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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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KCOM: Chief of Mission
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Effective from March 2004

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
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Effective from February 1983

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
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04DJIBOUTI855GOVERNMENT OF DJIBOUTI REACTION TO MURDER OF PAUL
[...] (C) Pol/Econ delivered demarche, per reftel, to Director of Bilateral Relations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mohamed Ali Hassan, 21 June, urging the Government of Djibouti to publicly denounce the murder of American citizen Paul Johnson. Hassan responded that the Government of Djibout [...]
2004-06-21 12:35:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER ASEC CASC DJ
04DJIBOUTI89TRAIN EXPLOSION IN DJIBOUTI
[...] (SBU) On the morning of January 18, 2004 an explosive device detonated aboard a car of the Ethiopian/Djibouti Railway. Current reports reveal that several people experienced moderate injuries and one female experienced serious injuries that would possibly result in the amputation of one of he [...]
2004-01-21 11:04:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC DJ
04DJIBOUTI908HOST GOVERNMENT REQUEST FOR SCANNERS AND METAL
[...] (U) Action requested paragraph 4. 2. (C) Chief of National Security, Hassan Said Khaireh, has requested of the Ambassador, in a letter dated June 21, 2004, two mobile scanners and ten portable metal detectors "to enable immigration and border police to control baggage arriving at the intern [...]
2004-07-01 11:41:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC EAIR PREL DJ
04DJIBOUTI929LOST/STOLEN PASSPORT DATA SHARE PROGRAM
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-07 06:02:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDCPAS CMGT ASEC KFRD DJ
04DJIBOUTI977DJIBOUTI: RESPONSE TO GLOBAL SECURITY ASSESSMENT
[...] (SBU) Per REFTEL, RSO submits the following responses for American Embassy Djibouti. Narratives are keyed to paragraph four. Criteria ratings are denoted in parentheses. A. Physical Security Upgrades (1) ) Post has recently increased its physical security posture by using concrete barrier [...]
2004-07-18 06:41:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC
04DUBLIN1710MCCAIN/GRAHAM CODEL TO DUBLIN
[...] Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Senator John McCain, Senator Lindsey Graham and delegation of officials to travel to Dublin, Ireland, from December 1 to 3, 2004. Purpose of visit is to meet with Taoiseach, (PM) Bertie Ahern and address Trinity College Philosophical Soci [...]
2004-11-24 11:29:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN
04DUBLIN1789IRELAND: 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] Per ref A, Ireland was not included in the 2003 Annual Terrorism Report and there are no significant developments that would merit its inclusion this year, nor are there significant changes to information reported in ref B. 2. Per ref B, as of December 14, the GOI had not acted to pass legi [...]
2004-12-13 16:21:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC
04DUBLIN1811 Ireland/Terrorism: Bill Passes in Lower
[...] Summary: On December 14, 2004, the Criminal Justice (Terrorism Offences) Bill 2002, was passed by Dail Eireann (Lower House). The Seanad Eireann (Senate) is expected to approve the bill in February 2005, after which it can be enacted into Irish Law. This legislation will significantly stren [...]
2004-12-17 17:46:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PREL PTER KTFN PHUM PINS
04DUBLIN1831IRELAND PASSES TWO CONVENTIONS; FOUR MORE TO GO
[...] On December 21, Emboff delivered reftel points to First Secretary, Maurice Biggar, UN Desk, at the DFA. On December SIPDIS 9, Ireland became party to the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Maritime Navigation and the Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawf [...]
2004-12-22 09:13:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC PREL KTFN
04DUBLIN826ANTI-WAR ELEMENTS PRESSURING GOVERNMENT ON
[...] (C) Summary: Some Irish opposition politicians are teaming up with anti-war organizations to protest President Bush,s visit to Ireland June 25-26. Sinn Fein, the Greens, and Labour have announced their support for mass demonstrations, while various Parliamentary deputies have called on the [...]
2004-06-02 07:07:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC EUN
04FRANKFURT10842ALLEGED MOROCCAN PARLIAMENT MEMBER STOPPED BY
[...] (SBU) THE GERMAN BORDER POLICE REPORTED TO FRANKFURT DHS/ICE DECEMBER 28, 2004 THAT THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUAL WAS STOPPED DURING ROUTINE CHECKS AT THE FRANKFURT AIRPORT: LAST NAME: EL IDRISSI FIRST NAME: ABOUZAID ELMOKRIE DOB: 09/19/1960 POB: MARRAKECH, MOROCCO MOROCCAN PPT: "OFFICIAL", A [...]
2004-12-29 18:06:00Consulate FrankfurtUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PTER
04FRANKFURT400FOLLOW UP - SUSPECTED MEMBER OF EL QAEDA ARRESTED
[...] SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED - PROTECT ACCORDINGLY 2. (SBU) This cable is a follow up to FRANKFURT 208 which described concerns the German police had about a suspected terrorist, Chaouki Ben Adelouaheb Mrad who disappeared shortly after altering his traditional Islamic appearance in order t [...]
2004-01-16 15:04:00Consulate FrankfurtUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PTER
04FRANKFURT6156SEARCH OF FRANKFURT MOSQUE PROVOKES CONTROVERSY;
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Police searched Frankfurt's Taqwa ("Fear of Allah" in Arabic) mosque on July 11 in response to allegations that Taqwa's religious curriculum includes violent and extremist material. Justification for the raid centered on a 9-year old's statement to police that the mosque's schoo [...]
2004-07-19 12:56:00Consulate FrankfurtCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC KISL PINS PHUM PGOV GM MO BINR
04FRANKFURT6722FRANKFURT CONVENES EAC ON AUGUST 3, 2004
[...] Amcongen Frankfurt convened a CORE EAC (CG, RSO, ADM, CONS ESC and RSC/ABA Rhein Mein) in response to information reftel(s) concerning the Tashkent Bombings and Escalated Homeland Security ratings. 2. EAC discussed issues concerning the Tashkent bombing scenario along with potential targe [...]
2004-08-05 14:54:00Consulate FrankfurtCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNASEC PTER
04FRANKFURT8521FRANKFURT AIRPORT MANAGEMENT DISPUTES MEDIA
[...] (C) Over the past few months, German media outlets, on a number of occasions, have reported negatively on Frankfurt Airport (Fraport) customs enforcement and its control of restricted areas. In a meeting with consulate representatives, senior Fraport officials said the airport is 100-percent [...]
2004-10-01 15:11:00Consulate FrankfurtCONFIDENTIALASEC EAIR PTER SNAR GM
04FRANKFURT9221SEIZURE BY CBP OF SIX CONTAINERS FROM
[...] (SBU) Summary: Six containers with textiles represented as being made in Armenia were detained over the three month period of July, August, and September by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) due to concerns related to the country of origin. Contact with officials at CBP Headquarters, Wash [...]
2004-10-27 13:22:00Consulate FrankfurtUNCLASSIFIEDASEC ECON EAID ETRD AM
04FRANKFURT9266FRANKFURT EAC CONVENED CONCERNING SECURITY POSTURE
[...] (C) Frankfurt EAC convened 1500 hrs. 10/29 per request reftel to assess post security posture due to reports of Chairman Arafat's failing health. Present were CG, DPO, RSO, DHS, TSA, Consular, IMO, RSO Berlin, MGMT and ORCA. Assessment of the EAC at present is to remain at our current securi [...]
2004-10-29 05:55:00Consulate FrankfurtCONFIDENTIALASEC CASC PTER
04GUATEMALA1573TIP BILATERAL MINISTERIAL MEETING RESULTS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador and Embassy anti-TIP team met with the Government of Guatemala inter-institutional group to combat TIP on June 22 to formally present the 2004 TIP report and urge continued progress combating TIP. The GOG's reaction to the release of the 2004 Trafficking in Per [...]
2004-06-25 13:36:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB GT
04GUATEMALA2146GUATEMALAN CONGRESS APPROVES PAYMENTS TO EX-PACS
[...] (U) Summary: Guatemala's Congress has approved payments to ex-members of the civil self-defense patrols (PAC) that served as adjuncts to the Guatemalan Army from 1981 to 1996. The Congress agreed to pay the equivalent of about 665 dollars in three payments to each ex-PAC between now and the [...]
2004-08-24 22:07:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM EFIN EAID MASS SNAR PREF ASEC GT
04GUATEMALA2180GOG LOOKING TO KEEP CICIACS ALIVE
[...] The Ambassador met with Guatemalan Transparency and Political Reform Commissioner Mario Fuentes-Destarac on August 20 to discuss the GOG,s plans to revise CICIACS. The Constitutional Court,s August 6 decision eliminated the possibility for an entirely independent CICIACS. Since that decisio [...]
2004-08-26 21:06:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV KCRM SNAR ASEC GT
04GUATEMALA2192STAFFDEL SIMON
[...] (U) Summary: Jennifer Simon, Professional Staff to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, visited Guatemala from August 21-25. During her visit, Simon met with a broad range of GOG and NGO contacts, including Vice President Eduardo Stein, MFA Vice-Minister Marta Altolaguirre, Human Rights [...]
2004-08-27 17:18:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV EAID SNAR MARR KJUS ASEC GT
04GUATEMALA2201GUATEMALAN VP STEIN MEETS WITH SFRC STAFFER SIMON
[...] Summary and introduction: Guatemalan Vice President Eduardo Stein received Jennifer Simon, visiting professional staff member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, at the presidential palace August 24. Stein outlined GOG plans for salvaging CICIACS, explained the GOG's position on comp [...]
2004-08-27 20:06:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM MARR KCRM SNAR ASEC GT
04GUATEMALA2248GUATEMALA: ATTEMPT TO DISLODGE SQUATTERS LEAVES
[...] (SBU) Summary: At least ten persons, including four police, were killed in an August 31 police attempt to remove several hundred squatters from a farm in southwestern Guatemala. The squatters had occupied the farm to protest GOG inaction following the apparent disappearance last year of the [...]
2004-09-02 17:24:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV KJUS ASEC SNAR KCRM GT
04GUATEMALA2390PRESIDENT BUSH'S REPLY TO PRESIDENT BERGER ON
[...] (U) The Ambassador is seeking an appointment with President Berger to carry out ref instructions. In the interim, the Ambassador took advantage of a previously scheduled meeting September 16 to provide Guatemalan FM Briz an advance brief, given that he and President Berger are leaving Septemb [...]
2004-09-17 18:13:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALCVIS SMIG KCRM SNAR ASEC PBTS GT
04GUATEMALA2804GUATEMALA'S EX-PARAMILITARY GROUPS BLOCK
[...] Summary. Guatemala's ex-PAC members practically shut down the nation on November 3 in protests over the Government's failure to disburse payments promised to them in the 2003 election. These payments have been delayed due to constitutional challenges to the process. Congress immediately met [...]
2004-11-04 22:29:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC GT PGOV PHUM PINS
04GUATEMALA2805GUATEMALAN SQUATTERS REINVADE SITE OF PREVIOUS
[...] Summary: Guatemalan squatters reinvaded Nueva Linda farm, the site where eleven people were killed during a violent eviction in August. The squatters, who this time were unarmed, maintain their previous demand for government action to investigate the 2003 disappearance of their colleague and [...]
2004-11-04 23:06:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDELAB ECON GT KCRM PGOV PHUM PINS ASEC
04GUATEMALA2904GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE #5-2004
[...] (U) This message summarizes significant recent developments relating to human rights, including: -- Conviction in murder of Menchu Foundation accountant (para 2) -- Courts Give PDH Access to EMP Documents (3) -- Journalists Demand Justice for &Black Thursday8 Riots (4) -- Threats Aga [...]
2004-11-17 15:51:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EAID GT MARR PGOV PHUM SNAR
04GUATEMALA2985UN OFFICIAL'S VISIT TO GUATEMALA SPURS ACTION ON
[...] (U) Summary: The Government of Guatemala sent UN SYG Kofi Annan a letter reaffirming its commitment to CICIACS and outlining interim measures it is taking to pave the way for CICIACS. The letter was prompted by the visit to Guatemala of UN U/S for Political Affairs Kieran Prendergast to Guat [...]
2004-11-29 13:35:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KCRM SNAR ASEC GT
04GUATEMALA3164GUATEMALAN UNION LEADER'S DEATH: MORE COMMON CRIME
[...] (U) Julio Rolando Raquec, Secretary of the Federation of Workers in the Informal Economy (FSTIG),died after being mugged several blocks from his Guatemala City residence by unidentified individuals on November 30. Raquec sustained fatal injuries during the robbery and died later the same d [...]
2004-12-10 18:47:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PHUM PGOV ELAB KCRM SNAR EAID KPAO ECON
04GUATEMALA3241GUATEMALA: MILITARY CONFERENCE ON HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) Summary: The Guatemalan Ministry of Defense and the U.S Southern Command co-sponsored a December 7-10 conference in Antigua, Guatemala, to develop an action plan for the regional Human Rights Initiative (HRI) Consensus Document. Civilians worked alongside military officers to design a pla [...]
2004-12-21 21:40:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV MASS SNAR ASEC GT
04GUATEMALA3244GUATEMALA: 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] The following is Embassy Guatemala's submission for the 2004 Annual Terrorism Report: Begin text: There were no significant acts of international terrorism in Guatemala in 2004. The Government of Guatemala has supported the war on terrorism in international fora such as the UN and OAS a [...]
2004-12-21 23:20:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC KCRM EFIN KHLS KPAO GT
04GUATEMALA3246AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH GUATEMALAN HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) Summary: The Ambassador met on December 14 with Guatemala's Human Rights Coalition Against Clandestine Structures (CDHCEC, formerly known as "Coalition for CICIACS") to discuss the general human rights situation. The CDHCEC harshly criticized what they viewed as the low priority the Ber [...]
2004-12-21 23:37:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV ASEC MASS SNAR GT UN
04GUATEMALA3270GUATEMALA/MEXICO BORDER ISSUES, STAFFDEL MEACHAM
[...] Summary: SFRC Staffdel Meacham visited Guatemala to discuss a broader North American security architecture and Guatemala's role as the southern border state of that area. Based on meetings with the country team, Ministry of Foreign Relations, Migration, and the Ministry of Defense, Staffdel M [...]
2004-12-27 16:59:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EAID OREP PREL SMIG CVIS MASS GT MX CA
04GUATEMALA3272GUATEMALA'S WISH LIST FOR MIGRANTS
[...] Summary: Guatemala's MFA sent the Embassy its latest proposal for the U.S. Government to extend legal status to its large population of undocumented migrants resident in the U.S. While we have repeatedly advised the GOG that many of these proposals are politically or legally untenable, we be [...]
2004-12-27 18:10:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDSMIG ASEC PHUM PREL CVIS SNAR EAID GT
04GUATEMALA362COUNTERTERRORISM ACTION GROUP -- GUATEMALAN
[...] (C) Summary: Few of the G-8 diplomatic missions to Guatemala have counter-terrorism (CT) programs, and we detected no overlap among them. None of the other missions have conducted formal assessments of Guatemala's CT needs. However, there is a consensus that Guatemala's greatest CT weakness i [...]
2004-02-13 18:55:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC PREL GT
04GUATEMALA508GUATEMALA ANTI-TIP REPORT
[...] (SBU) Summary: The new Government of Guatemala took office on January 14, 2004, is giving TIP priority attention, and is building on initial progress by the outgoing government. The Ambassador and Embassy TIP Working Group met with the GOG Inter-Institutional Group to Combat TIP on February [...]
2004-03-01 22:43:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB GT
04GUATEMALA779GUATEMALA TIP PROJECT PROPOSALS
[...] Summary: The new Government of Guatemala is giving TIP priority attention. A major step forward has been the creation of an anti-TIP unit in the Public Ministry's Office of the Special Prosecutor for Women, which is taking the lead on TIP investigations and has launched a series of operations [...]
2004-03-30 20:41:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG ASEC PREF ELAB GT
04HALIFAX134NEW FUNDING PROGRAM FOR CANADIAN MARINE FACILITY SECURITY
[...] In a May 7 press conference at Pier 21 in Halifax, Canada attended by Consul, Canadian Transport Minister Tony Valeri announced a three-year, $115 million federal program to assist Canadian ports and ports facilities upgrade their security. This program will enable Canada to not only comply wi [...]
2004-05-07 16:22:00Consulate HalifaxUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT ATRN PINS MARR ASEC KCIP CA
04HALIFAX242HALIFAX PRECLEARANCE: BANGOR WITHDRAWS OBJECTIONS
[...] The City Council of Bangor, Maine, unanimously approved late October 25 a resolution to withdraw opposition to Halifax International Airport's (HIA) application for preclearance. The Council also authorized the City Manager and Airport Director to sign an agreement with HIA on joint marketing [...]
2004-10-26 13:16:00Consulate HalifaxUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ETRD PREL ASEC BEXP CA
04HALIFAX256HALIFAX PORT SECURITY CONTNUES TO TIGHTEN
[...] (U) While Ottawa has yet to follow through on its May 7 pledge of federal funding for Canadian Marine Facility Security, the Port of Halifax has ambitiously pressed forward with a series of new security measures using its own funding. These measures place the Port in the forefront of Canadia [...]
2004-11-15 20:32:00Consulate HalifaxUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEWWT ASEC ETRD PINS PTER CA
04HALIFAX258HALIFAX PORT SECURITY CONTNUES TO TIGHTEN
[...] (U) While Ottawa has yet to follow through on its May 7 pledge of federal funding for Canadian Marine Facility Security, the Port of Halifax has ambitiously pressed forward with a series of new security measures using its own funding. These measures place the Port in the forefront of Canadia [...]
2004-11-16 18:09:00Consulate HalifaxUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEWWT ASEC ETRD PINS PTER CA
04HANOI1617POSSIBLE TERRORIST SIGHTING IN HO CHI MINH CITY
[...] (SBU) ON JUNE 2, 2004, AT 11:00 HOURS, RSO MET WITH TWO AMCITS WHO WERE CURRENTLY ON A BUSINESS TRIP TO HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM. BOTH AMCITS REPORTED THAT THEY ARE STAYING AT THE SHERATON SAIGON HOTEL IN HO CHI MINH CITY. THEY SAID THAT ON THE NIGHT OF JUNE 1 AT APPROXIMATELY 22:00 HOURS, T [...]
2004-06-04 10:11:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PTER VM CTERR
04HANOI1618POSSIBLE TERRORIST SIGHTING IN HO CHI MINH CITY -
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: REFTEL (A) and (B) reported that on the evening of June 1, two visiting AMCITS observed an individual in a Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) night club who they believed to be Fahid Mohammed Ally MSALAM (SUBJECT 1). SUBJECT 1 is listed on the FBI's Most Wanted Terrorist Web site. Despit [...]
2004-06-04 12:07:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PTER VM CTERR
04HANOI2603 GVN: TERRORISTS HERE ARE VIETNAMESE EXILES
[...] (SBU) Summary: MPS counterterrorism officials are keeping a close watch on Vietnamese Muslims. They do not perceive a threat yet, but note that contacts between Vietnamese Muslims and international Muslim groups have developed. The GVN highly appreciates U.S. assistance in counterterrorism, [...]
2004-09-17 07:22:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER ASEC VM CTERR
04HANOI2608"BANDIT" GROUPS RAID NEAR LAOS BORDER
[...] (SBU) Summary: We have confirmed reports of clashes between Vietnamese Border Army troops and small groups of armed Hmong in western Nghe An province that have left two dead since late July. The GVN published the story in the newspaper but has declined to discuss it with us. End Summary. [...]
2004-09-17 09:20:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER ASEC LA VM ETMIN
04HANOI2863 VIETNAM SECURITY MINISTER PROMISES COORDINATION ON
[...] (SBU) Summary: Minister of Public Security Le Hong Anh told the Ambassador October 20 that he is pleased with the developing U.S.-Vietnam relationship and is "absolutely committed" to ensuring the safety and security not only of USG facilities and personnel, but also of Americans traveling to [...]
2004-10-21 10:10:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SNAR KCRM ASEC CVIS CASC VM HUMANR ETMIN CTERR
04HANOI33562004 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT (INCSR) - VIETNAM
[...] No summary [...]
2004-12-20 10:12:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC EFIN HIV KCRM PGOV PREL SNAR SOCI VM
04HANOI391 COUNTERTERRORISM ACTION GROUP INPUT FOR VIETNAM
[...] Summary: According to CTAG members (and representatives from Switzerland, Spain, and Australia) at Hanoi-based Embassies, Vietnam receives little attention and less assistance, especially compared to high-threat Southeast Asian countries such as Indonesia. Some members -- notably Australia, [...]
2004-02-12 10:26:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PREL ASEC VM CTERR
04HANOI634 SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE
[...] (SBU) POLITICAL VIOLENCE - DEMONSTRATIONS 1A. NO 1B. YES 1C. YES 1D. :Following the initiation of hostilities in the Gulf, there were small street demonstrations across from mission facilities in both Hanoi and HCMC of about 100. In addition there were also some large rallies (5,000 [...]
2004-03-02 09:57:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PTER VM CTERR
04HANOI652 INPUT FOR 2004 TIP REPORT - VIETNAM
[...] Mission Vietnam's response to the TIP questions in reftel A follows, following the requested checklist format. 2. OVERVIEW OF VIETNAM'S ACTIVITIES TO ELIMINATE TIP A. Characterization of trafficking in Vietnam: Vietnam is a country of origin for trafficked, women, and children, but the [...]
2004-03-04 03:51:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF CH TW CA VM OMIG TIP
04HANOI738 A/S TAYLOR DISCUSSES SECURITY AND COOPERATION WITH
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting March 10 with visiting Assistant Secretary for Diplomatic Security Frank Taylor, Ministry of Public Security (MPS) Vice Minister Nguyen Van Huong said he wanted to see closer cooperation between MPS and the Embassy, including formal communication channels for CT and [...]
2004-03-12 08:00:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PTER SNAR KCRM VM CTERR
04HARARE122LESS VIOLENCE - BUT ZANU-PF STILL AHEAD IN RUN-UP
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The MDC candidate in an upcoming by-election reported that the pre-election environment was less threatening than press reports describe. A Minister reiterated ZANU-PF's age-old theme that the West was responsible for Zimbabwe's problems at a rally for the ruling party candidat [...]
2004-01-22 11:44:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PINR ASEC ZI
04HARARE199PARLIAMENT PASSES LAND ACQUISITION ACT AMENDMENTS,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After considerable debate, Parliament on January 28 passed a controversial Land Acquisition Amendment (LAA) Bill. The bill scales back due process protections for property owners and expands the categories of properties that may be confiscated under the government's land reform [...]
2004-02-04 11:17:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PTER ASEC ECON EAGR ZI
04HARARE314BOMB REPORTEDLY DEFUSED AT JUSTICE MINISTER'S
[...] (C) An Embassy FSN whose family is close to the family of Justice Minister Patrick Chinamasa reported on February 22 that, according to Chinamasa's secretary, an unidentified woman delivered a suspicious package to the Minister's office last week. In the course of opening the package, the se [...]
2004-02-23 13:44:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC ZI
04HARARE356ZIMBABWE - TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT 2003 -
[...] Overview of Zimbabwe's Activities to Eliminate Trafficking in Persons: --------------------------------------- A. There continued to be infrequent anecdotal reports that Zimbabwe was a country of origin and transit for internationally trafficked persons, particularly women and children. [...]
2004-02-27 08:12:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB PGOV PINR ZI TIP
04HARARE401MDC PRESIDENT APPEALS TO INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 3, MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai briefed some 30 Harare-based diplomats on the MDC's perception of the crisis in Zimbabwe, the status of interparty talks, and the party's strategy for upcoming elections. He appealed to the international community to continue pressure [...]
2004-03-04 15:31:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PINR ASEC EAID ZI MDC
04HARARE445SOUTH AFRICAN TAKE ON THWARTED COUP ATTEMPT
[...] (c) Ambassador and DCM met with South African Ambassador Jeremiah Ndou on March 11 to exchange perspectives on the detention of 70 purported mercenaries in Harare on March 7. Ndou provided a list of names, nationalities and passport numbers and confirmed that all 70 had been resident in South [...]
2004-03-11 14:29:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS PINS ASEC ZI EK
04HARARE530HOTLY CONTESTED URBAN CONSTITUENCY UP FOR GRABS IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Sporadic violence and intimidation has characterized the campaign period in an important parliamentary by-election to be held in Zengeza (a high-density suburb of Harare) March 27-28. The opposition MDC selected a candidate rumored not to be the choice of the MDC membership in Ze [...]
2004-03-26 12:01:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PINR ASEC ZI MDC
04HARARE54MDC PLANNING TO SUPPORT NON-MDC MASS ACTION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: An MDC official described plans for a prayer vigil on January 11 as the first in what the MDC hopes will be a series of similar (mass) actions in the coming weeks or months. The events would be held under the auspices of the church rather than the MDC. The official recounted MDC [...]
2004-01-09 10:21:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR ASEC ZI MDC
04HARARE540MINISTER REPORTEDLY SHOOTS OPPOSITION MEMBER AS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Two eyewitnesses identified Minister without portfolio Elliott Manyika as a shooter in an incident on the second day of voting in Zengeza that left one dead and 11 injured. Emboffs observed several instances of voting irregularities during the voting days: double voting lines, as [...]
2004-03-29 13:50:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PINR ASEC ZI ZANU PF MDC
04HARARE553VIOLENT RULING PARTY VICTORY SETS TONE FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a demoralizing blow to the opposition, ZANU-PF took an MDC stronghold in the March 27 - 28 by-election in the urban high-density constituency of Zengeza. The government press reported that Minister Elliott Manyika, rumored to be involved in the shooting of an MDC youth (Ref),[...]
2004-03-30 15:04:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PINR ASEC ZI MDC ZANU PF
04HARARE633ALLEGED SHOOTER CHARGED IN ZENGEZA BY-ELECTION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 8, an alleged shooter in the Zengeza by-election shooting case was charged and taken into police custody. Under intense pressure by police, witnesses have fled to safe houses, and the father of the victim publicly named Minister Manyika as the shooter. It appears very [...]
2004-04-13 14:58:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR ASEC ZI
04HARARE682MISCHIEF IN MANICALAND: VIOLENCE ON FARMS, MUTARE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Credible sources report that ruling party supporters who have seized farms in Manicaland are beating farm workers suspected of loyalty to the opposition. International Organization for Migration (IOM) is preparing to care for farm workers who are being displaced by the seizures a [...]
2004-04-21 15:34:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV ASEC PREF EAGR EAID ZI MDC ZANU PF
04HARARE716CONTROVERSIAL MDC MP JOB SIKHALA ARRESTED AFTER
[...] (U) On April 25, police arrested Job Sikhala, MDC MP for St. Mary's (a high-density suburb of Harare) and five of his supporters. Three were released without charge on April 27, but Sikhala and two others were still in custody on April 28. Sikhala was arrested at his house in St. Mary's after [...]
2004-04-28 12:52:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR ASEC ZI MDC
04HARARE752WHITHER THE MDC
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The fledgling opposition MDC is suffering from some basic but critical problems: infighting within the higher ranks, insufficient communication and consultation with the broader membership, despondency, and increasing criticism from within the party. These factors coupled with ZA [...]
2004-05-05 11:46:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PINR EAID ASEC ZI MDC
04HARARE778NCA PLANNING DEMONSTRATION FOR MAY 12 IN DOWNTOWN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The National Constitutional Assembly (NCA) is planning a street demonstration in downtown Harare for May 12, but absent participation from other groups its prospects for success are limited. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) On May 5, NCA Director Dr. Lovemore Madhuku said the NCA called of [...]
2004-05-10 14:46:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR ASEC ZI
04HARARE790VIOLENCE LOWER IN RUN-UP TO RURAL BY-ELECTION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 10 the Ambassador met with MDC Secretary General Welshman Ncube and MDC Spokesperson Paul SIPDIS Themba-Nyathi. Ncube commented on lower levels of violence in the pre-election period in Lupane, sympathetic meetings with South African officials, and an internal MDC confli [...]
2004-05-11 15:04:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PHUM ASEC ZI
04HARARE843ZANU-PF WRESTS MP SEAT FROM MDC IN RURAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Along with Harare based diplomats from ten other countries, Poloff observed a May 15 - 16 parliamentary by-election in the rural Matabeleland North district of Lupane -- a traditional MDC stronghold. ZANU-PF narrowly won the seat by a margin of over 800 votes in an election chara [...]
2004-05-18 15:12:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL PINR ASEC ZI MDC ZANU PF
04HARARE858ZANU-PF STAGES DEMONSTRATION AGAINST MDC MP ROY
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On May 20, ZANU-PF staged a demonstration in downtown Harare against MDC MP Roy Bennett. The demonstration came two days after Bennett assaulted Minister of Justice Patrick Chinamasa in Parliament when the latter commented on the government seizure of Bennett's farm. END SUMMARY [...]
2004-05-21 08:53:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PINR ASEC ZI ZANU PF MDC
04HOCHIMINHCITY750POSSIBLE TERRORIST SIGHTING IN HO CHI MINH CITY
[...] (SBU) ON JUNE 2, 2004, AT 11:00 HOURS, RSO MET WITH TWO AMCITS WHO WERE CURRENTLY ON A BUSINESS TRIP TO HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM. BOTH AMCITS REPORTED THAT THEY ARE STAYING AT THE SHERATON SAIGON HOTEL IN HO CHI MINH CITY. THEY SAID THAT ON THE NIGHT OF JUNE 1 AT APPROXIMATELY 22:00 HOURS, T [...]
2004-06-02 13:34:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PTER VM CTERR
04HOCHIMINHCITY767RSO HO CHI MINH CITY MEETS WITH LOCAL MINISTRY OF PUBLIC
[...] (SBU) ON JUNE 6, 2004 AT 18:00 HOURS, RSO MET WITH MEMBERS OF THE MINISTRY OF PUBLIC SECURITY (MPS) TO DISCUSS THE RECENT POSSIBLE TERRORIST SUSPECT SIGHTING(S) OF FAHID MOHAMMED ALLY MSALAM IN HO CHI MINH CITY (HCMC). THE MEETING TOOK PLACE AT A COFFEE SHOP NEAR THE CONSULATE GENERAL (CONGEN) [...]
2004-06-05 08:32:00Consulate Ho Chi Minh CityUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PTER VM CTERR
04ISTANBUL1953ISTANBUL ORGANIZATIONS ADDRESS STREET CHILDREN AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: Pickpocketing incidents, particularly those involving cellular telephones, have risen sharply throughout Turkey in 2004, with the highest jump in Istanbul. National attention following an incident leading to the death of a student in Istanbul in November prompted the formation [...]
2004-12-30 06:05:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ASEC CASC TU
04ISTANBUL298ISTANBUL COURT HANDS DOWN INDICTMENTS IN BOMBING
[...] (U) Summary: Prosecutors at Istanbul's State Security Court on February 25 formally indicted 69 alleged conspirators in November's 4 terrorist attacks. Approximately 50 of the accused are now in custody. However, a number of key figures, including the alleged leader of the Turkish al-Qaida c [...]
2004-02-26 13:39:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER ASEC TU
04KATHMANDU1178NEPAL: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE BOMBING OF
[...] (S/NF) Post continues to look into the June 12 bombing of the American-owned carpet factory "Red Thread." (REF A) On June 18, RSO Jim Gayhart met with American business owner Leslie Shackleford (please protect) to discuss the recent Maoist bombing of her factory (REFTELS). She expressed con [...]
2004-06-23 07:19:00Embassy KathmanduSECRET//NOFORNASEC CASC BEXP PTER ECON NP
04KATHMANDU1201STATE DEPT. 2004 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-06-28 07:22:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM ELAB EAID SMIG ASEC PREF KCRM KWMN KFRD CASC NP SA PPD
04KATHMANDU1260 NEPAL: MAOISTS KILL 12 POLICE, 1 CIVILIAN NEAR
[...] According to Nepal Police sources, at about 3:30 am local time on July 5, Maoist insurgents detonated a landmine along Padam Road, 10 km west of Birgunj in Parsa district. The explosion was timed to damage a pick-up truck carrying 12 Nepal police personnel and a civilian. All 13 were killed [...]
2004-07-07 03:24:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER ASEC NP
04KATHMANDU1481NEPAL'S TOURISM SECTOR UNDER THREAT, BUT SIGNS OF
[...] (C) The eight-year Maoist insurgency in Nepal has taken a tremendous toll on the already impoverished Nepalese economy. The impact of the insurgency is most visible in Nepal's floundering tourism sector. The Maoists have reneged on repeated assurances not to target Nepal's struggling tourism [...]
2004-07-30 07:35:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALECON PREL PTER ASEC CASC PINS NP
04KATHMANDU1553 MAOISTS WARN COMPANIES, INCLUDING COCA COLA, TO
[...] (U) According to reports August 5 in both English and Nepali-language newspapers, the Maoist affiliated All Nepal Trade Union Federation has issued a warning to more than a dozen companies to shut down operations for an indefinite period. Included in the warning was the American company, Co [...]
2004-08-07 02:49:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER ASEC NP
04KATHMANDU1632 MAOIST BOMBS CLOSE SOALTEE HOTEL, COCA COLA CLOSES
[...] (U) Four bombs exploded in the backyard of Soaltee Hotel, a leading five star hotel in Kathmandu, Monday evening, August 16. Nobody was injured and there was only minor damage, according to published newspaper reports. The explosions preceded by one day the expiration of the demand by the [...]
2004-08-17 21:42:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PGOV KTFN ASEC NP
04KATHMANDU1658MAOISTS' VIRTUAL BLOCKADE EFFECTIVE; MAOIST
[...] (C) Although the virtual Maoist blockade of Kathmandu Valley continues, there are no reports of Maoist violence or incidents anywhere. Vehicle traffic remains very light due to fears of Maoist reprisals despite government attempts to reassure the people. Targeted industries remain closed in [...]
2004-08-19 11:53:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV ASEC NP
04KATHMANDU1679VIRTUAL BLOCKADE STILL ON; INDUSTRIES REMAIN
[...] (C) Over the weekend, Maoist violence continued around the country, but Kathmandu Valley remained relatively calm. Late August 21, the Maoists attacked government offices in Jumla, destroying several governmental buildings. Also on August 21 suspected Maoists shot an assistant police sub-insp [...]
2004-08-23 11:25:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV ASEC NP
04KATHMANDU1688NEPAL: INCIDENTS ALONG BLOCKADED HIGHWAYS
[...] (C) Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Prakash Saran Mahat gave a briefing on the current situation to reassure the diplomatic community. However, there have been a couple of Maoist attacks along the highways and the traffic patterns are varying - decreasing on one of the main roads, retur [...]
2004-08-24 11:25:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV ASEC NP
04KATHMANDU1698NEPAL: MAOISTS SUSPEND BLOCKADE OF KATHMANDU VALLEY
[...] (U) On the evening of August 24, the joint district committees of CPN-Maoists in three districts issued a statement announcing they were suspending the blockade of the Kathmandu Valley for a month. They warned that they would start more severe actions in a month if the government did not mee [...]
2004-08-25 07:00:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV ASEC NP
04KATHMANDU1718NEPAL: MAOISTS NARROW CLOSURE OF INDUSTRIES TO
[...] (U) Late afternoon August 27, the Maoist-affiliated All Nepal Federation of Trade Unions (ANFTU) issued a statement asking industries, other than those with U.S. investment, to resume their operations. The ANFTU said that that it had decided, however, to close down all multi-national corpora [...]
2004-08-27 12:36:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV ASEC ETRD NP
04KATHMANDU1730NEPAL: BUSINESSES REMAIN CLOSED; INDUSTRY SECURITY
[...] (C) Maoists muddied the waters on August 27 by issuing a press statement that indicated the Maoist-threatened businesses, other than those with U.S. investment, could reopen (reftel) and then an hour later issuing a contradictory statement that all the businesses must remain closed. The Indu [...]
2004-08-30 12:18:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV EINV ASEC NP
04KATHMANDU1746NEPAL: ROYAL NEPAL ARMY REQUESTS MORE M-16S
[...] (C) In an August 27 meeting with the Ambassador, DATT, ODC and poloff, Royal Nepal Army (RNA) Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Pyar Jung Thapa requested 10,000 more M-16s, saying they were the RNA's weapon of choice. COAS Thapa stated that the RNA would like these additional M-16s if grant a [...]
2004-08-31 12:42:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALMASS MOPS MARR PGOV PTER CVIS ASEC NP GON
04KATHMANDU1752NEPAL: SITREP NO. 1: MOB VIOLENCE IN REACTION TO
[...] (U) Enraged Nepalis took to the streets all around Kathmandu on September 1 in reaction to the news about the August 31 murder of the twelve Nepali hostages in Iraq. They have targeted the largest mosque, Muslims, and manpower agencies; they have not targeted the United States. The GON calle [...]
2004-09-01 11:46:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC CASC NP
04KATHMANDU1759NEPAL: SITREP 2: QUIET ON SEPT. 2: NATIONAL DAY OF
[...] (U) In the September 1 rioting in reaction to the executions of the twelve Nepalis in Iraq, seven people died and eighty-six were injured in Kathmandu. The Government-called curfew has resumed in Kathmandu after being lifted briefly the morning of September 2 to allow Kathmanduites to worshi [...]
2004-09-02 09:57:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV ASEC NP
04KATHMANDU191DEMONSTRATORS JUMP FENCE AT KATHMANDU EMR TO AVOID
[...] (SBU) At approximately 4:30 PM local time US Embassy Kathmandu local guards reported three local males sighted jumping over the Embassy Main Residence (EMR) fence on the south side. The trespassers were apprehended immediately and ordered to come along quietly by the local guards at the resid [...]
2004-01-30 09:32:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC NP PTER
04KATHMANDU251NEPAL: MAOIST EXTORTION: ONE BUSINESSMAN'S
[...] (C) A prominent Nepali businessman who is also a member of the Nepal-USA Chamber of Commerce admitted to Econoff that his company paid approximately USD 800,000 to the Maoists "sometime last year." The businessman indicated that he decided to pay after five Maoists strapped with grenades and [...]
2004-02-09 09:41:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALECON ASEC PTER CASC NP
04KATHMANDU252Nepal Wardens Message - Maoist Nationwide
[...] No summary [...]
2004-02-10 01:09:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDCASC PTER ASEC NP
04KATHMANDU278NEPAL: MAOIST INCIDENTS LEADING UP TO 12 FEB STRIKE
[...] (SBU) On February 9 at approximately 1500 hours, suspected Maoists ambushed a joint security force patrol team in Lalitpur (located next to Kathmandu). During this incident a police head constable and an army officer were killed. In addition, on February 10 at approximately 0900 hours susp [...]
2004-02-10 08:22:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER CASC ASEC NP
04KATHMANDU312NEPAL: MAOIST STRIKE CLOSES CENTRAL NEPAL;
[...] (U) The Maoist-enforced "bandh," or general strike, called for central Nepal, including Kathmandu, on February 17 was well observed in the capital. Slightly more shops were observed open and vehicles operating in Kathmandu than during the February 12 closure (Reftel). There were few reports [...]
2004-02-17 09:15:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PGOV ASEC CASC NP
04KATHMANDU379NEPAL: FOURTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] (U) Following is Post's submission for the fourth annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. Embassy point of contact for the report is Political Officer Crystal Kaplan (tel: 977-1-441-1179, fax: 977-1-441-0723, e-mail: kaplanct2@state.gov). 2. (SBU) OVERVIEW -- A. Nepal is a country o [...]
2004-03-01 09:17:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB NP
04KATHMANDU465NEPAL: US NGO CONFIRMS MAOIST THREAT IN SIRAHA
[...] (C) Summary: On March 13 Keith Leslie (protect),Country Director for Save the Children US, confirmed that Nepali NGOs partnered with SAVE in the southeastern district of Siraha had received Maoist threats. Leslie advised that all SAVE staff in the district (all of whom are Nepali) have been [...]
2004-03-16 06:56:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC EAID CASC NP
04KATHMANDU516NEPAL: SECURITY FORCES REPEL MAOIST ATTACK ON
[...] (SBU) At about 11:00 p.m local time on March 20, Maoist insurgents attacked Beni, the headquarters of Myagdi District in west-central Nepal. Initial reports indicate that 13 Royal Nepal Army (RNA) soldiers, 7 policemen, and 1 civilian were killed, and 80 police are still missing. (Note: A [...]
2004-03-22 09:15:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALMOPS PTER PGOV CASC ASEC NP
04KATHMANDU612NEPAL: ROCK THROWING, TEAR GAS MARK SECOND DAY OF
[...] (SBU) The second consecutive day of protests against the Government of Nepal (GON) out by five political parties in the capital turned violent on April 2. At least seven politicians were reported hospitalized after participants began throwing rocks and bricks at policemen in the center of t [...]
2004-04-02 09:21:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ASEC CASC NP
04KATHMANDU620NEPAL: POLITICAL PROTESTS CONTINUE, MARRED BY
[...] (SBU) Summary. On April 5, Nepal's political parties continued to demonstrate against the government for the fifth consecutive day. In response to violence on April 2 (reftel),the protesters declared a closure, or "bandh," in the capital for April 3. The closure was rigorously enforced by [...]
2004-04-05 08:37:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ASEC CASC NP
04KATHMANDU623NEPAL:MAOISTS ATTACK POLICE STATION IN TERAI,
[...] (SBU) Summary: In an apparent retaliation against Indian interests for the March 29 arrest of Politburo member Mohan Vaidya in West Bengal (Ref A),Nepali Maoists torched 18 Indian fuel trucks parked at a customs checkpoint, shooting three of the drivers, in the southwestern district of Kai [...]
2004-04-05 08:59:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC PREL ETRD IN NP
04KATHMANDU902NEPAL: MAOIST PRESSURE CAUSES EUROPEAN DONORS TO
[...] (C) On May 10 the Dutch, German and British bilateral aid agencies, citing Maoist pressure and threats, announced they will suspend projects in the northwestern districts of Mugu, Humla, Jumla, and Dolpa and in the southwestern district of Kailali as of May 16. USAID sponsors activities in th [...]
2004-05-12 07:19:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV ASEC EAID CASC NP
04KATHMANDU949NEPAL: MAOISTS EXPAND ATTACKS ON BUSINESSES,
[...] (U) Since the beginning of May, the Maoists have renewed their rhetoric, threats and sabotage against prominent businesses in Nepal. On May 3, the Maoist-affiliated All Nepal Federation of Trade Unions issued a statement blacklisting twenty-three businesses. The statement, although not wide [...]
2004-05-19 22:25:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALASEC CASC ETRD NP PTER
04KINSHASA1036KABILA APPEALS FOR CALM, VIGILANCE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Joseph Kabila, Interior Minister Theophile Mbemba, and opposition figure Etienne Tshisekedi all broadcast messages to the public on 3 June, appealing for calm. On balance, the messages were positive. Kabila discouraged violence, endorsed MONUC's work, demanded that p [...]
2004-06-04 12:10:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PINS PREL CG ASEC
04KINSHASA1156KINSHASA - 4TH OF JULY CELEBRATIONS
[...] Our Independence Day celebration will be held at the EMR from 1800-2000 on Friday, July 2nd. We are expecting approximately 1000 guests to attend the function. Public Diplomacy has arranged for an American singer from Paris to perform as well as the University of Kinshasa choir. There will [...]
2004-06-23 10:44:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PTER CASC
04KINSHASA1174DIN/ODI ACCESS WAIVER REQUEST - KINSHASA
[...] Post or bureau name; Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo 2. Post or bureau point of contact, e-mail address, and telephone number; Floyd L. Wilson, WilsonFL@state.gov, (243) 81-884-0255 3. Location serviced by DIN; American Cultural Center, JAO Compound, 498 Ave. Colonel Lukusa - [...]
2004-06-28 08:37:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDAADP ACOA AMGT ANET ASEC KPAO KRIM OIIP
04KINSHASA1216KINSHASA - QUARTERLY STATUS REPORT
[...] All construction projects have been reported to the Department. 2. Visit for VIP visitors: Deputy Assistant Secretary Donald Yamamoto 4/03 - 4/06 and again 06/21 - 06/23 Con. Edward Royce 6/26 - 6/30 Former Brazzaville Ambassador John Kaeuper and Senator John Turner 6/21 [...]
2004-07-02 13:00:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC KSAC CG
04KINSHASA1245OSPB EXCEPTION REQUEST FOR CONSULAR BUILDING
[...] The ARSO has completed an exceptions request package in regards to the Consular upgrade project in the ref email sent to DS/PSD/PCB on July 02, 2004. This cable provides a synopsis of the exceptions package. 2. The Consular Section has an ongoing project to address many of the shortcomings [...]
2004-07-06 13:55:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDABLD AMGT ASEC
04KINSHASA1260CODEL ROYCE MEETS CONGOLESE, U.N. OFFICIALS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A CODEL led by U.S. Representative Edward Royce met in Kinshasa with senior Congolese and U.N. officials on June 28-29. GDRC Vice President Azarias Ruberwa focused mainly on the shortcomings and alleged perfidy of his political opponents in the transitional government. GDRC Nat [...]
2004-07-08 11:28:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PREL ASEC CG
04KINSHASA1356KINSHASA - GLOBAL SECURITY ASSESSMENT
[...] (U) The following from RSO are Kinshasa's responses to reftel subparagraphs A-L: A. (C) Physical Security Upgrades - Official Facilities: (2) Program is necessary, generally effective, can be updated to mitigate vulnerabilities. Kinshasa completed a major physical security upgrade proj [...]
2004-07-20 15:32:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALASEC
04KINSHASA1387CRISIS MANAGEMENT EXERCISES (CME) FOR KINSHASA
[...] The dates specified in reftel are acceptable to post. If the trainers maintain the order of visits and general schedule as outlined, they will probably arrive in Kinshasa via Johannesburg mid-day on Sunday, September 19. This will allow for set-up and in-brief with the Ambassador and DCM on [...]
2004-07-28 05:36:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR ASEC KESS KCOM OTRA CF CG AO ZI
04KINSHASA1730KINSHASA - SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE
[...] (SBU) Our responses to the questionnaire have not changed dramatically since our last submission in reftel (B). However, there is more narrative explanation due to the events of June 3-6. 2. (SBU) POLITICAL VIOLENCE a. Yes. b. There were city-wide demonstrations from June [...]
2004-09-16 10:32:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PTER
04KINSHASA2115CONGO/B - IS CONGO'S FUTURE ON THE RIGHT TRACK? IS
[...] (C) Summary: Below follows an analysis of current political and economic atmospherics in the Republic of Congo, including points recently noted by the country,s President, Denis Sassou Nguesso, regarding his efforts to truly put Congo on a &democratic path8 and change once and for all Congo, [...]
2004-11-18 14:44:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON ASEC CF
04KUWAIT1213(SBU) CT COOPERATION WITH RUSSIA
[...] (S) Ref A requested posts to report on steps to improve US-Russian counter-terrorism (CT) coordination and communication in the field. We had already included the Russian Embassy in the G-8 CTAG meeting we hosted February 7 (ref B),and we will continue to do so. Russia has no declared intel [...]
2004-04-12 13:51:00Embassy KuwaitSECRETPTER PREL ASEC EAIR PGOV RU
04KUWAIT1402(SBU) CJCS DISCUSSES IRAQ PRIME MINISTER AND
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Richard B. Myers discussed the current situation in Iraq with the Prime Minister and the Minister of Defense April 14. Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah emphasized that Kuwait's support for Coalition efforts in Iraq would continue. General M [...]
2004-04-29 10:06:00Embassy KuwaitSECRETMARR PREL ASEC IZ KU
04KUWAIT1500(S) DNSA TOWNSEND PRESSES GOK TO DO MORE AGAINST
[...] (S) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: DNSA Townsend met with the Prime Minister May 4, delivered the President's letter to the Amir, and pressed for more aggressive action against extremists. The PM instructed his security services to cooperate strongly with the U.S., but was clearly focused on ma [...]
2004-05-12 10:12:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNPTER PREL MARR ASEC IZ SY SA IR KU
04KUWAIT1504(U) RECRUITING KUWAITI KIDS TO FIGHT IN IRAQ
[...] (U) The local Arabic-language daily Al-Qabas reported May 5 that a Kuwaiti had filed a complaint with his embassy in Damascus, accusing Hamed al-Ali of recruiting his son to go to Iraq via Syria. The story also reports that, according to the Kuwaiti parent, the youths who are recruited will s [...]
2004-05-12 12:50:00Embassy KuwaitSECRETPTER KISL ASEC MOPS IZ KU
04KUWAIT1752(C) UN RESIDENT COORDINATOR DISCUSSES IRAQ
[...] (C) SUMMARY: This is an action request. During a June 2 courtesy call, Paolo Lembo, the new United Nations Resident Coordinator discussed with the Charge the possibility of the UN basing some Iraq support staff in Kuwait. Envisioning a staff of 100-120, he said that their new headquarters wou [...]
2004-06-03 08:17:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL ASEC EAID IZ KU UN
04KUWAIT1933KUWAIT CONDEMNS MURDER OF AMCIT PAUL JOHNSON
[...] The GOK, National Assembly, and Muslim religious leaders have condemned the Johnson murder and expressed support for Saudi actions against terrorists in the Kingdom. On June 19, Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmed publicly condemned the murder as a terrorist act and stressed that those who "k [...]
2004-06-21 12:33:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER ASEC CASC SA KU
04KUWAIT2512INTERIOR MINISTRY OFFICIAL APPRAISES KSS
[...] (C)SUMMARY: In an August 8 meeting with Charge, Interior Ministry Undersecretary LtGen Nasser Al-Othman said that the Ministry will not stop in its efforts to uncover militant activities in Kuwait. Al-Othman also spoke of a need to improve KSS and for the organization to be more aggressive in [...]
2004-08-08 13:26:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER ASEC PGOV KU
04KUWAIT2742LOCAL PRESS TRACKS KUWAITI JIHADIS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: News dailies continue to report on the still-breaking story of widespread arrests of suspected Islamic extremists here. The reporting stream began with the July accounts of the repatriation of four Kuwaiti minors caught in Syria by local security forces on their way to join anti- [...]
2004-08-23 14:28:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL ASEC KU
04KUWAIT3504CENTCOM COMMANDER BRIEFS KUWAITI MINISTER OF AMIRI
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On October 6, CENTCOM Commander General John Abizaid met with the Kuwait Minister of the Amiri Diwan, Nasser Mohammed Al Sabah. During a relaxed and friendly conversation lasting over an hour, General Abizaid described the situation in Iraq and efforts by coalition forces to assi [...]
2004-10-07 05:35:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALMOPS MARR ASEC PREL PTER IZ KU
04KUWAIT3607MINDEF TELLS PDASD FLORY FUEL WILL CONTINUE TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. Kuwaiti Defense Minister Shaykh Jaber Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah explained in an October 19 meeting with PDASD Flory and the Ambassador that the GOK request for a fuel contract (for fuel supply to the U.S. for use in Iraq) was simply an administrative issue and easily [...]
2004-10-23 13:44:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALASEC EPET IZ KU MARR MOPS PREL PTER
04KUWAIT4216DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ENCOURAGING SUPPORT FOR FULL
[...] (C) Political Chief delivered December 7 ref demarche to Ambassador Faisal Al-Mashan, MFA Arab World Department Manager. Al-Mashan said Kuwait agreed with the U.S. on the need for full Sunni participation in the January 2005 elections and said Kuwait would do its part to achieve such an end [...]
2004-12-07 12:54:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALASEC PREL KDEM PHUM IZ KU
04KUWAIT4428Kuwait: 2004 Annual Terrorism Report Draft
[...] (U) Embassy Kuwait's submission for the 2004 Patterns of Global Terrorism report is provided below. The text will also be submitted electronically as instructed reftel. Addendum information will be provided septel. Post contact is Political Chief Natalie E. Brown who can be reached at Brown [...]
2004-12-20 14:59:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC KCRM EFIN KHLS KPAO KU
04KUWAIT481(U) KUWAIT COUNTERTERRORISM ACTION GROUP MEETING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Embassy convened the first meeting of Kuwait's counterterrorism action group (CTAG) under US leadership; the French, Japanese, British, Russian, Italian, German, Canadian, Swiss and Spanish embassies participated. Only the US and British have specific anti-terrorism programs i [...]
2004-02-12 05:41:00Embassy KuwaitSECRETPTER ASEC EFIN ETTC PREL KU
04LAGOS11CAPTAIN CRUSADER VS THE BUNKERING BANDITS: NAVAL
[...] (S N/F) SUMMARY: Captain O.B. Ogunjimi, commander of the Naval base in the heart of Nigeria's oil-rich but troubled Delta region, recently described to ConGen Officers his experiences fighting oil thieves in the Delta. According to Ogunjimi, corruption within his command is not as rampant as [...]
2004-01-05 08:16:00Consulate LagosSECRET//NOFORNEPET PINR PINS MOPS PGOV EINV ASEC NI
04LAGOS1131GANG WARFARE IN PORT HARCOURT
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Gang-style fighting near the city Port Harcourt in Rivers State over the last several days has resulted in numerous deaths. Two rival gangs associated with politically-connected "godfathers" are fighting over control of villages approximately 10-20 kilometers west of Port Harcourt [...]
2004-05-28 05:40:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC EPET EWWT PINR PINS EINV ETRD NI CACS
04LAGOS1204NIGER DELTA: GUNS AND THUGS RULE THE LAND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: This is the first in a series of four cables addressing the security, political, and humanitarian situation in the Niger Delta based on a field visit by POLOFF and ECONOFF to Warri June 7 and 8. This cable addresses the overall security situation, Joint Task Force (JTF) Operation [...]
2004-06-10 11:50:00Consulate LagosSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PINS EPET KDEM PHUM EINV ASEC CASC PTER XY NI
04LAGOS1210NIGER DELTA: CEASE-FIRE AGREEMENT IN WARRI
[...] (C) Introduction and summary. This is the second in a series of four cables addressing the security, political, and humanitarian situations in the Niger Delta, based on a field visit by Poloff and Econoff to Warri June 7 and 8. This cable addresses the recent cease-fire agreement and the Ijaw [...]
2004-06-13 07:34:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PINS PINR EPET KDEM PHUM EINV ASEC CASC NI
04LAGOS1475NO REPORTS OF AMCITS IN BAYELSA KIDNAPPING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Reports indicate several expatriate hostages have been taken near Brass in Bayelsa State in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. We have NO/NO reports of American citizens being taken hostage, but an American-French drilling venture may be involved. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) Prel [...]
2004-07-20 14:12:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EPET PINS PGOV NI CACS
04LAGOS1493NIGERIA UPDATE - BAYELSA HOSTAGES RELEASED
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On July 20, as reported in reftel, several expatriate oil services employees were taken hostage in Bayelsa State. We have since learned that all have been released, including one American citizen. The incident did not involve a host community dispute as originally reported, but [...]
2004-07-21 12:43:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EPET PINS PGOV NI CACS
04LAGOS1527POTENTIAL HELICOPTER MISHAP INVOLVING AMCIT
[...] (SBU) Summary: According to preliminary but credible reports, a Pan African Airlines helicopter with an American citizen and three other people on board lost radio contact at 2:30 a.m. local time after leaving a deepwater oil rig. Air and surface searches are being conducted but thus far there [...]
2004-07-26 17:38:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC ASEC EPET PGOV NI
04LAGOS1535UPDATE ON HELICOPTER MISHAP INVOLVING AMCIT
[...] (SBU) Pan African Airways has notified us that last night one body was retrieved from the helicopter that apparently went down yesterday. The contact believes the person was a Nigerian employee of Transocean, Inc. While retrieving the body, the search team thought they spotted two other bodies [...]
2004-07-28 05:35:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC ASEC EPET PGOV NI
04LAGOS2073SCENESETTER FOR DHS. SEC. NAPOLITANO'S JULY 1
[...] (C//NF) Madam Secretary, Embassy Madrid warmly welcomes your visit, which comes on the heels of your June 24 meeting with Spanish Interior Minister Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba in Washington (Ref A). While one of the highlights of his trip was signing the bilateral accord on Preventing and Combatin [...]
2004-10-12 06:29:00Consulate LagosSECRET//NOFORNASEC CASC NI PTER
04LAGOS2109NIGERIA PIPELINE EXPLOSION: NO INJURIES, SMALL
[...] (SBU) On 10 October, a leaking Shell crude oil export pipeline which had been vandalized caught fire in the River State. There were no injuries reported. Shell confirms illegal bunkering as the cause of the leak. Shell will cut production by 20,000 barrels a day for a few days while the p [...]
2004-10-15 08:13:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALEPET EINV PGOV ASEC NI
04LAGOS2110NIGERIA PIPELINE EXPLOSION: NO INJURIES, SMALL
[...] (SBU) On 10 October, a leaking Shell crude oil export pipeline which had been vandalized caught fire in the River State. There were no injuries reported. Shell confirms illegal bunkering as the cause of the leak. Shell will cut production by 20,000 barrels a day for a few days while the p [...]
2004-10-15 08:14:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALEPET EINV PGOV ASEC NI
04LAGOS2270STRIKE UPDATE - FOR CLEARANCE
[...] (C) The Nigeria Labor Congress (NLC) and allied civic organizations continue to lay the groundwork for a November 16 nationwide strike. NLC President Adams Oshiomhole has threatened that the strike will be indefinite and targeted to affect oil production and export. Over the years, many oil [...]
2004-11-10 16:43:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALELAB EPET ASEC NI
04LAGOS2273LOOKING TOWARD THE NOVEMBER 16 STRIKE
[...] (SBU) The Nigeria Labor Congress (NLC) and allied civic organizations continue to lay the groundwork for a November 16 nationwide strike. NLC President Adams Oshiomhole has threatened that the strike will be indefinite and targeted to affect oil production and export. Over the years, many o [...]
2004-11-10 17:18:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIEDEPET EINV PGOV ASEC NI
04LAGOS2445LAGOS EAC MEETING ON U.S. CONSULATE JEDDAH ATTACK
[...] (S/NF) Lagos core EAC convened to review Post's security posture in light of the attack on U.S. Consulate Jeddah. In attendance were the CG, RSO, RMAS, CON, CLO and FBI. 2. (C) Post has not received any specific or credible threat information regarding U.S. facilities or interests in La [...]
2004-12-06 15:15:00Consulate LagosSECRET//NOFORNASEC CASC NI PTER
04LAGOS2455OCCUPATION OF CHEVRON ROBERT-KIRI FACILITY ENDS
[...] (U) Chevron Texaco (CT) officials informed the Consulate that the townspeople occupying the Robert-kiri facility in Rivers State departed peacefully this morning at 11:35 a.m (local). CT officials will meet with community leaders and Rivers State government officials tomorrow in Port Harcou [...]
2004-12-08 04:07:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALEPET CASC PGOV ASEC MOPS NI
04LAGOS2456OCCUPATION OF CHEVRON ROBERT-KIRI FACILITY ENDS
[...] (U) Chevron Texaco (CT) officials informed the Consulate that the townspeople occupying the Robert-kiri facility in Rivers State departed peacefully this morning at 11:35 a.m (local). CT officials will meet with community leaders and Rivers State government officials tomorrow in Port Harcour [...]
2004-12-08 04:07:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALASEC CASC EPET MOPS PGOV NI
04LAGOS2572SEABULK EMPLOYEE TAKEN HOSTAGE
[...] (C) Seabulk reported to Energy Off on 26 December that an employee was taken hostage near Amatu, Bayelsa State, on 25 December while carrying out operations for Shell. The employee is a Croatian national. The Iduwini National Movement for Peace and Development is demanding ransom and other [...]
2004-12-28 06:10:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALEPET CASC PGOV ASEC MOPS NI
04LAGOS2576SEABULK HOSTAGE RELEASED IN GOOD CONDITION
[...] (SBU) Seabulk Managing Director Robert Clemmons reported to Energy Off that Bayelsa State officials have secured the release of Seabulk employee Ivan Roso. Roso was kidnapped by an armed vessel on 25 December while carrying out subcontracting duties for Shell. Clemmons confirmed that Roso [...]
2004-12-28 16:01:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET CASC PGOV ASEC MOPS NI
04LAGOS2588CONSUL GENERAL VISITS PORT HARCOURT AND YENAGOA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Consul General visited Rivers and Bayelsa States December 8-10. He met the Deputy Governors of both states (the Governors were out of Nigeria),Rivers State Assembly leadership, environmental and human rights activists, opposition leaders and researchers at Port Harcourt's l [...]
2004-12-30 11:21:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALEPET EINV PGOV ASEC NI
04LAGOS337THEY STARTED IT: WORLD AIRWAYS AND RITETIME
[...] (U) Summary: World Airways and Ritetime Aviation and Travel Service executives called on Mission personnel February 9 and 10, respectively. Both groups related the series of events leading to World's December 2003 decision to suspend its scheduled charter flights between the United States and [...]
2004-02-13 15:26:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ECON CASC SOCI ASEC AMGT NI
04LAGOS523NIGER DELTA: FIGHTING IN THE STREETS OF WARRI
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Fighting has broken out in the streets of Warri involving members of the Joint Task Force (JTF) "Operation Restore Hope" and civilians, likely militant Ijaw youths. We have conflicting unconfirmed reports regarding the cause of the clashes, but it seems the fighting began with a [...]
2004-03-10 14:19:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPHUM PINS PINR ASEC EPET MCAP NI
04LAGOS540DELTA VIOLENCE ON RISE, ELECTIONS SUSPENDED
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The rate and level of violence in the Niger Delta has been increasing in recent weeks (ref A). Plans for March 27 elections in several key Local Government Areas (LGA) have been suspended, fueling tension between ethnic groups in the region. Meanwhile, thousands of internally [...]
2004-03-12 06:27:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALKDEM PHUM PGOV PINS PINR ASEC EPET NI
04LAGOS545CRIMINAL INCIDENTS IN LAGOS
[...] (C) Summary: During February, there was a marked increase in reported incidents in the Lagos Consular district. RSO statistics for February indicate an increase in overall crime in Lagos from January. The significance of the incidents involving AMCITS is that there have not been any for a [...]
2004-03-12 15:09:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALASEC NI
04LAGOS568 NIGERIA: POLITICAL MURDERS OR MURDERED POLITICIANS?
[...] (U) The spate of high profile attacks and killings of prominent Nigerian politicians and public figures has again caused many to question the strength, and even the future, of democratic governance in Nigeria. In the last three weeks, at least ten prominent Nigerians have been brutally attac [...]
2004-03-16 05:38:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KDEM ASEC PTER NI
04LAGOS657 SYNOPSIS OF FRAUDULENT ACTIVITIES IN LAGOS,
[...] (SBU) Summary: Within the past 6 months, six LES members and four guards have been fired from ConGen Lagos for visa-related fraud and malfeasance. Ongoing investigations by the DS Anti-Fraud agent and the RSOs office indicate that there is still more internal fraud to [...]
2004-03-25 11:58:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIEDASEC KFRD CVIS NI
04LAGOS74WORLD AIRWAYS SUSPENDS SERVICE, LEAVES PASSENGERS
[...] (U) Summary: World Airways recently announced the indefinite suspension of its charter flights between the United States and Nigeria. Company executives say World's booking agent, Ritetime Aviation and Travel Service, owes the airline nearly US $2 million and argue that World cannot continue [...]
2004-01-14 16:24:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ECON CASC SOCI ASEC AMGT NI
04LAGOS83WORLD AIRWAYS SUSPENDS SERVICE, LEAVES
[...] (U) Summary: World Airways recently announced the indefinite suspension of its charter flights between the United States and Nigeria. Company executives say World's booking agent, Ritetime Aviation and Travel Service, owes the airline nearly US $2 million and argue that World cannot continue [...]
2004-01-15 09:41:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ECON CASC SOCI ASEC AMGT NI
04LAGOS941NIGER DELTA WAITS FOR MILITARY ACTION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: We have no reports of military action over the weekend in the Niger Delta swamps as residents and oil companies anticipate a GON response to an attack on Friday, April 23 that left seven dead, including two AmCits and three Nigerian Navy security personnel (reftels). Press reports [...]
2004-05-03 17:57:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALEPET PINS ASEC MOPS PINR PGOV CASC PHUM NI
04LILONGWE199MALAWI 2003 TIP REPORT
[...] SUMMARY. Based on a review of GOM practices, interviews with civil society groups, GOM officials, and press accounts, Malawi should not be designated as a country of origin, transit, or destination of the most severe forms of international trafficking in significant numbers of men, women, or [...]
2004-03-10 15:34:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB MI
04LILONGWE449OPPOSITION CHALLENGES TO ELECTION HAVE LITTLE
[...] (SBU) On the second day of the three-day gap between the close of polls and the announcement of election results, Mgwirizano Coalition leader Gwanda Chakuamba, acting without the Coalition's backing, announced on May 22 that he had won the presidential elections. While claiming victory, Chaku [...]
2004-05-25 13:15:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM ASEC PHUM PINR MI
04LILONGWE452VIOLENCE BRIEFLY FLARES FOLLOWING ELECTIONS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: SCATTERED VIOLENCE LINKED TO LAST WEEK'S NATIONAL ELECTIONS OCCURRED THROUGHOUT MALAWI FROM 22-24 MAY; AS YET UNCONFIRMED REPORTS SEEM TO INDICATE THAT UP TO THREE FATALITIES MAY HAVE OCCURRED IN BLANTYRE DURING THESE DISTURBANCES, WHICH APPEAR TO HAVE RUN THEIR COURSE FOR NOW. LI [...]
2004-05-25 15:13:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC PGOV PHUM MI
04LILONGWE667ALLEGED SUDANESE AL-QAIDA MEMBERS IN BLANTYRE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A call-in on July 9, 2004 claimed that as of May five Sudanese al-Qaida members were located in a house in Blantyre. He received this information thirdhand. His source was contacted and stated the same thing. The firsthand source could not be reached. This information was pa [...]
2004-07-19 11:34:00Embassy LilongweSECRET//NOFORNASEC PTER
04LILONGWE680INCREASE IN DEPORTEES BEING SENT BACK TO BANGLADESH
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A British diplomat seconded to the Malawi Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) contacted RSO about a group of Bangladeshi males who had recently been deported. He stated that Malawi Immigration authorities let most of the men pass through Immigration even though they had been ordered to [...]
2004-07-21 08:14:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CVIS KFRD MI
04LILONGWE785ISLAM IN MALAWI: A POST-MALAWI FIVE PERSPECTIVE
[...] (S) The June 2003 expulsion of five non-Malawian Muslims suspected of ties to Al-Qaida (AKA the "Malawi Five"),which the press characterized as and most Malawians believe to have been a USG-initiative, came at time when the Muslim-Christian divide was being exploited by politicians in the run- [...]
2004-08-12 13:25:00Embassy LilongweSECRETKISL PINR KPAO PTER ASEC PREL KIRF OIIP MI
04MADRID1013EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING - MADRID, SPAIN
[...] (U) Embassy Madrid Emergency Action Committee (EAC) met on 25 March 2004 as per REFTEL. The EAC discussed the concerns and possible threat considerations as outlined. The RSO stated that a Verbal Note was prepared for the Spanish Police requesting an augmentation of both static and dynamic [...]
2004-03-25 15:00:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PTER CASC
04MADRID1131PROPOSED PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT - SPAIN
[...] Summary: Below is the text of a proposed public announcement for Spain. The EAC met today and determined that an updated Public Announcement was warranted in light of the discovery of a bomb on the rail line used by the high speed train connecting Madrid and Seville earlier today. End Summar [...]
2004-04-05 06:54:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCASC ASEC SP PTER
04MADRID1140SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STAFFDEL EFFORD
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Staffdel Efford members, Richard Efford, Professional Staff Member, House Appropriations Committee (HAC),Cheryle Tucker, Leigha M. Shaw, Michael Malone and John Blazey, also from HAC, to travel to Madrid and Barcelona, April 11-18. The purpos [...]
2004-04-05 15:44:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN SP
04MADRID1523 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. SPANISH DAILY PRESS OF APRIL 3, 2004 AND SUBSEQUENT DAYS REPORTED FRENCH POLICE IN CONJUNCTION WITH SPANISH GUARDIA CIVIL PROCEEDED TO THE ARREST OF THE AL [...]
2004-05-03 10:23:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID1569 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT THE FOLLOWING NAMES, AND INFORMATION PER REFTEL, AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. NAME: SINGH, DILBAG - GENDER: MALE - DPOB: AUG. 16, 1978, INDIA - AGE RANGE (26-30) - COMPLEXION: MEDIUM BUILD - EYES: BROWN - HAIR: SHORT BLACK [...]
2004-05-05 09:41:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID1636 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. NAME: AL-FETORY, SHEREF - ALIASES: AL-FAYTURI, SARIF - GENDER: MALE - DPOB: DEC. 10, 1973, BENGHAZI, LIBYA - CLASS: NEGATIVE - AL-FETORY RESI [...]
2004-05-07 14:41:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP AL
04MADRID1656 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. IN EARLY MAY 2004, SPANISH AUTHORITIES WERE SEARCHING FOR TWO ASSOCIATES OF MOROCCAN NATIONAL AMER EL-AZIZI, WHO IS BEING SOUGHT AGGRESIVELY BY SPANISH POL [...]
2004-05-10 14:51:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID1657 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. ON MAR 23, 2004, THE SPANISH NATIONAL POLICE ARRESTED THE FOLLOWING SUSPECTED TERRORIST FOR THEIR POSSIBLE INVOLVEMENT IN THE 11 OF MARCH 2004 TERRORIST AT [...]
2004-05-10 14:51:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID1658 VISAS VIPER MONTHLY REPORT: FY04 - APRIL
[...] THE VISAS VIPER COMMITTEE MET ON APRIL 5 AND 19, 2004, AS PART OF MADRID INTERAGENCY COUNTERTERRORISM WORKING GROUP. 2. DURING THE MONTH OF APRIL 2004, MADRID SUBMITTED FIVE VISAS VIPER CABLES IDENTIFYING 45 INDIVIDUALS, TWO SUSPECTED MEMBERS OF ETA AND 43 SUSPECTED MEMBERS OF [...]
2004-05-10 14:52:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
04MADRID1708 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. ON MAY 6, 2004, SPANISH POLICE ARRESTED SAED EL HARRAK FOR POSSIBLE INVOLVEMENT IN THE MARCH 11, 2004 TERRORIST TRAIN BOMBINGS IN MADRID, SPAIN. DAILY PRESS [...]
2004-05-12 15:29:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP EL
04MADRID1713 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT THE CORRECT DOB FOR THE SUSPECTED TERRORIST REPORTED IN REFTEL. 2. NAME: KHAYATA KATTAN, ABDULLA - GENDER: MALE - DPOB: JAN. 24, 1961, ALEPPO, SYRIA - NATURALIZED SPANISH CITIZEN - CLASS: POSITIVE 3. KHAYATA WAS A KEY CONTACT OF DETAINED SPA [...]
2004-05-13 07:55:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID1792SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL SMITH
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Codel Smith for travel to Madrid, May 23-25. 2. Control Officer at Embassy Madrid is Political Officer Joseph R. Babb. He can be reached at work (34-91-587-2294) on his mobile (34-616-000-859) at home (34-91-575-0081) via fax (34-91-587-23 [...]
2004-05-18 10:12:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN SP
04MADRID1954 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. NAME: NASSAR, MUSTAFA SITMIRYAM - AKA: "ABU MUS'AB AL-SURI" - GENDER: MALE - DPOB: 1956, SYRIA - CLASS: POSITIVE (UNDER DIFFERENT POB) - [...]
2004-05-27 07:50:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID1955 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. NAME: BELHADJ, YOUSEFF - GENDER: MALE - DPOB: MAY 27, 1976, TOUZINE, MOROCCO - CLASS: NEGATIVE - BROTHER OF MOHAMMED BELHADJ WHO WAS ARRESTED BY [...]
2004-05-27 07:50:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
04MADRID1956 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. SPANISH POLICE ARRESTED NOUREDDINE BOUHABILA ASSOCIATE OF ISLAMIC EXTREMIST KHALAD ABIDI, AKA "ABBAS", WHO WAS FORMERLY BASED IN BARCELONA, SPAIN. BOUHABIL [...]
2004-05-27 07:51:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID1997 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS ARE BELIEVED TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE MAHDJOUB-ZERROUG TERRORIST NETWORK IN SPAIN. 3. NAME: ZENIMI, REDOUANE - AKA: " [...]
2004-05-28 15:11:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID2039 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. ON MAY 6, 2004, SPANISH POLICE ARRESTED SAED EL HARRAK FOR POSSIBLE INVOLVEMENT IN THE MARCH 11, 2004 TERRORIST TRAIN BOMBINGS IN MADRID, SPAIN. DAILY PRESS [...]
2004-06-02 10:48:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP EL
04MADRID2040 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. ON FEBRUARY 22, 2004, THE SPANISH POLICE ARRESTED THE ALGERIAN SUSPECTED TERRORIST LARBI BEN AHMED ALLAG. 3. NAME: ALLAG, LARBI BEN AHMED - AKA: BOU [...]
2004-06-02 10:48:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID2041 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. THE FOLLOWING ARE SUSPECTED TERRORISTS MEMBERS OF SPAIN-BASED NETWORK LED BY EGYPTIAN ISLAMIC RADICAL SOUGHT IN CONNECTION WITH MARCH 11, 2004 ATTACKS IN S [...]
2004-06-02 10:48:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL EL
04MADRID2042 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. ON FEBRUARY 22, 2004, THE SPANISH POLICE ARRESTED THE ALGERIAN SUSPECTED TERRORIST LARBI BEN AHMED ALLAG. 3. NAME: ALLAG, LARBI BEN AHMED - AKA: BOU [...]
2004-06-02 10:48:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID2043 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. THE FOLLOWING ARE SUSPECTED TERRORISTS MEMBERS OF SPAIN-BASED NETWORK LED BY EGYPTIAN ISLAMIC RADICAL SOUGHT IN CONNECTION WITH MARCH 11, 2004 ATTACKS IN S [...]
2004-06-02 10:48:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL EL
04MADRID2085 VISAS VIPER MONTHLY REPORT: FY04 - MAY
[...] THE VISAS VIPER COMMITTEE MET ON MAY 3 and 17, 2004, AS PART OF MADRID INTERAGENCY COUNTERTERRORISM WORKING GROUP. 2. DURING THE MONTH OF MAY 2004, MADRID SUBMITTED ELEVEN VISAS VIPER CABLES IDENTIFYING TWENTY TWO INDIVIDUALS, THREE SUSPECTED MEMBERS OF ETA AND NINETEEN SUSPE [...]
2004-06-04 09:42:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
04MADRID2236 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. DAILY SPANISH PRESS OF JUNE 9, 2004 AND SUBSEQUENT DAYS REPORTED THAT THE ITALIAN POLICE ARRESTED THE ALLEGED RADICAL ISLAMIST RABEI OSMAN SAYED AHMED, ALI [...]
2004-06-15 10:59:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID2259CLARIFICATION ON NEWS STORY REGARDING SECRET
[...] News articles have just been released relating to an incident that occurred in the southern town of Tarifa, Spain, on June 10, at 1630 hours, between several organized crime street criminals and two Secret Service Agents who were working a protective detail on President Bush's daughter Jenna. [...]
2004-06-16 12:50:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDASEC
04MADRID2277 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. NAME: HAMOUYA, MOURAD - AKA: MALKI - GENDER: MALE - DPOB: UNKNOWN, MOROCCO - CLASS: NEGATIVE - INFORMATION RECEIVED AT THIS POST RELATES THA [...]
2004-06-17 06:38:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID2278 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. ACCORDING TO INFORMATION RECEIVED AT THIS POST, ON JUNE 1, 2004, SPANISH AUTHORITIES INVESTIGATING THE 11 MARCH 2004 TERRORIST ATTACKS IN MADRID, SPAIN, DETAI [...]
2004-06-17 06:39:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID2279 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. ACCORDING TO CBP REPORTING, ON MAY 26, 2004, AT GEORGE BUSH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, TEXAS, ALVARO BORRAS COMPDERA ARRIVED FROM MEXICO CITY, PRESENTED A SPANISH [...]
2004-06-17 06:39:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID2280 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS ARE UNDER INVESTIGATION BY SPANISH AUTHORITIES FOR POSSIBLE LINKS TO TERRORISM DUE TO THEIR SUSPECTED ASSOCIATION WITH "ANSAR AL- [...]
2004-06-17 06:40:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP EL
04MADRID2281 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. INFORMATION RECEIVED AT THIS POST INDICATES THAT AFTER THE 11 MARCH 2004 TERRORIST BOMBINGS IN MADRID, SPAIN, IN THE SCOPE OF THE UNIT OF ANTITERRORISM COO [...]
2004-06-17 06:40:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID2341 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. IN APRIL 2004, A MOROCCAN GOVERNMENT SERVICE PROVIDED BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION ON SOME OF THE 11 MARCH 2004 MADRID BOMBING SUSPECTS AND ASSOCIATES AS FOLLOWS: [...]
2004-06-21 15:07:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID2342 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. FOLLOWING IS THE STATUS OF SPANISH INVESTIGATION OF SUSPECT BARCELONA-BASED TERRORIST CELL. AS OF EARLY JUNE 2004, POST HAS RECEIVED INFORMATION FROM THE [...]
2004-06-21 15:08:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID2343 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS ARE BELIEVED TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE RECENTLY ARRESTED IN MILAN, ISLAMIC EXTREMIST RABEI OSMAN EL SAYED AHMED, ALIAS: "MOHAMED [...]
2004-06-21 15:08:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID2443 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. ON JUNE 11, 2004, PORTUGUESE AUTHORITIES ARRESTED THE FOLLOWING MOROCCAN NATIONALS IN PORTO, PORTUGAL, ON SUSPICION OF PLANNING A TERRORIST ATTACK. THE GROUP [...]
2004-06-29 11:31:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP EL
04MADRID2477 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] THIS IS A REPEAT OF MADRID 002443. MADRID INADVERTENTLY OMITTED CLASS RESULTS FOR SUSPECTS. POST REGRETS INCONVENIENCE. 2. POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 3. ON JUNE 11, 2004, PORTUGUES [...]
2004-07-01 08:32:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP EL
04MADRID2478 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. AS OF LATE JUNE 2004, SPANISH AUTHORITIES WERE INVESTIGATING WHAT THEY CONSIDERED ALERTING BEHAVIOR BY MOROCCAN CITIZEN SAMIR EL MOKHTAR. MOKHTAR WAS IMPLI [...]
2004-07-01 08:32:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP EL
04MADRID2479 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. IN LATE APRIL 2004 A PORTUGUESE GOVERNMENT SERVICE WAS INVESTIGATING INDIVIDUALS SUSPECTED OF POSING A THREAT TO NATIONAL SECURITY. THEY HAD DISCOVERED ME [...]
2004-07-01 08:32:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL ALI
04MADRID2480 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. ON THE EVENING OF JUNE 20, 2004, THE SPANISH NATIONAL POLICE (SNP),ARRESTED ALGERIAN CITIZEN REDA ZERROUGH, DPOB: DEC. 5, 1967, ALGERIA, AT ALICANTE AIRPOR [...]
2004-07-01 08:33:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
04MADRID2481 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. FOLLOWING ARE ADDITIONAL DETAILS OBTAINED BY SPANISH AUTHORITIES ON INDIVIDUALS ASSOCIATED WITH SUSPECT TERRORIST RABI' OSMAN EL SAYED AHMED, RECENTLY ARRE [...]
2004-07-01 08:33:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL EL
04MADRID2482 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. DAILY "EL PAIS" OF JUNE 10, 2004, REPORTED THAT FRENCH AUTHORITIES EXTRADITED THE ETA MEMBER, JUAN LUIS AGUIRRE LETE TO SPAIN, AFTER SERVING A SENTENCE IN F [...]
2004-07-01 08:33:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID2544 VISAS VIPER MONTHLY REPORT: FY04 - JUNE
[...] THE VISAS VIPER COMMITTEE MET ON JUNE 7 AND 28, 2004, AS PART OF MADRID INTERAGENCY COUNTERTERRORISM WORKING GROUP. 2. DURING THE MONTH OF JUNE 2004, MADRID SUBMITTED FIFTEEN VISAS VIPER CABLES IDENTIFYING FIFTY-SEVEN INDIVIDUALS, EIGHT SUSPECTED MEMBERS OF ETA AND FORTY- NIN [...]
2004-07-06 11:48:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
04MADRID2558 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. AS OF EARLY JUNE 2004, RAY MOHAMED, AKA MOURAD, WAS ARRESTED ON JUNE 8, 2004 BY THE BELGIAN FEDERAL POLICE FOR HIS CONTACTS WITH RABI' OSMAN EL-SAYED AHMED, [...]
2004-07-07 06:51:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
04MADRID2560 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. AS OF LATE JUNE 2004, FOUR ADDITIONAL INDIVIDUALS WERE BELIEVED TO BE POSSIBLY ASSOCIATED WITH PREVIOUSLY BARCELONA-BASED SUSPECT AL-QAEDA ASSOCIATE KHALAD [...]
2004-07-07 06:52:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL MIAH
04MADRID2586 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. AS OF LATE JUNE 2004, THE NORTH AFRICAN IMMIGRANTS LISTED BELOW WERE BELIEVED TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE NETHERLANDS SUSPECTED TERRORIST CELL MEMBER OR DUTCH [...]
2004-07-08 10:02:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL EL
04MADRID2587 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. DAILY "EL PAIS" REPORTED THAT SPANISH POLICE ARRESTED THE ALGERIAN CITIZEN NASREDDINE BOUSBAA ON JULY 1, 2004. HE IS ACCUSED OF FORGERY OF OFFICIAL DOCUMEN [...]
2004-07-08 10:03:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID2605SPAIN: MARINE SECURITY PROGRAMS
[...] SUMMARY: Per reftel request, we interviewed Spanish officials regarding marine security programs. No single GOS agency is responsible for marine security. Each regional port authority is responsible to assure that ports in its jurisdiction comply with International Ship and Port Facilities [...]
2004-07-09 08:02:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT EWWT ACOA ASEC ETRD ECON ETTC ENRG PARM PTER PHSA SP
04MADRID2625 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. INFORMATION RECEIVED AT THIS POST INDICATES BRITISH AUTHORITIES DETAINED ON JUL 6, 2004, THE FORMER BARCELONA-BASED EXTREMIST FILALI OUALI AKA: ABDORRAHMAN [...]
2004-07-12 11:57:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL OUALI
04MADRID2626 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. INFORMATION RECEIVED AT THIS POST INDICATES THAT AS OF EARLY JULY 2004, MOROCCAN NATIONAL BOUCHRA BEN ABDELLAH WAS SUSPECTED OF ENGAGING IN ISLAMIC EXTREMIST [...]
2004-07-12 11:58:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL BEN
04MADRID2670 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. INFORMATION RECEIVED AT THIS POST INDICATES THAT AS OF MID-APRIL 2004, TWO INDIVIDUALS, REFERRED TO AS AL QAEDA MEMBERS, WERE IN MAICAO, COLOMBIA, TO OBTAIN [...]
2004-07-14 13:55:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
04MADRID2671 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. OVER SEVERAL DAYS IN EARLY-TO-MID JUNE 2004, THE SPANISH GUARDIA CIVIL DETAINED NINE SPANISH NATIONALS FOR THEIR ALLEGED INVOLVEMENT IN THE ACQUISITION, TR [...]
2004-07-14 13:56:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID2688 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. ON THE MORNING OF JULY 12, 2004, THE SPANISH NATIONAL POLICE (SNP) ARRESTED MARCH 11 MADRID BOMBING SUSPECT AND SPANISH CITIZEN, ABDERRAHMAN HAMMADI AFANDI. [...]
2004-07-15 07:03:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID2689 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. POST RECEIVED ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON ASSOCIATES OF FORMER BARCELONA-BASED ALGERIAN NATIONAL AND SUSPECT TERRRORIST KHALAD ABIDI, AKA: ABBAS 3. NAME: [...]
2004-07-15 07:04:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
04MADRID2708 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. ON JULY 14, 2004, FRENCH POLICE ARRESTED TWO SUSPECTED MEMBERS OF THE TERRORIST ORGANIZATION ETA. THE POLICE GAVE CHASE TO THE SUSPECTS AFTER THEY DROVE TH [...]
2004-07-15 16:09:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID2877 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-28 11:59:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID2966 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. INFORMATION OBTAINED AT THIS POST INDICATES JORDANIAN NATIONAL OMAR QASEM RADWAN AL SHABOUL, WAS LIVING IN SPAIN AND WAS IN CONTACT WITH AT LEAST TWO KEY S [...]
2004-08-04 12:30:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP AL
04MADRID2967 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. INFORMATION RECEIVED AT THIS POST INDICATES THAT AS OF LATE JULY 2004, THE SEVENTH BODY FOUND IN THE APARTMENT IN LEGANES, A SUBURB IN THE OUSKIRTS OF MADRI [...]
2004-08-04 12:31:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID3007 VISAS VIPER MONTHLY REPORT: FY04 - JULY
[...] THE VISAS VIPER COMMITTEE MET ON JULY 13 AND 28, 2004, AS PART OF MADRID INTERAGENCY COUNTERTERRORISM WORKING GROUP. 2. DURING THE MONTH OF JULY 2004, MADRID SUBMITTED EIGHTEEN VISAS VIPER CABLES IDENTIFYING SEVENTY-FOUR INDIVIDUALS, THREE SUSPECTED MEMBERS OF ETA AND SEVENTY- [...]
2004-08-06 15:22:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
04MADRID3034VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. SPANISH DAILY "EL PAIS" OF JUNE 30, 2004 REPORTED THAT THE SPANISH NATIONAL POLICE ARRESTED SEMAAN GABY EID ON JULY 28, 2004, FOR HIS ALLEGED PARTICIPATION IN [...]
2004-08-10 15:06:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SEMAAN GABY EID
04MADRID3052 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. AS OF MID-JULY 2004, THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS ARE BELIVED TO BE POSSIBLY ASSOCIATED WITH PREVIOUSLY BARCELONA-BASED AL QAEDA SUSPECT KHALED ABIDI, WHO WAS [...]
2004-08-10 15:28:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID3072SPRING 2005 INTERN PROGRAM
[...] In response to REFTEL, Spain wishes to participate in the Spring 2005 Intern Program. 2. Pertinent data is outlined below in the order requested: A. Number of interns requested: Embassy Madrid - seven - one for the Political Section, two for the Management Section, two for Public Affa [...]
2004-08-11 14:45:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDAPER AMGT ASEC SP
04MADRID3073COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL MILLER
[...] Embassy Madrid warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Rep. Jeff Miller, House Armed Services Committee (HASC),and delegation, to visit Spain from August 24-25, 2004 for an overnight stop at Rota Naval Base. 2. Embassy Control Officer for this visit is Econ Officer Richard C. Mer [...]
2004-08-11 14:45:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN JO PK AF IZ BA DJ EG SP
04MADRID3077 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. DAILY SPANISH PRESS OF AUG. 7, 2004 REPORTED THAT THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED BY THE SPANISH COUNTERTERRORISM POLICE AS THE SUSPECTED ME [...]
2004-08-12 11:46:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID3210 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. DAILY SPANISH PRESS OF AUG. 21 AND SUBSEQUENT DAYS REPORTED THAT BASED ON THE INVESTIGATION BEING CONDUCTED BY THE SPANISH SCIENTIFIC POLICE, THE SPANISH N [...]
2004-08-26 13:24:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
04MADRID3212 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. DAILY "EL PAIS" OF AUG. 21, 2004 REPORTED THAT THE DUTCH MINISTRY OF JUSTICE AUTHORIZED THE HANDOVER OF THE SUSPECTED TERRORIST, KHALID BOULOUDO, A 29 YEAR [...]
2004-08-26 13:24:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
04MADRID3639 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS. 2. SPANISH DAILY "EL PAIS" OF SEP. 20, 2004 REPORTED THAT FRENCH POLICE ARRESTED TWO SUSPECTED ETA TERRORISTS IN A POLICE ROAD BLOCK IN MONTAUBAN, FRANCE. THE INDIVIDUALS WERE ARMED AND DRIVING A S [...]
2004-09-23 09:24:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID3728 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. ON SEP. 15, 2004, THE SPANISH POLICE ARRESTED THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS IN BARCELONA, SPAIN. THEY ARE ACCUSED OF FORGERY AND DRUG TRAFFICKING. SPANISH POL [...]
2004-09-28 07:40:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL ALI
04MADRID3760 VISAS VIPER MONTHLY REPORT: FY04 - SEPTEMBER
[...] THE VISAS VIPER COMMITTEE MET ON SEP. 27, 2004, AS PART OF THE MADRID INTERAGENCY COUNTERTERRORISM WORKING GROUP AND WAS CHAIRED BY THE CHARGE, ROBERT MANZANARES. THE CHARGE EXPRESSED HIS APPRECIATION FOR THE CONTINUING STRONG COOPERATION AND COMMITMENT TO THE PROGRAM BY ALL AGENCIES [...]
2004-09-29 08:33:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
04MADRID3889 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. THE SPANISH DAILY NEWSPAPER "EL PAIS" ON SEPTEMBER 30, 2004, REPORTED THAT THE SPANISH NATIONAL POLICE (SNP) ARRESTED FIVE SUSPECTED ETA MEMBERS IN VIZCAYA AND LEON, SPA [...]
2004-10-05 14:36:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID4073GOS ARRESTS SUSPECTED ISLAMIC EXTREMISTS
[...] (C) Summary. Spanish National Police arrested eight Maghrebi residents of Spain on charges of planning to bomb Spain's High Court, which takes the lead in GOS terrorism investigations. The detentions were based in part on USG information provided through Legatt channels. According to news r [...]
2004-10-19 15:51:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC SP
04MADRID4109 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. DAILY "EL PAIS" OF OCT. 16, 2004 REPORTED THAT THE GERMAN POLICE ARRESTED ON OCT. 15, 2004 IN HAMBURG, THE ALLEGED AL QAEDA MEMBER IN EUROPE MAMOUN DARKAZANLI, [...]
2004-10-22 12:06:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
04MADRID4110 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. THE SPANISH GOVERNMENT PROVIDED THE FOLLOWING NAMES OF SUSPECTED ISLAMIC EXTREMISTS WITH POSSIBLE TERRORIST TIES IN SPAIN. 3. NAME: EL BAYADE, ABDESALAM [...]
2004-10-22 12:07:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL EL
04MADRID4119 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. SPANISH DAILY PRESS AND OTHER COMMUNICATION MEDIA REPORTED ON OCT. 4, 2004 AND SUBSEQUENT DAYS THAT FRENCH POLICE IN COORDINATION WITH THE SPANISH GUARDIA [...]
2004-10-22 15:35:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID4181ARAFAT'S DETERIORATING HEALTH RESPONSE - AMEMBASSY
[...] (SBU) In response to REFTEL, the Emergency Action Committee was consulted regarding specific security concerns for possible repercussions from the deteriorating health of Arafat. With many EAC members already committed to outside meetings during the day, but understanding the necessity of a [...]
2004-10-29 15:47:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC PTER
04MADRID4281COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL YOUNG
[...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Rep Bill Young, Chairman, House Appropriations Committee (HAC),and delegation members, to travel to Rota from November 9-11, 2004 to review estimates in the field for the Departments of Defense and State. 2. Embassy Point of Contact [...]
2004-11-05 16:14:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOREP ASEC AMGT AFIN IT SP
04MADRID4322 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. AS OF OCTOBER 2004, THE SPANISH NATIONAL POLICE WERE CONCERNED ABOUT AN ASSOCIATE OF ALGERIAN NATIONAL AND ISLAMIC EXTREMIST MOHAMED ACHRAF, AKA MUSTAFA HAW [...]
2004-11-12 12:01:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
04MADRID4324 VISAS VIPER MONTHLY REPORT: FY05 - OCTOBER
[...] THE VISAS VIPER COMMITTEE MET ON OCT. 25, 2004, AS PART OF MADRID INTERAGENCY COUNTERTERRORISM WORKING GROUP AND WAS CHAIRED BY THE DCM, ROBERT MANZANARES. THE CHARGE EXPRESSED HIS APPRECIATION FOR THE CONTINUING STRONG COOPERATION AND COMMITMENT TO THE PROGRAM BY ALL AGENCIES AT P [...]
2004-11-12 12:07:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
04MADRID4386 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. SPANISH DAILY PRESS OF OCTOBER 19, 2004 REPORTED THAT THE SPANISH POLICE ARRESTED SEVERAL ISLAMIC EXTREMISTS WHO WERE BELIEVE TO BE PLANNING SUICIDE ATTACK [...]
2004-11-16 14:52:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
04MADRID4387 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. ON OCTOBER 28, 2004, THE SPANISH AUTHORITIES ARRESTED 13 INDIVIDUALS ASSOCIATED TO ISLAMIC EXTREMIST MOHAMED ACHRAF, AKA MUSTAFA HAWARI, AKA MIKAEL ETIENNE [...]
2004-11-16 14:53:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
04MADRID4388 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. ON NOVEMBER 3, 2004, AS PART OF THE ON-GOING "OPERATION NOVA" SPANISH AUTORITIES ARRESTED THE FOLLOWING MOROCCAN AND THREE ALGERIAN NATIONALS, POSSIBLY ASS [...]
2004-11-16 14:53:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
04MADRID4389 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM SPANISH AUTHORITIES HAVE HIGHLIGHTED CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES OF ALGERIAN NATIONAL SAMIR BENBELLIL. SUBJECT HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN VARIOUS [...]
2004-11-16 14:53:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
04MADRID4474 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. ON NOV. 19, 2004 THE DAILY LOCAL NEWSPAPER "EL PAIS", REPORTED THAT FOLLOWING THE DETENTION OF SOME OF THE ALLEGED ETA LEADERSHIP MEMBERS IN FRANCE ON OCT. 3, [...]
2004-11-23 16:44:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
04MADRID4515REQUEST FOR COLLOCATION WAIVER FOR FAS OFFICES -
[...] (SBU) In accordance with guidance provided in reference, Mission Spain RSO submits this formal request for a collocation waiver for the critically needed Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) offices. This new lease space is required and has been prompted by RSO concern for the existing buildin [...]
2004-11-29 16:35:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC
04MADRID4523 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. DAILY SPANISH PRESS OF NOV. 17, 2004, REPORTED THAT SPANISH NATIONAL COURT JUDGE BALTASAR GARZON, INDICTED ISLAMIC EXTREMIST ABDELADIM AKOUDAD, ALIAS "NADU [...]
2004-11-30 08:39:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
04MADRID4524 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. AS PART OF AN ON-GOING COUNTERTERRORISM OPERATION, SPANISH AUTHORITIES ARRESTED THE FOLLOWING ALGERIAN NATIONALS: 3. NAME: BOUKHIRI, MOHAMED - G [...]
2004-11-30 08:40:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
04MADRID4543TRIPWIRES SUBMISSIONS - MISSION SPAIN
[...] Per REFTEL, AmEmbassy Madrid takes this opportunity to certify that according to 12 FAH-1, H-024, the Mission Emergency Action Plan has received it's annual review. In fact, the RSO office maintains an on-going update program review of the EAP and when appropriate, forwards any relevent upda [...]
2004-11-30 16:28:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDASEC AMGT CASC AMED AFSI KFLO AEMR PTER PINR KSEP
04MADRID4552 VISAS VIPER MONTHLY REPORT: FY05 - NOVEMBER
[...] THE VISAS VIPER COMMITTEE MET ON NOV. 8 AND ON NOV. 29, 2004, AS PART OF MADRID INTERAGENCY COUNTERTERRORISM WORKING GROUP AND WAS CHAIRED BY THE CHARGE, ROBERT MANZANARES. THE CHARGE EXPRESSED HIS APPRECIATION FOR THE CONTINUING STRONG COOPERATION AND COMMITMENT TO THE PROGRAM BY AL [...]
2004-12-01 12:58:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
04MADRID4649 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. NAME: BEN ABDELLAH, SAMIR - GENDER: MALE - DPOB: NOV. 29, 1967, MOROCCO - CLASS: POSITIVE 3. ON NOVEMBER 22, 2004 THE SPANISH POLICE ARRESTED [...]
2004-12-09 16:50:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL BEN
04MADRID4708 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. DAILY SPANISH PRESS "EL PAIS" OF DEC. 10, 2004 REPORTED THAT THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS WERE ARRESTED BY THE SPANISH POLICE ON DEC. 8, 2004, IN THE SPANISH- [...]
2004-12-14 16:41:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL WAKI
04MADRID4713ALLEGED ISLAMIC TERRORIST PLAN TO LAUNCH
[...] (U) The American Embassy Spain Emergency Action Committee met on December 14, 2004, in response to REFTEL in order to assess the current situation and exchange perspectives on the possible threat. 2. (S) The EAC noted that parts of the information were relatively specific such as the para [...]
2004-12-15 10:43:00Embassy MadridSECRETPTER ASEC CASC
04MADRID4734SUMMER 2005 INTERN PROGRAM
[...] In response to REFTEL, Spain wishes to participate in the Summer 2005 Intern Program. 2. Pertinent data is outlined below in the order requested: A. Number of interns requested: Embassy Madrid - eight - one for the Economic Section, one for the Political Section, two for the Managemen [...]
2004-12-16 12:18:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDAPER AMGT ASEC SP
04MADRID4748VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. BETWEEN 18 AND 19 NOVEMBER 2004, THE SPANISH POLICE RE-DETAINED AL-JAZIRAH JOURNALIST TAYSIR ALOUNI KATE AND NINE OF HIS ASSOCIATES IN SPAIN AS SUSPECTED I [...]
2004-12-17 16:41:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
04MADRID4749 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. ON DECEMBER 13, 2004, THE SPANISH NATIONAL POLICE ARRESTED THE FOLLOWING FOUR INDIVIDUALS IN THE ON-GOING "OPERACION LAGO". 3. NAME: LEBIK, ABDELKADER [...]
2004-12-17 16:42:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL LEBIK
04MADRID4774SPAIN: 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] Per Ref A instructions, the following is the 2004 terrorism report submission for Spain. 2. Spain is a strong ally in the war on terrorism, authorizing the use of military bases to support Operation Enduring Freedom and sending troops to Afghanistan to provide added security during that cou [...]
2004-12-20 16:04:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC SP
04MADRID4776 VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION
[...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. SPANISH DALY PRESS OF DEC. 18, 2004 REPORTED THAT TWO OF THE SPANISH NATIONAL COURT JUDGES ORDERED THE ARREST OF THE FOLLOWING FOUR EXTREMISTS BASED IN LAN [...]
2004-12-20 16:31:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL EL
04MADRID517 SECURITY ENVIRONMENTAL PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE
[...] (U) As directed in REFTEL, the following responses constitute the SEPQ for Mission Spain. The responses will directly correlate in sequence with the questions asked. All questions and responses have been coordinated with the appropriate Emergency Action Committee (EAC). 2. (SBU) POLITI [...]
2004-02-13 14:59:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PTER
04MADRID650REQUEST FOR SECURITY SECTOR ASSISTANCE IN LIBERIA:
[...] No summary [...]
2004-02-25 16:28:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EAID EFIN PGOV PREL LI SP
04MADRID720SPAIN - ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT - 2004
[...] No summary [...]
2004-03-02 16:58:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB SP
04MADRID770DRAFT REVISION OF CONSULAR INFORMATION SHEET FOR
[...] UPDATE OF CONSULAR INFORMATION SHEET FOR SPAIN AND ANDORRA: 2. COUNTRY DESCRIPTIONS: Spain and Andorra are both highly developed and stable democracies with modern economies. Spain is a member of the European Union. Additional information on Spain may be obtained from the Tourist Office [...]
2004-03-05 16:51:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDCASC CMGT ASEC SP
04MADRID827SPAIN'S 9-11: ETA MASSACRE IN MADRID THREE DAYS
[...] (SBU) ETA terrorists struck March 11 in the center of Madrid, placing bombs on four commuter trains. There were a total of 13 explosions (including three police-controlled explosions to disactivate bombs.) The bombs exploded in the middle of rush hour, from 0835 to 0855 local. Interior Minister Ace [...]
2004-03-11 13:58:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL ASEC SP OSAC
04MADRID838EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING (EAC) - EMBASSY
[...] (U) In response to the multiple train bombings in Madrid on the morning of March 11, the Ambassador chaired a full EAC meeting to discuss the impact and implications, if any, on the Embassy personnel and facilities as a result of the bombings. Highlights of some general and operational conti [...]
2004-03-11 16:29:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC
04MADRID952FALL 2004 INTERN PROGRAM
[...] In response to REFTEL, Spain wishes to participate in the Fall 2004 Intern Program. 2. Pertinent data is outlined below in the order requested: A. Number of interns requested: Embassy Madrid - six - one for the Political Section, one for the Management Section, two for Public Affairs [...]
2004-03-18 14:54:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDAPER AMGT ASEC SP
04MADRID990COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STAFFDEL BASSETT
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Brant Bassett, Professional Staff Member House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI),to travel to Spain for the period March 24-26 on matters of concern to the Committee. 2. Embassy Control Officer for this visit is ORA Managem [...]
2004-03-23 14:50:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN UK GM SP
04MANAGUA1791CODEL SHELBY VISIT TO NICARAGUA, JULY 1-3
[...] Embassy Managua warmly welcomes the visit of Senator Richard Shelby, Dr. Annette Shelby, and accompanying congressional delegation members to travel to Nicaragua July 1 - 3, 2004. 2. CODEL Control Officer will be acting Economic Counselor Eric Luftman (office phone 011-505-266-6010 x 454 [...]
2004-06-18 12:47:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN NU
04MANAMA1047BAHRAIN CONFIRMS IMPLEMENTATION OF MARITIME
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-05 08:18:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT ACOA ASEC EAIR ETRD ECON ETTC ENRG KSTC PARM PTER PHSA PREL BA
04MANAMA1060THE MINISTRY OF INTERIOR LINE ON TERRORISM
[...] (S/NF) CDA Molly Williamson, PMIL and RSO met for 90 minutes with Interior Minister, General Shaikh Rashid and Brigadier General Zayani Saturday July 3, 2004 at 1100 to discuss cooperation on counter-terrorism and security issues. COMMENT: King Hamad and his advisors have done the calculus on [...]
2004-07-06 05:20:00Embassy ManamaSECRET//NOFORNALOW ASEC BA PREL PTER
04MANAMA1227MINISTER OF INTERIOR: HELP US PUT THESE GUYS AWAY
[...] (S/NF) CDA, RSO and POL met with Interior Minister General Shaikh Rashid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa and Under-Secretary for Operations Brigadier General Abdel-Latif Zayani August 3 to discuss the status of the investigation regarding the six Bahraini extremists in custody, security issues and U.S. [...]
2004-08-04 10:34:00Embassy ManamaSECRET//NOFORNASEC PTER PREL PGOV BA
04MANAMA12758,000 BAHRAINIS PEACEFULLY PROTEST US OPERATIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Bahrain's Shi'a leadership organized a march in which 8,000 Bahrainis peacefully protested US military actions in Najaf and other holy cities of Iraq. Representing Parliament, Sunni Council of Representatives (COR) Chairman Ahmed Khalifa Al Dahrani issued a public statement exp [...]
2004-08-15 13:40:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPHUM ASEC ALOW PGOV KDEM KWMN IZ BA
04MANAMA1302MINSTATE ABDUL GHAFFAR DISCUSSES COUNTER-TERRORISM
[...] (U) This is an action request; please see paragraph 8. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) The Charge met with Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Dr. Mohammed Abdul Ghaffar to discuss the status of Bahrain's counter-terrorism law, recent press articles on legal cases concerning detainee [...]
2004-08-20 13:11:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER ASEC PGOV BA
04MANAMA1319HOT TIME, SUMMER IN THE CITY: BAHRAIN COPES WITH
[...] (C) Bahrain experienced a nationwide blackout that lasted up to 15 hours in some neighborhoods. Minister of Electricity and Water (MEW) Shaikh Abdullah bin Salman Khalid Al Khalifa attributed the blackout to an unexpected massive power surge from the nation's aluminum manufacturer ALBA. Prim [...]
2004-08-24 15:03:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALENRG ECON PGOV ASEC BA
04MANAMA1357MINSTATE ABDUL GHAFFAR DISCUSSES SECURITY,
[...] (C) The Ambassador paid an introductory call on Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Mohammed Abdul Ghaffar August 30 to discuss priority issues in the bilateral relationship. Regarding the security situation in Bahrain, the Ambassador, stating that he had learned that the judge had granted a [...]
2004-08-31 11:15:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC ECON ETRD BA
04MANAMA1360RECEIPT OF DIPLOMATIC NOTE REQUESTING VISIT TO
[...] (SBU) As mentioned during the Ambassador's August 30 meeting with Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Dr. Mohammed Abdul Ghaffar (septel),the Embassy received the following diplomatic note August 30. 2. (SBU) Begin Text of Diplomatic Note MOS-140 Dated August 30, 2004: The Ministry o [...]
2004-08-31 14:26:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDMARR ASEC PREL PTER BA
04MANAMA1365CABINET AFFAIRS MINISTER MUTAWWA DELIVERS DRAFT
[...] (S) The Ambassador paid an introductory call September 1 on Minister of Cabinet Affairs Mohammed bin Ibrahim Al Mutawwa and discussed Bahrain's draft counter-terrorism law, bilateral counter-terrorism cooperation and the six terrorism suspects, U.S. influence in the Arab world, Saudi Arabia, [...]
2004-09-01 16:04:00Embassy ManamaSECRETPGOV PREL PTER ASEC ETRD ECON BA
04MANAMA1383SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE (SEPQ)
[...] (C) DEMONSTRATIONS A. Yes B. Yes C. Yes D. 500-4,000 E. Yes, anti-American demonstrations are usually triggered by US Military Action or US Foreign Policy. F. In the last 12 months, some demonstrations have at times become violent. Numerous incidents of rock throwing and physical [...]
2004-09-08 11:42:00Embassy ManamaSECRET//NOFORNASEC PTER
04MANAMA1501MIXED REACTIONS TO ARREST OF HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The arrest of prominent human rights activist Abdulhadi Al Khawaja continues to dominate the public's attention in Bahrain. Some oppositionists and NGO representatives who support Al Khawaja have been cautious in their public statements for fear that outspokenness could work ag [...]
2004-09-29 14:25:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALKDEM PHUM PGOV KJUS ASEC BA
04MANAMA1503GOB SHUTS DOWN HUMAN RIGHTS CENTER
[...] (C) On September 28 at 22:30, the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs (MOLSA) sent a press release to Bahraini newspapers announcing the closure and dissolution of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR) for "actions that contravened the Law of Societies and the Center's own charter." T [...]
2004-09-29 16:38:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPHUM KDEM PGOV ASEC KMPI KCRM BA
04MANAMA1531BAHRAIN OVERSEAS SCHOOLS - SECURITY LIAISON
[...] (SBU) RSO provides security assistance and advice to the Bahrain School (34 USG dependents) and St. Christopher's School (4 USG dependents) in Manama. RSO Manama has established procedures for school administrators to contact MSG Post 1 via landline and/or cell phone in case of emergency. [...]
2004-10-05 11:52:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PTER BA
04MANAMA1564MINISTER OF INTERIOR: FOUR EXTREMISTS TO BE TRIED
[...] (S/NF) Minister of the Interior Shaikh Rashid assured the Ambassador October 11, 2004 that the four extremists currently in detention would appear in court shortly, and that he had anticiapted they would be brought to trial. (On October 13, BNSA advised the Embassy that the four will continue [...]
2004-10-13 13:44:00Embassy ManamaSECRET//NOFORNASEC BA PINR PREL PTER
04MANAMA1608HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST PLEADS NOT GUILTY,
[...] (C) Human rights activist Abdul Hadi Al Khawaja October 16 pleaded not guilty to charges of inciting hatred against the regime and circulating false information about top officials. During the opening session of his trial October 20, Al Khawaja repeated his plea and asserted that at the Sept [...]
2004-10-20 15:01:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV ASEC BA
04MANAMA1643BAHRAIN'S DRAFT COUNTER-TERRORISM LAW
[...] (S) Minister of Cabinet Affairs Mohammed bin Ibrahim Al Mutawwa gave Ambassador a copy (in Arabic) of the draft counter-terrorism (CT) law and a clarifying memorandum explaining the draft (reftel). Mutawwa stated that the Cabinet had approved the draft and would soon forward the law to parli [...]
2004-10-27 14:14:00Embassy ManamaSECRETPTER ASEC PGOV BA
04MANAMA1657TERRORISM SUSPECTS RELEASED PENDING DECEMBER 6
[...] (C) Minister of Justice Al Arrayid confirmed to the Ambassador that charges had been filed against the four terrorism suspects at a court hearing on November 1, and that they had been released pending their next court date on December 6. He said that the government did not have the legal aut [...]
2004-11-01 14:17:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC PTER BA
04MANAMA1658ACTIVISTS SEEK TO LOWER TEMPERATURE FOLLOWING
[...] (C) The Committee to support Shia activist Abdul Hadi Al Khawaja has decided to stop its protest activities following a weekend of demonstrations, violence and arrests. A "car parade" in support of Al Khawaja tied up traffic in Manama for hours October 28 during peak evening hours for visitin [...]
2004-11-01 14:41:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM ASEC PHUM BA
04MANAMA1665AMBASSADOR DELIVERS DEMARCHE ON U.S. CONCERNS OVER
[...] (S) The Ambassador November 2 delivered Ref A demarche to Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Abdul Ghaffar and Minister of Industry (and confidant of the King) Fakhro. He also spoke with Minister of Justice Al Arrayed and President of the Court of Cassation Shaikh Khalifa Al Khalifa. Abdu [...]
2004-11-02 15:51:00Embassy ManamaSECRETPTER ASEC PREL BA
04MANAMA1671SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY ARMITAGE'S
[...] (S) We warmly welcome your visit to Bahrain. Your trip comes at a critical stage. The court's November 1 decision to release the four terrorism suspects sends the wrong signal on the GOB's commitment to fighting the war on terrorism. Your meeting with King Hamad represents the best opportuni [...]
2004-11-06 14:02:00Embassy ManamaSECRETPREL PTER ASEC BA
04MANAMA1708DEPUTY SECRETARY MEETING WITH KING HAMAD
[...] (S) The Deputy Secretary met with King Hamad November 7 to discuss Bahrain's counter-terrorism efforts, the situation in Iraq, and Bahrain's relations with its neighbors. The King opened the meeting with a surprise proposal to commit a company of special forces troops to Afghanistan as part o [...]
2004-11-10 15:40:00Embassy ManamaSECRETPREL MARR ASEC PTER BA IZ
04MANAMA1741PROTESTS AGAINST MILITARY ACTION IN FALLUJAH DRAW
[...] (U) Organizers had estimated that the two protests against U.S. and Iraqi military action in Fallujah would draw 10,000 people. In the end, only 350 people total took part in the November 19 demonstrations. Though Al Wifaq President and prominent Shia leader Ali Salman was at the front of on [...]
2004-11-22 13:21:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV MARR MOPS ASEC BA IZ
04MANAMA1745SCENESETTER: KING HAMAD'S NOVEMBER 29 VISIT TO
[...] (S) King Hamad requested to visit Washington to congratulate the President on his reelection, reaffirm Bahrain's strong support for U.S. Iraq policy and the war on terrorism, and consult with the President on Bahrain's hosting of the December 20 GCC Summit and outcomes the USG would like from [...]
2004-11-22 14:26:00Embassy ManamaSECRETPREL PTER ASEC PHUM ECON ETRD BA
04MANAMA1759SECRETARY OF THE NAVY ENGLAND MEETING WITH
[...] (C) Summary: MFA Minister of State Abdul Ghaffar told Secretary of the Navy England November 22 that the King will SIPDIS use his upcoming visit to Washington to stress to the President that Bahrain is proudly aligned with the U.S., and to remind the people of Bahrain that the people of the [...]
2004-11-24 12:03:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PTER ASEC BA
04MANAMA1761SECRETARY OF THE NAVY ENGLAND MEETING WITH
[...] No summary [...]
2004-11-24 12:50:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL ASEC PTER MARR BA
04MANAMA1766SECRETARY OF THE NAVY ENGLAND'S MEETINGS WITH KING
[...] (C) Secretary of the Navy Gordon England met with King Hamad and Crown Prince Salman November 23 and discussed the King's November 29 visit to Washington, Bahrain's counter-terrorism efforts, Iraq, and Iran. The King expressed his appreciation for the invitation to meet with the President an [...]
2004-11-25 14:11:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PTER ASEC BA IZ
04MANAMA1834TERROR SUSPECT CASE REFERRED TO CONSTITUTIONAL
[...] (U) The High Criminal Court judge hearing the case of four Bahrain terrorist suspects adjourned their criminal trial for two weeks on December 6 to allow defense lawyers to test the constitutionality of the case with the Constitutional Court. The lawyers argued in court that the article under w [...]
2004-12-08 14:21:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC PREL BA
04MANAMA1880BAHRAIN: ENCOURAGING SUPPORT FOR AND FULL
[...] (C) NEA Deputy Assistant Secretary Philo Dibble delivered reftel message to Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Mohammed Abdul Ghaffar December 13. Abdul Ghaffar said the GOB had encouraged Sunnis to participate in Iraqi elections and would continue to do so. 2. (C) PolEcon chief also [...]
2004-12-15 12:13:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL ASEC IZ BA
04MANAMA1885DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR HADLEY'S DECEMBER
[...] (S) Deputy National Security Advisor Hadley met with Omani Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdulla December 5 on the margins of the IISS Gulf Security Dialogue conference in Manama. Bin Alawi said that Oman is looking forward to negotiating a free trade agreement with t [...]
2004-12-15 12:34:00Embassy ManamaSECRETPREL PTER ASEC ETRD ECON MU IR BA
04MANAMA1886DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR HADLEY'S DECEMBER
[...] (C) Deputy National Security Advisor Hadley met with Kuwaiti National Security Council President Shaikh Sabah Khaled Al Sabah December 4 on the margins of the IISS Gulf Security Dialogue conference in Manama. Shaikh Sabah hailed the strong bilateral relationship and stated that Kuwaitis are [...]
2004-12-15 12:35:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PTER ASEC KU IZ IR SY BA
04MANAMA1889DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR HADLEY'S DECEMBER
[...] (C) Deputy National Security Advisor Hadley met with Yemeni Interior Minister Rashed Mohammed Al Alimi December 5 on the margins of the IISS Gulf Security Dialogue conference in Manama. Al Alimi thanked the U.S. for its counter terrorism assistance and expressed his desire to increase cooper [...]
2004-12-15 12:39:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MARR ASEC YM SA BA
04MANAMA1914CONSTITUTIONAL COURT ACCEPTS TERROR SUSPECT CASE
[...] (C) As expected, Bahrain's Criminal Court decided on December 20 to temporarily suspend its hearing on the case against four terrorist suspects, pending a decision by Constitutional Court on the constitutionality of article 157 of the penal code under which the four are charged. The decision [...]
2004-12-21 15:17:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC PREL BA
04MANAMA1927BAHRAIN: 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] Per reftel, below please find the draft report on Bahrain for the 2004 Patterns of Global Terrorism. 2. Begin text of draft report on Bahrain: Bahrain Bahrain is providing important support to our counterterrorism efforts, particularly efforts to block the financing of terror groups. [...]
2004-12-23 07:51:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC BA
04MANAMA1938BAHRAIN: DEMARCHE ON THE 12 COUNTERTERRORISM
[...] No summary [...]
2004-12-28 08:51:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER ASEC PREL BA
04MANAMA235CTAG COUNTRY AMBASSADORS SEE NO IMMEDIATE NEEDS IN
[...] (U) CTAG Ambassadors in Bahrain agreed U.S. Embassy-led efforts are meeting key Bahraini needs, but they wondered if the April 2004 Formula One race event's security would be adequate. Over lunch at DCR February 17 with the Ambassadors from Britain, France, Germany, Russia, and the Japanese [...]
2004-02-18 14:22:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPTER ETTC EFIN ASEC PREL BEXP BA
04MANAMA252SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE (SEPQ)
[...] (S/NF) Manama reports no significant changes from the previous SEPQ of September 10, 2003. The threat environment for Bahrain and the region remains a significant concern for the EAC. The movement of terrorists and equipment from Saudi Arabia into Bahrain across the causeway poses the greatest [...]
2004-02-23 08:38:00Embassy ManamaSECRET//NOFORNASEC PTER
04MANAMA264CONSPIRACY LAW POSSIBILITIES - MEETING WITH MOJ
[...] (C) Upon return from his Washington trip, the Crown Prince placed a wake-up call to the Justice Minister to ask about Bahrain's conspiracy law, the Minister told CDA and PolOff on February 22. Minister of Justice Jawad bin Salim Al Arayed asked us what a conspiracy law should do. The CDA e [...]
2004-02-24 16:26:00Embassy ManamaSECRETPTER PREL ASEC BA
04MANAMA339ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT:
[...] (SBU) Post submits this report having received GOB,s final report on anti-TIP activities for March 2003-2004. The following is Post,s response to reftel questions. 2. (U) Embassy Manama's input for the March 2004 Trafficking in Persons report follows. Responses are keyed to reftel questio [...]
2004-03-11 11:17:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB BA
04MANAMA379IT MUST NOT FAIL -- BAHRAIN'S FORMULA ONE GRAND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On 03/16/2004, RSO coordinated a meeting with top MOI officials to discuss the GOB's security plans for the upcoming 2-4 April 2004 Bahrain Formula 1 (F1) Grand Prix. As the first such motorsport event ever held in the Middle East, the Bahrain Grand Prix has captivated the natio [...]
2004-03-17 15:48:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALASEC PTER BA
04MANAMA386LESSONS LEARNED - MANAMA CRISIS MANAGEMENT EXERCISE
[...] Post benefited from the Crisis Management Exercise (CME) by applying the skills and experience of the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) and participants (LES and non-EAC members) with the Emergency Action Plan and Emergency Planning Handbook to manage the scenario. Ruth Abramson and Lawrence Pe [...]
2004-03-22 05:36:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR AFSI ASEC BA CASC KESS OTRA
04MANAMA389ISLAMIC YOUTHS CONDUCT FIERY RAMPAGE AT A MANAMA
[...] (C) Bahrain Police sources advised RSO that an enraged crowd of 50 or more Islamist teenagers ransacked La Terrasse restaurant for serving alcohol and burned the cars of seven customers in Manama on Wednesday March 17. Conservative Muslim youths assembled from five villages (Adari, Jid Hafs, [...]
2004-03-22 07:59:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALASEC BA
04MANAMA39BAHRAIN MOI'S PLANNING, PREPARATION, AND C2 AVERT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: RSO has obtained details from senior GOB Interior Ministry (MOI) officials on how the Ministry planned, prepared for, and executed a major police deployment in Bahrain to prevent a repeat of last year's New Year's eve riots. The MOI's preparations were impressive and demonst [...]
2004-01-11 08:24:00Embassy ManamaSECRET//NOFORNASEC
04MANAMA409VIGILANTES ATTACK RESTAURANT IN NAME OF MORALITY
[...] (C) SUMMARY. For the second time in two weeks, mobs of Shi'a youths ransacked on March 17 a place of "unethical practices," destroying an upscale restaurant known to serve alcohol. Similar to last week's unruly mob that broke into private residences identified as vice dens in two Shi'a nei [...]
2004-03-25 09:35:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPINS ASEC PGOV KISL BA
04MANAMA414DEMONSTRATION AT U.S. EMBASSY BAHRAIN
[...] SUMMARY: On 26 March 2004, approximately 400 to 500 individuals staged a demonstration outside of the US Embassy Manama, Bahrain, purportedly to protest the killing of Sheikh Yassin by the Israeli Government. The demonstrators held a short peaceful demonstration in the immediate vicinity of [...]
2004-03-27 12:23:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDALOW ASEC BA CASC PTER
04MANAMA432KING ON MARCH 27 ANNOUNCES GOVERNMENT TO TAKE
[...] (S) Summary: Worried about potential protests on the eve of the April 4 Formula One race event, the King Hamed announced on March 27 that the Government would not tolerate lawbreaking or acts of violence. Many observers and leading businessmen, recalling a recent bank robbery and attacks on [...]
2004-03-29 15:35:00Embassy ManamaSECRETPGOV PHUM ASEC BA PINS
04MANAMA448COUNTERTERRORISM POLICY PROGRESS
[...] No summary [...]
2004-03-31 11:14:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPTER EFIN PREL ASEC BA
04MANAMA498BAHRAINI SHIA INITIALLY COOL ON MUQTADA AL-SADR
[...] (C) Even if Coalition operations to arrest Muqtada Al-Sadr result in his death, Bahraini Shia are unlikely to react violently. On April 7 POL Section polled a wide spectrum of Shia contacts regarding the spike in violence in Iraq. The majority of our Shia contacts doubted that the apprehens [...]
2004-04-08 13:03:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPINS ASEC PREL BA
04MANAMA601ACCEPTANCE OF U.S. COAST GUARD CONSULTATION -- ATA
[...] Post has received an acceptance letter from the Government of Bahrain (GOB) in reference to DS/ATA Coast Guard Consultation 4830. The Ministry of Interior (MOI) and Coast Guard Directorate are enthusiastically anticipating the training cycle, and have agreed to the terms of the consultation. [...]
2004-04-28 06:45:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC BA PTER
04MANAMA756BAHRAINI SHI'A DEMONSTRATION TURNS VIOLENT -- YET
[...] By Wednesday, 05/19/04, Post had anticipated a large demonstration in Bahrain for Friday, 05/21/04. Our projection was based on calls by Hassan Nasrallah and Ayatollah Ali Sistani for Shi'a to rise up and demand the withdraw of U.S. forces from Karbala and Najaf. Multiple Embassy contacts c [...]
2004-05-22 10:12:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PTER
04MANAMA859REQUEST FOR INL FUNDING OF OPDAT PROGRAM FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2004-06-07 10:24:00Embassy ManamaSECRET//NOFORNPTER KJUS ASEC KMPI OEXC BA
04MANAMA885ATA 4830-FUNDING REQUIREMENTS
[...] Post has compiled a list of funding requirements for US Coast Guard Consultation ATA-4830, scheduled for July 8-22, 2004. The funding requirement includes all material and support requested from the US Coast Guard and ATA. The funding request is as follows: Translation Services (2 interp [...]
2004-06-09 12:25:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC BA PTER
04MANAMA989PROSECUTION OF SEVEN BAHRAINIS ARRESTED ON
[...] No summary [...]
2004-06-23 14:23:00Embassy ManamaSECRETPTER ASEC PREL KJUS BA
04MAPUTO1114STATE OF AFFAIRS OF MOZAMBICAN POLICE AND
[...] SUMMARY. Over a period of three days, Ambassador and acting RSO met with the commissioner of the Mozambican national police (PRM),Miguel dos Santos, and the spokesperson of the PRM and head of the Community Policing Program, Nataniel Macama. Notable issues discussed included the state of crim [...]
2004-08-18 11:14:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PHUM SNAR KHIV MZ KCRM
04MAPUTO1321STATUS OF MOZAMBIQUE PORT ISPS COMPLIANCE
[...] On September 29, econ/poloff delivered reftel letter and Port Security Advisory (PSA) to Ministry of Transportation and Communication Chief of Staff Antonio Cuna. Mr. Cuna responded by saying that the Port of Maputo and the Port of Beira were in compliance with the International Maritime Organ [...]
2004-09-30 13:49:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD EWWT KTIA PBTS PHSA PINS PREL PTER MZ ASEC
04MAPUTO13392004 EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE - MAPUTO
[...] (S/NF) Summary: On September 30, 2004, the emergency Action Committee (EAC) convened. The meeting was held to discuss the recent increase of attacks on vehicles traveling the EN4 toll road from Maputo, Mozambique to Nelspruit, South Africa. Attendees included the Ambassador, DCM (Chair),RSO, [...]
2004-10-06 07:39:00Embassy MaputoSECRET//NOFORNASEC CASC MZ
04MAPUTO1416MAPUTO EMERGENCY CONTACT INFORMATION
[...] As requested reftel, following is updated key officer emergency contact information for Maputo. Note that main office phone line (258)(1) 492 797 is only answered during business hours. Post One direct line answered at all times is (258)(1) 49 07 23. Main IVG access number is 887- 0000. Name [...]
2004-10-27 04:34:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT APER ASEC
04MAPUTO204CTAG MEETING IN MAPUTO
[...] Summary: On February 5, DCM hosted our first CTAG meeting (per reftel request) with counterparts from Spain, Portugal, Russia, France, Italy, Switzerland, UK, Germany, European Commission, and Ireland (representing EU troika). Participants concurred that improved maritime security for Mozambiq [...]
2004-02-17 06:53:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC KCRM SENV PREL MZ
04MAPUTO2842003 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT FOR MOZAMBIQUE
[...] (SBU) OVERVIEW. A- Mozambique is a country of origin for internationally trafficked women and children. Trafficking is also believed to occur within the country. There are no reliable numbers available on the extent of the problem. Poverty, a history of child migration, cultural/religious prac [...]
2004-03-02 14:53:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG MZ
04MAPUTO513SOLICITATION FOR ANTI-TIP BILATERAL PROPOSAL FOR
[...] Overview of request: Post is requesting bilateral G/TIP funding in the amount of $250,900 for a technical assistance program to develop critically needed national anti-trafficking legislation in Mozambique. This project will be implemented through the International Organization for Migration ( [...]
2004-04-13 13:50:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM KWMN ASEC SMIG PHUM ELAB MZ DHRF
04MAPUTO565COUNTERTERRORISM COOPERATION WITH RUSSIA IN
[...] (S-N/F) Summary: Reftel provided Post opportunity to finalize previous discussions with the Russian Embassy to develop a cooperative relationship between ORCA and Russian counterparts in the counterterrorism area. We envision participation by multiple Mission elements including ORCA, Econ/Pol, [...]
2004-04-27 06:14:00Embassy MaputoSECRET//NOFORNPTER ASEC PREL MZ RU
04MAPUTO597MOZAMBIQUE - INL FY 06/07 WORKPLAN
[...] Embassy Maputo requests continued INL funding for FY 06/07 to build on ongoing projects to further develop the Attorney General's Anti-Corruption Unit and the Mozambican Police Sciences Academy, and further requests additional funds for assistance to Mozambican Immigration and Customs to impro [...]
2004-04-30 10:17:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM ABUD SNAR KCOR KPAO EFIN EAID ASEC MZ
04MAPUTO675ANIBALZINHO ESCAPES AGAIN, GRM EMBARRASSED
[...] (U) On May 9, Anibal dos Santos Junior once again escaped from maximum security prison, creating a highly embarrassing situation for the GRM. "Anibalzinho" was serving the 28-year sentence he received in absentia in January 2003 for his central role in the November 2000 murder of journalist Car [...]
2004-05-20 15:59:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KCRM KCOR KJUS ASEC MZ
04MAPUTO834THINGS LOOK DIFFERENT FROM UP NORTH
[...] (SBU) Summary. Recent visits to Nampula and Cabo Delgado Provinces impressed upon embassy officers major challenges facing northern Mozambique and the need for continued USG attention to the region. Corruption, smuggling, porous borders and weak infrastructure compound high unemployment and a [...]
2004-06-24 08:37:00Embassy MaputoCONFIDENTIALPGOV EAID PREF PTER ASEC MZ KISL RENAMO FRELIMO
04MONTREAL233SECURITY BREACH AT PIERRE ELLIOTT TRUDEAU AIRPORT
[...] SUMMARY. A SECURITY BREACH AT PIERRE ELLIOTT TRUDEAU AIRPORT (AKA DORVAL) AT APPROXIMATELY 5:45PM (1745 HOURS) ON THURSDAY (FEBRUARY 12) GROUNDED ALL OUTBOUND AIR TRAFFIC TO THE UNITED STATES FOR ALMOST TWO HOURS. SEVERAL PLANES IN FLIGHT WERE RECALLED TO DORVAL FOR RESTERILIZING. THE RESCR [...]
2004-02-13 20:47:00Consulate MontrealUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ASEC CASC CA
04MONTREAL252FLIGHTS GROUNDED A SECOND TIME IN THREE DAYS AT
[...] SUMMARY. DOMESTIC OUTBOUND FLIGHTS WERE GROUNDED, DELAYED OR RECALLED TO PIERRE ELLIOTT TRUDEAU AIRPORT (AKA DORVAL AIRPORT) FOR THE SECOND TIME IN THREE DAYS. THE INCIDENT THAT PROMPTED THE SEALING OF THE JETTY OCCURRED AT APPROXIMATELY 9:05AM ON SATURDAY (FEB. 14) AND LASTED ABOUT FIVE HO [...]
2004-02-17 20:44:00Consulate MontrealUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ASEC CASC CA
04MONTREAL451GAS PLANT PROJECT CONTROVERSY HIGHLIGHTS
[...] SUMMARY: Quebec's energy board is holding hearings on whether provincial energy needs require the construction of an 836 megawatt gas plant, the Suroit, in Beauharnois, located 25 miles from Montreal and the U.S. border. The Board's recommendations, and the report of a provincial legislativ [...]
2004-03-19 21:02:00Consulate MontrealUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OEXC OIIP KISL KPAL PTER IS
04MONTREAL691BOTCHED SECURITY EXERCISE AT PIERRE ELLIOTT
[...] (C) Summary. Media reports of a botched security exercise at PET International Airport prompted post's Principal Officer (PO) to contact Aeroport de Montreal Corporation (ADM) President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) James Cherry and the Department of Homeland Security Pre-Inspection Facil [...]
2004-05-11 21:15:00Consulate MontrealCONFIDENTIALEAIR ASEC CASC CA
04MONTREAL874KANESATAKE GRAND CHIEF GABRIEL FRUSTRATED BY LAW
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Mohawk territory of Kanesatake has become a haven for marijuana cultivation, drug dealing, arms possession, and other organized criminal activity, ousted Grand Chief James Gabriel told Consulate representatives on June 17. Gabriel, who has not been able to return to Kanesatake sinc [...]
2004-06-23 20:42:00Consulate MontrealCONFIDENTIALASEC PREL PGOV SNAR PHUM CA
04MONTREAL931INCIDENT IN DOMESTIC TERMINAL OF TRUDEAU AIRPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-09 20:36:00Consulate MontrealUNCLASSIFIEDASEC CASC EAIR CA
04MUSCAT1943EMBASSY MUSCAT EAC - 11/03/2004
[...] (S) The Ambassador chaired a meeting of the core Emergency Action Committee ("EAC") on November 3 to reassess the Embassy's security posture prior to the local weekend, to discuss any security implications following the death of United Arab Emirates (UAE) President Sheikh Zayid bin Sultan al-N [...]
2004-10-29 12:58:00Embassy MuscatSECRET//NOFORNAEMR ASEC AMGT PTER CASC KHLS MU EAC
04MUSCAT1954EMBASSY MUSCAT EAC - 11/06/2004
[...] (U) The Ambassador chaired a meeting of the core Emergency Action Committee ("EAC") on November 6 to reassess the Embassy's security posture following the local weekend, to discuss any potential security implications in the event that Chairman of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) Y [...]
2004-11-07 12:16:00Embassy MuscatSECRET//NOFORNAEMR ASEC AMGT PTER CASC KHLS KNNP MNUC PARM KCRM AMED TBIO ABLD KSAF MU EAC
04MUSCAT1978EMBASSY MUSCAT EAC - 11/09/2004
[...] (C) The Ambassador chaired a meeting of the core Emergency Action Committee ("EAC") on November 9 to reassess the Embassy's security posture prior to the holiday weekend and to discuss any security implications of anticipated offensive operations in Fallujah Iraq (reftel A). ---------------- [...]
2004-11-10 11:25:00Embassy MuscatSECRET//NOFORNAEMR ASEC AMGT PTER CASC KHLS MU EAC
04MUSCAT1995EMBASSY MUSCAT EAC - 11/13/2004
[...] (U) The Ambassador chaired a meeting of the core Emergency Action Committee ("EAC") on November 13 to reassess the Embassy's security posture prior to Eid al Fitr, to evaluate the local implications per the Department's recent Public Announcement for the Middle East and North Africa (reftel A),[...]
2004-11-13 13:38:00Embassy MuscatSECRET//NOFORNAEMR ASEC AMGT PTER CASC KHLS MU EAC
04MUSCAT2009EMBASSY MUSCAT EAC - 11/17/2004
[...] (U) The Ambassador chaired a meeting of the core Emergency Action Committee ("EAC") on November 17 to reassess the Embassy's security posture prior to the local holiday weekend and to discuss any security implications of recent military events in Fallujah, Iraq. ----------------------------- [...]
2004-11-17 12:19:00Embassy MuscatSECRET//NOFORNAEMR ASEC AMGT PTER CASC KHLS MU EAC
04MUSCAT2017EMBASSY MUSCAT EAC - 11/22/2004
[...] (U) The Ambassador chaired a meeting of the core Emergency Action Committee ("EAC") on November 22 to reassess the Embassy's security posture following the local holiday weekend and to discuss any possible security concerns relative to a series of upcoming Embassy and community events. ---- [...]
2004-11-22 13:58:00Embassy MuscatSECRET//NOFORNAEMR ASEC AMGT PTER CASC KHLS MU EAC
04MUSCAT2047EMBASSY MUSCAT EAC - 11/27/2004
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador chaired a meeting of the core Emergency Action Committee November 27 to review both the Embassy's security posture following the local weekend and preparations for the U.S. Marine Corps Birthday Ball. Members of the EAC noted no new threat reporting specific to [...]
2004-11-28 07:33:00Embassy MuscatSECRET//NOFORNAEMR ASEC KMSG AMGT PTER CASC KHLS MU EAC
04MUSCAT2081EMBASSY MUSCAT WRITE-IN
[...] (SBU) On 11/30/2004, Embassy Muscat's mailroom received, via air mail, a letter postmarked from Marysville, California 9591, 11/12/2004. Affixed to the standard white letter-sized envelope is a pre-printed return address label with the name and address of "Ms. Edna Roberts ("WRITE-IN"),P.O. B [...]
2004-11-30 13:50:00Embassy MuscatSECRET//NOFORNASEC PTER MU EAC
04MUSCAT2093EMBASSY MUSCAT EAC - 12/01/2004
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Deputy Chief of Mission chaired a meeting of the core Emergency Action Committee December 1 to review the Embassy's security posture prior to the local weekend. Members noted no new threat reporting specific to Oman, and concluded that there have been no substantive chang [...]
2004-12-01 11:49:00Embassy MuscatSECRET//NOFORNAEMR ASEC AMGT PTER CASC KHLS MU EAC
04MUSCAT2110EMBASSY MUSCAT EAC - 12/04/2004
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador chaired a meeting of the core Emergency Action Committee December 4 to review the Embassy's security posture following the local weekend. Members of the EAC noted no new threat reporting specific to Oman, and concluded that there have been no substantive changes [...]
2004-12-05 03:10:00Embassy MuscatSECRET//NOFORNAEMR ASEC PTER CASC KHLS KMSG OVIP AMGT KVPR MU EAC
04MUSCAT2125EMBASSY MUSCAT EAC - 12/06/2004
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador chaired a meeting of the Emergency Action Committee December 6 to review the Embassy's security posture following reports that Consulate General Jeddah had been attacked. After reviewing the known facts about the attack, members of the EAC noted there was no new [...]
2004-12-06 13:55:00Embassy MuscatSECRET//NOFORNAEMR ASEC AMGT PTER CASC KHLS MU EAC
04MUSCAT2130EMBASSY MUSCAT EAC - 12/07/2004
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador convened the Emergency Action Committee December 7 to review updated reporting on yesterday's terrorist attack against Consulate General Jeddah. After a careful review of the facts surrounding the attack, the EAC discussed existing countermeasures and avenues f [...]
2004-12-07 13:01:00Embassy MuscatSECRET//NOFORNAEMR ASEC AMGT PTER CASC KHLS MU EAC
04MUSCAT2144EMBASSY MUSCAT EAC - 12/08/2004
[...] (U) The Ambassador chaired a meeting of the core Emergency Action Committee ("EAC") on December 8 to reassess the Embassy's security posture immediately prior to the USMC Birthday Ball and to discuss any additional concerns related to the attack on Congen Jeddah earlier in the week. -------- [...]
2004-12-08 13:59:00Embassy MuscatSECRET//NOFORNAEMR ASEC AMGT PTER CASC KHLS MU EAC
04MUSCAT2153EMBASSY MUSCAT EAC - 12/11/2004
[...] (U) The Ambassador chaired a meeting of the core Emergency Action Committee ("EAC") on December 11 to reassess the Embassy's security posture following the local weekend and to discuss any additional concerns relative to the upcoming series of Embassy-sponsored holiday events. -------------- [...]
2004-12-11 12:27:00Embassy MuscatSECRET//NOFORNAEMR ASEC AMGT PTER CASC KHLS MU EAC
04MUSCAT2195EMBASSY MUSCAT EAC - 12/15/2004
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador chaired December 15 a meeting of the core Emergency Action Committee to review the Embassy's security posture prior to the local weekend. Members of the EAC noted no new threat reporting specific to Oman, and concluded that there have been no substantive changes [...]
2004-12-18 06:57:00Embassy MuscatSECRET//NOFORNAEMR ASEC AMGT PTER CASC KHLS MU EAC
04MUSCAT2196OMAN: 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] (U) In accordance with reftel B, paragraph 2, Embassy Muscat provides the following update to Oman's coverage in the 2003 Patterns of Global Terrorism ("Patterns") report: BEGIN TEXT Oman continued to provide public statements of support for the global war on terrorism, and has been resp [...]
2004-12-18 10:38:00Embassy MuscatSECRET//NOFORNPTER ASEC MU
04MUSCAT2200EMBASSY MUSCAT EAC - 12/18/2004
[...] (SBU) The Ambassador chaired a meeting of the core Emergency Action Committee December 18 to review the Embassy's security posture following the local weekend. Members of the EAC noted no new threat reporting specific to Oman, and concluded that there have been no substantive changes in the [...]
2004-12-18 13:50:00Embassy MuscatSECRET//NOFORNAEMR ASEC AMGT PTER CASC KHLS MU EAC
04MUSCAT2246EMBASSY MUSCAT EAC - 12/22/2004
[...] (SBU) The Ambassador chaired a meeting of the core Emergency Action Committee December 22 to review the Embassy's security posture prior to the local holiday weekend. Members of the EAC noted no substantive changes in the local security environment since the last meeting. Accordingly, the E [...]
2004-12-22 12:08:00Embassy MuscatSECRET//NOFORNAEMR ASEC AMGT PTER CASC KSAC KHLS MU EAC
04MUSCAT2258CRISIS MANAGEMENT EXERCISE (CME) FOR MUSCAT
[...] (SBU) The following responses are keyed to reftel, paragraph 6: A. Embassy Muscat is pleased to confirm participation in the Crisis Management Exercise (CME) scheduled for February 13-14, 2005. B. Highlighted portions of reftel paragraph 8 on the Crisis Management Training ( [...]
2004-12-26 11:35:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAEMR ASEC MU EAC
04MUSCAT2259EMBASSY MUSCAT EAC - 12/26/2004
[...] (SBU) The Ambassador chaired a meeting of the core Emergency Action Committee December 26 to review the Embassy's security posture following to the local holiday weekend. Members of the EAC noted no substantive changes in the local security environment since the last meeting. Accordingly, t [...]
2004-12-27 02:25:00Embassy MuscatSECRET//NOFORNAEMR ASEC AMGT PTER CASC KHLS MU EAC
04MUSCAT2269COUNTERTERRORISM ACTION GROUP DEMARCHE
[...] (C) In a December 27 meeting with Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusuf bin Alawi (YBA),the Ambassador urged on behalf of the G-8 and EU missions Oman's ratification of the final two of twelve international counterterrorism conventions (reftel). The Ambassador noted that the Foreig [...]
2004-12-28 02:53:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL ASEC MU
04MUSCAT2291EMBASSY MUSCAT EAC - 12/29/2004
[...] (SBU) The Ambassador chaired a meeting of the core Emergency Action Committee December 29 to review the Embassy's security posture prior to the local holiday weekend. Members of the EAC noted no substantive changes in the local security environment since the last meeting. Accordingly, the E [...]
2004-12-29 13:19:00Embassy MuscatSECRET//NOFORNAEMR ASEC AMGT PTER CASC KHLS MU EAC
04NASSAU1515PRIME MINISTER CHRISTIE’S CHINA TRIP, THE LATEST IN A STRING OF VISITS
[...] (SBU) Bahamian Prime Minister Perry Christie will lead an official government delegation to China on August 14-21, continuing a two-year upswing in diplomatic exchanges between The Bahamas and China. In addition to numerous cultural programs, the two nations have exchanged high-level delegations to [...]
2004-08-11 13:21:00Embassy NassauCONFIDENTIALPREL OVIP BTIO ECON SCUL CH BF ASEC
04NASSAU413TIPS REPORT - FOURTH ANNUAL - BAHAMAS
[...] (SBU) There is no currently-available indication of trafficking in persons in, from, or through The Bahamas. Although migrant smuggling and drug trafficking are serious problems for The Bahamas, no evidence is available to show that men, women, or children are being forced by coercion or frau [...]
2004-03-01 14:43:00Embassy NassauUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB BF
04NEWDELHI7750SHYAM SARAN "SPEAKS FROM THE HEART" ON NEPAL
[...] (C) Summary: Speaking informally at a just-concluded track-II conference on Nepal, Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran argued that New Delhi and Kathmandu must work more closely together to defeat the Maoists, that Nepalese mistrust of India is misplaced, and that economic development could help N [...]
2004-12-08 11:59:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MASS EAID PREF ASEC IN NP
04NEWDELHI7853INDIA TAKES STEP TOWARDS JOINING CSI
[...] This is an action cable. See paragraph 4. 2. In a welcome surprise, the GOI passed us a December 8 letter from Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran indicating movement towards joining the Container Security Initiative. MEA Joint Secretary Jaishankar (United States and Canada) told the DCM SI [...]
2004-12-14 01:29:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDASEC IN GOI
04NEWDELHI8264BHUTAN HAPPY TO JOIN CT CONVENTIONS, BUT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-12-30 11:57:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PREL ASEC BT
04OTTAWA2893NEW CANADIAN TRANSPORT MINISTER INTERESTED IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met Minister of Transport Jean Lapierre on October 26 and learned his views on upgrading the bilateral aviation agreement and accelerating infrastructure improvements at land border crossings. The Minister indicated he will push for both, and that port security [...]
2004-10-28 19:34:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECIN EWWT ELTN ASEC PREL CA
04OTTAWA3258PRESIDENT BUSH VISIT BRINGS TOGETHER DISPARATE
[...] (C) Summary: Preparations were in place for large protests during the visit of President Bush but in the end it was a small, albeit at times unruly lot that demonstrated. The stalwarts, such as the Raging Grannies and "No War/No to Bush" coalition, were paralleled by anarchists and others, bu [...]
2004-12-03 22:18:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALCA PGOV PREL ASEC
04OTTAWA3259ANONYMOUS THREAT LETTER RECEIVED BY THE ROYAL
[...] (SBU) ON DECEMBER 3, 2004, THE ROYAL CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE TELEPHONICALLY CONTACTED RSO, LEGAT AND POLITICAL LIAISON REQUESTING AN IMMEDIATE MEETING TO DISCUSS A CURRENT INVESTIGATION UNDERWAY BY RCMP NATIONAL SECURITY INVESTIGATIVE DIVISION AT OTTAWA AND MONTREAL. INCLUDED IN THE MEETING IN ADDI [...]
2004-12-04 01:27:00Embassy OttawaSECRETASEC PTER RCMP
04OTTAWA3366VISIT OF CONGRESSMAN JAMES SENSENBRENNER
[...] (U) Congressman James S. Sensenbrenner, Jr., Republican Member of Congress from Wisconsin and Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, visited Ottawa December 8-10, 2004. He was accompanied by Judiciary Committee Chief of Staff and General Counsel Philip G. Kiko. 2. (U) Congressman Sen [...]
2004-12-15 20:41:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDOREP ASEC PREL CA
04OTTAWA3374 CANADIAN SENATE RELEASES REPORT OUTLINING DEFENCE
[...] (U) Summary: The Canadian Senate's Standing Committee on National Security and Defence released a report, "The Canadian Security Guidebook: An Update of Security Problems in Search of Solutions" on December 8. In the report, the committee cites eighty-six problems in the following areas: B [...]
2004-12-16 15:53:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ASEC PTER MCAP CA EIAR
04OTTAWA3410CANADA: 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] Unclassified entire text. 2. The Government of Canada remained steadfast in its condemnation of international and domestic terrorism and has been a helpful and strong supporter of the United States in the fight against international terror. Overall antiterrorism cooperation with Canada r [...]
2004-12-20 16:16:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC CA
04PANAMA274EMBASSY PANAMA CONVENES MINI-CTAG
[...] (U) Per ref B, on February 2, Embassy's Pol Counselor, AID Director, Econ Counselor and NAS Director met with diplomatic representatives from G-8 countries and Spain to discuss Panama's counterterrorism (CT) requirements and vulnerabilities, each country's CT-related assistance to Panama, and [...]
2004-02-06 18:53:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER ASEC PREL PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL
04PANAMA324SCENESETTER: CODEL WELLER'S VISIT TO PANAMA
[...] (U) Embassy Panama welcomes Codel Weller on their February 19-22 visit to Panama. You will have the opportunity to reiterate US appreciation for the ongoing security and drug enforcement cooperation between our two countries. Your visit highlights our governments' mutual focus on the strate [...]
2004-02-11 20:20:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC PREL ECON PM
04PANAMA548PANAMA'S INPUT FOR FOURTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING
[...] (SBU) While Embassy Panama believes that trafficking in persons (TIP) is a problem in Panama, it is still relatively small and manageable. Embassy has worked closely with the Government of Panama (GOP) to discover more about the extent of the problem in Panama and to encourage the GOP to wor [...]
2004-03-05 16:08:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB CO PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL
04PARIS8983FRANCE: 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] (U) Post encloses the 2004 annual terrorism report for France. Per reftel, Word versions will be e-mailed to John Kincannon and Kiersten McCutchan at S/CT. Post POC is Political Officer Peter Kujawinski, x.2575. France ) 2004 OVERVIEW In 2004, France made progress in a number of areas [...]
2004-12-16 08:30:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC FR
04PRETORIA3555APPARENTLY UNFOUNDED MEDIA REPORTED THREATS TO
[...] (U) Over the past few days the local media has been inundated with reports detailing a massive terror plot aimed at key landmarks in Pretoria, Johannesburg and Cape Town. The U.S. Embassy in Pretoria was also listed as a specific target for attack. The "massive al-Qaeda terror blitz" as descr [...]
2004-08-05 11:00:00Embassy PretoriaSECRET//NOFORNASEC PTER
04PRETORIA4464SECURITY CONCERNS AT JOHANNESBURG INTERNATIONAL
[...] (SBU) Summary. A spate of recent criminal activity at the Johannesburg International Airport (JIA) reveals a need for improved security. Several robberies, shootings and unauthorized access to restricted areas have resulted in a police investigation. While security precautions at the airpor [...]
2004-10-05 13:26:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ELAB ECON ASEC SF
04QUEBEC80KANESATAKE CALM BUT CONFRONTATION CONTINUES
[...] Confidential - Entire text. 2. (C) Summary: The situation within the Mohawk settlement of Kanesatake, a territory (not a reserve) bordering the U.S., remains tense and complicated but some progress has been made in keeping the peace in the past week. Quebec's provincial police force (SQ) has taken [...]
2004-05-17 22:52:00Consulate QuebecCONFIDENTIALASEC PREL PGOV PHUM CA
04RANGOON1176AMERICAN CENTER ANNEX IN MANDALAY: FREQUENTLY ASKED
[...] (SBU) Given the summer-cycle turnover in personnel working on Burma issues, we thought it would be helpful to provide a quick synopsis of the plan to establish an annex of Rangoon's American Center in Mandalay. This informal format provides Embassy Rangoon's perspective on many questions fre [...]
2004-09-09 09:57:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ABLD ASEC PREL KPAO KDEM BM
04RANGOON1485SMALL EXPLOSION NEAR RANGOON DISTRICT COURT: NO
[...] (C) Summary: A small explosion occurred early November 18 near the Rangoon district court. No one was hurt, making this incident reminiscent of the June 26 explosion at the Rangoon railway station (reftel). It appears the government is trying to justify tightened security measures as more [...]
2004-11-18 10:13:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL BM
04RANGOON1522BURMA: KHIN NYUNT'S GONE, BUT BIG BROTHER'S STILL
[...] (C) Summary: At the behest of the GOB, several Burmese-language newspapers have published articles detailing encounters between members of the diplomatic community, including U.S. Embassy personnel, and democracy activists, in the process reiterating that Big Brother's still on the job despite [...]
2004-12-01 07:16:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PINS PREL PHUM ASEC BM
04RANGOON1627 BURMA: 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] Embassy Rangoon's submission for the annual terrorism report follows. Post will update the final section of this short statement when GOB provides requested information. Burma Burma maintained its solid position against international terrorism in 2004. The regime previously enacted an anti- [...]
2004-12-23 09:57:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC BM
04RANGOON310BURMA: FOURTH ANNUAL TIP REPORT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The following report responds to the checklist provided in reftel requesting information on trafficking in persons activities in Burma from March 2003 to March 2004. The report will also be forwarded by e-mail to EAP/BCLTV in MS Word format. END SUMMARY. BEGIN REPORT Ove [...]
2004-03-08 10:29:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB BM
04SANAA1261SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR
[...] (S/NF) Embassy Sanaa warmly welcomes your first visit to Yemen. You will find President Saleh and senior ROYG officials keen to hear from you the Washington perspective on bilateral and regional CT cooperation as well as the broader GWOT. Since 9/11 Saleh has met with President Bush in Washi [...]
2004-05-25 15:50:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNPTER ASEC PGOV OVIP YM COUNTER TERRORISM TERFIN
04SANAA1458DNSA TOWNSEND 05/26/04 MEETING WITH ROYG SECURITY
[...] (S) Summary: On 5/26 DNSA Townsend reviewed CT cooperation with MOI al-Alimi, PSO Director al-Gamish and NSB Officer Saleh and highlighted recent inconsistencies in the relationship. Dominating discussion, Alimi affirmed the strength of the CT partnership, and noted that differences of opinio [...]
2004-06-15 07:44:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPTER ASEC PGOV ETTC PARM YM COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA1475TIP: MINISTER OF HUMAN RIGHTS DISCUSSES ROYG
[...] (U) Summary: DCM called on Minister of Human Rights Amat Alim al-Suswa 6/14 to deliver country narrative and talking points in reftel on the release of the Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report. The Minister detailed further actions taken by the ROYG to combat TIP, including the formation of an [...]
2004-06-16 11:38:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KCRM ELAB ASEC KFRD PHUM SMIG YM TRAFFICKING PERSONS HUMAN RIGHTS
04SANAA148SANAA EAC MEETING - JANUARY 14, 2004
[...] (C) Begin Summary: The Ambassador convened a core Emergency Action Committee on 1/14 to discuss a shooting incident in Aden involving Yemeni security personnel and SOC/Yemen personnel. EAC members agreed, following initial investigation of the incident and apology offered to the Ambassador [...]
2004-01-15 10:26:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNASEC AMGT PREL PTER EAC
04SANAA1490SANAA EAC MEETING - 19 JUNE 2004
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Ambassador convened an EAC 6/19 to discuss the security situation for official and non-official Amcits in light of the killing of Amcit Paul Johnson in Riyadh (ref a). ORCA reported no specific threat information for Yemen. Post disseminated a Warden Message 6/19 containing [...]
2004-06-20 08:39:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNASEC AMGT PREL PTER YM EAC
04SANAA1565AMERICAN NGO REPRESENTATIVE FORWARDS INCITEMENT
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: On 6/22/04, a U.S. non-governmental organization (NGO) representative forwarded an incitement letter to the RSO, explaining that copies were delivered anonymously to an Islah party leader. The letter calls for supporting Jihad with money and fighting Jews and Christians. Th [...]
2004-06-27 08:54:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNASEC PTER YM COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA1966SANAA EAC MEETING 08/11/2004
[...] (C) Begin Summary: The CDA convened an EAC meeting on August 11, 2004, to share security concerns with regard to recent incidents in the Al-Jawf region and to remind the Embassy community to remain vigilant in light of recent threat reporting and to report all security related incidents imm [...]
2004-08-14 05:06:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNAMGT ASEC PREL PTER EAC
04SANAA2021YEMEN: A TALE OF TWO (TERRORISM) TRIALS
[...] (C) Summary: Ongoing trials for 15 al-Qa'ida associates (Trial One) and the USS Cole (Trial Two) defendants are expected to end in the last week of August. While Trial One has been chaotic and presided over by an ineffective judge, the USS Cole trial exemplifies effective U.S.-Yemen cooperati [...]
2004-08-22 04:55:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL ASEC YM COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA2055SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF A/S BLOOMFIELD TO YEMEN
[...] (C) Embassy Sana'a warmly welcomes the visit of PM Assistant Secretary Bloomfield to Yemen. You will find President Saleh and senior ROYG officials ready to discuss the proposed USG buy-back and destruction assistance for illicit Yemeni MANPADS. The ROYG wants this program, and they want to [...]
2004-08-24 04:51:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPARM MASS PREL ASEC PTER YM OVIP COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA2215GROUP TERRORIST TRIAL VERDICT AND SENTENCING TO BE
[...] (C) Assistant Prosecutor Ali al-Samet confirmed to Emboff that the verdict and sentencing for 15 defendants in the Limburg Trial (trial one) will be announced on Saturday August 28. The defendants are all believed to be al-Qa'ida associates and are charged with involvement in: -- the 9/02 e [...]
2004-08-25 12:39:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL ASEC YM COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA2274SANAA EAC MEETING 08/28/2004
[...] (S/NF) Begin Summary: The Ambassador convened a core EAC meeting on August 28, 2004, to share security concerns with regard to potential tensions in Yemen. Attention to Emergency Action Plan (EAP) awareness and updating were also addressed. Embassy employees were reminded to remain vigilan [...]
2004-08-29 11:05:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNAMGT ASEC PREL PTER YM EAC
04SANAA2328ROYG TO APPEAL LIGHT SENTENCES IN GROUP TERRORISM
[...] (C) Summary and comment: Deputy Attorney General Sharaf al-Mahbashi and Chief Prosecutor Saeed al-Aqel told DCM on 8/29 that the prosecution has already filed for an appeal over the 8/28 Trial One (reftel) sentences for the now convicted al-Qa'ida associates. The prosecutors will seek harsher [...]
2004-08-30 13:21:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL ASEC KVPR YM COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA2344YEMEN REQUEST - FY05 USDA FOOD ASSISTANCE, PL480
[...] Summary: USDA food assistance in Yemen is enhancing infrastructure, funding agricultural research projects, and teaching horticultural marketing and livestock management skills. Since 2000, USDA assistance constituted the bulk of USG development aid to Yemen. In conjunction with USAID techni [...]
2004-09-01 13:41:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EAID ASEC YM ECON COM
04SANAA2345FIRST KIDNAPPING IN THREE YEARS RESOLVED QUICKLY
[...] (C) Summary: Five oil workers were kidnapped on 8/31 in Ma'rib governorate for three hours. The Ma'rib Governor sent in troops who, after brief gunfire, freed the three hostages. All men are safely back in Sanaa. While Post has no/no indication that the kidnapping was terrorist related, it m [...]
2004-09-01 14:12:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC ECON YM COM ENERGY
04SANAA2489SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE RESPONSE
[...] (S/NF) Demonstrations A. Are there any ethnic or religious communities in country that are capable of carrying out significant anti-American demonstrations? There are not organized, clearly defined communities as such, but ad hoc groupings of Yemeni fundamentalists and/or some members [...]
2004-09-22 08:43:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNASEC PTER
04SANAA2559SANAA EAC MEETING - OCTOBER 2, 2004
[...] (S/NF) Begin summary: The Chief of Mission (COM) convened an EAC meeting on October 3, to assess recent threat information and discuss security-related issues followed by a review of the Emergency Action Plan. EAC members concluded the meeting in agreement that no imminent threat was discer [...]
2004-10-06 11:40:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNASEC AMGT PREL PTER EAC
04SANAA2707SANAA EAC MEETING - OCTOBER 17, 2004
[...] (S/NF) Begin summary: The Chief of Mission (COM) convened an EAC meeting on October 17, to address security concerns as post moves closer to the U.S. election date and enters Ramadan, raising the possibility of major attacks. COM stated there was currently no information that there will be a [...]
2004-10-18 08:32:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNASEC AMGT PREL PTER EAC
04SANAA2869SANAA EAC MEETING - OCTOBER 26, 2004
[...] (S/NF) Begin Summary: On October 26, 2004, the Chief Of Mission chaired a core Emergency Action Committee meeting with COM, DCM, ORCA, DATT, FPD, LEGAT, SOC-Yemen, OMC, CONS, POLECON, PDO and RSO in attendance. The topic of discussion was the possible release of 138 prisoners from Republic of [...]
2004-11-11 10:00:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNASEC AMGT PREL PTER EAC COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA3025SANAA EAC MEETING - DECEMBER 6, 2004
[...] No summary [...]
2004-12-06 19:17:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNASEC AMGT PREL PTER EAC
04SANAA3062LIMBURG AND COLE CASES ON APPEAL, BANNA STILL ON
[...] (C) Summary. Assistant Attorney General (AAG) Sharaf al-Mahbashi told Legatt on 10/06 that the Limburg appeal began with arguments from the first eight appellees, that briefs have been submitted to Court of Appeals in the Cole case although the court has not yet set a date to hear arguments, a [...]
2004-12-12 05:18:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL ASEC KVPR YM COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA3105YEMEN: 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] Below is Embassy Sanaa's submission to the 2004 Patterns of Global Terrorism Report. 2004 Addendum sent septel. The text and the addendum have also been forwarded to S/CT POC via e-mail. 2. Begin text. Terrorist Attacks and Prosecutions ---------------------------------- There were n [...]
2004-12-18 12:20:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC KCRM EFIN KHLS KPAO YM COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA3106YEMEN: ADDENDUM TO THE 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] Below is the text of Post's addendum to the 2004 Yemen submission to the annual terrorism report. The text of the report and the addendum have also been forwarded to CT POCs via e-mail. Report sent septel. The M/V Limburg Trial --------------------- 2. For more detailed information on [...]
2004-12-18 12:21:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC KCRM EFIN KHLS KPAO YM COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA3152CT ACTION GROUP DEMARCHE ON 12 CONVENTIONS AND
[...] No summary [...]
2004-12-26 12:21:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER ASEC PREL YM DEMARCHE COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA3170SANAA EAC MEETING 12/28/2004
[...] (S/NF) Begin Summary: The Charge convened a core EAC meeting on December 28, 2004, to share information regarding the recent attempt to attack Embassy personnel and to assess recent threat information. Embassy employees were reminded to remain vigilant in light of recent threat reporting an [...]
2004-12-28 17:34:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNAMGT ASEC PREL PTER YM EAC COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA358COUNTERTERRORISM ACTION GROUP -- 10 FEBRUARY
[...] (U) Summary: On 10 February 2004, the Ambassador hosted a meeting of the G-8 Counterterrorism Action Group (CTAG) local mission representatives at the Residence to discuss and coordinate member-nations' ongoing counterterrorism training and assistance efforts with the Republic of Yemen governm [...]
2004-02-11 16:01:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC PREL COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA414BEHIND THE SCENES ON YEMEN-SAUDI BORDER COOPERATION
[...] (s) Summary: President Saleh told CDA on February 19 that DCI George Tenent played a major role in facilitating the new border agreement between Saudi Arabia and Yemen. Both countries agreed to halt new construction and begin joint Ministry of Interior patrols. A resolution was a political n [...]
2004-02-24 09:54:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL PTER ASEC PBTS SA YM COUNTER TERRORISM ECON COM
04SANAA448SANAA EAC MEETING - 28 FEBRUARY 2004
[...] (S/NF) Summary: The Ambassador convened an EAC meeting on February 28, 2004 to review security conditions for Embassy personnel and the general American community in light of muted public reaction to the terrorist financing designation of Sheikh Zindani (refs A and B) and recent threat repor [...]
2004-02-26 22:38:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNASEC AMGT PREL PTER YM EAC TERFIN
04SANAA477NO NEW SECURITY THREAT IN YEMEN; FRENCH NOT CLOSING
[...] (C) SUMMARY. French DCM told DCM 3/2 that media reports of French diplomatic closure in Sanaa due to new local security threats are in error. The recent Zawahiri audiotape prompted Paris to advise French embassies worldwide to review security. In Yemen, this instruction prompted an ongoing [...]
2004-03-02 14:36:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC PGOV FR YM COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA53NOTICE OF ALL-CARGO INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT
[...] (u) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (u) Pol/Econ Chief and Econoff delivered information in reftel to Hamed Ahmed Farag, Chairman of Yemen's Civil Aviation and Meteorological Authority (CAMA),Mohammed al-Madhagi, CAMA Advisor and Chief of the Technical Advisory Burea [...]
2004-01-06 12:25:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ASEC YM
04SANAA54TEXTS OF DHS EMERGENCY AVIATION AMENDMENTS
[...] (sbu) Pol/Econ Chief and Econoff delivered texts of three aviation emergency amendments provided in reftel to Hamed Ahmed Farag, Chairman of Yemen's Civil Aviation and Meteorological Authority (CAMA),Mohammed al-Madhagi, CAMA Advisor and Chief of the Technical Advisory Bureau. Noting that Ye [...]
2004-01-06 12:26:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR PTER ASEC PREL YM COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA589SANAA EAC MEETING - 13 MARCH 2004
[...] (S/NF) CDA convened an EAC meeting on 3/13 to review security conditions in light of the Abu-Hafs Al-Masri Brigades statement, ref a. The statement claims responsibility for the 3/11 Madrid bombings and calls for attacks in Yemen. EAC agreed the statement does not warrant any increase to Po [...]
2004-03-15 09:13:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNASEC AMGT PREL PTER YM
04SANAA611TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT -- YEMEN
[...] (SBU) Following is Post's response to ref A questions. -------- Overview -------- 2. (SBU) Ref A para 18 (Overview of a Country's Activities to Eliminate Trafficking in Persons) A. Yemen may be a country of origin, transit and destination for internationally trafficked persons. [...]
2004-03-16 14:02:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SMIG ASEC PREF ELAB KCRM KWMN KFRD YM TRAFFICKING PERSONS
04SANAA622SANAA EAC MEETING - 16 MARCH 2004
[...] (S/NF) Summary: The Ambassador convened an EAC meeting on 3/16 to review security conditions for Embassy personnel and the general American community in light of the recent thwarted attack on the U.S. Consulate in Karachi, Pakistan. EAC examined Post's already stringent and comprehensive se [...]
2004-03-17 14:51:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNASEC AMGT PREL PTER YM EAC
04SANAA626FEBRUARY 9, 2004, SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE
[...] (S/NF) Demonstrations A. Are there any ethnic or religious communities in country that are capable of carrying out significant anti-American demonstrations? There are not organized, clearly defined communities as such, but ad hoc groupings of Yemeni Muslims are predisposed to oppose U. [...]
2004-03-17 17:49:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNASEC PTER COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA673SANAA EAC MEETING - 22 MARCH 2004
[...] (S/NF) Begin summary: Ambassador convened an EAC meeting on March 22, 2004, to review security conditions for Embassy personnel and the general American community in light of Israel's assassination of Hamas spiritual leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin (reftel). Ambassador commenced the EAC with an [...]
2004-03-23 09:45:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNASEC AMGT PREL PTER YM EAC
04SANAA685SANAA EAC MEETING 03/24/2004
[...] (C) Begin Summary: The Ambassador convened an EAC meeting on March 24th, 2004, to review the security situation in regard to potential tensions in the region as a result of the assassination of Sheikh Ahmed Yassin. EAC members noted no specific threats but recommended that the American com [...]
2004-03-24 16:07:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNAMGT ASEC PREL PTER EAC
04SANAA724IMPROVED YEMEN-SAUDI COOPERATION, BUT STILL NO
[...] (c) Summary: Saudi Poloff al-Mqhm told Pol/Econ Chief on 3/27 that there is strong interest in Saudi-Yemen cooperation, including projected committee meetings to develop a joint strategy for border security. He confirmed that because of concerns over smuggling, the SAG opted to construct a " [...]
2004-03-31 13:03:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER ASEC PBTS SA YM COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA855HUMAN RIGHTS MINISTER ON THE HRR, TIP, AMNESTY
[...] (c) Summary: On 4/10, Ambassador and Pol/Econ Chief met with Minister of Human Rights Amat al-Alim al-Suswah at her request to discuss the ROYG's response to the 2003 Human Rights Report (HRR),additional ROYG actions to quantify and combat Trafficking in Persons (TIP),the Amnesty Internatio [...]
2004-04-13 09:53:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPHUM SMIG ASEC ELAB KWMN KFRD PGOV YM KRIC HUMAN RIGHTS TRAFFICKING PERSONS
04SANAA960MARITIME SECURITY PROGRAMS
[...] Per reftel, Embassy Sanaa would like to be included in the Maritime Security Collective. 2. Point of contact for Embassy Sanaa is Pol/Econ Chief, Mary Brett Rogers, who can be contacted at the following phone numbers: Embassy: (967) (1) 303-155 extension 2236, cell phone (967) 7321-8475 [...]
2004-04-27 10:18:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT EWWT ACOA ASEC EAIR ETRD ECON ETTC MARITIME SECURITY
04SANTODOMINGO1052DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: COUNTERTERRORISM ACTION GROUP
[...] Summary: Embassy on February 6 hosted a coordination meeting of local embassies of nations involved in the Counterterrorism Action Group (CTAG). Poloff and NAS officer briefly sketched U.S. plans as CTAG chair for 2004 and ongoing U.S. law enforcement assistance programs relevant to countert [...]
2004-02-19 19:38:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC PREL SNAR EFIN DR
04SANTODOMINGO1094DOMINICAN REACTION TO HAITI CRISIS
[...] (SBU) Dominicans are apprehensive about the unraveling of Haiti, defensive about possible overflow onto their territory, and unwilling to take in any quantity of refugees. Reactions in the Dominican Republic to the unraveling of neighbor Haiti are mixed. The GODR has reinforced the border wi [...]
2004-02-20 23:58:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PREF ASEC DR HA
04SANTODOMINGO1683DOMINICAN REPUBLIC ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] Trafficking in women has been a serious problem in the Dominican Republic for the past 15 to 20 years, due mainly to the feminization of migration starting in the 1980s. The exodus of women primarily to Europe and other Caribbean islands for economic reasons has made them extremely vulnerabl [...]
2004-03-12 21:13:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
04SANTODOMINGO1963DOMINICAN ELECTIONS #31: ARMED FORCES TO PROVIDE
[...] (U) This is number 31 in our series on the Dominican presidential election: ARMED FORCES TO PROVIDE SECURITY FOR ELECTIONS (SBU) The Dominican military leadership has assured us the military will be on "model" nonpolitical behavior during the election and previewed preparations for provid [...]
2004-03-26 20:03:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV MARR ASEC DR
04SANTODOMINGO2183CTAG DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO GODR
[...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel A talking points to GODR Foreign Ministry Head of the International Organizations, Ambassador Rhadys Abreu de Polanco. Ambassador Abreu had no immediate response. Embassy Santo Domingo held a CTAG meeting on February 6, 2004 (reftel B),we do not plan to hold ano [...]
2004-04-07 17:27:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC PREL DR
04SANTODOMINGO2366DOMINICAN ELECTION #37: SECURITY AN ISSUE, OAS ON
[...] (C) This is no. 37 in our series on the Dominican presidential election: (U) Election Security at Stake, OAS Observers Active, Leonel Still Leads (SBU) At 30 days before the election, the violent deaths of two persons in the campaign prompted the big three presidential candidates to sign [...]
2004-04-19 11:27:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC DR
04SANTODOMINGO356PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATIONS IN SANTO DOMINGO
[...] Peaceful demonstrations were staged today in Santo Domingo outside the hotel housing USTR-GODR negotiations on a free trade agreement and outside the National Congress. Both were orderly and relatively limited in scope. 2. At the Jaragua Hotel, headquarters for the January 12-16 opening [...]
2004-01-15 23:14:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PGOV DR
04SANTODOMINGO4502WHA SPRING 2005 INTERN PROGRAM
[...] No summary [...]
2004-08-04 17:47:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT APER ASEC
04SANTODOMINGO4514DOMINICAN TRANSITION 11: STUDENTS PROTEST
[...] (U) This is no. 11 in our series on the Dominican Republic's transition to a new administration: STUDENTS PROTEST VIOLENTLY AGAINST MEJIA 2. (U) Police estimated that 200 students protested violently at the inauguration by President Mejia of a new central library at the Autonomous Univers [...]
2004-08-05 14:24:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC DR
04SANTODOMINGO4672COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL - CODEL DODD (15-17 AUG)
[...] U.S. Embassy Santo Domingo welcomes and grants country clearance to Senator Christopher J. Dodd to travel to Santo Domingo. The purpose of this trip is to attend the presidential inauguration of President-elect Fernandez from 15-17 August, 2004. 2. Embassy assistance is requested. ---- [...]
2004-08-13 16:57:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ASEC OTRA DR
04SANTODOMINGO490DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: NATIONAL WORK STOPPAGE SET FOR
[...] (SBU) A national work stoppage ("huelga" in Spanish),set for January 28-29, is likely to disrupt or close down many businesses across the country and cause scattered violence in low-income neighborhoods of the capital and smaller cities. The Coordinator of Popular and Labor Organizations promo [...]
2004-01-28 00:40:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ELAB ASEC DR
04SANTODOMINGO537DOMINICAN WORK STOPPAGE, JAN 28-29: STREETS ARE
[...] (SBU) Most businesses were shuttered and schools were closed for the January 28-29 national work stoppage in the Dominican Republic, called by a coalition of community, labor, student, and political groups to protest economic and social policies. Banks and supermarkets were open but neighborho [...]
2004-01-28 22:44:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV ELAB ASEC DR
04SANTODOMINGO6752DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] (U) SUMMARY. There were no terrorist attacks or known terrorism related activities in the Dominican Republic during calendar year 2004. The GODR continues to work closely with the USG and others in the fight on global terrorism. END SUMMARY. 2. (U) The Dominican Republic was not cove [...]
2004-12-20 18:10:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC
04SANTODOMINGO794DOMINICAN WORK STOPPAGE, JAN 28-29: FEW GAINS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Dominican Republic has returned to normal after a January 28-29 national work stoppage by labor and community groups and small leftist parties. The stoppage was successful for the opposition in gaining widespread Dominican support and successful for the government in that v [...]
2004-02-06 22:16:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV ELAB ASEC DR
04STATE181797PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT - BANGLADESH
[...] No summary [...]
2004-08-24 14:15:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDCASC CMGT ASEC BG
04STATE233493BIN LADEN VIDEOTAPE
[...] (U) ON OCTOBER 29, THE AL-JAZEERA NETWORK BROADCASTED A VIDEOTAPE MESSAGE FROM USAMA BIN LADEN WITH A SIMULTANEOUS ENGLISH TRANSLATION. THE TAPE, WHICH IS THE FIRST TIME UBL HAS BEEN SEEN SINCE DECEMBER 2001, INCLUDES MENTION OF A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT SUBJECTS TO INCLUDE IRAQ AND THE UPCOMING [...]
2004-10-30 00:48:00Secretary of StateSECRETASEC PTER CASC
04STATE61816EXCEPTION TO VANCE MEMORANDUM - APPROVAL FOR U.S.
[...] (S) IN VIEW OF CHANGING WORLD CONDITIONS AND THE GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM, THE DEPUTY SECRETARY HAS APPROVED A MODIFICATION TO THE 1977 VANCE MEMORANDUM. WHICH STATES, IN PART, THAT NO OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE OF THE STATE DEPARTMENT OR FOREIGN SERVICE SHALL DIRECT, ARRANGE FOR, PERMIT, OR UNDERTAKE [...]
2004-03-19 19:16:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNASEC
04TAIPEI3347KAOHSIUNG PROTESTS SECRETARY POWELL'S REMARKS
[...] (SBU) A candidate in Taiwan's upcoming Legislative Yuan (LY) elections led a group of around 20 supporters to protest in front of AIT Kaohsiung the morning of October 27. The protest was noisy, but peaceful, and dispersed within half an hour, after a letter of protest was read out for televis [...]
2004-10-27 08:10:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL TW CH
04TAIPEI3402A FRIGHTENING PROSPECT: PRC INFANTS ADOPTED
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On 23 October, AIT Taipei received the referenced e-mail regarding the possibility of the Frank Foundation, a US-based international adoption organization facilitating the adoption of the infant children of illegal PRC mothers currently in immigration detention in Taiwan. Based [...]
2004-10-29 07:45:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM CASC SMIG ASEC KFRD ELAB KCRM PREF TW
04TEGUCIGALPA1141SAN PEDRO SULA PRISON FIRE KILLS 103 INMATES;
[...] (U) A fire allegedly caused by an electrical short circuit in a refrigerator for soft drinks in a cell block for gang members killed 103 inmates in a prison on the outskirts of San Pedro Sula. Approximately 25 injured prisoners were treated at a nearby hospital. (Two other injured prisoners [...]
2004-05-17 22:53:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV SNAR KCRM KJUS CASC ASEC HO
04TEGUCIGALPA116TAIWANESE ALIEN SMUGGLER ARRESTED IN HONDURAS AS HE
[...] LIN WEI-CHUNG (alias LIN WAYNE, WAYNE LIN, COC: TAIWAN, POB: TAIWAN, date of birth 09-08-1965, PASSPORT M20182450, NIV foil 52681302),is the second Taiwan citizen arrested in Honduras during 2003 on charges of alien smuggling. LIN tried to smuggle three impostor PRCs with bona fide Taiwanese [...]
2004-01-16 17:08:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KFRD KHLS ASEC KCRM EFIN PREL HO
04TEGUCIGALPA1160GOH BRIEFS DIPLOMATIC CORPS ON SAN PEDRO SULA
[...] (U) Honduran Vice President (and Acting President) Vicente Williams and Minister of Government and Justice Jorge Ramon Hernandez Alcerro on May 18 briefed the diplomatic corps, including DCM and PolOff, on the May 17 fire in a cell block for gang members that killed 103 inmates in a prison on t [...]
2004-05-19 23:05:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV SNAR KCRM KJUS CASC ASEC HO
04TEGUCIGALPA1197TEGUCIGALPA FY 2004 AND FY 2005 LGP REDUCTIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Post carefully reviewed and is modifying the Local Guard Program (LGP) contract in order to meet the requested 3.3 percent LGP reduction goal (approximately $18,000) for FY 2004. RSO is currently working with the GSO contracting office to negotiate a reduction in contract ve [...]
2004-05-24 22:12:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYABUD AFIN AMGT ASEC KESS KICA KSEP
04TEGUCIGALPA1258LA CEIBA PRISON MASSACRE UPDATE; PUBLIC MINISTRY
[...] (U) On April 5, 2003, 68 persons, 61 of them M-18 gang members, were killed in an incident at El Porvenir prison near La Ceiba. Reports produced by the Public Ministry, a Special Commission of the Honduran National Council for Internal Security (CONASIN),and the Human Rights Commissioner put [...]
2004-06-02 15:20:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV SNAR KCRM KJUS ASEC HO
04TEGUCIGALPA1325ALLEGED TEGUCIGALPA LEADER OF MARA SALVATRUCHA
[...] On June 8, in what local residents described as a "war zone" reminiscent of a wild west shoot-out, Honduran authorities captured the alleged Tegucigalpa leader of the infamous Mara Salvatrucha (MS) gang, Wilmer Joel Cruz Coello, alias "El Micro," only two blocks from the U.S. Embassy compound. [...]
2004-06-09 22:34:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM KJUS SNAR PGOV PHUM ASEC HO
04TEGUCIGALPA1395PROSECUTION OF CHINESE ALIEN SMUGGLERS ARRESTED IN
[...] SUMMARY: Prosecution of Chinese illegal alien smugglers arrested in Honduras in late 2003 on charges of people smuggling, money laundering, possession of instruments for the forgery of public documents, and forgery of public documents, has turned into a very difficult task for the Honduran Pu [...]
2004-06-21 19:02:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDSMIG PHUM KFRD CVIS KHLS ASEC KCRM EFIN HO
04TEGUCIGALPA1439TEACHERS' PROTEST FAILS TO SHUT DOWN HONDURAN
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On June 24, approximately 5,000 striking Honduran teachers temporarily blocked the four main arteries connecting Tegucigalpa with the rest of the country, bringing traffic to a standstill and disrupting commerce. Teachers also blocked traffic in other parts of the country, primari [...]
2004-06-24 22:21:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC ELAB PHUM SOCI PREL HO
04TEGUCIGALPA1466MULTIPLE PROTESTS CONVERGE, MADURO'S REACTION IS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 29 Honduran President Ricardo Maduro went on national television to explain the Government of Honduras' (GOH) position after teachers' unions rejected the latest government offer. Protests continue (refs A and B) and both sides are at loggerheads. Also, the March for Life [...]
2004-06-30 22:59:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC ELAB PHUM SOCI PREL HO
04TEGUCIGALPA1467HONDURAN SECURITY MINISTER ALLEGES SENIOR AL-QAIDA
[...] (S) Summary: On June 29, Honduran Minister of Public Security (MOPS) Oscar Alvarez told the Honduran press senior Saudi Al-Qaida operative, Adnan Gulshair El-Shukrijumah, had been spotted in Honduras but has since left the country. MOPS Alvarez alleged that El-Shukrijumah was seen in an intern [...]
2004-07-01 00:19:00Embassy TegucigalpaSECRETPTER ASEC KVPR PINR KJUS KCRM PGOV CVIS HO
04TEGUCIGALPA1472MADURO STIFFENS RESOLVE AS PEACEFUL PROTESTS
[...] (C) Summary: Peaceful protests continued in Tegucigalpa on July 1 as the Government of Honduras (GOH) rejected the latest counter-proposal from the teachers' unions, calling it "absurd" and launching a media campaign in the newspapers against the teachers. The March for Life (Marcha Por La V [...]
2004-07-01 22:20:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC ELAB PHUM SOCI PREL HO
04TEGUCIGALPA1543TWELVE ILLEGAL CHINESE NATIONALS VIOLENTLY FREED
[...] SUMMARY: On June 13, 2004 two armed individuals broke into the detention center at GOH Migration in Tegucigalpa. They freed twelve People's Republic of China (PRCs) nationals apprehended early in 2004 and six South Americans. END SUMMARY. 2. Since November 2003, GOH investigative and migra [...]
2004-07-13 13:22:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDSMIG PHUM KFRD CVIS KHLS ASEC KCRM EFIN HO
04TEGUCIGALPA1611CONVICTED HONDURAN NARCO-CONGRESSMAN PANCHAME
[...] On July 11, Armando Avila Panchame (52),a Honduran National Party ex-Congressman serving a 20-year sentence at the National Penitentiary (PN) in Tamara for narcotrafficking, was murdered by another prison inmate, Juvernal Alvarado Diaz (23). Diaz, sentenced in January 2004 to 12 years in pr [...]
2004-07-21 13:51:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM KJUS ASEC SOCI PINR HO
04TEGUCIGALPA1626LA MOSQUITIA MAYORS CALL FOR MORE RESOURCES TO
[...] The mayors of two communities in La Mosquitia (in the northeast corner of Honduras) called on central authorities to increase police presence and equipment in the region as it has become the foremost narcotrafficking zone in the country. The complaint was issued June 20 by the mayor of Puerto [...]
2004-07-23 21:20:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM KJUS ASEC SOCI PINR HO
04TEGUCIGALPA2092SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE (SEPQ)
[...] (U) The following responses are keyed to the Security Environment Profile Questionnaire (ref A). POLITICAL VIOLENCE Â [...]
2004-09-20 19:12:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNASEC PTER PGOV HO
04TEGUCIGALPA2123THE DEMISE OF HONDURAS' ANTI-CORRUPTION COUNCIL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Once heralded by President Ricardo Maduro as a success story in the fight against corruption, Honduras' National Anti-Corruption Council (Consejo Nacional Anti Corrupcion - CNA) is about to fade from existence. The Maduro Administration plans to coopt the CNA's operations by plac [...]
2004-09-22 21:21:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KCOR KJUS KCRM ECON PHUM PINR ASEC EAID HO
04TEGUCIGALPA236TEGUCIGALPA PROTEST PLANNED FOR FEBRUARY 5: IMF
[...] (C) Summary: The leftist organization Popular Block is planning a large protest march for February 5 in Tegucigalpa. The protest, which may include over a thousand demonstrators, will focus on controversial domestic legislation linked to the recent IMF agreement and various U.S. foreign polic [...]
2004-01-30 23:45:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ELAB SOCI ETRD PREL ECON ASEC PINR HO
04TEGUCIGALPA2406NON-FUNCTIONING BOMB DISCOVERED AT PUBLIC MINISTRY
[...] Summary. At approximately 1000 hours on Friday, October 22, an explosive device was discovered outside the Public Ministry by a guard assigned to that location. The guard contacted the local bomb squad who responded to the scene to evaluate the device. RSO was told by police contact device lac [...]
2004-10-27 17:32:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC KSAC PGOV KJUS HO
04TEGUCIGALPA2491PHONE NUMBER LINKS BETWEEN JORDANIAN AND TERROR
[...] (S/NF) Summary- RSO Tegucigalpa, working with Embassy collection elements, has found a possible link between telephone number called by Abdel Rahman Nassar and two Jordanian subjects with known alien smuggling groups within Central America and Hizbollah terror group in the middle east. End [...]
2004-11-04 14:32:00Embassy TegucigalpaSECRETASEC
04TEGUCIGALPA258GUNMEN SHOOT CAR OF PRESIDENT OF HONDURAN CONGRESS
[...] (C) Summary: Unknown gunmen shot at the car of Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo, President of Congress, February 1. Lobo was not in the car at the time, and his driver, two aides, a bodyguard, and an army officer in the car were unhurt. Police believe that the attack was either (a) linked to threats (mad [...]
2004-02-03 21:17:00Embassy TegucigalpaSECRETPGOV KCRM KJUS SNAR ASEC PHUM PINR HO
04TEGUCIGALPA2777STUDENT DEMONSTRATIONS
[...] Summary. Over the last several days student demonstrations have been taking place outside the public university in Tegucigalpa. The Government of Honduras (GOH) has threatened to close down the university for a year because of corruption in the awarding of degrees and student demonstrations. [...]
2004-12-13 20:04:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC KSAC HO PGOV
04TEGUCIGALPA2841HONDURAN GOVERNMENT RESPONDS TO 12/23 BUS MASSACRE
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Honduras reacted with outrage and aggressive law enforcement efforts in the wake of the massacre of 28 people in a bus in San Pedro Sula December 23. The military is assisting the police by boosting joint patrols, and police have arrested several suspects acc [...]
2004-12-24 14:24:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALKCRM PGOV SNAR KJUS PHUM ASEC CASC KSAC HO
04TEGUCIGALPA2844HONDURAN GOVERNMENT RESPONDS TO 12/23 BUS MASSACRE
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Honduras reacted with outrage and aggressive law enforcement efforts in the wake of the massacre of 28 people in a bus in San Pedro Sula December 23. The military is assisting the police by boosting joint patrols, and police have arrested several suspects acc [...]
2004-12-24 14:24:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALKCRM PGOV SNAR KJUS PHUM ASEC CASC KSAC HO
04TEGUCIGALPA2874HONDURAN MILITARY INTELLIGENCE FEELS POLICE
[...] (C) Honduran military intelligence chief COL Efrain Ochoa met at his request December 30 with AMB and DCM to discuss his concerns about public statements made by President Ricardo Maduro, Minister of Public Security Oscar Alvarez, and top police officials about the massacre of 28 people in a b [...]
2004-12-24 14:24:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALKCRM PGOV SNAR KJUS PHUM ASEC CASC KSAC HO
04TEGUCIGALPA298LARGE BUT PEACEFUL TEGUCIGALPA PROTEST COMES OFF
[...] As promised, the leftist organization Popular Block held a large protest march February 5 in Tegucigalpa, and a smaller protest in San Pedro Sula. The protest also included temporary morning road blocks on main highways near major cities in several parts of the country. The largely peaceful [...]
2004-02-10 21:35:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ELAB SOCI ETRD PREL ECON ASEC PINR HO
04TEGUCIGALPA466TASK FORCE XATRUCH I RETURNS AS HONDURAN ARMED
[...] (U) Summary: On February 20, the Government of Honduras (GOH) celebrated the return of Task Force Xatruch I (TFXI),the 370-man contingent the GOH deployed to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF),with full honors and a military parade. Final elements of TFXI arrived in Honduras [...]
2004-02-27 23:07:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALMOPS MARR PREL PGOV ASEC IZ HO
04TEGUCIGALPA542SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE (SEPQ)
[...] (U) The following responses are keyed to the Security Environment Profile Questionnaire (ref A. POLITICAL VIOLENCE Â [...]
2004-03-08 15:31:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNASEC PTER PGOV HO
04TEGUCIGALPA642HONDURAS REMAINS COMMITTED TO IRAQ DEPLOYMENT BUT
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Reports in the U.S. and international press which suggest that the Government of Honduras (GOH) now plans to withdraw its troops from Iraq this summer are misleading and contradict local Honduran media coverage of the issue. On March 16, President Ricardo Maduro held a press confe [...]
2004-03-17 00:17:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALMOPS MARR PREL PGOV ASEC IZ HO
04TEGUCIGALPA649COUNTERTERRORISM ACTION GROUP -- TEGUCIGALPA
[...] (SBU) Summary: At our first Counterterrorism Action Group (CTAG) meeting to discuss counterterrorism (CT) assistance to the Government of Honduras (GOH) and assess GOH CT needs, representatives of G-8 missions, Spain, and the European Union (EU) all concurred that the threat of a terrorist att [...]
2004-03-17 22:55:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPTER ASEC PREL PGOV SMIG PHUM HO
04TEGUCIGALPA70ALIEN SMUGGLERS OF CHINESE NATIONALITY ARRESTED IN
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On December 9 and 11, Hu Weng RONG (DPOB: 7/28/1975, China) and He Jia BIN (DPOB: 5/06/1975, China) were arrested in Honduras. Both had obtained Honduran nationality in the early 1990s. The arrests were carried out by the Honduran General Directorate of Special Investigative Ser [...]
2004-01-13 16:30:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS KFRD KHLS ASEC KCRM EFIN PREL HO
04TEGUCIGALPA707 Popular Block Protests Presence of Honduran Troops
[...] The Popular Block (Bloque Popular-BP) pulled together a small and peaceful two-hour demonstration on March 20 at the Embassy to protest the "War on Iraq." The BP convoked its member labor unions, indigenous groups, affiliated leftist political party, the Democratic Union, student organization [...]
2004-03-24 21:20:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM SOCI ETRD PINR ASEC HO
04TEGUCIGALPA756 EMBASSY TEGUCIGALPA FY2004 ANTI-TIP BILATERAL
[...] As one of the focus countries for the President's Initiative to combat Trafficking in Persons (TIP) (ref B),Post is pleased to present an anti-TIP bilateral project proposal. Post understands that several of the Mission's proposed anti-TIP activities in the areas of prevention, assistance to [...]
2004-04-01 12:51:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SMIG KWMN KCRM ELAB ASEC PGOV KJUS HO
04TELAVIV1259THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND: MARCH 1, 2004 (1400
[...] (SBU) Summary: The IAF killed three militants from Palestinian Islamic Jihad February 28 in a missile attack in the Shaykh Radwan neighborhood of Gaza City. Nine passersby, including a 10-year-old child, were wounded. The IDF demolished 85 kiosks and small vending stands near the Erez Indus [...]
2004-03-01 17:49:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL IS GZ
04TELAVIV1292THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND: MARCH 2, 2004 (1400
[...] (SBU) Summary: Arafat advisor for human rights and media issues Khalil al-Zaben was shot and killed March 2 by unknown Palestinian gunmen in Gaza City. One settler was injured March 2 after Palestinians fired a mortar on Neve Dekalim. In the West Bank, the IDF killed one Palestinian March 1 n [...]
2004-03-02 18:08:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL IS GZ
04TELAVIV1326THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND: MARCH 3, 2004 (1400
[...] (SBU) Summary: The IDF killed three Hamas militants March 3 near Netzarim after the three had reportedly fired two mortars at Netzarim settlement. Two missiles, believed to have been fired from an F-16, destroyed the militants' vehicle and killed the occupants as they tried to leave the area [...]
2004-03-03 18:39:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL IS GZ
04TELAVIV1368THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND: MARCH 4, 2004 (1400
[...] (SBU) Summary: A 12-year-old boy was shot and killed March 4 during an IDF incursion into the Zorub section of the Rafah refugee camp to search for tunnels used to smuggle weapons. Four others, including three more children between the ages of eight and 11, were wounded. One Palestinian was [...]
2004-03-04 16:04:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL IS GZ
04TELAVIV1389New Mayor of Dimona Eager to Assist Embassy's
[...] (SBU) Summary: ACS Chief, ARSO, Conspec and RSO investigator met with newly-elected Mayor of Dimona, Meir Cohen on March 2, 2004 to discuss the Embassy's ongoing investigation into criminal activity by the Hebrew Israelite Community (HIC). Also present at the meeting was ex-Deputy Mayor, Alber [...]
2004-03-05 14:19:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC KFRD IS ISRAELI SOCIETY
04TELAVIV1395THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND: MARCH 5, 2004 (1400
[...] (SBU) Summary: The IDF imposed a total closure on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip March 5 for the Purim holiday, preventing even Palestinians with permits from entering Israel. The IDF said it would make exceptions only in cases of medical emergency. The closure is expected to last until M [...]
2004-03-05 16:47:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL IS GZ
04TELAVIV1611UNUSUAL FACTORS IN ASHDOD BOMBINGS INVITE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Several atypical elements of Sunday's dual suicide bombing at the Ashdod port have led Israelis to worry that Hamas and Fatah meant what they said when they announced that the attack, for which the two groups claimed responsibility, signalled a new phase in the Intifada. The atta [...]
2004-03-15 15:14:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPTER KWBG ASEC PREL PGOV IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS COUNTERTERRORISM
04TELAVIV1613THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND MARCH 13-15, 2004
[...] (SBU) Summary. At approximately 1630 hours March 14, two 18-year-old residents of a Gaza refugee camp blew themselves up at the Ashdod port, killing 10 and injuring 15. Hamas and Islamic Jihad took joint responsibility for the attack. The IDF killed one Palestinian when responding to a roads [...]
2004-03-15 15:53:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL IS GZ
04TELAVIV1631THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND: MARCH 16, 2004; (1630
[...] (SBU) Summary. Israeli press reports suggesting that a "severe" military crackdown on Gaza was likely following last week's suicide bombing at Ashdod port and a rumor that internationals were being ordered to leave Gaza, fueled widespread concern that internationals were preparing to evacuat [...]
2004-03-16 15:55:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDKWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL
04TELAVIV1662THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND MARCH 17, 2004 --
[...] (SBU) IDF helicopter gunships fired missiles on a Gaza City building on March 16, killing two members of Islamic Jihad and wounding nine Palestinians. During an ongoing operation to locate tunnels in Rafah, the IDF killed four Palestinians and injured 12. In Gaza City, a Palestinian policem [...]
2004-03-17 14:19:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL IS GZ
04TELAVIV1684THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND MARCH 18, 2004 --
[...] (SBU) In Gaza, the IDF ended its operation to search for tunnels at 2100 hours March 17. UNRWA reported that six Palestinians were injured in Rafah between 1500 and 2100 March 17.. The Israeli High Court ordered on March 17 that work on the barrier northwest of Jerusalem be postponed indefi [...]
2004-03-18 14:21:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL IS GZ
04TELAVIV1705THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND MARCH 19, 2004 --
[...] (SBU) Four IDF soldiers were injured when a bomb exploded near their tank during an incursion into the Gaza Strip near Netzarim. According to UNRWA, at least four Palestinians were injured during the incursion. In the West Bank, the IDF arrested seven Palestinians and destroyed the home of a [...]
2004-03-19 13:28:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL IS GZ
04TELAVIV1743THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND MARCH 22, 2004 --
[...] (SBU) Summary: The IAF assassinated Hamas leader Shaykh Ahmad Yasin in a missile attack in Gaza City March 22; six other Palestinians were killed and 19 were wounded in the attack (details reported septel). All entry and exit into the Gaza Strip was stopped for Palestinians March 22 in the w [...]
2004-03-22 17:38:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL IS GZ
04TELAVIV1910THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND MARCH 27-29, 2004 --
[...] (SBU) Summary: A seven-year-old Palestinian boy was shot and killed March 27 in Balata refugee camp during an exchange of fire between the IDF and Palestinian gunmen. Both sides claimed that inadvertent fire by the other had killed the boy. A group of Israeli settlers occupied and vandalized [...]
2004-03-29 15:29:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL IS GZ
04TELAVIV1928THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND MARCH 30, 2004 --
[...] (SBU) Summary: IDF soldiers shot and injured two Palestinian suspects in al-Fuwwar village, and eight Palestinians were arrested by the IDF throughout the West Bank March 29. Settlers in Hebron uprooted part of a Palestinian vineyard and placed three caravans on the site, according to press [...]
2004-03-30 13:30:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL IS GZ
04TELAVIV1951THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND MARCH 31, 2004 --
[...] (SBU) Summary: In the pre-dawn hours March 31, settlers moved into 11 houses they claim to have purchased in the predominantly Arab Silwan section of East Jerusalem, sparking clashes between police and Palestinian residents, who reportedly threw stones at the settlers. Police used tear gas t [...]
2004-03-31 14:23:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL IS GZ
04TELAVIV1968THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND APRIL 1, 2004 -- (1400
[...] (SBU) Direct deposit for all PA security forces is scheduled to begin April 1 (see Jerusalem septel). Civilian PA workers are scheduled to have their salaries deposited April 3. At least one Palestinian was injured March 31 when the IDF forcefully broke up an anti-barrier demonstration near [...]
2004-04-01 12:43:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL IS GZ
04TELAVIV2040THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND APRIL 2, 2004 -- (1400
[...] (SBU) Summary: One Palestinian was killed April 2 in a heavy exchange of fire that erupted between IDF soldiers and Palestinian militants during an IDF incursion into the al-Salaam area of the Rafah refugee camp. On April 1, UNRWA said in a press release that it was suspending delivery into [...]
2004-04-02 14:00:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL IS GZ
04TELAVIV2056RECOMMENDATIONS ON MAJOR GAZA/WEST BANK USAID
[...] (C) Summary/Recommendations: On January 30, Chiefs of Mission in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem and the West Bank/Gaza USAID Mission Director decided jointly to put an eight-week hold on four USAID projects to allow time to: 1) measure progress in the investigation of the October, 2003 murder of our [...]
2004-04-05 09:09:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALEAID KPAL KWBG ASEC IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS HUMANITARIAN AID
04TELAVIV2163THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND: #69, APRIL 10-13,
[...] (SBU) Summary. Four Palestinians were killed by IDF fire over the reporting period, including a 12 year old girl who lived near Gani Tal settlement in Gaza. In the West Bank, 12 al-Aqsa Brigade members were arrested after they tried to abduct an accused collaborator in Qalqilya. In Gaza ther [...]
2004-04-13 15:45:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDKWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL
04TELAVIV2195THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND: #70; APRIL 14, 1700
[...] (SBU) Summary. During the reporting period one Palestinian died of shrapnel wounds during a Fatah demonstration. IDF teams demolished the home of a suicide bomber in Nablus, and bulldozed lands near Rafa in northern Gaza. A sit-in strike protesting tighter security measures continued for a [...]
2004-04-14 16:19:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDKWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL
04TELAVIV2207THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND: #71, APRIL 15, 1700
[...] (SBU) Summary. IDF forces detained settlers during the evacuation of Havat Maon outpost April 14. IDF forces clashed with Palestinian protesters at Biddu April 14 and 15, and roughly 3,000 people demonstrated in Ramallah in support of jailed Fatah leader Marwan Barghuti. In the Gaza Strip, [...]
2004-04-15 16:01:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDKWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL
04TELAVIV2235THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND: #72; APRIL 16, 1700
[...] (SBU) Summary. In the West Bank, IDF fire killed one Palestinian demonstrator near Ramallah and injured nine near the Old City. The IDF arrested seven Palestinians including a 28-year-old woman carrying a bag of explosives. In Gaza, Hamas and Islamic Jihad organized demonstrations in suppor [...]
2004-04-16 15:21:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDKWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL
04TELAVIV2337GAZANS BREAK FROM JAIL DETAINEES IN OCTOBER 2003
[...] (U) Palestinian militants from the Popular Resistance Committee (PRC) staged a prison break at the civil jail in Gaza City April 21, freeing several suspects held in connection with the October 15 attack on an embassy convoy that killed three Americans, according to a statement issued by the [...]
2004-04-22 16:16:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL KWBG ASEC GZ IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
04TELAVIV2388THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND: APRIL 26, 2004 --
[...] (SBU) Summary: Palestinian gunmen killed one Israeli border policeman and wounded three others April 25 near Idna village in the West Bank. The al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed responsibility for the attack. Also on April 25, an Israeli undercover unit killed two al-Aqsa militants and woun [...]
2004-04-26 15:49:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL IS GZ
04TELAVIV2416THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND APRIL 28, 2004 --
[...] (SBU) Summary: Israeli media reported that four Israelis were injured, one seriously, in an attempted suicide car bombing April 28 when a jeep exploded under IDF gunfire as it was speeding towards the settlement of Kfar Darom. Three Palestinians were killed April 26 in the Mughazi camp in an [...]
2004-04-28 14:10:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL IS GZ
04TELAVIV2455THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND: #80, APRIL 29, 2004;
[...] (SBU) Summary. In the West Bank, IDF forces killed one suspected al Aqsa member and arrested three Fatah activists, and house demolitions and curfews continued in various locations. In the Gaza strip, individuals bombed the home of police chief Ghazi Jablai, one Palestinian was killed for s [...]
2004-04-29 14:14:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDKWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL
04TELAVIV2473THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND: #81; APRIL 30, 2004
[...] (SBU) Summary. In the West Bank, IDF troops killed one Palestinian during a clash with stone throwers, and another Palestinian woman reportedly died of tear gas inhalation in a separate incident. An IDF incursion team demolished houses throughout the West Bank, including 11 south of Hebron. [...]
2004-04-30 13:42:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDKWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL
04TELAVIV6149WB/G SITREP: DECEMBER 6, 2004 (1230 HRS LOCAL):
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the Gaza Strip, Palestinian militants fired a total of 11 mortar shells at IDF soldiers and Israeli settlers over the December 4-6 weekend. IDF fire injured six Palestinians in Khan Yunis, and seven Palestinians in Rafah refugee camp. Israeli border police found sacks conta [...]
2004-12-06 15:24:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDKWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL
04TELAVIV6197WB/G SITREP: ONE SOLDIER KILLED, FOUR INJURED
[...] (SBU) Summary: A member of the IDF canine unit and his dog were killed near Karni Crossing December 7 when an IED exploded as soldiers were conducting a search for weapons. Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack. Four additional IDF soldiers were injured in the ensuing gun battle as they [...]
2004-12-07 16:21:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
04TELAVIV6225WB/G SITREP: FIVE PALESTINIANS KILLED IN GAZA;
[...] (SBU) Summary: IDF forces killed five Palestinians in the Gaza strip December 7-8, while the number of injured Palestinians was reportedly as high as 11. One Palestinian was injured in Hebron on December 7, while the IDF arrested eight Palestinians December 7-8 in the West Bank. End Summary [...]
2004-12-08 17:32:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
04TELAVIV6238WB/G SITREP: FOUR PALESTINIANS KILLED IN RAFAH:
[...] (SBU) Summary: IDF soldiers shot and killed four Palestinians in two separate incidents December 8-9 while the men were attempting to smuggle weapons across the Gaza-Egyptian border at Rafah. A fifth Palestinian was seriously wounded. In addition to the small number of laborers being allowe [...]
2004-12-09 15:25:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
04TELAVIV6276WB/G SITREP: 29 PALESTINIANS ARRESTED IN THE WEST
[...] (SBU) Summary: The IDF arrested 29 Palestinians in the West Bank, including presidential candidate Bassam Salhi, December 9-10. In Gaza, at least six Palestinian militants were reportedly wounded in two incidents involving the firing of missiles in the northern Gaza strip and another near the [...]
2004-12-10 16:12:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
04TELAVIV6453WB/G SITREP: PALESTINIAN TUNNELERS RESCUED ALIVE;
[...] (SBU) Summary: A total of 11 Palestinians were killed and another 49 were wounded in clashes that erupted during an IDF incursion into the Khan Yunis December 17-18 intended to stop mortar and rocket fire on Israeli and Israeli settler towns. Some 127 families (600 people) fled their homes dur [...]
2004-12-20 15:59:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
04TELAVIV6470WB/G SITREP: NO INJURIES IN ANTI-TANK MISSILE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Settlers from Zufin settlement, near Qalqiliya, uprooted and torched trees near the West Bank village of Jayyus December 20. Also on December 20, settlers from Yitzhar settlement, near Nablus, disconnected the water supply to an IDF outpost and punctured the tires of a militar [...]
2004-12-21 11:46:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
04TELAVIV6489ISRAELI SECURITY SERVICES TELL CODEL TALENT THAT
[...] (C) Summary: Israeli Police BG David Lutsky and the Head of Shin Bet's Protection and Security Division, Doron Bergerbest, told CODEL Talent December 5-6 that cooperation and real-time information sharing is the key to Israeli success in thwarting suicide attacks. Once intelligence on an act [...]
2004-12-21 15:54:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL ASEC KPAL KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL COUNTERTERRORISM
04TELAVIV6504WB/G SITREP: ISRAELI TROOPS RE-ENTER KHAN YUNIS
[...] (SBU) Summary: One Palestinian was killed and three others wounded as Israeli forces re-entered the Khan Yunis refugee camp on December 22 in an effort to halt mortar and rocket attacks on nearby settlements. Palestinian gunmen shot and killed an Israeli security guard December 22 who was pr [...]
2004-12-22 15:38:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
04TELAVIV6549WB/G SITREP: MILITANTS FIRE MORTAR BARRAGE AT GUSH
[...] (SBU) Summary: In the aftermath of a 24-hour IDF incursion into Khan Yunis to stop rocket launches at Israeli settlements in Gush Katif, Palestinian militants fired a barrage of 20 mortar shells at the settlement block December 23. One Israeli was lightly injured in Netzar Hazani when a mor [...]
2004-12-23 14:45:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
04TELAVIV6563ISRAEL: 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] (SBU) Post provides below additional information to be used in preparation of the 2004 "Patterns of Global Terrorism" report. -------------------------------------- Bilateral and Multilateral Cooperation -------------------------------------- 2. (SBU) Israel has been among the staunche [...]
2004-12-27 11:15:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER ASEC KCRM EFIN KHLS KPAL KPAO KWBG GZ IS COUNTERTERRORISM GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS EXTERNAL
04THEHAGUE1142DUTCH CANNOT FUND SSR IN LIBERIA
[...] (SBU) As reported in ref b, the Dutch are unable to provide any funding for security sector reform (SSR) due to political and financial commitments elsewhere in Africa. The Netherlands previously supported efforts in Liberia by stationing the Dutch Navy's LPD HrMs Rotterdam off the coast of [...]
2004-05-10 11:57:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV EAID MASS ASEC LI NL
04THEHAGUE1200LIBERIA SSR - DUTCH TO MEET U.S. OFFICIALS IN
[...] No summary [...]
2004-05-14 16:00:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV EAID MASS ASEC LI NL
04THEHAGUE1358 REQUEST FOR CAA DIGITAL COPIER REPAIR TECHNICIAN
[...] Post requests the immediate services of the digital copier repair technician in Frankfurt to service Defective Nashuatec copiers located in CAA offices. 2. The digital copiers are Nashuatec Model numbers 425, 3525 and 465. 3. POC: IMO - Mari Jain Womack. IVG: 361-9200, Comm: 31- 7 [...]
2004-06-03 15:25:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDACOA ASEC AMGT APER KRIM
04THEHAGUE1593CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): COUNTRY
[...] (U) Country clearance is granted for Susan Ryan to attend the 37th session of the OPCW Executive Council. 2. (U) Ito sends. SOBEL [...]
2004-06-25 13:00:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ASEC NL OTRA PARM CWC
04THEHAGUE1594CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): COUNTRY
[...] (U) Country clearance is granted for Robert Metcalf to receive orientation training. 2. (U) Ito sends. SOBEL [...]
2004-06-25 13:09:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ASEC NL OTRA PARM CWC
04THEHAGUE1658NASA (KSC) DELEGATION COUNTRY CLEARANCE TO
[...] Country clearance is granted for the following NASA (KSC) Delegaton to travel July 28-31, 2004, to Noordwijk, Netherlands: Glenn Chin Steven Cain 2. Embassy understands that no assistance is requested. POST ACCESS: 3. Visitors who need unescorted access into secure areas of the [...]
2004-07-01 11:40:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA OTRA ASEC NL
04THEHAGUE1778THE HAGUE EAC CONVENED - JULY 15, 2004
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Post held an EAC meeting July 15 in response to the Dutch government decision elevating the general threat level in the Netherlands. RSO and ORCA briefed on the threat situation and the EAC decided not to change the current security posture and that there was no specific, credi [...]
2004-07-15 16:38:00Embassy The HagueSECRET//NOFORNASEC PTER
04THEHAGUE1844THE HAGUE EAC CONVENED JULY 22, 2004
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-22 14:14:00Embassy The HagueSECRET//NOFORNASEC NL PTER
04THEHAGUE1894CODEL FRIST AUG 11
[...] Embassy The Hague warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for Senator Frist and staff members in The Netherlands on August 11, 2004. 2. As museums and stores in Amsterdam will not be open during transit time, post recommends delegation remain at the Schipol airport. Post also recommen [...]
2004-07-27 14:34:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN CH SU KE NL
04THEHAGUE1903SURVEILLANCE OF U.S. EMBASSY THE HAGUE 07/27/2004
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-29 05:59:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC NL PTER
04THEHAGUE1913AMEMBASSY THE HAGUE HOLDS EAC MEETING JULY 29, 2004
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-29 15:53:00Embassy The HagueSECRET//NOFORNASEC NL PTER
04THEHAGUE1915SURVEILLANCE OF U.S...
[...] (S/NF) The date of this incident is now in question. ORCA reports that the liaison service reports the incident as having taken place on Monday July 26. A very senior member of The Hague Police told the RSO this afternoon that the incident occurred on Monday and the Israeli RSO maintains that [...]
2004-07-30 06:06:00Embassy The HagueSECRET//NOFORNASEC NL PTER
04THEHAGUE1923SURVEILLANCE OF THE U.S. EMBASSY THE HAGUE ON
[...] (SBU) Dutch National Coordinator for Security and Public Safety contacted the RSO on 07/30 and advised that the incident had actually occurred on 07/26 and not 07/27 as he originally told the embassy. As an aside he stated he would determine why he wasn't informed until the evening of 07/27. [...]
2004-07-30 17:29:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALASEC NL PTER
04THEHAGUE1929RESPONSE TO TECHNICAL THREAT LEVEL- THE HAGUE AND
[...] The host country political system: Constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary system. 2. Bilateral relations and defense agreements: Yes, numerous treaties and the Netherlands is a NATO member and is supporting the coalition in Iraq by having Dutch troops present. 3. Extent of [...]
2004-08-02 14:23:00Embassy The HagueSECRET//NOFORNASEC
04THEHAGUE1954EMBASSY THE HAGUE SECURITY MEASURES: PROMISE OF
[...] (C) The Dutch security "triangle" chaired by National Coordinator for Security Jonge Vos and including representatives from the Ministries of Interior, Justice, Foreign Affairs, Defence, and AVID (security service)),met late August 4 to review Embassy The Hague security. The results of the m [...]
2004-08-04 17:00:00Embassy The HagueSECRET//NOFORNASEC PTER NL
04THEHAGUE1981SPRING 2005 INTERN PROGRAM
[...] Post requests three interns for spring 2005. The following responses are given as per para 3 of reftel: A. Number of Interns: Three B. Language requirement: None C. Selection criteria: All interns should have excellent writing and verbal communication skills. For Pol/Econ advanc [...]
2004-08-09 10:05:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDAPER AMGT ASEC NL
04THEHAGUE2020LETTER WARNING OF A PLOT TO ATTACK JEWS AND
[...] (SBU) RSO The Hague was contacted by the Security Officer for the Israeli Embassy who advised a letter reporting a threat had come to him. He offered that the writer was informing on someone else. The letter was forwarded by fax. 2. (SBU) the letter is in Dutch and was translated by the Sr. [...]
2004-08-13 06:09:00Embassy The HagueSECRET//NOFORNASEC NL PTER
04THEHAGUE2295REQUEST FOR CAA DIGITAL COPIER REPAIR TECHNICIAN
[...] Post requests the immediate services of the digital copier repair technician in Frankfurt to service defective Nashuates copiers located in CAA offices. 2. The digital copiers are Nashuatec model numbers 425, 3525 and 465. 3. POC: IMS - Jamal M. Lewis. IVG: 361-9390, Comm: 31- 70-310 [...]
2004-09-10 11:02:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT APER ASEC KRIM ACDA
04THEHAGUE2410CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): COUNTRY
[...] (U) Country clearance is granted to the following individual traveling to The Hague to attend the OPCW 2005 Budget meeting: --BENTHIEN, Lisa Arrive: 26 September Depart: 03 October Hotel reservations have been made for 26 Sept-2 Oct at the Golden Tulip Bel Air Hotel; address: Johan de [...]
2004-09-22 08:41:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ASEC NL OTRA PARM CWC
04THEHAGUE3303FY 2005 (TARGET) ICASS INVOICES FOR THE
[...] No summary [...]
2004-12-20 16:38:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDKICA AFIN AMGT ASEC ABUD
04THEHAGUE384 FUND CITE FOR TRAVEL OF CAA DIGITAL COPIER REPAIR
[...] Per reftel A, post provides the following fund cite to cover costs for services to be provided by the digital copier repair technician: 19-4-0113-0000-4256-42564IRM02-5458-2589 2. Amount charged to this fund cite is not to exceed $2502.54 Sobel [...]
2004-02-13 15:41:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDACOA ASEC ABUD AMTC AMGT KRIM
04THEHAGUE421CODEL WEXLER FEB 22 - 24
[...] Country Clearance is granted and AmEmbassy the Hague warmly welcomes Rep. Robert Wexler, Rep. Steve Chabot and Jonathan Katz to The Netherlands February 22-24,2004. 2. Kami Witmer will be the Control Officer. She can be reached at the following numbers/addresses: Tel: (W) 31-70-310-9339 [...]
2004-02-19 11:13:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDNL OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN
04THEHAGUE521ANNUAL REPORT ON ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS - THE NETHERLANDS
[...] Part one summarizes progress achieved during the year (Reftel B) and Part two is the fourth annual report on anti- trafficking in persons (TIP) for the Netherlands. The report follows the format outlined in reftel. Preparation time is about 200 hours (FSN - 110; FS-02 - 80; FS-02 - 10 hours) [...]
2004-03-02 06:20:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF NL
04THEHAGUE600 REQUEST FOR WAIVER FOR LEASE OVER DOLS 25,000
[...] AS DIRECTED BY REF (A),POST REQUESTS AUTHORIZATION TO ENTER INTO A RESIDENTIAL LEASE. THE INFORMATION BELOW IS KEYED TO THE FORMAT OF REF (B.) (1) POST: THE HAGUE. (2) WAIVER FOR (A) LEASE OVER U.S. DOLS YES. 25,000? (B) DOES LEASE EXCEED SPACE STANDA [...]
2004-03-11 11:19:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDABLD AMGT ASEC
04THEHAGUE727FALL 2004 INTERN PROGRAM
[...] Post requests four interns for fall 2004. The following responses are keyed para 3 of reftel: A. Number of Interns: Four B. Language requirement: None for Legal. Dutch is preferred but not required for others. C. Selection criteria: All interns should have excellent writing and [...]
2004-03-19 13:23:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDAPER AMGT ASEC
04THEHAGUE83(C) SUBJECT: MKO FUNDRAISING ATTEMPT IN THE HAGUE
[...] (S/NF) The Dutch government successfully intervened with municipal authorities in The Hague on January 10 to prevent the Association of Iranian Students (Vereniging Iraanse Academici in Nederland or VIAN) from launching a fundraising campaign touted as support for Bam earthquake victims but in [...]
2004-01-13 15:33:00Embassy The HagueSECRET//NOFORNETTC PTER ASEC IZ NL
04THEHAGUE878 FUND CITE FOR TRAVEL OF CAA DIGITAL COPIER REPAIR
[...] Per reftel A, post provides the following fund cite to cover costs for services to be provided by the digital copier repair technician: 19-401130000-4256-42564IRM03-5458-2589 2. Amount charged to this fund cite is not to exceed $2941.74 Sobel [...]
2004-04-05 13:44:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDACOA ASEC ABUD AMTC AMGT KRIM
04THEHAGUE90(SBU) TERRORIST FINANCE: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON
[...] No summary [...]
2004-01-14 16:03:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC PTER ASEC EUN NL
04VILNIUS1309CORRECTED RESPONSE FOR VILNIUS PHASE III
[...] Ref A reported that there were no primary or secondary schools that do not receive grants from the Department of State but which are attended by U.S. citizens abroad. That is incorrect. 2. Vilnius has two private schools with American Embassy dependents attending. The Vilnius Internation [...]
2004-10-22 07:47:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDABLD ABUD AFIN AMGT ASCH ASEC
04VILNIUS1403LITHUANIAN POLICE SEIZE NINE MILLION COUNTERFEIT
[...] Summary. The Lithuanian Police achieved a major victory in the fight against counterfeiting November 6, arresting thirteen people and seizing over nine million counterfeit Euros. The Police believe that the group has been printing Euros for several years. The Police also found printing plat [...]
2004-11-15 05:22:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PREL EFIN LH
04VILNIUS1525UPDATE OF VILNIUS EAP
[...] Post's EAP was approved on July 6, 2004 and is therefore up to date. Chapters or annexes that contain any changes to names of post personnel and contact lists will be forwarded to the Department. MULL [...]
2004-12-17 12:00:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDASEC
04VILNIUS1548New Minister of Interior Furmanavicius Promises
[...] (U) Summary: Ambassador Mull met with newly appointed Minister of Interior Ginteras Furmanavicius on December 21, 2004. Furmanavicius thanked the Ambassador for past U.S. efforts to train the Ministry's experts in border security and law enforcement. He stated his commitment to maintaining [...]
2004-12-22 15:47:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL CMGT ASEC LH
04VILNIUS1566LITHUANIA: 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] (U) Post submits the annual terrorism report for Lithuania. Embassy's update on Lithuania for the Department's 2004 Patterns of Global Terrorism report (reftel) is in paras 2-4. 2. (SBU) Lithuania has been fully supportive of the war against terrorism. Lithuania is implementing the Nation [...]
2004-12-27 14:19:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC KCRM EFIN KHLS KPAO LH
04VILNIUS1568 COUNTER-TERRORISM ACTION GROUP DISCUSSES STATE OF
[...] (SBU) Summary. Embassy Vilnius convened a meeting of the Counter-Terrorism Action Group (CTAG) in Lithuania on December 9. Representatives from the French, German, Canadian, Japanese, Spanish, Italian, British, and Russian Embassies, as well as EU and UN representatives, compared notes on co [...]
2004-12-28 10:03:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER ASEC PREL LH
04WELLINGTON1069NEW ZEALAND: 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] Post offers the following submission for this year's terrorism report: BEGIN TEXT OF SUBMISSION 2. New Zealand has implemented all 12 UN terrorism conventions. A Counter-terrorism bill passed in October 2003 increased the government's ability to prosecute terrorist activities and thre [...]
2004-12-22 21:38:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC KCRM EFIN KHLS KPAO NZ
04WELLINGTON658 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL SHELBY,
[...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to the delegation led by Senator Richard Shelby to visit Christchurch and Wellington, New Zealand August 7-9, 2004. Members of the CODEL are: Senator Richard Shelby, Dr. Annette Shelby and Representative Robert Cramer. Accompanying staff a [...]
2004-08-04 00:55:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN NZ AS CODEL
04WELLINGTON697COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ICE REPRESENTATIVE DAVID
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to ICE Representative David Nguyen-Galante to travel to Auckland and Wellington, New Zealand, from on or about August 23 to on or about August 28, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to meet with New Zealand Customs Service and New Zealand Police. [...]
2004-08-13 05:38:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ASEC AMGT NZ
04WELLINGTON725 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ICE
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to ICE Representative Ronald Lee to travel to Auckland and Wellington, New Zealand from on or about September 6 to on or about September 10, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to follow up on two current investigations and meet with New Zealand C [...]
2004-08-25 05:08:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA ETRD ASEC AMGT NZ
04WELLINGTON740 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MATTHEW KING AND
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to ICE Attache Matthew King and Deputy Assistant Director Foreign Operations Scott Davis to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from on or about September 16 to on or about September 18, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to meet with New Zealand [...]
2004-08-30 01:49:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA ETRD ASEC AMGT NZ
04WELLINGTON808 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ICE
[...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to ICE Representative Matthew King to travel to Auckland and Wellington, New Zealand from on or about September 22 to on or about September 24, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to meet the new Chief Executive of the New Zealand Customs Service. [...]
2004-09-21 00:55:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA ETRD ASEC AMGT NZ
04WELLINGTON911CONVICTIONS IN NEW ZEALAND'S LARGEST PASSPORT
[...] (U) In what media reports have called the largest passport forgery case of its kind in New Zealand, two refugees to New Zealand, Iraqi Fahad Jaber AJEIL (age 29) and Kuwaiti Riyad Hamied SULTAN (age 29),were found guilty October 21 of conspiring to commit forgery. The prosecution accused the [...]
2004-11-01 02:43:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALASEC SENV TSPL NZ
04WELLINGTON933 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ICE/MATTHEW
[...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Singapore ICE Attache Matthew H. King, to travel to Auckland and Wellington, New Zealand from on or about November 28 to on or about December 4, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to coordinate meetings for Keith Thomson, Assistant Commi [...]
2004-11-09 02:36:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ASEC ETRD AMGT NZ
04WELLINGTON957 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL BAUCUS,
[...] (SBU) Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to the delegation led by Senator Max Baucus to visit Auckland, New Zealand from December 1-3, 2004. Members of the CODEL include: Senator Max Baucus, Mr. Bill Dauster, Mr. John Gilliland, Ms. Shara Aranoff, Mr. Tim Punke, and Mr. Jim [...]
2004-11-17 21:39:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN AS NZ CODEL
04WELLINGTON969 NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL
[...] (SBU) Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to American Samoa Representative Eni Faleomavaega to visit Wellington, New Zealand from November 23-26, 2004. The purpose of this visit is to speak and attend the Pacific Research and Evaluation Conference and the Social Policy, Rese [...]
2004-11-21 17:28:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN NZ
04YEREVAN1746LOS ANGELES BANK FRAUD COMES HOME TO ARMENIA
[...] (SBU) The U.S. Secret Service provided information on a large transfer of fraudulently obtained funds from a U.S. bank to bank accounts in Russia and Armenia. We sought GOAM assistance in freezing the account in Armenia and recovering the money already disbursed. Based on our intervention, A [...]
2004-08-05 13:46:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPINS ASEC ECON EFIN AM
04YEREVAN2374 OPPOSITION RALLY DRAWS ONLY LUKEWARM
[...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Please protect accordingly. -------------------------- SMALL RALLY, NO EXCITEMENT -------------------------- 2. (SBU) Roughly 1500 opposition supporters gathered October 26 in Opera Square for an authorized rally timed to coincide with commemorative even [...]
2004-10-27 09:42:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM ASEC AM
04YEREVAN2450ARMENIA: UPDATE ON CESIUM-137 CONFISCATED FROM
[...] (C) As reported in ref A, Ashot Martirosyan, Head of the Armenian Nuclear Regulatory Agency (ANRA),verified on October 19 that approximately two curies of radioactive cesium-137 was seized from an Armenian citizen Gagik Tovmasyan on October 15. 2. (C) On November 5, we met again with Marti [...]
2004-11-08 09:15:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPINR KNNP MNUC PARM KCRM PTER ASEC AM KPRP
04YEREVAN2526UPDATE ON CESIUM-137 CONFISCATED FROM ARMENIAN
[...] (C) We met November 18 with Ashot Martirosyan, head of the Armenian Nuclear Regulatory Agency (ANRA) and underscored the USG's continued interest in this cesium-137 seizure case (refs A and B). Martirosyan stated that he had still not received any substantive information from the Armenian Nat [...]
2004-11-24 08:18:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPINR KNNP MNUC PARM KCRM PTER ASEC AM KPRP
04YEREVAN2776 GOAM MOVING FORWARD ON REMAINING CT CONVENTIONS
[...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Armenia's Constitutional Court has ruled that the remaining three Counterterrorism Conventions to which Armenia has not yet acceded are constitutional, and the National Assembly is due to ratify them in Spring 2005, acco [...]
2004-12-23 11:15:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER ASEC PREL AM
04YEREVAN284CTAG MEETING HELD IN ARMENIA
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified, please protect accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Post convened a coordination meeting of the Counter-Terrorism Action Group (CTAG) in Armenia February 2 in advance of the capital-level CTAG meeting to be held February 20 per reftel. Represen [...]
2004-02-03 13:35:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PREL PTER
04YEREVAN790COUNTERTERRORISM ACTION GROUP (CTAG): IN-COUNTRY
[...] (SBU) Per Ref A, and in the effort to promote counterterrorism cooperation (Ref B),Post hosted a follow-up meeting of the in-country Counterterrorism Action Group, April 1, 2004, comprising representatives from the French, German, Italian, British and Russian Embassies. Post invited Deputy M [...]
2004-04-02 11:08:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC EFIN PREL AM
05ABUDHABI1091UAE: 2005 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] Embassy TIP points of contact are PolOff Susan Raddant and PolChief Joel Maybury, office: 971-2-414-2444, fax: 971-2-414-2639; email: raddantsk@state.gov, mayburyjf@state.gov. 2. OMB Reporting Requirements: One FS-04 officer spent approximately 40 hours preparing for and writing the repor [...]
2005-03-08 12:46:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG TC
05ABUDHABI1331UAE INCREASES SECURITY AFTER BOMBING IN QATAR,
[...] (C) Summary: After the Doha theater bombing, UAE officials markedly increased the security presence throughout the cities of Abu Dhabi and Dubai in locations such as diplomatic communities, western schools, and residential neighborhoods. UAEG officials are worried they are vulnerable to this [...]
2005-03-23 13:30:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPTER PREL ASEC QA TC
05ABUDHABI1858COUNTERTERRORISM ACTION GROUP - EMBASSY ABU DHABI
[...] (SBU) Summary: The British DCM convened the Abu Dhabi G-8 Counter-Terrorism Action Group (CTAG) on March 23. CTAG members discussed their perspectives of the threat environment in the UAE, and their observations of the UAE response to the recent theater bombing in Doha. Each country detailed [...]
2005-04-27 02:19:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL ASEC ETTC TC KJAN
05ABUDHABI3243UAE COUNTERTERRORISM EFFORTS: GOOD HARDWARE, BUT
[...] (S) Summary: The UAE, keenly aware that the threat of extremist violence on its soil is real, is implementing numerous measures in hopes of preventing terrorist attacks. In the past year, the UAEG has prioritized homeland security within its national security strategy. However, the UAE lacks [...]
2005-07-25 07:52:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPTER PINS ASEC EPET MCAP TC
05ABUDHABI3264UAE DISMISSES ISLAMIST WEB SITE WARNING
[...] An Islamist Web site features a statement warning the UAE to expel non-Muslims and Westerners within 10 days or risk attack. The statement, which appears to be a copy of a March 2005 statement posted on another Islamist Web site, was posted on the Al Sakifah Web site on July 19 by an unidenti [...]
2005-07-25 11:25:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC PREL KPAO MCAP TC
05ABUDHABI3391UAE THINK TANK PAINTS ROSY PICTURE ON TERROR
[...] (C) Summary: An editorial by a quasi-governmental Abu Dhabi think tank asserting that the UAE is "an island isolated from terrorism" because of its "alert and advanced" security services appears to be part of an effort to attempt to reassure investors, tourists, and residents that the UAE rema [...]
2005-08-03 06:57:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PINS ASEC TC
05ABUDHABI4952IRAQ INTERIOR MINISTER PLEASED WITH UAE LAW
[...] (U) Iraq's Interior Minister Bayan Jabr Al Zubeidi was in Abu Dhabi December 6 to thank the UAEG for supporting the development of Iraq's security apparatus. During his visit, Al Zubeidi met with his UAE counterpart, Interior Minister Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, and toured Abu Dhabi Polic [...]
2005-12-07 14:44:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL ASEC IZ AE
05ABUDHABI4983UAE: 2005 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] (U) This is the UAE Mission's unclassified submission for the 2005 Country Reports on Terrorism. We will transmit to the Department a classified addendum septel. The information in this report is divided into the four broad categories suggested in the provided style guide, and the septel add [...]
2005-12-12 05:27:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER ASEC AE
05ABUDHABI5021UAE: 2005 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM - ADDENDUM
[...] (U) This is the UAE Mission's classified addendum to the 2005 Annual Terrorism Report transmitted to the Department on December 12 (ref A). Subject headings are keyed to the headings in the unclassified report, and information contained in each paragraph is strictly supplemental to the corres [...]
2005-12-13 11:41:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRET//NOFORNPTER ASEC AE
05ABUDHABI5025CHARGE CALL ON HBZ: HURRICANE KATRINA, IRAN NUKE
[...] (C) Summary. In call today by CDA to present House of Representatives resolution on Hurricane Katrina foreign donors, UAEG Deputy PM/Min State Foreign Affairs Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed raised concern over Haaretz report that Iran could be three months away from acquiring a nuclear weapon. See [...]
2005-12-13 15:18:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALEAGR PTER PREL PHUM PNUC ASEC KNNP LE AF IR
05ABUDHABI5171UAE: 2005 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM ADDENDUM --
[...] (U) This is the UAE Mission's classified addendum to the 2005 Annual Terrorism Report transmitted to the Department on December 12 (ref B). (Note: This message is being re-sent with corrected paragraph classifications. End note.) Subject headings are keyed to the headings in the unclassified [...]
2005-12-21 14:49:00Embassy Abu DhabiSECRETPTER ASEC AE
05ABUDHABI5210MEETING WITH NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR OF IRAQ,
[...] (C) Summary: In response to Dr. Rubaie's out-of-the-blue request for a meeting, CDA met with Iraqi National Security Adviser Mowaffak Al Rubaie at 6 p.m., December 26. Visiting the UAE to address a conference on the Iraqi Constitution, Al Rubaei expressed interest in approaching UAEG for f [...]
2005-12-27 14:43:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL ASEC IZ IR AE
05ABUJA1142STOP THE PRESSES: KOGI STATE POLICE REACT
[...] Summary: Following the publication of an article in three Nigerian newspapers that reported a Kogi State police commissioner's humiliation by armed bandits, Kogi State police occupied the headquarters of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) in the state capital. There, they harassed, in [...]
2005-06-27 15:05:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV ASEC KCRM NI
05ABUJA1153HIGH COURT STRIKES DOWN "PUBLIC ORDER ACT"
[...] Summary: An Abuja High Court struck down the 1990 Public Order Act that had required a police permit to be issued for all public rallies and processions. Security forces have regularly used the Act to suppress opposition rallies, refusing to issue police permits for "security reasons." Alt [...]
2005-06-29 11:04:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV ASEC KCRM NI
05ABUJA1155JUNE 12 ANNIVERSARY UNITES NIGERIAN OPPOSITION
[...] (C) Despite a torrential rainstorm in Lagos on June 12, prominent opposition politicians and human rights activists gathered to mark the twelfth anniversary of the annulment of the 1993 presidential elections won by Chief MKO Abiola, politician and business icon who later died in detention in [...]
2005-06-29 16:08:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC NI
05ABUJA1156NIGERIA: EXTRAORDINARY SESSION OF THE NIGER
[...] The Extraordinary Session of the NBA Council of Ministers took place from May 9 to 13, 2005, in Abuja, Nigeria. The Ministers met to review progress in developing a framework for sustainable integrated water resources management and cross-border cooperation, the "Shared Vision". Session par [...]
2005-06-29 16:16:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDAID AMGT ABLD ASEC NI
05ABUJA1164ARMED ROBBERY AT HOUSING COMPOUND ADJACENT TO
[...] SUMMARY: On June 26, 2005 at about 0300 hours, a private apartment was robbed by ten robbers. The residence is located adjacent to two of the Embassy Housing Compounds. End Summary. 2. DETAILS: On June 26, 2005 at about 0300 hours, a private residence located next to Malibu and Newport Ho [...]
2005-06-30 12:40:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PTER NI CRIME
05ABUJA1789ARRESTS SPARK RENEWED UNREST IN DELTA
[...] (C) Simmering tensions in the Niger Delta took a dramatic upturn with the arrest of Ijaw militia leader Asari Dukubo late on September 20. With passions already enflamed by the arrest in London last week of Bayelsa Governor Alamieyeseigha, reportedly a major financier to Ijaw militias, Asari [...]
2005-09-21 17:01:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV EPET ASEC NI DELTAVIOLENCE
05ABUJA1798NIGERIA'S DELTA TENSE; ASARI IN COURT
[...] (C) An uneasy calm has settled on Port Harcourt, but it is overshadowed by the fear among Embassy contacts that this incident could push the country into its most serious crisis in years. Some of the militia members have returned to the rivers even as Asari appeared before a court in Abuja. [...]
2005-09-23 06:55:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV EPET ASEC NI DELTAVIOLENCE
05ABUJA2030ABUJA SITREP #2: CRASH OF BELLVIEW FLIGHT 3210
[...] (C) The EAC convened at 12:00 and was chaired by Ambassador Campbell. We continue to receive incomplete and sometimes conflicting reports about the location of the crash site and the presence and number of possible survivors. Pol Counselor spoke this morning to a Nigerian pilot who said he [...]
2005-10-23 13:18:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALASEC CASC AEMR AMGT NI
05ABUJA2031SITREP #1 - 10/23/2005 1130 HOURS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The EAC reconvened and was chaired by Ambassador Campbell. Nigerian officials originally declared that Bellview flight B3-210 crashed in the Atlantic Ocean but have now stated that it crashed in Oyo state. The suspected place of impact is well northwest of the flight plan. Thi [...]
2005-10-23 13:19:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALASEC AEMR AMGT CASC NI
05ABUJA2032ABUJA SITREP #3: CRASH OF BELLVIEW FLIGHT 3210, TIME 16:30 LOCAL
[...] (C) Abuja EAC reconvened at 15:00 October 23, 2005, chaired by the Ambassador. Our latest information, confirmed by eyewitnesses, indicates that the crash site is near the village of Lissa, in Ifo local government area, Ogun State (Geocoordinates approximately 06 48 02 N, 003 18 21 E). This [...]
2005-10-23 15:58:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDCASC EAIR ASEC AEMR AMGT NI
05ABUJA2039NIGERIA REQUESTS U.S. ASSISTANCE IN INVESTIGATING BELLVIEW AIRLINES' FATAL CRASH
[...] (U) This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (U) The Government of Nigeria (GON) requested in a letter dated Oct. 24 technical assistance from the U.S. Government in investigating the Oct. 22 crash of a Bellview Airlines Boeing 737 about 30 km north of Lagos. Acco [...]
2005-10-24 15:44:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC EAIR ASEC AEMR AMGT NI
05ABUJA2070REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE IN INVESTIGATING BELLVIEW CRASH
[...] (U) This is an action cable. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (U) On October 25, 2005, post received the following letter from President Olusegun Obasanjo. The text of the letter is as follows: Dear Ambassador: Re: Crash of Nigerian Bellview Airline On Saturday, 23rd October 2005, Bellvie [...]
2005-10-26 17:11:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC EAIR ASEC AEMR AMGT NI
05ABUJA2071BELLVIEW CRASH SITE SECURITY
[...] 1.(SBU) Following reports On October 25 by ConGen Consular Reaction Team and others of concerns that security at the crash site was limited and that heavy equipment had been brought into to start excavation of the crash site crater before the arrival of U.S. investigators, Abuja Mission member [...]
2005-10-26 17:12:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR CASC ASEC AMGT NI
05ABUJA2072MEETING WITH BELLVIEW AIRLINES RE CRASH
[...] (C) Summary: On October 25, Bellview Airlines CEO, Kayode Odukoya, Exexcutive Director Gbenga Olowo and Abuja Airport Station manager Owo M called on the Ambassador to offer condolences on the death of Embassy staffer Major Joseph Haydon, to offer assistance to family members, and to provide w [...]
2005-10-26 17:13:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALEAIR CASC ASEC AMGT NI
05ABUJA2256NIGERIAN POLICEMAN KILLED OUTSIDE USG HOUSING
[...] SUMMARY: This is one of many serious criminal incidents that have taken place in less than three days in Abuja. On November 16, 2005 at 1920 hours, a Nigerian uniformed policeman was shot and killed just outside of a USG housing compound. END SUMMARY 2. DETAILS: On November 16, 2005 at 1920 [...]
2005-11-18 14:48:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PTER NI CRIME
05ABUJA2295SHOOT OUT NEXT DOOR TO A USG RESIDENTIAL
[...] On November 22, 2005 between 2020 and 2230 hours the local police engaged five carjackers that were pursued to a house locate directly next door to a USG housing compound. Embassy local guards and attached Nigerian police assisted authorities with the loaning of their po [...]
2005-11-23 15:30:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC NI CRIME
05ACCRA1085AMBASSADOR MEETS GHANA'S MINISTER OF INTERIOR
[...] (C) Summary: On May 27, Ambassador paid a courtesy call on Ghana's new Minister of Interior, Papa Owusu-Ankomah. He hoped for increased assistance in counter-narcotics and noted that the Cabinet has approved a draft trafficking in persons (TIP) bill. He promised to respond to us on propose [...]
2005-06-01 17:56:00Embassy AccraCONFIDENTIALASEC EFIN GH KWMN PGOV PREF PREL PTER
05ACCRA136CTAG MEETING IN GHANA
[...] (C) Summary: The British High Commission convened a CTAG meeting January 12 in preparation for a UK meeting on January 28. The group agreed that there had been no deterioration of the terrorist potential in Ghana, although there were isolated concerns. The GOG has not presented proposals [...]
2005-01-19 17:02:00Embassy AccraCONFIDENTIALASEC EFIN GH PREL PTER UK
05ACCRA2566GHANA: COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM
[...] Ghana was not included in the 2004 Country Report on Terrorism. To date, no acts of international terrorism have ever occurred in Ghana. Ghana is not a sanctuary or safe haven for terrorists. Per reftel A instructions, Ghana will not require a detailed assessment. 2. The Government of Ghan [...]
2005-12-19 12:43:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC KCRM EFIN KHLS KPAO GH
05ACCRA432GHANA 2005 TRAFFICKING-IN-PERSONS REPORT (PART ONE
[...] (SBU) This is the first of post's two-cable response to reftel which requests information for the fifth annual Trafficking in Persons Report. Ghana has problems with both domestic and international human trafficking. The GOG, international and local NGOs have combined efforts to focus on comba [...]
2005-02-28 17:44:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB GH
05ACCRA433GHANA 2005 TRAFFICKING-IN-PERSONS REPORT (PART TWO
[...] No summary [...]
2005-02-28 18:49:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB GH
05ACCRA605RESPONSE TO QUESTIONS ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] This message is keyed to questions raised (ref B) regarding post's draft 2005 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report (ref A). 2. Question: Please state the number of trafficking victims processed through Accra's shelters/children's homes in 2004. Ghana's Ministry of Manpower, Youth and Empl [...]
2005-03-29 16:26:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EAID ELAB GH KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG
05ADANA215SOUTHEAST TURKEY CIVIL UNREST, CLASHES CONTINUE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-22 15:12:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PTER TU ADANA
05ADANA29CIVIL SOCIETY UNDER PRESSURE FROM JANDARMA IN TUNCELI
[...] (SBU) On February 7, 2005, former Tunceli Bar President Huseyin Aygun was reportedly threatened by the Tunceli-based Jandarma Commander in a face-to-face meeting called by the Commander. According to press reports, confirmed by Mr. Aygun in a telcon with post, the Commander accused Aygun of [...]
2005-02-16 15:52:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PHUM ASEC PREL TU ADANA
05ADANA30DEMONSTRATORS CLASH WITH POLICE IN SIIRT
[...] (U) Per reftel (SE Turkey Press Summary 1/25/05),as many as 1000 demonstrators reportedly clashed with security officials in Siirt on January 23, 2005. Reportedly throwing stones and breaking windows, they protested what they claimed was a decision by government and municipal officials to b [...]
2005-02-17 14:43:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PHUM ASEC PREL TU ADANA
05ADDISABABA3748ETHIOPIA: CUD "LITE" PROTEST ENDS IN GOE CRACK
[...] Summary: (C) At least 11 people were killed, reportedly including two policemen, and a similar number injured when riots broke out in the central Mercato and Piazza districts after the CUDP called for a series of street actions. Rock-throwing youth and security forces squared off in a number o [...]
2005-11-01 17:33:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL ASEC ET UNREST ELEC
05ALGIERS1163GSPC COMMUNIQUE EXTOLS ATTACK IN MAURITANIA, LINKS
[...] (C) The Algerian terrorist organization GSPC (Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat) issued a communique dated June 5 in which the GSPC claimed responsibility for the June 4 attack on a Mauritanian military outpost near the Malian border (reftel) in which at least 15 Mauritanian soldiers and [...]
2005-06-07 14:35:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL MOPS ASEC MR AG
05ALGIERS1628ALGERIAN TERRORISM EXPERT COMMENTS ON MURDER OF
[...] (C) Summary. Algerian journalist and terrorism expert Mounir Boudjemaa told DCM August 6 that the GOA had deliberately avoided mobilizing popular support for the release of the two diplomats kidnapped in Baghdad July 21 because the government expected them to be killed. Boudjemaa was uncert [...]
2005-08-08 16:54:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC MOPS AG IZ
05ALGIERS1876AMBASSADOR RAISES ALGERIAN DEPORTEE ISSUE WITH
[...] (C) During an August 31 meeting with FM Bedjaoui on other issues, Ambassador (accompanied by PolEcon Chief) pressed the GOA to communicate quickly its willingness to accept the return of twelve Algerian deportees and issue them travel documents. Ambassador said that we had raised these cases [...]
2005-09-06 10:27:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALKHLS CASC CFED ASEC AG
05ALGIERS2055SKIKDA REFINERY FIRE EXPECTED TO HAVE NO EFFECT ON
[...] (U) This cable has been sent sensitive but unclassified; please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Algeria's second largest crude oil refinery at Skikda experienced a fire October 4 that burned through the night and into today. Early morning reports to us from local industry officials said the [...]
2005-10-05 14:10:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET ETRD EWWT PTER PINR ASEC AG
05ALGIERS2091VULNERABILITY OF KEY FOREIGN OIL SUPPLIERS
[...] (S) Post provides the following answers to the Department's questions on the vulnerability of key foreign oil supplies in Algeria: (S) -- Have host governments completed vulnerability assessments of the facilities (Arzew Terminal and Skikda)? Following the 2004 explosion at Skikda (see par [...]
2005-10-12 09:31:00Embassy AlgiersSECRETKHLS EPET ETRD EWWT PTER PINR ASEC
05ALGIERS2256POLICE TO LOSE CIVIL SERVICE STATUS AND GAIN
[...] (U) Head of the National Police Ali Tounsi announced November 5 the next phase of the National Program for Police Development, which aims at improving the work conditions and overall situation of police. The Program, originally envisioned as necessary to bolstering recruitment, which was in [...]
2005-11-08 15:35:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ASEC AG
05ALMATY4352KAZAKHSTAN: INL QUARTERLY MEETING WITH GOK
[...] (SBU) Summary: INL officer met with representatives from the Agency on Combating Economic Crimes and Corruption, Prosecutor General's Office, Border Guard Service of the Committee for National Security, Committee for Combating Narcotics of the Ministry of the Interior, and the Ministry of Just [...]
2005-12-09 06:16:00US Office AlmatyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR ASEC KCRM PREL KZ
05ALMATY4353KAZAKHSTAN: DECISION ON ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING LAW
[...] Summary: The anti-money laundering and counter terrorism financing law under consideration in the Mazhilis (lower house of Parliament) will not be passed by the end of 2005 as was previously planned, and was deferred until March 2006. The draft law generated questions from legislators about [...]
2005-12-09 06:17:00US Office AlmatyUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR ASEC KCOR KCRM PREL KZ
05AMMAN162JORDAN SET TO INDICT ANOTHER GROUP OF TERRORIST
[...] (S/NF) Press reports indicate that the GOJ is preparing to indict several Jordanian extremists who were arrested last year for planning terrorist attacks against U.S. and other foreign targets in Jordan. At least four are in custody, and several others remain at large. Jordanian security se [...]
2005-01-06 15:26:00Embassy AmmanSECRET//NOFORNPTER ASEC JO
05AMMAN1702EMBASSY AMMAN'S 2005 TIP REPORT
[...] (U) Embassy Amman's contribution below to the annual Trafficking in Persons report is keyed to the instructions found in reftel. --------- Checklist --------- 2. (SBU) A. Based on the information available to post, Jordan is not a country of origin or transit for trafficked men, women, [...]
2005-03-01 13:06:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB JO
05AMMAN1783SUSPECT IN FOLEY ASSASSINATION GETS NEW LAWYER;
[...] (U) The State Security Court appointed a new lawyer for Muammar al-Jaghbir, who is being retried for his role in the assassination of USAID officer Laurence Foley. Separately, Jaghbir and Abu Mus'ab al-Zarqawi were formally charged on March 2 for bombing the Jordanian Embassy in Baghdad in 2 [...]
2005-03-03 15:59:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC PHUM IZ JO
05AMMAN1924JORDANIAN GOVERNMENT'S INTENTIONS TOWARD THE
[...] (C) Summary. King Abdullah and Royal Court Minister al-Rifai have explained to Charge that the government's campaign against the professional associations is designed to ensure a fairer representation of their members and a transparent, legal distribution of their finances. These aims are t [...]
2005-03-08 13:01:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC KMPI KISL IS JO
05AMMAN2092IRAN DEMARCHES DELIVERED TO GOJ
[...] (U) A/PolCouns delivered on March 13 ref A talking points and statement on U.S. support for EU-3 diplomacy efforts on Iran to Waleed Obeidat, Acting Deputy Director for the Foreign Minister's private office. Obeidat had no substantive response, but said he would forward the information to FM [...]
2005-03-13 16:12:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALASEC PREL KPAO IR IZ JO
05AMMAN2094JORDAN'S STATE SECURITY COURT MOVES ON CASES
[...] Two groups of local extremists charged with targeting U.S., Israeli, and GOJ interests last year appeared before the State Security Court in separate trials on March 7. The court also began the re-trial of Mustafa Siyyam, arrested in Iraq last year, on charges that he plotted to kill a Jorda [...]
2005-03-13 16:22:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC PGOV PHUM JO
05AMMAN2426JORDANIAN STUDENTS DEMONSTRATE AGAINST U.S.,
[...] (SBU) Police contacts confirm that approximately 400 students at the University of Jordan in Amman held a demonstration on March 22 to mark the one-year anniversary of the death of HAMAS founder Sheikh Yasin. During the rally, which was organized by members of the Islamic Action Front, demo [...]
2005-03-23 16:12:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ASEC PGOV PTER KPAL IS IZ JO
05AMMAN2556POLISH CONTINGENT TO WITHDRAW FROM JORDAN'S POLICE
[...] (U) This is an action request; please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) Despite earlier indications that the Polish contingent at the Jordan International Police Training Center (JIPTC) would remain in place (refs),the Polish contingent commander at JIPTC and the Polish Ambassador in Amman have [...]
2005-03-28 15:40:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL ASEC MOPS KCRM IZ JO
05AMMAN2849JORDAN AND THE GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM
[...] (C) As requested reftel, post offers its assessment of how best to advance the global war on terrorism (GWOT) from Jordan. The Jordanian government understands very clearly that it and the U.S. have enemies in common, and the GOJ places a very high priority on CT cooperation with us. We wo [...]
2005-04-06 15:41:00Embassy AmmanSECRET//NOFORNPTER PREL ASEC PGOV JO
05AMMAN2889TERRORISM CASES ADVANCE IN JORDAN'S SECURITY COURT
[...] (U) Five separate terrorism cases moved forward in Jordan's State Security Court in recent weeks. The prosecution in the case of nine Zarqawi affiliates accused of plotting against the U.S. Embassy and GOJ targets last year called several witnesses. Muammar Jaghbir, accused of involvement [...]
2005-04-07 15:12:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER ASEC PGOV PHUM JO
05AMMAN293IRAQ ELECTIONS - DEVELOPMENTS IN JORDAN
[...] (SBU) The GOJ publicly rejected a non-binding parliamentary resolution against Iraqi campaigning and voting in Jordan. King Abdullah and senior Jordanian officials continue to issue strong statements in support of the January 30 elections despite protests from the Islamic Action Front and it [...]
2005-01-12 14:55:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC IZ JO
05AMMAN2968JORDANIANS PROTEST REPORTS OF ISRAELI EXTREMIST
[...] (SBU) Reports that Israeli extremists intended to enter the Haram al-Sharif over the weekend prompted public warnings from King Abdullah that such a move would spark wider unrest in the region. GOJ officials say they are in close contact with Israeli counterparts to avoid re-kindling yet ano [...]
2005-04-12 12:36:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL ASEC PGOV PTER PHUM KPAL IS JO
05AMMAN342IOM ANNOUNCES REGISTRATION PROCEDURES AND POLLING
[...] (U) At a January 12 press conference in Amman, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) announced the location of twelve registration and polling stations for eligible Iraqi voters in Jordan (estimated at up to 200,000 persons) as part of its out-of-country voting (OCV) program. Eigh [...]
2005-01-13 16:12:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ASEC IZ JO
05AMMAN345NEW TERRORISM CASES ENTER JORDANIAN COURT SYSTEM;
[...] (U) Two new terrorism cases began court proceedings in early January. The State Security Court on January 9 formally charged 16 Jordanians for plotting against foreign and Jordanian targets during 2004. Separately, the Court on January 4 indicted four men accused of planning attacks agains [...]
2005-01-17 09:31:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC JO KHMN
05AMMAN3594PRISON VISIT, ADEL KHOURY
[...] (U) ACSOFF and ACSFSN visited Adel Khoury for 45 minutes on 4 April 2005 at Suwaqa prison south of Amman. Mr. Khoury was, as always, pleased by the visit. 2. (U) MR. KHOURY SAID THAT ACCORDING TO HIS DOCTOR, HIS CANCER IS CURED; HE CONTINUES ROUTINE TESTING TO CONFIRM THIS DIAGNOSIS. MR [...]
2005-05-08 12:10:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PTER JO CASC KHOURY ADEL
05AMMAN4074INVITATION TO U.S.-EU INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON
[...] Acting PolCouns delivered ref B briefing points, minus information on proposed Cairo Prepcom meeting, on May 23 to Walid Obeidat in the Foreign Minister's private office. Obeidat said that Foreign Minister Qasrawi was tentatively planning on traveling to Brussels for the conference, but that [...]
2005-05-25 04:19:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ASEC IZ JO EUN
05AMMAN4203JORDAN TO ATTEND U.S.-EU CONFERENCE ON IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-31 07:57:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ASEC IZ JO EUN
05AMMAN4326ISLAMISTS SCORE POPULIST POINTS
[...] (U) Jordanian Islamists have capitalized on the Koran desecration allegations and other developments to promote their agenda and maintain a high public profile. They staged a peaceful demonstration May 27 against alleged U.S. desecration of the Koran, and publicly denounced the recent World [...]
2005-06-02 07:12:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER KISL ASEC ECON JO
05AMMAN4487JORDAN: TERRORISM SUSPECTS THREATEN COURT
[...] (U) Several high-profile, emotionally-charged terrorism trials are continuing in Jordan's State Security Court. Azmi Jayusi, the reputed cell leader in a Zarqawi plot to bomb the Jordanian Prime Ministry, intelligence headquarters, and U.S. Embassy in Amman last year, threatened the judge an [...]
2005-06-06 11:57:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC PHUM JO
05AMMAN4529JORDAN: DEVELOPMENTS IN TRIAL OF SUSPECTS IN 2002
[...] (U) The highly contentious trial of more than 100 Jordanians charged with involvement in the 2002 disorders in the southern city of Ma'an proceeded in Jordan's State Security Court this week. Eight of the 14 in custody on June 5 retracted their earlier confessions, which they said were extr [...]
2005-06-07 12:14:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PTER PGOV PHUM JO
05AMMAN4664DISTURBANCE AMONG IRAQI POLICE TRAINEES AT JIPTC
[...] SUMMARY: On the evening of June 10, Iraqi police officers and police cadets at the Jordanian International Police Training Center (JIPTC) engaged in unruly and at times violent conduct over the course of three hours. Several hundred trainees damaged thirty vehicles, broke windows of four ad [...]
2005-06-11 14:23:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC IZ JO
05AMMAN470SUSPECTS IN 2002 MA'AN RIOTS FINALLY HAVE THEIR
[...] (U) More than two years after riots shook the restive southern town of Ma'an, the State Security Court in January finally opened the trial of 108 individuals suspected of involvement. The violence in November 2002 left six people dead, including two police officers, and resulted in criticis [...]
2005-01-19 15:50:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PTER JO KHMN
05AMMAN5417JORDANIAN FUGITIVE ARRESTED IN SYRIA
[...] (C) Post security contacts on July 5 confirmed press reports that Syrian authorities arrested a Jordanian fugitive, Sharif Ayid al-Smadi, wanted in Jordan on charges of murder, armed robbery, and theft. Jordan's state prosecutor on June 23 had charged Smadi and two of his brothers (Mohammed [...]
2005-07-06 13:12:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALASEC PTER SY JO
05AMMAN571INTERIOR MINISTER'S FACE-OFF WITH PROFESSIONAL
[...] (C) Interior Minister Habashneh has locked horns yet again with Jordan's Islamist-heavy professional associations, demanding that they cease all political activity. The associations' leaders, among the most vocal critics of the GOJ's pro-U.S. policies and ties to Israel, are openly defying [...]
2005-01-23 14:23:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC KMPI KISL IS JO
05AMMAN5913JORDANIANS CONDEMN SHARM AL-SHEIKH BOMBINGS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: King Abdullah led Jordan's public condemnation of the July 23 bombings in Sharm al-Sheikh, calling the attacks "barbaric" acts of terrorism that have no grounding in Islam. He telephoned President Mubarak to express Jordan's solidarity with Egypt, as ordinary Jordanians and th [...]
2005-07-25 14:00:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV ASEC PREL KPAO ECON EG JO
05AMMAN5995JORDAN FORWARDS NAMES FOR POSSIBLE CONSIDERATION
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para 5. 2. (C) Foreign Ministry interlocutors July 27 handed to Legatt a list of 16 Jordanian nationals which they said at the time was for the UN 1267 Committee. In a follow-up conversation July 28, FM Legal Department Director Bishir Al-Khasawneh s [...]
2005-07-28 14:08:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPTER KTFN ASEC KVPR PREL EFIN ETTC CVIS JO
05AMMAN6146SECURITY AND UPCOMING NAVAL EXERCISE
[...] (S) Post is monitoring closely the security environment for Jordan and for the Gulf of Aqaba in light of three potential threats reported in refs. The U.S.-Jordan naval exercise Infinite Moonlight will take place in the Gulf of Aqaba August 13-25. The deployment will include port calls and [...]
2005-08-01 13:28:00Embassy AmmanSECRETASEC MOPS PREL JO
05AMMAN6237JORDAN SECURITY COURT: TERRORISM TRIALS UPDATE
[...] (U) Two new cases entered the State Security Court in July. Jordanian extremist Issam al-Barqawi (aka Abu Mohammad al-Maqdisi) was released on June 26 and re-arrested a week later by Jordanian authorities on charges of instigating subversive acts. Eight men with links to the Palestinian Is [...]
2005-08-03 14:04:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC PHUM IZ JO
05AMMAN6468JORDANIAN PRISON HUNGER STRIKES END
[...] Summary. Complaining of slow-moving court proceedings in terrorism cases, inmates began a hunger strike July 12 that spread to include, at its peak, 56 prisoners in three Jordanian prisons. By August 5, all of the protesters had ended their strikes. End Summary. 2. On July 12, five inmates [...]
2005-08-14 07:02:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PTER ASEC JO
05AMMAN672IRAQ ELECTION UPDATE: JORDAN
[...] (SBU) Out-of-country (OCV) registration concluded January 25 with 20,166 Iraqis signing up to vote in Jordan. Turnout, though very light, gradually increased during the registration period from a low of 710 on the first day, to a peak of 3679 on January 23. The International Organization fo [...]
2005-01-26 13:57:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALASEC KDEM PGOV PREL IZ JO
05AMMAN6740REACTION TO AUGUST 19 ATTACK IN AQABA
[...] (S/NF) The GOJ is conducting an intense security operation in Aqaba, and has detained some 300 people. However, the Jordanian General Intelligence Directorate informs us that it has not yet reached any conclusions as to who may have been responsible for the launch of the three Katyusha rocket [...]
2005-08-21 13:28:00Embassy AmmanSECRETMOPS PTER ASEC IS JO
05AMMAN6742DEMONSTRATORS DENOUNCE "THREAT" TO AL AQSA
[...] (U) Summary. Around 1000 Jordanians peacefully marched in Amman on August 19 to "defend" the Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. The demonstrators, who had received GOJ approval for the event, shouted anti-American and anti-Israeli slogans in addition to condemning the U.S. presence in Iraq. A smalle [...]
2005-08-22 06:35:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL KISL ASEC IZ JO
05AMMAN6845GOJ ATTRIBUTES AQABA ATTACK TO ZARQAWI-LINKED
[...] (SBU) Jordanian Deputy Prime Minister Marwan Al-Muasher told visiting Congressman Peter Hoekstra and Charge late August 23 that Jordan believed the Aqaba rocket attack of August 19 was carried out by persons with links to Abu Musab al-Zarqawi,s group. Muasher and other GOJ spokesmen were quo [...]
2005-08-24 12:24:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPTER MOPS ASEC IS IZ JO
05AMMAN713IRAQ OUT-OF-COUNTRY VOTING GOES SMOOTHLY IN JORDAN
[...] Out-of-country voting (OCV) in Jordan for the Iraq elections concluded on schedule at 1700 January 30. Official figures on total turnout will not be available until January 31 at the earliest. However, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) organizers reported that 79 percent of [...]
2005-01-30 19:25:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM ASEC PREL PGOV IZ JO
05AMMAN7275VISAS VIPER: AUGUST 2005 MONTHLY REPORT
[...] Acting DCM chaired post's monthly Visas Viper Committee meeting on August 30th. Post identified the men suspected of carrying out the attack on the USS Kearsarge in Aqaba on 19 August 2005 (reftel) as candidates for submission. 2. The Office of the Legal Attache provided the following bi [...]
2005-09-12 05:51:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKVPR CVIS PTER CMGT PINR ASEC JO
05AMMAN7438TERRORISM TRIALS UPDATE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Jordan,s State Security Court (SSC) began new proceedings against a group of 17 charged with planning to attack Americans in Amman and Jordanian intelligence officers. Meanwhile, the defense attorney for one of nine defendants on trial for plotting the April 2004 attempted chemic [...]
2005-09-15 12:42:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC PHUM IZ JO
05AMMAN7661WELCOME CODEL HARMAN
[...] Embassy Amman warmly welcomes the visit of Representative Jane Harman, Member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI),and her delegation to Amman, Jordan from September 29-30, 2005, as requested reftel. 2. Control officer for this visit will be Regional Affairs Of [...]
2005-09-26 06:24:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDOREP OTRA AMGT ASEC IZ JO
05AMMAN7748TRIPWIRE CONTACTS, ACCOUNT REQUEST--AMMAN
[...] Post requests new tripwire accounts for Poloff Jonathan Peccia and RSO Robert Goodrich. 2. Requested information for Mr. Peccia is as follows: Title: Third Secretary Office: Political Section Security Clearance Level: TS Work Phone Number: 962-6-590-6597 email: pecciajr@state.gov / peccia [...]
2005-09-29 09:28:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PTER PINR JO
05AMMAN7936WELCOME CODEL INHOFE
[...] Embassy Amman welcomes the visit of Senator James Inhofe and his delegation to Amman, Jordan from October 8-9, 2005, as requested reftel. 2. Control officer for this visit will be Richard McCrensky, office 962-6-590-6225; mobile 962-79-582-0115; fax 962-6-592-7653, or email at McCrenskyRM [...]
2005-10-05 07:01:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN IZ JO
05AMMAN807SUSPECT IN FOLEY ASSASSINATION TO BE RE-TRIED;
[...] (U) The State Security Court is set to proceed in the coming days with two high-profile cases linked to fugitive Jordanian terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, including the re-trial of a suspect accused of involvement in the murder of USAID official Laurence Foley. The court also convicted two [...]
2005-02-02 09:40:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC IZ JO
05AMMAN909JORDAN RESURRECTING BADR CORPS FOR POSSIBLE
[...] (S/NF) Security and military sources confirm that Jordan has decided to reconstitute the dormant Badr Corps, a Palestinian security force initially trained in Jordan in the 1990s, and currently resident in a training camp in the Zarqa area northeast of Amman. Palestinian Charge in Amman Atal [...]
2005-02-03 16:49:00Embassy AmmanSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV ASEC KPAL JO
05AMMAN9213CONTACT INFORMATION FOR TERRORISM REPORTING OFFICER
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-29 07:38:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER ASEC EFIN KCRM JO
05AMMAN9515TERRORISM TRIALS UPDATE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Jordan's State Security Court began proceedings in four separate cases against groups charged with planning to use cyanide to kill bar owners and patrons, illegally entering Syria to attack U.S. forces in Iraq, and plotting to attack U.S. personnel in Jordan. The court said it wo [...]
2005-12-08 16:33:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PHUM ASEC JO IZ SY
05AMMAN9663CODEL SHAYS - JORDAN
[...] Because of recent terrorist attacks and attempted terrorist operations in Jordan (see para 8),the U.S. Government has urged all Americans to review the need for planned travel to Jordan. In addition, Embassy Amman requires U.S. government agencies and travelers to limit their official trave [...]
2005-12-14 15:10:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN JO
05AMMAN9719PREVENTING AL-MANAR BROADCASTS
[...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel demarche December 13 to newly appointed Minister of Information, Communications, and Technology (ICT) Omar Kurdi. In addition to delivering the non-paper, Ambassador emphasized that the Secretary has added Al-Manar to the Terrorist Exclusion List (TEL),and tha [...]
2005-12-18 13:20:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER ANET ASEC JO
05AMMAN9733JORDAN: 2005 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM
[...] As requested reftel, post provides below its recommended text for the Jordan section of the Global Terrorism Report. 2. Jordan continued its strong support for efforts to combat terrorism in 2005. The Government of Jordan has an important interest in defeating Al-Qaeda and similar groups, a [...]
2005-12-19 08:12:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC JO
05AMMAN9956 H1B FRAUD TREND- IRAQIS CLAIMING TO BE ACCOUNTANTS OF
[...] Summary: In the past ten months, the Consular Section in Amman received a large number of apparently fraudulent H1B cases for Iraqi nationals claiming to be of Chaldean origin and intending to work in the U.S. as accountants or financial analysts. These cases resemble one another closely due [...]
2005-12-29 14:10:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC JO IZ
05ANKARA1097TURKEY: FIFTH ANNUAL TIP REPORT UPDATE
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Post's responses are keyed to questions in Reftel A, supplementing responses submitted previously in Reftels B, C, D, and E. Embassy point of contact is Maria Lane. Lane (rank: FS-05) spent approximately 20 hours in prepara [...]
2005-03-02 07:38:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA1331IRANIAN INTERFERENCE IN IRAQ: TURKS HAVE AND WILL
[...] (S) DCM delivered reftel demarche March 10 to MFA Director General for Middle East Affairs Oguz Celikkol. Celikkol responded that Turkey consistently engages the Iranians in an effort to persuade them to cease interfering in Iraq's internal affairs. Celikkol said Turkey will continue to do s [...]
2005-03-11 14:09:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL ASEC IZ IR TU
05ANKARA2140 CIVAIR: NEW TRANSIT PASSENGER
[...] (U) On March 27, Turkish authorities eliminated a gap in the border control system by requiring passport and customs controls to be performed at the initial airport of entry, rather than at the final destination. The change, which also affects transit passengers leaving Turkey, has led to pas [...]
2005-04-15 07:18:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ASEC TU
05ANKARA2249GOT ON AMENDING AIR TRANSPORT AGREEMENTS;
[...] (U) THIS MESSAGE CONTAINS AN ACTION REQUEST IN PARA 7. 2. (U) SUMMARY: IN AN APRIL 19 MEETING WITH ECONOFF, BARIS KALKAVAN, OF THE MFA AVIATION DEPARTMENT, RESPONDED TO REF A PROPOSAL TO AMEND THE BILATERAL AIR TRANSPORT AGREEMENT BY ELIMINATING ANNEX III ON COMPUTER RESERVATIONS SYSTEMS [...]
2005-04-20 11:40:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR KTIA ASEC TU
05ANKARA2333UPDATE; CESIUM 137 CONFISCATED AT THE
[...] (C) EXBS Advisor met with the President of the Turkish Atomic Energy Authority, Okay Cakiroglu, on April 22 to request an update on the status of the Cesium 137 that was seized in December. Cakiroglu stated that the Cesium 137 was still safely stored at a Turkish secure facility near Istanbul [...]
2005-04-26 05:44:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALAM ASEC KCRM MNUC PARM PINR PTER TU
05ANKARA3467SOUND BOMBS DETONATE AT ANKARA AKP OFFICES 06/16/05
[...] (SBU) On Thursday, 16 June 2005 at approximately 1300 hours (Local),an improvised explosive device (IED) exploded near the Justice and Development Party (AKP) office in the Altindag district of Ankara, Turkey. The Turkish National Police (TNP) described the IED as a sound bomb. There were n [...]
2005-06-17 12:15:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMGT ASEC CASC PREL PTER TU
05ANKARA3819ATTEMPTED SUICIDE BOMBING AT TURKISH MINISTRY OF
[...] (SBU) On Friday, 1 July 2005 at approximately 0930 hours (Local),a male subject, 25-30 years old, attempting to enter the Turkish Ministry of Justice in Ankara repeatedly set off the magnetometer he passed through to gain entrance to the building. As the Turkish National Police (TNP) prepared [...]
2005-07-01 09:40:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ASEC CASC PREL PTER TU
05ANKARA3978ANKARA EAC MEETINGS, 7/7 AND 7/8/2005
[...] (S) Charge convened a core EAC on 7/7/05 and RSO put an informational cautioning message to the full Embassy community concerning the London attack. At the opening of business on 7/8 Charge convened a full EAC to review the terrorist attacks in London and to discuss other recent terrorist rel [...]
2005-07-08 10:13:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETASEC CASC PTER TU
05ANKARA4185ANKARA CORE EAC MEETING 7/19/2005
[...] (C) On 07/19/05 the Core Emergency Action Committee (EAC) met to discuss post's security posture in the aftermath of recent bombings in the Aegean coast tourist towns of Cesme and Kusadasi. The CORE EAC agreed to change the current country Consular Information sheet to reflect the recent bom [...]
2005-07-19 15:10:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALAMGT ASEC CASC PREL PTER TU
05ANKARA4841NUCLEAR SMUGGLING IN TURKEY: ALLEGED URANIUM
[...] Summary: On August 16 and 17, 2005, Turkish press reported the arrest of 2 individuals suspected of attempting to sell enriched uranium. EXBS Advisor made contact with MFA and Turkish Atomic Energy Authority (TAEK) representatives to confirm the media reports. Both MFA and TAEK have offered [...]
2005-08-17 15:14:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDASEC KCRM KNNP MNUC PARM PTER TU
05ANKARA4939THREATENING LETTER RECEIVED BY EMBASSY OFFICER
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ON 22 August 2005 Acting DCM Timothy Betts received a letter, written in Arabic, claiming that Mujahideen here in Turkey will strike down our personnel and families. The letter was discussed at Country Team today, 23 August. Turkish National Police are investigating. End sum [...]
2005-08-23 15:17:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC PTER TU
05ANKARA5064SECOND THREAT LETTER RECEIVED BY EMBASSY OFFICER
[...] (SBU) On August 29, 2005 Embassy Deputy Political Officer Charles Blaha received a threatening letter, written in Arabic, similar to the letter received by post's Political Military Counselor (then Acting DCM) (reftel) on August 22, 2005. The letter was received by Blaha through the embassy [...]
2005-08-29 15:19:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDASEC CASC PTER TU
05ANKARA5116ANKARA EAC MEETING 09/01/2005
[...] (SBU) Charge chaired the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on 9/01/05 to discuss implications of a second threat letter received by an Embassy Officer (reftel). In attendance were representatives from each of the following sections/agencies: RSO, MGT, CON, DAO, POL, PAS, MSG, ECON, INC, ESO, [...]
2005-09-01 14:13:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALASEC AMGT CASC PREL PTER TU
05ANKARA5295DEMONSTRATION AT AMEMBASSY ANKARA - 09/10/2005
[...] (U) On 10 September 2005 at 1300 hours (Local) approximately 200 members of the Iraqi Turks Association, the Government Workers Union, the Labor Party, and Turkish Metal Workers Union, assembled on Kennedy Caddesi across from Embassy Ankara. This planned demonstration was in support of Iraqi [...]
2005-09-12 10:44:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDASEC DEPT FOR DS COMMAND CENTER
05ANKARA589TURKEY: FIFTH ANNUAL TIP REPORT: PROTECTION
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Post's responses are keyed to questions in Reftel A. This is part 4 of 4 (septel). Protection and Assistance to Victims ------------------------------------ A. (U) The GOT issued 26 humanitarian visas to allow victims [...]
2005-02-02 11:49:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA590TURKEY: FIFTH ANNUAL TIP REPORT: PREVENTION
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Post's responses are keyed to questions in Reftel A. This is part 3 of 4 (septel). Prevention ---------- A. (SBU) Turkish MFA Illegal Migration Department Head Iskender Okyay stated that the two hundred sixty-two TIP [...]
2005-02-02 11:49:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA591TURKEY: FIFTH ANNUAL TIP REPORT: OVERVIEW
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Post's responses are keyed to questions in Reftel A. This is part 1 of 4 (septel). Embassy point of contact is Maria Lane, who replaces David McFarland following the submission of this report. McFarland (rank: FS-04) spent [...]
2005-02-02 11:49:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA592TURKEY: FIFTH ANNUAL TIP REPORT: PROSECUTION
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Post's responses are keyed to questions in Reftel A. This is part 2 of 4 (septel). Investigation and Prosecution of Traffickers -------------------------------------------- A. (U) Chapter 1, Article 80 of the Turkish [...]
2005-02-02 11:57:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA6185ANKARA EAC MEETING 10/11/2005
[...] (U) Charge chaired the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on 10/11/05 to address the recent outbreak of Avian Influenza (AI) in a town in northwestern Turkey (refs B and C). In attendance were representatives from each of the following sections/agencies: RSO, MGT, RMO, IMO, CON, DAO, POL, PAS, [...]
2005-10-13 04:38:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC AMGT AMED CASC PTER TU
05ANKARA6449TURKEY CONSIDERING SUPPORTING PAK MI-17 HELICOPTER
[...] (C/rel NATO) PolMilCouns raised Pakistan's urgent need for MI-17 parts with MFA NATO Affairs Deputy Director General Fatih Ceylan on Oct. 26. Noting that Turkey was doing its utmost to assist Pakistan in this time of need, Ceylan promised a prompt response. Turkey would do what it could, he [...]
2005-10-26 15:32:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALAEMR ASEC EAID PGOV PREF MASS PK TU NATO
05ANKARA6594AVIAN INFLUENZA: EMBASSY ANKARA RESPONSE AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: Since the emergence of Avian Influenza (AI) in Turkey in October 2005, Mission Ankara has taken steps to assess and deal with the possible risk to Mission Employees and American citizens living in Turkey. As a contingency planning exercise, we have also developed tripwires as [...]
2005-11-08 14:43:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMED AMGT ASEC CASC CMGT
05ANKARA6669TURKEY UNABLE TO PROVIDE PARTS FOR PAKISTANI MI-17
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-10 16:04:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALAEMR ASEC EAID PGOV PREF MASS TU PK NATO
05ANKARA7068 UPDATED SCENESETTER FOR FEDERAL BUREAU OF
[...] (U) Embassy Ankara looks forward to welcoming you to Turkey. This will be the first high-level FBI visit to Turkey since Director Freeh came in 1998, prior to the opening of the Legat office in Ankara in October 1999. Turkish government and press interest in your visit will be very high. Yo [...]
2005-12-01 16:02:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALASEC PTER PGOV KTFN TU
05ANKARA7200ANKARA EAC MEETING 12/7/2005
[...] (U) Ambassador Wilson chaired the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on 12/7/05 to discuss the mission's emergency preparedness. In attendance were representatives from each of the following sections/agencies: RSO, MGT, RMO, IMO, CON, DAO, POL, PAS, MSG, ECON, DEA, FBI, PMA, RAO, TSR, CLO, ODC [...]
2005-12-08 13:35:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETASEC AMGT AMED CASC PTER TU
05ANKARA7221AVIAN INFLUENZA: EMBASSY ANKARA CONTINGENCY
[...] In response to reftel A, Ankara submitted its AI tripwires (reftel B) on 11/08/05. No further changes are recommended at this time. 2. Ankara tripwires will be entered into TRIPS on the classified network by 12/31/05. Designated employees for entering tripwire data: Jason Griffin, ARS [...]
2005-12-09 09:06:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMED AMGT ASEC CASC CMGT
05ANKARA7443TURKEY: 2005 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] (U) Combating terrorism has long been a priority for the Government of Turkey (GOT). In 2005, Turkey continued its strong support of the coalition in the global war against terror in Afghanistan by commanding the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) from February to August 2005. T [...]
2005-12-20 09:33:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPTER ASEC KCRM EFIN KHLS KPAO
05ANKARA7560AMBASSADOR CALLS ON TURKISH INTERIOR MINISTER AKSU
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador's first call on Interior Minister Abdulkadir Aksu December 22 focused on joint efforts against the PKK, particularly in Europe. The Ambassador emphasized the importance of assembling legal evidence against the PKK that European prosecutors could use to build cour [...]
2005-12-23 12:34:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETASEC CASC PREL PTER TU
05ANKARA779CESIUM 137 CONFISCATED AT THE TURKISH/GEORGIAN
[...] (C) EXBS Advisor met with Department Head for Customs Enforcement Ender Gurleyik on January 28, 2005 to request information concerning the truck parked between Georgian and Turkish customs gates (reftels). Gurleyik confirmed that the truck carrying scrap metal set off the portal monitors at t [...]
2005-02-10 06:44:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALAM ASEC KCRM MNUC PARM PINR PTER TU
05ANKARA810UPDATE: CESIUM 137 CONFISCATED AT THE
[...] (C) EXBS Advisor met with MFA Energy Department First Secretary Basak Tug on February 11 to discuss the truck that SIPDIS was stopped at the Turkish/Georgian border due to the presence of cesium 137 in the scrap metal it was carrying. Tug confirmed the facts presented previously in ref A. [...]
2005-02-11 15:22:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALAM ASEC KCRM MNUC PARM PINR PTER TU
05ASUNCION1062COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR RPSO CONTRACTING OFFICER
[...] Per reftel, country clearance is granted for RPSO Florida Contracting Officer Robert A. Lindquist for travel to Asuncion during the period of August 24 to August 27 to conduct the pre-proposal conference for the SENAD Offices Construction Project in Pedro Juan Caballero. The contact officer fo [...]
2005-08-23 12:58:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDABLD AMGT ASEC
05ASUNCION1110PARAGUAY: OFFERS OF FOREIGN ASSISTANCE FOR
[...] (U) On 9/1, Post received the following offers of assistance for hurricane relief efforts from both Paraguayan government officials and the private sector: -- Ambassador Ceferino Valdez, the President of the Voluntary Firemen's Association in Paraguay and the Foreign Ministry's Director o [...]
2005-09-02 14:30:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON AEMR ASEC CASC AMGT US PA MATT
05ASUNCION1124CRIMINAL INVESTIGATOR TRAINING PROGRAM
[...] Based on previous contact between DEA SA Tim Schoonmaker in Santa Cruz and REA Joe Parker in Asuncion, Embassy Asuncion wishes to inform you that this post will hold a basic training course for Paraguayan criminal investigators from September 12 through October 7, 2005. The course will cover [...]
2005-09-06 12:14:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PINS PA TRV
05ASUNCION1151 VISAS VIPER REPORT FOR AUGUST 2005
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-12 21:15:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDKVPR CVIS PTER ASEC PINR CMGT PA
05ASUNCION1178COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR REAC ROSEMARIE ARENS TO
[...] As requested in reference telegram, country clearance is granted for Rosemarie Arens, Regional Educational Advising Coordinator for South America, travel to Asuncion during the period of 9/25/05 to 9/28/05. The contact officer for the visit is Bruce P. Kleiner,PAO, office tel.: (595-21) 213- [...]
2005-09-19 16:23:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDASEC KPAO SCUL PE
05ASUNCION1201COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CARLOS J. TORRES -
[...] Per reftel, country clearance is granted for Carlos J. Torres for travel to Asuncion during the period of October 16 to October 21, 2005 for the purpose of collecting data for program study of Peace Corps Paraguay. The contact officer for the visit is the James Geenen, Peace Corps Country Di [...]
2005-09-22 11:27:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDASEC
05ASUNCION1228 VISAS VIPER REPORT FOR SEPTEMBER 2005
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-28 18:19:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDKVPR CVIS PTER ASEC PINR CMGT PA
05ASUNCION1513PARAGUAY: 2005 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM
[...] In paras 2 and 5 respectively, please find Post's submissions on the Tri-border Area (Argentina, Paraguay and Brazil) and Paraguay for the 2005 Country Report on Terrorism. --------------------------------------------- ------- The Tri-border Area (Argentina, Paraguay and Brazil) ----------- [...]
2005-12-15 19:15:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC PA
05ASUNCION173PARAGUAY TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS DEVELOPMENTS
[...] (U) Summary: --------------- --IADB project moving forward --Japanese Embassy announces bilateral project --NGO Luna Nueva finishes major TIP study --More Paraguayan women rescued in Argentina and Spain --Paraguay and Spain negotiating TIP agreement --President considering decree to establis [...]
2005-02-04 12:10:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KWMN SMIG PGOV PREL ELAB ASEC KCRM PINR PA
05ASUNCION405ASUNCION - SETL RESPONSE
[...] (U) DEMONSTRATIONS A: (SBU) Are there any ethnic or religious communities in country capable of carrying out significant anti-American demonstrations? Yes. Ethnic groups with foreign influences, i.e. Lebanese Hizbollah, Palestinian radical groups. That said, there has not been a history [...]
2005-03-23 12:11:00Embassy AsuncionSECRET//NOFORNPTER ASEC
05ASUNCION446 VISAS VIPER REPORT FOR MARCH 2005
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-01 11:23:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDKVPR CVIS PTER ASEC PINR CMGT PA
05ASUNCION447 VISAS VIPER REPORT FOR MARCH 2005
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-01 11:28:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDKVPR CVIS PTER ASEC PINR CMGT PA
05ASUNCION587PARAGUAY: PARTICIPATION IN FOURTH GLOBAL FORUM ON
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-29 14:43:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ASEC CPAS CVIS KCRM KFRD PINR PINS PREL SOCI PA
05ASUNCION6G/TIP VISIT REVIEWS PARAGUAY'S EFFORTS
[...] Summary: On December 6, 7, and 8, G/TIP Senior Reporting Officer Linda Brown visited Paraguay as part of a four-country tour of South America. In meetings with Embassy officers, GOP officials, and representatives of NGOs, Brown discussed Paraguay's progress in combating trafficking in person [...]
2005-01-04 08:33:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SMIG KCRM PGOV PREL ASEC PA
05ASUNCION610PARAGUAY DELEGATION TO THE OAS GENERAL ASSEMBLY
[...] On 5/4, PolOff informed MFA International Organizations Director Martha Moreno, OAS Desk Officer Mirtha Benitez, and Americas Director Cynthia Filartiga that the Secretary plans to head the U.S. delegation to the 35th Regular General Assembly of the OAS. 2. Moreno and Benitez advised that F [...]
2005-05-05 15:35:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDAORC ASEC CVIS PREL PGOV EAID KSUM KPAO XM PA OAS
05ASUNCION619COMPOSITION OF PARAGUAY'S OAS DELEGATION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-05 21:08:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDAORC ASEC CVIS PREL PGOV EAID KSUM KPAO XM PA OAS
05ASUNCION632VISAS VIPER REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-10 19:23:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKVPR CVIS PTER ASEC PINR CMGT PA
05ASUNCION738 VISAS VIPER REPORT FOR MAY 2005
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-03 12:59:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDKVPR CVIS PTER ASEC PINR CMGT PA
05ASUNCION845EAC MEETING ASUNCION - 4TH OF JULY
[...] (SBU) On June 30, the DCM called an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting to assess the Mission's security posture in light of upcoming "4th of July" events. These events include a June 1 flag raising ceremony (Embassy Compound),a June 2 employee picnic (Embassy Compound),and a July 4 o [...]
2005-07-04 15:14:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC
05ASUNCION846NON-VIOLENT PROTEST STAGED AT EMBASSY ASUNCION
[...] (U) On July 1, at 0915 hours, a demonstration formed in front of the U.S. Embassy Compound. Approximately 100 persons protested non-violently in what they called a "Call for World Action Against Poverty". The organizers of the event indicated that 50 NGO's on social, campesino, indigenous, w [...]
2005-07-04 15:14:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDASEC
05ASUNCION865LONDON EXPLOSIONS - ASUNCION EAC
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-07 20:12:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALASEC AMGT CASC PTER
05ASUNCION867 VISAS VIPER REPORT FOR JUNE 2005
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-07 21:23:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDKVPR CVIS PTER ASEC PINR CMGT PA
05ASUNCION895COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR GEORGE GILMER
[...] Per reftel, country clearance is granted for George Gilmer, Passport No. 801624622, Clearance: Secret, for travel to Asuncion during the period of 17 July 2005 to 20 July 2005, for the purpose of install equipment, train badge station operators and produce badges for users of the DOS OpenNetPl [...]
2005-07-12 20:53:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDASEC KSEO ACOA PA KSEC RIMC
05ASUNCION914COUNTRY CLEARANCE FORJIMMEY AUCOIN AND GUSTAVO
[...] Per reftel, country clearance is granted for Jimmey Acoin, Clearance: Top Secret, and Gustavo Ronda, Clearance: Top Secret, for travel to Asuncion during the period of July 19, SIPDIS 2005 to July 24, 2005, for the purpose of providing security engineering services. The contact officer for t [...]
2005-07-18 11:25:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDKSEO ASEC PA
05ASUNCION950COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR STERLING D. TILLEY
[...] This is an action message. Please see paragaraphs 2 to 5. 2. Country clearance is requested for Sterling D. Tilley, Political Officer, Diplomatic Passport No. 900353131 (Security Clearance: Top Secret); for travel to Foz do Iguacu, Punta Porta, Brasil and Posadas, Argentina on July 28, 200 [...]
2005-07-27 18:24:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM ASEC OTRA PA
05ASUNCION954ASUNCION - COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR IMAP
[...] Per reftel, country clearance is granted for ROLAND C. JENKINS (GSAI),WALTER L. WHITEHURST (GSAI),PATRICK PLUNKETT (GSAI),HOWARD M. JEFFRIES (GSAI) for travel to Asuncion during the period of 8 AUGUST to 20 AUGUST for the purpose of IMAP PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE VISIT. The contact officer for [...]
2005-07-28 20:22:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIEDABLD ACOA AMGT ASEC KLBO KRIM
05ATHENS193AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY MEETING WITH MPO FOCUSED
[...] (S/NF) Summary: The Ambassador paid an introductory call on the Minister of Public Order, Yeorgos Voulgarakis on Tuesday, January 18. The MPO provided an update on the investigation into the shooting of a Hellenic Police Special Guard on December 31, and discussed his views about terrorism [...]
2005-01-18 16:25:00Embassy AthensSECRET//NOFORNASEC GR PTER AMB
05ATHENS341COUNTRY CLEARANCE AND THREAT ASSESSMENT FOR
[...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit of Blake Reid to conduct air carrier inspections at the Athens International Airport from Feb 22 through 25 2005. Control Officer for the visit will be TSA Rep, Ray Montgomery, who can be reached during office hours at 30-210 [...]
2005-02-02 10:36:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR PTER ASEC OTRA KHLS CTRYCLR
05ATHENS356COUNTRY CLEARANCE AND THREAT ASSESSMENT
[...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Goodlatte's visit to Athens, Greece, February 24-28,2005. Control officer for the visit will be Economic Officer Cathleen Carothers, who can be reached at tel. (30) 210 720-2309, FAX (30) 210 729-4312, cell (30) 694 857 5525, res [...]
2005-02-03 07:08:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIEDAFIN OTRA AMGT ASEC OREP GR CTRYCLR
05ATHENS589GREECE PART 1: FIFTH ANNUAL TIP REPORT SUBMISSION
[...] The following is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please Protect Accordingly. 2. (SBU) Below are Embassy Athens' responses to the Fifth TIP report questionnaire. Text is keyed to requests under "Overview" and "Prevention." -------- Overview -------- A. Greece is a destination countr [...]
2005-03-01 17:22:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB GR TIP
05ATHENS799INTERNATIONAL COORDINATION AND OUTREACH
[...] This is in response to reftel invitation of post's input on Greece's adoption of maritime security measures in accordance to the President's Maritime Security Policy. 2. Greece, as host of the 2004 Summer Olympics, has expedited implementation of many security plans including maritime sec [...]
2005-03-22 10:35:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT ECON ETRD KSTC PARM PHSA PREL PTER ASEC EU GR IASA
05ATHENS842SCENESETTER FOR CODEL PRYCE'S MARCH 29-30 VISIT TO
[...] (U) I want to warmly welcome you to Athens. As you have requested, we have arranged a schedule focused on trafficking in persons. This issue is a high priority for the Embassy. In the short time you have with us, I hope you get a good overview of Greece's efforts to fight this scourge. I l [...]
2005-03-24 16:39:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PREL PGOV ASEC PHUM GR VISIT
05AUCKLAND345VISAS VIPER: MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT: NEW ZEALAND AND SAMOA
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-18 02:04:00Consulate AucklandUNCLASSIFIEDKVPR CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC NZ
05AUCKLAND379VISAS VIPER: NOVEMBER MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT: NEW ZEALAND
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-16 02:42:00Consulate AucklandUNCLASSIFIEDKVPR CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC NZ
05BAGHDAD2608NON-COALITION NATO ALLIES, ACCESS TO BAGHDAD
[...] (C) REFTEL A registers our skepticism concerning the security argument underlying French Ambassador to Iraq Bajolet's request for DoD cardholders' slightly expedited access to Baghdad International Airport (BIAP). We would be loathe to issue such cards, or similarly effective senior-grade MNF [...]
2005-06-20 08:03:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMARR PTER PREL ASEC IZ NATO
05BAGHDAD3158SECURITY BRIEFING TO DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS IN IRAQ
[...] (SBU) On Tuesday, August 2nd, the U.S. Embassy Iraq will offer an expansive "how to" security session to members of the diplomatic community in Baghdad. This briefing, will be conducted by Post's Regional Security Office, Political Military Office, U.S. Military, and Iraqi Police and Military [...]
2005-07-31 06:36:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PTER
05BAGHDAD3676NEW ELECTRICITY PROTECTION CHIEF TRYING TO CLEAN
[...] (C) Summary: MG Sa'ad Hashim, Security Advisor to the Minister of Electricity, has begun working with MNF-I and Embassy counterparts to bring the Electricity Protection Security Service (EPSS) under ministerial control following the removal of the former chief, Faris al-Bayati, August 22. Th [...]
2005-09-07 18:13:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG ASEC PGOV PINR PINS PTER IZ
05BAGHDAD4506ACTIONS TO ASSURE CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE INTEGRITY
[...] (C/REL MCNI/IRAQ) SUMMARY: Failures of Iraq's critical energy infrastructure have reached unprecedented levels which are seriously hindering the Iraqi Transitional Government's (ITG) ability to raise desperately needed revenues and to deliver basic services such as electricity, fuel, and wate [...]
2005-11-03 03:30:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALASEC ECON ENRG EPET ETRD EWWT KCOR KCRM KHLS MCAP MOPS PGOV PINR PTER NATO
05BANGKOK1075BANGKOK WELCOMES CODEL MCHUGH
[...] (U) Post welcomes and grants country clearance for Congressman John McHugh and his delegation arriving in Bangkok on THG 683 from Hanoi at 2225 local time on Thursday, February 24. We understand that the delegation will depart for the United States on UA 9688 at 2355 on Friday, February 25. [...]
2005-02-10 08:35:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN TH
05BANGKOK1277VEHICLE BOMB STRIKES HOTEL IN SOUTHERN THAILAND
[...] (U) SUMMARY: A VEHICLE-BORNE IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICE (VBIED) EXPLODED 2/17/2005 OUTSIDE A HOTEL IN NARATHIWAT PROVINCE, SOUTHERN THAILAND. POLICE REPORT 5 DEAD AND 49 INJURED. THIS IS AN ESCALATION IN TACTICS FROM THE DAILY DRIVE-BY SHOOTINGS AND SMALLER IEDS WHICH TYPICALLY TARGET THAI S [...]
2005-02-18 12:20:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PTER TH
05BANGKOK1737PEACEFUL PROTEST IN BANGKOK 03/08/2005
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On 3/08/2005, approximately 35 individuals staged a 30-minute peaceful protest at the US Embassy in Bangkok. The protesters sought the return of an antique royal headdress, currently on loan to an exhibit in San Francisco, from the Philadelphia Museum of Art in the United States [...]
2005-03-09 09:43:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDASEC TH PHUM
05BANGKOK1760TIP/PISCES UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Washington-based Terrorist Interdiction Program(TIP)/PISCES Director Keith McCoy and Program Officer Julie Reynolds along with PISCES Thailand Coordinator Tang Penland met with Thai Immigration Bureau and National Security Council (NSC) officials February 20-25 to discuss the [...]
2005-03-10 08:11:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PGOV ASEC KFRD TH KRCM TIP
05BANGKOK1947THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR: STAFFDEL
[...] (U) Post welcomes and grants country clearance to Staffdel Frank Januzzi from March 25 - 30, 2005. 2. (U) Reservations have been made at the Conrad Hotel, 87 Wireless Road, Tel: (66-2) 690-9999, Fax: (66-2) 690-9000. Room rate is USD 125 net (taxes and American Breakfast included) and is [...]
2005-03-17 03:48:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP OTRA ASEC TH
05BANGKOK2048Thailand: Coordination and Outreach on Maritime
[...] (U) In response to reftel, various agencies at Post have portfolio responsibility and/or interest in maritime security. The Economic section has portfolio responsibility for maritime security from an economic policy standpoint. The Political section has responsibility for engaging and coordi [...]
2005-03-22 00:09:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC ECON ETRD EWWT KSTC TH
05BANGKOK2228THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR: GAO TEAM
[...] (U) Post welcomes and grants country clearance to Mr. Robert Repasky, Mr. Kelly Baumgartner and Mr. Guy Lofaro from April 23 - April 27, 2005. 2. (U) Reservations have been made at the Hotel Sukhothai 13/3 South Sathorn Road, Bangkok 10120, Tel: (66-2) 344-8888, Fax: (66-2) 344-8899. R [...]
2005-03-30 03:48:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP OTRA ASEC TH
05BANGKOK2348THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR:
[...] (U) Post welcomes and grants country clearance to Ambassador Dinger, Karen Chandler (S/CT) and Christopher Marut (EAP/RSP) to visit Thailand from April 5-9, 2005, to participate in the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) Intersessional Meeting (ISM) on Counterterrorism and Transnational Crime. 2. [...]
2005-04-01 11:04:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PREL OTRA AMGT ASEC TH
05BANGKOK2575THAILAND: ARF ISM DISCUSSES DOCUMENT SECURITY AND
[...] (U) Summary: Thailand and Canada co-chaired the third ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) Inter-Sessional Meeting (ISM) on Counter-Terrorism and Transnational Crime April 6-8 in Bangkok, which focused on intelligence and information sharing, document security and integrity, and police and law enforcem [...]
2005-04-11 08:57:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PREL PTER TH ARF
05BANGKOK2835THAILAND: GLOBAL FORUM ON FIGHTING CORRUPTION
[...] Poloff discussed reftel with Brazilian Embassy Minister Counselor Fernando Jose de Carvalho Lopes. Lopes said that he had already been in contact with the Thai MFA regarding the June conference in Brasilia and that his Ambassador preferred that we demarche the MFA separately. Lopes said the [...]
2005-04-26 09:03:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDASEC CPAS KCRM KFRD TH
05BANGKOK3303THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR: STAFFDEL
[...] (U) Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Jamie McCormick, professional staff member to the House International Relations Committee (HIRC). Mr. McCormick will be transiting Thailand on May 28 and June 5, 2005. Per Staffdel's request, no official program or meetings are being [...]
2005-05-18 11:17:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP ASEC TH
05BANGKOK4205THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR: EAP DAS
[...] (U) Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to EAP DAS Eric John from July 4 - July 7, 2005. 2. (U) Hotel reservations have been made at the Conrad Hotel, All Seasons Place, 87 Wireless Road, Bangkok, Tel: (66-2) 690-9999, Fax: (66-2) 690-9000). Currently, the Thai Baht is a [...]
2005-06-28 07:48:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA ASEC TH
05BANGKOK608THAI MFA AND THE NORTH KOREAN IN VIENTIANE
[...] (C) On January 24, Polcouns sought clarifications regarding the Royal Thai Government (RTG) positions in the matter of An Kyong-Su, the North Korean asylum seeker in Embassy Vientiane, from MFA's Paisit Boonparlit, Director for Political Affairs in the Americas Department, and Suraphan Boonyam [...]
2005-01-24 11:36:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL PGOV ASEC TH DPRK LA
05BANGKOK6336STAFFDEL MCCORMICK OCTOBER 10-17, 2005
[...] (SBU) Post warmly welcomes the October 11-12 and 16 visit to Thailand of Mr. James McCormick and delegation to Thailand. Control Officer for the Bangkok portion of the visit will be Political Officer James F. Cole. (Office- 66-02-205-4816; Home-66-02-287-4652; Cell-01-868-0498; e-mail Cole [...]
2005-10-04 09:10:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAFIN AMGT ASEC OREP BM TH
05BANGKOK656NORTH KOREAN ASYLUM SEEKER IN VIENTIANE
[...] (C) Summary and comment. UNHCR/UNDP cannot issue a travel document for North Korean asylum seeker Anh, but is prepared to assist in resolving this case in terms of providing transportation within Thailand, housing, and other assistance agreed upon by concerned governments. ICRC Bangkok repre [...]
2005-01-25 10:36:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREF PREL KN KS LA TH DPRK
05BANGKOK690ICRC AND NORTH KOREAN ASYLUM SEEKER IN VIENTIANE
[...] (C) Fred Grimm, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Head of Regional Delegation, told Embassy Bangkok today that ICRC is not/not willing to issue a laissez-passer (LP) to North Korean asylum seeker An Kyong Su. Grimm said that, after consultations with both the ICRC representa [...]
2005-01-27 00:24:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREF PREL KN KS TH DPRK LA
05BANGKOK752DPRK ASYLUM SEEKER -- MOVING FORWARD
[...] (C) In response to reftel, Refcoord informed UNHCR Chief Protection Officer Kirsten Young on January 27 of the latest developments in the case of DPRK asylum seeker Anh and asked what assistance UNHCR would be able to provide in the resolution of this issue. Reiterataing earlier commitments m [...]
2005-01-28 07:22:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPREF PGOV PREL ASEC KN KS LA TH DPRK
05BANGKOK7571THAILAND: CODEL HASTERT JAN 13-16
[...] (U) Post grants country clearance and looks forward to a successful visit by CODEL Hastert. Control officer for the Bangkok portion of the visit will be: Political Officer Mark Lambert Office: 66-2-205-4729 Fax: 66-2-253-3876 Cell: 66-1-808-1056 Home: 66-2-285-6186 Email: LambertMB@ [...]
2005-12-09 07:47:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN TH
05BANGKOK7729THAILAND: 2005 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] (U) In 2005, Thailand continued to support domestic and international counterterrorism efforts. Thailand is a major beneficiary of US anti-terrorism assistance, with numerous Thai police and security officials participating in US-sponsored training courses. 2. (U) There were no acts of [...]
2005-12-19 09:17:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC TH
05BANGKOK802AMBASSADOR-FM SURAKIART ON NORTH KOREAN ASYLUM SEEKER IN VIENTIANE
[...] (C) On January 28, while in Phuket for Thai-hosted conference on a tsunami early warning system (EWS),the Ambassador spoke with Foreign Minister Surakiart about Ahn Kyong Su, the North Korean asylum seeker in Embassy Vientiane. The Ambassador noted that the Lao government would not allow tra [...]
2005-01-31 10:20:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL PHUM ASEC KS KN TH DPRK LA
05BERLIN48GERMAN REQUEST FOR MILAIR TRANSPORT OF GERMAN
[...] (SBU) Paragraph 3 below provides an informal translation of a diplomatic note from the German Foreign Ministry requesting USG agreement for transport of German Border Police (BGS) and Diplomats via US military aircraft (MilAir) between Ramstein Airbase and Baghdad. The BGS agents will be provi [...]
2005-01-07 11:02:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR ASEC IZ GM
05BOGOTA10178VISA REVOCATIONS: A HARD HIT ON COLOMBIAN CRIMINALS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In recent months, the Consular Section's Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU) revoked a large number of non- immigrant visas (NIV) granted to Colombian nationals who are members of violent gangs and terrorist organizations, wanted and captured narcotics traffickers, family members benefi [...]
2005-10-28 20:47:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS ASEC KCRM KWMN SMIG CO KHUM
05BOGOTA10952COLOMBIA: 2005 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM
[...] (U) The following is Embassy Bogota's submission to the 2005 Country Reports on Terrorism. Responses are keyed to questions in reftel's paragraphs 7-10. Embassy POC is Poloff Liliana Gabriel, unclass email gabriell@state.gov 2. (SBU) GENERAL ASSESSMENT: SUPPORT FOR THE GLOBAL COALITION [...]
2005-11-23 20:36:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PGOV KJUS MARR CASC ASEC CO
05BOGOTA118COLOMBIA: 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] (U) Embassy Bogota's contribution to the 2004 Patterns of Global Terrorism report follows. Responses are keyed to questions in reftel's paragraph 15. Embassy POC is Poloff Dana Brown, (phone) 571-315-2129, unclass email browndml@state.gov. 2. (SBU) (A) SUPPORT FOR THE GLOBAL COALITION AGA [...]
2005-01-05 22:16:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER ASEC PBTS CO
05BOGOTA1622004 COUNTER-TERRORISM WRAP-UP
[...] (C) In spite of limited air mobility and ground support/fixed wing aircraft and the challenge of supporting some 17,000 troops of Plan Patriota operating in hostile jungle, the security forces made great advances in 2004, re-taking 11 FARC-run villages and destroying over 400 FARC camps. Else [...]
2005-01-06 20:25:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPTER SNAR PHUM ASEC CO
05BOGOTA2266COLOMBIA'S FIFTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN
[...] (U) Embassy point of contact on trafficking in persons is human rights officer Kiersten Stiansen, phone number (571) 383-2122, fax number (571) 315-2163. Officer spent 55 hours preparing report. 2. (U) Responses are keyed to questions as noted in paragraphs 18-21 of reftel. --------- [...]
2005-03-09 13:27:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB CO
05BOGOTA2773COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DEMINING PAV
[...] Country clearance is granted for Allan Schnabel, John Jordan, Stephen Meyer, and Harry McCloy to travel to Bogota April 4-8 2005. Purpose of the visit is to assess the humanitarian demining situation in Colombia. Travelers are requested to advise control officer ASAP if visit is canceled or [...]
2005-03-29 14:35:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ASEC OTRA CO
05BOGOTA3928GENERAL MYERS MEETS WITH MOD AND HIGH COMMAND
[...] (U) April 10, 2005, Ambassador's residence, Bogota. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- Ambassador William B. Wood Gen Richard Myers, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS) Mr. Milton K. Drucker (DCM) COL William G. Graves (Defense Attach) COL Simeon Trombitas (Military Assistance [...]
2005-04-25 21:12:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC MOPS PREL CO
05BOGOTA3937GENERAL MYERS MEETS WITH GENERAL OSPINA
[...] (U) April 10, 2005, National Administrative Center (CAN),Bogota 2. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- General Richard B. Myers, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS) Ambassador William B. Wood US Defense Attach, Colonel William Graves Military Group Commander, Colonel Sim [...]
2005-04-25 22:03:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALASEC PTER MOPS PREL CO
05BOGOTA4050SCENESETTER FOR UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR
[...] (C) The GOC and embassy welcome Under Secretary Feith's visit with enthusiasm. The Bilateral Working Group (BWG) will hold defense policy discussions on policy, modernization, and narcoterrorism. Colombia faces a four front war -- narcos, FARC, ELN, paramilitaries -- and a growing concern ab [...]
2005-04-28 21:34:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS ASEC PTER PHUM ECON CO
05BOGOTA4131MOD MEMO ON VENEZUELAN ARMS PURCHASE
[...] (C) A week after the Senate Second Committee conducted a public hearing on Venezuelan arms purchases (reftel),an undated memo from the Colombian Defense Ministry responding to congressional inquiries on Venezuelan arms purchases was leaked to the press. The secret memorandum was addressed to [...]
2005-04-29 22:11:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALASEC PTER MOPS PREL CO
05BOGOTA4204GOC URGES SECRETARY RICE TO LIFT TRAVEL ADVISORY
[...] (U) On April 27, Commerce Minister Jorge Humberto Botero gave Secretary Rice a document explaining why the USG should lift the travel advisory for parts of Colombia (faxed to WHA/AND). The paper asserted that the travel advisory does not take into account decreases in murder and kidnapping and [...]
2005-05-03 16:29:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PREL PINS ASEC CO
05BOGOTA4301ILEA LATIN AMERICA FOR TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-05 18:06:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR ASEC ELAB KCRM KWMN EC CO
05BOGOTA4360UNDER SECRETARY FEITH MEETS WITH PRESIDENT URIBE
[...] (C) On May 3, 2005 Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Douglas Feith discussed Colombia's democratic security strategy and concerns about Venezuela with President Alvaro Uribe. Uribe described U.S. assistance as critical to counterterror and counterdrug successes. Feith assured Uribe that [...]
2005-05-10 14:59:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPTER PHUM PREL MOPS ASEC SNAR CO
05BOGOTA4534U.S. SOLDIERS DETAINED IN MELGAR
[...] (SBU) This is a summary account of events related to the discovery of U.S. manufacture munitions in a private apartment in Carmen de Apicala, Tolima Department. Although Post has attempted to make this cable accurate, there are still many facts surrounding this incident not yet known. Therefo [...]
2005-05-13 21:32:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALASEC PTER MOPS PREL CO
05BOGOTA4569PROPOSED REMINGTON SALE TO INDUMIL INTENDS
[...] (U) Post closely examined the proposed sale of Remington munitions components to Industrias Militar (INDUMIL)(reftel). The components would be used for the production of 0.38 spl and 7.65 mm caliber ammunition. INDUMIL officials confirmed that this grade of ammunition is used only for self-de [...]
2005-05-16 18:16:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PTER MOPS PREL CO ETRD
05BOGOTA4570GENERAL CRADDOCK MEETS WITH PRESIDENT URIBE
[...] (C) On May 11, President Alvaro Uribe discussed counterdrug strategy, guerrilla attacks in southern Colombia, the AUC peace process, and recent arrests of U.S. military personnel with SOUTHCOM Commander General Bantz Craddock. Uribe expressed concern that if the GOC did not significantly reduc [...]
2005-05-16 18:25:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC PHUM KJUS SNAR CO
05BOGOTA4628BILATERAL WORKING GROUP JOINT STATEMENT
[...] (U) On May 4 to 5, a U.S. delegation led by Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Douglas Feith held a SIPDIS Bilateral Working Group with Colombian military and government officials in Cartagena. During the conference, U/S Feith and Defense Minister Jorge Alberto Uribe signed a joint stat [...]
2005-05-17 14:57:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PREL PTER MOPS CO
05BOGOTA4960COLOMBIAN ARMED FORCES CONTINUE TO PRESSURE
[...] (C) According to government statistics, operations against self-defense groups have increased by 300 percent, and 9,804 paramilitaries have been captured and 1,125 killed during Uribe's term. In the first four months of 2005 alone, 4,231 have been captured and 1,060 killed. Press reports from [...]
2005-05-24 20:20:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALASEC PTER MOPS PREL CO
05BOGOTA5605EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE (EAC) MEETING, BOGOTA;
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-10 22:06:00Embassy BogotaSECRETASEC CASC PTER
05BOGOTA5762 ATPDEA-RELATED INVESTMENT ACTIVITY DURING 2004
[...] (U) Below is Post's response to the U.S. International Trade Commission's request for information regarding Andean Trade Preferences and Drug Eradication Act (ATPDEA)-related investment in Colombia during 2004. 2. Over the past decade, ATPA/APTDEA has provided significant economic benefit [...]
2005-06-16 18:10:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD OTRA ASEC CO
05BOGOTA5794CIUDAD BOLIVAR VIOLENCE DECLINING
[...] (SBU) Summary: "Ciudad Bolivar," a sector of underprivileged neighborhoods located in southeastern Bogota, has long been notorious for violence and disorder. In May, staffers from Mayor Garzon's office told Poloffs that the United Self Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC) had infiltrated the area [...]
2005-06-17 13:40:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC PTER CO
05BOGOTA8334TSUF01: GOC AND PRIVATE OFFERS OF HURRICANE
[...] (U) As requested in Ref A, the Embassy has accepted in principle the 20 bilingual members of the Colombian disaster assistance force to help with recovery efforts offered by the GOC in Ref B. The GOC has made additional, but non-specific, offers of assistance as noted in Ref C. 2. (U) The [...]
2005-09-02 21:03:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON ASEC CASC MARR AMGT AMER
05BOGOTA8409SCENESETTER FOR CODEL DAVIS
[...] (SBU) Post warmly welcomes the September 9-11 visit of CODEL Davis to Colombia. With USG assistance, Colombian President Alvaro Uribe has made great strides in fighting drug trafficking and terrorism. Drug eradication and interdiction are at record levels. A nation-wide, multi-phased offens [...]
2005-09-07 18:16:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV SNAR ASEC PTER CO CODEL
05BOGOTA8571COLOMBIAN AIRLINER HIJACKED; NEGOTIATIONS ONGOING
[...] Summary. A Colombian airliner operated by Aires was hijacked today en route to Bogota from Florencia, in Caqueta Department. The twenty passengers included four U.S. contractors ) one American, two Colombians, and one Peruvian. Two Colombian Congressmen are also on board. Upon landing at [...]
2005-09-12 21:01:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ASEC PTER CO
05BOGOTA8586COLOMBIAN AIRLINER HOSTAGES RELEASED; HIJACKERS
[...] Summary. As of 1715 Bogota time, all hostages on board the hijacked Aires flight have been released unharmed, and the two hijackers have surrendered (reftel). Contrary to earlier reports, the father and son hijackers were not former paramilitaries. Rather, they were seeking compensation for [...]
2005-09-12 23:11:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PTER PGOV CO
05BOGOTA8664EMBASSY BOGOTA: HIJACK OF COLOMBIAN AIRLINE WITH
[...] BEGIN SUMMARY: (SBU) On 12 September 2005 at 1218 pm, a Colombian airliner on a domestic flight to Bogota from Florencia was hijacked. Four Contract Employees from the Narcotics Affairs Section (NAS),to include 1 US Citizen, were onboard. As detailed in reftels, the flight landed safely in B [...]
2005-09-14 18:58:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PTER CASC PGOV CO
05BOGOTA8696THE FARC'S INTERNATIONAL TENTACLES
[...] (C) Summary: The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) has outgrown its local roots and should now be characterized as a regional terrorist group with hemispheric reach. Its tentacles reach into many Latin American countries. International law enforcement cooperation has led to the a [...]
2005-09-15 14:47:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPTER PREL ASEC CO
05BOGOTA9566GOC SEEKS ASSISTANCE TO REINFORCE SECURITY AFTER
[...] (C) The GOC is seeking USG assistance to strengthen security in areas formerly occupied by demobilized paramilitaries. Thus far, there have only been isolated incidents of FARC incursions into former paramilitary territory, but the FARC could become emboldened as the demobilization process ad [...]
2005-10-07 15:36:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPGOV MARR EAID ASEC SNAR CO OAS AUC FARC
05BOGOTA9759TWO TERRORIST ATTACKS IN BOGOTA IN TWO DAYS;
[...] (C) Bogota experienced two terrorist incidents in 48 hours. On the evening of October 10, a remote-controlled 50-kilogram explosive device hidden in a parked car was detonated in northern Bogota as Senator German Vargas Lleras's motorcade drove past. Vargas escaped unharmed, but nine Colomb [...]
2005-10-14 18:38:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALASEC PTER PREL CO FARC PGOV
05BRASILIA1100GUTIERREZ ARRIVES IN BRASILIA
[...] (SBU) Ecuador's ex-president Lucio Gutierrez arrived in Brasilia Sunday afternoon, April 24, via Brazilian Air Force 737 and was transferred immediately by helicopter to Brasilia's Military Sector. For the time being, Gutierrez and his family will lodge in officers transit quarters on the ar [...]
2005-04-25 12:58:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ASEC ECIN BR
05BRASILIA2672BRAZIL AND USG SIGN MARITIME TRANSPORT AGREEMENT
[...] Summary. On September 30, after several years of negotiation, Brazil and the USG signed a Maritime Transport Agreement in Washington, DC. The agreement still must be ratified by the Brazilian Congress, which we do not anticipate will happen in the near-term. The signing was, nevertheless, o [...]
2005-10-06 18:52:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT ETRD PHSA PREL ASEC
05BRASILIA2785BRAZIL'S RESPONSE TO APIS+ DEADLINE
[...] (U) Summary. On October 3, the evening before the published deadline for implementation of the APIS+ measures, the Brazilian Foreign Ministry sent Embassy Brasilia a Non- Paper relaying its concerns about the additional reporting requirements. Post requests guidance from Washington on how to [...]
2005-10-18 19:58:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR PTER ASEC
05BRASILIA3135RESPONSE: POST TERRORISM REPORTING OFFICERS
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-30 16:58:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSCUL ASEC EFIN KCRM KTFN KVPR PTER
05BRASILIA3277BRAZIL: 2005 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] The Tri-Border Area (TBA) -- where Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay converge -- has been characterized as a regional hub for Hizballah and HAMAS fundraising activities. However, the region is more widely known as a center for arms and drug trafficking, contraband smuggling, document and currenc [...]
2005-12-16 13:55:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC KCRM EFIN KHLS KPAO BR
05BRASILIA64BRAZIL WILL SEEK RATIFICATION OF LAST THREE
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered talking points to Ministry of External Relations, Transnational Crimes Office Chief Marcus Pinta Gama. According to Pinta Gama, the GOB hopes to ratify the last three outstanding international counterterrorism accords this year. Of the three, the most urgent ratifica [...]
2005-01-06 15:18:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER ASEC PREL BR
05BRASILIA825BRAZIL - COORDINATION AND OUTREACH ON MARITIME
[...] Maritime security issues are handled primarily by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Attache in Brasilia, Julio Velez. Maritime security issues are coordinated with the Economic Section, the Foreign Commercial Service (FCS),and the Defense Atta [...]
2005-03-29 11:36:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT ECON ETRD KSTC PARM PHSA PREL PTER ASEC BR
05BUCHAREST1426ROMANIA NOMINATIONS - ILEA ROSWELL - ADVANCED
[...] U.S. Embassy Bucharest provides the following nominations for ILEA Roswell Session 36. 2. Full Name: Chief Commissioner DAN Calin Vicentiu, Position/Institution: Chief of Department, Financial Investigations, Economic-Financial Directorate, Bucharest Police, DOB: June 27, 1959, POB: Bucha [...]
2005-06-23 13:03:00Embassy BucharestUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM SNAR ASEC RO MD MK
05BUCHAREST1432TURKISH ADMIRAL REAFFIRMS GO IT ALONE POLICY IN
[...] (SBU) Summary. During a June 7-10 Black Sea Security Conference held in Chisinau, Moldova, the Turkish delegate repeated previous GOT comments that Turkey alone has the capacity to ensure security within the Black Sea region. Regarding future NATO activities in the region, he stated that wit [...]
2005-06-24 12:40:00Embassy BucharestUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PREL ECON EU RO MD NATO
05BUCHAREST1518VISAS VIPER: JUNE 2005 MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT
[...] (U) Visas Viper 2. (U) Embassy Bucharest's Visas Viper Committee met on 28 June 2005. Consul General Bryan Dalton chaired the meeting. No new names were submitted to the committee at the meeting. Since May,s Visas Viper Report (Ref B),post submitted no additional names for consideration b [...]
2005-07-08 13:25:00Embassy BucharestSECRETASEC CMGT CVIS KVPR LE PINR PTER RO KANSOU TALAL MOHAMAD
05BUCHAREST1577PROJECT ACCOMPLISHMENTS ROMANIA - SEED FUNDED, INL
[...] The project accomplishments listed below apply for the Counter-narcotics, Cyber-Crime, Police Academies, and ICITAP Advisor projects coordinated by the RSO. RLA/OPDAT will report separately. 2. The major accomplishments for the last 18 months are: - RSO provided specialized audio-vi [...]
2005-07-15 11:02:00Embassy BucharestUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ASEC BU KCRM SNAR RO
05BUCHAREST748SECI CENTER AND BRUSSELS: A VIEW FROM THE OTHER
[...] SECI Center DoS Coordinator traveled to Brussels and met with EU officials concerning SECI initiatives and EU plans to become more involved with the Center. Though EU officials were very interested in the current work of SECI, they were reluctant to commit any resources despite the reality th [...]
2005-03-24 14:40:00Embassy BucharestUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PREL ECON EU GR TU SR HU SL BK MK BU HR RO
05BUCHAREST946SECI UPDATE MARCH 2005
[...] SECI Center's governing body, the Joint Cooperation Committee (JCC),met on 18 March 2005 in Bucharest for their semi-annual meeting. The agenda of the meeting included the approval of the SECI Center's near-term strategy, election of a General Director, as well as other issues concerning the [...]
2005-04-15 13:43:00Embassy BucharestUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PREL ECON EU GR TU HU BK MK BU HR RO SECI
05BUENOSAIRES3110 Embassy Buenos Aires Avian Influenza Tripwires and
[...] Sensitive But Unclassified - Not For Internet Distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: Embassy Buenos Aires has created an Avian Influenza (AI) Mission Task Force (MTF),chaired by the DCM and composed of a program coordinator and representatives from MED, CON, RSO, MGMT, FAS and ESTH. The MTF [...]
2005-12-20 21:18:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMGT ASEC CASC AMED KFLO AEMR AR
05BUENOSAIRES507ARGENTINA SUBMISSION FOR FIFTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING
[...] Overview: A. Trafficking in persons in Argentina primarily involves Argentines trafficked within the country's borders, mostly from the northern provinces to the central provinces and Buenos Aires, and from Buenos Aires to several southern provinces. To a lesser degree, trafficking of pe [...]
2005-03-04 17:46:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF PREL AR
05CAIRO1978INTERNAL SECURITY IN SINAI--AN UPDATE
[...] (C) The effects of the October 7, 2004 terror bombings continue to ripple through the Sinai Peninsula, even as tourism rebounds. In January the security services and tribal leaders formally agreed to work together against criminal activities by tribesmen. In early February, a combined forc [...]
2005-03-14 14:46:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPTER PINS PGOV PHUM ASEC KCRM EG
05CAIRO2433EGYPT:MASSIVE POLICE DEPLOYMENTS PARALYZE CENTRAL
[...] (C) On March 27, one of the largest security operations in recent years paralyzed Central Cairo for hours. Thousands of police troops in riot gear thwarted the attempt of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB),accompanied by a smattering of leftists, to stage a demonstration either at the parliament bui [...]
2005-03-28 15:27:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ASEC EG
05CAIRO2516EGYPT: "ENOUGH" BACK ON THE STREETS IN CAIRO
[...] (SBU) As of 1630 local time on March 30, 300-400 demonstrators from Kifaya ("Enough"),a loose coalition of opponents of the GOE, were gathered in front of the Press Syndicate building (about one mile from the U.S. Embassy) holding banners rejecting a fifth presidential term for Mubarak, rejec [...]
2005-03-30 16:28:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV KDEM ASEC EG
05CAIRO2596EGYPT: UPDATE ON TERRORISM CASES
[...] (C) An emergency court in Cairo convicted and sentenced on March 28 an Egyptian national and an Iranian diplomat (the latter in absentia) on charges of involvement in both a 2004 act of terrorism in Saudi Arabia and in conspiring to commit acts of terrorism in Egypt, including planning an assa [...]
2005-04-04 16:06:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPTER PHUM ASEC IR EG
05CAIRO2682 LIBYA - UNHCR TRIPOLI REQUESTS USG HELP
[...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. SEE PARAGRAPH 10. 2. (U) THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN CLEARED BY USLO TRIPOLI. ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (SBU) INCIDENTS OF DETENTION AND DEPORTATION OF ILLEGAL MIGRANTS FROM LIBYA ARE INCREASING. SOME OF THESE DEPORTEES COULD BE REFUGEES DESERVING INTERNAT [...]
2005-04-06 14:59:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PHUM PREL ASEC EG LI UNHCR
05CAIRO2693EGYPT AND THE FIGHT AGAINST TERRORISM
[...] (S/NF) Egypt brings to the fight against terrorism both its own grim experience and a track record of results. In the 1990s, Egypt successfully subdued domestic terror groups that conducted operations ranging from firebombing video stores to attempted assassinations of senior GOE officials, t [...]
2005-04-06 16:28:00Embassy CairoSECRET//NOFORNPTER PREL ASEC KFRD EG
05CAIRO2739MEETING OF THE EMBASSY'S HOMELAND SECURITY WORKING
[...] (SBU) The Charge chaired on April 6 a meeting of the Embassy's Homeland Security Working Group (HSWG). A/DCM, RSO, LEGAT, ORA, DEA, CONS, and ECPO attended. 2. (SBU) ECPO solicited input from HSWG members for the Embassy's response to ref A, concerning the Department-wide assessment of [...]
2005-04-07 15:49:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER ASEC PGOV KVPR EG
05CAIRO2743EGYPT: EXPLOSION AT CAIRO BAZAAR
[...] (SBU) Charge convened the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) at 8:30 p.m. on April 7 after reports of an explosion in the popular Khan al Khalili bazaar near downtown Cairo. An explosion occurred at about 5:45 p.m., causing multiple injuries, including four confirmed AmCit injured, one of whom [...]
2005-04-07 20:39:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC CASC EG
05CAIRO2744APRIL 7 CAIRO BOMBING: EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE
[...] (C) The Charge convened the Embassy's Emergency Action Committee on April 8 at 12 noon local to discuss the April 7 bombing incident at Cairo's Khan el-Khalili tourist bazaar in the early evening of April 7. Attending the meeting were the A/DCM, RSO, LEGATT, ORA, CONS, ECPO, OMC, DATT, NCIS, R [...]
2005-04-08 13:30:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC CASC KCRM EG
05CAIRO2799CAIRO TERROR ATTACK: ARRESTS, CLAIMS, AND REACTIONS
[...] (SBU) In a statement aired on Egyptian TV on the afternoon of April 11, the Ministry of Interior identified the (dead) perpetrator of the April 7 terrorist attack in the Khan el-Khalili tourist bazaar as an 18-year old engineering student from the Delta province of Qalyubia. The announcement [...]
2005-04-11 16:14:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC CASC EG
05CAIRO2852IRAQ POLICY COORDINATOR JONES'S MEETINGS WITH
[...] (S) During an April 11 visit to Egypt, Iraq Policy Coordinator and Senior Advisor (S/I) Richard Jones met separately with Egyptian Intelligence Chief Omar Soliman and Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit. They expressed interest in hosting a preparatory meeting of senior officials ahead of an intern [...]
2005-04-12 15:49:00Embassy CairoSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV MOPS ASEC EG IZ OVIP
05CAIRO2854ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT TO THE U.S. ELICITS
[...] (C) Egyptian press and MFA contacts offered tempered reactions to public comments by President Bush and Israeli Prime Minister Sharon following their April 11 Crawford, Texas summit. Worried that the President might offer Sharon political cover for Israeli efforts to consolidate control over [...]
2005-04-12 16:43:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAL ASEC EG IS
05CAIRO2898EMBASSY CAIRO'S RESPONSE TO THE APRIL 7 TERRORIST
[...] (SBU) Embassy Cairo's immediate response to the April 7 Khan el-Khalili bombing (reftels) included expeditious consular assistance to the three wounded American citizens and their families, the placement of personnel at the crime scene to collect information and assess continuing threats, and [...]
2005-04-14 16:35:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC CASC EG
05CAIRO2969EGYPT NAMES ACCOMPLICES IN APRIL 7 BAZAAR BOMBING
[...] (SBU) In a public announcement on the afternoon of April 17, the Ministry of Interior named four accomplices of the bomber who died as he carried out the April 7 terrorist attack in a Cairo tourist bazaar that killed one AmCit, two French nationals and wounded 17, including three AmCits, other [...]
2005-04-18 16:08:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC CASC EG
05CAIRO3071OSAC COUNTRY COUNCIL STATUS REPORT: CAIRO
[...] Quarterly/Annual Update (U) The Cairo Regional Security Office is making good progress in creating a viable Country Council. We have had monthly meetings for the past four months, characterized by an active and candid exchange of new ideas and company initiatives. The Country Council is a [...]
2005-04-24 08:55:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EG KSAC
05CAIRO3183EGYPT: PROBABLE TERROR ATTACKS IN CAIRO ON APRIL
[...] (U) This message is senstive but unclassified, please handle accordingly. Not for Internet distribution. ----------- The Attacks ----------- 2. (SBU) Two apparent terror attacks took place in Cairo on the afternoon of April 30. An explosion in downtown Cairo killed one Egyptian and [...]
2005-04-30 19:14:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER ASEC CASC KCRM EG
05CAIRO3184EGYPT: EAC MEETING FOLLOWING APRIL 30 SUICIDE
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified, please handle accordingly. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) On May 1, the Charge d'Affaires convened post's Emergency Action Committee to review details of the April 30 suicide bombing in downtown Cairo and shooting incident (ref A),[...]
2005-05-01 15:05:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER ASEC PREL CASC KCRM EG EAC
05CAIRO3320MEETING OF THE EMBASSY'S HOMELAND SECURITY WORKING
[...] (SBU) The Charge chaired on May 4 a meeting of the Embassy's Homeland Security Working Group (HSWG). A/DCM, RSO, LEGAT, ORA, DEA, CONS, and ECPO attended. 2. (C) HSWG members reviewed information and preliminary conclusions regarding the two April 30 terrorist attacks in Cairo (refs A a [...]
2005-05-04 14:56:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC PGOV KVPR EG
05CAIRO3421EGYPT: NOTES ON THE APRIL 30 CAIRO TERRORIST
[...] (C) A clearer picture of the April 30 terrorist attacks in Cairo is beginning to emerge. The two attacks, one a bombing that killed the perpetrator and wounded several foreigners and Egyptians, and the other a bungled shoot-up of a tourist bus, are directly linked: the bus shooters, two women [...]
2005-05-05 16:28:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC EG
05CAIRO3806MEETING OF THE EMBASSY'S HOMELAND SECURITY WORKING
[...] (SBU) The Charge chaired on May 18 a meeting of the Embassy's Homeland Security Working Group (HSWG). RSO, LEGAT, ORA, DEA, CONS, and ECPO attended. 2. (SBU) ECPO briefed the group on post preparations for the projected May 30-31 visit of Fran Townsend, President Bush's Homeland Security [...]
2005-05-18 18:26:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER ASEC PGOV KVPR EG HSWG
05CAIRO3839EGYPT BELIEVES IT CAN MANAGE SYRIAN INVOLVEMENT IN
[...] (C) Summary: During a May 19 meeting with MFA Chief of Cabinet Sameh Shukry, the Charge delivered reftel demarche on USG objections to Syria's inclusion in the Iraq Preparatory Committee (PrepCom) meeting planned for June 1-2 in Cairo. Shukry replied that excluding Syria would be diplomatical [...]
2005-05-19 15:16:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC EG IZ SY EUN NATO
05CAIRO4125EGYPT CONVOKES CHARGE ON IRAQ PREPCOM PARTICIPATION
[...] (C) The Charge was convoked late in the afternoon of June 1 by MFA Chief of Cabinet Sameh Shukry (acting for the Foreign Minister, who is overseas). Shukry said he was "disturbed" to have just heard from the Russian ambassador that the U.S. had invited the Russian Federation to participate [...]
2005-06-01 15:56:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC IZ RS EG EUN
05CAIRO4171MEETING OF THE EMBASSY'S HOMELAND SECURITY WORKING
[...] (SBU) The Charge chaired on May 30 a meeting of the Embassy's Homeland Security Working Group (HSWG). RSO, LEGAT, ORA, DEA, CONS, and ECPO attended. 2. (SBU) HSWG members welcomed visiting Homeland Security Advisor Frances Townsend and accompanying staff to the meeting and outlined the s [...]
2005-06-02 15:55:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER ASEC PGOV KVPR EG
05CAIRO4336GENERAL WARD'S DISCUSSION WITH OMAR SOLIMAN IN
[...] (C) LTG Ward and Omar Soliman, meeting in Cairo June 6, shared views on the need for a clear chain of authority in the revamped security services of the Palestinian Authority (PA). Soliman said Israel's total disengagement from Gaza would enhance trust between Israeli and Palestinian security [...]
2005-06-09 13:46:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL ASEC IS EG LTG
05CAIRO5055MEETING OF THE EMBASSY'S HOMELAND SECURITY WORKING
[...] (SBU) The Charge chaired on June 29 a meeting of the Embassy's Homeland Security Working Group (HSWG). RSO, LEGAT, ORA, DEA, CONS, and ECPO attended. 2. (SBU) ECPO and HSWG members discussed security developments in the Sinai in reference to regional terrorist threats and in light of rep [...]
2005-07-05 14:22:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER ASEC PGOV KVPR EG HSWG
05CAIRO5650EGYPT REACTING TO SHARM BOMBINGS
[...] (C) Egypt remains shocked and is struggling to digest the terrorist attacks in Sharm el-Sheikh in the early hours of July 23, the country's official national holiday. The attacks, three separate bombings targeting one of the country's premier tourist destinations, appear to be the deadliest [...]
2005-07-24 17:00:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV CASC ASEC ECON EG
05CAIRO5695EGYPT: EXPLOSION IN GIZA
[...] (C) Summary: An Egyptian hospital clerk, Sami Gamal Ahmed Hegazy, was wounded on July 24 in an explosion in his Giza apartment. The Cairo rumor mill immediately suggested the incident was a botched terror attack, but an Egyptian security official suggested it was simply an industrial mishap [...]
2005-07-25 16:36:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPTER CASC ASEC EG
05CAIRO5925ARAB SUMMIT: EGYPT CLEAR ON USG DESIRE FOR CLEAR
[...] (C) Ministry of Foreign Affairs Chef du Cabinet Sameh Shukry (the MFA's number two) told the Charge July 31 that Egypt understood the U.S. call for a simple and clear definition of terrorism and would factor this view into preparations for the planned August 3 extraordinary Arab Summit expect [...]
2005-08-02 05:11:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAL PTER ASEC EG IS IR SY
05CAIRO5945SHARM AFTERMATH UPDATE
[...] (C) Resilience among tourists and shock-absorbers in the economic system may be calming initial fears regarding the economic fallout of the July 23 Sharm El Sheikh attacks, but near-term pain is still expected. Security forces reported on August 2 that they had killed a prime suspect in the Ta [...]
2005-08-02 16:30:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPTER ECON ASEC PREL EG
05CAIRO609330 OF 57 PRESIDENTIAL APPLICANTS PASS FIRST
[...] (C) Following a weekend review of applications, the Presidential Election Commission (PEC) determined on August 6 that only 30 out of a total of 57 applicants seeking to compete for the presidency met basic eligibility criteria under the Presidential Elections Law. While all 27 non-party af [...]
2005-08-08 16:25:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM ASEC EG
05CAIRO6986UPDATE ON SECURITY CONDITIONS IN NORTH SINAI
[...] (S/NF) Following the killing of two high-ranking police officials by what authorities call "Bedouin outcasts" in the Jabal Halal area, the Police-led terror sweep of the Sinai appears to have stalled amidst mined approaches and fierce resistance. Top Egyptian officials have begun to publicly [...]
2005-09-08 13:42:00Embassy CairoSECRET//NOFORNPTER KISL ASEC CASC EG
05CAIRO7155AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON EGYPTIAN INTERIOR MINISTER
[...] (C) In his September 12 introductory call on Egyptian Interior Minister General Habib el-Adly, the Ambassador expressed enthusiasm for the strong working-level cooperation between various USG agencies and the MOI. The Ambassador congratulated the Minister on the success of GOE security forces [...]
2005-09-14 11:12:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER ASEC EG
05CAIRO7766SUDANESE DEMONSTRATIONS FORCE UNHCR CLOSURE
[...] (SBU) A PEACEFUL BUT GROWING DEMONSTRATION BY SUDANESE REFUGEES HAS FORCED UNHCR TO CLOSE ITS OFFICE IN CAIRO. WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE, SAAD AL ATTAR, AND SEVERAL CRITICAL SECURITY PERSONNEL, STAFF-MEMBERS HAVE BEEN SENT HOME AND UNHCR HAS SENT OUT EMAILS ADVISING THA [...]
2005-10-10 13:36:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PHUM PREL ASEC EG SU UNHCR
05CAIRO7963ARAB LEAGUE'S MOUSSA TO BAGHDAD; SEEKING USG
[...] (U) This message contains an action request. See paragraph five. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) During an October 15 meeting with the Ambassador to discuss Iraq's constitution referendum, Arab League Secretary General Moussa outlined plans for a visit to Iraq, October 20-21 (protect [...]
2005-10-17 09:19:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MOPS ASEC EG IZ
05CAIRO8009UPDATE ON SECURITY CONDITIONS IN THE SINAI
[...] (C) Three armed militants were killed and a fourth captured alive in late September, following several weeks of standoff in Jebel Halal, a remote region south of Al Arish, on Sinai's Mediterranean coast. The incident seemed to be a significant breakthrough for the GOE, but does not necessaril [...]
2005-10-18 06:29:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC CASC EG
05CAIRO8110FRUSTRATION MOUNTS AS SUDANESE DEMONSTRATIONS
[...] (SBU) The continuing demonstration by southern Sudanese migrants camped out in a central city park is not a refugee problem but rather a broader humanitarian issue, according to UNHCR Cairo. The demonstration has forced the closure of UNHCR's Cairo office, which adjoins the makeshift camp set- [...]
2005-10-20 13:49:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PHUM PREL ASEC EG SU UNHCR
05CAIRO8499 EXPIRATION OF AUGUST 18 PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT FOR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: DUE TO IMPROVEMENTS TO THE OVERALL SECURITY SITUATION IN EGYPT, POST RECOMMENDS THAT THE AUGUST 18, 2005 PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT (PA) BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE ON NOVEMBER 15, AND THAT NO NEW PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT BE ISSUED. THE RECENTLY UPDATED LANGUAGE OF THE EGYPT CONSULAR INFORMATION S [...]
2005-11-07 15:09:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDCASC ASEC AMGT PTER EG
05CAIRO8990EGYPT: THIRD ROUND OF PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS
[...] (C) Egypt's third and final round of parliamentary elections got underway on December 1 amid reports of hundreds of arrests of Muslim Brotherhood (MB) supporters. Polling stations in the areas visited by emboffs tended either to be calm amid very light turnout, or cordoned off by security p [...]
2005-12-01 16:48:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM ASEC EG
05CAIRO9168EGYPT FPCON MODIFICATION
[...] (U) THE USDR, IN COORDINATION WITH THE CHIEF OF MISSION, DIRECTS A CHANGE OF FORCE PROTECTION CONDITION. THE FPCON FOR THE ARAB REPUBLIC OF EGYPT IS CHANGED FROM FPCON CHARLIE TO FPCON BRAVO. ADDITIONALLY, THE FOLLOWING CHARLIE MEASURES ARE IMPLEMENTED: CHARLIE 4, CHARLIE 5, CHARLIE 7, CHARL [...]
2005-12-08 13:55:00Embassy CairoSECRETASEC EG
05CAIRO9208CAIRO AVIAN INFLUENZA WORKING GROUP (AIWG) UPDATE
[...] (U) Summary: Embassy Cairo's Avian Influenza Working Group (AIWG) met November 8 to review Mission preparedness and interactions of Mission organizations with the Government of Egypt (GOE) on AI prevention. Although surveillance has detected no H5N1 in Egypt, post continues to work on prepa [...]
2005-12-11 15:06:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC AMED ASEC CMGT TBIO
05CAIRO9294CAIRO EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING 12/13/05
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 13, 2005, DCM convened a meeting of the full EAC to discuss the worldwide public announcement issued by the Department of State (Ref A),the current threat situation in Egypt (Ref B),Post tripwires regarding Avian Influenza (AI),the ongoing Emergency Action Plan (E [...]
2005-12-15 09:03:00Embassy CairoSECRET//NOFORNAEMR AMED AMGT ASEC EG KFLO PTER EAC
05CAIRO9335EGYPT: 2005 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] Egypt is an ally in the Global War on Terrorism. The Egyptian and U.S. Governments maintained close cooperation on a broad range of counterterrorism and law enforcement issues in 2005 and exchanged information on a variety of terrorism, security, and law enforcement matters during the course [...]
2005-12-18 16:24:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC EG
05CAIRO9384EGYPT: EXPANSION OF AL-MANAR TO NEW MARKETS
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Although its audience in Egypt appears to be modest, Al-Manar TV recently gained notoriety in Cairo for broadcasting a program deemed to be insulting to President Mubarak. Al Manar´s hostility to the United States and endorsement of conspiracy theories make the station a perfect [...]
2005-12-20 14:52:00Embassy CairoSECRET//NOFORNPTER ASEC PREL ANET EG
05CALCUTTA372ETHNIC VIOLENCE FLARES IN ASSAM
[...] (U) Summary: Between September 26 and October 18, ethnic violence in the Karbi Anglong district of the Northeast Indian state of Assam claimed 73 lives. Conflict over territorial control and retaliation between the insurgent groups of the Karbi and Dimasa tribals has instigated the bloodbath. [...]
2005-10-19 08:50:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV KRIM CASC SOCI IN ASEC
05CALCUTTA418ASSAM'S INSURGENT GROUPS QUIET FOR NOW BUT SOCIAL PROBLEMS
[...] (SBU) Summary: November 5-10, CG made an introductory visit to the State of Assam, the gateway to India's Northeast. Ethnic insurgencies, poverty, drugs and economic stagnation have plagued Assam in recent history. However, some positive trends have emerged in moderating ethnic tensions and [...]
2005-11-21 12:50:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PINR ECON EINV EMIN ASEC SNAR IN BG
05CALCUTTA420NDA DECISIVELY WINS IN BIHAR
[...] (SBU) Summary: In November 22 voting results, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) of the Janata Dal (United) (JDU) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) registered a landslide victory in Bihar's State Assembly elections, winning more than the 122 seats needed for a governing majority. The [...]
2005-11-22 15:13:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PINR ASEC IN
05CANBERRA1129AUSMIN 2005: INITIAL LOGISTICAL ISSUES AND
[...] (C) Summary: The GOA convened an initial AUSMIN interagency planning session with Emboffs on June 29 to consider logistics issues: dates, accommodations, security, transportation, number of delegates, advance teams, media, etc. DFAT and other GOA agency representatives stressed the importan [...]
2005-06-30 09:02:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALOVIP OTRA PREL ASEC PGOV AS
05CANBERRA1381MUSLIM COMMUNITY'S RESPONSE TO LONDON BOMBINGS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The London terrorist incidents of July 7 and 21 have sparked a debate in Australia about the value and meaning of multiculturalism and about the need for the Muslim community to condemn more forthrightly violent extremist propaganda within its own ranks. Australia's relatively [...]
2005-08-12 07:25:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PINR ASEC KCRM AS
05CANBERRA1453AFGHAN FM VISITS AUSTRALIA: GOA MOVING TOWARD
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 8. 2. (C) Summary: Australia strongly supports the process of bringing stability and democracy to Afghanistan. During his August 17-20 visit to open the new Afghan embassy in Canberra, Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah lobbied GOA offic [...]
2005-08-29 06:51:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR ASEC EAID XD AF NL AS
05CANBERRA1454CANBERRA VISAS VIPER REPORT FOR AUGUST 2005
[...] (U) VISAS VIPER 2. (SBU) The A/DCM chaired Embassy Canberra's August 26 Visas Viper committee meeting. There were no Visas Viper submissions for the month of August 2005. STANTON [...]
2005-08-29 07:25:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKVPR PTER CVIS PINR ASEC CMGT AS PREL
05CANBERRA386AUSTRALIA'S FIFTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Australia remains a destination country for Southeast Asian women trafficked for prostitution. Many of these women travel to Australia voluntarily to work in both legal and illegal brothels but can be deceived or coerced into debt bondage or sexual servitude. The Government [...]
2005-03-02 01:18:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG ELAB PREF KFRD ASEC AS
05CANBERRA436AUSTRALIAN REACTION TO BA'ASYIR VERDICT
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Australian officials welcomed the March 3 Indonesian Court decision to convict Abu Bakar Ba'asyir (ABB) for his involvement in the Bali bombings, but were disappointed by the short 30-month sentence he received. The Australian Ambassador to Jakarta raised GOA concerns over the [...]
2005-03-04 07:30:00Embassy CanberraCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPTER PGOV KJUS KISL KPAO ASEC ID AS
05CARACAS36DEMARCHE ON COUNTERTERRORISM CONVENTIONS AND
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-06 11:53:00Embassy CaracasUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC PREL VE
05CARACAS3879VENEZUELA: 2005 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] (SBU) Post's POC is Political Officer Charles Ridley: TEL 58-212-907-8052, FAX 58-212-907-8033, EMAIL RidleyCL@state.gov. In April 2006 POC will be Political Officer Adam Center, EMAIL CenterAM@state.gov ------------------ GENERAL ASSESSMENT ------------------ 2. (U) Venezuelan coope [...]
2005-12-30 17:43:00Embassy CaracasUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC KCRM VE
05CARACAS624VENEZUELA'S FIFTH ANNUAL TIP REPORT SUBMISSION
[...] (SBU) Per reftel A instructions, the following is post's input for the fifth annual anti-trafficking in persons (TIP) report. Political officer Carolina Hidea is the point of contact. Telephone: 58-212-907-8493; Fax: 58-212-907-8033; Email: hideac@state.gov. Hours spent compiling the report: [...]
2005-02-28 20:09:00Embassy CaracasUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM KCRM KWMN KFRD ELAB SMIG ASEC PREF
05CASABLANCA1269 VISAS VIPER FOR NOVEMBER 2005 REPORTING PERIOD
[...] (U) Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met on December 9, 2005. The meeting was chaired by the DCM and attended by representatives from CG, CONS, RAO, RSO, POL, ECON, and LEGATT, and DAO. 2. (SBU) The Committee submits the following [...]
2005-12-10 14:25:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKVPR CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO
05CASABLANCA1341 FRAUD SUMMARY - CASABLANCA
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-27 16:47:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC PREL MO
05CHENNAI2441BOMB BLAST AT HYDERABAD POLICE STATION
[...] (U) Summary: According to press reports confirmed by local police, a powerful blast ripped through the city Police Commissioners Task Force offices in Hyderabad on the evening of October 12. The blast was believed to be carried out by a suicide bomber, but this has yet to be confirmed. One poli [...]
2005-10-13 10:28:00Consulate ChennaiUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PGOV PTER CASC IN
05COLOMBO1419SRI LANKA: STATE OF EMERGENCY DECLARED FOLLOWING
[...] (U) President Chandrika Kumaratunga declared a state of emergency the morning of August 13 following the killing of Foreign Minister Lakshman Kadirgamar by suspected Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) assassins the previous night (Ref A). The measure, which gives police and military ex [...]
2005-08-13 05:15:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV ASEC CE LTTE
05COLOMBO1930Suspected LTTE suicide bomber surrenders at U.S.
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 7, 2005 an individual claiming to be an LTTE suicide bomber came to AmEmbassy Colombo and requested asylum. After an interview to determine that there was no threat or information involving U.S. facilities or personnel he was given into the custody of the police. Th [...]
2005-11-09 11:32:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PTER CE LTTE
05COLOMBO2101SRI LANKA: 2005 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM
[...] (U) The Sri Lankan government strongly supports the Global War on Terror and continues to demonstrate an unwavering commitment to combating terrorism. Sri Lanka has acceded to all international conventions that deal with combating terrorism, with the exception of the 1980 Nuclear Materials Co [...]
2005-12-15 07:53:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER ASEC KCRM EFIN KHLS KPAO CE LTTE
05COLOMBO2121 SRI LANKA: AVIAN FLU TRIPWIRES AND SHELTER-IN-
[...] SUMMARY: THIS CABLE REPORTS OUR REVISED AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI OR H5N1) TRIPWIRES AND SHELTER-IN-PLACE PLANS REQUESTED IN REF D. THIS CABLE SUPERSEDES REF C. 2. SRI LANKA LACKS SEVERAL CRITICAL RESOURCES - TAMIFLU, LABORATORY EQUIPMENT TO IDENTIFY AI, AND MODERN, FULLY EQUIPPED HOSPITALS. [...]
2005-12-20 06:19:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDAMED AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC EAGR KFLO TBIO ECON CE
05COLOMBO2155ATA-5459, OFFER FOR TRAINING: SRI LANKA SENIOR
[...] AS REQUESTED IN REFTEL, LISTED BELOW IS THE FINAL LIST OF NAMES AND DEPARTMENT INFORMATION OF THOSE NOMINATED BY THE GOVT OF SRI LANKA TO ATTEND THE SENIOR CRISIS MANAGEMENT SEMINAR IN WASHINGTON FROM 23 TO 27 JAN 2006. ALL ATTENDEES ON THIS LIST HAVE BEEN MEDICALLY CLEARED, CLEARED FAVORABLY [...]
2005-12-27 05:12:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PTER CE
05COLOMBO278 GSL REQUEST FOR NII/CSI EQUIPMENT LOAN
[...] Post has received a request from GSL Presidential Advisor Mano Tittawella and Finance Secretary PB Jayasundera to expedite the loan of CSI-related non-intrusive inspection equipment, in an effort to expedite scanning of inbound cargo for humanitarian efforts. (Note: Sri Lanka has a three-ye [...]
2005-02-03 07:18:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT EWWT ACOA ASEC ETRD ECON ETTC KSTC PTER CE
05COLOMBO454SRI LANKA: THE FIFTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN
[...] (U) Mission's submission for the fifth annual Anti- Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report for Sri Lanka follows. Responses are keyed to questions in Reftel. Mission point of contact is poloff Andrea Tomaszewicz, telephone +94.11.2.448.007 x2425, fax +94.11.2.471.092. Paragraph 18: Sri Lanka [...]
2005-03-02 04:35:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM ELAB ASEC PREF KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD CE
05COLOMBO679GWOT ASSESSMENT: SRI LANKA AND MALDIVES
[...] (S) We appreciate the opportunity to review the status of the Global War on Terror (GWOT) in our two countries. In both countries we experience good counter-terrorism cooperation but could accomplish a great deal more with a relatively modest increase in resources. Sri Lanka --------- [...]
2005-04-07 04:43:00Embassy ColomboSECRET//NOFORNPTER PGOV KJUS KISL MARR ASEC CE MV LTTE
05COLOMBO916SRI LANKA: STATUE STIRS STRIKE, VIOLENCE IN
[...] (U) One person was killed and five injured in scattered grenade attacks in the eastern district of Trincomalee on May 17 during a two-day strike, or "hartal," to protest the erection of a large Buddha statue on government-owned land. The Embassy has received no reports of U.S. citizens hurt or [...]
2005-05-18 11:53:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC KIRF PTER PHUM CASC CE LTTE
05DAMASCUS5973EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING (EAC) NOVEMBER 16, 2005
[...] (S/NF) The EAC convened on November 16, 2005 at 1430 hours to discuss the security situation in Syria after receiving several intelligence reports indicating specific/general threat information. 2. (S/NF) The EAC discussed three different pieces of intelligence: First, a report that [...]
2005-11-16 15:52:00Embassy DamascusSECRET//NOFORNASEC SY IS CASC
05DARESSALAAM382RETURN OF SURVEILLANT FROM DAR 352
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On 02/18/05 Subject GEARAY from Reftel B returned as agreed at the time of the incident on 02/16/05. He provided RA with his UK passport, which was scanned. RA and a security officer from the British High Commission (BHC) interviewed GEAREY. 2. (SBU) On 02/18/05 GEARAY, the [...]
2005-02-22 08:41:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER ASEC TZ
05DARESSALAAM829MULAMULA, HONEST LOCAL CHECKS
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-02 04:05:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC
05DHAKA1096Media Reaction: U.S. Human Rights Report on
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-14 04:15:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA1114Media Reaction: Syria;Dhaka
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-14 07:57:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA1175Media Reaction: Middle East;Dhaka
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-16 08:00:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA1296Media Reaction: Secretary of State Rice's comments
[...] U.S. Secretary of State's South Asia Tour ------------------------------------------- "A Paradigm Shift in US Foreign Policy" Centrist English language newspaper "News Today" editorially comments (3/22): It seems that Condoleezza Rice, the new United States Secretary of State, is in the pro [...]
2005-03-22 09:17:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA1297Media Reaction: Secretary of State Rice's South
[...] U.S. Secretary of State's South Asia Tour ------------------------------------------- "The Visit of Condoleezza Rice" Conservative Bangla language newspaper "Ittefaq" editorially comments (3/20): What Condoleezza Rice said during her visit to India and Pakistan means that the U.S. wants to st [...]
2005-03-22 09:18:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA1308DHAKA VISAS VIPER REPORT - MARCH 2005
[...] (C) Post's Visas Viper committee met on March 22, 2005. The committee discussed the addition of several leaders of two radical Islamic groups into the VISAS VIPER program. 2. (U) The government of Bangladesh has recently banned two radical Islamic groups, the Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh [...]
2005-03-22 10:32:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKVPR CVIS PTER PINR ASEC
05DHAKA1354Media Reaction: Secretary of State Rice's comments
[...] U.S. Secretary of State's South Asia Tour ------------------------------------------- "Does Bangladesh Deserve All Those Adjective?" A page 1 commentary in centrist economic newspaper "Financial Express" opines (3/23): One cannot but be concerned by what US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice [...]
2005-03-23 10:14:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA1437Media Reaction: Lebanon situation; Dhaka
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-28 04:48:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA1450Media Reaction: Dr. Rice's reported comments on
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-29 09:03:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA1477Media Reaction: Dr. Rice's reported comments on
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-30 04:40:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA1535Media Reaction: State Department's Report on
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-03 06:02:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA1699Media Reaction: Middle East; Dhaka
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-11 05:47:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA1805Media Reaction: Admiral Fallons's Visit to
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-19 09:21:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA1860Media Reaction: Admiral Fallons's Visit to
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-21 05:44:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA1919Media Reaction: Myanmar; Dhaka
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-25 11:31:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA1923BANGLADESH - AMENDMENT TO LOA FOR ANTI-TIP
[...] (SBU) 0n April 25, P/E counselor and RLA presented to Home Ministry Joint Secretary Mohammed Muhsin reftel text for initiating a new training and technical assistance program for BDG law enforcement personnel involved in combating trafficking in persons. 2. (SBU) Muhsin strongly welcomed th [...]
2005-04-25 14:25:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM KWMN PHUM ASEC BG
05DHAKA194Media Reaction: Iraq, Sudan;Dhaka
[...] IRAQ ------- "The Chink in the Armor" Independent English language newspaper "Daily Star" editorially comments (1/17): There is evidence that the entire U.S. project in Iraq is hopelessly flawed and its armed forces are being vanquished by a ferocious guerilla army. The security situati [...]
2005-01-17 06:29:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA1953Media Reaction: Asia-Africa summit in Jakarta;
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-26 06:23:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA2085Media Reaction: Country Report on Terrorism; Dhaka
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-03 08:07:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA2173Media Reaction: U.K. Elections; Dhaka
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-08 03:49:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA2185Media Reaction: U.K. Elections; Dhaka
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-09 03:00:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII BGD
05DHAKA2222DHAKA VISA VIPER REPORT - APR 2005
[...] (C/NF) Post Visa Viper committe met on May 1, 2005. The committe received a briefing from visiting RAO analysts regarding the state of the Islamist movement in Bangladesh. The Committee decided to nominate several leaders of outlawed radical Islamist groups (Ref A) for inclusion in the Visas [...]
2005-05-10 08:20:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKFRD CVIS PTER PINS ASEC
05DHAKA2270Media Reaction: Assistant Secretary Christina
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-15 06:05:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA2297Media Reaction: Alleged Desecration of the Holy
[...] No summary [...]
2005-05-17 04:01:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA2474 DHAKA - MAY 2005 VISAS VIPER MEETING AND STATUS REPORT
[...] POST'S VISAS VIPER COMMITTEE MET ON MAY 31, 2005 AND HAS NO NEW ENTRIES TO SUBMIT FOR MAY 2005. 2. THE MEETING WAS CHAIRED BY CHARG D'AFFAIRES JUDITH A. CHAMMAS. THE VVP COORDINATOR AT EMBASSY DHAKA IS CONSULAR SECTION CHIEF ELIZABETH GOURLAY. CHAMMAS [...]
2005-05-31 02:32:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKVPR CVIS PTER ASEC PINR CMGT BG
05DHAKA251 DHAKA - DEC 2004 VISAS VIPER MEETING AND STATUS REPORT
[...] POST'S VISAS VIPER COMMITTEE MET ON DECEMBER 15, 2004 AND HAS NO NEW ENTRIES TO SUBMIT FOR DECEMBER 2004. 2. CHAIR FOR THE MEETING WAS DCM JUDY A. CHAMMAS AND COORDINATOR WAS CONSUL ELIZABETH GOURLAY. THOMAS [...]
2005-01-19 10:53:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKVPR CVIS PTER ASEC PINR CMGT BG
05DHAKA2570Media Reaction: Koran Desecration and NewsWeek; Dhaka
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-05 07:24:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA2602Media Reaction: Koran Desecration; Dhaka
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-06 06:20:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA261 DHAKA - DEC 2004 VISAS VIPER MEETING AND STATUS REPORT
[...] POST'S VISAS VIPER COMMITTEE MET ON DECEMBER 15, 2004 AND HAS NO NEW ENTRIES TO SUBMIT FOR DECEMBER 2004. 2. THE MEETING WAS CHAIRED BY DCM JUDITH A. CHAMMAS. THE VVP COORDINATOR AT EMBASSY DHAKA IS CONSULAR SECTION CHIEF ELIZABETH GOURLAY. THOMAS [...]
2005-01-24 02:08:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKVPR CVIS PTER ASEC PINR CMGT BG
05DHAKA2619Media Reaction: Koran Desecration;Dhaka
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-07 23:20:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA2694POST'S RESPONSE TO LESSONS LEARNED - CRISIS
[...] Post appreciated the opportunity to host a crisis management exercise (CME). Post feels that it learned valuable lessons during this exercise and was also able to reflect on its own crisis preparedness. Post has also taken time to consider the questions posed by the CME team in REFTEL and ha [...]
2005-06-09 07:40:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC
05DHAKA290SUGGESTED PRESS GUIDANCE - NYT MAGAZINE ARTICLE ON
[...] In the January 23 edition of the New York Times Magazine, an article on Bangladesh entitled "The Next Islamic Revolution?" is generating significant local reaction. In the event it is raised at the noon press briefing or with SA/PB, we suggest the following guidance: Q: THE NEW YORK [...]
2005-01-24 10:59:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PHUM PTER ASEC BG
05DHAKA3030Media Reaction: U.S.-Bangladesh Relations, Iranian
[...] U.S.-Bangladesh Relations ---------------------------- "Burns' Praise for Bangladesh" Independent English "News Today" editorially comments (6/28): The United States' support to Bangladesh's development and democracy remains crucial for stability and progress in this country. Bangladesh [...]
2005-06-28 05:46:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA3042Media Reaction: Under Secretary Nicholas Burns'
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-29 03:41:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA3060Media Reaction: Visit of Nicholas Burns and
[...] The Visit of Nicholas Burns and Gastright --------------------------------------------- "US Policy And Ahmadiyas" Independent English language newspaper "Bangladesh Observer" editorially comments (6/30): On the heels of US Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs Nicholas Burns' visit to D [...]
2005-06-30 03:59:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA3127DHAKA VISA VIPER REPORT - JUNE 2005
[...] (C/NF) Post Visa Viper committee met on June 28, 2005. The committee wishes to nominate one individual for inclusion in the Visas Viper Program, as follows: NAME: Hasanul Haq DPOB: 01-JAN-1976 Affiliation: Haq claims to be an al-Qaeda member, and sent e-mail messages threatening to blo [...]
2005-07-05 02:41:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALASEC CVIS PINR PTER
05DHAKA3203Media Reaction: G 8 summit, London Blast, Iraq;
[...] G-8 Summit ------------- "Limited Gain at G-8: Disappointment Over Environment" Independent English language newspaper "Daily Star" editorially comments (7/10): In the aftermath of the terrorist attack on London, there was much speculation that the G-8 summit at Gleneagles would be side- [...]
2005-07-10 08:50:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA326Media Reaction: Bush Inauguration, Iraq;Dhaka
[...] BUSH INAUGURATION -------------------- "Of Two Presidential Inaugurations" Independent English language newspaper "New Age" editorially comments (1/25/05): Two presidential inaugurations in the past few days have naturally aroused two different kinds of feeling around the globe. The tho [...]
2005-01-25 07:04:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA3275COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO TIMOTHY ARNEY
[...] Embassy Dhaka welcomes and grants country clearance for FBI Legal Attache Timothy T. Arney on his July 18-21, 2005visit. Control officer is Nancy Langston, Resident Legal Advisor, (office) 880-2-885-5500 ext. 2516, (home) 880-2-885-5573, (fax) 880-2-882-4008. 2. Hotel arrangements have [...]
2005-07-12 01:10:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA BG
05DHAKA3296Media Reaction: Aftermath of the London Blast;
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-12 04:56:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA3315Media Reaction: Aftermath of the London Blast;
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-13 04:12:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA335Media Reaction: Bush Inauguration;Dhaka
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-26 04:46:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA3371COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO TIMOTHY BROWNING
[...] Embassy Dhaka welcomes and grants country clearance for U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Attorney, Timothy Browning, on his July 19-22, 2005 visit. Control officer is Dayle Johns, Economic Officer, Economic and Commercial Office; TEL: 880-2-885-5500 ext. 2206, (mobile) 011-804-344, (home) 88 [...]
2005-07-17 01:07:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD KIPR OTRA AORC ASEC BG
05DHAKA3419NSDD38 - USAID STAFFING IN DHAKA, BANGLADESH
[...] The following provides a formal NSDD-38 proposal to change the size, composition, or mandate of full-time, permanent USG positions in Dhaka, Bangladesh. This is an action request. In accordance with the provisions of NSDD-38, USAID/Bangladesh seeks to create a Project Development Officer p [...]
2005-07-19 08:26:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDBG AODE AMGT ABLD ASEC KMRS KSPR
05DHAKA350Media Reaction: Bush Inauguration;Dhaka
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-27 08:09:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA3530Media Reaction: Bomb blast in Egypt;Dhaka
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-24 02:58:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA3557Media Reaction: Bomb blast in Egypt;Dhaka
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-25 05:51:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA366Media Reaction: Iraqi Elections; Dhaka
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-30 08:57:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA3681Media Reaction: Terrorism and Islamic Apologists;
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-31 06:46:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA3731CDA CALLS ON MINISTER FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND
[...] (C) Summary: CDA called on Minister for Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives and Secretary General of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Abdul Mannan Bhuyian. He expressed confidence in the strength of the BNP four-party coalition, and stated that the recent IOJ by-election [...]
2005-08-02 04:54:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID ASEC PTER BG
05DHAKA3764Media Reaction: Indo-U.S. Defense Agreement; Dhaka
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-03 07:26:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA3797 DHAKA - JULY 2005 VISAS VIPER MEETING AND STATUS REPORT
[...] (SBU) POST'S VISAS VIPER COMMITTEE MET ON JULY 26, 2005 AND HAS NO NEW ENTRIES TO SUBMIT FOR JULY 2005. 2. (SBU) THE MEETING WAS CHAIRED BY CHARG D'AFFAIRES JUDITH A. CHAMMAS. THE VVP COORDINATOR AT EMBASSY DHAKA IS CONSULAR SECTION CHIEF ELIZABETH GOURLAY. CHAMMAS [...]
2005-08-06 23:24:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKVPR CVIS PTER ASEC PINR CMGT BG
05DHAKA3803Media Reaction: GWOT: London Bombings, Central
[...] GWOT: London Bombings ------------------------ "Ghost of Terror on Blair's shoulder" Pro-government Bangla language newspaper "Amar Desh" editorially comments (8/7): Britain is now seeing the specter of terrorism. The Last vestiges of human rights and liberalism are being eliminated with m [...]
2005-08-07 04:50:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA3847Media Reaction: GWOT: London Bombings; Dhaka
[...] GWOT: London Bombings ------------------------ "Measures to expel Muslims Will Be Disastrous For Britain" An op-ed article in anti-West Bangla language newspaper "Inqilab" opines (8/8): The meeting between Muslim leaders and leaders of the British government and the opposition had generated d [...]
2005-08-08 05:02:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA3942Media Reaction: GWOT: London Bombings, Israel,
[...] GWOT: London Bombings ------------------------ "Is Tony Blair on the right track to combat terrorism in Britain?" An editorial page article in English language newspaper "Daily Star" by former ambassador Harun ur Rashid opines (8/10): Political observers believe the basic fault lies in t [...]
2005-08-11 04:03:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA3943Media Reaction: Iran; Dhaka
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-11 04:04:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA4040Media Reaction: Iranian Nuclear Program; Dhaka
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-16 08:09:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA4135Media Reaction: Israeli Withdrawal From Gaza; Dhaka
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-21 06:39:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA4151MEDIA REACTION: IRAN; DHAKA
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-22 09:39:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA4290MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ'S CRISIS OVER CONSTITUTION;
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-30 04:38:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA4392Media Reaction: Aftermath of Katrina; Dhaka
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-06 09:37:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA4410Media Reaction: Aftermath of Katrina; Dhaka
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-07 05:46:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA4447Media Reaction: Aftermath of Katrina, U.S. Supreme
[...] Aftermath of Katrina ----------------------- "Katrina Fallout Issues: Tragedy Compounded by Governance Failure" English language newspaper "Daily Star" editorially comments (9/8): The destruction of the city of New Orleans by Hurricane Katrina and the accompanying massive loss of life ha [...]
2005-09-10 04:55:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA4483Media Reaction: Iraq Constitution Bangladesh-U.S.
[...] Iraq Constitution -------------------- "Iraq Constitution Points To War On Terror's Agenda" Independent English language newspaper "New Age" front-page article comments (9/11): The US-led invasion of Iraq dubbed as the "war on terror" sparked off by the twin tower bombings in New York fou [...]
2005-09-11 10:26:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA4605 ACTION - COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ROY ROBINSON
[...] Embassy Dhaka welcomes Roy Robinson on his 09/17-25/2005 visit and grants country clearance, contingent repeat contingent on obtaining a Bangladeshi visa in his passport prior to arrival in Bangladesh (see Paragraph 3.D. and 3.E. below). Control Officer will be Katrina Martin. Contact infor [...]
2005-09-14 10:50:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA AMGT ASEC PTER BG
05DHAKA4694MEDIA REACTION: US-BANGLADESH RELATIONS, UNGA
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-18 07:19:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA524Media Reaction: President Bush's State of the Union
[...] No summary [...]
2005-02-06 08:42:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA558Media Reaction: President Bush's State of the Union
[...] No summary [...]
2005-02-09 02:35:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA5627"SUICIDE" BOMBER MARKS ESCALATION OF EXTREMIST
[...] (S) Summary. The November 15 assassination of two provincial judges, and the perception that the attacker meant to martyr himself for Islamic glory, marks a worrisome growth in the evolution of Islamic extremism in Bangladesh. The recurring attacks on the judiciary have upped the political s [...]
2005-11-17 11:04:00Embassy DhakaSECRETPTER KISL PGOV PREL ASEC BG
05DHAKA5650BANGLADESHI EFFORTS TO BRING JMB BOMBERS TO JUSTICE
[...] (S) Summary. A disorganized, inter-agency BDG effort continues to scramble to catch JMB bombers and prevent future attacks, but investigators have failed to arrest seven senior JMB leaders or learn how the bomb attacks were organized, financed, and coordinated. The BDG remains receptive to US [...]
2005-11-21 11:49:00Embassy DhakaSECRETPTER KISL ASEC PGOV BG
05DHAKA5813BANGLADESH: POST TERRORISM REPORTING OFFICER
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-28 07:42:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER ASEC EFIN KCRM CBG BG
05DHAKA5837SUSPECTED JMB SUICIDE BOMBERS KILL EIGHT, WOUND
[...] (C) Summary. Suspected JMB suicide bombers killed at least eight persons and wounded dozens in separate courthouse attacks this morning in Chittagong and Gazipur, according to police and media reports. PM Zia denounced JMB as an enemy of Bangladesh, and the opposition Awami League has backed [...]
2005-11-29 11:48:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC KISL PREL BG
05DHAKA606Media Reaction: Middle East;Dhaka
[...] No summary [...]
2005-02-10 05:48:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA607DHAKA - JAN 2005 VISAS VIPER MEETING AND STATUS REPORT
[...] (SBU) POST'S VISAS VIPER COMMITTEE MET ON JANUARY 25, 2005 AND HAS NO NEW ENTRIES TO SUBMIT FOR JANUARY 2005. 2. (SBU) THE MEETING WAS CHAIRED BY DCM JUDITH A. CHAMMAS. THE VVP COORDINATOR AT EMBASSY DHAKA IS CONSULAR SECTION CHIEF ELIZABETH GOURLAY. THOMAS [...]
2005-02-10 06:48:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKVPR CVIS PTER ASEC PINR CMGT BG
05DHAKA6071 Demonstration near the U.S. Embassy in Dhaka,
[...] (SBU) Summary. A large pro-BNP (Bangladeshi ruling party) demonstration occurred in the immediate vicinity of the Embassy on December 12, 2005. Post had received no prior notice of the demonstration although police appeared to know well in advance. The demonstration lasted for approximately [...]
2005-12-13 01:06:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC
05DHAKA6143BANGLADESH: 2005 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERROR
[...] The POC for Embassy Dhaka is Robert Wong, Political Officer. Email: wongre@state.gov. The report will also be sent to Rhonda Shore and Ed Salazar via email. 2. BEGIN TEXT GENERAL ASSESSMENT The Bangladesh government affirms full support for the global war on terror, and in [...]
2005-12-15 06:27:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER ASEC KISL PGOV KCRM BG
05DHAKA625Media Reaction: Middle East Summit, Iraq; Dhaka
[...] MIDDLE EAST SUMMIT --------------------- "Mahmoud Abbas' Leadership" Independent English language weekly "Holiday" editorially comments (2/11): The deal struck by Mahmoud Abbas and Ariel Sharon in Sharm el Sheikh last week should ignite some kind of cheer in those who have regularly wished [...]
2005-02-13 10:58:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA6303JMB: WINDED OR DOWN FOR THE COUNT?
[...] (C) December 22 marks the second week since the last attack, in Netrakona, which at that point looked like the most ruthless in an escalating and quickening campaign of violence waged by Jamaatul Mujahidin Bangladesh (JMB). The focus has shifted from attacks to apparent breakthroughs in the a [...]
2005-12-21 10:11:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALPTER KISL ASEC PGOV BG
05DHAKA918Media Reaction: U.S. Human Rights Report on
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-03 10:51:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA937BANGLADESH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] (U) This Anti-Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report will cover efforts by the Bangladesh Government (BDG) during the time period from March 2004-March 2005. Embassy point of contact is Political Officer Charlene Wang, telephone number 880-2-885-5500 extension 2148, IVG post-code Dhaka #583, fax [...]
2005-03-03 12:08:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB BG USAID
05DHAKA954Media Reaction: U.S. Human Rights Report on
[...] U.S. Human Rights Report on Bangladesh ----------------------------------------- "The Government Should Perform Its Duty" Independent Bangla language newspaper "Jugantor" editorially comments (3/4): The U.S. human rights report on Bangladesh has commented that the government's human right [...]
2005-03-06 07:12:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA997Media Reaction: U.S. Human Rights Report on
[...] U.S. Human Rights Report on Bangladesh ----------------------------------------- "Calling somebody a thief by his master for the crime he committed for him" An editorial page article in independent Bangla "Prothom Alo" by columnist Farhad Mazhar opines (3/7): The U.S. Human Rights Report ha [...]
2005-03-07 09:05:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DJIBOUTI1005REQUEST FOR REINSTATEMENT OF RESIDENTIAL GUARDS
[...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION CABLE FOR THE DEPARTMENT. 2. (C) AS OF OCTOBER 1, 2005, POST HAS REMOVED RESIDENTIAL GUARDS UNDER MANDATE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE BASED ON BUDGETARY CONSTRAINTS. THE REMOVAL OF POST'S RESIDENTIAL GUARD PROTECTION, IN CONJUNCTION WITH LOCAL SECURITY REALITIES, WILL [...]
2005-10-10 07:26:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALASEC AFIN DJ
05DJIBOUTI1028DJIBOUTI WALK-IN 10/13/2005
[...] (S/NF) Summary - On 10/13/2005 RSO and ARSO interviewed a Walk-in claiming to have information relating to terrorism. The Walk-in provided RSO with information regarding a terrorist camp located in Somalia. Details of the interview were discussed with ORA and the Walk-in was turned over to OR [...]
2005-10-13 13:37:00Embassy DjiboutiSECRET//NOFORNASEC PTER PINR DJ
05DJIBOUTI1046DJIBOUTI: EAC 10/18/2005
[...] (S) Post convened a meeting of the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on October 18, 2005 to review recent threat reporting received by the COS. The EAC discussed the potential of attacks on U.S. government interests and the addition of needed security measures to mitigate the threat. Potential [...]
2005-10-19 15:02:00Embassy DjiboutiSECRET//NOFORNASEC CASC DJ PTER
05DJIBOUTI1077CRIME UP-TICK IN DJIBOUTI - RENEWED REQUEST FOR
[...] This is an action message. See para 4. 2. Djibouti City has undergone a change for the worse over the past two weeks, in terms of the nature and intensity of serious and violent criminal acts. The sharp rise in violent crime in the city began with the murder of a Third Country National ( [...]
2005-10-25 14:17:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PGOV PREF SOCI AMGT DJ
05DJIBOUTI111THREAT LETTER
[...] (SBU) - BEGIN SUMMARY- On 02/01/2005 at 1100 hours, the Embassy's Human Resources assistant passed an envelope to the RSO indicating that enclosed in the envelope was a threat letter. After careful review of the letter, RSO immediately notified Post Management, Host Nation security services a [...]
2005-02-02 10:51:00Embassy DjiboutiSECRETPTER ASEC DJ
05DJIBOUTI1111DISPOSITION OF EXISTING CMR AND
[...] (U) Post appreciates OBO's advance planning for disposition of the existing CMR and mission compound in Djibouti in conjunction with construction of the New Embassy Compound. While the current location offers many benefits for maintaining the CMR where it is, the design and size of the residen [...]
2005-11-09 03:37:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ABLD ASEC DJ
05DJIBOUTI1116LETTER ON VACANT BUILDING ACROSS FROM COMPOUND
[...] No summary [...]
2005-11-09 11:20:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT PREL ASEC DJ
05DJIBOUTI1123AMBASSADORS MEETING WITH HONORARY CONSUL FOR UK
[...] (S) On 11/10/2005 at approximately 1000 Mr. Alain Martinet, Honorary Consul for the U.K., called the Ambassador because he wanted to come to the Embassy to discuss a security issue. At 1030 the Ambassador met with Mr. Martinet who passed to the Ambassador that he had been contacted by a man [...]
2005-11-10 09:16:00Embassy DjiboutiSECRETASEC PTER
05DJIBOUTI1230DJIBOUTI: 2005 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM
[...] Post submits the following language for use in the 2005 Country Report on Terrorism. Embassy POC's for this report is RSO Gary Stoner (stonergm@state.gov). Overview 2. Djibouti continues to be a critical front-line state in the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT),and has been one of the [...]
2005-12-15 13:51:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC DJ
05DJIBOUTI133DJIBOUTI: RESPONSE TO 2005 SEPQ
[...] (SBU) Per REFTEL (a) paragraph 3, there are no identifiable changes in the security environment since Post's last report. The operational and threat condition remain the same for all three environments and Post continues to work with Host nation and U.S. Military counterparts to closely monit [...]
2005-02-13 08:05:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC
05DJIBOUTI149ISLAM IN DJIBOUTI
[...] (SBU) Summary: During recent years, the Islamic world has witnessed changes in religious attitudes and verbal outlook. Fundamental views that oppose all things external to Islamic culture expressed by scholars and preachers have taken hold in some Muslim societies. This fervent opposition of an [...]
2005-02-15 07:01:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALSOCI SCUL PREL PGOV ASEC PINR KISL DJ
05DJIBOUTI208DJIBOUTI: POSSIBLE CI INCIDENT
[...] (S/NF) On Thursday February 24, 2005, Embassy Djibouti received an envelope from the Chinese Embassy in Djibouti containing a business proposition on behalf of the Chinese construction company "Chine Dji-Fu Sarl (formerly CSCEC)". In the proposition, the Chinese construction company briefly ou [...]
2005-03-01 10:52:00Embassy DjiboutiSECRETASEC
05DJIBOUTI240DJIBOUTI - 2005 ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Djibouti is reportedly a country of transit and a country of destination for internationally trafficked persons. There is no evidence to suggest that Djibouti is a country of origin. The trafficking problem in Djibouti is vague and undocumented. Post would like to emphasize that [...]
2005-03-07 03:08:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB DJ SO ET
05DJIBOUTI288DORALE RADIO PROJECT NEARS COMPLETION, CREATES
[...] (U) SUMMARY: This is an action request, see paragraph 8. The International Board of Broadcasting's three year, $1.2 million renovation of Radio Television Djibouti's Dorale transmitting station is nearing completion. The renovations give RTD expanded broadcasting capability, allowing its sign [...]
2005-03-22 08:50:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR MOPS ASEC KPAO DJ BBG
05DJIBOUTI303DJIBOUTI: REQUEST FOR CI ANALYSIS
[...] (S/NF) On Sunday, March 6, 2005, Ambassador to US Embassy Djibouti received a military delegation of French officials at her office. Prior to commencement of this meeting, one of the French military members produced a camera and began taking photos of the Ambassador and French General. These [...]
2005-03-31 07:11:00Embassy DjiboutiSECRETASEC
05DJIBOUTI305DJIBOUTI: REDUCTION OF RESIDENTIAL SECURITY GUARD
[...] (SBU) Upon receipt of REFTEL (A),RSO discussed, with the EAC, potential ramifications of a further reduction of residential guard services. During a heightened time of threat, the reduction envisioned will present a negative message to many of Embassy Djibouti's American and LES employees. [...]
2005-04-01 08:29:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC DJ
05DJIBOUTI308DJIBOUTI: COUNTERFEIT NOTE FORWARDED TO U.S.
[...] (SBU) On 03/31/2005, RSO Djibouti was notified by U.S. Military personnel at Camp Lemonier that a counterfeit one hundred dollar bill ($100.00 - S/N: AB46040801W) was discovered while conducting routine financial transactions. 2. (SBU) RSO Djibouti retrieved the counterfeit note, per USSS M [...]
2005-04-03 11:25:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC
05DJIBOUTI325DJIBOUTI: SURVEILLANCE DETECTION GUIDELINES
[...] (SBU) Per REFTEL (A),Post submits the following responses: - Interdiction: 2. Somewhat satisfied. - Follow up with bio data/records checks: 2. Somewhat satisfied RSO Comment: Although Host Nation security services respond quickly to incidents that may occur in the proximity of the Embas [...]
2005-04-06 07:42:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC
05DJIBOUTI407DJIBOUTI: FOOD SECURITY AND REFUGEES UPDATE
[...] REDSO/FFP OFFICER TRAVELED TO DJIBOUTI 5-7 APRIL, MET WITH WFP, UNHCR AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, TRAVELED TO HOLL-HOLL AND ALI ADDE REFUGEE CAMPS AND VISITED FOOD INSECURE AREAS OF ALI SABIEH DISTRICT. 2. FFP RECENTLY CONTRIBUTED AN ADDITIONAL $500,000 TO WFP'S PROTRACTED RELIEF AND RECOVERY [...]
2005-04-24 12:53:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDACOA AMTC AMGT ASEC PREF
05DJIBOUTI449SAFE SKIES: FAA/TSA EVALUATION VISIT
[...] (SBU) Summary: A team of Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officials conducted the first Safe Skies for Africa evaluation visit for Djibouti from April 18 - 22. Djibouti's Civil Aviation Authority (DCAA) and Airport Management from Dubai Por [...]
2005-05-09 12:36:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON ASEC ETRD DJ
05DJIBOUTI470DJIBOUTI - COLLOCATION WAIVER INFORMATION
[...] The U.S. Mission in Djibouti currently consists of five USG agencies: State, USAID, DOD/CENTCOM, which is represented by a military liaison officer called USLO, Navy Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS),and IBB. 2. State, AID USLO and NCIS will be collocated on the NEC. 3. IBB broadcas [...]
2005-05-16 07:21:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDABLD ASEC AMGT DJ
05DJIBOUTI499DJIBOUTI NEC SITE - REQUEST FOR OBO ASSISTANCE
[...] (U) Post acknowledges receipt of funding (Ref A) and is pleased at the overall progress towards closing on the Salines South site. Much has been accomplished in the brief time allotted, and with the successful resolution of a few remaining technical points regarding zoning, construction timel [...]
2005-05-23 13:28:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDABLD AMGT ASEC DJ
05DJIBOUTI505DJIBOUTI: DECERTIFICATION OF SECURE SHIPMENT
[...] (SBU) Containers#: ACCU 201373-5, 201372-0 and 201387-0 were received by American Embassy Djibouti on 13 May 2005. RSO Djibouti, SA Marc Ramos, opened, decertified and inspected the containers and their contents. All tamper resistant seals, packing frame and contents appeared to be in tact wi [...]
2005-05-25 12:50:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC ABLD KSEO KSLG
05DJIBOUTI506DJIBOUTI: REDUCTION OF RESIDENTIAL GUARD COVERAGE
[...] (SBU) Per reftels (a) and (b),Post has reduced its residential guard coverage from 54 to 36 guards to carry out 12 hour coverage. Guards will work a standard 40 hour work week. Changes in operational scheduling will take place beginning 29 May 2005. 2. (SBU) RSO has placed orders for GEM [...]
2005-05-25 13:45:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC
05DJIBOUTI511DJIBOUTI NEC SITE - FOLLOW-UP ON POST REQUEST FOR OBO
[...] (U) Post wishes to reiterate the importance of having the assistance of a real estate professional to guide us through the closing process on the Salines South site to a successful conclusion. 2. (U) Vicki Hartung's visit to Post would be an asset for the following reasons: -- The Djibou [...]
2005-05-27 08:25:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDABLD AMGT ASEC DJ
05DJIBOUTI514DJIBOUTI: RECENT CRIME ACTIVITY IS CAUSE FOR
[...] (SBU) A rash of recent criminal activity has sparked worry among Embassy personnel, both American and LES alike. Although the incidents do not indicate a crime wave, they are definitely cause for concern and caution. 2. (SBU) In the past two weeks, Post has seen three different acts of viol [...]
2005-05-30 11:35:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC
05DJIBOUTI530DJIBOUTI: EAC 06/05/2005
[...] (C) Post convened a meeting of the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on 05 June, 2005 to review recent threat reporting in REFTEL. The EAC discussed the potential of attacks on U.S. government interests and the addition of needed security measures to mitigate the threat. Potential targets in [...]
2005-06-05 13:07:00Embassy DjiboutiSECRET//NOFORNASEC AEMR
05DJIBOUTI582EMBASSY DJIBOUTI CONSTRUCTION SECURITY PLAN
[...] (U) This is an ACTION REQUEST. See paragraph 12. 2. (U) This telegram constitutes the Construction Security Plan (CSP) for the installation of split-pack air conditioning units in the Executive Suite of the CAA of Embassy Djibouti. This project requires confirmation. No action/work will be [...]
2005-06-16 15:19:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDASEC ABLD AMGT KSEO DJ
05DJIBOUTI59RUMORED CHANGES IN DJIBOUTI'S TOP MILITARY BRASS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Sources told the Embassy Political Assistant that significant changes are expected in the country's top military commanders after Djibouti's presidential elections in April 2005. The projected changes include the retirement and replacement of Djibouti,s only two General Officers. [...]
2005-01-13 14:14:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALASEC MARR PGOV PINR PREL MOPS DJ
05DJIBOUTI595DJIBOUTI: EAC 06/21/2005 - SECURITY PREPARATIONS
[...] (SBU) On 06/21/2005, Post convened a meeting of the Emergency Action Committee per REFTEL (a). Post reviewed its security posture and determined that current security measures are adequate to handle daily operations and are commensurate with current threat standards. 2. (C) Post has decide [...]
2005-06-21 14:08:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC AEMR DJ
05DJIBOUTI610DJIBOUTI: PARTICIPANT LIST - ILEA GABORONE, LEEDP
[...] Per REFTEL, the appropriate local national checks have been conducted for the Djiboutian participants of session 16 LEEDP. Post is still in the process of vetting the names through appropriate U.S. Agencies and will forward any negative information as received. Travel itinerary and other per [...]
2005-06-24 09:17:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM SNAR ASEC EAID ECON DJ
05DJIBOUTI644LONDON EXPLOSIONS - ACTION REQUESTED
[...] (C) Per REFTEL, Post convened a meeting of the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on 07/07/2005 to review its current security posture in light of the attacks in London, England. The EAC discussed the need to issue a warden message or public announcement and concluded that the current warden mes [...]
2005-07-07 14:11:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC CASC DJ
05DJIBOUTI668DJIBOUTI'S FOREIGN MINISTER RAISES NEC WITH
[...] (U) Djibouti's Foreign Minister Mahmoud Ali Youssouf contacted Ambassador on July 10 to request an urgent meeting on the New Embassy Compound (NEC) Project. The meeting took place at the Foreign Ministry on July 11. 2. (C) The Minister, joined by Director of Bilateral Relations Mohamed Ali [...]
2005-07-13 10:52:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALPREL ABLD AMGT ASEC DJ
05DJIBOUTI670DJIBOUTI NEC: FINAL ACTION ITEMS PRIOR TO
[...] Transmitted herewith is a translation of the French text of Diplomatic Note 584/05/fax of July 12, 2005 from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation on the Djibouti NEC.(also reported septel) Begin translation: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Coope [...]
2005-07-13 11:56:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDABLD AMGT PREL ASEC DJ
05DJIBOUTI692DJIBOUTI: PARTICIPANT LIST - ILEA GABORONE, LEEDP
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-20 06:04:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDASEC DJ EAID ECON KCRM SNAR
05DJIBOUTI707DJIBOUTI - IMMEDIATE ACTION TO RESOLVE ACCESS ISSUE
[...] (U) Djibouti has accepted the USG's first preference for resolving the impasse over access roads to the New Embassy Compound. It will accept the route closest to the presidential compound, delineated as a composite orange line in a map attachment to Ref D. Ambassador asked for a diplomatic n [...]
2005-07-25 11:32:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDABLD AMGT ASEC DJ
05DJIBOUTI710GOVERNMENT OF DJIBOUTI RAISES THREAT LEVEL IN
[...] (S) DURING A MEETING JULY 26 AT NATIONAL SECURITY SERVICES (NSS) HEADQUARTERS, THE DIRECTOR OF NSS, HASSAN SAID, AND THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR ABDILLAHI MOHAMED ABDILLAHI, ADVISED TDY RSO, FSNI, AND NCIS FORCE PROTECTION OFFICER THAT NATIONAL SECURITY HAS RAISED THE THREAT LEVEL OF DJIBOUTI TO A [...]
2005-07-26 14:15:00Embassy DjiboutiSECRETASEC DJ PTER
05DJIBOUTI802DJIBOUTI EAC MEETING OF AUGUST 14
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-14 12:10:00Embassy DjiboutiSECRETASEC CASC DJ PREL PTER
05DJIBOUTI808 NEC DJIBOUTI--PURCHASE OF HARAMOUS SITE
[...] On August 16, 2005, Embassy Djibouti (Charge Howard L. McGowan and GSO Marissa Scott) received the title to the Haramous property, delivered to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs the purchase price check and the implementation letter, and closed on the NEC Site. The land is now ours. Best rega [...]
2005-08-16 09:51:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDABLD AMGT ASEC PREL
05DJIBOUTI965STRIKES AT DJIBOUTI PORT AND RUMORS OF EMBASSY
[...] (C) Summary: On September 14, the Port of Djibouti's general union, Union of Port Workers (UTP),launched a strike denouncing what it called "catastrophic management of the port's Human Resources Division." Further protests took place on September 24th following a breakdown in mediations and [...]
2005-09-30 08:27:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ELAB ECON ASEC SCUL DJ
05DJIBOUTI983VEHICLE BREAK-IN, CORRECTED COPY
[...] On September 29, 2005 at approximately 0945 the vehicle of an Embassy employee was broken into and 100,000 DF were stolen from the vehicle. The EFM of an Embassy employee had gone to Djibouti Telecom to pay their internet bill and parked their vehicle in the parking lot across the street from [...]
2005-10-04 08:49:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDASEC
05DJIBOUTI987PORT STRIKES: FOLLOW-UP WITH DPI DIRECTOR
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador, DCM and Pol/Econ met with Dubai Ports International (DPI) General Manager, David Hawker, at Ambassador's request 2 October to discuss the recent problems with strikes at the Port. Hawker offered clarification for many points of misinformation that had been circulating [...]
2005-10-04 11:51:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALELAB ECON PREL PGOV ASEC SCUL DJ
05DJIBOUTI989AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH DJIBOUTI FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] (c) SUMMARY: Ambassador Ragsdale and DCM Ball called September 29 on Djibouti Foreign Minister Mahmoud Ali Youssouf. Topics raised by the Ambassador included President Guelleh's trip to UNGA and Baltimore; Djibouti's national debt; renewable energy, including geothermal; strikes at the Port [...]
2005-10-04 14:27:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC ECON ETRD DJ
05DJIBOUTI996DJIBOUTI: EAC 10/06/2005
[...] (S) Post convened a meeting of the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on October 06, 2005 to review recent threat reporting received by the COS. The EAC discussed the potential of attacks on U.S. government interests and the addition of needed security measures to mitigate the threat. Potential [...]
2005-10-06 13:25:00Embassy DjiboutiSECRET//NOFORNASEC CASC DJ PTER
05DOHA1005FRAN TOWNSEND'S JUNE 2, 2005 MEETINGS IN QATAR
[...] (S) Summary: Frances (Fran) Townsend, Assistant to the President and Advisor on Homeland Security, visited Doha for a few hours on Thursday, 2 June 2005. In her meetings with Sheikh Tamim the Heir Apparent, with the Amir (in which Foreign Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim sat in),and finally [...]
2005-06-06 09:16:00Embassy DohaSECRETASEC KPAO MARR PREL QA
05DUBAI94DUBAI GOV'T REMAINS WILLING TO ENGAGE ON BUILDING NOB FOR
[...] Consul General met December 20 with Sultan bin Sulayem (SBS),the Dubai government's point person for the proposed NOB for ConGen Dubai, to review the points raised in reftel. Following is a summary of the discussion, which was favorable overall. 2. Contractors: SBS said there were three US [...]
2005-01-08 13:45:00Consulate DubaiUNCLASSIFIEDASEC KSEO ABLD AMGT TC
05DUBLIN1087IRISH IMAM VOWS TO ARREST EXTREMISTS, BUT WILL HE?
[...] (C) Summary. Sheikh Hussein Halawa, the most prominent Muslim in Ireland, said in an August 29 interview with the Irish Times that he would personally arrest or report extremists to the Irish authorities. He said that he did not know extremists that were operating in Ireland, but would repudi [...]
2005-09-02 12:47:00Embassy DublinSECRETPTER KTFN ASEC KHLS PINR
05DUBLIN1230COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL STEARNS
[...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to Codel Stearns to overnight in Shannon, Ireland, October 12, 2005. Purpose of visit is to provide rest stop for crew. 2. Codel will be met and assisted upon arrival by Embassy Control Officer for this visit, POL Officer Tom Rosenberger, offi [...]
2005-10-06 10:37:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ASEC
05DUBLIN1285IRELAND: NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR MARITIME SECURITY
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-18 16:46:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER KHLS ASEC EWWT ETRD EIND MARR
05DUBLIN1307TERRORIST FINANCIER APPEALS AN ORDER FREEZING HIS
[...] (U) On October 24, the Irish Times (newspaper of record) reported that Bin Muhammad Ayadi Chafiq will make an appeal on October 25 to the European Court of Justice for the release of his bank accounts. According to the report, Ayadi Chafiq, a Bosnian national born in Tunis, is named on a Eur [...]
2005-10-24 13:54:00Embassy DublinSECRETPTER KTFN ASEC KHLS PINR EI
05DUBLIN1311IRISH OFFER CASH FOR PAKISTAN
[...] (C) ON OCTOBER 21, POL/ECON CHIEF DISCUSSED IRISH AID TO PAKISTAN WITH COLM O'FLOINN, DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS (DFA) SECURITY POLICY DIRECTOR, AND DAVID LEAHY, FIRST SECRETARY. THEY SAID THAT IRELAND AT THIS TIME WAS PROVIDING SIPDIS CASH, NOT DONATIONS IN KIND. THEY THUS HAVE NO CURR [...]
2005-10-24 15:29:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALAEMR NATO EAID ASEC MASS PGOV EI
05DUBLIN1429COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SEO ROBERT MCMURRY AND
[...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance for Robert McMurry and Sam Faulds to travel to Dublin, Ireland from November 28 through December 7, 2005. Purpose of visit is for technical security services 2. Embassy Control Officer for this visit is RSO Terry Cobble, office telephone 353 [...]
2005-11-23 11:21:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA KSEO
05DUBLIN1430COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SEO ROBERT MCMURRY AND
[...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance for Robert McMurry and Sam Faulds to travel to Dublin, Ireland from November 28 through December 7, 2005. Purpose of visit is for technical security services 2. Embassy Control Officer for this visit is RSO Terry Cobble, office telephone 353 [...]
2005-11-23 12:12:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDASEC OTRA KSEO
05DUBLIN1432COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR OBO/FAC HENRY INGRAM AND
[...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance for Henry Ingram and Terence Warren to travel to Dublin, Ireland from November 29 through December 12, 2005. Purpose of visit is to develop the project requirements and technical documentation for the CMR and OBC physical security upgrades to be ca [...]
2005-11-23 12:43:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYABLD AMGT ASEC KWPR KRIM
05DUBLIN1457COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR OBO PERSONNEL, CLARK,
[...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance for Ronald Clark, Michael Stevens, Douglas Logothety, James Deuel and Peter Boden to travel to Dublin, Ireland from December 4 through January 5, 2006. Purpose of visit is to perform the IPC Upgrade project. 2. Embassy Control Officer for thi [...]
2005-12-01 08:51:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYABLD ACOA AMGT ASEC KIRC KLBO KRIM
05DUBLIN1492FRAUD SUMMARY - DUBLIN
[...] Country Conditions: Ireland is a modern, highly industrialized nation with a growing economy and moderate rate of inflation. The export trade continues as the driving force behind the countries prosperity and this in turn has led to a rise in consumer spending, a thriving construction indust [...]
2005-12-08 16:04:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC UK EI
05DUBLIN1493IRELAND: PREVENTING AL-MANAR BROADCASTS
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-08 16:08:00Embassy DublinSECRETPTER ASEC PREL ANET EI
05DUBLIN1512COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR AMBASSADOR GEORGE H. WALKER
[...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance for Ambassador George H. Walker and Mrs. Carol Walker to travel to Cork and Adare, Ireland from December 22 through December 27, 2005. Purpose of visit is personal travel. 2. Embassy point of contact for this visit is RSO Terry Cobble, office [...]
2005-12-13 11:53:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ASEC OTRA APER EI HU
05DUBLIN1525IRELAND: 2005 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] Summary. Per ref A, Ireland was not included in the 2004 Annual Terrorism Report, but there are positive developments that might merit its inclusion this year. A remarkable change from 2004 is the September 26 decommissioning of the Provisional Irish Republican Army. Another notable change i [...]
2005-12-15 11:12:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC EI
05DUBLIN1557Country Clearance CODEL KOLBE
[...] Embassy Dublin warmly welcomes the visit of CODEL KOLBE and seeks clarification on the point of arrival in Ireland. Reftel states arrival will be January 12 at 0100 in Shannon. Post has learned through DOD channels that arrival will be at Casement (also known as Baldonal),the [...]
2005-12-28 15:14:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN EI
05DUBLIN276IRELAND - 2005 ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Once a poor nation characterized by large scale emigration, Ireland is now economically prosperous and an attractive destination for thousands of asylum and job-seekers. The unprecedented flow of people into Ireland has prompted the Government to address issues relating to bo [...]
2005-03-04 17:47:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF
05DUBLIN310PRESIDENT SIGNS TERRORISM BILL INTO LAW
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-11 17:40:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC PREL KTFN PHUM PINS
05DUBLIN366(C) IRELAND/IRAN: DISSUADING IRAN FROM
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-24 16:47:00Embassy DublinSECRETASEC PREL
05DUBLIN683IRISH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHES ON U.S.-EU
[...] (U) On June 2, Post delivered ref A talking points to Stephen Dawson, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) First Secretary for the Middle East and North Africa. Dawson said SIPDIS that the Commission has been in touch with Member States about the June 21-22 U.S.-EU International Conference [...]
2005-06-07 09:29:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALASEC PREL EUN
05DUBLIN801IRELAND TO RATIFY/ACCEDE TO REMAINING UN TERRORISM
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-28 13:24:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC PREL KTFN PHUM PINS
05DUBLIN944NEW ANTI-TERROR SECURITY IN PLACE IN IRISH PORTS
[...] Summary. On July 27, the GOI completed the installation of new anti-terror security measures at all Irish international sea ports, bringing Ireland into compliance with the UN International Maritime Organization (IMO) code established in July 2004. These arrangements are aimed at preventing [...]
2005-07-29 11:14:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC EWWT PHSA KHLS
05DUBLIN948STAFFDEL FARRELL COUNTRY CLEARANCE AUGUST 1-3
[...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to Ms. Alycia Farrell to travel to Limerick, Ireland, from August 1 to 3, 2005. Purpose of visit is to meet with representatives of the Northern Command involving security issues and attend the Forum on Public Safety in Europe and North America at t [...]
2005-07-29 14:10:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN
05FRANKFURT7398POLICE ARREST THIRTY-EIGHT IN RAIDS AGAINST
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Police targeted criminal elements of the Muslim community in large-scale raids across the German state of Hessen on September 27. In total, thirty-eight individuals were arrested--although none were confirmed extremists. Police stated that the raids were based on ongoing inves [...]
2005-09-29 13:41:00Consulate FrankfurtCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC KCRM KISL GM
05GABORONE273BOTSWANA'S ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT 2004
[...] (SBU) Summary: At this time, post believes Botswana is not a country of origin, transit or destination for a significant number of human trafficking victims. This is partly because the Government of Botswana regards trafficking as a serious threat and has taken measures to prevent it from em [...]
2005-02-24 13:29:00Embassy GaboroneUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB BC TIP
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