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03THEHAGUE2987	DUTCH CABINET APPROVES SFIR EXTENSION; [...] (SBU) The Dutch Cabinet decided on November 28 to extend Dutch participation in the Stabilization Force in Iraq (SFIR) by six months to end in July 2004. The Dutch currently have approximately 1100 personnel (mostly Dutch Royal Marines) serving as part of the UK's Multi-national Division Sout [...]	2003-12-01 15:44:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	MOPS MARR PREL IZ NL

03THEHAGUE3002	DUTCH MAY DEPLOY APACHES IN SUPPORT OF ISAF [...] (C) Summary: Dutch Defense Minister Kamp informed parliament on December 2 the GONL is investigating deploying four Apache attack helicopters to Afghanistan in support of ISAF. Kamp's decision, which came following a request from Lord Robertson during the December 1 NATO Defense Ministers' m [...]	2003-12-03 13:45:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MARR PREL AF NL NATO
03THEHAGUE3009	FY 2004 TARGET (INITIAL) ICASS INVOICES FOR [...] FOLLOWING ARE THE AGENCY'S INVOICE APPROVALS: NOTE: 21 OUT OF 22 INVOICES ARE SIGNED AND APPROVED. ONE AGENCY'S REPRESENTATIVE WAS NOT ABLE TO SIGN YET; SEE PAR (M) BELOW. A. AGENCY CODE: 1150.0 AGENCY NAME: DEFENSE SECURITY COOPERATION AGENCY POST: THE HAGUE INVOICE TOTAL:$120,446 APP [...]	2003-12-04 15:29:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	KICA AFIN AMGT ASEC ABUD
03THEHAGUE3019	ICTY: SIEGE OF SARAJEVO TRIAL ENDS WITH CONVICTION [...] (SBU) Summary: A trial chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) convicted Stanislav Galic, commanding general of the Republika Sprpska Army's (VRS) Sarajevo Romanija Corps (SRK) during 1992 to 1994, for his responsibility for attacks on the civilian popu [...]	2003-12-05 15:57:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM BK HR SR NL ICTY
03THEHAGUE3043	ICTY: THREE DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES OFFERED FROM [...] (SBU) Summary: Trial Chamber III of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) heard from three key witnesses in November offering unique perspectives on the role Milosevic played. During the week of November 10, historian Robert Donia resumed his testimony concer [...]	2003-12-11 05:15:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
03THEHAGUE3087	NETHERLANDS: 2003 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] The 2003 terrorism report for the Netherlands follows. Responses are keyed to reftel A's requirements. A. SUPPORT TO GLOBAL COALITION AGAINST TERRORISM --------------------------------------------- ---- 2. Immediately following 9/11, the Dutch government announced a 46-point Plan of Actio [...]	2003-12-16 16:16:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PREL NL
03THEHAGUE3150	THE NETHERLANDS: 2004 REPORT TO CONGRESS ON [...] (U) Point of Contact is Pol-Mil Officer Nathaniel Dean, (31) (70) 310-9346, email DeanNP@state.gov. Average exchange rate is one Euro equals 1.22 USD. ------------------ GENERAL ASSESSMENT ------------------ 2. (U) The Netherlands made significant contributions to allied goals in 200 [...]	2003-12-19 15:40:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MOPS MCAP PREL PGOV NL NATO
03VANCOUVER819	AIR INDIA "TRIAL OF THE CENTURY" CONTINUES IN VANCOUVER [...] SUMMARY: THE TRIAL OF TWO SUSPECTS IN THE 1985 BOMBING OF AIR INDIA FLIGHT 182, WHICH BEGAN IN FEBRUARY, CONTINUES AT THE BRITISH COLUMBIA SUPREME COURT. THE AIR INDIA CASE IS THE LARGEST CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION IN CANADIAN HISTORY AND THE TRIAL IS EXPECTED TO BE UNPRECEDENTED IN LENGTH AND CO [...]	2003-07-07 18:17:00	Consulate Vancouver	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR PREL PTER XD CA
03YEREVAN2975	TYCOONS RELOADED: WHO CONTROLS WHAT IN ARMENIA [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Not for Internet Distribution. 2. (SBU) The following is our informal guide to who owns what in Armenia, with the caveat that some of the information is based on rumor and speculation. ----------- MULTI GROUP ----------- 3. (SBU) The Multi Group is h [...]	2003-12-09 09:11:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV AM
03ZAGREB1037	ICTY/CROATIA: IMPROVING GOC COOPERATION, RAJIC CASE MOVING AHEAD [...] (C) ICTY ZAGREB RESREP THOMAS OSORIO TOLD US MAY 5 THAT THE GOC HAS IMPROVED COOPERATION IN THE MONTH FOLLOWING THE VISIT OF OTP CHIEF PROSECUTOR DEL PONTE TO ZAGREB. THE GOC LARGELY HAS FULFILLED OUTSTANDING DOCUMENT REQUESTS AND APPEARED SOMEWHAT MORE PROACTIVE IN THE GOTOVINA CASE -- IT IS [...]	2003-05-09 15:26:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	KAWC KJUS PREL UNSC ICTY HR
03ZAGREB107	CROATIA: THREE YEARS OF POST-TUDJMAN GOVERNMENT; A MIXED REPORT CARD [...] (C) WITH ONE GREAT EXCEPTION, THE THIRD YEAR OF THE RACAN CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ZAGREB 00107 01 OF 05 151634Z GOVERNMENT RESEMBLED THE FIRST TWO: CROATIA MADE MODEST PROGRESS ON SOME REFORM ISSUES, STUMBLING FORWARD WHILE SPENDING FAR TOO MUCH ENERGY AND TIM [...]	2003-01-15 15:44:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM HR
03ZAGREB1297	ICTY/CROATIA: GOC AGAIN BACKSLIDING ON COOPERATION? [...] (C) ICTY Zagreb ResRep Thomas Osorio told us June 5 that the GOC is failing to deliver on a number of commitments PM Racan gave Chief Prosecutor del Ponte during her mid-April visit to Zagreb. Census information was incomplete, assistance to gain access to bank records on GOC financial suppor [...]	2003-06-06 16:50:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KAWC HR ICTY UN
03ZAGREB1342	CROATIA/ICTY: PIFWC ANTE GOTOVINA GOES PUBLIC [...] (U) In an undated interview published June 10, ICTY fugitive PIFWC Ante Gotovina reportedly told Ivo Pukanic, editor of Croatian newsmagazine "Nacional," that he acknowledged the authority of the Hague Tribunal. Gotovina said that he was willing to surrender to the ICTY on the condition that [...]	2003-06-11 16:13:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	KAWC PREL BH HR UN UNSC
03ZAGREB1400	LINO DELEGATION VISIT: CROATIA WILL NOT SIGN [...] (C) Citing both political and legal reasons, the GoC told PM/B's Ambassador Marisa Lino on June 12 that Croatia cannot now sign an Article 98 Agreement. EU pressure, Croatia's status as a signatory of the Rome Statute and a "sensitive" domestic political environment were the main reasons cite [...]	2003-06-18 13:23:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MARR HR KICC
03ZAGREB2505	SCENESETTER FOR PROPOSED DECEMBER 6 SECDEF VISIT [...] (C) Your visit to Croatia just two weeks after parliamentary elections will give the USG a unique opportunity to influence the next government's policy. Although HDZ President Ivo Sanader has not finished putting together the coalition which will give him the support needed to pass a vote of [...]	2003-11-26 15:00:00	Embassy Zagreb	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PARM PGOV HR NATO
03ZAGREB284	DASD RICARDEL LEADS BILATERAL DEFENSE [...] (C) FROM FEBRUARY 3-5, DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE MIRA RICARDEL LED A TEAM OF U.S. POLICY MAKERS FROM OSD, THE JOINT STAFF, MINNESOTA NATIONAL GUARD AND US EUROPEAN COMMAND IN BILATERAL DEFENSE CONSULTATIONS WITH CROATIA. IN MEETINGS WITH PRESIDENT MESIC, PRIME MINISTER RACAN, DEF [...]	2003-02-06 08:30:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MARR MCAP MASS HR NATO
03ZAGREB680	CROATIA WAR CRIMES: GOSPIC CASE ENDS IN CONVICTION [...] (C) ON MARCH 24, THE RIJEKA COUNTY COURT FOUND FORMER CROATIAN ARMY GENERAL MIRKO NORAC AND TWO CO-CONSPIRATORS GUILTY OF INDIVIDUAL AND COMMAND RESPONSIBILITY IN THE MURDER OF OVER 50 ETHNIC SERBS AND CROAT CIVILIANS IN THE TOWN OF GOSPIC IN 1991. THE LANDMARK VERDICT, WHICH THE SUPREME COUR [...]	2003-03-26 07:00:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	KAWC KJUS PREL HR HRICTY UNSC
03ZAGREB866	CROATIA PROVIDING LIMITED SUPPORT TO CROATS IN BIH [...] (C) BASED ON MEETINGS WITH KEY GOC AND GOBIH OFFICIALS IN CROATIA IN RECENT WEEKS, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DETERMINE WHAT TYPES AND LEVELS OF FINANCIAL SUPPORT THE GOC IS PROVIDING TO ETHNIC CROATS IN BOSNIA -- TARGETED LARGELY TO THREE AREAS: PENSIONS FOR FORMER HVO SOLDIERS, REFUGEE RETURNS, AND [...]	2003-04-18 14:13:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PGOV ECON MARR MASS HR BK
03ZAGREB925	WHO SHIELDED ICTY PIFWC IVICA RAJIC? [...] (C/NF) CROATIAN LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS TELL US THAT THEY HAVE UNCOVERED EVIDENCE OF A SYSTEMATIC, CLANDESTINE EFFORT OF THE FORMER HDZ GOVERNMENT TO SHIELD ETHNIC CROAT PIFWCS -- INCLUDING IVICA RAJIC -- FROM JUSTICE. THEY HAVE LAUNCHED AN INVESTIGATION TO UPROOT THAT SUPPORT NETWORK AND I [...]	2003-04-28 05:50:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KAWC KJUS PREL HR UNSC ICTY
04ABUDHABI1430	SPECIAL REPORT (1): MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQI PRISONER [...] SUMMARY: PICTURES OF TORTURE OF IRAQI PRISONERS IN ABU GHAREEB PRISON DOMINATED COVERAGE IN LOCAL PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA. THE PICTURES WERE IN ALL LOCAL NEWSPAPERS AND ON ALL LOCAL AND SATELLITE TV CHANNELS. SALEM IN "AL KHALEEJ" NOTED THAT AFTER THESE PICTURES THE U.S. SHOULD NOT BE TH [...]	2004-05-05 13:01:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
04ABUDHABI1589	UAE ACTIVIST ATTEMPTS TO OPEN INDEPENDENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Dr. Mohammed Abdullah Al-Roken (PLEASE PROTECT),a Dubai-based Emirati human rights activist, moderate Islamist, and longtime Embassy contact, informed Poloff on May 9, under conditions of confidentiality, that he and four women will attempt SIPDIS to open a "genuine, independe [...]	2004-05-17 13:50:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PINR TC
04ABUDHABI2171	UAE: TALK ABOUT TOWN [...] (U) Classified by Charge d'Affaires, a.i. Richard A. Albright, for reasons 1.5 (B) and (D). 2. (U) The "Talk About Town" series by the U.S. Mission in the UAE -- Embassy Abu Dhabi and Consulate General Dubai -- is provided on a periodic basis, and intended to report on local business atmosp [...]	2004-06-30 11:23:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL TC
04ABUDHABI2836	NEPALESE CHARGE REQUESTS USG ASSISTANCE WITH [...] (U) This is an action request - see paragraph 4. 2. (C) The Nepalese Charge d'Affaires, Madhuban Prasad Paudel, requested assistance from Charge in tracking a Nepalese press report stating that 12 Nepali workers were taken hostage in Iraq, allegedly for helping U.S. forces. Acting on instr [...]	2004-08-22 13:58:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TC NP
04ABUDHABI4418	UAE OPENS FIRST CAMEL JOCKEY SHELTER AND REHABILITATION CENTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: The UAEG, in cooperation with the Ansar Burney Welfare Trust Association (a Pakistani NGO),opened the region,s first shelter and rehabilitation center for rescued child camel jockeys on December 2 near Abu Dhabi. Sixteen boys are already housed in the shelter, which can hold up [...]	2004-12-06 13:21:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	BG PHUM PK PREL TC
04ABUDHABI4660	G/TIP DISCUSSIONS IN UAE ON CAMEL JOCKEYS: UAEG [...] (C) Summary: G/TIP NEA/SA Reports Officer Feleke Assefa visited the UAE December 10-13 to follow up allegations raised in the October 19 Home Box Office (HBO) program about the UAE,s continuing use of underage foreign boys as camel jockeys, despite a 2002 ban on the practice. Assefa met with [...]	2004-12-20 12:40:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL TC
04ABUDHABI630	SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL ABIZAID'S VISIT TO [...] (C) General Abizaid: I would like to welcome you back to the UAE. During your visit, we have requested meetings with Abu Dhabi Deputy Crown Prince and UAE Armed Forces Chief of Staff LTG Shaykh Muhammad bin Zayed Al Nahyan (MbZ),and Dubai Crown Prince General Shaykh Muhammad bin Rashid Al M [...]	2004-03-07 14:09:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PARM MOPS GCC IZ TC
04ABUDHABI95	A SENIOR EMIRATI ON POLITICAL REFORM, IRAQ AND [...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Marcelle M. Wahba, for reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (C) Summary and Comment: The Ambassador met one-on-one with Mohamed Habroush Al Suwaidi, chairman of the National Bank of Abu Dhabi, to discuss the current situation in Iraq, the recent appointment of Shaykh Mo [...]	2004-01-07 12:16:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TC
04ABUJA1041	NEW ETHNO-RELIGIOUS VIOLENCE IN ADAMAWA STATE [...] At least nine and as many as 50 were killed in Numan, Adamawa State, on June 8 in ethno-religious fighting that began over the rebuilding of a mosque near the palace of the Christian Bachama ethnic group's traditional leader. Several mosques and homes were burned, and many residents have fled [...]	2004-06-11 12:51:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV ASEC PREL NI
04ABUJA1234	HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH ON MEETINGS WITH POLICE AND MILITARY [...] (U) Summary: Human Rights Watch (HRW) briefed the Ambassador about meetings with top police and army officials, who gave HRW significant meeting time, but stonewalled on all issues of excessive violence by police and military. End summary. 2. (U) On the afternoon of July 12, the Ambassa [...]	2004-07-14 13:09:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV ASEC PREL NI HUMANRIGHTS
04ABUJA1260	NIGERIA REQUESTS ASSISTANCE FOR DARFUR DEPLOYMENT [...] (C) 19 July, Embassy received a faxed copy of a letter dated 14 July from Chief of Army Staff LTG Martin-Luther Agwai requesting U.S. assistance for Nigeria's deployment of a company-sized unit to Darfur to act as a protection force for international monitors. 2. (C) The 170-man company i [...]	2004-07-19 09:17:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS MOPS PHUM SU NI DARFUR
04ABUJA1279	YELWA: WITH WOUNDS STILL FRESH, RESIDENTS ARE [...] (SBU) Summary. On June 23-25, Poloff traveled to the Middle Belt state of Plateau, visiting Jos and crisis-torn Yelwa-Shendam where over 800 people were killed in a long-drawn communal conflict in May this year. The small town of Yelwa-Shendam was a ghost town with few residents returning. [...]	2004-07-22 05:04:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC NI
04ABUJA1486	NIGERIA'S DELTA SNAKEPIT: WILL WE AND NIGERIA BE [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Nigeria's Delta is the fifth largest supplier of oil to the U.S. and also supplies some 80 percent of the Nigerian Government's revenues. It is not under GON control, however, and is awash with well-armed and well-funded private militias, environmental catastrophes, oil theft [...]	2004-08-30 14:40:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV NI DELTAVIOLENCE
04ABUJA1514	DARFUR PEACE TALKS: CONSIDERING SECURITY ISSUES [...] (SBU) Summary: After reaching agreement on a humanitarian protocol on September 1, the African Union-led negotiations on Dafur are addressing security issues, with the primary goal of strengthening the mechanisms for the implementation of the N'Djamena Humanitarian Cease-fire Agreement. A dr [...]	2004-09-03 09:54:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PREF EAID MARR NI CD SU DARFUR
04ABUJA1515	DARFUR PEACE TALKS: STATE OF PLAY [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite the rebel movements' inexperience in conducing serious negotiations, the unwillingness of the "Teflon" government delegation to accept any responsibility for the situation on the ground in Darfur, and the broad latitude the mediator has permitted the parties to digress [...]	2004-09-03 09:55:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PREF EAID MARR NI CD SU DARFUR
04ABUJA1656	RIVERS STATE FLARES UP AGAIN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Delta continues as a flashpoint of communal/political problems in Nigeria. The political and economic environment there has given rise to competing gangs of criminals, militias and political opportunists (Ref A). President Obasanjo has spoken of a desire for a peaceful solut [...]	2004-09-24 12:25:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV NI ASEC DELTAVIOLENCE
04ABUJA167	SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY: NIGERIA [...] The following is Mission Nigeria's submission for the 2003-4 edition of the Supporting Human Rights and Democracy: the U.S. Record. Begin text. Nigeria held multiparty general elections in 2003, the second since the end of military rule in 1998, returning President Obasanjo to another four- [...]	2004-02-03 14:45:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PGOV ELAB KDEM NI
04ABUJA17	Army Fights Fundamentalist Group in Yobe [...] (SBU) On Christmas Day, Nigerian members of an extremist Islamic sect destroyed the police station in the town of Kanamma in Yunsari Local Government Area (LGA) in Yobe State near the border with Niger, killed a policeman, and carried away arms and ammunition. The sect lost three of its own m [...]	2004-01-06 13:41:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KIRF PHUM NI POLMIL
04ABUJA1786	KADUNA ON EDGE AS COMMON GRAVE IS EXHUMED: [...] (U) On October 18, Kaduna residents tried to exhume 10 to 19 bodies from a common grave in a Kaduna cemetery. Police had allegedly buried the bodies that morning. Residents of the area believed the bodies were of activists who had been arrested during last week's fuel strike (reftel). The [...]	2004-10-20 12:41:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF PGOV PREL ELAB NI
04ABUJA1793	NIGERIAN FORCE GENERATION FOR DARFUR [...] (S) Summary. Nigeria has already deployed one reinforced company to Sudan's Darfur region as part of the AU-authorized protection force and has committed to providing additional troops once authorized by the AU. Initially, this was thought to be a full additional battalion. During the first [...]	2004-10-22 09:49:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET	PREL MARR MOPS KPKO NI
04ABUJA1801	NIGERIAN ARMY 6BN DEPLOYMENT TO DARFUR [...] (C) Summary. On October 22, a senior Nigerian military officer told Post that Nigeria intended to deploy the 6th Battalion from Abak to Darfur on October 28. This is a change from the GON's preferred unit, 72d Para Battalion, in response to USG concerns over that unit's human rights record. [...]	2004-10-23 17:26:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PINR SU NI
04ABUJA1811	ROCKY BEGINNING FOR DARFUR TALKS IN ABUJA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY:. After a brief opening ceremony on October 21 (reftel),tThe second round of Darfur peace talks in Abuja has started slowly, as key Move. After a brief opening ceremony on August 21, the delayed arrival of several members of the SLM and JEM delegations and lack of a well-ar [...]	2004-10-26 11:41:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM NI SU
04ABUJA1813	PEACEKEEPING AND THE NIGERIAN ARMY'S OPERATIONAL [...] (C) Summary: Meetings with senior Nigerian defense staff involved in peacekeeping revealed Nigeria has recently changed its PKO rotation schedule from one year to six months. Given current and future commitments, this will require the deployment of 24 units per year, and a reduction in the [...]	2004-10-26 12:34:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS NI
04ABUJA2039	CONCLUSIONS ABOUT NIGERIAN MILITARY [...] (C) Summary. U.S. efforts to assist Nigerian Army deployment to Darfur were obstructed by the Nigerian Defense Headquarters, apparently at the highest levels. U.S. provision of airlift for Nigerian troops to Darfur on October 28 was deeply resented by Defense Headquarters and the Nigerian [...]	2004-12-10 05:33:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR MARR KPKO MOPS NI SU POLMIL
04ABUJA2060	AU-LED TALKS ON DARFUR IN ABUJA ROCKED BY [...] (C) Summary. African Union-led peace talks on Darfur hit a new snag on Monday, December 13, when rebel movements announced suspension of their participation until the Government of Sudan meets a series of demands, including a halt to the current GOS military offensive to "open the roads." M [...]	2004-12-14 12:10:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM EAID MARR SU DARFUR
04ABUJA972	VIOLENCE IN NIGERIA -- POSSIBLE EFFECTS ON [...] (U) Summary: Serious ethnic violence has continued for some time in various parts of Nigeria, most prominently in the Delta, Plateau State and Benue State. Various armed militias competing for resources and manipulated by politicians continue to fight there and elsewhere, while mobs have chan [...]	2004-06-02 10:47:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CASC ASEC KDEM NI
04ACCRA1631	GHANA NATIONAL RECONCILIATION COMMISSION [...] Summary. After 22 months of hearings, the National Reconciliation Commission wrapped up its formal hearings on July 13, with a few high-profile cases ensuring that the NRC's closing would not pass quietly. In spite of some rumblings from the opposition party, most agreed that the NRC had done [...]	2004-08-09 15:23:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM GH
04ACCRA2142	EMBASSY OUTREACH TRIP TO GHANA'S WESTERN REGION [...] Summary: On October 20-21, DCM led an Embassy delegation to Takoradi, capital of Ghana's Western region, to reach out to business and Western military command contacts and public diplomacy audiences outside of Accra. (We recently did a similar road show in Kumasi, Ashanti region). Emboffs m [...]	2004-11-01 06:58:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON EINV MOPS OTRA CVIS GH
04ACCRA2168	ECOWAS/West African Security Conference in Accra [...] (SBU) Summary: The International Peace Academy (IPA),in association with the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS),held a conference on West Africa conflict management and prevention in Accra on October 17-19. Among the specific themes discussed were: the need for ECOWAS to p [...]	2004-11-03 13:50:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MOPS MARR GH ECOWAS
04ACCRA2207	FORMER PRESIDENT RAWLINGS RAISES ELECTION CONCERNS [...] (C) On November 6, PolChief met with former President (and senior National Democratic Party activist) J.J. Rawlings, at Rawlings' request, in his home. He was joined by his wife and two senior NDC party officials. Rawlings decried what he saw as an unlevel playing field in this election, clai [...]	2004-11-08 17:50:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GH
04ACCRA2367	GHANA ELECTION ANALYSIS: NPP LIKELY TO WIN [...] (C) Summary: The ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) is likely to win Ghana's December 7 parliamentary and presidential election. The NPP is well-positioned in its traditional strongholds, the heavily populated Ashanti and Eastern regions (with 67 combined constituencies out of a total of 230. [...]	2004-12-02 16:49:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	GH PGOV PHUM
04ACCRA2503	DEATH OF CPP POLITICIAN IN GHANAIAN MILITARY [...] (SBU) On December 9, Convention Peoples Party (CPP) politician Alhaji Issah Mobila, died in Tamale, capital of the Northern Region of Ghana, while in military custody on charges of possession of weapons. The police and military are investigating. The opposition NDC party alleges Mobila was [...]	2004-12-17 13:17:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	GH PGOV PHUM
04ADANA105	SYRIAC CHRISTIANS, SOME DEHAP MAYORS SKEPTICAL ABOUT REFORM [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-20 07:28:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PREF PHUM PTER ECON IZ TU ADANA
04ADANA115	PKK TERROR VIOLENCE CAUSES HIGH ANXIETY [...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives of non-governmental organizations in southeastern Turkey recently told DPO that the region's human rights situation has been steadily improving over the past five years. Human rights workers' anxiety is increasing, however, with every new clash between PKK/Kong [...]	2004-09-03 09:00:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL TU ADANA PKK
04ADANA119	PRIVATE KURDISH LANGUAGE SCHOOLS FIGHT RED TAPE [...] (U) Summary: Five private Kurdish language instruction schools (Van, Batman, Sanliurfa, Diyarbakir and Adana) are open for business and have registered hundreds of new students for the fall, after completing lengthy application procedures and meeting strict building code requirements to which [...]	2004-09-15 11:38:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM TU ADANA
04ADANA146	MINORITY LABEL GRATES ON SOUTHEAST TURKEY [...] (SBU) Summary: Kurdish and Alevi community contacts grated at both recent EU and Turkish-government linked reports characterizing their respective communities as "minorities" in discussions last week with PO. The Malatya Security Director's recent warning to local media appears aimed at Sunn [...]	2004-11-04 15:23:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PREF TU ADANA
04ADANA20	IMPLEMENTATION TRAILING LEGISLATION [...] No summary [...]	2004-02-12 13:02:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PTER TU IZ ADANA
04ADANA40	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY APRIL 9, 2004 [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for April 9, 2004. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. Hurriyet, M [...]	2004-04-12 05:25:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ TU ADANA
04ADANA82	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY JUNE 16, 2004 [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-17 05:55:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ TU ADANA
04ADANA99	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY JULY 23, 2004 [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for July 23, 2004. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. Cumhuriyet: 400 [...]	2004-08-04 08:35:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM IZ TU ADANA
04AMMAN10191	KING ABDULLAH'S MEETING WITH CODEL KOLBE [...] (C) The upcoming elections in Iraq, the peace process, and Jordan's economic situation dominated CODEL Kolbe's meeting with King Abdullah in Amman on December 23. King Abdullah said Jordan is working to encourage Sunni participation in the January 30 Iraqi election, but voiced concern that [...]	2004-12-27 16:59:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EAID PTER KPAL IZ JO
04AMMAN10245	KING OPTIMISTIC ON WEST BANK, "MORE NERVOUS" ON [...] (C) King Abdullah told Senators Joseph Lieberman and Mark Dayton that the Palestinians need to see quick results after the January 9 election, and that Iraq,s political leadership should create an Arab identity for Iraqis to overcome religious schisms and interference by Iran. End summary. [...]	2004-12-29 13:35:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON KPAL IZ IS JO
04AMMAN1232	RAVE REVIEWS FOR DRL-FUNDED HUMAN RIGHTS TRAINING [...] As authorized in reftel, post arranged for human rights training, held February 7-10 in Amman for Jordanian government and human rights officials. Funded by DRL,s Economic Support Funds/Human Rights and Democracy Funds, American academics conducted four days of lectures, role plays, and questi [...]	2004-02-18 13:46:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV KDEM EAID JO
04AMMAN1270	JORDAN REACTION TO AL HURRA LAUNCH [...] EARLY REACTION TO THE LAUNCHING OF AL HURRA IN JORDAN IS PREDICTABLY NEGATIVE FROM THE PROFESSIONAL PUNDIT CLASS, BUT MORE NUANCED AMONG OTHER - PARTICULARLY YOUNGER - CONTACTS OF PAS AMMAN. THE HARSHEST CRITICISM HERE AIMS AT THE VERY PRESENCE OF THE CHANNEL, NOT ITS CONTENT, THOUGH THERE I [...]	2004-02-19 15:23:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KISL KPAO TSPA OIIP
04AMMAN1867	MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-11 10:10:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
04AMMAN2140	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ ONE YEAR LATER [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-22 11:16:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR JO
04AMMAN2671	MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-07 09:27:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
04AMMAN3306	JORDANIAN INFORMATION ON HOST GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In response to a reiterated request for information on Jordan's contribution to the reconstruction of Iraq, the Jordanian Ministry of Planning provided to the Embassy a report detailing Jordan's Iraq-related activities. The report highlights several areas in which the GOJ has of [...]	2004-04-29 13:35:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EFIN JO IZ
04AMMAN3405	MAY 4 JORDAN-IRAQ REPORT: ABU GHREIB PRISON, [...] (U) This is another of post's periodic wrap up cables on Iraqi items as seen from Amman followers. -------------------- UNAMI and Abu Ghreib -------------------- 2. (C) A United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq's (UNAMI) Political Officer, Alan Fellows, suggested to PolOff on May 4 t [...]	2004-05-04 14:44:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM IZ JO
04AMMAN3958	MAY 19 JORDAN-IRAQ REPORT: NGO COORDINATION, [...] (U) This is another of post's periodic wrap up cables on Iraqi items as seen from Amman. We report these views without assessing their validity. ------------------------ NGO LACK OF COORDINATION ------------------------ 2. (U) Iraqi Reconstruction and Development Council rep Bushra Jam [...]	2004-05-19 14:24:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS IZ JO
04AMMAN469	KING COVERS SYRIA, BORDER ISSUES, SECURITY [...] (S) King Abdullah told visiting Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL) January 11 that increasingly sophisticated weapons continue to be smuggled across the Syrian border. He expressed concern over the security of his border with Saudi Arabia as well as Saudi stability, hoping that Saudi internal efforts [...]	2004-01-21 07:10:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL PTER IZ SA SY JO
04AMMAN5430	OFFICIAL/INFORMAL FOR DCM AMBASSADOR JAMES JEFFREY [...] (SBU) Post personnel have recently been in contact with a Jordanian conference organizer who has expressed his readiness to organize a conference focusing on investing opportunities in both Iraq and Jordan. The conference, tentatively planned to be held in Amman and dated October 5-7, would b [...]	2004-07-02 08:42:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EFIN JO IZ
04AMMAN5476	OF TRIBAL SHEIKHS, ISLAMIC ZANIES AND CRUSADER [...] (U) The Ambassador visited the governorates of Kerak and Ma'an in a June 23-24 trip that highlighted the regional variety in Jordan's history, economy and topography. The Ambassador met with local officials and inaugurated USAID-funded clinics in and around the hilly city of Kerak, an histor [...]	2004-07-06 07:33:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL JO
04AMMAN5653	DOJ REQUEST FOR DOCUMENTS RELATING TO CERTAIN ARMY [...] Post has collected seven documents relating to the LOGCAP contract and will preserve them until otherwise instructed. A brief description of the preserved documents as requested in Reftel follows: --E-mail message from Richard P. Collins to Patricia A. Lieberman, dated March 29, 2004 [...]	2004-07-08 14:04:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	AINF AMGT IZ JO
04AMMAN6726	NONVIOLENT IRAQI OPPOSITION FIGURES AIR FAMILIAR [...] SUMMARY: A two-day meeting held in Amman in late July offered an opportunity for prominent, nonviolent members of the Iraqi opposition to the coalition forces (CF) and Iraqi interim government (IIG) to meet with prominent, but predominantly non-official, Americans. The meeting produced a few [...]	2004-08-10 14:29:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV PREL JO IZ
04AMMAN728	IRAQI SUNNIS VISIT AMMAN, SEEK TO ENGAGE U.S. IN [...] (S) A group of Sunni Iraqis representing the Iraqi Peace Party told PolCouns January 22 that they want to cooperate with the CPA and Coalition Forces in Iraq, but are put off by tough security measures there. The group said that anti-U.S. violence in the Sunni triangle does not represent sup [...]	2004-01-29 08:59:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KDEM KISL ECON IZ JO
04AMMAN7319	MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ AND THE MIDDLE EAST [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-01 11:17:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
04AMMAN7400	MEDIA REACTION ON U.S.-ARAB RELATIONS, [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-07 12:33:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
04AMMAN8146	UNRWA'S ADVISORY COMMISSION ATTEMPTS TO USE ANNUAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. Breaking with recent practice, UNRWA's Advisory Commission (AdComm) met in Amman on September 30 in advance of the informal fall meeting of UNRWA major donors and host governments (MDM). Incoming AdComm Chair, Jordan, chose the unusual timing to further its campaign to invigora [...]	2004-10-01 16:12:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL EAID KPAL JO
04AMMAN8401	JORDAN'S CENTRAL BANK CONCERNED ABOUT POSSIBLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Jordanian Central Bank and several Jordanian and foreign banks here have reported over recent weeks attempted cash deposits of large dollar amounts by individuals who claim to be operating on behalf of Iraqi government entities or contractors operating in Iraq. The CBJ Dep [...]	2004-10-07 13:59:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KTFN KCRM KFRD JO IZ
04AMMAN8693	MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ, THE MIDDLE EAST, ANTI- [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-21 11:47:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
04AMMAN8812	BIOS FOR JORDAN'S NEW CABINET MEMBERS [...] (U) King Abdullah swore in ten new ministers October 24 and accepted the resignation of three (ref A). The expanded cabinet raised the number of ministers from 21 to 28 by separating ministerial portfolios combined when PM Fayez's first cabinet was formed in October 2003 and by creating two ne [...]	2004-10-26 13:29:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV KDEM JO
04AMMAN9672	PM ALLAWI'S AMMAN MEETINGS WITH IRAQI [...] (S) On December 1 and 2 Iraqi PM Allawi and DPM Barham Saleh held meetings in Amman with Iraqi Sunni figures, most from Al-Anbar province, ranging from IIG-allied brothers Amer and Sheikh Majid ali Suleimein Dulaim, to prominent Sunni Arab rejectionists. The latter category included the norm [...]	2004-12-06 14:43:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	IZ JO PINR PREL
04ANKARA1378	CAUCASUS WORKING GROUP HONES IN ON TU-US [...] (U) The Turkish General Staff (TGS) hosted a working level meeting of the Caucasus Working Group (CWG) February 16-17 in Ankara. The US side was led by ECJ5-E (RUE) Caucasus AO, LTC Albert Zaccor, who was accompanied by ECJ5-E Turkey AO, Lt Col Rob Hopkins. Representatives of the Embassy's Pol [...]	2004-03-08 15:00:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR TU
04ANKARA1474	TURKS PLEASED WITH RESULTS OF AFGHAN MINISTER OF [...] (C) MFA officials characterized Afghan Minister of Defense Fahim Khan's March 8-11 visit to Turkey as successful in terms of beginning the process of building lasting relations with a key Afghan figure. Fahim, who was in Ankara at the invitation of the GOT, met separately with TGS CHOD GEN Oz [...]	2004-03-11 15:15:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR TU AF
04ANKARA1507	SCENESETTER FOR THE MARCH 2004 VISIT OF GENERAL [...] (C) Summary: General Basbug comes to Washington at a time when the US-TU relationship is generally on the mend. It has been one year since the 1 March vote and 5 months since the 7 October vote and the "soft landing". Once again, generally, the US-TU relationship is approached from a multi- [...]	2004-03-12 16:45:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS TU IZ
04ANKARA151	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-01-09 14:50:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA1539	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-15 16:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA1711	AFGHAN COORDINATOR TAYLOR'S VISIT TO ANKARA [...] (C) Summary: Afghan Coordinator Taylor held wide-ranging and candid consultations with MFA and TGS officials in Ankara on March 12. Turkish officials stressed the theme of "Afghanistan for Afghans" throughout the talks, arguing their commitment to stabilization and reconstruction efforts ther [...]	2004-03-23 07:57:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	AF MARR PREL TU
04ANKARA1847	RULING AK PARTY'S BIG WIN IN LOCAL ELECTIONS: HOW [...] () Summary: Ruling AK Party's (AKP) strong but not overwhelming win in March 28 elections appears to open the way for PM Erdogan to continue to press ahead with an agenda of change and reform. At the same time, the win leaves core elements of the Turkish State -- already deeply distrustful of [...]	2004-03-29 10:49:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS TU
04ANKARA1880	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-30 14:41:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA1984	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-05 13:59:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2204	TURKISH CHOD OZKOK GIVES DELPHIC MESSAGE ON [...] (C) Summary: Most Turkish commentators interpreted CHOD Ozkok's careful April 13 remarks on Cyprus as a signal the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) will not oppose Turkish Cypriot or Turkish parliamentary acceptance of the draft Cyprus settlement. A number of observers, however, taking into account [...]	2004-04-16 16:37:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS MARR TU
04ANKARA2240	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-21 06:47:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2291	TURKEY'S GREYING WOLVES: RIGHTIST-NATIONALIST MHP [...] (C) Summary: Leaders of rightist-nationalist MHP are spinning March 28 municipal election results as a victory. According to at least one MHP official, however, the party had expected a better showing. Although MHP leaders profess a desire to bring the party into the mainstream, party policie [...]	2004-04-21 16:06:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU
04ANKARA2474	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-03 15:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2509	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-04 15:58:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2541	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-05 16:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2598	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-07 15:39:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2623	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-10 15:26:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU

04ANKARA2695	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, WEDNESDAY, MAY 12, 2004 [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-12 15:58:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2717	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-13 15:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA2884	Land mine attacks, hostile contact in Southeast [...] No summary [...]	2004-05-24 07:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PINR ASEC PTER IZ TU
04ANKARA3435	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-16 16:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3589	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-25 05:39:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3621	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-27 12:29:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3631	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-28 08:29:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3633	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-06-28 08:32:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA3728	THE TURKISH MILITARY: OZKOK TRIES TO STRIKE [...] (C) Turkish General Staff (TGS) CHOD GEN Ozkok continues to balance the promotion of Turkey's EU membership prospects by reducing the Turkish military's past position at the commanding heights of politics with a desire to ensure that the Turkish military is able to intervene in domestic politi [...]	2004-07-01 12:03:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PREL TU PINR
04ANKARA380	RFG: TURKEY IMPOUNDS RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL AND [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. 2. (SBU) This is an urgent action request; see para 2. In response to reftel email indicating the IAEA had received reports from Turkish officials that five trucks containing presumably orphaned radioactive material had been intercepted attempting to cross [...]	2004-01-22 09:43:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MNUC PARM TU
04ANKARA3802	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-08 16:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4118	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-23 16:01:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4126	BACKLOG AT TURKEY-IRAQ BORDER THREATENS U.S. [...] (C) There has been a recent increase in the backlog of trucks seeking to cross the Turkish border from Iraq. The most recent report from the U.S. Army Movement Control Team stationed on the Iraqi side of the border showed that the backlog had reached over 7,000 trucks. This jump represents [...]	2004-07-26 15:34:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD IZ PGOV PREL TU
04ANKARA4285	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY, JULY 27, 2004 [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for July 27, 2004. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. Tercuman, Evrensel, Vak [...]	2004-08-02 13:02:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU IZ
04ANKARA4397	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-05 15:13:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4419	COMNAVEUR VISIT TO TURKEY [...] (S) Summary: Welcome back to Turkey! Although you are a frequent visitor, this visit is particularly important because you will be wearing your US (vice NATO) hat. As such, yours is the first visit by a US four-star admiral in a national capacity since ADM Natter,s visit as Fleet Forces Com [...]	2004-08-06 13:09:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MARR OVIP TU
04ANKARA4554	AFGHANISTAN: TURKS PLANNING FOR FEBRUARY [...] (C) On Aug. 10, PolMilOff called on Col. Halit Yilmaz, Chief of TGS's NATO Branch office, to discuss NATO issues, including Turkey's planning for the Istanbul High Readiness Force (HRF) to assume command of ISAF in February 2005. Yilmaz said that even absent a final NATO decision on the future [...]	2004-08-12 18:13:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS AF TU
04ANKARA4967	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-02 14:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA4987	TURKISH PARTICIPATION IN NATO POLICY DIRECTORS AND [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-03 12:29:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	MNUC TU
04ANKARA5221	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-15 13:06:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5278	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-17 12:23:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5373	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-21 13:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5379	GROWING TURKISH ANXIETY ABOUT SECURITY FOR WORKERS [...] (C) Summary: Turkish officials were grateful for the explanation in ref a on convoy security, but their concern about the domestic impact of the mounting toll of Turkish drivers dying in Iraq continues to rise. We are concerned that Turkish companies and drivers will begin pulling out of Ir [...]	2004-09-21 14:49:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD IZ PREL PTER TU
04ANKARA5550	AMBASSADOR CALLS ON NEW TLFC COMMANDER [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador encouraged General Buyukanit to discuss ways to improve our Army-to-Army relationship when the latter sees USAREUR CG General Bell in October. Buyukanit suggested that both sides made mistakes in the attack helicopter tender and expected the next time the GOT would [...]	2004-09-28 10:13:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS MARR MOPS PINR IZ CY AF TU
04ANKARA5587	DASD BRZEZINSKI'S SEPTEMBER 22 MEETING WITH [...] (S) Summary: In a wide-ranging discussion on the U.S.-Turkish security cooperation relationship during their September 22 meeting, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (DASD) Ian Brzezinski and Deputy Chief of Turkish General Staff (DCHOD) Ilken Basbug agreed on the need to elevate the level [...]	2004-09-29 14:38:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MARR MASS OVIP PGOV MOPS TU
04ANKARA5596	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-09-29 14:47:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5660	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT, [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-01 13:41:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5750	TIP IN TURKEY: MEDIA ATTENTION, September 2004 [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries about anti-TIP public information campaigns, post provides as examples the following TIP press reports. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published September 28, 2004 by the Anato [...]	2004-10-07 10:02:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
04ANKARA5807	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-13 10:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA5882	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-15 14:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6048	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-25 13:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6069	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-26 13:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6092	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-27 14:04:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6258	SIGN OF IMPROVING RELATIONS -- TURKS FIGHT FIRE IN [...] Turkish officials over the past year have spoken often of improving relations with Syria. But so far it has been mostly talk, until October 27, when in a surprising show of cooperation, Syria asked for and Turkey delivered planes and fire fighters to put out a blaze along the border of Turkey [...]	2004-11-04 15:06:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ECIN PREL SY TU
04ANKARA6396	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-10 16:31:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6440	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-18 14:21:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6513	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-23 05:39:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6541	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-24 05:48:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6620	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-29 16:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6661	DSCA DIRECTOR LTG KOHLER'S DISCUSSIONS ON TURKISH [...] (C) Summary: DCHOD Basbug told visiting DSCA Director LTG Jeffrey Kohler on November 18 that the attack helicopter program was one of TGS' most important priorities. SSM Undersecretary Bayar underscored Turkish interest in US participation in the attack tender, which should be issued by year' [...]	2004-12-01 13:22:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS MARR OVIP TU
04ANKARA6829	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-08 15:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA6912	DEFMIN GONUL ENCOURAGES DOD'S USE OF TURKISH [...] The Embassy received from the Undersecretariat for Defense Industries (SSM) on December 13 the following letter dated December 7 from Minister of Defense Gonul to SecDef Rumsfeld regarding possible US use of Turkish facilities to service S-70 Black Hawk helicopters. The original was provided t [...]	2004-12-13 16:50:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS OPDC MARR TU
04ANKARA7038	DEFENSE AND ECONOMIC COOPERATION AGREEMENT [...] (C) Summary: The annual Defense and Economic Cooperation Agreement (DECA) inspections occurred on November 24 in Ankara and the week of December 6-10 in Izmir and at Incirlik Air Base outside of Adana. Due in part to new leadership and attitude on the Turkish side and a new US strategy, and i [...]	2004-12-17 15:24:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ECPS ELAB MARR TU
04ANKARA7059	TURKEY: 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] (U) Combating terrorism has long been a priority for the Government of Turkey (GOT). In 2004, Turkey continued its strong support of the coalition in the global war against terror in Afghanistan by agreeing to assume command of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan for [...]	2004-12-20 14:42:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	ASEC PGOV PREL PTER TU
04ANKARA7066	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-20 16:04:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA7099	DCHOD BASBUG APPRECIATES US HELP IN MOSUL BUT [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 10. 2. (C) Summary: Responding to reports of the December 17 attack on a Turkish police convoy in Mosul, Turkish First Army Commander Tolon told journalists on December 19 that this attack, occurring in a place "that is under the control of a count [...]	2004-12-21 14:55:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS TU IZ
04ANKARA7100	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-21 15:02:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA7160	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-27 15:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA7190	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-29 05:25:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA7223	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-30 13:01:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
04ANKARA943	TURKS CAUTIOUS ABOUT PAPANDREOU'S PROPOSAL FOR [...] (C) Summary: In response to Greek PASOK candidate Papandreou's proposal that both Greece and Turkey cut their defense budgets to allow for more spending on education and other social programs (reftel),Turkish officials at MFA and TGS voiced skeptical openness to the idea. While they acknowle [...]	2004-02-18 14:35:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GR TU
04BAGHDAD463	NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR DISCUSSES CEASEFIRE [...] (C) Muaffaq al Rubaie, reached at our initiative in the afternoon of August 13, said he was approaching agreement with an envoy of Moqtada al Sadr over a nine point peace plan (para 6 below.) Apparently Rubaie had never been able to meet with Sadr but met several times with his envoy. A ceas [...]	2004-08-13 15:17:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PTER PREL PGOV IZ
04BAGHDAD531	SHAHRISTANI COMMENTS ON NAJAF [...] (C) SUMMARY. In his call on Ambassador Negroponte, Dr. Hussain al-Shahristani was critical of the Iragi Interim Government's (IIG) handling of the situation in Najaf, believing that it has made Muqtada al-Sadr stronger and has cost the Government much support. He urged against a military solu [...]	2004-08-17 17:52:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PARM KISL SOCI IZ
04BANDARSERIBEGAWAN255	TO WED OR NOT TO WED: THAT IS THE ROYAL QUESTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE CROWN PRINCE, AL-MUHATADEE BILLAH, IS EXPECTED TO WED IN AUGUST. THE ONLY UNANSWERED QUESTION IS WHO WILL BE HIS BRIDE. THE WEDDING IS IMPORTANT. IT WILL ALLOW THE CROWN PRINCE TO START A FAMILY -- AND, WITH LUCK, PRODUCE A MALE HEIR. IT WILL ALSO SET THE STAGE FOR A TRAN [...]	2004-05-13 00:23:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BX
04BANGKOK6647	THAILAND: IMPRESSIONS FROM THE SOUTH [...] (C) SUMMARY/COMMENT: In an effort to gage the current situation in Thailand's south, Bangkok PolOffs recently completed an extended trip through Narathiwat, Pattani, and Yala provinces, meeting with a cross-section of interlocutors including local Islamic groups, security officials, academi [...]	2004-09-23 10:04:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KPAO TH
04BANGKOK7421	RTG ADMITS DEATHS OF DETAINEES TAKEN AFTER [...] (U) Summary: Late on October 26, Royal Thai Government (RTG) officials confirmed that 78 demonstrators (of over 1300 detainees) taken in custody after an October 25 clash with security units at Tak Bai Police Station in Narathiwat province died "in transit" to an army camp in Pattani. These [...]	2004-10-27 11:35:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC PHUM PREL PTER TH
04BEIJING3796	WEN JIABAO'S NPC DEBUT: "PEOPLE FIRST," RURAL [...] (C) Premier Wen Jiabao reiterated the "people- centered" approach of the new Chinese leadership in his report to China's legislature, the National People's Congress, on March 5. With former President Jiang Zemin and the current leadership looking on, Wen highlighted the new government's vict [...]	2004-03-05 11:33:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN EAGR ETRD PREL CH TW HK
04BEIRUT1108	LEBANON: SPEAKER BERRI AND SHEIKH QABALAN ON IRAQ [...] (C) AMBASSADOR CONVEYED POINTS IN REF A ON THE TERRORIST ATTACKS IN IRAQ TO PARLIAMENT SPEAKER (AND SHI'ITE LEADER) NABIH BERRI MARCH 4. BERRI, WHO PUBLICLY DENOUNCED THE ATTACKS FROM DAMASCUS ON MARCH 2 (REF B),SAID THAT "INSIDE THE ROOMS" OF INFLUENTIAL SHI'A LEADERS, THERE IS AGREEMENT TH [...]	2004-03-05 11:06:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL LE IZ
04BEIRUT3713	LEBANON: THE TWO FACES OF HIZBALLAH; PART ONE -- [...] (C) A number of Lebanese observers who favor the idea of transforming Hizballah into a normal political party see hopeful signs of this happening. Specifically, they point to expressions from some Hizballah members of common interest with Christian oppositionists and more recently the suppor [...]	2004-07-30 17:06:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KISL PGOV SOCI LE SY
04BEIRUT4941	LEBANON: WHAT'S WRONG WITH AMAL? [...] (S) Summary and comment: The Amal Movement is unable to keep up with Hizballah's popularity because Amal is seen as disorganized, corrupt, and based too much on party leader Nabih Berri. Referred to as "the thieves," Amal's leaders maintain party support through a patronage system that uses [...]	2004-11-30 14:34:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PGOV KISL PTER LE SY
04BOGOTA10484	SUCRE DEPARTMENT: STRUGGLING WITH SECURITY AND [...] (C) During a visit to Sincelejo, capital of Sucre Department, Embassy officials observed that security is improving only slowly in this traditionally violent area, where the Uribe administration briefly gave the police and military state-of-emergency powers in 2002. The notorious Montes de Ma [...]	2004-10-12 14:55:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PHUM ASEC PINR SNAR CO
04BOGOTA112	NOTES FROM THE FIELD: VALLEDUPAR AND CESAR [...] (C) Politics and economics in the northern department of Cesar are heavily influenced by the interests of a small number of prominent families and the depredations of illegal armed groups. Despite the distractions posed by feuds within the local aristocracy and the active presence of the FARC, [...]	2004-01-07 16:09:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM PINR PINS MCAP ECON SNAR SOCI CO
04BOGOTA11217	GOC SEEKS CONTINUED FUNDING FOR ILO COOPERATION [...] (C) On October 28, Vice Minister for Labor Affairs Luz Stella Arango briefed embassies of ILO Governing Body (GB) members on GOC cases before the ILO's Committee on Freedom of Association (CFA) scheduled for discussion at the ILO Governing Body meeting in November. She also requested support [...]	2004-11-02 18:31:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PHUM PGOV ETRD CO ILO
04BOGOTA11331	SEVEN PERCENT INCREASE IN 2005 DEFENSE BUDGET [...] (U) The GOC's 2005 central defense budget is 9.2 trillion pesos, an approximately seven percent increase over 2004 (reftel). Defense spending has grown over 50 percent since 2001. The 2005 increase will fund over 16,000 new uniformed police and military, including three Army mobile brigades, [...]	2004-11-02 18:31:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MASS SNAR PINR MCAP PTER ECON CO
04BOGOTA11421	FOLLOW-UP MEETING WITH FATHER JOAKIN MAYORGA [...] (C) Summary: On November 3, Father Joakin Mayorga visited the Embassy to discuss the status of an investigation by the Office of the Prosecutor General ("Fiscalia") into accusations made by two Army officers that he had committed criminal misrepresentation. In February, Mayorga alleged -- on [...]	2004-11-02 18:31:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KIRF KJUS PTER PINR CO
04BOGOTA11548	ANDEAN SECURITY CONFERENCE COLOMBIA SCENESETTER [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-09 17:57:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON SNAR PTER KJUS CO
04BOGOTA11586	PLAN COLOMBIA IMPLEMENTATION ROUND-UP, OCTOBER, [...] (U) The following is an update of Plan Colombia-related activities reported during October, 2004. -------- DOJ/JSRP -------- 2. (U) In October, DOJ's Justice Sector Reform Program coordinated 25 training and technical assistance programs for 820 police officers, 145 prosecutors and 110 [...]	2004-11-02 18:31:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SNAR MASS PREF EAID KJUS CO
04BOGOTA11753	PEACE COMMISSIONER DESCRIBES DEMOBILIZATION DETAILS [...] (C) On November 12, Peace Commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo reviewed for the Ambassador recent developments in demobilizing the United Self Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC) and clarified key steps in the process. Restrepo's principle concern is that without adequate security, the Revolutionary [...]	2004-11-02 18:31:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KJUS SNAR PHUM PINR PREL CO AUC
04BOGOTA11756	CSJ DETERMINES ARAUCA CASE TO BE HANDLED BY [...] On November 11, the Supreme Council of the Judiciary (CSJ) determined that the Prosecutor General's Office ("Fiscalia") will maintain control of and continue to investigate the August 5 deaths of three trade unionists killed in Saravena, Arauca Department, by members of the Colombian Army's 18t [...]	2004-11-02 18:31:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM ELAB PINR PTER PGOV ETRD KJUS CO
04BOGOTA11758	URIBE RETIRES ARMY COMMANDER, RETAINS REST OF HIGH [...] (C) On November 10, Minister of Defense Uribe announced changes to the Armed Forces high command: Armed Forces Commander General Ospina and all the service chiefs except Army Commander Major General Carreno will remain in their positions. Carreno will retire. Joint Task Force Omega Commander [...]	2004-11-02 18:31:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PREL PINR CO MOPS
04BOGOTA11864	AMBASSADOR VALENCIA REPORTS ON ELN-GOC [...] (C) Ambassador Valencia, the Mexican facilitator for talks between the National Liberation Army (ELN) and the GOC, briefed the Ambassador on recent communications between the two sides on November 16. On October 8, the ELN offered to meet with the GOC in Mexico but demanded the GOC provide a [...]	2004-11-02 18:31:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PHUM KJUS PINR PREL CO ELN
04BOGOTA1187	COLOMBIA NATIONAL POLICE PRESENCE IN CONFLICTIVE AREAS: [...] ONE OF PRESIDENT URIBE'S TOP STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES HAS BEEN TO "CONSOLIDATE STATE CONTROL" OVER COLOMBIAN TERRITORY BY REESTABLISHING A PUBLIC SECURITY FORCE PRESENCE THROUGHOUT COLOMBIA. IN AUGUST 2002, WHEN PRESIDENT URIBE TOOK OFFICE, 158 OF COLOMBIA'S 1098 MUNICIPALITIES (EQUIVALENT TO U.S. [...]	2004-02-04 22:27:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PREL PTER CO
04BOGOTA12265	PEACE COMMISSIONER DISCUSSES AUC PEACE PROCESS AND [...] (C) On November 27, Peace Commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo briefed Ambassador on developments in the peace process with the United Self Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC): -- Bananero Bloc: demobilization is complete. Thirty-seven are implicated in major crimes and will stay in the demobili [...]	2004-12-01 14:56:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER SNAR PHUM KJUS PREL PINR CO
04BOGOTA12275	FISCALIA INVESTIGATES TAOIST COMMUNITY IN [...] (C) Summary: On November 25, officials from the Office of the Prosecutor General ("Fiscalia") raided a Taoist commune located in a remote region of Santander Department to investigate allegations that the commune's leadership was involved in opium production and kidnapping. The allegations we [...]	2004-12-01 16:21:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF PGOV KJUS CASC CO
04BOGOTA12360	COLOMBIANS CREATE NEW CARIBBEAN JOINT COMMAND FOR [...] (U) On November 17, the Colombian military (COLMIL) announced the creation of a new joint command for the Caribbean coastal region, designed to maximize the military's assets in that area. The Caribbean Joint Command will cover the area from La Guajira Department in northeast Colombia to Choc [...]	2004-12-02 22:30:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV CO
04BOGOTA12575	NAS Monthly Report November 2004: [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In November we sprayed 13,062 hectares of coca and completed the fourth poppy campaign of the year. Plan Colombia helicopters supported a request for a medical evacuation by the 9th Brigade. During November the CNP destroyed 20 Cocaine HCL labs. CNP also captured over 1.5 metr [...]	2004-12-09 20:07:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR EFIN KCRM PTER CO
04BOGOTA12598	FARC PROPOSES NEW DEMILITARIZED ZONES FOR [...] (U) On December 3, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) released a communique dated November 28, changing one of its long-standing requirements for a humanitarian exchange. The communique appears to pre-date the GOC's December 2 release of 23 (with 12 more expected) FARC members [...]	2004-12-09 22:09:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER ASEC CO FARC
04BOGOTA12602	THREE MORE AUC DEMOBILIZATIONS [...] (C) The GOC continues to demobilize elements of the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC). As of December 8, 510 out of about 1,500 paramilitaries from the Catatumbo Bloc had registered in their demobilization zone in Norte de Santander Department. They are scheduled to publicly demobi [...]	2004-12-10 00:00:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PHUM SNAR PINR CO OAS AUC
04BOGOTA12689	PLAN COLOMBIA IMPLEMENTATION ROUND-UP, NOVEMBER [...] (U) The following is an update of Plan Colombia-related activities reported during November 2004. -------- DOJ/JSRP -------- 2. (U) The Justice Sector Reform Program (JSRP) coordinated several training courses during November. They included the following: "Investigator as a Witness" (i [...]	2004-11-02 18:31:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SNAR MASS PREF EAID KJUS CO
04BOGOTA12736	AUC COMMANDER MANCUSO DEMOBILIZES WITH CATATUMBO [...] (C) Over 1400 members of the AUC's Catatumbo Bloc -- including AUC military commander Salvatore Mancuso -- demobilized in a public ceremony in Norte de Santander Department on December 10. The Bloc surrendered over 1500 quality weapons, as well as over 150 pieces of real estate in the region. [...]	2004-12-15 17:15:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PHUM PGOV CO AUC
04BOGOTA12938	DAS SHAPIRO DISCUSSES PEACE PROCESS WITH PEACE [...] (U) December 14, 2004, 7:30-8:30 p.m., Ambassador's residence, Bogota 2. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- DAS Charles Shapiro Ambassador William B. Wood Jeff DeLaurentis, POLCOUNS David Henifin, Deputy Director for Andean Affairs Sarah LaGier, notetaker Colombia -------- Luis Carl [...]	2004-11-02 18:31:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PHUM KJUS PINR CO AUC
04BOGOTA12960	TRANSPARENCY OF COLOMBIAN BUDGET/MILITARY SPENDING [...] (U) Per Secstate 239929, post has spoken to appropriate Colombian government authorities and has responses to questions posed by Washington. 2. (U) Military Expenditures are audited by the National Comptroller, which works on an annual cycle to audit each aspect of military expenditu [...]	2004-11-02 18:31:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EFIN CO MOPS
04BOGOTA12984	DAS SHAPIRO AND DAS FARRAR MEET WITH DEFENSE [...] (U) December 16, 2004, 3:30-4:30 p.m., Ministry of Defense, Bogota 2. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- INL DAS Jonathan Farrar WHA DAS Charles Shapiro Ambassador William B. Wood Al Matano, INL/LP Deputy Director David Henifin, Deputy Director for WHA/AND Jeff DeLaurentis, POLCOUNS Phyl [...]	2004-11-02 18:31:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER SNAR ASEC PINR PREL CO
04BOGOTA1363	INTERAGENCY DELEGATION DISCUSSES AUC DEMOBILIZATION PLAN [...] No summary [...]	2004-02-10 18:31:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	AUC PGOV PHUM PREL PTER SNAR
04BOGOTA1680	GOC TAKING ACTION AGAINST PARAMILITARY CEASE-FIRE [...] (C) Since agreeing to a unilateral cease-fire in late November 2002, Colombia's major paramilitary groups -- the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC),Central Bolivar Bloc (BCB) and Eastern Alliance have committed at least 370 murders, kidnappings, and other human rights violations nat [...]	2004-02-18 19:19:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KJUS PTER SNAR PHUM CO AUC PGOV
04BOGOTA1704	APPREHENSION IN URABA FOR AUC DEMOBILIZATION [...] (C) Summary: On January 29, a USAID contracting team tasked to analyze the GOC's demobilization plans for the United Self Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC),USAID personnel, and poloff visited Apartado, in the Uraba region of Antioquia Department. The GOC expects to implement an AUC demobiliza [...]	2004-02-18 20:44:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER PINR SNAR CO AUC
04BOGOTA2067	AZNAR VISITS COLOMBIA [...] (U) Spanish President Jose Maria Aznar came to Colombia to express his solidarity with President Alvaro Uribe's fight against terrorism and to underscore Spanish assistance to Colombia. He also addressed a forum on Democracy and Development in Latin America, organized by the International Fo [...]	2004-02-27 20:20:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS PTER PGOV CO SP VE
04BOGOTA2071	FARC ATTEMPTS MAJOR KIDNAPPING IN HUILA DEPARTMENT [...] (C) On February 23, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia's (FARC) Teofilo Forero Mobile Column (TFMC) launched simultaneous attacks on a luxury residential complex in Neiva, Huila department, the city's power grid, and an isolated military outpost west of the city. A quick police respon [...]	2004-02-27 20:52:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINR PREL CO FARC
04BOGOTA2434	GOC CONTINUING TO CONFRONT PARAMILITARIES [...] (C) Summary: In the face of AUC and other paramilitary groups' failure to fulfill the unilateral cease-fire pledge (reftel),the security forces continue to confront paramilitaries throughout the country. Since the beginning of 2003, almost 3,000 paramilitaries have been captured, killed, or [...]	2004-03-02 22:05:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER SNAR PGOV ASEC CO AUC
04BOGOTA2840	ECUADOR PRESIDENT GUTIERREZ VISITS COLOMBIA [...] (SBU) Summary: In a two-day visit to Colombia, Ecuador's President Lucio Gutierrez met with President Alvaro Uribe, FM Carolina Barco, Bogota Mayor Lucho Garzon, and business leaders; spoke to a joint session of Congress; and was honored with Colombia's highest medal. Border control, immigr [...]	2004-03-02 22:05:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON PTER PREF CO EC
04BOGOTA3096	INL A/S Charles Visit to Colombia [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: The March 12-15 visit to Colombia by INL A/S Robert Charles combined field visits to NAS-supported counter- narcotics and law enforcement programs and briefings and meetings hosted by key GOC leaders. In his conv [...]	2004-03-02 22:05:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PTER PREL XM
04BOGOTA3393	COLOMBIAN ARMY ATTACK ON POLICE UNIT SPARKS [...] (C) The deaths on March 19 of eleven people -- seven anti- kidnapping police and four civilians -- at the hands of the Colombian Army (COLAR) in Narino department has sparked controversy. The Colombian National Police (CNP) and Army have presented contradictory accounts of the incident, and P [...]	2004-04-01 22:59:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PTER PINR PINS PROP SNAR MOPS ASEC CO
04BOGOTA3545	DECIPHERING THE SIZE OF ILLEGAL ARMED GROUPS [...] (C) According to the Colombian Ministry of Defense (MOD),at least 20,000 Colombian terrorists, both paramilitaries and guerrillas, have deserted or been captured or killed in combat with government forces since President Alvaro Uribe took office in August 2002. Still, the estimated numerical [...]	2004-04-05 19:53:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER PINR PINS PROP SNAR CO AUC ELN FARC
04BOGOTA3714	MILITARY ERROR IN CAJAMARCA CAUSES 5 CIVILIAN [...] (U) On the night of April 10 in the municipality of Cajamarca, Tolima department, soldiers from the Pijoas Battalion of the Colombian Army's Sixth Brigade killed five civilians -- including a 6-month-old infant -- who soldiers mistook in the dark for FARC guerrillas. Cajamarca is an area with [...]	2004-04-13 14:52:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR MASS PHUM PINR PREL PTER KJUS CO
04BOGOTA3872	A GENERAL OVERVIEW OF COLOMBIA'S SECURITY SITUATION [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-16 21:13:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR ASEC SNAR PTER CO
04BOGOTA3944	PRM'S A/S DEWEY DISCUSSES DISPLACEMENT, PEACE [...] (SBU) As part of his March 7-10 visit to Colombia, PRM Bureau's Assistant Secretary Gene Dewey met with PRM partner organizations that provide short- and medium-term assistance to displaced persons. Most interlocutors agreed that there has been a significant reduction in the number of internal [...]	2004-04-20 13:56:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF PREL SOCI CO
04BOGOTA4128	PERU'S PRESIDENT TOLEDO VISITS COLOMBIA [...] Summary: Border security and economic cooperation topped the agenda when Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo made a two-day visit to Colombia April 15-17. Toledo signed a 35-point Joint Declaration with President Alvaro Uribe. The Declaration called for: cooperation and coordination between [...]	2004-04-22 22:17:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON PTER SNAR CO PE
04BOGOTA4129	COAST GUARD COMMANDANT ADMIRAL COLLINS MEETS WITH [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Colombian President Alvaro Uribe and other senior officials, Admiral Thomas Collins, Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard, praised the Colombian Navy. He noted he hopes to improve already close relations between the two coast guard services, including the possible [...]	2004-04-22 22:41:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PINS PTER PREL SNAR MCAP MASS MARR ASEC
04BOGOTA4214	COLOMBIA'S DEBATE OVER MASS DETENTIONS [...] (C) Some human rights NGOs oppose the GOC's policy of large-scale detentions. The GOC, however, insists that such detentions are consistent with legal norms and points out that between 60 and 70 percent of persons arrested in such operations remain in custody based on judicially-sanctioned or [...]	2004-04-26 16:28:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KJUS PTER ELAB PROP MOPS CO
04BOGOTA4448	U/S GROSSMAN'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT URIBE [...] (C) On April 29, U/S Grossman and SOUTHCOM Commander met President Uribe, Minister of Defense Uribe, and the acting Foreign Minister. Ambassador also attended. U/S Grossman underscored continuing U.S. support for consolidation of Plan Colombia and for Plan Patriota. He expressed support for [...]	2004-04-30 20:36:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PTER PREL PHUM SNAR PINS CO

04BOGOTA4633	SECURITY FORCES PLEDGE TO INVESTIGATE MISHAPS AND [...] (C) Over the past month, the security forces have committed serious errors, including friendly fire events, accidental civilian killings, and incidents involving possible drug-related corruption. Once incident in particular has exacerbated already tense police-military relations. The GOC has [...]	2004-05-06 19:59:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PTER PINR ASEC CO
04BOGOTA4636	ASSET SEIZURE AND DEMOBILIZATION FUNDING [...] (U) This is an Action Request (please see paragraphs 2 and 12) in reply to reftel request for information about Colombian Law 793 of 2002, "La Ley de la Extincion de Dominio." ------- Summary ------- 2. (SBU) Colombia has two laws that address asset forfeiture and seizure, one criminal [...]	2004-05-06 21:15:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON KCRM PGOV PHUM PTER SNAR CO
04BOGOTA4947	GOC REACTION TO ARREST OF COLOMBIANS IN VENEZUELA [...] (C) Summary: The GOC has sought to calm passions following Venezuela's arrest of some 90 purported Colombian paramilitaries (Ref A). President Uribe called for a thorough investigation and welcomed the actions of neighboring countries to prevent illegal activities of Colombians abroad. A c [...]	2004-05-14 21:42:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER CO VE
04BOGOTA5265	TAINTED RIME-5 OFFICERS DISMISSED [...] (S/NF) In January 2004, Colombian military officials provided Army Commander Major General Carreno with evidence that five officers from Army Regional Intelligence Center 5 (RIME-5),including its commander, were collaborating with paramilitary groups. The officers were suspected of sharing i [...]	2004-05-24 20:58:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET	PGOV PHUM MARR MASS PINR PTER CO
04BOGOTA5282	PROGRESS IN CESAR DEPARTMENT [...] (C) Summary: Officials and residents of Cesar Department praise President Uribe's security improvements. The cities and highways of Cesar's central valley are far safer than they were a year ago, and the economy has grown slightly. However, guerrillas and paramilitaries find refuge in the hi [...]	2004-05-24 22:19:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PTER ECON SNAR VE CO FARC
04BOGOTA88	NAS BOGOTA MONTHLY REPORT [...] This is a summary of NAS Bogota activities for November 2003. Eradication and Interdiction ---------------------------- 2. Eradication: In November, the Colombian National Police (CNP) sprayed 6,268 hectares of coca. Spray aircraft and support helicopters took a total of six hits from [...]	2004-01-06 20:35:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER SNAR MOPS CO
04BOGOTA8898	MOD DEFENDS COLOMBIAN DEMOBILIZATION AND [...] (SBU) Foreign Minister Carolina Barco and Minister of Defense Jorge Uribe briefed foreign diplomats on individual demobilization, hometown soldiers, and the informants network. The event was a review of accomplishments that highlighted the GOC's successes and downplayed its challenges. Minis [...]	2004-09-01 23:21:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MOPS PHUM CO
04BOGOTA8899	DRUG TIES RELATED TO GUAITARILLA POLICE DEATHS [...] (C) On August 30, the Inspector General's Office (Procuraduria) announced that it had closed the disciplinary investigation into the March 19 Army-Police clash in Guaitarilla, Narino Department. According to the televised announcement, the Procuraduria will press charges for alleged neglig [...]	2004-09-01 23:23:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM MOPS CO
04BOGOTA8900	US HOSTAGE STATUS: 18 MONTHS IN FARC CAPTIVITY [...] (S//NF) August 13, 2004 marked the 18-month anniversary of the FARC's kidnapping of three American crewmembers after a SOUTHCOM single-engine Cessna crashed. The most significant change since the one-year update in reftel (NOTAL) has been the initiation and impressive progress of the COLMIL's Pla [...]	2004-09-02 11:35:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET//NOFORN	CASC MOPS PGOV PINR PTER FARC
04BOGOTA9117	13 THOUSAND HECTARES SPRAYED IN COLOMBIA: NAS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Eradication aircraft sprayed a total of 12,959 hectares of coca and 658 hectares of poppy in August. Anti-Narcotics Police units captured and/or destroyed over 67 metric tons of cocaine, 1.2 metric tons of cocaine base, 10 tons of pressed marijuana, and 24 kilograms of heroin t [...]	2004-09-09 15:44:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM PTER CO
04BOGOTA9136	GOVERNMENT COMPLETES FARC FINANCE STUDY [...] (C) The GOC recently completed an unprecedented interagency analysis of FARC finances. The study concluded that FARC profits in 2003 were between 1.35 and 3.25 trillion pesos (approximately USD 520 million to 1.25 billion) in 2003. According to the study, the FARC spent about 40 percent of [...]	2004-09-09 21:26:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PTER ETTC PREL SNAR FARC
04BOGOTA9311	ILO STUDY: REMOVING POLITICS FROM LABOR RELATIONS [...] (C) The relationship between labor violence and political activity is widely accepted by labor leaders and academics in Colombia. For many trade unionists, unions act as surrogate political parties and avenues for political activity. Because illegal armed groups perceive trade unionists, part [...]	2004-09-14 21:51:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PHUM PGOV ETRD PTER CO ILO
04BOGOTA9364	U/S GROSSMAN'S MEETINGS WITH PRESIDENT URIBE AND [...] (C) Summary. On September 9, Under Secretary for Political Affairs Marc Grossman had separate meetings with Colombian President Alvaro Uribe and Vice-President Francisco Santos in Cartagena. Grossman thanked Uribe and Santos for their efforts to secure the safe release of the three American [...]	2004-09-16 15:07:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON SNAR KJUS CVIS CO
04BOGOTA9437	ELN WILLING TO TALK BUT NOT MUCH [...] (U) On September 6, the Central Command (COCE) of the National Liberation Army (ELN) formally responded to the GOC's August 3 communiqu reported reftel. The ELN's written response criticized the GOC for its delay in responding to the ELN's June 4 negotiating proposal and for failing to addres [...]	2004-09-16 21:58:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM EAID KJUS PINR CO ELN
04BOGOTA9526	FISCALIA ISSUES PREVENTIVE DETENTION ORDERS IN [...] (S/NF) On September 16, the Office of the Prosecutor General ("Fiscalia") issued preventive detention orders against one officer, two enlisted men, and a civilian informant in the ongoing investigation of the killing of three trade unionists on August 5. The three soldiers had been in Fiscali [...]	2004-09-20 22:44:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET//NOFORN	ELAB PHUM PGOV ETRD PTER KJUS CO ILO
04BOGOTA9676	VIOLENCE IN CALI ON THE RISE [...] (C) In mid September, Emboffs discussed security issues with local officials in Cali, capital of Valle del Cauca Department. Despite an overall improvement in most security indicators, the murder rate in the department has increased substantially this year. A combination of several factors h [...]	2004-09-23 15:43:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAID MOPS PINR SNAR CO PHUM PREL
04BOGOTA9686	SIGNIFICANT EVENTS IN COLOMBIA [...] (U) The following are short capsule overviews of significant political and human rights events in Colombia during the week of September 13. ---------------------- Meta Notables Murdered ---------------------- 2. (U) On September 14, the bullet-riddled bodies of former El Dorado (Meta [...]	2004-09-23 18:07:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SNAR ECON CO
04BOGOTA9699	COLOMBIA MILITARY PROGRESS: SLOW BUT STEADY [...] (S) The Colombian Military (COLMIL) continues to make progress combating illegal armed groups. The number of Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC),National Liberation Army (ELN),United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC),and smaller illegal armed group members killed, captured, o [...]	2004-09-23 21:35:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET//NOFORN	EAID MOPS PINR SNAR CO
04BOGOTA97	RELEASED ELN HOSTAGE DISCUSSES KIDNAPPING [...] (C) On December 24, poloff met with Israeli citizen Ido Guy, who had been released by the National Liberation Army (ELN) two days earlier af over three months in captivity. Guy was accompanied by Israeli securit liaison Guy Ner, who had been posted at the headquarters of the Colombi military's [...]	2004-01-07 12:57:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PHUM PINR PINS CO ELN
04BRASILIA1000	BRAZIL'S INDIANS - PART III: LAND DISPUTES AND [...] (U) This is Part III of a three-part series about Indians in Brazil. This cable discusses current land disputes. Part I (ref B) provided an overview and Part II (ref C) discussed concerns of indigenous leaders. 2. (U) Summary. The government of Brazil is facing unhappiness among indigeno [...]	2004-04-27 19:23:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV SOCI ECON BR TIP
04BRASILIA1018	BRAZIL: SCENESETTER FOR BILATERAL POL-MIL [...] (C) Summary: Mission warmly welcomes your visit to Brazil. Much is changing in Brazil. Under President Lula there has been renewed focus on social issues and structural reform; economic performance, meanwhile, has been mixed. Urban crime poses an increasing threat to public security. The m [...]	2004-04-28 15:41:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PREL BR POL MIL
04BRASILIA2526	U.S.-BRAZIL BILATERAL CONSULTATIVE MECHANISM [...] (U) This cable is Sensitive But Unclassified. 2. (U) Summary and Introduction. Deputy United States Trade Representative Peter F. Allgeier led an interagency delegation to Brasilia, Brazil for the September 22 meeting of the U.S.-Brazil Bilateral Consultative Mechanism (BCM). Ambassador [...]	2004-10-07 16:32:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KIPR EAGR BR
04BRASILIA2684	HERZOG CASE REOPENS WOUNDS FROM BRAZIL'S [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In 1975, during Brazil's military dictatorship, leftist journalist Vladimir Herzog died under suspicious circumstances in a government facility in Sao Paulo. The regime classified his death as a suicide, but most believed he had been murdered, and Herzog became a case study fo [...]	2004-10-27 13:16:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV SOCI PINR BR
04BRASILIA2742	RESULTS OF SECOND ROUND OF BRAZIL'S MUNICIPAL [...] SUMMARY. Brazil's 2004 election cycle has come to an end. With second-round runoffs in 43 cities on October 31, Brazilians have elected mayors and city councils in all 5,562 municipalities nationwide. The most closely-watched races went as expected: Jose Serra (PSDB) defeated incumbent Marta [...]	2004-11-01 15:11:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SOCI BR
04BRASILIA2763	BRAZIL: RESIGNATION OF DEFENSE MINISTER VIEGAS [...] (C) Summary. Brazilian Minister of Defense Jose Viegas has presented his letter of resignation to President Lula da Silva, according to a 4 November Defense Ministry announcement. Vice President Jose Alencar will formally take over the defense ministry portfolio on 8 November (Minister Viegas [...]	2004-11-04 19:58:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR BR POL MIL
04BRASILIA2781	SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY RUMSFELD'S TRIP TO [...] (C) The United States Mission in Brazil warmly welcomes your visit to Manaus. Your arrival comes on the heels of a major shakeup in Brazil's Ministry of Defense. The resignation of Minister Jose Viegas and his replacement on November 8 by Vice President Jose Alencar is intended to repair a r [...]	2004-11-08 20:31:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MCAP BR POL MIL
04BRASILIA2863	BRAZIL-HAITI: READOUT OF PRESIDENTIAL ENVOY'S [...] (C) Summary. Presidential Foreign Affairs Advisor Marcos Aurelio Garcia and his deputy, Marcel Biato, returned from a mid-November fact-finding mission to Haiti with the strong view that Aristide must not be allowed back into Haitian politics under any circumstances, Biato told PolCouns in a 19 [...]	2004-11-22 13:25:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BR MARR MOPS UNSC POL MIL
04BRASILIA3154	F-X FIGHTER PROGRAM TO END WITH A WHIMPER ON NEW [...] (C) SUMMARY: At midnight, December 31st, Brazil's F-X jet fighter competition will come to an end. Ultimately, a decision on the costly program proved to be politically untenable for the Lula administration. Given all the urgent requirements of Brazil's armed forces, the F-X was an expense [...]	2004-12-22 18:54:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP MARR MASS PREL BR POL MIL
04BRASILIA623	BRAZIL: CJCS MEETING WITH INSTITUTIONAL SECURITY [...] (C) SUMMARY. Brazil's senior security and intelligence official, Institutional Security Minister Jorge Felix, told visiting CJCS Myers on 10 March in Brasilia that narcotrafficking poses a grave threat to Brazilian national security. The threat is manifest in international arms-for-drugs traf [...]	2004-03-16 12:22:00	Embassy Brasilia	SECRET	BR MARR MCAP MOPS PINR PREL PTER SNAR POL MIL
04BRASILIA745	BRAZILIAN MILITARY LOOKING ELSEWHERE FOR TRAINING [...] (C) Summary and Introduction: As a result of Article 98 sanctions, Brazil's MOD is shifting to other countries for training and exchanges previously done with the U.S. -- a drop-off clearly evident to this Mission. Many in the Brazilian military -- including Defense Minister Viegas himself [...]	2004-03-29 17:30:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MARR MASS MCAP PREL BR KICC POL MIL
04BRASILIA991	BRAZIL-UNSC: HAITI PKO UPDATE 26 APRIL 2004 [...] (C) Summary. With introduction of the Friends of Haiti draft resolution to the UNSC for discussion and a probable vote this week, Brazil is at an important stage in its planning to deploy a PKO mission. Major issues on the scope now are internal political dynamics, congress' role and operati [...]	2004-04-27 12:52:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS BR UNSC POL MIL
04BRATISLAVA1059	TRANSPARENCY OF BUDGETS/MILITARY SPENDING [...] THE FOLLOWING ARE ANSWERS, PER REFTEL, TO THE AUDIT AND REPORTING PROCESS FOR MILITARY EXPENDITURES IN SLOVAKIA BASED ON RESPONSES FROM THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE (MOF). 2. HOW ARE MILITARY EXPENDITURES AUDITED? ACCORDING TO SLOVAK LEGISLATION, THE MINISTRY OF DEFENSE (MOD),AS WELL AS OTHER [...]	2004-11-23 14:55:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON EAID LO
04BRATISLAVA1064	HURRICANE FORCE WINDS FLATTEN SLOVAK FORESTS, GOS [...] SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. ON NOVEMBER 19, THE WORST WINDS IN 70 YEARS STRUCK SLOVAKIA'S HIGH TATRAS ALPINE FOREST AREA, SNAPPING TREES LIKE TOOTHPICKS. AN AREA OF APPROXIMATELY 250 SQUARE MILES WAS DEVASTATED, INCLUDING LARGE SWATHS OF LAND WHERE NEARLY ALL TREES WERE DESTROYED. ALTHOUGH O [...]	2004-11-24 15:22:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA EAID AMGT KPAO LO SEVN
04BRATISLAVA110	Slovakia Political Roundup January 23-31, 2004 [...] By the January 30 deadline, there were 12 presidential candidates, listed here in order of preference among potential voters in the most recent poll: Eduard Kukan, Vladimir Meciar, Rudolf Schuster, Ivan Gasparovic, Lubo Roman, Martin Butora, Frantisek Miklosko, Jan Kralik, Jozef Kalman, Stanis [...]	2004-02-03 10:59:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR LO
04BRATISLAVA574	MEDIA REACTION ON DEATH OF SLOVAK SOLDIERS IN [...] THE DEATH OF THREE SOLDIERS IN IRAQ ON JUNE 8 HAS PROMPTED CONSIDERABLE MEDIA REACTION IN SLOVAKIA, MOST OF WHICH SUPPORTS THE CONTINUING PRESENCE OF THE SLOVAK TEAM IN IRAQ. 2. SME: ON JUNE 9 AND 10, THE SME ONLINE VERSION CHAT (CENTER RIGHT INDEPENDENT PAPER RELIED UPON BY INTELLE [...]	2004-06-10 14:30:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PREL PGOV LO IZ
04BRATISLAVA652	REQUEST TO SHARE INFORMATION WITH SLOVAKS [...] No summary [...]	2004-07-07 14:08:00	Embassy Bratislava	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR LO
04BRUSSELS1274	TRANSATLANTIC CONSULTATIONS ON AFRICA HIGHLIGHT [...] (U) Summary. Major topics of discussion at the transatlantic consultations on Africa (COAFR),held March 10 in Brussels, included: support to peacekeeping and conflict prevention activities, including the EU's proposed Africa Peace Facility and U.S. support to ECOWAS through EUCOM; political [...]	2004-03-25 10:54:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF EAID PHUM XA EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS2196	EUROPEAN ELECTIONS: KEY RETURNING MEPS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With the campaign now in full swing, almost all of the party lists for the June 10-13 European elections have been released in the 25 EU member states. This message describes some of the influential members of the European Parliament (MEPs) who, based on their party-list rankin [...]	2004-05-24 13:32:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS2442	THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH EU HI-REP [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Secretary Armitage and EU Foreign Policy Hi-Rep Solana met June 2 and discussed the Mid-East Peace Process (MEPP),Iraq and the forthcoming US/EU Summit. Solana said the EU would be as supportive as possible regarding the new government in Iraq. He also emphasized the im [...]	2004-06-07 15:13:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GZ IS IZ EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS3989	TRANSATLANTIC CONSULTATIONS ON AFRICA: EU AND U.S. [...] (U) Summary. The September 8 transatlantic consultations on Africa (COAFR) addressed priorities in the Great Lakes (strengthening MONUC, protecting refugees, supporting internal and regional dialogues),Sudan (calibrating pressure on the government, strengthening the AU role, meeting humanita [...]	2004-09-20 09:38:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PGOV EAID PHUM XA EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4602	EU INCREASES FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR AU MISSION IN [...] (C) Summary. The European Commission is set to approve 80 million euros from its Africa Peace Facility (APF) to support an expanded deployment of the African Union (AU) mission in Darfur, Sudan. EU financial support for the mission will exceed fifty percent of the total. Although the decis [...]	2004-10-26 05:41:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAID MOPS PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SU SO XA EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4625	NEA A/S BURNS' CONSULTATIONS WITH EU ON IRAQ, [...] (C) A/S Burns met October 22 with senior EU officials on the way back from his most recent trip to the region. Topics discused were Iraq, Iran, Forum for the Future (FFtF) preparations, and the Middle East Peace Process (MEPP). The EU outlined its plans to support elections in Iraq, and also [...]	2004-10-27 07:32:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD KNNP IZ IR IS EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04CALCUTTA449	MANIPUR: INDIAN ARMY PRESSURE NEAR BURMA BORDER [...] (SBU) On October 26, the Indian Army launched a counter-insurgency exercise in the Chandel and Churachandpur districts of Manipur, a Northeast Indian state bordering Burma. Remaining initially tightlipped, an Army spokesman finally announced on November 6 that more than 100 rebel bases had been [...]	2004-11-19 03:58:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MOPS PINS PGOV BM IN GOI
04CARACAS1154	TORTURE VICTIM DIES OF INJURIES [...] (U) ARMY PERSONNEL OF THE 11TH INFANTRY BATTALION DETAINED JUAN CARLOS ZAMBRANO, HIS COMMON-LAW WIFE, HIS BROTHER AND ANOTHER COMPANION MARCH 6 IN LAGUNILLAS, ZULIA STATE. DURING MARCH 6-9, THEY ALLEGEDLY BEAT AND TORTURED THE MEN AND RAPED ZAMBRANO'S WIFE. ZAMBRANO DIED OF HIS INJURIES ON MA [...]	2004-04-02 20:56:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV VE
04CARACAS1476	GOV: RENEWED OFFENSIVE AGAINST EX-PDVSA EMPLOYEES [...] (U) THE GOV RESUMED FORCED EVICTIONS OF EX-OIL WORKERS AND THEIR FAMILIES EARLY THE MORNING OF APRIL 22 AT THE CAMPO MEDICO RESIDENTIAL AREA IN FALCON STATE. UP TO 80 NATIONAL GUARD (GN) TROOPS IN FULL RIOT GEAR SURROUNDED THE HOME OF ANDRES AND MARISOL PACHECO AND FORCED THE FAMILY TO VACATE [...]	2004-04-30 21:34:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV VE
04CARACAS1534	SECOND SOLDIER DIES OF BURNS FROM FORT FIRE [...] (C) The Attorney General's Office announced May 5 that a civilian court will take over the case of an army fort fire in Zulia State that resulted in six injuries and two deaths. On May 4, Angel Pedreanez became the second soldier to die after being severely burned in a Fort Mara confinement cel [...]	2004-05-10 23:13:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV VE
04CARACAS1551	LIEUTENANTS DETAINED IN SOLDIER'S DEATH [...] (U) FOUR MEMBERS OF THE MILITARY WERE DETAINED APRIL 28 IN CONNECTION WITH THE MARCH 5 DEATH OF THE SOLDIER ROBERT AGUILAR AT SOCUAVO MILITARY BASE IN ZULIA STATE. AGUILAR'S FAMILY CLAIMS HE DROWNED AFTER SUPERIOR OFFICERS PUT HIM IN A TANK OF SEWAGE AS PUNISHMENT. DEFENSE MINISTER GEN. JORG [...]	2004-05-12 15:03:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV VE
04CARACAS1553	LIEUTENANTS DETAINED IN SOLDIER'S DEATH [...] (U) FOUR MEMBERS OF THE MILITARY WERE DETAINED APRIL 28 IN CONNECTION WITH THE MARCH 5 DEATH OF THE SOLDIER ROBERT AGUILAR AT SOCUAVO MILITARY BASE IN ZULIA STATE. AGUILAR'S FAMILY CLAIMS HE DROWNED AFTER SUPERIOR OFFICERS PUT HIM IN A TANK OF SEWAGE AS PUNISHMENT. DEFENSE MINISTER GEN. JORG [...]	2004-05-12 15:03:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV VE
04CARACAS1646	COLOMBIAN "PARAMILITARIES" IN VENEZUELA [...] (C) The Chavez administration is beside itself that the Venezuelan public in general, the international community, and the media are reacting very skeptically to the allegations of a Colombian "paramilitary" threat to his government. On May 9, Chavez went on a national TV and radio hookup to [...]	2004-05-13 15:54:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL VE
04CARACAS1692	UPDATE: ALLEGED COLOMBIAN PARAMILITARY COUP PLOT [...] (U) Colombian Foreign Minister Carolina Barco, after meeting with President Chavez May 14, told reporters that her government is cooperating fully with Venezuelan authorities in the investigation of alleged Colombian paramilitaries detained in the southern outskirts of Caracas May 9 (ref). Bar [...]	2004-05-17 18:56:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PINS VE
04CARACAS1723	CHAVEZ CALLS FOR CITIZEN SOLDIERS [...] (C) President Hugo Chavez addressed a pro-GOV mass march on May 16 against the alleged Colombian paramilitaries detained near Caracas May 9. Outlining a new strategy for the "integral, popular defense" of the country, Chavez pledged to increase the size and budget of the armed forces, root ou [...]	2004-05-18 20:39:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR PINS KDEM VE
04CARACAS1724	SCENARIOS FOR VENEZUELA'S SIGNATURE APPEALS [...] (C) The May 27-31 signature appeals process ("reparos") is a critical juncture in the opposition's attempt to remove President Hugo Chavez via a recall referendum. The National Electoral Council's rigid appeals system will likely result in a slim margin of victory or defeat, which could increa [...]	2004-05-18 21:18:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM VE
04CARACAS1839	VENEZUELA: SIGNATURE APPEALS UPDATE: MAY 28 [...] (U) The appeals centers opened May 28 in an atmosphere of calm. Turnout appeared to be good (anecdotally, between 25 and 30 percent by the afternoon),especially in urban areas, with reports that very few of the participants sought to withdraw their signatures. There were reports across the [...]	2004-05-28 21:29:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM VE
04CARACAS1908	CHAVEZ AGREES TO RECALL REFERENDUM [...] (C) The National Electoral Council (CNE) announced June 3 that its preliminary calculations indicated that the opposition had collected enough signatures to activate the recall referendum against President Hugo Chavez. In a national radio and television broadcast (cadena) from Miraflores Pala [...]	2004-06-04 20:36:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM VE
04CARACAS1910	RETIRED GENERAL ARRESTED FOR DEFAMING MILITARY [...] (U) ON MAY 22 THE NATIONAL GUARD AND DIRECTORATE FOR MILITARY INTELLIGENCE ARRESTED FORMER FINANCE MINISTER, BRIGADIER GENERAL FRANCISCO USON RAMIREZ_ FOR "DEFAMING" THE MILITARY. GENERAL USON HAS BEEN AN OPEN SUPPORTER OF THE POLITICAL OPPOSITION TO PRESIDENT CHAVEZ AND RECENTLY CRITICIZED [...]	2004-06-04 21:29:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
04CARACAS1957	JOURNALIST PATRICIA POLEO QUESTIONED BY MILITARY [...] (U) A MILITARY JUDGE REFUSED THE PROSECUTOR'S REQUEST JUNE 8 TO JAIL JOURNALIST PATRICIA POLEO. A MILITARY PROSECUTOR CHARGED POLEO MARCH 22 WITH FOMENTING REBELLION AND DEFAMATION OF THE ARMED FORCES BASED ON A VIDEO POLEO MADE PUBLIC SHOWING CUBANS IN A NATIONAL GUARD BARRACKS. MILITARY PRO [...]	2004-06-10 20:20:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM VE
04CARACAS2009	PARAMILITARIES UPDATE [...] The May 9 discovery of alleged Colombian paramilitaries, replaced in national headlines by the appeals process and the announcement of the recall referendum, remains a salient issue. The National Assembly has convened special investigative commission, which has already interviewed the Minist [...]	2004-06-17 16:47:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
04CARACAS2038	PDVSA: AND YET MORE RESHUFFLING? [...] (C) RUMORS OF UPCOMING SENIOR LEVEL DEPARTURES/REASSIGNMENTS WITHIN VENEZUELA'S ENERGY SECTOR ARE ONCE AGAIN REACHING FEVER PITCH IN CARACAS WITH PETROLEOS DE VENEZUELA (PDVSA) PRESIDENT ALI RODRIGUEZ, CITGO PRESIDENT LUIS MARIN, AND VICE MINISTER FOR HYDROCARBONS LUIS VIERMA THE MOST POPULAR [...]	2004-06-18 21:14:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET VE
04CARACAS2045	PDVSA: AND YET MORE RESHUFFLING? [...] (C) RUMORS OF UPCOMING SENIOR LEVEL DEPARTURES/REASSIGNMENTS WITHIN VENEZUELA'S ENERGY SECTOR ARE ONCE AGAIN REACHING FEVER PITCH IN CARACAS WITH PETROLEOS DE VENEZUELA (PDVSA) PRESIDENT ALI RODRIGUEZ, CITGO PRESIDENT LUIS MARIN, AND VICE MINISTER FOR HYDROCARBONS LUIS VIERMA THE MOST POPULAR [...]	2004-06-21 19:50:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET VE
04CARACAS2081	CHAVEZ V. CHAVEZ: WHAT'S HIS PLAN? [...] (C) President Hugo Chavez is in full campaign mode for the August 15 referendum on whether he should finish his term. Smarting from the moral defeat of having to accept the referendum, Chavez has recast the referendum as an inevitable victory for his revolution. His strategy rests on mobilizin [...]	2004-06-25 15:05:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM VE
04CARACAS2153	CHAVEZ PADS VOTES WITH NATURALIZATION AND IDENTITY [...] (C) THE GOV'S "MISION IDENTIDAD" (MISSION IDENTITY) IS PROVIDING CEDULAS (IDENTITY CARDS) TO MASSIVE NUMBERS OF UNDOCUMENTED VENEZUELANS AND FOREIGNERS. THE GOV IS WORKING BUSILY VIA THE MISSION TO ISSUE IDENTITY CARDS TO POTENTIAL VOTERS BEFORE THE JULY 10 ELECTORAL REGISTRY DEADLINE FOR THE [...]	2004-07-02 17:21:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM VE CONS
04CARACAS2547	VENEZUELAN REFERENDUM UPDATE: AUGUST 9 [...] (U) National Electoral Council (CNE) director Jorge Rodriguez and Valter Pecly Moreira, head of the Organization of American States (OAS) observation mission in Venezuela, told reporters the audit of 150 electronic voting machines on August 8 was a success. Also on August 8, Chavez supporters [...]	2004-08-09 20:57:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM VE
04CARACAS2607	VENEZUELAN REFERENDUM UPDATE: AUGUST 13 [...] (C) As the campaigns for the Presidential recall referendum closed August 12, supporters and opponents of President Hugo Chavez celebrated, each claiming future victory. Chavez said he would extend dialog invitations to opposition leaders who accepted his victory and said he would step down i [...]	2004-08-13 21:10:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM VE OAS
04CARACAS2671	VENEZUELA: WHY CHAVEZ "WON" [...] (C) The Organization of American States (OAS) and Carter Center are auditing ballots now, but assuming that charges of electoral fraud are not substantiated, one must ask what happened and how Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez won the August 15 recall referendum by such a large margin. Chavez [...]	2004-08-19 21:05:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KDEM VE
04CARACAS2687	GOV. ROJAS BRIEFS AMBASSADOR ON FRAUD CHARGES [...] (C) Bolivar State Gov. Antonio Rojas Suarez and Bolivar state legal advisor Juan Jose Rendon briefed the Ambassador August 19 on the allegations of fraud uncovered by Rendon in the August 15 presidential recall referendum. Rojas said the opposition has found 1920 voting machines with what they [...]	2004-08-20 19:36:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM VE
04CARACAS3173	RUMORS STILL SPINNING ON APURE AMBUSH [...] (C) Summary: The media has continued to report on the killing of a PDVSA engineer and five soldiers in Apure State. The opposition and the Colombian Government continue to fault the government for complicity in border violence. The GOV and its supporters have blamed the United States and [...]	2004-10-14 16:01:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MOPS VE
04CARACAS3215	FRANCISCO ARIAS CARDENAS' OUTLOOK ON CHAVEZ AND [...] (C) Former Zulia State Governor, Francisco Arias Cardenas, told the Ambassador on October 14 that President Hugo Chavez's antagonism had served Chavez well in the past, but he was now looking to improve relations with the U.S. Arias asserted that the President would not let the differences es [...]	2004-10-19 19:49:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM VE
04CARACAS3270	CONVICTIONS IN USON AND TACHIRA CASES [...] (U) On October 13 a court in Tachira State convicted eight persons on charges of rebellion in relation to the events of April 2002. The court found on of the original nine defendants not guilty, and five of them are free one probation. On October 11 a military court convicted retired Army Gen [...]	2004-10-22 20:33:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KJUS VE
04CARACAS3382	CHAVISTAS WIN BIG IN REGIONAL ELECTIONS [...] (U) Pro-Chavez candidates won 20 of 22 governorships and the mayoralty of metropolitan Caracas in the October 31 regional elections. Governors Enrique Mendoza (Miranda State) and Henrique Salas Feo (Carabobo) trailed their Chavista opponents and challenged the accuracy of the preliminary resu [...]	2004-11-01 16:25:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM VE
04CARACAS3434	A VIEW OF VENEZUELAN ARMS PURCHASES FROM RUSSIA [...] (C) According to Jose Rafael Gomez, a former Presidential staffer who participated in Vice President Rangel's recent trip to Moscow, the Venezuelan-Russian deal for MI-17 helicopters is not yet final because of financial issues, and might go forward initially at least with a limited number. [...]	2004-11-05 21:36:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL ETRD VE RU
04CARACAS3584	"HEGEMONY IS A CHALLENGE:" CHAVISTA LEADER VIEWS [...] (C) Summary: Chavez supporter and Patria Para Todos (PPT) secgen Jose Albornoz talked with DCM November 18 about impending cabinet changes, policy challenges for Chavez and the MVR party, and potential to improve bilateral relations. PPT accepts that party stalwart Ali Rodriguez will leave [...]	2004-11-19 20:45:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EPET PGOV PHUM ENRG VE
04CARACAS3617	TRANSPARENCY OF BUDGETS/MILITARY SPENDING [...] This message responds to action request (REFTEL). 2. Q: How (or are) military expenditures audited? A: Each branch of the Venezuelan Armed Forces (army, navy, air force, and national guard) has its own budget and planning office. The services submit proposed expenses and acquisit [...]	2004-11-23 18:26:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EAID MARR VE
04CARACAS3624	AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO MARACAY [...] (U) The Ambassador visited Maracay, Aragua State, November 16, 2004 and met with the president of the Aragua State judges, the mayor, business leaders and the press. He also stopped by an agricultural laboratory that receives U.S. funding (despite the Ministry of Science and Technology declin [...]	2004-11-23 20:35:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL VE
04CARACAS651	CIVIL REBELLION CHARGES SPARK PROTESTS IN MERIDA [...] (C) Pro-GOV Merida State Governor Florencio Porras ordered an investigation against 24 opposition-aligned citizens in January, alleging civil rebellion stemming back to events in April 2002, when President Hugo Chavez was briefly removed from power. Students led violent protests January 29 and [...]	2004-02-26 22:32:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM VE
04CHENNAI1394	VEERAPPAN'S DEATH PUTS DHARMAPURI'S FUTURE IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A seventeen-year manhunt ended with the shooting death of K.M. Veerappan, the famed forest brigand of Dharmapuri. The shootout was the culmination of months of planning by the Government of Tamil Nadu (GoTN) and the police Special Task Force (STF). The operation showcased the [...]	2004-11-09 08:50:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PINR PHUM IN
04CHENNAI1395	NAXALITE CONSOLIDATION A CAUSE FOR WORRY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The merger of India's two largest and best organized Maoist groups, the Peoples' War (PW) and Maoist Communist Center (MCC),into the Communist Party of India (Maoist) is likely to expand the horizon of their ambitions. It will help these "Naxalites" knit together their areas [...]	2004-11-09 10:04:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PTER IN
04COLOMBO1071	SRI LANKA POLITICAL UPDATE: GSL LOOKING FOR [...] (C) This update reviews the following political developments in Sri Lanka: -- The government remains in pursuit of an elusive majority in Parliament -- Continued reports of tension and violence in the east -- The UNP increases the volume of verbal attacks against the government -- T [...]	2004-06-24 06:52:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER CE LTTE
04COLOMBO1074	Former PM requests U.S. visa for fellow MP [...] (C) SUMMARY: UNP MP Moulana admits to transporting rebel Tiger leader Karuna to Colombo. According to former PM Wickremesinghe, Karuna is now in the hands of the Sri Lanka Army. Wickremesinghe also requests Ambassador to help facilitate a U.S. visa for Moulana and his family. Moulana has [...]	2004-06-24 10:42:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV CVIS MOPS CE NO LTTE
04COLOMBO1082	OFFICIAL INFORMAL NUMBER 088 (06/25/04) [...] (SBU) We noted the Trade Minister's request for 416(b) Milk Powder in his discussions with U/S Larson. FYI, we have an outstanding inquiry with the Ministry of Finance on whether they want the 500 MT of Milk Powder that USDA has allocated for GSL. We have already received negotiating instruc [...]	2004-06-25 05:50:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	AMGT CE MV LTTE
04COLOMBO1086	Karuna Affair Continues to Plague Government [...] (C) SUMMARY: Rumors and stories continue to swirl around the events associated with rebel Tiger leader Karuna and his whereabouts. Government officials are engaged in fingerpointing about who knew what and when they knew it about Karuna. The GSL has not done a good job of managing the medi [...]	2004-06-28 11:32:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MOPS PGOV CE LTTE
04COLOMBO1109	LACK OF TRUST STYMIES PROGRESS ON PEACE SOLHEIM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Eric Solheim says the main issue now is trust and confidence. The Tigers are focusing on attacks on them in the East committed by pro-Karuna forces which they believe are being aided by Sri Lankan military intelligence. The GSL said it would make sure there are no more such opera [...]	2004-07-01 11:22:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CE LTTE
04COLOMBO1132	SUICIDE BOMBER HITS POLICE INSTEAD OF TAMIL MINISTER AMID AN INCREASE IN VIOLENCE IN THE EAST [...] (C) SUMMARY. On July 7, a suspected LTTE suicide bomber detonated herself at a local police station in Colombo. Four police officers were killed and at least 11 injured. The police station is located near the Chancery, but no Americans were injured, nor was the compound damaged. There is n [...]	2004-07-07 12:07:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC PGOV CASC CE LTTE PHSA PREL
04COLOMBO1142	GSL DOWNPLAYS JULY 7 SUICIDE BOMBING IMPACT ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Government officials downplay the July 7 suicide bombing in Colombo to keep the incident from jeopardizing the peace process. The intended target, Tamil Minister Devananda, is unfazed by the assassination attempt and dismisses the likelihood that his connection with Karuna may [...]	2004-07-08 12:03:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC PGOV PREL CE NO LTTE
04COLOMBO116	Staffdel Gilley/McCormick visit: Interlocutors [...] (C) SUMMARY: A bipartisan delegation of professional staff members from the House International Relations Committee visited Sri Lanka, January 15-18. In addition to a full plate of meetings in Colombo, a highlight of the visit was a day trip to war-torn Jaffna District in the north. Interlo [...]	2004-01-22 10:31:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV OTRA PINS PHUM EAID CE LTTE
04COLOMBO1181	TIGER RHETORIC CONTINUES TO INCREASE AFTER COLOMBO [...] (C) SUMMARY: After the July 7 suicide bombing of a police station in downtown Colombo, Tiger rhetoric is heating up. The uptick in the group's rhetoric is accompanied by an increasingly fearful climate in the east, where the Tigers have been flexing their muscles. Assassinations and child [...]	2004-07-16 04:32:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PTER PGOV PREL PHUM CE LTTE
04COLOMBO1190	PEACE PROCESS READ-OUT FROM NORWEGIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Norwegian Ambassador Brattskar was blunt in telling the LTTE suicide bombings had to stop. The LTTE neither confirmed nor denied its responsibility. The LTTE complained about alleged government support for Karuna. President Kumaratunga told Brattskar she knew nothing about mili [...]	2004-07-19 09:19:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV CE NO LTTE
04COLOMBO1191	SRI LANKA MAKES CONCERTED EFFORT ON SEVERAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: G/TIP Program Officer and Embassy officials met with Government officials and local NGO representatives in Colombo to discuss the multifaceted issue of trafficking in persons in Sri Lanka, including sex tourism, prostitution, and external migrant workers. Officials throughout th [...]	2004-07-19 10:17:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG ELAB CE
04COLOMBO1219	PEACE PROCESS TIDBITS [...] (C) SUMMARY: An LTTE official requested and received a meeting with the GSL on July 20. Meanwhile, when Parliament reconvened, TNA MPs broached the ISGA as a basis for talks. The discussion was postponed. Violent episodes between LTTE cadre loyal to the Wanni and those loyal to breakaway e [...]	2004-07-22 09:16:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CE NO LTTE
04COLOMBO1224	OFFICIAL INFORMAL NUMBER 097 (07/23/04) [...] (C) British High Commissioner told Ambassador today that he had heard that President Kumaratunga had made the following remarks to German Foreign Minister Fischer: --"As far as I know, the Government is not supporting Karuna, but I can't control everything that my Army might be doing." -- [...]	2004-07-23 05:22:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	AMGT CE MV LTTE
04COLOMBO1236	EIGHT POSSIBLE PRO-KARUNA FACTION MEMBERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: LTTE attacks against breakaway Eastern LTTE leader Karuna's faction continued on July 25, this time close to Colombo. Eight people, possibly including Karuna's deputy, were killed in a "safe house" in Kottawa, an outer suburb of Colombo. While the identities of the killers are [...]	2004-07-26 11:56:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL CE LTTE
04COLOMBO126	TRYING TIMES FOR JOURNALISTS IN THE NORTH AND EAST [...] (SBU) Summary. The media scenes in Jaffna and Trincomalee are dramatically different from each other and from the scene in Colombo. Local newspapers are king in the Jaffna media world, with consistently pro-LTTE reporting and editorials. Coverage of local Muslim issues in Jaffna is nonexist [...]	2004-01-23 05:25:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO PHUM OPRC KMDR OIIP CE LTTE
04COLOMBO1262	NORWEGIAN DEPUTY FM DESCRIBES LONG UPHILL ROAD [...] (C) SUMMARY: Helgesen found President Kumaratunga flexible on peace talks agenda issue, but Karuna situation is preventing progress on getting back to talks. LTTE is seeking a military solution to the Karuna issue. Helgesen sees task as safeguarding the Cease Fire Agreement while Karuna issue [...]	2004-07-29 10:27:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER CE NO LTTE
04COLOMBO1309	In meetings with PDAS Camp, interlocutors show [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a July 29-30 visit to Sri Lanka, State Department PDAS for South Asia Donald Camp met with interlocutors throughout the government and political arena. The government reiterated its commitment to talks and was clearly thinking about how to get back to the table. Comment [...]	2004-08-09 08:22:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER CE LTTE
04COLOMBO1385	SRI LANKA: TWO VIEWS OF THE EAST - TRINCO [...] (C) SUMMARY: The diversity of the humanitarian and security situation in the east is shown by differences between Trincomalee and Ampara. In Trinco, the humanitarian situation is gradually improving and the area is generally peaceful. Meanwhile, at the other end of the east, Ampara is tens [...]	2004-08-20 05:01:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER CE LTTE
04COLOMBO1390	SRI LANKA: SUMMERTIME SURGE IN LTTE ASSASSINATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Over the past six weeks, suspected Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) assassins have killed 29 political opponents, supporters of LTTE dissident leader Karuna, and putative government informants, primarily in the northeastern district of Batticaloa. The six-week tally p [...]	2004-08-20 09:09:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PHUM PGOV CE LTTE
04COLOMBO1421	USG FUNDED SRI LANKA ARMY HUMANITARIAN DEMINING [...] (U) SUMMARY. PM/WRA Office Director Richard Kidd and Deputy Office Director Col. Stuart Harris visited Sri Lanka August 5 - 9 to review USG-funded Sri Lanka Army (SLA) humanitarian demining efforts. The USG-funded humanitarian demining program in Sri Lanka illuminates how mine action can be [...]	2004-08-26 03:46:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER EAID KHDP LTTE
04COLOMBO1432	SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT TALKS TOUGH ABOUT RECENT [...] (U) The week of August 20-27 saw a continuation of the violence between the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and its opponents cited in Ref B. On August 20 two senior-ranking Tigers were shot and killed by unidentified assailants as they left a meeting in Batticaloa. The proximity o [...]	2004-08-27 06:58:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV ASEC CE LTTE
04COLOMBO1456	SRI LANKA: SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF AMB. COFER [...] (C) Your visit comes at an important juncture in the 30-month-old ceasefire between the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). A recent surge in assassinations by the LTTE, coupled with the lack of progress toward resumed negotiations, have raised conc [...]	2004-09-01 11:45:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC CE MV ECONOMICS LTTE
04COLOMBO1563	SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT LOSING MOMENTUM, CEDING [...] (C) President Chandrika Kumaratunga's five-month-old government has so far proven unable to regain the momemtum lost in the peace process since the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) walked out of negotiations with her predecessor's government in April 2003. Without encouraging signs of [...]	2004-09-20 11:26:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM ASEC CE LTTE
04COLOMBO1623	SRI LANKA: EAST REMAINS TENSE AMID POLITICAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Several recent political killings in the East, connected to last spring,s factional split of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE),have raised the level of tension and concern among local residents. Emboff's trip to the East September 23-24 to inaugurate several USAID p [...]	2004-09-29 09:54:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAID PTER PHUM CE LTTE

04COLOMBO17	Ambassador underscores importance of respect [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador underscored the importance of respect for religious freedom in separate January 5 meetings with Sri Lanka's Buddhist and Hindu Affairs Ministers (see bio-data in Para 8). Both ministers asserted that the GSL was trying to tamp down religious tensions, noting that [...]	2004-01-06 11:13:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI PINR CE
04COLOMBO1764	YOUR VISIT TO SRI LANKA NOVEMBER 7-8 [...] (C) After 18 months with no movement toward resumed talks between the Government of Sri Lanka and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE),the peace process is beginning to look less like a process and more like a protracted stalemate. This perception, which is gaining ground among the Sin [...]	2004-10-26 10:41:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM EAID ECON CE LTTE ECONOMICS
04COLOMBO1777	SRI LANKAN FOREIGN MINISTRY REQUESTS INFORMATION [...] (SBU) Ambassador Pamela Deen, the Director General of the Americas Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, contacted the Ambassador on October 29 to request U.S. assistance in obtaining information on a Sri Lankan reportedly abducted in Iraq on October 28. The Ministry learned of the re [...]	2004-10-29 08:02:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL CE
04COLOMBO1792	YOUR VISIT TO SRI LANKA NOVEMBER 7-8 [...] (U) This message replaces Colombo 1764. -------- SUMMARY -------- 2. (C) After 18 months with no movement toward resumed talks between the Government of Sri Lanka and the Liberation Tigers of Eelam (LTTE),the peace process is beginning to look less like a process and more like [...]	2004-11-01 10:39:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON PGOV PHUM PREL PTER CE
04COLOMBO1811	SRI LANKA: RIVAL MUSLIM SECTS CLASH IN THE EAST [...] (U) Local authorities imposed a night-time curfew in a town in the eastern district of Batticaloa November 1-3 after ten people were injured in violence between mainstream Muslims and members of a rival Sufi sect. According to M.L.A.M. Hizbullah, a local politician, the curfew was lifted th [...]	2004-11-04 10:40:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI CE
04COLOMBO1845	SRI LANKA: CEASEFIRE MONITOR SEES NO EVIDENCE OF [...] (C) Summary: In an October 28 meeting with poloff, Hagrup Hauckland, Deputy Head of Mission of the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM),said his organization has found no evidence to support Government allegations, widely reported in the press, of a significant Liberation Tigers of Tamil Ee [...]	2004-11-10 11:27:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER MOPS CE LTTE
04COLOMBO1897	SRI LANKA: SPASM OF VIOLENCE IN NORTH AND EAST [...] (C) Summary. On the eve of the LTTE's emotional Hero's Day ceremonies November 26-27, violent incidents, including LTTE killings of an army soldier and informants in the east, grenade attacks on the LTTE's political offices in Batticaloa, and an LTTE-enforced strike in Jaffna, have created [...]	2004-11-23 00:52:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PINS CE LTTE
04COLOMBO1907	SRI LANKA TRANSPARENCY OF BUDGETS/MILITARY [...] POST RESPONSE TO REFTEL FOLLOWS: A. General Overview of Auditing Procedures: 2. In Sri Lanka, the Auditor General (AG),a civilian authority, audits military expenditures as well as expenditure of all other government agencies. The Constitution provides for the appointment of the AG [...]	2004-11-24 09:59:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EAID CE
04COLOMBO1913	SRI LANKA: TENSIONS CONTINUE TO RISE AS LTTE [...] (C) Summary: Tensions continue to flare in the north and east as the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) plan to celebrate their annual November 26-27 Heroes' Day. Throughout the two regions, interlocutors report that Sri Lanka army and civilians have clashed in attempts to disrupt prepa [...]	2004-11-26 06:20:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER CE LTTE
04COLOMBO1920	SRI LANKA: LTTE HEROES' DAY ADDRESS SOFTER THAN [...] (C) Summary. On November 27, Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) leader Velupillai Prabhakaran delivered his 16th annual "Heroes' Day" address from an undisclosed location in LTTE-controlled territory in Sri Lanka. In the speech, Prabhakaran criticized Sinhalese political parties and the [...]	2004-11-29 11:36:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINS CE LTTE
04COLOMBO1924	SRI LANKA: VIOLENCE IN TRINCOMALEE ESCALATES [...] (C) Summary. In the wake of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)'s November 26-27 "Heroes' Day" celebrations, violence is escalating in Trincomalee. Tensions there are running high after two Sinhalese men were killed in a November 29 LTTE-called hartal (general shutdown),and numerou [...]	2004-11-30 10:30:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PINS CE LTTE
04COLOMBO1934	AID/OTI OFFICIALS VISIT KILINOCHCHI TO RESOLVE [...] (SBU) Per State guidance approving operational/working level discussions with counterpart LTTE representatives and based on approval from the Embassy's Front Office, on November 24 two USAID staff held a meeting in Kilinochchi with the Coordinator of the LTTE's Coordinating Office for INGOs a [...]	2004-12-02 01:24:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PTER CE LTTE
04COLOMBO1937	SRI LANKA: GSL RESPONSE TO LTTE HEROES' DAY SPEECH [...] (C) Summary. The Government of Sri Lanka (GSL)'s response to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)'s annual "Heroes' Day" speech criticized the Tigers' call for an unconditional return to the peace talks as not conducive to "good faith negotiations," and reiterated the GSL's readiness [...]	2004-12-02 09:17:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PINS CE LTTE
04COLOMBO1973	Batticaloa Generally Calm Despite Recent [...] (U) SUMMARY: A recent trip to the Eastern Sri Lankan cities of Batticaloa and Oluvil by PAO and CAO revealed them to be generally calm, despite previous shootings not far from Batticaloa and skirmishes in the more northern city of Trincomalee after the November 27 Heroes' Day speech. Student [...]	2004-12-09 11:14:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PTER OIIP EAID KPAO CE LTTE
04COLOMBO2011	SRI LANKA: 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] Updated information for the Department's 2004 annual terrorism report follows below. 2. Begin text of submission: The Sri Lankan government supports the Global War on Terror and continues to demonstrate a strong commitment to combating terrorism--a commitment stressed by President Chand [...]	2004-12-17 06:06:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC CE
04COLOMBO2046	SRI LANKA, MALDIVES REPORT EXTENSIVE DAMAGE, [...] (U) At least 2000 people were reported killed in Sri Lanka, including 4 in Colombo, and an unknown number in Maldives as a result of flooding caused by tidal waves unleashed by an earthquake off the coast of Indonesia on December 26. Beach resorts in both countries, packed with holiday touris [...]	2004-12-26 12:29:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CASC EAID CE MV
04COLOMBO2078	TFX001: SITREP NO. 4 ON SRI LANKA AND MALDIVES, [...] (U) American Citizens: A total of 7 Americans are confirmed dead; 68 remain unaccounted for; 233 welfare/whereabouts cases have been resolved. One American consular officer and one Consular FSN traveled to Matara District on December 31 to visit hospitals. 2. (SBU) Government Actions: [...]	2004-12-31 12:21:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AEMR CASC EAID PGOV PREL CE MV
04COLOMBO311	OFFICIAL INFORMAL NUMBER 030 (02/25/04) [...] (S) We have been following press reports and Embassy Kuala Lumpur cables regarding the Pakistan-related nuclear proliferation activities in Malaysia of Sri Lankan citizen B.S.A. Tahir. We've uncovered no information here to date. Today, however, a Sri Lankan businessman came in to discuss h [...]	2004-02-25 10:18:00	Embassy Colombo	SECRET	AMGT CE MV
04COLOMBO43	OFFICIAL INFORMAL NUMBER 003 (01/09/04) [...] (U) FYI. On January 8, Parliament passed a motion to appoint a parliamentary select committee to examine the differences between the findings of two reports on the 2002 police raid of a Sri Lanka Army safehouse. As reported in 03 Colombo 2121, a retired judge commissioned by President Kumar [...]	2004-01-09 06:07:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT CE MV
04COLOMBO440	Sri Lanka: Can rebel Tamil Tiger commander in [...] (C) A week after he split from the main LTTE organization in the north, rebel commander Karuna appears to be gradually consolidating his position in the east. With many loyal troops in strong defensive redoubts, his military position seems relatively strong. There are also signs that he is p [...]	2004-03-11 11:28:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINR MOPS CE NO LTTE
04COLOMBO441	Humanitarian demining: USG program continues [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A major State Department-sponsored humanitarian demining training initiative has been making major strides in Sri Lanka. Run by the RONCO Corporation, the program has trained over two hundred [...]	2004-03-11 11:30:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV EAID KHDP CE LTTE
04COLOMBO444	COUNTRY TEAM ASSESSMENT FOR USCG 41- [...] THE GOVERNMENT OF SRI LANKA HAS SUBMITTED REFERENCE (FORWARDED UNDER SEPARATE COVER) REQUEST FOR EDA TRANSFER OF 41-FOOT US COAST GUARD UTILITY BOAT. BOTH THE SRI LANKAN NAVY (SLN) AND SRI LANKAN POLICE - PARAMILITARY BRANCH, THE SPECIAL TASK FORCE (STF) HAVE EXPRESSED AN INTEREST IN OBTAINI [...]	2004-03-12 05:07:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS PREL PGOV PTER CE
04COLOMBO456	Norwegian Special Envoy Solheim reviews latest [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a March 13 meeting with the four local co-chairs (Japan, Norway, U.S. and the EU) and again to a wider donor group on March 15, Norwegian Special Envoy Erik Solheim discussed his latest visit to Sri Lanka. Ambassador Lunstead participated in the meetings. Most of Solheim's [...]	2004-03-15 11:33:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PTER CE NO LTTE
04COLOMBO460	COUNTRY TEAM ASSESSMENT FOR SURVEILLANCE RADARS [...] THE GOVERNMENT OF SRI LANKA HAS SUBMITTED REFERENCE (FORWARDED UNDER SEPARATE COVER) REQUEST FOR SURVEILLANCE RADARS FOR BOTH STATIC & MOBILE COASTAL RADAR STATIONS. THE MINISTRY OF DEFENSE CURRENTLY DESIRES TO ESTABLISH COASTAL RADAR STATIONS AND IS REQUESTING FOUR HIGH FREQUENCY OVER THE HO [...]	2004-03-16 04:59:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS PREL PGOV PTER CE LTTE
04COLOMBO50	OFFICIAL INFORMAL NUMBER 004 (01/12/04) [...] (C) FYI. Further to the January 8 email concerning Ambassador Subasinghe's comments to the desk regarding the possible re-swearing in of Ministers Amaratunga and Barkeer Markar to their old Interior and Mass Communications portfolios, respectively, we just want to flag to you that these mini [...]	2004-01-12 09:54:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	AMGT CE MV LTTE
04COLOMBO51	In meeting with Ambassador, Prime Minister [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister told the Ambassador January 10 that it was up to the President to make a new offer on how to deal with the Defense portfolio. In the meantime, he is offering power-sharing at the Provincial level. It appears both sides are waiting to gauge their strength in the [...]	2004-01-12 10:00:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS PINR CE
04COLOMBO565	COUNTRY TEAM ASSESSMENT FOR VERTICAL TAKE OFF AND [...] THE GOVERNMENT OF SRI LANKA HAS SUBMITTED REFERENCE (FORWARDED UNDER SEPARATE COVER) REQUEST FOR TWO VERTICAL TAKE OFF AND LANDING (VTOL) EAGLE EYE UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV). THE SRI LANKA NAVY CURRENTLY DESIRES TO PURCHASE TWO VTOL EAGLE EYE UAVS IN ORDER TO ENHANCE THEIR SURVEILLANCE [...]	2004-03-31 03:35:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS PREL PGOV PTER CE LTTE
04COLOMBO607	Tensions continue to percolate between LTTE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Tensions continue to percolate between the main LTTE organization and rebel eastern commander Karuna. The Tigers recently warned Karuna that they plan to "get rid" of him. In the meantime, there are continuing reports of LTTE hit squads roaming the east and of LTTE and Karuna [...]	2004-04-07 12:23:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINS PINR PHUM MOPS CE LTTE
04COLOMBO620	LTTE FACTIONS SQUARE OFF IN EASTERN SRI LANKA [...] (SBU) Embassy Colombo received information today that rival factions of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE),located in eastern Sri Lanka, became engaged in two gun battles beginning early this morning April 9. Three cadres, most likely from the northern faction, were reported killed [...]	2004-04-09 10:42:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CASC CE MOPS PGOV PINS PTER LTTE
04COLOMBO653	After ousting rebel commander, LTTE reasserts [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the face of the LTTE's recent offensive, breakaway commander Karuna's forces appear to have totally melted away and, as of April 16, the situation in the east is calm. Karuna's whereabouts remain a mystery. For its part, the GSL military continues to deny reports that it is [...]	2004-04-16 07:10:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINS MOPS PHUM EAID CE LTTE
04COLOMBO69	Tigers say they still support ceasefire accord, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the wake of the recent controversy over the PM's remarks about the ceasefire accord, Tiger officials have publicly reaffirmed their support for the ceasefire and the peace process. The Tigers and pro- Tiger elements have expressed a significant degree of impatience with the [...]	2004-01-13 11:22:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINR PINS KPAO CE LTTE
04COLOMBO701	OFFICIAL INFORMAL NUMBER 062 (04/27/04) [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-27 10:58:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	AMGT CE MV LTTE
04COLOMBO714	In Ambassador's first visit to Jaffna, Tamils [...] (C) SUMMARY: During his April 28 visit to the Tamil-majority northern city of Jaffna, Ambassador Lunstead saw life in Jaffna since the April 2 parliamentary elections. A key topic that emerged in conversations with Tamil interlocutors was a deep sense of reservation and skepticism regarding [...]	2004-04-30 04:53:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINS PHUM SOCI MASS KHDP CE LTTE
04COLOMBO747	Peace Process update: Norwegian FM in high- [...] (C) This update on Sri Lanka's peace process reviews the following recent developments: -- Norwegian Foreign Minister visits Sri Lanka for meetings with GSL and LTTE leaders. -- LTTE London-based spokesman Anton Balasingham visits Sri Lanka after a year's hiatus. -- Tensions between th [...]	2004-05-10 11:03:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINS MOPS CE NO LTTE
04COLOMBO809	Peace process, economic issues highlighted [...] (C) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary for South Asian Affairs Christina B. Rocca visited Sri Lanka, May 13-16. Highlights of the visit included meetings with President Kumaratunga, Prime Minister Rajapakse, Opposition Leader (and former PM) Wickremesinghe, business leaders, and Tamil politicians. [...]	2004-05-18 10:22:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON CE NO LTTE ECONOMICS
04COLOMBO842	Maldives: A/S Rocca's visit shows reform has [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary of State for South Asian Affairs Christina B. Rocca visited Maldives, May 16-17. Highlights of the visit included meetings with President Gayoom, FM Fathulla Jameel, Defense Minister Adam, Human Rights Commissioner Mujthaba, and UNDP Resident Representati [...]	2004-05-20 10:53:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON SENV MOPS MV
04COLOMBO864	OFFICIAL INFORMAL NUMBER 075 (05/24/04) [...] (SBU) FYI. Late May 21, longtime UNP MP and former Foreign Minister Tyronne Fernando formally joined President Kumaratunga's Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP). The probable reason for Fernando's defection is his ire at the UNP for being left off the UNP's "national list," and thus out of Parlia [...]	2004-05-24 11:00:00	Embassy Colombo	SECRET	AMGT CE MV
04COLOMBO868	Spate of killings in eastern Sri Lanka as [...] (C) SUMMARY: A spate of killings has taken place recently in eastern Sri Lanka, amid public statements by the Tigers indicating their support for the peace track moving forward. The killings in the east, which are almost certainly connected to the LTTE, seem to stem from leftover factional [...]	2004-05-25 10:23:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINS PHUM CE LTTE
04COLOMBO953	Recent meetings show the way forward for Sri [...] (C) SUMMARY: Opposition Leader Wickremesinghe thought the Co-Chairs statement was good, but that the President and her government do not understand the psychology of the LTTE, and are determined to begin talks on the final ("hard") issues. He also thinks the military is using LTTE rebel Kar [...]	2004-06-09 09:35:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER CE NO LTTE
04DAMASCUS6857	HAMAS MEMBER TARGETED IN CAR BOMBING [...] (C) Summary: On December 13, a car bomb exploded in the Old Mezzeh section of Damascus, wounding some passers-by but apparently killing no one. Media contacts confirmed that the target of the bombing was Mesbah Abu Hweileh, a Palestinian HAMAS official residing in Damascus. Interior Minister [...]	2004-12-14 15:30:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAL PTER PGOV PREL IS SY
04DHAKA3164	USG REJECTS REQUEST FOR SUPPORT FOR POSSIBLE COUP [...] (S) Summary: Retired Bangladesh Army Chief Khan asked for USG support in ending Bangladesh,s current administration and in bringing a government of national unity consisting of senior leaders of both major parties. Khan said Bangladesh,s only way out of dynastic government and the rise of Isl [...]	2004-09-16 04:13:00	Embassy Dhaka	SECRET	BG PGOV PINR PREL
04DJIBOUTI1186	DJIBOUTI'S RESPONSE ON STATUS OF FMF [...] (U) Following Ambassador's July 28 briefing to Major General of the Armed Forces, Col. Osman Sobaghleh, on status of FMF cases for Djibouti as outlined in reftel (B),Ambassador received a written reply August 4 from General Fathi Ahmed Houssein, General of Djibouti's Armed Forces. Embassy tra [...]	2004-07-22 20:15:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS MARR DJ
04DJIBOUTI1279	DEAF SCHOOL OPENS AT GIRLS' ORPHANAGE [...] (U) Summary: The Association for the Protection of Mother and Child opened 15 September a school for deaf children on the grounds of the Girls' Orphanage. Pol/Econ and Pol Assistant visited the school and toured the orphanage on 30 September. At the moment the center runs three classes daily [...]	2004-10-04 10:59:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	SOCI SCUL ECON EAID DJ
04DJIBOUTI1377	RULING COALITION PARTIES REACT TO RPP CONGRESS [...] (C) In the days after the ruling party, People's Rally for Progress (RPP),held their conference nominating current President Ismail Omar Guelleh as the party's choice for presidential candidate in the 2005 elections, word of discontent from the ruling coalition partners started to surface. S [...]	2004-10-28 05:44:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL DJ
04DJIBOUTI1391	DJIBOUTIAN OPPOSITION MEDIA THEMES, OCTOBER 27-28, 2004 [...] (U) Summary: The opposition journals during the week of October 24-28 focused on the alleged complaint against La Realite for slander filed by the Minister of Defense; the designation of the successor to Ahmed Dini Ahmed as president of the Republican Alliance for Democracy (ARD); and the dist [...]	2004-11-01 10:38:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV SCUL KPAO DJ
04DJIBOUTI1393	USG-DONATED SCHOOL KITS ELICIT SUPPORT AND ALSO [...] (U) Summary: On October 21 and October 30, Ambassador and USAID Director joined Djiboutian officials and local UNICEF Director Thomas Davin, in the official unveiling and distribution of school kits provided by the Ministry of Education to primary school children in Djibouti under a USAID educ [...]	2004-11-01 11:52:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV EAID SCUL DJ
04DJIBOUTI1405	MORE ON OBASANJO VISIT TO DJIBOUTI: SOMALIA AT [...] (C) Ambassador met with Minister of Cooperation Mahamoud Ali Youssouf 3 November, at her request, to address several items. Among them was a discussion on the nature of Nigerian President Olesugun Obasanjo's visit to Djibouti. Youssouf confirmed reports in the local press (see reftel) that th [...]	2004-11-04 02:27:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS ET KE NI DJ SO
04DJIBOUTI1512	VISIT OF SOMALI PRESIDENT TO DJIBOUTI [...] (U) Summary: Newly elected President of Somalia, Abdillahi Youssouf Ahmed, came to Djibouti for a 24-hour visit on November 15, 2004. In a press conference with Djiboutian national media during the visit, Abdillahi Youssouf touched on the conflicting relations between Somaliland and Puntland, [...]	2004-11-24 06:02:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM PHUM PNAT PBTS PINS PTER DJ SO
04DJIBOUTI1516	DJIBOUTI: TRANSPARENCY OF BUDGETS/MILITARY SPENDING [...] (U) Expenditures by the Djiboutian military are audited on a yearly basis by the Chambre des Comptes (the Public Accounts Auditing Board). The audit is limited to accounting books and other financial documents. Audits of military budgets are reported only to the President of the Republic, who [...]	2004-11-28 01:05:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EAID MASS DJ MAAR
04DJIBOUTI1533	MAJORITY PARTIES HOLD CONGRESS TO SELECT [...] (U) Summary: Two parties within the ruling coalition held congresses to select their presidential candidate and formulate plans for the elections scheduled for April 2005. The Front for the Restoration of Unity and Democracy (FRUD) held an ordinary session of the National Council on 24 Novembe [...]	2004-12-02 02:13:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL DJ
04DJIBOUTI1543	PRESIDENT GUELLEH ON SOMALIA, ETHIOPIA-ERITREA, SUDAN [...] (C) In a meeting with President Ismail Omar Guelleh December 2 on other matters (reviewed septels),Ambassador also sought Guelleh's views on regional Horn of Africa developments. Topics covered included the new Ethiopian five-point peace proposal, Eritrean isolation and meddling in Darfur, Li [...]	2004-12-03 07:27:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM PBTS DJ SO ET ER
04DJIBOUTI1553	SOMALILAND FOREIGN MINISTER SEEKS INTERIM STATUS [...] (C) Edna Ismail Aden, Foreign Minister of Somaliland, told Ambassador December 5, during their meeting at the Sheraton Hotel, that Somaliland is interested in reviving "interim status" recognition for Somaliland first discussed and considered during the waning days of the Clinton Administrati [...]	2004-12-06 11:18:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM MARR PTER SO DJ
04DJIBOUTI1621	GUELLEH REQUESTS ON-SITE SURVEY OF PROPOSED CAMP [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 27, the Ambassador and CJTF-HOA Commanding General Samuel Helland met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Abdi Farah, at the Minister's request, to discuss the proposed expansion of Camp Lemonier. The Minister said that Djiboutian President Ismail Omar Guelleh told [...]	2004-12-27 13:08:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MASS MARR MOPS DJ
04DJIBOUTI299	DISCONTENT IN THE DJIBOUTIAN MILITARY [...] (C) USLO Chief has learned that on Saturday, February 28 large groups of soldiers in the interior districts of Dikhil, Tadjoura, and Obock refused to accept their monthly salaries. Four high ranking Djiboutian military officers have since been dispatched to the districts to engage the disgrunt [...]	2004-03-03 13:52:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PGOV PREL PM DJ
04DJIBOUTI380	BUSES STRIKE IN PROTEST OF FUEL COSTS [...] (U) On Saturday, March 13, the Buses' Union members went on strike, causing a total disruption of the bus transportation in the capital city of Djibouti. The overwheming majority of the inhabitants in the capital rely on bus transportation, primarily in the form of 11 or 21 passenger minivan [...]	2004-03-14 12:34:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON ELAB ELTN ENRG EPET ASEC DJ
04DJIBOUTI381	DJIBOUTI, JUST ANOTHER SATURDAY [...] (C) Emboff met Djiboutian Army Captain Abdullahi Youssouf for coffee on March 13. The primary focus of the meeting was to gain insight into the status of recent Djiboutian military discontent (see reftel). Conversation also touched on the railroad explosion in the late evening of March 12. T [...]	2004-03-14 13:43:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PGOV PREL PM PINR DJ
04DJIBOUTI549	ESTABLISHMENT OF A NATIONAL COUNTER TERRORISM [...] (S/NF) Pursuant to the goals of the East Africa Counter-Terrorism Initiative (EACTI),U.S. Embassy Djibouti wishes to use its security assistance (SA) program to establish a national counter terrorism (CT) force within the Djiboutian military. Because of multiple actors within the Djibouti s [...]	2004-04-14 15:14:00	Embassy Djibouti	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL MASS MARR MOPS MCAP DJ
04DJIBOUTI590	FRENCH AMBASSADOR ON FLAP WITH DJIBOUTI GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Ambassador held a long meeting April 20 with France's Ambassador to Djibouti, Philippe Selz to talk about French-Djibouti relations in light of the recent flap between the two countries over an outstanding matter involving the death in Djibouti in 1995 of Judge Bernard Borrel, a French nat [...]	2004-04-20 15:26:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV FR DJ
04DJIBOUTI814	THORNY ISSUES RAISED AT 27TH ANNIVERSARY [...] (U) Summary: June 6 marked the 27th anniversary of the creation of Djibouti's armed forces. On the occasion, Chief of Defense, General Fathi Ahmed Houssein, addressed the troops with remarks that raised lingering thorny issues of adequate housing, health services, compensation and promotion [...]	2004-06-14 11:40:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS MARR MASS MCAP DJ
04DJIBOUTI934	PORTENTS IN DJIBOUTI BASE LEASE NEGOTIATIONS [...] (S) During the July 6 meeting of the U.S.-Djibouti Military Coordinating Committee, Abdurahman Boreh, Special Economic Advisor to President Ismail Omar Guelleh, told USLO Chief that the Government of Djibouti would like to construct a new international airport. He said an American consulting f [...]	2004-07-07 15:22:00	Embassy Djibouti	SECRET	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS DJ
04DUBLIN1331	EU/IRELAND: FORMER IRISH PM BRUTON APPOINTED NEXT [...] On September 9, Former Taoiseach (Prime Minister) and current member of the Irish Parliament John Bruton was appointed EU Ambassador to the US. He is the first EU ambassador to the US to be chosen since the European Commission's decision to give the appointment to a political heavyweight in [...]	2004-09-09 16:26:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV EU PINR
04DUBLIN1704	GOVERNMENT SPENDING PROJECIONS FOR 2005 RELEASED [...] (SBU) Summary: The annual Book of Estimates released by Finance Minister Brian Cowen on November 18 projects a 6 percent increase in public spending over 2004 as part of its forecast for the 2005 government budget, to be published December 1. Minister Cowen characterized the expenditure plan [...]	2004-11-22 12:38:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON
04DUBLIN867	SCENESETTER FOR THE PRESIDENT'S TRIP TO IRELAND [...] (C) Summary: Irish President Mary McAleese and Prime Minister Bertie Ahern are looking forward to welcoming the President to Dromoland Castle in the west of Ireland for the U.S.-EU Summit June 26. Ahern can be justly proud of his management of the EU Presidency to date, including his lead [...]	2004-06-08 16:45:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM ETRD EAIR MASS MARR CASC CVIS EUN
04FRANKFURT1495	Rheinland-Pfalz Lobbies for U.S. Troops to Stay [...] (SBU) Concerned over the USG Global Posture Review (ref A),the state of Rheinland-Pfalz (R-P) is fighting hard to hang on to the approximately 24,000 active-duty U.S. soldiers stationed within the state. Home to US Air Force Europe (USAFE) headquarters at Ramstein Airbase as well as the airba [...]	2004-02-25 09:26:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MASS PREL GM
04FRANKFURT5846	RHEINLAND-PFALZ PROPOSES JOINT TRAINING FACILITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Rheinland-Pfalz (R-P) state government has proposed converting Baumholder (a 29,158 acre army training facility supporting around 13,000 U.S. soldiers and family members) into a multi-purpose facility for humanitarian intervention and civil defense training. This "Joint Trai [...]	2004-07-08 07:33:00	Consulate Frankfurt	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MASS PREL GM
04FRANKFURT9143	RHEINLAND-PFALZ MINISTER-PRESIDENT BECK ASKS FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. In an October 7 meeting with the Ambassador, Rheinland-Pfalz (R-P) Minister-President Kurt Beck (SPD/Social Democrats) reiterated the state's support for U.S. troops based there and asked that the USG back efforts to minimize damage from the Global Defense Posture Review, particu [...]	2004-10-22 16:25:00	Consulate Frankfurt	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV GM
04GUATEMALA1278	BERGER RECOVERS AFTER STUMBLE [...] (SBU) Summary: Criticism lingers of Berger's handling of his private talks with the FRG, but the political storm has apparently passed and media criticism has decreased considerably. Berger shored up the GANA coalition after the departure of Security Commissioner Otto Perez Molina and his [...]	2004-05-21 17:35:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR MOPS GT
04GUATEMALA1447	GUATEMALA: HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE #4-2004 [...] (U) This message summarizes significant recent developments relating to human rights, including: -- Executive Send CICIACS to Court (paras 2-3) -- Progress on Southcom Human Rights Initiative (4) -- Human Rights NGOs Speak Out on National Police (5) -- New Trial in Rio Negro Massacre [...]	2004-06-10 19:07:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCRM KWMN AORC GT
04GUATEMALA1460	BREAKFAST WITH BERGER: PROGRESS ON MILITARY [...] (C) At breakfast with Ambassador June 10, President Berger expressed appreciation for U.S. assistance to date on military downsizing and accepted that we would need a better idea of how the money would be used before asking the Congress to unfreeze the $2.2 million of MAP funds. Vice Presid [...]	2004-06-10 23:24:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MASS MCAP GT
04GUATEMALA1727	GROUNDBREAKING CONVICTION OF MILITARY OFFICIALS [...] Summary. Fourteen soldiers were sentenced to 40 years in prison on July 9 for the murder of 11 civilians during the 1995 Xaman massacre. The Xaman killings were the last of approximately 626 massacres perpetrated by the army during Guatemala's 36-year civil conflict, and occurred only fourte [...]	2004-07-13 23:49:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM GT
04GUATEMALA2146	GUATEMALAN CONGRESS APPROVES PAYMENTS TO EX-PACS [...] (U) Summary: Guatemala's Congress has approved payments to ex-members of the civil self-defense patrols (PAC) that served as adjuncts to the Guatemalan Army from 1981 to 1996. The Congress agreed to pay the equivalent of about 665 dollars in three payments to each ex-PAC between now and the [...]	2004-08-24 22:07:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM EFIN EAID MASS SNAR PREF ASEC GT
04GUATEMALA252	SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS: U.S. EFFORTS IN GUATEMALA [...] Summary: Following is the Embassy response to Reftel request. End Summary. Overview of Human Rights and Democracy Environment and U.S. Strategy for Improving It --------------------------------------------- ----- 2. Guatemala held free and fair elections in November and December of 2 [...]	2004-02-03 15:51:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM ELAB KCRM PREL PGOV GT
04GUATEMALA2804	GUATEMALA'S EX-PARAMILITARY GROUPS BLOCK [...] Summary. Guatemala's ex-PAC members practically shut down the nation on November 3 in protests over the Government's failure to disburse payments promised to them in the 2003 election. These payments have been delayed due to constitutional challenges to the process. Congress immediately met [...]	2004-11-04 22:29:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC GT PGOV PHUM PINS
04GUATEMALA2904	GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE #5-2004 [...] (U) This message summarizes significant recent developments relating to human rights, including: -- Conviction in murder of Menchu Foundation accountant (para 2) -- Courts Give PDH Access to EMP Documents (3) -- Journalists Demand Justice for &Black Thursday8 Riots (4) -- Threats Aga [...]	2004-11-17 15:51:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC EAID GT MARR PGOV PHUM SNAR
04GUATEMALA30	BERGER NAMES PROFESSIONAL, EXPERIENCED CABINET [...] (SBU) Summary and introduction: On January 7, President-elect Oscar Berger announced the members of his cabinet. He also named eight "policy coordinators" (super-ministers) to head functional areas. It is not clear what their relationship will be to the ministers, but Berger has described th [...]	2004-01-09 17:03:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR EAID SNAR GT
04GUATEMALA3071	LETTER FROM GUATEMALA [...] (U) This is the first of a series of biweekly cables with which, in a more discursive style than the standard telegram, the Embassy intends to report on newsworthy political and economic developments and provide some context to Guatemalan policy-making. ---------------------- Cabinet Change [...]	2004-12-01 23:33:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON GT
04GUATEMALA3163	GUATEMALAN PARTICIPATION IN PEACEKEEPING [...] (C) Summary: In addition to deployment of a military police company to Haiti, the Guatemalan military has military observers in the Ivory Coast and Burundi, has finished training military observers for deployment to Sudan, and has promised to send a Special Forces company and a military poli [...]	2004-12-10 18:33:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO PREL MOPS GT HA BY IV SU CF UN
04GUATEMALA317	WHA A/S ROGER NORIEGA'S FEBRUARY 3-5 VISIT TO [...] (C) During a February 3-5 visit to Guatemala, WHA Assistant Secretary Roger Noriega met with President Oscar Berger and senior members of his government to discuss the full range of bilateral issues. A/S Noriega highlighted the importance the Bush Administration places on CAFTA as a means of [...]	2004-02-10 17:12:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR EAID MOPS KTIA ETRD KCOR PHUM ELAB GT
04GUATEMALA3211	LETTER FROM GUATEMALA (2) [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-17 17:35:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KCOR PREL KIPR GT
04GUATEMALA3241	GUATEMALA: MILITARY CONFERENCE ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) Summary: The Guatemalan Ministry of Defense and the U.S Southern Command co-sponsored a December 7-10 conference in Antigua, Guatemala, to develop an action plan for the regional Human Rights Initiative (HRI) Consensus Document. Civilians worked alongside military officers to design a pla [...]	2004-12-21 21:40:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV MASS SNAR ASEC GT
04GUATEMALA479	GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE #2-2004 [...] (SBU) Summary: The following is an update of significant recent developments in human rights. Topics include: -- GOG to Re-dedicate Peace Accords (para 2) -- President Supports Gang Rehabilitation (3-4) -- Bruce Harris Acquitted on Slander Charges (5) -- Escape of convicted Mack murd [...]	2004-02-26 23:55:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV GT
04GUATEMALA504	SCENE SETTER FOR MARCH 5 PCC ON GUATEMALA [...] (C) Summary and introduction: After only six weeks in office, the Berger government has generated high expectations among Guatemalans that it will spur economic growth, reduce violent crime and investigate and prosecute official corruption and organized crime. Berger has also told us privatel [...]	2004-03-01 21:04:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PGOV SNAR CVIS MASS KCOR OVIP PBTS GT
04GUATEMALA771	GOG ACCORD ON DEEP MILITARY REDUCTIONS [...] (C) Summary: President Oscar Berger told the Ambassador on March 27 that he had achieved a "political understanding" with his Minister of Defense to reduce military strength to 15,500 officers and men, and to sharply reduce the military budget to .33 % of GDP (down from the Peace Accords limi [...]	2004-03-30 13:29:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR GT
04HANOI1268	MISSION TEAM VISITS GIA LAI IN WAKE OF PROTESTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Officials in Gia Lai province April 27-29 downplayed reports of violence connected to the April 10 events in the province, telling Mission poloffs that protests had taken place in nine locations, had involved a total of no more 1000-3000 demonstrators, and were quickly contained [...]	2004-05-04 10:19:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF PREL PGOV KIRF VM HUMANR ETMIN
04HANOI1442	U.S. HUMANITARIAN DEMINING EFFORTS IN VIETNAM [...] (U) Summary: The U.S.-funded VVAF survey project is underway, though it has also lost its project manager and will not be complete by September 30. U.S.-funded demining- related NGOs are operating successfully in Quang Binh and Quang Tri provinces and have generated goodwill towards the U.S. [...]	2004-05-21 02:35:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS PREL PGOV EAID VM
04HANOI1584	ESTABLISHMENT OF DRUG INTERDICTION TASK FORCE UNITS [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 8. 2. (U) SUMMARY. A key element of a UN-led, U.S.-funded anti-drug project setting up drug interdiction task force units in six Vietnamese provinces bordering China, Cambodia, and Laos is underway. The three-year project focuses on generating [...]	2004-06-02 10:17:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM PREL EAID VM CNARC
04HANOI1587	NARCOTICS CERTIFICATION PROCEDURES FOR 2004 [...] (U) In response to incoming request, post is providing responses keyed to 2004 certification instruction points as follow: 2. (U) Implementation of the counternarcotics Master Plan for 2001-2005: --This is an ongoing activity that continues to make slow but steady progress. The Unit [...]	2004-06-03 03:10:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PREL PGOV KCRM PINS VM CNARC
04HANOI1604	REVIEWING HUMAN RIGHTS WITH DPM DUNG [...] (SBU) Summary. In a meeting with Deputy Prime Minister Dung on June 3, Ambassador urged Vietnam to take steps on human rights and religious freedom, inter alia, that would create a good environment for high level visits from Vietnam. Dung acknowledged problems in implementation of "clear" [...]	2004-06-04 06:56:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PREF PHUM IZ VM CTERR ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE
04HANOI1676	GVN REQUESTS USG SUPPORT FOR ACTION [...] (U) SUMMARY. The GVN is seeking USG support to deny consultative status to two NGOs at the upcoming ECOSOC session in New York. The GVN considers the Free Vietnam Alliance and the Transnational Radical Party to be terrorist organizations with the aim of either forcibly overthrowing the GVN [...]	2004-06-10 10:31:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER VM UN ECOSOC ETMIN CTERR
04HANOI1729	DASD JENNINGS' MEETINGS WITH SENIOR GVN OFFICIALS [...] (U) Summary. In meetings with a range of GVN leaders in Hanoi and HCMC, DASD Jennings and staff reached agreement on the archival research initiative; assessed positively the utility of continuing the wartime leaders interview initiative; reiterated USG priority for underwater recovery oper [...]	2004-06-18 09:02:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR VM
04HANOI2518	VIETNAM'S JUSTICE SECTOR: CLIMATE AND LANDSCAPE [...] (U) This message incorporates the report of the ICITAP/OPDAT team that visited Hanoi July 19-23 2004 in advance of planned DOJ counternarcotics training activities. 2. (U) Summary: DOJ is ready to implement the training programs supported with INCLE funds and listed in the U.S.- Vietnam Cou [...]	2004-09-15 00:35:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM PINS VM CNARC
04HANOI2608	"BANDIT" GROUPS RAID NEAR LAOS BORDER [...] (SBU) Summary: We have confirmed reports of clashes between Vietnamese Border Army troops and small groups of armed Hmong in western Nghe An province that have left two dead since late July. The GVN published the story in the newspaper but has declined to discuss it with us. End Summary. [...]	2004-09-17 09:20:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER ASEC LA VM ETMIN
04HANOI2660	GVN DECLARES LISTS OF STATE SECRETS [...] (SBU) Summary: The GVN has for the first time publicly issued a list of Office of the Government documents requiring classification. Included in this list are documents related to security issues, national reserves, budget figures and "important internal and external policies." Official sour [...]	2004-09-24 09:02:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR VM
04HANOI2901	AMBASSADOR AND DEFENSE MINISTER DISCUSS POW/MIA, [...] (SBU) Summary: The Vietnam Defense Minister confirmed in his introductory meeting with the Ambassador October 26 that underwater POW/MIA recovery operations can be conducted on a Vietnamese Navy vessel, a civilian vessel or not at all. English language training for military officers remains a [...]	2004-10-27 06:42:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MASS KPOW VM
04HANOI2921	VIETNAM ISSUES NATIONAL PLAN OF ACTION ON TIP [...] (U) Summary: Vietnam has come up with the long-awaited national action plan on trafficking in persons. The plan focuses on the 2004-2010 period and addresses the major elements of prevention, prosecution and protection. It identifies the deficiencies in the current approach and the challenge [...]	2004-10-29 01:23:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG VM OMIG TIP
04HANOI3069	GVN EAGER TO CONCLUDE WTO NEGOTIATIONS, [...] (U) Summary: Vice Foreign Minister Le Van Bang told the Ambassador that a visit by Prime Minister Phan Van Khai was possible at the end of the first half of 2005, and discussed possible steps to "create the proper atmosphere" for the visit. As one step, the GVN would like to see a conclusion [...]	2004-11-12 11:29:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PREF OTRA OVIP MASS ETRD EAID EINV VM KICC WTO RELFREE HUMANR ETMIN
04HANOI330	TIP IN VIETNAM: VISIT OF G/TIP PROGRAM OFFICER [...] Summary: G/TIP Foreign Affairs Officer Gregory Holliday's meetings in Vietnam were productive and reflected the hard work and effort Vietnam is putting into the fight against trafficking in persons. He heard about the GVN's increasing attention to trafficking and about recent changes to how [...]	2004-02-06 09:55:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN KCRM ELAB CB CH MY RP VM OMIG TIP LABOR
04HANOI3352	NATIONAL ASSEMBLY PASSES SECURITY LAW, BLASTS PM ON [...] (SBU) Summary. The National Assembly (NA) ended its autumn session on December 4 after passing six new laws, including two on publishing and national security. The contents of the National Security law have not been released, but they reportedly seek to rein in the military's intelligence se [...]	2004-12-20 08:57:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR MARR VM DPOL
04HANOI3356	2004 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT (INCSR) - VIETNAM [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-20 10:12:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC EFIN HIV KCRM PGOV PREL SNAR SOCI VM
04HANOI652	INPUT FOR 2004 TIP REPORT - VIETNAM [...] Mission Vietnam's response to the TIP questions in reftel A follows, following the requested checklist format. 2. OVERVIEW OF VIETNAM'S ACTIVITIES TO ELIMINATE TIP A. Characterization of trafficking in Vietnam: Vietnam is a country of origin for trafficked, women, and children, but the [...]	2004-03-04 03:51:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF CH TW CA VM OMIG TIP

04HANOI786	NEXT STEPS ON TIP IN VIETNAM: LEGAL REFORM [...] Summary: The Ministry of Justice (MOJ) has the outline of a plan of action to reform TIP legislation in conformity with UN standards and to deal with the problem more effectively. The Ministry of Public Security (MPS) is on board but has some concerns about implementation. The plan is a dir [...]	2004-03-18 09:58:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KWMN KCRM ELAB VM OMIG TIP
04HANOI920	U.S.-VIETNAM DRUG COOPERATION COULD STRENGTHEN [...] (U) SUMMARY: GVN Defense and Public Security Ministries, as well as the UN Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC),are "eager" to work on implementation of the new bilateral counternarcotics letter of agreement. Training and infrastructural assistance are high GVN priorities; all are interested i [...]	2004-04-02 00:10:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR MARR EAID PREL VM CNARC
04HARARE199	PARLIAMENT PASSES LAND ACQUISITION ACT AMENDMENTS, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After considerable debate, Parliament on January 28 passed a controversial Land Acquisition Amendment (LAA) Bill. The bill scales back due process protections for property owners and expands the categories of properties that may be confiscated under the government's land reform [...]	2004-02-04 11:17:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PTER ASEC ECON EAGR ZI
04HARARE2063	MUGABE, OLD GUARD ASCENDANT IN NEW POLITBURO [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Mugabe on December 17 announced a new 50-member Politburo. The new membership confirms the decline in influence of Speaker of the Parliament Emmerson Mnangagwa as well as the fall from grace of hard-liners Information Minister Jonathan Moyo and Minister of Justice Patr [...]	2004-12-21 09:40:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ZI ZANU PF
04HARARE292	NEW CABINET MEMBER BIOS [...] (C) Reftel reported President Mugabe's February 9 cabinet reshuffle. As promised reftel, we provide below additional biographic information on the new appointees (we have not included cabinet members who retained the same portfolios or were switched to another portfolio): ----------------- [...]	2004-02-19 10:44:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ZI
04HARARE634	POLICE, MILITARY SEIZE OPPOSITION MP'S FARM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The seizure of MDC MP Roy Bennett's Chimanimani farm by police and military on April 9 represents the climax of a long-standing GOZ effort to deprive the prominent opposition figure of his economic and political base. The forces evicted farm management from the property and g [...]	2004-04-13 15:05:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV ZI MDC
04HARARE655	Land Reform Threatens Wildlife [...] (SBU) Summary: After a decade of rescuing endangered species, Save (pronounced SA-vay) Valley now weighs its own extinction. Robert Mugabe's land redistribution has gradually spilled into this conservancy, Africa's largest private wildlife reserve. The conservancy would be an important compo [...]	2004-04-20 13:41:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EAID BTIO EINV ECON PGOV ZI
04HARARE682	MISCHIEF IN MANICALAND: VIOLENCE ON FARMS, MUTARE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Credible sources report that ruling party supporters who have seized farms in Manicaland are beating farm workers suspected of loyalty to the opposition. International Organization for Migration (IOM) is preparing to care for farm workers who are being displaced by the seizures a [...]	2004-04-21 15:34:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV ASEC PREF EAGR EAID ZI MDC ZANU PF
04HARARE752	WHITHER THE MDC [...] (C) SUMMARY: The fledgling opposition MDC is suffering from some basic but critical problems: infighting within the higher ranks, insufficient communication and consultation with the broader membership, despondency, and increasing criticism from within the party. These factors coupled with ZA [...]	2004-05-05 11:46:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR EAID ASEC ZI MDC
04HELSINKI1499	NATO AMBASSADOR NICHOLAS BURNS' VISIT TO FINLAND, [...] (C) Of all the open questions in Finnish foreign policy, the issue of whether to join NATO is the biggest. It is debated endlessly in the editorial and op-ed pages, but that debate has yet to affect public opinion. Polls continue to show strong opposition to membership, in part because of F [...]	2004-11-26 06:13:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL FI EUN NATO
04HOCHIMINHCITY573	EMBASSY/CONGEN TEAM VISITS DAK LAK, ASSESSES EXTENT OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy and ConGen poloffs discovered more questions than answers concerning reports of recent ethnic unrest (refs A and B),during an April 26-27 trip through the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak. While everyone from government officials to some of the protesters themselv [...]	2004-04-30 00:14:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF PREL PGOV SOCI SCUL KIRF VM ETMIN HUMANR RELFREE
04ISTANBUL1019	A/S JONES MEETING WITH IRAQI FM ZIBARI AND IRAQI [...] (C) Summary. During the run-up to the Istanbul Summit June 27, A/S Jones and CPA Foreign Policy Director Ronald Neumann discussed Iraq's security challenges and a new NATO-Iraq relationship with Iraqi FM Zibari and Iraqi MoD Sha'alan. Jones and Zibari agreed that their informal meeting with [...]	2004-06-30 08:34:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ TU NATO
04ISTANBUL295	TURKISH FIRST ARMY COMMANDER ON US/TURKEY [...] (u) Summary: During the course of a February 26 courtesy call by the Ambassador, First Army Commander General Buyukanit offered his views on U.S.-Turkish military-to-military relations, the ongoing Cyprus negotiations, and the Greater Middle East. End Summary. Mil-Mil Relations --------- [...]	2004-02-26 12:18:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CY TU
04ISTANBUL374	FUROR OVER ATATURK'S DAUGHTER'S ARMENIAN ANCESTRY [...] (sbu) Summary: Recent claims reported in two Turkish newspapers that the late Sabiha Gokcen -- Ataturk's adopted daughter and Turkey's first female pilot -- was Armenian have exposed an ugly streak of racism in Turkish society. The reports led a number of prominent figures to make racist rema [...]	2004-03-10 12:55:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL TU
04JAKARTA10111	A WIN FOR YUDHOYONO IN PARLIAMENT: ARMED FORCES [...] (C) The House of Representatives (DPR) on October 15 voted to slow-track President Megawati's appointment of Ryamizard Ryacudu as Armed Forces (TNI) Commander. This decision marks a victory for President-elect Yudhoyono, who recently told the Ambassador he did not appreciate Megawati's nominat [...]	2004-10-18 09:25:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR KDEM ID
04JAKARTA12319	INDONESIAN DEFMIN SUDARSONO ON EAST TIMOR [...] (C) Summary. In a December 13 introductory call by the Ambassador, Indonesian Defense Minister Juwono Sudarsono said the GOI was working on a proposal to form a Commission for Humanitarian Reconciliation to address human rights violations perpetrated in East Timor in 1999. The commission wou [...]	2004-12-14 11:30:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR PHUM TT ID
04JAKARTA8872	THE TASKS AHEAD FOR YUDHOYONO [...] (C) Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's projected win in the September 20 presidential runoff marks a resounding victory for Indonesian democracy. The challenger defeated a President who had forged an alliance with Indonesia's oldest and largest political parties, while credible reports indicated the [...]	2004-09-21 11:13:00	Embassy Jakarta	SECRET	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KISL ID
04KATHMANDU1024	NEPAL: DEUBA DUBBED PRIME MINISTER; CONGRESS' [...] (C) At about 11:00 a.m. local time on June 2, King Gyanendra appointed two-time Prime Minister and President of the Nepali Congress (Democratic) Sher Bahadur Deuba as Prime Minister. He is expected to be sworn in on June 3. According to Palace sources, Deuba's nomination has the critical sup [...]	2004-06-02 08:39:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV NP
04KATHMANDU105	NEPAL'S NEWLY APPOINTED AMBASSADOR TO INDIA [...] His Majesty's Government of Nepal (GON) announced the appointment of Karna Dhoj Adhikari as its Ambassador to India on December 12, 2003. Ambassador-designate Adhikari will replace acting Nepali CDA Pradeep Khatiwata, who has been GON's representative since Ambassador Bekh Bahadur Thapa retur [...]	2004-01-14 09:10:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINR PGOV PREL NP
04KATHMANDU1080	NEPAL: PM DEUBA'S PLAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a warm 40-minute courtesy call by the Charge on Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba on June 10, Nepal's new Prime Minister broadly outlined the challenges he faces in building a new government, dealing with the Maoists, and restoring democratic processes in Nepal. Deuba's sta [...]	2004-06-10 21:22:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER NP GON
04KATHMANDU112	NEPAL: SPOKESMAN SAYS ARMY WILL INITIATE [...] (C) On January 15 Royal Nepal Army (RNA) Spokesman Col. Deepak Gurung informed poloff that the RNA had completed its inquiry into allegations that RNA soldiers had summarily executed three civilians in Khotang District on December 6 (Reftel). According to Gurung, the RNA, based on its findin [...]	2004-01-15 09:49:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM MOPS MASS NP
04KATHMANDU1141	UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, JUNE 11-18, [...] An early morning ambush by Maoists left 21 Armed Police Force (APF) personnel dead and sixteen injured (Ref A). Seven security personnel were killed and twenty-two suffered injuries in other incidents this week. Indian police arrested five Nepalese Maoists in the Indian state of Bihar. Twent [...]	2004-06-18 03:02:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP PHUM
04KATHMANDU1193	NEPAL: SUPREME COURT ISSUES ORDER TO ARMY ON [...] (S) SUMMARY: For the first time, Nepal's Supreme Court has issued a "show cause" order to the Royal Nepal Army (RNA) Chief of Army Staff (COAS) instructing the RNA to respond within specified timelines on habeas corpus petitions. Nepal's moribund judiciary and understandably frightened judges [...]	2004-06-25 08:02:00	Embassy Kathmandu	SECRET	PHUM PGOV MOPS NP
04KATHMANDU120	UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, JANUARY 10-16, [...] Almost 100 insurgents have surrendered since the announcement of the Government of Nepal's (GON) amnesty program. On January 9, Maoists released an economic report touting tourists as their main source of revenue. On January 15, Maoists gunned down a newly appointed mayor. According to pr [...]	2004-01-16 07:27:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP PHUM
04KATHMANDU122	NEPAL: ARE THE STUDENT PROTESTS RESONATING WITHIN [...] (C) Summary. Now at the month-long mark, student union-led protests have grown increasingly critical of the King and have even begun calling for the abolition of the monarchy and the institution of a republican state. The demonstrations are the largest and most sustained protests since the d [...]	2004-01-16 08:40:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM NP
04KATHMANDU1226	NEPAL: ARMY CHIEF REPLIES TO SUPREME COURT [...] (U) According to media reporting on June 29, Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Pyar Jung Thapa responded in writing to the Nepali Supreme Court's "show cause" order (Ref A). His response reportedly indicated that past failures by the Royal Nepal Army (RNA) to respond to habeas corpus writs on indiv [...]	2004-06-30 07:32:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV MOPS NP
04KATHMANDU1231	NEPAL: FOUR PARTIES AGREE ON BASIC PRINCIPLES FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 30 three political parties joined Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba's Nepali Congress (Democratic) in endorsing a statement of objectives for Deuba's government. The parties' hard-won agreement on the 43-point program opens the door for the formation of a coalition g [...]	2004-07-01 07:59:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV NP
04KATHMANDU1234	UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, JUNE 26-JULY [...] Security forces reportedly thwarted Maoist plans to create "chaos" in the capital. Germany's envoy called for a quick resolution of the Maoist conflict to improve Nepal's economic development. Nepal's UN Chief said the UN "would not take any initiative" for dialogue with the Maoists, and sa [...]	2004-07-02 03:57:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP PHUM
04KATHMANDU1260	NEPAL: MAOISTS KILL 12 POLICE, 1 CIVILIAN NEAR [...] According to Nepal Police sources, at about 3:30 am local time on July 5, Maoist insurgents detonated a landmine along Padam Road, 10 km west of Birgunj in Parsa district. The explosion was timed to damage a pick-up truck carrying 12 Nepal police personnel and a civilian. All 13 were killed [...]	2004-07-07 03:24:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER ASEC NP
04KATHMANDU1288	NEPAL: AMBASSADOR CALLS ON FOREIGN SECRETARY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Moriarty made his first official call on Foreign Secretary Madhu Acharya on July 8. Acharya stated that the UN offer to mediate with the Maoists was appreciated, but third-party mediation from any quarters would not be accepted for the time being. Meanwhile, India's [...]	2004-07-09 07:05:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF PHUM IN BH NP UN
04KATHMANDU1290	NEPAL: CHILDREN IN ARMED CONFLICT [...] Nepal's Maoist insurgency, which began in 1996, has tragically victimized the children of Nepal. The frequent school bandhs (school closings),have disrupted the lives of students, parents and teachers and the scheduling of required exams, damaged the educational system and delayed the advan [...]	2004-07-09 07:49:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PHUM PTER MOPS PGOV NP
04KATHMANDU1300	UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, JULY 2-JULY 9, [...] Maoists assassinated the Mayor of Pokhara, reportedly in retaliation for the deaths of six rebels and for failing to abandon his post. The four political parties who have declined joining Deuba's cabinet reportedly have entered into talks with Maoist leaders. A senior member of the Maoist C [...]	2004-07-12 07:19:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP PHUM
04KATHMANDU1319	NEPAL: DEPARTING INDIAN AMBASSADOR OFFERS HIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with Ambassador Moriarty on July 13, outgoing Indian Ambassador to Nepal (and future Indian Foreign Secretary) Shyam Satan stressed that a negotiated settlement with the Maoists resulting in multiparty democracy could only be achieved if there were political unity bet [...]	2004-07-14 09:52:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PINS PINR PREF BH PK NP
04KATHMANDU133	NEPAL: ARMY LAUNCHES AIR STRIKE AGAINST REPORTED [...] (C) The Director of Military Operations (DMO) of the Royal Nepal Army (RNA) has confirmed that on January 20 the RNA conducted an air strike against a site in the remote mid-western district of Jajarkot, where the Maoists were reportedly holding a large rally. According to the RNA source, th [...]	2004-01-21 09:35:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PTER NP
04KATHMANDU1348	UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, JULY 10-16, [...] Government of Nepal (GON) officials announced there would be no unilateral ceasefire even as contradictory opinions surrounded the issue of international mediation. Maoists pulled off another brazen assassination of a city mayor in broad daylight, following a pattern of assassinating local [...]	2004-07-16 05:33:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP PHUM
04KATHMANDU1372	WEEKLY NEPAL MEDIA REPORT FROM JULY 13 TO 19, [...] POLITICAL AFFAIRS -- FM unveils Rs 111 billion budget: Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Bharat Mohan Adhikari unveiled Rs 111.68 billion-budget ordinance for the fiscal year 2061/62 (2004/05). The budget does not make any radical departure from those of the previous years. It h [...]	2004-07-20 07:14:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC PGOV PREL KMDR NP
04KATHMANDU1407	UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, JULY 17-23, 2004 [...] Government of Nepal (GON) officials said they would not compromise on "monarchy and multi-party democracy," while the Prime Minister warned the Maoists that his "elasticity has a limit." Maoist Chairman Prachanda issued a scathing rebuke, declaring that his party was ready to move forward w [...]	2004-07-23 08:19:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	NOTAG
04KATHMANDU1408	NEPAL: ARMY CHIEF'S READ-OUT ON THE INSURGENCY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Pyar Jung Thapa told the Ambassador and ODC Chief on July 22 that while the security situation in Nepal had stabilized, changing Maoist tactics, such as assassination squads in the Kathmandu Valley, were a cause for concern. The Royal Nepalese Ar [...]	2004-07-23 08:23:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	NP NOTAG
04KATHMANDU141	NEPAL: ARMY ACTIONS TAKEN TO INVESTIGATE ALLEGED [...] (SBU) Summary: Since its inception in July 2002, the Human Rights cell of the Royal Nepal Army (RNA) has accepted 17 cases of alleged human rights violations for further investigation. Of the 17 cases, 8 involved allegations of extra-judicial killing; 3 involved allegations of use of exces [...]	2004-01-22 10:24:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM MOPS MCAP PGOV PTER NP
04KATHMANDU1418	NEPAL: DEUBA PLANS ELECTIONS ABOVE ALL ELSE [...] (C) SUMMARY. During their first meeting on July 23, Prime Minister Deuba reiterated to the Ambassador Nepal's gratitude to the U.S., and especially to President Bush, for supporting Nepal's development and counter-insurgency efforts. Deuba emphasized the need for a coalition of democratic forc [...]	2004-07-26 01:59:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINS PREF NP GON
04KATHMANDU1443	NEPAL: ADHIKARI PLANS NEGOTIATIONS BEFORE ALL ELSE [...] (S) SUMMARY: Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Adhikari told the Ambassador on July 26 that negotiations with the Maoists must be the government's priority. Believing the Maoists ready to meet, Adhikari defended his budget by stating that a strong military and administration were req [...]	2004-07-27 08:52:00	Embassy Kathmandu	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINR BT NP GON
04KATHMANDU147	UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, JANUARY 17-23, [...] On January 19, the Royal Nepal Army (RNA) launched aerial raids on the purported site of a Maoist gathering (Ref A). Thirty-one Maoists and eight security personnel reportedly were killed in other clashes. On January 16, the Ministry of Defense announced plans to add more than 6,400 recrui [...]	2004-01-23 07:55:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP PHUM
04KATHMANDU1479	NEPAL: HOME MINISTER KHADKA ON MAOISTS, REFUGEES, [...] (S) Summary. Nepal's Home Minister Khadka discussed the role of the Nepal Police in the Government of Nepal's counter-insurgency effort as well as Tibetan and Bhutanese refugee issues with Ambassador Moriarty on July 27. Khadka suggested he was supportive of the idea of Nepal supplying troop [...]	2004-07-30 07:01:00	Embassy Kathmandu	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PREF NP GON
04KATHMANDU1481	NEPAL'S TOURISM SECTOR UNDER THREAT, BUT SIGNS OF [...] (C) The eight-year Maoist insurgency in Nepal has taken a tremendous toll on the already impoverished Nepalese economy. The impact of the insurgency is most visible in Nepal's floundering tourism sector. The Maoists have reneged on repeated assurances not to target Nepal's struggling tourism [...]	2004-07-30 07:35:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL PTER ASEC CASC PINS NP
04KATHMANDU1493	WEEKLY NEPAL MEDIA REPORT FROM JULY 27 TO [...] NEPAL - U.S. -- U.S. assistance for Nepal's flood victims: "The U.S. Ambassador to Nepal James F. Moriarty handed over a cheque of U.S.$ 50,000 to Karin Hakensson-Furga, representative of International Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies to assist the government of Nepal to respond to the [...]	2004-08-03 02:06:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC PGOV PREL KMDR NP
04KATHMANDU1545	UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, JULY 31-AUGUST [...] Government of Nepal (GON) officials will not announce a unilateral ceasefire, arguing such a move would come only after "meaningful" and "result-oriented" peace talks. Special Envoy to UN Secretary General Kofi Annan, Tamrat Samuel, arrived in Nepal for meetings with government and political [...]	2004-08-06 06:12:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP PHUM
04KATHMANDU1550	NEPAL: UNHCR REPRESENTATIVE ON BHUTANESE/TIBETAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: UNHCR Representative Abraham Abraham expressed the hope to the Ambassador on August 4 that the verification of Bhutanese refugees would resume. Meanwhile, for the first time, some Bhutanese refugees had begun to ask for immediate third-country resettlement. On Tibetans, UNHCR wa [...]	2004-08-06 09:42:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV PREL BT IN NP UNHCR
04KATHMANDU1596	UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, AUGUST 7- [...] A five-member high-level peace committee headed by Prime Minister Sher Deuba was formed on August 12 to establish a peace secretariat. The Royal Nepal Army (RNA) launched raids in the far-western district of Achham on August 10 and 11. President of All Nepal National Independent Students' [...]	2004-08-13 05:42:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP PHUM
04KATHMANDU1605	NEPAL: PRESIDENTIAL MESSAGE DELIVERED TO PRIME [...] (U) On August 13, the Ambassador delivered by hand the President's message of congratulations to the Prime Minister. Upon its receipt, Prime Minister Deuba exclaimed how he had always been an admirer of the President. The Prime Minister noted that the President was making difficult decisio [...]	2004-08-13 07:47:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NP
04KATHMANDU1632	MAOIST BOMBS CLOSE SOALTEE HOTEL, COCA COLA CLOSES [...] (U) Four bombs exploded in the backyard of Soaltee Hotel, a leading five star hotel in Kathmandu, Monday evening, August 16. Nobody was injured and there was only minor damage, according to published newspaper reports. The explosions preceded by one day the expiration of the demand by the [...]	2004-08-17 21:42:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV KTFN ASEC NP
04KATHMANDU1647	WEEKLY NEPAL MEDIA REPORT FROM AUGUST 10 TO [...] CURRENT AFFAIRS -- Koirala refuses to be in the peace committee: Nepali Congress (NC) president Girija Prasad Koirala has refused to join the High Level Peace Committee (HLPC). However, Koirala said he was ready to provide all kind of cooperation from his side for the restoration of peace. [...]	2004-08-18 11:26:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC PGOV PREL KMDR NP
04KATHMANDU1655	NDI POLL OFFERS INSIGHT INTO IMPROVING DEMOCRACY [...] (C) In a public opinion poll conducted between May and July 2004 by the National Democratic Institute (NDI),95 percent of respondents believed things in Nepal were going in the wrong direction. NDI,s survey reports Nepali citizens' perceptions of the current government, democracy, and possib [...]	2004-08-19 11:29:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PTER NP
04KATHMANDU1658	MAOISTS' VIRTUAL BLOCKADE EFFECTIVE; MAOIST [...] (C) Although the virtual Maoist blockade of Kathmandu Valley continues, there are no reports of Maoist violence or incidents anywhere. Vehicle traffic remains very light due to fears of Maoist reprisals despite government attempts to reassure the people. Targeted industries remain closed in [...]	2004-08-19 11:53:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV ASEC NP
04KATHMANDU1670	UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, AUGUST 14- [...] The Maoists have imposed a virtual blockade of roads leading to and from the Kathmandu Valley since August 18. Traffic remains very light on the roads, no incidents have been reported and no Maoists have been spotted. Tourism- related organizations have raised serious concern over the Maoist [...]	2004-08-20 11:17:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP PHUM
04KATHMANDU1672	MAOIST ATROCITIES ESCALATE, JUNE 5-PRESENT [...] Since the formation of Sher Bahadur Deuba's coalition government, Maoist atrocities have intensified. Every day brings new reports of Maoist killings, maimings, or threats of brutality. Most recently, the insurgents chased the former Mayor of Gularia Municipality from a funeral procession, [...]	2004-08-20 12:09:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP
04KATHMANDU1688	NEPAL: INCIDENTS ALONG BLOCKADED HIGHWAYS [...] (C) Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Prakash Saran Mahat gave a briefing on the current situation to reassure the diplomatic community. However, there have been a couple of Maoist attacks along the highways and the traffic patterns are varying - decreasing on one of the main roads, retur [...]	2004-08-24 11:25:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV ASEC NP
04KATHMANDU1690	SPECIAL MEDIA REPORT: INTERNATIONAL MEDIA [...] "'Kathmandu under siege.' Really?" SUMMARY. One of the title-page stories in the centrist daily "The Kathmandu Post" (E/D) lambasted the exaggerations by the foreign (particularly Indian) media quoting particularly alarmist excerpts from The Times of India, The Hindustan Times, Star News, I [...]	2004-08-24 12:13:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR NP
04KATHMANDU1696	WEEKLY NEPAL MEDIA REPORT FROM AUGUST 17 TO 23, [...] MAOIST BLOCKADE -- RNA providing air cover: The Royal Nepalese Army (RNA) is to provide air cover as security for vehicles entering and leaving Kathmandu in an attempt to break the Maoist blockade of Kathmandu Valley. (Centrist "The Kathmandu Post," E/D, 8/23) -- Int'l media spreading ru [...]	2004-08-25 03:53:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC PGOV PREL KMDR NP
04KATHMANDU1705	NSC OFFICIAL ON THE MAOIST INSURGENCY, ELECTIONS [...] (C) The Maoist overall objective is the creation of a single-party "People's Republic" in Nepal, according to Major General Kul Bahadur Khadka, co-coordinator of Nepal's National Security Council. Khadka told the Ambassador on August 24 that the Maoist leadership would be willing to achieve [...]	2004-08-25 11:42:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MASS PGOV NP IN
04KATHMANDU1717	NEPAL: JUSTICE SECTOR AND RULE-OF-LAW UPDATE [...] (C) Nepal's legal institutions are making some progress despite the difficulty of operating in an insurgency. The courts, led by a reform-minded Supreme Court Chief Justice, are attempting to reform from within, even though they are still plagued by corruption and traditional societal expecta [...]	2004-08-27 11:56:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KWMN NP
04KATHMANDU1718	NEPAL: MAOISTS NARROW CLOSURE OF INDUSTRIES TO [...] (U) Late afternoon August 27, the Maoist-affiliated All Nepal Federation of Trade Unions (ANFTU) issued a statement asking industries, other than those with U.S. investment, to resume their operations. The ANFTU said that that it had decided, however, to close down all multi-national corpora [...]	2004-08-27 12:36:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV ASEC ETRD NP
04KATHMANDU1745	NEPALI CONGRESS LEADER KOIRALA EXERTS POWER AFTER [...] (U) On August 28, after Royal Nepal Army (RNA) personnel barred former Prime Minister and Nepali Congress Party President Girija Prasad Koirala from entering the domestic terminal of the Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA),a Nepali Congress-affiliated organization called a general closure ( [...]	2004-08-31 12:36:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV NP GON
04KATHMANDU1746	NEPAL: ROYAL NEPAL ARMY REQUESTS MORE M-16S [...] (C) In an August 27 meeting with the Ambassador, DATT, ODC and poloff, Royal Nepal Army (RNA) Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Pyar Jung Thapa requested 10,000 more M-16s, saying they were the RNA's weapon of choice. COAS Thapa stated that the RNA would like these additional M-16s if grant a [...]	2004-08-31 12:42:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS MOPS MARR PGOV PTER CVIS ASEC NP GON
04KATHMANDU1752	NEPAL: SITREP NO. 1: MOB VIOLENCE IN REACTION TO [...] (U) Enraged Nepalis took to the streets all around Kathmandu on September 1 in reaction to the news about the August 31 murder of the twelve Nepali hostages in Iraq. They have targeted the largest mosque, Muslims, and manpower agencies; they have not targeted the United States. The GON calle [...]	2004-09-01 11:46:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC CASC NP
04KATHMANDU1758	NEPAL: INFO MINISTER MOHSIN ON THE PEACE PROCESS, [...] (C) Minister of Information and Communication Mohammad Mohsin outlined for the Ambassador on August 31 the structure of the newly-announced Peace Secretariat. Mohsin hoped the new body would help prepare the government for any eventual peace process with the Maoists, as well as build trust be [...]	2004-09-02 09:44:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER KMDR PINS NP GON
04KATHMANDU1759	NEPAL: SITREP 2: QUIET ON SEPT. 2: NATIONAL DAY OF [...] (U) In the September 1 rioting in reaction to the executions of the twelve Nepalis in Iraq, seven people died and eighty-six were injured in Kathmandu. The Government-called curfew has resumed in Kathmandu after being lifted briefly the morning of September 2 to allow Kathmanduites to worshi [...]	2004-09-02 09:57:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV ASEC NP
04KATHMANDU190	UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, JANUARY 24-30, [...] An attempted bank robbery by Maoists on January 23 was foiled by security forces, leaving six dead. Twenty-six other Maoists reportedly were killed in separate incidents with security forces. Prime Minister Surya Bahadur Thapa claimed the Government of Nepal (GON) clearly has the "upper ha [...]	2004-01-30 06:47:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP PHUM
04KATHMANDU205	WEEKLY NEPAL MEDIA REPORT: January 27 to [...] POLITICAL AFFAIRS -- Valley bandh: The Kathmandu valley is shutdown due to the one-day strike called by the five agitating parties. (Major reports, 2/2) -- Parties threaten to flare up their agitation: The five agitating political parties, following King Gyanendra's interview with Time m [...]	2004-02-03 03:12:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC PGOV PREL KMDR NP
04KATHMANDU212	NEPAL: USG HUMAN RIGHTS STRATEGY [...] Debilitated by a vicious eight-year Maoist insurgency, Nepal continues to face significant challenges in institutionalizing and enforcing respect for human rights and in strengthening its fledgling democratic institutions. An eight-month ceasefire (from January 29-August 27, 2003) and three [...]	2004-02-04 06:50:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV EAID KDEM NP
04KATHMANDU229	UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, JANUARY 31- [...] Twenty-four insurgents and two policemen reportedly were killed and thirty security personnel injured in clashes this week. The Chief of the Army Staff visited troops in the "Maoist Heartland." RNA officials said the rebels have suffered a "heavy setback." More than 200 Maoists have surren [...]	2004-02-06 07:41:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP PHUM
04KATHMANDU278	NEPAL: MAOIST INCIDENTS LEADING UP TO 12 FEB STRIKE [...] (SBU) On February 9 at approximately 1500 hours, suspected Maoists ambushed a joint security force patrol team in Lalitpur (located next to Kathmandu). During this incident a police head constable and an army officer were killed. In addition, on February 10 at approximately 0900 hours susp [...]	2004-02-10 08:22:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER CASC ASEC NP
04KATHMANDU280	NEPAL: SECURITY SOURCES CONFIRM INDIANS HAND OVER [...] (C) Police and Army sources have confirmed that on February 8 Indian authorities handed over Maoist Politburo member Matrika Yadav and Maoist Central Advisor Suresh Ale Magar to the Royal Nepal Army (RNA). Unconfirmed reports suggested that the Maoists may were captured in the northern India [...]	2004-02-10 09:18:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL NP IN
04KATHMANDU298	UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, FEBRUARY 7-13, [...] A military offensive launched by the Royal Nepal Army (RNA) left nineteen people dead. Fifty-one Maoists reportedly were killed in other clashes with security forces. Reported Maoist attacks on security personnel injured seven and killed one. Two senior Maoist leaders were arrested in Luc [...]	2004-02-13 08:42:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP PHUM
04KATHMANDU310	NEPAL: UN OFFICIAL SEES LITTLE IMMEDIATE HOPE FOR [...] (C) In a February 12 meeting with the Ambassador, Tamrat Samuel, Assistant to the Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs at the UN, said that the UN stands ready to assist in mediation efforts between the Government of Nepal (GON) and Maoists if asked by both sides, but indicated that [...]	2004-02-17 05:37:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER NP PHUM UN
04KATHMANDU312	NEPAL: MAOIST STRIKE CLOSES CENTRAL NEPAL; [...] (U) The Maoist-enforced "bandh," or general strike, called for central Nepal, including Kathmandu, on February 17 was well observed in the capital. Slightly more shops were observed open and vehicles operating in Kathmandu than during the February 12 closure (Reftel). There were few reports [...]	2004-02-17 09:15:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV ASEC CASC NP
04KATHMANDU326	NEPAL: UN HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICIAL PLEDGES CLOSER [...] (C/NF) In a February 17 meeting with the Ambassador, Gianni Magazzeni, Geographic Teams leader from the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR),acknowledged that a UN-proposed hman rights accord will likely face resistance from the Government of Nepal (GON) unless the UN [...]	2004-02-20 09:02:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PREL PGOV NP UN
04KATHMANDU350	NEPAL: TIBETAN REFUGEE UPDATE [...] (C) Summary. In January, two groups, comprising 18 undocumented Tibetans, are believed to have been deported from Nepal at the Kodari border crossing in Sindhupalchowk District. No incidents were reported in February. Despite consistent denials by Government of Nepal (GON) officials in Kath [...]	2004-02-26 00:32:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PREL NP
04KATHMANDU367	UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, FEBRUARY 21- [...] Three senior members from the Maoist Victims' Association (MVA) have resigned following the murder of its president. The Prime Minister acknowledged that human rights abuses have increased, but said steps would be taken to ensure that it would not continue. The Prime Minister also said tha [...]	2004-02-27 07:32:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP PHUM
04KATHMANDU371	NEPAL: GOVERNMENT WILL NOT SIGN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) In a February 27 meeting, de facto Foreign Minister Bekh Bahadur Thapa told the Ambassador that the Government of Nepal (GON) will not sign the proposed human rights accord because the accord implicitly puts the Maoists on the same level as the Government. The GON would, moreover, object [...]	2004-02-28 07:19:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PTER PREL NP UN
04KATHMANDU396	NEPAL: S/CT COORDINATOR AMB. COFER BLACK [...] (C) On March 3 Ambassador J. Cofer Black, Coordinator for Counterterrorism, accompanied by Ambassador Michael Malinowski, held separate meetings with de facto Foreign Minister Ambassador Bekh Bahadur Thapa and Foreign Secretary Madhu Raman Acharya. Ambassador Black reconfirmed USG support fo [...]	2004-03-03 08:56:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL NP
04KATHMANDU397	NEPAL: MAOISTS LAUNCH MAJOR ATTACK AGAINST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. At about 2200 hours on March 2, the Maoists launched their first large scale attack against security force personnel since the end of the cease-fire in August 2003. The attack was focused on the district headquarters of Bhojpur District, located in the eastern hills of Nepal [...]	2004-03-03 09:56:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER NP
04KATHMANDU439	NEPAL:AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO VILLAGE DEFENSE [...] (SBU) In an effort better to understand Nepal's controversial, new "Village Defense Committees," Ambassador Malinowski and the Defense Attache on March 2 visited by helicopter one of the Royal Nepal Army's (RNA) pilot projects located in Lamjung District (in a remote area northeast of Pokhar [...]	2004-03-10 09:47:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP MOPS PHUM PREL NP
04KATHMANDU45	NEPAL: MAOIST WEBSITE POSTS CONTENTS OF ARMY [...] (SBU) ON JANUARY 5, NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENTS POSTED ON THEIR WEBSITE (WWW.CPNM.ORG) A TRANSCRIPT OF THE ROYAL NEPAL ARMY BRIEFING PROVIDED TO ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE FOR SOUTH ASIA, CHRISTINA ROCCA, DURING HER VISIT IN DECEMBER 2003 AND REPORTED REFTEL. ACCORDING TO MAJOR INDRA BAHADUR [...]	2004-01-06 08:56:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV PREL NP
04KATHMANDU456	UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, MARCH 5-12, [...] Maoists reportedly attempted again to attack the headquarters of the eastern district of Bhojpur, the scene of last week's deadly assault by the rebels (Ref A). A joint security team launched military offensives in the far- west. Ten security personnel were killed and thirty-nine injured in [...]	2004-03-12 05:47:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP PHUM
04KATHMANDU458	MAOISTS INTENSIFY ABDUCTION OF STUDENTS [...] Summary. Nepal's Maoist insurgents have intensified abductions of students. Nearly 700 students were abducted in January and February alone while over 900 reportedly were abducted since the ceasefire's collapse in August 2003. According to one Maoist-affiliated organization, the insurgents i [...]	2004-03-12 06:59:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PTER SCUL NP
04KATHMANDU463	NEPAL: UPDATE ON HUMAN RIGHTS CASES [...] (U) Summary: On March 11 the Royal Nepal Army (RNA) announced that an RNA major will face a court-martial in an infamous case in which 19 suspected Maoists were allegedly extra-judicially killed in Doramba, Ramechhap District on August 17 (Ref A). In addition, a warrant officer and a corpo [...]	2004-03-16 06:08:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV MOPS PTER NP
04KATHMANDU475	NEPAL: SA DAS PATTERSON'S MEETING WITH KING [...] (C) In a March 16 meeting with Torkel Patterson, Deputy Assistant Secretary for South Asian Affairs, and the Ambassador, King Gyanendra affirmed that there is "no question" that he is committed to democracy and identified handing over power to an elected government as his first priority. His [...]	2004-03-17 06:04:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER NP
04KATHMANDU476	NEPAL: DAS TORKEL PATTERSON'S MARCH 16 MEETING [...] (C) On March 16, Torkel Patterson, Deputy Assistant Secretary for South Asian Affairs, and Ambassador Malinowski SIPDIS met with Foreign Secretary Madhu Raman Acharya. Ambassador Malinowski congratulated Nepal on its official ratification of its membership to the World Trade Organization. A [...]	2004-03-17 08:35:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PREF PTER ECON NP WTO
04KATHMANDU481	WEEKLY NEPAL MEDIA REPORT: March 9 [...] GOVERNMENT -- NHRC submits list of dos to protect human rights: The National Human Rights Commission has submitted a memorandum to the government urging the latter to immediately take minimum steps to protect the human rights situation in the country. The NHRC statement said that the gov [...]	2004-03-18 02:06:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC PGOV PREL KMDR NP
04KATHMANDU484	NEPAL: DAS PATTERSON MEETS WITH FINANCE MINISTER [...] (C) Summary. On March 17, DAS Torkel Patterson and Ambassador called upon Finance Minister Prakash Chandra Lohani. The three discussed the Government of Nepal's financial situation, U.S. military assistance, the Maoist insurgency and current political impasse between the King and political p [...]	2004-03-18 05:46:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EFIN PTER PREL NP
04KATHMANDU487	NEPAL: AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO REHABILITATION CENTER [...] (C) On 2 March, Ambassador Malinowski and Defense Attache visited by helicopter the Government of Nepal's (GON) newly opened, pilot Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) facility located in Tanahu District (approximately 125 kms northwest of Kathmandu). The GON announced the cre [...]	2004-03-18 07:11:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP MOPS PHUM PREL NP
04KATHMANDU496	UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, MARCH 13-19, [...] The Minister of Foreign Affairs defended the Government of Nepal's (GON) human rights record in Geneva, affirming that "we keep human rights uppermost in our mind." Maoist supremo Prachanda claims to be receptive to UN mediation, while the Prime Minister says it is not necessary. The Home M [...]	2004-03-19 05:43:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP PHUM
04KATHMANDU5	UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, DECEMBER 20- [...] Thirteen security personnel and forty-two Maoists reportedly were killed in clashes this week. Twenty security personnel and two civilians also suffered injuries. Maoist cadres reportedly killed five civilians, including a pregnant woman, and abducted nine others. On December 25, the Specia [...]	2004-01-02 03:55:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP
04KATHMANDU500	NEPAL: HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE [...] (C) The Maoist insurgency poses special challenges for the Government of Nepal's (GON) efforts to improve its human rights performance. At the same time, our ability to make objective, fact-based assessments of the GON's performance is hindered by a number of complicating factors, including t [...]	2004-03-19 08:55:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM MOPS PGOV NP
04KATHMANDU516	NEPAL: SECURITY FORCES REPEL MAOIST ATTACK ON [...] (SBU) At about 11:00 p.m local time on March 20, Maoist insurgents attacked Beni, the headquarters of Myagdi District in west-central Nepal. Initial reports indicate that 13 Royal Nepal Army (RNA) soldiers, 7 policemen, and 1 civilian were killed, and 80 police are still missing. (Note: A [...]	2004-03-22 09:15:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PTER PGOV CASC ASEC NP
04KATHMANDU567	UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, MARCH 20-26, [...] A deadly attack on March 20 topped a week of violence in Nepal in which at least 187 Maoists, 35 security personnel and 50 civilians lost their lives. The UN Secretary General appealed for an end to the violence, and reiterated the UN's offer to help in finding a solution. The Prime Minister [...]	2004-03-26 06:14:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP PHUM
04KATHMANDU580	WEEKLY NEPAL MEDIA REPORT FROM 16 TO 22 MARCH [...] MAOIST INSURGENCY -- Massive attack in Myagdi district headquarters: Maoist rebels launched a huge attack in Beni, Myagdi district headquarters on Saturday night. The Maoists took the District Police Office (DPO),Chief District Officer and 39 security personnel. The Maoists completely de [...]	2004-03-29 07:13:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC PGOV PREL KMDR NP
04KATHMANDU607	UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, MARCH 27-April [...] Indian police arrested Maoist senior politburo member Mohan Vaidya (Ref A). The Home Minister rejected the United Nation's (UN) call for a ceasefire, declaring that the Government of Nepal (GON) will not allow the Maoists "another chance to regroup." Nepal was unusually subdued this week wi [...]	2004-04-02 06:35:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP PHUM
04KATHMANDU623	NEPAL:MAOISTS ATTACK POLICE STATION IN TERAI, [...] (SBU) Summary: In an apparent retaliation against Indian interests for the March 29 arrest of Politburo member Mohan Vaidya in West Bengal (Ref A),Nepali Maoists torched 18 Indian fuel trucks parked at a customs checkpoint, shooting three of the drivers, in the southwestern district of Kai [...]	2004-04-05 08:59:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC PREL ETRD IN NP
04KATHMANDU67	UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, JANUARY 3-9, [...] Sixteen security personnel reportedly were killed and forty others injured by Maoist ambushes while nine insurgents died in clashes. Maoists reportedly torched a vehicle carrying vials of polio vaccine which was to be distributed to children in the villages. The United Nations World Food P [...]	2004-01-09 06:40:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP PHUM

04KATHMANDU673	UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, APRIL 3-9, [...] A Maoist nighttime attack on a police post in the west left nine policemen dead and six injured. Five other security personnel and nineteen rebels were killed in separate clashes. The extradition of arrested Maoist senior politburo member Mohan Vaidya (Ref A) reportedly has been delayed ind [...]	2004-04-09 08:05:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP PHUM
04KATHMANDU681	CODEL DREIER MEETS WITH NEPAL'S PRIME MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: In an April 9 meeting with CODEL Dreier, Prime Minister Surya Bahadur Thapa reviewed the Government of Nepal's (GON) three-pronged strategy to return to a more stable political and economic path: public security, increased assistance to grassroots areas and democratic governmen [...]	2004-04-09 08:32:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER NP
04KATHMANDU693	NEPAL: FACEOFF BETWEEN PARTIES AND PALACE [...] (C) April traditionally is a month of political ferment in Nepal. This year, with all three of the country's politcal actors--the parties, the King, and the Maoists--in apparent overdrive, promises to be particularly interesting. Some commentators have expressed concern that the anti-governm [...]	2004-04-12 09:26:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PTER PREL NP
04KATHMANDU722	UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, APRIL 10-16, [...] Separate attacks and clashes reportedly left fifteen Maoists and three security personnel dead. The local press reported that Maoist leadership was "considering" releasing forty policemen taken captive last week (Ref A). An Indian article reprinted in the local press reports that arrested [...]	2004-04-16 07:46:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP PHUM
04KATHMANDU782	UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, APRIL 17-23, [...] The Home Minister ruled out talks with the Maoists until they stop their violence. Sporadic clashes reportedly left four security force personnel and twenty-five Maoists dead. Maoist supremo Prachanda announced a month-long agenda of "peoples' action" to include a three-day nationwide clos [...]	2004-04-23 06:46:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP PHUM
04KATHMANDU789	NEPAL: MAOIST LEADERS URGE PARTIES TO JOIN COMMON [...] (SBU) As political party protests continue for the third week in Kathmandu, Maoist leaders Baburam Bhattarai and Pushpa Kumar Dahal (alias Prachanda) issued a public statement on April 21 encouraging the parties to persevere and to join in common cause against Nepal's monarchy. They write, "i [...]	2004-04-23 08:29:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV CASC NP
04KATHMANDU817	NEPAL: ARMY HUMAN RIGHTS CELL AGREES TO REOPEN [...] (SBU) Summary: In an April 15 letter signed by the Chief of Army Staff, the Royal Nepal Army's (RNA) initial response to Embassy inquiries on the alleged extrajudicial killings of two teenaged girls and the alleged abduction of a third girl (Ref A) asserted that all three were shot while tryi [...]	2004-04-29 07:42:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV MOPS NP
04KATHMANDU833	UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, APRIL 24-30, [...] The Royal Nepal Army spokesperson indicated that the Army is ready for a permanent peace and would support government-Maoists talks. Since the end of the cease-fire, RNA figures indicate that 1,973 Maoists and 176 security personnel have been killed. The RNA also reported that approximatel [...]	2004-04-30 08:21:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP PHUM
04KATHMANDU846	NEPAL: MAOISTS TURN UP HEAT ON NGOS, AID AGENCIES [...] (C) According to NGO contacts, Maoists in five southwestern districts are increasing extortion demands and escalating pressure on local and foreign NGOs, including one U.S.-based NGO, and bilateral aid agencies to sign agreements with the so-called "Tharuwan People's Autonomous Government," d [...]	2004-05-05 04:55:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	NOTAG NP
04KATHMANDU866	NEPAL: DAS CAMP MEETS WITH PRIME MINISTER AND [...] (C) Summary. In separate meetings with Prime Minister Surya Bahadur Thapa and Foreign Minister (Dr.) Bekh Bahadur Thapa on May 5, Deputy Assistant Secretary for South Asia Donald Camp stressed the importance of human rights and the restoration of a democratic government to continued USG suppo [...]	2004-05-06 23:26:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM PREF EINV NP
04KATHMANDU889	NEPAL: NO CONSENSUS ON NEW PM YET [...] (C) Three days after the May 7 resignation of Prime Minister Surya Bahadur Thapa (Ref A),the search for his successor continues, with no clear contender in the lead. King Gyanendra appears to be sending out simultaneous and duplicative "feelers" to the leaders of the two largest parties--the [...]	2004-05-10 09:13:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV NP GON
04KATHMANDU957	UPDATE ON NEPAL'S MAOIST INSURGENCY, MAY 15-21, [...] Almost 150 local government officials throughout Nepal resigned reportedly due to Maoist threats. Fourteen security personnel were killed and fifteen injured in separate clashes. Thirty-six Maoists were also reported killed. Maoists reportedly killed eight civilians, and abducted over 1000 [...]	2004-05-21 07:18:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PTER CASC PGOV NP PHUM
04KATHMANDU97	NEPAL: DETENTIONS AND "DISAPPEARANCES" SINCE THE [...] (SBU) Summary: Since the end of the ceasefire between the Government of Nepal (GON) and Maoist insurgents on August 27, it has grown increasingly difficult to obtain information on detainees held as suspected Maoists under special anti-terrorism legislation. Many of these suspects are held [...]	2004-01-13 08:59:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM MOPS NP
04KIGALI1162	SPECIAL INTELLIGENCE UNIT INFILTRATES RWANDA'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: The new Chief Editor of Rwanda's most independent newspaper, "Umuseso", Charles Kabonero, was detained for six weeks in December 2003, not recently as reported by international media. He reports that a special intelligence unit within the National Police's Criminal Investigation [...]	2004-08-13 05:35:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PINS RW
04KINSHASA1036	KABILA APPEALS FOR CALM, VIGILANCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Joseph Kabila, Interior Minister Theophile Mbemba, and opposition figure Etienne Tshisekedi all broadcast messages to the public on 3 June, appealing for calm. On balance, the messages were positive. Kabila discouraged violence, endorsed MONUC's work, demanded that p [...]	2004-06-04 12:10:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINS PREL CG ASEC
04KINSHASA1141	DRC - THE NATIONALITY QUESTION [...] (SBU) Summary: Recent events in Bukavu (reftel) highlight the explosive nature of the nationality question, particularly for Tutsis in eastern Congo. Current Congolese law does not recognize the citizenship claims of some longtime residents whose ancestors immigrated to the country, includin [...]	2004-06-21 14:44:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL CG
04KINSHASA1177	GDRC APPOINTS NATIONAL POLICE CHIEF [...] (U) Summary. The GDRC appointed a police inspector general and two deputy inspectors to the Congolese national police. These appointments (drawn from the ex-government and the two principal ex-rebel movements) have been well-received as a first step in creating an integrated police unit, but th [...]	2004-06-28 15:33:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS PREL CG INR
04KINSHASA1214	TENSIONS WITHIN CONGO'S RCD EX-REBEL MOVEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: There is much frustration within the ex-rebel Congolese Rally for Democracy (RCD),but members are divided on how best to proceed. There are disagreements over whether to make more versus less concessions to their adversaries, how best to deal with current and future insurgents, [...]	2004-07-02 12:43:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PREL MARR CG
04KINSHASA1257	OFDA REP VISIT TO BARAKA AND FIZI [...] (U) OFDA Rep Victor Bushamuka visited Baraka and Fizi, South Kivu province from May 18 to 20 to evaluate the security and humanitarian situations in that part of South Kivu Province. The area was found to be highly militarized, the situation still remains somewhat tense, and the pop [...]	2004-07-07 14:11:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM CG
04KINSHASA1260	CODEL ROYCE MEETS CONGOLESE, U.N. OFFICIALS [...] (C) SUMMARY: A CODEL led by U.S. Representative Edward Royce met in Kinshasa with senior Congolese and U.N. officials on June 28-29. GDRC Vice President Azarias Ruberwa focused mainly on the shortcomings and alleged perfidy of his political opponents in the transitional government. GDRC Nat [...]	2004-07-08 11:28:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PREL ASEC CG
04KINSHASA1291	MINOR CABINET RESHUFFLE OF CONGOLESE GOVT. [...] (U) SUMMARY: President Kabila announced a minor cabinet reshuffle on July 11, filling a number of posts that had been vacant. The ministers of defense (from the RCD-Goma),foreign affairs (MLC),and mines (political opposition) all retained their jobs, contrary to persistent rumors that circ [...]	2004-07-13 10:50:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR CG
04KINSHASA1293	UPDATED LIST OF TOP CONGOLESE OFFICIALS [...] Following is a list of top Congolese government officials, following the reshuffle of July 11, 2004: PRESIDENT --------- - Joseph Kabila (PPRD) VICE-PRESIDENTS --------------- - Azarias RUBERWA (RCD-G) - Jean-Pierre BEMBA (MLC) - Arthur Z'AHIDI NGOMA (pol) - YERODIA Abdoulaye [...]	2004-07-14 08:51:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR CG
04KINSHASA1492	MONUC FEARS URANIUM SMUGGLING IN CONGO [...] (C) SUMMARY: A MONUC official based in Katanga province recently visited Shinkolobwe, a local mining area and source of uranium, and expressed concern to Kinshasa-based diplomats about possible illegal uranium-related mining activity. Although Post sees no cause for immediate alarm, Shinkolobw [...]	2004-08-09 12:47:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS EMIN PINR KNNP CG
04KINSHASA1504	A RELAXED RUBERWA RENEWS OLD ACQUAINTANCE WITH NEW [...] (C) Summary: During Ambassador Meece's August 6 initial call on Vice President Azarias Ruberwa, Ruberwa provided a tour d'horizon, highlighting his concerns about the current situation. He outlined a series of challenges facing the transition, suggested a political solution to the Nkunda probl [...]	2004-08-10 09:51:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CG
04KINSHASA1546	DRC REACTIONS TO MASSACRE OF CONGOLESE REFUGEES AT [...] (U) Summary. The CIAT condemns attack on Congolese refugees in Gatumba camp, Burundi, calls for an independent international investigation and respect for the peace process in the DRC. The President's office and Vice-President Ruberwa also call for inquiries and punishment of those responsible. [...]	2004-08-16 14:58:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PINS PREL CG PRM
04KINSHASA1558	CONGO-KINSHASA AGOA ELIGIBILITY REVIEW 2004 [...] This cable responds to reftel request for an AGOA eligibility review and update of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). 2. Summary. Since October 2003, the DRC has made progress in almost all areas listed in reftel. The DRC has maintained sound fiscal and monetary policies leading to bro [...]	2004-08-19 06:47:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	AGOA EAID ECON ELAB ETRD PGOV PHUM PREL CG
04KINSHASA1571	KABILA AUG 20 [...] (C) Summary: I met privately with President Kabila on August 20, the day after Kabila,s return from the SAC summit and Burundi-related meeting in Dar es Salaam. Kabila reiterated his absolute commitment to the transition process, notably including democratic elections slated for next year. H [...]	2004-08-20 17:19:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL CG
04KINSHASA1588	RECENT OFDA NOTES FROM ITURI [...] (U) During a visit to Ituri from July 19 to July 24, OFDA Reps noted improvements in security, both in Bunia town and in rural areas. There remains concern however that the situation remains inherently unstable given that there is no political settlement in place and that various militias rema [...]	2004-08-24 05:53:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM CG
04KINSHASA1600	UPDATE ON DRC REFUGEE REPATRIATION AND RECENT [...] (U) Summary. UNHCR plans to transfer survivors from the Gatumba massacre in Burundi to camps away from the DRC border within 10 days. In the meantime, the Burundian government has strengthened security in the Gatumba school where these refugees are being housed. It is unlikely that Congolese r [...]	2004-08-25 08:31:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PINS PREL CG PRM
04KINSHASA1607	FARDC'S FIRST INTEGRATED ARMY BATTALION DEPLOYED [...] (U) Summary. The first battalion of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) was deployed to Ituri the week of August 16. MONUC views this initial deployment of 750 soldiers as a test of FARDC's commitment to support its soldiers. These soldiers will serve in peace-keeping [...]	2004-08-25 15:05:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS PREL CG INR
04KINSHASA1630	REMOVAL OF ARTISANAL MINERS AROUND LIKASI - [...] (U) Summary. The Governor of Katanga is currently on a campaign to move all artisanal miners in and around Likasi to special artisanal mining designated zones outside of Kolwezi. This move includes forcing the 6,000-10,000 miners out of Shinkolobwe. Possible rabble-rousing by former Katangan p [...]	2004-08-27 16:35:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EMIN PGOV KNNP CG
04KINSHASA1657	STATEMENTS BY CIAT AND THE GDRC ON THE RCD-G'S [...] (U) The CIAT and the GDRC issued statements concerning the Congolese Rally for Democracy-Goma's (RCD-G) decision to suspend their participation in the institutions of the transitions, except the army. The following are unofficial translations of the statements issued by each entity: COMMUN [...]	2004-09-02 06:09:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PINS PREL CG
04KINSHASA1678	DRC NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR GREAT LAKES CONFERENCE [...] (U) Summary. The DRC's National Coordinator for the Great Lakes Conference (GLC) states that initial contacts with civil society groups around the country show that the top priority for most people is peace and security. Congolese citizens have expressed serious concerns about territorial inte [...]	2004-09-07 13:37:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PINS PREL CG
04KINSHASA1685	ITURI ARMED GROUP RELEASES KIDNAPPED PEACEKEEPER [...] (C) Summary. On September 6th at approximately 11 PM, the Union of Congolese Patriots Lubanga faction (UPC-L) released a Moroccan peacekeeper whom they had kidnapped September 2nd. The security situation in Bunia deteriorated significantly as armed Hema and Lendu militias openly patrolled the s [...]	2004-09-07 14:34:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS PREL CG INR
04KINSHASA1745	POLITICALLY-INEPT RUBERWA PLAYS CARDS BADLY [...] (C) Summary. On September 10, VP Azarias Ruberwa met with a CIAT delegation and complained about the CIAT's ineffectiveness, the state of army integration, security sector reform, and hate media. It is unclear how committed Ruberwa and his followers will be to the transition if their key deman [...]	2004-09-17 12:37:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CG
04KINSHASA1746	RCD/G WANTS MORE FROM TRANSITION [...] (C) Summary. In exchange for returning to Kinshasa and the transitional government on September 1, VP Ruberwa asked the government and international community to address a laundry list of RCD/G concerns about the transition. The demands, which ranged from disbanding parallel military structures [...]	2004-09-17 12:37:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CG
04KINSHASA1759	ELECTIONS JEOPARDIZED BY ARMY REFORM PROBLEM, SAYS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Gen. Budja Mabe, Kinshasa's senior officer in South Kivu, told the Ambassador Sept. 8 the Congo needs outside help with military reform in order to be able to hold elections. The FDLR, rebel Congolese officers, and neighboring countries are the chief threats to security, and the [...]	2004-09-20 12:58:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PREL MARR MOPS CG
04KINSHASA1814	ITURI'S DISARMAMENT PLAN LAUNCHED BUT MILITIAS [...] (SBU) Summary. The UN and the GDRC launched Ituri's disarmament plan September 1st. Very few people have visited the transit sites since they opened, however, and only a handful of those have turned in their weapons. Militia leaders such as Jerome Kakawave are demanding full integration of the [...]	2004-09-28 22:28:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINS PREL CG PKO
04KINSHASA1851	PENDING: CIAT MEETING WITH "ESPACE PRESIDENTIAL" [...] (C) Summary: The International Committee to Accompany the Transition (CIAT) met October 4 to prepare for a pending and unprecedented meeting with the President, Vice Presidents and other senior officials to review the transition road map and discuss military integration and election-related le [...]	2004-10-04 16:39:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO CG UNSC
04KINSHASA1867	CIAT ENDORSES REVISED ROAD MAP [...] (C) Summary: In an October 4 meeting, the International Committee to Accompany the Transition (CIAT) concurred with revisions to its version of the DRC transition "road map," the fundamental plan for the transition period. Copies are being sent to President Kabila and other senior GDRC offici [...]	2004-10-06 16:25:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO CG UNSC
04KINSHASA1926	USAID visit to Bukavu, Kalehe and Kindu [...] (U) OFDA Rep Jay Nash and Acting USAID Mission Director Nicholas Jenks were in Bukavu on September 7 and 8, and in Kindu on September 9. Interlocutors in Bukavu told USAID reps that the population was happy to be finally out from under RCD/G and Tutsi control after six years, but worried that [...]	2004-10-16 13:13:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM CG
04KINSHASA2025	MINISTER OF INTERIOR ON ELECTIONS, SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Interior, and PPRD co-founder, Theofile Mbemba expressed concern that the newly launched pre-election campaigns will further divide the transitional components and throw up new obstacles to military integration. He outlined a PPRD strategy to dominate all the southe [...]	2004-11-02 13:30:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CG KBEM
04KINSHASA2047	THE CONGOLESE TRANSITION CURRENT AND FUTURE, AND [...] (C) Summary: There has been major progress in the Democratic Republic of the Congo over the past few years, ending years of open warfare involving eight national armies and numerous domestic armed groups. Peace accords have yielded the formal withdrawal of foreign troops, a domestic transiti [...]	2004-11-05 16:06:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID KDEM PGOV PREL KPKO CG
04KINSHASA2066	SPORADIC FIGHTING BETWEEN MAI-MAI AND RCD-G [...] (U) Summary. Mai-Mai elements from the 8th military region have engaged in sporadic skirmishes with ex-Congolese National Army (ANC) soldiers from the same military region in Masisi, N. Kivu beginning the week of October 24th and continuing through November 7th. Although civilians have been di [...]	2004-11-09 14:07:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL CG
04KINSHASA2118	POSSIBLE MASSACRE AT KILWA [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to sources in Katanga province, the October 2004 "insurgency" at Kilwa on the Congo-Zambia border was more likely a tragic farce than a real attack, and government troops may have massacred dozens of civilians when they recaptured the town. Explanations for the incident [...]	2004-11-18 15:35:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINS MOPS ECON EMIN CG
04KINSHASA2145	SPECIAL SELF-HELP FUND FY-04 FINAL REPORT [...] (U) STATUS OF SSH FY 2000 - 2002 Post is pleased to report there are no outstanding balances. All projects have been closed out. 2. (U) STATUS OF SSH FY 2003 Post funded ten projects with the $56,200.00 allocated to Embassy Kinshasa. Post insured that these small projects represented ma [...]	2004-11-24 12:36:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM EAID CG
04KINSHASA2166	CONGOLESE MILITARY PREPARING CONTINGENCY PLANS TO [...] (C) PolCouns met November 24, and spoke telephonically November 25, with Air Force Commander John Numbi. Numbi said November 24 that in a meeting at the Presidency it had been decided that the army would immediately redeploy three battalions of Congolese troops (about 1,500 men) to the DRC-R [...]	2004-11-26 15:13:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO CG
04KINSHASA2352	DEC. 30 DRC UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Although the area north of Kanyabayonga has quieted and humanitarian relief efforts are underway, troubling fighting and troop movements continue in parts of North Kivu that used to be under RCD/G control. End Summary. Tension High in Goma ---------------------- 2. (C) On [...]	2004-12-30 14:21:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO CG
04KUWAIT1219	MEDIA REACTION KUWAIT APRIL 10-124: IRAQ [...] SUMMARY:. END SUMMARY. 2. "Escalation In Iraq, In Whose interest?" Adel Al-Qassar wrote in independent Al-Watan (4/11): "The reason beh escalation in Iraq is the clash of wills between the people and the o freedom, and what democracy is the United States promising with this violence an [...]	2004-04-13 07:21:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KU KDMR
04KUWAIT123	OPERATION OF COALITION PROVISIONAL AUTHORITY (CPA) [...] Summary. All personnel assigned to CPA Baghdad currently must transit Kuwait in order to board military aircraft to/from Baghdad International Airport (BIAP). These personnel are assisted by CPA's Federal Deployment Center (FDC) Forward-Kuwait, who provide the travelers with briefings and eq [...]	2004-01-11 14:08:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT APER OTRA ETRD KU IZ
04KUWAIT1380	(C) PM ASSURES DEPUTY SECRETARY "WE'RE LONG-TERM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah assured Deputy Secretary Armitage April 19 that "we are long-term allies." SIPDIS Shaykh Sabah urged the US to seek a new UNSC Resolution on Iraq, and to resolve the situation in Fallujah -- peacefully if possible, but if not, then above all quickl [...]	2004-04-27 09:38:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PREL MARR IZ KU
04KUWAIT147	CLARIFYING STATUS OF NON-U.S. PERSONNEL IN KUWAIT [...] Summary and Action Request. Embassy has learned that some DOD contract personnel working in Kuwait believe that their close support of DOD activities here entitles them to the same criminal/liability protections enjoyed by U.S. military and DOD civilians. This may very well not be the case. [...]	2004-01-13 09:59:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EAID MOPS PGOV PREL CASC KU IZ
04KUWAIT1477	MEDIA REACTION KUWAIT, MAY 8-10: ABU GHRAIB; IRAQ [...] SUMMARY: Kuwaiti commentators continued strident criticism and outrage at revelations of the abuse at Abu Ghraib. A prominent conservative commentator notes with satisfaction that the abuse scandal has resulted in the "postponement until further notice" of the issuance of the State Department [...]	2004-05-10 14:44:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KU KDMR
04KUWAIT1650	MEDIA REACTION KUWAIT MAY 22-24: RAFAH INCURSION; [...] SUMMARY: The coincidence of the Israeli operation in Rafah with alleged American bombing of a wedding party in Iraq leads a prominent conservative commentator to cite both as examples of "Arab blood being cheap." The first court martial trial to come out of the abuses at Abu Ghraib was dealt w [...]	2004-05-24 15:16:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KU KDMR
04KUWAIT1731	(S) JALAHMA TRIES TO SHOW HE'S NOT SUCH AN [...] (S) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: In a two-and-a-half-hour conversation with PolChief June 01, Kuwaiti Islamist extremist Jaber Al-Jalahma (ref A) denied ever having been a member of Al-Qaeda and ever having funded men of violence. He expressed ambivalence about 9/11 and similar attacks: good in [...]	2004-06-02 13:01:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PTER KISL PGOV PREL KJUS PINR KU
04KUWAIT2075	MEDIA REACTION KUWAIT JULY 5-7: IRAQ; TERROR [...] SUMMARY: Isolated calls for Arabs to take responsibility for combating terror and religious extremism have been drowned out in a flood of conspiracy theories that allege US and Israeli roles in supporting Al-Zarqawi, rigging Saddam's trial, and torturing detainees. Dr. Sami Naser Khalifa wrote [...]	2004-07-07 16:03:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KU KDMR
04KUWAIT2248	(C) COUNTRY TEAM POSITION REGARDING RELEASE [...] (C) Background. The Government of Kuwait (GOK) has requested release to purchase the Advanced Threat Infrared Countermeasure System (ATIRCMS) for its AH-64D Apaches. The first Apaches for Kuwait will be delivered in Sep 06. The ATIRCMS uses the AN/ALQ-212 Infrared (IR) Jammer and the Commo [...]	2004-07-19 14:11:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS PREL
04KUWAIT2274	THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S JULY 18 MEETING WITH ACTING [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Secretary Armitage met with Acting Prime Minister and Interior Minister Shaykh Nawaf al-Ahmed al-Jaber Al-Sabah and other Kuwaiti Ministers on July 18. The Deputy Secretary took the opportunity to discuss the overall situation in Iraq, soliciting Shaykh Nawaf's views on the [...]	2004-07-21 07:18:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KU IZ
04KUWAIT2630	MEDIA REACTION KUWAIT AUGUST 14-16: TERRORISM; IRAQ; [...] SUMMARY: While hand-wringing over the origins and motives of as many as 20 Kuwaiti extremists arrested for suspicion of al- Qaeda ties and terrorist plots, the fighting in Najaf rose as the primary topic of discussion in the Kuwaiti media. Some commentators saw an insidious Iranian influence i [...]	2004-08-16 14:45:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KU KDMR
04KUWAIT3032	SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION KUWAIT: YOUSEF QARADAWI'S [...] SUMMARY: Friday's (9/3) edition of leading Arabic daily al-Rai al-A'am contained a transcription of an interview given in Cairo by Islamist Dr. Yousef Qaradawi. In answer to a question about the religious propriety of kidnapping Americans in Iraq and mutilating their corpses, Qaradawi reported [...]	2004-09-08 14:09:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KU KDMR
04KUWAIT3033	IRAQ TRAVEL BAN: NEPAL ENFORCES BAN ON ITS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Following the murder of 12 Nepali workers in Iraq, Nepal is enforcing a travel ban to prevent its nationals from entering Iraq. US military officials and emboffs briefed Nepalese Charge Lok Bahadur Thapa on security and welfare provisions for Nepalis traveling in US military c [...]	2004-09-09 05:46:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	ELAB MOPS PREL PHUM ETRD EAID KU IZ
04KUWAIT3063	IAMB RECEIVES KPMG UPDATE ON DFI AUDIT, EXPRESSES [...] (SBU) Summary: The International Advisory and Monitoring Board (IAMB) on Iraq met in Kuwait on 7-8 September to receive a briefing from KPMG on the status of the second stage of the external audit work on the Development Fund for Iraq (DFI). In its press release after the meeting, the IAMB n [...]	2004-09-11 11:06:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN IZ UN KW
04KUWAIT3413	NOTIFICATION OF PRESUMPTIVE DEATH OF THREE [...] (U) Embassy Kuwait received a letter from Major General Gary D. Speer, Deputy Commanding General of the Coalition Forces Land Component Command (CFLCC),requesting post's assistance in resolving the cases of three Egyptian drivers presumed to have been killed while driving in Iraq (text in pa [...]	2004-09-29 07:53:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	MOPS PREL IZ EG
04KUWAIT3504	CENTCOM COMMANDER BRIEFS KUWAITI MINISTER OF AMIRI [...] (U) SUMMARY: On October 6, CENTCOM Commander General John Abizaid met with the Kuwait Minister of the Amiri Diwan, Nasser Mohammed Al Sabah. During a relaxed and friendly conversation lasting over an hour, General Abizaid described the situation in Iraq and efforts by coalition forces to assi [...]	2004-10-07 05:35:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MARR ASEC PREL PTER IZ KU
04KUWAIT3529	REQUEST FOR BAGHDAD'S ASSISTANCE IN OBTAINING [...] This is an action request for Embassy Baghdad; please see para 4. 2. As reported in Ref A, Embassy Kuwait received a letter from Major General Gary D. Speer, Deputy Commanding General of the Coalition Forces Land Component Command (CFLCC),requesting post's assistance in resolving the cas [...]	2004-10-13 03:57:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	MOPS PREL ELAB EG KU IZ
04KUWAIT390	BLOOMFIELD DELEGATION MEETS INTER-MINISTERIAL [...] (C) Summary. A senior U.S. delegation led by PM A/S Lincoln Bloomfield Jr. with PDASD/ISA Peter Flory, met on January 27 with representatives of the Kuwait Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Finance, Defense and Energy as well as the Kuwait Petroleum Corporation at the Kuwait Ministry of Finance [...]	2004-02-06 16:10:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL MARR MOPS KU IZ
04KUWAIT443	DOD CONTRACTORS AND TRANSITION FROM COALITION [...] Summary and Action Request: U.S. contractors in Kuwait provide critical logistical and administrative services to CPA. How those functions will be assured after the transition from CPA to Embassy Baghdad needs to be determined - time being of the essence. Action Request: Request State Depa [...]	2004-02-08 13:51:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ETRD KU IZ
04KUWAIT483	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION FEB 10-11: Iraq, Halliburton, [...] SUMMARY: Press reports that in response to pervasive rumors of malfeasance on the part of a Kuwaiti firm hired by US company Halliburton to supply fuel to Iraq, Kuwait's Minister of Energy has asked the public prosecutor to investigate whether local company "Al Tanmiya" and others in Kuwait i [...]	2004-02-12 07:00:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KU KDMR
04KUWAIT69	HUMANITARIAN FUEL CONVOYS IN SOUTHERN IRAQ: THE [...] (C) Summary. A survey of the provision of gasoline and kerosene to southern Iraq under the humanitarian fuel program showed bottlenecks inside Iraq that are slowing truck convoys coming from Kuwait. The downloading depots at Diwaniyah and Latifiyah lack adequate pumps to download fuel from tr [...]	2004-01-07 07:06:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EAID MOPS PREL PGOV IZ IR KU
04KUWAIT89	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION, DECEMBER 23-JANUARY 7: [...] SUMMARY: In an article titled "Do Not Accept Colonialism," one writer claims that Iraq's oil resources will be controlled by "companies with strong ties to the American administration," specifically Halliburton who he writes is "accused of rigging the price of fuel sold to the US army." New [...]	2004-01-08 08:13:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KU KDMR
04KUWAIT991	(SBU) AMBASSADOR BRIEFS SENIOR GOK OFFICIALS ON [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: In his capacity as CPA Deputy Administrator, Ambassador Jones held separate meetings in Kuwait on March 20 with Shaykh Sabah al-Khalid, Chairman of Kuwait's National Security Bureau; Shaykh Nasser Sabah al-Ahmed, son of the Prime Minister; and Shaykh Nasser Mohamm [...]	2004-03-27 13:17:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ KU
04LAGOS1163	NIGERIA - GANGS OF PORT HARCOURT [...] (C) SUMMARY. Recent gang fighting in the Port Harcourt area of the Niger Delta highlights yet another brand of violence in Nigeria (ref A). Reports from oil services and construction company security managers in the field estimate that up to 100 people may have died over three to four days of [...]	2004-06-03 09:14:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PINR EPET EINV PHUM NI
04LAGOS1201	MEASURABLE SUCCESS IN NIGERIAN HIV/AIDS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassadors Tobias and Campbell and USAID Country Director Liberi met with Nigerian Minister of Health Lambo on June 4 to discuss coordination between the GON national HIV/AIDS strategy and USG objectives under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). Reflecting [...]	2004-06-09 15:59:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO SOCI ECON ELAB NI
04LAGOS1204	NIGER DELTA: GUNS AND THUGS RULE THE LAND [...] (C) SUMMARY: This is the first in a series of four cables addressing the security, political, and humanitarian situation in the Niger Delta based on a field visit by POLOFF and ECONOFF to Warri June 7 and 8. This cable addresses the overall security situation, Joint Task Force (JTF) Operation [...]	2004-06-10 11:50:00	Consulate Lagos	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PINS EPET KDEM PHUM EINV ASEC CASC PTER XY NI
04LAGOS1982	DELTA VIOLENCE UPDATE FOR SEPTEMBER 28 [...] (C) GON military efforts (Operation Flush Out 3) to combat Delta militants continue. Oil companies are monitoring the situation closely, and are not dismissive of the threats by Niger Delta People's Volunteer Force (NPDVF) leader Asari. Beyond Shell's decision to evacuate workers from two s [...]	2004-09-28 19:46:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS CASC EPET AA PGOV NI
04LAGOS2011	DELTA VIOLENCE UPDATE FOR SEPTEMBER 30 [...] (S) Local press headlined today with news of government meetings with Niger Delta People's Volunteer Force (NDPVF) leader Asari in Abuja and purported cease-fire agreement. NGO and energy company contacts stated that the situation in Port Harcourt was less tense. Production remains unchang [...]	2004-09-30 14:55:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS CASC EPET PGOV NI
04LAGOS2013	DELTA UPDATE FOR SEPTEMBER 30 [...] (S) Local press headlined today with news of government meetings with Niger Delta People's Volunteer Force (NDPVF) leader Asari in Abuja (ref A) and purported cease-fire. Local press is now openly discussing Joint Task Force Operation Flush Out 3. NGO and energy company contacts stated tha [...]	2004-09-30 16:12:00	Consulate Lagos	SECRET	EPET CASC MOPS PGOV NI
04LAGOS2363	ASARI WITHDRAWAL FROM PEACE PROCESS UNCLEAR; SHELL [...] (SBU) Press accounts state Niger Delta People's Volunteer Force (NDPVF) leader Asari has pulled out the peace talks with the Government of Nigeria. However, Shell's External Relations Director told us that his sources in the area indicate Asari has not withdrawn from the peace accord. Shel [...]	2004-11-23 17:39:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET CASC PGOV MOPS NI
04LILONGWE1114	MUTHARIKA TOUTS RURAL GROWTH, ESTABLISHES DONOR [...] Summary: President Mutharika summoned heads of mission to thank them for their support and to air his views on key policies. He discussed his plans for rural poverty alleviation, the GOM's move to Lilongwe, and promised to have regular meetings with donors to establish a policy dialogue. End [...]	2004-12-07 14:04:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PGOV PINR MI
04LILONGWE404	FREER, BUT POORER: MALAWI AFTER TEN YEARS OF [...] (SBU) Summary and introduction: This month's presidential and parliamentary elections will mark ten years since Malawi's first democratic elections and the transition away from Dr. Hastings Kamuzu Banda's thirty-year dictatorship. Much has changed, for better and for worse, since the advent o [...]	2004-05-14 11:44:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM ECON PINR MI
04LILONGWE719	SPARKS OF INDEPENDENCE FROM THE COULD-BE REFORM [...] (C) Mere days after former President Muluzi left on his annual (government-funded) ex-presidential vacation, President Bingu wa Mutharika replaced several key government officials. He appointed a new Commander of the Army (reftel),a new Director of Public Prosecutions, and a new Chief of Sta [...]	2004-07-30 10:35:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM EFIN PINR MI
04LILONGWE844	A TECHNOCRAT TAKES OFFICE: MUTHARIKA AT 100 DAYS [...] (C) Elected by a small margin and achieved only with former President Bakili Muluzi's support, President Bingu wa Mutharika has made surprisingly independent strides in rooting out corruption, instilling fiscal discipline, and professionalizing government. His operating assumption is that if [...]	2004-08-31 14:25:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PINR ECON EFIN MI
04LILONGWE855	MILITARY SHUFFLES UPPER RANKS [...] (U) President Bingu wa Mutharika appointed Major General Ernest Ntonya as Deputy Commander of the Malawi Defense Force (MDF) and promoted him to the rank of Lieutenant General on August 1. Ntonya, who was serving as the military's Chief of Staff, fills the hole created by General Marko Chiziko [...]	2004-09-02 13:34:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP MOPS PINR PGOV MI
04LILONGWE859	MALAWI ARMY SET TO GAIN GROUND IN HIV/AIDS FIGHT [...] (SBU/NF//FOUO) In a resource poor environment, the Malawi Defense Force (MDF) highlights prevention as its main campaign against HIV/AIDS, but has recently scaled up its voluntary counseling and testing services as well as care and treatment programs. USG assistance has helped position the MD [...]	2004-09-03 09:45:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP KHIV PINR MASS TBIO MI HIV AIDS
04LJUBLJANA1053	SLOVENIA: COM'S COURTESY CALL ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On November 16, COM, accompanied by the Embassy's PD/Human Rights Officer, paid a call on Slovenia's Ombudsman for Human Rights, Matjaz Hanzek. Hanzek expressed concern with some of the positions and public statements made by members of the rightist and center-right parties af [...]	2004-11-19 03:39:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PINR SI
04LJUBLJANA576	SLOVENIAN OPPOSITION FORMS NEW POLITICAL "FORUM", [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Hailed as a "brilliant political move" by some pundits, and criticized by ruling LDS party members for putting personal gain ahead of the national interest, FoMin Rupel joined many of his former DEMOS associates in establishing a new forum dubbed the "Assembly for the Republic ( [...]	2004-06-18 12:35:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR SI
04MADRID2236	VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. DAILY SPANISH PRESS OF JUNE 9, 2004 AND SUBSEQUENT DAYS REPORTED THAT THE ITALIAN POLICE ARRESTED THE ALLEGED RADICAL ISLAMIST RABEI OSMAN SAYED AHMED, ALI [...]	2004-06-15 10:59:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID2482	VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION TO CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. DAILY "EL PAIS" OF JUNE 10, 2004, REPORTED THAT FRENCH AUTHORITIES EXTRADITED THE ETA MEMBER, JUAN LUIS AGUIRRE LETE TO SPAIN, AFTER SERVING A SENTENCE IN F [...]	2004-07-01 08:33:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
04MADRID2963	SPAIN ENCOURAGES EU ACTION ON MAOIST VIOLENCE IN [...] No summary [...]	2004-08-03 16:14:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KTDB NP SP EUN
04MADRID520	ENCOURAGING SPAIN TO PURSUE BUSINESS IN IRAQ [...] (C) Summary. With continued "bad press" over the lack of Iraq reconstruction-related contracts for Spanish firms, we met with Ministry of Economy's Director General for Commercial Policy Carlos Jimenez to share lessons learned reftel. Our overtures were welcome, but we also received a clear [...]	2004-02-13 15:29:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN IZ SP
04MANAMA1337	CODEL MILLER DISCUSSES COUNTER-TERRORISM, IRAQ, [...] (C) Codel Miller met with Crown Prince Shaikh Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa August 22 and discussed the domestic security situation, status of counter-terrorism laws in Bahrain, Iraq, the military confrontation in Najaf, U.S. public outreach efforts in the Middle East, Arab-Israeli relations, A [...]	2004-08-28 15:12:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MARR ECON ETRD BA IZ
04MANAMA1466	PUBLIC WORKS AND HOUSING MINISTER: PLATE IS FULL [...] Ambassador met with Minister of Housing and Public Works Fahmi Bin Ali Al Jowder on September 8 to discuss new and ongoing projects, the Ministry,s experience with U.S. business partners and potential opportunities for U.S. business as a result of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA). While officia [...]	2004-09-22 15:09:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL BEXP MARR BA
04MANAMA1884	DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR HADLEY'S DECEMBER [...] (C) Deputy National Security Advisor Hadley met with Iraqi National Security Advisor Qassem Daoud December 4 on the margins of the IISS Gulf Security Dialogue conference in Manama. Daoud said that Iraq faced a number of crises: obtaining weapons quickly; procuring helicopters and armored veh [...]	2004-12-15 12:34:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS PGOV KDEM IZ IR BA
04MANAMA432	KING ON MARCH 27 ANNOUNCES GOVERNMENT TO TAKE [...] (S) Summary: Worried about potential protests on the eve of the April 4 Formula One race event, the King Hamed announced on March 27 that the Government would not tolerate lawbreaking or acts of violence. Many observers and leading businessmen, recalling a recent bank robbery and attacks on [...]	2004-03-29 15:35:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PGOV PHUM ASEC BA PINS
04MANAMA612	DEPUTY SECRETARY ARMITAGE'S APRIL 19-20 MEETINGS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In separate meetings with Deputy Secretary Armitage, King Hamad and Crown Prince Sheikh Salman pledged their government's full commitment to its strategic alliance with the US. The King and Crown Prince stressed the need to immediately restore order in Iraq with the selection of a stro [...]	2004-04-28 14:28:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PREL BA
04MANAMA622	BAHRAINI MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQI POW TREATMENT [...] Summary: For the past three days, all five Bahraini daily newspapers have run front-page stories with banner headlines, photos of Iraqi POWs being mistreated, and columns about the mistreatment of Iraqi POWs. Writers and opinion leaders have questioned U.S. values of democracy and human rig [...]	2004-05-03 09:12:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP BA
04MANAMA629	BAHRAINI REACTION TO TREATMENT OF IRAQI POWS AT [...] (C) Embassy contacts expressed their anger and disgust about the media reports on the treatment of Iraqi POWs at Abu Ghraib Prison. After seeing these images on Al-Jazeira television, President of the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights Nabeel Rajab told PolOff on May 3 that the USG expects Arabs [...]	2004-05-03 14:12:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM BA
04MANAMA642	BAHRAINI MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQI POW TREATMENT [...] Summary: All six Bahraini daily newspapers continue to run stories about U.S. mistreatment of Iraqi POWs. In addition to photos of prisoners, newspapers are running photos of families waiting outside Iraqi prisons to obtain information about their loved ones inside. Letters to the editor p [...]	2004-05-05 09:44:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OIIP BA
04MANAMA720	TORTURE ALLEGATIONS OF BAHRAINI GTMO DETAINEE - [...] (U) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. The Abu Gharieb prison scandal has spurred stories of Bahraini GTMO detainees being tortured. An open letter to President Bush that specified a Bahraini citizen by name has gained credibility with some government and NGO leaders. Sunni Islamist parliamentarian [...]	2004-05-17 13:34:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER BA
04MANAMA721	BAHRAINIS TO WATCH ABU GHRAIB TORTURE TRIALS [...] (C) The editor in chief of the Akhbar al-Khaleej newspaper group told CDA and PAO over lunch on May 16 that the U.S. can regain some of its lost credibility with the Bahraini public if the soldiers responsible for torture at Abu Gharieb prison are punished sternly and visibly. He expects th [...]	2004-05-17 14:04:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PHUM PREL KPAO BA

04MASERU321	MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATION INITIAL VISIT TO LESOTHO [...] SUMMARY: The Millennium Challenge Corporation team of Clay Lowery, Tom Briggs and Wesley Wilson paid a very successful initial visit to Lesotho May 26-28. Over the course of two and a half days, they met with the Prime Minister, nearly the entire Cabinet, almost all of the Principal Secretarie [...]	2004-06-01 16:08:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ETRD PREL LT MCC
04MONTREAL1555	HYDRO QUEBEC PYLON VANDALIZED [...] (C) Thierry Vandal, President of Hydro Quebec,s Production division, described the recent vandalism at a Hydro Quebec pylon about a mile from the U.S. border, near Coaticook in Quebec,s Eastern Townships, as the work of &amateurs.8 In a 12/7 meeting with the Quebec City Consul General, Montre [...]	2004-12-09 20:00:00	Consulate Montreal	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PTER PBTS CA
04MONTREAL888	QUEBECERS GIVE BLOC QUEBECOIS 54 SEATS, PUNISHING [...] This cable was jointly prepared by the Montreal and Quebec City Consulates. 2. SUMMARY: As predicted, the Bloc Quebecois took 54 of 75 possible seats in Quebec in yesterday's Federal election, gaining 21 seats in Parliament, and matching the party's 1993 seat count, when former Bloc leader [...]	2004-06-29 20:58:00	Consulate Montreal	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV CA
04MUSCAT2196	OMAN: 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] (U) In accordance with reftel B, paragraph 2, Embassy Muscat provides the following update to Oman's coverage in the 2003 Patterns of Global Terrorism ("Patterns") report: BEGIN TEXT Oman continued to provide public statements of support for the global war on terrorism, and has been resp [...]	2004-12-18 10:38:00	Embassy Muscat	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER ASEC MU
04NASSAU937	BAHAMAS: BUDGET CUTS HINDER OPBAT OPERATIONS [...] The withdrawal of air assets currently committed to Operations Bahamas, Turks and Caicos (OPBAT) has already had a measurable impact on drug interdiction in The Bahamas. Over the longer term, failure to restore assets committed to OPBAT to the status quo ante could adversely impact bilateral [...]	2004-05-04 16:13:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR BF OPBAT
04NEWDELHI6999	INDIA PUSHING NEPALESE ARMY TO BE MORE ACTIVE [...] (C) The Royal Nepalese Army (RNA) should be more proactive in the fight against the Maoists, MEA Joint Secretary (Bhutan/Nepal) Ranjit Rae told Polcouns and Poloff SIPDIS in a November 1 meeting. Describing the recent India-Nepal security cooperation group meeting, Rae reported that the GO [...]	2004-11-02 11:57:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER IN NP
04NEWDELHI7026	INDO-US CYBERSECURITY FORUM PREPARATORY [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 14-18, 2004, Department Senior Coordinator for International Critical Infrastructure Protection Policy Michele Markoff and DOD Director of International Information Assurance Programs Tim Bloechl participated in preparatory meetings with the GOI for the November 9-10 [...]	2004-11-04 04:02:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCIP TINT PREL ECPS KCRM IN US
04NEWDELHI7395	ONE YEAR INTO THE INDO-PAK CEASE-FIRE: OPEN-ENDED [...] (C) Summary: As India and Pakistan mark the one year anniversary of their Line of Control (LOC) cease-fire in Kashmir, more Indian troop redeployments and other Indo-Pak progress are "only natural" if cross-border terrorism and infiltration by Pakistan remain low, MEA Joint Secretary (Pakista [...]	2004-11-19 14:43:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ENRG IN PK IR INDO PAK
04NEWDELHI7497	KUMARATUNGA VISIT: SRI LANKA RELATIONSHIP A [...] (C) Summary: Sri Lanka's President Chandrika Kumaratunga's November 3-7 New Delhi visit highlighted that Sri Lanka has become a model neighbor for India. The President's stay included an address to a high-level conference during which she dismissed the notion that "nothing was happening" in he [...]	2004-11-24 12:29:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS PTER CE IN
04NEWDELHI7750	SHYAM SARAN "SPEAKS FROM THE HEART" ON NEPAL [...] (C) Summary: Speaking informally at a just-concluded track-II conference on Nepal, Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran argued that New Delhi and Kathmandu must work more closely together to defeat the Maoists, that Nepalese mistrust of India is misplaced, and that economic development could help N [...]	2004-12-08 11:59:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MASS EAID PREF ASEC IN NP
04OTTAWA2931	IIR 6 815 0002 05/DUTCH AND UK SUPPORT FOR [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-02 15:44:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	DOD NATO
04OTTAWA2961	IIR 6 815 0003 05/CANADIAN ATTITUDES TOWARD SIXTH [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-04 17:01:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM
04OTTAWA3001	IIR 6 815 0004 05/CANADIAN ARMY RESERVE UNITS [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-08 21:26:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM
04OTTAWA3027	CANADA: CONSERVATIVES DIVIDED ON MISSILE DEFENSE [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Despite broad speculation in media and academic circles that the government was poised to take a (positive) decision on Canada's participation in missile defense, PCO Clerk Alex Himelfarb indicated to the Ambassador that the government would seek to avoid a debate and vote on [...]	2004-11-10 14:46:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MARR PGOV PREL CA
04OTTAWA3111	IIR 6 815 0010 05/CANADIAN DEFENCE REVIEW BECOMING [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-18 16:04:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM
04OTTAWA3267	IIR 6 815 0015 05/CANADIAN AIR FORCE TRANFORMATION [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-06 16:37:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PARM
04OTTAWA3275	IIR 6 815 0016 05/AIR FORCE STRATEGIC VECTORS [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-06 21:26:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PARM
04OTTAWA3303	SCENE-SETTER FOR VISIT TO CANADA, 12-14 DEC 2004 [...] (C) CANADA-U.S. POL-MIL RELATIONS. PRIME MINISTER MARTIN LEADS A MINORITY GOVERNMENT, WHICH MUST MOVE FORWARD CAUTIOUSLY ON POLICY ISSUES AND TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE VIEWS OF THE OPPOSITION BEFORE PROCEEDING. PM MARTIN HAS GIVEN STRONG SIGNALS HE UNDERSTANDS THE IMPORTANCE OF AND WISHES T [...]	2004-12-08 21:56:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	DOD
04OTTAWA3473	SCENE-SETTER FOR ASD/HD VISIT TO OTTAWA, CANADA, [...] (U) THIS MESSAGE IS A READAHEAD FOR THE 11-13 JANUARY 2005 VISIT TO OTTAWA OF ASST SECDEF (HOMELAND DEFENSE) PAUL MCHALE; DASD SCOTT ROWELL; AND NORTHCOM CHIEF OF STAFF MG FRED REES. RECOMMENDED TALKING POINTS AT PARA 8. 2. (C) CANADA-U.S. POL-MIL RELATIONS. PRIME MINISTER PAUL MARTIN LEA [...]	2004-12-29 21:45:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM
04PANAMA1116	PANAMA: IMPLICATIONS OF THE TORRIJOS VICTORY FOR [...] (C) Martin Torrijos, a 40-year-old politician with little national policy experience, scored a crushing electoral victory on May 2, while his Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD) is positioned to control Panama's unicameral legislature. After it takes office on September 1, the new governmen [...]	2004-05-07 20:27:00	Embassy Panama	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV ETRD EFIN EWWT PM CM CO TW POL CHIEF
04PANAMA1224	PANAMA LEGISLATIVE UPDATE: NEW BALLGAME ON [...] (SBU) Panamanians (current legislators included) are so focused on what will happen after September 1 that they appear to have forgotten entirely that the current Assembly session will continue until the end of May. The Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD),Panama's largest and best organize [...]	2004-05-17 20:49:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR PM POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY
04PANAMA1949	PANAMA: SCENE SETTER FOR GEN. HILL'S AUG. 12 VISIT [...] (SBU) I warmly welcome your August 12 visit to Panama. You will have the opportunity to reiterate USG commitment to expanding training programs shared between our two countries, and to press for continuing focus on civilian controlled security forces, transparency and anti-corruption within P [...]	2004-08-02 14:15:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PREL MASS PGOV PM POL CHIEF
04PANAMA1992	PANAMA: SCENESETTER FOR USG DELEGATION TO THE [...] (SBU) US Embassy Panama welcomes the USG delegation to the National Security Planning Workshop, Aug. 11-13, which is designed to assist the incoming PRD government headed by President-elect Torrijos who assumes office September 1. You will have the opportunity to reiterate USG commitment to [...]	2004-08-06 12:18:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PREL MASS PGOV PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL
04PANAMA2105	SCENESETTER: THE SECRETARY'S VISIT TO PANAMA'S [...] (SBU) On behalf of Embassy Panama, I want to express our warmest welcome on your upcoming September 1, 2004 visit to Panama's Presidential Inauguration. Following your November 3, 2003 visit to Panama's Centennial celebrations (reftel),your presence here as the government of Martin Torrijos [...]	2004-08-18 22:37:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD OVIP PM POL CHIEF
04PANAMA2691	SCENESETTER: DEFENSE SECRETARY RUMSFELD'S NOVEMBER [...] (C) On behalf of Embassy Panama I would like to extend our warmest welcome on your upcoming November 13-14, 2004 visit to Panama. Your presence here as the government of Martin Torrijos enters its third month signals the great interest of the United States in strengthening our excellent rela [...]	2004-11-02 13:13:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EINV SNAR PM POL CHIEF
04PANAMA730	ARTICLE 98 SUPPORTER IN CLOSE RACE WITH U.S. [...] (U) This cable is SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. Please protect accordingly. ----------------- A Fighting Chance ----------------- 2. (SBU) On March 14, PolOffs accompanied Arnulfista Party legislative challenger Jose "Pepe" Gomez on a tour of Veraguas province's 9-3 electoral circuit [...]	2004-03-30 14:17:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR PM LABOR HUMAN RIGHTSPOLMIL
04PANAMA823	PANAMANIAN SUPREME COURT THROWS OUT CHARGES [...] (C) Citing "lack of jurisdiction," by an 8-1 vote, Panama's Supreme Court has terminated Public Ministry investigations of all charges against Israeli national Shimon Yalin Yelinek, currently residing in Panama, for his alleged role in smuggling Nicaraguan military weapons to the paramilitary [...]	2004-04-07 19:29:00	Embassy Panama	SECRET	PARM PREL KCOR PTER KJUS PM NI CO GA POLITICS FOREIGN POLICY
04PARAMARIBO117	MILITARY OFFICER VOICES PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR AN [...] (C) Summary. During a February 7 press "Information Day" hosted by Suriname's National Army, a military officer, Major Goerdeyal, called on the Surinamese Government to sign an Article 98 agreement with the United States or face losing US military assistance. Goerdeyal declared that the day [...]	2004-02-11 13:58:00	Embassy Paramaribo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NS
04PARAMARIBO58	SURINAME PROPOSES NEW ROUND OF BORDER TALKS WITH [...] SURINAMESE FOREIGN MINISTER MARIE LEVENS ANNOUNCED ON JANUARY 11 PLANS TO CONTINUE TALKS WITH GUYANA OVER THE ONGOING BORDER DISPUTE NEXT MONTH. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT CAME ON THE HEELS OF PUBLIC STATEMENTS BY GUYANESE FOREIGN MINISTER RUDY INSANALLY, WHO, DURING A RECENT TRIP TO EASTERN GUYANA, [...]	2004-01-23 12:57:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR NS GY
04PARIS9146	FRANCE AND CENTRAL AFRICA (SOUTH) [...] (C) SUMMARY. France continues to seek solutions for the crisis in the Great Lakes through policies designed to support DRC President Kabila and the transition process and to block Rwandan interference in Congolese affairs. France's history in the Rwandan genocide complicates their ability to [...]	2004-12-28 10:52:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM BY CF CG CT EK GB RW TP ZF XA
04PORTAUPRINCE520	PRIME MINISTER FORMS CABINET [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Latortue finalized his cabinet choices on the afternoon of March 16, following consultations with President Alexandre. The cabinet was installed at 14:00 on March 17. Latortue chose to consolidate several existing ministries as a cost-cutting measure, naming only 13 m [...]	2004-03-17 22:29:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL HA
04PRETORIA5466	CLOUD CUCKOO-LAND'S LAST REDOUBT: A VISIT TO ORANIA [...] Summary: A dusty little Karoo farm town situated an hour and a half south of Kimberly, Orania would be unexceptional except for one thing: all of its 600 residents are white Afrikaners. Founded on the principles of self-reliance and preservation of Afrikaner culture, non-whites are not allowe [...]	2004-12-21 11:29:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	SF PGOV
04QUITO2251	PARTY POSTURING PROMPTS BUCARAM RETURN RUMORS [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Lucio Gutierrez's recent comments favoring the return of exiled former President Abdala Bucaram have ignited a political firestorm in Ecuador, with leading opposition parties promising that impeachment proceedings would shortly follow. Bucaram, whom Congress removed in [...]	2004-08-13 16:41:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KCOR PREL EC
04QUITO2303	AMBASSADOR'S TOUR D'HORIZON WITH PRES. GUTIERREZ [...] (C) Summary: In a private breakfast meeting with the Ambassador and DCM on August 18 at the National Palace, President Lucio Gutierrez discussed upcoming municipal elections, his Cabinet, and requested additional U.S. aid for the social sector. The Ambassador encouraged free and fair electio [...]	2004-08-20 16:41:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EC
04QUITO2552	FEW U.S.-MANUFACTURED LAND MINES IN ECUADOR [...] In response to Reftel, Poloff September 20 contacted Guillermo Leal, chief of the OAS Humanitarian Demining (HD) mission in Ecuador. Leal noted the only U.S.-produced land mine found in Ecuador was the M18A1 Claymore device. The GoE had destroyed seven in-stock Claymores in 2001, Leal recal [...]	2004-09-21 13:31:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED	KHDP PREL PGOV EC PE
04QUITO2602	ECUADOR SENDING ENGINEERS, TROOPS TO HAITI [...] The Government of Ecuador has directed that EC Army engineers and soldiers travel to Haiti to participate in UN-directed peacekeeping (PKO) operations and natural disaster (hurricane) relief. Embassy officials learned September 23 that the first Ecuadorian deployment will include 66 combat e [...]	2004-09-24 20:16:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED	MOPS MARR PREL SMIG EC HA UN
04QUITO2608	ELECTORAL TRAINING EFFORT NOT WITHOUT HICCUPS [...] SUMMARY: A successful October 17 vote depends partly on the 275,000 Ecuadorians manning the polls election day. Training this army is a Herculean task falling to Ecuador's Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE); $400,000 in USG assistance, channeled through international electoral NGO CAPEL, bolste [...]	2004-09-28 19:18:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PGOV EC
04QUITO2723	ELECTIONS IN ECUADOR: THE ROLE OF THE MILITARY [...] This cable is an update of Ref B, transmitted in September 2002, just prior to Ecuador's most recent national elections. 2. SUMMARY: Although soldiers, sailors and airmen (and police) cannot vote, the military nonetheless will play a prominent part in Ecuador's October 17 local elections [...]	2004-10-08 21:07:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM MOPS PGOV PHUM EC
04RANGOON1048	UNHCR LOOKS FOR SHORT-TERM FUNDS FOR EASTERN [...] (C) Summary: UNHCR's activities in the recently opened eastern border areas are gaining momentum. As the GOB expands its preparations for possible future repatriation of refugees in Thailand, the UNHCR is expanding its roving presence and basic infrastructure work. We support the UNHCR reque [...]	2004-08-16 09:29:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM EAID PINS PGOV BM NGO
04RANGOON1100	ALLEGED NORTH KOREAN INVOLVEMENT IN MISSILE [...] (S) SUMMARY: North Korean workers are reportedly assembling "SAM missiles" and constructing an underground facility at a Burmese military site in Magway Division, about 315 miles NNW of Rangoon, according to XXXXXXXXXXXX . This unsolicited account should not be taken as authoritative, but it tracks [...]	2004-08-27 08:08:00	Embassy Rangoon	SECRET	PARM PINR PREL KNNP BM KN
04RANGOON1136	BURMA: "HELL'S ANGELS" IN THE EAST, SLAVE LABORERS [...] (C) Summary: UNHCR's latest assessment mission along Burma's eastern border revealed KNU strength to be significantly diminished and, by contrast, an alarming and widespread presence of DKBA soldiers "who resemble the Hell's Angels" in appearance, swagger, and influence. Meanwhile, on the we [...]	2004-09-02 07:02:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PGOV PINS ELAB BM
04RANGOON121	UWSA SEEKS TO IMPORT PRECURSOR CHEMICALS LEGALLY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The leadership of the United Wa State Army, while trumpeting the dramatic reduction of opium poppy production in Wa territories, is seeking special dispensation to openly import precursor chemicals, ostensibly for the industrial processing of natural rubber. End Summary. 2. [...]	2004-01-28 10:34:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PGOV BM
04RANGOON1225	THE BURMESE REGIME'S "SELECTIVE ENGAGEMENT" WITH [...] (C) Summary: A recent exchange of top military visits between Burma and Thailand indicates improving relations between the SPDC and the Royal Thai Armed Forces and is a sign that many wounds have healed since the two armies squared off during a series of deadly border skirmishes in mid-2002. [...]	2004-09-16 10:58:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR MARR BM TH
04RANGOON1250	BURMA'S NEW FOREIGN MINISTER: NOT READY FOR PRIME [...] (SBU) Summary: The Burmese regime's surprise choice as new Foreign Minister, a recently promoted Major General with thirty years of operational and combat military experience, is a virtual unknown in local diplomatic and military circles. FM Nyan Win's overseas experience appears limited to [...]	2004-09-22 11:33:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR MARR CVIS BM
04RANGOON13	THAN SHWE AND KHIN NYUNT - A CONTRAST IN STYLE [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Khin Nyunt and Senior General Than Shwe hosted weekend functions involving Rangoon's diplomatic corps that illustrated the marked contrast in their styles. Khin Nyunt is engaging and polished, while Than Shwe is distant, grandiose, and strikes some observers as s [...]	2004-01-05 08:52:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV BM
04RANGOON1345	BURMA'S GRUNTS VS. MI: ROUND ONE? [...] (C) Summary: An apparent up-country attack by the Burmese army's regular forces on a once untouchable interagency unit including military intelligence officers has led to speculation that long-simmering hatred between MI and the regular troops has begun to heat up. The incident is quite extra [...]	2004-10-14 00:33:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PGOV PINR MOPS ETRD ECON BM
04RANGOON1359	BURMESE PRIME MINISTER OUSTED? CRESCENDO OF [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-19 11:08:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS PINR BM
04RANGOON1382	FOREIGN MINISTER SAYS "NO CHANGE IN FOREIGN [...] No summary [...]	2004-10-22 10:14:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BM
04RANGOON1386	PUSHING A BIG ROCK UP A STEEP HILL: UNFPA TRIES TO [...] (SBU) Summary: The UNFPA's three-day tour through upper Burma in mid-October for members of the diplomatic community and INGOs presented a microcosm of life today in this country: a graceful, capable people burdened by a Government that takes decisions based on its own interests. End Summary [...]	2004-10-22 12:37:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV EAID SOCI BM NGO
04RANGOON1401	KHIN NYUNT'S OUSTER: ONE WEEK LATER [...] (C) Summary: A week after Khin Nyunt's ouster there is calm in the streets, Than Shwe seems comfortably in power, and MI's political and probably economic power is being eroded. However, there remain many variables -- especially relations with ethnic cease-fire groups post-Khin Nyunt -- that [...]	2004-10-26 10:22:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PGOV ECON MOPS BM
04RANGOON1422	MAINLAND SE ASIA AND CHINA PLEDGE TIP COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary: The Coordinated Mekong Ministerial Initiative against Trafficking (COMMIT) moved forward in Rangoon, October 27-29. All of the participating governments seemed to find a comfortable confluence of political, strategic, and operational elements in the MOU they signed and the sup [...]	2004-11-04 05:02:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ELAB PGOV EAID BM
04RANGOON1445	SHAN CEASE-FIRE GROUP WARY OF GOB INTENTIONS [...] (S) SUMMARY: In the course of travel to visit an INL-funded project in Shan State, Emboff encountered the leadership of the Shan State Army (SSA),a former insurgent group that has concluded a cease-fire agreement with the GOB. Shan leaders are concerned that the post-Khin Nyunt regime will m [...]	2004-11-09 09:25:00	Embassy Rangoon	SECRET	PINS PGOV SNAR EAID BM
04RANGOON1462	THE BURMESE REGIME AIRS ITS DIRTY LAUNDRY: FORMER [...] (C) Summary: In an apparent campaign to smear former Prime Minister General Khin Nyunt and in the process diminish the authority of the military intelligence (MI) apparatus that he created and controlled, the SPDC on November 7 published a stunning "explanation" of his recent ouster. Gone is [...]	2004-11-12 10:44:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR ECON BM
04RANGOON1503	BURMA: TATMADAW TAKES AWAY M.I.'S KEYS [...] (C) Summary: Since former Prime Minister Khin Nyunt was ousted in mid-October, the SPDC has been striking at areas of economic graft formerly controlled by him and his Military Intelligence (MI) apparatus. One of the most visible crackdowns is on the illegal import of cars from Thailand and C [...]	2004-11-24 09:32:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON PGOV BM
04RANGOON1518	BURMA: KHIN NYUNT'S CRONIES FEELING THE SQUEEZE [...] (C) Summary: The purge of those close to ex-PM Khin Nyunt is spreading to economic cronies -- no matter their "worth" to the economy. This purge, combined with the ongoing crackdown on smuggling, will certainly cause some economic disruption. How much, and for exactly how long, remain unclea [...]	2004-11-30 08:41:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV BM
04RANGOON1549	MORE SORDID TALES OF PRISON LIFE FOR POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: U Kyaw Hsan, a 72 year-old NLD MP-elect released on November 19 after spending nine of the previous twelve years at Insein Prison, is already back on the job. Our recent encounter with this elderly but energetic activist revealed additional evidence that the regime's primary tool [...]	2004-12-07 11:12:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BM NLD
04RANGOON1569	THAI PRIME MINISTER MEETS WITH SENIOR GENERAL THAN [...] (C) Summary: On December 9, Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra visited Rangoon and met with State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) Chairman Senior General Than Shwe. Thaskin reportedly assured Than Shwe that Thailand would continue a policy of non-interference in Burma's internal aff [...]	2004-12-13 09:45:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PHUM BM ASEAN
04RANGOON1577	UNHCR'S THIN BLUE LINE BETWEEN THE SPDC AND [...] (C) Summary: The UN's refugee agency has essentially exhausted its mandate to oversee repatriation operations along the Bangladesh border in northern Rakhine State and settled into an uneasy but crucial role providing a wide umbrella of protection, and coordinating basic relief services, for [...]	2004-12-14 08:25:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV PHUM KISL BM NGO
04RANGOON232	REGIME BLOCKS NLD LEADERS FROM VISITING ASSK [...] (C) Summary: The five free members of the NLD's Central Executive Committee (CEC) attempted on February 17 to visit Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK) at her Rangoon residence, where she is under house arrest, but were rebuffed by the Burmese regime. The "uncles" have in recent weeks taken a more visib [...]	2004-02-20 09:49:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BM NLD ASSK
04RANGOON237	UPDATE ON A MON STATE OF MIND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Emboff and FSN met Feb 14 with a high-level New Mon State Party (NMSP) delegation visiting Rangoon to meet with the PM and to attend the 57th Union Day activities -- including the State Banquet hosted by Than Shwe. The NMSP, one of the major cease-fire groups, discussed a wide a [...]	2004-02-23 09:50:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS ELAB PHUM BM
04RANGOON250	RANGOON'S OUSTED MAYOR: DOWNFALL OF A FAVORITE SON [...] (C) Summary: U Ko Lay, who served as Rangoon's powerful mayor for fifteen years following the military regime's rise to power in 1988, has endured five months of disgrace stemming from an investigation into his corrupt practices and culminating in his forced retirement. The murky demise of a [...]	2004-02-25 10:32:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON BM
04RANGOON306	RAZALI'S TWELFTH VISIT TO RANGOON [...] (C) Summary: On March 5, COM met with Leon de Reidmatten (UN Special Envoy (SE) Tan Sri Razali's man in Rangoon) and got a comprehensive readout of Special Envoy Razali's twelfth visit to Rangoon. The fact that Razali came and twice met with Aung San Suu Kyi is good - as is the news that she [...]	2004-03-05 11:25:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM BM ASSK NLD
04RANGOON310	BURMA: FOURTH ANNUAL TIP REPORT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The following report responds to the checklist provided in reftel requesting information on trafficking in persons activities in Burma from March 2003 to March 2004. The report will also be forwarded by e-mail to EAP/BCLTV in MS Word format. END SUMMARY. BEGIN REPORT Ove [...]	2004-03-08 10:29:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB BM
04RANGOON382	DIFFERENT STROKES FOR DIFFERENT FOLKS: ONE [...] (C) Summary: While spending ten days in remote Shan State with a senior military intelligence officer during the annual USG-Burma opium yield survey, we were constantly told that Prime Minister Khin Nyunt has undertaken a full-court press to implement his "road map" to democracy. This focus h [...]	2004-03-24 07:51:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PINR MARR SNAR BM
04RANGOON404	SPDC CELEBRATES ARMED FORCES DAY, NLD HAILS [...] (C) Summary: On March 27, the SPDC celebrated the 59th Anniversary of Armed Forces Day with a traditional military parade, sundry speeches lauding the accomplishments of the modern Burmese Army, and an official state dinner complete with a now-standard depiction of Senior General Than Shwe as [...]	2004-03-29 12:37:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BM NLD
04RANGOON497	THE BURMA-THAI BORDER TRADE CHRONICLES: PART II, [...] (C) Summary: A recent visit by Bangkok and Rangoon Econoffs to Mae Sot and Myawaddy, the largest trading point on the Burmese-Thai border, shows trade volumes that are flourishing despite U.S. sanctions and increasingly ludicrous Burmese trade policy. Even more than it does the sleepy Kawthau [...]	2004-04-22 02:08:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON PREL PGOV PHUM BM TH
04RANGOON537	KNU OBSERVERS TO ATTEND NATIONAL CONVENTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to a well-placed, Rangoon-based ethnic Karen leader, the Karen National Union (KNU) will send a two-person observer delegation to the National Convention (NC) in May. The postponed SPDC-KNU talks originally scheduled for late April could take place in late May, despit [...]	2004-04-27 10:15:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS BM
04RANGOON574	STATUS OF KAREN REFUGEE AND IDP RETURNS [...] (C) SUMMARY: UNHCR's first assessment mission into Burma's south-eastern border area in early April found a heavy presence of Burmese Army troops and a lack of the basic infrastructure needed to support the tens of thousands of refugees projected to eventually return from Thailand. Though UNH [...]	2004-05-10 09:07:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PINS BM TH
04RANGOON612	NATIONAL CONVENTION RECONVENES WITHOUT NLD AND [...] (C) Summary: The Burmese regime's National Convention reconvened on May 17 with over 1,000 hand-picked delegates in attendance, but without the participation of the NLD and the UNA nor the presence of the U.S. and EU missions. The NLD, on the basis that its existing demands are reasonable and [...]	2004-05-17 11:57:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BM NLD
04RANGOON644	BURMA'S FORESTRY MINISTER TAKES A MEETING [...] (SBU) Summary: In the COM's first meeting with Burma's Forestry Minister we were able to finally get the GOB's official line on wildlife trafficking and illegal timbering, and clarify an outstanding rumor regarding the punishment of a Ministry official for illegal contact with the Embassy. Tho [...]	2004-05-21 07:52:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV PGOV EAGR PHUM BM
04RANGOON647	BURMESE REGIME'S STRATEGIC VIEWS OF U.S. AND CHINA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The United States wants to dominate Burma in order to penetrate China's soft underbelly, according to Burmese Prime Minister General Khin Nyunt. The PM, speaking with a visiting ethnic leader, laid out his strategic views of the United States and China. Burma must resist U.S. [...]	2004-05-21 08:06:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SNAR PINR BM CH
04RANGOON680	BURMA: COUNTERNARCOTICS CERTIFICATION REPORT CARD [...] (SBU) This message responds to ref A request for a report card on the Government of Burma's cooperation on counternarcotics efforts in preparation for the annual certification process. In the text below Embassy Rangoon has assessed progress on existing benchmarks, in the prescribed report car [...]	2004-05-27 08:44:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR BM
04RANGOON719	ETHNICS HOPING AGAINST HOPE [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE NATIONAL CONVENTION (NC) RESUMED JUNE 7 AFTER A TWO-DAY RECESS. THOUGH THE SPDC'S EMPTY PROMISES TO RE-EXAMINE THE 104 PRINCIPLES HAVE LEFT THE ETHNIC CEASE-FIRE GROUPS (CFGS) RATHER FRUSTRATED, THE CFGS PARADOXICALLY STILL HOPE FOR SOME DELIVERABLES ON THE SHARING OF POWER [...]	2004-06-09 01:35:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS BM
04RANGOON815	GOB BLAMES EXILE GROUPS FOR JUNE 26 BOMBINGS [...] (C) Summary: On June 26th, three small bombs exploded and four were disarmed at the main Rangoon train station. The GOB blamed exile opposition groups for the incident, just as it did for a similar event last July. We think it more likely the GOB did this itself to try to besmirch these oppo [...]	2004-06-28 08:26:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PGOV ELAB BM
04RANGOON882	SENIOR GOB OFFICIAL DISCUSSES TIP AND DRUG ISSUES, [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Home Affairs Colonel Tin Hlaing says that while the SPDC gives "regular" consideration to releasing ASSK, the GOB will not repeat a 1995 "mistake" of freeing the NLD leader that led to the collapse of the National Convention. The Minister, while cordial, criticized o [...]	2004-07-13 09:53:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM SNAR BM NLD
04RANGOON967	ECONOMIC TENSIONS IN THE BURMESE MILITARY [...] (C) Summary: There has been much talk recently of perceived "rifts" in the senior military leadership of Burma and between the regional commanders and the central command structure. Some claim that these rifts are based on starkly differing views on the best political path for Burma to take. [...]	2004-07-30 08:22:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON MCAP PINS PINR BM KBIO
04ROME1278	EUROPEANS MAY BE FROM VENUS, BUT PRODI IS FROM [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-31 17:43:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IT EUN ITALIAN POLITICS
04ROME2029	ITALIAN PEACEKEEPING TRAINING ASSISTANCE TO 3RD [...] IN RESPONSE TO REF A, EMBASSY QUERIED CARABINIERI, ARMY, AND MINISTRY OF INTERIOR OFFICIALS ON ITALIAN CAPABILITIES TO TRAIN THIRD COUNTRY PEACEKEEPERS. THE CARABINIERI, WE WERE INFORMED, HOLD A TWO WEEK DOCTRINAL TRAINING COURSE FOR GENDARME-LIKE OFFICERS BIANNUALLY AT THEIR OFFICERS TRAININ [...]	2004-05-25 11:41:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MOPS PINS PREL IT UN
04ROME2243	SECOND REGULAR SESSION OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM [...] In an abbreviated Board session (one and a half days),the Executive Board approved country programs for Sierra Leone and Madagascar, a budget increase for WFP's development efforts in Uganda, and protracted relief and recovery operations for Myanmar (Returnees and vulnerable groups in norther [...]	2004-06-10 15:13:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR WFP UN
04ROME2464	IRAQ POST-HANDOVER: GOI SUPPORT STRONG AND [...] This message contains an action request in paragraph 7. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Citing the parallel goals of strengthening Iraqi security services and forging an overarching Iraqi national identity from a highly regionalized reality, the GOI has described a comprehensive plan to provide assistance t [...]	2004-06-24 15:30:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	AMGT ECON EAID IT IZ PREL IRAQI FREEDOM
04ROME3061	US AND ITALY MOVE AHEAD ON G-8 INTERNATIONAL [...] A State/DOD delegation, led by Acting DAS for Regional Security (PM) Elena Kim-Mitchell, visited Rome and Vicenza on July 19-21 to discuss the U.S.-Italian joint initiative for a G-8 sponsored Center of Excellence for Stability Police Units (COESPU). The delegation met with the MFA and Carabi [...]	2004-08-09 12:49:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	KPKO MARR MOPS PGOV PREL IT
04ROME3116	U/S BOLTON'S JULY 10 MEETING WITH LIBYAN OFFICIALS [...] (S) Summary. U/S Bolton July 10 told Libyan officials that Libya had to end military cooperation with Iran as a sine qua non of concluding Phase III cooperation. The Libyans responded that all ongoing activity was linked to closing out existing contracts, which would be terminated on Septemb [...]	2004-08-11 19:16:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	PARM PREL KNNP MNUC LY IAEA
04ROME3401	ITALIAN MILITARY OFFICIALS GENERALLY ON BOARD WITH [...] (S) Summary. In recent meetings with senior Italian military officials, Charge discussed upcoming changes in the US military footprint in Italy. Overall, the reaction was positive -- the officials agreed that the proposed changes make sense from an operational point of view. However, they [...]	2004-09-07 08:59:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	PARM PREL KPAO IT NATO FORCES IN ITALY
04ROME3792	GDPR/ITALY: SCENESETTER FOR A/S BLOOMFIELD AND [...] (C) Summary. Embassy welcomes the visit of A/S Bloomfield and DASD Hoehn for consultations with Italy on the Global Defense Posture Review. While the Italians have no major concerns regarding the changes underway at Naples/Gaeta and Vicenza, they will be eager to hear the latest U.S. thinking [...]	2004-09-30 15:11:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR IT NATO FORCES IN ITALY
04SANAA1172	PRESIDENT SALEH ACCEPTS SEA ISLAND INVITATION [...] (C) Ambassador and DCM called upon Foreign Minister Qirbi 5/16 to discuss President Saleh's acceptance of the G-8 Sea Island invitation (ref e-mails). Qirbi asked about the formal invitation, travel arrangements to the U.S. and the proposed agenda. Ambassador briefed Qirbi on the known deta [...]	2004-05-16 10:47:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AL YM
04SANAA1962	ROYG REQUESTS U.S. INTEL ASSISTANCE IN FIGHT [...] (S) Summary. Yemeni Minister of Defense and his Intelligence Chief made a surprise appearance at Charge's August 11 meeting with Foreign Minister al-Qirby to request U.S. intelligence assistance in the ROYG's continuing struggle against the forces of Shi'ite extremist leader al-Houthi in no [...]	2004-08-11 16:02:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PINR PGOV PTER MCAP YM COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA2006	YEMEN: AL-HOUTHI INSURGENCY CONTINUES UNABATED [...] (S) Summary. The conflict continues between ROYG forces and armed-supporters of rebel Shi'ite cleric al-Houthi. The fighting remains concentrated in the northern Marran mountains, although some fighting has been reported in urban centers in the Sa'da governate. Although the crisis has yet t [...]	2004-08-18 15:06:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	KISL PARM PGOV PINR PTER YM COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA2009	YEMEN REQUESTS U.S. ROLE IN MANPADS BUY-BACK REMAIN SECRET [...] (S) Summary. Citing potential backlash from the tribes, price gouging by the merchants, and opposition from the street, National Security Bureau Deputy Ammar Saleh asked that any U.S. provided technical and financial assistance to buy-back illicit Yemeni MANPADS be kept secret. Ammar also sha [...]	2004-08-21 10:01:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PTER PARM PREL PREF YM OVIP COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA2021	YEMEN: A TALE OF TWO (TERRORISM) TRIALS [...] (C) Summary: Ongoing trials for 15 al-Qa'ida associates (Trial One) and the USS Cole (Trial Two) defendants are expected to end in the last week of August. While Trial One has been chaotic and presided over by an ineffective judge, the USS Cole trial exemplifies effective U.S.-Yemen cooperati [...]	2004-08-22 04:55:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL ASEC YM COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA2055	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF A/S BLOOMFIELD TO YEMEN [...] (C) Embassy Sana'a warmly welcomes the visit of PM Assistant Secretary Bloomfield to Yemen. You will find President Saleh and senior ROYG officials ready to discuss the proposed USG buy-back and destruction assistance for illicit Yemeni MANPADS. The ROYG wants this program, and they want to [...]	2004-08-24 04:51:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PARM MASS PREL ASEC PTER YM OVIP COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA2225	UPDATE ON SA'DA FIGHTING [...] (C) Despite repeated government claims that the fighting in Sa'da is in its final stages, the last week has been increasingly bloody for both sides. The ROYG has stopped discussing casualty rates publicly, but local media reports that 15 soldiers were killed on August 24 including Lt. Col. [...]	2004-08-25 12:48:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	KISL PGOV PINR PTER YM COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA2421	ROYG FORCES KILL REBEL CLERIC AL-HOUTHI IN [...] (C) Summary. Anti-American rebel Shi'ite cleric al-Houthi was killed on September 10 in an early morning raid on his cave hide-out in the Sa'da Goverornate. The ROYG has announced an end to the 10-week insurgency, which resulted in well over 1000 deaths. ROYG forces have already begun red [...]	2004-09-12 13:23:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	MARR MOPS MCAP PGOV PREL PINR PTER YM COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA2489	SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE RESPONSE [...] (S/NF) Demonstrations A. Are there any ethnic or religious communities in country that are capable of carrying out significant anti-American demonstrations? There are not organized, clearly defined communities as such, but ad hoc groupings of Yemeni fundamentalists and/or some members [...]	2004-09-22 08:43:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC PTER
04SANAA2505	YEMEN: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING APPROVAL FOR SOCCENT [...] The following statement is provided to verify the human rights vetting process. Embassy verifies that the Department of State possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the Yemen Central Security Force Counter Terrorism Unit or other members of this unit as of t [...]	2004-09-24 09:36:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	MOPS PHUM YM COUNTER TERRORISM HUMAN RIGHTS
04SANAA2985	ASSESSMENT OF THE YEMENI CENTRAL SECURITY FORCES [...] (C) This message is in response to reftel request for additional information on USG assistance for the Yemeni Central Security Forces for the purpose of assessing the best funding mechanism. USG training for the CSF-CTU is an integral part of U.S.-ROYG cooperation in the GWOT. ----------- [...]	2004-11-30 14:13:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PARM PREL MASS YM COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA3023	YEMENI PRESIDENT SALEH WANTS WASHINGTON TRIP [...] (C) Summary. President Saleh convoked Ambassador December 6 to request that he convey Saleh's strong desire to visit Washington to personally congratulate President Bush on his reelection and meet with newly appointed senior officials. Citing important new developments in the region "that can onl [...]	2004-12-06 15:11:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PREL PTER MARR PGOV KJUS PINR YM PARMS COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA3105	YEMEN: 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] Below is Embassy Sanaa's submission to the 2004 Patterns of Global Terrorism Report. 2004 Addendum sent septel. The text and the addendum have also been forwarded to S/CT POC via e-mail. 2. Begin text. Terrorist Attacks and Prosecutions ---------------------------------- There were n [...]	2004-12-18 12:20:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC KCRM EFIN KHLS KPAO YM COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA626	FEBRUARY 9, 2004, SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE [...] (S/NF) Demonstrations A. Are there any ethnic or religious communities in country that are capable of carrying out significant anti-American demonstrations? There are not organized, clearly defined communities as such, but ad hoc groupings of Yemeni Muslims are predisposed to oppose U. [...]	2004-03-17 17:49:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC PTER COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA671	ROYG PAPERS ON GMEI AND IRAQ/ARAB-ISRAELI CONFLICT [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (C) ROYG Foreign Minister convoked Ambassador on 3/22 to pass for USG comment two papers on Iraq/Israel-Palestine and the Greater Middle East Initiative (full text paras 7 and 8, originals faxed to NEA/ARP) developed by the ROYG for [...]	2004-03-22 14:23:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL YM
04SANJOSE3369	COSTA RICA INCSR REPORT 2004 - 2005 PART I, DRUGS [...] (U) The text of Costa Rica's 2004-2005 INCSR Part I is below. Costa Rica I. Summary Costa Rica serves as a transshipment point for narcotics from South America to the United States and Europe. The bilateral Maritime Counterdrug Cooperation Agreement, which entered into force in late [...]	2004-12-17 19:42:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR CS

04SANTODOMINGO1174	AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON DOMINICAN PRESIDENT MEJIA [...] (C) Summary. Dominican President Hipolito Mejia heard out the Ambassador's request for the country to sponsor the Cuba resolution at the March session of the UNHCR but declined to make any commitment. Mejia said in the course of changes to be announced on national day he will remove several [...]	2004-02-24 22:38:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PHUM DR
04SANTODOMINGO1361	CANARD; ALLEGED TRAINING OF HAITI INSURGENTS IN [...] Embassy advises that Boston Globe reporter Bryan Bender (e-mail bender@globe.com, tels 202-857-5060, cell 202-369-6856) drafted on February 29 a text based on allegations of unidentified sources (including one "Haitian official") that Haitian insurgents received training and weapons from U.S. [...]	2004-03-02 20:31:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV HA DR
04SANTODOMINGO1697	DOMINICAN ELECTION #27: CAMPAIGNING, LOGISTICS AND [...] (SBU) This is no. 27 in our series on the Dominican presidential election: ELECTION CAMPAIGNING, LOGISTICS AND A VIGIL FOR LEONEL'S VP CANDIDATE After Rafael "Fello" Subervi accepted President Mejia's offer of the vice presidential slot (Ref A),the ruling PRD mounted a rally of thousands [...]	2004-03-15 11:10:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV DR
04SANTODOMINGO1963	DOMINICAN ELECTIONS #31: ARMED FORCES TO PROVIDE [...] (U) This is number 31 in our series on the Dominican presidential election: ARMED FORCES TO PROVIDE SECURITY FOR ELECTIONS (SBU) The Dominican military leadership has assured us the military will be on "model" nonpolitical behavior during the election and previewed preparations for provid [...]	2004-03-26 20:03:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MARR ASEC DR
04SANTODOMINGO3617	GODR PUBLIC FINANCING STRAINED [...] (SBU) Central Bank Manager Apolinar Veloz told Econoff June 18 that GODR non-financial public sector finances are seriously off track from the IMF agreement for the first trimester of 2004. Veloz's remarks track with what Technical Secretary Carlos Despradel reported to the DCM June 1. SI [...]	2004-06-18 22:49:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON DR
04SINGAPORE3294	SINGAPORE PLAYS THE INDIA CARD [...] (C) Summary: Singapore is actively cultivating a closer political, military, and economic relationship with India. The GOS values India's "strategic weight" and hopes it can balance China's rising influence in the region. Singapore's defense cooperation with India has taken off this year, with [...]	2004-11-22 09:37:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD SN IN EAIR
04STATE265884	THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S DECEMBER 7, 2004 MEETING [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY DEPUTY SECRETARY ARMITAGE FOR REASONS 1.4 (B) AND (D). 2. (U) DECEMBER 7, 2004, 4:40 P.M., IN THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S OUTER OFFICE. 3. (U) PARTICIPANTS: U.S. - THE DEPUTY SECRETARY - EAP A/S JAMES A. KELLY - EAP DAS MARIE T.HUHTALA - AMBASSADOR GROVER JOSEPH REES [...]	2004-12-13 23:32:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	KAWC KJUST PHUM PREL USUN TT ID JA NZ PO
04TAIPEI3299	THE KMT'S LY ELECTION NON-STRATEGY [...] (C) Summary: With just over a month to go before the December 11 Legislative Yuan (LY) election, the KMT is close to abandoning efforts to formulate a coherent, coordinated strategy for retaining its current LY majority. The KMT failed to enforce discipline during the nomination process, and [...]	2004-10-21 09:08:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TW
04TAIPEI3521	CHEN SHUI-BIAN MAKES PROVOCATIVE OFF-THE-CUFF [...] (C) Summary: During an open-press November 7 speech to a group of pro-independence university professors, President Chen Shui-bian emphasized Taiwan as a "sovereign and independent country" and asserted that Taiwan's current constitution was "made in China, for China" and was not appropriate f [...]	2004-11-08 10:21:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	SECRET	PREL PGOV CH TW
04TAIPEI3608	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2004-11-15 23:03:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
04TAIPEI3809	"CHINA TIMES" ARTICLES ON WASHINGTON'S [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-02 00:01:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO TW
04TEGUCIGALPA1258	LA CEIBA PRISON MASSACRE UPDATE; PUBLIC MINISTRY [...] (U) On April 5, 2003, 68 persons, 61 of them M-18 gang members, were killed in an incident at El Porvenir prison near La Ceiba. Reports produced by the Public Ministry, a Special Commission of the Honduran National Council for Internal Security (CONASIN),and the Human Rights Commissioner put [...]	2004-06-02 15:20:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV SNAR KCRM KJUS ASEC HO
04TEGUCIGALPA2063	WEAPON SEIZURE; TI-00-0003/WEC1F;GARCIA-MONTES,CARLOS CCX:ZU-04-0024/UEC1I;NARVAES-ALTAMAR, JUAN CARLOS [...] (SBU) On August 20, 2004, members of the Honduran police and Prosecutors office found another arsenal of weapons from a residence near Zamorano, Honduras (HD) belonging to Carlos GARCIA-Montes (NADDIS 4539661),who was murdered in Bocagrande, Colombia (CB) (near Cartagena, CB) on July 14, 200 [...]	2004-09-16 20:32:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	HO NOTAG
04TEGUCIGALPA258	GUNMEN SHOOT CAR OF PRESIDENT OF HONDURAN CONGRESS [...] (C) Summary: Unknown gunmen shot at the car of Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo, President of Congress, February 1. Lobo was not in the car at the time, and his driver, two aides, a bodyguard, and an army officer in the car were unhurt. Police believe that the attack was either (a) linked to threats (mad [...]	2004-02-03 21:17:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	SECRET	PGOV KCRM KJUS SNAR ASEC PHUM PINR HO
04TEGUCIGALPA2724	HONDURAS: TRANSPARENCY OF BUDGETS/MILITARY SPENDING [...] The following answers are keyed to the questions in reftel: A. General Overview of Auditing Procedures: 1,2,3,4: Responsibility for auditing Honduran military expenditures lies with a civilian Auditor who is named by the President and works for the Ministry of Defense (MOD). Underneath [...]	2004-12-06 17:13:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN EAID HO
04TEGUCIGALPA2874	HONDURAN MILITARY INTELLIGENCE FEELS POLICE [...] (C) Honduran military intelligence chief COL Efrain Ochoa met at his request December 30 with AMB and DCM to discuss his concerns about public statements made by President Ricardo Maduro, Minister of Public Security Oscar Alvarez, and top police officials about the massacre of 28 people in a b [...]	2004-12-24 14:24:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PGOV SNAR KJUS PHUM ASEC CASC KSAC HO
04TEGUCIGALPA530	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR HONDURAN CONTINGENT IN [...] Embassy requests the Department to perform a background check on the following Honduran Army officers who form the leadership of Task Force Xatruch II, the Honduran contingent in support of OIF. WILFREDO CALDERON CANALES SANTA RITA, YORO 24 MAR 58 ADAN DE JESUS PALAO AVILA OLANCHITO, YORO [...]	2004-03-04 19:44:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS HO
04TEGUCIGALPA59	SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN SENIOR HONDURAN MILITARY [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 5, the Honduran Armed Forces made significant changes among its senior leadership, installing new officers in the positions of Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Inspector General of the Armed Forces, and Commander of the Navy. These leadership changes reflecte [...]	2004-01-09 22:46:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PREL PINR HO
04TELAVIV1246	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] State Department Release of 2003 Human Rights Report 2. Alhurra TV Station ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Jerusalem Post quoted Israeli diplomatic officials as saying that the White House and State Department are not showing the same t [...]	2004-03-01 11:51:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV1292	THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND: MARCH 2, 2004 (1400 [...] (SBU) Summary: Arafat advisor for human rights and media issues Khalil al-Zaben was shot and killed March 2 by unknown Palestinian gunmen in Gaza City. One settler was injured March 2 after Palestinians fired a mortar on Neve Dekalim. In the West Bank, the IDF killed one Palestinian March 1 n [...]	2004-03-02 18:08:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL IS GZ
04TELAVIV1351	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Performance of PM Sharon's Government 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media led with the investigation of Elchanan Tenenbaum and the fallout from Maariv's revelations about PM Sharon's alleged connection with Tenenbaum's [...]	2004-03-04 12:15:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV1375	ETHIOPIAN JEWRY IN ISRAEL [...] Summary: Ethiopian Jews in Israel number approximately 90,000. Fifty percent of them are under the age of 25. Most can trace their families' arrival in Israel to rescue missions such as Operation Moses (1984) and Operation Solomon (1991). The vast majority live in impoverished communities w [...]	2004-03-05 08:06:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO SCUL KIRF ET IS ISRAELI SOCIETY
04TELAVIV1384	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-05 12:34:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV1389	New Mayor of Dimona Eager to Assist Embassy's [...] (SBU) Summary: ACS Chief, ARSO, Conspec and RSO investigator met with newly-elected Mayor of Dimona, Meir Cohen on March 2, 2004 to discuss the Embassy's ongoing investigation into criminal activity by the Hebrew Israelite Community (HIC). Also present at the meeting was ex-Deputy Mayor, Alber [...]	2004-03-05 14:19:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CASC KFRD IS ISRAELI SOCIETY
04TELAVIV1408	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-08 11:40:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV1466	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Last night, Channel 2-TV reported that PM Sharon is "enraged" with IDF Chief of Staff Moshe Ya'alon, whom he accuses of having caused "enormous" damage and of "blatantly intervening in pol [...]	2004-03-09 12:47:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV1538	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Greater Middle East Initiative ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The media reported that PM Sharon is slated to meet today in Jerusalem with the three U.S. diplomatic envoys (Stephen Hadley and Elliott Abrams from the White Hou [...]	2004-03-11 12:45:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV1587	SHINUI SCIENCE MINISTER MAKES CASE AGAINST [...] (C) In a March 10 meeting with the Ambassador, Minister of Science and Technology (and Shinui MK) Eliezer Sandberg outlined his opposition to unilateral withdrawal from Gaza, adding his view that the Israeli public is moving in that direction as well. Sandberg cited three reasons for his opp [...]	2004-03-12 15:08:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG TSPL PINR IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL
04TELAVIV1644	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2004-03-17 11:47:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV1698	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iraq: Anniversary of War's Outbreak ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Jordanian King Abdullah paid a secret visit to Prime Minister's Ariel Sharon Shikmim ranch, Ha'aretz and Yediot reported. The media noted that there are no de [...]	2004-03-19 10:27:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV1839	Israeli Economy Pauses following Yassin Killing [...] (SBU) The jury is out on the economic effect of the Yassin killing, but it already appears that tourism is taking a significant hit. While there has been only a moderate fall in Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE),the shekel has fallen steadily since Monday morning against the dollar. Our persona [...]	2004-03-25 14:08:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
04TELAVIV1866	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Blair in Libya ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yediot reported that Thursday in Washington, the date of PM Sharon's visit to the U.S. was set as April 14. Jerusalem Post (lead story) and Ha'aretz reported that Sharon's bure [...]	2004-03-26 10:55:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV1910	THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND MARCH 27-29, 2004 -- [...] (SBU) Summary: A seven-year-old Palestinian boy was shot and killed March 27 in Balata refugee camp during an exchange of fire between the IDF and Palestinian gunmen. Both sides claimed that inadvertent fire by the other had killed the boy. A group of Israeli settlers occupied and vandalized [...]	2004-03-29 15:29:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL IS GZ
04TELAVIV1968	THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND APRIL 1, 2004 -- (1400 [...] (SBU) Direct deposit for all PA security forces is scheduled to begin April 1 (see Jerusalem septel). Civilian PA workers are scheduled to have their salaries deposited April 3. At least one Palestinian was injured March 31 when the IDF forcefully broke up an anti-barrier demonstration near [...]	2004-04-01 12:43:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PTER ASEC PHUM CASC KPAL IS GZ
04TELAVIV2079	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Both Ha'aretz (Hebrew Ed.) and Maariv led with, and all media reported on the "Shi'ite Intifada" (Ha'aretz) in Iraq. All media also reported on the confrontation with U.S. troops in and a [...]	2004-04-07 12:18:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV2119	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media highlighted the situation in Iraq. (Maariv's banner: "America in Trouble"; banners in Yediot and Hatzofe evoke the "Iraqi quagmire.") At least 150 Iraqis and 40 Americans were [...]	2004-04-08 12:52:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV2140	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Iraq 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Iraq and the American entanglement continued dominating the Israeli press. All media reported about the two East Jerusalem Israeli-Arabs who were kidnapped in Iraq. The two were apparently w [...]	2004-04-09 12:33:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV2156	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media highlighted PM Sharon's visit to the U.S. Sharon left Israel last night. He is expected to meet with National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice today and with President Bush Wed [...]	2004-04-13 11:52:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV2202	A DAY OF SETBACKS FOR OUTPOST SUPPORTERS [...] (C) Summary: A day after PM Sharon reiterated his commitment to removing unauthorized outposts in Washington, outpost activists and supporters woke up on April 15 to the news that the GOI had removed a few more sites overnight and that the Attorney General ordered some settlement funding hal [...]	2004-04-15 13:35:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAL KWBG PBTS IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI INTERNAL
04TELAVIV2470	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2004-04-30 11:45:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV6163	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Syrian-Lebanese Track ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yediot quoted President Bush as saying Monday, at a meeting with Jordan's King Abdullah II, that "the United States and my government will be involved with Middle Eastern [...]	2004-12-07 11:24:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV6200	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that the U.S. has no information regarding the achievement of a framework agreement between Israel and the Palestinians, as indicated in reports comin [...]	2004-12-08 11:50:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV6232	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-09 11:33:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV6286	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Syrian-Lebanese Track ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that five Israeli soldiers were killed and six others were wounded in the Gaza Strip Sunday when a booby-trapped tunnel blew up under an IDF outpost nea [...]	2004-12-13 12:10:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV6335	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-14 12:58:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV6368	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-15 12:09:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV6416	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Syrian-Lebanese Track ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media quoted PM Sharon as saying at the Herzliya Conference last night that 2005 will be a "year of great opportunity" for Israel, and that the disengagement plan is t [...]	2004-12-17 11:06:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV6472	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Israel-European Union Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All newspapers reported that Monday, comparing themselves to such freedom fighters as Martin Luther King, Jr. and Mahatma Gandhi, the Yesha Council of Jewish Set [...]	2004-12-21 12:14:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV6535	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that during his visit to the region Wednesday British PM Tony Blair called for the cessation of Palestinian terrorism as a paramount need for the renewa [...]	2004-12-23 11:34:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV6548	ISRAELI MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT VIEWS ON GAZA [...] (C) Summary: The Israeli Ministry of Environment has begun to focus on critical environmental issues related to disengagement from Gaza. Ministry officials believe that unless there is close coordination among Israeli ministries and between Israeli and Palestinian officials, there will be ne [...]	2004-12-23 14:43:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL SENV GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
04TELAVIV6564	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- On Monday, all media bannered the deadly tsunami that hit South Asian coasts on Sunday, saying that dozens of Israelis in the area are unaccounted for, especially in south [...]	2004-12-27 11:37:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
04TELAVIV6649	ALFE MENASHE SETTLEMENT EXPANDING TO THE GREEN LINE [...] (C) Summary. Amira Bahat, council member of the Israeli town of Nirit, which abuts the Green Line, told Embassy economic officer on December 22 that the Alfe Menashe settlement will eventually spread to the Green Line with the construction of over 1,200 new housing units on the West Bank la [...]	2004-12-30 08:04:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
04THEHAGUE1033	ICTY: KRSTIC JUDGMENT SETS ASIDE GENOCIDE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) set aside a trial chamber's 2001 judgment that Radislav Krstic, commander of the Drina Corp immediately under Ratko Mladic during the Srebrenica massacres of July 1995, perpetrated genoci [...]	2004-04-23 16:27:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
04THEHAGUE1093	AMBASSADOR'S APRIL 23 MEETING WITH DUTCH POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Sobel met with Dutch MFA Political Director Hugo Siblesz on April 23 to discuss an upcoming Iraqi judicial conference in The Hague, possible Dutch leadership of a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Afghanistan, extension of the Dutch troop deployment in Iraq, the [...]	2004-05-03 05:42:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	PREL MOPS PHUM AF IZ CH NL EUN
04THEHAGUE1364	FY-2005 IVP Nomination - Principal candidate [...] Post is pleased to nominate Mr. Johannis M.D. van Leeuwe as a principal candidate for an FY-2005 IVP grant, excluding international travel benefits. Mr. van Leeuwe is earmarked for the EU/RP "U.S.-EU Security Issues" which will be held from April 25 - May 13, 2005. 2. START FIXED-FORMAT TEX [...]	2004-06-03 15:31:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OEXC SCUL NL
04THEHAGUE176	ICTY: MILOSEVIC PROSECUTION HEADING TOWARDS [...] (C) Summary. The trial of Slobodan Milosevic before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) resumed on January 13 after a three-week winter break, which had begun just after the high note of General Wesley Clark's testimony. Prosecution witnesses included a Serb [...]	2004-01-26 14:05:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
04THEHAGUE1885	ICC: GETTING DOWN TO BUSINESS? [...] (SBU) Summary: The next few months will see the International Criminal Court (ICC) begin formal investigations into serious charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Africa. The Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) recently opened its first investigation in the Democratic Republic of t [...]	2004-07-27 10:38:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KAWC
04THEHAGUE1902	NETHERLANDS/NEPAL: DEMARCHE ON MAOIST VIOLENCE [...] (C) Summary: The Dutch are in discussion with EU colleagues regarding designation of the Maoists, but expect to release a "balanced" statement condemning violence on both sides as an interim measure. They expect the Maoists will be designated this Fall. End Summary. Dutch Presidency Statem [...]	2004-07-28 15:54:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ETTC EFIN NP NL EUN
04THEHAGUE2055	NETHERLANDS/IRAQ: SECOND DUTCH FATALITY [...] (U) A Royal Dutch Military Police (Koninklijke Marechaussee) Sergeant was killed in an ambush on a Dutch military vehicle on August 14 south of Rumaythah in Al Muthanna province. The 29 year-old Sergeant, Jeroen Severs, was riding in an unarmored jeep which came under heavy fire from small ar [...]	2004-08-17 15:44:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL IZ NL
04THEHAGUE2196	ICTY: MILOSEVIC REVISITS HISTORY IN OPENING OF [...] (C) Summary. After a series of health-related delays, Slobodan Milosevic opened his defense on August 31, 2004, at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) with a predictable, political, often dull, and highly skewed survey of Balkans history. Milosevic repeatedly [...]	2004-09-02 11:37:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM BK HR SR NL ICTY
04THEHAGUE248	DUTCH MILITARY DEPLOYMENTS: IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN [...] (S) Summary: In anticipation of new Dutch FM Ben Bot's travel to Washington February 9 for meetings with the Secretary and at NSC and DOD we offer a snapshot of several SIPDIS aspects of Dutch military participation in the Global War on Terrorism presently under discussion in the Netherlands. The G [...]	2004-01-30 13:17:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	MOPS MARR PREL PTER IZ AF NL
04THEHAGUE2490	DUTCH PROVIDE READOUT OF BILATERAL MEETING WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: Both the Dutch and Pakistanis are pleased with the September 26-27 visit of President Musharraf in The Hague. The bilateral visit included an audience with the Queen, meetings with parliamentarians and business executives, and a discussion with the local Pakistani community. T [...]	2004-09-30 07:35:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PK NL
04THEHAGUE2494	ICTY - MILOSEVIC TRIAL ADJOURNS IN DISARRAY [...] (C) Summary. The defense phase of Slobodan Milosevic,s trial before the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) stumbled into a new set of obstacles during the week of September 13. The trial chamber abruptly transformed the defense from one led exclusively by Milosevi [...]	2004-09-30 12:08:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
04THEHAGUE2678	ICTY: MILOSEVIC TRIAL PICKS UP WHERE IT LEFT OFF [...] (SBU) Summary. The trial of Slobodan Milosevic before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) resumed on October 12 after a one-month hiatus, the bulk of its time devoted to a status conference in which assigned defense counsel Steven Kay updated the court on his o [...]	2004-10-15 14:56:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
04THEHAGUE271	ICTY: NEW STRESSES IN THE MILOSEVIC TRIAL [...] (C) Summary. The trial of Slobodan Milosevic before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) careens towards an interesting, difficult and potentially explosive final few weeks of the prosecution's case. In terms of testimony, the biggest grenade could come in the [...]	2004-02-03 16:50:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
04THEHAGUE2747	WTO GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT AGREEMENT (GPA): THE [...] (SBU) The following is Embassy The Hague's response to reftel request regarding the Netherlands' market access commitments under the WTO GPA. Post provided this information via email to DOC country desk officer David de Falco on October 22, 2004. 2. (SBU) The following is a list of add [...]	2004-10-26 12:46:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD NL WTO EUN
04THEHAGUE3162	THE NETHERLANDS/ISAF STAGE II EXPANSION [...] (S) PolMilOff made ref A demarche to Dutch MFA Security Policy Operations Director Rob Gabrielse on November 26 (preliminary reaction reported ref B) and raised it again with Gabrielse on December 2. Gabrielse said this request had been discussed within the Dutch interagency working group tha [...]	2004-12-03 15:59:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	MARR PREL MOPS AF NL NATO
04THEHAGUE3228	THE NETHERLANDS: RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR SPECIAL [...] (S) PolMilOff made ref A demarche to MFA Security Policy Bureau Operations Office Director Rob Gabrielse on November 26 and DATT also raised the issue with MOD ACOS Operations Air Commodore Pieter Cobelens. Ambassador Sobel discussed this request with Defense Minister Kamp on December 8. Kamp [...]	2004-12-09 16:51:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	MARR MOPS PREL AF NL
04THEHAGUE3255	ICTY - MILOSEVIC WITNESSES ADVANCE POLITICAL CASE [...] (SBU) Summary. Having regained control of his defense case before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY),Slobodan Milosevic questioned a string of Russian witnesses and a former Yugoslav official over the past two weeks, focusing much of their testimony on corrob [...]	2004-12-14 16:39:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
04THEHAGUE3284	NETHERLANDS: 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] The 2004 terrorism report for the Netherlands follows. Responses are keyed as much as possible to reftel A's requirements. A. SUPPORT TO GLOBAL COALITION AGAINST TERRORISM --------------------------------------------- --- 2. The Dutch have responded to the global terrorist threat with l [...]	2004-12-16 16:32:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER NL AEC
04THEHAGUE3303	FY 2005 (TARGET) ICASS INVOICES FOR THE [...] No summary [...]	2004-12-20 16:38:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	KICA AFIN AMGT ASEC ABUD
04THEHAGUE490	ICTY: OTP REQUEST 298 DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (S) Summary: Ambassador Sobel, joined by Deputy Legal Counselor, delivered reftel letter and points February 25 to Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY),Carla Del Ponte. While arguing that her actions did not amount to a "breach" of the USG's [...]	2004-02-26 09:32:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	PREL PHUM BK HR SR NL ICTY
04THEHAGUE498	ICTY: MILOSEVIC PROSECUTION LIMPS TO CLOSE ITS CASE [...] (C) Summary. The Milosevic Prosecution team of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) closed its case in the anti-climactic form of a motion to Trial Chamber III on February 25. The recent melodrama of the Milosevic prosecution -- the rancorous internal debates [...]	2004-02-26 17:16:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	BK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
04VATICAN2058	DAS SATTERFIELD REVIEWS MIDDLE EAST AND IRAQ WITH [...] (C) NEA Deputy Assistant Secretary David Satterfield reviewed U.S. policy in regard to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Iraq, Middle East reform and Syria in a May 17 meeting with Holy See Deputy FM equivalent Monsignor Pietro Parolin. Satterfield described the Israeli-Palestinian dispute a [...]	2004-05-26 09:26:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IS VT IZ
04VATICAN2892	SUDAN: SANT'EGIDIO OFFERS ROME MEDIATION VENUE [...] (C) SUMMARY and ACTION REQUEST: The Rome-based Sant'Egidio Community, which specializes in conflict mediation and has ties with both the Sudanese government and main rebel groups, conveyed its interest in hosting informal discussions at its Rome-based headquarters to establish a political dia [...]	2004-07-26 13:56:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SU VT
04VILNIUS1350	LITHUANIA: RUSSIAN TEAM COMPLETES UNEVENTFUL VDOC [...] (C) Summary. A team from the Russian Federation conducted a Vienna Document inspection of Lithuanian military facilities on October 27-28. The inspection covered army and air force facilities in Kaunas, Panevezys, and Siauliai, including NATO's Baltic air policing assets at the Zokniai airfi [...]	2004-10-29 10:41:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MOPS LH
04VILNIUS1499	CSBM BILATERALS GIVE LITHUANIA ADDITIONAL TOOL TO [...] (C) Summary. Lithuania has developed bilateral Confidence and Security Building Measure (CSBM) agreements in accordance with the 1999 Vienna Document of OSCE and CFE requirements with Russia, Belarus and its Nordic neighbors. For Lithuania, the bilateral agreements enhance military transparenc [...]	2004-12-09 09:51:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MOPS LH
04VILNIUS1566	LITHUANIA: 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] (U) Post submits the annual terrorism report for Lithuania. Embassy's update on Lithuania for the Department's 2004 Patterns of Global Terrorism report (reftel) is in paras 2-4. 2. (SBU) Lithuania has been fully supportive of the war against terrorism. Lithuania is implementing the Nation [...]	2004-12-27 14:19:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC KCRM EFIN KHLS KPAO LH
04WELLINGTON173	THE U.S.-NEW ZEALAND RELATIONSHIP: WHAT WE COULD [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Since New Zealand walked away from the ANZUS pact in 1986, we have had growing doubts about its willingness and ability to contribute to regional security. New Zealand remains a relatively friendly, like-minded partner in many policy areas. But the ad hoc nature of the its secu [...]	2004-02-25 21:28:00	Embassy Wellington	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL NZ
04WELLINGTON632	NEW ZEALAND PRIME MINISTER REITERATES VIEW THAT [...] (SBU/NF) Summary: New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark reiterated her position on NZ's anti-nuclear policy in comments to local media July 25: "I'm not looking for compromises. I'm perfectly satisfied with the policy. As far as I am concerned, (the US-NZ nuclear dispute) is finished busin [...]	2004-07-26 05:57:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PARM MNUC PINR NZ
04YEREVAN1268	ARMENIA'S ALTERNATIVE MILITARY SERVICE LAW: [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) The GOAM has not drafted implementating regulations for its alternative military service legislation, which went into effect June 1. The GOAM delayed creating the regulations because the law [...]	2004-06-03 12:01:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV AM
04YEREVAN1678	PARTY PRIMER: TOP ARMENIAN POLITICAL PARTIES [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Please treat accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) With 64 registered political parties (as of July 30, 2004) voters in Armenia suffer no lack of choice. The following parties are represented within the National Assembly (NA): the Republican [...]	2004-07-30 08:32:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV AM
04YEREVAN2545	ARMENIA COMPLETES LAW ON ALTERNATIVES TO [...] (SBU) On November 23, Armenia's National Assembly amended legislation that provides draftees with a mechanism to apply for an alternative to military service. These amendments clear the way for full implementation of the alternative military service law that was passed in November 2003 as par [...]	2004-11-26 13:02:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV AM
04YEREVAN489	STUDENT PROTEST OVER NEW DRAFT LAW ENTERS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Nearly one thousand university students in Yerevan continued to boycott their classes in protest of the proposed "Law on Military Service" currently before the National Assembly. The controve [...]	2004-02-26 12:34:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL OEXC AM
04YEREVAN769	GOVERNMENT RESHUFFLE PUTS KOCHARIAN LOYALISTS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) The government shuffled a number of key high- and mid-level executive and judicial appointments in late March, placing Kocharian loyalists in the majority of the spots. Some of the most impor [...]	2004-03-31 11:11:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AM
04ZAGREB1024	CROATIA TO PROVIDE MEDICAL TREATMENT TO IRAQI [...] FM ZUZUL AND SCIENCE MINISTER PRIMORAC DISCUSSED WITH THE AMBASSADOR ON JUNE 2 GOC PLANS TO PROVIDE MEDICAL TREATMENT FOR IRAQI YOUTH. PRIMORAC HAS BEEN IN DIRECT CONTACT WITH THE CPA ABOUT THE EFFORT. THE CROATIAN PRESS HAS REPORTED ON THE INITIATIVE. SOME 10 CHILDREN WITH VARIOUS AILMENTS [...]	2004-06-04 16:49:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	HR IZ PREL
04ZAGREB1571	PUMPING UP -- OPPOSITION REVIVING COALITIONS FOR LOCAL [...] SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Croatia's current opposition parties learned the hard way when they lost power in the 2003 parliamentary elections - coalitions are the key to electoral victory against the ruling Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ). With that lesson in mind, opposition leaders see local elec [...]	2004-09-06 13:25:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM HR
04ZAGREB1661	ARMY TO DROP ICTY FUGITIVE'S WIFE FROM PAYROLL [...] (C) Clearly surprised and embarrassed by press revelations that fugitive war crimes indictee Ante Gotovina's wife had been granted a new position within the Croatian Armed Forces Joint Staff, Foreign Minister Miomir Zuzul told the Ambassador on September 16 that the Ministry of Defense will "s [...]	2004-09-17 13:09:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	KAWC PREL KJUS PHUM HR
04ZAGREB1749	GOTOVINA SEARCH SEPTEMBER UPDATE [...] (U) The ongoing GoC search for ICTY fugitive Ante Gotovina hit the Croatian news last week with the arrest of four persons suspected of being part of Gotovina's support network and the retirement of Gotovina's wife, Dunja Gotovina, from the Croatian Armed Forces. Minister of Justice Vesna Ska [...]	2004-10-05 10:34:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	KAWC PREL HR
04ZAGREB2210	PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION - MESIC IN FIRST ROUND? [...] SUMMARY AND COMMENT: President Stjepan Mesic appears poised to win a second five-year mandate in the upcoming presidential election; the only question that remains is whether he will get the necessary 50 percent one vote in the first round on January 2 or face a second round against his near [...]	2004-12-30 16:00:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL HR
04ZAGREB380	CROATIAN PRESS REPORTS NEW ICTY INDICTMENTS [...] (SBU) THE CROATIAN PRESS IS WIDELY REPORTING THAT THE GOVERNMENT OF CROATIA HAS RECEIVED NEW SEALED ICTY INDICTMENTS FROM THE HAGUE TRIBUNAL. THE GOVERNMENT IS REFUSING TO COMMENT, BUT THE PRESS CITES THAT SANADER AND OTHER HDZ LEADERS ARE WORKING HARD TO MANAGE POLITICAL FALLOUT BEFORE [...]	2004-03-05 12:23:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KAWC
04ZAGREB964	ICTY INDICTS NORAC: CROATIA PREPARING FOR CASE [...] (C) SUMMARY and COMMENT: On May 25, the ICTY announced the issuance of an indictment against Croatian retired General Mirko Norac for his role in the Medak Pocket case. ICTY Head of Office Thomas Osorio (protect) told us that the Tribunal intends to transfer this case to Croatia for prosecutio [...]	2004-05-25 15:38:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	KAWC PREL KJUS HR
05ABUDHABI2143	RESPONDING TO CROWN PRINCE'S LETTER ON CAMEL [...] (C) Summary: The UAE has taken several positive actions since March 31 to address Trafficking in Persons related to child camel jockeys. These achievements generally track with those noted in Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed's (MbZ) April 28 letter to the Secretary, Deputy Sec [...]	2005-05-11 12:34:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ELAB TC
05ABUDHABI231	ASD RODMAN MEETS UAE MINDEF MOHAMMED BIN RASHID [...] (C) Summary: In a January 11 meeting with Dubai Crown Prince and UAE Minister of Defense Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid (MBR),ASD Rodman expressed USG appreciation for UAE's contributions to our counter-terror and counter-proliferation efforts. In response to a question on Iraq, ASD Rodman outli [...]	2005-01-16 04:00:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS MOPS MARR PREL IR IQ TC
05ABUDHABI2437	REACTION TO TIP REPORT: UAEG EXPECTED TIER 3 [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with MFA Under Secretary Abdullah Rashid Al Noaimi June 1 to deliver the 2005 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report, ranking the UAE at Tier 3, and the companion mini-action plan. Ambassador also discussed the TIP report and action plan with director for internationa [...]	2005-06-01 11:34:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KCRM ELAB KWMN TC
05ABUDHABI2833	UAE PROGRESS ON TIP ACTION PLAN [...] (C) Summary: Since receiving the TIP report and mini-action plan from us on June 1, the UAE Government has made steady progress in addressing the suggested steps in the plan. Ministry of Interior police continue to identify and rescue underage camel jockeys. Government social workers working [...]	2005-06-22 11:45:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ELAB ETRD TC
05ABUDHABI2947	PDAS CHENEY DISCUSSES REFORM, TIP AND TRADE [...] (C) Summary: During NEA Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Cheney's visit to the UAE June 26-27, she had an SIPDIS opportunity to speak to different audiences about political reform, trafficking in persons, and economic issues. Cheney emphasized that to fully empower its citizens, the UAE [...]	2005-07-01 09:34:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD KMPI PHUM TC
05ABUDHABI2975	CENTCOM DEPUTY COMMANDER GENERAL SMITH VISITS UAE [...] (C) Summary: CENTCOM Deputy Commander Lieutenant General Smith met July 2 with UAE Armed Forces Deputy Chief of Staff Major General Mohammed Al Kaabi and UAE Air Force and Air Defense Commander Staff Pilot Major General Khaled Al Buainnan. Smith briefed Al Kaabi on international troop deploym [...]	2005-07-05 03:04:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP MASS AF IZ IR PK SA TC
05ABUDHABI3008	ONE MORE CRACK IN THE GCC - UAE/SAUDI BORDER [...] (S) Summary. Tensions between UAE and Saudi Arabia over a border dispute have broad implications for intra-Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) relations and the long-term viability of the GCC. UAE officials view Saudi objections to a planned causeway to link the UAE and Qatar as Saudi Arabia's at [...]	2005-07-06 11:29:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PBTS PREL PHSA EPET ENRG TC GCC
05ABUDHABI3073	UAE: DEAD SEA DONORS MEETING, IRAQI DEBT RELIEF [...] (U) On July 11, Econoff delivered Ref A demarche on the International Reconstruction Trust Fund Facility for Iraq to Mohammed Abdul Rahim Abduljalil, MFA Assistant Undersecretary for International Cooperation. Abduljalil reported that the UAE had not yet designated a representative to the IRFF [...]	2005-07-12 09:21:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN IZ TC

05ABUDHABI332	ASD RODMAN MEETING WITH UAE INFORMATION MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: During a January 12 meeting with UAE Information Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, ASD Peter Rodman discussed Iraq,s upcoming election and its role in achieving stability. Sheikh Abdullah shared concerns about Sunni participation in the election and representation in [...]	2005-01-23 13:13:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	AF ETRD IR IZ MAS PREL PTER TC
05ABUDHABI353	USTR VISIT REINFORCES TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Assistant United States Trade Representative for Labor William Clatanoff met with representatives from the Ministries of Interior, Labor, and Foreign Affairs on January 17-19 to discuss a number of labor issues related to upcoming free trade negotiations. One subject Clatanoff [...]	2005-01-24 09:07:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ETRD PHUM PREL TC
05ABUDHABI4102	SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR JEFFREY AND TEAM'S [...] (C) Summary: The United Arab Emirates has been a key Arab partner and has supported our objectives in Iraq, condemned terror attacks, allowed Coalition forces access to UAE air force bases and ports, and hosted German training for the Iraqi military and police. UAE aid to Iraq, both pledged an [...]	2005-09-28 08:48:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PREL PGOV MASS EFIN IZ IR SY TC
05ABUDHABI4308	MBZ MEETING WITH SENIOR ADVISOR ON IRAQ JEFFREY [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ) October 8, Senior Adviser on Iraq Ambassador Jeffrey and an interagency team received a pledge of further UAEG assistance in reaching out to Sunni Arab Iraqis and other moderates to encourage them to play a p [...]	2005-10-15 07:34:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER EFIN IZ IR SY SA TC
05ABUDHABI4540	AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD MEETS ABU DHABI, DUBAI [...] (S) Summary: During an October 18-20 visit to the UAE, U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad met leaders of Abu Dhabi and Dubai emirates, as well as former Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi. Ambassador Khalilzad reviewed the just-held constitutional referendum and the approaching December 1 [...]	2005-11-07 03:19:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PREL PGOV IR SY IZ AE
05ABUDHABI4815	AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD VISITS ABU DHABI [...] (C) Summary: On November 23, Ambassador Khalilzad met with Deputy Prime Minister/MinState for Foreign Affairs Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed (HbZ). They discussed the role Dubai-based Iraqi cleric Ahmed Al Kubaysi might play in encouraging greater Sunni Arab participation in Iraq's political process [...]	2005-11-27 09:07:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PREL PINR PTER IR IZ SA AE
05ABUDHABI528	SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION:STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS [...] SUMMARY: ALL ARABIC AND ENGLISH-LANGUAGE PRINT MEDIA IN THE UAE DEVOTED EXTENSIVE COVERAGE TO PRESIDENT BUSH'S STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS. RADIO AND TV STATIONS REPEATEDLY CARRIED LENGTHY EXCERPTS OF THE SPEECH, PARTICULARLY SECTIONS RELATED TO THE MIDDLE EAST AND THE PEACE PROCESS. ALL MEDI [...]	2005-02-05 13:21:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
05ABUDHABI721	WHITE HOUSE HOMELAND SECURITY ADVISOR FRAN [...] (C) Summary: White House Homeland Security Advisor Fran Townsend met with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (MbZ) February 7 to discuss counter terrorism trends in the Gulf region, U.S.-UAE CT cooperation, and the th [...]	2005-02-15 12:12:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	IR IZ PTER SA TC
05ABUDHABI970	UAE WOMEN SEE A PROMISING BUT CHALLENGING FUTURE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UAE WOMEN ARE GENERALLY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THEIR ROLE IN UAE SOCIETY, TELLING US THAT THEY FORESEE WOMEN BEING APPOINTED TO THE FEDERAL NATIONAL COUNCIL AND MAKING OTHER GAINS IN THE POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC SPHERES. HOWEVER, THEY ALSO SPOKE CANDIDLY ABOUT THE OBSTACLE [...]	2005-03-02 08:12:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KWMN MEPI TC
05ABUJA1034	CHEEKY JIHADIST QUIVERS AS SACK FEVER GRIPS [...] On Friday, June 3, Governor Adamu Aliero of Kebbi State announced the removal of the Emir of Gwandu, one of the most senior traditional rulers in northern Nigeria, Mustapha Haruna Jokolo. Jokolo was quickly replaced by General Muhammadu Jega, a retired two-star general who twice served as mi [...]	2005-06-10 14:16:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PINR KDEM KIRF NI
05ABUJA115	PRESIDENTIAL TRIBUNAL MOVES AHEAD [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Federal Court of Appeal's 3-1 decision in December favored Obasanjo on Buhari's challenge to the 2003 presidential election, but the four justices were unanimous that the "Independent National Electoral Commission" (INEC) failed during the election due to partisanship, bias [...]	2005-01-26 16:08:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV KJUS NI
05ABUJA1532	ACOTA PROGRAM MOVES FORWARD IN NIGERIA [...] SUMMARY. During 8-11 August 2005, an African Contingency Operations Training and Assistance (ACOTA) Program team met with officials of the Nigerian Army to jointly plan the future of the ACOTA program in Nigeria. The meetings resulted in decisive progress in terms of a concept and schedule f [...]	2005-08-19 11:35:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV MASS MCAP PHUM KPKO NI
05ABUJA1556	NO SPILLOVER FROM NIGER IN NORTHEASTERN NIGERIA'S [...] Abuja economic officer and two U.S. Army Office of Defense Cooperation humanitarian-assistance personnel visited Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State in far northeastern Nigeria, on August 19 and 20, 2005. Officers observed no evidence of Nigerien refugees in Maiduguri; in Borno's Baga town [...]	2005-08-23 16:50:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID SOCI SMIG XY NI
05ABUJA1745	MAIDUGURI CUT OFF FROM NIGERIA RAILROAD 5 YEARS ON [...] (U) Summary. Embassy Abuja officers visited the Maiduguri train station of the state-owned Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC) on August 19. Theis depot is the terminus of Nigeria's northeastern rail line, but heavy flooding in 2000 washed away tracks and bridges, leaving Maiduguri cut off fro [...]	2005-09-19 16:45:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELTN ECON NI
05ABUJA1821	NIGERIA PUBLIC DIPLOMACY INFLUENCE ANALYSIS [...] Introduction: Nigeria is Africa's most populous nation and the central gravity for the continent's emerging democracies. Nigeria's President Olusegun Obasanjo is the current Chair of the Africa Union, and with approximately 130 million people and still growing, Nigeria provides the largest s [...]	2005-09-26 13:58:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO NI
05ABUJA1861	NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT FINANCE: THE KNOWN UNKNOWNS [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite improved government reporting on the Nigerian budget, neither the amount of revenue nor the actual expenditure is known with any confidence. The bulk of government revenue comes from the petroleum sector, but reported revenue is based on estimates and company figures. Fe [...]	2005-09-29 14:33:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID EPET NI
05ABUJA1900	NIGERIA AGOA SUBMISSION AND RECOOMENDATION [...] (U) Country: Nigeria Current AGOA Status: Eligible 2. (U) Country Background Summary: Estimated population of 140 million. 2004 GNI was $55.9 billion; 2004 GNI per capita was $390. (World Bank 8/2005 Data) Nigeria completed civilian-run national and state elections in 2003 that were m [...]	2005-10-05 07:41:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PHUM NI AGOA
05ABUJA1987	LONGTIME NIGERIA OBSERVER ON KANO'S SOCIO-ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Embassy officers met Sept. 1 with Professor Paul Lubeck, who recently visited Kano State. Lubeck formerly lived in Kano and has visited Nigeria for more than 40 years. Lubeck's observations about Kano were: - anti-Americanism there is at its highest point in more than 40 years; - [...]	2005-10-17 16:30:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV ECON EAID KIRF NI
05ABUJA2073	A/S FRAZER MEETING WITH NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR [...] (C) Summary: On 24 October, Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Jendayi Frazer met with Nigerian National Security Advisor Aliyu Mohammed. They discussed the Sudan Peace Process, recent Liberian elections, Cote D'Ivoire, the Bakassi dispute with Cameroon, upcoming Nigerian elections, the s [...]	2005-10-27 11:55:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM NI XY XW
05ABUJA676	MOVING FORWARD ON ACOTA [...] (C) Summary. In meetings with visiting USG delegation led by Gen. Wald, Dr. Courville and DASD Whelan on May 2, the GON indicated its agreement to move forward on ACOTA. Intra-GON coordination has been accomplished, at least for now, and Post recommends keeping up momentum by dispatch soone [...]	2005-05-04 14:59:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS MARR PHUM KPKO NI
05ABUJA797	LEGISLATIVE OVERSIGHT OF THE NIGERIAN MILITARY [...] (C) Summary: Legislative oversight of the Nigerian military is still in its infancy. Meeting recently with a group from the U.S. National War College and Embassy staff, members of Nigeria's House Committee on Defense did not seem to understand what role they should play but were very inter [...]	2005-05-19 14:29:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM MARR KPKO NI
05ABUJA953	NIGERIA'S MILITARY: PART I OF THE SERIES [...] (S) Summary. Nigeria's military is the largest in West Africa, but is significantly less capable than its size and equipment inventory would indicate. A large percentage of the Army is capable of little more than basic defensive operations, and most of Nigeria's ships and aircraft are inop [...]	2005-06-02 07:14:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET	MCAP MASS PGOV PINR KDEM KPKO NI POLMIL
05ABUJA970	NIGERIAN DEFENSE POWER DYNAMICS: PART II OF THE [...] (S/REL UK) SUMMARY: Leadership of the Nigerian military is personality-driven, from the President through the officer corps. Senior leaders rarely delegate decision-making authority and the "transmission lines" from these power centers are often weak and erratic, frequently leading to a fa [...]	2005-06-03 13:54:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PINR MARR MCAP KPKO NI POLMIL
05ACCRA464	A GHANAIAN ANALYST'S VIEW OF THE TOGO CRISIS [...] (C) Summary: James Gbeho, one of Ghana's most prominent foreign policy analysts and a former Foreign Minister, recently presented a paper in Accra on the Togo crisis. He was cynical about the motives of Faure Gnassingbe and the Togolese military. He saw the possibility of civil war, with [...]	2005-03-08 14:18:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	GH PGOV PREL TO
05ACCRA809	TOGO OPPOSITION LEADER HOPES FOR U.S./CANADA-LED [...] (C) Summary: On April 28 evening, PolChief met with Togolese opposition leader Gilchrist Olympio in Accra. PolChief urged the opposition to publicly state a willingness to dialogue, to pursue legal channels of protest, and to publicly urge calm. Olympio did not see much scope for an opposi [...]	2005-04-29 13:37:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	GH PGOV PHUM PREL TO
05ACCRA845	TOGO OPPOSITION LEADER GILCHRIST OLYMPIO HEADING [...] (C) Summary: On May 4, PolChief met again with Togolese opposition leader Gilchrist Olympio, at PolChief's request, to discuss recent developments. Olympio had just met with President Kufuor, who asked him if he would meet with Nigerian President Obasanjo again, and with Ghana's Foreign Min [...]	2005-05-05 15:23:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	GH PGOV PHUM PREL TO
05ADANA104	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MAY 12, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-13 05:43:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA138	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JULY 01, 2005 [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for July 01, 2005. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. HURRIYET (CUKUR [...]	2005-07-13 11:42:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA139	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JULY 12, 2005 [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for July 12, 2005. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. ZAMAN: Chris B [...]	2005-07-15 15:47:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA177	SOUTHEAST TURKEY'S ECONOMY GETTING BY [...] (SBU) Summary: The southeast's economy is not booming but it is getting by. Fuel smuggling across Van's border with Iran has taken on significant proportions. Van's business incubation center provides an example of local business succeeding at doing things on its own, without Ankara's help. [...]	2005-10-07 14:47:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON PREL PHUM TU SY IZ ADANA
05ADANA191	CHRISTIAN PERSECUTION CONTINUES IN TURKEY'S SOUTHEAST [...] (SBU) Two Turkish Christian representatives visited AMCON Adana on October 19 to report on difficulties they have experienced in carrying out their religious practices. Guldane Migi from Adana and Huseyin Yelki from Malatya told ConOffs that they believed they had been treated prejudicially by [...]	2005-10-19 13:56:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA196	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 24, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-28 09:59:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA200	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 31, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-01 10:33:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA223	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 30, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-02 09:39:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA225	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 2, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-02 15:14:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA230	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 09, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-12 12:20:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA239	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 15, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-16 07:14:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA241	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 16, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-20 12:06:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA28	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 14, 2005 [...] EKSPRES / BOLGE / TURKIYE: Ayhan Barut, Branch Chairperon of th Chambr of Aricultural Engineers, state that drastical low temperatures and the frost experienced in the Cukurova region seriously damaged vegetables and fruit (especially citrus fruit) that has not been harvested yet. [...]	2005-02-15 13:43:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA66	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MARCH 29,2005 [...] SABAH (GUNEY) / EKSPRES / BOLGE / HURRIYET (CUKUROVA): Suleyman Onatca, Chairperson of the Adana Industrialists and Businessmen Association, announced that his visits with Syrian and Jordanian authorities last week were very fruitful in terms of economic relations. Onatca said that his vi [...]	2005-04-01 06:53:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA72	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR APRIL 5, 2005 [...] SABAH (GUNEY): MUSIAD (Independent Industrialists and Businessmen Association) Executive Board members and Mehmet Aygun, MUSIAD Adana Branch Chairperson, paid visits to the Chairperson of the Adana Chamber of Commerce and Adana Chamber of Industry. Aygun called on the deputies, bureaucrats [...]	2005-04-07 09:16:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA8	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 4, 2005 [...] MILLIYET / EKSPRES / BOLGE / TURKIYE: Umit Ozgumus, President of the Adana Chamber of Industry, is going to meet President Erdogan for the second time on January 5, and will mainly discuss the new Incentive Law. Umit Ozgumus, who is selected as the representative of the East Mediterrane [...]	2005-01-07 09:48:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADANA9	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 5, 2005 [...] ZAMAN / CUMHURIYET / SABAH (GUNEY): PM Erdogan was not able to resist the demands of MPs on the Incentive Law. Erdogan announced that the scope of the Incentive Law will be expanded and thirteen more cities will be included in the new system. PM Erdogan further added that MPs s [...]	2005-01-07 12:11:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
05ADDISABABA3747	ETHIOPIA CALLS FOR UN SECURITY COUNCIL TO TAKE PEACE-ENFORCEMENT ACTION AGAINST ERITREA [...] (C) On November 1, Mr. Grum Abay, the MFA's Director General for Europe and America, presented Charge and P/E Counselor with the text of a letter dated October 31, addressed by Foreign Minister Seyoum Mesfin to the members of the UN Security Council and to UN SYG Annan. Grum underscored the n [...]	2005-11-01 14:52:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS KPKO ET ER UNSC EE BORDER
05ADDISABABA3782	ETHIOPIA: MELES SECURITY ADVISOR ON BORDER CRISIS, [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-07 13:04:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PHUM KPKO ET ER EE BORDER UNREST ISLAMISTS
05ADDISABABA4202	JAILED ETHIOPIAN OPPOSITION LEADERS AWAIT TRIAL ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On December 21, seven weeks after being detained by the Government as anti-government demonstrations rocked the capital, senior leadership of the opposition Coalition for Unity and Democracy (CUD),along with independent journalists and members of civil society organizations, f [...]	2005-12-23 12:23:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KJUS KDEM ET
05ALGIERS1163	GSPC COMMUNIQUE EXTOLS ATTACK IN MAURITANIA, LINKS [...] (C) The Algerian terrorist organization GSPC (Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat) issued a communique dated June 5 in which the GSPC claimed responsibility for the June 4 attack on a Mauritanian military outpost near the Malian border (reftel) in which at least 15 Mauritanian soldiers and [...]	2005-06-07 14:35:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL MOPS ASEC MR AG
05ALGIERS1242	MORE JOURNALISTS SENTENCED TO PRISON IN NEW "BLACK [...] Three journalists were sentenced June 14 for defamation in separate cases before the local Algiers tribunal. The cartoonist Ali Dilem of Liberte newspaper was sentenced to six months in prison and a DA 250,000 ($3,400) fine, while the journalist Kamel Amarni and the publication director Fouad [...]	2005-06-19 14:22:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV AG
05ALGIERS1402	BOUTEFLIKA'S STRATEGIC MANEUVERING ON THE [...] (C) President Bouteflika has spoken out twice in the last ten days against the French law passed by the French Parliament in February citing the positive achievements of the French colonial period. Prior to Bouteflika's comments, however, Algerian Foreign Minister Mohamed Bedjaoui spoke of a n [...]	2005-07-12 06:04:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD FR AG
05ALGIERS1661	ALGERIA'S NATIONAL RECONCILIATION PLAN [...] (C) Algeria is emerging from a decade of terrorist violence and massive bloodshed beginning in the early 1990's and is now looking to take necessary steps to allow the country to heal its wounds. Much like his 1999 platform of Civil Concord, President Bouteflika's 2004 presidential campaign w [...]	2005-08-10 16:26:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER AG
05ALGIERS1702	HIGHLIGHTS OF BOUTEFLIKA'S NATIONAL RECONCILIATION [...] In President Bouteflika's address to the nation August 14, he outlined his vision of national reconciliation and announced that the national reconciliation referendum will take place September 29. National reconciliation will, if the referendum passes, halt legal proceedings and commute sente [...]	2005-08-15 18:06:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL AG
05ALGIERS1766	SENATOR LUGAR DISCUSSES REGIONAL ISSUES AND UN [...] (C) During their August 18 meeting, President Bouteflika and Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Senator Richard Lugar discussed Morocco and the Western Sahara (ref A),U.S.-Algerian bilateral relations, Libya, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Israel's withdrawal from Gaza, the coup in Mau [...]	2005-08-21 16:40:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER XF AG UNSC US
05ALGIERS1771	RETIRED CHOD COMMENTS ON MOROCCAN BORDER ISSUES [...] (C) At a dinner hosted by the Saudi Defense Attache August 20, DCM was seated facing former Algerian CHOD General Mohammed Lamari, who retired one year ago. The Tunisian and Moroccan attaches were seated at the same table. Lamari began reminiscing about the war of independence from France, [...]	2005-08-22 12:00:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SNAR MOPS AG MO FR
05ALGIERS1810	NATIONAL RECONCILIATION: DO ALGERIANS SUPPORT [...] (C) President Bouteflika is poised to win a strong majority in the September 29 referendum on his proposed Charter for Peace and National Reconciliation. Through a carefully crafted political and media strategy, he has framed the proposal in a way that makes it hard to oppose; orchestrated a [...]	2005-08-27 09:10:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER AG
05ALGIERS1910	POLISARIO AMBASSADOR URGES U.S. "GESTURE" [...] (C) Polisario "Ambassador" to Algeria Beissat told DCM September 6 that there was considerable internal criticism of Polisario leader Abdelaziz following the Lugar mission due to the impression that the Polisario had received nothing in return for releasing the Moroccan prisoners. Beissat urg [...]	2005-09-11 11:53:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PHUM WI MO AG
05ALGIERS1975	COMBATING EXTREMISM IN ALGERIA [...] (C) Having defeated an armed Islamic extremist insurgency over the past thirteen years, Algeria has gained considerable experience in combating extremism. Algerian military and political leaders openly admit now that at the time of the army's intervention to prevent the election of an Islamis [...]	2005-09-27 16:37:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PGOV PHUM KDEM KPAO EAID AG
05ALGIERS2256	POLICE TO LOSE CIVIL SERVICE STATUS AND GAIN [...] (U) Head of the National Police Ali Tounsi announced November 5 the next phase of the National Program for Police Development, which aims at improving the work conditions and overall situation of police. The Program, originally envisioned as necessary to bolstering recruitment, which was in [...]	2005-11-08 15:35:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ASEC AG
05ALMATY3553	KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH DEFENSE MINISTER [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Ordway met with Kazakhstani Minister of Defense General of the Army Mukhtar Altynbayev in Astana September 22. Altynbayev gave an update on the military reform process and discussed the developing security infrastructure in the Caspian region. He also assured Ambassa [...]	2005-10-05 05:19:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR PGOV KZ POLITICAL
05AMMAN119	SENATOR KERRY'S JANUARY 4 MEETING WITH KING [...] (C) Senator John Kerry (D-MA) met for nearly an hour with King Abdullah on January 4. Deputy Prime Minister Muasher (as acting Foreign Minister),Royal Court Minister al-Rifai, and Palace Media advisor Bahous joined Nancy Stetson and Charge in the meeting, which focused almost exclusively on [...]	2005-01-06 08:27:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL JO
05AMMAN1241	MEDIA REACTION ON HARIRI'S ASSASSINATION [...] No summary [...]	2005-02-15 12:50:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
05AMMAN1793	MEDIA REACTION ON SYRIA'S PULLOUT FROM [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-06 11:38:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
05AMMAN1854	MEDIA REACTION ON SYRIA'S PULLOUT/US [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-07 11:31:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
05AMMAN1959	SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL RICHARD MYERS [...] (S//NF) GENERAL KHALID SARAIREH, CHAIRMAN, JORDAN ARMED FORCES IS LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR VISIT TO JORDAN. IT WILL PROVIDE AN EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY TO THANK THE JAF LEADERSHIP FOR THEIR CONTINUED SUPPORT TO OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM AND OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM, AND WILL HELP ENSURE JORDAN'S [...]	2005-03-08 15:56:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL MARR PARM MASS JO
05AMMAN217	MEDIA REACTION ON PALESTINIAN ELECTION, SUDAN [...] No summary [...]	2005-01-10 12:35:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
05AMMAN2713	DRL-FUNDED HUMAN RIGHTS WORKSHOP A SUCCESS [...] Embassy Amman successfully implemented human rights training for GOJ officials on February 26-27 sponsored by DRL's Human Rights and Democracy Fund (HRDF). Working with the Jordanian Foreign Ministry and its Institute for Diplomacy, post held a two-day workshop with 30 participants from 13 dif [...]	2005-04-03 05:32:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KDEM KISL JO
05AMMAN2714	JORDANIAN CHARGE RETURNS TO BAGHDAD; MEDIA [...] (U) Jordan's charge d'affaires returned to Baghdad on March 24. The King has taken a conciliatory stand, emphasizing in a press interview Jordan's strong support for Iraq, highlighting Jordan's ongoing training of Iraqi security forces and its commitment to secure the Iraqi-Jordanian border [...]	2005-04-03 06:17:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL IZ JO
05AMMAN2909	THINKING AHEAD: IRAQ TRAINING PROGRAMS IN JORDAN [...] (C) The recent row between Jordan and Iraq sparked by alleged Jordanian suicide bomber Ra'ed al-Banna demonstrated how brittle this bilateral relationship can be when mismanaged (on the Jordanian side in this instance) and how much emotional baggage the Iraqis in particular bring to the relat [...]	2005-04-11 07:11:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL IZ JO
05AMMAN297	NO MAN'S LAND REFUGEES FACE POOR SECURITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Seven-hundred fifty asylum seekers formerly resident in Iraq have been in the no-man,s land at the Jordan-Iraq Al Karama border crossing since April 2003. In the absence of concrete assurances that they will have somewhere to go after Jordan, the GOJ fears admitting them to a cam [...]	2005-01-13 04:07:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PTER EAID MOPS IZ JO
05AMMAN2974	JORDAN: BIOS FOR BADRAN CABINET MEMBERS [...] (U) Reflecting a trend (and the 11 ministers) carried over from the previous cabinet, Western-educated Muslim East Bankers dominate the newly-appointed 26-member cabinet of Prime Minister Adnan Badran (ref a). We count eight Jordanians of Palestinian origin (West Bankers),compared to only [...]	2005-04-12 15:03:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM PHUM ECON JO PBIO
05AMMAN3399	JORDAN'S STIFLED (BUT EXPANDING) MEDIA SECTOR [...] (C) Jordan,s media sector has seen rapid expansion recently, driven by government measures to open the broadcast sector to private ownership and a booming advertising market. Private radio has begun broadcasting in Jordan for the first time, while plans are underway for Jordan,s first private [...]	2005-04-28 14:31:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO PHUM ECON ECPS KMPI JO
05AMMAN4370	THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MAY 20 MEETING WITH PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY PRIME MINISTER QURAYA' [...] (U) The Deputy Secretary met with Palestinian Authority (PA) Prime Minister Ahmed Quraya' May 20 at 5 p.m. at the Dead Sea Movenpick Hotel, on the margins of the World Economic Forum, in Jordan. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Ambassador Wilson Deputy Spokesman E [...]	2005-06-02 13:59:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON KPAL KWBG IS
05AMMAN5043	UNEP Supporting Study of Depleted Uranium in Iraq; [...] Summary: The United Nation Environment Program (UNEP) organized a one-day training seminar on May 31 in Amman to review depleted uranium (DU) in Iraq. Iraqi officials at the seminar said that DU presents serious health risks and is responsible for higher cancer rates in and around Basra. In [...]	2005-06-23 11:09:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TBIO MOPS JO
05AMMAN5136	JORDANIAN BANKS RECEIVE LARGE DEPOSITS FROM [...] (U) This cable represents a joint message from Embassies Amman and Baghdad. 2. (S/NOFORN and throughout) In the course of checking into recent rumors about alleged large-scale deposits into Jordanian banks by Iraqi government personnel, Amman Emboff learned of an alleged Iraqi Ministry of D [...]	2005-06-28 06:15:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV ECON PREL IZ JO
05AMMAN5519	STAFFDEL TALWAR AND FM QASRAWI DISCUSS GAZA [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a July 9 meeting, Jordanian Foreign Minister Farouk Qasrawi shared with Senior Professional Staff Member Puneet Talwar (SFRC) and Charge his opinions on regional issues. The upcoming Gaza withdrawal, Qasrawi felt, should be followed up with further Israeli withdrawals and a co [...]	2005-07-12 04:56:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL ECON JO IZ
05AMMAN6237	JORDAN SECURITY COURT: TERRORISM TRIALS UPDATE [...] (U) Two new cases entered the State Security Court in July. Jordanian extremist Issam al-Barqawi (aka Abu Mohammad al-Maqdisi) was released on June 26 and re-arrested a week later by Jordanian authorities on charges of instigating subversive acts. Eight men with links to the Palestinian Is [...]	2005-08-03 14:04:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC PHUM IZ JO
05AMMAN6238	JORDAN'S KING ABDULLAH HOSTS PA PRESIDENT ABU MAZEN [...] (C) Summary. According to a Jordanian official, PA President Abu Mazen expressed to King Abdullah his commitment to a smooth Gaza withdrawal, but voiced frustration with the stance of Israeli PM Ariel Sharon. The King proposed the formation of a committee of Arab foreign ministers to provide s [...]	2005-08-03 14:06:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KPAL JO
05AMMAN6270	SECURITY AT THE JORDAN-IRAQ BORDER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Attacks inside Iraq near the Iraqi/Jordanian border crossing in recent months have focused GOJ attention on security on the Jordanian side of the border. Some security measures have contributed to delays for commercial and humanitarian traffic headed into Iraq. NGO officials hav [...]	2005-08-04 13:56:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PREL PTER MOPS IZ JO
05AMMAN6408	DEVELOPING MEDIA FREEDOM IN JORDAN [...] (C) Introduction: A free media sector will play a central role if Jordan is to continue moving toward a more democratic political order. Free media and open information environments are also necessary to sustain economic growth and to raise public confidence in the integrity of the governmen [...]	2005-08-10 03:27:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM KPAO PHUM JO
05AMMAN6535	MEDIA REACTION ON GAZA WITHDRAWAL [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-16 11:01:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
05AMMAN701	MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ AND MIDDLE EAST [...] No summary [...]	2005-01-27 14:20:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
05AMMAN7372	MEDIA REACTION ON SYRIA [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-14 09:25:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
05AMMAN7500	EAST BANK NATIONALISTS WANT "DEMOCRACY," BUT ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: East Bankers sometimes complain to us that "their country" is being taken over by "minority groups" (i.e., Jordanians of Palestinian origin). While some East Bank nationalists claim they support greater democratization, what they seem to really want is political freedom for "tru [...]	2005-09-19 10:05:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KPAL JO
05AMMAN7601	JORDANIAN ARMED FORCES CHIEF OFFERS IRAQ MILITARY [...] (S) In discussions with visiting U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad, Jordanian Armed Forces (JAF) Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Khalid Sarairah thanked the U.S. Ambassador for the generous assistance to Jordan from the U.S.. Sarairah stated that only with US assistance [...]	2005-09-25 03:11:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL MARR JO IZ
05AMMAN7621	AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD'S DINNER WITH EX-PM ALLAWI [...] (C) During an informal dinner with Ambassador Khalilzad on September 21 in Amman, National Assembly member Adnan al-Janabi, and Emboff, former Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi proposed that Sunni Arab officers from the former army should be actively recruited to act as "advisors" to the MOD a [...]	2005-09-25 05:00:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ JO
05AMMAN7777	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT AMBASSADOR JEFFREY AND [...] (S) King Abdullah views the success of the Coalition effort in Iraq as essential to Jordanian national security interests. The GOJ provides important political and logistical support for U.S. activities in Jordan that contribute to the Iraq effort, most notably training for police, for milit [...]	2005-09-29 15:23:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV JO IZ
05AMMAN8027	IRAQ SUNNI OUTREACH: AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD'S [...] (C) Ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad outlined the most recent revisions to the draft Constitution, including probable changes addressing Arab concerns over federalism, Iraq's Arab identity, and qualifications for citizenship, during an October 3 meeting in Amman with Jordan-based Iraqi bu [...]	2005-10-10 05:18:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EPET ENRG PINR IZ JO
05AMMAN8050	CODEL SHAYS MEETS WITH KING ABDULLAH'S CHIEF OF [...] (SBU) Summary. CODEL Shays met on October 8 with Marouf Bakheet, Chief of Staff to King Abdullah (and Deputy Director for National Security),to discuss progress in Iraq and other regional issues. Bakheet emphasized the need for greater USG interaction with Iraqi Sunnis to bring them into the [...]	2005-10-11 05:30:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KISL KPAL IZ IS JO
05AMMAN9037	FY-2006 RP: "WOMEN AS ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS [...] THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS SECTION IN BAGHDAD NOMINATES MS. TAMADHIR K. HAMMAD FOR SUBJECT PROGRAM. 2. MS. HAMMAD HAS RECEIVED COUNTRY TEAM APPROVAL FOR HER PARTICIPATION IN THE PROGRAM. 3. FULL BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION FOLLOWS: START FIXED-FORMAT TEXT (PLEASE DO NOT EDIT): : THE FOLLOWING DAT [...]	2005-11-22 07:39:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL JO
05AMMAN9055	JORDAN: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL HAGEL [...] (U) Embassy Amman warmly welcomes CODEL Hagel to Jordan. The Government of Jordan (GOJ) is not only one of our closest allies, but it is fully engaged in supporting our most important priorities in the region, including creating a free Iraq, fulfilling the President's vision of a two-state so [...]	2005-11-22 14:17:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER EAID ECON OREP JO
05AMMAN909	JORDAN RESURRECTING BADR CORPS FOR POSSIBLE [...] (S/NF) Security and military sources confirm that Jordan has decided to reconstitute the dormant Badr Corps, a Palestinian security force initially trained in Jordan in the 1990s, and currently resident in a training camp in the Zarqa area northeast of Amman. Palestinian Charge in Amman Atal [...]	2005-02-03 16:49:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV ASEC KPAL JO
05AMMAN9384	MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-05 13:43:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
05AMMAN9387	JORDAN'S NEW CABINET MINISTERS--CORRECTED VERSION [...] (C) On November 23, the King announced that Marouf al-Bakhit would succeed Adnan Badran as Prime Minister. Bakhit's cabinet was announced November 27 (ref A). The new cabinet consists of 18 East Bankers and 6 West Bankers; the former government included 22 East Bankers and 6 West Bankers. B [...]	2005-12-05 13:51:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR JO
05AMMAN9740	MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQI ELECTIONS, MEHLIS [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-19 10:29:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
05ANKARA1104	SCENESETTER FOR 3-4 MARCH VISIT OF US ARMY EUROPE [...] (S) Summary: While your visit comes on the heels of a series US visits since the first of the year (Deputy Secretary of State Armitage, NATO Supreme Allied Commander SIPDIS General Jones, Commander US Central Command General Abizaid, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Feith and Secretary [...]	2005-02-23 17:26:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MARR
05ANKARA1128	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-03 14:59:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA1168	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-04 15:55:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA1225	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-08 14:42:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA1260	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-09 14:58:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA14	TURKISH FIRST ARMY COMMANDER APOLOGIZES PRIVATELY [...] (C) Summary: Turkish First Army Commander GEN Tolon was apologetic about his Dec. 19 statement implying the US was complicit with the attack on Turkish police in Mosul when ODC Chief Maj Gen Sutton discussed it with him during a Dec. 29 courtesy call. Tolon said he had assumed that the moveme [...]	2005-01-03 12:43:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PINR IZ TU
05ANKARA1447	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-15 07:07:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU

05ANKARA1565	TURKISH/AMERICAN DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL CONFERENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The first Turkish/American Defense Industrial Cooperation (DIC) conference to be held since 1998 provided an opportunity for both governments to outline national defense procurement priorities and discuss ways to improve the bilateral defense cooperation relationship. MND Deputy [...]	2005-03-18 09:45:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS MCAP PREL TU
05ANKARA1571	TURKEY UPDATE FOR THE VISIT OF COMNAVEUR ADM MIKE [...] (S) Summary: Your visit comes on the heels of a series of US visits since the first of the year (Deputy Secretary of State Armitage, NATO Supreme Allied Commander General Jones, Commander US Central Command General Abizaid, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Doug Feith, Secretary of State [...]	2005-03-18 12:17:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	OVIP MARR PREL TU
05ANKARA1726	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-24 15:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA1773	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-28 14:21:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA1878	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, Feb 16-28, [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published Sunday, February 27 by Cumhuriyet [...]	2005-04-01 12:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA1882	CHOD OZKOK'S SELF-IMAGE [...] (C) A flag officer in the Turkish General Staff (TGS) recently passed to us a Turkish translation of an article on TGS Chief GEN Hilmi Ozkok that ran in an Egyptian publication during Ozkok's late February visit to Cairo. Our contact reported that Ozkok thought this article portrayed him much [...]	2005-04-01 13:25:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR TU
05ANKARA1888	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] The delay will give the Government time to consider changes in the face of domestic and international criticism from press and human rights groups. Revisions to the penal code demanded by the European Union aim to bring Turkey's criminal justice system into line with recent political reforms [...]	2005-04-01 14:07:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA1952	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF GENERAL JOHN HANDY, [...] (S) Summary: Your visit comes on the heels of a series of US visits since the first of the year (Deputy Secretary of State Armitage, NATO Supreme Allied Commander General Jones, Commander US Central Command General Abizaid, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Feith, Secretary of State Rice, [...]	2005-04-05 11:19:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	OVIP MARR PREL TU
05ANKARA1958	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-05 14:18:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA2080	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-11 14:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA2124	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-14 05:42:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA2127	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END USE CHECK ON [...] On April 13, per reftel request, Deputy PolMilCouns met with representatives of Incekara Holding and Yazici Company LTD at the Incekara address listed in reftel in order to establish the bona fides of Incekara and its role in license application 05-959223 for one WJ-9012A VXI Chassis. Ozgur I [...]	2005-04-14 08:13:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KOMC ETTC TU
05ANKARA2131	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END USE CHECK ON [...] On April 7, 2005, Embassy Blue Lantern Officer met with officials from Aselsan Corporation responsible for reftel procurement to Turkey (License Appl. 05-950176). Present were Program Manager Fikri Atmaca, Technical Director for the Electronics Hardware Department Serhat Salih Erzin and Purch [...]	2005-04-14 10:42:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KOMC ETTC TU
05ANKARA2250	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-20 12:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA2258	GOT SUMMARILY DEPORTS SYRIAN KURD [...] (U) Summary: The GOT in March summarily deported a Syrian army deserter without allowing the office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to review his asylum petition. The Syrian, who was acquitted in a Turkish court on terrorism charges, claimed that because he is a Kurd and a de [...]	2005-04-21 08:39:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU OSCE
05ANKARA2302	CHOD OZKOK'S ANTI-CORRUPTION CAMPAIGN [...] (C) Summary: The current public investigations of corruption within the Turkish military are unprecedented and apparently the responsibility of one man -- TGS Chief GEN Hilmi Ozkok. Whether his motivation is to retain (or regain) public support for the military, show up an AKP government tha [...]	2005-04-22 11:45:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR MOPS PINR TU
05ANKARA2394	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-27 14:23:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA240	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-01-13 15:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA242	TRILATERAL TALKS ON PKK/KONGRA-GEL [...] (C) U.S., Turkish, and IIG officials met Jan. 11 in Ankara for trilateral talks on PKK/Kongra-Gel. All sides agreed to our common resolve to defeat this organization, but the insurgency and Iraq's delicate transition all but rule out direct military action in the near term. At U.S. suggestion [...]	2005-01-13 16:09:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PTER PREL PREF MOPS TU IZ
05ANKARA2556	TGS REQUESTS UPDATED EADSIM SOFTWARE [...] Deputy PolMilCouns on May 3 received an original letter from Colonel Ziyaeddin Ipekkan, Deputy Chief of the Turkish General Staff (TGS) Scientific Division for forwarding to the US Missile Defense Agency Modeling and Simulation Program Director. The letter requests US provision to TGS of EADSI [...]	2005-05-04 15:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR TU
05ANKARA2645	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-06 14:04:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA2730	TURKEY MOVES FORWARD (AGAIN) ON AEGEAN CBMS [...] (C) Summary: The CBMs announced during Greek FM Molyviatis' visit to Turkey are on track after a temporary freeze while TGS waited to see Athens' response to a mid-April incident when a desecrated Turkish flag was placed in the room of a Turkish cadet on an official exchange to the Greek mil [...]	2005-05-12 08:31:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MOPS MARR TU GR
05ANKARA2761	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-13 13:02:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA2810	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-17 13:08:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA2837	ABSENT GOT LEADERSHIP, TURKISH MILITARY LAUNCHES [...] (C) Summary: Contacts report heavy Turkish military presence in southeastern Turkey. Adana PO reports that, while rural flows of recruits to the PKK may be occurring, contacts are not seeing a similar phenomenon from urban areas. Absent any Erdogan government strategy for dealing with the [...]	2005-05-19 14:54:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS MOPS PHUM TU
05ANKARA2938	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-24 13:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA3035	AMERICAN-TURKISH COUNCIL BRINGS DEFENSE/SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: MOD Gonul, DCHOD Basbug and NSC SecGen Alpogan will all be in Washington June 5-7 for the American Turkish Council's annual conference. (It is possible that Alpogan may postpone his visit due to the heavy traffic of Turkish visitors that week.) While we understand many official [...]	2005-05-27 15:13:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL PINR TU
05ANKARA3055	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, May 15-31, [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published in Radikal on Monday, May [...]	2005-06-01 07:49:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA331	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, JAN 1-15, [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published January 14 by Iran Mania News (FBI [...]	2005-01-19 08:57:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA3385	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-14 14:18:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA3406	OPEN SKIES QUOTA SHARING: TURKS OPEN TO TALKS ON [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-15 13:18:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL TU PSCE
05ANKARA3490	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, June 1-15, [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. Published by The Messenger, Georgia's Englis [...]	2005-06-20 06:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA3495	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-20 13:57:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA361	CENTCOM COMMANDER'S MEETING WITH DEPUTY OF THE [...] (S) SUMMARY. GEN Abizaid met with Turkey's DCHOD GEN Ilker Basbug on January 12. Both presented assessments of Iraq, Afghanistan, and U.S.-TU relations. Basbug reiterated the objectives of Turkish policies on Iraq-united, peaceful, democratic, and whole. Both sides agreed the upcoming elect [...]	2005-01-24 10:40:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	OVIP PTER TU
05ANKARA3833	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, June 16-30, [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. Published by Hurriyet on Saturday, June 18: [...]	2005-07-01 13:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA388	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-01-25 14:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA3963	ACTION REQUEST: TF FREEDOM AND TF WARRIOR LNO TO [...] (S/NF) Summary: Embassy seeks urgent DIA assistance in filling the position of Liaison Officer to the Turkish Special Forces in Northern Iraq. This position is vital in order to collect intel on the Turks' plans and intentions for Iraq, for crisis management, and for helping us pass real-time [...]	2005-07-07 15:21:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	MARR MOPS PREL PINS TU IZ
05ANKARA4032	SOUTHEAST TURKEY UPDATE: ANTI-PKK OPERATIONS AND [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-11 14:13:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER TU PKK
05ANKARA412	NATO CENTER OF EXCELLENCE-DEFENSE AGAINST TERRORISM [...] Summary: In an effort to gain alliance contribution for its new Center of Excellence - Defense Against Terrorism (CoE-DAT),the Turkish General Staff (TGS) on January 10 briefed NATO embassies in Ankara on the center and sent letters from MOD Gonul and CHOD GEN Ozkok to their counterparts. [...]	2005-01-26 12:39:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER MARR PREL TU
05ANKARA4126	TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP, JUNE 2005 [...] A new National Security Policy document outlining the government's priorities with regard to threats to Turkey's internal and external security, and based on input from all Council member agencies, was expected to be finalized at the June 21 National Security Council meeting. The new draft do [...]	2005-07-15 14:22:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL TU
05ANKARA4163	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-18 15:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA4166	TURKEY AND IRAQ COOPERATE ON TRUCKER SECURITY, [...] (C) Summary: Turkey and Iraq continue to work to improve the safety for Turkish drivers who transport large volumes of refined products and other goods into Iraq. Trucker deaths have fallen sharply in 2005. On June 22-23 Turkish and Iraqi officials met in Ankara to discuss transportation se [...]	2005-07-18 15:55:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ETRD IZ PREL TU
05ANKARA4182	TURKEY'S SOUTHEAST: UPDATE ON PRO-PKK POLITICAL [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-19 14:18:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL TU POLITICAL PARTIES
05ANKARA4188	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-20 05:32:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA424	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-01-26 15:36:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA426	SCENESETTER FOR JAN.31-FEB.1 VISIT OF UNDER [...] (S) Summary: Your visit will extend a series of January visits by Deputy Secretary of State Armitage, NATO Supreme Allied Commander General Jones and Commander of Central Command General Abizaid, and will provide an opportunity to echo their pledge that the US will fight all forms of terroris [...]	2005-01-26 15:39:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	OVIP PREL MARR TU
05ANKARA4278	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-25 15:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA4290	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-26 14:07:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA4366	FUEL SUPPLY CHAIN INTO IRAQ BACKED UP; RISK OF [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-28 04:52:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ETRD MOPS PREL TU IZ
05ANKARA4367	FUEL SUPPLY CHAIN INTO IRAQ BACKED UP; RISK OF [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-28 04:52:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ETRD MOPS PREL TU IZ
05ANKARA4409	TURKEY'S SUPREME MILITARY COUNCIL [...] Summary: The Supreme Military Council (Yuksek Askeri Surasi - YAS) will meet August 1-4 and decide general and flag officer promotions. We provide a description of the YAS and the military promotion and assignment system as background in advance of the announcement of senior promotions and as [...]	2005-08-01 04:47:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PINR TU
05ANKARA4513	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-03 13:55:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA4556	DAS BRYZA PRESSES TURKISH MFA FOR CLOSE [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a series of introductory meetings and a lunch with Turkish MFA officials on August 1, EUR DAS Matt Bryza welcomed the recent positive turn in bilateral relations and pressed for a structured approach to rebuilding US-Turkey partnership through agreement on a shared strategic [...]	2005-08-04 13:55:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MASS MARR PINS TU IZ AF CY
05ANKARA4561	BANNER BOMB - MERSIN PROVINCE [...] (U) On Tuesday, August 2, 2005 at approximately 22:30 the Turkish National Police (TNP) conducted a controlled detonation of a "Banner Bomb" in the southern Ircel Province city of Mersin. There were no reports of injuries. 2. (U) Members of the PKK affiliated Halkin Kurtulus Ordusu-HPG (Pe [...]	2005-08-04 14:59:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ITA IP EUR CT DEPT FOR DS COMMAND CENTER
05ANKARA4563	TURKEY'S SUPREME MILITARY COUNCIL MEETING PRODUCES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Turkish General Staff (TGS) announced on August 4 the decisions made by the Supreme Military Council (Yuksek Askeri Surasi - YAS) at its August 1-4 meeting, during which the promotion, retirement and re-assignment of Turkey's senior military officers, as well as the dismissal [...]	2005-08-05 04:35:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PINR TU
05ANKARA4636	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-09 05:34:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA4733	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-11 15:49:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA4735	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-11 16:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA4791	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-15 15:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA4861	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-18 15:54:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA4862	SIGNIFICANT CHANGES AT TGS PROVIDE A WINDOW OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Further to reftels report on Turkish military promotions that were decided at the August 1-4 meeting of the Supreme Military Council (Yuksek Askeri Surasi - YAS),post has learned of numerous assignment changes for key military interlocutors (Note: as well as additional information [...]	2005-08-19 04:37:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PINR TU
05ANKARA4905	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-22 15:48:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA504	TURKEY PLANS TO PROVIDE STAFF AND MATERIALS FOR [...] (C) TGS/J3 LTG Yalcin told DCM and PolMilCouns on Jan. 26 that Turkey was planning to offer significant training and support for the Afghan War College. PolMilOff followed up Jan. 27 with Aydin Evirgen, MFA Deputy Director General for South Asia. Evirgen said that the plan--which still requir [...]	2005-01-29 17:16:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL EAID TU AF
05ANKARA5182	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-06 15:49:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA5193	TURKISH BUSINESSMAN OFFERS 1.2 MILLION BOTTLES [...] This is an action cable. Please see para 6. 2. Summary: Turkish businessman Hasan Akincioglu has offered 1.2 million bottles of US Army VETCOM approved water to the relief efforts. Akincioglu has worked for 35 years with the US military stationed at Incirlik Air Force Base in Adana. He r [...]	2005-09-07 11:50:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR EAID PREL TU
05ANKARA5196	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-07 14:40:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA5208	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-07 14:45:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA5209	TURKS AND TALAFAR: CONTINUING CONCERN, MOUNTING [...] (U) This is an action request--please see para. 4. 2. (C) Summary: The GOT continues to express deep concern about the situation in Talafar, a predominantly Turkmen city in northwest Ninewah province. MFA officials have peppered us with questions about the latest situation there and have [...]	2005-09-07 15:25:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS EAID TU IZ
05ANKARA5210	TFUS01: TURKS RESPOND WITH COMPASSION AND [...] Summary: The GOT and Turkish citizens responded generously and compassionately in the aftermath of Katrina, both by publicly expressing condolences and by offering assistance to the affected region. Prime Minister Tayip Erdogan rebutted some of the commentary in the Islamist-oriented press by [...]	2005-09-07 16:21:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR EAID PREL TU
05ANKARA5248	NEW TGS J-5 STRATEGY DIVISION CHIEF READY TO ENGAGE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 7. 2. (C) SUMMARY: During a Sept. 8 introductory call by PolMilCouns and Deputy PolMilCouns, new TGS J-5 Strategy Division Chief MG Savas confirmed TGS interest in holding Caucasus Working Group and HLDG meetings this fall. Savas listed his [...]	2005-09-08 16:32:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PREL PARM PINR TU
05ANKARA5282	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-09 15:42:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA5393	CONTACTS FORESEE CONTINUED CONFLICT IN SOUTHEAST [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-15 14:51:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINS TU
05ANKARA5420	TURKEY APPARENTLY NOT YET DECIDED ON CANCELING [...] (C) Summary: The Turkish MFA and TGS will discuss the cancellation of military exercises on Sept. 19. MFA is inclined to cancel (if Greece does); the TGS J5 Greece/Cyprus Branch Chief told us he will recommend the decision be linked to whether EU accession negotiations commence Oct. 3. We be [...]	2005-09-16 15:50:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL CY GR TU
05ANKARA5483	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-21 15:52:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA5533	TURKEY AND BTC: WAITING FOR OIL AT THE GEORGIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey and Georgia are competing to see which will be the limiting bottleneck for first oil in the BTC pipeline, each side pointing vigorously at the other. As the contest will have contractual ramifications for settling construction delays and cost overruns, it has led to som [...]	2005-09-23 13:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ENRG PHUM EINV TU BTC
05ANKARA5634	TURKISH MEDIA COVERAGE - VISIT OF APNSA HADLEY [...] Turkish media coverage of APNSA Hadley's September 23-25 visit to Ankara has generally been straightforward, accurate, and positive. Not surprisingly, most papers focused on Hadley's public remarks on the the need for the United States to do more to address Turkey's concerns about PKK terrori [...]	2005-09-27 14:45:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA5636	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-27 15:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA608	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-02-02 15:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA6100	IRAQ: TURKEY WANTS TO SEND HUMANITARIAN AID TO [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 7. Humanitarian Aid for Talafar and Kirkuk --------------------------------------- 2. (C) MFA Coordinator for Iraq and Afghanistan Reconstruction Amb. Koray Targay called in A/DCM Oct. 6 to inform us that Turkey wishes to provide humanitari [...]	2005-10-07 14:03:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL MOPS TU IZ
05ANKARA6101	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-07 14:47:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA6245	SOUTHEASTERN TURKEY ACTIVIST ON PKK AND GOT'S [...] (U) This message is from Consulate Adana. 2. (C) Summary: Diyarbakir Human Rights Association President Selahattin Demirtas reflects the views of many Consulate regional contacts regarding recent increased PKK activities in the Southeast. He believes that both the PKK and the military a [...]	2005-10-14 11:16:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV TU PHUM
05ANKARA6313	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-18 14:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA6315	TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP, SEPTEMBER 2005 [...] The 7th International Defense Industry Fair (IDEF - the bi-annual Turkish defense fair) was held on September 27-30 in Ankara. Four hundred thirty-one companies from 52 countries participated in the fair. Twenty-one American companies had stands in IDEF: Boeing, Bren-Tronics, CPS, EOTECH, Ha [...]	2005-10-19 07:06:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MOPS PREL PTER TU
05ANKARA6352	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-20 15:30:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA6426	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-25 14:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR
05ANKARA6540	CONSULATE ADANA TRAVELS TO TUNCELI AND ELAZIG [...] Classified by AmCon Adana Principal Officer Walter S. Reid, E.O. 12958, reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). 2. This message is from AmConsulate Adana. 3. (C) Summary: Officers from Consulate Adana traveled to Tunceli and Elazig provinces October 25 and 26 to discuss PKK movements and human right [...]	2005-11-02 09:01:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER TU
05ANKARA6554	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, October 16- [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. Published by Hurriyet on Monday, October 17 [...]	2005-11-02 11:09:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
05ANKARA6751	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DEPUTY SENIOR [...] (U) Mission warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Deputy Senior Advisor and Deputy Coordinator for Iraq Robert Deutsch and NEA Iraq Desk Officer Michele Siders to travel to Turkey from December 1-2, 2005 for consultations on Iraq. The point of contact for the visit is Political Offi [...]	2005-11-16 08:15:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA PGOV PREL IZ AU PL RO RS IT FR BE NATO EUN
05ANKARA6900	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-22 17:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA6952	TURKEY-IRAQ HABUR GATE - WHERE TO GO FROM HERE? [...] (C) Summary. Geographical and political realities make Turkey the only neighbor of Iraq with the potential to meet Iraq's growing civilian and military needs for imported fossil fuels and consumer goods. While there are certain short and medium term fixes that can increase the capacity of [...]	2005-11-25 13:39:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PREL ETRD TU IZ
05ANKARA7099	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-04 06:29:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA7158	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-06 15:45:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA7191	SCENESETTER FOR 10-16 DEC COUNTERPART VISIT OF [...] (S) Summary: This Counterpart Visit (CPV) by the Commander of the Turkish Land Forces, GEN Yasar Buyukanit, will be the most significant event in US-Turkish Army to Army relations in over half a decade. The already slowing post-Cold War US-Turkish mil to mil relationship was derailed in 2003 [...]	2005-12-08 09:14:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MARR MASS TU IZ AF
05ANKARA7216	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-08 16:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA7241	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-12 05:50:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA7289	TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP, OCTOBER & NOVEMBER 2005 [...] After months of delay, at the bi-monthly National Security Council (NSC) meeting on Oct. 24, a revised National Security Policy Document (NSPD) was approved. The policy document outlines the Government of Turkey (GOT) priorities with regard to threats to Turkey's internal and external securit [...]	2005-12-13 10:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MOPS PREL PTER TU
05ANKARA7302	TURKISH GOVERNMENT INQUIRES ON TWO DETAINEES [...] (SBU) Summary and action request: The Turkish MFA has inquired about the status of two Turkish citizens it claims are CF detainees in Iraq. The MFA filed a diplomatic note about one alleged detainee; while it has not done so for the other, MFA personnel have made repeated informal inquiries w [...]	2005-12-13 14:43:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	MOPS PREL TU IZ
05ANKARA7439	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-19 15:09:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
05ANKARA7443	TURKEY: 2005 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] (U) Combating terrorism has long been a priority for the Government of Turkey (GOT). In 2005, Turkey continued its strong support of the coalition in the global war against terror in Afghanistan by commanding the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) from February to August 2005. T [...]	2005-12-20 09:33:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PTER ASEC KCRM EFIN KHLS KPAO
05ANKARA7534	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-22 14:08:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU

05ANKARA7558	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-23 10:30:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU

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