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08CAIRO172	COUNTRY TEAM ASSESSMENT FOR THE UPGRADE OF [...] (SBU) Description: In Ref A (TAB A),the GOE requested the modification and upgrade of all existing Type 3 NVGs to type 4 in support of the operational flying requirements of the Egyptian Air Force (EAF). These upgrades are essential for the safe execution of night flying operations and must [...]	2008-02-03 05:05:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MASS MARR EG

08CAIRO1749	RESULTS OF ARAB LEAGUE FACT-FINDING MISSION ON [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-10 08:53:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL DJ ER EG
08CAIRO1761	RESULTS OF ARAB LEAGUE FACT-FINDING MISSION ON [...] (C) Summary: Arab League African Affairs Director Samir Hosni led an Arab League fact-finding mission to the Djibouti-Eritrea border on May 9-11. Members of the group met with Djiboutian officials, but Eritrean officials refused to meet with them. The committee found that Eritrean troops we [...]	2008-08-10 13:10:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL DJ ER EG
08CAIRO1762	VOLUNTARY RETURN OF IRAQIS FROM CAIRO TO BAGHDAD [...] (SBU) Summary. The Iraqi Embassy in Cairo and the Cairo office of the UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) confirmed August 10 media reports that approximately 1000 Iraqis, many of whom have UNHCR refugee status, will return to Iraq from Egypt this week. The Iraqi Embassy, Egyptian Minist [...]	2008-08-10 15:02:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL IZ EG
08CAIRO1793	AL HURRA MEETS WITH MINISTER OF INFORMATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Al Hurra officials met with Information Minister Anas El Fikki to discuss options for broadcasting portions of a three-hour daily live television program from Cairo. Minister Fikki was adamant that all satellite transmissions for this program be transmitted from within Media [...]	2008-08-14 14:05:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL BBG KPAO EG
08CAIRO1794	AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON THE EGYPTIAN FUND FOR [...] (C) The Ambassador called on Ambassador Neveen Ashmawy, Secretary General of the Egyptian Fund for Technical Cooperation with Africa (EFTCA) on August 10. EFTCA provides technical experts, training courses and aid donations to assist in the development of sub-Saharan African countries. EFTCA [...]	2008-08-18 05:18:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID EG
08CAIRO18	EGYPTIAN MFA ON RELATIONS WITH IRAN, LARIJANI VISIT [...] (C) Summary. The Ali Larijani visit at the turn of the year was the latest in a series of three meetings between GOE and Iranian officials. The media (particularly from Iran) has played up the prospects for improved GOE-GOI relations. However, despite overtures from the Iranian side for great [...]	2008-01-03 14:06:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PREL PGOV IR SY EG
08CAIRO1813	EGYPT CLAIMS IPR IMPROVEMENTS DURING USTR VISIT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: While maintaining their longstanding resistance to USG requests regarding pharmaceutical test data exclusivity, GOE officials claimed progress in protecting intellectual property rights (IPR) during a USTR-led visit July 27-29. Private-sector representatives agreed that IPR pro [...]	2008-08-19 08:30:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR EG
08CAIRO1851	INFERNO AT EGYPT'S SHURA COUNCIL [...] (SBU) Summary: In a dramatic fire the evening of August 19, the 142-year old building housing the main hall, offices, and committee rooms of the Shura Council, Egypt's upper parliamentary house, was heavily damaged. The GOE has pledged to rapidly rebuild, and parliament, which is currently on [...]	2008-08-21 11:36:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM EG
08CAIRO1855	EGYPTIAN OIL MINISTER BULLISH ON RESERVES, [...] (C) Summary: Egyptian Minister of Petroleum Sameh Fahmy told the Ambassador in an introductory call Aug. 21 that Egyptian oil and gas reserves exceed most estimates and will increase with new technology, including a speculative plan by an American company for a novel way to exploit hard-to-rea [...]	2008-08-21 14:49:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET EMIN ENRG EINV PGOV PREL EG
08CAIRO1862	FOREIGN MINISTER AGREES TO HOST REGIONAL "QUINTET" [...] (C) In an August 24 meeting with Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit, the Ambassador raised the concept of a sub-ministerial strategic planning dialogue, to include Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Iraq, and the United States. She highlighted that the discussions would focus on long-term strategic [...]	2008-08-24 14:37:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ EG
08CAIRO1863	EGYPTIAN SUBSIDIES HIT THE FISCAL BOTTOM LINE HARD [...] (U) Recent data released by the GOE on spending during fiscal year 2007-8 (July-June) highlight the impact of inflation and the rising cost of government subsidies on the GOE budget. Sharp increases in revenue due to economic growth and tax increases were offset by a 25% increase in public spe [...]	2008-08-25 05:00:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EFIN EINV EG
08CAIRO1876	FOREIGN MINISTER ON GEORGIA, IRAQ, AND U.S. [...] (C) Summary: In an August 24 meeting, Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit told the Ambassador he had not yet read the report and recommendations of an MFA team that recently traveled to Baghdad to assess security conditions in preparation for the potential return of an Egyptian ambassador. He [...]	2008-08-25 13:04:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID KIRF RU GG IZ EG
08CAIRO1877	EGYPT'S VIEWS ON WAY FORWARD FOR SUDAN [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Egypt (GOE) is extremely concerned about the future of a unified Sudan. Egypt supports the Arab League's initiative for Sudan, (reftels A, B) but is uncertain whether it will produce any results. The GOE opposes the ICC indictment of Sudanese President Bashir [...]	2008-08-25 13:51:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SU EG
08CAIRO1878	STRATEGY FOR THE GAZA BORDER [...] (S/NF) Summary: Since the Egyptian-brokered "tahdiya" ("calming") between Israel and Palestinian groups in Gaza took effect June 19, rocket attacks from Gaza have decreased, and Israeli public pressure on the GOE to stop smuggling via tunnels into Gaza has relaxed. However, smuggling remains [...]	2008-08-25 15:38:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET//NOFORN	PARM PREL KPAL PTER MOPS MARR IS EG
08CAIRO1889	PROMINENT REFORMIST JUDGE PLANS TO LEAVE EGYPT [...] (C) Summary: Reformist Court of Cassation justice Hisham Bastawisi plans to leave Egypt in early September and spend approximately two years working as a legal advisor in Kuwait. Bastawisi is Egypt's most prominent advocate for increased judicial independence, whose leadership of the Judges Clu [...]	2008-08-26 13:13:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM KJUS EG
08CAIRO190	EGYPT: SECRETARY BODMAN DISCUSSES CIVILIAN NUCLEAR [...] (C) Summary: During his January 23 visit to Cairo, Secretary of Energy Bodman reinforced to official and SIPDIS commercial audiences the need to pursue energy security through diversity, increase electricity supply to fuel global economic growth, and invest in increased efficiency and rene [...]	2008-02-04 15:42:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EWWT SENV EG
08CAIRO1920	EGYPT: NO POSITION YET ON RUSSIAN RECOGNITION OF [...] (C) On August 28, ECPO Minister Counselor, together with British and Japanese DCMs (who had received nearly identical instructions),delivered reftel demarche to MFA spokesman and senior cabinet advisor Hossam Zaki. A very sober Zaki listened attentively. He said that Egypt took all issues of [...]	2008-08-28 14:22:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EG GG RU
08CAIRO1921	GOE TO OPEN RAFAH AUGUST 30-31 BEFORE RAMADAN [...] (C) LAWIO Chief MG Nagy told us August 28 that the GOE plans to open the Rafah crossing on a temporary basis August 30 and 31 to allow Egyptians stranded in Gaza to return to Egypt, and to allow Palestinians in Egypt to return to Gaza. MG Nagy said the opening will also allow Palestinians worki [...]	2008-08-28 15:09:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL KPAL EG
08CAIRO1922	GLOBAL PATRIOT: AMBASSADOR PRESENTS CONDOLENCE [...] (C) The Ambassador, accompanied by OMC Chief, presented condolence payment checks totaling 750,000 Egyptian pounds ($141,000) August 28 to the widow, mother, 6 year-old daughter and 1 year-old son of Mohammed Affifi who was killed in the March 24 Global Patriot incident. In a meeting at the S [...]	2008-08-28 16:17:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MOPS EG
08CAIRO1931	EGYPT HAS NO POSITION ON KOSOVO ICJ RESOLUTION [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel points to the Office of Eastern and Southern European Affairs at the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on September 1. We stressed USG concerns over Serbia's request for a UNGA resolution seeking an International Court of Justice (ICJ) advisory opinion on Koso [...]	2008-09-01 14:26:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UN UNGA KV EG
08CAIRO1932	EGYPTIAN COURT BLAMES FIRMS FOR CEMENT INFLATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A Cairo court fined 20 cement executives including Amcham President Omar Mohanna USD $1.9 million each for collusion to fix cement prices, blaming the companies for contributing to soaring inflation and in particular the rising cost of much- needed housing. While Trade Minister [...]	2008-09-01 15:48:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EINV PGOV EG
08CAIRO1933	MUBARAK-BARAK DISCUSSIONS FOCUS ON FINAL STATUS [...] (C) Presidential Advisor Soliman Awad briefed the Ambassador August 27 on President Mubarak's August 23 discussions with visiting Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak. Awad described Barak's visit as "fruitful," focusing on two main issues: Gaza, and Israeli-Palestinian final status discussio [...]	2008-09-01 15:52:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IS EG
08CAIRO1939	MIN INFORMATION DENIES CANCELLING AL HURRA TAPING [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-02 11:40:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL BBG KPAO EG
08CAIRO1940	ARAB LEAGUE AND EGYPTIAN MFA ON IRAQ, LEBANON, AND [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-02 14:23:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL IS IZ SU EG
08CAIRO1963	EGYPTIAN ASSISTANCE TO SOUTH SUDAN: AN EYE ON THE [...] (C) Summary: The principal liaison officer at the Government of South Sudan's (GOSS) liaison office in Cairo, Parmena Makuet Mangar, told us that the Government of Egypt (GOE) maintained good relations with the GOSS, and was funding and working on various development projects in southern Sudan [...]	2008-09-07 14:49:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID SU EG
08CAIRO1972	EGYPT AND REFUGEES: "WE CANNOT AFFORD TO BE A [...] (S) Summary: Deputy Assistant Foreign Minister Tarek el-Maaty told us that Egypt is searching to find the best approach to dealing with its refugee problems, and does not want to be seen as a "stepping stone" to the West. Recently, there has been an upsurge in shootings at the border as Egypt [...]	2008-09-08 13:57:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PREF PREL PGOV ER SU EG
08CAIRO1980	APPARENT PROGRESS IN NEGOTIATIONS FOR A MARITIME [...] (U) ACTION REQUEST IN PARAGRAPH 4. 2. (SBU) After two years of advocacy in support of a U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) visit to Egyptian ports to review compliance with the International Ship and Port Security (ISPS) standards, Embassy Cairo notes a possible change of attitude from relevant GOE a [...]	2008-09-09 14:00:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT PREL EG
08CAIRO1981	FM ABOUL GHEIT RAISES CONCERNS OVER WEST BANK [...] (C) MFA Cabinet Advisor for Israeli-Palestinian Affairs Ahmed Hafez (please protect) briefed us September 5 on Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit's August 31 meeting in Cairo with Israeli MFA DG Aharon Abramovich. Hafez described the meeting's atmosphere as "positive," and stressed that the Egyptia [...]	2008-09-09 14:42:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IS EG
08CAIRO1991	SEPTEMBER 8-9 ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERIAL FOCUSES ON [...] (C) Summary: Arab League (AL) Chief of Staff Hisham Youssef briefed the diplomatic corps September 10 on the September 8-9 Arab League Ministerial, stressing that the discussions focused on pessimistic assessments of progress on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. According to Youssef, Palesti [...]	2008-09-10 15:24:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL LE IS IZ SY MR XF SU EG
08CAIRO2001	EDITOR OF UNLICENSED PAPER RECEIVES ONE YEAR [...] (C) On September 10, a court sentenced Ahmed Bakr Selim, editor of the largely unknown newspaper "Al Qahira Al Yoym" ("Cairo Today") to one year in prison for publishing and distributing the paper without a license. According to Egyptian state media, the court granted Selim bail on $1,850 pen [...]	2008-09-14 06:03:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM KPAO EG
08CAIRO2003	EGYPT ON PENDING RELEASE OF CONVICTED TERRORIST [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-14 06:03:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL PINR EG
08CAIRO201	EGYPT MAKES INCREMENTAL PROGRESS ON IPR PROTECTION [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Government of Egypt continues to make progress on the concerns identified in the Special 301 action plan for Egypt (ref A); more remains to be done. This message responds to request in ref B to update the status of specific concerns, keyed to each item in the action plan. EN [...]	2008-02-05 14:14:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ECON ETRD EG
08CAIRO202	MFA ON LEBANON SUPPORT, IRAN RELATIONS [...] (C) We delivered demarche on Lebanon (reftel a) and note verbale to MFA Cabinet advisors Hossam Zaki and Nazih Neggary on January 4. They told us the GOE fully supports Lebanon and an immediate presidential election. They said that the GOE agrees that the tribunal needs to be supported, and t [...]	2008-02-05 14:20:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL PHUM EFIN EINV SY LE IR EG
08CAIRO2027	EGYPTIAN TYCOONS' CRIMINAL CASES ADD TO DISTRUST OF PRIVATE SECTOR [...] (C) Summary: Some of Egypt's leading captains of industry are under investigation in a range of criminal cases from relatively routine suspicions of bribery to the violent killing of a former girlfriend. The Egyptian stock market was buffeted by murder-for-hire accusations against regime insider Ta [...]	2008-09-15 13:07:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KCRM PGOV EINV EG
08CAIRO203	EGYPTIAN DELEGATION TO THE VIENNA FORUM TO FIGHT [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-05 15:39:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG EG
08CAIRO2037	EGYPT ON UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY THIRD COMMITTEE 2008 [...] (C) We met on September 14 with Deputy Assistant Foreign Minister for Human Rights Wael Aboulmagd to urge the Egyptians to support U.S. human rights priorities at the upcoming meeting of the United Nations General Assembly (reftel). While Aboulmagd did not address the substance of the countr [...]	2008-09-16 12:53:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KIRF KISL UN OIC EG
08CAIRO204	EGYPT: CHAD SITUATION "COMPLICATED," WILL CONSIDER [...] (C) We asked MFA Cabinet Advisor for African Affairs Ahmed Abu Zeid for the GoE to demarche the Sudanese government to cease its support Chadian rebels on February 6. Per reftel demarche, we stressed that the Sudanese were providing more support to Chadian rebels than before, inflaming an alre [...]	2008-02-06 09:58:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF CH EG SU
08CAIRO2043	EGYPT NAMES PROBABLE COEPSU PARTICIPANTS FOR [...] The Italian Embassy informed us August 26 that they received a dipnote from the Egyptian MFA confirming that the Egyptian Ministry of Interior "agrees in principle" to send 10 officers to the COEPSU course beginning September 22, and listing the officers' names. Italian Emboff told us August [...]	2008-09-16 15:24:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS IT EG
08CAIRO2053	RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON ASYLUM SEEKERS IN EGYPT [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph 7. 2. (C) Summary. We delivered the demarche on asylum seekers in Egypt to Tarek el-Maaty, Deputy Assistant Foreign Minister for Refugees (reftel A). El Maaty stated that the GOE regrets the deaths of those on the border, bu [...]	2008-09-18 15:04:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PREL IS ER EG
08CAIRO2054	ELECTRICITY DEMAND OVERWHELMS SUPPLY, LEADS TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The independent press reports that power cuts and brownouts have made life uncomfortable in villages and towns across the Delta region since early August and railed against the government for failing to meet electricity demand outside of major cities. Minister of Electricity an [...]	2008-09-18 15:04:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON EG
08CAIRO2055	ELECTRICITY DEMAND OVERWHELMS SUPPLY, LEADS TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The independent press reports that power cuts and brownouts have made life uncomfortable in villages and towns across the Delta region since early August and railed against the government for failing to meet electricity demand outside of major cities. Minister of Electricity an [...]	2008-09-18 15:04:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON EG
08CAIRO2062	INFLATION STILL A WORRY FOR THE EGYPTIAN CENTRAL [...] (U) Summary: The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) raised key lending and deposit rates by 50 basis points on September 18. Year-on-year inflation was 25.5% in August, and the latest move by the CBE reflects its worries over continued inflationary pressure on the economy, even as it noted that food [...]	2008-09-21 14:14:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV EG
08CAIRO2072	REPORT ON EGYPTIAN DISSIDENT'S HEALTH APPARENTLY [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-22 12:48:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM EG
08CAIRO2075	RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE REQUEST ON BMENA FORUM FOR [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-22 13:58:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KMPI ECON EG
08CAIRO2077	IFES PLANS SECOND TRIP WITH SUPREME ELECTORAL [...] (SBU) International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) Country Director Jeffrey Carlson told us September 15 there is a good chance that IFES will lead a trip with four members of Egypt's Supreme Electoral Commission (SEC) in October to India, where SEC members would meet with Indian coun [...]	2008-09-22 14:30:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID KDEM PO IN EG
08CAIRO2078	NDI MAKING PROGRESS WITH LOW-PROFILE APPROACH [...] (C) Summary: National Democratic Institute (NDI) resident representative Lila Jaafar told us September 16 that in spite of NDI's lack of official registration, the organization provided training and publications to local NGOs over the past year by adopting a low-profile posture and informing [...]	2008-09-22 14:50:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM EAID EG
08CAIRO2079	ARAB LEAGUE WORKING WITH AFRICAN UNION TO ADDRESS [...] (C) Summary: According to senior officials at the Arab League and African Union, the two bodies are working closely to address key issues in Sudan, Somalia and Mauritania. AL SYG Amr Moussa and AU SYG Jean Ping head an Arab Ministerial committee on Darfur, and AU Peace and Security Commission [...]	2008-09-22 15:20:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SU SO MR IT QA EG
08CAIRO2089	EGYPTIAN UNAMID DEPLOYMENT [...] (U) As of September 2008, this is the data we have on Egypt's UNAMID deployment. Egypt's initial planned contribution to UNAMID was 1,520 personnel, which it has not yet met. This number appears to have increased with the commitment of a second infantry battalion of approximately 850 personn [...]	2008-09-23 14:41:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPKO SU EG
08CAIRO2091	ACADEMICS SEE THE MILITARY IN DECLINE, BUT RETAINING STRONG INFLUENCE [...] (C) Summary: Recently, academics and civilian analysts painted a portrait of an Egyptian military in intellectual and social decline, whose officers have largely fallen out of society's elite ranks. They describe a disgruntled mid-level officer corps harshly critical of a defense minister they perc [...]	2008-09-23 15:17:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PARM PGOV ECON EG
08CAIRO2097	EGYPT REVIEWS TEXTILE LABEL REQUIREMENT [...] (SBU) Econoff met with Walid el-Nozahy, head of the WTO unit at the Ministry of Trade and Industry, on September 25 to raise the concerns of Nike and other U.S. garment exporters regarding GOE decrees 515 of 2003 and 770 of 2005 (ref e-mail). Econoff noted that U.S. exporters believe that the [...]	2008-09-25 10:55:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON WTRO EG
08CAIRO2098	NAZIF AFFIRMS IMPORTANCE OF ESF, PLEDGEST CONTINUED REFORM [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-25 13:49:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM EG
08CAIRO2099	DEMARCHE REQUEST: UNSC MINISTERIAL-LEVEL MEETING [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-25 14:10:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KWBG KPAL UNSC EG
08CAIRO2100	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON POSSIBLE VIOLATION OF [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-25 15:22:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PREL MASS PARM CH EG
08CAIRO211	GAZA BORDER UPDATE - FEBRUARY 6, 2008 [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-06 14:46:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER IS EG
08CAIRO2122	APPEALS COURT CONVICTS AND SENTENCES INDEPENDENT [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-29 11:21:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM EG
08CAIRO2133	RESPONSE TO SELF-DEPLOYMENT OF EGYPTIAN TROOPS TO [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-30 13:50:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO MASS SU EG
08CAIRO2135	EGYPT REACTS TO 2008 RELIGIOUS FREEDOM REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-30 14:22:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KIRF KDEM EG
08CAIRO2141	FM ABOUL GHEIT VISITS BAGHDAD [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-05 12:36:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EPET IZ EG
08CAIRO2152	MUBARAK COMMUTES SENTENCE OF INDEPENDENT EDITOR [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-07 13:16:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM EG
08CAIRO2153	REFORM FATIGUE AT THE HOUSING MINISTRY Classified By: Ambassador Margaret Scobey for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d) ------- Summary ------- [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-07 14:40:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID EFIN EG PGOV KDEM PREL
08CAIRO2156	ABOUL GHEIT'S IRAQ VISIT SUCCESSFUL [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-07 15:14:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EPET IZ EG
08CAIRO2160	FINANCIAL TURMOIL REACHES THE NILE: EGYPT'S STOCK [...] (U) Summary: Egypt's benchmark stock index has fallen 22% in the last two days to reach multi-year lows. Traders and analysts have at long last begun to worry that global economic turmoil will hurt the Egyptian economy more than originally thought. Despite having well-capitalized banks and lim [...]	2008-10-08 14:10:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV EG
08CAIRO2175	UPDATE: EGYPT INCREASES COUNTER-SMUGGLING EFFORTS [...] Sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Egyptian security forces continue to improve counter-smuggling efforts along the Gaza border following the June Egyptian-brokered "tahdiya" ("calming") between Israel and Palestinian groups. During an August visit [...]	2008-10-13 14:19:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL PTER MASS MARR KPAL IS EG
08CAIRO2177	AYMAN NOUR'S WIFE ON POTUS LUNCH AND MUTED GOE [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-14 11:05:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KDEM KJUS IO EG
08CAIRO2187	AL-GAMA'AT AL-ISLAMIYA: CONCERNS REGARDING POSSIBLE REVOCATION OF FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATION STATUS [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-14 15:44:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PTER PREL PINR EG
08CAIRO2188	ARAB LEAGUE COS UPBEAT ON IRAQ [...] (C) Arab League Chief of Staff Hisham Yousef told the DCM October 13 that he believes the situation in Iraq is improving. "We all can say that Iraq is on the right track now. The question is how to accelerate the pace of developments to get better results," Yousef said during the DCM,s introductory [...]	2008-10-14 16:02:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ SY EG
08CAIRO2197	SYG MOUSSA ON IRAQ, SUDAN AND ISRAEL-PALESTINIAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-15 15:29:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL MARR IS SU IZ EG
08CAIRO2198	COURT FINES JOURNALISTS FOR INSULTING AL-AZHAR [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-15 16:05:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM EG
08CAIRO2199	DECISION IN FOUR EDITORS' APPEAL EXPECTED DECEMBER [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-15 16:11:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM EG
08CAIRO2209	EGYPTIAN COPTIC PRIEST JAILED IN LEGAL DISPUTE [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-16 15:48:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM SOCI KIRF EG
08CAIRO2210	FM ABOUL GHEIT ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-16 16:27:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EPET IZ EG
08CAIRO2221	IS THE EGYPTIAN GOVERNMENT READY FOR A GLOBAL SLOWDOWN? [...] (SBU) Summary: Egypt's stock market, like nearly all globally, has been significantly down this year and the global financial crisis has only accelerated that decline. The index is down 50 percent from its April historic highs, and in October, the most intense period of global financial crisi [...]	2008-10-20 10:58:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV EG
08CAIRO2224	GAMAL MUBARAK ON ECONOMIC ISSUES AND THE BILATERAL [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-20 15:40:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EFIN EG
08CAIRO2246	EGYPTIAN AUTHORITIES WILL NOT CLEAR R/V OCEANUS IN [...] (U) SEE ACTION REQUEST IN PARAGRAPH 4. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Despite repeated approaches over several months, the Ministry of Defense has not made a decision regarding the research vessel Oceanus' request to enter Egyptian waters in order to conduct meteorological and geological research in th [...]	2008-10-23 09:44:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT SENV PREL EG
08CAIRO2251	A FIRST IN EGYPT: COURT SENTENCES SEXUAL ASSAULT [...] (C) Summary and comment: On October 21, for the first time in Egyptian history, a Cairo court heard a sexual assault case, and sentenced truck driver Sherif Gomaa Gibrial to three years in prison for groping 27-year-old female film director Noha Rushdie in June 2008. Rushdie told us that the [...]	2008-10-23 15:26:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM KWMN SOCI EG
08CAIRO2255	A/S WELCH'S MEETING WITH FIELD MARSHAL TANTAWI [...] (S) Summary: On October 21, Assistant Secretary David Welch and Ambassador met with Minister of Defense Field Marshal Tantawi to discuss the bilateral security relationship, supporting the Iraqi government, and containing Iran. A/S Welch noted that the security relationship remained strong, but enc [...]	2008-10-26 13:49:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PREL MASS MARR IZ IR EG
08CAIRO2256	A/S WELCH MEETING WITH SYG MOUSSA [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-26 15:19:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL IS EG
08CAIRO2257	UPDATE ON EGYPT'S NATURAL GAS INFRASTRUCTURE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: According to the Ministry of Petroleum, Egypt is moving quickly to upgrade and expand its natural gas network and distribution systems across the country and plans to add one liquefied natural gas (LNG) train at Damietta in the near future. Construction is underway on a pipeline [...]	2008-10-27 05:10:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG IR EG
08CAIRO2260	NEW NGO FORMED TO ADDRESS POLICE BRUTALITY AND [...] (C) Summary and comment: Dr. Ihab Youssef, Secretary-General of the new NGO "Police and People for Egypt," told us October 16 that he recently founded the NGO to improve relations between the police and the public following recurring incidents of police brutality and torture. The NGO, establ [...]	2008-10-27 10:09:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR KDEM EG
08CAIRO2262	NOMINATION OF NEHAD ABOUL KOMSAN FOR THE 2009 [...] (SBU) Summary: Nehad Aboul Komsan, Embassy Cairo's nominee for the Secretary's International Women of Courage Award, deserves USG commendation for her tireless campaigning on behalf of women's rights in Egypt in an often hostile public environment. Aboul Komsan's efforts as Chair of the Boar [...]	2008-10-27 14:54:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KPAO KWMN EG
08CAIRO2264	ARAB LEAGUE HAPPY WITH "QATARI INITIATIVE," EGYPT [...] (C) Summary: The Arab League Advisor told us that the Government of Sudan (GOS) supports the Qatari initiative as a way to end the crisis in Darfur, and sees it as an accompaniment to the recently announced Sudan People's Initiative. However, Sudanese oppositionists in Cairo said Darfuri lead [...]	2008-10-28 11:51:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PREL PHUM KPKO SU QA EG
08CAIRO2266	THE VIEW FROM THE AHWA: THE TALK OF TOWN IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite ubiquitous complaining about life's difficulties, and justified laments about pervasive corruption and the widely loathed Mubarak government, the denizens of Cairo's famed coffeehouses seem satisfied merely to grouse about their grievances, with no thought of taking any [...]	2008-10-28 13:46:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM SOCI SCUL PGOV ECON PHUM KISL EG
08CAIRO2271	REFUGEE PROTESTS OUTSIDE UNHCR CAIRO OFFICE [...] (C) Summary: UNHCR's Deputy Regional Representative told us October 27 that recent refugee protests, outside the Cairo UNHCR office have grown and become more vocal. Refugees and asylum seekers are upset by the lack of resettlement options and the insufficiency of UNHCR's financial and healthca [...]	2008-10-29 14:29:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV PREL SU SO EG
08CAIRO2275	MFA ADVISOR AND PDAS FELTMAN DISCUSS REGIONAL [...] (C) Summary: NEA PDAS Feltman and MFA Senior Advisor Hossam Zaki discussed the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Lebanon, Syria, Iran, the global financial crisis, and Iraqi debt relief during an October 26 meeting in Cairo. Zaki said that recording progress on Israeli-Palestinian negotiations is [...]	2008-10-30 07:17:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EFIN ECON KPAL IZ IS SY IR EG LE
08CAIRO2277	PA ENVOY SHAATH ON INTRA-PALESTINIAN [...] (C) Nabil Shaath, leader of the Fatah delegation to the intra-Palestinian talks in Cairo, briefed the Ambassador on progress in an October 28 courtesy call. He reported that the Egyptians have moved the planned Palestinian reconciliation meeting from November 9 to November 10 in order to acco [...]	2008-10-30 12:36:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL IS SY IR TC JO EG
08CAIRO2279	EGYPT TRIES TO GET SMARTER IN DELIVERING FOOD [...] (U) Summary: The Egyptian government has expanded its smart card pilot for the delivery of subsidized food products. According to the Ministry of Social Solidarity (MSS),which is responsible for the delivery of subsidies, it has expanded its pilot smart card program, which was first piloted [...]	2008-10-30 13:49:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID EFIN EINV EG PGOV
08CAIRO2280	COURT FINES MEDIA COMPANY FOLLOWING BROADCAST OF [...] (C) Summary and comment: On October 26, a court fined the owner of the Cairo News Company (CNC) media transmission firm 150,000 Egyptian pounds (about USD 27,000) and confiscated some of its equipment for operating without licenses. The GOE had shut CNC down shortly after the company provided [...]	2008-10-30 14:15:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM EG
08CAIRO2291	UNDER SECRETARY DOBRIANSKY'S MEETING WITH EGYPTIAN [...] (U) Summary. In a meeting on the margins of the 6th International Ministerial Conference on Avian and Pandemic Influenza, Egyptian Minister of Health and Population Hatem El Gabaly reviewed for U/S Paula Dobriansky his support for an international agreement to coordinate efforts for influenza [...]	2008-11-02 12:19:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID EG KFLU PREL TBIO WHO
08CAIRO2293	SHARM EL-SHEIKH CONFERENCE FOCUSES ON PANDEMIC THREAT, [...] SUMMARY: The October 25-26 Sixth International Ministerial Conference on Avian and Pandemic Influenza, Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, in cooperation with the International Partnership on Avian and Pandemic Influenza (IPAPI),succeeded in maintaining global focus on the spread of avian influenza and t [...]	2008-11-02 12:43:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL TBIO KFLU EAID EAGR EG
08CAIRO2297	ACTIVISTS PRESENT DIFFERING VIEWS ON REFORM [...] (C) Summary: Visiting NEA PDAS Jeffrey Feltman met October 26 with political activists to discuss the current state of reform in Egypt, and opportunities for the U.S. to promote democracy. The activists mostly agreed that the current climate in Egypt is disappointing, citing income dispariti [...]	2008-11-02 15:25:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM EG
08CAIRO2301	UNDER SECRETARY DOBRIANSKY'S MEETING WITH EGYPTIAN [...] (U) Summary. On October 25, Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif met with U/S for Democracy and Global Affairs, Paula Dobriansky, to discuss the strategic relationship between Egypt and the United States, the significance of Africa in the spread of avian influenza (AI),and the way forward for [...]	2008-11-03 13:20:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID EG KFLU TBIO WHO
08CAIRO2310	NO SURPRISES AT RULING PARTY CONFERENCE [...] (C) Summary: On November 1-3, nearly three thousand delegates participated in the annual conference of Egypt's ruling National Democratic Party (NDP.) Convened under the banner "New Thinking for Our Country's Future," the conference heard a robust-looking President Mubarak pledge to continue w [...]	2008-11-04 14:12:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM ECON EG
08CAIRO2316	ARAB LEAGUE SYG MOUSSA DISCUSSES REGIONAL ISSUES [...] (C) Summary. Arab League Secretary General Moussa discussed Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and the global financial crisis during an October 26 meeting with visiting NEA PDAS Feltman and the Ambassador. Moussa said that the situation in Lebanon has improved markedly [...]	2008-11-05 12:21:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL LE SY IZ EG
08CAIRO2320	EGIS CHIEF "NOT OPTIMISTIC" ABOUT PROSPECTS FOR [...] (S) SUMMARY: In a November 5 meeting, EGIS Chief Omar Soliman told Ambassador that he was "not optimistic" about prospects for Palestinian reconciliation, due to continuing differences between Hamas and Fatah and the difficulty in maintaining the continuing "calm" between minimalist Hamas a [...]	2008-11-05 14:27:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL KPAL IS EG
08CAIRO2339	OPPOSITION AL-GHAD PARTY HEADQUARTERS TORCHED [...] (C) Summary: What had been a legal dispute between rival factions of opposition Al Ghad ("Tomorrow") party founded by imprisoned opposition leader Ayman Nour, turned violent when supporters of a pro-government wing of the party marched on the party's headquarters, controlled by Nour supporter [...]	2008-11-10 14:43:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM EG
08CAIRO234	CHAD: EGYPTIAN LEADERS SAY CHAD, SUDAN EQUALLY [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-10 07:10:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF CH EG SU
08CAIRO2340	ELECTORAL EUPHORIA IN EGYPT [...] (U) Summary and comment: Both publicly and privately, Egyptians are over the moon with the results of the U.S. presidential election. From the front pages of daily newspapers to popular TV shows to smiling people in the street, the excitement is palpable. The peaceful transfer of power was [...]	2008-11-10 15:00:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KDEM EG
08CAIRO2341	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PASSING THE RESOLUTION ON [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-12 13:27:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM IR BM KN EG

08CAIRO2343	THE ARAB LEAGUE ON SUDAN [...] (C) Summary: The Arab League (AL) Advisor on Africa Affairs said the AL is pleased with the progress that the Government of Sudan (GoS) has made on the AL's Solution Package, based on his meetings with numerous Sudanese leaders in November (reftel A). He highlighted Sudan's improved relations [...]	2008-11-12 15:20:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SU EG
08CAIRO2349	EGYPT'S BAHA'I: FAVORABLE RULINGS BUT NO [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-13 14:42:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF KDEM EG
08CAIRO2350	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: TORCHING OF OPPOSITION AL-GHAD [...] (C) On November 12, we demarched MFA Deputy Assistant Minister for Human Rights Wael Aboulmagd on the November 6 torching of Al-Ghad party headquarters (ref A). We expressed particular concern that the headquarters of an opposition party was destroyed, and that according to some reports, the [...]	2008-11-13 15:22:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM EG
08CAIRO2371	REQUESTING DEPARTMENT ASSISTANCE TO RESTORE [...] (U) This is an action request; please see para 4. 2. (SBU) Prominent Egyptian blogger, human rights activist and winner of the 2007 Knight-Ridder International Journalism Award, Wael Abbas, contacted us November 17 to report that YouTube removed from his website two videos exposing police a [...]	2008-11-18 10:39:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KDEM EG
08CAIRO2373	EGYPTIAN COURT SEEKS TO END NATURAL GAS EXPORTS TO [...] (SBU) The Administrative Court of Cairo ruled on November 18 that ongoing natural gas exports to Israel should be halted because the export agreement between Egypt and Israel violates article 123 of the Egyptian constitution, pertaining to the protection and use of natural resources. The court [...]	2008-11-18 16:14:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG PREL ECON IS EG
08CAIRO2376	SENIOR MOD ADVISOR ON MILITARY COOPERATION, [...] (C) On November 17, visiting NEA/ELA Office Director Nicole Shampaine met with Assistant Minister of Defense MG Mohammed Al-Assar to discuss military cooperation and regional security. Shampaine encouraged Egypt to take advantage of a new American administration and Congress by exploring way [...]	2008-11-19 14:02:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS MARR IS IZ IR EG
08CAIRO2382	EGYPT'S SECOND EVER SEXUAL ASSAULT CASE: ONE-YEAR [...] (C) Summary and comment: On November 17, in Egypt's second ever sexual assault case, a Cairo court convicted and sentenced a 19 year-old man to one year in prison on charges of sexual assault for the highly publicized October 2 attempted rape and groping of three women in front of a large cro [...]	2008-11-19 14:21:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM KWMN SOCI EG
08CAIRO2384	EGYPT'S VIEWS ON BORDER SHOOTINGS AND REFUGEE [...] (C) Summary: The Director of the Egyptian MFA's Refugee Office, Tarek el-Maaty, told us on November 13 that he was frustrated with a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report condemning Egypt for the shooting of migrants on the Egypt-Israel border. He blamed the U.S. and Israel for asking Egypt to secu [...]	2008-11-19 14:43:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PREL PGOV SU ER SO EG
08CAIRO2395	TREASURY DAS MENDELSOHN DISCUSSES TERROR FINANCE [...] (S) Summary: Treasury DAS for Intelligence and Analysis Howard Mendelsohn met with Ashraf Mohsen, counter terrorism coordinator for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and State Security Brigadier General Hisham Abda on November 13. Also accompanying were Eugene Oleynikov from Treasury's Office [...]	2008-11-20 13:59:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	EFIN EG PGOV PREL PTER
08CAIRO2402	NO EVIDENCE OF UP-FRONT RESIGNATIONS IN EGYPT'S [...] (C) Summary: Despite concerns expressed by international workers' rights organizations that factories in Egypt's Special Export Zones (SEZ) require workers to submit undated resignations as a pre-condition of employment, NGOs report that this practice is not prevalent in Egypt's Qualifying [...]	2008-11-24 12:25:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PHUM ETRD EG IS
08CAIRO2404	NEA/ELA DIRECTOR DISCUSSES QIZ EXPANSION WITH [...] (U) Summary: In a meeting with NEA/ELA Director Nicole Shampaine, officials from the Egyptian Ministry of Trade and Industry expressed their frustration with what they felt was excessive delay in United States Trade Representative's (USTR's) consideration and approval of a 2007 request to expa [...]	2008-11-24 12:59:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV PGOV PREL IS EG
08CAIRO2405	AFTER A THAW, DECREASING GOE TOLERANCE FOR PRESS FREEDOM [...] (C) Summary and comment: The consensus among observers of press freedom in Egypt is that following a high-water mark for openness in 2005, the GOE has been tightening its grip on the press, particularly over the past year through court cases, detentions and the revocation of licenses. With sever [...]	2008-11-24 13:14:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM EG
08CAIRO2406	AMBASSADOR RAISES COKE, NIKE COMPLAINTS WITH TRADE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador met November 23 with Minister of Trade Rachid Rachid to discuss two ongoing complaints by US firms, Coca Cola and Nike. In Coke case, which Rachid described as a commercial dispute rather than a trade mark issue, he gave his assurances that his ministry would not i [...]	2008-11-24 13:49:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV ECON EG
08CAIRO2408	EGYPT ANNOUNCES MASS PRIVATIZATION SCHEME [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 10, Minister of Investment Mahmoud Mohieddin announced a new privatization scheme whereby the GOE will transfer shares in 45 state-owned companies to 41 million Egyptian citizens within the next 12-14 months. The plan requires parliamentary approval, which he expect [...]	2008-11-24 13:55:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV PGOV EG
08CAIRO2409	TRADE OFFICIAL ON GOE ECONONIC REFORM, TRADE STRATEGY, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a November 13 meeting with Commerce DAS for Services Mark Brady, Ministry of Trade and Investment First Advisor Samiha Fawzy said that Egyptian was not interested in a new bilateral investment treaty (BIT) with the U.S., and that Egypt must "maintain the FTA as an overall ob [...]	2008-11-24 14:14:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV ECON EAGR PREL EG
08CAIRO2410	READOUT FROM THE 15TH QIZ JOINT COMMITTEE MEETING [...] (SBU) Summary: the Qualifying Industrial Zone (QIZ) Joint Committee held its quarterly meeting in Cairo on November 24. The Egyptians requested a reduction in Israeli inputs, citing insufficient supply, and the Israelis agreed to work with companies in both sides to help them meet the existing [...]	2008-11-24 14:16:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV PGOV PREL IS EG
08CAIRO2419	HEALTH MINISTER READIES NEW DRUG REGISTRATION RULES, PLANS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY On November 23, newly appointed Ministry of Health Assistant Minister for Pharmaceutical Affairs Kamal Sabra told FCS and Econ counselor that the MOH would soon put drug registration on-line and that the new drug registration rules are almost finished. The department's new faci [...]	2008-11-25 13:40:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON PGOV PREL KIPR EG
08CAIRO2420	OPPOSITION AL-GHAD PARTY VP PROVIDES ADDITIONAL [...] (C) Summary and comment: On November 16, Al-Ghad party Vice-President Wael Nawara described for visiting NEA/ELA Office Director Nicole Shampaine the November 6 torching of the party's headquarters in greater detail than his initial account (ref B). Nawara displayed newspaper photos that sho [...]	2008-11-25 15:37:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM EG
08CAIRO2424	WAFD PARTY LEADERS U.S. "INTERFERENCE" IS [...] (C) A November 20 meeting with 15 leaders o the liberal opposition party Al Wafd began withWafd members questioning Ambassador Scobey extenively about President-elect Obama's foreign polic plans, particularly relating to the Israeli-Palstinian conflict, and lauding the U.S. electionsas a democr [...]	2008-11-26 09:50:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM EAID EG PGOV PREL
08CAIRO2428	SECTARIAN ATTACK ON CHURCH NEAR CAIRO [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-26 14:55:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KIRF KISL SOCI EG
08CAIRO2429	EGYPT PREPARES FOR GAZAN HAJJ PILGRIMS [...] (C) MFA Deputy Director for Palestinian Affairs Barakat Leithy told us November 26 that the Egyptians are preparing for approximately 3200 Hajj pilgrims to transit Egypt from Gaza en route Saudi Arabia. This is an increase of approximately 1000 from last year. Leithy said that GOE policy is [...]	2008-11-26 15:01:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KPAL IS EG
08CAIRO2430	ANGER BOILS OVER IN ASWAN [...] (U) On November 22, police in the Upper Egypt city of Aswan shot and killed Abdel Wahab Abdel Razek at his home while searching for a suspected drug dealer. According to press reports, police officials said Razek fired at officers who then shot and killed him. In a November 25 public stateme [...]	2008-11-26 15:48:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM EG
08CAIRO2431	APRIL 6 ACTIVIST DESCRIBES GOE HARASSMENT, [...] (S) Summary and comment: "Youth Movement for Change" activist Ahmed Saleh, who advocates replacing the current Egyptian regime with a parliamentary democracy, called on us November 25. He described the harassment he and his colleagues face from Egyptian State Security as a "siege" that compe [...]	2008-11-26 15:51:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM EG
08CAIRO2435	EGYPT ANXIOUS TO ENGAGE ON PIRACY AND SOMALIA [...] (C) Summary: The Egyptian MFA's point man on Somalia told us on November 24 that Egypt wants to collaborate with the USG to address the growing piracy issue in the region. Egypt is looking for direction from the U.S. on areas for potential cooperation and prefers that Saudi Arabia be included [...]	2008-11-30 12:17:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KCRM EWWT SO SA ER EG
08CAIRO2436	Economic and financial leaders debate Egypt's economic [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-30 13:47:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV EG
08CAIRO2438	ARAB LEAGUE SUPPORTS ABBAS; DOES NOT CONDEMN HAMAS [...] (C) Summary. The Arab League Ministerial meeting of November 26 resulted in explicit support for PA President Abbas to remain in office until the intra-Palestinian conflict is resolved and parliamentary and presidential elections are able to be held. There was no explicit reference to Hamas [...]	2008-11-30 15:16:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL IS SY EG
08CAIRO244	EGYPTIAN HIGH COURT RULES IN FAVOR OF RECONVERTS [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 10, Egypt's Supreme Court of Administrative Justice ruled in a case brought by Christian "re-converts" that the government must issue identification documents listing their religion as Christianity. The ruling reversed an April 2007 decision by the Cairo Court of A [...]	2008-02-10 14:36:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIRF PHUM PGOV EG
08CAIRO2442	ABOUL GHEIT CALLS ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERIAL [...] (C) In a November 29 meeting, Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit gave Ambassador his assessment of the recent Arab League ministerial on Palestinian reconciliation. Aboul Gheit stated that overall it was successful, particularly in getting the AL ministers to endorse the view that Abu Mazen's pres [...]	2008-12-01 12:27:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EWWT KPAL EG
08CAIRO2445	BIRD FLU IN EGYPT: ALL QUIET ON THE MIDDLE EASTERN [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: In July 2008, the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) declared the H5N1 avian influenza (AI) virus to be endemic in Egyptian poultry. Now, just four months later, some Egyptians are wondering why. Seven months have passed since the Ministry of Health and Popul [...]	2008-12-01 14:09:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU KSTH PGOV ECON KSCA EAGR EG
08CAIRO2450	OPEC EMERGENCY MEETING IN CAIRO [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-02 11:51:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EPET ECON PGOV EG
08CAIRO2452	JOURNALISTS FACE TRIAL FOR VIOLATING GAG ORDER ON [...] (C) Summary and comment: Two editors and three journalists from independent newspapers are expected to go on trial December 4 for violating a November 16 gag order on publishing details of the current public court case against regime insider Hisham Talaat Mustafa for allegedly ordering the mu [...]	2008-12-02 16:02:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM EG
08CAIRO2453	UPDATE ON DEPORTATION REQUEST: CASE OF IYAD AHMAD [...] (SBU) Econ-Political MinCouns has raised the case of Mr. Badawi with Egyptian Deputy Assistant Foreign Minister Amin Meleika on three occasions: November 13, November 23, and November 30. On November 13, MinCouns orally explained the background of the case and asked if Egypt would allow Mr. [...]	2008-12-02 16:38:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPAL CVIS PTER EG IS
08CAIRO2454	GOE PREVENTS ACTIVIST FROM TRAVELING TO THE YOUTH [...] (C) On December 2, Egyptian State Security briefly detained Al-Ghad opposition party member and activist Ahmed Nassar at the Cairo airport before releasing him, and specifically banned him from traveling to the December 3-5 Alliance for Youth Movements Summit in New York. Nassar told us that [...]	2008-12-02 16:49:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KPAO EG
08CAIRO2457	JOINT DEMARCHES ON INCREASING DIPLOMATIC PRESSURE [...] On December 2 DCM joined with UK, German, French and Italian counterparts to deliver reftel Iran demarches to MFA Deputy Minister Wafa Bassim. By prior agreement, UK DCM took the lead in presenting the non-paper and talking points on financial pressure on Iran (ref A) and Italian DCM presente [...]	2008-12-03 13:53:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL KNOP MNUC IR EG
08CAIRO246	AMBASSADOR WISNER ASKS ARAB LEAGUE, EGYPT TO [...] (SBU) Special Envoy for the Kosovo Final Status Talks Ambassador Frank Wisner asked Arab League Secretary General Amre Moussa on February 6 for the League and its member states to support an independent Kosovo when Kosovo declares its independence in the coming weeks. Ambassador Wisner emphas [...]	2008-02-10 15:59:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UNMIK EG YI
08CAIRO2460	ARAB LEAGUE TOYING WITH IDEA OF A JOINT ARAB FORCE [...] (C) Zeid al-Sabban, Advisor to the Arab League (AL) SYG, told us on December 1 that the AL is thinking about creating a ""joint Arab force,"" which could be deployed in places of conflict similar to United Nations and African Union forces. He said that this idea arose after the December 20 conf [...]	2008-12-03 15:14:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EWWT AL EG
08CAIRO2461	ARAB LEAGUE FOCUSING ON ICC CASE, OUT OF THE LOOP [...] (C) Summary: The Arab League (AL) SYG's advisor on African Affairs recently returned from The Hague, where he discussed the ICC indictment against Sudanese President Bashir. The AL feels it is important to enact Article 16 of the Rome Statue, before the ICC judges reach a decision, to preserve [...]	2008-12-03 15:18:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KCRM AL SU QA EG
08CAIRO2462	GOE APPARENTLY ALLOWS SECOND ACTIVIST TO TRAVEL TO [...] (C) Summary and comment: April 6 Movement activist Ahmed Saleh (reftels) told us the morning of December 3 that GOE security officials allowed him to proceed to his Egypt Air flight to New York after they briefly pulled him out of the departure lounge to hold his passport and search his bags. [...]	2008-12-03 16:00:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KPAO EG
08CAIRO247	A/S WELCH'S FEBRUARY 6 MEETING WITH AMRE MOUSSA [...] (C) Summary. NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch met Feb 6 with Arab League Secretary General Amre Moussa. Moussa said that the Arab League and the U.S. "are in the same boat" in Iraq, and argued against a precipitous troop withdrawal. On Lebanon, Moussa will continue to push for implementati [...]	2008-02-11 07:42:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV LE IS IZ EG
08CAIRO2475	EGYPT UNHAPPY WITH ITS ROLE IN RESOLVING SUDAN [...] (C) Summary: The Egyptian MFA's cabinet advisor for African Affairs, Ahmed Abu Zeid, told us the Government of Egypt (GOE) sent a letter to UN SYG Ban expressing its dissatisfaction with the work of UN Special Envoy for Darfur Yipene Bassole. Egypt is unhappy that Bassole and the Qatari Govern [...]	2008-12-04 14:04:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN SU EG
08CAIRO2476	HAJ PILGRIMS IN GAZA; GOE AWAITING HUMANITARIAN [...] (C) Summary. The GOE has opened Rafah crossing for approximately 3100 inbound Haj pilgrims (reftel a),but the MFA reports that Hamas continues to block movement of the pilgrims inside Gaza, and that so far none have crossed into Egypt. The GOE is increasing public criticism of Hamas over th [...]	2008-12-04 14:10:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL IS QA EG
08CAIRO2478	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH UNHCR'S REGIONAL [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with Saad Al Attar, UNHCR's Regional Representative in Cairo on November 25. Al Attar told the Ambassador about UNHCR's challenges to meet its responsibilities given a lack of funding, the situation of Iraqi refugees in Egypt, and UNHCR's dealings with the Gove [...]	2008-12-04 15:08:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PREL PGOV SU ER IZ EG
08CAIRO2479	KOSOVO'S REPRESENTATIVE IN EGYPT FRUSTRATED WITH [...] (C) Summary: Beqir Ismaili, the Government of Kosovo's (GOK) spokesman in Islamic countries, told us on November 30 that he was frustrated with officials from both the Government of Egypt (GOE) and his own GOK. He said that Egyptian MFA officials still had not responded to his mid-November re [...]	2008-12-04 15:20:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KO EG
08CAIRO2481	AMBASSADOR AND MOD DISCUSS IRAQ, PIRACY, AND [...] (C) Summary: During a December 6 meeting, Ambassador and Minister of Defense Field Marshal Tantawi discussed regional security issues, including the new U.S.-Iraq security agreement, Iran, combating piracy, Palestinian reconciliation, and the upcoming Military Cooperation Committee (MCC) mee [...]	2008-12-08 08:20:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS MARR MOPS IZ IR IS KPAL SO EG
08CAIRO2484	AMBASSADOR'S MEETINGS WITH PARLIAMENTARY LEADERS [...] (C) Summary: In recent meetings at the Egyptian People's Assembly with parliamentary speaker Fathi Surour and chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee Mustafa el Fekki, the parliamentarians previewed Egypt's legislative priorities for the new parliamentary session (which began mid-November),[...]	2008-12-11 13:48:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF PTER KDEM IZ EG
08CAIRO2485	SCENESETTER FOR US-EGYPT MCC [...] (S/NF) Summary: This year's U.S. - Egypt Military Cooperation Committee (MCC),being held in Washington December 16 - 17, will be an opportunity to confirm the mutual benefits of our bilateral security relationship and engage the GOE on transforming our relationship to counter current threats [...]	2008-12-11 13:48:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PREL MASS MOPS MARR PHUM KDEM EG
08CAIRO2491	ANTI-CORRUPTION NGO FILES THREE LAWSUITS AGAINST [...] (C) Summary and comment: Engi El-Haddad, Director of the Egyptian Accountability Center (EAC),an NGO that focuses on fighting corruption, told us December 11 that her organization has filed three lawsuits against the government to coincide with United Nations Anti-Corruption Day on December [...]	2008-12-11 15:29:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM PGOV EG
08CAIRO2492	EGYPT: COUNTRY TEAM ASSESSMENT FOR THE PROCUREMENT [...] (SBU) Description. In REF A, The GOE submitted a request to procure twenty-four (24) AH-64D Helicopters (BLK II) with the Modernized Target Acquisition and Designation System (MTADS),the required infrastructure/facility upgrades, logistical and technical support requirements. This case will [...]	2008-12-11 17:39:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MASS MARR EG
08CAIRO2497	DEMARCHE REQUEST: UNSCR ON ANNAPOLIS PROCESS [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-14 14:16:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL UNSC EG
08CAIRO2502	MFA ON GAZA, HAMAS, AND RECENT DEMONSTRATIONS [...] (C) Summary. MFA Cabinet Advisor for Israel-Palestinian Affairs Ahmed Hamshari told us December 15 that Egyptian embassies worldwide had recently faced demonstrations criticizing the GOE over the humanitarian situation in Gaza. The protests appear to be in response to blockage of Hamas-sponso [...]	2008-12-15 13:56:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL PINR IR IS EG
08CAIRO2503	QUINT POLICY PLANNING TALKS FOCUS ON REGIONAL [...] (C) Summary. The November 18 "Quint" consultations with policy planners from Iraq, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Egypt (host) and the U.S. yielded a comprehensive dialogue on a range of regional issues, including Iraq, Iran, Lebanon, piracy off the Horn of Africa, and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. [...]	2008-12-15 14:25:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PREL PGOV KPAL EFIN SY LE SU IR IS IZ EG XF
08CAIRO2505	EGYPT SUPPORTIVE OF UNSC RESOLUTION AND CONTACT [...] (C) Polmincouns on December 15 delivered demarche to Egyptian MFA Ambassador Abdelhameed Marzouk on the UNSC resolution and formation of a contact group (CG) to address piracy in the Horn of Africa (reftel). Marzouk already was aware of the resolution and the CG idea because he led the Egyptia [...]	2008-12-15 15:30:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER KCRM EWWT EG
08CAIRO2507	MOVING FORWARD ON QIZ EXPANSION [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph six. 2. (SBU) On December 14, econcouns met with Ali Awni, chief of the Qualifying Industrial Zone (QIZ) Unit of the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI). Awni stated that he hoped further consideration of the proposed QIZ expansion to Up [...]	2008-12-16 07:19:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN EINV PGOV PREL IS EG
08CAIRO2508	GOE LOOKS AT RETAIL AND DISTRIBUTION SECTOR [...] (SBU) FCS and Econ counselors met recently with the Minister of Trade and Industry's newly hired advisor for internal markets, Sahar El Salab. El Salab was until recently a vice president of CIB, Egypt's largest private bank. In her new role, she is charged with reforming Egypt's internal ma [...]	2008-12-16 09:24:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV ECON EFIN EG
08CAIRO2515	COPTS ON SECTARIAN STRIFE IN UPPER EGYPT [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-17 06:00:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PTER PGOV ECON KIRF KISL SOCI EG
08CAIRO2527	EGYPTIAN STATE SECURITY COURT CONVICTS MAHALLA [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-18 15:04:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET//NOFORN	PHUM KDEM ELAB EG
08CAIRO2528	NO EVIDENCE OF EXTENSIVE USE OR ABUSE OF FOREIGN [...] (SBU) In recent visits to Egyptian factories participating in the Qualifying Industrial Zone (QIZ) program, we saw no evidence of the extensive or abusive use of foreign workers. On November 19, we visited two large QIZ factories located in the Tenth of Ramadan Special Economic Zone (SEZ); t [...]	2008-12-18 15:17:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ETRD PHUM PREL PGOV EG IS JO
08CAIRO2541	EGYPT: 2008 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] Egypt is an ally in the Global War on Terrorism. The Egyptian and U.S. governments maintained a robust dialogue on a broad range of counter-terrorism and law enforcement issues in 2008 and exchanged information on a variety of terrorism, security, and law enforcement matters during the cours [...]	2008-12-21 11:23:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC EG
08CAIRO2542	ACTIVISTS CRITICIZE THE GOE, CALL FOR NEW U.S. [...] (C) Summary: On December 13, civil society activists and a political oppositionist discussed with Codel Dorgan Egypt's current political and economic problems, and the future of U.S. policy toward Egypt. Former independent parliamentarian Anwar Essmat El-Sadat asserted that U.S. aid to the GO [...]	2008-12-21 15:17:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM EG
08CAIRO2543	SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL PETRAEUS' VISIT TO EGYPT [...] (S/NF) Summary and Introduction: General Petraeus, welcome to Egypt. Your visit will be, I hope, the first in a regular process of dialogue and consultation with Egyptian leaders who view the U.S.-Egyptian security partnership as the cornerstone of the bilateral relationship. This visit provid [...]	2008-12-21 15:26:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PARM MASS MOPS EG
08CAIRO2545	FOUR EGYPTIAN COMPANIES LOSE QIZ ELIGIBILITY [...] (U) The Government of Egypt has publicly announced that four Egyptian companies have had their eligibility to export under the Qualifying Industrial Zone (QIZ) protocol suspended. The companies suspended are The Misr Company for Industrial and Textile Investments, The International Textile Hou [...]	2008-12-22 09:50:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL EG IS
08CAIRO255	DEFMIN TANTAWI SAYS EGYPT READY TO MEET ISRAEL AND [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Defense Tantawi told A/S Welch February 7 that he would welcome a visit by Israeli Defense Minister Barak or Amos Gilad to discuss moving forward with solving the Gaza border crisis. Tantawi said that he personally would not object to four-way talks involving the PA, [...]	2008-02-11 15:25:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MARR KPAL EG IS
08CAIRO2557	EGYPT DELAYS SALE OF SECOND TRANCHE OF TELECOM EGYPT [...] (U) Summary: The Government of EgyptQs planned sale of 20% of Telecom Egypt, the countryQs sole fixed-line provider, has been put off indefinitely. Citing unfavorable market conditions and worries over the global economic crisis, the Ministry announced that it was scuttling the offering orig [...]	2008-12-23 12:24:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ECPS EFIN EINV PGOV EG
08CAIRO2558	MFA CONFIRMS HAMAS ACCEPTANCE OF 24-HOUR CEASEFIRE [...] (C) MFA Deputy Director for Palestinian Affairs Barakat Leithy confirmed December 23 that Hamas had accepted a 24 hour "ceasefire" that went into effect the evening of December 22. Leithy said that Hamas and most other Palestinian factions had agreed to cease rocket fire into Israel, but that [...]	2008-12-23 14:23:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL IS EG
08CAIRO256	EGYPTIAN COURT RULES AGAINST CONVERT [...] (SBU) On January 29, the Cairo Administrative Court denied the petition of Mohamed Hegazy, a Muslim-born convert to Christianity, to change the religious affiliation on his national identification card from Islam to Christianity. While Hegazy has the right to appeal the decision, he will prob [...]	2008-02-11 16:07:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIRF PHUM PGOV EG
08CAIRO2562	UPDATE ON BABY TRAFFICKING NETWORK [...] (SBU) Summary: This cable updates ref (A) which reported ongoing investigation into child trafficking in Egypt. Another Egyptian doctor and couple have been arrested by Egyptian State Security Investigative Services (SSIS) for their involvement in the baby trafficking network uncovered by th [...]	2008-12-23 15:40:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFRD KPAO EG AESC CASC CMGT CVIS KIRF KOCI PHUM SMIG
08CAIRO2570	CAIRO CORE EAC MEETING 12/28/2008 [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: On 12/28/2008, DCM chaired a meeting of the core Emergency Action Committee (EAC) to discuss Israel Military Operations into the Gaza Strip. The EAC agreed that there are no known specific threats directed at the Embassy or private Americans. DCM instructed RSO and CONS to is [...]	2008-12-28 14:32:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET//NOFORN	AEMR ASEC PTER CASC EG
08CAIRO2571	EGYPTIANS ON GAZA [...] (S) Summary: During General Petraeus, December 27-28 visit, Egyptian leaders expressed deep concern with the escalating violence in Gaza, particularly as it exposed Egypt to torrents of both domestic and regional criticism for its alleged complicity in Israeli actions. Foreign Minister Abou [...]	2008-12-29 11:02:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PREL PARM IS KPAL EG
08CAIRO2572	APRIL 6 ACTIVIST ON HIS U.S. VISIT AND REGIME [...] (C) Summary and comment: On December 23, April 6 activist XXXXXXXXXXXX expressed satisfaction with his participation in the December 3-5 "Alliance of Youth Movements Summit," and with his subsequent meetings with USG officials, on Capitol Hill, and with think tanks. He described how State Se [...]	2008-12-30 09:09:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PGOV PHUM KDEM EG
08CAIRO2576	EGYPT TO JOIN CONTACT GROUP ON SOMALI PIRACY [...] (U) On December 28, Assistant Foreign Minister Wafaa Bassim "officially" informed the Ambassador that Egypt will join the Contact Group on Somali Piracy (CGSP). The Egyptian decision followed our demarche delivered on December 23 to Abdelhammed Marzouk, Deputy Assistant Minister for South and [...]	2008-12-30 13:30:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM EWWT PGOV USUN SO EG
08CAIRO2577	MINISTER OF PARLIAMENTARY AND JUDICIAL AFFAIRS ON [...] (C) In a cordial December 23 meeting, Minister of State for Parliamentary and Judicial Affairs Mufeed Shehab previewed Egypt's 2008-2009 legislative agenda for the Ambassador. Shehab confirmed that the Political Rights Law will be amended to add 56 new seats (2 per province) in the People's A [...]	2008-12-30 13:32:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KIRF KDEM EG
08CAIRO2580	STATUS OF CONTAINER SECURITY PROGRAMS IN EGYPT [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) Implementation of the Container Security Initiative (CSI) program at the Port of Alexandria has been stalled since June 2008. The U.S. and GOE agreed to pursue a CSI program in Alexandria in a memorandum of understanding known [...]	2008-12-30 13:56:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT PTER EG
08CAIRO2581	FOREIGN MINISTER DESCRIBES EGYPTIAN HUMANITARIAN [...] (C) Just prior to CODEL Dorgan's meeting with President Mubarak on December 14 (septel),Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit, in response to a question from Senator Dorgan, said that the situation in Zimbabwe was dire, especially with the outbreak of cholera there, and that Egypt was sending em [...]	2008-12-30 13:57:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL PGOV EG ZM
08CAIRO2583	EMBASSY TRYING TQLT EGYPTIAN REFOULEMENT OF [...] (C) Summary: Embassy Cairo is engaging with the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),Egyptian State Security (SSIS),and UNHCR to halt the Government of Egypt's (GOE) forced repatriation of Eritrean migrants. On December 23, the Ambassador asked the MFA to give UNHCR access to the Eritr [...]	2008-12-30 15:36:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF PREL ER EG
08CAIRO2584	UNESCO DIRECTOR GENERAL - NEXT STEPS [...] (C) Summary. Egyptian Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni's candidacy to be Director General of UNESCO will likely create a serious irritant in our bilateral relationship with the Egyptians, as well as a public diplomacy challenge here and in other Arab states. We have made clear our position an [...]	2008-12-30 15:43:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNESCO SCUL EG
08CAIRO2585	EGYPT: GAZA ROUND-UP FOR DECEMBER 30 [...] (SBU) On December 28, an estimated 100 Palestinians entered Egypt through a breach along the Egypt-Gaza border. Egyptian forces repelled the crowds, but at least one Egyptian security officer and several Palestinians were killed. The border is reportedly quiet today and breaches have been r [...]	2008-12-30 16:05:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL IS EG
08CAIRO2589	Four Egyptian Companies suspended for Violating QIZ [...] Four Egyptian companies were suspended earlier this month by the Joint Egyptian Q Israeli committee for a period of thee months for violating Qualifying Industrial Zones regulations. Ali Awni, QIZ unit chief, stated that three companies, Misr Company for Industrial and Textile Investments, I [...]	2008-12-31 10:06:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON IS EG
08CAIRO268	WTO DEMARCHES DELIVERED ON ENVIRONMENTAL, TAFT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Econ Counselor and econoff delivered demarches on the US/EC proposals on labeling for textile, apparel, footware, and travel (TAFT) goods (ref A) and environmental goods and services (ref B) to Walid el-Nozahay, head of the WTO department at the Egyptian Ministry of Trade and I [...]	2008-02-12 13:10:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD WTO SENV EG
08CAIRO270	CAIRO RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FY 2008 TIP SOLICITATION [...] We have reviewed three anti trafficking-in-persons project proposals in response to reftel request for our recommendations for FY 2008 INCLE and ESF appropriations. Summary evaluations are below. We have forwarded full proposals to G/TIP and NEA POCs per reftel instructions. 2. We endor [...]	2008-02-12 13:57:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG EG
08CAIRO272	A/S WELCH'S FEB 7 MEETING WITH FM ABOUL GHEIT [...] (C) Summary. A/S Welch met with Egyptian Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit February 7. The two agreed that a breakthrough in Lebanon was unlikely, and that the Lebanese government and institutions needed to be supported by the international community. Aboul Gheit reported that the GOE was sealing [...]	2008-02-12 14:04:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER IS LE EG
08CAIRO278	OPIC CONSIDERING LOW COST MORTGAGE PROGRAM IN EGYPT [...] (SBU) OPIC has been trying for several years to provide financing to Egypt's mortgage market. As part of that effort, OPIC VP Robert Drumheller visited Cairo February 5-6 to discuss an OPIC proposal to guarantee a loan to a local bank to provide low cost mortgages to Egypt's nascent mortgage [...]	2008-02-13 13:50:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EG
08CAIRO281	EGYPT DENIES REFOULEMENT OF SUDANESE RETURNED FROM [...] (C) Summary: MFA Deputy Assistant Minister for Refugees Tarek El Maaty told us on February 12 that in late December 2007, Egypt had released the group of 48 African migrants that Israel had returned to Egypt in August 2007 after they illegally crossed the Sinai border into Israel, and that none [...]	2008-02-13 16:06:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PREL EG IS SU
08CAIRO282	INFLATION RISES AGAIN [...] (U) Inflation increased to 10.5% year-on-year (y-o-y) in January, up from 6.9% y-o-y in December. The Central Bank responded by raising interest rates 25 basis points (bp) on February 7, defying expectations that rates would remain unchanged in order not to slow economic growth. The Central [...]	2008-02-13 16:10:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EG
08CAIRO31	EGYPT'S COURTS CONTINUE TO CONVICT POLICE IN ABUSE [...] (U) On January 4, an Alexandria court reportedly convicted a police major and two junior policemen of abusing a detainee in April 2007. The major reportedly ordered his men to beat the detainee and then force him to appear publicly in women's clothes. The court sentenced the major to five y [...]	2008-01-08 15:41:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV EG
08CAIRO32	MUBARAK ON PEACE, TUNNELING, AND ISRAELI POLITICS [...] (C) Summary: President Mubarak told the Ambassador and visiting Congressman Steven Israel (D-NY) on January 6 that President Bush should focus on the Palestinian problem during his upcoming visit to the region, and put pressure on both sides to find a solution, including pressuring Israel to [...]	2008-01-08 16:56:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PREL KPAL EG IS XF
08CAIRO323	EGYPTIAN POLITICAL PARTY MEMBERS' SUCCESSFUL [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-19 12:20:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM EG
08CAIRO325	EGYPT "WAITING AND SEEING" ON RECOGNIZING KOSOVO [...] (SBU) The Ambassador called Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit on February 17 to reiterate our position that Egypt should quickly recognize Kosovo, as Special Envoy for the Kosovo Final Status Talks Ambassador Frank Wisner had conveyed to Aboul Gheit in their February 7 meeting (ref B) [...]	2008-02-20 15:59:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UNMIK EG KV YI
08CAIRO330	Subsidy bill squeezes national budget [...] On January 31 Egypt's People's Assembly (PA) approved a bill adding LE 4.7 billion ($840 million) to the FY 2007/2008 budget to cover the rising cost of subsidies on imported food commodities. High international prices are driving Egypt's 10% inflation rate, and high wheat prices in particular [...]	2008-02-21 10:13:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID ETRD EG
08CAIRO34	MUBARAK WARNS AGAINST DEPARTURE OF U.S. FORCES [...] (C) Summary: President Mubarak told the Ambassador and visiting Congressman Steven Israel (D-NY) on January 6 that withdrawing American forces from Iraq now would be a "big, big mistake." Separately, visiting Iraqi Foreign Minister Zebari -- leaving his own, earlier meeting with Mubarak -- [...]	2008-01-08 16:59:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EG IZ
08CAIRO346	NOUR'S ASSETS REPORTEDLY TO BE TURNED OVER TO [...] (SBU) Egypt's Political Parties Committee (PPC),chaired by ruling party head and Shoura Council speaker Safwat El Sherif, on February 19 reportedly issued a decision turning various assets of Ayman Nour (the imprisoned former presidential candidate and leader of the opposition Ghad party) ove [...]	2008-02-21 15:17:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM EG
08CAIRO348	2008 Special 301 Review: Egypt [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Egypt has made incremental progress in the protection of Intellectual Property Rights during the last three years. The GOE has worked with the private sector and USG to improve its system for granting pharmaceutical patents and increase enforcement against copyright pirates, w [...]	2008-02-21 15:29:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR EG
08CAIRO354	AYMAN NOUR'S WIFE ON ASSETS ISSUE AND NOUR'S [...] (C) Summary: In a February 22 meeting, Gameela Ismail (wife of imprisoned former Ghad party leader Ayman Nour),told us that she believes the government "is taking a step back" with regard to turning over some of Nour's assets to his government-backed rival and current leader of the Ghad party [...]	2008-02-24 14:23:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM EG
08CAIRO357	ARAB LEAGUE ON LEBANON, KOSOVO, IRAQ [...] (C) Arab League Chief of Staff Hisham Yousef told us February 24 that Secretary General Moussa will lead an Arab League delegation to Beirut later in the day as a "last ditch effort" to secure an agreement prior to the next scheduled Lebanese parliamentary session on February 26. Yousef said [...]	2008-02-24 15:37:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM PINR UNMIK YI LE IZ EG
08CAIRO359	AYMAN NOUR'S WIFE ON ASSETS ISSUE AND NOUR'S [...] (C) Summary: In a February 22 meeting, Gameela Ismail (wife of imprisoned former Ghad party leader Ayman Nour),told us that she believes the government "is taking a step back" with regard to turning over some of Nour's assets to his government-backed rival and current leader of the Ghad party [...]	2008-02-25 10:32:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM EG
08CAIRO36	(C) MUBARAK CALLS AHMEDINEJAD "EXTREMIST," SAYS NO [...] (S) Summary: President Mubarak told the Ambassador and visiting Congressman Steven Israel (D-NY) on January 6 that Iranian president Ahmedinejad is an "extremist," who does not think rationally, but who will nevertheless be re-elected. Egypt will not normalize diplomatic relations with Iran a [...]	2008-01-08 17:04:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PREL EG IR
08CAIRO361	QIZ EXPORT DROP REINFORCES EGYPTIAN-ISRAELI [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-25 11:31:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PREL KTEX IS EG
08CAIRO362	ENCOURAGING EGYPTIAN ATTENDANCE AT THE ARAB [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-25 11:56:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ EG
08CAIRO364	QIZ EXPORT DROP REINFORCES EGYPTIAN-ISRAELI EXPANSION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As we prepare for high-level visits to the region surrounding the 60th anniversary of Israel and the World Economic Forum in Egypt, Post recommends strong consideration of a joint Egyptian-Israeli request to expand the Qualified Industrial Zone (QIZ) into Upper Egypt. Expand [...]	2008-02-25 14:26:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PREL KTEX IS EG
08CAIRO37	MUBARAK PUSHES ARAB LEAGUE AND SYRIA ON LEBANON, [...] (S) President Mubarak told the Ambassador and visiting Congressman Steven Israel (D-NY) on January 6 that he was waiting to see reactions to the recent Arab League call for immediate Lebanese presidential elections. Mubarak said he has been telling AL SecGen Amre Moussa for some time that "we [...]	2008-01-08 17:06:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PREL EG SY
08CAIRO373	WTO SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS: DEMARCHE DELIVERED IN [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-26 09:57:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EG

08CAIRO38	EGYPT'S FOREIGN MINISTRY RAISES DETENTION OF [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-10 05:04:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PTER CVIS EG
08CAIRO382	SOMALIA: EGYPT, ARAB LEAGUE ON CONTACT GROUP, [...] (SBU) Summary: The Arab League and Egypt are supportive of ref A proposal for restructuring the International Contact Group on Somalia (ICG). However, the Arab League wants to see better planning to make the group more effective, and Egypt wants to ensure that there will be strong coordination [...]	2008-02-26 14:56:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID PGOV KCRM UNSC EG SO
08CAIRO389	LOCAL COUNCIL ELECTIONS PRIMER [...] (C) Summary and Comment: On April 8, Egypt will hold its first Local Council Elections (LCE) in six years. Polls will be held nationwide, with an estimated 50,000-52,000 seats up for grabs. The National Democratic Party (NDP),which is currently conducting its first-ever "primaries" to select [...]	2008-02-27 13:49:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM EG
08CAIRO390	SUDAN: NEW ARAB LEAGUE ENVOY DESCRIBES HIS MANDATE [...] (C) Summary: Recently-appointed Arab League Special Envoy for Sudan Salah Halima told us February 26 that his primary mission is to focus on humanitarian assistance and development in Darfur. Halima advised the USG to "respect Sudanese sovereignty," in order to improve the USG-GOS relationsh [...]	2008-02-27 13:53:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM EG SU
08CAIRO396	PROSECUTOR GENERAL PRESSES CHARGES AGAINST CEMENT [...] (U) The trial of 12 cement companies accused of collusion under Egypt's 2005 Competition Law begins this week, amidst calls for prosecution of steel manufacturers under the same law. As reported in reftel, in October 2007 the Egyptian Competition Authority (ECA) announced that its 14-month in [...]	2008-02-27 15:56:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EINV EG
08CAIRO397	IMPACT OF ARAB LEAGUE MEDIA PROJECT UNCLEAR, BUT [...] (C) Summary. It is unclear how the Arab League "Media Project," adopted February 11 at a conference of Arab League Information Ministers, will affect media in Egypt and the region, but it could serve as a basis for governments, including the GOE, to impose media restrictions. An Arab League [...]	2008-02-27 16:15:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV EG
08CAIRO399	ADDRESSING MICÂ´S OBJECTIONS TO D&G FUNDING FOR "UNREGISTERED" NGOS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 17, we received a letter from Minister of International Cooperation Fayza Aboulnaga directing USAID to cease funding four American and six Egyptian organizations. These groups received democracy and governance (D&G) grants under USAIDÂ´s direct grants program in the last [...]	2008-02-28 10:48:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PGOV PREL KDEM EG
08CAIRO408	EMBASSY CAIRO SUBMISSION FOR 2008 TIP REPORT [...] (SBU) This message responds to reftel. Embassy POC is poloff Aaron Berman, phone 20-2-2797-2550, fax 20-2-2797-2181, bermanad@state.gov. Pol LES spent approximately 75 hours on TIP-related activities and in preparation of the TIP report. Poloff spent approximately 160 hours; ECPO Minister [...]	2008-02-28 14:32:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SMIG PREF ASEC KFRD KCRM KWMN ELAB EG
08CAIRO41	EGYPT: DARFUR TROOP DEPLOYMENT HIGHLIGHTS INTENT [...] (SBU) Egypt is beginning to deploy its almost 700 signals, transport, and engineering troops to Darfur as part of the Heavy Support Package (HSP) for the UN/AU Mission in Darfur (UNAMID). MFA Cabinet Advisor for African Affairs Ahmed Abu Zeid told us on January 6 that the necessary equipment f [...]	2008-01-10 14:31:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PGOV UNSC EG SU
08CAIRO410	EMBASSY CAIRO SUBMISSION FOR 2008 TIP REPORT [...] (SBU) This message responds to reftel. Embassy POC is poloff Aaron Berman, phone 20-2-2797-2550, fax 20-2-2797-2181, bermanad@state.gov. Pol LES spent approximately 75 hours on TIP-related activities and in preparation of the TIP report. Poloff spent approximately 160 hours; ECPO Minister [...]	2008-02-28 15:10:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SMIG PREF ASEC KFRD KCRM KWMN ELAB EG
08CAIRO411	SPECIAL ENVOY WILLIAMSON ASKS EGYPT TO PRESS SUDAN [...] (C) Summary: Meeting on February 24, Special Envoy to Sudan Richard Williamson asked Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit to press the GOS to drop its obstruction to UN/AU Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) deployment. Aboul Gheit said that the GOE shares the USG's interest in stabilizing Darf [...]	2008-03-02 07:25:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EG SU
08CAIRO413	EGYPT AVIAN INFLUENZA: FIRST CASE OF 2008 [...] (SBU) Summary: Egypt has confirmed its first Human Avian Influenza (AI) case in 2008: a four-year-old girl from the Minya governorate who is currently hospitalized in Cairo. Reacting rapidly and thoroughly, the Ministry of Health and Population (MOHP) and the Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) disp [...]	2008-03-02 07:56:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KSCA KFLU ECON EAGR PGOV EG
08CAIRO419	EGYPTIAN GAS EXPORTS TO ISRAEL: STILL IN TESTING [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The El Arish - Ashkelon gas pipeline is still in the testing phase, but should be ready for full-scale exports "very soon." Continued violence in Gaza will increase the opposition's calls to scrap gas exports to Israel, as well as increasing the issue's resonance amon [...]	2008-03-02 15:38:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON PREL EG IS
08CAIRO423	BG EGYPT ON GAZA MARINE GAS FIELD [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: A senior British Gas Egypt (BG) official confirmed that BG-Israeli talks on the development of the Gaza Marine offshore gas field have "completely broken down" and opied that the current political climate precludes a viable, near-term Egyptian alternative to Ashkelo. While no [...]	2008-03-03 15:28:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ENRG EPET ECON PREL KPAL EG IS
08CAIRO429	EGYPTIAN REACTION TO ANTI ISLAM VIDEO (C-DI8-00223) [...] (C) Per reftel request, we detail below various Egyptian reactions to the anticipated upcoming release of Dutch MP Geert Wilder's short film: - Ministry of Foreign Affairs: On February 22, MFA spokesman Hossam Zaki released a statement noting that, "Egypt is closely following all relevant de [...]	2008-03-04 14:45:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR KISL EG
08CAIRO435	ARAB LEAGUE RESPONSE ON RESTRUCTURING SOMALIA CONTACT [...] (SBU) Arab League Office of African Affairs Director Samir Hosni provided on March 4 the non-paper below detailing the Arab League's suggestions for restructuring the International Contact Group (ICG) on Somalia. The non-paper echoes points Hosni made verbally (ref A),emphasizing that interna [...]	2008-03-04 15:16:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID PGOV EG SO
08CAIRO439	EGYPT CONSIDERING KOSOVO RECOGNITION, SOLIDARITY [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-05 14:14:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNSC EAID KISL PGOV EG KV YI
08CAIRO448	MASS ARRESTS OF MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD MEMBERS IN [...] (SBU) In the lead-up to Egypt's April 8 local council elections (reftel),dozens of Muslim Brotherhood (MB) activists are being arrested daily. An estimated 420-500 MB members have been detained in the past four weeks alone, mainly from cities across Egypt's Nile Delta, where popular support [...]	2008-03-06 10:25:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM EG
08CAIRO45	EGYPT: CODEL JOHNSON DISCUSSES WATER WITH MINISTER OF WATER [...] (SBU) Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources Mahmoud Abu Zeid briefed the DCM and a CODEL led by Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX) on January 6 on the challenges Egypt faces regarding water and its cooperation with the other nine Nile Basin states. The CODEL consisted of Represent [...]	2008-01-13 11:31:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON SENV EWWT EAGR EG
08CAIRO450	AYMAN NOUR LETTER TO AMBASSADOR: I WANT AN [...] (C) Summary: In a verbose six-page handwritten Arabic letter to the Ambassador, delivered to the Embassy late on March 3, imprisoned former Al Ghad party leader Ayman Nour makes clear his preference that, "if there has been no specific and serious talk" from the GOE about his being released, t [...]	2008-03-06 14:26:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM EG
08CAIRO452	GAZA BORDER UPDATE: NO CHANGE IN BORDER GUARD [...] (C) Military sources told us March 4 that the February 26 media coverage sourced to Israeli officials that Egypt had doubled its Border Guard Force (BGF) numbers along the Egypt-Gaza border is completely innaccurate. The sources told us that the Egyptians have not increased their BGF numbers, [...]	2008-03-06 16:56:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL KPAL IS EG
08CAIRO464	EGYPT BANS DEMONSTRATIONS IN MOSQUES AND CHURCHES [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 22, Egypt's lower house of Parliament, the Peoples' Assembly, passed a law banning demonstrations "inside or around places of worship." Although the law prohibits demonstrations in both churches and mosques, the law appears specifically to target the Muslim Brotherh [...]	2008-03-09 14:55:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KIRF KISL KDEM PHUM EG
08CAIRO465	EGYPT'S DELEGATION TO THE OIC SUMMIT IN DAKAR, [...] (U) Egypt's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) confirmed that Egypt will participate in the Organization of Islamic Conferences (OIC) Summit in Dakar from March 13-14. The Egyptian delegation's point of contact for meeting requests is Mohamed Hilal, Office of the Cabinet of the Foreign Ministe [...]	2008-03-09 15:28:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC SG OIC KISL EG
08CAIRO466	A/S WELCH MARCH 6 MEETING WITH OMANI FM YUSUF BIN [...] (S) Omani Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusuf bin Alawi told A/S Welch during their March 6 meeting that the Israelis and Palestinians must "solve their own problems." The U.S. is not to blame ) "you have tried your hardest" ) but Israel has been given chance after chance and squan [...]	2008-03-09 15:42:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PREL KPAL PTER EG IS XF OM
08CAIRO467	A/S WELCH, MINDEF TANTAWI DISCUSS GOE ACTION ON [...] (S) Summary. In a March 6 meeting, A/S Welch encouraged Mindef Tantawi to work with the U.S. and Israel to achieve calm in Gaza, help restart Israeli-PA negotiations, and to improve the quality of life for the Palestinian people on the.[\is no rocket fire into Israel, the GOI would have no rea [...]	2008-03-09 16:05:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PREL PARM KPAL MASS IS EG
08CAIRO47	EGYPT: FOREIGN MINISTER ABOUL GHEIT DISCUSSES [...] (SBU) Summary: Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit highlighted Egypt's "energetic" Africa policy in a January 6 meeting with the DCM and a CODEL led by Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX). Both Aboul Gheit and the CODEL confirmed the importance of a good U.S.-Egypt bilateral r [...]	2008-01-13 11:37:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV CVIS EG
08CAIRO479	EGYPT: AFRICAN MIGRANTS TO ISRAEL CONTINUE, [...] (C) Summary: Egypt faces a continuing problem with African migrants attempting to migrate illegally to Israel. Since the beginning of 2008, Eritreans, always a component of the equation, have been making the attempt in greater numbers. Sudanese continue to represent the bulk of migrants, enc [...]	2008-03-10 14:07:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREF PHUM PREL EG ER IR SU
08CAIRO480	COURTROOM ENCOUNTER WITH AYMAN NOUR [...] (SBU) Summary: In a chance encounter on the sidelines of a March 10 court hearing, poloff had a brief conversation with jailed former opposition leader Ayman Nour. Nour, looking pale but generally healthy, said he was "extremely grateful" for all of the USG's efforts on his behalf: "I cannot [...]	2008-03-10 14:55:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KDEM EG
08CAIRO481	A/S WELCH MARCH 6 MEETING WITH FM ABOUL GHEIT [...] (S) Summary. A/S Welch discussed Lebanon and the Israeli-Palestinian situation with FM Aboul Gheit on March 6. Aboul Gheit expressed frustration over the recent Israeli military operation in Gaza. A/S Welch outlined our strategy to maintain momentum on Israeli-Palestinian negotiations. The [...]	2008-03-10 16:32:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PREL PGOV IS EG
08CAIRO484	EGYPT WELCOMES AFRICOM [...] (C) AFRICOM Commander General William Ward met Egyptian Chief of Staff LTG Sami Enan and Assistant Minister of Defense MG Mohamed El-Assar on at the Ministry of Defense on February 17. During the hour-long meeting, which included DASD Whelan, OMC Chief, and ECPO minister counselor, GEN Ward e [...]	2008-03-11 10:55:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR EG
08CAIRO486	PUBLIC FEARS OVER DIESEL, GASOLINE SHORTAGES [...] (SBU) Recent reported shortages of diesel fuel and low-grade gasoline throughout Egypt are prompting press and public speculation over a looming fuel crisis, although the GOE has assured the public that no such emergency is impending. Shortages of low-grade gasoline are likely a function of t [...]	2008-03-11 12:24:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EPET PGOV EG
08CAIRO488	GAZA BORDER UPDATE: TUNNELS, HUMANITARIAN ISSUES [...] (S) Summary. Egyptian security sources told us March 10 that on March 9 the Egyptians destroyed the openings of three smuggling tunnels on the Egyptian side of the Gaza border. The sources said that also on March 9, Egypt allowed 49 injured Palestinians to cross Rafah en route to hospitals in [...]	2008-03-11 15:17:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PARM PREL KPAL IS EG
08CAIRO489	CONVERSATION WITH MFA ON RECENT DETENTIONS OF MB [...] (C) DCM raised the recent arrests of approximately 450-700 Muslim Brotherhood (MB) affiliated Egyptians with MFA Assistant Minister for American Affairs Hatem Saif el Nasser on March 11. During a courtesy call for visiting NEA PDAS Jeff Feltman, we told Nasser that the timing of the arrests, [...]	2008-03-12 08:02:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EG
08CAIRO494	EGYPTIAN ASPIRATIONS FOR PRESIDENCY OF THE HUMAN [...] (C) DCM (joined by visiting NEA PDAS Feltman) raised reftel points with MFA Assistant Minister Hatem Seif al Nasser on March 11 (Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit was on travel). Nasser confirmed that the Egyptians were interested in the presidency of the UN Human Rights Council, but had no detail [...]	2008-03-12 15:48:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL EG
08CAIRO495	LOCAL ELECTIONS LEAD-UP: ARRESTS CONTINUE, [...] (SBU) Summary: In the lead-up to Egypt's April 8 local council elections, dozens of Muslim Brotherhood (MB) campaign workers and candidates continue to be arrested daily. An estimated 400-700 MB members have been detained in the past five weeks. On March 10, the MB announced that it had aimed [...]	2008-03-12 16:43:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM KISL EG
08CAIRO500	FOREIGN FIGHTERS DISCUSSION: EGYPT'S INTERIOR [...] (S) Summary: Dell Dailey, State Department Coordinator for Counterterrorism, accompanied by the Ambassador, met on February 25 with Egypt's Minister of Interior Habib El Adly. Dailey briefed Adly on the flow of foreign fighters to Iraq and asked Egypt to press for Syrian cooperation in closing [...]	2008-03-13 10:22:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PTER PGOV PREL PHUM EAIR SY EG
08CAIRO505	ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT UPDATE [...] (C) The expected number of Arab heads of state at the March 28-30 Arab League Summit in Damascus may be increasing. MFA Cabinet Advisor Nazih Neggary told us March 13 that the Egyptian Embassy in Damascus had reported that the Syrian MFA had very recently briefed Arab ambassadors in Damascus o [...]	2008-03-13 14:27:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV LE SY EG
08CAIRO507	ASD MCHALE'S DISCUSSIONS ON CIVIL DEFENSE WITH THE [...] (S) Summary. On February 28, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense and American Security Affairs Paul McHale briefed the Ambassador on his February 27 meetings with Egyptian military officials. ASD McHale noted that he wants to increase USG engagement with Egypt on involving th [...]	2008-03-13 16:59:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PARM PREL PGOV MASS PTER EG
08CAIRO52	CODEL PRICE MEETS WITH ABOUL GHEIT [...] (C) Summary. FM Aboul Gheit told visiting Codel Price January 6 that the GOE recognizes that the Administration is trying to advance the Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts, but warned that continuing Israeli settlement activity would scuttle progress. He urged that USG security measures not d [...]	2008-01-13 14:20:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IS IZ EG
08CAIRO524	SCENESETTER FOR MINDEF TANTAWIâ€™S VISIT TO THE U.S. MARCH 24-28REF: A. CAIRO 452 B. CAIRO 488 C. CAIRO 507CAIRO 00000524 001.2 OF 002 [...] (S) Summary: Defense Minister Field Marshal Mohamed Tantawi will travel to Washington, Tampa, and Chicago March 24-28. He will meet senior officials in Washington and at USCENTCOM HQ in Tampa, and view U.S. civil defense arrangements in Chicago. Mrs. Tantawi and as many as five senior generals will [...]	2008-03-16 16:43:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PARM PREL PGOV MASS MARR PTER IS EG XF
08CAIRO528	MIC RESPONDS TO U/S FORE LETTER; COMMENTS FURTHER [...] (S) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: On March 13, the Ambassador, accompanied by the Administrator's Special Advisor for the Middle East George Laudato, USAID's David McCloud, USAID Mission director and econ counselor (notetaker) met with Minister for International Cooperation Fayza Aboulnaga. Dis [...]	2008-03-17 10:46:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	EAID ECON EFIN PGOV PREL KDEM EG
08CAIRO53	EGYPT'S PROSECUTOR GENERAL ORDERS RELEASE IN [...] (SBU) According to her lawyer, Egypt's Office of the Prosecutor General ordered the release on January 13 of Shadia Nagui Ibrahim, who was convicted of fraud on November 21, 2007, in connection with her father's brief conversion in the early 1960s from Christianity to Islam (ref A). Ibrahim, [...]	2008-01-13 15:39:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIRF PHUM PGOV EG
08CAIRO530	INFLATION REACHES 12.1% IN FEBRUARY [...] (U) Inflation surged to 12.1% year-on-year (y-on-y) in February, up from 10.5% y-o-y in January. Food prices led the rise, reflecting rising global food prices. Local analysts believe the Central Bank will raise interest rates again this month, but predict that greater exchange rate flexibil [...]	2008-03-17 12:00:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EG
08CAIRO534	EGYPTIAN MFA RECEIVES HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT AND [...] (SBU) We met on March 12 with Wael Aboul Magd, Deputy Assistant Foreign Minister for Human Rights Affairs, and delivered a copy of the 2007 Human Rights Report for Egypt. He had not yet seen the report. He told us he will review the report and get back to us with informal comments, which he s [...]	2008-03-17 16:55:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF PGOV PTER KISL EG
08CAIRO542	MOD CONTINUES TO RESIST PERMITTING COAST GUARD [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-18 16:25:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	EG EWWT PARM PGOV PREL PTER
08CAIRO555	O TV: A RISING STAR IN THE ARAB MEDIA MARKET [...] (U) Summary: On March 16, A/IO met with Yasmine Abdullah Attia, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Egyptian youth entertainment channel O TV, which celebrated its one-year anniversary on January 31, 2008. In slightly more than one year, O TV has rocketed into the top 10 most watched ente [...]	2008-03-19 13:52:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECPS KPAO XF EG
08CAIRO560	MUBARAK SPEECH: SLIGHT INCREASE OF PRESSURE ON [...] (SBU) President Mubarak's March 18 Moulid el Nabi (Birthday of the Prophet) speech focused in large part on Islamic values, which Mubarak asserted were under attack both from non-Muslims (i.e. the "blasphemous cartoonists") as well as from radical Muslims who "give a reason for others to accus [...]	2008-03-19 15:50:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IS LE EG
08CAIRO561	GAZA BORDER UPDATE: FIRST STAGE OF WALL [...] (S) Summary: Egyptian security sources told us March 17 that on March 16 Egypt completed the first phase of the Gaza border wall between the Mediterranean coast and Rafah. Building began March 17 on the second phase of the wall from Rafah to Kerem Shalom. Egypt facilitated humanitarian shipm [...]	2008-03-19 16:11:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PREL PARM IS EG
08CAIRO562	THE SCHIZOPHRENIA OF THE EGYPTIAN MUSLIM [...] (C) Summary: The ongoing debate over the draft party platform of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood (MB) has exposed in an unprecedented manner the cross-cutting fault lines within the 80-year old Islamist organization. The dichotomy within the MB's leadership - highlighted by contradictory sta [...]	2008-03-20 11:56:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KISL KDEM EG
08CAIRO563	EGYPTIANS DEMAND A NEW MINIMUM WAGE [...] (U) Demonstrations over rising prices have turned into calls for a new minimum monthly wage for public sector employees. The current minimum wage of LE 40 ($7.20)/month for unskilled workers has not changed since the 1980s. University professors and doctors have joined the call for a new pay [...]	2008-03-23 07:17:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EG
08CAIRO567	PARLIAMENTARY SPEAKER ON U.S. VISIT, AYMAN NOUR, [...] (C) Summary: In a March 12 meeting with the Ambassador, Speaker of the Egyptian People's Assembly, Ahmed Fathi Surour, highlighted his satisfaction with his early March visit to Washington. He complained about Congressional focus on imprisoned former Al Ghad party leader Ayman Nour, and deta [...]	2008-03-23 12:40:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KDEM EG
08CAIRO569	ARAB LEAGUE'S HISHAM YOUSEF ON SUMMIT AND "YEMENI [...] (C) Arab League Chief of Staff Hisham Yousef told us March 23 that the number of heads of state to attend the Arab League Summit in Damascus is not yet final, and he expects it will be in play up until the day of the summit (i.e. March 29). Yousef said that planning for this year's summit "was [...]	2008-03-23 15:05:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SY LE IS EG
08CAIRO57	MUBARAK DISCUSSES BACK SURGERY, GAMAL AS [...] (S/NF) During his January 6 meeting with the Ambassador and visiting Congressman Steven Israel (D-NY),President Mubarak described his June 2004 back surgery in Germany to repair a slipped disc (he stressed it was not a herniated disc). Mubarak said that the opening made in his back was "very [...]	2008-01-14 11:36:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR PGOV PREL EG
08CAIRO574	EGYPT NUCLEAR POWER UPDATE: CONSULTANT [...] (C) Bids for an international consultant to advise Egypt's civilian nuclear power program are due on May 15, and the GOE expects its draft nuclear legislation, which is currently under review by the IAEA, to reach the floor of parliament in March or April. The MFA told us that Egypt will not f [...]	2008-03-24 13:23:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG KNNP ECON PREL EG
08CAIRO579	EGYPT WILL NOT RECOGNIZE KOSOVO [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-25 13:50:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UNMIK EG KV YI
08CAIRO58	LATEST MUBARAK COMMENTS AND EGYPTQN MFA THINKING [...] (U) President Mubarak, touring Upper Egypt on January 13, demanded implementation of the steps delineated in the Arab League statement of January 6. He called upon the Lebanese people to end their disagreements for the sake of their country. He said that if the current crisis continues that [...]	2008-01-14 15:52:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV LE SY EG
08CAIRO581	U.S. NAVAL SHOOTING INCIDENT NEAR THE SUEZ CANAL; [...] (C) Summary: On March 24 at approximately 6:00 p.m., the Global Patriot, a cargo ship on short-term charter to the U.S. Navy that was staged to enter the southern end of the Suez Canal for transit to the Mediterranean, reported that it fired warning shots in the direction of three unidentified [...]	2008-03-25 17:49:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL EG
08CAIRO587	MUBARAK ORDERS MILITARY TO ASSIST IN RESOLVING "BREAD [...] (U) Summary: In apparent reaction to what the media is characterizing as a "bread crisis" - shortages of subsidized bread and rising prices for unsubsidized bread -President Mubarak has ordered the military to assist civilian agencies in ensuring availability of subsidized bread. According t [...]	2008-03-26 07:53:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EAID EG
08CAIRO595	EGYPTIAN COURT CONVICTS EDITOR BUT SUSPENDS JAIL [...] (SBU) On March 26, a Cairo court convicted Ibrahim Eissa, editor of the independent newspaper Al-Dustour, of spreading false information in connection with the newspaper's August 2007 publication of stories reporting rumors then circulating that President Mubarak was in poor health. The cou [...]	2008-03-26 15:04:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KDEM KPAO EG
08CAIRO596	IRAQI REFUGEES: AMBASSADOR FOLEY ASKS ARAB LEAGUE TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Senior Coordinator for Iraqi Refugee Issues James Foley pressed Arab League Chief of Staff Hisham Youssef on March 24 for Arab League member states to pledge financial commitments for Iraqi refugees at the March 29 Arab League Summit in Damascus. He noted that refugees, particul [...]	2008-03-26 15:08:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PREF EG IR
08CAIRO602	UPDATE ON U.S. NAVY INCIDENT AT SUEZ (CORRECTED [...] (C) Summary: On March 25 our NCIS officer witnessed the autopsy of the apparent victim in the March 24 incident at Suez involving a U.S. Navy-chartered vessel. The wounds appear consistent with the 50-caliber warning shots fired from the "Global Patriot" (ref B). NAVCENT NCIS will send a te [...]	2008-03-27 09:36:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL PGOV EG
08CAIRO607	DARFUR: CAIRO-BASED REBELS ON NATIONAL CENSUS [...] (SBU) In a March 26 meeting, we asked Alaa El Din Ibrahim and Abdallah Ali, Political and Media Secretaries of the Sudan Liberation Movement/Army (SLM/A) Abdulwahid Nur faction, respectively, to encourage Nur supporters in Darfur, and particularly in the internally displaced persons (IDP) camp [...]	2008-03-27 12:53:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SOCI UNSC KDEM EG SU
08CAIRO609	SUEZ UPDATE: INVESTIGATION, COMPENSATION AND [...] (C) Summary: As of March 27, embassy NCIS officer is conducting an investigation in Egypt. The MOD has agreed to provide autopsy results, but refused to provide the bullet fragments from the deceased's body. FM Aboul-Gheit publicly criticized the U.S. over the incident March 27, and complai [...]	2008-03-27 16:18:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL EG
08CAIRO610	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: URGING PSI ENDORSEMENT PRIOR [...] (C) We delivered ref A demarche March 27 to MFA Counselor for Arms Control and Disarmament Omar Amr Youssef and passed non-paper points. Youssef said he would pass the message to other concerned GOE agencies, but cautioned us "not to be optimistic" that Egypt would be able to endorse PSI withi [...]	2008-03-27 16:54:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC PARM PHSA PREL KNNP XI EG
08CAIRO611	POSSIBLE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD SYMPATHIES AMONG [...] (U) Summary: On March 15, we accompanied a DRL Program Officer on a monitoring visit to a DRL-funded governance project in Minya, a city in Upper Egypt. The project, implemented by the US-based NGO "Street Law International" and its local partner, the Assiut Human Rights Association (AHRA),[...]	2008-03-27 17:01:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID KDEM KISL EG
08CAIRO612	ARCENT COMMANDER LOVELACE DISCUSSES BRIGHT STAR [...] (C) Summary. On March 9, U.S. Army Central Command (ARCENT) Commanding General LTG James Lovelace made his introductory calls on MOD Chief of Staff LTG Sami Enan and MOD Training Division Chief Major General Mohammed Hisham. LTG Enan said that the size of the joint U.S.-Egyptian BRIGHT STAR e [...]	2008-03-30 12:32:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PINR PREL MASS EG
08CAIRO621	EGYPTIANS GLOOMY AND RESTIVE BECAUSE OF ECONOMIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Rising food prices, long bread lines, working-class economic woes and a daily dose of bad news are contributing to a sense among Egyptians that their country is in trouble. Whether they blame their government, the United States or even at times themselves, Egyptians are unhappy [...]	2008-03-31 08:37:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR ECON KDEM MARR PGOV PHUM PREL EG
08CAIRO623	SUEZ INCIDENT: PM NAZIF ON POTUS CALL, [...] (S) Summary: On March 27 Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif told us that President Bush's condolence phone call to President Mubarak had helped calm a "fiery" cabinet meeting. He said that the GOE's investigation into the Suez incident is aimed at preventing the possibility of a recurrence. PM Nazif sa [...]	2008-03-31 08:47:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PREL PARM PGOV EG
08CAIRO641	ARAB LEAGUE BRIEFING ON DAMASCUS SUMMIT [...] (SBU) Summary Arab League Chief of Staff Hisham Yousef briefed diplomats on the Arab League Summit (held in Damascus March 29-30) on March 31. Yousef said that the tone of the summit was "conciliatory," but acknowledged that Arab-to-Arab relations have become frayed on a number of fronts and [...]	2008-03-31 15:40:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV LE SY IS EG XF
08CAIRO667	MFA RESPONSE TO EXTENSION OF MFO DG LAROCCO [...] (U) On April 1 we received a fax signed by Ambassador Mohamed Mustafa Kamal, Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs for International Legal, Treaty and Counterterrorism Affairs, confirming the GOE's agreement to the extension of MFO Director-General James LaRocco's term until June 30, 2009. [...]	2008-04-01 15:39:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	KMFO IS IT EG
08CAIRO677	LOCAL ELECTIONS LEAD-UP: RULING PARTY DOMINATES [...] (C) Summary: We do not expect any surprises from Egypt's April 8 local elections. Due to the government's widespread blocking of oppositionists from registering as candidates, only a total of 962 opposition candidates, including just 20 from the Muslim Brotherhood (MB),have made it onto the [...]	2008-04-03 16:42:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM EG
08CAIRO678	EGYPTIAN MFA ON BASRAH, EGYPTIAN AMBASSADOR TO IRAQ [...] (C) MFA Spokesman and Senior Advisor Hossam Zaki told Minister Counselor April 3 that the Foreign Ministry decided not to issue a statement concerning events in Basrah since it involved "Shia on Shia fighting." MinCouns noted that Maliki had used ISF, not sectarian forces, to take on the Sadri [...]	2008-04-03 16:44:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EG IZ
08CAIRO679	EGYPTIAN MFA ON ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT, SYRIA-LEBANON [...] (C) Summary: In the wake of a disappointing Arab League summit, Hossam Zaki said that Egypt is urging Syria to behave more responsibly in solving intra-Arab problems. He reported that Syrian president al-Assad told the summit that Syria will not address the "Lebanon problem" until a "legitima [...]	2008-04-03 16:44:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EG LE SY XF
08CAIRO680	EGYPTIAN MFA ON MUBARAK MEETING WITH ABBAS, [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-03 16:45:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL EG JO XF
08CAIRO690	SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FORD'S CAIRO MEETINGS ON [...] (C) Summary: On March 13, Special Representative for Nuclear Nonproliferation Christopher Ford discussed the upcoming April-May Nonproliferation Treaty PrepCom with MFA Assistant Minister for Cabinet Affairs Ambassador Wafaa Bassim and Arab League Director for Multilateral Affairs Wael Al-As [...]	2008-04-06 14:08:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	IAEA KNPP AORC PARM PREL IS EG
08CAIRO691	EGYPTIANS IN GAZA CROSS BACK INTO EGYPT [...] (S/NF) MFA Palestinian Affairs Director Badr Abdelatty told us April 6 that 150-200 Egyptians crossed Rafah from Gaza into Egypt April 1-2, as a "one time event." Badr said that these Egyptians, many of whom reside in Al-Arish and have relatives in Gaza, were in Gaza since the January border [...]	2008-04-06 15:44:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET//NOFORN	PARM PREL IS EG
08CAIRO693	MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD ANNOUNCES BOYCOTT OF LOCAL [...] (SBU) On April 7, the Muslim Brotherhood (MB),which up until now had urged Egyptians to participate in the April 8 local council elections, called on voters to boycott. The full text of the MB's statement is posted on the organization's website (translated text at para 3). The MB's Deputy S [...]	2008-04-07 12:09:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM KISL EG
08CAIRO697	DAY OF PROTESTS LARGELY QUIET, BUT VIOLENT CLASH [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-07 14:46:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PGOV PHUM ECON EG
08CAIRO698	ARAB LEAGUE OFFICIAL ON SYG MOUSSA'S VIENNA TRIP, [...] (C) Summary: Arab League Disarmament Department Director Wael Al-Assad told us April 3 that Arab League SYG Amr Moussa plans to visit Vienna April 16 and 17 to discuss the Arab Group's draft IAEA General Conference "Israeli Nuclear Threat" (INT) resolution, and would be interested in meeting [...]	2008-04-07 15:12:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	IAEA MNUC PARM KNNP PREL IS IR EG
08CAIRO699	EGYPT'S INTERIOR MINISTRY ANNOUNCES NO APPEAL IN [...] (C) According to media reports, Egypt's Ministry of Interior (MoI) announced that the government will not appeal the January 24 Cairo Administrative Court ruling granting three members of Egypt's Baha,i minority the right to obtain government identification documents (ref B). According to th [...]	2008-04-07 15:33:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KIRF EG
08CAIRO7	EGYPTIAN COURT REJECTS LEGAL ATTACK ON BLOGS [...] (U) On December 29, the Cairo Administrative Judicial Court dismissed a lawsuit aimed at shutting down 51 websites belonging to Egyptian human rights organizations, opposition groups and individual bloggers. As a legal basis for its ruling, the Cairo court cited Article 19 of the Universal D [...]	2008-01-02 16:08:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO PHUM PGOV EG
08CAIRO701	NEA DAS BUTLER DISCUSSES IRAQ WITH ARAB LEAGUE [...] (C) Visiting NEA DAS Butler discussed Iraq issues with Arab League Chief of Staff Hisham Yousef April 6. DAS Butler gave an overview of the current situation, including in Basrah, where the GOI had managed an overall gain of territorial control. Yousef claimed that Arab states are willing to [...]	2008-04-08 06:35:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ SY KV EG
08CAIRO702	EGYPT MFA SPOKESMAN DISCUSSES IRAQ WITH DAS BUTLER [...] (C) Visiting DAS Lawrence Butler discussed Iraq with MFA Spokesman and Senior Advisor Hossam Zaki on April 6. Zaki confirmed that Egypt plans to send an ambassador to Baghdad, but only after President Mubarak is convinced that Maliki is serious about reaching out to the Arabs, and is satisfied [...]	2008-04-08 06:57:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EG IZ
08CAIRO712	MFA READOUT OF PM SINIORA VISIT [...] (C) Lebanese Prime Minister Siniora, touring the region to maintain Arab support for his government, updated President Mubarak, PM Nazif, and FM Aboul Gheit April 6 and 7 on the situation in Lebanon. MFA Cabinet Advisor Nazih Neggary told us April 7 that Siniora was concerned that the Arab Lea [...]	2008-04-08 14:38:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV LE SY EG
08CAIRO714	RISING CONSTRUCTION COSTS PROMPT GOE ACTION [...] (U) In late March the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MOTI) announced a six-month ban on cement exports, beginning April 1. The ban is the latest in a series of steps by MOTI to control rising construction prices. Industry analysts predict the ban will not bring cement prices down, as demand [...]	2008-04-08 16:15:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EINV EG
08CAIRO715	SECOND NIGHT OF VIOLENT CLASHES IN NILE DELTA TOWN [...] (SBU) Violent clashes between police and protestors reignited April 7 on the streets of the Nile Delta textile mill town of Mehalla el Kubra. The flashpoint of the protests centered on the Mehalla police station, where protesters gathered to demand the release of those detained the previous d [...]	2008-04-08 17:57:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PGOV PHUM ECON EG
08CAIRO72	Updating Information for Terrorism Finance Coordination [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-17 05:17:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETTC PTER KTFN EG
08CAIRO720	LOCAL ELECTIONS MARKED BY LOW TURNOUT, RULING [...] (C) Summary: The April 8 elections for 52,000 local council seats were marked by dramatically low turnout, a result of the usual apathy of the Egyptian electorate combined with the call for a boycott by the Muslim Brotherhood (MB). Embassy officers observing the elections nationwide saw numer [...]	2008-04-09 11:52:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM EG
08CAIRO721	MUBARAK'S NUCLEAR PROTOCOL WITH RUSSIA: [...] (C) Summary: Contacts in the GOE and Egyptian academia have described President Mubarak's late March visit to Russia as "routine," including the Egyptian-Russian nuclear energy protocol signed during the visit. While the nuclear energy protocol and other agreements for Egyptian-Russian cooper [...]	2008-04-09 11:53:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG EPET ETRD KNNP EG RU
08CAIRO724	NILE DELTA TOWN LARGELY CALM APRIL 8-9; PM [...] (SBU) Even after the parade of Egyptian cabinet ministers and attendant security had long returned to Cairo, the streets of Mehalla el Kubra remained relatively calm the evening of April 8 and early April 9. Earlier on April 8, Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif joined the three ministers of Manpower [...]	2008-04-09 12:40:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PGOV PHUM ECON EG
08CAIRO730	EGYPT: LEADING KEFAYA ACTIVIST DETAINED [...] (SBU) On the evening of April 9, Egyptian police detained George Ishaaq, a founder and leading member of the opposition "Kefaya" (Enough) movement (also known as the "Egyptian Movement for Change"),and are currently holding him in the Tagammu al Khamis State Security Prosecutor's facility. No [...]	2008-04-10 11:02:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM PINR EG
08CAIRO735	RUMORS OF CABINET SHUFFLE ABOUND [...] (C) Amidst growing popular and media agitation against rising prices and occasional shortages of bread and fuel, rumors have started again (ref) in Cairo that a cabinet shuffle will occur roughly two weeks after the April 8 local elections. During the Ambassador's April 6 farewell call, Prim [...]	2008-04-10 14:27:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EG
08CAIRO737	DIMMING PUBLIC FOCUS ON SUEZ INCIDENT; UPDATE ON [...] (C) The March 24 Suez incident that resulted in the death of Mohammed Fouad Affifi has generally been supplanted in the Egyptian press and the public's awareness by more pressing domestic concerns, such as the violent clashes between police and protestors April 6-7 in Mehalla that resulted in a [...]	2008-04-10 15:30:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PARM PGOV PREL EG
08CAIRO738	GOE ANXIETY OVER THE GAZA BORDER [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-10 15:35:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL KPAL IS EG
08CAIRO739	EGYPT'S HIV ARRESTS AND CONVICTIONS [...] (U) According to media reports, on April 9 five HIV positive Egyptian men were convicted of "the habitual practice of debauchery" andsentenced to three years in prison. The debauchey charges stem from alleged homosexual conduct. awyers for the men intend to appeal the conviction but are not op [...]	2008-04-10 16:27:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KHIV EG
08CAIRO741	COUNTRY TEAM ASSESSMENT FOR THE TRANSFER OF 2000 [...] (C) Description: The Government of Egypt has requested procurement of 2,000 TOW-2A missiles. 2. (C) Reason the purchaser desires the articles or services: a. Egypt has an immediate need to replenish its TOW missile inventory. The shelf-life of all of Egypt's 17,346 Basic TOW, ITOW, a [...]	2008-04-13 05:09:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS MARR EG
08CAIRO742	COUNTRY TEAM ASSESSMENT FOR THE TRANSFER OF 120MM [...] (C) Description: The Government of Egypt has requested procurement of 15,500 120mm HE-T main-gun rounds, 200 dummy rounds, and 100 cutaway rounds. The dummy and cutaway rounds are for training purposes only. 2. (C) Reason the purchaser desires the articles or services: The Egyptian Army [...]	2008-04-13 05:09:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS MARR EG
08CAIRO749	OMAR SOLIMAN DISCUSSES IRAQ APRIL 12 [...] (S/NF) Ambassador raised Iraq, and urged that Egypt do more to support the GOI, in an April 12 meeting with EGIS Chief Omar Soliman. The recent Iraqi military operation was clear evidence that PM Maliki was operating on a national rather than sectarian basis in confronting rebel groups. This [...]	2008-04-13 10:13:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PREL PGOV IZ EG
08CAIRO758	RELATIVE CALM ON THE GAZA BORDER FOLLOWING GOE [...] (S) Summary: LAWIO Deputy Chief BG Osama Abd El-Azziz and MFA Palestinian Affairs Director Badr Abdelatty both told us April 13 that the Gaza border is calmer than it had been following Hamas' April 8 threat to breach the border. BG Osama said that the GOE has reinforced its Border Guard For [...]	2008-04-14 13:40:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PARM PREL KPAL IS EG
08CAIRO759	AMBASSADOR BLOOMFIELD, A/MINISTER BASSIM DISCUSS [...] (S) Summary: Ambassador Lincoln P. Bloomfield, Jr., U.S. Special Envoy for Man-Portable Air Defense Systems (MANPADS) Threat Reduction met April 2 with MFA Assistant Minister for Cabinet Affairs Ambassador Wafaa Bassim, Cabinet Director for Disarmament Omar Amr Youssef and Disarmament Director [...]	2008-04-14 14:27:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	MARR PREL PARM EG

08CAIRO760	BLUE LANTERN LICENSE 05-050073373 [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-14 15:33:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC EG
08CAIRO762	NOTE VERBALE ASKING U.S. TO DISSUADE ISRAEL FROM [...] (C) MFA Spokesman and Senior Advisor Hossam Zaki gave DCM para 2 English language note verbale April 14. Zaki said the note is from Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit for the Secretary. We are e-mailing a scanned copy to NEA/ELA, the NEA/FO and the Operations Center. 2. (C) Begin note verbal text [...]	2008-04-15 05:13:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL IS EG
08CAIRO77	EGYPT UNDECIDED ABOUT SUPPORTING KOSOVAR [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-17 11:27:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNMIK EG YI
08CAIRO776	GOE HAS NO OBJECTION TO FRENCH PROPOSAL FOR [...] (C) MFA Lebanon Director Nazih El-Negary told us April 15 that FM Aboul Gheit has no objection to a French proposal to organize an April 22 meeting on Lebanon on the margins of the Iraq neighbors conference in Kuwait. The French are planning to invite the U.S., Egypt, the Arab League, Saudi Ar [...]	2008-04-15 16:09:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV LE FR EG
08CAIRO777	GAZA BORDER: MFA DOWNPLAYS REPORTED HAMAS ATTACK [...] (U) Pro-government Al-Ahram reported April 15 that Hamas has completed preparations for a potential three-pronged attack against Egyptian security forces on the Gaza border. According to Al-Ahram, the attack would take the form of small arms and mortar fire against Egyptian forces, exploding t [...]	2008-04-15 16:10:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL IS EG
08CAIRO779	INFLATION REACHES 14.4% IN MARCH [...] (U) Egypt's inflation rate continued to climb in March, reaching 14.4% year-on-year (yoy) in March, a three-year high, up from 12.1% in February (ref A). Food inflation led the way, rising 20.5% yoy in March, up from 16.8% in February. Bread and grain prices increased 48.1% yoy and food oil [...]	2008-04-15 16:45:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID EFIN EINV EG
08CAIRO783	MAHALLA RIOTS: ISOLATED INCIDENT OR TIP OF AN [...] (C) Summary: Egyptians are uneasy about the April 6 and 7 anti-government riots in Mahalla, which featured thousands of unemployed youth battling riot police in the streets of the Nile Delta mill-town (refs B-D). The violent demonstrations followed on an opposition-organized general strike on A [...]	2008-04-16 10:41:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM EG
08CAIRO784	BIRD FLU KILLS SECOND EGYPTIAN THIS MONTH [...] (SBU/NF) Summary: On April 11, the Ministry of Health and Population (MOHP) confirmed its sixth Human avian influenza (AI) case this year, the 49th overall, and the second in less than a week: a 30-year old woman from Al-Matarya in the Cairo Governorate. The woman's death, which made her the 2 [...]	2008-04-16 12:00:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KSCA KFLU ECON EAGR PGOV EG
08CAIRO785	MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD MILITARY TRIBUNAL ISSUES [...] (SBU) Summary: In the latest installment of the GOE's ongoing crackdown against the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood (MB),the military tribunal against forty MB members issued verdicts on April 15, nearly one year after the trial started in April 2007. Fifteen defendants were acquitted, but the ot [...]	2008-04-16 14:08:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM PGOV KISL EG
08CAIRO786	EGYPT BALANCING EMPLOYMENT, ILLEGAL MIGRATION WITH WORKERS [...] (U) This is a joint US Embassy Cairo-US Embassy Tripoli message. 2. (SBU) Summary: Egyptians have long sought economic betterment by working - usually illegally - in Libya. Although constantly changing Libyan labor restrictions resulted in the return of some Egyptian workers to Egypt in [...]	2008-04-16 14:16:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL PHUM ECON EG LY
08CAIRO792	INTERIOR MINISTER ON MAHALLA RIOTS, DETENTIONS OF [...] (C) Summary: In an April 15 farewell call with Interior Minister Habib El Adly, the Ambassador raised USG concern about the recent detentions of opposition activists, as well as the tough sentences handed down that day against 25 senior members of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) by a military trib [...]	2008-04-17 10:32:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM PGOV KISL EG
08CAIRO796	COUNTRY TEAM ASSESSMENT OF THE TRANSFER OF (112) [...] (C) Description: In Ref A and B, the GOE requests 112 AN/PVS-7B NVG and 30 Spare Image Intensifier Tubes to support Border Guard Force operations. The spare Image Intensifier Tubes will allow the Ministry of Defense to maintain NVGs in their inventory. 2. (C) Reason the purchaser desires [...]	2008-04-17 15:09:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PASS MARR EG
08CAIRO8	ARAB LEAGUE LEBANON MTG: EGYPT SEEKS TO RAISE [...] (C) The Arab League confirmed to us January 2 that Syria will attend the January 6 extraordinary ministerial session to be held in Cairo on Lebanon. Hisham Yousef, Chief of Staff to Arab League Secretary General Amre Moussa, had been scheduled to travel to Beirut December 31, but told us he ha [...]	2008-01-02 17:54:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PREL PGOV LE SY EG
08CAIRO824	COUNTRY TEAM ASSESSMENT OF THE TRANSFER OF (112) [...] (C) Description: In Ref A and B, the GOE requests 112 AN/PVS-7B NVG and 30 Spare Image Intensifier Tubes to support Border Guard Force operations. The spare Image Intensifier Tubes will allow the Ministry of Defense to maintain NVGs in their inventory. 2. (C) Reason the purchaser desires [...]	2008-04-22 10:01:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PREL PASS MARR EG
08CAIRO833	LOCAL COUNCIL ELECTIONS: UNOFFICIAL RESULTS [...] (SBU) To date, no official nationwide results have been announced in Egypt's April 8 local council elections. Reportedly, results are being released governorate by governorate, and will be finalized nationally next week. With only 962 opposition candidates on the ballot country-wide, out of th [...]	2008-04-22 16:15:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM KISL EG
08CAIRO839	EMBASSY CAIRO SENIOR COORDINATOR FOR IRAQI [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-23 13:26:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL PHUM AMGT EG IZ
08CAIRO84	SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY OF ENERGY BODMAN VISIT [...] (C) Egypt is addressing the mushrooming energy demands of its growing economy and population, but tackling the problem will require aggressive action on energy subsidies, increased conservation, and maximization of finite hydrocarbon reserves. In addition to its plans for civilian nuclear pow [...]	2008-01-17 15:06:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECPO KNNP PREL EG
08CAIRO842	EGYPTIAN NPT PREPCOM POSITIONS [...] (C) Summary. MFA Disarmament Director Aly Sirry told us April 22 that Egypt wants the April 28-May 9 Geneva Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) PrepCom proceedings to make progress toward recognizing concerns regarding Israel's nuclear program. Sirry said that Egypt would view such progress as a s [...]	2008-04-23 15:25:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM PREL IR IS EG
08CAIRO843	EGYPT'S MFA ON APRIL 6 DETAINEES, BAHA'IS, CT LAW [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-23 15:46:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF PGOV PTER KISL EG
08CAIRO844	GRIM BIRD FLU MILESTONE: EGYPT'S 50TH CASE [...] (SBU) On April 16, the Egyptian Ministry of Health and Population (MOHP) confirmed its seventh human avian influenza (AI) case this year: a 2-year-old boy from the Sharqia Governorate north of Cairo. This marks Egypt's 50th confirmed AI case overall, and the third in the month of April. The [...]	2008-04-23 15:56:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU TBIO ECON PGOV EG
08CAIRO85	DEFMIN TANTAWI WARNS THAT CONDITIONING FMF WILL [...] (C) On December 31, 2007, Minister of Defense Field Marshal Mohamed Tantawi told the Ambassador and visiting CODEL Voinovich that conditioning U.S. military assistance to Egypt would harm bilateral relations, and would not be understood by members of military or the average Egyptian. Egypt has [...]	2008-01-17 15:24:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS PTER KPAL IR IZ IS EG
08CAIRO856	EGYPT AND ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN SECURITY ARRANGEMENTS [...] (S) Summary: Per reftel inquiry, Egypt's overriding security equity in a Palestinian state is a secure and stable border with Gaza. Egypt is interested in opening the Gaza border to humanitarian shipments and trade through a mechanism similar to the 2005 Agreement on Movement and Access in o [...]	2008-04-24 13:59:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PREL KWBG KPAL IS EG
08CAIRO858	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. PROPOSED PAPERS FOR THE [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-24 15:26:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT IAEA EG
08CAIRO859	SOMALIA: EGYPT CAUTIOUS ON ANTI-PIRACY EFFORTS, [...] (U) Per reftel demarche, we notified Arab League African Affairs Department Director Samir Hosni on April 22 that the UN Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) plans to chair the International Contact Group (ICG) on Somalia after the next ICG meeting in Oslo, with the discretio [...]	2008-04-24 15:27:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID PGOV EG SO
08CAIRO860	DARFUR: EGYPT URGES RE-ENGAGEMENT, INCLUSIVITY ON [...] (SBU) The GOE seeks to re-invigorate the idea that UN and AU Darfur envoys Jan Elaisson and Selim Ahmed Selim engage in "shuttle diplomacy" between the rebel groups and GOS to bring them to a comprehensive political solution, MFA Cabinet Advisor for African Affairs Ahmed Abu Zeid told us on Apr [...]	2008-04-24 15:30:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM EG SU
08CAIRO862	FACEBOOK ACTIVIST RELEASED [...] (SBU) Israa Abdel Fattah, a young Ghad party member detained since April 6 for allegedly inciting a general strike on the same day, was released the evening of April 23. Abdel Fattah was reportedly ordered released on April 14 by the Public Prosecutor, but was kept in "protective custody" by [...]	2008-04-24 15:39:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM EG
08CAIRO863	ARAB LEAGUE, EGYPTIAN IAEA GENERAL CONFERENCE [...] (C) Arab League (AL) Disarmament Department Director Wael Al-Assad told us April 21 that AL SYG Moussa's April 17 meeting with Ambassador Schulte in Vienna (reftel) was "very good, open and frank." He said that after an AL draft resolution for the fall IAEA GC is circulated shortly, the Arab [...]	2008-04-24 15:56:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL KNNP IAEA IS EG
08CAIRO866	BLUE LANTERN DDTC CASE NUMBER 05-050091422 [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-27 04:01:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC KS EG
08CAIRO87	EGYPT: PARLIAMENT APPROVES HARMONIZATION OF [...] Egypt's upper parliamentary chamber, the Shura Council, has ratified the government's decision to join the "International Convention on the Simplification and Harmonization of Customs Procedures" (Kyoto Convention) to reduce barriers to Egypt's international trade. Under the convention, Egyp [...]	2008-01-21 09:00:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EG
08CAIRO886	EGYPT "DISAPPOINTED" WITH INTERIM TIP REPORT [...] (SBU) On April 23, Amira Fahmy of the MFA Human Rights office told us that the GOE was "disappointed" that the interim Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report on Egypt states that Egypt has only made "minimal progress" on combating TIP during the reporting period. Fahmy said that the National Coord [...]	2008-04-29 06:26:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM EG
08CAIRO9	CODEL VOINOVICH MEETING WITH EGIS CHIEF SOLIMAN [...] (S) Summary. EGIS Chief Omar Soliman told Ambassador and a visiting Codel led by Senator George Voinovich December 31 that he is optimistic progress will be made on Israeli-Palestinian negotiations. However, Soliman was concerned with continuing Israeli criticism of Egyptian anti-smuggling e [...]	2008-01-02 18:07:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PREL PGOV IS IZ SY EG
08CAIRO90	CENTRAL AUDITING AGENCY CRITICIZES GOE BUDGET MANAGEMENT [...] (U) Parliament witnessed heated debates on January 10 over the Central Auditing Agency's (CAA) report on the FY 2005-06 and 2006-07 budgets. Gawdat El Malt, head of the CAA, lauded the Nazif government's success in spurring economic growth and attracting investment, but noted the oft-repeated [...]	2008-01-21 13:30:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EG
08CAIRO902	USAID DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE PROGRAMS: THE WAY FORWARD [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-30 14:24:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PGOV PREL EG
08CAIRO91	EGYPT: IOM CANDIDACY DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] We delivered reftel demarche to Hany Dimitri of the MFA International Organizations office on January 21, emphasizing Ambassador Swing's qualifications for the IOM Director General position and explaining the U.S. position against the incumbent. Dimitri said that the GOE would study the IOM c [...]	2008-01-21 13:59:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL SMIG EG
08CAIRO913	EGYPTIAN COURT DISMISSES LAWSUITS AGAINST [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-04 14:47:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM EG
08CAIRO920	NAZIF DISCUSSES D&G FUNDING, REFORM IN EGYPT [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador made an introductor call on Prime Minister Nazif on April 29, accompanied by econ counselor (notetaker). The two discussed the need to continue an economic dialogue, as well as continued US support for democracy in Egypt, Egyptian political reform, US funding for ci [...]	2008-05-05 09:29:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ETRD KIPR KDEM EG
08CAIRO921	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PSI OUTREACH WORKSHOP [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-05 09:56:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL MNUC KNNP EG
08CAIRO930	MAY 4 STRIKE FIZZLES [...] (SBU) Summary: The general strike called for May 4 to protest rocketing inflation and low wages was largely a non-event. Activists from Kefaya ("The Egyptian Movement for Change") and virtual oppositionists using the social networking site Facebook called for the strike (scheduled purposefully [...]	2008-05-05 14:15:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PGOV PREL KDEM ECON EG
08CAIRO931	MINISTER FOR INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION RENEWS [...] (U) This is an action message. See paragraph 16 for action requested. 2. (C) SUMMARY; The Ambassador paid an introductory call on Minister for International Cooperation Fayza Abulnaga on May 4, accompanied by USAID Mission Director and Econ Counselor (notetaker). During the meeting t [...]	2008-05-05 14:52:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON PREL PGOV ENRG KDEM EG
08CAIRO932	RESPONSE: IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/COMMODITY PRICES - EGYPT [...] (SBU) Rising global food prices are hitting Egypt's poor hard and are the major contributor to stubbornly high inflation (14.4% y-o-y in March). Past episodes of rising food prices (e.g., 2003-05) pushed Egypt's poverty rate up, and some fear this is happening again now. Almost every interna [...]	2008-05-05 15:16:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EAID EFIN EINV ELAB PGOV EG
08CAIRO938	PM NAZIF, CODEL TIERNEY DISCUSS [...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif met March 24 with Representatives John Tierney (D-MA),James Moran (D-VA),Maurice Hinchey (D-NY),Betty McCollum (D-MN),Keith Ellison (D-MN),Barbara Cubin (R-WY) and then-Ambassador Ricciardone. PM Nazif praised President Bush's efforts to achieve [...]	2008-05-06 12:12:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON IS EG
08CAIRO941	OUTREACH TO EGYPTIAN DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) Embassy Cairo continues to actively support and promote the President's Freedom Agenda. We are in close contact with the wide range of Egypt's political oppositionists, democracy and human rights activists, and journalists from independent and opposition newspapers, as well as bloggers wh [...]	2008-05-07 08:22:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM EG
08CAIRO959	GOE RAISES FUEL PRICES TO OFFSET SALARY INCREASE [...] (SBU) Parliament passed a series of revenue generating measures to offset the cost to the budget of the 30% wage increase announced by President Mubarak on April 30 (reftel). The measures include fuel and cigarette price increases, higher automobile registration fees, and imposition of some n [...]	2008-05-11 09:06:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EPET PGOV EG
08CAIRO964	NEW AIR MARSHAL: GENERAL REDDA HAFEZ [...] (S/NF) Summary: On April 1, the Egyptian press announced the appointment of fifty-six year old General Redda Hafez as the country's new air marshal. Intelligent and fiercely loyal to the regime, General Redda has enjoyed a meteoric rise through the air force hierarchy within the past year to [...]	2008-05-11 14:08:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET//NOFORN	PARM PREL PINR MARR MASS EG
08CAIRO965	ADDRESSING AFRICAN MIGRANTS/REFUGEES AND KILLINGS [...] (C) Summary: GOE interlocutors provide a varied and contradictory explanation of when force can be used against migrants seeking to cross illegally from Egypt into Israel, but all say that GOE security personnel use deadly force due to the difficulty of distinguishing between migrants and ter [...]	2008-05-11 14:55:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF PREL EG ER IS SU
08CAIRO968	MINISTER OF INTERIOR ON COUNTER-TERROR LAW, [...] (C) Summary: In a May 7 introductory meeting with the Ambassador, Interior Minister Habib Al Adly offered no indication as to whether the Egyptian government will enact new counter-terror legislation by May 31, or instead simply re-extend the existing Emergency Law, in force since 1981. Adly i [...]	2008-05-12 12:39:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PTER PGOV PREF EG
08CAIRO970	MFA ON TEMPORARY RAFAH OPENING, SOLIMAN VISIT TO [...] (C) MFA Palestinian Affairs Director Badr Abdelatty confirmed May 12 that, in consultation with Israel, the GOE opened the Rafah border crossing temporarily between May 10-12 to allow several hundred injured and sick Palestinians into Egypt for medical treatment, and to permit Palestinian stud [...]	2008-05-12 14:00:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL KPAL IS EG
08CAIRO971	STATE OF PLAY REGARDING EGYPT'S PLANNED [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-12 15:08:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV PINS PTER EG
08CAIRO975	SHEIKH OF AL AZHAR DISCUSSES COUNTERING EXTREMISM [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-13 10:53:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER KISL KPAO KIRF EG
08CAIRO976	PARLIAMENTARY SPEAKER ON AYMAN NOUR, [...] (C) Summary: In a May 8 introductory call with the Ambassador, Speaker of the People's Assembly Fathi Surour complained about imprisoned former Al Ghad party leader Ayman Nour's "continuous criticism" of the Egyptian government, alleging that it did not allow for the "correct atmosphere" to be [...]	2008-05-13 13:34:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EG
08CAIRO977	EGYPT ALLEGEDLY DEPORTS JEM IN RESPONSE TO [...] (C) Egypt has deported several Darfur rebels from the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) and the Sudanese Liberation Army Abdulwahid Nour faction (SLA/Nour) after the unsuccessful JEM raid on Khartoum (reftel),according to contacts in Darfur rebel groups in Cairo. Osama Mohamed El Hassan, S [...]	2008-05-13 15:12:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EG SU
08CAIRO982	CHANGE IN EMBASSY CAIRO SENIOR COORDINATOR FOR [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-14 12:35:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL PHUM AMGT EG IZ
08CAIRO983	MFA OFFICIALS ON AL LEBANON DELEGATION, AL [...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings May 13, MFA Senior Advisor and Spokesman Hossam Zaki and MFA Cabinet Director for Lebanon Nazih El-Negary briefed us on current plans for the Qatari-led Arab League (AL) Delegation to Beirut, and the dynamics at the May 11 AL Ministerial. Zaki said that the A [...]	2008-05-14 12:39:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL PTER LEB EG
08CAIRO986	MFA SENIOR ADVISOR ON SOLIMAN TALKS IN ISRAEL [...] (S/NF) MFA Senior Advisor and Spokesman Hossam Zaki told us May 13 that EGIS Chief Omar Soliman's May 12 talks in Israel were "not very good." He said that Prime Minister Olmert and Israeli Defense Minister Barak told Soliman that Israel is willing to agree to a partial tahdiya ("calming") wh [...]	2008-05-14 13:10:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL KPAL PTER IS EG
08CAIRO99	FOLLOW-UP MEDIA COVERAGE OF PRESIDENT BUSH'S VISIT [...] (SBU) Following a week of negative media coverage, from government, opposition and independent newspapers alike, in the lead up to President Bush's January 16 visit to Egypt, all Egyptian TV channels - government and satellite - carried the joint POTUS-Mubarak press conference live and provide [...]	2008-01-22 14:22:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPAO EG
08CAIRO995	S/I SATTERFIELD BRIEFS GOE ON IRAQ DEVELOPMENTS [...] (S) Summary: S/I Ambassador David Satterfield, the Ambassador, and a team of Embassy Baghdad, MNF-I and Washington experts briefed FM Aboul Gheit and EGIS Chief Soliman May 11 on developments in Iraq, with a focus on Iraqi PM Maliki's efforts to consolidate state authority and work to reconci [...]	2008-05-15 12:31:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PREL PTER MASS IR IZ EG
08CAIRO996	CENTRAL BANK OF EGYPT WARNS FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS [...] (C) Per reftel, Post delivered non-paper to relevant Egyptian authorities regarding UN Security Council Resolution 1803 regarding Iran, the FATF advisory on Iran, and we urged Egyptian authorities to warn their financial institutions to step up vigilance on all activities with any bank domicile [...]	2008-05-15 12:54:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EG ETRD IR PGOV EINV
08CAIRO997	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: INTEROPERABILITY CONCERNS IN [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-15 13:00:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PARM PREL NATO UN EG
08CAIRO999	ARAB LEAGUE OFFICIAL ON NPT PREPCOM, PLANS FOR [...] (C) Summary: On May 15, Arab League Disarmament Department Director Wael Al-Assad told us that the NPT Geneva PrepCom that ended May 9 did not make any progress on steps toward implementing the 1995 NPT Review Conference Middle East Resolution. He said that the Arab League would like to see p [...]	2008-05-15 15:04:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL KNPP IS EG
08DAMASCUS250	SENIOR COORDINATOR FOR IRAQI REFUGEES AND IDPS IN [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-14 11:56:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT EG IZ LE PHUM PREF PREL SY JO
08DHAKA963	BANGLADESH PARTICIPATION AT EGYPT AI CONFERENCE [...] Econoff September 5 delivered reftel demarche to Masudur Rahman, Director of the Americas Wing at Bangladesh's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). Rahman said the MFA would respond through the Egyptian Embassy in Dhaka. NOTE: USAID reports the relevent ministries, including the Ministry of He [...]	2008-09-11 08:18:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU AORC TBIO EAGR EAID PREL BG EG
08DOHA235	CDA CRITICIZES ARAB MEDIA CHARTER, STRIKES BACK AT [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-20 13:16:00	Embassy Doha	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PREL EG QA ALJAZEERA
08DOHA237	CDA CRITICIZES ARAB MEDIA CHARTER, STRIKES BACK AT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As a panelist at a public event sponsored by the Brookings-Doha Center on March 17, Charge expressed the USG's position that an Arab League charter proposing to limit satellite channels not be used to restrict media freedom (reftel). Charge said that media should be regulated n [...]	2008-03-24 11:16:00	Embassy Doha	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO PREL EG QA ALJAZEERA
08DOHA802	MINISTER OF STATE: PROTECTING BIN LADEN'S SON A [...] (C) In a meeting with Ambassador on November 10, Minister of State for International Cooperation and Conferences Khalid Al Attiyah discussed the reported arrival of Omar Bin Laden and his wife in Doha the evening of November 10. Al Attiyah could not confirm the arrival, since he was not invol [...]	2008-11-10 14:44:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	EG PGOV PHUM PTER QA SP UK
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
08DOHA827	NUCLEAR POWER: MODELS AND ANTI-MODELS ABOUND AT [...] (U) On November 10-11, Ambassador Wolcott participated in the MENA Nuclear Energy Forum in Doha, Qatar, during which she delivered a special address. Additional speakers included representatives of regional governments (the UAE, Egypt, Qatar, Oman, and Yemen); multilateral organizations (Gulf [...]	2008-11-25 07:27:00	Embassy Doha	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG KNNP PARM PREL QA EG MU KU AE FR BE CA
08GENEVA504	EGYPT'S AMBASSADOR SHOUKRY AND HIS AGGRESSIVE \ [...] (C) SUMMARY: Led by Ambassador Sameh Shoukry, Egypt's \ delegation in Geneva has stood out for its activist and at \ times aggressive approach to Geneva multilateral diplomacy, \ in pursuit of goals the U.S. does not support. This has been \ most noticeable in the Human Rights Council, where Egyp [...]	2008-07-02 17:12:00	US Mission Geneva	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PINR UNHRC EG
08GENEVA628	UNHCR AND IOM ON EGYPTIAN DEPORTATIONS OF ERITREANS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Per reftel request, RMA Officials discussed Egyptian deportations of Eritreans with UNHCR and IOM. UNHCR,s Middle East and North Africa Bureau (MENA) Director, Radhouane Nouicer, acknowledged that UNHCR is having difficulties obtaining access to detained Eritreans, noting that t [...]	2008-07-30 09:04:00	US Mission Geneva	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREF PGOV EG
08ISTANBUL129	IRAQ DISCLOSES PLAN TO EXPORT GAS TO SYRIA IN [...] (SBU) Iraqi Energy officials stated at a meeting with Turkish and U.S. officials in Istanbul that Iraq will export natural gas to Syria within two years. Subsequent expansion of this gas field in western Iraq would aim at exports to Europe via Turkey and the Nabucco pipeline, though realizing [...]	2008-03-13 12:25:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG IZ TU EG
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
08JERUSALEM1934	PLO WELCOMES EGYPTIAN PAPER ON FACTIONAL [...] (C) Summary. The PLO Executive Committee (ExComm) released a statement October 22 welcoming Egyptian leadership in efforts to forge a "national consensus government and common political program." The statement implicitly conditions PLO acceptance of an Egyptian proposal on formation of a PA [...]	2008-10-22 16:35:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG IS PGOV PTER EG
08JERUSALEM1978	ABBAS TO ATTEND RECONCILIATION MEETING IN CAIRO; [...] (C) Summary. Senior Fatah and President's Office contacts told ConGenOffs that President Abbas will participate in the opening session of the November 9-10 reconciliation meeting in Cairo, joined by Arab Foreign Ministers and the Arab League Secretary-General. Hamas Politburo chief Khalid M [...]	2008-10-30 15:24:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PREL PTER IS EG JO SY YM SA QA
08JERUSALEM503	EGYPT-GAZA POWER IMPROVEMENTS POSSIBLE, BUT MAJOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Palestinian Energy Authority (PEA) Chairman Omar Kattaneh confirmed press reports that tenders would be offered for construction of high-voltage lines to increase the ability of Egypt to provide the Gaza Strip with power. The project aims to boost Gaza's supply of electricity [...]	2008-03-24 15:46:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG KWBG PHUM EG IS
08KUWAIT260	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: POLLING POTENTIAL DONORS ON [...] (C) On February 28, econoff delivered Ref A demarche to MFA Americas Department First Secretary Hamad Al-Mashan and reiterated previous calls by emboffs for the GOK to recognize Kosovo as soon as possible. Al-Mashan said that any discussion or consideration of assistance would be premature un [...]	2008-03-06 15:00:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	AS BA CA EG EAID EFIN PREL EINV
08MADRID946	SPAIN'S STATEMENT ON MAURITANIA COUP [...] (U) The Spanish MFA issued a communique condemning the coup in Mauritania and calling for the immediate liberation of the President and Prime Minister, along with re-establishing democratic practices, on August 6. 2. (C) August 26, Poloff contacted MFA Deputy Director General for North Af [...]	2008-09-02 06:02:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM AG EG IS LY MO QA SA MR SP
08MANAMA72	BAHRAIN PROPOSES GCC PLUS 2 DATES [...] (C) Bahrain offers to host a GCC-Egyptian-Jordanian-U.S. foreign ministers' meeting on March 8, 17 or 18. Ambassador Saeed al-Faihani of the Foreign Minister's office contacted DCM February 6 to relay these dates, on instructions, he said, from Foreign Minister Sheikh Khalid Al-Khalifa, who is pres [...]	2008-02-06 14:33:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	BA EG JO PREL
08MOSCOW3113	RUSSIAN MFA ON PALESTINE AND ISRAEL [...] (C) MFA Counselor for Israel and Palestine Viktor Simakov told us on October 21 that a recent briefing on Israel-Palestinian negotiations by visiting Palestinian Authority officials confirmed doubts within the MFA about the possibility of the two sides reaching a settlement by the end of the y [...]	2008-10-22 13:19:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EG IS RS
08MOSCOW3685	RUSSIA DOES NOT HAVE A POSITION ON THE UNESCO [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-19 11:27:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNESCO EG RS
08NEWDELHI2964	25 YRS LATER: MUBARAK VISITS INDIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a four day visit to India marked more by pomp and ceremony than solid results, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak signed a number of technical agreements and promised to establish a Foreign Minister-level strategic dialogue. He also formally received the Jawaharlal Nehru Awa [...]	2008-11-21 03:50:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON UNSC MARR EG IN
08PARIS1998	MEDITERRANEAN UNION DOMINATES MUBARAK VISIT [...] (C) Summary: Unresolved issues with the Mediterranean Union -- participation of the Arab League, location of the Union's secretariat, ensuring continuing EU engagement during the Czech EU presidency (or an extension of the French co-presidency),and agreement on a declaration for the November [...]	2008-10-30 18:23:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV FR EG
08PARIS2005	FLIRTING WITH DISASTER: FRANCE PREPARES FOR THE [...] (C) As Paris moves into the weekend before the Union for the Mediterranean (UPM) ministerial in Marseille 3-4 November, great uncertainty about its outcome and prospects for making good on the grand vision for the UPM sketched out in Paris last July prevail. A senior-level contact at the Fr [...]	2008-10-31 18:12:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN XT XF FR EZ EG IS SW AL
08PARIS2023	MEDITERRANEAN UNION MINISTERIAL ENDS UP A SUCCESS [...] (SBU) The Marseille ministerial on the Union for the Mediterranean concluded November 4 amid wrangling over organizational details to include in the final declaration continuing well past the allotted time for the working plenary session. French FM Kouchner and Egyptian FM Abu al-Ghayt, how [...]	2008-11-05 14:32:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID ECON EUN FR EG CZ IS AG TU
08PARIS245	P3 MEETING ON NONPROLIFERATION AND DISARMAMENT [...] (S) Summary. On February 7, Acting U/S John Rood and his delegation met his French and British P3 counterparts, Philippe Carre and Mariot Leslie respectively, to discuss a broad range of nonproliferation, arms control and disarmament issues. Unusually, the French were closer to the U.S. than were t [...]	2008-02-12 10:58:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PREL NATO PARM MARR KACT FR UK CH EG IN RU
08PARISFR1185	UNESCO DIRECTOR GENERAL RACE [...] (C) Summary: The race to succeed UNESCO Director-General Matsuura (Japan) is on in earnest, even though UNESCO's General Conference will not make the final selection until October 2009. Egypt's Culture Minister Farouk Husni was the first to enter the race, but he has hurt his chances with a s [...]	2008-06-24 09:54:00	Mission UNESCO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR UNESCO EG MO BU BR LH CO
08PARISFR2119	UNESCO DIRECTOR GENERAL RACE: OBTAINING FRENCH SUPPORT [...] (C) Summary: The Government of France (GOF) does not want the Egypt's Culture Minister Farouk Hosni to become UNESCO's next Director General and are looking for a way to escape from President Sarkozy's informal statements of support made to President Mubarak in the autumn of 2007. Reiteration [...]	2008-11-18 18:20:00	Mission UNESCO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNESCO FR EG
08PARISFR2144	LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN THE UNESCO DIRECTOR-GENERAL RACE [...] (C) Summary: The Egyptian Ambassador to UNESCO has asked for meetings with the Japanese and French Ambassadors to UNESCO to find out if the Government of Japan (GOJ) and the Government of France (GOF) are supporting the Egyptian candidate for the next Director General of UNESCO. The results o [...]	2008-11-21 16:00:00	Mission UNESCO	CONFIDENTIAL	UNESCO PREL FR JA EG IS NO
08PARISFR2153	UNESCO DIRECTOR GENERAL RACE - COMMENTS BY JAPANESE [...] (C) Summary: During a recent meeting with UNESCO'S Japanese Ambassador, UNESCO's Egyptian Ambassador learned that the Government of Japan will insist on supporting the strongest candidate for the UNESCO position of Director General, regardless of where that individual comes from. End Summary. [...]	2008-11-25 12:23:00	Mission UNESCO	CONFIDENTIAL	UNESCO PREL EG JA
08PARISFR2227	UNESCO DIRECTOR GENERAL CAMPAIGN: JORDANIAN AND INDIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a meeting with Ambassador Oliver, the Jordanian Ambassador to UNESCO said that Egypt will move ahead with its candidate for the next Director General (DG) of UNESCO unless it decides that its candidate, Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni, would have serious difficulty gettin [...]	2008-12-09 16:39:00	Mission UNESCO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNESCO JO FR EG IN CU VE BR RS AR
08PRAGUE162	EU GAERC: CZECH COMMENTS IN ADVANCE OF THE MARCH [...] (SBU) Summary: Emboff met with Anna Sykova, Deputy Director of the Czech MFA Department of Common Foreign and Security Policy prior to the March 10-11 EU General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC). Of note were her comments on Kosovo, Afghanistan, Syria and Zimbabwe. While Sykova [...]	2008-03-07 14:44:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EUN EZ EG PGOV PREL AF SY ZI SR
08PRAGUE206	CZECH COMMENTS IN ADVANCE OF THE MARCH 28-29 [...] (SBU) Summary: Emboff met with Slavomir Goga and Magdalena Janesova, Desk Officers in the MFA's Department of Common Foreign and Security Policy, to discuss Czech views prior to the March 28-29 Gymnich. They were supportive of the USG positions in reftel. Both officials confirmed that Foreign [...]	2008-03-28 11:55:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EUN EZ EG PGOV PREL
08PRAGUE257	CZECH COMMENTS IN ADVANCE OF THE APRIL EU GAERC [...] (SBU) Summary: Emboff met with Katerina Sequensova, Deputy Director of the Czech MFA Department of Common Foreign and Security Policy prior to the April 29 EU General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC). Of note were her comments on the Balkans, Zimbabwe and Burma. Although Iran h [...]	2008-04-25 15:52:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EUN EZ EG PGOV PREL
08PRAGUE384	CZECH THINKING ON UPCOMING EU PRESIDENCY - PART II [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 12-13 State EUR/ERA Office Director Bill Lucas met with a variety of Czech officials preparing for the January 2009 Czech EU Presidency. Czech officials covered the waterfront - from their very broad vision of what they hope to accomplish by next June, to the specifics o [...]	2008-06-20 17:45:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EUN EZ EG PGOV PREL
08PRAGUE45	CZECH COMMENTS IN ADVANCE OF THE JANUARY EU GAERC [...] (SBU) Summary: Emboff met with Veronika Musilova, who serves in the Czech MFA Department of Common Foreign and Security Policy, to discuss the January 28-29 EU General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) issues. Of note were her comments on the EU's approach to Serbia/Kosovo, the E [...]	2008-01-25 15:32:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EUN EZ EG PGOV PREL
08PRAGUE654	CZECH COMMENTS IN ADVANCE OF THE OCTOBER EU GAERC [...] (SBU) Summary: Emboff met with Magdalena Janesova of the Czech MFA Department of Common Foreign and Security Policy prior to the October 13 EU General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC). While the Czechs positively view recent developments in Georgia, Uzbekistan, Belarus and Zimba [...]	2008-10-10 20:06:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN EZ EG PGOV PREL PHUM ZI BO GG
08PRAGUE755	CZECH COMMENTS IN ADVANCE OF THE DECEMBER EU GAERC [...] (SBU) Summary: Emboff spoke with Magdalena Janesova of the Czech MFA Department of Common Foreign and Security Policy prior to the December 8-9 EU General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC). Of note were her comments on: the Middle East, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Pakista [...]	2008-12-08 09:22:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EUN EZ EG PGOV PREL ZL IS
08PRAGUE809	CZECH COMMENTS ON GAS DISPUTES BETWEEN RUSSIA AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Emboffs spoke with Czech Ambassador at large for Energy Security Vaclav Bartuska as well as additional MFA officials regarding potential gas supply disruptions between Russia and Ukraine. While the Czechs have considered and discussed a number of possible scenarios with their EU [...]	2008-12-30 16:58:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN EZ EG PGOV PREL ENRG EPET UP
08RABAT1091	MOROCCO: MFA CONCERNED ABOUT U.S. TRANSITION [...] (C//NF) An Egyptian Embassy colleague told Poloff on November 21 that the Egyptian Ambassador in Rabat was convoked on November 13 by Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) then-Secretary General Omar Hillale. Hillale asked Cairo to issue a declaration publicly supporting the Government of Moroc [...]	2008-11-21 19:22:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PBTS EG WI MO
08RABAT985	REQUEST FOR M113 ARMORED VEHICLES TO YEMEN [...] (S) PolOff discussed reftel points with MFA Chief of International Security Karim Halim on October 14. Halim had questions related to the terms of the transfer and said that such a decision had to be made in coordination with the Moroccan military. Halim stated that Morocco does not have a [...]	2008-10-14 14:47:00	Embassy Rabat	SECRET	PREL MASS MARR YE EG MO
08RIYADH1150	SAUDI POLICY ON PREVENTING FOREIGN FIGHTERS FROM [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. The SAG has long been active in stemming the flow of Saudis attempting to enter Iraq as foreign fighters, and has been highly cooperative in broadly addressing this issue with the USG. END SUMMARY. 2. (S/NF) The SAG shares the overall USG policy objective of establishing a s [...]	2008-07-26 14:39:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	AG EG IZ JO LY MCAP MO MOPS PGOV PINR PREL
08RIYADH1245	TOPICS FOR ABDULLAH/MUBARAK MEETING: EGYPTIAN DCM [...] (S) SUMMARY: On August 13, at Egyptian request, Pol Counselor met with Riyadh Egyptian DCM Hussam Essa. Essa expressed grave concerns over continued Iranian nuclear ambitions, noting that this topic would be an agenda item in the upcoming meeting between Saudi King Abdullah and President Mub [...]	2008-08-14 10:43:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	EG EU IR IS IZ MU PGOV PREL SA UNC UNGA

08RIYADH1272	READOUT OF ABDULLAH-MUBARAK MEETING BY EGYPTIAN [...] (S) SUMMARY. Riyadh Egyptian DCM Hussam Essa provided a readout of the Saudi King Abdullah-Egyptian President Mubarak meeting held in Cairo on Aug. 15. Essa again relayed the message that Egypt asks to have side discussions on Iran during the next 6 2 1 meetings, as well being kept infor [...]	2008-08-20 04:57:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	EG EU IR IS IZ MU PGOV PREL SA UNC UNGA
08RIYADH1280	SAUDIS AGREE TO MID EAST QUINT POLICY PLANNING [...] (S) CG Jeddah and Riyadh Pol Counselor delivered Reftel demarche to Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal on Aug. 20. The Prince was completely receptive to the establishment of the proposed policy planning dialogue, adding he was "grateful to be invited." 2. (S) Regarding Iraq's pa [...]	2008-08-21 11:36:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	EG IZ JO PGOV PREL SA
08RIYADH1868	GAZA'S RIPPLE EFFECTS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Disparate yet vocal groups in Saudi Arabia are stepping out of the shadows to protest events in Gaza. In Eastern Province, protesters on December 19 reportedly carried Hezbollah flags and Hassan Nasrallah posters while chanting anti-Israel and anti-U.S. slogans. Privately, a grou [...]	2008-12-29 13:12:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	BA EG IS LE PGOV PHUM PREL SA
08RIYADH1871	SAUDI PUBLIC OUTRAGED OVER GAZA [...] (U) OFFICIAL CONDEMNATIONS: Saudi King Abdallah, Foreign Minister Saud Al-Faisal and other officials have strongly condemned the Israeli action and called on the U.S. to intervene to end the bloodshed. The King received Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at his farm outside Riyadh on Decem [...]	2008-12-29 15:26:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EG IS LE PGOV SA
08SANAA1096	PALESTINIAN PRESIDENT VISITS YEMEN, BUT LITTLE BUZZ [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Palestinian President visited Yemen on June 19 and met with President Saleh to discuss the Arab-Israeli issue and Yemen's initiative to reconcile Fatah and Hamas. Open source reporting said little about the discussions and insiders told PolOff that no substantive developments [...]	2008-06-25 14:04:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG IS EG YM
08SANSALVADOR1188	DELIVERED NPT NON-PAPER; GOES SUPPORTS WORKSHOP [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-15 23:05:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EG ENRG IS KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT IAEA ES
08STATE101698	ISN DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY HAYWARD'S MEETINGS [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 3. 2. (C) SUMMARY: ISN DAS Mary Alice Hayward led a State Department team in September 8 meetings with Ambassador Naela Gabr (Assistant Minister),Khalid Shamaa (Deputy Assistant Minister),and other Egyptian officials to discuss Nuclear Nonprolife [...]	2008-09-23 19:15:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM NPT IAEA EG IS IR
08STATE103443	ISN DAS HAYWARD'S MEETINGS WITH ISRAELI OFFICIALS [...] (C) SUMMARY: ISN DAS Mary Alice Hayward, accompanied by a State Department delegation, briefed Israeli officials September 11 on the delegation's September 8 meeting in Cairo on Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT),International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) General Conference (GC),and nucle [...]	2008-09-26 20:39:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	EG ENRG IS KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT IAEA
08STATE103495	UN 1267: REQUESTING ASSISTANCE TO RESOLVE [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. ---------------------- BACKGROUND AND SUMMARY ---------------------- 2. (C) In March 2005, the GOE nominated 20 names for inclusion on the UN 1267 Committee's Consolidated List of individuals and entities associated with Usama bin Laden, [...]	2008-09-26 23:57:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETTC KTFN PTER UNSC EG
08STATE103725	NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION TREATY (NPT): NON-PAPER [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) Background: ISN Deputy Assistant Secretary Mary Alice Hayward held meetings on NPT issues in Cairo (September 8; ref A) and Jerusalem (September 11; ref B). The meetings included discussion of the 1995 NPT Resolution on the Middl [...]	2008-09-29 13:34:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EG ENRG IS KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT IAEA
08STATE104496	DESIGNATION OF THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN [...] (C) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. ------------------ SUMMARY/BACKGROUND ------------------ 2. (SBU) The United States designated the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL) and 18 subsidiaries under E.O. 13382 ("Blocking the Property of Weapons of Mass De [...]	2008-09-30 20:49:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	AG AS AJ BE CH CY EG RE GM IN IR IT JA LY MY MT
08STATE105349	REQUEST FOR M113 ARMORED VEHICLES TO YEMEN [...] (U) This is an action request for Embassies Abu Dhabi, Amman, Ankara, Cairo, Kuwait, Manama, Rabat, Riyadh, and Tunis. Please see paragraph 2. --------- OBJECTIVE --------- 2. (U) Department requests that Posts engage appropriate host country officials at the earliest possible opport [...]	2008-10-02 14:39:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	BA EG JO KU MAS MO PARM PREL SA TS TU
08STATE115469	NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION TREATY (NPT) NON-PAPER [...] Reftel requested that a non-paper be given to appropriate government officials in Cairo and Jerusalem providing further details on a U.S.-proposed technical workshop for Egyptian and Israeli participation on nonproliferation matters, and that a reply be requested by October 17. Israel has agr [...]	2008-10-29 20:39:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC EG ENRG IS KNNP MNUC PARM PREL UNGA NPT IAEA
08STATE116428	NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION TREATY (NPT): BILATERAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: On the margins of the UN General Assembly,s First Committee meeting in New York, ISN/MNSA Director Marguerita Ragsdale, joined by Deputy Director Scott Davis, held informal bilaterals on Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) issues October 13-15 with Australia, Brazil, Canada, [...]	2008-10-31 15:45:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC AS BR CA CH EG ENRG FR ID JA KNNP MNUC NZ
08STATE117106	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] (U) This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 2 - 4. 2. (U) The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Posts' assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on license 050057708 for the export of ammunition to Lebanon. Posts are requested to complete this [...]	2008-11-03 21:44:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EG ETTC GM KOMC LE
08STATE18374	DEMARCHE REQUEST: WTO SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS [...] This is an urgent action request. See paragraph 7 below. (Because of time constraints, we are unable to provide translations.) Summary ------- 2. The WTO Doha Round is moving into a critical stage of detailed negotiations across all elements of the single undertaking. As services i [...]	2008-02-24 22:52:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD WTRO EG
08STATE23829	BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE END USE CHECK ON [...] This is an action message. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests post assistance in conducting a pre-license check for the export of a propellant grain test system to Egypt via South Korea. Post is requested to complete th [...]	2008-03-07 15:32:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	EG ETTC KOMC KS
08STATE29096	IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FINANCIAL PROVISIONS OF UNSCR 1803 [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. ---------------------- SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND ---------------------- 2. (U) On March 3, 2008, the U.N. Security Council adopted Resolution 1803, imposing further Chapter VII sanctions on Iran in response to its failure to comply [...]	2008-03-20 14:42:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	AS AU BA BR CA CH ECON EFIN EG ETRD EUN FR GM GR
08STATE43113	(C) INFORMING REGIONAL PARTNERS OF UPCOMING [...] (C) Summary and Action Request: Action addresee posts are requested to approach host governments to advise them of three overlapping U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) deployments in April and May 2008. (NOTE: This message is info only for Baghdad, Amman, and Cairo.) 2. (C) Objective: To unde [...]	2008-04-23 23:43:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS SA AE BA KU QA MU JO EG IR IZ XF
08STATE45358	ENGAGING GCC+2 ON IRAN/IRAQ [...] (S/NF) This demarche comes in the context of our strong push to get greater regional engagement with Iraq. This effort is not just for the sake of that country but to advance strategic regional security goals in the face of common regional challenges from Iran, Al-Qaeda, and other sources of [...]	2008-04-29 20:10:00	Secretary of State	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL BA EG IZ JO KU QA SA GCC AE UM
08STATE68478	EGYPT: HEADING OFF FUTURE FORCIBLE RETURNS OF [...] (C) Dept greatly appreciate's Embassy Cairo's efforts on behalf of Eritrean asylum seekers in Egypt and welcomes the proposed talking points. Slight modifications are suggested below from NEA and PRM. 2. (C) Proposed talking points: -- We recognize that Egypt is both a destination [...]	2008-06-25 20:43:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF PREL EG ER
08STATE69339	IMPLEMENTATION OF THE IRISL CARGO INSPECTION [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. ---------------------- SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND ---------------------- 2. (U) On March 3, 2008, the U.N. Security Council adopted Resolution 1803, which imposed further Chapter VII sanctions on Iran in response to its failure to c [...]	2008-06-27 15:56:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	AG AS AJ BE CH CY EG FR GM IN IR IT JA LY MY MT
08STATE74678	BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE END USE CHECK ON [...] This is an action message. See paragraphs 2-4. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests post assistance in conducting a pre-license check for the export of riot control munitions to Egypt. Post is requested to complete this Blue Lantern check wi [...]	2008-07-11 17:32:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	EG ETTC KOMC
08STATE74872	EGYPT: HEADING OFF FORCIBLE RETURNS OF ASYLUM [...] (C) Neither Embassy Cairo's repeated demarches on the Egyptian Government to allow UNHCR access to Eritrean asylum seekers and to urge no deportations to Eritrea given threats to safety and life of returned asylum seekers nor U.S. Delegation's intervention calling for same at the UNHCR (Offic [...]	2008-07-11 21:41:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PREL EG ER SU IS LY
08STATE8422	WASHINGTON RESPONSE TO SERBIA MANPADS TRANSFER [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 5. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) Post is concerned that Serbia is not fulfilling its obligations to destroy man-portable air defense systems (MANPADS),as required by the 2005 bilateral agreement with the United States. In addition, the Serbia [...]	2008-01-28 15:21:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	MARR MASS PARM PREL PTER EG SR
08STATE91327	REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY FOR ISF TRANSITION [...] (U) This is an action request. --------- OBJECTIVE --------- 2. (SBU) Department requests that Posts engage appropriate host country officials to notify and elicit support for the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) Transition Plan and the associated U.S. weapons sales. State and Defense Depar [...]	2008-08-25 20:25:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	MARR MCAP MOPS PINS MASS AE BA EG IS IZ JO KU QA
08STATE99685	EGYPT: POSSIBLE VIOLATION OF RETRANSFER, END-USE [...] (U) This is an action request for Embassy Cairo. Please see paragraph 2. ---------- OBJECTIVE ---------- 2. (SBU) Department requests that Post engage appropriate host country officials to determine the status of the Chinese proposal, discussed below, and confirm whether any subsequent [...]	2008-09-17 22:15:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	EG MAS PARM PREL
08STOCKHOLM646	SWEDEN PAYS DAMAGES TO SECOND EXPELLED EGYPTIAN [...] (U) On September 19, the Swedish government settled with Ahmed Agiza, an Egyptian national, to pay around USD 500,000 in damages--a large amount in Swedish courts--related to the circumstances of his deportation to Cairo. The award was not directly related to his claims of torture by U.S. agen [...]	2008-09-25 15:00:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PHUM PREF PGOV PREL EG SW
08TASHKENT238	ISRAEL GETS COLD SHOULDER FROM UZBEKISTAN [...] (C) Summary: On February 19 the Ambassador met with his Israeli counterpart Ami Mehl and Gary Koren, the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of the Eurasia Department, Division for Central Europe and Eurasia. Koren noted that, for unknown reasons, the Israel-Uzbekistan bilateral rel [...]	2008-02-21 13:41:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KISL ASEC ELTN MASS EG IR IS XF UZ
08TASHKENT878	BUKHARA ACTIVIST: BETTER-TRAINED IMAMS FENDING OFF [...] (C) Summary: During a two-day visit to Bukhara on July 15 - 16, poloff discussed the current state of the region's Muslim community with a prominent local human rights activist and imams at Sunni and Shiite mosques. The activist, Shukhrat Ganiev, observed that that Muslim religiosity, especia [...]	2008-07-29 12:43:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF PGOV PINR PREL SOCI EG SA RS UZ
08TELAVIV1080	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH SHIN BET CHIEF FOCUSES [...] (S) In a May 13 meeting covering a range of subjects, Israeli Security Agency (ISA, or Shin Bet) Chief Yuval Diskin told Ambassador Jones the following: -- Israel's Arabs are materially better off than many Arabs in neighboring countries, but increasingly feel disconnected from the State, an [...]	2008-05-22 07:57:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PTER PINR KPAL KWBG EG IS
08TELAVIV1754	READOUT OF 14TH QUARTERLY MEETING OF ISRAEL/EGYPT [...] (U) SUMMARY: Israeli and Egyptian trade officials met on Sunday, August 10 in Jerusalem for the quarterly meeting of the Qualified Industrial Zones (QIZ). Egypt requested Israeli assistance (and a possible joint delegation visit to Washington) to promote Upper Egypt's inclusion in the QIZ a [...]	2008-08-11 11:40:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON IS EG
08TELAVIV1982	ASYLUM-SEEKERS IN ISRAEL FACE DEPORTATION AND [...] (C) Summary. On August 28, African Refugee Development Center Director Yohannes Lemma reported to RefCoord that, in the past few days, Israeli authorities had returned at least 15 African asylum-seekers to Egypt. UNHCR Senior Liaison Officer Mike Alford separately told RefCoord that an IDF s [...]	2008-08-29 13:16:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PREL PGOV IS EG
08TELAVIV1984	DEFENSE MINISTER BARAK'S DISCUSSIONS IN EGYPT [...] (S) Summary. Defense Minister Ehud Barak's August 23 visit to Egypt was a success, according to MOD Arab Affairs Adviser David Hacham. Barak's meetings with President Mubarak, Intelligence Minister Soliman, and Defense Minister Tantawi focused on reviving negotiations for the release of Corporal [...]	2008-08-29 14:23:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER EG KPAL IR IS
08TELAVIV2031	FM ABOUL GHEIT RAISES CONCERNS OVER WEST BANK [...] (C) MFA Cabinet Advisor for Israeli-Palestinian Affairs Ahmed Hafez (please protect) briefed us September 5 on Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit's August 31 meeting in Cairo with Israeli MFA DG Aharon Abramovich. Hafez described the meeting's atmosphere as ""positive,"" and stressed that the Egypt [...]	2008-09-06 13:55:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PGOV EG KPAL LE IS
08TELAVIV2086	ISRAEL: RESPONSE ON ISF TRANSITION PLAN DEMARCHE [...] (S) Pol Couns delivered reftel points separately to MOD Arab Affairs Advisor David Hacham and to MFA Deputy Director General for the Middle East and Peace Process Yacov Hadas. Both Hacham and Hadas received the points with great interest, but neither had any substantive response, although Hada [...]	2008-09-11 12:01:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	MAAR MCAP MOPS PINS MASS AEC BA EG IZ JO KU
08TELAVIV219	MOD COMMENTS ON RAFAH SITUATION [...] (C) Summary. MOD Arab Affairs Adviser David Hacham briefed PolCouns January 24 on the Israeli reaction to the January 23 breaching of the border fence between Egypt and Gaza. Hacham, who is a regular MOD interlocutor with the Egyptian General Intelligence Service (EGIS),said he had deliver [...]	2008-01-25 15:29:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM EG KPAL IS
08TELAVIV2219	ISRAEL DISPUTES "COORDINATED RETURNS" OF AFRICANS [...] (C) SUMMARY Post delivered demarche (Reftel A) on September 17 as a non-paper to Eviatar Manor, MFA Deputy Director General (DDG) for International Organizations and the United Nations. Manor and Simona Halperin, MFA Director of the International Organizations and Human Rights Department, res [...]	2008-09-26 11:51:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM EG IS ER SU AF
08TELAVIV2432	THE AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH INTERNAL SECURITY [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador called on Internal Security Minister Avi Dichter October 30. They discussed the GOI's plans for dealing with extremist settler violence, Israeli security cooperation with the Palestinian Authority, and Hamas' ongoing efforts to develop its military capabilities in [...]	2008-10-31 16:57:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KPAL EG IS
08TELAVIV2433	SCENESETTER FOR THE SECRETARY'S VISIT TO ISRAEL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Your upcoming visit to the region comes during a time of transition in Israeli politics. FM Livni is casting her failure to refashion a coalition as a refusal to accept the restrictive economic and diplomatic terms demanded by the Shas Party. The Kadima Party, under her leade [...]	2008-10-31 17:11:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL EG SY IS
08TELAVIV250	ISRAELI COMPLIANCE WITH THE BERLIN DECLARATION ON [...] (SBU) Summary. In response to Department inquiry (ref A),Israel appears to implement a model DOTS program, and observes Berlin Declaration commitments fully. The Ministry of Health (MOH) continues t assess Israel's successful National Tuberculosis Control Program (NTP). Israel is a signatory o [...]	2008-01-31 14:38:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO SENV WHO IS EG JO
08TELAVIV2581	UNESCO: GOI REQUESTS URGENT CONSULTATIONS TO [...] (C) MFA Director for International Organizations Tibor Shalev-Schlosser approached poloff on the margins of an unrelated meeting to convey what he called an urgent message about the candidacy of Egyptian Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni to be the next Director-General of UNESCO. According to [...]	2008-11-20 16:20:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNESCO EG IS
08TELAVIV2589	ISRAEL AND JORDAN DISCUSS MUGHRABI GATE, REMAIN [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Poloff met November 20 with MFA Jordan Desk Director Tuvia Israeli and MFA IO Desk Director Tibor Shalev-Schlosser to discuss the ongoing dispute between Jordan and Israel over the Mughrabi Gate. The pair provided a readout of MFA DG Abramovich's November 12 meeting wi [...]	2008-11-21 15:08:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL EG IS
08TELAVIV2694	ISRAELI-EGYPTIAN CONTACTS ON LIBYAN HUMANITARIAN [...] (C) MOD Arab Affairs Adviser David Hacham briefed PolCouns December 3 on ongoing Israeli-Egyptian contacts regarding the Libyan ship bearing humanitarian relief supplies for Gaza. Hacham said the Israeli Navy closely tracked the course of the Libyan ship on its way to Gaza. He noted that Li [...]	2008-12-03 10:45:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM EAID UNSC KWBG IS LY EG
08TELAVIV2809	A PROLIFERATION OF MESSAGES AS ISRAEL AND HAMAS APPROACH [...] In the absence of any published policy directive on Gaza from the December 10 trilateral meeting of Olmert, Barak and Livni, the Israeli media is focused on perceived policy differences within the GOI. The media reports that Minister of Defense Barak favors renewal of the truce between Israel [...]	2008-12-15 17:15:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINS PTER KWBG KPAL MOPS IS EG
08TELAVIV441	AFRICAN ASYLUM-SEEKERS LIVING IN DEPLORABLE [...] (SBU) Summary. UNHCR reported February 7 that African asylum-seekers in Israel now number nearly 7,000 and continue arriving at a rate of roughly 200 per week. Without asylum laws or regulations, the GOI's capacity to respond to the growing number is severely limited. Meanwhile, African mi [...]	2008-02-25 11:55:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PGOV KPAL IS EG SU ER IV NI GH
08TELAVIV446	ISRAEL PREPARED TO USE FORCE TO BLOCK HAMAS [...] (C) Summary. According to Israeli media reports, Hamas organizers in Gaza called for a mass demonstration February 25 against the closure of the border crossings, but IDF sources estimated that only about 4,000 demonstrators showed up. There was no attempt by the demonstrators to approach t [...]	2008-02-25 13:58:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KPAL IS EG
08TELAVIV463	RAIDS OUTRAGE HUMANITARIAN COMMUNITY AS GOI CRACKS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On February 24, following extensive Israeli media coverage of the African refugee issue, Prime Minister Olmert ordered relevant government authorities to remove illegal infiltrators who entered Israel via the Egyptian border, if the infiltrators had no legal restrictions on depo [...]	2008-02-28 13:29:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PGOV IS EG SU ER IV
08TELAVIV716	CODEL KYL AND BROWNBACK MEETING WITH PRIME [...] (C) Summary. CODELs Kyl and Brownback met with Prime Minister Olmert February 18 at the Knesset. Olmert expressed appreciation for Congressional support for Israel and said that he expected U.S.-Israeli ties to remain strong whoever is elected President. Regarding Gaza, Olmert defended the [...]	2008-03-27 06:20:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KWBG EG IR IS
08TELAVIV786	ADDRESSING ISSUE OF AFRICAN MIGRANTS/REFUGEES AND [...] (C) On April 1, Embassy Refugee Reporting Office Alan Holst delivered suggested points from Reftel A to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Director for International Organizations and Human Rights Simona Halperin. Halperin reiterated GOI willingness to participate in tripartite talks (Reftels [...]	2008-04-03 12:11:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF EG IS SU ER
08TELAVIV891	ISRAEL ACCEPTS NEED FOR HOMEGROWN ASYLUM SYSTEM [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-17 12:34:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM EG IS SU AF
08TELAVIV909	ISRAELI NGOS FRUSTRATED WITH CURRENT ASYLUM SYSTEM [...] (SBU) Summary. At an April 6-7 Tel Aviv University Conference on "Designing an Asylum System in Israel," Israeli human rights advocacy NGOs expressed dissatisfaction with the existing asylum system, describing it as biased and lacking transparency. The NGOs also are disappointed with the abs [...]	2008-04-18 15:01:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PREF PHUM IS AF SU EG
08TELAVIV941	U.S.-ISRAEL JOINT COUNTERTERRORISM GROUP (JCG) [...] (S) Summary: On February 26, the Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) hosted the latest meeting of the U.S.-Israel JCG. State S/CT Coordinator Ambassador Dell Dailey led the interagency U.S. delegation. The two sides discussed the spread of Islamic extremism and changing regional threat [...]	2008-04-24 13:58:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PTER IS IR SY LE EG JO IZ
08TOKYO3046	JAPANESE SUPPORT FOR MULTINATIONAL FORCE AND [...] (C) Japan will try to maintain its current USD 240,000 annual contribution to the Multinational Force and Observers (MFO),but it will be difficult to contribute more, according to MOFA First Middle East Division Principal Deputy Director Akihiro Tsuji. Embassy Tokyo spoke with Tsuji October 3 [...]	2008-10-31 07:27:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KMFO EG IS JA
08TRIPOLI14	QADHAFI TELLS MUBARAK HE "MAY" SEEK TO ATTEND UNSC IN NEW YORK TRIPOLI 00000014 001.2 OF 002 CLASSIFIED BY: John T. Godfrey, A/DCM, Embassy Tripoli, Dept of State. REASON: 1.4 (b),(d) [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-10 14:06:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OVIP UN PHUM AU SU EG LY
08TRIPOLI442	MEETING OF AMU HEADS OF STATE - MINUS ONE - IN TRIPOLI; [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-09 16:34:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LY EG SY MR MO TS AG
08UNVIEVIENNA140	IAEA/GC: ARAB LEAGUE SEEKS DIALOGUE ON ISRAELI [...] (C) Arab League representative Wael Al-Assad met with like-minded Missions (EU-3, U.S., Australia, Norway, Japan) on February 21 to discuss the General Conference (GC) resolution on the "Israeli Nuclear Threat" (INT). Al-Assad appealed for dialogue with those Missions that had successfully opp [...]	2008-02-28 15:27:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	IAEA KNPP AORC IS EG
08UNVIEVIENNA232	IAEA/GC: AL PROPOSES NON-THREATENING RESOLUTION ON [...] (C) Arab League (AL) SYG Amr Moussa conducted consultations in Vienna April 16-18 regarding an AL sponsored agenda item in the IAEA General Conference (GC) on the "Israeli Nuclear Threat." In an April 17 meeting with Ambassador Schulte, Moussa insisted that the AL would re-introduce an agenda [...]	2008-04-21 16:37:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PARM KNPP IS EG
08UNVIEVIENNA343	IAEA/GC: ONE MIDDLE EAST, TWO RESOLUTIONS [...] (C) Both Egypt and the Arab League have circulated their respective draft IAEA General Conference resolutions (paras 27-28). The revised Egyptian text purports to be based on consensus UNGA language and incorporates some of the French-proposed amendments rejected last year, but is still not a [...]	2008-06-13 08:33:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC PARM AORC KNPP IS EG
08UNVIEVIENNA460	IAEA/GC: EGYPT AND ISRAEL AT LEAST TALKING ABOUT [...] (C) Israeli and Egyptian Ambassadors made at least a first attempt to discuss the Egyptian draft Middle East Safeguards (MES) resolution in bi-lateral consultations in Vienna. Neither had a "mandate" to negotiate, and they did not get very far, Israeli Ambassador Michaeli reported to Ambassador [...]	2008-08-18 14:47:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC PARM KNPP IS EG
08UNVIEVIENNA546	IAEA/GC: MIDEAST MELTDOWN, TAKE 3 [...] (C) For the third consecutive year, Middle East issues nearly derailed the IAEA General Conference (GC). After a hard-fought Plenary floor fight consuming 15 hours of debate, the GC adopted a more balanced Middle East Safeguards (MES) resolution than in the past by a vote of 82-0-13 (U.S., Is [...]	2008-10-09 14:38:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL KNNP IAEA UN IS EG
08UNVIEVIENNA667	IAEA: Syria and Iran Display "Responsible" Interest in [...] (U) Summary: A December 2008 IAEA workshop on nuclear power infrastructure reflected how governments have improved their understanding of the complexities of developing, operating, and regulating safe nuclear power. This technical gathering advanced the U.S. goal of institutionalizing and imp [...]	2008-12-23 13:35:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TRGY ENRG AORC KNNP BTIO SY IR EG
08UNVIEVIENNA97	IAEA/BOG: AFRICA GROUP IN UPHEAVAL; SYRIA SEEKS [...] (SBU) This is an action request, see para 4. 2. (C) Summary: Mission received an inexplicable dipnote from Syria requesting U.S. support for its candidacy on the 2008-2009 Board of Governors. The Middle East South Asia group (MESA) is not expected to have a contested election requiring a [...]	2008-02-15 16:17:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	IAEA PREL KNPP SY EG SF
08USUNNEWYORK1142	UNSC: COUNCIL MEETS AT LIBYAN REQUEST TO DISCUSS [...] (SBU) The Security Council met December 3 at Libya's request to discuss the Israeli Navy's action to deny entry of a Libyan vessel carrying humanitarian assistance to the port of Gaza. The Council invited both Israeli and Palestinian representatives to participate in the meeting. The Libyan [...]	2008-12-05 21:27:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNSC KWBG KPAL IS LY EG
08USUNNEWYORK1175	ARAB PERFORMANCE AT THE 63RD UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY [...] (C) ARAB PERFORMANCE AT THE 63RD UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY WAS A MIXED BAG, WITH DIFFERENTIATED VOTING ON SOME KEY ISSUES. EGYPT MAINTAINED ITS USUAL ACTIVISM IN SHAPING AND DEFENDING UNHELPFUL G-77, OIC, AND NON-ALIGNED POSITIONS. SYRIA ENGAGED IN ITS USUAL RHETORIC AND POLARIZING TACTICS, AND ALGE [...]	2008-12-16 19:33:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA PHUM XF EG
08USUNNEWYORK1199	UNSC: OPEN DEBATE ON MIDDLE EAST - MOST STATES [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 18, the Security Council held its first Open Debate on the Middle East in five months only two days after a ministerial-level Security Council meeting that saw the passage of UN Security Council Resolution 1850 which confirms the irreversibility of the bilateral neg [...]	2008-12-23 19:53:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNSC KWBG KPAL IS PA LE SY EG
08USUNNEWYORK887	UN GENERAL DEBATE: FOCUS ON ISRAEL/PALESTINE, [...] SUMMARY: During the September 27 morning plenary meeting of the UNGA General Debate, Vietnam, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Egypt, Mali, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Syria, Oman, Kazakhstan, Algeria, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates (UAE),Gambia, Niger and Romania spoke. Saudi Arabia distributed its Fore [...]	2008-09-30 20:18:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PBTS AORC UNGA VM PP PE EG SA ML
08VIENNA1523	AUSTRIAN RESPONSE TO NPT TECHNICAL WORKSHOP FOR [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-14 14:56:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EG ENRG IS KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT IAEA AU
09ABUDHABI894	UAE POSITION ON P5+1+GCC+3 MEETING AT UNGA ON IRAN NUCLEAR [...] (C) On September 8, UAE Ambassador to U.S. Youssef al-Otaiba passed written points, prepared by the UAE MFA, covering UAE views on upcoming discussions on the Iranian nuclear issue.. The paper focused on planned discussions of the P5+1+GCC+3 (Jordan, Egypt, and Iraq) to be held on the margi [...]	2009-09-09 13:08:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GCC UNGA KNNP IR JO EG IQ AE
09ABUJA1615	NIGERIA: DEMARCHE ON UNESCO DIRECTOR-GENERAL RACE [...] (U) POLOFF delivered demarche with U.S. views on the race for the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization's (UNESCO) Director-General to Nigerian Foreign Ministry Second United Nations Division Director Ambassador M. K. Ibrahim on August 27. 2. (C) Without prompti [...]	2009-09-01 12:10:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR UNESCO UNSC NI EG BN TZ
09ADDISABABA355	AU SUMMIT -- AF ACTING A/S CARTER MEETS WITH [...] (U) Action request for Embassy Cairo -- see paragraph 10. 2. (C) Summary: AF Acting Assistant Secretary Phillip Carter met February 2 with Egyptian Assistant Minister for Africa Mona Omar Atteya on the margins of the African Union Summit. Carter asked Atteya to pressure Sudan to pause [...]	2009-02-09 16:24:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SU EG AU CD XA
09ADDISABABA708	CODEL CARNAHAN APRIL 5-8, 2009 [...] Embassy Addis Ababa warmly welcomes CODEL CARNAHAN to Ethiopia April 5-8, 2009 to participate in the Inter-Parliamentary Union assembly. Travelers should check with the control officer 72 hours prior to commencement of travel, and consult the Department of State website at http://travel.stat [...]	2009-03-24 14:22:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP OTRA AF CY EG ET
09ALGIERS1018	ALGERIA: SOCCER VIOLENCE AFTERMATH [...] (SBU) Summary: Unconfirmed reports that Algerian fans were injured and killed in attacks in Cairo November 14 following a soccer match between the two countries' national teams have led to public gatherings and some violence. Embassy has no GOA confirmation of deaths among Algerian fans in Ca [...]	2009-11-17 06:56:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PINS AG EG SU
09ALGIERS822	MIDDLE EAST ISSUES IN IAEA GENERAL CONFERENCE: [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-14 13:46:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PARM KNNP IAEA PREL IS EG AG
09AMMAN1113	KING ABDULLAH HAS MOMENT IN THE SUN, BUT WILL IT [...] (C) Summary: Jordanian contacts saw King Abdullah's visit to Washington as a success, focusing on how it enhanced his standing among his Arab peers more than on the substantive outcome of his conversations with President Obama. Most thought the King returned from the United States newly empo [...]	2009-05-13 10:11:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL IS EG SA SY JO
09AMMAN129	GAZA PROTESTS CONTINUE IN JORDAN, CALLS FOR [...] (C) Summary: Protests over events in Gaza continue, with the Israeli and Egyptian Embassies as the primary target of demonstrators. Calls for a boycott of Israeli and American goods are mounting, but there is little evidence that they will have any real impact. The call for a vote of no-co [...]	2009-01-14 14:36:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON KWBG KPAL KDEM IS EG VE JO
09AMMAN745	AL-JAZEERA COMMENTARY ON JORDANIAN MONARCHY [...] (C) Summary: The airing of a highly critical two-part series about the Jordanian monarchy on the Al-Jazeera historical commentary show "With Haykal" has resulted in a flurry of press commentary questioning presenter Mohammed Haykal's character and condemning the lack of a robust defense of t [...]	2009-03-24 05:47:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV QA EG JO
09ANKARA1745	TURKEY: PARTNERS BUT NOT PALS WITH EGYPT [...] (C) SUMMARY. Both the Turkish MFA and Egyptian Embassy view the bilateral relationship positively for now, but the two countries' wariness towards each other could impact relations down the road. The Turkish MFA says it views Egypt as a partner and not a competitor. The Egyptian Embassy com [...]	2009-12-08 15:54:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	EG PGOV PREL TU
09ANKARA1834	TURKEY: MUBARAK VISIT YIELDS A PROFFERED EMBRACE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Egyptian President Mubarak's visit to Ankara December 15-16 focused on bilateral ties and the Middle East during lengthy separate discussions with President Gul, Prime Minister Erdogan, Deputy PM Babacan, FM Davutoglu, and Turkish General Staff (TGS) Chief Basbug. Although the Tu [...]	2009-12-27 18:04:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	TU EG IS PREL IR
09ANKARA252	TURKISH, ARAB LEADERS EXCHANGE POST-GAZA CONCERNS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkish and Arab leaders capitalized on a series of high-level meetings this week to address their respective concerns arising from the Gaza crisis. Troubled by GOT statements advocating HAMAS's inclusion in peace negotiations, Saudi King Abdullah, Palestinian Authority (PA) Pres [...]	2009-02-13 16:58:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EG IS TU
09ASMARA128	AWEYS DISCOURAGED AND ALONE IN ASMARA [...] (C) HOME AGAIN: Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys returned April 18 from his stay in Khartoum "completely discouraged" by Sudan's pressure on him to reconcile with the TFG on President Sharif's terms, according to Dr. Taisier Ali, the Sudanese director of the Peacebuilding Center for the Horn of Afri [...]	2009-04-22 11:22:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ER SO SU EG
09ASMARA13	ERITREANS REFOULED FROM EGYPT SPOTTED ON [...] (SBU) Two separate groups of Eritreans recently refouled from Egypt were spotted on commercial flights landing in Asmara. Emboff noticed approximately 25 Eritrean males between the ages of 25 and 30 grouped in the rear of an EgyptAir flight bound for Eritrea on Sunday January 4. A UNICEF emp [...]	2009-01-08 14:44:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PGOV PHUM EG ER
09ASMARA340	Eritrea Fraud Summary through August 2009 [...] The Eritrean government (GSE) continued its harsh economic policies, which further increased the scarcity of basic goods and the impoverishment its people. Grocery stores are thinly stocked; meat and fish are not always available, and basic commodities such as sugar, flour, cooking oil, coffee [...]	2009-10-01 14:05:00	Embassy Asmara	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC DJ ET ZA IL KE SD EG ER
09ASMARA366	ISAIAS WOOS EGYPT ON SOMALIA [...] (C) Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit and Director of the Egyptian General Intelligence Service Omar Suleiman met with President Isaias on October 3 to discuss Somalia and other regional issues, according to the deputy at the Egyptian embassy, Hossam Nureldein (protect). FM Gheit's [...]	2009-10-21 06:04:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EG ER SO
09ASTANA353	KAZAKHSTAN: CHIEF MUFTI'S OFFICE EXPRESSES INTEREST IN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: As a follow-up to the Ambassador's recent discussion with Chief Mufti and Head of the Spiritual Association of Muslims in Kazakhstan (SAMK) Abasasttar Derbisali (see reftel),Regional English Language Office [...]	2009-02-27 01:53:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SOCI KISL KIRF KPAO EG KZ
09ATHENS875	DEMARCHE DELIVERED - GREEK PROSECUTION OF SUSPECTED M/V [...] (C) We delivered reftel message inquiring about possible Greek interest in exercising jurisdiction over 17 suspects in U.S. Navy custody on May 21 to MFA D1 (UN and International Organizations Affairs) Counselor Dimitios Papandreaou. Papandreou took note of the details of the case, including o [...]	2009-05-28 08:38:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EWWT KCRM MARR PBTS PGOV PHSA PREL GR EG
09BAGHDAD1742	EGYPTIAN AMBASSADOR TO IRAQ: ARRIVAL NOT IMMINENT [...] (C) Ambassador Mohammad Tawfiq, head of the Egyptian delegation that visited Baghdad this week to check on progress on renovation of the building that will house the future Egyptian Embassy, told Deputy Pol/Couns June 25 that the GOE's June 16 announcement that it had appointed an ambassador [...]	2009-06-29 11:26:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ EG
09BAGHDAD1869	A PREVIEW OF IRAQ FM ZEBARI'S TRIP TO THE U.S. - [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with FM Hoshyar Zebari to discuss his upcoming trip to the U.S. FM Zebari noted that he had asked the Iraqi permanent mission at the UN to request a meeting with the U.S. permanent representative during his July 12-15 stay in New York; he looks forward to his [...]	2009-07-10 14:20:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC IZ KU EG TU
09BAGHDAD3316	NEA A/S FELTMAN'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT TALABANI [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a wide-ranging discussion with visiting NEA A/S Feltman on December 14, President Talabani underscored the importance for Kurds of the POTUS/VPOTUS telephone calls with Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) President Barzani, the December 7 White House statement on Iraq's electio [...]	2009-12-23 09:15:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL SY TU EG IR IZ
09BEIJING1067	APRIL 21 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: UN CONFERENCE ON RACISM, [...] Key points at the April 21 MFA press briefing: -- China "regrets to see some countries did not attend" the UN Conference on Racism. -- China is ready to play a constructive role in the Middle East and hopes relevant parties follow UN resolutions and use diplomacy to achieve "the peaceful c [...]	2009-04-21 22:43:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM ENRG KPAL IAEA SENV CH EG IS JA RS
09BEIJING1198	PRC/MEPP: FM YANG EXPOUNDS ON CHINA'S PEACE [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a five-day swing through the Middle East, Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi laid out China's five-point plan for progress on the Middle East Peace Process (MEPP),according to an MFA official. He conveyed to the new Israeli government hopes expressed by Arab leaders that the M [...]	2009-05-05 11:29:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM MEPP CH IS SY EG IR
09BEIJING2041	XINJIANG: PRC SCRAMBLES TO AVOID ANTI-ISLAM IMAGE [...] (C) According to Beijing-based diplomats, PRC officials scrambled in the wake of the July 5 violence in Xinjiang to head off potential anti-Chinese reactions in the Muslim world by urging governments from majority-Muslim countries to refrain from official statements and control their media's p [...]	2009-07-17 11:41:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL CH ID EG TU
09BEIJING2185	XINJIANG: CHINA REPORTEDLY DEFEATED OIC STATEMENT [...] (C) Egyptian Embassy Officer Haitham Safey (protect) told PolOff July 30 that PRC efforts to quash a proposed statement by the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) condemning the Chinese government's response to the July 5 unrest in Xinjiang and its treatment of Muslim Uighurs (reftels [...]	2009-07-31 12:28:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM CH EG TU
09BEIJING2814	U.S. CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U. S. [...] (SBU) Summary: In mid-September, a request for technical consultation by U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S. CDC),and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (U.S. HHS) experts working in China on 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) was made by Dr. WANG Yu, Director of the [...]	2009-10-06 23:24:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SENV TBIO SOCI CH GT KE EG TH KZ
09BEIJING3037	NOVEMBER 3, 2009 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: AFGHAN ELECTIONS, [...] Key points at the October 29 MFA press briefing: -- China had conveyed congratulations to Hamid Karzai for his election victory. -- China had expressed its "grave concerns" and opposition to reports of a planned visit to Arunachal Pradesh by the Dalai Lama. -- PRC Government remained com [...]	2009-11-03 11:47:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM PARM SOCI CH PK IN UK RS EG MY
09BEIRUT1081	ATMOSPHERE POSITIVE, CABINET NEGOTIATIONS STILL [...] (C) Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri's conclusion of the second round of consultations on October 1 was accompanied by positive expectations that a cabinet could be formed soon. However, in separate meetings the same day, caretaker Prime Minister Fouad Siniora, caretaker Finance Minister [...]	2009-10-02 10:31:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM LE SY SA IR EG
09BEIRUT1183	BERRI CHARACTERIZES GOVERNMENT DELAY AS "SILLY" [...] (C) Summary: Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri characterized the ongoing delay in cabinet formation as "silly" in an October 28 meeting with the Ambassador. He claimed that the negotiations between Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri and Christian opposition leader Michel Aoun had devolved i [...]	2009-10-28 16:58:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAID KDEM OREP PREL PTER SY EG LE
09BEIRUT443	LEBANON: MIKATI CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT [...] (C) Former Prime Minister Najib Mikati told the Ambassador April 14 that he had compromised with March 14 majority leader Saad Hariri on the candidate list in Tripoli, saying it was far better for the two to work together rather than compete at the expense of the Sunni-dominated community. Mik [...]	2009-04-16 14:31:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PTER LE SY EG
09BEIRUT445	LEBANON: MARCH 14 CHRISTIANS STILL FACE INTERNAL CHALLENGES [...] (C) After several days of negotiations with fellow March 14 Christians Michel Murr and Amine Gemayel on the Metn district, candidate Nassib Lahoud pulled out of the race on April 17, telling Ambassador that his two fellow coalition leaders had not "given him what he needed" to contest the election. [...]	2009-04-17 14:37:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR EG SY LE
09BEIRUT471	LEBANON: UNSCOL WILLIAMS DOWNBEAT ON GHAJAR, MARCH [...] (C) UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon (UNSCOL) Michael Williams, meeting with the Ambassador and DCM on April 23, expressed dismay at what he saw as a missed opportunity for progress on Ghajar. Williams assessed that new governments on both sides of the border would be less committed to the [...]	2009-04-24 14:43:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER UNSC LE IS EG

09BERLIN1021	GERMANY: VIEWS ON IRAN SANCTIONS AND PRELIMINARY [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-21 15:43:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL PARM KNNP IAEA EG IS GM
09BERLIN1112	(C) IAEA: GERMANY READY FOR IRAN SANCTIONS; WANTS [...] (C) Summary. On September 8 poloff informed MFA IAEA lead Hans-Peter Hinrichsen that the U.S. was delivering reftel demarche to all IAEA Board Members. Hinrichsen shared copies of the EU and E3 statements to be released that day (see paragraphs 12 and 13). Hinrichsen asked for the USG to in [...]	2009-09-10 10:04:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL PARM KNNP IAEA EG IS GM
09BERLIN1264	(S) GERMANY TAKES ACTION ON SEIZURE OF IRANIAN [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARA 6. 2. (S//NF) SUMMARY: The German government is moving aggressively to help thwart delivery of UNSCR-sanctioned Iranian origin munitions to Syria that are currently aboard the German-flagged vessel M/V HANSA INDIA. Following a German demar [...]	2009-10-08 14:02:00	Embassy Berlin	SECRET	PARM PREL MNUC IR UK MT LY EG GM
09BERLIN665	MEDIA REACTION: POTUS VISITS, CAIRO SPEECH, GITMO, [...] Lead Stories Summary 2. POTUS in Riyadh 3. Presidential Speech in Cairo 4. POTUS Visit to Germany 5. Guantnamo Prisoners 6. Anniversary of Tiananmen Massacre 7. European Parliament Elections 8. UK Government Crisis Â [...]	2009-06-04 13:19:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO GM SA EG XF US CH XG UK
09BERLIN74	GERMANY: INTERESTED IN GAZA ARMS INTERDICTION [...] (C) Post delivered reftel points to MFA Near East Office Director Boris Ruge January 20 and sought confirmation of Germany,s interest in participating in the U.S.-proposed Gaza arms interdiction effort. Ruge was already well familiar with the Amb. Mull,s January 15 presentation to selected re [...]	2009-01-20 14:27:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS KPAL XG EG IR IS GM
09BERLIN88	GERMANY: FOCUSED ON ASSISTING EGYPT WITH POLICING [...] (C) SUMMARY. Germany's internal deliberations continue on the extent of its possible participation in the U.S.-proposed Gaza arms interdiction effort, but it seems unlikely that the Germans will participate in any maritime operations. The Germans are currently focused on offering Egypt technic [...]	2009-01-23 17:38:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS KPAL XG EG IR IS GM
09BOGOTA2964	IAEA MIDDLE EAST DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-16 15:34:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AORC PARM KNNP IAEA EG IS CO
09BRUSSELS262	Javier Solana to the Middle East; Will Meet S/E Mitchell [...] SUMMARY: Javier SOLANA, EU High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP),announced at the February 23 General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting of EU-27 Foreign Ministers, that he would travel to the Middle East February 24 to 28. Solana's trip wil [...]	2009-02-24 15:20:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAL EAID EUN SY LE EG IS XF
09BRUSSELS629	A/S FRIED MEETS WITH EU OFFICIALS ON RESETTLING [...] (C) The EU Coordinator for Counterterrorism, Gilles de Kerchove, and the European Commission Director General for Justice, Freedom, and Security, Jonathan Faull, informed A/S Fried and a U.S. interagency delegation in Brussels April 27 that the EU anticipates having a common political position [...]	2009-04-30 17:04:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM EUN EG
09BUDAPEST669	DEMARCHE RESPONSE: HUNGARY SUPPORTIVE OF U.S. [...] (C) Emboff delivered reftel talking points to Sandor Racz, Senior Advisor to the Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Section within the Hungarian Foreign Ministry's Department for Security Policy and Non-Proliferation. Racz expressed Hungary's concurrence with the U.S. position on the IAEA Gene [...]	2009-09-15 15:01:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PARM PREL KNNP IAEA EG IS HU
09CAIRO1	EGYPT: GAZA ROUND-UP: DECEMBER 31 [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-01 02:45:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KPAL IS EG
09CAIRO1004	FIRST H1N1 FLU CASE CONFIRMED IN EGYPT [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-03 06:30:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU KSTH PGOV KSCA EAGR EG
09CAIRO1012	SPLM'S CAIRO OFFICE HEAD ADDRESSES ISSUES IN EGYPT [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-03 10:47:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF SU EG
09CAIRO1013	FORMER SUDANESE PM AL-SADIQ AL-MAHDI PRESENTS [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-03 12:11:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SU CD EG
09CAIRO1014	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.N. HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL AND THE MANDATE OF THE SUDAN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR REF: STATE 55852 Classified By: Minister Counselor for Economic and Political Affairs William R. Stewart for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-03 14:26:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SU EG
09CAIRO102	EGYPT: REQUESTING GOE SEIZURE OF M/V MONCHEGORSK [...] (S/NF) Summary: Ambassador met with Chief of the Foreign Minister's Cabinet Ambassador Wafaa Bassim on January 21 to request the GoE's assistance in preventing the passage through Egyptian waters of the M/V Monchegorsk, a Cypriot-flagged merchant vessel which is carrying ammunition, explosive [...]	2009-01-21 12:23:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER MOPS EG
09CAIRO1020	EGYPT'S ECONOMY: JUNE 4 PRESS ROUND-UP [...] (U) The following are notable economic news stories that appeared over the past two weeks in the Egyptian press: ---------------- Telecom- MobiNil ---------------- 2. The Egyptian Capital Market Authority (CMA) blocked France Telecom's (FT) bid to buy outstanding shares of mobile phone [...]	2009-06-04 15:12:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD ENRG PGOV EG
09CAIRO1023	RESPONSE IN EGYPT TO THE PRESIDENT'S JUNE 4 ADDRESS TO THE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Egyptian audiences were deeply affected by the charisma and sincerity of the President, as well as his deep knowledge of Islam. The persistent theme was the desire to see action as a next step. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) President Obama's speech to the Muslim world, "A New Beginning [...]	2009-06-05 12:58:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPAO EG
09CAIRO104	GAZA EVACUEES DESCRIBE "ORDEAL," ASSERT WAR [...] (SBU) Summary: Three Palestinian-American familes evacuated from Gaza into Egypt on January 19 described for us their "horrifying ordeal" trying to survive Israeli attacks. They recounted the emotional trauma both they and their children experienced in the face of "primitive" living condition [...]	2009-01-21 15:24:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PARM PGOV PTER KPAL CASC IS EG XF
09CAIRO1044	COURT RELEASES 10 MEN DETAINED IN HOMOSEXUAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-09 13:58:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM EG
09CAIRO1046	H1N1 OUTBREAK SHUTS DOWN AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN CAIRO [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-09 14:49:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU KSTH PGOV KSCA EAGR CASC PREL EG
09CAIRO1051	LETTER FROM ARAB LEAGUE SECRETARY GENERAL AMRE [...] Below letter was passed by Arab League Secretary General Amre Moussa to Undersecretary Burns on June 7. Original letter will be sent via pouch. 2. Begin text: 7 June 2009 Excellency, I am writing to express my deep appreciation for the message of President Barack Obama to the Mus [...]	2009-06-10 11:11:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC ODIP OVIP PREL EG
09CAIRO1053	EGYPT: BLUE LANTERN POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK ON [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-10 12:05:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ETTC MASS PARM EG
09CAIRO1054	CA/FPP AND CAIRO FPU IDENTIFY TWO COPTIC PRIESTS AS [...] (SBU) Summary: CA/FPP and the Cairo Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU) have been reviewing visa and PIERS records in an effort to identify additional cases of the baby trafficking network described in reftels. Through an analysis of PIERS records, a Fraud Prevention Officer (FPO) at CA/FPP linked and [...]	2009-06-10 14:34:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFRD CVIS CMGT CASC KOCI ASEC PHUM SMIG EG
09CAIRO1058	DEMARCHES DELIVERED: SUDAN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-11 11:56:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UN SU EG
09CAIRO1059	PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS MINISTER ON CT AND PLACES OF WORSHIP LAWS REF: A. CAIRO 858 B. CAIRO 814 Classified By: Ambassador Margaret Scobey for reason 1.4 (b). [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-11 12:42:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER KIRF KDEM EG
09CAIRO106	EGYPT: RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR CHILD LABOR [...] SUMMARY: The Government of Egypt (GOE) continues to make progress towards restricting and regulating child labor. In June 2008, Egypt's Parliament passed a comprehensive set of amendments to the Child Protection Law raising the minimum age for employment from fourteen to fifteen years, and the [...]	2009-01-22 10:49:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI EG
09CAIRO1061	REACTION TO THE PRESIDENT'S SPEECH FROM RELIGIOUS LEADERS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Reaction from the religious leadership in Egypt to the President's June 4 speech has been positive and reflects comments from various sectors of Egyptian society regarding their wish to see tangible outcomes. END SUMMARY 2. (U) The Islamic Research Council (IRC) of the Al-Azhar [...]	2009-06-11 13:50:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KISL KIRF EG
09CAIRO107	NORTH SINAI REACTION TO GAZA CONFLICT [...] (SBU) Summary: During a trip to the North Sinai Governorate on January 19-20, we met with local leaders and discussed the recent fighting in Gaza, and its effect on the neighboring communities in Egypt. All the leaders, with whom we met, noted that the local population--which is a mixture of [...]	2009-01-22 14:15:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPAL PREF EAID PHUM KISL ECON IS EG
09CAIRO108	JANUARY 18 SHARM AL SHAYKH: THE ANTI-DOHA [...] (C) Summary: Egypt convened on less than 24 hours notice, six European leaders, King Abdullah of Jordan, President Gul of Turkey, Palestinian President Abbas, and the SYGs of the UN and Arab League for a meeting in Sharm Al Shaykh January 18. The purpose of the meeting was the meeting itse [...]	2009-01-22 14:37:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL IS EG
09CAIRO1089	UNDER SECRETARY BURNS' JUNE 7 MEETING WITH ARAB LG [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-15 12:30:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL SY LE IZ IR SU IS EG
09CAIRO1094	IO DELEGATION'S POSITIVE MULTILATERAL HUMAN RIGHTS [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-15 14:01:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KISL UN EG
09CAIRO1096	EGYPT: DEMARCHE DELIVERED - DISCUSSIONS OF FUEL [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-16 07:06:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG KNNP TRGY IAEA EG
09CAIRO1109	COURT REJECTS CHRISTIAN CONVERT'S IDENTITY [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-16 14:56:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KIRF KISL SOCI EG
09CAIRO1114	EGYPT RESPONDS POSITIVELY TO END-USE TRAINING [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-17 10:58:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MASS ETTC EG
09CAIRO1129	FM ABOUL GHEIT ON ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERIAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-18 16:35:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	KPAL PREL PGOV EAID IS EG
09CAIRO1139	MFA OFFICIALS STRIKE A POSITIVE TONE MFA OFFICIALS STRIKE A POSITIVE TONE WITH A/S BRIMMER REF: A. CAIRO 680 B. CAIRO 572 C. CAIRO 484 D. CAIRO 397 E. CAIRO 217 F. 08 CAIRO 2584 Classified By: Ambassador Margaret Scobey for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-21 13:08:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KWMN KPAL KPKO SCUL IS SU EG
09CAIRO1140	CIVIL SOCIETY LEADERS, U/S BURNS DISCUSS [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-21 13:16:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM EG
09CAIRO1143	ARAB LEAGUE SYG MOUSSA ON JUNE 24 MINISTERIAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-22 07:15:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL IS EG
09CAIRO1148	AMENDMENT ON WOMEN'S POLITICAL PARTICIPATION AND [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-22 10:34:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KWMN PHUM SOCI EG
09CAIRO1149	EGYPT'S ECONOMY: JUNE 22 WEEKLY PRESS ROUND-UP [...] (U) The following are notable economic news stories that appeared over the past week in the Egyptian press: -------------------------------- Central Bank Cuts Interest Rates -------------------------------- 2. (U) The Central Bank of Egypt's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) decided June 1 [...]	2009-06-22 10:50:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD ENRG PGOV EG
09CAIRO1158	EGYPT - FOLLOW-UP TO THE PRESIDENT'S SPEECH PART I- WAY [...] (SBU) Key Points: -- The President's historic June 4speech in Cairo converges with efforts at post and initial discussions with the government of Egypt to refocus Economic Support Fund priorities toward poverty eradication, with special emphasis on improving education and access to opportunity [...]	2009-06-22 13:50:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KISL KIRF EG
09CAIRO1176	Contract Signed for Egypt's First Nuclear Plant [...] (SBU) Key Points -- On June 18, 2009, the GoE signed an agreement with the Australian firm WorleyParsons to provide consultancy to help develop Egypt's first nuclear power plant. -- Bechtel had been engaged in months of negotiations with the GOE, but ultimately Bechtel's tender offer to pr [...]	2009-06-23 12:32:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD ENRG PGOV PREL EG AS
09CAIRO1177	EGYPTIAN MFA ON ARAB LG MINISTERIAL; LEBANON; YEMEN [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-23 12:33:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV YE LE EG
09CAIRO118	ASSESSMENT OF EGYPT'S REGIONAL ROLE IN THE WAKE OF [...] (S/NF) The serious intra-Arab rifts exposed by the Gaza crisis also highlighted both the extent and limitations of Egypt's role in leading the moderate Arab position. The Gaza crisis was only the most recent, and significant, event to expose the polarization of Egypt and Saudi Arabia at one en [...]	2009-01-23 15:33:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV KPAL IS EG
09CAIRO1180	EGYPTIAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON AN INTERNATIONAL PIRACY COURT REF: STATE 58579 Classified By: Minister Counselor for Economic and Political Affairs William R. Stewart for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-23 13:44:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHSA PGOV PHUM EWWT MARR KCRM SO EG
09CAIRO1181	NDP INSIDER PRESSING FOR HUMAN RIGHTS PROGRESS [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-23 13:47:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM KIRF EG
09CAIRO1182	QUARTERLY UPDATE ON POLICE BRUTALITY CASES - JUNE [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-23 13:54:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI EG
09CAIRO119	SCENESETTER FOR SPECIAL ENVOY MITCHELL'S JANUARY 26 VISIT TO CAIRO REF: CAIRO 118 (ASSESSMENT POST-GAZA) Classified By: Ambassador Margaret Scobey Reasons: 1.4 (B) and (D) [...] (S/NF) Summary and Introduction: Senator Mitchell, welcome to Egypt. Your visit will be, we hope, the first in a regular process of dialogue and consultation with senior Egyptians on what they consider to be the primary regional political issue -- the Arab-Israeli conflict, particularly the Palesti [...]	2009-01-23 19:54:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV KPAL IS EG
09CAIRO1194	MFA ON HIZBALLAH CELL, SMUGGLING, CT COOPERATION [...] (C) On June 23, MFA Coordinator for Counterterrorism and Deputy Assistant Minister Ashraf Mohsin told visiting S/CT officer Patrick Worman that the MFA believes Hizballah should be part of the political process in Lebanon. Mohsin said the GOE views Hizballah's terrorist operation in Egypt as [...]	2009-06-25 14:56:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER CT UN IR LE EG
09CAIRO1195	SUDANESE DUP LEADER MIRGHANI ADVOCATES FOR [...] (C) Summary: -- Muhammad Osman Al Mirghani, leader of the Sudanese Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) and the Khatmiyya Sufi sect visited Egypt to ask the Government of Egypt's assistance in the implementation of the June 2005 Cairo Agreement. He suggested a conference to recommit signatories [...]	2009-06-25 14:56:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SU EG
09CAIRO1196	EGYPTIAN BLOGGERS FIXATED ON IRANIAN UNREST [...] KEY POINTS -- (U) Egyptian bloggers remain fixated on the unrest in Iran, even as the story drops from the front pages of local newspapers. -- (U) Bloggers have reported on developments, using traditional and "new" media sources, and posting photos and videos of the protests and killings. [...]	2009-06-25 15:10:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM IR EG
09CAIRO1199	2009 SECTION 527 REPORT FOR EGYPT [...] (SBU) The following report is provided in response to reftel request for information on investment disputes and expropriation claims: 2. (SBU) The United States Government is aware of four (4) claims of U.S.persons that may be outstanding against the Government of Egypt (GOE): Â [...]	2009-06-28 05:19:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV CASC KIDE OPIC PGOV EG
09CAIRO1200	Update on banking sector reforms in Egypt [...] (SBU) Key points: -- Egypt's banking sector continues to weather the storm better than most; -- The U.S.-backed financial sector MOU has contributed to the financial sector's improvements; -- The next round of audits is unlikely to show that GOE has met the MOU's target of 62.5% o [...]	2009-06-28 08:40:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV EAID PGOV PREL EG
09CAIRO1201	CENTRAL BANK CUTS RATES, BUT SOME BANKS KEEP DEPOSIT RATES [...] (U) Key Points -- The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) cut interest rates for the fourth time this year. -- Several major Egyptian state and private banks responded by lowering their lending but not deposit rates. -- The CBE will continue to monitor inflation and growth rates before another [...]	2009-06-28 08:57:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN PGOV EG
09CAIRO1204	Economic and financial leaders debate Egypt's economic [...] (SBU) Key Points: * At the Ambassador-hosted Economic Roundtable, leading economic minds in Egypt believe that sound macroeconomic policies have contributed to Egypt's 7% growth the last several years. * The Roundtable believed that Egypt will weather the current economic downturn better than [...]	2009-06-28 12:40:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV EG
09CAIRO1208	EGYPT'S ECONOMY: JUNE 29 PRESS ROUND-UP [...] (U) The following are notable economic news stories that appeared over the past week in the Egyptian press: ------------------------------------------- Egypt, Russia Agree to Expand Economic Ties ------------------------------------------- 2. (U) As part of an Egypt-Russia strategic pact [...]	2009-06-29 09:05:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD EAGR PGOV PREL EG RS
09CAIRO1215	INFUENZA CONFERENCE REVIEWS VIRUS SITUATION IN EGYPT [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-29 13:55:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU KSTH PGOV EAGR CASC PREL EAID EG
09CAIRO1216	H1N1 Country Update [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-29 13:58:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU KSTH PGOV EAGR CASC PREL EAID EG
09CAIRO1218	AVIAN INFLUENZA REMAINS MOST THE DANGEROUS THREAT [...] (SBU) Key issue: -- The real threat to Egypt is not swine flu (H1N1),but avian influenza (AI, or H5N1),now endemic in poultry flocks in Egypt and infecting people at an increasing rate, and the possibility it could change, with or without help from H1N1, into a virus that easily jumps from [...]	2009-06-29 14:46:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU TBIO EAID PGOV EG
09CAIRO1222	EGYPTIAN MFA REACTIONS TO 2009 TIP REPORT REF: A. 08 CAIRO 2525 B. 09 CAIRO 386 C. 09 CAIRO 721 Classified By: Minister Counselor for Economic and Political Affairs William R. Stewart for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-30 07:20:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF KCRM KWMN KJUS SOCI EG
09CAIRO1223	PUBLIC REACTION TO THE 2009 TIP REPORT [...] (U) Key Points: -- Public reaction to the 2009 TIP Report has varied from condemnation by certain Government of Egypt (GOE) officials to support from civil society representatives. -- The Minister of Family and Population and head of the National Commission for Motherhood and Childhood, Mu [...]	2009-06-30 07:24:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREF KCRM KWMN KJUS SOCI EG
09CAIRO1225	JONES APPAREL: EGYPT'S QIZS ARE GOOD FOR BUSINESS [...] (SBU) KEY POINTS -- Compliance Officers from Jones Apparel Group told us that labor conditions in the factories of their Egyptian suppliers are generally good. -- Jones Apparel has not seen evidence of worker mistreatment in QIZ factories. -- As a result of the QIZ and proximity to U.S. [...]	2009-06-30 11:45:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB EINV PGOV ETRD EG
09CAIRO1226	HIGH COURT GRANTS CUSTODY TO CHRISTIAN MOTHER, BUT RULES CHILDREN ARE MUSLIMS REF: A. CAIRO 1109 B. CAIRO 485 C. CAIRO 477 D. 07 CAIRO 2622 E. 07 CAIRO 1427 Classified By: Economic-Political Minister-Counselor William R. Stewart for reason 1.4 (d). [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-30 12:49:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF SOCI EG
09CAIRO1227	EGYPT'S NEW AMBASSADOR TO IRAQ: SHARIF SHAHIN [...] (C) Ambassador met newly named Egyptian ambassador to Iraq, Sharif Shahin, on June 25. Shahin recently completed his first ambassadorial tour to Zambia and appeared enthusiastic about his appointment to Baghdad. His previous tours of duty included Lebanon (during the last years of the civil war and [...]	2009-06-30 13:42:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EG IZ
09CAIRO1229	INTERIOR MINISTRY EAGER TO CONTINUE POLICE TRAINING [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-01 07:22:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM SNAR EG
09CAIRO123	EGYPT: COUNTRY TEAM ASSESSMENT FOR THE [...] (SBU) Description. REF A is the GOE request to procure twenty-four (24) F-16 Block 50/52 aircraft to support their national defense mission. The GOE long-term plan is to procure a total of forty-five (45) F-16 Block 50/52 aircraft with twenty-four (24) of those being procured at this time an [...]	2009-01-25 11:06:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MASS MARR EG
09CAIRO1231	COURT SENTENCES JOURNALIST TO PRISON TERM FOR [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-01 07:56:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM EG
09CAIRO124	EGYPT: COUNTRY TEAM ASSESSMENT FOR THE PROCUREMENT [...] (SBU) Description. In REF A, The GOE submitted a request to procure six (6) reduced price CH-47D Helicopters utilizing the U.S. Army Cargo Helicopter Alternative Procurement Strategy (CHAPS). These aircraft will perform a myriad of Security and Humanitarian Assistance missions for the EAF, as [...]	2009-01-25 11:16:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MASS MARR EG
09CAIRO125	EGYPT: COUNTRY TEAM ASSESSMENT FOR THE PROCUREMENT [...] (SBU) Description. In REF A, The GOE submitted a request to procure twelve (12) AH-64D Helicopters (BLK II) with the Modernized Target Acquisition and Designation System (MTADS),the required infrastructure/facility upgrades, logistical and technical support requirements. This case will inclu [...]	2009-01-25 11:17:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MASS MARR EG
09CAIRO1256	EGYPT: MINISTER OF INVESTMENT SPEAKS ON REFORMS AND [...] (U) Key Points -- The Egyptian Minister of Investment Mahmoud Mohieldin threw his weight behind a forthcoming World Bank study on the Egyptian investment climate and recommended reforms. -- Mohieldin said Egypt cannot expect the high growth rates that it experienced before the crisis for a [...]	2009-07-02 12:56:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ETRD EAID EFIN PGOV EG
09CAIRO1258	ARAB LEAGUE SECRETARIAT SEEKS FOLLOW-UP ON [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-02 13:12:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	OPDC PREL KISL EG
09CAIRO1259	EGYPT WELCOMES PM VISIT TO DISCUSS END USE ISSUES [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-02 13:22:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MASS ETTC EG
09CAIRO1260	DISCUSSION WITH EGYPTIAN MONEY LAUNDERING UNIT [...] (C) Per reftel A instructions, we have informed the relevant Egyptian government authorities of UNSCR 1874, shared with them the associated non-paper, and urged the necessary actions be taken. Dr. Samir el Shehad, the Director of the Egyptian Money Laundering Combating Unit (EMLCU),told us h [...]	2009-07-02 13:22:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	ECON EFIN ETTC KN KNNP PARM PREL EG
09CAIRO1261	U.S.-EGYPT STRATEGIC DIALOGUE: STRUCTURAL PROPOSALS [...] (C) Key Points: -- The recent launch of a strategic dialogue (reftels) promises a more regular exchange with Egypt on a number of common areas of concern in the region and globally. -- The formal, government-to-government nature of the dialogue does not lend itself to productive exchanges relating [...]	2009-07-02 13:32:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EG
09CAIRO1263	GOE HOLDS PROMINENT BLOGGER AT AIRPORT, SEIZES HIS [...] (C) Blogger Wael Abbas told us GOE passport and customs officials held him at Cairo International Airport for 13 hours on June 30 upon his return from a conference in Sweden. Abbas said the officials did not ask him any questions, but searched him very thoroughly in what amounted "almost to a [...]	2009-07-02 14:17:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM EG
09CAIRO1265	READ-OUT OF MUBARAK-KING ABDULLAH MEETING IN SHARM [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-02 14:47:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PGOV PREL EG SA
09CAIRO1266	RUMORS OF THE DISSOLUTION OF EGYPT'S PARLIAMENT [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-06 05:19:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM EG
09CAIRO1275	EGYPT'S ECONOMY: JULY 6 PRESS ROUND-UP [...] (U) The following are notable economic news stories that appeared over the past week in the Egyptian press: -------------------------------------- GDP Growth Accelerates in Q3 2008/2009 -------------------------------------- 2. (U) The Egyptian Ministry of Finance released official statis [...]	2009-07-06 14:48:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD ENRG EPET EAGR PGOV PREL EG
09CAIRO129	EGYPT PROMOTING PEACE AND STABILITY IN SUDAN, [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-25 15:08:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KCRM SU SO EG
09CAIRO1301	ARAB LEAGUE ON SUDAN AND SOMALIA [...] (C) Key Points: -- Zeid Al Sabban, African Affairs advisor to Arab League (AL) SYG Amre Moussa said that the recent meeting with A/S Carter and S/E Gration at the AU Summit was "very good." Moussa was upset by the allegation that Qatar was supporting the Somali Al Shibaab through funds given [...]	2009-07-09 06:22:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER SO SU ER QA CD EG
09CAIRO1305	GOE JAILS JOURNALIST CONVICTED OF DEFAMATION REF: A. CAIRO 1231 B. CAIRO 284 C. CAIRO 180 D. 08 CAIRO 2152 E. 08 CAIRO 2122 Classified By: Economic-Political Minister-Counselor Donald Blome for reason 1.4 (d). [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-09 12:06:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM EG
09CAIRO1306	SUDANESE UMMA PARTY ENGAGING WITH OTHER OPPOSITION [...] (S) Key Points: -- According to Former Sudanese PM and Umma Party leader, Imam Al Sadiq Al Mahdi, the Umma Party is reaching out to other opposition parties such as the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM),the Sudan Peoples' Liberation Movement (SPLM) and the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) [...]	2009-07-09 12:46:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PREL SU CD EG
09CAIRO1307	SECURITY FORCES PREVENT COPTIC CEREMONY, [...] KEY POINTS -- (C) The Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR),a credible NGO, briefed us July 7 on its fact-finding mission to the village of Ezbet Boushra where sectarian clashes broke out June 21. -- (C) EIPR said the clashes began when security forces prevented village Copts fr [...]	2009-07-09 15:04:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM KIRF EG
09CAIRO1309	EGYPT LAUNCHES SINGLE REGULATOR FOR NON-BANKING FINANCIAL [...] (U) Key Points -- A new agency consolidating all non-bank financial supervisory duties started operation July 1. -- The new Egyptian Financial Supervisory Authority merges three pre-existing regulatory agencies overseeing the mortgage, insurance and capital markets. -- The merger, which [...]	2009-07-09 15:49:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN PGOV EG
09CAIRO1311	Minister of Investment Talks Economic Reform, Privatization [...] (SBU) KEY POINTS - Investment Minister Mahmoud Mohieddin told the Ambassador that successes in the Egyptian economic reform program have helped mitigate the impact of the global economic crisis. - The Ministry of Investment looks to the USG for continued support and technical assistance. [...]	2009-07-13 09:19:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD EAID PGOV PREL EG
09CAIRO1332	GOE RELEASES JOURNALIST FROM PRISON AFTER FIVE DAYS [...] (C) On July 11, the GOE released independent editor Yasser Barakat from prison five days after police arrested him to implement a sentence imposed by Cairo Criminal Court June 24. The court handed down a six-month sentence against Barakat for allegedly defaming MP Mustafa Bakry in a November 2 [...]	2009-07-13 12:40:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM EG
09CAIRO1333	EGYPT'S SPEAKER OF THE PEOPLE'S ASSEMBLY ON [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-13 12:40:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KWMN PHUM SOCI EG
09CAIRO134	IMPRISONED QURANIST BLOGGER RELEASED [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-26 14:58:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF KISL EG
09CAIRO1341	EGYPTIAN IDEAS ON SOMALIA [...] (S/NF) Key Points: -- Assistant Minister for African Affairs Mona Omar told the Ambassador that the Government of Egypt (GoE) considers the current situation in Somalia to be the most important on the African continent, and it has put together a plan to try to prevent Al Shibaab from succeed [...]	2009-07-13 14:08:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER KTFN ER SO QA EG
09CAIRO1342	EGYPT'S ECONOMY: JULY 13 PRESS ROUND-UP [...] (U) The following are notable economic news stories that appeared over the past week in the Egyptian press: -------------------------------------------- Annual Suez Canal Revenues Fall in FY2008/09 -------------------------------------------- 2. (U) The Suez Canal Authority (SCA) announce [...]	2009-07-13 14:46:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD ENRG PGOV EG
09CAIRO1349	GENERAL PETRAEUS' MEETING WITH EGIS CHIEF SOLIMAN [...] Key Points: -- (S/NF) During a June 29 meeting with CENTCOM Commander General Petraeus, Egyptian General Intelligence Service (EGIS) Chief Omar Soliman shared his views on Iraq, Iran, and ongoing efforts on Palestinian reconciliation. -- (S/NF) On Iraq, Soliman assessed that Arab leaders [...]	2009-07-14 11:44:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PARM MASS IR IZ KPAL IS EG
09CAIRO1350	GENERAL PETRAEUS' MEETING WITH DEFENSE MINISTER [...] Key Points: -- (S/NF) During a June 29 meeting with CENTCOM Commander General Petraeus, Minister of Defense Tantawi discussed bilateral military cooperation, counter smuggling, and Iraq. -- (S/NF) Tantawi thanked General Petraeus for opposing Congressional conditioning of U.S. assistance to Egypt a [...]	2009-07-14 11:46:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PARM MASS IR IZ KPAL IS EG
09CAIRO1351	GENERAL PETRAEUS' MEETING WITH PRESIDENT MUBARAK [...] Key Points: -- (S/NF) During a June 29 meeting with CENTCOM Commander General Petraeus, President Mubarak shared his views on Iraq, Afghanistan/Pakistan, Iran, Palestinian reconciliation, and counter smuggling. -- (S/NF) On Iraq, General Petraeus thanked Mubarak for naming a new Egyptian [...]	2009-07-14 11:48:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PARM MASS IR IZ KPAL IS AF PK EG
09CAIRO1352	SUDAN: SLA-MINAWI ADVOCATES FOR CONTINUING U.S. ROLE IN DARFUR [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-14 12:25:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SU CD EG
09CAIRO1354	MUBARAK-BASHIR MEETING; EGYPTIAN EFFORTS WITH [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-14 14:42:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SU EG
09CAIRO1363	EGYPTIAN RESPONSE TO PROPOSED UNSCR 1267 [...] (S/NF) Key Points - Econoff delivered reftel points and list of people and entities that may be de-listed from the UNSCR 1267 consolidated list. - Ashraf Mohsen, the MFA Coordinator for Counter Terrorism, told us the GOE had issues with only three proposed de-listings. - Mohsen express [...]	2009-07-15 12:35:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN KTFN PREL PTER UNSC EG UK
09CAIRO1366	EGYPT: PROPOSED EXAPANSION OF JUDICIAL BODY BRINGS [...] Key Points: -- (C) The proposed expansion by presidential decree of the constitutionally-mandated Supreme Judicial Council (SJC),the judiciary's governing body, has drawn fire from judges who accuse Minister of Justice Mamdouh Marei of seeking to exploit the changes to the SJC to increase the numb [...]	2009-07-15 14:23:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KJUS PHUM EG
09CAIRO1370	MFA READOUT ON IRAQI FM ZEBARI VISIT [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-16 05:25:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ EG
09CAIRO1371	UPDATE ON U.S.-EGYPT AIR MARSHALS AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) KEY POINTS --Over the past year, the USG has worked with GOE interlocutors to conclude an Inflight Security Officers agreement with Egypt. The agreement, once finalized, will allow armed U.S. Federal Air Marshals to travel on board U.S. flights to and from Egypt. --The Egyptian Min [...]	2009-07-16 08:25:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR PREL PTER ASEC EG

09CAIRO1372	U.S. COAST GUARD VISITS PORT OF ALEXANDRIA [...] (SBU) KEY POINTS --A U.S. Coast Guard International Port Security team (PST) visited Egypt June 19-26 to conduct its first ever assessment of Egypt's compliance with the International Ship and Port Security standards code (ISPS). The team met with GOE port security officials and assessed the [...]	2009-07-16 08:27:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT ECON PGOV PREL MCAP EG
09CAIRO1377	COUNTER SMUGGLING UPDATE: EGYPT INCREASES EFFORTS [...] Key Points: -- (S/NF) Egypt has increased efforts to combat arms smuggling to Gaza, with a focus on stopping arms from entering Egypt from Sudan and the Red Sea. The Egyptians also report success at interdicting illicit funds destined for Gaza. -- (S/NF) The Egyptian military has increased its pres [...]	2009-07-16 14:45:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PARM MASS IS KPAL EG
09CAIRO138	EGYPT ENTERS THE BRAVE NEW WORLD OF HIGH [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: Five Egyptian research organizations are planning to build Biosafety Level Three (BSL-3) laboratories in which they can work with indigenous or exotic agents like Rift Valley Fever and strains of highly pathogenic avian influenza (AI). Three of the groups, VSVRI, th [...]	2009-01-27 09:03:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO PARM PGOV ECON KFLU KSTH KSCA EAGR EG
09CAIRO1393	POWER POLITICS AND CIVIL SOCIETY IN THE DELTA CITY [...] KEY POINTS -- (U) On July 15 we visited the Delta city of Mansoura, with a population of 1 million, high unemployment and a formerly agricultural economy transitioning to light manufacturing and other trade. -- (C) One local businessman and NGO leader told us that in the past six months t [...]	2009-07-19 14:45:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM SOCI EG
09CAIRO1394	MINERS CLASH WITH POLICE IN UPPER EGYPT [...] (C) On July 16, in the most recent example of Egypt's ongoing wave of labor strikes and demonstrations (ref A),quarry workers and owners protesting a local government imposed tariff on cut stone clashed with police in the Upper Egyptian city of Minya. According to local media reports, a pol [...]	2009-07-20 13:14:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ECON PHUM PGOV KDEM EG
09CAIRO1395	EGYPT: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON BIOMETRICS [...] (C) On July 19, we delivered reftel demarche to Deputy Assistant Foreign Minister and Coordinator for Counterterrorism Ashraf Mohsen. Mohsen was not familiar with the Regional Biometrics Partnership Conference and said the MFA had not received a conference invitation. He suggested that the invitati [...]	2009-07-20 13:21:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC PREL EG JO
09CAIRO1396	EGYPT'S ECONOMY: JULY 20 PRESS ROUND-UP [...] (U) The following are notable economic news stories that appeared over the past week in the Egyptian press: -------------------------------------- Bank Launches Mortgage Finance Program -------------------------------------- 2. (U) The National Bank of Egypt (NBE),Egypt's biggest bank, [...]	2009-07-20 13:22:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD ENRG PGOV EG
09CAIRO1408	EGYPT ON NILE RIGHTS AND THE NILE BASIN INITIATIVE [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-21 14:31:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAGR ECON SU ET KE UG EG
09CAIRO1410	ARAB LEAGUE COS FOLLOW-UP ON US-ARAB COOPERATION; [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-22 10:12:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KISL SCUL EG
09CAIRO1411	EGYPT: COUNTRY TEAM ASSESSMENT FOR A CLASSIFIED BRIEFING [...] (SBU) Description. In ref (a),the Government of Egypt (GOE) submitted a Letter of Request (LOR) for a classified briefing for the MK 54 Lightweight Torpedo (LWT). The primary mission of the MK 54 LWT is ship and force self defense against submarines. This torpedo would eventually replace th [...]	2009-07-22 10:17:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MASS MARR EG
09CAIRO1412	NAM SUMMIT IN SHARM EL SHEIKH FOCUSES ON RICH-POOR [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-22 11:53:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PORG PARM EG
09CAIRO1415	EGYPT: FOLLOW-UP TO THE CAIRO SPEECH [...] (U) Even before Air Force One departed on June 4, Embassy Cairo began wide-ranging consultations with Egyptian civil-society, private sector, and government leaders focused on implementing President Obama's ideas. Egyptians are proud and excited that the President chose Cairo as the speech ven [...]	2009-07-22 14:01:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KISL KIRF EG
09CAIRO1416	USG-FUNDED SMALL BUSINESS PROJECT FOR WOMEN IN THE [...] KEY POINTS -- (U) On July 20, we visited the USG-funded kiosk project, which aims to provide a small business livelihood for low-income women in a poor, agricultural section of the Nile Delta Governorate of Menufiya, approximately 75 miles north of Cairo. -- (U) The USD 43,000 ESF grant [...]	2009-07-22 14:38:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KDEM ECON SOCI EG
09CAIRO142	AYMAN NOUR LETTER TO PRESIDENT OBAMA [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-27 10:15:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM EG
09CAIRO1428	EGYPT PROVIDES INFORMATION IN OPPOSITION TO [...] (S/NF) Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Assistant Minister and Co-ordinator for Counterterrorism Ashraf Mohsen, in a July 19 meeting, restated Egypt's opposition to the proposed removal of Egyptian citizen Hani al-Sabai from the UNSCR 1267 consolidated list (refs A and B). Mohsen [...]	2009-07-26 12:32:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET//NOFORN	EFIN PREL PTER KTFN UNSC EG UK
09CAIRO1429	U.S. BROKERS IRENA HEADQUARTERS AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) KEY POINTS --The United States signed the Statute of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) during a ceremony at the second Preparatory Commission in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, on Monday, June 29. By the end of the conference, 136 States had joined the Preparatory Commission of [...]	2009-07-26 12:44:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG KGHG SENV PGOV PREL EG GM AU TC
09CAIRO1431	U.S. BROKERS IRENA HEADQUARTERS AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) KEY POINTS --The United States signed the Statute of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) during a ceremony at the second Preparatory Commission in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, on Monday, June 29. By the end of the conference, 136 States had joined the Preparatory Commission of [...]	2009-07-26 13:18:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG KGHG SENV PGOV PREL EG GM AU TC
09CAIRO1433	MFA LOOKS AHEAD TO THIRD UN EXPERT VISIT, 2010 UPR [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-27 05:27:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER SENV KIRF KTIP UN EG
09CAIRO1436	ROW OVER WHEAT IMPORTS LEADS GOE TO TOUGHEN PENALTIES BUT [...] (U) Key Points -- Egyptian import inspectors rejected a large shipment of Russian wheat in May, raising fears over imported wheat quality and prompting the quarantine of several other wheat shipments. -- Inefficient import inspections and continued incentives to import substandard wheat co [...]	2009-07-27 12:22:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EAGR EINV PGOV EG
09CAIRO1440	EGYPT'S ECONOMY: JULY 27 PRESS ROUND-UP [...] (U) The following are notable economic news stories that appeared over the past week in the Egyptian press: --------------------------------------- Tax Revenues Increased 21% in FY2008/09 --------------------------------------- 2. (U) Egypt's tax revenues increased 21% to LE140.5 billion [...]	2009-07-27 15:03:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD ENRG PGOV EG
09CAIRO1447	RECENT GOE ACTIONS TO SUPPRESS CRITICAL OPINION [...] KEY POINTS -- (C) A recent series of selective GOE actions against journalists, bloggers and even an amateur poet illustrates the variety of methods available to the GOE to suppress critical opinion, including an array of investigative authorities and public and private legal actions. -- [...]	2009-07-28 14:48:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM EG
09CAIRO145	SENIOR EGYPTIAN OFFICIAL WELCOMES RECENT POTUS [...] (SBU) The Egyptian leadership is taking notice of, and welcoming, President Obama's recent outreach to Egypt, and focus on the Middle East peace process. Safwat El Sherif, the powerful secretary-general of the ruling National Democratic Party and speaker of the Shura Council (Egypt's upper ho [...]	2009-01-27 14:56:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EG
09CAIRO1456	GARBAGE CITY: AFTERMATH OF THE GOE PIG CULLING PLAN [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-29 14:15:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU KSTH PGOV EAGR CASC PREL EAID EG
09CAIRO1457	EGYPT'S SHI'A CRACKDOWN [...] Key Points -- (C) According to Mohamed al-Darini (ref A),a leader of the Egyptian Shi'a Supreme Council of the Descendants of the Prophet, Egyptian security forces have arrested approximately 300 Shi'a since mid-April. The Council's headquarters has been shut down by authorities. -- ( [...]	2009-07-30 04:29:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KIRF KISL PTER EG IR
09CAIRO1458	SECURITY AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE NORTH SINAI [...] (S/NF) Key Points: -- A National Democratic Party (NDP) Bedouin parliamentary representative for northern and central Sinai and members of the Fawakhriya Bedouin Council said that increased Egyptian security and military measures will not resolve the smuggling of goods, weapons, and people. [...]	2009-07-30 04:29:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV EAID SOCI KWBG EG
09CAIRO1463	EGYPT: COUNTRY TEAM ASSESSMENT OF THE EGYPTIAN ACQUISITION [...] (SBU) Description: The Government of Egypt (GOE) has requested the release of depot level repair capability for the Avenger vehicle-mounted short-range air defense system. This depot level repair capability would consist of electronic test equipment, technical data and training for component [...]	2009-07-30 09:03:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MASS MARR EG
09CAIRO1464	"APRIL 6" MOVEMENT CONSOLIDATES RANKS, LOOKS [...] KEY POINTS -- (C) "April 6" movement leader Ahmed Saleh told us July 26 that the group has ejected Islamist and Nasserist members to try to preserve its secular, western orientation. -- (C) Saleh urged U.S. pressure on the GOE for international monitors for the 2010 and 2011 elections. He [...]	2009-07-30 13:45:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM EG
09CAIRO1465	GOE YET TO TAKE POSITION ON JORDANIAN RED SEA [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-30 13:53:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SENV KWBG JO IS EG
09CAIRO1467	RAMPING UP PRESSURE ON THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD IN [...] Key Points: -- (C) High profile arrests of members of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) have continued to pick up speed since May. Most recently, three MB-affiliated bloggers critical of government tactics against the MB, including the wave of arrests, have been detained themselves. -- (C) MB attempts [...]	2009-07-30 14:39:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PREL PGOV PHUM KTER KJUS EG
09CAIRO1468	NDP INSIDER: MILITARY WILL ENSURE TRANSFER OF POWER [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-30 14:44:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PREL PGOV KDEM EG
09CAIRO1493	MB PARLIAMENTARY LEADER ON INCREASED GOE [...] KEY POINTS -- (S) Muslim Brotherhood (MB) MP and leader of the MB bloc in the People's Assembly (PA) Dr. Mohammed Saad Katatni said pressure on the MB has increased in the lead-up to the 2010 parliamentary elections, and is greater than before the 2005 and 2008 elections. He called the rece [...]	2009-08-03 13:14:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM EG
09CAIRO1495	EGYPT'S BAHA'I FRUSTRATED WITH LACK OF PROGRESS ON [...] KEY POINTS -- (C) During a July 28 meeting, leaders of Egypt's Baha'i community reported no progress in obtaining government identification documents. -- (C) According to the Baha'i, following the April 15 issuance by the MoI of a decree establishing procedures for members of "unrecognized" religio [...]	2009-08-03 13:41:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF EG
09CAIRO1502	EGYPT'S ECONOMY: AUGUST 2 PRESS ROUND-UP [...] (U) The following are notable economic news stories that appeared over the past week in the Egyptian press: ------------------------ Suez Canal revenue is 7.2% lower ------------------------ 2. (U) Suez Canal receipts reached $4.7 billion during FY08/09, a reduction of 7.2% from the prev [...]	2009-08-04 10:28:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD ENRG PGOV EG
09CAIRO1503	FM ABOUL GHEIT ON MUBARAK VISIT, MB, STRATEGIC [...] (C) Key Points: -- FM Aboul Gheit said Egypt's main goal for the upcoming Washington visit was to build "rapport" between the two presidents, emphasizing Egypt's "strategic" relationship with the U.S. and continuing discussion of key regional issues. -- The Muslim Brotherhood remains a "challenge" [...]	2009-08-04 10:53:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF EG
09CAIRO1506	NO AGREEMENT ON WATER SHARING AT NILE COM MEETINGS [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-04 15:14:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PGOV PREL EG
09CAIRO1514	INITIATIVES TO COUNTER TORTURE IN EGYPT [...] Torture is a serious problem in Egypt, and there are ongoing efforts in the country to prevent its practice and protect victims. Several Egyptian NGOs have ongoing programs to provide legal assistance, and psychological and physical rehabilitation for torture victims. Human rights attorneys [...]	2009-08-05 13:17:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM UN EG
09CAIRO1521	EGYPT RESPONDS TO REQUEST FOR FURTHER EVIDENCE [...] (S/NF) In an August 2 meeting, Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Assistant Minister and Coordinator for Counter-Terrorism Ashraf Mohsen responded to the requests for more information contained in reftel A by providing forty pages of documents, in Arabic, which he said are the records [...]	2009-08-06 14:20:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET//NOFORN	KTFN EFIN PREL PTER UNSC EG UK
09CAIRO1525	NCP AND SPLM CAIRO OFFICE HEADS DISCUSS U.S. AND [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-09 06:08:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SU EG
09CAIRO1531	GOOD INTENTIONS FAIL TO MASK DOUBTS ABOUT GOE'S [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-09 11:41:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV EAID EG
09CAIRO1532	STATE SECURITY'S SELECTIVE INTERFERENCE WITH CIVIL [...] KEY POINTS -- (C) Recent discussions with NGO contacts illustrate some of the factors which shape Interior Ministry State Security Investigative Services' (SSIS) decisions to interfere with certain civil society activities. -- (C) State Security seems to target certain NGO leaders based o [...]	2009-08-09 13:28:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM EG
09CAIRO1547	STRIKES AND MOULIDS IN NILE DELTA TEXTILE CENTER [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-09 14:54:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PGOV PHUM KISL SOCI EG
09CAIRO155	PROSECUTION ACTS ON CRIMINAL CASE AGAINST SAAD [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-29 13:18:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV KDEM EAID EG
09CAIRO1550	A/USTR WILSON'S MEETINGS WITH MINISTRY OF TRADE [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-10 06:32:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON ELAB EINV PGOV EG
09CAIRO1552	GOE INFLUENZA PLANNING WELL UNDER WAY FOR ANNUAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-10 07:05:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU KSTH PGOV EAGR CASC PREL EAID EG
09CAIRO1556	EGYPT ISSUES ID CARDS TO BAHA'IS [...] (SBU) On August 9, Egypt's Ministry of Interior (MoI) issued national identification cards to two Baha'is, teenage brother and sister Nancy and Imad Hindy. The identity cards include a dash in the field that normally reflects the bearer's religion (with the GoE recognized religions of Islam [...]	2009-08-10 14:02:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF EG
09CAIRO1557	EGYPT'S ECONOMY: AUGUST 9 PRESS ROUND-UP [...] (U) The following are notable economic news stories that appeared over the past week in the Egyptian press: ---------------------------------- Ministry of Finance releases FY08/09 preliminary figures ---------------------------------- 2. (U) Minister of Finance Youssef Boutros Ghaly said [...]	2009-08-10 14:29:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD ENRG PGOV EG
09CAIRO1559	PDAS COUNTRYMAN MEETS WITH MOD OFFICIALS TO [...] Key Points: -- (C) On August 2, PM PDAS Tom Countryman led an interagency visit to Cairo to discuss recent potential violations of the Government of Egypt,s (GOE) end-use, retransfer, and security obligations involving U.S.-provided defense articles and defense services with the Ministry of [...]	2009-08-11 11:41:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS ETTC PARM EG
09CAIRO1571	PM PDAS COUNTRYMAN TALKS PIRACY WITH EGYPTIAN [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-12 09:35:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER EWWT KCRM SO EG
09CAIRO1576	MFA ON FATAH CONGRESS ELECTIONS, PALESTINIAN [...] (C) On August 11, Poloff met with new MFA Director of Palestinian Affairs, Hesham Seif al-Din and MFA Cabinet Advisor for Israeli-Palestinian Affairs, Ahmed Hamshari. Seif Al-Din said he was adopting a "wait and see" attitude towards the Fatah elections, but doubted that the elections would result [...]	2009-08-13 11:05:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IS EG
09CAIRO1578	EGYPT'S INDEPENDENT TRADE UNION FLEXES MUSCLE [...] (SBU) On August 11, the Real Estate Tax Collector's Union (RETU),Egypt's only independent trade union, held a one day strike to protest a decision by the Ministry of Finance (MoF),the employer of RETU's 35,000 members, to give a rival state-controlled union responsibility for RETU members' pensio [...]	2009-08-13 14:00:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PGOV PHUM KDEM EG
09CAIRO159	JUDGE RELEASES POLICE OFFICER CHARGED WITH SAMALUT [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-29 15:17:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM EG
09CAIRO1601	EGYPT'S ECONOMY: AUGUST 17 PRESS ROUND-UP [...] (U) The following are notable economic news stories that appeared over the past week in the Egyptian press: ---------------------------------------- Agriculture Products Irrigated by Sewage ---------------------------------------- 2. (U) Food safety continues to be a major concern in Egyp [...]	2009-08-18 03:57:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAGR EFIN ETRD ENRG PGOV EG
09CAIRO1609	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: 2009 G-8 BMENA FORUM FOR THE [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-19 12:19:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMPI KDEM EG
09CAIRO1615	NEXT STEPS ON THENILE BASIN INITIATIVE REF: CAIRO 1506 Classified By: Minister Counselor for Economic and Political Affairs Donald A. Blome for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-20 11:57:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TSPL BY CG ET KE RW SU TZ UG EG
09CAIRO1616	ARAB LEAGUE ASSISTANCE TO SOMALIA AND SUDAN [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-20 11:57:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SO SU IZ EG
09CAIRO1617	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: AFGHANISTAN - MANAGING THE [...] (S/REL GBR) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA Afghanistan and Pakistan Desk Officer Ahmed Berkly. Poloff shared U.S. concerns on the potential for violence following the elections and urged Egypt to publicly and privately stress the need for calm while the electoral authorities work though an [...]	2009-08-20 13:30:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PREL PGOV AF EG
09CAIRO1618	EGYPTIAN MFA ADDRESSES PIRACY AND SOMALIA [...] He said the fisherman had "nothing to lose" because the GoE refused to pay a ransom to the pirates, and had discouraged the ship owners from doing the same. Marzouk had met personally with the families of the men to explain the GoE position and assured them that the MFA and Egyptian intelligence we [...]	2009-08-20 14:36:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MOPS MARR EWWT KCRM SO EG
09CAIRO1625	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-23 13:21:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AORC APER KAWC KUNR UNGA EG
09CAIRO1629	EGYPT'S ECONOMY: AUGUST 24 PRESS ROUND-UP [...] (U) The following are notable economic news stories that appeared over the past week in the Egyptian press: --------------------------------------- Moody's Raises Egypt's Sovereign Rating --------------------------------------- 2. (U) Moody's raised Egypt's sovereign rating from "negative [...]	2009-08-24 11:41:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD EAGR ENRG PGOV EG
09CAIRO163	DEVELOPMENT ISSUES IN NORTH SINAI [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-01 05:04:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPAL ECON PTER SNAR EAID EAGR EG IS
09CAIRO1639	GARBAGE CITY: AFTERMATH OF THE GOE PIG CULLING PLAN [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-26 12:40:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU KSTH PGOV EAGR CASC PREL EAID EG
09CAIRO1679	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: EGYPTIAN INVITATION TO ERITREA [...] (C) On August 24, OMC officers delivered reftel points to MG Ahmed Moataz, Chief of the U.S. Liaison Branch at the Ministry of Defense. Moataz confirmed that Egypt had already delivered an invitation to Eritrea to participate in the Bright Star military exercise as an observer, but noted that Eritr [...]	2009-08-27 14:56:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS MOPS PTER ER EG
09CAIRO1690	S/E GRATION PARTICIPATES IN FOUR-PARTY TALKS ON [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-30 13:55:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL LY SU EG
09CAIRO17	EGYPT: GAZA ROUND-UP: JANUARY 5 [...] (S) On January 5, Egyptian military officials briefed defense attaches on the situation in Gaza. The Egyptian military reports that the Egyptian-Gaza border remains stable, with no breaches since December 28. Egyptian border guards successfully prevented subsequent attempts to breach the bor [...]	2009-01-05 14:41:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	KPAL PGOV PREL PHUM EG IS
09CAIRO1705	S/E GRATION MEETS WITH ARAB SYG MOUSSA ON SUDAN [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-02 06:09:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SU EG
09CAIRO1707	EGYPT'S ECONOMY: September 2 PRESS ROUND-UP [...] (U) The following are notable economic news stories that appeared over the past week in the Egyptian press: -------------------------------------------- Egypt Achieves High Ranking in Investment Attraction -------------------------------------------- 2. (U) Egypt ranked as the most attrac [...]	2009-09-02 12:13:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD EAGR ENRG PGOV EG
09CAIRO1709	UN 1267 (AL-QAIDA/TALIBAN) SANCTIONS: DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) On September 1, we delivered reftel demarche and provided the names of individuals currently under review to Deputy Assistant Foreign Minister and Coordinator for Counter Terrorism Ashraf Mohsen. 2. (C) Mohsen commented on a number of individuals under review. On Sayf al-Adl (QI.S [...]	2009-09-02 13:56:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	KTFN EFIN PREL PTER UNSC EG
09CAIRO171	CONGRATULATORY LETTER TO PRESIDENT OBAMA FROM [...] (U) The Speaker of the Egyptian People's Assembly, Dr. Ahmed Fathi Sorour, sent the following congratulatory message to President Obama, a copy of which was sent to post and dated January 21, 2009. The original letter was sent to the White House. 2. (U) Text of Sorour's letter to President [...]	2009-02-01 11:00:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL OVIP PGOV EG
09CAIRO1714	EGYPT: NEXT STEPS ON SUDAN [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-03 08:50:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SU EG
09CAIRO172	EGYPTIAN COURT RULES IN FAVOR OF RECONVERT [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-01 13:21:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KIRF SOCI EG
09CAIRO1723	EGYPTIAN ISLAMIST MEETS WITH STAFFDEL HOGREFE [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-03 14:59:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KISL EG
09CAIRO1725	GOE PROPOSES NEW MODEL FOR ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE [...] (C) Key Points: -- The GOE sees the current U.S. administration's desire to transform the bilateral relationship as an opportunity to revive proposals for USG economic assistance deemed unworkable in the past. -- The GOE's newest proposal closely mirrors its unacceptable November 2007 endowment/deb [...]	2009-09-03 15:29:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON PREL PGOV EG
09CAIRO1727	REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE ON GOE ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-03 16:02:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON PREL PGOV EFIN EG
09CAIRO173	EGYPT'S 53RD BIRD FLU VICTIM [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: Egypt's 53rd human avian influenza (AI) victim-a two-year-old girl from Shebin El-Kom, the capital of the Menoufiya Governorate- has recovered. Twenty-four of the 25 Egyptian pre-teens struck with bird flu here have now survived, including all 22 of those under age t [...]	2009-02-01 13:55:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU KSTH PGOV ECON KSCA EAGR EG
09CAIRO1739	EGYPT NOTIFIED OF DEPARTMENT OF LABOR LIST OF [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-09 10:58:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	EIND ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI EG
09CAIRO1742	EGYPTIAN SUPPORT FOR AFGHANISTAN [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (S) On September 6, Deputy Foreign Minister Wafaa Bassim briefed Ambassador on initial results of a set of Egyptian interagency consultations undertaken in response to S/RAP Holbrooke's July visit to Cairo seeking additional regional s [...]	2009-09-09 15:38:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PREL PTER AF EG
09CAIRO1743	EGYPTIAN VIEWS ON IAEA GC NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) Summary: Key Egyptian interlocutors say Egypt has worked in good faith to achieve consensus in Vienna, including showing substantial flexibility on the GC President's initiative. They are willing to continue to work toward this goal via the now-circulated MES text. In the Egyptian view, Israe [...]	2009-09-09 15:46:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP PARM IAEA IS IR EG
09CAIRO1749	EGYPT'S ECONOMY: September 10 PRESS ROUND-UP [...] (U) The following are notable economic news stories that appeared over the past week in the Egyptian press: --------------------------------------------- -- Preparing for Free Trade Negotiations with MERCOSUR --------------------------------------------- -- 2. (U) Minister of Trade and In [...]	2009-09-10 08:43:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD EAGR ENRG PGOV EG
09CAIRO1758	THE NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR CHILDHOOD AND MOTHERHOOD'S ANTI-TRAFFICKING EFFORTS Classified By: Minister Counselor for Economic and Political Affairs Donald A. Blome for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-10 14:51:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KCRM KWMN KJUS SOCI EG
09CAIRO1759	EGIS CHIEF SOLIMAN AND U.S. AFRICA COMMAND DISCUSS [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-10 14:58:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SU SO EG
09CAIRO1760	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-10 15:44:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UN UNHRC EG
09CAIRO1761	CHALLENGES OF SINAI ASSISTANCE [...] (C) Key Points: -- Although security restrictions and other factors associated with working in the Sinai will continue to make it more difficult to implement our programs there, progress is being made. -- In May 2009, the Governor of North Sinai agreed to help facilitate access, and USAI [...]	2009-09-10 16:02:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON PREL PGOV EG
09CAIRO1766	FRAUD SUMMARY - CAIRO [...] COUNTRY CONDITIONS: Widespread poverty and a lack of perceived economic prospects drive a significant number of Egyptians to look for opportunity outside of their homeland. Boatloads of Egyptians have been intercepted traveling north across the Mediterranean towards Europe. Such economic migran [...]	2009-09-13 13:39:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC EG
09CAIRO1767	AMBASSADOR HOSTS EGYPTIAN RELIGIOUS INTELLECTUALS [...] (U) Summary: On August 12, the Ambassador hosted a lunch for intellectual leaders from Egypt,s Muslim community, as follow-up to President Obama,s June 2009 Cairo speech. Spirited discussion took place on how to facilitate continued dialogue. Guests stressed the need to engage the American [...]	2009-09-13 13:52:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KISL KPAO EG
09CAIRO1778	MFA DIPNOTE AGREEING TO CONTINUE POLICE TRAINING [...] This is an action request; please see para 4. 2. On September 14, we received a diplomatic note from the MFA agreeing to continue USG-funded police training consistent with the terms of our April 21 dipnote (refs C, D). 3. Begin text of MFA dipnote (informal MFA and embassy translation) [...]	2009-09-14 16:35:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM SNAR EG
09CAIRO1787	EGIS CHIEF SOLIMAN AND U.S. AFRICA COMMAND DISCUSS SUDAN AND SOMALIA [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-15 10:19:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SU SO EG
09CAIRO1788	ARAB LEAGUE SPOKESMAN BRIEFS ON SEPTEMBER MINISTERIAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-15 10:48:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL KWBG IS IZ WEU GZ SY SU EG
09CAIRO1790	EGYPTIAN MFA AND AFRICOM DELEGATION DISCUSS [...] MFA officials said there is a lack of evidence against the suspected pirates, and it is unclear whether the events occurred in Somali waters or on the high seas bringing into question the issue of Egyptian jurisdiction. End Key Points. 2.(C) A U.S. Africa Command (Africom) delegation including Dep [...]	2009-09-15 10:55:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SU SO EG
09CAIRO1793	TRADE MINISTER INTENT ON EXPANDING US-EGYPT TRADE TIES [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-15 14:35:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON PREL PGOV EG
09CAIRO180	JUDGE FINES FOUR EDITORS ON APPEAL, STRIKES PRISON [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-02 11:40:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM EG
09CAIRO1800	EGYPT: COUNTRY TEAM ASSESSMENT FOR THE PRICING AND [...] (SBU) Description. REF A is the GOE request for pricing and availability of 161 Night Vision Goggles (NVG) sets and the modification of 137 F-16 aircraft to an NVG compatible configuration to support their national defense mission. 2. (SBU) Reason the purchaser desires the articles or servi [...]	2009-09-16 13:35:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MASS MARR EG
09CAIRO1802	H1N1'S IMPACT ON EGYPT'S SCHOOL SYSTEM [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-16 15:08:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU KSTH PGOV EAGR CASC PREL EAID EG
09CAIRO1803	EGYPT'S ECONOMY: SEPTEMBER 16 PRESS ROUND-UP [...] (U) The following are notable economic news stories that appeared over the past week in the Egyptian press: --------------------------------------------- Egypt's Ranking in 2010 Doing Business Report --------------------------------------------- 2. (U) Egypt kept its position as one of th [...]	2009-09-16 15:08:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD EAGR ENRG PGOV EG
09CAIRO1804	FM ABOUL GHEIT ON UNESCO, NONPROLIFERATION, IRAN , [...] Key Points: -- (C) FM Aboul Gheit said the USG "campaign" against UNESCO candidate Farouk Hosni stemmed from a misunderstanding of his record. Egypt continues to work with the USG on the range of bilateral and multilateral issues. However, citing mounting press criticism, the FM said the basis for [...]	2009-09-16 15:19:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PREL IAEA KNNP PARM IR IS KPAL EG
09CAIRO1806	EGYPT TO EXTRADITE "PIRATES" [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-17 06:31:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PREL KCRM EWWT MARR MOPS SO EG
09CAIRO1817	PRESIDENT MUBARAK ON AFGHANISTAN [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-17 14:59:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PREL MOPS PTER AF EG
09CAIRO1818	TIP PROSECUTOR TALKS ABOUT THE COMPREHENSIVE TRAFFICKING LAW REF: CAIRO 1758 Classified By: Minister Counselor for Economic and Political Affairs Donald A. Blome for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-17 15:09:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KCRM KWMN KJUS SOCI EG
09CAIRO1819	"APRIL 6 MOVEMENT" RAISES ITS PROFILE TO ATTRACT [...] KEY POINTS -- (C) On September 15, "April 6 Movement" leader Ahmed Saleh told us that the group is working to attract new members through a campaign of helping citizens "stand up for their rights" and receive government services. -- (C) As part of this effort, he said "April 6" has succes [...]	2009-09-17 15:21:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM EG
09CAIRO1828	FPU REVIEW OF DIVERSITY VISA CASES REVEALS ANOTHER [...] (SBU) Summary: The Cairo Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU) reviewed Diversity Visas (DVs) issued by post to identify additional cases of the baby trafficking network described in reftels. A number of cases were found that raised the possibility that some DV lottery winners applied with newborns that [...]	2009-09-23 11:51:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFRD CVIS CMGT CASC KOCI ASEC PHUM SMIG EG
09CAIRO1834	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CONSTRUCTIVE OUTCOME FROM THE GOLDSTONE REPORT REF: STATE 98567 Classified By: Economic-Political Minister-Counselor Donald A. Blome for reason 1.4 (b). [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-23 14:33:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PTER UN KISL KPAL IS EG

09CAIRO1836	UPDATE ON BLOGGER CASES - SEPTEMBER 2009 [...] KEY POINTS -- (C) Human rights attorney Gamal Eid, who represents all of Egypt's detained bloggers, told us September 15 he had learned through third party sources that prison officials have tortured jailed Coptic blogger Hany Nazir to pressure him to convert to Islam. The prison has not allowed [...]	2009-09-23 15:01:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM KIRF EG
09CAIRO1840	EGYPT'S ECONOMY: September 23 PRESS ROUND-UP [...] (U) The following are notable economic news stories that appeared over the past week in the Egyptian press: ----------------------------------- Cost of Subsidies Drops in July 2009 ----------------------------------- 2. (U) A report by the Ministry of Finance showed that the cost of gove [...]	2009-09-24 05:22:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD EPET ENRG PGOV EG
09CAIRO1842	EGYPT AND THE IAEA GENERAL CONFERENCE [...] (C) Embassy Cairo commends the efforts of US Mission Vienna to engage Egypt and Israel on the Middle East Safeguards (MES) text at the IAEA GC meetings in Vienna, described in ref a and b, and the positive outcome achieved on that resolution. We believe it represents in part a new approach from the [...]	2009-09-24 12:14:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP PARM EG
09CAIRO1844	DEMARCHE GIVEN: PRE-INVITATION TO AFRICA REGIONAL WORKSHOP [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-24 13:33:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC KPAO PREL PTER UNSC XA KE EG
09CAIRO1845	DEMARCHE GIVEN: U.S.-CANADA-MEXICO TRILATERAL PROPOSAL TO [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-24 13:56:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV AORC KGHG EG
09CAIRO1848	EMBASSY RAISES HAASSMENT OF EGYPTIAN CONVERTS WTH MFA [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-24 14:17:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF EG
09CAIRO1850	NDP INSIDER ON UPCOMING ELECTIONS AND LEGISLATION [...] KEY POINTS -- (C) On September 17, ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) Shura Council Member Hossam Badrawi told visiting NEA/ELA desk officer and poloff that high turnout in the 2010 parliamentary elections would benefit the NDP over the Muslim Brotherhood. -- (C) He called for a numbe [...]	2009-09-24 14:27:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KIRF EG
09CAIRO1851	AFRICAN AFFAIRS DISCUSSIONS AT THE ARAB LEAGUE [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-24 14:29:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SU SO MR EG
09CAIRO1852	REFUGEES CAUGHT IN EGYPT-ISRAEL BORDER CROSSFIRE [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-24 15:13:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PGOV PREF PTER PBTS KWBG KPAL IS EG
09CAIRO1857	ENGAGING AYMAN NOUR [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-27 14:45:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM EG
09CAIRO1858	EGYPT ELECTIONS WORKING GROUP, STEP ONE REACHING [...] (C) Key Issues: -- Egypt's 2010 parliamentary and 2011 presidential elections come at a time of increased scrutiny following other high-profile and flawed elections in the region. -- In order to ensure comprehensive engagement on upcoming elections in Egypt, Embassy Cairo has initiated an Elections [...]	2009-09-27 14:47:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM EG
09CAIRO1874	EGYPT'S ECONOMY: SEMPTEMBER 30 PRESS ROUND-UP [...] (U) The following are notable economic news stories that appeared over the past week in the Egyptian press: -------------------------------------- Exports to Agadir Member States up 22% -------------------------------------- 2. (U) The Ministry of Trade and Industry reported that Egypt's [...]	2009-09-30 14:33:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EAGR EPET PGOV EG
09CAIRO1888	SUDAN: CAIRO-BASED FUR LEADER ON DARFUR PEACE [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-01 14:21:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SU EG
09CAIRO1889	RISING TENSIONS AMONG SINAI BEDOUIN [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-01 14:33:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV EG
09CAIRO1892	FOUNDER OF EGYPT'S FIRST INDEPENDENT UNION ON [...] Key Points: -- (C) On September 30, Makram Labib, who with Kamal Abu Eita established the Real Estate Tax Collectors Union (RETU),Egypt's first independent trade union (ref B) since the 1950s, told us that RETU has achieved most of its economic objectives through negotiation with the Ministry of F [...]	2009-10-01 15:59:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PGOV PHUM KDEM EG
09CAIRO1893	REPORTS OF DIVISIONS WITHIN THE MB FOLLOWING THE [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-01 16:20:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM KISL EG
09CAIRO1897	EGYPTIAN WATER MINISTER ON THE NILE BASIN INITIATIVE REF: CAIRO 1506 Classified By: Ambassador Margaret Scobey for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-04 07:17:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SU TZ ET CG EG
09CAIRO1912	CORRECTED COPY - UNESCO VOTE INCITES PRESS, GOE READY TO MOVE ON REF: A. PARIS 1301 B. CAIRO 1804 CAIRO 00001912 001.3 OF 002 Classified By: Ambassador Margaret Scobey for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d) [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-05 14:03:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNESCO SCUL EG
09CAIRO1913	EGYPT'S ECONOMY: October 5 PRESS ROUND-UP [...] (U) The following are notable economic news stories that appeared over the past week in the Egyptian press: ------------------------------------------ GOE to Cut Energy Subsidies within 5 Years ------------------------------------------ 2. (U) Minister of Finance Youssef Boutros Ghali ind [...]	2009-10-05 14:51:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD ENRG PGOV EG
09CAIRO1917	PETROLEUM MINISTER SEEKS U.S. INVESTMENT IN GAS [...] (C) Key Points: -- Minister of Petroleum Sameh Fahmy wants major U.S. oil companies to invest in five deepwater natural gas exploration blocks off Egypt's Mediterranean coast, according to a senior MOP official. -- Fahmy plans to travel to the U.S. in November 2009 and hopes to brief senior U.S. oi [...]	2009-10-05 16:11:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON BEXP EPET ENRG EINV EG
09CAIRO1918	EGYPTIAN GOVERNMENT PUSHES BACK ON THE NIQAB [...] Key points: -- (C) Leadership of both Islamic and secular educational institutions are increasingly critical of the niqab, a full facial veil exposing only the wearer's eyes, and have announced or intend soon to announce restrictions. These restrictions fall far short of a general prohibition. -- ( [...]	2009-10-08 06:44:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KISL KIRF SOCI EG
09CAIRO1924	PRIME MINISTER DISCUSSES ESF, ELECTIONS, SINAI DEVELOPMENT, AND POST SAID EXPANSION [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-08 15:36:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON PREL PGOV EWWT ETRD EG
09CAIRO1925	UPDATE: PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS MINISTER ON [...] (C) Key Points: -- Minister of State for Legislative and Parliamentary Affairs Moufid Shehab confirmed that the new counter-terrorism law would be submitted to parliament by March 2010 in order to go into effect before the Emergency Law expires in May 2010. However, internal disagreements r [...]	2009-10-08 16:25:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PRGOV PTER KIRF KDEM EG
09CAIRO1927	GOE MINISTERS SAY EGYPT REMAINS COMMITTED TO ECONOMIC REFORM [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-08 16:44:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID EFIN EINV EG ETRD PGOV PREL
09CAIRO1928	NEW TELECOM LICENSES FALL SHORT OF ENDING TELECOM [...] (U) KEY POINTS - Egypt is issuing new tenders for bundled voice and data services for the rapidly growing housing-compound market. The GOE expects $1 billion to be invested in these services over the next five years. - For the first time, the telecom tenders will be based on revenue-shari [...]	2009-10-08 16:45:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV EG
09CAIRO1929	EGYPT'S EQUITY MARKET: IS THERE MORE ROOM TO RUN? [...] (U) KEY POINTS - The Egyptian stock market has been a strong performer in 2009. The large cap index is up over 45% and the broader index is up nearly 100%. - Optimism about the Egyptian economy along with continued low commodity prices have been catalysts for buyers of Egyptian equities. [...]	2009-10-08 16:54:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID EFIN EINV EG
09CAIRO1930	DEFICIT FINANCING AND DEBT MANAGEMENT REF: 08CAIRO2408 Classified By: Minister Counselor for Economic and Political Affairs Do nald Blome for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d) [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-08 16:57:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV EG PGOV
09CAIRO1932	RACHID REVIEWS TRADE TIES, UPCOMING TRIP TO U.S. REF: A. CAIRO 1793 B. CAIRO 1550 C. CAIRO 1522 Classified By: Ambassador Margaret Scobey for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d) [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-08 17:17:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON PREL EFIN EAID EG
09CAIRO1945	Cooperation and Coordination Busts Fraud Ring [...] (SBU) Summary: The Cairo Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU),the Egyptian State Security Investigative Services (SSIS) and the Greek Embassy in Cairo worked together to identify a major fraud ring involved in obtaining Schengen visas for mala fide travelers. The ring used fake US visas and bogus suppo [...]	2009-10-13 14:58:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFRD CVIS CMGT ASEC SMIG EG
09CAIRO1947	DEMARCHE ON END-USE MONITORING [...] Key Points: -- On October 10, Ambassador delivered ref A demarche to Minister of Defense Tantawi, stressing that despite the lifting of holds on a proposed F-16 sale to Egypt, the Administration and Congress both share deep concerns about a pattern of end-use violations. -- Ambassador also emphasiz [...]	2009-10-13 15:56:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETTC MASS EG
09CAIRO1948	INDEPENDENT NGO COALITION FOR UPR REPORT SPLINTERS [...] KEY POINTS -- (C) The coalition of independent NGOs formed to submit a September report for the February 2010 UN Human Rights Council Universal Periodic Review (UPR) splintered following disagreements over using legal versus "political" language in the introduction. -- (C) The Egyptian Or [...]	2009-10-13 15:57:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PREL PGOV PHUM UN EG
09CAIRO1957	EGYPT'S ECONOMY: OCTOBER 14 PRESS ROUND-UP [...] (U) The following are notable economic news stories that appeared over the past week in the Egyptian press: --------------------------------------------- ----- High Court Considers Case on Gas Exports to Israel --------------------------------------------- ----- 2. (U) Egypt's Supreme Adm [...]	2009-10-14 14:12:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD EAGR EPET PGOV EG
09CAIRO196	ARAB LEAGUE COS ON "BLEAK" REGIONAL DYNAMICS [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-04 10:14:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL IS EG
09CAIRO1960	AMBASSADOR GOLDBERG DISCUSSES NORTH KOREA WITH MFA [...] (C) Key Points: -- During an October 4 meeting with Ambassador Goldberg, Deputy Assistant Foreign Minister for Disarmament Khalid Shamma said Egypt supports the implementation of UNSCR 1874 and Six-Party talks aimed at denuclearizing North Korea. -- He noted that MFA shares information on [...]	2009-10-14 14:55:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP PTER EFIN ECON PARM KN IR EG
09CAIRO1962	BLUE LANTERN POST-SHIPMENT CHECK ON LICENSE [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-14 14:56:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MASS ETTC EG
09CAIRO1967	EGYPT TRAINS POLICE ON PROTECTING TRAFFICKING [...] (SBU) On October 11, Poloff attended the opening ceremony of an International Organization for Migration (IOM) training program for Egyptian law enforcement officials on "Protecting Victims of Trafficking and Investigating Traffickers." The two-week program, conducted under the auspices of Egypt's [...]	2009-10-15 08:13:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	KTIP PHUM PREL PGOV EG
09CAIRO1971	NEWSPAPER SHUT DOWN OVER ALLEGING ACTORS' [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-15 13:49:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM SOCI EG
09CAIRO1975	ALEXANDRIA: NDP, WAFD FOCUS ON SOCIAL SERVICES TO [...] KEY POINTS -- (C) In advance of the 2010/2011 elections, the ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) is working in Alexandria in cooperation with NGOs to improve the city's infrastructure and education. -- (C) NDP-linked and independent NGOs are working in poor areas to provide social serv [...]	2009-10-18 16:05:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM EG
09CAIRO1976	TREASURY DAS DANIEL GLASER,S MEETINGS WITH [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-19 07:52:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KN PTER ECON PGOV EG
09CAIRO1977	EGYPT: POLITICAL ACTIVISTS SUGGEST CHANGE [...] (C) Key Points -- Political activists at an Ambassador-hosted lunch were pessimistic that the upcoming elections would offer opportunities for real change. -- Most agreed that voter apathy and low voter turnout in previous elections can be explained by the absence of a "political culture," pressu [...]	2009-10-19 08:03:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM EG
09CAIRO1984	EGYPTIAN CONVERT CONVICTED OF FORGERY [...] (SBU) On October 14, a Cairo criminal court convicted Einas Refaat Mohamed Hassan, a convert from Islam to Christianity, of forgery for possessing a false national identity card. Hassan apparently used documents formerly belonging to a deceased Christian woman to obtain a national identity card lis [...]	2009-10-19 14:51:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KIRF KISL EG
09CAIRO1985	EGYPT'S ECONOMY: October 19 PRESS ROUND-UP [...] (U) The following are notable economic news stories that appeared over the past week in the Egyptian press: --------------------------------- Telecom Egypt is Losing Customers --------------------------------- 2. (U) Amr Badawi, Chairman of the National Telecommunication Regulatory Autho [...]	2009-10-19 15:54:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD EAGR ENRG PGOV EG
09CAIRO199	CONGRATULATORY LETTER TO PRESIDENT OBAMA FROM [...] (U) The President of Jewish Community Cairo, Carmen Weinstein, sent the following congratulatory message to President Obama, which was received by post on January 28, 2009. The original letter will be pouched to S/ES-CR. 2. (U) Text of Weinstein's letter to President Obama: BEGIN TEXT: [...]	2009-02-04 13:39:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL OVIP PGOV EG
09CAIRO1992	SCENESETTER FOR A/S CARSON'S VISIT TO EGYPT [...] However, the GoE decided in September to return the pirates to Puntland for prosecution, contending the suspects were not involved in the original hijacking of the ships but had been hired by the pirates to guard the fishing vessels. Egypt questions whether individual nations have jurisdiction to p [...]	2009-10-20 13:11:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL SU SO ER ET EG
09CAIRO1993	UNHCR CAIRO DISCUSSES REFUGEE CHALLENGES [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-20 13:56:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF SU IZ SO ER IS EG
09CAIRO1997	ACTIVISTS' ANGER OVER U.S. POSITION ON GOLDSTONE REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-20 15:09:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KPAL UN IS EG
09CAIRO2	EGYPT: GAZA ROUND-UP: DECEMBER 31 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Arab League ministerial went into closed session at 1:00pm local time and as of 6:00 pm local time we have not gotten any comment on the status of the talks, either from the Egyptians or other delegations. Egypt closed and evacuated the Rafah terminal several times overn [...]	2009-01-01 02:45:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KPAL IS EG
09CAIRO200	INVITATION TO NNSA HUMAN RESOURCES SEMINAR [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-04 13:42:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY AORC OTRA EG
09CAIRO2007	INFLATION COMING DOWN, BUT PERSISTENT HIGH FOOD [...] (U) Key Points: -- Overall inflation has been falling for most of the year and hit a 20-month low of 9% in August; however, food price inflation has been very strong all through 2009. -- The supply chain for food is full of inefficiencies which exacerbate high food price problems. The Gov [...]	2009-10-21 14:44:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EG PGOV
09CAIRO2011	UPDATE ON REPORTS OF DIVISIONS WITHIN THE MUSLIM [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-21 15:10:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM EG
09CAIRO202	SALAFISM ON THE RISE IN EGYPT [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-04 14:13:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KISL PTER KIRF SOCI SCUL PGOV EG
09CAIRO2022	"APRIL 6" PLANS PARALLEL MEETING TO REFUTE NDP [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-22 15:07:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM EG
09CAIRO2031	POLICE HARASSMENT AT NOUR EVENT [...] (C) Key Points: -- (C) Ayman Nour confirmed reports of police harassment at an event for artists and poets held on the evening of October 21 in support of his campaign against succession. Items seized by police were returned except a laptop used to store information about the campaign. Nou [...]	2009-10-22 16:08:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EG KDEM
09CAIRO2039	EGYPT'S ECONOMY: October 26 PRESS ROUND-UP [...] (U) The following are notable economic news stories that appeared over the past week in the Egyptian press: ----------------------------- -------------------------------- Egypt Rejects World Bank's Call for Electricity Price Increase ----------------------------- ----------------------------- [...]	2009-10-26 12:22:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD EAGR ENRG PGOV EG
09CAIRO204	EGYPTIAN BORDER SECURITY REQUEST: NEXT STEPS [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (S/NF) Post appreciates the Department's efforts to quickly respond to Egypt's request for four Z portal multiview cargo and vehicle screening systems to improve their capacity to combat arms smuggling into Gaza (reftel). We are continui [...]	2009-02-04 15:07:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PARM MASS KPAL IS EG
09CAIRO2041	EGYPT FAILS TO MAKE CONCERTED EFFORT TO EXPAND [...] (SBU) Key Points: - NTRA does not have a cohesive policy to expand broadband internet service to underserved areas. - NTRA President and private sector media executives believe the lack of Arabic language content on the internet has prevented demand from growing in underserved areas. - [...]	2009-10-26 15:09:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV EG ECPS
09CAIRO2042	NO TIMELINE SET FOR OFFER OF A SECOND FIXED LINE [...] (SBU) Key Points - GOE has no set timeline or conditions upon which to offer a second fixed line telecom license. - NTRA President Badawi believes any future offer of second fixed line license would be a revenue-sharing model. 2. (SBU) On October 12, we met with Amr Badawi, Presiden [...]	2009-10-26 15:09:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EG PGOV ECPS EINV
09CAIRO2044	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE PRIORITIES [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-26 16:04:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UN EG
09CAIRO205	LESSONS LEARNED FROM EMBASSY CAIRO'S EVACUATION OF AMERICAN [...] Summary: Embassy Cairo evacuated four families with American citizens and family members entitled to immigrant visas, and assisted in the evacuation of over 100 foreign nationals on January 19, 2009. The evacuation went smoothly and lessons learned follow. End Summary. 2. On January 19, 2 [...]	2009-02-04 15:12:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC PREL PTER ASEC KPAL EG
09CAIRO2052	2009 HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT PREVIEW FOR THE MFA [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-28 15:30:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM SOCI EG
09CAIRO2053	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UN CONVENTION AGAINST [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-28 15:59:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV UN KCRM KCOR EG
09CAIRO2058	EGYPT: INAUGURAL ARAB WORLD FORUM SEEKS SENIOR USG [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-29 13:33:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KISL KIRF EG
09CAIRO2064	POLICE BRUTALITY UPDATE: LAWYERS ALLEGE SEVERE [...] KEY POINTS -- (S) Credible human rights lawyers representing members of the Hizballah cell detained since late 2008 believe the GOE tortured the suspects with electric shocks and sleep deprivation to reduce them to a "zombie state." -- (S) The lawyers believe the GOE used the same torture on a se [...]	2009-10-29 17:09:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PTER KPAL LE EG
09CAIRO2065	DEMARCHE DELIVERED - UN INERNATIONAL CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION - SUPPORTINGAMCIT NOMINATION [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-29 17:36:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KAWC KJUS KUNR AORC AER UNGA EG
09CAIRO2066	AYMAN NOUR HARASSED IN HURGHADA [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-29 17:49:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM EG
09CAIRO207	FRAUD TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES CONTINUE TO DISMANTLE NETWORK OF [...] (SBU) Summary: This cable highlights the effective fraud tools and techniques that have uncovered the network of fraudulent birth registrations reported in refs (A) and (B). The Fraud Prevention Manager (FPM) and A/RSO-I continue to use a wide variety of fraud resources to not only identify ad [...]	2009-02-04 15:31:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFRD CVIS CMGT CASC KOCI ASEC PHUM SMIG EG
09CAIRO2072	NAVCENT DISCUSSES SUEZ CANAL TRANSIT PROCEDURES [...] (C) Key Points -- During a September 29 meeting, NAVCENT Deputy Commander Rear Admiral Cropper and Assistant Minister of Defense Major General al-Assar discussed Suez Canal transit procedures for U.S. naval vessels as part of an ongoing dialogue following the March 2008 Global Patriot incident. -- [...]	2009-11-01 15:11:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MASS MARR EWWT EG
09CAIRO2078	EGYPT'S ECONOMY: November 2 PRESS ROUND-UP [...] (U) The following are notable economic news stories that appeared over the past week in the Egyptian press: -------------------------------- Mubarak Speech to NDP Conference -------------------------------- 2. (U) In a speech to the National Democratic Party (NDP) conference, President H [...]	2009-11-02 14:51:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD EAGR ENRG PGOV EG
09CAIRO208	THE ARAB LEAGUE ON AFRICAN AFFAIRS [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-04 15:41:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER UN MR SO SU EG
09CAIRO2082	CENTRAL BANK OF EGYPT RELEASES CORE INFLATION INDEX [...] (U) Key Points: -- The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) released its core inflation index on 25 October. -- Core inflation better reflects underlying inflation and is the statistic that the CBE uses in determining its monetary policy. -- The release of these statistics is a precondition for [...]	2009-11-03 09:14:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV PGOV EG
09CAIRO2083	EGYPT PROSECUTES FACILITATORS OF UNDER-AGE [...] Key Points: -- (SBU) On October 19, an Egyptian court in Al Gharbeya Governorate (in the Nile Delta region) sentenced a marriage registrar, or "ma'zoun," to two years in prison, under the provisions of the 2008 amendment to Egypt's child law, for registering the marriages of 144 girls under the age [...]	2009-11-03 09:47:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	KTIP PHUM PREL PGOV EG
09CAIRO2084	EGYPTIAN SUPPORT FOR AFGHANISTAN [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-03 12:13:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PREL PTER MASS MOPS AF EG
09CAIRO209	POWER TRIP: RESTRUCTURING THE PETROLEUM [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-05 13:01:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PREL EG
09CAIRO210	EGYPT'S 54th BIRD FLU VICTIM, 1st FROM SUEZ [...] (SBU) On February 4, 2009, Egypt's Ministry of Health and Population (MOHP) announced the country's 54th human avian influenza (AI) victim: a two-year-old boy from the Ganian district in the Suez Governorate. 2. (SBU) The boy, the first AI victim in Suez, got sick February 2, was hospitaliz [...]	2009-02-05 13:20:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU KSTH PGOV ECON KSCA EAGR EG
09CAIRO2102	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: COMPLEMENTARY STANDARDS [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-05 14:34:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM UN EG
09CAIRO2103	EGYPT: MINISTRY OF HEALTH REVIEWS CURRENT INFLUENZA [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-05 15:12:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU KSTH PGOV EAGR CASC PREL EAID EG
09CAIRO211	EGYPT'S 54th BIRD FLU VICTIM, 1st FROM SUEZ [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-05 13:21:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU KSTH PGOV ECON KSCA EAGR EG
09CAIRO2111	CIVIL SOCIETY'S EXPECTATIONS FOR ELECTIONS LOW, [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-05 15:24:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM ELAB EG
09CAIRO2112	NOUR TRAVEL PERMISSION DENIED [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-05 16:18:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM EG
09CAIRO2115	CAIRO - A2 VISA VALIDATION STUDY [...] In response to concerns raised by other agencies regarding the possible overstay and/or abuse of A2 visas by Egyptian Ministry of Defense (MOD)personnel, the Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU)conducted a validation study. The FPU reviewed all issued A2 visas for the Egyptian MOD from 01 Jan 2008 to 3 [...]	2009-11-08 15:08:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFRD CVIS CPAS ASEC EG
09CAIRO2120	EGYPT'S ECONOMY: November 9 PRESS ROUND-UP [...] (U) The following are notable economic news stories that appeared over the past week in the Egyptian press: ---------------------------------------- The Central Bank Ends Interest Rate Cuts ---------------------------------------- 2. (U) The Monetary Policy Committee of the Central Bank o [...]	2009-11-09 13:56:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD ENRG PGOV EG
09CAIRO2122	ANGER AND DIFFERENT EXPLANATIONS OVER QIZ [...] (SBU) KEY POINTS -Public and private sector contacts continue to complain about the delay in implementing the Qualifying Industrial Zones (QIZ) program in Minya and Beni Suef, although the delay is largely due to the GOE's slowness to provide accurate information on the factories in the two [...]	2009-11-10 07:42:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN PGOV EG
09CAIRO2124	EGYPT: OPIC-SUPPORTED GLOBAL RENEWABLE ENERGY INVESTMENT [...] (SBU) In response to reftel request for comments on the OPIC-supported Global Renewable Energy Investment program, Post and local contacts are not aware of any derogatory information with respect to the prospective fund manager, US Renewables Group, LLC. 2. (SBU) Renewable energy currently f [...]	2009-11-10 09:14:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ENRG ECON EAID EG
09CAIRO2129	A/S CARSON AND EGIS CHIEF SOLIMAN'S OCTOBER 27 [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-12 09:47:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SO SU ER ET EG
09CAIRO213	INVESTMENT SCANDAL ADDS TO STOCK MARKET WOES [...] (U) Cairo is abuzz with talk of a serious investment fraud allegation. Earlier this week, businessman Nabil Al-Boushi was charged with: (i) operating as a stockbroker without the authority to do portfolio management and (ii) breaking contractual obligations. The Egyptian Public Prosecutor (A [...]	2009-02-05 13:21:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV EG
09CAIRO2130	A/S CARSON'S OCTOBER 27 DISCUSSION OF AFRICAN [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-12 09:47:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SO SU ER CG EG
09CAIRO2133	ASD VERSHBOW'S NOV 3 MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-15 12:58:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS MOPS PTER PARM SU IR EG
09CAIRO2137	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNGA COUNTRY SPECIFIC HUMAN [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-16 14:07:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNGA EG
09CAIRO2140	READOUT OF 19TH QIZ JOINT COMMITTEE MEETING [...] (SBU) On November 15, Israeli and Egyptian trade officials met in Cairo for the quarterly meeting of the Qualifying Industrial Zone (QIZ) Joint Committee. The Israeli delegation was led by Gabby Bar of the Ministry of Trade and Labor, and the Egyptian delegation was headed by Sayed Elbous of t [...]	2009-11-17 09:11:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ETRD PGOV EG IS
09CAIRO2155	"APRIL 6" HOLDS PARALLEL NDP CONFERENCE DESPITE [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-17 12:16:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM EG
09CAIRO2156	EGYPT'S ECONOMY: November 17 PRESS ROUND-UP [...] (U) The following are notable economic news stories that appeared over the past week in the Egyptian press: --------------------------------------- First Chinese Bank Established in Egypt --------------------------------------- 2. (U) Minister of Investment Mahmoud Mohieddin inaugurated a [...]	2009-11-17 13:50:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD EAGR PGOV EG
09CAIRO2157	POPULATION MINISTER FOCUSING ON FAMILY PLANNING [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-17 13:57:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI KWMN KIRF ELAB EG
09CAIRO2158	SUDAN: SPLM SPOKESMAN ADVOCATES PRESSURE ON NCP [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-17 14:03:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SU EG
09CAIRO2164	ACTIVISTS BELIEVE POLICE BRUTALITY CONTINUES [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-17 15:27:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI KIRF EG
09CAIRO2165	EGYPT AND THE ARAB LEAGUE ON THE NEW U.S. SUDAN [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-17 15:29:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SU EG
09CAIRO2166	EGYPT: NDP READY TO RUN ON A "FOR YOU" PLATFORM REF: 2008 CAIRO 2310 Classified By: Minister-Counselor for Economic and Political Affairs Donald A. Blome [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-17 15:37:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM EG
09CAIRO2168	UPDATE: EGYPTIAN COUNTER SMUGGLING EFFORTS [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-18 08:43:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PREL PARM MASS MOPS IR KPAL EG
09CAIRO217	GOE RESUMES PRESS FOR HOSNY UNESCO CANDIDACY [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-05 14:48:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNESCO SCUL EG
09CAIRO2172	SCENESETTER FOR U/S HORMATS MEETING WITH MINISTER [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-19 08:20:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID ETRD PGOV PREL EG
09CAIRO2176	EGYPT'S MUFTI ON NIQAB CONTROVERSY [...] Key Points -- (C) In a November 9 meeting with the Ambassador, Egypt's Grand Mufti Ali Gom'aa said that while the niqab (full-facial veil) is not a requirement in Islam, women should have the right to wear it if they chose. -- (C) Commenting on sectarian strife in Egypt, the Mufti said that formal [...]	2009-11-19 10:37:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL SOCI KIRF KPAO KWMN EG

09CAIRO2178	COPTIC CHOIR BOYS UNCOVERED AS INTENDING IMMIGRANTS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Cairo Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU) uncovered a scheme to have young men pose as Coptic choir boys in order to be issued visas for travel to the United States. The applicants used bogus letters from churches in Egypt and the United States to facilitate the fraud. Egyptian State [...]	2009-11-19 11:31:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFRD KIRF CVIS CMGT KOCI ASEC PHUM SMIG EG
09CAIRO218	EGYPTIAN VIEWS ON COUNTER PIRACY, SOMALIA AND SUDAN REF: A. KHARTOUM 51 B. KHARTOUM 75 Classified By: Minister Counselor for Economic and Political Affairs William R. Stewart for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-05 15:09:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KCRM EWWT SO SU EG
09CAIRO2180	AL MAHDI DISCUSSES SUDAN POLITICAL DYNAMICS [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-19 15:36:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SU EG
09CAIRO2183	EGYPT: MB LEADERS RELEASED [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-19 16:12:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KJUS PTER EG
09CAIRO2189	EGYPT'S ECONOMY: November 23 PRESS ROUND-UP [...] (U) The following are notable economic news stories that appeared over the past week in the Egyptian press: --------------------------------------------- ----- Mubarak Addresses Economy in Speech to Parliament --------------------------------------------- ---- 2. (U) President Mubarak add [...]	2009-11-23 12:29:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD ENRG EAGR PGOV EG
09CAIRO219	TEN MEN DETAINED FOR ALLEGED HOMOSEXUAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-05 15:13:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM SOCI EG
09CAIRO2190	ADVERSE INFORMATION FOUND FOR ASYLUM REQUESTS [...] (SBU) As per ref A, A/RSO-I is providing the following adverse information for the asylum requests of Saleh, Samouel Ishak Koryakos (D/POB: 13-Sep-1986, Menia, Egypt),Botros, Antonious Thrwat Shouky (D/POB: 11-Sep-1986, Menia, Egypt),Dief, Kerolos Adly Roshdy (D/POB: 01-Jan-1991, Menia, Egypt). [...]	2009-11-23 12:41:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC KFRD CVIS KIRF PHUM SMIG EG
09CAIRO2195	EGYPTIAN MFA ADVISOR ON SUDAN, NILE BASIN REF: 08 CAIRO 1963 Classified By: Minister Counselor for Economic and Political Affairs Donald A. Blome for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-24 06:24:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SU BY TZ UG EG
09CAIRO2205	BLIND COPTIC GIRLS' CHOIR USED FOR ALIEN SMUGGLING [...] (SBU) Summary: The Cairo Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU) has identified seven individuals who were successfully smuggled to the United States through their inclusion with a church group of blind Coptic girl singers. The church group was organized and sponsored by an Egyptian-American man in the Uni [...]	2009-11-25 14:44:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFRD KIRF CVIS CMGT KOCI ASEC PHUM SMIG EG
09CAIRO2207	EGYPTIAN TEXTILE FACTORY STRIKE ENDS [...] Key Points: -- (SBU) Workers at Tanta Flax and Oil Company, a large textile factory in the Nile Delta City of Tanta (Gharabeya Governorate),who had been on strike since May, returned to work on November 21. -- (SBU) The strike, which the GoE-controlled General Union of Textile Workers supported, e [...]	2009-11-25 15:08:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PGOV PHUM SOCI EG
09CAIRO2209	MUBARAK'S ANNUAL SPEECH TO PARLIAMENT OFFERS [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-25 15:27:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KJUS ECON EG
09CAIRO2210	GAMAL MUBARAK CHAMPIONS HEALTH CARE REFORM AND [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-25 15:36:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM ECON EG
09CAIRO2212	DESPITE STOCK MARKET PANIC, EGYPT EXPECTS MINIMAL [...] (U) Key Points -- Egypt's stock market traded down 8% in the first trading day since the start of the Dubai debt crisis. -- Analysts see little long-term risk to Egypt's economy but note the possibility that FDI flows from the Gulf could be diminished. -- Egyptian company exposure to Du [...]	2009-11-30 14:49:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV EG AE
09CAIRO2214	EGYPT: NOMINEES FOR THE PRESIDENTIAL SUMMIT ON [...] In response to reftel, Post offers the following twelve names to attend the Presidential Summit on Entrepreneurship in Washington: -- Basil El Baz, Founder and Chairman, Egypt Basic Industries Corporation. The first Egyptian company created solely from international finance, EBIC received su [...]	2009-11-30 14:57:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID PREL SOCI EG
09CAIRO2221	EGYPT'S ECONOMY: December 1 PRESS ROUND-UP [...] (U) The following are notable economic news stories that appeared over the past week in the Egyptian press: ------------------------------------------ Cement Producer Requests Ending Export Ban ------------------------------------------ 2. (U) The Lafarge Company, a large multinational fi [...]	2009-12-01 13:23:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD EAGR ENRG PGOV EG
09CAIRO2223	POST NOMINATION FOR THE 2010 SECRETARY'S AWARD FOR [...] KEY POINTS -- (U) Nehad Aboul Komsan, Embassy Cairo's nominee for the Secretary's International Women of Courage Award, deserves USG commendation for her tireless campaigning on behalf of women's rights in Egypt. -- (U) Aboul Komsan's efforts as Chair of the Board of Directors of the Egyp [...]	2009-12-01 15:01:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KWMN KPAO EG
09CAIRO2229	EGYPTIAN QURANIST DETAINED, RELEASED [...] Key Points: -- (SBU) On November 18, security officials at Cairo International Airport detained Abdel Latif Mohamed Saied, a member of the heterodox Islamic Quranist movement, when he attempted to board a flight for Khartoum. -- (C) On November 24, Embassy Cairo raised Saied's detention with Deputy [...]	2009-12-02 14:34:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KIRF KISL EG
09CAIRO2236	EGYPTIAN GOVERNMENT ASSERTS TIP PROGRESS TO [...] (SBU) Ambassador at Large for Combating Human Trafficking Luis CDeBaca visited Egypt November 13 through 15 and met with GoE officials and others involved in Egypt's anti-trafficikng efforts, including Egypt's Public Prosecutor Abdel Maguid Mahmoud, Egypt's Minister of State for Family and Populati [...]	2009-12-03 12:29:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	KTIP PHUM KCRM KWMN ELAB PGOV UN EG
09CAIRO2237	EGYPT 2010 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE [...] (U) Per reftel, below is the text of Embassy Cairo's 2010 National Trade Estimate for Egypt, also emailed as requested to USTR in a Microsoft Word document. 2. (U) Begin text: EGYPT TRADE SUMMARY The U.S. goods trade surplus with Egypt was $3.6 billion in 2008, an increase of $690 m [...]	2009-12-03 13:31:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD ENRG PGOV EG
09CAIRO2247	EGYPTIAN TOURISM INDUSTRY REFLECTS ON DIFFICULT YEAR AND [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-06 14:20:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID PREL EG
09CAIRO2249	SECURITY AND DEVELOPMENT IN NORTHERN AND CENTRAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-07 08:16:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PTER EAID SOCI SNAR SCUL KPAL KCRM IS EG
09CAIRO2250	BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES FOR BROKER [...] (SBU) In response to reftel request, Pol Off met with registered broker Hamdy el-Seroury at the offices of Best Engineering. El-Seroury confirmed that he was authorized by the Egyptian Ministry of Defense to conduct brokering activities in Egypt. The firm provides consulting services only f [...]	2009-12-07 10:48:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETTC MASS EG
09CAIRO2251	BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES FOR BROKER [...] (SBU) In response to reftel request, Pol Off met with registered broker Abdel Fattah Khalifa at the offices of the United Consultant Group. Khalifa confirmed that he was authorized by the Egyptian Ministry of Defense to conduct brokering activities in Egypt. The firm provides mostly consult [...]	2009-12-07 10:49:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETTC MASS EG
09CAIRO2252	BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES FOR BROKER SAID [...] (SBU) In response to reftel request, Pol Off met with registered broker Said Abdel Hamid Galal at the offices of ASTC Matrix International for Import and Export. Galal confirmed that he was authorized by the Egyptian Ministry of Defense to conduct brokering activities in Egypt. The firm onl [...]	2009-12-07 10:49:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETTC MASS EG
09CAIRO2253	BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES FOR BROKER [...] (SBU) In response to reftel request, Pol Off met with registered broker Helal Hussein at the offices of Egyptian Tech and Commercial Services Associates (ETSA). Hussein confirmed that he was authorized by the Egyptian Ministry of Defense to conduct brokering activities in Egypt. The firm on [...]	2009-12-07 10:49:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETTC MASS EG
09CAIRO2254	BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES FOR BROKER [...] (SBU) In response to reftel request, Pol Off met with Tawfik el-Rashidy at the offices of the Kemet Corporation. El-Rashidy confirmed that he was authorized by the Egyptian Ministry of Defense to conduct brokering activities in Egypt. Kemet Corporation primarily deals with commercial design [...]	2009-12-07 10:49:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETTC MASS EG
09CAIRO2255	BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES FOR BROKER [...] (SBU) In response to reftel request, Pol Off met with Mohamed H.G. El-Din at the offices of El-Hassan Trading Establishment. El-Din confirmed that he was authorized by the Egyptian Ministry of Defense to conduct brokering activities in Egypt. El-Hassan Trading provides consulting services a [...]	2009-12-07 10:49:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETTC MASS EG
09CAIRO2256	BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES FOR BROKER [...] (SBU) In response to reftel request, Pol Off met with Habib Debs, President and General Manager of Sigma International. Pol Off was unable to meet with the individual listed as the broker, Kamal Asad. Debs said he himself was the principal officer. Debs said that most of his business was d [...]	2009-12-07 10:49:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETTC MASS EG
09CAIRO2257	BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES FOR BROKER [...] (SBU) In response to reftel request, Pol Off met with registered broker El Sayed Safwat Saleh at the offices of the Arab Trading International Company. The firm's General Manager, Osama Fathy, was also present. Saleh confirmed that he was authorized by the Egyptian Ministry of Defense to co [...]	2009-12-07 10:49:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETTC MASS EG
09CAIRO2258	ASWAN: GOE ENLISTS LOYAL NGOS TO COOPERATE ON [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-07 12:21:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI EG
09CAIRO2259	EGYPT'S ECONOMY: December 7 PRESS ROUND-UP [...] (U) The following are notable economic news stories that appeared over the past week in the Egyptian press: --------------------------------- Stock Market Falls, Then Recovers --------------------------------- 2. (U) The Egyptian stock market plummeted 8%, the third largest single day lo [...]	2009-12-07 14:13:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD PGOV EG
09CAIRO226	EGYPT'S 55th BIRD FLU VICTIM, ANOTHER CHILD [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-09 10:05:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU KSTH PGOV ECON KSCA EAGR EG
09CAIRO2263	EGYPT: 2009 TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT [...] (U) Per reftel A, the following is Embassy Cairo's interim assessment of the GoE's efforts to combat trafficking in persons in 2009. ------------------------- Law Enforcement Activity ------------------------- 2. (SBU) Since May 2009, there have been a number of high profile prosecut [...]	2009-12-07 15:01:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM SMIG KTIP EG
09CAIRO2268	MIXED CIVIL SOCIETY REACTION TO UN ANTI-CORRUPTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-08 12:43:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM UN EG
09CAIRO2277	GOE UPR HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT FOCUSES ON COMMITMENTS, BUT IS SHORT ON DETAILS REF: A. CAIRO 2164 B. CAIRO 1948 C. CAIRO 1925 D. CAIRO 1836 E. CAIRO 1433 F. CAIRO 814 Classified By: Economic-Political Minister-Counselor Donald A. Blome for reason 1.4 (b). [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-10 12:11:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KIRF KTIP CT UN EG
09CAIRO2279	EGYPT: EL BARADEI'S "CONDITIONED" PRESIDENTIAL RUN [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-10 13:35:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM EG
09CAIRO229	STATE SECURITY DETAINS EGYPTIAN-GERMAN BLOGGER AND GAZA ACTIVIST REF: A. 09 CAIRO 79 B. 08 CAIRO 2431 C. 08 CAIRO 862 D. 08 CAIRO 797 Classified By: ECPO Mincouns William R. Stewart for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-09 15:29:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM KPAL GE EG
09CAIRO2291	Baby Traffickers Resurface in Alexandria [...] (SBU) Summary: An American Citizen couple attempted to register a newborn as their biological child during a scheduled consular outreach visit held at the American Center in Alexandria. The couple fit the profile developed by the Cairo Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU) in reftels and the case was re [...]	2009-12-13 14:59:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFRD CVIS CMGT CASC KOCI ASEC PHUM SMIG EG
09CAIRO2292	BANKING REFORM CONTINUES BUT IS NARROWLY FOCUSED [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-14 07:38:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV EG
09CAIRO2294	EGYPT'S ECONOMY: December 14 PRESS ROUND-UP [...] (U) The following are notable economic news stories that appeared over the past week in the Egyptian press: --------------------------------------------- ------ Minister of Economic Development Predicts 6% Growth --------------------------------------------- ------ 2. (U) Minister of Econ [...]	2009-12-14 14:26:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD EAGR ENRG PGOV EG
09CAIRO2297	EGYPT'S "INVISIBLE" REFUGEES [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-15 12:09:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL SO ET EG
09CAIRO2298	EGYPT: MB INTERNAL CLASHES CONTINUE [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-15 14:01:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KJUS PTER EG
09CAIRO2299	NDP REFORMER SEES LIMITED OPPORTUNITIES FOR PROGRESS REF: A. CAIRO 2283 B. CAIRO 2166 C. CAIRO 1850 D. CAIRO 1181 Classified By: Economic-Political Minister-Counselor Donald A. Blome for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-15 14:57:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER KDEM EG
09CAIRO230	EGYPTIANS SEEK USG SUPPORT FOR G20 AND G8 MEETINGS [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-09 15:51:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN OVIP PREL PGOV ECON IT UK EG
09CAIRO2301	EGYPTIAN LABOR ACTIVISM AS A POLITICAL FORCE [...] Key Points: - (SBU) In 2009, there have been over 300 strikes and other worker protests in Egypt, despite legal restrictions and a lack of support for strikers from GoE-affiliated trade unions. -- (C) Worker activism is driven by economic, not political, concerns. Some workers' rights advocates non [...]	2009-12-15 15:30:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PGOV PHUM SOCI EG
09CAIRO2302	EGYPT'S PRESS SYNDICATE ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-15 15:46:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB KDEM KPAO PGOV EG
09CAIRO2308	EGYPT: CAN KIFAYA REGAIN LOST MOMENTUM? [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-17 12:41:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM EG
09CAIRO2309	SUBSIDY REFORM PROGRESSING SLOWLY - GOE LOOKS TO [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-17 13:48:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EFIN EINV PGOV ENRG EG
09CAIRO231	SCENESETTER FOR REQUESTED EGYPTIAN FM ABOUL GHEIT [...] (S/NF) Madame Secretary, Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit has been looking forward to meeting you since your nomination was first announced. The Egyptian leadership, including President Mubarak, are encouraged by the Administration's immediate attention to the Middle East and your and the Preside [...]	2009-02-09 16:10:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL KPAL EG IS QA IR SY
09CAIRO2311	ORASCOM TELECOM FACES FINANCIAL CHALLENGES FROM ALGERIAN GOVERNMENT ACTIONS REF: CAIRO 02261 Classified By: Minister Counselor for Economic and Political Affairs Do nald A. Blome [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-17 14:02:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV EINV ETRD EG AG
09CAIRO2312	ISRAELIS NOT UPBEAT ON PROSPECTS FOR BILATERAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-17 14:08:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EFIN EINV PGOV PREL EG IS
09CAIRO2315	EGYPT: 2009 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] Egypt is an ally on counter-terrorism issues. The Egyptian and U.S. governments maintained a robust dialogue on a broad range of counter-terrorism and law enforcement issues in 2009 and exchanged information on a variety of terrorism, security, and law enforcement matters during the course of [...]	2009-12-17 15:07:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS PINS PREL AEMR EG
09CAIRO2316	GOE LOOKS TO RAISE CROP PRICES AND STIMULATE CULTIVATION [...] (SBU) Key Points -- The GOE has announced that, as part of its support for farmers and rural communities, it plans to raise crop procurement prices by 20-25% -- These price hikes would apply to government purchases of five "strategic commodities" and, with the exception of rice, would mai [...]	2009-12-17 15:07:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR ETRD PGOV EG
09CAIRO2320	THE MYSTERIES OF EGYPT'S HEALTH CARE REFORM [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-17 15:59:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID ECON SOCI EG
09CAIRO2321	EGYPT'S EXPORT SUBSIDIES ARE HERE TO STAY [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-17 16:01:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EG ETRD EFIN PGOV
09CAIRO2323	AMBASSADOR, HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST DISCUSS SECRETARY'S SPEECH, ELECTIONS, SUCCESSION REF: A. CAIRO 2299 B. CAIRO 2283 C. CAIRO 2277 D. CAIRO 1925 Classified By: Ambassador Margaret Scobey for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-17 16:59:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER KDEM EAID EG
09CAIRO2325	EGYPT: COUNTER SMUGGLING UPDATE [...] Key Points: -- (S/NF) Egypt increased its efforts to combat smuggling over the last several months, including beginning installation of a subterranean steel wall and resuming installation of an FMF-funded tunnel activity detection system. -- (S/NF) Installation of the tunnel detection system has re [...]	2009-12-20 05:09:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PARM PTER MASS KPAL EG
09CAIRO2331	DNI MEETS WITH DEFENSE MINISTER TANTAWI [...] Key Points: -- (S/NF) During a December 10 meeting, Defense Minister Tantawi provided Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Blair with an overview of Egyptian security concerns, including potential instability in Sudan and Iranian interference in the region. -- (S/NF) DNI Blair stressed the impor [...]	2009-12-21 11:54:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MASS PTER IR PK AF EG
09CAIRO2340	BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES FOR BROKER [...] (SBU) In response to reftel request, Pol Off met with registered broker Mohamed Nabil. He confirmed that he was authorized by the Egyptian Ministry of Defense to conduct brokering activities in Egypt. Nabil operates out of a one-man office without any partners or employees. He provides cons [...]	2009-12-22 08:28:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETTC MASS EG
09CAIRO2341	BLUE LANTERN: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK ON [...] (SBU) In response to reftel request, Pol Off met with Mohamed Fathallah of the Fathallah Arms Company at his Cairo retail store on December 16. Fathallah confirmed that he received all of the weapons listed on the licenses 050073373 and 050120640 from RSR Group of Winterpark, Florida. Fathal [...]	2009-12-22 08:28:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETTC MASS EG
09CAIRO2346	CENTRAL BANK OF EGYPT PRESSURES BANK PIRAEUS INTO [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-22 12:45:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV EFIN ECON EG
09CAIRO2347	EGYPT: DECEMBER 2009 INFLUENZA UPDATE [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-22 13:28:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU KSTH PGOV EAGR CASC PREL EAID EG
09CAIRO2348	EGYPT'S NUCLEAR POWER PLANT PLANS SUBJECT TO DELAYS [...] (C/NF) Main Points: -- Egypt's first commercial scale reactor is officially slated to come on line in 2020, with three more to be in operation by 2025. The GOE is expected to announce in January 2010 that El Daba on the Mediterranean Coast will be the site of the first plant. -- Nuclear Power Plant [...]	2009-12-22 13:29:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	AORC EG IAEA KNNP PREL TRGY UN
09CAIRO2349	EGYPT'S ECONOMY: DECEMBER 22 PRESS ROUND-UP [...] (U) The following are notable economic news stories that appeared over the past week in the Egyptian press: --------------------------------------------- GOE to Offer Global Tender for Oil Production --------------------------------------------- 2. (U) A source in the state-owned Egyptian [...]	2009-12-22 13:29:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EPET ETRD ENRG PGOV EG
09CAIRO2350	EGYPTIAN OFFICIALS DISCUSS NPT REVIEW WITH UNDER [...] (C) Key Points: -- During a December 3 meeting, Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security Ellen Tauscher and Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit discussed preparations for the May 2010 Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) review conference. -- Tauscher stressed that a successful review confere [...]	2009-12-22 13:32:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL KNNP PARM IS IR SY EG
09CAIRO2351	Egypt's 2009-2010 International Narcotics Control Strategy [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-22 15:08:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SNAR ECON EG
09CAIRO2355	EGYPT UNSUCCESSFUL IN SWAYING UPSTREAM NILE BASIN COUNTRIES REF: A. CAIRO 1897 B. CAIRO 1506 C. CAIRO 1615 Classified By: Counselor for Economic and Political Affairs Stephen P. O'Dowd for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-23 10:40:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID TZ KE ET SU EG
09CAIRO2356	EGYPTIAN MFA DISCUSSES SUDAN AND SOMALIA [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-23 10:41:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SU SO EG
09CAIRO2361	EGYPT'S NUCLEAR REGULATORY LAW TO BE ENACTED BUT [...] (C/NF) Main points: -- Egypt's draft law on regulation of civil nuclear power and safety is expected to pass into law shortly after the New Year. -- Egyptian Atomic Energy Authority (EAEA) Chairman Mohamed El Kolaly told us December 15 that under the new law his agency will be succeeded by an indep [...]	2009-12-23 14:15:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	AORC EG IAEA KNNP PREL TRGY
09CAIRO2371	GOE MISSING TRADE OPPORTUNITIES WITH U.S., ISRAEL [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-27 12:43:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EG ETRD PGOV
09CAIRO2373	BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES FOR BROKER [...] (SBU) In response to reftel request, Pol Off met with registered broker Mohamed Dabbur. He confirmed that he was authorized by the Egyptian Ministry of Defense to conduct brokering activities in Egypt. Dabbur operates out of a one-man office without any partners or employees. He provides co [...]	2009-12-27 15:11:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETTC MASS EG
09CAIRO2380	EGYPT'S GOVERNMENT-BACKED UNION LEADER ON STRIKES, [...] Key points: -- (SBU) On December 22, we met with XXXXXXXXXXXX a GoE-controlled trade union umbrella organization. XXXXXXXXXXXX one of 23 ETUF-member unions, also participated in the meeting. -- (C) According to XXXXXXXXXXXX, XXXXXXXXXXXX does not oppose strikes, which he believes are necessary in s [...]	2009-12-28 15:01:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PGOV PHUM SOCI EG
09CAIRO2381	AUSTR STRICKLER REASSURES GOE, BUSINESS ON QIZ [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-28 15:10:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON EG ETRD PGOV
09CAIRO2382	EGYPT'S ECONOMY: December 28 PRESS ROUND-UP [...] (U) The following are notable economic news stories that appeared over the past week in the Egyptian press: --------------------------------------------- - State Petroleum Company to Borrow US$2 Billion --------------------------------------------- - 2. (U) The state-owned Egyptian Genera [...]	2009-12-28 15:11:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD EAGR EPET ENRG PGOV EG
09CAIRO2384	SPLM DELEGATION DISCUSSES SUDAN ISSUES WITH EGIS [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-29 10:07:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SU EG
09CAIRO2388	ARAB LG COS ON ARAB DEVELOPMENT, IRAQ, IRAN, YEMEN, AND MOUSSA'S FUTURE PLANS Classified By: MINISTER-COUNSELOR DONALD A. BLOME REASONS: 1.4 (B) and (D) [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-29 14:11:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV YE IR IZ EG
09CAIRO2390	Post Response to Questions on Egyptian Fiscal Transparency [...] (U) The following is post's response to request for information regarding Egypt's fiscal transparency: 2. (SBU) Answers to reftel questions: Q1: Is central government expected to receive funding under the FY 2010 SFOAA ? A1: Yes. Q2: Is Egypt's annual national budget available? A [...]	2009-12-29 14:57:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAID PGOV EG
09CAIRO2395	EGYPT: POSSIBLE PRESIDENTIAL ASPIRATIONS SPARK CONSTITUTIONAL DEBATE REF: CAIRO 2279 Classified By: Economic-Political Minister-Counselor Donald A. Blome for reason 1.4 (d). [...] Key Points: -- (SBU) Former IEEA Chairman Mohamed El Baradei's December 4 statement (ref A) outlining needed constitutional reforms for him to consider a presidential bid has fueled critical public discussion of Egypt's Constitution, particularly the articles dealing with presidential eligibility, [...]	2009-12-30 14:52:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM EG
09CAIRO2396	100 GAZA MARCHERS EN ROUTE RAFAH [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-30 14:59:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CASC ASEC EG
09CAIRO2397	STEEL WALL CRITICISM AND GAZA MARCHERS [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-30 15:14:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PREL PGOV CASC ASEC EG
09CAIRO2400	ENTREPRENEURSHIP SUMMIT, EMBASSY CAIRO OUTREACH [...] (SBU) Per reftel, Embassy Cairo's interagency entrepreneurship team has organized a series of activities to engage local partners in entrepreneurship and build momentum for the White House Summit next year. ------------------------ Roundtables and Outreach ------------------------ 2. (S [...]	2009-12-30 15:21:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID PREL PGOV SOCI EG
09CAIRO2401	BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES FOR BROKER [...] (SBU) In response to reftel request, Poloff met with registered broker Sherif El Said, President of TETCO. His brother Hassouna El Said (Vice President) and son Mahmoud El Said (Program Manager) also attended the meeting. He confirmed that he was authorized by the Egyptian Ministry of Defens [...]	2009-12-30 15:21:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETTC MASS EG
09CAIRO2402	SCENE SETTER FOR SCIENCE ENVOY ZEWAIL [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-30 15:21:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPAO OVIP EG
09CAIRO2403	REPORTS OF CANADA-EGYPT FTA TALKS INACCURATE [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-30 15:25:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR EG ENIV ETRD PGOV
09CAIRO2404	EGYPT-U.S. JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE ON NUCLEAR [...] (C) Main Points: -- During upcoming JSCNEC meetings in Cairo GOE wants a tight focus, both in agenda and in delegation composition, on technical issues related to Egypt's expanding civil nuclear power development. -- GOE flagged several civil nuclear issues as already the subject of GOE consultatio [...]	2009-12-30 15:36:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC EG EU IAEA KNNP PREL RS TRGY UN
09CAIRO242	STATE SECURITY RESPONDS TO DRAFT LETTER ON POLICE [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-10 15:10:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EG
09CAIRO243	BLOGGER POSTS GRAPHIC VIDEO OF ALLEGED POLICE SODOMY REF: A. 09 CAIRO 79 B. 07 CAIRO 3214 Classified By: ECPO Mincouns William R. Stewart for reason 1.4 (d). [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-10 15:20:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM SOCI EG
09CAIRO246	AYMAN NOUR-RELATED DEVELOPMENTS [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-11 10:25:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM EG
09CAIRO25	BECHTEL WINS NUCLEAR TENDER; ELECTRICITY MINISTER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador met with Minister of Electricity and Energy Dr. Hassan Younes and the Chairman of the Nuclear Power Plants Authority (NPPA) Dr. Yassin Ibrahim on December 31 to discuss Egypt's plans to develop a civilian nuclear energy program. GOE awarded a $188 million consulting [...]	2009-01-06 14:01:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG KNNP ECON ETRD EAID EG
09CAIRO254	EGYPTIAN MFA ON DONORS CONF, CEASEFIRE AND [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-11 14:14:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PREL PGOV KPAL IS EG
09CAIRO255	GOE RELEASES EGYPTIAN-GERMAN BLOGGER, CRACKS DOWN [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-11 14:43:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM GE EG
09CAIRO258	Egypt: Tepid Responses to Growing Labor Woes [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Egypt is suffering from a chronic labor mismatch between market supply and demand. Despite several years of high economic growth, unemployment remains a problem, and there is a scarcity of skilled workers and managers. Each year, Egypt produces 750,000 new college graduates, many of [...]	2009-02-12 07:55:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET//NOFORN	ECON EFIN EINV ELAB PGOV PREL EG
09CAIRO26	EGYPT: GAZA ROUND-UP: JANUARY 6 [...] (S/NF) The Egyptian military reports Egyptian security forces are controlling the Egypt/Gaza border. Egypt delivered humanitarian aid through the Rafah and al-Aouja crossing points. 18 Palestinian casualties entered Egypt yesterday for medical treatment. IDF ground forces are reportedly ope [...]	2009-01-06 14:08:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET//NOFORN	KPAL PGOV PREL PHUM EG IS
09CAIRO262	QIZ EXPANSION TO SUPPORT EXPANDED US COTTON EXPORTS [...] Recent expansion of the QIZ into Beni Suef and Minya may help boost US cotton exports to Egypt. At present, the US sells only Pima long staple cotton from California and Arizona in Egypt for use in high quality cotton products such as high threadcount sheets and shirts. These imports supplem [...]	2009-02-12 10:33:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EAGR ECON EG
09CAIRO265	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL LIEBERMAN'S VISIT TO CAIRO [...] (SBU) Senator Lieberman, welcome to Egypt. Your visit comes at a pivotal time for Egypt and the region. A ceasefire is almost in place between Israel and Hamas, which the Egyptians are seeking to cement. The U.S., European countries, and regional governments are searching for ways to put in p [...]	2009-02-12 14:37:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON PGOV OREP KPAL EG IS
09CAIRO282	JANUARY DATA INDICATES A SLOWING IN INFLATION [...] (U) In January 2009, the year-on-year change in the urban consumer price index (CPI) declined to 14.4%, its lowest rate in ten months, and down from 18.3% in December 2008 and 23.6% peak in August 2008, according to the official statistics agency CAPMAS. The decline is a result of the drop in [...]	2009-02-17 13:10:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EG
09CAIRO283	MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD'S PARTY PLATFORM INDEFINITELY [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-17 14:37:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KISL KDEM EG
09CAIRO284	COURT FINES INDEPENDENT JOURNALIST FOR DEFAMING CONTROVERSIAL MP REF: A. CAIRO 180 B. CAIRO 70 C. 08 CAIRO 2405 D. 08 CAIRO 2280 E. 08 CAIRO 2198 F. 08 CAIRO 2001 Classified By: ECPO Counselor Catherine Hill-Herndon per 1.4 (d). [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-17 15:41:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM EG
09CAIRO288	FOR THE FIRST TIME, THE GOE AGREES TO A SPECIAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-18 09:15:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM EG
09CAIRO290	SMUGGLING TUNNEL DETECTED AND DESTROYED, SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: On January 28, Egypt re-started the implementation of a $23 million FMF-funded tunnel detection program along the Egypt-Gaza border, put on hold during Israel's incursion into Gaza. A new 24-man Tunnel Detection Unit (TDU) completed training on January 26 and is working alongside the U [...]	2009-02-18 09:50:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MASS MOPS PTER ASEC KPAL IS EG

09CAIRO3	EGYPT: GAZA ROUND-UP: JANUARY 2 [...] (SBU) As of 1500 hrs. local on January 2, we have received no reports of demonstrations, attacks, or other problems at the Rafah border crossing into Gaza; however, local USG staff report clashes on January 2 between police and demonstrators in Al-Arish in North Sinai, about 20 miles from the G [...]	2009-01-02 14:20:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAL PGOV PREL PHUM EG IS
09CAIRO300	AYMAN NOUR'S RELEASE [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-19 09:55:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM EG
09CAIRO302	EDUCATION REFORM IN EGYPT. [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The poor quality of public education in Egypt is consistently cited by Egyptians across the board as a major impediment to both economic and political development. Reformers agree Egypt needs an education system which encourages critical thinking, problem solving, teamwork and [...]	2009-02-19 10:23:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON PGOV EG
09CAIRO305	EGYPT: SECTION 1377 TELECOM TRADE AGREEMENTS 2009 [...] (U) This cable responds to Ref A seeking answers to the two questions posed by the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative regarding Telecommunications trade agreements pursuant to section 1377 of the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988. The questions focused on market access and tr [...]	2009-02-19 14:59:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS ETRD ECON PGOV EG
09CAIRO321	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: URGING SUPPORT FOR DURBAN [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-22 15:56:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNHRC EG
09CAIRO323	PARLIAMENTARY SPEAKER ON UPCOMING LEGISLATION [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-23 12:31:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KISL IR EG
09CAIRO325	CIVIL SOCIETY ACTIVISTS OFFER MIXED ASSESSMENT OF THE POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT REF: CAIRO 246 Classified By: Ambassador Margaret Scobey for reason 1.4 (d). [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-23 12:59:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM KCOR ECON EFIN EG
09CAIRO326	SENATOR LIEBERMANâ€™S FEBRUARY 17 MEETING WITH GAMAL MUBARAK [...] (C) During an hour-long meeting on February 17, Gamal Mubarak discussed with Senator Joseph Lieberman the problems with Gaza and Palestinian reconciliation, as well as the broader political split within the Arab world. Senator Lieberman sought Gamal's advice on ways for the U.S. to engage Iran; Gam [...]	2009-02-23 13:07:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PREL KPAL ECON IR SY IZ EG IS QA
09CAIRO327	LT GENERAL NORTH DISCUSSES GAZA, PIRACY, AND [...] (C) On January 26, AFCENT Commander Lieutenant General North met with MOD Chief of Staff General Sami Enan to discuss Gaza, piracy, and increased bilateral military cooperation. Enan looked forward to an increased U.S. focus on the Middle East under the Obama administration and enhanced bilateral m [...]	2009-02-23 13:55:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS MOPS PARM KPAL IS IR EG XF
09CAIRO328	DINNER WITH PARLIAMENT'S FOREIGN RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary: On February 22, the DCM hosted a dinner for several members of the Foreign Relations Committee of the People's Assembly. The attendees included two National Democratic Party (NDP) MP's, one independent, and two Muslim Brotherhood (MB) parliamentarians, including the head of the M [...]	2009-02-23 13:57:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KISL PTER EAID KPAL PA IS EG
09CAIRO33	CONTROVERSY GROWS OVER EGYPTIAN GAS EXPORTS TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 6, the Lower Administrative Court of Cairo asked the GOE to urgently comply with its November 2008 ruling that gas exports to Israel be stopped (ref A). The November verdict is on hold pending review by the Higher Administrative Court and Court of Urgent Cases, whic [...]	2009-01-08 13:49:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG PREL ECON PGOV IS EG
09CAIRO330	ACTIVISTS DISCUSS WAY FORWARD ON REFORM WITH [...] (C) Summary: On February 18, civil society activists and an opposition party leader discussed democratic reform in Egypt with Senator Joseph Lieberman (I-CT),the Ambassador and the DCM. President of the Egyptian Organization for Human Rights Hisham Kassem said that over the next 15 years Egy [...]	2009-02-23 16:24:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV KDEM KPAL IS EG
09CAIRO334	FEBRUARY 22 EXPLOSION AT KHAN EL-KHALILI MARKET [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-24 14:30:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET//NOFORN	KWBG AEMR ASEC CASC OTRA OVIP PTER EG
09CAIRO335	FEBRUARY 22 EXPLOSION AT KHAN EL-KHALILI MARKET [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-24 14:30:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET//NOFORN	KWBG AEMR ASEC CASC OTRA OVIP PTER EG
09CAIRO339	DARFUR LEADER MINNI MINAWI'S VISIT TO CAIRO [...] (C) Summary: We met with Minni Minawi, SLA leader and Chairman of the Transitional Darfur Regional Authority on February 19, and his foreign affairs advisor on February 12. During his three-day visit to Cairo, Minawi met with President Mubarak, EGIS Chief Soliman, Field Marshall Tantawi, and F [...]	2009-02-24 16:18:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID SU EG
09CAIRO347	SCENESETTER FOR THE MARCH 2 MEETING WITH PRESIDENT MUBARAK [...] (C) Madame Secretary, welcome to Egypt and the March 2nd Gaza Reconstruction Conference in Sharm El-Sheik. President Mubarak is very pleased you are coming and will meet you at 8:30 a.m. on March 2, prior to the start of the conference. He may also host you and the other conference participant [...]	2009-02-25 17:54:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL KPAL EAID MASS QA IR SY EG IS XF
09CAIRO349	EGYPTIANS SIGNALLING WILLINGNESS TO RESOLVE ESF [...] (C) Summary: Ministers of Finance and International Cooperation both indicated unofficially to the Ambassador recently that they believed the GOE would agree to the FY2009 level of $200 million for ESF if the U.S. could acknowledge that the process of setting the amount had been unilateral [...]	2009-02-26 09:44:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EFIN PREL EG
09CAIRO353	A NEW APPROACH TO EGYPTÂ´S ESF [...] (S) Summary and Key points: --A robust economic assistance program for Egypt serves long-term U.S. interests: it balances a relationship otherwise defined solely on security grounds, it demonstrates U.S. interest in the welfare of average Egyptians, and it creates a bridge to assure access to futu [...]	2009-02-26 12:14:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	EAID PREL KDEM EG
09CAIRO358	WHAT DOES EGYPT WANT OUT OF THE GAZA [...] (C) Summary: The Egyptians see the March 2 Gaza Reconstruction Conference as validation of their role as the regional leader in forging peace between the Israelis and the Palestinians. Their goals for the conference are straightforward: they want to be seen as helping the Palestinian people [...]	2009-02-26 19:07:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID KPAL EG IS XF
09CAIRO36	EMBASSY MEETS WITH ERITREAN COMMUNITY LEADERS IN [...] Summary: The Embassy met with Eritrean community leaders in Cairo on January 4 to discuss the increased flow of Eritrean migrants, the plight of Eritreans in Egypt, and the recent Egyptian refoulement of Eritrean migrants. Eritrean leaders estimate there are 10,000 Eritreans living in Cairo. [...]	2009-01-08 15:56:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PREL PHUM PGOV PREF ER EG
09CAIRO37	REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING APPROVAL FOR GOE [...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (U) Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting the following security officials from the Egyptian Central Security Force and Special Operations Force, who have been selected to participate in COESPU training courses in Vicenza, Italy January 12 [...]	2009-01-09 12:04:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM PGOV MASS EG
09CAIRO378	GOVERNMENT OF EGYPT'S UPDATE ON REFUGEES [...] (C) Summary: Egyptian MFA Refugee Office Director Tarek Maaty told us on February 9 that the disagreement over the UN High Commissioner for Refugees' call to open the Gaza borders had passed (reftel). He said that a senior UNHCR official will come to Cairo to work on a combined vision for refu [...]	2009-03-03 11:36:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PHUM PREL ER SO SU EG
09CAIRO379	EDUCATION REFORM IN EGYPT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The poor quality of public education in Egypt is consistently cited by Egyptians across the board as a major impediment to both economic and political development. Reformers agree Egypt needs an education system which encourages critical thinking, problem solving, teamwork and [...]	2009-03-03 13:07:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON PGOV EG
09CAIRO380	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] (C) On March 3, we demarched MFA Deputy Director for Human Rights Omar Shalaby regarding the U.S. decisions on resuming participation as an observer at the UN Human Rights Council, and on the Durban Review Conference (ref A). We also delivered the Cairo-specific points per ref A. On Durban, [...]	2009-03-03 14:49:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNHRC EG
09CAIRO383	2009 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Based on continued efforts by the Government of Egypt (GOE) to protect intellectual property rights in Egypt, we recommend that Egypt stay on the Special 301 watch list. On the pharmaceutical and software sides, the Ministry of Health and Minister of Telecom are taking a much [...]	2009-03-04 12:12:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KIPR EG
09CAIRO393	AYMAN NOUR DISCUSSES HIS RELEASE, FUTURE [...] KEY POINTS -- (C) On February 26, poloff met with former presidential candidate and opposition party leader Ayman Nour, who was released from an Egyptian prison on February 18, and his wife, Gameela Ismail. -- (C) Before Nour arrived, Ismail told poloff that on the day of his release, [...]	2009-03-05 14:04:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM EG
09CAIRO397	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNHRC FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION [...] (C) On March 5, we demarched MFA Deputy Director for Human Rights Omar Shalaby on Egyptian plans to sponsor a freedom of expression resolution at the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) March session, urging Egypt not to pre-empt Canada (ref A). Shalaby responded that Egypt's position is that the [...]	2009-03-05 14:48:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UN EG
09CAIRO401	EGYPT: COUNTRY TEAM ASSESSMENT FOR THE PROCUREMENT OF FOUR [...] (SBU) Description. In ref (a),the Government of Egypt (GOE) submitted a Letter of Request (LOR) for 4 C-130J transport aircraft. The primary mission of the C-130 is inter and intra theatre transport of people, cargo and equipment. These aircraft would supplement the current Egyptian Air For [...]	2009-03-08 13:28:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MASS MARR EG
09CAIRO402	EGYPT: COMMENTS ON DOL'S DRAFT LIST OF GOODS [...] (C) Post appreciates the opportunity to comment on the Department of Labor's (DOL) draft list of goods that it has evidence are produced with child or forced labor. (ref A) For Egypt, the DOL proposes listing limestone and cotton as such goods. 2. (SBU) With respect to limestone, Post rec [...]	2009-03-08 13:36:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR EIND ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI EG
09CAIRO404	EMBASSY CAIRO DELIVERS DEMARCHE ON GOVERNMENT OF [...] (C) Post delivered reftel demarche on the Government of Sudan's (GOS) decision to expel NGOs to Hisham Youssef, Chief of Staff of the Arab League, and to Ahmed Abu Zeid, Egyptian MFA Cabinet Advisor on African Affairs on March 8. Youssef told us that the Arab League (AL) shares our concerns ab [...]	2009-03-08 15:11:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO SU EG
09CAIRO408	Egypt: Local Dairy Farmers Demand GOE Price Support [...] (U) Key Points -- Falling international prices of milk are threatening local milk producers who are demanding action by the government to save the dairy industry. -- Egypt is a net importer of dairy products with the majority of its imports coming from Australia and New Zealand. The U.S. [...]	2009-03-10 10:12:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON ETRD ELAB PGOV EG
09CAIRO415	EGYPT DISTRESSED BY BASHIR ARREST WARRANT [...] Key Points -- (C) The Government of Egypt (GOE) is "very disturbed" about the ICC arrest warrant for Sudanese President Bashir, and concerned that the warrant will have an negative effect on the situation in Darfur and CPA implementation. -- (C) FM Aboul Gheit sent a note verbale to the P- [...]	2009-03-11 11:12:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO SU EG
09CAIRO416	ARAB LEAGUE CONCERNED ARREST WARRANT THREATENS [...] Key Points -- (C) The Arab League (AL) believes that the ICC arrest warrant for Sudanese President Bashir threatens the peace and stability of Sudan, but the AL advisor on African Affairs to SYG Moussa told us that the Doha peace talks were still possible because the genocide charge was dism [...]	2009-03-11 11:41:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO SU EG
09CAIRO417	Housing in Egypt- Construction Everywhere but No Place to [...] (U) Key Points -- The housing market in Egypt is marked by extreme contradiction. In recent years, the country has witnessed an unparalleled building boom alongside an extreme housing shortage for the poor and the middle class. -- Prices for high end housing for the wealthiest fiv [...]	2009-03-11 14:08:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL EG
09CAIRO418	RACHID REVIEWS UPCOMING TRIP TO WASHINGTON [...] (SBU) KEY ISSUES: -- Minister of Trade Rachid will spend March 22-25 in Washington with the goals of restarting a bilateral economic and trade dialogue and re-engaging with U.S. business. -- Rachid believes the Washington trip may be an occasion for a public roll-out of the recently agre [...]	2009-03-11 14:18:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EINV PREL EG
09CAIRO420	EGYPT'S ECONOMY: WEEKLY PRESS ROUND-UP [...] The following is a summary of notable economic news stories as they appeared over the past week in the Egyptian press. GAS RESERVES 70 TRILLION CUBIC FEET ----------------------------------- 2. Wood Mackenzie, an energy consulting firm, estimated that EgyptQs natural gas reserves stand at [...]	2009-03-11 15:35:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EPET EFIN EAGR ETRD ENRG MNUC PGOV EG
09CAIRO426	FRAUD SUMMARY - CAIRO [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-12 11:37:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC EG
09CAIRO428	MAHALLA ONE YEAR AFTER THE STRIKE [...] KEY POINTS -- (C) On March 10, we visited Misr Spinning & Weaving Company in the Egyptian Nile Delta city of Mahalla, the largest manufacturing company in Egypt and a hotbed of labor activism. The factory's workers staged a wildcat strike in April 2008, sparking violent riots in Mahalla ( [...]	2009-03-12 13:59:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ECON PGOV PREL KDEM EG
09CAIRO44	PROGRESS ON WOMEN'S ISSUES, DESPITE SOME GOE [...] (C) Summary and comment: The past six months have seen significant progress on women's issues in Egypt. Recent advances for women on combating female genital mutilation (FGM) and sexual harassment and assault have stood out in an environment characterized by backsliding on issues such as pre [...]	2009-01-12 09:02:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI KWMN KISL KIRF EG
09CAIRO443	DOWN IN THE DELTA: ANECDOTES ON EGYPT'S SLOWING [...] (U) KEY POINTS -- Companies in the Egyptian Delta are beginning to feel the effects of the global economic slowdown, though the full extent of the impact is not yet known. -- In the Gharbia and Dakahlia governorates, we have yet to see evidence of large-scale layoffs or business cl [...]	2009-03-16 08:36:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV EINV EG
09CAIRO444	EGYPT: TRADE MINISTER IN WASHINGTON NEXT WEEK [...] (SBU) Egyptian Minister of Trade and Industry Rachid Rachid will visit Washington March 22-25. He plans meetings with Administration officials, representatives from business organizations, and members of Congress. He will not be traveling with a business delegation. Rachid is a key reformer [...]	2009-03-16 09:06:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EAGR EFIN PREL EG
09CAIRO447	EGYPT: G-20 SUMMIT PARTICIPATION [...] (C) Key points: -- In a March 14 meeting with the Ambassador, Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit asked the U.S. to encourage the British to issue a "last minute" invitation to Egyptian President Mubarak to attend the G-20 summit in London, hinting that Egypt would be prepared to deliver on some [...]	2009-03-16 10:40:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PREL EG
09CAIRO448	EGYPTIAN COUNTER SMUGGLING EFFORTS [...] Key Points -- (S) Egypt continues to improve efforts to combat arms smuggling into Gaza, but a decision by Field Marshal Tantawi to delay a counter tunneling project threatens progress. -- (S) During a March 10 meeting, Tantawi informed the Ambassador that the GOE is unwilling to allow the [...]	2009-03-16 10:46:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PREL MASS PARM KPAL IS EG
09CAIRO45	RISING ANGER OVER GAZA [...] (C) Summary and comment: Egyptians are seething over Israeli military operations in Gaza. The January 9 "Day of Anger and Solidarity with Gaza," supported by a range of Egyptian opposition forces, most prominently the Muslim Brotherhood (MB),featured the largest protests since the crisis bega [...]	2009-01-12 09:27:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KISL KPAL IS PA EG
09CAIRO451	INTERIOR MINISTER ON KHAN BOMBING, GAZA SMUGGLING [...] (S) KEY POINTS -- (S) On March 12, Interior Minister Habib Al-Adly told the Ambassador that evidence indicates "one or two" individuals were responsible for the February 22 Khan Al-Khalili market bombing. He said the MOI believes the individuals were not linked to any organized group, but r [...]	2009-03-16 11:02:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PTER KDEM KPAL ASEC SU EG
09CAIRO452	INDEPENDENT JOURNALISTS FINED FOR VIOLATING GAG [...] (C) On February 26, a Cairo court fined the editors of the independent newspapers "Al-Masry Al-Youm" and "Al Wafd," and three reporters from the papers, LE 10,000 (1,800 USD) each for allegedly violating a November 16, 2008 gag order on the ongoing murder trial of regime insider Hisham Talat Mu [...]	2009-03-16 15:07:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM EG
09CAIRO453	EGYPT'S BAHA'I WIN LEGAL BATTLE [...] KEY POINTS - (SBU) On March 16, Egypt's Supreme Administrative Court dismissed a legal challenge filed by an Islamist lawyer that had heretofore blocked the implementation of a January 2008 court decision directing the Ministry of Interior (MoI) to issue identification documents to members [...]	2009-03-16 15:07:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF KDEM EG
09CAIRO454	COURT SENTENCES NINE MEN TO DEATH FOR GANG RAPE [...] (U) On March 4, the Criminal Court in the Delta town of Kafr Al-Sheikh sentenced nine defendants to death and one juvenile to 15 years in prison for the armed gang-rape of 28 year-old Fatma Mahmoud Amin in 2006. One of the convicted men planned the rape as revenge against Amin's husband who r [...]	2009-03-16 15:21:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SOCI KWMN EG
09CAIRO456	EGYPT'S ECONOMY: WEEKLY PRESS ROUND-UP [...] The following is a summary of notable economic news stories as they appeared over the past week in the Egyptian press. REF: CAIRO 209 Energy Sector ------------- 2. On March 5, Minister of Petroleum Sameh Fahmy spoke to the Canada-Egypt Business Council about the impact of the global [...]	2009-03-17 08:27:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EPET EFIN EAGR ETRD ENRG PGOV EG
09CAIRO458	END-USE DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (S/NF) On March 15, OMC Chief delivered ref A points on one violation and one potential violation of Egypt's end-use obligations to Major General Al-Assar, Senior Advisor to the Minister of Defense. He informed al-Assar that the State Department would notify Congress of the December 2008 gun [...]	2009-03-17 11:01:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PREL MASS PARM EG
09CAIRO462	EGYPT: ADDITIONAL CONCERNS REGARDING DRAFT LIST OF [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-17 15:33:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR EIND ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI EG
09CAIRO463	AMBASSADOR PRESSES FOREIGN MINISTER ON FREEDOM OF [...] (C) On March 14, the Ambassador spoke to Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit regarding Egypt's tabling of a freedom of expression resolution at the current session of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC). She urged Egypt to withdraw its text to allow Canada to a run a resolution at the June session of [...]	2009-03-17 15:34:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UN EU UK EG
09CAIRO464	NDP OFFICIALS ON PARTY DYNAMICS, POLITICAL PARTIES [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-17 15:45:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM EG
09CAIRO468	"APRIL 6" LEADER PESSIMISTIC ABOUT STRIKE; [...] (S) KEY POINTS -- (S) "April 6 Movement" leader Ahmed Saleh is pessimistic the group will be able to organize an effective strike on April 6 to protest political and economic conditions. He cited an Egyptian public distracted by other problems and probable State Security (SSIS) interference [...]	2009-03-18 15:00:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KISL EG
09CAIRO47	EGYPT: FOOD SUBSIDY REFORM UNLIKELY [...] (U) Subsidy reform in Egypt is politically charged. Most attempts to change decades-old programs have been met with fierce public opposition and occasional demonstrations. The GOE has been largely unsuccessful at targeting subsidy programs, and repeated studies have shown that only a fractio [...]	2009-01-12 10:13:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EFIN EINV PGOV PREL EG
09CAIRO476	EGYPT ECONOMIC UPDATE: INFLATION FALLS, GROWTH [...] (U) Key Points -- The Egyptian Central Bank buys $1 billion in Egyptian pounds to support the currency. -- Inflation dropped again in February, but vendors are slow to lower food prices. -- GDP growth continues to slow. --------------------------------------------- --- [...]	2009-03-19 14:30:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID EFIN EINV PGOV EG
09CAIRO477	EGYPTIAN CONVERT STRUGGLES FOR ACCEPTANCE [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-19 14:53:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KIRF KISL SOCI EG
09CAIRO478	END-USE ISSUES IN EGYPT [...] Key Points: -- (S/NF) Since 2006, the Department has reported to Congress five separate potential violations of Egypt's end-use, re-transfer, and security obligations. -- (S/NF) Three of those cases - the Medical Center, Metrology Lab Case, and Synchrolift - involved potential end use vi [...]	2009-03-19 15:40:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PARM ETTC MASS EG
09CAIRO483	EGYPT RECEIVES INFORMATION ON IRANIAN ARMS [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-22 14:34:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET//NOFORN	PARM PREL ETTC MASS EG IS SU SY
09CAIRO484	PRESSING THE GOE ON FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION [...] (C) On March 22, Economic-Political Minister-Counselor underscored the U.S. position on the 2009 UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) Freedom of Expression Resolution to MFA Deputy Assistant Minister for North American Affairs Amin Meleika. Mincouns emphasized that the U.S. strongly believes Canad [...]	2009-03-22 15:15:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM UN KDEM EG
09CAIRO485	RELIGIOUS FREEDOM DISCUSSION WITH EGYPT'S MFA [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-22 15:34:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KIRF EG
09CAIRO504	UPDATE ON POLICE BRUTALITY CASES [...] KEY POINTS -- (C) In recent weeks we have followed up with human rights attorneys on several police brutality cases. Lawyers are working to file suits against the police for the torture of a Cairo woman who complained about police abuse of her husband, and for the torture of XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX"Apr [...]	2009-03-24 15:44:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI EG
09CAIRO515	EGYPT: ESF DISCUSSION WITH MINISTER OF [...] (C) Key points: -- In a March 23 meeting, Minister of International cooperation Aboulnaga told the Ambassador that Egypt is "very pleased" with the approach taken by the new Administration but is concerned that any proposed ESF for FY 2010 should demonstrate USG commitment to compensate Eg [...]	2009-03-25 11:57:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN PREL PARM EG
09CAIRO520	AMBASSADOR'S DEMARCHE TO FM ABOUL GHEIT ON SUDAN [...] (C) The Ambassador spoke with Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Ghayt at opening of business Wednesday, March 25, conveying reftel points regarding the visit of Sudanese President Bashir to Egypt. She stressed that the U.S. could not accept any justification for denying humanitarian assistance to [...]	2009-03-25 14:43:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAL KPKO PGOV PHUM PREL SU EG
09CAIRO524	EGYPT'S ECONOMY: WEEKLY PRESS ROUND-UP [...] (U) The following is a summary of notable economic news stories that appeared over the past week in the Egyptian press: Export Promotion ---------------- 2. (U) Minister of Trade and Industry Rashid announced the Export Development Bank of Egypt would spend an additional LE 2.1 billion ($3 [...]	2009-03-26 08:13:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EPET EFIN EAGR ETRD ENRG PGOV EG
09CAIRO529	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MCCONNELL'S VISIT TO CAIRO [...] SUMMARY: (SBU) Senator McConnell, welcome to Egypt. Your visit comes as Egypt continues its efforts to mediate a permanent cease-fire between Israel and Hamas, to facilitate intra-Palestinian negotiations to form a new, interim government, and to stop the smuggling of arms into Gaza. The U.S., [...]	2009-03-26 14:32:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP MCCONNELL PGOV ECON KPAL EG IS
09CAIRO532	EGYPT SEEKS ENGAGEMENT WITH U.S. ON SUDAN [...] (C) Key Points --The Government of Egypt (GOE) views stability in Sudan as essential to its national security because of concern over its access to Nile waters and increased Sudanese refugee flow into Egypt. --Egypt disapproves of the GOS' expulsion of NGOs from Darfur, and is focused fin [...]	2009-03-26 15:31:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO PHUM QA SU EG
09CAIRO533	THE WELL RUNS DRY FOR WATER MINISTER: DEBATE OVER [...] (SBU) Key points: -- The March 11 appointment of Mohamed Nasr El Din Allam as Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources (MoIWR) highlights the fight over limited water resources, pitting agribusiness against environmental scientists and government officials who are encouraging conservation [...]	2009-03-29 09:38:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ECON PGOV EAGR PBTS EG
09CAIRO534	EGYPT: CENTRAL BANK CUTS RATES AGAIN [...] (U) At the March 26 meeting of its Monetary Policy Committee (MPC),the Egyptian Central Bank (CBE) cut its overnight lending rate, deposit rate, and the discount rate by 50 basis points each. Following this cut, the lending and deposit rates stand at 12% and 10% respectively with the discount [...]	2009-03-29 11:12:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID EFIN EINV PGOV EG
09CAIRO544	BLOGGERS MOVING FROM ACTIVISM TO BROADENING DISCOURSE AND SELF-EXPRESSION [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-30 13:36:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM KIRF KWMN SOCI EG
09CAIRO547	EGYPTIAN SHI'A LEADER ON RELATIONS WITH GOE, IRAN [...] Key Points: --(C) We met recently with Mohamed al-Darini, leader of the Supreme Council of the Descendants of the Prophet, an Egyptian Shi'a organization. According to al-Darini, there are approximately 60,000 Shi'a in Egypt, not counting Iraqi refugees. --(C) Al-Darini said Egypt's Sh [...]	2009-03-31 11:58:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF KISL PREF SOCI EG IR IZ
09CAIRO548	EGYPT'S ECONOMY: MARCH 31 WEEKLY PRESS ROUND-UP [...] (U) The following are notable economic news stories that appeared over the past week in the Egyptian press: Investment Minister on the Egyptian Economy ------------------------------------------ 2. (U) Minister of Investment Mahmoud Mohieldin announced that Egypt's real GDP growth is ex [...]	2009-03-31 12:01:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN EAGR ETRD ENRG PGOV EG
09CAIRO549	SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL SCHWARTZ [...] Key Points -- (SBU) U.S.- Egypt military relationship is strong, but should change to reflect new regional and transnational threats. -- (SBU) More focus is needed on combating emerging threats, including border security, counter terrorism, civil defense, and peacekeeping. -- (S/NF) Egypt continues [...]	2009-03-31 14:44:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PREL MASS PARM MOPS KPAL IS EG
09CAIRO550	FORMER SUDANESE PM AL MAHDI SPELLS OUT PLAN FOR [...] (C) Key Points -- Former Sudanese PM Sadiq Al Mahdi said a "catastrophic scenario" is unfolding in Sudan that threatens the humanitarian situation in Darfur, the future peace talks and the unity of the country. -- Al Mahdi is proposing a "National Forum" composed of eight political partie [...]	2009-03-31 15:09:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO PHUM PREF UN QA CD SU EG
09CAIRO557	EGYPT: MFA DISCUSSES SOMALIA, PIRACY AND ERITREA [...] (C) Key Points -- Despite disagreements over prosecution of suspected pirates and the role of the Contact Group on Piracy of the Coast of Somali (CGPCS) in funding the development of Somalia, the Government of Egypt (GOE) was pleased with the Contact Group meetings and the debate on the issu [...]	2009-04-02 06:10:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EWWT KCRM PTER ER SO EG
09CAIRO56	EGYPT RECEIVES REQUEST FOR VIGILANCE OF SUDAN [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-12 15:04:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PARM PREL ETTC MASS EG IS SU
09CAIRO561	FOREIGN WORKERS IN EGYPT [...] (C) KEY POINTS - As part of our ongoing monitoring of labor conditions in Egypt, particularly in the Qualifying Industrial Zones (QIZs),we discussed the issue of foreign workers with diplomats from a number of Southeast Asian embassies. - Diplomats from Southeast Asian countries estimate [...]	2009-04-02 09:55:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ECON EAID EFIN EINV PGOV PREL EG BG IN
09CAIRO565	Egyptian Deputy Central Bank Governor discusses [...] (SBU) Key Points: --Deputy Central Bank (CBE) Governor Hisham Ramez said that the general nominal weakening of the Egyptian pound from July 2008 onward was primarily a function of market forces. --After the pound hit a recent high of LE 5.7/$US in the exchange bureaus during the weekend of [...]	2009-04-02 13:45:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EPET EFIN EAGR ETRD ENRG PGOV EG
09CAIRO567	INFLUENTIAL SUDANESE BUSINESSMEN ADVOCATE "NO [...] (C) Key Points -- Two influential North Sudanese businessmen in Cairo, Kamal Ibrahim Ahmed (protect),Chairman of TransExport Trading Company and Muhammad Abdel Moneim (protect),Chairman of Wadi El Nil Flour Mills urged the USG not to compromise with the Government of Sudan (GOS),warning t [...]	2009-04-02 15:24:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PREF SU EG
09CAIRO568	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL TAUSCHER'S VISIT TO CAIRO [...] SUMMARY: (SBU) Representative Tauscher, welcome to Egypt. Your visit comes as Egypt continues its efforts to mediate a permanent cease-fire between Israel and Hamas, to facilitate intra-Palestinian negotiations to form a new, interim government, and to stop the smuggling of arms into Gaza. The [...]	2009-04-02 15:38:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP TAUSCHER PGOV ECON KPAL EG IS
09CAIRO569	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL BOND'S VISIT TO CAIRO [...] SUMMARY: (SBU) Senator Bond, welcome to Egypt. Your visit comes as Egypt continues its efforts to mediate a permanent cease-fire between Israel and Hamas, to facilitate intra-Palestinian negotiations to form a new, interim government, and to stop the smuggling of arms into Gaza. The U.S., Euro [...]	2009-04-02 15:42:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP BOND PGOV KWBG ECON KPAL EG IS
09CAIRO570	EGYPTIAN GOVERNMENT ON ERITREAN AND SUDANESE [...] (C) Key Points -- There are 118 Eritreans in Aswan in detention, who will be accepted for resettlement by Canada if they pass the required consular and medical examinations (reftels A-C). However the Government of Egypt (GOE) refuses to make them available for processing in Cairo. This cou [...]	2009-04-02 16:03:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PGOV ER SU EG
09CAIRO571	MFA SENIOR ADVISOR ON PALESTINIAN NEGOTIATIONS, [...] (S/NF) Key points -- MFA Senior Cabinet Advisor and Spokesman Hossam Zaki told DCM April 2 that Egyptian-sponsored negotiations on Palestinian government formation that resumed April 1 are "going nowhere." He did not articulate a contingency plan, and argued that the USG should not insist o [...]	2009-04-02 16:11:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV IS SY SU QA CD SA EG
09CAIRO572	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. CANDIDACY FOR UN HUMAN [...] (C) On April 2, DCM informed MFA Spokesman and Senior Advisor to the Foreign Minister Hossam Zaki that the U.S. is seeking election to the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC),and requested the GOE's vote in May (reftel). DCM underscored that the U.S. believes it can do more to advance human right [...]	2009-04-02 18:04:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UN EG
09CAIRO575	NEW MINISTER ON FAMILY PLANNING, GIRLS' EDUCATION [...] KEY POINTS -- (C) On March 29, New Minister for Families and Population Moushira Khattab told the Ambassador and the USAID Mission Director that significant economic development in Egypt will not be possible without limiting population growth. -- (C) Minister Khattab said that girls' educa [...]	2009-04-05 08:46:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KISL KWMN SOCI EG
09CAIRO580	GOE RELEASES BLOGGERS, BUT MOVES AGAINST "APRIL 6" [...] KEY POINTS -- (C) With the March 27 release of pro-Palestinian blogger Dia Gad who was detained February 6, the GOE has freed all bloggers arrested in the past 6 months. Earlier in March, the GOE released two bloggers, Mohammed Adel (ref B) and Abdul Aziz Al-Mugahed, who had been detained s [...]	2009-04-06 14:47:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM EG
09CAIRO587	EGYPT'S ECONOMY: APRIL 7 WEEKLY PRESS ROUND-UP [...] The following are notable economic news stories that appeared over the past week in the Egyptian press: New Pension Law to be Proposed ------------------------------ 2. At a recent financial conference, Muhammad Ma'it, Deputy Minister of Finance, said that a new law on pensions would guaran [...]	2009-04-07 12:52:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN EAGR ETRD ENRG PGOV EG
09CAIRO591	APRIL 6 STRIKE AND PROTESTS FIZZLE INTO A NON-EVENT [...] KEY POINTS -- (SBU) The strike planned by the "April 6 Movement" to protest political and economic conditions failed to disrupt normal traffic and business activity throughout Egypt, in contrast to the more successful April 6, 2008 strike. -- (U) In downtown Cairo, there were a few demonst [...]	2009-04-07 14:10:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM ELAB SOCI EG
09CAIRO595	ARAB LEAGUE COS BRIEFS ON MARCH 30-31 AL SUMMIT [...] (SBU) Key points: -- Arab League (AL) Chief of Staff Hisham Yousef told local diplomats April 2 that said that some progress had been made on Arab reconciliation at the Arab League Doha summit of March 30-31, but that much more needs to be done. -- Yousef strongly criticized the incoming I [...]	2009-04-07 14:32:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ SY SU LE IS IR LY EG
09CAIRO598	MFA ON MULTILATERAL HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES, [...] KEY POINTS -- (C) In an April 6 meeting with MFA Deputy Assistant Minister for Human Rights Wael Aboulmagd, we reiterated our request for Egyptian support for a U.S. seat on the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC),and emphasized that the U.S. wants to improve cooperation on multilateral human r [...]	2009-04-07 15:45:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM UN SOCI EG
09CAIRO600	UPDATE ON CASE OF FRAUDULENT BIRTH REGISTRATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Working with the Canadian Embassy in Cairo, the Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU) has identified at least five cases from the Canadians that fit the profile of the confirmed baby trafficking cases described in reftels. In addition, the FPU has uncovered one additional case from the no [...]	2009-04-08 07:33:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CASC CMGT CVIS EG KFRD KOCI PHUM SMIG
09CAIRO602	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF CODEL LOWEY [...] SUMMARY: (SBU) Representative Lowey, welcome to Egypt. Your visit comes as Egypt continues its efforts to mediate a permanent cease-fire between Israel and Hamas, to facilitate intra-Palestinian negotiations to form a new, interim government, and to stop the smuggling of arms into Gaza. The U. [...]	2009-04-08 13:13:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EAID KPAL EG
09CAIRO605	EGYPT: PRIME MINISTER SPEAKS ON ECONOMY AND DOMESTIC [...] (U) KEY POINTS -- On April 6, Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif addressed the Egyptian parliament and discussed the global economy and President Mubarak's proposed budget for fiscal 2009/10. The key points he made were: -- The Egyptian economy continues to grow, but growth is slowing. [...]	2009-04-08 15:18:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD PGOV EG
09CAIRO608	UPDATE ON NUCLEAR LAW AND NUCLEAR LIABILITY [...] (C) Key points: -- Bechtel's local manager believes that the draft nuclear law will be submitted to the People's Assembly and approved before the end of the current session. -- The draft law has been amended to clarify that responsibility for nuclear accidents rests with the GOE, not on t [...]	2009-04-08 15:43:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PGOV ECON EG
09CAIRO611	FOLLOWING UP WITH EGYPT ON SUSPECTED IRANIAN ARMS [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-09 12:22:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET//NOFORN	ETTC PARM PREL EG SU IR
09CAIRO613	EGYPT: AMBASSADOR PRESENTS USG ESF OFFER [...] (S) Key points: -- Prime Minister Nazif and Ambassador discussed way forward on ESF on April 9. His bottom line up front: "the relationship is more important than ESF." --Nazif also expressed appreciation for the Administration's approach to Egypt and appreciated that the Secretary had [...]	2009-04-09 18:11:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	EAID ECON PREL EG
09CAIRO614	CODEL MCCONNELL'S APRIL 6 MEETING WITH GAMAL MUBARAK [...] (C) Key Points -- Gamal Mubarak told CODEL McConnell that Egypt remained committed to economic reform despite the global financial crisis. -- Egypt wants increased trade with the U.S.; however, it is looking elsewhere for trade opportunities as well, including the EU, Russia, and China. [...]	2009-04-12 10:05:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL PGOV ETRD IZ EG IS IR
09CAIRO615	CODEL TAUSCHER'S APRIL 9 MEETING WITH PRESIDENT [...] (C) Key Points -- Iran: President Mubarak told CODEL Tauscher that using diplomacy and economic sanctions with Iran is far better than using force. Using force to solve the problems with Iran will led to instability in the region and an increase in terrorism. Mubarak has no plans to resto [...]	2009-04-12 10:10:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IS IR EG SY
09CAIRO618	CODEL TAUSCHER"S APRIL 9 MEETING WITH FOREIGN [...] (C) Key Points: -- Israel: Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit said that Egypt has a long-standing relationship with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and can work with him, in contrast to new Israeli Foreign Minister Leiberman, whom Aboul Gheit labeled a "problem." --Aboul Gheit does not see [...]	2009-04-12 15:05:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KPAL KNNP IS IR EG QA
09CAIRO624	SCENESETTER FOR FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER [...] (SBU) The Egyptians and I warmly welcome you to Cairo. Our partnership in law enforcement and security cooperation remains solid. Your visit provides the opportunity to review and reinforce our law enforcement cooperation with the State Security Investigative Service (SSIS),which is under the aus [...]	2009-04-13 08:34:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PTER PREL PHUM PGOV KJUS EG

09CAIRO626	SOUTH SUDAN LIAISON OFFICE ON ICC AND CPA [...] (C) Key Points -- According to Government of South Sudan (GOSS) officials, the GOSS expected an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Bashir and has encouraged him to work with the ICC and not ignore the warrant. -- Bashir has turned the ICC arrest warrant into a fight with the West. The [...]	2009-04-13 09:07:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON PGOV KISL SU EG

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