH [...] Summary and Comment: Mainstream English and Bangla-language newspapers across the political spectrum extensively covered the visit of Senators McCain, Lieberman and Graham to Bangladesh. (See Ref A for more details about the Codel.) At a press conference attended by more than 60 journalists, [...]	2008-12-10 09:23:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OREP KPAO PGOV PREL OVIP BG
08DHAKA1298	REFORM-MINDED GRANDEE OF FARIDPUR FACES TOUGH RACE [...] (C) The race for the Parliament seat representing the Faridpur district capital is a showdown between three high-profile candidates in which party allegiance is being sorely tested. It pits a close in-law of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina as the Awami League candidate versus the Jamaat-e- [...]	2008-12-14 08:34:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM BG
08DHAKA1310	BANGLADESH QUIETLY PREPARES FOR COUNTY LEVEL POLLS [...] (C) Virtually ignored as the campaign for Bangladesh,s December 29 national parliamentary elections kicks off, preparations for the upazila (county) elections appear to be moving forward. Nearly 10,000 candidates have filed nomination papers with the Election Commission (EC) to run for upazil [...]	2008-12-17 10:55:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	BG ECON KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI
08DHAKA1316	BANGLADESH ASKS FOR USG HELP WITH BURMA [...] (S) Bangladesh is extremely concerned about a Burmese military buildup along the land border between the two countries. While professing Bangladesh's desire for peace with its neighbor, Army Chief General Moeen Uddin Ahmed asked the Ambassador for assistance to assess the buildup, specifica [...]	2008-12-18 09:23:00	Embassy Dhaka	SECRET	PREL PINR MASS MARR PGOV BG BM
08DHAKA1319	FOREIGN ADVISER OUTLINES CARETAKER GOVERNMENT'S [...] (C) As it approaches the end of its tenure, Bangladesh's Caretaker Government is focused on holding free, fair and credible elections and a smooth transfer of power to an elected successor, according to Foreign Adviser Iftekhar Chowdhury. The CTG would like to ensure continuity of the refo [...]	2008-12-18 11:33:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR KDEM BG
08DHAKA1321	IN RUN-UP TO ELECTIONS NORTH BENGAL IS EAGER FOR [...] (SBU) Voters in North Bengal are eager for change, but are not united on the type of change they want. In the run-up to Bangladesh's parliamentary elections December 29, parliamentary candidates, businessmen, educators and civil society leaders in three districts of Rajshahi Division reveal [...]	2008-12-21 04:10:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL PREF BG
08DHAKA1331	LEAHY VETTING FOR PEACE SUPPORT OPERATIONS INSTRUCTOR [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in the Peace Support Operations Instructor Course (PSOIC) in Bangladesh, which will begin on January 11, 2009.Post vetting was completed on December 22, 2008. Post requests that vettin [...]	2008-12-22 10:28:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
08DHAKA1334	CHITTAGONG CANDIDATES WITH CHECKERED PASTS SEEK [...] (C) A recent trip to six constituencies in Bangladesh's Chittagong Division revealed cautious optimism that security forces would be able to contain election related violence. Given the checkered past of some candidates, there are concerns about possible vote-rigging and minority voter intimid [...]	2008-12-23 06:51:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR BG
08DHAKA1336	CAMPAIGNS IN FULL SWING: OPTIMISM PREVAILS IN [...] (C) Voters and observers in traditional BNP strongholds of Dhaka, Tangail, and Jessore Districts told visiting Embassy officers they thought elections would be free, fair, and credible. While there has been little change in party platforms, candidates have largely observed the electoral code [...]	2008-12-23 09:31:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BG
08DHAKA1344	CHITTAGONG GODFATHER FACES TOUGH RE-ELECTION [...] (C) One of the earliest and biggest targets of the Caretaker Government's drive to clean up government is back on the campaign travel in a tough fight to hold onto his Parliament seat in Chittagong District. Salauddin Quader (SQ) Chowdhury, the parliamentary affairs adviser to former Prime Min [...]	2008-12-24 09:38:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM BG
08DHAKA1349	CARETAKER GOVERNMENT PREPARES FOR ELECTIONS AND [...] (C) With the campaign period over and Bangladesh's 81 million voters prepared to cast their ballots December 29, the Caretaker Government (CTG) has its sights set on a peaceful transfer of power to its elected successor. The CTG expects to transfer power to the Awami League and its leader Sh [...]	2008-12-28 09:29:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PINS KDEM PTER EAID BG
08DHAKA1352	(C) DISPUTE WITH BURMA: BANGLADESH REITERATES [...] (S) Bangladesh remains very concerned about a Burmese military buildup at the land border that divides the two countries. Army Chief General Moeen Uddin Ahmed on 12/28 reiterated to the Ambassador his earlier request (reftel A) for USG assistance to assess the buildup, specifically satellit [...]	2008-12-29 09:37:00	Embassy Dhaka	SECRET	PREL PINR MASS MARR PGOV BG BM
08DHAKA15	SCENESETTER FOR USAID WARD'S VISIT TO BANGLADESH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Your visit comes at the one-year anniversary of the Caretaker Government, which is struggling to rehabilitate areas of the country devastated by Cyclone Sidr and to address food security issues while preparing for nationwide elections by the end of 2008. Bangladesh largely met t [...]	2008-01-06 11:22:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON PGOV PREL MPOS BG
08DHAKA16	SCENESCETTER FOR STAFFDEL GROVE'S VISIT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Your visit comes at the one-year anniversary of the Caretaker Government, which is struggling to rehabilitate areas of the country devastated by Cyclone Sidr and to address food security issues while preparing for nationwide elections by the end of 2008. Bangladesh largely met t [...]	2008-01-06 11:23:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON PGOV PREL BG
08DHAKA193	BIRD FLU IN MORRELGANJ - OUTBREAK MANAGEMENT CASE STUDY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: An interagency assessment team (IAT) from State, DOD, and USAID has been in southern Bangladesh's Khulna and Barisal Divisions conducting an assessment of the Cyclone Sidr affected area in support of USG rehabilitation and reconstruction efforts. The IAT has been tasked to repor [...]	2008-02-12 08:12:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU EAGR PGOV PREL ECON ETRD WTO TBIO CASC AMED IN
08DHAKA213	SCA PDAS CAMP HIGHLIGHTS ROADMAP DURING BANGLADESH [...] (C) Summary: During a February 3 - 4 visit to Dhaka, SCA Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Don Camp emphasized the enduring nature of the U.S.-Bangladesh relationship and reiterated the importance of the Caretaker Government's adherence to the Electoral Roadmap. In meetings with the Ch [...]	2008-02-14 12:20:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ETRD ECON ELAB EFIN BG
08DHAKA242	BANGLADESH--NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART [...] (C) Summary: The goal of free, fair, and fully participatory elections in Bangladesh by the end of 2008 remains achievable, but numerous potential obstacles stand in the way of realizing that objective, with some key observers starting to hedge their bets. With less than a year remaining be [...]	2008-02-24 11:57:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ASEC PTER ECON BG
08DHAKA292	CHITTAGONG HILL TRACTS REMAIN A TENSE AND TROUBLED [...] (C) SUMMARY. The political situation in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) remains tense, and in spite of positive statements by the government, the peace accord continues to languish. POLOFF and AIDOFFs recently visited the CHT under the auspices of the UN Development Program to assess the hu [...]	2008-03-05 07:53:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KCOR KDEM BG
08DHAKA309	LEAHY VETTING FOR NEAR EAST-SOUTH ASIA ALUMNI [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in the Near East-South Asia Alumni Seminar to be held in Athens, Greece, from April 6-9, 2008. Post vetting was completed on March 11, 2008. Post requests that vetting be completed b [...]	2008-03-11 07:12:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
08DHAKA328	LEAHY VETTING FOR NEAR EAST-SOUTH ASIA ALUMNI [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in the Near East-South Asia Alumni Seminar to be held in Athens, Greece, from April 6-9, 2008. Post vetting was completed on March 11, 2008. Post requests that vetting be completed b [...]	2008-03-13 10:21:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
08DHAKA341	BANGLADESH'S RAPID ACTION BATTALION RESPONDS [...] (C) Summary: Senior members of Bangladesh's Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) said they highly valued a just-concluded human rights course and were eager for more such training. The United Kingdom-administered training has the potential to quickly improve the paramilitary forces' human rights perfo [...]	2008-03-18 09:53:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS PHUM PINR PINS PREL BG

08DHAKA345	EVERYONE IS TALKING, BUT IS ANYONE LISTENING? [...] (C) Summary: The long-awaited dialogue between Bangladesh,s Caretaker Government (CTG) and the political parties is set to kick off at the end of March. For the CTG and its backers in the Bangladesh Army, the goal of the dialogue is to convince the political parties to sign on to a &nation [...]	2008-03-18 14:18:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM BG

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