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05PARIS4750	COUNTER-TERRORISM CONSULTATIONS WITH THE FRENCH, [...] (S) Summary: A USG delegation led by Counselor Philip Zelikow met with senior French officials June 27 to inaugurate strategic counter-terrorism consultations. This cable reports on discussions addressing the radicalization and recruitment of extremists, and geographic areas of concern, which [...]	2005-07-07 15:38:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER FR

05PARIS4766	AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. G8/AFRICA 3. BURUNDI 4. MALI 5. MADAGASCAR 6. MOZAMBIQUE 7. SUDAN 8. COTE D'IVOIRE 9. ANGOLA 10. BURKINA FASO Â [...]	2005-07-08 11:53:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO XA
05PARIS4904	AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. G8/AFRICA 3. MALI 4. COTE D'IVOIRE 5. SENEGAL 6. SUDAN 7. BURKINA FASO 8. CENTRAFRIQUE Â [...]	2005-07-15 09:23:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO XA
05PARIS5459	THE FUTURE OF FRANCE IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA [...] (C) SUMMARY: France faces several challenges to its traditional leadership role among its former colonies and Africa's other francophone countries. We foresee a gradual decline of French influence in Africa, based on generational change, an increased willingness on the part of Africans to l [...]	2005-08-11 12:09:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM XA FR
05PARIS6376	(U) USUNESCO: COUNTERING THE CULTURAL [...] (C) Summary. With the UNESCO general conference starting on October 3 and the General Conference Legal Committee scheduled to meet that first week, things are rapidly coming to a head. Several delegates have indicated that strong pressure in their capitals may help us to build a ground swel [...]	2005-09-20 06:21:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	SCUL ETRD EU UNESCO
05PARIS6570	FRANCE TO IMPLEMENT EU TAKEOVER DIRECTIVE; DECREE [...] (SBU) The Council of Ministers has adopted a draft bill implementing the EU Takeover Directive, which will allow targeted French companies to adopt anti-takeover defenses permitted in a potential bidder's own country. This bill comes on top of a draft decree to create a list of ten "sensitiv [...]	2005-09-26 14:22:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD ECON FR EUN
05PARIS6687	GOF receptive to blocking WMD Financing [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: GOF officials welcomed proposals by visiting Treasury U/S Levey to block the financing of WMD proliferators. They also described progress on new anti- terrorist legislation, which will close some loopholes while providing a framework to guarantee individual liberties. The legis [...]	2005-09-29 13:42:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC PTER EFIN KTFN FR
05PARIS6903	U/S DOBRIANSKY SEEKS COORDINATION WITH FRENCH [...] (C) SUMMARY: U/S for Democracy and Global Affairs Dobriansky met with French MFA Director Jean-Maurice Ripert (IO A/S-equivalent) September 30 to discuss democracy promotion, the challenge in Venezuela, coordinated action against avian flu, and prospects for a solution on use of the Israeli [...]	2005-10-06 17:42:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KSCA SOCI AMED KDEM PGOV KUNR VE IS FR UNGA IRC
05PARIS6974	HAITI: BIO INFO ON NEW FRENCH AMBASSADOR [...] (C) As part of an office call to discuss France's "co development" policy (septel),Econ Couns and intern met on 5 October with the newly named French Ambassador to Haiti, Christian Connan. Connan said he is looking forward to his new assignment, which will start in January. He asked Econ C [...]	2005-10-11 14:38:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PREL EAID HA FR
05PARIS7062	AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. LIBERIA 3. GABON 4. COTE D'IVOIRE 5. TOGO 6. MALI 7. SOUTH AFRICA Â [...]	2005-10-14 13:54:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO XA
05PARIS7082	Small is Beautiful? France's "Co-Development" [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. After 20 years, the MFA's "Co- Development" Program has finally started to bear fruit. France's co-development program seeks to benefit both France and countries from which many of France's illegal migrants come by helping potential and actual migrants create their own small b [...]	2005-10-17 11:02:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL FR
05PARIS7401	USUNESCO: 33RD GENERAL CONFERENCE EDUCATION [...] SUMMARY: The work of Commission II (education) during the 33rd General Conference was the culmination of the US Delegation's work since the US reentry into UNESCO in October 2003. It produced results by injecting momentum into the moribund UN Literacy Decade; by completing - with US agreement [...]	2005-10-31 08:55:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL UNESCO
05PARIS7598	WTO DEMARCHE: FRENCH MAINTAIN VIEWS ON AG TRADE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Emboffs delivered ref A points to key French officials at the Elysee, the Trade Ministry and the Foreign Ministry, who continue to voice their objections to the Commission's revised proposal for the WTO Doha Round negotiations. The French approach seems to have changed very li [...]	2005-11-07 17:46:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR PGOV FR
05PARIS8171	NOVEMBER 28-29 VISIT OF IRAQI FM ZEBARI [...] (C) Summary and comment: MFA contacts described the November 28-29 visit of Iraqi FM Zebari as a success, but did not suggest that the visit will herald an increase in modest French assistance levels to Iraq. FM Douste-Blazy reportedly stressed to Zebari GoF support for an inclusive political [...]	2005-12-01 17:09:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID IZ SY IR FR
05PARIS8368	AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. AFRICA/FRANCE SUMMIT 3. COTE D'IVOIRE 4. CAMEROON 5. RWANDA 6. GABON 7. ERITREA 8. SOUTH AFRICA 9. SUDAN 10. MALAWI 11. AFRICA'S PRISONS Â [...]	2005-12-09 14:35:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO XA
05PRAGUE1230	CZECH ATTENDANCE AT UNGA AND HLE [...] (SBU) During a meeting to discuss the UN Democracy Fund (reftels),Czech MFA Director of UN Affairs, Jan Kara, reviewed for Pol-Econ Chief the planned Czech participation at this year's UNGA and surrounding events. The following are tentative schedules of senior Czech participants: -- Czech [...]	2005-08-23 09:19:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PREL EZ UNGA
05PRAGUE515	HIV/AIDS IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC: PREVENTION AND [...] Summary: The Czech Republic currently has one of Europe's lowest rates of HIV infection, despite a significant problem with prostitution and trafficking. Officials and NGOs in the country link the low incidence of HIV with active prevention campaigns, abundant and accessible anonymous testin [...]	2005-04-12 05:44:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED	KHIV PGOV PHUM PREF EZ
05PRETORIA453	READOUT OF THE JANUARY 17-18 MEETING OF THE BLAIR [...] (SBU) Summary. At a January 17-18 meeting in Cape Town, seventeen African ministers of finance grouped with members of the Blair Commission for Africa to consult on the Commission's report due February. Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown attended the event as the last stop in a six-day [...]	2005-02-01 17:13:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ETRD EFIN XA SF
05PRETORIA4593	SOUTH AFRICA PUBLIC HEALTH NOVEMBER 18 ISSUE [...] Summary. Every two weeks, Embassy Pretoria publishes a public health newsletter highlighting South African health issues based on press reports and studies of South African researchers. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week' [...]	2005-11-18 11:23:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KHIV SOCI TBIO EAID SF
05RIYADH9402	SAG OFFSETS SHI'A STRENGTH IN ITS APPOINTMENTS TO [...] (C) Summary: The SAG announced its appointments to municipal councils nationwide, including those of the Eastern Province (EP),on December 14. As expected by many observers, the government used the appointments to balance the Shi'a presence on the councils in Qatif and Al-Hasa: elected mem [...]	2005-12-20 14:21:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM SA
05ROME2555	DESERT LOCUSTS: FAO'S WORK ON PESTICIDES AND OTHER [...] Summary: In a letter dated April 16, 2005, the United Nations (UN) Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Director-General Jacques Diouf alerted the international donor community to a potential problem with pesticides overstocks in Sahelian and North African countries currently embattling des [...]	2005-08-01 13:15:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR SENV XI XY UN FAO
05ROME2560	DESERT LOCUSTS: JULY 21 FAO DONORS' MEETING [...] Summary: On July 21, an informal desert locusts donors' meeting was hosted by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations. Chaired by FAO Director-General (DG) Jacques Diouf, the meeting was well represented by donors and affected countries. The meeting provided informa [...]	2005-08-01 15:30:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR SENV XI XY UN FAO
05ROME764	FAO AND THE NEXT DESERT LOCUST INVASION [...] Summary. USUN Rome has been actively engaging the United Nations (UN) Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) on the desert locust emergency in Sahelian West Africa and the Maghreb to determine FAO's preparedness for the next spring and summer 2005 locust control campaign. It has learned that [...]	2005-03-08 06:17:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR PREF SENV XI XY UN FAO
05SANAA1817	ZAYDIS PERCEIVE PERSECUTION AS ROYG CRACKS DOWN ON [...] (C) Summary. With the second Saada conflict in a year between the ROYG and the "Shabab al-Moumineen" (Believing Youth),continuing to simmer in its third month, President Saleh is reportedly increasing efforts to silence prominent opposition parties and critics. Recently these actions targete [...]	2005-07-02 14:20:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR KISL MOPS YM DOMESTIC POLITICS
05SANAA1820	OPPOSITION COALITION PREPARES FOR 2006 ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary. In recent weeks Sanaa has been abuzz with rumors that the opposition party coalition, the Joint Meeting Parties (JMP) plans to nominate a challenger to President Saleh in 2006. In late May, members of the JMP central committee, comprised of one designated representative from eac [...]	2005-07-03 05:17:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KMCA KMPI YM DOMESTIC POLITICS
05SANAA1868	PRESIDENT SALEH REQUESTS MEDICAL TREATMENT FOR [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-10 13:28:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS PINR PREL YE
05SANAA1910	SALEH CELEBRATES HIS 27TH WITH PANACHE AND SAYS HE [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-17 15:33:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL YE DOMESTIC POLITICS
05SANAA196	YEMEN GOVERNMENT SEEKS TO CAPTURE TELCOM MARKET [...] (C) Summary: President Saleh's initiative to provide rural phone access through the use of CDMA technology expanded in 2004 to offer mobile phone service in Yemen. Yemen Mobile, though promoted as part of the rural access program, may serve to squeeze out its private sector GSM competitors, S [...]	2005-02-02 11:49:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EFIN ECPS EIND EINV ETTC KMPI ECON COM
05SANAA2961	LIVELY MEDIA REACTION TO COMMMENTS REGARDING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Local outlets reacted strongly to the October 6 publication of Ambassador Krajeski's remarks that "Yemen's progress [towards greater democracy] has stalled." Official and GPC-funded newspapers charged the USG with interference in Yemen's internal affairs and accused the Ambass [...]	2005-10-12 14:28:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OIIP KMDR PHUM PTER KISL YM
05SANAA426	SALEH - AL-AHMAR TENSIONS PORTEND THE LAUNCH OF A [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-01 09:44:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL YM DOMESTIC POLITICS
05SANAA663	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF EB/ICT DEPUTY ASSISTANT [...] (SBU) Post welcomes the visit of EB Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Telecommunications and SIPDIS Information Policy David Gross to Yemen March 24-26. You will meet Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Planning Ahmed Sofan, and Minister of telecommunications and Information T [...]	2005-03-21 11:09:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EFIN ECPS EIND EINV ETTC KMPI YM KMCC ENVIRONMENT ECON COM
05SANAA893	EB ICT DAS AMBASSADOR GROSS'S MEETINGS WITH ROYG [...] (U) Summary. EB ICT DAS Ambassador David Gross raised the prospect of an independent telecom regulator and advanced AID proposals for rural internet development with ROYG officials on March 26. His discussions with the Ministry of Telecommunications and Information Technology (MOTIT) and the [...]	2005-04-10 12:47:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECPS EFIN EIND EINV ETTC KMPI PGOV PINR YM ECON COM ENVIRONMENT
05SANTIAGO1884	CREATING TROIKA FOR UN DEMOCRACY CAUCUS [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-12 21:27:00	Embassy Santiago	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PHUM CI ML UNGA
05SANTIAGO97	GOC CHANGES POSITION ON MALIAT LANGUAGE [...] No summary [...]	2005-01-14 15:41:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR KTIA CI
05SANTODOMINGO1026	DOMINICAN OPPOSITION BRISTLES; FERNANDEZ BACKS OFF [...] The Dominican Republic,s opposition, uncoordinated and quiescent since its resounding electoral defeat last year, ended its truce this week and mounted its first serious attack on the policies of President Fernandez since he assumed office six months ago. This awakening may not restore oppos [...]	2005-02-25 13:58:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV DR
05SANTODOMINGO1120	DOMINICAN PRESIDENT FERNANDEZ REPORTS TO THE NATION [...] In the traditional national day speech to the Dominican Congress President Leonel Fernandez claimed credit for successful economic stabilization in his first six months in office and sought to present himself as a knowledgeable leader with a vision for modernization and reform. He did not touc [...]	2005-03-01 17:05:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EFIN ECON ETRD ENRG DR
05SANTODOMINGO1146	DOMINICAN POLITICS #13: PRESIDENT FERNANDEZ AND [...] (SBU) This is #13 in our current series on politics in the Dominican Republic: Leonel Fernandez and the February 27 National Day Speech - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Leonel Fernandez was addressing the nation live, on national television on a Sunday morning amid pageantry at t [...]	2005-03-02 12:37:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EFIN ETRD PREL DR
05SANTODOMINGO1836	DOMINICAN POLITICS #18: EMBASSY PUTS CAFTA-DR [...] (SBU) This is #18 in our current series on politics in the Dominican Republic: EMBASSY PUTS CAFTA-DR DEBATE CENTER STAGE WITH CHILEAN NEOGOTIATOR The Ambassador, USAID, and EcoPol arranged the three-day visit to the Dominican Republic of Amb. Osvaldo Rosales, currently Director of the Tra [...]	2005-04-04 21:33:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD DR
05SANTODOMINGO1861	CAFTA: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC DELIVERS QUARTERLY [...] On April 4 the Dominican Minister of Industry and Commerce signed off on the January 2005 report on enforcement measures against broadcast piracy agreed in the side letter to the regional free trade agreement (CAFTA) and his staff delivered the text to the Embassy on April 5. Embassy is faxi [...]	2005-04-05 20:22:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR ETRD KIPR
05SANTODOMINGO2448	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC SHUTS DOWN TELEVISION STATION [...] On April 27 the District Attorney's Office raided the headquarters of Dominican television station Virus, located in Santiago, the country's second largest city. Officials confiscated four hard drives containing video material along with hardware necessary for the station to broadcast. Virus [...]	2005-04-29 19:19:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ETRD EINV DR
05SANTODOMINGO2622	DOMINICAN SENATE AND AGRICULTURE GROUP ASK [...] On May 6, 20 of the 32 Dominican senators voted and published a resolution declaring the urgent need to pass legislation granting local industry assistance to compensate for expected losses to help compete under the CAFTA, a regional free trade agreement with the United States. The resolutio [...]	2005-05-09 20:33:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETRD PREL DR
05SANTODOMINGO2648	DOMINICAN SENATE AND AGRICULTURE GROUP ASK [...] On May 6, 20 of the 32 Dominican senators voted and published a resolution declaring the urgent need to pass legislation granting local industry assistance to compensate for expected losses to help compete under the CAFTA, a regional free trade agreement with the United States. The resolutio [...]	2005-05-10 15:57:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETRD PREL DR
05SANTODOMINGO2751	DOMINICAN POLITICS #26: CHANGE IN THE WIND FOR [...] (SBU) Following is number 26 in our series on Leonel Fernandez's first year in office: Change in the Wind for CAFTA - DR - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - For the first time Leonel Fernandez,s administration appears to be moving to take an active hand in shaping public [...]	2005-05-13 21:58:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PREL PGOV DR
05SANTODOMINGO2797	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: RENEWAL OF USDA/SEA [...] Summary. On April 26, 2005, USDA renewed their bilateral Cooperative Agreement with the Dominican Republic (DR) Department of Agriculture (SEA) for a second five-year period. This is the second USDA Bilateral Agreement signed by the Fernandez Administration. The purpose of the Cooperative A [...]	2005-05-18 14:09:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON
05SANTODOMINGO3369	DOMINICAN POLITICS #31: POSITIONING TO RATIFY [...] (SBU) This is #31 in our series of political reports on Leonel Fernandez's first year in office. Positioning to Ratify CAFTA - - - - - - - - - - - - - - The question is no longer whether the Dominicans will ratify the free trade agreement, but when -- whether they can manage to do so whi [...]	2005-06-24 22:24:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ETRD PREL DR CAFTA
05SANTODOMINGO4211	DOMINICAN COPYRIGHT OFFICE TALKS TOUGH [...] In April Embassy Santo Domingo reported a raid by the District Attorney's Office on the headquarters of the aptly named Dominican television station "Virus." Virus had been guilty of broadcasting pirated material and officials confiscated equipment from the station, leaving it temporarily una [...]	2005-09-06 20:19:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ETRD EINV DR
05SANTODOMINGO4620	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: SENATE PRESIDENT VOWS TO BLOCK [...] Summary: Senate President Andres Bautista told the DCM on October 11 that he will not put onto the Senate agenda a legislative proposal inimical to patent and trademark law submitted in August by the president of the Senate Commission on Industry, Commerce and Free Trade Zones Alejandro Santo [...]	2005-10-13 11:11:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR ETRD KIPR PGOV IPR
05SANTODOMINGO4653	DOMINICAN POLITICS II #1: LEONEL'S GRAND NATIONAL [...] This is the first in a series of political reporting on the second year of the administration of Dominican president Leonel Fernandez. LEONEL'S GRAND NATIONAL CONSULTATION Over the weekend of October 9-10, with a hastily organized grand national seminar Dominican President Leonel Fernndez [...]	2005-10-14 20:30:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD DR EPET EFIN ENRG PGOV
05SANTODOMINGO4690	MEMCON: THE AMBASSADOR AND THE DOMINICAN [...] (C) On September 29 President Leonel Fernndez received the Ambassador for two hours in the Palace. Fernndez had just finished a four-hour meeting on energy and was unaccompanied. The Ambassador was accompanied by DCM and USAID director. Topics discussed, mostly at USG initiative, were: [...]	2005-10-19 11:16:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	DR ECON EFIN ENRG TBIO ETRD SNAR
05SANTODOMINGO4744	DOMINICANS STEP UP ENFORCEMENT OF BROADCAST PIRACY [...] Summary: The Dominican Telecommunications Authority (INDOTEL) submitted to the Embassy on October 5 the third quarterly television broadcast piracy report for 2005. The Dominican government is punctually meeting the reporting deadlines and taking action to address the problem of broadcast pi [...]	2005-10-21 14:57:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR ETRD KIPR PGOV IPR
05SANTODOMINGO5213	DOMINICAN GOVERNMENT PUSHES HARD FOR CAFTA [...] (U) Summary: Aiming for a January 1 implementation date for CAFTA, the Dominican Republic is working quickly to meet requirements. The Fernandez administration recently created a task force made up of public and private sector trade experts, many of whom have CAFTA negotiating experience, to [...]	2005-12-01 17:40:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PGOV PREL DR CAFTA
05SANTODOMINGO559	DOMINICANS RESPOND TO TELEVISION BROADCAST PIRACY [...] Summary: During the Embassy's January 31 demarche on television broadcast piracy (ref a),Under Secretary of Industry and Commerce Marcelo Puello told DCM that his Ministry took the requirement of stopping television broadcast piracy seriously and had sent the report to USTR on January 7 wit [...]	2005-02-04 20:27:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD KIPR EINV DR
05SANTODOMINGO614	DOMINICAN FOREIGN MINISTER ON HAITI, CAFTA, [...] (C) Summary: Haiti, CAFTA, extraditions, and compliance with the new IMF agreement dominated the February 7 bilateral breakfast meeting between the Ambassador and Dominican Foreign Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso. The Foreign Minister told the Ambassador that the Dominican ambassador to Hait [...]	2005-02-09 18:59:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CJAN ETRD EFIN KJUS DR HA
05SANTODOMINGO709	DOMINICAN PRESIDENT ON BROADCAST PIRACY, LAW [...] (C) Summary. Dominican President Leonel Fernandez discussed the Dominican economy, CAFTA, broadcast piracy, Haiti and police and intelligence reform during a February 2 meeting with the Ambassador. Fernandez believes the new IMF Standby Agreement is as important for creating confidence as it is [...]	2005-02-11 23:11:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	SECRET	EFIN KIPR ETRD DR
05SANTODOMINGO799	DOMINICAN POLITICS #12: NARCOTICS EXTRADITION TESTS SYSTEM, WORRIES MILITARY & POLITICIANS [...] No summary [...]	2005-02-16 18:15:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	CJAN CO DR HA KJUS MARR PGOV PREL SNAR
05SANTODOMINGO923	2005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT- DOMINICAN [...] Following is the Investment Climate Statement for the Dominican Republic, chapter 6 of the Country Commercial Guide. (begin text) DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: 2005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE UPDATE A.1. Openness to foreign investment The Dominican government welcomes foreign investment. However, some [...]	2005-02-23 13:03:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	DR KTDB EINV ETRD
05SANTODOMINGO970	DOMINICAN REPUBLIC YEAR 2005 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW: [...] (SBU) Summary. Embassy recommends maintaining the Dominican Republic on the Special 301 Watchlist. IPR infringement problems remain at levels similar to those of last year, with some call for optimism in the area of television broadcast piracy, a long-term problem. A broadcast piracy court [...]	2005-02-24 12:44:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ETRD EINV DR
05SANTODOMINGO971	DOMINICANS OUTLINE APPROACH TO HAITI, CAFTA, U.S. [...] (C) Summary: Haiti, bilateral relations with the United States, CAFTA ratification, promoting consensus on a new OAS secretary general, more active participation in regional and SIPDIS multilateral diplomacy, foreign investment and technology are priorities for the Dominican administration [...]	2005-02-24 15:11:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD KIPR EFIN EPET CJAN PHUM PGOV DR HA CU MX XM
05SINGAPORE343	MUSLIM MPS IN SINGAPORE: PART 2 OF 2 [...] (U) This cable completes the biographic reporting on Singapore's 12 Muslim MPs. Reftel covered five of them and reviewed the role they play in Singapore and how they are perceived by the Muslim community. The biographies are designed to be stand-alone documents, so acronyms and organizations [...]	2005-02-07 06:31:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV PHUM PREL PTER SN SOCI
05TEGUCIGALPA1031	ONE HONDURAN PRIVATE SECTOR GROUP PANICKING IN [...] (U) This is an action request -- please see para 7. 2. (C) Following publication here of reports of the CAFTA Presidents' 05/12/05 CNN interview, in which they indicated there is no "Plan B" if the U.S. Congress fails to ratify CAFTA, EconChief received a worried phone call from a prominent [...]	2005-05-13 22:44:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON PGOV HO
05TEGUCIGALPA1326	MEDIA REACTION ON G-8 DEBT FORGIVENESS, JUNE 21, [...] On 6/21 the San Pedro Sula-based liberal daily "La Prensa" published an editorial entitled "Politicians and Debt Forgiveness." "The debt forgiveness issue has already entered political campaigns." "The two candidates of the traditional parties have already talked about multilateral organiza [...]	2005-06-21 22:43:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO PGOV MASS EAID HO
05TEGUCIGALPA1596	U.S. RATIFICATION OF CAFTA PLEASES HONDURAS [...] A jubilant President Ricardo Maduro addressed the nation live the evening of Wednesday, July 27, immediately following the U.S. House of Representatives ratification of the Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA). Maduro, flanked by Minister of Trade and Commerce Irving Guerrero, emphasi [...]	2005-08-02 13:36:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON PGOV HO
05TEGUCIGALPA1708	HONDURAN ENVIRONMENT MINISTRY CONTINUES TO STYMIE [...] (C) Summary: Despite the professed GOH expectation that CAFTA will encourage increased U.S. investment into Honduras, the Ministry of Environment and Natural resources (SERNA) continues to make many such investments difficult or impossible. This is the first in a series of cables detailing th [...]	2005-08-16 19:24:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD SENV EINV ECON PGOV HO
05TEGUCIGALPA2185	OPIC-BACKED U.S. INVESTOR'S USD 11 MILLION HOUSIN [...] (C) Summary: The OPIC-supported Altos de Zambrano housing project has been stalled for nearly six months in SERNA. Post does not find Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources' (SERNA) justifications for the delay credible, and fears that political pressures and/or personal interests of [...]	2005-10-26 22:45:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ETRD SENV ECON PGOV HO
05TEGUCIGALPA2314	HONDURAS GRAVELY CONCERNED ABOUT IMPACTS IF IT IS [...] (C) During Ambassador's November 8 introductory courtesy call following his presentation of credentials, President Ricardo Maduro raised with Ambassador his grave concerns that the USG is preparing to issue a Presidential Proclamation that does not include Honduras certifying which countries ar [...]	2005-11-14 13:55:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON PGOV HO
05TEGUCIGALPA2339	HONDURAS OFFERS SUPPORT ON WTO; SEEKS USG HELP ON [...] (C) Summary: Following a meeting with Ambassador and EconChief, GOH officials agreed on the need to keep expectations high for the Hong Kong negotiating round of the WTO Doha Development Agenda. In return, the GOH seeks a clear USG position opposing any EU effort at those talks to further sta [...]	2005-11-17 17:02:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON EAGR HO
05TEGUCIGALPA2419	PART II: WHAT DOES A LIBERAL PARTY VICTORY MEAN [...] (C) Summary: This is the second of three cables analyzing the Zelaya platform. As of early morning on November 30, exit polling indicates an electoral victory for Liberal Party presidential candidate Manuel "Mel" Zelaya Rosales. While we await a formal announcement from electoral authorities, [...]	2005-11-30 18:36:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV ELAB SOCI HO
05TEGUCIGALPA2454	HONDURAS: READY AND EAGER TO MOVE FORWARD, BUT [...] (C) Summary: Honduras urgently seeks USTR concurrence to move forward with CAFTA legislative changes as soon as possible. All draft legislation has been submitted to the USG for review, and Honduras, political will to implement USTR suggestions to these drafts is palpable. These bills must [...]	2005-12-06 22:41:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON PGOV ELAB HO
05TEGUCIGALPA493	HONDURAS RATIFIES CAFTA [...] At approximately 11:45 a.m. on Wednesday, March 3, the National Congress of Honduras ratified the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA). The vote count has not been finalized, but Congressman Jose Toribio Aguilera, member of the CAFTA Committee, told EconChief that the vote was only f [...]	2005-03-04 14:37:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON PGOV HO
05TELAVIV1938	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-30 10:53:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5099	DISENGAGEMENT SITUATION REPORT, AUGUST 17, 2005 [...] (SBU) Summary: On the third day of disengagement, IDF soldiers and police began to evacuate several settlements by force, meeting almost exclusively non-violent resistance. While most settlers continued to leave their homes either voluntarily or after brief non-violent refusal, Israeli Polic [...]	2005-08-17 15:51:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG KPAL PREL ECON EAID IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV5742	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. North Korea's Announced Renouncement of Nuclear Weapons ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media (lead stories in Maariv and Yediot) reported on political developments around PM Sharon six days ahead of the Likud Central [...]	2005-09-21 08:21:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6778	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Israeli Elections 2. Iranian Nuclear Race 3. The Syrian Threat ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz online and Israel Radio reported that a blast occurred at around 11:30 am Monday at the entrance to the Hasharon shopping mall in Ne [...]	2005-12-05 12:46:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6924	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program 3. Syria 4. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media highlighted remarks made in an interview with Newsweek by Kalman Gayer, who advises PM Sharon on public opinion po [...]	2005-12-15 04:54:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05THEHAGUE2446	THE DUTCH IN AFRICA: SECURITY, AIDS AND WATER [...] Summary: The Dutch are among the world's most generous aid donors, giving about 0.8 percent of GDP or $4.2 billion in 2004. Roughly half of Dutch aid goes to 18 countries in Africa, making the Netherlands the fourth largest donor of bilateral aid to Africa. Dutch aid to Africa focuses on h [...]	2005-09-08 14:17:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL KHIV NL XA
05THEHAGUE2756	SCENESETTER FOR DASD THERSA WHELAN'S VISIT TO THE [...] Your visit to The Hague comes at a time when the GONL is broadening its already substantial aid to Africa and is boosting its efforts in security assistance and reform. The Ministries of Defense, Foreign Affairs, and Development are pursuing joint SSR and DDR initiatives in Africa and have cre [...]	2005-10-12 14:39:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL KHIV NL XA
05TUNIS2564	THE DICHOTOMY OF ISLAM IN TUNISIA [...] (C) SUMMARY. Tunisian religious views cut across a wide spectrum of beliefs and adherence. From atheists to Christians to Muslims to Jews, Tunisians are diverse in their religious views. While Islamic extremists may have enjoyed strong popularity in the late 1980s and early 1990s, since then [...]	2005-11-29 13:43:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TS
05VILNIUS1103	CODEL KOLBE DISCUSSES GLOBAL WAR ON TERROR AND [...] (SBU) Summary. Representative Jim Kolbe led a six-Member congressional delegation to Vilnius October 10-12. The delegation discussed democracy-building initiatives in the region, reviewed U.S. bilateral and multilateral foreign assistance programs, and Lithuania's relationship with Russia wi [...]	2005-10-14 14:19:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ENRG LH
05VILNIUS1223	LITHUANIAN DAILY ATTACKS OPEN SOCIETY FUND, CIVIL SOCIETY [...] (SBU) A weeklong, continuing series of articles in Lithuania's second leading daily "Respublika" has attacked several Western- oriented NGO leaders whose organizations have received funding from George Soros's Open Society Fund (OSF). The attacks impugn the intentions of the NGOs and tar weste [...]	2005-11-18 15:30:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON KPAO KNAR LH
05WARSAW4050	Lepper undergoes a transformation on economics [...] (SBU) In a recent interview for business daily "Puls Biznesu" Andrzej Lepper, the leader of Samoobrona (Self Defense) the third largest party in the Polish Parliament, presents himself as a social-liberal as opposed to his portrayal as a dedicated socialist during the election period. His vie [...]	2005-12-15 09:46:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PREL PGOV PL
06ABIDJAN1093	COTE D'IVOIRE'S PALM OIL SECTOR [...] Summary. Cote d'Ivoire's palm oil production has increased steadily in recent years, and its exports have nearly doubled. However, it still accounts for only one percent of world production and half of one percent of world exports. Palm oil also directly accounted for less than 1 percent o [...]	2006-09-29 16:39:00	Embassy Abidjan	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD ECON IV
06ABIDJAN1094	COTE D'IVOIRE'S PALM OIL SECTOR [...] Summary. Cote d'Ivoire's palm oil production has increased steadily in recent years, and its exports have nearly doubled. However, it still accounts for only one percent of world production and half of one percent of world exports. Palm oil also directly accounted for less than 1 percent o [...]	2006-09-29 16:39:00	Embassy Abidjan	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD ECON IV
06ABIDJAN1206	PREPARATION OF 2007 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT [...] TRADE SUMMARY: The U.S. trade deficit with Cote d,Ivoire was $1.1 billion in 2005, an increase of $477 million from $597 million in 2004. U.S. goods exports in 2005 were $124 million, up 4.9 percent from the previous year. Corresponding U.S. imports from Cote d,Ivoire were $1.2 billion, up 6 [...]	2006-10-30 12:50:00	Embassy Abidjan	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EFIN IV
06ABIDJAN1228	COTE D'IVOIRE: INITIAL REACTIONS OF POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary. The streets of Abidjan were calm in the wake of the adoption of UNSCR 1721 (reftel) and the business of the country's economic capital went on without incident. Ambassador Hooks and Emboffs sought out the initial impressions of major political groups and figures, and found amon [...]	2006-11-03 16:58:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IV
06ABIDJAN136	MORE ON VIOLENCE IN GUIGLO AND VULNERABILITY OF [...] (C) The humanitarian community is still reeling from the violent attacks that took place mid-January in Guiglo against their offices and staff. Providing basic emergency assistance to the camps of refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Guiglo is the top priority, but security ov [...]	2006-02-08 16:30:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREF PHUM WFP IV LI
06ABIDJAN1406	DIAMOND MINING IN COTE D'IVOIRE'S NORTH-CENTRAL [...] (C) Summary: In the north-central region of Cote d'Ivoire near Korhogo, diamonds are mined using traditional methods of searching riverbeds with sieves. The yield from this particular region is small--perhaps a few hundred stones a month collectively--and offers a subsistence living for the [...]	2006-12-21 16:15:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	EMIN IV
06ABIDJAN226	COTE D'IVOIRE: 2006 TIP REPORT [...] (SBU) Since a September 2002 coup attempt that evolved into a civil war, Cote d'Ivoire has been partitioned in two with the government maintaining control of the south and the ex-rebel New Forces controlling the north. Tensions between the two sides have lessened since the appointment of a new [...]	2006-03-01 16:49:00	Embassy Abidjan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB IV
06ABIDJAN493	COTE D'IVOIRE: THIRTY-SIX CONVICTED FOR JULY 2005 [...] (U) Summary: On May 5, an Ivoirian Military Tribunal convicted and sentenced 36 individuals to terms ranging from two to 15 years for their role in the July 2005 attacks on Agboville and Anyama, two towns located respectivly 70 and 7 KM North of downtown Abidjan. During the attacks, 24 people [...]	2006-05-12 16:42:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPKO ASEC AEMR IV
06ABIDJAN718	COTE D'IVOIRE: UN SECRETARY GENERAL CHAIRS [...] (C) Summary. UNSYG Annan chaired a mini-summit on Cote d'Ivoire in which participants set several deadlines to accelerate key elements of the peace process, including identification, DDR, and organization of elections. There was no discussion of possible scenarios if presidential elections [...]	2006-07-06 18:16:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO ASEC IV
06ABUDHABI1724	TOWNSEND DISCUSSES REGIONAL STABILITY, [...] (C) Summary. During an April 22 lunch meeting with Frances Fragos Townsend, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism (APHSCT),and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (MbZ),Townsend and MbZ discussed counterterrorism cooperation. Townsend stressed [...]	2006-04-29 12:43:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PINS EPET ETTC MCAP IR AE IQ
06ABUDHABI1725	SCENESETTER FOR COUNTERTERRORISM COORDINATOR [...] (S) Summary. Embassy Abu Dhabi looks forward to welcoming you to the UAE on May 7. U.S. and UAE officials have had a number of productive meetings on the topic of counterterrorism, the most recent of which came on April 22, when Fran Townsend, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security [...]	2006-04-29 13:15:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PINS ASEC EPET MCAP IR IZ AE
06ABUDHABI2175	UAE RESPONSE TO IRAQ DEVELOPMENTS [...] (C) On May 24, DCM delivered points (ref A) to MFA U/S Abdullah Rashid al-Noaimi who noted FonMin Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahyan (AbZ)'s congratulatory phone call to the Iraqi FonMin. On the task before the new government in Iraq, al-Nuaimi expressed the hope that "they will get their act [...]	2006-05-24 13:31:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAO IZ AE
06ABUDHABI2374	SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: DEATH OF ZARQAWI [...] Summary: All UAE Arabic and English dailies featured Al- Zarqawi's death. An unsigned editorial in Abu Dhabi-based Arabic daily "Al-Ittihad" 6/10 described Zarqawi's death as the beginning of the end if Iraqis would all unite together against those targeting their security. "Al-Khaleej" laid [...]	2006-06-10 13:35:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR AE KPAO TC
06ABUDHABI2464	MEDIA REACTION: ZARQAWI'S DEATH/GUANTANAMO [...] Summary: A female columnist in "Al-Bayan" describes Iraq as another faction-divided Lebanon under UK-US custody. A UAE columnist in "Al-Ittihad" criticizes those who sympathize with Al- Zarqawi's death. Another columnist in "Al-Ittihad" criticizes Hamas for considering Al-Zarqawi a symbol of [...]	2006-06-14 12:27:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR AE KPAO TC
06ABUDHABI2633	AMBASSADOR KHALIZAD MEETS DEPUTY PM SHEIKH HAMDAN [...] (C) Summary: On June 15, U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad met with Deputy Prime Minister Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed (HbZ) and urged the UAEG to engage the newly formed government in Iraq. He also outlined USG support for PM Maliki's goals of eliminating militias, and promoting national r [...]	2006-06-25 12:45:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV EFIN EPET AF PK SO IR AE
06ABUDHABI2772	VP/PM MOHAMMED BIN RASHID ON COUNTERPROLIFERATION, [...] (S/NF) Summary: On July 1, Ambassador met with Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid (MbR),UAE Vice President and Prime Minister, at MbR's request. Ambassador underscored USG concerns on the need for the UAEG to pass export control legislation and provided MbR with a copy of ref A nonpaper, which had b [...]	2006-07-05 10:09:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	PARM PREL PGOV ETTC IR IZ AE
06ABUDHABI2781	IRAQI PM MALIKI VISITS ABU DHABI [...] (C) Summary: On July 3, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki met President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, Vice-President and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum (MbR),Deputy Prime Minister Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al-Nahyan (HbZ),Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Na [...]	2006-07-05 12:58:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM IZ AE
06ABUDHABI2810	MEDIA REACTION: US AGGRESSION IN IRAQ; ISRAELI AGGRESSION [...] Summary: A columnist in "Al-Bayan" criticized the United States' continued role in atrocities against Iraqi civilians under the guise of counter-terrorism, and urged resistance to US occupation. "Al-Khaleej" carried an editorial that questioned the motivations behind Israel's recent actions in [...]	2006-07-09 13:53:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
06ABUDHABI2855	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF DEPUTY SECRETARY KIMMITT [...] (S/NF) Summary: Embassy Abu Dhabi welcomes the July 22-23 visit of Deputy Secretary of Treasury Kimmitt and Counselor Zelikow to discuss the Iraq Compact. Your visit follows Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki's July 3 visit to the UAE, where President Khalifa bin Zayed Al-Nahyan and other senior UAE [...]	2006-07-11 11:59:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	EAID ECON EFIN IZ AE

06ABUDHABI3097	MBZ'S VIEWS ON IRAQ COMPACT, HIZBOLLAH AND [...] (S/NF) Summary: Treasury Deputy Secretary Robert Kimmitt and Counselor of the State Department Philip Zelikow won Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan's support for the International Compact on Iraq during their July 22 visit. However, MbZ said that he was less worried about Ira [...]	2006-07-31 12:28:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER EAID EFIN KDEM LE QA IZ AE
06ABUDHABI3100	KIMMITT/ZELIKOW MEETING IN ABU DHABI WITH ARAB [...] (C) Summary: An interagency delegation led by Treasury Deputy Secretary Robert Kimmitt and Counselor of the Department of State Philip Zelikow briefed Arab Monetary Fund (AMF) Director General, Chairman of the Board Jassim Al-Mannai on the International Compact for Iraq on July 23 in Abu Dhabi [...]	2006-07-31 12:35:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAID ECON EFIN IZ AE
06ABUDHABI3555	MEDIA REACTION: US POLICIES/RACISM AT AIRPORTS [...] Summary: An unsigned editorial in "Al-Khaleej" asks the U.S. to return to the right path, to the principles of justice, freedom, and human rights. A Qatari columnist in "Al-Ittihad" writes that Arabs are treated with institutional racism in Western airports. An Egyptian columnist wondered w [...]	2006-09-07 15:46:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
06ABUDHABI3565	DEPSEC KIMMITT DISCUSSES IRAQ COMPACT, IRAN WITH [...] (S/NF) Summary. On September 9, Treasury Deputy Secretary Robert Kimmitt met with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan (MbZ) to discuss the Iraq Compact Preparatory Group Meeting being hosted in Abu Dhabi the next day. MbZ stressed that the UAE will do all it can to assist Iraq, [...]	2006-09-10 11:38:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL EAID ETTC IR IQ AE
06ABUDHABI3687	UAEG "REGRETS" POPE'S REMARKS ON ISLAM, ADDING [...] (U) Pope Benedict XVI's reported remarks on Islam have received a modest degree of coverage in UAE printed media since the story broke, with front-page mention of the incident and associated reactions in the Muslim world, as well as inside-page editorial emphasizing the potential damage done [...]	2006-09-18 13:45:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KMDR KPAO VT AE
06ABUDHABI3706	POPE'S REMARKS ON ISLAM CONTINUE TO GENERATE [...] (C) As Pope Benedict XVI's remarks on Islam continue to create a stir in the local press, PolChief attended the evening majlis of Presidential Religious Advisor Ali Al-Hashemi on September 18 and faced a barrage of questions about the Pope's intent and western misunderstanding of Islam. One [...]	2006-09-19 14:03:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KMDR VT AE
06ABUDHABI4260	IRAQ COMPACT DEBT RELIEF - UAE VIEWS [...] (C) Summary: Senior UAEG leadership has consistently told us that, although they support the idea of debt relief for Iraq "in principle," the ultimate decision must be a GCC-wide one. The UAE has shown no interest in taking on a GCC leadership role in providing Iraq with debt relief. For it [...]	2006-11-09 13:32:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PREL IZ AE
06ABUJA232	HOPES FOR PEACE AND TALK OF WAR AT DARFUR TALKS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The pace of the Darfur Peace Talks has accelerated. The parties appear to have more of a negotiating mandate, and although red-lines remain, those committed to a settlement still outnumber the spoilers. International observer corps, enthusiasm about the improved op tempo, however [...]	2006-02-01 15:30:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PGOV PREF PHUM ASEC SU DARFUR
06ABUJA2891	RAMADAN OUTREACH REVEALS CRITICISM, COMMENDATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During the month of Ramadan (September 24-October 23),Embassy Abuja organized several public-speaking engagements, media outreach, and Iftar events to discuss U.S. policy toward the Muslim world and Muslim life in America. Local media outlets reported favorably and widely the [...]	2006-11-03 12:37:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL KISL KPAO KIRF NI KWMN KDEM
06ABUJA3032	NIGERIA: CIVIL SOCIETY ON ELECTION SCENARIOS [...] (C) SUMMARY. At a November 20 luncheon for civil society elections-related organizations, participants discussed possible scenarios for Nigeria's presidential transition and the status of elections preparations. Participants maintained Obasanjo hopes to continue his rule of Nigeria -- either [...]	2006-11-24 08:37:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM NI ELECTIONS
06ABUJA3200	THE WEST AFRICAN PEER EXCHANGE ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING [...] Summary. At the West African Peer Exchange conference on Affordable Housing, Nigerian representatives discussed plans for increasing the number of affordable homes in Nigeria and presented an action plan. Most of the West African countries in attendance face similar problems on land tenure ti [...]	2006-12-14 17:39:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV EAID SOCI NI
06ABUJA524	ECOWAS SAYS PREPARING TO MEET AVIAN-FLU CHALLENGE [...] Summary. Ambassador met March 2 with ECOWAS Executive Secretary Mohamed Ibn Chambas, who noted with concern AI's SIPDIS advance in Nigeria. Chambas said ECOWAS countries needed to have national strategies, after which regional ones could be created. He said Nigeria's "lessons learned" wou [...]	2006-03-03 15:41:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU EAID AMED EAGR NI
06ABUJA798	DARFUR PEACE TALKS: TAHA REMAINS, AU PREPARING [...] (SBU) Summary: Sudanese Vice President Taha remains in Abuja to continue consultations with the parties. JEM is avoiding meeting Taha, but is complaining it is being left out. His delegation may be augmented with the arrival of Salah Gosh and Mutrif Sadiq. The African Union's Peace and Se [...]	2006-04-18 10:26:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM SU NI CD
06ABUJA856	DARFUR PEACE TALKS: NEXT STEPS [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 19, African Union Chief Negotiator Sam Ibok discussed potential next steps for putting forward the entire peace deal with USDEL. During the same meeting, AU Special Representative Baba Gana Kingibe said that there will be a transition from AMIS to a re-hatted force i [...]	2006-04-20 10:11:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM SU NI
06ACCRA1855	ILLEGAL SMALL ARMS IN GHANA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ghana has an estimated 150,000 illegal arms. Most are crude locally made guns, but there is an unknown quantity of arms trafficking from elsewhere in West Africa. Ghana,s Small Arms Commission has worked with the UNDP and civil society on the issue since 2003 through the Ghana [...]	2006-08-14 12:11:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL PGOV PHUM KCRM MOPS ASEC GH
06ACCRA523	AMBASSADOR TRAVELS TO VOLTA REGION: REFUGEES, POVERTY AND [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 15-16, Ambassador traveled to Ghana's Volta Region to meet the Regional Minister, make a donation to a USAID-funded school literacy program, highlight USG research on Leishmaniasis, and discuss refugee, Amcit and political issues with local contacts. The Volta Region [...]	2006-03-02 14:47:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON GH PGOV PREF PREL SOCI
06ACCRA829	USAID CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS OPPORTUNITIES FOR [...] USAID sponsored a conference and technology fair in Accra, March 30-31, 2006, to disseminate research highlighting the opportunities and issues for increased remittances and trade into and within West Africa. The conference goal was to discuss ways for the private sector to access more of the [...]	2006-04-11 08:47:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ECON ETRD EFIN GH
06ADANA212	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 03, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-03 08:37:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADDISABABA1709	AU COMMISSION CHAIRPERSON PREVIEWS AU SUMMIT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Streamlining duplication among Africa?s numerous regional economic communities (e.g., SADC, COMESA, IGAD, EAC, WAEMU, CEMAC, ECOWAS, etc.) and establishing a ?United States of Africa? are among the nominal themes of the upcoming African Union Summit to be held in Banjul. More l [...]	2006-06-22 04:39:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI AU SU XA
06ADDISABABA1902	BEREKET SAYS HR 4423 COULD HURT BILATERAL RELATIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Bereket Simon, public relations advisor to Ethiopia's Prime Minister with rank of Minister, told PAO that CUDP leaders' request to arrange a meeting with the jailed CUD leaders was a positive initiative, which he would support. After praising the way the Charge had conducted th [...]	2006-07-12 14:23:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ET
06ADDISABABA2524	DARFUR: SEPTEMBER 7 AU DITF BRIEFING REPORTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On September 7, African Union officials reported to AU partners that recent cash contributions would allow the AU Mission in Sudan to continue operations beyond September 30, but that any decision on either extending or strengthening AMIS by two additional battalions would have [...]	2006-09-15 13:35:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MOPS KPKO SU AU
06ADDISABABA2936	DARFUR: AMIS FORCE COMMANDER REJECTS FJMHQ CONCEPT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. African Union civilian and military officials, including the new AMIS Force Commander, had few conclusions to share from a recently concluded internal "brainstorming" session on operational challenges facing the AU peacekeeping mission in Darfur. Sudan's recent acceptance of 1 [...]	2006-11-06 05:58:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MOPS KPKO SU AU
06ADDISABABA323	AU SUMMIT KHARTOUM WRAP-UP [...] (SBU) Summary: The African Union (AU) Summit held January 23 and 24 in Khartoum highlighted the AU Commission's efforts to "do the right thing" in terms of promoting continental good governance and human rights, as well as social progress, but also produced member state division. Long negotia [...]	2006-02-02 12:22:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM ETRD SU AU
06AITTAIPEI1026	MEDIA REACTION: KMT CHAIRMAN MA YING-JEOU'S U.S. TRIP [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused their coverage March 25-27 on KMT Chairman Ma Ying-jeou's U.S. trip; the DPP's decision to cancel its proposed "Grand Debate" on the party's policy toward China; the Ministry of Transportation and Communications' announcement Saturday reg [...]	2006-03-27 22:38:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
06AITTAIPEI1606	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] Summary: Amid extensive reporting May 10 that a KMT hopeful will drop out of the party primary for the year-end Taipei mayoral race, Taiwan newspaper coverage also focused on President Chen Shui-bian's press briefing in Costa Rica Tuesday, his transit plans, exchanges of greeting with U.S. Fir [...]	2006-05-10 08:45:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
06AITTAIPEI2167	DTC CASE 980274: REQUEST FOR MISSILE TECHNOLOGY [...] (C) Per reftel instructions, on June 21 AIT Econ Chief hand delivered to Terry Ting, Deputy Secretary General, Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office (TECRO),the written request for assurances in subject case. Mr. Ting said that he would consult with the Ministry of Foreign Affa [...]	2006-06-23 04:18:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	KOMC ETTC MNUC PARM
06AITTAIPEI2278	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-JAPAN ALLIANCE, U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS, [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused their coverage July 1 -3 on the investigation into the alleged role of the First Family's personal physician in First Lady Wu Shu-chen's involvement in the Sogo Department Store gift certificates scandal; the rumored discord between Presi [...]	2006-07-04 21:51:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
06AITTAIPEI761	MEDIA REACTION: U.S. AND CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS [...] Summary: As Taiwan'smajor Chinese-language dailies centered their reporting March 9 on the government's management of state-run property, Taiwan's foreign relations, and other local issues, coverage also focused on the aftermath of President Chen Shui-bian's announcement of the cessation of th [...]	2006-03-09 08:16:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
06ALGIERS1243	MALI PEACE AGREEMENT SIGNED IN ALGIERS JULY 4 [...] (SBU) With considerable fanfare, Foreign Minister Bedjaoui convoked the diplomatic corps and representatives of the Algerian and international media to witness the signing July 4 at the El Mithaq state guest house in Algiers of a peace agreement between the Malian government and the Touareg r [...]	2006-07-06 12:22:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS ML AG
06ALGIERS1278	ALGERIA REQUESTS U.S. ASSISTANCE IN IMPLEMENTING [...] (C) MFA Director General for African Affairs Chergui briefed Ambassador July 9 on the recent agreement Algeria brokered between Malian authorities and Tuareg rebels in northern Mali (reftels) and asked for a U.S. pledge of financial assistance for the "Forum on Development" created by the agr [...]	2006-07-11 05:50:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PINR MARR ML AG LY SU
06ALGIERS2108	MFA AFRICAN AFFAIRS DG ON ALGIERS ACCORD [...] (C) In a December 10 discussion prompted by ref A, MFA Director General for African Affairs Smail Chergui told Charge that implementation of the Algiers Accord was moving forward and had not been adversely affected by recent fighting between the Alliance for Democratic Change (ADC) and the Sal [...]	2006-12-11 17:37:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PINS PGOV ML SU AG
06ALGIERS401	SCENESETTER FOR A/S WELCH'S VISIT TO ALGIERS [...] (C) Assistant Secretary Welch, Embassy Algiers and our Algerian hosts very much look forward to welcoming you to Algiers. President Bouteflika is interested in continuing the dialogue you began in New York last September, and there is indeed much to discuss. Prime Minister Ouyahia and Forei [...]	2006-03-09 18:48:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PTER AG
06ALGIERS936	MFA OFFICIAL'S OBSERVATIONS ON LIBYA AND THE HAMAS [...] (C) In a May 22 meeting on other issues attended by Ambassador and PolEc Chief, MFA Director General for Arab Affairs Bouzaher gave the Algerian perspective on Libya and dealing with the Hamas government in the Palestinian territories. Ambassador briefed Bouzaher on the U.S. decision to rest [...]	2006-05-23 19:14:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PARM LY IR PA
06ALMATY965	KAZAKHSTAN ENVIRONMENT UPDATE; FEBRUARY 28 [...] Summary: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani press and has not yet been verified. The opinions expressed in this report, therefore, should not be interpreted as official positions and/or policy of the U.S. Government. -- New National Park Established in Southern Kazakh [...]	2006-03-16 10:41:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON SENV ENRG EPET KZ ECONOMIC
06AMMAN1289	SHIITE INSIDER DISCUSSES IRAQI POLITICAL [...] (C) London-based Al-Khoei Foundation Director Ghanem Jawad gave Emboff a run-down on past political intrigues and current political ambitions of several prominent Iraqi political figures, including Ahmed Chalabi, Ibrahim Ja'afari, Abdel Aziz al-Hakim, and Jalal Talabani. Jawad Ja'afari's sup [...]	2006-02-22 07:13:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KISL JO IZ
06AMMAN2916	Sandia Workshop Works to Lower Bioterrorism Risks, [...] Summary: An April 11-13 workshop sponsored by Sandia National Lab gathered thirty Middle Eastern lab scientists in Amman to discuss biosafety and biosecurity risks and risk reduction strategies at health and agricultural biology labs. Expert speakers outlined best practices for lowering risk [...]	2006-04-25 03:03:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO PTER XF JO
06AMMAN4124	SCENESETTER FOR THE CONUS VISIT OF GENERAL KHALID [...] (S) GENERAL KHALID JAMIL SARAYREH WILL VISIT THE UNITED STATES AT THE INVITATION OF GENERAL PETER PACE, CJCS, 15-24 JUN 2006 UNDER THE COUNTERPARTS' VISIT PROGRAM. JORDAN REMAINS ONE OF OUR STRONGEST SUPPORTERS FOR ALL ASPECTS OF REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT. THIS VISIT WILL ALLOW US TO FURTHER ENHANC [...]	2006-06-08 09:19:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	JO MARR PREL
06AMMAN5567	TFLE01: JORDAN'S KING DISCUSSES REGIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: King Abdullah reviewed for codel Hoekstra his long-standing concerns about the strategic threat posed by Iran, and his efforts to build quietly a unity of purpose among Arab states, focusing on Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Yemen. The King also discussed the situation in Lebanon, offered adv [...]	2006-07-25 09:04:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG LE IR SY IZ AJ JO
06AMMAN5697	MEDIA REACTION ON ISRAEL-HEZBOLLAH COMBAT AND IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-30 10:53:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
06AMMAN5711	IRAQI PRIME MINISTER VISITS JORDAN [...] (U) SUMMARY: Iraqi PM Nouri Al-Maliki visited Jordan July 27, meeting with Jordanian PM Ma'ruf al-Bakhit and King Abdullah. Talks focused on economic and security cooperation, a proposal for a Jordanian-hosted Iraqi religious leaders' conference, and the possible resumption of preferential o [...]	2006-07-31 06:33:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ JO NOTAG
06AMMAN5987	JORDAN AND IRAQ IN DISCUSSIONS ON CRUDE OIL [...] (C) Embassy has confirmed press reports that Jordan and Iraq have begun discussions regarding the supply to Jordan of crude oil from the Kirkuk oil fields. The article, cited by Platts Commodity news from the August 5 issue of the London-based daily Azzaman, reported that crude supplies will [...]	2006-08-08 13:06:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET JO IZ
06AMMAN6329	PM BAKHIT'S WORKING VISIT TO BAGHDAD [...] (U) Summary: Prime Minister Marouf Bakhit and seven Jordanian cabinet ministers traveled to Baghdad August 15 for a working visit. A new Jordanian Ambassador presented his credentials to the GOI during the visit. The trip followed PM Maliki's July 27 meeting with King Abdallah and Bakhit in [...]	2006-08-17 12:37:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EPET IZ JO
06AMMAN6432	JORDANIANS WARN CODEL SHAYS OF CHAOS IN IRAQ IF [...] (C) Summary: During its brief holiday weekend stay in Jordan August 20-21, Codel Shays met with Minister of Political Development Sabri Rbeihat and Palace Advisor for International Affairs Jafar Hassan, and lunched with a group of Peace Corps volunteers in Madaba. In the meetings, the Jord [...]	2006-08-22 13:48:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IR IZ JO
06AMMAN8341	QIZ MANAGERS COMPLAIN ABOUT GOJ LABOR CRACKDOWN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S. garment buyer representatives, QIZ estate owners, and factory operators have started to complain in recent weeks about the state of Jordan's QIZ industry. Contacts say they are losing revenue as costs rise and machines sit idle with no workers available. Some owners have h [...]	2006-11-08 16:12:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ETRD GTIP KTEX JO BG
06AMMAN8363	DEMARCHE ON DEBT RELIEF FOR IRAQ [...] (C) Ambassador delivered the points requested to the Foreign Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade on November 2 but received no substantive reply. Ambassador will also deliver the points to the Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister, who handles this issue but has been unavailable [...]	2006-11-09 13:57:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN IZ JO
06AMMAN8598	JORDAN AWAITS THE PRESIDENT'S VISIT [...] ( SBU ) SUMMARY: JORDAN IS ABUZZ IN ANTICIPATION OF PRESIDENT BUSH'S SECOND VISIT TO THE COUNTRY. THE LEADERSHIP VIEWS THE VISIT AS A CHANCE TO ADVANCE ITS VIEWS ON IRAQ AND OTHER REGIONAL ISSUES AND BE SEEN AS A FAVORED PARTNER OF THE U.S. TRADITIONAL CRITICS ARE RAISING THEIR VOICES IN P [...]	2006-11-26 16:21:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV JO
06AMMAN8943	JORDANIAN AND IRAQI INTERIOR MINISTERS DISCUSS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Jordanian Interior Minister Eid al-Fayez and his Iraqi counterpart Jawad al-Bolani (along with Iraqi Minister of State for National Security Sherwan al-Wa'li) met in Amman on December 13 to discuss the formation of joint committees aimed at countering terrorism, border control, and [...]	2006-12-17 16:33:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS JO IZ
06ANKARA1066	TURKEY/IRAQ: PM JAFARI VISIT TO ANKARA AND [...] (C) Turkey's Iraq Coordinator Oguz Celikkol reviewed his visit to Baghdad (ref a),described PM Jafari's meetings in Ankara, and discussed Muqtada al-Sadr's probably visit here with Ambassador on March 1. Turmoil surrounding the Samarra bombing dominated both sets of talks, although the two [...]	2006-03-02 15:37:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ IR TU
06ANKARA1513	DECLINE IN TURKISH-AMERICAN DEFENSE INDUSTRY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Defense industrial cooperation, historically the strongest area of US-Turkish bilateral relationship, has deteriorated in recent years. No US firm has won a direct commercial sale (DCS) since 2002 and post-contract negotiations hamper the few US direct sale and FMS projects that [...]	2006-03-22 17:34:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MASS TU
06ANKARA2242	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-24 13:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA2310	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-26 13:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA2488	TURKEY/IRAQ: TURKEY PREPARED TO ENGAGE NEW IRAQI [...] (C) Turkish Iraq Coordinator Oguz Celikkol told Ambassador May 4 that Turkey has invited Iraqi PM al-Maliki to visit, will invite other ministers once named, and is prepared to send FM Gul to Baghdad as well. Turkey is prepared to offer Iraq additional border gates, USD 2 million in military [...]	2006-05-05 12:33:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS EAID IZ TU
06ANKARA2624	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-10 14:52:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA2665	CODEL PENCE'S MAY 8 DISCUSSION WITH TURKISH [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with FM Gul, a congressional delegation led by Representative Mike Pence (R-IN) pledged congressional support for Turkey's EU accession process and appreciation of Turkey's efforts to support the democratization process in Iraq, Afghanistan and the Middle East. Congr [...]	2006-05-11 14:20:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OVIP TU
06ANKARA3028	TURKEY WELCOMES NEW IRAQI GOVERNMENT, GOT IRAQ [...] (C/REL USA, GBR, AUS, CAN) The GOT welcomes the new government in Iraq, and will send its Special Envoy there next week to meet the leadership and invite the Iraqi PM, FonMin, and Speaker of Parliament to Turkey. FonMin Gul hopes to go there "soon." The GOT is maintaining a positive public s [...]	2006-05-25 14:37:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER TU IZ
06ANKARA3200	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-01 14:45:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA3263	TURKEY'S IRAQ COORDINATOR EXTENDS INVITATIONS TO [...] (C) Summary: Iraq Coordinator Oguz Celikkol told visiting HIRC professional staff member Alan Makovsky on June 1 that he was impressed by Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki and his focus on security issues during their May 30 meeting in Baghdad. He claimed that Deputy PM Barham Salih agreed with his [...]	2006-06-05 13:58:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OREP TU IZ
06ANKARA3517	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-14 14:47:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA3544	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-15 12:52:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA3574	TURKEY'S IRAQ COORDINATOR ON TURKISH-IRAQI [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with Turkey's Iraq Coordinator Oguz Celikkol on June 15 to discuss Turkey-Iraq cooperation. Meetings by Turkish PM Erdogan, FM Gul and other ministers with Iraqi DPM Salih and his delegation on the margins of the Turkey-Arab Economic Forum in Istanbul last week [...]	2006-06-16 13:43:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS IZ TU
06ANKARA3905	TURKEY/IRAQ/BLACK SEA/AEGEAN: D/NSA CROUCH'S [...] (C) On his way to the Black Sea Forum in Bucharest, Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor Dr. J.D. Crouch discussed Iran, Iraq, Black Sea, energy and Greek-Turkish relations with Senior Advisor to the Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, MFA Undersecretary Ali Tuygan, and [...]	2006-07-05 12:10:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG IZ TU
06ANKARA4258	TURKEY/IRAQ: TURKS CONTINUE TO PUSH FOR PROGRESS [...] (C) We discussed the PKK issue July 21 with GOT Deputy Iraq Coordinator Fazli Corman. We emphasized the importance of continuing to work together to combat the PKK and underscored that the USG is engaged on the issue. We asked Corman about Turkey's recent contacts with the GOI on combatting [...]	2006-07-24 02:02:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ETRD TU IZ
06ANKARA4355	SCENESETTER FOR PKK TRILATERAL MEETINGS: THE [...] (S/NF) Recent pledges by Presidents Bush and Talabani have assured the Turks that we and Iraq take the PKK seriously, and may have averted -- temporarily -- a Turkish cross-border operation. Should the Iraqis follow through on their commitments, this will begin to satisfy long-standing Turkish [...]	2006-07-28 16:18:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER MOPS TU IZ IR
06ANKARA4367	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-31 13:42:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA4822	TURKEY'S IRAQ COORDINATOR ON IRAQ FUEL AND IRAQI [...] (C) SUMMARY. Turkey's MFA Iraq Coordinator Oguz Celikkol updated Ambassador on recent Iraq-related developments, including visits to Istanbul by Iraqi VP Hashimi and seven Iraqi Turkmen parliamentarians, the latter of which was designed to promote unity and common purpose among Turkmen across [...]	2006-08-18 13:12:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EPET ENRG ETRD XF TU IZ
06ANKARA5264	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-13 14:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA5488	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-19 14:39:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA5537	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-21 14:21:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA5604	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-25 14:33:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA5746	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-03 14:56:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA5898	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-12 14:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA5940	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-16 14:08:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA5992	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-17 14:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA6019	TURKISH MFA DISPLEASED WITH KRG DRAFT CONSTITUTION [...] (C) Summary: Senior Turkish officials have told us that the draft KRG constitution crosses several Turkish redlines, and asked us to intervene with the Iraqi Kurds. From a Turkish perspective, the draft seems almost designed to poke this country in the eye and will further complicate the GOT's [...]	2006-10-18 10:09:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER TU IZ
06ANKARA6043	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-19 09:15:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA6121	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-26 14:57:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA6163	SCENESETTER FOR NOVEMBER 7-8 VISIT OF EUCOM DCDR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkey continues to demonstrate its commitment to GWOT in Afghanistan, Lebanon and the Balkans, but is feeling the pinch of resources stretched both internationally and in the southeast, where it is battling a significant up-tick in PKK terrorist activity. The appointment of Ge [...]	2006-10-30 16:03:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS TU
06ANKARA6276	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-03 16:08:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA6372	IRAQ: GOT SEEKS TO POSTPONE CONTROVERSIAL SUNNI [...] (S) Summary: Turkish MFA has learned that a Nov. 14-16 NGO conference in Istanbul of apparent Iraqi Sunni Arab rejectionists may complicate the visit of Iraqi PM Maliki, scheduled for the same dates. The GOT has had no hand in organizing the conference and has been able to learn few specifics [...]	2006-11-08 15:04:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PTER PGOV TU IZ TC QA
06ANKARA6396	TURKEY READY FOR 3-WAY MEETING ON AZERI GAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkish Energy Minister Guler agreed with Ambassador that Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Georgia should meet as soon as possible to begin working out short term solutions to ensure natural gas supplies for this winter in the face of strong Russian pressure on all of them. Guler stressed [...]	2006-11-13 09:24:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PREL TU GG AJ RS IZ
06ANKARA6415	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-14 15:18:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA6433	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-16 15:55:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA6442	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-17 14:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA6448	PM MALIKI IN TURKEY: PLEDGES OF SUPPORT, BUT [...] (C) Summary: Iraqi PM Maliki accepted Turkish offers to increase the level of training for ISF, especially police, and to work on expanding Turkish trade and investment beyond northern Iraq during his Nov. 16-17 visit to Ankara. The GOT was generally pleased with Maliki's public statements on [...]	2006-11-17 16:35:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV ECON TU IZ IR SY
06ANKARA6454	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-20 12:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA6480	ITU PLENIPOTENTIARY: REQUEST FOR PERMISSION TO SIGN THE [...] This is an action message. See paragraph 3. Post is transmitting this on behalf of the U.S. delegation to the ITU meeting in Antalya. 2. Summary and Action Request: The U.S. Delegation to the 2006 Plenipotentiary Conference of the International Telecommunication Union has achieved its [...]	2006-11-22 12:49:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS AORC TU
06ANKARA6500	Scenesetter for CODEL Shays' Nov. 27-29 Visit to Turkey [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey broadly agrees with U.S. goals in Iraq and tangibly supports our military effort there. However, Turkish concerns about Iraq's stability and future, as well as the PKK issue, complicate the relationship. Turkey has generally good intentions in promoting Middle East peace [...]	2006-11-24 13:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER ETRD PGOV TU IZ IR LE SY AM EUN
06ANKARA6565	TURKEY/IRAQ: WHAT ELSE CAN WE DO? [...] (C) Summary: Turkey -- despite serious ongoing concerns about violence and what it views as overreaching Kurdish aspirations, as well as anger over the PKK issue -- has been steadily engaging the new Iraq. Increasing this engagement would require demonstrating to the GOT that Iraqi disintegra [...]	2006-12-04 07:41:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PTER PGOV EAID ECON ENRG TU IZ IR SY
06ANKARA6574	TURKISH PM ERDOGAN'S VISIT TO TEHRAN -- INITIAL [...] (S) Summary: Turkish PM Erdogan emphasized Lebanon and the implications for Iran of widening Shia/Sunni conflict during his December 3 visit to Tehran, according to FM Gul and PM/FM foreign affairs advisor Davutoglu. Other topics included Iraq and Iranian gas transit for the Nabucco pipeline [...]	2006-12-04 16:40:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL IR IZ LE SY TU
06ANKARA6590	PKK Issue: Update on Violence and Political Developments [...] (SBU) This is another in a series of periodic reports on PKK violence in Turkey. Our primary sources for these reports are mainstream Turkish press services, such as the Anatolian News Agency, and international wire services. While these are more reliable than most Turkish press sources, they [...]	2006-12-06 06:48:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV TU IZ
06ANKARA6617	TURKISH PM ERDOGAN'S VISIT TO DAMASCUS [...] (C) Summary: Lebanon was the main focus on Turkish PM Erdogan's visit to Damascus, PM/FM foreign affairs advisor Ahmet Davutoglu told Ambassador December 8. Erdogan urged President Asad to make Syria a force for stability in a polarizing region, and to do so by using its influence to dissuad [...]	2006-12-08 13:26:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SY LE IZ TU
06ANKARA6628	TURKISH OFFICIALS TELL CODEL SHAYS THAT SECTARIAN [...] (C) Summary: Senior Turkish officials and business leaders told CODEL Shays Nov. 29 that sectarian violence in Iraq threatens Turkey and the region. Events in Iraq are now threatening a centuries-old balance between Sunnis and Shia in the area, they asserted. Turkey continues to be concerned [...]	2006-12-11 09:52:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV TU IZ IR
06ANKARA6670	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-15 15:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA6671	TURKEY/IRAQ: CONTROVERSIAL SUNNI CONFERENCE [...] (C) The Turkish press reported Dec. 15 that a controversial Sunni Arab conference on Iraq -- that had been postponed at the GOT's request so as not to conflict with Iraqi PM Maliki's Nov. 15-16 visit to Ankara -- was held in Istanbul Dec. 13-15. According to press, the gathering (see reftel) [...]	2006-12-15 15:24:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV TU IZ
06ANKARA6688	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-18 14:42:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA6729	GOT'S IRAQ ENVOY CONTINUES OUTREACH TO SUNNIS AND [...] (C) Summary: Turkey is continuing its efforts to bring Sunni Arabs into the Iraqi political process, GOT Special Envoy Celikkol told us Dec. 19. Celikkol insisted Turkey was powerless to prevent rejectionist Sunnis from meeting in Istanbul last week. Officials in Jordan and the UAE are worri [...]	2006-12-22 12:17:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PTER PGOV TU IZ IR SY
06ASHGABAT369	MARY, BALKANABAT RFE/RL REPORTERS ALIVE AND DEFIANT [...] (SBU) PDOff visited Mary Radio Free Europe/Liberty (RFE/RL) stringers Ovezmuhammet Hommadov and Jumadurdy Ovezov April 6. Both are in good condition but continue to deal with cut-off telephones and harassment by local authorities. Balkanabat stringer Shamurat Akolyev visited the embassy on Ap [...]	2006-04-11 03:18:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR TX
06ASMARA604	LEAD UP TO SECOND ROUND OF EF/KHT [...] (C) Summary: The second round of negotiations between the Eastern Front and Government of National Unity (GNU) commenced on July 17, 2006. All sides were very positive on the prospect of reaching a quick settlement to the problems that have beset eastern Sudan. In the lead-up to the second r [...]	2006-07-19 15:00:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC ETTC ER SU
06ASMARA625	EF/GNU NEGOTIATIONS UPDATE: REASONABLE [...] (C) Summary: According to both Eastern Front (EF) contacts and Government of the State of Eritrea (GSE) officials, there has been reasonable progress on the Eastern Front/Government of National Unity (EF/GNU) negotiations so far. The two trickiest issues are no surprise: whether to unify t [...]	2006-08-01 12:28:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC ETTC ER SU
06ASMARA648	DARFUR: ABDEL SHAFI WANTS SLM/A TO REUNITE [...] (C) Summary: Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM/A) defector Ahmed Abdel Shafi and Babikir Abdalla Mohamed requested a meeting with the Embassy on August 8 to discuss the recent press release issued by 32 commanders of the SLM/A, explain the current state of play within the organization and ask fo [...]	2006-08-09 13:57:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC ETTC ER SU

06ASMARA757	EASTERN FRONT NEGOTIATIONS PROCEED; OPTIMISM [...] (C) Summary: Negotiations between the Sudanese Government of National Unity (GNU) and Eastern Front (EF) are proceeding apace with the third and final committee currently in session. While the GNU, the Government of the State of Eritrea (GSE) mediator and many in the diplomatic community see [...]	2006-09-25 12:31:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR SU ER
06ASUNCION258	PARAGUAY: CENTRAL BANK PRESIDENT TESTING PRESIDENT [...] (C) In the Ambassador's introductory call on March 3, Central Bank (BCP) President Monica Perez said that little had changed with respect to the dispute between Perez and the four other BCP Board members (reftels). She said she had accomplished all she could in the current hostile environmen [...]	2006-03-09 13:58:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL EFIN PINR PA
06BAGHDAD1024	TOUR D'HORIZON FROM HIGHER JURIDICAL COUNCIL [...] (S) Summary. Judge Medhat al-Mahmud, President of the Iraqi Higher Juridical Council and Chief Justice of the Iraqi Federal Supreme Court, described the importance of public integrity and the need to keep -- but improve -- all the major anti-corruption institutions in Iraq today. He called [...]	2006-03-29 10:10:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PGOV PHUM KJUS KDEM KCOR KCRM IZ
06BAGHDAD1050	SHIA RELIGIOUS LEADERS SHARPLY CRITICIZE U.S. [...] (U) On March 28,the office of Ayatollah Sadiq al- Husayni al-Shirazi in Karbala issued a statement (ref a) condemning the Iraqi/US raid in the Ur neighborhood as a "heinous crime." Shirazi's statement also warned "the occupation forces" not to clash with the Shia majority to satisfy a Sunni [...]	2006-03-31 15:50:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KISL IZ
06BAGHDAD1055	FALL-OUT FROM IRAQI SPECIAL FORCES RAID NEAR SADR [...] (S) SUMMARY: At approximately 1800 on Sunday, March 26, 2006, Iraqi Special Operations Forces (ISOF) launched an assault on a target in the Ur neighborhood near the Sadr City area of Baghdad. The raid was planned and executed by the Iraqi forces with the assistance of U.S. Special Forces a [...]	2006-04-01 14:13:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	MOPS PREL PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD1155	COMMUNIST PARTY LEADER COMPLAINS ABOUT JAFARI [...] (C) SUMMARY. CoR and Iraqiyya list member (and head of the Iraqi Communist Party) Hamid Majeed Mousa told PolOff and PolFSN April 4 that a delegation of Jafari supporters from Dawa and Dawa Tanzim had met with an Iraqiyya List delegation April 3. The Jafari supporters reportedly said the Shia [...]	2006-04-08 19:23:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD1352	POLITICAL BLOCS MOVING TO NEGOTIATE CABINET [...] (C) Summary. Three days after the Parliament elected its Presidency Council and House Speakers, the four major political blocs have switched focus to the next step in the government formation process, the naming of a cabinet. They are forming committees to negotiate ministerial names with e [...]	2006-04-25 18:55:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT IZ
06BAGHDAD1355	PROVINCIAL REACTION TO PM SELECTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Initial reactions from provincial contacts to Nuri Kamal (Jawad al-Maliki)'s selection as Iraq's next PM have been positive. Shia Islamists tended to view the new PM as equally capable as Jafari at promoting the UIC agenda. Sunnis and Kurds tended to question his independence, [...]	2006-04-25 20:48:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT IZ
06BAGHDAD1370	FADHILA MEMBER ON PARTY'S ASPIRATIONS, CONCERN [...] (C) Summary: Fadhila Party parliamentarian Basim Sherif Nsaif al-Hechaimi told PolOff in an April 24 meeting that Abd al-Raheem al-Hasuna will be the next Fadhila Party Secretary General. Al-Hechaimi predicted that al-Hasuna's appointment, along with the addition of former UIA 169 independen [...]	2006-04-26 20:26:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PNAT ENRG ECON KDEM KISL IZ
06BAGHDAD1379	UN SRSG QAZI ON RECENT MEETINGS WITH SISTANI AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: At an April 24 meeting with the Ambassador, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) Ashraf Qazi said that Grand Ayatollah Sistani told him in an April 19 meeting that he (Sistani) would not weigh in on the prime ministerial selection because he then would be resp [...]	2006-04-27 14:34:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT KDEM PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD1383	SENIOR KURDISH POLITICIANS WARN GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Prime Minister Rowsh Shaways, Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari, and Presidency Council Chief of Staff Kamran Karadaghi told PolOffs on April 26-27 that there was deep concern about the cabinet formation process among senior Kurdish negotiators. Despite President Talabani [...]	2006-04-27 16:54:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD1395	CABINET FORMATION UPDATE [...] (C) Summary. Cabinet discussions between the Shia Coalition and the Kurds are well underway (See reftel). Internal Iraqiyya meetings have yet to produce results, as members await Ayad Allawi's decision whether or not Iraqiyya will participate. Iraqiyya may opt to go into opposition unless th [...]	2006-04-28 13:07:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT IZ
06BAGHDAD1398	RUBAIE POSSIBLY NEXT MINISTER OF INTERIOR [...] (C//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: National Security Advisor Muwaffuk Rubaie has informed Ambassador Khalilzad that PM-Designate al-Maliki has offered him the post of Minister of Interior. The Ambassador promised to follow up with MNF-I CG Casey, so that the three could meet to discuss further Rubai [...]	2006-04-29 05:56:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PREL MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD1422	MINDEF DULIME CONVEYS SECURITY CONCERNS TO [...] (S) SUMMARY: Minister of Defense Sadoun al-Dulime called on Ambassador to discuss his concerns with the "terrorist-controlled" highway between Baghdad and Amman and the 8,750 Iraqi security detail personnel currently being paid out of MoD's budget. Dulime also took this opportunity to cauti [...]	2006-04-30 16:10:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PINR PREL PINS PNAT PTER KDEM KISL IZ
06BAGHDAD1438	AMBASSADOR OFFERS HIS CONDOLENCES TO ITALIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 28, Ambassador offered his condolences to Italian Ambassador Maurizio Melani for the death of three Italian soldiers killed on April 27 in Nasiriyah. He further committed to sharing any investigative reports he receives from MNF-I on the incident. Melani conveyed that [...]	2006-05-01 17:22:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PINR PREL PINS PNAT PTER KDEM KISL IT IZ
06BAGHDAD1440	MEHDI HAFEDH: IRAQIYYA LIST NOT YET PREPARED FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. Iraqiyya List (Allawi) senior member Dr. Mehdi Hafedh told PolOffs April 28 that he had discussed possible changes to the National Policy Council with Ayad Allawi that might enable Allawi to accept the Secretary General position. He asserted that Allawi will not accept a Deputy [...]	2006-05-01 20:43:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD1441	CABINET FORMATION AND PM OFFICE UPDATE [...] (C) Summary. In an April 30 meeting with PolOffs, Shia Coalition independent Sami al-Askari reported that PM-designate Nuri Kamil al-Maliki has named Ahmad al-Saadawi as his private office director. Al-Maliki's inner circle is moving forward with re-organization and expansion plans for the PM [...]	2006-05-01 22:02:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT PINR IZ
06BAGHDAD1485	SADR CITY LOCAL LEADERS SAY SISTANI STATEMENT WILL [...] (C) Summary: In an April 30 meeting with PolOff, Sadr City District Advisory Council (DAC) members Ali Suadi and Ahmed Hassan said the Jaysh al-Mahdi (JAM) would not disband simply because of Grand Ayatollah al-Sistani's April 27 statement that weapons should only be carried by government for [...]	2006-05-04 21:09:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PINS PNAT PTER KDEM KISL IZ
06BAGHDAD1491	UN SRSG QAZI TRAVELS TO NEW YORK TO PUSH FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an April 30 meeting with the Ambassador, Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) Ashraf Qazi said that he is departing May 5 to travel to New York, to try and overcome initial resistance to a UNAMI-sponsored Baghdad Peace Initiative. Briefing the Ambassador on th [...]	2006-05-05 15:49:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT KDEM PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD1538	PORTRAIT OF AN OIL MINISTER-IN-WAITING: DUJAYLI [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting May 4, the former head of the State Oil Marketing Organization (SOMO) Dr. Musab al-Dujayli critiqued the slate of candidates for Minister of Oil under the new government. Dujayli said that former Minister of Oil and parliamentarian Thamir Ghadban was "unappointable" [...]	2006-05-08 14:38:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET PGOV PREL PINR IZ
06BAGHDAD1540	DISCUSSIONS CONTINUE ON GOVERNMENT POSITIONS [...] (C) Summary. The day before PM-designate al-Maliki's May 9 target date for announcement of the new government, debate among and within political blocs continued over key positions. Tawafuq appears to have settled on Agriculture specialist (and Adnan al-Dulaimi ally) Salam Zakam al-Zuba'i as [...]	2006-05-08 15:02:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT ECON KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD1554	CABINET NEGOTIATIONS CONTINUE, MISSING [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister-designate Nuri al-Maliki told reporters May 9 that he might take all the time allotted to form his cabinet. He told the Ambassador May 8 that he would bend to the Kurds' insistence that Barham Salah become DPM but considered it an uncooperative beginning to their [...]	2006-05-10 06:45:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT ECON ENRG EPET ETRD KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD1559	CABINET FORMATION UPDATE: PROGRESS BUT STILL A [...] (C) Summary: At the close of May 10, we see progress in the cabinet formation negotiations, with some ministries, such as the Foreign Ministry, Electricity and Oil, nearly finalized while debates about several ministries crystallized. Prime Minister-designate al- Maliki and Shia Coalition I [...]	2006-05-10 19:12:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD1560	SECTARIAN CONCERNS AT IMN [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a May 4 meeting, Presidential media advisor Hiwa Osman and former Iraqi Media Network (IMN) Directors General Ahmad al-Rikaby and Jalal al-Mashta told Poloff that media will be just as important to stemming violence in Iraq as the security portfolio. They lamented the growing [...]	2006-05-10 19:27:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KPAS ECPS IZ
06BAGHDAD1562	JA'AFARI'S FAREWELL: PARTING IS SUCH SWEET SORROW [...] (C) SUMMARY: At a lavish farewell lunch hosted by President Talabani for outgoing Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Ja'afari on May 8, the entire Iraqi political world showed up to pay their respects. In the end, however, Ja'afari's farewell mirrored his tenure as Prime Minister as all those present [...]	2006-05-11 06:34:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IR IZ
06BAGHDAD1566	GOVERNMENT FORMATION UPDATE: MUCH SWIRLING, [...] (C) Summary: We still see no closure on the key Interior, Defense and Finance ministry portfolios. Tawafuq negotiator Ali Baban told Poloff on May 10 that Tawafuq wanted the Planning, Education and Health Ministries but has not yet received confirmation that they will get them. He also said [...]	2006-05-11 17:46:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT IZ
06BAGHDAD1587	GOI PERCEPTIONS OF DETENTION SPLIT ON SECTARIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent introductory briefs to incoming GOI officials on the subject of MNF-I detention issues have elicited varied responses, with PM-designate Nuri Kamal al Maliki taking a conservative approach to detainee releases and an active interest in accelerating the transition of MNF- [...]	2006-05-14 06:50:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PTER PHUM KJUS IZ
06BAGHDAD1613	COR RANK AND FILE GRUMBLE OVER GOVERNMENT FORMATION [...] (C) Summary. While their party leaders talked in more restricted settings, in May 14 conversations with PolOffs, a number of Council of Representatives (CoR) rank and file members expressed dissatisfaction with the ministerial positions they understood PM-designate Maliki had offered to their [...]	2006-05-15 13:26:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD1619	SADRIST PARLIAMENTARIAN ON HOW TO DISSOLVE JAYSH [...] (C) Summary: In a May 9 meeting with PolCouns, Sadrist Council of Representatives member and Moqtada as- Sadr advisor Baha al-Araji said he expected more intense negotiations before a cabinet is agreed upon. Al-Araji said that Tawafuq has changed its mind on which ministries it wants. Al-Ar [...]	2006-05-16 08:31:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PNAT PTER KDEM KISL IZ
06BAGHDAD1620	SISTANI CONFIDANTE URGES HELP FOR PM-DESIGNATE [...] (C) Summary: In a May 11 conversation with PolCouns, Najaf cleric Emad Kalanter told PolCouns that Muqtada al- Sadr sees the benefits of participating in the political process, and will not attack Coalition Forces. Kalanter argued that Shia militias could not be dissolved while the Sunni Ara [...]	2006-05-16 09:40:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR KDEM KISL IZ
06BAGHDAD1623	TAWAFUQ GRUMBLES OVER HEALTH; FADHILA CONTINUES TO [...] (C) Tawafuq negotiator Ali Baban told Poloff May 15 that PM designate Nuri al-Maliki had informed the Sunni Arab bloc that they would not receive, as expected, the Health Ministry. Baban predicted that the Sadr movement would get the ministry instead. Baban said that in compensation, Tawafuq [...]	2006-05-16 13:30:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD1641	SCIRI POLITBURO MEMBER COMPLAINS ABOUT MALIKI; [...] (C) SCIRI political bureau member Ridha Jawad Taki complained to Poloff May 17 that PM-designate Nuri al-Maliki had failed to keep his word to SCIRI to allow the party to name the Interior Minister, Council of Ministers Secretary-General and advisors on the PM's staff. Taki said SIPDIS al- [...]	2006-05-17 15:31:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD1655	IRAQI GOVERNMENT FORMATION: BARGAINING DURING END [...] (C) Summary: As of midday May 18, a final deal on the new cabinet was close, but there were last minute changes and demands. The Finance, Interior and Defense slots were still undecided and we heard Tawafuq grumbling about some of the candidates proposed. Tawafuq negotiator Ali Baban told Po [...]	2006-05-18 15:03:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PNAT KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD1661	MCNS - GOI FOCUS ON ELECTRICITY [...] (C//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: The Ministerial Committee for National Security (MCNS),which for the first time included PM-designate Nuri Maliki, convened May 8 to address the significant electricity shortage in Iraq. PM Ja'afari called the meeting because, he said, electricity is among Maliki's [...]	2006-05-19 03:25:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ENRG IR IZ MOPS NATO PGOV PINS
06BAGHDAD1664	MALIKI WINS BROAD CONFIDENCE IN A NATIONAL UNITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki won a wide vote of confidence in a national unity cabinet in a special parliament session on May 20, but not before several Sunni Arab parliamentarians walked out of the session protesting their exclusion and a continued deadlock over the security por [...]	2006-05-20 19:34:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD1677	MALIKI MOVES QUICKLY TO ACTIVATE CABINET, FILL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Newly-elected Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki met the Ambassador and General Casey May 21 and outlined ambitious plans to jump-start his government and fill the security gaps in his cabinet. Maliki convened both the incoming and outgoing cabinets for a joint meeting May 21 to hand [...]	2006-05-21 20:09:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD1685	FINAL TEXT OF BLAIR-MALIKI JOINT STATEMENT [...] (C) The British Embassy provided post, Monday 0930 hrs Baghdad time, the final version of the joint statement to be issued by PM Blair and Maliki during the UK Prime Ministers visit to Iraq. 2. (C) Begin text: Joint statement about the visit of the UK Prime Minister The British Prime Ministe [...]	2006-05-22 10:00:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UK IZ
06BAGHDAD1689	CABINET FORMATION ATMOSPHERICS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Atmospherics at the May 20 inauguration of the new Iraqi Cabinet, reflected a blend of mirth, frustrated ambition, chaos -- but also satisfaction that a hurdle had been passed. Kurdish attendees joked over Speaker Mashadani's occasional malaproprisms and the fluid denouement to [...]	2006-05-22 15:17:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PNAT PTER IZ
06BAGHDAD1690	IMPLICATIONS OF SUNNI COALITION SPLIT [...] (C) Summary. The simmering conflict within the Sunni Tawafuq bloc exploded on May 20 when Adb Nasir al-Janabi lead a walkout by about a dozen of the 59 Sunni Arab CoR members during Prime Minister Maliki's presentation of the cabinet (reftel A). The walkout was a manifestation of a long sta [...]	2006-05-22 16:36:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PNAT PTER IZ
06BAGHDAD1692	MALIKI PUSHING DIPLOMATIC SOLUTION IN BASRA, [...] (C) Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki told the Ambassador in a brief May 22 meeting that he plans to push for urgent action to find a political solution to the deteriorating security situation in Basra. Maliki said that he believes the crux of the problem is a tribal conflict between Muhammad Fala [...]	2006-05-22 20:06:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD1703	SENIOR SHIA CLERIC CALLS FOR FOCUS ON SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: Parliamentarian and senior SCIRI cleric Sheikh Jalal al-Din al-Sagheer told PolOff May 22 that the new government's top priority should beimproving security for the country. Al-Sagheer warned that the Najaf clerical establishment (marja'iyah) is rapidly losing patience and migh [...]	2006-05-23 13:26:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD1704	KURDS HAVE MIXED REACTIONS TO AL-MALIKI GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary: On May 21-22, an informal survey of Kurds from the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP),Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK),and Kurdistan Islamic Union (KIU),all of whom have ministries in the new government, revealed a little optimism, but mainly deep misgivings about the quality [...]	2006-05-23 13:44:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD1735	MUTLAK SAYS HE WANTS TO BE IN GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Sunni Hewar leader Saleh Mutlak told Poloff on May 23 that he believed SCIRI and perhaps President Talabani engineered the exclusion of his party from the cabinet. Mutlak claimed to be still very interested in being part of the government and was looking for Embassy support. He said, howe [...]	2006-05-24 16:11:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD1743	QUBAD TALABANI: A PRETENDER TO THE THRONE [...] (C) Summary: In a long conversation on May 22, Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) representative in Washington and President Talabani's younger son Qubad Talabani assured PolOff that Prime Minister al- Maliki's cabinet was more competent than former Prime Minister Ja'afari's, and requested E [...]	2006-05-25 03:33:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD1767	NEW MOJ EAGER TO ENGAGE, SKEPTICAL ABOUT IRAQI [...] (C) On May 24, newly-appointed Minister of Justice Hashim Abdulrahman al-Shibli met in his office at the Ministry with MNF-I Deputy Commanding General - Detainee Operations (DCG-DO),Major General Jack Gardner, for an introductory brief on current MNF-I detention operations, the legal basis f [...]	2006-05-27 10:57:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PTER PHUM KJUS IZ
06BAGHDAD1778	SHAWAYS' JADIRIYYA BUNKER REPORT SUMMARY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Then Deputy Prime Minister Rawsh Shaways met on May 13 with Rule of Law Coordinator Yellin and Poloff to review the findings of the Investigative Committee in the Al-Jadiriyya Shelter, which Shaways chaired. The report, translated on May 20, concluded that serious human rights vi [...]	2006-05-29 04:11:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM KCRM KJUS IZ
06BAGHDAD1779	DANISH PRIME MINISTER COMMITTED TO IRAQ [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 24, Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen and Danish Defense Minister Soren Gade called on the Ambassador and GEN Casey. Rasmussen reported that the Danish Parliament is expected to vote next week to extend and adjust its military presence in Iraq through July 7, 2007 [...]	2006-05-29 04:12:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL PINS PNAT PTER KDEM KISL IZ DA
06BAGHDAD1792	FM AGREES TO SEND LETTERS TO UNSC AND TROOP [...] (S) Political Counselor delivered ref A points to Foreign Minister Hoshyiar Zebari on May 28 and asked that the Iraqi Government prepare a letter from the Prime Minister or Foreign Minister to the UNSC asking for the continuation of MNF-I presence in Iraq. FM Zebari said that the last time su [...]	2006-05-29 11:23:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL UNSC IZ
06BAGHDAD1822	MANSOUR HUMAN RIGHTS LEAD SAYS KILLINGS HAVE [...] (C) Hussein Al-Bayati, the human rights lead for the Mansour District Advisory Council (DAC),told PolOffs May 24 that the Baghdad neighborhoods of Khadra, Ghazaliya, and Hatin have experienced a marked decrease in reported extrajudicial killings (EJK) over the past month. Based on conversati [...]	2006-05-30 20:41:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PNAT KDEM PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD1825	PARLIAMENT SEEKS IECI GUIDANCE ON HOW MEMBERS ARE [...] (C) Deputy Council of Representatives (CoR) Speaker Arif Taifour told PolOff and PolFSN May 24 that Speaker Mahmoud Mashadani had sent a letter to the Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq (IECI) requesting their guidance on how members who have resigned to become ministers or members of th [...]	2006-05-31 03:41:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD1844	MCNS DISCUSSES NEW PLAN FOR BAGHDAD SECURITY [...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki convened a meeting of the Ministerial Committee for National Security (MCNS) on May 29 to discuss the Baghdad Security Plan. National Security Advisor (NSA) Dr. Mowaffak al-Rubaie provided a briefing on the political and outreach aspect [...]	2006-06-01 09:46:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PINS MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD1845	PM HEADING TO BASRAH TO ADDRESS SECURITY, [...] (S) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Maliki will focus on security during his May 31 trip to Basrah. Maliki said he will announce his nominees for Minister of Defense and Interior at the next session of parliament (either June 1 or June 4. The leading candidate for MOI now appears to be Farouq Al-Araj [...]	2006-06-01 09:56:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV KDEM PNAT IZ
06BAGHDAD1854	BIOGRAPHIC BACKGROUND ON BAGHDAD PROVINCIAL [...] The following is a biographic outline of the leadership of the Baghdad Provincial Council (BPC),with background information on each of the committee chairs as well as the senior members. Included as available with each entry is biographic information, perceived views of the United States an [...]	2006-06-02 02:29:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD1869	PM HOPES TO COMPLETE SELECTION OF SECURITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 1 meeting with Ambassador, PM Maliki repeated his intent to complete selection soon of Ministers of Defense and Interior. MinDef will be either Abdel Qader al-Mufraji (if Kurds can be brought on board) or Nabil Khalil Saeed. MinInt candidates are Tawfiq Yasseri or Farouk [...]	2006-06-03 16:14:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	ASEC IZ PGOV PREL
06BAGHDAD1871	ITALIAN DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER TO VISIT IRAQ [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 1, Italian Ambassador Maruizio Melani reported to the Ambassador that Italian Deputy Prime Minister Massimo D'Alema (who is also Minister of Foreign Affairs) plans to visit Iraq on June 7. The purpose of the visit is to discuss Italy's future Iraq assistance plan with Prim [...]	2006-06-03 18:13:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER KDEM KISL IZ IT
06BAGHDAD1886	TURKISH ENVOY CELIKKOL PROPOSES SECURITY AGREEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkish Special Envoy for Iraq Oguz Celikkol met with Ambassador on May 31 to review his meetings with Vice President Tarik Hashimi, Foreign Minister Hoshyiar Zebari, Deputy Prime Minister Barham Saleh, Speaker Mashadani, and Prime Minister Maliki. Celikkol said he invited the Ir [...]	2006-06-05 10:48:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON KDEM TU IZ
06BAGHDAD1894	PARLIAMENT SESSION POSTPONED; NO VOTE ON MOD OR [...] (U) Three hours after the scheduled session start time, Deputy Speaker Khalid Attiyah announced to the media June 4 the postponement of the Council of Representatives (CoR) session "until further notice" to "give the PM a greater chance to hold further consultations" on the candidates for the [...]	2006-06-05 14:27:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD1896	MOI CANDIDATE AL-ARAJI A POLITICAL UNKNOWN [...] (C) Ambassador and General Casey met on May 30 with Farook Mohammed Sadik al-Araji, who is under consideration by Prime Minister Maliki for the Interior Minister position. Farook told the Ambassador and General Casey that he is an independent, non-sectarian, has good relations with everyone, [...]	2006-06-05 16:02:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD1897	ABD AL-MEHDI BLAMES PM FOR IMPASSE WITHIN SHIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a June 5 lunch, Ambassador told Iraqi VP and SCIRI political leader Adel Abd al-Mehdi that SCIRI is widely perceived as being responsible for scuttling PM Maliki's plan on June 4 to bring his candidates for Minister of Interior and Defense to the Council of Representatives [...]	2006-06-05 17:21:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ PGOV PREL
06BAGHDAD1898	IRAQ BEGINNING TO FOCUS ON PLANNING FOR [...] (C) Ambassador conveyed to Prime Minister Maliki on June 5, the NSC-approved "Framework for Our Work with the New Iraqi Government/Three Track Effort" that lays out three tracks: Security and National Reconciliation; National Recovery; International Support. In para 2 below, is the text of [...]	2006-06-05 17:51:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD1902	BRITISH CONCERNED ABOUT BASRAH SITUATION [...] (C) UK Ambassador William Patey asked Ambassador Khalilzad on June 4 to speak with Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki to counter accusations that British forces had assassinated people in Basrah (reftel B). Patey lamented that PM Maliki put Basrah Governor Mohammed Wa'hili in charge of security un [...]	2006-06-06 05:29:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM UNSC UK KU IZ
06BAGHDAD1920	MCNS APPROVES BAGHDAD SECURITY PLAN, DISCUSSES [...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: On June 5, the Ministerial Committee for National Security (MCNS) met and approved a new plan for Baghdad security. The group decided that Prime Minister Maliki would be in overall charge of the plan's execution, with Multi-National Force-Iraq (MNF-I) commanders car [...]	2006-06-07 13:23:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PINS PGOV MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD1921	ZEBARI SETTLES INTO NEW GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Foreign Minister Hoshyiar Zebari met with PolCouns and EconOff on May 28 to review pending bilateral issues. Zebari said it was a bad sign that PM Maliki is so indecisive in the selection of the security ministers. He said his relations with the new Minister of State for Arab Affairs were [...]	2006-06-07 15:44:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD1928	TRANSCRIPT OF PM MALIKI PRESS CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-08 02:49:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD1940	IRAQI GOVERNMENT COMPLETE - FINAL VOTES ON [...] (C) Prime Minister Nuri Maliki presented to the CoR the final three ministerial candidates to complete his government. After some debate, Jawad Bolani was approved as Minister of Interior by a vote of 182 to 16, and Abdel Qader Jassim al-Mufraji was approved for Minister of Defense by a vote [...]	2006-06-08 10:50:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD1945	ARAB LEAGUE ENVOY MOVES TO IZ FOR SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: Arab League (AL) Ambassador Mokhtar Lamani moved out of his house in the MFA compound on June 6 for the International Zone after reported security incidents. Lamani said he continued to plan for the June 20-22 reconciliation conference but conceded that no Arab Foreign Ministers h [...]	2006-06-08 13:06:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM EG IZ
06BAGHDAD1946	A TIRED PRIME MINISTER STRUGGLING WITH UNWIELDY [...] (C) SUMMARY: ON JUNE 7, PRIME MINISTER MALIKI REITERATED HIS NEED TO THE AMBASSADOR FOR MORE TRAINED IRAQI ARMY AND NATIONAL POLICE TO HANDLE THE SECURITY SITUATION IN BASRAH. MALIKI SAID HE BELIEVES HE CAN GET HIS TWO PREFERRED NOMINEES CONFIRMED ON JUNE 8, EVEN WITHOUT SCIRI SUPPORT, BUT WA [...]	2006-06-08 17:47:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ PGOV PREL
06BAGHDAD1960	SEVERE ABUSE AT MINISTRY OF INTERIOR SITE 4 [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May, a joint U.S.-Iraqi inspection of the "Site 4" Iraqi National Police (INP) detention complex discovered more than 1,400 detainees in squalid, cramped conditions. Forty-one detainees interviewed had bruising and lash-marks consistent with violent physical abuse. Thirty-seve [...]	2006-06-10 04:21:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM MARR MOPS DOJ CRIM OPDAT KJUS IZ
06BAGHDAD1965	SCIRI CONTACTS SAY SECRETARY-GENERAL OF COUNCIL OF [...] (C) At a June 9 luncheon with PolOffs, SCIRI politburo member Ridha Jawad Taki reported that Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki had rejected multiple SCIRI-proposed candidates for the Secretary-General of the Council of Ministers position. According to Taki, Maliki had firmly refused previous Se [...]	2006-06-10 17:20:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD1971	AMBASSADOR MEETS PROACTIVE NEW MINISTER OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: In his initial meeting with the Ambassador on May 25, newly-appointed Minister of Electricity (MoE) Karim Wahid al-Hasan impressed us as technically very competent and eager to work with the U.S. Wahid doubted whether initiatives on fuel import liberalization (which could improve [...]	2006-06-11 12:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PGOV PREL PINR IZ
06BAGHDAD1973	MCNS APPROVES SECURITY MEASURES, DISCUSSES UNSCR [...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: In the wake of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's death, the Iraqi Ministerial Committee on National Security (MCNS) agreed to implement the Baghdad Security Plan beginning June 13 and to follow up with a series of speeches and press events by senior GOI officials and others in [...]	2006-06-11 14:32:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PINS PGOV MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD1982	PARLIAMENTARY ATMOSPHERICS AS NEW SECURITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Just before his June 8 nomination as Interior Minister, Jawad al-Bolani met with the Ambassador and reconfirmed his loyalty to the government and his independence from any pressures, parties, or party leaders. Meanwhile, the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) was scrambling to deter [...]	2006-06-12 11:31:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD1994	BADR ORGANIZATION AND FADHILA MEMBERS COMMENT ON [...] (C) Summary: In a June 4 meeting with PolOff, Badr Organization parliamentarian Sheikh Dhiya al-Din al-Fayyad said the current violence in Basrah can and should be contained by the provincial council. In a June 8 meeting with PolOff, Fadhila parliamentarian Kareem al-Yaqubi, cousin of Fadhil [...]	2006-06-12 14:31:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PNAT PTER KDEM KISL IZ
06BAGHDAD1995	CODEL INHOFE MEETS WITH NEW MINISTER OF DEFENSE [...] (C) Senators James Inhofe, Oklahoma, and Daniel K. Akaka, Hawaii, visited Iraq June 10-11 with their staffs to congratulate senior security officials on their recent cabinet appointments and for their contributions to operations resulting in the death of Abu Musab Zarqawi. 2. (C) CODEL [...]	2006-06-13 06:10:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PTER REL LE SY JO IZ
06BAGHDAD2003	ITALIAN DPM AND FM D,ALEMA VISIT TO IRAQ [...] (C) SUMMARY. Italian DPM and FM D,Alema told Iraqi leaders that Italy would be withdrawing all of its forces from Iraq by the end of autumn. While he did not rule out leading an Italian PRT, he said it would be very difficult to do so without security. Italian Amb Melani told us that the [...]	2006-06-13 12:16:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PINS PREL PARM IZ IT
06BAGHDAD2013	IRAQI LEADERS REACT TO POTUS VISIT [...] (C) Summary: President Bush's June 13 visit to Baghdad was well-received by most of Iraq's political leadership. Sunni Arab reaction has thus far been positive, with some welcoming the opportunity to discuss security issues with the President and others calling the meeting "inspiring." The tw [...]	2006-06-19 06:13:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD2026	IRAQ NATIONAL ACCORD CONFERENCE DELAYED TO AUGUST [...] (C) Summary: Pol/C delivered on June 12 reftel points to Arab League Assistant Secretary General Ahmed Bin Hili and Ambassador to Iraq Mokhtar Lamani. Bin Hili said that the Iraqi National Accord Conference scheduled for June 20-22 was pushed back to the first week of August due to a date con [...]	2006-06-15 11:11:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD2044	FOOD SUBSIDY REFORM AND WTO ACCESSION GAIN MOMENTUM [...] (C) Summary: Adnan J. Shareefi, Ministry of Trade Chief of Staff, told us June 14 that Trade Minister Al-Sudani would like to reform Iraq's Public Distribution System (PDS) by distributing only the most critical food ration items and gradually monetizing the PDS, hopefully starting later this [...]	2006-06-16 13:44:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON EFIN ETRD PINR IZ
06BAGHDAD2046	PLAN FOR SECURITY TRANSFER OF MUTHANNA PROVINCE [...] (C/REL AU,JA,UK, IZ) The May 2006 Provincial Security Transition Assessment concluded that Muthanna province is ready for transition to Iraqi civilian authority. Muthanna met the four necessary transfer conditions: the threat level is low, Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) have reached a level of [...]	2006-06-17 07:25:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS MOPS PREL AS UK JA IZ
06BAGHDAD2059	XXXXXXXXXXXX BLAMES UK FOR SECURITY [...] (S//REL UK) Summary: In a June 12 conversation with PolOff, XXXXXXXXXXXX told PolOff the UK is largely to blame for the unrest in Basrah. The UK has not brought militias under control, and so Basrah is now a violent place, he said. This, combined with the activities of foreign intelligence ser [...]	2006-06-18 12:52:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PINR PINS PNAT PREL PTER KDEM KISL IZ
06BAGHDAD2065	MODERATE ISLAMIST CABINET CONTENDER URGES USG TO [...] (S/REL UK) Summary: In a June 8 meeting with Emboffs, moderate Islamist Ali al-Dabbagh (strictly protect) said that the present Sadrist Minister of Transportation, Karim Mahdi Salih, may be forced to resign and that he is a possible candidate to replace him. Dabbagh claimed to be undecided as [...]	2006-06-19 09:13:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PINR PNAT ECON EAIR ELTN ETRD KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD2068	IRAQI LEADERS REACT TO POTUS VISIT [...] (C) Summary: President Bush's June 13 visit to Baghdad was well-received by most of Iraq's political leadership. Sunni Arab reaction has thus far been positive, with some welcoming the opportunity to discuss security issues with the President and others calling the meeting "inspiring." The tw [...]	2006-06-19 10:48:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD2080	PM DISCUSSES BAGHDAD SECURITY PLAN, SITE 4, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 15 meeting with the Prime Minister, the Ambassador and GEN Casey discussed the Baghdad security plan; the Site 4 investigation; Basrah; military operations in Ramadi; security transition; the Arab League Boycott; and an upcoming detainee release. END SUMMARY. -------- [...]	2006-06-19 14:36:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD2099	DAWA ADVISORS TALK ABOUT PM OFFICE, NATIONAL [...] (C) Summary. To compensate for a weak cabinet, the Prime Minister has plans to divide his Office into four separate divisions, creating small groups of specialized, expert advisors, organized around key ministries that would provide policy guidance and oversight. The PM has yet to appoint th [...]	2006-06-20 10:44:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD2114	MCNS - MUTHANNA, BASRAH, AND BAGHDAD [...] (S//REL GBR AUS JAPAN) SUMMARY: On June 18, the Ministerial Committee for National Security (MCNS) met to discuss security issues in Muthanna, Basrah, and Baghdad. It was decided to announce the transfer of security responsibility for Muthanna from the Coalition to the GOI on June 19. The Ba [...]	2006-06-21 02:31:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV CIA IZ MASS MCAP MOPS NATO PINR PREL
06BAGHDAD2135	MCNS - UPDATE ON BAGHDAD SECURITY [...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: On June 20, the Ministerial Committee for National Security (MCNS) met to review progress on the Baghdad security plan. Iraqi Army (IA) and Iraqi National Police (INP) leadership, supported by Multi-National Division-Baghdad(MND-B) Commanding General (CG),highlighte [...]	2006-06-22 02:44:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	MASS CIA IZ MCAP MOPS NATO PGOV PINR PREL
06BAGHDAD2139	MALIKI MAY LAUNCH RECONCILIATION PROPOSAL SOON, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The next window for PM Maliki to announce his national reconciliation proposal is Sunday, June 25, before the Council of Representatives (CoR). Maliki reportedly has the support of President Talabani; however, Sunni Vice President Tariq Al-Hashimi has proposed a number of likely [...]	2006-06-22 10:08:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ PGOV PREL
06BAGHDAD2147	THE NATIONAL RECONCILIATION AND DIALOGUE PROJECT [...] (C) As per ref, PM Maliki may announce his national reconciliation plan as early as the Council of Representative's next session, June 25. Discussion continues among the Presidency, Prime Minister, DPMs and CoR leadership on the details. Sunni VP Tarik al-Hashimi has proposed additions that [...]	2006-06-22 14:46:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER KEM IZ
06BAGHDAD2165	PRESIDENT TALABANI: UPBEAT ON RECONCILIATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Talabani hosted the Ambassador for lunch June 23 with Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih. Talabani said that the Prime Minister's reconciliation proposal would go forward to the Council of Representatives. Barham expressed deep concern over as-yet unchallenged infiltrati [...]	2006-06-24 09:49:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	IZ PGOV PREL
06BAGHDAD2175	PRIME MINISTER READY TO LAUNCH NATIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador met Prime Minister Maliki June 23 to review pending issues. Security and Iranian influence are covered in septel. Prime Minister is ready to announce his proposal for National Reconciliation on June 25. PM expressed interest in traveling (especially to Saudi Arabia, [...]	2006-06-25 07:45:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ PGOV PREL
06BAGHDAD2203	PM PRESENTS NATIONAL RECONCILIATION PLAN TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. PM Maliki delivered his national reconciliation statement to the Council of Representatives (CoR) June 25. Leaders of political blocs responded in turn, with broadly supportive speeches. Points of contention included de-Baathification and the distinction between terrorists an [...]	2006-06-25 19:48:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD2204	MALIKI TAKING SMALL, UNCERTAIN STEPS ON CORRUPTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 22 meeting with Charge d'Affaires Speckhard and EconCouns, Prime Minister Maliki requested USG expertise and assistance to help combat corruption in Iraq. The new GOI has declared anti-corruption a top priority, but the PM has yet to focus seriously on the issue. Neverth [...]	2006-06-26 06:36:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KCOR PREL PINR IZ
06BAGHDAD2231	JAPANESE PROPOSES MOVING SLOWLY ON IRAQ COMPACT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 22 with, in a meeting with Charge, Japanese Ambassador Yamaguchi expressed concern about "significant gaps" in the U.S. and U.K approach to the International Compact. Yamaguchi acknowledged that the U.S. sees the fall conference as a major event in "sealing" the compact, [...]	2006-06-26 11:38:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PGOV MARR MOPS PREL EAID PINR IZ JA UK
06BAGHDAD224	VP ABD AL-MEHDI SAYS SHIA ISLAMIST COALITION [...] (C) Summary: In a January 23 meeting, Ambassador Khalilzad and Deputy President (and Prime Minister contender) Adel Abd al-Mehdi agreed that Iraq should take steps to increase oil production in southern Iraq promptly to boost Iraq's income stream. Abd al-Mehdi said Deputy Prime Minister Chal [...]	2006-01-27 18:52:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD2281	PM MALIKI UPBEAT ON REACTION TO RECONCILIATION PLAN [...] (C) Summary: In a June 28 meeting, Prime Minister Maliki said that he is optimistic about his upcoming trip to the Gulf and pleased with Ambassador's readout of his own consultations in Jeddah, in which Ambassador reported that the Saudis are ready to help Maliki with reconciliation and the In [...]	2006-06-29 10:40:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	IZ PGOV PREL
06BAGHDAD2314	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IRAQ NEIGHBORS CONFERENCE [...] (C) Summary. On June 30, Pol/C delivered reftel demarche to Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari, who acknowledged the USG perspective, but said that after discussing the matter with the Prime Minister, they have decided that he would attend the Iraq Neighbors Conference in Tehran July 8-9. FM sai [...]	2006-07-02 17:27:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ AL EG
06BAGHDAD2318	JOINT WORKING GROUP TO ASSESS IRAQI ARMED FORCES [...] (C/REL MNF-I, MNC-I and IZ) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki told the Ambassador June 24 that he is interested in establishing a joint working group to assess the Iraqi Armed Forces (IAF). Maliki, Defense Minister Abdul Qader, and National Security Advisor Dr. Mowaffak al-Rubaie agreed [...]	2006-07-03 10:59:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PARM MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD2323	DPM SHAWAYS DISCUSSES SLOWLY MOVING FORWARD ON THE [...] (S) SUMMARY: In a June 28 meeting with Ambassador, former Deputy Prime Minister and senior Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) parliamentarian Rowsch Shaways discussed suggestions for the rules, administration, and structure of the National Policy Council (NPC). Shaways proposed a two-level stru [...]	2006-07-03 12:57:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD2354	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES SECURITY, SERVICES, AND [...] (S) SUMMARY: In a brief meeting with Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki on June 29, the Ambassador raised points on security and economic issues, ranging from a military operation in Fallujah to the draft investment law. The Ambassador also discussed the Kurds, and he indicated to Maliki th [...]	2006-07-05 07:47:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD2363	VP HASHIMI DISCUSSES MALIKI VISIT TO SAUDI ARABIA [...] (C) On June 29, Vice President Tarik al-Hashimi and the Ambassador discussed PM Maliki's upcoming visit to Saudi Arabia. The Ambassador pointed to the trip as a prelude to improved Iraqi-Saudi and Iraqi-Arab relations. The Ambassador also highlighted the KSA's preoccupation with Iranian infl [...]	2006-07-05 12:25:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS PTER IZ

06BAGHDAD2373	FADHILA PARLIAMENTARY HEAD OFFERS TO COOPERATE ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 29 meeting, Nadeem al-Jabiri, the head of the Fadhila Party parliamentary bloc, offered to help find a solution to Basrah's security problem. The Ambassador encouraged him to work with PM Maliki. Al-Jabiri attributed many of Basrah's problems to struggles between the UK [...]	2006-07-06 14:49:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PNAT PREL PTER KDEM KISL IZ
06BAGHDAD2381	SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY OF COMMERCE VISIT TO IRAQ [...] (C) Summary. Secretary of Commerce Gutierrez's visit to Iraq provides an opportunity to press the GOI for action on economic reform that would fundamentally change the investment climate (particularly in the hydrocarbon sector),open the country to international trade, and dismantle the remna [...]	2006-07-07 12:29:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV EPET ETRD KBCT KCOR IZ
06BAGHDAD2400	PRT-BAGHDAD: PROVINCE'S SECURITY COMMITTEE [...] (C) Summary: PRT Representatives attended the Baghdad Provincial Council (BPC) Security Committee meeting July 2. Discussions centered on the presence of foreign elements and other Anti-Iraqi Forces (AIF). The committee also discussed concerns about corruption and collusion within Baghdad-base [...]	2006-07-09 13:27:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PGOV PREL PTER PINR ASEC IZ
06BAGHDAD2401	PRIME MINISTER MALIKI PLEASED WITH VISITS TO SAUDI [...] (S) During a July 8 meeting, Prime Minister Maliki told the Charge that he had been extremely well-received in his stops in Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Kuwait and that overall he was very pleased with the results of these visits. He said that Kuwait had promised to establish relations at the amba [...]	2006-07-09 17:11:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL IZ KU AE SA
06BAGHDAD2464	MCNS - UPDATE ON SECURITY ISSUES [...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: The Ministerial Committee for National Security (MCNS) met July 9 to review the transfer of security authority to al-Muthanna Province, critical energy infrastructure protection, the Baghdad and Basrah Security plans, and events in Anbar. END SUMMARY. 2. (S//REL G [...]	2006-07-12 14:55:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	MOPS PGOV PINS PNAT PREL PTER IZ
06BAGHDAD2534	SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY TREASURY SECRETARY KIMMITT [...] (C) SUMMARY. Your visits to Iraq for the launch of the International Compact on July 20 provide an opportunity to fundamentally change Iraq's foreign relationships by helping it overcome the political divisions in the international community that arose prior to and during the war and have su [...]	2006-07-17 02:20:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV EPET ETRD PGOV PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD2581	TALABANI: IRANIAN UPDATE AND SEEKING POLITICAL [...] (S) Summary: The Ambassador, just back from consultations in Washington, met President Talabani July 17. Talabani briefed the Ambassador on the latest Iraqi discussions with the Iranians, and they discussed ways to leverage concerns about Iran into greater support for Iraq from Sunni neighbo [...]	2006-07-19 09:19:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	IZ PGOV PREL
06BAGHDAD2587	MCNS - BAGHDAD SECURITY PLAN AND FORCE STRUCTURE [...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: The Ministerial Committee for National Security (MCNS) met July 16 to hear MNF-I briefings on the progress of the Iraqi Army training and on the strategic view of the Baghdad Security Plan Phase II. The Iraqis expressed the desire for more Iraqi troops to be trained, [...]	2006-07-19 16:31:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PINS PNAT PREL PTER MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD2591	IRAQI REACTION TO ISRAEL-LEBANON SITUATION [...] (S) SUMMARY: Israeli military action in Lebanon has brought strong condemnation from Iraqi officials across the political spectrum. No negative reference has been made to Hezbollah militia actions. Friday prayers were dominated by anti-Israeli rhetoric, and demonstrations against Israel repo [...]	2006-07-20 02:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PTER PDEM KCRM MOPS MARR IZ
06BAGHDAD2628	KURDS WANT TO RESOLVE THE PKK PROBLEM [...] (S) Summary: Talabani understands the seriousness of situation with Turkey. He and Barzani are in agreement on steps show Iraqi-Kurdish bona fides. In addition to steps aimed at stopping PKK attacks on Turkish targets, he believes that progress toward a comprehensive solution could be achiev [...]	2006-07-22 19:45:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PTER TU IZ
06BAGHDAD2629	SCENESETTER FOR PRIME MINISTER MALIKI'S VISIT TO [...] (S) Introduction and Summary: Two months into his tenure as Iraq's first permanent Prime Minister since liberation, Nuri Kamel Maliki has staked his reputation and political future on improving the security situation, providing basic services, and rebuilding the Iraqi economy. Although he fac [...]	2006-07-22 19:54:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD2655	IRAQIS AND KURDS INITIATE ACTION AGAINST PKK [...] (S) Summary: Chief of Staff (COS) Karadaghi told Poloff on July 23 that President Talabani was following up on his pledges to curb PKK activity in Iraq. The day after Talabani issued the order to shut down PKK offices in Baghdad, the COS was checking with the MOI on the status of that request. [...]	2006-07-24 17:26:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PTER TU IZ
06BAGHDAD2667	DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY SECRETARY DISCUSSES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In his first meetings with Iraqi energy officials on July 18, Department of Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman met with Minister for Electricity (MOE) Karim Wahid al-Hasan, Prime Minister (PM) Nuri al-Malaki, and Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Barham Saleh. Secretary Bodman said that [...]	2006-07-25 16:22:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV EPET ETRD ENRG PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD2668	GOI TELLS SECRETARY BODMAN THEY ARE PUSHING FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a series of separate meetings July 18, Prime Minister Maliki, Deputy Prime Minister Barham Saleh and Minister of Oil (MoO) Shahristani stressed to visiting U.S. Energy Secretary Bodman that the GOI intends to adopt foreign investor-friendly hydrocarbon legislation by year's end. [...]	2006-07-25 16:40:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET ENRG EINV ETRD PGOV PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD2677	IRAQI MINDEF ON IA DEVELOPMENT [...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met with Iraqi Minister of Defense Abd al-Qadir al-Mufraji July 21 to discuss Baghdad security. Al-Mufraji said the situation reflected personal struggles among politicians who are behind the militias killing innocent Iraqis. He pledged to "nip in the [...]	2006-07-26 19:07:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	IZ MOPS PGOV PINS PNAT PREL PTER
06BAGHDAD2690	PM MALIKI WEIGHS IN ON DE-BATH RULING [...] (C) Five party leaders from the Iraqiyya list met with Ambassador Khalilzad on July 22 to ask for assistance in reversing De-Ba'thification rulings that prevented three of them from taking their CoR seats. Adnan al-Janabi, Rasim al-Awadi, Saad al-Janabi, (the three who were de-Bathed) joined [...]	2006-07-28 07:30:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD2739	FM READ-OUT OF ARAB LEAGUE MEETING AND VISITS TO [...] (C) On July 30, Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari characterized the Arab League preparatory meeting in Cairo as unsuccessful. He reported that it did not result in setting a date for the conference because sectarian tensions were too high and everyone was distracted by the Lebanon-Gaza crisis. [...]	2006-08-01 06:12:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER IZ JO
06BAGHDAD2852	VICE PRESIDENT ABDEL MEHDI: IS MASHHADANI ON THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an August 6 conversation with the Ambassador, Vice President Dr. Adel Abdel Mehdi said that there have been some conversations about removing Mashhadani as Speaker. He provided a positive assessment of the recent Maliki visit to the US. Abdel Mehdi warned that the Lebanon sit [...]	2006-08-08 10:44:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD2907	PRIME MINISTER ON SECURITY ISSUES [...] (S) Summary: On July 29, MNF-I CG Casey briefed Prime Minister Maliki on security-related developments that had occured during his absence from Iraq. The Prime Minister's National Security Adviser, Dr. Mowaffaq Al-Rubaie was also present. General Casey stressed to the Prime Minister that the [...]	2006-08-12 09:32:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	ASEC IZ MARR PREL PTER
06BAGHDAD2908	IRAQI MOD - QUELLING VIOLENCE TOP PRIORITY [...] (S) SUMMARY: At an August 7 working lunch, Ambassador Khalilzad and Minister of Defense Abdul Qader al-Mufraji discussed the current security situation, relations with the Ministry of Interior (MOI),MOD reforms and future plans, the regional environment, and ideas for reforming MOI. Al-Mufraj [...]	2006-08-12 10:17:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PREL MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD2925	PRESIDENT OF IRAQ URGES U.S. TO CALL FOR CEASEFIRE [...] (C) On July 31, President Jalal Talabani convoked Charge d,Affaires to convey the official Iraqi views on Lebanon. Making clear that he was speaking in his capacity as the President of Iraq, Talabani stated that he had received an urgent appeal from the Lebanese Prime Minister [...]	2006-08-12 11:30:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL LE IZ
06BAGHDAD2927	AMBASSADOR,S AUGUST 6 AND 7 MEETINGS WITH PM MALIKI [...] (S) SUMMARY: Ambassador Khalilzad and General Casey met on both August 6 and 7 with Prime Minister Maliki to review plans for the second phase of the Baghdad Security Plan. Maliki -- focused on national reconciliation -- hoped that residents forced out by sectarian intimidation would return on [...]	2006-08-12 12:18:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PREL MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD2928	AMBASSADOR'S AUGUST 11 MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER [...] (S) SUMMARY: Ambassador Khalilzad and General Casey met on August 11 with Prime Minister Maliki to review the Baghdad Security Plan. Maliki gave his consent to a revised plan for a more flexible checkpoint system and appeared markedly more forward leaning on operational security cooperation th [...]	2006-08-12 12:39:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PREL MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD2931	MOWAFUQ AL-RUBBAIE ON SHIA AND SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: In an August 10 meeting with the Ambassador and DCM, Iraqi National Security Advisor Mowafuq al-Rubaie discussed the Prime Minister's reservations about the use of force in the Baghdad Security Plan. Additionally, Rubaie acknowledged that there have been discussions about removing [...]	2006-08-13 12:56:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ASEC MARR IZ
06BAGHDAD2932	MALIKI TALKS ON DOMESTIC POLITICS AND TURKISH PKK [...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: On August 10, the Prime Minister told the Ambassador that he had donated $27,000 to a new party formed by 600 former Ba'athists who now support the GOI. He criticized CoR Speaker Mashhadani for not cooperating with the government. The PM alleged that MNF-I publicly [...]	2006-08-13 13:14:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS ASEC TU IZ
06BAGHDAD2933	PM MALIKI REQUESTS USG HELP FACILITATING FUEL [...] (C) Summary and Action Request: Prime Minister Maliki requested the USG approach Iraq's neighbors - Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Kuwait in particular - to request these countries increase or facilitate fuel exports to Iraq in light of the country's continuing fuel shortage. Gasoline and LPG (coo [...]	2006-08-13 19:21:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET ENRG PGOV PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD2957	POLITICAL LEADERS LOOKING FOR WAYS TO STEM VIOLENCE [...] (C) Summary: In late July in discussions with the Ambassador, leading Iraqi political figures began signaling their deep concern over the deteriorating security situation in Baghdad and began to consult across political fault lines and propose practical steps on what to do. The Prime Minister [...]	2006-08-14 13:11:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KFRD IZ
06BAGHDAD2959	REPORTED CHANGES AT THE DE-BAATHIFICATION [...] (C/REL UK) SUMMARY. In an August 9 meeting, National De-Baathification Commission (NDC) General Secretary Talib Al-Muhanna (a Jafari holdover) said that Jalal Ad-Din Al-Sagheer was the new temporary Chairman of the NDC, with a mandate to remain in the position until the Council of Representat [...]	2006-08-14 19:58:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD2965	GOI SHORT AND MEDIUM TERM PLANS TO ADDRESS THE [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador and Deputy Prime Minister Barham Saleh jointly chaired a meeting August 12 to identify issues and concrete steps Iraq can take to address the immediate fuel crisis. National Security Advisor (NSA) Mowafuq Rubaie said a security operation similar to the Baghdad Secu [...]	2006-08-15 07:47:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET ENRG MOPS MARR PGOV PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD3025	MCNS AUGUST 13 - TURKEY, IRAN, AL QAEDA, AND [...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: At the Ministerial Council on August 13, Prime Minister Maliki welcomed the proposed tripartite talks among the US, Turkey and Iraq on PKK Turkish Kurd terrorist activities. Improved relations with Turkey might also increase imports, and ease Iraq's fuel crisis. Rel [...]	2006-08-20 11:17:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PINS PNAT PREL PTER MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD3027	JAPANESE AMBASSADOR: NO PLEDGE YET FOR [...] (C) In an August 13 meeting with PolCouns and a subsequent meeting the same day with the Ambassador and the DCM, Japanese Ambassador to Iraq Hisao Yamaguchi said that Japan is not currently willing to commit new money for Iraq reconstruction through the International Compact. Yamaguchi report [...]	2006-08-20 16:24:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL JA IZ
06BAGHDAD3035	SLOVAKIAN PM PLEDGES TRANSPARENCY ON FUTURE AID TO [...] (C/REL MCFI) SUMMARY: On August 17 the Ambassador and General Casey thanked Slovak Prime Minister Fico for his country's contributions to Operation Iraqi Freedom and asked that it conduct additional training of Iraqis, per ref A. Echoing the themes of ref B, Fico pledged to continue to help Ir [...]	2006-08-21 08:37:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PNAT PREL PTER MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD3045	REPLACEMENT COR MEMBERS UPDATE: 15 OF 18 MEMBERS [...] (C) Using the flexibility granted by the Replacement Members Law, the political blocs have almost completed naming new Council of Representatives (CoR) members. Of the 18 members (all male) who resigned, 15 replacement members have been named and 14 sworn in. Of these fifteen, 6 are female, [...]	2006-08-21 17:18:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD3053	AUGUST 18 MEETING BETWEEN IRAQI PM, AMBASSADOR, [...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: At an intense August 18 meeting with Prime Minister Maliki, MNF-I Commander General (CG) Casey and the Ambassador, the PM reacted negatively to American news reports that the PM is willing to kill Sunnis, but shield Shia including Moqtada al-Sadr from MNF-I raids. The [...]	2006-08-22 11:50:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PINS PNAT PREL PTER MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD3057	IRAQI MINISTERS ON DETENTION CENTERS INSPECTIONS [...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: At an August 20 meeting at the Ambassador's Residence the Ministers for Defense, Interior, Justice and Human Rights discussed procedures for improving the treatment of criminal detainees in Iraq in accordance with applicable human rights standards. Regarding the Site [...]	2006-08-22 14:43:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PINS PNAT PREL PTER MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD3058	LAUNCHING THE COMPACT WITH IRAQ [...] (C) Treasury Deputy Secretary Kimmitt and Department of State Counselor Zelikow met with Prime Minister Maliki, Deputy Prime Minister Salih, Finance Minister Jabr, Oil Minister Shahristani, Central Bank Governor Shabibi and other foreign delegation members in Baghdad during the July 19-21 inf [...]	2006-08-23 10:10:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL EAID PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD3061	BAGHDAD SECURITY PLAN: GOI EXPEDITES BUDGETARY [...] (C) Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih has instructed the Ministry of Finance and other GOI entities to begin implementing new measures, approved by the Economic Affairs Committee, to accelerate reconstruction spending to support the Baghdad Security Plan. Barham Salih believes these measures [...]	2006-08-23 11:11:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL EAID PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD3105	FM ZEBARI ON SAUDIS, PM MALIKI, ARAB LEAGUE AND [...] (C) Summary: During an August 23 meeting with the Charge, Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said the conflict in Iraq has reached its zenith but the GOI must persevere to succeed. Zebari noted he has good relations with the Saudi foreign minister despite some differences over the International C [...]	2006-08-26 05:54:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD3145	TRIBAL SHAYKHS ENDORSE PM RECONCILIATION PLAN, [...] (C) Minister of State for National Dialogue Akram Al-Hakim hosted the first of four promised reconciliation conferences (reftel) August 26. Prime Minister Maliki addressed the event, which was attended by over 500 tribal representatives at Baghdad's Babylon Hotel. The attendees endorsed the P [...]	2006-08-28 10:30:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD3157	MCNS AUGUST 21 [...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: During the August 21 Ministerial Council on National Security, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki emphasized the importance of civil support for the Baghdad Security operations; called for the reform of the Facilities Protection Service; and approved Iraqi assumption of sec [...]	2006-08-28 17:11:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	GPGOV PINS PNAT PREL PTER MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD3205	MCNS - AUGUST 27 [...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: At the Ministerial Council for National Security (MCNS) on August 27, Prime Minister Maliki suggested that the looting of a former British base in Maysan province created a "public perception of defeat" that must be analyzed. The Baghdad Security Plan is progressing, [...]	2006-08-31 11:36:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PINS PNAT PREL PTER MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD3253	GOI, KRG CONFLICT OVER BARZANI DECREE BANNING [...] (C) In a meeting with President Talabani on September 2, Charge d'Affaires raised the issue of Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) President Masud Barzani's recent Kurdistan Decree No. 60 on banning the raising of the current Iraqi flag in KRG-administered territory. Talabani attempted to cla [...]	2006-09-04 18:42:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD3256	DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER ZAWBAI NOT TROUBLED BY [...] (C) Summary. On August 30, the Charge, PolMil Counselor Maerkle, and Australian Brigadier General Cantwell met with Deputy Prime Minister Salaam Zawbai (Tawafuq). Zawbai said he was not attending the Ministerial Council for National Security (MCNS) because he is being "marginalized" by the Pr [...]	2006-09-05 03:15:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD3260	GOI, KRG CONFLICT OVER BARZANI DECREE BANNING [...] (C) In a meeting with President Talabani on September 2, the Charge raised the issue of Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) President Masud Barzani's recent Kurdistan decree No. 60 on banning the raising of the current Iraqi flag in KRG-administered territory. Talabani attempted to clarify t [...]	2006-09-05 07:43:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD3283	NINEWA: SHABAK PUSH FOR RECONCILIATION COUNCIL AND [...] (C) PRT Team Leader Knight and IPAO Pope met Shabak Democratic Party (SDP) leader and Council of Representatives member Dr. Hunain Qaddo at PRT offices on FOB Marez (Mosul) 21 August 2006. Hunain proposed a major reconfiguration of de- Ba'athification efforts since he believes social peace [...]	2006-09-06 04:17:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF EAID IZ
06BAGHDAD3297	NINEWA: PM MALIKI'S VISIT TO MOSUL 4 SEP 06 [...] (SBU) Nuri al-Maliki made his first visit to Ninewa Province as Iraq's Prime Minister 4 September, when he met over 100 Ninewa leaders, including Provincial government officials, chairs of Provincial Council committees, and ranking traditional and opinion leaders. His brief opening statemen [...]	2006-09-06 10:56:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON MARR IZ
06BAGHDAD3324	NEW AUSTRALIAN AMBASSADOR CALLS ON AMBASSADOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. On September 6, the Ambassador and DCM met with recently-arrived Australian Ambassador Innes-Brown. Ambassador Innes-Brown said that the Australian opposition is very keen to withdraw from Iraq and that PM Howard may visit Iraq in the next six months. Australia is revising its I [...]	2006-09-07 12:21:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ AS
06BAGHDAD3329	AMBASSADOR AND TALABANI DISCUSS DEFUSING FLAG [...] (C) SUMMARY: In meetings with President Jalal Talabani on September 5-6, the Ambassador expressed his disappointment with the timing of Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) President Masud Barzani's September 1 statement on using the 1958 Iraqi flag within the KRG until a new flag had been dete [...]	2006-09-07 15:22:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER SY RU TU IZ
06BAGHDAD3335	AMBASSADOR URGES SUNNI LEADERS TO PARTICIPATE IN [...] (C) The Ambassador told the Speaker of the Council of Representatives (CoR) Dr. Mahmoud Mashhadani September 7 that, for Iraq to succeed, the political parties need to cooperate to strengthen the unity government and to deal with tough, divisive issues. The Ambassador encouraged the Speaker t [...]	2006-09-08 10:02:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD3346	MALIKI SAYS IRAQI POLICE NUMBER ONE PROBLEM; [...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: On September 6, during a briefing on the Baghdad Security Plan (BSP),Prime Minister Maliki told MNF-I Commanding General (CG) Casey and the Ambassador that he sees reforming the Iraqi Police as his number one issue, and key to solving other related problems. When the [...]	2006-09-09 13:09:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PINS PNAT PREL PTER MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD3371	VICE PRESIDENT ABD AL-MEHDI MEETS WITH AMBASSADOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: At a September 8 meeting with the Ambassador, Vice President Adel Abd Al-Mehdi described his US visit as useful. He agreed that the GOI needs a "roadmap" for how to resolve issues such as constitutional review and de-Baathification. Abd Al-Mehdi expressed support for Maliki's s [...]	2006-09-11 02:20:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UN IZ
06BAGHDAD3391	KRG PRESIDENT BARZANI SENDS LETTER TO COR SPEAKER [...] (C) On September 7, Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) President Masud Barzani sent a letter to the Speaker of the Iraqi Council of Representatives, Mahmud Mashhadani, regarding the controversy of the Iraqi flag issue in the Kurdistan region. Partly done to stem the negative public backlash [...]	2006-09-12 07:24:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD3454	KURDISH LEADER BARZANI SUPPORTS "PACKAGE DEAL" IDEA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) President Masoud Barzani told the Ambassador September 13 that he would support a "package deal" by Iraq's political leaders on federal region formation, constitutional questions, militias, hydrocarbons and other issues (ref A). Barzani feels a [...]	2006-09-14 18:59:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PNAT IZ
06BAGHDAD3456	MCNS - MALIKI ON OIL SMUGGLING, DIYALA SECURITY [...] (S/REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: During the September 10 meeting of the Ministerial Committee for National Security, Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki: -- Cited petroleum smuggling as a key source of terrorist financing that must be addressed together with energy infrastructure protection; -- Called for be [...]	2006-09-14 19:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	IZ MOPS PGOV PINS PNAT PREL PTER
06BAGHDAD3501	AL ANBAR GOVERNOR QUESTIONS GOVERNMENT'S [...] (U) This is a PRT Al Anbar cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Al Anbar Governor Ma'moun Sami Rasheed Al- Awani told MNF-W Deputy Commanding General and Al Anbar PolOff August 21 that central government officials appeared to want to sideline the province. The lack of sustained financial resources prov [...]	2006-09-19 06:17:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINS KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD3516	MINISTER OF ELECTRICITY KARIM WAHID HASAN ON [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-20 10:10:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PBIO PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD3535	CIVIL SOCIETY NATIONAL RECONCILLIATION CONFERENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY. The second of four national reconciliation conferences was held in Baghdad September 16-17. The conference, organized by the Ministries of State for National Dialogue and Civil Society Affairs, focused on the importance of civil society organizations in national reconciliation. [...]	2006-09-21 05:31:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM KWMN IZ
06BAGHDAD3543	TURKISH AMBASSADOR TELLS CHARGE: IRAQ MUST DO MORE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a September 20 meeting with the Turkish Ambassador to Iraq Unal Cevikoz, Charge gave Cevikoz a readout of U.S. Special Envoy for Countering the PKK General (Ret.) Joseph Ralston's September 14-15 meetings in Iraq to prepare for the upcoming visit to Washington by Turkish Prime [...]	2006-09-22 12:23:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV TU IZ
06BAGHDAD3553	SEPTEMBER 17 MEETING OF THE MINISTERIAL COMMITTEE [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: -- Casualty Figures: The GOI agrees to establish a single point of contact for casualty numbers. -- The PM's Visit to Iran: The Prime Minister reported the he had raised Iranian support for anti-GOI groups during his recent visit to Tehran. Iran agreed to stop providing [...]	2006-09-24 11:20:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	IZ PGOV PREL PTER PINS MOPS
06BAGHDAD3555	SEPTEMBER 17 MEETING OF THE MINISTERIAL COMMITTEE [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: -- Casualty Figures: The GOI agrees to establish a single point of contact for casualty numbers. -- The PM's Visit to Iran: The Prime Minister reported the he had raised Iranian support for anti-GOI groups during his recent visit to Tehran. Iran agreed to stop providing [...]	2006-09-24 12:12:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	IZ PGOV PREL PTER PINS MOPS
06BAGHDAD3587	SEPTEMBER 24 MINISTERIAL COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: At the September 24 meeting of the Ministerial Committee on National Security (MCNS),participants described their efforts to consolidate and check casualty figures, discussed the need to have combined MoD/MoI checkpoints, and heard about initial plans to bring Facility Prote [...]	2006-09-25 19:18:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	IZ PREL PGOV PTER PINS MOPS
06BAGHDAD3589	IRAQI VP BRIEFS CHARGE ON REGIONAL TRIP, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Vice President Adel Abdel Mehdi told the Charge on September 23 that his recent trip to the UAE and Saudi Arabia was successful, with leaders of both countries praising Prime Minister Maliki and affirming their support for his government. Abdel Mehdi welcomed U.S. efforts to re [...]	2006-09-25 19:47:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD3609	IRAQI VICE PRESIDENT AL-HASHEMI REVIEWS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Vice President Tariq Al-Hashemi discussed federalism and constitutional review with the Ambassador on September 25, agreeing on the need for a broad consensus on these and related issues. He was optimistic about efforts being made to improve security in Anbar and Diyala but cau [...]	2006-09-27 09:11:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS IZ
06BAGHDAD3610	INDEPENDENT IRAQI SHI'A MP DISCUSSES FEDERALISM, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Independent Council of Representatives (CoR) Shia coalition (UIC) member Qassim Daoud told the Charge on September 23 that the role of the central government needed to be strengthened and that region formation should be delayed until the appropriate capacities are in place. He [...]	2006-09-27 09:12:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS IZ
06BAGHDAD3629	IRAQI VICE PRESIDENT ABDEL MEHDI UPDATES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Vice President Adel Abdel Mehdi told the Ambassador on September 25 that a modified version of the Shi'a coalition's (UIC's) draft law on region formation would be read on September 26 according to a September 24 agreement between parliamentary bloc leaders (septel). He said tha [...]	2006-09-28 06:33:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS IZ
06BAGHDAD3653	SHAHRISTANI ON THE HYDROCARBON LAW - THE WAY AHEAD [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador met September 28 with Oil Minister Shahristani to discuss the status of the Hydrocarbon Law. Shahristani confirmed that broad agreement has been reached on most elements, and felt that especially with U.S. help, the Kurds could be convinced to reach agreement on the rem [...]	2006-09-29 14:46:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET IZ KJUS KCOR PGOV EINV PBTS
06BAGHDAD3654	AMBASSADDOR'S 9/27 MEETING WITH DPM BARHAM SALIH - [...] ( C) Summary: Ambassador met September 27 with Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih to discuss prospects for the hydrocarbon law. Barham expressed optimism that a compromise could be reached, confirming the main issue was regional vs. central control of contracting, with the DPM taking the posi [...]	2006-09-29 15:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET IZ KJUS KCOR PGOV EINV PBTS
06BAGHDAD3688	OCTOBER 1 MCNS MEETING: INTERNATIONAL ZONE [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: The October 1 meeting of the Ministerial Committee on National Security (MCNS) focused on potential security threats to Baghdad's International Zone (IZ),resulting in a decision to search all people entering the IZ with potentially compromised blue security badges. MNF-I Comm [...]	2006-10-03 12:27:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER PINS PGOV MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD3691	IRAQI VP HASHIMI HAILS CROSS-SECTARIAN MEETINGS; [...] (C) Summary: During an October 2 meeting with CODEL Warner, Iraqi Sunni Vice President Hashimi gave a read-out of the previous evening,s cross-sectarian meeting organized by PM Maliki to deal with Iraq,s militia problem. For the first time, Hashimi said, Shiite Itilaf interlocutors spoke &fr [...]	2006-10-03 15:39:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD3693	POLITICAL LEADERSHIP WELCOMES MALIKI PEACE [...] (C) Summary and Comment: The four-point agreement signed October 2 by representatives of all the main Sunni and Shia political groups pledging to end militia violence was met with optimism by most national-level GOI contacts poloffs spoke to. Some Sunni political leaders noted that while the [...]	2006-10-03 19:21:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD3725	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES DE-BAATHIFICATION AND OTHER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Khalilzad met October 2 with Ahmet Chalabi, who chairs Iraq's Higher National De-Baathification Commission (HNDBC). Chalabi appeared open to de-Baathification reforms such as redrafting de-Baathification guidelines and granting some mid-level ex-Baathists pensions an [...]	2006-10-07 17:55:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PINS IZ
06BAGHDAD3727	IRAQI PRIME MINISTER UPBEAT TO CODEL FRIST [...] (C) SUMMARY: While not downplaying the security challenge facing Iraq, Prime Minister Maliki gave an upbeat assessment to CODEL Frist. He hailed the four point agreement announced October 2 (reftel) as a genuine effort by diverse political parties to work together on security and said that [...]	2006-10-07 18:05:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS IZ
06BAGHDAD3728	AMBASSADOR PRESSES IRAQI PARLIAMENT SPEAKER [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Ambassador told the Speaker of the Council of Representatives (CoR) Dr. Mahmoud al-Mashhadani October 3 that the Policy Committee on National Security (PCNS) should review the timelines for dealing with the tough national issues (e.g., de-Baathification, amnesty, hydrocarbons [...]	2006-10-08 07:21:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD3757	OCTOBER 8 MCNS: REFORM ON THE MIND [...] (S/REL UK) SUMMARY: In the October 8 meeting of the Ministerial Committee on National Security (MCNS),PM Maliki expressed his frustration with the current MCNS process, arguing that it should be more focused on decision making. MCNS members agreed that MOI and MOD reform was a priority, inclu [...]	2006-10-10 15:34:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD3761	DCM URGES FIJIAN PARTICIPATION IN THE COALITION [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: During his October 6 meeting with Fijian Home Affairs Minister Vosanibola, DCM urged Fiji to join the Multinational Coalition in Iraq. When Vosanibola asked about the possibility of a visit to Fiji by President Bush, the DCM promised to refer the question to Washington. The DC [...]	2006-10-10 21:04:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	IZ FJ MOPS PREL PGOV
06BAGHDAD3774	PLANS TO IMPROVE GOI BUDGET EXECUTION [...] (C) On October 7 the Ambassador discussed budget execution issues with Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih and Finance Minister Bayan Jabr at the DPM's initiative. Barham Salih made clear that he is determined to improve not just budget implementation but the overall budgeting process and its [...]	2006-10-11 13:09:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON EINV ENRG PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD3795	HUMAN RIGHTS MINISTER ON MEDIA BAN, POLICE FORCES, [...] (C) Summary. In a wide-ranging discussion with EmbOffs October 7, Minister of Human Rights Wijdan Mikhail Salim confirmed that the Council of Minister's (CoM) ban on al-Arabia television station had been lifted October 6. In her discussion of the October 5 CoM meeting, Minister Wijdan complai [...]	2006-10-12 15:51:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD3796	IRAQI MP AND ADVISOR TO PRIME MINISTER DISCUSSES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sami al-Askari, Council of Representatives (CoR) member and confidante of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki told the Ambassador that the leaders who signed the Ramadan agreement had agreed on members for the central committee and had begun to discuss the issue of checkpoints. The Amb [...]	2006-10-12 18:25:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS IZ
06BAGHDAD3806	ARTICLE 140 COMMITTEE MEMBERS UPDATE ON CURRENT [...] (C) Summary. In meetings with PRT Kirkuk officers and Emboff, Baghdad-based Article 140 Committee members explained the Committee,s current structure and efforts taken to finish Kirkuk,s "normalization." Basic questions including funding, Kirkuk,s boundaries, and who will participate in the [...]	2006-10-13 10:13:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD3812	PRIME MINISTER SEEKS ADVISOR'S HELP IN [...] (C) Summary: Dr. Mehdi Hafedh, Member of the Council of Representatives (CoR),has been asked by Prime Minister al Maliki to work on accelerating the pace of economic reform. Dr. Hafedh also discussed the investment law and the international compact, considering both good steps forward. End Su [...]	2006-10-13 13:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV PGOV PINR IZ
06BAGHDAD3827	IRAQI GOVERNMENT ANBAR TRIBES CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Representatives from Anbar tribes gathered with local and national government officials October 7 in Baghdad to pledge cooperation in restoring security and promoting economic development in the heavily-Sunni province. Conference participants highlighted mounting frustrations [...]	2006-10-15 06:49:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS IZ
06BAGHDAD3835	VP HASHIMI AND SUNNI ARABS BATTLE FOR A PLACE IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: During recent meetings with the Ambassador, Sunni Arab VP Tariq Al-Hashimi has taken a more upbeat tone when discussing the political process and prospects for cooperation with other players. This is a significant change from Hashimi's tenor during August and early September, wher [...]	2006-10-15 14:29:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD3858	AMBASSADOR AND GENERAL CASEY URGE PM MALIKI TO ACT [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: During an October 14 meeting, Ambassador Khalilzad and MNF-I Commanding General George Casey urged PM Maliki to take decisive political and military steps to curb ethno-sectarian violence. Maliki pushed back against the use of military force, arguing that three years of Coali [...]	2006-10-16 11:39:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD3866	PM DISCUSSES KURDS, SECURITY WITH AMBASSADOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an October 10 meeting with the Ambassador, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki highlighted increasing tensions between Kurds and Sunni Arabs in Kirkuk and Mosul. The next Presidency Council will discuss UNSCR 1546 and the current security situation in Baghdad. Finally, he noted the [...]	2006-10-16 11:53:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD3875	ANBAR GOVERNOR CITES POSITIVE DEVELOPMENTS ON [...] (U) This is an Anbar PRT cable. 2. (C) Summary: Recent meetings between GOI and Anbar officials suggest progress in cooperation between the national and provincial leadership. MNF-I and PRT leadership attended a meeting where Anbar Governor Ma'amoun Sami Rasheed Al-Awani gave a readout o [...]	2006-10-16 15:10:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PTER IZ
06BAGHDAD3901	IRAQI LEADERS DEBATE EXTENSION OF UNSCR MANDATE ON [...] (S) SUMMARY: In separate meetings on October 16, President Talabani and Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih informed the Ambassador that the second session of the extended Policy Committee on National Security (PCNS) meeting focused almost exclusively on the question of whether to extend the UN [...]	2006-10-17 17:54:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD3926	PRESIDENT TALABANI REPORTS ON POSSIBLE CHANGES TO [...] (S) SUMMARY: In a meeting on October 16, President Talabani informed the Ambassador that the Presidency Council (PC) - Talabani, Sunni Arab Vice President Tarik al-Hashimi, and Shia Vice President Adil Abd al-Mahdi - had met that day and agreed to bring their respective parties together to w [...]	2006-10-20 07:27:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PGOV FR IR IZ
06BAGHDAD3927	TALABANI, AMBASSADOR DISCUSS PCNS, SYRIA, PUK [...] (S) SUMMARY: In a meeting on October 14, President Talabani informed the Ambassador that the Policy Committee on National Security (PCNS) met that day to discuss pressing security and political issues, and had resolved to keep its session open until the key issues have been resolved. Although [...]	2006-10-20 07:27:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER SY IZ
06BAGHDAD3928	NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR RUBAIE ON DDR [...] (S) SUMMARY: National Security Advisor Muwafak al-Rubaie told MNF-I and Emboffs on October 14 that Prime Minister Maliki has mandated a new committee to address security sector reform and DDR issues. The committee has been charged with producing a report with recommendations on security sect [...]	2006-10-20 07:27:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINS IZ
06BAGHDAD3947	PRT TIKRIT: WHERE IS THE RECONCILIATION? [...] (U) This is a PRT Tikrit, Salah ad Din (SaD) cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY. In the wake of the province's first major episode of sectarian violence, provincial leaders held on October 19 a reconciliation meeting for Sunni and Shia tribal sheikhs, where sectarian violence was strongly denounced by [...]	2006-10-21 06:57:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PINR KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD3952	OCTOBER 15 MCNS MEETING: MORE ON MOI/MOD REFORM [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: On October 15, the Ministerial Committee on National Security (MCNS) was briefed on the results of the first meeting of a ministerial committee to reform the ministries of Defense and Interior, as well as the Iraqi National Intelligence Service (INIS). The PM has given the com [...]	2006-10-21 15:57:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD3985	IRAQI GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS BLAME PRIME MINISTER'S [...] (S) SUMMARY: In separate meetings on October 16 with President Talabani and Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih, both assured the Ambassador that the third National Reconciliation Conference for Political Party leaders was "indefinitely postponed," rather than cancelled outright. Both Talaban [...]	2006-10-23 19:25:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD3989	KRG OPENS NEW REPRESENTATIVE OFFICE IN BAGHDAD [...] (C) Summary: Dilshad Miran, the head of the newly established Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Representation Office in Baghdad, met with PolCouns October 10 to discuss the origins and planned agenda of his new office and its relation with the federal ministries, Peshmerga integration, and [...]	2006-10-24 15:11:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS IZ
06BAGHDAD401	GOVERNMENT FORMATION UPDATE: SHIA COALITION [...] (C) SUMMARY: In separate February 8 conversations with PolOffs, two Shia Islamist Coalition (List 555) members expressed opposition to the proposed National Security Council. One of them, independent Taha Dera' al-Saadi, said that the entity would be anti- constitutional and could undermine [...]	2006-02-09 18:36:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD402	SHIA ISLAMIST PM CONTENDERS: NO PERFECT CANDIDATE [...] (S) SUMMARY: None of the contenders for the Shia Islamist Coalition's prime minister nominee is ideal, and we will need to convince whoever the nominee is to construct a good set of structural agreements and program plans to address Iraq's deep problems. SCIRI's Adil Abd' al-Mahdi appears to [...]	2006-02-10 08:51:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD4029	IRAQI PM SEEKS GREATER AUTHORITY BUT QUESTIONS [...] (S) SUMMARY: Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki told the Ambassador that he wanted the power to command the movements of Iraqi Security Forces (ISF),arguing that he could not be asked to bear responsibility for security in Iraq without the having the appropriate authority. Saying he was r [...]	2006-10-29 08:17:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PINS IZ
06BAGHDAD4054	AMBASSADOR AND DCM MEET WITH IRAQI NATIONAL [...] (S) Summary: Ambassador and DCM held a wide-ranging discussion with Iraqi National Security Advisor Muwafaq al-Rubaie immediately following the Ambassador's October 27 meeting with PM Maliki: - Rubaie portrayed the PM as under pressure, worried about failure, and without adequate staff to ad [...]	2006-10-29 18:26:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINS JO SA AEMR IZ
06BAGHDAD4057	VP ADVISOR HANNAH, PRESIDENT TALABANI ASSESS THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a wide-ranging discussion on October 18, President Jalal Talabani and the Vice-President's National Security Advisor John Hannah discussed the internal political divisions both within the Sunni Arab groups and between the Shia, Sunni Arab, and Kurdish factions within the new [...]	2006-10-30 06:12:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER SY TU IZ
06BAGHDAD4093	COR TAKES ITS TIME GETTING BACK IN SESSION [...] (C) On November 1 the Iraqi Council of Representatives (CoR) was unable to achieve quorum for the second time this week. CoR members cited foreign travel, vehicle restrictions in Baghdad, and problems with flights from Suleiymania as the main reasons for the significant absences. Before offi [...]	2006-11-01 14:52:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD4097	IRAQI MP HUMAM HAMMOUDI CALLS FOR NATIONAL UNITY [...] (C) In an October 18 meeting with National Security Advisor to the Vice President John Hannah and the Charge, Humam Hammoudi, Council of Representatives (CoR) member and senior SCIRI politician, said that the current situation in Iraq required a national unity government, rather than one cente [...]	2006-11-01 20:23:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS IZ

06BAGHDAD4104	AYATOLLAH HUSSEIN AL-SADR COMMENTS ON IRAQ'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ayatollah Hussein Al-Sadr shared his views on the need for the emergence of new, moderate political figures to pull Iraq out of its current political crises and on regional relations at an Iftar with Ambassador Khalilzad on October 22. He discussed three possible options to reorg [...]	2006-11-02 13:46:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD4110	TURKISH EMBASSY IN BAGHDAD INACTIVE ON PKK, [...] (C) Summary: Poloffs informed Turkish Embassy in Baghdad DCM Yazal about the recent meeting that UNHCR held with the GOI and the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) regarding the future of the Makhmour refugee camp; Yazal was unaware of the meeting. Poloffs encouraged the GOT to engage with the [...]	2006-11-03 11:21:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ PGOV PREF PREL PTER TU
06BAGHDAD4111	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES UNSCR RENEWAL, ANBAR WITH PM [...] (S) SUMMARY: In a November 1 meeting the Ambassador and Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki focused on UNSCR 1546's extension, national reconciliation and progress in Anbar, recent statements to the press from Maliki's confidants, and a visit to Baghdad by KRG leadership. In a brief comment at the [...]	2006-11-03 13:30:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINS IZ
06BAGHDAD4124	COR SPEAKER AND VICE PRESIDENT ADVISER HANNAH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Council of Representatives (CoR) Speaker Mahmoud al- Mashadani told John Hannah, the National Security Adviser to the Vice President, October 18 that there is a security challenge in Iraq caused by Sunni and Shi'a militias. He estimated that there is a six month period to ov [...]	2006-11-05 08:00:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS IZ
06BAGHDAD4126	MODERATE IRAQI SHI'A CLERIC SUPPORTS MALIKI BUT [...] (C) John Hannah, National Security Advisor to the Vice President, met on October 19 with Ayatollah Hussein al-Sadr, a moderate Shi'a cleric based in the Kadhimiya neighborhood of Baghdad who had supported former Prime Minister Alawi's list in the December 2005 elections. Al-Sadr opened with [...]	2006-11-05 08:26:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS IZ
06BAGHDAD4127	DEPUTY PRESIDENT MAHDI DISCUSSES SECURITY AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy President Adil Abd al-Mahdi told John Hannah, the National Security Adviser to the Vice President, October 17 that the security situation is bad (but statistically getting slightly better),with more Iraqis, particularly in Baghdad, feeling personally threatened. Mahdi [...]	2006-11-05 08:45:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS ECON IZ
06BAGHDAD4128	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES KURDISH PESHMERGA FORCE WITH [...] (C) Summary: In an October 30 meeting, the Ambassador urged PM Maliki to resolve differences between the GOI and Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) on Kurdish Peshmerga fighters. The Ambassador flagged possibly-problematical KRG proposals and offered USG help in developing workable options. [...]	2006-11-05 08:52:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS PHUM IZ
06BAGHDAD4139	REACTION TO SADDAM DECISION FALLS ALONG SECTARIAN [...] (C) Summary: Initial Iraqi reaction to the Saddam verdict and sentence has fallen along predictable sectarian lines, with Shiites and Kurds pleased, even celebratory, and Sunnis either silent or critical of the trial and the sentence. Shiite celebrations have so far been exuberant but peaceful. [...]	2006-11-05 19:24:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD4140	FORMER MINISTER DISCUSSES KURDISH EXPANSION INTO [...] (C) Summary: In a November 1 meeting with the Ambassador, former Minister of Industry and Minerals and current Council of Representatives (CoR) member from the cross-sectarian secular Iraqiyya party Osama Al-Najafi said Kurdish expansionism constitutes the most serious threat to Iraqi unity. [...]	2006-11-05 19:38:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINS IZ
06BAGHDAD4141	US/GOI JOINT DETENTION FACILITY INSPECTIONS [...] (C) Summary. Secretary General-designate of the Council of Ministers Ali Al-Allak told the DCM and TF-134 lead MG Gardner November 4 that he had issued the directive to re-instate joint GOI/USG inspections of Iraqi detention facilities. These inspections were suspended temporarily after the Ma [...]	2006-11-05 23:23:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM KJUS IZ
06BAGHDAD4180	CROSS SECTARIAN, MODERATE BLOC FORMING IN IRAQ? [...] (C) Summary: During a November 2 meeting with the Ambassador, Iraqi Council of Representatives (CoR) Speaker Mahmoud Mashadani and Fadhila CoR member Nadeem Al-Jabbari said they are working to form a moderate issues-based, cross-sectarian bloc in the CoR. They hope to build on what they claim [...]	2006-11-08 13:53:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD4183	MUTHANNA AND DHI QAR OFFICIALS CAUTIOUSLY [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an October 30 meeting with National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley and the DCM, political leaders and security chiefs of Dhi Qar and Muthanna provinces characterized their provinces as relatively calm but raised concerns about the number and readiness of the ISF in their areas [...]	2006-11-08 15:51:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS IZ
06BAGHDAD4191	MALIKI ASKS FOR NATO GENDARMERIE TRAINING [...] (C/NF) In a November 2 meeting with Ambassador Khalilzad, PM Maliki said that he had signed a letter that morning requesting that NATO provide gendarmerie training to the Iraqi National Police under the auspices of the NATO-Training Mission in Iraq (NTM-I). National Security Advisor Rubaie pr [...]	2006-11-09 09:38:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL MOPS NATO IZ
06BAGHDAD4195	IRAQI PM MALIKI URGES IRAQI CONTROL OVER SECURITY, [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki expressed appreciation for the President's continued support and pressed for greater Iraqi control over security, during an October 30 meeting with National Security Advisor Hadley and the Ambassador. He said partition was not an option under consid [...]	2006-11-09 12:31:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS IZ
06BAGHDAD4205	SCIRI LEADERS BEMOAN LACK OF STRONG SUNNI PARTNERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Abdulaziz al-Hakim, Chairman of the Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI),and Vice President Adel Abdel Mehdi (also from SCIRI) told National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley and Ambassador Khalilzad that the Sunnis were the weak link in Iraq's national unity gove [...]	2006-11-10 11:43:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS IZ
06BAGHDAD4217	PM RAISES SUNNI LEADERSHIP, UNSCR AND [...] (S) SUMMARY: In a November 4 meeting, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki discussed continuing concerns over the sincerity of Sunni cooperation within the GOI, specifically referring to their efforts towards reconciliation. The Ambassador raised UNSCR renewal, highlighting potential contradiction [...]	2006-11-13 07:08:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINS IZ
06BAGHDAD422	(U) KURDISH NEGOTIATOR SHAWAYS FRUSTRATED AT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Prime Minister and senior Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) member Rowsh Shaways told PolCouns and PolOff on February 9 that he was pessimistic that government formation negotiations would be finished anytime soon. Shaways expressed frustration at the bickering inside the [...]	2006-02-11 15:01:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD423	GOVERNMENT FORMATION UPDATE: VERY CLOSE COUNT ON [...] (C) Summary: In the competition for Iraq's Shia Islamist Coalition (List 555) to name a prime minister nominee, we estimate that incumbent Prime Minister Jafari has a slim lead on challenger Adil Abd al-Mahdi, but the race is too close to call. On February 11, Shia Coalition members decided [...]	2006-02-11 20:32:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT KDEM ECON IZ
06BAGHDAD4231	PRT TIKRIT: GOI CENSURES TV STATION IN SALAH AD DIN [...] (U) This is a PRT Tikrit, Salah ad Din cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY. Following the November 5 verdict announcement in the first Saddam Hussein trial, the Ministry of Interior (MoI) at the direction of the Prime Minister directed Salah ad Din (SaD) Governor Hamad Hamoud al Shakti to close the Coali [...]	2006-11-14 10:26:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECPS KPAO IZ
06BAGHDAD4238	FM ZEBARI BRIEFS DIPLOMATIC CORPS ON UNSCR [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 14, FM Zebari informed the diplomatic corps that Iraq would formally request an extension of MNF-I's UN Security Council mandate. He said that the decision had been reached with broad support within the Iraqi political leadership after discussions with the Coalition o [...]	2006-11-14 20:10:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS UN IZ
06BAGHDAD4239	CHARGE MEETS WITH PM'S CHIEF OF STAFF NOVEMBER 14 [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a November 14 meeting with Charge, PM Chief of Staff Dr. Tariq Abdullah said the PM would review the draft U.S. letter to the UNSC on UNSCR renewal later in the day. According to Dr. Tariq, the PM's cabinet reshuffle may not happen for a month; the PM is still in the process [...]	2006-11-14 21:11:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EG IZ PGOV PREL SA UN
06BAGHDAD4241	IRAQI PM AND AMBASSADOR DISCUSS CONTROVERSIAL [...] (S) SUMMARY: Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki raised with the Ambassador concerns about a planned conference for Iraqi Sunnis hosted by Qatar-based NGO Global Anti-Aggression Campaign scheduled to occur in Turkey November 15-16. The PM expressed concern that Conference organizers consider both Shi [...]	2006-11-15 07:47:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL KDEM KJUS IZ
06BAGHDAD4252	PRT/REO POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC ROUNDUP (OCTOBER 25 - NOVEMBER 10, 2006) [...] (C) SUMMARY. Embassy Baghdad has initiated a regular roundup cable of short political and economic items submitted by Provisional Reconstruction Teams and Regional Embassy Offices in Iraq. This is intended to complement other reporting and provide insight on events and developments across the [...]	2006-11-15 15:01:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EINV ECON IZ KJUS
06BAGHDAD4267	NOVEMBER 15 MCNS ON MOD REFORM [...] (S/REL UK, AUS) SUMMARY: On November 15, Minister of Defense Abdul Qader presented a report on MoD reform to the Ministerial Committee on National Security (MCNS),focusing on the current situation in the ministry. Following the MinDef's presentation, National Security Advisor Rubaie said the [...]	2006-11-16 21:06:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PGOV MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD4277	IRAQ'S INTERIOR MINISTRY ISSUES WARRANT FOR [...] (S/NF) Summary. On November 16 and 17, multiple Iraqi media sources reported that Iraq's Ministry of Interior (MOI) had issued a warrant for hard-line Sunni cleric Harith al-Dhari, currently in Jordan, on unspecified charges. MOI later announced that this was not an arrest warrant, but an "in [...]	2006-11-19 18:27:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PREL PINS PNAT MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD4292	CHARGE AND INTERIOR MINISTER DISCUSS KIDNAPPINGS, [...] (S/NF) Summary: Charge D'Affaires Daniel V. Speckhard met with Interior Minister Jawad al-Bolani November 17 to discuss Site 4, recent kidnappings and the warrant against Harith al-Dhari. Charge emphasized to Bolani the importance of ensuring that all Site 4 warrants are executed. Bolani said [...]	2006-11-20 11:12:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PREL PINS PNAT MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD4305	IRAQI VP HASHIMI ON REGIONAL TRAVEL, RECENT MEDIA [...] (C) Summary: Iraq's Sunni Vice President Tariq Al-Hashimi told Charge he was disappointed at the hesitation and lack of direction about Iraq he found among Gulf interlocutors during a recent trip to the region. Hashimi defended his recent public statements threatening Sunni withdrawal from [...]	2006-11-20 21:03:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER IZ
06BAGHDAD4317	MALIKI CREATES CRISIS CELL; INVITES AMBASSADOR TO [...] (S/REL MNF-I) On November 11, we received a letter (e-mailed to NEA-I) from National Security Advisor Rubaie informing us that Prime Minister Maliki was establishing a Crisis Cell of key decision makers which could be called together in the event of a crisis in Iraq. In his letter, Rubaie sai [...]	2006-11-21 17:59:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD4323	STATE MINISTER WAILI TO MEET WITH TURKEY'S PKK [...] (C) Summary: Minister of State for National Security Shirwan Kamil Sibti al-Waili wants help outfitting his ministry, which focuses on domestic intelligence. He said he was looking forward to meeting Turkey's PKK Envoy during his November 16-17 trip to Ankara with PM Maliki (septel). Waili s [...]	2006-11-22 15:05:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PINS PNAT PTER TU IZ
06BAGHDAD4326	MINISTER OF HIGHER EDUCATION DISCUSSES [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a November 20 meeting with Charge Speckhard, Sunni Minister of Higher Education (MOHE) Abid Dhiyab al-Ujeeli said that 88 people have been released but 57 are still missing from the kidnapping at the Ministry of Higher Education building on November 16. He blamed politics in [...]	2006-11-22 20:01:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER IZ
06BAGHDAD4328	TALABANI SAYS SYRIA READY TO HELP IN IRAQ; [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting on November 21 with the Ambassador Iraqi President Jalal Talabani expressed the conviction that Syria is ready to help secure and stabilize Iraq. He shared a plan drawn up by Vice President Adil al-Mahdi to encourage cooperation among political blocs in an effort to [...]	2006-11-22 22:19:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SY IQ
06BAGHDAD4330	NOVEMBER 19 MCNS: NAJAF TO PIC; BSP TO BE REVIEWED [...] (S/REL UK, AUS) SUMMARY: The November 19 meeting of the Ministerial Committee on National Security agreed to transfer security responsibility for Najaf to Iraqi authorities. The Committee also agreed to study the security situation in Diyala, which PM Maliki referred to as being in the hands o [...]	2006-11-23 06:41:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	IZ MOPS PREL PGOV PTER
06BAGHDAD4335	FM ZEBARI DISCUSSES SYRIA, IRAN, THE PRIME [...] (S) SUMMARY. Foreign Minister Zebari expressed to the Ambassador on November 23 his view that the USG should take a tough stance with GOI ministers to bring about an agreement on national reconciliation. He explained how the restoration of diplomatic ties with Syria was brought about through [...]	2006-11-24 17:48:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PINS PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD4341	LEADING SHIA POLITICIAN SHAYKH HUMAM HAMMOUDI LAYS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Leading Shiite SCIRI member Shaykh Humam Hammoudi told the Ambassador November 23 that Iraq needs a structure that defines every party's goals and a system that works internally, regionally, and internationally. Within Iraq, he highlighted the positive role that the future Federa [...]	2006-11-24 20:05:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS IZ
06BAGHDAD4351	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MINISTER OF OIL [...] (S) Summary. Ambassador met evening of November 22 with Minister of Oil Husayn al-Shahristani to discuss the outlook for the November 23 GoI Energy Committee discussion of the Hydrocarbon Law. Shahristani expressed optimism that a breakthrough with the Kurds can be reached if the U.S. makes i [...]	2006-11-26 08:45:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	ECON ENRG EPET IR IZ PREL SY TU
06BAGHDAD4361	TALABANI, BARZANI, HASHIMI MEET TO DISCUSS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, Vice-President Tariq al-Hashimi, and Kurdistan Regional Government President Masud Barzani gave the Ambassador a readout of the November 24 PCNS meeting during a meeting on November 25 to develop plans for a broad moderate coalition. Hashimi said in [...]	2006-11-26 17:47:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SA IQ
06BAGHDAD4370	APPARENT BREAKTHROUGH ON HYDROCARBON LAW AT [...] (S) Summary. Apparent breakthroughs on the issues of contracting, arbitration and arrangements for revenue sharing have raised a real prospect that agreement on a hydrocarbon law can be reached in time for a draft to be submitted to the Council of Representatives (CoR) before it adjourns for tw [...]	2006-11-27 17:57:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	ECON EPET IZ KJUS KCOR PGOV EINV PBTS
06BAGHDAD4372	DEPUTY PM SALEH DISCUSSES VIOLENCE, NEED FOR [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Prime Minister Barham Saleh asserted to Representative Steve King (R-IA) November 25 that a MNF-I withdrawal from Iraq without victory would embolden terrorists, Syria, and Iran. Although alarmed by the recent spike in violence, he cited the International Compact and the d [...]	2006-11-27 20:46:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS UNSC IZ
06BAGHDAD4373	IRAQ,S KURDISH, SUNNI, SHIITE LEADERS PLEDGE [...] (S) Summary: At a November 26 meeting, SCIRI chairman and Shi'a coalition leader Abdulaziz al-Hakim and Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi (IIP/Sunni) continued discussions started November 25 (reftel). President Talabani (PUK),Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) President Masud Barzani (KDP),[...]	2006-11-27 20:53:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINS IZ
06BAGHDAD4385	NOVEMBER 26 MCNS: HIGH LEVEL WORKING GROUP REPORT [...] (S/REL UK) SUMMARY: The November 26 meeting of the Ministerial Committee on National Security (MCNS) focused on the report of the High Level Working Group formed on October 28 by President Bush and PM Maliki to make recommendations regarding acceleration of GOI control over the security situat [...]	2006-11-28 15:13:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD4387	PM DISCUSSES INTEL CHIEF'S RETURN TO IRAQ, [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki agreed to take steps that would allow Iraqi intelligence chief Mohammed al-Shahwani to return to Iraq without fear of arrest because of an indictment based on debunked charges. MNF-I CG Casey expressed concern with the PM about accelerating the trans [...]	2006-11-28 21:45:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINS PINR IZ
06BAGHDAD4390	LEADING SHIA POLITICIAN SHAYKH HUMAM HAMMOUDI [...] (S) SUMMARY. Leading Shia Coalition and SCIRI member Shaykh Humam Hammoudi told the Ambassador November 27 that he had presented his national compact plan (reftel) to President Talabani, who approved of it. Hammoudi will brief PM Maliki and VP Tariq al-Hashimi, and then present his plan to th [...]	2006-11-29 06:52:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD4392	AMBASSADOR HOSTS FRANK RXCHANGE BETWEEN IRAQI [...] (S) SUMMARY: Iraqi Shiite Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and Sunni Vice-President Tariq al-Hashimi had a frank exchange on differences and prospects for cooperation in a meeting with the Ambassador on November 27. Maliki also discussed dealing with national level problems and his lack of auth [...]	2006-11-29 07:12:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD4405	WHAT A SADRIST WITHDRAWAL FROM GOI WOULD - AND [...] (C) Summary: The Sadrist threat to pull out of Prime Minister Maliki's government if he meets with President Bush in Jordan is likely an empty one. The Sadrists have threatened to suspend their Council of Representatives (CoR) membership previously, but have not done so (although they have [...]	2006-11-29 17:58:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD4425	IRAQI PRESIDENT'S LIST OF STEPS FOR IRANIANS TO [...] (S) Summary: President Jalal Talabani provided the Ambassador December 1 with a document that included steps for Iran to take to help restore security and support the government in Iraq. Talabani delivered the list to Iranian leaders during his November 27-29 trip to Teheran. Recommended measu [...]	2006-12-03 03:41:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINS PINR IR IZ
06BAGHDAD4426	IRAQI PRESIDENT RECOMMENDS U.S. DIALOGUE WITH [...] (S) Summary: President Jalal Talabani informed the Ambassador December 1 that Iranian leaders were eager to re-establish a direct dialogue with the U.S. on Iraq, during his November 27-29 trip to Iran. Talabani recommended that the U.S. talk to Iran if Iran follows through on a commitment to [...]	2006-12-03 03:41:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINS PINR IR IZ
06BAGHDAD4440	IRAQI LEADERS CONTINUE DISCUSSIONS OF MODERATE [...] (S) Summary: President Talabani, Prime Minister Maliki, and other Iraqi leaders met December 2 to continue discussing the formation of a moderate political front. They seemed to be moving toward the creation of an executive body representing the Kurds, IIP, SCIRI, and Dawa, perhaps as embodie [...]	2006-12-04 10:51:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINS IZ
06BAGHDAD4449	IRAQI PRESIDENT TALABANI DISCUSSES STATE OF IRAQ [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a December 3 meeting with the Ambassador and Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, Congressman Christopher Shays stressed the importance for the U.S. public of seeing progress in Iraq relatively soon. Talabani emphasized the importance of training and equipping Iraqi Forces and said [...]	2006-12-05 08:50:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ IR
06BAGHDAD4461	SADRIST TEMPORARY WITHDRAWAL FROM IRAQ'S [...] (U) Iraq,s Sadrists have commenced their "temporary withdrawal" from the government as they promised in a press statement after Prime Minister Maliki met with President Bush in Amman on November 30. None of the five Sadrist ministers attended the Council of Ministers meeting on December 3. C [...]	2006-12-05 18:42:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD4473	AMBASSADOR'S DECEMBER 3 MEETING WITH TURKISH [...] (C) Summary: In a December 3 meeting with the Ambassador, outgoing Turkish Ambassador Cevikoz relayed the GOT's contacts with Sunni Hewar party leader Mutlaq (reftel). The Ambassador told Cevikoz the U.S. opposes any extra-constitutional effort to change the GOI and suggested the GOT urge Mut [...]	2006-12-07 08:54:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU IZ
06BAGHDAD4480	PARLIAMENTARY ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSES IRAQ'S [...] (C). SUMMARY. CODEL Shays met December 3 with a roundtable of Iraqi Council of Representatives (CoR) members that included all major political blocs. Member reactions and recommendations to the current situation largely fell along sectarian and party lines. Sunni Arab Tawafuq members compl [...]	2006-12-07 18:21:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS IZ
06BAGHDAD4487	MODERATE FRONT DISCUSSIONS CONTINUE: NO AGREEMENT [...] (S) SUMMARY. President Talabani, Prime Minister Maliki, and other Iraqi leaders met December 6 to continue discussing the formation of a moderate political front. They were unable to reach agreement on how to organize themselves. Two options emerged: (1) expand the Presidency Council to inc [...]	2006-12-08 18:42:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD4503	KRG SINJARI CALLS FOR PKK AMNESTY, MAKHMOUR CAMP [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Minister of Interior Karim Sinjari told RRTOffs on December 4 and 5 that steps to resolve the presence of the PKK (the Kurdistan Workers Party) in Iraq are finally moving forward but face continuing difficulties with the Government of Turkey [...]	2006-12-10 12:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PBTS PHUM PREF PTER IZ
06BAGHDAD4527	IRAQI MODERATE FRONT ORGANIZERS CONCERNED ABOUT [...] (S) Summary: In the latest meeting of political leaders quietly organizing a moderate front, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki made clear his desire to keep their effort out of the media and expressed frustration at the front's lack of progress thus far. Usual participant Sunni VP Tariq al [...]	2006-12-12 12:58:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD4529	MCNS DECEMBER 3 [...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: During the December 3 Ministerial Council on National Security, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki: -- Responded to reports of attacks on downtown Baghdad banks and government ministries by calling for "Green Zone" like security zones in strategic areas of the capital; [...]	2006-12-12 13:23:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PINS PGOV PNAT PTER MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD4530	MCNS DECEMBER 10 [...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: During the December 10 Ministerial Council on National Security, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki asked for options to rapidly restore security to the area around the Bayji Oil Refinery so that production may resume. Ministers also discussed increasing prison security a [...]	2006-12-12 13:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINS PTER PNAT MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD4531	SENIOR DAWA PARTY LEADER OFFERS SHI'A PERSPECTIVE [...] (C) Summary: Senior Dawa party leader and vice-chairman of the Shi'a coalition Ali al-Adeeb told PolCouns on December 6 that negotiations on the Independent Higher Election Commission (IHEC) had reached an impasse because the Kurds, specifically Masoud Barzani, would not accept national comm [...]	2006-12-12 14:32:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD4534	GOI ENERGY COMMITTEE DISCUSSES HYDROCARBON LAW [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-13 07:29:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD4536	IRAQ COMPACT: DEC 10 BCG MEETING CREATES "A [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On December 10, 2006 Iraq,s Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki convened a session of the Baghdad Coordination Group (BCG) attended by several Ambassadors posted in Baghdad, including Ambassador Khalilzad. Deputy Prime Minister Salih and three key GOI Ministers including Planning, [...]	2006-12-13 09:10:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN IZ
06BAGHDAD4549	IRAQ COMPACT: DEC 10 BCG MEETING CREATES "A [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On December 10, 2006 Iraq,s Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki convened a session of the Baghdad Coordination Group (BCG) attended by several Ambassadors posted in Baghdad, including Ambassador Khalilzad. Deputy Prime Minister Salih and three key GOI Ministers including Planning, [...]	2006-12-14 11:45:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN IZ
06BAGHDAD4554	PM STANISHEV SAYS BULGARIA TO CONSIDER EXTENDING [...] (C) Summary: Bulgarian Prime Minister Sergei Stanishev told the Ambassador December 12 that Bulgaria will decide in March whether to extend its troop contribution to MNF-I, following the ongoing U.S. policy review on Iraq. Stanishev sought the Ambassador's views on prospects for reducing sect [...]	2006-12-14 13:33:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS BU IZ
06BAGHDAD4555	MINISTRY OF HIGHER EDUCATION DISCUSSES UNIVERSITY [...] (C) SUMMARY. Minister of Higher Education Abd Dhiyab al-Ajili told the Ambassador December 13 that he had not discouraged students and staff from going to universities. He stressed the lack of adequate security for the students. The Minister acknowledged the need to take strong action and said [...]	2006-12-14 13:48:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD4557	IRAQIYYA PARLIAMENTARY BLOC LEADER MOUSA DISCUSSES [...] (C) SUMMARY. Iraqiyya Council of Representatives (CoR) bloc leader Hameed Majeed Mousa told the Ambassador December 12 that Iraqiyya bloc leader and former Prime Minister Ayad Allawi feels he has been marginalized and excluded from the decision-making. Mousa acknowledged at the same time that [...]	2006-12-14 15:43:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD4564	PM TELLS CODEL MCCAIN BETTER WEAPONS AND QUICKER [...] (S) Summary. Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki told CODEL McCain December 13 that Iraq did not need more U.S. troops, but rather access to better weapons for Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) to win against militias and insurgents. He agreed with the CODEL that Iraq needed to "work quickly" to demonstr [...]	2006-12-14 18:27:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PHUM PGOV PTER KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD4572	BAGHDAD CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM UNDER STRESS [...] (U) THIS IS A BAGHDAD PRT REPORTING CABLE. PAGE 02 RUEHGBA4572 C O N F I D E N T I A L 2. (C) SUMMARY: ALTHOUGH FUNCTIONING, THE BAGHDAD CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM IS EXHIBITING STRESSES THAT, UNLESS CORRECTED, WILL SERIOUSLY INHIBIT ITS LONG-TERM EFFECTIVENESS AND SUCCESS. INADEQUATE I [...]	2006-12-15 16:14:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS PHUM IZ
06BAGHDAD4579	JAPANESE AMBASSADOR REPORTS ON LOAN PROJECT, LOOKS [...] (C) Summary: The Japanese Ambassador to Iraq, Hisao Yamaguchi, briefed Ambassador Khalilzad on Japanese government concessionary loans to various projects in Iraq, totaling approximately USD 1.6 billion. Japan will pledge additional funds to Iraq's reconstruction in the next meeting of the In [...]	2006-12-16 14:40:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN JA IZ
06BAGHDAD4582	IRAQI PRESIDENT TELLS CODEL MCCAIN NEW TACTICS, [...] (C) Summary: Iraqi President Talabani declared to a congressional delegation led by Senator John McCain (R-AZ) December 13 that new tactics and more weapons are crucial elements to stabilizing Iraq. He said the American people need to understand the positive consequences of deposing Saddam Hu [...]	2006-12-16 17:18:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL OVIP IZ
06BAGHDAD4605	WOMEN,S RIGHTS ACTIVISTS GRADE COUNCIL OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: A group of prominent women's rights activists gathered in early December to critique the government institutions that most affect their work. Speaking on issues beyond just women's rights, the group expressed the view that none of the three bodies that most influence their activit [...]	2006-12-18 10:58:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KWMN PGOV PHUM IZ
06BAGHDAD4609	IRAQI LEADERS FROM FIVE PARTIES ENDORSE MODERTAE [...] (S) As relayed to the Ambassador by KRG President Masoud Barzani and Iraqi President Jalal Talabani on the evening of December 16, leaders of SCIRI, Dawa, KDP, PUK, and IIP met December 16 and endorsed the creation of a moderate front. The leaders gave a committee 24 hours to draft the front's [...]	2006-12-18 15:51:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD4612	ANOTHER SENIOR DAWA FIGURE QUESTIONS THE MODERATE [...] (S) Falih al-Fiyadh, a senior Dawa figure who is a member of the Council of Representatives (CoR) and of the High Commission for National Reconciliation, told PolCouns December 17 that he had serious doubts about the efficacy and utility of and the intentions behind the emerging moderate fron [...]	2006-12-18 19:24:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD4613	POLITICAL PARTIES CONFERENCE FOCUSES ON KEY THEMES [...] (C) Summary. The Ministry of State for Reconciliation and National Dialogue hosted the much anticipated political parties conference December 16-17 in Baghdad. The GOI intends for this conference to be one in a series of political party conferences although future dates have not been announced. [...]	2006-12-18 19:54:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM PHUM IZ
06BAGHDAD4616	DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER DISCUSSES THE OIL LAW AND [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih met with Charge d'Affairs Daniel Speckhard on December 18 and discussed the issues raised in Prime Minister Maliki's speech at the National Reconciliation Summit on December 16. Specific topics include the oil law, the 2007 GOI budget negotiatio [...]	2006-12-19 10:28:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN IZ
06BAGHDAD4625	BARZANI AND TALABANI DISCUSS PKK, TURKISH [...] (S) SUMMARY: In recent meetings the Ambassador raised Turkish concerns about a possible resurgence in PKK activity with Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) President Masoud Barzani (KDP) and Iraq President Jalal Talabani(PUK). In separate meetings both Barzani and Talabani commented that the [...]	2006-12-19 17:54:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINS PTER TU IZ
06BAGHDAD4628	DCM DISCUSSES ECON SURGE AND ESCAPED CON WITH PM'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Chief of Mission Speckhard met with Dr. Tariq Abdullah, Chief of Staff to Prime Minister Maliki on December 19 to discuss plans for an economic surge and to share information on the case of escaped ex-electricity minister Aiham Sammarae. The COS was receptive to the DCM's i [...]	2006-12-20 03:09:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON KJUS IZ
06BAGHDAD4631	VP ABDEL MEHDI DESCRIBES "SETBACK" IN MODERATE [...] (S) Summary: Iraqi Vice President Adel Abdel Mehdi told the Ambassador on December 19 that there haQbeen a "setback" in negotiations oQthe moderate front. The IIP representative had come to the most recent meeting with a set of conditions that had to be filled before the party would join. Th [...]	2006-12-20 09:44:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINS IZ
06BAGHDAD4639	PRIME MINISTER MALIKI DISCUSSES MODERATE FRONT AND [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki discussed Iraq's political achievements, the formation of a moderate political front, terrorism and militias, and the role of neighboring countries during a December 17 meeting with Senators Dodd and Kerry, accompanied by the Ambassador and DCM. Whi [...]	2006-12-20 16:12:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS IZ
06BAGHDAD4651	IRAQI LEADERS FROM FIVE PARTIES ENDORSE MODERATE [...] (S) As relayed to the Ambassador by KRG President Masoud Barzani and Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, leaders of SCIRI, Dawa, KDP, PUK, and IIP met on the evening of December 16 and endorsed the creation of a moderate front. The leaders gave a committee 24 hours to draft the front's institution [...]	2006-12-21 15:34:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD4667	PM COMMITS TO UNVEILING AGGRESSIVE STRATEGY ON [...] (S) Summary. Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki December 20 told the Ambassador he sought decisive action with the development of a new plan for security in Baghdad and agreed to announce the new plan at a speech in coming days. He also agreed with the importance of following through with his com [...]	2006-12-22 14:14:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINS IZ
06BAGHDAD4672	IRAQI PRESIDENT TALABANI PROVIDES SECDEF SECURITY [...] (S) Summary: President Jalal Talabani emphasized to Secretary of Defense Gates and the Ambassador December 20 his SIPDIS firm belief that Iraqi Security Forces should be on the frontlines of Iraq's internal conflict while Coalition Forces should be in a support role. He provided a list of [...]	2006-12-22 17:48:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINS PTER IZ
06BAGHDAD4690	ARAB LEAGUE BOYCOTT AND IRAQ [...] (SBU) Action request, see para 11. 2. (C) Summary. Post has been working actively to engage the GOI on enforcement of the Arab League Boycott (ALB),since Iraq's status was changed to "under review" in June 2006. Post has discussed with the GOI the particular problems four U.S. companies ( [...]	2006-12-24 11:56:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV KBCT PGOV PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD4721	SHI'A INDEPENDENT ON SISTANI, NEW POLITICAL FRONT, [...] (C) Summary: Khalid al-Attiyah, Shi'a independent and First Deputy Speaker of the Council of Representatives (CoR),gave Charge a readout of his December 23 trip to Najaf. Al-Attiyah and several other Shi'a leaders, primarily from the Dawa party, visited Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani and Muqtada al [...]	2006-12-27 06:24:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS IZ
06BAGHDAD4727	GOI HIGH INTER-MINISTERIAL COMMITTEE ON IRAQI [...] (SBU) Action request, see para 11. 2. (C) Summary. Dr. Dahill, one of Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Barham Salih's Senior Staff, told Emboff on December 19, 2006 that the GOI High Inter-Ministerial Committee on Iraqi Assets is reviewing all former regime assets in other countries that are f [...]	2006-12-27 13:56:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN KTFN PREL PGOV
06BAGHDAD4756	MAYSAN: THE ISSUES, THE LEADERS, POSSIBLE STEPS [...] (S) Summary: Maysan provincial authorities hold tenuous control over competing militias in the province, with Sadrists holding the most sway. Maysan's porous border with Iran is a crossing point for smuggled goods, including weapons and other contraband used by anti-Iraqi government groups. [...]	2006-12-29 17:49:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PTER PINS ECON EAID PHUM KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD4759	ANBAR PROVINCE -- THE ISSUES, THE LEADERS, STEPS [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-29 21:49:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PTER PINS ECON EAID PHUM KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD4771	MUTHANNA: THE ISSUES, THE LEADERS, POSSIBLE STEPS [...] (S) Summary: Muthanna is beset by militia intimidation -- notably by the Jash al Mahdi (JAM) -- power shortages, and poor economic performance. That said, the province is currently stable, relatively secure, and has a reasonably effective provincial government. MNF-I efforts could be effec [...]	2006-12-30 01:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PTER PINS ECON EAID PHUM KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD4776	IRAQI KURDISTAN NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SPEAKER ADNAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with Regional Coordinator and RRT Poloff, the Speaker of the Iraqi Kurdistan National Assembly Adnan Mufti criticized the recommendations of the Iraq Study Group, alleged that the State Department does not take into account Kurdish needs, and said the Kurds have to r [...]	2006-12-30 01:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON PINR IZ
06BAGHDAD4777	IRAQI KURDISTAN NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SPEAKER ADNAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with Regional Coordinator and RRT Poloff, the Speaker of the Iraqi Kurdistan National Assembly Adnan Mufti criticized the recommendations of the Iraq Study Group, alleged that the State Department does not take into account Kurdish needs, and said the Kurds have to r [...]	2006-12-30 01:36:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON PINR IZ
06BAGHDAD5	SHIA POLITICO: JA'AFARI HAS TO GO [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting on December 31 with Qassim Daoud, a moderate liberal in the Shia Alliance, the Ambassador stated that, while the ultimate decision rested with the Iraqi people, the U.S. Government, as a partner in the new Iraq wished to make its concerns clear. He laid out five mai [...]	2006-01-02 12:33:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IR IZ
06BAGHDAD51	(U) DAWA MEMBERS THINK SHIA COALITION STILL FAR [...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings, senior Dawa Party members Ali al-Adeeb and Jawad al-Maliki thought the decision on whom the Shia Islamist camp would put forward as prime minister is still some distance off. They both acknowledged tough competition between current Prime Minister, and Dawa l [...]	2006-01-07 14:31:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM IZ
06BAGHDAD52	SHIA ALLIANCE LEADERS BLAME MNF-I AND SUNNIS FOR [...] (S/REL) SUMMARY: A Shia Coalition "security committee" told the Ambassador and MNF-I Deputy Commanding General (DCG) that the level of violence in Iraq since the election has prompted community and religious leaders to call for taking measures to defend themselves. The committee members said [...]	2006-01-07 17:59:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PGOV PHUM IZ
06BAGHDAD53	(U) SENIOR DAWA MEMBER ON THE SECURITY SITUATION: [...] (C/REL TO MNF-I) In a meeting with senior Dawa Party member Ali al-Adeeb on January 3, al-Adeeb blamed the Iraqi government's difficulties with the security situation on the "interference of American advisors." Al-Adeeb complained that the Minister of Interior Bayan Jabr was being restrained [...]	2006-01-08 07:17:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM IZ
06BAGHDAD548	DANISH DCM COMMENTS ON CARTOON CONTROVERSY [...] (C) Danish DCM Torkild Byg told Poloff February 20 that Denmark is getting mixed signals from the Iraqi Government on whether the Danes are welcome in Iraq in the aftermath of protests over publication of the cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammed. Foreign Minister Zebari and Defense Minister [...]	2006-02-21 17:50:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV DA IZ
06BAGHDAD58	PM JA,AFARI, MOI JABR, MOD DULIME BLAME COALITION [...] (S/REL) SUMMARY. Prime Minister Ja'afari, Interior Minister Jabr, and Defense Minister Dulime conveyed their concern with the increasing level of violence in Iraq since the election, particularly in and around Baghdad. As these officials relayed to the Shia Coalition "security commission" ea [...]	2006-01-08 15:15:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	MOPS MARR PGOV PHUM IZ
06BAGHDAD584	SISTANI RELATIVE COMMENTS ON SAMARRA ATTACK [...] (S) Summary: Sayed Emad Kelanter (strictly protect),who is related by marriage to both Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani and Muqtada al-Sadr, told PolOff in a February 23 meeting that Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Said al-Hakim successfully pressured Grand Ayatollah Sistani into inserting tougher langu [...]	2006-02-23 20:24:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PINR IZ
06BAGHDAD594	QUIET CONTINUES; ASSOCIATION OF MOSLEM SCHOLARS [...] (C) SUMMARY Iraq was relatively calm on February 24. There was a curfew in effect most of the day in Baghdad and three surrounding provinces. There were no or reduced prayers at many Baghdad mosques. The Mahdi militia was out in force in some cities. Political and religious leaders, both S [...]	2006-02-24 15:40:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PTER PHUM IZ
06BAGHDAD595	GATHERING OF IRAQI LEADERS PRODUCES FRAIL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraqi leaders arrived at a frail consensus for calm after a day of meetings and mutual recriminations on February 23. President Talabani issued a statement (after reading it aloud to unanimous approval at a meeting he hosted for Iraq's leadership) calling for peaceful demonstratio [...]	2006-02-24 15:52:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD601	SITUATION UPDATE SATURDAY: VIOLENCE DIMINISHING [...] (C) SUMMARY: By most accounts, Baghdad saw fewer acts of sectarian violence on 25 February than it had over the previous several days, largely due to the extended curfew still in effect. A variety of contacts told us that anti-Sunni violence had occurred overnight February 24-25, especially a [...]	2006-02-25 16:16:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD609	JAFARI DRAWS SUNNI LEADERSHIP INTO CRISIS [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Prime Minister Jafari drew leaders from across the political spectrum into his crisis management process by convening a new advisory group late on February 25. For the first time since the Samarra tragedy, the Sunni Arab leadership directly engaged the top tier of the [...]	2006-02-26 16:43:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD620	(U) IRAQI OFFICIAL ON GOVERNMENT FORMATION, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Presidency Council Chief of Staff Kamran Karadaghi told PolOff and Embassy Legal Advisors on February 26 that the government formation process appeared to have been temporarily derailed by the attack on the Samarra mosque and its aftermath. While sounding pessimistic overall, K [...]	2006-02-27 12:42:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD707	MIXED SUPPORT FOR JAFARI WITHIN SHIA COALITION AS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The rejection of Shia Prime Minister nominee Ibrahim Jafari by the Kurds, Sunni Arab Tawafuq bloc and the secular Allawi bloc has generated at least initial tough responses from the Shia Islamist Coalition (List 555). There are also hints of flexibility about dumping Jafari. TN [...]	2006-03-06 12:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PHUM IZ

06BAGHDAD74	AMB URGES SUNNI POLITICAL LEADERS TO DENOUNCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Khalilzad met on January 5 with key leaders from the Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP) and on January 6 with the Iraqi National Dialogue Council (INDC) to review their concerns about the December 15 parliamentary elections and to solicit their views on the formation of a nationa [...]	2006-01-09 13:16:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PNAT PTER PHUM IZ
06BAGHDAD975	AL-DABBAGH SAYS MARJA'IYYA UNHAPPY AT DELAY; [...] (S/REL UK) Summary. Independent Shia political figure Ali al-Dabbagh (strictly protect) told us on March 23 after his late March 22 phone call with Mohammed Ridha Sistani that the Shia clerical establishment in Najaf (marja'iyya) was unhappy at the delay in government formation. PM Jafari' [...]	2006-03-24 14:32:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD978	DE-BAATH COMMISSION DISFUNCTIONAL, COMMISSIONER [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a March 21 meeting, parliamentarian and National De-Baathification Commission (NDC) board member Yonadam Kanna told PolOffs that the De-Baathification Commission was too politicized and was not comprised of the "right" people. He claimed that the commission had not met in ove [...]	2006-03-24 15:26:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KJUS IZ
06BAKU836	AZERBAIJAN HOPES TO STRENGTHEN OIC'S INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) Summary: Azerbaijani Deputy Foreign Minister (DFM) Vagif Sadiqov told Charge June 5 that the GOAJ planned to use its chairmanship of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) to expand the OIC's cooperation with regional bodies such as the OSCE, ASEAN and other organizations, on ter [...]	2006-06-07 11:07:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KISL AJ
06BAMAKO1114	MALI'S UNFUNDED ROAD TO THE FUTURE [...] SUMMARY: Mali's road system, particularly to the north and east, is inadequate to promote either security or economic development. The Malian government has addressed this concern with a comprehensive fifteen year building plan, but is able to fund little more than maintenance on the current [...]	2006-10-06 14:10:00	Embassy Bamako	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON EAID ML
06BAMAKO1154	EXCLUDED FROM ELECTORAL COMMISSION, IBK'S [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-16 16:50:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PINS PARM ML
06BAMAKO1198	RPM FANS FEARS THAT TOURE PLANS PRESIDENCY FOR LIFE [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-24 15:58:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EFIN ECON ML
06BAMAKO1237	MALI'S POLITICAL SEASON BEGINS - CONTROVERSIAL [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-27 14:06:00	Embassy Bamako	SECRET	PREL PINR PINS PGOV ML
06BAMAKO1243	SECOND TUAREG - GSPC BATTLE PLACES ALGIERS ACCORDS [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-31 07:40:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PINS PGOV ML
06BAMAKO1244	TUAREG AND GOM OFFICIALS PROVIDE DETAILS ON GSPC [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-31 08:20:00	Embassy Bamako	SECRET	PREL PINR PINS PGOV ML
06BAMAKO1290	SCENESETTER FOR ATT'S TRIP TO U.S. TO WITNESS [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-07 17:29:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EFIN ECON ML
06BAMAKO1348	MINISTER KONE REVISES PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION DATE [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-24 11:49:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PINS PGOV ML
06BAMAKO1359	MALI'S UNSETTLED NORTH: RESTIVE TUAREGS, RESTIVE [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-28 17:05:00	Embassy Bamako	SECRET	PREL PINR PINS PGOV ML
06BAMAKO1361	CALCULATIONS SHIFT AS FORMER MINISTER OF DEFENSE [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-29 09:36:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PINS PGOV ML
06BAMAKO1372	MOROCCO PUSHES SDAR OUT OF BAMAKO CONFERENCE ON [...] (C) A diplomatic offensive by Moroccan Ambassador to Mali Moulay Idriss Fadhil paid off when Mali reportedly compelled the AU organizers to not extend an invitation to the Sahara Democratic Arab Republic (SDAR) to attend the Fourth International Conference on Avian and Pandemic Influenza (ref [...]	2006-12-01 11:59:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR KFLU TBIO PREL EAID ML
06BAMAKO1373	RPM QUESTIONS DISTRIBUTION OF PUBLIC FUNDS FOR [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-01 12:01:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PINS PGOV ML
06BAMAKO1415	CANVASSING BAMAKO VOTERS: T-SHIRTS, CASH AND COLD [...] Summary: The Embassy called on fish vendors in the heart of Bamako's largest market to measure grassroots support for newly proclaimed presidential contender Soumeylou Boubey Maiga. Echoing the sentiments of local fruit sellers (reftel),fish vendors regard Maiga as an attractive presidenti [...]	2006-12-15 08:29:00	Embassy Bamako	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON EAGR PGOV KDEM ML
06BAMAKO1417	GRAMMY WINNER JOINS CALL FOR MALI TO DEFEND IPR [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-18 12:11:00	Embassy Bamako	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV ML
06BAMAKO1423	Bamako Conference on Avian and Pandemic Influenza reviews [...] Summary: Meeting in Bamako Dec. 6-8, international donors pledged approximately $475.9 million in new assistance for the global fight against avian and pandemic influenza (API),including $100 million from the USG (the largest single pledge, followed by Canada and the European Commission). The [...]	2006-12-19 10:08:00	Embassy Bamako	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR TBIO KFLU EAID ECON PREL ML
06BAMAKO1432	POLICE OFFER TO PROVIDE SECURITY TO UNION LEADERS [...] (C) Summary: Leaders of the National Union of Higher Education (SNESUP),who have accused Minister of Education Mamadou Lamine Traore of attempts at intimidation during their month-long strike, were pleasantly surprised by a local police offer of enhanced security for strike leaders. While [...]	2006-12-20 09:04:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PGOV ECON ML
06BAMAKO1433	WHEN POLITICS AND COINCIDENCE COLLIDE: MALI'S [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-20 09:05:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PINS PGOV ML
06BAMAKO401	LEGISLATIVE BY-ELECTIONS LEAVE OPPOSITION PARTIES [...] (SBU) Summary: On Sunday, March 26, Mali celebrated a "Day of Democracy" to commemorate the 15th anniversary of the 1991 uprising that overthrew former dictator Moussa Traore. In Mopti and Bamako's fifth district, Democracy Day coincided with legislative by-elections to fill two vacat Nation [...]	2006-04-04 19:25:00	Embassy Bamako	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR ECON ML
06BAMAKO421	ELECTORAL LOSSES AND LOW TURNOUT TRIGGER ANGRY [...] (U) Summary. One week after a poor showing by the Rally for Mali (RPM) in legislative by-elections, RPM leader and National Assembly President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita (IBK) opened the April session of the National Assembly with an extremely critical speech decrying the state of Malian democra [...]	2006-04-07 13:27:00	Embassy Bamako	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR ECON ML
06BAMAKO443	THE "FRERE GUIDE" QADHAFI CAUSES A STIR IN MALI [...] (C) SUMMARY: Libyan leader Mouammar Qadhafi arrived to great fanfare in Mali on April 6 to celebrate the April 11 prophet Mohammed,s birthday (Mawloud). After a two-day stay in Bamako, Qadhafi and Malian President Amadou Toumani Toure (ATT) headed on a 2-day road trip to Timbuktu. In a contr [...]	2006-04-17 13:01:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PGOV EINV LY ML
06BAMAKO520	PROSPECTORS PREDICT MALIAN OIL BY 2008 [...] (C) Summary: One and a half years after oil and gas exploration in northern Mali resumed, those searching for &black gold8 may be on the brink of success. To date, the Malian government has opened approximately 700,000 square kilometers of land to oil prospecting. Recent estimates by Austral [...]	2006-05-08 12:46:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EIND EPET ML PGOV PINS PREL SENV
06BAMAKO521	FALLOUT FROM QADHAFI'S VISIT CONTINUES AS TUAREGS [...] (C) Summary. The fallout from Qadhafi's tumultuous mid-April visit to Timbuktu (ref A) continued to spread as members of the National Assembly expressed concern over Libya's intentions and some Tuareg leaders requested autonomy for Kidal. On April 19 a group of National Assembly Deputies sug [...]	2006-05-08 16:16:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PGOV EINV ASEC ML
06BAMAKO576	SARKOZY MAKES FEW FRIENDS IN BAMAKO [...] (SBU) Summary. On May 18 French Interior Minister Nicholas Sarkozy completed a candid and at times confrontational two-day visit to Mali. Hyped as a chance for Sarkozy to articulate his vision of future France-Africa relations and hone his image as a French presidential candidate, the visit [...]	2006-05-23 13:43:00	Embassy Bamako	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM ECON ML
06BAMAKO577	ARMED ASSAILANTS ATTACK MILITARY POSTS IN KIDAL - [...] (C) The Embassy has received reports of an attack by armed assailants on two military posts in Kidal. According to Embassy contacts, the attack and an ensuing gun battle occurred during the early hours of May 23. Although reports are contradictory, the attackers appear to have targeted a lar [...]	2006-05-23 13:44:00	Embassy Bamako	SECRET	ASEC PREL PGOV PINR CASC ML
06BAMAKO578	EAC DECISIONS REGARDING ATTACKS IN KIDAL AND [...] (C) As noted in reftel, the Ambassador chaired an EAC meeting at 1400 following reports of apparently coordinated attacks on Malian military bases in Kidal and Menaka. The results of the EAC meeting are noted below. 2. (C) The Embassy's RSO confirmed that no tier one tripwires have been re [...]	2006-05-23 17:11:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PREL PGOV PINR CASC ML
06BAMAKO914	AN ISLAMIC LEADER'S VIEW OF THE U.S., THE ALGIERS [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-22 16:19:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PINS MASS PARM ML
06BANGKOK3348	THAI POLITICAL UPDATE: SUPREME COURT DISSES [...] (C) Summary. The deadlock over the much-maligned Election Commission (EC) worsened June 1, with the Supreme Court refusing to appoint two new EC members. Instead, the Supreme Court President, in a public letter, called the EC unfit for office. A group of former Senators are preparing to peti [...]	2006-06-02 09:32:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TH
06BANGKOK4525	ELECTION COMMISSIONER TO ENTER MONKHOOD; ONWARD TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Criminal Court's verdict against the Election Commission is strongly worded and openly states that the three were denied bail in order to prevent them from running the October election. The Commissioners have signed letters of resignation; one promises to enter the monkhood [...]	2006-07-26 10:54:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TH
06BANGKOK5229	THE GHOST OF DEALS PAST: THAKSIN DEFENDS AGAINST [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Thaksin faces charges of perjury brought by a former American business partner, in connection with the establishment of the first cable TV venture in Thailand in 1989. The American has already won cases in civil court and been exonerated of embezzlement charges b [...]	2006-08-26 03:31:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EINV PHUM TH
06BANGKOK7511	THE ECONOMIC DIMENSIONS OF THAILAND'S SOUTHERN [...] (C) Summary: While economic factors are not the root cause of Thailand's southern Islamist insurgency, there are important economic dimensions to the Southern crisis that, if effectively addressed, could make a contribution to the solution. Existing official statistics for the South presen [...]	2006-12-20 10:27:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PTER PINS TH
06BANJUL465	THE GAMBIA: MEDIA CRACKDOWN CONTINUES [...] (C) The GOTG's crackdown on the media continues, as the journal, "Independent" remains closed and there are reports of authorities preventing publication of another journal, "Daily Express." The international NGO community has wasted no time in reacting to the crackdown, as exemplifed by the [...]	2006-07-20 17:16:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM GA
06BANJUL576	THE GAMBIA: UPDATE ON THE MEDIA [...] (C) The generally negative trend in The Gambia's media environment continues, despite the enhanced media coverage accorded the opposition in connection with its Presidential election campaigning. The National Intelligence Agency detained a television reporter, who was subsequently fired, and [...]	2006-09-18 09:35:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KMCA GA
06BANJUL653	GAMBIAN JUSTICE UPDATE: GOOD AND BAD NEWS [...] (U) SUMMARY: High-profile detainees and trials continue to create headlines in The Gambia. Some long-term detainees, such as former journalist Malick Mboob and former National Assembly member Duta Kamaso, have been released. Other detainees continue to languish in jail awaiting trials that [...]	2006-10-20 17:11:00	Embassy Banjul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM GA
06BASRAH101	SUNNI CLERIC PESSIMISTIC ON BASRAH SECURITY SITUATION [...] Summary: On June 12, the Regional Coordinator (RC) and Deputy Regional Coordinator (DRC) met with Sheikh Khalid al Mullah, a moderate Sunni Imam. During the meeting, Sheikh Khalid said that the security situation remains dismal and Sunnis in Basrah are continuing to flee because of intimidat [...]	2006-06-13 10:16:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
06BASRAH104	MAJOR GENERAL LATIF MOTIVATED TO TACKLE BASRAH SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: In a June 14 meeting with the Regional Coordinator (RC) and Deputy Regional Coordinator (DRC),Major General Abdul Latif of the 10th Division of the Iraqi Army expressed support for Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's recent visit to Basrah and his efforts to enhance security in Bas [...]	2006-06-18 06:40:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PREL PTER IZ
06BASRAH105	SUNNI LEADER BEMOANS CONTINUED VIOLENCE IN BASRAH [...] (C) Summary: On June 19, the Regional Coordinator (RC) met with Haji Khalaf Mohammad Abid al-Mawla, the head of the Iraq Islamic Party (IIP) in Basrah. He said that the situation for Sunnis in Basrah continues to deteriorate and cited the recent killings of two high profile Sunnis. He added [...]	2006-06-20 04:55:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI SMIG KISL IZ
06BASRAH114	SECURITY SITUATION IN MAYSAN [...] Summary: On June 28 the Regional Coordinator (RC) and Poloff met with the Commander of the 4th Brigade of the Iraqi Army (IA),Commander of the Department of Border Enforcement (DBE) and Chief of Police in Maysan province. All three men grumbled about the lack of heavy weaponry their forces [...]	2006-07-05 06:51:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MCAP PREL IZ
06BASRAH125	BASRAH NOTABLES SIGN DECLARATION OF SUPPORT FOR RULE OF LAW [...] (C) Summary. An influential moderate cleric, Sayed Abdul Ali al-Musawi, met with Deputy Regional Coordinator (DRC) July 24 and reported that 32 political and militia leaders and military and police commanders have issued a declaration calling for support of rule of law in Basrah. Al Musawi, [...]	2006-07-27 13:40:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER IZ
06BASRAH129	POLITICS AND POLLUTION -- UPDATE ON THE IRAQI PORT [...] (C) Summary. On August 2, the assistant to the director general of the Iraqi Port Authority (IPA),Captain Hussein Mohammed Abdullah, met with the Deputy Regional Coordinator (DRC) to discuss issues regarding the Iraqi Port Authority. Hussein described the permeation of politics in the IPA an [...]	2006-08-03 10:29:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD IZ ZP
06BASRAH134	NEW BASRAH INA CHIEF'S VIEW ON SECURITY [...] (C) On August 21, the Regional Coordinator (RC) and poloff paid a visit to the newly appointed head of the Iraqi National Accord (INA) in Basrah and member of the Basrah Provincial Council (BPC),Sayed Khalaf Shamhood. The discussion centered primarily on the security situation in Basrah and [...]	2006-08-22 04:53:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
06BASRAH135	BASRAH GOVERNOR ON NEW "ILLEGAL" SECURITY COMMITTEE AND [...] (C) Summary. Basrah Governor Mohammed al-Wa'eli told the Regional Coordinator (RC) on August 21 that the Basrah security committee recently created by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and headed by Major General Ali Hammadi al-Musawi (ref A) is illegal and that he planned to visit the PM later [...]	2006-08-23 06:10:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR IR IZ
06BASRAH147	BADR CHIEF ON SECURITY AND RECONSTRUCTION [...] (C) Summary: The Regional Coordinator (RC) and Deputy RC met with Badr Organization chief and Basrah Provincial Council member Hassan al-Rashid on September 11 to discuss the security environment and the current state of political affairs. Al-Rashid spoke at length on his practical views of f [...]	2006-09-12 17:06:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM IZ
06BASRAH156	BASRAH GOVERNOR AND HIS BROTHER ON ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT AND [...] (C) Summary. Basrah Governor Mohammed al-Wa'eli and his brother, Ismail, told the Regional Coordinator (RC) in separate meetings on October 2 that the governor survived an assassination attempt on September 30 while returning to Basrah from Najaf. Both brothers blamed the Serious Crimes Unit [...]	2006-10-03 14:44:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM IZ
06BASRAH16	FEUD FLARES AS MINISTER MALIKI CLOSES BASRAH INTERNATIONAL [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-07 14:43:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PTER PREL IZ
06BASRAH166	BASRAH COUNCIL MEMBER ON MAYSAN FIGHTING AND OPERATION [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-23 08:10:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM IZ
06BASRAH168	IIP LEADERSHIP IN BASRAH SAYS SECURITY HAS IMPROVED FOR [...] (C) On October 26, the RC and poloff met with Haji Khalaf Mohammad Abid al-Mawla, parliamentarian and former head of the IIP in Basrah, and Sheik Abdul Karim Jurad al-Dosari, acting IIP head. Haji Khalaf was upbeat during the meeting and told the RC that the security situation for Sunnis in B [...]	2006-10-27 09:33:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM IZ
06BASRAH172	BASRAH COUNCIL MEMBERS ON BUDGET AND SECURITY WOES [...] (C) Summary. On November 14 and 15 the Deputy Regional Coordinator (DRC) and poloffs met with three close contacts of the REO who are Basrah Provincial Council members (one from Iraqi National Accord, one from Fadhillah Party, and one independent). The three separately voiced concerns over [...]	2006-11-18 09:24:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM IZ
06BASRAH176	MAYSAN PROVINCE CONTACTS SAY IT IS NOT READY FOR PIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 5 and 10, the Acting Regional Coordinator (ARC) and poloff met with frequent contacts Hussein Jaloob al-Saadi and Abdul Kareem Mahod respectively, from Maysan province. Both men told the ARC that following days of fighting between Jaish al-Mahdi (JAM) and the Iraqi P [...]	2006-12-12 21:15:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM IZ
06BASRAH43	GOOD GUYS AND BAD GUYS ON THE BASRAH PROVINCIAL COUNCIL [...] (C) Summary: The current structure of Basrah politics allows religious extremism to flourish. In order to survive in the Basrah political scene today, political figures must portray themselves as devout Shia to the public. A small number of extremists on the Basrah Provincial Council have b [...]	2006-03-31 11:01:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR KISL IZ
06BASRAH47	SNAPSHOT OF MAYSAN - THE INDEPENDENT PROVINCE [...] (SBU) Summary: Maysan province, which shares the longest border with Iran, is regarded as the independent province, and the population has a reputation as a self-reliant people who look to their tribal leaders for leadership and guidance. Politically and socially the province is conservative [...]	2006-04-06 12:20:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR IZ ECON
06BASRAH90	IRANIAN CONSULATE OFFICIALLY RE-OPENS IN BASRAH [...] (U) On Saturday, May 27, Iran re-opened its Consulate in Basrah which had been closed since the early days of the Iran-Iraq war. The consulate is located in the Al Zaraji neighborhood which is less than a kilometer from Basrah Palace compound. According to media reports, this is one of two I [...]	2006-06-02 10:33:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ IR
06BASRAH92	BASRAH FUEL MARKET THRIVES ON SMUGGLING [...] (C) Summary: In a series of meetings with Poloff, petroleum and security officials in Basrah painted a stark picture of Basrah's fuel market and the black market in petroleum products. Smuggling is relatively easy because of Iraq's porous borders. There does not appear to be any organized cart [...]	2006-06-03 15:54:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL PINS ECON EPET ETRD ENRG IZ
06BASRAH93	SERIOUS CONCERNS WITH NEWLY-APPOINTED BASRAH SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: It is unlikely that the 5-person emergency security committee appointed by PM Nouri Al Maliki will be able to positively impact on the security situation in Basrah. Three of its members, Badr Corps head Hadi al-Amiri, former Minister of Transportation Salam al-Maliki, and Minist [...]	2006-06-04 17:33:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER KISL ASEC IZ
06BASRAH94	PM MALIKI DECLARES STATE OF EMERGENCY IN BASRAH [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a press conference in Basrah on May 31, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki declared a one-month state of emergency in Basrah and requested that the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) devise a security plan to stabilize the city. This announcement follows a May 29 press conference in Basra [...]	2006-06-05 15:23:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	AMGT ASEC PGOV PREL PTER IZ
06BASRAH95	STATE OF EMERGENCY IN BASRAH IS "MESSY" [...] (C) SUMMARY: Little changed on the streets the day after Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki completed his one-day visit to Basrah on May 31 and declared a state of emergency for one month in Basrah. REO contacts report that the PM's visit was well received by all residents of Basrah, except local [...]	2006-06-05 15:38:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	AMGT ASEC PGOV PREL PTER IZ
06BASRAH96	VIOLENT ATTACKS IN BASRAH DESPITE STATE OF EMERGENCY [...] (U) Summary: Following a suicide bomb at the main marketplace in Basrah, a Sunni mosque was attacked leading to increased fear among the Sunni population in Basrah. It is unclear exactly who was responsible for either attack, however, the State of Emergency declared by the Prime Minister has [...]	2006-06-06 05:21:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL ASEC IZ
06BASRAH98	BASRAH GOVERNOR SIDELINES IRAQI ARMY ROLE IN BASRAH [...] (C) Summary: In a June 5 meeting, Basrah Governor Mohammed Wa'hili told the Deputy Regional Coordinator that the Iraqi Army would have a small role in the recently-enacted emergency security plan for Basrah, and the Iraqi police would carry out most of the plan. The 5-person delegation left [...]	2006-06-06 16:03:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ECON IZ
06BEIJING11074	UNDP PREPARES TO LAUNCH NEW TIBET PROGRAM [...] (SBU) Summary: The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) hosted a Project Appraisal Committee (PAC) meeting in Beijing on June 1 to seek input from bilateral donors on its proposed USD 5 million Tibet Development and Poverty Alleviation Program that the UNDP plans to launch later this mont [...]	2006-06-02 09:39:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON PGOV PHUM SOCI CH
06BEIJING18460	COUNTRY CLEARANCE APPROVAL FOR USDOC AND USDOD [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-01 00:57:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP CH ETRD ETTC OTRA PREL
06BEIJING23992	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR ECONOMIC OFFICER [...] Embassy Beijing warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Henry Lew to travel to Beijing November 29-December 8 to provide support for the Strategic Economic Dialogue. 2. Point of Contact in Beijing will be Economic OMS Lisa Cantonwine: Office: (86-10) 6532-3831, ext. 6999 Mobile [...]	2006-11-22 01:26:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA CH
06BEIRUT1996	MGLE01: IRAN AND SYRIA ATTEMPT TO MAKE INROADS [...] (C) On June 14, econoff and FSN political specialist made an official visit to Akkar, the poorest and northernmost district in Lebanon. Local religious and municipal leaders reported that Iran is attempting to support Sunni extremist views in the poverty-stricken region. Syria still maintai [...]	2006-06-19 09:26:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON IR KISL LE PGOV PTER SY
06BEIRUT3232	LEBANON: FOREIGN MINISTER SAYS HE WILL RECONSIDER [...] (C/NF) Lebanon's Foreign Minister Salloukh gave mixed signals on whether he understands the potential cost of the recent campaign by pro-Hizballah forces to portray the recent conflict in Lebanon as an American operation. He initially failed to see the contradiction between issuing specious [...]	2006-10-05 15:38:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE IS SY
06BELGRADE2061	BIG BLOC OF SERBIA'S DEMOCRATIC VOTERS [...] (SBU) Early election forecasts from Serbia's major polling agencies suggest that the ultranationalist Radical and Socialist parties have little chance of forming a government alone after the 21 January elections. Pollsters indicate that President Tadic's Democratic Party (DS) and PM Kostuni [...]	2006-12-22 10:30:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM SR
06BELIZE117	BELIZE: THREE AMCITS ACQUITTED OF TRAFFICKING [...] (U) In October 2003, in the remote southern Belize town of Punta Gorda, three American citizens were charged with unlawful carnal knowledge and trafficking-in-persons. After over three years of postponed trials the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) dropped the cases against all three. On [...]	2006-02-06 16:07:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KWMN SOCI PGOV PREL PINR BH
06BELIZE481	BELIZE: DEMARCHE DELIVERED PSI OEG MEETING [...] Per reftel, post delivered points to Aiesha Borland, desk officer of Belize's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on May 24, 2006. 2. Post sent certified copy of Embassy diplomatic note 057, Government of Belize diplomatic notes 539 dated October 19, 2005, and 464 dated September 5, 2005, togeth [...]	2006-05-31 21:17:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC PARM BH
06BERLIN1833	GERMAN NEXT STEPS O SUPPORT FOR IRAQ [...] (C) German officials said German steps to mark the inauguration of the Maliki Government included inviting Foreign Minister Zebari to Berlin and considering expansion of training programs outside Iraq. Global Affairs and Political Officers discussed German plans June 29 with incoming MFA Iraq [...]	2006-06-30 14:01:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	REL PGOV EAID IZ
06BERN141	SWISS COUNTERTERRORISM OVERVIEW - SCENESETTER FOR \ [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-20 16:53:00	Embassy Bern	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PARM ETTC SZ
06BISHKEK1548	BAKIYEV AND KYRGYZ OPPOSITION CLOSER TO AGREEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to opposition leaders, in a series of meetings October 31 to discuss the opposition's demands for reforms, President Bakiyev and the Kyrgyz opposition reached provisional agreement on the broad form of a new constitution, and President Bakiyev may present a draft along t [...]	2006-11-01 13:54:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KG
06BOGOTA7262	AMBASSADOR COMMENTS ON DRAFT OF GOC,S JUSTICE AND [...] (C) The Ambassador reviewed U.S. concerns regarding the GOC's draft implementing regulations clarifying key elements of the Constitutional Court's July 13 ruling on the Justice and Peace Law with Presidency's Judicial Secretary Mauricio Gonzalez on August 3. The Ambassador stressed the importa [...]	2006-08-10 13:59:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO
06BRATISLAVA436	NATIONALIST PARTY SEEKS A SLOVAKIA FOR SLOVAKS IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Slovak Nationalist Party (SNS),which enjoys 10 to 11 percent support in recent polls, is expected to return to Parliament after a four year absence following June 17 parliamentary elections. SNS is infamous for its ethnocentric, often racist, rhetoric, and the party contin [...]	2006-06-02 16:18:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM SOCI LO
06BRATISLAVA552	INTRODUCING SLOVAKIA'S NEW CABINET [...] (U) President Gasparovic swore in the new cabinet of the Fico government on July 4. Of the fifteen ministries, ten have gone to Smer, three to SNS, and two to HZDS. The majority of these new ministers are little-known on the Slovak political scene. However, the ones of most active interest [...]	2006-07-07 15:24:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR ECON LO
06BRATISLAVA619	GOVERNMENT TO CALL FOR COORDINATED WITHDRAWAL OF [...] (S) Para 4 of this message contains an action request regarding Slovak government officials' planned travel to Baghdad August 17. 2. (S) As promised reftel, FM Jan Kubis provided CDA July 29 an advance copy of the Iraq-related text of the Fico government's just-agreed program that will be p [...]	2006-07-29 17:42:00	Embassy Bratislava	SECRET	IZ LO MARR MOPS PGOV PREL
06BRATISLAVA703	FICO IN IRAQ: DEMINERS WILL LEAVE BUT SLOVAKIA MAY [...] This cable contains an action request for Department of State and Department of Defense in paragraph 3 and a guidance request in paragraph 9. 2. (C) Summary. PM Robert Fico visited Iraq on August 17. In a press conference after his return, Fico said Slovak deminers had not been active since [...]	2006-08-18 15:18:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR ECON ETRD IZ LO
06BRATISLAVA764	ETHNIC-HUNGARIAN SLOVAK RESPONDS PUBLICLY TO [...] (SBU) Summary. During a September 13 news conference, Hedviga Malinova, a Slovak student of Hungarian ethnicity, stuck firmly to her claim that she was verbally and physically attacked by two youths on August 25. (Ref A) She contradicted the conclusion drawn by PM Fico and Interior Minister Ka [...]	2006-09-13 15:51:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV HU LO
06BRATISLAVA964	PRIME MINISTER'S PARTY CELEBRATES ITSELF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On December 9, Prime Minister and Chairman of the Smer party Robert Fico addressed the party faithful with a speech highlighting the achievements of the past six months. After focusing on fulfilled domestic campaign promises which "turn the wheel of governance towards the peop [...]	2006-12-13 13:53:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON SOCI LO
06BRATISLAVA977	SLOVAKIA POLITICAL ROUND-UP DECEMBER 21, 2006 [...] (SBU) Since the new Smer-SNS-HZDS (Smer-Social Democracy, Slovak National Party, Movement for a Democratic Slovakia) government took office in July, the Embassy has faced increased difficulty in the responsiveness of established contacts from several ministries. Notably in the Ministries of I [...]	2006-12-21 12:14:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SOCI LO LH
06BRIDGETOWN1315	INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY PREPARES TO STEP UP INTO [...] (C) SUMMARY: The first meeting of the International Support and Advisory Group (ISAG) for Cricket World Cup 2007 was held July 26-27 in Bridgetown, Barbados. The objective of the meeting was to pull together an informal group composed of hosting and playing nations and the international com [...]	2006-07-28 22:09:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ASEC CPAS PINR PTER AFIN UNSC USOAS XL
06BRIDGETOWN486	ANTIGUA - HALF MOON BAY: NATALIA QUERARD AND HER SIX OUTSTANDI [...] (U) ACTION REQUEST - paragraph 9. 2. (C) Summary: Amcit Natalia Querard, Managing Director of Half Moon 3. (C) Querard requested a face-to-face meeting with the DCM, saying s 4. (C) The status of her core expropriation case in the Privy Council --------------- Case Background [...]	2006-03-17 18:36:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV CASC PGOV KIDE AC
06BRIDGETOWN487	ANTIGUA HALF MOON BAY: NATALIA QUERARD AND HER SIX [...] (U) ACTION REQUEST - paragraph 9. 2. (C) Summary: Amcit Natalia Querard, Managing Director of Half Moon Bay (HMB) holdings, updated the DCM February 16 on Government of Antigua and Barbuda (GOAB) attempts to expropriate the HMB resort. Querard also outlined her six active court cases, lev [...]	2006-03-17 19:39:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV CASC PGOV KIDE AC
06BRUSSELS1435	EU JHA COUNCIL FOCUSES ON VISA FEES, [...] EU Justice and Home Affairs Ministers (JHA Council) on April 27 agreed to raise the price of Schengen visas from EUR 35 to 60, while allowing for more favorable treatment of EU neighbors. "Countries with a European perspective" are eligible for reduced rates if they sign readmission agreement [...]	2006-04-28 14:25:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS PREL PREF SMIG EAID KCRM EUN USEU BRUSSELS
06BRUSSELS1670	ETHNIC TENSIONS AND VIOLENCE ROIL BELGIUM [...] Summary: Simmering ethnic and religious tensions have recently come to the surface of Belgian political and social life through a spate of racially motivated attacks and the occupation of approximately 25 churches by asylum seekers in Antwerp, Brussels, and Namur. While it is not possible to [...]	2006-05-18 16:14:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KCRM SOCI BE
06BRUSSELS2199	BELGIAN STEWPOT: June 26, 2006 [...] (U) In May, EU Information Society Commissioner Viviane Reding levied a general criticism at European countries for lagging behind on implementing fast new technologies. The commissioner lamented Europe's slow take-up of new high-speed communications technologies such as broadband internet, te [...]	2006-06-27 13:10:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV EAID EWWT EAIR BE
06BRUSSELS3748	BELGIAN STEWPOT: November 7, 2006 [...] Sustainable Development Week 2-3. NIKE Expands, Gets Green Approval Seal 4. GDP Growth Exceeds Forecast 5. Belgian "Peace Corps" Volunteers Chosen 6. World's Biggest Diamond sold in Antwerp 7. Northwest: New Brussels-Detroit Flight 8. By Their Snacks You Shall Know Them 9. Ri [...]	2006-11-07 15:47:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV EIND ELTN BE
06BRUSSELS4195	SOLANA TELLS NATSIOS EU AND US NEED JOINT [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-21 09:19:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	BE PREL SU
06BRUSSELS800	U.S.-EU TROIKA ON HUMAN RIGHTS, FEBRUARY 16, 2006 [...] (C) SUMMARY. The U.S.-EU Troika on Human Rights (COHOM),held February 16 in Brussels, provided an important forum for in-depth discussions, but no agreement on what kind of Commission on Human Rights (CHR) meeting might take place should UN agreement on the Human Rights Council (HRC) not be [...]	2006-03-08 14:34:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL CH IR CU BL VE XR EUN UN USEU BRUSSELS
06BUCHAREST1258	BASESCU IN BAGHDAD: ROMANIAN TROOPS STAYING IN IRAQ, [...] (SBU) Summary. President Traian Basescu made an August 9 trip to Iraq to emphasize Romania's commitment to stay in Iraq until the Iraqis ask them to leave. His meetings with Iraqi officials also focused on getting Romanian companies reconstruction contracts, both to further support Iraq and t [...]	2006-08-10 15:41:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MOPS MARR IZ RO
06BUDAPEST2111	ORBAN TELLS AMBASSADORS INSTABILITY IS "A RISK I'M [...] (C) FIDESZ leader Viktor Orban told G-7 Ambassadors October 12 that he believes Prime Minister Gyurcsany "can't survive" in the face of reduced real income stemming from higher inflation, increased popular discontent re austerity measures, and continued opposition from the right. Charging th [...]	2006-10-18 09:05:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM HU
06BUENOSAIRES1433	IRAQ; ALLEGED US ESPIONAGE; HUMAN RIGHTS; EVO MORALES; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's key international stories include the alleged preparation for US troop withdrawal from Iraq; former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein's statement that US President Bush will ask for his help in fighting the insurgency in Iraq; a new espionage scandal in the US; the rela [...]	2006-06-26 17:17:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUENOSAIRES2620	IRAQ; WORLD BANK'S RESPONSE TO PRESIDENT KIRCHNER; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's international leading stories include US President Bush's decision not to travel to Baghdad on Thanksgiving Day; the World Bank's response to President Kirchner's letter over the pulp mills; Venezuelan President Chavez's reported decision to remove his Ambassador to [...]	2006-11-27 09:07:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06CAIRO3029	IRAQ: EGYPT AND ARAB LEAGUE WELCOME FORMATION OF [...] (U) The Egyptian Foreign Ministry issued a public statement May 21 that welcomed the formation and approval of Iraq's new cabinet May 20. In the MFA's public statement, issued in the name of the Foreign Minister, Egypt called for the process of government formation to be completed via agreem [...]	2006-05-22 09:20:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV EG IZ
06CAIRO313	CODEL WOLF DISCUSSES AYMAN NOUR, RELIGIOUS [...] (C) In a January 17 meeting with President Hosni Mubarak, Congressman Frank R. Wolf (R-VA) pressed the GOE on: --finding a solution to the Ayman Nour issue; --supporting and expanding religious freedom; --supporting US positions at the UN, especially with regard to Human Rights Commission [...]	2006-01-19 16:25:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF KISL IR SY EG OVIP
06CAIRO3268	THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MAY 21 MEETING WITH TURKISH [...] (U) Classified by: Economic and Political Counselor John Desrocher, reasons 1.4 (b) and (d) 2. (U) May 21, 2006; 9:30AM; Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 3. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary NEA DAS Scott Carpenter D Executive Assistant Mike Matera D Senior Advisor Rich Mills [...]	2006-05-30 13:48:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ECON MOPS TU SU IR IZ EG
06CAIRO3269	IRAQ: EGYPTIAN PRESIDENT AND PRIME MINISTER [...] (U) In addition to a public statement made by Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit (reftel) that welcomed the formation of a new government in Baghdad, President Mubarak sent congratulatory telegrams to both new Iraqi Prime Minister, Nour El Maliki, and Iraqi President Jalal Talabani. Accordin [...]	2006-05-30 13:52:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EG IZ
06CAIRO4676	SAHRAWIS: ANOTHER FOOD CRUNCH IN TINDOUF [...] (U) This message has been cleared by Embassy Algiers. ------- Summary ------- 2. (SBU) Cairo-based Regional Refugee Coordinator Cheyne met separately with WFP representative Marius de Gaay Fortman, and UNHCR Representative Peter van der Vaart, in Algiers July 27. WFP is concerned that a [...]	2006-07-31 14:23:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM AL EG
06CAIRO4855	ARAB LEAGUE TO CONTINUE CONFIDENCE BUILDING BEFORE [...] (C) Summary: Arab League Chief of Staff Hesham Youssef said that although participants at the late July Iraq Reconciliation Preparatory Conference made progress on divisive issues, reconciliation will be a long process and circumstances, including security, are not yet conducive to scheduli [...]	2006-08-07 15:46:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER IZ EG
06CAIRO5708	READOUT OF BRITISH FOREIGN SECRETARY BECKETT'S [...] (C) UK Embassy Poloff Martin Hetherington provided emboff with a brief readout of UK Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett's September 7 visit to Egypt, where she met separately with President Mubarak, EGIS Chief Soliman, Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit, and Arab League Secretary General Amre Mouss [...]	2006-09-12 13:52:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MEPN KPAL PTER EG UK

06CAIRO5799	EGYPTIAN-IRAQI RELATIONS UPDATE; IRAQ'S NEIGHBORS [...] (C) Egyptian MFA Spokeman Alaa Hadidi updated poloff on September 14 regarding Egypt's bilateral relations with Iraq, and on upcoming regional events involving Iraq. Hadidi confirmed reftel report that Egypt invited Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki to visit, but said he was unaware of specific pl [...]	2006-09-14 15:14:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNGA PTER EG IZ
06CAIRO6770	IRAQ: ENCOURAGING ADDITIONAL EGYPTIAN AND ARAB [...] (S) EGYPT'S ENGAGEMENT ON IRAQ, BOTH BILATERALLY AND MULTILATERALLY, CONTINUES TO BE QUIET BUT CONSISTENT. PER REFTELS, EGYPT IS IN FREQUENT COMMUNICATION WITH IRAQI GOVERNMENT LEADERS, HOSTS HIGH-LEVEL IRAQI DELEGATIONS, AND IS INTERESTED IN DEEPENING BILATERAL TIES AS THE SECURITY SITUATIO [...]	2006-11-07 15:27:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PREL PGOV MOPS PTER UNSC EG IZ
06CAIRO6825	IRAQ: ENCOURAGING ADDITIONAL EGYPTIAN AND ARAB [...] (S) EGYPT'S ENGAGEMENT ON IRAQ, BOTH BILATERALLY AND MULTILATERALLY, IS QUIET BUT CONSISTENT. PER REFTELS, EGYPT IS IN FREQUENT COMMUNICATION WITH IRAQI GOVERNMENT LEADERS, HOSTS HIGH-LEVEL IRAQI DELEGATIONS, AND WILL DEEPEN BILATERAL TIES AS THE SECURITY SITUATION IN IRAQ PERMITS. EGYPT MA [...]	2006-11-09 16:35:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PREL PGOV MOPS PTER EFIN ECON EG IZ
06CAIRO6984	IRAQ UPDATES: SENIOR-LEVEL VISITS AND OTHER [...] (C) Local contacts confirmed plans for Iraqi President Jalal Talabani to visit Egypt in mid-December, preceded by a visit by Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari December 3-4. In addition to advancing the President's visit, Zebari will represent Egypt at an Arab League ministerial meeting on [...]	2006-11-27 16:11:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS PTER ARABL EG IZ
06CAIRO7078	ARAB LEAGUE FOREIGN MINISTERS CALL FOR DISMANTLING [...] (SBU) Summary: Arab League foreign ministers, meeting in Cairo on December 5, deplored the deteriorating security situation in Iraq, and called for the immediate dismantling of sectarian militias. Mubarak expressed support for Iraq, and welcomed Talabani's visit on December 12. Iraqi foreign [...]	2006-12-06 16:36:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EG IZ
06CAIRO7123	STRAINS IN EGYPT-IRAQ RELATIONS DELAY TALABANI [...] (C) Summary: Iraq's Minister for Water Resources, Abdel Latif Rachid, told the Ambassador on December 10 that Iraqi President Jalal Talabani postponed an expected visit to Egypt over Iraqi perceptions that Egypt did not treat the visit with sufficient protocollary importance. FM Aboul Gheit [...]	2006-12-12 16:17:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER UNSC EG IZ
06CAIRO7124	ABOUL GHEIT URGES U.S. SUPPORT FOR LEBANON [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit and the Ambassador discussed Iraq, Iran, Syria and Lebanon in a December 12 meeting. Aboul Gheit strongly cautioned the U.S. not to engage Iran or Syria under current circumstances and repeated his call for the U.S. to "destroy the Iraqi mili [...]	2006-12-12 16:21:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PTER UNSC IR IZ EG LE SY
06CAIRO7142	STRAINS IN EGYPT-IRAQ RELATIONS DELAY TALABANI [...] (C) Summary: Iraq's Minister for Water Resources, Abdel Latif Rachid, told the Ambassador on December 10 that Iraqi President Jalal Talabani postponed an expected visit to Egypt over Iraqi perceptions that Egypt did not treat the visit with sufficient protocollary importance. FM Aboul Gheit [...]	2006-12-14 11:40:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER UNSC EG IZ
06CALCUTTA211	U.S. CORPORATIONS BEGIN EAST INDIA'S RURAL CONNECTIVITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: To bridge the digital divide between the India's high-tech urban centers and its vast rural hinterland, Microsoft Corporation (Microsoft) is working with the GOI and state governments to establish Internet Technology (IT) connectivity in 100,000 villages around the country. Pil [...]	2006-05-18 12:37:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EINV SOCI PHUM IN
06CANBERRA1804	PM ASSISTANT SECRETARY HILLEN'S CONSULTATIONS IN [...] (C/NF) A/S Hillen held productive talks with a wide range of Australian Government officials in Canberra November 2-5. He secured GOA consent to meet again bilaterally to consider an Article 98 agreement before the December 12 Australia-United States Ministerial (AUSMIN) consultations. Austra [...]	2006-11-09 22:20:00	Embassy Canberra	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MARR MOPS PGOV PINR AS
06CARACAS124	CARACAS WORLD SOCIAL FORUM IV/AMERICAS [...] (C) The Fourth World Social Forum (Americas Region) will take place January 24-29 in Caracas. GOV organizers say more than 100,000 representatives of NGOs and social movements have registered for the event, which is billed as a mirror event to the Davos World Economic Forum. Like its sister [...]	2006-01-19 15:06:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI SENV ELAB PHUM VE
06CARACAS1402	SPANISH POLITICAL COUNSELOR REVIEWS VENEZUELAN [...] (C) Poloff met with Spanish Political Counselor Gonzalo Fournier May 12 to discuss Venezuelan political developments and Spanish-Venezuelan relations. Fournier told Poloff that Cuban diplomats had visited members of the electoral observer group Ojo Electoral and claimed that the USG was oppos [...]	2006-05-17 18:38:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM VE
06CARACAS265	WSF: BOLIVARIAN HIJACK OR ANTI-IMPERIALIST FIZZLE? [...] (C) President Hugo Chavez probably fell short of dazzling anti-globalist activists during the January 24-29 World Social Forum (WSF) in Caracas. The six-day event ended without fanfare, suggesting that activists either were disenchanted with the progress of their yearly pow wow or annoyed by the Bo [...]	2006-02-02 17:57:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ELAB KDEM VE
06CARACAS2830	CHAVEZ AND THE GLOBAL CHESSBOARD [...] (U) With his eye towards increasing his international stature and gaining a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC),President Chavez is literally traveling to all ends of the earth. As a part of this strategy, and in addition to his visits and signing of multiple b [...]	2006-09-15 20:39:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV VE
06CARACAS3667	MEETING WITH VENEZUELAN DEVELOPMENT BANK PRESIDENT [...] (SBU) At a November 29 meeting with EconCouns, Vice Minister of Finance and President of the Bank for Economic and Social Development (BANDES) Edgar Behrens outlined BANDES's operations in Venezuela and abroad and detailed future plans to fund the development of Venezuela through promoting coo [...]	2006-12-21 18:48:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON EFIN VE
06CARACAS854	BOLIVARIAN DOLLAR DIPLOMACY [...] (U) SUMMARY: During the past year President Chavez has undertaken an extensive dollar-diplomacy campaign to win friends and influence countries in the region and beyond. Two recent studies, drawn from Chavez' announcements, place BRV public commitments of support (donations, discounts, gover [...]	2006-03-29 16:52:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID PREL VE
06CASABLANCA1020	VISAS VIPER FOR AUGUST 2006 REPORTING PERIOD [...] (U) Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met September 5, 2006. The meeting was chaired by the Acting DCM and attended by representatives from CONS, RAO, RSO, POL, ECON, PAS, DAO and LEGATT. 2. (SBU) The Committee submits the following 53 [...]	2006-09-08 17:11:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KVPR CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO
06CASABLANCA1314	VISAS VIPER FOR NOVEMBER 2006 REPORTING PERIOD [...] (U) Members of the Embassy Rabat and Consulate General Casablanca joint Visas Viper Committee met December 4, 2006. The meeting was chaired by the DCM and attended by the CG and representatives from CONS, POL, RAO, RSO, ECON, PAS, DAO and LEGATT. 2. (SBU) The Committee submits the following [...]	2006-12-05 07:58:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KVPR CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC MO
06CASABLANCA1325	MOROCCAN BANKS ON REGIONAL GROWTH, REFORM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A recent series of meetings with Morocco's three national banks showed that while they have distinct personalities, they share a strong interest in expanding to francophone Africa and other countries in the Maghreb. They also agree that the economic climate in Morocco has improv [...]	2006-12-20 08:54:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN KDEM MO
06COLOMBO1286	SRI LANKA: HUMANITARIAN CRISIS GROWS AS EASTERN [...] (C) Summary. Recent violence following the LTTE's July 26 blocking of a critical water sluice near northeastern Trincomalee and subsequent ground and air military action spread into the central province August 7 when a seperate LTTE claymore mine attack killed a senior police superintendent in [...]	2006-08-07 13:28:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE
06COLOMBO1292	SRI LANKA: NORWEGIANS BRIEF CO-CHAIRS ON NORTHEAST [...] (C) Summary. Norwegian Special Envoy Jon Hanssen-Bauer, Norwegian Ambassador Hans Brattskar, and Swedish Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM) head Ulf Henricsson briefed Chiefs of Mission and Charges from the Co-chairs and Nordic monitor countries August 8 following their August 5-7 trips to th [...]	2006-08-08 13:48:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE
06COLOMBO1324	SRI LANKA: CLAYMORE EXPLOSION HITS PAKISTANI HIGH [...] (C) Summary: Two LTTE claymore mines planted in a three-wheeler exploded on a Security Task Force (STF) escort vehicle following the Pakistani High Commissioner's car on August 14 at approximately 1:20 PM. The blast occurred within 500 meters of the US embassy and killed seven, including four [...]	2006-08-14 13:37:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM CE
06COLOMBO1538	SRI LANKA: CROSS PARTY TALKS MAY YIELD COOPERATION [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 15 the governing Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) held the first in a series of talks with the opposition United National Party (UNP) to build consensus on a range of issues, including the peace process as a cornerstone for potential cooperation. After the initial d [...]	2006-09-19 11:48:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM CE
06COLOMBO1968	SRI LANKA: HUMAN RIGHTS MINISTER LOBBIES AGAINST [...] (C) Summary: Disaster Management and Human Rights Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe called a meeting for diplomatic representatives November 22 to highlight the Government of Sri Lanka's human rights initiatives. Samarasinghe's apparent objective was to head off an EU-sponsored human rights reso [...]	2006-11-24 06:45:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM PREF MOPS CE
06COTONOU1187	COTTON PRICE FOR 2006-2007 CAMPAIGN SET [...] Yesterday President Yayi personally announced to cotton farmers that the national purchase price for the 2006-2007 season would be 0.35 USD per kilogram. This is the price that farmers should receive from the Interprofessional Cotton Association (AIC). According to the national schedule for co [...]	2006-12-06 15:34:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAGR EINV PGOV PINR BN
06DAKAR1039	SENEGAL: COUNTER-TERRORISM ACTION GROUP MEETING ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: The April 27 G8 Counter-Terrorism Action Group (CTAG) meeting in Dakar focused as much on narcotics as it did on ideological radicalization. DCM drew on Ref A talking points and briefed the CTAG on counter-terrorism training that we have conducted in 2006. DCM noted that we are [...]	2006-05-02 10:16:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER SNAR CVIS KCRM KISL EAIR UN PU SG
06DAKAR1721	SEEKING TRANSFORMATIONAL PRESSURE POINTS IN THE [...] (C) Ref A sums up interagency talks on Senegal's 2007 elections and suggests "engaging ... Muslim Brotherhoods ... to ensure peaceful, fair and free elections." Our first reaction was that this would be a delicate exercise, given our focus on promoting Islamic-Christian dialogue, doctrinal m [...]	2006-07-18 08:45:00	Embassy Dakar	SECRET	PGOV PINR PREL KDEM KISL SG
06DAKAR1746	SENEGAL PLANS TO TACKLE ONGOING ENERGY CRISIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Government of Senegal (GOS) recently hosted a three-day workshop in the coastal town of Saly to diagnose the current energy crisis in the wake of the ongoing world market price increases that continue to negatively affect the Senegalese economy. The workshop featured energy [...]	2006-07-20 13:45:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EAID ECON EPET SG CH VE IR
06DAKAR1892	AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK TO FINANCE BRIDGE [...] During a recent visit to Senegal, the President of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) announced the Bank's plans to provide financial support for the construction of a bridge at Rosso, on the Senegal River, which will link Senegal and Mauritania. The project of building a bridge over [...]	2006-08-07 18:10:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	BTIO BEXP ECIN EAID SG MR
06DAKAR1970	SUPPORT FOR CONTINUANCE OF AGOA THIRD COUNTRY [...] SUMMARY: The Government of Senegal (GOS) has selected the textile and apparel sector as a strategic growth sector for its Accelerated Growth Strategy. Although Senegalese companies continue to have limited, domestic production of cloth and finished apparel, companies are making noticeable ef [...]	2006-08-17 08:37:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD AGOA KTEX EINV ECON SG
06DAKAR2000	SENEGAL'S JUDICIARY SHAKEN BY CORRUPTION SCANDAL [...] (U) After protracted, heated debate about the extent of corruption in Senegal, a scandal involving one of the most senior judges has come to light. An investigation launched by the Inspector General for the Judiciary (IGAJ) led to early retirement or transfers of the judges involved and pros [...]	2006-08-21 10:42:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PHUM KJUS SG
06DAKAR2246	GUINEA-BISSAU: RULE OF LAW RESOLVES TENSE SECURITY [...] (C) Two military officers were arrested August 28 for plotting to murder the Armed Forces Chief but were subsequently released for lack of evidence. In a separate incident reflecting the army's inability to control national territory, a Senegalese Movement of the Casamance Democratic Forces [...]	2006-09-18 09:29:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PGOV PREL KISL MARR PU SG
06DAKAR2477	SENEGAL: G8 COUNTER-TERRORISM ACTION GROUP FOCUSES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The October 10 G8 Counter-Terrorism Action Group (CTAG) meeting focused on the recent wave of clandestine migrants from Senegal to the Canary Islands, rather than ideological extremism. The UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the UN Office for West Africa (UNOWA) both partici [...]	2006-10-13 13:56:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PTER SNAR CVIS SMIG KCRM KISL PU SG
06DAKAR2479	FIXER, HATCHETMAN, JAILBIRD, STATESMAN: FOUR [...] (C) Ex-Prime Minister Idrissa Seck, Abdoulaye Wade's "spiritual son" and strategist until he fired and jailed him, is testing popular support for his presidential bid in a pre-campaign tour of the regions. We had no direct contact with Seck since April 2004, but in the last three weeks we ha [...]	2006-10-16 11:34:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAID ECON PINS PINR KDEM KMCA KHDP SG
06DAKAR249	UPDATE ON AFRICAN-MAURITANIANS IN SENEGAL [...] (C) African-Mauritanian leaders in northern Senegal told visiting Ambassador Joseph LeBaron and Dakar Political Counselor January 24 and 25 that they want organized repatriation as a group under international auspices, and insist on restoration of Mauritanian citizenship and full recovery o [...]	2006-02-02 15:48:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV PREL PHUM PINR MR SG
06DAKAR2503	SENEGAL: FINANCIAL SERVICES FOR USITC STUDY ON [...] SUMMARY: Senegal's financial sector is anchored by the Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO),based in Dakar. The commercial banking sector is active, and relatively efficient, with a number of international banks using Dakar as their regional headquarters. Senegal has one of Africa's m [...]	2006-10-17 09:45:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EFIN EINV SG
06DAKAR2571	SENEGAL: TEXTILES AND APPAREL SECTOR: UPDATED STATISTICS [...] (U) In response to Ref A request, post provides the following information on Senegal's textile and apparel industry. This expands upon information provided in Ref B. 2. (SBU) Senegal's textile industry produces limited volumes of domestic cloth and finished apparel. Despite being highlig [...]	2006-10-23 11:33:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON KTEX EINV AGOA SG
06DAKAR2612	THE LOST BOYS OF BISSAU [...] (U) During a recent adoption research trip to Guinea-Bissau, several contacts reported that young boys continue to be victims of child trafficking schemes. Children continue to be trafficked from Bissau to Senegal through networks of religious leaders (marabouts) and the GOGB has limited reso [...]	2006-10-30 10:10:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCRM KOCI KFRD PU SG
06DAKAR2779	2006-2007 GUINEA-BISSAU INCSR PART II: [...] This cable is Part Two of the 2006-2007 National Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR),Financial Crimes and Money Laundering report for Guinea-Bissau. Included is a narrative overview (paras 2-12). Para 13 contains responses keyed to the numbered questions beginning with Reftel paragrap [...]	2006-11-21 10:20:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KCRM KTFN PTER SNAR PU
06DAKAR2780	2006-2007 SENEGAL INCSR PART II: FINANCIAL [...] This cable is Part II of the 2006 National Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR),Financial Crimes and Money Laundering report for Senegal. Included is a narrative overview (paras 2-12). Para 13 contains responses keyed to the numbered questions beginning with Reftel paragraph 17. 2. [...]	2006-11-21 10:46:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KCRM KTFN PTER SNAR SG
06DAKAR2789	2006-2007 SENEGAL INCSR PART II: FINANCIAL [...] This cable is Part II of the 2006 National Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR),Financial Crimes and Money Laundering report for Senegal. Included is a narrative overview (paras 2-12). Para 13 contains responses keyed to the numbered questions beginning with Reftel paragraph 17. 2. [...]	2006-11-21 15:58:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KCRM KTFN PTER SNAR SG
06DAKAR2818	2006-2007 GUINEA-BISSAU INCSR PART II: [...] This cable is Part Two of the 2006-2007 National Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR),Financial Crimes and Money Laundering report for Guinea-Bissau. Included is a narrative overview (paras 2-12). Para 13 contains responses keyed to the numbered questions beginning with Reftel paragrap [...]	2006-11-27 12:31:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KCRM KTFN PTER SNAR PU
06DAKAR527	GUINEA-BISSAU: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (SBU) Guinea-Bissau is a source of children trafficked for forced agricultural work and begging, primarily in Senegal. Muslim Koranic teachers, known as marabouts, travel from Senegal or send intermediaries to convince parents to send children purportedly for a religious education. Children [...]	2006-03-02 07:47:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCRM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF PU
06DAKAR528	SENEGAL: ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (U) SUMMARY: After being upgraded last year from Tier 2 Watch List to Tier 2 status, Senegal has continued to devote significant time and attention to the issue of trafficking in persons. The most important achievement of the past year was passage of its first trafficking-in- persons (TIP) l [...]	2006-03-02 07:47:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCRM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF SG
06DAKAR619	ELY OULD VALL: "MAURITANIA HAS NO REFUGEES IN [...] (U) Mauritania'S Colonel Ely Ould Mohamed Vall made his first visit to Senegal as head of state, March 6-7, 2006. In a press conference shortly before departure, he said use of the term "refugee" is inappropriate for those who left Maritania in 1989, and that those who claim to be Mauritani [...]	2006-03-09 16:50:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PREF KFLU KUNR KPAL CN IZ MR SU SG
06DAKAR817	WADE'S CAMPAIGN PRIORITIES: THE TOWN WITHOUT A [...] (C) Old-timers claim populous and centrally-located Kaolack was once a beautiful, prosperous and charming city -- rather than a seasonally dust-choked or rain- sodden topographical smear on the road to somewhere else. With his Democratic Party of Senegal (PDS) fragmented locally into at leas [...]	2006-04-03 14:23:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAGR PINR PINS KISL SG
06DAKAR904	GUINEA-BISSAU: COURTING U.S. AND OTHERS WITH [...] (C) In a March 29-31 visit, then Charge and PolOff saw a Guinea-Bissau that is oriented toward courting international donors and investors and implementing a domestic agenda that reflects the top priorities of UN, European and U.S. interests. The government,s priority is security sector refo [...]	2006-04-13 13:04:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PREL ECON SNAR SG PU US
06DAMASCUS148	Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Saudi Arabia, [...] Summary: Syrian papers reported President Asad's summit meetings in Jeddah with King Abdullah and in Sharm al-Sheikh with President Mubarak. The goal of Asad's surprise trips to Saudi Arabia and Egypt was apparently to seek support from Arab leaders as he faces a U.N. probe into alleged Syri [...]	2006-01-09 14:43:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS1878	Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Egypt, Syria/US, [...] Summary: Syrian papers today reported President Asad's phone call to President Mubarak to condemn the terrorist bombings that hit the Dahab resort in Sinai and to extend condolences on the victims. Papers also featured a statement by Dr. Buthaina Shaaban, Minister of Expatriates, during a mee [...]	2006-04-25 12:34:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS2238	Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Kuwait, Iraq, Lebanon, [...] Summary: Syria papers reported that Syria denied Friday evening Jordanian claims on the training of Hamas members in Syria and criticized the UNSC bid to issue a resolution on Syria and Lebanon as "an obstacle to clearing the air." Foreign Minister Walid al-Mouallem said in a joint press co [...]	2006-05-14 14:27:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS2264	Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Sudan, Lebanon, Iraq, [...] Summary: Syrian papers reported the visit to Damascus by Assamani Al-Waseela Assamani, Sudanese State Minister for Foreign Affairs, who conferred with Minister Walid al-Mouallem. Talks dealt with bilateral relations and means of boosting them in all fields. During the meeting, the Sudanese Min [...]	2006-05-15 14:36:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS2337	Damascus Media Reaction: UN Security Council resolution [...] Summary: Syrian papers featured a statement by the Syrian Foreign Ministry on the UN Security Council Resolution 1680 that was passed on Wednesday saying it poses "an unprecedented measure of interference in the core of sovereign and bilateral issues for member states to the United Nations. C [...]	2006-05-18 12:10:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS2406	Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Lebanon, Syria/Spain, [...] Summary: Syrian papers commemorated the anniversary of the liberation of south Lebanon and featured a statement by former Lebanese Prime Minister Salim al-Hoss criticizing the Lebanese government's cancellation of the formal holiday, which had been approved earlier for celebrating the liberati [...]	2006-05-25 14:31:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS25	Damascus Media Reaction: Khaddam's Statements to Al- [...] Summary: Syrian newspapers attacked former Vice President Abdul-Halim Khaddam over his statements to Al-Arabiya Television, in which claimed that President Bashar al-Asad threatened former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri several months before he was assassinated. Papers reported a stateme [...]	2006-01-03 14:33:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS2518	IRAQI REPRESENTATIVES IN SYRIA COMMENT ON NEW [...] (C) Summary: Iraqi contacts in Damascus commented recently on a range of issues, including the arrival of more Iraqis in Syria, Palestinian-Iraqis seeking refugee in Syria, the new Iraqi Prime Minister and next steps in the Syria-Iraq bilateral relationship. They asserted that up to 150,000 [...]	2006-06-01 14:06:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF SY IZ
06DAMASCUS2636	Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Palestinian Authority, [...] Summary: Syrian papers today reported the visit to Damascus of Ahmad Qurei', Special Envoy of the President of the Palestinian National Authorit, who conferred with President Asad and conveyed a message from President Mahmoud Abbas about the latest developments in the Palestinian arena and the [...]	2006-06-06 14:18:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS2733	Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Bahrain, Syria/UAE, [...] Summary: Syrian papers reported the visit to Syria by King Hamad Bin-Isa Al Khalifah of Bahrain and his talks with President Asad. Both leaders stressed their support for the Palestinian people's legitimate rights and the establishment of their independent state, with Jerusalem as its capita [...]	2006-06-11 13:22:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS2877	Damascus Media Reaction: Brammertz Report, [...] Summary: Syrian papers reported an address by Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Miqdad to the UN Security Council at a session about the latest Brammertz report. Miqdad confirmed Syrian cooperation with the UN investigation into the killing of former Lebanese PM Rafik Hariri. Dr. Miqdad said, "we [...]	2006-06-18 10:22:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS339	Damascus Media Reaction: Palestinian Territories, Iraq, [...] Summary: Syrian papers reported that Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Miqdad conferred with the Advisor to the Norwegian Foreign Minister for Middle East Affairs, during which Miqdad held Israel responsible for the exacerbated situation in the occupied Palestinian territories. The Norwegian Advi [...]	2006-07-09 13:52:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS3601	TFLE01: SYRIA DAILY SITREP 07 FOR SUNDAY, JULY [...] (S) Summary: Contacts are reporting a dramatic rise in anti-American sentiment in Syria over the past ten days. The influential director of the Abu Noor Institute, Sheikh Saleh Kuftaro, called upon the SARG "to open the borders with Israel for resistance" during Friday prayers on July 21. O [...]	2006-07-23 13:31:00	Embassy Damascus	SECRET	PREL PGOV PHUM SY LE
06DAMASCUS3678	Damascus Media Reaction: Israeli Operation in Lebanon, [...] Summary: Syrian papers reported a statement by the press office of the Syrian Ministry of Communication and Technology denying reports circulated by electronic websites to the effect that Syria possesses information about al-Qaeda and that Syria is ready to offer it to the US. The statement de [...]	2006-07-26 13:48:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS3779	Damascus Media Reaction: Israeli Operation in Lebanon, [...] Summary: Syrian papers reported that President Asad addressed the Syrian armed forces on July 31 in a speech published in "The People's Army" magazine, marking the 61st anniversary of the foundation of the Syrian Army. Asad said that the anniversary is being observed this year "amid internati [...]	2006-08-01 13:37:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS3863	Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Lebanon, Syria/Qatar, [...] Summary: Syrian papers reported that President Asad has sent a message of support and solidarity to Lebanese President Lahoud, conveyed by Foreign Minister Waleed al-Mouallem, to confirm Syria's solidarity with and support of the steadfastness of the Lebanese people and the national resistance [...]	2006-08-07 13:18:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS3899	Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Lebanon, Syria/Greece, [...] Summary: Syrian papers reported that President Asad called Lebanese President Lahoud on August 8 to discuss the French- American draft UNSC resolution and the international positions on it. Both presidents stressed that any formula must have unanimous Lebanese support. During the conversation, [...]	2006-08-09 07:44:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS3928	Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Sudan, Syria/France, [...] Summary: Syrian papers reported President Asad's meeting with Mostafa Othamn Ismael, Advisor to the Sudanese President, who reiterated the importance of working to stop Israel's aggression against Lebanon, and called for withdrawal of occupation forces from South Lebanon. Ismael expressed [...]	2006-08-11 09:16:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS4202	Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Iran, Syria/Italy, [...] Summary: Syrian papers reported that President Asad received a message from Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinezhad on developments in the region and bilateral relations, conveyed by Iranian Assistant Foreign Minister Mohammad Reza Baqeri. Baqeri also met with Vice President Shara and Foreig [...]	2006-08-27 13:30:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS5160	Damascus Media Reaction: Lebanon, Peace Process, Iraq, [...] Summary: The main focus in Syrian papers today was Lebanon. Papers featured reports on the confiscation of a 'suspicious' parcel by customs at Beirut International Airport containing silencers for military pistols. The parcel, dispatched from the UK through "Liban Post" Lebanon's postal serv [...]	2006-11-01 13:03:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS5277	Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Jordan, Syria/Libya, Arab [...] Summary: Syrian papers reported that President Asad received a letter on Saturday (11/4) from King Abdullah II, focusing on regional developments and ties between Syria and Jordan. The letter was conveyed by Abdul Hadi Majali, Speaker of the Jordanian Parliament and Chairman of the Interim A [...]	2006-11-07 11:06:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS5289	FM MUALLEM TO VISIT IRAQ? [...] (C) Though we have heard conflicting reports from our Syrian interlocutors, those purporting to be speaking on behalf of the regime insist Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem will visit Iraq next week, on or about November 12. Hashem Akkad, MP and Asif Shawkat intimate, told us as of Novemb [...]	2006-11-09 16:14:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER SY
06DAMASCUS5320	Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/UAE, Syria/Iraq, Golan, [...] Summary: Syrian papers today reported that President Asad received on Sunday (Nov. 19) a letter from Sheikh Khalifa bin Zaied Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates, concerning bilateral relations. The letter was delivered by the UAE Ambassador in Damascus Yousef al-Medfaei. On [...]	2006-11-20 13:59:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS5326	SYRIAN VIEWS ON FM MOALLEM,S VISIT IRAQ [...] (U) UNTIL THE NOVEMBER 21 ASSASSINATION OF PIERRE JAMAYEL, FOREIGN MINISTER WALID MUALLEM,S TRIP TO IRAQ DOMINATED THE HEADLINES AND CONVERSATIONS IN DAMASCUS. SYRIANS OF VARIOUS STRIPES VIEWED THE VISIT AS A SUCCESS AS IT EXTENDED SARG INFLUENCE IN IRAQ WITH BOTH ITS TRADITIONAL ALLIES AND T [...]	2006-11-22 16:26:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER SY
06DAMASCUS5343	Damascus Media Reaction: Syria/Cyprus, Med-Euro [...] Summary: Syrian papers on Nov. 28 reported President Asad's meeting on Monday with Dimitris Hristofyas, Speaker of the Cypriot Parliament, focusing on the situation in the region and bilateral cooperation. Papers also reported Syrian FM Mouallem's participation in the Med-Euro Ministerial [...]	2006-11-29 07:49:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS668	Damascus Media Reaction: Al-Hariri Assassination [...] Summary: Syrian papers reported a mass rally by Syrians in occupied Golan observing the 24th anniversary of the 1982 strike, called by the sons of occupied Golan to reject Israel's annexation of the Golan and impose an Israeli identity on its sons. Speakers emphasized that they stood behind Pr [...]	2006-02-16 12:16:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL KPAO OPRC SY
06DAMASCUS90	KHADDAM'S STREAM OF CRITICISM PUTS THE SARG BACK [...] Summary: (C) A range of contacts have described former VP Khaddam's December 30 interview with al-Arabiyya TV network as tremendously damaging to the regime. They characterize him as a very smart and highly experienced politician and statesman who would be unlikely to make such explosive re [...]	2006-01-06 12:39:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SY
06DARESSALAAM1006	KIKWETE'S BUDGET: NO DEFICIT OF PLANS TO SOLVE [...] (U) SUMMARY. With paint still drying on the brand new Parliament building, the Minister of Finance, Zakia Meghji delivered the Government of Tanzania's (GOT's) 2006/07 budget speech on June 15. Overall, the budget speech introduced few surprises, striking a balance between plans to fulfill 2 [...]	2006-06-21 09:49:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV TZ
06DARESSALAAM1418	TIME RIPE FOR US-TANZANIA PARLIAMENTARY EXCHANGE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Government of Tanzania (GOT) is ready and willing to establish a legislative exchange with the United States Congress. This sentiment surfaced quickly during a Congressional staff delegation from August 8-10 led by Matthew Szymanski, Chief of Staff for both the U.S.-China [...]	2006-08-21 10:05:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPAO OPRC KMDR TZ
06DARESSALAAM1430	TANZANIA'S FY06 BFIF PROGRAMS [...] (U) SUMMARY. FY 2006 funds from the Business Facilitation Incentive Fund (BFIF) enabled Post's participation in the 30th Dar es Salaam International Trade Fair (DITF) and the International Franchise Expo (IFE) both held in June 2006. By exhibiting with the first-prize winning USA pavilion at t [...]	2006-08-23 09:18:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED	AFIN BEXP BTIO ECON EINV ETRD ADPM TZ
06DARESSALAAM1508	BURUNDI, FNL SIGN CEASEFIRE AGREEMENT [...] (U) SUMMARY: Burundi's president, Pierre Nkurunziza, and Palipehutu-FNL's Chairperson, Agathon Rwasa, signed a Comprehensive Ceasefire Agreement in Dar es Salaam September 7. The ceasefire is to take effect 72 hours from the signing of the agreement. The agreement outlines further steps to [...]	2006-09-08 10:38:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV BU TZ
06DARESSALAAM396	TANZANIA'S ARMYWORM INFESTATION: AMBASSADOR URGES [...] (U) Ambassador Retzer and USAID Director, Pamela White, met with the newly appointed Minister for Agriculture, Food Security and Cooperatives, Joseph J. Mungai, to congratulate him on his appointment as Minister and assure him that the USG continues to support agricultural activities in Tanzani [...]	2006-03-01 04:10:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID EAGR ECON ETRD TZ
06DARESSALAAM412	TANZANIAN ENERGY MINISTER BRIEFS INTERNATIONAL [...] (U) On February 28, Ambassador Retzer attended a meeting called by the Ministry of Energy and Minerals to provide an official briefing of Tanzania's power crisis to all Heads of Mission and donor agencies. Minister of Energy, Ibrahim Msabaha, provided an overview of the power crisis. In Dar e [...]	2006-03-02 11:20:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON ENRG EPET TZ
06DHAKA758	Media Reaction: Prophet's Cartoon, Iran Nuclear [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-13 06:51:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
06DILI144	UNREST IN DILI OVER THE WEEKEND FOLLOWING FDTL DISMISSALS, [...] Summary: Beginning late last week and escalating over the weekend, there have been a number of incidents of unrest around Dili involving intimidation and threats as well as attacks on houses and other property. As of Monday night (March 27),widespread police patrols have resulted in a signifi [...]	2006-03-29 08:05:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV MARR ASEC TT
06DILI18	EX-MILITIA MEMBERS KILLED IN CLASH WITH EAST TIMOR BORDER [...] (U) Summary: Three alleged members of 1999-era anti-independence militias were shot dead by officers of East Timor's Border Patrol Unit (BPU) on Friday, January 6. One of the three, Jose Mausorte, was a prominent member of the Halilintar militia and had been accused of involvement in several [...]	2006-01-09 15:18:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PBTS PHUM ASEC KAWC TT ID
06DILI220	THE VIEW FROM THE WEST: MEETINGS WITH DISSIDENT MILITARY [...] (SBU) Summary: In addition to the ex-military "petitioners" who led the April demonstration in Dili, there are a number of dissident members of the national police (PNTL) and armed forces (FDTL) who have gone AWOL and are currently located in mountainous areas of western East Timor. Many, alt [...]	2006-05-10 15:19:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ASEC MARR TT
06DILI236	FOREIGN MINISTER REPORTS PROGRESS IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: In a May 13 meeting with the Diplomatic Corps, Foreign Minister Jose Ramos Horta reported that significant progress was made over the weekend to ease tensions with the dissident military groups including the group led by Major Reinado and the 591 Petitioners led by Lt. Salsinha. [...]	2006-05-16 11:15:00	Embassy Dili	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ASEC KPKO KDEM TT
06DILI274	EAST TIMOR SITREP FOR MAY 29, 2006 [...] (U) Summary: PRIME MINISTER MAY ENDORSE PRESIDENT'S ASSUMPTION OF SECURITY POWERS MINISTERS OF INTERIOR AND DEFENSE WILL BE REPLACED TOMORROW ALKATIRI REFUSES TO RESIGN, BUT MAY SOON BE DISMISSED VIOLENCE SIGNIFICANTLY DOWN, LOOTING CONTINUES FDTL WITHDRAWS FROM DILI HQ ADF SUCCESSFULLY RESP [...]	2006-05-30 11:30:00	Embassy Dili	SECRET	ASEC PGOV MARR PHUM CASC TT
06DILI293	EAST TIMOR WEEKEND UPDATE: JUNE 3-5, 2006, [...] (U) Summary: Pro-Xanana security ministers are sworn in; Superior Council endorses President's security plan; Ramos-Horta begins Defense Minister duties; FRETILIN Central Committee endorses Alkatiri, promotes Lobato; Australia on post-UNOTIL planning; Anti-Alkatiri demonstration reportedly ca [...]	2006-06-05 15:11:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV MOPS ASEC PHUM UN CASC KPKO AU PO TT
06DILI296	EAST TIMOR SITREP FOR JUNE 6, 2006 [...] (U) Summary: 1500 Anti-Alkatiri demonstrators arrive from western districts; Ambassador meets with new Minister of the Interior Parliament deliberates with a bare quorum; Portuguese paramilitary police continue operations without JTF Coordination; Malaysian diplomats announce need for externa [...]	2006-06-06 15:12:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MOPS ASEC PHUM UN CASC AU PO TT
06DILI299	EAST TIMOR SITREP FOR JUNE 7, 2006 [...] (U) Summary. - Demonstrators return to their districts; - UN envoy Ian Martin departs Dili; - International police force update; - Readout on Ramos-Horta's meetings with dissident leaders; - Australian and New Zealand Defense Ministers visit; - Parliament's [...]	2006-06-07 15:11:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MOPS ASEC PHUM UN KPKO CASC PO MY TT AS
06DILI300	EAST TIMOR SITREP FOR JUNE 8, 2006 [...] (SBU) Summary - GNR restricted to barracks after confrontation with Australian forces; - Provisional cooperation agreement reached between JTF and Portuguese forces; - Armed group claims Alkatiri gave them weapons to kill opponents; - Foreign Defense Attaches inv [...]	2006-06-08 19:25:00	Embassy Dili	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MOPS ASEC PHUM UN KPKO CASC PO MY AS TT
06DILI301	EAST TIMOR SITREP FOR JUNE 9, 2006 [...] (SBU) Summary: - AFP commander gives policing plan to Ramos-Horta; - GNR Equipment Arrives in Baucau; - Former Minister of Police Bids Farewell to PNTL Commanders; - Sources confirm Fretilin Headquarters in Ermera District was burned; - Status of the news media; - JTF agrees to provide secur [...]	2006-06-09 11:26:00	Embassy Dili	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV MOPS ASEC PHUM UN KPKO CASC PO MY TT AS
06DILI335	EAST TIMOR SITREP FOR 28 JULY [...] (U) Summary: --- Dili security situation deteriorates overnight; --- President "considering all options" for new Government; --- Demonstration update: westerners prepare to depart, easterners undecided; --- UDT leadership announces the replacement of its two Members of Parliament; --- Govern [...]	2006-06-28 11:22:00	Embassy Dili	SECRET	PGOV MOPS ASEC KCRM AEMR AS TT
06DOHA1288	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF ATTORNEY GENERAL TO QATAR [...] (C) Mr. Attorney General: Embassy Doha is pleased to welcome you to Qatar. Yours is the highest-ranking visit by a U.S. official to Qatar since the President himself came in June 2003, and the first cabinet-level visit to Qatar since Energy Secretary Bodman came in April 2006. The Qataris app [...]	2006-08-27 10:43:00	Embassy Doha	SECRET	PREL PGOV OVIP QA
06DOHA1715	AL JAZEERA ENGLISH HEAD OF NEWS CAUTIOUSLY [...] (U) PAO met December 6 with Ibrahim Helal, Deputy Managing Director for News and Programming of Al Jazeera English (AJE). The Egyptian-born Helal is 36 years old and worked as program editor for the Al Jazeera Arabic (AJA) channel from its founding in 1996 until 1999. He then worked for Abu Dha [...]	2006-12-07 11:04:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO PREL QA ALJAZEERA
06DOHA868	A/S WELCH'S MEETINGS JUNE 4 WITH QATAR'S HEIR [...] (S) Summary. A/S David Welch met with the Qatari leadership, including Heir Apparent Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and later with Foreign Minister Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani (HBJ),June 4 to discuss Iran, Iraq, and Israel/Palestine. Relaxed and well-prepared, Sheikh Tamim, who handles defense [...]	2006-06-06 12:28:00	Embassy Doha	SECRET	PREL KNNP KPAL IR IZ IS QA
06DUBAI6903	FORMER SECRETARY POWELL AND UAE VICE PRESIDENT/DUBAI RULER [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-30 15:47:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ IR IS KPAL AE
06DUBLIN530	PRE-GAERC DEMARCHE: GOI EXPECTS PRELIMINARY [...] (C) Summary: On May 11, Post delivered ref A pre-GAERC demarche to Jim Kelly, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) EU correspondent, and, on May 12, further discussed ref A's Iran points with Stephen Dawson, DFA First Secretary for the Middle East and North Africa. Dawson expected GAERC minis [...]	2006-05-12 15:21:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM UN EUN MW SR BO IR IZ CG SU LI
06DUBLIN778	IRAQI PARLIAMENTARIANS MAKE THEIR CASE IN IRELAND [...] (U) In a June 18-24 trip sponsored by the International Republican Institute (IRI) and organized with embassy assistance, a group of Iraqi parliamentarians visited Ireland to learn from the Irish experience of reconciliation and to plead for more Irish assistance. During this visit the group [...]	2006-06-30 15:49:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM IZ EI
06DUSHANBE858	SCA A/S BOUCHER, NSC SENIOR DIRECTOR MILLARD ESTABLISH SOLID [...] (C) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Richard Boucher and National Security Council Senior Adviser Elisabeth Millard met with President Emomali Rahmonov for nearly two hours on May 8 to discuss strengthening cooperation between Tajikistan and the United States i [...]	2006-05-10 06:39:00	Embassy Dushanbe	SECRET	PREL PGOV EAID ENRG SNAR KDEM KISL KPAO RS IR
06FREETOWN11	SIERRA LEONE GARNERS PRAISE, REAPS $800 MILLION, [...] (U) Summary: The Consultative Group (CG) meeting on Sierra Leone on November 29-30 in London generated unexpected praise from the international community for the country's recovery after the end of the brutal decade-long civil war in early 2002. UK Secretary of State for International Develo [...]	2006-01-04 16:00:00	Embassy Freetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN PREL SL

06GENEVA1954	HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL PASSES LEBANON RESOLUTION AT [...] In its second special session the Human Rights Council (HRC) passed August 11 by a vote of 27-11-8 with one absent a resolution condemning Israel for its actions in Lebanon. The resolution did not included any reference to Hizballah or its actions. The resolution sponsors, primarily from the [...]	2006-08-12 11:46:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM UNHRC
06GENEVA2628	COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES AMBASSADORS REGROUP [...] (U) Ambassador Tichenor hosted Community of Democracies Convening Group (CD/CG) ambassadors Oct. 13 to discuss the second Human Rights Council (HRC) session and ways for the CD to play a more meaningful - and visible - role in Geneva by taking common positions on issues, making joint statements [...]	2006-10-17 14:35:00	US Mission Geneva	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM UNHRC
06GENEVA2913	HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL THIRD SPECIAL SESSION: ONCE [...] (U) The Human Rights Council (HRC) concluded its third Special Session November 15 with the passage of a one-sided resolution condemning Israeli military operations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, especially the death of civilians in Beit Hanoun November 8, by a vote of 32-8-6. The r [...]	2006-11-15 19:05:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM UNHRC
06GEORGETOWN815	(U) GUYANA ELECTION PREPARATIONS (C-AL6-01121) [...] (U) Post presents response to ref A. 2. (C) WHAT IS THE CURRENT STATE OF AFFAIRS WITHIN THE GUYANA ELECTIONS COMMISSION (GECOM)? HOW IS CHAIRMAN STEVE SURUJBALLY VIEWED WITHIN GECOM? (C) The much-maligned GECOM has withstood constant criticism and is on track to deliver free and fair el [...]	2006-08-14 17:42:00	Embassy Georgetown	SECRET	PINR PGOV SNAR GY
06GEORGETOWN954	STRING OF SUSPICIOUS FIRES FUELS GOSSIP [...] (SBU) Summary: Unexplained fires have recently damaged a series of buildings in Georgetown and beyond. Arson is suspected, but authorities have not determined if there was foul play. Memories of previous post-election arson and the nature of the burned properties--two regional government he [...]	2006-09-20 19:56:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM GY
06GUANGZHOU13576	RELIGION IN XIAMEN: TRUE TO FORM, OFFICIAL NUMBERS [...] (SBU) Summary. During a visit to Xiamen's religious affairs bureau, an official provided numbers that, almost certainly, underestimate the true size of Xiamen's flocks. The official also stressed the separation between education and religion in Xiamen, and that there were no formal links betw [...]	2006-05-04 09:15:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIRF PHUM PGOV SCUL CH
06GUANGZHOU15230	Shenzhen Optical Disc Forensics Lab Clarifies Its [...] (SBU) Summary: Located in Shenzhen but falling under the authority of the Ministry of Public Security (MPS),the Disc Production Source Identification Center (DPSIC) is responsible for etching source identification (SID) codes onto production dies and analyzing optical discs to determine their [...]	2006-05-23 08:36:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR KJUS KCRM ECON ETRD CH
06HARARE1493	CONFERENCE PAVES WAY FOR EXTENDING MUGABE'S TERM, [...] (C) In a well-scripted development, the December 14-17 ZANU-PF conference adopted a resolution recommending that the ruling party unify the presidential and parliamentary elections in 2010. The recommendation, which will require amending the constitution in Parliament, must first be approved [...]	2006-12-21 07:15:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ZI
06HARARE200	MUGABE AT 82 - RIGID, DEFIANT, ISOLATED [...] (SBU) In a taped, edited 90-minute state media interview televised locally on Febuary 19, Robert Mugabe sounded familiar anti-western themes and evidenced little inclination to countenance economic or political reforms on the eve of his 82nd birthday. He was familiarly cagey about the process [...]	2006-02-22 12:20:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON PINR KPAO ZI
06HARARE227	STUDENTS PROTEST IN RESPONSE TO COLLEGE TUITION [...] (C) Massive tuition increases at state colleges have triggered student unrest as the academic year resumes this month. The GOZ announced in early February that tuition for the coming year would jump from between Z$6 and Z$9 million to between Z$30 and Z$45 million. Upset that scholarships w [...]	2006-02-24 09:30:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PHUM SOCI PREL ZI
06HILLAH103	NO GOOD DEED GOES UNPUNISHED: BABIL POLICE CHIEF UNDER FIRE [...] (U) This is a Babil PRT Cable. 2. (S) SUMMARY: Babil Police Chief General Qais Hamza Aboud Al-Momouri has yet again come under political fire from the Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI) affiliated Babil Provincial Governor, Salem Saleh Mehdi Al-Muslimawi. This time Qais [...]	2006-06-12 16:19:00	REO Hillah	SECRET	PGOV KDEM IZ
06HILLAH125	BABIL GOVERNOR'S RENEWED EFFORTS TO OUST BABIL POLICE CHIEF [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph four. 2. (C) REO staff met with Babil Iraqi Police (IP) Deputy Chief Colonel Abbas Al-Gebory on July 26 to discuss the latest effort on the part of the Babil Provincial Council (PC) and Babil Governor Al-Musalamawi to oust General Qais Ham [...]	2006-07-27 06:52:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER MARR PGOV ASEC IZ
06HILLAH127	SECURITY UPDATE SUMMARY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL IRAQ [...] (SBU) This cable covers trends and significant events that affect security in the five South Central provinces of Iraq. Items are taken from the local press or are public knowledge in the region (Najaf, Karbala, Qadisiyah, Babil, and Wasit provinces). Najaf Province ----------------- 2 [...]	2006-07-29 09:00:00	REO Hillah	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MARR PTER KISL IZ
06HILLAH129	DIWANIYAH SECURITY - TURNING A CORNER? [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Diwaniyah provincial government has become more aggressive about turning around deteriorating security in the province, and preliminary results are encouraging. After a series of meetings with REO staff and personnel at Camp Echo, Governor Hamza held a public meeting in wh [...]	2006-08-10 11:42:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL MARR PTER IZ
06HILLAH135	MALIKI, SISTANI MEET TO DISCUSS SECURITY, SHABANIYA AND THE [...] (C) Summary and comment: A day after relating his concerns regarding the security of Iraqis, the shortage of essential services and a "crippled" judicial system to the Prime Minister, who was paying him a call on the eve of a major religious holiday, Shi'a Islam's leading religious figure repor [...]	2006-09-10 15:32:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS IZ
06HILLAH147	SWAT COMMANDER'S DEATH MAY JEOPARDIZE NON-PARTISAN SECURITY [...] (C) Summary and comment: The head of the Al-Hillah SWAT team was assassinated in his office on Oct. 13, days after being informed by the office of the Prime Minister (PM) that he was being replaced. Though the victim had a warrant out for his arrest on terrorism charges, a confluence of factor [...]	2006-10-13 18:23:00	REO Hillah	SECRET	PGOV PINS PREL PINR PTER PHUM IZ
06HILLAH72	SOUTH CENTRAL SHI'A VIEWS ON SELECTION OF JAWAD AL-MALIKI AS [...] (C) SUMMARY: After the April 22 selection of Jawad Al-Maliki as the Prime Minister-designate, REO Hillah canvassed leaders in the heavily Shi'a South Central region of Iraq for their views on this development. Not surprisingly, reaction to Maliki's selection broke down mostly along Shi'a Isl [...]	2006-04-27 17:19:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL KDEM IZ
06HILLAH83	FORMER SHI'A PROPONENT OF FEDERALISM CHANGES HIS MIND [...] (C) SUMMARY: A well known regional proponent of federalism has reversed course. After several years of holding seminars on federalism, often at the behest of South Central politicians, Diwaniyah Law School President Malin Lilo explained that he was now convinced that federalism would result i [...]	2006-05-13 18:10:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KISL IZ
06HILLAH84	GENERAL QAIS: WILL HE BE DISMISSED? [...] (S) SUMMARY: The beleaguered, but popular head of the Babil Police, General Qais Hamza Aboud Al-Momouri, updated the Regional Coordinator on developments in the Babil Governor and Provincial Council's campaign to dismiss him. General Qais stated that he had traveled to Baghdad on Friday to se [...]	2006-05-14 18:14:00	REO Hillah	SECRET	KISL PGOV MARR IZ
06HILLAH85	GENERAL QAIS: WILL HE BE DISMISSED? [...] (S) SUMMARY: The beleaguered, but popular head of the Babil Police, General Qais Hamza Aboud Al-Momouri, updated the Regional Coordinator on developments in the Babil Governor and Provincial Council's campaign to dismiss him. General Qais stated that he had traveled to Baghdad on Friday to se [...]	2006-05-15 12:31:00	REO Hillah	SECRET	KISL PGOV MARR IZ
06HONGKONG3063	HONG KONG REACTIONS TO MARGARET CHAN,S NOMINATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: ON JULY 25, THE PRC CENTRAL GOVERNMENT IN BEIJING NOMINATED DR. MARGARET CHAN, FORMER HONG KONG DIRECTOR OF HEALTH, TO BE DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION (WHO). MEDIA REPORTS AND CONTACTS IN THE PUBLIC HEALTH FIELD SUGGEST BROAD SUPPORT FOR HER CANDIDACY, BELIE [...]	2006-07-28 08:56:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	AMED ECON PREL KSTH TBIO EAGR CVIS HK CH
06HONGKONG4730	HONG KONG OPENS PUBLIC CONSULTATION PHASE ON [...] SUMMARY. At a public forum on November 21, Financial Secretary Henry Tang encouraged all interested parties to SIPDIS give their views on how best to safeguard competition in Hong Kong. Tang's announcement represents a continuation of the Hong Kong Government's (HKG's) step-by-step examin [...]	2006-12-13 09:39:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD WTO HK
06HONGKONG777	AI: PRC PRESSURE ON HONG KONG; HHS A/S SIMONSON'S [...] (C) Summary: During a meeting with between Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Assistant Secretary Stewart Simonson and Hong Kong University's (HKU) Microbiology Department, renowned influenza expert Dr. Robert Webster (strictly protect) alleged that pressure from the PRC's Ministry [...]	2006-02-26 06:41:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	AMED ECON PREL KSTH TBIO EAGR HK CH
06ISLAMABAD10746	SNAPSHOT OF UPCOMING ELECTIONS IN AJK [...] Summary: In July, voters in Pakistan-administered Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) will elect a new President, Prime Minister (PM),and legislative assembly (AJKLA). Since 1975, elections in AJK have been regular and relatively fair. The position of AJK President and Prime Minister has traditi [...]	2006-06-07 13:22:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IN PK PREL
06ISLAMABAD12389	FATA: TALKS AND TRUCES ON THE TABLE IN NORTH [...] (C) Summary. Militants in North Waziristan on June 25 offered a one-month "cease-fire" on their deadly attacks on security forces and pro-government elders, if the Government of Pakistan (GOP) acquiesces on five demands. North Waziristan tribal elders re-iterated these demands during a June 27 [...]	2006-06-30 02:25:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PK PREL PGOV
06ISLAMABAD12740	PAKISTANI OFFICIALS, JOURNALISTS DISCUSS [...] (c) Summary: Visiting S/CT DAS Virginia Palmer, Chief S/CT Strategist David Kilcullen and SCA DAS John Gastright met June 22-24 in Islamabad and Peshawar with a range of officials and journalists to review developments in Pakistan's troubled tribal region. All interlocutors, whether civilian [...]	2006-07-06 05:55:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PGOV PK PTER
06ISLAMABAD13344	WOMEN'S RIGHTS: ONE STEP FORWARD, MORE IN THE [...] (C/NF) Summary. Minister of Women's Development Sumaira Malik's campaign to improve the state of women's rights in Pakistan won its second battle on June 8, when President Musharraf signed an Ordinance into law that will release nearly 1300 women from prison. The Ordinance orders women current [...]	2006-07-12 09:39:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PK PREL PGOV
06ISLAMABAD13378	OPTIONS FOR DRL PROGRAMMING SUPPORT TO PROMOTE [...] (C) Summary: Consultations with Pakistan's Minister of Women's Affairs, as well as women legal scholars and activists from across Pakistan, point to two promising areas for USG assistance in promoting women's human rights in Pakistan. The first is support for public information campaigns to [...]	2006-07-13 04:54:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KWMN PGOV PHUM PK
06ISLAMABAD19208	F-16 LOA SIGNED AT LAST. [...] (C) MG Tariq Salim Malik, Additional Secretary of Ministry of Defense Production (MODP),signed the Letter of Acceptance (LOA) to purchase 18 F-16s Saturday evening, September 30. Following the private signing ceremony, MODP presented to Office of Defense Representative Pakistan a side mem [...]	2006-10-02 10:31:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MASS MCAP PK PREL
06ISLAMABAD21224	MFA PREVIEWS EXPECTATIONS FOR COMPOSITE DIALOGUE [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-31 10:15:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET//NOFORN	IN PK PREL PTER
06ISLAMABAD21879	PRESIDENT MUSHARRAF DETERMINED TO DEAL WITH BORDER [...] (S) Summary: In a November 7 meeting at his Army HQ office, President Musharraf told Asstsant Secretary Boucher that he would propose selective mining of the border with Afghanistan. Saying that it is too early to judge whether the North Waziristan jirga agreement is a success, the Preside [...]	2006-11-08 08:46:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET//NOFORN	AF EAID ECON ETRD IN MOPS PGOV PK PREL PTER
06ISLAMABAD22070	TRIBAL AREAS: VIOLENCE CONTINUES IN THE [...] (S/NF) Summary: The jury is still out on the September 5 North Waziristan Agency (NWA) Jirga Agreement. Violations of the agreement continued during October 29 to November 12 period. However, cross-border attacks against coalition forces in Afghanistan's Paktika province appear to have decre [...]	2006-11-20 08:23:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET//NOFORN	MOPS PGOV PK PREL PTER
06ISLAMABAD22290	PROTECTION OF PAKISTANI WOMEN: NOW, IT'S THE LAW [...] (U) Summary: On December 1st, President Pervez Musharraf signed the Women's Protection Bill (WPB) into law, marking the first time in three decades that a Pakistani government has successfully rolled back laws that have stood virtually untouched since the institution of the Hudood Ordinance [...]	2006-12-04 10:10:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	KWMN PGOV PHUM PK PREL
06ISLAMABAD3808	SLIGHT GAINS FOR PML IN SENATE ELECTIONS [...] (C) In a follow-up to the January 2nd "retirement" of 50 Senators (reftel A),Members of the Provincial Assembly (MPAs) in each of Pakistan's four provinces were charged with electing replacements on March 6. Each Provincial Assembly elected 11 Senators in a secret-ballot overseen by the Provi [...]	2006-03-08 14:31:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PK PREL PGOV KDEM
06ISLAMABAD4386	PUGWASH CONFERENCE: KASHMIRI CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS [...] (C) Summary: A three-day gathering of Kashmiris, Pakistanis and Indians in Islamabad highlighted the continuing effort of President Musharraf to build support for his peace proposals. The meeting featured a two-and-a-half hour exchange with Musharraf on his ideas for demilitarization, self-g [...]	2006-03-17 12:18:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PK IN PTER
06ISLAMABAD5596	GOVERNMENT'S CHARM OFFENSIVE LEAVES MANY BALOCH UNIMPRESSED [...] (S) Summary: While sporadic engagements continue between Baloch nationalists and military and Frontier Corps units, the Pakistan government has recently announced a series of political and economic initiatives to address some of Balochistan's long-standing grievances, including promises of more fed [...]	2006-04-03 14:36:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	PGOV PTER PK
06ISLAMABAD5767	YASIN MALIK TELLS KASHMIRI MILITANTS "GIVE PEACE A [...] (S) Introduction: Srinagar-based Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik has told post that he has used his extended March-April 2006 visit to Pakistan to reach out to Kashmiri militant leaders, counseling them to lay down their arms and give the peace process a chance. In between highly-pub [...]	2006-04-05 13:09:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	PREL PK PGOV PTER IN
06ISLAMABAD7164	A PRIMER ON PAKISTAN'S FEDERALLY ADMINISTERED [...] Summary. This cable is intended to serve as a basic primer on Pakistan,s Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). The seven tribal agencies that make up the FATA are administratively, legally, and politically distinct from the rest of Pakistan. This primer focuses on these unique features o [...]	2006-04-24 11:17:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PK PREL PGOV
06ISLAMABAD7505	CABINET RESHUFFLE BRINGS PROMOTIONS, DEMOTIONS, [...] (SBU) Summary. After several weeks of speculation, Pakistani Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has selected some bright party stars, rewarded PML loyalists, and switched the portfolios of four ministers in a cabinet reshuffle on April 26. Presiding over a ceremony at Aiwan-e Sadar, President Mushar [...]	2006-04-28 04:54:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	PK PGOV PREL IRNB
06ISLAMABAD9486	GOP PM AZIZ CONGRATULATES NEW IRAQI PRIME MINISTER [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-23 12:54:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	PK PREL IZ KDEM
06ISLAMABAD9706	FATA: STRATEGIES AND REDLINES [...] (C//NF) Summary. The stabilization of Pakistan's Federally Administered Areas (FATA) and the acceleration of political and economic development in this troubled region is a complex task that will determine the success of USG and Government of Pakistan (GOP) counterterrorism efforts. Since 9/11, [...]	2006-05-25 12:13:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET//NOFORN	PK PREL PGOV PTER MARR MOPS EAID ECON
06ISLAMABAD9708	FATA OPERATIONS SINCE JULY 7TH: A MIXED BAG [...] (U) This is the second in a series of four cables assessing the GOP's progress in its crackdown on extremism. 2. (S) Summary. In the aftermath of the July 7, 2005 bombings in London, President Musharraf made a series of broad-reaching committments to tackle extremism and terrorism in Pakist [...]	2006-05-25 12:15:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	PGOV PTER MOPS MARR PK
06ISLAMABAD9710	FATA OPERATIONS SINCE JULY 7TH: A MIXED BAG [...] (U) This is the second in a series of four cables assessing the GOP's progress in its crackdown on extremism. 2. (S) Summary. In the aftermath of the July 7, 2005 bombings in London, President Musharraf made a series of broad-reaching committments to tackle extremism and terrorism in Pakist [...]	2006-05-26 01:37:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	PGOV PTER MOPS MARR PK
06ISLAMABAD9711	NEW POSSIBILITIES FOR SUPPORTING WOMEN'S RIGHTS IN [...] (C/NF) Summary: In an introductory call with the Ambassador on May 25, recently appointed Minister for Women's Development and Youth Affairs Sumaira Malik provided an overview of her key programmatic priorities, offering new and valuable areas for immediate and medium-term USG assistance. Mal [...]	2006-05-26 04:59:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM KWMN EAID PGOV SOCI PK
06ISLAMABAD9911	GOP RESPONSE TO PROPOSED EXBS PROGRAMMING [...] (U) Post appreciates the comprehensive programming that ISN/ECC has laid out for Pakistan between July 2006 nd January 2007 (ref A). The Government of Pakistan (GOP),through the MFA Disarmament Cell, has indicated that it wishes to participate in all of the proposed programs and is committ [...]	2006-05-30 10:54:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP PGOV PK PREL
06ISTANBUL1818	TURKEY'S CHIEF RABBI ASSESSES COMMUNITY'S SITUATION [...] (C) Summary. Turkey's Chief Rabbi, Rav Isak Haleva, underlined concerns in the Jewish community over a growing "negativity" in the minds of average Turks toward Jews as demonstrated in the press and daily interchanges between neighbors. Describing Turks as characteristically and traditional [...]	2006-10-05 07:47:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TU
06ISTANBUL2095	STABILITY VS. THE CANCER OF INFORMALITY [...] Summary: On November 6, at the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Global Forum on Investment, an OECD Country Roundtable examined Turkey's recent experience with strategies to enhance the investment environment and the dramatic improvement in foreign investment in Tu [...]	2006-11-20 13:31:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV BEXP ECON ECIN OECD TU
06ISTANBUL2105	URBANCIC AND BASER DISCUSS EFFORTS TO COMBAT PKK [...] (C) Summary. S/CT Deputy Coordinator Urbancic met Gen. (ret) Baser, the GOT's counter-PKK envoy, in Istanbul on November 11. After expressing appreciation for Urbancic's efforts to curb PKK criminal support in Europe, which was the subject of Urbancic's Ankara meetings, Baser took the opport [...]	2006-11-24 12:57:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER EFIN PREL TU IZ
06JAKARTA11344	MINISTRY OF HEALTH CHANGES AI SAMPLE SHARING [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-13 02:28:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KFLU
06JAKARTA11472	ASIA FOUNDATION ACCUSED OF SUPPORTING HERESY IN [...] (C) Summary. A hard-line Indonesian Islamist magazine, Hidayatullah, has published a screed accusing The Asia Foundation (TAF) of supporting organizations and individuals who defame Islam. It also asserts that Indonesia's two largest Muslim mass organizations, Nadhlatul Ulama (NU) and Muham [...]	2006-09-15 10:16:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL ASEC CASC KISL ID
06JAKARTA12779	ACEH PEACE PROCESS MOVING FORWARD, HEADING TOWARD [...] The Aceh peace process continues to move forward. Elections have been scheduled for December 11, and work has begun on implementing the Law on Governance of Aceh (LOGA). The Aceh Monitoring Mission (AMM) is winding down its work and expects to cease operation on December 15. Reintegration paym [...]	2006-10-20 10:28:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC KDEM ID
06JAKARTA13229	INTERFAITH YOUTH DELIVER POTUS LETTER TO AMBASSADOR [...] In advance of President Bush's upcoming visit to Indonesia, a group of Indonesian interfaith youth leaders met with the Ambassador to present a letter to the President (full text in para 6). The delegates represented all of Indonesia's major religions: Islam (the youth wings of mass-based [...]	2006-11-17 06:59:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM SOCI KISL ID
06JAKARTA13305	Aceh: Official Campaign Season Begins [...] (SBU) Begin Summary: Official campaigning began in Aceh on November 24, although advertisements for some candidates have been up for weeks, giving a slight advantage to well- financed candidates. GAM "Prime Minister Malik Mahmud returned to Aceh to try to reunify the GAM movement and to voic [...]	2006-11-27 10:09:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINS PINR PREL KDEM ASEC ID
06JAKARTA13392	SBY'S CT RECORD AFTER TWO YEARS: A MIXED BAG [...] (C) Two years into the Yudhoyono Administration, Jakarta remains stalwart in its commitment to identify, arrest, and convict terrorist operatives. The combination of strong political support for tactical CT operations and substantial international assistance has enabled Indonesian law enforce [...]	2006-12-04 10:04:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL KJUS ASEC KISL ID
06JAKARTA3898	MEETINGS WITH EAST KALIMANTAN SECURITY OFFICIALS [...] (C) Summary. Our March 1-5 visit to East Kalimantan province found security officials aware of the terrorist transit threat along the Sabah border, but meager resources prevented officials from implementing effective security measures. Lack of GOI investment in securing this area -- despite [...]	2006-03-24 15:46:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC ID
06JAKARTA6150	INDONESIA REPORTS LARGE AVIAN INFLUENZA (AI) [...] (SBU) Summary: Six members of a Medan family have tested positive for the H5N1 virus by NAMRU-2, and five have died as of May 15. Four of these have been confirmed by both the University of Hong Kong (UHK) and CDC Atlanta. Two members from this cluster remain hospitalized, with one intubated [...]	2006-05-15 11:27:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KFLU
06JAKARTA6497	Aceh: GAM Reintegration Advances Despite Obstacles [...] (SBU) Summary. Successful reintegration of Free Aceh Movement (GAM) ex-combatants and others, essential to ensuring long term peace in Aceh, has advanced but still faces obstacles. Reintegration payments promised by GOI have arrived only slowly. Aceh's economy remains flat or worse, with a [...]	2006-05-23 00:33:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL ASEC SNAR SOCI ID
06JAKARTA7166	INDONESIA: AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Over the last four weeks, Indonesian authorities have investigated four potential avian influenza (AI) clusters with assistance from the World Health Organization (WHO) and NAMRU-2. These include the well- documented North Sumatra family cluster that resulted in seven confirme [...]	2006-06-07 06:46:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KFLU
06JAKARTA7207	USAID Mission Director Meets GAM Leader 5/23 [...] (SBU) Summary. Embassy USAID Mission Director William Frej met Free Aceh Movement (GAM) "Prime Minister" Malik Mahmoud May 23 in Banda Aceh. Mahmoud expressed optimism about the possibility of long lasting peace in Aceh, but noted a recent rise in crime as well as rumors of unauthorized incre [...]	2006-06-07 07:17:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL ASEC SNAR SOCI ID
06JAKARTA7397	REMOVING FORMER JI-LEADER NASIR ABAS FROM [...] (C) Summary. We believe the time has come for former Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) terrorist network leader Nasir Abas to be removed from the U.S. and UN terrorist finance lists. We believe that it is critical to respond to the requests to do so by our closest national security contacts. Now conside [...]	2006-06-12 09:53:00	Embassy Jakarta	SECRET	PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS KPAO ID
06JAKARTA7661	NORTH SUMATRA AVIAN INFLUENZA CLUSTER - LESSONS [...] (SBU) Summary. The May 2006 avian influenza (AI) outbreak in a North Sumatra family represents the largest human H5N1 cluster to date and brought with it intense worldwide media attention to Indonesia's AI response capacity. A look back at the response to the cluster by the Government of Indo [...]	2006-06-16 09:50:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID KFLU
06JAKARTA9160	GOI EFFORTS STOKE OPTIMISM FOR POSO PEACE [...] (C) Summary. GOI initiatives spearheaded by the Indonesian National Police (INP) are moving conflict-ridden Central Sulawesi toward peace, according to top INP investigators focused on the area. The arrest of the terrorists behind many of the violent attacks since the 2001 Malino peace agreem [...]	2006-07-21 10:00:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS KPAO KVPR CVIS ID
06JAKARTA9333	AMM TO STAY IN ACEH THROUGH ELECTIONS (NOVEMBER 22) [...] (C) Summary: Aceh Monitoring Mission chief Peter Feith told the Ambassador in Aceh that the AMM had decided to extend its presence in Aceh through the new elections on November 22, a date which has not yet been announced publicly. The Ambassador, accompanied by USAID Mission Director Frej an [...]	2006-07-25 09:52:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ID
06JEDDAH245	MOSQUE SERMONS FORM SAUDI ARABIA - MARCH 24: [...] (C) On March 24, speaking from Imam Ahmad bin Hanbal Mosque in Khobar, Imam Shaikh al-Qahtani harangued a congregation of more than 500 with theories blaming Iran and Shi'a for the growing sectarian violence in Iraq. He speculated that the people who demolished the Shi'ite mosque were the sa [...]	2006-03-29 07:27:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR KISL
06JEDDAH449	AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD DISCUSSES IRAN, DETAINEES AND [...] (U) PARTICIPANTS: U.S. ---- Ambassador Khalilzad Ambassador Oberwetter Consul General Gfoeller Special Assistant Hutchings PolOff Dale (notetaker) Saudi Arabia ------------ Prince Saud Al Faisal, Foreign Minister 2. (S) Summary: During their June 27 meeting, Ambassador to Iraq Z [...]	2006-07-05 04:04:00	Consulate Jeddah	SECRET	PGOV PINR PREL PTER SA
06JEDDAH450	AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD MEETS WITH SAUDI CROWN PRINCE [...] (U) PARTICIPANTS: Meeting with King Abdullah U.S. ---- Ambassador Khalilzad Ambassador Oberwetter Consul General Gfoeller Special Assistant Hutchings PolOff Dale (notetaker) Saudi Arabia ------------ King Abdullah Prince Saud Al Faisal, Foreign Miister Prince Bandar bin Sultan, Sec [...]	2006-07-05 04:04:00	Consulate Jeddah	SECRET	PGOV PINR PREL PTER SA
06JEDDAH475	FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES TEHRAN MEETING OF IRAQ [...] (C) SUMMARY: ON JULY 11, THE AMBASSADOR MET WITH SAUDI FOREIGN MINISTER SAUD A-FAISAL AND DISCUSSED THE RECENT TEHRAN MEETING OF THE IRAQ NEIGHBORS GROUP AND THE IMPENDING INTERNATIONAL COMPACT FOR IRAQ CONFERENCE. IN TEHRAN, THE "FRANK" MULTILATERAL DISCUSSIONS ADDRESSED A VARIETY OF PRACT [...]	2006-07-12 13:14:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KISL KPAL PTER SA
06JEDDAH477	CORRECTED COPY--FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES TEHRAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 11, the Ambassador met with Saudi Foreign Minister Saud a-Faisal and discussed the recent Tehran meeting of the Iraq Neighbor's Group and the impending International Compact for Iraq Conference. In Tehran, the "frank" multilateral discussions addressed a variety of prac [...]	2006-07-13 02:27:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL KPAL PREL PTER SA
06JEDDAH511	SAUD AL-FAISAL ASKS THE US TO CALL FOR A CEASEFIRE [...] (C) FM Saud al-Faisal summoned the Ambassador from Riyadh to Jeddah for a one-on-one late in the evening of July 30 to urge the Secretary to call for a ceasefire in Lebanon. In a soft-mannered but insistent and blunt approach, Prince Saud made the following points: -- "We understand the concern wi [...]	2006-07-30 21:46:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	IS IZ LE PINS PREL SA
06JEDDAH646	MOSQUE SERMONS FOR SAUDI ARABIA SEPTEMBER 15: [...] (C) Shaykh Saud Ibn-Ibrahim al-Shuraym delivered the sermon at the Grand Mosque in Mecca on September 15. The sermon focused on the idea that Muslims should give sincere advice. The imam said, "One meets three types of people; a type that praises him, a type that criticizes him, and a type t [...]	2006-10-10 13:01:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL KISL SA SCUL
06JERUSALEM139	PALESTINIAN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ELECTIONS SITREP [...] (C) Summary. Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen) January 11 appealed for independent Fatah candidates running in the district races to withdraw their candidacies. Palestinian contacts suggest that this request will have minimal effect on most of these candidates. [...]	2006-01-12 10:41:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG PBTS IS KPAL KDEM
06JERUSALEM2604	LOOKING TO PLUG IN: PALESTINIANS SEEK ALTERNATIVE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Palestinian Authority (PA) is seeking to import electricity from Egypt and Jordan in order to reduce energy bills and diversify its supply, according to local press reports the week of June 19. 2. (SBU) (Note: The Israeli Electricity Company (IEC) generates 95 percent [...]	2006-06-23 14:05:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EAID PGOV KWBG JO EG
06JERUSALEM2680	MGGZ01 - ISRAELI GAZA INCURSION - JERUSALEM JUNE [...] (C) Israeli ground and air forces initiated operations in Gaza late on June 27 and early on June 28. Israeli ground forces now occupy land in the southern Gaza strip, including the disused Gaza airport. Israeli aircraft damaged three bridges in central Gaza, and Palestinian contacts report l [...]	2006-06-28 09:20:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEC CASC KPAL KWBG
06JERUSALEM4807	EXPOTECH 2006 DEMONSTRATES PALESTINIAN IT SECTOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: THE THIRD ANNUAL PALESTINIAN IT SECTOR EXHIBITION EXPOTECH 2006 FEATURED A RECORD 49 COMPANIES, INCLUDING SEVEN PARTICIPATING FROM GAZA VIA A BROADBAND LINK. A VARIETY OF PRODUCTS FROM U.S. IT COMPANIES WERE ON DISPLAY. SECURITY-RELATED PRODUCTS WERE MORE PROMINENT THAN IN [...]	2006-11-16 14:37:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS ECON BEXP KWBG IS
06JOHANNESBURG95	SOUTH AFRICA: SERIOUS POWER DISRUPTIONS IN THE WESTERN CAPE [...] SUMMARY: (U) Recent power outages in the Western Cape have resulted in major financial losses in the retail and tourism industries, with the Cape Chamber of Commerce predicting losses in the millions. Further outages and/or rolling blackouts are likely until Unit 1 of the Koeberg nuclear powe [...]	2006-03-13 09:27:00	Consulate Johannesburg	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG PGOV ASEC SF
06KABUL1615	: PSA ASSESSMENT: FARYAB PREY TO WARLORDS, WEAK [...] (C) Summary: Afghan and senior international leaders assess that the roots of conflict in Faryab province stem both from the rivalry between the two factions of Junbesh and Azadi, and from the weak governance that allows those private militias to operate. In a recent Provincial Security Asses [...]	2006-04-11 11:19:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC KJUS PREL AF
06KABUL1887	PRT/BAMYAN: KHALILI SUPPORTERS MUDDY [...] (SBU) The supporters of Second Vice President Khalili are playing political hardball, and Governor Sarabi appears to be their target. Minority Tajik unrest, which has received tacit backing from Khalili stalwarts, appears designed to discredit the Governor. The recent appointment of a crony o [...]	2006-04-28 12:52:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AF
06KABUL1905	PRT-GARDEZ TAKING AN ACTIVE ROLE IN [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-30 09:07:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV SOCI AF
06KABUL205	PRT/BAMYAN: Can Bamyan Law Enforcement Reform? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: New Zealand is providing a crucial lifeline to Bamyan law enforcement, but needs more U.S. support for their efforts to take hold. NZ commitments in expertise and infrastructure appear to be making progress, but could yield stronger results with targeted U.S. assistance, namel [...]	2006-01-16 06:01:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI AF
06KABUL258	PRT/BAMYAN: POOR FACILITIES, CORRUPTION PLAGUE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The law enforcement organs in Bamyan are on life support. Poorly paid, equipped, and trained police do little to counter lawlessness in the Central Highlands. Police and prosecution corruption exacerbates and undermines the people's already shaky faith in Central Government aut [...]	2006-01-18 06:25:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM PHUM SOCI AF
06KABUL294	SURVEY POINTS TO SUCCESS IN COUNTER NARCOTIC [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-23 10:06:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PTER SNAR KCRM AF
06KABUL3470	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR PUL-E-CHARKHI OFFICERS [...] (U) In accordance with Leahy requirements, Post requests the vet individuals that will be trained as the Officer corps at Block IV of Kabul. Post requests a response from the Department within ten worki 1.Name: Haji Safiullah Fathers Name: Haji Juma Khan Village: Bagh Ala [...]	2006-08-03 12:55:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PREL PHUM PGOV PINR AF
06KABUL3471	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR PUL-E-CHARKHI GUARD FORCE [...] (U) In accordance with Leahy requirements, Post requests the vet individuals that will be trained as the guard force at Block IV of Pu These individuals comprise the lower-level enlisted personnel. Post commissioned officers septel. Post requests a response from the Depa working days. 1. [...]	2006-08-03 12:55:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PREL PHUM PGOV PINR AF
06KABUL3570	PRT KUNAR: SOVIET-STYLE SALE OF EAST AFGHAN TIMBER [...] (SBU) Cracking down on illegal timber cutting and smuggling has been one of Kunar's outgoing governor's most important achievements. He strictly enforces Karzai's decrees on that matter. According to his interpretation, however, no individual can transport wood without the GoA's express per [...]	2006-08-09 11:30:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ECON AF
06KABUL3608	WALKOUT FROM AFGHAN PARLIAMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Begin summary: A group estimated at 80 MPs walked out of Parliament on 12 August, ostensibly to protest what they view as discriminatory ethnic policy by the Karzai administration. Led by the Uzbek MPs, the protesters included representatives from at least nine provinces. They [...]	2006-08-14 06:05:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER AF
06KABUL3934	PRT/KUNDUZ: BETTER THAN ITS REPUTATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The German-led PRT in Kunduz is one of the most maligned PRTs in Afghanistan, but many of the old myths, especially regarding the PRT's military effectiveness, no longer apply. The Germans now patrol regularly throughout their area of responsibility (Kunduz and Takhar provinc [...]	2006-09-03 08:36:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER MARR AF
06KABUL4062	PRESIDENT MUSHARAF'S VISIT TO KABUL: LAYING THE [...] (C) Keenly aware of domestic skepticism over Pakistan's claims that it is committed to controlling cross-border elements of the ongoing insurgency, President Karzai nevertheless made the decision to host a very public visit by President Musharaf to Kabul on September 6-7. The theme of the vis [...]	2006-09-11 03:19:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PK AF
06KABUL4321	SECURITY OPERATIONS GROUP SEPT 21: SOUTHERN [...] (S) Summary: Although the usual Policy Action Group (PAG) was canceled this week due to high-level travel, Minister Wardak convened the Security Operations Group (SOG) today, Sept 21, at the Ministerial level in order to keep up the momentum on security-related projects, particularly the auxi [...]	2006-09-21 14:00:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PTER MARR PGOV PK AF
06KABUL5008	PRT/ASADABAD: GOVERNMENT-CONTROLLED TIMBER SALE [...] (C) On August 30 Kunar Province Governor Deedar told us he had received permission from Kabul to implement a plan to sell off large stocks of timber in Kunar, stocks which have accumulated since the previous governor cracked down on illegal timber cutting and smuggling in early 2005. The GOA [...]	2006-10-15 02:35:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PINR AF
06KABUL5106	PRT JALALABAD: NANGARHAR GOVERNOR,S SECURITY [...] (U) SUMMARY: Nangahar Governor Gul Agha Sherzai called a special meeting with 200 elders and mullahs from the three southern districts on October 2 to discuss the escalating violence in the province, especially in the south. Representatives from each of the districts spoke, with members of t [...]	2006-10-22 02:32:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC MARR AF
06KABUL5118	PHASE III ANP COL - BIODATA FOR LEAHY VETTING, PART TWO OF [...] (U) In order to comply with Leahy requirements per reftel, post is forwarding the names and biodata of 355 Afghan officers selected to serve as Colonels in Phase III of the Afghan National Police (ANP) rank and reform process. The United Nations Misson in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has vetted these in [...]	2006-10-22 09:16:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM SNAR PTER PINR AF
06KABUL5121	PHASE III ANP COL - BIODATA FOR LEAHY VETTING, PART FOUR OF [...] (U) In order to comply with Leahy requirements per reftel, post is forwarding the names and biodata of 355 Afghan officers selected to serve as Colonels in Phase III of the Afghan National Police (ANP) rank and reform process. The United Nations Misson in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has vetted these in [...]	2006-10-22 09:16:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM SNAR PTER PINR AF
06KABUL5124	PHASE III ANP COL - BIODATA FOR LEAHY VETTING, PART SIX OF [...] (U) In order to comply with Leahy requirements per reftel, post is forwarding the names and biodata of 355 Afghan officers selected to serve as Colonels in Phase III of the Afghan National Police (ANP) rank and reform process. The United Nations Misson in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has vetted these in [...]	2006-10-22 09:16:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM SNAR PTER PINR AF
06KABUL5361	PRT JALALABAD - UPDATE ON TANGI RETURNEE SITE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: PRT Officer met with Nangarhar Deputy Governor and Jalalabad Mayor to press again for a Letter of Intent for land ownership for the returnees in Tangi. This important step, that has to happen before any permanent structures can be built or any more international aid provided, [...]	2006-11-05 04:14:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV AF ECON
06KABUL5398	SON OF SLAIN AFGHAN WOMEN'S RIGHTS ACTIVIST MAKES [...] (SBU) Naqibullah (No Last Name),the 18-year-old son of Safia Ama Jan, the Director of Women's Affairs in Kandahar province, who was gunned down outside her home in September (see reftel),contacted post to report threats against himself and violent acts against his father since the murder of [...]	2006-11-07 12:35:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF PREL PTER PK AF
06KABUL5676	KUNAR GOV DEEDAR MEETS WITH AMBASSADOR TO DISCUSS [...] (C/NF) Governor DEEDAR Shahlizay of Kunar Province met with the Ambassador on October 31 at the Embassy, and reviewed his efforts to improve security in Kunar and his ideas for spurring economic growth in the province. Deedar,s main complaint was of interference by the Ministry of Interior (MO [...]	2006-12-04 11:33:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ASEC MARR PGOV PREL PTER AF
06KABUL5776	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: ANP PRIORITY DISTRICT/LOCAL CHIEFS [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 3. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names and biodata of 19 Afghan National Police officers who have been selected for appointments as chief of police in high-priority districts and locations. These appo [...]	2006-12-11 04:20:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
06KABUL5877	PRT ASADABAD - ATTORNEY GENERAL BRINGS GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) Attorney General Sabit visited Asadabad November 27 to December 1, investigating corruption and receiving petitions from the general populace. He said he would focus on administrative corruption, land disputes, and timber smuggling. While he ordered a few provincial officials to be arr [...]	2006-12-17 07:50:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAID PHUM SOCI AF
06KABUL5879	PRT JALALABAD - POSSIBLE CHANGE IN NANGARHAR [...] (C) Provincial Council Chief Fazlhadi Muslimyar informed PRT officials November 26 of a possible change in the Deputy Governor position, currently held by Mohammad Allam Isaqzai, who Muslimyar said is a candidate for Deputy in the Ministry of Interior in Kabul. 2. (C) Muslimyar reporte [...]	2006-12-17 07:57:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP MOPS PGOV PREL PTER AF
06KABUL5908	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: PHASE III ADDITIONAL COLONELS [...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with Leahy vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of 67 Afghan officers selected to serve as Colonels in Phase III of the Afghan National Police (ANP) rank reform process. This list is in addition to the names [...]	2006-12-20 09:25:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF

06KABUL5974	PHASE III, TIER I ANP LTC - BIODATA FOR LEAHY VETTING, PART [...] This is an action request, see para 4. 2. (U) In order to comply with Leahy requirements, post is forwarding the names and biodata of 91 Afghan officers selected to serve as Lieutenant Colonels in Phase III, Tier 1 of the Afghan National Police (ANP) rank and reform process. Post requests exp [...]	2006-12-28 01:17:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM SNAR PTER PINR AF
06KABUL5975	PHASE III, TIER I ANP LTC - BIODATA FOR LEAHY VETTING, PART [...] This is an action request, see para 4. 2. (U) In order to comply with Leahy requirements, post is forwarding the names and biodata of 91 Afghan officers selected to serve as Lieutenant Colonels in Phase III, Tier 1 of the Afghan National Police (ANP) rank and reform process. Post requests e [...]	2006-12-28 01:17:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM SNAR PTER PINR AF
06KATHMANDU1664	POLITICAL LEADERS AGREE MAOISTS MUST GIVE UP ARMS [...] (C) On June 22, the Ambassador met separately with Madhav Kumar Nepal, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist (CPN-UML),and Deputy Prime Minister Amik Sherchan of People's Front Nepal (PFN) to stress that the Maoists must give up arms before they could be [...]	2006-06-23 12:42:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL KPKO EAID NP
06KATHMANDU2799	REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING: CRITICAL [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates, who have been nominated for training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. These candidates are scheduled to participate in Diplomatic Security's Critical Incident Management Course f [...]	2006-10-20 11:58:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS NP
06KATHMANDU2999	LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS CERTIFICATION: CRITICAL [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-07 11:38:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS NP
06KATHMANDU410	LETTER FROM FM PANDEY TO A/S ROCCA ON BHUTANESE [...] (C) During a meeting on February 10, Foreign Minister Ramesh Nath Pandey gave the Ambassador a letter for Assistant Secretary Rocca in response to her December 30 letter on SIPDIS Bhutanese refugees. In his letter, Pandey thanks A/S Rocca for U.S. support to resolve the Bhutanese refugee is [...]	2006-02-10 12:55:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF NP
06KATHMANDU950	INDIANS THINKING OF PRESSURING BHUTAN ON REFUGEES [...] (C) On April 7, the Ambassador met separately with his Indian and Australian counterparts and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Resident Representative Abraham Abraham to discuss Bhutanese refugee issues. Cognizant of His Majesty's Government of Nepal's (HMGN) fear that Bhu [...]	2006-04-12 05:38:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV PREL PHUM NP
06KHARTOUM1403	MEETING WITH YASSIR ARMAN ON EASTERN SUDAN, [...] (C) Charge Hume met with SPLM parliamentary leader Yassir Arman on June 13. Arman was hurrying to the airport to fly to Asmara for the opening of the Eritrean-sponsored talks on eastern Sudan. He expected the opening round to last for perhaps a week. The Sudanese delegation included former F [...]	2006-06-13 17:39:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR US ER SU
06KHARTOUM1439	SUDAN/DARFUR: FUR TRIBAL LEADERS READY FOR PEACE [...] (C) SUMMARY: SLA/W Leader Abdel Wahid Nur may yet sign the Darfur Peace Agreement, Fur tribal leaders told CDA Hume on June 14. Hume emphasized the USG,s encouragement and support for the peace process, pointing out President Bush,s personal letter to Nur. The leaders -- including some who [...]	2006-06-19 07:16:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KPKO MOPS SU AU UN
06KHARTOUM1685	PRESIDENT BASHIR COMMENTS ON DARFUR [...] Following are excerpts from an interview with Sudanese President Bashir on July 15, 2006, as published by the local Arabic newspaper, Al Rai Al Aam. (Begin text) Q: A major breakthrough has been achieved following your meeting with UN Secretary General in Banjul by extending the presence [...]	2006-07-17 13:33:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPKO UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM192	USCIRF meetings in Khartoum: The Status of Sharia [...] (U) Summary: The US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) arrived in Khartoum on January 10 and departed on January 21. The delegation met with various interlocutors about the status of religious freedom, especially for Christians living in Khartoum. Overall, there was much [...]	2006-01-25 08:38:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KISL PGOV SOCI SU
06KHARTOUM219	A/S FRAZER BREAKFAST WITH SPLM [...] (C) Summary. On January 25, Assistant Secretary Jendayi Frazer, Roger Winter, and the Charge met with three senior SPLM officials resident in Khartoum: Yassir Arman, Chairman of the SPLM National Assembly Caucus; Malik Agar, Government of National Unity (GNU) Minister of investment; and Deng [...]	2006-01-29 10:58:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR SU
06KHARTOUM2239	UN SECURITY UPDATE FOR NORTH DARFUR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UNDSS highlighted ongoing SAF operations in areas to the north and southwest of El Fasher. It estimated the overall security environment in those areas as unpredictable, and advised humanitarian agencies to exercise caution when operating in those particular locales. END SUMMA [...]	2006-09-14 15:40:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPKO SOCI AU UN US SU
06KHARTOUM2865	SE NATSIOS' VISIT TO MALAKAL [...] (C) Two weeks after violence erupted between the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) and the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) in the Upper Nile capital of Malakal, SE Natsios visited the area on December 11 to highlight the first serious breach in the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA). UN offic [...]	2006-12-18 13:21:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO SU UN
06KHARTOUM363	A/S FRAZER MEETING WITH EGYPTIAN FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: A/S Frazer and Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit met in Khartoum outside the AU Summit on January 24. Aboul Gheit urged U.S.-Egyptian cooperation in Africa; he described the Nile River and countries adjacent to the Arab world as Egypt's priorities in Africa. He said th [...]	2006-02-14 15:11:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EG US AU SU
06KHARTOUM479	MEETING WITH THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND [...] (U) Summary: On February 20, CG Juba met with Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Dr. Martin Elia Lomuro. The Minister provided an overview of his ministry's capacity as well as his ambitious vision for the future. He described the irresponsible logging [...]	2006-02-23 16:16:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EPET PGOV EAID SU
06KHARTOUM502	Yassir Arman Reflects on Negotiating Peace [...] Summary: The following is an interview with SPLM National Assembly Leader Yassir Arman, recently published in the Sudan Vision daily, a pro-government English daily newspaper. Arman discussed the process that led to the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) and emphasized that all the Sudanes [...]	2006-02-27 11:27:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR SU
06KHARTOUM513	SUDAN: AN ANALYSIS OF THE NEW SPLM LEADERSHIP [...] (U) SUMMARY and COMMENT: In preparation for an upcoming national convention, SPLM Chairman and Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) President Salva Kiir announced the reformation of the SPLM leadership council, dissolved by John Garang just before his death in July 2005. The leadership council [...]	2006-02-28 10:43:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR SU
06KHARTOUM708	SPLM VIEW OF THE GNU-EAST NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) Poloff spoke with Malik Agar, Minister of Investment and SPLM member of the GNU-East negotiating team about the stalemate in negotiations between the GNU and the Eastern Front. Agar said the GNU needed to accomplish four things: acknowledge the marginalization of the East, present a negot [...]	2006-03-20 12:37:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ER SU
06KHARTOUM721	PARTICIPANTS GIVE SOUTHERN SUDAN INVESTMENT AND [...] (SBU) Summary: A putative Southern Sudan investment conference in Nairobi March 14-16 scored well on quantity, but missed the qualitative mark. Most participants outside of the petroleum sector were there in search of contracts, not to invest, and those who had come to network with the top e [...]	2006-03-22 13:58:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON EPET PGOV SU
06KHARTOUM763	A THREE-MONTH PERSPECTIVE ON SOUTHERN SUDAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Nearly three months have passed since the arrival of the U.S. Consul General in Juba. This report provides an overview of the dynamic in the South during this period, prospects for successful reconstruction and state building, and the Government of southern Sudan (GoSS) perfor [...]	2006-03-27 10:28:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS PINR ECON ASEC EAID SU
06KHARTOUM882	Sudan: April 6 Meeting of the Assessment and [...] SUMMARY: On April 6, Chairman Tom Vraalsen convened the sixth meeting of the Assessment and Evaluation Commission (AEC). Participation was good: all three NCP, and two SPLM members attended. The most contentious issues raised at the meeting were the scope of the working groups' mandate an [...]	2006-04-12 09:08:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EAID PREL SU
06KHARTOUM887	SOUTHERN SUDAN: POLITICAL FACTIONALISM WITHIN THE [...] (C) Summary: The Sudan People,s Liberation Movement (SPLM) has become the dominant single political movement in Southern Sudan, and the potential genesis of a one-party state. The July 2005 death of John Garang and the formation of the Government of South Sudan (GoSS) have given the SPLM opp [...]	2006-04-12 15:40:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PINS PREL SU
06KIEV2190	UKRAINE: OPPOSITION CREATES TEMPEST OVER "SEA [...] (SBU) Summary: Anti-Orange Revolution forces are using the occasion of a joint U.S.-Ukraine mil-mil cooperative exercise in Crimea to stir up anti-NATO sentiment in the majority ethnic Russian peninsula and smear the Ukrainian government. Demonstrators outside GOU-administered compounds in t [...]	2006-06-06 16:43:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NATO PINR RS UP
06KIEV965	UKRAINE: DFM KHANDOHIY, U/S DOBRIANSKY DISCUSS FM [...] (C) Summary: In a March 3 meeting with Under Secretary Dobriansky and Ambassador, DFM Volodymyr Khandohiy pushed for a Presidential drop-by during FM Tarasyuk's March 9 meeting with the Vice President in Washington. Dobriansky and Ambassador frankly described the poor timing (in view of the u [...]	2006-03-14 09:25:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KFLU NATO
06KIGALI1199	MCC VISIT TO RWANDA A SUCCESS [...] (SBU) Summary. From December 10-12 a Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) delegation held an intensive round of meetings with GOR officials, local and international NGOs (including USAID partners),the private sector, the media, and heads of diplomatic missions in Kigali. The MCC team int [...]	2006-12-15 10:15:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID KMCA RW
06KIGALI180	MEDIA COVERAGE OF BIZIMUMGU TRIAL REFLECTS [...] (U) Summary: Local and international media provided mixed commentary on the Bizimungu verdict announced February 17 (reftel). While some lauded the long-awaited decision of the Rwandan Supreme Court as a positive development in Rwanda's judicial reform process and an example of the judiciary [...]	2006-02-23 15:39:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM RW
06KIGALI428	UN DRC Sanctions Committee Group of Experts [...] (SBU) Summary: During its visit to Kigali April 20-29, the UN DRC Sanctions Committee Group of Experts briefed Embassy on the focus of its current mandate and its challenges in the region. The experts highlighted the need for tighter immigration control at the DRC border, a GDRC mechanism fo [...]	2006-05-08 11:42:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MARR KPKO ETTC RW
06KINSHASA1077	FARDC COMMANDER DIES SUDDENLY OF UNKNOWN CAUSES [...] (C) General Sylvain Buki, the deputy chief of the Armed Forces of the DRC (FARDC),died suddenly the evening of July 4 of unknown causes. According to military sources, Buki had reportedly been sick for the past two weeks with what was believed to be malaria and had been self-medicating for the [...]	2006-07-06 10:39:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR KPKO KDEM CG
06KINSHASA1474	ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THE AUGUST VIOLENCE [...] (U) Summary. The August 20-22 violence in Kinshasa clearly impacted the DRC's economy, although the full extent of the damage is not clear. Both in the informal and formal economies businesses suffered losses due to both closure and physical damage, although the latter was quite limited. End s [...]	2006-09-20 16:48:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD EAIR PGOV CG
06KINSHASA1617	BRAZZAVILLE/CONGO: PASTOR NTUMI JOINS THE PARTY [...] (C) Papal Nuncio Msgr. Andres Carrascoso-Coso contacted Charge d'affaires on October 15 with an urgent request to meet for an update on developments in the Pool region. Msgr. Carrascoso has been a key contact point with former Ninja rebel leader Pastor Ntumi for western group members of the [...]	2006-10-19 15:11:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR ASEC AU CF PHUM
06KINSHASA1870	FARDC BUILDING UP FORCE LEVELS IN NORTH KIVU [...] (C) Summary: The Congolese military (FARDC) has begun a substantial build-up in North Kivu province following clashes beginning in late November between elements of its integrated and non-integrated brigades. At least seven brigades have been deployed in and around the provincial capital of Gom [...]	2006-12-18 11:15:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPKO MOPS ASEC CG
06KIRKUK115	SULAY STUDENTS VIEW ELECTION THROUGH KURDISH EYES [...] (SBU) Summary: Students from Sulaymaniyah University met on May 24 with IPAO to share reactions to the formation of the national government. The twenty-six students equally represented men, women, and both younger students from a variety of departments and older students attending graduate l [...]	2006-06-04 14:02:00	REO Kirkuk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PNAT IZ
06KIRKUK116	SULAYMANIYAH GOVERNOR AND KURDISTAN TOILERS PARTY RESPOND TO [...] (SBU) Summary: In separate meetings on May 24, Sulaymaniyah Governor Dana and leaders of the Kurdistan Toiler's Party (KTP) shared with IPAO their reactions to the formation of the newly formed governments in Erbil and Baghdad. Sulaymaniyah Governor Dana said it would be difficult for Prime [...]	2006-06-04 14:08:00	REO Kirkuk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCOR ENRG IZ
06KIRKUK117	PUK LEADERSHIP: PARTY CHANGE, KRG UNITY, IRAN [...] (C) Summary. On May 31 PUK party leader Noshirwan Mustafa informed PRT/REO POLOFS that the number of new KRG ministries was linked to building support for the Kurds on the 2007 Kirkuk Referendum. Further, the PUK would soon hold a congress to restructure the party to adapt to the new political [...]	2006-06-13 13:34:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PNAT KDEM KCOR EPET IZ IN
06KIRKUK121	ASSYRIAN LEADERS ON ARTICLE 140, SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: PRT team leader met with Assyrian Democratic Movement Kirkuk Chairman Sargon Lazar on June 20 and Assyrian Archbishop Louis Sako on June 21 to discuss implementation of Article 140. Lazar said there were rumors of a falling out between President Talabani and PM Maliki over Artic [...]	2006-06-29 16:21:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KISL KIRF
06KIRKUK124	(U) KURDISTAN REFERENDUM MOVEMENT LEADERS DISCUSS [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: IPAO on July 3 met with leaders of the Kurdistan Referendum Movement (KRM) to discuss the structure of the organization, its current political goals, and future plans for a referendum on Kurdistan independence. (Note: the KRM was responsible for an unofficia [...]	2006-07-15 14:28:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PNAT PREF PREL PBTS KDEM IZ
06KIRKUK179	ANOTHER ANTI-ISG DEMONSTRATION AT REO - KIRKUK [...] (U) On December 19, a group of about 100-150 demonstrators from the Turcoman People's Women Union assembled in front of the REO to express discontent with provisions of the Iraq Study Group (ISG) report. The Women Union is an affiliate of the Turcoman Brotherhood Party (led by Walid Sharika, a [...]	2006-12-21 14:20:00	REO Kirkuk	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINR PGOV PBTS IZ
06KIRKUK72	IRAQI ARMY RAID ON TURCOMAN VILLAGE - TWO DEAD, SEVERAL [...] (C) Summary. A mid-march Iraqi Army (IA) raid in predominately Turcoman village near the At Tamim - Salah ad Din provincial border results in two deaths, several injuries, and alleged widespread destruction of property. Turcoman frustration increases to what they perceive as an excessive mil [...]	2006-03-29 04:39:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV KDEM IZ
06KUALALUMPUR1516	RELIGIOUS FREEDOM DEBATE LEADS TO GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Pressure from non-Muslims to examine religious freedom in Malaysia has generated passionate debate here in recent months, leading to PM Abdullah's July 25 warning, repeated on August 11, for the media and public to refrain from openly debating contentious religious and racial issues. For t [...]	2006-08-11 08:13:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV PINR KISL KIRF KDEM KPAO MY
06KUALALUMPUR1636	PROMINENT HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYER FACES DEATH THREAT [...] (C) Prominent Muslim lawyer and human rights activist Malik Imtiaz has become the target of a death threat printed on a leaflet and distributed via email beginning in mid-August. On August 24 Imtiaz privately told us he believes the death threat was orchestrated by several newly established Muslim [...]	2006-08-30 10:30:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV PINR KISL MY
06KUWAIT1599	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ'S NEW GOVERNMENT [...] Saturday, 6 May, 2006 -- Ahmed Bu-Dostour wrote in the conservative Arabic-language daily Al-Watan under the title "Will Al-Maliki fix what Al-Jaafari ruined": "The first public statement made by Al-Maliki called for the dismantlement of armed militias and their integration into the army. Al [...]	2006-05-07 05:12:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PREL KDEM PGOV KU
06KUWAIT1674	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ'S NEW GOVERNMENT [...] Saturday, 6 May, 2006 -- Mohamed Zain wrote in the pro-government Arabic-language daily Al-Seyassah under the title "Iraq without a people ruled by wolves": "As Alawi has gone so did Al-Jaafari, and Al-Maliki will stay for a short while then go so that another person may come to the same set [...]	2006-05-11 03:34:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PREL KDEM PGOV KU
06KUWAIT1818	SUPPORT FOR IRAQI GOVERNMENT FORMATION: KUWAIT [...] Kuwaiti Amir Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah sent messages of congratulations to Iraqi President Jalal Talabani and Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki shortly after the May 20 vote of confidence approving the new Cabinet. According to the press, the Amir "wished the new government members [...]	2006-05-21 10:42:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KU IZ
06KUWAIT1862	KUWAITI FM CONGRATULATES NEW IRAQI GOVERNMENT; [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-23 10:39:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KU IZ STATE
06KUWAIT1980	SCENESETTER FOR JUNE 2-3 VISIT TO KUWAIT OF NEA [...] (SBU) Welcome to Kuwait. Your June 2-3 visit follows the recent productive visits of other Department principals -- Under Secretary Joseph, Assistant Secretary Hillen, Counselor Zelikow, and Assistant Secretary Wayne. You will meet with Amir Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and Post [...]	2006-05-30 11:55:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV KU
06KUWAIT2154	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - IRAQI GOVERNMENT AND HAMAS [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-08 20:06:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PREL KDEM PGOV KU
06KUWAIT2563	KUWAIT DEMARCHE DELIVERED: APPROACHING GULF ARAB [...] (C/NF) The Charge delivered June 27 to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Khaled Al-Jarallah ref A demarche encouraging Gulf states to invite Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki for an official visit. Referring to positive GOK statements following the formation of the new Iraqi government, [...]	2006-06-27 12:15:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL EAID PGOV KU IZ DEMARCHE
06KUWAIT2729	SCENESETTER FOR COMMERCE SECRETARY GUTIERREZ'S [...] (U) See action request in paragraph 20. 2. (C/NF) Welcome to Kuwait, Secretary Gutierrez. Your visit comes after historic parliamentary elections in which women voted for the first time and pro-reform candidates won a clear majority. As required by law, the cabinet resigned following th [...]	2006-07-08 11:25:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	BEXP EINV KIPR OVIP PREL KU
06KUWAIT2776	IRAQI PM MALIKI LEADS MINISTERIAL DELEGATION ON [...] (S/NF) MFA Under Secretary Khalid Jarallah told CDA on July 10 that the visit of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki had been "very very positive" and that Maliki had made a good impression on GOK officials. His reconciliation initiative briefing elicited promises of "full support" from the Amir. T [...]	2006-07-10 13:54:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV EAID KU IZ KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS
06KUWAIT2813	SCENESETTER FOR JULY 21-22 VISIT TO KUWAIT OF [...] (C) Welcome to Kuwait, Deputy Secretary Kimmitt, Counselor Zelikow, and delegation. Your visit comes during a period in which Kuwait has been active both domestically and regionally. Parliamentary elections, the first in which women participated as both voters and candidates, were held Jun [...]	2006-07-12 10:54:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	EAID PREL KU IZ KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS
06KUWAIT2815	SCENESETTER FOR ENERGY SECRETARY BODMAN VISIT TO [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 20. 2. (SBU) Welcome to Kuwait Secretary Bodman. There has been considerable change in the government since your November 2005 visit. In January, following the death of long-time Amir Shaykh Jaber, former Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah became Amir an [...]	2006-07-12 11:33:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	ENRG EPET OVIP PREL KU
06KUWAIT2898	ENERGY SECRETARY BODMAN AND KUWAITI AMIR DISCUSS [...] (C/NF) Summary: During a July 17 meeting with Kuwaiti Amir Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and new Energy Minister Shaykh Ali Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah, Energy Secretary Bodman congratulated the GOK on recent landmark parliamentary elections, thanked the Amir for Kuwaiti support of USG effort [...]	2006-07-19 13:24:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ENRG EPET OVIP PREL KU
06KUWAIT2953	KIMMITT/ZELIKOW VISIT TO KUWAIT: GOK LEADERSHIP [...] (S/NF) Summary: Treasury Deputy Secretary Kimmitt and State Department Counselor Zelikow, during a July 22 visit, briefed Kuwaiti Amir Shaykh Sabah, Deputy PM and FM Shaykh Dr. Mohammed, Finance Minister Bader Al-Humaidhi, Fawzi Al-Hunaif of the Kuwait Fund, and Director General of the Arab [...]	2006-07-23 15:34:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV EAID KU KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS
06KUWAIT3294	IRAQ'S FUEL SHORTAGES: KUWAIT SAYS IT'S HONORING [...] (C/NF) The Ambassador used the occasion of a previously scheduled meeting with Kuwaiti Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah to raise the growing fuel shortage in Iraq and encourage the GOK to provide all possible assistance. Responding to [...]	2006-08-14 13:54:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL ECON EPET KU KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS
06KUWAIT3392	KEY ISSUES FOR THE SEPTEMBER 5 VISIT OF KUWAITI [...] (S/NF) Status of Bilateral Relations: Amir Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah's September visit is his first official U.S. trip since becoming Amir in January. As Prime Minister, he last visited the United States in July 2005. Kuwait, a major Non-NATO ally since 2004, has strongly supported coa [...]	2006-08-21 13:49:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV KU SCENESETTER
06KUWAIT3635	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - 9/11, IRAN, LEBANON, AND DETAINEE [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-10 11:43:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT3692	AMBASSADOR-DESIGNATE PLANS TRIP TO IRAQ [...] (C) Summary. Kuwait's Ambassador-designate to Iraq Ali Al-Mumin cited reciprocity issues as the most important stumbling block to upgraded diplomatic representation in Baghdad. He noted that issues involving security, site location and transportation between Iraq and Kuwait needed to be reso [...]	2006-09-14 11:00:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KISL OFDP PINR SOCI IZ KU
06KUWAIT3733	SENIOR KUWAITI SHI'A CLERIC ON HIZBALLAH, IRAQ, [...] (C/NF) Summary: In a September 13 meeting with PolOff, senior Kuwaiti Shi'a cleric Sayed Mohammed Baqer Al-Mohri shared his views on regional developments and Shi'a-Sunni relations in Kuwait. Al-Mohri said Hizballah was more popular among Kuwaiti Shi'a than before the recent Israel-Hizballah [...]	2006-09-17 13:07:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KTFN IR IZ KU KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS
06KUWAIT3756	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES LEGISLATIVE AGENDA, REGIONAL [...] (C/NF) Summary: Acting National Assembly Speaker and Islamic Constitutional Movement MP Mohammed al-Bousairi told Ambassador September 17 that opposition MPs are ready to move ahead with their agenda, but need to look for pragmatic ways to work with the GOK. Opposition representatives are now [...]	2006-09-19 12:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL IZ IR KU NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
06KUWAIT4211	SCENESETTER FOR THE OCTOBER 31 IRAQ COMPACT [...] (C) Undersecretary Kimmitt and Counselor Zelikow, we look forward to your visit. The October 31 meeting of the International Compact with Iraq (ICI) Preparatory Group (PG) will involve delegations from 22 nations and will be hosted by the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development. Kuwait De [...]	2006-10-24 07:49:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV EAID ETTC IQ KU
06KUWAIT4212	SCENESETTER FOR THE OCTOBER 31 IRAQ COMPACT [...] (C) Deputy Secretary Kimmitt and Counselor Zelikow, we look forward to your visit. The October 31 meeting of the International Compact with Iraq (ICI) Preparatory Group (PG) will involve delegations from 22 nations and will be hosted by the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development. Kuwait [...]	2006-10-24 18:59:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV EAID ETTC IQ KU
06KUWAIT4308	TREASURY DEPUTY SECRETARY KIMMITT BILATERAL DISCUSSIONS AT [...] (SBU) Summary: Treasury Deputy Secretary Robert M. Kimmitt held a series of meetings on the margins of the October 31 International Compact with Iraq (ICI) Preparatory Group (PG) meeting in Kuwait between October 30 and November 1. The meetings focused on preparation for the PG and key follow [...]	2006-11-01 14:23:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID ECON EFIN ETRD EINV
06KUWAIT4315	IRAQ COMPACT: TREASURY DEPUTY SECRETARY MEETING [...] (C) Summary: Treasury D/S Kimmitt met with Iraqi NSA Rubaie in Kuwait City on November 1, the day following the Preparatory Group meeting on the International Compact for Iraq (ICI). They had a wide ranging discussion regarding the ICI, Iraq-Saudi relations, the Iraqi insurgency and Iraq's [...]	2006-11-03 11:32:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL EAID ECON EFIN ETRD EINV LE IZ KU
06KUWAIT4425	NSB PRESIDENT SHAYKH AHMED AL-FAHD WELCOMES GSD [...] (C/NF) Summary: NSB President Shaykh Ahmed welcomed the GSD initiatives paper and said his staff is studying the specific proposals. He noted that on some items, such as critical infrastructure protection, we can and should begin moving quickly. He looks forward to discussing some of these [...]	2006-11-09 07:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PARM KU IR GCC
06KUWAIT4469	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - MIDTERM ELECTIONS AND IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-18 06:12:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT4541	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - IRAQ AND THE REGION [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-02 06:42:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT4568	GENERAL ABIZAID'S MEETINGS WITH THE KUWAITI AMIR, [...] (C) Summary: In a November 28 meeting, the Amir warmly welcomed General Abizaid back to Kuwait, noting the enduring friendship between his country and the United States. On Iraq, the Amir said the U.S. needs to quickly hand over authority to Iraqi security forces, and reduce its own exposur [...]	2006-12-04 13:44:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KU IZ IR
06KUWAIT4612	SPEAKER AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS CHAIRMAN ON IRAQ, [...] (C/NF) Summary: During separate meetings December 6 with the Ambassador, Speaker of Parliament Jassem Al-Khorafi and the Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman, Mohammed Al-Sager, shared their views on regional and domestic political issues. Al-Khorafi welcomed the President's recent meetings wit [...]	2006-12-10 13:33:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM LE IZ IR KU
06KUWAIT4702	KUWAITI FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES IRAN, IRAQ, [...] (C/NF) Summary: During back-to-back meetings on 12/24 with a Congressional delegation and the Ambassador, The Kuwaiti Foreign Minister said that the key issues facing the coalition in Iraq are transferring security responsibility to Iraqis and checking Iranian influence. He said we are in a [...]	2006-12-24 14:41:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV CVIS KU IR
06KUWAIT661	KUWAITI SHI'A AND SUNNIS CONDEMN IRAQ SHRINE [...] (C) Summary and comment: During a February 24 rally at the Shi'a Imam Hussein mosque, Kuwaitis from across the religious and political spectrum condemned the bombing of the Al-Askariya shrine in Iraq. While most speakers blamed the attack on Sunni extremists and stressed the need for Muslim [...]	2006-02-27 14:28:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL IZ KU KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS SHI
06KUWAIT698	KUWAIT: SIXTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (U) Embassy Kuwait's submission for the 2006 Trafficking in Persons Report (TIP) follows. Responses are keyed to paragraphs 21-24 of reftel. 2. (SBU) 21A: Kuwait is a destination country for internationally trafficked men and women. There is no trafficking in areas outside of GOK con [...]	2006-03-01 13:25:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ELAB KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF KU
06KYIV4301	UKRAINE: HIGH-PROFILE RUSSIANS BANNED ENTRY INTO [...] (SBU) Chief of the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) Ihor Drizhchany told journalists November 6 that the SBU had blacklisted 131 foreigners thus far in 2006 for "activities damaging national security interests." When we inquired, an SBU official advised that the SBU does not release names of [...]	2006-11-17 15:57:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PINR RS UP
06LAGOS1248	PRESIDENT'S LAWYER:PRESIDENT IS "COMPARATIVELY [...] (C) Summary: Wale Babalakin, private legal counsel to President Obasanjo and head of one of Nigeria's largest law firms, told Consul General that the President's trust in an inept corps of advisors has led to much of the current negative press reports, including the embarrassment over Trans [...]	2006-10-03 16:53:00	Consulate Lagos	SECRET	PREL PGOV NI
06LAPAZ6	INITIAL MEETING WITH EVO MORALES: BRASS TACKS [...] (C) Summary: In a January 2 "breaking the ice" meeting with the Ambassador, President-elect Evo Morales claimed he had not publicly maligned President Bush (at least not in the post-election period) and expressed deep resentment about being branded a "narco-terrorist" by U.S. officials. Moral [...]	2006-01-03 16:25:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EINV ENRG SOCI ELAB BL SIPDIS
06LAPAZ96	BOLIVIA: SCENESETTER FOR A/S SHANNON [...] (C) Summary: You will arrive in Bolivia at a time of potentially profound transformation, amid an atmosphere of pervasive uncertainty and hope. We have engaged with President-elect Evo Morales (ref),but in a manner indicating something less than a business-as-usual embrace for his governmen [...]	2006-01-17 15:53:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EPET ENRG SOCI ELAB SNAR BL
06LILONGWE428	PRESIDENT FIRES ATTORNEY GENERAL [...] (SBU) Summary: President Mutharika sacked Malawi's powerful Attorney General, Ralph Kasambara, on May 17. The move ends the reign of one of the most politically active AG's in Malawi's history. Kasambara often used his post to pressure the police into making questionable arrests, and masterm [...]	2006-05-18 15:37:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KCOR MI
06LIMA1126	OLLANTA HUMALA MEETS WITH EU AMBASSADORS [...] (S) SUMMARY: On March 20, British Ambassador Richard Ralph provided his US and Canadian colleagues with a readout of the EU Ambassadors' meeting with Ollanta Humala five days earlier. Amb. Ralph said that Humala was accompanied by his wife Nadine, who said nothing, and by a leading business [...]	2006-03-22 20:40:00	Embassy Lima	SECRET	PGOV PINR PREL EU PE
06LIMA1924	PERUVIANS CONCLUDE INVESTIGATION OF COBALT-60 [...] (U) Summary: After exhaustive interviews, investigators from GOP nuclear regulator IPEN believe that a poorly trained Caddin employee removed the Co-60 source in Lima without realizing it. IPEN, Caddin and Rapiscan officials discounted the possibility that the Co-60 removal was a malicious act [...]	2006-05-17 16:06:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PREL KSAF TRGY ENRG TSPL ASEC KNNP VE PE
06LJUBLJANA774	SLOVENIAN PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT TO IRAQ A BIG [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-04 14:33:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SI
06LJUBLJANA822	SLOVENIA: PRIME MINISTER ON BOARD WITH U.S.ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: DURING A SHORT ONE HOUR LUNCH DECEMBER 19 WITH COM ONE-ON-ONE, SLOVENIAN PRIME MINISTER JANSA EXPRESSED SUPPORT FOR SPECIAL ENVOY AHTISAARI'S WAY FORWARD ON KOSOVO, SAYING HE HAD ARGUED AT THE EUROPEAN SUMMIT LAST WEEK THAT THERE WAS NO REASON TO DELAY INTRODUCING THE PLAN ONCE SER [...]	2006-12-20 15:16:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SI
06LONDON5371	IRAQ: HMG EXPRESSES HOPE FOR IRAQ COMPACT AND [...] (C) Summary: In a July 18 meeting in London, FCO and MOD officials told Assistant Secretary of State for Political Military Affairs John Hillen they were disappointed in the deteriorating security situation in Iraq and that they supported using the Iraq Compact as a mechanism for obtaining exp [...]	2006-07-20 16:30:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS UK IZ
06LONDON5958	(U) TENSIONS RISE BETWEEN BRITISH MUSLIMS AND HMG [...] (C) SUMMARY: Frustrated by the bruising that their community has taken after 24 UK-born Muslims were arrested in connection with the recently-thwarted air terrorist plot (reftels),prominent British Muslims sent an open letter to PM Tony Blair August 12 blaming his policy on Iraq and the Middle Eas [...]	2006-08-14 17:17:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KISL UK
06LONDON8162	HMG TO PLEDGE ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE AT BAMAKO [...] (SBU) ESTOff delivered reftel demarche to Jo Newstead, the lead officer on pandemic flu at HMG's Department of Health. Newstead told ESTOff on November 30 that HMG will make an additional pledge of GBP 10 million at the December 6-8 avian and pandemic influenza conference in Bamako, Mali. Br [...]	2006-11-30 17:14:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR KFLU TBIO PREL EAID MA UK
06LUSAKA1602	NEW ATTORNEY GENERAL ANNOUNCED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. President Mwanawasa has appointed Zambia's Human Rights Commission (HRC) Chairman Mumba Malila to the office of Attorney General, a position that until now was held concurrently by Minister of Justice George Kunda. Malila's nomination received widespread support, based on his p [...]	2006-11-21 11:02:00	Embassy Lusaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR ZA
06LUSAKA1694	ZAMBIA POLITICAL ROUNDUP [...] (U) Topics Covered: -- United Party for National Development VP Quits -- Liuwa Constituency By-elections -- Charges Against PF Leader Sata Dismissed -- Threat to Ban Political Rallies -- EU Election Observation Mission Final Report Chisanga Quits UPND ------------------- 2. (U) Patri [...]	2006-12-20 08:53:00	Embassy Lusaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ZA
06MAAMA2067	SENATOR NELON AND CROWN PRINCE DISCUSS REGIONAL [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-26 07:15:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BA REGION OFFICIALS OREP PTER
06MADRID1966	PLAN AFRICA: SPAIN INTRODUCES SELF TO NEIGHBORS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 26, Vice President Fernandez de la Vega officially rolled out Plan Africa, an ambitious project developed by the Zapatero government to address what it perceives to be a glaring hole in Spanish foreign policy. Prompted both by fears of international terrorism and by more [...]	2006-08-03 15:30:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID SMIG SOCI SP XY
06MADRID2359	SCENESETTER FOR A/S FRAZER MEETING WITH ALVARO [...] (C) SUMMARY: In your September 22 meeting with Spanish MFA Director General for Middle East/Africa Alvaro Iranzo (Asst. Sec'y equivalent),he will highlight the fact that Spain is poised to expand its presence in Sub-Saharan Africa. The ongoing migration crisis in the Canary Islands has cre [...]	2006-09-19 15:18:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SMIG EAID AF SP
06MADRID2685	TREASURY DEPSEC'S MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Foreign Minister Moratinos told Treasury Deputy Secretary Kimmitt October 19 that Spain strongly supports the SIPDIS Iraq Compact and that Madrid would transfer the 22 million dollars it had pledged for the Basra Children's Hospital within about one month. He also pledged Spanish supp [...]	2006-10-23 15:13:00	Embassy Madrid	SECRET//NOFORN	EAID EINV EFIN PREL PARM ETTC KIPR SP
06MADRID3095	SPAIN/CUBA: SPANISH DOCTOR CONSULTS ON CASTRO [...] (U) Spanish media reported that Doctor Jose Luis Garcia Sabrido, Chief Surgeon of the Community of Madrid's Gregorio Maranon Hospital, had examined Fidel Castro for 90 minutes on December 21. Garcia Sabrido asserted on December 26 that "as far as I know, Castro does not have cancer." Garcia S [...]	2006-12-27 15:53:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CU SP
06MADRID516	SIXTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) [...] (SBU) Following is Embassy Madrid,s input for the Sixth Annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. Embassy POC is Political Officer Tim Dougherty, tel. (34) 91 587-2294. Staff hours spent in preparation of this report includes the following: Political Counselor - FE-OC: 3 hours Deputy [...]	2006-03-01 18:03:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ELAB KCRM KFRD PREF SP KWMN SMIG ASEC
06MANAGUA1972	WHILE PLC MODERATES SEEK LIBERAL UNITY, HARDLINERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: While some Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC) Assembly moderates continue to seek a PLC alliance with Eduardo Montealegre's Liberal Nicaraguan Alliance (ALN),PLC hardliners have ratcheted up their party's smear campaign against Montealegre to the point that an alliance is likely [...]	2006-09-07 19:15:00	Embassy Managua	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA1977	MONTEALEGRE: BEST SCENARIO IS RIZO/ALVARADO [...] (S) SUMMARY: In his recent meeting with presidential candidate Eduardo Montealegre, the Ambassador touched on the crucial elements required to consolidate the campaign: convey a clear, concise, and consistent message; ensure financial and moral support to his campaigners throughout the countr [...]	2006-09-08 17:37:00	Embassy Managua	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2377	NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS: THE SCENE ON THE GROUND TEN [...] (C) SUMMARY/INTRODUCTION: With ten days remaining before Nicaragua's November 5 elections, three presidential candidates are scrambling to convince voters that they are best suited to beat Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) candidate Daniel Ortega. Ortega remains the frontrunner in [...]	2006-10-25 22:46:00	Embassy Managua	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2450	NICARAGUA: ORTEGA SIGNS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE PLEDGE [...] (U) Summary. On November 1, FSLN presidential candidate Daniel Ortega became the fourth presidential candidate to sign the Nicaraguan Chamber of CommerceQs pledge, entitled "Ten Basic Points on Governance and Economic Development." Chamber President Jose Adan Aguerri signed on behalf of the Ch [...]	2006-11-03 19:17:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EIND EINV ETRD NU
06MANAGUA2474	NICARAGUA: POST'S INPUT FOR THE 2007 NATIONAL [...] This cable transmits post's input for the 2007 National Trade Estimate Report on Nicaragua. Per reftel instructions, post transmitted this information via e-mail on November 7 to USTR/Gereffi and Blue, STATE/WHA/CEN/Schiffer and Kopolow, and STATE/EB/TPP/Clarkson and Lampron. TRADE SUMMARY [...]	2006-11-08 23:52:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EFIN EINV NU
06MANAGUA2518	THE TORTOISE AND THE HARES -- WHY ORTEGA WON THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) candidate Daniel Ortega won Nicaragua's presidential election after surpassing the low 35% threshold required to win on the first round and with 4 percentage points below what he received in the 2001 race. While the lion's share of the [...]	2006-11-14 23:02:00	Embassy Managua	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA513	NICARAGUA CLOSE TO THE FINISH LINE ON CAFTA, SEEKS [...] (SBU) Summary: The GON is now reasonably confident that Nicaraguan politicians will finally permit a vote on CAFTA implementing legislation March 9, so that Nicaragua can join CAFTA by April 1. PLC (Liberal Party) sources in the National Assembly have also confirmed that a vote is on track [...]	2006-03-08 17:24:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD BEXP PREL NU
06MANAGUA632	FSLN FOREIGN AFFAIRS CHIEF: "JUDGE US BY OUR [...] (C) Summary: Sandinista (FSLN) foreign affairs advisor Samuel Santos holds up the FSLN's recent support for CAFTA implementation legislation as evidence of his party's interest in constructive relations with the United States. He suggests that the FSLN might also be willing to vote to destroy [...]	2006-03-21 21:31:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL KCOR

06MANAMA1197	BAHRAIN CONDEMNS ISRAELI ACTIONS IN GAZA [...] (C) The Bahraini Cabinet, Foreign Minister, and parliament all condemned Israel's attacks on Gaza, arrest of officials and parliamentarians, and destruction of infrastructure in separate statements over the past few days. The statements focused on perceived Israeli violations of internationa [...]	2006-07-03 14:50:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL ASEC BA IS REGION
06MANAMA1828	CROWN PRINCE OUTLINES REGIONAL CHALLENGES WITH [...] (C) CENTCOM Commander General Abizaid October 11 met with Crown Prince Shaikh Salman and discussed Iraq, Iran, the war of ideas in the Middle East, and Bahrain's upcoming elections. On Iraq, the CP said that the United States should adopt a "less forward-leaning position" and allow Iraqi for [...]	2006-10-24 11:33:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS MASS BA IR IZ REGION BILAT
06MANAMA1890	CROWN PRINCE, U/S HUGHES DISCUSS IMPORTANCE OF [...] (C)Crown Prince Salman told Under Secretary of State Hughes November 1 that Bahrain stands ready to enance the bilateral relationship and will support ny initiative that furthers both countries' natinal interests. The phenomenon of "death cult" etremists presents a challenge to moderates in [...]	2006-11-07 06:22:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SCUL PGO OEXC KMPI BA POL REFORM
06MANAMA1903	BAHRAINI ENGAGEMENT ON IRAQ: WHAT ELSE CAN WE DO? [...] (S) As the only Arab country other than Iraq that has a Shia majority population, Bahrain is very worried about the situation in Iraq and watches closely for signs that increased sectarian tensions and violence in Iraq could spill over into Bahrain. To become more actively engaged with Iraq, [...]	2006-11-08 09:20:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PREL MARR MOPS BA IZ REGION
06MANAMA2060	FOREIGN MINISTER COVERS REGIONAL ISSUES WITH [...] (C) Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid told the Ambassador December 14 that Iranian Foreign Minister Mottaki had used "typically harsh" language in his speech at the December 8-10 IISS conference in Bahrain. When asked why the King had met with Mottaki, Shaikh Khalid said that the GOB had not re [...]	2006-12-20 11:12:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BA REGION BILAT OFFICIALS
06MANAMA2067	SENATOR NELSON AND CROWN PRINCE DISCUSS REGIONAL [...] (C) In their December 18 meeting, Crown Prince Salman told Senator Nelson that Bahrain is 100 percent committed to the bilateral relationship and credited the United States with protecting the stability and security of the region. The Senator briefed Shaikh Salman on his recent meeting with S [...]	2006-12-26 07:15:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER OREP BA REGION OFFICIALS
06MANAMA378	MOSTLY POSITIVE REACTIONS TO FTA CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) The February 27 conference on "Free Trade in the Middle East," attended by Commerce Secretary Gutierrez, Bahraini Minister of Industry and Commerce Fakhro, and Jordanian Minister of Industry and Trade Zubi, publicized the benefits of the U.S.-Bahrain free trade agreement (FTA) and broug [...]	2006-03-11 13:52:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON BEXP PREL KPAO BA ECTRD BILAT
06MANAMA409	LUNCHEON WITH KING HAMAD [...] (C) King Hamad, during a March 13 luncheon, had high praise for the U.S. and its positive role in maintaining stability in the Gulf. "Without you," he stated, "we'd be squashed." He made clear his concern for Iran, both as a regional power and as a meddling force inside Bahrain. Iran can be expecte [...]	2006-03-15 13:42:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM BA IR REGION OFFICIALS POL BILAT
06MANAMA710	BAHRAIN REFORM STRATEGY: FIRST QUARTER 2006 [...] (C) The reporting period was marked by tumult on the political scene as competing Shia groups jockeyed for the support of their community. Leading Shia opposition society Al Wifaq remained preoccupied with organizing itself internally following its decision, along with several other oppositi [...]	2006-04-25 10:45:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KMPI ECON KPAO BA BILAT REFORM
06MANILA3234	EAP A/S HILL VISITS MILITARY ACADEMY AND U.S. [...] SUMMARY: EAP A/S Hill stressed themes of military transformation and cooperation -- especially on natural disasters -- among the U.S., the Philippines, and other ASEAN countries in speech to the cadets at the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) in Baguio City on July 30. He participated in a r [...]	2006-08-02 05:40:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PHUM CASC KPAO RP
06MANILA4203	AMBASSADOR VISITS MEDCAP/GETS FIRST-HAND LOOK AT [...] (C/REL AUS) Summary. Ambassador had a first-hand update from ground force commanders on the Armed Forces of the Philippines' on-going effort to capture or kill Abu Sayyaf Group and Jemaah Islamiyah leaders during her September 25 day-long visit to Jolo Island. The Armed Forces of the Philip [...]	2006-10-03 08:52:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS MARR MOPS EAID RP
06MANILA4742	SIX AMBASSADORS PITCH IN FOR MINDANAO PEACE AND [...] (U) In a unique effort to demonstrate international support for peace and development, Ambassador Kristie Kenney led a group of five Ambassadors from Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom in a visit to the conflict-affected Mindanao provinces of Zamboanga and Basilan. [...]	2006-11-17 09:17:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER MOPS MCAP EAID EFIN PGOV RP
06MANILA4977	BAGUIO WELCOMES US AID, INVESTMENT, AND INTEREST DURING [...] SUMMARY: The signing of a USAID-funded healthcare grant and a speech at the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) anchored the Ambassador's fourth visit to Baguio, the former summer capital of the Philippines under U.S. administration. Visits to a local American company and conversations with lo [...]	2006-12-13 08:45:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON ETRD EINV EAID PGOV CVIS MASS SCUL KPAO
06MANILA995	SITREP 23: PRESIDENT ARROYO LIFTS STATE OF [...] (U) Summary: In a TV address given at 1130 hrs (local) on March 3, President Arroyo announced that she was lifting the State of National Emergency imposed on February 24, effective immediately. Mission prepared the statement in para 5 in response to media queries. This is the final sitrep [...]	2006-03-03 08:16:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS ASEC RP
06MASERU124	MEETING WITH FOMIN [...] (U) This is an action message. See para 7. ----------------- SUMMARY ----------------- 2. (S) Following Foreign Minister Moleleki's return from his constituency, Ambassador met with him March 6 to review recent developments including the on-going review of the January 29 shooting at [...]	2006-03-08 06:26:00	Embassy Maseru	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINR LY LT
06MASERU157	ARTICLE 98 UPDATE [...] (C) Ambassador discussed the latest draft of proposed Article 98 Agreement (March 22 and 24) with Acting Attorney General Makhethe who said he believed we were "very close" on the substance of the Agreement. (Note: The A/AG had a question about "personnel" reference. Post will seek guidance [...]	2006-03-28 12:10:00	Embassy Maseru	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KICC LT
06MASERU158	TOUR D'HORIZON WITH NEW LCD SECRETARY GENERAL [...] (C) With preparations for 2007 national elections moving apace, Ambassador engaged Lesotho's Trade Minister (Mpho Malie) in a review of internal political developments as well as regional and bilateral issues. Malie, as the ruling Lesotho Congress for Democracy's (LCD) new Secretary-General, [...]	2006-03-29 11:06:00	Embassy Maseru	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR ETRD KDEM LT
06MASERU184	LESOTHO AND LIBYA RELATIONS (C-AL6-00526) [...] (C/NF) We appreciate INR's interest in the relationship between the Libyan Embassy in Maseru and the Government of Lesotho (GOL). Ambassador had a lengthy meeting April 6 with Libyan Ambassador Mohamed Algamudi at his residence. 2. (C/NF) The Libyan envoy's wife and daughter prepared an [...]	2006-04-13 15:05:00	Embassy Maseru	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PINR PREL LT LY
06MASERU187	UPDATE ON FOREIGN MINISTER'S SHOOTING INCIDENT - THE PLOT [...] Foreign Minister Moleleki who is also editor-in-chief of the ruling party newspaper Mololi, has reacted to rumors which have surfaced regarding his enigmatic " assassination attempt." In his weekly editorial column on March 23, Moleleki clarifies that the woman he went to see after leaving the [...]	2006-04-19 12:26:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM LT
06MASERU335	ECONOMIC REPORT [...] SUMMARY: --Letseng Diamond Mine sold to Gem Diamond Mining Company; --More Mining Licenses Granted; --Law Society Appeals to Chief Justice; --Standard Bank and Lesotho Bank Announce Merger; --Lesotho Textiles Make a Comeback. --------------------------------------------- -------------- [...]	2006-07-19 08:32:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID PGOV LT
06MASERU617	ACTING PM REQUESTS US LAW ENFORCEMENT HELP TO INVESTIGATE [...] (C) On December 7, Acting Prime Minister Lehohla requested Ambassador come to his office for a 90 minute one-on-one discussion centering primarily on the GOL's request for professional investigative assistance in finding the murderer of Dutch Clinton Foundation Volunteer Samuella "Ella" Jacobi [...]	2006-12-11 16:48:00	Embassy Maseru	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL LT
06MASERU631	AMBASSADOR'S VISITS REVEAL REMOTE AREAS BENEFIT FROM USG [...] SUMMARY. On November 28, Ambassador June Carter Perry and post's Special Projects team visited the District of Mokhotlong to review three Special Self-Help (SSH) Fund projects and to meet with Ambassador's Girls' Scholarship Program (AGSP) recipients there. This visible outreach to an isolat [...]	2006-12-27 10:20:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID KHIV SCUL KDEM LT
06MINSK1084	NEW EU INTEREST IN VISA BANS ON STATE MEDIA [...] (C) Embassy Minsk recommends that the Department renew its efforts to persuade European allies to expand the current EU visa ban against top officials of the Lukashenko regime to include twelve state media executives and journalists, who are responsible for some of the most egregious propaganda [...]	2006-10-05 09:55:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BO
06MINSK1117	INDEPENDENT POLLING: MILINKEVICH SUPPORT RATINGS DECLINE [...] Summary: Independent Belarusian pollster Manaev September 25 gave Poloff results of his fifth post election survey conducted in August. Opposition coalition presidential candidate Milinkevich's support rating dropped 8.8 points since March to 11.6%, whereas President Lukashenko's support rati [...]	2006-10-17 04:57:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR SOCI ECON BO
06MINSK327	Opposition Faces Criminal Charges [...] Summary: Hundreds of opposition activists have recently been charged and convicted for violating the relatively more lenient Administrative Code, and 21 face much more serious charges under the Criminal Code. One person has been sentenced to five months in prison, while the others (including p [...]	2006-03-24 11:04:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK397	LUKASHENKO INAUGURATED: A PALE IMAGE [...] (C) Summary: Belarusian dictator Aleksandr Lukashenko was inaugurated in a brief, highly orchestrated and sparsely attended ceremony in Minsk April 8. In an unusually short speech, a depressed looking Lukashenko stressed his re-election represented the people,s will and lashed out at outside [...]	2006-04-12 15:21:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL
06MINSK448	ELECTION OBSERVERS REMAIN IN JAIL, OTHER ACTIVISTS [...] (U) Summary: Opposition activists are still coping with security service harassment and fighting court cases based on nefarious charges. Authorities extended the pre-trial detention of election observers of the NGO Partnership by another two months. They are still not allowed to meet with r [...]	2006-04-26 13:14:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM
06MINSK493	EMBASSY MINSK WEEKLY REPORT - May 5, 2006 [...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. ----------------------- International Relations ----------------------- 2. Lukashenko: Consolidation of Political Forces Is No Problem During a meeting in St. Petersburg, Aleksandr Lukashenko told Russian President [...]	2006-05-05 14:25:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON BO
06MINSK513	Youth Activist Gets Two Years Restricted Freedom [...] SUMMARY: After a six-day postponement, the trial of Malady Front activist and anti-Lukashenko graffitist Artur Finkevich concluded on May 10. Although Finkevich had been facing up to twelve years in prison, the judge sentenced Finkevich to two years of restricted freedom. During two days of h [...]	2006-05-16 06:01:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK580	Opposition Activist Convicted of Sedition [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 25, a Milinkevich campaign worker, Sergei Lyashkevich, was tried in Shchuchin regional court on charges of inciting mass disorder. The prosecution's evidence included seized electronic media, written testimony, and oral testimony by two dubious witnesses. Following the [...]	2006-06-02 10:13:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM BO
06MINSK692	OPPOSITION LEADER OUTLINES MULTIPLE PROBLEMS IN [...] (C) Summary: During a June 26 meeting with Ambassador, pro-democracy Belarusian Party of Communist (BPC) head Aleksandr Kalyakin described the United Democratic Forces (UDF) plan of action outlining "concrete" measures to coordinate the activities of the UDF leaders and to mobilize activists. [...]	2006-06-30 13:27:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF BO
06MINSK731	KOZULIN VERDICT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 13, former opposition presidential candidate Aleksandr Kozulin was sentenced to five and a half years in a medium security prison on one charge of disturbing the peace and two counts of hooliganism. The six-day proceedings were at times chaotic and drew a heavy presence [...]	2006-07-14 13:37:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF BO
06MINSK796	LATVIAN DIPLOMAT HAS RESIDENCE RAIDED, IS MALIGNED [...] (C) On July 30, Belarusian Television's (BT) analytical program "Center of Attention" - a program known for its anti-Western shows - broadcast an expose on the Latvian diplomat accused of distributing pornographic materials (reftel). The program targeted the Latvian diplomat for his sexual o [...]	2006-07-31 14:20:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC PREL PHUM BO
06MOSCOW10289	RUSSIAN PUBLIC'S VIEWS ON POLICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS [...] SUMMARY: An overwhelming majority of the Russian public believes that human rights abuse by police is widespread according to recent polling data. The police, on the contrary, believe they are unfairly maligned, but recognize problems within the MVD. These and other findings presented on Se [...]	2006-09-14 15:01:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM SOCI RS
06MOSCOW4265	A/S RADEMAKER'S APRIL 12 MEETING WITH DVBR [...] (C) SUMMARY. In an April 12 meeting with Anatoliy Antonov, Director of the MFA's Department for Disarmament and Security Affairs, ISN Assistant Secretary Stephen Rademaker explained that U.S. concerns about Russian treaty compliance were the main obstacles to U.S. support for Russian members [...]	2006-04-21 06:47:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MNUC RS
06MOSCOW5456	MOSCOW ON IRAQI GOVERNMENT FORMATION [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-23 13:11:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KDEM KPAO IZ RS
06MOSCOW8427	AFTER BASAYEV [...] (C) Shamil Basayev leaves behind questions about the future direction of Chechnya, the future direction of the North Caucasus, and future prospects for terrorism, extremism, and militant Jihadism in the region. With no unifying enemy, the leadership of Chechnya is beginning to show rifts. M [...]	2006-08-08 07:44:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS PINR PTER RS
06MOSUL54	NORTHERN IRAQ: NINEWA REACTION TO NEW IRAQI GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Views from Ninewa political, tribal, and government officials on the new -- and permanent -- Government of Iraq vary according to ethnicity. The Shiite community is overwhelmingly upbeat, the Kurds more pragmatic, with Sunnis feeling a bit disaffected and minorities somewhat despondent. [...]	2006-05-27 13:27:00	REO Mosul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR
06MUSCAT1090	MEDIA REACTION: GAZA, IRAQI NATIONAL RECONCILIATION [...] Israel's Gaza incursion continued to receive strongly negative coverage in the local press. In a July 7 front-page article, privately owned Arabic-language daily "Al-Watan" (circulation 42,000) reported that Israel had used unspecified "internationally-banned weapons." Arabic papers front-pag [...]	2006-07-11 07:15:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO KMDR MU
06MUSCAT133	OMAN SWEPT BY DENMARK BOYCOTT FERVOR [...] (U) Prompted by the flap over cartoons in Denmark deemed offensive to Islam, Omani consumers are boycotting Danish products with increasing fervor, and grocers are taking note by pulling suspected goods from shelves. Some companies have taken out advertisements to remind consumers that they ar [...]	2006-02-01 13:57:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PREL MU DA
06MUSCAT1507	MEDIA REACTION: SECRETARY'S MIDDLE EAST TOUR, CHALLENGES [...] SUMMARY: Youth-oriented "Al-Shabiba" calls Secretary Rice's Middle East tour "nothing new." Privately owned "Al-Watan" writes about political challenges facing Iraq, Lebanon and Palestine, and claims the Taliban is resurgent in Afghanistan. Government-owned "Oman" says Japan's North Korea p [...]	2006-10-22 09:58:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO KMDR MU
06MUSCAT1661	MEDIA REACTION: SECTARIAN STRIFE IN IRAQ, REGIONAL [...] SUMMARY: State daily "Oman" fears that Iraqi sectarian strife will lead to civil war and carries an appeal for international help in resolving regional conflicts; private daily "Al-Watan" thinks that external actors are driving tensions in Lebanon. END SUMMARY. -------- COVERAGE -------- [...]	2006-12-05 07:33:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO KMDR MU
06MUSCAT1707	NEA A/S WELCH MEETING WITH OMANI FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) NEA A/S Welch met December 12 with Omani Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yousef bin Alawi in Muscat. Bin Alawi personally drove A/S Welch and the Ambassador to a meeting with Sultan Qaboos (septel),and then hosted a working lunch for them with participation from Foreign Ministry [...]	2006-12-20 07:21:00	Embassy Muscat	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER KPAL IR IZ SY MU
06MUSCAT672	TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS DISCUSSIONS WITH OMAN [...] (SBU) In recent discussions with the Ambassador, Omani government officials pledged cooperation on trafficking in persons queries, including arranging a visit to a deportation detention facility in May. The Inspector General of the Royal Oman Police noted that 80-100 migrant smugglers are arr [...]	2006-04-26 14:44:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCRM SMIG ELAB PREL KPAO MU
06MUSCAT841	OMANI FOREIGN MINISTER: TIME NOT RIGHT FOR GCC [...] (C) The timing is not right for an Oman-led GCC mission to Tehran, Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusef bin Alawi told the Ambassador in a late evening meeting May 26. He predicted that such a mission, if not properly planned and timed, would entangle GCC governments in unproductive [...]	2006-05-29 12:33:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM PREF IR IZ LY MU
06MUSCAT858	HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST SPEAKS TO FOREIGN MEDIA, [...] (C) Former parliamentarian and human rights activist Taybah al-Ma'wali told foreign media and the Embassy in May that she fears for her safety and alleges that Oman's Internal Security Service (ISS) is collecting evidence to make another case against her. Ironically, at the same time as grant [...]	2006-05-31 11:48:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PREL SOCI PINR MU
06MUSCAT991	MEDIA REACTION: NUCLEAR POLLUTION IN THE GULF, IRAQ [...] SUMMARY: Government-owned daily "Oman" worries about nuclear pollution in the Gulf and supports Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki's reconciliation initiative. "Al-Watan" is skeptical about prospects for an international investigation into the alleged Israeli shelling of a Gaza beach. Online discu [...]	2006-06-19 13:01:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO KMDR MU
06NAIROBI1015	AMBASSADOR MEETS KENYA'S NEW FINANCE MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: In his new job as Kenya's Finance Minister, Amos Kimunya wants to focus on repairing relations with donors, improving governance, and controlling government spending. Kimunya also told the Ambassador on March 3 that the Government of Kenya is moving ahead with major privatization [...]	2006-03-07 10:31:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EAID PGOV PREL PINR PTER KE
06NAIROBI1439	CORRUPTION IN KENYA: PARLIAMENTARY REPORT BLOWS [...] (C) Summary: Like a second nuclear strike following the release of the Githongo dossier in January, a long-awaited report into the Anglo-Leasing and related scandals by Kenya's Parliament was released on March 30 and is sending shockwaves through Kenyan politics. The report from the Parliamen [...]	2006-03-31 11:24:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV EAID EFIN KCOR PREL PINR KE
06NAIROBI1560	UP IN SMOKE: KENYA'S HISTORIC COCAINE HAUL FINALLY [...] (U) SUMMARY: Fifteen months after its initial seizure, Kenya's record haul of cocaine was successfully destroyed under joint Kenyan and international supervision on March 31. Despite repeated and unsupported allegations that it had been tampered with, preliminary verification and testing in [...]	2006-04-10 09:18:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PREL PINR KCRM PGOV ASEC KE UN CO
06NAIROBI1614	CORRUPTION IN KENYA: CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR BOOTED [...] (C) Summary: There is likely much more than meets the eye in the recent arrest and suspension of the governor of the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) for "abuse of office." In the case, it appears CBK Governor Andrew Mullei erred in hiring his son to help conduct investigations into irregularities [...]	2006-04-12 11:51:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV EAID EFIN KCOR PREL PINR KE
06NAIROBI1635	THOUGHTS ON THE DIALOGUE WITH KENYA AT THE [...] (C) Summary: In light of recent events in Kenya, Mission Nairobi recommends a tough-but-balanced approach in bilateral meetings between USG policymakers and the Kenyan delegation visiting Washington in late-April for the annual IMF/World Bank meetings. Washington policymakers can expect an a [...]	2006-04-13 11:48:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL EAID EFIN KCOR PGOV PINR KE
06NAIROBI1637	KENYA BULLISH ON EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRY TRANSPARENCY [...] (SBU) Summary: Deep-sea oil exploration is scheduled to begin in late-2006 off the coast of Kenya. In preparation for a possible discovery, key donors and the Australian company in charge of exploration are encouraging the Government of Kenya (GOK) to start planning now on how to avoid the "r [...]	2006-04-13 12:32:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EFIN EPET ENGR KCOR KE
06NAIROBI1688	RAISING THE LATEST MEGA-SCANDAL WITH KENYAN [...] (C) Summary: This is an action request - please see para 6. It is increasingly clear that Kenya has another mega- scandal waiting in the wings to be exposed. In this case, it takes the form of a massive money laundering and tax evasion scheme involving a small local bank and the country's l [...]	2006-04-19 13:02:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV EAID EFIN KCOR PREL PINR KE
06NAIROBI1720	CORRUPTION IN KENYA: AUDITOR GENERAL REPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: A long-awaited audit into the 18 suspect Anglo-Leasing-style procurement scams has been tabled in Parliament. Its detailed findings confirm and confer even greater credibility to the Githongo dossier and to the recently-adopted parliamentary report on the Anglo-Leasing and simi [...]	2006-04-24 05:48:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV EAID EFIN KCOR PREL PINR KE
06NAIROBI2175	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MALIK M. CHAKA, [...] Country clearance is hereby granted for the visit of Malik M. Chaka, Director, Threshold Program, Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) from o/a May 23 to o/a May 26, 2006 and a one night layover on May 29, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to assess progress in the Threshold Program, meet [...]	2006-05-18 06:48:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	KE
06NAIROBI2482	CORRUPTION IN KENYA: HOW FULL - OR EMPTY - IS THE [...] (C) Summary: The bad news in the war against corruption in Kenya is that there continues to be no genuine political will at the leadership level to aggressively investigate and prosecute major graft cases. The desperation of the NARC administration as it positions itself for next year's elect [...]	2006-06-06 13:34:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV EAID EFIN KCOR PREL PINR KE
06NAIROBI2744	GETTING TO AN INTERAGENCY 3D APPROACH TO [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-23 04:35:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	SECDEF OSD SOLIC
06NAIROBI395	CORRUPTION IN KENYA: NOT THE TIME TO MOVE FORWARD [...] (U) This is a joint Embassy-USAID message and contains a policy recommendation and rationale in paras 10-14. 2. (C) Summary: Public release of serious and credible evidence of graft and cover-up at the highest levels of the Kenyan Government is generating outrage in Kenya and threatens to [...]	2006-01-27 10:32:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID EFIN KCOR PGOV PREL KE
06NAIROBI4020	S&P Gives Kenya Sovereign Credit Rating Grade B [...] Summary: In its first sovereign credit review, Kenya earned a "stable" outlook, grade 'B+' long-term foreign currency, and 'BB-' long-term local currency credit ratings from Standard and Poor's (S&P),making GOK securities below the minimum BBB- rating for investment grade. The private sector [...]	2006-09-14 14:45:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON ETRD KE
06NAIROBI4048	KENYA SUSPENDS EXPERIMENTAL SHRIMP TRAWLER OPERATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Kenya has temporarily suspended experimental trawler operations pending a September 21 stakeholders' meeting, when an environmental impact statement on the effects of trawling for shrimp within three to five nautical miles is to be released. The decision to suspend, rather than [...]	2006-09-18 09:10:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIS SENV ECON ETRD KE
06NAIROBI4070	KENYA BETTER FOCUSED ON TIP BUT MORE COORDINATION [...] (SBU) Summary: G/TIP Yousey's August visit to Kenya highlighted the challenges facing government efforts to combat Trafficking in Persons (TIP). While Kenya's ranking among Tier Two Watchlist countries has increased the attention of the GOK and Kenyan civil society to the problem of human tr [...]	2006-09-19 08:38:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG ASEC ELAB PREL KE
06NAIROBI4321	AMBASSADOR MEETS KENYA'S BESIEGED ANTI-CORRUPTION DIRECTOR [...] (C) Summary: In a courtesy call by the Ambassador on October 2, Kenyan Anti-Corruption Commission (KACC) Director Aaron Ringera vigorously defended the performance of the KACC while also candidly analyzing the structural challenges that make prosecution of grand-scale corruption cases virtually [...]	2006-10-05 13:45:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID EFIN KCOR PGOV PREL KE
06NAIROBI4330	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES LEGISLATIVE AGENDA AND OTHER ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: Kenyan Vice President Moody Awori, who sets parliament's agenda as leader of the House Business Committee, assured the Ambassador that an anti-money laundering bill and plea bargaining legislation will be passed by this parliament. He also insisted that long pending appointments t [...]	2006-10-06 06:04:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PGOV PREL KCOR AGOA PTER KE
06NAIROBI4359	AMBASSADOR'S IFTAR REMARKS ON THE COAST [...] (U) The Ambassador hosted an Iftar dinner in Mombasa, Kenya's port town and a center of its Islamic culture, on September 26 (reftel),early in the Islamic holy month of Ramadhan. The dinner was attended by an overflow crowd of Kenyan Muslim dignitaries, including the Chief Khadi (judge and sc [...]	2006-10-10 07:04:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	SOCI PREL KISL KE
06NAIROBI4366	AMBASSADOR'S IFTAR REMARKS ON THE COAST [...] The Ambassador hosted an Iftar dinner in Mombasa, Kenya's port town and a center of its Islamic culture, on September 26 (reftel),early in the Islamic holy month of Ramadhan. The dinner was attended by an overflow crowd of Kenyan Muslim dignitaries, including the Chief Khadi (judge and schola [...]	2006-10-11 07:10:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	SOCI PREL KISL KE
06NAIROBI4473	COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR USAID/EAST [...] USAID/East Africa requests country clearance for employee for the period o/a October 29, 2006 to o/a November 3, 2006 to enable employee travel to Bamako to provide financial management services to Mali Mission. 2. Mr. Kairu's flight schedule is as follows: KQ 512 29Oct NBO-BKO 0830 124 [...]	2006-10-16 13:52:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA ASEC
06NAIROBI4628	KENYAN SECURITY MINISTER MICHUKI DEEPLY CONCERNED [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kenya's Minister of National Security is seized with Somalia and the possible implications of a complete takeover of that country by the Council of Islamic Courts (CIC). He expressed deep concern over the likely implications of this scenario, regionally and in Kenya, and urged U [...]	2006-10-27 11:05:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC KISL PREF KE SO
06NAIROBI4740	KENYA: 2006 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL AND [...] Kenya is significant transit country for cocaine and heroin bound for Europe, and, increasingly the United States. The seizure of more than one ton of cocaine in December 2004 raises concerns that international drug trafficking rings have made inroads in Kenya and may benefit from a climate o [...]	2006-11-03 12:33:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR
06NAIROBI4841	KENYA: TIP WATCH LIST INTERIM ASSESSMENT [...] Summary: Kenya has made minimal progress in its efforts to combat trafficking in persons (TIP),but there are ambitious plans for the near future. Senior GOK officials acknowledge the gravity of the TIP problem in Kenya, and have expressed support for the establishment of a Steering Commit [...]	2006-11-13 11:51:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KWMN PGOV SMIG KE
06NAIROBI494	CORRUPTION IN KENYA: FINANCE MINISTER RESIGNS, [...] (C) Summary: In an unprecedented move, Kenya's Finance Minister has resigned in response to the Anglo-Leasing and related revelations. In resigning, David Mwiraria asserted his innocence - a claim swiftly countered by John Githongo, the man whose dossier on high-level corruption and cover-up [...]	2006-02-02 12:30:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID EFIN KCOR PGOV PREL KE
06NAIROBI5304	UNICEF LAUNCHES SHOCKING STUDY ON CHILD SEX TOURISM [...] Summary: On December 19, 2006, UNICEF and the Ministry of Home Affairs launched their long-awaited joint research report on child sex tourism (CST) in four of Kenya's main beach resorts. Surveys and research indicate that up to 30% of all 12-18 year old girls living in these areas are involved [...]	2006-12-20 06:59:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PHUM KCRM ECON PGOV KE
06NAIROBI607	CORRUPTION IN KENYA: ANGLO-LEASING COMBINES WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an apparently transparent attempt to deflect public attention away from allegations of grand scale corruption within his own administration, Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki has officially accepted a long- awaited report into the Goldenberg affair, a huge scandal that took place ov [...]	2006-02-10 11:10:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID EFIN KCOR PGOV PREL KE
06NAIROBI661	CORRUPTION IN KENYA: TWO MORE MINISTERS RESIGN [...] (C) Summary: Under intense pressure generated by the Anglo-Leasing and Goldenberg scandals, Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki accepted (or, more accurately, demanded) the resignation of two more ministers on February 13. These and related developments perhaps mark the beginning of a change in Keny [...]	2006-02-14 13:16:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV EAID EFIN KCOR PREL PINR KE
06NAIROBI72	(S) INTERNATIONAL DRUG TRAFFICKING RING ENJOYS [...] (S) SUMMARY: The absence of convictions in high-profile cocaine cases and the New Year's Eve murder of the lead police officer investigating drug trafficking through the Port of Mombasa (East Africa's regional maritime hub) amply demonstrate that international narcotics trafficking rings have [...]	2006-01-09 01:17:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET	SNAR PREL PINR KCRM PGOV KE
06NDJAMENA1057	ANOTHER FIVE YEARS FOR CHAD'S PRESIDENT DEBY [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 8, after nearly sixteen years in power, President Deby rolled out the red carpet for himself and ten visiting African heads of state in a celebration to honor his claim to five more. The ceremony was marked by public displays of Chad's new rapprochement with Sudan and [...]	2006-08-15 10:39:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KDEM PGOV PHUM PREF PREL CD
06NDJAMENA351	CHAD: FRENCH AMBASSADOR ON A COORDINATED APPROACH [...] (C) Summary: French Ambassador Bercot, saying he had been authorized by Paris to brainstorm with the Ambassador, volunteered a scenario March 3 (uncleared by his government),in which the U.S. and France would support and facilitate a graceful exit for President Deby. Under this scenario, [...]	2006-03-06 16:48:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM CD
06NDJAMENA453	CHAD: LAST-DITCH UN EFFORT ON ELECTIONS FAILS [...] (SBU) Summary: Midnight March 24, the deadline for candidates to announce themselves for the May 3 presidential election, passed with only five candidates being announced: President Deby and four of his allies. The significant political opposition held fast to its boycott, despite reported [...]	2006-03-27 12:01:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM CD
06NDJAMENA487	CHAD: KEBZABO ON OPPOSITION UNITY AND OBSTRUCTION [...] (SBU) Summary: Southern Muslim leader Kebzabo acknowledges that the regime has more to fear from the armed rebels than from the democratic opposition but the latter is relatively unified for the first time and determined to go beyond boycotting the coming election. End Summary. 2. (SBU) [...]	2006-04-03 11:42:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM CD
06NDJAMENA592	CHAD'S FOREIGN MINISTER DEFENDS MAY 3 ELECTIONS, [...] (C) Summary. Better to have a president chosen in flawed elections than to risk the anarchy that a delay in elections could provoke, according to Chad's Foreign Minister. In other comments in his meeting with the Ambassador April 21, he blamed the opposition for the breakdown in dialogue; [...]	2006-04-24 08:34:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL CD
06NEWDELHI1175	PM REACHES OUT TO ARRAY OF KASHMIRI LEADERS AS J&K [...] (C) Summary: Mixed private reaction, ranging from support to suspicion, greeted the GOI announcement that PM Singh would, on February 24, bring together moderate Kashmiri separatists and J&K elected political leaders for a roundtable conference in New Delhi. The event appears designed by the [...]	2006-02-15 14:29:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PHUM PGOV KDEM MOPS PBTS IN PK
06NEWDELHI1445	KASHMIRIS SPOIL PM'S DELHI DIALOGUE BUT INDIA [...] (C) Summary: The Prime Minister continues to try to implement his vision of reconciliation in Kashmir, despite much political turbulence there and criticism from the BJP. PM Singh's February 25 roundtable on Kashmir attracted mainstream politicians, academics, and intellectuals, but none of t [...]	2006-02-27 15:16:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM PBTS KISL IN PK IZ
06NEWDELHI163	INDO-PAK WALTZ SLOWS: BACKWARD ON RHETORIC, [...] (C) Summary: In a January 9 conversation with the DCM (other topics reported Septel),Deputy NSA Vijay Nambiar underlined that much of the current friction between India and Pakistan stems from ongoing Pakistan-sponsored terrorism against India, including the spectacular Diwali bombings and t [...]	2006-01-09 14:07:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ELTN ECIN ETRD IN PK
06NEWDELHI2365	KASHMIRI SEPARATISTS LACK CLEAR AIM BUT TERRORISTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Meetings in Srinagar with Kashmiri separatists reveal a group that lacks consensus and is divided by a leadership squabble over how to respond to Prime Minister Singh's launch of a roundtable dialogue process. Most expect to boycott the PM's planned May roundtable in J&K and are [...]	2006-04-07 13:57:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV KDEM PBTS KISL PHUM ECON ASEC
06NEWDELHI2789	JAMMU & KASHMIR ASSEMBLY BY-ELECTIONS EXCEED [...] (SBU) Summary: Residents of four of Jammu & Kashmir's Assembly constituencies came out in strength to vote in by-elections on April 24, undaunted by threats and violence in the third major exercise of electoral democracy in the state since 2002. Another data point in the trend of Kashmiris' [...]	2006-04-25 13:34:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM IN
06NEWDELHI2875	YASIN MALIK VISA [...] (SBU) Action Request: Post recommends that Department request DHS to approve a 212(d)(3)(A) waiver of nonimmigrant visa ineligibilities as appropriate for Yasin MALIK (DOB: 3 April 1965),President of the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF),to seek medical treatment in Bethesda, MD. We [...]	2006-04-27 12:02:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	CVIS PREL PTER PGOV KDEM PHUM IN PK
06NEWDELHI2998	TERRORISTS MASSACRE 35 HINDUS IN J&K AFTER [...] (U) This is an Action Request for PA and SCA. Please see Para 18. 2. (C) Summary: Terrorism raised its ugly head in J&K twice, after April 30 and May 1 attacks in Jammu left over 35 Hindus dead in an attempt to fan the flames of religious hatred and spoil the atmosphere before PM Singh m [...]	2006-05-02 13:13:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM PBTS KISL IN
06NEWDELHI3130	HURRIYAT UPBEAT ABOUT MEETING WITH PM SINGH AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: The moderate separatist Kashmiri Hurriyat led by Mirwaiz Omar Farooq was quite pleased with their May 3 meeting with Indian PM Singh and his commitment to dialogue on the full range of Jammu and Kashmir issues and to improved human rights. The Hurriyat are also gearing up to begin [...]	2006-05-05 14:49:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PBTS PINR KDEM PHUM KISL PK IN
06NEWDELHI3199	INDIAN MUSLIMS AND CONGRESS NERVOUS OVER U.S. IRAN [...] (C) Summary: A cross-section of Indian Muslims have told Poloff in recent weeks that Indian Muslim opinion, both Sunni and Shia, is opposed to Washington's policy on Iran's nuclear program and that Indian Muslims would --as they did for Iraq in 2003-- likely peacefully take to the streets in l [...]	2006-05-09 11:35:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM KISL PGOV PINR PREL SCUL IN IR
06NEWDELHI3248	RIFTS EMERGE AMONG INDIAN MUSLIMS OVER FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: In an ugly marriage of convenience, Indian Muslim extremists from the Wahhabi-influenced Deobandi sect and radical pro-Iran Shias have joined forces with the opportunistic regional Samajwadi Party (SP) of Uttar Pradesh (UP) to mount an anti-US political campaign. More moderate [...]	2006-05-11 08:38:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM KISL PGOV PINR PTER SCUL IN IR IZ
06NEWDELHI3546	INDIA WELCOMES FORMATION OF NEW IRAQI GOVERNMENT [...] (U) In a welcome sign of leadership, India today issued a statement welcoming the formation of the new Iraqi government. See para 4 for complete text. 2. (C) PolCouns spoke May 22 to Indian Middle East envoy Ambassador Chinmaya Garekhan to deliver the points in Reftel. Garekhan said the GO [...]	2006-05-22 13:01:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM EPET ENRG KISL IZ IN
06NEWDELHI4000	LUCKNOW SHIAS CELEBRATE ZARQAWI'S DEMISE [...] (C) Summary: Indian Muslim reaction to the death of Abu Musab al Zarqawi varied. In Lucknow, where there is a clear Shia majority, there were public celebrations, with most in the community jubilant. In the rest of India, however, Shias are a small minority and although privately happy, wer [...]	2006-06-08 12:17:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINR KISL KPAO IN
06NEWDELHI4255	FOLLOW-UP WITH CERT-IN: COOPERATIVE APPROACH TO [...] (SBU) Summary: PolOff on June 6 revisited India's Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) for the third time, with SciCouns and EconOff accompanying. CERT-In is pursuing a multi-platform outreach program to cybersecurity experts in the public, private, and academic sectors. Although last [...]	2006-06-16 12:19:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KCIP TINT PINR IN
06NEWDELHI4406	BARAPIND SATISFIED WITH HIS CONDITIONS [...] (U) This is an action request for DRL. Please see paragraph 8. 2. (C) Summary: Extradited terrorism suspect Kulbir Singh Barapind told PolOff and PolFSN that he has not been mistreated by the Punjab Police and is fully satisfied with the medical care the Punjab authorities are providing. H [...]	2006-06-22 12:35:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM CJAN PTER PREL KCRM PGOV IN
06NEWDELHI5133	WHY AL-QA'IDA WOULD HAVE DIFFICULTY GAINING [...] (SBU) Summary: We -- and many of our contacts -- are skeptical about the July 13 telephone claim by a man calling himself "al-Qa'ida's Kashmir spokesman Abu Hadeed" to Current News Service in Srinagar -- our J&K journalist contacts say terrorist groups regularly use CNS to distribute their me [...]	2006-07-21 06:41:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV PREL SCUL IN PK
06NEWDELHI5135	INDIA'S NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISORY BOARD: ADVISING [...] (C) Summary: The National Security Advisory Board -- populated by civilians, but supported by the GOI National Security Council Secretariat -- is a little-discussed institution designed to provide creative long-term assessments to the National Security Advisor, and through him to the Cabinet [...]	2006-07-21 07:22:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR IN
06NEWDELHI657	UPA CABINET SHUFFLE GOOD FOR AMERICA [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-30 13:24:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL ECON ENRG EPET EMIN EAID MASS
06NEWDELHI6737	INDIAN PM FACING OUTCRY AGAINST ANTI-TERROR PLAN [...] (S) Summary: Prime Minister Singh has come under fire in India for his agreement with Pakistan to combat terrorism jointly. Opposition BJP leaders and hardliners in PM Singh's own party and India's security establishment have unleashed a barrage of statements criticizing the agreement. They [...]	2006-09-27 12:46:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN
06NEWDELHI7273	KASHMIR: PENDING EXECUTION CAUSING STRIFE FOR CONGRESS NEW DELHI 00007273 001.2 OF 003 [...] (C) Summary. The Srinagar Valley erupted in protest during the first weeks of Ramazan when the Indian Supreme Court upheld a death sentence for Mohammad Afzal Guru, a convicted facilitator of the 2001 attacks on the Indian Parliament. The Indian President has granted Afzal's family a temporary re [...]	2006-10-20 12:49:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN
06NEWDELHI804	KASHMIRI POLITICS AS FILTHY AS DAL LAKE [...] (C) Summary. The GOI recently broadened its Kashmir dialogue by holding several public and private meetings with non-Hurriyat leaders. These discussions are intended to broaden the GOI's set of separatist interlocutors beyond the Hurriyat, while also conveying the GOI's displeasure at the Mi [...]	2006-02-03 14:25:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL KCRM KISL MOPS ECON IN

06NEWDELHI8243	THE SACHAR REPORT DOCUMENTS THE DISMAL STATE OF [...] (C) Summary: In 2005, the UPA government established the Sachar Commission with a mandate to prepare a report on the current status of Indian Muslims. The report was completed on November 17, 2006 and was made public early in December. It asserts that Indian Muslims are among the poorest co [...]	2006-12-08 12:06:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SCUL ELAB ECON KISL IN

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