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Identifier	Subject	Date	Office	Classification	Tags
08DOHA456	SPECIAL ENVOY FOR NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION MEETS [...] (SBU) Summary: Special Envoy for Nuclear Nonproliferation Jackie Wolcott and an interagency delegation of State Department, Department of Energy (DoE),National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA),and Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) officials met June 12 with MFA and Qatar Foundation [...]	2008-06-22 10:48:00	Embassy Doha	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG KNNP PARM PREL QA

08DOHA578	ESTABLISHMENT OF QATARI INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Qatar is rapidly building a world-wide disaster response and humanitarian relief capability, part of the Qatari leadership's efforts to carve out a larger regional and international role for their country. To better coordinate these efforts, a recent Emiri decree established [...]	2008-08-13 11:20:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PGOV EAID ASEC SOCI QA
08DOHA613	LABOR CAMP RALLY WELCOMES NEPALESE COMMUNIST PARTY [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-28 06:11:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PHUM QA
08DOHA667	UN DISABILITIES RATIFICATION REFLECTS QATAR [...] (U) On July 12, Amir Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani issued a decree ratifying the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The decree came one year after Qatar became the 100th nation to sign the pact. The ratification was expected, and experts say that it was a logical step in Q [...]	2008-09-17 12:26:00	Embassy Doha	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM KTIA QA
08DOHA733	QATAR TAKES IMPORTANT STEP TOWARD DEVELOPMENT OF [...] (U) On June 18, Amir Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani signed a decree creating the Supreme Constitutional Court (SCC). Before the decree, a special committee of judges within the Cassation Court considered constitutional issues. The Cassation Court will continue to wield great power within the Qatar [...]	2008-10-19 13:15:00	Embassy Doha	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KJUS KMPI INRB QA
08DOHA75	QATAR SHOWING INCREASED ATTENTION TO ENERGY [...] (S) Summary: Department of Energy Assistant Secretary for Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, Kevin Kolevar; DOE Secretary Bodman's Chief of Staff Jeff Kupfer; Pol/Econ Chief and Poloff met with Minister of State for Energy and Industry Dr. Mohammed Saleh Al-Sada and Qatar Petroleum [...]	2008-01-29 13:14:00	Embassy Doha	SECRET	ENRG PTER PREL PGOV ECON ETTC EAID EAGR EFIN
08DOHA818	QATARI EXPERTS SEE SECURITY, BRIGHT FUTURE IN [...] (C)At a November 3 meeting with Poloff, Dr.Hatem El Karanshawy, Dean of the Faculty of Islamic Studies at Qatar University and former Governor of the Egyptian Central Bank, attributed the recent global financial turmoil to speculation on the part of western bankers and investors, particularly i [...]	2008-11-20 10:37:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EINV ECON QA SU SY UK EG PK YM
08DOHA87	QATAR WOULD WELCOME U.S. ENGAGEMENT ON NUCLEAR [...] (C) Embassy Doha, in response to Ref A, recommends technical-level engagement on the development of civilian nuclear applications with the GOQ in March, when the Science and Technology Adviser at the Qatar Foundation and the Supreme Council for the Environment and Natural Reserves would both b [...]	2008-02-04 07:52:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ENRG KNNP PARM PREL QA
08DUBAI347	READOUT OF RECENT JAPAN-IRAN BILATERAL MEETINGS [...] (S/NF) Summary. During an August 25 meeting with IRPO Director and Poloffs, Japanese MFA Iran Desk Officer Junichi Sumi gave an informal readout of the most recent encounters between Japanese and Iranian officials, including regularly scheduled meetings at the Vice Ministerial and Director Gen [...]	2008-09-01 14:04:00	Consulate Dubai	SECRET	PGOV ETRD ETTC IR JA
08DUBLIN104	IRELAND: EU VISIT TO CUBA WILL CONFORM WITH [...] (C) POLOFF delivered reftel demarches to Americas Desk Officer Karen Miller, Department of Foreign Affairs, on February 29. Acknowledging USG concerns regarding the timing and focus of EU Commissioner Michel's visit to Cuba, Miller emphasized that the EU Common Position on Cuba requires that [...]	2008-02-29 14:52:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EUN CU EI
08DUBLIN116	IRISH VIEWS ON MARCH 10-11 FOREIGN MINISTERS [...] (C) POLOFF delivered demarche (Ref A) on March 6, 2008 to Pat Kelly, European Correspondent, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). Ireland has recognized Kosovo's independence. The Irish Foreign Minister has publicly called for an end to violence in the Middle East. Ireland has not been requ [...]	2008-03-07 13:35:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EI
08DUBLIN121	IRISH VIEWS ON SEEKING UNSC ACTION ON PIRACY IN [...] (C) POLOFF delivered reftel demarche on March 6, 2008 to Pat Kelly, Acting Director, Africa Division, Department of Foreign Affairs. Kelly stated that Ireland was thoroughly appalled by piracy in Somalia (and elsewhere),and would strongly support a UNSC resolution to address the problem. Ke [...]	2008-03-07 14:04:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PBTS PREL UNSC EI
08DUBLIN122	Irish Taoiseach lauds Northern Ireland's Ian Paisley [...] (U) In the wake of Northern Ireland Assembly First Minister Ian Paisley's surprise announcement that he would stand down as First Minister in May 2008, Irish Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Bertie Ahern released a statement on March 4 paying tribute to Paisley, referring to him as a giant figure in [...]	2008-03-07 14:55:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EI
08DUBLIN150	IRELAND RESPONSE TO BURMA DEMARCHE [...] (C) Ireland believes that renewing the EU's Common Position on Burma, due in April, and a strong response from the upcoming GAERC, will be the most effective ways to publicly highlight the flaws in Burma's proposed constitution and referendum, according to Conleth Brady, Deputy Director, Asia [...]	2008-03-20 16:04:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM EI BM
08DUBLIN154	AUSTRALIA GROUP: IRISH WILL ATTEND PLENARY [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-26 16:48:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL ETTC EI
08DUBLIN158	IRISH VIEWS ON MARCH 28-29 EU FOREIGN MINISTERS [...] (C) POLOFF delivered reftel demarche on March 27, 2008 to Claire Buckley, Deputy European Correspondent, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). Irish troops are participating in the UNMIK in Kosovo and nine Irish police officers are part of the EU civilian force in Kosovo. Overall, Ireland is " [...]	2008-03-27 16:25:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EUN ZL IS SY LE RS CH EI
08DUBLIN168	IRELAND: EU POLICY ON BELARUS [...] (C) Ireland agrees that strong U.S. - EU unity is needed in order to keep the pressure on Belarus, and supported a recent EU demarche to the Belarussian MFA highlighting the EU's concerns over the demands made on the US mission in Minsk, according to Deputy Director Ruaidhri Dowling, Russia, E [...]	2008-04-03 16:17:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL EU EI
08DUBLIN17	IRELAND WILL SUPPORT PROSPER FOR COMMITTEE FOR THE [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-11 14:32:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM UNGA EI
08DUBLIN175	IRISH AID FOR IRAQI REFUGEES [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-04 16:23:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM PREL EI
08DUBLIN208	IRISH VIEWS ON NEW RUSSIAN POLICY IN GEORGIA [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-23 15:53:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GG RS EI
08DUBLIN216	IRISH VIEWS OF THE APRIL 28-29 FOREIGN MINISTERS [...] (C) POLOFF delivered Ref A demarche on March 24 ,2008 to Pat Kelly, European Correspondent, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). Ireland would support stronger action in Iran, though it recognizes that other EU nations may be less willing to do so. It is fully committed to Kosovo's indepen [...]	2008-04-25 11:12:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	IS PREL PGOV EI
08DUBLIN225	IRELAND EYES DEVOLUTION OF POLICING AND JUSTICE [...] (C) Pat Hennessy, Director General, Anglo-Irish Division, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA),told EMBOFFs on April 24 that while the issue of devolution of policing and justice in Northern Ireland clearly provides potential for damaging the political rapprochement that has been growing betwe [...]	2008-04-29 14:05:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EINV EI
08DUBLIN251	IRELAND AIMS TO ACHIEVE AN ANTI-CLUSTER MUNITIONS [...] (C) Irish Department of Foreign Affairs Political Director Rory Montgomery firmly told the Embassy May 6 that the May 19-30 Dublin Conference will produce a final Cluster Munitions Convention, ready for signature in Oslo in December 2008. Montgomery agreed that interoperability and definitio [...]	2008-05-08 12:05:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MOPS PARM PREL NATO EI
08DUBLIN263	IRELAND'S VIEW OF UNSC RESOLUTION ON SOMALI PIRACY [...] (C) POLOFF delivered reftel demarche on May 8, 2008 to Pat Kelly ,Acting Director, Africa Division, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). Kelly stated that Ireland was concerned about piracy off the coast of Somalia, and that the Irish Government agreed in principle that international coordin [...]	2008-05-12 11:10:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT UNSC EI
08DUBLIN267	DEMARCHE REQUEST: HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE TO CYCLONE [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-13 12:53:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL EI
08DUBLIN274	IRELAND'S AID TO AFGHANISTAN [...] (U) Ireland pledged 5 million euro ($7.75 million) in aid to Afghanistan at the 2006 London Conference, all of which has been fully discharged, according to Director Emma Leonard, Emergency and Recovery Section, Irish Aid, Department of Foreign Affairs, to whom POLOFF delivered reftel demarche [...]	2008-05-16 16:08:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EFIN KDEM PGOV PREL EI
08DUBLIN282	IRISH POLITICAL PARTIES LAUNCH VIGOROUS CAMPAIGN [...] (C) The Lisbon Treaty 'Yes' campaign seems to be gaining traction as the Irish political parties launch a vigorous campaign in favor of the treaty and a new poll indicates that support for the treaty is running two to one (albeit with 47 percent of those polled undecided). Supporters of the L [...]	2008-05-20 15:45:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EI
08DUBLIN291	IRISH VIEWS OF THE MAY 26-27 FOREIGN MINISTERS [...] (U) POLOFF delivered Ref A demarche on May 22, 2008 to Claire Buckley, Deputy European Correspondent, Department of Foreign Affairs. ---- Cuba ---- 2. (C) Buckley acknowledged the U.S. position on Cuba, saying that Ireland recognized the "crossroads" potential for change there, and e [...]	2008-05-23 11:03:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV EI
08DUBLIN306	FOREIGN AFFAIRS TOUR D'HORIZON WITH IRISH MINISTER [...] (C) Ambassador, Defense Attache, and POLOFF met with Irish Minister for Defense Willie O'Dea on May 28, 2008. O'Dea voiced unqualified support for a proposed immigration, customs, and agriculture full aviation pre-clearance agreement between Ireland and the U.S., saying that the Irish Governm [...]	2008-05-28 16:35:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EAIR PHUM MOPS MARR PARM NATO
08DUBLIN329	IRISH DIRECTOR OF MIDDLE EAST AFFAIRS DISCUSSES [...] (C) POLOFF reviewed affairs in Iraq, Iran, and Lebanon on June 5, 2008 with Michael Gaffey, Director, Middle East and North Africa Division, Department of Foreign Affairs. Ireland is considering the invitation to the Friends of Iraq conference in Abu Dhabi and intends to continue providing s [...]	2008-06-09 08:51:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PARM KNNP UNSC IAEA MARR MOPS PINR
08DUBLIN33	IRELAND FIRMLY COMMITTED TO OSLO PROCESS BAN ON [...] (C) Summary. Ireland, one of the founding members of the Oslo Process, stands firm on its support for the Oslo Process ban on cluster munitions despite potential interoperability difficulties. Ireland sees the Oslo Process as consistent with its strong humanitarian record and it is unlikely t [...]	2008-01-22 13:58:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PARM PREL EI
08DUBLIN332	IRELAND PREPARED TO TAKE A FIRM STANCE ON BURMA [...] (SBU) Summary: POLOFF delivered demarche (Ref A) on June 4, 2008 to Conleth Brady, Desk Officer, Asia and Oceania Division, Department of Foreign Affairs. The Irish Government agrees with the views of the USG and is concerned that humanitarian relief efforts may soften diplomatic pressure on Bu [...]	2008-06-09 14:03:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EI
08DUBLIN334	LISBON TREATY POLLS SEND MIXED MESSAGES, BUT EDGE STILL [...] (SBU) The 'Yes' side in the Lisbon Treaty referendum campaign, scheduled for June 12, still appears to have an edge, despite gains by the 'No' side in recent polls. Political party leaders remain quietly confident that the 'Yes' vote will gather momentum in the final days of the campaign. Voter [...]	2008-06-09 16:44:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EI
08DUBLIN337	IRELAND TO ATTEND GLOBAL INITIATIVE MEETING, 16-18 [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-10 15:38:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP PARM PREL PTER EI
08DUBLIN356	IRELAND SOUNDLY REJECTS LISBON TREATY IN SHOCK RESULT [...] (U) By a surprisingly large margin, Irish voters today rejected the EU Lisbon Treaty by 53.7 percent to 46.3 percent. The final results were announced late in the afternoon. The 'No' campaign won in 33 of 43 constituencies. No single factor has emerged as decisive in the 'Yes' defeat. Howe [...]	2008-06-13 16:13:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EUN EI
08DUBLIN357	IRISH VIEWS OF THE JUNE 16-17 FOREIGN MINISTERS [...] (C) POLOFF delivered reftel demarche on June 12 to Pat Kelly, European Correspondent, Department of Foreign Affairs. EU Foreign Ministers will be briefed by High Representative Javier Solana following his scheduled discussions with Iranian leaders in Tehran, June 14-15. There are no plans to [...]	2008-06-13 16:43:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	IS PHUM PREL PGOV EI
08DUBLIN363	IRISH GOVERNMENT SEEKS TIME TO DEAL WITH REJECTION [...] (C) As the Irish Government seeks to fathom the reasons for the surprise defeat of the Lisbon Treaty referendum on June 12, the EU appears prepared to give Ireland some breathing space to assess the poll result, conduct domestic consultations, and negotiate with EU partners to find a way to r [...]	2008-06-17 17:36:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN EI
08DUBLIN390	IRISH VIEW OF SHAPING POST-CYCLONE ASSISTANCE IN [...] (C) On June 30, 2008, POLOFF spoke with Conleth Brady, Deputy Director of the Asia and Oceania Division of the Department of Foreign Affairs. Brady indicated that to date Ireland had disbursed 1 million euro (USD 1.57 million) through Irish charities, and it is currently reviewing its abilit [...]	2008-06-30 15:31:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	BM EAID EUN PGOV EI
08DUBLIN398	IRISH GOVERNMENT ON OUTCOME OF MAY 2008 CLUSTER [...] (C) POLOFFs met on June 26 with Nicholas Twist, Deputy Director, Department of Foreign Affairs, to review the outcome of the May 19-30, 2008 Cluster Munitions Conference in Dublin (Ref A). During the Conference, the Irish achieved their two main objectives: the condemnation of cluster muniti [...]	2008-07-03 14:58:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL PGOV MOPS NATO EI
08DUBLIN40	(S) FOLLOW UP ON INVESTIGATION INTO IRISH [...] (S) The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment's Export Licensing Unit has denied Mac Aviation Group licensing for imports/exports into and out of Ireland, Desk Officer Michael Keaveney, Disarmament and Non-Proliferation, Department of Foreign Affairs, informed POLOFF on January 3. Kea [...]	2008-01-22 16:40:00	Embassy Dublin	SECRET	PARM ETTC MTCRE KSCA GM IR EI
08DUBLIN403	IRISH WILL ATTEND KOSOVO DONORS' CONFERENCE; OKAY [...] (U) POLOFF delivered reftel demarche on July 3 to Emma Madigan, Deputy Director, Europe and UN Coordination Division, Department of Foreign Affairs. Madigan stated that Ireland would attend the Kosovo Donor's conference on July 11, represented by Ireland's Ambassador to Brussels. It was unc [...]	2008-07-07 15:48:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPKO PREL PGOV EI
08DUBLIN409	IRELAND'S RESPONSE TO UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION ISSUES [...] (U) On July 1, 2008 POLOFF delivered demarche (reftel) to Ann Monaghan, Higher Executive Officer of the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources. Monaghan said that Ireland has not committed its support to any candidate for a seat on the Universal Postal Union Council of Ad [...]	2008-07-09 12:28:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC ECON ETRD WTRO EI
08DUBLIN411	IRELAND SUPPORTS EU POSITION, WILL NOT CO-SPONSOR [...] On July 7, 2008, POLOFF delivered reftel demarhe to James McIntyre, Director of the Human Righs Division of the Department of Foreign Affairs. He stated that while Ireland is generally suppotive of the event, it will not co-sponsor absent collective sponsrship by the EU. FOLEY [...]	2008-07-10 14:55:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	EUN PHUM PREL KDEM EI
08DUBLIN428	IRELAND'S VIEWS ON JULY 22-23 GAERC ISSUES [...] (C) POLOFF delivered reftel demarche on July 12 to Pat Kelly, European Correspondent, Department of Foreign Affairs. EU Foreign Ministers will be briefed by High Representative Javier Solana following his scheduled discussions with Saeed Jalili in Geneva on June 19. They will also hear from [...]	2008-07-18 16:20:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN PHUM PREL PGOV IR SO SU CD ZI UP EI
08DUBLIN442	IRELAND ON TURKEY'S EU ACCESSION -- AKP DECISION [...] (SBU) On July 29, 2008 POLOFF delivered reftel demarche to Ciara Delaney, First Secretary for Enlargement & Eastern Europe in the Department of Foreign Affairs' EU Division. Delaney indicated that the outcome of the AKP case will strongly influence the EU's treatment of Turkey. She stated tha [...]	2008-07-29 16:00:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV TU EUN EI
08DUBLIN48	IRISH VIEWS ON THE JANUARY 28-29 EU FOREIGN [...] (C) POLOFF delivered the January GAERC demarche on January 24 to Pat Kelly, European Correspondent, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). Ireland is likely to recognize Kosovo's independence quickly, and is generally sympathetic to U.S. views on the Middle East, Lebanon, Pakistan, Sudan, DRC, [...]	2008-01-25 13:26:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN PGOV PHUM PREL KV IR IZ IS SU EI
08DUBLIN485	IRELAND, THE CAP, AND THE EU [...] Since entering the European Union (EU) in 1973, Ireland has benefited greatly from the EU's Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). The importance of farming for Ireland, not only in economic but also in social and cultural terms, underscores the influence the farming community has in the country. [...]	2008-08-26 13:22:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR PGOV PREL EU EI
08DUBLIN500	IRISH VIEWS OF THE SEPTEMBER 5-6 FOREIGN MINISTERS [...] (U) POLOFF delivered reftel demarches on September 4 to Pat Kelly, European Correspondent, Department of Foreign Affairs. ------- Georgia ------- 2. (C) Ireland supports a firm response to the situation in Georgia within an EU context, Kelly said. He predicted that the GYMNICH discu [...]	2008-09-04 15:07:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EI
08DUBLIN516	IRISH VIEWS ON THE SEPTEMBER 15-16 FOREIGN [...] (C) POLOFF delivered reftel demarche on September 11, 2008 to Pat Kelly, European Correspondent, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). Kelly indicated that Ireland agrees with the U.S. position on Zimbabwe and fully supports international action to suppress piracy off the coast of Somalia. H [...]	2008-09-12 08:17:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV MOPS EI
08DUBLIN522	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON [...] On September 11, POLOFF conducted a site visit at IRT Consult. The company was formed in 2007 as an operating unit of CTS Health & Safety Ltd., which was founded in 2004. At present, the only employees are Darren Whyte and his spouse. The company operates from a new facility that is secured [...]	2008-09-15 07:56:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC EI
08DUBLIN523	IRELAND'S VIEWS ON UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY THIRD [...] (C) On September 12, PolOff spoke with James McIntyre, Director of Human Rights at the Department of Foreign Affairs. Ireland largely shares the same priorities as the U.S. for the Third Committee. However, Ireland believes that this year will be more difficult than ever to get support for a [...]	2008-09-15 10:58:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UN EI
08DUBLIN535	RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER WARMS UP FOR UNGA IN [...] (C) On September 22 in Dublin, Irish Foreign Minister Michael Martin met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and rejected Lavrov's claims that Russian actions in Georgia were akin to U.S. and European initiatives in Kosovo and that Russia had been compelled to invade Georgia in August [...]	2008-09-23 13:26:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EI
08DUBLIN560	IRISH VIEWS ON THE OCTOBER 13 FOREIGN MINISTERS [...] (C) POLOFF delivered demarche (Ref A) on October 9 to Pat Kelly, European Correspondent, Department of Foreign Affairs. Ireland will support continued EU sanctions in Zimbabwe until a genuine power sharing government is formed. It is encouraged by the progress it sees in Georgia and believes [...]	2008-10-10 08:14:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV EI
08DUBLIN57	IRELAND WILL FOLLOW EU ON IMPORT BAN OF BURMESE [...] (C) Ireland shares the USG's concerns regarding Burma and will implement the European Council decision to restrict investment and trade in the mining and logging sectors with Burma once the EU Commission finalizes the regulations for implementation, according to Isolde Moylan, Director, Asia a [...]	2008-01-31 12:33:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD PHUM BM EI
08DUBLIN583	IRISH AID TO GEORGIA [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-22 14:57:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EFIN GG PREL RS EUMEM KMCA KCRS EI
08DUBLIN59	IRISH DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE WILL ATTEND UN.GIFT [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-01 14:43:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG EI
08DUBLIN598	IRELAND WILL NOT ATTEND IRAN'S NOVEMBER 30 NUCLEAR [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-31 12:17:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC IR MNUC TRGY EI
08DUBLIN64	IRELAND SUPPORTS SINIORA GOVERNMENT WITHIN EU [...] (C) Summary: The Irish Government is under no illusions about the "single-minded brutality" of the Syrian regime, according to Michael Gaffey, a senior Foreign Affairs official. He added that Ireland and the EU must ensure the sovereignty and independence of the Government of Lebanon. Howev [...]	2008-02-06 14:10:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL PHUM EFIN EINV EI
08DUBLIN696	CHALLENGES FACE IRISH PRIME MINISTER IN SECOND [...] (C) Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen has reached an accord with the European Council whereby Ireland will hold a second referendum on the Lisbon Treaty by the end of October 2009 in exchange for "legally binding guarantees" from the European Council on matters of concern to the Irish electora [...]	2008-12-17 15:58:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EI
08DUBLIN80	IRELAND'S VIEWS ON FUTURE UKRAINE EU MEMBERSHIP [...] (C) Summary: Ireland does not oppose Ukraine entry into the EU, but does not see it happening anytime soon. End summary. 2. (U) On February 12, in response to an inquiry from Washington, POLOFF spoke with Ruaidhri Dowling, Deputy Director of the Russia, Eastern Europe and Central Asia sec [...]	2008-02-14 13:05:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN EI UP
08DUBLIN81	IRISH WILL RECOGNIZE KOSOVO'S INDEPENDENCE, BUT [...] (C) POLOFF delivered demarche (Ref B) on February 13, 2008 to Jim Kelly, Director, Europe and UN Coordination Division, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). Kelly reiterated the statements of DFA Political Director Rory Montgomery on January 18 (Ref C) that Ireland, without question, would r [...]	2008-02-14 13:08:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OSCE EI
08DUBLIN84	IRELAND WILLING TO DISCUSS INTEROPERABILITY ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: This is an action request; see paragraph 4. Ireland is still hoping for a complete ban on cluster munitions as part of the Oslo Process, although it recognizes that not all EU Member States agree with this position. The Irish Government recognizes that interoperability remains a [...]	2008-02-15 11:08:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PARM PREL NATO EI
08DUBLIN85	IRISH VIEWS ON THE FEBRUARY 18-19 EU FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: POLOFF delivered February GAERC demarche talking points on February 14 to Claire Buckley, Deputy European Correspondent, Department of Foreign Affairs. Ireland will recognize Kosovo fairly quickly and will strive for EU solidarity in responding to Kosovo's declaration of independ [...]	2008-02-15 11:54:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN PGOV PREL PHUM EI
08DUSHANBE1083	TAJIKISTAN: A BAD MOON RISING? [...] (C) Summary: A prominent politician and a political analyst do not foresee significant political changes in Tajikistan in the next few years. President Rahmon is a clever politician who has learned to resolve conflicts between factions and prevented serious challenges to his rule. However, h [...]	2008-08-20 11:29:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON TI
08DUSHANBE1151	TAJIKISTAN - UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY THIRD COMMITTEE [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Shermahmad Radjabovich Niyasov, Second Secretary at the State Protocol Department in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Niyasov handles issues regarding the United Nations General Assembly and will be present in New York for the UNGA this September. Conte [...]	2008-09-15 03:39:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UN
08DUSHANBE1268	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON IMPLEMENTING UN SECURITY COUNCIL [...] (SBU) On October 3, PolOff delivered reftel demarche on implementing UN Security Council resolutions on Iran to Khusrav Noziri, the Head of the Europe and Americas Department of the Tajik Ministry of Foreign Affairs. We did not receive a substantive response, but Noziri said he would pass the [...]	2008-10-06 04:10:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	MNUC KNNP IR PARM TI
08DUSHANBE1498	ELECTORAL REFORM IN TAJIKISTAN - DON'T BET ON IT [...] (SBU) Representatives from OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) visited Dushanbe last week to speak about amending electoral laws before the elections in 2010. In conjunction with this visit, OSCE held a roundtable on December 3 attended by representatives of polit [...]	2008-12-11 03:35:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM EAID KDEM PGOV TI
08DUSHANBE1553	INFORMATION ON TAJIKISTAN'S PLANS TO PURSUE NUCLEAR ENERGY [...] (SBU) Enclosed is Post's response to questions posed in reftel. GENERAL SITUATION -- Plans for the development of nuclear power; existing or planned nuclear power related facilities; foreseen expansion of these facilities? President Rahmon recently announced that his government would see [...]	2008-12-22 09:19:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG TRGY BEXP BTIO TI
08DUSHANBE1556	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel demarche on 20 November 2008. The MFA provided no substantive response to the demarche, and has given no indication that it will change its previous positions voting in favor of resolutions specifically mentioning Israel. Post will advise if the Government of Taj [...]	2008-12-23 04:34:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNGA IS PA LE SY TI
08DUSHANBE186	THE TRAPPINGS OF THE KING - HOW PRESIDENT RAHMON [...] (C) A tour of the President's biggest show project, the "Palace of the Nation," gave us a chance to see the extent of Rahmon's willingness to spend enormous sums on prestige projects, while his people sit shivering in the dark. Roberto Bertocchini (protect),the project manager for the Italian [...]	2008-02-04 03:10:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PGOV PHUM TI
08DUSHANBE222	DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO TAJIKS ON KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE [...] (C) PolOff delivered the demarche on Kosovo independence as instructed to Husrab Noziri, the newly appointed Head of American and European Affairs at the Tajik Foreign Ministry. Noziri said he would discuss the issue with his superiors, but he would not comment on Tajikistan,s position on Kosov [...]	2008-02-11 14:32:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UN UNMIK YI EU
08DUSHANBE223	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON FOLLOW-UP INFORMATION [...] (S) PolOff delivered the non-paper on Air Koryo flight JS-621 as instructed to Husrab Noziri, the newly appointed Head of American and European Affairs of the Tajik Foreign Ministry. We passed a Russian version of the non-paper to ensure that there would be no miscommunication. Noziri said h [...]	2008-02-11 14:46:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL TI
08DUSHANBE224	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON FOLLOW-UP INFORMATION [...] (U) This message is being resent to correct the classification. 2. (S) PolOff delivered the non-paper on Air Koryo flight JS-621 as instructed to Husrab Noziri, the newly appointed Head of American and European Affairs of the Tajik Foreign Ministry. We passed a Russian version of the non-p [...]	2008-02-12 04:05:00	Embassy Dushanbe	SECRET	PARM PREL TI
08DUSHANBE240	TAJIKISTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON DEFENDING THE [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered the demarche on defending the U.S. Kosovo position in the OSCE to Muzafar Huseinov, the acting Head of Department for International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and to his deputy, Jamshed Khamidov. Huseinov said that Tajikistan was aware of Serbia,s [...]	2008-02-15 14:02:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TI
08DUSHANBE266	TAJIKISTAN: FOLLOW-UP DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON U.S. [...] (C) PolOff delivered latest demarche (reftel) to Husrav Nosiri, the Director of the Foreign Ministry's Department of American and European Affairs. He said that Tajikistan did not yet have a position on Kosovo independence, but the Government of Tajikistan was "discussing the issue seriously." [...]	2008-02-21 05:35:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KV TI
08DUSHANBE376	INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT HUMAN RIGHTS SECTOR IN [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Tajikistan makes it difficult for NGOs to operate effectively in the human rights and democracy sector, and the NGO community has resigned itself to the fact that significant improvements are simply not possible in the current environment. The presence of intern [...]	2008-03-06 06:49:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TI
08DUSHANBE387	TAJIKISTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON SOLIDARITY WITH [...] (C) PolOff delivered the demarche on expressing support for Kosovo's independence at the ministerial summit of the Organization of the Islamic Conference to Jamshed Khamidov, Counselor in the Department for International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Head of the Depart [...]	2008-03-07 13:50:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC UNMIK KV TI
08DUSHANBE457	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UPDATED SCHEDULE OF FLIGHT [...] (S) PolOff delivered the non-paper on the Air Koryo charter flight as instructed to Husrav Nosiri, the Head of American and European Affairs at the Tajik Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He understood the importance of the information we provided, and he said that he would pass the information on [...]	2008-04-04 10:42:00	Embassy Dushanbe	SECRET	PARM PREL KNNP ISN EAP NEA TI
08DUSHANBE493	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON TRAVEL RESTRICTION REQUIREMENTS IN [...] (SBU) PolOff and ConOff delivered the demarche on UNSCRs 1737, 1747 and 1803 to Yatimsho Musofirov, the Deputy Head of the Consular Department of the Tajik Ministry of Foreign Affairs. We gave Musofirov a non-paper detailing the points raised in reftel, and described the measures the United St [...]	2008-04-09 10:24:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	MNUC KNNP UNSC IR TI
08DUSHANBE527	TAJIK OFFICIAL SEES NO CALL FOR ALARM IN [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 15, PolOff met with Mirzosharif Islomodinov, Isfara's parliamentary representative, to discuss border issues raised in reftels. Islomodinov did not think that the conflicts over water would amount to serious tension between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, and he was confide [...]	2008-04-16 09:50:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV TI KG
08DUSHANBE591	POLOFF GAINS ACCESS TO TAJIK PRISONS, VISITS [...] (C) Summary: On April 24, PolOff visited Sobit Vakhidov and Rahmiddin Sharopov, both returnees from Guantanamo now held in Tajik prison, pursuant to a 2006 agreement between the United States and Tajikistan. There were numerous bureaucratic complications in gaining access to them, and we were [...]	2008-04-28 06:38:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PINR PTER KJUS KDRG TI
08DUSHANBE592	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UPDATED SCHEDULE OF FLIGHT [...] (S) PolOff delivered the non-paper on the Air Koryo charter flight as instructed to the Tajik Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ministry officials informed us on April 28 that they had sent the information on the flight to the State Committee for National Security, which is the responsible institu [...]	2008-04-28 13:43:00	Embassy Dushanbe	SECRET	PARM PREL KNNP TI
08DUSHANBE654	TAJIKISTAN - KHOROG'S QUIET DISCONTENTS [...] (C) Summary: During an April 24-25 visit to Khorog, the capital of the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region of Tajikistan encompassing the Pamir mountains, conversations with civil society, political figures, and administrators showed a region with severe economic difficulties, resentment of the [...]	2008-05-08 07:14:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON PREL PGOV PHUM TI
08DUSHANBE69	TAJIKISTAN,S ISLAMIC REVIVAL PARTY: A FORMIDABLE [...] (SBU) Summary: Following his re-election in September 2007 as Islamic Revival Party Chairman, Muhuddin Kabiri promised to continue modernizing the party and increase party membership (reftel). Meetings throughout the country confirm that the Party has benefited from government policies that [...]	2008-01-10 06:21:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KISL KDEM TI
08DUSHANBE888	KOSOVO DEMARCHE DELIVERED; TAJIKISTAN NOT LIKELY [...] (C) Per reftel, PolOff delivered a demarche on Kosovo to Khusrav Noziri, the Head of American and European Affairs at the Tajik Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Noziri gave his standard response ) he will pass the information we provided to his superiors. 2. (C) PolOff prompted Noziri by obser [...]	2008-07-03 11:18:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI TI KV
08DUSHANBE983	MUSLIM OPPOSITION PARTY LEADER DISCUSSES [...] (C) Summary: Muhiddin Kabiri, the Chairman of the Islamic Revival Party, does not believe that Tajikistan will implement significant changes to the country's electoral legislation without significant pressure from the international community. He believes that the Government's misguided policy [...]	2008-07-28 12:33:00	Embassy Dushanbe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV TI
08ECTION01OF02MANAMA492	BAHRAIN SEEKS IOM'S ASSISTANCE TO COBAT TIP [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-24 06:20:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM KWMN ASEC BA PHUM
08FRANKFURT124	Hesse Election Preview: CDU's Koch Steals the Headlines in [...] SUMMARY. Two weeks before the state elections in Hesse, Roland Koch (CDU) has made the controversial issue of immigrant juvenile crime a centerpiece of his campaign. The move has captured media attention and stolen the spotlight from rival parties in an election that, along with two others [...]	2008-01-11 14:49:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL GM
08FRANKFURT1752	All Eyes on Left Party as Saarland Prepares for State [...] (U) SUMMARY: The announcement by Oskar Lafontaine, co-chair of the federal Left Party, that he will run as the Left Party's Minister President candidate in next year's Saarland state elections has alarmed the other parties and primes the Left Party for a strong showing. The latest statewide p [...]	2008-06-04 11:39:00	Consulate Frankfurt	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GM
08FRANKFURT1756	Hesse's Ypsilanti Could Again Raise SPD-Left Party [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: More than four months after the Hesse state elections of January 2008 and more than two months of a CDU minority caretaker government, none of the political parties have been able to find an answer to the ongoing political stalemate. Cooperation on individual legislation in the [...]	2008-06-04 12:26:00	Consulate Frankfurt	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GM
08FRANKFURT2701	Hesse SPD Reignites Left Party Cooperation Debate [...] SUMMARY: The Hesse SPD is once again playing with fire by moving forward with plans to form a SPD-Green minority government supported by the Left Party. Simply reopening the question of cooperation with the Left has already unleashed a firestorm of debate in the national press, fomented infigh [...]	2008-08-28 12:16:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL GM
08FRANKFURT2702	Hesse SPD Reignites Left Party Cooperation Debate [...] SUMMARY: The Hesse SPD is once again playing with fire by moving forward with plans to form a SPD-Green minority government supported by the Left Party. Simply reopening the question of cooperation with the Left has already unleashed a firestorm of debate in the national press, fomented infigh [...]	2008-08-28 12:16:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL GM
08FRANKFURT3463	German State Pioneers Islamic Instruction in the Schools [...] Summary: In 2006 the southern German state of Baden Wuerttemberg became the first state in Germany to offer Islam, alongside Catholicism, Protestantism and Judaism, as a subject for religious instruction in some public schools, reflecting the state's recognition of Islam's place in society and [...]	2008-11-24 13:46:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV KISL KIRF GM
08FREETOWN154	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH DIASPORA PARLIAMENTARIANS [...] SUMMARY: On March 26, Ambassador Perry, the public affairs officer, and poloff met with 13 Members of Parliament (MPs) who have returned from the diaspora, as well as representatives of the National Democratic Institute (NDI). Many in the group spent at least a decade in either the United Stat [...]	2008-03-31 17:04:00	Embassy Freetown	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM SL
08FREETOWN163	CELEBRATING WOMEN,S HISTORY MONTH AND LOOKING TO [...] (U) SUMMARY: To honor Women's History Month in Freetown, post hosted a series of events and programs aimed at empowering women with knowledge and providing forums through which to share information and ideas. The recent passage of three gender bills created a foundation and focus for most of t [...]	2008-04-03 16:39:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPAO KWMN PHUM SL
08FREETOWN183	UNGIFT TIP WORKSHOP IN SIERRA LEONE: A LIMITED [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 8-9 2008, the Ministry of Internal Affairs hosted a workshop co-organized by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) entitled "Building Capacities of the National Task Force In Control of Trafficking in Persons in Conflict and Post Conflict Contexts." The sta [...]	2008-04-15 17:16:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KCRM KWMN ELAB SL
08FREETOWN209	PRELIMINARY MEETING OF THE JOINT DRUG INTERDICTION [...] (U) SUMMARY: On April 23, a preliminary meeting of the Sierra Leone Joint Drug Interdiction Task Force (JDITF) was held under the leadership of the UN Senior Police Advisor. Poloff attended the meeting and provided technical assistance on possible next steps, as the task force currently has a [...]	2008-05-02 13:03:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KCRM PINR SL
08FREETOWN215	SIERRA LEONE: ACTIVISTS FOR DEMOCRACY AND [...] The Chief of Mission, working closely with the embassy team, is pleased to report significant progress in efforts to achieve the President's Freedom Agenda. As reported recently in the 2007 Human Rights Report, the Advancing Democracy and Freedom Report, and the Advancing Democratic Values Act [...]	2008-05-06 16:39:00	Embassy Freetown	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL SL
08FREETOWN244	PRE-ELECTION CONFIDENCE FROM CHIEF COMMISSIONER [...] (C) SUMMARY: This is the first in a series of messages leading up to the July 5 local elections in Sierra Leone. On May 15, Ambassador Perry, accompanied by Poloff, met with the National Electoral Chief Commissioner, Christiana Thorpe, to discuss preparations for the July 5 local elections. Tho [...]	2008-05-27 14:31:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR SL

08FREETOWN251	NIGERIAN HIGH COMMISSIONER TO FOCUS ON ECONOMIC [...] SUMMARY (C) On May 22, Ambassador Perry met with Godson Echegile, the new Nigerian High Commissioner to Sierra Leone. Also in attendance were the Poloff and the Nigerian Minister, Mohammed Bambale. Ambassador welcomed the High Commissioner, who arrived in Freetown two weeks ago. This is his fir [...]	2008-05-30 11:21:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SL
08FREETOWN261	SIERRA LEONE: MANDATORY REPORT ON FORCED LABOR AND [...] Forced and child labor are known to be problems in Sierra Leone, primarily for the provision of services and in diamond mining. Exploitation is also suspected in quarries, and the rubber, timber, and fishing industries. These particular industries are the subject of in-country research by an i [...]	2008-06-03 11:40:00	Embassy Freetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SL
08FREETOWN316	SIERRA LEONE'S JULY 5 ELECTIONS: MULTILATERAL [...] (C) As indicated in ref A, International Community (IC)Partners agreed to provide support and encouragement (as well as funding) to help guide Sierra Leone's July 5th local elections to the kind of success experienced in the country's 2007 national races. To date, these have included actions [...]	2008-07-02 14:17:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM KWMN PGOV PREL SL
08FREETOWN328	SIERRA LEONE CONDUCTS PEACEFUL LOCAL ELECTIONS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Per reftel C, Sierra Leone's local elections on July 5 were peaceful and generally transparent. While situational reports are still being shared among stakeholders and observers, initial information-gathering efforts indicate that the elections had relatively few technical irregul [...]	2008-07-10 10:31:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PREL PGOV SL
08FREETOWN329	SIERRA LEONE AGOA FORUM DELEGATION UPDATE [...] (U) Despite continued engagement with Government of Sierra Leone representatives, post is still awaiting confirmation on the composition of the AGOA Forum delegation. During July 10 meeting (septel),Minister of Finance informed Ambassador and Poloff that he thought Sierra Leone should have a d [...]	2008-07-10 10:55:00	Embassy Freetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV EFIN EAID SL
08FREETOWN333	SPOTLIGHT BACK ON THE ECONOMY WITH THE MINISTER OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Perry and Poloff met with Minister of Finance and International Development David Carew on July 10 to discuss the Government of Sierra Leone's (GoSL) economic and development agenda for the coming months. With the spotlight slowing dimming on the political realm in the [...]	2008-07-14 09:27:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL SL
08FREETOWN366	RUMORS OF CABINET CHANGES ABOUND IN SIERRA LEONE [...] (C) SUMMARY: While whispers of a possible cabinet reshuffle have been heard in Sierra Leone for several months, the whispers have escalated into a roar recently in numerous local press reports. While Government of Sierra Leone (GoSL) representatives are officially denying imminent changes in t [...]	2008-07-23 17:05:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL SL
08FREETOWN379	UNDP ENHANCING COLLABORATION & FOCUS IN SIERRA [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Perry and Poloff met with Samuel Nyambi, Resident Representative for UNDP, on July 10. Mr. Nyambi will spend approximately two months in Sierra Leone to provide needed guidance to the UNDP mission, which has suffered somewhat over the past seven months due to lack of le [...]	2008-08-01 10:49:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL PGOV SL
08FREETOWN380	SIERRA LEONE DELEGATION FOR 63RD UN GENERAL [...] (U) In accordance with reftel A, please see the following information regarding the Government of Sierra Leone (GoSL) delegation to the 63rd UN General Assembly. This information, an update to details provided in previous meetings, was relayed in a July 31 meeting between the Ambassador and the [...]	2008-08-01 11:40:00	Embassy Freetown	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA
08FREETOWN387	SIERRA LEONE ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT AGOA FORUM [...] Summary: Government of Sierra Leone (GoSL) officials on July 31 expressed gratitude to the Ambassador for facilitating their participation in the recent AGOA Forum, and shared preliminary plans to capitalize on AGOA opportunities. Both the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperat [...]	2008-08-05 08:38:00	Embassy Freetown	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD SL
08FREETOWN401	SIZE DOESN'T MATTER: SIERRA LEONE INDUSTRIES FACE [...] SUMMARY: On August 8, CDA, Poloff, and Economic Assistant visited a textiles factory and a brewery. Though the companies differ considerably in terms of size, capital investment, and ownership, managers pointed to the same challenges impeding growth and profitability. A subsequent meeting with [...]	2008-08-13 12:52:00	Embassy Freetown	UNCLASSIFIED	EIND ECON EFIN SL
08FREETOWN403	MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS DISCUSSES COCAINE [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador, DCM, Poloff, and Deskoff met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MFA) and key members of her staff on July 31. The Minister promised to provide assistance in guaranteeing regular consular visits for the detained AmCit connected to the r [...]	2008-08-13 13:05:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SNAR SL
08FREETOWN417	PARTY FRACAS ENDS IN VIOLENCE FOR JOURNALISTS [...] (U) Summary: An altercation between SLPP and APC supporters took a nasty turn on August 13, resulting in damage to the SLPP Headquarters and the Freetown City Council Offices, looting, and injuries. Sierra Leone Police (SLP) on hand for crowd control allegedly intensified the situation by fir [...]	2008-08-25 16:39:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL SL
08FREETOWN42	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH SPECIAL COURT HONORABLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador and Poloff met with Honorable Justice Benjamin Itoe, Presiding Justice of Trial Chamber I, on January 30. Justice Itoe expressed his appreciation for the support provided to the Special Court of Sierra Leone (SCSL) by the United States Government, and reiterated his com [...]	2008-02-01 12:19:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	KAWC KJUS PGOV PREL SL
08FREETOWN524	OCTOBER POLITICAL ROUND-UP - FREETOWN [...] (U) Summary: This is the first in a series of monthly political reporting cables providing a brief snapshot on notable current events and party politics. Questions about the items listed can be directed to Political/Economic Officer Amy LeMar (lemaran@state.gov). End Summary. -------------- [...]	2008-11-03 17:24:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR SL
08FREETOWN529	COCAINE CASE PROGRESS: GOVERNMENT TIPS THEIR HAND [...] (S) Summary: Meetings with the President of Sierra Leone and the Minister of Foreign Affairs the week of October 27 brought incremental progress in propelling the cocaine case out of its current intertia (reftel). Though the meeting between President Koroma, Ambassador, and DEA officials seeme [...]	2008-11-07 12:28:00	Embassy Freetown	SECRET	PGOV PREL SNAR SL
08FREETOWN530	MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS DISHES ON FELLOW [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador and Poloff met with Foreign Affairs Minister Zainab Bangura on October 30. Bangura discussed travel schedules, the need for donor coordination, and outcomes from the President's various recent meetings in New York and Washington. She also spoke candidly about challenges [...]	2008-11-07 12:36:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SL
08FREETOWN558	FILLING THE VOID IN THE SCSL APPEALS CHAMBER [...] (C) Summary: Poloff met with a highly-placed source within the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) on November 25 to discuss the implications of Justice Raja Fernando's death on the Appeals Chamber. Source commented that, beyond the legal issues themselves, members of the Chamber select the C [...]	2008-11-26 15:31:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	KAWC KJUS PHUM PINR SL
08FREETOWN563	NOVEMBER POLITICAL ROUND-UP - FREETOWN [...] (C) Summary: In November, the Freetown political scene focused on government budgeting and management issues. The 2009 budget, released November 21, revealed that the global economic crisis is having only small effects in Sierra Leone at the moment. The real GDP growth rate and national inflat [...]	2008-12-01 16:58:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM SL
08FREETOWN62	SCSL MEETINGS: NEW HOPE FOR IMPROVED RELATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador and Poloff met with Honorable Justice George Galaga King, President of the Special Court of Sierra Leone (SCSL),and with Herman von Hebel and Binta Mansaray, Registrar and Deputy Registrar of the SCSL, respectively, on separate occasioQon February 7. While the SCSL rep [...]	2008-02-15 13:18:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KAWC KJUS UNSC SL
08FREETOWN72	SCSL APPEALS CHAMBER DELIVERS FINAL JUDGMENT IN AFRC CASE [...] SUMMARY: The Appeals Chamber of the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) handed down its first judgment on February 22, upholding lengthy sentences for three former leaders of the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (AFRC). The Court effectively dismissed all of the Defense grounds of appeal, [...]	2008-02-25 17:20:00	Embassy Freetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KAWC KJUS PHUM SL
08GABORONE1125	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UN HARMONIZATION [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-23 13:56:00	Embassy Gaborone	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNGA APER AMGT BC
08GABORONE1127	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IRAN UN VOTE [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-23 14:53:00	Embassy Gaborone	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL BC
08GABORONE1128	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNESCO DG [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-23 14:54:00	Embassy Gaborone	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNESCO BC
08GABORONE1136	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UN PEACEKEEPING OPERATION IN [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-29 15:13:00	Embassy Gaborone	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNGA SO BC
08GABORONE979	FROM THE MOUTHS OF BABES - BOTSWANA PUBLIC OPINION [...] (U) United Nations Day was celebrated in Botswana on October 24 in Kang, a small, remote way station on the Trans-Kalahari Highway in the Central Kalahari District. The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Phandu Skelemani, many other GOB officials, and representatives f [...]	2008-11-10 07:51:00	Embassy Gaborone	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ZI BC
08GABORONE989	GOB WILL OPPOSE NO ACTION VOTES IN THIRD COMMITTEE [...] (C) In a meeting November 12 with PolOff, Director of the Department of Multilateral Affairs in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Mmamosadinyana Punkie Josephine Molefe stated that Botswana will oppose all no-action motions concerning Iran, Burma and the DPRK expect [...]	2008-11-13 10:52:00	Embassy Gaborone	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL SU BC
08GABORONE990	BOTSWANA TO RESPECT DESIGNATION OF IRANIAN [...] In a meeting November 12, concerning the designation of the Export Development Bank of Iran (EDBI) and its affiliates under E.O. 13382, the Director of the Department of Multilateral Affairs in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Mmamosadinyana Punkie Josephine Molefe [...]	2008-11-13 10:52:00	Embassy Gaborone	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC PREL EFIN IR BC
08GABORONE992	GOB TO RESPECT DESIGNATION OF GULF-BASED AL-QAIDA [...] (SBU) PolOff met with the Director of the Department of Multilateral Affairs in Botswana's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Mmamosadinyana Punkie Josephine Molefe November 12. PolOff discussed the UN Security Council 1267 Sanctions Committee approval to add three Gulf- [...]	2008-11-13 13:32:00	Embassy Gaborone	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL PINR UNSC BA QT BC
08GENEVA1128	DECEMBER 17-18 GENEVA TALKS ON GEORGIA: SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: During the December 17-18 Geneva Talks on Georgia, the parties in the Security Working Group failed to reach agreement on a draft paper that would have established an "Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism." The Mechanism would have consisted of weekly consultative meetings [...]	2008-12-29 15:46:00	US Mission Geneva	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS GG
08GENEVA882	COLOMBIAN AMBASSADOR ON BAD NEIGHBORS, GRULAC, AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Colombian Ambassador to the UN in Geneva and soon-to-be-appointed Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs, Clemencia Forero Ucros, called on Ambassador Tichenor on October 7 to present Colombia's forthcoming submission under the Universal Periodic Review mechanism and to explain Colomb [...]	2008-10-23 14:24:00	US Mission Geneva	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM UNHRC CO
08GENEVA915	UK MAY CONSIDER WITHDRAWAL FROM DURBAN REVIEW [...] (C) SUMMARY: The UK ambassador in Geneva privately told the Charge on October 31 that HMG might withdraw from the Durban process early in 2009 if that process did not improve and UK redlines were crossed. In that and a previous meeting, the UK delegation said that maintaining EU consensus o [...]	2008-11-03 16:30:00	US Mission Geneva	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNHRC UK
08GEORGETOWN538	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE PRIORITIES [...] (SBU) On September 10, Poloff delivered reftel demarche points to Lesley Dowridge-Collins, Director of Multilateral Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Per reftel instructions, Poloff also highlighted the GoG's voting pattern on similar resolutions in previous years, noting that Guyana [...]	2008-09-18 12:41:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL UN GY
08GEORGETOWN539	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNAIDS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR [...] (U) On September 10, Poloff delivered reftel points to Lesley Dowridge-Collins, Director of Multilateral Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ms. Dowridge-Collins affirmed that she would relay the information for internal consideration. Post does not anticipate receiving further word ab [...]	2008-09-18 12:42:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	KHIV UNGA EAID GY
08GEORGETOWN556	(C) GUYANA PRISION OFFICIALS CHARGED IN INMATE DEATH [...] (C) Media report two mid-level prison officials were charged with manslaughter following a Guyana Prison Systems (GPS) investigation into the beating and July 11 death of Edwin Niles after guards found him with seven rounds of ammunition. An autopsy revealed an arm fracture and determined the [...]	2008-09-22 20:38:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	GY PGOV PHUM CASC
08GUANGZHOU590	SOUTH CHINA REPORTING OFFICERS CONFERENCE, SEPTEMBER 24-27, [...] (U) Summary: The September 24-27 2008 South China Reporting Officers Conference - with participation by officers from Embassy Beijing, Consulate General Shanghai, Consulate General Hong Kong, the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT),and Consulate General Guangzhou - addressed four main themes: r [...]	2008-10-09 09:20:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA PREL ECON PGOV CH TW HK
08GUATEMALA1018	DEMARCHE ON 2009 SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS DRAFT [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-11 18:11:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SOCI ECON EFIN ENRG ETRD KSUM GT
08GUATEMALA1056	(C) CONTROVERSIAL PROSECUTOR, OTHERS BEING REMOVED [...] (C) President Colom is acting on CICIG's advice to remove from the Attorney General's Office senior personnel suspected of corruption or complicity in criminal activity. Six employees tendered their resignations during the week of August 11-15, and a seventh, Chief Homicide Prosecutor Matus, [...]	2008-08-19 21:00:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SNAR KCRM PINR MOPS GT
08GUATEMALA1072	GUATEMALA, DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-21 20:58:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC IR GM PREL PARM EFIN GT
08GUATEMALA1078	CHIEF HOMICIDE PROSECUTOR ANNOUNCES RESIGNATION [...] (U) Alvaro Matus, Chief Prosecutor of the Homicides Unit of the Attorney General's Office, announced August 20 that he will resign effective September 1. Matus cited personal and professional reasons for his decision. Reportedly, new Attorney General Velasquez had called for his resignation. [...]	2008-08-22 17:54:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS KCRM PGOV SNAR PINR MOPS GT
08GUATEMALA1087	MERIDA INITIATIVE: GUATEMALAN PRISON CONDITIONS [...] Summary: Guatemala's prison system is in desperate need of reform, according to officials who have worked on efforts to improve prison conditions under the previous and current administrations. Inadequate security measures, overcrowding, and ineffective rehabilitation programs, compounded by a [...]	2008-08-27 22:18:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PGOV KJUS GT
08GUATEMALA1124	GUATEMALAN FOREIGN MINISTRY CREATES HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICE [...] The Foreign Ministry created an office to coordinate Guatemala's human rights agenda with national institutions, multilateral organizations, and embassies. The "Directorate of Human Rights, Rights of the Indigenous Peoples, Environment, Culture, and International Humanitarian Rights" is headed [...]	2008-09-04 22:40:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM KJUS SOCI UN GT
08GUATEMALA1162	GUATEMALA: DEMARCHE ON UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE HUMAN [...] (U) Poloff delivered ref A talking points on the upcoming United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) Third Committee session to Luis Carranza, Director for Multilateral Policy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and solicited GOG support for U.S. priority resolutions. 2. (C) According to Carran [...]	2008-09-16 17:26:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UN GT
08GUATEMALA1179	GUATEMALA: DEMARCHE ON UNAIDS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-17 18:34:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	KHIV UNGA EAID GT
08GUATEMALA1232	DEMARCHE ON GUATEMALA TIP TIER 2 WATCH LIST ACTION [...] Poloff delivered reftel demarche and non-paper to Erick Maldonado, Director of Consular and Immigration Affairs in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Alexander Colop, Chief Prosecutor of the Anti-TIP Unit of the Attorney General's Office; and Ana Maria Mendez, Chief Defender of Immigrants' Right [...]	2008-10-01 20:18:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG KJUS PGOV GT
08GUATEMALA1247	GUATEMALA: DRAFT OF U.S. SPONSORED UNGA RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-03 16:55:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM CDG PREL UNGA GT
08GUATEMALA1333	HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER'S FAMILY MEMBER KIDNAPPED, [...] (C) On October 19, at approximately noon, the son-in-law of human rights defender Norma Cruz, Director of NGO "Fundacion Sobrevivientes" (Survivors Foundation),was assaulted and kidnapped while walking home from a soccer game in Guatemala City. He was reportedly forced inside a vehicle where [...]	2008-10-27 22:54:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KCRM KTIP KWMN SMIG PGOV GT
08GUATEMALA135	MURDERS OF BUS DRIVERS PUT GOG UNDER PRESSURE [...] (U) Summary: On February 5, five bus drivers and one assistant were killed in attacks across the capital. Robberies and attacks directed against the public transportation sector are routine, but the number and nature of the February 5 attacks has sparked intense media coverage, opposition crit [...]	2008-02-11 13:38:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCRM ASEC KJUS PTER SNAR ESA GT
08GUATEMALA1352	GUATEMALA'S INDIGENOUS POPULATION STRUGGLES FOR [...] (C) With 22 Mayan indigenous groups, it is unlikely that Guatemala's splintered indigenous population will unite in the short term around the idea of a common ethnic identity, as was possible in Bolivia. Supporters of the political movement Winaq believe that only an indigenous political part [...]	2008-10-30 18:40:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PHUM SOCI SNAR EAID GT
08GUATEMALA1367	DEMARCHE: U.S. CANDIDACY FOR INTER-AMERICAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-31 17:39:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	OAS KWMN PGOV PREL GT
08GUATEMALA1410	GUATEMALA TO SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDACY FOR [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-12 14:30:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	OAS KWMN PGOV PREL GT
08GUATEMALA1458	EXHUMATIONS HELP GUATEMALAN FAMILIES FIND CLOSURE [...] (U) Summary: Exhumations are helping bring closure to family members of the estimated 150 victims of a 1982 massacre in Lacama Segundo, an indigenous community in Chichicastenango, Quiche Department, an area that saw intense fighting during Guatemala's internal conflict. With the support of v [...]	2008-11-21 11:10:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM EAID PGOV KDEM KJUS SOCI GT
08GUATEMALA1466	GUATEMALA: DEMARCHE ON UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-25 12:07:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNGA IS PA LE SY GT
08GUATEMALA1468	GUATEMALA CITY'S ZONE 18, THE OTHER SIDE OF THE [...] (SBU) Introduction: On November 18, Poloffs toured Guatemala City's high crime district of Zone 18 to examine political and economic issues in a part of the capital less frequented by Embassy staff. As part of the visit officers toured a local market, met with local community leaders, visite [...]	2008-11-26 07:13:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON SOCI ELAB ENRG PGOV GT
08GUATEMALA1475	GUATEMALA: DEMARCHE TO INCREASE PLENARY SUPPORT OF [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-01 10:30:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	MNUC PARM PREL UNGA GT
08GUATEMALA1487	FOREIGN MINISTRY DISCUSSES CHALLENGES FOR [...] (U) Summary: During a recent meeting with poloffs, senior Foreign Ministry officials discussed advances and challenges affecting Guatemala's multi-ethnic indigenous population. They underscored the GOG's commitment to human rights and its desire to facilitate exchanges with indigenous groups i [...]	2008-12-02 15:33:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PHUM SOCI SNAR EAID GT
08GUATEMALA1497	GUATEMALA: FY 2009 ANTI-TRAFFICKING PROJECT [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-04 11:34:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIP PHUM KWMN KCRM SMIG PREL PGOV GT
08GUATEMALA1503	GUATEMALA: UN DEMOCRACY FUND INVITATION FOR GRANT [...] Per reftel, Poloff, in coordination with USAID/Guatemala, will provide information about the UN Democracy Fund to civil society and encourage organizations to submit project proposals via the Fund's website before December 31. 2. Poloff demarched Luis Carranza, Director for Multilateral Pol [...]	2008-12-04 17:27:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KDEM KWMN UNGA GT
08GUATEMALA1535	GUATEMALA: DEMARCHE ON UNITED NATIONS [...] (SBU) On May 27, Poloff delivered reftel demarche and talking points to Leila Villatoro, Deputy Director of Multilateral Policy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Villatoro thanked Poloff for the material but had no immediate comment on the GOG's position on the issue. McFarland [...]	2008-12-15 13:50:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT AORC APER PREL UNGA GT
08GUATEMALA1547	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN [...] Summary: Ambassador and Embassy officers met November 24 with a delegation of American and Guatemalan activists organized by a U.S.-based women's rights NGO to discuss violence against women in Guatemala. Delegation members expressed their concern over the climate of impunity and the level o [...]	2008-12-17 14:56:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN PHUM KCRM KJUS KDEM SOCI GT
08GUATEMALA1579	POVERTY AND VIOLENCE PLAGUE GUATEMALA CITY'S ZONE 7 [...] Summary: On December 11, poloffs toured a 10-kilometer stretch of Guatemala City's Zone 7, considered a dangerous "red zone" of high criminal activity, and met with government, NGO and community representatives to better understand the issues affecting this marginalized portion of the capital. [...]	2008-12-24 09:27:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KCRM SOCI KWMN ASEC ELAB ECON GT
08GUATEMALA1592	VICE PRESIDENT ESPADA SPEAKS OUT ON WEAKNESS OF [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 17, Vice President Rafael Espada delivered the keynote address at the graduation ceremony for the National Strategic Studies Program. Espada criticized Guatemalan political parties, including his own UNE party, as personal vehicles rather than genuine institutions. [...]	2008-12-30 11:20:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR PINR PREL GT
08GUATEMALA160	GUATEMALAN RESPONSE TO OSLO PROCESS DEMARCHE [...] (C) On February 15, Poloff delivered reftel A demarche to Leila Villatoro, Deputy Director of Multilateral Policy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, regarding the upcoming Oslo Process meeting on cluster munitions. Poloff left the military utility and interoperability papers provided in reft [...]	2008-02-15 17:36:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PARM PREL NATO UN GT
08GUATEMALA264	GUATEMALA: DEMARCHE ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND HUMAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-03 22:15:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	KGHG MV PGOV PHUM PREL UNHCR GT
08GUATEMALA327	GUATEMALA'S INPUT FOR 2008 TIP REPORT (APRIL 2007 [...] Post submits the following information (keyed to ref A) on anti-trafficking efforts undertaken by the Guatemalan government between April 2007 and March 2008 in the areas of prevention, protection and assistance to trafficked victims, and investigation and prosecution of traffickers. While ch [...]	2008-03-13 22:37:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB GT
08GUATEMALA328	GUATEMALAN WOMEN'S GROUPS PRESENT 100-DAY PLAN [...] (U) Summary: Women's groups congregated in front of the National Palace, Congress, and the Supreme Court on March 5 to present to the government a 100-day plan for women. First Lady Sandra Torres de Colom pledged her support to advance their agenda and promised to deliver the plan to Presiden [...]	2008-03-13 22:47:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWMN KCRM PHUM KJUS KDEM PGOV SOCI GT
08GUATEMALA353	DECLASSIFICATION OF FOUR MILITARY PLANS RULED [...] (U) Summary: On March 5, the Constitutional Court unanimously rejected the appeal of former General Efrain Rios Montt and affirmed the decision of an appeals court to declassify four military plans executed during the early 1980s at the height of the country's 36-year internal conflict. The [...]	2008-03-18 22:51:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS MARR PHUM KDEM KCRM PGOV GT
08GUATEMALA357	LABOR VICE MINISTER HIGHLIGHTS SOCIAL ISSUES AND [...] Summary: During a March 17 meeting with poloff, Labor Vice Minister Mario Illescas discussed some of the challenges facing the Labor Ministry and some of his initiatives to address social issues, including labor compliance and public transport security. He expressed concern over the low salar [...]	2008-03-19 19:31:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB SOCI PHUM KDEM KJUS GT PGOV
08GUATEMALA371	RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] Poloff delivered reftel talking points to Luis Carranza, Director of Multilateral Policy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, seeking GOG support for DPRK mandate extension and support for the other country-specific mandates that are up for renewal. Carranza said that Guatemala would not oppose [...]	2008-03-25 22:27:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM PJUS PREL SOCI GT
08GUATEMALA398	USG-FUNDED PROJECT TO STRENGTHEN GUATEMALA'S LABOR [...] USG-funded CAFTA-DR labor project "Cumple y Gana" and the Guatemalan Apparel and Textile Industry Commission (VESTEX) signed an agreement March 12 to design and develop an organizational conflict resolution system, which will include two groups of trained mediators specialized in organizational [...]	2008-03-28 22:59:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ETRD PHUM KJUS KDEM GT
08GUATEMALA448	GUATEMALAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON IRAN TRAVEL BAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-10 15:31:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP PARM NSG IR MNUC GT
08GUATEMALA465	GUATEMALA: BLUE LANTERN 050062674 AND 050095703 [...] Summary: On April 11, Poloff accompanied PM/DTCC Officers Judd Stitziel and Kyle Ballard on the post-shipment end-use check of STI Guatemala per Reftel A. Officers toured the STI Office and met with STI owner Estuardo Gomez. STI has yet to receive the 100 .22 caliber handguns authorized un [...]	2008-04-15 21:57:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KMOC GT
08GUATEMALA466	SANTA ROSA RELOCATION PROJECT SUCCESSFULLY [...] SUMMARY: On April 14, the last two Guatemalan families were relocated from the village of Santa Rosa inside the territory of Belize. The move brings to an end one of the longest-running and high-profile irritants in the Guatemala-Belize bilateral relationship. The OAS Adjacency Zone Office p [...]	2008-04-15 22:18:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PTER SNAR GT
08GUATEMALA514	GUATEMALA: DEMARCHE ON US-EU PRISONERS OF [...] Poloff delivered reftel demarche and non-paper to Luis Carranza, Director for Multilateral Policy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Carranza stated that he will recommend Guatemala's co-sponsorship of the US-EU Prisoners of Conscience Declaration to the Minister of Foreign Affairs. 2. [...]	2008-04-23 19:47:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	EUN PHUM PREL PGOV GT
08GUATEMALA531	GUATEMALA: DEMARCHE ON NPT PREPARATORY COMMITTEE [...] Poloff delivered reftel demarche, non-paper, and the U.S.-proposed papers to Luis Carranza, Director for Multilateral Policy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),in advance of the upcoming Non-Proliferation Treaty Preparatory Committee Meeting in Geneva. 2. Carranza stated that the MFA [...]	2008-04-25 17:11:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT IAEA GT
08GUATEMALA566	GUATEMALA: FOLLOW-UP DEMARCHE ON NPT PREPARATORY [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-02 16:31:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT IAEA GT
08GUATEMALA590	GUATEMALA: DEMARCHE ON UNSC RESOLUTION ON SOMALI [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-07 22:40:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM UNSC SO XW GT
08GUATEMALA632	GUATEMALA SUBMITS REPORT ON UNSCR 1803 [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-20 13:56:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN AORC ETRD TRGY KNNP UNSC IR GT
08GUATEMALA644	TRANSPORTATION CRISIS LOOMS FOR COLOM [...] (U) Transportation problems are looming for the Colom Administration as a 15-day "State of Prevention" draws to a close May 21. On May 7, President Colom declared a nationwide "State of Prevention," which suspended all strikes and protests, to restore order after truck drivers demonstrated in [...]	2008-05-21 05:09:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON SOCI ELAB ENRG PGOV GT
08GUATEMALA703	GUATEMALA: 2008 TIP REPORT PRESS GUIDANCE AND [...] On June 3, in advance of the public release of the 2008 TIP Report, poloff delivered reftel talking points and provided the text of the TIP Report narrative for Guatemala to Luis Carranza, Director for Multilateral Policy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Embassy will place an op-ed in loca [...]	2008-06-03 20:15:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG KPAO GT
08GUATEMALA736	GUATEMALA: DEMARCHE ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel talking points on U.S. participation in the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to Luis Carranza, Director for Multilateral Policy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Carranza expressed regret over the U.S. decision to withdraw from observer status in the UNHRC and [...]	2008-06-10 22:38:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM GT
08GUATEMALA76	GOG RESPONSE TO HCOC DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-25 18:30:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	MTCRE PREL MNUC SKCA ETTC TSPA GT
08GUATEMALA763	GUATEMALA: DEMARCHE ON IOM DG CANDIDATE AMBASSADOR [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-17 19:45:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL SMIG AORC XR XM XL CA GT
08GUATEMALA773	RESPONSE TO BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE CHECK [...] (SBU) Summary: Post has confirmed that the reftel arms purchase was ordered by the International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG) for the purpose of establishing an internal security force capable of providing protection for CICIG staff and investigators. Due to the high profil [...]	2008-06-19 22:22:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC IS GT
08GUATEMALA775	GUATEMALA'S PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION DILEMMA [...] (U) Summary: Soaring gasoline prices, increased violence against bus drivers, and protracted talks of a fare increase are among the factors placing Guatemala's public transportation system under increasing strain. Bus owners demand greater government subsidies to offset their increasing expe [...]	2008-06-20 13:41:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELTN ENRG PGOV SNAR KCRM KCOR ELAB ECON GT
08GUATEMALA789	GUATEMALAN RESPONSE TO CONVENTION ON SUPPLEMENTARY [...] (SBU) On May 27, Poloff delivered reftel demarche and non-paper to Leila Villatoro, Deputy Director of Multilateral Policy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Villatoro thanked Poloff for the non-paper and promised to study the material and consult with other members of the Foreign Affairs Mi [...]	2008-06-24 22:39:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP TRGY ENRG KSTC IAEA PARM GT
08GUATEMALA791	GUATEMALA'S RESPONSE TO UPDATED P5+1 PACKAGE FOR [...] (C) On June 22, Poloff delivered reftel demarche and updated P5 1 package for Iran to Leila Villatoro, Deputy Director of Multilateral Policy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). Villatoro thanked Poloff for the information and promissed to forwarded it to the Guatemalan Mission in New Y [...]	2008-06-25 17:45:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM IR GT
08GUATEMALA853	GUATEMALA: DEMARCHE ON UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION [...] Poloff delivered reftel demarche and non-paper on the Universal Postal Union (UPU) to Luis Carranza, Director for Multilateral Policy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA); Joaquin Flores Espana, Director General of Postal Services at the Ministry of Communications; and Ingrid Barillas, Hea [...]	2008-07-08 21:14:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC ECON ETRD WTRO GT
08GUATEMALA890	PARLACEN MURDER UPDATE: 13 GANG MEMBERS ACQUITTED [...] (SBU) On July 10, a three-judge panel acquitted 13 gang members of charges relating to the February 2007 murder of four Guatemalan police officers accused of killing three El Salvadoran representatives to the Central American Parliament (PARLACEN) and their driver (reftel). The police officers [...]	2008-07-14 22:23:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM SNAR PGOV PHUM KJUS ASEC ES GT
08GUATEMALA934	GUATEMALA TO SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDATES FOR UNIVERSAL [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-22 22:34:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC ECON ETRD WTRO GT
08GUATEMALA956	GPS TRACKING SYSTEM IMPLICATES DETECTIVES IN [...] (C) The Global Positioning System (GPS) located in a National Civil Police (PNC) vehicle and eyewitness accounts led to the arrest of three detectives from the PNC's Division of Criminal Investigation (DINC),who were charged with the extrajudicial killings of two individuals. Arrest warrants [...]	2008-07-28 17:36:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PGOV PHUM KJUS ASEC GT
08GUAYAQUIL25	NEBOT OUTDRAWS CORREA IN COMPETING GUAYAQUIL [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Rafael Correa and Guayaquil Mayor Jaime Nebot recently convoked competing peaceful marches in Ecuador's largest city, which allowed them to measure their respective popularity. Correa's rally was highly successful, drawing a large crowd of demonstrators that the governme [...]	2008-01-31 20:29:00	Consulate Guayaquil	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EC
08GUAYAQUIL38	GUAYAQUIL UNIVERSITY STUDENTS UNITE IN SUPPORT OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the aftermath of Guayaquil Mayor Jaime Nebot's successful march in support of the city's autonomy, a group of 50 students representing nearly all of Guayaquil's major universities joined together to produce a proposal that they hope will be included in a paper the mayor plans t [...]	2008-02-19 15:53:00	Consulate Guayaquil	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EC
08GUAYAQUIL43	FORMER PSC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE VITERI PLOTS HER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former Social Christian Party (PSC) presidential candidate Cynthia Viteri will reenter the political arena this year through a new center-right movement. Viteri is soliciting funds, talking to potential allies and recruiting candidates in provinces on the coast and in the southe [...]	2008-02-20 21:52:00	Consulate Guayaquil	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EC
08GUAYAQUIL77	GALAPAGOS NATIONAL PARK DIRECTOR FIRING MAY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Minister of the Environment Marcela Aguinaga fired Galapagos National Park (GNP) Director Raquel Molina in early March, alleging in the press that Molina was not adequately protecting the park. In reality, the committed but abrasive park director's repeated clashes with Aguinaga [...]	2008-03-28 12:56:00	Consulate Guayaquil	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SENV EIND EC
08HAMBURG1	CDU/FDP COALITION LIKELY TO CONTINUE IN LOWER SAXONY [...] (SBU): Barring surprise political developments, the current CDU/FDP government will likely prevail in Lower Saxony's state elections on January 27 due to an apparent desire by Lower Saxony's voters for a continuation of the status quo. Our interlocutors agreed that the minimum wage issue will [...]	2008-01-23 16:41:00	Consulate Hamburg	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL GM
08HANOI1007	POLICE DETAIN SEVEN CATHOLICS INVOLVED IN PROTESTS OVER [...] (SBU) Local police on August 28 arrested four individuals in connection with ongoing Catholic land-dispute demonstrations in Hanoi's Thai Ha parish; another three were later taken into custody after they protested the arrests. The state-controlled press has continued a daily drumbeat of critic [...]	2008-08-29 10:40:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIRF PREL PHUM PGOV VM
08HANOI1021	UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE 2008 HUMAN RIGHTS PRIORITIES: VIETNAM [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-05 08:38:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL UN VM
08HANOI1041	(U) DEPUTY SECRETARY NEGROPONTE'S SEPTEMBER 11, 2008 [...] (U) September 11, 2008; 1700; Hanoi, Vietnam. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. The Deputy Secretary Ambassador Michael Michalak DAS Scot Marciel PolCouns Brian Aggeler D Special Assistant Kaye Lee D Special Assistant Ted Wittenstein PolOff Christian Marchant (Notetaker) VIETNAM PM Nguy [...]	2008-09-12 08:49:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PREL ECON ERTD AMGT VM
08HANOI1045	(U) DEPUTY SECRETARY NEGROPONTE'S SEPTEMBER 11, [...] (U) September 11, 2008; 16:30; Hanoi, Vietnam. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. The Deputy Secretary Ambassador Michael Michalak DAS Scot Marciel PolCouns Brian Aggeler D Special Assistant Kaye Lee D Special Assistant Ted Wittenstein Marine and Naval Attache Major Tim Riesner Poloff James O [...]	2008-09-12 09:17:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP MARR MASS PREL CH VM

08HANOI1071	FOUR BLOC 8406 DISSIDENTS ARRESTED, SIX MORE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Security officials in Hanoi, Haiphong and Thai Binh arrested four well-known dissidents on September 10 and 11. Those arrested - Nguyen Xuan Nghia, Pham Van Troi, Nguyen Van Tuc, and Ngo Quynh - are affiliated with the political movement Bloc 8406 and have sought to use public p [...]	2008-09-17 04:39:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM VM
08HANOI1093	CATHOLICS PROTEST GVN ACTION, POLICE SEIZE LAND AT THAI HA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The standoff between Catholic parishioners and the Hanoi city government continued to escalate over the weekend, as the Hanoi Archbishop led a special mass at St. Joseph's Cathedral attended by 12,000-15,000 and the state-controlled media continued to attack the Archbishop. Con [...]	2008-09-22 10:06:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF VM
08HANOI1094	DESPITE POPULAR RESENTMENT, VIETNAM,S CHINA POLICY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Hostility toward China remains a powerful, if latent, force in Vietnamese society, fed by historical animosities and simmering resentment over what is widely viewed as Chinese bullying on South China Sea territorial disputes. Yet despite a pervasive undercurrent of anti-Chinese [...]	2008-09-23 01:38:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON CH VM
08HANOI1101	HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE - LE QUOC QUAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prominent dissident attorney Le Quoc Quan remains under open-ended "administrative detention" and is called in for regular questioning by police. Still, he is generally able to meet others without hindrance and can travel outside Hanoi, although he was prohibited from traveling [...]	2008-09-24 06:35:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PGOV PREL VM
08HANOI1102	VIETNAMESE THINK-TANK PUSHES CHANGE, RANKLES [...] (C) An independent institute bringing together well-connected Vietnamese experts is emerging as an influential voice of reform, calling for political liberalization and increased economic efficiency with a frankness rare in this one-party state. According to the President of the Institute for [...]	2008-09-24 09:21:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SOCI VM
08HANOI111	GVN RESPONSE TO UPCOMING U.S. ARF INITIATIVES [...] (SBU) On January 31, Poloff met with MFA ASEAN Department Assistant Director General Tran Duc Binh and ASEAN Department Specialist Phan Minh Giang to deliver reftel points and to handover the Counterterrorism Transnational Crime (CTTC) Workplan proposal and U.S. comments to the draft Review of [...]	2008-01-31 08:27:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ARF PTER VM
08HANOI1111	HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE - PHAM HONG SON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prominent internet dissident Dr. Pham Hong Son believes that the Communist Party is not his enemy but his competitor. Unlike other prominent political activists, he discourages the use of public demonstrations to achieve greater attention to human rights issues. His comparative [...]	2008-09-25 01:34:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PGOV PREL VM
08HANOI1118	HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE - NGUYEN KHAC TOAN RAILS [...] (C) SUMMARY: A fiery and vocal advocate of large-scale demonstrations, author Nguyen Khac Toan remains under house arrest. Unlike other dissidents in "administrative detention" who are relatively free to travel and to meet with visitors, Toan is subject to constant supervision by the police [...]	2008-09-30 08:35:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PREL PGOV VM
08HANOI1165	GVN OPENS PARKS AND LIBRARY ON DISPUTED CATHOLIC LAND AND [...] (SBU) Hanoi city authorities held ribbon cutting ceremonies opening two new parks on land disputed by the Catholic Church on October 3 and 8. The parks were built very quickly using hundreds of public employees at both the Papal Nuncio's residence on Nha Chung Street and at the site adjacent t [...]	2008-10-10 09:53:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF VM
08HANOI1166	GVN TO PUT ANTI-CORRUPTION REPORTERS ON TRIAL [...] (C) Summary: The trial of two journalists for their reports on a major corruption scandal is slated to take place in Hanoi on October 14 and 15. The Government of Vietnam (GVN) changed the charges against the two from "abuse of power in performing official duties" to "abusing democratic freed [...]	2008-10-10 09:57:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KCOR KPAO PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI VM
08HANOI1185	VIETNAMESE JOURNALISTS WHO EXPOSED CORRUPTION FOUND GUILTY [...] (SBU) Summary: After a day and a half of testimony, the Hanoi People's Court on October 15 found two reporters who exposed a major corruption scandal guilty of "abusing democratic freedoms." The court sentenced Thanh Nien newspaper's Nguyen Viet Chien to two years in prison and sentenced Tuoi [...]	2008-10-16 10:11:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PHUM PGOV KCOR KPAO SOCI PREL VM
08HANOI1204	RESPONSE TO BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE, END USE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Per reftel, the Embassy made inquiries with the Vietnam Marine Police to assess the end use of items stated on the license request and conducted a site visit to Van Xuan General Import Company to assess its business operations, on-site security, and general reliability as a reci [...]	2008-10-23 07:29:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC VN
08HANOI1208	Vietnam's Marine Police Seeking Equipment, Cooperation [...] (SBU) Summary. In an October 21 meeting in Hai Phong, Rear Admiral Pham Duc Linh, Director General of the Ministry of Defense's Department for the Vietnam Marine Police (VMP),explained the mission of the VMP, expressed their interest in U.S. equipment to build their patrol capabilities, and h [...]	2008-10-24 08:02:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EWWT PINS SNAR VM
08HANOI1217	WELL-PLACED VIETNAMESE CONTACTS DOWNPLAY PROSPECTS [...] (C) Summary: The Communist Party of Vietnam's 181 Central Committee (CC) members met October 2-4 to hash out "guidance" for the government on Vietnam's current economic situation. This was the third plenum to take place this year. Well-placed contacts told us CC members came together to promot [...]	2008-10-28 10:10:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PGOV PHUM VM
08HANOI1253	THAI BINH COMMUNES: ONCE DYSFUNCTIONAL, NOW EXEMPLARS OF [...] (SBU) Summary: On a recent visit to several villages in Thai Binh Province, Poloff found local officials striving to implement the "Grassroots Democracy Ordinance," which enshrines greater transparency in budgets and allows more villager participation in local decision-making. According to the [...]	2008-11-10 03:48:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KCOR ECON KPAO SOCI PREL VM
08HANOI1276	Religious Freedom Update - Central Highlands and Danang [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Christians in the Central Highlands' Gia Lai province celebrated 65 years of Protestantism, and over 20,000 faithful thronged to the two-day celebration outside of Pleiku. Evangelical Church of Vietnam South (SECV) President Truong highlighted the warming of relations between Pr [...]	2008-11-18 09:32:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF VM
08HANOI1285	RENEWED TENSION AT THAI HA PARISH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After two months of relative quiet, tensions flared again briefly at the Thai Ha Catholic Redemptorist parish in Hanoi. According to parish priests, on November 15, local officials, accompanied by dozens of members of a local "citizen's brigade," demanded to speak with Thai Ha' [...]	2008-11-20 05:52:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KIRF VM
08HANOI1286	STROLLING DOWN RED CARPET: VIETNAMESE LEADERS SEEK [...] (C) Summary: Over the past month, Vietnam's leaders have been especially busy carrying out Vietnam's "friends with all" foreign policy, visiting Beijing and Moscow and welcoming top leaders from around the world. According to an expert on Vietnam's foreign relations, the advisory councils of [...]	2008-11-20 09:40:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PGOV PHUM VM
08HANOI129	GVN AND CATHOLIC CHURCH SEEK TO DEFUSE LAND DISPUTE [...] (U) Summary: In a reversal of the GVN's move last week to seek legal action against ongoing Catholic prayer vigils and protests seeking the return of church lands in downtown Hanoi, both the GVN and the Catholic Church have made conciliatory statements and pledged to work together to resolve th [...]	2008-02-04 09:19:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KIRF PHUM PGOV VM
08HANOI1338	NO JAIL TIME FOR EIGHT THAI HA PROTESTORS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After a day of testimony December 8, the Dong Da People's Court in Hanoi convicted eight Thai Ha protestors for destruction of public property and disturbing the public order. Seven of the parishioners were given suspended sentences; one was issued a warning. None will serve ja [...]	2008-12-09 09:23:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV KIRF VM
08HANOI134	DEMARCHE ON SUPPORT FOR LEBANON DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-05 04:17:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM LE VM
08HANOI1348	BEHIND JAPAN'S SUSPENSION OF ASSISTANCE TO VIETNAM [...] (C) Summary: Japan,s decision to freeze low-interest loans to Vietnam until it takes &meaningful8 steps to eliminate corruption in public works programs, publicly announced by Japan,s ambassador at a major meeting of donors and top Vietnamese officials, was a major embarrassment to Vietnam. W [...]	2008-12-11 09:32:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL ECON PGOV VM
08HANOI159	IMPLEMENTING GRASSROOTS DEMOCRACY: THE VIEW FROM [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Vietnam's (GVN) Ordinance on Grassroots Democracy (OGD),which took effect last April, is a small step towards participatory local government within the context of the GVN's top-down, centrally controlled government structure. In a recent visit to provinces in [...]	2008-02-14 04:14:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KCOR ECON KPAO SOCI PREL VM
08HANOI160	CATHOLIC CHURCH PROTESTS: DIFFERENT LOCATION, SAME ISSUES [...] (U) Summary: While there has been apparent progress in defusing the dispute over the former Vatican residence in Hanoi, another dispute has arisen at Thai Ha parish in Hanoi where the GVN's approval of construction of a state-owned sewing factory on the disputed property triggered a wave of pro [...]	2008-02-14 05:23:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KIRF PHUM PGOV VM
08HANOI184	HUNDREDS ATTEND FUNERAL FOR VIETNAMESE DISSIDENT LEADER [...] (SBU) Summary: The February 16 funeral for Dr. Hoang Minh Chinh, a former Communist Party ideologue and GVN vice minister turned dissident and democracy activist, drew hundreds of relatives and supporters as well as a heavy police presence. Many dissidents reported that they were prevented fro [...]	2008-02-19 09:48:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV KIRF VM
08HANOI309	GVN REACTS TO LABOR CASES IN JORDAN, MALAYSIA [...] (SBU) Summary: The GVN is reacting to two recent high-profile labor cases, one involving 176 female garment workers on strike in Jordan and one regarding Vietnamese worker deaths in Malaysia. On March 13, Dao Cong Hai, Deputy Director General, Department of Overseas Labor of the GVN Ministry o [...]	2008-03-17 04:34:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV TIP ELAB KWMN KCRM SMIG PREL VM
08HANOI356	MFA ON JORDAN LABOR CASE AND IOM ROLE [...] (SBU) Summary: PolCouns held a detailed one-hour meeting on March 27 with MFA Consular Department Chief of Overseas Consular Affairs Vu Le Ha regarding resolution of the case of over 200 Vietnamese factory workers on strike in Amman, Jordan. PolCouns stressed the benefit of involving the Inter [...]	2008-03-27 10:22:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV TIP ELAB KWMN KCRM SMIG PREL VM
08HANOI395	DETAINED VIET TAN MEMBERS RELEASED; NGUYEN QUOC QUAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-07 09:52:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR CASC VM
08HANOI400	STRIKING OVERSEAS WORKERS RETURN FROM JORDAN; PAID STRIKE [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 31, the last group of 157 striking overseas Vietnamese garment workers (Refs, A-C) were repatriated from Jordan and 156 arrived at Hanoi's Noi Bai Airport. According to knowledegable third party sources, en route to Hanoi one of the returnees broke off from the group in [...]	2008-04-08 10:10:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV TIP ELAB KWMN KCRM SMIG PREL VM
08HANOI423	HANOI DOES NOT WANT STRENGTHENED 1540 COMMITTEE RENEWAL TO [...] (SBU) On April 11, Poloff and U.K. Poloff met with Ministry of Foreign Affairs International Organizations Department Specialist Nguyen Vu Minh to deliver Ref. A points on supporting a strengthened renewal of the UNSC 1540 Committee's mandate. French Poloff was unable to participate. 2. (S [...]	2008-04-11 10:30:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC KNNP
08HANOI450	PRISON LABOR AND CASHEW NUTS IN VIETNAM [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-18 09:12:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PGOV PINR ASEC ELAB EAGR ILO ECON VM
08HANOI464	SOME IN GVN APPARENTLY UNWORRIED ABOUT SITUATION [...] (C) Summary. An MFA expert on maritime issues recently described the situation in the South China Sea in 2008 as "stable and quiet." He expressed no concern about the possibility of a reoccurrence of last year's fishing and oil drilling disputes with China. On the other hand, he focused on [...]	2008-04-22 07:28:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBGT PHSA VM
08HANOI478	VIETNAM NOT READY TO SUBSCRIBE TO HCOC [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-25 04:17:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MTCRE PREL MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA VM
08HANOI494	PRO-DEMOCRACY YOUTH GROUP PLANS ANTI-CHINA [...] (C) On April 28, Poloff met with a pro-democracy youth group leader in Hanoi to discuss the group's plans for anti-China protests during the Olympics torch run in HCMC on April 29. Ms. Nguyen Trang Nhung of Viet Youth for Democracy (VYD) said April 29 protests were planned for both HCMC and H [...]	2008-04-28 09:55:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV CH VM
08HANOI499	Thai Ha Church Land Ownership Dispute Continues [...] (SBU) Summary. Despite numerous calls from Hanoi authorities to cease, Catholic believers continue to gather at a site adjacent to Hanoi's Thai Ha Catholic parish church, in a dispute with the Government of Vietnam (GVN),now in its fourth month (Refs A, B). While the numbers of congregants ga [...]	2008-04-29 07:24:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIRF PHUM PGOV PREL VM
08HANOI516	STILL LUCID AT 97: GENERAL VO NGUYEN GIAP TALKS EDUCATION [...] (SBU) On April 25, the Ambassador and General Vo Nguyen Giap discussed efforts to increase educational exchanges between the United States and Vietnam. After imploring the Ambassador to work to bring the overall relationship to an even higher level, Giap echoed the Ambassador's desire to see m [...]	2008-05-05 09:47:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ECON PGOV KCOR KPAO SOCI PREL VM
08HANOI531	GVN URGES DIALOGUE AND COOPERATION IN DEALING WITH [...] (C) On May 7, poloff discussed reftel points about the constitutional referendum in Burma with MFA Asia II Department Section Chief Ta Duy Chinh. Chinh welcomed the opportunity to hear U.S. views on the issue of "achieving reconciliation in Burma." He said the GVN supports genuine dialogue i [...]	2008-05-07 08:08:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM BM VM
08HANOI538	GVN WILL URGE BURMA TO ALLOW RELIEF TEAMS [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-08 09:56:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL BM VM
08HANOI552	GVN OPPOSES DISCUSSION OF HUMANITARIAN ISSUES AT [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-12 09:30:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNSC BM VM
08HANOI556	VIETNAM: DEMARCHE ON UNSCR 1803 60-DAY REPORT DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-12 10:11:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN AORC ETRD TRGY KNNP UNSC IR VM
08HANOI558	Vietnamese Provinces Work to Get Religious Freedom Right [...] (SBU) Summary: Although the Government of Vietnam's Committee on Religious Affairs (CRA) struggles to implement of the legal framework on religious freedom in some isolated provinces, a growing number of provincial and local authorities are having real success in promoting freedom of religion. [...]	2008-05-13 07:29:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIRF PHUM PGOV PREL VM
08HANOI597	VIETNAM: FURTHER DISCUSSIONS ABOUT GPOI TRAINING [...] On May 8, poloff and DATT met with MOD External Relations Department Senior Colonel Nguyen Dinh Huy to reiterate the USG's previous invitation to the GVN to participate in the Global Peace Operations Initiative (GPOI)(Ref A) and to provide a list of possible GPOI training courses (Ref B). Seni [...]	2008-05-21 09:35:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	KPKO MARR MASS PREL PGOV VM
08HANOI611	GVN ELABORATES ON UPCOMING HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE [...] (SBU) In a May 23 meeting with Poloffs, the MFA handed over an 18-person list of the GVN delegation to the May 29 United States - Vietnam Human Rights Dialogue (HRD) in Hanoi and elaborated on the agenda sessions that the GVN will lead. Assistant Foreign Minister Doan Xuan Hung, previously a d [...]	2008-05-23 09:39:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV VM
08HANOI617	CONTRASTING PERSPECTIVES ON VESAK DAY CELEBRATIONS: THE [...] (SBU) Summary: While the vast majority of Vietnamese Buddhists celebrated Vesak Day with an exuberantly colorful display of Buddhist traditions and full GVN support throughout Southern Vietnam, the outlawed United Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV) held private ceremonies at their pagodas. Whi [...]	2008-05-27 08:50:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF PGOV PREL VM
08HANOI655	MFA NOTIFIED ABOUT DRAFT RESOLUTION ON "SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-04 08:55:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC UN UNSC KWMN PHUM VM
08HANOI656	GVN SENDING MEDICAL TEAM TO BURMA [...] On June 3, poloff discussed reftel points about the Burmese regime's ongoing restrictions and forced relocations with MFA Asia II Department Burma Desk Officer Tran Nguyen Thao. Thao said the GVN has no additional information about the situation of relief workers' access in Burma. The GVN ha [...]	2008-06-04 08:57:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PGOV PHUM BM VM
08HANOI657	Vietnam Fatherland Front Discusses Religious Freedom [...] (SBU) Summary: Poloff and DRL/IRF officer met with Mr. Tran Dinh Phung, Permanent member of the Central Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Presidium and Head of its Board for Ethnicity and Religious Affairs (Vice Minister rank),on May 28 to discuss the VFF role in the promotion of religious freed [...]	2008-06-04 09:15:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIRF PHUM PGOV PREL VM
08HANOI662	Updates from Vietnam's Northern Evangelical Church [...] (SBU) Summary: In a May 28 meeting with Poloff and visiting DRL/IRF officer, Evangelical Church of Vietnam - North (ECVN) General Secretary Pastor Au Quang Vinh discussed current conditions for the Protestant church in Vietnam. While highlighting a lack of harassment incidents for the first h [...]	2008-06-05 08:20:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF PREL PGOV VM
08HANOI663	VIETNAM - 2008 TIP REPORT DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) On June 4, Poloff delivered the 2008 TIP Report Country Narrative for Vietnam, as well as reftel talking points, to Mr. Pham Hoang Tung, Chief of the Legal and Consular Affairs Division, Consular Department, of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). Poloff reviewed with Tung the recommend [...]	2008-06-05 09:18:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV TIP ELAB KWMN KCRM SMIG PREL VM
08HANOI664	GVN Updates on Religious Freedom [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 30, Poloff and visiting DRF/IRF officer met with Mr. Dang Tai Tinh, Director of the International Cooperation Department of the Government Committee on Religious Affairs (CRA),to discuss the 2008 Human Rights Dialogue and implementation of the legal framework on religion [...]	2008-06-05 09:34:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIRF PHUM PGOV PREL VM
08HANOI668	DRL AS KRAMER MEETS WITH FAMILY MEMBERS OF HIGH PROFILE [...] (SBU) In a private meeting in Hanoi with Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor David Kramer and the Ambassador, Mrs. Vu Minh Khanh, the wife of jailed human rights lawyer and Protestant activist Nguyen Van Dai and Mrs. Tran Thi Le, the mother of jailed human rights [...]	2008-06-06 05:48:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF PREL PGOV ASEC VM
08HANOI672	ARRESTED JOURNALISTS PAWNS IN CPV POWER STRUGGLE [...] (C) Summary: While contacts report that state-controlled media outlets have been ordered to cease reporting the story, outrage over the arrest of two journalists who broke a major corruption scandal in 2006 continues. At a Swedish Embassy-organized "Dialogue on Anti-Corruption" attended by sc [...]	2008-06-06 09:28:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PHUM PGOV KCOR KPAO SOCI PREL VM
08HANOI711	PETROVIETNAM STILL NEGOTIATING DETAILS OF IRAN INVESTMENT [...] (SBU) On June 10, poloff discussed Ref B points about reports of PetroVietnam's investment in Iran's energy sector with MFA West Asia and Africa Department specialist Nguyen Quynh Phuong. Ms. Phuong said the two sides are still negotiating details of the investment. She characterized the agree [...]	2008-06-13 08:09:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON EPET ETTC IR PREL VM
08HANOI712	NONPAPER ON LATEST IAEA IRAN REPORT DELIVERED [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 3. 2. (SBU) On June 10, poloff discussed reftel points about the latest IAEA report on Iran's nuclear program with MFA International Organizations Department Peace, Security and Disarmament Section Chief Do Hung Viet. Viet mentioned that he ha [...]	2008-06-13 08:10:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP MNUC PARM IR IAEA VM
08HANOI713	VIETNAM: NON-PAPER ON CSC DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-13 08:11:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP TRGY ENRG KSTC IAEA PARM VM
08HANOI715	GVN WILL SUPPORT ARF DISASTER PREPAREDNESS STATEMENT, BUT [...] (SBU) Summary. The GVN will support an ARF Statement on Regional Disaster Preparedness, but cannot take the lead due to resource constraints. Burma was cited as an example of why such preparedness is needed, and also why an ASEAN member should take the lead. End Summary 2. (SBU) On June [...]	2008-06-13 09:03:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ARF EAID ASEAN BM VM
08HANOI725	MEGAPORTS PROPOSAL DELIVERED TO VIETNAM CUSTOMS [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-16 09:48:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC ENRG KNNP PARM OTRA VM
08HANOI730	POLITICAL ACTIVIST LE THI CONG NHAN WILL NOT BE [...] (C) Summary. The Ministry of Public Security (MPS) has contacted post concerning two persons of concern, Le Thi Cong Nhan and Bui Kim Thanh, both mentioned during our recent Human Rights Dialogue. The U.S. Government has pressed for the release of both individuals. According to an MPS offic [...]	2008-06-18 09:21:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL VM
08HANOI732	VIETNAM: DEMARCHE ON UNSCR ON SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN CONFLICT [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-19 09:50:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC UN KWMN PHUM VM
08HANOI752	VIETNAM: UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-25 09:56:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC ECON ETRD WTRO VM
08HANOI757	VIETNAM: DEMARCHE ON RENEWAL OF UNSCR 1267 MONITORING TEAM [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-30 00:30:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER UNSC VM
08HANOI761	VIETNAM: SHAPING ASSISTANCE IN BURMA DEMARCHE DELIVERED; [...] (SBU) On June 27, poloff discussed reftel points about shaping post-cyclone humanitarian assistance to Burma with MFA Asia II Department Burma Desk Officer Tran Nguyen Thao. Thao mentioned that the GVN has already urged Burmese authorities to allow foreign relief workers to conduct humanitaria [...]	2008-06-30 09:08:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID BM VM
08HANOI762	VIETNAM: DEMARCHE TO ENCOURAGE SUPPORT FOR UN 1267 [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-30 09:35:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AG EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER UNSC VM
08HANOI777	GVN RESPONDS ON UNSC RESOLUTION ON ZIMBABWE [...] (SBU) On July 2, Poloff met with Ministry of Foreign Affairs International Organizations Department Officer Ho The Nam and delivered points on the UNSC Chapter VII resolution on Zimbabwe (reftel). Poloff also left a copy of the draft UNSC resolution with Nam. Nam gave no indication as to the [...]	2008-07-02 10:08:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KDEM UNSC ZI
08HANOI783	PROMINENT VIETNAMESE BUSINESS LEADER DISCUSSES [...] (C) In late June, Poloffs met Le Thien Thanh, who like many children of leading Vietnamese communists, is a wealthy businessman and General Director of the Thien Mien Company. Thanh's father, Le Duan, was General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) for close to 30 years and is sa [...]	2008-07-03 10:00:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PHUM PGOV KCOR KPAO SOCI PREL VM
08HANOI784	VIETNAM: DEMARCHE URGING RECOGNITION OF KOSOVO DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-07 04:25:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV KV VM
08HANOI793	UPDATE ON RELEASE OF BUI KIM THANH FOR EVALUATION [...] (SBU) As reported in reftel, IOM will send a psychiatrist from Bangkok during July 15-17 to conduct Ms. Bui Kim Thanh's psychiatric evaluation as the next step in her P-1 processing. Poloff contacted Ministry of Public Security (MPS) official Dao Tam Chau to inform him of the scheduled July 16 [...]	2008-07-09 09:08:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM PREL PGOV VM
08HANOI802	VIETNAM WOULD WELCOME FURTHER NEGOTIATIONS ON ARAB GROUP [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-10 06:48:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNSC VM
08HANOI825	HANOI: ARF REGIONAL DISASTER PREPAREDNESS PROPOSAL IN [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-16 06:14:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID ARF ASEAN KNNP PARM
08HANOI832	HANOI DOUBTS NAM FOREIGN MINISTER'S STATEMENT WILL BE [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-17 09:36:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IR KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY IAEA PERL UR
08HANOI857	LEADERSHIP CHANGES AT MFA, HANOI CITY GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has added three vice ministers, although with some of the four current ministers likely to take other positions how many total vice ministers the ministry will have remains to be seen. There is speculation that the changes lay the groundwork for curr [...]	2008-07-23 08:08:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV VM
08HANOI873	HANOI SAYS "CONSENT OF ALL PARTIES" NECESSARY FOR UNMEE [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-29 03:41:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNSC KPKO PBTS ET ER
08HANOI877	CPV PLENUM TAKES PLACE AMID TALK OF MID-TERM [...] (C) From July 9-17, the Party's 181 Central Committee (CC) members convened in Hanoi amid a backdrop of high inflation and talk of a possible mid-term Party Congress. Mission sources report that CC members do not favor holding a mid-term Congress, although some leaders are using recent econom [...]	2008-07-30 07:43:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PGOV PHUM VM
08HANOI897	RUSSIAN CONCERN ABOUT CHINESE PRESSURE ON EXXONMOBIL [...] (SBU) Citing recent press reports making public China's warning to ExxonMobil to pull out of an offshore oil exploration deal with Vietnam (Reftel),Russian Econ/Commercial Counselor Vadim Bublikov shared with Poloffs and Econoff Russia's "deep concern" about the situation and how it could affe [...]	2008-08-04 00:32:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON CM VM
08HANOI905	DPRK FOREIGN MINISTER VISITS HANOI: NO FIRM PLAN [...] (C) Summary: On July 26, DPRK Foreign Minister Pak Ui Chun held official meetings in Hanoi with Communist Party of Vietnam General Secretary Nong Duc Manh and Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister Pham Gia Khiem. The two Vietnamese leaders reportedly told their North Korean guest that Hanoi [...]	2008-08-05 07:14:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	CB KN PGOV PHUM PREL VM
08HANOI929	A Mixed Bag for Vietnam's Catholics in the Northwest [...] (SBU) Summary: Recent visits to Catholic congregations in Vietnam's Northwest Highlands highlighted inconsistent implementation of the legal framework on religion at the provincial, district and commune levels. Poloff, accompanied by Pol Specialist and Pol Intern, visited the towns of Moc Chau [...]	2008-08-08 09:58:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIRF PHUM PREL VM
08HANOI944	Harassment of Protestants in Vietnam's Thanh Hoa Province [...] (SBU) Summary: In recent months, post has received reports of three separate incidents of harassment by local authorities of two Full Gospel Church congregations in Thanh Hoa Province to the south of Hanoi. While post has yet to independently confirm the reports, the sources are reliable and [...]	2008-08-14 08:32:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIRF PHUM PREL VM
08HANOI967	HANOI TO PARTICIPATE IN US-THAILAND ARF STABILIZATION AND [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-19 03:55:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID ARF MARR KCRS
08HANOI97	CATHOLIC CHURCH CHALLENGES GVN OVER LAND DISPUTE [...] (SBU) Summary: A long simmering land dispute between Vietnam's Catholic Church and the GVN has heated up in recent weeks. Church leaders and their followers gather daily to pray in front of the old Vatican Embassy in Hanoi, one of many church properties taken over by the government after 1954 [...]	2008-01-29 01:00:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KIRF PHUM PGOV VM
08HANOI972	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON WESTERN SAHARA TALKS [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-20 08:02:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNSC PREL PBTS MO WI VM
08HANOI973	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON EO 13382 DESIGNATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-20 08:35:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP MNUC PREL EFIN IR GM VM
08HANOI982	CHIEFS OF MISSION DISCUSS PRISONER LISTS, RELIGIOUS/MEDIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Participants at the Ambassador's August 21 luncheon of "like-minded" chiefs of mission agreed that the MFA has lately been more responsive in providing information about prisoners. Guests also concurred with the Ambassador's assessment of religious freedom in the Northwest, not [...]	2008-08-25 02:32:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF PREL PGOV CASC OTRA VM
08HARARE1007	AMCIT REPATRIATION HIGHLIGHTS ZIM'S CRUMBLING HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-07 11:44:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC AMED CMGT PGOV SOCI ZI
08HARARE1016	REGIME ELITES LOOTING DEADLY DIAMOND FIELD [...] (C) The CEO of a British mining company described to us how high-ranking Zimbabwean government officials and well-connected elites are generating millions of dollars in personal income by hiring teams of diggers to hand-extract diamonds from the Chiadzwa mine in eastern Zimbabwe. They are sell [...]	2008-11-12 11:14:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EMIN ASEC PHUM ZI
08HARARE1039	COLLAPSE: ZIMBABWE'S HEALTH CARE SYSTEM [...] (SBU) Zimbabwe's health system has collapsed. Most of Zimbabwe's public hospitals, including the three main medical centers in Harare, are closed. Many clinics lack basics including staff, water, electricity, and medical supplies. Despite protests by medical professionals and outcry over the [...]	2008-11-20 15:18:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI EAID AMED PGOV CACS PHUM ZI
08HARARE1101	DIRTY POLITICS AT WORK IN TOWN THAT VOTED MDC [...] (SBU) The mayor of Ruwa, Pinias Mushayavanhu, and members of his town council met with us on December 5 to discuss living conditions in Ruwa, a town of 100,000 people located about 12 miles east of Harare. The mayor and his staff are all members of the opposition MDC and displaced the incumbe [...]	2008-12-09 14:56:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
08HARARE1115	PF-ZAPU GOING FORWARD WITH SPLIT FROM ZANU-PF [...] (SBU) On December 10, poloff met with a group of PF-ZAPU officials who explained the rationale for revitalizing the former liberation party and separating from ZANU-PF. They stressed that they had undertaken a clean break from ZANU-PF and blamed the Mugabe regime for Zimbabwe's disastrous dec [...]	2008-12-12 07:42:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
08HARARE128	HARARE: EAC MEETS TO DISCUSS ELECTIONS AND CEPA [...] (SBU) The Harare Emergency Action Committee (EAC) convened on February 8 to discuss the upcoming elections. The EAC concluded that there were no indications to date of electoral violence, but elections were almost two months away and the Mission would need to closely monitor developments. The [...]	2008-02-13 11:34:00	Embassy Harare	SECRET	ASEC AMGT CASC PREL ZI
08HARARE186	TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT (TIP) - ZIMBABWE [...] (U) The following is Embassy Harare's response to questions posed to Post in reftel. -------- OVERVIEW -------- -- 27 A. (SBU) Zimbabwe is a country of origin, transit, and destination for internationally trafficked men, women and children. Women and children are trafficked for labor and [...]	2008-03-10 15:29:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG ZI ASEC
08HARARE279	SITUATION REPORT: HARARE EAC EVALUATES SITUATION, [...] (U) Embassy Harare EAC met on April 4 to review events of the last 24 hours and determine whether any adjustments are required in Post's security posture or in guidance to American citizens. DCM chaired the meeting. 2. (C) Poloff reviewed the current situation. He told EAC that a Zimbabwe [...]	2008-04-04 13:05:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC AMGT CASC PREL ZI
08HARARE308	ZIMBABWE ELECTION IRREGULARITIES IN MT. DARWIN [...] (C) Raphael Shanya, campaign manager for and father of Joseph Shanya, the MDC Mutambara House of Assembly candidate for Mt. Darwin West constituency in Mashonaland Central province, reported to PolOffs on April 7 several problems their campaign had encountered on Election Day. His primary con [...]	2008-04-09 15:41:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM ASEC ZI
08HARARE470	WITH TSVANGIRAI HOME, OPPOSITION RETURNS TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On May 27, Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) presidential candidate Morgan Tsvangirai, who recently returned from a lengthy trip to South Africa focused on regional diplomacy, held a press conference to share his perspective on the current situation in Zimbabwe and outline h [...]	2008-05-28 14:48:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
08HARARE486	ELECTORAL VIOLENCE HITS HOME: TENS OF THOUSANDS [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to independent international organizations, as many as 20-30 thousand Zimbabweans have been displaced due to electoral violence since the March 29 elections, with many more likely unreported. A senior official with one humanitarian provider reports that access to areas i [...]	2008-06-04 11:34:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI
08HARARE487	LOCAL ELECTION OBSERVERS READY, WAITING FOR [...] (C) In a meeting with a Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN) official on June 3, ZESN appeared confident and prepared to mobilize efforts to deploy observers throughout the country for the June 27 Presidential runoff. On June 2, ZESN submitted their list of about 10,000 proposed observers [...]	2008-06-04 14:26:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI
08HARARE489	ZIM VIOLENCE INCREASING AND MORE SEVERE [...] (C) The Zimbabwean director of the Counseling Services Unit (CSU) describes the increasingly severe and numerous injuries inflicted on Zimbabwean citizens as the worst violence Zimbabwe has seen since CSU's opening in 1993. Describing the increased use of weapons and severe beatings, Dr. Franc [...]	2008-06-06 09:46:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI
08HARARE493	U.S. DIPLOMATS AND STAFF DETAINED BY ZIM SECURITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 5, five U.S. diplomats and two locally employed staff (LES),accompanied at times by British diplomats, were detained, harassed, and threatened by government security forces, military, police, and "war veterans" during a pre-election assessment trip in Mashonaland Ce [...]	2008-06-06 16:42:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI
08HARARE510	AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO MASHONALAND EAST [...] (SBU) On June 12, 2008, Ambassador McGee, the Dutch Charge d'Affaires, two poloffs, RSO, DATT, and three FSNs visited two locations in Mashonaland East Province: a Church of Christ mission hospital in Nhowe and the town of Mutoko, about 120km east of Harare. The trip confirmed significantly [...]	2008-06-13 14:31:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI
08HARARE515	RETALIATION CONTINUES. WILL SADC SEE? [...] (C) ZANU-PF MPs and thugs continue to attack MDC supporters and their families in Bindura in retaliation for a U.S. delegation visit on June 5. The brother of the losing MP in Bindura, Philip Mabika, called on poloff on June 17 to report an attack on his elderly parents at their home in Bind [...]	2008-06-19 13:35:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI
08HARARE522	HIDDEN HUNGER AT HARVEST HOUSE: THOUSANDS OF IDPS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Two months after the start of a government-led campaign of violence, as many as 2,400 homeless and hungry Zimbabweans, including at least 471 children, many of whom are ill, continue to seek sanctuary at Harvest House, the opposition MDC's Harare headquarters. On June 19, pol [...]	2008-06-20 09:14:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI
08HARARE527	SCARCITY OF MDC POLLING AGENTS BODES ILL FOR [...] (C) Recently elected Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) MP from Gutu South, Eliphas Mukonoweshuro, called on poloff to request help financing burial arrangements and coffins for six MDC activists who were killed recently in his constituency. He related that SADC and Pan African Parliament [...]	2008-06-20 13:29:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI

08HARARE532	BITI MISTREATED IN JAIL, DENIED BAIL [...] (SBU) The Movement for Democratic Change's (MDC) Secretary General, Tendai Biti, appeared in a Harare court on June 17, 18 and 19 where he was charged with four counts, including treason, which carries the death penalty. Lawyers lodged 11 complaints against the State for his treatment in jai [...]	2008-06-23 16:32:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI
08HARARE533	OPPOSITION HEADQUARTERS RAIDED AGAIN [...] (SBU) On June 23, MDC opposition headquarters, located in a downtown Harare building known as Harvest House, was raided by police, and internally displaced persons (IDPs) were seized for the second time since the March 29 national election (reftel). Acting on reports from local sources that [...]	2008-06-23 16:37:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI
08HARARE546	HARARE: OBSERVERS' PERSPECTIVES CONTRAST SHARPLY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Against the backdrop of a unanimous UN Security Council statement noting concern over politically-motivated violence in Zimbabwe and the announcement by opposition candidate Morgan Tsvangirai that he will not participate in the June 27 presidential run-off, poloffs met separatel [...]	2008-06-25 15:22:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI
08HARARE552	"SPIRAL OF POLITICAL VIOLENCE": SADC OBSERVERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following the withdrawal by opposition candidate Morgan Tsvangirai from Zimbabwe's June 27 presidential run-off, the Southern African Development Community (SADC) observer mission held a June 25 press conference to comment on the current electoral environment. SADC Head of Miss [...]	2008-06-26 15:58:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI
08HARARE592	WOZA ACTIVISTS RELEASED ON BAIL [...] (U) In their July 3 hearing, Women of Zimbabwe Arise! (WOZA) activists Jenni Williams and Magodonga Mahlangu were granted bail after having spent 33 nights in jail. Williams received Secretary Rice's Women of Courage award for Africa in 2007. After the judge exited the courtroom, Williams h [...]	2008-07-03 16:19:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI
08HARARE602	UNHCR WANTS TO PLAY A ROLE WITH IDPS WHILE RUWA [...] (C) Charge and poloff met with UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) Resident Coordinator Marcellin Hepie on July 8 to discuss the ongoing IDP situation and how the U.S. Embassy had responded to the plight of over 300 IDPs that sought assistance on July 3 (Reftel A). Hepie indicated that U [...]	2008-07-09 15:14:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PHUM PREF PGOV PREL ASEC KDEM ZI
08HARARE636	CIVIL SOCIETY SKEPTICAL OF MOU AND TALKS [...] (C) While leaders of Zimbabwe's vibrant civil society welcome political dialogue, they are deeply skeptical about the prospect of a future under a government of national unity (GNU). In recent months, civil society has backed the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) very openly. However, r [...]	2008-07-25 12:01:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI
08HARARE640	YOUTH MILITIA FOUNDER DESCRIBES LEGACY OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 28, Emboffs met with Prosper Izaya, who claimed to be among the founders of Zimbabwe's National Youth Service (NYS),the official name of the government's notoriously violent youth militia. Izaya relayed his involvement in NYS's inception in 2001, the first civilian att [...]	2008-07-29 14:52:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
08HARARE673	LITTLE EVIDENCE OF AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL USE ON [...] (SBU) Despite media reports that the pesticide paraquat has been used by ZANU-PF militia on political victims, there is no scientific evidence to substantiate the claims. Paraquat, an herbicide used on tobacco plantations in Zimbabwe, has reportedly been used in two ways: forced ingestion or [...]	2008-08-08 12:17:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI
08HARARE712	ZANU-PF INTIMIDATION (STILL) CONTINUES IN RURAL [...] (SBU) Despite a commitment - on paper - by ZANU-PF to halt violence, reports of violence and intimidation in rural areas continue. While there has been a notable reduction in beatings and injuries since the June 27 election and a further reduction since the signing of the Memorandum of Under [...]	2008-08-21 15:17:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM PGOV ASEC ZI
08HARARE751	VIOLENCE UPDATE: BODIES FOUND IN LAKES [...] (C) Rumors of political victims' bodies being dumped in Zimbabwe's lakes appear to be true, based on eyewitness and survivor accounts. Counseling Services Unit (CSU),an NGO that treats victims of political violence and investigates and verifies claims, believes the victims were killed betw [...]	2008-08-28 14:23:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV ASEC KDEM ZI
08HARARE754	ZIMBABWEAN HUMANITARIAN CRISIS WORSENING AS BAN [...] (SBU) The Mugabe government continues to deny nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and private voluntary organizations (PVOs) access to 1.3 million at-risk Zimbabweans to provide food, water, seed, fertilizer, and hygienic support. Currently, less than 300,000 people are receiving assistance [...]	2008-08-28 15:11:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC EAID PHUM ZI
08HARARE767	PRIVATE SCHOOLS ATTEMPT TO DOLLARIZE TUITION [...] (SBU) Private schools in Zimbabwe began requesting payment last week in US dollars or British pounds in an attempt to retain teachers and meet rising educational costs. Zimbabwean government officials quickly declared the practice illegal and deployed inspectors t investigate schools and threa [...]	2008-09-03 14:44:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
08HARARE779	DETAILED ACCOUNTS FROM WENIMBI DAM [...] (C) Two survivors of beatings in Mashonaland East with knowledge of bodies found in Wenimbi Dam near Marondera and one man who witnessed bodies allegedly retrieved from the dam at a local morgue recounted their experiences to poloff (ref A). While their stories are compelling and believable, [...]	2008-09-05 13:25:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI
08HARARE819	OPPOSITION PARTY CONTROL OF PARLIAMENT AT RISK [...] (C) The one-seat advantage MDC-Tsvangirai maintains over ZANU-PF in Zimbabwe's House of Assembly is at stake in upcoming by-elections for two vacant parliamentary seats. Matobo North in Matabeleland is likely to be a closely contested campaign, while the Gokwe-Gumunyu seat in Midlands will pro [...]	2008-09-11 11:20:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
08HARARE854	MDC AND ZANU-PF PERCEPTIONS OF THE DEAL DIFFER [...] (C) Public reactions to the power-sharing agreement between ZANU-PF and the MDC on September 15 were generally optimistic in urban pro-MDC areas such as Harare and Mutare. In these regions, Zimbabweans were cautiously hopeful that the deal would lead to tangible quality-of-life benefits. In c [...]	2008-09-19 12:03:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
08HARARE863	ENVIRONMENT SUFFERING AS POACHING INCREASES [...] (C) Increasing pressures from poaching, deforestation, and Zimbabwe's economic free-fall pose serious threats to Zimbabwe's wildlife. Poaching is on the rise, with at least 38 rhinos killed so far in 2008. While much of this poaching has come from organized groups trafficking ivory, skins, [...]	2008-09-22 10:42:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV EAGR ECON KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC ZI
08HARARE874	ZANU-PF CONCERNED ABOUT LOSS OF MBEKI [...] (SBU) ZANU-PF officials appear concerned about the impact the sudden forced resignation of South African President Thabo Mbeki will have on the implementation of the recently signed Zimbabwean power-sharing agreement, as well as relations with South Africa going forward. They fear the replace [...]	2008-09-25 11:02:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI SF
08HARARE878	WELSHMAN NCUBE DISCUSSES THE MINISTERIAL IMPASSE [...] (C) MDC-Mutambara faction (MDC-M) Secretary General Welshman Ncube met with poloff on September 25 to discuss a range of issues, including the current status of ministerial negotiations, South Africa's possible role in breaking the deadlock, and local and international criticism of MDC-M leade [...]	2008-09-25 14:09:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
08HARARE894	UNDP HOSTS FORUM ON ZIMBABWEAN RECOVERY [...] (U) The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) hosted a forum in Harare on October 1 at which they discussed the recently unveiled UNDP Zimbabwean economic recovery plan. The research team that produced the 230 page document entitled, "Comprehensive Economic Recovery in Zimbabwe" was compr [...]	2008-10-02 13:40:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID PGOV PREL ASEC UNDP ZI
08HARARE919	CRUMBLING WATER INFRASTRUCTURE RAISES CHOLERA RISKS [...] (SBU) The supply and quality of water throughout Zimbabwe has continued to rapidly deteriorate since last November's assessment by the Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) advisor from USAID's Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) (reftel). This is a result of a combinatio [...]	2008-10-14 14:43:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM SOCI ZI
08HARARE933	PARLIAMENT'S HANDS TIED AS MPS AWAIT AGREEMENT [...] (C) The speaker of the Zimbabwean House of Assembly, Lovemore Moyo, met with polecon chief and poloff on October 17 to discuss the current state of affairs and legislative agenda in Parliament. Parliament is awaiting the outcome of the ministerial negotiations between ZANU-PF and the two MDC [...]	2008-10-17 11:02:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
08HARARE956	"QUIET DIPLOMACY" SUSPENDS ELEPHANT HUNTING IN [...] (C) After issuing commercial hunters hundreds of questionable permits for elephant hunting in national parks, the Zimbabwean Parks and Wildlife Authority (Parks) has agreed, under pressure from photographic tour operators, to suspend the hunting. The operation, which only lasted a few weeks, [...]	2008-10-23 10:25:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI
08HARARE970	CIVIL SOCIETY WARNS OF FLAWED CONSTITUTIONAL [...] (SBU) In an October 24 conversation with poloff, Lovemore Madhuku, chairman of the National Constitutional Assembly condemned the constitutional drafting and adoption process laid out in the September 15 signed power-sharing agreement. He charged that the intended constitutional process does no [...]	2008-10-28 13:20:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
08HARARE985	ZIM'S HEARTLAND: DOLLARIZATION AND DESPERATION [...] (SBU) Poloff and public affairs officer traveled to Gweru and Masvingo on October 23 and 24 to speak on U.S. elections (septel) and gather information on the situation in the Zimbabwean heartland. Historically, this region has been home to Zimbabwe's legendary cattle and dairy ranches and fe [...]	2008-10-30 11:35:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM SCUL KDEM ECON ZI
08HAVANA169	CUBA AFTER FIDEL'S RESIGNATION: DAY TWO [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-21 22:39:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CU
08HAVANA187	CUBA: REACTIONS FROM RAUL CASTRO'S SPEECH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Average Cubans seem unconvinced that Raul will be able -- or willing -- to improve their daily lives, but most seem to be willing to wait and see if changes materialize. Members of Cuban civil society are decidedly more negative about the future. End Summary. 2. (C) Most w [...]	2008-02-25 23:36:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PINR PREL CU
08HAVANA201	CUBA: 2ND UPDATE ON REACTIONS TO RAUL'S SPEECH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Post continued to receive reactions to the events of February 24 from members of civil society, the Catholic Church, and average Cubans. For the short term, most Cubans dismiss the likelihood of political changes. Simultaneously, they are increasingly speculating about possible [...]	2008-02-27 23:39:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PINR PREL PHUM CU
08HAVANA206	CUBA: 3RD AND FINAL UPDATE ON 2/24 [...] (C) SUMMARY: Cubans and diplomats tell us Raul seems to be firmly in charge and Fidel's influence appears to be under control. Cubans speculate on the possibility of small economic reforms ahead with no hope for political changes. End Summary. 2. (C) USINT's Refugee Unit elicited reacti [...]	2008-02-29 22:14:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PINR PREL PHUM CU
08HAVANA241	CUBAN YOUTH SEE NOT MUCH HOPE IN EITHER THE [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Poloff ten Cuban young people, none of them a member of any opposition organization, agreed that the greatest problem they face is that there are no incentives for trying to work hard. They feel that no matter how hard they work, there are no prospects that th [...]	2008-03-12 14:30:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
08HAVANA305	CUBAN OPPOSITION SEEKS UNITY [...] (C) Summary: On April 10 twelve leading pro-democracy activists met for six hours to formulate a common agenda. As described by spokesperson Martha Beatriz Roque (MBR),the object was to advance a transition to democracy within an "atmosphere of national reconciliation". At a press confer [...]	2008-04-11 20:04:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
08HAVANA337	LEADING DISSIDENT TELLS US NOT TO UNDERESTIMATE [...] (C) Summary: Prominent pro-democracy advocate, Martha Beatriz Roque (MBR),carefully watched official Cuban news coverage of the 4/21 police action to break up a demonstration by the organization Damas de Blanco ("Ladies in White"). She stated that while the coverage seems clumsy and hastil [...]	2008-04-23 19:47:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
08HAVANA406	CUBAN POLICE VIOLENTLY STOP PROTEST [...] (C) Summary: On May 25 former political prisoner Jorge Luis Garcia Perez ("Antunez") led a march in the city of Placetas, province of Santa Clara, that was to culminate in a symbolic funeral for Pedro Luis Boitel, a student leader who died in 1972 as the result of a hunger strike protesting [...]	2008-05-27 20:42:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
08HAVANA436	CUBAN HUMAN RIGHTS ROUND UP MAY 18- JUNE 6 [...] (C) Summary: Many members of the dissident community report a marked increase during the past several weeks of open surveillance by state security. Several opposition figures have tied this to the GOC's recent media campaign against USINT. In addition, pro-democracy activists report an in [...]	2008-06-09 19:40:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
08HAVANA437	CUBAN HUMAN RIGHTS ROUND UP MAY 18- JUNE 6 [...] (C) Summary: Many members of the dissident community report a marked increase during the past several weeks of open surveillance by state security. Several opposition figures have tied this to the GOC's recent media campaign against USINT. In addition, pro-democracy activists report an in [...]	2008-06-09 19:41:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
08HAVANA460	VISIT TO CUBA OF BRAZILIAN FOREIGN MINISTER AMORIM [...] (C) Poloff met with Brazilian DCM Vilmar Coutinho (please protect) to discuss the May 30-31 visit to Cuba of Brazilian foreign minister Celso Amorim. Amorim's visit was a follow-up to Brazilian President Lula da Silva's January 2008 visit to Cuba (Reftel). In addition to meeting with his co [...]	2008-06-17 14:41:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF ETRD CU BR
08HAVANA461	FAMILIES OF POLITICAL PRISONERS GRATEFUL FOR [...] (C) Summary: On June 15 to celebrate Father's Day, COM held a day of recreation for over a hundred relatives, children and supporters of Cuba's political prisoners. The families were very grateful because Father's Day is a traditionally important event in Cuba. Many of the family members [...]	2008-06-17 20:29:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
08HAVANA502	GOVERNMENT HALTS HAVANA'S FIRST GAY PRIDE MARCH [...] (C) Summary: On June 25 a coalition of homosexual rights groups planned to hold a "Gay Pride" march from a park in Central Havana to the Ministry of Justice. At the Ministry they planned to present a petition demanding an end to discrimination, better treatment of AIDS patients and an end [...]	2008-06-27 19:29:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
08HAVANA574	HUMAN RIGHTS ROUND-UP, JULY 5- JULY 18 [...] (SBU) LARGE SCALE DETENTIONS TO STOP COMMEMORATIONS OF TUGBOAT SINKING. Noted dissident leader, Francisco Chavianao, asked for official permission to hold in Havana a demonstration commemorating the sinking on July 13, 1994 of the tugboat 13 de Marzo. (Several individuals had seized the boa [...]	2008-07-18 20:46:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
08HAVANA814	DAMAS TELL FIRST LADY ABOUT HURRICANE DEVASTATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 16, seven members of the group Damas de Blanco, an organization of the relatives and supporters of Cuban political prisoners, spoke by video conference with First Lady Laura Bush, and Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez. The Damas described the dire situation of som [...]	2008-10-16 20:57:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
08HAVANA816	DAMAS TELL FIRST LADY ABOUT HURRICANE DEVASTATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 16, seven members of the group Damas de Blanco, an organization of the relatives and supporters of Cuban political prisoners, spoke by video conference with First Lady Laura Bush, and Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez. The Damas described the dire situation of som [...]	2008-10-17 12:29:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
08HAVANA835	MASSIVE CRACKDOWN TARGETS THE AVERAGE CUBAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Many members of civil society from various parts of Cuba have reported widespread arrests for petty economic crimes, such as illegal street vending, possession of building materials, and selling items for more than the official prices in the aftermath of hurricanes Gustav and I [...]	2008-10-24 20:41:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
08HAVANA84	COUNTING CUBA'S POLITICAL PRISONERS [...] (C) Summary: The Cuban Commission for Human Rights and National Reconciliation (CCDHRN) released its end of year report on political prisoners in Cuba. The report lists 234 political prisoners, a drop from 246 named in the July 2007 report, and from the 316 political prisoners held in July o [...]	2008-01-24 21:58:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
08HAVANA88	DIPS CORPS COMMENTS ON CUBA [...] (C) SUMMARY: COM and other USINT officers have been making the rounds of the Dip Corps in Havana to gauge third country views and experiences on the situation in Cuba. The following reports meetings with officials in the Russian, Chinese, Romanian, Italian and Indonesian embassies. Meetin [...]	2008-01-25 16:59:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PINR PREL
08HAVANA963	HUMAN RIGHTS ROUND UP DECEMBER 2008 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 10, Cuban state security moved to prevent many activists from marking the 60th anniversary of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). The police detained at least 80 pro-democracy activists. All were released without charges within 24 hour [...]	2008-12-29 20:47:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
08HAVANA964	HUMAN RIGHTS ROUND UP DECEMBER 2008 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 10, Cuban state security moved to prevent many activists from marking the 60th anniversary of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). The police detained at least 80 pro-democracy activists. All were released without charges within 24 hour [...]	2008-12-29 20:47:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
08HELSINKI159	FINLAND: REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS [...] (U) PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Leena Pylvanainen, Regional Manager of the Finnish MFA's Office of Middle East and North Africa, and to Ilkka Rentola, Counsellor, Unit for Human Rights Policy and Irma Lescelius, Unit for Humanitarian Assistance, April 2. Pylvanainen said Finland alloca [...]	2008-04-09 06:53:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PHUM PREL FI
08HELSINKI180	FINNISH COMMENTS ON THE APRIL 28-29 GAERC [...] (U) Poloffs delivered GAERC talking points to Finnish MFA European Correspondent Leena-Kaisa Mikkola April 22. 2. (SBU) WESTERN BALKANS: The GoF agrees that the US and the EU should work collaboratively to urge the UNSG to show leadership in ensuring a smooth transition from UNMIK to a new [...]	2008-04-24 07:20:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM EUN FI
08HELSINKI184	FINLAND: RESPONSE ON ABKHAZIA AND SOUTH OSSETIA [...] (C) PolOffs delivered subject demarche to Antti Vanska, Counsellor, Unit for Russia and Paivi Pihlajamaki, Second Secretary Unit for Europe and Central Asia April 28. The GoF generally agreed with the points. Pihlajamaki noted that Foreign Minister Stubb used the opportunity of his April 25 [...]	2008-04-29 12:18:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GG RS FI
08HELSINKI186	FINLAND: STUBB RAISES GEORGIA AND US MISSILE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Finnish FM Stubb and Russian FM held their first official meeting April 25. Their lengthy discussions focused on bilateral issues, the EU-Russia relationship, and the OSCE. Stubb raised UAV incident in Georgia and the Russian Presidential Instructions on South Ossetia and Abkhaz [...]	2008-04-30 12:28:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM FI RU
08HELSINKI206	FINLAND ON BURMA'S FLAWED REFERENDUM AND BURMA [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Johan Schalin, Director of the Finnish MFA's Asia and Oceania Office and Theresa Zitting, First Secretary on May 5. They said Finland expects Burma to hold and pass the referendum, albeit probably not May 10 in the face of the disaster caused by the cy [...]	2008-05-12 13:05:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BM FI
08HELSINKI226	FINNISH COMMENTS ON THE MAY 26-27 GAERC [...] (U) PolChief and PolOff delivered the Department's GAERC talking points to Finnish European Correspondent Leena-Kaisa Mikkola May 20. 2. (SBU) IRAN: Mikkola acknowledged that the EU has still been unable to reach consensus on implementation of UNSCR 1803. However, she noted that the EU did [...]	2008-05-22 13:25:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM EUN FI LE IR GG SY
08HELSINKI229	FINLAND: UN SYSTEM OF INTERNAL JUSTICE [...] (U) PolOff delivered the UN System of Internal Justice demarche to Deputy Director General Pekka Oinonen of the MFA's Legal Department and to Director Kai Sauer of the Unit for General Global Affairs on May 20. 2. (U) Oinonen stated that the GoF agrees with most of the points in the US non [...]	2008-05-27 13:26:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC APER PREL UNGA FI
08HELSINKI247	FINLAND ON IOM DIRECTOR GENERAL [...] (U) PolOff delivered the "Securing Support for U.S. Candidate for IOM Director General" demarche to Counsellor Ilkka Rentola of the MFA,s Unit for Human Rights Policy on Jun 4. 2. (C) Rentola stated that the GoF's current discussion is focused on support for the Canadian candidate Sergio Ma [...]	2008-06-05 10:34:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF SMIG AORC FI
08HELSINKI302	FINLAND: BURMA POST-CYCLONE ASSISTANCE RESPONSE [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered demarche Shaping Post-Cyclone Assistance in Burma to Theresa Zitting, First Secretary, Asia and Oceania on July 2 who stated that Finland agrees with USG points on Burma: GoF condemns political prisoners, condemns that they are still under house arrest, is concerned with [...]	2008-07-02 13:59:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAID BM EUN FI
08HELSINKI323	FINLAND: SUPPORT FOR IAEA-INDIA AGREEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-15 13:44:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL ETTC FI
08HELSINKI324	FINNISH COMMENTS ON GAERC JULY 22-23 [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-16 07:46:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM EUN PGOV FI IR SO SU ZI UP CD
08HELSINKI374	FINNISH COMMENTS ON AUGUST 13 GEORGIA GAERC [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-14 13:47:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL GG RU FI
08HELSINKI375	FINLAND: KARADZIC FAMILY TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-14 14:03:00	Embassy Helsinki	SECRET	PREL ETTC KAWC ICTY BK EU FI
08HELSINKI380	FINLAND: DEMARCHE SUPPORT OSCE MONITORS GEORGIA [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-16 11:50:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OSCE PREL PBTS GG RS FI
08HELSINKI405	FINLAND: RESPONSE IRANIAN URANIUM ACQUISITION [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-04 13:23:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MNUC KNNP IR PARM TRGY ENRG EMIN ETTC FI
08HELSINKI406	FINLAND: COMMENTS ON GYMNICH SEPTEMBER 5-6 [...] (SBU) Summary: PolOff delivered points from reftels to Markku Lampinen, Deputy Director Deputy European Correspondent, Unit for European Common Foreign and Security Policy on September 3. Lampinen stated that the extraordinary European Council (EC) meeting on Monday (September 1) left less fo [...]	2008-09-04 13:43:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EUN PREL PGOV GG PHUM RU FI
08HELSINKI457	FINLAND COMMENTS: KOSOVO ICJ RESOLUTION AT UNGA [...] (C) PolOff and Finland Desk Officer met with Finnish MFA Counselor Tony Paso, Unit for EU Enlargement and West Balkans on October 7. Regarding the Serbian resolution, Paso said that the Government of Finland (GoF) will abstain regardless of the EU position, coinciding with the public position [...]	2008-10-09 07:41:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNGA ICJ KV FI
08HELSINKI463	FINNISH COMMENTS ON OCTOBER 13 GAERC [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-10 10:32:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EUN PHUM PREL PGOV ZI UZ BO GG RS FI
08HELSINKI550	FINNISH COMMENTS ON THE DECEMBER 8-9 GAERC [...] (C) Summary. PolOff met with MFA Unit for the European Union Common Foreign and Security Policy Director Leena-Kaisa Mikkola to discuss GAERC points on December 5. On the question of enlargement, she stated that the Western Balkans will be part of a general discussion and Turkey will be encou [...]	2008-12-05 15:12:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD EUN ZL IS PK CG TU FI
08HELSINKI563	FINLAND: ELEVATING TRAFFICKING PROSECUTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Finnish government has been proactively pursuing trafficking cases and opportunities to raise public awareness about trafficking. A Finnish court recently handed down prison sentences to five Finns for a trafficking case involving a single Finnish woman. Finnish authoriti [...]	2008-12-12 13:55:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KTIP ELAB SOCI FI
08HELSINKI574	FINLAND: IRAQI HUMAN SMUGGLING CASES [...] SUMMARY. Iraqi asylum cases in Finland are on the rise, following a shift in the Government's refugee policy. As the Iraqi population rises, Finnish officials encounter instances of people trying to circumvent refugee processes abroad to reunite with family and former neighbors now resident in [...]	2008-12-19 11:32:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREF PBTS SMIG FI
08HELSINKI6	FINNISH RESPONSE - GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-07 08:42:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT PARM PREL PTER FI
08HELSINKI64	OSCE AMBASSADOR FINLEY MEETS CHAIRMAN KANERVA IN [...] (SBU) Summary: US OSCE Ambassador Julie Finley separately met with Finnish Foreign Minister and OSCE Chairman in Office (CiO) Ilkka Kanerva and MFA State Secretary Teija Tiilikainen in Helsinki January 30. Kanerva expressed gratitude for the US response to Finland's OSCE agenda presented in Vi [...]	2008-02-14 13:00:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS FI
08HELSINKI74	FINNISH RESPONSE - U.S. DECISION TO RECOGNIZE [...] (C) PolOff spoke with Juha Ottman, Director, Unit for Western Balkans on February 21 regarding reftels. On February 18 GoF declared its intention to recognize Kosovo independence, with formal recognition expected on February 29. GoF's process requires that the cabinet approve the recognitio [...]	2008-02-21 13:02:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNMIK FI
08HELSINKI80	UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL; FINLAND UNIVERSAL [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-28 08:29:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PREL FI
08HOCHIMINHCITY1054	TRA VINH PROTESTANTS AND OFFICIALS EXCHANGE VIEWS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: During a November 18 visit to Tra Vinh, PolOffs raised a number of issues reported by both recognized and unrecognized Protestant congregations over the past year with provincial officials. These incidents of religious freedom violations represent a small number of the worst typ [...]	2008-12-04 11:45:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KIRF PHUM VM
08HOCHIMINHCITY1056	OFFICIALS AND RELIGIOUS LEADERS PORTRAY POSITIVE PICTURE OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Ben Tre and Soc Trang authorities attribute the positive religious freedom situation in their respective provinces in part to their sponsorship of annual training on 2004 and 2005 central government regulations on religion. Ben Tre officials cautioned, however, that religious be [...]	2008-12-05 03:54:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KIRF PREL VM
08HOCHIMINHCITY452	SOME ACTIVISTS PREVENTED FROM CELEBRATING DEATH ANNIVERSARY [...] (SBU) Summary: In late March, Vietnamese police prevented democracy and land rights activists from attending a ceremony in Ho Chi Minh City to commemorate the death of Hanoi-based dissident and former General Secretary of the outlawed Democratic Party of Vietnam (DPV),Hoang Minh Chinh. Chinh [...]	2008-04-28 10:58:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM VM
08HOCHIMINHCITY608	BUDDHISTS MOURN PASSING OF UBCV PATRIARCH THICH HUYEN QUANG [...] (SBU) Summary: Thich Huyen Quang, the 4th most Venerable Patriarch of the outlawed Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV),died on July 5 in Binh Dinh province after a long battle with heart, lung and liver problems. While state-run media are reporting the event via the officially-sanction [...]	2008-07-08 09:26:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF PREL PGOV VM
08HOCHIMINHCITY735	VIETNAM'S MEDIA CRACKDOWN: NO END IN SIGHT [...] (SBU) Summary: Four more chief editors of popular newspapers in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi are expected to soon join the ranks of nine other press brethren who have been removed from their positions as a result of their reporting on corruption. Reliable Mission media contacts also lament that [...]	2008-08-14 10:08:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL VM
08HOCHIMINHCITY739	MEDIA CRACKDOWN CONTINUES WITH NO END IN SIGHT [...] (SBU) Summary: Four more chief editors of popular newspapers in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi are expected to soon join the ranks of nine other press brethren who have been removed from their positions as a result of their reporting on corruption. Reliable Mission media contacts also lament that [...]	2008-08-15 10:08:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL VM
08HOCHIMINHCITY756	SLOW AND STEADY PROGRESS COMBATING TIP IN SOUTHERN VIETNAM [...] (U) Summary: The GVN made positive strides in combating trafficking-in-persons (TIP) during the first half of 2008, with provincial police busting four trafficking rings in Tay Ninh and HCMC police conducted their biggest raid yet against an illegal marriage brokering agency catering to Korean [...]	2008-08-22 06:21:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIP PREL PGOV SOCI VM
08HOCHIMINHCITY815	BLOGGER DIEU CAY CONVICTED FOR TAX EVASION [...] (C) Blogger "Dieu Cay" (whose real name is Nguyen Van Dai) and his wife were tried today in HCMC on tax evasion charges in a HCMC district court. Cay was sentenced to 2.5 years in prison and fined $48,000, or twice the amount prosecutors claimed he owed in back taxes. His wife received a one [...]	2008-09-11 09:48:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL VM
08HOCHIMINHCITY887	THE AMBASSADOR TALKS EDUCATION, NGOS AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM [...] (SBU) Summary: During the Ambassador's September 19 trip to Kontum, he highlighted the contributions the USG and international NGOs are making in the province, including the recent opening of a USAID-funded ethnic minority boarding school. Kontum leaders were open to the idea of further US coo [...]	2008-10-01 08:37:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV KIRF VM
08HOCHIMINHCITY889	TIGHTENED RESTRICTIONS ON TRAVEL BY OFFICERS AT CONGEN HCMC [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a series of highly unusual moves that directly violate the "rules of the road" for travel by Consulate employees established by the GVN, External Relations Office (ERO) in HCMC informed the CG that the MFA had forbidden the Consulate's PolOff from completing a planned trip to Da [...]	2008-10-01 10:28:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CMGT VM
08HOCHIMINHCITY917	PRESBYTERIANS CELEBRATE FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY SINCE [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 19, the Vietnam Presbyterian Church celebrated its first General Assembly since it received national recognition in 2007. Deputy Director of the National Committee for Religious Affairs (CRA) Nguyen Thanh Xuan welcomed the Consul General and other foreign officials [...]	2008-10-06 09:46:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KIRF PHUM VM
08HONGKONG155	MACAU PROSECUTES FIRST TIP CASE AND JOINS WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: The Macau Public Prosecutions Office (PPO) announced January 17, 2008 that it had charged the first-ever suspect in a case of international human trafficking through Macau. According to "Macau Daily News," a Vietnamese woman was charged with human trafficking after she recruite [...]	2008-01-25 01:03:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KWMN KCRM PGOV PHUM ELAB SMIG ASEC CH HK MC
08HONGKONG2092	US PROSECUTOR SHARES ANTI-TIP EXPERTISE WITH HONG [...] (SBU) Summary: Department of Justice prosecutor James Felte, a specialist in human trafficking cases, shared his first-hand experience in a series of meetings and seminars in Hong Kong and Macau November 3-4. Felte conducted a seminar on effective strategies for investigating and prosecuting [...]	2008-11-17 06:56:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM SMIG HK MC
08HONGKONG403	HONG KONG NGO'S CONCERNED ABOUT PRISON LABOR AND [...] (C) Summary: Work study programs in China are among the most troubling, under researched and uncorrected human trafficking cases there, but exploitation in prison labor programs, as well as abuses of Indonesian foreign domestic workers in Hong Kong contribute to the problem in the region. Th [...]	2008-03-05 01:06:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KCRM KWMN KFRD ASEC ELAB PHUM PINR PGOV PREF
08HONGKONG408	2008 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT: MACAU [...] (SBU) Per ref A, the following are post's contributions to the eighth annual Trafficking in Persons report for the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR) of the People's Republic of China. (Note: Per instructions, subheadings, questions, and paragraph letters correspond to those in paragr [...]	2008-03-05 08:13:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM SMIG CH HK MC
08HONGKONG53	INTERNAL DISSENT HAMPERS HONG KONG DEMOCRATIC PARTY [...] (C) Summary: "Reformist" members of the Hong Kong Democratic Party (DP) recently sent an internal memorandum to the party's leaders, expressing deep concern over the party's poor showing in the November 18 district council election (ref a) as well as its overall strategic and policy direction [...]	2008-01-10 03:29:00	Consulate Hong Kong	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SOCI CH HK MC
08HONGKONG880	LABOR NGO CONCERNED ABOUT SECURITY OF PRC-BASED [...] (C) On May 7, Han Dongfang (strictly protect) and Robin Munro (strictly protect) of the Hong Kong-based China Labour Bulletin (CLB, strictly protect) discussed ways to strengthen USG outreach and monitoring of CLB projects (funded by the USG) on the mainland with visiting Embassy Beijing laboff [...]	2008-05-15 08:16:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR CH HK MC
08ISLAMABAD1032	PAKISTAN AND OIC SPECIAL ENVOY CUMBER'S REQUEST [...] (U) On March 7 Poloff informed MFA Americas Division Director Mansoor Khan of Special Envoy Cumber's interest in a meeting with the Pakistani delegation at the OIC summit in Dakar. We also provided contact information per reftel. Khan said the best POC for arranging a meeting with FM Inam ul [...]	2008-03-07 15:17:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC OIC PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD1033	PAKISTAN AGREES TO CONSIDER POSSIBLE UNSCR ACTION [...] (C) In a March 5 meeting with MFA Assistant Director Farhat Ayesha, Poloff drew on reftel points regarding concerns about piracy on Somalia's coast. Assistant Director Ayesha noted that Pakistan shared our concerns and welcomed a multilateral approach on the issue. Ayesha thanked Poloff for [...]	2008-03-07 15:18:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PBTS PREL UNSC UN SO PK
08ISLAMABAD1071	COALITION "DECLARATION": FEDERAL PARTICIPATION [...] (C) Summary: Late March 9, the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) announced the details for the formation of Pakistan's next coalition government. In exchange for the PPP's commitment to pass a resolution ostensibly returning deposed judges to the bench, th [...]	2008-03-10 13:18:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD1130	UNSCR 1803: PAKISTAN OPPOSES IRAN SANCTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-13 13:20:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	IR KNNP MNUC PARM PK
08ISLAMABAD1131	PAKISTAN CONSIDERING SUPPORT FOR OIC COMMUNIQUE ON [...] (C) In a March 6 discussion with MFA Director Afzaal Mahmood, Poloff drew on Ref A points encouraging Pakistan to support language in the OIC Summit communique welcoming Kosovo's independence. Mahmood noted Pakistan was considering such support, but had not yet made a decision. Mahmood once a [...]	2008-03-14 02:01:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC UNMIK KV PK
08ISLAMABAD1381	PAKISTAN SUPPORTS NEW UN SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-01 07:55:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PK PREL AF UNGA
08ISLAMABAD1383	PAKISTAN: SOMALIA AND PIRACY, SEEKING VIEWS ON [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-01 09:11:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PBTS PGOV PK PREL SO UNGA UNSC
08ISLAMABAD1401	EARLY DAYS OF THE NEW COALITION GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary: PM Gillani in his first week is already demonstrating what Pakistanis describe as "our tendency to jump into the river first and figure out how deep it is afterwards." Faced with immediate opposition, Gillani has had to backtrack on pronouncements that the Frontier Crimes Regula [...]	2008-04-01 15:18:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PHUM
08ISLAMABAD1414	PAKISTAN: UNAMID DEMARCHE RESPONSE [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-02 12:10:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PK PREL UNGA
08ISLAMABAD1421	PAKISTAN NOT READY TO DISCUSS VOTE ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-03 09:31:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD145	CODEL LIEBERMAN MEETS WITH HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST, [...] (C) Summary: In a January 9 meeting with Codel Lieberman, human rights activist Asma Jahangir expressed her great concern for the current political and economic atmosphere within Pakistan. She also has hope for the elections but sees that the relationship between the American and Pakistani go [...]	2008-01-10 08:41:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD1573	BALOCHISTAN: THE NEGLECTED PROVINCE [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-15 12:20:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PGOV PHUM PK PREL PTER

08ISLAMABAD1641	RESTORATION OF JUDICIARY: DEADLOCKED FOR NOW [...] (C) Summary: After two intense days of personal negotiations, Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Co-Chair Asif Zardari and Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) leader Nawaz Sharif remained deadlocked over the issue of how/when to restore the deposed judiciary. They continue to debate whether to restor [...]	2008-04-22 14:02:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL KJUS PHUM
08ISLAMABAD1695	PAKISTAN IMPLEMENTING TRAVEL BANS AS REQUIRED BY [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-29 09:16:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD1702	WILL THE JUDICIARY ISSUE BRING DOWN PAKISTAN'S [...] (C) Summary: Though seemingly close to a deal on restoration of the deposed judiciary, the Pakistan People's Party and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz continue to negotiate (now in Dubai). The sticking point continues to be former Chief Justice Chaudhry, who likely will return to the bench. But [...]	2008-04-29 14:25:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL KJUS
08ISLAMABAD1756	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH PML-N LEADER NAWAZ SHARIF [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador called on former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on May 2 to discuss the judges restoration issue, the South Waziristan peace deal and the Pakistani economy. Nawaz said a committee would be established to draft a parliamentary resolution to reinstate the judges on May 12. [...]	2008-05-05 13:43:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER KJUS PK
08ISLAMABAD1772	COMMITTEE ON JUDGES INCHES FORWARD [...] (C) Summary: Senior attorneys charged by the political parties with drafting a resolution to restore the pre-November 3 judiciary continue to bicker, and some committee members have already quit. On the table is a resolution that labels the November 3 firing of the judges as illegal and allow [...]	2008-05-07 14:05:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL KJUS
08ISLAMABAD1783	DEMARCHE RESPONSE: ENCOURAGING ATTENDANCE AT [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-08 08:25:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PK PREL PHUM OXEM SOCI UNESCO
08ISLAMABAD1784	PAKISTAN COMMITMENT TO COESPU INVITATION FOR [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-08 08:32:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PK PREL KTIA MARR MASS
08ISLAMABAD1805	PML FORWARD BLOCK IN THE WINGS [...] (C) Summary: As the deadlock over restoration of the judiciary drags on, back room negotiations continue over what might happen should the coalition collapse. Pakistan Muslim League (PML) parliamentarian Mian Manzoor Ahmad Wattoo claims that Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leader Asif Zardari h [...]	2008-05-10 11:10:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD1825	LIFE AT NDU: TRAINING PAKISTAN'S NEXT GENERATION OF MILITARY LEADERS [...] (C) Summary: Pakistan's National Defense University's curriculum is designed to foster national pride, but many of its students and instructors have an anti-American bias. Their attitudes demonstrate why we should continue our efforts to increase IMET opportunities, especially those aimed at the ge [...]	2008-05-12 12:36:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD1840	REQUEST TO MFA ON LEVEL OF PAKISTAN COMMITMENT TO [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-13 13:17:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PK PREL KPOV MARR
08ISLAMABAD1867	ZARDARI PUSHES "GLOBAL DEAL," BUT NAWAZ MAY HAVE [...] (C) Summary: Meeting with the Ambassador May 14, Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leader Asif Zardari was optimistic about reaching a "global deal" on the judiciary, wooing the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) back into the cabinet, and finalizing a budget by the June 30 deadline. PML-N lead [...]	2008-05-15 14:48:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD1894	SHOWDOWN MAY LOOM OVER JUDGES' RESTORATION [...] (C) Summary: On May 18, Pakistan's legal fraternities, frustrated with the new GOP's lack of progress to restore the pre-November 3 judges, called for a "long march" on the capital to begin June 10. The lawyers' movement is hoping sympathetic civil society organizations and political parties [...]	2008-05-19 15:18:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL KJUS
08ISLAMABAD1933	CONSTITUTIONAL HURDLES FOR PROPOSED 18TH AMENDMENT [...] (C) Summary: Pakistan People's Party (PPP) this week prepared and appears ready to present an omnibus amendments package to reinstate the pre-November 3 judiciary, indemnify President Pervez Musharraf for his actions related to the judges' removal, and diminish significantly the possibility of [...]	2008-05-23 16:05:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL KJUS
08ISLAMABAD1954	62 PARTS OF AMENDMENTS PACKAGE GOES PUBLIC [...] (SBU) Summary: In a May 24 press conference, Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leader Asif Zardari provided the details of a comprehensive constitutional amendments package, including abolishing the presidential power to dissolve the National Assembly, allowing criticism of Pakistan's armed forces [...]	2008-05-28 11:55:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL KJUS
08ISLAMABAD1955	62 PARTS OF AMENDMENTS PACKAGE GOES PUBLIC [...] (SBU) Summary: In a May 24 press conference, Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leader Asif Zardari provided the details of a comprehensive constitutional amendments package, including abolishing the presidential power to dissolve the National Assembly, allowing criticism of Pakistan's armed forces [...]	2008-05-28 12:01:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL KJUS
08ISLAMABAD1967	FRIENDS OF IRAQ CONFERENCE PROPOSED AGENDA [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-29 11:39:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PK PREL IZ MARR MOPS OTRA
08ISLAMABAD1979	DELIVERY OF UN SYSTEM OF INTERNAL JUSTICE DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-30 06:38:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PK PREL UNGA AORC APER
08ISLAMABAD1980	2007 UN VOTING REPORT DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-30 06:39:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PK PREL AORC UNSC UNGA
08ISLAMABAD1981	DEMARCHE DELIVERY TO MOVE ENGINEERS FROM UNMIS TO [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-30 06:40:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PK PREL UNSC KPKO SU
08ISLAMABAD1982	SUPPORT TO IOM DG CANDIDATE IS UNKNOWN [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-30 06:41:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PK PREL AORC PREF SMIG
08ISLAMABAD2096	THE PAKISTANI LAWYERS 'LONG MARCH' BEGINS [...] (C) Summary: The much promised lawyers' Long March to protest for restoration of the deposed judiciary has begun its journey from Karchi through Lahore; officials expect hundreds of thousands of demonstrators will converge on Islamabad June 12 and 13. The march is a difficult challenge for P [...]	2008-06-11 14:29:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD2320	KOSOVO RECOGNITION DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-08 04:52:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PK PREL UNMIK YI EU KPKO KV
08ISLAMABAD2329	NEW GLOBAL PARTNERS RECOGNIZED AND POC PROVIDED [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-09 05:13:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PK PREL PARM PTER KGIC KNNP JO IN RS
08ISLAMABAD2416	PAKISTAN NOTIFIED OF ARB-4 PROCEEDINGS PERTAINING [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-16 09:44:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PK PREL PTER KDRG
08ISLAMABAD2431	UPDATING ARF ON REGIONAL DISASTER PREPAREDNESS [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-18 05:50:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PK PREL EAID ARF ASEAN KNNP PARM
08ISLAMABAD2432	NEW U.S. POLICY ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-18 05:54:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PK PREL PARM MOPS KPOA NATO
08ISLAMABAD2433	PAKISTAN DELEGATION FOUND MAY 2008 PSI WORKSHOP [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-18 05:55:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PK PREL KNNP MNUC PARM
08ISLAMABAD2434	PAKISTAN TO REMAIN "BALANCED" ON IRAN WITHIN NAM [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-18 05:57:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	IAEA IR KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PK PREL TRGY
08ISLAMABAD2435	PAKISTAN COMPLIANCE WITH IRISL CARGO INSPECTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-18 07:56:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL EFIN EWWT ETRD PARM PINR KNNP
08ISLAMABAD2436	DEMARCHE RESPONSE: POSSIBLE PAKISTAN DIVERSIONS OF [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-18 07:57:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL ETTC KOMC
08ISLAMABAD2438	PAKISTAN STAYS COMMITTED TO UNSCRS 1737, 1747, 1803 [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-18 09:06:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PK PREL KNNP EFIN PARM IR
08ISLAMABAD2455	REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON PAKISTANI DETAINEES [...] (C) Please see action request para 3. On July 17, Mansoor Khan, Director of the Americas Desk with the MFA, requested a meeting with Poloff to compare lists of Pakistani detainees currently held by the U.S. as a follow up to the June 18 meeting concerning the recent ARB-4 (Ref B). The MFA lis [...]	2008-07-21 13:35:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL PHUM PINR PTER KDRG
08ISLAMABAD2457	PAKISTANI REACTION TO THE INDIA-IAEA SAFEGUARD [...] (C) On July 21, Ambassador raised with FM Qureshi USG concern that Pakistan was blocking IAEA action on the proposed India Safeguard Agreement. She noted that the Pakistani Embassy in Vienna had circulated a fax to other missions insisting that the Agreement be subject to a 45-day review, th [...]	2008-07-21 14:36:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL PARM ETTC
08ISLAMABAD2525	CABINET EXPANSION POSTPONED; BUREAUCRACY SHAKEUPS CONTINUE [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-25 13:48:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD2528	PAKISTAN LIKELY TO ATTEND GI CONFERENCE ON [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-26 07:06:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KNNP MCAP PK PINS PARM PREL PINR
08ISLAMABAD2529	PAKISTAN: "STRATEGIC INTEREST" TO PREVENT URANIUM SUPPLIES TO IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-26 07:07:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	EMIN ENRG ETTC IR KNNP MNUC PARM PK TRGY
08ISLAMABAD2530	PAKISTAN: WILL NOT SUPPORT PRO-IRAN NAM FM STATEMENT IF CONTRARY TO IAEA [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-26 07:10:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	IR PARM PK TRGY
08ISLAMABAD2531	PAKISTAN: MESA'S IAEA BOARD SEAT "DIFFICULT" [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-26 07:12:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	IAEA KNNP PREL KZ SY PK AORC
08ISLAMABAD2532	LAWYERS' MOVEMENT: ON THE MOVE OR OUTMANEUVERED? [...] (C) Summary: The lawyers' movement met July 19 to renew its call for restoration of the pre-November 3 judiciary, setting a deadline of August 14 (Pakistan Independence Day). This time, they threatened civil disobedience as well as marches and boycotts. But the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) i [...]	2008-07-26 08:21:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD2605	PAKISTAN: "JUST AN OBSERVER" AT SCO SUMMIT [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-04 10:44:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	PGOV PK PREL MARR MOPS AFIN
08ISLAMABAD2657	PAKISTAN: UNAWARE OF AIR KORYO FLIGHT; LAWYERS [...] (S) PolOff delivered August 7 reftel demarche points to MFA Disarmament Director Mohammad Kamran Akhtar. Akhtar later reported back that he had checked with MFA's Territorial Division, which had no record of a flight clearance request matching the description in our points. The MFA requested [...]	2008-08-07 09:18:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	PGOV PK PREL PTER PARM MNUC
08ISLAMABAD2850	INSIGHTS ON ZARDARI'S PLANS FOR THE PARTY, [...] (C) Summary: Pakistan People's Party Deputy Secretary General Sheik Mansoor admitted August 27 that his party leadership, including those serving in government, would not focus on the extremist threat or other pressing issues until its Co-Chair Asif Zardari was elected Pakistan's president on Septe [...]	2008-08-27 12:03:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL KJUS PTER
08ISLAMABAD2869	PAKISTAN TO REMAIN NEUTRAL ON ALL KOSOVO ISSUES [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-29 10:47:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL UNGA KV
08ISLAMABAD2870	PAKISTAN: RUSSIA/GEORGIA CONFLICT TOO FAR AWAY [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-29 10:56:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL RU GG KPKO MARR
08ISLAMABAD2872	PAKISTAN NOTIFIED OF ARB-4 PROCEEDINGS PERTAINING [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-29 11:20:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL PHUM PTER PINR KDRG AF
08ISLAMABAD292	PAKISTAN MINISTRY FOR HUMAN RIGHTS: "COSMETIC [...] (C) Summary: On January 17, Polcouns met with Pakistan's first Human Rights Minister, Ansar Burney, to discuss the formation of the new federal ministry and its chances to survive beyond the caretaker government. Burney, a former G/TIP "hero," wants to create a National Human Rights Commission [...]	2008-01-18 13:33:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD2940	AFTER PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION; ACTION WILL MOVE TO [...] (C) Summary: Pakistan's electoral college will choose the country's next president on September 6; we expect the new president to be sworn in on September 7. Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Co-Chair Asif Zardari is confident of victory and has been working overtime to ensure he receives the maxi [...]	2008-09-06 05:56:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD2983	ZARDARI BRINGS (SOME) JUDGES BACK... HIS WAY [...] (C) Summary: Asif Zardari's Pakistan People's Party (PPP) is fulfilling its promise to reinstate the Musharraf-deposed judiciary, though it is doing it piecemeal and selectively. The GOP has now wooed back judges to all the provincial High Court benches. More significantly, though, three junio [...]	2008-09-10 13:37:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL PHUM KJUS
08ISLAMABAD3009	PAKISTAN RESPONSE TO UNGA HUMAN RIGHT PRIORITIES: [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-12 11:44:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PK PREL SOCI
08ISLAMABAD3221	PAKISTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON U.S. UNGA [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-08 13:01:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PARM CDG UNGA PK
08ISLAMABAD3222	PAKISTAN INVITED TO GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-08 13:02:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PARM PINR PINS PTER KGIC MCAP PK
08ISLAMABAD3226	PAKISTAN TO SUPPORT U.S. UNGA COMPLIANCE [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-09 09:25:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PARM CDG UNGA PK
08ISLAMABAD3349	NAWAZ'S TENETS FOR WAR ON TERROR [...] (C) Summary: The opposition Pakistan Muslim League-N's (PML-N) Nawaz Sharif has submitted a letter to PM Gilani outlining his party's six tenets for any counterterrorism strategy. While blaming the Musharraf administration for misguided policies and claiming a desire for consensus, the letter [...]	2008-10-22 12:47:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER MOPS EAID PK
08ISLAMABAD3361	RUCKUS BY LAWYERS BUT LEADERS MOVING ON [...] (U) Hundreds of Pakistan's activist lawyers streamed on to the streets of Islamabad October 20 in an impromptu demonstration on behalf of former Supreme Court Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry. Chaudhry had attempted to leave the judicial enclave and travel to the Supreme Court building just bloc [...]	2008-10-24 03:19:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KJUS EAID PK
08ISLAMABAD3366	CONFUSION PERSISTS OVER PAKISTAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-24 07:41:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KPKO SU PK
08ISLAMABAD3417	KURD ELECTED BAR PRESIDENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Ali Ahmad Kurd was easily elected late October 28 as the new president of Pakistan's powerful Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA). Kurd, former vice-chair of the Pakistan Bar Council, was backed by the lawyers' movement to succeed Aitzaz Ahsan. While Kurd is advertised as a " [...]	2008-10-29 12:46:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KJUS EAID PK
08ISLAMABAD3463	PROTESTS ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF MUSHARRAF'S STATE [...] (C) Summary: Lawyers commemorated the November 3 anniversary of last year's State of Emergency (SOE),demonstrating in front of bar association offices and court houses across the country. They blasted the current government for reinstating only some of the judges removed by former President [...]	2008-11-03 12:55:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PK
08ISLAMABAD3630	PAKISTAN'S VIEWS ON AFGHAN REFUGEE CONFERENCE [...] (C) Summary: On November 13, Poloff and DepPolCouns delivered reftel demarche to Imran Siddiqui, responsible for human rights issues within the United Nations division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Siddiqui saw the November 19 international conference on Afghan refugees as "positive" b [...]	2008-11-18 11:46:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PREL AF PK
08ISLAMABAD3655	A POWER PLAY FOR THE EMBATTLED PAKISTAN MUSLIM [...] (C) Summary: The leaders of the Pakistan Muslim League (PML) party have abandoned former President Pervez Musharraf and are engaged in a battle to keep the party intact and hold on to power in the face of an internal rebellion after losses in the February parliamentary elections. PML President [...]	2008-11-20 12:19:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PK
08ISLAMABAD3672	PRISON RIOTS PROMPT CALLS FOR REFORM [...] (C) Summary: Four prison riots in rapid succession in mid-October prompted NGO leaders to call for systemic reform. The problems stem from extreme overcrowding, severe health and sanitation risks, inequities within the prison population, and lengthy pre-trial detention. Conviction rates in [...]	2008-11-21 10:50:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM SNAR PK
08ISLAMABAD3711	FATA UPDATE - 21 NOVEMBER 2008 [...] (C) Summary: Operations continued in Bajaur Agency as the military continued to move to the southern border. In Mohmand Agency, Pakistan air assaults continued on the northern border and limited unit movement on the southern border to cordon and search for militants on a house-by-house basis. [...]	2008-11-26 14:05:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREF PREL PTER PK MOPS
08ISLAMABAD3788	PML-N KITCHEN CABINET: NAWAZ'S BETTER HALF [...] (C) Summary: On November 25 last year, opposition leader Nawaz Sharif triumphantly returned to Lahore. Even then, however, prospects for his Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz looked dim. In fact, Nawaz announced (three times) that his party would boycott the February 18 parliamentary elections, j [...]	2008-12-07 11:53:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PK
08ISLAMABAD3945	BHUTTO ASSASSINATION COMMEMORATED: A YEAR NO ONE [...] (C) Summary: On the one-year anniversary of the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) -- in control of government again -- prepares to commemorate the life of its slain leader. This December 27 will see day-long speeches and memorials across the country. Bhutto's [...]	2008-12-26 08:12:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER EAID PINR PK
08ISLAMABAD653	PAKISTAN'S MADRASSAS [...] (C) Summary: The majority of Pakistan's 15,000-16,000 madrassas are registered religious schools that provide some level of learning combined with food, shelter and clothing for poor children. Only 4-5% of school-age Pakistani children attend madrassas. The problems emanate from the 1,000 or so unr [...]	2008-02-13 13:44:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PTER PK
08ISLAMABAD654	PAKISTAN: KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE DEMARCHE [...] (U) This is an action request - see para 3. 2. (C) On February 12, Ambassador delivered reftel talking points to Pakistani Foreign Secretary Riaz Khan. Khan acknowledged USG and EU views, but indicated the Government of Pakistan (GOP) does not want to be one of the first countries to recogn [...]	2008-02-13 13:46:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV EU PK YI
08ISLAMABAD767	PAKISTAN STILL CONSIDERING RECOGNITION OF KOSOVO [...] (C) In a February 20 meeting with Mirza Afzal Mahmood, MFA Director of the European Division, PolOff drew on Ref A points to explain the U.S. decision to recognize Kosovo as an independent state. PolOff asked if Pakistan was considering recognizing Kosovo's independence, noting the MFA had re [...]	2008-02-22 02:04:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNMIK UN KV PK
08ISLAMABAD900	AN ADDITION TO THE PM SHORT LIST: AHMED MUKHTAR [...] (C) Summary: This is one of several profiles on politicians who may be major players in the new Pakistani government. Ahmed Mukhtar, a crony of Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Co-Chair Asif Zardari, emerged this week in the press as an another possible candidate for PPP Prime Minister. End su [...]	2008-02-29 14:28:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL PHUM
08ISTANBUL354	OLD AND NEW IDEAS AT THE ISTANBUL BRANCH OF CHP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a recent meeting, the Istanbul head of Republican People's Party (CHP) Gursel Tekin criticized the Justice and Development Party (AKP),yet provided little substance to back up his comments. Tekin expects the closure case against AKP will result in early elections and the pu [...]	2008-07-02 04:40:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL TU
08ISTANBUL56	TURKEY-IRAN BUSINESS COUNCIL SEEKS EXPANDED TRADE [...] (C) Summary. Turkey-Iran Business Council Chairman Ali Osman Ulusoy on January 23 called for expanded commercial ties between Turkey and Iran, arguing such ties promote economic reform inside Iran. Last month he chaired a meeting in Istanbul with the President of the Iranian Chamber of Comm [...]	2008-02-01 08:01:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL IR TU
08ISTANBUL77	(C) INSIGHTS INTO IRAN'S PRESS TV FROM ITS [...] (C/NOFORN) Summary: Iranian news channel Press TV's Istanbul correspondent, a UK national, told us that the editors in Tehran do not dictate reporting topics or editorial line, but have set some reporting redlines (e.g., no PJAK or gas cut-off stories, no scenes of Turks drinking alcohol). [...]	2008-02-12 05:36:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV IR TU
08ISTANBUL79	REDISTRICTING THREATENS OPPOSITION ENCLAVES IN [...] (SBU) The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) intends to redistrict Istanbul before the 2009 March local elections in hopes of weakening further the opposition Republican People's Party's (CHP) power in Istanbul, according to Kadikoy Mayor Selami Ozturk. In both statements to the pre [...]	2008-02-12 14:22:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU
08JAKARTA1000	PRO-PALESTINIAN CONFERENCE IN JAKARTA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The University of Indonesia recently hosted an international conference on Palestinian-related issues. Members of the press, Indonesian Islamic parties and legislators, and some international guests--including anti-Israel rabbis--participated in the event. President Yudhoyono w [...]	2008-05-21 09:05:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KISL ID XF
08JAKARTA1006	PAPUA -- KEY MINING TOWN AWAITS ELECTION RESULTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Papua's Mimika District--the site of a giant mine owned by U.S. company Freeport-McMoRan--voted for local officials on May 19. The Election Commission is still counting the results. The race was heatedly contested and observers expect the losing side to challenge the results. [...]	2008-05-22 03:54:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS KDEM ID
08JAKARTA1022	INDONESIAN FONMIN TO ATTEND BURMA CONFERENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission delivered ref A demarche to Indonesian government and ASEAN Secretariat officials on May 23. The GOI agreed that Burma must allow international assessment teams to reach people in need and promised to press the point during the May 25 UN-ASEAN conference in Rangoon. F [...]	2008-05-23 09:04:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID ID BM
08JAKARTA1041	SOLDIERING ON -- HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION CONTINUES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Relations between Indonesia's Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) and the military are improving slowly. There has also been some recent progress on military accountability. In related news, the Indonesian legislature (DPR) announced that it is set to review a bill that would [...]	2008-05-28 08:25:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS PHUM ID
08JAKARTA1042	SOMALIA/PIRACY -- GOI REMAINS OPPOSED TO FRENCH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission continues to urge the GOI to support the U.S. position regarding the Somalia piracy resolution in the U.N. Security Council. Indonesia's position remains unchanged regarding the broader implications of the version of the resolution proposed by France. As an archipelagi [...]	2008-05-28 08:40:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC KCRM ID SO
08JAKARTA1046	PAPUA -- NO EVIDENCE OF MILITARY ATTACK ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Overseas NGOs have alleged that there was recently a major incident pitting the Indonesian military against civilians in the Papuan highlands. Human rights groups in Papua have found no evidence of any attack. The bubbling up of such allegations--which is a regular occurrence- [...]	2008-05-29 06:17:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS ID
08JAKARTA1048	HUMAN RIGHTS -- KEY COMMISSION WILLING TO HELP ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Keith Luse, U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Staff Member, met National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) Chair Ifdhal Kasim on May 27. Kasim said he will consider a suggestion that Komnas HAM assist with the vetting of Indonesian security personnel for USG training. [...]	2008-05-29 07:21:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ID
08JAKARTA105	RELIGIOUS FREEDOM -- PAPUA CHRISTIANS PUSH TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Manokwari--in Christian majority West Papua Province--is considering a draft regional bylaw proclaiming itself a "City of the Gospel." Supporters cite the special place of Manokwari in the history of Christian missionary activity in Papua. They also regard the bylaw as a respon [...]	2008-01-17 08:41:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS KIRF ID
08JAKARTA1055	BURMA: GOI CRITICIZES ASSK'S CONTINUED DETENTION; [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Wirajuda has criticized the Burmese regime's extension of Aung San Suu Kyi's house arrest. Indonesian legislators have also strongly condemned the regime's move and promised to press the Yudhoyono administration to take tougher action. The GOI plans to move fo [...]	2008-05-30 07:33:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID ID BM
08JAKARTA1079	COUNTERTERRORISM -- ACTION GROUP DISCUSSES JIHADI [...] (C) SUMMARY: The local G-8 Counterterrorism Action Group (CTAG) met in Jakarta on June 2. A visiting Japanese counterterrorism (CT) expert reviewed the role of CTAG in the international CT effort. A Russian Embassy proposal for a joint local CTAG demarche to the GOI concerning "jihadi" pub [...]	2008-06-03 09:04:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ID
08JAKARTA1080	UNSC -- RESOLUTION ON WOMEN AND CONFLICT [...] (U) This is an Action Request--Please see para 5. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On June 3, Mission delivered reftel message regarding the planned UNSCR on sexual violence in situations of armed conflict. The GOI promised to review the matter carefully and asked that the USG provide a copy of the draft [...]	2008-06-03 09:11:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KWMN UNSC ID
08JAKARTA1095	BURMA -- UPDATE ON INDONESIA AND CYCLONE RELIEF [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Medan. 2. (C) SUMMARY: On June 3-4, Mission reviewed Ref A points regarding access and forced relocations with Indonesian officials from the Department of Foreign Affairs and the Presidential Secretariat. GOI contacts agreed that the Burme [...]	2008-06-04 09:39:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID ID BM
08JAKARTA11	SULAWESI UPDATE -- TENSION IN THE SOUTH, CALM IN [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate General Surabaya. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Tensions are bubbling up in the southern part of Sulawesi--an island in central Indonesia with about 20 million people--over a recent election. In the meantime, after years of violence in the Poso region o [...]	2008-01-03 07:25:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PREL ID
08JAKARTA1102	SOUTHEAST ASIA REPORTING OFFICERS CONFERENCE, [...] (U) SUMMARY: Embassy Jakarta will host the 2008 Southeast Asia Reporting Officers Conference (SEAROC) from October 8-9. This message reviews conference themes and solicits participation from addressees. Subsequent messages will provide further details re the conference schedule and adminis [...]	2008-06-05 09:23:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON PGOV OTRA XB ID
08JAKARTA112	AMID NEW REVELATIONS, COURT CONTINUES REVIEW OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a January 15 Jakarta court hearing attended by poloff, prosecutors strengthened their case implicating the Indonesian National Intelligence Agency (BIN) in the 2004 murder of human rights activist Munir. In the meantime, the Supreme Court is continuing its review of its high [...]	2008-01-18 07:04:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS PHUM ID
08JAKARTA1128	UNSC THEMATIC DEBATE JUNE 2008 -- INDONESIAN [...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified--Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda cannot attend the June 19 UNSC thematic debate on Women, Peace and Security, according to Fikry Cassidy, Deputy Director for International Security and Disarmament Affairs at [...]	2008-06-10 05:08:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KWMN UNSC ID
08JAKARTA1134	GOVERNMENT ISSUES DECREE AGAINST MINORITY SECT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 9, the GOI issued a Joint Ministerial Decree prohibiting the Muslim sect Ahmadiyah from proselytizing and conducting religious activities. Issued weeks after it was first announced (ref B),the decree balances several GOI interests and represents a compromise between ra [...]	2008-06-10 10:40:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KIRF PINS ID
08JAKARTA1138	TERRORIST FINANCE -- DEMARCHE ON ADDING ALIASES TO [...] (C) On June 9 poloff met with Aris Munandar, Deputy Director for Terrorism at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) to discuss the addition, per ref A, of the aliases of two groups already on the UN 1267 list. Poloff provided information on the aliases, requested Indonesian support for t [...]	2008-06-11 06:56:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KTFN PTER ID
08JAKARTA1142	UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL -- INDONESIAN RESPONSE TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission has informed the GOI of the decision by the Government of the United States to disengage from participation in the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) due to the HRC's continued politicization and double standards. Indonesian interlocutors agreed that the HRC had problems but ex [...]	2008-06-11 07:59:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ID
08JAKARTA1143	SECT MEMBERS ALLOWED TO WORSHIP DESPITE EDICT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Vice President Yusuf Kalla made a public assurance on June 10 that the Islamic sect Ahmadiyah will be free to worship in the privacy of their mosques, despite the June 9 joint decree outlawing Ahmadis from religious activities (reftel). A senior Justice Ministry official public [...]	2008-06-11 09:15:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KIRF PINS ID
08JAKARTA1174	PAPUA -- GOI PLANNING FOR CONGRESSMAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: A senior Indonesian official told Congressman Faleomavaega that President Yudhoyono supported the idea of the Congressman's returning to Indonesia's restive Papua province. Indonesian legislators have also invited Mr. Faleomavaega to Papua and plan to press the GOI that they, to [...]	2008-06-16 09:38:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ID
08JAKARTA1180	IRAN -- INDONESIAN RESPONSE TO P5+1 PACKAGE [...] (C) On June 17, poloff discussed reftel concerns with Fikry Cassidy, Deputy Director for International Security at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU). Poloff outlined the enhanced incentives provided in the P5 1 package and emphasized that the dual-track approach to gaining Iran's com [...]	2008-06-17 09:43:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM KNNP MNUC ID IR
08JAKARTA1181	KOSOVO -- GOI RESPONSE ON PROPOSED RECONFIGURATION [...] (C) On June 17, Poloff met with Fikry Cassidy Deputy Director for International Security at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU),to discuss reftel points. Poloff underscored the UN Secretary General's reasons for reconfiguring the UN mission in Kosovo and requested that the GOI support [...]	2008-06-17 09:54:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC UNMIK ID KO
08JAKARTA119	INDONESIA, MALAYSIA STEP UP COMMITMENT TO PROTECT [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Embassy Kuala Lumpur. 2. (C) SUMMARY: During President Yudhoyono's recent visit to Malaysia, the two governments stepped up their commitment to protect migrants and combat trafficking. Yudhoyono brought public attention to the plight of Indonesian m [...]	2008-01-22 04:33:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ID KWMN MY PGOV PREL
08JAKARTA1190	TERRORIST FINANCE -- RAJAH SOLAIMAN MOVEMENT [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Mission presented reftel points to Fikry Cassidy, Deputy Director for International Security at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU),on June 18. Poloff stressed the importance of the UN Security Cou [...]	2008-06-18 09:42:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER EFIN KTFN ID
08JAKARTA1191	DARFUR/UNAMID -- INDONESIAN STABILIZATION POLICE [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The planned deployment of one Formed Police Unit of Indonesian National Police to Darfur is on hold. The unit is reportedly ready for deployment but bureaucratic issues must be addressed befor [...]	2008-06-18 09:42:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR PKO ID SU
08JAKARTA120	BURMA -- INDONESIAN CIVIL SOCIETY PLANS CONFERENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: An Indonesian coalition of civil society activists met January 17 with emboffs in order to plan a regional conference on Burma to take place in March in Jakarta. The USG-funded conference would invite civil society representatives from ASEAN and other Asian nations, as well as [...]	2008-01-22 06:55:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID BM ID
08JAKARTA1200	JUNE 2008 THEMATIC DEBATE ON SEXUAL VIOLENCE -- [...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified--Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) On June 19, poloff discussed ref A points with Riado Sembiring, Head of Peacekeeping Affairs in the Directorate of International Security and Disarmament Affairs at the Indonesian Department of Foreign Affai [...]	2008-06-19 09:59:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KWMN UNSC ID
08JAKARTA1207	FORMER GENERAL ARRESTED FOR ACTIVIST'S MURDER [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 19, Jakarta police arrested retired general and former Deputy of the Indonesian National Intelligence Agency (BIN) Muchdi Purwopranjono for the 2004 murder of human rights activist Munir Said Thalib. The arrest marks the first time a retired military general has been c [...]	2008-06-20 09:38:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS PREL ID

08JAKARTA1226	BALI BOMBERS STILL AWAITING EXECUTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: The three terrorists convicted for their roles in the October 2002 Bali bombings are still awaiting execution almost five years after their initial convictions. Incarcerated in Indonesia's "death row" prison, the three have reportedly exhausted all legal recourse. Given that the [...]	2008-06-24 07:43:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS PTER ID
08JAKARTA1234	TERRORIST FINANCE -- RENEWING MANDATE OF 1267 [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Drawing on reftel points, poloff urged Indonesian support for the draft resolution related to UNSCR 1267 concerning Al-Qaida and the Taliban. In comments echoed by other GOI officials, Mission [...]	2008-06-25 02:51:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER EFIN UNSC ID
08JAKARTA1237	PAPUA -- NEW DISTRICTS; KEY ELECTION STILL IN LIMBO [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOI has announced the creation of five new regencies (districts) in Papua Province in eastern Indonesia. The provincial government opposed the move but was powerless to stop it. Many Papuans see the new regencies as part of a long-standing Jakarta "divide and rule" strateg [...]	2008-06-25 08:36:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS KDEM ID
08JAKARTA1238	JAKARTA TO HOST CAPACITY-BUILDING CONFERENCE FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia has announcced that it plans n co-host with South Africa a ministerial-level apacity-building conference for Palestine, July 1415. The conference--which would be held in Jakata--aims to generate pledges of training, technial assistance and other forms of capacity-buil [...]	2008-06-25 08:37:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID ID SF XF
08JAKARTA1252	MUNIR CASE -- GOI CONTINUES TO PRESS INVESTIGATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesian President Yudhoyono has publicly called on the GOI's National Intelligence Agency (BIN) to cooperate fully in the investigation into the 2004 murder of human rights activist Munir Said Thalib. The President's statement comes against the backdrop of last week's dramati [...]	2008-06-27 01:57:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS ID
08JAKARTA1297	PAPUA -- TRIAL OF ACTIVISTS BEGINS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The treason trial of twelve Papuan activists began on July 2 in Manokwari, West Papua, in eastern Indonesia. Defense lawyers will argue that the defendants' act of raising the "Morning Star Flag"--which the GOI regards as a separatist symbol--was not aimed at challenging the le [...]	2008-07-03 06:29:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS ID
08JAKARTA131	IN LOCAL ELECTION, STAR POWER IS THE WINNING TICKET [...] (C) SUMMARY: Voters in Tangerang district--a populous suburb of Jakarta--delivered a resounding electoral victory to the incumbent district chief on January 20. The incumbent's victory in Tangerang's first-ever direct elections was aided by his decision to enlist an Indonesian movie star as [...]	2008-01-23 05:50:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM ID
08JAKARTA1319	ASEAN REGIONAL FORUM -- GOI ON REGIONAL DISASTER [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Poloff reviewed reftel proposal on regional disaster preparedness with the Indonesian Foreign Ministry (DEPLU). Mission also reviewed U.S. points with the ASEAN Secretariat. DEPLU officials [...]	2008-07-09 06:08:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EAID MARR ASEAN ID
08JAKARTA1372	IRANIAN NUCLEAR PROGRAM--PRESSING INDONESIA ON NAM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission urged GOI interlocutors not to allow Iran to use the July 27-30 Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Tehran as a show of support for Iranian defiance of international requirements re its nuclear program. Our contacts affirmed Indonesia's opposition to [...]	2008-07-17 02:14:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP ID IR
08JAKARTA1375	GOI UNDERSCORES NEED FOR REFORM--AND PRESENTS PLAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: At a July 9 meeting, Indonesia's Director General for Corrections solicited feedback on a blueprint for prison reform from a group of experts, diplomats and other GOI officials. The Director General was candid about failings in the prison system (weak security controls, overcro [...]	2008-07-17 03:59:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KJUS PREL ID
08JAKARTA1385	GOI ACCEPTS RESPONSIBILITY FORHQUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesian and East Timorese leaders have underscored their support for the conclusions of the Com(ission on Truth and Friendship (CTF) Report, stressing that the report assists the reconciliation r"ocess. The report itself places institutional eesponsibility on Indonesian secu [...]	2008-07-18 08:30:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ID TT
08JAKARTA1390	DARFUR PEACEKEEPING -- INDONESIA STILL COMMITTED [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Indonesian government tells us that it remains firmly committed to the deployment of peacekeeping police to Darfur. That said, recent attacks on UNAMID forces and the indictment of Sudanese President Bashir by an International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor are weighing on [...]	2008-07-21 05:40:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PKO ID SU
08JAKARTA1393	PAPUA -- MORE ARRESTS FOR "FLAG RAISING" [...] (C) SUMMARY: Authorities in the Papuan region of eastern Indonesia have detained 41 people and may charge nine in connection with an incident in which a flag with separatist connotations was raised during a peaceful protest. Human rights groups are mobilizing for the detainees' legal defens [...]	2008-07-21 06:55:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS KDEM ID
08JAKARTA1410	PREAH VIHEAR -- GOI PROPOSES CONTACT GROUP TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia has proposed the creation of an Indonesian-led ASEAN Contact Group to resolve the dispute between Cambodia and Thailand over the Preah Vihear temple. Indonesian officials are not certain exactly how the Contact Group will function nor whether other ASEAN members will s [...]	2008-07-22 09:23:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ID CB TH
08JAKARTA1416	TIMOR-LESTE: HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS PRAISE--AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Local human rights groups have praised the GOI's support for the Commission on Truth and Friendship (CTF) report documenting violence in East Timor. That said, they say the report--which was released last week--does not go far enough. They urge that the GOI hold individuals re [...]	2008-07-23 09:30:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ID TT
08JAKARTA1428	IRANIAN NUCLEAR PROGRAM--PRESSING INDONESIA ON NAM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission has urged key Indonesian interlocutors not to allow the upcoming Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Foreign Ministers' meeting in Tehran to be used as a platform for Iran's continued defiance of UNSC and IAEA obligations. In reply, Indonesian officials reaffirmed their oppositi [...]	2008-07-24 08:52:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP ID IR
08JAKARTA1429	UN MISSION ETHIOPIA/ERITREA -- SHARING U.S. VIEWS [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Mission delivered reftel message outlining USG views on the way forward for the UN Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) to GOI interlocutors on July 24. They took note of our views and prom [...]	2008-07-24 08:57:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPKO UNSC ID ET ER
08JAKARTA143	PAPUA -- NEW EXILE GROUP TRIES TO GAIN TRACTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: A new group of self-described Papuan exiles has told us it seeks to open negotiations with Jakarta over the province's legal status. The group's focus on "self-determination" basically makes their efforts a non-starter with the GOI. Moreover, the exiles' almost exclusive focus [...]	2008-01-24 07:33:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS ID FI
08JAKARTA1443	ASEAN CHARTER -- INDONESIAN DEBATE HEATING UP [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOI will soon submit the ASEAN Charter to the Indonesian national legislature for ratification. The government vows to press for approval, but many legislators have questioned whether Indonesia should endorse the document. They point to the Charter's relatively weak provis [...]	2008-07-28 09:26:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ID BM SN
08JAKARTA1447	UN MISSION ERITREA/ETHIOPIA -- GOI TO SUPPORT U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia supports the U.S. position that the U.N. Mission to Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) should be terminated because it is no longer supported by either nation. Our contacts confirm that the GOI will work with the USG on a new resolution that addresses key issues. END SUMMA [...]	2008-07-29 04:44:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO UNSC ID ET ER
08JAKARTA1459	FEW REPORTS OF PRESSURE AGAINST MINORITY SECT [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate General Surabaya and Consulate Medan. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Mission's survey of conditions for Ahmadiyah sect members indicates few reports of persecution or pressure since the recent GOI decree constraining the activities of the group. The decr [...]	2008-07-29 09:28:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KIRF ID
08JAKARTA146	DARFUR -- INDONESIAN PEACEKEEPERS GET GREEN LIGHT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia is preparing to send a unit made up of approximately 150 police officers to support UNAMID operations in Darfur. The vast majority of the force will come from the Mobile Brigade, the police special forces command. The planned deployment--slated to take place in March [...]	2008-01-24 09:29:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR KPKO PGOV ID SU
08JAKARTA1470	IRANIAN DEPUTY FM'S SPEECH FALLS FLAT IN JAKARTA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Mohammadi outlined a grand vision of international order in a July 29 speech in Jakarta. In his schema, Iran is inspiring a global movement of the world's oppressed peoples against domination by the U.S. and its allies. Mohammadi--who extolled Sh [...]	2008-08-01 08:27:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ID IR
08JAKARTA1486	PAPUANS TAKE TO THE STREETS IN LARGE, PEACEFUL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Approximately 3,000 Papuans gathered August 4 to protest the adoption of Sharia laws in some parts of Indonesia and the slow implementation of Papua's Special Autonomy Law. The protest--large by Papua standards--reflected simmering tensions and strained relations between (mainl [...]	2008-08-05 08:07:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS KISL ID
08JAKARTA1495	JI CO-FOUNDER RESIGNS FROM HARDLINE GROUP [...] (C) SUMMARY: Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Bashir--the co-founder of the terrorist group Jemaah Islamiyah--recently resigned as leader of a hardline group citing ideological differences. Sources believe that Bashir was unhappy over efforts to make the group more democratic, something that conflic [...]	2008-08-06 07:54:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KISL ID
08JAKARTA1522	PAPUA -- TENSIONS TORQUE UP IN RESTIVE PROVINCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesian security forces allegedly shot a Papuan protester to death during an August 9 rally in Papua. The shooting came after activists raised a flag regarded as a separatist symbol during a large rally. On the advice of the GOI, Mission has postponed a trip to Papua due to t [...]	2008-08-11 09:32:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PREL ID
08JAKARTA1542	CHRISTIAN SCHOOL UNDER PRESSURE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 25, small clashes involving local residents and Christian seminary students broke out in East Jakarta. No one was seriously injured. Police have evacuated the seminary and placed students and staff in camps in the Jakarta area. On August 12, the students demonstrated [...]	2008-08-13 06:42:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS KIRF ID
08JAKARTA1552	PREAH VIHEAR: INDONESIA ON THAI-CAMBODIA BORDER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia continues to support Thai-Cambodian efforts to resolve the Preah Vihear temple border dispute through bilateral negotiations. The GOI also remains ready to play a mediating role if both parties agree to it. We expect ASEAN Secretariat officials to discuss the issue o [...]	2008-08-14 07:19:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEAN ID CB TH
08JAKARTA1555	PAPUA -- GOI DOES NOT PLAN TO RELEASE DETAINED [...] (C) SUMMARY: Senior Indonesian officials have announced that the GOI does not plan to release two detained Papuan activists who are the subject of a recent U.S. Congressional letter. Indonesian legislators and some officials continue to condemn the letter as "interference" in Indonesia's in [...]	2008-08-14 08:19:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS PHUM ID
08JAKARTA1556	INDONESIA WILL ATTEND ARF WORKSHOP ON [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Poloff presented reftel invitation package for the September 10-12 ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) Workshop on Stabilization and Reconstruction in Bangkok to Fenny Ferranita, ARF Desk Officer at the Departmen [...]	2008-08-14 08:44:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID ARF ID
08JAKARTA1557	REGIONAL SECURITY INITIATIVE: COUNTERING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission has carefully reviewed Reftel regarding countering terrorist use of the Internet in the Tri-Border Region and the proposed three-part curriculum. We believe that it is consistent with Mission's Country Assistance Strategy. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) Mission appreciates Re [...]	2008-08-15 02:08:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ASEC ID MY RP
08JAKARTA1562	PAPUA -- INVESTIGATION INTO SHOOTING CONTINUES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesian authorities continue to investigate the August 9 shooting that left one Papuan dead following a controversial incident involving the waving of a banned separatist-linked flag. The investigation has focused on five police officers and the fatal bullet has been sent fo [...]	2008-08-15 08:12:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PHUM ID
08JAKARTA1581	WESTERN SAHARA -- PRESSING INDONESIA ON ANOTHER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission has reviewed Reftel related to Western Sahara with the GOI. Department of Foreign Affairs contact, taking our points on board, said that the GOI has not yet formulated its position. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) Mission has reviewed Reftel Western Sahara points with the GOI [...]	2008-08-20 08:02:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC PBTS ID MO WI
08JAKARTA1587	BALI BOMBERS -- FURTHER DELAY IN EXECUTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Indonesian Attorney General has stated that the executions of the Bali bombers will probably be delayed at least until after the Islamic fasting month of Ramadan concludes in October. In the meantime, the Constitutional Court continues to review a last-ditch appeal by the t [...]	2008-08-21 07:20:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER ASEC ID AS
08JAKARTA1593	ISLAMIC EXTREMIST CHARGED WITH INCITING HATRED [...] (C) SUMMARY: A well-known militant has been put on trail in Jakarta. Islamic extremist Rizieq Shihab was charged on August 21 with inciting hostility and fomenting assault during a June 1 incident in which militants attacked a peaceful rally in Jakarta. Dozens of FPI members filled the cou [...]	2008-08-22 07:55:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KIRF PINS KISL ID
08JAKARTA1594	FORMER INTELLIGENCE OFFICIAL STANDS TRIAL IN MUNIR [...] (C) SUMMARY: The trial of former Indonesian Intelligence Agency (BIN) Deputy Director Muchdi Purwoprandjono began August 21 in Jakarta. Muchdi--who is also a former commander of Kopassus (Army special forces)--is charged with complicity in the premeditated murder of well-known human rights [...]	2008-08-22 07:59:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS PHUM ID
08JAKARTA1595	SE ASIA REPORTING OFFICERS CONFERENCE, JAKARTA, [...] (U) This is an Action Request--Please see paras 3-4. 2. (U) Per reftel, Embassy Jakarta will host the 2008 Southeast Asia Reporting Officers Conference (SEAROC),October 8-9. The conference will include policy-oriented panels and tradecraft discussions. We encourage participation by eco [...]	2008-08-22 09:01:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON OTRA ID XB
08JAKARTA161	RELIGIOUS FREEDOM -- GOI DECIDES NOT TO BAN SECT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Indonesian government has decided not to ban a small Islamic sect. Instead, the GOI announced that it will monitor the group in order to make sure it is generally aligned with Sunni orthodoxy and not acting against "public order." While enthused that the group was not bann [...]	2008-01-25 08:39:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KIRF PINS ID
08JAKARTA1633	GEORGIA: PRESSING INDONESIA ON UPCOMING UNSC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission has engaged GOI officials to urge that representatives from Abkhazia and South Ossetia not be allowed to participate in the upcoming UNSC meeting on Georgia. Mission also urged Indonesia to press Russia to rethink its recognition of the breakaway regions, affirm Georgia [...]	2008-08-28 06:41:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC ID GG RS
08JAKARTA1637	KOSOVO: URGING INDONESIA TO REJECT REFERRAL TO ICJ [...] (C) SUMMARY: Per reftel, poloff has urged GOI officials to reject a draft UNGA resolution asking the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to issue an advisory opinion on the legality of Kosovo independence. GOI interlocutors said they generally viewed questions of independence as political [...]	2008-08-28 08:44:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UN ID KV
08JAKARTA1656	AVIAN INFLUENZA LAWSUIT AGAINST USG: REQUEST FOR [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified--Please handle accordingly. 2. (U) This message provides recommendations as requested in REF A and requests Department,s guidance by September 10. Please see para 10 for action request. 3. (SBU) SUMMARY: Legal proceedings are scheduled t [...]	2008-09-02 09:31:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV TBIO KFLU KLIG ID
08JAKARTA1664	SOUTH SUMATRA -- LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROHIBITS [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Medan. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The South Sumatra Governor's office announced a prohibition on Ahmadiyah activities on September Â [...]	2008-09-03 09:14:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KIRF KISL ID
08JAKARTA1669	EXBS: EXPORT CONTROL CONFERENCE IN CROATIA: [...] (U) SUMMARY: Mission delivered reftel invitation to Indonesian authorities on September 3 and urged Indonesian participation. Indonesia plans to participate in the Ninth International Export Control Conference in Cavtat-Dubrovnik Croatia, October 20-22, 2008. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) Polo [...]	2008-09-04 08:35:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM ETTC KSTC HR ID
08JAKARTA1676	AVIAN INFLUENZA LAWSUIT AGAINST USG: REQUEST FOR [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (U) This message requests Department's guidance by September 10. Please see para 8 for action request. 3. (SBU) SUMMARY: Legal proceedings are scheduled to begin in the Central Jakarta District Court on S [...]	2008-09-05 08:01:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV TBIO KFLU KLIG ID
08JAKARTA1678	MUNIR CASE -- COURT PROCEEDINGS AGAINST FORMER SPY [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 2 and 4, court proceedings began for retired general and former Deputy of the Indonesian National Intelligence Agency (BIN) Muchdi Purwopranjono. He pleaded not guilty for the murder of human rights activist Munir Said Thalib. At the hearing, prosecutors maintained [...]	2008-09-05 10:20:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS ID
08JAKARTA1688	USG HUMAN RIGHTS PRIORITIES AT UNGA: INDONESIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission has urged the GOI to support U.S. positions on the various specific resolutions slated for discussion in the Third Committee of the upcoming UN General Assembly. Department of Foreign Affairs officials from two separate offices took our points on board, but made no comm [...]	2008-09-08 05:56:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNGA ID
08JAKARTA1691	CONVICTION IN KEY CORRUPTION CASE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia's Anti-Corruption Court has convicted a former top anti-corruption prosecutor of accepting a USD $600,000 bribe in exchange for dropping a corruption investigation. He was sentenced to 20 years in prison. The conviction and stiff sentence--which received extensive me [...]	2008-09-08 06:58:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCOR ID
08JAKARTA1708	TRIALS OF ISLAMIC EXTREMISTS MOVE FORWARD [...] (C) SUMMARY: The trial of an Islamic militant charged with fomenting assault during a June 1 extremist attack on a peaceful rally is continuing in Jakarta. According to accounts, defense attorneys and fellow militants have threatened witnesses both verbally and physically. The judge and po [...]	2008-09-10 07:31:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KIRF KISL ID
08JAKARTA1734	NEW MEGA-CHURCHES SEEN AS POSITIVE FOR RELIGIOUS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Indonesia is experiencing a spurt in the construction of large Evangelical Christian churches. On September 20, one such church--with seating capacity of 8,000--will open its doors in Jakarta after a 16-year wait for the necessary building permit. In the past, local official [...]	2008-09-12 07:09:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KIRF ID
08JAKARTA1737	CONSTITUTIONAL COURT BEGINS BALI BOMBER PROCEEDINGS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia's Constitutional Court has begun hearing the three Bali bombers, last-ditch appeal. The three (via their lawyers) have claimed that execution by firing squad, the constitutionally mandated method of execution, is "torture." Representatives from the Indonesian governm [...]	2008-09-12 08:32:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KJUS ID AS
08JAKARTA174	SUHARTO'S DEATH YIELDS MUTED REACTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former president Suharto died of multiple organ failure in Jakarta, January 27. The former general was buried mid-day January 28 at the Suharto family cemetery in central Java in a ceremony attended by President Yudhoyono and a host of political heavyweights and foreign dignitar [...]	2008-01-28 10:15:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS ID
08JAKARTA1742	AVIAN INFLUENZA LAWSUIT AGAINST USG: IMMUNITY [...] (SBU) On September 15, poloff delivered to the Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) the Department of Justice (DOJ) memorandum on the Application the Law of Foreign State Immunity: Sarmili v. World Health Organization and United States of America and the letter addressed to the co [...]	2008-09-15 08:06:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV TBIO KFLU KLIG ID
08JAKARTA1746	PAPUA -- NO ONE INJURED AS SMALL BOMBS GO OFF NEAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Three small explosive devices have gone off near a massive copper and gold mine operated by U.S. company Freeport-McMoRan near Timika, Papua, in eastern Indonesia. Police are investigating the explosions, which did not cause any injuries or significant damage. An underground pr [...]	2008-09-16 04:52:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS EMIN PTER ID
08JAKARTA1778	NORTH SULAWESI'S JEWISH COMMUNITY AND [...] (U) This cable was coordinated with Consulate General Surabaya. 2. (C) Summary: Surabaya Principal Officer visited an active synagogue in North Sulawesi, garnering positive press reports. Representatives of the local Jewish community noted the support of local officials and the tolerance o [...]	2008-09-19 02:30:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF KISL PGOV ID
08JAKARTA178	ASEAN CHARTER/BURMA -- ROUGH ROAD AHEAD IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Indonesian government is committed to pushing the ASEAN Charter through the national legislature (DPR) in 2008, although it has not yet submitted the Charter for ratification. The DPR, however, is committed to scrutinizing the Charter and moving slowly. Civil society is pr [...]	2008-01-29 08:34:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEAN ID BM
08JAKARTA1781	IAEA -- INDONESIA UNDECIDED ON BOARD OF GOVERNORS [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel message to Carolina Tinangon, Deputy Director for International Security and Disarmament Affairs at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) on September 19. Poloff urged Indonesia to oppose Iranian and Syrian membership in the International Atomic Energy Agency [...]	2008-09-19 06:49:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP IAEA ID
08JAKARTA1792	SOUTHERN THAILAND -- INDONESIA HOSTS NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOI hosted talks involving representatives of the Thai government and southern rebel groups, September 20-21. According to Indonesian contacts, both sides underscored their commitment to resolve the conflict peacefully and agreed to regular meetings under Indonesian facilit [...]	2008-09-22 08:22:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PGOV ID TH
08JAKARTA180	SULAWESI -- GOI EFFORTS TO IMPROVE POST-CONFLICT [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate General Surabaya. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The GOI has made significant progress in the past year in solidifying the security situation in Poso, Central Sulawesi, a region which had been afflicted by inter-religious violence. In order to maintain t [...]	2008-01-29 09:30:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS SOCI ECON ID
08JAKARTA1811	UNGA COMPLIANCE RESOLUTION -- ENGAGING INDONESIA [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche concerning the proposed UNGA Third Committee compliance resolution to Carolina Tinangon, Deputy Director for International Security and Disarmament at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) on September 24. Poloff underscored the importance of a strong [...]	2008-09-24 07:18:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM UNGA ID
08JAKARTA1814	PRESIDENT'S CHOICE FOR NATIONAL POLICE CHIEF [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Yudhoyono's choice as chief of the Indonesian National Police (INP),Bambang Hendarso Danuri, sailed through his parliamentary confirmation hearings this week. Police contacts told us Danuri will be officially installed as head of the INP, a huge entity with over 300 [...]	2008-09-25 06:09:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PREL ASEC ID
08JAKARTA1817	PAPUA -- GOI INVESTIGATES RECENT BOMBINGS; ARRESTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Authorities continue to investigate a series of small bombings on the premises of an American-owned mining company in Papua, eastern Indonesia. No clear explanation for the bombings--which caused no injuries and little damage--has yet emerged. Also in Papua, police have arrest [...]	2008-09-25 08:11:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PREL ID AS
08JAKARTA183	JUDICIAL REFORMS MOVE FORWARD [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Supreme Court is moving ahead on efforts to reform its management practices and is instructing officials on a new judicial code of conduct. Also on the reform track, the Attorney General's Office recently completed a project focused on instructing prosecutors on new human r [...]	2008-01-30 05:31:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCOR KMCA PREL ID
08JAKARTA1832	BALI BOMBERS -- CONSTITUTIONAL COURT REVIEWS DEATH [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Bali bombers' last-ditch appeal to Indonesia's Constitutional Court has turned into a serious debate in court chambers on the death penalty and how it is carried out in Indonesia. The three convicted terrorists have claimed that execution by firing squad--the constitutional [...]	2008-09-26 08:27:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KJUS ID AS
08JAKARTA1835	ISLAMIC EXTREMISTS CLASH WITH WITNESS SUPPORTERS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Islamic extremists and a moderate Muslim paramilitary group clashed outside the courtroom during a break at the trials of militants Rizieq Shihab and Munarman--both are standing trial for their alleged participation in an attack on a peaceful pro-pluralism rally in Jakarta on Jun [...]	2008-09-29 03:24:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KIRF KISL PHUM ID
08JAKARTA1838	PAPUA -- INCREASING ACCUSATIONS OF MILITARY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia's National Human Rights Commission (KOMNAS HAM) has blamed the Indonesian military (TNI) for the fatal shooting of a Papuan during a peaceful August 9 rally. KOMNAS HAM officials have called on President Yudhoyono to establish a special team to pursue the case further [...]	2008-09-29 07:00:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PHUM ID
08JAKARTA1845	PAPUA -- PRISON BEATING A SERIOUS BUT ISOLATED [...] (C) SUMMARY: The September 22 beating of a Papuan prisoner--Ferdinand Pakage--was a serious but isolated incident, according to our contacts. Pakage has been treated for his injuries and remains with his family while the authorities attempt to persuade him to return to custody. Prison offic [...]	2008-09-30 04:20:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PHUM ID
08JAKARTA1854	KOSOVO -- PRESSING INDONESIA TO REJECT ICJ REFERRAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 3, Mission delivered Ref A demarche to GOI contacts. We urged the GOI to vote against Serbia's proposed UNGA resolution referring the question of Kosovo's independence to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for an advisory opinion. GOI officials promised to con [...]	2008-10-03 05:44:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNGA ID KV
08JAKARTA1856	IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM -- ENGAGING INDONESIA ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Per reftel instruction, Mission has engaged GOI contacts, emphasizing the importance of vigorous implementation of all UNSC resolutions on Iran's nuclear program. GOI officials agreed that Iran must comply with its nonproliferation obligations and promised to continue to implem [...]	2008-10-03 06:25:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP ID IR
08JAKARTA1869	WILL THE REAL INDONESIAN BAR ASSOCIATION PLEASE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Two Indonesian bar associations are now competing for political support and judicial legitimacy. The Indonesian Advocates Association (Peradi) has been the only GOI-sanctioned bar association, but another bar association has emerged. This rival group, the Congress of Indonesian [...]	2008-10-07 06:44:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KDEM ID
08JAKARTA1870	PAPUA GEARS UP FOR NEXT YEAR'S NATIONAL ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-07 08:02:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS KDEM ID
08JAKARTA1893	ASEAN -- INDONESIAN LEGISLATURE TAKES KEY STEP TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: A key parliamentary committee has ratified the ASEAN Charter after a long period of debate centered on Burma and the regional human rights situation. Legislators--in an unusual step fueled by frustration over Burma--also issued non-binding human rights-related "policy directives [...]	2008-10-10 08:02:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEAN ID BM
08JAKARTA1896	ENGAGING INDONESIA ON RUSSIAN-SPONSORED UNGA [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Mission reviewed reftel points with the GOI, urging it to reject the proposed Russian UNGA First Committee resolution on telecommunications and international security. Department of Foreign Af [...]	2008-10-10 08:49:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PARM PINS UNGA ID
08JAKARTA1912	GOI DEPLOYS PEACEKEEPERS TO DARFUR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia has deployed a police peacekeeping unit to Darfur. The deployment came after a series of delays reflecting Indonesian concerns regarding Darfur security-related developments and logistical challenges. The Darfur deployment reflects the GOI's continued commitment to i [...]	2008-10-15 08:01:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PKO ID SU
08JAKARTA1937	HUMAN RIGHTS -- ENCOURAGING INDONESIA TO IMPLEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with DepPol/C, an AmCit adviser to the Commission of Truth and Friendship Indonesia/Timor-Leste (CTF) outlined ways to speed up implementation of the CTF recommendations for security sector reform in Indonesia via human rights training. He recommended that NGOs pav [...]	2008-10-20 05:42:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ID TT
08JAKARTA1950	BALI BOMBERS -- CONSTITUTIONAL COURT UPHOLDS DEATH [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Constitutional Court has rejected the Bali bombers' last-ditch appeal of their death sentences and upheld that death by firing squad is constitutional. The Indonesian Attorney General has announced that the government intends to move forward with the executions of the three [...]	2008-10-22 07:34:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KJUS ID AS
08JAKARTA1959	MILITANT ARRESTS IN JAKARTA [...] (C) SUMMARY: No connection to terrorist organization Jemaah Islamiyah or the impending execution of the Bali bombers has so far been established in the October 21 Indonesian police raid of an alleged terrorist safe house in Jakarta (see reftel). The intended target of the explosive found ap [...]	2008-10-23 09:56:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KJUS ID AS
08JAKARTA2003	FORMER HEAD OF CENTRAL BANK CONVICTED IN MAJOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: The former head of the board of governors of Indonesia's central bank, Bank Indonesia (BI),has been convicted of corruption related to his involvement in fraud in the aftermath of the Asian Financial Crisis of 1997-98. A relative of President Yudhoyono's by marriage and other [...]	2008-10-30 09:01:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCOR ID
08JAKARTA2004	INDONESIAN PARLIAMENT PASSES IMPORTANT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Indonesian Parliament (DPR) passed on October 30 a key presidential election bill for the 2009 elections. The bill concerned the minimum threshold for the nomination of a presidential candidate based on the results of the April 2009 legislative elections. 2. (C) SUMMARY [...]	2008-10-30 10:25:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM ID
08JAKARTA2019	BALI BOMBERS -- PREPARATIONS UNDERWAY FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: The executions of the Bali Bombers are widely anticipated to occur during the November 1 through 4 timeframe. Multiple Mission contacts report that preparations are being made, although the exact date has not been made public. The public outcry is expected to be minimal, but a [...]	2008-10-31 09:25:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KJUS CASC ID AS
08JAKARTA2029	BALI BOMBERS -- EXECUTIONS COULD TAKE PLACE IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOI reportedly has provided the Bali bombers with legal notice that they will be executed soon. This action places the expected execution timeframe anytime after late November 3 (local). While the exact timing remains unclear, the GOI has re-confirmed that the bombers' exec [...]	2008-11-03 11:23:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KJUS CASC ID AS
08JAKARTA2046	PAPUA -- TENSIONS CONTINUE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Tensions continue to percolate in the Papuan region of eastern Indonesia. A court in Manokwari, the West Papua capital, has sentenced eight Papuans to eight months in prison for a March incident involving the raising of the separatist-linked "Morning Star" flag. Other flag-rai [...]	2008-11-05 10:09:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PHUM ID
08JAKARTA2065	INDONESIAN PARLIAMENT CREATES NEW REGIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia continues to implement a fast-paced program of decentralization through the creation of new regions (local entities below the provincial level). On October 29, the Indonesian Parliament approved the establishment of 12 new regions. Many similar proposals are waiting i [...]	2008-11-07 10:02:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM ID
08JAKARTA2068	GOI EXECUTES BALI BOMBERS; POLICE REPORT SITUATION [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate General Surabaya. 2. (U) SUMMARY: The GOI has executed the three Bali bombers. The police report that the situation is calm, thus far. Mission has sent out a Warden message. Press guidance is attached in para seven. END SUMMARY. 3. [...]	2008-11-09 03:13:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PTER ASEC CASC ID AS
08JAKARTA207	IN POSITIVE STEP, MILITARY PROMISES TO WORK WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: The national human rights commission (Komnas HAM) and the Indonesian Armed Forces (TNI) recently met to discuss ways to work together. In the course of the meeting, the new TNI Commander promised cooperation and invited the Commission to craft a program of human rights training [...]	2008-02-01 05:26:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ID
08JAKARTA2076	BALI BOMBERS -- FOLLOWING EXECUTIONS, INDONESIA [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate General Surabaya. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The situation in Indonesia appears calm with life going on as usual following the November 9 execution of three terrorists for their role in the 2002 Bali bombings. The only tense period, thus far, was whe [...]	2008-11-10 09:29:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER ASEC CASC ID
08JAKARTA2083	CRITICISM OF ANTI-PORNOGRAPHY BILL RAMPS UP [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate General Surabaya. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The recent passage of an anti-pornography bill by Parliament continues to spark recriminations in Indonesia. Opposition to the bill has come from a broad spectrum of mostly secular-oriented groups, includi [...]	2008-11-12 07:38:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL SOCI ID
08JAKARTA2102	PAPUA -- IN LEAD UP TO IMPORTANT ANNIVERSARY, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Tensions continue to simmer in the Papuan region of eastern Indonesia. Popular anger is fed by slow implementation of the region's Special Autonomy Law and continued poverty and underdevelopment. In response to Papuan anger, the GOI continues to act with general restraint. In [...]	2008-11-14 09:53:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS ID
08JAKARTA2107	GOI PREPARATIONS FOR 2009 ELECTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Preparations for Indonesia's legislative and presidential elections in 2009 are well underway. Solid organizational progress has been made in what is an immense undertaking slated to involve approximately 175 million voters in this, the world's third largest democracy. 2. [...]	2008-11-17 08:07:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM ID
08JAKARTA2108	BURMA -- PRESSING GOI ON THE REGIME'S LATEST [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission delivered Ref A message regarding the Burmese regime's latest crackdown to Indonesian officials and a key parliamentarian on November 17. Mission underscored the need for continued international pressure in the wake of the harsh sentences imposed on democracy advocates [...]	2008-11-17 09:32:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNGA ID BM
08JAKARTA2127	TIMOR-LESTE -- KEY MINISTRY WORKS TO PROMOTE JOINT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOI says it wants to promote the recommendations of the Timor-Leste/Indonesia Commission on Truth and Friendship (CTF),but needs assistance to do so. The Ministry of Law and Human Rights also wants support for a human rights training program for the Papuan region of eastern [...]	2008-11-18 09:41:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS ID TT
08JAKARTA2136	CONTINUED ECHOES OF "THE YEAR OF LIVING [...] (C) SUMMARY: The 1965-66 killings of alleged communists continue to touch nerves in Indonesia decades later. Local media recently published articles recounting gruesome details of the killings and regurgitated claims of a USG link. Moreover, in a controversial move, police in central Java r [...]	2008-11-19 08:50:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI KDEM KISL ID
08JAKARTA2139	IRAN'S NUCLEAR CONFERENCE--PRESSING INDONESIA NOT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission has reviewed reftel points regarding the upcoming Iran nuclear conference with key GOI contacts. We urged the GOI not to participate. Indonesian officials said they were unaware of the conference, but promised to review USG views on the matter. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) [...]	2008-11-19 10:55:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM KNNP MNUC ID IR
08JAKARTA2145	UNGA -- PRESSING INDONESIA TO OPPOSE ANTI-ISRAEL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission delivered reftel demarche regarding anti-Israel resolutions in the UN General Assembly (UNGA) to key GOI officials on November 20. We strongly urged Indonesia to oppose such resolutions. Indonesian interlocutors took our points on board, but did not promise any change [...]	2008-11-20 10:33:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA ID IS
08JAKARTA2150	UNGA NONPROLIFERATION RESOLUTION -- INDONESIA ON [...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Per reftel message, poloff on November 21 engaged officials at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) Directorate for International Security and Disarmament Affairs, regarding the UNGA resolution on com [...]	2008-11-21 10:27:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PARM MNUC UNGA ID
08JAKARTA2158	INDONESIA: KEEPING MOMENTUM GOING AFTER THE CTF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Human rights groups and Indonesian government officials have expressed willingness to publicize and implement recommendations of the Timor-Leste/Indonesia Commission on Truth and Friendship (CTF) report regarding the gross human rights violations which took place following the 199 [...]	2008-11-24 11:16:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ID TT
08JAKARTA2188	PIRACY RESOLUTION -- INDONESIA REVIEWING [...] (C) SUMMARY: GOI officials say the U.S.-proposed compromise language may allow Indonesia to support the renewal of UNSCR 1816, but the language must still pass the review of foreign affairs legal experts. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) Poloff discussed the renewal of UNSCR 1816 authority to conduct [...]	2008-12-01 11:01:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHSA UNSC ID SO
08JAKARTA2193	PIRACY RESOLUTION -- ONE ISSUE STILL OUTSTANDING [...] (C) SUMMARY: GOI officials believe the U.S.-proposed compromise language for the draft UNSC Resolution on anti-priacy operations off Somalia satisfy all but one of Indonesia's concerns. The GOI wants additional language clarifying that the resolution only applies to Somali waters and does n [...]	2008-12-02 10:16:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHSA UNSC ID SO
08JAKARTA2198	PAPUA -- SENSITIVE DATE PASSES WITHOUT MAJOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: December 1--a sensitive date in Indonesia's restive eastern provinces of Papua and West Papua--passed without serious incident. Activist groups organized large rallies at major Papuan cities, all of which remained peaceful. Security forces maintained a visible but restrained p [...]	2008-12-03 10:50:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PHUM ID
08JAKARTA2201	INDONESIA STILL CONSIDERING KOSOVO RECOGNITION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission delivered reftel points to GOI officials and urged Indonesia to recognize Kosovo. Indonesia has not yet made a decision on Kosovo recognition but will consider USG views as it considers the matter. END SUMMARY 2. (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Cicilia Rusd [...]	2008-12-04 07:46:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ID KV
08JAKARTA2213	PRESIDENT SIGNS CONTROVERSIAL ANTI-PORNOGRAPHY [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate General Surabaya. 2. (C) SUMMARY: President Yudhoyono has signed into law the controversial anti-pornography bill. Opponents--who see the law as a potential threat to civil liberties--plan to challenge the legislation in the courts. By si [...]	2008-12-09 09:19:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL SOCI ID

08JAKARTA2215	SYRIAN NUCLEAR PROGRAM--DISCOURAGING INDONESIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission has presented reftel points discouraging international nuclear cooperation with Syria to a senior GOI official working on nonproliferation matters. Our contact took the USG points on board, noting that he had never heard of any Indonesian intention to work with Syria on [...]	2008-12-09 10:22:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP IAEA ID SY
08JAKARTA2221	IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM -- URGING INDONESIA TO RAMP [...] (C) SUMMARY: Together with European counterparts, Mission delivered reftel message regarding Iran's nuclear program to key Indonesian officials. Emboffs and counterparts underscored the need for increased vigilance in implementing UN Security Council (UNSC) resolutions regarding Iran's nucl [...]	2008-12-10 09:47:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP EFIN MNUC ID IR
08JAKARTA2244	CLOSING ARGUMENTS IN CASE INVOLVING MURDER OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prosecutors and the defense are making closing arguments in the trial of Muchdi Purwoprandjono for conspiring in the 2004 murder of human rights activist Munir Said Thalib. Prosecutors recommended a 15-year prison sentence for the former intelligence official and Army Special F [...]	2008-12-12 09:53:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KDEM ID
08JAKARTA2245	UNSC/SOMALI PIRACY -- INDONESIA STILL REVIEWING [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Mission delivered reftel message urging support for a UN Security Council (UNSC) resolution on Somali piracy to Indonesian officials. We underscored the importance of a robust resolution. GOI [...]	2008-12-12 10:08:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHSA UNSC ID SO
08JAKARTA2270	UNSC/LEBANON TRIBUNAL -- PRESSING FOR INDONESIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff delivered reftel demarche urging support for the UN's International Independent Investigation Commission and the Special Tribunal for Lebanon to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) on December 16. Our contact said the GOI generally supported the UN's work in Lebano [...]	2008-12-16 06:23:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC ID LE
08JAKARTA228	CT UPDATE - JI MEMBERS FOUND GUILTY, OTHER TRIALS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the latest counterterrorism news: six members of Jemaah Islamiyah's (JI) military wing were found guilty of terrorism and sentenced to 8-10 years in prison; witness testimony continued in the trials of two senior JI leaders; and the Supreme Court is moving to address a last [...]	2008-02-05 08:26:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS PTER ID
08JAKARTA2285	TERRORISM FINANCE -- LASHKAR-E TAYYIBA DESIGNATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Per reftel, Mission has urged the GOI to block the travel and assets of four target individuals and the Lashkar-e Tayyiba organization following their recent designation by the UN 1267 Committee. We passed on the information for individuals and the organization as a way to facil [...]	2008-12-18 04:36:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KTFN UNSC ID IN PK
08JAKARTA2295	MUNIR MURDER CASE -- COURT SAYS IT WILL RENDER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Closing arguments have concluded in the trial of former intelligence official Muchdi Purwoprandjono for conspiring in the 2004 murder of human rights activist Munir Said Thalib. The South Jakarta Court announced that it will render its verdict on December 31. Despite problems i [...]	2008-12-19 08:33:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KDEM ID
08JAKARTA2321	INDONESIA -- DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission has urged the GOI to exercise vigilance concerning banks domiciled in Iran and to freeze the assets of those entities. We passed on the information regarding the U.S. designations, under E.O. 13382, of Assa Corp and Assa Co Ltd as acting on behalf of Bank Melli. Our GO [...]	2008-12-24 04:59:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EFIN IR ID
08JAKARTA2322	SOMALIA PEACEKEEPING OPERATION RESOLUTION--SEEKING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission delivered reftel demarche regarding support for a UN Security Council (UNSC) resolution authorizing a peacekeeping operation in Somalia to a Department of Foreign Affairs official on December 24. Poloff underscored the importance of assisting the Somali Transitional Fede [...]	2008-12-24 05:40:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC ID SO
08JAKARTA2354	MUNIR MURDER CASE -- FORMER OFFICIAL ACQUITTED; [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassifed--Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 31, a Jakarta court acquitted former intelligence official Muchdi Purwoprandjono of conspiracy to commit the September 2004 murder of human rights activist Munir Said Thalib. The Cour [...]	2008-12-31 08:13:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KJUS ID
08JAKARTA26	PAPUA -- ACTIVIST'S TRIAL ON INCITEMENT CHARGES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Detained Papuan human rights lawyer Sabar Iwanggin, accused of inciting public hatred with inflammatory SMS messages, goes to trial Monday, January 7, in Jayapura, Papua. Iwanggin's defense rests on the claim that he was not the source of the messages and that his forwarding the [...]	2008-01-04 09:54:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS ID
08JAKARTA270	INDONESIA CELEBRATES THE YEAR OF THE RAT [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulates Medan and Surabaya. 2. (C) SUMMARY: On February 7--with a splash of red and whiff of incense--Indonesians celebrated a lively Lunar New Year across the archipelago. Such celebrations--and indeed most displays of Chinese culture--were ille [...]	2008-02-08 11:23:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI KIRF ID
08JAKARTA294	BURMA -- NEW INDONESIAN APPROACH SLOWLY TAKING [...] (C) SUMMARY: A new Indonesian approach regarding Burma is slowly taking shape. Senior GOI officials say they are developing a comprehensive strategy which will address a wide range of concerns re Burma, including the need for a democratic transition, human rights and national integrity. As [...]	2008-02-13 09:02:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM ID BM
08JAKARTA301	HUMAN RIGHTS -- MINOR SUSPECT ACQUITTED IN MUNIR [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 12, a Jakarta court acquitted a minor suspect in the murder of human rights activist Munir Said Thalib. Rohainil Aini--a former low-level airline employee--had been accused of assisting in the murder. With the police continuing their wider investigation, human right [...]	2008-02-14 08:13:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS ID
08JAKARTA318	PAPUA -- BOOK BAN STIRS CONTROVERSY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Claiming it could spark public unrest, Indonesian authorities have banned a book by a previously unknown Papuan author. Papuan intellectuals and activists criticized the ban and promised to use it to generate international attention for their cause. There is little doubt that [...]	2008-02-15 10:12:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS ID
08JAKARTA333	PAPUA -- PROPOSAL ON PROVINCES SPARKS OPPOSITION [...] (C) SUMMARY: A proposal to divide the Papuan region into three more provinces--in addition to the current two--has stirred controversy and anger. The national legislature in Jakarta has endorsed a draft proposal to this effect, while President Yudhoyono favors a go-slow approach. Many Papua [...]	2008-02-20 10:13:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS SOCI ID
08JAKARTA339	PROSECUTOR TRAINING AND PUBLIC OUTREACH IN [...] (U) This cable was coordinated with Consulate Medan. It is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 14-15, the Attorney General's Terrorism and Transnational Crime Task Force--the GOI's key body involved in prosecuting terrorism-related case [...]	2008-02-21 07:28:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPAO PTER KJUS ID
08JAKARTA404	IRAN-IAEA -- ENGAGING INDONESIA ON IRAN'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission delivered ref a demarche and underscored that Iran continues to defy international calls to meet all its nonproliferation obligations. Indonesian officials have still not decided how they will vote on the next UNSCR on Iran and remain worried that a new resolution would [...]	2008-02-28 10:53:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP IAEA ID IR
08JAKARTA405	HUMAN RIGHTS -- CIVIL SOCIETY PARTICIPATES IN UN [...] (U) SUMMARY: Indonesia--one of the first members of the UN Human Rights Council--will be among the first tranche of countries to undergo a Universal Periodic Review (UPR) by that body. Indonesian civil society coalitions have submitted information on human rights to the UN Human Rights Coun [...]	2008-02-28 11:01:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ID
08JAKARTA427	COUNTERTERRORISM -- MULTILATERAL CTAG MEETING IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Japanese Embassy hosted a regular Counterterrorism Assistance Group (CTAG) meeting in Jakarta on February 26. Participants reviewed their assistance to the GOI in the CT area, focusing on the programs of some of the smaller countries, which also provide meaningful assistanc [...]	2008-03-03 04:37:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ID
08JAKARTA443	U.S. ENVOY TO THE OIC -- NOTIFYING INDONESIA [...] (U) Per reftel request, Mission has notified the Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) via diplomatic note that the President has appointed Sada Cumber as the U.S. Special Envoy to the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC). Mission has also provided DEPLU with a copy of Sad [...]	2008-03-04 09:08:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OIC KISL ID
08JAKARTA446	U.N. HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL -- SEEKING SUPPORT ON [...] (U) Poloff reviewed reftel points with Salman Al Farisi, Director General in the Directorate of Economic Development and Environmental Affairs at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU),on February 29. Poloff--noting the importance of the issue of climate change--urged Indonesia to reach [...]	2008-03-04 10:14:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL IO ID MV
08JAKARTA450	PARLIAMENT PASSES LEGISLATION FOR 2009 ELECTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 3, the Indonesian legislature (DPR) passed complicated legislation governing the 2009 parliamentary elections. The new legislation, inter alia, raises the number of DPR seats by 10 and requires parties to obtain a minimum percentage of the overall vote in order to win [...]	2008-03-05 08:04:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM ID
08JAKARTA459	C-D18-00223 -- INDONESIAN REACTION TO ANTI-ISLAM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Reaction in Indonesia to the expected release of the Dutch anti-Islamic video has been calm. So far, there have been no incidents or major protests related to the matter. Local media outlets have hardly reported on the possible release of the video. We have touched base with [...]	2008-03-06 05:34:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC ID
08JAKARTA474	OIC -- PASSING S/E CUMBER'S CONTACT INFORMATION [...] (U) SUMMARY: Indonesian officials look forward to meeting U.S. Special Envoy Sada Cumber on the margins of the upcoming OIC Summit in Dakar. Indonesia is an active OIC member and participates in a number of OIC-led initiatives. END SUMMARY 2. (U) GOI -- HAPPY TO MEET S/E CUMBER: Poloff [...]	2008-03-10 07:41:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KISL OIC ID
08JAKARTA478	PAPUA -- UPDATE ON BANNED BOOK AND DETAINED [...] (C) SUMMARY: Contacts remain angry over a decision by Indonesian authorities to ban a book by a Papuan author. Authorities have not arrested the author of the book, which is strongly anti-Indonesian. The trial of Papuan human rights lawyer Sabar Iwanggin for "inciting public hatred" is proc [...]	2008-03-10 08:33:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PROP SCUL ID
08JAKARTA484	BEIRUT CONFERENCE -- URGING INDONESIAN ATTENDANCE [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Trini Gunarti, Deputy Director for North American Affairs at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU),on March 10. Poloff stressed that--as a Muslim-majority democracy and contributor to UNIFIL--Indonesia should show support for Lebanon by attending [...]	2008-03-11 03:29:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS ID LE
08JAKARTA488	NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN? -- GUS DUR JOINS 2009 RACE [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate General Surabaya. 2. (C) SUMMARY: On March 9, Abdurrachman Wahid (aka "Gus Dur") announced that he will run for president again in 2009. The former president--who is in poor health--faces extremely long odds even if he can overcome several [...]	2008-03-11 05:45:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KISL ID
08JAKARTA504	INDONESIA -- HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT ROLLOUT [...] (U) On March 12, Mission publicly disseminated the 2007 Country Report on Human Rights Practices chapter on Indonesia. Mission's Public Diplomacy Section posted the full text of the Indonesia chapter on Mission's web-site (www.usembassyjakarta.org),as well as a story about Secretary Rice's [...]	2008-03-12 09:14:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM PGOV ID
08JAKARTA513	MALAYSIAN ELECTIONS -- INDONESIAN REACTION MUTED [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the aftermath of Malaysia's elections, the GOI has publicly underscored that relations will remain stable and strong. Indonesian media and observers have been less restrained, however, hailing the results as an important step in Malaysia becoming a "real democracy." Indonesi [...]	2008-03-13 07:45:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAO ID MY
08JAKARTA516	INDONESIA'S HOUSE SPEAKER LOOKS TO MOVE UP THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia's legislative and presidential elections will take place next year and House of Representatives (DPR) Speaker Laksono is one of the many political luminaries plotting his next move. Long considered the Forrest Gump of Indonesian politics, Laksono hopes his penchant fo [...]	2008-03-13 08:52:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KISL ID
08JAKARTA518	ANNAPOLIS PROCESS -- JAKARTA POSTPONES CAPACITY [...] (U) Indonesian officials have announced that the "Africa-Asia Capacity Building Conference for Palestine" (reftel),which notionally had been slated to take place in Jakarta in late March or early April 2008, will be postponed. The conference, which Indonesia is organizing with South Africa, [...]	2008-03-13 09:09:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ID SF XF
08JAKARTA521	PAPUA -- CONTINUED IMPATIENCE WITH IMPLEMENTATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Many Papuans remain impatient with the slow pace of GOI implementation of the provinces' Special Autonomy Law, which is supposed to give the region enhanced self-governing powers. President Yudhoyono is moving to resolve one outstanding issue, the legal status of West Papua, wh [...]	2008-03-14 04:25:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS KDEM ID
08JAKARTA524	EXTREMIST MEDIA GETS SOPHISTICATED [...] (C) SUMMARY: Jemaah Islamiyah and other radical Islamists have had their ability to carry-out terrorist operations severely weakened in the last few years. Elements of these groups, however, still exist and they are increasingly focusing their energies on spreading radical thinking through [...]	2008-03-14 09:05:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KPAO SOCI ID
08JAKARTA536	INDONESIA -- REACTION TO THE 2007 HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Indonesian media has reacted in straightforward fashion to the 2007 Country Report on Human Rights Practices. Government officials and activists expressed general agreement with the Indonesia chapter of the report, commenting that while Indonesia has made progress, it still [...]	2008-03-17 06:41:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM ID
08JAKARTA561	PAPUA -- TWO STEPS FORWARD, ONE STEP BACK [...] (C) SUMMARY: An Indonesian military tribunal has sentenced four soldiers to jail for rape and desertion in Biak, Papua. The GOI also continues to investigate an incident where soldiers allegedly shot and killed a Papuan civilian. In a separate development, authorities plan to charge two Pa [...]	2008-03-18 08:24:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS KDEM ID
08JAKARTA593	UN PEACEKEEPING -- GOI AGREES TO SEND MORE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOI has agreed to send 90 additional military personnel to Lebanon to augment the 850 personnel already serving there as UN peacekeepers. The decision is in response to requests by the Lebanese government and the UNIFIL command in Lebanon. Re another planned deployment, th [...]	2008-03-25 03:50:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO ID LE SU
08JAKARTA597	INDONESIA MOVES TO CREATE DEPUTY FM POSITION [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Yudhoyono has issued an executive order creating the new position of "Vice Minister" in the Department of Foreign Affairs. Palace sources said the new deputy slot was necessary to take care of the press of business. Legislators have raised questions about the move an [...]	2008-03-25 09:07:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ID
08JAKARTA599	PROLIFERATION SECURITY -- GOI WILL REVIEW [...] (C) SUMMARY: We conveyed reftel invitation related to the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) to the GOI. Indonesia continues to have reservations about joining PSI, but it will review the invitation to the fifth anniversary event. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) Poloff spoke with Caroline Ti [...]	2008-03-26 03:29:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM ETTC ID
08JAKARTA601	COUNTER-TERRORISM -- GOI WILL REVIEW USG [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Mission reviewed reftel points regarding the Somali terrorist group Al-Shabaab with the GOI on March 25. We noted that the USG had designated the group as a Foreign Terroist Organization and w [...]	2008-03-26 05:32:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER ASEK ID SO
08JAKARTA619	PRESIDENT YUDHOYONO MEETS WITH HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) SUMMARY: In a March 26 meeting, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono assured a group of victims of human rights violations that they would find justice. He pledged to hold a special Cabinet meeting to discuss their cases, which included Suharto-era massacres and the 2004 murder of human r [...]	2008-03-27 11:01:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ID
08JAKARTA650	INDONESIA DEMANDS MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate General Surabaya and Consulate Medan. 2. (U) SUMMARY: It's spring (at least in the U.S.) and with opening day now upon us, Indonesia is currently abuzz about a plan to bring a Major League Baseball franchise to Jakarta. The team--the Jakart [...]	2008-04-01 10:06:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV RBI ERA ID
08JAKARTA674	C-D18-00223: MEDAN -- DEMONSTRATORS VANDALIZE [...] (U) In Indonesia's first violent reaction against the anti-Islamic film "Fitna," 50 students from a North Sumatra Islamic students' organization vandalized the Dutch consulate in Medan on April 2. Police failed to react quickly enough to control the students, who broke down the consulate gate [...]	2008-04-03 10:08:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ASEC ID NL
08JAKARTA687	USG-SUPPORTED TASK FORCE PIONEERS NEW LAW [...] (U) This cable is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (U) SUMMARY: A year and a half after its founding, the USG-supported Attorney General's Task Force on Terrorism and Transnational Crime has evolved into a highly effective tool for prosecuting terrorists and oth [...]	2008-04-04 09:29:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER KJUS ID
08JAKARTA718	PAPUA -- ACTIVISTS TO BE CHARGED FOR FLAG RAISING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Authorities continue to detain eleven people in connection with the March 13 raising of the separatist Morning Star Flag during a non-violent protest in Manokwari, West Papua. Officials are preparing charges of treason against the detainees and expect to submit the case to pros [...]	2008-04-09 09:53:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS KDEM ID
08JAKARTA742	NONPROLIFERATION -- URGING INDONESIAN SUPPORT FOR [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-11 09:17:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER UNSC KNNP ID
08JAKARTA744	"SHOCK RESULT" -- ISLAMIC PARTY LEADS IN KEY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Islamic-oriented Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) appears to have registered a stunning electoral upset in West Java, Indonesia's most populace province. Five reputable polling outfits have declared the PKS gubernatorial candidate the winner over better-known rivals. If valid [...]	2008-04-14 08:59:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KISL ID
08JAKARTA747	NONPROLIFERATION -- GOI ON UNSC 1540 COMMITTEE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia still has questions about extending the mandate of the committee that reports on member-state implementation of domestic controls to prevent the spread of WMD technology, as required by UNSCR 1540. As reason for their hesitancy, GOI officials cite possible new approac [...]	2008-04-15 07:42:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC KNNP ID
08JAKARTA76	PROMOTING RELIGIOUS TOLERATION AT A KEY ISLAMIC [...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Poloff underscored the importance of religious freedom and highlighted the positive role played by Muslims in the United States during a talk at a major Islamic school in West Jakarta. Pesantren [...]	2008-01-14 11:49:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KPAO KISL ID
08JAKARTA773	STRESSING MAINSTREAM MESSAGE, ISLAMIC PARTY PICKS [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Medan. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Apparent gubernatorial victories this week in West Java and North Sumatra by the Islamic-oriented Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) were due to skillful grassroots politicking rather than direct Islamic-type appeals, pol [...]	2008-04-17 09:53:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KISL ID
08JAKARTA784	TIMOR-LESTE: RAMOS-HORTA COMMENTS SPARK GOI [...] (U) This message was coordinated with ConGen Surabaya. 2. (C) SUMMARY: GOI officials have demanded clarification of President Ramos-Horta's reported assertion of Indonesian links in the February turmoil in Dili. The GOI is also investigating the claim. In other Timor-Leste-related news, [...]	2008-04-18 09:22:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ID TT
08JAKARTA789	INDONESIAN ISLAMIC SECT THREATENED [...] (U) SUMMARY: Following a recommendation by a government monitoring body to outlaw the minority Muslim sect Jamaah Ahmadiyah as "heretical," the GOI is preparing a joint decree to ban the organization. However, the Attorney General's Office and some Muslim leaders are reportedly calling for the [...]	2008-04-21 07:00:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KIRF SOCI PINS ID
08JAKARTA801	ISLAMIC PARTY EYES 2009 NATIONAL ELECTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Flush with confidence and momentum following two surprise victories in key regional elections last week (reftels),the Islamic-oriented Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) has re-discovered its swagger just in time to make a mark on the 2009 national elections. By focusing on good gov [...]	2008-04-22 09:04:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KISL ID
08JAKARTA802	COURT DECLARES JI "BANNED", SENTENCES LEADERS TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: A Jakarta court sentenced senior Jemaah Islamiyah leaders Abu Dujana and Zarkasih to 15 years in prison and declared the terrorist organization "banned". It is not clear that the court's statement on JI will have any immediate ramifications for law enforcement, but some officia [...]	2008-04-22 09:12:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS PTER ID
08JAKARTA817	UNGA PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE DECLARATION -- URGING [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche and nonpaper to Dicky Komar, Deputy Director for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) on April 22. Poloff underscored that the declaration on prisoners of conscience was an important affirmation of the Univer [...]	2008-04-23 09:57:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNGA PHUM ID
08JAKARTA823	SECT LEADER SENTENCED TO FOUR YEARS FOR BLASPHEMY [...] (C) SUMMARY: A Jakarta district court convicted Ahmad Mushaddeq, leader of an outlawed religious sect, of blasphemy on April 23 and sentenced him to four years in prison. He was jailed last October for declaring himself "a new Islamic Prophet." Human rights advocates criticized the decision [...]	2008-04-24 07:18:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KIRF SOCI PINS ID
08JAKARTA824	PAPUA -- INCITEMENT TRIAL INVOLVING ACTIVIST [...] (C) SUMMARY: Based on our soundings, prosecutors have repeatedly failed to make an effective case for incitement against detained Papuan human right activist Sabar Iwanggin. The case continues while he remains under house arrest. Pol/C and poloff plan to visit Papua in early May to raise USG [...]	2008-04-24 08:19:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS KDEM ID
08JAKARTA838	TIMOR-LESTE/INDONESIA -- CONTINUED REVERBERATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: GOTL President Ramos-Horta's remarks regarding the February violence in Dili and possible Indonesian links continue to resonate in Jakarta. While denying that Indonesian nationals were involved, the GOI has now confirmed the arrest of a fourth suspect for alleged involvement in [...]	2008-04-25 09:58:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ID TT
08JAKARTA846	ISLAMIC SECT UNDER PRESSURE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 27, a large crowd burned down a mosque located near Jakarta belonging to the Ahmadiyah sect. The crowd also vandalized an adjoining school run by the sect. No one was seriously injured. A handful of suspects were questioned by the police, but no arrests have been made. [...]	2008-04-28 08:29:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KIRF PINS ID
08JAKARTA864	DARFUR/UNAMID: REVIEWING STABILIZATION POLICE [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Mission reviewed Ref A points with the GOI on April 25. Mission encouraged the GOI to commit a second tranche of Indonesian National Police to Darfur and to take advantage of the special traini [...]	2008-04-30 08:04:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR PKO ID SU
08JAKARTA865	RELIGIOUS FREEDOM -- CHURCHES UNDER PRESSURE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Activists and Indonesian Christians are concerned that pressure from extremist Islamic groups on churches will continue in the lead-up to 2009 national elections as holier-than-thou demagoguery trumps tolerance. Authorities have used a 2006 decree regulating licenses for houses [...]	2008-04-30 08:56:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS KIRF ID
08JAKARTA866	SYRIAN CLANDESTINE NUCLEAR PROGRAM -- REVIEWING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission reviewed reftel points regarding Syria's clandestine nuclear facilities with the Department of Foreign Affairs. GOI contact basically took our points on board, but expressed concerns about Israeli actions. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) On April 29, Poloff reviewed reftel poi [...]	2008-04-30 08:56:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KNNP ID SY KN
08JAKARTA870	NPT PREPCOM PAPERS -- INDONESIAN RESPONSE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff on April 29 discussed the two U.S. papers (ref A) for the NPT Preparatory Committee Meeting with GOI contact. Poloff encouraged the GOI to consider co-sponsoring one or both of the papers. Our GOI contact did not indicate Indonesian support for either paper but listened [...]	2008-04-30 09:23:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM KNNP NPT IAEA ID
08JAKARTA874	PAPUA -- KEY MINING TOWN GEARS UP FOR LOCAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The south-central Papua district of Mimika--site of U.S. mining giant Freeport-McMoRan's operations--will elect local officials on May 19 in the first direct election of its type in the area. There are few substantive differences among in the candidates' platforms, but the elec [...]	2008-05-02 07:41:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM ID
08JAKARTA878	TIMOR-LESTE -- PM GUSMAO STRESSES RECONCILIATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Visiting Timor-Leste PM Gusmao stressed reconciliation on a recent visit to Jakarta. In a speech, Gusmao said the Timorese could never forget the human rights violations that accompanied the country's birth, but they did need to forgive. During the visit, President Yudhoyono an [...]	2008-05-02 09:46:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ID TT
08JAKARTA883	COUNTERTERRORISM -- MORE JI CONVICTIONS; BALI [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the latest counterterrorism news, five members of the terrorist group Jemaah Islamiya (JI) have been convicted of terrorism and sentenced to prison. Also, the three Bali bombers on death row continue to attempt to postpone their execution date by pressing for another appeal [...]	2008-05-05 05:50:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS PTER ID
08JAKARTA919	TERRORIST FINANCING -- INDONESIA NOT LIKELY TO [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-09 08:06:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETTC PREL PTER KTFN ID KU
08JAKARTA921	FOREIGN MINISTRY NON-COMMITTAL ON AVIAN FLU LAWSUIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: A Foreign Ministry official was non-committal on whether the Ministry (DEPLU) could put an end to a lawsuit filed in a local court in April. The suit was brought by the family of an Indonesian victim of Avian Influenza (AI). An initial hearing is currently scheduled for May 13, b [...]	2008-05-09 08:54:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV TBIO KFLU KLIG ID
08JAKARTA929	IRAN -- GOI TO SUBMIT 60-DAY REPORT ON UNSCR 1803 [...] (U) On May 12, Poloff reviewed reftel points regarding UNSCR 1803 (in reference to Iran and its nuclear program) and the 60-Day Report with Andy Rachmianto, Deputy Director for International Security and Disarmament at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU). Poloff noted that the United St [...]	2008-05-12 07:46:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KNNP UNSC IR ID
08JAKARTA933	FRENCH UNSC RESOLUTION ON BURMA -- INDONESIAN [...] (U) On May 12, Poloff reviewed reftel points re a draft French-proposed UNSC resolution on humanitarian assistance to Burma with Fikri Cassidy, Deputy Director for International Security and Disarmament at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU). Cassidy said DEPLU had received no communica [...]	2008-05-12 09:03:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM UNSC BM ID
08JAKARTA934	CONTINUED TENSIONS IN PAPUA [...] (C) SUMMARY: A Mission team visited Papua Province in eastern Indonesia, May 5-9. Papuan interlocutors complained heatedly about the GOI and its failure to implement autonomy provisions for the region. Local officials admitted that implementation of autonomy was slow, but asserted that they [...]	2008-05-12 09:14:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS ID
08JAKARTA937	UNSC RESOLUTION ON SOMALI PIRACY -- INDONESIAN [...] (U) On May 12, Poloff discussed draft UNSC resolution (reftel) with Fikri Cassidy, Deputy Director for International Security and Disarmament at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU). Urging Indonesia's support for the proposed resolution, Poloff emphasized that the measure was designed [...]	2008-05-13 01:57:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHSA UNSC SO XW ID
08JAKARTA947	TERRORISM FINANCE / UNSCR 1267 LISTING [...] (C) On May 13, poloff discussed the proposed listing of three individuals under UNSCR 1267 (reftel) with Aris Munandar, Deputy Director for Terrorism at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU). Poloff provided information on the three individuals and USG intention to designate them under [...]	2008-05-13 08:50:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETTC PREL PTER KTFN ID
08JAKARTA948	LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN PAPUA -- A TALE OF TWO TOWNS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Two Papuan towns--coastal Nabire and highland Wamena--present vastly different pictures of local governance and development. Nabire's relatively effective local government has made progress on development priorities, although tensions between migrants and ethnic Papuans lurk ben [...]	2008-05-13 09:00:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS KDEM ID
08JAKARTA956	SUPREME COURT PROGRESSES BUT RESISTS GREATER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Despite progress on several fronts, the Supreme Court continues to resist efforts to introduce greater accountability. The Court's 2007 annual report cites progress on workload management, case management and transparency, but critics complain that the Court has blocked externa [...]	2008-05-14 09:17:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KJUS KCOR KMCA PREL ID
08JAKARTA957	PAPUA -- HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE HIGHLANDS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Alleged human rights violations by Indonesian security forces in the Papua highlands have declined significantly in recent years and the police have taken steps to inculcate respect for human rights among their personnel. Nevertheless, many Papuans remain deeply suspicious of the [...]	2008-05-14 09:23:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ID
08JAKARTA958	DARFUR UNAMID: INDONESIAN FPU PEACEKEEPING NEEDS [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (U) On May 14, poloff conveyed to the Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs ref A non-paper with USG offer of assistance for Indonesian stabilization police deploying to the UN peacekeeping mission in Darfu [...]	2008-05-14 09:56:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR PKO ID SU
08JAKARTA979	WEST JAVA -- GOI CRACKS DOWN ON ISLAMIST GROUP [...] (C) SUMMARY: Police in West Java--a province adjacent to Jakarta--on May 12 arrested 35 reported members of the Indonesian Islamic State (NII),an underground Islamist group. Thirteen of the group were charged with subversion. There is no evidence that those arrested have links to terrorism [...]	2008-05-16 07:27:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS KISL PTER ID
08JAKARTA983	PAPUA -- NEW POLICE CHIEF IN RESTIVE PROVINCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The newly appointed police chief for Papua Province in eastern Indonesia underscored his commitment to building a well-trained force that respects human rights. He promised to consult broadly with Papuans and said he looked forward to consultations with the USG on community poli [...]	2008-05-16 08:51:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS KJUS ID
08JAKARTA986	BURMA -- INDONESIAN FRUSTRATION WITH REGIME GROWS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesians are frustrated with the Burmese regime's response to Cyclone Nargis. The GOI has already sent some assistance and President Yudhoyono has sent a letter to Than Shwe offering more support, but the regime has not yet responded. Indonesian legislators are harshly crit [...]	2008-05-16 09:31:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID ID BM
08JEDDAH306	HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION MECCA REGION BRANCH: LOW [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a July 20 meeting to discuss the status of the Human Rights Commission (HRC) Mecca region branch, women's section head Entesar Felemban informed PolOff of cases received, HRC internal dynamics, as well as the branch's relationship with the National Society for Human Rights (NSH [...]	2008-07-28 11:11:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR KWMN SA
08JEDDAH335	OIC OFFICIAL COMMENTS ON COUP IN MAURITANIA AND [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-13 16:01:00	Consulate Jeddah	SECRET	PREF PREL KISL AJ GG MR TU SA
08JEDDAH368	SAUDI ARABIA MIGRANT LABOR UPDATE: INFLATION, THE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Recent labor strikes in Kuwait coupled with rising inflation across the Gulf raise the question of potential for worker protests and strikes in Saudi Arabia. Meetings with consular and labor officers of sending countries in Jeddah indicate that inflationary pressure is not likely [...]	2008-08-31 16:40:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON OFDP PHUM PGOV SOCI SMIG ELAB PREL SA
08JEDDAH370	PRINCE KHALID DECREES CLOSE OF ALL SUMMER CAMPS IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. A blog recently revealed that Mecca region governor Prince Khalid Al-Faisal is closing religious summer camps for Saudi youth in the Mecca region. The particular type of camps being shut and the extent to which this has actually impacted operations is the subject of local debate. [...]	2008-09-01 12:58:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PROP PTER SOCI SCUL KISL KMDR KIRF PINS
08JEDDAH415	SHI'A RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY FEELS UNDER THREAT IN [...] (S) SUMMARY. A Jeddah-based Shi'a Imam details government attempts to suppress free religious expression. Another prominent Shi'a in Western Saudi Arabia explains that the community lives in a constant state of discrimination and insecurity. Both individuals support interfaith dialogue and the [...]	2008-09-29 12:01:00	Consulate Jeddah	SECRET	KIRF KISL PGOV PHUM SCUL SOCI SA XF
08JEDDAH416	ETHIOPIANS POSING AS MUSLIMS AND CROSSING YEMENI [...] (C) SUMMARY: An Ethiopian diplomat says tat many illegal Ethiopian Christian workers ente Saudi Arabia by posing as Muslims to get pilgriage visas. Other illegal workers are smuggled though the porous Saudi-Yemeni border. Saud police raids on illegal residents among the Ethiopian community [...]	2008-09-29 14:59:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PHUM SCUL SA
08JEDDAH417	SUBJECT: KOSOVO FM MEETING WITH OIC SECGEN IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. On September 13 Kosovo FM Skender Hyseni met with OIC Secretary General Ihsanoglu in Jeddah. OIC officials commented that there has been no movement on the organization's position on the recognition of Kosovo statehood. Embassy Riyadh and Consulate General Jeddah attempted to faci [...]	2008-09-30 05:46:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID KISL OFDP OVIP PREL SA XF
08JEDDAH448	TAIF CHRISTIANS DEPORTATIONS MAY BE IMMINENT [...] (S) SUMMARY: An advocate for the Christian Indians arrested in April for holding a prayer service in Taif reveals to Poloff that deportation orders of these individuals are imminent. This is despite the fact that Assistant Minister of the Interior, Mohammed Bin Naif assured that this issue had [...]	2008-10-26 13:59:00	Consulate Jeddah	SECRET	ELAB KIRF KISL KTIP PHUM SA SMIG SOCI XF
08JEDDAH449	SAUDI ARABIA MFA AND OIC OFFICIALS COMMENT ON [...] C) SUMMARY. A Ministry of Foreign Affairs official states the significance of a high-level inter-faith dialogue being planned by Saudi Arabia to take place in New York in November with a key long-term goal of combating extremism. An OIC official denies a role in planning the event, but expres [...]	2008-10-26 14:02:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL OVIP PREL SA UN XF
08JEDDAH465	RUSSIA AND THE ISLAMIC WORLD CONFERENCE IN JEDDAH [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-04 06:29:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RS SA
08JEDDAH466	RUSSIA AND THE ISLAMIC WORLD CONFERENCE IN JEDDAH [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-04 06:29:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PGOV PREL RS SA
08JEDDAH495	SAUDIS HOST INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON PEACEFUL [...] (C) Summary. PolOffs attended the International Symposium on Peaceful Applications of Nuclear Technology in the GCC, hosted by Jeddah's King 'Abd al-'Aziz University (KAU) November 3 ) 5, 2008. The conference was attended by a variety of Saudi academics and foreign scientists. Presentation [...]	2008-11-19 13:25:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP ECON ENRG TRGY SA
08JEDDAH498	EGYPTIAN OFFICIALS IN RIYADH/JEDDAH COMMENT ON [...] (C)SUMMARY: In 2004, two Egyptian doctors were arrested in Jeddah on multiple charges including drug smuggling and rape. Their punishment was recently increased significantly by an appeals judge. Officials from the Egyptian Embassy in Riyadh and the Consulate in Jeddah offered little support fo [...]	2008-11-26 13:59:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB KIRF KISL KTIP PHUM SA SMIG SOCI XF
08JEDDAH70	OIC SUMMIT ON GAZA: REBUKES ISRAEL, CALLS FOR AID [...] (S) SUMMARY: The OIC hosted an expanded meeting of its Executive Committee in Jeddah to discuss the situation in Gaza. Attendees included Foreign Ministers and other representatives from approximately 40 member states. The main outcome included a Final Communique reiterating previous OIC rem [...]	2008-02-05 12:34:00	Consulate Jeddah	SECRET	PREL KISL PHUM SA
08JEDDAH72	RELIGIOUS POLICE ARREST/RELEASE AMERICAN-SAUDI [...] (S) SUMMARY: The Saudi religious police arrested and later released on February 4 an American-Saudi businesswoman for allegedly being in seclusion with an unrelated man at a Riyadh Starbucks. Yara Anabtawi contacted U.S. Consulate General Jeddah the morning of February 5, after English daily [...]	2008-02-06 16:45:00	Consulate Jeddah	SECRET	PGOV PHUM CASC KISL KWMN SA
08JERUSALEM1004	MASKED SETTLERS CLUB 68-YEAR-OLD PALESTINIAN WOMAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Local NGOs have confirmed press reports of masked settlers beating Palestinians near Hebron on June 8. According to these sources, two elderly Palestinians were injured and one was hospitalized. The victims identified the assailants as settlers from Susiya. Susiya settlers, n [...]	2008-06-12 14:44:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM1010	AREA B PALESTINIAN POLICE STATIONS SPARTAN BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: PolOff and LTG Fraser staff visited four of eleven newly-opened Palestinian police stations in Area B on June 11 and met with police officers who discussed Israeli coordination and personnel/resource deficiencies. Commanders said they need Israeli clearance to execute any opera [...]	2008-06-13 14:33:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG IS PGOV ASEC
08JERUSALEM1011	LEGAL SHOWDOWN OVER NINE OFRA HOUSES: SETTLERS SAY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Israeli NGOs have petitioned the High Court of Justice (HCJ) to stop construction of nine homes in the West Bank Settlement of Ofra, asserting they are on private Palestinian land. According to the NGOs, the Civil Administration has confirmed Palestinian land registration and [...]	2008-06-13 14:39:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM102	PALESTINIAN REACTION TO EL-AD ACQUISITION OF EAST [...] (C) Summary. According to local press and Jerusalem contacts, the Israeli organization El-Ad purchased 11 apartments in 4 buildings in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan in mid-January. President Abbas's Advisor on Jerusalem Affairs said El-Ad's purchases are part of an effort to red [...]	2008-01-18 14:01:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS

08JERUSALEM1027	SETTLEMENT ANNOUNCEMENTS AND TENDERS: MAJOR UPTICK [...] (C) SUMMARY: The announcement on June 13 of 1,300 new residential units in "Ramat Shlomo" (adjacent to the Palestinian neighborhood of Shufat) brings the post-Annapolis Conference total of housing units approved and awaiting public review or tender in the West Bank and East Jerusalem to 5,5 [...]	2008-06-18 15:38:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL IS
08JERUSALEM103	YESHA LEADER SAYS THERE WAS A DEAL ON OUTPOSTS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Yesha Council Chairman Dani Dayan told PolOff January 16 that the settlers had reached a ""limited deal"" with MOD Barak to evacuate ""a few outposts"" in exchange for continued issuance of construction permits in existing settlement population centers, but PM Olmert vetoed the [...]	2008-01-18 14:20:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM104	HAMAS APPOINTS "ACTING MAYOR" IN GAZA CITY, [...] (C) Summary. Gaza City Maor Majid Abu Ramadan (Independent) told PolOff Jauary 18 that Hamas has taken over administrationof the Gaza City Municipality. He said Hamas issystematically replacing unit directors and apponted an "acting mayor" to freeze Abu Ramadan out o municipal operations. [...]	2008-01-18 15:06:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KWBG EAID PTER IS
08JERUSALEM1055	YITZHAR SETTLERS ATTACK ISRAELI POLICE, THEN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Settlers clashed with some 200 Israeli police attempting to remove illegal structures in Yitzhar settlement near Nablus on June 19, resulting in injuries to four policemen and eleven settlers. Local Palestinian contacts told PolOff that settlers subsequently rampaged through n [...]	2008-06-20 14:19:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM1084	PA GEARING UP FOR ANOTHER BATTLE WITH HAMAS OVER [...] (C) Deputy Waqf/Religious Affairs Minister Salah Zuhaykah told PolOff June 25 that Hamas is again obstructing PA Waqf Ministry efforts to register Hajj pilgrims in Gaza and transport them to Saudi Arabia via Erez Crossing and Jordan. He said Hamas has announced competing arrangements and is s [...]	2008-06-25 09:39:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KWBG KISL PREL EG SA IS JO
08JERUSALEM1098	200 PALESTINIAN OLIVE TREES UPROOTED IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 23, Israeli contractors guarded by IDF troops uprooted some 200 olive trees on private land in Bayt Hanina al-Balad, northwest of Jerusalem, and replanted them on other Palestinian-owned land, in conjunction with renewed separation barrier construction. Press reported [...]	2008-06-27 07:45:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM1165	NABLUS AREA SETTLERS LAUNCH ROCKETS ON PALESTINIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to PA officials and press, two small rockets were launched July 1 from Bracha settlement south of Nablus toward the Palestinian village of Burin resulting in no injuries. PA Presidential Spokesman Nabil Abu Rudeinah and PLO Chief Negotiator Sa'eb Erekat condemned the r [...]	2008-07-02 13:31:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM1170	GOI CLOSES PALESTINIAN HOUSING COUNCIL IN EAST [...] (C) Summary. The Chairman of the Board of the East Jerusalem-based Palestinian Housing Council (PHC) told PolOff that the Israeli Minister of Public Security closed the PHC July 2, claiming that it is a Palestinian Authority (PA) agency illegally operating inside Jerusalem. He said the PHC [...]	2008-07-03 13:48:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM1174	KHIRBET AL-AQABAH DEVELOPING MASTER PLAN TO [...] (C) Summary. Al-Aqabah Mayor Haj Sami Sadiq and Tubas Governor Sami Musallam told PolOff June 24 that al-Aqabah residents intend to file a master plan with the Israeli Civil Administration to counter a GOI-proposed plan they say leaves 18 structures with demolition orders outside the village's [...]	2008-07-03 14:00:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KWBG PBTS IS
08JERUSALEM1178	CONFISCATION ORDERS ISSUED FOR 356 DUNUMS IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. The IDF issued an expropriation order for 356 dunums (89 acres) of land near al-Hadidiya village on June 15 for the expansion of a military camp. Local Palestinians are concerned the expropriation will block the only road to their village. The PA has retained the Jerusalem Leg [...]	2008-07-07 11:54:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS KWBG IS PHUM
08JERUSALEM1192	PA REPORTS MAJOR INCREASE IN IDF WEST BANK [...] (SBU) Summary. PA officials and security commanders report a marked increase in the number of IDF incursions in the West Bank since mid-June. On July 6-8, there were IDF raids in every Palestinian city except Jericho. Nablus officials told PolOff and POL FSN that the IDF entered Nablus on [...]	2008-07-08 14:41:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG IS PGOV PINS PTER KISL
08JERUSALEM1232	E-1 AND RAS AL-AMUD UPDATE [...] (C) PolOffs visited E-1 on July 10 and observed normal traffic and activity at the police station. Security guards at the entrance said the station is fully functional. 2. (C) PolOff observed no activity at the former police station at Ras al-Amud on July 11. A security guard at the sit [...]	2008-07-14 07:59:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PBTS IS
08JERUSALEM1234	DISTRICT COMMITTEE APPROVES 1783 NEW RESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Summary. Jerusalem attorney Nasrat Dakwar told PolOff July 9 that the Jerusalem Regional Planning Committee approved 1783 new residential units in East Jerusalem on July 8. The new units -- 983 in Har Homa and 800 in Pisgat Ze'ev -- expand the Israeli built-up area in East Jerusalem, a [...]	2008-07-14 08:03:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS IS PGOV
08JERUSALEM1235	MASKIYOT: INTERNAL FENCE MOVED OUTWARD [...] (C) SUMMARY: PolOff visited the Northern Jordan Valley settlement of Maskiyot July 2 and confirmed reports that the settlers have moved the internal fenceline outward. PolOff observed that this move opens 4-5 dunams for development. Jordan Valley Regional Council Chairman Dubi Tal told PolO [...]	2008-07-14 08:15:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM1240	BILIN REJECTS GOI PROPOSAL TO REROUTE SEPARATION [...] (C) Summary. Bilin village representatives told Poloff July 8 and 9 that the GOI's revised plan for the nearby section of the separation barrier will reconnect 121 dunums (30 acres) of land to the village, expropriate a further 140 dunums for new construction, and leave over 2,000 dunums (500 [...]	2008-07-14 08:29:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS KWBG IS
08JERUSALEM1257	EAST JERUSALEM RESIDENTS FEAR EVICTION ORDER WILL [...] (C) Summary. On July 14, the Israeli High Court of Justice (HCJ) upheld an order to evict the al-Kurd family from their residence in Shaykh Jarrah, after nine years of litigation over the property's ownership. (Note: Shaykh Jarrah is home to much of East Jerusalem's most valuable and histor [...]	2008-07-15 17:26:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PREL PHUM IS PBTS
08JERUSALEM1260	HEBRON'S OLD CITY [...] (C) Summary: On July 11, PolOffs visited Hebron's newly rebuilt Chazon David "synagogue outpost" (removed 33 times by Israeli security forces),the Beit Hashalom (Rajabi House) complex that houses 20 families, and the Beit Romano yeshiva complex where Israeli MOD Barak recently approved a new [...]	2008-07-16 10:54:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM1263	BET EL SETTLEMENT: NEW ROAD, SMALL-SCALE HOUSING [...] (C) SUMMARY: PolOff observed clearing work for planned housing and construction on a new road at Bet El settlement's entrance on July 15. Bet El mayor Moshe Rosenbaum told PolOff that settlers have been able to build "a little" inside the settlement but were warned by the GOI not to occupy [...]	2008-07-16 15:04:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL IS
08JERUSALEM1273	INCREASE IN UNCOORDINATED ISRAELI VISITS TO [...] (SBU) Summary. IDF-escorted visits to Joseph,s Tomb in Nablus (Area A) have increased in size and frequency in recent months, according to Palestinian Authority (PA) security officials. Nablus security commanders told PolOff and POL FSN July 16 that they recognize the GOI's right to make co [...]	2008-07-17 15:06:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PHUM IS KIRF
08JERUSALEM1279	PA CLAIMS SUCCESSES IN PUBLIC ORDER/ANTI-HAMAS [...] (SBU) Summary. National Security Forces (NSF),police and General Intelligence (GI) contacts told PolOff and POL FSN July 16-17 that the PA has arrested 17 Hamas activists and criminals in an intensification of ongoing security efforts in Qalqiliya and villages near Tulkarm and Salfit. Secur [...]	2008-07-18 13:03:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PTER PGOV IS
08JERUSALEM1324	INDEPENDENT GAZA LEADERS DECRY "SIEGE," BLAME [...] (C) Summary. Gaza-based PLO Executive Committee member Riyad al-Khudari told PolOff by phone on July 21 that Hamas has reorganized nearly all local administration and goods suppliers under its control through use of cartels, and is effectively collecting tax/customs revenues in Gaza. Gaza C [...]	2008-07-22 11:10:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KWBG EAID PTER IS
08JERUSALEM1325	EAST JERUSALEM FAMILY FIGHTS EVICTION ORDER WITH [...] (SBU) Muhammad and Fawziya al-Kurd told PolOff on his July 21 visit to their Shaykh Jarrah home that they will continue to resist an Israeli eviction order despite legal setbacks (reftel). Fawziya said the family has been resisting Israeli efforts to remove them for two decades and will not [...]	2008-07-22 11:18:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PREL PHUM IS PBTS
08JERUSALEM1327	PA PLANS REPAIR OF BETHLEHEM'S CHURCH OF THE [...] (C) Summary. PA Local Government Minister Ziad al-Bandak and Presidential Advisor Issa Qassisiya told PolOff in multiple July conversations that the PA considers restoration of the Nativity Church basilica roof a "national priority" and will proceed despite objections from the Church's rival [...]	2008-07-22 12:06:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV SCUL KIRF IS
08JERUSALEM1330	MOI'S AL-YAHYA STRENGTHENS STRATEGIC PLANNING [...] (C) SUMMARY. On July 17, PA Minister of Interior Abd Razaq al-Yahya issued two decisions to strengthen the Strategic Planning Department (SPD). The decisions place the SPD within the MOI and authorize the SPD Director General to represent the Minister on issues related to security sector ref [...]	2008-07-22 14:37:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PREL IS PGOV
08JERUSALEM1343	MASKIYOT: 20 HOUSES APPROVED IN NEW WEST BANK [...] (C) SUMMARY: Settlers confirmed to PolOff July 24 a decision by MOD Barak to approve 20 construction of houses in Maskiyot, in the upper Jordan Valley, for families evacuated from Shirat Hayam in Gaza in 2005. The houses are part of a 2006 plan initiated and then canceled by then-MOD Amir [...]	2008-07-24 15:02:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM1354	PLO EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE CRITICIZES ISRAELI [...] (C) Summary. The PLO Executive Committee (ExComm) met in Ramallah on July 23 and released a statement that criticized Israeli settlement activity and incursions, slammed Hamas for harassing PLO/Fatah leaders, and welcomed national dialogue based on the Yemeni Initiative. The statement also c [...]	2008-07-25 13:44:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KWBG IS PREL
08JERUSALEM1356	PALESTINIANS CRITICIZE GOI PLANNING PROCESS IN [...] (C) Summary. In a series of meetings with PolOffs, Palestinians and NGO representatives were uniformly critical of the GOI's planning process for Area C villages. All contacts criticized the GOI initiative to create master plans for several villages in Area C as an opaque process that will [...]	2008-07-28 13:52:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PBTS KWBG IS
08JERUSALEM1358	JERUSALEM MUNICIPALITY DEMOLISHES BEIT HANINA HOME [...] (C) Summary. The Jerusalem Municipality demolished part of an apartment building belonging to Majid Abu Ayshah in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Beit Hanina on July 28, stating that the building exceeded its permit and that the Municipality was legally obligated to uphold the court-order [...]	2008-07-28 14:42:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM1368	SETTLER VIOLENCE ESCALATES AGAINST BURIN [...] (C) Summary. Following several reports of settler violence directed against the Palestinian village of Burin, south of Nablus, PolOffs visited the village July 28 and met with Mayor Ali Eid, village council members and residents whose homes and fields were damaged by settlers' attacks. In t [...]	2008-07-29 13:42:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL KWBG IS
08JERUSALEM1370	MULTIPLE IDF INCURSIONS NABLUS; PA INVESTIGATING [...] (SBU) PA security officials told PolOff and POL FSN July 29 that the IDF entered Nablus late July 28 and early July 29, arresting three Fatah members, including M'amun al-Safadi in the Nablus Kasbah (Old City) and occupied a five-story building for four hours. Nablus Governor Jamal Muhaysin t [...]	2008-07-29 14:07:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PGOV PTER IS
08JERUSALEM1380	QALQILIYA SECURITY CHIEFS CLAIM SUCCESSES AGAINST [...] (C) Summary. Qalqiliya security chiefs told PolOff July 29 that PA security forces (PASF) completed a campaign against vehicle-theft gangs, Hamas activists and wanted criminals in Area B villages from July 15-21, and plan a smaller campaign in villages SE of Qalqiliya in early August. Qalq [...]	2008-07-30 15:13:00	Consulate Jerusalem	SECRET	KWBG IS PGOV PTER
08JERUSALEM1381	PA CRACKS DOWN ON HIZB AL-TAHRIR, BANS PLANNED [...] (C) Summary. PM Salam Fayyad told the Consul General July 28 that Hamas is supporting Hizb al-Tahrir's attempt to create unrest in the West Bank in a "marriage of convenience" between the Islamist groups. PA security contacts told PolOff and POL FSN July 27-29 that PA Interior Minister Abd [...]	2008-07-30 15:21:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG IS PGOV PTER KISL
08JERUSALEM1382	MASKIYOT PREPARES TO EXPAND [...] (C) SUMMARY: PolOff visited Maskiyot July 29 to review the site where the GOI recently approved construction of twenty houses for settler evacuees from Gaza. The plots are located where the GOI initiated and stopped construction in 2006, which is approximately 400 meters southeast of Maskiyo [...]	2008-07-30 15:26:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM1387	TENSION CONTINUES IN GAZA AS HAMAS CLAIMS [...] (C) Summary. Tensions remain high in Gaza City following the multiple bombings on July 25, and subsequent Hamas crackdown. Hamas leaders told press July 31 that closed NGOs will be permitted to reopen, but Fatah and independent officials are skeptical and say Hamas gunmen used the crackdown [...]	2008-07-31 12:02:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG IS PGOV PTER
08JERUSALEM1389	AL-KURD FAMILY APPEALS FOR HELP TO PREVENT [...] (C) Summary. PolOff and PolSpec met with members of the al-Kurd family and their representatives July 31. Fawzieh al-Kurd presented documents in support of her claim to her East Jerusalem house and invited the Consul General to visit the neighborhood to observe the situation. A neighbor to [...]	2008-07-31 13:56:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM1406	PA DENIES REPORT OF HAMAS DETAINEE RELEASE, [...] (C) Summary. After press reported that PA President Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen) ordered the release of all Hamas members arrested in the West Bank since July 25, PM Salam Fayyad told the Consul General July 31 that the PA has not ordered a mass release and PA security forces (PASF) will contin [...]	2008-08-01 12:40:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG IS PGOV PTER ASEC
08JERUSALEM1413	CONFISCATION ORDERS ISSUED FOR 36 DUNUMS IN JORDAN [...] (C) Summary. Sami Musallam, PA Governor of Tubas, informed PolOff that the IDF confiscated 36.8 dunums of land from Palestinians in the Jordan Valley village of Bardalah. Musallam said the infrastructure for Bardalah crossing (between Israel and the West Bank) is already on the land being co [...]	2008-08-04 12:49:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM142	PA FOREIGN MINISTRY SEEKING INCREASED ENGAGEMENT [...] (C) Summary. PA Foreign Minister (MFA) Assistant Deputy Minister Mufid Shami (with responsibility for Western Hemisphere affairs) told PolOff on January 28 that the MFA has a "good feeling" about USG commitment to the peace process post-Annapolis and takes the upcoming visits of Generals Fra [...]	2008-01-28 14:48:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PREL IS PGOV
08JERUSALEM1429	SURGE IN SETTLER VIOLENCE DIRECTED AT PALESTINIANS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Across the West Bank this summer, settler groups have clashed with the IDF, Palestinians, Bedouins, and Israeli and international peace activists. Post has heard eyewitness accounts of projectiles fired at Nablus area villages, beatings of Palestinians near Hebron, and torched a [...]	2008-08-05 13:59:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS ASEC
08JERUSALEM1432	RENEWAL OF CLOSURE ORDERS FOR PALESTINIAN [...] (C) Summary. The Israeli Ministry of Internal Security (MoI) renewed closure orders in early August against eight East Jerusalem Palestinian institutions. The General Manager of the Arab Studies Society (closed in 2001) told PolOff August 6 that the closure leaves a vacuum in Palestinian le [...]	2008-08-06 12:27:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM1433	SWITZERLAND OF THE SETTLEMENTS: ILLEGAL OUTPOST [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff visited the illegal outpost of Havat Yair in the northern West Bank on July 25, where twenty-two settler families live and have established a popular brunch restaurant in what they call their "Switzerland." The outpost is led by lawyer Doron Nir Tsvi, who often represents [...]	2008-08-06 12:51:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM1446	PA POLICE CHIEF OUTLINES FORCE PRIORITIES, DECRIES [...] (C) Summary. PA police chief MG Hazim Attallah told PolOff that GOI-PA security coordination is unsatisfactory, with twice as many IDF incursions and increased clearance delays for police operations since July 1. While PA police are increasingly effective at fighting crime, the PA General I [...]	2008-08-07 13:01:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG IS PGOV PREL
08JERUSALEM1448	PA CIVIL DEFENSE WORKS TO IMPROVE EMERGENCY [...] (C) Summary. Palestinian Authority (PA) Civil Defense Chief MG Ibrahim Atiani said his priorities are improving building code enforcement and safety inspections and decreasing emergency response times. He said cooperation with Israeli civil defense authorities is generally excellent, with j [...]	2008-08-07 13:58:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG IS PINR PREL PGOV
08JERUSALEM1474	PA NATIONAL SECURITY COMMANDER ASSESSES SECURITY [...] (C) Summary. In August 2-7 conversations, National Security Forces (NSF) commander MG Thiab Mustafa Ali (Abu al-Fatah) told PolOff and POL FSN that the NSF is leading small-scale/local security efforts throughout the West Bank targeting armed/organized criminal and terrorist suspects, and ha [...]	2008-08-08 10:41:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PTER PGOV IS
08JERUSALEM1476	YESHA COUNCIL LEADER DAYAN: ""TWO STATE SOLUTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Yesha Council Chairman Dani Dayan confirmed recent settlement approvals by Israeli MOD Barak and showed Poloff areas under construction on July 24. Dayan, who is secular but leads an exceedingly religious constituency, addressed the challenges he sees for the settlement movemen [...]	2008-08-08 12:33:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM1488	SHAVEI SHOMRON OPENED, IMPROVING SOME, BUT NOT ALL [...] (C) Summary and Comment: ConGenOffs visited Shavei Shomron checkpoint, northwest of Nablus, on August 11 and observed an unmanned, open road gate with traffic passing freely. However, OCHA officials reported at 1600 local on 8/11 that the IDF was present at the checkpoint and conducting ran [...]	2008-08-12 13:36:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PREL PHUM IS ECON PBTS
08JERUSALEM1495	NABLUS AREA SETTLERS EXPLAIN THEIR VIOLENT SUMMER [...] (C) SUMMARY: In PolOff's August 8 visits to Yitzhar and Bracha settlements, Yitzhar spokesman Yigal Amitai denied recent reports of settler violence aimed at Palestinians as "retaliatory, false, or misreported." Poloff observed new construction at both settlements. END SUMMARY History of [...]	2008-08-13 14:10:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM ASEC IS
08JERUSALEM1496	YESHA AGREES TO MOVE MIGRON'S OUTPOST; RESIDENTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Yesha Council voted unanimously August 11 to approve an ""understanding"" with the Israeli MOD to move Migron outpost in exchange for permanent, legal housing in one of four possible nearby West Bank locations. The understanding provides for the construction of new homes be [...]	2008-08-13 14:45:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM1498	"POSITIVE BUT INCOMPLETE" ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN SECURITY COORDINATION MEETING IN JENIN [...] (S) Summary. PA security forces (PASF) commanders told PolOff and POL FSN August 11-12 that they had a positive meeting with IDF commanders in Jenin on August 11. PM Salam Fayyad told the Consul General August 11 that the meeting was "positive and important." National Security Forces (NSF) commande [...]	2008-08-14 07:59:00	Consulate Jerusalem	SECRET	KWBG PGOV IS PREL PINS
08JERUSALEM1509	EAST JERUSALEM RESIDENT ARRESTED IN ON-GOING [...] (C) Summary. Shaykh Jarrah neighborhood resident Maher Hanoun was arrested in early August for resisting eviction from his home. Hanoun's lawyer told PolOff August 12 that he is workingto free Hanoun pending resolution of the disputeover ownership of the land, but the courts have made no pro [...]	2008-08-15 08:25:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM1513	PA CLOSES WEST BANK NGOS SUSPECTED OF TERROR [...] (S) Summary. PA security contacts report closure of at least 12 institutions suspected of Hamas connections August 4-13, on orders from PM Salam Fayyad and PA Interior Minister Abd al-Razaq al-Yahya. According to President Abbas' Military Secretary, BG Jihad al-Jayusi, Abbas and Fayyad order [...]	2008-08-15 11:19:00	Consulate Jerusalem	SECRET	KWBG PTER PGOV IS
08JERUSALEM1522	HOME DEMOLITIONS STRIKE ANGRY CHORD IN EAST [...] (C) Summary. The Jerusalem Municipality demolished four homes in East Jerusalem on August 13, two in the Ashkariya neighborhood of Beit Hanina (north Jerusalem). Local residents told PolOff that Ashkariya is zoned as "green land" even though it is privately owned, and said the Municipality [...]	2008-08-18 12:15:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM1527	NEW JENIN-AREA IDF INCURSIONS; PA CONDUCTS LOCAL [...] (C) NSF and General Intelligence (Mukhabarat) contacts told PolOff and POL FSN that the IDF entered Rummana village (Area B, NW of Jenin) late August 16 and detained four members of the Mukhabarat. The four were operating inside the village when the IDF entered and were released after one ho [...]	2008-08-19 07:58:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV IS PREL PTER
08JERUSALEM1539	CONSTRUCTION PROGRESSES ON ADDITIONAL 330 UNITS IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff saw substantial progress on the construction of 330 units in Givat Zeev settlement, north of Jerusalem, that the GOI approved in March. The units appeared approximately 50 percent complete as of August 15. Developer Hanoch Kas said he has sold 550 units (beyond the GOI- [...]	2008-08-20 11:33:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS CASC
08JERUSALEM1604	41 MORE AL-AQSA FUGITIVES INCLUDED IN [...] (C) Summary. According to PA security contacts, the Israeli Security Agency (ISA, "Shin Bet") accepted 41 al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades fugitives into the amnesty/disarmament agreement, including two high-profile militants. The fugitives have been in PA custody for most of the previous year. Ni [...]	2008-08-27 14:40:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PTER IS
08JERUSALEM1605	UNEASY STATUS QUO AT HEBRON'S IBRAHIMI MOSQUE/TOMB [...] (C) Summary. PolCouns visited Hebron's Ibrahimi Mosque/Tomb of the Patriarchs in late August. Visitors to the building must pass through metal detectors, and armed Israeli border police patrol inside and out at all times. Metal security gates separate Muslims and Jews, who worship on differ [...]	2008-08-27 14:48:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM1611	PA CARRIES OUT LOCAL SECURITY CAMPAIGNS IN TOWNS [...] (C) PA security contacts told PolOff and Pol FSN August 26-27 that National Security Forces (NSF) units with police and intelligence support led patrols and arrest raids near Hebron in al-Dhahiriya (Area A) and Bayt Awa (Area B) from August 24-27. PA spokesmen told local press August 24 that [...]	2008-08-28 10:48:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PTER PGOV IS
08JERUSALEM1612	25 FRUIT AND VEGETABLE STANDS DEMOLISHED BY IDF IN [...] (C) Summary. On August 12, according to Palestinian contacts, the IDF demolished 25 fruit and vegetable stands along route 90 in the northern Jordan Valley. This is the first significant demolition in the West Bank since late March. End Summary. 2. (C) Local produce vendors in the Jorda [...]	2008-08-28 12:19:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PREF ECON EAGR KPAL KWBG IS
08JERUSALEM1613	HAMAS RAIDS CENTRAL ELECTIONS OFFICE IN GAZA, TWICE [...] (C) Summary. Hamas Executive Force twice raided the Central Elections Commission's (CEC) Gaza branch August 26-28, removing three staff members for off-site interrogation, confiscating the cellular phone of one staff member, and seizing keys to the CEC's Gaza warehouse to conduct an "invento [...]	2008-08-28 14:08:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KDEM KWBG IS
08JERUSALEM1614	BEIT SAHOUR HOPING FOR ISRAELI APPROVAL OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloffs visited the West Bank village of Beit Sahour, where NGO Cure International wants to build a children's hospital on Area C land. According to Beit Sahour Mayor Hani al-Hayek, GOI Civil Administration officials support the project. The proposed hospital site is near the [...]	2008-08-28 15:17:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM1615	NEW BARRIER ROUTE AROUND MA'ALE ADUMIM LEAVES WEST [...] (C) Summary. Jerusalem attorney Shlomo Lecker told PolOff that a new barrier route around Ma'ale Adumim leaves 4,000 dunums (about 1,000 acres) of land outside the area enclosed by the barrier, but still effectively cuts the West Bank in two and separates Palestinians from Jerusalem. Abu Di [...]	2008-08-28 15:19:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PGOV PHUM PREL KWBG IS
08JERUSALEM1616	JERUSALEM CONTACTS DISCUSS MUGHRABI GATE RAMP [...] (C) Summary. Palestinian officials in press and privately criticized alleged Israeli plans for the Mughrabi Gate entrance to the Haram al-Sharif/Temple Mount. A Waqf official said the Jerusalem District Committee's guidance for construction is too ambiguous, and that unilateral Israeli acti [...]	2008-08-28 15:36:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KISL KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL
08JERUSALEM1682	OVERVIEW OF HAMAS FINANCES IN GAZA [...] (C) Summary: Gaza businessmen told Econoffs that the Gaza economy produces around USD 500,000/month in value added taxes, import duties and utility payments for the Hamas government. This is a small fraction of the Hamas-controlled government's budget in Gaza, which has consistently been la [...]	2008-09-09 14:00:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EAGR PA IS PHUM KWBG
08JERUSALEM1689	HAMAS CONTINUES TO JAIL SENIOR PA, FATAH OFFICIALS [...] (SBU) Summary. About 100 Palestinian Authority (PA) and Fatah officials, including the Governors of Gaza and Khan Yunis, remain jailed by Hamas in the Gaza Strip, without a legal basis for their detention or institutional process to review their status. Senior Hamas spokesmen have previously [...]	2008-09-10 14:12:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG IS PGOV PTER PHUM
08JERUSALEM1691	PA SECURITY CHIEFS: NO CHANGES IN IDF INCURSIONS; [...] (SBU) Summary. According to the PA National Security Forces (NSF) commander and Jenin security chiefs, IDF incursions into Jenin have continued at generally the same levels since the beginning of 2008, except for a brief reduction in May 2008, when IDF incursions dropped to about half the ave [...]	2008-09-10 14:21:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV IS PREL PTER
08JERUSALEM1710	YITZHAR AND YAD YAIR SETTLERS COORDINATE TO ATTACK [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 10, settlers attacked Civil Administration officials and IDF soldiers who sought to remove building materials from the West Bank outpost of Yad Yair. Following skirmishes at the outpost, settlers across the northern West Bank organized a march on the nearby IDF ba [...]	2008-09-12 14:18:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM1712	IDF DEMOLISHES 32 STRUCTURES IN AL-MUARRAJAT [...] (C) Summary. The IDF demolished 32 bedouin structures east of Ramallah on September 9 in the second significant West Bank demolition in a month. End summary. 2. (SBU) On September 9, IDF soldiers demolished 32 structures in the al-Muarrajat bedouin encampment, south of route 449 between [...]	2008-09-12 14:29:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PREF PHUM KPAL KWBG IS
08JERUSALEM1739	CLASHES BETWEEN YITZHAR SETTLERS AND ASIRA [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 13, clashes occurred between Yitzhar (near Nablus) settlers and Palestinians in the village of Asira al-Qabaliyah. Police have not yet arrested any Palestinians or settlers. The settlers said they were responding to an arson attack against a caravan and the knifin [...]	2008-09-18 14:39:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM1747	CANDIDATE LISTS SHAPING UP FOR JERUSALEM'S MAYORAL [...] (C) Summary. Jerusalem's Haredi (ultra-orthodox) community is still considering three contenders for the November 11 mayoral elections, but expects to settle on a single candidate in advance of the campaign. Many see MK Porush, anointed as the United Torah Judaism Party (UTJ) candidate in a [...]	2008-09-19 13:14:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM1748	FARMERS FRET OVER FALL OLIVE HARVEST PERMITS [...] (SBU) Summary. Palestinian farmers living along the separation barrier in the northern West Bank have expressed concern over GOI restrictions on permits to cross agricultural gates in the barrier. These restrictions would hamper their efforts to bring in the olive harvest, a significant sou [...]	2008-09-19 14:34:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PBTS ECON KWBG KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM1757	MINISTRY OF AWQAF HOPES SAUDIS WILL DISTRIBUTE [...] (C) Summary. The PA Deputy Minister of Religious Affairs called for USG pressure on Saudi Arabia to distribute Hajj visas to Gazans through the Ministry rather than through HAMAS. Doing so would help the PA, he said. He added that the PA wants Gazans to depart through Jordan, not Egypt. Th [...]	2008-09-22 13:47:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL KWBG KISL IS SA
08JERUSALEM1758	FRANCISCANS SAY ISRAEL BREACHING STATUS QUO [...] (C) Summary. The Franciscan (Catholic) Custos of the Holy Land has formally complained to the GoI about breaches in the status quo regarding holy places, and his representative has requested that the USG press the GoI to protect Jerusalem's Christian holy sites. According to the Custos, an [...]	2008-09-22 14:18:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM1759	ARIEL MAYOR: SETTLEMENT POPULATION "STEADY BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ariel Mayor Ron Nachman told Poloff September 17 that his secular settlement is "struggling" to grow and has not received construction approvals. He said he will sue the GOI if it includes Ariel in permanent status negotiations. Unlike other Nablus area settlers, Ariel's popu [...]	2008-09-22 16:05:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM1760	SETTLERS RIOT AND BURN OLIVE TREES IN RESPONSE TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 18, in response to the IDF removal of structures at Yad Yair near Dolev settlement, north of Ramallah, settlers burned olive trees, hurled rocks, and blocked roads near Nablus, Ramallah, and Hebron. On September 19, Poloff saw an increased police and IDF presence [...]	2008-09-22 16:08:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS PTER
08JERUSALEM1783	ARMED PALESTINIAN BOY SHOT DEAD WHILE APPROACHING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Early September 20, IDF troops shot and killed a 14-year-old boy as he approached Yitzhar settlement with a Molotov cocktail and a knife. IDF video released to the press shows the boy attempting to light a bomb and the IDF firing on him. Asira al-Qabaliyah's village council to [...]	2008-09-23 14:31:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PREL PHUM PTER KWBG KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM1803	BILIN RESIDENTS WILL CONTEST LATEST IDF BARRIER [...] (C) Summary. On September 18, in response to an Israeli High Court of Justice (HCJ) order, the GOI presented a new plan to re-route the separation barrier between the Palestinian village of Bilin and the Israeli settlement of Modiin Illit. Village residents criticized the latest plan and in [...]	2008-09-26 10:00:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM1808	SETTLERS REACT TO ATTACK ON ISRAELI PROFESSOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following the September 24 pipe bomb attack that wounded Israeli professor Zeev Sternhell at his Jerusalem home and the discovery of leaflets threatening Peace Now representatives at the scene (reftel),settlers condemned the attack and denied involvement. They blamed the medi [...]	2008-09-26 14:46:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM1823	JERUSALEM-BASED NGO REQUESTS SUPPORT TO REMOVE [...] (C) Summary. Palestinian residents of the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Abu Majirah say they have been cut off from their center of life by the separation barrier, and that the IDF controls access to their neighborhood via checkpoints. The Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) may su [...]	2008-09-29 13:07:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM1841	ADDITIONAL ORDERS FOR DEMOLITION OF BEDOUIN [...] (SBU) Summary. According to UNRWA, COGAT officers delivered demolition orders for 38 structures at the Milehat-Ka'abneh bedouin encampment in area C on September 22. Bedouin resident in the area told Poloff they have been living seasonally in this location since 1985 and expressed concern [...]	2008-10-03 14:25:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PREF PHUM KWBG KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM1842	PALESTINIAN SHEPHERD KILLED NEAR SETTLEMENT; [...] (C) SUMMARY. On September 27, the body of an 18-year-old Palestinian shepherd was found near Gittit settlement in the Jordan Valley. According to an Israeli Police statement, an autopsy determined the shepherd was killed while "playing with" a 40mm grenade round. Villagers told Poloff they [...]	2008-10-03 14:29:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM1846	PIONEER SETTLER BENNY KATSOVER INSPIRES VIOLENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Settler pioneer Benny Katsover told Poloff that, as head of the "Samaria Action Committee," he does not encourage violence directly, but admitted that young settlers under his direction do resort to violence. As Katsover spoke, settlers reacted to the evacuation of Shevut Ami B [...]	2008-10-07 09:45:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS PTER
08JERUSALEM185	BIL'IN VILLAGE: BARRIER NOT YET REROUTED [...] (C) Summary. On January 24, Abdallah Abu Rahman, Coordinator of the Bil'in Land Defense and Popular Committee, told Poloffs that the GoI has taken no steps to reroute the separation barrier between Bil'in and the settlement of Modi'in Illit following a September 7 Israeli High Court ruling. [...]	2008-02-04 10:04:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM1850	ATERET COHANIM TAKES OVER TWO NEW PROPERTIES IN [...] (C) Summary. Ateret Cohanim (AC) acquired a Palestinian apartment in the Muslim Quarter of Jerusalem's Old City and plans to open a synagogue this month near the Haram al-Sharif/Temple Mount. The PA's Jerusalem Governor said the PA is looking into the possibility of legal irregularities in [...]	2008-10-07 14:47:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM1852	PA PLANS FOR HEBRON DEPLOYMENT [...] (C) PM Salam Fayyad told the Consul General October 6 that the GOI has approved a deployment of PA security forces (PASF) to Hebron on/about October 17. National Security Forces (NSF) commander MG Thiab Ali (Abu al-Fatah) told PolOff/PolFSN October 7 that the PA submitted a request to IDF Ce [...]	2008-10-07 15:41:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PTER PGOV IS PINS
08JERUSALEM1886	HAMAS FIRMLY ENTRENCHED IN GAZA; SMUGGLING AND [...] (C) Summary. Gaza-based Fatah and independent contacts report that Hamas is well- entrenched and controls nearly every aspect of political and economic life in the Gaza Strip. They comment that Israeli-imposed closures have hurt Gazans generally but benefited Hamas, which is increasing its [...]	2008-10-16 13:48:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG IS PGOV PTER PHUM ECON
08JERUSALEM1903	PA'S HEBRON DEPLOYMENT DELAYED PENDING FURTHER [...] (C) A PA security forces (PASF) deployment to Hebron, expected to begin on/about October 17, has been postponed pending additional PA-IDF coordination, according to National Security Forces (NSF) commander MG Thiab Mustafa Ali (Abu al-Fatah). PA President's Office contacts told PolOff that t [...]	2008-10-17 14:40:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG IS PINS PGOV
08JERUSALEM1905	FIRST RESIDENTS MOVE INTO ISRAELI SETTLEMENT OF [...] (C) Summary. PolOffs visited the settlement of Nof Zion (View of Zion) in the Jabal Mukabbir neighborhood of East Jerusalem, where the first 50 of 100 apartment owners have moved in, and an additional 400 units will be constructed in the next few years. Palestinians from Jabal Mukabbir told [...]	2008-10-17 14:50:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM1907	WAQF CONCERNED, FRUSTRATED BY INCREASING ISRAELI [...] (C) Summary. Palestinian media reported hundreds of Israelis visited the Haram al-Sharif/Temple Mount in Jerusalem's Old City in numerous visits during mid-October, accompanied by police. Waqf officials confirmed the visits, adding that the Israelis did not attempt to enter or damage buildi [...]	2008-10-17 15:14:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM1908	UPTICK IN SETTLER VIOLENCE [...] (SBU) Summary. New reports of settler violence are consistent with the trend of increased settler militancy in recent months (reftels). These incidents have been centered in the Nablus area, but contacts report violence throughout most of the West Bank. End summary. Uptick in Settler Atta [...]	2008-10-17 15:38:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PHUM ASEC IS PBTS PTER
08JERUSALEM1918	SETTLER VIOLENCE CONTINUES DURING OLIVE HARVEST [...] (C) Summary. Settlers attacked Palestinians harvesting olives and international activists working with them in a number of West Bank villages October 18-20, according to press and ConGen contacts. The IDF intervened in some cases to stop the attacks, detaining activists and declaring &close [...]	2008-10-20 15:48:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PHUM ASEC IS PBTS PTER
08JERUSALEM1933	NEW HAMAS CRACKDOWN IN GAZA; AT LEAST 30 FATAH [...] (C) Gaza Governor Muhammad al-Qidwa told PolOff by phone October 22 that Hamas security has arrested at least 30 Fatah activists in a new crackdown, apparently in response to an attempted attack on a Hamas military wing leader. Al-Qassam Brigades (the Hamas military wing) spokesmen told Pales [...]	2008-10-22 16:24:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG IS PGOV PTER PHUM
08JERUSALEM1966	IDF EVACUATES AN OUTPOST NEAR HEBRON; SETTLERS [...] (C) Summary. NGO contacts confirm media reports that the IDF evacuated an illegal outpost near Hebron on October 26, and settlers reacted by slashing the tires of 22 Palestinian-owned cars and attacking a nearby Muslim cemetery. Speaking to the press October 26, Hebron area settlers called t [...]	2008-10-28 15:49:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PHUM ASEC IS PBTS PTER
08JERUSALEM1980	IDF DEMOLISHES HOMES IN TWO WEST BANK BEDOUIN [...] (SBU) Summary. On October 29 and 30, IDF soldiers demolished 25 structures in two Bedouin communities: one south of Hebron in Umm al-Khair, and one east of Ramallah in Mughayir al Dir. The demolitions leave 142 people, including 71 children, homeless. These are the first demolitions of inh [...]	2008-10-30 15:43:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PREF PHUM KWBG KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM1987	YESHA COUNCIL EXPANDING [...] (C) Summary. The Yesha Council is expanding to include one representative from each settlement plus other settler leaders, according to Yesha Council Chairman Dani Dayan. The new council will have approximately 200 delegates who will convene in early spring. Dayan said the change is intended [...]	2008-11-03 12:35:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PHUM ASEC IS PBTS PTER
08JERUSALEM1990	NABLUS AREA SETTLERS SEEK IMAGE MAKEOVER [...] (C) Summary. PolOffs met on October 29 with David Haivri, head of a newly established International Liaison Office in Barkan settlement (southwest of Nablus),tasked with strengthening northern West Bank settlers' external relations in Israel and abroad. Haivri admitted but downplayed the re [...]	2008-11-03 15:50:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PHUM ASEC IS PBTS
08JERUSALEM1992	NEW EAST JERUSALEM EVICTION, HOME DEMOLITION [...] (C) Summary. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and the Israeli Committee Against Home Demolitions (ICAHD) confirmed press reports that the Jerusalem Municipality intends to evict two Palestinian families from their homes in Bayt Hanina and possibly demolish th [...]	2008-11-04 13:14:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM2011	AL-KURD FAMILY EVICTED IN EAST JERUSALEM; [...] (C) Summary. Israeli police evicted the al-Kurd family from their home in East Jerusalem's Shaykh Jarrah neighborhood on November 9. Local residents fear this will be the first of many such evictions in the neighborhood. Palestinian homeowners in Shaykh Jarrah said at least 27 other familie [...]	2008-11-10 14:00:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM2012	PALESTINIAN RECONCILIATION MEETING COLLAPSES AMID [...] (C) Summary. PLO and Palestinian faction leaders told ConGenOffs that the GOE "postponed" reconciliation talks, scheduled for November 10 in Cairo, after Hamas indicated it would not participate. PLO Secretary-General Yasir Abd Rabbo told press November 9 that Hamas has been creating obstacl [...]	2008-11-10 14:06:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PREL PTER IS PGOV
08JERUSALEM2013	SECULAR AND ULTRA-ORTHODOX CANDIDATES FACE OFF IN [...] (C) Summary. Nationalist candidate Nir Barkat hopes to win the November 11 municipal election based on his platform of balancing religious and secular needs in the city. Ultra-Orthodox candidate Meir Porush, who would continue policies enacted under current Mayor Lupolianski, hopes to win ba [...]	2008-11-10 14:31:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM2019	GAZA: POWER SUPPLY THREATENED AS CROSSINGS REMAIN [...] (C) Summary: The Gaza crossings with Israel have been closed since November 4, following a resumption of violence between the IDF and Hamas, resulting in a sharp drop in fuel supplies. The Gaza power plant will likely shut down at 1830 hours on November 10 due to a lack of fuel, according to [...]	2008-11-10 14:51:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EAID ENRG KWBG KPAL PHUM

08JERUSALEM2024	CEASEFIRE THREATENED AS MILITANTS, IDF TRADE BLOWS [...] (C) Summary. IDF incursions and airstrikes into the Gaza Strip have killed eleven Palestinians (all acknowledged Hamas and PIJ militants) since November 4, and injured 15 civilians, according to Gazan political and security contacts. Media accounts tally 68 rocket and mortar strikes in Isra [...]	2008-11-12 15:50:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG IS PGOV PTER PHUM
08JERUSALEM2036	IDF DEMOLISHES TWO WEST BANK HOUSES FOR LACK OF [...] (SBU) Summary. Palestinian contacts confirmed that the IDF demolished two Palestinian houses in Shuqba village, west of Ramallah, November 12, on the grounds that they lacked building permits. These are the first demolitions of permanent residential structures in the West Bank since the GoI [...]	2008-11-13 15:51:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM2043	HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE HALTS CONSTRUCTION IN WEST [...] (C) Summary. The Israeli High Court of Justice issued a temporary injunction on November 12 against continued construction on 35 housing units in Jabal Artis (aka Pisgat Yacov) outpost, north of Beit El settlement. According to the lawyer representing the two Palestinian owners of the land o [...]	2008-11-14 14:41:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG IS PBTS PGOV
08JERUSALEM2045	ROCKETS STRIKE ISRAEL AS ISRAEL MAINTAINS GAZA [...] (C) Summary. Gaza militants fired at least 13 rockets into Israel on November 14, lightly injuring an Israeli in Sderot and damaging four buildings. An IAF airstrike injured two PIJ militants near Bayt Lahiya. The GOI has closed all of Gaza's crossings (most have been closed since November [...]	2008-11-14 15:17:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG IS PHUM PTER PREF PREL
08JERUSALEM2087	YESHA COUNCIL AGREES TO MOVE MIGRON OUTPOST INTO [...] (C) Summary: Yesha Council Chairman Dani Dayan told Poloffs November 19 that the GOI will shortly inform the High Court of Justice (HCJ) of its decision to move the Migron outpost five kilometers south into permanent housing to be built inside Adam settlement, east of the security barrier. Wh [...]	2008-11-20 15:53:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PHUM ASEC IS PBTS PTER
08JERUSALEM2091	SETTLERS BRACE FOR BATTLE OVER DISPUTED HEBRON [...] (C) Summary. The Israeli High Court of Justice (HCJ) on November 16 ordered the settlers occupying the Rajabi compound (referred to by settlers as "Beit Hashalom") in Hebron to evacuate voluntarily within three days while a district court determines ownership. Press report that the IDF plan [...]	2008-11-21 12:33:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PHUM ASEC IS PBTS PTER
08JERUSALEM2094	PA ASKS FOR HELP TO COUNTER SETTLER BUSINESSES [...] (C) Summary: Palestinian officials are highlighting economic activity in Israeli settlements and encouraging third countries to discourage trade and other economic links to settlement enterprises. The UK is focused on the issue, which dominated Foreign Secretary Milliband's recent visit to [...]	2008-11-21 14:08:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON ETRD IS KWBG PREL UK
08JERUSALEM2115	PAPAL NUNCIO: GOI DENIED PRIESTS ACCESS TO GAZA TO [...] (C) Latin Patriarchate Chancellor Fr. Humam Khzuz and Papal Nuncio contacts in Jerusalem told PolOff November 24 that GOI officials denied the Nuncio (Archbishop Antonio Franco),Khzuz, and Patriarchate secretary Fr. Shawki Batrian access to Gaza early November 23, causing the cancellation of [...]	2008-11-24 15:50:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG IS PHUM KIRF PREL VT
08JERUSALEM2121	GOI PREPARES TO RELOCATE MIGRON OUTPOST [...] (C) Summary. The GOI has informed the Israeli High Court of Justice (HCJ) of its agreement with the Yesha Council to relocate the residents of Migron outpost. The GOI told the court that the residents would be relocated to the eastern side of Adam settlement, but the Adam settlement, like the [...]	2008-11-25 15:34:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PHUM ASEC IS PBTS PTER
08JERUSALEM2122	GAZA CROSSINGS OPEN FOR A DAY, BUT POWER PLANT NOT [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 24, the GOI allowed limited humanitarian and commercial shipments, and power plant fuel into Gaza. The crossings were closed again on November 25 due to rocket fire. Erez crossing was open to limited traffic November 24-25. The Gaza power plant is not yet operati [...]	2008-11-25 15:51:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID PHUM KWBG ETRD IS PTER PREF
08JERUSALEM2133	MORE HOMES DEMOLISHED IN THE WEST BANK AND EAST [...] (SBU) Summary: During November 18-25, Israeli security forces demolished a total of four homes in East Jerusalem, and one in the West Bank. The home in the West Bank was located in Area C. End summary. Demolition in East Jerusalem ---------------------------------- 2. (C) On November [...]	2008-11-26 10:55:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	IS KWBG PGOV PHUM
08JERUSALEM2152	HAMAS INTENSIFIES CRACKDOWN ON FATAH IN GAZA; [...] (C) Summary. Fatah and PLO officials in Gaza told PolOff by phone November 26 that Hamas has intensified its campaign against Fatah activists, PLO officials, and non-Hamas NGOs, accusing them of "subversive activities." Gaza Governor Muhammad al-Qidwa commented to PolOff that Hamas maintains [...]	2008-11-26 15:11:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG IS PGOV PTER PHUM
08JERUSALEM2153	FAYYAD MEETS PA SECURITY CHIEFS IN HEBRON; PASF [...] (C) Summary. PA security forces (PASF) commanders told ConGenOffs that they met with PM Salam Fayyad in Hebron on November 26 to review progress and discuss challenges. The National Security Forces (NSF) commander said PASF have arrested 110 security and criminal suspects in/around Hebron s [...]	2008-11-26 15:18:00	Consulate Jerusalem	SECRET	KWBG IS PINS PGOV PTER
08JERUSALEM2154	PA PREPARES BETHLEHEM SECURITY PLAN TO SUPPORT [...] (C) PA National Security Forces (NSF) commander MG Thiab Mustafa Ali (Abu al-Fatah) told PolOff/PolFSN November 26 that PA security forces will begin a Christmas-period deployment in early December that will continue through early 2009. He said the operation will rotate 800-1000 NSF, police [...]	2008-11-26 15:22:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG IS PGOV PTER ASEC
08JERUSALEM2171	WEST BANK SETTLEMENTS CONTINUE CONSTRUCTION [...] (C) Summary. Poloffs visited the West Bank settlements at Maale Adumim and Alfei Menashe on November 24 and noted ongoing, large-scale construction projects, which the mayors said were approved in 1999 and 2000. The mayors of both settlements urged the USG to condone construction in the area [...]	2008-12-01 15:08:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS IS PGOV PREL
08JERUSALEM2181	SETTLER VIOLENCE IN HEBRON CONTINUES [...] (C) Summary. Hebron settlers have repeatedly engaged in violence to prevent the court-ordered evacuation of the Rajabi compound. According to NGO B'tselem, on November 29, settlers injured seven Palestinians by throwing rocks from the Rajabi compound, badly damaged 28 Palestinian vehicles, s [...]	2008-12-02 15:12:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PHUM ASEC IS PBTS PTER
08JERUSALEM2187	ESCALATING SETTLER VIOLENCE IN HEBRON AS IDF [...] (C) Summary. The IDF declared the area surrounding the Rajabi compound a "closed military zone" on December 2, and deployed four Border Police companies to Hebron. Violence instigated by settlers injured at least 20 Palestinians as well as some Israeli security personnel, acording to interna [...]	2008-12-03 16:21:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PHUM ASEC IS PBTS PTER
08JERUSALEM2189	JENIN: LOCAL JUDGES, PROSECUTORS DESCRIBE [...] (C) Summary. Judges and prosecutors in Jenin told Poloff and SEMERS staff that inadequate resources and interagency cooperation are the major obstacles to improving local administration of justice. They said the security campaign in Jenin has significantly improved public perception of the [...]	2008-12-03 17:53:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SOCI KJUS KWBG KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM2197	IDF EVACUATES RAJABI COMPOUND IN HEBRON [...] (C) Summary. On December 4, some 600 Israeli security forces forcibly evicted 250 Hebron settlers from the Rajabi compound following a last-minute, unsuccessful attempt by Defense Minister Ehud Barak to convince settler leaders to evacuate voluntarily. Evacuation of the compound lasted thirt [...]	2008-12-05 14:26:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PHUM ASEC IS PBTS PTER
08JERUSALEM2198	SETTLERS RETALIATE AGAINST PALESTINIANS FOLLOWING [...] (C) Summary. Settler violence broke out in Hebron and spread across the West Bank immediately after the IDF's evacuation of the Rajabi compound on December 4, injuring around 25 Palestinians, including one shooting victim in critical condition. Contacts reported seeing burning Palestinian f [...]	2008-12-05 14:27:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PHUM ASEC IS PBTS PTER
08JERUSALEM2215	CENTRAL ELECTIONS COMMISSION FACING BUDGET [...] (C) Summary. The Central Elections Commission (CEC) faces serious financial difficulties, according to Chief Electoral Officer Hisham Kuhail, and will be unable to pay December salaries without an additional infusion of funding. The PA Ministry of Finance (MoF) told post it will transfer NIS [...]	2008-12-09 14:50:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN KWBG KPAL KDEM IS
08JERUSALEM2217	SETTLER VIOLENCE CONTINUES [...] (C) Summary. Settler violence targeting Palestinians continued December 5-8, especially near Hebron. Settlers set one Palestinian house on fire and stoned Palestinian cars. Two settlers who shot at Palestinians at point-blank range, an incident captured on video by NGO B'tselem, turned the [...]	2008-12-09 16:40:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PHUM ASEC IS PBTS PTER
08JERUSALEM2250	GAZA CONTACTS ASSESS HAMAS WANTS TO CONTINUE [...] (C) Summary. Gaza political contacts claim that Hamas disfavors military confrontation with Israel and, despite recent statements by Khalid Misha'l and other leaders, wants to continue the ceasefire (tahdiya) if agreement is reached to keep Gaza's crossings open. Contacts who regularly meet [...]	2008-12-16 17:44:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG IS PGOV PTER PHUM ECON
08JERUSALEM2254	PA ELECTIONS IN GAZA NOT FEASIBLE, SAY PLO, [...] (C) Summary. According to Gaza political contacts, the PA cannot hold elections in the Gaza Strip due to strong Hamas opposition. Barring (improbable) reconciliation between the PLO and Hamas, concurrent West Bank/Gaza elections are not feasible, they suggested. Independent and PLO leaders [...]	2008-12-17 15:58:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG IS PGOV PTER PREL KDEM
08JERUSALEM2263	HIGH COURT AGAIN REJECTS IDF PLAN FOR REROUTE OF [...] (C) Summary. The Israeli High Court of Justice (HCJ) on December 15 again rejected an IDF plan to reroute the separation barrier near the Palestinian village of Bilin. The village's attorney called the decision precedent-setting, noting that it is the first such HCJ decision prohibiting the [...]	2008-12-18 15:46:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS KWBG KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM2264	ISRAELI PLANS FOR SILWAN AND THE HOLY BASIN [...] (C) Summary: The Jerusalem Municipality has approved, but not yet made public, a town plan to facilitate Israeli development in the Wadi Hilweh neighborhood of Silwan in East Jerusalem, acording to Jerusalem lawyer Danny Seidemann. Seidemann also said that the GOI is quietly planning a large a [...]	2008-12-18 16:04:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PBTS PHUM KWBG IS
08JERUSALEM2265	PA OFFICIALS CONCERNED EVICTION ORDERS FOR BEDOUIN [...] (C) Summary. Members of the Jahalin bedouin tribe living in area C, along the main road connecting Jerusalem and Jericho, received demolition orders from the IDF on December 8, and verbal instructions to demolish their homes no later than December 15. Palestinian residents and senior PLO and [...]	2008-12-18 16:20:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PREF KWBG KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM2279	SETTLERS "UNIVERSITY CENTER" PLANS TO DOUBLE IN [...] (SBU) Summary. The Ariel "University Center," an unaccredited Israeli university in the West Bank, plans to increase from 8,400 to 20,000 students by 2020, and build several more permanent buildings to accommodate and educate them, including a new 12,000 square meter library already under c [...]	2008-12-22 15:35:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PHUM ASEC IS PBTS
08JERUSALEM2295	GAZA UPDATE DECEMBER 29, 1400 LOCAL: AIRSTRIKES [...] (SBU) Summary. Israeli airstrikes in Gaza and Palestinian rocket fire continue as of 1400 local on December 29. Palestinian medical, UN and NGO staff report at least 280 Palestinian deaths and 700 injuries since the airstrikes began on December 27. One Israeli was killed in a rocket strik [...]	2008-12-29 12:28:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG IS PTER MOPS ASEC
08JERUSALEM2309	GAZA UPDATE DECEMBER 30, 1300 LOCAL: 2 ISRAELIS, [...] (SBU) Summary. From 1800 local o December 29 to 1300 on December 30, rockets kiled two Israelis and injured at least nine others and Israeli airstrikes killed at least 16 more alestinians. Palestinian medical, UN and NGO staffreport at least 358 Palestinian deaths and 1070 njuries requiring [...]	2008-12-30 11:55:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG IS PTER MOPS ASEC
08JERUSALEM2321	EAST JERUSALEM PALESTINIAN HOUSING COUNCIL [...] (SBU) On December 31, the East Jerusalem-based Palestinian Housing Council (PHC) reopened after a six-month closure. The Israeli Ministry of Internal Security closed the PHC on July 2, 2008, claiming that it was a Palestinian Authority (PA) agency operating illegally in Jerusalem. The Coun [...]	2008-12-31 13:46:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG IS PREL PBTS PGOV
08JERUSALEM2322	HAMAS ALLEGEDLY EXECUTES SEVEN FATAH PRISONERS IN [...] (SBU) Summary. Fatah contacts told PolFSN on December 30 that, in the wake of IAF bombings on December 28, Hamas executed seven Fatah members who had been held prisoner at al-Saraya prison in Gaza City. Three additional Fatah members are reportedly missing. Local human rights organizations [...]	2008-12-31 13:55:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PTER KWBG IS
08JERUSALEM243	PA SECURITY SAYS HAMAS RESPONSIBLE FOR DIMONA [...] (S) PA police chief Kamal al-Shaykh and Hazem Attallah (PM Salam Fayyad's military secretary) told PolOff on February 6-7 that Hamas was responsible for the February 4 suicide bombing in Dimona and that the blast is part of a Hamas strategy to sow instability and undermine peace efforts. Att [...]	2008-02-08 12:07:00	Consulate Jerusalem	SECRET	KWBG PTER IS PINS
08JERUSALEM248	ARIEL MAYOR: LET ME BUILD IT AND THEY WILL COME [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ariel settlement mayor Ron Nachman told PolOff on February 6 that Ariel would welcome settlers from outlying settlements and outposts into his "existing population center" if he were allowed to build homes for them. Nachman said he has approved town plans to increase Ariel's pop [...]	2008-02-08 16:36:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM292	SILWAN RESIDENTS PROTEST ON-GOING TUNNEL [...] (C) Summary. Ongoing excavations of an ancient tunnel in Jerusalem's Silwan neighborhood have angered local residents, who say the digging is damaging their homes and disrupting their lives. Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions (ICAHD) Coordinator Meir Margalit told PolOff the excavat [...]	2008-02-15 11:43:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM300	RESIDENTS OF ISSAWIYA AND 'ANATA CRITICIZE LAND [...] (C) Summary. Members of the Issawiya and 'Anata Committees for the Defense of Land and Property and 'Anata's mayor told PolOff on February 14 that the Israeli Civil Administration expropriated 1500 dunums (roughly 375 acres) for roads through the E-1 area connecting Ma'ale Adumim to Almon an [...]	2008-02-15 15:12:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM302	NSU BELIEVES EASTERN RING ROAD WILL ISOLATE EAST [...] (C) Summary. Negotiations Support Unit (NSU) legal advisor Fuad Hallak told PolOff that the 60-day public review period for the southern portion of the Jerusalem Eastern Ring Road began on January 1 and that Palestinians plan to oppose the expropriation of their land for use in the road. NSU [...]	2008-02-15 15:26:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM304	STATUS OF EAST JERUSALEM BUILDING ANNOUNCEMENTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In light of numerous press announcements of Israeli construction in East Jerusalem, this telegram details these announcements since the Annapolis meetings and plots each proposal's location on the approval timeline (as "Construction Imminent," "In Approval Process," or "Not Submi [...]	2008-02-15 15:45:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM316	CLOSURE OF EAST JERUSALEM INSTITUTIONS RENEWED [...] (C) Summary. The Israeli MoI in early February renewed closure orders against eight Palestinian institutions in East Jerusalem. PA Advisor on Jerusalem Affairs Hatem Abd al-Qader has told the press that the Orient House reopened, but privately admitted that his comments were designed to bri [...]	2008-02-20 16:02:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM332	VIOLENCE AGAINST CHRISTIAN INSTITUTIONS IN GAZA; [...] (SBU) Summary. In the second major attack on Gaza's Christian institutions in a week, armed militants forced their way into the Lighthouse Baptist School in central Gaza City on February 21, beat one of the guards and vandalized some classrooms. On February 15, gunmen detonated explosives a [...]	2008-02-22 15:14:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PTER IS PHUM PGOV
08JERUSALEM347	MASKIYYOT: ADDITIONAL POST ANNAPOLIS SETTLEMENT [...] (S/NF) Summary. On February 21, PolOff traveled to the Northern Jordan Valley and confirmed six new caravans at the Nahal pre-military academy settlement of Maskiyyot. Settlers told PolOff that they had moved into the caravans one month before. The six new caravans, inhabited by settler ev [...]	2008-02-26 14:58:00	Consulate Jerusalem	SECRET//NOFORN	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM357	27 NEW CARAVANS EXPAND THE FOOTPRINT OF ELI [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: PolOff visited Eli settlement February 26 and saw ongoing construction of 27 new caravans at the settlement's westernmost edge. Mayor Eli Shtul told PolOff that the caravans will share infrastructure with 17 existing permanent structures called Neve Shir built in 1991. These [...]	2008-02-27 16:15:00	Consulate Jerusalem	SECRET//NOFORN	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM367	E-1 UPDATE FOR LATE FEBRUARY 2008 [...] (C) Summary. PolOffs observed February 27 that the police station in the E-1 area between Jerusalem and Maale Adumim is nearing completion, and a policeman at the site said the police headquarters will move in the next two weeks. Infrastructure appears ready to support the police station. P [...]	2008-02-28 15:31:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM368	ANOTHER HOME DEMOLITION IN EAST JERUSALEM [...] (C) Summary: On February 27, PolOffs witnessed the demolition of a Palestinian home in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Beit Hanina. Two bulldozers demolished a 60 square meter home in approximately 20 minutes. PolOffs witnessed Israeli security personnel beat the homeowner's brother duri [...]	2008-02-28 15:42:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM424	CEC CHAIRMAN ON VOTER REGISTRATION, ELECTIONS, AND [...] (C) Summary. Central Elections Commission (CEC) Chairman Hanna Nasir told USAID and Poloff February 27 that the CEC plans to launch a West Bank/Gaza voter registration drive in one month. Nasir said he fears Hamas will block the Ministry of Education from making Gaza schools available for vo [...]	2008-03-07 16:03:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM425	TERRORIST ATTACK IN JERUSALEM KILLS EIGHT [...] (C) Summary. A terrorist attack at Jerusalem's Mercaz HaRav yeshiva on March 6 left eight students dead and seven wounded. One of the dead was an Amcit, as was one of the wounded. Israeli security has confirmed that the attack was carried out by Ala'a Abu Dhaim from the East Jerusalem neig [...]	2008-03-07 16:19:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM471	EAST BARTA'A VILLAGE: "TRAPPED IN THE SEAM ZONE" [...] (C) Summary. East Barta'a mayor Ghassan Kabaha told Poloffs February 26 that his village of 4,000 is "trapped in the seam zone," between the separation barrier and the Green Line. Kabaha said most of the village's residents do not have permission to enter Israel and must cross through the s [...]	2008-03-18 07:45:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM497	CHIEF JUSTICE AND MINISTRY OF JUSTICE DISCUSS WEST [...] (C) Summary. In November 2007, at PM Salam Fayyad's request, Chief Justice (CJ) Abu Sharar, Minister of Justice (MOJ) Ali Khashan, and Attorney General (AG) Ahmad al-Mughani agreed to establish a court in Jericho to hear major felony and high level security cases. Abu Sharar told Poloff and [...]	2008-03-21 16:02:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM513	HAMAS APPOINTS NEW "MAYOR" AND CITY COUNCIL IN [...] (C) Hamas appointed Rafiq Maki, the Hamas chairman of the Gaza City engineers' syndicate, as "Mayor" of Gaza City on March 22, and replaced the municipal council with Hamas sympathizers. The PA-appointed mayor, Majid Abu Ramadan (Independent, appointed by PA President Mahmud Abbas) told PolO [...]	2008-03-25 15:01:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KWBG EAID PTER IS
08JERUSALEM529	PALESTINIANS PROVIDE FURTHER CLARIFICATION ON [...] (C) Summary. Presidential Spokesman Nabil Abu Rudeineh confirmed on March 26 that President Mahmoud Abbas' (Abu Mazen) conditions to resume dialogue with Hamas remained unchanged. PLC-Fatah bloc leader Azzam al-Ahmed, who signed the Sana'a Declaration with Hamas on March 23, made this same [...]	2008-03-26 15:58:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM530	YATIR OUTPOST NOT REMOVED DESPITE CLAIMS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On a March 25 visit to the southern West Bank settlement of Yatir, PolOff observed that the four caravans at the Yatir South outpost, which the GOI claimed (reftel) were removed remain in place and inhabited. Yatir settlers told PolOff that they know the GOI is discussing the [...]	2008-03-26 16:02:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM542	E-1 UPDATE: POLICE STATION NEARLY COMPLETE, [...] (C) Summary. Press reported on March 27 that the Israeli police station in the E-1 area between Jerusalem and Ma'ale Adumim will open Monday, March 31. During a March 24 visit to E-1, PolOffs observed minimal work on the building and on the road, both of which appear nearly complete. PolOff [...]	2008-03-27 14:10:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM546	SETTLERS RETURN TO HOMESH [...] (C) SUMMARY: On a March 26 visit PolOff verified that settlers maintain a presence at Homesh settlement, which was evacuated in 2005. PolOff met 5 youths and a rabbi at Homesh who said they had re-established the yeshiva there. PolOff saw no IDF presence at the settlement. END SUMMARY 2 [...]	2008-03-27 16:48:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM547	FOUR NEW CARAVANS AT TENE OMRIM SETTLEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: PolOff visited the settlement of Tene Omrim near Hebron on March 26 and confirmed March 26 press reports that four new caravans were installed for families evacuated from Gush Katif. The caravans expand the footprint some fifty feet. Peace Now Settlement Watch Director told P [...]	2008-03-27 16:49:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM553	QADURA FARES CRITICIZES FATAH LEADERSHIP ON REFORM [...] (C) Summary. Grassroots Fatah leader Qadura Fares told Staffdel Diamond on March 25 that President Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen) is losing credibility because Palestinians see no progress on negotiations and no changes on the ground. He said imprisoned Fatah leader Marwan Barghuthi is the only a [...]	2008-03-28 09:51:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER IS
08JERUSALEM566	ANNOUNCEMENT OF 600 MORE PISGAT ZEEV UNITS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 31, the Local Committee for Planning and Building of the Jerusalem municipality convened and approved a plan for 600 new units in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Pisgat Zeev. The approval is the first step in a lengthy process before construction begins. Contacts i [...]	2008-04-01 16:00:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM581	REMOVAL OF TWO OUTPOSTS: MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Local press reported on April 3 that the GOI removed settlers from the Harhivi and Shevut Ami outposts. According to lawyer Michal Sfard who represents the Palestinian owner of the land at Shevut Ami, four teenage girls were removed from the one-room structure, allowing Israel [...]	2008-04-03 15:02:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM587	WEST BANK ATTORNEYS ON JUDICIAL REFORM [...] (C) Summary. West Bank attorneys and International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) delegate Bjorn Rahm told Poloff that reform of the Palestinian judicial sector must tackle case backlog, train judges, and improve court administration and services to the public. Attorney Loubna Katbeh tol [...]	2008-04-04 13:41:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM593	MAZMURIYA CHECKPOINT CLOSED TO ALL BUT SETTLERS [...] (C) Summary. According to B'Tselem and Palestinians from the Jerusalem villages of Sur Baher and Um Tuba, use of Mazmuriya checkpoint near Bethlehem has been restricted to settlers since March 20. All Arabs, including Jerusalem ID holders, West Bankers with permits, and Arab Israelis, have [...]	2008-04-07 08:30:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM626	PA BOOTS MILITANT ZUBAYDAH OUT OF JENIN SECURITY [...] (C) Summary. Jenin PLC contacts report that PA President Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen) ordered al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades militant Zakariya Zubaydah's expulsion from the Jenin Muqata'a (security headquarters) on April 8 in response to a press interview in which Zubaydah called the PA's leadership " [...]	2008-04-10 13:31:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PTER IS PGOV
08JERUSALEM635	CONSTRUCTION OF 200 NEW HOMES UNDERWAY AT MEVO [...] (C) SUMMARY: PolOff visited Mevo Horon settlement April 9 following GOI claims to the Embassy that it would remove shortly six caravans from an outpost near the settlement. Mevo Horon settlers refused to show PolOff the caravans but showed him 200 permanent homes under construction, which Pos [...]	2008-04-11 11:30:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM636	JERUSALEM MUNICIPALITY DEMOLISHES AMCIT'S EAST [...] (C) The Jerusalem Municipality demolished the home of AmCit Khalid Shoman in East Jerusalem's Beit Hanina neighborhood on April 9 after the Israeli High Court of Justice (HCJ) rejected Shoman's appeal in late February. Shoman's home was built in 2002 without a permit. Shoman inhabited the ho [...]	2008-04-11 12:03:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS CASC
08JERUSALEM637	SOUTHERN WEST BANK VILLAGES FACE LAND [...] (C) Summary. Jerusalem attorney Gheith Nassar told Poloff that the Israeli High Court of Justice (HCJ) announced on April 10 cancellation of a temporary injunction against barrier construction near Eshkolot settlement in the southern West Bank. Nassar said this decision allows the IDF to co [...]	2008-04-11 12:44:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM638	HEBRON AREA MAYORS BLAME UNEMPLOYMENT AND POVERTY [...] (C) Summary. Al-Dhahariyeh Mayor Sami Ishneiwer and Ithna Mayor Jamal Itmeizi told Poloffs April 9 that residents face high unemployment and poverty due to the separation barrier and IDF road closures that cut off their towns from Israel and Hebron. The mayors said their towns suffer from a [...]	2008-04-11 14:00:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM650	35 STRUCTURES IN THE VILLAGE OF KHIRBET AL-AQABAH [...] (C) Summary: PolOffs visited the northern Jordan Valley, Area C village of Khirbet al-Aqabah for which there are impending demolition orders. Mayor Haj Sami Sadeq said the village of 300 has repeatedly sought construction permits, all of which have been denied. He said there are standing d [...]	2008-04-15 13:01:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM651	MEVO HORON OUTPOST REMOVED [...] (C) SUMMARY: PolOff visited the Mevo Horon Agricultural Farm Outpost April 15 and observed the removal of caravans from the site. Settlers at the scene told PolOff that they agreed with the MOD to evacuate the outpost in exchange for building permits for permanent homes in Mevo Horon settle [...]	2008-04-15 14:32:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM690	PA MINISTER OF RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS COUNTERING [...] (C) PA Minister of Religious Affairs Jamal Bawatna and Assistant Secretary Salah Zuhayka told PolOff April 17 that on-going reform efforts at the Ministry are reducing extremist rhetoric in the West Bank. Bawatna said he is focused on mosques, religious schools, and other religious instituti [...]	2008-04-21 14:09:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM701	SMALL TOWN POLICING IN THE WEST BANK [...] (SBU) Summary. Outside the West Bank's large cities, most towns/villages have minimal law enforcement or court infrastructure, due largely to IDF-imposed restrictions and PA budget shortfalls. Criminal justice and property dispute resolution have devolved to family/clan leaders in the absen [...]	2008-04-22 13:40:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG IS PGOV PTER
08JERUSALEM722	E-1 MOVE APPEARS IMMINENT [...] (C) Summary. Ha'aretz reported April 28 that Israeli police will soon complete the move from Ras al-Amud to the newly built police station in the E-1 area between Jerusalem and Ma'ale Adumim. The move will allow the right-wing Israeli group Ateret Cohanim to take over the former police prop [...]	2008-04-28 14:56:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM736	E-1 POLICE STATION SET TO OPEN THIS WEEKEND [...] (C) Israeli National Police contacts informed ConGen RSO April 29 that they have the final permit necessary to occupy the newly built E-1 police station. A security guard at the Ras al-Amud police station told PolOff April 30 that the traffic division is scheduled to open May 1 at E-1 and all [...]	2008-04-30 14:29:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM741	MOVE UNDERWAY FROM RAS AL-AMUD TO E-1 [...] (C) PolOff visited the Ras al-Amud police station May 1. PolOff saw that the Ras al-Amud police parking lot was nearly full of vehicles and observed officers and security guards moving around inside the compound. Police Spokesman Danny Poleg, who was on the ground, confirmed that the traffic [...]	2008-05-01 12:48:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM744	PALESTINIAN PLANS FOR EARLY MAY SECURITY [...] (C) Summary. According to PA National Security Forces (NSF) commander MG Thiab Mustafa Ali (Abu al-Fatah) and Joint Security Committee (JSC) chief BG Samir Makhzumi Qaysi, the PA has completed logistical preparations for a 400-man deployment to Jenin and plans to start security operations in [...]	2008-05-01 14:15:00	Consulate Jerusalem	SECRET	KWBG PINS IS PGOV PTER
08JERUSALEM750	CHIEF JUSTICE, ATTORNEY GENERAL, AND JUSTICE [...] (C) Summary. Chief Justice (CJ) of the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) Issa Abu Sharar, Attorney General (AG) Ahmad al-Mughani, and Justice Minister (MoJ) Ali Khashan told Poloff and USAID on April 30 that 40 Judicial Police officers will be deployed to Jenin on May 3 to deal with the 6,500 p [...]	2008-05-02 13:29:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM756	E-1 MOVE NEARLY COMPLETE, PLANS FOR RAS AL-AMUD [...] (C) Summary. PolOff observed a nearly empty police station at Ras al-Amud May 6 and learned from an Israeli guard at the site that the one remaining office will move to E-1 in late May, allowing the police to turn the site over to settlement sponsor Irving Moscowitz. Construction continues [...]	2008-05-06 15:11:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL IS
08JERUSALEM765	HIGH COURT REJECTS AL-AQABAH'S PETITION [...] (C) Summary. On April 26, the Israeli High Court of Justice (HCJ) rejected Khirbet al-Aqabah's petitions to rescind demolition orders issued against 11 structures, but said "for the time-being" the Civil Administration will not demolish the mosque, kindergarten, women's center, clinic, and t [...]	2008-05-07 12:16:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM775	E-1 AND RAS AL-AMUD UPDATE FROM 9 MAY [...] (C) Summary. During a May 9 visit, PolOffs observed that the move to the E-1 police station is nearly complete and the new station appears fully functional. A security guard at the Ras al-Amud property told PolOffs that university students plan to use the former police station as a dormitory [...]	2008-05-09 13:48:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM791	JENIN: PA ARRESTS PIJ MILITANT AND CRIMINALS, IDF [...] (SBU) Summary. PA security forces (PASF) conducted patrols in Jenin and 32 nearby villages May 10-12, arresting a senior leader of the PIJ military wing and 11 wanted criminals. According to PA security commanders, the IDF entered Jenin and nearby Area A towns late May 11/early May 12, unsu [...]	2008-05-12 12:54:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PINS IS PGOV PTER
08JERUSALEM792	JERUSALEM LOCAL PLANNING COMMITTEE ENDORSES [...] (C) Summary. A Jerusalem Municipality official told PolOff the Local Planning Committee endorsed a plan for a new access ramp to the Mughrabi Gate that is shorter than the controversial ramp plan submitted in 2007. She said the Regional Planning Committee, which has decision-making authorit [...]	2008-05-12 13:08:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM793	SETTLERS CELEBRATE ISRAEL'S - AND THEIR OWN - [...] (C) SUMMARY: Settlers demonstrated at three West Bank locations - Homesh and Sanur, both evacuated in 2005 and Migron outpost - on May 8, the 60th anniversary of Israeli independence. Press reported 10,000 demonstrators at Homesh, 150 at Sanur, and 2,000 at Migron. Settlers now maintain a 2 [...]	2008-05-12 14:04:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM815	BARRIER CUTS OFF BIDDU AND JABA' FROM JERUSALEM [...] (C) Summary. Mayor of Biddu Ismail Qadan told Poloffs April 30 that the separation barrier cuts off Biddu residents from 4,000 dunums (1,000 acres) of land and 5,000 olive trees. He said the GoI recently completed a tunnel that shortens the drive from Biddu to Ramallah but required the expr [...]	2008-05-13 13:23:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM843	"THE BIBLE IS OUR ROADMAP": SETTLERS OVERTAKE BEIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 15, 150 settlers demonstrated, overtook and spray painted three structures at the West Bank site of Osh Ghraib (known to settlers as Shdema),near Beit Sahour. The municipality wants to build a hospital on the Area C former base that is also adjacent to a USAID funded par [...]	2008-05-16 12:56:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM853	SETTLERS ATTACK PALESTINIAN VILLAGE SOUTH OF NABLUS [...] Palestinian Authority (PA) sources told POL Specialist May 18 that settlers from Yitzhar settlement south of Nablus attacked residents and destroyed property in the Palestinian village of Asira al-Qabaliya May 17. Ammar Saleh, the Secretary for the Asira al-Qabaliya village council, told Pol [...]	2008-05-19 14:49:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM89	MUGHRABI GATE RAMP APPROVAL PROCESS MOVING FORWARD [...] (C) Summary. Jerusalem contacts confirmed to PolOff January 15 and 16 that plans to reconstruct a ramp leading to the Mughrabi Gate of the Haram al-Sharif/Temple Mount are moving through the approval process. Director of the Waqf Azzam al-Khatib said he wants a new ramp plan approved by Jor [...]	2008-01-17 10:04:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM90	RAS AL AMUD: ISRAELI CONSTRUCTION COMMENCES IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: PolOff confirmed January 16 that construction has begun on 60 new housing units in the "Maale Zeitim" enclave in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Ras al Amud. An advisor to the Jerusalem Mayor said construction permits were issued "months ago", but thought the timing of the [...]	2008-01-17 10:08:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM900	DUMA VILLAGE FACES HOME DEMOLITIONS IN AREA C [...] (C) Summary. Abd al-Salam Dawabsheh, Mayor of Duma, told Poloffs May 9 that ten Duma residents received home demolition orders on April 14 from the Israeli Civil Administration for building homes and structures in Area C without permits. Seven homeowners hired attorneys to help them apply f [...]	2008-05-22 13:43:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM925	ASIRA AL-QABALIYA RESIDENTS FEAR SETTLER ATTACKS [...] (C) Summary. PolOffs spoke with residents of the village of Asira al-Qabaliya, southwest of Nablus, May 27 to confirm reports of attacks by settlers from nearby Yitzhar. A village council employee said attacks increased in the past two months. He said the IDF intervened to stop an attack fo [...]	2008-06-02 13:40:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PBTS PHUM IS PTER
08JERUSALEM927	MODIIN ILLIT, THE NEWEST "CITY" IN THE WEST BANK, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Modiin Illit settlers recently erected two new structures to be used as synagogues at the southeastern edge of the settlement, expanding its footprint by approximately 100 feet. Neighboring Bilin villagers complained to PolOffs that the new structures prejudge the route of the [...]	2008-06-02 13:55:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM928	884 PLANNED HOUSING UNITS ANNOUNCED IN EAST [...] (C) In coordination with the Israeli holiday marking Jerusalem's reunification, Minister of Construction and Housing Zeev Boim announced tenders for 884 units in the East Jerusalem neighborhoods of Pisgat Zeev (763 units) and Har Homa/Jebel Abu Ghneim (121 units) on June 1. Potential contrac [...]	2008-06-02 15:53:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM979	PREPARATORY MEETING FOR BERLIN CONFERENCE ON [...] SUMMARY. Palestinian Authority (PA) representatives briefed proposals for police/justice sector donor funding for the June 24 Berlin conference at a German-chaired, June 5 meeting in Jericho. The representatives said the proposals are consistent with the Palestinian Reconstruction and Develo [...]	2008-06-06 14:24:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG IS PGOV PREL EAID
08JERUSALEM98	E-1 UPDATE FROM MID-JANUARY: POLICE STATION READY [...] (C) SUMMARY: PolOffs observed January 17 that the final touches are being put on the police station at E-1 and the road leading to it. PolOffs also observed land immediately northwest of the police station continues to be cleared and graded, and a bridge now directly connects Maale Adumim w [...]	2008-01-18 10:16:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM985	GAZA PLC MEMBER DECRIES RESIDENTS' SITUATION [...] (C) Summary. Gaza-based PLC member Rawiya al-Shawwa (Independent) told PolOff by phone on June 9 that Hamas "feels weak and is afraid" but closures and economic woes have undercut moderates. She said Gaza suffers from "economic shutdown and general hopelessness" with almost no private vehic [...]	2008-06-10 14:30:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KWBG EAID PTER IS
08JERUSALEM996	E-1 AND RAS AL-AMUD UPDATE [...] (C) Danny Poleg, spokesman for the West Bank police headquarters in E-1, told PolOff June 11 that the police completed their move into the E-1 facility, which serves as their new headquarters for the West Bank. Poleg said he did not know if the police still have minor offices at Ras al-Amud. [...]	2008-06-11 15:31:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PBTS IS
08KABUL131	BAGHLAN GOVERNORSHIP LATEST VICTIM OF NOVEMBER [...] (SBU) The government announced on January 9 the removal of Baghlan governor Mohammad Alam Ishaqzai, who had been suspended pending the results of the investigation into the November 6 Baghlan bombing, and his replacement with new-comer Abdul Jabar Haqbin. The government also confirmed publicl [...]	2008-01-15 02:40:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID KDEM PGOV PINR AF
08KABUL1770	AFGHAN UN HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT [...] The GIRoA will issue a Universal Periodic Report (UPR) on its human rights record at the request of the UN's Human Rights Council (UNHCR). The government is open to including a modestly robust criticism of the its recent track record on human rights, especially in relation to treatment of pri [...]	2008-07-15 06:52:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV AF
08KABUL1812	HEZB-E-ISLAMI CONFERENCE; MOVING BEYOND HEKMATYAR [...] (C//REL UK) SUMMARY: Hezb-e-Islami Afghanistan's (HIA) three-day conference in Kabul last week assembled more than 1,000 members from all 34 provinces and most of the country's ethnic groups to elect Abdul Hadi Arghandewal to his second one-year term as party chairman. The party's leadership [...]	2008-07-19 06:29:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF
08KABUL1948	HAZARA-KUCHI DISPUTE GOES NATIONAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. President Karzai's effort to make peace between Hazaras and Kuchis engaged in a dispute over grazing lands is not meeting with early success. The largely Pashtun Kuchi nomads say they are considering temporarily pulling back from disputed grazing lands in central Afghanistan at [...]	2008-07-28 10:56:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV AF
08KABUL2128	RABBANI DISCUSSES ELECTIONS, SECURITY, DEVELOPMENT [...] (SBU) Summary. Former Afghan President Burhanuddin Rabbani, currently a member of the Afghan Lower House and key leader in the United Front opposition coalition, stressed his commitment to seeing elections through and pressing the government to resolve ethnic disputes in an Aug. 10 lunch wit [...]	2008-08-13 04:22:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF
08KABUL217	SENIOR CLERICS URGE KARZAI TO CRACK DOWN ON [...] (SBU) Summary: The High Ulema Council of Afghanistan met with President Karzai to express concern over proselytizing in Afghanistan and issued a public statement urging the government to crack down on missionary activity. The council has also asserted themselves regarding media content and s [...]	2008-01-27 09:36:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	KPOL PREL PHUM KIRF AF
08KABUL2174	KABUL POLICE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE TRAINING [...] (U) Political officer attended a portion of a training workshop for 40 Kabul police officers and employees held August 12-14 and organized by the Afghan Women Skills Development Centre (AWSDC) and supported financially by INL. The workshop, held at the Kabul Provincial Police Headquarters, was [...]	2008-08-17 10:00:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	KPOL PREL PHUM PGOV AF
08KABUL2458	MFA CHIEF OF STAFF: SMART ADVOCATE FOR AFGHAN WOMEN [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-09 14:10:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV GWI AF DRL

08KABUL2562	TALIBAN-STYLE MORALITY BILL UNLIKELY TO SEE ACTION [...] SUMMARY. Media reports citing a Taliban-style morality law drafted by some National Assembly MPs likely overstate the proposal's support in the Lower House. The proposal gained notoriety in the media last week, as elements of the bill banning make-up, loud music, and dancing on television r [...]	2008-09-18 11:23:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PGOV PHUM AF
08KABUL2595	PARLIAMENT OVERRIDES KARZAI VETOES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The National Assembly's Lower House has for the first time overridden several vetoes by President Karzai, effectively bringing into law measures on the media, land ownership, and the establishment of a constitutional implementation commission. However, problems with achieving [...]	2008-09-22 10:23:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV AF
08KABUL2714	KARZAI'S INEFFECTIVE PARLIAMENTARY OUTREACH [...] (C) SUMMARY. Last month's overrides of presidential vetoes highlight President Karzai's difficult relationship with the National Assembly's Lower House. Several factors contribute to Karzai's poor track record in achieving his legislative goals, including his refusal to form a political par [...]	2008-10-06 12:47:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM AF
08KABUL2779	Kunar Preparing for Influx of Refugees from Bajaur [...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Kabul/Embassy Islamabad cable. 2. (SBU) Summary: An estimated 180 Afghan families living in Pakistan have fled into Afghanistan's Kunar province after Bajaur Agency issued an October 3 order directing all Afghans to leave within three days. Kunar Province's Dep [...]	2008-10-17 03:47:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PREF ETRD EFIN AF PK TI
08KABUL2785	ATTA RAISES SPECTER OF INSECURITY IN NORTH [...] (U) Summary: In his remarks at an International Peace Day event, Balkh Governor Atta Mohammed Noor predicted greater insecurity in the northern provinces within a year's time if the north does not receive its share of development projects and if there continues to be what he deems a lack of coo [...]	2008-10-18 11:58:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ETRD EFIN SNAR AF TI
08KABUL2832	ELECTION POLITICS AT PARLIAMENT [...] (SBU) Daoud Ali Najafi, Chief Technical Officer at the Independent Election Commission (IEC),appeared before the leadership of the legislature on October 19 to calm the recent controversy there over the fall 2009 time frame for presidential and provincial council elections. The recent fla [...]	2008-10-22 13:10:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KDEM PGOV AF
08KABUL2837	THREE CHANGES IN CABINET FORESHADOW MORE TO COME [...] (C) SUMMARY. The National Assembly's Lower House overwhelmingly approved three of four nominees involved in President Karzai's much-anticipated Cabinet shuffle this week, moving forward on what many in the international community are hoping is a renewed focus fighting corruption and improvi [...]	2008-10-24 01:28:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV AF
08KABUL2856	DOSTUM RECONCILES WITH RIVAL, TIPS HAT TO KARZAI [...] (C) SUMMARY. Gen. Abdul Rashid Dostum apparently reconciled with adversary Akbar Bai Oct. 26, opening the door for his return to public life and jeopardizing efforts to reform his Junbesh-e-Milli party and lock the notorious Uzbek warlord out of Afghan politics. After several months of hous [...]	2008-10-27 08:57:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV AF
08KABUL2909	A MORE HANDS-ON APPROACH TO PARLIAMENT RELATIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. After some confusion at the Ministry for Parliamentary Affairs following the transfer of former chief Farooq Wardak to the Ministry of Education and the reluctance of a named successor to accept the job, the office's deputy has taken charge indefinitely, with hopes of dedicating [...]	2008-11-01 11:44:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV AF
08KABUL2913	UNITED NATIONAL FRONT NEITHER UNITED NOR NATIONAL [...] (C//NF) SUMMARY. The United (National) Front, the main political opposition to President Karzai in Parliament and the upcoming presidential election campaign, has attempted to present itself as a unified coalition of pan-ethnic and pan-regional political parties committed to opposing a second [...]	2008-11-02 06:55:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV AF
08KABUL2963	AFGHANS NERVOUSLY EYE RECONCILIATION TALKS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Afghan political leaders and ordinary citizens are following reports of reconciliation talks with Taliban representatives with great interest and, in many cases, significant trepidation. A number of individuals who assume USG involvement, have approached us at many levels to [...]	2008-11-09 04:01:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV AF SA
08KABUL3012	PARLIAMENT DISCUSSES OPTIONS FOR PRESIDENTIAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Members of Parliament continue to debate the timing for next year's presidential election, many of them for political motives. Caught between certain legal provisions to hold the election as soon as March and the reality of logistical and climate challenges to doing so, MPs h [...]	2008-11-18 03:40:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV AF
08KABUL3027	DECLINING SECURITY MIGHT SPELL THE END TO HERAT GOVERNOR'S [...] (U) Summary: Following two years of declining security and repeated kidnappings in and around the city of Herat, Governor Anwari's days may be numbered. Responding to citizens' demands and after the President's receipt of a report from a high-level investigating delegation from Kabul, the Min [...]	2008-11-20 13:11:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ETRD EFIN AF
08KABUL3084	UNITED FRONT RETHINKS CAMPAIGN STRATEGY [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. Senior United Front leaders have de-emphasized their search for a candidate in next year's presidential election and turned to building "national unity," a possible sign they anticipate a Pashtun victory and seek a greater role in national security issues under the next admini [...]	2008-11-30 12:58:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV AF
08KABUL3227	COURAGEOUS AFGHAN WOMEN LAWYERS, JUDGES, AND [...] (SBU) Summary: The turnout of approximately 250 female lawyers, judges, and law professors from Kabul and from several northern provinces to a USAID- and INL-funded women's legal leadership workshop in Kabul from December 15-17 overwhelmed organizers. Over the course of the three days, the Afg [...]	2008-12-18 11:31:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPOL PREL PHUM AF
08KAMPALA1133	UGANDAN GOVERNMENT DROPS CASE AGAINST GAY ACTIVISTS [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-15 09:35:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PGOV UG
08KAMPALA1542	UGANDA: GOU CONSIDERS USG POSITION ON ANTI-ISRAELI [...] PolOff delivered reftel points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Multilateral Organizations and Treaties Office Director Isaac Sebulime on November 20, calling on Uganda to vote against or at a minimum abstain on unhelpful and disproportionate resolutions against Israel. Sebulime said that the [...]	2008-11-24 13:00:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNGA IS PA LE SY UG
08KAMPALA1665	UGANDA RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE: SOMALIA - REINFORCING [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met with Ugandan Minister of Defense Crispus Kiyonga on December 29 to deliver reftel points and obtain an understanding of Uganda's ability to deploy an additional battalion of troops to the current African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM). DATT also met with [...]	2008-12-30 10:14:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPKO UG ET BU SO
08KAMPALA58	UPDF ACTIVITY IN KENYA HIGHLY UNLIKELY [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOU has strongly rejected press reports and Orange Democratic Movement allegations that Ugandan forces are active in Kenya. The US Mission in Uganda has seen no evidence of any GOU involvement in western Kenya; to the contrary, the GOU appears to be treating border issues [...]	2008-01-15 12:25:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PBTS PGOV UG
08KAMPALA587	NORTHERN UGANDA: HELPING KONY UNDERSTAND JUSTICE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ugandan Government, Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) delegation members, lawyers, and judicial officials will meet in Kampala from May 6-8 to discuss the legal options for LRA leader Joseph Kony. The LRA delegation says it wants to understand the national legal framework for [...]	2008-04-28 13:41:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV UG SU CG CT
08KAMPALA602	GOU WELCOMES GREATER USG ENGAGEMENT ON SMALL ARMS [...] (U) Summary: Illicit small arms/light weapons (SA/LW) proliferation in Uganda stems from numerous post-independence conflicts, regional arms trafficking, leakage from state-owned stockpiles, and to a lesser degree from illicit manufacturing. In response, the GOU, with UNDP and donor assistanc [...]	2008-04-30 12:26:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PGOV PHUM KDEM UG
08KAMPALA818	UGANDA: POSSIBLE START TO PEACE AGREEMENT BETWEEN [...] (C) On June 20, Charge d'Affaires and PolOff met with IOM Chief of Mission Jeremy Haslam to discuss a closely held meeting with ADF hierarchy scheduled for Sunday, June 22. All 24 ADF command elements of the ADF hierarchy, as well as ADF dependents and non-combatants plan to assemble in Kisang [...]	2008-06-20 09:57:00	Embassy Kampala	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV UG
08KARACHI463	BALOCHISTAN - DERA BUGTI CONFLICT REIGNITES [...] (C) Summary: A July 19 bomb blast, claimed by the Balochistan Republican Army (BRA),killed a Pakistan Petroleum Limited engineer and several security officers and reignited a conflict between the GOP and Baloch nationalists in Balochistan,s Dera Bugti, Kohlu and Jarrarabad districts. The [...]	2008-08-01 14:17:00	Consulate Karachi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PK
08KARACHI467	QUETTA - GIRLS, SCHOOL BURNED [...] (U) An August 4 report in the Dawn newspaper pointed to &suspected Taliban militants8 as responsible for the destruction of a private girls, school in a Quetta suburb. The article, accompanied by a photograph of a destroyed computer laboratory, said that attackers had used petroleum to ignit [...]	2008-08-08 06:17:00	Consulate Karachi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER SOCI PK
08KARACHI477	SINDH - MQM TELLS KARACHI RESIDENTS TO ARM AGAINST [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 8, Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) leader Altaf Hussain advised residents of two upscale Karachi communities to arm themselves against an impending takeover by Taliban forces. MQM critics accused Hussain of trying to exacerbate an ethnic dispute with the city's Pashtu [...]	2008-08-13 08:33:00	Consulate Karachi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PK
08KARACHI479	SINDH ASSEMBLY ASKS MUSHARRAF TO ACCEPT ELECTORAL [...] (C) Summary: In a move spearheaded by the Pakistan Peoples' Party (PPP),the Sindh Provincial Assembly voted 94 ) 0 on August 13 to ask President Pervez Musharraf to agree to resign or face impeachment if he fails to win a vote of confidence on his re-election from his electoral college (all [...]	2008-08-16 11:39:00	Consulate Karachi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PK
08KARACHI495	BALOCHISTAN - GOVERNOR ANNOUNCES RESIGNATION THEN [...] (C) Summary: A protocol official with Balochistan's provincial government and the Governor's Public Relations Officer both confirmed on August 21 that Balochistan Governor Nawab Zulfigar Ali Magsi submitted his resignation on August 20 to Acting Pakistan President Mohammedmian Soomro. Then, [...]	2008-08-27 02:53:00	Consulate Karachi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PK
08KARACHI627	ETHNIC VIOLENCE SHAKES KARACHI [...] (C) Summary: Up to 50 people have been killed in violent ethnic riots between Pashtuns and Mohajirs since November 27. While the specific action that sparked sporadic attacks is unclear, the ruling Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) movement has been warning for months of the increased 'taliba [...]	2008-12-03 14:10:00	Consulate Karachi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER SOCI PK
08KATHMANDU895	NEPAL: LITTLE PROGRESS IN NEGOTIATIONS TO FORM [...] (C) Maoist-led negotiations to form a new government have been unable to overcome the daunting set of problems - a complete lack of trust among the parties, splits within each of the major parties, and personality conflicts. Competing negotiations by Prime Minister Koirala to form a 'democrati [...]	2008-08-08 11:25:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU910	NEPAL: ELECTION OF PRIME MINISTER SCHEDULED [...] (C) Nominations for Nepal's new Prime Minister have to be filed August 14, with the election scheduled for August 15. Party leaders from the four largest parties have offered support in principle to a Maoist-led consensus government, but negotiations have been stuck on the allocation of the de [...]	2008-08-13 10:39:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
08KHARTOUM1009	RIZEIGAT ARAB LEADER ON DARFUR CIVIL SOCIETY, OBSTREPEROUS [...] (SBU) Summary: Poloff met July 6 with Waleed Maddibo Mousa, prominent Darfur Rizeigat Arab and civil society leader and organizer of the annual equestrian festival in Ed-Daien, South Darfur. Maddibo used the festival to create a "clandestine dialogue" among Darfuris, and believes the late-nigh [...]	2008-07-08 07:41:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM101	MINAWI OUTLINES OBJECTIVES FOR U.S. TRIP, BRIEFS [...] (S) Senior Assistant to the President and Chairman of the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) Minni Minawi is enthusiastic about a visit to Washington in the near future and has requested that the trip focus on four themes: concrete support for the military wing of the SLM and broadening the persp [...]	2008-01-24 09:44:00	Embassy Khartoum	SECRET	PREL PGOV SU CD LY
08KHARTOUM1014	NATIONAL ASSEMBLY FINALLY PASSES ELECTION LAW [...] (U) SUMMARY: After weeks of delay, the Sudan National Assembly (NA) finally passed the electoral law July 7, capping a contentious special legislative session called specifically for the purpose of passing the law. The law provides the legal groundwork for holding nationwide elections in 200 [...]	2008-07-08 11:32:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KSCA OTRA EAID CDC SU
08KHARTOUM1027	CENSUS DISINFORMATION CAMPAIGN MARS AFTERMATH OF SUDAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Recent stories in the Sudanese press purporting to present "preliminary census results" are a fabrication, with no basis in fact. Post has confirmed with the local UNFP office, heavily involved in the entire census process, that scanning of the raw census data has not even begun [...]	2008-07-09 15:15:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1034	THE NEW NORTH/SOUTH WAR? IT'S THE ECONOMY, STUPID [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The SPLM and the NCP are mired in an economic standoff grounded in competing interpretations of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement. It is the latest chapter in the two parties' complex and often dysfunctional relationship, and a further blow to hopes that unity can be made attra [...]	2008-07-10 12:35:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINS EFIN EAID SOCI KDEM SU
08KHARTOUM1036	CONSTITUTIONAL REVIEW COMMISSION CO-CHAIR OPTIMISTIC ABOUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Prof. Abdullah Idris, co-chairman of Sudan's National Constitutional Review Commission (NCRC),believes the newly-passed election law (REFTEL) provides a sound basis for elections, and he is optimistic that free and fair elections will take place on time in 2009. However, he c [...]	2008-07-10 13:47:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KSCA OTRA EAID CDC SU
08KHARTOUM1051	SPLM/GOSS PLOT AND PLAN FOR WORST-CASE GNU [...] (C) SUMMARY: The specter of an ICC indictment of President Bashir seems to have sent SPLM leadership circles in Juba into overdrive, spinning predictions of, and planning for, unrest and government reprisals. According to SPLM contacts, National Intelligence Security Services Chief Salah Ghosh [...]	2008-07-13 13:10:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1057	SPLM - APRIL SHOWERS BRING JULY RESHUFFLES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ministerial absenteeism rates have soared in Juba as talk of a comprehensive reshuffle of SPLM ministers and commissioners in both Khartoum and Juba gains increasing credibility. Reportedly, presumptive candidate lists were frozen in mid-June as Vice President Riek Machar object [...]	2008-07-14 10:56:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1060	NHIAL DENG NHIAL: SPLM POSITION REMAINS WAIT AND [...] (C) CG officers met with SPLM National Liberation Council member and ex-Regional Cooperation Minister Nhial Deng Nhial July 13 to hear his perspective on SPLM preparations in response of an ICC indictment against President Bashir. Nhial had extensive one-on-one discussions with Kiir over the w [...]	2008-07-14 13:27:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1067	JEM AND SLA/U SHOW INCREASED COOPERATION IN GENEVA [...] (SBU) Summary: Europe-based representatives of SLA/Unity and JEM met in Geneva last week at meetings hosted by the Center for Humanitarian Dialogue ostensibly to discuss greater security for humanitarian operations in Darfur, but the workshop served as a springboard for mutual recognition and s [...]	2008-07-16 09:57:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM107	DDDC CONSULTATIONS ONGOING, BUT UNCOORDINATED [...] (SBU) Meeting with poloffs on January 23, Darfur-Darfur Dialogue and Consultation (DDDC) chair Abdul Mohamed painted a somber picture of the clumsy integration of UNAMID, the DDDC and the Joint Mediation Support Team (JMST). According to Mohamed, no communications or administrative structure ha [...]	2008-01-25 08:45:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1071	UN DDR PROGRAM CITES POSSIBLE OBSTACLES [...] (SBU) Program Manager of the UN Integrated Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (IDDR) program Basil Massey told poloff on July 9 that signing of the June 25 UN-GOS IDDR agreement in Geneva (ref A) capped a six-month long effort to move the DDR program forward. Massey said that at the [...]	2008-07-16 12:05:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1072	UNAMID RECEIVES "FULL COOPERATION" FROM GOS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: UNAMID Joint Special Representative Rodolphe Adada told CDA Fernandez that the GOS has been providing and pledged to continue to provide full cooperation on UNAMID deployment, despite the recent ICC indictment of President Bashir. With regard to the July 8 attack on UNAMID forces i [...]	2008-07-16 13:22:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1076	UNAMID PEACEKEEPER KILLED BY UNKNOWN ASSAILANTS IN WEST [...] (SBU) The joint African Union-United Nations force in Darfur (UNAMID) reported that one of its peacekeepers was killed at approximately 1600 on July 16 in the remote area of Forobaranga in West Darfur, near the Chadian border. UNAMID has yet to release an official report, but UN Department of S [...]	2008-07-17 08:41:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1085	REMAINDER OF CHINESE ENGINEERING CONTINGENT ARRIVES IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Completing a slow process which began in mid-November 2007, the remainder of the 315-troop Chinese engineering unit arrived as anticipated on July 17 for their deployment in Nyala. The Chinese Embassy reported that UNAMID continues to experience logistical problems in delivering [...]	2008-07-18 08:46:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1093	DARFUR REBEL MOVEMENTS HINT AT COOPERATION WHILE MINNAWI [...] (SBU) Summary: Confidants of Minni Minawi report he has no immediate plans to return soon from Darfur. Meanwhile political representatives of JEM, SLA/MM, SLA/U and SLA/AW all hint at a new, grass-roots political initiative among Darfur rebel groups. JEM reports cooperation with SLA/AW, SLA/Un [...]	2008-07-21 09:33:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1103	UN PROPOSES TO TRAIN AND EQUIP ABYEI BASED JOINT INTEGRATED [...] (SBU) UNMIS Police Commissioner Kai Vittrup told poloff July 14 that the UN has proposed a Joint Integrated Police Unit (JIPU) Rapid Deployment Package (RDP) to jointly train the anticipated 1,000-troop JIPU in Abyei. He said that that the $835,000 RDP, if funded and implemented, would quickly [...]	2008-07-23 06:49:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1108	RIZEIGAT ARAB CONCERNED ABOUT ETHNIC POLARIZATION IN [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 21 poloffs met with Waleed Madibbo Mousa, a prominent Darfur Rizeigat Arab intellectual and civil society leader who recently organized the equestrian festival in Ed-Daien, South Darfur (Reftel). Madibbo expressed grave concern over the deepening ethnic divide in Darfur, [...]	2008-07-23 15:02:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	NOTAG SU
08KHARTOUM1109	PROMINENT RIGHTS LAWYER PREDICTS BASHIR WILL GIVE UP HAROUN [...] (SBU) Summary: At the urging of the Arab League, the GOS has backed off from grand demonstrations and alarming public statements regarding the recent ICC indictment, according to famed Sudanese human rights lawyer and MP Salih Mahmoud Osman. Osman predicts that the GOS intends to surrender Ahm [...]	2008-07-24 13:43:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM111	UNAMID DEPLOYMENT: SOME PROGRESS BUT WELL BEHIND SCHEDULE [...] (SBU) Egyptian political officer Tamer Azzam told poloff January 24 that Egyptian troops for three separate UNAMID deployments are poised to arrive in February and should complete their deployment by the end of April. Azzam said that the Egyptian contingent's equipment had arrived at Port Suda [...]	2008-01-25 10:35:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1124	DESERT ARAB SHEIKH COMPLAINS OF GOS INDIFFERENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: A North Kordofan desert Arab sheikh told poloff that Darfur insecurity has changed the way camels from the region are transported to Libya - by truck to avoid raids by the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) and take advantage of empty trucks returning to Libya. He criticized JEM [...]	2008-07-27 13:51:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1130	DARFUR ROUNDUP: ATTACK ON SLM/MM, URF DISSOLUTION, AND JEM [...] (U) SUMMARY: On July 28, Minni Minnawi and two other SLM/MM leaders confirmed reports that a Government of Sudan (GoS) security force attacked and killed four SLM policemen on July 26 in North Darfur. SLM/MM leaders described the event as an "intentional attack" on their movement coinciding [...]	2008-07-29 07:48:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM114	NCP NAMES A NEW BUREAU OF STATISTICS CHIEF THREE MONTHS IN [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-27 05:33:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO KDEM SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1149	UNAMID DEPLOYMENT UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: UNAMID and Egyptian embassy sources told us that half of the anticipated 335 Egyptian engineers arrived July 24 and fully expect the remainder within the coming month. In addition, Egyptian advance teams arrived to prepare for the arrival of the 850-troop Egyptian infantry battal [...]	2008-07-31 14:55:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1150	SUDAN'S PUBLIC ORDER COURTS - ENFORCING MORALITY WITH A [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: First instituted by former President Nimeiri in 1983 as part of an Islamicizing trend, Sudan's Public Order Courts have continued to serve as the state mechanism for morality enforcement since the National Islamic Front's rise to power in 1989. Today the court still issues pun [...]	2008-07-31 15:37:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM CASC SU
08KHARTOUM1151	CODEL PAYNE VISIT TO SUDAN (AUG 9-11) [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Due to the August 8-15 visit to Sudan of Presidential Envoy to Sudan Richard Williamson, Post regrets that it will be unable to fully support the visit by CoDel Payne to Southern Sudan during reftel timeframe. Unfortunately, the proposed August 9-11 dates for CoDel Payne to US [...]	2008-08-01 08:46:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1152	RIVAL FACTION DEVELOPING IN SLM/MM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Senior leaders within the Sudan Liberation Movement of Minni Minnawi (SLM/MM) appear ready to break off from Minnawi and form their own parallel movement, according to senior SLM/MM loyalists in two separate meetings with poloff on July 31. These leaders, including the Deputy C [...]	2008-08-01 09:36:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM SU
08KHARTOUM1184	BASHIR OFFERS FEW DETAILS ON DARFUR INITIATIVE TO JEM AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Despite showing a renewed interest in Darfur, Sudanese President Bashir has so far offered few concrete or specific ideas for solving the region's problems, say contacts from the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) and the Sudan Liberation Movement of Minni Minnawi (SLM/MM). [...]	2008-08-05 14:36:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1186	AU URGES INCREASED GOS COOPERATION ON DARFUR, SUSPENSION OF [...] (SBU) The head of the AU Liaison Office in Khartoum, Ambassador Mahmoud Kane, told poloff on August 5 that AU Commission Chairman Ping's August 3 visit to Sudan was part of the AU's continuing efforts to urge Sudan's cooperation on Darfur issues. Seeking to downplay the significance of the eve [...]	2008-08-06 04:56:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1198	ANALYSIS OF SUDAN'S NEW ELECTION LAW REVEALS WELTER OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: An analysis of Sudan's new election law reveals that the legislation contains many loose ends, some of which may be able to be repaired by the country's Ministry of Justice. However, the legislation's biggest shortcoming is probably the ambitious timeline it sets for the count [...]	2008-08-06 13:43:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM KSCA OTRA EAID CDC SU
08KHARTOUM12	AIR OPERATIONS UNDER UNAMID SUFFER TRANSITION PAINS [...] (SBU) Summary: The UN has agreed to allow Canadian-financed helicopter contractor Skylink to provide air support to UNAMID until March 31, 2008. However, in a change from AMIS operations, the UN prohibits UN personnel to use Skylink aircraft resulting in large numbers of UN personnel waiting f [...]	2008-01-04 10:59:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1204	COMING SOON: THE NATIONAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION [...] (SBU) The Presidency is due to announce the nine members of the National Electoral Commission (NEC) within one week. Opposition parties have provided the Presidency with a solid list of 29 candidates, which one NCP Parliamentarian close to the regime calls "excellent." Once established, the N [...]	2008-08-08 10:09:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM SOCI SU
08KHARTOUM1211	SE WILLIAMSON MEETING WITH SLM/MM LEADERS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 9, senior leaders of the Sudan Liberation Movement of Minni Minnawi (SLM/MM) told Special Envoy Williamson that the Darfur Peace Agreement remains in a state of neglect. SLM/MM leaders also criticized UNAMID, President Bashir's vague Darfur initiative, and the show of [...]	2008-08-11 09:16:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1219	ICC INDICTMENTS: THE TIMING IS ALL WRONG SAY SUDANESE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As Sudan awaits a decision by the International Criminal Court (ICC) on whether to issue an arrest warrant for Sudan's President Bashir, Sudanese scholars and African diplomats in Khartoum we have spoken with predictably believe that while atrocities have been committed in Darfu [...]	2008-08-12 14:12:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1225	SE WILLIAMSON'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR [...] (C) Summary: On August 12 White House Special Envoy for Sudan (SE) Richard Williamson met with Presidential Advisor Dr. Mustafa Osman Ismail. He was accompanied by the CDA, State/L Christine Sanford, SE Staff Assistants and Poloff (notetaker.) SE Williamson began the meeting by expressing app [...]	2008-08-14 07:44:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1230	JEM ACKNOWLEDGES ATTACK ON UNAMID HELICOPTER BUT SHIFTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 11, JEM fighters on Jebel Moon fired on a UNAMID helicopter which they thought was a GoS aircraft. JEM later released a press statement acknowledging its error, but both in this statement and in a contact with the field commander responsible for the unit, JEM attempte [...]	2008-08-14 13:44:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1232	WHERE OIL AND DARFUR INTERSECT - FIGHTING REPORTED IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following reports of fighting in North Darfur, SLA/AW Commander Suleiman Marajan told poloff via satellite phone on August 14 that there was significant fighting between his forces and the Sudanese Armed Forces on August 10 and 11 near Wadi Atrun, an area Marajan claimed oil exp [...]	2008-08-14 14:11:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1236	UNAMID PLANS TO ELIMINATE CONTAINER BACKLOG [...] (SBU) Summary: UNAMID estimates that it requires significantly enhanced cargo-transport capacity if it is to deploy planned, additional military and police personnel before the end of the year. UNAMID's ambitious goals, including additional cargo aircraft and material handling equipment, appe [...]	2008-08-15 09:02:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1237	UN BEGINS TRAINING ABYEI JOINT POLICE OFFICERS [...] (U) On August 11, UNMIS police started training the first of the Abyei Joint Integrated Police Units (JIPU) officers under a Rapid Deployment Package (RDP) approved by GONU Police General Al-A'del Ajab Yagob and GOSS South Sudan Police Service Inspector General of Police Lt. General Makuei Deng [...]	2008-08-15 09:05:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1238	SE WILLIAMSON'S MEETING WITH MINISTER OF FINANCE [...] (C) Summary: On 14 August Special Envoy for Sudan Richard Williamson met with Dr. Awad Ahmed Aljaz, the Minister of Finance and close confidante of President Bashir. Aljaz dismissed SE Williamson,s concerns about oil revenue sharing as unfounded and asserted that all the real problems in Sudan [...]	2008-08-15 12:01:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1239	SE WILLIAMSON'S MEETING WITH EU AMBASSADORS [...] (C) Summary: On August 13 SE Williamson met with EU Ambassadors in Khartoum, at their request, to brief them on his latest visit to Sudan. Recounting details of his trip to Abyei, SE Williamson noted that he was encouraged by progress there, adding that a political solution there represented th [...]	2008-08-15 12:57:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1240	DARFURI LAWYERS DISMISSIVE OF NEW DARFUR CHIEF PROSECUTOR [...] (SBU) Summary: On 13 August Poloff met with Faroug Adam, a member of the Darfuri Bar Association to discuss the appointment of Nimer Ibrahim Mohamed as the Chief Prosecutor of war crimes in Darfur. Adam noted that the absence of war crimes and genocide from Sudan's legal code, along with Moham [...]	2008-08-15 13:15:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1257	THE EASTERN FRONT: LEADERSHIP IN CRISIS AND [...] (C) On August 17 poloffs met representatives of the Free Lions Organization of Khartoum State to discuss reports that Eastern Front Chairman Musa Mohamed Ahmed had been stripped of his leadership. The representatives denied this was the case, describing instead a leadership squabble in which E [...]	2008-08-18 15:39:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI ECON SU
08KHARTOUM1258	SLA/UNITY: WE WILL SUBMIT TO ICC IF INDICTED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 18, leaders of SLA/Unity pledged their cooperation with the International Criminal Court, even if the ICC issues indictments against them or their SLA/Unity brethren. SLA/Unity leaders also separately told poloff via satphones that they support Luis Moreno Ocampo's req [...]	2008-08-19 07:14:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1270	UNAMID NIGHT FLIGHT CLARIFICATION [...] (U) On August 17, the Sudan Tribune online reported that the GoS has permitted UNAMID to conduct night flights in Darfur. The article reports that "eight months after the start of the hybrid mission, the Sudanese government agreed to allow the AU-UN peacekeeping force to fly at night, the head [...]	2008-08-20 05:00:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1272	BEJA CONGRESS DISSIDENTS SLAM BEJA LEADERSHIP, [...] (C) Summary: On August 18 poloff met with two individuals claiming to be part of a Port Sudan-based dissident faction of the Beja Congress that had opposed the signing of the Eastern Sudan Peace Agreement (ESPA). They characterized the ESPA as a sham agreement that served only to improve relat [...]	2008-08-20 08:26:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1276	WHILE DARFUR PLANS ABOUND, FOCUS SHOULD BE HUMANITARIAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Within the last month, many politicians, opposition political parties, and civil society representatives have announced their proposals for ending the crisis in Darfur (see para 10 for a list of many of these initiatives). On August 19, three different groups and individuals (t [...]	2008-08-21 07:56:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1278	EASTERN FRONT: AMNA DIRAR DISCUSSES LEADERSHIP [...] (C) Summary: On August 20 polchief and poloff met with Dr. Amna Dirar, Presidential Advisor and Deputy Chairman of the Eastern Front. Dirar stated that she and other members of the Eastern Front had voted to suspend Chairman Musa Mohamed Ahmed because his decision to organize a conference for t [...]	2008-08-21 13:11:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1280	LONDON-BASED HUMAN RIGHTS NGO CORRUPT, CO-OPTED BY NCP SAY [...] (U) Summary: Human rights advocates and Khartoum-based lawyers have revealed that Sudan's highest-profile international NGO, London-based Sudanese Organization Against Torture (SOAT),has stopped transferring grant funds to its Sudan-based representative organizations. Accusing SOAT of falling [...]	2008-08-22 11:14:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1282	EASTERN FRONT CHAIRMAN MUSA MOHAMED AHMED URGES [...] (C) Summary: On August 21 polchief and poloff met with Assistant to the President and Eastern Front Chairman Musa Mohamed Ahmed. Ahmed praised the Eastern Sudan Peace Agreement (ESPA) for returning peace to the East, and noted that good progress was being made overcoming obstacles to its full [...]	2008-08-22 11:19:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1284	DEFENSE LAWYERS, UNMIS SRSG AND OTHERS CRITICIZE GOS TRIALS [...] (SBU) Summary: Sudanese courts have sentenced fifty people to death for participation in the May 10 JEM attacks. Defense lawyers criticized the proceedings as flawed and unconstitutional, and UNMIS SRSG Ashraf Qazi issued a statement questioning the constitutionality of the courts and proceedin [...]	2008-08-22 12:53:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1289	FIGHTING IN KALMA CAMP, SOUTH DARFUR [...] (SBU) On August 25, USAID staff received reports of fighting and casualties in Kalma internally displaced person (IDP) camp, South Darfur. As of 1100 hours, implementing partners and the UN-African Union Hybrid Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) reported ongoing fighting, fires, and undetermined casua [...]	2008-08-25 12:42:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
08KHARTOUM1292	GOSS FREEZES MINISTRY SALARIES IN ACCOUNTABILITY MOVE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Southern Sudan's three-month old salary freeze levied against civil service employees of the Ministry of Legal Affairs has been indefinitely extended pending turnover of documents clarifying who authorized the multi-year payroll excesses. While the Legal Affai [...]	2008-08-25 14:58:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID SU
08KHARTOUM1295	GOSS FREEZES MINISTRY SALARIES IN ACCOUNTABILITY MOVE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Southern Sudan's three-month old salary freeze levied against civil service employees of the Ministry of Legal Affairs has been indefinitely extended pending turnover of documents clarifying who authorized the multi-year payroll excesses. While the Legal Affai [...]	2008-08-25 15:09:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID SU
08KHARTOUM1296	DDR PROGRESSES: CHANTING HAKAMA WOMEN URGE THEIR MEN TO [...] (U) On August 20, Emboffs traveled to the South Kordofan village of Lagawa, to attend a ceremony sponsored by the UN Demobilization, Disarmament and Re-integration (DDR) Unit, celebrating the final performance of the Lagawa "Hakamat" and the distribution of goats to its members. 2. (U) Th [...]	2008-08-25 15:17:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWMN PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU SU
08KHARTOUM1300	UPDATE ON FIGHTING IN KALMA CAMP, SOUTH DARFUR [...] (SBU) BEGIN SUMMARY: On August 25, USAID staff received reports of fighting and casualties in Kalma internally displaced person (IDP) camp, South Darfur (REFTEL). UNAMID stated that armed IDPs had set up human shields and fired first on GOS forces assembled outside the camp, and UNAMID managed [...]	2008-08-26 15:00:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KPKO AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1302	RIZEIGAT, MISSERIYA TRIBAL FIGHTING IN SOUTH DARFUR [...] (SBU) Summary: Fighting that began on August 20 between Misseriya and Rizeigat herders resulted in the deaths of more than 60 people in South Darfur. Misseriya elder Kamil Nimir downplayed the violence, characterizing it as a dispute over access to water that spiraled out of control due to th [...]	2008-08-27 12:34:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1303	KALMA IDP CAMP UPDATE [...] (SBU) UNAMID sources confirmed that 33 IDPs were killed on August 25, with 31 buried inside the camp following the fighting, and two dying at the hospital in Nyala. The embassy received an unconfirmed report from Fur tribal leaders that of the 33 dead, 11 women were killed, two of whom were pr [...]	2008-08-27 14:33:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PREF EAID KPKO AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1304	UPDATE ON HIGHJACKING OF SUDANESE AIRCRAFT TO LIBYA [...] (SBU) As of 1500 local time, media reports indicted that the highjackers had released the reported 95 passengers from Sudanese Sun Air 737 aircraft diverted to Kufra, Libya, (reftel,) but continued to hold the crew hostage. The highjackers were said to be demanding fuel to fly the craft to Eur [...]	2008-08-27 14:52:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL PTER EAIR SU LY
08KHARTOUM1305	UPDATE ON HIGHJACKING OF SUDANESE AIRCRAFT TO LIBYA [...] (SBU) As of 1500 local time, media reports indicted that the highjackers had released the reported 95 passengers from Sudanese Sun Air 737 aircraft diverted to Kufra, Libya, (reftel,) but continued to hold the crew hostage. The highjackers were said to be demanding fuel to fly the craft to Eur [...]	2008-08-27 14:52:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL PTER EAIR SU LY
08KHARTOUM1310	BASHIR OFFERS SCOLDING AND CALL FOR UNITY IN JUBA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In marked contrast with his recent tour of Darfur, and indicative of still-strained relations between the NCP and SPLM, President Bashir's visit to Juba - his first appearance in the South in more than two years and only his second visit to the seat of the GOSS Presidency since t [...]	2008-08-28 15:53:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINS KDEM EAID SOCI SU
08KHARTOUM1311	KALMA CAMP UPDATE, AUGUST 28 [...] (SBU) As photos circulated on the internet of Kalma IDPs burying their dead from the August 25 violence, political actors in Darfur remain uncertain on how to deal with the events that left 32 IDPs dead, and up to 17 police officers injured. Ali Mahmoud, Wali of South Darfur, was vocal in his d [...]	2008-08-28 16:11:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1312	UNAMID DEPLOYMENT UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 26 and 27, six senior leaders of UNAMID separately discussed UNAMID deployment issues with poloffs. Most officials dismissed 80% deployment by December 31 as unrealistic, but predicted this goal may be reached by March 2009 if UNAMID completes upgrades to Darfur's air [...]	2008-08-29 11:22:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1314	GOVERNMENT OF SOUTHERN SUDAN REQUESTS UN ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Acting on direct orders from Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS) President Salva Kiir Mayaradit, Vice President Riek Machar formally requested elections assistance from the United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) SRSG Qazi on August 16. This request allows UNMIS and UNDP to begin expedit [...]	2008-08-29 14:25:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM PINS EAID KDEM UN SU
08KHARTOUM1315	KALMA CAMP UPDATE, AUGUST 29 [...] (SBU) UNDSS Chief for South Darfur Abdalla Janakat provided additional details on the August 25 attack by GOS police forces on Kalma Camp. He told poloff in Nyala August 28 that 60 GoS vehicles surrounded the camp on the morning of the August 25 attack. He said IDPs likely had intelligence o [...]	2008-08-29 14:26:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1331	MORE OFFICIALS WITHDRAW FROM DARFUR STATE POSITIONS [...] (U) SUMMARY: On August 31, 18 SPLM officials formally withdrew from their posts in the state governments of North, South, and West Darfur in protest over the August 25 Kalma attack. Other opposition groups including SLM/MM may also withdraw, as Minni Minnawi vowed on August 30 that he will aut [...]	2008-09-02 04:54:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1332	MORE OFFICIALS WITHDRAW FROM DARFUR STATE POSITIONS [...] (U) SUMMARY: On August 31, 18 SPLM officials formally withdrew from their posts in the state governments of North, South, and West Darfur in protest over the August 25 Kalma attack. Other opposition groups including SLM/MM may also withdraw, as Minni Minnawi vowed on August 30 that he will aut [...]	2008-09-02 04:57:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1333	MORE OFFICIALS WITHDRAW FROM DARFUR STATE POSITIONS [...] (U) SUMMARY: On August 31, 18 SPLM officials formally withdrew from their posts in the state governments of North, South, and West Darfur in protest over the August 25 Kalma attack. Other opposition groups including SLM/MM may also withdraw, as Minni Minnawi vowed on August 30 that he will aut [...]	2008-09-02 04:59:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1337	MORE DETAILS COMING OUT ABOUT KALMA CAMP ATTACK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As access improves to Kalma camp, GoS officials, and the Nyala hospital, more details are filtering out about what happened in the August 25 attack. The primary emergency care doctor at Nyala told poloff on August 30 that the injuries sustained by the IDPs were "massive" and i [...]	2008-09-02 11:14:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1338	DEEPENING SPLA PAY ARREARS THREATEN DISCIPINE, MORALE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: SPLA morale and discipline are sagging as soldiers face arrears in pay averaging two months, while some troops reportedly have not been paid during the past six months. With 2008 funds already exhausted because of corruption and cost overruns, there seems little prospect for r [...]	2008-09-02 13:08:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EFIN PHUM PINS MOPS ASEC SU

08KHARTOUM1344	SPLM FRUSTRATION GROWS OVER DEMARCATING SUDAN'S NORTH-SOUTH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Bashir's August 27 public comments have put the North-South border demarcation issue at the center of the latest SPLM/NCP political impasse. Senior SPLM officials involved in the NCP/SPLM Executive-Committee talks are concerned that border demarcation could spark unint [...]	2008-09-03 12:53:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PINS PGOV KDEM MARR ASEC UN AU SU

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