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ABLD BUILDING AND GROUNDS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The acquisition, management, and operation of U.S.-owned or-leased facilities and sites both domestic and foreign. (Replaces RCHB file categories: BG, ES)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acquisition
* AIEP
* Allotment
* Antenna
* Antiques
* Appraisals
* Architecture
* Asbestos
* Audit
* Bid Results
* Breathing Device
* Building
* Building Design
* Building Management
* Carpet
* Chancellery
* Construction Management
* Construction Security
* Consulate
* Contract Amendment Contract Award Contract Renewal Contract Termination Contractor
* Core Area
* DCR
* Deed
* Descent Device
* Electrical System
* Elevator
* Embassy
* EMR
* Energy Conservation
* EURMAC
* Fire Alarm
* Fire Detection System
* Fire Prevention
* Fire Safety
* Furnishings
* Generator
* Geotechnical
* Gift
* Hazardous Material
* Housing
* HVAC
* Improvement
* Inventory
* Lease
* Legation
* Maintenance
* Mechanical System
* NOB
* Parking
* PCC
* Post Opening
* Property Exchange
* Property Sales
* Public Access Control
* Real Property
* Reciprocity
* REMS
* Renovation
* Safety & Health Designee
* Safety Program
* Security Enhancement
* Seismology
* SHEMC
* Shielded Enclosure
* Site
* Space Management
* Survey
* WASHMAC
* Water Analysis
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AEMR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND EVACUATION
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Measures and actions implemented to protect U.S. personnel, citizens, property and information; especially related to crisis situations. (Replaces RCHB file category: EP)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Citizen Protection
* Contingency Plan EAP
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Property
* Protection
* Records Destruction
* Rescue
* Safehaven
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AFIN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)
The fiscal operations of the Department, Foreign Service posts, and other Federal agencies. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, FMGT)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accounting
* Allowance
* Annuity Check
* Antideficiency
* Appropriation
* Audit
* Authentication Bank
* Account Bonding
* CAPPS
* Cash
* Cash Management
* Cashier
* Central Claim
* Commercial Claim
* Compensation
* Debt Collection
* Deficit
* Disallowances
* Disbursement
* Employee Claim
* ESF
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Management System
* Fiscal
* Fiscal Irregularities
* Foreign Currency
* FSCADP
* Fund Allotment
* Funding
* GBL
* General Ledger
* GTR
* Home Leave
* ICASS
* Leave
* Liquidation
* Local Currency
* Nonreceipt
* Over Obligation
* Pay Advance
* Pay Record
* Payment
* Payroll
* Payroll Deduction
* PCS
* Per Diem
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Post MGT
* Premium Pay
* Prompt Payment
* Reimbursement
* Relocation
* Reprogramming
* Retirement
* Security Enhancement
* Taxes
* TDY
* Time & Attendance
* Transportation Request
* Travel Advance
* Travelers Checks
* Treasury Check
* Vendor
* Vouchers
* Vulnerability Assessment
* Wages
* Working Capital Fund
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AMGT MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The management and organization of the Department and posts abroad and other U.S. agencies. (Replaces RCHB file category: ORG)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Administration
* Audit
* Authorities
* Background Information
* Bureau Organization
* Commissary
* Congressional Report
* Delegation of Authority
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Employee Association
* FCS
* FTE
* Geneva Group
* GORI
* Information System
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* Internal Control
* JAO
* Management Initiative
* Management Issues
* Mission Closure
* Mission Opening
* Occupational Safety
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Office Procedures
* Organization
* Overseas Post
* PCS
* Post Closing
* Post MGT
* Post Opening
* Post Operating Plan
* Reciprocity
* Recreation
* Reorganization
* Scheduling
* Staffing
* Support Services
* Survey
* Task Force
* Workload
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AORC INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES
Effective from January 1983
The structure and management of international or regional organizations and conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL and Organization Name)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Administration
* Application
* Budget
* Candidate
* Chairman
* Charter
* Congressional Reports
* Constitution
* Donor
* Election Results
* Financial Contribution
* Geneva Group
* Host Government
* Information System
* Infrastructure
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* International Organization
* International Organization Official
* Meeting Agenda
* Meeting Delegation
* Meeting Observer
* Meeting Venue
* Membership
* NGO
* Nomination
* Nonparticipation
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Participation
* PERMREP
* Referendum
* Reform
* Regional Organization
* Regional Organization Official Reorganization
* Resignation from Office Seating
* Secession Secretary General Specialized Agency
* Sponsorship
* Staffing
* Vacancy Announcement
* Veto
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
* Voting
* Wages
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APER PERSONNEL
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The administration and support of the Department's Civil and Foreign
Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Adoption
* Affirmative
* Action
* Ambassador
* Appeal
* Award
* Backpay
* Benefit Plan
* Bilateral Work Agreements
* Blood Donor
* Boarding School Career Development Career Mobility
* CFC
* Civil Service
* Civil Service Reform Act
* Class Action Suit
* CLO Program
* Community Liaison Office
* Coordinators
* Compensation
* Complaint
* Complement
* Consultation
* Continuing Education
* Contract Employee
* Conversion
* CSR
* Death
* Demotion
* Dependent
* Dependent Education
* Dependent Employment
* Discipline
* Divorce
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Employee Association
* Employee Benefit
* Employee Relations
* Employee Service
* Employee Status
* Employee Training
* Employment
* Equal Employment Opportunity
* Family Life
* Family Separation
* Family Support Services
* Fellowship
* FERS
* Foreign Born Spouses
* Foreign Service
* Foreign Service Act
* FSPS
* FTE
* Functional Training
* Grade Retention
* Grievance
* Health
* Injury
* Insurance
* International School
* Interns
* Interview
* Job Title
* Leave
* Library
* Merit Pay
* Merit Promotion
* Military Furlough
* Military Reserve
* Nomination
* Nonsensitive Critical Position
* Open Assignments
* Orientation
* Overcomplement
* Pay Record
* Performance Evaluation
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Personnel
* Personnel Action
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Assignment
* Personnel Classification
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Promotion
* Personnel Reassignment
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Photographer
* PIT
* Position Classification
* Position Description
* Premium Pay
* Presidential Executive Exchange Program
* Private School
* Probation
* Promotion Panel
* PSC
* Public School
* Recall
* Recruitment
* Reentry
* Relocation
* Remains Disposition
* Reprogramming
* Retired Annuitant
* Retirement
* RIF
* Sabbatical
* Savings Bond
* School Admissions
* SEF
* Selection Board
* Selection Out
* Senior Foreign Service
* SES
* Severance Pay
* Sexual Harassment
* Skill Codes
* Spouse
* Staffing
* Staffing Pattern
* Survey
* Tandem Couple
* TDY
* Tenure Board
* Termination
* Time & Attendance
* Upward Mobility
* U.S. Family Member
* Vacancy Announcement
* Wages
* Work Requirements
* Workload
* Workmen Compensation
* Workweek
* Youth Programs
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ASEC SECURITY
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The development, coordination, or administration of security policies and programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SY)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* AIASA
* Airport Access Procedures
* Antifraud
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Armored Vehicle
* Assault
* Bugging
* Building
* Contract Guard Program
* Counterintelligence
* Debriefing
* Debugging
* Demolition
* Detection Equipment
* Dismantling
* Electronic Security Device
* Emergency Response Team
* Explosives
* Fraud
* Host Country Guards
* Host Country Police
* Identification Systems
* Information Security
* Local Guard Program
* Maps
* Mission Takeover
* Monitoring
* MSG
* Name Check
* NSU
* Personnel Protection
* Physical Security
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Property Protection
* Protective Security
* Public Access Control
* Regional Security
* Riot Control
* RSO
* Scheduled Reporting
* Security Assessment
* Security Clearance
* Security Crisis
* Security Enhancement
* Security Survey
* Security Violation
* Special Support Program
* Suitability
* Technical Security
* Telephone
* Tempest
* Terrorism
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Unit Security Procedures
* Warning System
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BEXP TRADE EXPANSION AND PROMOTION
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Efforts to promote trade and other commercial activities, including specific proposals and inquiries to establish trade relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: TP)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Best Prospect
* Bid
* Business Firm
* Businessmen
* CMP
* Commercial Action
* Commercial Association
* Consultation
* Cooperatives
* Country Commercial
* Exhibit
* Exposition
* Foreign Agent
* Foreign Market
* Target Industry
* Targeting
* Trade Fair
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Visit
* WITS
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BTIO TRADE AND INVESTMENT
OPPORTUNITIES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Administrative and operational reporting on opportunities for U.S. businesses. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, TP)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agribusiness
* Bid
* Business Firm
* FGT
* Foreign Markets
* GPC Implementation
* Joint Venture
* Patent
* PTO
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CASC ASSISTANCE TO CITIZENS
Effective from May 1977 (Revised January 1983)
Consular services provided by the United States to citizens of the United States or any other country. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CON, PS)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Adoption
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Alien
* AMCIT
* Arrest Assault
* Attorney List
* Authorities
* Automation
* Child Custody
* Children Compensation
* Complaint
* Consular Assistance
* Consular Package
* Cult
* Custody
* Death Report
* Deportation
* Detention
* Direct Relay
* Drivers License
* Emergency Evacuation
* Estate
* Family
* FIMED
* Fraud Identification
* Lawyer
* Legal
* Medical Care
* Missing Person
* Murder Offenses
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Property
* Property Protection
* Release
* Remains Disposition
* Repatriation
* Seamen
* Ship Detention
* Ship Registry
* Spouse
* Third Country Representation
* Travel Advisory
* Trial
* Trust Account
* Trust Account Refund
* Welfare & Whereabouts
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CJAN JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE AND NOTARIAL SERVICES
Effective from May 1983
Matters pertaining to Notarial Services and International Judicial Assistance, including the service of judicial and extra-judicial documents and obtaining evidence. (Replaces RCHB file categories: LEG, PS)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acknowledgment
* Affidavit
* Attorney List
* Authentication
* Automation
* Deed
* Deposition
* Documentation
* Evidence
* Extradition
* Fraud
* FSIA
* Judicial Assistance
* Letters Rogatory
* Notarial
* Oath
* Official Travel
* Prisoner Transfer
* Process Serving
* Subpoena
* Testimony
* Tort Claim
* Witness
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CMGT CONSULAR ADMINSTRATION AND MANAGEMENT
Effective from August 1983
The administrative and operational management of Consular Affairs activities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, CON, FMGT,ORG, PER)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Antifraud
* Automation
* CAS
* Consular Agent
* Consular Agreement
* Consular Conference
* Consular Equipment
* Consular Package
* Consular Service
* Consular Supplies
* Consular Treaty
* CSS
* ECR
* Fee
* Fraud
* ICARS
* IVACS
* Legislation
* MRP
* NIVCAPS
* Office Procedures
* Personnel
* PFM
* PIT
* Publication
* Space Management
* Supplies
* Support Services
* TDIS
* Third Country Representation
* Word Processor
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CVIS VISAS
Effective from May 1973 (Revised January 1993)
Operational, procedural, and administrative functions of visa operations. (Replaces RCHB file category: V)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* AA 1 Adoption
* Advisory Opinion AIDS
* Alien
* Alien Previously Deported
* Alien Smuggler
* Allocation
* Application
* Appointment
* Arrival Notice
* Athlete Automation
* Bearer Insert
* BUSVIS
* Centralized Visa Processing
* Chargeability
* CHINEX
* CLASS
* Clearance
* CONGRINT
* Consular Package
* Crew List
* Crewman
* Crime
* Data
* Defector
* Denial
* Departure Notice
* Dependent
* Deportation
* Derivatives
* Diversity Immigrant
* DNC
* Documentation
* DV 1DVACS
* Employment Based Preference
* Employment Creation
* Entertainer
* Entitlement
* Exchange Visitor
* Exclusion
* Extraordinary Ability
* Family Preference
* Fiance
* Fiancee
* Files
* Foreign Policy Exclusion
* Forms
* Fraud
* Health Related Grounds
* ICARS
* Immediate Relative
* Immigrant
* Intercompany Transferee
* International Child Abduction
* Interview
* Issuance
* IVACS
* Labor Certification
* LB 1
* Legislation
* Medical Examination
* Moral Turpitude
* MRV
* Name Check
* Narcotics Traffic
* News Media Representative
* NIV
* NIVCAPS
* Nonimmigrant
* Numerical Control
* NVC
* Operations
* Other Worker
* Out of District Applicant
* Parole
* Permanent Resident
* Polygamist
* Portsmouth Consular Center
* Priority Date
* Private Bill
* Procedures
* Public Charge
* Reciprocity
* Refugee
* Refusal
* Religious Worker
* Renewal
* Revocation
* SAO
* Skilled Worker
* SPLEX
* Student
* Supplies Temporary Worker
* Terrorist
* 30 60 Rule
* TIVPC
* Totalitarian Party Membership
* Transfer
* Transit
* Travel Agents
* Treaty Investor
* Treaty Trader
* TTYREP
* Validity Visa
* Visa Clearance
* Visa Photograph
* Visitor for Business
* VLOB
* Waiver
* Waiver of Ineligibility
* Walk Ins
* Workload
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EAGR AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Cultivating the soil and forest, raising livestock, and producing crops. (Replaces RCHB file category: AGR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Production
* Agricultural Program
* Agricultural Worker
* Agriculture
* Animal Disease
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Corn
* Cotton
* Crop Destruction
* Crops
* Dairy Products
* Desalinization
* Disease Control
* Drought
* Erosion
* Famine
* Farm Equipment
* Farming
* Fertilizer
* Food Shortages
* Forestry
* Fruit
* Fungicide
* Grain
* Harvest
* Herbicide
* Husbandry
* Insect
* Irrigation
* Jute
* Land Conservation
* Land Management
* Land Reform
* Livestock
* Natural Fiber
* Nuts
* Oilseeds
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Plant Disease
* Poultry
* Preservation
* Quarantine
* Rainfall
* Rice
* Rubber
* Seeds
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soybean
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Timber
* Tobacco
* Tropical Forest
* Vegetable
* Water Analysis
* Weather
* Wheat
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EAID FOREIGN ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Foreign economic and technical assistance provided by governments, international organizations, institutions, or private individuals. (Replaces RCHB file category: AID)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agricultural Agreement
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Program Airlift
* Bank
* Congressional Presentation
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Credit
* Debt
* Development Loan
* Development Program
* Disaster Relief
* Donor
* Economic Adviser
* Economic Assistance
* Economic Development
* Economic Support Fund
* Farm Equipment
* Financial Contribution
* Food
* Foreign Assistance Agreement
* Funding
* Grant
* Industrial Development
* Industrialized Nation
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* LLDC
* Loan
* Medical Care
* Medical Equipment
* North South Dialogue
* Paris Club
* PL 480
* PL 480 Title I
* PL 480 Title II
* PL 480 Title III
* Relief Effort
* Self Help
* Technical Assistance
* Water Analysis
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EAIR CIVIL AVIATION
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
Commercial and private aircraft and air operations, domestic as well as international. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AV, TR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Air Access
* Air Cargo
* Air Fare
* Air Safety
* Air Traffic
* Air Transportation
* Aircraft
* Aircraft Accident
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Airline
* Airport
* Airport Fee
* Airport Security
* Airspace
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Aviation Agreement
* Cargo Handling
* Charter Flight
* CIVAIR
* Commercial Aircraft
* Emergency Landing
* Flight Clearance
* Flight Manual
* Hazardous Cargo
* Helicopter
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Landing Rights
* Maintenance
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Manifest
* Pilot Training
* Private Aircraft
* Refueling
* Rescue
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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ECON ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The status of a nation's economy. (Replaces RCHB file category: E)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agricultural Development
* Antiinflationary Program
* Black Market
* Capital Investment
* Cost of Living
* Depression
* Economic Agreement
* Economic Assessment
* Economic Conditions
* Economic Crisis
* Economic Development
* Economic Forecast
* Economic Growth
* Economic Indicators
* Economic Program
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Reform
* Economic Report
* Economic Stability
* Economic Trend
* EEC 1992
* Employment
* Financial Profits
* GDP
* GNP
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Reform
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* National Debt
* NIEO
* Price Index
* Recession
* Stock Market
* Tax Law
* Unemployment
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ECPS COMMUNICATIONS AND POSTAL SYSTEMS
Effective from March 1983
The efforts of governments, the private sector, or international organizations to manage, regulate, develop, apply, or monitor the methods and means of telecommunication, international communication policy, and the informational aspects of communication. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INF, MP, PO, PPB, PR, RAD, SP, TEL, TV)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Broadcasting
* Cable TV
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* Fiber Optics
* Frequency Allocation
* Frequency Interference
* Frequency Spectrum
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Frequency
* lnformatics Information Access
* Information Center
* Information Flow
* Information Media
* Jamming
* Light Communication
* Networking
* NWICO
* Orbit
* Postal System
* Prior Consent
* Radio
* Satellite
* Telecommunication
* Telecommunication Agreement
* Telegraph
* Telephone
* Television
* Transborder Data Flow
* Transmitters
* Undersea Cable
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EFIN FINANCIAL AND MONETARY AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Domestic and international financial affairs of governments and private institutions. (Replaces RCHB file category: FN)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accounting
* Audit
* Bank
* Bank Account
* Bankruptcy
* Blocked Assets
* BOP
* Budget
* Buffer Stock
* Capital Flow
* CFF
* Commodities Exchange
* Credit
* Currency Shortage
* Debt
* Debt Equity Swap
* Debt Relief
* Debt Repayment
* Debt Repudiation
* Debt Rescheduling
* Deficit
* Devaluation
* Donor
* Drawing Rights
* Economic Growth
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Trend
* EFF
* EMS
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Agreement
* Financial Contribution
* Financial Control
* Financial Crisis
* Financial Market
* Financial Profits
* Financial Program
* Financial Reform
* Financial Reserve
* Financial Stability
* Foreign Currency
* Foreign Currency Control
* Foreign Currency Exchange
* Foreign Market
* Gold
* Grant
* IMF Standbys
* Income Tax
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* Loan Default
* Local Currency
* London Club
* National Income
* Overpayment
* Paris Club
* Payment
* Revaluation
* Sales Tax
* SDR
* Securities
* Securities Exchange
* Stock Shares
* Tax Haven
* Tax Law
* Taxation Treaties
* Treasury
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EFIS COMMERCIAL FISHING AND FISH PROCESSING
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The breeding and catching of fish and other marine life for commercial purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aquaculture
* Catch
* Quota Cod
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive Economic
* Zone Fish
* Fisheries
* Aid Fishery
* Fishing Agreement
* Fishing Concession
* Fishing Dispute
* Fishing Ground
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Fishing Vessel
* Fishing Vessel
* Detention Halibut
* Herring Joint
* Venture
* Quota Salmon
* Shellfish
* Shrimp
* TEDS
* Tuna
* Whaling Industry
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EIND INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The commercial production of goods and services, including the processing of raw materials into manufactured goods. (Replaces RCHB file category: TEL, INCO)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aerospace Industry
* Alloy
* Aluminum
* Antitrust
* Automotive Industry
* Bankruptcy
* Business Firm
* Capital Investment
* Chemical Industry
* Clothing Industry
* Commercial Association
* Communications Industry
* Complaint
* Construction Industry
* Consumer Goods
* Cooperatives
* Copyright Agreement
* Copyright Claim
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Dairy Industry
* Data Processing Industry
* Defense Industry
* Development Program
* Drug Industry
* Dyeing Industry
* Economic Growth
* Electronic Industry
* Espionage
* Factory
* Fertilizer Industry
* Finishing Industry
* Fishing Industry
* Food Contamination
* Food Industry
* Foreign Agent
* Fraud
* Garment Industry
* Garment Production
* Garment Workers
* Industrial Accident
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Production
* Industrial Reform
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insurance
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber Industry
* Machine Tool Industry
* Manmade Fiber
* Manufactured Product
* Merger
* Metal Industry
* Monopoly
* Nationalization
* Paper Industry
* Parastatal
* Patent
* Petroleum Industry
* Piracy
* Plastic Industry
* Power Looms
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Processing
* Product Safety
* Product Standards
* Product Testing
* Production
* Production Control
* Public Sector
* Railroad Industry
* Ramie
* Raw Materials
* Recall
* Registration
* Rubber Industry
* Sabotage
* Salvage
* Service Industry
* Shipbuilding Industry
* Silk
* Spinning Machinery
* Steel Industry
* Stockpile
* Subsidiary
* Subsidy
* Textile Industry
* Textile Production
* Tobacco Industry
* Tourism
* Trademark
* Vegetable Fiber
* Weaving Industry
* Wood Products Industry
* Wool
* Yarns
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EINT ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL INTERNET
Effective from October 1997
Economic and commercial programs, policies, and issues relating to the Internet.
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agreement
* Censorship
* Competition
* Connectivity
* Content
* Copyright
* Data
* Democracy
* Economic Conditions
* Domain Names
* Electronic Commerce
* Encryption
* Free Flow of Information
* Information Availability
* Interconnectivity
* Internet
* Meeting
* Monopoly
* Piracy
* Policy
* Pornography
* Privacy
* Private Sector
* Reporting
* Trademark
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EINV FOREIGN INVESTMENTS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
Foreign investments made by governments or private enterprises for commercial gain. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, INCO)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Bank
* Bid
* BIT
* Business Firm
* Business Loss
* Business Merger
* Capital Flow
* Capital Investment
* Compensation
* Credit
* Credit Guarantee
* Disinvestment
* Economic Growth
* Foreign Investment
* Fraud
* Garment Investment
* Insurance Risk
* Investment Climate
* Investment Control
* Investment Disputes
* Investment Guarantee
* Investment Incentive
* Investment Law
* Investment Opportunity
* Joint Venture
* Loan
* Multinational Corporation
* Nationalization
* Parastatal
* Private Investment
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Public Sector
* Subsidiary
* Textile Investment
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ELAB LABOR SECTOR AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised May 1995)
The labor sector, labor actors, and national labor policies and their effect on domestic and international systems and relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LAB)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Arbitration
* Benefits
* Bonded Labor
* Child Labor
* Collective Bargaining
* Compulsory Labor
* Dock Workers
* Employee Ownership
* Employee Rights
* Employer Organization
* Employment
* Equal Pay for Equal Work
* Forced Labor
* Foreign Worker
* GSP (Worker Rights)
* Illegal Worker
* International Labor Secretariat
* Job Creation
* Job Discrimination
* Job Security
* Job Training
* Labor Agreement
* Labor Code
* Labor Competition
* Labor Confederation
* Labor Cooperative
* Labor Costs
* Labor Courts
* Labor Disputes
* Labor Federation
* Labor Law
* Labor Leader
* Labor Market
* Labor Migration
* Labor Movement
* Labor Organization
* Labor Relations
* Labor Rights
* Labor Sector
* Labor Settlement
* Labor Standards
* Labor Union
* Layoffs
* Lockout
* Manpower
* Mediation
* NAFTA Labor Cooperation
* Occupational Health
* Occupational Safety
* Pension
* Prison Labor
* Privatization
* Right of Association
* Right to Organize Slave Labor
* Social Clause (WTO)
* Social Net
* Social Security
* Strike
* Trade
* Union
* Underemployment
* Unemployment
* Unemployment Insurance
* Vocational Training
* Wages
* Work Force
* Work Permit
* Worker Rights Workers
* Working Conditions
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ELTN LAND TRANSPORTATION
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
All aspects of land transportation. (Replaces RCHB file categories: IT, TR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Automobile
* Bridge
* Bus
* Cargo Handling
* Detention
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Highway
* Highway Access
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Land Transportation
* Maintenance
* Overland Cargo
* Public Transportation
* Railroad
* Railroad Accident
* Railway Access
* Rescue
* Schedule
* Traffic Accident
* Traffic Safety
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
* Truck
* Tunnel
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EMIN MINERALS AND METALS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The exploration, discovery, and extraction of minerals and metals. (Replaces RCHB file category: INCO)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Bauxite
* Bid
* Chromite
* Coal
* Cobalt
* Copper
* Drilling
* Excavation
* Exclusive Economic Zone
* Exploration
* Factory
* Gems
* Gold
* Iron
* Magnesium
* Manganese
* Metal
* Mine
* Mineral
* Mineral Reserve
* Mining
* Mining Accident
* Mining Concession
* Nickel
* Offshore Mining
* Ore
* Quarry
* Silver
* Tin
* Tungsten
* Uranium
* Uranium Enrichment
* Zinc
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ENRG ENERGY AND POWER
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Government and private commercial activities in acquiring and providing energy services from all types of sources. For petroleum and natural gas, see EPET. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, FSE)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Coal
* Dam
* Decontamination
* Electric Energy
* Electric Power Plant
* Energy Conservation
* Energy Consumption
* Energy Reserve
* Energy Shortage
* Factory
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Fuel Shortage
* Generator
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Hydroelectric Power Plant
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing
* Nuclear Power Plant
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Power Line
* Public Utility
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Reexport
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* Stockpile
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Thermal Power Plant
* Transformer
* Uranium Enrichment
* Wind Energy
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EPET PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)
Government and private sector activities in the exploration and extraction of petroleum and natural gas. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FSE, PET)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Bid
* Drilling
* Exploitation
* Exploration
* LPG
* Natural Gas
* Natural Gas Pipeline
* Natural Gas Production
* Natural Gas Reserve
* Offshore Drilling
* Offshore Drilling Platform
* Offshore Oil
* Oil Field
* Petroleum
* Petroleum Concession
* Petroleum Pipeline
* Petroleum Production
* Petroleum Reserve
* Petroleum Shortage
* Refinery
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ETRD FOREIGN TRADE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Exchange of goods between nations. (Replaces RCHB file category: FT)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Alcoholic Beverage
* Aluminum
* Animal Hides
* Antidumping
* Antitrust
* Apparel Trade
* Arms
* Arms Traffic
* Barter
* BOP
* Boycott
* Buffer Stock
* Chemical
* Clothing
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Commercial Aircraft
* Commodity
* Commodity Market
* Communications Equipment
* Computer
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Countertrade
* Countervailing Duty
* Cross Border Trade
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Clearance
* Customs Court
* Customs Fine
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Official
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Dairy Products
* Debt
* Development Program
* Dispute Settlement
* Diversion
* Duty Free Entry
* East West Trade
* Economic Cooperation
* EEC 1992
* EEP
* Electronic Equipment
* Exhibit
* Export
* Fair Trade
* Farm Equipment
* FCN
* Fertilizer
* Fish
* Food
* Food Contamination
* Food Inspection
* Footwear
* Foreign Market
* Free Trade Zone
* Garment Exports
* Garment Imports
* Government Procurement
* GSP
* Harmonized System
* Helicopter
* Import
* Industrialized Nation
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Intervention
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* Leather
* License
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber
* Machine Tool
* Manmade Fiber
* Market Access
* Meat
* Meat Inspection
* Medical Equipment
* Merger
* Metal
* MFN
* MIC
* Monopoly
* Multifiber Arrangement
* NAFTA
* Natural Fiber
* Newly Industrialized Countries
* Nonalcoholic Beverage
* Nontariff Barriers
* North South Dialogue
* Oils
* Oilseeds
* Perishable Commodities
* Petroleum Products
* Pharmaceuticals
* Plastics
* Poultry
* Private Sector
* Product Standards
* Public Sector
* Quota
* Railroad Equipment
* Ramie
* Reexport
* Rice
* Rubber
* Sanction
* Shellfish
* Silk
* Smuggling
* Soybean
* Steel
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Synthetic Fiber
* Synthetic Rubber
* Tariff
* Tariff Barriers
* Tariff Relief
* Television
* Textile Exports
* Textile Imports
* Textiles
* Tin
* Tobacco
* Trade Agreement
* Trade Balance
* Trade Complaint
* Trade Control
* Trade Concession
* Trade Discrimination
* Trade Dumping
* Trade Fair
* Trade Law
* Trade Liberalization
* Trade Opportunity
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Protectionism
* Trade Relations
* Trade Visit
* Tuna
* VAT
* Vegetable
* Vegetable Fiber
* Vegetable Oil
* Wheat
* Wine
* Wood Products
* Wool
* Yarns
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ETTC TRADE AND TECHNOLOGY CONTROLS
Effective from April 1984
Government efforts to control the transfer of goods (i.e., equipment),services, or technologies. This includes foreign policy trade controls, strategic (National Security) trade controls, munitions controls, general West to East technology transfer issues, and efforts to circumvent U.S. or COCOM controls. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FT, STR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Arms Traffic
* Blocked Assets
* Boycott
* COCOM Case
* COCOM List Review
* Computer
* Data Bases
* Data Processing Equipment
* Digital Switching
* Diversion
* EAA
* East West Trade
* Economic Warfare
* Electronic Equipment
* Embargo
* End Use Check
* End User
* Enforcement
* Espionage
* Exception List
* EXCON
* Export
* Export Control
* GSOIA
* GSOMIA
* High Technology Equipment
* IEEPA
* Illegal Trade
* Import Control
* ITAR
* Laboratory Equipment
* License
* Manufacturing Agreement
* Military Applications
* Military Critical Technologies
* Military Equipment
* Military Services
* Munitions Control
* NDPC
* Nonmarket Economy
* Origin Certificate
* Reexport
* Research & Development
* Sanction
* Security Survey
* Semiconductors
* SNEC
* Software
* Stockpile
* Strategic Material
* Strategic Trade Control
* Superconductor
* TCDC
* Technical Assistance Agreement
* Technology Acquisition Efforts
* Technology Gap
* Technology Transfer
* Transaction Check
* Turnkey Plant
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EWWT WATERBORNE TRANSPORTATION
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Movement of commercial and private vessels over high seas and inland waterways. (Replaces RCHB file categories: OS, TR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Antiterrorism
* Measures Canal
* Cargo Handling
* Coast Guard
* Containerization
* Dock Workers
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Insurance
* Load Line
* Maintenance
* Marine Cargo
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Maritime Flag
* Maritime Law
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Ship
* Patrol Boat
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Port Congestion
* Private Ship
* Refueling
* Registration
* Rescue
* River
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule Ship Accident
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Detention
* Ship Harassment
* Ship Movement
* Ship Registry
* Shipyard
* SOLAS
* Strait
* Tonnage Measurement
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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KACT: Strategic Arms Control (ACS) Treaties
Effective from August 2000 (Revised August 2004)
Use for all documents relating to specific, interrelated strategic (nuclear) arms control treaties and their implementation:
* ABM (i.e., anti-ballistic missile) treaty and its implementation body the SCC (Standing Consultative Commission);
* INF (i.e., Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces) Treaty and its implementation body, the SVC (Special Verification Commission);
* START (i.e., Strategic Reductions Treaty) and its implementation body, the JCIC (Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission); and the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT) or the Moscow Treaty and its implementing body, the BIC (Bilateral Implementation Commission).
Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NP/EX)
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KAWC: Atrocities and War Crimes
Effective from July 2001
Use for all documents relating to atrocities, massacres, and war crimes, including allegations, reports, investigations, and prosecutions of genocide, crimes against humanity, grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, and violations of the laws or customs for war. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau, Info: S/WCI)
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KCFE: Conventional Armed Forces in Europe
Effective from August 1989
Use on all documents between U.S. Vienna and the Department pertaining to CFE negotiations; documents pertaining to conventional forces in Europe including both Eastern and Western forces, their structure, posture, changes, etc.; documents pertaining to allied and Warsaw Pact conventional arms control positions, plans and related internal political situations, documents referring to the High Level Task Force (HLTF) or its subgroups; and all documents discussing congressional delegation visits to Europe that will address conventional arms control issues. (Action: EUR/RPM)
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KCIP: Critical Infrastructure Protection
Effective from August 2001
Use for all documents reporting on critical infrastructure protection (CIP) issues, which are defined as vulnerabilities and threats, both physical and cyber, to systems and assets (particularly interconnected information systems and networks) so vital to a nation that their incapacity or destruction would have a debilitating impact on national security, national economic security, and/or national public health and safety. Use for reporting of CIP issues both as they affect host country and as they impact the United States. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOM: Chief of Mission
Effective from March 2004
Use for all documents addressed for action to the chief of a U.S. mission in a foreign location (e.g., ambassadors, chargés d’affaires, consuls general, or principal officers). Use KCOM in conjunction with generic PASS instructions to chiefs of mission in Department telegrams. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOR: Corruption and Anti-Corruption
Effective from August 2001
Use for all documents relating to corruption and anti-corruption, dishonesty, and unethical behavior among public officials representing local, provincial, and national governments. This would include linkages with justice, economic, social and political entities. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCRM: Criminal Activity
Effective from April 1994 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents relating to criminal organizations and activities, the threat they pose to U.S. interests and/or friendly governments, and host country and U.S. Government programs to combat them. This includes international criminal organizations; money laundering and other financial crimes; illicit trafficking including alien smuggling and gun running; international stolen property theft and fencing rings; international frauds and commercial crimes; UN crime meetings and anti-crime programs; and interaction with international and regional organizations on these issues. U.S. assistance covers training of host country judicial and law enforcement agencies. Use this K TAGS with the Subject TAGS SOCI. Distinguish the use of this TAGS from AID-funded administration of justice programs in Latin America (KJUS),anti-narcotics issues and programs (SNAR),and anti-terrorism issues and programs (PTER). (Action: INL/ENT)
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KDEM: Democratization
Effective from May 1991
Use on all documents dealing with democratization in Eastern Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Encouraging democratization constitutes an essential component of U.S. policy. The U.S. Government is devoting significant resources to monitor and promote regional trends away from autocratic rule and toward political pluralism. Programs designed to encourage democratization are diverse, and often are cross-discipline in nature, requiring the involvement of several U.S. Government agencies. Also use the appropriate Subject and Geo-Political TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KDRG: Detainee Repatriation from Guantanamo Bay
Effective from December 2007
Use for all documents addressing issues connected to the repatriation and transfer of detainees in U.S. Government custody at the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to their countries of origin or to third countries. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/WCI)
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KFRD: Fraud Prevention Programs
Effective from August 1986
Use on all reporting that refers to efforts and activities pertaining to the prevention of fraud and deceptive practices in the issuance of visas, passports, the issuance of Federal benefits to U.S. citizens and others, and to active measures developed by the Department to oversee their legality and for reporting upon the results of antifraud and prevention measures in consular matters. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: CA/FPP)
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KGHG: Global Climate Change
Effective from May 2007
Use for all documents addressing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and global climate change (also referred to as global warming). This includes, but is not limited to, the economic, energy, environmental, geographic, health, scientific, social, and political linkages of global climate change. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: OES/EGC)
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KGIC: Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism
Effective from September 2006
Use for all documents relating to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. The Global Initiative works toward the prevention, detection, and response to acts of nuclear terrorism. Also use appropriate Subject Tags. (Action: ISM/WMDT)
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KHIV: Emerging Infectious Diseases and HIV/AIDS Program
Effective from June 2000
Use for all documents relating to actual and prospective activities by the U.S. Government, alone or in conjunction with or through other entities, to combat HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases. Also use Appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: S/GAC)
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KHLS: Homeland Security
Effective from August 2006
Use for all documents relating to all aspects of homeland security issues, including acts of terrorism directed at the U.S. homeland, its citizens, or interests; planning and support for such acts of terrorism; capabilities of terrorist groups; activities of institutions, groups, or individuals that support such terrorism; acts of terrorism that transcend national boundaries due to the support network or nationality of the perpetrator, victim, or facility or conventional, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) terrorism; terrorist travel; actions of the host government, institutions, or individuals related to support for or opposition to U.S. Government homeland security or counter-terrorism initiatives; actions of the host government or multilateral organizations related to the establishment of host country or regional security, bureaucratic, physical, or cyber infrastructure; homeland security implications and effects of border protection, immigration, and customs policies; transportation (e.g., seaports, civil air) security; host government travel document control and standards; emergency, preparedness, and response; biodefense, science and technology development related to the above areas; reactions of host government, media, etc., to homeland security-related programs and activities in the United States, or of the U.S. Government. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/CT, CA, OES, A/OEM)
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KIPR: Intellectual Property Rights
Effective from December 1988 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents relating to intellectual property rights which include patents, trademarks, copyrights, semiconductor designs (mask works),industrial designs, trade secrets, appellations of origin and other forms of protection to reward and encourage innovation and creativity. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/TPP/MTA/IPC)
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KIRF: International Religious Freedom
Effective from January 1999
Use on all documents relating to all issues of religious freedom and persecution, including civil unrest where religion is a precipitating factor; changes to or enforcement of laws affecting freedom of religion; religious aspects of movements, parties or persons seeking governmental change; governmental repression of religious minorities, movements or leaders; religion playing a role in reconciling conflicts; and changes in religious demographics that may produce societal changes. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: DRL/IRF)
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KISL: Islamic Issues
Effective from November 1988 (Revised April 2000)
Use on documents treating government involvement in recognition of or approaches to Islam; political and economic activities undertaken by private Islamic organizations or prominent individuals; and fundamentalism. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS.
(Action: NEA/PPR, AF/RA, EAP/RA)
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KJUS: Administration of Justice
Effective from May 1986 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents dealing with the administration of justice in host countries, particularly as it relates to U.S. objectives of promoting democracy and just economic and social development. This includes judicial reforms, political reporting on personalities and institutions involved in the administration of justice, judicial infrastructure development, criminal investigation capabilities, penal systems, legal training, and assistance and exchange programs in this field. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: WHA/PPC)
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KMCA: Millennium Challenge Account
Effective from August 2004
Use for documents relating to all aspects of the Millennium Challenge Account, a U.S. new foreign assistance account, or the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the independent government corporation recently established to manage and oversee this assistance. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: MCC/IT)
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KMDR: Media Reaction Reporting
Effective From October 1999
Use on all documents dealing with setting post ―Watching Briefs and on all post reporting concerning editorial content and media reaction. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: INR/R)
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KNNP: Nuclear Non-Proliferation
Effective from April 1984
Use on all documents on U.S. policy for preventing the spread of nuclear weapons to other countries, the transfer of nuclear material, equipment of technology, agreements for cooperation on the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, matters concerning multilateral discussions on the uses of nuclear energy including the activities of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and activities in other countries related to the acquisition of nuclear explosives. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KOLY: Olympic Games Reporting
Effective from February 1984
Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. Note: KOLY will be used in the above prescribed manner for all subsequent winter and summer Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KPAL: Palestinian Affairs
Effective from August 1983 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with the Palestinian people, as a group or in part, or the area known as Palestine. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. (Action: NEA/PA)
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KPAO: Public Affairs Office
Effective from May 2000
Use on all documents intended for Public Affairs sections abroad, and should be used by field Public Affairs sections abroad on all documents coming into the Department which relate to Public Diplomacy Programs. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: ECA/EX/PR)
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KPIN: Political Internationals
Effective from November 1984
Use on all documents relating to the activities and policies of the four major Political Internationals: Socialist International, Christian Democratic International, Liberal International, and the International Democratic Union. This includes reporting on the attitudes of member parties towards the Internationals, the interaction between member parties of the Internationals, and the activities of the Internationals themselves. In addition, this TAGS should be used on all documents relating to the policies of the German (FRG) political foundations: Friederich Ebert, Konrad Adenauer, Hanns Seidel, and Friederich Naumann. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: P)
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KPKO: United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
Effective from August 1996
Use on all documents relating to existing or potential United Nations peacekeeping activities, including proposals for and negotiations with other countries on peacekeeping activities, military support, sanctions monitoring, elections and humanitarian activities, as well as interaction with international and regional organizations on peacekeeping. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KPWR: Power Support Program
Effective from March 1993
Use on all documents dealing with the Department’s electrical power support requirements. The program provides consolidated funding for generators, central uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems, and PCB transformer abatement projects. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OBO/PE/DE)
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KRAD: Radioactive Contamination of the Environment
Effective from May 1997 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents dealing with radioactive contamination of the environment from whatever source—military or civilian use, transportation, storage, or disposal of nuclear material Appropriate Subject Terms to use with this TAGS would include nuclear contamination, radiation, radioactive material and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) emergency notification. In connection with accidental or deliberate contamination, appropriate Terms to use with this TAGS include radioactive material transfer, radioactive waste disposal, radioactive waste management, industrial/medical radiography, medical isotope, and transfer of fissile material. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES/OA)
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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
Effective from February 1983
Use on all documents drafted by or sent to Science Counselors and Science Attachés. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES). Note: KSCA replaces the Organization SCSA.
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KSPR: Strategic, Performance and Resource Planning
Effective from October 1997
Use on all documents dealing with the strategic planning process for all foreign affairs agencies or agencies with operations and programs abroad as well as the Department’s own strategic planning activities. This includes all resource allocation processes when associated with the Mission Performance Plan (MPP),namely: budget formulation, the Financial Plan (FINPLAN),and the field budget plan. Technical and operational messages that are purely budget-focused should only use ABUD. Use KSPR on messages regarding personnel planning in connection with the annual MPP exercises, and subjects relating to the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993. Operational personnel requests (e.g., new positions, classification actions, conversions of positions from FSN to PIT, etc.) should still only use APER. Suggested terms to use with KSPR are program planning, Mission Performance Plan (MPP),Resource Allocations and Budget Integration Tool (RABIT) and Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: M/P)
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KSUM: Summit Meetings
Effective from January 1983 (Revised November 1987)
Use on all documents concerning Summit Meetings. This includes substantive and administrative arrangements for meetings, records of meetings and reports on actions by participants as a result of meetings, including preparatory meetings. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KTFN: Terrorism Finance Traffic
Effective from July 2004
Use for documents relating to all aspects of terrorism financing; sanctions; designations of individuals under Executive Orders (E.O.) dealing with terrorism finance such as E.O. 13224; related UN resolutions; denial of funds to terrorists; and other related aspects of terrorism financing. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/ESC)
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KTIA: Treaties and International Agreements
Effective from June 1984
Use on all documents concerning treaties, including conventions, protocols, or other International Agreements, such as exchange of notes, exchange of letters and memoranda of understanding, as well as requirements of the Case Act (11 FAM 724; 1 U.S.C. 112B). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: L/T)
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KTIP: Trafficking in Persons
Effective from September 2008
Use for all cables related to the topics of trafficking in persons, human trafficking, slavery, involuntary servitude, forced labor, labor migration, illegal migration, commercial sexual exploitation, prostitution, sex tourism, forced marriage, child labor, debt bondage, peonage, and child soldiering. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: G/TIP)
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KUNR: UN Reform
Effective from November 1995
Use on all documents dealing with all efforts to reform and restructure the United Nations. Some of the reforms are: the UN budget and/or ceiling, security council expansion, managerial improvements, and strengthening the role of the UN. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KWBG: West Bank and Gaza
Effective from December 1993 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents dealing with the implementation of the Israeli-PLO Declaration of Principles, including Palestinian interim self-rule, economic development and development assistance to the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. Also, use for Israeli-PLO negotiations on implementing the agreement and political developments in the West Bank and Gaza including elections for a Palestinian Council. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NEA/IPA)
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KWMN: Women Issues
Effective from June 1995
Use on all documents relating to the Fourth World Conference on Women and any future World Conferences on Women. Also use this TAGS on issues concerning women’s human rights, women’s political participation, women-in-development, and any discussions of women in the United Nations or any other international organizations. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: G/CS, IO, and DRL)
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MARR MILITARY AND DEFENSE ARRANGEMENTS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Efforts to establish and maintain collective security or other international military cooperation. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Alliance
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* CFE
* Collective Security
* DECA
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Ground Forces
* Home Porting
* Host Government
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Lease
* Military Advisor
* Military Agreement
* Military Base
* Military Cooperation
* Military Exercise
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Visit
* Minesweeping
* Monitoring
* National Security
* Naval Forces
* Overflight Clearance
* Peace Plan
* Peacekeeping Forces
* Refueling
* Security Assessment
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Movement
* SOFA
* Tracking Station
* Troop Contribution
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Truce Observer
* Weapons Deployment
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MASS MILITARY ASSISTANCE AND SALES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The Govemment to Govemment transfer, sale, or loan of military equipment, advisers, or services. (Replaces RCHB file categories DEF, FT)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Airlift
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Bomber Aircraft
* CAT
* Congressional Presentation
* Credit
* Debt
* Debt Repayment
* Diversion
* Donor
* Economic Support Fund
* Fighter Aircraft
* FMS
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* IMET
* Loan
* Maintenance
* MAP
* Military Adviser
* Military Agreement
* Military Aircraft
* Military Assistance
* Military Procurement
* Military Training
* Military Vehicle
* Missile
* Reexport
* Salvage
* Spare Parts
* Surplus Weapons Disposal
* Technical Assistance
* Technology Transfer
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MCAP MILITARY CAPABILITIES
Effective from March 1973 to June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The nonnuclear offensive and defensive ability of the military establishment of a nation or international organization. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advanced Weaponry
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Bomber Aircraft
* Burden sharing
* Cargo Aircraft
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon
* Control Civil Defense
* Coast Guard
* Conscription
* Contingency Plan
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon
* Control Court Martial
* Defense Industry
* Demobilization
* Fighter Aircraft
* Ground Forces
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* Infrastructure
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Logistics
* Military Aircraft
* Military Balance
* Military Budget
* Military Buildup
* Military Capability
* Military Communication
* Military Equipment
* Military Exercise
* Military Leader
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Reserve
* Missile
* Mobilization
* National Guard
* Naval Forces
* Naval Ship
* Ordnance
* Radar
* RDF
* Security Assessment
* Strategic Plan
* Submarine
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
* Warning System
* Weapons Deployment
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MNUC MILITARY NUCLEAR APPLICATIONS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The development and use of nuclear technology for military purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advanced Weaponry
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Artillery
* Counterforce
* Decontamination
* Delivery Vehicle
* Fissionable Material
* Guidance System
* INF
* LRTNF
* Military Capability
* Missile
* Missile Site
* Monitoring
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Powered Ship
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Winter
* Plutonium
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Radioactive Waste Management
* Spent Fuel
* Strategic Plan
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
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MOPS MILITARY OPERATIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Declared or undeclared war involving two or more nations. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aggression
* Air Alert
* Air Forces
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Blockade
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Ceasefire
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* Combat
* Concentration Camp
* CONTRA
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Escalation
* Explosives
* Ground Forces
* Guerrilla
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intervention
* Invasion
* KIA
* Landing Rights
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* MIA
* Military Balance
* Military Buildup
* Military Plan
* Minesweeping
* Naval Forces
* No Fly Zone
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Occupied Area
* Peace Plan
* POW
* Repatriation
* Reprisal
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Ship Movement
* Surrender
* Threat
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* War
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ODIP U.S. DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATION
Effective from January 1983
Official representational and ceremonial activities of U.S. diplomats and U.S. Government officials; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by U.S. officials. (Replaces RCHB file categories: PER, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accreditation
* Agrement
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Anniversary
* Assault
* Attache
* Ceremonial Representation
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* Personnel Conduct
* Real Property
* Social Reception
* Tax Exemption
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OEXC EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL
EXCHANGE OPERATIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)
The administration and operation of educational and cultural exchange programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: EDX)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* American Studies
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Community
* Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Exchange Program
* Designation Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* FLEX Program
* Foreign Leader Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange Grant
* Humphrey Program
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Nomination
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* Scientist
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* U.S. Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Youth Exchanges
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OFDP FOREIGN DIPLOMATS AND FOREIGN MISSIONS
Effective from January 1983
Administrative, representational, and ceremonial matters related to non-U.S. diplomatic personnel and foreign missions; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by non-U.S. diplomats. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accreditation
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Assault
* Attache
* Building Design
* Ceremonial Representation
* Consul
* Consulate
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Embassy
* Envoy
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* NOB
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Post Closing
* Post Opening
* Real Property
* Recall
* Social Reception
* Staffing
* Tax Exemption
* Third Country Counterparts
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OIIP INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION PROGRAMS
Effective from October 1999
Administrative and operational aspects of international information programs, products, and services that increase international support for U.S. policies and understanding of U.S. society.
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advance Documents Service
* Article Alert
* Book Donations
* Book Fairs
* Book Reprints
* Book Translations
* Books and Documents List
* Computer
* Cooperative Agreements
* Copyright
* Design Services
* DVC
* Electronic Journal
* Grant
* Graphic Design
* I-Bucks
* IRC
* IRO
* Listserv
* Paper Shows
* PDQ
* Photo Coverage
* Photo Rights
* Photo Requests
* Public Diplomacy
* Publication
* Reference Requests
* Speaker
* Technology Partnerships
* Teleconference
* Translation Requests
* Washington File
* Websites
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OPDC DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE
Effective from January 1983
Correspondence and ceremonial messages between prominent leaders and principal officers. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acknowledgment
* Anniversary
* Appreciation Message
* Commemorative Message
* Condolence Message
* Congratulatory Message
* Invitation
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OPRC PUBLIC RELATIONS AND CORRESPONDENCE
Effective from January 1983
Correspondence to and from the public commenting on U.S. policy and foreign incidents, requesting information and speaking engagements, and any other public relations activities. This TAGS includes routine constituent's correspondence such as employment opportunities, requests for photographs, autographs, etc. Also includes press summaries and press conferences, public opinion polls, and the administrative arrangements for press conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: PR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accreditation
* Authentication
* Autograph
* Constituents Mail
* Employment
* Interview
* Invitation
* Journalist
* Photo Request
* Photograph
* Poll
* Press Relations
* Public Diplomacy
* Public Information Publication
* Speaker
* Translation
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OREP U.S. CONGRESSIONAL TRAVEL
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Administrative and operational aspects of travel by Congressmen, congressional staffers, and delegations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LEG)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* CODEL
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protective Security
* Staffdel
* Support Services
* Travel Advisory
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OSCI SCIENCE GRANTS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The administration of grants and disbursal of funds of U.S. Government sponsored research programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Foreign Currency
* Grant
* Science Grant
* Scientific Exchange
* Scientist
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OTRA TRAVEL
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Routine and operational aspects of travel and visits by other than prominent individuals and Congressmen. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL, TP, TRV)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Businessmen
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Dependent
* Itinerary
* Journalist
* Official Travel
* Scientific Visit
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
* Travel Locator Messages
* Travel Orders
* Travel Report
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OVIP VISITS AND TRAVEL OF PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS AND LEADERS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The administrative and operational aspects of visits or travel of U.S. and foreign leaders and prominent individuals. Use for assistant secretary level and above or foreign equivalent. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Envoy
* Hotel
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protection Technical Services
* Protective Security
* Secretarys Detail
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
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PARM ARMS CONTROLS AND DISARMAMENT
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Efforts by governments to control the acquisition, development, and production of nuclear, biological, chemical, and other advanced weaponry. Also includes the control of efforts by countries to develop nuclear capabilities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, FT, POL, STR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* ABM Treaty
* Advance Notification
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aerial Inspection
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Arms Buildup
* Arms Control
* Arms Control Agreement
* Arms Control Impact Statement
* Arms Talks
* Arms Traffic
* Associated Measures
* Biological Warfare Convention
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* CDE
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* CNEA
* Compliance
* Confidence Building Measures
* Constraints
* Consultation
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* Conventional Weapon Freeze
* Cooperative Measures
* Counterforce
* Counting Rule
* CST
* CTB
* Deterrence
* Disarmament
* Diversion
* East West Relations
* Electronic Weapons Systems
* Emerging Technologies
* ENMOD
* Entry Exit Points
* Fissionable Material
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hotline
* Implementation
* INF
* IOZP
* Laser Fusion
* Launchers
* Limited Test Ban Treaty
* LRTNF
* Military Budget Reduction
* Military Expenditures
* Missile
* Monitoring
* Moratorium
* Napalm
* National Guidelines Area
* No First Use
* Nonproliferation
* Nonuse of Force
* NPT
* NRR
* NTEM
* NTM
* Nuclear Agreements
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Enrichment Process
* Nuclear Equipment
* Nuclear Free Zone
* Nuclear Material
* Nuclear Proliferation
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Technical Assistance
* Nuclear Technology
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Weapon Free Zone
* Nuclear Weapon Freeze
* Particle Beam
* Peace Movement
* Plutonium
* Political Concession
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* SCC
* SDI
* Simulations
* SNEC
* Spent Fuel
* START
* Stockpile
* Strategic Policy
* Technology Transfer
* Telemetry
* Tlatelolco Treaty
* Troop Level
* TTBT
* Unconventional Weapon
* Verification
* Warhead
* Weapon Destruction
* Weapon Systems Deactivation
* Weapons Deployment
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PBTS NATIONAL BOUNDARIES, TERRITORIES, AND SOVEREIGNTY
Effective from January 1983
A territory over which dominion is exercised. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Air Alert
* Airspace
* Annexation
* Arbitration
* Archipelago
* Border Control
* Border Crossing
* Border Dispute
* Border Incident
* Boundary
* Boundary Claim
* Boundary Determination
* Canal
* Cession
* Coast Guard
* Continental Shelf
* Court Decision
* Dependency
* Dispute Settlement
* Island
* Island Claim
* Land Settlement
* Landlocked Country
* Maritime Boundary
* Mediation
* Occupied Area
* Overflight
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Province
* River
* Seabed
* Ship Detention
* Sovereignty
* Strait
* Survey
* Territorial Claim
* Territorial Reversion
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Unification
* Territorial Waters
* Trust Territory
* Water Boundary Agreement
* Water Boundary Claim
* West Bank
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PGOV INTERNAL GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised June 1983)
The form, structure, and organization of local, provincial, and national governments. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Absentee Ballot
* Administration of Justice
* Alliance
* Antigovernment
* Arbitration
* Berlin Access
* Berlin Wall
* Cabinet
* Cabinet Meeting
* Campaign
* Candidacy Support
* Candidate
* Charter
* Church State Relations
* Coalition Government
* Colonialism
* Communism
* Confederation
* Constitution
* Constitutional Law
* Corruption
* Court
* Court Decision
* Death
* Democracy
* Dictatorship
* Election
* Election Forecast
* Election Irregularities
* Election Law
* Election Observer
* Election Reform
* Election Results
* Extremist
* Federation
* First Lady
* Glasnost
* Government Agency
* Government Budget
* Government Media Relations
* Government Official
* Government Reform
* Governor
* Impeachment
* Inauguration
* Influence
* Infrastructure
* Interim Government
* Judicial Reform
* Judiciary
* Junta
* King
* Legislation
* Legislator
* Legislature
* Martial Law
* Mayor
* Minister
* Minority
* Municipal
* Nationalism
* Opposition
* Opposition Party
* Party Faction
* Party Leader
* Party Line
* Party Meeting
* Party Stability
* Party Strength
* Party Unity
* Patronage
* Perestroyka
* Political Adviser
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Crisis
* Political Leader
* Political Military Relations
* Political Party
* Political Trend
* Poll
* President
* Prime Minister
* Progovernment
* Province
* Queen
* Reconciliation
* Referendum
* Reorganization
* Resignation from Office
* Reunification
* Royal Family
* Ruling Party
* Self Government
* Socialism
* Special Interest Group
* State of the Union Message
* Succession
* Tenure of Office
* Totalitarian
* Trial
* Trust
* Territory
* Veto
* Vice President
* Voting
* Voting Rights
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PHSA HIGH SEAS AFFAIRS
Effective from January 1983
Activities on the high seas, outside a country's national jurisdiction. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Continental Shelf
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive
* Economic Zone
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Freedom of Navigation
* Hazardous Cargo
* Innocent Passage
* International Waters
* LOS
* Marine Mammal
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Natural Resources
* Ocean Dumping
* Piracy
* Seabed
* Seabed Mining
* Ship Accident
* Ship Detention
* Ship Movement
* Strait
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Waters
* Transit Passage
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PHUM HUMAN RIGHTS
Effective from January 1985
The violation of rights attributable to human beings. (Replaces RCHB file categories: POL, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Abuse
* Amnesty
* Antisemitic
* Apartheid
* Asylum
* Asylum Request
* Capital Punishment
* Childrens Rights
* Civil Rights
* Concentration Camp
* Court Decision
* Death Squad
* Deportation
* Detainee
* Detection Equipment
* Detention Development Rights
* Discrimination
* Economic Rights
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Ethnic Group
* EVD
* Execution
* Exile
* Family
* Forced Labor
* Harassment
* Human Rights
* Humane
* Imprisonment
* Indigenous Peoples
* Individual Rights
* Internal Exile
* Internee
* Mass Migration
* Massacre
* Minority
* Minority Rights
* Missing Person
* Mistreatment
* Murder
* Persecution
* Police Equipment
* Political Disappearance
* Political Prisoner
* Political Repression
* Political Rights
* Poverty
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Welfare
* Proselytize
* Psychiatric Abuse
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Returnees
* Rights of Peoples
* Security Forces
* Sponsorship
* Torture
* Walk In Procedures
* Women
* Womens Rights
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PINR INTELLIGENCE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The gathering and reporting of intelligence information, including biographic and background data. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INT, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aerial Reconnaissance
* Biographic Information
* Contacts
* Counterintelligence
* Covert Operations
* Disinformation
* Espionage
* Film
* Humint Collection Plan
* Information Security
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intelligence Collection
* Intelligence Services
* Maps
* Monitoring
* Olive Harvest
* PLPPR
* Remote Sensing
* Satellite
* Ship Movement
* Surveillance Aircraft
* Tracking Station
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PINS NATIONAL SECURITY
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
A regime's stability, control, or efforts to maintain itself in power, as well as activities and efforts to disrupt or overthrow the established regime by other than normal political activity. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Assassination
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Censorship
* Church State Relations
* Civil War
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Contingency Plan
* CONTRA
* Counterinsurgency
* Coup
* Court Decision
* Court Martial
* Death Squad
* Defector
* Demobilization
* Detention
* Dissident
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Escalation
* Ethnic Group
* Execution
* Exile
* Exiled Government
* Exit Permit
* Expulsion
* Extremist
* General Strike
* Guerrilla
* Harassment
* Hostility
* Hunger Strike
* Impeachment
* Infiltration
* Insurgency
* Intelligence Assessment
* Internal Control
* Intervention
* Land Reform
* Law Enforcement
* Liberation Front
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* Mercenary
* Minority
* Missing Person
* National Security
* Occupied Area
* Persona Non Grata
* Plot
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Political Assessment
* Political Crisis
* Political Military Relations
* Political Prisoner
* Political Settlement
* Political Stability
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Release
* Propaganda
* Property Protection
* Religious Group
* Repression
* Reprisal
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Sabotage
* Seizure
* Surrender
* Threat
* Travel Document
* Travel Restriction
* Treason
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Violence
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PREF REFUGEES
Effective from January 1985 (Revised March 1995)
People who move across borders because of danger to life or fear of persecution. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Admissions
* Allocation
* Asylum Policy
* Early Warning
* Emergency Response
* ESLCO
* Family Reunification
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Internally Displaced Persons
* Letter of Introduction
* ODP
* Prevention
* Refugee Camp
* Refugee Protection
* Refugee Relief
* Refugee Resettlement
* Refugee Settlement
* Refugee Status
* Repatriation
* Safe Country of Origin and Transit
* Safe Haven
* Sponsorship
* Temporary Protection
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
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PREL EXTERNAL POLITICAL RELATIONS
Effective from January 1983
The political relations between countries, international or regional organizations both bilateral and multilateral, that assess intentions, objectives, plans, or possible courses of interaction. (Replaces RCHB file category: CSM, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Alliance
* Ambassador
* Amity
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antisoviet
* Bilateral Cooperation
* CBI
* Cold War
* Commitment
* Condemnation
* Consular Service
* Demarche
* Detente
* Deterrence
* Diplomatic Protest
* East West Relations
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Expulsion
* Extradition Treaty
* Foreign Commitment
* Foreign Relations
* Front Line States
* Government Reaction
* Hegemony
* Industrialized Nation
* Influence
* International Organization
* Intervention
* LDC
* Lobbying
* NAM
* National Security
* Neutrality
* No Fly Zone
* Nonaggression
* Nonaligned Nations
* Nonparticipation
* North South Dialogue
* Open Skies Treaty
* Opposition
* Participation
* Peace
* Peace Plan
* Persona Non Grata
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Initiative
* Political Settlement
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Exchange
* Prisoner Transfer
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Relations
* Reciprocity
* Recognition
* Reconciliation
* Regional Organization
* Relations Establishment
* Relations Interruption
* Reprisal
* Sanction
* Secession
* Signatory
* Sister City
* Third Country Representation
* Third World
* Threat
* War Claims
* West Bank
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PROP PROPAGANDA AND PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The spreading of ideology, information, or rumor for the purpose of supporting or defaming nations, institutions, causes, peoples, or persons. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CSM, CUL, INF, MP, POL, PPB, RAD, TV)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Active Measures
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antinuclear
* Antisoviet
* Brain Drain
* Brainwashing
* Broadcasting
* Campaign
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Disinformation
* Frequency Interference
* Harassment
* Influence
* Jamming
* Lobbying
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Propaganda
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Disclosure
* Public Information
* Public Relations
* Publication
* Repression
* Slander
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PTER TERRORISTS AND TERRORISM
Effective from March 1981 (Revised January 1983)
All aspects of terrorism which transcend national boundaries due to the nationality of the perpetrator, victim, place, or the incident. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acts of Terrorists
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Antiterrorist Forces
* Assassination
* Assault
* Bomb Threat
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Hijacking
* Hostage
* Hostility
* Infiltration
* Kidnapping
* Kidnapping Threat
* Mission Takeover
* Piracy
* Plot
* Proterrorism
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Small Arms
* Surrender
* Terrorism
* Terrorist Activities
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Violence
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SCUL CULTURAL AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)
Any part or totality of a nation's behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, or sociology. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CUL, EDU, MP, PPB, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* American Studies
* Anthropology
* Archaeology
* Artifact
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Commemorative Celebration
* Community Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Presentation
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Education
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Ethnic Group
* Excavation
* Exchange Program Designation
* Exhibit
* Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* Fine Arts
* FLEX Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange
* History
* Holiday
* Humphrey Program
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Language
* Library
* Magazine
* Memorial
* Missionary
* Museum
* National Flag
* Newspaper
* Olympics
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Piracy
* Place of Worship
* Pope
* Publication
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Religious Leader
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* School
* Social Custom
* Social Reform
* Sports
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* University
* US Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Women
* Youth
* Youth Exchanges
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SENV ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The preservation, deterioration, and conservation of natural and animal resources, the air, water, land, and space environments. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AGR, CUL, E, HLTH, INCO, OS, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acid Rain
* Air Pollution
* Animal Conservation
* Animal Hides
* Atmosphere
* Biodiversity
* CITES
* Crop
* Destruction
* Dam
* Desertification
* Drought
* Earthquake
* Ecology
* Endangered Species
* Environment
* Erosion
* Exploitation
* Famine
* Fire
* Fish
* Flood
* Flora
* Forestry
* Fungicide
* Habitat
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Herbicide
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insect
* Land Conservation
* Marine
* Mammal
* Migratory Animals
* Monsoon
* National Park
* Natural Disaster
* Natural Resources
* Noise Pollution
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Winter
* Ocean Dumping
* Oil Spill
* Ozone
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Pollution Control
* Preservation
* Rainfall
* Seabed
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sludge
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soil Pollution
* Species Protection
* Storm
* Tidal Wave
* Transboundary Pollution
* Tropical Forest
* Volcanic Eruption
* Waste
* Waste Disposal
* Water
* Water Analysis
* Water Conservation
* Water Pollution
* Water Supply System
* Weather
* Whales
* Wildlife
* Yellow Rain
* Zoo
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SMIG MIGRATION
Effective from March 1995
The legal or illegal movement of people across borders, border control, and the treatment of aliens by receiving states. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Alien Interdiction
* Border Control
* Cross Border Migration
* Economic Migration
* Emigration
* Environmental Migration
* Family Reunification
* Illegal Migration
* Immigration
* Labor Migration
* Migration
* Migration and Development Policy
* Nationality and Citizenship
* Readmission Agreements
* Remittances
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SNAR NARCOTICS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 2008)
The illegal production, distribution, and use of narcotic drugs. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aircraft Registry
* Cocaine
* Crop Destruction
* Crop Substitution
* Crops
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Demand Reduction
* Detection
* Equipment
* Eradication
* Exhibit
* Foreigners
* Hashish
* Herbicide
* Heroin
* Illicit
* Immigration
* Interdiction
* Law Enforcement
* Legal
* Marijuana
* Money Laundering
* Morphine
* Narcotics
* Narcotics Abuse
* Narcotics Control
* Narcotics Detection
* Narcotics Seizure
* Narcotics Traffic
* Opium
* Patrol Boat
* Psychotropic Drugs
* Seizure
* Ship Registry
* Smuggling
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SOCI SOCIAL CONDITIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The conditions and factors that affect the social welfare of a community. (Replaces RCHB file category: HLTH, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Abortion
* Administration of Justice
* Adoption
* AIDS
* Birth Rate
* Black Market
* Census
* Child
* Custody
* Children
* Civil Disobedience
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Consumer Protection
* Crime
* Crime Control
* Cult
* Demography
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Divorce
* Educational Reform
* Elderly
* Epidemic
* Family
* Family Planning
* Food
* Fugitive
* Genocide
* Glasnost
* Health
* Housing
* Housing Shortage
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Hunger Strike
* Illegal Alien
* Immigrant
* Immigration Control
* Infant
* Infrastructure
* Inoculation
* Insurance
* Law Enforcement
* Life Expectancy
* Marriage
* Medical Care
* Medical Facility
* Mental Health
* Minority
* Modernization
* Mortality Rate
* Murder
* Penal System
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Population
* Population Growth
* Pornography
* Prison
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Prostitution
* Public Safety
* Public Transportation
* Public Welfare
* Quarantine
* Recall
* Reform
* Rehabilitation
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Rural Area
* Sanitation
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sex Ratio
* Sexual Crime
* Sexual Harassment
* Social Development
* Social Reform
* Social Security
* Social Service
* Social Trend
* Special Interest Group
* Standard of Living
* Sterilization
* Theft
* Urban Area
* Violence
* Volunteers
* Water Supply System
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TBIO BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL SCIENCE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The anatomy, physiology, chemistry, and psychology that affect living organisms and the mechanisms of their expression. (Replaces RCHB file categories: HLTH, SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* AIDS
* Animals
* Biology
* Biotechnology
* Chemistry
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Eradication
* Food
* Genetic Engineering
* Hormones
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Medical Science
* Nuclear Contamination
* Parapsychology
* Pest Control
* Pharmaceuticals
* Quarantine
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* STRIDE Technology
* Technology
* Transfer
* Vaccine
* Zoology
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TPHY PHYSICAL SCIENCES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Research and development in any of the physical sciences. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Atmosphere
* Chemistry
* Geodesy
* Geology
* Hydrology
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Maps
* Materials Science
* Meteorology
* Metrology
* Microwave
* Minerology
* Ocean Drilling
* Oceanography
* Physics
* Research & Development
* Research Vessel
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Scientific Visit
* Seismology
* STRIDE
* Survey
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Volcanology
* Weather
* Weather Station
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TRGY ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)
Research and development of energy sources. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF, FSE, PET, SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Electric Energy
* Energy Conservation
* Exploration
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Magnetic
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Petroleum
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* SSC
* STRIDE
* Synthetic Fuel
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Transmitters
* Wind Energy
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TSPA SPACE ACTIVITIES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Research and development leading to and resulting in the exploration and utilization of outer space. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, SP, TEL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN
SECRET
SECRET//NOFORN
UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
By year:
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ABLD BUILDING AND GROUNDS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The acquisition, management, and operation of U.S.-owned or-leased facilities and sites both domestic and foreign. (Replaces RCHB file categories: BG, ES)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acquisition
* AIEP
* Allotment
* Antenna
* Antiques
* Appraisals
* Architecture
* Asbestos
* Audit
* Bid Results
* Breathing Device
* Building
* Building Design
* Building Management
* Carpet
* Chancellery
* Construction Management
* Construction Security
* Consulate
* Contract Amendment Contract Award Contract Renewal Contract Termination Contractor
* Core Area
* DCR
* Deed
* Descent Device
* Electrical System
* Elevator
* Embassy
* EMR
* Energy Conservation
* EURMAC
* Fire Alarm
* Fire Detection System
* Fire Prevention
* Fire Safety
* Furnishings
* Generator
* Geotechnical
* Gift
* Hazardous Material
* Housing
* HVAC
* Improvement
* Inventory
* Lease
* Legation
* Maintenance
* Mechanical System
* NOB
* Parking
* PCC
* Post Opening
* Property Exchange
* Property Sales
* Public Access Control
* Real Property
* Reciprocity
* REMS
* Renovation
* Safety & Health Designee
* Safety Program
* Security Enhancement
* Seismology
* SHEMC
* Shielded Enclosure
* Site
* Space Management
* Survey
* WASHMAC
* Water Analysis
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AEMR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND EVACUATION
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Measures and actions implemented to protect U.S. personnel, citizens, property and information; especially related to crisis situations. (Replaces RCHB file category: EP)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Citizen Protection
* Contingency Plan EAP
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Property
* Protection
* Records Destruction
* Rescue
* Safehaven
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AFIN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)
The fiscal operations of the Department, Foreign Service posts, and other Federal agencies. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, FMGT)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accounting
* Allowance
* Annuity Check
* Antideficiency
* Appropriation
* Audit
* Authentication Bank
* Account Bonding
* CAPPS
* Cash
* Cash Management
* Cashier
* Central Claim
* Commercial Claim
* Compensation
* Debt Collection
* Deficit
* Disallowances
* Disbursement
* Employee Claim
* ESF
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Management System
* Fiscal
* Fiscal Irregularities
* Foreign Currency
* FSCADP
* Fund Allotment
* Funding
* GBL
* General Ledger
* GTR
* Home Leave
* ICASS
* Leave
* Liquidation
* Local Currency
* Nonreceipt
* Over Obligation
* Pay Advance
* Pay Record
* Payment
* Payroll
* Payroll Deduction
* PCS
* Per Diem
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Post MGT
* Premium Pay
* Prompt Payment
* Reimbursement
* Relocation
* Reprogramming
* Retirement
* Security Enhancement
* Taxes
* TDY
* Time & Attendance
* Transportation Request
* Travel Advance
* Travelers Checks
* Treasury Check
* Vendor
* Vouchers
* Vulnerability Assessment
* Wages
* Working Capital Fund
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AMGT MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The management and organization of the Department and posts abroad and other U.S. agencies. (Replaces RCHB file category: ORG)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Administration
* Audit
* Authorities
* Background Information
* Bureau Organization
* Commissary
* Congressional Report
* Delegation of Authority
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Employee Association
* FCS
* FTE
* Geneva Group
* GORI
* Information System
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* Internal Control
* JAO
* Management Initiative
* Management Issues
* Mission Closure
* Mission Opening
* Occupational Safety
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Office Procedures
* Organization
* Overseas Post
* PCS
* Post Closing
* Post MGT
* Post Opening
* Post Operating Plan
* Reciprocity
* Recreation
* Reorganization
* Scheduling
* Staffing
* Support Services
* Survey
* Task Force
* Workload
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AORC INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES
Effective from January 1983
The structure and management of international or regional organizations and conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL and Organization Name)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Administration
* Application
* Budget
* Candidate
* Chairman
* Charter
* Congressional Reports
* Constitution
* Donor
* Election Results
* Financial Contribution
* Geneva Group
* Host Government
* Information System
* Infrastructure
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* International Organization
* International Organization Official
* Meeting Agenda
* Meeting Delegation
* Meeting Observer
* Meeting Venue
* Membership
* NGO
* Nomination
* Nonparticipation
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Participation
* PERMREP
* Referendum
* Reform
* Regional Organization
* Regional Organization Official Reorganization
* Resignation from Office Seating
* Secession Secretary General Specialized Agency
* Sponsorship
* Staffing
* Vacancy Announcement
* Veto
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
* Voting
* Wages
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APER PERSONNEL
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The administration and support of the Department's Civil and Foreign
Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Adoption
* Affirmative
* Action
* Ambassador
* Appeal
* Award
* Backpay
* Benefit Plan
* Bilateral Work Agreements
* Blood Donor
* Boarding School Career Development Career Mobility
* CFC
* Civil Service
* Civil Service Reform Act
* Class Action Suit
* CLO Program
* Community Liaison Office
* Coordinators
* Compensation
* Complaint
* Complement
* Consultation
* Continuing Education
* Contract Employee
* Conversion
* CSR
* Death
* Demotion
* Dependent
* Dependent Education
* Dependent Employment
* Discipline
* Divorce
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Employee Association
* Employee Benefit
* Employee Relations
* Employee Service
* Employee Status
* Employee Training
* Employment
* Equal Employment Opportunity
* Family Life
* Family Separation
* Family Support Services
* Fellowship
* FERS
* Foreign Born Spouses
* Foreign Service
* Foreign Service Act
* FSPS
* FTE
* Functional Training
* Grade Retention
* Grievance
* Health
* Injury
* Insurance
* International School
* Interns
* Interview
* Job Title
* Leave
* Library
* Merit Pay
* Merit Promotion
* Military Furlough
* Military Reserve
* Nomination
* Nonsensitive Critical Position
* Open Assignments
* Orientation
* Overcomplement
* Pay Record
* Performance Evaluation
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Personnel
* Personnel Action
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Assignment
* Personnel Classification
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Promotion
* Personnel Reassignment
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Photographer
* PIT
* Position Classification
* Position Description
* Premium Pay
* Presidential Executive Exchange Program
* Private School
* Probation
* Promotion Panel
* PSC
* Public School
* Recall
* Recruitment
* Reentry
* Relocation
* Remains Disposition
* Reprogramming
* Retired Annuitant
* Retirement
* RIF
* Sabbatical
* Savings Bond
* School Admissions
* SEF
* Selection Board
* Selection Out
* Senior Foreign Service
* SES
* Severance Pay
* Sexual Harassment
* Skill Codes
* Spouse
* Staffing
* Staffing Pattern
* Survey
* Tandem Couple
* TDY
* Tenure Board
* Termination
* Time & Attendance
* Upward Mobility
* U.S. Family Member
* Vacancy Announcement
* Wages
* Work Requirements
* Workload
* Workmen Compensation
* Workweek
* Youth Programs
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ASEC SECURITY
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The development, coordination, or administration of security policies and programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SY)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* AIASA
* Airport Access Procedures
* Antifraud
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Armored Vehicle
* Assault
* Bugging
* Building
* Contract Guard Program
* Counterintelligence
* Debriefing
* Debugging
* Demolition
* Detection Equipment
* Dismantling
* Electronic Security Device
* Emergency Response Team
* Explosives
* Fraud
* Host Country Guards
* Host Country Police
* Identification Systems
* Information Security
* Local Guard Program
* Maps
* Mission Takeover
* Monitoring
* MSG
* Name Check
* NSU
* Personnel Protection
* Physical Security
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Property Protection
* Protective Security
* Public Access Control
* Regional Security
* Riot Control
* RSO
* Scheduled Reporting
* Security Assessment
* Security Clearance
* Security Crisis
* Security Enhancement
* Security Survey
* Security Violation
* Special Support Program
* Suitability
* Technical Security
* Telephone
* Tempest
* Terrorism
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Unit Security Procedures
* Warning System
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BEXP TRADE EXPANSION AND PROMOTION
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Efforts to promote trade and other commercial activities, including specific proposals and inquiries to establish trade relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: TP)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Best Prospect
* Bid
* Business Firm
* Businessmen
* CMP
* Commercial Action
* Commercial Association
* Consultation
* Cooperatives
* Country Commercial
* Exhibit
* Exposition
* Foreign Agent
* Foreign Market
* Target Industry
* Targeting
* Trade Fair
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Visit
* WITS
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BTIO TRADE AND INVESTMENT
OPPORTUNITIES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Administrative and operational reporting on opportunities for U.S. businesses. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, TP)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agribusiness
* Bid
* Business Firm
* FGT
* Foreign Markets
* GPC Implementation
* Joint Venture
* Patent
* PTO
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CASC ASSISTANCE TO CITIZENS
Effective from May 1977 (Revised January 1983)
Consular services provided by the United States to citizens of the United States or any other country. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CON, PS)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Adoption
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Alien
* AMCIT
* Arrest Assault
* Attorney List
* Authorities
* Automation
* Child Custody
* Children Compensation
* Complaint
* Consular Assistance
* Consular Package
* Cult
* Custody
* Death Report
* Deportation
* Detention
* Direct Relay
* Drivers License
* Emergency Evacuation
* Estate
* Family
* FIMED
* Fraud Identification
* Lawyer
* Legal
* Medical Care
* Missing Person
* Murder Offenses
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Property
* Property Protection
* Release
* Remains Disposition
* Repatriation
* Seamen
* Ship Detention
* Ship Registry
* Spouse
* Third Country Representation
* Travel Advisory
* Trial
* Trust Account
* Trust Account Refund
* Welfare & Whereabouts
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CJAN JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE AND NOTARIAL SERVICES
Effective from May 1983
Matters pertaining to Notarial Services and International Judicial Assistance, including the service of judicial and extra-judicial documents and obtaining evidence. (Replaces RCHB file categories: LEG, PS)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acknowledgment
* Affidavit
* Attorney List
* Authentication
* Automation
* Deed
* Deposition
* Documentation
* Evidence
* Extradition
* Fraud
* FSIA
* Judicial Assistance
* Letters Rogatory
* Notarial
* Oath
* Official Travel
* Prisoner Transfer
* Process Serving
* Subpoena
* Testimony
* Tort Claim
* Witness
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CMGT CONSULAR ADMINSTRATION AND MANAGEMENT
Effective from August 1983
The administrative and operational management of Consular Affairs activities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, CON, FMGT,ORG, PER)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Antifraud
* Automation
* CAS
* Consular Agent
* Consular Agreement
* Consular Conference
* Consular Equipment
* Consular Package
* Consular Service
* Consular Supplies
* Consular Treaty
* CSS
* ECR
* Fee
* Fraud
* ICARS
* IVACS
* Legislation
* MRP
* NIVCAPS
* Office Procedures
* Personnel
* PFM
* PIT
* Publication
* Space Management
* Supplies
* Support Services
* TDIS
* Third Country Representation
* Word Processor
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CVIS VISAS
Effective from May 1973 (Revised January 1993)
Operational, procedural, and administrative functions of visa operations. (Replaces RCHB file category: V)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* AA 1 Adoption
* Advisory Opinion AIDS
* Alien
* Alien Previously Deported
* Alien Smuggler
* Allocation
* Application
* Appointment
* Arrival Notice
* Athlete Automation
* Bearer Insert
* BUSVIS
* Centralized Visa Processing
* Chargeability
* CHINEX
* CLASS
* Clearance
* CONGRINT
* Consular Package
* Crew List
* Crewman
* Crime
* Data
* Defector
* Denial
* Departure Notice
* Dependent
* Deportation
* Derivatives
* Diversity Immigrant
* DNC
* Documentation
* DV 1DVACS
* Employment Based Preference
* Employment Creation
* Entertainer
* Entitlement
* Exchange Visitor
* Exclusion
* Extraordinary Ability
* Family Preference
* Fiance
* Fiancee
* Files
* Foreign Policy Exclusion
* Forms
* Fraud
* Health Related Grounds
* ICARS
* Immediate Relative
* Immigrant
* Intercompany Transferee
* International Child Abduction
* Interview
* Issuance
* IVACS
* Labor Certification
* LB 1
* Legislation
* Medical Examination
* Moral Turpitude
* MRV
* Name Check
* Narcotics Traffic
* News Media Representative
* NIV
* NIVCAPS
* Nonimmigrant
* Numerical Control
* NVC
* Operations
* Other Worker
* Out of District Applicant
* Parole
* Permanent Resident
* Polygamist
* Portsmouth Consular Center
* Priority Date
* Private Bill
* Procedures
* Public Charge
* Reciprocity
* Refugee
* Refusal
* Religious Worker
* Renewal
* Revocation
* SAO
* Skilled Worker
* SPLEX
* Student
* Supplies Temporary Worker
* Terrorist
* 30 60 Rule
* TIVPC
* Totalitarian Party Membership
* Transfer
* Transit
* Travel Agents
* Treaty Investor
* Treaty Trader
* TTYREP
* Validity Visa
* Visa Clearance
* Visa Photograph
* Visitor for Business
* VLOB
* Waiver
* Waiver of Ineligibility
* Walk Ins
* Workload
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EAGR AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Cultivating the soil and forest, raising livestock, and producing crops. (Replaces RCHB file category: AGR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Production
* Agricultural Program
* Agricultural Worker
* Agriculture
* Animal Disease
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Corn
* Cotton
* Crop Destruction
* Crops
* Dairy Products
* Desalinization
* Disease Control
* Drought
* Erosion
* Famine
* Farm Equipment
* Farming
* Fertilizer
* Food Shortages
* Forestry
* Fruit
* Fungicide
* Grain
* Harvest
* Herbicide
* Husbandry
* Insect
* Irrigation
* Jute
* Land Conservation
* Land Management
* Land Reform
* Livestock
* Natural Fiber
* Nuts
* Oilseeds
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Plant Disease
* Poultry
* Preservation
* Quarantine
* Rainfall
* Rice
* Rubber
* Seeds
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soybean
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Timber
* Tobacco
* Tropical Forest
* Vegetable
* Water Analysis
* Weather
* Wheat
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EAID FOREIGN ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Foreign economic and technical assistance provided by governments, international organizations, institutions, or private individuals. (Replaces RCHB file category: AID)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agricultural Agreement
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Program Airlift
* Bank
* Congressional Presentation
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Credit
* Debt
* Development Loan
* Development Program
* Disaster Relief
* Donor
* Economic Adviser
* Economic Assistance
* Economic Development
* Economic Support Fund
* Farm Equipment
* Financial Contribution
* Food
* Foreign Assistance Agreement
* Funding
* Grant
* Industrial Development
* Industrialized Nation
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* LLDC
* Loan
* Medical Care
* Medical Equipment
* North South Dialogue
* Paris Club
* PL 480
* PL 480 Title I
* PL 480 Title II
* PL 480 Title III
* Relief Effort
* Self Help
* Technical Assistance
* Water Analysis
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EAIR CIVIL AVIATION
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
Commercial and private aircraft and air operations, domestic as well as international. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AV, TR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Air Access
* Air Cargo
* Air Fare
* Air Safety
* Air Traffic
* Air Transportation
* Aircraft
* Aircraft Accident
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Airline
* Airport
* Airport Fee
* Airport Security
* Airspace
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Aviation Agreement
* Cargo Handling
* Charter Flight
* CIVAIR
* Commercial Aircraft
* Emergency Landing
* Flight Clearance
* Flight Manual
* Hazardous Cargo
* Helicopter
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Landing Rights
* Maintenance
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Manifest
* Pilot Training
* Private Aircraft
* Refueling
* Rescue
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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ECON ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The status of a nation's economy. (Replaces RCHB file category: E)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agricultural Development
* Antiinflationary Program
* Black Market
* Capital Investment
* Cost of Living
* Depression
* Economic Agreement
* Economic Assessment
* Economic Conditions
* Economic Crisis
* Economic Development
* Economic Forecast
* Economic Growth
* Economic Indicators
* Economic Program
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Reform
* Economic Report
* Economic Stability
* Economic Trend
* EEC 1992
* Employment
* Financial Profits
* GDP
* GNP
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Reform
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* National Debt
* NIEO
* Price Index
* Recession
* Stock Market
* Tax Law
* Unemployment
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ECPS COMMUNICATIONS AND POSTAL SYSTEMS
Effective from March 1983
The efforts of governments, the private sector, or international organizations to manage, regulate, develop, apply, or monitor the methods and means of telecommunication, international communication policy, and the informational aspects of communication. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INF, MP, PO, PPB, PR, RAD, SP, TEL, TV)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Broadcasting
* Cable TV
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* Fiber Optics
* Frequency Allocation
* Frequency Interference
* Frequency Spectrum
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Frequency
* lnformatics Information Access
* Information Center
* Information Flow
* Information Media
* Jamming
* Light Communication
* Networking
* NWICO
* Orbit
* Postal System
* Prior Consent
* Radio
* Satellite
* Telecommunication
* Telecommunication Agreement
* Telegraph
* Telephone
* Television
* Transborder Data Flow
* Transmitters
* Undersea Cable
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EFIN FINANCIAL AND MONETARY AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Domestic and international financial affairs of governments and private institutions. (Replaces RCHB file category: FN)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accounting
* Audit
* Bank
* Bank Account
* Bankruptcy
* Blocked Assets
* BOP
* Budget
* Buffer Stock
* Capital Flow
* CFF
* Commodities Exchange
* Credit
* Currency Shortage
* Debt
* Debt Equity Swap
* Debt Relief
* Debt Repayment
* Debt Repudiation
* Debt Rescheduling
* Deficit
* Devaluation
* Donor
* Drawing Rights
* Economic Growth
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Trend
* EFF
* EMS
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Agreement
* Financial Contribution
* Financial Control
* Financial Crisis
* Financial Market
* Financial Profits
* Financial Program
* Financial Reform
* Financial Reserve
* Financial Stability
* Foreign Currency
* Foreign Currency Control
* Foreign Currency Exchange
* Foreign Market
* Gold
* Grant
* IMF Standbys
* Income Tax
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* Loan Default
* Local Currency
* London Club
* National Income
* Overpayment
* Paris Club
* Payment
* Revaluation
* Sales Tax
* SDR
* Securities
* Securities Exchange
* Stock Shares
* Tax Haven
* Tax Law
* Taxation Treaties
* Treasury
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EFIS COMMERCIAL FISHING AND FISH PROCESSING
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The breeding and catching of fish and other marine life for commercial purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aquaculture
* Catch
* Quota Cod
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive Economic
* Zone Fish
* Fisheries
* Aid Fishery
* Fishing Agreement
* Fishing Concession
* Fishing Dispute
* Fishing Ground
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Fishing Vessel
* Fishing Vessel
* Detention Halibut
* Herring Joint
* Venture
* Quota Salmon
* Shellfish
* Shrimp
* TEDS
* Tuna
* Whaling Industry
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EIND INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The commercial production of goods and services, including the processing of raw materials into manufactured goods. (Replaces RCHB file category: TEL, INCO)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aerospace Industry
* Alloy
* Aluminum
* Antitrust
* Automotive Industry
* Bankruptcy
* Business Firm
* Capital Investment
* Chemical Industry
* Clothing Industry
* Commercial Association
* Communications Industry
* Complaint
* Construction Industry
* Consumer Goods
* Cooperatives
* Copyright Agreement
* Copyright Claim
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Dairy Industry
* Data Processing Industry
* Defense Industry
* Development Program
* Drug Industry
* Dyeing Industry
* Economic Growth
* Electronic Industry
* Espionage
* Factory
* Fertilizer Industry
* Finishing Industry
* Fishing Industry
* Food Contamination
* Food Industry
* Foreign Agent
* Fraud
* Garment Industry
* Garment Production
* Garment Workers
* Industrial Accident
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Production
* Industrial Reform
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insurance
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber Industry
* Machine Tool Industry
* Manmade Fiber
* Manufactured Product
* Merger
* Metal Industry
* Monopoly
* Nationalization
* Paper Industry
* Parastatal
* Patent
* Petroleum Industry
* Piracy
* Plastic Industry
* Power Looms
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Processing
* Product Safety
* Product Standards
* Product Testing
* Production
* Production Control
* Public Sector
* Railroad Industry
* Ramie
* Raw Materials
* Recall
* Registration
* Rubber Industry
* Sabotage
* Salvage
* Service Industry
* Shipbuilding Industry
* Silk
* Spinning Machinery
* Steel Industry
* Stockpile
* Subsidiary
* Subsidy
* Textile Industry
* Textile Production
* Tobacco Industry
* Tourism
* Trademark
* Vegetable Fiber
* Weaving Industry
* Wood Products Industry
* Wool
* Yarns
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EINT ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL INTERNET
Effective from October 1997
Economic and commercial programs, policies, and issues relating to the Internet.
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Agreement
* Censorship
* Competition
* Connectivity
* Content
* Copyright
* Data
* Democracy
* Economic Conditions
* Domain Names
* Electronic Commerce
* Encryption
* Free Flow of Information
* Information Availability
* Interconnectivity
* Internet
* Meeting
* Monopoly
* Piracy
* Policy
* Pornography
* Privacy
* Private Sector
* Reporting
* Trademark
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EINV FOREIGN INVESTMENTS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
Foreign investments made by governments or private enterprises for commercial gain. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, INCO)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Bank
* Bid
* BIT
* Business Firm
* Business Loss
* Business Merger
* Capital Flow
* Capital Investment
* Compensation
* Credit
* Credit Guarantee
* Disinvestment
* Economic Growth
* Foreign Investment
* Fraud
* Garment Investment
* Insurance Risk
* Investment Climate
* Investment Control
* Investment Disputes
* Investment Guarantee
* Investment Incentive
* Investment Law
* Investment Opportunity
* Joint Venture
* Loan
* Multinational Corporation
* Nationalization
* Parastatal
* Private Investment
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Public Sector
* Subsidiary
* Textile Investment
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ELAB LABOR SECTOR AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised May 1995)
The labor sector, labor actors, and national labor policies and their effect on domestic and international systems and relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LAB)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Arbitration
* Benefits
* Bonded Labor
* Child Labor
* Collective Bargaining
* Compulsory Labor
* Dock Workers
* Employee Ownership
* Employee Rights
* Employer Organization
* Employment
* Equal Pay for Equal Work
* Forced Labor
* Foreign Worker
* GSP (Worker Rights)
* Illegal Worker
* International Labor Secretariat
* Job Creation
* Job Discrimination
* Job Security
* Job Training
* Labor Agreement
* Labor Code
* Labor Competition
* Labor Confederation
* Labor Cooperative
* Labor Costs
* Labor Courts
* Labor Disputes
* Labor Federation
* Labor Law
* Labor Leader
* Labor Market
* Labor Migration
* Labor Movement
* Labor Organization
* Labor Relations
* Labor Rights
* Labor Sector
* Labor Settlement
* Labor Standards
* Labor Union
* Layoffs
* Lockout
* Manpower
* Mediation
* NAFTA Labor Cooperation
* Occupational Health
* Occupational Safety
* Pension
* Prison Labor
* Privatization
* Right of Association
* Right to Organize Slave Labor
* Social Clause (WTO)
* Social Net
* Social Security
* Strike
* Trade
* Union
* Underemployment
* Unemployment
* Unemployment Insurance
* Vocational Training
* Wages
* Work Force
* Work Permit
* Worker Rights Workers
* Working Conditions
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ELTN LAND TRANSPORTATION
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
All aspects of land transportation. (Replaces RCHB file categories: IT, TR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Automobile
* Bridge
* Bus
* Cargo Handling
* Detention
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Highway
* Highway Access
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Land Transportation
* Maintenance
* Overland Cargo
* Public Transportation
* Railroad
* Railroad Accident
* Railway Access
* Rescue
* Schedule
* Traffic Accident
* Traffic Safety
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
* Truck
* Tunnel
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EMIN MINERALS AND METALS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The exploration, discovery, and extraction of minerals and metals. (Replaces RCHB file category: INCO)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Bauxite
* Bid
* Chromite
* Coal
* Cobalt
* Copper
* Drilling
* Excavation
* Exclusive Economic Zone
* Exploration
* Factory
* Gems
* Gold
* Iron
* Magnesium
* Manganese
* Metal
* Mine
* Mineral
* Mineral Reserve
* Mining
* Mining Accident
* Mining Concession
* Nickel
* Offshore Mining
* Ore
* Quarry
* Silver
* Tin
* Tungsten
* Uranium
* Uranium Enrichment
* Zinc
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ENRG ENERGY AND POWER
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Government and private commercial activities in acquiring and providing energy services from all types of sources. For petroleum and natural gas, see EPET. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, FSE)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Coal
* Dam
* Decontamination
* Electric Energy
* Electric Power Plant
* Energy Conservation
* Energy Consumption
* Energy Reserve
* Energy Shortage
* Factory
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Fuel Shortage
* Generator
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Hydroelectric Power Plant
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing
* Nuclear Power Plant
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Power Line
* Public Utility
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Reexport
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* Stockpile
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Thermal Power Plant
* Transformer
* Uranium Enrichment
* Wind Energy
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EPET PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)
Government and private sector activities in the exploration and extraction of petroleum and natural gas. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FSE, PET)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Bid
* Drilling
* Exploitation
* Exploration
* LPG
* Natural Gas
* Natural Gas Pipeline
* Natural Gas Production
* Natural Gas Reserve
* Offshore Drilling
* Offshore Drilling Platform
* Offshore Oil
* Oil Field
* Petroleum
* Petroleum Concession
* Petroleum Pipeline
* Petroleum Production
* Petroleum Reserve
* Petroleum Shortage
* Refinery
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ETRD FOREIGN TRADE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Exchange of goods between nations. (Replaces RCHB file category: FT)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Alcoholic Beverage
* Aluminum
* Animal Hides
* Antidumping
* Antitrust
* Apparel Trade
* Arms
* Arms Traffic
* Barter
* BOP
* Boycott
* Buffer Stock
* Chemical
* Clothing
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Commercial Aircraft
* Commodity
* Commodity Market
* Communications Equipment
* Computer
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Countertrade
* Countervailing Duty
* Cross Border Trade
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Clearance
* Customs Court
* Customs Fine
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Official
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Dairy Products
* Debt
* Development Program
* Dispute Settlement
* Diversion
* Duty Free Entry
* East West Trade
* Economic Cooperation
* EEC 1992
* EEP
* Electronic Equipment
* Exhibit
* Export
* Fair Trade
* Farm Equipment
* FCN
* Fertilizer
* Fish
* Food
* Food Contamination
* Food Inspection
* Footwear
* Foreign Market
* Free Trade Zone
* Garment Exports
* Garment Imports
* Government Procurement
* GSP
* Harmonized System
* Helicopter
* Import
* Industrialized Nation
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Intervention
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* Leather
* License
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber
* Machine Tool
* Manmade Fiber
* Market Access
* Meat
* Meat Inspection
* Medical Equipment
* Merger
* Metal
* MFN
* MIC
* Monopoly
* Multifiber Arrangement
* NAFTA
* Natural Fiber
* Newly Industrialized Countries
* Nonalcoholic Beverage
* Nontariff Barriers
* North South Dialogue
* Oils
* Oilseeds
* Perishable Commodities
* Petroleum Products
* Pharmaceuticals
* Plastics
* Poultry
* Private Sector
* Product Standards
* Public Sector
* Quota
* Railroad Equipment
* Ramie
* Reexport
* Rice
* Rubber
* Sanction
* Shellfish
* Silk
* Smuggling
* Soybean
* Steel
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Synthetic Fiber
* Synthetic Rubber
* Tariff
* Tariff Barriers
* Tariff Relief
* Television
* Textile Exports
* Textile Imports
* Textiles
* Tin
* Tobacco
* Trade Agreement
* Trade Balance
* Trade Complaint
* Trade Control
* Trade Concession
* Trade Discrimination
* Trade Dumping
* Trade Fair
* Trade Law
* Trade Liberalization
* Trade Opportunity
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Protectionism
* Trade Relations
* Trade Visit
* Tuna
* VAT
* Vegetable
* Vegetable Fiber
* Vegetable Oil
* Wheat
* Wine
* Wood Products
* Wool
* Yarns
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ETTC TRADE AND TECHNOLOGY CONTROLS
Effective from April 1984
Government efforts to control the transfer of goods (i.e., equipment),services, or technologies. This includes foreign policy trade controls, strategic (National Security) trade controls, munitions controls, general West to East technology transfer issues, and efforts to circumvent U.S. or COCOM controls. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FT, STR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Arms Traffic
* Blocked Assets
* Boycott
* COCOM Case
* COCOM List Review
* Computer
* Data Bases
* Data Processing Equipment
* Digital Switching
* Diversion
* EAA
* East West Trade
* Economic Warfare
* Electronic Equipment
* Embargo
* End Use Check
* End User
* Enforcement
* Espionage
* Exception List
* EXCON
* Export
* Export Control
* GSOIA
* GSOMIA
* High Technology Equipment
* IEEPA
* Illegal Trade
* Import Control
* ITAR
* Laboratory Equipment
* License
* Manufacturing Agreement
* Military Applications
* Military Critical Technologies
* Military Equipment
* Military Services
* Munitions Control
* NDPC
* Nonmarket Economy
* Origin Certificate
* Reexport
* Research & Development
* Sanction
* Security Survey
* Semiconductors
* SNEC
* Software
* Stockpile
* Strategic Material
* Strategic Trade Control
* Superconductor
* TCDC
* Technical Assistance Agreement
* Technology Acquisition Efforts
* Technology Gap
* Technology Transfer
* Transaction Check
* Turnkey Plant
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EWWT WATERBORNE TRANSPORTATION
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Movement of commercial and private vessels over high seas and inland waterways. (Replaces RCHB file categories: OS, TR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Antiterrorism
* Measures Canal
* Cargo Handling
* Coast Guard
* Containerization
* Dock Workers
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Insurance
* Load Line
* Maintenance
* Marine Cargo
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Maritime Flag
* Maritime Law
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Ship
* Patrol Boat
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Port Congestion
* Private Ship
* Refueling
* Registration
* Rescue
* River
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule Ship Accident
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Detention
* Ship Harassment
* Ship Movement
* Ship Registry
* Shipyard
* SOLAS
* Strait
* Tonnage Measurement
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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KACT: Strategic Arms Control (ACS) Treaties
Effective from August 2000 (Revised August 2004)
Use for all documents relating to specific, interrelated strategic (nuclear) arms control treaties and their implementation:
* ABM (i.e., anti-ballistic missile) treaty and its implementation body the SCC (Standing Consultative Commission);
* INF (i.e., Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces) Treaty and its implementation body, the SVC (Special Verification Commission);
* START (i.e., Strategic Reductions Treaty) and its implementation body, the JCIC (Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission); and the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT) or the Moscow Treaty and its implementing body, the BIC (Bilateral Implementation Commission).
Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NP/EX)
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KAWC: Atrocities and War Crimes
Effective from July 2001
Use for all documents relating to atrocities, massacres, and war crimes, including allegations, reports, investigations, and prosecutions of genocide, crimes against humanity, grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, and violations of the laws or customs for war. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau, Info: S/WCI)
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KCFE: Conventional Armed Forces in Europe
Effective from August 1989
Use on all documents between U.S. Vienna and the Department pertaining to CFE negotiations; documents pertaining to conventional forces in Europe including both Eastern and Western forces, their structure, posture, changes, etc.; documents pertaining to allied and Warsaw Pact conventional arms control positions, plans and related internal political situations, documents referring to the High Level Task Force (HLTF) or its subgroups; and all documents discussing congressional delegation visits to Europe that will address conventional arms control issues. (Action: EUR/RPM)
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KCIP: Critical Infrastructure Protection
Effective from August 2001
Use for all documents reporting on critical infrastructure protection (CIP) issues, which are defined as vulnerabilities and threats, both physical and cyber, to systems and assets (particularly interconnected information systems and networks) so vital to a nation that their incapacity or destruction would have a debilitating impact on national security, national economic security, and/or national public health and safety. Use for reporting of CIP issues both as they affect host country and as they impact the United States. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOM: Chief of Mission
Effective from March 2004
Use for all documents addressed for action to the chief of a U.S. mission in a foreign location (e.g., ambassadors, chargés d’affaires, consuls general, or principal officers). Use KCOM in conjunction with generic PASS instructions to chiefs of mission in Department telegrams. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOR: Corruption and Anti-Corruption
Effective from August 2001
Use for all documents relating to corruption and anti-corruption, dishonesty, and unethical behavior among public officials representing local, provincial, and national governments. This would include linkages with justice, economic, social and political entities. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCRM: Criminal Activity
Effective from April 1994 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents relating to criminal organizations and activities, the threat they pose to U.S. interests and/or friendly governments, and host country and U.S. Government programs to combat them. This includes international criminal organizations; money laundering and other financial crimes; illicit trafficking including alien smuggling and gun running; international stolen property theft and fencing rings; international frauds and commercial crimes; UN crime meetings and anti-crime programs; and interaction with international and regional organizations on these issues. U.S. assistance covers training of host country judicial and law enforcement agencies. Use this K TAGS with the Subject TAGS SOCI. Distinguish the use of this TAGS from AID-funded administration of justice programs in Latin America (KJUS),anti-narcotics issues and programs (SNAR),and anti-terrorism issues and programs (PTER). (Action: INL/ENT)
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KDEM: Democratization
Effective from May 1991
Use on all documents dealing with democratization in Eastern Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Encouraging democratization constitutes an essential component of U.S. policy. The U.S. Government is devoting significant resources to monitor and promote regional trends away from autocratic rule and toward political pluralism. Programs designed to encourage democratization are diverse, and often are cross-discipline in nature, requiring the involvement of several U.S. Government agencies. Also use the appropriate Subject and Geo-Political TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KDRG: Detainee Repatriation from Guantanamo Bay
Effective from December 2007
Use for all documents addressing issues connected to the repatriation and transfer of detainees in U.S. Government custody at the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to their countries of origin or to third countries. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/WCI)
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KFRD: Fraud Prevention Programs
Effective from August 1986
Use on all reporting that refers to efforts and activities pertaining to the prevention of fraud and deceptive practices in the issuance of visas, passports, the issuance of Federal benefits to U.S. citizens and others, and to active measures developed by the Department to oversee their legality and for reporting upon the results of antifraud and prevention measures in consular matters. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: CA/FPP)
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KGHG: Global Climate Change
Effective from May 2007
Use for all documents addressing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and global climate change (also referred to as global warming). This includes, but is not limited to, the economic, energy, environmental, geographic, health, scientific, social, and political linkages of global climate change. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: OES/EGC)
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KGIC: Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism
Effective from September 2006
Use for all documents relating to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. The Global Initiative works toward the prevention, detection, and response to acts of nuclear terrorism. Also use appropriate Subject Tags. (Action: ISM/WMDT)
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KHIV: Emerging Infectious Diseases and HIV/AIDS Program
Effective from June 2000
Use for all documents relating to actual and prospective activities by the U.S. Government, alone or in conjunction with or through other entities, to combat HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases. Also use Appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: S/GAC)
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KHLS: Homeland Security
Effective from August 2006
Use for all documents relating to all aspects of homeland security issues, including acts of terrorism directed at the U.S. homeland, its citizens, or interests; planning and support for such acts of terrorism; capabilities of terrorist groups; activities of institutions, groups, or individuals that support such terrorism; acts of terrorism that transcend national boundaries due to the support network or nationality of the perpetrator, victim, or facility or conventional, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) terrorism; terrorist travel; actions of the host government, institutions, or individuals related to support for or opposition to U.S. Government homeland security or counter-terrorism initiatives; actions of the host government or multilateral organizations related to the establishment of host country or regional security, bureaucratic, physical, or cyber infrastructure; homeland security implications and effects of border protection, immigration, and customs policies; transportation (e.g., seaports, civil air) security; host government travel document control and standards; emergency, preparedness, and response; biodefense, science and technology development related to the above areas; reactions of host government, media, etc., to homeland security-related programs and activities in the United States, or of the U.S. Government. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/CT, CA, OES, A/OEM)
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KIPR: Intellectual Property Rights
Effective from December 1988 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents relating to intellectual property rights which include patents, trademarks, copyrights, semiconductor designs (mask works),industrial designs, trade secrets, appellations of origin and other forms of protection to reward and encourage innovation and creativity. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/TPP/MTA/IPC)
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KIRF: International Religious Freedom
Effective from January 1999
Use on all documents relating to all issues of religious freedom and persecution, including civil unrest where religion is a precipitating factor; changes to or enforcement of laws affecting freedom of religion; religious aspects of movements, parties or persons seeking governmental change; governmental repression of religious minorities, movements or leaders; religion playing a role in reconciling conflicts; and changes in religious demographics that may produce societal changes. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: DRL/IRF)
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KISL: Islamic Issues
Effective from November 1988 (Revised April 2000)
Use on documents treating government involvement in recognition of or approaches to Islam; political and economic activities undertaken by private Islamic organizations or prominent individuals; and fundamentalism. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS.
(Action: NEA/PPR, AF/RA, EAP/RA)
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KJUS: Administration of Justice
Effective from May 1986 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents dealing with the administration of justice in host countries, particularly as it relates to U.S. objectives of promoting democracy and just economic and social development. This includes judicial reforms, political reporting on personalities and institutions involved in the administration of justice, judicial infrastructure development, criminal investigation capabilities, penal systems, legal training, and assistance and exchange programs in this field. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: WHA/PPC)
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KMCA: Millennium Challenge Account
Effective from August 2004
Use for documents relating to all aspects of the Millennium Challenge Account, a U.S. new foreign assistance account, or the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the independent government corporation recently established to manage and oversee this assistance. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: MCC/IT)
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KMDR: Media Reaction Reporting
Effective From October 1999
Use on all documents dealing with setting post ―Watching Briefs and on all post reporting concerning editorial content and media reaction. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: INR/R)
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KNNP: Nuclear Non-Proliferation
Effective from April 1984
Use on all documents on U.S. policy for preventing the spread of nuclear weapons to other countries, the transfer of nuclear material, equipment of technology, agreements for cooperation on the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, matters concerning multilateral discussions on the uses of nuclear energy including the activities of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and activities in other countries related to the acquisition of nuclear explosives. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KOLY: Olympic Games Reporting
Effective from February 1984
Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. Note: KOLY will be used in the above prescribed manner for all subsequent winter and summer Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KPAL: Palestinian Affairs
Effective from August 1983 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with the Palestinian people, as a group or in part, or the area known as Palestine. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. (Action: NEA/PA)
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KPAO: Public Affairs Office
Effective from May 2000
Use on all documents intended for Public Affairs sections abroad, and should be used by field Public Affairs sections abroad on all documents coming into the Department which relate to Public Diplomacy Programs. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: ECA/EX/PR)
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KPIN: Political Internationals
Effective from November 1984
Use on all documents relating to the activities and policies of the four major Political Internationals: Socialist International, Christian Democratic International, Liberal International, and the International Democratic Union. This includes reporting on the attitudes of member parties towards the Internationals, the interaction between member parties of the Internationals, and the activities of the Internationals themselves. In addition, this TAGS should be used on all documents relating to the policies of the German (FRG) political foundations: Friederich Ebert, Konrad Adenauer, Hanns Seidel, and Friederich Naumann. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: P)
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KPKO: United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
Effective from August 1996
Use on all documents relating to existing or potential United Nations peacekeeping activities, including proposals for and negotiations with other countries on peacekeeping activities, military support, sanctions monitoring, elections and humanitarian activities, as well as interaction with international and regional organizations on peacekeeping. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KPWR: Power Support Program
Effective from March 1993
Use on all documents dealing with the Department’s electrical power support requirements. The program provides consolidated funding for generators, central uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems, and PCB transformer abatement projects. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OBO/PE/DE)
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KRAD: Radioactive Contamination of the Environment
Effective from May 1997 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents dealing with radioactive contamination of the environment from whatever source—military or civilian use, transportation, storage, or disposal of nuclear material Appropriate Subject Terms to use with this TAGS would include nuclear contamination, radiation, radioactive material and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) emergency notification. In connection with accidental or deliberate contamination, appropriate Terms to use with this TAGS include radioactive material transfer, radioactive waste disposal, radioactive waste management, industrial/medical radiography, medical isotope, and transfer of fissile material. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES/OA)
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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
Effective from February 1983
Use on all documents drafted by or sent to Science Counselors and Science Attachés. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES). Note: KSCA replaces the Organization SCSA.
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KSPR: Strategic, Performance and Resource Planning
Effective from October 1997
Use on all documents dealing with the strategic planning process for all foreign affairs agencies or agencies with operations and programs abroad as well as the Department’s own strategic planning activities. This includes all resource allocation processes when associated with the Mission Performance Plan (MPP),namely: budget formulation, the Financial Plan (FINPLAN),and the field budget plan. Technical and operational messages that are purely budget-focused should only use ABUD. Use KSPR on messages regarding personnel planning in connection with the annual MPP exercises, and subjects relating to the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993. Operational personnel requests (e.g., new positions, classification actions, conversions of positions from FSN to PIT, etc.) should still only use APER. Suggested terms to use with KSPR are program planning, Mission Performance Plan (MPP),Resource Allocations and Budget Integration Tool (RABIT) and Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: M/P)
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KSUM: Summit Meetings
Effective from January 1983 (Revised November 1987)
Use on all documents concerning Summit Meetings. This includes substantive and administrative arrangements for meetings, records of meetings and reports on actions by participants as a result of meetings, including preparatory meetings. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KTFN: Terrorism Finance Traffic
Effective from July 2004
Use for documents relating to all aspects of terrorism financing; sanctions; designations of individuals under Executive Orders (E.O.) dealing with terrorism finance such as E.O. 13224; related UN resolutions; denial of funds to terrorists; and other related aspects of terrorism financing. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/ESC)
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KTIA: Treaties and International Agreements
Effective from June 1984
Use on all documents concerning treaties, including conventions, protocols, or other International Agreements, such as exchange of notes, exchange of letters and memoranda of understanding, as well as requirements of the Case Act (11 FAM 724; 1 U.S.C. 112B). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: L/T)
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KTIP: Trafficking in Persons
Effective from September 2008
Use for all cables related to the topics of trafficking in persons, human trafficking, slavery, involuntary servitude, forced labor, labor migration, illegal migration, commercial sexual exploitation, prostitution, sex tourism, forced marriage, child labor, debt bondage, peonage, and child soldiering. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: G/TIP)
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KUNR: UN Reform
Effective from November 1995
Use on all documents dealing with all efforts to reform and restructure the United Nations. Some of the reforms are: the UN budget and/or ceiling, security council expansion, managerial improvements, and strengthening the role of the UN. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KWBG: West Bank and Gaza
Effective from December 1993 (Revised April 2000)
Use on all documents dealing with the implementation of the Israeli-PLO Declaration of Principles, including Palestinian interim self-rule, economic development and development assistance to the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. Also, use for Israeli-PLO negotiations on implementing the agreement and political developments in the West Bank and Gaza including elections for a Palestinian Council. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NEA/IPA)
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KWMN: Women Issues
Effective from June 1995
Use on all documents relating to the Fourth World Conference on Women and any future World Conferences on Women. Also use this TAGS on issues concerning women’s human rights, women’s political participation, women-in-development, and any discussions of women in the United Nations or any other international organizations. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: G/CS, IO, and DRL)
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MARR MILITARY AND DEFENSE ARRANGEMENTS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Efforts to establish and maintain collective security or other international military cooperation. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Alliance
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* CFE
* Collective Security
* DECA
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Ground Forces
* Home Porting
* Host Government
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Lease
* Military Advisor
* Military Agreement
* Military Base
* Military Cooperation
* Military Exercise
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Visit
* Minesweeping
* Monitoring
* National Security
* Naval Forces
* Overflight Clearance
* Peace Plan
* Peacekeeping Forces
* Refueling
* Security Assessment
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Movement
* SOFA
* Tracking Station
* Troop Contribution
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Truce Observer
* Weapons Deployment
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MASS MILITARY ASSISTANCE AND SALES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The Govemment to Govemment transfer, sale, or loan of military equipment, advisers, or services. (Replaces RCHB file categories DEF, FT)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Airlift
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Bomber Aircraft
* CAT
* Congressional Presentation
* Credit
* Debt
* Debt Repayment
* Diversion
* Donor
* Economic Support Fund
* Fighter Aircraft
* FMS
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* IMET
* Loan
* Maintenance
* MAP
* Military Adviser
* Military Agreement
* Military Aircraft
* Military Assistance
* Military Procurement
* Military Training
* Military Vehicle
* Missile
* Reexport
* Salvage
* Spare Parts
* Surplus Weapons Disposal
* Technical Assistance
* Technology Transfer
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MCAP MILITARY CAPABILITIES
Effective from March 1973 to June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The nonnuclear offensive and defensive ability of the military establishment of a nation or international organization. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advanced Weaponry
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Bomber Aircraft
* Burden sharing
* Cargo Aircraft
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon
* Control Civil Defense
* Coast Guard
* Conscription
* Contingency Plan
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon
* Control Court Martial
* Defense Industry
* Demobilization
* Fighter Aircraft
* Ground Forces
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* Infrastructure
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Logistics
* Military Aircraft
* Military Balance
* Military Budget
* Military Buildup
* Military Capability
* Military Communication
* Military Equipment
* Military Exercise
* Military Leader
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Reserve
* Missile
* Mobilization
* National Guard
* Naval Forces
* Naval Ship
* Ordnance
* Radar
* RDF
* Security Assessment
* Strategic Plan
* Submarine
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
* Warning System
* Weapons Deployment
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MNUC MILITARY NUCLEAR APPLICATIONS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The development and use of nuclear technology for military purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advanced Weaponry
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Artillery
* Counterforce
* Decontamination
* Delivery Vehicle
* Fissionable Material
* Guidance System
* INF
* LRTNF
* Military Capability
* Missile
* Missile Site
* Monitoring
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Powered Ship
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Winter
* Plutonium
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Radioactive Waste Management
* Spent Fuel
* Strategic Plan
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
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MOPS MILITARY OPERATIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Declared or undeclared war involving two or more nations. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aggression
* Air Alert
* Air Forces
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Blockade
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Ceasefire
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* Combat
* Concentration Camp
* CONTRA
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Escalation
* Explosives
* Ground Forces
* Guerrilla
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intervention
* Invasion
* KIA
* Landing Rights
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* MIA
* Military Balance
* Military Buildup
* Military Plan
* Minesweeping
* Naval Forces
* No Fly Zone
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Occupied Area
* Peace Plan
* POW
* Repatriation
* Reprisal
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Ship Movement
* Surrender
* Threat
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* War
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ODIP U.S. DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATION
Effective from January 1983
Official representational and ceremonial activities of U.S. diplomats and U.S. Government officials; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by U.S. officials. (Replaces RCHB file categories: PER, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accreditation
* Agrement
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Anniversary
* Assault
* Attache
* Ceremonial Representation
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* Personnel Conduct
* Real Property
* Social Reception
* Tax Exemption
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OEXC EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL
EXCHANGE OPERATIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)
The administration and operation of educational and cultural exchange programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: EDX)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* American Studies
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Community
* Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Exchange Program
* Designation Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* FLEX Program
* Foreign Leader Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange Grant
* Humphrey Program
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Nomination
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* Scientist
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* U.S. Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Youth Exchanges
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OFDP FOREIGN DIPLOMATS AND FOREIGN MISSIONS
Effective from January 1983
Administrative, representational, and ceremonial matters related to non-U.S. diplomatic personnel and foreign missions; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by non-U.S. diplomats. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accreditation
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Assault
* Attache
* Building Design
* Ceremonial Representation
* Consul
* Consulate
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Embassy
* Envoy
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* NOB
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Post Closing
* Post Opening
* Real Property
* Recall
* Social Reception
* Staffing
* Tax Exemption
* Third Country Counterparts
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OIIP INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION PROGRAMS
Effective from October 1999
Administrative and operational aspects of international information programs, products, and services that increase international support for U.S. policies and understanding of U.S. society.
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Advance Documents Service
* Article Alert
* Book Donations
* Book Fairs
* Book Reprints
* Book Translations
* Books and Documents List
* Computer
* Cooperative Agreements
* Copyright
* Design Services
* DVC
* Electronic Journal
* Grant
* Graphic Design
* I-Bucks
* IRC
* IRO
* Listserv
* Paper Shows
* PDQ
* Photo Coverage
* Photo Rights
* Photo Requests
* Public Diplomacy
* Publication
* Reference Requests
* Speaker
* Technology Partnerships
* Teleconference
* Translation Requests
* Washington File
* Websites
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OPDC DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE
Effective from January 1983
Correspondence and ceremonial messages between prominent leaders and principal officers. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acknowledgment
* Anniversary
* Appreciation Message
* Commemorative Message
* Condolence Message
* Congratulatory Message
* Invitation
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OPRC PUBLIC RELATIONS AND CORRESPONDENCE
Effective from January 1983
Correspondence to and from the public commenting on U.S. policy and foreign incidents, requesting information and speaking engagements, and any other public relations activities. This TAGS includes routine constituent's correspondence such as employment opportunities, requests for photographs, autographs, etc. Also includes press summaries and press conferences, public opinion polls, and the administrative arrangements for press conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: PR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accreditation
* Authentication
* Autograph
* Constituents Mail
* Employment
* Interview
* Invitation
* Journalist
* Photo Request
* Photograph
* Poll
* Press Relations
* Public Diplomacy
* Public Information Publication
* Speaker
* Translation
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OREP U.S. CONGRESSIONAL TRAVEL
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Administrative and operational aspects of travel by Congressmen, congressional staffers, and delegations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LEG)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* CODEL
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protective Security
* Staffdel
* Support Services
* Travel Advisory
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OSCI SCIENCE GRANTS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The administration of grants and disbursal of funds of U.S. Government sponsored research programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Foreign Currency
* Grant
* Science Grant
* Scientific Exchange
* Scientist
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OTRA TRAVEL
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Routine and operational aspects of travel and visits by other than prominent individuals and Congressmen. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL, TP, TRV)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Businessmen
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Dependent
* Itinerary
* Journalist
* Official Travel
* Scientific Visit
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
* Travel Locator Messages
* Travel Orders
* Travel Report
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OVIP VISITS AND TRAVEL OF PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS AND LEADERS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The administrative and operational aspects of visits or travel of U.S. and foreign leaders and prominent individuals. Use for assistant secretary level and above or foreign equivalent. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Envoy
* Hotel
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protection Technical Services
* Protective Security
* Secretarys Detail
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
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PARM ARMS CONTROLS AND DISARMAMENT
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Efforts by governments to control the acquisition, development, and production of nuclear, biological, chemical, and other advanced weaponry. Also includes the control of efforts by countries to develop nuclear capabilities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, FT, POL, STR)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* ABM Treaty
* Advance Notification
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aerial Inspection
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Arms Buildup
* Arms Control
* Arms Control Agreement
* Arms Control Impact Statement
* Arms Talks
* Arms Traffic
* Associated Measures
* Biological Warfare Convention
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* CDE
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* CNEA
* Compliance
* Confidence Building Measures
* Constraints
* Consultation
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* Conventional Weapon Freeze
* Cooperative Measures
* Counterforce
* Counting Rule
* CST
* CTB
* Deterrence
* Disarmament
* Diversion
* East West Relations
* Electronic Weapons Systems
* Emerging Technologies
* ENMOD
* Entry Exit Points
* Fissionable Material
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hotline
* Implementation
* INF
* IOZP
* Laser Fusion
* Launchers
* Limited Test Ban Treaty
* LRTNF
* Military Budget Reduction
* Military Expenditures
* Missile
* Monitoring
* Moratorium
* Napalm
* National Guidelines Area
* No First Use
* Nonproliferation
* Nonuse of Force
* NPT
* NRR
* NTEM
* NTM
* Nuclear Agreements
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Enrichment Process
* Nuclear Equipment
* Nuclear Free Zone
* Nuclear Material
* Nuclear Proliferation
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Technical Assistance
* Nuclear Technology
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Weapon Free Zone
* Nuclear Weapon Freeze
* Particle Beam
* Peace Movement
* Plutonium
* Political Concession
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* SCC
* SDI
* Simulations
* SNEC
* Spent Fuel
* START
* Stockpile
* Strategic Policy
* Technology Transfer
* Telemetry
* Tlatelolco Treaty
* Troop Level
* TTBT
* Unconventional Weapon
* Verification
* Warhead
* Weapon Destruction
* Weapon Systems Deactivation
* Weapons Deployment
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PBTS NATIONAL BOUNDARIES, TERRITORIES, AND SOVEREIGNTY
Effective from January 1983
A territory over which dominion is exercised. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Air Alert
* Airspace
* Annexation
* Arbitration
* Archipelago
* Border Control
* Border Crossing
* Border Dispute
* Border Incident
* Boundary
* Boundary Claim
* Boundary Determination
* Canal
* Cession
* Coast Guard
* Continental Shelf
* Court Decision
* Dependency
* Dispute Settlement
* Island
* Island Claim
* Land Settlement
* Landlocked Country
* Maritime Boundary
* Mediation
* Occupied Area
* Overflight
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Province
* River
* Seabed
* Ship Detention
* Sovereignty
* Strait
* Survey
* Territorial Claim
* Territorial Reversion
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Unification
* Territorial Waters
* Trust Territory
* Water Boundary Agreement
* Water Boundary Claim
* West Bank
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PGOV INTERNAL GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised June 1983)
The form, structure, and organization of local, provincial, and national governments. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Absentee Ballot
* Administration of Justice
* Alliance
* Antigovernment
* Arbitration
* Berlin Access
* Berlin Wall
* Cabinet
* Cabinet Meeting
* Campaign
* Candidacy Support
* Candidate
* Charter
* Church State Relations
* Coalition Government
* Colonialism
* Communism
* Confederation
* Constitution
* Constitutional Law
* Corruption
* Court
* Court Decision
* Death
* Democracy
* Dictatorship
* Election
* Election Forecast
* Election Irregularities
* Election Law
* Election Observer
* Election Reform
* Election Results
* Extremist
* Federation
* First Lady
* Glasnost
* Government Agency
* Government Budget
* Government Media Relations
* Government Official
* Government Reform
* Governor
* Impeachment
* Inauguration
* Influence
* Infrastructure
* Interim Government
* Judicial Reform
* Judiciary
* Junta
* King
* Legislation
* Legislator
* Legislature
* Martial Law
* Mayor
* Minister
* Minority
* Municipal
* Nationalism
* Opposition
* Opposition Party
* Party Faction
* Party Leader
* Party Line
* Party Meeting
* Party Stability
* Party Strength
* Party Unity
* Patronage
* Perestroyka
* Political Adviser
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Crisis
* Political Leader
* Political Military Relations
* Political Party
* Political Trend
* Poll
* President
* Prime Minister
* Progovernment
* Province
* Queen
* Reconciliation
* Referendum
* Reorganization
* Resignation from Office
* Reunification
* Royal Family
* Ruling Party
* Self Government
* Socialism
* Special Interest Group
* State of the Union Message
* Succession
* Tenure of Office
* Totalitarian
* Trial
* Trust
* Territory
* Veto
* Vice President
* Voting
* Voting Rights
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PHSA HIGH SEAS AFFAIRS
Effective from January 1983
Activities on the high seas, outside a country's national jurisdiction. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Continental Shelf
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive
* Economic Zone
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Freedom of Navigation
* Hazardous Cargo
* Innocent Passage
* International Waters
* LOS
* Marine Mammal
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Natural Resources
* Ocean Dumping
* Piracy
* Seabed
* Seabed Mining
* Ship Accident
* Ship Detention
* Ship Movement
* Strait
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Waters
* Transit Passage
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PHUM HUMAN RIGHTS
Effective from January 1985
The violation of rights attributable to human beings. (Replaces RCHB file categories: POL, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Abuse
* Amnesty
* Antisemitic
* Apartheid
* Asylum
* Asylum Request
* Capital Punishment
* Childrens Rights
* Civil Rights
* Concentration Camp
* Court Decision
* Death Squad
* Deportation
* Detainee
* Detection Equipment
* Detention Development Rights
* Discrimination
* Economic Rights
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Ethnic Group
* EVD
* Execution
* Exile
* Family
* Forced Labor
* Harassment
* Human Rights
* Humane
* Imprisonment
* Indigenous Peoples
* Individual Rights
* Internal Exile
* Internee
* Mass Migration
* Massacre
* Minority
* Minority Rights
* Missing Person
* Mistreatment
* Murder
* Persecution
* Police Equipment
* Political Disappearance
* Political Prisoner
* Political Repression
* Political Rights
* Poverty
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Welfare
* Proselytize
* Psychiatric Abuse
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Returnees
* Rights of Peoples
* Security Forces
* Sponsorship
* Torture
* Walk In Procedures
* Women
* Womens Rights
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PINR INTELLIGENCE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The gathering and reporting of intelligence information, including biographic and background data. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INT, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aerial Reconnaissance
* Biographic Information
* Contacts
* Counterintelligence
* Covert Operations
* Disinformation
* Espionage
* Film
* Humint Collection Plan
* Information Security
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intelligence Collection
* Intelligence Services
* Maps
* Monitoring
* Olive Harvest
* PLPPR
* Remote Sensing
* Satellite
* Ship Movement
* Surveillance Aircraft
* Tracking Station
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PINS NATIONAL SECURITY
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
A regime's stability, control, or efforts to maintain itself in power, as well as activities and efforts to disrupt or overthrow the established regime by other than normal political activity. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Assassination
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Censorship
* Church State Relations
* Civil War
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Contingency Plan
* CONTRA
* Counterinsurgency
* Coup
* Court Decision
* Court Martial
* Death Squad
* Defector
* Demobilization
* Detention
* Dissident
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Escalation
* Ethnic Group
* Execution
* Exile
* Exiled Government
* Exit Permit
* Expulsion
* Extremist
* General Strike
* Guerrilla
* Harassment
* Hostility
* Hunger Strike
* Impeachment
* Infiltration
* Insurgency
* Intelligence Assessment
* Internal Control
* Intervention
* Land Reform
* Law Enforcement
* Liberation Front
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* Mercenary
* Minority
* Missing Person
* National Security
* Occupied Area
* Persona Non Grata
* Plot
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Political Assessment
* Political Crisis
* Political Military Relations
* Political Prisoner
* Political Settlement
* Political Stability
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Release
* Propaganda
* Property Protection
* Religious Group
* Repression
* Reprisal
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Sabotage
* Seizure
* Surrender
* Threat
* Travel Document
* Travel Restriction
* Treason
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Violence
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PREF REFUGEES
Effective from January 1985 (Revised March 1995)
People who move across borders because of danger to life or fear of persecution. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Admissions
* Allocation
* Asylum Policy
* Early Warning
* Emergency Response
* ESLCO
* Family Reunification
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Internally Displaced Persons
* Letter of Introduction
* ODP
* Prevention
* Refugee Camp
* Refugee Protection
* Refugee Relief
* Refugee Resettlement
* Refugee Settlement
* Refugee Status
* Repatriation
* Safe Country of Origin and Transit
* Safe Haven
* Sponsorship
* Temporary Protection
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
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PREL EXTERNAL POLITICAL RELATIONS
Effective from January 1983
The political relations between countries, international or regional organizations both bilateral and multilateral, that assess intentions, objectives, plans, or possible courses of interaction. (Replaces RCHB file category: CSM, POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Alliance
* Ambassador
* Amity
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antisoviet
* Bilateral Cooperation
* CBI
* Cold War
* Commitment
* Condemnation
* Consular Service
* Demarche
* Detente
* Deterrence
* Diplomatic Protest
* East West Relations
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Expulsion
* Extradition Treaty
* Foreign Commitment
* Foreign Relations
* Front Line States
* Government Reaction
* Hegemony
* Industrialized Nation
* Influence
* International Organization
* Intervention
* LDC
* Lobbying
* NAM
* National Security
* Neutrality
* No Fly Zone
* Nonaggression
* Nonaligned Nations
* Nonparticipation
* North South Dialogue
* Open Skies Treaty
* Opposition
* Participation
* Peace
* Peace Plan
* Persona Non Grata
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Initiative
* Political Settlement
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Exchange
* Prisoner Transfer
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Relations
* Reciprocity
* Recognition
* Reconciliation
* Regional Organization
* Relations Establishment
* Relations Interruption
* Reprisal
* Sanction
* Secession
* Signatory
* Sister City
* Third Country Representation
* Third World
* Threat
* War Claims
* West Bank
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PROP PROPAGANDA AND PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS
Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)
The spreading of ideology, information, or rumor for the purpose of supporting or defaming nations, institutions, causes, peoples, or persons. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CSM, CUL, INF, MP, POL, PPB, RAD, TV)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Active Measures
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antinuclear
* Antisoviet
* Brain Drain
* Brainwashing
* Broadcasting
* Campaign
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Disinformation
* Frequency Interference
* Harassment
* Influence
* Jamming
* Lobbying
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Propaganda
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Disclosure
* Public Information
* Public Relations
* Publication
* Repression
* Slander
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PTER TERRORISTS AND TERRORISM
Effective from March 1981 (Revised January 1983)
All aspects of terrorism which transcend national boundaries due to the nationality of the perpetrator, victim, place, or the incident. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acts of Terrorists
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Antiterrorist Forces
* Assassination
* Assault
* Bomb Threat
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Hijacking
* Hostage
* Hostility
* Infiltration
* Kidnapping
* Kidnapping Threat
* Mission Takeover
* Piracy
* Plot
* Proterrorism
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Small Arms
* Surrender
* Terrorism
* Terrorist Activities
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Violence
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SCUL CULTURAL AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)
Any part or totality of a nation's behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, or sociology. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CUL, EDU, MP, PPB, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* American Studies
* Anthropology
* Archaeology
* Artifact
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Commemorative Celebration
* Community Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Presentation
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Education
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Ethnic Group
* Excavation
* Exchange Program Designation
* Exhibit
* Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* Fine Arts
* FLEX Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange
* History
* Holiday
* Humphrey Program
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Language
* Library
* Magazine
* Memorial
* Missionary
* Museum
* National Flag
* Newspaper
* Olympics
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Piracy
* Place of Worship
* Pope
* Publication
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Religious Leader
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* School
* Social Custom
* Social Reform
* Sports
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* University
* US Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Women
* Youth
* Youth Exchanges
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SENV ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The preservation, deterioration, and conservation of natural and animal resources, the air, water, land, and space environments. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AGR, CUL, E, HLTH, INCO, OS, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Acid Rain
* Air Pollution
* Animal Conservation
* Animal Hides
* Atmosphere
* Biodiversity
* CITES
* Crop
* Destruction
* Dam
* Desertification
* Drought
* Earthquake
* Ecology
* Endangered Species
* Environment
* Erosion
* Exploitation
* Famine
* Fire
* Fish
* Flood
* Flora
* Forestry
* Fungicide
* Habitat
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Herbicide
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insect
* Land Conservation
* Marine
* Mammal
* Migratory Animals
* Monsoon
* National Park
* Natural Disaster
* Natural Resources
* Noise Pollution
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Winter
* Ocean Dumping
* Oil Spill
* Ozone
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Pollution Control
* Preservation
* Rainfall
* Seabed
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sludge
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soil Pollution
* Species Protection
* Storm
* Tidal Wave
* Transboundary Pollution
* Tropical Forest
* Volcanic Eruption
* Waste
* Waste Disposal
* Water
* Water Analysis
* Water Conservation
* Water Pollution
* Water Supply System
* Weather
* Whales
* Wildlife
* Yellow Rain
* Zoo
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SMIG MIGRATION
Effective from March 1995
The legal or illegal movement of people across borders, border control, and the treatment of aliens by receiving states. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Alien Interdiction
* Border Control
* Cross Border Migration
* Economic Migration
* Emigration
* Environmental Migration
* Family Reunification
* Illegal Migration
* Immigration
* Labor Migration
* Migration
* Migration and Development Policy
* Nationality and Citizenship
* Readmission Agreements
* Remittances
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SNAR NARCOTICS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 2008)
The illegal production, distribution, and use of narcotic drugs. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Aircraft Registry
* Cocaine
* Crop Destruction
* Crop Substitution
* Crops
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Demand Reduction
* Detection
* Equipment
* Eradication
* Exhibit
* Foreigners
* Hashish
* Herbicide
* Heroin
* Illicit
* Immigration
* Interdiction
* Law Enforcement
* Legal
* Marijuana
* Money Laundering
* Morphine
* Narcotics
* Narcotics Abuse
* Narcotics Control
* Narcotics Detection
* Narcotics Seizure
* Narcotics Traffic
* Opium
* Patrol Boat
* Psychotropic Drugs
* Seizure
* Ship Registry
* Smuggling
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SOCI SOCIAL CONDITIONS
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The conditions and factors that affect the social welfare of a community. (Replaces RCHB file category: HLTH, SOC)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Abortion
* Administration of Justice
* Adoption
* AIDS
* Birth Rate
* Black Market
* Census
* Child
* Custody
* Children
* Civil Disobedience
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Consumer Protection
* Crime
* Crime Control
* Cult
* Demography
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Divorce
* Educational Reform
* Elderly
* Epidemic
* Family
* Family Planning
* Food
* Fugitive
* Genocide
* Glasnost
* Health
* Housing
* Housing Shortage
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Hunger Strike
* Illegal Alien
* Immigrant
* Immigration Control
* Infant
* Infrastructure
* Inoculation
* Insurance
* Law Enforcement
* Life Expectancy
* Marriage
* Medical Care
* Medical Facility
* Mental Health
* Minority
* Modernization
* Mortality Rate
* Murder
* Penal System
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Population
* Population Growth
* Pornography
* Prison
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Prostitution
* Public Safety
* Public Transportation
* Public Welfare
* Quarantine
* Recall
* Reform
* Rehabilitation
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Rural Area
* Sanitation
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sex Ratio
* Sexual Crime
* Sexual Harassment
* Social Development
* Social Reform
* Social Security
* Social Service
* Social Trend
* Special Interest Group
* Standard of Living
* Sterilization
* Theft
* Urban Area
* Violence
* Volunteers
* Water Supply System
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TBIO BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL SCIENCE
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
The anatomy, physiology, chemistry, and psychology that affect living organisms and the mechanisms of their expression. (Replaces RCHB file categories: HLTH, SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* AIDS
* Animals
* Biology
* Biotechnology
* Chemistry
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Eradication
* Food
* Genetic Engineering
* Hormones
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Medical Science
* Nuclear Contamination
* Parapsychology
* Pest Control
* Pharmaceuticals
* Quarantine
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* STRIDE Technology
* Technology
* Transfer
* Vaccine
* Zoology
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TPHY PHYSICAL SCIENCES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Research and development in any of the physical sciences. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Atmosphere
* Chemistry
* Geodesy
* Geology
* Hydrology
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Maps
* Materials Science
* Meteorology
* Metrology
* Microwave
* Minerology
* Ocean Drilling
* Oceanography
* Physics
* Research & Development
* Research Vessel
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Scientific Visit
* Seismology
* STRIDE
* Survey
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Volcanology
* Weather
* Weather Station
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TRGY ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)
Research and development of energy sources. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF, FSE, PET, SCI)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Electric Energy
* Energy Conservation
* Exploration
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Magnetic
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Petroleum
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* SSC
* STRIDE
* Synthetic Fuel
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Transmitters
* Wind Energy
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TSPA SPACE ACTIVITIES
Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)
Research and development leading to and resulting in the exploration and utilization of outer space. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, SP, TEL)
Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:
* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
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GC GCC GCCC GE GEF GEORGE GERARD GESKE GF GG GH GI GIPNC GIWI GJ GKGIC GL GLOBAL GM GN GO GOG GOI GON GOVPOI GPGOV GPI GPOI GPOV GR GRQ GS GT GTIP GTMO GTREFTEL GU GUAM GUANTANAMO GUIDANCE GUILLERMO GUTIERREZ GV GWI GY GZ GZIS HA HARRIET HARRY HAWZ HCOPIL HDP HE HEAVEN HEBRON HELGERSON HERCEGOVINA HG HHS HI HIGHLIGHTS HIJAZI HILARY HILLARY HILLEN HIPC HIV HIZ HK HKSX HL HLSX HN HNCHR HO HOA HOSTAGES HPKO HR HRC HRCS HRICTY HRIGHTS HRKSTC HSI HSTC HSWG HT HTCG HTSC HU HUD HUM HUMAN HUMANITARIAN HUMANR HUMANRIGHTS HUMOR HUMRIT HUNRC HURI HURRICANE HYDE HYLAND HYMPSK HZ IA IACHR IACI IACO IACW IADB IAEA IAES IAHRC IAIE IAII IASA IATTC IAZ IBB IBD IBET IBPCA IBRB IBRD IC ICAC ICAO ICC ICCAT ICCROM ICES ICJ ICRC ICRS ICSCA ICTR ICTY ID IDA IDB IDLI IDLO IDP IDR IE IEA IEAB IEF IF IFAD IFC IFIN IFM IFO IFR IFRC IG IGAD IGF IHO IICA IINS IIP IK IL ILAB ILC ILEA ILO IMC IMET IMF IMMIGRATION IMO IMSO IMTS IN INAUGURATION INCB IND INDO INF INFLUENZA INL INMARSAT INNP INPFC INR INRA INRB INRD INRO INRPAZ INS INSC INT INTEL INTELLECTUAL INTELSAT INTERNAL INTERPOL INV INVI IO IOC IOM IP IPET IPGRI IPK IPPC IPR IPROP IQ IQNV IR IRAN IRAQ IRAQI IRAQI FREEDOM IRC IRCE IRDB IRE IRL IRLE IRM IRMO IRNB IRPE IRS IS ISA ISAAC ISAF ISCA ISCON ISLAMISTS ISLE ISN ISNV ISO ISPA ISPL ISRAEL ISRAEL RELATIONS ISRAELI ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ISSUES ISTC IT ITA ITALIAN ITALY ITECIP ITEIND ITELTN ITER ITF ITIA ITRA ITRD ITU IUCN IV IVIANNA IWC IWI IX IZ IZAORC JA JAM JAMES JAPAN JAT JAWAD JCIC JE JEFFERY JEFFREY JHR JI JIMENEZ JIMENEZ CHILDREN JK JKUS JM JN JO JOHNNIE JOSE NEY MILA ESPINOSA JOSE RAMOS HORTA JOSEPH BIDEN JP JS JSRP JUAN JUS JY KA KACP KACT [+] KACW KADM KAID KALM KALR KANSOU KAPO KARIM WADE KATRINA KAUST KAWC [+] KAWK KAWL KAWS KAWX KAYLA KBCT KBDS KBEM KBIO KBNC KBTC KBTR KBTS KBWG KCCP KCEM KCERS KCFC KCFE [+] KCGC KCHG KCIP [+] KCIS KCM KCMA KCMR KCOG KCOM [+] KCOR [+] KCPS KCRCM KCRI KCRIM KCRM [+] KCRN KCRO KCROM KCROR KCRP KCRS KCRT KCSA KCSI KCSY KCUL KCUM KCVM KCWI KDCM KDDEM KDDG KDE KDEM [+] KDEN KDET KDEV KDGOV KDGR KDHS KDM KDMR KDP KDRG [+] KDRL KDTB KDUM KE KEAI KEBG KECF KEDEM KEDM KEDU KEIM KEM KEMPI KEMR KEMS KEN KENV KERF KERG KESO KESP KESS KEVIN KFAM KFCE KFE KFEM KFGM KFIN KFIU KFLD KFLO KFLU KFOR KFPC KFRD [+] KFRP KFSC KFTFN KFTN KG KGCC KGCN KGHA KGHG [+] KGIC [+] KGICKS KGIT KGIV KGKG KGLB KGOR KGOV KH KHDP KHGH KHIB KHIV [+] KHJUS KHLS [+] KHMN KHOURY KHPD KHSA KHSL KHUM KI KIBL KICA KICC KICCPUR KICR KICT KID KIDE KIF KIFR KIIC KIIP KIL KILS KIMMITT KIMT KIND KINF KINL KINP KINR KINT KIPR [+] KIPT KIRC KIRF [+] KIRL KIRP KIS KISC KISK KISL [+] KISM KISR KITA KIVP KIVR KJAN KJRE KJU KJUS [+] KJUST KJWC KK KKIV KKNP KKOR KKPO KLAB KLAP KLBO KLEG KLFLO KLFU KLHS KLIG KLIP KLPM KLSO KLTN KM KMAC KMAR KMCA [+] KMCC KMCR KMDR [+] KMEPI KMFO KMGT KMIG KMNP KMOC KMPF KMPI KMPIO KMPL KMPP KMPT KMRD KMRS KMSG KMVP KMWN KN KNAO KNAP KNAR KNDP KNEI KNEP KNET KNMP KNN KNNA KNNB KNNC KNNF KNNO KNNP [+] KNNR KNOP KNP KNPP KNPPIS KNPR KNPT KNRG KNRV KNSD KNUC KNUP KO KOC KOCI KOCM KOEM KOGL KOLY [+] KOM KOMC KOMCCO KOMCSG KOMH KOMO KOMS KOR KOSOVO KOUYATE KPA KPAD KPAI KPAK KPAL [+] KPALAOIS KPAM KPAO [+] KPAS KPBT KPDD KPEM KPEO KPER KPET KPIN [+] KPIR KPKO [+] KPKP KPLS KPMI KPMO KPO KPOA KPOKO KPOL KPOP KPOV KPOW KPPAO KPPD KPRD KPRM KPRO KPROG KPRP KPRV KPSC KPTD KPTS KPWG KPWR [+] KQ KQM KQRDQ KR KRAD [+] KRAL KRCIM KRCM KRCS KRD KRDP KREC KREF KREL KRF KRFD KRFR KRG KRGY KRIC KRIF KRIM KRKO KRM KRMS KRV KRVC KS KSA KSAC KSAF KSCA [+] KSCI KSCS KSCT KSEAO KSEC KSEI KSEO KSEP KSI KSIA KSKN KSLG KSMT KSOC KSOCI KSPA KSPR [+] KSRE KSTC KSTCC KSTCPL KSTH KSTS KSTT KSUM [+] KSUP KT KTAO KTBD KTBT KTCRE KTDB KTDD KTDM KTER KTEX KTFIN KTFM KTFN [+] KTFR KTFS KTIA [+] KTIP [+] KTLA KTNBT KTNF KTPN KTRD KTRF KTSC KTSD KTTB KTTC KTTP KU KUAE KUIR KUM KUNA KUNC KUNH KUNP KUNR [+] KUS KUWAIT KV KVBL KVIP KVIR KVIS KVPR KVRC KVRP KW KWAC KWAK KWAWC KWBC KWBG [+] KWBW KWCI KWCR KWGB KWHG KWIC KWIM KWIR KWKN KWM KWMJN KWMM KWMN [+] KWN KWNM KWNN KWOMN KWPA KWPB KWPG KWPR KWRC KWRF KWRG KWUN KWWT KWWW KX KY KZ LA LAB LABOR LANSANA LANTERN LARREA LARS LAS LAURA LAVIN LAW LB LBAR LBY LE LEAGUE LEB LEBIK LEGAT LEGATT LEIS LEON LEVINE LEW LG LGAT LH LI LIB LICC LIMA LINE LK LMS LN LO LOG LORAN LOTT LOVE LR LS LT LTG LTTE LU LV LVPR LY LZ MA MAAR MACEDONIA MACP MANUEL MAP MAPP MAPS MAR MARAD MARIE MARINO MARITIME MARK MARQUEZ MARR [+] MARS MARTIN MARV MAS MASC MASS [+] MATT MB MBM MC MCA MCAP [+] MCAPARR MCAPN MCAPP MCAPS MCAT MCC MCCONNELL MCCP MCRM MCTRE MD MDA MDC MDO ME MEA MED MEDIA MEP MEPI MEPN MEPP MERCOSUR MESUR MEX MF MFA MFO MG MGL MGMT MGOV MGT MGTA MH MHUC MI MIAH MIC MICHAEL MICHEL MIGUEL VARGAS MALDONADO MIK MIL MILI MILITANTS MILITARY MILLENNIUM MINURSO MINUSTAH MITCHELL MJ MK ML MLS MMAR MMED MN MNLF MNNC MNNUC MNU MNUC [+] MNUCH MNUCWA MNUM MNUN MNUR MNUS MNVC MO MOHAMAD MOHAMMAD MOLINA MONTENEGRO MONUC MONY MOOPS MOP MOPP MOPPS MOPS [+] MORG MOROCCO MORS MOS MOTO MOTT MP MPOL MPOS MPP MPS MQADHAFI MR MRCRE MRRR MRS MRSEC MS MSG MSIG MT MTAA MTAG MTCAE MTCR MTCRA MTCRE MTRCE MTRE MTRRE MTS MU MUC MUCN MUKASEY MULLEN MUNC MURRAY MV MW MX MY MZ NA NAC NACB NAFTA NAM NAMSA NANCY NAR NARC NARCOTICS NARR NAS NASA NAT NATEU NATGAS NATIONAL NATO NATOAFGHAN NATOBALKANS NATOIRAQ NATOOPS NATOPOLICY NATSIOS NAVO NB NBTS NBU NC NCCC NCD NCT NCTC NDI NDP NE NEA NEC NEI NELSON NEPAD NERG NET NEW NFATC NFMS NFSO NG NGO NGUYEN NH NI NICOLE NIH NIPP NK NKWG NL NLD NLIAEA NLO NMFS NMNUC NMUC NNPT NO NOAA NOI NOK NON NONE NORAD NOTAG NOVO NP NPA NPG NPT NR NRC NRG NRR NRRC NS NSC NSF NSFO NSG NSSP NT NTDB NTSB NTTC NU NUC NUIN NV NW NZ NZUS OA OAO OARC OAS OASC OASCC OASS OAU OBAMA OBS OBSP OCBD OCEA OCED OCHA OCII OCRA OCS OCSE ODAG ODC ODIP [+] ODPC OECD OECS OECV OES OESC OEXC [+] OEXP OF OFDA OFDC OFDP [+] OFDPQIS OFFICIALS OFPD OFSO OGAC OGIV OHCHR OHI OHIP OI OIC OICCO OIE OIF OIG OIIP [+] OIL OIM OLY OLYAIR OLYMPICS OM OMB OMIG OMS ON ONA OPAD OPBAT OPC OPCD OPCR OPCW OPDAT OPDC [+] OPDP OPEC OPET OPIC OPID OPOC OPPC OPRC [+] OPREC OPREP OPS OPSC OPVIP ORA ORC ORCA ORECD ORED OREG OREP [+] ORGANIZED ORP ORTA ORUE OSAC OSCE OSCI [+] OSD OSEC OSHA OSIC OSTA OSTRA OTA OTAR OTP OTR OTRA [+] OTRABL OTRAO OTRAZ OTRC OTRD OUALI OVIP [+] OVP OXEC OXEM OZ PA PAARM PAC PACE PAGE PAGR PAHO PAIGH PAK PAL PALESTINIAN PAMQ PAN PANAM PAO PAR PARALYMPIC PARCA PAREL PARK PARLIAMENT PARM [+] PARMS PARN PARP PARR PARTIES PARTM PARTY PAS PASS PATTY PAUM PB PBGT PBIO PBK PBOV PBPTS PBS PBT PBTS [+] PCI PCON PCOR PCRM PCUL PD PDA PDD PDEM PDIP PDOV PDRG PE PEACE PEACEKEEPINGFORCES PEDRO PEL PELOSI PEMEX PENA PENV PEPFAR PEPR PER PEREZ PERL PERM PERSONS PET PETER PETERS PETR PETRAEUS PETROL PF PFIN PFLP PFOR PFOV PG PGGOC PGIC PGIV PGKV PGO PGOC PGOF PGOG PGON PGOR PGOT PGOV [+] PGOVE PGOVQL PGPV PGREL PGREV PGV PH PHALANAGE PHARM PHAS PHEM PHIM PHM PHSA [+] PHU PHUH PHUM [+] PHUMHUPPS PHUN PHUS PHYTRP PI PIA PICES PIF PIN PINB PIND PINER PINF PING PINL PINO PINR [+] PINS [+] PINT PINV PIR PIRF PIRN PJUS PK PKAO PKBL PKFK PKISL PKK PKMN PKNP PKO PKPA PKPAL PKPO PKPRP PKST PL PLAB PLAN PLEC PLN PLO PLUM PM PMAR PMAT PMDL PMIG PMIL PMIN PMR PMUC PN PNAT PNET PNG PNIR PNNL PNR PNRG PNS PNUC PNUK PNUM PO PODC POG POGV POINS POL POLG POLI POLICY POLINT POLITICAL POLITICS POLM POLMIL POLS POLUN POREL PORG POSTS POTUS POUS POV POWELL PP PPA PPAO PPD PPEF PPEL PPKO PPOL PQL PQM PRC PRE PREC PRED PREF [+] PREG PREJ PREK PREL [+] PRELEVU PRELM PRELPLS PRELTBIOBA PREM PREO PREP PRER PRES PRESIDENT PRESL PREV PREZ PRF PRFE PRFL PRGO PRGOV PRIL PRL PRLE PRM PRO PROB PROCESS PROG PROL PROLIFERATION PROP [+] PROPERTY PROTECTION PROTESTS PROV PROVE PRT PRTER PRWL PS PSA PSCE PSEC PSEPC PSHA PSI PSNR PSO PSOC PSOCI PSOE PT PTBS PTE PTEL PTEP PTER [+] PTGOV PTIA PTR PTRD PU PUAS PUBLIC PUNE PUNR PUOS PV PVIP PVOV PVPR PVTS PWBG PWMN PY QA QADRI QEL QI QIZ QM QT QU QUAN QUOC RA RAED RAID RAS RATIFICATION RBI RCA RCMP RE REA REACTION REALTIONS RECIN REF REFORM REFPAN REFUGEE REFUGEES REGION REGIONAL REID REIN REINEMEYER REL RELAM RELATIONS RELFREE RELIGIOUS REMON RENAMO RENE PREVAL REO REPORT REUBEN RF RFE RFIN RFREEDOM RGOV RGY RHUM RI RICE RICHARD RIGHTS RIGHTSPOLMIL RIMC RIVERA RL RLA RM RMA RO ROK ROME ROSS ROW ROY RP RPEL RPTS RQ RR RRB RREL RS RSO RSOX RSP RSZ RTT RU RUEHZO RV RW RWANDA SA SAAD SAARC SACU SADC SAFE SAIR SAIS SAMA SAN SANC SANR SAO SARB SARGSIAN SARS SASC SASEC SB SBA SC SCA SCCC SCE SCENESETTER SCHUL SCI SCIENCE SCNV SCOI SCOL SCOM SCPR SCRM SCRS SCRSERD SCUL [+] SCVL SD SE SEC SECDEF SECI SECRET SECRETARY SECSTATE SECTOR SECURITY SEMAAN GABY EID SEN SENC SENG SENS SENU SENV [+] SENVQGR SENVSPL SENVSXE SEP SERBIA SERZH SETTLEMENTS SEVN SEXP SF SFNV SG SGNV SGWI SH SHANNON SHI SHUM SI SIMS SIPDI SIPDIS SIPR SIPRNET SIPRS SIUK SK SKCA SKEP SKI SKSAF SL SLM SLOVAK SM SMAR SMI SMIG [+] SMIL SMIT SMITH SMRT SN SNA SNAP SNAR [+] SNUC SO SOC SOCI [+] SOCIA SOCIETY SOCIS SOCISZX SOCR SOCY SOE SOFA SOI SOIC SOLI SOLIC SOM SOPN SORT SOSI SOVIET SOWGC SP SPAS SPC SPCE SPCVIS SPECI SPECIALIST SPILL SPP SPSTATE SR SREF SRIT SRS SRYI SSA SSH ST STAG START STATE STC STEINBERG STET STP STR SU SUCCESSION SULLIVAN SUMMIT SUR SV SW SWHO SWMN SX SXG SY SYAI SYMBOL SYR SYRIA SYSI SYTH SZ TA TAGS TALAL TAUSCHER TAX TB TBI TBID TBIO [+] TBIOZK TBKIO TBO TC TCOR TCSENV TD TDA TE TECH TECHNOLOGY TER TERAA TERFIN TERR TERROR TERRORISM TF TFIN TG TGRY TH THANH THE THERESE THIRDTERM THKSJA THOMAS THPY TI TIA TIBO TIFA TINT TIO TIP TITI TIUZ TJ TK TL TM TN TNDG TNGD TO TOPEC TORRIJOS TOURISM TP TPHY [+] TPKO TPP TPSA TPSL TR TRAD TRADE TRAFFICKING TRBIO TRBY TRD TREAS TREASURY TREATY TREL TRG TRGV TRGY [+] TRIO TRSY TRT TRV TRY TRYG TRYS TS TSA TSLP TSPA [+] TSPL TSRL TSRY TSY TT TTFN TU TURKEY TV TVBIO TW TWRO TX TY TZ TZBY UA UAE UAID UAM UB UDEM UE UEU UG UGA UK UKR UKRAINE UM UMIK UN UNA UNAF UNAIDS UNAMA UNAMSIL UNAORC UNAUS UNBRO UNC UNCC UNCDF UNCDN UNCHC UNCHR UNCHS UNCITRAL UNCND UNCOPUOS UNCRED UNCRIME UNCSD UNCSW UNCTAD UNDC UNDEF UNDOF UNDP UNECE UNEF UNEP UNESCO UNFA UNFC UNFCYP UNFF UNFICYP UNFIYCP UNFPA UNGA UNGAPL UNGO UNHCR UNHRC UNICEF UNIDCP UNIDO UNIDROIT UNIFEM UNIFIL UNION UNKIK UNM UNMEE UNMIC UNMIK UNMIKI UNMIKV UNMIL UNMIN UNMOVIC UNO UNODC UNOMIG UNOPS UNP UNPAR UNPUOS UNRCCA UNRCR UNREST UNRWA UNSC UNSCAPU UNSCD UNSCE UNSCER UNSCR UNSCS UNSD UNSE UNTAC UNTERR UNTZ UNUS UNVIE UNYI UP UPU UPUO UR US USAID USAU USCC USCG USDA USDELFESTTWO USEU USG USGS USMS USNC USOAS USOP USPS USPTO USSC USTA USTDA USTR USTRD USTRIT USTRPS USTRUWR USUN UUNR UV UX UY UZ VA VANG VAT VC VE VELS VEN VENZ VETTING VI VINICIO VIP VIS VISIT VM VN VO VOA VT VTEG VTFR VTIS VTPREL VTTBIO VTWCAR VXY VY VZ WA WAEMU WAKI WAR WB WBEG WBG WCAR WCI WCL WCO WE WEBG WEBZ WEET WEF WEOG WET WEU WFA WFP WFPAORC WFPO WGC WGG WHA WHITMER WHO WHTI WI WILCOX WIPO WIR WJRO WM WMD WMDT WMN WMO WOMEN WPO WRTO WS WSIS WTO WTRD WTRO WTRQ WW WWARD WWBG WWT WZ XA XAAF XB XC XD XE XF XFNEA XG XH XI XJ XK XL XLUM XM XO XP XQ XR XS XT XTAG XU XV XW XX XXX XY XZ YE YEH YI YL YM YMCS YS YU YURIY ZA ZANU ZB ZC ZCTU ZEALAND ZF ZFR ZH ZI ZIM ZJ ZK ZKGM ZL ZM ZN ZO ZP ZR ZS ZT ZU ZW ZXA
AA AADP AALC ABER ABLD [+] ABLDG ABLG ABMC ABT ABUD AC ACABQ ACAO ACCOUNT ACDA ACEC ACKM ACOA ACOTA ACS ACTION ADANA ADB ADCO ADCP ADEL ADEP ADIP ADM ADMIRAL ADPM ADRC AE AEC AECL AEGR AEIR AEM AEMED AEMR [+] AER AESC AF AFARI AFDB AFDIN AFFAIRS AFGHANISTAN AFIN [+] AFL AFLU AFOR AFR AFSA AFSI AFSN AFU AFZAL AG AGAO AGENDA AGENGA AGIT AGMT AGOA AGR AGS AGUIRRE AI AIAG AID AIDAC AIDS AIEA AIHRC AIN AINF AINFCY AINR AINT AISG AIT AJ AK AL AL-1 ALAB ALBE ALEXANDER ALI ALJAZEERA ALL ALNEA ALOW ALOWAR AM AMAT AMB AMCHAMS AMCT AME AMED AMEDI AMEMR AMER AMERICAS AMEX AMG AMGE AMGMT AMGT [+] AMIA AMLB AMPR AMT AMTC AMTG AN ANARCHISTS ANC AND ANET ANTITERRORISM AO AOCR AODE AOIC AOMS AOPR AORC [+] AORD AOREC AORG AORL AOWC AP APCS APDC APEC APECO APER [+] APR APRC APRM AQ AR ARAB ARABBL ARABL ARABLEAGUE ARAS ARC ARCH ARENA AREP ARF ARG ARM ARMITAGE ARMS AROC ARR ARRMZY ARSO AS ASA ASAC ASC ASCC ASCE ASCEC ASCH ASE ASEAN ASEC [+] ASECARP ASECE ASECM ASECSI ASECVE ASED ASEDC ASEG ASEK ASES ASEX ASFC ASIC ASIG ASIR ASJA ASO ASOC ASPA ASR ASSEMBLY ASSK ASUP AT ATFN ATPDEA ATRA ATRD ATRN AU AU-1 AUC AUNR AUSGR AUSTRALIAGROUP AV AVERY AVIAN AVIANFLU AVIATION AW AX AY AZ AZE B. BA BAGHDAD BAIO BAKOYANNIS BALKANS BAPOL BARACK BASHAR BATA BB BBG BBSR BC BCW BCXP BD BE BEAN BEN BERARDUCCI BESP BEXB BEXP [+] BEXPC BEXPPLM BEXT BF BFIF BFIN BFIO BG BGD BGMT BH BHUM BI BIC BIH BILAT BIMSTEC BINR BIO BIOS BIOTECH BIOTECHNOLOGY BIT BITO BK BL BLR BLUE BLUNT BM BMENA BMGT BMOT BN BNUC BO BOIKO BOL BOND BOQ BORDER BOSNIA BOU BOUCHAIB KAKA BOUTERSE BP BPIS BPTS BR BRIAN BRPA BRUSSELS BS BSSR BT BTA BTC BTIO [+] BTIU BTRA BTT BU BUD BULGARIA BURMA BUSH BV BW BWC BX BXEP BY BZ CA CAC CACM CACS CAFTA CAIO CAJC CAMBODIA CAN CAPC CARC CARE CARIB CARICOM CARSON CAS CASA CASC [+] CASCC CASCR CASE CASTILLO CAVO CB CBC CBD CBE CBG CBIS CBM CBSA CBTH CBW CCSR CCY CD CDB CDC CDCC CDCE CDG CDI CE CEA CEC CEDAW CEN CENTCOM CENTRIC CEUDA CF CFE CFED CFG CFIS CFSP CG CGEN CGOPRC CH CHAD CHALLENGE CHAO CHELIDZE CHENEY CHERTOFF CHG CHIEF CHN CHR CHRISTIAN CHRISTOF CHRISTOPHER CI CIA CIAT CIC CICTE CIDA CIO CIP CIS CITEL CITES CITIBANK CITT CIVAIR CIVS CJ CJAN [+] CJUS CK CKGR CKOR CL CLEARANCE CLINTON CLMT CLO CLOK CM CMAE CMFT CMGT [+] CMP CMT CN CNAR CNARC CNC CNO CO CODEL COE COL COLIN COLLECTIVE COLOMBO COM COMESA COMMERCE CON CONAWAY CONDOLEEZZA CONDOLEEZZA RICE CONEAZ CONG CONGO CONGRINT CONS CONSULAR CONTROL CONTROLS CORRUPTION COSI COUNTER COUNTER TERRORISM COUNTERTERRORISM COUNTRY COUNTRYCLEARANCE CP CPA CPAS CPC CPCTC CPPT CPUOS CQ CR CRIM CRIME CRIMES CRM CROATIA CROS CRS CRUZ CS CSCE CSEP CSIS CSW CT CTBT CTER CTERR CTM CTR CTRYCLR CU CUCO CUIS CUL CV CVIA CVIC CVIS [+] CVISU CVPR CVR CW CWC CWCM CWG CX CY CYP CYPRUSARMS CZ DA DAC DAFR DAN DANFUNG DANIEL DAO DARFR DARFUR DAVID DAVID LEE HOWES DAVID WELCH DAVID WILLIAM RAY DB DC DCDG DCG DCHA DCI DCM DCOM DCRM DE DEA DEAX DEFENSE DEFENSEREFORM DELTAVIOLENCE DEM DEMARCHE DEMOCRATIC DENNIS DEOC DEPT DEPT FOR DS COMMAND CENTER DESI DHA DHLAKAMA DHLS DHRF DHS DHSX DIEZ DIPLOMACY DISENGAGEMENT DJ DK DKEM DMIN DMINE DO DOC DOD DOE DOJ DOMC DOMESTIC DOMESTICPOLITICS DONALD RUMSFELD DOT DPAO DPKO DPM DPOL DPRK DR DRC DRIP DRL DS DSR DSS DTFN DTRA DTRO DU DVC DY EAC EAD EADI EADM EAG EAGER EAGR [+] EAI EAIC EAID [+] EAIDB EAIDCIN EAIDEGZ EAIDMG EAIDNI EAIF EAIG EAIO EAIR [+] EAIS EAIT EAOD EAP EAPC EAR EARI EASS EATO EAUD EAVI EB EBEXP EBRD EBUD EC ECA ECCP ECCT ECE ECIN ECIP ECLAC ECN ECOIN ECOM ECON [+] ECONCS ECONEGE ECONOMIC ECONOMICS ECONOMY ECONOMY AND FINANCE ECOR ECOS ECOSOC ECOWAS ECPC ECPN ECPO ECPS [+] ECPSN ECRM ECTRD ECUN ED EDA EDEV EDRC EDU EDUC EE EEB EEC EENG EENV EEOC EET EETC EFI EFIC EFIM EFIN [+] EFIS [+] EFLU EFN EFND EFNI EFQ EFTA EG EGAD EGAR EGEN EGHG EGOV EGOVSY EH EI EIAD EIAID EIAR EIB EICN EID EIDE EIDN EIFN EIN EIND [+] EINDIR EINF EING EINN EINO EINR EINT [+] EINV [+] EINZ EIPR EIQ EISL EISNLN EITC EITI EIVN EK EL ELA ELAB [+] ELAD ELAINE ELAM ELAN ELAP ELB ELBA ELBR ELEC ELECTIONS ELF ELIN ELN ELND ELNT ELTD ELTM ELTN [+] ELTRN EMAIL EMED EMI EMIN [+] EMN EMS EMW EN END ENDURING ENEG ENER ENERG ENERGY ENFR ENG ENGR ENGRD ENGRG ENGY ENIV ENLT ENNP ENR ENRC ENRG [+] ENRL ENTG ENV ENVI ENVIRONMENT ENVR ENVT EON EOXC EP EPA EPAT EPCS EPE EPEC EPECO EPET [+] EPIN EPIT EPPD EPRT EPSC EPTE EPTED EPWR EQ EQRD ER ERA ERD EREL ERGR ERICKSON ERIN ERTD ES ESA ESCAP ESCI ESDP ESENV ESF ESLCO ESOC ESOCI ESPS ESS ESSO ESTH ESTN ESTRADA ET ETA ETAD ETC ETCC ETD ETDR ETEL ETER ETEX ETFN ETIC ETIO ETLN ETMIN ETR ETRA ETRAD ETRB ETRC ETRD [+] ETRDECD ETRG ETRK ETRN ETRO ETRP ETT ETTC [+] ETTD ETTF ETTN ETTR ETTRD ETTW ETZ EU EUC EUCOM EUE EUEAID EUFOR EUM EUMEM EUN EUR EUREM EURM EURN EV EVENTS EVN EWRG EWT EWTR EWWT [+] EX EXBS EXEC EXIM EXO EXPORT EXTERNAL EZ FA FAA FAC FAGR FAO FARC FARM FAS FATAH FBI FCC FCS FCSC FCSCEG FCUL FDA FDIC FEDULOV FEMA FERNANDO FGM FI FIN FINANCE FINE FINR FINREF FINV FIR FISO FJ FK FKFLO FKLU FLU FM FMC FMGT FMLN FMS FO FOI FOOKS FOR FORCE FORCES FOREIGN FORWHA FP FPC FR FRA FRANCIS FRANCISCO RODENAS RUIZ FRB FREDOM FREEDOM FRELIMO FRIED FRN FRU FSC FSI FT FTA FTAA FWS GA GAERC GAMES GAO GARCIA GASPAR GATT GAZA GAZPROM GB GBSLE GC GCC GCCC GE GEF GEORGE GERARD GESKE GF GG GH GI GIPNC GIWI GJ GKGIC GL GLOBAL GM GN GO GOG GOI GON GOVPOI GPGOV GPI GPOI GPOV GR GRQ GS GT GTIP GTMO GTREFTEL GU GUAM GUANTANAMO GUIDANCE GUILLERMO GUTIERREZ GV GWI GY GZ GZIS HA HARRIET HARRY HAWZ HCOPIL HDP HE HEAVEN HEBRON HELGERSON HERCEGOVINA HG HHS HI HIGHLIGHTS HIJAZI HILARY HILLARY HILLEN HIPC HIV HIZ HK HKSX HL HLSX HN HNCHR HO HOA HOSTAGES HPKO HR HRC HRCS HRICTY HRIGHTS HRKSTC HSI HSTC HSWG HT HTCG HTSC HU HUD HUM HUMAN HUMANITARIAN HUMANR HUMANRIGHTS HUMOR HUMRIT HUNRC HURI HURRICANE HYDE HYLAND HYMPSK HZ IA IACHR IACI IACO IACW IADB IAEA IAES IAHRC IAIE IAII IASA IATTC IAZ IBB IBD IBET IBPCA IBRB IBRD IC ICAC ICAO ICC ICCAT ICCROM ICES ICJ ICRC ICRS ICSCA ICTR ICTY ID IDA IDB IDLI IDLO IDP IDR IE IEA IEAB IEF IF IFAD IFC IFIN IFM IFO IFR IFRC IG IGAD IGF IHO IICA IINS IIP IK IL ILAB ILC ILEA ILO IMC IMET IMF IMMIGRATION IMO IMSO IMTS IN INAUGURATION INCB IND INDO INF INFLUENZA INL INMARSAT INNP INPFC INR INRA INRB INRD 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05RANGOON87 | A RARE GLIMPSE INTO BURMA'S NAGA REGION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Burma's Naga region, abutting the Indian border some 350 miles NW of Mandalay, is quiet but edgy, with "three governments--the underground, the Indian underground, and the Government" all exploiting villagers' resources, according to a Naga leader. Traditional opium poppy cult [...] | 2005-01-21 05:20:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SNAR MOPS PINS SENV BM |
05RANGOON908 | KNU LETTER TO SPDC APPEALS FOR PEACE [...] (U) SUMMARY: The President of the Karen National Union (KNU) recently wrote a letter to SPDC Senior General Than Shwe proposing peace talks and a political, vice military, solution to their conflict. The KNU views the 2004 "gentlemen's agreement" cease-fire, brokered by KNU General Bo Mya and [...] | 2005-08-05 06:20:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL PINS BM |
05RANGOON979 | BURMA: THAN SHWE HEALTH ISSUES FUEL POWER STRUGGLE [...] (C) Summary: Heightened activity on August 23-24 at a Rangoon military hospital, including visits by senior-level officials, are the source of rumors that the leader of Burma's military regime, Senior General Than Shwe, has fallen seriously ill. It is possible that Than Shwe checked into the [...] | 2005-08-24 11:03:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS ASEC BM |
05RANGOON989 | BURMA: RUMORS PERSIST THAT SOMETHING'S AMISS [...] (SBU) Summary: August 25 was yet another day of unsubstantiated rumors in Rangoon involving speculation that State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) Chairman Than Shwe has suffered a medical setback and/or that senior regime generals are involved in a power struggle. If nothing unusual has [...] | 2005-08-25 11:36:00 | Embassy Rangoon | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS ASEC BM |
05RANGOON996 | BURMA: GOB PRESS CONFERENCE "CLARIFIES" OLD NEWS [...] SUMMARY: The SPDC Information Committee, in an August 28 "press conference" held in Rangoon, declared four opposition groups "unlawful associations" and again accused "destabilizing Western countries" of being behind recent security threats to Burma. In response to a press query, a GOB offici [...] | 2005-08-29 11:12:00 | Embassy Rangoon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINS BM |
05ROME3187 | LEHAY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING GUIDANCE/ACES [...] The Italian military screens the criminal and security background of all persons who join the armed forces. Service members selected as candidates to U.S. sponsored training programs undergo a rigorous selection process. There is no credible evidence that the Italian military establishment ha [...] | 2005-09-23 14:57:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR KSEP HUMAN RIGHTS |
05ROME3512 | ITALIANS WONDERING IF THEY'RE NEXT [...] (S) Summary. Both center-right and center-left politicians remain focused on the possibility of a major terror attack in Italy in coming months. An adviser on Middle East Affairs in the prime minister's office told us he sees a high possibility of an Al-Qaida attack somewhere in Italy duri [...] | 2005-10-20 12:39:00 | Embassy Rome | SECRET | PREL PTER PINS ASEC IT ANTITERRORISM FORCE PROTECTION |
05SANAA3136 | SCENESETTER FOR PRESIDENT SALEH'S VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary: President Ali Abdullah Saleh arrives in Washington looking for increased military support and economic deliverables for Yemen, while at home he has shown little willingness to make the tough decisions necessary for the future of his country. Yemen remains an important regional [...] | 2005-10-26 13:41:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KDEM ECON EAID MASS MARR PINS YM COUNTER TERRORISM DOMESTIC POLITICS DEMOCRATIC REFORM |
05SANSALVADOR2475 | ACTING DHS U/S BEARDSWORTH MEETS WITH GOES [...] (C) Summary: On September 2, Acting DHS U/S Beardsworth and Minister of Governance Rene Figueroa met to discuss border and migration issues. The meeting focused on violent (mostly gang members) and non-violent (mostly immigration violators) deportees. GOES officials demanded more background [...] | 2005-09-07 15:02:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PREL PTER SOCI KCRM KJUS ES |
05SANSALVADOR2488 | GOVERNMENT OF EL SALVADOR REITERATES KATRINA [...] (C) GOES Foreign Minister Francisco Lainez called CDA on September 7 at at President Saca's request. Saca had been informed that Mexican troops had entered the U.S. to participate in Hurricane Katrina relief efforts in New Orleans, and he wanted to remind us that Salvadoran troops are ready [...] | 2005-09-08 13:31:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR CASC EAID ES MARR PGOV PINS PREL US HURRICANE KATRINA |
05SANSALVADOR2904 | SECOND DEPORTATIONS WORKING GROUP MEETING: [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 21, the joint Embassy-GOES Deportations Working Group met to review issues to be raised by a GOES delegation traveling to Washington to discuss accelerated deportations the week of October 24. The delegation will consist of Governance Vice-Minister Rodrigo Avila, Vice [...] | 2005-10-25 15:06:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PREF PREL PTER KCRM KJUS ES |
05SANSALVADOR2942 | Anti-Gang Cooperation Generates Multiple Benefits [...] SUMMARY: Post persuaded two Salvadoran government organs with a limited history of mutual coordination, the National Civil Police (PNC) and the National Civil Registry (RNPN,) to cooperate on biometrics collection during a five- nation law enforcement operation against members of the Salvado [...] | 2005-10-28 23:10:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI KHLS CVIS PINS KFRD ES |
05SANSALVADOR3013 | EL SALVADOR: RESULTS OF MINI-DUBLIN GROUP MEETING [...] (U) On November 4, 2005, Post convened a meeting of the Salvadoran Mini-Dublin Group (MDG). In attendance were representatives from the Embassies of Canada, Japan, France, Germany, Spain, and Italy. The following provides information requested in Reftel and a summary of MDG bilateral, counte [...] | 2005-11-07 22:45:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR ES PINR PINS PREL KCRM INL |
05SANSALVADOR3283 | SECURING US BORDERS AGAINST SALVADORAN GANGS: [...] SUMMARY: Travel to the United States is now more difficult for members of Salvadoran-based gangs. Since June 2005, when the Departments of State and Homeland Security agreed that INA 212(a)(3)(A)(ii) renders members of Salvadoran street gangs ineligible for a visa, Post successfully used th [...] | 2005-11-22 19:41:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KFRD PREL SNAR PTER KCRM SOCI KHLS PINS ES |
05SANSALVADOR3396 | EXPEDITED DEPORTATIONS MAY NOT INITIALLY DISSUADE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Expedited deportations may not initially dissuade illegal immigration from El Salvador. Approximately half of all illegal entry attempts are successful, which provides sufficient incentive for Salvadorans to make attempts and reattempts. In addition, many Salvadorans must secur [...] | 2005-12-02 19:51:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PREL KCRM PINS SOCI ES |
05SANSALVADOR3491 | EL SALVADOR: FIRST DRAFT OF 2006 INCSR PART I [...] (U) Per Reftel, the following is Post's first draft of the 2006 INCSR Part I. Year-end statistics for CY-2005 are not yet available. Post will add these statistics in January 2006 and retransmit this report. Text follows. 2. (U) El Salvador I. Summary El Salvador is a transit count [...] | 2005-12-15 19:15:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PGOV PINR PINS PREL KCRM KJUS ES |
05SANSALVADOR3560 | MESSAGE FOR COALITION PARTNERS ON FORCE ADJUSTMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-22 22:35:00 | Embassy San Salvador | SECRET | PGOV PINS PREL MARR MOPS IZ ES |
05SANTIAGO1885 | IN COMPLIANCE DIPLOMACY VISIT, A/S OF VERIFICATION [...] (SBU) Summary: As part of the ongoing Compliance Diplomacy initiative, A/S of Verification and Compliance (VC) Paula A. DeSutter emphasized the importance of Chile as a strategic partner with the capacity to influence key organizations and countries on current topics in arms control and nonpr [...] | 2005-09-13 13:52:00 | Embassy Santiago | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PINR PINS PREL KNNP CI |
05STATE225765 | POSTING OF LEAHY VETTING GUIDE [...] The Deparment is pleased to announce that a new Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) on Leahy Vetting is now posted on the Abuse Case Evaluation System (ACES) website at http://aces.state.sgov.gov/. This document serves as a practical user's guide for implementation of the Leahy Law at posts an [...] | 2005-12-15 21:05:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PINR PINS PREL MASS KCRM SNAR |
05TAIPEI2554 | Congressman Kennedy Urges LY Chairman Wang Jin-pyng [...] (SBU) Summary: Congressman Mark Kennedy (R-MN) met with Taiwanese Legislative Yuan Chairman Wang Jin-pyng on June 4, 2005. Wang expressed his hopes for a U.S.-Taiwan free trade agreement (FTA) and asked the Congressman for his support. Congressman Kennedy, in turn, raised concerns over the S [...] | 2005-06-10 07:40:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP PGOV PINS PREL MASS ETRD CH TW |
05TAIPEI2555 | President Chen Tells Congressman Mark Kennedy He [...] (SBU) Congressman Mark Kennedy from Minnesota's Sixth District met with Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian June 5 during a two-day trip to Taiwan. Kennedy praised Taiwan opening its beef market to U.S. imports and progress on the protection of intellectual property. He recommended relaxation of [...] | 2005-06-10 07:40:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP PGOV PINS PREL MASS ETRD EINV CH TW |
05TAIPEI2556 | Congressman Mark Kennedy and Foreign Minister Chen [...] (SBU) Congressman Mark Kennedy from Minnesota's Sixth District met with Taiwan Foreign Minister Mark Chen (Chen Tan-sun) June 5 during a two-day trip to Taiwan, covering many of the same issues he discussed with President Chen and Legislative Yuan Chairman Wang Jin-pyng (reported septels). Con [...] | 2005-06-10 07:41:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP PGOV PINS PREL MASS ETRD EINV CH TW |
05TEGUCIGALPA1790 | HONDURAN PRESIDENT MADURO MEETS WITH CHARGE ON [...] (C) Summary: On August 27, Honduran President Ricardo Maduro invited the Charge (CDA) to lunch to discuss various issues, including the president's personal reputation amid corruption charges within the Honduran government. Maduro lamented what he called a needless distancing in the bilate [...] | 2005-08-30 20:55:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SMIG PINS KCRM KJUS SNAR PINR HO |
05TEGUCIGALPA1825 | HONDURAS CSI MOVING AHEAD [...] Following a week-long visit to review progress, a Department of Homeland Security (DHS/CBP) team reports that GOH support for the Container Security Initiative (CSI) program remains strong and preparations at Puerto Cortes continue to move forward. Team leader Mark Reich and Jacob Aguilar bri [...] | 2005-09-02 22:49:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT ETRD ECPS EINV PGOV PINS KMCA HO |
05TEGUCIGALPA2576 | HONDURAS SENT C-130 ENGINES ABROAD FOR [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 8. 2. (S) Post has received confirmation from the Honduran Air Force that Honduras has shipped at least three C-130 engines to an unnamed facility and country for repair/maintenance without prior Department of State approval. Although in [...] | 2005-12-23 16:42:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | SECRET | KOMC ETTC PARM PREL PGOV MOPS PINS PINR HO CI |
05TEGUCIGALPA826 | Stop Illegal Aliens Before They Reach The [...] This is an action request. Please see para. 13. 2. Summary: Post believes reinstating funding for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Program for the Return of Third Country National (TCN) Migrants Intercepted in the Latin America & [...] | 2005-04-21 15:18:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | SMIG KJUS PTER PHUM SNAR PINS PGOV PREL HO |
05TELAVIV5104 | A/S WELCH DISCUSSES DISENGAGEMENT AND GAZA [...] (C) Summary: A/S Welch, Ambassador Kurtzer and General Ward met with Minister of Defense Mofaz and his key staff on August 16 to review the status of settler evacuation from Gaza, and to discuss the status of an Israel-Egyptian protocol on troop deployments along Egypt's border with Gaza. A/ [...] | 2005-08-18 07:57:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS ASEC KWBG KPAL PINS ETRD IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
05TELAVIV5157 | DISENGAGEMENT SITUATION REPORT, AUGUST 21, 2005 [...] (SBU) Summary: On the seventh day of disengagement, IDF soldiers and police focused on evacuating the remaining southern Gaza Strip settlements of Katif and Atzmona and some remaining families in Shelo/Shalev/Slav -- after a day (August 20) of inaction due to the Sabbath. The Israeli cabinet [...] | 2005-08-21 17:19:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG KPAL PREL ECON EAID PINS IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
05TELAVIV5186 | DISENGAGEMENT SITUATION REPORT, AUGUST 22, 2005 [...] (SBU) Summary: On the eighth day of disengagement, the evacuation of the Gaza Strip settlers concluded without incident. The evacuation proceeded smoothly with little of the protest that marked the evacuations of Kfar Darom or Atzmona. Removal and relocation of agricultural equipment from G [...] | 2005-08-22 15:31:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG KPAL PREL ECON EAID PINS IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
05TELAVIV5258 | DISENGAGEMENT SITUATION REPORT, AUGUST 25, 2005 [...] (SBU) Summary: Israeli disengagement is proceeding, with demolition of remaining settlements underway. Israeli focus has now turned to the situation of evacuees in Israel, and on political maneuvering post-disengagement. A gun battle that ensued during an Israeli operation near Tulkarm overn [...] | 2005-08-25 14:49:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG KPAL PREL ECON EAID PINS IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
05TELAVIV5285 | DISENGAGEMENT SITUATION REPORT, AUGUST 26, 2005 [...] (SBU) Summary: The Israeli cabinet is expected to approve on August 28 an agreement with Egypt allowing Egypt to post 750 Border Guards on the Egypt-Gaza border. Meanwhile, Israeli pundits and the weekend press ponder the impact of disengagement. The Israeli daily Yedioth Ahronot reported A [...] | 2005-08-26 15:01:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG KPAL PREL ECON EAID PINS IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
05TELAVIV5360 | DISENGAGEMENT SITUATION REPORT, AUGUST 31, 2005 [...] (C) Summary: The Knesset approved (58-23) the Israeli agreement with Egypt allowing Egypt to post 750 Border Guards on the Egypt-Gaza border, and the GOI plans to sign the agreement on September 1. Egyptian Intelligence Chief Omar Suleiman briefed General Ward on his August 31 meeting with P [...] | 2005-08-31 16:01:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KWBG KPAL PREL ECON EAID PINS IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
05TELAVIV5723 | GAZA STRIP: EUPHORIA OR ANARCHY? [...] (SBU) A PA Ministry of Interior contact told poloff September 16 that the situation in Rafah remains "a big mess," with movement of Egyptians and Palestinians across the border through up to seven openings. The MOI contact, who visited Rafah on September 15 and remained in touch with his cont [...] | 2005-09-16 15:08:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWBG KPAL PREL ECON EAID PINS IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
05TELAVIV5800 | NSA EILAND ON POST-DISENGAGEMENT STEPS FOR MOVING [...] (C) Summary: Israeli National Security Advisor Giora Eiland briefed NEA DAS Elizabeth Dibble September 21 on steps Israel and the Palestinians can take over the coming year to build on the success of Israeli disengagement. DAS Dibble raised the situation at Rafah, and Eiland cited major poin [...] | 2005-09-26 05:07:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG KPAL PINS PGOV KDEM IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI EXTERNAL INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
05TELAVIV5866 | POSSIBLE POST-DISENGAGEMENT SCENARIOS [...] (SBU) Summary: Predictions about the universe of post-disengagement possibilities can be grouped into three possible scenarios and two remote options, according to a range of Israeli observers. The first scenario -- the roadmap scenario -- is the official position of the Government of Israel [...] | 2005-09-28 06:04:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KWBG KPAL PINS PREL IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
05TELAVIV5956 | PA-HAMAS CONFRONTATION IN GAZA [...] (C) Summary: Clashes took place in Gaza City on October 2 between Palestinian Authority (PA) policemen and Hamas gunmen. Three Palestinians were killed -- a senior police officer and two civilians -- while at least 51 were wounded, many of whom were bystanders. Two police stations in Gaza Ci [...] | 2005-10-03 14:28:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS KWBG KPAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS |
05TELAVIV6084 | KIDNAPPING OF KNIGHT RIDDER JOURNALISTS [...] (C) The October 12 kidnapping of an American reporter, Dion Nissenbaum, and a British photographer, Adam Pletts, near Khan Yunis is symptomatic of the lawlessness that prevails in the Gaza Strip, according to Embassy Fatah contacts in Gaza. An influential Fatah-affiliated lawyer in Gaza City [...] | 2005-10-14 16:16:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG KPAL PGOV PINS PTER US UK GAZA DISENGAGEMENT |
05TELAVIV6606 | UNSCO DE SOTO URGING ISRAELIS TO TURN OVER [...] (C) In a discussion about recent Hizballah-IDF clashes along the Israel-Lebanon border, UN Special Coordinator (UNSCO) Alvara de Soto told the Ambassador at mid-day November 22 that: -- he has helped to broker a "fragile cease-fire" that has led to a momentary calm along the Israel-Lebanon b [...] | 2005-11-22 13:20:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR MARR PTER PBTS MOPS PINS KPKO LE COUNTERTERRORISM GOI EXTERNAL |
05TELAVIV6628 | ISRAELI NSA EILAND ON HAMAS IN ELECTIONS, PEACE [...] (C) Israeli National Security Adviser Giora Eiland told NEA DAS Robert Danin November 18 that Hamas will continue to honor the tadiyah ("calm") as long as it believes it serves its interests. Eiland said the calm could be extended through Israeli general elections scheduled for March 2006, or [...] | 2005-11-23 12:55:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PGOV PINS PREF PTER ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS COUNTERTERRORISM |
05TELAVIV6876 | GILAD TELLS A/S WELCH PA ACTION AGAINST PIJ AND [...] (S) Summary: In a December 9 meeting after that with Defense Minister Mofaz (septel),MOD Pol-Mil Director Amos Gilad told A/S Welch, the Ambassador, and Col. Dugger (USSC) that he is concerned that Fatah is replacing its "old guard" with extremists. He assessed that if this trend continues, [...] | 2005-12-10 15:52:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PGOV PINS PTER KWBG KPAL IS JO LE SY ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS COUNTERTERRORISM GOI EXTERNAL |
05TELAVIV7112 | ISRAELI DEBRIEF ON KATYUSHA ATTACK ON KIRYAT [...] (S) Israeli MFA and MOD sources provided Embassy with details concerning the December 27 Katyusha attack from Lebanon on northern Israel. At 2309 local time, Israeli forces reported three explosions in northern Israel, but the debris has not been located to date. MOD contacts said several r [...] | 2005-12-30 15:54:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | SECRET | PREL PINS MOPS PTER LE IS KPAL KPKO SY GOI EXTERNAL MILITARY RELATIONS |
05THEHAGUE1556 | NETHERLANDS/VENEZUELA/ANTILLES: POTENTIAL DUTCH [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-03 13:33:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS PINS MARR SNAR NL NA VE |
05THEHAGUE2126 | NETHERLANDS/UZBEKISTAN: MORE ON DENIED DUTCH [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-03 05:52:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PGOV PINS PREL PTER UZ NL |
05THEHAGUE2414 | TFUS01: STATUS REPORT ON DUTCH OFFERS OF [...] This is an action request. See paras 4-10. 2. Summary: The Dutch Parliament on September 6 issued a brief statement expressing condolences for the victims of Hurricane Katrina and declaring its support for relief efforts. The Dutch have made several offers of assistance to the hurricane-a [...] | 2005-09-06 15:53:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PREL MARR CASC US NL AMER |
05THEHAGUE2648 | DUTCH COUNTER-TERRORISM LEGISLATION [...] SUMMARY: Since the September 11 terrorist attacks in the United States, the Dutch have steadily constructed a solid framework of counter-terrorism (CT) laws. The Netherlands has ratified and implemented all UN conventions and protocols on terrorism as well as all legal instruments in the Eu [...] | 2005-09-30 15:02:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PINR PINS PGOV NL KPRP |
05THEHAGUE2793 | DUTCH ARREST SEVEN IN COUNTER-TERRORISM RAI... [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the largest single counter-terrorism action in the Netherlands since the 9/11 attacks, a newly formed rapid intervention team arrested six men and one woman in The Hague, Amsterdam and Almere on October 14. Among those arrested were Jermaine Walters, the brother of (American) H [...] | 2005-10-14 18:04:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PINR PINS PGOV PREL NL KPRP |
05THEHAGUE2850 | PROSECUTORS ON DUTCH TERROR ARRESTS [...] (C) Summary. Dutch prosecutors responsible for terrorist cases confirmed during an October 17 lunch that the timing of the arrests of seven terror suspects on October 14 was driven by intelligence information indicating the threat of an imminent attack; they did not provide details on the s [...] | 2005-10-20 15:05:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PINS PTER NL KPRP |
05THEHAGUE2948 | NETHERLANDS/EXTREMISM: ONE YEAR AFTER VAN GOGH, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Nearly one year after the murder of controversial Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh by Islamic extremist Mohammed Bouyeri, the GONL is still struggling to craft a strategy to address rising radicalization of its large and disenfranchised Muslim population. An October 26 conference i [...] | 2005-10-28 17:27:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PINR PINS PGOV PREL NL KPRP |
05VATICAN500 | VATICAN CONFIRMS IT PRESSURED FILIPINO BISHOPS [...] (C) Holy See Country Director for the Philippines Monsignor Luis Montemayor confirmed July 14 that the Vatican pressured the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) not to support protests calling for the resignation of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. Montemayor noted that t [...] | 2005-07-15 16:28:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PREL SOCI RP VT |
05VIENNA1439 | EXTENSION OF TRAINERS AT JORDAN INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) Political-Economic Counselor and Pol Unit Chief delivered reftel demarche on April 28 to the Bilateral Affairs Director at the Interior Ministry (MoI),Brigadier General Kurt Hager. Hager noted that any foreign deployment, including to the Amman police academy, required a Counci [...] | 2005-05-03 05:52:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KJUS MARR MCAP PGOV PINR PINS PTER SNAR SOCI AU |
05VIENNA1715 | FOURTH GLOBAL FORUM ON FIGHTING CORRUPTION - AUSTRIAN RESPONSE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-05-24 09:45:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ASEC CPAS CVIS KCRM KFRD PINR PINS PREL SOCI AU |
05VIENNA2957 | TFUS01: AUSTRIAN ASSISTANCE OFFER, CONSULAR [...] On September 5, EconPolCouns met with Christian Berlakovits, the Austrian MFA's Consular Affairs head, to discuss Austria's offers of assistance to the U.S. and its efforts to provide consular assistance to its own citizens. ------------------------- Austrian Assistance Offer --- [...] | 2005-09-05 15:34:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS AEMR CASC MARR AMGT US AU KHLS |
05VILNIUS1012 | SU-27 CRASH: LITHUANIA TAKING DECISIONS ON BLACK [...] (C) Summary. The GOL accepted Ukraine's offer of assistance in analyzing data on the black boxes recovered from the Russian Su-27. The Government softened its rhetoric against Russia today, stating that there is no evidence to prove the Russian aircraft willfully violated Lithuanian airspace [...] | 2005-09-23 16:28:00 | Embassy Vilnius | SECRET | MOPS PGOV PINS PREL LH RS UP |
05VILNIUS1017 | UPDATE ON SU-27 CRASH INVESTIGATION [...] (C) The GOL's leadership continued to take a softer line on September 26 on the crash of a Russian Su-27 in Lithuania on September 15 (ref A). A senior briefer stated today that the GOL has "no evidence" that Russia intentionally violated Lithuanian airspace. Work on decoding the black boxes [...] | 2005-09-26 15:18:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PGOV PINS PREL RS UP LH |
05VILNIUS1046 | SU-27 UPDATE: INVESTIGATION PROCEEDS, PILOT REMAINS [...] (C) Summary: GOL defense leadership told the Ambassador September 30 that the black box data supports the conclusion that the September 15 intrusion of a Russian Su-27 into Lithuanian airspace and subsequent crash was accidental. GOL leaders publicly and privately express frustration at the [...] | 2005-09-30 15:03:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PGOV PINS PREL RS UP LH |
05VILNIUS1070 | SU-27 CRASH INVESTIGATION ENDS, PILOT SET TO [...] (SBU) Lithuania's Prosecutor General on October 6 closed the investigation of Russian pilot Valery Troyanov's involvement in the September 15 crash of a Russian Su-27 in Lithuania (ref A) and lifted his house arrest. Press reports indicate that Troyanov and his wife plan to depart Lithuania [...] | 2005-10-06 16:22:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PGOV PINS PREL RS LH |
05VILNIUS1277 | GOL DEFENSE SPENDING ON THE RISE [...] (SBU) Summary: Lithuania is set to achieve a 15 percent increase in its defense budget in 2006 in absolute terms. The key benchmark of military spending as a percentage of GDP will rise from 1.27 in 2005 to 1.32. Defense officials and key members of parliament are aware that sustained increas [...] | 2005-12-05 14:56:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINS LH |
05VILNIUS1291 | LITHUANIA'S DEFENSE BUDGET FALLS SHORT OF [...] (U) Lithuania's parliament approved a defense budget for 2006 on December 8 that falls short of the Lithuanian armed forces' hopes -- and of the GOL's commitment to NATO. Despite an 11 percent increase in absolute terms over last year's appropriation, defense spending will remain at 1.27 perc [...] | 2005-12-09 16:19:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINS LH |
05VILNIUS1354 | GOL READJUSTING IN IRAQ BASED ON SAME RATIONALE AS [...] (C) We delivered ref A points on USG troop readjustments in Iraq to Ministry of Defense Undersecretary Renatas Norkus on December 28 and Vytautas Leskevicius, of the MFA's Security Policy Department, on December 29. Both officials said that the GOL's decision not to replace the detachment of [...] | 2005-12-30 14:50:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PREL MARR MOPS IZ PL LH |
05VILNIUS977 | RUSSIAN SU-27 CRASHES IN RURAL LITHUANIA; NO [...] (C) SUMMARY. A Russian fighter-bomber reportedly en route from St. Petersburg to Kaliningrad crashed in the Sokiai region of Lithuania shortly after 1500 local time on September 15. Lithuanian authorities have detained the pilot and are investigating the incident. The Russian Government has [...] | 2005-09-16 13:28:00 | Embassy Vilnius | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS MOPS LH |
05VILNIUS993 | SU-27: THREE ACTION REQUESTS [...] (U) This is an action request for Washington agencies -- see paras 6, 8 and 12 -- and USNATO -- see para 12. 2. (S/NF) Summary: Several loose ends remain from last Friday's crash of a Russian Su-27 (ref a) in Lithuania. Senior Lithuanian officials believe that inconsistencies in Russian [...] | 2005-09-21 13:08:00 | Embassy Vilnius | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINS MOPS LH NATO RU |
05VILNIUS994 | GOL PRESENTS ITS VERSION OF THE SU-27 CRASH [...] (SBU) The Lithuanian MFA delivered to the embassy a nonpaper describing the GOL's version of the events surrounding the crash of the Russian SU-27 in Lithuania (reftel). The account particularly highlights Russian authorities' alleged failure to provide accurate information about the plane, i [...] | 2005-09-21 13:38:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINS MOPS LH |
05WELLINGTON20 | SENTENCING IN NEW ZEALAND'S LARGEST PASSPORT FRAUD [...] (U) Following their conviction for conspiring to commit forgery in October (reftel),refugees to New Zealand Iraqi Fahad Jaber AJEIL and his brother-in-law, Kuwaiti Riyad Hamied SULTAN, were sentenced December 20 in the Auckland District Court. Ajeil, who had been found guilty on 14 forgery-r [...] | 2005-01-11 01:56:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PGOV PINS TSPL NZ |
05YEREVAN2214 | IRAQ FORCE ADJUSTMENT DOESN'T CHANGE ARMENIAN [...] (S) The Charge d'Affaires delivered reftel points regarding U.S. force level reductions in Iraq during December 22 meetings with Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Arman Kirakossian and Deputy Minister of Defense General-Lieutenant Artur Aghabekyan. Aghabekyan and Kirakossian both noted the A [...] | 2005-12-22 13:54:00 | Embassy Yerevan | SECRET | PGOV PINS PREL MARR MOPS IZ AM |
05YEREVAN2225 | IRAQ FORCE ADJUSTMENT: ARMENIA COMMITTED TO [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-27 13:38:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PREL MARR MOPS IZ AM |
06ABIDJAN1342 | SUDAN: URGING COTE D'IVOIRE'S ABSENCE FROM AFCARPAC [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-06 15:10:00 | Embassy Abidjan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS SOCI SU IV |
06ABUDHABI1401 | SCENESETTER FOR HOMELAND SECURITY AND [...] (S) Summary. Embassy Abu Dhabi looks forward to welcoming you to the UAE on April 23. In the aftermath of the controversy of the Dubai Ports World acquisition of P&O, your assurances to Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ),your host for the visit, that the USG values the UA [...] | 2006-04-10 14:23:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PINS ASEC EPET MCAP KPAL AE IZ IR |
06ABUDHABI1724 | TOWNSEND DISCUSSES REGIONAL STABILITY, [...] (C) Summary. During an April 22 lunch meeting with Frances Fragos Townsend, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism (APHSCT),and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (MbZ),Townsend and MbZ discussed counterterrorism cooperation. Townsend stressed [...] | 2006-04-29 12:43:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PINS EPET ETTC MCAP IR AE IQ |
06ABUDHABI1725 | SCENESETTER FOR COUNTERTERRORISM COORDINATOR [...] (S) Summary. Embassy Abu Dhabi looks forward to welcoming you to the UAE on May 7. U.S. and UAE officials have had a number of productive meetings on the topic of counterterrorism, the most recent of which came on April 22, when Fran Townsend, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security [...] | 2006-04-29 13:15:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PINS ASEC EPET MCAP IR IZ AE |
06ABUDHABI1835 | UAE LEADERS RECEIVE IRAN'S ALI LARIJANI [...] (C) UAE President Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahyan and Vice President/Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum separately received Secretary General of Iran's Supreme National Security Council Ali Larijani May 3. According to local press reports, President Khalifa ur [...] | 2006-05-03 12:47:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS KPAO IR AE |
06ABUDHABI1930 | S/CT COORDINATOR CRUMPTON DISCUSSES [...] (S) Summary: During a May 7 meeting, Department of State Coordinator for Counterterrorism Henry Crumpton and UAE State Security Director Sheikh Hazza bin Zayed al-Nahyan discussed counterterrorism cooperation and the need to find new ways to coordinate intelligence activities and counter-terror [...] | 2006-05-10 11:52:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PTER PINS PREL KISL KPAL IR IZ AE |
06ABUDHABI1932 | S/CT COORDINATOR CRUMPTON DISCUSSES [...] (S) Summary: During a May 7 meeting with UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahyan (AbZ),Department of State Coordinator for Counterterrorism Henry Crumpton and Ambassador received a readout of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) leaders' 8th consultative summit, held a day earl [...] | 2006-05-10 12:11:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PTER PINS PREL KISL KPAL KWBG PK AF LE JO |
06ABUDHABI2042 | KIDNAPPING OF UAE DEPUTY CHARGE IN BAGHDAD [...] (C) The Deputy Charge d'Affaires at the UAE Embassy in Baghdad, Naji al-Naimi, was reportedly kidnapped by gunmen May 16. One of his bodyguards, a Sudanese, was reportedly injured in the incident. This morning, Ambassador reached out to Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed (who is in B [...] | 2006-05-17 08:52:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PINS PTER MARR IZ AE |
06ABUDHABI2074 | REACTION IN THE UAE TO KIDNAPPING OF EMIRATI [...] (C) Al Arabiya TV is leading its hourly newscasts with the story of the kidnapping of the UAE diplomat, identified as Naji Rashid al-Naimi (or Naji al-Naimi Abu Rashid),from the emirate of Fujeirah and Yemeni descent. He is reported to be 28 years old and single. Al Arabiya cites Iraqi polic [...] | 2006-05-17 13:55:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PINS PTER MARR |
06ABUDHABI2242 | UAE DEPUTY CHARGE IN BAGHDAD FREED BY CAPTORS [...] (U) UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed confirmed the release of UAE Deputy Charge d'Affaires Naji al-Nuaimi the evening of May 30. Al-Nuaimi was kidnapped May 16 by gunmen belonging to the previously unknown Banner of Islam group (refs A, B). One of his bodyguards, a Sudanese, wa [...] | 2006-05-31 13:39:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PINS PTER MARR IZ AE |
06ABUDHABI2695 | APHSCT TOWNSEND DISCUSSES IRAN, REGIONAL CT ISSUES [...] (S/NF) Summary. On June 19, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counter Terrorism (APHSCT) Frances Fragos Townsend met with the Director of the UAE's State Security Department (SSD) Sheikh Hazza bin Zayed al-Nahyan to discuss the growing Iranian threat in the region and ongoing [...] | 2006-06-29 11:57:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PINS EPET ETTC SY IR IQ AE |
06ABUDHABI2782 | CRITICAL ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE SECURITY STRATEGY [...] (S) On July 5, Ambassador delivered ref A demarche to Yousef Al-Otaiba, Director of International Affairs for Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan (MbZ),who attended the April meeting at which Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counter Terrorism (APHSCT [...] | 2006-07-05 13:13:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | ENRG KCIP ECON PREL PINS PTER AE |
06ABUJA1240 | ECOWAS ON GUINEA [...] (C) The recently concluded meetings between ECOWAS and the EU troika in Vienna included significant discussion about the coming political transition in Guinea. The EU expressed concern about civil society's preparation for transition, thinking that without organized civilian structures, there [...] | 2006-05-25 15:00:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS KDEM GV XG XY ECOWAS |
06ABUJA232 | HOPES FOR PEACE AND TALK OF WAR AT DARFUR TALKS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The pace of the Darfur Peace Talks has accelerated. The parties appear to have more of a negotiating mandate, and although red-lines remain, those committed to a settlement still outnumber the spoilers. International observer corps, enthusiasm about the improved op tempo, however [...] | 2006-02-01 15:30:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS PGOV PREF PHUM ASEC SU DARFUR |
06ABUJA233 | SUDAN: GNU PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR VIEWS ON DARFUR [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a two hour discussion with AU mediation advisors, Government of National Unity Presidential Advisor Magzoub laid out a negotiating position at sharp angles with those of both erstwhile Acting Head of Delegation Mohammed Yousuf and SPLM/GNU Darfur point-man Yasir Armin. Magzoub, [...] | 2006-02-01 15:30:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS PHUM KDEM SU DARFUR |
06ABUJA234 | SUDAN: GETTING PAST "NO" ON SECURITY ARRANGEMENTS [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Skilled AU mediation has wrested control out of the hands of the incapable chairman of the Security Arrangements Committee and established some promising common ground between the parties at the Darfur Peace Talks. The Movements, superficial grasp of the modalities of [...] | 2006-02-01 15:31:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PGOV PINS ASEC SU DARFUR |
06ABUJA938 | PROTECTING CIVILIANS IN DARFUR: AMIS FORCE [...] (C) On April 25 Khartoum CDA Hume raised with AMIS commander Major General Ihekire US concerns about increased fighting and specifically attacks on civilians in Darfur per reftel. He emphasized that recent fighting had taken place in close proximity to AMIS installations without any appropr [...] | 2006-04-26 11:14:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI PINS PARM SU NI |
06ACCRA1291 | GHANA POLICE SERVICE GRADUATES INSTRUCTORS AND [...] Speaking at two recent graduation ceremonies for ICITAP-funded instructor development courses and the Ghana Police Service's 39th Cadet Officers' Course, GOG officials confirmed Ghana's commitment to ongoing training and lauded advances in the police training program, but admitted that shortfa [...] | 2006-06-07 07:44:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PINS ASEC SOCI GH |
06ACCRA66 | DEMARCHE ON AMIS RE-HAT: GHANA [...] (SBU) On January 5, PolOff met with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of African Union Affairs Kwabena Baah-Doudu to urge the Government of Ghana to press the AU to request that the UN begin planning to re-hat the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) in 2006, per reftel. 2. (SBU) Baah-D [...] | 2006-01-09 16:24:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPKO PGOV PHUM PINS PREL SU |
06ADANA1 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 23, 2005 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-04 08:17:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
06ADANA101 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MAY 05, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-08 08:54:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
06ADANA102 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MAY 08, 2006 [...] One of the attorneys told the daily that the pressure on the court could be intensified in the coming days, since the court did not release the defendants. EVRENSEL / OZGUR GUNDEM: The dailies criticized PM Erdogan for saying nothing about resolving the Kurdish issue during his visi [...] | 2006-05-09 05:24:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
06ADANA105 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MAY 09, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-10 05:40:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
06ADANA106 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MAY 10, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-11 05:47:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
06ADANA107 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MAY 11, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-12 05:08:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
06ADANA109 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MAY 15, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-16 05:10:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
06ADANA110 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MAY 17, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-17 11:16:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
06ADANA114 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MAY 22, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-23 06:22:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
06ADANA118 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MAY 23, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-24 06:34:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
06ADANA124 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR 24 MAY 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-30 11:31:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
06ADANA125 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FORMAY 25, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-30 11:31:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
06ADANA126 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR 28-29-30, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-30 11:32:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
06ADANA127 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MAY 26, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-30 11:43:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
06ADANA129 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MAY 31, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-01 05:28:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
06ADANA13 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 24, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-30 07:07:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
06ADANA130 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JUNE 01, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-02 05:02:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
06ADANA132 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR 5 JUNE 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-06 05:11:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
06ADANA134 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JUNE 06, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-07 05:38:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
06ADANA135 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JUNE 07, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-08 10:31:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
06ADANA136 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JUNE 09, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-12 06:19:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
06ADANA137 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JUNE 08, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-12 06:19:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
06ADANA138 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JUNE 12, 2006 [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for June 12, 2006. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. RADIKAL / EVREN [...] | 2006-06-13 10:28:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
06ADANA139 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JUNE 13, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-13 13:28:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
06ADANA14 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 26, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-30 07:08:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
06ADANA140 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JUNE 14, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-14 11:59:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
06ADANA146 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JUNE 15, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-19 12:07:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
06ADANA147 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JUNE 19, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-19 12:07:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
06ADANA149 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JUNE 21, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-22 05:06:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
06ADANA15 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 23, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-30 07:09:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
06ADANA150 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JUNE 23, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-23 12:32:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
06ADANA151 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JUNE 26, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-26 12:54:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
06ADANA153 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JUNE 28, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-29 05:47:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
06ADANA156 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JULY 3, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-05 05:02:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
06ADANA157 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JULY 06, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-06 12:55:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
06ADANA159 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JULY 07, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-10 09:20:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
06ADANA16 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 20, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-30 07:09:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
06ADANA160 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JULY 10, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-10 13:40:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
06ADANA161 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JULY 11, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-13 09:07:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
06ADANA162 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JULY 12, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-13 09:07:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
06ADANA163 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JULY 13, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-13 11:02:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
06ADANA164 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JULY 14, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-14 13:27:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
06ADANA165 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JULY 15, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-18 08:45:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
06ADANA166 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JULY 16, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-18 08:48:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
06ADANA167 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JULY 17, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-18 08:48:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
06ADANA168 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JULY 16, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-18 12:10:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
06ADANA169 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JULY 17, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-18 12:10:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
06ADANA17 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 19, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-30 07:10:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
06ADANA170 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JULY 15, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-18 12:10:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
06ADANA171 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JULY 18, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-19 09:29:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
06ADANA172 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JULY 19, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-20 12:05:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
06ADANA174 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 2, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-02 12:43:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
06ADANA176 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 03, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-07 09:38:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
06ADANA177 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 7, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-08 10:03:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
06ADANA178 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 08, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-09 09:36:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
06ADANA179 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 9, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-10 06:38:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
06ADANA180 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 09, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-10 09:27:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
06ADANA182 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 10, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-11 05:25:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
06ADANA184 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 14, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-15 06:44:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
06ADANA187 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 20, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-21 09:42:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
06ADANA188 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 21, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-22 06:44:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
06ADANA189 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 22, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-22 12:52:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
06ADANA190 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 24, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-25 06:29:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
06ADANA191 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 29, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-05 11:14:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
06ADANA192 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 01, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-05 11:23:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
06ADANA193 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 31, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-05 11:23:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
06ADANA194 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 05, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-06 09:19:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
06ADANA196 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 06, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-07 09:47:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
06ADANA198 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 07, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-08 11:04:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
06ADANA199 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 11, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-12 07:01:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
06ADANA2 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 27, 2005 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-04 08:18:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
06ADANA20 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 30,2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-31 10:20:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
06ADANA200 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 12, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-13 05:03:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
06ADANA201 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 13, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-13 12:55:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
06ADANA202 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 15, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-15 09:50:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
06ADANA203 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 17, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-18 09:02:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
06ADANA204 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR 18 SEPTEMBER, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-19 05:24:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
06ADANA205 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 19, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-19 12:19:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
06ADANA206 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 22, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-25 05:46:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
06ADANA208 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 23-24-25, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-27 07:45:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
06ADANA209 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 26, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-27 07:45:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
06ADANA211 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 02, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-02 13:14:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
06ADANA212 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 03, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-03 08:37:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
06ADANA214 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 4, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-05 08:50:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
06ADANA215 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 05, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-05 11:59:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
06ADANA217 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 09, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-11 09:32:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
06ADANA218 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 11, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-11 10:31:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
06ADANA225 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 17, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-18 05:28:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
06ADANA226 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 17, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-18 06:31:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
06ADANA227 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 16, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-18 07:13:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
06ADANA228 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 18, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-19 05:20:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
06ADANA229 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 19, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-20 06:16:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
06ADANA23 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 31, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-02 06:36:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
06ADANA230 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 20, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-20 10:56:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
06ADANA233 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 01, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-01 14:35:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
06ADANA235 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 31, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-01 16:34:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
06ADANA236 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR NOVEBMER 01, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-02 06:19:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
06ADANA237 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 31, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-02 06:25:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
06ADANA238 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 07, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-08 08:25:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
06ADANA24 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 03, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-06 12:11:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
06ADANA240 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 08, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-09 10:35:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
06ADANA243 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 19, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-20 09:24:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
06ADANA245 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 20, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-21 06:43:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
06ADANA246 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 27, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-28 06:48:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
06ADANA247 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 26, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-28 06:48:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
06ADANA248 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 22, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-28 06:48:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
06ADANA249 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 28, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-29 11:04:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
06ADANA25 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 02, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-06 12:15:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
06ADANA250 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 29, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-29 13:22:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
06ADANA253 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 04, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-05 09:21:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
06ADANA258 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 11, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-12 06:23:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
06ADANA259 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 12, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-13 06:23:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
06ADANA26 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 07, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-08 07:43:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
06ADANA260 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 13, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-13 12:02:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
06ADANA261 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 18, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-19 12:46:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
06ADANA262 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 19, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-19 13:29:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
06ADANA266 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 25, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-26 11:58:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
06ADANA267 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 26, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-27 11:52:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
06ADANA3 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 28, 2005 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-04 08:18:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
06ADANA30 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 08, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-10 06:48:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
06ADANA31 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 09, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-10 06:48:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
06ADANA34 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 10, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-15 06:18:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
06ADANA35 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 14, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-15 06:19:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
06ADANA36 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR FOR FEBRUARY 13, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-15 07:56:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
06ADANA37 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 15, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-16 12:05:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
06ADANA38 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 16, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-22 10:09:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
06ADANA39 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 17, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-22 10:09:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
06ADANA4 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 29, 2005 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-04 08:19:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
06ADANA43 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 27, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-28 10:43:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
06ADANA44 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 28- MARCH 1, [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-02 12:37:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
06ADANA46 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MARCH 13, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-14 09:57:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
06ADANA5 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 30, 2005 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-04 08:19:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
06ADANA50 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MARCH 15, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-20 09:58:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
06ADANA51 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR 20 MARCH, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-21 07:03:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
06ADANA53 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MARCH 17, 2006 [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for March 17, 2006. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. ZAMAN: A bomb [...] | 2006-03-21 07:50:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
06ADANA54 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MARCH 21, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-22 11:08:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
06ADANA55 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MARCH 23, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-24 07:32:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
06ADANA58 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MARCH 27, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-28 05:32:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
06ADANA59 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MARCH 28, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-28 14:23:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
06ADANA6 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 03, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-04 08:19:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
06ADANA63 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR 29 MARCH, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-30 09:43:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
06ADANA65 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MARCH 30, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-31 09:28:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
06ADANA73 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR APRIL 3, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-05 08:56:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
06ADANA74 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR APRIL 4, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-05 08:56:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
06ADANA75 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR APRIL 7, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-10 09:35:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
06ADANA78 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR APRIL 10, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-12 06:36:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
06ADANA79 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR APRIL 11, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-12 07:07:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
06ADANA81 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR APRIL 12, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-13 06:41:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
06ADANA84 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR APRIL 13, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-20 10:24:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
06ADANA85 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR APRIL 14, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-20 10:47:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
06ADANA86 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR APRIL 17, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-20 10:47:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
06ADANA87 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR APRIL 24, 2006 [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for April 24, 2006. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. BOLGE / OZGUR G [...] | 2006-04-25 06:40:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
06ADANA88 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR APRIL 20, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-26 05:05:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
06ADANA89 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR APRIL 21, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-26 05:05:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
06ADANA90 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR APRIL 19, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-26 05:08:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
06ADANA91 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR APRIL 25, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-26 05:18:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
06ADANA92 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR APRIL 26, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-27 10:28:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
06ADANA96 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR APRIL 28, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-28 13:40:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
06ADANA97 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MAY 01, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-03 06:59:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
06ADANA98 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MAY 03, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-04 05:55:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU |
06ADANA99 | SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MAY 4, 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-05 05:45:00 | Consulate Adana | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA |
06ADDISABABA1745 | SUDAN - AU REJECTS SUPPORT TO JEM SPLINTER GROUP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Dissident representatives of the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM),a non-signatory to the May 5 Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA),seek USD 200,000 to hold a party congress in Addis Ababa to replace JEM leader Khalil Ibrahim Muhammed. While the JEM representatives have approache [...] | 2006-06-26 10:22:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PINS SU AU KPKO |
06ADDISABABA2093 | SOMALI TFG SURVIVES ASSASSINATION, DEFECTIONS, AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. Over the last three days, Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG) has weathered the assassination of one government minister, the resignation of nearly 20 others, and a no-confidence vote by 49 per cent of its parliamentarians. According to Somalia's PermRep to the Afric [...] | 2006-07-31 16:07:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS PINR KPKO AU SO ER ET |
06ADDISABABA2178 | ETHIOPIAN MILITARY ASSESSES BORDER SITUATION WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ethiopia's senior military officer, Chief of General Staff Lieutenant General Samora Yonus, expressed concern that Eritrea, Somalia's Union of Islamic Courts (UIC),and Ethiopian insurgent groups are collaborating to destabilize Ethiopia. Ethiopia plans to train troops for Somal [...] | 2006-08-09 15:51:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS MOPS ET SO ER |
06ADDISABABA2203 | SOMALI PERMREP REPORTS THAT BELED WEYNE REMAINS [...] (C) SUMMARY. On August 10, deputy pol-econ counselor met with Ambassador Abdulkarim Farah, Permanent Representative of the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia (TFG) to the African Union and the TFG's Ambassador to Ethiopia. Farah dismissed press reports that Union of Islamic Court (UIC [...] | 2006-08-14 11:35:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET | PREL PINS MOPS SO ET UG |
06ADDISABABA2256 | ETHIOPIA: FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES EEBC MEETING [...] (C) Summary. Deputy Foreign Minister Tekeda Alemu told the Charge August 15 that Ethiopia was undecided about attending the August 24 Ethiopia-Eritrea Boundary Commission (EEBC) meeting claiming that Eritrea had done little to show its interest in the process. The Charge told Tekeda that Eth [...] | 2006-08-16 12:30:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PINR PINS PREF PREL PTER ET |
06ADDISABABA2257 | ETHIOPIA: FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES EEBC MEETING [...] (C) Summary. Deputy Foreign Minister Tekeda Alemu told the Charge August 15 that Ethiopia was undecided about attending the August 24 Ethiopia-Eritrea Boundary Commission (EEBC) meeting claiming that Eritrea had done little to show its interest in the process. The Charge told Tekeda that Eth [...] | 2006-08-16 12:38:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PINR PINS PREF PREL PTER ET |
06ADDISABABA2921 | PUNTLAND VICE PRESIDENT URGES SUPPORT FOR SOMALI [...] (C) SUMMARY. Puntland Vice President Hassan Dahir Mahamud blamed Islamic extremists in Somalia's Council of Islamic Courts (CIC) for fanning Ethio-Somali tensions in order to destabilize Somalia's Transitional Federal Government. He claimed that the current (EPRDF) GOE had done much to reduce [...] | 2006-11-02 13:00:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS MOPS MASS KPKO ET ER SO |
06ADDISABABA3211 | ETHIOPIA GIRDS FOR HIGH-RISK IN SOMALIA [...] (C) Summary: Indications suggest that Ethiopia is preparing to increase its military involvement in Somalia in the coming weeks. The GOE feels ever more compelled to intervene in southern Somalia to counter what it sees as the growing threat of an extremist Islamic regime in Mogadishu that [...] | 2006-12-06 13:26:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET | MOPS PREL PGOV PINS ET SO ER |
06ADDISABABA3212 | SOMALI PRIME MINISTER GEDI HIGHLIGHTS FOREIGN EXTREMIST SUPPORT FOR ICU [...] (C) SUMMARY. TFG PM Gedi reported that over 3,000 foreign Islamic militants are assisting the CIC, including fighters from Afghanistan, Pakistan, Chechnya, and Libya. Eritrea and Saudi sources have provided weapons and funding respectively to the CIC, while Somali Hawiye are increasingly back [...] | 2006-12-06 14:51:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS KPKO SO ET KISL MOPS |
06ADDISABABA3390 | SOMALIA: PM MELES PUBLICLY ACKNOWLEDGES "DEFENSIVE [...] (U) SUMMARY. In a national address broadcast live on December 24, Prime Minister Meles acknowledged that Ethiopia had launched military operations within Somalia, describing them as "defensive measures" taken against "terrorist forces" who had infiltrated insurgents into Ethiopia. Citing the [...] | 2006-12-26 16:02:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PINS MOPS KISL ET SO |
06ALGIERS1243 | MALI PEACE AGREEMENT SIGNED IN ALGIERS JULY 4 [...] (SBU) With considerable fanfare, Foreign Minister Bedjaoui convoked the diplomatic corps and representatives of the Algerian and international media to witness the signing July 4 at the El Mithaq state guest house in Algiers of a peace agreement between the Malian government and the Touareg r [...] | 2006-07-06 12:22:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS ML AG |
06ALGIERS1816 | ALGERIA'S DEMOCRACY REMAINS A WORK IN PROGRESS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Political contacts from two moderate Islamist parties believe Algeria's democracy is a work in progress and that civil liberties are overly restricted. Both parties cite difficulty in organizing civic groups as a notable problem. The contacts also believe that the Islamic Salvat [...] | 2006-10-15 17:46:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PGOV KISL AG |
06ALGIERS2108 | MFA AFRICAN AFFAIRS DG ON ALGIERS ACCORD [...] (C) In a December 10 discussion prompted by ref A, MFA Director General for African Affairs Smail Chergui told Charge that implementation of the Algiers Accord was moving forward and had not been adversely affected by recent fighting between the Alliance for Democratic Change (ADC) and the Sal [...] | 2006-12-11 17:37:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PINS PGOV ML SU AG |
06ALMATY2533 | KAZAKHSTAN: GLOBAL INITIATIVE COORDINATING OFFICER [...] (SBU) Embassy Almaty's Global Initiative Coordinating Officer is Pol-Econ Chief Deborah Mennuti. Unclassified email: mennutid@state.gov. Classified email: mennutid@state.sgov.gov. Office phone: 7 (3272) 50-49-95, home phone: 7 (3272) 60-70-72, cell phone: 7-333-222-2610. 2. (SBU) Back-u [...] | 2006-07-13 06:46:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MCAP PINS PTER KZ |
06ALMATY3102 | KAZAKHSTAN: POTPOURRI OF TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS CASES [...] Summary: The following is a collection of media reports on various types of TIP ranging from debt servitude to sex tourism. End summary. --------------------------------------------- ----- DEBT OF THE PARENTS PAID BY ENSLAVING THE CHILDREN --------------------------------------------- ---- [...] | 2006-09-02 07:59:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PINS PGOV PHUM KCRM KCOR KZ |
06ALMATY339 | KAZAKHSTAN: REQUEST FOR NUCLEAR SMUGGLING TALKS [...] (SBU) Post conveyed reftel points to the Kazakhstani MFA by diplomatic note on January 20. Olzhas Togyzbayev, of the MFA's international security department told POEC chief on January 25 that, in principle, he thought the idea of a systematic review of programs to combat nuclear smuggling was [...] | 2006-01-31 02:46:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP PREL PARM PINS KZ POLITICAL |
06ALMATY3394 | KAZAKHSTAN: FEEDBACK ON GICNT DOCUMENTS PROMISED [...] (U) Pol-Econ Chief, along with Counselor Gennadiy Spiglyazov and Third Secretary Dmitriy Tretyakov from the Russian Embassy, conveyed Ref A points and documents to Olzhas Togyzbayev of the MFA's international security section on September 21. 2. (SBU) Togyzbayev indicated that despite the f [...] | 2006-09-25 06:29:00 | US Office Almaty | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KGIC MCAP PINR PINS KNNP KZ |
06ALMATY411 | EUCOM DEPUTY COMMANDER GENERAL WALD,S MEETING WITH [...] (U) Participants: U.S. European Command Deputy Commander Charles F. Wald Charge Mark Asquino Deputy Assistant Secretary for Defense James MacDougall Rear Admiral Michael J. Lyden, J4 Director of Logistics and Security Assistance, EUCOM Brigadier General Melvyn Spiese, J5/J8, Deputy Direc [...] | 2006-02-03 02:19:00 | US Office Almaty | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PINS PTER PREL KZ POLITICAL |
06AMMAN8943 | JORDANIAN AND IRAQI INTERIOR MINISTERS DISCUSS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Jordanian Interior Minister Eid al-Fayez and his Iraqi counterpart Jawad al-Bolani (along with Iraqi Minister of State for National Security Sherwan al-Wa'li) met in Amman on December 13 to discuss the formation of joint committees aimed at countering terrorism, border control, and [...] | 2006-12-17 16:33:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS JO IZ |
06ANKARA1325 | TURKISH RESPONSE TO U.S.-INDIA CIVIL NUCLEAR [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-13 14:11:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PINS TU |
06ANKARA1463 | TURKEY: EVOLVING VIEWS ON IRANIAN NUKES [...] (SBU) In recent weeks, AKP officials have gradually been ratcheting up public pressure on Iran, simultaneously sending messages to their domestic constituencies that the situation has reached a more serious level. Over the weekend of March 11, Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Abdulla [...] | 2006-03-20 16:08:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PINS IR TU |
06ANKARA1858 | DAS GRAY DISCUSSES IRAN WITH TURKISH MFA OFFICIALS [...] (C) Summary. DAS Gordon Gray visited Ankara on March 22 to discuss USG ideas on the Iranian nuclear program with several senior Turkish MFA officials. DAS Gray delivered a strong message emphasizing that, while Washington has taken no option off the table, the USG remains committed to a dipl [...] | 2006-04-06 14:21:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PINS IR TU |
06ANKARA1891 | TURKEY/IRAN NUKES: GOT ON BOARD DIPLOMATIC TRACK; [...] (C) Summary: The GOT supports UNSC deliberations on the Iranian nuclear program and has indicated a willingness to dialogue with us about future steps including targeted sanctions. FM Gul has made supportive public statements and has convoked Turkish Ambassadors in the region to brainstorm ab [...] | 2006-04-07 13:06:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS IR TU |
06ANKARA1943 | KIRSEHIR: A CITY CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Kirsehir, two hours southeast of Ankara, is an Anatolian city of 88,000 plagued by a lack of business investment. Blessed with geothermal resources and included in the government investment incentive scheme for low-income provinces, Kirsehir hopes to generate a tourism market [...] | 2006-04-10 12:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINS ECON EFIN EAGR TU |
06ANKARA2038 | TURKEY: FM GUL ON NEXT STEPS WITH IRAN [...] (C) Iranian aspirations for nuclear weapons are the single most important -- and difficult -- problem facing Europe and the Middle East today, according to Turkish Foreign Minister Gul. In an April 14 meeting with visiting Congressional Staff and DCM, Gul stated emphatically that a solution [...] | 2006-04-14 10:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS IR TU |
06ANKARA2045 | TURKISH-IRANIAN RELATIONS, BY THE NUMBERS [...] (SBU) As the constroversy over the Iranian nuclear program continues and many in Turkey become increasingly anxious about next steps, we thought it useful to review the basic elements of Turkey's relations with this troublesome neighbor. What follows is a snapshot overview of Turkey's interac [...] | 2006-04-14 12:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER PGOV PINS IR TU |
06ANKARA2180 | TURKEY/IRAN: LARIJANI SEEKING INVITATION TO ANKARA [...] (C) We queried MFA South Asia Department Head Mural Ulku April 20 about press reports that Iranian nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani would visit Ankara on April 24. Ulku told us that no such visit was planned, but acknowledged that Iran had previously asked Turkey to receive Larijani and the GOT [...] | 2006-04-20 14:43:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS IR TU |
06ANKARA256 | DEMARCHE ON REPORTING IRAN TO UNSC [...] (C) We delivered ref a demarche to Turkish MFA First Secretary Guven Begec on 20 January. Begec told us that SIPDIS Turkey shares USG concerns regarding the Iranian nuclear program and believes that Iranian nuclear weapons would pose a direct threat to Turkey's national security. He also [...] | 2006-01-23 15:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PINS IR TU |
06ANKARA3205 | TURKISH MFA RELEASES STATEMENT ON NEW U.S. [...] (U) Following our conversations with Turkish officials yesterday on the new USG initiative on Iran (reftel),the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) released a supportive statement on June 1. 2. (U) Text of MFA statement. Unofficial translation. Begin text. The U.S. has announce [...] | 2006-06-02 08:43:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PINS IR TU |
06ANKARA3227 | OPPOSITION PARTIES UPDATE: LOTS OF TALK, BUT [...] (C) Summary. In the aftermath of the May 17 shooting at the High Administrative Court in Ankara (ref a),there has been increasing talk about forming electoral alliances among smaller opposition parties on the center right and the center left. At this point, it is largely chatter. Forming e [...] | 2006-06-02 13:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS TU |
06ANKARA3556 | OIC MINISTERIAL DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO TURKISH MFA [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche to Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs First Secretary and Iran political desk officer Aziz Sevi on June 15. Sevi had no immediate response, but said he would pass the demarche along to his superiors. Visit Ankara's Classified Web Site at http://www.state.s [...] | 2006-06-16 08:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS IR TU |
06ANKARA3759 | OPPOSITION PARTIES UPDATE: TALK OF ELECTORAL [...] (C) Octogenarian leftist Rahsan Ecevit --- a former MP, founder of the Democratic Left Party (DSP),and the wife of former PM Bulent Ecevit (currently in a stroke-induced coma) --- is continuing her husband,s efforts to unite the secular opposition parties against the governing, pro-Islam Justi [...] | 2006-06-27 12:21:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS TU |
06ANKARA4102 | TURKEY: GOVERNING AKP BACKSLIDING ON INTRAPARTY [...] (C) Summary. PM Erdogan's governing Justice and Development Party (AKP) claims to support democratic pluralism and is generally considered to be more internally democratic than other Turkish political parties. AKP,s senior leadership, though, routinely interferes in provincial conventions an [...] | 2006-07-13 13:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS TU |
06ANKARA4103 | TOURISM MINISTER AND PARLIAMENTARY DELEGATION [...] (C) Summary. Turkish Culture and Tourism Minister Atilla Koc led a Turkish delegation to Iran in late June to promote tourism. At the same time, MP Ahmet Inal led a separate parliamentary delegation to Iran. The Koc delegation signed a cultural exchange agreement with Iran, but was unable to [...] | 2006-07-13 13:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS IR TU |
06ANKARA4145 | POSITIVE TURKISH RESPONSE TO US-RUSSIAN GLOBAL [...] The Turkish Foreign Ministry made the following public announcement on July 17 in reaction to the joint U.S. - Russia Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism announced on July 15 (reftels). The MFA provided this to us in the form of a diplomatic note as well. Informal Embassy translati [...] | 2006-07-17 14:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | MCAP PINR PINS PTER KNNP IAEA RU TU |
06ANKARA4154 | TFLE01: LEBANON EVACUATION - TURKEY READY TO ASSIST [...] (C) Summary. The GOT has offered Turkey as an alternate debarkation point for Lebanon evacuees. Mission believes the port of Mersin and Incirlik AB offer the best facilities. The southeastern Turkish ports of Mersin and Iskenderun can accommodate ferries and medium-sized cruise ships; both ar [...] | 2006-07-18 12:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AEMR CASC EWWT MARR PINS PREL ETRA KHLS TU |
06ANKARA4495 | CENTER-RIGHT OPPOSITION DYP: POISED, BUT NOT YET [...] (C) Summary. The governing, pro-Islam Justice and Development Party (AKP) remains the juggernaut of Turkish electoral politics, but the center-right True Path Party (DYP) is trying to attract nationalist and secular center-right voters from small towns and rural areas. DYP Chairman Mehmet Ag [...] | 2006-08-07 06:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS TU |
06ANKARA451 | TURKEY'S IRAQ REVENGE MOVIE OPENS TO POPULAR [...] (SBU) Summary: A much-hyped film, "Valley of the Wolves ) Iraq," which depicts Americans in Iraq as heartless killers, opened in cinemas across Turkey this week. In scenes reminiscent of "Rambo," the main character takes revenge for the Suleymaniye incident, in which US forces hooded Turkis [...] | 2006-02-03 15:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS TU |
06ANKARA4647 | THE BASIC ELEMENTS OF TURKISH-IRANIAN RELATIONSHIP [...] (C) Summary and Introduction: Turkey's relationship with Iran is long, complex, and multifaceted. The two are historical and regional rivals; mutual trust is a rare commodity. Nonetheless, Turkey and Iran have enjoyed improved political relations since the late 1990s --- when Iran stopped su [...] | 2006-08-11 11:04:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ENRG PTER PGOV PINS IR TU |
06ANKARA5331 | TURKISH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON NAM SUMMIT/DARFUR [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-14 14:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PINS KPKO UNSC KDEM PGOV SU TU |
06ANKARA5568 | TURKEY RECEIVES GLOBAL INITIATIVE KEY DOCUMENTS [...] (U) Accompanied by a Russian emboff, PolMilCouns provided reftel key documents to Foreign Ministry International Security Affairs Director General Ambassador Tomur Bayer on September 22. Bayer promised to examine the documents, circulate them among relevant offices, and provide initial commen [...] | 2006-09-22 13:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KGIC MCAP PINR PINS PTER KNNP TU |
06ANKARA5851 | RAMADAN IN ANKARA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The holy month of Ramadan, or Ramazan as it is known in Turkey, is welcomed in Ankara with a wide variety of degrees of observance of prayer and fasting. Acts of compassion and donations to the poor increase, while family bonds are affirmed over the break-fast table. Compared [...] | 2006-10-10 05:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINS PHUM TU |
06ANKARA6036 | TURKS ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO [...] (C) Summary: Turkey has enthusiastically endorsed plans for the first meeting of partners of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GI) and will send a high-level delegation to Rabat on October 29-31. The MFA is coordinating an interagency review of the of Statement of Principles, [...] | 2006-10-18 13:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KGIC MCAP PINR PINS PTER KNNP TU |
06ANKARA6075 | TURKS OFFER MORE COMMENTS ON GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Turkey provided additional comments on the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GI) Statement of Principles and other documents on October 19. The Turkish delegation will fully participate in the Rabat conference, but does not plan to present an expert-level briefing o [...] | 2006-10-20 14:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KGIC MCAP PINR PINS PTER KNNP TU |
06ANKARA622 | TURKEY/IRAN -- NOT UPSETTING THE NEIGHBORS [...] (C) Summary. While the Turkish government publicly declares that a nuclear-armed Iran is not in Turkey,s interest, it will not get out front on the issue for fear of irritating a neighbor with which Turkey has a delicate political and growing economic relationship: -- Turkey does not wish [...] | 2006-02-10 16:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PINS IR TU |
06ANKARA669 | AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON TURKISH MAIN OPPOSITION [...] (C) Summary. In Ambassador's introductory call, Turkish main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Deniz Baykal identified maintenance of Turkey's secular system as his top priority and implied that the USG misunderstands this issue. Baykal also stressed the importance of USG acti [...] | 2006-02-14 14:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | TU PGOV PREL PINS |
06ANKARA988 | AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON TURKISH OPPOSITION LEADER [...] (C) Summary. In Ambassador's introductory call, Turkish center-right opposition Motherland Party (ANAP) leader Erkan Mumcu stressed the historic contributions that his party made to Turkish modernization, democratization, and liberalization in the 1980s and explained how his leadership has rev [...] | 2006-02-28 12:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS TU |
06ANTANANARIVO1363 | SUDAN - MADAGASCAR ATTENDING AFCARPAC, AGREES TO [...] Madagascar Minister of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Marcel Ranjeva has departed for Sudan, but is attending the conference alone according to the most senior official available at the MFA. DCM Sibley conveyed points provided in reftel to Secretary General Jean Pierre Rakotonirina. SecGen promised [...] | 2006-12-06 14:47:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINS SOCI MA CN |
06ASHGABAT702 | AMBASSADOR,S FAREWELL CALL WITH NIYAZOV [...] (C) During an hour long farewell call with Ambassador, an apparently healthy and engaged Niyazov: -described plans for upcoming elections at all levels, starting with village councils July 23 and leading up to presidential elections in 2009; -noted that he would maintain his chairmanship o [...] | 2006-07-05 11:56:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TX PHUM ENRG PINS KDEM ZK |
06ASTANA368 | KAZAKHSTAN: INL ANTI-TIP ROUND TABLE CALLS FOR SEIZURE OF [...] Summary: Post's International Narcotics and Law Enforcement (INL) program, in cooperation with International Organization for Migration (IOM),conducted a round table composed of NGO representatives and mid-level government officials from throughout Kazakhstan in Astana October 13 to discuss im [...] | 2006-11-01 03:05:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PINS PGOV PHUM KCRM KZ |
06ASTANA55 | DEMARCHE ON GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM [...] (SBU) Astana Econoff, together with Russian Deputy Chief of Mission Sergey Kopeyko, delivered reftel demarche to Deputy Foreign Minister Kairat Abdrakhmanov on July 7. Econoff and Kopeyko jointly expressed hope that Astana will support the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. [...] | 2006-07-11 12:37:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MCAP PINR PINS PTER KZ |
06ASTANA814 | KAZAKHSTAN AGREES TO RECEIVE DETAINEES IN DECEMBER [...] (S/NF) Summary: The Kazakhstani government has agreed to accept the return of its citizens from Guantanamo in December, and wants the transfer to take place in Almaty rather than Astana as proposed by the U.S. The MFA maintains that the KNB insists on receiving records of interrogations of t [...] | 2006-12-11 12:45:00 | Embassy Astana | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER PHUM PINS KZ |
06ASTANA885 | KAZAKHSTAN: DELIVERY OF GICNT INFORMATION [...] (U) Pol-Econ Chief, along with Counselor Gennadiy Spiglazov from the Russian Embassy, conveyed reftel information to Kairat Sarzhanov of the MFA's international security section on December 14. 2. (SBU) Sarzhanov indicated that the GOK would carefully consider the proposed plan of work and o [...] | 2006-12-17 09:32:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINR KGIC MCAP PINS PTER KNNP KZ |
06ASUNCION1000 | PARAGUAY: CRISIS WITH BOLIVIA AVERTED, FOR NOW [...] (C) SUMMARY. After a quick Bolivian climb-down over insults directed at Paraguayan President Duarte, Paraguay accepted Bolivia's apology, standing down on its threat to withdraw its Ambassador to Bolivia. Separately, Paraguay's Minister of Defense described the recent border crossing of so [...] | 2006-09-28 23:09:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS MARR PREL PGOV PA BO VE |
06ASUNCION1077 | PARAGUAY: PRIVATE AND PUBLIC CONCERN OVER BOLIVIA [...] (U) SUMMARY: Bolivian Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca visited Paraguay October 19-21 to address concerns about Bolivia's military agreement with Venezuela to build new military bases and increase weapons sales. The Duarte Administration maintains it is satisfied with the Bolivian explana [...] | 2006-10-26 14:03:00 | Embassy Asuncion | SECRET | PREL PBTS PGOV PINS PNAT MASS MCAP PA BO VE |
06ASUNCION1191 | PARAGUAY: PRESIDENTIAL REELECTION IS BACK; DUARTE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the wake of the Colorado Party's routing of the opposition in November 19 municipal elections, President Duarte is laying the groundwork for his reelection in 2008. Regardless of what combination of Congressional approval, Constituent Assembly, and/or national referendum is ul [...] | 2006-11-29 23:48:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MARR SNAR PINS PA |
06ASUNCION1221 | SUSPECT COURT RULING SPARKS OUTRAGE AND VIOLENCE [...] (U) SUMMARY: A court decision to convict of manslaughter the owners of a supermarket in which 350-plus perished in a fire -- vice the murder charges most Paraguayans clearly sought -- prompted December 5 the worst rioting Asuncion has seen since 1999 riots toppled then-President Cubas. Violenc [...] | 2006-12-06 20:25:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM ASEC PINS SNAR KCRM PA |
06ASUNCION872 | (U) WESTERN HEMISPHERE IMMIGRATION SYSTEMS [...] (U) ON AUGUST 17, 2006, CONSUL MET WITH PARAGUAYAN IMMIGRATION DIRECTOR, ARSENIO ORUE, WHO PROVIDED THE FOLLOWING RESPONSES TO QUESTIONS IN REFTEL: A. (U) NATIONAL IMMIGRATION DATABASE: 1) (SBU) WHAT COMPUTERIZED IMMIGRATION DATABASES ARE USED TO TRACK ENTRIES AND EXITS? IS THE IMMI [...] | 2006-08-28 20:18:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINR CVIS KFRD PINS PTER PA |
06ASUNCION992 | PARAGUAY: THE CHANGING RELATIONS WITH BOLIVIA [...] SUMMARY: (U) Paraguayan media September 27 trumpet charges by Bolivian Interior Vice Minister Puente that Paraguayan President Duarte is "a liar" FM Ramirez publicly told a midmorning radio call-in show that unless Bolivia withdraws such baseless accusations Paraguay will "withdraw the ambas [...] | 2006-09-27 21:39:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS MARR PREL PGOV PA BO VE |
06ATHENS1207 | IRAN APPROACHES ENVIRONMENTAL ARM OF GREEK [...] (C) Summary: During a meeting on other issues, the Director General of the Hellenic Marine Environmental Protection Association (HELMEPA),Dimitris Mitsatsos, asked econoff about the potential USG foreign policy implications of helping the Iranian Shipping Industry to establish its own Marine [...] | 2006-05-11 08:22:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EWWT PGOV PINS GR |
06ATHENS1652 | PAKISTANI EMBASSY CLAIMS GOG COMPLICITY IN HUMAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 16 meeting with Poloffs, Pakistani XXXXXXXXXXXX relayed his concerns that human smuggling could be funding destabilizing separatist, Muslim-extremist, and even terrorist movements in Pakistan, notably in the Balochistan province. His concern is heightened by what he [...] | 2006-06-28 11:09:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | GR PINR PINS PK SMIG SOCI PTER |
06ATHENS1851 | IRAQI FM ZEBARI VISITS GREECE, LEAVES ASSURED OF [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-17 13:48:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID MARR OPRC PBTS PGOV PINS XF XG GR |
06ATHENS1853 | GREEK MFA INVOLVED IN ARRANGING VESSELS FOR BEIRUT [...] (U) Summary: Ambassador called on Deputy Foreign Minister Kassimis on July 17 to advise the GoG of current USG efforts regarding potential evacuations from Beirut, as well as enlist GoG aid in locating appropriate vessels for RFP N00033-06-R-5523, and raise the possibility that Souda Bay mig [...] | 2006-07-18 04:41:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | AEMR CASC EWWT GR LE MARR PINS PREL ETRA KHLS |
06ATHENS1892 | GREEK PM CALLS FOR CEASEFIRE IN LEBANON/ISRAEL [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Greek Prime Minister on July 19 called for an immediate ceasefire in Lebanon and Israel, the unconditional release of all captive soldiers, the disarmament of paramilitary organizations, and assistance to civilians in the region. On July 18, the Foreign Minister also called [...] | 2006-07-20 13:03:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR PINS GR |
06ATHENS430 | GREEK DONATIONS TO IRAQI AND AFGHAN SECURITY FORCES [...] (C) Greece has contributed and transported to the Iraqi armed forces significant amounts of equipment from the NTECG inventory of hardware needed. In 2005, Greece donated 36 extensively refurbished BMP-1 armored personnel carriers, 1000 AK-47s, and more than one million rounds of ammunition [...] | 2006-02-15 11:35:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS MOPS PINS PREL AF IZ GR IRAQ |
06BAGHDAD1004 | ABU GHREIB COUNCIL MEMBERS COMPLAIN ABOUT [...] (C) SUMMARY. On March 23 IPAOmet with five members of the Abu Ghreib Qada Council and the Abu Ghreib Chief of Police to discuss issues including security and other issues. Council members complained of lack of support and representation from the Baghdad Provincial Council (BPC). They also c [...] | 2006-03-27 11:24:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS IZ |
06BAGHDAD1015 | BAGHDAD PROVINCIAL COUNCIL CEASES RELATIONS WITH [...] (C) The Baghdad Provincial Council (BPC),after a four hour meeting, voted to cease all communication with the Embassy and U.S. Army Forces. This decision came in a March 27 resolution protesting U.S. participation in a military operation March 26 evening in the Shaab neighborhood of north Ba [...] | 2006-03-27 13:56:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS IZ |
06BAGHDAD1025 | COR MEMBERS ALLEGE DISPLACEMENT CONTINUES [...] (C) SUMMARY. Shia Council of Representatives (CoR) members report more displacements of Shia families under threat of violence. Shia Coalition member Hassan Radi al- Sari (Missan Governorate) and Iraqiyya List member Shaykh Jamal Abd al-Mehdi al-Shemari (Wasit Governorate) told PolOffs March [...] | 2006-03-29 10:35:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINS PTER KDEM KISL KAWC IZ |
06BAGHDAD1056 | IRAQ: JOINT COMMITTEE TO TRANSFER SECURITY [...] (S//REL GBR AUS JAPAN) SUMMARY: The Principals Group of the Joint Committee to Transfer Security Responsibility (JCTSR) met March 27, 2006 at the Prime Minister's Situation Room to review progress made by the Working Group and to approve future steps. The meeting was chaired by National Sec [...] | 2006-04-01 14:20:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PINS MOPS IZ |
06BAGHDAD1087 | FALLUJAH: ARMY-POLICE FRICTION AND PERCEIVED U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY: Reports of recent Iraqi Army (IA) and Iraqi Police (IP) friction in Fallujah led to a Marine- initiated meeting held March 20 to convey Coalition Force (CF) concerns and implement operational changes. The Shia-dominant army units (two brigades) and Sunni- dominant city police fo [...] | 2006-04-03 14:55:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINS KDEM IZ |
06BAGHDAD1141 | MCNS MEETS TO APPROVE MILITIA ACTION PLAN [...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: On April 3, Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Ja'afari convened a meeting of the Ministerial Committee for National Security (MCNS) to discuss further the "Prime Minister's Plan to Manage the Issue of Armed Groups in Baghdad" that was approved initially on March 26 (reftel B [...] | 2006-04-06 14:27:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | MOPS PINS PGOV IZ |
06BAGHDAD1169 | MCNS DISCUSSES ATTACK ON BURATHA MOSQUE AND [...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: The Iraqi Ministerial Committee for National Security (MCNS) convened at the residence of Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Ja'afari the evening of April 8 to discuss the previous day's suicide bombing attack on the Buratha mosque and the overall security situation in Baghdad. [...] | 2006-04-10 09:02:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PINS PGOV MOPS IZ |
06BAGHDAD1196 | MCNS TO REVIEW SECURITY PLANS [...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: The Ministerial Committee for National Security (MCNS) convened the morning of April 9 at PM Jafari's residence to follow up on discussions held the previous evening (reftel). The Committee first addressed Operation Scales of Justice, on which there is a difference o [...] | 2006-04-13 02:42:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PINS PREL MOPS IZ |
06BAGHDAD1247 | MCNS DISCUSSES BAGHDAD SECURITY, MILITIAS, [...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: The Ministerial Committee for National Security (MCNS) convened the evening of April 13 at the residence of Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Ja'afari. The Commanding General of Multi-National Division-Baghdad (MND-B) gave a briefing on Operation Scales of Justice, highlight [...] | 2006-04-17 12:54:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PINS PGOV MOPS PTER IZ |
06BAGHDAD1323 | MOD ON DETAINEE OPERATIONS TRANSFER, RELEASES [...] (C) On April 23, Minister of Defense Sadoun al- Dulime and MNF-I Deputy Commanding General, Detainee Operations met (with Pol-MilOff in attendance) to discuss MOD's role in the staggered transition of Coalition detainees and the facilities in which they are housed to the Government of Iraq ov [...] | 2006-04-24 10:02:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINS PTER OPDAT IZ |
06BAGHDAD1324 | JUDGES TO TRIAGE TARGETED IRAQI DETAINEES [...] (C) At an April 23 meeting with MNF-I Deputy Commanding General - Detainee Operations, Acting Justice Attache, and Pol-MilOff, Judge Medhat Mahmoud, President of the Iraqi Higher Juridical Council (HJC),agreed to identify and deploy emergency panels of Iraqi investigative judges to triage cr [...] | 2006-04-24 10:02:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINS PTER OPDAT IZ |
06BAGHDAD1360 | SUNNI ARAB POLITICIANS ALREADY SPLIT ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sunni Arab politicians in Tawafuq remain internally divided about the new Iraqi government formation. A well-connected Sunni Arab politician told us April 23 that there is great resentment that the Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP) is dominating the process at the expense of the other tw [...] | 2006-04-26 09:26:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINS KDEM IZ |
06BAGHDAD1398 | RUBAIE POSSIBLY NEXT MINISTER OF INTERIOR [...] (C//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: National Security Advisor Muwaffuk Rubaie has informed Ambassador Khalilzad that PM-Designate al-Maliki has offered him the post of Minister of Interior. The Ambassador promised to follow up with MNF-I CG Casey, so that the three could meet to discuss further Rubai [...] | 2006-04-29 05:56:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PREL MOPS IZ |
06BAGHDAD1422 | MINDEF DULIME CONVEYS SECURITY CONCERNS TO [...] (S) SUMMARY: Minister of Defense Sadoun al-Dulime called on Ambassador to discuss his concerns with the "terrorist-controlled" highway between Baghdad and Amman and the 8,750 Iraqi security detail personnel currently being paid out of MoD's budget. Dulime also took this opportunity to cauti [...] | 2006-04-30 16:10:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PINR PREL PINS PNAT PTER KDEM KISL IZ |
06BAGHDAD1433 | PALESTINIAN HUMAN RIGHTS REPS ON PALESTINIANS IN [...] (C) Summary: On April 24, Palestinian Human Rights Association (Jamyat Huquq al-Insan al-Filistinia) president Muhammed Abid Mutlak Mowsiq and a delegation of three other members expressed to RefCoord their continuing concerns about the security situation of Palestinians in Iraq. They promis [...] | 2006-05-01 12:28:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF KPAL PINS PTER IZ JO SY |
06BAGHDAD1438 | AMBASSADOR OFFERS HIS CONDOLENCES TO ITALIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 28, Ambassador offered his condolences to Italian Ambassador Maurizio Melani for the death of three Italian soldiers killed on April 27 in Nasiriyah. He further committed to sharing any investigative reports he receives from MNF-I on the incident. Melani conveyed that [...] | 2006-05-01 17:22:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PINR PREL PINS PNAT PTER KDEM KISL IT IZ |
06BAGHDAD148 | JA'FARI WOOS RAMADI, ANBAR SECURITY COUNCIL WOWED [...] (C) Summary. The Anbar Security Council warmly welcomed Prime Minister Ja'fari on January 15. The PM deftly fielded the Anbaris' complaints regarding the fate of former Iraqi military service members, the inclusion of Anbaris in the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF),the release of 'innocent' deta [...] | 2006-01-18 12:23:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINS KDEM IZ |
06BAGHDAD1485 | SADR CITY LOCAL LEADERS SAY SISTANI STATEMENT WILL [...] (C) Summary: In an April 30 meeting with PolOff, Sadr City District Advisory Council (DAC) members Ali Suadi and Ahmed Hassan said the Jaysh al-Mahdi (JAM) would not disband simply because of Grand Ayatollah al-Sistani's April 27 statement that weapons should only be carried by government for [...] | 2006-05-04 21:09:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PINS PNAT PTER KDEM KISL IZ |
06BAGHDAD1492 | BADR CORPS LEADER AL-AMIRI: DON'T CALL US A MILITIA [...] (C/REL UK) Badr Organization General Secretary Hadi al-Amiri and Badr Organization Deputy Secretary for Protection Tahsin al-Azawi said in an April 24 meeting with DCG LTG Robert Fry, MG Rick Lynch, RDML Scott Van Buskirk and PolOffs that the Badr Organization should not be labeled a militia " [...] | 2006-05-05 19:00:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PINR PINS PNAT PTER KDEM KISL IZ |
06BAGHDAD1495 | MCNS: MILITIAS AND IRAN [...] (C//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: A MCNS was convened May 2 to propose further actions on militias. GEN Casey pressed for immediate implementation of new directives to control militia activities. MOI Jabr sought agreement on a proposal to integrate directly and immediately 5000 Badr Corps members in [...] | 2006-05-06 07:47:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IR IZ MOPS NATO PGOV PINS PNAT PREL TU |
06BAGHDAD1555 | FALLUJAH ARMY RECRUITS GRADUATE; SOME REBEL OVER [...] (C) SUMMARY: A group of Fallujah-area Iraqi Army (IA) recruits, numbering approximately 800 out of a total of 978 in the training class (the first of several planned waves),participated in a graduation ceremony April 30, 2006 in Habbaniyah (ex-British base located in Al Anbar Province, near [...] | 2006-05-10 09:30:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINS KDEM IZ |
06BAGHDAD1570 | ANTI-IRANIAN SHIA CLERICS SPEAK OUT [...] (C) Summary: Baghdad Shia imams Sheikh Ayad al-Ekabi and Mahdi al-Shawki told PolOff in a May 7 meeting that some Iraqi Sunnis accuse Iraqi Shia of being pro-Iranian because of their opposition to the previous regime. According to the imams, many Sunni Arabs equate opposition to Saddam Hussei [...] | 2006-05-12 13:57:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PINS PNAT PREL PTER KDEM KISL IZ |
06BAGHDAD1587 | GOI PERCEPTIONS OF DETENTION SPLIT ON SECTARIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent introductory briefs to incoming GOI officials on the subject of MNF-I detention issues have elicited varied responses, with PM-designate Nuri Kamal al Maliki taking a conservative approach to detainee releases and an active interest in accelerating the transition of MNF- [...] | 2006-05-14 06:50:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PTER PHUM KJUS IZ |
06BAGHDAD1619 | SADRIST PARLIAMENTARIAN ON HOW TO DISSOLVE JAYSH [...] (C) Summary: In a May 9 meeting with PolCouns, Sadrist Council of Representatives member and Moqtada as- Sadr advisor Baha al-Araji said he expected more intense negotiations before a cabinet is agreed upon. Al-Araji said that Tawafuq has changed its mind on which ministries it wants. Al-Ar [...] | 2006-05-16 08:31:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PNAT PTER KDEM KISL IZ |
06BAGHDAD1658 | SADR CITY DAC MEMBER ON RECONSTRUCTION; DAC ROLE [...] (C) Summary: Sadr City District Advisory Council (DAC) and Baghdad City Council member Khudair al-Lami told PolOff on May 15 that Sadr City residents would give Coalition Forces (CF) credit for reconstructing their area if large, visible structures were built. It is difficult to notice sewer [...] | 2006-05-18 16:40:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PNAT PTER KDEM KISL IZ |
06BAGHDAD1659 | 120 MORE PALESTINIANS AT AL WALID BORDER POINT [...] (C) Summary: In the wake of the successful transfer of 290 Palestinians from Iraq to Syria on May 9 and 10, 120 more Palestinians have spontaneously migrated from Baghdad to the Iraq-Syria border. Syria has so far refused to admit them. Rumor has it that many more Palestinians plan to flee t [...] | 2006-05-18 16:54:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF KPAL PINS IZ JO SY |
06BAGHDAD1661 | MCNS - GOI FOCUS ON ELECTRICITY [...] (C//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: The Ministerial Committee for National Security (MCNS),which for the first time included PM-designate Nuri Maliki, convened May 8 to address the significant electricity shortage in Iraq. PM Ja'afari called the meeting because, he said, electricity is among Maliki's [...] | 2006-05-19 03:25:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ENRG IR IZ MOPS NATO PGOV PINS |
06BAGHDAD1766 | AUSTRALIAN CONCERNS ABOUT MNF-I DETENTION OF [...] (SBU) On May 24, Australian Ambassador Howard Brown and Australian Consul Alan Elliot met with Pol- MilCouns and MNF-I Deputy Commanding General - Detainee Operations (DCG-DO) to express Canberra's concern about the detention of Australian national Bradley John Thompson by US military forces [...] | 2006-05-27 10:57:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PINS PTER PHUM KJUS IZ |
06BAGHDAD1767 | NEW MOJ EAGER TO ENGAGE, SKEPTICAL ABOUT IRAQI [...] (C) On May 24, newly-appointed Minister of Justice Hashim Abdulrahman al-Shibli met in his office at the Ministry with MNF-I Deputy Commanding General - Detainee Operations (DCG-DO),Major General Jack Gardner, for an introductory brief on current MNF-I detention operations, the legal basis f [...] | 2006-05-27 10:57:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PTER PHUM KJUS IZ |
06BAGHDAD1779 | DANISH PRIME MINISTER COMMITTED TO IRAQ [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 24, Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen and Danish Defense Minister Soren Gade called on the Ambassador and GEN Casey. Rasmussen reported that the Danish Parliament is expected to vote next week to extend and adjust its military presence in Iraq through July 7, 2007 [...] | 2006-05-29 04:12:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL PINS PNAT PTER KDEM KISL IZ DA |
06BAGHDAD181 | KOREAN INTEREST IN REGIONAL RECONSTRUCTION [...] (U) This is an action request; please see para 2. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: Korean Ambassador to Iraq Ki-ho Chang told the Ambassador January 19 that Seoul is interested in participating in, and possibly leading, the planned Kurdistan Regional Reconstruction Team (RRT). Chang as [...] | 2006-01-22 12:44:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PINS ODIP OFDP PREL KS IZ |
06BAGHDAD1844 | MCNS DISCUSSES NEW PLAN FOR BAGHDAD SECURITY [...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki convened a meeting of the Ministerial Committee for National Security (MCNS) on May 29 to discuss the Baghdad Security Plan. National Security Advisor (NSA) Dr. Mowaffak al-Rubaie provided a briefing on the political and outreach aspect [...] | 2006-06-01 09:46:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PINS MOPS IZ |
06BAGHDAD1920 | MCNS APPROVES BAGHDAD SECURITY PLAN, DISCUSSES [...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: On June 5, the Ministerial Committee for National Security (MCNS) met and approved a new plan for Baghdad security. The group decided that Prime Minister Maliki would be in overall charge of the plan's execution, with Multi-National Force-Iraq (MNF-I) commanders car [...] | 2006-06-07 13:23:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PINS PGOV MOPS IZ |
06BAGHDAD1957 | SADR CITY DAC WOMEN'S AFFAIRS COMMITTEE CHAIR [...] (C) Summary: Sadr City District Advisory Council (DAC) member Mustafa Jasim told PolOff in a June 5 meeting that both he and his wife, fellow Sadr City DAC member and chair of the DAC Women's Affairs Committee Siham Hatab, were told by Jaysh al-Mahdi (JAM) members that they must resign their [...] | 2006-06-10 04:20:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PNAT PTER KDEM KISL IZ |
06BAGHDAD1964 | PROBLEMS FACING THE IRAQI JUDICIARY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Improving performance of the Iraqi judiciary faces immediate challenges: too few judges, a lack of security, and a constitutional mandate that needs to be defined by further legislation. 2. (SBU) The Mission has already taken measures to begin addressing these problems, i [...] | 2006-06-10 12:34:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINS KJUS IZ |
06BAGHDAD1973 | MCNS APPROVES SECURITY MEASURES, DISCUSSES UNSCR [...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: In the wake of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's death, the Iraqi Ministerial Committee on National Security (MCNS) agreed to implement the Baghdad Security Plan beginning June 13 and to follow up with a series of speeches and press events by senior GOI officials and others in [...] | 2006-06-11 14:32:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PINS PGOV MOPS IZ |
06BAGHDAD1986 | VIEWS OF IRAQI CHIEF JUSTICE ON GOVERNMENT, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraqi Chief Justice al-Mahmoud told us on May 30 that members of the new Iraqi government and parliament owe their allegiances to their parties and sects rather than to the country as a whole. Al-Mahmoud said extremist factions within the new government and parliament want to c [...] | 2006-06-12 12:04:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PGOV PHUM KJUS IZ |
06BAGHDAD1994 | BADR ORGANIZATION AND FADHILA MEMBERS COMMENT ON [...] (C) Summary: In a June 4 meeting with PolOff, Badr Organization parliamentarian Sheikh Dhiya al-Din al-Fayyad said the current violence in Basrah can and should be contained by the provincial council. In a June 8 meeting with PolOff, Fadhila parliamentarian Kareem al-Yaqubi, cousin of Fadhil [...] | 2006-06-12 14:31:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PNAT PTER KDEM KISL IZ |
06BAGHDAD1995 | CODEL INHOFE MEETS WITH NEW MINISTER OF DEFENSE [...] (C) Senators James Inhofe, Oklahoma, and Daniel K. Akaka, Hawaii, visited Iraq June 10-11 with their staffs to congratulate senior security officials on their recent cabinet appointments and for their contributions to operations resulting in the death of Abu Musab Zarqawi. 2. (C) CODEL [...] | 2006-06-13 06:10:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PTER REL LE SY JO IZ |
06BAGHDAD2003 | ITALIAN DPM AND FM D,ALEMA VISIT TO IRAQ [...] (C) SUMMARY. Italian DPM and FM D,Alema told Iraqi leaders that Italy would be withdrawing all of its forces from Iraq by the end of autumn. While he did not rule out leading an Italian PRT, he said it would be very difficult to do so without security. Italian Amb Melani told us that the [...] | 2006-06-13 12:16:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PINS PREL PARM IZ IT |
06BAGHDAD203 | AMBASSADOR AND INTERIOR MINISTER DISCUSS JILL [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-24 18:05:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PINS MARR IZ |
06BAGHDAD2040 | RUBAIE TELLS EDELMAN OF SECURITY DEFICIENCIES [...] (C) SUMMARY. On June 8, National Security Advisor Dr. Mowaffak Rubaie told Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, SIPDIS Eric Edelman that establishing a stable Iraq requires improved intelligence coordination, a comprehensive vetting and national ID program, competent leaders, and USG lo [...] | 2006-06-16 12:55:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL PINS IZ |
06BAGHDAD2041 | REQUEST: FULL RELEASE U.S. ORIGIN EQUIPMENT [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 9. 2. (S) SUMMARY: The Core Country Team for Security Matters requests the full release of the AN/AAR-47 Missile Warning System and AN/ALE-47 Countermeasure Dispensing System to the Government of Iraq. These systems are currently deployed on [...] | 2006-06-16 12:58:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | IZ PINS MOPS |
06BAGHDAD2046 | PLAN FOR SECURITY TRANSFER OF MUTHANNA PROVINCE [...] (C/REL AU,JA,UK, IZ) The May 2006 Provincial Security Transition Assessment concluded that Muthanna province is ready for transition to Iraqi civilian authority. Muthanna met the four necessary transfer conditions: the threat level is low, Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) have reached a level of [...] | 2006-06-17 07:25:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS MOPS PREL AS UK JA IZ |
06BAGHDAD2048 | NINEWA VICE GOVERNOR SUGGESTS IRAQ MOVE AWAY FROM [...] (C) After three years on the job Ninewa's vice governor, Khasro Goran, has proven to be a very polished and powerful politician with strong ties to the regional government in Iraqi Kurdistan. Goran, a Kurd, sees Iraq's future through a Kurdish lens. In his mind, the Kurds' Arab counterparts [...] | 2006-06-17 11:34:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR ECON |
06BAGHDAD2059 | XXXXXXXXXXXX BLAMES UK FOR SECURITY [...] (S//REL UK) Summary: In a June 12 conversation with PolOff, XXXXXXXXXXXX told PolOff the UK is largely to blame for the unrest in Basrah. The UK has not brought militias under control, and so Basrah is now a violent place, he said. This, combined with the activities of foreign intelligence ser [...] | 2006-06-18 12:52:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PINR PINS PNAT PREL PTER KDEM KISL IZ |
06BAGHDAD2082 | AUSTRALIAN DEMARCHE: MILITARY PARTICIPATION [...] (C/ REL AS, UK) SUMMARY: On June 17, Australian Ambassador Howard Brown confirmed to Charge d'Affaires Speckhard that Australian military forces will participate in overwatch operations in Dhi Qar and Muthanna Provinces following the transfer of security responsibility to the Iraqis in Muthanna [...] | 2006-06-19 16:28:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL PINS UK AS |
06BAGHDAD209 | MINISTERIAL COMMITTEE FOR NATIONAL SECURITY [...] (C//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Ja'afari convened the Ministerial Committee on National Security (MCNS) at his residence the evening of January 22. Although the major topic of discussion was infrastructure security (septel),the MCNS also heard reports concerning: the status of the [...] | 2006-01-25 17:36:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MOPS PINS KCRS IZ |
06BAGHDAD211 | 60-DAY ASSESSMENT OF PROVINCIAL [...] (U) THIS IS A COORDINATED EMBASSY BAGHDAD AND MNF-I CABLE. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The National Coordination Team (NCT) provided AMB Khalilzad and GEN Casey the 60-Day Assessment of the three operational Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs) on January 19. From this assessment, it remains clea [...] | 2006-01-26 03:25:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PINS ODIP OFDP PREL IZ |
06BAGHDAD2136 | MEETING WITH NEW MINISTER OF INTERIOR, JAWAD [...] (C) On June 18, EmbOffs met with the new Minister of Interior, Jawad al-Bolani, to congratulate him on his appointment and to pledge ongoing U.S. support for the ministry's efforts to combat terrorism and criminality. EmbOffs emphasized the importance of enhancing public confidence in the mini [...] | 2006-06-22 02:48:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KJUS PINS PGOV IZ |
06BAGHDAD2231 | JAPANESE PROPOSES MOVING SLOWLY ON IRAQ COMPACT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 22 with, in a meeting with Charge, Japanese Ambassador Yamaguchi expressed concern about "significant gaps" in the U.S. and U.K approach to the International Compact. Yamaguchi acknowledged that the U.S. sees the fall conference as a major event in "sealing" the compact, [...] | 2006-06-26 11:38:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PGOV MARR MOPS PREL EAID PINR IZ JA UK |
06BAGHDAD2286 | ATTACK ON BAGHDAD PALESTINIANS KILLS FOUR [...] (C) On the morning of June 26, the Palestinian "compound" in Baghdad's Baladiat neighborhood was reportedly attacked by unknown assailants. Saeed al-Jafari from the Palestinian Human Rights organization told PolFSN that four residents were killed and nine injured in the melee. PLO representa [...] | 2006-06-29 12:19:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF KPAL PINS PHUM PNAT KDEM IZ JO SY |
06BAGHDAD2373 | FADHILA PARLIAMENTARY HEAD OFFERS TO COOPERATE ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 29 meeting, Nadeem al-Jabiri, the head of the Fadhila Party parliamentary bloc, offered to help find a solution to Basrah's security problem. The Ambassador encouraged him to work with PM Maliki. Al-Jabiri attributed many of Basrah's problems to struggles between the UK [...] | 2006-07-06 14:49:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PNAT PREL PTER KDEM KISL IZ |
06BAGHDAD2400 | PRT-BAGHDAD: PROVINCE'S SECURITY COMMITTEE [...] (C) Summary: PRT Representatives attended the Baghdad Provincial Council (BPC) Security Committee meeting July 2. Discussions centered on the presence of foreign elements and other Anti-Iraqi Forces (AIF). The committee also discussed concerns about corruption and collusion within Baghdad-base [...] | 2006-07-09 13:27:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PGOV PREL PTER PINR ASEC IZ |
06BAGHDAD2444 | RESPONSE TO GOR REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE IN HOSTAGE [...] (S) Per reftel, the Mission will work closely with the GOR and GOI to coordinate efforts to recover the Russian Embassy staff members' remains and assist in apprehending those responsible for their murders. 2. (S) At this time, the location of any remains is unknown. Post recognizes the imp [...] | 2006-07-10 15:43:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | MOPS PREL PTER PINS PGOV RS IZ |
06BAGHDAD2445 | MOI OFFICIAL SAYS WOMEN CANNOT OBTAIN PASSPORTS [...] (C) Summary. MOI Director of Nationality and Travel Yasseen al-Yassiri told PolOffs July 26 that Iraqi women were once again required to have their husbands' permission (or that of another male relative) in order to obtain a passport. This requirement, which was in effect during Saddam Hussei [...] | 2006-07-10 18:05:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PINS PHUM PNAT KDEM IZ |
06BAGHDAD2446 | MOI OFFICIAL SAYS WOMEN CANNOT OBTAIN PASSPORTS [...] (C) Summary. MOI Director of Nationality and Travel Yasseen al-Yassiri told PolOffs June 26 that Iraqi women were once again required to have their husbands' permission (or that of another male relative) in order to obtain a passport. This requirement, which was in effect during Saddam Hussei [...] | 2006-07-10 18:18:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PINS PHUM PNAT KDEM IZ |
06BAGHDAD2464 | MCNS - UPDATE ON SECURITY ISSUES [...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: The Ministerial Committee for National Security (MCNS) met July 9 to review the transfer of security authority to al-Muthanna Province, critical energy infrastructure protection, the Baghdad and Basrah Security plans, and events in Anbar. END SUMMARY. 2. (S//REL G [...] | 2006-07-12 14:55:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | MOPS PGOV PINS PNAT PREL PTER IZ |
06BAGHDAD2587 | MCNS - BAGHDAD SECURITY PLAN AND FORCE STRUCTURE [...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: The Ministerial Committee for National Security (MCNS) met July 16 to hear MNF-I briefings on the progress of the Iraqi Army training and on the strategic view of the Baghdad Security Plan Phase II. The Iraqis expressed the desire for more Iraqi troops to be trained, [...] | 2006-07-19 16:31:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PINS PNAT PREL PTER MOPS IZ |
06BAGHDAD2622 | POST SUPPORT FOR IRAQI PURCHASE OF ISR AIRCRAFT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-22 10:12:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PINS PREL MOPS IZ |
06BAGHDAD2632 | IRAQI MINISTER OF INTERIOR NONCOMMITTAL ON ARREST [...] (C) Embassy Rule of Law (ROL) Coordinator urged Iraqi Minister of Interior Bolani to execute immediately the arrest orders for people implicated in abuses at the detention facility known as Site 4. Bolani was noncommittal. Comment: Execution of the arrest orders by Bolani would help demons [...] | 2006-07-23 02:42:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINS KDEM IZ |
06BAGHDAD2652 | NINAWA: PROVINCIAL IIP DIRECTOR MULLS RUN FOR [...] (C) Ninawa,s Sunni Arab population comprises a majority of the province,s population, but is a distinct minority in the provincial government. Provincial Islamic Party Director Dr. Mohammed Shakir wants to change that by possibly running at the top of his party,s ticket in upcoming provincial [...] | 2006-07-24 14:28:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS PINR PGOV PHUM MARR ECON IZ |
06BAGHDAD2675 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED [...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (U) Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory informa [...] | 2006-07-26 16:20:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV MOPS PINS PHUM PREL IZ |
06BAGHDAD2677 | IRAQI MINDEF ON IA DEVELOPMENT [...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met with Iraqi Minister of Defense Abd al-Qadir al-Mufraji July 21 to discuss Baghdad security. Al-Mufraji said the situation reflected personal struggles among politicians who are behind the militias killing innocent Iraqis. He pledged to "nip in the [...] | 2006-07-26 19:07:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | IZ MOPS PGOV PINS PNAT PREL PTER |
06BAGHDAD2699 | NINEWA: LOCAL KURDKISH LEADERS CALL FOR MORE U.S. [...] (U) This is a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Ninewa cable. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) Kurdish political party leaders from Ninewa are calling for a greater U.S. presence in Iraqi Kurdistan. PUK West Ninewa Director Mustafa Kokhe and Vice Governor and KDP Provincial Director [...] | 2006-07-29 11:21:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS PINT PGOV PHUM IZ MARR ECON |
06BAGHDAD2725 | UPDATE ON IRAQI SITE 4 DETENTION FACILITY [...] (C) As reported previously, inspections found over 1,400 detainees living in abusive conditions at the Ministry of Interior detention facility known as Site 4. The Ministry of Justice has assumed or will assume custody of the adult detainees, about half of whom remain at Site 4 and about half [...] | 2006-07-31 14:18:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KJUS PINS PGOV IZ |
06BAGHDAD275 | IRAQI INTELLECTUALS WANT STRONGMAN, U.S. TO SOLVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 28, the MNF-I/Embassy militia working group discussed militias or Extra-Governmental Armed Groups (EGAGs) with members of Iraq's intelligentsia. The Iraqi participants agreed that the GOI has failed to protects its citizens and solve the EGAG problem. Iraq, they asse [...] | 2006-01-31 13:15:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS IZ |
06BAGHDAD281 | HAKIM LARGELY AGREES WITH AMB,S GOVERNMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a January 25 meeting, the Ambassador told SCIRI head Abdul Aziz al Hakim that he is focused on three areas of government formation: composition, structure, and program. Hakim told the Ambassador that he agrees largely with the Ambassador's plans for government formation. Haki [...] | 2006-01-31 17:07:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PNAT IZ |
06BAGHDAD2842 | DEMARCHE TO IRAQI INTERIOR MINISTER ON SITE 4 [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 31 Embassy Rule of Law (ROL) Coordinator asked Iraqi Minister of Interior Bolani when he would authorize the execution of the arrest orders issued in connection with the abuses committed at the Ministry of Interior detention facility known as Site 4. ROL Coordinator also [...] | 2006-08-07 12:44:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PINS PGOV MASS KJUS IZ |
06BAGHDAD293 | UPDATE ON DETAINEE FACILITY INSPECTIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Iraqi Interagency Inspection Team (IIIT),created in response to the discovery of abuses at the Ministry of Interior's (MoI's) al-Jadriyah (Bunker) detention facility in November and supported by Multi-National Forces-Iraq (MNF-I),has conducted four unannounced inspections [...] | 2006-02-01 18:25:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PREL PINS PHUM KJUS MARR IZ |
06BAGHDAD2991 | BAYAN JABR AN POLITICS, AND "BAGHDAD BERMS" [...] (C/REL GBR AUS) Summary: During an August 14 dinner with the Ambassador, Finance Minister Bayan Jabr proposed that MNF-I construct an earthen berm around Baghdad, while gradually expanding the Green Zone walls outward - with the ultimate goal of turning the whole of Baghdad into a green zone - [...] | 2006-08-17 09:27:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PREL PTER PNAT MOPS IZ |
06BAGHDAD2998 | IRAQI INTERIOR MINISTER AUTHORIZES FIRING OF [...] (SBU) Minister of Interior Bolani told ROL/Emboffs that on August 6 he had authorized the firing of 1,200 MOI employees with criminal records. But as of August 16 only a "small portion" of these people had been dismissed, according to the MOI Deputy Minister for Intelligence. 2. (C) COMMEN [...] | 2006-08-17 14:13:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PHUM KJUS IZ |
06BAGHDAD300 | (U) QUSHTEPE OFFICIALS COMMENT ON AL TASH [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 25, RefCoord accompanied UNHCR to Kawa to monitor and evaluate the PRM-funded, UNHCR-implemented relocation of Iranian Kurds formerly resident in the Al Tash refugee camp near Ramadi in Al Anbar governorate. Ref A covered assistance work at the camp. En route to the [...] | 2006-02-02 12:19:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PTER PINR PINS PREL IZ IR JO UNHCR PRM |
06BAGHDAD3025 | MCNS AUGUST 13 - TURKEY, IRAN, AL QAEDA, AND [...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: At the Ministerial Council on August 13, Prime Minister Maliki welcomed the proposed tripartite talks among the US, Turkey and Iraq on PKK Turkish Kurd terrorist activities. Improved relations with Turkey might also increase imports, and ease Iraq's fuel crisis. Rel [...] | 2006-08-20 11:17:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PINS PNAT PREL PTER MOPS IZ |
06BAGHDAD3035 | SLOVAKIAN PM PLEDGES TRANSPARENCY ON FUTURE AID TO [...] (C/REL MCFI) SUMMARY: On August 17 the Ambassador and General Casey thanked Slovak Prime Minister Fico for his country's contributions to Operation Iraqi Freedom and asked that it conduct additional training of Iraqis, per ref A. Echoing the themes of ref B, Fico pledged to continue to help Ir [...] | 2006-08-21 08:37:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PNAT PREL PTER MOPS IZ |
06BAGHDAD3053 | AUGUST 18 MEETING BETWEEN IRAQI PM, AMBASSADOR, [...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: At an intense August 18 meeting with Prime Minister Maliki, MNF-I Commander General (CG) Casey and the Ambassador, the PM reacted negatively to American news reports that the PM is willing to kill Sunnis, but shield Shia including Moqtada al-Sadr from MNF-I raids. The [...] | 2006-08-22 11:50:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PINS PNAT PREL PTER MOPS IZ |
06BAGHDAD3057 | IRAQI MINISTERS ON DETENTION CENTERS INSPECTIONS [...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: At an August 20 meeting at the Ambassador's Residence the Ministers for Defense, Interior, Justice and Human Rights discussed procedures for improving the treatment of criminal detainees in Iraq in accordance with applicable human rights standards. Regarding the Site [...] | 2006-08-22 14:43:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PINS PNAT PREL PTER MOPS IZ |
06BAGHDAD3157 | MCNS AUGUST 21 [...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: During the August 21 Ministerial Council on National Security, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki emphasized the importance of civil support for the Baghdad Security operations; called for the reform of the Facilities Protection Service; and approved Iraqi assumption of sec [...] | 2006-08-28 17:11:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | GPGOV PINS PNAT PREL PTER MOPS IZ |
06BAGHDAD317 | UPDATE ON KUWAITI DETAINEES IN COALITION CUSTODY [...] (C) In response to Embassy Kuwait's inquiry in reftel: * Kuwaiti national ABDULRAHMAN MOBARAK MESHAKHAS AL BATHALI (ISN 157245) is currently held in the legal and physical custody of Coalition Forces at the MNF-I Fort Suse detention facility near Suleymaniyah. His case is under review for [...] | 2006-02-04 16:13:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINS KJUS IZ KU |
06BAGHDAD318 | FRENCH REQUEST TO INTERVIEW FOUR IRAQI DETAINEES [...] (C) SUMMARY: In response to Embassy Paris's query in Reftel: the Chief Investigative Judge of the Iraqi High Tribunal (IHT),Judge Ra'ad, has indicated that he is receptive to the GOF's request to interview four Iraqi detainees awaiting trial at the IHT, under certain conditions (which we dis [...] | 2006-02-04 16:13:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINS KJUS IZ FR |
06BAGHDAD3205 | MCNS - AUGUST 27 [...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: At the Ministerial Council for National Security (MCNS) on August 27, Prime Minister Maliki suggested that the looting of a former British base in Maysan province created a "public perception of defeat" that must be analyzed. The Baghdad Security Plan is progressing, [...] | 2006-08-31 11:36:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PINS PNAT PREL PTER MOPS IZ |
06BAGHDAD3243 | ATTORNEY GENERAL MAKES PRODUCTIVE VISIT TO IRAQ [...] (C) U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales paid a productive and busy visit to Baghdad on August 29. He met with Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih and other key Iraqi officials, visited wounded soldiers at the U.S. Combat Support Hospital, toured the Iraqi High Tribunal where Saddam Hussein [...] | 2006-09-04 09:51:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PINS PGOV KJUS IZ |
06BAGHDAD3252 | IRAQI DEPUTY PM TELLS U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL WAR IS [...] (C) On August 29, before meeting with other Iraqi officials (reported reftel),Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez and CDA Speckhard met alone with Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih, who emphasized that the war is winnable and that the international community must not give up on Iraq. [...] | 2006-09-04 17:09:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PINS PGOV KJUS IZ |
06BAGHDAD3273 | MCNS -- SEPTEMBER 3: BSP UPDATE AND MOSQUE POLICY [...] (S) SUMMARY: In the Prime Minister's absence, National Security Advisor Rubaie chaired the September 3 Ministerial Committee on National Security -- despite the fact that both Deputy PMs (Barham Salih and Salam al-Zubai) were in attendance. General Casey argued that the Baghdad Security Plan [...] | 2006-09-05 15:18:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PINS PREL PTER MOPS IZ |
06BAGHDAD330 | ABD AL-MAHDI CLAIMS HE IS HIS OWN MAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: At a February 3 dinner hosted by Minister of Planning (and senior Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) official) Barham Saleh, Deputy President Adel Abd al-Mahdi told the Ambassador that, if chosen to be Prime Minister, he would not be beholden either to SCIRI head Abd al-Aziz al-H [...] | 2006-02-05 16:57:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PINS PNAT IZ KDEM |
06BAGHDAD332 | FALLUJAH: NEW YEAR, NEW CHALLENGES -- SAME HIGH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Fallujah faces ongoing security and rebuilding challenges despite hard-won progress throughout 2005. Attacks directed against Marines and Iraqi Security Forces continue, including an IED explosion in January 2006 targeting local police (native Fallujans). Intermittent sniper a [...] | 2006-02-06 08:17:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PINS MOPS MARR EAID ECON KDEM IZ |
06BAGHDAD3346 | MALIKI SAYS IRAQI POLICE NUMBER ONE PROBLEM; [...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: On September 6, during a briefing on the Baghdad Security Plan (BSP),Prime Minister Maliki told MNF-I Commanding General (CG) Casey and the Ambassador that he sees reforming the Iraqi Police as his number one issue, and key to solving other related problems. When the [...] | 2006-09-09 13:09:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PINS PNAT PREL PTER MOPS IZ |
06BAGHDAD3374 | ABU GHRAIB PRISON TRANSFERRED TO GOI, FUTURE USE [...] (U) This is a PRT Al Anbar cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Effective September 1, 2006, responsibilities for securing and administering Abu Ghraib prison transferred to an on-site Iraq Army unit and Ministry of Justice officials. A platoon of U.S. Marines will remain at the location until mid-Sept [...] | 2006-09-11 06:49:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINS KDEM IZ |
06BAGHDAD344 | MINISTERIAL COMMITTEE FOR NATIONAL SECURITY [...] (C//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: The Iraqi Ministerial Committee for National Security (MCNS) met on February 3 and addressed the following: -- The MCNS acknowledged the work of the Joint Committee to Transfer Security Responsibility (JCTSR) and directed that its Working Group continue steps toward [...] | 2006-02-06 13:42:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PTER MOPS ENRG EPET IZ |
06BAGHDAD3454 | KURDISH LEADER BARZANI SUPPORTS "PACKAGE DEAL" IDEA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) President Masoud Barzani told the Ambassador September 13 that he would support a "package deal" by Iraq's political leaders on federal region formation, constitutional questions, militias, hydrocarbons and other issues (ref A). Barzani feels a [...] | 2006-09-14 18:59:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PNAT IZ |
06BAGHDAD3456 | MCNS - MALIKI ON OIL SMUGGLING, DIYALA SECURITY [...] (S/REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: During the September 10 meeting of the Ministerial Committee for National Security, Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki: -- Cited petroleum smuggling as a key source of terrorist financing that must be addressed together with energy infrastructure protection; -- Called for be [...] | 2006-09-14 19:35:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | IZ MOPS PGOV PINS PNAT PREL PTER |
06BAGHDAD3471 | FALLUJAH - DISPLACED SUNNI ARABS RELOCATE TO AL [...] (U) This is a PRT Al Anbar cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Sectarian violence has prompted thousands of Sunni-Arabs to relocate to Al Anbar Province. Many have moved to Fallujah given its proximity to Baghdad and lack of Shia militia activity. Fallujah city leaders have taken steps to address the [...] | 2006-09-17 12:01:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINS KDEM IZ |
06BAGHDAD3501 | AL ANBAR GOVERNOR QUESTIONS GOVERNMENT'S [...] (U) This is a PRT Al Anbar cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Al Anbar Governor Ma'moun Sami Rasheed Al- Awani told MNF-W Deputy Commanding General and Al Anbar PolOff August 21 that central government officials appeared to want to sideline the province. The lack of sustained financial resources prov [...] | 2006-09-19 06:17:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINS KDEM IZ |
06BAGHDAD3505 | PRT BAGHDAD: IRAQI POLICE PERCEPTION OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In furtherance of Baghdad Security Plan (BSP) operations, PRT officers visited seven police stations in BSP focus areas in September. Our conversations with senior police officials revealed that police officers believe or want us to believe that BSP focus area residents lack co [...] | 2006-09-19 12:30:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS MCAP PGOV PINR PTER PINS IZ |
06BAGHDAD351 | CONTINUING TO REACH OUT TO THE SUNNIS: DEMOCRACY [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a follow-up meeting on January 30, 2006, the Ambassador met with Sheikh Khamis Hawaz al-Sidiq, a former Iraqi Army Major General from Hillah and senior Shammar tribal figure. Sidiq criticized the US for depending on expatriate Iraqis when it launched the war, and he defended [...] | 2006-02-06 15:01:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PTER PINR KDEM IZ |
06BAGHDAD3545 | IRAQI OFFICIAL BETRAYS U.S. CONFIDENCE TO IRAN [...] (S/NOFORN) SUMMARY: It appears that Iraqi Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials may be passing to Baghdad-based Iranian interlocutors' detailed and largely accurate accounts of conversations between U.S. diplomats and Iraqi Government officials. However, ORA cautions that insufficient evidenc [...] | 2006-09-22 13:54:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PHUM PINS PREL IZ |
06BAGHDAD3553 | SEPTEMBER 17 MEETING OF THE MINISTERIAL COMMITTEE [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: -- Casualty Figures: The GOI agrees to establish a single point of contact for casualty numbers. -- The PM's Visit to Iran: The Prime Minister reported the he had raised Iranian support for anti-GOI groups during his recent visit to Tehran. Iran agreed to stop providing [...] | 2006-09-24 11:20:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | IZ PGOV PREL PTER PINS MOPS |
06BAGHDAD3555 | SEPTEMBER 17 MEETING OF THE MINISTERIAL COMMITTEE [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: -- Casualty Figures: The GOI agrees to establish a single point of contact for casualty numbers. -- The PM's Visit to Iran: The Prime Minister reported the he had raised Iranian support for anti-GOI groups during his recent visit to Tehran. Iran agreed to stop providing [...] | 2006-09-24 12:12:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | IZ PGOV PREL PTER PINS MOPS |
06BAGHDAD3587 | SEPTEMBER 24 MINISTERIAL COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: At the September 24 meeting of the Ministerial Committee on National Security (MCNS),participants described their efforts to consolidate and check casualty figures, discussed the need to have combined MoD/MoI checkpoints, and heard about initial plans to bring Facility Prote [...] | 2006-09-25 19:18:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | IZ PREL PGOV PTER PINS MOPS |
06BAGHDAD3589 | IRAQI VP BRIEFS CHARGE ON REGIONAL TRIP, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Vice President Adel Abdel Mehdi told the Charge on September 23 that his recent trip to the UAE and Saudi Arabia was successful, with leaders of both countries praising Prime Minister Maliki and affirming their support for his government. Abdel Mehdi welcomed U.S. efforts to re [...] | 2006-09-25 19:47:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS KDEM IZ |
06BAGHDAD3609 | IRAQI VICE PRESIDENT AL-HASHEMI REVIEWS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Vice President Tariq Al-Hashemi discussed federalism and constitutional review with the Ambassador on September 25, agreeing on the need for a broad consensus on these and related issues. He was optimistic about efforts being made to improve security in Anbar and Diyala but cau [...] | 2006-09-27 09:11:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS IZ |
06BAGHDAD3610 | INDEPENDENT IRAQI SHI'A MP DISCUSSES FEDERALISM, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Independent Council of Representatives (CoR) Shia coalition (UIC) member Qassim Daoud told the Charge on September 23 that the role of the central government needed to be strengthened and that region formation should be delayed until the appropriate capacities are in place. He [...] | 2006-09-27 09:12:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS IZ |
06BAGHDAD3629 | IRAQI VICE PRESIDENT ABDEL MEHDI UPDATES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Vice President Adel Abdel Mehdi told the Ambassador on September 25 that a modified version of the Shi'a coalition's (UIC's) draft law on region formation would be read on September 26 according to a September 24 agreement between parliamentary bloc leaders (septel). He said tha [...] | 2006-09-28 06:33:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS IZ |
06BAGHDAD3688 | OCTOBER 1 MCNS MEETING: INTERNATIONAL ZONE [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: The October 1 meeting of the Ministerial Committee on National Security (MCNS) focused on potential security threats to Baghdad's International Zone (IZ),resulting in a decision to search all people entering the IZ with potentially compromised blue security badges. MNF-I Comm [...] | 2006-10-03 12:27:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PTER PINS PGOV MOPS IZ |
06BAGHDAD3724 | PESHMERGA TRANSFORMATION TALKS [...] (S/REL MNF-I) SUMMARY: On September 26, the Government of Iraq and the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) held the second in a planned series of meetings to transform the Peshmerga into a unified regional force consistent with Iraq's constitution and federal law. Neither side presented a clea [...] | 2006-10-07 15:57:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PTER PREL MOPS PINS PNAT IZ |
06BAGHDAD3725 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES DE-BAATHIFICATION AND OTHER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Khalilzad met October 2 with Ahmet Chalabi, who chairs Iraq's Higher National De-Baathification Commission (HNDBC). Chalabi appeared open to de-Baathification reforms such as redrafting de-Baathification guidelines and granting some mid-level ex-Baathists pensions an [...] | 2006-10-07 17:55:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PINS IZ |
06BAGHDAD3727 | IRAQI PRIME MINISTER UPBEAT TO CODEL FRIST [...] (C) SUMMARY: While not downplaying the security challenge facing Iraq, Prime Minister Maliki gave an upbeat assessment to CODEL Frist. He hailed the four point agreement announced October 2 (reftel) as a genuine effort by diverse political parties to work together on security and said that [...] | 2006-10-07 18:05:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS IZ |
06BAGHDAD3730 | SCIRI LEADER RAISES SECURITY CONCERNS WITH [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph seven. 2. (C) SUMMARY: SCIRI leader Abdel Aziz al-Hakim agreed with the Ambassador on the need to move forward and bring closure on key outstanding issues such as federalism, oil, constitutional review, and militias. Al-Hakim noted th [...] | 2006-10-08 11:19:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS IZ |
06BAGHDAD3733 | AUSTRALIAN AMBASSADOR TO IRAQ DISCUSSES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Australian Ambassador to Iraq Marc Innes-Brown asked the DCM if the U.S. would be able to help transport Australian nationals from the International Zone (IZ) to Baghdad International Airport (BIAP) in the event of a "worst-case scenario" emergency. He also informed the DCM of [...] | 2006-10-08 15:07:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS IZ |
06BAGHDAD3738 | LEAHY IN IRAQ [...] (U) Restated questions from Ref A para 7 followed by Post's answers. ---------- QUESTION A ---------- 2. (SBU) What measures have Post or MNF-I taken to prevent human rights abusers from receiving U.S. security assistance and to improve the human rights record of units receiving U.S. a [...] | 2006-10-09 08:49:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PHUM PINS MOPS IZ |
06BAGHDAD3739 | ANBAR GOVERNOR CITES POSITIVE DEVELOPMENTS ON [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-09 09:45:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PTER IZ |
06BAGHDAD374 | SHARIA COURTS UNDERMINE EFFORTS TO REBUILD IRA [...] (C) SUMMARY: In separate conversations on January 22, 23, and 24, Shia imam Sheikh Ayad al-Ekabi and Sadr City District Advisory Council (DAC) members Ali Suadi and Mustafa Jasim told PolOff and Pol/FSN about extra- judicial sharia courts operating in Sadr City and other parts of Baghdad, and [...] | 2006-02-07 14:38:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINS PTER IZ KDEM KWMN |
06BAGHDAD3760 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH IRAQI ANTI-PKK COORDINATOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met on October 8 with Iraqi State Minister for National Security Shirwan Wa'ili, the GOI's counterpart to Special Envoy Ralston in the trilateral U.S./Iraq/Turkey anti-PKK efforts. Wa'ili is in the process of gathering information and talking to the various actors [...] | 2006-10-10 20:32:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS PTER TU IZ |
06BAGHDAD3762 | CODEL REED ADVISES MOI THAT TIME IS RUNNING OUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: During their October 8 meeting with Minister of Interior Jawad Bolani, Senators Reed and Durbin, accompanied by Ambassador Khalilzad, shared their concerns over sectarian strife and the growing violence in Iraq. Bolani attempted to shift blame from his ministry to others, critici [...] | 2006-10-11 03:38:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PINS PREL IZ PTER |
06BAGHDAD3790 | IRAQI MOI SAYS INVESTIGATION INTO SITE 4 COMPLETE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a meeting with the DCM, Minister of Interior Bolani said he had just finished his investigation of the people implicated in the abuses at Site 4. He promised to inform us of the results before announcing them publicly on October 12. He noted that as a result of the investi [...] | 2006-10-12 04:00:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINS KJUS IZ |
06BAGHDAD3796 | IRAQI MP AND ADVISOR TO PRIME MINISTER DISCUSSES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sami al-Askari, Council of Representatives (CoR) member and confidante of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki told the Ambassador that the leaders who signed the Ramadan agreement had agreed on members for the central committee and had begun to discuss the issue of checkpoints. The Amb [...] | 2006-10-12 18:25:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS IZ |
06BAGHDAD3808 | CHAIR OF SECURITY AND DEFENSE COMMITTEE OUTLINES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chair of the Council of Representatives (CoR) Committee on Security and Defense Hadi Al-Amri said that the Policy Council on National Security (PCNS) has decided that the Iraqi government needs a mandate from the CoR in order to request an extension of UN Security Council Resolut [...] | 2006-10-13 11:21:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS IZ |
06BAGHDAD3827 | IRAQI GOVERNMENT ANBAR TRIBES CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Representatives from Anbar tribes gathered with local and national government officials October 7 in Baghdad to pledge cooperation in restoring security and promoting economic development in the heavily-Sunni province. Conference participants highlighted mounting frustrations [...] | 2006-10-15 06:49:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS IZ |
06BAGHDAD383 | NEW SCIRI PARLIAMENTARIANS TALK ABOUT MOI, [...] (C) Summary. In a February 6 introductory meeting, two newly-elected SCIRI parliamentarians rejected Sunni complaints about MOI abuses and stated that Minister of Interior (SCIRI) Bayan Jabr is doing an excellent job. They added that the Shia Coalition will insist on retaining the MOI in g [...] | 2006-02-08 08:17:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PINR PINS PHUM IZ |
06BAGHDAD3874 | ANBAR GOVERNOR CITES POSITIVE DEVELOPMENTS ON [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-16 15:02:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PTER IZ |
06BAGHDAD3875 | ANBAR GOVERNOR CITES POSITIVE DEVELOPMENTS ON [...] (U) This is an Anbar PRT cable. 2. (C) Summary: Recent meetings between GOI and Anbar officials suggest progress in cooperation between the national and provincial leadership. MNF-I and PRT leadership attended a meeting where Anbar Governor Ma'amoun Sami Rasheed Al-Awani gave a readout o [...] | 2006-10-16 15:10:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PTER IZ |
06BAGHDAD3928 | NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR RUBAIE ON DDR [...] (S) SUMMARY: National Security Advisor Muwafak al-Rubaie told MNF-I and Emboffs on October 14 that Prime Minister Maliki has mandated a new committee to address security sector reform and DDR issues. The committee has been charged with producing a report with recommendations on security sect [...] | 2006-10-20 07:27:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINS IZ |
06BAGHDAD396 | SHIA INDEPENDENT: WHO WILL DEFEND IRAQ WHEN U.S. [...] (C) Shia Islamist Coalition (List 555) independent parliamentarian Sami al-Askari asked PolOff in a February 6 meeting, "Who will defend Iraq after coalition forces (CF) leave?" Al-Askari said he is concerned that the U.S. will withdraw its forces soon because of its domestic political situat [...] | 2006-02-09 12:03:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PGOV PINS PREL IZ IR |
06BAGHDAD3965 | IRAQI DEPUTY MINISTERS COMMENT ON SITE 4 [...] (C) As reported previously, Minister of Interior Bolani formed three committees to investigate the cases of the 52 policemen for whom arrest warrants were issued in connection with the abuses at the former detention facility known as Site 4. These policemen include Major General Mahdi Sobiah, [...] | 2006-10-22 18:20:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINS KJUS IZ |
06BAGHDAD397 | BADR CORPS TELLS GEN. CASEY IT SUPPORTS HUMAN [...] (C) Badr Organization General Secretary Hadi al-Amari, Badr Organization Deputy Secretary for Protection Tahsin al-Azawi, and SCIRI parliamentarian Sheikh Dhiya al- Fayyad told MNF-I Commanding General Casey and PolCouns in a February 7 meeting that the Badr Organization fully supports human r [...] | 2006-02-09 12:16:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PREL IZ IR |
06BAGHDAD3971 | IRAQI MP GIVES SHI'A NARRATIVE OF DIYALA'S [...] (C) Summary: According to Diyala native and Council of Representatives (CoR) member Taha Der'a al-Saadi (Shi'a coalition independent),nascent cross-sectarian security cooperation in Iraq's Diyala governorate has ended and Sunnis, with the help of local offcials, are actively seeking to expe [...] | 2006-10-23 07:51:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ PGOV PINS PREL |
06BAGHDAD3986 | IRAQI DEPUTY MOI SAYS INVESTIGATIONS COMPLETE [...] (C) On October 21 Deputy Minister of Interior for Security Ayden told us that the three committees formed by Minister of Interior Bolani to investigate Site 4 had finished their work and had recommended that most of the arrest warrants issued by an Iraqi investigative judge be issued. (As repo [...] | 2006-10-23 19:34:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINS KJUS IZ |
06BAGHDAD3989 | KRG OPENS NEW REPRESENTATIVE OFFICE IN BAGHDAD [...] (C) Summary: Dilshad Miran, the head of the newly established Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Representation Office in Baghdad, met with PolCouns October 10 to discuss the origins and planned agenda of his new office and its relation with the federal ministries, Peshmerga integration, and [...] | 2006-10-24 15:11:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS IZ |
06BAGHDAD399 | CODEL SHAYS MEETS WITH IRAQI INTELLIGENCE OFFICIALS [...] (C) On February 4, Iraqi National Security Adviser (NSA) Muwafuq al-Rubaie, accompanied by representatives of Iraq's security services, briefed the CODEL Shays delegation on the overall structure of the intelligence and national security community in Iraq. The briefing began with a slideshow [...] | 2006-02-09 13:46:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ PGOV PINS PREL PTER |
06BAGHDAD3992 | PRT ANBAR: IRAQ DEPUTY NSA ON ANBAR [...] (S/REL MCFI) Summary. Iraqi Deputy National Security Advisor (NSA) Safa A. Hussein provided an analysis to Anbar PRT PolOff October 19 of recent developments in Anbar regarding reconciliation between the provincial government and the tribes. He expressed cautious optimism regarding the poss [...] | 2006-10-24 18:03:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | IZ KDEM PGOV PINS |
06BAGHDAD3994 | PRT ANBAR: ANBAR PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT AND TRIBES [...] (S/REL MCNI) Summary: MNF-W hosted an Iftar dinner October 17 for Anbar Governor Ma'amoun Sami Rasheed Al-Awani and prominent Anbar Sheikh Sattar Al- Rishawi to follow up on the reconciliation momentum generated from the previous joint meeting held October 10 (reftel). The atmospherics were [...] | 2006-10-25 10:01:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | IZ KDEM PGOV PINS |
06BAGHDAD4029 | IRAQI PM SEEKS GREATER AUTHORITY BUT QUESTIONS [...] (S) SUMMARY: Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki told the Ambassador that he wanted the power to command the movements of Iraqi Security Forces (ISF),arguing that he could not be asked to bear responsibility for security in Iraq without the having the appropriate authority. Saying he was r [...] | 2006-10-29 08:17:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PINS IZ |
06BAGHDAD4054 | AMBASSADOR AND DCM MEET WITH IRAQI NATIONAL [...] (S) Summary: Ambassador and DCM held a wide-ranging discussion with Iraqi National Security Advisor Muwafaq al-Rubaie immediately following the Ambassador's October 27 meeting with PM Maliki: - Rubaie portrayed the PM as under pressure, worried about failure, and without adequate staff to ad [...] | 2006-10-29 18:26:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINS JO SA AEMR IZ |
06BAGHDAD406 | MESSAGE FOR THE SECRETARY: AGRIBUSINESS FUNDING [...] (SBU) I appreciate all the work you and the Department have done in getting a strong supplemental request for assistance to Iraq. It was good news to see that OMB had agreed to include the funding for national capacity development. 2. (SBU) I believe we are in good shape, with one exception [...] | 2006-02-10 14:37:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PINS ODIP OFDP PREL IZ |
06BAGHDAD4094 | AL-BATHA MAYOR SEEKS DONOR SUPPORT [...] (U) This is a PRT Dhi Qar cable. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Dhi Qar PRT and U.S. Army Civil Affairs (CA) personnel met with the Mayor of Al-Batha, a small town located approximately 15 KM from provincial capital, Al-Nasiriyah, on September 12 at the Mayor's office. The mayor, Mr. Ali Faad Al She [...] | 2006-11-01 14:55:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINS ECON EZ |
06BAGHDAD4096 | SCIRI CHAIRMAN HAKIM DISCUSSES MISTAKES, MILITIAS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an October 17 meeting with National Security Advisor to the Vice President John Hannah and the Charge, Abdulaziz al-Hakim, leader of the Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI),said that Iraq had realized significant achievements in the short time since its libe [...] | 2006-11-01 20:20:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS IZ |
06BAGHDAD4097 | IRAQI MP HUMAM HAMMOUDI CALLS FOR NATIONAL UNITY [...] (C) In an October 18 meeting with National Security Advisor to the Vice President John Hannah and the Charge, Humam Hammoudi, Council of Representatives (CoR) member and senior SCIRI politician, said that the current situation in Iraq required a national unity government, rather than one cente [...] | 2006-11-01 20:23:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS IZ |
06BAGHDAD4098 | IRAQI MINISTER DEFENDS EFFORTS ON SECURITY AND [...] (C) In an October 17 meeting with National Security Advisor to the Vice President John Hannah, and the Charge, Minister of Finance Bayan Jabr, defended his record at MoI, where he served as Minister from April 2005 to May 2006. Asked by Hannah whether his tenure at MoI had resulted in the mini [...] | 2006-11-01 20:26:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS ECON IZ |
06BAGHDAD41 | AN IRAQI PUBLIC-EDUCATION STRATEGY FOR ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy, the British Department for International Development (DFID) in Baghdad, and the GOI are developing an economic-reform public-education strategy. To date, we have established that an effective campaign would address three areas: 1) fuel-subsidy reform; 2) social safe [...] | 2006-01-05 11:12:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EPET PGOV PINS KCOR IZ |
06BAGHDAD410 | IRAQI MINISTERIAL COMMITTEE FOR NATIONAL SECURITY [...] (C//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: The Iraqi Ministerial Committee for National Security (MCNS) met the evening of February 6, 2006 at the residence of Prime Minister Ibrahim Ja'afari. -- MNF-I Commanding General Casey urged the members to address the issue of kidnappings and assassinations about wh [...] | 2006-02-10 18:38:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM MOPS PINS EPET ENRG IZ |
06BAGHDAD4111 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES UNSCR RENEWAL, ANBAR WITH PM [...] (S) SUMMARY: In a November 1 meeting the Ambassador and Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki focused on UNSCR 1546's extension, national reconciliation and progress in Anbar, recent statements to the press from Maliki's confidants, and a visit to Baghdad by KRG leadership. In a brief comment at the [...] | 2006-11-03 13:30:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINS IZ |
06BAGHDAD4123 | BADR ORGANIZATION LEADER AND VICE PRESIDENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chair of the Council of Representatives Security and Defense Committee and Badr Organization leader Hadi al-Amiri met John Hannah, the National Security Adviser to the Vice President on October 19. Amiri thanked the U.S. for its role in liberating Iraq and helping to build [...] | 2006-11-05 07:53:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS IZ |
06BAGHDAD4124 | COR SPEAKER AND VICE PRESIDENT ADVISER HANNAH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Council of Representatives (CoR) Speaker Mahmoud al- Mashadani told John Hannah, the National Security Adviser to the Vice President, October 18 that there is a security challenge in Iraq caused by Sunni and Shi'a militias. He estimated that there is a six month period to ov [...] | 2006-11-05 08:00:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS IZ |
06BAGHDAD4125 | DEPUTY PRESIDENT MADHI AND VICE PRESIDENT ADVISOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy President Adil abd al-Mahdi informed John Hannah, National Security Advisor to the Vice President, October 19 that Iraq is ready to take more risks in exchange for additional responsibilities in maintaining security and suggested adding amendments to UNSCR 1546 that would [...] | 2006-11-05 08:17:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS IZ |
06BAGHDAD4126 | MODERATE IRAQI SHI'A CLERIC SUPPORTS MALIKI BUT [...] (C) John Hannah, National Security Advisor to the Vice President, met on October 19 with Ayatollah Hussein al-Sadr, a moderate Shi'a cleric based in the Kadhimiya neighborhood of Baghdad who had supported former Prime Minister Alawi's list in the December 2005 elections. Al-Sadr opened with [...] | 2006-11-05 08:26:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS IZ |
06BAGHDAD4127 | DEPUTY PRESIDENT MAHDI DISCUSSES SECURITY AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy President Adil Abd al-Mahdi told John Hannah, the National Security Adviser to the Vice President, October 17 that the security situation is bad (but statistically getting slightly better),with more Iraqis, particularly in Baghdad, feeling personally threatened. Mahdi [...] | 2006-11-05 08:45:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS ECON IZ |
06BAGHDAD4128 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES KURDISH PESHMERGA FORCE WITH [...] (C) Summary: In an October 30 meeting, the Ambassador urged PM Maliki to resolve differences between the GOI and Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) on Kurdish Peshmerga fighters. The Ambassador flagged possibly-problematical KRG proposals and offered USG help in developing workable options. [...] | 2006-11-05 08:52:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS PHUM IZ |
06BAGHDAD4140 | FORMER MINISTER DISCUSSES KURDISH EXPANSION INTO [...] (C) Summary: In a November 1 meeting with the Ambassador, former Minister of Industry and Minerals and current Council of Representatives (CoR) member from the cross-sectarian secular Iraqiyya party Osama Al-Najafi said Kurdish expansionism constitutes the most serious threat to Iraqi unity. [...] | 2006-11-05 19:38:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINS IZ |
06BAGHDAD4150 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 3. 2. (U) Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has [...] | 2006-11-06 14:53:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | MOPS MARR PINS PINR PREL |
06BAGHDAD4164 | IRAQI SHI'A POLITICIAN AIRS DOUBTS ABOUT U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ali al-Adeeb, Dawa bloc leader in the Council of Representatives (CoR) and vice chairman of the Shi'a coalition, aired doubts about U.S. and coalition intent in Iraq in a conversation with PolCouns on November 6. He raised a number of alleged incidents that, he thought, suggest [...] | 2006-11-07 12:35:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS IZ |
06BAGHDAD4168 | DHI QAR PRT AND U.S. ARMY CIVIL AFFAIRS PERSONNEL [...] (U) This is a PRT Dhi Qar cable. 2. (S) Summary: Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) and U.S. Army 1/34 Civil Affairs personnel met with a representative of the Jaysh Al Mahdi Militia (JAM) on October 26 to discuss access to parts of the province under the influence of the JAM. The inter [...] | 2006-11-07 13:40:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINS IZ |
06BAGHDAD4183 | MUTHANNA AND DHI QAR OFFICIALS CAUTIOUSLY [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an October 30 meeting with National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley and the DCM, political leaders and security chiefs of Dhi Qar and Muthanna provinces characterized their provinces as relatively calm but raised concerns about the number and readiness of the ISF in their areas [...] | 2006-11-08 15:51:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS IZ |
06BAGHDAD4195 | IRAQI PM MALIKI URGES IRAQI CONTROL OVER SECURITY, [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki expressed appreciation for the President's continued support and pressed for greater Iraqi control over security, during an October 30 meeting with National Security Advisor Hadley and the Ambassador. He said partition was not an option under consid [...] | 2006-11-09 12:31:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS IZ |
06BAGHDAD4205 | SCIRI LEADERS BEMOAN LACK OF STRONG SUNNI PARTNERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Abdulaziz al-Hakim, Chairman of the Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI),and Vice President Adel Abdel Mehdi (also from SCIRI) told National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley and Ambassador Khalilzad that the Sunnis were the weak link in Iraq's national unity gove [...] | 2006-11-10 11:43:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS IZ |
06BAGHDAD4217 | PM RAISES SUNNI LEADERSHIP, UNSCR AND [...] (S) SUMMARY: In a November 4 meeting, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki discussed continuing concerns over the sincerity of Sunni cooperation within the GOI, specifically referring to their efforts towards reconciliation. The Ambassador raised UNSCR renewal, highlighting potential contradiction [...] | 2006-11-13 07:08:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINS IZ |
06BAGHDAD4254 | LEADING SHIA POLITICIAN SHAYKH HUMAM HAMMOUDI LAYS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Leading SCIRI party member Shaykh Humam Hammoudi laid out a vision on how to achieve democracy in Iraq and gave specific recommendations in the security, political and economic spheres. He highlighted the short-term importance of building Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) committed to [...] | 2006-11-15 17:28:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS IZ |
06BAGHDAD4256 | MOI BOLANI - MAIN THREAT IS SECTARIANISM; MOI [...] (C/REL UK, AUS) SUMMARY: In a November 4 meeting with Minister of Interior Jawad al-Bolani, Director of National Intelligence John Negroponte stressed the need to quell sectarian violence. Minister Bolani agreed, emphasizing that the Baghdad Security Plan (BSP) is reducing abductions and kill [...] | 2006-11-16 03:10:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINS MOPS PNAT PINR IZ |
06BAGHDAD4275 | PRT DIYALA - PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT WEAKENED BY [...] (U) SUMMARY: Diyala's reconstruction efforts and the provincial government?s ability to manage its affairs have been increasingly hindered as the province's security situation has worsened over recent months. Key Iraqi government personnel in various departments have been killed, kidnappe [...] | 2006-11-19 14:01:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PREL SOCI IZ |
06BAGHDAD4277 | IRAQ'S INTERIOR MINISTRY ISSUES WARRANT FOR [...] (S/NF) Summary. On November 16 and 17, multiple Iraqi media sources reported that Iraq's Ministry of Interior (MOI) had issued a warrant for hard-line Sunni cleric Harith al-Dhari, currently in Jordan, on unspecified charges. MOI later announced that this was not an arrest warrant, but an "in [...] | 2006-11-19 18:27:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM PREL PINS PNAT MOPS IZ |
06BAGHDAD4292 | CHARGE AND INTERIOR MINISTER DISCUSS KIDNAPPINGS, [...] (S/NF) Summary: Charge D'Affaires Daniel V. Speckhard met with Interior Minister Jawad al-Bolani November 17 to discuss Site 4, recent kidnappings and the warrant against Harith al-Dhari. Charge emphasized to Bolani the importance of ensuring that all Site 4 warrants are executed. Bolani said [...] | 2006-11-20 11:12:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM PREL PINS PNAT MOPS IZ |
06BAGHDAD4295 | PRT DIYALA: SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN NUMBER OF [...] (S) SUMMARY. There has been a noticeable increase in the number of Iraqi Police (IP) and Iraqi Army (IA) detainee abuse cases reported to Coalition Forces (CF) in Diyala Province since Major General Hulal Husain Shakir, a Shi'a Arab, was appointed commander of the 5th IA Division in July 200 [...] | 2006-11-20 13:00:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PINS PREL PHUM IZ |
06BAGHDAD4323 | STATE MINISTER WAILI TO MEET WITH TURKEY'S PKK [...] (C) Summary: Minister of State for National Security Shirwan Kamil Sibti al-Waili wants help outfitting his ministry, which focuses on domestic intelligence. He said he was looking forward to meeting Turkey's PKK Envoy during his November 16-17 trip to Ankara with PM Maliki (septel). Waili s [...] | 2006-11-22 15:05:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PINS PNAT PTER TU IZ |
06BAGHDAD4324 | DCM MEETS WITH UN,S IRAQ DEPUTY [...] (C) Summary: In a November 16 meeting with the DCM, the deputy for the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI),Michael von Schulenburg, discussed the UN's role in Iraq. Von Schulenburg commented that the UN could play a prominent role in Kirkuk; however, he does not believe the K [...] | 2006-11-22 19:32:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS IZ |
06BAGHDAD4335 | FM ZEBARI DISCUSSES SYRIA, IRAN, THE PRIME [...] (S) SUMMARY. Foreign Minister Zebari expressed to the Ambassador on November 23 his view that the USG should take a tough stance with GOI ministers to bring about an agreement on national reconciliation. He explained how the restoration of diplomatic ties with Syria was brought about through [...] | 2006-11-24 17:48:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PINS PGOV IZ |
06BAGHDAD4341 | LEADING SHIA POLITICIAN SHAYKH HUMAM HAMMOUDI LAYS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Leading Shiite SCIRI member Shaykh Humam Hammoudi told the Ambassador November 23 that Iraq needs a structure that defines every party's goals and a system that works internally, regionally, and internationally. Within Iraq, he highlighted the positive role that the future Federa [...] | 2006-11-24 20:05:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS IZ |
06BAGHDAD4347 | RECONCILIATION MINISTER DISCUSSES CONFERENCE, [...] (C) Summary: On November 23 the Ambassador met Akram al-Hakim, Minister of State for National Dialogue and Reconciliation. They discussed obstacles to the reconciliation process, the recent travels of a delegation from the National Reconciliation Commission, the recently-postponed political [...] | 2006-11-25 19:12:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS IZ |
06BAGHDAD4372 | DEPUTY PM SALEH DISCUSSES VIOLENCE, NEED FOR [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Prime Minister Barham Saleh asserted to Representative Steve King (R-IA) November 25 that a MNF-I withdrawal from Iraq without victory would embolden terrorists, Syria, and Iran. Although alarmed by the recent spike in violence, he cited the International Compact and the d [...] | 2006-11-27 20:46:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS UNSC IZ |
06BAGHDAD4373 | IRAQ,S KURDISH, SUNNI, SHIITE LEADERS PLEDGE [...] (S) Summary: At a November 26 meeting, SCIRI chairman and Shi'a coalition leader Abdulaziz al-Hakim and Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi (IIP/Sunni) continued discussions started November 25 (reftel). President Talabani (PUK),Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) President Masud Barzani (KDP),[...] | 2006-11-27 20:53:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINS IZ |
06BAGHDAD4384 | PRT DIYALA: IRAQI ARMY GENERAL TARGETING DIYALA,S [...] (S) SUMMARY: Credible evidence collected by Coalition forces (CF) working with Iraqi Army (IA) battalions and reported by senior Diyala government officials indicates that Diyala's IA Fifth Division Commander, Major General Hulail Husayn Shakir (Shi'a),is targeting Sunnis and abusing detain [...] | 2006-11-28 15:13:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PINS PREL PHUM IZ |
06BAGHDAD4386 | (C) IAEA INSPECTION AT TUWAITH NUCLEAR COMPLEX [...] (C) On November 20, Pol-Mil officer and Coalition forces assisted a four-person International Atomic Energy Agency team, in completing the annual Physical Inventory Verification of approximately 550 tons of yellow cake uranium and other accountable nuclear materials including uranium oxide s [...] | 2006-11-28 16:28:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PNAT PREL |
06BAGHDAD4387 | PM DISCUSSES INTEL CHIEF'S RETURN TO IRAQ, [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki agreed to take steps that would allow Iraqi intelligence chief Mohammed al-Shahwani to return to Iraq without fear of arrest because of an indictment based on debunked charges. MNF-I CG Casey expressed concern with the PM about accelerating the trans [...] | 2006-11-28 21:45:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINS PINR IZ |
06BAGHDAD4400 | FALLUJAH UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: PRT officials met with Fallujah leaders Mayor Jassim, Fallujah City Council (FCC) Secretary Abbas and Iraqi Police Chief Colonel Karim at the Fallujah IP District Headquarters 25 on November 25. They noted that the sectarian violence in Baghdad would likely lead to a greater inf [...] | 2006-11-29 13:22:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PHUM PINS PGOV PREF IZ |
06BAGHDAD442 | FALLUJAH CITY COUNCIL CHAIRMAN ASSASSINATED [...] (C) SUMMARY: Assailants assassinated Sheikh Kamal Shakir Al-Nazal. Fallujah City Council (FCC) Chairman and senior city imam, on February 7, 2006 in central Fallujah. He had generally pursued a cooperative relationship with coalition forces. Sheikh Kamal, along with other Fallujah imams and [...] | 2006-02-13 15:17:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINS KDEM IZ |
06BAGHDAD4425 | IRAQI PRESIDENT'S LIST OF STEPS FOR IRANIANS TO [...] (S) Summary: President Jalal Talabani provided the Ambassador December 1 with a document that included steps for Iran to take to help restore security and support the government in Iraq. Talabani delivered the list to Iranian leaders during his November 27-29 trip to Teheran. Recommended measu [...] | 2006-12-03 03:41:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINS PINR IR IZ |
06BAGHDAD4426 | IRAQI PRESIDENT RECOMMENDS U.S. DIALOGUE WITH [...] (S) Summary: President Jalal Talabani informed the Ambassador December 1 that Iranian leaders were eager to re-establish a direct dialogue with the U.S. on Iraq, during his November 27-29 trip to Iran. Talabani recommended that the U.S. talk to Iran if Iran follows through on a commitment to [...] | 2006-12-03 03:41:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINS PINR IR IZ |
06BAGHDAD4430 | DHI QAR PRT FOLLOW ON MEETING WITH JAM OFFICIAL [...] (U) This is a PRT Dhi Qar cable. 2. (S//REL UK, AUS) Summary: Dhi Qar Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Provincial Program Manager (PPM) met on November 6 with a mid-level Jaysh al-Mahdi (JAM) member, who presented himself as a liaison officer for JAM in Dhi Qar Province, to discuss the [...] | 2006-12-03 06:10:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINS IZ |
06BAGHDAD4439 | PRT DIYALA: SUNNI SHEIKHS PRESENT DEMANDS TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 22, PRT officials met with a group of Sunni sheikhs who presented a written list of demands of the CF and Diyala government that centered on re-balancing representation in local security services and government positions, and holding provincial elections. The assemble [...] | 2006-12-04 10:30:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PREL PHUM IZ |
06BAGHDAD4440 | IRAQI LEADERS CONTINUE DISCUSSIONS OF MODERATE [...] (S) Summary: President Talabani, Prime Minister Maliki, and other Iraqi leaders met December 2 to continue discussing the formation of a moderate political front. They seemed to be moving toward the creation of an executive body representing the Kurds, IIP, SCIRI, and Dawa, perhaps as embodie [...] | 2006-12-04 10:51:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINS IZ |
06BAGHDAD4450 | AMBASSADOR'S DECEMBER 4 MEETING WITH IRAQI [...] (S) Summary: In a December 4 meeting with the Ambassador, Iraqi Minister of State for National Security Shirwan Wa'ili discussed a draft law to make the Ministry of State for National Security (MSNS) a regular Ministry; Wa'ili envisions one cabinet level official would coordinate and channel [...] | 2006-12-05 08:59:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER PINS TU SY IZ IR |
06BAGHDAD4464 | BAGHDAD LOCAL LEADERS SAY NOVEMBER VIOLENCE [...] (C) Summary. Several District Advisory Council (DAC) Members in Baghdad and a number of average citizens expressed concern recently about what they see as a further decline in public faith in the central government following a spike in violence in November. The turning point, some said, was t [...] | 2006-12-06 08:16:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PHUM PGOV SOCI PINS IZ |
06BAGHDAD4480 | PARLIAMENTARY ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSES IRAQ'S [...] (C). SUMMARY. CODEL Shays met December 3 with a roundtable of Iraqi Council of Representatives (CoR) members that included all major political blocs. Member reactions and recommendations to the current situation largely fell along sectarian and party lines. Sunni Arab Tawafuq members compl [...] | 2006-12-07 18:21:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS IZ |
06BAGHDAD4529 | MCNS DECEMBER 3 [...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: During the December 3 Ministerial Council on National Security, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki: -- Responded to reports of attacks on downtown Baghdad banks and government ministries by calling for "Green Zone" like security zones in strategic areas of the capital; [...] | 2006-12-12 13:23:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PINS PGOV PNAT PTER MOPS IZ |
06BAGHDAD4530 | MCNS DECEMBER 10 [...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: During the December 10 Ministerial Council on National Security, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki asked for options to rapidly restore security to the area around the Bayji Oil Refinery so that production may resume. Ministers also discussed increasing prison security a [...] | 2006-12-12 13:35:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINS PTER PNAT MOPS IZ |
06BAGHDAD4554 | PM STANISHEV SAYS BULGARIA TO CONSIDER EXTENDING [...] (C) Summary: Bulgarian Prime Minister Sergei Stanishev told the Ambassador December 12 that Bulgaria will decide in March whether to extend its troop contribution to MNF-I, following the ongoing U.S. policy review on Iraq. Stanishev sought the Ambassador's views on prospects for reducing sect [...] | 2006-12-14 13:33:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS BU IZ |
06BAGHDAD4560 | PRT WEEKLY SUMMARY FOR THE PERIOD 1 - 7 DECEMBER 2006 [...] (SBU) Summary: This summary of the Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) activities for December 1-7, 2006, as provided by PRTs to the National Coordination Team at Embassy Baghdad. This report also includes PRTs' observations, views and assessments of the political, economic, infrastructure, r [...] | 2006-12-14 15:52:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM PTER PINS SOCI KJUS KDEM ECON EFIN |
06BAGHDAD4571 | AL ANBAR: IRAQI SOLDIERS DISCUSS GOI, [...] (U) This is a PRT Al Anbar cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Al Anbar PolOff met in early and mid-December 2006 with several Iraqi Army (IA) and Iraqi Police (IP) units and Coalition trainers December 4-6 based near Fallujah to discuss Baghdad violence, CF training efforts, GOI logistical support, an [...] | 2006-12-15 15:52:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINS KDEM IZ |
06BAGHDAD4574 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES MODERATE FRONT, SYRIA, VISIT [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador met with Council of Representative (CoR) member Sayyed Ayad Jamal al-Din (Iraqiyya) December 15 to discuss Iraqiyya's involvement in the new Moderate Front (reftel). Jamal al-Din requested the Ambassador's support to facilitate a trip to the US for a three-person I [...] | 2006-12-15 16:59:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS IZ |
06BAGHDAD4613 | POLITICAL PARTIES CONFERENCE FOCUSES ON KEY THEMES [...] (C) Summary. The Ministry of State for Reconciliation and National Dialogue hosted the much anticipated political parties conference December 16-17 in Baghdad. The GOI intends for this conference to be one in a series of political party conferences although future dates have not been announced. [...] | 2006-12-18 19:54:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS KDEM PHUM IZ |
06BAGHDAD4625 | BARZANI AND TALABANI DISCUSS PKK, TURKISH [...] (S) SUMMARY: In recent meetings the Ambassador raised Turkish concerns about a possible resurgence in PKK activity with Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) President Masoud Barzani (KDP) and Iraq President Jalal Talabani(PUK). In separate meetings both Barzani and Talabani commented that the [...] | 2006-12-19 17:54:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINS PTER TU IZ |
06BAGHDAD4631 | VP ABDEL MEHDI DESCRIBES "SETBACK" IN MODERATE [...] (S) Summary: Iraqi Vice President Adel Abdel Mehdi told the Ambassador on December 19 that there haQbeen a "setback" in negotiations oQthe moderate front. The IIP representative had come to the most recent meeting with a set of conditions that had to be filled before the party would join. Th [...] | 2006-12-20 09:44:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINS IZ |
06BAGHDAD4634 | AL-ANBAR PRT: RAMADI POLICE RECRUITS SEEK JOB [...] (C) SUMMARY. Over 200 Anbari men from Ramadi and surrounding towns turned out on December 17 for the first day of a three-day recruiting drive for the Iraqi police forces. Many applicants cited job security as the main motivation for their interest in joining the Iraqi police. While they we [...] | 2006-12-20 14:06:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINS PHUM ASEC KJUS IZ |
06BAGHDAD4638 | CHALABI DISCUSSES RECENT TRAVEL TO SYRIA WITH [...] (S) In a December 15 meeting, Ahmed Chalabi discussed his recent trip to Syria with the Ambassador and Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) President Masoud Barzani. In an unofficial visit, Chalabi met with Syrian officials including Vice President Farouk al-Shara, Foreign Minister Walid al-Mu [...] | 2006-12-20 16:07:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINS EPET SY IZ |
06BAGHDAD4639 | PRIME MINISTER MALIKI DISCUSSES MODERATE FRONT AND [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki discussed Iraq's political achievements, the formation of a moderate political front, terrorism and militias, and the role of neighboring countries during a December 17 meeting with Senators Dodd and Kerry, accompanied by the Ambassador and DCM. Whi [...] | 2006-12-20 16:12:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS IZ |
06BAGHDAD4650 | DHI QAR POLITICAL LANDSCAPE PART I: THE GOVERNOR [...] (U) This is a PRT Dhi Qar cable, the first in a series of six cables covering the political landscape of Dhi Qar Province and responding to the information request in reftel. This cable focuses on the Dhi Qar governor. 2. (SBU) Summary: The formal political institutions of Dhi Qar Provinc [...] | 2006-12-21 15:32:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS PINR IZ |
06BAGHDAD4652 | SUNNI LEADER DISCUSSES IIP DEMANDS FOR JOINING [...] (S) Summary: Minister of Planning and senior Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP) leader, Ali Baban, explained to the Ambassador in a December 19 meeting his party's concerns about participating in the moderate front before their recently presented demands have been met. IIP needs to demonstrate to thei [...] | 2006-12-21 15:51:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINS IZ |
06BAGHDAD4653 | AL-HAKIM AND AMBASSADOR REVIEW POLITICAL AND [...] (C) Summary: SCIRI leader Abdulaziz al-Hakim told the Ambassador on December 19 that discussions on the moderate front were continuing but no agreement had been reached. He said that the IIP had raised some questions, and he also criticized the IIP for supporting a recent conference in Istanb [...] | 2006-12-21 15:59:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS IZ |
06BAGHDAD4654 | THE SECURITY SITUATION IN ANBAR: A YEAR-END REVIEW [...] (U) This is a PRT Anbar reporting cable. 2. (S) Summary. The security situation in Anbar is typically described as "deteriorating," and there is little doubt that the enemy is deeply rooted here and ruthlessly pursues its goals. However, AQI is on the defensive. The organization may hav [...] | 2006-12-21 16:38:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINS ASEC PHUM KDEM PINR IZ |
06BAGHDAD4667 | PM COMMITS TO UNVEILING AGGRESSIVE STRATEGY ON [...] (S) Summary. Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki December 20 told the Ambassador he sought decisive action with the development of a new plan for security in Baghdad and agreed to announce the new plan at a speech in coming days. He also agreed with the importance of following through with his com [...] | 2006-12-22 14:14:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINS IZ |
06BAGHDAD4672 | IRAQI PRESIDENT TALABANI PROVIDES SECDEF SECURITY [...] (S) Summary: President Jalal Talabani emphasized to Secretary of Defense Gates and the Ambassador December 20 his SIPDIS firm belief that Iraqi Security Forces should be on the frontlines of Iraq's internal conflict while Coalition Forces should be in a support role. He provided a list of [...] | 2006-12-22 17:48:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINS PTER IZ |
06BAGHDAD4673 | IRAQI PRESIDENT TALABANI'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR [...] (S) Summary: President Jalal Talabani provided in Arabic a list of his recommendations for Baghdad security, during a December 20 meeting with Secretary of Defense Gates and the Ambassador (septel). Among other recommendations, Talabani calls for a unified Iraqi military command in Baghdad; t [...] | 2006-12-22 18:05:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINS PTER IZ |
06BAGHDAD4680 | SULAIMANIYAH GOVERNOR ON REGIONAL ISSUES, PESHMERGA [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with RRToff, the Governor of Sulaimaniyah Province contrasted continued Arab Shia and Sunni fighting with the Kurdistan Region,s stability and unity. The Governor opposed dissolution of the Peshmerga. He noted that due to the efficiency of the Asayish (secret polic [...] | 2006-12-24 03:20:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS EAID IZ |
06BAGHDAD4696 | AL-HASHIMI DISCUSSES US TRIP, MODERATE FRONT, [...] (S) Summary. Iraqi Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi (Iraqi Islamic Party - IIP) discussed his recent trip to the US and emphasized his desire to speak with Secretary of Defense Gates. On the Moderate Front, al-Hashimi stated that he wanted a "systematic" approach which included guarantees, ti [...] | 2006-12-24 13:27:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINS PTER IZ |
06BAGHDAD4698 | SECDEF MEETS WITH IRAQI NATIONAL SECURITY TEAM [...] (S) SUMMARY: During Secretary of Defense Gates' December 21 meeting with Minister of Defense Abdul Qader Mufraji, Minister of Interior Jawad Bolani and National Security Advisor Mowaffuk al-Rubaie, Iraq's key security officials focused on institutional challenges and capacity building. They al [...] | 2006-12-24 13:51:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINS PTER IZ |
06BAGHDAD4706 | IRAQI DEPUTY NSA,S VIEWS ON SECURITY, ELECTIONS [...] (U) This is a PRT Anbar reporting cable. 2. (S/REL MCFI) Summary. Iraqi Deputy National Security Advisor Safa expressed his views on a variety of issues to Anbar PRT Poloff. Safa commented on the positive impact of increased U.S. troop presence, his interpretation of the evolving securit [...] | 2006-12-26 07:02:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PREL IZ |
06BAGHDAD4715 | MCNS DECEMBER 17 [...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: Deputy Prime Minister Salam Al-Zubai presided over the December 17 Ministerial Council on National Security, and discussed his trip to the Bayji area to observe security operations against Al Qaeda. Ministers again discussed increasing prison security. Minister of D [...] | 2006-12-26 15:16:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PINS PNAT PREL PTER MOPS IZ |
06BAGHDAD4717 | HAMOUDI ON THE MODERATE FRONT: "WE WILL GET THERE [...] (C) Summary: Sheikh Humam Hamoudi, SCIRI's leader at the Council of Representatives (CoR),told PolCouns December 20 that the Constitutional Review Committee had formed three subcommittees to pursue its work: one would focus on the major political issues, the second on completing unfinished wo [...] | 2006-12-26 16:00:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS IZ |
06BAGHDAD4721 | SHI'A INDEPENDENT ON SISTANI, NEW POLITICAL FRONT, [...] (C) Summary: Khalid al-Attiyah, Shi'a independent and First Deputy Speaker of the Council of Representatives (CoR),gave Charge a readout of his December 23 trip to Najaf. Al-Attiyah and several other Shi'a leaders, primarily from the Dawa party, visited Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani and Muqtada al [...] | 2006-12-27 06:24:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS IZ |
06BAGHDAD4754 | BAGHDAD GOVERNATE: THE ISSUES, THE LEADERS, [...] (C) Summary: Baghdad's prevailing political and security issue remains sectarian violence between Sunni and Shi'a, including the spreading influence of the Jash al Mahdi (JAM) militia. Many families continue to leave Baghdad, including doctors, educators and business owners, leaving critica [...] | 2006-12-29 17:41:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PINS ECON EAID PHUM KDEM IZ |
06BAGHDAD4755 | DIYALA: THE ISSUES, LEADERS, POSSIBLE STEPS FORWARD [...] (C) Summary: Diyala is a mixed Province. Although the Sunni represent a majority, they are underrepresented in the Provincial Government due to their boycott of the January 2005 provincial elections. With a Shi'a minority government trying to exert control over a Sunni-supported insurgency [...] | 2006-12-29 17:45:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PINS ECON EAID PHUM KDEM IZ |
06BAGHDAD4756 | MAYSAN: THE ISSUES, THE LEADERS, POSSIBLE STEPS [...] (S) Summary: Maysan provincial authorities hold tenuous control over competing militias in the province, with Sadrists holding the most sway. Maysan's porous border with Iran is a crossing point for smuggled goods, including weapons and other contraband used by anti-Iraqi government groups. [...] | 2006-12-29 17:49:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER PINS ECON EAID PHUM KDEM IZ |
06BAGHDAD4759 | ANBAR PROVINCE -- THE ISSUES, THE LEADERS, STEPS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-29 21:49:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER PINS ECON EAID PHUM KDEM IZ |
06BAGHDAD4765 | DIWANYAH: THE ISSUES, THE LEADERS, POSSIBLE STEPS [...] (S) Summary: Diwaniyah is a province with a number of problems. Security is weak and the reconstruction process is virtually halted. Restarting the reconstruction process could provide an alternative to young men with a desire for employment, but that is only part of the solution. Free and [...] | 2006-12-30 01:35:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER PINS ECON EAID PHUM KDEM IZ |
06BAGHDAD4766 | DHI QAR PROVINCE: THE ISSUES, THE LEADERS, [...] (S) Summary: Dhi Qar is a largely rural province, where tribal loyalties are still very strong. Four Shi'a parties largely control provincial politics, with the help of affiliated militias. Reccurrent electricity shortages affect Dhi Qar particularly hard since farmers need electricity to pow [...] | 2006-12-30 01:35:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER PINS ECON EAID PHUM KDEM IZ |
06BAGHDAD4767 | KARBALA PROVINCE: THE ISSUES, THE LEADERS, [...] (S) Summary: Karbala, like nearby Najaf, is home to a number of Shi'a religious sites and has become an important tourist destination. Four Shi'a parties control local politics. The JAM is increasing in power. The province recently transferred from CF Control to Provincial Iraqi Control (PI [...] | 2006-12-30 01:35:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER PINS ECON EAID PHUM KDEM IZ |
06BAGHDAD4768 | THE KURDISTAN REGION OF IRAQ: THE ISSUES, THE [...] (C) Summary: The Kurdistan Region of Iraq is flourishing compared to the rest of Iraq, and is actively recruiting foreign investment and even international tourism. The Kurdish region is generally much more secure than the rest of the country, although illicit trafficking in arms, fighters [...] | 2006-12-30 01:35:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER PINS ECON EAID PHUM KDEM IZ |
06BAGHDAD4769 | TA'MIM PROVINCE AND KIRKUK: THE ISSUES, THE [...] (S) Summary: Kirkuk's most divisive issue in Kirkuk remains Article 140 of the Iraqi Constitution which dictates that normalization, a census and a referendum on Kirkuk,s future status occur before December 31, 2007. The Kurds are pushing for the process to go forward in order to tie Kirkuk [...] | 2006-12-30 01:35:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER PINS ECON EAID PHUM KDEM IZ |
06BAGHDAD4770 | BASRAH PROVINCE: THE ISSUES, THE LEADERS, [...] (S) Summary: Basrah province is home to Iraq,s second largest city and has an estimated population of 2.4 million, the majority of which are Shi,a. Basrah is also Iraq,s economic center; over 80 % of the country,s commerce passes through its ports. Security concerns center around targeted [...] | 2006-12-30 01:35:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER PINS ECON EAID PHUM KDEM IZ |
06BAGHDAD4771 | MUTHANNA: THE ISSUES, THE LEADERS, POSSIBLE STEPS [...] (S) Summary: Muthanna is beset by militia intimidation -- notably by the Jash al Mahdi (JAM) -- power shortages, and poor economic performance. That said, the province is currently stable, relatively secure, and has a reasonably effective provincial government. MNF-I efforts could be effec [...] | 2006-12-30 01:35:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER PINS ECON EAID PHUM KDEM IZ |
06BAGHDAD4772 | BABIL PROVINCE: THE ISSUES, THE LEADERS, POSSIBLE [...] (S) Summary: Babil is a Shi'a majority province, with a significant disenfranchised Sunni population. The province lacks respected leaders and, as in other parts of Iraq, has witnessed a marked increase in religious extremism and militia activity. Iraqi Army personnel staffed entirely from [...] | 2006-12-30 01:35:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER PINS ECON EAID PHUM KDEM IZ |
06BAGHDAD4773 | WASIT: THE ISSUES, THE LEADERS, POSSIBLE STEPS [...] (C) Wasit has seen a significant rise in the influence of Sadrist politicians, who are likely to sweep the next provincial elections. Highly dependent on agriculture, the province is plagued by high employment and extreme shortages of all critical goods. An Iraqi-led effort to disarm militi [...] | 2006-12-30 01:35:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER PINS ECON EAID PHUM KDEM IZ |
06BAGHDAD4774 | SALAH AD DIN PROVINCE: THE ISSUES, THE LEADERS, [...] (C) Summary: Salah ad Din, a Ba'athist stronghold under the previous regime, has had difficulty finding itself in a democratic Iraq. Most of the Sunni majority in the Province do not support the insurgency, but at the same time are frustrated by a provincial government in which they do not [...] | 2006-12-30 01:35:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER PINS ECON EAID PHUM KDEM IZ |
06BAGHDAD4775 | NAJAF PROVINCE: THE ISSUES, THE LEADERS, POSSIBLE [...] (S) Summary: Najaf is dominated by the SCIRI party, which controls half the seats on the PC. As one of the holiest locations in Shi'a Islam, it is also home to the country's top religious leaders. The economy in Najaf continues to flourish as a result of tourism. Security has been relativ [...] | 2006-12-30 01:35:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER PINS ECON EAID PHUM KDEM IZ |
06BAGHDAD4778 | IRAQI KURDISTAN MINISTER OF HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Minister of Human Rights, Yousif Mohammad Aziz, admitted an imperfect human rights record in a meeting with Regional Coordinator and RRTOffs on December 18. Minister Aziz acknowledged physical abuse in prisons, failure to release prisoners af [...] | 2006-12-30 01:36:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL PINS KJUS KPAO US IZ |
06BAGHDAD4791 | DHI QAR POLITICAL LANDSCAPE PART II: FADILA PARTY; [...] (U) This is a PRT Dhi Qar cable, the second in a series of six cables covering the political landscape of Dhi Qar Province and responding to the information request in ref B. This cable focuses on the Fadila party. 2. (C) Summary: Fadhila was founded and is led today by Ayatollah Mohamme [...] | 2006-12-31 09:08:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINS PINR IZ |
06BAGHDAD480 | RE-ELECTED INDEPENDENT SHIA ISLAMIST [...] (C) At a February 14 introductory meeting, Hassan Radi Khadim al-Sari, leader of the Hezbollah Movement of Iraq Party, repeatedly railed against the Embassy for reaching out to Sunni "terrorists" and for ignoring the Shia. He said the U.S.-Shia relationship used to be a partnership, but that [...] | 2006-02-16 09:21:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PINR PINS PHUM IZ |
06BAGHDAD490 | SADR CITY DAC MEMBERS PREDICT JA'FARI WIN WILL [...] (C) Sadr City District Advisory Council (DAC) chair Hassan Shama and Sadr City DAC member Dr. Haider Jabar Ziden told PolOff in a February 13 meeting that Prime Minister (PM) Ibrahim Ja'fari's renomination to the PM post will likely boost Sadrist influence in Sadr City. Ja'fari has thus far al [...] | 2006-02-16 13:58:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINS PNAT KDEM IZ |
06BAGHDAD566 | PM JAFARI AND DEPUTY PRESIDENT ABD AL-MAHDI WARN [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see paragraph 12. 2. (S) Summary: Prime Minister Jafari and Deputy President Abd al-Mahdi emphasized to the Ambassador and General Casey midday on February 22 that the bombing of the Askeri mosque in Samarra had inflamed sectarian tensions and rais [...] | 2006-02-22 20:15:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PINS PGOV PREL IZ |
06BAGHDAD594 | QUIET CONTINUES; ASSOCIATION OF MOSLEM SCHOLARS [...] (C) SUMMARY Iraq was relatively calm on February 24. There was a curfew in effect most of the day in Baghdad and three surrounding provinces. There were no or reduced prayers at many Baghdad mosques. The Mahdi militia was out in force in some cities. Political and religious leaders, both S [...] | 2006-02-24 15:40:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PTER PHUM IZ |
06BAGHDAD601 | SITUATION UPDATE SATURDAY: VIOLENCE DIMINISHING [...] (C) SUMMARY: By most accounts, Baghdad saw fewer acts of sectarian violence on 25 February than it had over the previous several days, largely due to the extended curfew still in effect. A variety of contacts told us that anti-Sunni violence had occurred overnight February 24-25, especially a [...] | 2006-02-25 16:16:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS KDEM IZ |
06BAGHDAD610 | RELATIVE CALM IN BAGHDAD; JAFARI MEETS WITH SISTANI [...] (C) SUMMARY: Incidents of sectarian violence dropped further February 26. There were reports of mortar fire on a mosque in Sadr City and of an IED outside a mosque in Basra. Jafari's Chief of Staff reported that the PM had traveled to Najaf where Grand Ayatollah Sistani "approved" of the pr [...] | 2006-02-26 19:15:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PNAT KDEM IZ |
06BAGHDAD621 | SADRIST PARLIAMENTARIAN: JAYSH AL-MAHDI BEYOND [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a February 26 telephone conversation, Sadrist Council of Representatives member Kusai al-Suhail told PolOff that the Jaysh al-Mahdi (JAM) is not fully under the control of Muqtada al-Sadr. JAM is not an organized army, al-Suhail said, and "anyone with a gun" can dress in blac [...] | 2006-02-27 12:49:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PTER IZ KISL |
06BAGHDAD624 | RAMADI CONUNDRUM: COMMERCE AMID TERROR [...] (C) Summary. From State Embedded Team Ramadi. Iraqi Police employees working for the Governor painted for PolOff earlier this month a bleak picture of intimidation and paralysis on the streets of Ramadi. Terrorists use criminal enterprise to fund their jihad. While the people hope for a gr [...] | 2006-02-27 13:38:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINS IZ |
06BAGHDAD626 | RELATIVE CALM PREVAILS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The overall security situation in Baghdad is relatively calm and reports of sectarian violence once again decreased overnight. The ban on vehicular movement in Baghdad was lifted at 0600 hrs on February 27, and our contacts appeared to be largely consumed with personal errands f [...] | 2006-02-27 19:27:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PNAT KDEM IZ |
06BAGHDAD630 | BORDER SECURITY OFFICERS PRAISE U.S. VISIT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At a recent gathering at the Embassy, eight Iraqis who visited the U.S. under the International Visitors Program from November 7 to 26, 2005, had overwhelmingly positive comments about their trip. END SUMMARY. --------- ITINERARY --------- 2. (SBU) The itinerary for the [...] | 2006-02-28 07:09:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | SCUL PHUM PREL PINS IZ |
06BAGHDAD648 | FADHILA PARTY MEMBER WARNS SHIA ANGER MAY NOT BE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a February 27 phone conversation with PolFSN, Fadhila Parliamentarian Mohammed Ismail al-Kusai said that Ayatollah Mohammed al-Yaqubi thinks Shia anger will be difficult to contain if another attack of the magnitude of the Samarra February 22 bombing occurs. Al-Kusai said rece [...] | 2006-02-28 20:47:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PNAT PTER IZ KISL |
06BAGHDAD659 | MARCH 2 SECURITY MEETING PRODUCES LITTLE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Because of the latest spat with the Kurds, PM Jafari canceled a morning meeting of top political leaders that had been scheduled to discuss the security situation in Iraq. After much pushing from post, the meeting was held the evening of March 2. However, all the participants co [...] | 2006-03-02 20:33:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PNAT KDEM IZ |
06BAGHDAD664 | FADHILA PARTY MEMBER: UIC 555 FOLLOWERS CRITICAL [...] (C) In a March 1 meeting held as a follow-on to reftel conversation, Fadhila Party Council of Representatives member Mohammed Ismail al-Kusai said that he believes the worst of the sectarian strife resulting from bombing of the Al-Askariyah Shrine in Samarra is over. He repeated reftel cautio [...] | 2006-03-03 16:36:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PNAT PTER KDEM KISL IZ |
06BAGHDAD665 | BAGHDAD NEIGHBORHOODS ORGANIZING THEIR OWN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Since the attack last week on the Shia mosque in Samarra, district advisory councils (DACs) chairman in two Sunni Arab districts within the city have told PolOff of how neighborhoods are organizing to protect themselves against attacks by Shia militias. Separately, another polit [...] | 2006-03-03 18:51:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS IZ |
06BAGHDAD71 | SUNNI OUTREACH: AMB CONVEYS U.S. VISION OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 7, Ambassador Khalilzad outlined suggested principles for the new Iraqi government during meetings with two Sunni sheikhs recommended to the Ambassador by Lakhdar Brahimi, former Special Advisor to UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan. The Ambassador underlined the SIPDIS [...] | 2006-01-09 12:39:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS PTER PINR KDEM IZ |
06BAGHDAD725 | UPDATE ON CONVENING OF COUNCIL OF REPRESENTATIVES [...] (C) President Talabani convened a meeting of political party leaders March 7 to break the standoff over when to hold the first session of the Council of Representatives. That meeting was still in session at 1530 hrs local time. 2. (C) TNA Speaker Dr. Hajim al-Hasani (as he was heading for t [...] | 2006-03-07 13:30:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINS PINR PREL IZ |
06BAGHDAD733 | POLITICAL LEADERS MEETING ENDS WITHOUT AGREEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: At the close of the day March 7, it appeared that the Shia Islamists were resisting the Talabani call to convene the Council of Representatives March 12. List 555 independent Sami al-Askari told us March 7 that Deputy President Abd al-Mahdi's refusal to sign the convocation with [...] | 2006-03-07 19:07:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PNAT KDEM IZ |
06BAGHDAD749 | JAFARI PM NOMINATION STILL UNCERTAIN [...] (C) SUMMARY: There is no consensus yet on the fate of Ibrahim Jafari's PM nomination, with the Shia Coalition offering incentives for votes and Kurdish leaders threatening to withdraw from the government if a new nomination is not put forward. As of COB on Wednesday, we had conflicting repor [...] | 2006-03-08 18:53:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PNAT KDEM IZ |
06BAGHDAD768 | REPORTS OF ATTACKS DRIVING FAMILIES OUT OF BAGHDAD [...] (C) Summary: A group of internally displaced persons (IDPs) from the Shia community in Nahrawan, east of Baghdad, told Poloff March 6 that hundreds of families had moved out of Nahrawan under threat from Sunni Arab terror groups. A USAID contractor NGO with substantial field expertise in mi [...] | 2006-03-09 16:32:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PREF IZ |
06BAGHDAD778 | SHIA INDEPENDENT STILL FEARS SUNNI PERSECUTION [...] (C) In a March 5 introductory meeting with PolOffs, Shia Coalition Independent and re-elected Council of Representatives member Shaikh Khalid Abathar Atiyyah said that security for Iraq can only be attained through "inclusion" of the Shia. Atiyyah expressed his concern about the fear among th [...] | 2006-03-10 18:27:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PINR PINS IZ |
06BAGHDAD807 | SADR CITY OFFICIALS SAY MAHDI ARMY ACTIVITY IS ON [...] (C) Summary: In separate conversations, the Mayor of Sadr City 1, Sheikh Rahim Sahood, and Sadr City District Advisory Council (DAC) member Mustafa Jassim told PolOff that the Sadrist-backed Jaysh al-Mahdi (JAM) have been flexing their muscles in Sadr City. Sahood said, even though the Sadri [...] | 2006-03-13 12:44:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS KISL IZ |
06BAGHDAD812 | MILITIAS AND OTHER ARMED GROUPS IN IRAQ - [...] (S//REL MNCI) SUMMARY. Militia organizations, acting both as extra-legal bodies and within government structures at multiple levels, will continue to pursue sectarian agendas that will undermine the government's ability to improve the security environment and will exacerbate sectarian tensions [...] | 2006-03-13 16:38:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | KJUS MCAP MOPS PGOV PINR PINS PNAT PREL PTER |
06BAGHDAD870 | SADR CITY CAR BOMBS AND THE AFTERMATH [...] (C) Summary: As noted Ref A, Sadr City contacts told us March 13 and 14 that in the aftermath of the March 12 VBIED attacks that occurred in Sadr City, the Sadrist-backed Jaysh al-Mahdi (JAM) has been actively patrolling the area, setting up checkpoints, and searching cars. Tensions were alr [...] | 2006-03-17 19:04:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINS PTER KISL IZ |
06BAGHDAD896 | SADR CITY OFFICIAL WANTS JAYSH AL-MAHDI TO SECURE [...] (C) In a March 14 conversation with PolOff, the supervisor of the Sadr City District Advisory Council (DAC) General Information Center (GIC),Nsaif Jassim, told PolOff that Coalition Forces (CF) need to "take care" of Iraq's militia problem. This will demonstrate that CF are serious about bui [...] | 2006-03-20 08:53:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PINS PNAT PTER KDEM KISL IZ |
06BAGHDAD905 | SHIA NEWSPAPER COLUMNIST SUPPORTS CPA DISSOLUTION [...] (C) Summary: In a March 9 conversation, Al-Adala newspaper columnist Ali Khaleef told PolOff and PAS/Off that economic progress in Iraq has not kept pace with political progress. Coalition Forces (CF) need to do more to fight corruption and promote economic growth in Iraq, he said. Khaleef [...] | 2006-03-20 10:29:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PHUM PNAT PTER ECON KDEM IZ |
06BAGHDAD918 | 89 BAGHDAD PALESTINIANS FLEE TO JORDAN BORDER [...] (C) Summary. According to representatives from the Palestinian Human Rights Organization, 89 Palestinians, including 42 children, left Baghdad by bus March 18 for the Jordanian border hoping to gain entry to Jordan. They were accompanied by two Christian Peacekeeping Team (CPT) members whose [...] | 2006-03-20 18:05:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF KPAL PHUM PINS KCRS IZ PA JO |
06BAGHDAD976 | CODEL HOEKSTRA MEETS IRAQI MINISTER OF INTERIOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with CODEL Hoekstra, Minister of Interior Bayan Jabr said that he is not concerned by the problem that militias -- other than Jaysh al-Mahdi (JAM) -- pose and is confident that it will be solved soon. He believes the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) are growing in effec [...] | 2006-03-24 14:57:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PHUM PREL IZ |
06BAGHDAD977 | DISTRICT COUNCIL MEMBERS DECLARE NO TRUST IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. On March 21 members of the Sunni Arab neighborhood of Al-Adhamiyah's district advisory council emphasized that while they welcomed the presence of the Iraqi Army, the Iraqi Police were unreliable and involved in much of the terrorism hurting local residents. men stressed that fe [...] | 2006-03-24 15:10:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS IZ |
06BAGHDAD979 | BAGHDAD PALESTINIANS RETURN TO IRAQ, BUT MORE [...] (C) Summary. On March 22, Iraqi Ministry of Interior Border Officials escorted the 88 Palestinians (note: not 89) out of the No Man's Land (NML) between the Iraqi and Jordanian border (ref A) and back into Iraqi territory. The Palestinians are now located in Trebil close to the border in Anbar [...] | 2006-03-24 15:52:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF KPAL PHUM PINS KCRS IZ PA JO |
06BAGHDAD980 | SHIA ENDOWMENT WARNS OF GROWING CIVIL STRIFE [...] (C) Summary: In a March 22 conversation with PolCouns, Shia Endowment official Salah Abd al-Razak said that civil strife is already serious and will get worse if the displacement of Sunni and Shia families does not cease. President Bush's statement that civil war is not likely was wrong, al-R [...] | 2006-03-24 16:39:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS KISL IZ |
06BAGHDAD989 | THE DISILLUSIONED MINDEF DULIME [...] (C//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY. In a March 19 meeting with Multi-National Security Transition Command-Iraq (MNSTC-I) Lieutenant General Dempsey and Acting PolMilCouns, Iraqi Minister of Defense Sadoun Al-Dulime, accompanied by Iraqi Commanding General Babakir Zibari, discussed his disillusionment w [...] | 2006-03-25 18:29:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL PINS MARR IZ |
06BAGHDAD998 | PM JAFARI CONCERNED ABOUT IRANIAN INTERFERENCE, [...] (C) In a March 25 meeting, Prime Minister Ibrahim Jafari told CODEL McCain that the national unity government was being formed "as we speak." He denied that sectarian tensions threatened to undermine government formation, praising the Iraqi people for not succumbing to civil war in the afterm [...] | 2006-03-26 17:21:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS IZ |
06BAKU1731 | MESSAGE DELIVERED TO THE GOAJ ON NATO COMMITMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-29 06:56:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MARR MOPS NATO AJ PINS AF |
06BAMAKO1154 | EXCLUDED FROM ELECTORAL COMMISSION, IBK'S [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-16 16:50:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PINS PARM ML |
06BAMAKO1237 | MALI'S POLITICAL SEASON BEGINS - CONTROVERSIAL [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-27 14:06:00 | Embassy Bamako | SECRET | PREL PINR PINS PGOV ML |
06BAMAKO1243 | SECOND TUAREG - GSPC BATTLE PLACES ALGIERS ACCORDS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-31 07:40:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PINS PGOV ML |
06BAMAKO1244 | TUAREG AND GOM OFFICIALS PROVIDE DETAILS ON GSPC [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-31 08:20:00 | Embassy Bamako | SECRET | PREL PINR PINS PGOV ML |
06BAMAKO1348 | MINISTER KONE REVISES PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION DATE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-24 11:49:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PINS PGOV ML |
06BAMAKO1359 | MALI'S UNSETTLED NORTH: RESTIVE TUAREGS, RESTIVE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-28 17:05:00 | Embassy Bamako | SECRET | PREL PINR PINS PGOV ML |
06BAMAKO1361 | CALCULATIONS SHIFT AS FORMER MINISTER OF DEFENSE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-29 09:36:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PINS PGOV ML |
06BAMAKO1373 | RPM QUESTIONS DISTRIBUTION OF PUBLIC FUNDS FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-01 12:01:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PINS PGOV ML |
06BAMAKO1433 | WHEN POLITICS AND COINCIDENCE COLLIDE: MALI'S [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-20 09:05:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PINS PGOV ML |
06BAMAKO520 | PROSPECTORS PREDICT MALIAN OIL BY 2008 [...] (C) Summary: One and a half years after oil and gas exploration in northern Mali resumed, those searching for &black gold8 may be on the brink of success. To date, the Malian government has opened approximately 700,000 square kilometers of land to oil prospecting. Recent estimates by Austral [...] | 2006-05-08 12:46:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EIND EPET ML PGOV PINS PREL SENV |
06BAMAKO914 | AN ISLAMIC LEADER'S VIEW OF THE U.S., THE ALGIERS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-22 16:19:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PINS MASS PARM ML |
06BANGKOK1042 | THAILAND: DEMARCHE ON EQUIPMENT TO [...] (C) On February 21, PolOff delivered reftel demarche to MFA Counselor for American and South Pacific Affairs Paisit Boonparlit. Paisit promised to advise the Embassy if the RTG has any defense articles it wishes to donate to Afghanistan or Iraq. BOYCE [...] | 2006-02-22 02:43:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS MOPS PINS PREL AF IZ TH |
06BANGKOK1174 | SENATOR FEINGOLD'S MEETING WITH THAI DEFENSE [...] (C) Summary. In a February 20 meeting with visiting Senator Russell Feingold and the Ambassador, Defense Minister Thammarak Issarangkul Na Ayutthaya outlined Thai military modernization efforts, explained that the RTG has not yet made a decision on the purchase of new fighter aircraft and voi [...] | 2006-02-27 09:30:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINS TH POL MIL |
06BANGKOK1625 | REFUGEES ARRIVE FROM SITE OF BURMA'S NEW CAPITAL [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-16 09:24:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PINS TH BM |
06BANGKOK2270 | MOVING FORWARD ON AN SEA CT STRATEGY [...] (S/REL AUS UK CAN) SUMMARY: On March 6, Embassy Bangkok and S/CT Ambassador Henry Crumpton hosted regional Chiefs of Mission and participants from other U.S. agencies to follow up on the January CT consultations in Jakarta (REFTELS). Chiefs of Mission (COMs) continued to develop a framework to [...] | 2006-04-19 23:37:00 | Embassy Bangkok | SECRET | ASEC PTER CASC PGOV PINS KJUS KISL TH |
06BANGKOK2337 | SOUTHERN THAILAND: CURRENT PROGRAMS AND ASSISTANCE [...] (S) Summary. Over the past two years, Post has focused much of our wide ranging assistance and training programs to help the RTG deal with the growing problem in the South. We have been very careful to avoid overt, direct involvement--the RTG sees this as a domestic issue and the insurgency i [...] | 2006-04-21 09:19:00 | Embassy Bangkok | SECRET | PTER PREL PINS TH |
06BANGKOK2338 | THE WAY AHEAD IN SOUTHERN THAILAND [...] (U) ACTION REQUEST. Post requests inter-agency approval for the proposals in paragraph 6. 2. (S) Summary. The violence in the South of Thailand remains a serious problem for the RTG and a threat to U.S. interests. As outlined in ref, in the last two years we have shifted a significant por [...] | 2006-04-21 09:37:00 | Embassy Bangkok | SECRET | PTER PREL PINS PINR TH |
06BANGKOK258 | CT ASSISTANCE TO THAILAND [...] (S) Summary: Thailand is the recipient of a wide range of U.S. training and assistance programs to help the RTG combat terrorist and extremism. We believe that the assistance programs detailed below are making a contribution to the RTG's efforts. This message provides information on CT ass [...] | 2006-01-13 09:32:00 | Embassy Bangkok | SECRET | PTER PREL PINR PGOV PINS PBTS ECON TH |
06BANGKOK3522 | SRI LANKAN PEACE PROCESS DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) On June 14, PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Paisit Boonparlit of MFA's North American Division and to Krit Tankanarat of MFA's South Asia Division. Both Paisit and Krit assured PolOff that they would pass reftel points to their superiors but suggested they would not have a formal re [...] | 2006-06-14 07:49:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MARR PINS CE TH |
06BANGKOK4374 | SRI LANKA: TENTATIVE THAI RESPONSE ON CONTACT [...] (U) This is an action cable. Please see paragraph 4. 2 (C) On July 20, poloffs had follow-up consultation with Panyarak Poolthup, Deputy Director-General from MFA's Department of South Asian Affairs and other MFA South Asian and Counter-Terrorism officials to discuss reftel demarche. Panya [...] | 2006-07-20 10:01:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PINS PREL PTER CE TH |
06BANGKOK5203 | CAR BOMB DISCOVERED NEAR PRIME MINISTER'S RESIDENCE [...] (C) Summary: On August 24, Police defused a large car bomb in the neighborhood of Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's residence and arrested an Army Lieutenant who works for a controversial retired Army Major General, Panlop Pinmanee. General Panlop has been dismissed from his position as Deput [...] | 2006-08-24 11:16:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PINS MOPS PGOV TH |
06BANGKOK5204 | CAR BOMB DISCOVERED NEAR PRIME MINISTER'S RESIDENCE [...] (C) Summary: On August 24, Police defused a large car bomb in the neighborhood of Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's residence and arrested an Army Lieutenant who works for a controversial retired Army Major General, Panlop Pinmanee. General Panlop has been dismissed from his position as Deput [...] | 2006-08-24 11:18:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PINS MOPS PGOV TH |
06BANGKOK5228 | NO CLARITY ON ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT [...] (C) Authorities have released no further useful information yet today about the bomb discovered August 24 by the Prime Minister's residence Government. Government and security officials have proclaimed that the bomb was an assassination attempt. The Defense Minister told the press it was a [...] | 2006-08-25 11:31:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PINS PGOV TH |
06BANGKOK5662 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UN PEACEKEEPING FORCE IN [...] (U) Post delivered reftel A demarche to the Peace, Security and Disarmament Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on September 14, 2006. As members of the MFA responsible for NAM issues are already in Cuba, post also emailed reftel A talking points to Pattarat Hongtong (Counselor for t [...] | 2006-09-14 08:40:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PINS KPKO UNSC KDEM PGOV SU |
06BANGKOK5711 | MILITARY AND PRIME MINISTER FACE OFF OVER MILITARY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The police have arrested more military personnel from the controversial military Internal Security Operation Command (ISOC) in connection with the alleged car bomb assassination attempt against Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. Thai opinion is still very divided about whether t [...] | 2006-09-15 10:26:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PHUM MOPS ASEC TH |
06BANGKOK5812 | THAILAND: WHO'S IN CHARGE? WHAT'S NEXT? [...] (C) SUMMARY: The "Council for Democratic Reform under the Monarchy" is in control of the government after a bloodless coup on the evening of September 19. The CDRM promises to cede control to an interim civilian government soon, and civil society contacts we spoke to today believed this wou [...] | 2006-09-20 12:35:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM MOPS PINS TH |
06BANGKOK5814 | THAILAND MILITARY COUP LEADER BRIEFS FOREIGN [...] 1. (C) Summary: The Thai military-led "Council for Democratic Reform Under the Constitutional Monarchy" (CDRM) held a briefing for the Bangkok diplomatic corps and defense attaches at Royal Thai Army Headquarters in Bangkok on September 20. Speaking for the CDRM, Army Commander-in-Chief So [...] | 2006-09-20 13:02:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PHUM MOPS ASEC TH |
06BANGKOK6002 | CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR EMERGES AS TOP ECONOMIC [...] (C) Summary: In a September 28 meeting with the Ambassador, Bank of Thailand Governor Pridiyathorn Devakula stated his intention to be the prime economic adviser to the soon to be appointed interim Prime Minister (reportedly, General Surayud Chulanond). He confirmed the CDR's commitment to [...] | 2006-09-29 10:03:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PGOV PINS PHUM MOPS ASEC TH |
06BANGKOK7501 | THE NEW PUSH FOR THAI POLICE REFORM [...] (C) Summary. Plans to reform Thailand's notoriously venal and abusive police may be gaining steam, in part due to strong interest from the Prime Minister's office. While many people agree on the need for change--and the legislature is already drawing up plans--the exact prescription for refor [...] | 2006-12-20 08:12:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PINR KHUM KDEM ASEC TH |
06BANGKOK7511 | THE ECONOMIC DIMENSIONS OF THAILAND'S SOUTHERN [...] (C) Summary: While economic factors are not the root cause of Thailand's southern Islamist insurgency, there are important economic dimensions to the Southern crisis that, if effectively addressed, could make a contribution to the solution. Existing official statistics for the South presen [...] | 2006-12-20 10:27:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PTER PINS TH |
06BANGKOK885 | THAILAND'S BALANCED REACTION TO IRAN-IAEA VOTE [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered ref points and statements to MFA Director for Middle East Affairs Udomsak Sritangos on February 10. In a follow-up meeting on February 14, Udomsak explained that Thailand supports world opinion on this issue but must balance this position with its growing economic ties [...] | 2006-02-14 09:28:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PARM PINS PREL TH |
06BANGUI157 | CAR: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR IMET TRAINING [...] A search of Embassy biographic and human rights files found no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights as of this date by the following individual nominated for IMET English Language Course (WCN 1210@, MASL B177009, 11/1/2006) and Infantry basic officer training (WCN 1210A, MASL B [...] | 2006-10-19 13:58:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM ASEC MASS PREL PINR PINS CD |
06BANJUL11 | THE GAMBIA: PRESIDENT'S YEAR-END INTERVIEW [...] (C) In a year-end television interview, President Jammeh, in a vintage, shoot-from-the-hip performance, spoke of general economic improvement in 2005, while characterizing the dismal state of public utilities as among the country's "dramatic failures." He was optimistic about prospects for de [...] | 2006-01-06 18:21:00 | Embassy Banjul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON ENRG PGOV PHUM PINS KMCA GA |
06BANJUL171 | THE GAMBIA: CONSULTATIONS WITH SENEGALESE ON [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-20 12:43:00 | Embassy Banjul | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PINS GA SG |
06BANJUL172 | THE GAMBIA: CONSULTATIONS WITH SENEGALESE ON [...] (U) Amidst reported clashes between the Bissau-Guinean military and Casamance MFDC rebels (reftel),a Senegalese delegation visited The Gambia March 17 and met with President Yayha Jammeh to discuss the Casamance situation. The delegation was headed by Pierre Kujabi, identified as an architec [...] | 2006-03-20 12:53:00 | Embassy Banjul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINS GA SG |
06BANJUL182 | THE GAMBIA: MORE ON FAILED COUP ATTEMPT [...] (C) Amidst ongoing calm and atmosphere of general normality in the Gambian capital following the reportedly aborted coup plot March 21, GOTG source claims that the ringleader was spotted entering the Casamance region in Senegal. In March 22-23 meetings, our Emergency Action Committee (EAC) agr [...] | 2006-03-23 18:35:00 | Embassy Banjul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS CASC ASEC GA |
06BANJUL184 | THE GAMBIA: PROMINENT JOURNALIST'S COMMENTS ON [...] (C) Well-informed journalist, Pap Saine, expressed certainty that there had been a coup attempt foiled here March 21, asserting that the immediate cause was widespread discontent in the regular army over special benefits enjoyed by President Jammeh's guard force. Saine indicated that the numb [...] | 2006-03-24 13:37:00 | Embassy Banjul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS CASC ASEC PHUM GA |
06BANJUL188 | THE GAMBIA: LATEST DEVELOPMENTS FOLLOWING COUP [...] (C) President Jammeh issued a predictably tough, defiant statement on the failed coup attempt, describing the plotters as "bed bugs and fleas" and warning that they would receive no leniency. He also indicated the GOTG's determination to host the AU Summit in July as scheduled -- "whether any [...] | 2006-03-27 14:30:00 | Embassy Banjul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS CASC ASEC PHUM GA |
06BANJUL19 | THE GAMBIA: ENGAGING AU ON AMIS REHAT [...] (SBU) Given The Gambia's status as a troop contributing country for AMIS, Ambassador, in January 10 meeting, drew from reftel points to brief Foreign Affairs Permanent Secretary Ebou Taal on U.S.support of UN rehatting of the SIPDIS AMIS operation. Ambassador stressed U.S. objectives of p [...] | 2006-01-11 12:12:00 | Embassy Banjul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINS PREL KPKO SU GA |
06BANJUL190 | THE GAMBIA: POSSIBLE SENEGALESE ANGLE IN TELEVISED [...] (C) On March 27, Amcit (dual national) Tamsir Jasseh and other suspects in the aborted March 21 coup attempt gave televised confessions of their involvement, and Jasseh's role, judging from his statement, was greater than he had previously indicated to Ambassador. The statements by Jasseh and [...] | 2006-03-28 17:36:00 | Embassy Banjul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS CASC ASEC PHUM GA |
06BANJUL194 | THE GAMBIA: CALM, BUT JITTERY ENVIRONMENT [...] (C) Amidst a calm, but jittery atmosphere, there have been additional televised statements by persons suspected of involvement in the March 21 coup attempt. A senior police official noted the release of two military officers cleared of involvement and estimated the remaining number of detaine [...] | 2006-03-30 18:38:00 | Embassy Banjul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS CASC ASEC PHUM GA |
06BANJUL206 | THE GAMBIA: UPDATE ON AFTERMATH OF ABORTED COUP [...] (C) Sources portray President Jammeh as still recovering from a sense of shock and betrayal following the aborted coup attempt March 21, although he works to convey the image of a leader fully in charge in his public appearances. The GOTG itself has yet to provide much information on the foile [...] | 2006-04-04 18:11:00 | Embassy Banjul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS CASC ASEC PHUM GA |
06BANJUL209 | LETTER TO PRESIDENT BUSH FROM GAMBIAN PRESIDENT [...] (C) On April 5, 2006, Embassy received a letter, dated March 29, 2006, from Gambian President Jammeh to President Bush alleging the Senegalese Government's support for the recent abortive coup d'tat in The Gambia (ref a). Post will provide the text in this cable and forward the original to Wa [...] | 2006-04-05 16:39:00 | Embassy Banjul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS OPDC GA SG |
06BANJUL21 | THE GAMBIA: VOTING RECORD IN THE 60TH UNGA [...] (C) Ambassador raised the GOTG's voting record in the 60th UNGA in separate meetings with Foreign Affairs Permanent Secretary Ebou Taal (deputy formin equivalent) and visiting SIPDIS Gambian PermRep Crispin Grey-Johnson. Reviewing the respective U.S. and Gambian voting records on the nine k [...] | 2006-01-11 12:23:00 | Embassy Banjul | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PHUM PINR PINS PREL GA |
06BANJUL212 | THE GAMBIA: PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR ON AFTERMATH OF [...] (C) In April 6 meeting with senior presidential adviser, Secretary General Njie, Ambassador reiterated our concern SIPDIS over reports of detainees' mistreatment, detention of National Assembly Speaker and others, and private newspaper's closure in connection with the recent aborted coup at [...] | 2006-04-06 17:34:00 | Embassy Banjul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS CASC ASEC PHUM KMCA GA SG |
06BANJUL222 | THE GAMBIA: LATEST DEVELOPMENTS FOLLOWING FOILED [...] (C) President Jammeh continues his efforts to demonstrate that he remains in charge and that the public is rallying around him, while opposition parties issued a statement April 9 expressing doubt about the GOTG's capacity to "manage the apparent crisis." There are signs of disarray at the N [...] | 2006-04-10 17:19:00 | Embassy Banjul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS CASC ASEC PHUM KMCA GA SG |
06BANJUL225 | THE GAMBIA: FOLLOW-UP DEMARCHE ON DETAINEES [...] (C) Ambassador met April 13 with Foreign Minister's deputy, William Joof, to reiterate our concern over authorities' reported abuses following the March 21 aborted coup plot and to reiterate our request for prompt access to detained American citizen (dual national) Tamsir Jasseh (ref a). (NOTE [...] | 2006-04-13 13:22:00 | Embassy Banjul | CONFIDENTIAL | PROG PREL PHUM PINS CASC ASEC KMCA GA SG |
06BANJUL227 | THE GAMBIA; VISIT BY SENEGALESE FORMIN [...] (SBU) Senegalese Formin Cheikh Tidiane Gadio visited Banjul April 12 and met with President Jammeh, telling the press afterward that he had brought a message of "solidarity" from President Wade to Jammeh following the coup plot thwarted here March 21 (refs a and b). Gadio took the occasion t [...] | 2006-04-13 15:37:00 | Embassy Banjul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS GA SG |
06BANJUL230 | THE GAMBIA: GROWING TENSIONS WITH SENEGAL OVER [...] (U) This is an action message -- see para 10. SUMMARY 2. (C) GOTG convoked diplomatic corps April 13 to protest GOS' alleged failure to cooperate with the Gambians' investigation into the coup plot thwarted March 21 as well. In a well-worn GOTG accusation, Gambian officials alleged that [...] | 2006-04-14 14:25:00 | Embassy Banjul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS GA SG |
06BANJUL233 | THE GAMBIA: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SPEAKER REMOVED, [...] (C) The National Assembly Speaker, Sheriff Dibba, suspected of involvement in the failed coup plot, was released from detention April 15, but removed from the National Assembly by President Jammeh. A senior National Intelligence Agency official, Keemo Balajo, was also released and his job res [...] | 2006-04-18 14:07:00 | Embassy Banjul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS CASC ASEC PHUM KMCA GA SG |
06BANJUL249 | THE GAMBIA: MORE DETAINEES RELEASED, OTHER [...] (C) The General Manager and Editor-in-Chief of the journal, "Independent," are among detainees released April 20 and ostensibly cleared of involvement in the aborted coup plot March 21. Ambassador met April 21 with Interior Minister Jatta and pressed again for access to Amcit detainee and for [...] | 2006-04-21 16:11:00 | Embassy Banjul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS CASC ASEC PHUM KMCA GA SG |
06BANJUL252 | THE GAMBIA: FURTHER DEMARCHE ON ACCESS TO AMCIT, [...] (C) Ambassador met April 24 with Foreign Affairs Permanent Secretary William Joof and repeated previous requests for SIPDIS access to Amcit Tamsir Jasseh, detained for suspected involvement in the March 21 aborted coup plot (ref a). Ambassador stressed dismay at the delay in our obtaining a [...] | 2006-04-24 17:30:00 | Embassy Banjul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS CASC ASEC PHUM KMCA GA SG |
06BANJUL273 | THE GAMBIA: SUSPECTS IN COUP PLOT CHARGED, [...] (C) Seventeen suspects in the failed coup plot are finally charged, as the GOTG continues to press the GOS for access to the plot's ringleader. END SUMMARY DETAINEES CHARGED ------------------ 2. (U) On April 28, 17 detainees suspected of involvement in the coup plot thwarted here Marc [...] | 2006-05-03 11:48:00 | Embassy Banjul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS PHUM GA SG |
06BANJUL303 | THE GAMBIA: CONVERSATION WITH ISLAMIC RELIGIOUS [...] (C) Prominent Islamic figure Imam Baba Leigh registered strong concern over human rights abuses following the failed coup plot in March. He also indicated frustration over The Gambia's "cowed and co-opted" Islamic religious establishment to confront the GOTG over the abuses. Baba Leigh judged [...] | 2006-05-15 09:43:00 | Embassy Banjul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS PHUM KISL KDEM GA |
06BANJUL31 | THE GAMBIA: PROSPECTS FOR THE BILATERAL [...] (C) Our assessment of prospects in 2006 for our overall Gambian relationship is guarded, as the recent slippage in the GOTG's record on human rights and democracy has reinforced President Jammeh's reputation for erratic behavior and overshadowed his government's achievements. Given the import [...] | 2006-01-17 12:04:00 | Embassy Banjul | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER PINS PHUM KPKO EPET EINV ETRD |
06BANJUL343 | THE GAMBIA: DISCUSSIONS WITH ISLAMIC RELIGIOUS [...] (C) In separate meetings with Ambassador, two prominent Islamic clerics indicated that a priority of The Gambia's Islamic religious establishment was to prevent radical, foreign Islamic elements from establishing a foothold here through brainwashing of the country's youth. The pair stressed t [...] | 2006-05-29 09:49:00 | Embassy Banjul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS PHUM KISL KDEM GA |
06BANJUL396 | THE GAMBIA: SCENE-SETTER FOR VCI PDAS FORD'S AND [...] (C) VCI PDAS Ford and AF DAS Thomas-Greenfield will visit The Gambia against the backdrop of the AU Summit -- for which the GOTG is feverishly preparing -- but also against the backdrop of markedly negative human rights trend in this country, as highlighted by abuses following the coup plot t [...] | 2006-06-22 09:47:00 | Embassy Banjul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM EAID MASS KMCA PTER PINS EINV ETRD |
06BANJUL526 | REFUGEES FROM SENEGAL'S CASAMANCE REGION STREAMING [...] (C) As reported in ref A, the fighting that erupted between Senegal's military and MFDC rebels in Senegal's Casamance region has resulted in a large influx of refugees into The Gambia. According to our sources, the estimated number of refugees ranges from 2500 to 4500, with the latter being m [...] | 2006-08-23 17:18:00 | Embassy Banjul | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREF PHUM PINS SG PU PREL GA |
06BANJUL574 | THE GAMBIA: UPDATE ON TIES WITH SENEGAL [...] (C) In September 15 discussion, Senegalese Ambassador Fall cited the improved tenor in Senegalese/Gambian ties in recent months, expressed certainty that Gambian President Jammeh would win re-election September 22 by a comfortable margin, and knocked down rumors of close ties between Senegalese [...] | 2006-09-16 10:33:00 | Embassy Banjul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF MOPS PINS SG GA |
06BANJUL620 | THE GAMBIA: JAMMEH'S RE-ELECTION AND OUR BILATERAL [...] (C) Following President Jammeh's re-election September 22, there are no indications as yet of any major policy or personnel changes in the offing, but he seemed as volatile and rough-hewn as ever in his post-election press conference. The shortcomings in the electoral process highlighted the [...] | 2006-10-04 16:39:00 | Embassy Banjul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PINS PHUM KPKO EPET EINV ETRD |
06BANJUL695 | THE GAMBIA: ONGOING TENSIONS WITH SENEGAL [...] (C) Senegalese Ambassador Fall noted heightened Sengalese/Gambian strains due to GOTG's support for dissident Casamance rebel MFDC leader Salif Sadio, coupled with Gambian actions against pro-conciliation MFDC elements such as Magne Dieme. Fall said Senegalese armed forces chief would visit h [...] | 2006-11-09 15:30:00 | Embassy Banjul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF PINS SG GA |
06BANJUL698 | THE GAMBIA: DISMISSAL OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE [...] (U) On November 10, the GOTG announced the dismissal of the National Intelligence Agency's (NIA) head, Director General Harry Sambou, who had been appointed following the failed coup plot here in March. Sambou's deputy, Momodou Hydara, was named Acting Director General. 2. (C) The GOTG gav [...] | 2006-11-13 20:00:00 | Embassy Banjul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS GA |
06BANJUL708 | THE GAMBIA: SENEGALESE VISITORS, JAMMEH'S [...] (C) President Jammeh used high-level Senegalese visits to deny -- unconvincingly -- meddling in the Casamance and profess his commitment to good ties with Senegal. Senegalese Chief of Defense Staff spoke of plans to conclude a MOU with the Gambian military to strengthen cooperation via, inter [...] | 2006-11-20 18:32:00 | Embassy Banjul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS MOPS GA SG |
06BANJUL764 | THE GAMBIA: REPORT OF PRESIDENT'S MILITIA, IRANIAN [...] (C) In recent conversation with Ambassador, Pap Saine (protect) the well-connected chief editor of the private daily, "The Point," asserted that, nine months after the abortive coup plot in March, President Jammeh remained deeply concerned about another possible plot. According to Saine, Jam [...] | 2006-12-21 15:25:00 | Embassy Banjul | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PINS MASS PREL GA IR |
06BASRAH104 | MAJOR GENERAL LATIF MOTIVATED TO TACKLE BASRAH SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: In a June 14 meeting with the Regional Coordinator (RC) and Deputy Regional Coordinator (DRC),Major General Abdul Latif of the 10th Division of the Iraqi Army expressed support for Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's recent visit to Basrah and his efforts to enhance security in Bas [...] | 2006-06-18 06:40:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PREL PTER IZ |
06BASRAH110 | PROVINCIAL ELECTION IN BASRAH LIKELY TO BE WAR BETWEEN THE [...] (C) Summary: In meetings on June 15 and June 19, Hazim Joda, the branch manager for the Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq (IECI),and Osama Khalil, the Basrah IECI media manager, gave Basrah Regional Embassy Office (REO) Poloff an overview of issues in the pre-provincial election seaso [...] | 2006-06-21 06:49:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PINS KDEM KISL IZ |
06BASRAH122 | GROWING NUMBERS OF BASRAH YOUTHS TURN TO DRUGS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-22 11:31:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PBTS PINS SOCI SNAR IZ |
06BASRAH4 | WE WILL PAY MORE, BUT WE EXPECT MORE - BASRAH COMMENTS ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The central government's mishandling of the fuel price increase has led to anger on the part of most Iraqis in Basrah. News of the price increase has spread to the local population by word-of-mouth. Once understood, it is being accepted by those REO Basrah has contacted as a [...] | 2006-01-20 12:12:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PGOV PINS ECON KDEM IZ |
06BASRAH92 | BASRAH FUEL MARKET THRIVES ON SMUGGLING [...] (C) Summary: In a series of meetings with Poloff, petroleum and security officials in Basrah painted a stark picture of Basrah's fuel market and the black market in petroleum products. Smuggling is relatively easy because of Iraq's porous borders. There does not appear to be any organized cart [...] | 2006-06-03 15:54:00 | REO Basrah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL PINS ECON EPET ETRD ENRG IZ |
06BEIJING10192 | CHINA'S MAY 25 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: A/S HILL'S [...] Key points made at the May 25 MFA press briefing are as follows: -- EAP Assistant Secretary Christopher Hill met with VFM Yang Jiechi and VFM Wu Dawei to discuss implementing consensus reached in the April 2006 Bush- Hu meetings and in the Fourth Round of Six-Party Talks. -- Accusations [...] | 2006-05-25 10:07:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS CH JP KN |
06BEIJING10601 | MAY 25 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: HAMAS FM VISIT, IRAN [...] Key points made at the May 25 MFA press briefing are as follows: -- FM Mahmoud Al-Zahhar will visit Beijing to attend the China-Arab Cooperation Forum. China will use the opportunity to explain China's position that Hamas needs to give up violence, recognize Israel and abide by past agreem [...] | 2006-05-30 11:09:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS CH JP |
06BEIJING10606 | MAY 25 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: HAMAS FM VISIT, IRAN [...] Key points made at the May 25 MFA press briefing are as follows: -- FM Mahmoud Al-Zahhar will visit Beijing to attend the China-Arab Cooperation Forum. China will use the opportunity to explain China's position that Hamas needs to give up violence, recognize Israel and abide by past agreem [...] | 2006-05-30 22:44:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS CH JP KN |
06BEIJING11606 | PATRIOTIC EDUCATION FOR IMAMS IN XINJIANG [...] (C) Local authorities in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region in China's far northwest are stepping up efforts to cultivate "patriotic" religious personnel through a second round of intensive training, according to local officials. Following an initial round of patriotic training from 2001- [...] | 2006-06-08 09:42:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINS KISL CH |
06BEIJING11753 | CHRISTIANITY GAINING POPULARITY IN XINJIANG, EVEN [...] (C) Interest in Christianity is growing in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region (XUAR),but local authorities are reportedly trying to control the growth in order to avoid conflicts with the majority Muslim community. According to local Christian leaders and congregants, the community's gro [...] | 2006-06-09 11:53:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINS CH |
06BEIJING12179 | ASD RODMAN-MFA HE YAFEI MEETING: LOOKING FOR [...] (C) China maintains a positive view of relations with the United States in the aftermath of Chinese President Hu Jintao's April visit to Washington, Assistant Foreign Minister He Yafei told Assistant Secretary of Defense Peter Rodman. AFM He characterized the United States and China as stakeh [...] | 2006-06-13 12:24:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS PM CH TW |
06BEIJING14345 | BEIJING WILL SERIOUSLY CONSIDER THE GLOBAL [...] (SBU) China attaches great importance to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism and will study the presidential announcement carefully, stated Assistant Foreign Minister Cui Tiankai. In response to the joint presentation of reftel points on July 7 by the DCM and the Russian Charge [...] | 2006-07-10 08:00:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MCAP PINR PINS PTER KNNP CH RS IAEA |
06BEIJING24201 | CHINA: GEN. XIONG GUANGKAI TELLS AMBASSADOR 2006 [...] (C) This has been a "benchmark year" for United State-China relations, General Xiong Guangkai, President of the China Institute for International Strategic Studies (CIISS),told the Ambassador. The relationship has developed in a comprehensive manner including advances in military relations a [...] | 2006-11-30 11:56:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS MOPS CH TN KN IR JP |
06BEIJING2780 | CHINA/QDR: CHINESE THINK TANK PERSPECTIVE FROM [...] (C) The 2006 Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) contains positive language about China but PRC analysts are concerned about the identification of China as the country having the greatest potential to compete militarily with the United States as well as the explicit reference to a policy of hedg [...] | 2006-02-15 11:32:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS CH |
06BEIJING4761 | SCHOLAR DISCUSSES PRC ANALYSIS OF QDR AND [...] (C) Chinese analysts are closely scrutinizing the Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) and Secretary Rice's "Transformational Diplomacy" speech, according to Professor Jin Canrong, Associate Dean of the School of Strategic Studies at Renmin University. During a meeting with Poloff March 8, Jin, [...] | 2006-03-14 10:35:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PGOV PREL CH JP |
06BEIJING745 | U.S-CHINA WORKING GROUP MEETING WITH DEFENSE [...] (SBU) In a meeting with Chinese Defense Minister Cao Gangchuan, Representative Kirk outlined three proposals for U.S.-China military and space cooperation: a DOD-MND hotline, an International Space Station-compatible docking ring for China's Shenzhou spacecraft and increased transparency in C [...] | 2006-01-13 07:28:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PINS OREP TSPA CH |
06BEIJING9010 | PACOM COMMANDER FALLON'S DISCUSSION WITH PLA [...] (C) President Hu discussed with President Bush the need for the United States and China to view their bilateral relationship from a strategic level with a long-term perspective, PLA Deputy Chief of the General Staff General Ge Zhenfeng told PACOM Commander Admiral Fallon during a May 10 meeti [...] | 2006-05-15 05:59:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS MOPS CH TN KN JP |
06BEIJING9041 | PACOM ADMIRAL FALLON'S DISCUSSION WITH CENTRAL [...] (C) During an extended discussion, Central Military Commission Vice Chairman and Defense Minister General Cao Gangchuan told PACOM Commander Admiral Fallon that the PLA sought more military exchanges with the United States; discussed the PLA's strategy and budget priorities; and repeated fami [...] | 2006-05-15 06:12:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS MOPS CH TN KN JP |
06BEIRUT1337 | MGLE01: DEFEATED LEBANESE CLOSE TO SYRIA ORGANIZE [...] (C) Elie Ferzli, former Minister of Information and apologist for Syrian influence in Lebanon, is working to form a political "movement" with other like-minded politicians such as Former Interior Minister Suleiman Franjieh, and Former PM Omar Karame. PolChief met with Ferzli, former Minis [...] | 2006-04-28 17:08:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PINS PHUM PREL SY LE |
06BEIRUT1521 | MGLE01: JA'JA' FRUSTRATED BY FAILURES, SEEKS [...] (C) Samir Ja'ja', leader of the Lebanese Forces political movement, received the Ambassador and Polchief on May 12 for lunch in his home in the mountains of northern Lebanon. The meeting was a broad tour d'horizon with Ja'ja' expressing concern over the May 10 "labor" demonstrations in Beir [...] | 2006-05-16 06:55:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PINS LE SY |
06BEIRUT1559 | MGLE01--MICHEL AOUN ON HIZBALLAH DEFENSE VISION [...] (C) Summary: On May 17, The Ambassador, accompanied by PolChief, met with Michel Aoun, leader of the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM),to discuss USG concerns over the presentation reportedly made by Hizballlah at the 5/16 National Dialogue session. The Ambassador revealed pieces of the full r [...] | 2006-05-18 12:42:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PTER KISL KPAL PGOV PINS IS LE SY |
06BEIRUT1677 | MGLE01: S/CT CRUMPTON MEETING WITH MICHEL AOUN -- [...] (C) On May 23, Coordinator for Counterterrorism Ambassador Crumpton met with Lebanese parliamentary minority leader Michel Aoun at Aoun's home near Beirut. S/CT Crumpton encouraged Aoun to use his influence to make Lebanon a solid partner with the USG in the fight against terrorism. He exp [...] | 2006-05-30 11:51:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KPAL KDEM PINS LE SY IR |
06BEIRUT1679 | MGLE01: S/CT CRUMPTON MEETING WITH PM SINIORA -- [...] (C) On May 23, S/CT Crumpton met with PM Siniora at Siniora's office in Beirut's Grand Serail. Ambassador Crumpton told the Prime Minister that the USG was prepared to help Lebanon as it moved to strengthen its institutions through a Lebanese process. He expressed USG condolences upon the [...] | 2006-05-30 12:00:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PTER PINS KPAL LE SY |
06BEIRUT1870 | MGLE01: NATIONAL DIALOGUE DISCUSSIONS REVEAL [...] (C) On June 8, the Lebanese national dialogue reconvened. Two important events hung over the discussions of this round: 1) the Blue Line incidents of May 28 in which Hizballah positions were destroyed by Israeli air strikes, and 2) the June 1 riot that followed the television spoofing of H [...] | 2006-06-09 15:11:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PINS KISL PTER KPAL LE SY |
06BEIRUT1892 | MGLE01: SLEIMAN FRANJIEH ANNOUNCES "MARADA," A [...] (C) Summary: On June 11, Sleiman Franjieh announced his new political party named "Marada." The announcement was made as Franjieh commemorated the anniversary of the murder, presumably by Lebanese Forces militia, of his family in June 1978. The party seems to be a personality cult that e [...] | 2006-06-12 15:02:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM SOCI PINS KISL LE SY |
06BEIRUT2155 | MGLE01--CHRISTIAN POLITICIAN FEARS [...] (C/NF) Summary: On June 26, PolChief, accompanied by Pol Assistant, paid a farewell call on Minister of Social Affairs Nayla Mouawad. The Minister was in the mood to send a message to the USG. It was a simple and often repeated refrain: We are worried about extremism in the north of Leba [...] | 2006-06-28 07:25:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINS KDEM LE SY KPAL IR |
06BEIRUT2469 | TFLE01: SINIORA SAYS HE IS READY TO REQUEST AN [...] (C/NF) In a 7/25 meeting, Prime Minister Siniora, after much prodding, told the Ambassador that he was ready to make a public call for the deployment of an international stabilization force in southern Lebanon. (He said he would do so at a 7/26 Core Group conference in Rome.) He urged that the USG [...] | 2006-07-25 16:17:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINS MOPS PTER KPKO LE IS |
06BEIRUT2470 | TFLE01: UN PRSG: "DON'T RUSH" ON INTERNATIONAL [...] (C/NF) In a 7/25 conversation, Geir Pedersen, Personal Representative of the UN Secretary-General (PRSG),emphasized the importance of showing Lebanon's Shia community that a domestic political approach to Hizballah's disarmament remained possible. He recommended that an international stabilization [...] | 2006-07-25 16:20:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINS PTER MOPS KPKO EAID LE |
06BEIRUT482 | MGLE01: ADVISOR TO THE PRESIDENT SAYS LAHOUD WILL [...] (C/NF) Summary: Speaking with Polstaff on February 17, presidential spokesman and advisor Rafiq Chelala said the President, convinced of the injustice of calls for his departure, intends to remain in office despite popular protests. Chelala acknowledged that Lahoud's continued mandate was s [...] | 2006-02-17 15:41:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PINS LE SY |
06BEIRUT546 | MGLE01: AMAL POLITICAL MOVEMENT ANNOUNCES [...] (C) Summary and introduction: On February 17, Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri renewed his call for a dialogue among members of the Parliament's leadership. Berri emerged from addressing his Hizballah-allied parliamentary partners to call for a gathering of political leaders on March 2-9 t [...] | 2006-02-22 17:02:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PINS LE SY |
06BEIRUT568 | MGLE01: AOUN EAGER FOR LAHOUD'S GRACEFUL [...] (C) Summary: Michel Aoun was in a good mood as he greeted the Ambassador for their February 22 meeting. The former General said he was encouraged by the anti-Lahoud tone taken by Maronite Patriarch Sfeir, and he insisted that Sfeir was not referring to him when Sfeir said the next president [...] | 2006-02-24 16:12:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PHUM PINS LE SY |
06BEIRUT673 | MGLE01: SEVENTH SESSION OF NATIONAL DIALOGUE [...] (SBU) Participants in the national dialogue, perhaps cowed by accusations of leaks to the press, have become more reticent in presenting their accounts of the March 7 session of the talks, which ended in the late afternoon. MP and Minister of Defense Michel Murr said that the early debate [...] | 2006-03-06 16:16:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PINS PHUM KPAL KISL LE SY IR |
06BEIRUT929 | MGLE01--AOUN READY TO COOPERATE WITH EVERYONE WHO [...] (C) In a March 23 meeting with the Ambassador, Michel Aoun, head of the Free Patriotic Movement (FPM),expressed unquestioning convinction of the correctness of his positions. In Aoun's world, his agreement with Hizballah is flawless, his attack on the parliamentary majority is righteous, [...] | 2006-03-24 09:09:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PINS LE SY KISL |
06BEIRUT997 | MGLE01: TWO OBSERVERS FORESEE THE END OF THE [...] (C) Two men, from different sides of Lebanon's political divide told us this week that the national dialogue is over. Ali Hamdan, political advisor to dialogue host, Nabih Berri, believes the talks will continue, inconclusive, until sometime in April as Berri plays out the clock. Akram Sh [...] | 2006-03-29 14:55:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV PHUM PINS ECON LE SY |
06BERLIN2793 | GERMANY WILL PARTICIPATE IN INITIAL MEETING OF [...] (C) EMIN, accompanied by Global Affairs officer, and Russian Embassy Deputy Political Counselor Dmitri Cherkashin delivered ref A demarche and accompanying draft documents September 21 to German MFA Deputy Director General for Economic Affairs Michael Witter and MFA Desk Officer for Internatio [...] | 2006-09-21 15:56:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | KGIC PREL PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS IAEA GM |
06BERN1626 | ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING OF SRI LANKA CONTACT GROUP: [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-06 06:08:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PHUM PINS PREL MARR CE SZ |
06BERN1710 | SWISS RESPONSE ON SRI LANKA CONTACT GROUP MEETING, [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-15 10:45:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PHUM PINS PREL MARR CE SZ |
06BISHKEK648 | BAKIYEV REJECTS MINISTERS' OFFER TO RESIGN, [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 2, sixteen ministers submitted their resignations to President Bakiyev, which Bakiyev refused to accept. The offers to resign came after the Parliament on April 28 passed non-binding no-confidence votes against thirteen ministers (Parliament approved of the work of only t [...] | 2006-05-03 12:20:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS KG |
06BISHKEK674 | MAJOR GOVERNMENT SHAKEUP: OLD WINE, NEW BOTTLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 10, the government announced a major personnel shakeup. As part of the reshuffling, National Security Service (SNB) Chairman Tashtemir Aitbayev as well as the Minister of Agriculture were dismissed, and State Secretary Dastan Sarygulov resigned. Both Vice Prime SIPDIS [...] | 2006-05-10 14:12:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS PINR KG |
06BISHKEK701 | CRIME FIGURE WITH SUSPECTED TIES TO GOVERNMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to press reports and the Interior Ministry (MVD),notorious mob figure and parliamentary candidate Ryspek Akmatbayev (reftels a and b) was killed by unknown persons on May 10 approximately 12 kilometers outside of Bishkek. According to the MVD, Akmatbayev was shot 28 [...] | 2006-05-11 12:01:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS KCRM ASEC KG |
06BISHKEK766 | LITTLE TENSION IN RUN-UP TO MAY 27 OPPOSITION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Four days before the large opposition demonstration planned for May 27 in central Bishkek, tensions are noticeably lower than in the run-up to the April 29 opposition protest (reftel). Opposition leaders have in recent days backed away from an earlier vow to call for President [...] | 2006-05-23 12:21:00 | Embassy Bishkek | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM PINS PREL ASEC KG |
06BISHKEK779 | ALL SIDES PREDICTING A PEACEFUL MAY 27 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: One day before the May 27 opposition demonstration in central Bishkek (reftel),both government and opposition contacts continue to predict a violence-free demonstration. One protest organizer told the Embassy on May 26 that the opposition is expecting 30,000 demonstrators to [...] | 2006-05-26 10:11:00 | Embassy Bishkek | SECRET | PGOV PHUM KDEM PINS PREL ASEC KG |
06BISHKEK796 | LARGE OPPOSITION DEMONSTRATION ENDS PEACEFULLY ON [...] (U) SUMMARY: According to Embassy observer estimates, between 12,000 and 20,000 opposition protesters demonstrated peacefully on Bishkek's main square on May 27 for approximately 3 hours. Official Kyrgyz estimates put the size of the crowd at 15,000-20,000, while protest organizers told the [...] | 2006-05-30 11:26:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KDEM PINS PREL ASEC KG |
06BOGOTA11401 | PRESIDENT URIBE BACKS COURTS--AND PROVIDES [...] On December 20, at President Uribe's initiative, he and leaders from the Colombian Judicial branch agreed to create a special investigative unit within the Supreme Court to investigate political connections to ex-paramilitaries, and other allegations against government officials. Uribe promi [...] | 2006-12-21 19:15:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS PHUM PINR PINS PREF PREL CO |
06BOGOTA9795 | URIBE'S CONGRESSIONAL DISTRACTION [...] (C) President Uribe's congressional coalition is disorganized and increasingly ineffective; his legislative agenda has suffered, with key bills stalled. Opposition parties have taken the initiative in Congress and won several symbolic victories. Still, presidential advisors believe that thr [...] | 2006-10-23 19:26:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PINS PREF PREL PTER CO |
06BRIDGETOWN593 | THE WINDIES - SPOT REPORTS FROM THE EASTERN [...] (U) Dr. Compton Bourne was re-elected to a second five- year term as President of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB),beginning May 1, 2006. Although generally seen as an effective leader of this organization that lends funds to Caribbean development projects, Bourne has endured criticism f [...] | 2006-04-05 20:16:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL CPAS CVIS EAID EAIR ETRD PHUM PINS |
06BRUSSELS3105 | BELGIUM PRIME MINISTER DESCRIBES SHIFT ON PLANNED [...] (C) Summary: The Belgians may send additional air assets to Afghanistan, rather than ground troops, according to Prime Minister Verhofstadt. In a meeting with the Ambassador on September 11, Verhofstadt also said the Belgian contingent in Lebanon was working with a 1,000 person Chinese de-mi [...] | 2006-09-14 15:21:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINS PGOV EFIN BE AF LE |
06BRUSSELS3668 | A/S FRIED'S OCTOBER 20, 2006 MEETING WITH BELGIAN [...] (C) Summary: EUR A/S Fried met Belgian FM and OSCE CiO De Gucht in Brussels on October 20. Fried and De Gucht agreed that the U.S., EU, and OSCE needed to press Russia on treatment of ethnic Georgians in Russia. De Gucht repeatedly stressed the importance of having the Secretary attend the [...] | 2006-10-27 15:23:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PINS OSCE GG RU BE |
06BRUSSELS4193 | Letter from Belgian Attorney Concerning [...] (SBU) Belgian attorney Jacques Bourgaux wrote the Ambassador December 11 to seek information regarding the detention in Iraq of Oussama Atar, a Belgian of Moroccan origin. Unofficial embassy translation of the letter is reproduced in paragraph two. The letter reports Atar as being held by th [...] | 2006-12-21 08:29:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PINS BE IZ |
06BUCHAREST1054 | ROMANIAN ARRESTED FOR PLANNING CAR BOMBING IN [...] (SBU) Romanian media have reported heavily on the arrest June 26 of a Romanian man near Timisoara who allegedly planned to detonate a car bomb in a busy intersection to protest Romania's military contribution to Iraq and strong relationship with the U.S. Suspect Ioan Florin Lesch, also called [...] | 2006-06-28 13:39:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PINS PINR ASEC RO |
06BUCHAREST1181 | ROMANIA SEEKS RELEASE OF NATO INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDS [...] (C) Romanian MFA Director for NATO Affairs Mirela Maghiar relayed a demarche to PolOff on July 20 regarding Romania's request for U.S. support for NATO infrastructure funds to be released. She said Romania's proposal includes three locations -- Otopeni, Fetesti, and Mihail Kogalcieanu (MK) air [...] | 2006-07-25 13:14:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR PINS NATO RO |
06BUCHAREST981 | ROMANIAN BLACK SEA FORUM: FIRST STEPS TOWARD A [...] (C) Summary. Senior GOR officials assert that they will use the momentum initiated by the June 5 "Black Sea Forum for Dialogue and Partnership" summit in Bucharest as a "launching pad" for further dialogue and cooperation in the Black Sea region. Romanian interlocutors have also expressed gr [...] | 2006-06-13 16:33:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC ECIN PINS PHSA NATO PGOV AM AJ BU |
06BUDAPEST2383 | HUNGARY PREPARES FOR THE NATO SUMMIT: TO RIGA ... [...] (C) Summary: As the GoH prepares for the NATO Summit, we are using quiet diplomatic contacts and aggressive public outreach to help shape their preparations. GoH officials recognize that Afghanistan will be the central focus at Riga and appreciate that NATO's efforts there represent an impor [...] | 2006-11-28 13:30:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS NATO PINS HU |
06BUENOSAIRES346 | LABOR PROTEST TURNS VIOLENT IN PRESIDENT'S HOME [...] SUMMARY: A two-week protest by dissident elements of the oil and gas workers union in President Nestor Kirchner's home province of Santa Cruz turned deadly on February 8 when a police officer was killed in the town of Las Heras, Santa Cruz and 15 others were wounded. This is the first death [...] | 2006-02-13 15:21:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PGOV PINS ECON AR |
06CAIRO2473 | EGYPTIAN SECURITY DETAINS AL-JAZEERAH BUREAU [...] (SBU) The GOE detained Al-Jazeerah's Cairo bureau chief, Hussain Abdel Ghani, in Dahab on April 26, where he was reporting on the recent Sinai terror bombings, on charges of disturbing the peace and spreading false information. (As of 1430 on April 27, Abdul Ghani remained under detention.) [...] | 2006-04-27 12:36:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINS PHUM KPAO EG |
06CAIRO382 | SECTARIAN VIOLENCE NEAR LUXOR [...] (C) Summary: The village of Udayssat, 23 km south of Luxor, witnessed sectarian strife on January 18-20, resulting in clashes and the murder of a Christian man and the death of a Christian boy in murky circumstances. As of January 23, a heavy police presence remains in the area. A leading [...] | 2006-01-23 15:19:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PHUM PINS KIRF KISL EG |
06CANBERRA1311 | AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE TO SRI LANKA CONTACT GROUP [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 6. 2. (SBU) Poloff met with Nigel Stanier, Executive Officer for South and West Asia, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, on August 28, 2006, to follow up Ref A invitation for Australia to participate in the Contact Group's expert level m [...] | 2006-08-28 07:54:00 | Embassy Canberra | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MARR PHUM PINS PREL PTER AS |
06CARACAS2817 | BRV: DEMARCHE ON UN PEACEKEEPING FORCE IN DARFUR [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-15 13:15:00 | Embassy Caracas | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PINS KPKO UNSC KDEM PGOV VE |
06CHENNAI1705 | MAOIST LEADERS KILLED IN ANDHRA PRADESH [...] (U) Summary: In a recent series of incidents in the state of Andhra Pradesh (AP) in south India, police forces have killed numerous Maoist insurgents, including several leaders. Although the number of Maoist fighters in AP has fallen due to police action and moves into neighboring states, the [...] | 2006-08-01 11:33:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINS PTER PHUM ASEC IN |
06CHENNAI2145 | ANDHRA PRADESH POLICE SEIZE CACHE OF CRUDE ROCKETS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Andhra Pradesh (AP) Police Chief confirmed to Post the seizure of hundreds of Chennai-made rocket shells and dozens of rocket launchers from the storehouses of a transport company in the Mahaboobnagar and Prakasam Districts of AP on September 8. With no evidence of LTTE invo [...] | 2006-09-18 11:27:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINS PTER PHUM ASEC IN |
06CHENNAI2303 | COMMUNAL RIOTS CLOSE MANGALORE: PORT REMAINS OPEN [...] (SBU) Summary: Four days of sporadic communal (Hindu-Muslim) clashes and the resulting curfew stopped most commercial activity from October 4 to 9 in the western Karnataka port city of Mangalore. The conflict was sparked when militant Hindu groups attempted to prevent the transport of cattle f [...] | 2006-10-10 09:45:00 | Consulate Chennai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV MARR PINS PINR EWWT ASEC CASC IN |
06CHIANGMAI157 | SUPPORT FOR THASKIN MUTED IN CHIANG MAI FOLLOWING COUP [...] (C) SUMMARY: Although well known as a Thai Rak Thai (TRT) stronghold and home town of ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, Chiang Mai showed no signs of unrest following the late-Tuesday military takeover of the government in Bangkok by a group calling itself the Council for Democratic Ref [...] | 2006-09-20 11:22:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS ASEC TH |
06CHIANGMAI181 | CONCERNS OVER SPDC OFFENSIVE IN KAREN STATE [...] (SBU) Summary: According to border sources, the Burmese army offensive in Karen State that persisted throughout the rainy season (ref b) is now intensifying, despite continued heavy rains, and appears aimed at crushing the Karen resistance. Meanwhile, the Karen National Union (KNU) is con [...] | 2006-10-19 09:44:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREF PINS TH BM |
06COLOMBO1 | FOREIGN MINISTER TO STRESS DEMOCRACY, NEED TO [...] (C) Summary. Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera plans to brief Secretary Rice on Sri Lanka's efforts to maintain its long democratic tradition as it grapples with a bloody, brutal terrorist challenge and to ask for a strong effort to ensure the LTTE is not raising funds in the U.S. He des [...] | 2006-01-03 05:13:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINS KIRF CE LTTE |
06COLOMBO1232 | GOVERNMENT OF SRI LANKA SUPPORT FOR CONTACT GROUPS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-27 10:47:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS PTER MARR CE US |
06COLOMBO137 | U/S BURNS REVIEWS SRI LANKAN PEACE PROCESS WITH [...] (C) Summary. Norwegian peace facilitator Solheim told U/S Burns that the Sri Lankan peace process is at a crossroads and that a "major step forward" is essential. Burns expressed U.S. support for the Norwegian facilitation effort and compared notes with Solheim on the efficacy and vision of [...] | 2006-01-23 16:10:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS CE NO |
06COLOMBO142 | SRI LANKA: ARMY COMMANDERS PREPARE FOR TWO KINDS [...] (S) Summary: On January 10, poloff accompanied Defense Attach to Security Forces Headquarters Jaffna (SFHQJ) at the Palaly military base on the Jaffna peninsula. During the three hour visit poloff and DATT met with the commanding general, received a tactical briefing and attended a frank needs [...] | 2006-01-25 05:19:00 | Embassy Colombo | SECRET | MOPS PINS PTER CE |
06COLOMBO4 | IS SRI LANKA GOING BACK TO WAR - AND WHAT CAN WE [...] (C) SUMMARY: As the optimism and hope surrounding the four-year old ceasefire agreement (CFA) fade and a return to some sort of war becomes an increasing (but certainly not inevitable) possibility, the U.S. and the rest of the concerned international community need to consider how best to he [...] | 2006-01-03 07:09:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS EFIN CE LTTE |
06CONAKRY1647 | GUINEA: SEVERAL PEACEFUL PROTESTS UP COUNTRY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Between October 26 and October 30, Guinea experienced several peaceful demonstrations up country. N'Zerekore remains calm in the wake of an October 26 march by over 5000 citizens in the city (ref A). Two demonstrations in the port city of Kamsar were led by women protesting r [...] | 2006-11-03 13:09:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINS ECON PREF EAID ELTN ASEC GV |
06CONAKRY1665 | PROTESTS IN KAMSAR AS LABOR DISPUTE SPARKS EMPLOYEE ANGER [...] (SBU) Summary. Senior managers of the Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinee (CBG),in which the U.S. firm Alcoa is a major partner, are the targets of passionate protests by CBG employees and their dependants, angered by recent cutbacks in long-provided benefits and services. Protesters -- mainly [...] | 2006-11-08 10:23:00 | Embassy Conakry | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB EMIN PINS ASEC CASC GV |
06CONAKRY93 | DASD WHELAN SCORES RARE ENCOUNTER WITH GUINEAN [...] (S) SUMMARY. In a surprise development, Guinean President Lansana Conte received Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for African Affairs Theresa Whelan at the Presidential Palace on January 25. Plagued by poor health, Conte has not to our knowledge held any meetings with persons outside h [...] | 2006-01-27 12:58:00 | Embassy Conakry | SECRET | PGOV PREL MASS KDEM PINS GV |
06DAKAR1004 | GUINEA-BISSAU: BORDER CALMING DOWN FOR NOW [...] (U) Fighting in northern Guinea-Bissau has mostly ended with all rebel bases overrun by the Bissau-Guinean military. A new wave of displaced flooded into isolated Susana during the final push, but others have begun returning home to Sao Domingos, where life is returning to normal. The World F [...] | 2006-04-26 16:47:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PINS EAID PGOV PHUM PREL ECON PU SG |
06DAKAR1005 | CASAMANCE: CHIEF REBEL STRONGER THAN ANTICIPATED [...] (SBU) Beginning in mid-March the Bissau-Guinean military lent a helping hand to Senegal, putting into execution its threat to cleanse the border area of Movement of Democratic Forces of the Casamance (MFDC) recalcitrant Salif Sadio and his supporters. Bissau- Guinean troops have succeeded in [...] | 2006-04-26 17:26:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MOPS PINS PGOV PREL PU SG |
06DAKAR1021 | SUDAN: BUILDING SUPPORT FOR NATO ASSISTANCE TO [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-27 15:57:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS PKPO SU SG |
06DAKAR1149 | THERE'S TALK OF ANOTHER ELECTION POSTPONEMENT, BUT [...] (C) Some in the ruling Senegalese Democratic Party (PDS) say poor logistics will require technical postponement of the February presidential and parliamentary elections to June 2007, past expiration of Wade's constitutional term. We have told them we would find that unacceptable. The opposit [...] | 2006-05-15 15:33:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PINS PINR SG |
06DAKAR1204 | PRIME MINISTER SALL COMMENTS ON MCA, ELECTIONS AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 18, the Ambassador called on Prime Minister Macky Sall to discuss the status of the Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) proposal, the Poverty Reduction Strategy Plan (PRSP) and election preparations. The Prime Minister stressed that the MCA Compact is the GOS, highest prio [...] | 2006-05-18 17:04:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PINR PINS PREL KMCA KHDP SG |
06DAKAR1205 | FOUR HIGH LEVEL POLITICAL ARRESTS IN SENEGAL [...] (U) In the past two months, there have been a series of high profile arrests of political figures. Labor leader Ibrahima Sene (Reftel),Amath Dansokho, Secretary General of the Labor Party (PIT),Jean Paul Dias, head of the center right party BCG, and Pape Diouf, Mayor of the City of Bambey, [...] | 2006-05-18 18:44:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINS KJUS SG |
06DAKAR1264 | THIRD MEETING OF THE UN HIGH LEVEL GROUP OF THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Wade opened the third meeting of the 15-member UN High Level Group of the Alliance of Civilizations on May 28. Like Turkish Minister of State Aydin and former UNESCO Secretary General Mayor before him, Wade spoke of both economic and religious divisions, warning that [...] | 2006-05-30 10:46:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | SOCI PHUM PINS ECON KIRF KISL SMIG UNAUS IR |
06DAKAR1265 | THIRD MEETING OF THE UN HIGH LEVEL GROUP OF THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Wade opened the third meeting of the 15-member UN High Level Group of the Alliance of Civilizations on May 28. Like Turkish Minister of State Aydin and former UNESCO Secretary General Mayor before him, Wade spoke of both economic and religious divisions, warning that [...] | 2006-05-30 10:49:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | SOCI PHUM PINS ECON KIRF KISL SMIG UNAUS IR |
06DAKAR1279 | SEVENTH HIGH LEVEL MEETING OF HEADS OF UN PEACE [...] (C) On May 29, UNSYG Special Representative for West Africa Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah told the Ambassador that he is traveling to Yaounde this week to try to broker a summit on demarcating the border between Cameroon and Nigeria on the Bakassi Peninsula. He also provided a summary of his May 12 [...] | 2006-05-31 12:31:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PBTS SOCI KFLU XY CM |
06DAKAR1280 | THE CORNICHE HEMMED: WILL VOTERS SWALLOW WADE'S [...] (U) Two of three major roads leading through the Dakar peninsula and downtown are closed by construction. Using Kuwaiti funds for the next Islamic summit and on short notice, President Wade on May 10 began tunnel projects and road widening on the well-known Corniche, redirected traffic to al [...] | 2006-05-31 13:43:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELTN PGOV ECON PINS PINR SG |
06DAKAR1292 | AN INCIDENT OF PRE-ELECTORAL POLITICAL VIOLENCE [...] (U) On May 28, in Prime Minister Macky Sall's hometown of Fatick, the ruling Democratic Party of Senegal (PDS) youth movement mixed it up with followers of Serigne Mamoune Niasse, the partially blind marabout from nearby Kaolack who is backing ex-Prime Minister Idrissa Seck's presidential cam [...] | 2006-06-01 12:08:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PGOV PHUM KDEM SG |
06DAKAR1427 | IS SENEGAL'S DEMOCRATIC CONSENSUS AT RISK? [...] (SBU) There is deep-rooted Senegalese consensus in favor of freedom of expression, rule of law, respect of national institutions, conformity to parliamentary or executive rules or custom, civilian control of security forces, the desirability of dialog between authorities and opposition, and [...] | 2006-06-15 14:10:00 | Embassy Dakar | SECRET | PGOV PINS PINR SG |
06DAKAR154 | GUINEA-BISSAU: THE LIGHTS ARE BACK ON, BUT WHERE'S [...] (C) The Vieira/Aristides Gomes Government continues to develop its program, and neither the Popular National Assembly (ANP) nor the Supreme Court seems anxious to bring the Government down. The African Party for the Independence of Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde (PAIGC) continues to argue for [...] | 2006-01-23 14:05:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PGOV PREL KDEM BR FR GV SG PU |
06DAKAR1553 | COUNTRY TEAM AID PROPOSALS FOR CASAMANCE [...] (C) The Country Team met June 14 to discuss ways to move the Casamance peace process forward. We raised two central questions. First was whether the Senegalese Government and MFDC rebel movement have sufficient political will to resolve the conflict. Second was whether USG money could mak [...] | 2006-06-30 12:28:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECON PGOV PINS SG |
06DAKAR1554 | MOODY RIVER: WADE'S STANDING IN THE NORTH [...] (SBU) We traveled along the Senegal River Valley, from the dust-ugly but sugar-prosperous city of Richard Toll; to opposition fief Podor, which President Wade is contesting by building public works; and to a poverty- distraught Matam that is asking what Wade has done for it lately. We visit [...] | 2006-06-30 12:29:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ELAB SOCI ECON PINS PINR SG |
06DAKAR168 | GUINEA-BISSAU SEEKS ASSISTANCE IN COMBATING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: On January 20, the Mission received a letter from Bissau-Guinean Prime Minister Aristides Gomes requesting assistance in combating narcotics trafficking through Guinea-Bissau. The letter noted that Bissau-Guinean Army officers, senior Ministry of Interior off [...] | 2006-01-24 16:39:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR EAID MARR PINS PU |
06DAKAR1760 | TFLE01: PRESIDENT WADE CALLS FOR CEASEFIRE; [...] (C) On July 21, when the Ambassador met with President Wade, he called for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Lebanon and Gaza. The previous day, Senegal's Lebanese community organized a protest against Israel,s attack on Hezbollah. Cheikh Monein al Zein, leader of the small Shia commun [...] | 2006-07-21 17:00:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS ASEC MOPS PREL LE IS SG |
06DAKAR1789 | SENEGALESE-GAMBIAN RELATIONS ARE GOOD, BUT IS THE [...] (U) Following his July 22 meeting with Gambian President Yaya Jammeh in Banjul, Prime Minister Macky Sall told the press that Jammeh had agreed to support the Casamance peace process. 2. (C) Sall,s trip came shortly after President Abdoulaye Wade,s visit to The Gambia for the African Unio [...] | 2006-07-25 17:41:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PINS GA SG |
06DAKAR1857 | TFLE01: MORE PEACEFUL PROTESTS; WADE CALLS FOR [...] SUMMARY: President Wade reiterated his call for an immediate Middle East ceasefire. Almost 450 Senegalese have now fled Lebanon, with Morocco and France evacuating more than half. Senegalese, Bissau-Guineans and Lebanese in Bissau and Dakar staged peaceful demonstrations on July 31 and Augu [...] | 2006-08-03 07:47:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PREL CASC ASEC MOPS LE IS PU SG |
06DAKAR1878 | TFLE01: SWASTIKAS IN DAKAR'S MAIN SQUARE [...] (U) On August 3, Senegal's Lebanese community staged another peaceful protest, erecting a memorial of sorts in Dakar's main square, Place de l'Independence. The memorial includes American and Israeli flags with reversed swastikas, as well as signs saying "Israeli and American assassins" belo [...] | 2006-08-04 12:31:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PINS PREL CASC SG LE IS |
06DAKAR1903 | SUDAN SUMMIT TO TAKE PLACE IN DAKAR ON AUGUST 9 [...] (U) President Abdoulaye Wade has invited the Presidents of Sudan, Chad, Gabon and Tanzania, as well as the leaders of the Darfur rebel groups that did not sign the Abuja Darfur peace agreement (DPA) to Dakar for an August 9 summit. The ostensible aim is to achieve a lasting peace in Darfur an [...] | 2006-08-08 14:23:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS KPKO CD IR SU SG |
06DAKAR1918 | SUDAN AUGUST 9 SUMMIT IN DAKAR CANCELED [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-10 11:41:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS KPKO SU CD SG |
06DAKAR1919 | SUDAN AUGUST 9 SUMMIT IN DAKAR CANCELED [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-10 11:41:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS SU CD SG |
06DAKAR1920 | SUDAN AUGUST 9 SUMMIT IN DAKAR CANCELED [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-10 11:41:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS SU CD SG |
06DAKAR1932 | THE CASAMANCE: ECONOMIC RECOVERY AND POLITICAL [...] (C) The Ambassador visited the Casamance from August 2 through 5 to assess the peace process and the impact of USG development assistance to the region. After several failed attempts to initiate meaningful negotiations, the Casamance continues to hover in the realm of "no war, no peace." Rat [...] | 2006-08-11 10:56:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PHUM EAID SG |
06DAKAR2000 | SENEGAL'S JUDICIARY SHAKEN BY CORRUPTION SCANDAL [...] (U) After protracted, heated debate about the extent of corruption in Senegal, a scandal involving one of the most senior judges has come to light. An investigation launched by the Inspector General for the Judiciary (IGAJ) led to early retirement or transfers of the judges involved and pros [...] | 2006-08-21 10:42:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PHUM KJUS SG |
06DAKAR2012 | CASAMANCE: THE 2004 TRUCE HAS ENDED [...] (C) The December 30, 2004 truce that many Senegalese hoped would mark the end of a two-decade conflict has ended. Arguing that Movement of Democratic Forces of the Casamance (MFDC) factional fighting has created a situation in which the Senegalese Armed Forces (SAF) must intervene to re-estab [...] | 2006-08-21 14:18:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREF PHUM PINS SG PU GA |
06DAKAR2030 | DIAS FATHER AND SON ARRESTED, QUESTIONED ABOUT [...] (U) Jean-Paul Dias, head of the center right party BCG, and his son, Barthelemy, leader of the "Socialist Vision" movement within the Socialist Party (PS),were both arrested last week in an unusual display of force. Jean-Paul Dias was detained in Rebeuss Prison until his health failed, at wh [...] | 2006-08-22 18:22:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM CASC PINS KJUS SG |
06DAKAR2185 | DRC ELECTIONS: PRESIDENT WADE REQUESTS U.S./EU [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-12 10:36:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PREL KPKO PGOV KDEM CG SG |
06DAKAR2224 | DAKAR: EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE (EAC) MEETING [...] (U) The DCM convened the EAC on September 13, 2006, to review mission security posture due to an increase in violence in the Casamance area and petty theft in Dakar. The EAC deemed the current security posture appropriate in Dakar. In light of recent banditry and rebel activity in the Casama [...] | 2006-09-14 09:53:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PTER CASC PINS AMGT SG |
06DAKAR2246 | GUINEA-BISSAU: RULE OF LAW RESOLVES TENSE SECURITY [...] (C) Two military officers were arrested August 28 for plotting to murder the Armed Forces Chief but were subsequently released for lack of evidence. In a separate incident reflecting the army's inability to control national territory, a Senegalese Movement of the Casamance Democratic Forces [...] | 2006-09-18 09:29:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PGOV PREL KISL MARR PU SG |
06DAKAR2255 | PUSHING BUSH-DEBY MEETING, GOUDIABY SAYS THAT CHAD [...] (C) On September 15, Pierre Goudiaby Atepa, Counselor to Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade and prominent architect, came to see the Ambassador and DCM. Goudiaby, who used to work for Mobutu Sese Seko, now has several construction projects in Chad and says that he has become a friend and un [...] | 2006-09-18 16:11:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS EPET ENRG PINR CD CH SA SG |
06DAKAR2271 | "RENTREE POLITIQUE 2006:" ARROGANCE, CALCULATION, [...] (C) Senegalese are returning from vacation to warnings that social equilibrium is in peril. President Wade's fiercest critics slander him in turn as a ruthless, scheming tyrant or vainglorious doddering relic. The opposition is wallowing in hapless self-pity, and the more histrionic among t [...] | 2006-09-19 16:11:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI PINS PINR SG |
06DAKAR239 | GUINEA-BISSAU: STILL CLINGING TO "FRAGILE STATE" [...] (U) President Joao Bernardo &Nino8 Viera,s government has finally presented its program to the National Assembly, which effectively has until early March to approve or disapprove it. The Supreme Court ruled in Vieira,s favor on the appointment of Prime Minister Aristides Gomes, which a facti [...] | 2006-02-01 19:05:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINS EAID PGOV PHUM SNAR BR PU |
06DAKAR2479 | FIXER, HATCHETMAN, JAILBIRD, STATESMAN: FOUR [...] (C) Ex-Prime Minister Idrissa Seck, Abdoulaye Wade's "spiritual son" and strategist until he fired and jailed him, is testing popular support for his presidential bid in a pre-campaign tour of the regions. We had no direct contact with Seck since April 2004, but in the last three weeks we ha [...] | 2006-10-16 11:34:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAID ECON PINS PINR KDEM KMCA KHDP SG |
06DAKAR2517 | GUINEA-BISSAU: SECURITY SECTOR REFORM WILL TOP [...] (C) Guinea-Bissau is hoping to raise over USD 350 million at the donor,s round table in November for a sweeping security sector reform and poverty reduction program. Indications from potential donors are that pledges will fall far short. The United Kingdom has provided technical experts to a [...] | 2006-10-18 16:52:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR EAID PINS PREL PU UK |
06DAKAR2588 | LOOKING AT ELECTIONS AND OIL, UN SEES UNEMPLOYMENT AS [...] (SBU) On October 19, the six UN special representatives (UNSRs) in West Africa gathered in Dakar for their eighth meeting under the chairmanship of Ambassador Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah, the UN Secretary General's Special Representative for West Africa. They focused on Cote d'Ivoire and Guinea alt [...] | 2006-10-26 08:42:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECIN EPET PINS SNAR SG |
06DAKAR2597 | THE CASAMANCE: A SHRINKING REBELLION PRESENTS REAL [...] (C) The Casamance rebellion has shrunk to a limited geographical area, with less public support, greater logistic difficulties and more constrained operational capabilities than at any time since war began. Deprived of a Guinea-Bissau base and under pressure from animist spiritual leaders to [...] | 2006-10-26 15:29:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PGOV EAID ECON PINR SG |
06DAKAR2892 | LABORING UNDER A MISAPPREHENSION: UNIONS PREFER [...] (C) Leaders of Senegal's splintered labor movement prefer dialog with the state, but workers demand action to protest worsening social conditions. A strike by secondary teachers may invalidate the school year, and their union may launch job actions "to remind government we are here." Energy [...] | 2006-12-05 09:14:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PGOV PINS PINR SG |
06DAKAR2893 | GUINEA BISSAU: RETURN OF THE RED HAT CREATES BROAD [...] (C) Former President Kumba Yala, widely described as &crazy,8 is creating unease in Bissau as he takes the reigns of the second largest party in the National Popular Assembly (ANP),the Party for Social Renewal (PRS). There is talk by the largest opposition party, the Party for the Independe [...] | 2006-12-05 10:04:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS ECON EAID PU |
06DAKAR2940 | CULTS AND VIOLENCE: POLITICAL AND RELIGIOUS [...] (C) In conjunction with the presidential decree setting February 25 as the date for Senegal,s presidential and parliamentary elections, the Interior Ministry has forbidden carrying guns, clubs, machetes or knives from now through the coming elections, possibly out of concern about political or [...] | 2006-12-12 12:25:00 | Embassy Dakar | SECRET | PINS SOCI PINR KISL SG |
06DAKAR2979 | OPPOSITION SEEMS BENT ON SELF-DESTRUCTION [...] (C) At lunchtime December 18, two opposition leaders told us by phone they are preparing to announce that the opposition will run multiple presidential candidates and two separate legislative lists. The Socialists may coalesce with ex-Prime Minister Idrissa Seck, who plans to return to Dakar t [...] | 2006-12-19 14:07:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS SOCI PINR KDEM SG |
06DAKAR3016 | CASAMANCE: ESCALATION IN REBEL ATTACKS [...] (SBU) On December 20, Movement of Democratic Forces of the Casamance (MFDC) combatants ambushed a Senegalese army vehicle near the village of Kagnaru, north of Bignona. Two soldiers died, and 14 suffered injuries. One day before, a Senegalese army vehicle struck a fresh landmine in the outsk [...] | 2006-12-27 10:51:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINS ASEC CASC KHDP PHUM SG MO |
06DAKAR43 | MFDC MURDERS CASAMANCE DEPUTY PREFECT: ARE [...] (C) SUMMARY: After a long period of stagnation in the peace process, the Government and the Movement of Democratic Forces of the Casamance (MFDC) have launched new initiatives. The December 20 meeting in Sao Domingos, Guinea-Bissau (Reftel),between GOS representatives, MFDC leaders, and the [...] | 2006-01-06 11:53:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS CASC PHUM PINR PU SG |
06DAKAR433 | PRIME MINISTER SALL COMMENTS ON SECK CASE AND [...] (C) Senegalese Prime Minister Sall remains convinced that former Prime Minister Idrissa Seck embezzled funds and illegally enriched himself at the Senegalese people,s expense. Although Seck,s legal team vehemently denies that Seck and President Wade reached any deal, Sall says that Seck agre [...] | 2006-02-22 14:03:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINS PINR KJUS SG |
06DAKAR54 | ENGAGING THE AU ON AMIS REHAT [...] (C) On January 9, Charge delivered Ref A demarche to Senior Minister for Foreign Affairs Cheikh Tidiane Gadio, who said that Senegal has decided to support rehatting the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) to make it a UN peacemaking (Chapter 7) operation. Gadio said that he and President [...] | 2006-01-09 16:35:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPKO MARR PHUM PINS AU SU SG |
06DAKAR587 | GUINEA-BISSAU: GOVERNMENT PROGRAM UNDER [...] (U) The National Popular Assembly (ANP) voted to schedule the Government's policy program for discussion, overturning a technical advisory board's decision, which tried to keep the program from being read by the full Assembly. Fifty-one parliamentarians voted in favor, thirty-four against, a [...] | 2006-03-07 13:01:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINS KCRM PU |
06DAKAR681 | A (MERCIFULLY BRIEF) HISTORY OF VIOLENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-16 16:25:00 | Embassy Dakar | SECRET | PINS PGOV PINR ASEC CASC SG |
06DAKAR683 | GUINEA-BISSAU: GOVERNMENT PROGRAM PASSES [...] According to radio reports from Bissau, the National Popular Assembly (ANP) approved the Government of Guinea- Bissau's policy program and budget for 2006 by a vote of 53 to 36 with no abstentions. There has not yet been a statement by the African Party for the Independence of Guinea-Bissau [...] | 2006-03-16 17:09:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS PGOV EFIN PU SG |
06DAKAR709 | OVER 5,000 DISPLACED BY GUINEA-BISSAU FIGHTING [...] (SBU) As of midnight on March 17, Senegalese authorities had registered 2,518 refugees and displaced persons fleeing the fighting between Bissau-Guinean forces and Movement of Democratic Forces of the Casamance (MFDC) factions who want peace and Salif Sadio's "Attika" MFDC forces (reftel). T [...] | 2006-03-20 15:38:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF CASC EAID MOPS PINS PU SG |
06DAKAR817 | WADE'S CAMPAIGN PRIORITIES: THE TOWN WITHOUT A [...] (C) Old-timers claim populous and centrally-located Kaolack was once a beautiful, prosperous and charming city -- rather than a seasonally dust-choked or rain- sodden topographical smear on the road to somewhere else. With his Democratic Party of Senegal (PDS) fragmented locally into at leas [...] | 2006-04-03 14:23:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EAGR PINR PINS KISL SG |
06DAKAR82 | GAMBIAN-SENEGALESE RELATIONS DEFINITELY ON THE [...] (C) On January 4, Prime Minister Macky Sall told Charge that the GOS was very pleased by his most recent visit to The Gambia. Sall believes that relations are back on a sound footing. 2. (C) In addition to the proposed bridge and related transportation issues, the Gambian Government,s de [...] | 2006-01-12 15:49:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS PHUM GA SG |
06DAKAR898 | SENEGALESE COMMENTS ON GAMBIAN COUP PLOT [...] (U) On March 30, President Abdoulaye Wade condemned the March 21 coup attempt in The Gambia. Wade told the Council of Ministers that "Senegal will never be a sanctuary for coup plotters." The Gambian Foreign Minister visited Dakar on April 7, and the next day the Senegalese Ministry of Fore [...] | 2006-04-12 14:40:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS GA SG |
06DAKAR904 | GUINEA-BISSAU: COURTING U.S. AND OTHERS WITH [...] (C) In a March 29-31 visit, then Charge and PolOff saw a Guinea-Bissau that is oriented toward courting international donors and investors and implementing a domestic agenda that reflects the top priorities of UN, European and U.S. interests. The government,s priority is security sector refo [...] | 2006-04-13 13:04:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PREL ECON SNAR SG PU US |
06DAKAR932 | AMBASSADOR JACOBS PRESENTS HER CREDENTIALS TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: During my 30-minute meeting with President Abdoulaye Wade on April 14, we discussed the strong bilateral relationship, U.S. assistance to Senegal, his upcoming visit to Iran, Senegal,s Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) proposal, counter-terrorism, conflict resolution, the Casama [...] | 2006-04-17 19:58:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | ODIP PREL EAID PINS KPKO IR PU SG |
06DAMASCUS2320 | WALK THE LINE: BETWEEN SYRIA'S SECURITY SERVICES [...] (C) Summary: Conversations with political contacts, including those in the opposition, point to the variety of techniques used by SARG security services to co-opt or intimidate Syrians. It is often in the middle range, between enticements at one end and threats and coercion at the other, th [...] | 2006-05-17 14:20:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PINS SY |
06DAMASCUS2338 | REACTION TO SARG ARREST CAMPAIGN OVER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prominent human rights lawyer Anwar al-Bunni and two other Damascus-Beirut Declaration signatories have been arrested as part of the SARG reaction against the DBD. Several others have evaded attempted arrests. One human rights activist, also a DBD signatory, questioned whethe [...] | 2006-05-18 14:39:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINS LE |
06DARESSALAAM1910 | TANZANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER TO ATTEND AFCARPAC [...] (C) Dr. Joram Biswaro, Ambassador and Director for Africa at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, confirmed that Tanzania would be sending a delegation to attend the African Caribbean Pacific Group of State's Summit in Khartoum, Sudan. Biswaro said that the Minister of Foreign Relations, Dr. Asha [...] | 2006-12-07 05:07:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS SOCI SU TZ |
06DHAKA3538 | TABLIGH-E-JAMAAT: ISLAMIC REVIVALISM STRIKING DEEP [...] (S) Summary. Tabligh-e-Jamaat (TJ) is a transnational Islamic missionary movement that has deep roots in Bangladesh. Its followers here probably number in the millions, and the organization's influence extends to every corner of the country. The most unique feature of TJ is its emphasis on [...] | 2006-06-15 04:37:00 | Embassy Dhaka | SECRET | PGOV PINR PINS PTER BG |
06DHAKA5653 | BANGLADESH: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON TRANSFER OF [...] (C) Ambassador delivered demarche (reftel) to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Morshed Khan. Khan said that the MFA met with the Home Ministry, confirmed the identity and nationality of detainee Mubaruk Hasheem, and plans to have interministerial meetings on the procedures to hand over the i [...] | 2006-09-05 10:36:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM PINS KAWC BG |
06DHAKA6190 | STATUS OF FRAMEWORK FOR RELEASE OF BANGLADESHI [...] (C) We continue to engage with Foreign and Home Ministry officials to create an acceptable framework for the repatriation from Guantanamo of Bangladeshi national Mubarrak Hussain bin Abul Hashem. 2. (C) On September 25, MFA Americas Director Mahbub Saleh affirmed to poloff that Hashem is in [...] | 2006-10-09 09:42:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM PINS KAWC BG |
06DHAKA6390 | BANGLADESH GUANTANAMO DETAINEE [...] (C) PolOff spoke with MFA Director of the America and Pacific Wing Mahbub Saleh on October 22 to discuss the BDG's October 16 diplomatic note (ref a) regarding the Bangladesh detainee. Saleh acknowledged the note did not expressly respond to the conditions in the Embassy's July 31 diplomatic [...] | 2006-10-23 12:07:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM PINS KAWC BG |
06DILI303 | EMBOFFS MEET WITH ALLEGED FRETILIN "SECRET SECURITY" FORCE [...] (C) Summary. U.S. Embassy and United Nations Mission in Timor-Leste (UNOTIL) PolOffs met today with the leaders of the "Fretilin Secret Security" force in their mountaintop compound outside of Liquica. The group, comprised entirely of former Falintil resistance fighters, showed PolOffs t [...] | 2006-06-12 15:16:00 | Embassy Dili | SECRET | PGOV PHUM PINS ASEC TT |
06DJIBOUTI74 | PREPARING FOR REGIONAL ELECTIONS [...] (U) SUMMARY: On March 10th, 2006, Djibouti will take steps toward a new electoral structure when elections are held to create regional governing councils, part of the decentralization process of the Government of Djibouti (GoD). These elections have been postponed for more than two years but [...] | 2006-01-18 12:51:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PINS DJ |
06DJIBOUTI90 | DJIBOUTI TAKES FRANCE TO [...] (U) SUMMARY: On January 10 Djibouti formally requested mediation by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) between itself and France over the long-standing and thorny Judge Bernard Borrel Affair (see reftels). The Government of Djibouti (GoD) alleges that France violated its "internationa [...] | 2006-01-22 14:50:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PINS KGCN KJUS KLIG DJ FR |
06DJIBOUTI94 | FIGHTING DROUGHT IN DJIBOUTI [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Government of Djibouti has launched an appeal to the donor community, including Western and Arab countries with missions accredited to Djibouti, to fight famine currently threatening more than 70,000 of Djibouti's citizens. Like other countries in the Horn of Africa region, Dji [...] | 2006-01-23 09:53:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PINS ECON SENV EAID SOCI DJ |
06DUBAI1807 | IRAN'S FOREIGN MINISTRY UNDER AHMADINEJAD (C-NE5-01038) [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-26 13:02:00 | Consulate Dubai | SECRET | IR PREL PGOV PINR PINS |
06DUBAI2049 | CONCEPT OF GOVERNANCE IN IRAN (C-NE5-01218) [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-12 11:06:00 | Consulate Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS SOCI IR |
06DUBAI3054 | DURING VISIT BY CONGENOFFS, RAS AL-KHAIMAH SHIHUH RENEW [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-22 10:15:00 | Consulate Dubai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PINS SOCI KDEM MU AE |
06DUBAI3132 | IRAN'S CENTRAL GOVERNOR MAY LEAVE OVER OBJECTION TO [...] (S/NF) Summary: According to one source, the governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) may be removed for questioning President Ahmadinejad's request to transfer Iranian government money into private accounts inside and out of the country. The source claims a personal friendship with the gover [...] | 2006-05-24 16:00:00 | Consulate Dubai | SECRET//NOFORN | IR PGOV PINR PINS PREL ECON EFIN |
06DUBAI3675 | SHARJAH AIRPORT - IRBIS FOLLOW-UP [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-14 13:13:00 | Consulate Dubai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAIR ETTC PGOV PINS SOCI KCRM LI AE |
06DUBAI4105 | DIRECTOR OF DUBAI IMMIGRATION DISMISSED [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-03 13:01:00 | Consulate Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PGOV PHUM AE |
06DUBAI4121 | IRBIS FOLLOW-UP - SHARJAH, RAS AL-KHAIMAH, AND FUJAIRAH [...] SUMMARY: (C) Poleconoff met with the directors of Sharjah, Ras al-Khaimah (RAK),and Fujairah airports in June to follow-up on the closure of Irbis and other UN designated operations belonging to Viktor Bout. Sharjah and RAK airport directors gave assurances that all of Bout's operations had be [...] | 2006-07-05 12:54:00 | Consulate Dubai | SECRET//NOFORN | ECON EAIR ETTC PGOV PINS SOCI KCRM LI AE |
06DUBAI4348 | AIRPORTS IN THE EMIRATES - SHARJAH, RAS AL-KHAIMAH, AND [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-11 07:57:00 | Consulate Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR PINS TSPA EINV IR AE |
06DUBAI6881 | CUSTOMS OPERATIONS IN THE EMIRATE OF AJMAN [...] Summary. On November 8 the director general of Ajman Port and Customs discussed customs operations in the Emirate of Ajman with PolEconoffs. Ajman customs has 12 officers who enforce UAE federal customs regulations and collect Ajman customs duties. Customs officers are said to inspect nearly 25 [...] | 2006-11-21 13:42:00 | Consulate Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS EWWT ECON AE |
06DUBAI6929 | DP WORLD SELLS U.S. PORT OPERATIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-14 16:01:00 | Consulate Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECIN EINV ETRD PINS TRSY EWWT AE |
06DUBAI6939 | DHOW TRADE BETWEEN THE UAE AND SOMALIA [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-19 13:24:00 | Consulate Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EWWT PGOV PINS AE SO |
06DUBLIN1416 | IRELAND TO CONSIDER EXPANDED ISAF CONTRIBUTION [...] (C) Ireland, a NATO Partnership for Peace member, is committed to maintaining its presence in ISAF (now four officers and three non-commissioned officers in Kabul),but would have to consider contributing additional personnel in the context of constraints on Ireland's current and planned peac [...] | 2006-12-15 16:18:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS PREL NATO PINS AG EI |
06DUBLIN362 | IRISH CROWD MOVED BY "THE ROAD TO GUANTANAMO" [...] Summary. On April 5, an emboff attended the Amnesty International sponsored public screening of "The Road to Guantanamo" and a following Q&A session with former Guantanamo detainees, Rhuhel Ahmed, and Shafiq Rasul. The film is a docu-drama that presents a damning account of USG treatment of [...] | 2006-04-06 16:57:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER OPRC KPAO PINR PHUM MARR MOPS PINS |
06DUBLIN372 | IRELAND UNLIKELY TO CONTRIBUTE POLICE TRAINERS TO [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-07 16:52:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | EI IZ JO KCRM KJUS MARR MCAP PGOV PINR PINS |
06DUBLIN531 | IRISH RESIDENT IS JEM OFFICIAL [...] (C) On May 11, emboff delivered reftel points to Irish Department of Foreign Affairs Sub-Saharan Africa Section Director Pauline Conway. Conway said that the GOI through an EU statement has called on the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) to reach a peace agreement with the GOS. She expresse [...] | 2006-05-12 16:01:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CVIS PINS SOCI SU PINR EI |
06DUBLIN562 | AFGHANIS ON HUNGER STRIKE IN IRISH CHURCH [...] Summary. According to official sources and press reports, 41 Afghani asylum seekers began a hunger/thirst strike in Dublin's historic St. Patrick's Cathedral to protest perceived pending deportations. Since the strike began on May 12, eight of the all male group have been admitted to a hosp [...] | 2006-05-19 17:14:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AF CVIS PHUM PREF PTER UNHCR PINS EI |
06DUBLIN582 | AFGHANI HUNGER STRIKE IN IRELAND ENDS WITHOUT [...] (U) On May 20, a seven-day hunger/thirst strike instigated by 41 Afghani asylum seekers ended peacefully and without major incident. Per reftel, this group of men sought refuge in Dublin's historic St. Patrick's Cathedral in a bid to strengthen their asylum cases. (None actually faced immed [...] | 2006-05-24 12:02:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AF CVIS PHUM PREF PTER UNHCR PINS EI |
06DUBLIN731 | UZBEK HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST PRESENTED AWARD IN [...] (U) On June 16, Uzbek national Ahmadjan (aka Akhmadian) Madumarov was named as the recipient of the second annual Front Line Award for Human Rights Defenders at Risk for his work as an activist in Uzbekistan. According to the Irish NGO Front Line, Mr. Madumarov, of the Independent Human Right [...] | 2006-06-22 16:08:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV UZ ZK PINS EI |
06DUBLIN798 | IRELAND: ISLAM IN EUROPE (C-DI5-01478) [...] (U) Summary. Embassy Dublin salutes the initiative of Washington analysts (ref A.) to look at the role of Islamic thinkers across Europe. In 2004, we launched a new outreach program to Muslims in Ireland, a group that has grown rapidly in recent years from a population of less than 4,000 ac [...] | 2006-07-07 16:45:00 | Embassy Dublin | SECRET | PINR PTER SCUL KTFN AU PINS KPAO BE FI FR |
06DUBLIN925 | POST REQUEST TO DESIGNATE DAVID TIEDGE AS DHS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-11 13:05:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | CPAS EAIR EWWT PGOV PREL PINS PTER EI |
06FREETOWN232 | School Violence: A Dangerous New Trend [...] A spate of violent demonstrations by high school students may be the start of a dangerous trend. There have been five separate student demonstrations in less than a month, one of which resulted in the shooting death of a student. Government officials have expressed concern over the violence [...] | 2006-03-17 08:57:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI PINS SL |
06FREETOWN409 | RE-ARRESTED: AMCIT ACCUSED OF TREASON [...] (C) On May 16, one day after a magistrate judge released American Citizen Michael Chemidlin and three Sierra Leoneans held on charges of conspiracy and treason for taking photographs of the Special Court for Sierra Leone, police re-arrested Chemidlin and two of the three Sierra Leoneans. The m [...] | 2006-05-24 10:07:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC PINS KCRM PREL PHUM KDEM KAWC SL |
06FREETOWN496 | Liberians Riot At Freetown UNHCR Office [...] On June 12, a small contingent of disgruntled Liberian refugees, including ex-combatants who were recently refused refugee status, led an assault on the Freetown UNHCR office. Police arrested 61 people, but only after approximately $50,000 worth of damage was done to UNHCR vehicles and ground [...] | 2006-06-19 17:01:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL PINS ASEC SL LI |
06FREETOWN530 | LIBERIAN REFUGEES VOICE COMPLAINTS AT UNHCR WORLD [...] The June 12 riot at UNHCR offices in Freetown was addressed by several panelists at the World Refugee Day event on June 20. GoSL officials condemned the action and chastised supporters of the urban refugees that led the riot. An urban refugee representative responded to these comments with [...] | 2006-06-30 09:18:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL PINS ASEC SL LI |
06GEORGETOWN111 | PROMINENT AFRO-GUYANESE JOURNALIST RONALD [...] Prominent Afro-Guyanese journalist/television talk show host/politician, Ronald Waddell, was gunned down in front of his home at in the Subryanville section of Georgetown, seven doors down from the USAID Mission Director's residence, at approximately 8:30 p.m. on January 30. 2. Waddell hos [...] | 2006-02-01 13:32:00 | Embassy Georgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINS ASEC KCRM GY |
06GEORGETOWN112 | SHAHEED "ROGER" KHAN: GUYANA'S OWN ESCOBAR? [...] (S) SUMMARY. Shaheed "Roger" Khan (DOB: 13-Jan-72),Guyana's number one narco-criminal, threatens to exert control over the fragile Guyanese state akin to Pablo Escobar's erstwhile control over Colombia. Khan is presently active in drug trafficking, money laundering, and arms smuggling. His [...] | 2006-02-01 13:37:00 | Embassy Georgetown | SECRET | SNAR PINR PINS PGOV KCRM KCOR NS GY |
06GEORGETOWN1277 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: URGING GUYANA'S ABSENCE FROM [...] Guyana has sent Minister of Foreign Trade and International Cooperation Dr. Henry Jeffrey to the AFCARPAC Summit in Khartoum and preliminary meetings beginning December 3. EmbOff delivered relevant reftel talking points to Ministry of Foreign Trade and International Cooperation Permanent Secr [...] | 2006-12-06 18:08:00 | Embassy Georgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS SOCI SU GY |
06GEORGETOWN153 | EDITORIAL ON GUYANA'S SECURITY CHALLENGE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-13 20:44:00 | Embassy Georgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINS SOCI GY |
06GEORGETOWN205 | BRAZEN CRIMES IN GEORGETOWN SHOCK, PORTEND [...] (U) SUMMARY. A SPATE OF SEEMINGLY DISPARATE CRIMES HIT GEORGETOWN BETWEEN FEBRUARY 22 AND 27: A) A POSSIBLE STAGED KIDNAPPING; B) THE DISAPPEARANCE OF POWERFUL WEAPONS FROM A GUYANA DEFENCE FORCE (GDF) STOREHOUSE; C) A HIGH-SPEED BOAT CHASE ALONG THE CAPITAL'S WATERFRONT; AND MOST DISTURBINGLY [...] | 2006-03-02 20:48:00 | Embassy Georgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINS ASEC PGOV SOCI SNAR MCAP KCRM GY |
06GEORGETOWN206 | Georgetown Volunteers for Participation - Revising [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-02 20:48:00 | Embassy Georgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR CASC AMGT PINS KFLO GY |
06GEORGETOWN235 | JAGDEO TAKING CAMPAIGN TO LOW ROAD: ELECTION [...] (C) President Jagdeo summoned Ambassador as well as the British and Canadian High Commissioners to his home on short notice Saturday March 4. Jagdeo wanted to discuss the elections and security. He said that he has started his campaign. (Note: Jagdeo has not yet been officially designated th [...] | 2006-03-13 16:17:00 | Embassy Georgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PHUM SNAR KDEM GY |
06GEORGETOWN248 | EMINENT GUYANESE WARN DIPLOMATS OF ELECTION THREATS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Members of the Private Sector Commission (PSC) met with donors March 8 and 10 to discuss their deep concerns about preparations for Guyana's upcoming elections, the deteriorating security situation, and the disturbing nexus between the two. These Guyanese civil society figures a [...] | 2006-03-14 16:43:00 | Embassy Georgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS KDEM KCRM GY |
06GEORGETOWN278 | SECRET TAPE, RAID ON DRUG LORD'S ASSETS ROCK GUYANA [...] (U) SUMMARY. Georgetown is flush with intrigue as a joint army/police team conducted raids March 19-20 on drug lord Shaheed "Roger" Khan's properties and, concurrently, a secret recording of Police Commissioner Winston Felix's phone conversations was anonymously and widely distributed to the [...] | 2006-03-23 20:33:00 | Embassy Georgetown | SECRET | SNAR PINS PGOV KCOR KCRM GY |
06GEORGETOWN290 | POLICE CHIEF REQUESTS USG HELP INVESTIGATING DRUG [...] (C) Guyana Police Force (GPF) Commissioner Winston Felix paid Ambassador a visit March 27 to request U.S. government assistance on two specific matters. The requests stem from last week's joint army/police raids on drug lord Shaheed "Roger" Khan's properties and the widely, anonymously distri [...] | 2006-03-28 20:18:00 | Embassy Georgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PINS KCRM GY |
06GEORGETOWN308 | GUYANA POLL DATE UNDER THREAT: ELECTION PREVIEW #6 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The likelihood of Guyana holding elections by the August 4 constitutional due date has plummeted over the past ten days. The Guyana Elections Commissioner (GECOM) Secretariat - the technical staff - took the country by SIPDIS surprise March 24 when they circulated a draft re [...] | 2006-04-03 18:12:00 | Embassy Georgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS KDEM OAS GY |
06GEORGETOWN371 | GUYANA ELECTION DELAYED, PROESS IN DISARRAY: [...] U) SUMMARY. The Guyana Elections Commission (GECO) says it cannot deliver elections by the Auust 4 constitutional due date and will not be ready before August 30. This raises thorny constitutional questions about Guyana's governance after August 4. GECOM has also failed to set a new election [...] | 2006-04-24 15:26:00 | Embassy Georgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS KDM OAS GY |
06GEORGETOWN372 | GOG CABINET MEMBER ASSASSINATED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Cabinet member and People's Progressive Party (PPP) insider Satyadeow Sawh was gunned down at his home April 22 in an apparent targeted assassination. Most observers detect a political link behind the killing. Regardless of the motive, this adds more fuel to the fire as pre-el [...] | 2006-04-24 15:53:00 | Embassy Georgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINS PGOV ASEC KCRM GY |
06GEORGETOWN406 | AFTERMATH OF SAWH ASSASSINATION [...] (U) SUMMARY: More than one week has passed since the assassination of Agriculture Minister Satyadeo Sawh, with little progress on apprehending the killers. Various theories are circulating in an effort to explain why he was targeted, and the ruling PPP has publicly insinuated the involvement o [...] | 2006-05-04 14:54:00 | Embassy Georgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINS PGOV ASEC KCRM GY |
06GEORGETOWN417 | SABOTAGE OF TELEPHONE SYSTEM CONTINUES [...] SUMMARY: Guyana Telephone and Telegraph (GT&T) has revealed several "acts of sabotage" that have disrupted telephone communications for several key military installations and large businesses. The events are the latest in a series of acts of vandalism against the company's facilities. END SUMM [...] | 2006-05-10 11:32:00 | Embassy Georgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS MCAP PINS ECON GY |
06GEORGETOWN424 | INTERAGENCY EFFORT TO APPREHEND GUYANESE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador met April 20 in Port of Spain with Ambassador to Suriname Marsha E. Barnes and officials from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA),Department of Homeland Security (DHS),Department of Justice (DOJ),and Embassies Georgetown and Paramaribo. The meeting accomplish [...] | 2006-05-11 15:53:00 | Embassy Georgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PREL PINS KCRM GY NS |
06GEORGETOWN462 | POLITICAL STALEMATE CONTINUES: ELECTION PREVIEW #8 [...] (U) SUMMARY. Guyana's election impasse has moved into a new phase. The country currently has neither a legislature (dissolved May 2 by President Jagdeo) nor an election date (no new date has been set since the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) decided April 12 that it could not meet the Au [...] | 2006-05-17 19:23:00 | Embassy Georgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINS KDEM OAS GY |
06GEORGETOWN532 | "SHAMBLES": EDITORIAL ON GUYANA'S PRECARIOUS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-06 21:02:00 | Embassy Georgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINS SNAR KCRM GY |
06GEORGETOWN533 | RESPONDING TO GOG SECURITY ASSISTANCE REQUEST [...] (U) Para 9 contains action request for WHA. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. The GoG requested security assistance from the U.S., UK and Canada in the wake of Agriculture Minister Satyadeow Sawh's assassination April 22 (refs A and B). The GoG's initial request was hasty and vague -- a knee-jerk reactio [...] | 2006-06-07 13:50:00 | Embassy Georgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PREL ASEC KCRM GY |
06GEORGETOWN787 | GUNMEN KILL NEWSPAPER WORKERS IN GEORGETOWN [...] (U) SUMMARY. Guyana is aghast at the brutal killing of six men August 8 by roving gunmen. The main target of the operation was the complex where the independent Kaieteur News is printed, located in Eccles along the road connecting Georgetown to the airport. The killings are reminiscent of a [...] | 2006-08-09 18:46:00 | Embassy Georgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PGOV ASEC KCRM GY |
06GEORGETOWN828 | SECURITY FEARS MAR RUN-UP TO GUYANA ELECTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY. One week after the August 8 execution-style killing of five Kaieteur News printery employees (ref A),we take stock of the consequences for Guyana and the August 28 elections. Uncertainty remains over the gunmen's motive, but the front-running theory of conspiracy-minded Guyanese [...] | 2006-08-16 21:32:00 | Embassy Georgetown | SECRET | PINS PGOV ASEC CASC KCRM GY |
06GEORGETOWN833 | GUYANA ELECTION SCENARIOS: POSSIBLE UNREST, [...] (U) SUMMARY: With elections just a week away, Guyana's 65-seat National Assembly is still up for grabs and the security situation remains on edge. While Bharrat Jagdeo looks all but certain to win another term as president with a plurality, his People's Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) may fal [...] | 2006-08-21 18:08:00 | Embassy Georgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS KDEM GY |
06GEORGETOWN838 | DISCIPLINED SERVICES VOTE: SMOOTH, BUT A COUPLE [...] (U) SUMMARY: In a preview of the August 28 elections, members of Guyana's disciplined services voted on August 21. Initially there was confusion over the ballots at a few polling stations and some service members did not find their names on the voters list. This underscores the fallibility of [...] | 2006-08-22 20:57:00 | Embassy Georgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINS KDEM GY |
06GUATEMALA1970 | PRESIDENT BERGER'S LETTER TO PRESIDENT BUSH [...] The Guatemalan Foreign Ministry delivered to us on October 4 a letter from President Berger to President Bush expressing concern over the Congressional approval of the U.S.-Mexico border fence. An unofficial translation of the letter follows, the original will be pouched to WHA/CEN. 2. ( [...] | 2006-10-05 20:44:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PINS SMIG CIVS GT |
06GUATEMALA2485 | GUATEMALAN HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-21 22:00:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT |
06GUATEMALA2504 | GUATEMALAN HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-26 18:03:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM PINS GT |
06GUATEMALA2505 | GUATEMALAN HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING [...] No summary [...] | 2006-12-26 18:27:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL PHUM PINS GT |
06HAMBURG85 | HAMBURG POLICE TRACK POLONIUM TRAIL [...] (SBU) Summary: Hamburg State Police (LKA) confirmed December 14 that Dmitry Kovtun had left positive traces of polonium 210 in Hamburg prior to his departure from Hamburg for London on November 1. A senior official in the Federal Interior Ministry in Berlin also confirmed the reports and noted the [...] | 2006-12-19 11:38:00 | Consulate Hamburg | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM PTER EAIR PINR PINS KNNP RS GM UK |
06HANOI775 | VIETNAM: HIGH-LEVEL GVN TIP REVIEW [...] (SBU) Summary: "Complicated developments" in trafficking in persons (TIP) in Vietnam (which is coded official language for a worsening of the situation) provoked a surprisingly high-level conference on TIP in Hanoi that involved two Politburo members and numerous other senior officials in a r [...] | 2006-04-04 09:35:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KCRM PINS VM TIP |
06HANOI833 | Vietnam Tackling Abusive Export Labor Firms [...] (SBU) Summary: Confronted with problems related to a burgeoning export labor industry, the Government of Vietnam (GVN) is taking action to regulate the industry and protect workers from potential abuse. In an effort to mitigate unemployment and develop its pool of skilled workers, the Governm [...] | 2006-04-12 10:20:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PGOV PHUM KCRM PINS VM TIP |
06HANOI885 | TIP/Vietnam: Vietnam Ministries Get Action [...] (SBU) The Government of Vietnam has begun implementation of a new decision consolidating each responsible ministry's Trafficking in Persons (TIP) efforts and instructing government agencies to develop new programs to deal with the issue. 2. (SBU) Issued by Deputy Prime Minister Pham Gia Khi [...] | 2006-04-19 10:46:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KCRM PINS VM TIP |
06HAVANA10189 | CARTAS DE CUBA, SPRING 2006 [...] (U) The latest installment of Cartas de Cuba features the following items: - GOC Delirious Over HRC Win - PR on the Prowl - PR vs. BR - Robinson Liked His Whiskey - Party Shuffle - Feisty - New Strategy: Give 'Em Money, Make 'Em Spend It - Just Below the Surface - CDRs... Who [...] | 2006-05-12 16:54:00 | US Interests Section Havana | SECRET | PGOV PINR PINS ECON EFIN EAGR SOCI UN CU |
06HAVANA23548 | CUBA: CELEBRATING ARMY AND CASTRO DECEMBER 2 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-11-28 21:57:00 | US Interests Section Havana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS ECON CU |
06HELSINKI1157 | DELIVERING ON NATO'S PROMISE TO AFGHANISTAN - [...] (SBU) PolChief delivered subject demarche to Kimmo Lahdevirta, Director of the Finnish MFA's Office of Security Policy. Lahdevirta expressed appreciation for US efforts to keep partners informed as the Riga NATO Summit approaches, and welcomed the fact that Afghanistan will feature prominentl [...] | 2006-11-15 11:40:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS NATO PINS |
06HELSINKI1158 | DELIVERING ON NATO'S PROMISE TO AFGHANISTAN - [...] (SBU) PolChief delivered subject demarche to Kimmo Lahdevirta, Director of the Finnish MFA's Office of Security Policy. Lahdevirta expressed appreciation for US efforts to keep partners informed as the Riga NATO Summit approaches, and welcomed the fact that Afghanistan will feature prominentl [...] | 2006-11-15 13:57:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS NATO PINS AG FI |
06HELSINKI885 | FINLAND AND SRI LANKA CONTACT GROUP [...] (U) MFA Sri Lanka desk officer Marita Meranto assured emboff on September 4 that Finland would attend the Sri Lanka Contact Group's experts meeting in Washington on September 27. She said that because of the press of business arising from Finland's EU presidency, Finland's representative woul [...] | 2006-09-04 09:12:00 | Embassy Helsinki | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PHUM PINS PREL PTER CE FI |
06HILLAH134 | "PUBLIC COMMITTEES" CONCEPT FOR SECURITY IN NAJAF MAY ALSO [...] (C) Summary and comment: In an effort to combat a recent rise in violence in the province, the Najaf Provincial Council has approved the formation of Public Committees intended to work as "community watch" organizations. While the province's dominant political entities generally agree that th [...] | 2006-09-10 15:26:00 | REO Hillah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS IZ |
06HILLAH135 | MALIKI, SISTANI MEET TO DISCUSS SECURITY, SHABANIYA AND THE [...] (C) Summary and comment: A day after relating his concerns regarding the security of Iraqis, the shortage of essential services and a "crippled" judicial system to the Prime Minister, who was paying him a call on the eve of a major religious holiday, Shi'a Islam's leading religious figure repor [...] | 2006-09-10 15:32:00 | REO Hillah | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS IZ |
06HILLAH136 | HEIRS TO SHIA POWER MEET TO DISCUSS REGIONAL SECURITY AND [...] (C) Summary: Ammar Al Hakim and Mohamed Ridha Al Sistani, sons to two of Shia Islam's most important leaders, met on August 24 to discuss a wide range of issues. The two men spoke about the continuing problem of militias and how "Public Committees" might enhance security. Al Sistani voiced his [...] | 2006-09-10 15:37:00 | REO Hillah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PINS PREL IZ |
06HILLAH137 | AL SARKHI BECOMES AN APPEALING ALTERNATIVE TO AL SADR FOR [...] (C) Summary: Mahmud Al Hassani Al Sarkhi has begun challenging Muqtada Al Sadr for the allegiance of violent, disaffected young men in south-central Iraq, many of them culled from Sadr's own legions. Sarkhi's willingness to do violence and his lack of political ambition make him an ideal leader [...] | 2006-09-10 15:42:00 | REO Hillah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PINS PREL IZ |
06HILLAH142 | TIMELINE ACCEPTABLE FOR WITHDRAWAL OF COALTION FORCES, SAYS [...] (C) Summary: Muqtada Al-Sadr, in his most recent Friday sermon, demanded the release of his recently detained associates and called on coalition forces (CF) to leave Iraq. He also derided the national government as ineffective and fragile, but touted the political process as a peaceful form of [...] | 2006-09-23 12:52:00 | REO Hillah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PINS PREL IZ |
06HILLAH146 | BABIL GOVERNOR PLAYING A NEW GAME OR JUST BLUFFING? [...] (C) Summary: The governor of Babil province has shown uncharacteristic willingness to engage with the Regional Embassy Office (REO) during the month of Ramadan, chairing a lengthy meeting to discuss projects, attending the REO's iftar and meeting with REO representatives at his office. Though [...] | 2006-10-11 15:38:00 | REO Hillah | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS PGOV IZ |
06HILLAH147 | SWAT COMMANDER'S DEATH MAY JEOPARDIZE NON-PARTISAN SECURITY [...] (C) Summary and comment: The head of the Al-Hillah SWAT team was assassinated in his office on Oct. 13, days after being informed by the office of the Prime Minister (PM) that he was being replaced. Though the victim had a warrant out for his arrest on terrorism charges, a confluence of factor [...] | 2006-10-13 18:23:00 | REO Hillah | SECRET | PGOV PINS PREL PINR PTER PHUM IZ |
06HILLAH148 | NORTH BABIL SHEIKHS APPEAL FOR U.S. HELP ON SECURITY, JOBS [...] (C) Summary: A group of Sunni tribal leaders and activists from north Babil view American intervention as their best hope to address unemployment in their area, stabilize Iraq's security situation and promote expression of moderate political views. According to a subsequent communication from o [...] | 2006-10-15 17:32:00 | REO Hillah | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS PGOV PTER KISL IZ |
06HILLAH155 | UN DEVELOPS ROLE IN SHIA HEARTLAND [...] (C) Summary: Supported by both the Coalition, PRT Najaf and the REO, SRSG PolAd Wilfred Buchta and an advance team traveled to Najaf City on 5 December to lay the groundwork for a visit in early 2007 of the SRSG to meet with Grand Ayatollah Sistani and Shia radical cleric Muqtada Al Sadr. Co [...] | 2006-12-11 07:04:00 | REO Hillah | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ PGOV PINR PINS PREL |
06HILLAH157 | SADR RENEWS CALL FOR IRAQI UNITY, WITHDRAWAL OF FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary. December 11, Muqtada Al Sadr issued a statement outlining his issues with United States presence in Iraq. Sadr decried what he sees as the systematic destruction of Iraqi society by the twin demons of the United States and Ba'athists. He repeated his call for the withdrawal or ou [...] | 2006-12-16 11:01:00 | REO Hillah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PINS PREL IZ |
06HILLAH31 | CAR BOMB IN KARBALA KILLS EIGHT, CLERICS CONDEMN ACT BUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A February 25 car bomb in Karbala killed eight and wounded 31. An impromptu protest after the incident at the site of the attack included chants of "No, no America." Religious leaders in Karbala and Najaf were quiet after the incident, with no reports of calls from the mosques [...] | 2006-02-27 17:18:00 | REO Hillah | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PGOV PINS PREL PTER IZ |
06HILLAH36 | BARHAM SALIH TELLS SISTANI THAT KURDS OPPOSE JAFARI; SISTANI [...] (U) This is a SET Najaf cable. 2. (C) Summary: Minister of Planning Barham Salih told Grand Ayatollah Ali Al-Sistani in a March 5 meeting that Jalal Talabani and his Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) are opposed to the nomination by the United Iraqi Alliance (UIA) of Ibrahim Jafari as Prim [...] | 2006-03-05 18:19:00 | REO Hillah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS KISL PINR IZ |
06HILLAH37 | MOSQUE ORATORS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL IRAQ CALL FOR MUSLIM [...] (C) Summary: Sunni and Shi'a mosque preachers in Najaf, Babil, Wasit and Karbala called for the unity of all Muslims during Friday, March 3 prayers. A Babil Province Sadrist mosque orator blamed attempts to sow sectarian discord on the "occupiers," while a Sadrist preacher in Najaf claimed that [...] | 2006-03-05 18:25:00 | REO Hillah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS KISL PINR IZ |
06HILLAH38 | WASIT SISTANI REP RESIGNED TO INCREASING SADRIST INFLUENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Former Transitional National Assembly member and Wasit province representative of Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, Habib Saman Al-Khateeb, expressed his frustration with the rising influence of Sadrists in his hometown of Numaniyah and across the province in a meeting with Regional Em [...] | 2006-03-05 18:35:00 | REO Hillah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PTER KISL KDEM IZ |
06HILLAH75 | NAJAF FRIDAY SERMONS: SADRIST SAYS THE JAYSH AL-MAHDI ARE [...] (C) SUMMARY During Friday sermons in Kufa and Najaf, Sadr cleric Sayyed Mohammed al-Tabatebaiee rejected the idea of integrating militias into Iraqi security forces in contrast to SCIRI preacher Al-Deen al-Qubanji who praised integration. Both clerics appeared to be reacting to Ayatollah Sist [...] | 2006-05-01 10:55:00 | REO Hillah | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PGOV PINS PTER IZ |
06HILLAH76 | WASIT SADRISTS: SISTANI EDICT ON MILITIAS DOES NOT APPLY [...] (C) SUMMARY. The head of the Wasit Sadr Office, Bashaar Al-Mousawi, in an April 30 meeting with Regional Embassy Office (REO) Al-Hillah staff, insisted that the April 27 statement on militias from Grand Ayatollah Sistani does not apply to Sadrist Jaysh Al-Mahdi forces in the province. JAM for [...] | 2006-05-02 18:33:00 | REO Hillah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PTER KISL KDEM IZ |
06ISTANBUL2081 | PRESS ACCREDITATION FOR POPE'S VISIT TO ISTANBUL [...] (SBU) The Turkish press today carried a story accusing the Ecumenical Patriarchate of trying to usurp the government's role by issuing press credentials to reporters covering the Pope's visit later this month. According to the story, members of the press must receive accreditation both from [...] | 2006-11-15 14:23:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINS PGOV TU |
06JAKARTA10104 | POSO 3 EXECUTIONS SCHEDULED FOR AUGUST 12 [...] (SBU) The executions of the so-called "Poso 3"-Fabianus Tibo, Dominggus da Silva and Martinus Riwu-in Central Sulawesi following their 2001 convictions for mass murder, torture and arson, have been scheduled to take place on August 12. The three were found guilty of a series of brutal murders [...] | 2006-08-10 10:29:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PINS PGOV KJUS ID |
06JAKARTA11142 | EVASIVE RESPONSE ON SRI LANKA CONTACT GROUP [...] (C) We called on Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) Director for South and Central Asia Mohamad Asruchin and his assistant Winanto Adi on August 31 to deliver reftel information about the proposed dates of the first meeting of the planned Sri Lanka Contact Group. Asruchin responded that hi [...] | 2006-09-08 12:22:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PHUM PINS PREL PTER CE ID |
06JAKARTA11143 | EVASIVE RESPONSE ON SRI LANKA CONTACT GROUP [...] (C) We called on Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) Director for South and Central Asia Mohamad Asruchin and his assistant Winanto Adi on August 31 to deliver reftel information about the proposed dates of the first meeting of the planned Sri Lanka Contact Group. Asruchin responded that hi [...] | 2006-09-08 12:33:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PHUM PINS PREL PTER CE ID |
06JAKARTA1144 | Bengkulu's Young Governor Tries To Reform Sumatra's [...] (SBU) Summary. Elected as a reformer in a poverty- stricken province more accustomed to corruption, political hacks and time-servers, new Governor Agusrin Najamudin represents a break with Bengkulu's past. Only devout Muslim PKS supported Najamudin's candidacy against candidates from larger an [...] | 2006-01-30 00:18:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PINS PREL EAID ECON SOCI ID |
06JAKARTA11799 | Central Sulawesi: "Poso 3" Executed - Violence [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Fabianus Tibo, Dominggus Da Silva, and Marinus Riwu were executed September 22. Security situations in Palu, Poso and Tentena remained calm, inspired by a highly visible police and military presence patrolling the streets. Violence erupted in areas of West Timor, Nusa Tenggara [...] | 2006-09-22 10:47:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PINS PGOV PNAT KJUS CASC ID |
06JAKARTA12602 | CT UPDATE: FOUR YEARS AFTER FIRST BALI ATTACKS [...] (C) Summary. In the four years since terrorist attacks first rocked Bali on October 12, 2002, foreign police assistance programs have markedly improved Indonesia's CT capacity. The Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) terrorist network, however, remains a serious threat to Western and secular interests in I [...] | 2006-10-16 09:42:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER CASC PGOV PINS KJUS KISL ASEC KVPR CVIS |
06JAKARTA13191 | JAKARTA EAC MEETING, NOVEMBER 13, 2006 [...] (C) Summary: The Embassy held an Emergency Action Committee meeting on November 13, 2006, to discuss the November 11 detonation of an explosive device at an East Jakarta A&W Restaurant. The RSO and LEGAT told the EAC that only the suspect was injured in the blast, that evidence suggested the [...] | 2006-11-13 08:16:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER CASC PGOV PINS KJUS KISL ASEC AS AEMR |
06JAKARTA13305 | Aceh: Official Campaign Season Begins [...] (SBU) Begin Summary: Official campaigning began in Aceh on November 24, although advertisements for some candidates have been up for weeks, giving a slight advantage to well- financed candidates. GAM "Prime Minister Malik Mahmud returned to Aceh to try to reunify the GAM movement and to voic [...] | 2006-11-27 10:09:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINS PINR PREL KDEM ASEC ID |
06JAKARTA3246 | SUEBU, ATURURI LIKELY WINNERS IN CONTROVERSIAL [...] (C) Summary: Preliminary results indicate that Barnabas "Bas" Suebu and Alex Hesegem were elected as governor and vice governor of Papua province on Friday, March 10. On the following day, incumbent Abraham Atururi and Rahimin Katjong won in neighboring West Irian Jaya province, prevailing ov [...] | 2006-03-13 12:24:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINS ID |
06JAKARTA4365 | CENTRAL SULAWESI: "POSO 3" CLEMENCY APPEAL REJECTED [...] (SBU) Summary: The executions of the so-called "Poso 3"-- Fabianus Tibo, Dominggus da Silva and Martinus Riwu--in Central Sulawesi following their 2001 convictions for mass murder, torture and arson, could take place next week. "Procedural" reasons delayed the executions from their planned Apr [...] | 2006-04-04 09:50:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PINS PGOV KJUS ID |
06JAKARTA4407 | VOTE COUNTS FINAL IN PAPUAN GUBERNATORIAL RACES [...] (SBU) Summary: The Provincial Election Commissions of Papua and West Irian Jaya have announced final vote tabulations in direct elections for governor held on March 10 and March 11 respectively. On March 22, the Electoral Commission of West Irian Jaya certified incumbent Bram Atururi as the v [...] | 2006-04-05 07:23:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINS KDEM ID |
06JAKARTA5917 | Makassar Killing Sparks Fears of Race Riot [...] (SBU) Summary: Protests led by thousands of university students in Makassar, South Sulawesi against an alleged killing of a local maid by an ethnic Chinese man briefly escalated into a near-riot in the evening of May 9. Police ably negotiated with demonstrators to quickly and peacefully dispe [...] | 2006-05-11 00:03:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PINS CASC PGOV ID |
06JAKARTA7393 | APPROVAL TO ESTABLISH AN INDONESIA REWARDS PROGRAM [...] (U) Action Request: See paragraphs 3 and 14. 2. (C) Summary. Embassy Jakarta approves moving forward with the establishment of a discreet Rewards for Justice (RFJ) program in Indonesia and requests the assistance of DS/RFJ, SOCOM, and SOCPAC. Indonesian National Police (INP) investigators [...] | 2006-06-12 08:15:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC MOPS PREL PINS ID |
06JAKARTA9575 | INDONESIAN POLICE CHIEF SUTANTO PRESSES REFORMS [...] (C) Indonesian National Police (INP) Chief General Sutanto told the Ambassador July 25 that U.S. assistance was helping to keep the INP out front in Indonesia's democratization process. In a lunch meeting at the Residence, Sutanto said his top priority was creating a high quality, moral police [...] | 2006-07-28 10:43:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV EFIN ASEC KCRM KHLS KPAO PINS KJUS |
06JEDDAH511 | SAUD AL-FAISAL ASKS THE US TO CALL FOR A CEASEFIRE [...] (C) FM Saud al-Faisal summoned the Ambassador from Riyadh to Jeddah for a one-on-one late in the evening of July 30 to urge the Secretary to call for a ceasefire in Lebanon. In a soft-mannered but insistent and blunt approach, Prince Saud made the following points: -- "We understand the concern wi [...] | 2006-07-30 21:46:00 | Consulate Jeddah | CONFIDENTIAL | IS IZ LE PINS PREL SA |
06JEDDAH558 | STUDENT VISAS: AMB ASKS FOR LIST OF SCHOLARSHIP [...] (C) Ambassador Oberwetter informed Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal on August 22 that the Ministry of Higher Education (MHE) had not yet provided the Embassy with lists of all Saudi students who receive scholarships to study in the U.S. The Ambassador raised our concerns with counterfeit schola [...] | 2006-08-23 14:00:00 | Consulate Jeddah | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PINR PINS KCSY SA |
06JERUSALEM1145 | RAISING ISSUE OF 89 PALESTINIANS ON THE [...] (C) In connection with ref (a),Con Gen Pol specialist contacted Azzam Ahmad, head of the Fatah PLC faction and former PLO ambassador to Baghdad. Post stressed the need for the PA to do everything possible to keep other Palestinians from leaving Baghdad for Jordan and indicated that we are in [...] | 2006-03-21 14:35:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF KPAL PHUM PINS KCRS MOPS IZ PA JO |
06JERUSALEM240 | SUBJECT: PALESTINIAN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ELECTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Fatah and Hamas candidates in Gaza signed an agreement pledging to refrain from displaying weaponry and abide by the democratic process. Israeli and Palestinian negotiators met January 18 for additional discussions regarding Jerusalem voting. During a January 18 meeting at C [...] | 2006-01-19 17:58:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG PGOV PINS PTER KPAL IS PBTS KDEM |
06JERUSALEM256 | HAMAS MUNICIPAL COUNCILS HIGHLIGHT POTENTIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the course of the 2005 local elections, Hamas assumed leadership for several municipal councils in the West Bank and Gaza. Hamas's political priorities and strategies at the municipal level are a strong indicator of the movement's likely priorities after the Palestinian Legisl [...] | 2006-01-20 14:53:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG PGOV PINS PTER KPAL IS |
06JERUSALEM257 | PALESTINIAN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ELECTIONS SITREP [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Central Elections Committee (CEC) published the finalized procedures for East Jerusalem voting on January 19. President Abbas signed a decree advancing the voting period for members of the PASF by one day to begin on January 21. Dozens of East Jerusalem residents clashed wit [...] | 2006-01-20 16:17:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG PGOV PINS PTER KPAL IS PBTS KDEM |
06JERUSALEM324 | PALESTINIAN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ELECTIONS SITREP [...] (C) SUMMARY: A senior Fatah activist associated with Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) candidate Ghassan Shakaa was killed in Nablus early on January 24, reportedly by gunmen associated with rival Fatah leader Jamal al-Tirawi. Large Fatah and Hamas rallies on January 23 marked the officia [...] | 2006-01-24 17:05:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG PGOV PINS PTER KPAL IS PBTS KDEM |
06JERUSALEM607 | BIO-DATA ON RUMORED NEW PALESTINIAN PM [...] (U) Press reporting of the HAMAS meetings with Egyptian officials in Cairo suggested that HAMAS may nominate Jamal al-Khudari as Prime Minister designate. Jamal al-Khudari is a prominent businessman and independently elected PLC member from the Gaza City district. While al-Khudari ran as an [...] | 2006-02-09 15:46:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KWBG PGOV PINS PTER KPAL IS |
06KABUL2473 | PARLIAMENT REACTS TO CONVOY CRASH [...] (C) SUMMARY. Both houses of the Afghan Parliament resumed debate on security in closed session on Tuesday, May 30. According to MPs, the US military convoy vehicle accident of May 29 was discussed, but debate quickly moved to larger security issues. No statements were made calling into quest [...] | 2006-05-30 14:26:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PINS AF |
06KABUL2512 | PARLIAMENT'S STATEMENT ON US CONVOY ACCIDENT [...] (C) SUMMARY. On May 31, the Wolesi Jirga (lower house of the Afghan National Assembly) issued a press release summarizing its debate on the US convoy crash on May 29. The release called for legal action against those responsible for the crash. While the release is non-binding, it accurately [...] | 2006-06-01 13:11:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PINS AF |
06KABUL2781 | GOA REPLY TO REQUEST FOR TRANSFER OF FIVE [...] (SBU) Polmiloff contacted Afghan National Security Council officer for detainee affairs Jamil Bahramy regarding the five individuals listed reftel, to confirm whether the GOA would be willing to accept these individuals back from Guantanamo through the reconciliation program (PTS). Bahramy, a [...] | 2006-06-19 10:38:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KWCR PHUM PINS AF |
06KABUL3198 | KARZAI: A LAME DUCK PRESIDENT? [...] (C) SUMMARY: With the Middle East again in turmoil, Washington does not need a leadership crisis involving President Karzai ) and the good news is that he is not in immediate danger of political collapse. The bad news, however, is that public confidence has eroded badly in recent weeks, as hi [...] | 2006-07-17 16:29:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ASEC PINS AF |
06KABUL4247 | SCENESETTER FOR PRESIDENT KARZAI'S UPCOMING VISIT [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-19 03:05:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ASEC PINS AF |
06KABUL4251 | SCENESETTER FOR PRESIDENT KARZAI'S UPCOMING VISIT [...] (S) President Karzai is more self-confident than three months ago, but not politically stronger. Karzai worries endlessly about how firm our support is -- and how much he must do. He will be looking for support and encouragement of every kind during this visit, but assurances must be balance [...] | 2006-09-19 05:47:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER ASEC PINS AF |
06KABUL4916 | AFGHAN CUSTOMS REVENUE DECLINING [...] No summary [...] | 2006-10-10 02:54:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ECON PGOV PINS MOPS AF |
06KABUL5082 | NOTIFICATION OF SIX AFGHAN DETAINEES CLEARED BY [...] (S) On October 6, Afghan PTS point-of-contact Khadigal Hamdard, Chief of Inquiry, Intelligence Directorate, Ministry of Interior, informed CSTC-A Director of Detainee Affairs Colonel William Hart that the GOA approves the transfer of the individuals listed in paragraph 2 to Afghanistan and the [...] | 2006-10-19 06:52:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | PINS PTER KAWC AF PHUM |
06KABUL5197 | ASSASSINATION OF TRIBAL WARLORD IN HERAT PROVINCE [...] (SBU) Regional Pashtun warlord Amunallah Khan, his son and many others in his convoy were killed in an armed attack which took place on the road between Shindand and Zir Kuh in southern Herat Province on October 22. Reprisal attacks by his followers took place in the general Zir Kuh area the sa [...] | 2006-10-25 10:28:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV SNAR PINS AF |
06KABUL5939 | SAYYAF UNDER SIEGE: LAND DEALS AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN [...] (SBU) Begin summary: Member of Parliament and former warlord Abdulrab al-Rasul Sayyaf has come under serious attack in the media because of allegations of land-grabbing as well as for his role in the civil war that almost destroyed Kabul. Truth and facts in Afghanistan are always difficult to [...] | 2006-12-24 05:42:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PINR PINS PREL SOCI AF |
06KABUL5964 | THE AFGHAN PARLIAMENT AFTER ONE YEAR [...] (U) BEGIN SUMMARY: Celebrating it's first anniversary on December 19, the Afghan Parliament has established a strong foothold as a powerful force in Afghan politics. With members representing the last many decades of diverse philosophies and all sides of the various conflicts and coups which t [...] | 2006-12-27 10:45:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PREL AF |
06KABUL5965 | MEETING WITH GENERAL DOSTUM [...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY: Uzbek factional leader General Abdul Rashid Dostum is feeling increasingly frustrated over his lack of a significant role in Afghan decision making and his lack of contact with the Palace. Once a respected (even feared) force in national politics, he has been side-lined from [...] | 2006-12-27 10:51:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PINR PINS PREL AF |
06KABUL5971 | PRT/HERAT: ONGOING SECURITY ISSUES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The normal tranquility of Herat has been disturbed in recent weeks by political cross-currents that exist below the surface. The tribal tensions in the aftermath of Amanullah Khan,s murder in Shindand District, Iranian nervousness over border training activities at a U.S. facil [...] | 2006-12-27 12:23:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR PGOV PINR PINS PREL AF IR |
06KATHMANDU247 | MUNICIPAL ELECTION PRIMER [...] (U) Fourteen percent of the total number of voters in Nepal live in the 58 municipalities. Voters must be at least 18 and candidates must be at least 21. In the 58 municipalities where February 8 elections are scheduled for over 4,000 seats, depending on population, there are between nine a [...] | 2006-01-25 10:56:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINS NP |
06KATHMANDU2489 | NEPAL: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UN PEACEKEEPING FORCE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-13 10:57:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PINS KPKO UNSC KDEM PGOV SU NP |
06KATHMANDU2589 | SECRETARY OF DEFENSE ASSERTS MINISTRY'S CONTROL OF [...] (C) Ministry of Defense Secretary Upreti invited Office of Defense Cooperation (ODC) Chief to a meeting on September 18 to learn more about U.S.- Nepal security assistance and agreements. ODC Chief emphasized U.S. security assistance hinged on the promotion of human rights. He asked if the M [...] | 2006-09-22 11:39:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS PGOV PHUM PINS NP |
06KATHMANDU345 | ADMIRAL FALLON TELLS NEPAL ARMY U.S. ASSISTANCE [...] (C) On February 1, Admiral William J. Fallon, Commander of the U.S. Pacific Command, stressed to the Royal Nepalese Army (RNA) Chief of Army Staff (COAS),General Pyar Jung Thapa, that the U.S. military could not fully resume military assistance to Nepal absent movement toward representative g [...] | 2006-02-06 12:24:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINS MASS NP |
06KATHMANDU566 | INDIAN AMBASSADOR: SUMMIT AN IDEAL OPPORTUNITY TO [...] (S/NF) Indian Ambassador Mukherjee believes it important that we show the King and the people of Nepal that we remain closely lashed up with respect to handling the situation here. In a February 27 conversation, Mukherjee suggested that it would be particularly useful if the President and Pr [...] | 2006-02-27 11:56:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MARR PINS IN NP |
06KATHMANDU928 | PARTIES TERM DAY ONE OF GENERAL STRIKE "TOTAL [...] (U) On April 7, the second day of the Parties' announced April 6-9 nationwide general strike, demonstrations and arrests continued in parts of the Kathmandu Valley. Normal life in Kathmandu remained largely quiet, however, as virtually all shops remained closed and few private vehicles were s [...] | 2006-04-07 12:25:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL PINS NP |
06KATHMANDU962 | POKHARA: STUNNED NEPALI TOURIST TOWN COPES WITH [...] (C) Summary: During an April 8-10 visit to the tourist city of Pokhara, A/DCM witnessed an almost total lockdown of the city in the wake of occasionally violent demonstrations, the fatal shooting of one protestor, vandalism of government property and widespread road blockages during a genera [...] | 2006-04-13 11:11:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MARR PINS PREL NP |
06KHARTOUM1158 | VICE PRESIDENT MACHAR ON NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE [...] (U) The following is an action request - see para 3. 2. (C) Summary: CG met with Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) Vice President Riek Machar and Minster for Parliamentary Affairs Gabriel Changson on May 12 to discuss the security climate in Southern Sudan. Machar spoke at length on his [...] | 2006-05-16 07:57:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PHUM MOPS PTER PEL SU |
06KHARTOUM1169 | ATTEMPTS TO HALT CONFLICT IN UPPER JONGLEI [...] (SBU) Summary: There have been clashes between the SPLA and Lou Nuer herders associated with the White Army, a continuation of conflict that first erupted during attempts at disarmament last January (reftels). Recent attempts by the SPLA to again forcibly disarm the White Army militia near T [...] | 2006-05-16 17:37:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINS PHUM MOPS SU |
06KHARTOUM1188 | RAISING THE STAKES IN WHITE NILE/TOTAL CONTROVERSY [...] (C) Summary. The White Nile Limited (WNL)/Total controversy has become increasingly ugly. There is speculation that Khartoum interests were behind a recent attack on a White Nile Ltd. (WNL) seismological team. At least one Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) official has accused Total of i [...] | 2006-05-21 15:01:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PREL ASEC PINS FR SU |
06KHARTOUM1191 | MAY 19 FIREWORKS IN JUBA [...] Summary. At approximately 1500 hrs local on May 19, an ammunition dump at the main Sudanese Armed Forces base, situated on the outskirts of Juba, caught fire and detonated much of the ordnance contained in the bunker. A brief general panic ensued, with both SAF and SPLA troops going on alert. [...] | 2006-05-22 05:31:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PINS ASEC CACS PGOV SU |
06KHARTOUM1324 | SOUTHERN SUDAN: A TENSE CALM RETURNS TO JONGLEI, [...] (SBU) Summary. Two security hotspots in Jonglei and Upper Nile have calmed, according to UNMIS security officers. Fighting between the SPLA and the Lou Nuer militia known as the White Army has abated, and GoSS-approved disarmament continues. In Fangak, a power struggle between the local SP [...] | 2006-06-05 14:40:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PHUM MOPS SU |
06KHARTOUM1394 | JUBA,S CATHOLIC ARCHBISHOP ON PROBLEMS FACING THE [...] (C) Summary: Roman Catholic Archbishop of Juba, Paolino Lukudu Loro, discussed with CG on June 3 some of the major challenges facing the Equatoria region. Loro expressed his relief that the peace was holding but raised the ethnic hegemony of the Dinka, the situation in Yei, land tenure, and [...] | 2006-06-12 15:22:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINS PINR EAGR SU |
06KHARTOUM1396 | LRA NEGOTIATORS IN TOWN; UGANDANS YET TO COME [...] (C) Summary: On June 7, CG met with David Pulkol, Chairman of the Africa Leadership Institute in Kampala and the former GOU Director of External Intelligence. Pulkol explained that he had come to Juba on behalf of President Museveni for two reasons ) to encourage the GoSS to stick with CPA [...] | 2006-06-12 16:23:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINS PHUM UG SU |
06KHARTOUM1418 | LITTLE PROGRESS WITH REMAINING OTHER ARMED [...] (SBU) Summary: GoSS Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Gabriel Changeson reported that there has been little progress in dealing with the remaining other armed groups (OAGs) in Southern Sudan, with no definitive breakthrough to date. Two of three warlords have visited Juba, and Vice Presiden [...] | 2006-06-15 11:03:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV MOPS PHUM PINS SU |
06KHARTOUM1484 | SOUTH SUDAN VP MACHAR OUTLINES TALKS WITH LORD'S [...] (C) Summary: Fifteen Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) negotiators in Juba are still awaiting the arrival of a Ugandan delegation for peace talks, Southern Sudan Vice President Riek Machar told the Assessment and Evaluation Commission (AEC) on June 23. The group -- which does not include any of t [...] | 2006-06-25 14:40:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINS PHUM SU |
06KHARTOUM1567 | UN RADIO MIRROR BEGINS BROADCASTING IN THE SOUTH; NORTH [...] (SBU) Summary. While UN Radio has now opened in the South, UNMIS reports that UN radio broadcasting is still blocked nation-wide, in non-compliance with the UNMIS SOFA. End Summary. 2. (U) UN Radio Mirror went on the air for the first time on June 30 with live coverage of the inauguratio [...] | 2006-07-05 12:08:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER PINS PHUM ECPS SU |
06KHARTOUM1568 | UN RADIO MIRROR BEGINS BROADCASTING IN THE SOUTH; NORTH [...] (SBU) Summary. While UN Radio has now opened in the South, UNMIS reports that UN radio broadcasting is still blocked nation-wide, in non-compliance with the UNMIS SOFA. End Summary. 2. (U) UN Radio Mirror went on the air for the first time on June 30 with live coverage of the inauguratio [...] | 2006-07-05 12:09:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER PINS PHUM ECPS SU |
06KHARTOUM1612 | UGANDAN CONSUL GENERAL DISCUSSES THE LRA [...] (C) Summary: On June 27, CG met with newly arrived Ugandan Consul General, Ambassador Busho Ndinyenka. The Ugandan CG complained Vice President Riek Machar continued to overplay his hand by allowing LRA fighters to move back onto Sudanese soil and by continuing to inflate the size of the LRA [...] | 2006-07-10 06:17:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINS MOPS PINR PHUM UG SU |
06KHARTOUM1620 | SUSPENSION OF THE GOVERNOR OF WEST EQUATORIA [...] (C) Summary: A mid-June GoSS presidential decree suspended West Equatoria Governor Zamoi, who is blamed for Zande attacks in February on Dinka herders, which resulted in the deaths of 70 individuals. Zamoi is also linked to the embezzlement of stabilization funds. Ethnic balance remains a d [...] | 2006-07-10 09:32:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PHUM SU |
06KHARTOUM1817 | UPDATE ON PETROLEUM SECTOR IN SOUTH SUDAN [...] (C) Summary: Conversations with Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) ministers and a Total representative indicate some movement on resolution of controversies in the petroleum sector in Southern Sudan, possibly to the advantage of Total. A committee to study the matter is recommending that Go [...] | 2006-07-31 10:22:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PGOV PINS PREL EINV SU |
06KHARTOUM1958 | UN WARNING THAT SECURITY IN NORTH DARFUR IS [...] (U) This is an action message - see para 5. 2. (C) After a briefing on Sudanese government-forced resettlement of IDPs from a camp south of Khartoum, UN Deputy Special Representative Manuel Da Silva described the dire situation that was developing in North Darfur. Da Silva said that increa [...] | 2006-08-16 16:28:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF EAID MOPS PREL PGOV PINS UN SU |
06KHARTOUM1974 | DARFUR: REBEL SURFACE-AIR MISSILE CAPACITY [...] (U) This is an action request ) see para 5. 2. (S) Summary: The sophistication of military operations in Darfur appears to have been raised another notch this summer with the potential introduction of surface to air missiles. Shortly after returning from an investigation of recent fighting [...] | 2006-08-19 15:59:00 | Embassy Khartoum | SECRET | MCAP MOPS PREL PINS ASEC FR CH SU |
06KHARTOUM2382 | Impact of Sudanese Travel Restriction on USG [...] SUMMARY: The September 24 decision of President Bashir to restrict all travel by official visitors to 25 kilometers from Khartoum will have a severe impact on USG operations. The impact will be immediate. Should this restriction be continued, Embassy Khartoum will have to adjust staffing pa [...] | 2006-09-27 15:52:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PINS OTRA EAID ADPM US SU |
06KHARTOUM250 | SPLA/SSDR CLASH IN THE UPPER NILE [...] (SBU) Senior UNMIS officials described to CG Juba a January 29 incident that occurred in the village of Ye, near Malakal, in the Upper Nile. The local SPLM Commissioner, who claimed to be accompanied by 2,000 SPLA troops (a figure that UNMIS doubts),embarked on what had theretofore had been [...] | 2006-02-01 14:29:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINS PGOV MOPS SU |
06KHARTOUM251 | CORRECTED: SPLA/SSDR CLASH IN THE UPPER NILE [...] (SBU) Senior UNMIS officials described to CG Juba a January 29 incident that occurred in the village of Ye, near Malakal, in the Upper Nile. The local SPLM Commissioner, who claimed to be accompanied by 2,000 SPLA troops (a figure that UNMIS doubts),embarked on what had theretofore had been [...] | 2006-02-01 14:33:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINS PGOV MOPS SU |
06KHARTOUM275 | SOUTHERN SUDAN: MEETING WITH THE MINISTER OF [...] (U) CG Juba met with GoSS Minister of Police and Security Daniel Awet on February 3 to review progress in establishing a functional police force in Southern Sudan, and re- establishing security. Awet began by discussing the structure of the police force in South Sudan. There will be a total [...] | 2006-02-06 13:06:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PINS KCRM ASEC EAID CG UG |
06KHARTOUM2756 | C-130 DEPARTURE INCIDENT AT EL FASHER AIRPORT [...] Combined Joint Task Force Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) supports a small detachment of officers serving as advisors to the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) in El Fasher. On November 28, a CJTF-HOA HC-130, call sign PAT 332, landed in El Fashir, Darfur, at approximately 1450, on a scheduled m [...] | 2006-11-29 09:17:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MOPS PINR PINS EAIR US SU |
06KHARTOUM394 | FOUR TIMES A CHARM: PRESIDENT BASHIR VISITS [...] (U) Summary: On February 14, Government of National Unity President al Bashir paid a brief visit to Juba as part of a one-day swing through the South, including Bahr el Ghazal and Rumbek. Bashir addressed the population of Juba, promising to deal with the Lord's Resistance Army and provide v [...] | 2006-02-15 09:19:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINS MARR SU |
06KHARTOUM396 | FOUR TIMES A CHARM: PRESIDENT BASHIR VISITS [...] (U) Summary: On February 14, Government of National Unity President Omer Hassan Ahmed al Bashir paid a brief visit to Juba as part of a one-day swing through the South, including Bahr el Ghazal and Rumbek. Bashir addressed the population of Juba, promising to deal with the Lord's Resistance [...] | 2006-02-15 11:30:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINS MARR SU |
06KHARTOUM482 | POST MORTEM ON CONFLICT IN JONGLEI, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 17, CG Juba met with Gatkuoth D. Kuich, Member of the Southern Legislative Assembly from the Waat Constituency in Jonglei State, where fighting broke out between the SPLA and Nuer militia two weeks past. Kuich had traveled to the area and interviewed civilians, SPL [...] | 2006-02-23 16:24:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV MOPS PINS SOCI PINR PHUM SU |
06KHARTOUM487 | Southern Sudan: Meeting with GoSS President's [...] (U) SUMMARY: On February 21, CG Juba met with Presidential Advisors for Legal Affairs Paul Mayom and Gender Affairs Awut Deng. Mayom offered his views on GoSS priorities; following discussions ranged over alleged northern support of the Lord's Resistance Army, U.S. sanctions on Sudan, and th [...] | 2006-02-25 14:21:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINS MOPS PREL SU |
06KHARTOUM528 | SOUTHERN SUDAN: MEETING WITH PRESIDENTIAL [...] (SBU) Summary. On February 28, CG Juba met with GoSS Presidential Security Advisor Samuel Abu John to discuss SPLA reform, military force structure, and CPA implementation modalities. Abu John said that the GOSS realizes the importance of paying the SPLA, but is still trying to get good rol [...] | 2006-03-01 10:17:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MARR MOPS PINS PINR SU |
06KHARTOUM545 | UNMIS HEAD OF OFFICE ON SPLA, JONGLEI CONFLICT, [...] (SBU) Summary. UNMIS Head of Office in South Sudan James Ellory and CG met on February 24 to discuss security issues in South Sudan, including developments in the SPLA, how to keep a lid on the situation in Jonglei State, and the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA). Ellory expressed frustration wit [...] | 2006-03-02 13:07:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS MOPS PGOV SU CG UG UN |
06KHARTOUM561 | MEETING WITH FORMER SPLM SECURITY CHIEF EDWARD LINO [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 28, CG Juba met with former SPLM External Security and Intelligence Chief Edward Lino. Discussion ranged over performance of the Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS),developments in Lino's home state of Abyei, tardy salary payments for the SPLA, possible Sudanese Ar [...] | 2006-03-06 13:08:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS MOPS ECON EAGR SU |
06KHARTOUM562 | PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR GHAZI SALAHUDDIN OFFERS HIS [...] (SBU) Summary: CG Juba met with Presidential Advisor Ghazi Salahuddin on March 4 to review, inter alia, CPA implementation issues. Ghazi discussed internal dynamics in the Government of National Unity (GNU),the SPLM's role in the GNU, progress on the division of petroleum revenues, Abyei, a [...] | 2006-03-06 13:08:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EPET PINS PINR SU |
06KHARTOUM709 | DEADLY ATTACK ON UNHCR COMPOUND IN YEI [...] (SBU) Summary: In what appears to be a botched robbery, three bandits killed one guard and critically wounded two UNHCR staff in the UNHCR Compound in Yei on March 15. During the attack, one of the assailants was killed and another wounded. SPLA forces reportedly detained two persons, but [...] | 2006-03-20 12:47:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PGOV ASEC MOPS PREF EAID OGIV SU UN |
06KHARTOUM713 | SPLA CHIEF OF STAFF SAYS GOSS OFFICIALS KNOW WHERE [...] (S) Summary: During a meeting between Consul General (CG) Juba and SPLA Chief of Staff Oyai Deng on March 18, Deng said that the Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) is in direct contact with Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) chief Joseph Kony. He said that GoSS Vice President Riek Machar is nego [...] | 2006-03-20 13:50:00 | Embassy Khartoum | SECRET | PREL PTER MARR MOPS PINS PGOV PINR SU UN |
06KHARTOUM759 | LATEST TAKE ON YAMBIO CLASH, MORE ON LRA [...] (C) Summary: UNMIS sources described the defense of Yambio from a marauding LRA (Lord's Resistance Army) force as a botched job and questioned the ability of SPLA units in the area to make good on threats to take the fight to the LRA. UNMIS reports little cooperation from the DRC or MONUC in [...] | 2006-03-27 07:20:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS MOPS PREL PGOV SU |
06KHARTOUM763 | A THREE-MONTH PERSPECTIVE ON SOUTHERN SUDAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Nearly three months have passed since the arrival of the U.S. Consul General in Juba. This report provides an overview of the dynamic in the South during this period, prospects for successful reconstruction and state building, and the Government of southern Sudan (GoSS) perfor [...] | 2006-03-27 10:28:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS PINR ECON ASEC EAID SU |
06KHARTOUM849 | SPLM POLITBURO MEETS IN RUMBEK [...] (SBU) Summary: The SPLM Politburo met in Rumbek from April 2 to 5 to discuss the internal organization of the party, select officials for unfilled slots, and debate policy options. The meetings were reportedly more cordial than expected. CG Juba was in Rumbek at the time and picked up the [...] | 2006-04-06 15:31:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON PREL PINS SU |
06KHARTOUM881 | A RETURN TO YEI, ONE YEAR LATER [...] (SBU) Summary: CG Juba traveled to Yei on April 1 for a brief visit, almost exactly one year after his three-day visit to Yei as part of a Joint Assessment Mission team. The report from the prior trip described in detail the dilapidated condition of the town, located just north of the Ugand [...] | 2006-04-11 15:54:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON PHUM MARR PINS ASEC SU |
06KHARTOUM887 | SOUTHERN SUDAN: POLITICAL FACTIONALISM WITHIN THE [...] (C) Summary: The Sudan People,s Liberation Movement (SPLM) has become the dominant single political movement in Southern Sudan, and the potential genesis of a one-party state. The July 2005 death of John Garang and the formation of the Government of South Sudan (GoSS) have given the SPLM opp [...] | 2006-04-12 15:40:00 | Embassy Khartoum | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PINS PREL SU |
06KHARTOUM937 | Sudan - Visit to Port Sudan [...] Humanitarian conditions in Red Sea State have not changed much since 2005, when USAID last made an extensive visit to this northern state to visit programs in Mohammed Qol and areas north of Port Sudan. The GNU continues to limit humanitarian staff visits to the area, and now requires all hu [...] | 2006-04-18 15:36:00 | Embassy Khartoum | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM PINS EAID KAWC SU |
06KIGALI410 | GOR DEMARCHED ON UN HRC AND AU MISSION IN SUDAN [...] (U) On 28 April, DCM delivered the talking points from refs to Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Secretary General Amandin Rugira. 2. (SBU) Rugira said he was aware of the reported lack of response by African Union forces in close proximity to attacks on civilians in Darfur. He s [...] | 2006-05-02 10:34:00 | Embassy Kigali | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR NATO PARM PGOV PHUM PINS PREL SOCI EUN |
06KIGALI614 | PRESSING GOR ON AMIS TRANSITION TO UN [...] On 27 June poloff delivered demarche (reftel) to Ministry of Foreign Affairs desk officer Daniel Mutezintare in order to reiterate Ambassador's earlier discussions with Foreign Minister Murigande on the USG position on the re-hatting of AMIS to a UN peacekeeping operation. Poloff emphasized t [...] | 2006-06-28 09:14:00 | Embassy Kigali | UNCLASSIFIED | KPKO MARR PINS PREL SOCI SU RW |
06KINSHASA1388 | Kinshasa Broadcast Media Pledge to Try to Avoid Turning [...] (U) Summary: In the wake of inflammatory broadcasts and counter-broadcasts pitting media allied with Jean-Pierre Bemba and Joseph Kabila against each other, the directors of Kinshasa television stations signed pledges of good conduct on August 26 and 30. There has already been one violation [...] | 2006-08-31 16:45:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PINS KPAO CG |
06KINSHASA1427 | CIAT ISSUES STRONG STATEMENT AGAINST WEAPONS, [...] (U) With the approach of presidential (second round) and provincial elections, the International Committee to Accompany the Transition (CIAT) issued a strong statement of concern September 11 about the presence of weapons and armed men in Kinshasa. According to the statement, the CIAT and the [...] | 2006-09-12 15:20:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINS MARR PREL CG ELECTIONS |
06KINSHASA1447 | Media Authority Issues Ruling Against Pro-Kabila TV [...] (U) Following its decisions September 12 - when the High Media Authority (HAM) reprimanded or fined two Bemba-owned TV stations (for jumping the gun with campaign broadcasts) and issued a warning to the state-owned RTNC (for a show where Jean-Pierre Bemba was referred to as a treacherous snake) [...] | 2006-09-15 11:40:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PINS KPAO CG |
06KINSHASA182 | COAST GUARD GIVES DRC PORTS TEMPORARY THUMBS UP [...] (U) The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) has suspended its prior determination that the DRC's maritime anti-terrorism measures are inadequate (reftel). The USCG announced in a January 24 Port Security Advisory (PSA) that ships that have visited the DRC during their last five ports of call no longer fac [...] | 2006-02-02 15:13:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT ECON PREL PTER PINS CG |
06KINSHASA37 | DRC: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON AMIS REHAT [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel demarche and talking points January 6 to Jacques Djoli, the new chief of staff at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Djoli said the crisis in Darfur required continued attention and security assistance from the African Union and other interested parties. 2. (SBU) [...] | 2006-01-09 10:37:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINS PREL KPKO SU CG |
06KINSHASA796 | CONGO'S MARITIME PORTS: NEGLECTED TRANSPORT LINK? [...] (SBU) Summary. The DRC is likely to remain off the U.S. Coast Guard's "blacklist," following the second USCG visit to Congolese international maritime ports. Two USCG officers visited three of the DRC's eight listed international maritime ports May 1 and 2 to review security conditions and com [...] | 2006-05-21 13:34:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT ECON PREL PTER PINS CG |
06KIRKUK100 | SADRISTS SEEK TO BLOCK KURDISH DESIGNS FOR KIRKUK [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Sadr group is searching for ways to impede progress on the Kurdification of Kirkuk. A Sadr representative in Kirkuk said the Sadrists, who represented about 75 percent of the Shia Arab population in Kirkuk, were at odds ideologically with the Badr Organization on Kirkuk iss [...] | 2006-04-25 13:34:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL PHUM PINS PINR PREL IZ IR SY TU |
06KIRKUK101 | IRANIAN KURDS ORGANIZING AGAINST TEHRAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. According to an Iranian journalist in hiding in Northern Iraq, Iranian President Ahmadinejad has been cracking down on the Kurds in Iran and has caused souring relations between the Iranian Government and minorities. The Iranian Government under Ahmadinejad has become more reli [...] | 2006-04-28 15:34:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PHUM PNAT PREF PREL PINR PGOV KDEM KCOR |
06KIRKUK102 | HALABJAH DETAINEES SPEAK ABOUT KRG ABUSES [...] (C) SUMMARY. A young teacher and student each describe their detention following the Halabjah protests on March 16. Neither of them participated in the demonstrations. The PUK thwarted more student demonstrations in Kalar through beefed-up security and intimidation. PRT finds these disturb [...] | 2006-04-28 15:34:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PGOV KDEM KCOR KISL PHUM IZ IR |
06KIRKUK104 | KDP ASAYISH CHIEF ON SECURITY ISSUES IN KIRKUK [...] (C) SUMMARY. The chief of Asayish in Kirkuk said the Iraqi Army and police in Kirkuk were neither effective nor serious in their duties because their loyalties were based on ethnic bonds. He said Hawijah was a terrorist safe haven and that its poor security situation had a negative effect o [...] | 2006-04-29 16:49:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL PINS PINR PREL PTER PNAT IZ IR SY TU |
06KIRKUK105 | PUK ASAYISH CLAIMS SECURITY DOMINANCE IN KIRKUK [...] SUMMARY. The PUK chief of Asayish (internal security) in Kirkuk complained that the MNF-I and Iraqi Army did not recognize the Asayish as a formal security force below the greenline and expressed frustration that the Asayish had to obtain MNF-I permission prior to making an arrest. He claime [...] | 2006-04-29 16:49:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL PINS PINR PREL PTER PNAT IZ IR SY TU |
06KIRKUK119 | OVERVIEW OF NORTHERN IRAQ FROM DEPARTING A/RC [...] (S) SUMMARY. The Kurds have long made clear they want the territories Saddam stripped from Kurdish control. Kirkuk province is main prize. We believe the Kurds would let Hawijah go in exchange for the other territories they seek. The Commission for the Resolution of Real Property Disputes [...] | 2006-06-20 14:41:00 | REO Kirkuk | SECRET | PGOV PINR PINS KDEM IZ |
06KIRKUK12 | (C) KRG UNIFICATION: TWO YEARS TO FORM NEW SECURITY SERVICE [...] (S) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION. Kurdistan Regional Government-Sulaymaniyah (KRG-S) PM Omar Fattah told RC and DRC January 26 he expected the two main Kurdish parties to name a PM and a Deputy PM for a unified KRG in the next few days so the Kurds could present a unified face in Baghdad. PUK De [...] | 2006-01-28 20:03:00 | REO Kirkuk | SECRET | PGOV EAID PINR PINS KDEM IZ IS BAGHDAD FOR POL |
06KIRKUK125 | (C) PUK CHANGES; KIRKUK MUST JOIN KDP; IRAN NO ALLY [...] (C) Summary. PUK party leader Noshirwan Mustafa informed IPAO on July 1 in Sulaymaniyah that the PUK had undertaken major reforms, including the re-election of all PUK leaders, beginning with the villages, districts, and sub-districts. Also, he said the Article 140 referendum was necessary [...] | 2006-07-15 14:33:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PNAT PREF PREL KDEM IZ |
06KIRKUK126 | (C) KDP-PUK UNITED FRONT AFTER DOKAN MEETINGS [...] (C) Summary. KRG Prime Minister Nechirwan Barzani and PUK party leader Noshirwan Mustafa informed IPAO in separate meetings on July 2 and 1 respectively that the KDP and PUK politburos had agreed to end direct party interference in government affairs; delay appointment of deputy ministers; [...] | 2006-07-15 14:38:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PNAT PREF PREL KDEM IZ |
06KIRKUK127 | (C) PM BARZANI: INVESTMENT LAW PASSES; KRG EDUCATION IN [...] (C) Summary. KRG Prime Minister Nechirwan Barzani said in July 2 meetings with IPAO that the new Investment Promotion Law had been held up in Parliament over the provision for 100% foreign ownership of property. He said the KRG had a window of opportunity for attracting foreign investment t [...] | 2006-07-15 14:42:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINS PINR PNAT PREF PREL KDEM IZ |
06KIRKUK128 | (U) KRG VP KOSRAT RASUL: KRG CHALLENGES, REFORMS, [...] (C) Summary: KRG Vice President Kosrat Rasul told IPAO in a July 1 meeting in Sulaymaniyah that the biggest challenge facing the newly unified KRG was public dissatisfaction over government services and the subsequent appeal of the Islamic movement. In his first address to the KNA as KRG V [...] | 2006-07-15 14:45:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PNAT PREF PREL KDEM IZ |
06KIRKUK129 | (U) KIRKUK IECI HEAD ON NORMALIZATION, UPCOMING CENSUS AND [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Kirkuk head of the Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq (IECI),Ferhad Talabani, is threatening to close the office due to poor security, government corruption, and lack of funding. Talabani detailed the ethnic breakdown of the office personnel and perceiv [...] | 2006-07-19 16:12:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PNAT PREF PREL KDEM IZ |
06KIRKUK130 | KIRKUK ARAB LEADERS DENOUCE PLAN TO RETURN ARABS TO THE [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Several Kirkuk Arab leaders including Sunni and Shia representatives criticized plans to return Kirkuk Arabs to the south. They agreed that while many Arabs have already left, it was primarily due to discrimination, persecution, and arrests. They stated that [...] | 2006-07-20 13:57:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PTER PREL KISL IZ IR TU |
06KIRKUK131 | (C) ASSYRIAN DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT LEADER ON CHRISTIANS' [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Assyrian Democratic Movement (ADM) General Secretary, Salim Kako, stated on July 9 that poor security and ethnic discrimination were causing Christians and Kurds to resettle to northern areas of Iraq, which was straining the relations between Kurdish and Assy [...] | 2006-07-25 09:11:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PGOV PHUM PINR PINS ECON KDEM IZ |
06KIRKUK133 | (SBU) NEW KURDISH BLOC ON POLITICAL GOALS, OPPOSITION TO [...] (C/NF) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Leaders of the recently formed 5-party Kurdish political opposition bloc said they would focus on local issues and push to reduce the domination of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK). They asserted that their bloc [...] | 2006-07-25 11:36:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PNAT PREF PREL KDEM PTER IZ |
06KIRKUK134 | (C/NF) KDSP LEADERS ON KRG'S CLOSURE OF KDSP OFFICES [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-25 12:16:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PTER PNAT PREF KDEM IZ TU |
06KIRKUK135 | (C) PUK ASAYISH HEAD - KIRKUK SECURITY WORSENING [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) Asayish head, Hallkawt Abdullah Aziz, said on July 24 that the security situation in Kirkuk was getting worse. He said terrorists had sympathizers among the Iraqi Police (IP) officers and checkpoint guards who facilitated t [...] | 2006-07-31 10:23:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PNAT PREF PTER KDEM IZ |
06KIRKUK136 | (C) KDP KIRKUK ASAYISH HEAD ON SECURITY, MERGER WITH PUK, [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: KDP Kirkuk Asayish head, Hallo Najat Hamza, told IPAOs on July 25 that the terrorists were getting stronger and were targeting security forces in Kirkuk. Hamza said the open borders of Kirkuk and guards cooperating with the terrorists at checkpoints were pri [...] | 2006-08-02 17:27:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PNAT PREF PREL PTER KDEM IZ |
06KIRKUK137 | (C) KIRKUK TURKOMAN DIVIDED ON ARTICLE 140, FUTURE STATUS OF [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Turkoman political leaders from different blocs said on July 26 they do not agree on the issues of implementation of Article 140 and the future status of Kirkuk. In separate meetings bloc leaders from the Iraqi Turkoman Front (ITF) and the Iraqi Turkoman Nat [...] | 2006-08-02 17:49:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PNAT PREF PREL KDEM IZ TU |
06KIRKUK138 | (C) KIRKUK ROAD CONSTRUCTION HEADING NORTH [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Kirkuk Provincial Council (KPC) member and Director of Roads and Bridges, Qasim Hamza, said on August 1 that poor security in southern Kirkuk was diverting road reconstruction projects to safer areas north of the city. He said that badly needed road and brid [...] | 2006-08-15 11:17:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PNAT PREF ECON EIND ELTN |
06KIRKUK139 | KIRKUK POLICE SAY SECURITY SITUATION DETERIORATING [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: According to police, the security situation in Kirkuk province has reached new lows. IP forces were taking major casualties and the Sadr group was encouraging movement from the south to areas in southern Kirkuk in an attempt to ignite tensions between Sunni and [...] | 2006-08-15 11:31:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINS PINR PREL PTER IZ KDEM |
06KIRKUK140 | KIKRUK POLICE CHIEF ON KIRKUK SECURITY AND HIS IMPENDING [...] (C) Kirkuk police chief General Sherko Shirku told IPAO on July 25, 2006, that security is better in Kirkuk than most other places in Iraq. When informed that most sources thought security was deteriorating in recent months, he said he believed that was because two months ago Sadr said that th [...] | 2006-08-15 11:35:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINS PINR PREL PTER IZ KDEM |
06KIRKUK141 | READOUT OF RECENT PROTESTS IN KURDISTAN SULAYMANIYAH REGION [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Several participants and organizers of the recent protests in the Chamchamal sub-districts of Sulaymaniyah Province said on August 17 poor services in the water, electricity, and fuel sectors had prompted growing calls for government reform in the Kurdistan [...] | 2006-08-20 17:08:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PNAT IZ KDEM |
06KIRKUK142 | (C) KRG PROVIDING WATER TO 450-PLUS VILLAGES IN KIRKUK; POOR [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Kirkuk Provincial Council (KPC) Minister of Water, Abdul Qadir, told IPAO on July 31 the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) has been supplying well water to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs),mostly Kurds, in more than 450 villages on the periphery of Kirk [...] | 2006-08-22 06:47:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PNAT PREF PREL KDEM IZ IR |
06KIRKUK143 | (C) KRG MINISTER OF RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS ON MONITORING MOSQUES, [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Minister of Awqaf and Religious Affairs (MARA) for the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG),Mohammad Ahamd Saeed Shakaly, said on August 8 that his ministry monitored more than 3000 mosques in the Kurdistan region and that checking sermons was a matter of "pu [...] | 2006-08-22 07:03:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINR PINS PNAT PREF PREL PTER KDEM IZ |
06KIRKUK144 | (C) KRG MINISTER OF EDUCATION ON CHALLENGES, RELATIONS WITH [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Minister of Education (MOE) for the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG),Dilshad Abdul Rahman Osman Younis, said on August 8 that his ministry had limited relations with the MOE in Baghdad, which was divided into separate Sunni and Shia departments, and that t [...] | 2006-08-22 07:19:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PNAT PREF PREL KDEM IZ |
06KIRKUK145 | (C) KRG MINISTER OF JUSTICE ON REGIONAL AUTHORITY [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-22 07:50:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PNAT PREF PREL PTER KDEM IZ |
06KIRKUK146 | (C) KRG CONSTITUTION COMMITTEE CHAIR DISCUSSES KURDISH [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Chair of the Constitution Committee for the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG),Farset Ahmad Abdallah, said on August 10 that resource control, Article 140, and regional defense were the key redlines defining federalism for the Kurdistan region. He said that [...] | 2006-08-22 08:04:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PNAT PREF PTER KDEM IZ |
06KIRKUK147 | (C) KRG MINISTER FOR PESHMERGA AFFAIRS ON MERGER, SECURITY, [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Minister for Peshmerga Affairs, Omar Osman Ibrahim, said on August 7 the KDP and PUK were ready to merge their Peshmerga forces within six months (Septel.). Ibrahim said Peshmerga were located below the 'Green Line' anywhe [...] | 2006-08-22 09:00:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PNAT PREF PTER IZ TU KDEM |
06KIRKUK148 | (C) KRG INTERIOR MINISTER ON SECURITY CONCERNS, RELATIONS [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Minister of Interior (MOI) for the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG),Karim Sinjari, said on August 10 that nearly non-existent liaison relations with the MOI in Baghdad would have an impact on security in the Kurdistan region and throughout Iraq. He said [...] | 2006-08-22 09:09:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PNAT PREF PREL PTER IZ TU |
06KIRKUK173 | KIRKUK GOVERNOR SURVIVES ATTACK, LAYS OUT PRIORITIES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Kirkuk Governor Mustafa survived a human bomb attack on his car November 28. This was the first time this tactic had been used in Kirkuk. Mustafa was pessimistic that the provisions of Constitutional Article 140 on the final status of Kirkuk would be completed on schedule. Strong [...] | 2006-11-29 14:13:00 | REO Kirkuk | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER PINR PINS MOPS PBTS IZ |
06KIRKUK20 | (U) KIRKUK CHURCHES BOMBED [...] (S) According to Coalition military and local Iraqi security service information, on January 29 two vehicle-borne improvised explosive devices (VBIEDs) detonated near two churches in northern Kirkuk city. The first VBIED detonated at 1435 hours near the Mar-Afram church in the Quriyah neighbo [...] | 2006-01-31 06:37:00 | REO Kirkuk | SECRET | PTER PINS PHUM KIRF PGOV ASEC IZ |
06KIRKUK25 | (SBU) KRG DETAINEES [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Kurdistan Regional Government-Sulaymaniyah (KRG-S) Interior Ministry says it has information only on 15 of the 200 or so names on the U.S. list of individuals allegedly detained in Kirkuk and taken to the KRG. The Minister says 3 have been released and the remaining 12 had [...] | 2006-02-04 17:16:00 | REO Kirkuk | SECRET | PGOV PINS PHUM KDEM IZ |
06KIRKUK26 | KRG CONSTITUTION: KURDS HOPE TO ENTICE MINORITIES [...] (C) The KNA's Constitutional Committee continues to work on a KRG Constitution. Members expect further changes. In the next few weeks, the committee is supposed to send the draft to party leaders. Once they have blessed it, the committee will issue it for public comment. KNA Deputy Speake [...] | 2006-02-04 17:19:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PNAT PHUM KDEM KISL IZ TU |
06KIRKUK27 | (S) KURDISH IA UNIT SPLITS OVER DEPLOYING OUT OF KIRKUK [...] (S) The 101st tells REO that the MOD ordered the 4th BN, 2nd BDE, 4th Iraqi Army DIV to deploy from Kirkuk outside of Kirkuk province to Bayji. We understand this IA unit is composed of Kurds, but was not a former Peshmerga unit. After the order was given, about half (50%) of the unit deser [...] | 2006-02-05 06:40:00 | REO Kirkuk | SECRET | MOPS PGOV KDEM PINS IZ |
06KIRKUK40 | (U) BA'QUBAH CARTOON DEMONSTRATION LARGEST IN OVER A YEAR [...] (U) This is a SET Ba'qubah cable. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. A February 19 demonstration in Ba'qubah protesting Danish cartoons and the alleged 2004 British beating of students in al-Amarah amassed one of the largest crowds Ba'qubah has seen in a demonstration to date. The numbers may imply a cons [...] | 2006-02-22 09:50:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL PHUM KDEM PINS IZ |
06KIRKUK42 | (U) PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATIONS IN KIRKUK AND KURDISH REGION IN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-23 11:03:00 | REO Kirkuk | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINS PGOV KISL IZ PINR |
06KIRKUK43 | (U) PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATIONS IN KIRKUK AND KURDISH REGION IN [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-24 07:06:00 | REO Kirkuk | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINS PGOV KISL IZ PINR |
06KIRKUK44 | (S) SAMARRA BOMBINGS APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN PLANNED IN ADVANCE [...] (U) This is a SET Tikrit cable. 2. (S) Intelligence reporting about people and tribes in the Samarra area suggests plans to destroy the Golden Mosque were made as early as a year ago. HUMINT reporting in April 2005 points to plans by Samarra AQIZ members to destroy the mosque. Those AQIZ m [...] | 2006-02-24 10:21:00 | REO Kirkuk | SECRET | PINS PGOV PTER KISL PINR IZ |
06KIRKUK45 | (C) SAMARRA UPDATE, 1900 2-23-06 [...] (U) This is a SET Tikrit cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY. Mostly peaceful protests occurred in Samarra on the first day after the Golden Mosque was bombed. The entire province was calm. END SUMMARY. 3. (C) At approximately 9:20 AM, the Iraqi Police (IP) guarding the ruins of the Golden Mosque o [...] | 2006-02-24 10:26:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PGOV PTER KISL IZ |
06KIRKUK46 | (C) ORGANIZED, WIDESPREAD CORRUPTION IN FUEL DISTRIBUTION [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: A highly organized corruption ring is running a black market for fuel in Kirkuk, manipulating fuel prices, and siphoning fuel to Iran and Turkey for profit. The organization parallels KDP and PUK party, Peshmerga and Asayish structures. Attempts to cover up its [...] | 2006-02-26 19:06:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR EPET ECON PINS IZ |
06KIRKUK51 | KURDISH ECONOMY: OIL, IRAN AND CUSTOMS [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY. Sarkis Aghajan Mamendu, Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister for the Kurdistan Regional Government in Erbil, told RC February 28 that the two KRG finance ministries would have a unified KRG budget by the end of 2006. The KRG would not fire any employees i [...] | 2006-03-02 19:16:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS EAGR ECON EFIN EIND ENRG EPET ETRD IZ |
06KIRKUK53 | GOVERNMENT FORMATION: KDP GRIPING ABOUT TALABANI [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY. RC met separately on February 28 with Falah Bakir, a close aide to the KRG-E PM (and future unified KRG) PM Barzani, and with Fadil Mirani, Secretary of the Kurdistan Democratic Party's Politburo. On Baghdad government formation, Bakir downplayed Talabani's rol [...] | 2006-03-05 19:11:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS IZ IR |
06KIRKUK55 | KURDISTAN ISLAMIC UNION MAINTAINS A MODERATE, INDEPENDENT [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Kurdistan Islamic Party (KIU) hopes to be a viable option for Kurdish voters that are not satisfied with what they perceive to be the corrupt, self-serving policies of the KDP and PUK. KIU officials reputedly reject violence in the name of Islam and argued that the Iraqi Go [...] | 2006-03-07 19:12:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL PHUM PINS PINR PREL IZ IR SY TU |
06KIRKUK56 | KURDS' PUSH ON TAL ARTICLE 58 SPARKS TEMPORARY PROVINCIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. Kurds sprung a surprise proposal at the March 1 Kirkuk Provincial Council meeting to implement TAL article 58 at the provincial level. Turcoman and Arab PC members staged a walkout to show their displeasure, but both sides sidestepped a long-term boycott. END SUMMARY. (SBU) [...] | 2006-03-09 11:54:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINS KDEM IZ |
06KIRKUK57 | KRG UNIFICATION: CABINET FORMATION NEXT [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY. On February 28, RC met separately with Falah Bakir, a close aide to Kurdistan Regional Government-Erbil PM Barzani, and with Kurdistan Democratic Party Politburo Secretary Fadil Mirani on the unification of the two KRG's. The next step is for KRG President Masu [...] | 2006-03-09 16:57:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS KDEM IZ IR |
06KIRKUK59 | SUNNI POLITICIANS SAY HAWIJAH PRIME FOR COALITION [...] (C) SUMMARY. Two members of the Iraqi Republican Gathering separately stressed the need to expand Coalition outreach to Sunni Arabs in Hawijah - a Sunni Arab city southwest of Kirkuk. They admitted the city was a Ba'athist stronghold, but claimed it had few foreign fighters, and recommended [...] | 2006-03-10 14:02:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL PINS PINR PTER IZ |
06KIRKUK64 | (S) OPERATION SWARMER UPDATE 0600 BAGHDAD [...] (U) This is a SET Tikrit cable. 2. (S) SUMMARY. OPERATION SWARMER began on March 16, Northeast of Samarra, Iraq to kill or capture AIF, to disrupt AI operations, and to capture weapons caches. The Governor of Salah Ad Din Province gave a news conference, and will give a second on March 17 [...] | 2006-03-17 14:27:00 | REO Kirkuk | SECRET | MOPS PINS PGOV PTER IZ |
06KIRKUK65 | KURDISH TRIBAL OPINION OF COALITION WORSENING OVER [...] (C) SUMMARY. The leader of the influential Baradusti tribe in the Kurdish region of Iraq described the Iraqi security situation as worse today than during Saddam Hussayn's era. The continued violence throughout Iraq is denting Kurdish popular opinion of the Coalition. The U.S. presence, how [...] | 2006-03-18 19:08:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR PHUM PINS PREL PINR PTER KWMN IZ IR |
06KIRKUK66 | SULAY GOVERNOR: IRAN'S INFLUENCE INCREASING [...] (C) Sulaymaniyah Provincial Governor Dana Ahmed Majid complained on 13 March to RC(A) and IPAO about Iran's growing influence on Iraq's energy, oil refineries, and imports and exports. Majid said Iran was heavily invested in a new railway route from Basrah to China, which would cross Iranian [...] | 2006-03-19 20:17:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KISL PINS IZ IR |
06KIRKUK69 | HALABJAH DISCONTENT SPARKS VIOLENCE, CRACKDOWN [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY. On March 16, protestors in Halabjah torched a museum erected to commemorate the March 16, 1988, chemical weapons attack there. Locals believe the PUK has largely used the Halabjah museum to extract foreign assistance, but failed to spend the funds on Halabjah. [...] | 2006-03-24 13:28:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PGOV KDEM KCOR KISL IZ IR |
06KIRKUK73 | KRG UNIFICATION: PLOTTING A PATH [...] (C) SUMMARY. KRG PM Barzani told RC(A) March 29 that that each of the dual Erbil and Sulaymaniyah KRG ministries would form a committee to consider who should get the top jobs in the unified ministry and to find new jobs for redundant incumbents. No one would suffer a pay cut. The PUK has [...] | 2006-03-31 07:49:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PINS PHUM MCAP KCOR IZ |
06KIRKUK75 | KURDISH TRIBAL LEADER DOWNS KDP AND PUK, URGES U.S. TO STAY [...] (C) SUMMARY. A leader from the influential Kurdish tribe of Surchi said tribes were forced to work with the KDP and PUK because the parties controlled all the region's revenue. He thought the two Kurdish parties were incapable of working together. Shaykh Surchi urged the U.S. to remain in [...] | 2006-03-31 15:29:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR PHUM PINS PREL PINR KDEM KWMN IZ IR |
06KIRKUK76 | HALABJAH: PM BARZANI BLAMES THE PUK [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY. With RC(A) March 29, KRG-Erbil PM Barzani blamed the PUK for the heavy-handed response by the KRG-Sulaymaniyah to the Halabjah riot. Barzani said the PUK had known about the growing tension, but had done nothing to stem it. The PUK had undertaken many projects [...] | 2006-03-31 15:30:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS KISL PINR IZ |
06KIRKUK78 | STUDENT PROTEST SPARKED HALABJAH VIOLENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY. The KRG had denied permission for the March 16 protests at Halabjah. The KRG Deputy PM had agreed to student protest organizers' demands the night before, but was too late to prevent the violent March 16 Halabjah protests. Protestors were mostly male students from Halabjah, and [...] | 2006-04-07 14:03:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PGOV KDEM KCOR KISL IZ IR |
06KIRKUK79 | PUK CRACKDOWN ON ALLEGED HALABJAH PROTESTORS [...] (C) SUMMARY. In the wake of the March 16 violent protests in Halabjah, the PUK has confiscated cameras and film, using them to identify perpetrators. Asayish security forces were arresting suspected protestors by conducting raids in the middle of the night wearing ski masks. A source in th [...] | 2006-04-07 14:03:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PGOV KDEM KCOR KISL IZ IR |
06KIRKUK80 | MORE PROTESTS AHEAD IN NORTHERN IRAQ [...] (S) SUMMARY. A freelance press interpreter says some who participated in the violent Halabjah protests could now be inclined to become KRG insurgents because the PUK is giving them few other options. Our contact said he had heard reports that some protestors had fled to the mountains or Ira [...] | 2006-04-07 14:07:00 | REO Kirkuk | SECRET | PINS PGOV KDEM KCOR KISL PINR IZ IR |
06KIRKUK81 | SUNNIS IN HAWIJAH MAY PREFER POLITICIANS TO TRIBES [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Sunni community in the Kirkuk province wanted to benefit from U.S. outreach efforts, but the U.S. needed to work with the right Sunni leaders. A Sunni Arab politician from Kirkuk argued that the people of Hawijah were fed up with the tribes' inability to deliver security to [...] | 2006-04-10 05:42:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL PINS PINR PTER IZ |
06KIRKUK83 | ZEBARI SHAYKH SAYS TRIBES CONTROL SOCIAL AFFAIRS IN NORTHERN [...] (C) SUMMARY. The head of the Zebari tribe said he supported the Coalition presence in Iraq, but requested that the U.S. pay more attention to the tribes. He explained that while the Sunni Arabs of Iraq are demanding a U.S. withdrawal, the Kurds fear it. Zebari said Kurds blamed the U.S. fo [...] | 2006-04-10 13:50:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR PHUM PINS PREL PINR KDEM KWMN IZ IR |
06KIRKUK88 | YOUNG KURDS WARN OF IMMINENT PROTESTS IN KALAR [...] (C) SUMMARY. Students and recent graduates from Kalar concurred that demonstrations would likely ignite there, but they disagreed on when those demonstrations might occur or how violent they would be. One student was adamant about protesting on April 14 - the commemoration of the Anfal atta [...] | 2006-04-12 13:53:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PGOV KDEM KCOR KISL IZ IR |
06KIRKUK9 | (C) KRG-E INTERIOR MINISTER OFFERS POLICE HELP [...] (U) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: In a January 19 meeting with Regional Coordinator (RC),Karim Sinjari, Minister of Interior for the Kurdistan Regional Government in Erbil (KRG-E),said he agreed with the USG decision to make 2006 "the year of the police." He said Iraq's police force suffered f [...] | 2006-01-23 12:28:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PGOV PREL MARR IZ |
06KIRKUK93 | BANNED IN TURKEY, POLITICAL PARTY OPENS ERBIL OFFICE ON [...] (C/NOFORN) SUMMARY: The Socialist Party of Kurdistan recently opened a party office in the Kurdistan Region capital of Erbil, Iraq. Its representative Nureddin Agiri said Erbil's Kurdistan Regional Government was subsidizing the SPK's Erbil office. Agiri admitted his under-financed party was b [...] | 2006-04-16 08:48:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PREL PTER PHUM IZ TU |
06KIRKUK95 | STUDENT UNIONS MAKE DEMANDS TO KRG ON HALABJAH DETAINEES [...] (C) SUMMARY. Students from Halabjah and As Sulaymaniyah issued a list of demands to the KRG following the violent protests in Halabjah (REFTELS),because detained protestors were being denied fundamental rights. They told REO April 8 that they might go on strike or organize peaceful demonst [...] | 2006-04-21 13:08:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PGOV KDEM KCOR KISL IZ IR |
06KIRKUK97 | IRANIAN FORCES ATTACK IRAQI KURDISH VILLAGES [...] (C) On April 21, Iranian military forces bombed Iraqi villages near the tri-border area of Iraq, Iran, and Turkey. Deputy speaker of the Kurdistan National Assembly, Kamal Kirkuki, confirmed that the attacks occurred around 5:00 A.M. in the northern Iraqi villages of Haji Umran and Kherena. [...] | 2006-04-22 17:22:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PBTS PINR PINS PREF PNAT PREL PTER PHUM IZ |
06KIRKUK98 | BADR ORGANIZATION IN KIRKUK COOPERATING ON SECURITY AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Badr Organization claims to be a multiethnic group in northern Iraq. Badr representatives claim most Shia Arabs in Kirkuk are Ba'ath loyalists. The Badr representatives claimed to defer security responsibilities to the Iraqi Army and police. The Badr Organization is postp [...] | 2006-04-25 13:34:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL PHUM PINS PINR PREL IZ IR SY TU |
06KIRKUK99 | KURDISH REFUGEE SPEAKS ABOUT IRANIAN TORTURE; REQUESTS [...] (C) SUMMARY. An Iranian Kurd contacted Kirkuk Regional Embassy Office requesting asylum. He maintained that Iranian authorities detained him in June 2005 for writing negatively about the government. He claimed that he was tortured by Iranian intelligence and sent to Mariwan prison for thre [...] | 2006-04-25 13:34:00 | REO Kirkuk | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PHUM PNAT PREF PREL PINR PGOV KDEM KCOR |
06KUALALUMPUR1092 | SRI LANKA PEACE PROCESS: MALAYSIAN RESPONSE ON [...] (C) MFA Principal Assistant Secretary for South Asian Affairs Nik Mustafa Kamal Nik Ahmad told us June 14 that the governments of Sri Lanka and India had recently made approaches to the MFA to discuss cooperation in cutting off the Tigers from their funding and weapons sources. During the May [...] | 2006-06-14 07:15:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MARR PINS CE MY |
06KUALALUMPUR1227 | SRI LANKA: MALAYSIA CONTINUES CONSIDERATION OF [...] (C) MFA Principal Assistant Secretary for South Asian Affairs Nik Mustafa Kamal Nik Ahmad told us July 3 that Malaysia was still considering whether to join contact groups on Tiger financing and weapons procurement. Nik Mustafa frankly admitted that the decision would be politically difficult [...] | 2006-07-03 07:30:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MARR PINS CE MY |