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06SANAA2	KIDNAPPING UPDATE: SECURITY FORCES DEPLOY, ROYG [...] (C) Summary: Tribesmen continue to hold five Italian tourists hostage in the Sirwah mountains, 60 miles northeast of Sanaa. On January 2, the ROYG deployed 33 members of the Ministry of the Interior's Counter Terrorism Unit (CTU) to an area near where the hostages are believed to be held. T [...]	2006-01-03 13:40:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ASEC YM COUNTER TERRORISM

06SANAA2003	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING APPROVAL FOR AL-SUBHI AND [...] The following statement is provided to verify the human rights vetting process: at this time the Embassy verified that Post possesses no credible information of gross human rights violations by Colonel Ali Mohammed al-Subhi, Deputy Chairman, Yemen Coast Guard and Brigadier General Taher Ali al [...]	2006-07-12 14:02:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	MOPS PHUM MASS YM
06SANAA2006	MAVERICK FINANCE MINISTER CHARGES AHEAD ON REFORM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Yemen's new Minister of Finance, Dr. Seif al-Asali, may march to the beat of a different drummer, but he appears to be making progress on reform following years of corruption by his predecessor. Under Asali's leadership, the Ministry of Finance (MOF) is implementing the first phas [...]	2006-07-12 14:59:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EFIN ECON EAID PINR KMCA KMPI YM
06SANAA2058	YEMEN'S DEMOCRATIC REFORM STRATEGY REVISED [...] SUMMARY: Since its articulation of a Democratic Reform Strategy nearly one year ago, Post has registered a number of successes. The sustainability of such changes remains uncertain, however, and they are at best only small steps on the road to democracy. In order to consolidate recent refo [...]	2006-07-18 09:57:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KMPI KMCA YM
06SANAA2063	WTO MEETING BREATHES NEW LIFE INTO TRADE REFORMS [...] SUMMARY: When it comes to trade reform, Yemen may finally be willing to do business. The ROYG's World Trade Organization (WTO) negotiating team recently returned from the third Working Party meeting in Geneva reporting significant progress. Despite some differences on tariff rates, the ROYG [...]	2006-07-18 13:21:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD EAID ECIN KMCA KMPI YM
06SANAA2070	YEMEN REQUEST FOR FY07 COMMODITIES DONATION UNDER [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-20 13:01:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID YM
06SANAA212	YEMENIS SUPPORTIVE OF SOMALI PARLIAMENTARY [...] (C) Ambassador delivered points contained in refs A and B to Foreign Minister Abubakr al-Qirbi during a January 16 meeting. Ambassador welcomed the efforts of Somali leaders, as well as facilitation efforts by the Republic of Yemen Government (ROYG),to hold a full parliamentary session insi [...]	2006-01-30 12:52:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SO YM
06SANAA2136	YEMEN LNG ON FAST TRACK WITH SUPPORT FROM SALEH; [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a July 22 meeting with Econoff, Karim Abuhamad of the Yemen Liquid Natural Gas Company (YLNG) said that construction was underway on the LNG pipeline and that the project was back on schedule. The company is close to an agreement with the ROYG on resolving legal ownership of ga [...]	2006-07-26 12:15:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EINV EPET ENRG YM
06SANAA214	THANK YOU MESSAGE FROM FOMIN AL-QIRBI TO SECRETARY [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-01 04:34:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL YM
06SANAA2143	MEPI SUPPORT FOR IFC CONTRIBUTES TO REFORM IN YEMEN [...] SUMMARY: After establishing its offices in Yemen over a year ago, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) is now addressing issues that are critical to reforms required by the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) and the World Bank. At the request of the ROYG, the IFC will undertake an [...]	2006-07-30 06:46:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ECON EFIN KMCA KMPI YM
06SANAA2149	ELECTIONS UPDATE: DATE ANNOUNCED, CAMPAIGN SET TO [...] (U) After weeks of difficult negotiations and opposition threats to boycott the elections, preparations for Yemen's September 20 presidential and local council elections appear to be back on track. Over the last two weeks, Charge met with the ruling party, the opposition coalition, and elect [...]	2006-07-30 12:39:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM YM
06SANAA221	UNITEL GSM BID IN DOUBT; OMANTEL POISED TO BENEFIT [...] (C) SUMMARY. After months of speculation, it is now certain that Unitel is unable to cover the cost of its bid offer for Yemen's third GSM license. Political connections continue to keep the company afloat, but most bets are now on Omantel to win the license. Although a legitimate operator, [...]	2006-02-01 12:53:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EINV ECPS EIND YM COM
06SANAA222	YEMENI WOMEN PROTEST DANISH PORTRAYAL OF PROPHET [...] On February 1, approximately 5000 veiled women marched from Sanaa's Airport Road to the U.N. headquarters, protesting the recent publication of caricatures of the prophet Mohammed in a Danish newspaper. The women arrived in buses, and were organized by the Saleh Foundation, a charity run by o [...]	2006-02-01 12:53:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KMPI YM
06SANAA223	SANAA'S HIP NEW CAFE BULLDOZED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 30, bulldozers ripped through the patio of Zorba's Cafe, an establishment that had rapidly become a popular hang-out for both locals and foreigners. Zorba's expatriate owners had high hopes that opening the first sidewalk cafe in Sanaa would allow them to recoup thei [...]	2006-02-01 12:53:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON PGOV SOCI YM COM
06SANAA2230	GTMO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW BOARD NOTIFICATION [...] (C) On August 2, Poloff delivered reftel notification of a Guantanamo Administrative Review Board decision to continue detaining eleven Yemenis to Assistant Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Khaled al-Akwa. He accepted the notification without comment. Krajeski [...]	2006-08-05 06:47:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KAWC YM
06SANAA2255	SANAA ATMOSPHERICS: LOCAL IMAMS CALL FOR JIHAD, [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 30, President Saleh suggested in a televised interview with Al-Jazeera that Yemen and other Muslim countries should send volunteer fighters, as well as financial and material support, to the "resistance" against Israel in Lebanon and Palestine. Average Yemenis were stron [...]	2006-08-07 08:41:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER EPET PINR KPAL KISL YM
06SANAA226	GTMO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW BOARD NOTIFICATION [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-01 12:59:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KAWC YM COUNTER TERRORISM
06SANAA23	ROYG TELLS UNITEL SHOW ME THE MONEY, BY THE END OF [...] (C) SUMMARY. On January 4 Ambassador met with Minister of Telecommunications, Abdul Malik al-Moalimi, to determine the current status of Yemen,s third GSM tender, particularly the ROYG's next move if tender winner Unitel fails to pay. He also offered assistance with creating an independent tel [...]	2006-01-07 08:05:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECPS EINV KMPI PGOV YM ECON COM
06SANAA233	ARMED FORCES CHIEF REQUESTS ACCESS TO BETHESDA [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-01 13:39:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MASS YM
06SANAA234	APPROVAL OF OFFICE OF MILITARY COOPERATION CHIEF [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-01 13:39:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS YM
06SANAA2369	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR STAFFDEL MAGUIRE [...] Embassy Sanaa grants country clearance and welcomes the visit of John Maguire, Todd Rosenblum, John Dickas, and Lt. Josh Wellner from the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. Security Clearance information is on file. Information on in-country schedule will be sent via separate channels. [...]	2006-08-12 12:38:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT OTRA YM
06SANAA2441	AMBASSADOR FINDS STRONG ALLY IN MINISTER OF FINANCE [...] (C) SUMMARY. On August 14, Ambassador met Minister of Finance Dr. Saif Al-Asali who was strongly supportive of the U.S. position on Hezbollah. MOF suggested that Yemen was the best hope for the region in its example as an emerging democracy, and urged the United States to back reformers like [...]	2006-08-19 11:08:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN EAID EINV ETRD KMPI KMCA YM
06SANAA2451	YEMEN'S NOMINEES FOR FDIC CT FINANCE REGULATORY [...] In response to reftel request, Embassy Sanaa nominates the following three candidates for the September CTF training program to be held at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Training Center: Nagib Abdullah al-Dabashi Cell: (967) 711096475 Off: (967) 4-508544 Email: abdu5050@hotmail [...]	2006-08-20 07:03:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	FDIC KJUS KTFN PREL PTER YM
06SANAA2466	OPPOSITION CANDIDATE: "IF THIS ELECTION WERE TO BE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Opposition presidential candidate Faisal bin Shamlan told Ambassador on August 19 that he considers corruption and poverty to be the most important issues for this campaign, but regretted that President Saleh refused to debate him publicly. Asked if the elections would be largel [...]	2006-08-21 10:24:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM YE
06SANAA2485	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR JIM FLOWERS FROM [...] Embassy Sanaa grants country clearance and welcomes the visit of Jim Flowers for personal tourism from August 24 to 27th, 2006 . Please provide Security Clearance information for our file. 2. Control Officer for the visit will be Joey Hood who can be contacted at all times through the Emb [...]	2006-08-22 05:15:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT OTRA
06SANAA2495	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CONSUL GENERAL [...] Embassy Sanaa grants country clearance and welcomes the visit of Con/Gen Tatiana Gfoeller from August 27 to 29, 2006. Security Clearance information is on file. 2. Control Officer for the visit will be Joey Hood who can be contacted at all times through the Embassy at (967) (1) 755-2236; [...]	2006-08-22 14:21:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT OTRA
06SANAA2504	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR PM/WRA OFFICE [...] Embassy Sanaa grants country clearance and welcomes the visit of PM/WRA Office Director Richard Kidd and SA/LW Expert Eric Arnett from August 26 to September 1, 2006. Security Clearance information is on file. 2. Control Officer for the visit will be Melissa Cline who can be contacted at [...]	2006-08-23 11:46:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT OTRA YM
06SANAA2519	GTMO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW BOARD NOTIFICATION [...] (C) On August 23, Poloff delivered reftel notification of Yemenis scheduled to go before the Guantanamo Administrative Review Board to Assistant Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Khaled al-Akwa. He accepted the notification without comment. Krajeski [...]	2006-08-26 15:02:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KAWC YM
06SANAA2546	JUSTICE MINISTER LEADS WAY FOR INDEPENDENT COURTS [...] SUMMARY: Ambassador met the Minister of Justice (MOJ) Ghazi Shaif al-Aghbari on August 27 to discuss judicial reforms and related programs. Under the new minister, Yemen has taken substantive steps to strengthen the independence of the courts, which has produced results in combating corrupt [...]	2006-08-29 14:22:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV EAID KMCA KMPI YM
06SANAA2559	UNDER YEMEN'S NEW CHIEF JUSTICE, THE PEOPLE'S [...] (U) SUMMARY: Ambassador met Yemen's Chief Justice Esam Abdul-Wahab al-Samawi for the first time on August 29, and discovered a youthful voice for reform and moderation. Samawi expressed the need for a clearer legal framework for trying suspected terrorists and would-be jihadis. As the newly a [...]	2006-09-03 10:49:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR EAID KMCA KMPI YM
06SANAA2564	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING APPROVAL FOR SALEH, AL-NONO, [...] The following statement is provided to verify the human rights vetting process: at this time the Embassy verified that Post possesses no credible information of gross human rights violations by: Captain Nabil Abdullah Ahmed al-Rassas, Yemen Coast Guard Major Khalid Ali Mohammed Saleh, Yemen [...]	2006-09-04 09:53:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MASS PHUM MOPS YM
06SANAA2565	YEMEN: BLUE LANTERN CONTACT [...] As requested in reftel, Embassy Sanaa's point of contact for the Blue Lantern End-Use Monitoring Program is: Susan Plott Commercial Officer Phone: (967)-1-755-2252 Fax: (967)-1-755-2127 Email: PlottSM@state.gov; PlottSM@state.sgov.gov ETD: December 2007 Krajeski [...]	2006-09-04 10:26:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC KSEP YM
06SANAA2570	GTMO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW BOARD NOTIFICATION [...] (C) On September 4, Pol/Econ Chief delivered reftel notification of Yemenis scheduled to go before the Guantanamo Administrative Review Board to Marwan Noman, Diplomatic Attach, Foreign Minister's Office. He accepted the notification without comment. Krajeski [...]	2006-09-04 13:10:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KAWC YM
06SANAA2575	TERRORIST/INSURGENT FINANCE OPERATING ENVIRONMENT [...] (S) SUMMARY: Yemen provides no known financial support for terrorism and insurgency in Iraq. Financial controls in general are weak, making it difficult to track suspicious transactions. The informal financial market comprises the vast majority of transactions, making it even more difficult [...]	2006-09-05 12:40:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER EFIN YM
06SANAA259	MEDIA REACTION -- HAMAS VICTORY. [...] SUMMARY. Almost all media outlets reacted positively to the victory of Hamas in the recent Palestinian parliamentary elections. They also hailed the election process as democratic, free, and fair. In particular, they commended the Palestinian Authority for immediately accepting the Hamas [...]	2006-02-05 03:37:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM KMPI PGOV PHUM PREL YM
06SANAA266	SANAA EAC MEETING [...] (SBU) AVIAN BIRD FLU: ConsOff advised EAC of tripwire #2 in post's Avian Bird Flu Strategy. The migration of the avian bird flu from Turkey to Iraq and neighboring Saudi Arabia triggered the tripwire. EAC was advised that tripwire #2 is administrative and requires verification of medical sup [...]	2006-02-05 14:10:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	AEMR ASEC PTER CASC YM EAC
06SANAA2693	U.S. AND YEMEN FIGHT CORRUPTION WITH EYE ON MCC [...] SUMMARY: On September 13, Ambassador signed a USD 1.73 million agreement with the Republic of Yemen Government (ROYG) for anti-corruption programming. Minister of Planning and International Cooperation (MOPIC) Abdulkareem al-Arhabi is planning to visit Washington October 11-12 in advance of a [...]	2006-09-19 14:55:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV EAID ECON KMPI KMCA YM
06SANAA2697	ELECTIONS SITREP 2: ORDERLY VOTING CONCLUDES, [...] (SBU) Polls officially closed across Yemen at 2000L. International and local observers contacted by post universally agreed that voting was conducted in a generally peaceful and orderly manner. There were no reports of widespread violence and unconfirmed reports of isolated incidents were f [...]	2006-09-20 18:04:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM YM
06SANAA2700	ELECTIONS SITREP 2: ORDERLY VOTING CONCLUDES, [...] (SBU) Polls officially closed across Yemen at 2000L. International and local observers contacted by post universally agreed that voting was conducted in a generally peaceful and orderly manner. There were no reports of widespread violence and unconfirmed reports of isolated incidents were f [...]	2006-09-23 04:48:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM YM
06SANAA272	YEMEN'S GREAT ESCAPE: 23 AL-QA'IDA DETAINEES ARE AT LARGE [...] (S) Summary. On February 3, 23 al-Qa'ida supporters escaped from a maximum security prison in Sanaa. Among the escapees were 13 individuals convicted of participating in the 2000 USS Cole and the 2002 M/V Limburg attacks, including one of the Cole attack ringleaders, Jamal Badawi. (Names and [...]	2006-02-06 02:40:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PREL PTER YM
06SANAA2854	FREEDOM AGENDA TAKES A MAJOR STEP FORWARD IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: September's open and competitive elections capped seven months of intensive USG pressure, coordinated with other donors and international NGOs, to bring about democratic and economic reforms in Yemen. While the road ahead is long, the Republic of Yemen Government (ROYG) has with [...]	2006-10-04 13:15:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KMPI KDEM PTER YE
06SANAA286	SALEH SIGNALS SHAKE UP IN INTELLIGENCE SERVICES [...] (S) CDA Requested and received a phone call from President Saleh, 2/5, on the heels of the jail break-out that yielded 23 al-Qa'ida operatives to the streets of Sanaa, and perhaps beyond. CDA stressed to Saleh the importance of working in close tandem with the USG on this critical issue and not [...]	2006-02-06 14:55:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PINR PREL PTER COUNTER TERRORISM
06SANAA296	YEMENIS DISCUSS AL QAEDA ESCAPEES: GOVERNMENT SOAP [...] (C) SUMMARY: Post contacts, media outlets and websites are thus far treating the February 3 Al-Qaeda jailbreak as less of a national emergency and more as another peculiar power struggle within the ROYG. Contacts universally dismiss the ROYG's claim that the prisoners dug a tunnel and escape [...]	2006-02-08 03:27:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV YM COUNTER TERRORISM DOMESTIC POLITICS
06SANAA305	SANAA EAC MEETING [...] (S/NF) EAC was briefed by all relevant agencies and sections on the situation, six days after the reported escape of the Al-Qaida prisoners. Members were advised that none of the escapees had been captured as yet and their whereabouts were unknown. 2. (S/NF) AMB advised the EAC that he and [...]	2006-02-08 12:18:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	AEMR ASEC PTER CASC YM EAC
06SANAA3076	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR STEFANIK AND [...] Embassy Sanaa grants country clearance and welcomes the visit of Evan Stefanik and Carol Kalinoski from November 10 to 15 to conduct an Introductory Legal and Regulatory Workshop for Yemeni government officials as part of the Export Control and Related Border Security (EXBS) program. 2. C [...]	2006-11-08 09:50:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM KNNP ETTC YM
06SANAA314	ROYG'S PUBLIC RESPONSE TO AL-QA'IDA JAILBREAK: [...] (S/NF) Summary. Yemeni security services continue to search for the 23 al-Qa'ida prisoners who escaped from a high-security prison in Sanaa on February 3 (ref A). Per Saleh's orders (ref B),the National Security Board is leading the nation-wide manhunt, while the Political Security Organi [...]	2006-02-09 10:50:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PREL PTER PGOV YM COUNTER TERRORISM
06SANAA323	WATANI BANK CASE UNEARTHS PERVASIVE CORRUPTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Central Bank announced its plan to liquidate Watani Bank. The decision is being appealed, but there appears to be little hope of rescuing the failed financial institution. Watani's Amcit General Manager, Dr. Hamdani, and seven others are being tried in Yemen's Specialized P [...]	2006-02-11 10:20:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECPS EINV PGOV KMPI CASC YM ECON COM
06SANAA330	OPPOSITION TESTS LIMITS OF PRESIDENTIAL POWER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Parliament is preparing for its next session with a highly anticipated leadership race. Sheikh Abdullah al-Ahmar is widely expected to win re-election as Speaker, but reformers are looking to defeat President Saleh's candidates for the Deputy positions. Such a rebellion could r [...]	2006-02-11 12:36:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM KMPI YM DOMESTIC POLITICS
06SANAA342	CABINET SHAKE-UP: IS REAL REFORM ON ITS WAY? [...] (C) Summary and Comment. On February 11, President Saleh announced a dramatic reshuffling of his 34-member cabinet, including replacing the Ministers of Defense, Finance, Oil, and Planning. Saleh's new cabinet, still led by Prime Minister Bajammal, includes 15 new ministers and two women. [...]	2006-02-12 14:04:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV YM DOMESTIC POLITICS
06SANAA347	PRESIDENT SALEH SHARES INFORMATION AND INVITES [...] (S) Ambassador, DCM and SIMO met with President Saleh, Wednesday, 2/8, to ask for an update on the status of the al-Qa'ida escapees and to stress the need for absolute transparency on ROYG findings and steps being taken. Saleh, the Director of the National Security Bureau (NSB) and the Attorne [...]	2006-02-13 06:48:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PREL PTER COUNTER TERRORISM
06SANAA348	MEDIA REACTION - CARICATURES OF [...] SUMMARY. Recent caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed, which appeared in European newspapers, have angered Yemenis, who have responded with protests, boycotts, and calls for diplomatic measures. Yemeni protests, however, have been peaceful. END SUMMARY. 2. EDITORIAL COMMENTARY: A. O [...]	2006-02-13 07:36:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM KMPI PGOV PHUM PREL YM
06SANAA349	SANAA EAC MEETING [...] (S/NF) EAC was briefed by all relevant agencies and sections on the situation, 10 days after the reported escape of the Al-Qaida prisoners. Members were advised that none of the escapees had been captured as yet and their whereabouts were still unknown. Relevant office and section heads advi [...]	2006-02-13 07:55:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	AEMR ASEC PTER CASC YM EAC
06SANAA3609	WATANI BANK FAILURE THREATENS BROADER FINANCIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. In early December, the Central Bank of Yemen (CBY) declared Watani Bank insolvent, and initiated the first bank closure in Yemen's history. General Manager Dr. Hamdani, and other bank officials, were arrested and face charges of financial crimes against the state. Watani's futu [...]	2006-01-02 10:35:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN KMPI CASC YM COM
06SANAA3610	U.S. CONVENES DONOR GROUP TO CONFRONT CORRUPTION [...] (C) SUMMARY. Following Yemen's suspension from the Millennium Challenge Account Threshold Program (MCA),Ambassador gathered an informal group of key donors to discuss ways of jointly pushing for reform in Yemen. Declining performance in political and economic indicators has already led to a [...]	2006-01-02 11:32:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EINV KMCA KMPI YM COM
06SANAA3611	SANAA POC FOR MULTILATERAL DEVELOPMENT BANK LOAN [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-02 11:52:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON EAID EINV PREL YM
06SANAA3614	KIDNAPPINGS IN YEMEN: THE ROYG FACES A DILEMMA [...] (C) Summary. On December 31, a former German government official and four of his family members were released unharmed after being kidnapped by tribesmen three days earlier in Shebwa province. The ROYG negotiated a peaceful settlement with the kidnappers, who had demanded the release of othe [...]	2006-01-02 13:17:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEC YM
06SANAA3615	SANAA EAC MEETING [...] (S/NF) On 1/2/2006, EAC met to discuss recent tribal kidnappings of Western tourists. Members in attendance were AMB, RSO, POLM, OMC, DAO, POLE, PD, CONS, LEGATT, AID, FPD, RMO, CLO and CCE. 2.(S/NF) EAC discussed recent tribal kidnappings of tourists in the Governates of Marib and Shabwah. [...]	2006-01-02 13:21:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	AEMR ASEC PTER CASC YM EAC
06SANAA3618	AMBASSADOR AND FONMIN DISCUSS ZINDANI, KIDNAPPINGS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a January 2 meeting, FonMin Abubakr al-Qirbi told Ambassador that the ROYG had made a conscious decision to include UN-designated terrorist financier Abdul Majid Zindani in its official delegation to the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) meeting in Saudi Arabia, claimin [...]	2006-01-03 09:32:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER YE COUNTER TERRORISM TERFIN
06SANAA385	AL-QA'IDA ESCAPE: COORDINATING MARITIME EFFORTS [...] (C) Summary: On February 11, Office of Military Cooperation (OMC) Chief and NAVCENT Liaison Officer (LNO) met with Yemeni military and coast guard officials to discuss maritime cooperation to capture 23 escaped al Qa'ida prisoners (ref A). Led by the Chief of Staff for the Yemeni Armed For [...]	2006-02-15 11:05:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS PTER PHSA YM MARITIME SECURITY
06SANAA387	AMBASSADOR DELIVERS MESSAGE ON SUPPORT FOR [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-15 11:05:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KPAL YM
06SANAA388	AMBASSADOR DELIVERS DEMARCHE ON DEFEATING [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-15 11:05:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL YM DEMARCHE
06SANAA389	CABINET SHAKE-UP: BIOGRAPHIES FOR NEW MINISTERS [...] On February 11, President Saleh announced a dramatic reshuffling of his 34-member cabinet (reftel). The reshuffle included changes to 22 ministerial portfolios, 15 of which went to individuals not previously in the government. Among the new faces are two women, now heading the Ministries of [...]	2006-02-15 12:01:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV YM INR DOMESTIC POLITICS
06SANAA392	SALEH ASSERTS CONTROL OVER PARLIAMENT: LEADERSHIP [...] (C) After months of maneuvering by reform-minded parliamentarians, President Saleh drew a line in the sand on February 15 and demanded loyalty. MPs re-elected Sheikh Abdullah al-Ahmar to a two-year term as Speaker with 240 yes votes and 12 blank ballots, and re-elected all three Deputy Spea [...]	2006-02-15 13:06:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM YM DOMESTIC POLITICS
06SANAA41	ROYG STAGGERS FORWARD IN FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION [...] (C) SUMMARY. Yemen's Cabinet approved a new anti-corruption law, calling for the creation of an independent High Commission for National Corruption. Neither the extent of the Commission's powers nor its relationship to existing ROYG institutions -- or the newly created anti-corruption role fo [...]	2006-01-08 13:08:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN KMCA KMPI PGOV PINR PREL YM COM
06SANAA415	SANAA EAC MEETING [...] (S/NF) EAC was briefed by all relevant agencies and sections on the situation, 17 days after the reported escape of the Al-Qaida prisoners. Members were advised that none of the escapees had been captured as yet and their whereabouts were still unknown. NOTE: (Post has subsequently been advi [...]	2006-02-20 13:39:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	AEMR ASEC PTER CASC YM EAC
06SANAA419	GTMO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW BOARD NOTIFICATION [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-21 07:05:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KAWC YM COUNTER TERRORISM
06SANAA440	ROYG ACCEPTS THE RETURN OF GTMO DETAINEES [...] (C) On February 21, Assistant Deputy Foreign Minister Khalid Al-Akwa presented DCM with the ROYG's long-awaited response to the proposed transfer of 13 Yemenis from Guantanamo Bay (ref A). In the diplomatic note, the ROYG agrees to accept 12 of the detainees proposed for transfer (ref B). [...]	2006-02-22 09:56:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KAWC YM COUNTER TERRORISM
06SANAA448	TERROR TRIALS UPDATE: DEFENDANTS RELEASED AND [...] (U) On February 21, the Yemeni daily "al-Shura" reported that the Sanaa Special Penal Court ordered the release of Abdel Rauf Nassib, who had been tried and acquitted in 2004 of charges that he forged official documents for the USS Cole attackers (ref. A). Foreign press reports also stated tha [...]	2006-02-22 14:32:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC PGOV YM COUNTER TERRORISM
06SANAA455	GTMO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW BOARD NOTIFICATION [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-25 13:32:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KAWC YM COUNTER TERRORISM
06SANAA456	IRAN: MAINTAINING PRESSURE AND SEEKING REGIONAL [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-25 13:33:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PREL PARM IR YM DEMARCHE
06SANAA457	DEMARCHE ON HOST COUNTRY MEETINGS WITH HAMAS [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-25 13:34:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL YM DEMARCHE
06SANAA480	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH NEW MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE [...] On February 26, Ambassador and USAID Director met with the newly appointed Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation, Jalal Ibrahim Fukairah. Ambassador and Minister Fukairah discussed ROYG-USG cooperation on encouraging growth and development in the agricultural sector. Fukairah hoped that USG [...]	2006-02-28 05:31:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ECON YM COM
06SANAA481	AIRBUS LIKELY TO EDGE OUT BOEING FOR YEMENIA DEAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador met with Captain Abdulhamid Al-Qadi, Chairman and CEO of Yemenia Airlines, the national airline of Yemen, on February 13, to make another push for Boeing in its contest against Airbus for the purchase of ten new airplanes (ref D). Ambassador reminded Al-Qadi that EXIM [...]	2006-02-28 05:33:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON KTDB YM COM
06SANAA50	ROYG FREES ITALIAN HOSTAGES: WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR [...] (C) Summary: On January 6, tribesmen released unharmed five Italian tourists that had been held hostage since January 1 (ref A). Breaking from a long-standing policy of granting concessions without legal consequences, the ROYG pursued a successful dual-track strategy of negotiating through [...]	2006-01-09 11:25:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PREL PTER ASEC YM COUNTER TERRORISM
06SANAA521	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH NEW MINSTER OF LEGAL AFFAIRS [...] Ambassador met with newly appointed Minister of Legal Affairs, Adnan Omar al-Jefri, on February 26. Ambassador congratulated al-Jefri, who was previously Minister of Justice, on his posting. Al-Jefri discussed the challenges in balancing rights and responsibilities when drafting and enforci [...]	2006-03-04 09:02:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV YM DEMOCRATIC REFORM
06SANAA537	SALEH FEELS PRESSURE TO REFORM, RESPONDS WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Yemen's recent cabinet reshuffle was brought about by, among other factors, coordinated pressure for reform by donor countries. On February 8, Post met with President Saleh, together with the Germans, British, and Dutch. The delegation pressed Saleh for specific actions to fight [...]	2006-03-05 07:12:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KMCA KMPI YM
06SANAA539	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR WILLIAM W. WENG [...] Embassy Sanaa grants country clearance and welcomes the visit of William W. Weng from 23-30 March 2006. Security Clearance information is on file. 2. Control Officer for the visit will be Troy Fontenot who can be contacted at all times through the Embassy at (967) (1) 755-2249 cell phone [...]	2006-03-05 10:34:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA YM
06SANAA54	(S) STATUS OF REQUESTS ON FORMER IRAQI REGIME [...] (S) During a January 2 office call, Ambassador asked FonMin Abubakr al-Qirbi for an update on USG requests to detain and freeze the assets of Former Iraqi Regime Element Umar Sabawi. Qirbi said he had no new information, and believed that Sabawi was "no longer in Yemen." The FonMin did not [...]	2006-01-09 12:06:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PREL PTER YM COUNTER TERRORISM TERFIN
06SANAA541	ROYG AGREES TO ACCEPT FORMER IRAQI FOREIGN MINISTER [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-05 11:27:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PREL PTER IZ YM
06SANAA578	GTMO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW BOARD NOTIFICATION [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-07 09:34:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KAWC YM
06SANAA579	SUPPORTING THE U.S.-INDIA CIVIL NUCLEAR [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-07 09:34:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ENRG KNNP ETTC IN YM
06SANAA583	ADEN JEWISH CEMETERY IN STATE OF DISREPAIR, HELP [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (SBU) Summary. In February, post received a letter from a contact stating his concerns over the possible destruction of a Jewish cemetery in Aden. The contact claimed that unknown individuals had destroyed a section of the wall surr [...]	2006-03-07 11:20:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KIRF YM
06SANAA588	AMBASSADOR AND NEW M/INFO DISCUSS NEW PRESS LAW [...] Summary: During Ambassador's February 22 introductory call on new Minister of Information (M/INFO),Hassan al-Lawzi, discussions centered around the proposed media law. The M/INFO noted that the proposed press law bill, as written, was designed to guarantee freedom of information and confided [...]	2006-03-07 13:45:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KMPI KMCA YM
06SANAA589	NEW MHR HAISAMI ON REFUGEES, PRESS, AND THE MHR [...] (C) Summary: During a February 27 introductory call by Ambassador the new Minister of Human Rights (MHR),Khadijah Ahmed al-Haisami, expressed her views on Somali refugees, the new press law and her new role, which she promised to perform to the best of her ability. End Summary. 2. (C) On [...]	2006-03-07 13:51:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KMPI KMCC PREF YM
06SANAA649	AN UNDECIDED JMP KEEPS ON POSTURING [...] (C) Summary. After a four-month dispute with the Supreme Council for Elections and Referendum (SCER),the Joint Meeting Parties (JMP) opposition party coalition continues to demand that the SCER balance thousands of its GPC-affiliated employees with JMP loyalists. The JMP claims that this wil [...]	2006-03-14 10:44:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KMCA KMPI YM
06SANAA803	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH NEW MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-21 05:54:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL YM
06SANAA804	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] On March 19, Poloff delivered reftel demarche on implementing the Chemical Weapons Convention to MFA Office Director for the Americas, Mohammed Saleh al-Hilali. Hilali accepted the points without comment. Post will report any substantive comment septel. Krajeski [...]	2006-03-21 06:58:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM CWC YM
06SANAA815	AMBASSADOR PUSHES FREEDOM AGENDA WITH PM BAJAMMAL, [...] (C) SUMMARY. On March 19, Ambassador met with Prime Minister Abdul Kader Bajammal to discuss the new cabinet and reform efforts. Ambassador congratulated Bajammal on the new cabinet and looked forward to future cooperation on political and economic reforms. Even though Yemen was a difficult [...]	2006-03-21 12:49:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM ECON YM
06SANAA816	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR JAMES DELNIGRO AND [...] Embassy Sanaa grants country clearance and welcomes the visit of Mr. John LaPlume and James DelNigro from March 27 to ca. April 3, 2006 to provide technical support to TIP/PISCES server in Yemen. Please forward Security Clearance information for RSO files. 2. Control Officer for the visit [...]	2006-03-21 12:53:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ASEC KFRD OTRA PTER
06SANAA819	DEMARCHES DELIVERED ON MENA-FATF PLENARY [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-22 08:15:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV EFIN PTER YM
06SANAA820	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR MEPI ECON/EDUCATION [...] Embassy Sanaa grants country clearance and welcomes the visit of MEPI Econ/Education Specialist Mu'ayyad Mehyar, from March 25 to 30, 2006, to review progress and determine next steps for two MEPI funded projects. Security Clearance information is on file. 2. Control Officer for the vis [...]	2006-03-22 08:16:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT KMPI KPAO OTRA
06SANAA835	IMF OFFERS GLOOMY PROGNOSIS FOR YEMEN'S ECONOMY [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 20, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) completed its Article IV Consultation for Yemen. In a briefing for donors, the Fund's macroeconomic projections were decidedly bleak, emphasizing an impending fiscal crisis caused by declining oil reserves and increased spending. [...]	2006-03-25 13:56:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EFIN ECON EPET EINV KALR KMCA KMPI YM
06SANAA843	LNG STEAMS AHEAD; INVESTORS WONDER IF YEMEN IS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The biggest investment deal in Yemen's history is becoming reality. On March 6, Ambassador met Joel Fort, General Manager of the Yemen Liquid Natural Gas Company (YLNG) to discuss the status of the project. YLNG is currently finishing preparatory work for the pipeline and liquef [...]	2006-03-26 07:13:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EINV EPET ENRG YM
06SANAA85	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON MENA-OECD INVESTMENT [...] On January 18, Econoffs delivered reftel demarche to Deputy Minister of Trade (MOT),Iqbal Bahadar. Bahadar said he was aware of the February 13-14 OECD ministerial meeting in Jordan, but was not yet sure if the Minister of Trade would lead Yemen's delegation. An Arab League meeting on econ [...]	2006-01-18 11:52:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ECON PGOV PREL YM DEMARCHE
06SANAA872	USDA SIGNING: A SMALL STEP FOR FOOD AID, A BIG [...] SUMMARY: After months of questions about the USDA Food For Progress program in Yemen, Ambassador started fresh on March 27, signing an allocation minute with the ROYG to fund programs with 2004 funds. The new agreement seeks to correct many past problems by introducing new transparency and o [...]	2006-03-28 13:02:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV EAGR EAID YM
06SANAA884	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR SANJEEV AGGARWAL, [...] Embassy Sanaa grants country clearance and welcomes the visit of Sanjeev Aggarwal, from o/a April 4 to o/a April 12, 2006. Posts requests Security Clearance for RSO files. 2. Control Officer for the visit will be Noah Siegel who can be contacted at all times through the Embassy at (967) [...]	2006-03-29 11:21:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT OTRA ENIV OPIC
06SANAA885	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR SEAN CUMMINGS TO [...] Embassy Sanaa grants country clearance and welcomes the visit of Sean Cummings from March 29 to April 6, 2006 to provide technical support to PISCES server. Please forward Securiy Clearance information for RSO files. 2. Control Officer for the visit will be Melissa Cline, who can be con [...]	2006-03-29 11:23:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ASEC KFRD OTRA PTER
06SANAA887	MARIB WELCOMES THE AMBASSADOR WITH THANKS FOR A [...] SUMMARY: On March 22, Ambassador and USAID Mission Director Mike Sarhan traveled with ROYG Minister of Health, Abdul Karim Rase, to Marib for the dedication of the Medgil Health Center and a tour of the USDA-funded President's Hospital in Marib City. In Marib, the party was joined by Ares Zuki [...]	2006-04-01 05:09:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON EAID YM
06SANAA888	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FR DOUGLAS PURCIFULL [...] Embassy Sanaa grants cuntry clearance and welcomes the visit of Dougla Purcifull from March 31 to April 4, 2006. Securty Clearance information is on file. 2. Contro Officer for the visit will be Charles Barrington who can be contacted at all times through the Embasy at (967) (1) 755-2249. [...]	2006-04-01 08:48:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT OTRA

06SANAA89	AMBASSADOR URGES ANSWER ON GUANTANAMO DETAINEE [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-18 12:54:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER YM KWAC COUNTER TERRORISM
06SANAA90	REFERRING IRAN TO UNSC: AMBASSADOR DELIVERS [...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel demarches to FonMin Abubakr al-Qirbi on January 16, noting particularly that Yemen's support in convening an IAEA Board of Governors meeting would be an important demonstration of the U.S.-Yemeni security relationship following President Saleh's November visit [...]	2006-01-18 12:55:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PREL PARM IR YM DEMARCHE
06SANAA907	RESPONSE TO STATUS OF TRANSFERS FROM GTMO [...] Summary. (S) This cable is post's response to reftel request for a Country Team assessment of the ROYG's ability and willingness to provide security and humane treatment for the 13 Yemeni GTMO detainees cleared for transfer. Regarding humane treatment, the ROYG provided adequate written as [...]	2006-04-02 13:06:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PREL PTER KAWC YM
06SANAA91	AMBASSADOR DELIVERS ZINDANI DEMARCHE TO FONMIN [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-18 12:56:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER EFIN ETTC SA YM DEMARCHE TERFIN
06SANAA916	POST SUPPORTS OPIC INVESTMENT IN YLNG [...] SUMMARY: In this cable, Post provides comments on the Overseas Private Investment Corporation,s (OPIC) support for the Yemen Liquefied Natural Gas (YLNG) project, as requested in Ref A. YLNG is crucial for Yemen's economy, with considerable benefits for American companies. The ROYG has gener [...]	2006-04-03 09:35:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EINV EPET ECON YM
06SANAA926	FREEDOM AGENDA BRINGS DOWN GOVERNMENT: 2006 FIRST [...] SUMMARY: The Freedom Agenda had a dramatic impact in Yemen within the last quarter, resulting in significant advances in fighting corruption, women's representation in government, independence of the judiciary, and other key areas. Post marshaled a multilateral initiative to pressure President [...]	2006-04-04 13:34:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM KMPI KMCA ECON PHUM YM
06SANAA954	CORRUPTION KEEPS UNITEL ON TOP IN GSM TENDER [...] (C) SUMMARY. On April 3, DCM met with Deputy Minister of Telecommunications, Abdullah Al-Hamami, to discuss the status of the ongoing GSM tender drama. (Ref A) In a candid discussion, the Deputy Minister stated that the law requires that the GSM license go to Unitel or to no one, despite Unit [...]	2006-04-09 10:17:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ECPS EINV KMPI PGOV PINR YM
06SANAA972	AMBASSADOR VISITS PORT OF HODEIDA AND THE HISTORIC [...] Summary. On April 4, Ambassador visited the Red Sea port of Hodeida, located in the governorate of the same name, for meetings with local officials and to tour a USDA-funded hospital project. During a meeting with the Governor, Ambassador discussed USG development assistance and the importa [...]	2006-04-11 06:26:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MASS ECON YM
06SANAA973	AL-QA'IDA ESCAPE: UPDATE [...] (S) On April 2, the ROYG publicly announced the surrender of Arif Salih Ali Majalli, the sixth escapee to turn himself in following the February 3 prison break of 23 Al-Qai'da supporters (ref A). ROYG officials contend that the remaining 17 escapees have not left Yemen and are optimistic th [...]	2006-04-11 06:27:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PREL PTER YM
06SOFIA915	YEMEN ORDERS 5000 MORE BULGARIAN THERMOBARIC [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (S) On June 29, Ivelina Bachkevanova and Christo Atanasov of the Ministry of Energy and Economy's Export Control Division called us in to inform us that they had received an export application for 5000 thermobaric rounds (Model GTB- [...]	2006-07-03 05:09:00	Embassy Sofia	SECRET	PARM PREL PGOV ETTC KSTC YM BU
06STATE152914	E.O. 13382 ENTITIES -- EXAMPLES OF PROLIFERATION [...] (U) Action request: Department requests that Post deliver the text in paragraph 3 to appropriate host-country officials. The text in paragraph 3 should be left as a non-paper. End action request. 2. (U) Background: The GOJ is planning to take additional measures to implement UNSCR 1695 [...]	2006-09-14 22:36:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PARM KNNP PREL PGOV KN CH
06STATE193703	E.O. 13382 ENTITIES -- EXAMPLES OF PROLIFERATION [...] (U) Action request: Department requests that Post deliver the text in paragraph 3 and/or 4, as appropriate, to appropriate host-country officials. The text in paragraph 3 and/or 4 should be left as a non-paper. End action request. 2. (U) Background: Washington would like to provide exa [...]	2006-11-30 22:18:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PARM KNNP PREL PGOV KN
07ABUDHABI486	SUPPORT FOR UAE TRANSFER OF HUMVEES TO YEMEN [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-21 13:14:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS MOPS YE AE
07ADDISABABA1275	ETHIOPIA'S PLANS AND INTENTIONS FOR ERITREA [...] (U) Post responses are provided per ref A. A. (S/NF) WHAT ARE ETHIOPIA'S PLANS AND INTENTIONS FOR DEALING WITH ERITREAN PRESIDENT ISAIAS AND THE BORDER IMPASSE? ---------------------- PERCEPTIONS OF ERITREA ---------------------- 2. (S/NF) Prime Minister Meles and the hard-core elemen [...]	2007-04-24 12:49:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR PREL PINS PBTS ET ER XW
07ADDISABABA1558	ETHIOPIA: MELES TELLS ADMIRAL FALLON "TIDE HAS [...] (C) SUMMARY. PM Meles told visiting CENTCOM Commander Admiral William J. Fallon on May 11 that after a "second round" of fighting in Somalia in mid-April, the "tide had turned" against "jihadist insurgents" and in favor of the Transitional Federal Government (TFG). Meles acknowledged that th [...]	2007-05-23 07:24:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PTER ET SO ER
07ADDISABABA3101	ERITREAN OPPOSITION LEADER SAYS NOT READY TO RULE [...] (C) SUMMARY. On October 18 PolOff met with Chairman of the Eritrean Democratic Alliance (EDA) Bloc-1 Menghesteab Asmerom to discuss the state of the Eritrean political opposition. Menghesteab is also a member of the Eritrean Liberation Front-Revolutionary Council (ELF-RC) and serves as its [...]	2007-10-23 05:59:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MOPS KPKO ET ER SU
07ADDISABABA311	SOMALIA: PM MELES HIGHLIGHTS LAND REFORM AS KEY TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a 90-minute meeting on January 27 with A/S Frazer, Prime Minister Meles highlighted that Somalia's primary clans generally supported the Transitional Federal Government (TFG). Only the Hawiye/Habr-Gedir/Ayr sub-clan, the primary political base of the deposed Council of Islamic [...]	2007-02-01 16:13:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET	PREL PTER PGOV MOPS KPKO ET SO YE
07ADDISABABA418	UNMEE SRSG REPORTS ETHIOPIAN-ERITREAN BORDER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a 90-minute briefing to diplomatic corps representatives on February 8, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) for Ethiopia and Eritrea, Ambassador Azouz Ennifar, reported that the situation along with the Ethiopia-Eritrea border remained "tense and volati [...]	2007-02-09 09:24:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PBTS KPKO KHDP MOPS ET ER
07ADDISABABA654	ETHIOPIA: GENERAL WARD AND ETHIOPIAN PRIME [...] (C) In a brief courtesy call on Prime Minister Meles on February 26, General Ward described preparations being made to establish an Africa Command. The PM remarked that Ethiopia welcomed the move, noting that it will provide enhanced coordination and cooperation among all countries in Africa, [...]	2007-03-01 12:14:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC MOPS PREL ET
07BERLIN397	NEA DAS SCOTT CARPENTER DISCUSSES BMENA INITIATIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY. IN A FEBRUARY 20 DISCUSSION OF THE BROADER MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA (BMENA) INITIATIVE, MFA BMENA COORDINATOR RENATE SCHIMKOREIT ASKED NEA DAS SCOTT CARPENTER FOR ASSISTANCE IN SECURING AN ANNOUNCEMENT FROM JORDAN THAT YEMEN WILL HOST THE 2007 FORUM FOR THE FUTURE. SHE NOTED [...]	2007-02-27 15:55:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	KMPI KDEM PHUM PREL GM JO YM
07DJIBOUTI1230	DJIBOUTI STRIKES (FRANCE) BACK; TENSIONS COULD [...] (C) SUMMARY. Djiboutians made an unprecedented show of support for their president, Ismail Omar Guelleh, during a government-organized rally on October 20 with over 20,000 people thronging the streets to express an anti-French sentiment over the celebrated Borrel Affair. Anti-French songs in t [...]	2007-10-29 07:32:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL DJ
07DJIBOUTI425	EAST AFRICA REGIONAL STRATEGIC INITIATIVE (RSI), [...] (S) Summary: East African regional ambassadors and interagency representatives agreed to institutionalize the East African RSI by requesting dedicated, line-item FY09 regional funding for East Africa, along the lines of the Trans-Sahara Counter Terrorist Partnership. In this second RSI (th [...]	2007-04-10 13:38:00	Embassy Djibouti	SECRET	PTER PREL PINR KPAO PGOV EAID XW YM
07EFTOSANAA2300	YEMENI SEAS MORE DANGEROUS THAN EVER FOR EAST AFRICAN REFUGEES [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-12 05:48:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PHUM PREL PGOV YM
07EFTOSANAA588	HELPING ROYG COPE WITH SOMALI REFUGEES AND AN [...] (U) This is an action request for the Department. Please see paragraph four. 2. (U/NF) In mid-March, UN Assistant High Commissioner for Refugees Erika Feller visited Yemen to underscore the need for additional resources to cope with the continuing influx of refugees from the Horn of Afri [...]	2007-04-07 11:28:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF YM
07EFTOSANAA784	LETTER DELIVERED FROM PRESIDENT BUSH ON SAADA [...] (U) Per ref A instruction, post delivered to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the President's Office the text of the letter found at paragraph two from President Bush to President Saleh regarding Saleh's requests for assistance in relation to the conflict in Saada on April 28 (ref B). 2 [...]	2007-04-30 13:43:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MASS YM
07GENEVA1755	Death in Custody of Ahmed Ali Abdullah - #19 in Geneva 2007 [...] Mission has received a communication from the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, Philip Alston, regarding the death in custody of Ahmed Ali Abdullah. This communication has been sent via e-mail to IO-RHS and is #19 on the Geneva 2007 Communications Log. [...]	2007-07-10 09:59:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM UNHRC
07KUWAIT130	KUWAIT MAY HOST SOMALI PM [...] (C/NF) In a 1/30 meeting with PolCouns, MFA First Secretary for Arab Affairs Abdel Nasir Al-Rasheedi said SIPDIS Kuwait has agreed to host a visit by Somali PM Ghedi as soon as travel schedules can be worked out. He said PM Ghedi had originally requested a late January date, but with the [...]	2007-01-30 14:01:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID KU
07MANAMA486	BAHRAIN TO CRITICIZE LACK OF G8 SUPPORT FOR [...] (SBU) MFA Director for Bilateral Affairs Dr. Dhafer Al Umran, who will represent Bahrain at the Sanaa Forum for the Future preparatory meeting during the week of June 3, told Pol/Econ Chief May 30 that he plans to criticize G8 countries, with the exception of the U.S. and UK, for their lack o [...]	2007-05-30 13:29:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KMPI PREL ECON EAID BA REGION ECTRD
07NAIROBI3797	Puntland/Somaliland Border Fighting [...] (SBU) On September 24, InterPeace, a U.S. funded peace-building and reconciliation NGO, alerted supporters within the international community in Nairobi that the long-standing conflict between sub-clans in the Las Anod region of western Somaliland appeared likely to escalate into open fighting [...]	2007-09-25 15:09:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ASEC MOPS SO ET
07SANAA1022	SAADA: CALLS FOR DIALOGUE ABOUND, BUT FIGHTING [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Saleh used his May 22 Unity Day speech to announce a unilateral ceasefire for the day and once again call upon rebels in Saada to lay down their weapons in exchange for a dialogue. Meanwhile, Saleh dispatched the Minister of Religious Affairs and other clerics to Saad [...]	2007-05-29 14:51:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PINR PINS PHUM YM
07SANAA1099	DAS CARPENTER AND SALEH FOCUS ON FORUM FOR FUTURE [...] This is an action request; see paragraph five. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Assistant Secretary Scott Carpenter met with President Saleh on June 2 to discuss the Forum for the Future, which Sanaa will host this December, and U.S.-Yemeni relations, with a focus on assistance. The President also r [...]	2007-06-12 09:21:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM MOPS PGOV LY IR YM
07SANAA1117	SAADA: MEDIA COVERAGE SUGGESTS HEAVY FIGHTING, [...] (C) SUMMARY: As the Saada conflict enters its fifth month, and even though journalists have been barred from traveling to Saada since late January, government, independent and opposition Yemeni media outlets continue to report on daily fighting throughout the governorate between Houthi supporte [...]	2007-06-13 14:02:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS YM
07SANAA1133	SAADA: WAR IS OVER, BUT CAN ROYG NOW WIN THE PEACE? [...] (C) SUMMARY: Post contacts have confirmed media reporting of a peace deal brokered by the Government of Qatar to bring an end to almost five months of intensive fighting in the northern governorate of Saada. The deal reportedly provides safe haven for the al-Houthi rebel leadership in Doha [...]	2007-06-18 13:57:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS MARR QA YM
07SANAA1138	YEMEN SEEKS TO JUMPSTART EITI [...] (U) This cable addresses questions raised in reftel regarding Yemen's accession to the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI). 2. (C) SUMMARY: To date, Yemen has fulfilled only one of four criteria for EITI membership: a high-level commitment to join. According to the RO [...]	2007-06-19 11:28:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EMIN ENRG EPET YM
07SANAA1142	DEMARCHE DELIVERED REGARDING ARABSAT BROADCAST OF [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-20 11:39:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAL KPAO ETTC PREL PTER YM
07SANAA1145	TRANSFER OF GTMO DETAINEES TO YEMEN, JUNE 2007 [...] (S/NF) Post confirms that on 19 June at between 1900 and 2100 local (1600 - 1800Z) Pol/Econ Officer Jed T. Dornburg signed change of custody paperwork for the four GTMO detainees listed below who were then transferred to the control of the Yemeni Government through MFA official Hadi HAIDRA. [...]	2007-06-20 14:07:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PREL PTER KAWC YM
07SANAA1168	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON END-USE, RETRANSFER AND [...] (U) PolChief and PolMilOff delivered reftel points, along with a diplomatic note, to Assistant Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Khaled al-Akwa on June 17. For his information, PolChief also handed al-Akwa a list of items being provided to the Republic of Yemen Government under Section 1206 [...]	2007-06-26 07:55:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIA MARR MASS YM
07SANAA1186	BMENA FORUM FOR THE FUTURE PLANNING MEETING, [...] (C) Summary. At the Broader Middle East and North Africa (BMENA) Forum for the Future planning meeting on June 3 in Sanaa, participants tentatively agreed on December 4 or 5 as the date of the Forum, pending confirmation of Foreign Ministers, schedules. U.S. delegation leader, NEA DAS Scott [...]	2007-06-28 13:13:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM YM
07SANAA1210	OIL: ROYG MORE TRANSPARENT, BUT CHALLENGES REMAIN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Yemen's oil production, which constitutes 75 percent of the national budget, continues to decline in 2007, with high prices masking the effects of lower production. In order to increase production, the ROYG has decided to double the number of exploration blocks, will launch a [...]	2007-07-02 12:05:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ENRG EPET PGOV YM
07SANAA1220	MEPI: PUTTING OUR MONEY WHERE OUR MOUTH IS [...] SUMMARY: Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) funding, combined with our diplomatic clout, has enabled the USG to shape Yemen's national reform efforts of the past 18 months. MEPI's flexibility, responsiveness to post needs, and support for Embassy goals have brought positive change to [...]	2007-07-03 12:46:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM KMPI PREL PGOV YM
07SANAA1343	HIGH PRICES CAUSE CONCERN IN YEMEN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prices of basic consumer goods in Yemen have risen in real terms by at least 100 percent since the September 2006 Presidential Election. Inflation has worsened the already abysmal poverty rate and has led to the bankruptcy of at least 2,400 businesses. The Republic of Yemen Go [...]	2007-07-16 06:26:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR EAID ECON ETRD YM
07SANAA1352	EAST AFRICA REGIONAL SECURITY INITIATIVE IVLP [...] This cable has been cleared by US Embassies Addis Ababa, Kampala, Nairobi, Dar Es Salaam, and Sana'a. -------------------------- SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST -------------------------- 2. Embassies Sana'a, Addis Ababa, Djibouti, Kampala, Nairobi, Dar Es Salaam and Port Louis request the crea [...]	2007-07-17 10:58:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KSEP OEXC PHUM PREF PTER SCUL YM
07SANAA1360	HUMANE TREATMENT OF GTMO RETURNEES VERIFIED BY [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-18 14:43:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	KAWC PHUM PREL PTER YM
07SANAA1414	SAADA: CEASEFIRE FRAGILE, BUT HOLDING [...] (C) SUMMARY: The security environment in Saada remains tense with continuing minor clashes, but the tenuous ceasefire is holding and there have been no reports of major fighting. Qatar's recall of its delegation from the Saada ceasefire implementation committee is a major step backwards. I [...]	2007-07-23 13:45:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL PGOV YM
07SANAA1418	PART ONE OF FOUR: RESULTS OF FINANCIAL SYSTEMS [...] Summary. A multi-agency Financial Systems Assessment Team (FSAT) conducted a week-long, in-country evaluation of Yemen,s capacity to combat money laundering and terrorist financing, in order to determine its most critical training and technical assistance needs on March 1-7, 2007. Yemen is [...]	2007-07-24 07:39:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN KCRM PREL PTER SNAR EFIN YM
07SANAA1423	PART TWO OF FOUR: RESULTS OF FINANCIAL SYSTEMS [...] Summary. A multi-agency Financial Systems Assessment Team (FSAT) conducted a week-long, in-country evaluation of Yemen,s capacity to combat money laundering and terrorist financing, in order to determine its most critical training and technical assistance needs on March 1-7, 2007. This secon [...]	2007-07-24 09:08:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN KCRM PREL PTER SNAR EFIN YM
07SANAA1424	PART THREE OF FOUR: RESULTS OF FINANCIAL SYSTEMS [...] Summary. A multi-agency Financial Systems Assessment Team (FSAT) conducted a week-long, in-country evaluation of Yemen,s capacity to combat money laundering and terrorist financing, in order to determine its most critical training and technical assistance needs on March 1-7, 2007. This thir [...]	2007-07-24 10:02:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN KCRM PREL PTER SNAR EFIN YM
07SANAA1425	PART FOUR OF FOUR: RESULTS OF FINANCIAL SYSTEMS [...] Summary. A multi-agency Financial Systems Assessment Tean (FSAT) conducted a week-long, in-country evaluation of Yemen's capacity to combat money laundering and terrorist financing, in order to determine its most critical training and technical assistance needs on March 1-7, 2007. This four [...]	2007-07-24 10:09:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN KCRM PREL PTER SNAR EFIN YM
07SANAA1527	TERRORISM FINANCE: MARTYRS FOUNDATION AND AL-QARD [...] (U) This is an action request; see para 5. 2. (SBU) On August 1, EconOff delivered reftel demarche to Ambassador Abdulrahman Khamees, the ROYG Foreign Minister's Office Director. 3. (SBU) Khamees responded that Iranian foundations neither operate nor support humanitarian causes in Yem [...]	2007-08-06 06:39:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KTFN PREL PTER YM
07SANAA1528	YEMEN LAUNCHES NEW ANTI-CORRUPTION BOARD [...] (C) SUMMARY: Yemen's Parliament finally elected eleven members to the the first Supreme National Anti-Corruption Commission (SNACC) on June 25. The Commission, which will be responsible for implementing the new Anti-Corruption Law, has committed itself to developing a national anti-corruption [...]	2007-08-06 10:03:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	EIND ETRD PGOV EAID ECON EFIN KCRM PINR YM
07SANAA1549	HUMAN RIGHTS MINISTER SUPPORTS FORUM FOR THE [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-07 13:38:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PTER YM
07SANAA1563	YEMEN READY TO MOVE FORWARD ON WTO ACCESSION [...] (C) SUMMARY: The new ROYG Minister of Industry and Trade requests increased USG political and technical support for Yemen's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) and renewed bilateral discussions under the US Yemen Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA). CDA reiterated earlie [...]	2007-08-11 10:46:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ETRD AID YM
07SANAA1586	YEMEN: GOVERNMENT INTIMIDATING JOURNALISTS TO CURB [...] (C) In two separate incidents ROYG forces harassed journalists of an independent Yemeni weekly, "al-Shar'e" (The Street). On July 20 security forces arrested and detained an al-Shar'e reporter, and ten days later security forces entered the paper's offices, damaged property, and brought charg [...]	2007-08-18 14:08:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL YM PTER
07SANAA1693	DETAINED PROTEST LEADER TRANSFERRED TO SANAA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Unconfirmed media reports claim that retired Brigadier General Nasir al-Nawba has been transferred from Aden to Sanaa for prosecution by the ROYG on charges of high treason. Al-Nawba, head of the United Retired Military Officers Coordination Council, lead the 1 September Southern [...]	2007-09-10 12:53:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PTER PGOV PINS PNAT YM
07SANAA175	REAR ADMIRAL HUNT DISCUSSES SOMALIA AND SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: On January 22, visiting Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) Commander Admiral Richard Hunt traveled to Aden to meet with the governor and local security officials. Governor Ahmed al-Kohlani expressed appreciation for USG support to the Yemeni Coast Guard, sayin [...]	2007-01-31 13:13:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS PTER PARM SO YM
07SANAA1753	YEMEN'S WHEAT NIGHTMARE [...] SUMMARY: The ROYG has penned a plan to increase its control and regulation of the wheat sector in Yemen while simultaneously creating a company owned in part by the ROYG with the objective of importing 50 percent of Yemen's wheat needs. The US Wheat Associates, Inc. advised ROYG against the [...]	2007-09-12 12:38:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ECON YM
07SANAA1801	YEMEN REQUEST FOR FY08 COMMODITIES DONATION UNDER [...] The ROYG is currently contending with a looming water crisis, explosive population growth, food insecurity, internal conflict, and increasing terrorist activity in the country. To help ease the burden on the ROYG, a reliable partner in the GWOT, Embassy Sanaa seeks $20 million in FY2008 Food [...]	2007-09-19 11:26:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID YM
07SANAA1809	ICAO ASSEMBLY DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] Post delivered reftel demarche and non-paper to the ROYG Ministry of Foreign Affairs on September 12, but still has not received a response. Post will report response when received. SECHE [...]	2007-09-19 13:32:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ICAO YM
07SANAA1826	SALAH AL-ATTAR, KINGPIN OR KING PAWN? [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador's first meeting with new General Investment Authority (GIA) Chairman Salah Al-Attar revealed a western educated, energetic young man eager to address Yemen's problems by narrowing the rich-poor gap, thereby reducing the lure of extremism and making Yemen more attrac [...]	2007-09-25 06:42:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV PGOV PREL PINR YM
07SANAA1837	EXTRANCHECK: D380495 PRE-LICENSE CHECK: ASHARQ [...] This is in response to USDOC Reftel Action Request for pre-license check for application D380495, Asharq Masaood International Co. Ltd. Post has no adverse information on the suitability of Asharq Masaood International Co, Ltd. as an end-user of the VAPORTRACER2. 2. ComOff conducted PLC [...]	2007-09-25 13:09:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC YM
07SANAA1839	CONTROVERSIAL UNITY LAW LIKELY TO BE WITHDRAWN [...] (C) At an informal iftar (breaking of the fast during Ramadan) at PolOff's residence on 23 September and during a telephone conversation with Poloff on 25 September, Deputy Finance Minister Jalal Yacoub said that the controversial draft National Unity Law, which produced a public outcry when [...]	2007-09-29 12:08:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	YM PHUM PGOV
07SANAA1860	YEMEN'S TEXTILE INDUSTRY IS HANGING BY A THREAD [...] (C) SUMMARY: Yemen's textile and apparels industry is small, comprising 5,000 employees. Exports are virtually non-existent. Foreign imports account for almost all textiles sold inside the country. No protections exist for Yemeni textile manufacturers, the textile industry has received o [...]	2007-10-01 13:00:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD KTEX YM
07SANAA1905	YEMEN DEBATES NUCLEAR POWER [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-10 14:14:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ENRG YM
07SANAA1906	FOUR GTMO DETAINEES RELEASED [...] (C) Yemeni online news outlets reported on October 9 and 10 that four prisoners who had previously been detained at Guantanamo Bay had been released. According to the pro-government website 26 September.net, the four, Fawaz Noman Hamoud, Ali Muhsen Nasser, Sadiq Mohamed Saeed Ismael and Han [...]	2007-10-15 09:54:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KAWC YM
07SANAA1910	ROYG FORCES KILL SEVEN IN SOUTH YEMEN IN SEPERATE [...] (C) Press reports indicate that four people were killed and another 15 were injured on October 13 when police opened fire on a large group of Yemenis preparing a demonstration to mark the 44th anniversary of the 1963 uprising in Southern Yemen against British occupation. The event took place [...]	2007-10-17 09:10:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PTER YM
07SANAA1950	EMBASSY FOLLOW-UP TO MCC SIGNING CEREMONY [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an October 27 meeting with the Deputy Foreign Minister, the Ambassador emphasized that the ROYG's release of convicted terrorist Jamal al-Badawi had led the Millennium Challenge Corporation to postpone indefinitely the signing of the Threshold Country Plan (TCP) signing cerem [...]	2007-10-27 18:05:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	AID EAID ECON EFIN KMCA PREL YM
07SANAA1954	ROYG INNER CIRCLE CONSIDERING STRAWMAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-28 13:46:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PTER YM
07SANAA1956	AMEMBASSY SANAA REENGAGES ROYG ON WALKER CANDIDACY [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-28 14:03:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AORC UNGA YM
07SANAA1989	TOWNSEND-SALEH MEETING PROVIDES OPENING FOR [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-30 06:37:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PTER YM
07SANAA2028	YEMENI DELEGATION HEAD SAYS YEMEN WILL SUPPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-31 12:47:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC KJUS PREL PGOV IR YM
07SANAA2029	ROYG CABINET SCRAPS CONTROVERSIAL NUCLEAR AGREEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-31 13:09:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ENRG YM
07SANAA2044	SALEH ADVISOR TELLS AMBASSADOR THE PRESIDENT NOW [...] (S) The Ambassador met November 3 with senior Presidential advisor AbdulKarim al-Eryani to discuss the case of Jamal al-Badawi and the recent meeting between the Ambassador and President Saleh. Eryani emphasized that the meeting was important insofar as it clarified for Saleh the magnitude of [...]	2007-11-04 09:23:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL KMCA EAID EFIN ECON YM
07SANAA2045	FATF STATEMENT ON IRAN DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) Emboffs delivered reftel demarche on October 31 to the ROYG National Anti-Money Launderng Committee (NAMLC) Chairman Ahmed Ghaleb. Also attending the meeting were Mohammed Al-Wareeth of the Yemen Bankers Association, Said Al-Khamery of the Ministry of Interior, Omer Ibrahim of the Minist [...]	2007-11-04 09:23:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MNUC ECON EFIN KTFN PTER YM
07SANAA2052	ROYG TRIES NEW PRESS CONTROL TECHNIQUE -- BEGGING [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-05 13:12:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM YM
07SANAA2054	FORUM FOR THE FUTURE UPDATE: MEETING AT THE MFA [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-06 12:39:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWMN PGOV PHUM YM
07SANAA2055	EXPLOSION OF OIL PIPELINE NEAR MARIB [...] (C) An oil pipeline explosion occurred at approximately 0500 AM on November 5 in the Watada area, southwest of Sirwah Disrict in the area bordering al-Kholan and al-Bida tribal areas in the Ma'rib Governorate (ref A). According to media reports, there were no casualties. The explosion shut [...]	2007-11-06 12:44:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ENRG EPET PGOV PREL PTER YM
07SANAA2065	SCENESETTER FOR THE TRAVEL OF AMBASSADOR DAILEY TO [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-08 12:16:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PGOV PTER PREL OTRA YM
07SANAA2066	SCENESETTER FOR THE TRAVEL OF AMBASSADOR DAILEY TO [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-08 12:40:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PGOV PTER PREL OTRA YM
07SANAA2067	SCENESETTER FOR THE TRAVEL OF AMBASSADOR DAILEY TO [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-08 12:52:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PGOV PTER PREL OTRA YM
07SANAA2082	FM AL-QIRBI HOPES COURT WILL "CORRECT" MOA'YAD [...] (U) On November 9, several mainstream Yemeni press outlets ran stories on the announcement by Deputy Director of the National Organization for Rights and Freedoms (HOOD) Khaled al-Anesi, that attorneys for imprisoned terrorist financier Sheikh Mohamed Ali al-Moa'yad and his companion Zayed in [...]	2007-11-12 14:59:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV YM
07SANAA2085	RESOURCE NATIONALISM STILL PREVALENT IN YEMEN [...] (S) SUMMARY: Resource nationalism is predominant in Yemen's oil and gas industry, and is particularly noticeable in the October 2005 ROYG expropriation of the Jannah Hunt Oil Company from the Marib Block 18 oil field. Other examples of resource nationalism are the ROYG requirement that 90 p [...]	2007-11-13 08:01:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	EINV ENRG EPET PGOV YM
07SANAA2090	THIRD FORUM FOR THE FUTURE PLANNING MEETING [...] Yemeni Prime Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohy Al-Dhabbi and German Ambassador to Yemen Michael Klor-Berchtold co-chaired the third Forum for the Future planning meeting in Sanaa on October 27. NEA DAS Kent Patton, DRL DAS Erica Barks-Ruggles, NEA Foreign Affairs Officer Blake Thorkels [...]	2007-11-13 11:40:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KMPI YM
07SANAA2091	EMBASSY SHOOTER SENTENCED TO FIVE YEARS [...] (C) On November 12, a Yemeni state security court sentenced Saleh Mohammad Salim al-Ammari to five years in prison for opening fire on the US Embassy in Sana'a on December 5, 2006 (ref a). (Note: Original reports listed the shooter's name as Saleh Mohammed Salem Alawi. End note.) Lawyers [...]	2007-11-13 13:38:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PREL PTER PGOV KISL YM
07SANAA2096	AMBASSADOR PRESSES FOREIGN MINISTRY ON BADAWI CASE [...] (S) Per reftel, the Ambassador met on November 14 with the Deputy Foreign Minister to discuss the Badawi case. The Ambassador thanked him for the steps the ROYG has taken to ensure access for FBI investigators and reiterated strong USG interest in having Badawi in US custody. He said the USG [...]	2007-11-14 15:20:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PREL PTER PGOV KISL YM
07SANAA2098	PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR: SALEH 'INCAPABLE' OF GIVING [...] (C) Summary. Abdul Karim al-Eryani, a close advisor to President Ali Abdullah Saleh, told the Ambassador November 16 that Saleh is "incapable" of surrendering convicted USS Cole perpetrator Jamal al-Badawi to U.S. custody and asserted that we would do much better to focus our energy on winn [...]	2007-11-16 12:44:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PTER PREL PGOV YM
07SANAA212	SOMALIA: YEMEN READY TO RECEIVE SHEIKH SHARIF, BUT [...] (C) Ambassador called on Yemeni FM Abu Bakr al-Qirbi on February 4 in order to deliver reftel demarche points, to which Qirbi replied that the Republic of Yemen Government (ROYG) continues to urge the Somali Transitional Federal Government (TFG) to conduct an inclusive political dialogue. He [...]	2007-02-05 04:57:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PHUM SO YE
07SANAA2124	EFFORTS UNDERWAY TO REVIVE QATARI MEDIATION [...] (C) Summary. According to Presidential advisor Abdul Karim al-Eryani, Qatari FM Hamid bin Jassim has undertaken efforts to revive his government's stalled efforts to mediate an end to hostilities between the ROYG and the rebellious al-Houthi tribe in the northern governorate of Saada. Notin [...]	2007-11-18 12:50:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PREL PINS QA YM
07SANAA2126	REPORTS OF SALEH MEETING WITH EXILED OPPOSITION [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-19 11:21:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM YM
07SANAA213	INFLUENTIAL YEMENI WOMEN [...] In response to reftel request, post proposes that the following five Yemeni women be included in the roster of women leaders being developed by the Senior Advisor to the Secretary for Women's Empowerment. SIPDIS Her Excellency Ms. Khadija Al-Haisami Minister of Human Rights Republic of [...]	2007-02-05 04:59:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	KMPI KWMN PHUM PREL YM
07SANAA2138	AL-QIRBI PUSHES FOR HIGH-LEVEL US PARTICIPATION IN [...] (U) In their November 20 meeting, the Ambassador reiterated his understanding to Foreign Minister al-Qirbi that the Secretary of State would not attend the Forum for the Future, while al-Qirbi continued to push for high-level U.S. participation. Al-Qirbi was optimistic but non-committal about [...]	2007-11-20 15:01:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL YM
07SANAA2151	BADAWI INTERVIEWS CONCLUDE -- TIME TO CONSIDER [...] (S) On November 26, a team of FBI investigators will conduct their final interview with convicted USS Cole bombing conspirator Jamal al-Badawi. With the end of these regular interviews, we now face the issue of how to ensure that Badawi remains in jail in Sana'a while inter-agencey discussio [...]	2007-11-26 14:27:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PREL PTER PGOV YM
07SANAA2164	SECURITY CONCERNS PROMPT SHIFT OF GEOGRAPHIC FOCUS OF USG [...] (U) On November 12, the Ambassador chaired an inter-agency meeting to discuss future programming of USG development activities in Yemen. The group concluded that the USG will not expend any new funds in Sa'ada, Al-Jawf, Amran, Mareb, and Shabwa, where sufficient USG oversight has not been possi [...]	2007-11-28 13:56:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KMPI PREL YM
07SANAA2168	PRELIMINARY REPORTS: ROYG FORCES OPEN FIRE ON A [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-29 15:41:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PGOV YM
07SANAA2169	DETERIORATING STANDARDS 40 YEARS AFTER SOUTH YEMEN [...] (C) Summary: Yemen will celebrate the 40th anniversary of Britain's departure from South Arabia on November 30, before a backdrop of increasing protests and violence in the South over perceived injustices and unequal distribution of wealth. This cable presents a comparison of educational opp [...]	2007-11-29 15:41:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PGOV YM
07SANAA2170	YEMEN UPDATE OF WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR [...] As requested in reftel, Post contacted appropriate Republic of Yemen Government (ROYG) government officials and non-governmental organizations (NGOs)(including the Ministries of Labor, and Education, international organizations such as the ILO and UNICEF, and the World Bank) for updated infor [...]	2007-11-29 15:41:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI YM
07SANAA2171	PRELIMINARY REPORTS: ROYG FORCES OPEN FIRE ON A [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-29 15:41:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PGOV YM
07SANAA2179	A CHANGE OF GOVERNOR IN ADEN UNLIKELY [...] (C) Responding to rumors that the Governor of Aden is in danger of being replaced, Assistant Deputy Foreign Minister Khalid al-Akwa told poloff on November 26 that rumors about leadership are rare in Yemen and a leak of this kind would usually quickly be followed by a decision. As no decision h [...]	2007-12-02 08:41:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR YM
07SANAA2180	DEMONSTRATIONS IN SOUTHERN YEMEN: BUSINESS AS USUAL [...] (C) Tough ROYG measures appear to have been broadly successful at containing rallies in Yemen's south marking the 40th anniversary of Southern Yemen's independence from British rule. Although demonstrations/celebrations took place in Aden, Makulla and other areas, the only incident of note o [...]	2007-12-02 11:00:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL YM
07SANAA2193	NO RELIEF IN SIGHT FOR PRICE INFLATION IN YEMEN [...] (C) SUMMARY: High price inflation and increasing poverty sparked numerous demonstrations throughout Yemen between August-November 2007. The ROYG has taken only small steps to curb inflation, many of which treat symptoms rather than causes. The only long-term solutions may be greater compet [...]	2007-12-03 11:44:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR EAID ECON ETRD YM
07SANAA2196	WHO HAS THE EAR OF THE PRESIDENT? PART 1: [...] (C) Summary: President Ali Abdullah Saleh holds all decision-making authority within his country. Nonetheless, he relies on an established network of advisors drawn from his family, his tribe, and others, who have one way or another obtained the President's trust and respect. While his fa [...]	2007-12-03 14:14:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR YM

07SANAA221	SAADA: CASUALTIES MOUNT, SALEH PREPARES FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Casualties continue to mount since the third round of fighting in Saada erupted on January 27. Government sources report that at least 42 soldiers have been killed and another 81 wounded, while casualties among the al-Houthi rebels are unknown. Military officials have confirmed [...]	2007-02-06 13:03:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PINR YM
07SANAA2214	BADAWI RERELEASE RUMORS UNTRUE [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-05 15:29:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PREL YM
07SANAA223	ROYG CLARIFIES REFUGEE POLICY: UNHCR WILL NO [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with visiting Refcoord, Poloff, and Conoff, Deputy Foreign Minister Mohy al-Din Al-Thibbi confirmed a de facto change in the Republic of Yemen Government's (ROYG) refugee policy concerning non-Somalis: UNHCR would no longer be granted access to newly arriving non-So [...]	2007-02-06 13:28:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PHUM YM
07SANAA2258	WOMEN DIVIDED ON TYPE OF PARLIAMENTARY QUOTA SYSTEM [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-10 10:52:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KWMN PHUM YM
07SANAA226	ZAYDI SHI'IS, THE AL HOUTHIS, AND SUNNIS: WHAT IT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The third outbreak of major clashes between al-Houthi insurgents and the Yemeni regime has once again brought international attention to Yemen's Zaydi (Shia) population. Misunderstanding about Yemeni Zaydi practices and beliefs have led some in the regional and international com [...]	2007-02-07 11:22:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PINR PREL YM
07SANAA229	UPDATE ON YEMENI JEWISH FAMILIES [...] (SBU) Post is maintaining close watch on the condition of the 45 Yemeni Jews who left their homes in the Saada governorate after receiving a threatening letter on January 18. Press reports on February 4 claiming that the families had been returned to their homes were false. The Jewish famil [...]	2007-02-07 13:32:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL YM
07SANAA2296	PARIS DONORS CONFERENCE DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-11 14:17:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	AMGT PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL YM
07SANAA2297	PARIS DONORS CONFERENCE DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-11 14:17:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	AMGT PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL YM
07SANAA2298	USG DELEGATION REQUESTED TO PUSH BADAWI ISSUE [...] (C) Summary. Reftel included Post recommendation for a senior-level ROYG delegation to travel to Washington for discussions on options for - and obstacles to - resolving the Badawi case. On reflection, we have concluded that it would be far more valuable for a USG delegation to travel to Yeme [...]	2007-12-11 14:17:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV OTRA YM
07SANAA2299	DFM COMMITS TO WORK FOR BADAWI MONITORING AND [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-11 14:17:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV YM
07SANAA2300	YEMENI SEAS MORE DANGEROUS THAN EVER FOR EAST AFRICAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-12 05:48:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM PREL PGOV YM
07SANAA2313	FOURTH PARALLEL FORUM LAUNCHES NEW ERA OF HOPE FOR [...] SUMMARY: Over 300 people, representing over 200 civil society groups, met at the Fourth Civil Society Parallel Forum in Sana'a on November 30-December 2 in order to tackle the issues of freedom of expression, the legal environment for NGOs, education, women empowerment, youth political parti [...]	2007-12-16 13:04:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID KDEM KMPI PGOV PREL YM
07SANAA2325	LATEST ROYG THINKING ON BADAWI, FORUM [...] (C) Summary. Taking advantage of scheduled meetings at the MFA for visiting Special Envoy for Monitoring and Combating Anti-Semitism Rickman, Ambassador met privately with Foreign Minister Qirbi and Deputy Foreign Minister al-Dhabbi December 17 to reinforce the message delivered last week to [...]	2007-12-17 14:45:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PGOV PTER PREL YM
07SANAA2333	YEMENI-AMERICAN AWLAQI RELEASED FROM ROYG CUSTODY [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-18 14:00:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PTER PGOV PREL YM
07SANAA2335	PARLIAMENT INACTIVE BUT UPCOMING SPECIAL SESSION [...] (U) The current session of Parliament accomplished almost nothing before its holiday recess. The most exciting moment was when opposition members walked out in protest of draft amendments to the country's electoral law. An expected joint session in January to discuss the President's reform [...]	2007-12-18 14:55:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV YM
07SANAA2360	PAKISTANI ELECTIONS DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-30 13:39:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL YM
07SANAA2361	ROYG READY TO CANCEL THE FORUM FOR THE FUTURE [...] (C) Discouraged by a lack of enthusiasm from possible G8 co-hosts, and increasingly aware that the Badawi case will make the attendance of the Secretary of State unlikely, Foreign Minister AbuBakr al-Qirbi appears prepared to abort the Forum for the Future. On December 30, he asked the Ambass [...]	2007-12-30 14:24:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV YM
07SANAA2362	AMBASSADOR PUSHES AGAIN ON BADAWI BUT FM DOESN'T [...] (C) On December 30, the Ambassador reiterated to Foreign Minister al-Qirbi that US custody of Jamal al-Badawi is non-negotiable. Al-Qirbi responded again that such a resolution is "politically and legally impossible" and stated that the ROYG would await what it understood would be a POTUS de [...]	2007-12-30 14:43:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV YM
07SANAA2364	YEMENIS CONTINUE TO HOPE FOR THE RETURN OF SHEIKH [...] (C) Sheikh al-Moayed recently sent a letter to President Saleh asking him to sign an "extradition treaty" with the United States. A ROYG source clarified that, if al-Moayed understood the meaning of extradition and its illegality under the Yemeni constitution, he would not have requested it. [...]	2007-12-31 10:24:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER YM
07SANAA2365	DEATH OF SHEIKH AL-AHMAR PACKS AN EMOTIONAL PUNCH [...] (C) Sheikh Abdullah al-Ahmar, the Speaker of Yemen's Parliament and its most powerful tribal figure, died in Saudi Arabia on the morning of December 29 and was buried on December 31. His various titles and roles will likely be distributed among the men who performed those functions during his [...]	2007-12-31 10:40:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PGOV PREL YM
07SANAA243	SAADA: PARLIAMENT VOTES FOR WAR, BUT OVER WHAT? [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a closed session on February 10, Parliament voted to authorize President Saleh to use military force against al-Houthi insurrectionists in Saada. Opposition party leaders have kept a low-profile in public, but indicated privately that their parties voted overwhelmingly agains [...]	2007-02-12 10:41:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PINR PINS PHUM YM
07SANAA285	SAADA: FIGHTING INTENSIFIES WITH TROOP SURGE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Fighting in Saada intensified over the past week as ROYG troop deployments in Saada doubled to nearly 15,000. Estimates of troops killed in ambushes and direct attacks on military installations are between 50 and 100, with at least 200 injured. Casualties among the al-Houthis [...]	2007-02-21 12:42:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PINR PREL YM
07SANAA289	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING APPROVAL FOR QADERI AND [...] The following statement is provided to verify the human rights vetting process: at this time the Embassy verified that Post possesses no credible information of gross human rights violations by: Lt. Zaki Abdo Abdullah QADERI, Yemen Navy Lt. Mohammed Ali Saleh GARALLAH, Yemen Special Operatio [...]	2007-02-21 14:24:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MASS PHUM MOPS
07SANAA296	YEMENIS REVIEW REGIONAL ISSUES WITH CODEL REYES [...] (C) SUMMARY: During meetings on February 19, President Saleh and Foreign Minister Abu Bakr al-Qirbi reviewed for visiting CODEL Reyes Yemen's views on Somalia, Iraq, Syria, Iran and Afghanistan. The Yemenis expressed support for the USG's approach in Somalia, voiced grave concern over Iran's [...]	2007-02-26 06:41:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS SO YE
07SANAA297	(C) YEMENIS ASK CODEL FOR HELP IN SAADA; PRESENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Saleh asked CODEL Reyes on February 19 to support on an urgent basis the Yemeni Government's military campaign against insurrectionists in Saada with intelligence, equipment and armored vehicles. Interior Minister Rashad al-Alimi warned that anti-government fighters in [...]	2007-02-26 06:51:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MOPS MASS SO YE
07SANAA300	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING APPROVAL FOR AL ASADI FOR IMET [...] The following statement is provided to verify the human rights vetting process: at this time the Embassy verified that Post possesses no credible information of gross human rights violations by: Major Ahmed Ali Saleh AL ASADI, Yemen Air Force, DOB: 01 Feb 1964 2. Additionally the follow [...]	2007-02-26 11:57:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MASS PHUM MOPS
07SANAA312	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON ARAB LEAGUE MEETING IN CAIRO [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-28 13:48:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	KWBG PREL YE
07SANAA322	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING APPROVAL FOR CSF-CTU MEMBERS [...] The following statement is provided to verify the human rights vetting process: at this time the Embassy verified that Post possesses no credible information of gross human rights violations by the following members of the Central Security Force - Counterterrorism Unit (CSF-CTU) and Republican [...]	2007-03-03 13:34:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MASS PHUM MOPS
07SANAA323	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING APPROVAL FOR MAJOR OSAMAH [...] The following statement is provided to verify the human rights vetting process: at this time the Embassy verified that Post possesses no credible information of gross human rights violations by: Major Osamah Mohammed Abdurabu Mohammed, Central Security Force - Counterterrorism Unit, DOB: 15 [...]	2007-03-03 13:35:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MASS PHUM MOPS
07SANAA341	SEVENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT: YEMEN [...] This message is post's response to ref A. 2. Note: Post requests that no/no name or entity cited in this report be publicly mentioned or quoted for any/any reason without prior clearance with post. Post relies heavily on these sources and has invested much time gaining their confidence. E [...]	2007-03-05 13:52:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG
07SANAA390	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING APPROVAL FOR SABRAH FOR IMET [...] The following statement is provided to verify the human rights vetting process: at this time the Embassy verified that Post possesses no credible information of gross human rights violations by: SABRAH, Faisal Mohammed Nasser, Colonel, Presidential Guard DOB: 01 January 1964, Passport: 01061 [...]	2007-03-14 11:41:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MASS PHUM MOPS
07SANAA395	SAADA JEWS SAFE IN SANAA [...] (U) SUMMARY: Poloffs met on March 13 in Sanaa with Jewish families displaced by fighting that erupted in Saada in late January (reftels). Poloffs met, under the auspices of the MFA and Interior Ministry, with approximately 30 people from two major families. All members of the Jewish communit [...]	2007-03-14 13:50:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PHUM PINR PREL YM
07SANAA414	(C) LETTER FROM PRESIDENT ALI ABDULLAH SALEH TO [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (C) Charg received a letter from President Ali Abdullah Saleh during a meeting held on March 17, 2007 (reftel). The letter is addressed to President Bush. The signed Arabic original will follow. Please forward the following infor [...]	2007-03-19 13:38:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	OPDC PREL YM
07SANAA420	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING APPROVAL FOR RAZEHI FOR IMET [...] The following statement is provided to verify the human rights vetting process: at this time the Embassy verified that Post possesses no credible information of gross human rights violations by: RAZEHI, Ebrahim Mohammed Qaid, First Lieutenant, Yemen Air Force DOB: 15 August 1980, Passport: [...]	2007-03-21 07:54:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MASS PHUM MOPS
07SANAA446	RIOT IN SHABWA AFTER QUR'AN DESECRATED BY FRENCH [...] (U) On the afternoon of March 25, a French Total employee of The Yemen Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) plant in Balhaf in the Shabwa governorate reportedly desecrated a Qur'an during an argument with a Yemeni employee regarding contracts. The Frenchman allegedly tore out pages of the Qur'an, threw [...]	2007-03-26 12:21:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL YM
07SANAA451	SOMALIA'S SHEIKH SHARIF READY FOR DIALOGUE, BUT ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Charge met with former Somali Council of Islamic Courts (CIC) Chairman Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed on March 26, under the auspices of the Yemeni Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Sharif and former CIC foreign minister Ibrahim Adou, who joined him in the meeting, stated that the CIC h [...]	2007-03-27 08:55:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS SO YM
07SANAA454	SUPPORTING YEMEN'S REQUEST FOR ARMORED VEHICLES [...] (U) This is an action request for the Department. Please see paragraph seven. 2. (C) As reflected in reftels, the Republic of Yemen Government (ROYG) has formally requested from the Governments of Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates the expeditious transfer of several hundr [...]	2007-03-27 15:22:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR MASS YM
07SANAA465	REQUEST FOR FUNDING TO ATTEND DRL CONFERENCE IN [...] This is an action request. 2. Embassy Sanaa is pleased to nominate Junior Officer Hala Rharrit, FO-05, to attend the Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Officers Conference to be held in Washington DC from July 18 to 20, 2007 and requests Department funding of travel, lodging and M&IE. 3. [...]	2007-03-31 05:20:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ETRD KTEX OTRA PHUM PREL
07SANAA473	(S) UNMANNED USG AIRCRAFT WASHES ASHORE, OFFICIAL [...] (S) On March 27, Yemeni military officers discovered an unmanned USG reconnaissance aircraft (Scan Eagle) that had washed ashore on the Arabian Sea coast in the province of Hadramaut. The President's Office immediately protested the incident to CDA and requested an explanation. Initially unawa [...]	2007-04-02 05:35:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PREL MASS YM
07SANAA553	SALEH RE-SHUFFLES: WILL REFORM GET A BOOST WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Finally making a move that has been a hot topic of Sanaa's political class since the last cabinet re-shuffle in February 2006, President Saleh decreed the formation of a new government on March 31 under the leadership of Prime Minister-designate Dr. Ali Mohammed Mujawar. Yemeni [...]	2007-04-02 11:14:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV YM
07SANAA608	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON SIGNING OF INTERNATIONAL [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-10 06:13:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN PGOV PREL IZ YM
07SANAA649	NEW RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS MINISTER FOCUSES ON DIALOGUE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Newly appointed Minister of Awqaf (Endowment) and Religious Guidance, Judge Hamoud al-Hitar, told Ambassador on April 11 that he wants to institute a "national strategy" for religious dialogue. Hitar offered suggestions for further cooperation between post and the ministry, inclu [...]	2007-04-16 12:26:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV YM
07SANAA770	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-23 12:55:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KNNP MCAP PARM PREL YM
07SANAA785	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR NESA SEMINAR - MOHAMED [...] The following statement is provided to verify the human rights vetting process: at this time the Embassy verified that Post possesses no credible information of gross human rights violations by: DARES, Mohammed Hassan Nagi DOB: 25 SEP 1949 Passport: 00847 2. Additionally the following [...]	2007-04-30 13:56:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS PREL PHUM YM
07SANAA852	JEWISH COMMUNITY'S SECURITY PERCEPTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 30 - May 1 Damon Stevens, from the Office of the Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism, conducted separate meetings with members of the Jewish communities from Saada and Reyda, who expressed serious concern about the deteriorating security situation in norther [...]	2007-05-08 09:08:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PREF IS YM
07SANAA857	RESPONDING TO POTUS DIRECTIVE: TRANSPORT AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following President Saleh,s May 2 meeting with President Bush, during which he requested more military assistance, and in preparation for a Policy Coordination Committee meeting scheduled for May 10, post proposes several ideas in line with Yemen,s current and future security ch [...]	2007-05-08 13:31:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PREL MASS MCAP MARR PTER YM
07SANAA882	(S) EMIO PERMISSION RECEIVED; COORDINATION BEGINS [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-14 08:22:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	MOPS MARR PREL PTER SNAR YM
07SANAA884	AMBASSADOR'S ASSESSMENT ON UNHRC ELECTION [...] (C) Ambassador urged Deputy Forein Minister Mohy al-Din al-Dhabbi on May 13 to opose Belarus' candidacy to the UNHRC in favor of lovenia or Bosnia. Al-Dhabbi promised to conveythe message to the internal Yemeni Government commitee that decides on multilateral votes. 2. (C Information we [...]	2007-05-14 08:52:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM YM
07SANAA905	MINISTER PREACHES RELIGIOUS TOLERANCE, SHEIKH [...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 7. 2. (C) SUMMARY: On May 1, the CDA, accompanied by poloff and Damon Stevens from the Office to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism, met with Minister of Religious Affairs Judge Hamoud al-Hitar to discuss tolerance and dialogue between faith [...]	2007-05-16 14:33:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PTER YM
07SANAA907	SAADA HISTORY: HUSSEIN AL-HOUTHI - PARLIAMENTARIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Since 2004, the ROYG has fought three wars in the Saada governorate with the al-Houthis, with each round more intense and prolonged than the last. History is key to understanding why this conflict began and continues to reemerge. The roots of the conflict lie with the late Hussein [...]	2007-05-19 05:16:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER
07SANAA96	ADMIRAL HUNT DISCUSSES SOMALIA AND MILITARY [...] (C) Summary: On January 21, visiting Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) Commander Rear Admiral Richard Hunt and Ambassador met with Defense Minister Mohammad Nasser Ahmed Ali to discuss Somalia and military-military cooperation. Ali expressed concern that violence in Somal [...]	2007-01-27 13:33:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS PTER PARM SO YM
07STATE151024	DEMARCHE REQUEST: ADVANCING THE DEMOCRACY AGENDA [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 3-18. The CD Ministerial in Bamako, November 14-17, will have five thematic and five regional roundtables. We ask that Posts inquire as to the priorities of host government for the ministerial and each roundtable, and share the U.S. prio [...]	2007-10-31 17:48:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PHUM PREL UNGA
07TEGUCIGALPA1476	HONDURAN NATIONAL PROTEST FIZZLES WITHOUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya, frustrated in his struggle with the Honduran National Congress on issues such as telecommunications reform (ref. A),resorted to tacit support for a nation-wide protest on August 27, 2007 by the Bloque Popular and organized labor unions. Teachers, [...]	2007-08-29 22:08:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CASC EAGR ECON ELAB ELTN EMIN ENRG EPET
08ADDISABABA1564	ERITREAN OPPOSITION UNITES, AGAIN [...] (C) SUMMARY. The May 5-11, 2008 Eritrean political opposition congress in Addis Ababa reformed and expanded the Eritrean Democratic Alliance (EDA) to serve as the umbrella organization for all Eritrean opposition groups. Embassy officers spoke with more than a dozen opposition leaders and [...]	2008-06-09 10:19:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KDEM PREL PBTS ET ER
08ADDISABABA598	ETHIOPIA: ARAB LEAGUE AMBASSADORS RECOMMEND [...] (C) SUMMARY. On February 12, Ambassador Yamamoto held a lunch for the resident ambassadors to Ethiopia from Arab League countries. In attendance were the ambassadors from Yemen, Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Palestine, Sudan, and the Arab League representative to the Afri [...]	2008-03-04 06:45:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ET SO XF
08AMMAN99	INVITATION TO ATTEND MARCH BULK CASH SMUGGLING SEMINAR IN [...] This message contains action requests. Please see paragraphs 4-8. 2. The U.S. Treasury's Office of Technical Assistance (OTA) and the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (DHS-ICE and CBP) will jointly deliver a [...]	2008-01-13 09:42:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETRD KTFN SNAR XF
08BEIRUT1024	LEBANON: ELECTORAL REFORM PACE MAY INCREASE WITH [...] (C) In recent weeks, Lebanese civil society activists have been invited to address both the parliamentary committee considering electoral reform and a group of key March 14 political leaders. Both invitations are almost unprecedented in Lebanese political tradition, according to civil society [...]	2008-07-15 15:49:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM LE
08BEIRUT1376	LEBANON: LEAHY VETTING FOR PARTICIPANTS IN INL'S LEBANON [...] (U) The following names and biographic information is provided regarding participants in the INL funded Lebanon Police Basic Cadet Training course, scheduled to begin September 22, 2008. Leahy Amendment vetting was conducted at post with no derogatory results. (The list of 200 proposed traine [...]	2008-09-19 06:16:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	APER ASEC NAS LE
08BEIRUT935	Lebanon: Leahy Vetting For Participants in INL's Lebanon [...] (U) The following names and biographic information is provided regarding participants in the INL funded Lebanon Police Basic Cadet Training course, scheduled to begin July 7, 2008. Leahy Amendment vetting was conducted at post with no derogatory results. (The list of 201 proposed trainees inc [...]	2008-06-26 14:12:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	APER ASEC NAS LE
08BUENOSAIRES1315	ARGENTINE GOVERNMENT EXPRESSES SOLIDARITY WITH THE [...] (U) Argentine MFA U/S for Bilateral Affairs Ambassador Vicente Espeche Gil contacted the CDA September 19 to convey condolences for the September 17 terrorist attack on the U.S. Embassy in Sanaa. The previous evening, at a reception hosted by the CDA, several GOA officials expressed similar s [...]	2008-09-19 22:31:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER YM AR
08COLOMBO889	EMBASSY COLOMBO EAC MEETING 09/22/2008 [...] (SBU) Summary: AmEmbassy Colombo convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting on September 22, 2008. The EAC discussed post's security posture in light of the recent terrorist attack of the US Embassy in Sanaa, Yemen and the suicide bombing of the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad, Pakistan. [...]	2008-09-22 12:29:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CASC PTER
08DAMASCUS210	SARG PLAYS ARAB UNITY CARD ON EVE OF ARAB SUMMIT [...] (C) Summary: With last minute changes still a possibility and Jordan's representation up in the air, the SARG claims it will receive up to 12 heads of state, despite evidence to the contrary. In response to Egypt and Saudi Arabia's decision to downgrade significantly their representation and [...]	2008-03-27 17:54:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SY
08DAMASCUS741	SARG ALLEGES U.S. MILITARY RAID KILLS 8 CIVILIANS [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 10. 2. (C) Summary: Roughly two hours after local internet and Syrian TV reported an alleged U.S. military attack in eastern Syria, Syrian Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Faisal Mekdad convoked Charge and Pol/Econ Chief on October 26 (2200 local) [...]	2008-10-27 05:39:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PGOV PTER SY IZ
08DJIBOUTI1018	EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING:DJIBOUTI THREAT [...] (SBU) On December 17, 2008 at 11:15 AM Embassy Djibouti's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) convened to discuss recent threat information. The EAC was led by Ambassador Swan and in attendance were RSO, ORA, POL, MNGT, PD, IMO, CON, USLO, CCE and members of CJTF-HOA security. 2. (S/NF) GRPO [...]	2008-12-17 17:12:00	Embassy Djibouti	SECRET	ASEC DJ MOPS PTER SO
08DOHA852	Fraud Report - Doha [...] (U) COUNTRY CONDITIONS: Qatar's population consists of a large majority of third country nationals (TCNs). NIV applicants from Bangladesh, Egypt, India, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Philippines, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen account for a large portion of post's visa [...]	2008-12-07 12:14:00	Embassy Doha	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC QA
08KHARTOUM71	SUDAN HOSTS ARAB WOMEN'S UNION CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Sudan Women's General Union (SWGU) hosted in Khartoum January 8-10 the fourth annual conference of the Arab Women's General Union (AWGU). Sudanese president Omar Hassan Al-Bashir addressed delegates at the opening session, promising that the Government of Sudan (GOS) will see [...]	2008-01-18 10:33:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM SU
08KUWAIT1053	REQUEST FOR M113 APC TRANSFER MAY HAVE TO COME [...] (S) In respective October 6 and 7 demarches, the Ambassador raised reftel points requesting the GOK consider providing U.S.-origin M113 APCs, on an urgent basis, to the Government of Yemen with MFA Under Secretary Khaled Al-Jarallah and POLCOUNS raised the same points with Hamad Al Mashan of M [...]	2008-10-14 15:00:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PTER PGOV KU
08MUSCAT853	CENTCOM COMMANDER PETRAEUS' MEETING WITH SULTAN [...] (C) U.S. CENTCOM Commander General David Petraeus and the Ambassador met for an unprecedented three hours on November 30 with Sultan Qaboos at Beit al Baraka palace outside Muscat. In a wide-ranging discussion of regional issues, the Sultan acknowledged progress in Iraq and expressed a degree [...]	2008-12-17 06:15:00	Embassy Muscat	SECRET	PARM PBTS PHSA PREL PTER PK IR IZ YM MU
08NAIROBI2158	Somalia - US Mission Officers Visit Hargeisa [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On September 9, US Mission officers visited Hargeisa, Somaliland and met with government officials, political party representatives, and organizations implementing U.S. Government-funded activities. The visit provided an opportunity to reinforce key messages made by Assistant [...]	2008-09-12 08:48:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM ECON SOCI SO
08NAIROBI2334	NGOs and USG Discuss Civil-Military Relations in the [...] On July 15, USEmbassy Nairobi jointly with the NGO umbrella organization InterAction and the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa held a one-day conference in Nairobi to discuss the evolving civil-military cooperation framework -- also known as Diplomacy, Development, and Defense (3D) -- in [...]	2008-10-10 12:14:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS EAID PINS SOCI KE XA
08NAIROBI2718	SOMALIA - Somaliland: "Terror Attacks Will Not Deter Us" [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 3, Somaliland Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdullahi Mohamed Duale and Minister of Planning Ali Ibrahim Mohamed told us that despite the recent terror attacks, Somaliland will not veer from its democratic path. Ministers Duale and Mohamed said that Somaliland author [...]	2008-12-04 15:11:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PNAT SOCI ECON SO
08NAIROBI2899	Somalia - A Primer on the Puntland Elections [...] (SBU) Summary: The semi-autonomous region of Puntland will hold presidential elections on January 8, 2009. The President will be elected by the Parliament. Following the disputed elections of 2001/2002 and the departure of then Puntland President Abdullahi Yusuf for the Transitional Federal [...]	2008-12-31 11:27:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM SOCI SO
08RABAT158	MOROCCO PRESS FREEDOM: DAS PATTON'S VISIT [...] (SBU) Summary: During his January 16-19 visit to Morocco, DAS Kent Patton discussed Morocco's media environment and press freedom with local stakeholders from a variety of backgrounds. Embassy officials stressed that passage of a revised press code eliminating prison sentences remained a ke [...]	2008-02-19 18:54:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KPAO EAID KMPI KDEM PREL MO
08RIYADH1423	RIYADH EAC - 17 SEPTEMBER 2008 [...] (S/NF) On September 17, the DCM convened a meeting of the EAC to discuss the Missions security posture in light of today's attack on the U.S. Embassy in Sanaa. Also present in the meeting were POL, ECON, PA, CONS, BPM, MGT, MED, ISC, AGR, DAO, POL-MIL, MSG, OPM-SANG, DHS and RSO. 2. (S/NF [...]	2008-09-20 04:38:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	AMGT ASEC CASC PGOV PTER PREL SA
08RIYADH1436	RIYADH EAC - 20 SEPTEMBER 2008 [...] (S/NF) On September 20, the DCM convened a meeting of Riyadh's EAC to discuss the Mission's security posture in response to additional threat information received describing further attacks planned against U.S. interests in the region following the September 17 attack on the U.S. Embassy in S [...]	2008-09-22 14:17:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC AMGT CASC PGOV PTER PREL SA
08RIYADH1471	RIYADH EAC - 24 SEPTEMBER 2008 [...] (S/NF) On September 24, the Ambassador convened a meeting of Riyadh's EAC to discuss the Mission's security posture and to discuss restrictions placed upon post personnel in response to continued regional threats against Americans and Westerners following the September 17 attack on the U.S. E [...]	2008-09-27 16:33:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC CASC AMGT PGOV PTER PREL SA
08RIYADH1472	RIYADH EAC - 24 SEPTEMBER 2008 [...] (S/NF) On September 24, the Ambassador convened a meeting of Riyadh's EAC to discuss the Mission's security posture and to discuss restrictions placed upon post personnel in response to continued regional threats against Americans and Westerners following the September 17 attack on the U.S. E [...]	2008-09-27 16:37:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC CASC AMGT PGOV PTER PREL SA
08RIYADH1532	RIYADH EAC - 10 OCTOBER 2008 [...] (S/NF) On October 10, 2008, the Ambassador convened a meeting of Riyadh's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) to discuss the Mission's security posture and the continuation of restrictions on Embassy personnel in light of recent threats involving the Embassy as reported in ref B. Also discussed [...]	2008-10-14 14:17:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC CASC AMGT PGOV PTER PREL SA
08RIYADH728	DHAHRAN EAC - 4/12/2008 [...] (U) NOTE: This cable is a retransmission since the original cable did not appear to have been transmitted. END NOTE. 2. (S/NF) On April 9, 2008, Consulate General Dhahran convened an Emergency Action Committee meeting to discuss proposals and threats described in REFTELS. In attendance [...]	2008-05-07 04:51:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC PTER AMGT CASC SA
08SANAA100	AL-QIRBI BEMOANS GAZA VIOLENCE [...] (U) In a January 21 meeting with the Ambassadors of the United States and Germany and the Japanese DCM, Foreign Minister AbuBakr al-Qirbi broached the subject of the Israeli blockade of the Gaza strip. Diverging from the topic of the meeting, the 2007 Forum for the Future (septel),the Foreign [...]	2008-01-21 14:05:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV YM
08SANAA101	FOREIGN MINISTER PUSHES FOR LANGUAGE BLAMING G8 [...] (C) In a January 21 meeting with representatives of the United States, Japan and Germany, the Yemeni Foreign Minister pushed for an announcement that would place blame on the G8 for the failure of the 2007 Forum for the Future to take place. The Foreign Minister was equally uncooperative on th [...]	2008-01-22 06:27:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV YM
08SANAA1053	YEMEN'S BIG BROTHER: WHAT HAS SAUDI ARABIA DONE [...] (U) AMEMBASSY Riyadh and AMCONGEN Jeddah have cleared this cable. Summary ------- 2. (C) Yemen has a long history of relations with Saudi Arabia based primarily on their 1500 km shared border, which has led to extensive social, religious and business ties. Yemenis perceive the relationship as he [...]	2008-06-18 09:26:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINS SA YM
08SANAA107	SALEH CALLS FOR ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT ON GAZA [...] (U) On January 21, President Saleh called for an emergency Arab League summit to discuss the blockade of Gaza. While his Party endorses his idea, at least one opposition figure dismisses it as an empty gesture. End Summary 2. (U) On January 21, According to Yemen's official news agency, P [...]	2008-01-22 13:46:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL KSUM PGOV IS YM
08SANAA1078	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON GLOBAL MARITIME PARTNERSHIP [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-23 10:45:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT EAID ECIN ECON EFIS MARR MASS MCAP MOPS
08SANAA108	YEMENIS DEMONSTRATE IN SUPPORT OF PALESTINIANS, [...] (U) Post RSO sources indicate that, on January 22, a crowd of between 5000 and 6000 marched from Sana'a University toward the headquarters of the U.N. Development Program (UNDP),in protest of the Israeli blockade of Gaza. Police prevented the group from reaching UNDP headquarters. The crowd [...]	2008-01-22 14:00:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL PGOV IS YM
08SANAA1096	PALESTINIAN PRESIDENT VISITS YEMEN, BUT LITTLE BUZZ [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Palestinian President visited Yemen on June 19 and met with President Saleh to discuss the Arab-Israeli issue and Yemen's initiative to reconcile Fatah and Hamas. Open source reporting said little about the discussions and insiders told PolOff that no substantive developments [...]	2008-06-25 14:04:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG IS EG YM
08SANAA1139	DJIBOUTIAN EMBASSY IN YEMEN COMMENTS ON HORN OF [...] (C) Hassan Ali Hassan, deputy head of mission at the Djiboutian Embassy in Yemen, told PolOff on 30 June that tensions are still high between Djibouti and Eritrea. Hassan said the Eritrean Army has encroached into Djibouti to the city of Moulhole. There have been several attempts to enter in [...]	2008-07-07 10:58:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL DJ YM
08SANAA1155	EMBASSY SANAA RESPONSE TO ENGAGING HOST [...] (U) Embassy Sana'a's main POC for issues dicussed in reftel is Public Affairs Officer, Ryan Gliha; E-mail: GlihaRM@state.gov; Telephone: 967-1-755-2451. 2. (C) Yemen does not currently sit on the Arabsat board. SECHE [...]	2008-07-09 10:59:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PTER XF ALOW YM
08SANAA1165	AL-HOUTHI REBELLION: NO END IN SIGHT [...] (C) Fighting between the al-Houthi rebels and ROYG forces has intensified this year, leading to increased efforts by the ROYG to quash the rebellion militarily once and for all and prompting it to seek aid from the US, Russia, Belarus, and Yemen's own militant tribes. As fighting has increased [...]	2008-07-14 10:22:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PGOV PINS YM
08SANAA1212	REVIEWING THE ROADMAP OR RETURN OF YEMEN'S GTMO [...] (U) This is an action request. See para. 6. 2. (C) On July 20, the Ambassador met with Ammar Saleh, Deputy Director of Yemen's National Security Bureau, to discuss the eleven items that comprise the roadmap for the return of Yemeni detainees in Guantanamo (GTMO),presented initially during [...]	2008-07-21 12:28:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	KDRG PTER YM
08SANAA122	YEMENI GUN BAN HOLDS BUT ATTITUDES REMAIN UNCHANGED [...] (U) Yemen's historic gun ban is holding five months after it was announced. Though violence continues in Yemen reports suggest there has been some reduction in gun related crimes. Lasting change will only be successful if attitudes about weapons change and people become aware of its dangers. E [...]	2008-01-26 13:35:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PGOV YM
08SANAA1408	YEMEN RECEIVES DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-20 13:00:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KNNP MNUC PARM PREL IR GM YM
08SANAA1422	TWO YEMENI BAHA'IS RELEASED FROM JAIL; IRANIAN AND [...] (SBU) The two detained Yemeni Baha'is (reftel) were released on August 19. The four other remaining imprisoned Baha'is, three Iranians and one Iraqi, are still detained in a Sanaa Criminal Investigation Department prison, pending further investigation. No official charges have yet been filed [...]	2008-08-25 10:31:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KIRF PGOV YM
08SANAA1441	POST ASKS ROYG TO NOT DEPORT DETAINED BAHA'IS [...] (SBU) During an August 26 telephone conversation, Post's Legatt office advised the General Prosecutor for the Specialized Courts, Said al-Aqel, against the deportation of the four remaining imprisoned Baha'is. The Legatt office asserted that if deported, the Baha'is, most specifically the Ira [...]	2008-08-27 13:35:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KIRF PGOV YM
08SANAA145	ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERIAL DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-27 13:12:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AL LE IS SY KVIR YM
08SANAA1461	DIESEL PROBLEM MORE CRISIS OF SUPPLY THAN PRICE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Persistent diesel shortages attributed to high demand, low refinery capacity and corruption have plagued Yemen since May 2008. As a result, the ROYG has decided to take a number of measures to increase diesel supply. The high international price of oil has forced the ROYG to p [...]	2008-09-02 10:40:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON ENRG EPET PGOV DJ SA SO SU YM
08SANAA1473	DEPORTATION STILL FEARED FOR THE BAHA'IS [...] (SBU) As of September 3, the four imprisoned Baha'is (reftel) remain detained and face possible deportation. According to their lawyer, Khaled al-Anisi, the ROYG has now unofficially agreed that they may choose the country to which they will be deported. 2. (SBU) On August 31, the Charge d' [...]	2008-09-03 14:08:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF PREL KIRF PGOV YM
08SANAA151	BIGGEST GAZA DEMONSTRATION TO DATE IN SANAA, BUT [...] (C) For the fourth day out of five, crowds of Yemenis took to the streets on January 26 to demonstrate in support of the Palestinians in the Gaza strip. This demonstration, the largest to date, was estimated by the Regional Security Office to have included more than 100,000 people. When disc [...]	2008-01-28 08:19:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPAL PREL YM
08SANAA1520	YEMEN: DELIVERY OF UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE HUMAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-08 13:29:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL UN YM
08SANAA1521	ROYG AGREES TO NOT DEPORT BAHA'IS TO IRAN, BUT [...] (SBU) On September 6, the DCM stressed to National Security Bureau (NSB) and Presidential Office Director Ali al-Anisi the importance of not deporting the detained Baha'is to Iran (ref A). Al-Anisi replied that the ROYG would not forcibly deport the detainees to Iran, but insisted that they w [...]	2008-09-08 13:34:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREF PREL KIRF YM

08SANAA1531	ROYG ASKS FOR ANTI-PIRACY SUPPORT [...] Deputy Prime Minister for Defense and Security Affairs Rashad al-Alimi chaired an ambassadorial level meeting on September 10 to urge international support for the ROYG's anti-piracy efforts. Joining al-Alimi were the Ministers of Defense, Interior and Transport. He emphasized the importance [...]	2008-09-13 11:22:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT PREL PTER MCAP YM
08SANAA1533	YEMEN TAKES STOCK OF A STOCK MARKET [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Yemen Government is proceeding full steam ahead with establishing a stock market. A supervisory committee has been formed and the Financial Services Volunteer Corps has been invited to conduct an in-country evaluation in October 2008. Afterwards, a technical implementatio [...]	2008-09-14 09:42:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD KMPI PGOV PREL JO YM
08SANAA154	ROYG PAINTS ROSY PICTURE FOR VISITING STAFFDEL [...] (U) As part of a recently negotiated MOU on Parliamentary exchange, the ROYG hosted a delegation of Congressional staffers from January 20-26. The staffdel was provided access to the cream of the ROYG's power structure. Three topics arose as central issues of the visit: Yemen's need for more [...]	2008-01-28 12:41:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PGOV PREL OTRA YM
08SANAA1540	NO CHANGE ON BAHA'I CASE: DEPORTATION STILL [...] (SBU) Summary: There continues to be no change in the ROYG's position vis a vis the detained Baha'is. The President has officially signed an order calling for the deportation of the four detainees to the country of their choice. UNHCR has still not been granted access to the prisoners, putti [...]	2008-09-15 13:14:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREF KIRF YM
08SANAA1547	THREAT LETTER RECEIVED BY EMBASSY SANAA [...] (S/NF) Summary: On September 14, 2008, RSO received an email attachment from the British Embassy security officer, which contained a scanned letter written in Arabic. After translation, it was revealed that the letter was issued by the "Islamic Jihadist Organization" and threatened Vehicle Bo [...]	2008-09-16 10:59:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC PTER YM
08SANAA1550	9/17 SANAA EAC REQUESTS AUTHORIZED DEPARTURE [...] SUMMARY: (S/NF) On 09/17/08 the Sanaa EAC met to discuss the terrorist attack that took place on the American Embassy at 0915 on 09/17/08. The EAC agreed to request authorized departure. See specific requests in paragraph 8. 2. (S/NF) On 09/17/08 the Ambassador convened the EAC to discuss t [...]	2008-09-17 17:36:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	AEMR ASEC PTER YM
08SANAA1551	ROYG AGREES TO EMBASSY SECURITY REQUIREMENTS [...] (C) In the wake of the September 17 terrorist attack on the embassy, the Ambassador met with Deputy Prime Minster Rashad al-Alimi, Interior Minister Motahar al-Masri, National Security Bureau Director Ali al-Anisi, and Political Security Organization Chief Ghalib Qamish. The Ambassador advised [...]	2008-09-17 17:42:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV YM
08SANAA1558	9/19 SANAA EAC DISCUSSES NEW THREAT [...] SUMMARY: (S/NF) On 09/19/08 the Sanaa EAC met for the second time since the 09/17/08 terrorist attack on the Embassy. The EAC discussed how best to respond to a new non-specific threat from Islamic Jihad in Yemen. END SUMMARY. 2. (S/NF) On 09/19/08 the Ambassador convened the EAC to discuss [...]	2008-09-19 14:24:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	AEMR ASEC PTER YM
08SANAA1559	AMEMB SANAA 9/20 DAILY SITREP [...] Security: The MSD team has been deployed to augment security at the Hadda Apartment Complex. One of the ARSOs is currently conducting a security review of all official American residential areas in order to determine where host nation assets could be deployed to be most useful. Based upon AR [...]	2008-09-20 11:10:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PTER YM
08SANAA1563	AMEMB SANAA 9/21 DAILY SITREP [...] Security: On 9/20 we moved several personnel out of potentially vulnerable residences. In addition, we are coordinating with host nation security forces to increase security at our cluster housing locations. Septel to follow. Post One's security equipment upgrade should be completed by the [...]	2008-09-21 08:09:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PTER YM
08SANAA1564	AMEMB SANAA 9/22 DAILY SITREP [...] Security: RSO is still coordinating residential security issues with the host nation. Security upgrades inside Hadda Compound are fully in place. DS has agreed to a controlled release to certain ROYG security services of the video of the attack. RSO will coordinate with the relevant section [...]	2008-09-22 07:47:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PTER YM
08SANAA1568	UPDATE ON YEMEN'S ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING AND [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 7. 2. SUMMARY: The ROYG has recently taken some actions in the field of anti-money laundering (AML),including forming a Supervisory Committee to oversee AML efforts and restructuring of the Central Bank's Anti-Money Laundering Information [...]	2008-09-22 14:05:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KCRM KTFN PREL PTER SNAR YM
08SANAA158	INTERNAL DISPLACEMENT IN SAADA: A QUESTION OF DEFINITION AND STRATEGY [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-29 10:53:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM PREL PGOV YM
08SANAA161	UK PSI OUTREACH DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) POL/E Chief and his British counterpart delivered reftel demarche to MFA Assistant Deputy Minister Khaled al-Akwa on January 29. The representative of HMG passed al-Akwa an informal copy of the invitation and promised to follow up with a formal copy. (Note: The original formal invitatio [...]	2008-01-29 12:25:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP PHSA PARM ZR YM
08SANAA1755	AMBASSADOR DECLARES DISASTER IN HADRAMOUT AND MAHRA [...] Summary and Action Request: Ambassador Seche declares a humanitarian disaster in the Hadramout and Mahra governorates of eastern Yemen following a tropical storm and related flash flooding that occurred between October 23 and October 25. The Ambassador requests that DCHA/OFDA immediately commi [...]	2008-10-27 15:52:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID YM
08SANAA1800	SANAA EAC REQUESTS THE LIFTING OF AUTHORIZED [...] (S/NF) Summary: On November 2, 2008, the EAC met to discuss the lifting of Authorized Departure status. After discusion, the EAC decided to recommend the lifting of authorized departure and return to the prior limited-accompanied status at post of working adult dependents only. The EAC was a [...]	2008-11-03 12:08:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	AEMR ASEC YM
08SANAA1814	PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE PRESSES AMBASSADOR ON [...] (U) On November 4, the Ambassador met with a Yemeni Parliamentary Committee formed to lobby for the immediate release of accused terrorist financier Sheikh al-Moayad and his companion Zayed. Members of the committee pointed out that Moayad is well-regarded in Yemen, with no ties to terrorist [...]	2008-11-05 10:28:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KISL PREL PGOV YM
08SANAA1819	YEMENI REACTION TO US ELECTION: GREAT NATION, [...] On November 5, the Ambassador hosted a morning reception to give key post contacts the opportunity to watch the results of the US presidential elections with embassy officers. At that event and in EmbOffs' other meetings, the response to the elections has been overwhelmingly positive. Post,s [...]	2008-11-05 14:01:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL YM
08SANAA1826	AL-BANNA SENTENCE REDUCED [...] International-media reports on November 8 indicated that convicted terrorist Jaber al-Banna's sentence had been reduced by a Yemeni court from 10 years to five. According to Agence France Presse, al-Banna's sentence was reduced because he "handed himself in to the authorities." Reflecting th [...]	2008-11-10 10:48:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PREL PGOV KISL YM
08SANAA1830	GPC JITTERS OVER APRIL 2009 PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Although the ruling party is expected to win easily in the upcoming parliamentary elections, President Saleh has recently expressed fears about how the opposition will portray his actions during the campaign. Some speculate that he is overstating these fears to avoid taking actio [...]	2008-11-10 14:23:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL YM
08SANAA1881	DAILEY DELIVERS STRONG CT MESSAGE TO ROYG OFFICIALS [...] (U) Coordinator for Counterterrorism Dell L. Dailey met on December 16 and 17 with ranking ROYG security officials. Assuring them that counterterrorism (CT) will continue to be a priority for the new U.S. Administration, he pressed his interlocutors for progress on effective CT legislation and [...]	2008-11-23 10:46:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PTER PREL PGOV YM
08SANAA1887	SCER SITS AT THE CENTER OF ELECTORAL SPAT [...] (C) SUMMARY. While publicly the GPC and JMP continue to dig deeper into their entrenched positions regarding the upcoming parliamentary elections, officials on each side have left open the possibility of reaching a face-saving compromise that would encourage JMP participation. The GPC-domina [...]	2008-11-23 14:00:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL YM
08SANAA1890	PORT OF ADEN'S DEVELOPMENT SQUEEZED BY SECURITY [...] (C) SUMMARY. The port of Aden struggles to regain its stature as an essential regional hub in the midst of new management and ongoing security threats. Although the strike against new Aden Container Terminal manager Dubai Ports World appears to have been resolved, endemic corruption still a [...]	2008-11-24 14:18:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EWWT PBTS YM
08SANAA1900	CREATING INCENTIVES FOR YEMEN'S CT ENGAGEMENT [...] (S) Embassy Sana'a wishes to express its appreciation for the collective efforts of the Washington inter-agency process that have identified both supply and financing sources for the M-113 armored personnel carriers requested by President Saleh. The purpose of this message is to ensure that th [...]	2008-11-26 07:49:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PTER PREL PGOV YM
08SANAA1901	SALEM HAMDAN IN YEMENI GOVERNMENT CUSTODY [...] (S) At approximately 03:54 local time on November 26, 2008, Colonel Gilberto Villahermosa, Senior Defense Representative and Chief, Office of Military Cooperation, Sana'a, Yemen, met the USAF C-17 at Sana'a International Airport, signed for Guantanamo detainee Salem Ahmed Salem Hamdan (ISN US [...]	2008-11-26 10:51:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PGOV PTER YM
08SANAA1918	YEMEN'S STARVING CHILDREN [...] A National Symposium on Child Poverty held November 24-25 in Sana'a reported that half of Yemeni children under the age of five are moderately to severely underweight. Infant mortality in Yemen is ten times the U.S. rate, and according to the World Food Program's (WFP) Jutta Neitzel, food exp [...]	2008-11-29 13:16:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV SOCI YM
08SANAA1923	YEMEN PUSHING FULL STEAM AHEAD ON GAS PRODUCTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Construction of the Yemen Liquefied Natural Gas Project (YLNG) is near completion and YLNG expects to export natural gas in the second quarter of 2009. The ROYG Ministry of Oil and Minerals is also eyeing other oil production and exploration blocks for additional supplies of na [...]	2008-12-01 12:09:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON ENRG EPET PGOV YM
08SANAA1924	DEMARCHE: ENHANCING EFFORTS TO COMBAT PIRACY [...] Post maintains an ongoing discussion with the ROYG on deepening cooperation with the international community to fight Somali piracy. During our discussions, emboffs have raised all of the points outlined in para 4 of reftel. Yemeni military sources assert that, to be effective, the internatio [...]	2008-12-02 06:46:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER YM
08SANAA1929	23 INJURED IN OPPOSITION DEMONSTRATIONS [...] (C) Demonstrations organized by Yemen's political opposition in Sana'a on November 27, and the ROYG reaction to them, turned violent, resulting in the injury of 23 people. The ROYG reportedly assaulted reporters covering the demonstrations and some accuse ROYG forces of firing on demonstrator [...]	2008-12-02 09:53:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL YM
08SANAA1935	OPPOSITION LEADER: PARTICIPATION IN APRIL [...] (C) With Yemen's April 2009 Parliamentary elections approaching, the opposition continues to boycott all election preparations. The concessions that President Saleh is willing to discuss privately come nowhere near addressing what the opposition deems to be its "minimum standards" for partic [...]	2008-12-03 12:13:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KCOR KDEM YM
08SANAA1947	GENERAL PETRAEUS' VISIT TO YEMEN [...] (S) SUMMARY. On November 29, during his first visit to Yemen, General David Petraeus, Commander of the U.S. Central Command, met with President Ali Abdullah Saleh and senior ROYG officials for frank and open discussions. Discussions focused on security issues, including counter-terrorism, pi [...]	2008-12-06 11:19:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PREL MARR MCAP PHSA PINS PTER MOPS OTRA YM
08SANAA1949	SALEH'S CHARM OFFENSIVE: YEMENI PRESIDENT ATTEMPTS TO WOO [...] (Summary) During the week of November 24, 2008, President Ali Abdullah Saleh conducted two high-profile, on-the-record interviews with international media outlets in France and Russia. In the context of these interviews, Saleh outlined his government's views on counter-terrorism strategy in Y [...]	2008-12-06 13:07:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PTER KPAO YM
08SANAA195	SALEH ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL [...] (U) Shortly after returning from his trip to Spain and Belgium, and only a few months after his regular annual physical in Germany, President Saleh was admitted to a Yemeni hospital. 2. (U) The Defense Ministry-funded 26Sep Net reported on February second that President Saleh had flown fro [...]	2008-02-03 14:22:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PGOV PINR YM
08SANAA1960	12/07 SANAA EAC REVIEWS RECENT THREAT INFORMATION [...] SUMMARY: (S/NF) On 12/07/08 the Sanaa EAC met to discuss new threat information received by the Embassy. The EAC reviewed current security policies in place and discussed additional security measures needed. END SUMMARY. 2. (S/NF) On 12/07/08 the Ambassador convened the EAC to discuss new [...]	2008-12-07 12:18:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	AEMR ASEC PTER YM
08SANAA1973	SAUDI AMBASSADOR PROVIDES INFORMATION ON YEMENI [...] (C) On December 6, Saudi Ambassador to Yemen Ali al-Hamdan passed to the Ambassador information on Faris Mana'a. Mana'a, one of Yemen's most successful weapons smugglers, has long been known to have a curiously close relationship with President Saleh, who once brought him into a meeting with [...]	2008-12-08 06:49:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PARM PTER PGOV YM
08SANAA1974	THREATS AGAINST EMBASSY SANAA AND WESTERN INTERESTS [...] (S/NF) US Embassy Sana'a has received threats against the Embassy and other Western interests in Yemen. RSO has passed all information to GRPO for follow-up. No further information has been received regarding these threats. 2. (S/NF) On December 5, RSO received information from a Canadian [...]	2008-12-08 13:41:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC PTER YM
08SANAA1976	12/12 SANAA EAC REVIEWS SECURITY POSTURE [...] SUMMARY: (S/NF) On 12/12/08 the Sanaa EAC met to discuss the Embassy's security posture in light of continued threat reporting against embassies, hotels, and other Western interests in Yemen. The EAC determined that the Sheraton Hotel should be put off-limits for the time being and the TDYers [...]	2008-12-12 13:06:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	AEMR ASEC PTER YM
08SANAA1990	CIVIL NUCLEAR WORKING GROUP INFORMATION REQUEST: [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-14 12:33:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG TRGY BEXP BTIO YM
08SANAA1991	IN LIGHT OF NEW SECURITY THREATS, ROYG PROMISES TO [...] (S) During a December 13 meeting at the Ministry of the Interior (MOI),the Ambassador broached recent security concerns with Minister of Interior Rashad al-Masri. The Minister assured the Ambassador that the ROYG was taking all threats against Western interests, including the U.S. Embassy an [...]	2008-12-15 07:26:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PTER ASEC PINS MOPS YM
08SANAA1994	REYDA JEWS FACE NEW THREATS OF VIOLENCE IN WAKE OF [...] (C) SUMMARY. Days after the December 11 murder of a Yemeni Jew in Reyda, the town's Jewish community reports continued harassment and violence, and complains of ROYG inaction. Minister of Interior Rashad al-Masri assured the Ambassador on December 13 that the ROYG would protect the nation's [...]	2008-12-15 11:35:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF KIRF YM
08SANAA2005	PRESIDENT REPORTEDLY PROMISES TO RESETTLE REYDA [...] (C) BG Tariq Saleh, nephew of President Saleh and head of his Presidential Guard, informed EMBOFFS on December 16 that the President had offered to provide every member of the Jewish community in Reyda resettlement in Sana'a, a parcel of land and money to build a home. Saleh reportedly also a [...]	2008-12-16 14:41:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF YM
08SANAA2026	SAADA, RECOVERING FROM EARLIER CONFLICTS, AWAITS [...] (S) SUMMARY. Ongoing tribal violence, a deteriorating humanitarian situation andincreasing Houthi influence across Saada point to a likely renewal of hostilities in the near future, despite the ROYG,s professed desire to avoid more fighting. Reconstruction and provision of basic services are [...]	2008-12-21 13:09:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	MCAP MOPS PGOV PHUM PREF YM
08SANAA2028	LOCAL SECURITY INSUFFICIENT TO EASE REYDA JEWS' [...] (C) SUMMARY. Representatives of the Jewish community in Reyda confirmed that they would accept President Saleh's offer of land and money to build houses in Sana'a, but worried that their immediate security needs in Reyda were not being addressed. Deputy Head of the National Security Bureau (N [...]	2008-12-22 07:07:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF KIRF YM
08SANAA2033	YEMEN INFORMED OF DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-22 12:52:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP EFIN PARM IR YM
08SANAA2061	GCC MEMBERSHIP REMAINS BEYOND YEMEN'S GRASP [...] (C) SUMMARY. Yemen's full participation in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) is thwarted by its bleak economic outlook, including a large, but unemployed, work force. GCC members have pledged to help strengthen Yemen's development, but a substantial amount of money has not been delivered. E [...]	2008-12-30 12:00:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV YM
08SANAA2062	YEMENI PROTESTORS OUT IN FORCE IN REACTION TO GAZA [...] Massive protests have been organized throughout Yemen since December 27, continuing into the 30, in reaction to the Israeli military operations in the Gaza Strip. Yemeni government officials, political parties, labor unions, and human rights organizations have issued statements condemning the [...]	2008-12-30 12:13:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KPAO KPAL YM
08SANAA2064	YEMEN'S PERMANENT REP TO THE UN MAY ATTEND CONTACT [...] Although Post did not receive an official response to reftel invitation, Abdul Hakeem al-Eryani, Director of the Office of the Foreign Minister, told Poloff at a December 30 meeting that the ROYG is considering sending its Permanent Representative to the UN to participate. He was unable to co [...]	2008-12-30 13:00:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT KCRM MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER YM
08SANAA2065	PLAINCLOTHES SECURITY OFFICIALS SENT TO PROTECT [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-30 13:04:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF KIRF YM
08SANAA208	APPROACH TO AIRLINES ON FOREIGN FIGHTERS - YEMENIA [...] (U) PolOff presented reftel PowerPoint to Capt. Abdul Kalek Al-kadi, chairman of Yemenia Airways, on February 2. The captain assured PolOff of all cooperation possible in this area. 2. (S) Al-kadi prefaced the meeting by saying that the ROYG and Yemenia Airways were already taking steps to [...]	2008-02-06 10:09:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	EAIR ECON PTER YM
08SANAA240	TWO SIDES AGREE TO REVIVE QATARI MEDIATION IN SAADA [...] (C) A February 1 agreement to reinvigorate the stalled Qatari mediation efforts in Saada was followed by a brief continuation of the violence and then a reported cease fire. While any good news in this conflict is welcome, difficulties implementing earlier cease-fire agreements lead post to re [...]	2008-02-06 13:16:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL YM
08SANAA256	SECOND POST-CONSULTATIVE GROUP FOLLOW-UP MEETING [...] SUMMARY: Republic of Yemen Government (ROYG) officials, Gulf Cooperation Council representatives (including the Secretary General) and a large number of bilateral and SIPDIS multilateral donors gathered in Sana'a on February 4 to discuss the status of the pledges allocated to Yemen and the [...]	2008-02-11 09:56:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	AID EAGR EAID ECON EFIN ETRD GCC PREL YM
08SANAA258	NEW PARLIAMENT SPEAKER AND DEPUTY SPEAKERS ALL [...] (C) Summary: The Yemeni Parliament chose its new Speaker of Parliament and Deputy Speakers on February 11. The ruling party won all slots, despite the unpopularity of its nominated Speaker and the opposition's clever strategy to maximize its chances. End Summary. The Winners: --------- [...]	2008-02-11 13:39:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV YM
08SANAA259	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UN.GIFT AND THE VIENNA FORUM [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-11 13:44:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG YM
08SANAA260	KOSOVO DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-11 14:22:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNMIK PGOV UN YI EU YM
08SANAA265	YEMEN'S 2008 SUBMISSION FOR 2008 EISA [...] In response to reftel, Post provides the following information. 2. The Political and Economic Section at post handles energy matters. A total of four employees handle energy-related issues: one entry-level Economic Foreign Service Officer, one entry-level Commercial Foreign Service Offi [...]	2008-02-13 11:50:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	ABUD APER ENRG SENV YM
08SANAA267	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES THE OPPOSITION'S ROLE WITH [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador and DCM met with leaders of the opposition Joint Meeting Parties (JMP) coalition on February 13. The conversation focused on the political dialogue between the ruling party and the JMP and on the role the JMP is playing in remedying the problems of the country. Dur [...]	2008-02-13 13:57:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV YM
08SANAA268	PARLIAMENT SPEAKER CAUSES DISSENT IN RULING PARTY [...] (C) On February 11, President Saleh's choice was elected Speaker of Parliament. General unhappiness with the new speaker and the strong arm tactics used to elect him have alienated many in the ruling party. Considering the number of issues already facing the ROYG, the President's decision to [...]	2008-02-13 14:23:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV YM
08SANAA269	POC FOR AMBASSADOR SWING [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-17 10:21:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL SMIG YM
08SANAA292	WILL YEMENI TAX REFORM BE A TAXING EXPERIENCE? [...] (C) The ROYG is planning a phased implementation of a General Sales Tax on imported and wholesale goods in 2008 and expects to raise 112 billion Yemeni Riyals, according to the Tax Authority Chair. However, it will face several obstacles in collecting the tax. The Sana'a business community [...]	2008-02-18 11:13:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD PREL YM
08SANAA3	THE FORUM'S FUTURE STILL IN DOUBT [...] (C) The Ambassador and the German CDA met with Foreign Minister Abubakr al-Qirbi on January 2 to discuss the Forum for the Future. The Ambassador noted the USG's continued commitment to the Forum, but, in the absence of a representative of the Japanese Embassy, no progress was made on forming [...]	2008-01-02 13:53:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV YM
08SANAA305	YEMEN FORWARD LEANING ON SOMALIA [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-20 14:04:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SO SA MU DJ YM
08SANAA318	OVERVIEW OF REFUGEES IN YEMEN: A MIXED BAG OF MISERY [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-25 12:34:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM PREL PGOV YM
08SANAA320	OVERVIEW OF REFUGEES IN YEMEN: A MIXED BAG OF MISERY [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-26 11:00:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM PREL PGOV YM
08SANAA344	YEMEN VOLUNTARY INPUT FOR 2008 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW [...] In response to reftel, Post input for the U.S. Trade Representative's 2008 Special 301 review follows. 2. Yemen continues to face many obstacles to intellectual property rights (IPR),including a non-TRIPs-compliant IPR law, which it is seeking to amend. Copyright protection of optical m [...]	2008-02-27 14:52:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KIPR YM
08SANAA366	WHO HAS THE EAR OF THE PRESIDENT? PART 3: [...] (C) President Ali Abdullah Saleh holds all decision-making authority within Yemen. Nonetheless, he relies on an established network of advisors who have obtained his trust and respect. This is the third in a series of cables that intends to develop a fuller understanding of who influences Sa [...]	2008-03-03 09:57:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PGOV PINR YM
08SANAA396	YEMEN INPUT FOR FOAA-08 REPORT [...] In response to reftel, Post's input for the FY 2008 Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Appropriations Act (FOAA-08) report follows. 2. The budget is made public in Yemen through written publications, the mass media and the internet. Nevertheless, many observers believe [...]	2008-03-08 14:08:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON KMPI PREL YM
08SANAA407	YEMENI TERRORIST ROLL-CALL: BADAWI STILL IN JAIL, [...] (U) Jaber al-Banna, a Yemeni-American among the FBI's most wanted terrorism suspects and who was indicted in 2002 in the United States for "providing material support to terrorists" (reftel),posted bond at a Yemeni security court on March 9. He is due back in court on March 23. 2. (S/N [...]	2008-03-10 15:44:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PGOV PTER PREL YM
08SANAA412	YEMENI TERRORIST ROLL-CALL: BADAWI STILL IN JAIL, [...] (U) Jaber al-Banna, a Yemeni-American among the FBI's most wanted terrorism suspects and who was indicted in 2002 in the United States for "providing material support to terrorists" (reftel),posted bond at a Yemeni security court on March 9. He is due back in court on March 23. 2. (S/N [...]	2008-03-11 11:18:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PTER PREL YM
08SANAA428	TAXES, FEES AND RED TAPE -- BUSINESSMEN COMPLAIN [...] (C) During an early March visit to the southern port city of Aden, the Ambassador found business contacts unhappy about non-transparent fees and taxes, bureaucratic red tape and difficulties in acquiring land. The Governor expressed a desire to encourage increased investment, but offered no re [...]	2008-03-15 14:04:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV YM
08SANAA44	US PARTNER CHOSEN TO LEAD INFLUENTIAL CHAMBER OF [...] (U) On January 6, the Sana'a Chamber of Commerce and Industry elected Hassan Al-Kbous as the Chairman of the Chamber following the death of previous Chairman Sheikh Mahfoudh Shammakh. Sheikh Mahfoudh Shammakh, sometimes called the Wiseman of the Yemeni Traders, died of a heart attack on Janu [...]	2008-01-07 13:38:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD BEXP PREL YM
08SANAA458	AMBASSADOR FINDS ADENIS UNHAPPY WITH THE ROYG AND [...] (C) On a recent trip to the southern city of Aden, the Ambassador's conversations with his interlocutors confirmed our perception of a growing divide between the Sana'a-controlled local government and Aden's citizens. The most dire compared Yemen's south to an occupied territory, while others [...]	2008-03-16 14:39:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL YM
08SANAA46	WHO HAS THE EAR OF THE PRESIDENT? PART 2: [...] (C) President Ali Abdullah Saleh holds all decision-making authority within his country. Nonetheless, he relies on an established network of advisors who have obtained his trust and respect. This is the second in a series of cables that intends to develop a fuller understanding of who influen [...]	2008-01-08 08:06:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR YM
08SANAA490	FUTURE BANK DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-19 06:20:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	MNUC KNNP IR BA YM
08SANAA52	AMBASSADOR STRESSES CONCERN FOR REYDA JEWS [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-08 13:26:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KIRF YM
08SANAA541	IF THE YEMENI GOVERNMENT IS RUNNING OUT OF MONEY, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The ROYG apparently does not have enough revenues to cover its expenses. Against this background, it has promised to increase salaries, pensions and social welfare payments by USD 372 million. Raising General Sales Tax revenues, reducing smuggling/tax evasion, eliminating "gh [...]	2008-03-26 08:15:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN PREL YM
08SANAA610	ROYG SUPPRESSES DEMONSTRATIONS WITH TANKS AND [...] (C) The ROYG used military force including tanks, other armored vehicles and aircraft to suppress demonstrations in southern Yemen on April 1. The protests, which stemmed from an incident where military applicants from Dhale were refused enlistment, continued today, with many demonstrators arr [...]	2008-04-02 14:43:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL YM
08SANAA64	FOREIGN MINISTER ACCEPTS DEMISE OF SANA'A FORUM [...] (C) On December 12, acting on instructions from capitals, the Ambassador and his German and Japanese counterparts met Foreign Minister AbuBakr al-Qirbi and recommended an end to planning for the Sana'a Forum for the Future. The three Ambassadors presented the Foreign Minister with draft langu [...]	2008-01-13 15:16:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV YM
08SANAA65	SALEH REQUESTS DETAINEE RELEASE AND RETURN OF [...] (U) On January 12, Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh handed the Ambassador a letter to President Bush praising the current Middle East peace initiative and requesting the release of Yemenis held in Guantanamo. In the meeting, Saleh also requested that jailed Yemeni cleric Sheikh al-Moayed be [...]	2008-01-13 15:18:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV YM
08SANAA66	YEMENI ROYG EXPRESSES CONCERNS: ISRAELI SETTLEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-13 15:23:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM YM
08SANAA67	SAADA UPDATE: IT'S NOT QUIET ON YEMEN'S [...] (U) On January 10 there was renewed intense fighting in Saada in northwestern Yemen between al-Houthi and ROYG forces leading to a spike in casualties. A Qatari-mediated cease-fire is widely accepted to have failed despite efforts at the highest levels to maintain it. A fifth war in Saada is [...]	2008-01-13 15:39:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PINS PGOV YM
08SANAA711	SALEH'S STEWARDSHIP OF YEMEN A SUBJECT OF CONCERN [...] (C) Summary. Conversations this month with a range of interlocutors have revealed a growing sense of unease with the Saleh government's seeming inability to effectively address the problems of terrorism and internal unrest in Yemen. The consensus view holds that Saleh's preoccupation with the [...]	2008-04-20 07:59:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS YM
08SANAA747	DESPERATE ROYG SPINS 'TALE OF TWO PRESIDENTS' [...] (U) ROYG-sponsored official media widely covered the April 25 telephone call between Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh and U.S. President George Bush. All four major Yemeni government daily newspapers, as well as several international pan-Arab outlets, front-paged reports of the conversation [...]	2008-04-27 06:15:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO PGOV PREL YM
08SANAA835	ROYG QUESTIONED ON YEMENI DELEGATION MEETING WITH [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-13 12:43:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PARM MTCRE PREL KN YM
08SANAA836	PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO ROYG [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-13 12:43:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	EUN PHUM PREL YM
08SANAA86	GPC MP CRITICIZES ROYG HANDLING OF SOUTHERN [...] (C) On January 13 a prominent member of Yemen's ruling party criticized his government's handling of demonstrations in Aden specifically and southern discontent in general. Earlier in the day, media reported that two Yemenis had died and 17 were injured in fighting that broke out during a demo [...]	2008-01-14 14:30:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PGOV PREL YM
08SANAA87	PART ONE OF TWO: YEMEN'S 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE [...] SUMMARY: In response to reftel, part one of Yemen's submission for the 2008 Investment Climate Statement follows. This first section covers openness to foreign investment, conversion and transfer policies, expropriation and compensation, dispute settlement, performance requirements and ince [...]	2008-01-15 11:20:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC YM
08SANAA88	PART TWO OF TWO: YEMEN'S 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE [...] SUMMARY: In response to reftel A, part two of Yemen's submission for the 2008 Investment Climate Statement follows. This second section covers protection of property rights, transparency of the regulatory system, efficient capital markets and portfolio investment, political violence, corrup [...]	2008-01-15 11:37:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC YM
08SANAA881	INTERIOR MINISTER CONFIRMS AL-BANNA IN JAIL, [...] (C) Summary. In the course of an hour-long meeting on May 18, Minister of Interior Rashad al-Alimi confirmed to the Ambassador that convicted al-Qaeda operative Jabr al-Banna had been re-arrested after his latest appearance in court. Alimi also confirmed the ROYG's intention to pursue additi [...]	2008-05-19 10:17:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER YM
08SANAA89	KHAWLAN SHIEKHS APPEAL FOR RELEASE OF AL-MOAYED [...] (C) On January 15, a delegation of Yemeni Sheikhs made a plea to the Ambassador for the release of convicted terrorist financier Sheikh Mohammed al-Moayed. The delegation averred that the Sheikh was a good, charitable man who would not have supported terrorists. They attempted to cast reconsi [...]	2008-01-15 14:55:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL YM
08SANAA90	ROYG TO SUPPORT PROSPER CANDIDACY [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-16 13:53:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL UNGA YM
08SANAA91	THREE BELGIANS KILLED IN ATTACK IN HADRAMOUT [...] (C) At approximately 2:30 PM local time, January 18 in Wadi Dowan in the governorate of Hadramout a four-car convoy carrying Belgian tourists was attacked by armed men. PSO in Makulla reported that two or three of the Belgian tourists were killed, as was one Yemeni driver. One tourist and one [...]	2008-01-18 16:34:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PTER PGOV PREL YM
08SANAA979	YEMEN PIPELINE ATTACK [...] (C) On June 1 the Yemeni Soldiers' Brigade (a group associated with Al-Qaida which claimed responsibility for the attack on the embassy in March) claimed responsibility for what it called a "mortar attack" on the oil pipeline near a state-run refinery in Aden on May 30. Media reporting varies [...]	2008-06-02 13:55:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	EIND ENRG EPET PINS PTER YM
08STATE100500	LEBANON: LEAHY VETTING FOR PARTICIPANTS IN INL'S [...] (U) In response to referenced Leahy vetting request, the Department has reviewed its files and finds it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights at this time by the members of the Lebanese law enforcement personnel listed below. Please note that if at any time the [...]	2008-09-19 18:05:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	APER ASEC NAS LE
08STATE101868	TRAVEL ALERT - ARABIAN PENINSULA AND PERSIAN [...] This Travel Alert is being issued to warnAmericans about heightened security concerns in and around the Arabian Peninsula and Persian Gulf. U.S. citizens traveling to or already in the region are reminded to maintain a high level of vigilance and to take appropriate steps to increase their s [...]	2008-09-24 00:23:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC ASEC PTER AMGT XF XI
08STATE105349	REQUEST FOR M113 ARMORED VEHICLES TO YEMEN [...] (U) This is an action request for Embassies Abu Dhabi, Amman, Ankara, Cairo, Kuwait, Manama, Rabat, Riyadh, and Tunis. Please see paragraph 2. --------- OBJECTIVE --------- 2. (U) Department requests that Posts engage appropriate host country officials at the earliest possible opport [...]	2008-10-02 14:39:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	BA EG JO KU MAS MO PARM PREL SA TS TU
08STATE113913	TRAVEL WARNING - SOMALIA [...] This Travel Warning updates information on the unsettled security situation and warns American citizens against travel to Somalia. This supersedes the Travel Warning of May 20, 2008. 2. The Department of State warns U.S. citizens against all travel to Somalia, including the self- proclaim [...]	2008-10-24 22:52:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC ASEC KPAO PTER PREL KE AF
08STATE119802	TERMINATION OF AUTHORIZED DEPARTURE [...] After careful consideration of your assessment and recommendations (REFTEL),I am terminating the AD and returning post to limited-accompanied status for working adult dependants effective November 10, 2008. Evacuees may return to post effective day after the termination date. 2. Action [...]	2008-11-11 03:07:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT AEMR CASC KFLO AFIN ASEC YM
08STATE121419	TRAVEL WARNING - SOMALIA [...] The State Department warns U.S. citizens of the risks of travel to Somalia and recommends that American citizens avoid all travel to Somalia. This replaces the Travel Warning dated October 24, 2008 to note terrorist attacks in the regions of Somaliland and Puntland. 2. The Department of St [...]	2008-11-14 23:11:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC PTER ASEC SO
08STATE123051	DIPLOMATIC NOTE FOR THE TRANSFER OF GTMO DETAINEE HAMDAN [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 3 and 4. --------- SUMMARY --------- 2. (C) The Department thanks Post for its work to develop an agreement with the Government of Yemen (ROYG) to accept the transfer of GTMO detainee SALEM AHMED SALEM HAMDAN (ISN 149) with a commitment t [...]	2008-11-19 22:49:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	KDRG PHUM PINR PTER YM
08STATE124027	REQUEST FOR YEMENI BLANKET ASSURANCES [...] (SBU) This is a message for immediate action. Please see para 3. 2. (C) In response to President Saleh,s recent urgent requests to the President, Secretary Rice, and other senior U.S. officials, the USG is seeking to deliver expeditiously twenty-five (25) U.S.-origin M113A1 Armored Personn [...]	2008-11-22 00:21:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MCAP PINS

08STATE135270	PORT SECURITY DEMARCHE - YEMEN [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 5. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) The United States Government (USG) is concerned that the current level of port security in Yemen does not adequately reflect the current threat situation given recent terrorist events in country. The USG seek [...]	2008-12-30 21:38:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EWWT KHLS PREL PTER YM
08STATE35438	DEMARCHE: CIVIL SOCIETY PARTICIPATION IN 2008 [...] (SBU) Embassy is requested to meet with MFA Assistant U/S Haidan or other appropriate UAEG official to press the UAEG to include the same number of civil society representatives in G8-Broader Middle East and North Africa (BMENA) events in 2008 as were included in 2007 events, and to announce th [...]	2008-04-04 22:06:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KDEM KMPI JA AE
08STATE43685	YEMENI DELEGATION MARCH 2008 VISIT TO MEET WITH [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Sanaa, please see paragraph four. 2. (S) Background: The USG has information that in early March 2008, a Yemeni delegation was planning to travel to North Korea to meet with representatives from the Korea Mining Development Corporation (KOMID) - N [...]	2008-04-24 20:05:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PARM MTCRE PREL KN YM
08STATE53566	TRAVEL WARNING - SOMALIA [...] This Travel Warning updates information on the unsettled security situation in Somalia and continues to urge American citizens not to travel to the country. This supersedes the Travel Warning of November 13, 2007. 2. The Department of State warns U.S. citizens against all travel to Somal [...]	2008-05-20 15:28:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC ASEC KPAO PTER AF PREL KE
08STATE63902	DEMOCRACY STRATEGY AND GOALS: YEMEN [...] (SBU) The Department approves Embassy Sana,a,s proposed democracy strategy for the next twelve to eighteen months as discussed March 26 via video conference. Because Embassy Sana,a is on ordered departure, the original time line for implementing these strategies may have to be altered due to [...]	2008-06-13 13:54:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PHUM SCUL PGOV PREL YM
08STATE68256	ENGAGING HOST GOVERNMENTS ON CERTAIN TERRORIST [...] (U) This is an Action Cable. Please see paragraphs 3 and 4. 2. (C) Summary. The USG remains concerned about certain radio and television broadcasts, particularly in the Middle East, that are conducted by designated terrorist entities or are likely to incite imminent acts of violence. [...]	2008-06-25 15:04:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PTER XF AL
08STATE86597	TRAVEL WARNING - YEMEN [...] This Travel Warning is being issued to inform American citizens that the Department of State has lifted the ordered departure status of non-emergency American employees and adult family members of all employees at the U.S. Embassy in Sanaa, Yemen. The Department recommends that American citiz [...]	2008-08-12 23:32:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC PTER ASEC AMGT YM
08TEGUCIGALPA813	PEPE LOBO'S VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE A POSITIVE [...] (C) Summary. PolCouns met with Porfirio Lobo's (National Party) vice presidential candidate Maria Antonieta Guillen de Bogran to discuss her candidacy and the Lobo campaign strategy. Guillen said she believes deeply in Lobo and his ability to make positive changes in Honduras, and said the c [...]	2008-09-03 18:32:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI HO
08TELAVIV2132	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast: ------------ Summary: -------- Diplomatic correspondent Aluf Benn wrote in the independent, left-leaning Ha'aretz: "Whoever succeeds Olmert will ... have to choose among less than stellar options.... There is no reason to be jealous of the winner." Veteran journalist Hemmi S [...]	2008-09-18 10:47:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV675	SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-24 06:21:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV738	CODEL BOEHNER'S MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER OLMERT [...] (S) Summary. CODEL Boehner met with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert March 23. They discussed Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations and Olmert's concerns about Hamas-Fatah discussions in Yemen, Vice President Cheney's visit and the Iranian nuclear threat, the possibility of Israel negotiating wi [...]	2008-03-28 11:16:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PTER IR SY KWBG XG IS
08TELAVIV785	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Zimbabwe Elections ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yediot reported that senior advisers of President Bush (headed by National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley) and PM Ehud Olmert (Yoram Turbowicz and Shalom Turgeman) met over t [...]	2008-04-03 11:14:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV790	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The media continued to report on Syrian military movements, which intelligence officials attributed "more to nervousness than a likelihood of conflict" (The Jerusalem Post) [...]	2008-04-04 10:25:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
08TOKYO1207	BMENA FORUM FOR THE FUTURE PLANNING MEETING IN [...] SUMMARY. At the Forum for the Future planning meeting in Tokyo on April 24-25, participants discussed political reform and sustainable development as the two thematic pillars for the 2008 Forum. The Forum subministerial will be held on June 9 in Dubai, followed by a senior officials planning [...]	2008-05-02 05:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KDEM KMPI PHUM XF JA
08TUNIS7	Civil Society Success: Finally Hitting the Target at the [...] (SBU) This year's BMENA Parallel Civil Society Forum (PCSF - ref a) - an annual event that prepares civil society participation in the annual Forum for the Future ministerial meeting - was a significant improvement over its predecessors. Last year's parallel forum in Jordan was particularly we [...]	2008-01-03 09:22:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM KMPI GE PREL PGOV YM
08TUNIS8	MEPI ALUMNI MEETING: A CIVIL SOCIETY SPRINGBOARD [...] (SBU) Taking a "two birds with one stone" approach, the MEPI Regional Office in Tunis brought together select MEPI alumni holding civic-activist profiles to beef-up a BMENA civil society event and to hold a separate alumni meeting. The participants, from a dozen Arab countries, spent one day [...]	2008-01-03 09:22:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM KMPI GE PREL PGOV YM
09ABUDHABI427	EXTRANCHECK: PRE-LICENSE CHECK: MINERVA LLC, DUBAI, UAE. [...] Ref email requested that post conduct a pre-license check for license application D416097: Motorola PTP 600 Series AES key which is controlled under ECCN 5D002. The U.S. license applicant is Motorola Inc., Arlington Heights, IL. 2. On April 27, 2009 Export Control Officer met with Ms. Leila [...]	2009-05-03 13:11:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ETRD ETTC AE
09ADDISABABA1085	SUDANESE AMBASSADOR ON BILATERAL TALKS, REGIONAL [...] (C/NF) Summary. On April 30, the Ambassador met with Sudanese Ambassador to Ethiopia Mohieldin Salim and Deputy Head of Mission Ambassador Akuei Bona Malwal as a follow-up on their April 7 meeting (REFTEL) where Salim initiated a discussion to explore opening a quiet, private channel of com [...]	2009-05-08 05:40:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL KPKO SU ET
09ADDISABABA2905	ETHIOPIAN FM ON TFG AND ERITREA DURING WYCOFF VISIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ethiopian Minister of Foreign Affairs Seyoum Mesfin highlighted to visiting AF/DAS Wycoff the severe financial crisis facing the TFG, reiterating comments made by PM Meles. He also noted that Somalia Transitional Federal Government (TFG) President Sheik Sharif had said during a [...]	2009-12-10 11:48:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ET
09ADDISABABA648	PUNTLAND MOVING FURTHER AWAY FROM THE TFG [...] (C/NF) Summary. The newly elected President of Puntland, Dr. Abdirahman Mohamed "Farole," told the Ambassador on March 14 that he felt Puntland was not being represented within the Djibouti peace process, and that UN Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) Ahmedou Ould-Abdall [...]	2009-03-17 06:24:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MOPS KPKO SO ET
09AMMAN414	INVITATION TO ATTEND APRIL ANTI-CORRUPTION WORKSHOP IN [...] This message contains action requests. Please see paragraphs 4-8. 2. The U.S. Treasury Office of Technical Assistance (OTA),the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of International Assistance (OIA),and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) will jointly deliver the workshop "Addr [...]	2009-02-16 13:21:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETRD KTFN PGOV SNAR XF
09ASMARA379	ERITREAN AVIATION: GOVERNMENT SQUEEZING THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The four international airlines serving Asmara are discouraged by the Eritrean government's (GSE) refusal to allow them to convert $20 million worth of local currency and its repeated attempts to gouge them for hard currency. The GSE, through its wholly owned Eritrean Airlines, [...]	2009-11-04 10:40:00	Embassy Asmara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ATRN ASEC CASC EFIN ECON ER
09BAGHDAD2680	FRAUD SUMMARY - BAGHDAD [...] Security remains a concern in Iraq; however, conditions are gradually improving. Traveling both domestically and around the region remains difficult for Iraqi nationals. High numbers of Iraqis continue to pursue plans to immigrate to the US for economic and security reasons. Post is prepari [...]	2009-10-06 03:11:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC PREF KFRD IZ
09BEIRUT137	LEBANON: NOMINATIONS FOR FY-09 MEPI STUDENT LEADERS [...] (U) On January 23 and 26, a four-member post panel conducted interviews with short listed applicants for this summer's MEPI Student Leaders Program. Due to the large number of applications received this year by highly qualified Lebanese and Palestinian applicants (born and residing in Lebanon) [...]	2009-02-03 13:00:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	KMPI KPAO PREL LE
09BERLIN511	(S) GERMAN RESPONSE TO IRANIAN UAV EQUIPMENT [...] (S) On April 24, MFA Export Control Division Desk Officer Wiebke Wacker provided EconOff with a German-language non-paper response to the Ref B non-paper addressing Iranian attempts to procure German-origin spectrum analyzers and motors in support of their unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) progra [...]	2009-05-04 13:32:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET	PARM PREL ETTC MTCRE KSCA IR GM
09DJIBOUTI1043	DJIBOUTI: REQUEST BY PROSECUTOR-GENERAL FOR INVESTIGATIVE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. Post requests FBI assistance to investigate suspected fraud against the Djibouti-based "Banque pour le Commerce et L'industrie Mer Rouge" (Red Sea Bank for Commerce and Industry, or "BCI-MR"),which also involves several U.S.-based financial institutions and c [...]	2009-08-12 14:37:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC ECON PREL KCRM FBI DJ
09DJIBOUTI1171	DJIBOUTI CIVIL AVIATION: GODJ PLEDGES PROMPT REMOVAL OF [...] (C) SUMMARY. Five months into a largely USG-financed program to provide technical assistance to Djibouti's civil aviation authority, Safe Skies for Africa (SSFA) and International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) officials remained gravely concerned that the program had not achieved its fir [...]	2009-09-30 15:42:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ICAO ECON EAID PGOV PINR DJ
09DJIBOUTI1193	GODJ WELCOMES ENGAGEMENT WITH DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During a visit of Cairo-based Department of Justice (DOJ) attache to Djibouti, GODJ officials uniformly reiterated their willingness to cooperate with the USG on judicial issues. The Minister of Justice and other senior officials confirmed that if the U.S. did not want to conc [...]	2009-10-08 14:55:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KJUS KCRM KTFN PTER FBI DJ
09DJIBOUTI1252	FRAUD SUMMARY - DJIBOUTI [...] Country Conditions: The Republic of Djibouti is a developing and stable African country in the Horn of Africa. Although exact statistics are unavailable, unemployment is estimated in excess of 50 percent of the working-age population. Over two-thirds of the country's estimated 650,000 residen [...]	2009-10-08 15:32:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC DJ ET ER SO XA
09DJIBOUTI1272	CORRECTED COPY - FRAUD SUMMARY - DJIBOUTI [...] CORRECTED COPY of 09 DJIBOUTI 1252. See paragraph 36 for revised text. 2. Country Conditions: The Republic of Djibouti is a developing and stable African country in the Horn of Africa. Although exact statistics are unavailable, unemployment is estimated in excess of 50 percent of the wor [...]	2009-10-13 11:51:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC DJ ET ER SO XA
09DJIBOUTI37	DJIBOUTIAN FOREIGN MINISTER ADVOCATES QUICK PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. Sharing views he said he had conveyed to Djiboutian President Guelleh in a recent "brainstorming session," Foreign Minister Mahmoud Ali Youssouf said the Alliance for the Re-Liberation of Somalia (ARS) must be pushed to name new parliamentarians in time to elect a new President o [...]	2009-01-15 11:16:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO MOPS SO DJ AU
09DJIBOUTI42	DJIBOUTIAN FOREIGN MINISTER ADVOCATES QUICK PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. Sharing views he said he had conveyed to Djiboutian President Guelleh in a recent "brainstorming session," Foreign Minister Mahmoud Ali Youssouf said the Alliance for the Re-Liberation of Somalia (ARS) must be pushed to name new parliamentarians in time to elect a new President o [...]	2009-01-16 16:06:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO MOPS SO DJ XTAG
09DJIBOUTI569	FRAUD SUMMARY - DJIBOUTI [...] Country Conditions: The Republic of Djibouti is a developing and stable African country in the Horn of Africa. Although exact statistics are unavailable, unemployment is estimated in excess of 50 percent of the working-age population. Over two-thirds of the country's estimated 650,000 residen [...]	2009-05-28 11:56:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC DJ ET ER SO XA
09DJIBOUTI6	SOMALI PIRACY - DJIBOUTI RECOMMENDS USG [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. Djiboutian Foreign Minister Youssouf confirmed that the GODJ would participate in the Jan. 13-14 Contact Group on Somali Piracy (CGSP) to be held in New York, and strongly urged USG participation in a regional International Maritime Organization (IMO) conference [...]	2009-01-04 14:42:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM EWWT MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER DJ SO XA
09DJIBOUTI8	SOMALIA: DJIBOUTI FM STRESSES URGENT NEED TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a Jan. 4 meeting with Ambassador, Foreign Minister Youssouf hailed recent USG statements on Somalia and on the Dec. 29 resignation of TFG President Yusuf, noting that Yusuf had been an obstacle to the Djibouti Process. Citing the reluctance of potential troop contributing coun [...]	2009-01-05 15:55:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO MOPS EAID SO DJ
09DOHA675	QATAR: MOD COS AL ATTIYAH ON IRAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Qatari MOD Chief of Staff Maj Gen Hamad bin Ali Al Attiyah met with the Ambassador and U.S. Air Forces Central (AFCENT) Commander Lt Gen Mike Hostage on November 8. He accepted Gen Hostage's invitation to fly a C-17 sortie over Afghanistan, indicating he understood that onerou [...]	2009-11-18 11:39:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS QA IR YM
09EFTOASMARA34	LETTER TO PRESIDENT OBAMA FROM HASSAN DAHIR AWEYS [...] Withdrawal of all foreign forces from their lands (from Iraq, Afghanistan, Somalia, and others). 2. Offering a new reconciliation with them. 3. Allowing serious political change from the corrupt governments in their countries. 4. Opening scientific processes in commercial, politcal e [...]	2009-01-28 15:04:00	Embassy Asmara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER SO ER
09EFTOSANAA433	REFUGEE FLOWS INTO YEMEN STRAIN AN ALREADY BURDENED SYSTEM [...] (SBU/NF) SUMMARY: Pressing on an already overburdened system, the number of refugees in Yemen continued to increase in 2008. The ROYG is beginning to feel the increasing pressure from the existing population of refugees, along with these new arrivals, as evidenced by a draft law to end the poli [...]	2009-03-10 12:05:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM PREL PGOV YM
09FSINFATC1533	Capturing Recent Crisis Management Experience [...] (U) With the summer transfer and leave season rapidly approaching, FSI asks personnel from posts that have faced significant crises in the last 18 months to consider sharing their experiences when back in Washington. FSI's Crisis Management Training division (CMT),in our Leadership and Manage [...]	2009-06-17 20:53:00	DIR FSINFATC	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC YI CD CM YM BM GG BL CU BF
09KUWAIT980	LAUNCH OF GCC ECONOMIC FORUM WEBSITE [...] (U) Post is pleased to report the launch of a "GCC Economic Forum" website, designed to enhance information sharing and collaboration among Econoffs and other USG economic officers focused on Arabian Peninsular affairs. The URL for the unclassified website is: http://www.intelink.com/communit [...]	2009-10-14 03:49:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV EPET ETRD GCC BA QA SA MU AE
09KUWAIT992	KUWAIT PROVIDES EMERGENCY HUMANITARIAN RELIEF TO [...] (U) On October 13 the Amir, with the approval of the Cabinet Council, instructed the Kuwaiti Red Crescent Society (KRCS) to send immediate emergency humanitarian assistance to Yemen. The Yemeni Red Crescent Society made the appeal for urgent support to the KRSC due to the deteriorating situat [...]	2009-10-15 14:13:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PREF PREL YM KU
09MADRID351	SPAIN: S/WCI ENGAGES GOS ON ACCEPTING GTMO DETAINEES [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-02 13:02:00	Embassy Madrid	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM MOPS KAWK KISL KPAO SP
09MUSCAT1001	SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL PETRAEUS' VISIT TO OMAN [...] (U) Embassy Muscat warmly welcomes you on your return to Oman. Below is an update on events since your last visit. 2. (C) Base Access Agreement: The renewal negotiations, in scheduling stage during your last visit, are now set to begin in Muscat in mid-December 2009. We do not see signi [...]	2009-11-04 14:01:00	Embassy Muscat	SECRET	PREL MOPS MASS MU
09MUSCAT1077	OMAN - FM'S BLAND INTERVIEW NONETHELESS IRRITATES YEMEN [...] (SBU) Summary. Oman's Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs, Yusuf bin Alawi bin Abdulla (YbA) gave a lengthy interview to the London-based Arabic-language daily al Hayat. In it, YbA did not break new ground; instead, he did tour a large segment of the Omani horizon. Although he apparentl [...]	2009-12-09 15:11:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV GCC IR YM MU
09MUSCAT433	OMANI MINISTERS VOICE INCREASING CONCERNS OVER REGIONâ€™S [...] (C) In separate farewell calls by the Ambassador May 9-11, Deputy Prime Minister Sayyid Fahd bin Mahmoud bin Mohammed Al Sa'id, Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusef bin Alawi, and Minister of Health and Deputy Central Bank Governor Ali Moussa expressed Oman's growing anxiety over disconce [...]	2009-05-12 12:55:00	Embassy Muscat	SECRET	PREL MOPS KDRG YM PK AF IZ MU
09MUSCAT457	OMANâ€™S ALI MAJID WARNS YEMEN "ON THE BRINK" [...] (S) In my farewell call May 18, General Ali bin Majid al-Ma'amari, Minister of the Royal Office and Chief of the Office of the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, told me that Oman is "very concerned about stability" in Yemen, warning its neighbor is "on the brink." He said that southern separat [...]	2009-05-19 09:49:00	Embassy Muscat	SECRET	PREL YM MU
09MUSCAT845	OMAN ESTABLISHES PROCESS TO TRANSIT WEAPONS TO EMBARKED [...] (C) Summary: Driven by private industry interest, Embassy civilian and military engagement with the public and private sector, and the encroachment of the piracy threat into Omani waters (ref A, B, C),Oman has established a process to transport both lethal and non-lethal equipment through the [...]	2009-08-05 12:41:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT MARR PHSA KHLS PREL MU
09MUSCAT987	OMANI RELIEF AID TO YEMEN'S SA'ADA REFUGEES [...] (U) Oman has begun new deliveries of relief supplies to Yemen according to both the Oman and the Yemen press. According to the Oman Charitable Organization (OCO),Oman's official aid agency, there will be delivery of 300 tons of food, tents, mattresses and medicine, destined for Sa'ada refugee [...]	2009-10-28 12:36:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL PREF MU
09NAIROBI147	Somalia - Elections in Somaliland May Be Delayed [...] SUMMARY. Somaliland's presidential elections, currently planned for March 29, may be delayed for approximately two weeks. As agreed by all stakeholders, the Somaliland elections are to be held after the conclusion of a comprehensive voter registration process. The October suicide bombings i [...]	2009-01-27 14:33:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID SO
09NAIROBI2030	SOMALIA - Somaliland Averts Crisis [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 25, Somaliland averted what appeared to be an imminent political crisis when its Guurti (House of Elders) agreed that all parties must adhere to the six-point framework agreement that had been endorsed by all sides. (A day earlier, on September 24, most observers [...]	2009-09-28 10:34:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM SO
09NAIROBI2079	SOMALIA FY 2010 DISASTER REDECLARATION [...] According to the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Food Security and Nutrition Analysis Unit (FSNAU),nearly 3.8 million people require humanitarian assistance in Somalia, representing 50 percent of the total population and a 17 percent increase since January 2009. The combined ef [...]	2009-10-01 06:22:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PHUM PREL PREF SO
09NAIROBI2305	SOMALIA - DISPUTED NORTHERN REGION'S CLANSMEN [...] Summary. Leaders of a newly-declared Sol/Sanaag/Ayn (S/S/A) regional administration, including an American citizen, have called on us to explain their Dhulbahante clan's grievances against the Somaliland administration, and their political vision for extricating themselves from Somaliland's a [...]	2009-11-04 16:18:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	DJ EAID KDEM PGOV PREL PTER SO
09NAIROBI46	SOMALIA - PUNTLAND ELECTS PRESIDENT IN PEACEFUL [...] (U) Summary. Abdirahman Mohamed Faroole secured 49 or 66 votes from Parliament on January 8, and was elected as Puntland's next President. The election was reportedly fair and free of major scandals. The election of Faroole, who was not among Abdullahi Yusuf's chosen candidates, represents a [...]	2009-01-08 14:21:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR SOCI KDEM SO
09NAIROBI707	SOMALIA - TFG MEMBER DESCRIBES CONTACT WITH AWEYS [...] (C) Summary: Recently-appointed TFG Intelligence Chief Mohammed Sheikh, who arrived in Nairobi from Khartoum April 6, told us April 7 that Minister of Justice "Janaqow" spoke twice by telephone with ARS-Asmara Chairman Hassan Dahir Aweys, who was also in Khartoum, at the end of March. The cal [...]	2009-04-07 17:47:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PTER PREL SO ER SU
09NAIROBI8	SOMALIA - PUNTLAND PARLIAMENT ELECTS NEW SPEAKER [...] (U) Summary: Puntland's newly-seated Parliament elected a new Speaker on January 3. Member of Parliament Abdirashid Muhammad Hersi, from Mudug Region, was the only candidate and was elected unanimously. In accordance with the tradition of sharing power in Puntland, since the Speaker is from [...]	2009-01-05 13:37:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PROG PINR SOCI KDEM SO
09RIYADH1196	UNHCR REQUESTS U.S. ASSISTANCE TO RELEASE AID TO [...] (S) UNHCR (strictly protect) sources told PolOff on September 12 that UNHCR believes the Government of Saudi Arabia (SAG) is involved in military activity in the conflict between Shia Al-Houthi rebels and the Yemeni government (ROYG) in the area of Khamees Mushayt, and report that airports on [...]	2009-09-14 04:45:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PREL PTER SA AM AEC YM
09RIYADH1396	GROWING SAUDI ALARM OVER THREATS FROM YEMEN [...] (S/NF) In meetings this week with Ambassador Smith, senior Saudi officials voiced growing alarm over the deteriorating security situation in Yemen. The Foreign Minister assessed that the Houthi insurgency could not be resolved through negotiations. Assistant Minister of Defense Khalid bin Sultan de [...]	2009-10-21 13:50:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MCAP MOPS PHUM PTER SA YM IR LY
09RIYADH1455	OVERVIEW OF SAUDI AND GCC FOREIGN ASSISTANCE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 11. Summary ------- 2. (C) The Saudi Fund for Development is heavily involved in assistance to Africa, working in a broad range of countries on projects in agriculture, education, and health. They are interested in moving forward on t [...]	2009-11-02 14:04:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL KWBG SA
09RIYADH1478	SAUDIS REACT TO BORDER INCURSION WITH AIRSTRIKES [...] (S) The Royal Saudi Air Force has reacted to the November 3 attack on a border post by presumed Yemeni Houthi rebels with ongoing airstrikes to eject the rebels from Saudi territory and deter further incursions. The incident, in which at least one Saudi border guard died and at least 11 were [...]	2009-11-05 15:51:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	MOPS MASS PREL SA YM IR
09RIYADH1491	SAUDIS DEFENSE OF TERRITORY "JUSTIFIED" SAYS [...] (C) News continues to trickle in regarding escalation of the conflict on the Saudi-Yemeni border, with indications the Saudis have already begun, or may be planning, ground operations in the region. Official statements from the SAG and its neighbors stress Saudi Arabia's right to defend its [...]	2009-11-08 15:35:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SA YM IR
09RIYADH1538	UNHCR CONFIRMS SAG'S FIVE-STAR HUMANITARIAN EFFORTS [...] (C) Acting UNHCR Regional Representative Dr. Hamdi Bukhari confirmed on November 17 that Saudi Civil Defense was effectively managing the humanitarian situation along the southern Saudi Arabian border. Returning from a two day trip to Yemen, Bukhari reported that UNHCR Camp Muzruk had reached [...]	2009-11-18 13:05:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF SA YM
09RIYADH1558	SAUDIS CONTINUE TO ROOT OUT HOUTHI "INFILTRATORS" [...] (C) While the SAG is loudly proclaiming "mission accomplished" and publicly focusing its attention on the Hajj and providing for IDPs (septel),military operations are continuing along both sides of the Yemeni border. In recent days, air and artillery attacks targeted Houthi positions while [...]	2009-11-23 15:18:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MOPS SA YM
09RIYADH1570	SAG LIKELY TO SEEK CEASE-FIRE ONLY WHEN HOUTHIS [...] (S/NF) Ref A reports possible cease-fire discussions between Yemeni government (ROYG) and Houthi representatives. Embassy Riyadh is not aware of parallel cease-fire discussions between the Saudi government and Houthi representatives, though we do not dismiss the possibility. Continuing Saudi [...]	2009-11-24 14:02:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	MOPS PREL SA YM
09RIYADH1593	SAUDI MILITARY OPERATIONS AGAINST THE HOUTHIS [...] (C) Saudi aerial bombardments and artillery shelling have continued in recent days against Houthi targets in the Saudi-Yemeni border area. The war of words with Iran also continued, with Iranian Speaker of the Parliament Ali Larjani condemning Saudi Arabia's offensive against fellow Muslims. [...]	2009-12-07 16:12:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	MASS MOPS PREL SA YM
09RIYADH1621	SITREP ON SAUDI MILITARY OPERATIONS AGAINST THE [...] (S) The Yemeni town of Razah near the Saudi border was apparently struck by either Saudi or Yemeni aircraft on December 13; international press sources report over 30 deaths. If these reports are accurate this would be the deadliest attack to date against the Houthis since the Saudis commence [...]	2009-12-14 15:18:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	MASS MOPS PREL SA YM
09RIYADH1633	SITREP ON SAUDI MILITARY OPERATIONS AGAINST THE [...] (C) Articles in the international and Yemeni press carried conflicting accounts of bombing attacks in northern Yemen in recent days. Reuters ran a story on December 16 quoting Houthi claims that the U.S. Air Force conducted a raid on Tuesday in northern Yemen that resulted in 120 Yemeni deaths [...]	2009-12-16 14:38:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	MASS MOPS PREL SA YM
09RIYADH1667	SITREP ON SAUDI MILITARY OPERATIONS AGAINST THE [...] (C) Assistant Minister of Defense Prince Khalid bin Sultan announced in a new conference yesterday (Dec. 22) that Saudi Arabia's main military operations in the Yemeni border area had ceased, that the Saudi military had full control of the border area, and that military activity was now focused [...]	2009-12-24 06:44:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	MASS MOPS PREL SA YM
09RIYADH1668	CORRECTED COPY: SITREP ON SAUDI MILITARY [...] (C) Assistant Minister of Defense Prince Khalid bin Sultan announced in a new conference yesterday (Dec. 22) that Saudi Arabia's main military operations in the Yemeni border area had ceased, that the Saudi military had full control of the border area, and that military activity was now focused [...]	2009-12-24 08:45:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	MASS MOPS PREL SA YM
09RIYADH1687	SITREP ON SAUDI MILITARY OPERATIONS AGAINST THE [...] (C) While there is no open diplomacy being conducted, it appears the Saudis and the Houthis may be seeking to disengage from their fighting. Prince Khalid's announcement on December 23 that major military operations had ended was followed by a Houthi statement that offered withdrawal from all [...]	2009-12-30 15:24:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	MASS MOPS PREL SA YM
09RIYADH447	COUNTERTERRORISM ADVISER BRENNANâ€™S MEETING WITH [...] KEY POINTS -- (S) Saudi King Abdullah welcomed White House counterterrorism adviser John Brennan, S/WCI Ambassador Williamson, and Ambassador Fraker to his private palace March 15 for a 90-minute discussion focused on U.S. Saudi-relations, counterterrorism cooperation, the Yemeni Guantanamo Bay det [...]	2009-03-22 10:14:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PREL PTER KWBG SA AF IN PK IR IZ
09RIYADH795	YEMENI AMBASSADOR ON GUANTANAMO DETAINEES AND JUNE [...] (S) According to Yemeni Ambassador Al-Ahwal, President Saleh, during his late May meeting with King Abdullah in Riyadh, while professing to prefer that Yemeni Guantanamo detainees be returned to Yemen, said Yemen "wouldn't mind" if another country accepted them due to Yemen's lack of resourc [...]	2009-06-15 14:48:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PREL PTER SA YE
09SANAA1007	NORTHERN TRIBAL LEADER THROWS LOT IN WITH [...] (S) Sheikh Mohamed Naji al-Shaif told the Ambassador on May 26 that he has met repeatedly with southern leader Ali Nasser Mohamed and had committed to give financial support to another prominent dissident. He further claimed that if Yemen's southern governorates secede, the northern governora [...]	2009-05-27 14:35:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV YM
09SANAA1014	SALEH AND CRONIES DRAW FIRE FROM A BROADENING [...] (C) As political tension mounts in Yemen, a broadening cross-section of Embassy interlocutors is blaming President Saleh personally for the country's woes. This increasing distrust of Saleh bodes poorly for his ability to draw effectively on the power base that traditionally has enabled him to weat [...]	2009-05-31 11:12:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV YM
09SANAA1015	SALEH SEES FOREIGN HAND BEHIND YEMEN,S INTERNAL [...] (S) Summary. During a 40-minute meeting at his residence in Taiz, President Saleh confirmed to D/D CIA Kappes his intention to permit Yemenis to enter the Saudi rehab program upon their release from Guantanamo, an issue that he said he will discuss King Abdullah during a visit to Riyadh on May 31. [...]	2009-05-31 12:17:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PTER YM
09SANAA1016	POTHOLES ON THE ROAD TO 2011 PARLIAMENTARY [...] (C) Twenty-three months prior to parliamentary elections scheduled for April 2011, the deadline for the parties to reach mutually acceptable electoral reform is much closer than it appears. Neither side appears to be moving in the direction of resolving the outstanding disagreements on the e [...]	2009-05-31 12:25:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV YM
09SANAA1017	PRIME MINISTER: SOUTHERNERS ARE PRO-UNITY [...] (C) The Prime Minister told the Ambassador on May 30 that southern discontent consisted of a limited number of people complaining about personal issues, spurred on by exiled leaders and misled by an overly free press. Real southerners are pro-unity, Mujawar said, employing the same rhetoric th [...]	2009-05-31 13:40:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV YM
09SANAA1048	ICSC DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-03 13:06:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR UNGA YM
09SANAA1049	CORRUPTION ROUNDUP: YEMENI INSTITUTIONS (STILL) [...] (U) SUMMARY. Yemen is gradually fighting corruption through a number of anti-corruption institutions, including the Central Organization for Control and Auditing (COCA),the Public Prosecutor,s office, the Supreme National Authority for Combating Corruption (SNACC),and the High Tender Board. [...]	2009-06-03 13:56:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV KCOR EFIN YM
09SANAA1050	KOMID DEMARCHE RE-DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-03 14:05:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PARM MTCRE PREL KN YM
09SANAA1060	YEMENIS IMPRESSED BY PRESIDENT OBAMA'S SPEECH, [...] (U) Embassy interlocutors responded positively to President Barack Obama's June 4 speech in Cairo. They were pleased with the speech's respectful and balanced tone. Interlocutors, however, were somewhat skeptical that the change in tone would be matched by a change in policy, and awaited cle [...]	2009-06-08 06:17:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OPRC KPAO KISL YM
09SANAA1063	EMBASSY CONTACT PREPARING TRIBAL POWER BLOC [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-08 09:01:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV YM
09SANAA1064	YEMEN: NATURAL GAS EXPORT LAUNCH PLAGUED BY [...] (C) SUMMARY. Shipments of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Yemen to South Korea and the U.S. originally intended to begin in December 2008 have been delayed until at least August 2009, resulting in costly penalties for the export company, Yemen LNG (YLNG),and more than USD 100 million in los [...]	2009-06-08 11:49:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET ENGR EWWT FR KS YM
09SANAA1086	YEMEN: 2009 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] As per REF A request, Post is aware of one ongoing claim (Claimant A) of United States persons against the Republic of Yemen (ROYG). A separate claim (Claimant B) that was listed in last year's report (REF B) was resolved in 2008. 2. Claimant A (2005) informed Post on 25 September 2005 of [...]	2009-06-09 12:04:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC EINV KIDE OPIC PGOV FR YM
09SANAA1087	YEMEN'S SALAFIS COME OUT OF THE POLITICAL CLOSET [...] (S) SUMMARY. Yemen's leading Salafis took a bold step into the political arena last month with a highly publicized conference in support of national unity, hosted by the country's largest Salafist charitable organization. Civil society reacted warily to the conservative religious movement's [...]	2009-06-09 13:30:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PGOV PTER KISL SCUL YM
09SANAA1090	IN YEMENI POLITICAL CRISIS, LOCAL CONFERENCES A [...] (C) SUMMARY. A series of local conferences held across the governorates that kicked off in early June has not produced any demonstrable results. Despite the high-profile ROYG officials dispatched as chairmen, observers believe the effort is yet another initiative that fails to deal with the [...]	2009-06-10 15:29:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV YM
09SANAA1091	INTERNATIONAL PIRACY COURT DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-10 15:29:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM PREL YM
09SANAA1092	ARMS/SECURITY TEAMS DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-10 15:29:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT KHLS ASEC KOMC MARR PARM PREL PHSA YM
09SANAA1101	FOREIGN MINISTER URGES LOW-KEY U.S. APPROACH, [...] (C) In a June 13 meeting with the Ambassador, Yemen's Foreign Minister opined that USG support for Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG) should be subtle. He also noted that the need for a unified international voice on Somalia had been agreed upon at a recent GCC Foreign Ministers' [...]	2009-06-14 07:54:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SM YM
09SANAA1103	YEMEN: CONCERN RISES AS FOREIGN EXCHANGE RESERVES [...] (U) Summary. As foreign exchange reserves decline, non-ROYG observers have raised a red flag and predicted the impending collapse of the Yemeni rial. The ROYG, however, remains complacent and downplays the threat to the rial's stability. The decline in foreign exchange reserves is reality [...]	2009-06-14 13:26:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV YM
09SANAA1104	YEMEN: FOOD SECURITY DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-15 13:10:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID PREL YM
09SANAA1105	BODIES BELIEVED TO BE SA'ADA ABDUCTEES REPORTEDLY [...] (C) On June 14, the German Ambassador told the Ambassador that he had spoken to associates of a group of westerners abducted in Sa'ada who said that three bodies found there were of two German women and a South Korean woman. The German DCM confirmed to POL/E Chief that a German police officia [...]	2009-06-15 13:46:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL YM
09SANAA1121	TRIBAL CONFRONTATIONS, ROYG HEADACHES CAUSE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Occidental Petroleum (Oxy),whose exploration and production operations in Shebwa and Jawf governorates are under siege by increasingly brazen tribal attacks, is considering pulling out of Yemen. The two factors that will influence Oxy's final decision to stay or leave are relatio [...]	2009-06-17 08:56:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV EPET ENRG YM
09SANAA1122	YEMEN TIP REPORT DEMARCHE: ROYG ACCEPTS RANKING, [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-17 12:49:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
09SANAA1123	PIRATES SEIZE YEMEN LNG CHARTER VESSEL OFF OMANI [...] (C) SUMMARY: Pirates seized an empty cargo ship under contract with the Yemen Liquefied Natural Gas Company (YLNG) on June 12 off the coast of Oman. The ship was returning to Jebel Ali, UAE, after unloading a shipment of ethylene, a highly flammable chemical compound, at the Yemeni port of Be [...]	2009-06-17 13:40:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	EIND EPET ETRD EWWT ECON PTER MCAP MY AC MU
09SANAA1124	SPOT REPORT: ROYG WORKS TO PRODUCE QUALIFIED [...] SUMMARY. The ROYG has developed a new strategy to provide Yemeni workers with training specifically tailored for the entry-level labor market in the Gulf. The ROYG,s plans come after a May GCC decision to give Yemeni workers priority over other foreign workers in Gulf state employment. An in [...]	2009-06-20 13:47:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ELAB ETRD PGOV PREL GCC YM
09SANAA1140	ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERIAL DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-22 15:15:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL EAID XF YM
09SANAA1145	YEMEN: CABINET PASSES INVESTMENT-REFORM PACKAGE [...] SUMMARY. The cabinet passed an investment-reform package on June 11, which included a new Investment Law, amendments to the existing Customs Law, and a new Income Tax Law. The ROYG would like to strengthen its relationship with the private sector, and is attempting to streamline the investme [...]	2009-06-24 08:42:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN YM
09SANAA1146	ROYG COOLING ON LIFTING SUBSIDIES [...] (C) In contrast to the enthusiasm expressed in April, the ROYG now seems less interested in following through on the lifting of diesel subsidies. Never popular with the average Yemeni, lifting subsidies probably seems less important now that rising oil prices have removed some of the fiscal [...]	2009-06-24 09:49:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EAID YM
09SANAA1153	THEORIES PROLIFERATE REGARDING SAADA [...] (C) The German DCM shared information and his views on the recent Sa'ada kidnapping/murder with POL/E Chief on June 20. He, like most observers, dismisses ROYG intimations that the crime was perpetrated by Houthi rebels. Many theories about the perpetrators of the crime are circulating in Sana [...]	2009-06-24 14:30:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL YM
09SANAA116	SALEH TAKES PR HIT FOR DOHA, STOKES PAN-ARAB FLAMES IN [...] President Saleh's decision not to send Yemeni representation to the emergency Arab League summit called by Qatar for January 16 left him and the ROYG open to criticism and condemnation by the Yemeni opposition and the public at large. Observers largely credit pressure from Saudi Arabia and Eg [...]	2009-01-21 12:02:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KPAO KPAL YM

09SANAA1170	SALEH PRESSES FOR MEETING WITH OBAMA [...] (S/NF) On June 27, President Saleh urged the Ambassador to hurry preparations for a state visit to Washington, suggesting it would help remove obstacles impeding the transfer of Yemeni GTMO detainees to Saudi custody. On internal issues, Saleh dismissed concern over unrest in Yemen'ssouthern [...]	2009-06-28 13:23:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV KDRG CASC PREL YM
09SANAA119	YEMENIS APPLAUD OBAMA, HOPE FOR 'NEW PAGE' in US-ARAB [...] As expected, the inauguration of Barack Obama as President of the United States garnered positive reaction from the Yemeni public. Yemeni op-eds published on January 21 uniformly gave positive marks to Obama's speech and generally had a positive outlook for his administration. Yemeni attende [...]	2009-01-22 04:06:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO YM
09SANAA1195	UNSC 1874 DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] Eryani agreed to convey the demarche to the appropriate ROYG authority. SECHE [...]	2009-07-01 13:47:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL MNUC MTCRE KN YM
09SANAA120	EMBASSY SANAA'S FY2009 BFIF PROPOSALS [...] SUMMARY: Embassy Sanaa proposes two FY2009 projects for the Business Facilitation Incentive Fund (BFIF): (1) training for the Economic/Commercial officer and the FSN Commercial Assistant, both of whom are new to Post and lack any formal commercial tradecraft training, and (2) a one-day investme [...]	2009-01-22 04:07:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	ABUD AMGT BEXP BTIO ECON EINV ETRD YM
09SANAA1217	SOUTH BRACES FOR JULY 7 DEMONSTRATIONS [...] (C) July 7 marks the anniversary of the reunification of Yemen after the 1994 civil war. An Indonesian Diplomat who had just returned from Aden told POL/E Chief on July 6 that, based on what he saw, he feels the situation in the south on the seventh will be "very dangerous," with demonstration [...]	2009-07-06 14:15:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV YM
09SANAA1219	JULY 7 DEMONSTRATIONS CALMER THAN EXPECTED [...] (U) In spite of fears of an outbreak of violence, it appears that the ROYG has, by stationing large numbers of security force personnel in Aden, avoided any significant clashes on the anniversary of the end of the 1994 civil war. Aden and Sana'a are calm and although there are reports of demon [...]	2009-07-07 13:57:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV YM
09SANAA1228	UNSCR 1874 FINANCIAL PROVISIONS DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] ECONOFF delivered reftel demarche/non-paper to Deputy Finance Minister Jalal Yaqoub on July 5. ECONOFF re-raised the issue with Yaqoub in a meeting on July 7. Eryani and Yaqoub both agreed to convey the demarche to the appropriate ROYG authority. SECHE [...]	2009-07-08 13:04:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PARM PREL KNNP YM
09SANAA1246	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ELICITING YEMENI COOPERATION [...] (S) The Ambassador delivered reftel talking points to Foreign Minister Abu Baker al-Qirbi during a July 11 meeting. The Ambassador prefaced his delivery of the points by noting that, when the subject of CENTCOM overflights of Yemeni territorial waters had first come up, the Foreign Minister [...]	2009-07-12 13:50:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PARM MTCRE PREL TW YM
09SANAA1272	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ENGAGING GULF STATES ON KOSOVO [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-18 06:34:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KV YM
09SANAA1273	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: RESULTS OF U.S.-RUSSIA [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-18 06:34:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL RS YM
09SANAA1278	PRESIDENT SALEH PRESSES FOR VISIT TO WASHINGTON [...] (S) A clearly agitated President Saleh complained to the Ambassador July 20 that it was a negative recommendation from Embassy Sana'a that was preventing the White House from extending an invitation to him for an official visit with President Obama. The Ambassador clarified to Saleh that his [...]	2009-07-20 13:48:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PGOV PREL KDRG PTER YM
09SANAA1287	ROYG FACES OBSTACLES TO FULL REFUGEE REGISTRATION [...] (C/NF) Although refugee-registration centers are now open in Sana,a and Aden, many questions loom over refugee affairs in Yemen. Widespread discrepancies in official reporting on the number of refugees in the country, and ineffectual communication and cooperation between government ministries [...]	2009-07-22 09:45:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREF PGOV PHUM PREL SO UNHCR YM
09SANAA1299	SCENESETTER FOR CENTCOM COMMANDER PETRAEUS' JULY [...] (C) General Petraeus, Embassy Sana'a warmly welcomes your return to Yemen. Since your last visit in November, we have seen little if any improvement in the political, security, and economic situations facing the country. Parliamentary elections scheduled for April were delayed by two years [...]	2009-07-23 15:14:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PGOV PREL OTRA YM
09SANAA1309	TA'IZ RESIDENTS EXPRESS CONSENSUS ON UNITY AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. In his first official visit to Ta'iz on July 22, the Ambassador met with the Governor, the political opposition, civil society leaders, and staff at USAID-grantee al-Jumhuriya Hospital. The Governor and opposition were emphatic about the need to preserve Yemeni unity, while busin [...]	2009-07-26 14:00:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM SCUL SOCI ECON YM
09SANAA1310	ABYAN HEATS UP: ANTI-ROYG CLASHES ROCK ZINJIBAR [...] (S) SUMMARY. In the deadliest day of fighting this year, supporters of new Southern Movement champion (and former jihadist) Tariq al-Fadhli clashed with security forces in Abyan governorate, leaving at least 20 dead and 40 injured. The fighting in Abyan on July 23 sparked additional protests [...]	2009-07-26 14:28:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PGOV PTER YM
09SANAA1330	RED SEA PIRACY: HUDAYDAH'S PUBLIC AND PRIVATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a July 21 visit to Hudaydah, political figures, business leaders, and the local Coast Guard commander described how piracy is driving up business and security costs for public and private sector alike, at a time when both are are feeling squeezed by the international financi [...]	2009-07-29 13:42:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EWWT JA PGOV PHSA PREF YM
09SANAA1402	(S/NF) PROGRESS ON US-ROYG COOPERATION TO REDUCE [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. On June 20-22, a PM/WRA delegation visited Yemen to discuss MANPADS threat reduction efforts with ROYG officials. Since 2004, US-ROYG cooperation has dramatically reduced the availability of MANPADS on the black market in Yemen. Although the program has likely recovered the bulk o [...]	2009-08-04 11:58:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	PARM PREL PTER MASS YM
09SANAA1403	(S/NF) ROYG DESTROYS BLACK MARKET MANPADS [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. On July 27, PolOffs verified the destruction of 102 MANPADS acquired from the Yemeni black market by the National Security Bureau (NSB). This brings the total number of black market MANPADS destroyed through US-ROYG cooperation to 1,263. END SUMMARY. BACKGROUND ---------- [...]	2009-08-04 11:58:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	PARM PREL PTER MASS YM
09SANAA1405	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: TERRORISM FINANCE: UN AND [...] (SBU) On July 25, PolOff informed Ms. Najwa al-Serri, First Secretary and the terrorist combating officer at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),of the United Nations designations of Arif Qasmani, Mohammad Yahya Mujahid, and Fazeel-A-Tul Shaykh Abu Mohammed Ameen al-Peshawari, as well as t [...]	2009-08-04 12:20:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PHUM EAID PK YM
09SANAA1406	YEMEN: ROYG HUNGRY FOR NEW APPROACH TO FOOD [...] SUMMARY: The ROYG is making the development of a National Food Security Strategy a priority in response to an International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) study indicating that food insecurity has reached alarming levels in Yemen. The Ministry of Planning and International Cooperatio [...]	2009-08-04 12:49:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ECON ETRD YM
09SANAA1407	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: 64TH UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-04 13:26:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP CVIS UNGA YM
09SANAA1430	SALEH TELLS PETRAEUS: "NO RESTRICTIONS" ON CT [...] (S) SUMMARY. During Commander of the U.S. Central Command General David Petraeus' second visit to Yemen on July 26, President Saleh stated that no restrictions or conditions would be placed on the USG-ROYG CT partnership. The President also agreed to increase the tempo of military training [...]	2009-08-09 06:30:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PREL MARR MCAP PHSA PINS PTER MOPS OTRA YM
09SANAA1447	SOUTHERN MOVEMENT LEADER DESCRIBES NEW MILITARY [...] (S) SUMMARY. The Southern Movement has expanded its military organization for more effective operations against Yemeni security services. Recent growth includes the establishment of geographic commands, recruitment of tribal fighters from Abyan and Lahj and flirtation with the possibility o [...]	2009-08-09 07:03:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PGOV PTER MCAP YM
09SANAA1452	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ELICITING YEMENI COOPERATION [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-09 13:19:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PREL KTER YM
09SANAA1484	DONOR COUNTRIES POW-WOW ON PIRACY, DISCUSS WAY [...] (C) SUMMARY. Meeting on July 26, donor nations agreed that structural flaws, bureaucratic battles, and a lack of funding have hampered the Yemen Coast Guard (YCG) and the Yemen Navy (YNAV) in their mission to secure Yemen's coastline. The donor countries also discussed the need for a high-l [...]	2009-08-11 13:50:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHSA PGOV EWWT MCAP EFIN MASS YM
09SANAA1485	YEMEN UNITES IN CELEBRATION OF AL-MOAYAD'S RELEASE [...] (U) The Yemeni press was unanimously ecstatic at the news that terrorist financier Sheikh Mohamed al-Moayad and his assistant Mohamed Zayd have been released from U.S. custody. Official press sought to cast the release as the personal achievement of President Ali Abdullah Saleh, while independ [...]	2009-08-11 13:58:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KPAO KDRG YM
09SANAA1486	TRIBAL LEADER HAMID AL-AHMAR STIRS UP YEMENI [...] (C) SUMMARY. De facto head of Yemen's most powerful tribal confederation Hamid al-Ahmar made his boldest political move to date in an August 5 al-Jazeera interview, blaming President Saleh for the country's woes and calling for him to resign. Yemen's political elite has largely welcomed Ahmar's can [...]	2009-08-11 13:59:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV YM
09SANAA1487	EMBASSY SANA'A WELCOMES CODEL MCCAIN AUGUST 16-17 [...] (C) Embassy Sana'a warmly welcomes CODEL McCain to Yemen. The poorest country in the Arab world, Yemen and its government continue to face multiple, serious challenges. We have seen little if any improvement in the political, security, and economic situations facing the country in recent ye [...]	2009-08-11 14:11:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PGOV PREL OVIP YM
09SANAA149	IRAN'S RED LINE IN YEMEN [...] (S) SUMMARY. "Iran is a crucial neighbor so Yemen should respect its red lines and it should respect Yemen's red lines too," said Minister of Foreign Affairs Abu Bakr al-Qirbi during a January 19 interview with an independent, sometimes sensationalist, news outlet. The comment, apparently u [...]	2009-01-28 12:04:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PREL PGOV IR YM
09SANAA1507	SA'ADA: WITH PLANES AND TANKS, ROYG SIGNALS SIXTH [...] (S) SUMMARY. The spread of violent clashes across Sa'ada, al-Jawf and the Saudi border and confluence of the Houthi rebellion with tribal and sectarian conflict in the region has finally drawn the ROYG into what now appears to be the sixth round of fighting. After several months of sporadic [...]	2009-08-12 14:11:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	MCAP MOPS PGOV PHUM PREF PTER YM
09SANAA1517	YEMEN: ROYG PREPARES FOR MENAFATF ANTI-MONEY [...] (U) SUMMARY: The National Anti Money Laundering Committee (NAMLC) is ramping up efforts to implement recommendations from the Middle East and North Africa Financial Action Task Force's (MENAFATF) 2008 report through the Anti Money Laundering Information Unit (AMLIU) at the Central Bank of Yem [...]	2009-08-15 07:45:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN KCRM KTFN PREL PTER SNAR YM
09SANAA1527	ROYG PROSECUTES SUSPECTED SOMALI PIRATES, BUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With the prosecution of 22 suspected Somali pirates, the ROYG is now fighting piracy in the courts as well as at sea. The piracy trials warrant close monitoring, as the number of suspected pirates handed over to Yemeni authorities is likely to increase as a result of heighten [...]	2009-08-17 10:02:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT KCOR KCRM PGOV PHSA PREF YM
09SANAA1528	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ENCOURAGING CENTRAL GOVERNMENT [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-17 12:09:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN PREL AID YM
09SANAA1532	SIXTH ROUND OF SA'ADA FIGHTING INTENSIFIES [...] (S) SUMMARY. The sixth round of fighting between the ROYG and the Houthis, which began on August 11, has continued to escalate, kinetically and rhetorically. On August 13, the ROYG gave the Houthis six conditions for ceasing hostilities, including one that the Houthis most likely have no powe [...]	2009-08-17 15:12:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	MCAP MOPS PGOV PHUM PREF PTER YM
09SANAA1537	GOOD NEWS FROM YEMEN: PROGRESS IN DEMINING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On August 9, PolOff observed the destruction of 2985 landmines and unexploded ordnance (UXO) in a ceremony organized by the Yemeni Executive Mine Action Committee (YEMAC),which is responsible for implementing one of the world's most successful mine action programs. Since 1999 [...]	2009-08-18 09:37:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL KHDP YM
09SANAA1541	IN SEYOUN, FRUSTATION WITH SANA'A, FEAR OF THE [...] (S) SUMMARY. Political and social life in Wadi Hadramout has taken a turn for the worse in recent years, members of the political opposition and civil society told PolOff in an August 4 visit to Seyoun. Hadramis complained of Sana'a's centralization of power and discrimination against south [...]	2009-08-18 11:54:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER SCUL KISL YM
09SANAA1549	SALEH EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR NEW REFORM PROGRAM [...] (U) SUMMARY: In an August 9 meeting with a small group of reform-minded economic advisors and Western ambassadors, President Ali Abdullah Saleh expressed support for a new program of economic reform. Saleh agreed to create an executive board to implement this agenda. The program, "Yemen's T [...]	2009-08-19 09:17:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID PREL PGOV YM
09SANAA1552	AMBASSADOR REKINDLES CONNECTIONS IN THE "FORGOTTEN [...] (C) SUMMARY. The political opposition and civil society expressed frustration with the ROYG's intransigence and inattention to Hudaydah during the Ambassador's inaugural August 12 visit. Business and local government leaders described the need for investment in the infrastructure and human [...]	2009-08-19 14:36:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SCUL ECON YM
09SANAA1555	AS SA'ADA CONFLICT RAGES, HUMANITARIAN IMPACT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. As fighting continues in Sa'ada governorate, concern is growing about the conflict's humanitarian impact, with thousands of newly displaced people seeking shelter at camps in Sa'ada, Hajja, Amran, and al-Jawf governorates. President Saleh continues to press a military solution [...]	2009-08-20 10:41:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP MOPS PGOV PHUM PREF PTER YM
09SANAA1558	IN POLITICAL DEADLOCK, PARTIES HOPE FOR A RAMADAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Dialogue between the ruling General People's Congress and the opposition Joint Meeting Parties (JMP) in anticipation of the 2011 parliamentary elections has been completely suspended and the gulf between the two sides has widened during the summer months. The JMP remains focuse [...]	2009-08-22 06:49:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV YM
09SANAA1576	YEMEN: ROYG ASKS FOR MORE U.S. FLEXIBILITY ON WTO [...] SUMMARY: The ROYG continues to balk at what it claims are unfair U.S. demands regarding WTO accession, even as it insists it is still willing to make a good faith effort in ongoing negotiations. The WTO accession team at the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) recognizes that Yemen needs to [...]	2009-08-23 12:44:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EAID ECIN PREL PGOV KMCA KMPI YM
09SANAA1582	YEMEN: INTEREST IN INVESTMENT STAGNATES AS [...] SUMMARY: The Central Bank of Yemen (CBY) has reduced interest rates in Yemen twice in the last six months, ostensibly in an attempt to stem inflation. The reduction in interest rates appears to have had little effect on investment in Yemen. The ROYG has not shown an inclination to introduce [...]	2009-08-25 05:47:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN YM
09SANAA1591	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: 2009 G-8 BMENA FORUM FOR THE [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-25 11:08:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PREL KMPI KPAO KDEM YM
09SANAA1595	AGAINST ALL ODDS: GPC, JMP AGREE THAT YEMENI WOMEN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In an August 19 event on women's political participation in Yemen hosted by the Embassy, members of the ruling General People's Congress (GPC) and the opposition Joint Meeting Parties (JMP) came to a rare consensus that a women's quota as part of a proportional list electoral [...]	2009-08-26 09:33:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM YM
09SANAA1596	YEMEN'S BLEAK OIL FUTURE: PRODUCTION DECLINE, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Yemen's crude oil production has declined gradually and consistently since peaking in 2001, but it took the past year's drop in oil prices, and the subsequent ROYG budget crisis, to focus the country's economic leadership on problems in the energy sector. A lack of security for ne [...]	2009-08-26 10:09:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET EIND ENRG NL YM
09SANAA1598	PORT SECURITY WOES MAKE GULF OF ADEN "OPEN SEA" [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Gulf of Aden is an "open sea" for pirates and smugglers, the Yemen Coast Guard (YCG),Aden Port Authority, and independent journalists told PolOffs on an August 8 visit to Aden. The YCG's deep water patrolling capabilities are almost non-existent and the Port Authority's ab [...]	2009-08-26 14:57:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHSA EWWT MCAP PREL MASS YM
09SANAA1599	SA,ADA WAR: DESPITE CLAIMS OF CEASEFIRE, CIVILIANS [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. On the afternoon of August 26, multiple media sources reported a brief humanitarian ceasefire between the ROYG and the Houthis. The ROYG did not officially confirm it, and it is unclear how it is being implemented or if it will hold. The reported ceasefire comes at the end [...]	2009-08-26 14:57:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	MCAP MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL PTER YM
09SANAA1604	CONTRABAND AND CONFUSION IN THE GULF OF ADEN [...] (C) SUMMARY. On an August 8 visit to Aden, PolOffs heard from a variety of sources that smuggling -- of drugs, diesel, weapons, alcohol, and human beings -- is thriving along Yemen's coasts. These illicit flows are difficult to disentangle from legal maritime activities, as well as piracy, [...]	2009-08-29 12:15:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT MCAP PHUM PGOV PHSA PREF SNAR KTIP YM
09SANAA1611	ANOTHER ROYG INSIDER SPEAKS OUT: "HE WONâ€™T LISTEN [...] (S) SUMMARY. Presidential first cousin and well-connected ruling General People's Congress Member of Parliament Mohammed al-Qadhi has joined other prominent former insiders ) including Tariq al-Fadhli, Mohammed Salim Basenduah and Hamid al-Ahmar ) in blaming President Ali Abdullah Saleh for Yemen's [...]	2009-08-31 08:20:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PGOV PINR YM
09SANAA1617	YEMEN: HAMID AL-AHMAR SEES SALEH AS WEAK AND [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Hamid al-Ahmar, Islah Party leader, prominent businessman, and de facto leader of Yemen's largest tribal confederation, claimed that he would organize popular demonstrations throughout Yemen aimed at removing President Saleh from power unless the president "guarantees" the fairness [...]	2009-08-31 13:39:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINS ECON SA UK GM YM
09SANAA1618	SA'ADA WAR: FIERCE FIGHTING FOLLOWS ALLEGED [...] (C) SUMMARY. After a fleeting )- or, by some accounts, non-existent -- ceasefire, fighting continues in earnest with artillery and aerial attacks throughout Sa'ada and parts of Amran governorates. Although President Saleh announced a "new" strategy on August 26, little appears to have change [...]	2009-08-31 14:41:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL PTER YM
09SANAA162	YEMEN: DOI CITES WORKSHOP NOMINEE [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-01 08:55:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID SENV XF PA YM
09SANAA1621	ROYG REJECTS HOUTHI CEASEFIRE [...] (U) The Houthis announced a unilateral ceasefire on the night of August 31, which the ROYG categorically rejected the following day. According to the ceasefire announcement, which Houthi spokesman Muhammad Abd-al-Salam made during a live telephone interview on al-Jazeera's August 31 evening [...]	2009-09-01 13:51:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL PTER YM
09SANAA1628	SA'ADA CONFLICT: A PROXY WAR OF WORDS BETWEEN [...] (C) While Yemeni government forces and Houthi rebels exchange fire in Sa'ada, a vociferous exchange of accusations and counter-accusations over alleged foreign interference in the conflict is taking place in the Yemeni and regional media. Iranian official media is giving the conflict unpreced [...]	2009-09-02 11:02:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	MOPS PINS KPAO YM
09SANAA1629	YEMEN: CENTRAL BANK MONITORS HAWALAS, BUT HAMPERED [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Anti-Money Laundering Information Unit (AMLIU) at the Central Bank of Yemen (CBY) estimates that more than 10,000 hawalas exist in Yemen, but has little information on their integration with the greater international hawala system. The CBY's relative willingness to crackdown [...]	2009-09-02 11:12:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	ECON EFIN KCRM KTFN PREL PTER SNAR YM
09SANAA1632	AQAP LIFTS $500K IN ADEN HEIST? [...] (C) SUMMARY: An armed robbery rocked Aden on August 17, in part due to the large amount stolen (100 million Yemeni riyals) and in part due to the belief of government and non-government sources that al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) operatives are the culprits. The tactics utilized in the [...]	2009-09-02 13:39:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV KFIN YM
09SANAA1633	PEAK REFUGEE SEASON: INCREASING NUMBERS OF [...] (U) This cable was drafted in coordination with Embassy Addis Ababa. Summary ------------ 2. (C) SUMMARY: Press reporting on the &12,0008 refugees crammed into Bossaso, Somalia waiting to transit to Yemen in September has been largely exaggerated. Many of these refugees have already arr [...]	2009-09-02 14:17:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV PHUM PREL DJ ELAB ER ET SMIG UNHCR
09SANAA1638	ROYG RESPONSE: YEMENI COOPERATION ON EXTRADITION [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-08 13:27:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PREL PTER YM
09SANAA1639	DEMARCHE RESPONSE: ARAB LEAGUE STATES PRIOR TO [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-08 13:36:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PREL AL YM
09SANAA1648	ANOTHER HALF-HEARTED CEASEFIRE IN SA'ADA; FIGHTING [...] (C) SUMMARY. The sixth war in Sa'ada shows no sign of slowing, despite another brief ceasefire announcement on September 4. The ongoing war of words between the ROYG and Houthis is resulting in a dizzying see-saw of accusations and counter-accusations, none of them independently verifiable. [...]	2009-09-09 15:15:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	MCAP MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL PTER YM
09SANAA1659	DEMARCHE RESPONSE: CANDIDATES FOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Liza Khaled in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' (MFA) UN Department on September 9. Khaled said that Yemen is considering running for a seat on the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) and that the Yemeni Ambassador to the UN and other relevant ROYG officials [...]	2009-09-12 11:39:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL IR YM
09SANAA1662	IRAN IN YEMEN: TEHRAN's SHADOW LOOMS LARGE, BUT FOOTPRINT IS SMALL (c-ne9-01257) [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Despite repeated ROYG accusations of Tehran's material and financial support to the Houthi rebels in Sa'ada and increasingly belligerent media exchanges between Yemen and Iran, Iranian influence in Yemen has thus far been limited to informal religious ties between Yemeni and Iranian [...]	2009-09-12 14:11:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR PREL PGOV ECON ENRG EIND IR YM
09SANAA1666	FOLLOW UP TO THE CAIRO SPEECH: NEXT STEPS FOR [...] Yemen's daunting internal challenges present many opportunities for more robust US engagement in the areas that President Barack Obama outlined in his June 4 speech in Cairo. Consultations with Yemeni interlocutors point to continuing opportunities to support Yemen's government and civil soci [...]	2009-09-13 12:43:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO YM
09SANAA1667	ROYG RESPONSE: ELICITING YEMENI COOPERATION FOR [...] (S) The Ambassador has raised the issue of ROYG cooperation in countering arms smuggling through Yemeni territorial waters with Foreign Minister Abubakr al-Qirbi during numerous conversations since July. The Ambassador explained the USG interest in conducting overflights of Yemeni territoria [...]	2009-09-13 13:48:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PARM MTCRE PREL TW YM
09SANAA1669	BRENNAN-SALEH MEETING SEP 6, 2009 [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. In a September 6 meeting with Deputy National Security Advisor John Brennan, President Saleh pledged unfettered access to Yemen's national territory for U.S. counterterrorism operations, suggesting that in the process, the USG assumed responsibility for the success - or failure - [...]	2009-09-15 06:12:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PGOV PINR KDRG PINS SA YM
09SANAA1678	FROM YEMEN, ANOTHER TALE OF WOE: 12-YEAR-OLD CHILD [...] (SBU) A 12-year-old girl died on September 11 after three days of painful labor in Hudeidah governorate. The girl, Fawzia Abdullah Yousef, was married to a 24-year-old laborer at the age of 11. Her case became public when a local human rights worker from the Seyaj organization for child righ [...]	2009-09-15 13:45:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI YM
09SANAA1679	TOO QUIET ON THE SOUTHERN FRONT? RAMADAN PLOTTING [...] (S) SUMMARY. After six months of increasingly violent clashes between protestors and security services, Yemen's restive southern governorates have been uncharacteristically quiet during Ramadan, even as the war in Sa'ada rages and al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) claimed a late July [...]	2009-09-15 14:07:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PTER YM
09SANAA168	ROYG MOVES REHABILITATION CENTER SITE TO ADEN [...] (C) In what he described as his last "official task" for President Saleh following his December 17 cabinet resignation, former Deputy Prime Minister Rashad al-Alimi told the Ambassador during a January 31 meeting that he will oversee the construction of Yemen's extremist rehabilitation center [...]	2009-02-02 08:23:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDRG YM
09SANAA1680	LATEST FRONT IN SA'ADA WAR: YOUTUBE [...] In the sixth war between the ROYG and Houthi rebels, the fighting has spread to a new front: Youtube. Houthis and their supporters have posted video clips online as part of a vigorous information campaign to publicize battlefield victories, allege ROYG atrocities against civilians and accuse [...]	2009-09-15 14:10:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PROP PGOV KPAO YM
09SANAA1686	09/18/2009 SANAA EAC REACTS TO POSSIBLE IMMINENT [...] (S/NF) On 09/18/2009, the Ambassador convened a weekend meeting of core members of Post's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) to discuss reftel information regarding al-Qa'ida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) and its intention to conduct terrorist operations in Yemen during the remaining period of [...]	2009-09-18 12:16:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC AEMR YM
09SANAA1687	JMP'S "NATIONAL SALVATION PLAN" JUST ANOTHER [...] (C) SUMMARY. After months of anticipation, the opposition Joint Meeting Parties (JMP) released its National Salvation Plan which, while billed as a comprehensive solution to the nation's major crises ) Sa'ada and the Southern Movement - falls short of the level of detail or political buy-in [...]	2009-09-19 13:05:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV YM
09SANAA1688	EMBASSY SANA'A COMMEMORATES FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF [...] SUMMARY: On September 16, post held a ceremony commemorating the first anniversary of the September 17, 2008 attack on the Embassy compound. Visiting DAS Janet Sanderson conveyed regards from State Department colleagues in Washington and commended Embassy personnel for their perseverance in [...]	2009-09-19 13:05:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KPAO YM
09SANAA1690	SA'ADA WAR: ROYG BOMBING ALLEGEDLY KILLS 87 [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Multiple media sources report that the ROYG conducted an airstrike against a school in Amran governorate in which IDPs had sought shelter, killing 87 civilians, mostly women and children. ROYG officials, including President Saleh, say that only Houthis were killed in the bomb [...]	2009-09-19 13:55:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	MCAP MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL PTER YM
09SANAA1692	DAS SANDERSON HEARS OF PROMISING ECONOMIC AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a September 15-16 visit to Yemen, Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) Ambassador Janet Sanderson met with ROYG officials, advisors, and European diplomats to discuss some of Yemen's most pressing social and economic challenges. Foreign Minister Abubakir al-Qirbi pressed for a "strategi [...]	2009-09-22 07:15:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	EAID ECON PGOV PREL SENV YM
09SANAA1729	FRAUD SUMMARY - SANA'A [...] COUNTRY CONDITIONS: Yemen is the poorest country in the Middle East, with an illiteracy rate of over 50% and unemployment rates over 30%. Yemen is also home to upwards of 500,000 - 600,000 refugees, mostly of Somali origin. Due to lack of opportunities in Yemen, the impetus for and volume of [...]	2009-09-29 04:21:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC YM
09SANAA1782	NEW CRUDE OIL SALES MECHANISM SPARKS TRIBAL RIVALRY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The ROYG, led by presidential son Ahmed Ali Saleh, has shifted responsibility for selling Yemen's crude oil production share away from the Ministry of Oil and towards an interagency committee, sparking a behind-the-scenes business rivalry between tribal leaders and government offi [...]	2009-09-30 13:36:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET PGOV PREL UK CH KS FR SZ YM
09SANAA1832	TALE OF TWO HOSPITALS HIGHLIGHTS ROYG'S MISPLACED FISCAL PRIORITIES [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-06 05:38:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON GM PGOV PREL SOCI UK YM
09SANAA1835	MEDIA BULLIED INTO SILENCE AS CRISES DEEPEN [...] (U) SUMMARY. Yemeni journalists continue to face censorship, intimidation, and restrictions on their movements as they attempt to report on the deepening crises confronting their country. Both the ROYG and the Houthis have prevented independent media from visiting the conflict zone in Sa'ada, [...]	2009-10-06 13:47:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KPAO YM
09SANAA184	BOYS FIGHTING AS MEN IN YEMEN'S TRIBAL CONFLICTS [...] SUMMARY. A recent report by a local NGO touting high rates of child combatants in tribal warfare has garnered considerable international coverage. Culturally, however, the adolescents are viewed as adults who owe allegiance to their tribes and are fighting to protect their homes. This may [...]	2009-02-02 12:22:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM SOCI YM
09SANAA1847	TRIBALIZED "POPULAR ARMY" AGAINST THE HOUTHIS WILL [...] (C) SUMMARY. The ROYG is encouraging the formation of a "popular army" of tribesmen to supplement the regular army's fight against the Houthis in northern Yemen. The ROYG uses the "popular army" to harness tribal support for the war, increase its numbers and firepower in the region, and enga [...]	2009-10-07 07:43:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL PTER YM
09SANAA1850	SITREP: YEMEN'S H1N1 PANDEMIC AND PANIC [...] (U) Summary. Yemen has 266 confirmed H1N1 influenza cases, and the number is increasing across the country. Since the end of August, most of the H1N1 cases in Yemen have come from local transmission. The 266 infected people have been treated with Tamiflu and either sent home or hospitalized [...]	2009-10-07 10:57:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09SANAA1851	YEMEN: PRM VISIT UNVEILS GROWING RESENTMENT [...] (C) In an October 4-5 PRM visit to Yemen, a series of meetings with NGOs and international organizations (IOs) elucidated several challenges: a growing resentment toward refugees on the part of the ROYG and general population, severely limited access to Ethiopian detainees, increasing numbers [...]	2009-10-07 12:19:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV PHUM PREL ET SMIG UNHCR YM
09SANAA1856	HIGH-LEVEL VISITORS BRING MESSAGES OF SOLIDARITY, [...] (C) SUMMARY. Three high-profile regime figures - two of them Government of Egypt officials - descended on Sana'a in early October, sparking rumors that Egypt has been tasked by the Arab League with resolving the Sixth War in Sa'ada, which has dragged on for over two months. The GOE and ROYG, [...]	2009-10-07 13:59:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AL EG YM
09SANAA1870	ROYG ISSUES BLACKLIST OF SA'ADA ARMS TRAFFICKERS [...] (C) SUMMARY. On October 5, the ROYG announced that seven Yemeni arms dealers had been "blacklisted," among them international arms trafficker Faris Manna, chief mediator between the ROYG and the Houthi rebels and brother of Sa'ada governor Hassan Manna. While theories regarding what prompte [...]	2009-10-12 06:54:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	ETRD ETTC PARM PTER YM
09SANAA1882	HAMID AL-AHMAR TRIES HIS HAND AT COORDINATING [...] (S) SUMMARY: Citing his desire to throw President Saleh off balance, Hamid al-Ahmar, prominent businessman, opposition leader, and de facto head of Yemen's largest tribal confederation, told EconOff on October 6 that he is trying to coordinate the efforts of the Houthi rebels and the Southern Movem [...]	2009-10-12 13:14:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINR SA SY GM EG TU LE YM
09SANAA1892	MODERN-DAY REVOLUTION UNLIKELY AT PLANNED OCTOBER [...] (S) SUMMARY. The Southern Movement leadership is looking for historical inspiration in Lahj governorate, the revolutionary heartland of the struggle against the British colonial occupation of southern Yemen, as it plans peaceful demonstrations on October 14 in Radfan and October 15 in Yafa. [...]	2009-10-13 13:07:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PGOV YM
09SANAA1899	DEMARCHES DELIVERED: ROYG RESPONSE ON IRAN AND [...] (S) On October 13, PolOff delivered reftel demarches to Ambassador Ali al-Kaf, the Chief of Arabian Peninsula and Gulf Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),on the subjects of Iran, its covert uranium enrichment facility, and meetings being held by the international community to [...]	2009-10-13 14:03:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PARM KNNP MNUC AORC UNSC IAEA PREL IR ETTC YM
09SANAA1929	YEMEN'S SOUTH: TENS OF THOUSANDS FLOCK TO PEACEFUL [...] (S) SUMMARY. Tens of thousands of southerners traveled to Lahj, the rebellious heartland of Yemen's south, for pro-independence demonstrations organized by the Southern Movement in commemoration of the 46th anniversary of South Yemen's revolution against the British. Despite the large crowd [...]	2009-10-19 09:36:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PGOV YM
09SANAA1936	CHILD SOLDIERS ALLEGEDLY USED BY BOTH SIDES IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Numerous credible sources report that both the ROYG and the Houthis are illegally recruiting and employing child soldiers to fight the war in northern Yemen. Although the ROYG military does not appear to be directly employing child soldiers, the tribal militias it has mobilized [...]	2009-10-20 12:40:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL PTER KTIP YM
09SANAA1937	COULD A SA'ADA CEASEFIRE BE ON THE HORIZON? [...] (S) SUMMARY. Rumors of Abdul-Malik al-Houthi's arrest, a flurry of high-level ROYG visits to Saudi Arabia, Foreign Minister Qirbi's sudden dispatch to Egypt, Syria, and Libya, and Iranian Foreign Minister Mottaki's postponed visit to Sana'a point to the possibility of significant developments [...]	2009-10-20 12:59:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	MCAP MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL PTER YM
09SANAA1939	FIGHTING FIRE WITH FIRE: A CLASH OF RELIGIOUS [...] (S) SUMMARY. One of the deepest root causes of the conflict in Sa'ada is an ongoing battle of religious extremes between the violent Zaydism of the Shiite Houthi rebels native to the region and the radical Sunni Salafism that has crept down from Saudi Arabia in the last 20 years. Supported [...]	2009-10-20 13:36:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PGOV KISL SCUL YM
09SANAA1963	AMBASSADOR APPRISES PRESIDENT SALEH OF WASHINGTON [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-26 14:51:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	MOPS PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER YM
09SANAA1965	ROYG REPORTS SEIZURE OF IRANIAN-CREWED SHIP WITH [...] (S) ROYG officials and the Yemeni media report that ROYG maritime forces intecepted an Iranian-crewed ship transporting a large quantity of weapons on October 26. The ROYG Embassy in Washington issued a press statement on October 26 announcing that the Yemeni Navy and Coast Guard "seized a fo [...]	2009-10-27 14:04:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	ETRD ETTC PARM PTER YM
09SANAA1983	WHO'S THE BOSS IN ABYAN? SOUTHERN MOVEMENT, AQAP, [...] (S) SUMMARY. In the largely ungoverned spaces of Yemen's southern governorates, a complex political battle is taking place between the central government, al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula and members of the secessionist Southern Movement. This struggle is especially apparent in Abyan, where [...]	2009-10-28 12:53:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PGOV PTER YM
09SANAA1998	MORE EVIDENCE THAT CHILD SOLDIERS USED BY "ALL [...] (C) SUMMARY. Credible NGO and media sources report that all three parties in the Sa'ada conflict )- the ROYG, the tribes, and the Houthis -- are using child soldiers. While the ROYG denies it uses child soldiers, local and international journalists and NGOs report that they interviewed child [...]	2009-11-02 14:23:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL PTER KTIP YM
09SANAA2000	NEW PRESS COURT ISSUES FIRST CONVICTION AGAINST [...] (U) In the latest blow to Yemen's bludgeoned independent press, the Special Press and Publications Court issued its first conviction on October 31 in its second ruling. The court, established in May 2009, ruled that a 2008 article entitled "Weapon of Mass Destruction," critical of President S [...]	2009-11-03 07:50:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KPAO YM
09SANAA2002	SITREP: H1N1 PANDEMIC HAS THE POTENTIAL TO [...] (U) Summary. Yemen has 415 confirmed cases of H1N1 influenza, and health officials suspect an additional 800 cases. The ROYG has a 50,000 supply of PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) to prevent the spread of the virus and 100,000 doses of Oseltamivir (Tamiflu) to treat H1N1 patients, but h [...]	2009-11-03 12:07:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09SANAA2014	BAD TO WORSE FOR YEMENI JOURNALISTS: PRESS COURT [...] (U) SUMMARY. On October 31, Yemen's recently established Special Press and Publications Court issued its first guilty verdict. The court found Washington-based Yemeni-American writer Munir al-Mawri and Yemeni independent journalist Samir Jubran guilty of "the crime of criticizing the President [...]	2009-11-04 09:32:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KPAO YM
09SANAA2029	FROM YEMEN, SEPARATE ATTACKS ON SAUDI DOORSTEP [...] (S) SUMMARY. Details are still emerging in two separate, deadly attacks which took place on November 3 close to the Yemen-Saudi border. In northern Sa'ada's Jabal al-Dukhan border region, one Saudi security officer was killed and 11 others wounded, allegedly by Houthi rebels. The second att [...]	2009-11-04 14:46:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PGOV PTER PREL SA YM
09SANAA2030	SA'ADA: HOUTHIS PUSH OUTWARD, THOUSANDS OF [...] (C) SUMMARY. The vast majority of Sa'ada governorate appears to be under Houthi control, including much of western Sa'ada, where the rebels took Razeh's military airport; northwestern Sa'ada; and eastern Sa'ada, where they have opened a new front. One exception is Sa'ada City, most of which [...]	2009-11-04 15:02:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	MCAP MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL PTER YM

09SANAA2040	SAUDI AIRSTRIKES AT YEMEN BORDER [...] (C) SUMMARY. Local sources confirm that Saudi Arabia continued to launch airstrikes against Houthi rebels in Jebel al-Dukhan area on the Saudi-Yemeni border, despite ROYG statements to the contrary. In an unusual twist, the Houthis are now casting themselves as defenders of Yemen's sovereignty agai [...]	2009-11-09 13:33:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PTER PREL SA YM
09SANAA2041	CAUGHT BETWEEN NORTH AND SOUTH, TAIZ CITIZENRY [...] (C) SUMMARY. The residents of Taiz, Yemen's most populous governorate and the country's cultural and educational capital, share the same frustrations expressed by citizens across the country: a water crisis, economic woes and a crackdown on human rights such as freedom of the press. Unlike [...]	2009-11-09 13:34:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI ECON YM
09SANAA2042	65 JEWS MAKE THEIR EXODUS FROM YEMEN, RESETTLE IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Despite bureaucratic, logistical, cultural and personal hurdles, 65 Yemeni Jews traveled to the U.S. in 2009 as part of the special P-1 refugee resettlement process. The most recent group of Jewish refugees traveled on October 26 amid death threats from an estranged ex-husband a [...]	2009-11-09 13:42:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF KIRF YM
09SANAA2043	57 JEWS MAKE THEIR EXODUS FROM YEMEN, RESETTLE IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Despite bureaucratic, logistical, cultural and personal hurdles, 57 Yemeni Jews traveled to the U.S. in 2009 as part of the special P-1 refugee resettlement process. The most recent group of Jewish refugees traveled on October 26 amid death threats from an estranged ex-husband a [...]	2009-11-10 04:27:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF KIRF YM
09SANAA2052	SAâ€™ADA SOLUTION REQUIRES MORE THOUGHT, FEWER [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Ongoing, direct Saudi involvement in the Sa'ada war, which in and of itself risks expanding the regional and sectarian dimensions of the conflict, also seems to be encouraging other Sunni neighbors to provide material support to President Saleh's ill-conceived campaign to eradicate [...]	2009-11-11 09:00:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PTER SA YM
09SANAA2058	WATER RESOURCES FALL AS WATER SCARCITY RISES ON [...] (C) Summary. Water remains a socially threatening, yet politically sensitive subject in Yemen; government action has stagnated as water resources continue to decline. The lack of regulation of drilling rigs and the cultivation of qat are largely responsible for the continuing decline of wate [...]	2009-11-14 08:15:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR EAID MASS PGOV SENV SOCI YM
09SANAA2062	DEPUTY FM WANTS TO DISCUSS "HIDDEN AGENDAS" [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. Deputy FM Al-Dhabbi told Ambassador Seche in a meeting November 10 that he looks forward to a candid exchange to clarify our agendas and views in relation to the ROYG conflict with the Houthis which, he noted, the ROYG, considers as an immediate threat compared to that posed [...]	2009-11-15 15:06:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER YM
09SANAA2070	SAUDI STRIKES IN YEMEN: AN INVITATION TO IRAN -- [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Saudi airstrikes on the Yemeni border continue but have not managed to clear the area of Houthi rebels. Yemeni journalists and the Houthis report Saudi strikes are hitting Yemeni targets, claims that are denied by the ROYG and SAG. Multiple media sources report the Saudi Navy is imp [...]	2009-11-16 14:51:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PTER PREL SA YM
09SANAA2072	DONORS QUESTION ROYG COMMITMENT TO DEVELOPMENT [...] (SBU) Summary. Donors questioned the pace of Yemen's development in a meeting with visiting World Bank Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Vice President Samshad Akhtar on November 7. Akhtar responded to donor concerns, emphasizing that the ROYG appears to understand its development issues, [...]	2009-11-17 07:33:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID PREL PGOV YM
09SANAA2073	ALI NASSER MOHAMMED: YEMEN'S ONCE AND FUTURE [...] (S) SUMMARY. As the overall political situation in Yemen continues to deteriorate and the secessionist Southern Movement continues to gain strength, former People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (PDRY) President Ali Nasser Mohammed has emerged as the most-talked about ) if not the most likely [...]	2009-11-17 08:53:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINR PTER YM
09SANAA2074	YEMEN SUPPORTS INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION [...] (U) PolChief met with the ROYG MFA Deputy Chief of International Organizations Idrees Al-Shammam November 16 to discuss points in reftels. Shortly after the meeting Al-Shammam sent a diplomatic note advising the Embassy "that the Government of the Republic of Yemen will support the candidac [...]	2009-11-17 10:43:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC IMO EWWT PHSA UK YM
09SANAA2077	YEMEN TO BE ABSENT DURING THIRD COMMITTEE VOTE ON [...] (U) PolChief met with the ROYG MFA Deputy Chief of International Organizations Idrees Al-Shammam November 16 to discuss points in reftel. Shortly after the meeting Al-Shammam confirmed that the Yemeni delegation will be absent during the November 19 UNGA third committee vote on Iran. SEC [...]	2009-11-17 13:29:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL UN YM
09SANAA2079	HIZBALLAH AND THE HOUTHIS: DIFFERENT GOALS AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. In their ongoing pursuit of Western support for their struggle against the Houthis, ROYG officials have latched onto recent, unsubstantiated media claims of Hizballah cooperation with the Houthis in Sa'ada in order to bolster their argument that the Houthis are a terrorist organ [...]	2009-11-18 06:03:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PTER MOPS PGOV PROP YM
09SANAA208	YEMEN: TERRORISM FINANCE DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-04 13:23:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN ETTC PHUM PTER YM
09SANAA2080	YEMEN: NOMINATION FOR 2010 INTERNATIONAL WOMEN OF [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-18 07:03:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN PREL KPAO PHUM YM
09SANAA2084	ROYG EFFORTS TO PROTECT ENVIRONMENT HAMPERED BY [...] (U) Summary. Responsibility for environmental preservation and protection in Yemen is divided between the Ministry of Water and Environment and the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA). Due to budget shortages across the ROYG, environmentally affiliated agencies are suffering from a lac [...]	2009-11-18 13:21:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPL SENV PREL EAID PGOV YM
09SANAA2085	YEMEN WILL CONTINUE TO VOTE YES ON UNGA [...] (C) PolChief delivered reftel demarche November 18 to ROYG MFA Deputy Director of International Organizations Indrees Al-Shammam. Al-Shammam, speaking frankly, stated that Yemen will continue to vote yes, along with the rest of the Arab countries, on all the resolutions with an anti-Israel [...]	2009-11-18 13:51:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA KPAL IS YM
09SANAA2114	THREE GUNMAN ARRESTED NEAR HOME OF YEMENI JEWISH [...] (C) Police officials reported that government security guards at Tourist City, an apartment complex where the ROYG houses and provides protection for 14 Yemeni Jewish families (65 people),detained on November 18 three men acting in a suspicious manner near the home of Rabbi Yahya Bin-Yusuf, [...]	2009-11-23 14:07:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF ASEC YM
09SANAA2116	SITREP: YEMEN'S MOST VULNERABLE REFUGEES IN BASATEEN AND [...] (U) Summary: Although still a minority segment of Yemen's vast and growing refugee population, the 15,000 residents of the UNHCR-run refugee camp in Kharaz and the 40,000 plus residents of the urban slum of Basateen are among the most vulnerable. During a November 16 - 18 visit to these areas, [...]	2009-11-23 14:46:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM PREL PGOV UNHCR YM
09SANAA2117	SA'ADA CEASEFIRE DISCUSSIONS UNDERWAY [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Well-informed sources, including one involved directly in preliminary talks, report that both the ROYG and the Houthis are looking for a way to stop the fighting in northern Yemen. While the Houthis apparently have accepted the RQG's five ceasefire conditions, there is an imp [...]	2009-11-23 15:15:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PTER PREL SA YM
09SANAA2124	IDPS IN AMRAN ESCAPE WAR BUT STILL EXPOSED TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The approximately 28,000 IDPs in Amran governorate may have escaped the conflict zone, but their survival remains precarious. Local authorities view them with suspicion and have attempted to restrict and manipulate aid delivery for political purposes. The camp established for [...]	2009-11-24 11:37:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI UNHCR YM
09SANAA2128	SOUTH'S INDEPENDENCE DAY COULD TURN VIOLENT [...] (C) SUMMARY. Against a backdrop of resurgent separatist sentiments in the south, large and potentially violent protests are expected on November 30, the day marking the south's independence from Britain. Signs of greater organization among the Southern Mobility Movement (SMM) and recent ant [...]	2009-11-28 14:51:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT PTER PINR YM
09SANAA215	LIFE ON THE BORDER: CHILD MIGRATION IN YEMEN'S [...] SUMMARY. Thousands of children in Yemen's northern governorates travel illegally to Saudi Arabia in search of work, despite the dangers inherent in this path. Children face physical and sexual abuse, as well as grinding poverty across the border. Increasing ROYG awareness and efforts by th [...]	2009-02-07 07:51:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV SOCI YM
09SANAA2151	ROYG PREEMPTS SOUTHERN PROTESTS, ATTEMPTS TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. While widespread violence did not erupt during Southern Mobility Movement (SMM) demonstrations on November 30 in Aden (reftel),tens of thousands of protestors flooded the streets despite government warnings not to assemble days before and a preemptive scale-up in ROYG security [...]	2009-12-02 11:12:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT PTER PINR YM
09SANAA2155	SA'ADA CEASEFIRE TALKS SLOW BUT NOT STALLED [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Sa'ada ceasefire discussions continue to move forward slowly, even during the week-long Eid holiday, and Houthi mediator Hassan Zaid is cautiously optimistic about the possibility that a ceasefire will be reached. While Zaid thinks President Saleh is not serious about a ceasefire an [...]	2009-12-02 12:24:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PTER PREL SA YM
09SANAA2170	MEPI'S LOCAL GRANTS PROGRAM: A YEMEN SUCCESS STORY [...] Summary. With more than 7000 registered Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs),but little to no indigenous funding for its nascent civil society, Yemen has benefited greatly from the Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI)'s local grants program. The local grants program has made a particul [...]	2009-12-07 08:18:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	KMPI KDEM KPAO EAID PREL PGOV SOCI YM
09SANAA2171	YEMEN'S LEADING INDEPENDENT NEWS SITE HACKED; [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On November 28, hackers attacked Yemen's leading independent news website NewsYemen, crashing the site and erasing its five-year news archive. Website editor Nabil al-Soufi blamed the Ministry of Telecommunications, citing evidence that the virus which destroyed the website or [...]	2009-12-07 08:50:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KPAO YM
09SANAA2176	SA'ADA CEASEFIRE TALKS "SHATTERED" [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. A knowledgeable insider reported that the incipient Sa'ada ceasefire discussions have been "shattered." Just days earlier, presidential advisors Abdul Karim al-Iryani and Mohammed Azzan told EmbOffs that Saleh was willing to consider a political solution to the war in Sa'ada. [...]	2009-12-08 13:52:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PTER PREL SA YM
09SANAA2178	POPULATION PROJECTIONS OFF THE CHARTS IN YEMEN [...] (SBU) Summary. Population projections in Yemen are among some of the highest in the world. According to the ROYG's National Population Council, the Yemeni population (approximately 23 million) will double within 23 years if current growth rates continue. With assistance from the United Nat [...]	2009-12-09 07:03:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI KWMN KIRF ELAB EAID ECON
09SANAA2183	YEMEN: RESPONDING TO ARAB LEAGUE BOYCOTT REPORTING [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-09 13:07:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	KBCT ECON ETRD YM
09SANAA2184	PREPARING FOR FM QIRBI'S VISIT TO WASHINGTON [...] (C) SUMMARY. On December 8, the Ambassador called on Foreign Minister Abu Bakr al-Qirbi at Qirbi's request to discuss the Ambassador's most recent consultations in Washington. Qirbi had been appraised of the invitation to visit Washington in January 2010 for meetings with Secretary Clinton a [...]	2009-12-09 13:08:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KVIP ECON YM
09SANAA2185	WHO ARE THE HOUTHIS, PART ONE: WHAT ARE THEY [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Given the Houthis' opacity and the government's exaggerated claims about their goals, it is difficult to know what exactly they are fighting for. The ROYG accuses the Houthis of wanting to restore clerical rule in Yemen, which they deny, insisting instead that they want basic [...]	2009-12-09 13:16:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PTER PREL SA YM
09SANAA2186	WHO ARE THE HOUTHIS, PART TWO: HOW ARE THEY [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Little is clear about the Houthi leadership, aside from the fact that Abdulmalik al-Houthi is the rebel group's current leader. Houthi field commanders do not seem to agree on key ideological and religious principles. The Houthis' numbers range from the hundreds to the thou [...]	2009-12-09 13:29:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PTER PREL SA YM
09SANAA2202	YEMENI POVERTY LEVELS HIGHEST IN WAR-AFFLICTED [...] Summary. The poorest country in the Middle East, Yemen is particularly affected by poverty. 34.8 of the population lives below the poverty line as defined by a UNDP index; 45 percent of the population lives on less than two dollars a day. The real losers when it comes to poverty are the war [...]	2009-12-13 13:39:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID PHUM PGOV PREL YM
09SANAA2205	IRANIAN-YEMENI RELATIONS STRAINED BY SA'ADA WAR [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Iranian-Yemeni relations have deteriorated as Yemeni officials and ROYG media have repeated their suspicions of Iranian support for the Houthi rebels, including, but not limited to, support for an alleged Hizballah presence in northern Yemen (REF A and B). Attempts by Iran t [...]	2009-12-13 14:27:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER MOPS PINS MASS PGOV YM
09SANAA2208	ALLEGED ILLICIT SERBIAN ARMS SALE TO YEMENI [...] (S/NF) A front company for Serbian illicit arms dealer Slobodan Tesic (alt. Tezic),XXXXXXXXXXXX, signed a USD 78 million arms contract with the Yemeni Ministry of Defense in early October 2009, to be delivered by early January 2010, according to the Bulgarian Embassy in Sana'a. The 34-page contra [...]	2009-12-14 05:39:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	ETTC ECON MARR MASS MCAP PREL PGOV YI BU CY
09SANAA2209	YEMEN: 2010 NTE CHAPTER ON THE ARAB LEAGUE TRADE [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-14 10:36:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD KBCT YM
09SANAA2219	DEMARCHE RESPONSE: IMPLEMENTATION OF CHILD [...] PolOff delivered reftel demarche and non-paper on December 14 to Khalil Mohammed of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' (MFA) Two Americas Department and Amani Ali Salih al-Wathai, assistant to Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Muhi al-Dhabbi. Mohammed and Wathai accepted the points of the dem [...]	2009-12-15 15:05:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIP ELAB KCRM KWMN KMCA PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG
09SANAA2225	YEMEN LNG PLANS SHIPMENTS TO CONUS, WORRIES ABOUT [...] (SBU) Yemen LNG, the liquefied natural gas (LNG) company operated by majority shareholder French Total Oil, is planning to ship LNG cargos from its plant in Belhaf, Yemen to Sabine Pass, Texas and Everett, Massachusetts beginning in early 2010 (REFTEL). Under the terms of YLNG's contracts wit [...]	2009-12-16 09:52:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EWWT ECON EPET PTER PINS PBTS FR KS YM
09SANAA2227	SA'ADA, MONTH FIVE: IS SALEH SERIOUS ABOUT ENDING [...] (S) SUMMARY. A week after ceasefire negotiations between the ROYG and the Houthis broke down, bombing continues apace in war-torn Sa'ada governorate. President Saleh continues to send signs that he is still committed to a military end to the conflict and attempts at reaching a political solu [...]	2009-12-16 15:08:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PHUM PREF SA YM
09SANAA223	YEMEN'S CTU SHOWS OFF VIDEO OF JANUARY RAID [...] (C) Saying that the CTU is "completely transparent" with its partners, Commander of the Counter-terrorism Unit (CTU) of the Central Security Forces Colonel AbdulRahman al-Miweeti invited British, French, and American security officers to view a video of the CTU's January 19 raid on a suspected [...]	2009-02-08 10:04:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PREL PTER PINS YM
09SANAA2230	YEMEN'S COUNTER TERRORISM UNIT STRETCHED THIN BY [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. As the sixth war against the Houthis continues to squeeze Yemen's conventional military, the ROYG has looked to its U.S. and U.K.-funded and trained counterterrorism forces to provide some relief to battered army forces. The Counter Terrorism Unit (CTU) - trained to detect small ter [...]	2009-12-17 12:54:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER MOPS PINS MASS PGOV YM
09SANAA2249	YEMEN: 2009 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] (U) SUMMARY. The security situation in Yemen continued to deteriorate during 2009. Al-Qa'ida Yemen (AQY) announced its merger with al-Qa'ida elements in Saudi Arabia in January 2009, creating al-Qa'ida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP). This strategy of consolidation and greater organization r [...]	2009-12-21 13:11:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC PGOV MOPS YE
09SANAA2250	YEMEN ABUZZ WITH TALK OF CT OPERATIONS; TTENTION SLOWLY TURNS TO U.S. ROLE [...] (S) SUMMARY. Yemenis have talked of little else but the counterterrorism operations against al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula since news broke of the pre-dawn raids on December 17. Official media and ROYG officials have focused on the successful aspects of the operation, including an alleged 34 te [...]	2009-12-21 13:28:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PTER PGOV PREL MOPS MASS YM
09SANAA2251	ROYG LOOKS AHEAD FOLLOWING CT OPERATIONS, BUT [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. The ROYG views the December 17 CT operations as a success and a benefit to Yemeni national interests, and appears not overly concerned about unauthorized leaks regarding the U.S. role and negative media attention to civilian deaths. ROYG officials continue to publicly maintain that [...]	2009-12-21 13:34:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER MOPS MASS PGOV PREL YE
09SANAA2259	ROYG MAKES THE ROUNDS IN EUROPE: ATTEMPTS TO STAVE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Deputy Foreign Minister Muhi al-Dhabbi recently returned from a whirlwind trip to six European nations in which he attempted to explain ROYG policy on the Houthi conflict in Sa'ada and postpone rumored UN Security Council debate that the ROYG fears might lead to greater foreign i [...]	2009-12-22 10:06:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PREL MOPS PTER YM
09SANAA227	YEMEN: OIL MINISTER (OVERLY?) OPTIMISTIC ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met with the Minister of Oil and Minerals, Ameer Salem al-Aidaroos, on February 7. The Minister predicted that new discoveries, the eventual return of higher oil prices, and the start of natural gas exports would resolve the Republic of Yemen Government,s (ROYG's) [...]	2009-02-09 09:46:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON ENRG EPET PGOV RU YM
09SANAA2274	ROYG ACKNOWLEDGES U.S. INTEL ASSISTANCE IN AQAP [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Prime Minister for Defense and Security Affairs Rashad al-Alimi for the first time publicly acknowledged U.S. intelligence assistance in the December 17 strikes during a presentation to Parliament on December 23. Preliminary reports from Post contacts indicate that Alimi's prese [...]	2009-12-27 12:45:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINS MOPS PINR YM
09SANAA2279	YEMENI TRIBAL LEADER: FOR SALEH, SAUDI INVOLVEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Saleh believes the Saudi Government's military actions in Sa'ada will alleviate mounting domestic political pressure on him to demonstrate progress against the Houthi rebels, according to XXXXXXXXXXXX with close personal ties to Saleh and his inner circle. XXXXXXXXXXXX told E [...]	2009-12-28 10:44:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR SA IR YE
09SANAA2286	ROYG RESPONDS TO ILLICIT SERBIAN WEAPONS DEAL ALLEGATION [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-31 10:17:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	MARR MCAP MOPS PARM PINR PREL PTR MASS PGOV
09SANAA2287	YEMEN: HOUTHI HEAD POSSIBLY DEAD, BUT REBELS [...] (C) SUMMARY. With the ROYG and international community refocused on the long-running battle against al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, the civil war against the Houthi rebels in northern Sa'ada governorate continues to rage, despite rumors that Houthi commander Abdulmalik al-Houthi is dead. [...]	2009-12-31 10:17:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PHUM PREF MOPS YM SA
09SANAA229	RESPONSE TO IRANIAN OVERFLIGHTS DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-10 07:03:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PARM PREL ETTC MASS YM
09SANAA257	REVIEWING YEMEN'S PREVIOUS EXTREMIST [...] (U) From 2002 through 2005, Yemen conducted an extremist rehabilitation program that is believed to have had some success. This report outlines what is known about that program and how it worked, and compares what is known about the ROYG's current plans for a rehabilitation center to it. Whi [...]	2009-02-10 11:28:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PTER KDRG KISL YM
09SANAA259	YEMEN: ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING AND COUNTER-TERRORISM [...] SUMMARY: ROYG institutions and Yemeni banks have made some progress on implementing Financial Systems Assessment Team (FSAT) and Middle East and North Africa Financial Action Task Force,s (MENAFATF) recommendations. A draft counter-terrorism finance (CTF) law remains lodged in the Finance Co [...]	2009-02-10 11:53:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN KCRM KTFN PREL PTER SNAR YM
09SANAA266	YEMEN: CARTAGENA PROTOCOL DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-11 13:26:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO KPAO YM
09SANAA268	KOMID DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-11 13:37:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PARM MTCRA PREL KN YM
09SANAA270	IT'S (STILL) A MAN'S WORLD: WOMEN CANDIDATES IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. With the electoral clock ticking and the parties locked in a political stalemate, the possibility of reaching an effective compromise on a quota for female candidates appears increasingly unlikely. Despite proposals from each side, insiders remain skeptical that the new Parliam [...]	2009-02-11 14:01:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL YM
09SANAA271	YEMENIS THINK SAUDI ARABIA COULD DO MORE TO STOP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. ROYG officials and independent experts repeatedly express frustration with the lack of Saudi cooperation on trafficking-in-persons issues, including children smuggled to Saudi Arabia for work and Saudi "sex tourists" who frequent underage prostitutes in Yemen. They allege tha [...]	2009-02-11 14:07:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV SOCI KTIP YM
09SANAA273	BACKROOM DEAL REMOVES BARRIER TO OPPOSITION [...] (C) Shoura Council member Mohamed al-Tayeb told the Ambassador and DCM on February 9 that President Saleh had struck a backroom deal with the opposition Yemeni Socialist Party (YSP) that is expected to remove a major obstacle to YSP participation in Parliamentary elections. The YSP is not th [...]	2009-02-11 14:18:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV YM
09SANAA274	SANAA'S ANTI-PIRACY CONFERENCE PLUMBS THE DEPTHS [...] (U) SUMMARY. Attendance was high at the February 10-11 UK-funded maritime security conference in Sana'a. Participants agreed to better information sharing and increased capacity building, but were unable to decide on the mechanisms to reach these goals. Although constrained by a lack of reso [...]	2009-02-11 14:23:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT PREL PTER MCAP YM
09SANAA28	YEMEN'S CIVIL SOCIETY URGED TO JOIN IN THE UN'S [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-07 11:01:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM YM
09SANAA291	INTERIOR MINISTER GIVES AMBASSADOR ASSURANCES ON [...] (C) The Minister of Interior gave the Ambassador on February 16 assurances on a number of issues ranging from reports of recently released al-Qaeda suspects to information sharing with the Embassy to the protection of Yemen's Jewish community. While Post is relatively confident that the issu [...]	2009-02-17 12:05:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PREF KIRF
09SANAA293	FIRST MICROFINANCE BANK, AL-AMAL BANK [...] SUMMARY: Al-Amal Bank has renewed its commitment to microfinance since November 2008. The bank is targeting micro-enterprises, low-income families, and women. It is basing its five-year business plan on reports from the Social Fund for Development (SFD) and International Finance Corporation [...]	2009-02-17 13:46:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EFIN EINV YM
09SANAA299	HAMID AL-AHMAR ON SALEH, OIL, AND ELECTIONS [...] (C) Hamid al-Ahmar, Islah Party leader, prominent businessman, and son of the late Speaker of Parliament Shaykh Abdullah al-Ahmar, told Econoff on February 15 that President Saleh personally was to blame for country's problems, especially widespread corruption, and suggested that MG Ali Muhsin al-A [...]	2009-02-18 11:40:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PGOV ECON EIND EFIN ENRG EPET ETRD YM
09SANAA30	YEMEN RESPONDS O THE PORT SECURITY DEMARCHE [...] SUMMARY. During the week of January 3 ) , Post delivered the reftel points to the Ministy of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Transportation Yemen Coast Guard, and Ministry of Industry and rade. Other relevant individuals were also notiied. Overall, the ROYG defended its port securiy procedure [...]	2009-01-07 12:36:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EWT KHLS PREL PTER YM
09SANAA306	HAS SALEH LOST THE SOUTH? BOLD TALK OF [...] (S) SUMMARY. In meetings in Aden attended by PolOff, independent figures and opposition leaders ) including members of the regime of the former People's Democratic Republic of South Yemen (PDRY) ) called openly for Southern independence, declaring that "unity was over." Describing an underg [...]	2009-02-18 13:18:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PGOV PNAT YM
09SANAA307	SALEH INSISTS ON RECEIVING GTMO DETAINEES, ASSURES [...] (C) The Ambassador told President Saleh that there are profound doubts in Washington about Yemen's ability to receive and properly manage detainees returned from Guantanamo. The Ambassador urged the President, in a February 18 meeting, to reconsider his objection to the possibility of sendin [...]	2009-02-18 14:07:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDRG KISL YM
09SANAA314	A VICTORY FOR CHILD BRIDES: PARLIAMENT (FINALLY) [...] With strong opposition from Islah, Parliament voted on February 14 to approve a marriage law setting the minimum age of marriage at 17 for men and women. The law also stipulates that no woman of any age can be married without her consent. Parents violating the law face imprisonment for up to [...]	2009-02-21 08:16:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SOCI YM
09SANAA319	SOUTHERN DISCOMFORT: OPPOSITION SEES LITTLE USE IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Calling the elections "pointless" and expressing doubt that any political agreement would prove sufficient, southern opposition figures in Aden appeared even further from compromise than their party brethren in Sana'a. Meanwhile, in the capital, the GPC's Central Committee voted [...]	2009-02-21 11:25:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV YM
09SANAA322	FOOD SECURITY STILL AN ISSUE FOR HUNGRY YEMENIS [...] SUMMARY: Yemenis continue to suffer from high food prices and a lack of homegrown food items. The Republic of Yemen Government (ROYG) has responded in a limited and ineffective way to issues of food security. The regional donor response is uncertain, while the international donor response i [...]	2009-02-22 14:10:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR EAID ECON ETRD YM
09SANAA324	SALEH PUSHES CONCESSIONS TO JMP [...] (C) A brief visit by National Democratic Institute Regional Director Les Campbell energized President Saleh to push his ruling GPC Party to implement concessions to the opposition. At the same time, key members of the opposition appear ready to move ahead based on six principles of agreement [...]	2009-02-23 09:26:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV YM
09SANAA326	EMBASSY SANAA'S NOMINATIONS FOR FDIC'S FINANCIAL [...] (U) Post would like to nominate six Yemeni government officials for the Counter Terrorism Financial Regulatory Training, to be held March 23-27. This course will increase their knowledge of how money laundering and terrorist financing transactions are perpetrated and the controls that should [...]	2009-02-23 13:35:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ECON EFIN PREL KCRM KTFN
09SANAA331	AGREEMENT TO DELAY ELECTIONS UP TO TWO YEARS [...] (C) Shoura Council member Mohamed al-Tayyeb told the DCM on February 24 that a definitive agreement had been reached between the ruling General People's Congress (GPC) and the opposition Joint Meeting Parties (JMP) to delay the Parliamentary elections scheduled for April 27 for two years. Ha [...]	2009-02-24 14:00:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV YM
09SANAA334	YEMENI MILITARY COMMANDER DESCRIBES AL-QAEDA [...] (S) During a February 18 meeting with Embassy officers, MG Mohammed al-Maqdashi, Regional Commander of the Yemeni Armed Forces Middle District, described al-Qaeda's (AQ) presence in Marib as a diffuse, well-trained force of mostly Saudi recruits. Despite ample funding from sources in neighbori [...]	2009-02-25 12:58:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PINS PTER ECON YM
09SANAA335	PARLIAMENT: TWO-YEAR ELECTORAL DELAY IS IMMINENT [...] (C) SUMMARY. Squeaking by the mandatory 60-day deadline, Parliament is expected to vote in a special session on February 26 to accept the President's request to delay the Parliamentary elections for two years and to amend the Constitution in order to change the Parliamentary term from six to [...]	2009-02-25 13:03:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL YM
09SANAA348	SUCCESS OF YEMEN'S FIRST MINE DEPENDENT ON [...] (SBU) Yemen's first mine is expected to export zinc starting in mid-2010, contributing up to USD 160 million of non-oil revenues to the ROYG after the end of a three-year tax holiday. The UK-Yemeni joint venture, Jabal Salab, is hoping that the price of zinc returns to its 2008 peak so that t [...]	2009-03-02 10:26:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND ELAB EMIN ENRG BTIO YM
09SANAA356	SANAA SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE [...] (S/NF) Demonstrations A. Are there any ethnic or religious communities in country that are capable of carrying out significant anti-American demonstrations? Yes. Various ethnic, religious, and professional groups are capable and have been allowed to stage demonstrations in the past. T [...]	2009-03-02 13:21:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC PTER YM
09SANAA397	UN APPEALS TRIBUNAL DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-04 10:54:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA
09SANAA398	UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-04 10:58:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL YM
09SANAA399	TERRORISM FINANCE DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-04 11:13:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PHUM EAID SL YM
09SANAA4	GAZA ISSUE STILL SIMMERS IN YEMEN [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-04 12:48:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL PHUM YM
09SANAA400	KOMID DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-04 13:29:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PARM PREL YM
09SANAA401	YEMEN VOLUNTARY INPUT FOR 2009 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW [...] In response to reftel, Post input for the U.S. Trade Representative's 2009 Special 301 review follows. 2. Yemen continues to face many obstacles to intellectual property rights (IPR),including a non-TRIPs-compliant IPR law, which it is seeking to amend. Copyright protection of optical med [...]	2009-03-04 14:10:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KIPR YM
09SANAA402	EMBASSY SANAA 2009 SCIENCE FELLOW PROPOSAL [...] Embassy Sanaa proposes the following spring/summer position for a Science Fellow. 2. Topic: Geological Survey Capacity-Building in Yemen. -- Relevant host country organizations: Geological Survey and Mineral Resource Board, Ministry of Oil and Minerals, Ministry of Water and Irrigation, a [...]	2009-03-04 14:10:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TSPL TBIO EAGR ENGR ECON AMGT APER EPA
09SANAA42	YEMEN RESPONSE TO OPPOSING IRAN PRESIDENCY AT UNDP [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-11 05:04:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF IR UN EAID YM
09SANAA427	CHAMBER OF COMMERCE PUTS A SMALL SPOTLIGHT ON [...] SUMMARY: The Federation of Yemen Chambers of Commerce and Industry has established a women,s unit on the heels of the first-ever national businesswomen,s conference. The women,s unit and the Yemen Business Women,s Council are initiating efforts to integrate women into the often male-dominate [...]	2009-03-08 13:24:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELAB PGOV KWMN YM
09SANAA43	TERRORISM FINANCE: U.S. DOMESTIC DESIGNATION OF [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-11 05:04:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL PINR LE YM
09SANAA430	A VIEW FROM INSIDE THE SOUTHERN MOVEMENT [...] (S) SUMMARY. Moving in an increasingly secessionist direction, the leaders of the Southern Movement continue to build organizational capacity while beginning to think about confrontational strategies, according to former southern General Mohamed Saleh Tammah. The movement, which looks to so [...]	2009-03-08 14:31:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PGOV PNAT PTER YM
09SANAA432	BILLION DOLLAR ARMS DEAL DENIED [...] (C) Yemen's Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) for Economic Affairs and the Russian Ambassador to Sana'a both strongly denied press reports of a USD 1 billion arms sale negotiated during the February visit of President Saleh to Moscow. According to the DPM, the ROYG sought forgiveness of Yemen's USD [...]	2009-03-09 13:49:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM ETRD EFIN RU YM
09SANAA433	REFUGEE FLOWS INTO YEMEN STRAIN AN ALREADY BURDENED SYSTEM [...] (SBU/NF) SUMMARY: Pressing on an already overburdened system, the number of refugees in Yemen continued to increase in 2008. The ROYG is beginning to feel the increasing pressure from the existing population of refugees, along with these new arrivals, as evidenced by a draft law to end the poli [...]	2009-03-10 12:05:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM PREL PGOV YM
09SANAA44	YEMEN CONFIRMS PARTICIPATION AT CONTACT GROUP ON [...] Abdul Hakeem al-Eryani, Director of the Office of the Foreign Minister, confirmed on January 10 that Yemen's Permanent Representative to the United Nations will attend the January 13-14 Contact Group on Somali Piracy. 2. Poloff provided al-Eryani with reftel draft agenda and proposed meet [...]	2009-01-11 05:04:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT KCRM MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER YM
09SANAA441	YEMENI RESPONSE TO KOMID DEMARCHES [...] (C) On March 11 POL/E Chief received a response to ref A, B and C demarches from Nejwa al-Serri, First Secretary in the MFA's Office of the Two Americas. She said that the ROYG is committed to supporting all UNSC resolutions and does not believe that its relationship with North Korea violates [...]	2009-03-14 07:12:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	PARM MTCRE PREL KN YM
09SANAA482	SANAA EAC DISCUSSES SECURITYPOSTURE DUE TO [...] (S/NF) Summary: On 03/18/2009, the Sana'aEAC convened to discuss Post's security posture ue to the terrorist attack on the South Korean mtorcade (ref A). The EAC decided that American stff will travel in armored vehicles and the Embasy shuttle will have an armed RSO security escort util furthe [...]	2009-03-18 15:18:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	AEM ASEC YM
09SANAA489	SALEH BIG WINNER IN YEMEN'S PARLIAMENTARY [...] (U) A February 26 decision by Yemen's Parliament is expected to lead to a two year delay of the parliamentary elections scheduled for April 27. This message examines what that delay will actually mean. The delay is seen by some as a chance for true reform of Yemen's political system. Judgin [...]	2009-03-22 10:18:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM YM
09SANAA493	YEMEN UNPREPARED FOR LONGTERM GLOBAL FINANCIAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The global financial crisis has directly affected the public sector, while indirectly affecting the private sector in Yemen. While the ROYG has responded in the short-term by cutting disbursements to the budget, a long-term solution to the crisis remains elusive. The ROYG is [...]	2009-03-22 13:06:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	EAID ECON EFIN EIND ETRD SOCI USAID YM
09SANAA495	SALEH SHOWS NO FLEXIBILITY ON GTMO DETAINEES [...] (S/NF) President Saleh on March 16 rejected a proposal by visiting Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor (APDNSA) John Brennan that Yemeni Guantanamo detainees be sent to a Saudi rehabilitation center jointly run by Saudi Arabia and Yemen. Saleh instead insisted that the [...]	2009-03-23 07:00:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	KDRG PGOV PINR PTER PINS IZ SA YM
09SANAA500	YEMEN: DONOR COMMUNITY FRUSTRATION RISES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Yemen,s donor community is concerned about the long-term effectiveness of aid to Yemen. Donors worry about the lack of political commitment to development both at the presidential and the parliamentary levels. Donors remain committed to policy reform and supportive of private sector in [...]	2009-03-24 10:45:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	EINV EAID ECON AORC YM
09SANAA501	MARITIME "LEGAL ARGUMENTS" USELESS SAYS FOREIGN [...] (SBU) Foreign Minister Abubakr al-Qirbi expressed concern with the tactics of some of the naval vessels currently on anti-piracy missions in the Gulf of Aden during a March 23 meeting with foreign ambassadors. He asserted that Yemeni fishermen are "starving" due to the presence of the Somali [...]	2009-03-24 11:05:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT PREL PTER MCAP YM
09SANAA502	ROYG DIGS IN ITS HEELS ON ISSUANCE OF JEWS' [...] (C) SUMMARY. Despite U.S. pressure, the ROYG continues to stall on the issuance of passports to a group of Reyda Jews, citing discomfort over media attention surrounding the February emigration of a Jewish family to Israel. Families in Reyda reported incidents of rocks thrown at their homes [...]	2009-03-24 11:26:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF KIRF YM
09SANAA503	HOME-GROWN NGOS WORK FOR PEACEFUL CONFLICT [...] SUMMARY. Local NGOs are engaged in a three-pronged approach to promoting peaceful conflict resolution among Yemen's tribes: engaging tribal leaders, empowering youth, and training imams as mediators. These techniques often overlap efforts to curb the spread of extremist ideology. The program [...]	2009-03-24 12:57:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PTER YM

09SANAA504	AMISOM DEMARCHE: ROYG RESPONDS SOMALI FORCES NEED [...] (C) POL/E Chief delivered reftel demarche to Abdulhakim al-Iryani, Director of the Foreign Minister's Office. Iryani said that he was pleased that the USG was engaging countries in the region on Somalia. He asserted that the piracy, terrorism, and refugee flows coming out of that country are [...]	2009-03-24 15:02:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF KPKO SO YM
09SANAA529	ELECTION DELAY SHOWS SALEH'S CUNNING, OPPOSITION'S [...] (C) The agreement to delay Yemen's parliamentary elections gives the ruling party two more years of power without an election, while giving the opposition almost none of its demands. While poorly received in the donor community, in terms of internal Yemeni politics this was a solid victory. [...]	2009-03-25 10:52:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV YM
09SANAA530	MPS SCOLD SECURITY FORCES ON TERRORIST ATTACKS [...] (U) On March 23, Yemen,s Parliament held a contentious five-hour closed session to discuss recent terrorist attacks and the overall lack of security in the country. Ranking ROYG officials in attendance included Deputy Prime Minister for Defense and Security Affairs Rashad al-Alimi and the Mi [...]	2009-03-25 11:22:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL YM
09SANAA550	YEMEN BUDGET TRANSPARENCY FOR SECTION 7088(C) [...] (U) The ROYG is currently receiving U.S. bilateral assistance using FY 09 funds, including development, counterterrorism, and military assistance. The non-military portion of the annual expenditures of the central government is publicly available on the Ministry of Finance's website (www.mof. [...]	2009-03-30 13:02:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON PREL EFIN YM
09SANAA554	ICJ ADVISORY OPINION DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-30 14:24:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL ICJ KV YM
09SANAA555	DOHA SUMMIT DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-30 14:25:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAL KPKO WWBG MOPS PGOV YM
09SANAA560	SIXTH ROUND IN SAADA: WHERE'S THE TIPPING POINT? [...] (C) SUMMARY. The threat of a sixth round of fighting between the al-Houthi rebels and government forces in Saada looms large. Potential flashpoints include the issue of prisoners, tribal warfare in the northern governorates and the grim humanitarian situation. The constant drumbeat of viol [...]	2009-04-01 06:53:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP MOPS PGOV PHUM PREF YM
09SANAA569	ROYG FOLLOW UP ON MARCH 16 BRENNAN-SALEH MEETING [...] (S) Summary. Deputy Foreign Minister al-Dhabbi called in Ambassador April 1 to express concern about the outcome of last month,s discussion between APDNSA John Brennan and President Saleh on GTMO detainees, and solicit the Ambassador,s views as to how we can move this issue forward. Dhabbi [...]	2009-04-01 14:19:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PREL KDRG YM
09SANAA571	PESSIMISTIC OBSERVERS FEAR TROUBLE AHEAD FOR YEMEN [...] (C) A trusted contact predicted to POL/E Chief serious trouble on the horizon for the ROYG stemming from its budgetary problems. Others are less pessimistic, but there are many who feel that the current Yemeni regime is in a precarious place both economically and politically. The ROYG needs to get [...]	2009-04-01 14:39:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PGOV ECON YM
09SANAA579	ROYG OPERATION GRABS 55 SUSPECTED EXTREMISTS [...] (C) On April 4, Major General Ali al-Ashwal briefed EmbOff on the ten-day assault undertaken by the Yemeni Army and security forces against extremist armed gangs, including suspected terrorists in the town of Ja'ar in the governorate of Abyan. (Note: Al-Qaeda has long been known to maintain [...]	2009-04-05 12:35:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER YM
09SANAA593	YEMEN: TAEPO-DONG 2 LAUNCH DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-08 13:13:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM KNNP KN YM
09SANAA594	YEMEN: KOSOVO IMF/WORLD BANK MEMBERSHIP DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-08 13:14:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL KV YM
09SANAA595	YEMEN: UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-08 13:14:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL YM
09SANAA596	SOME MEMBERS OF REYDA JEWISH COMMUNITY RECEIVE [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-08 13:42:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF KIRF YM
09SANAA597	VISIT TO REFUGEE AREAS IN YEMEN INDICATES NEED FOR [...] (SBU/NF) SUMMARY: A continued increase in the flow of migrants and draw down in international funding of NGOs threatens an already vulnerable and underserved community in the Basateen urban area and Kharaz refugee camp in the south of Yemen. A reduction in the funding of programs will have a d [...]	2009-04-08 16:22:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM PREL PGOV YM
09SANAA619	ROYG OFFENDED BY DOJ CLAIM OF CORRUPTION, SEEKS [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see Para 7. 2. (C) Deputy Foreign Minister Mohyadeen al-Dhabbi called in the Ambassador in April 12 to express the concern of the ROYG regarding assertions made by the Department of Justice that senior government officials and other influential Yemen [...]	2009-04-13 13:45:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	JUS EFIN ETRD PGOV YM
09SANAA68	YEMEN ATTEMPTS TO SEIZE REGIONAL ANTI-PIRACY LEAD [...] (U) SUMMARY. The Yemen Coast Guard (YCG) is expected to use a regional anti-piracy conference next month to announce its expanding operations and to solicit assistance from Yemen's deep-pocket Gulf neighbors. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) Despite its lack of deep-water capabilities, the YCG is at [...]	2009-01-13 12:41:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	EWWT PREL PTER MCAP YM
09SANAA708	GOOD WORKS AND GOD: TRACING SALAFISM'S GROWING [...] (C) SUMMARY. Salafism has spread rapidly in Yemen over the last two decades, fueled by wealthy Yemeni and Saudi benefactors, the judicious political use of Salafism by Yemen's leaders and an expansive network of charitable organizations. Increasingly, Yemen's Salafis are entering the public [...]	2009-04-21 08:50:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER SCUL YM
09SANAA716	ROYG CLAIMS IT IS COMMITTED TO REFORM, REMOVING [...] SUMMARY: In a departure from the recent past, the ROYG has demonstrated a new commitment to economic reform by revealing plans to remove diesel subsidies and extending civil-service reform to the military and security services. The reform agenda is being considered at the highest levels of th [...]	2009-04-21 10:13:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	AID EAGR EAID ECON EFIN ETRD GCC PREL YM
09SANAA784	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: RESPONDING TO ALLEGATIONS OF [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-25 13:37:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN KWBG PGOV IS YM
09SANAA785	EMBASSY SANAA'S TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-25 13:38:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN EFIN ETTC PTER YM
09SANAA792	SOUTHERN MOVEMENT ATTRACTS PROMINENT NEW [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-27 11:44:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PGOV PINR PTER YM
09SANAA810	SECURITY PUTS A DAMPER ON DEMOCRACY DAY [...] (S) SUMMARY. Although thousands demonstrated, the widespread violence anticipated across the south on Democracy Day (April 27) never materialized, in part due to the ROYG's heightened military presence in key cities. Looting and arrests occurred in Mukullah, while noted extremist, now south [...]	2009-04-29 12:47:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV YM
09SANAA813	YEMEN: WILD, BUT STILL NOT WET [...] SUMMARY. A water-scarcity crisis continues to loom over Yemen. Both urban and rural areas remain at risk from water scarcity, water contamination and untreated waste water, and a mismanaged water policy is generally to blame. Yet, recent increased coordination between the ROYG and donor com [...]	2009-04-29 14:17:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID MASS PGOV SENV SOCI YM
09SANAA831	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ENGAGING OIC STATES ON KOSOVO [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-04 14:57:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KV YM
09SANAA833	YEMENI GOVERNMENT MOVES TO SILENCE NEWSPAPERS IN [...] (C) In the wake of renewed violence fueled by calls for secession of Yemeni's southern governorates, the ROYG has taken action to limit the circulation of seven independent and opposition newspapers. The Ambassador cautioned President Saleh on May 5 that such action was unhelpful as the ROYG [...]	2009-05-05 13:41:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPAO YM
09SANAA84	OSAC CRIME AND SAFETY REPORT FOR YEMEN [...] OVERALL CRIME AND SAFETY SITUATION: Yemen is a poor, developing country. The central government has control over the major cities and towns, while traditional tribal powers control the outlying areas. Tourists and expatriates run the greatest risk of encountering criminal elements in those [...]	2009-01-14 14:38:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC APER AMGT YM KCRM
09SANAA875	SITUATION REPORT: YEMEN'S H1N1 PANDEMIC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Although H1N1 influenza (informally known as swine flu) has not yet arrived in Yemen, the ROYG has mobilized resources in preparation for its arrival. The Ministry of Health has set up a 24-hour operations room and distributed Tamiflu to cities throughout Yemen. A quarantine [...]	2009-05-06 11:23:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09SANAA876	YEMEN: AMBITIOUS POWER GENERATION PLANS HAUNTED BY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Yemen's national electricity grid serves only a small fraction of the population and bypasses the industrial sector completely. Realizing that maintaining oil product-powered plants is fiscally unsustainable, the ROYG plans to build three natural gas-fired power plants. The [...]	2009-05-06 11:23:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG EPET IR YM
09SANAA898	LOUD CALLS FOR SOUTHERN INDEPENDENCE RATTLE THE [...] (S) SUMMARY. Buoyed by the growth of a popular Southern Movement, a broader swath of those parts of southern society to which post has access has declared an end to unity and is openly advocating for separation from the former North Yemen. A worried ROYG has employed a number of tactics ) fr [...]	2009-05-12 12:37:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PGOV YM
09SANAA899	PIRACY CONTACT GROUP DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-12 12:37:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR ECON YM
09SANAA9	JEWS BEGIN MOVE TO SANA'A AFTER STONINGS IN REYDA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. After anti-Israel demonstrations turned into a violent episode of stone-throwing on January 4, the Reyda Jews began moving to government housing in Sana'a on January 5. Several people were injured as a result of the violence and at least one man was hospitalized for his injuri [...]	2009-01-05 13:13:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF KIRF YM
09SANAA900	KOSOVO/IMF DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-12 12:37:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PREL KVIR YM
09SANAA901	HCOC DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-12 12:38:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	MTCRE PREL MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA YM
09SANAA925	YEMEN: TROUBLED BY SOUTHERN UNREST, BUSINESS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Nervously eyeing recent developments in the south, Aden- and Sanaa-based business contacts said that the situation in the south was at its worst since 1994. The business community supports unity, if only because southern secession would cut off market access to northern Yemen, a [...]	2009-05-13 14:52:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON YM
09SANAA934	YEMENI TELECOMMUNICATIONS SECTOR: LOWEST [...] SUMMARY. The Yemeni telecommunications sector still suffers from the lowest penetration in the region. The lack of both mobile and internet coverage is largely due to government monopoly, policies that emphasize government revenue over encouraging investment, and an outdated infrastructure. [...]	2009-05-17 12:18:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS ECON ETRD YM
09SANAA936	YEMEN STRIKES BACK AS PIRACY HURTS ECONOMY [...] (C) SUMMARY. As a result of piracy's negative economic impact on Yemen and its links to human and arms smuggling, the ROYG has stepped up its counter-piracy efforts in the Gulf of Aden in recent months. Yemen would like to take on a regional leadership role in combating piracy, but its effort [...]	2009-05-17 13:21:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT PREL PTER MCAP YM
09SANAA939	SECURITY CONCERNS, BUREAUCRACY HINDER DELIVERY OF [...] Insecurity and bureaucratic foot-dragging are hindering efforts to provide assistance to Yemen's strife-torn Sa'ada province. A key needs assessment remains stalled awaiting ROYG approval, possibly as a result of the ROYG's hesitancy to allow outsiders to view the scope of the humanitarian cr [...]	2009-05-18 06:25:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PGOV PREF YM
09SANAA941	IRAQ REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY REPONSE [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-18 09:14:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ YM
09SANAA942	SOUTHERN UNREST CASTS A SHADOW OVER PREPARATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Yemen approaches the 19th anniversary of its unification facing challenges from the south that some observers have characterized as unprecedented since the civil war in 1994. Both the ROYG and the southern independence movement are likely to use this week's observance of Unity D [...]	2009-05-18 12:14:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL YM
09SANAA949	KOMID DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-19 12:57:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PARM MTCRE PREL KN YM
09SANAA950	SHOURA COUNCIL MEMBER ON SOUTHERN UNREST: SALEH'S [...] (C) SUMMARY. According to a well-connected Shoura Council member, President Saleh made some mistakes which helped escalate southern unrest. His current efforts to stop the situation from deteriorating will probably prevent a crisis during this weekend's Unity Day celebrations/demonstrations, [...]	2009-05-19 13:03:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER YM
09SANAA951	YEMEN'S RESTIVE SOUTH: IS SALEH (FINALLY) GETTING [...] (S) SUMMARY. Although a nervous-seeming ROYG has employed numerous tactics to quell southern discontent in the weeks following Democracy Day (April 27),only recently did President Saleh hint at serious consideration of southern grievances. A May 17 public announcement of constitutional refo [...]	2009-05-19 13:15:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PGOV PTER YM
09SANAA957	ABDUL HAQ DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-20 07:12:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PHUM EAID YM
09SANAA958	UNSC 1718 DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-20 07:25:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETTC KNNP PREL PARM KN YM
09SANAA977	UNITY, BUT NOT THIS UNITY [...] (U) Against the backdrop of growing secessionist sentiment in Yemen's south, some among those who support unity are voicing their frustration over centralization of power, lack of development and the weakening of the Saleh regime. The ROYG is focusing a lot of energy on secessionist feeling, b [...]	2009-05-20 14:14:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV YM
09SANAA981	YEMEN HARMONIZES UNEMPLOYMENT RATE WITH [...] SUMMARY. In a departure from the past, the ROYG has announced that the unemployment rate reached 35 percent in 2008, which is in line with statistics from international organizations. The ROYG's report could symbolize a harmonization of government figures with internationally-recognized sta [...]	2009-05-24 10:19:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID PGOV YM
09SANAA996	ROYG WEATHERS UNITY DAY, BUT CHALLENGES PERSIST [...] (C) While the ROYG celebrated the 19th anniversary of Yemen's unification with a massive military parade, anti-unity and anti-ROYG demonstrators took to the streets across Yemen's restive southern governorates. In Aden, security forces fired on protesters, killing three and injuring 30. Form [...]	2009-05-26 12:56:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV YM
09STATE102956	(S/NF) KUDOS FOR REPORTING ON IRANIAN INFLUENCE [...] (S/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS WELCOMED EMBASSY SANAA'S DETAILED REPORT ON IRANIAN INVOLVEMENT WITH THE HUTHI. WE WERE PARTICULARLY PLEASED WITH THE COMPREHENSIVENESS OF THE REPORTING, ASSESSMENTS OF IRANIAN STRATEGIC INTERESTS IN YEMEN, AND IMPACT OF FIGHTING ON BILATERAL RELATIONS BETWEEN YEM [...]	2009-10-02 18:42:00	Secretary of State	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR ECON PGOV PREL IR YM
09STATE102971	(S/NF) KUDOS FOR REPORTING ON THE SOUTHERN [...] (S/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS ARE FOLLOWING THE SOUTHERN MOVEMENT IN YEMEN CLOSELY AND GREATLY APPRECIATE EMBASSY SANAA'S REPORTING ON THE SOUTHERN MOVEMENT, WHICH PROVIDES VALUABLE INSIGHTS INTO DEVELOPMENTS ON THE GROUND IN YEMEN. WE ARE MOST CONCERNED ABOUT THE PROSPECTS OF THE SOUTHERN MOVE [...]	2009-10-02 18:56:00	Secretary of State	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR PGOV PTER YM
09STATE103150	DEMARCHE REQUEST ON UN ENGAGEMENT IN YEMEN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. UN Emergency Relief Coordinator John Holmes intends to travel to Yemen on/about October 8 to observe UN agency responses to the Houthi conflict in the northern Sa'ada province of Yemen. The Department requests that USUN approach Mr. Holmes in advance of his visit to relay the i [...]	2009-10-02 21:57:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP MOPS PGOV PHUM YM
09STATE103755	MISSILE TECHNOLOGY CONTROL REGIME (MTCR): NORTH [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (C) ACTION REQUEST: Department requests Embassy Paris provide the interagency cleared paper "North Korea,s Missile Program" in paragraph 3 below to the French Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Point of Contact (POC) for [...]	2009-10-06 13:14:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	MTCRE ETTC KSCA MNUC PARM TSPA FR BR
09STATE104643	FOREIGN SERVICE NATIONAL EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND: [...] This cable provides guidance to all Americans and Locally Employed (LE) Staff for making donations to the Foreign Service National (FSN) Emergency Relief Fund (see paras 4-7). As a result of heavy flooding in Manila, Ouagadougou and Dakar, our LE colleagues in those regions are in urgent nee [...]	2009-10-07 19:28:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT KSEP AFIN APER
09STATE11248	SCHEDULED VISIT BY A MISSILE-RELATED DELEGATION [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Sanaa, please see paragraph 4. 2. (S) Background, Purpose, and Objective: In April 2008, the United States shared information with the ROYG that in early March 2008, a Yemeni delegation was planning to travel to North Korea to meet with representat [...]	2009-02-06 21:14:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PARM MTCRE PREL KN YM
09STATE112489	NEA: INSTRUCTIONS FOR 2009 TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-30 22:48:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KTIP KWMN PGOV PHUM SMIG AG BH EG AE LY MU LE
09STATE118371	SOMALIA DESIGNATIONS: RESPONSE TO USUN REQUEST TO [...] (U) This is an action request for USUN (see para 3) and for Embassies London and Paris (see para 9 and 10). ---------- Background ---------- 2. (C) The Somalia Sanctions Committee's Monitoring Group (MG) has provided the Committee with a list of targets it believes meet the listing criter [...]	2009-11-17 13:36:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	KPMO MARR MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL PTER XW UNSC
09STATE122229	SAVE THE DATE REQUEST FOR CENTCOM GULF REGION [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 8. 2. SUMMARY. A Gulf Region Communications Conference (GRCC) will be held in Amman, Jordan, 21-23 February 2010, co-sponsored by Commander, United States Central Command (CDRUSCENTCOM) and the Government of Jordan (GoJ),and coordinated with Embas [...]	2009-11-27 22:37:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ECIN ECPS EINT MARR MCAP PREL XF
09STATE130330	USG POLICY TOWARD YEMENI ARMS ACQUISITIONS [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 6-8. 2. (S/NF) SUMMARY: We have received reports of an arms deal between the Yemeni Ministry of Defense and what is believed to be a front company for Serbian arms dealer Slobodan Tesic. This individual is designated under the travel ban under [...]	2009-12-22 22:24:00	Secretary of State	SECRET//NOFORN	MARR MCAP MOPS PARM PINR PREL PTER MASS
09STATE131657	(S/NF) KUDOS AND FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS ON SALEH'S [...] (S/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS ARE INTERESTED IN RECENT REPORTING ON THE SA'ADA CEASEFIRE TALKS. WE HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING THIS ISSUE CLOSELY AND APPRECIATE THE UNIQUE INSIGHT OFFERED BY EMBASSY SANAA ON THIS ISSUE. SANAA 002176 NOTED THAT PRESIDENT SALEH RELOCATED A MILITARY COMMAND CENTER, RUN B [...]	2009-12-29 20:14:00	Secretary of State	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR YM
09STATE131661	UN 1267 (AL-QAIDA/TALIBAN) SANCTIONS: SOLICITING [...] (U) This is an action request. All Action addresses, please see paragraphs 7- 9. Paragraphs 10 ) 49 contain instructions for specific posts. ------------------------------------ SUMMARY and OBJECTIVES ------------------------------------- 2. (SBU) Maintaining the legitimacy and effe [...]	2009-12-29 20:25:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KTFN PREL PTER
09STATE132608	TRAVEL WARNING: SOMALIA [...] The State Department warns U.S. citizens of the risks of travel to Somalia and recommends that U.S. citizens avoid all travel to Somalia. This replaces the Travel Warning dated November 15 2008, to update information on security concerns. 2. The Department of State warns U.S. citizens agai [...]	2009-12-31 23:03:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC PTER ASEC SO KE
09STATE13391	REQUEST FOR SITE SURVEY OF IMMIGRATION CENTER IN [...] Per ref A and in anticipation of Department of Homeland Security (DHS) interview of a refugee currently held at the Immigration detention center in Sanaa, the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM) and DHS US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) request that RSO provide a [...]	2009-02-12 21:50:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF ASEC YE
09STATE1794	AUTHORIZATION FOR YEMEN IN COUNTRY REFUGEE [...] PRM acknowledges receipt of the P-1 referrals and authorizes processing of the six cases (35 individuals) noted in reftels. DHS/USCIS has concurred in this approval. 2. PRM has coordinated with OPE Istanbul and DHS/USCIS to arrange for processing at the earliest possible date, currently sch [...]	2009-01-08 17:29:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIRF PHUM PREF YM
09STATE19783	ADDITIONAL DETAILS REGARDING TRAVEL BY A [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Sanaa, please see paragraph 4. 2. (S) Background, Purpose, and Objective: In May 2008, the United States shared information with the ROYG concerning planned travel by a Yemeni delegation to North Korea to meet with representatives from the North Ko [...]	2009-03-03 22:17:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PARM MTCRE PREL KN YM
09STATE29422	TRAVEL WARNING - YEMEN [...] The Department of State warns U.S. citizens of the high security threat level in Yemen due to terrorist activities. The Department recommends that American citizens defer non-essential travel to Yemen. American citizens remaining in Yemen despite this warning should monitor the U.S. Embassy [...]	2009-03-26 21:43:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC PTER ASEC YM
09STATE38036	1267/TERRORISM: GUIDANCE REGARDING YEMENI [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (S) Per reftel, Yemeni Perm Rep Abdullah Alsaidi on April 2 told USUN Ambassador DiCarlo that Yemen is prepared to submit a travel ban exemption request to the 1267 (al-Qaida/Taliban sanctions) Committee to [...]	2009-04-16 23:02:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	EFIN KTFN PREL PTER UNSC XA
09STATE41097	TRAVEL WARNING ? YEMEN [...] The Department of State warns U.S. citizens of the high security threat level in Yemen due to terrorist activities. The Department recommends that American citizens defer non- essential travel to Yemen. American citizens remaining in Yemen despite this warning should monitor the U.S. Embassy [...]	2009-04-23 22:26:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC PTER ASEC YM
09STATE48525	UNSC 1718 COMMITTEE DESIGNATION OF DPRK ENTITIES SUBJECT TO ASSET FREEZE [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-12 23:23:00	Secretary of State	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN ETTC KNNP PREL PARM XE ZO KN
09STATE50258	CONTINUING COOPERATION BETWEEN NORTH KOREA'S [...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Sanaa, please see paragraph 5. 2. (S) Background, Purpose, and Objective: In May 2008, the United States shared information with the ROYG concerning planned travel by a Yemeni delegation to North Korea to meet with representatives from the North Kor [...]	2009-05-15 21:45:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PARM MTCRE PREL KN YM
09STATE5567	FOLLOW-UP TO INFORMATION [...] (U) This is an action request to Embassies Abu Dhabi, Khartoum, Muscat, Riyadh, and Sanaa. Please deliver immediately. Please see paragraph 4. ---------- Background ---------- 2. (S/NF) Ref A asked Sudan to stop flights from Sudan which we believed are carrying lethal military equipment. Earli [...]	2009-01-22 01:05:00	Secretary of State	SECRET//NOFORN	PARM PREL ETTC MASS AE MU SA YM IR SU
09STATE66596	TRAVEL WARNING - YEMEN [...] The Department of State warns U.S. citizens of the high security threat level in Yemen due to terrorist activities. The Department recommends that American citizens defer non-essential travel to Yemen. American citizens remaining in Yemen despite this warning should monitor the U.S. Embassy [...]	2009-06-26 18:48:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC PTER ASEC YM
09STATE71885	ENGAGING GULF STATES ON KOSOVO RECOGNITION [...] (SBU) This is an action request for Doha, Kuwait, Muscat, and Sanaa. See paragraph 2. Objectives ---------- 2. (C) Now that Jordan has joined Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and UAE in recognizing Kosovo, we ask that Ambassadors or DCMs make a high-level approach to urge remaining GCC states and [...]	2009-07-10 17:26:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KV
09STATE72112	(S) ELICITING YEMENI COOPERATION FOR ARMS [...] (U) This cable is an action request. Please see paragraph five. Ambassador Seche is authorized to orally convey information in paragraphs 7-9 in delivering this demarche (but asked not to leave points in written form). Post may not/not provide these points in the form of a non-paper. 2. (S) OBJEC [...]	2009-07-10 23:27:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PARM MTCRE PREL TW YM
09STATE8319	ADDITIONAL FOLLOW-UP TO IRANIAN FLIGHTS [...] (U) This is an urgent action request to Embassies Abu Dhabi, Khartoum, Muscat, Riyadh, and Sanaa. Please deliver as soon as feasible. Please see paragraphs 4 and 5. ---------- Background ---------- 2. (S/NF) Ref A expanded the action in Ref B to include Saudi Arabia, UAE, Oman, Yemen, [...]	2009-01-30 02:38:00	Secretary of State	SECRET//NOFORN	PARM PREL ETTC MASS AE MU SA YM IR SU
09TEGUCIGALPA1249	TFHO1: WATER RATIONING IN TEGUCIGALPA [...] (U) Summary: Local water authorities in Tegucigalpa predict shortages during the dry season of this drought year, and have begun rationing city water services. The manager of the water company hopes that the combination of rationing and drilling new wells will enable the city to continue prov [...]	2009-12-03 23:14:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID ECON SENV PGOV PREL HO
09TELAVIV186	HIGH COURT REVERSES ELECTION COMMITTEE BAN ON ARAB PARTIES [...] SUMMARY: Amidst growing tension between Israeli Jews and Arabs over hostilities in and around the Gaza Strip, two right-wing parties and a now-defunct centrist party successfully petitioned the Knesset's Central Elections Committee (CEC) to exclude two Israeli Arab political parties from cont [...]	2009-01-21 17:24:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM PHUM IS
09TRIPOLI920	INSIGHT INTO QADHAFI'S LIFE FROM AN AMERICAN BUSINESSMAN [...] (S/NF) Summary: Over the last six months, an American investment consultant has managed to connect himself to Muammar al-Qadhafi's exclusive inner-circle through one of Qadhafi's longtime female protocol staffers. Through her, the investor has gained access to Qadhafi on numerous occasions, in [...]	2009-11-18 16:08:00	Embassy Tripoli	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV EINV PINR ECON LY
09VILNIUS84	AMBASSADOR AND DEFENSE MINISTER PLAN FOR SECRETARY [...] (U) This cable is an action request. Please see paragraph five. Ambassador Seche is authorized to orally convey information in paragraphs 7-9 in delivering this demarche (but asked not to leave points in written form). Post may not/not provide these points in the form of a non-paper. 2. (S) OBJE [...]	2009-02-10 09:15:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL LH
10CAIRO131	EGYPTIAN APPROACH ON YEMEN CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-27 07:32:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID YM EG
10CAIRO175	Egyptian MFA on Yemen [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-09 13:46:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL YM EG
10CANBERRA51	VISAS VIPER: POST RECOMMENDS 23 NAMES FOR NO FLY [...] (S) Embassy Canberra recommends 11 individuals be placed on the NO FLY list and 12 individuals be placed on the SELECTEE list. The 23 individuals are Australian citizens, or are Australia-based, and are of security interest because they have either an historical or current association with Ye [...]	2010-01-21 04:05:00	Embassy Canberra	SECRET	PTER KVPR CVIS CMGT PINR ASEC
10DJIBOUTI5	VISITING SOMALILAND FOREIGN MINISTER ON SECURITY, ASWJ, AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a January 4 meeting with Ambassador, visiting Somaliland Foreign Minister Abdillahi Mohamed Duale stressed Somaliland's ongoing focus on security threats, including potentially heightened targeting from al-Shabaab during upcoming elections. Duale said that Somaliland was in [...]	2010-01-05 07:04:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER EWWT ETRD SO DJ ET
10KUWAIT23	MFAâ€™S ARAB WORLD DEPARTMENT DISCUSSES ABU MAZENâ€™S [...] (U) There is an action request in para 7. 2. (C) Summary: The head of MFA's Arab World Department, Ambassador Jassem Mubaraki, told Polcouns January 12 that Palestine Authority President Mahmoud Abbas's January 5 - 6 visit to Kuwait and meeting with the Amir was positive, and provided an oppo [...]	2010-01-12 14:38:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL KU IR YM
10LAGOS13	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF DEPUTY SECRETARY OF [...] (SBU) The U.S. Mission to Nigeria warmly welcomes the visit of Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security Jane Holl Lute. The following political and economic backdrop provides context for your visit. -------------------------------------- RELATIONSHIP STRESSED BY RECENT EVENTS ---------------- [...]	2010-01-11 09:51:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS NI
10LISBON9	EMBASSY LISBON REPORT ON POTENTIAL YEMENI [...] (S) Embassy Lisbon's Marine Security Guard (MSG) Gunnery Sergeant Russell Boley's previous posting was to the MSG at Embassy Sanaa, Yemen. On 04 January 2010, GySgt Boley received the following email in Lisbon: Begin Text: From: Ralph McDonald (lostcreekflyer@gmail.com) Sent: Monday, Ja [...]	2010-01-07 11:35:00	Embassy Lisbon	SECRET	PTER PREL PINR YM PO
10MOSCOW144	U/S BURNS' MOSCOW MEETINGS [...] (C) In meetings with DFM Ryabkov, Presidential Advisor Prikhodko and Putin advisor Ushakov January 13-14, U/S Burns reiterated the U.S. desire to conclude the START follow-on treaty quickly and pursue an aggressive arms control program in 2010 including the NPT revcon and the Nuclear Security [...]	2010-01-22 08:40:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS
10NAIROBI374	SOMALIA - S/GWI Project Proposals [...] Post appreciates the opportunity to submit five proposals from women's organizations in Somalia's South-Central, Somaliland, and Puntland regions to the Secretary's Office of Global Women's Issues. In response to a call for proposals, post received over 85 submissions from non-governmental or [...]	2010-02-22 09:14:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SO KWMN KPAO PHUM
10PARIS47	FRANCE URGES COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO YEMEN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The French advocate a comprehensive and coordinated approach to Yemen and they support the Yemeni government's pursuit of a ceasefire linked to broad national dialogue, according to Jean-Baptiste Faivre, French MFA Deputy Assistant Secretary-equivalent. Faivre told poloff January 12 th [...]	2010-01-13 16:58:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SA YM FR
10RIYADH129	SAUDI ARABIA RESPONDS TO HOUTHI CEASEFIRE OFFER [...] (U) Speaking to the press from the Saudi border region of Jizan on January 27, Assistant Defense Minister Khalid bin Sultan responded to the ceasefire offer made by Abdul Malik Al-Houthi on January 25 (reftel). He maintained that the Saudis had driven the Houthis from their territory prior to [...]	2010-01-27 14:57:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SA YM
10RIYADH193	YEMENI-HOUTHI CEASEFIRE: WILL IT LAST? [...] (S) Summary: On Thursday, February 11, the Yemeni Government announced a ceasefire in its conflict with the Houthis to take effect as of midnight on February 12th. While violations and political setbacks are likely in the days and weeks ahead, the ceasefire ought to hold for the near term. T [...]	2010-02-15 06:45:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	MASS MOPS PREL SA YM
10RIYADH225	GCC WANTS TO FOCUS ON TECHNICAL IMPEDIMENTS TO [...] (C) Summary: The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) is looking forward to the February 27-28 meeting on technical aspects of assistance to Yemen, which it hopes will identify the main impediments to more effective aid programs on the ground. This is the latest in a series of meetings the GCC has he [...]	2010-02-24 14:42:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	EAID EFIN PREL SA
10RIYADH78	DEFENSE MINISTER DECLARES SOUTHERN BORDER CLEARED [...] (C) News of Houthi fighting has continued to take a back seat to other matters in the Saudi media in recent days. However, Prince Khalid bin Sultan's visit to the troops on January 12 produced several front page articles in local papers that repeated reassuring news that the Saudi military has [...]	2010-01-13 15:08:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS YM SA
10RIYADH90	SAUDI ARABIA: GENERAL JONESâ€™ JANUARY 12, 2010 [...] (S) Summary: During a 30-minute meeting with Prince Mohammed, General Jones reviewed U.S. and Saudi efforts to combat Al-Qaida extremists in the region and discussed Afghanistan/Pakistan, Yemen, and Iran. Prince Mohammed highlighted Saudi Arabia's continued and growing concerns about Al-Qaida opera [...]	2010-01-19 09:17:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	IR MARR MASS MOPS SA YM
10SANAA106	YEMEN BUDGET TRANSPARENCY FOR SECTION 7086(C) [...] (U) The ROYG is currently receiving U.S. bilateral assistance using FY 10 funds, including development, counterterrorism, and military assistance. The non-military portion of the annual expenditures of the central government is publicly available on the Ministry of Finance's website (www.mof. [...]	2010-01-20 14:20:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON PREL PGOV EFIN YM
10SANAA107	ROYG REQUESTS U.S. FUNDING FOR TOP TEN ECONOMIC [...] (U) This is an action request: see paragraph eight. SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Seeking to jumpstart a moribund economic-reform effort announced in August 2009, presidential son Ahmed Ali Saleh has brought in the U.S. consulting firm McKinsey and Company to help implement three of the Top T [...]	2010-01-20 14:45:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON ENRG PREL PGOV UK FR GM AE SA YM
10SANAA117	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON SUPPORT FOR COPENHAGEN ACCORD [...] (C) The Ambassador delivered reftel demarche January 23 to Deputy Foreign Minister Mohyadeen al-Dhabbi. Dhabbi accepted the demarche and promised to refer it to Minister of Water and Environment Abdulrahman al-Eryani for his consideration and recommendation. 2. (C) The Ambassador noted tha [...]	2010-01-24 05:53:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV ENRG KGHG YM
10SANAA131	ROYG APPROACHES LONDON CONFERENCE WARILY [...] (C) SUMMARY. The ROYG is approaching the January 27 London conference with a good deal of ambivalence, eager to shape what it regards as an "ambiguous" agenda and avoid being taken to task publicly by the international community for its shortcomings. According to Deputy Foreign Minister Mohy [...]	2010-01-25 07:22:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV YM
10SANAA137	MORE TALK, LESS ACTION: "NATIONAL DIALOGUE" [...] (C) Summary. While President Saleh's original proposal for a National Dialogue has been canned by members of the Joint Meeting Parties (JMP),the opposition has proposed an alternative option, namely for a joint-led dialogue committee, which would ultimately lead to a genuine national consul [...]	2010-01-25 14:24:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV YM
10SANAA138	YEMEN FINALLY PASSES ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING LAW [...] (U) Summary. After pending in committee for two years, the ROYG's draft law "Regarding Anti-Money Laundering and Terrorism Funding" finally received Presidential approval on January 17 after being passed by Parliament December 29. Drafted with technical assistance from the World Bank, the ne [...]	2010-01-25 14:29:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN KCRM KTFN PREL PTER SNAR YM
10SANAA139	IN GUN-CRAZY YEMEN, CONTROVERSIAL BAN DRAWS FIRE [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-26 06:16:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PTER PGOV ASEC YM

10SANAA14	ALL TALK: SALEH'S "NATIONAL DIALOGUE" HOLDS LITTLE [...] (C) SUMMARY. With war raging in Sa'ada, widespread secessionist sentiment in the southern governorates, extremism on the rise and an economy in tatters, President Saleh and his Supreme Security Committee called for a National Dialogue, scheduled to begin in mid-January. Despite ROYG calls fo [...]	2010-01-06 12:28:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV YM
10SANAA168	REBELS ANNOUNCE CEASEFIRE WITH SAUDI... IS A YEMEN [...] (C) SUMMARY. In an audio message on January 25, rebel leader Abdulmalik al-Houthi announced a unilateral ceasefire with Saudi Arabia and the withdrawal of Houthi rebels from Saudi territory, just two weeks after Saudi Arabia announced victory against the Houthis and - according to the Saudi s [...]	2010-01-26 13:59:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS YM SA
10SANAA178	2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - REPUBLIC OF YEMEN [...] (U) Below is YemenQs submission for the 2010 Investment Climate Statement. 2. (U) Begin text of 2010 Investment Climate Statement for the Republic of Yemen. --------------------------------------------- -------- 2010 Investment Climate Statement - Republic of Yemen ---------------------- [...]	2010-01-27 11:44:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EIND EFIN ENRG EPET ETRD PTER PGOV YM
10SANAA19	XXXXXXXXXXXX SOUNDS ALARM OVER [...] (S) The lone security guard standing watch at Yemen's main radioactive materials storage facility was removed from his post on December 30, 2009, according toXXXXXXXXXXXX. XXXXXXXXXXXX. The only closed-circuit television security camera monitoring the facility broke six months ago and was never fi [...]	2010-01-09 05:04:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	ENRG ECON MNUC PARM PREL PGOV IN YM
10SANAA203	HOUTHIS OFFER YEMEN (CONDITIONAL) CEASEFIRE, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY. In his second major audio message in less than a week, rebel leader Abdulmalik al-Houthi conditionally accepted the ROYG's five ceasefire conditions, provided that the Yemeni army ceases military operations in Sa'ada. Official media sources reported that the ROYG quickly rejecte [...]	2010-02-02 06:21:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PREF MOPS YM SA
10SANAA211	FEARS OF AL-SHABAAB TIES PROMPT ROYG REVIEW OF [...] (C) SUMMARY. The ROYG's recent call for universal registration of all refugees in Yemen has raised fears among African refugees, particularly of Somali origin, that they will be deported due to the ROYG's suspicions of Al-Shabaab support to terrorist elements and to the Houthi rebels in Sa'a [...]	2010-02-02 15:26:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	PREF PTER PREL SMIG PGOV UNHCR SO YM
10SANAA220	BACK TO THE FUTURE: YEMEN'S SOUTHERN MOVEMENT [...] (S) SUMMARY. Supporters of the Southern Movement appear increasingly polarized between fierce political rivals from the former People's Democratic Republic of Yemen - President Ali Nasser Mohammed and Vice President Ali Salim al-Beidh. While Ali Nasser and his followers remain publicly suppor [...]	2010-02-03 13:38:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PGOV PREL YM
10SANAA221	AMBASSADOR BENJAMIN DISCUSSES CT ASSISTANCE, [...] (S/NF) Summary. During a 35-minute meeting on January 31, the Department's Coordinator for Counter-Terrorism, Ambassador Daniel Benjamin, congratulated President Saleh on the success of the London meeting and counter-terrorism (CT) operations the ROYG has undertaken in recent weeks against al- [...]	2010-02-03 13:41:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL PGOV PINR PINS MOPS MASS MCAP ASEC
10SANAA222	IN ADEN, NEWSPAPER HEADQUARTERS STILL BLACKENED [...] (C) SUMMARY. On January 31, EmbOffs visited Aden-based independent newspaper al-Ayyam to assess what happened on January 4, when an exchange of gunfire killed a government soldier and an al-Ayyam guard, and led to the arrest of al-Ayyam Editor-in-Chief Hisham Bashraheel (reftel). This incident m [...]	2010-02-03 14:17:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KPAO YM
10SANAA225	YEMEN: 2009 CHILD LABOR AND FORCED LABOR UPDATES [...] This cable provides updates on the child and forced labor situation in the Republic of Yemen, as per REF A. Hard copy source materials for 2009 have been pouched to the Department of Labor Office of Child Labor, Forced Labor and Human Trafficking (OCFT). POC is Roland McKay: mckayrd@state.gov [...]	2010-02-06 06:09:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI YM
10SANAA233	YEMENâ€™S SOUTHERNERS SAY THEY WANT MORE AMERICAN [...] (S) SUMMARY. Across Yemen's southern governorates, political and tribal leaders and members of civil society are asking for increased U.S. support in a range of areas ) pressure on President Saleh to implement political and economic reform, financial support for local development, and moral support [...]	2010-02-07 12:37:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PGOV PTER YM
10SANAA236	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DISTRACTED DRIVING [...] On February 6, EconOff delivered REFTEL demarche to Yahya Mohammed Zahir, General Manager of Traffic in the Ministry of Interior's (MOI) Traffic Authority. He accepted the demarche, promised to convey the points to ROYG officials in the Ministries of Interior and Information, and told EconOff [...]	2010-02-08 08:54:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON SOCI UNDP UNGA EU YM
10SANAA25	BLOODY ESCALATION IN ROYG'S STANDOFF WITH AL-AYYAM [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-09 12:10:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KPAO PGOV YM
10SANAA271	ROYG UNVEILS INTEL-SHARING CENTER TO BETTER [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. The Counter Terrorism Unit (CTU) unveiled a joint information-sharing center aimed at coordinating information related to CT operations from all ROYG intelligence bodies in a February 3 ceremony at the CTU headquarters in Sana'a. The need for enhanced cooperation in intelligence-sha [...]	2010-02-10 10:47:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR PTER PREL PINS YM
10SANAA275	YEMEN: SUDDEN QUIET IN SA'ADA AS ROYG AND REBELS [...] (C) SUMMARY. President Saleh and rebel leader Abdulmalik al-Houthi agreed to suspend hostilities and began to implement a ceasefire agreement at midnight on February 12. After weeks of behind-the-scenes negotiations, it appears that the reconciliation and reconstruction process has begun to [...]	2010-02-12 11:54:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL YM SA
10SANAA291	UNHCR CONCERNED ABOUT STRICTER ROYG POLICIES ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a February 1 meeting with the Ambassador, UNHCR Representative Claire Bourgeois described recent developments in ROYG policy towards both Ethiopian and Somali refugees as reflecting an attempt by the ROYG to begin controlling an ever-increasing refugee population. Bourgeois [...]	2010-02-14 13:51:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM PGOV PREL PMIG UNHCR YM
10SANAA295	YEMEN: TENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-15 13:47:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIP ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG
10SANAA317	(S/NF) SPIKE IN NATIONAL SECURITY-RELATED ARREST [...] (S/NF) Summary: Since the start of 2010, Post has seen a dramatic increase in the number of Amcits arrested. Over 80 percent of these cases (REF A-E) have had a nexus to terrorism and national security issues that have required substantial involvement from RSO and LEGATT. This comes as the Consular [...]	2010-02-17 10:29:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC CASC CMGT PTER YM
10SANAA318	ROYG, WESTERN DONORS CONCERNED ABOUT RIYADH MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY. Senior ROYG officials have expressed concern about the organization and likely outcomes of upcoming GCC-sponsored meeting in Riyadh. In a February 15 meeting with donors, Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs and Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Abdulkare [...]	2010-02-17 14:29:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	AID EAGR EAID ECON EFIN ETRD GCC PREL PGOV
10SANAA32	YEMENI OFFICIALS USE MEDIA TO SEND MESSAGE OF "NO [...] (U) SUMMARY: Yemen's Deputy Prime Minister for Defense and Security Affairs, Rashad Al-Alimi, held a press conference in Sanaa on January 7, ostensibly to address all of Yemen's security issues, although Alimi used the occasion to send a clear signal through the international media that Yemen w [...]	2010-01-10 10:47:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL PTER KPAO YM
10SANAA358	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CLIMATE CHANGE: 89 COUNTIRES HAVE JOINED THE COPENHAGEN ACCORD, HAS YOURS? [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-22 06:34:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV YM KGHG
10SANAA359	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DESIGNATION OF FOUR ENTITIES [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-22 06:35:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC IR GM PREL PARM EFIN YM
10SANAA367	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: REQUEST SUPPORT FOR UN [...] No summary [...]	2010-02-22 09:30:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC UNODC CNC SNAR YM
10SANAA380	RIYADH MEETING TO CHALLENGE BOTH GCC AND YEMEN [...] (C) The upcoming GCC Secretariat meeting focused on Yemen presents opportunities, but also challenges in instituting aid effectiveness ) both on the part of donor countries and Yemen itself. A willingness on the part of GCC member countries to pledge funding for Yemen, the poorest country in [...]	2010-02-23 13:56:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	AID EAGR EAID ECON EFIN ETRD GCC PREL PGOV
10SANAA381	S/GWI PROJECT PROPOSAL - YEMEN [...] Embassy Sana'a submits two projects for the Secretary's Office of Global Women's Issues' Small Grants Initiative (S/GWI) to fund projects that promote women's political, economic, and social advancement. The proposals detailed below address the themes of education, specifically, health educa [...]	2010-02-23 14:01:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN PREL KPAO PHUM AID CDC COM TRSY YM
10SANAA382	YEMEN: CEASEFIRE IMPLEMENTATION CREEPS ALONG IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. The February 12 ceasefire agreement between the ROYG and the Houthi rebels continues to hold, despite reports of violations and foot-dragging by the Houthis. The four geographically oriented mediation committees continue to make slow progress, with greater success in Malahit and [...]	2010-02-23 14:47:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL YM
10SANAA385	USDA SUPPORT SOUGHT FOR ADEN HOSPITAL FUNDING [...] (U) This is an action request: see paragraph two. 2. (U) ACTION REQUEST: Post requests that USDA confirm its readiness to allocate USD 3.6 million in existing USDA food aid to Yemen to fund a complete renovation of the Aden Hospital (locally referred to as al-Gomhory Hospital). 3. (C) Th [...]	2010-02-24 07:41:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EAGR SOCI PREL PGOV SA YM
10SANAA4	GENERAL PETRAEUS' MEETING WITH SALEH ON SECURITY [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Commander of the U.S. Central Command General David Petraeus congratulated President Saleh on recent successful operations against AQAP, and informed him that U.S. security assistance to the ROYG would increase to USD 150 million in 2010, including USD 45 million to equip and train [...]	2010-01-04 13:33:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER PINR PINS MOPS MASS MCAP SA
10SANAA41	CLERICS AT PRESIDENTIAL MOSQUE, PRESIDENT'S NEPHEW [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a January 6 meeting with PolOff, clerics at Yemen's largest mosque voiced urgent concerns about any prospective US military intervention in Yemen. They also shifted blame for radicalizing young Muslims to other countries and complained of the lack of international attention f [...]	2010-01-11 09:04:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PHUM PREL KPAO YM
10SANAA45	SALEH STICKS TO HIS CT GUNS, BUT OFFERS A WAY OUT [...] (S) SUMMARY. After several successful counter-terrorism operations aimed at uprooting an entrenched al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP),President Saleh announced on January 9 that he was willing to negotiate with AQAP members who renounced violence, signaling a return to one of the tactics Sa [...]	2010-01-11 14:05:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PTER PGOV YM
10SANAA5	01/04/2010 SANA'A EAC RECOMMENDS REOPENING OF EMBASSY [...] (S/NF) On January 4, 2010 the Ambassador convened Post's Emergency Action Committee (EAC). Attendees included DCM, MO, POLMIL, LEGAT, DAO, FPD, SOCFWD, CONS, PD, IPC, OMC, POLECON, GSO, MSG, USAID, MSG, and RSO. 2. (S/NF) GRPO Chief briefed the EAC on the background of the threat that promp [...]	2010-01-04 13:36:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC AEMR YM
10SANAA56	YEMEN: STRATEGIC DIALOGUE PAVES THE WAY FOR FMâ€™S [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. In anticipation of Foreign Minister Abubakir al-Qirbi's January 20 meeting in Washington with Secretary Clinton, post conducted a strategic dialogue with the ROYG covering key aspects of the bilateral relationship, including counter-terrorism and military cooperation, political refo [...]	2010-01-12 11:31:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PTER ECON EAID AMGMT MASS YM
10SANAA64	YEMEN: HOUTHIS SAY THEY AGREE TO CEASEFIRE POINTS, [...] (S) SUMMARY. The Houthi rebels' January 6 acceptance in writing of the ROYG's six conditions for a ceasefire, including the cessation of attacks in Saudi Arabia, has thus far been ignored by a Yemeni government determined to end the five-year rebellion once and for all. It is unclear if the Houthis [...]	2010-01-13 14:53:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL MOPS YM
10SANAA81	REQUEST TO FUND TRAVEL FOR YEMENI INVITEE TO [...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (U) Embassy delivered official invitations for the two Yemeni nominees named in reftel to attend the Presidential Entrepreneurship Summit, April 26-27. One of the invitees, Na'ama Saeed, Director of the Al-Wafa Women Association, a small NGO, will be unabl [...]	2010-01-18 13:26:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID PREL SOCI YM
10SANAA83	ROYG SEES LONDON CONFERENCE AS FIRST STEP LEADING [...] (S) SUMMARY. In a January 18 meeting with the Ambassador, Deputy Prime Minister for Defense and Security Rashad al-Alimi outlined the ROYG's goals for the January 27 London conference. Alimi expressed the hope that the conference would highlight the ROYG's recent CT operations and its need fo [...]	2010-01-19 07:36:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PREL PTER YM
10SANAA90	ROYG CAUTIOUSLY RECEPTIVE TO ENHANCED COOPERATION [...] (S) SUMMARY. In a January 18 meeting with Deputy Prime Minister for Defense and Security Rashad al-Alimi, the Ambassador conveyed strong USG interest in enhanced cooperation on airport security, sharing of passenger manifests for international flights to Yemen, and access to information on for [...]	2010-01-19 10:08:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PTER PREL PGOV ASEC EAIR YM
10SANAA93	YEMEN PROTESTS "COLLECTIVE PUNISHMENT" OFNEW [...] (C) SUMMARY. On January 18, Deputy Foregn Minister Mohyadeen al-Dhabbi summoned a divere group of ambassadors to express the ROYG's concrns about new passenger screening procedures forinternational air travel that, in his characteriation, unfairly subjects all Yemeni nationals toadditional and [...]	2010-01-20 05:57:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV ASEC EAIR KPAO YM
10SANAA97	(S/NF) ARREST OF AMCIT ABDULALEEM, MUHAMMAD (PDOB: [...] (S/NF) Summary: Amcit Muhammad ABDULALEEM (PDOB: 5/12/88, MS, USA) was taken from his home around midnight on 1/17/10 by five or six unidentified men, according to his wife Dhuha Abdulhadi. On 1/20/10, PSO confirmed, though other channels, that they arrested Abdulaleem as part of a larger round [...]	2010-01-20 13:25:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	TAGS
10STATE12095	GULF REGION COMMUNICATIONS CONFERENCE 2010 UPDATE [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 6. 2. SUMMARY. Reftel announced a by-invitation-only Gulf Region Communications Conference (GRCC) in Amman, Jordan, 21-23 February 2010, co-hosted by United States Central Command (USCENTCOM) and the Jordanian Armed Forces (JAF). Reftel requested pos [...]	2010-02-05 18:38:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ECIN ECPS EINT MARR MCAP PREL XF
10STATE17616	TRAVEL WARNING: YEMEN [...] The Department of State warns U.S. citizens of the high security threat level in Yemen due to terrorist activities. The Department recommends that American citizens defer non-essential travel to Yemen. American citizens remaining in Yemen despite this warning should monitor the U.S. Embassy [...]	2010-02-25 17:45:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC PTER ASEC YM
10STATE2607	INSTRUCTION FOR USUN TO REQUEST UN 1267 LISTING [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 3 and 4. 2. SUMMARY: The U.S. prenotified (ref A) its intention to request on December 18, 2009, that the UN 1267 Sanctions Committee add the names of Yemen-based al-Qa'ida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) and two of its leaders, Nasir al-Wah [...]	2010-01-12 00:53:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KN KS KTFN PREL PTER SA YM UNSC
10STATE9668	(U) Secretary Clintonâ€™s January 22, 2010 [...] (U) Classified by NEA Assistant Secretary Jeffrey D. Feltman. Reason: 1.4 (d). 2. (U) January 21, 2010; 2:45pm; Washington, DC, USA 3. (SBU) Participants: U.S. The Secretary NEA A/S Jeff Feltman S/CT Ambassador Daniel Benjamin PA A/S P.J. Crowley Andrew MacDonald (notetaker) Yemen Foreign Ministe [...]	2010-01-30 01:34:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	OVIP CLINTON HILLARY PGOV YM
10TELAVIV18	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Anti-Terrorism Efforts 3. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The media reported that yesterday PM Benjamin Netanyahu expressed cautious optimism that talks with the Palestinians will soon resume. "In recent weeks, I've [...]	2010-01-05 11:00:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
10TELAVIV25	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Islamist Aims ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yediot reported that a few weeks ago White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel told IsraelQs Consul-General in Los Angeles, Yaki Dayan, that the U.S. administration is Qfed upQ with [...]	2010-01-06 15:58:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
10TELAVIV8	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Anti-Terrorism Efforts ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Maariv detailed what it says is the American peace plan for the Middle East: The immediate start of negotiations between the sides; a permanent-status agreement is the obj [...]	2010-01-04 11:53:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR IS
10TUNIS9	BULGARIAN INTEREST IN THE SITUATION IN YEMEN [...] (C) Bulgarian Ambassador to Tunisia Doykov called on the U.S. Ambassador on January 6 to discuss the situation in Yemen. Drawing on the helpful points provided by NEA, Ambassador Gray briefed his Bulgarian counterpart on our assessment of the situation there and on possible next steps. The B [...]	2010-01-07 16:50:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL YE BU TS
86ALGIERS5347	ALGERIA AND THE ARAB WORLD: MOVING FROM [...] SECRET - ENTIRE TEXT 2. SUMMARY: UNLIKE ITS SELF-PERCEIVED LEADERSHIP ROLE IN AFRICA, ALGERIA HAS ATTEMPTED TO POSITION ITSELF IN THE ARAB WORLD AS A MEDIATOR/PEACEMAKER AT THE CENTER OF COMPETING FACTIONS AND INTERESTS. ALGERIA IS NO LONGER IN THE FOREFRONT OF RADICAL ARAB CAUSES, ALTHOU [...]	1986-10-21 11:36:00	Embassy Algiers	SECRET	PREL XF AG
86STATE135716	FACT SHEET: LIBYAN RELATED TERRORIST INCIDENTS [...] SECRET ENTIRE TEXT 2. TO: THE SECRETARY FROM: NEA - RICHARD W. MURPHY SUBJECT - RECENT LIBYA RELATED TERRORIST INCIDENTS FOR YOUR USE AT THE TOKYO SUMMIT, THIS CABLE PROVIDES TWO LISTS OF LIBYA RELATED TERRORIST INCIDENTS. THE FIRST, AND MORE COMPREHENSIVE LIST IS A CHRONOLOGY [...]	1986-05-01 00:42:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PREL PTER LY
88BEIRUT2181	LEBANON: EXCHANGE WITH MFA ECONOMIC DIRECTOR [...] (C - ENTIRE TEXT) 2. BEGIN SUMMARY: MFA DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC AFFAIRS SALLOUKH MADE DEMARCHE TO DCM ON FAMILIAR THEME OF A GOVERNMENT-TO-GOVERNMENT WHEAT PROGRAM WITH THE U.S. SALLOUKH ARGUED THAT FREE WHEAT WOULD HAVE GOOD PROPAGANDA VALUE FOR THE U.S. AND WOULD HELP THE GOL'S FINANCES. [...]	1988-04-14 15:07:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EAGR ETRD BEXP PGOV PINR LE
91STATE374256	LIBYAN OFFICIALS INDICTED FOR BOMBING PAN 103 [...] S - ENTIRE TEXT. THE PAPER IS EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE AND IS CLASSIFIED SECRET UNTIL THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14 AT 1530 (GMT). AFTER THAT POINT THE WHITE PAPER IS DECLASSIFIED AND SHOULD BE SHARED WIDELY WITH HOST GOVERNMENT. 2. AS DISCUSSED IN SEPTEL (MESSAGE REFERENCE NUMBER NOT YET AVAILABLE [...]	1991-11-14 18:04:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PTER LY
97AMMAN5383	THE ISLAMIC ACTION FRONT: SOMETIMES A PLATFORM IS MORE [...] CLASSIFIED BY POLITICAL COUNSELOR ROBERTA NEWELL FOR REASON 1.5 (D). 2. (U) SUMMARY: A COMMON REFRAIN AMONG OBSERVERS OF JORDAN'S ISLAMIC ACTION FRONT (IAF) IS CONDEMNATION OF THE INFURIATINGLY VAGUE NATURE OF THE PARTY'S POLITICAL PLATFORM. AN OPPONENT OF THE PEACE PROCESS AND A VOCAL [...]	1997-06-05 13:40:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PGOV PINR PTER JO
98STATE96941	TERRORISM: SEEKING HOST GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE AGAINST OSAMA BIN LADEN THREAT TO U.S. FORCES [...] No summary [...]	1998-05-30 15:41:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PTER

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