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ABLD BUILDING AND GROUNDS
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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09AMMAN2053RE-ENGAGING WITH JORDAN'S ISLAMISTS
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Embassy Amman is moving forward with a strategy to re-establish political contact with Islamists in Jordan. Engagement with the Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood (JMB) and its political wing, the Islamic Action Front (IAF),languished in the wake of September 11, 2001, and eventua [...]
2009-09-10 06:55:00Embassy AmmanSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV KDEM KISL JO
09AMMAN219ARE JORDAN'S ISLAMISTS STRONGER IN THE WAKE OF
[...] (C) Summary: Jordan's Islamists are seeking to parlay a string of highly organized demonstrations on Gaza into broader political influence. The Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood (JMB) and its political wing, the Islamic Action Front (IAF),have been increasingly direct in their criticism of the [...]
2009-01-26 10:45:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV KISL KWBG KPAL KDEM JO
09AMMAN2201JORDAN: CONSTRUCTIVE OUTCOME FROM THE GOLDSTONE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-30 05:18:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PTER KISL KPAL IS JO
09AMMAN2216THE BATTLE OVER JORDAN'S ISLAMIC CENTER SOCIETY
[...] (S/NF) Summary: The Islamic Center Society (ICS) was the charitable wing of the Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood (JMB) until it was seized by the government in 2006. Legally questionable corruption allegations against members of the ICS board allowed the government to appoint a "temporary" boar [...]
2009-10-01 13:25:00Embassy AmmanSECRET//NOFORNPGOV KISL KDEM KJUS JO
09AMMAN2217JORDAN: U.S. ARREST OF JORDANIAN WIDELY VIEWED AS
[...] (C) Most Jordanians believe that the Federal Bureau of Investigation encouraged and enabled 19-year-old Jordanian Hossam Smadi to plot a terrorist act against the United States before arresting him on September 24 in Dallas, according to media reports and our contacts, including the Chief of [...]
2009-10-01 15:27:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL KISL JO
09AMMAN2252THE JORDANIAN ISLAMIST MOVEMENT: AN ORG CHART
[...] (S/NF) Summary: The Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood (JMB) is an umbrella organization which oversees and controls the political, charitable, and spiritual activities of the Islamist movement in Jordan. The Islamic Action Front (IAF),its political wing, is directly controlled by the JMB through [...]
2009-10-08 06:30:00Embassy AmmanSECRET//NOFORNPGOV KISL KPAL EFIN JO
09AMMAN2516JORDAN: POLITICAL ENGAGEMENT FURTHERS CAIRO
[...] (U) This cable is the third of four cables following up on the October visit to Amman of NSC Senior Director for Global Engagement Pradeep Ramamurthy. It outlines aspects of Embassy Amman's efforts to advance goals emphasized in the President's June 4 speech in Cairo. 2. (S/NF) SUMMARY [...]
2009-11-18 15:13:00Embassy AmmanSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV KDEM KISL JO
09AMMAN299GOJ MOVES TO PUT MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD BACK IN THE BOX
[...] (U) Jordan's Muslim Brotherhood (JMB) publicly denounced the government's denial of its request to hold a "Thanks and Victory" rally in Amman on January 30. In a January 31 statement, the group described the decision to prevent the rally as "an official siege" by the government after the Inte [...]
2009-02-01 15:33:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PTER KISL JO
09AMMAN359AMMAN FATHAWIS DISCUSS GAZA EFFECTS ON MOVEMENT
[...] (C) Summary: Fatah members resident in Amman agreed that their movement was in dire straits following recent Israeli operations in Gaza. Aside from the perennial plea for quick movement on the peace process, our contacts varyingly saw potential Fatah salvation in convening the long-delayed Si [...]
2009-02-08 05:17:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALKPAL KWBG KISL IS JO
09AMMAN47JORDAN DENIES INTERNET REPORT ON MISSING FIGHTERS,
[...] (S/NF) According to an Open Source Center (OSC) report, the jihadist Ana Al-Muslim website posted a report on January 5 that "a Jordanian Foreign Ministry spokesman stated that three warplanes disappeared" on January 4 as well as "five pilots, who have been described as having Islamic leanings. [...]
2009-01-06 14:54:00Embassy AmmanSECRET//NOFORNMOPS PREL PTER KISL JO
09AMMAN676JORDANIAN TRAINING OF PALESTINIAN SECURITY FORCES
[...] (U) Independent daily Al-Arab Al-Yawm criticized U.S.-sponsored training of Palestinian Security Forces in Jordan in a March 9 editorial, suggesting a pause in activity given Israeli settlement activity and its recent operations in Gaza. The article by managing editor Fahd Khitan charged Jord [...]
2009-03-16 16:34:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PTER KISL JO
09AMMAN677ISLAMIST FIGURE SPARKS DEBATE OVER ENGAGING THE
[...] (U) Public debate has arisen in Jordan over the late February visit to the United States of the deputy Secretary General of the Islamic Action Front (IAF),which is the political wing of Jordan's Muslim Brotherhood. IAF figure Ruheil Gharaibeh traveled to Washington to take part in a February [...]
2009-03-16 17:31:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PTER KISL JO
09AMMAN858MA'AN: POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC NEGLECT ON THE
[...] (C) Summary: This cable is the first in an occasional series which will focus on regional political centers in Jordan. The southern Jordanian city of Ma'an, populated by tribal leaders of Bedouin East Bank origin, is considered a bellwether for regime stability. In the past twenty years, r [...]
2009-04-13 05:07:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON KISL JO
09AMMAN876JOURNALIST FACES SLANDER CHARGES FOR ARTICLE
[...] (U) Journalist Khaled Mahadin, who published an article critical of parliament on the Amman-based news website Khaberni.com in February, pled not guilty on March 30 to charges of slander. Mahadin's article, "For God's Sake, Abdullah," called for the dissolution of parliament and an end to "u [...]
2009-04-14 12:02:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV KISL JO
09AMMAN896REPORTING TRIP TO SOUTHERN JORDANIAN TOWN DRAWS
[...] (S/NF) Summary: A routine Embassy meeting with the mayor of a remote town in southern Jordan has attracted negative media attention. One Islamist commentator characterized the visit as a violation of Jordanian sovereignty and has called for the Ambassador to be convoked. The reaction, while [...]
2009-04-16 09:40:00Embassy AmmanSECRET//NOFORNPREL ASEC KISL JO
09AMMAN990JORDAN,S ISLAMISTS OPPOSE POPE,S MAY 8 VISIT
[...] (C) Summary: Islamists from Jordan's Muslim Brotherhood and its political wing have publicly opposed the Pope's planned May 8-11 visit to the Kingdom. Government officials have denounced the published criticisms and continue to plan for the visit. Christian leaders privately say that criti [...]
2009-04-30 07:33:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SCUL KISL JO
09AMMAN994JOURNALIST ACQUITTED OF SLANDER CHARGES
[...] (U) A Jordanian court acquitted journalist Khaled Mahadin of slander charges on April 27. The case was brought against Mahadin by parliament's secretary general over an online article that included allegations of corruption by lower house speaker Abdulhadi Al-Majali (Ref A). The Court of Fi [...]
2009-04-30 10:21:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KISL KDEM JO
09ANKARA1043TURKEY HOPES TO ATTEND JORDAN BIOMETRICS CONFERENCE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-21 13:28:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC PREL KISL TU JO
09ASHGABAT1154PROCESS FOR SELECTING TURKMEN HAJJ TRAVELERS
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) During an Embassy-hosted Iftar on September 10, Turkmenistan's Grand Mufti Rowshen Allaberdiyev explained to us the process for selecting the 188 government-funded Hajj travelers each year. He also asserted that, in addition t [...]
2009-09-11 10:33:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KIRF KISL TX
09ASMARA38UPDATE ON SHEIKH AWEYS AND THE HARD-LINE ARS
[...] (C)) DWINDLING PRESENCE: Only about 20 members of the hard-line faction of the Alliance for the Reliberation of Somalia (ARS) remain in Asmara, according to Pekka Haavisto, Finland's Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa, who met with the faction's representatives earlier this week. Sheikh Oma [...]
2009-01-30 08:40:00Embassy AsmaraCONFIDENTIALPREL KISL ER SO
09ASTANA1427 KAZAKHSTAN: MUSLIM ACTIVIST STRUGGLES TO TURN GRAND IDEAS
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Murat Telibekov, a Kazakhstani Muslim activist and president of three NGOs, is never short on grand ideas, and most of them involve the U.S. Embassy. His newest idea is to build Islamic centers in Astana and Alma [...]
2009-08-21 08:59:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL PGOV KDEM KISL KIRF PINR KZ
09ASTANA1454 KAZAKHSTAN: "WHAT DO YOU THINK THIS IS, A POLICE
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) While the Ambassador was getting a haircut on September 1 at a Turkish-owned unisex salon in Astana, the client in the next chair was cracking up the stylists with a high-volume, endless stream of jokes about how people avo [...]
2009-09-02 04:02:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SOCI KISL KZ
09ASTANA1518 KAZAKHSTAN: FOREIGN MINISTRY PRESSES HIGH-LEVEL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In recent days, Kazakhstan has proposed an OSCE Summit in 2010 to be co-chaired by Kazakhstan and the United States, repeated its desire to establish a Joint Presidential Commission, and renewed its effort for an Obama-Nazarbayev meeting at the general time of the April 2010 Nuc [...]
2009-09-13 03:45:00Embassy AstanaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PHUM KNNP KISL OSCE RS KZ
09ASTANA1617 KAZAKHSTAN: IFTAAR DINNER BUILDS RAPPORT WITH
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-23 10:36:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM SOCI KISL RS KZ
09ASTANA1618 KAZAKHSTAN: IFTAAR DINNER BUILDS RAPPORT WITH
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 14, the Ambassador hosted an Iftaar dinner for more than 20 prominent Muslim community members, including the Deputy Chairman of the Kazakhstani Muslims' Spiritual Board Muhammad Alsabekov, many Kazak [...]
2009-09-23 10:37:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM SOCI KISL RS KZ
09ASTANA1921 KAZAKHSTAN: SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE PANDITH HEARS FROM
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During her first overseas trip as Special Representative to Muslim Communities, Farah Pandith visited Kazakhstan October 12-13. In Astana, Muslim civil society leaders told her that Kazakhs are "a different kind of [...]
2009-10-27 04:39:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM PGOV KISL KIRF OIC OSCE KZ
09ASTANA249 KAZAKHSTAN: CHIEF MUFTI CRITICISES EXTREMISM, CAUTIOUSLY
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During a February 6 meeting, Chief Mufti and Head of the Spiritual Association of Muslims in Kazakhstan (SAMK) Absasttar Derbisali told the Ambassador that Islam is undergoing a renaissance in Kazakhstan. He shar [...]
2009-02-12 01:06:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM SOCI KISL KIRF KPAO KZ
09ASTANA353 KAZAKHSTAN: CHIEF MUFTI'S OFFICE EXPRESSES INTEREST IN
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: As a follow-up to the Ambassador's recent discussion with Chief Mufti and Head of the Spiritual Association of Muslims in Kazakhstan (SAMK) Abasasttar Derbisali (see reftel),Regional English Language Office [...]
2009-02-27 01:53:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM SOCI KISL KIRF KPAO EG KZ
09ASTANA418 KAZAKHSTAN: LIFE ON THE STEPPE, FEBRUARY 28 - MARCH 6
[...] This is another in a series of weekly cables drawn mostly from public media, as well as think-tank, NGO, and opposition web-sites, selected to show the diversity of life in Kazakhstan, and information about it available to citizens of Kazakhstan. Our goal is to choose what might interest and [...]
2009-03-06 09:28:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PROP ECON EAGR SOCI KISL KDEM KZ
09ASTANA83 KAZAKHSTAN: SPECIAL ENVOY CUMBER ENCOURAGES ASTANA TO
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In a January 9 meeting with U.S. Special Envoy to the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) Sada Cumber, State Secretary Kanat Saudabayev underlined Kazakhstan's commitment to promoting inter-confessional u [...]
2009-01-15 10:33:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KISL KDEM KZ
09ASTANA89 KAZAKHSTAN: OIC SPECIAL ENVOY CUMBER DISCUSSES DEMOCRACY,
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During a January 9 dinner with U.S. Special Envoy to the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) Sada Cumber, ambassadors and other diplomats from several OIC-member countries and India freely exchanged views [...]
2009-01-16 10:20:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM SOCI KDEM KISL KZ
09ATHENS1463Greek MFA on Jewish Cemetery Issues, Athens Mosque
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 28, the director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) E2 Directorate for Religious and Ecclesiastical Affairs, Amb. Christodoulos J. Lazaris, described GoG actions to address increased anti-Semitic vandalism, the current status of property restitution negotiations [...]
2009-09-09 14:33:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM KIRF KISL GR
09BAGHDAD11NAJAF CLERICAL LEADERS FEAR IRANIAN IDEOLOGICAL
[...] (S) SUMMARY. Three well-placed contacts in the Shia holy city of Najaf told us December 27 that Iranian influence there is strong and that Ayatollah Muhammad Said al-Hakim, whose family has ties to Iran, likely will succeed the aging Ayatollah Sistani. They each opined al-Hakim could begin [...]
2009-01-05 11:59:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PINS KISL IZ
09BAGHDAD1100KARBALA SHRINES PURSUING INDEPENDENT AGENDA
[...] (C) Summary: The religious leadership of Karbala's al-Husayn and al-Abbas shrines, among the most revered sites in Shi'a Islam, pursue an independent agenda encompassing economic development, reconciliation and reconstruction. Well-funded and led by representatives of Grand Ayatollah al-Sista [...]
2009-04-24 11:20:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV KISL PREL SOCI ECON IZ
09BAGHDAD1536NINEWA AND ERBIL GOVERNORS MEET IN MOSUL
[...] (C) Summary: During his May 31 visit to Mosul (reftel),the Ambassador called on local Arab and Kurdish political leaders to address their differences through dialogue. The Embassy, Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Ninewa, Regional Reconstruction Team (RRT) Erbil, and Multinational Divi [...]
2009-06-12 11:41:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV IZ PINR PINS KISL TU
09BAGHDAD1555ASSASSINATION OF SUNNI MP STRONGLY CONDEMNED
[...] (C) Summary: The June 12 assassination of prominent Sunni MP Harith al-Ubaydi rattled parliamentarians across the political spectrum. Prime Minister Maliki joined the mourners at a ceremony the following day. Ubaidy, an outspoken human rights advocate, was popular across the board and was [...]
2009-06-15 16:11:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV KISL IZ
09BAGHDAD1556ASSASSINATION OF SUNNI MP STRONGLY CONDEMNED
[...] (C) Summary: The June 12 assassination of prominent Sunni MP Harith al-Ubaydi rattled parliamentarians across the political spectrum. Prime Minister Maliki joined the mourners at a ceremony the following day. Ubaidy, an outspoken human rights advocate, was popular across the board and was a [...]
2009-06-15 16:19:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV KISL IZ
09BAGHDAD158SISTANI URGES IRAQIS TO VOTE
[...] (U) In a statement released by his Najaf office on Monday, January 19, Grand Ayatollah Ali Husayni al-Sistani urged Iraqis to vote in the upcoming provincial elections. Acknowledging the disappointment that some Iraqis have with their democratically elected officials and the electoral process, [...]
2009-01-21 14:34:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPREL KISL IZ PGOV
09BAGHDAD1745IRAQI LEADERS CALL FOR UNITY IN CONFRONTING
[...] Summary: The Ambassador attended the sixth anniversary commemoration of the death of Ayatollah Mohammed Baqr al-Hakim, the founder of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI) political movement. A Who's Who of the political class attended the ceremony, PM Maliki addressed the importance [...]
2009-06-29 12:55:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SOCI PGOV KISL PTER IR IZ
09BAGHDAD2068VISIT TO DETAINED SUNNI TRIBAL FIGURE
[...] (C) Summary: Emboffs conducted a prison visit on July 8 to see Sheikh Mutlab al-Massari, a close Embassy and U.S. military contact, prominent West Baghdad tribal leader and Sons of Iraq (SOI) affiliate. Mutlab was detained by the Iraqi Army on May 12, suspected of association with the "New Ba [...]
2009-08-02 06:32:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KISL IZ
09BAGHDAD2484 U.S. OUTREACH TO THE MUSLIM WORLD: FARAH PANDITH DESCRIBES
[...] Summary: The Department's Senior Advisor on Muslim Engagement Farah Pandith conducted a digital video conference with Iraqi media and cultural contacts to explain her office's role in reaching out to Muslim communities. This event engaged major media players in Iraq during Ramadan, allowing for [...]
2009-09-14 13:58:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KISL KPAO KCUL IZ
09BAGHDAD2599MOSQUE DISPUTE RAISES SECTARIAN TENSIONS IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: An ongoing dispute over whether a mosque located in the Salman Pak neighborhood of southern Baghdad rightfully belongs to the Sunni or the Shia Endowment is raising sectarian tensions and undermining economic reconstruction efforts in the area. The Prime Minister has appointed a [...]
2009-09-28 08:38:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETKIRF KISL PGOV PHUM SOCI IZ
09BAGHDAD2919SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FARAH PANDITH'S VISIT TO IRAQ,
[...] Summary: On her first visit to Iraq, the Secretary's Special Representative to Muslim Communities Farah Pandith reached out to a broad cross-section of Baghdad's civil society. She emphasized President Obama's promise (as enunciated in his June 2009 Cairo speech) of a renewed U.S. dialogue ba [...]
2009-11-01 15:28:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL KPAO KISL PHUM EINT IZ
09BAGHDAD378PM MALIKI: STRENGTHENED CENTER OR EMERGING
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-13 10:42:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PINS KDEM KISL IZ
09BAGHDAD379PM MALIKI: STRENGTHENED CENTER OR EMERGING
[...] (C) With the strong performance of the Da'wa Party in the January 31 provincial council elections, Prime Minister Maliki will claim a public mandate. While many media analyses have tended to overstate this case (as Maliki won no more than 38 percent in two provinces, and less elsewhere) it is [...]
2009-02-13 11:40:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PINS KDEM KISL IZ
09BAGHDAD380THE AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALLS ON KEY SHI'A
[...] (C) Summary: In farewell calls on Abdelaziz Al-Hakim, President of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI) and Ammar al-Hakim, his son and likely successor, each admitted they had been caught by surprise by ISCI's anemic performance in the January 31 provincial elections. Allowing that ISC [...]
2009-02-13 12:06:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KISL IZ
09BAGHDAD624PRT SALAH AD DIN: PILGRIMAGE SIGNALS
[...] (U) This is a PRT Salah ad Din reporting cable. 2. (U) SUMMARY: The predominantly Sunni city of Samarra in Salah Ad Din (SAD) province has made significant progress in Sunni and Shi'a reconciliation. On March 6, up to three million Shi'a pilgrims from Karbala, Baghdad and elsewhere visit [...]
2009-03-10 11:16:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KISL PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD63ASHURA IN KARBALA: PEACEFUL, CROWDED, SANGUINE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ashura commemorations passed peacefully in Karbala amid a heavy security presence, elements of which will remain in place through Arba'ayniyah (February 15-16),which marks the end of the 40-day mourning period. A record number of pilgrims, estimated at two million, participated [...]
2009-01-11 13:08:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KISL SOCI IZ
09BAGHDAD661DHI QAR UNEASILY PREPARES FOR SADRISTS IN
[...] (C) Leading Dhi Qar politicians and religious authorities are uneasy with Sadrist participation in an incoming provincial governing coalition with the Prime Minister's State of Law list and ex-Prime Minister Ja'afari's National Reform Trend. In March 8 meetings with visiting Senior Advisor [...]
2009-03-13 14:03:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KISL IZ IR
09BAGHDAD83SHIA PARTIES FACE ISSUE-BASED FISSURES BEFORE
[...] (C) Shia political parties, especially ISCI and Da'wa, are engaged in ideological and policy-based battles among themselves that might foreshadow a permanent split of the Shia electoral alliance at the national level, according to numerous meetings with our Shia contacts in Baghdad. These ba [...]
2009-01-13 12:06:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS KISL IZ
09BAKU132HOW IRAN BUILDS INFLUENCE
[...] (S) Iranian outreach activities in Azerbaijan rest on a tripod of "social engagement" organizations, including an "Iran Assistance Society"; the Baku-based Iranian Culture House and its affiliates; and the Iranian Red Crescent society, based in "Iranian Clinics" in Baku and elsewhere. Importa [...]
2009-02-18 11:10:00Embassy BakuSECRETPREL KISL ECON EAID AJ LE IZ IR
09BAKU139HOW IRAN BUILDS INFLUENCE: CULTURE HOUSE AND RED
[...] (S) In addition to operating generous micro-loan and financial grant programs (Ref A),Iran builds its influence in Azerbaijan through overlapping ideological proselytizing, recruiting, network-building. and humanitarian assistance programs operating out of the Iranian Cultural House, Iranian [...]
2009-02-20 10:44:00Embassy BakuSECRETPREL KISL EAID LE IZ AJ IR
09BAKU153STAFFDEL SOCHA'S VISIT TO AZERBAIJAN
[...] (C) Summary: On 15-17 February 2009, Embassy Baku hosted Senior Policy Adviser Chris Socha and Legislative Assistant Jack Julson from the staff of Senator DeMint (R-SC). Staff del expressed interest in energy issues; security issues, particularly vis-a-vis Russia and Iran, and the effectiven [...]
2009-02-27 10:18:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALAJ IR KISL PGOV PHUM PREL TU
09BAKU396AZERBAIJAN: DESTRUCTION OF YASAMAL DISTRICT MOSQUE
[...] (C) Summary: On 26-27 April 2009, the Yasamal District Executive Authority (YDEA) and the District Police destroyed a newly constructed mosque in Baku. As noted reftel, several journalists were harassed while documenting the event. The leader of the Yasamal District religious community, Mir [...]
2009-05-15 07:14:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALAJ IR KISL PGOV PHUM PREL
09BAKU415AZERBAIJAN: HEAD OF STATE COMMITTEE FOR WORK WITH
[...] Summary: POLOFF met with Hidayat Orucov, head of the State Committee for Works with Religious Structures (SCWRS) in April to discuss his role in leading the Government of Azerbaijan (GOAJ) delegation to the Alliance of Civilizations (AOC) event in Turkey on 06-07 April 2009. The primary pur [...]
2009-05-21 07:08:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPREL IR KIRF KISL PGOV PHUM AJ
09BAKU695IRAN POLITICS: TEHRAN UNIVERSITYSCHOLAR STRESSES
[...] (C) XXXXXXXXXXXX, told Baku Iran watcher that the latter is "more powerful than Ahmadinejad," and played a key role in the Iranian election fraud and other regime activities. He described Mesbah-Yazdi's political ideology as profoundly anti-democratic, and argued that his behind-the-scenes influenc [...]
2009-09-02 11:09:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPGOV SNAR KISL AJ IR
09BAKU738AZERBAIJAN: SUMMER 2009 MOSQUE CLOSURES,
[...] (C) Summary: Through open source reporting and communication with embassy contacts, Post provides a list of specific allegations regarding mosque closures and destruction over the last four months. Much has been made in the press regarding these closures, with some alleging a trend of religio [...]
2009-09-16 08:48:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALAJ IR KISL PGOV PHUM PREL
09BAKU745IRAN: ALLEGED OPPOSITION STRATEGY: DEMONSTRATIONS,
[...] (S) A Baku Iran watcher contact with a wide range of energy sector, government, and Mousavi advisor contacts, briefed Iran watcher on his recent trip to Tehran and Isfahan, where he met with Moussavi advisors, influential notables, and key economic figures. He related that current opposition [...]
2009-09-18 10:02:00Embassy BakuSECRETPGOV ECON ENRG PHUM KISL AJ IZ IR
09BAKU759PRIVATE IRAN COMMENTS OF SISTANI, MALIKI, AND ALI
[...] (S) A prominent Sh'ia cleric just returned from Iraq and Iran shared some of the Iran-related content of his recent meetings with Ayatollah Sistani, Prime Minister Maliki, and Ali Khomeini (a grandson of Ayatollah Khomeini). The cleric related that Maliki regards recent factional in-fighting [...]
2009-09-24 07:07:00Embassy BakuSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL KISL PHUM AJ IZ IR
09BAKU762SOURCES CLAIM RAFSANJANI, HASSAN KHOMEINI, AND
[...] (S) Citing Rafsanjani family sources (which he refused to name),Hooshang, a University of Tehran Sociology professor and Iranian politics researcher told Baku Iran Watcher on September 23 that Ayatollah Rafsanjani and Hassan Khomeini (a grandson of the Ayatollah) met with Supreme Leader Kham [...]
2009-09-24 12:01:00Embassy BakuSECRETPGOV KISL AJ IR
09BAKU85 Letter to President Obama from Chairman of the Caucasus
[...] (U) Below is the text of a letter from Sheykh-ul-Islam Haji Allahshukur Pashazade, Chairman of the Caucasus Muslim Board, which the Embassy has been asked to forward to President Barack Obama: BEGIN TEXT: No. 022 January 23, 2009 To the President of the United States of America H. E [...]
2009-02-02 11:02:00Embassy BakuUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL KDEM KISL SCUL SOCI AJ
09BAKU907IRANIAN ACTIONS AGAINST SAUDI ARABIA, NEW ANTI-US
[...] (S/NOFORN) Baku Iran watcher met on Thursday evening November 19 with an Iranian-Azerbaijani journalist/magazine editor who has reported reliably in the past. The Iranian provided the following information that he claimed to have received from a network of sources, including staff of members [...]
2009-11-20 12:24:00Embassy BakuSECRETPGOV PREL KISL PHUM PROP SA YM AJ IR
09BAKU909IRANIAN ACTIONS AGAINST SAUDI ARABIA, NEW ANTI-US
[...] (S/NOFORN) Baku Iran watcher met on Thursday evening November 19 with an Iranian-Azerbaijani journalist/magazine editor who has reported reliably in the past. The Iranian provided the following information that he claimed to have received from a network of sources, including staff of members [...]
2009-11-20 12:58:00Embassy BakuSECRETPGOV PREL KISL PHUM PROP SA YM AJ IR
09BAKU979AZERBAIJAN: US COUNCIL ON INTL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
[...] (C) Summary: From 07-12 December 2009, Embassy Baku hosted Catherine Cosman and Mary Zeng from the staff of the U.S. Council for International Religious Freedom (USCIRF). Cosman and Zeng met a wide range of official and religious contacts before attending a 10-11 December human rights confere [...]
2009-12-21 13:04:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KISL IR AJ
09BAKU990 Azerbaijan (Sort of) Celebrates Muharram, Ashoura
[...] (SBU) On December 18, Muslims worldwide started celebrations for the holy month of Muharram. In Azerbaijan, the date was marked by a simple statement, without fanfare, from the Caucasus Muslim Board. For Shi'a Muslims, including those in Azerbaijan and neighboring Iran, Muharram has a special [...]
2009-12-24 08:51:00Embassy BakuUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM PGOV KISL SCUL SOCI AJ IR
09BAMAKO15WHAT ARE WE MARCHING FOR? ANTI-ISRAELI PROTESTERS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-09 11:17:00Embassy BamakoCONFIDENTIALPREL KISL KPAL SMIG ML
09BAMAKO172IN FOOTBALL STADIUM FULL OF FOLLOWERS, ROCK STAR
[...] (SBU) Summary: During a March 15 celebration of the Muslim holiday of Mawloud at one of Bamako's largest football stadiums, imam and preacher Cherif Ousmane Madani Haidara praised U.S. support for Mali's Muslim community before a crowd of 35 to 40,000 followers. Haidara, who routinely attract [...]
2009-03-20 07:40:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KCOR KDEM KISL KIRF ML
09BAMAKO247MALI: DEMARCHE ON DURBAN REVIEW DELIVERED
[...] The Embassy delivered reftel demarche to Hamadou Albachir Toure, Chief of the Europe and Americas Desk at the Malian Foreign Ministry, on April 21. Mr. Toure thanked the Embassy for relaying this information but made no further comment. LEONARD [...]
2009-04-21 15:20:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SOCI AORC KISL PHUM KDEM ML
09BAMAKO267MALI'S ONLY ISLAMIC POLITICAL PARTY FALLS ON HARD
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-30 12:28:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR KISL KDEM KIRF ML
09BAMAKO317MALIAN POLICE PREVENT MEETING OF HOMOSEXUALS IN
[...] Summary: On April 13 Malian police prevented a gay and lesbian group from holding a meeting on the margins of an HIV/AIDS conference supported by a local NGO in Bamako. Although police dissuaded the group from meeting, erroneous local newspaper reports to the contrary prompted a group of sen [...]
2009-05-27 14:44:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV KISL ML
09BAMAKO822DAWA MEETING IN KIDAL NOT MUCH TO TALK ABOUT
[...] (S/NF) Summary: In early November the Dawa movement - also known as Jama,at al-Tabligh - hosted an international meeting in Kidal, Mali. Dawa arrived in Mali in the early-1990s and has not been able to attract a significant number of adherents. While a fundamentalist ideology, Dawa in Mali [...]
2009-12-21 06:45:00Embassy BamakoSECRET//NOFORNKISL PINS PTER PGOV ML
09BANDARSERIBEGAWAN288OVERVIEW OF BRUNEI'S HAJJ PILGRIMS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Brunei (GoB) is committed to supporting the Hajj pilgrimage for Bruneian citizens, including recent converts to Islam. As Brunei's pilgrims return, it is useful to highlight how the GoB supports the annual Hajj pilgrimage. This year, there were 766 official Bru [...]
2009-12-04 06:41:00Embassy Bandar Seri BegawanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KISL KIRF BX
09BEIJING1620PRC: RELEASE OF UIGHURS TO BERMUDA VIOLATES
[...] (S) The U.S. decision to release four Uighur detainees from Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility to Bermuda for resettlement had "seriously violated the legitimate sovereignty and national security interests of China" and China urged the United States to withdraw its plan to hand over Uighurs hel [...]
2009-06-16 08:27:00Embassy BeijingSECRETMOPS PGOV PHUM PREL PTER KAWC KISL KPAO CH
09BEIJING1650PRC: MFA SENIOR OFFICIAL PROTESTS RELEASE OF
[...] (S) China firmly opposed the transfer of Chinese citizen Uighur detainees at Guantanamo to a third nation, Chinese MFA Assistant Foreign Minister Wu Hongbo informed the Charge during a strongly-worded demarche June 17. U.S. attempts to "justify itself" were not welcomed and continuing to appro [...]
2009-06-17 23:05:00Embassy BeijingSECRETMOPS PGOV PHUM PREL PTER KAWC KISL KPAO CH PS UK
09BEIJING2754PRC RESPONSE TO GOLDSTONE REPORT
[...] (C) On September 24, PolOff delivered to Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Organizations and Conferences Department, Human Rights Affairs Division Deputy Director Yao Shaojun reftel points on U.S. concerns regarding the conclusions and recommendations of the Goldstone Report. 2. (C [...]
2009-09-24 10:28:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PTER KISL KPAL IS
09BEIJING3415CHINA AND DEFAMATION OF RELIGION RESOLUTIONS
[...] (SBU) Our concerns over the free speech implications of the OIC "defamation of religions" resolution will have little resonance with Chinese leaders. China's regional and bilateral interests with certain OIC member states also make it unlikely that the PRC will publicly back the U.S. counter [...]
2009-12-21 10:59:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL KISL KDEM PGOV OPDC CH
09BEIRUT1043LEBANESE RELIGIOUS LEADERS PESSIMISTIC ON PROGRESS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a mid-September round of calls by the Ambassador, Lebanese religious leaders expressed pessimism about political progress and ruled out deconfessionalization of Lebanon's political system. Sunni Mufti Qabbani accused Hizballah of undermining the state, and his Shia counter [...]
2009-09-24 05:22:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS KDEM SCUL KISL LE VT
09BEIRUT1238THE "LEBANONIZATION" OF HIZBALLAH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Hizballah, generally regarded as the "cleanest" of Lebanon's political parties, has been forced to defend itself in the aftermath of the financial collapse of Shia tycoon Salah Ezzedine, most of whose investors came from Hizballah-dominated communities. The Ezzedine scandal was a [...]
2009-11-18 15:34:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV SOCI KISL KCOR KDEM PTER LE
09BEIRUT1267HIZBALLAH UNVEILS ITS NEW MANIFESTO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Hizballah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah delivered a seminal speech on November 30 that detailed Hizballah's vision for Lebanon and the future of "the resistance." The last time Hizballah produced such a statement was nearly a quarter century ago, in February 1985. The new m [...]
2009-12-03 07:14:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PREL KISL IS LE
09BEIRUT1271CABINET STATEMENT SIGNED, HARIRI FACES BUMPY ROAD
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The new Lebanese cabinet finally settled on its ministerial statement -- a policy roadmap -- on December 2, but the second-guessing about how Prime Minister Saad Hariri reached that point is already well underway. Embassy interlocutors argue that Hariri made several missteps durin [...]
2009-12-03 18:23:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KDEM KISL LE
09BEIRUT1305HARIRI'S CABINET WINS HISTORIC VOTE OF CONFIDENCE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Saad Hariri's cabinet and its ministerial statement won an overwhelming vote of confidence from the Lebanese parliament late on December 10. In the final vote 122 out of 128 MPs voted to support the new government, six months after elections brought the parliament [...]
2009-12-11 16:59:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PINR KISL LE
09BEIRUT135 Lebanon -- The Daily Star is Back
[...] Summary: English-language Lebanese newspaper The Daily Star returned to publication on February 2, after having been closed since January 14 in a dispute over unpaid loans with the Standard Chartered Bank. End Summary. 2. The publisher of the Daily Star, Jamil Mroue, told Arab nationalis [...]
2009-02-03 06:45:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PREL KMDR OPRC KPAO KISL KPAL LE
09BEIRUT143 Media Ethics in the Lebanese Media
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-05 06:46:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PREL KMDR OPRC KPAO KISL KPAL LE
09BEIRUT147 Lebanon: Murr TV (MTV) To Resume Broadcasting
[...] (U) Summary: MTV announced it will resume broadcast on March 31, 2009, seven years after its coerced closure. Michel El Murr, the CEO, denied that the Lebanese Forces "or any other foreign or domestic party" was behind the reopening. March 14 contacts, however, have been pushing for the reop [...]
2009-02-05 14:48:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PREL KMDR OPRC KPAO KISL KPAL LE
09BEIRUT182 Lebanon: Media Reaction - February 17, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-17 11:39:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PREL KMDR OPRC KPAO KISL KPAL LE
09BEIRUT190 Lebanon: Power Struggle Over LBCI
[...] (U) Summary: Long standing problems between the Chairman of the Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International (LBCI),Pierre El Daher, and the Lebanese Forces Party escalated over the last two weeks. The result was that CEO Pierre El Daher blamed Lebanese security forces of failing to car [...]
2009-02-18 12:20:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PREL KMDR OPRC KPAO KISL KPAL LE
09BEIRUT214 Lebanon: Media Reaction - February 24, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-24 11:59:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PREL KMDR OPRC KPAO KISL KPAL LE
09BEIRUT242 Lebanon: Media Reaction - March 2, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-02 10:53:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PREL KMDR OPRC KPAO KISL KPAL LE
09BEIRUT255 Lebanon: Media Reaction - March 4, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-04 11:14:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PREL KMDR OPRC KPAO KISL KPAL LE
09BEIRUT318LEBANON: HIZBALLAH'S INTIMIDATION TACTICS
[...] (C) Summary: Lebanese Shi'a journalist, Tha'ir Abbas, who does not support Hizballah, reported he was harassed by Hizballah following his return from the United States, after covering the November 2008 presidential elections. His visit was funded by his newspaper, Ash-Sharq al-Awsat. End Sum [...]
2009-03-18 14:42:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALKISL KMDR KPAL KPAO OPRC PREF PREL LE
09BEIRUT322 Lebanon: Media Reaction - March 20, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-20 12:31:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PREL KMDR OPRC KPAO KISL KPAL LE
09BEIRUT333 Lebanon: Media Reaction - March 23, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-23 13:44:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PREL KMDR OPRC KPAO KISL KPAL LE
09BEIRUT371 Lebanon: Media Reaction - March 31, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-31 13:23:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PREL KMDR ORC KPAO KISL KPAL LE
09BEIRUT412LEBANON: CIVIL SOCIETY TELLS DAS SPIRNAK MEPI
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-08 06:55:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIEDEAID OPRC PGOV PINS SCUL SOCI KDEM KCRS KISL
09BEIRUT417LEBANON: CIVIL SOCIETY TELLS DAS SPIRNAK MEPI
[...] (SBU) In several meetings on March 30-31 with visiting NEA DAS Madelyn Spirnak and the Ambassador, civil society leaders thanked the USG for its support of civil society reform initiatives, mainly through Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) funding. The groups also briefed DAS Spirnak [...]
2009-04-08 16:40:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALEAID OPRC PGOV PINS SCUL SOCI KDEM KCRS KISL
09BEIRUT441 Lebanon: Media Reaction - April 16, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-16 10:09:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PREL KMDR OPRC KPAO KISL KPAL
09BEIRUT478 Lebanon: Media Reaction - April 27, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-27 11:48:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PREL KMDR OPRC KPAO KISL KPAL LE
09BEIRUT560 Lebanon: Media Reaction - May 19, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-19 14:07:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PREL KMDR OPRC KPAO KISL KPAL LE
09BEIRUT662 Lebanon: Media Reaction - June 15, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-15 11:37:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PREL KMDR OPRC KPAO KISL KPAL LE
09BEIRUT690 Lebanon: Media Reaction - June 23, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-23 11:25:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PREL KMDR OPRC KPAO KISL KPAL LE
09BEIRUT733 Lebanon: Media Reaction - June 30, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-01 07:15:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PREL KMDR OPRC KPAO KISL KPAL LE
09BEIRUT95 Lebanon: Media Reaction - January 23, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-23 09:52:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PREL KMDR OPRC KPAO KISL KPAL LE
09BEIRUT996 LEBANESE PRESS JUMPS ON STORY OF POSSIBLE HIZBALLAH MONEY
[...] Summary: Since August 31, several Lebanese newspapers have been reporting on Salah Ezzeddine declaring bankruptcy. Business tycoon Ezzedine was perceived as a trustworthy businessman because of his Hizballah connections. His bankruptcy caused severe financial damage to Shi'a investors from [...]
2009-09-08 05:10:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PREL KMDR OPRC KPAO KISL KPAL LE
09BERLIN1172SECURITY SERVICES ON ALERT AFTER AL QAIDA VIDEOS
[...] SUMMARY: German security services are on alert following the appearance of two new Al Qaida videos featuring a dual German-Moroccan citizen who threatens Germany with repercussions if German voters do not vote in the upcoming federal elections for a new government that will withdraw German fo [...]
2009-09-21 16:59:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF KISL GM
09BERLIN1361EMBASSY PRODUCING COUNTER RADICALIZATION VIDEO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Berlin is producing a counter radicalization video that highlights messages from Germany-based Muslim community leaders who reject extremism and promote tolerance and understanding among religions. Mission Germany recently organized ten days of filming by a U.S.-Indonesi [...]
2009-10-29 09:39:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPTER KISL ASEC KPAO KHLS GM
09BERLIN845ISLAM CONFERENCE ENDS WITH HIGH MARKS FROM
[...] (C) The Islam Conference ended with its fourth and final meeting on June 25 with supporters and critics of the conference representing a diverse Muslim community calling for its continuation, citing the importance of the dialogue that was begun. Interior Minister Schaeuble (CDU),who initiat [...]
2009-07-13 16:09:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KIRF KISL
09BERLIN993GERMANY'S FEDERAL STATES WRESTLE WITH INTRODUCTION
[...] (SBU) This cable provides an overview of German state programs to introduce Islamic religious education at high school and university levels. Since the 3rd plenary meeting of the German Islam Conference in June 2008, Germany's federal states -- with varying degrees of engagement and success [...]
2009-08-13 16:08:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYGM KIRF KISL PGOV PHUM
09BISHKEK181KYRGYZ PRESIDENT AND AMBASSADOR AGREE ON DANGERS
[...] (C) During a March 2 meeting to discuss the future of Manas Air Base (Ref A),President Bakiyev raised with the Ambassador his deep concerns about the spread of religious extremism in Kyrgyzstan. "Ten years ago, the problem was only in the south," Bakiyev claimed, "but now it is everywhere." [...]
2009-03-03 08:50:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KISL KG
09BISHKEK516KYRGYZSTAN: UZBEK AMBASSADOR DETAILS KYRGYZ ROLE
[...] (C) Summary: Uzbek Ambassador Pulatkhodzhaev told the Ambassador May 27 that four or five Islamic Movement of Turkestan fighters of various nationalities had infiltrated Uzbekistan from Kyrgyzstan to carry out the May 26 attack in Khanabad. Referring to Kyrgyzstan as the "weak link" in Cent [...]
2009-05-28 11:48:00Embassy BishkekCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV KISL KG
09BRASILIA1194BRAZIL, HRC, AND GOLDSTONE REPORT
[...] (U) On September 23, Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Carlos Eduardo da Cunha Oliveira, interim chief, Human Rights Division, Ministry of External Relations (MRE). Cunha Oliveira disputed some of the points in the demarche and agreed with others. 2. (U) ONE-SIDED AND BIASED REPORT: [...]
2009-09-24 18:59:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM PTER KISL KPAL IS BR
09BRASILIA1435Strategy for Engaging Brazil on Defamation of Religions
[...] (C) Summary: Brazilbs position on the bDefamation of Religionsb issue in the UN Human Rights Commission reflects a compromise between its objection to the concept on human rights grounds and its desire not to antagonize OIC countries with which it is trying to build relationships and which it s [...]
2009-12-22 19:28:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KISL KDEM PGOV OPDC BR
09BRIDGETOWN611EMBASSY BRIDGETOWN EXPANDS OUTREACH TO ISLAMIC COMMUNITIES
[...] (SBU) Following a successful inaugural Iftar celebration for Ramadan 2007, Embassy Bridgetown significantly expanded outreach to Eastern Caribbean Islamic communities in 2009 with Iftar events in three countries -- Barbados, St. Lucia, and St. Kitts and Nevis. All three events were well attend [...]
2009-10-05 14:40:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO KISL PHUM PREL XL
09BRIDGETOWN619ST LUCIA IFTAR HIGHLIGHTS COMPETITION IN LOCAL
[...] (C) The Iftar hosted by the Embassy in St. Lucia continued our efforts begun in Barbados in 2007 to reach out to the small but growing Muslim Community in the Eastern Caribbean. This community is appreciative of U.S. engagement. The local dynamics among Muslim groups competing for scarce re [...]
2009-10-07 15:38:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV SCUL KISL SOCI XL
09BRUSSELS120EU COUNTER-TERRORISM COORDINATOR ON GAERC INFORMAL
[...] (C) According to European Union (EU) Counter-Terrorism Coordinator Gilles de Kerchove, with whom Mission officers met January 27, the previous day's informal discussion on Guantanamo at the General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) remained as yet inconclusive. De Kerchove said h [...]
2009-01-28 15:15:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KAWK KISL EUN
09BRUSSELS159GUANTANAMO: EU PREPARES DECISIONS, HAS QUESTIONS
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 4. 2. (C) POL M-C met February 3 with an EU Council Americas Directorate staff member Christiane Hoehn at her request. Hoehn asked a dozen specific questions related to our ongoing discussions with the EU concerning the release of Guantan [...]
2009-02-04 12:03:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KAWK KISL EUN
09BRUSSELS1633DHS SECRETARY NAPOLITANO'S NOVEMBER 6 MEETING WITH
[...] (C) Summary: DHS Secretary Napolitano met November 6 with Belgian Minister of Interior Annemie Turtelboom to promote information sharing and security. The Secretary stressed the importance of finding a solution for the Swift Terrorist Finance Tracking Program (TFTP) issue prior to December 1. [...]
2009-12-03 17:14:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV KTFN KHLS KISL BE EU
09BRUSSELS1718BRUSSELS APPELLATE COURT ACQUITS DHKP-C OF
[...] (U) Belgian media reported December 23 that the Brussels Appellate Court found the six defendants in the on-going DHKP-C (Revolutionary People's Liberation Party active in Turkey) case not guilty under Belgium's 2005 counterterrorism law. The defendants are Turks who were arrested in 1999 in [...]
2009-12-23 15:50:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV KISL TU BE
09BRUSSELS269GUANTANAMO: AMBASSADOR WILLIAMSON CONFERS WITH EU
[...] (C) SUMMARY: S/WCI Ambassador Clint Williamson and European Union (EU) Counter-Terrorism Coordinator Gilles de Kerchove discussed de Kerchove's upcoming whitepaper for the EU Council on detainee issues and its relevance for developing a common EU position on the topic. The two also spoke about whic [...]
2009-02-25 18:46:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL KAWK KISL PTER EUN
09BRUSSELS444EUROPEAN UNION EFFORTS TO COUNTER MUSLIM RADICALIZATION
[...] (U) The European Union (EU),with the European Commission at the forefront, has made several advances in the past six months in addressing the topic of Muslim radicalization and related terrorism. The Commission has revised its Plan of Action on Combating Terrorism, or Action Plan, as it doe [...]
2009-03-27 13:34:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER EUN SOCI PHUM PINS SCUL KISL
09BRUSSELS57ANTWERP THE CITY OF DIVERSITY: TWO OBSERVERS
[...] (C) Summary: Poloff met with two activists of Moroccan descent in Antwerp January 14 to get their readout on how local government engagement with the Muslim community and a readout on the January 4 demonstrations against Israel which became violent. The Antwerp police detained about 90 youth [...]
2009-01-15 15:46:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPGOV KISL BE
09BRUSSELS654VLAAMS BELANG: FLANDERS' FAR RIGHT PARTY LOOKS
[...] (C) Summary: The Far Right Vlaams Belang (VB) is campaigning hard in the run-up to the June 7 regional and European elections. The most notable slogans since the campaign began on March 7 are "Flemish Money in Flemish Hands" and "This is Our Land." These slogans are meant to conjure the VB's [...]
2009-05-08 15:48:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KISL BE
09BRUSSELS655VLAAMS BELANG: FLANDERS' FAR RIGHT PARTY LOOKS
[...] (C) Summary: The Far Right Vlaams Belang (VB) is campaigning hard in the run-up to the June 7 regional and European elections. The most notable slogans since the campaign began on March 7 are "Flemish Money in Flemish Hands" and "This is Our Land." These slogans are meant to conjure the VB's [...]
2009-05-08 15:48:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KISL BE
09BRUSSELS846BELGIAN MUSLIMS REACT TO POTUS SPEECH
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-19 12:09:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SOCI PHUM SCUL KISL KWMN MO TU BE
09BRUSSELS853BELGIAN MUSLIMS REACT TO POTUS SPEECH
[...] (U) This cable is a correction for deleted BRUSSELS 846. Population figures for Muslims in para 2 have been revised upwards. 2. (SBU) Summary: At a June 10 luncheon for Muslim community leaders, activists, and academics, Charge elicited the reaction to President Obama's June 4 speech. Bel [...]
2009-06-19 16:11:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SOCI PHUM SCUL KISL KWMN MO TU BE
09BRUSSELS895BELGIUM ON PKK AND CT COOPERATION
[...] (S) Summary: Principal Deputy Counterterrorism Coordinator Ambassador Ronald Schlicher met June 9 with Belgian CT officials to discuss PKK, Roj-TV, and wider CT cooperation; a luncheon hosted by the Charge covered additional CT themes. Ambassador Schlicher conveyed a message from Danish CT off [...]
2009-06-30 09:15:00Embassy BrusselsSECRETPREL PGOV PTER KISL PINR TU IZ BE
09BUDAPEST910ENGAGING HUNGARY ON THE "DEFAMATION OF RELIGIONS"
[...] (SBU) Hungary has a clear track record on the "defamation of religions" question. It backs the common EU position, which echoes USG recommendations, and in November 2009 voted against the UN Third Committee resolution on the issue. In the UN Human Rights Council, it has stood with us on other [...]
2009-12-30 10:20:00Embassy BudapestUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM PGOV KISL KDEM OPDC HU
09CAIRO1061 REACTION TO THE PRESIDENT'S SPEECH FROM RELIGIOUS LEADERS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Reaction from the religious leadership in Egypt to the President's June 4 speech has been positive and reflects comments from various sectors of Egyptian society regarding their wish to see tangible outcomes. END SUMMARY 2. (U) The Islamic Research Council (IRC) of the Al-Azhar [...]
2009-06-11 13:50:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KISL KIRF EG
09CAIRO107NORTH SINAI REACTION TO GAZA CONFLICT
[...] (SBU) Summary: During a trip to the North Sinai Governorate on January 19-20, we met with local leaders and discussed the recent fighting in Gaza, and its effect on the neighboring communities in Egypt. All the leaders, with whom we met, noted that the local population--which is a mixture of [...]
2009-01-22 14:15:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPAL PREF EAID PHUM KISL ECON IS EG
09CAIRO1094IO DELEGATION'S POSITIVE MULTILATERAL HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-15 14:01:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KISL UN EG
09CAIRO1109COURT REJECTS CHRISTIAN CONVERT'S IDENTITY
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-16 14:56:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KIRF KISL SOCI EG
09CAIRO1158 EGYPT - FOLLOW-UP TO THE PRESIDENT'S SPEECH PART I- WAY
[...] (SBU) Key Points: -- The President's historic June 4speech in Cairo converges with efforts at post and initial discussions with the government of Egypt to refocus Economic Support Fund priorities toward poverty eradication, with special emphasis on improving education and access to opportunity [...]
2009-06-22 13:50:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KISL KIRF EG
09CAIRO1258ARAB LEAGUE SECRETARIAT SEEKS FOLLOW-UP ON
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-02 13:12:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALOPDC PREL KISL EG
09CAIRO134IMPRISONED QURANIST BLOGGER RELEASED
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-26 14:58:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KIRF KISL EG
09CAIRO1410ARAB LEAGUE COS FOLLOW-UP ON US-ARAB COOPERATION;
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-22 10:12:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KISL SCUL EG
09CAIRO1415 EGYPT: FOLLOW-UP TO THE CAIRO SPEECH
[...] (U) Even before Air Force One departed on June 4, Embassy Cairo began wide-ranging consultations with Egyptian civil-society, private sector, and government leaders focused on implementing President Obama's ideas. Egyptians are proud and excited that the President chose Cairo as the speech ven [...]
2009-07-22 14:01:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KISL KIRF EG
09CAIRO1457EGYPT'S SHI'A CRACKDOWN
[...] Key Points -- (C) According to Mohamed al-Darini (ref A),a leader of the Egyptian Shi'a Supreme Council of the Descendants of the Prophet, Egyptian security forces have arrested approximately 300 Shi'a since mid-April. The Council's headquarters has been shut down by authorities. -- ( [...]
2009-07-30 04:29:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KIRF KISL PTER EG IR
09CAIRO1547STRIKES AND MOULIDS IN NILE DELTA TEXTILE CENTER
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-09 14:54:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALELAB PGOV PHUM KISL SOCI EG
09CAIRO1723EGYPTIAN ISLAMIST MEETS WITH STAFFDEL HOGREFE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-03 14:59:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KISL EG
09CAIRO1767AMBASSADOR HOSTS EGYPTIAN RELIGIOUS INTELLECTUALS
[...] (U) Summary: On August 12, the Ambassador hosted a lunch for intellectual leaders from Egypt,s Muslim community, as follow-up to President Obama,s June 2009 Cairo speech. Spirited discussion took place on how to facilitate continued dialogue. Guests stressed the need to engage the American [...]
2009-09-13 13:52:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KISL KPAO EG
09CAIRO1834DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CONSTRUCTIVE OUTCOME FROM THE GOLDSTONE REPORT REF: STATE 98567 Classified By: Economic-Political Minister-Counselor Donald A. Blome for reason 1.4 (b).
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-23 14:33:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PTER UN KISL KPAL IS EG
09CAIRO1893REPORTS OF DIVISIONS WITHIN THE MB FOLLOWING THE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-01 16:20:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PHUM KISL EG
09CAIRO1918EGYPTIAN GOVERNMENT PUSHES BACK ON THE NIQAB
[...] Key points: -- (C) Leadership of both Islamic and secular educational institutions are increasingly critical of the niqab, a full facial veil exposing only the wearer's eyes, and have announced or intend soon to announce restrictions. These restrictions fall far short of a general prohibition. -- ( [...]
2009-10-08 06:44:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KISL KIRF SOCI EG
09CAIRO1984EGYPTIAN CONVERT CONVICTED OF FORGERY
[...] (SBU) On October 14, a Cairo criminal court convicted Einas Refaat Mohamed Hassan, a convert from Islam to Christianity, of forgery for possessing a false national identity card. Hassan apparently used documents formerly belonging to a deceased Christian woman to obtain a national identity card lis [...]
2009-10-19 14:51:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KIRF KISL EG
09CAIRO202SALAFISM ON THE RISE IN EGYPT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-04 14:13:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL KISL PTER KIRF SOCI SCUL PGOV EG
09CAIRO2058EGYPT: INAUGURAL ARAB WORLD FORUM SEEKS SENIOR USG
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-29 13:33:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KISL KIRF EG
09CAIRO2176EGYPT'S MUFTI ON NIQAB CONTROVERSY
[...] Key Points -- (C) In a November 9 meeting with the Ambassador, Egypt's Grand Mufti Ali Gom'aa said that while the niqab (full-facial veil) is not a requirement in Islam, women should have the right to wear it if they chose. -- (C) Commenting on sectarian strife in Egypt, the Mufti said that formal [...]
2009-11-19 10:37:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALKISL SOCI KIRF KPAO KWMN EG
09CAIRO2229EGYPTIAN QURANIST DETAINED, RELEASED
[...] Key Points: -- (SBU) On November 18, security officials at Cairo International Airport detained Abdel Latif Mohamed Saied, a member of the heterodox Islamic Quranist movement, when he attempted to board a flight for Khartoum. -- (C) On November 24, Embassy Cairo raised Saied's detention with Deputy [...]
2009-12-02 14:34:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KIRF KISL EG
09CAIRO283MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD'S PARTY PLATFORM INDEFINITELY
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-17 14:37:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL KISL KDEM EG
09CAIRO323PARLIAMENTARY SPEAKER ON UPCOMING LEGISLATION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-23 12:31:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM KISL IR EG
09CAIRO328DINNER WITH PARLIAMENT'S FOREIGN RELATIONS
[...] (C) Summary: On February 22, the DCM hosted a dinner for several members of the Foreign Relations Committee of the People's Assembly. The attendees included two National Democratic Party (NDP) MP's, one independent, and two Muslim Brotherhood (MB) parliamentarians, including the head of the M [...]
2009-02-23 13:57:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM KISL PTER EAID KPAL PA IS EG
09CAIRO44PROGRESS ON WOMEN'S ISSUES, DESPITE SOME GOE
[...] (C) Summary and comment: The past six months have seen significant progress on women's issues in Egypt. Recent advances for women on combating female genital mutilation (FGM) and sexual harassment and assault have stood out in an environment characterized by backsliding on issues such as pre [...]
2009-01-12 09:02:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM SOCI KWMN KISL KIRF EG
09CAIRO45RISING ANGER OVER GAZA
[...] (C) Summary and comment: Egyptians are seething over Israeli military operations in Gaza. The January 9 "Day of Anger and Solidarity with Gaza," supported by a range of Egyptian opposition forces, most prominently the Muslim Brotherhood (MB),featured the largest protests since the crisis bega [...]
2009-01-12 09:27:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KISL KPAL IS PA EG
09CAIRO468"APRIL 6" LEADER PESSIMISTIC ABOUT STRIKE;
[...] (S) KEY POINTS -- (S) "April 6 Movement" leader Ahmed Saleh is pessimistic the group will be able to organize an effective strike on April 6 to protest political and economic conditions. He cited an Egyptian public distracted by other problems and probable State Security (SSIS) interference [...]
2009-03-18 15:00:00Embassy CairoSECRETPGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KISL EG
09CAIRO470DARFURI LEADERS IN CAIRO SUPPORT ICC ARREST
[...] Key Points -- (C) We met with Cairo office representatives from the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM),Sudanese Liberation Army (SLA)-Minni Minawi, SLA-Unity, The Sons of the Fur (who have strong ties to SLA-Abdel Wahid al-Nur),and the Darfuri Arab Democratic Popular Front (DPF) on March [...]
2009-03-18 15:53:00Embassy CairoSECRETPREL PREF KPKO PHUM KICR KISL EAID QA LY ER
09CAIRO477EGYPTIAN CONVERT STRUGGLES FOR ACCEPTANCE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-19 14:53:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KIRF KISL SOCI EG
09CAIRO547EGYPTIAN SHI'A LEADER ON RELATIONS WITH GOE, IRAN
[...] Key Points: --(C) We met recently with Mohamed al-Darini, leader of the Supreme Council of the Descendants of the Prophet, an Egyptian Shi'a organization. According to al-Darini, there are approximately 60,000 Shi'a in Egypt, not counting Iraqi refugees. --(C) Al-Darini said Egypt's Sh [...]
2009-03-31 11:58:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPHUM KIRF KISL PREF SOCI EG IR IZ
09CAIRO575NEW MINISTER ON FAMILY PLANNING, GIRLS' EDUCATION
[...] KEY POINTS -- (C) On March 29, New Minister for Families and Population Moushira Khattab told the Ambassador and the USAID Mission Director that significant economic development in Egypt will not be possible without limiting population growth. -- (C) Minister Khattab said that girls' educa [...]
2009-04-05 08:46:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KISL KWMN SOCI EG
09CAIRO626SOUTH SUDAN LIAISON OFFICE ON ICC AND CPA
[...] (C) Key Points -- According to Government of South Sudan (GOSS) officials, the GOSS expected an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Bashir and has encouraged him to work with the ICC and not ignore the warrant. -- Bashir has turned the ICC arrest warrant into a fight with the West. The [...]
2009-04-13 09:07:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON PGOV KISL SU EG
09CAIRO634DARFURI ARAB LEADERS IN CAIRO CONCERNED ABOUT
[...] (C) Key Points -- Osama El Hassan, Secretary General of the Sudanese Democratic Popular Front (DPF) and Siddique Ander, Chairman of the DPF, told us on April 1 that Darfuri Arabs are fearful of being targeted by the Darfuri Rebel groups as retribution for "past crimes," even though most Darf [...]
2009-04-14 05:00:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL KISL PTER SU CD IR EG
09CAIRO713QURANIST BARRED FROM TRAVEL TO U.S.
[...] KEY POINTS: -- (SBU) On April 24, Egyptian security officials prevented Abdel Latif Mohamed Saied from boarding a flight to the United States. Saied, a member of the heterodox Islamic Quranist movement, intended to travel to Washington to participate in the Center for the Study of Islam [...]
2009-04-27 12:01:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KIRF KISL EG
09CAIRO724EGYPT:LET'S KILL ALL THE PIGS
[...] (SBU) Summary and comment: While Egyptian authorities have been responding to the virus formerly known as Swine Flu (and now known as H1N1) in measured ways -stepping up a mostly moribund program to move swine out of urban areas to the countryside, testing swine and swine workers for the H1N1 v [...]
2009-04-29 08:17:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU KSTH PGOV ECON KSCA EAGR KISL KIRF USDA
09CAIRO743EGYPT'S PIG SLAUGHTER CONTINUES
[...] (SBU) We met April 30 with Dr. Mona Mehrez, director of the Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation's (MALR's) Animal Health Research Institute today. Mehrez confirmed Egypt's mass pig slaughtering operation began in earnest April 30. MALR teams are doing the killing. The goal is no pig [...]
2009-04-30 14:01:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO EAGR PGOV ECON KFLU KSTH KSCA KISL EG
09CAIRO771EGYPT'S WAR ON FLUQPIG FARMERS CLASH WITH CULL TEAMS
[...] (SBU) Key Points: -- There have been reports of sporadic clashes between pig farmers and GOE culling team as the pig cull in Egypt enters its second week. There is a heavy police presence in the Mokkattum area on Cairo's east side, home to many of the country's backyard pig farms. -- D [...]
2009-05-06 11:13:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO EAGR PGOV ECON KFLU KSTH KSCA KISL KIRF EG
09CAIRO775MUBARAK USES LABOR DAY SPEECH TO CRITICIZE STRIKERS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-06 14:42:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALELAB ECON EFIN PGOV KISL EG
09CAIRO937SCENESETTER FOR THE PRESIDENT'S CAIRO VISIT
[...] (SBU) Mission Cairo welcomes your visit, the first by a U.S. president to Cairo since President Clinton's in 1990. The Egyptian Government will also warmly welcome you, as will the Egyptian people, who are proud that the U.S. has recognized what they view as Egypt's central role in the Arab [...]
2009-05-26 09:35:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KISL KIRF EG
09CAIRO945CONVERSATION WITH EGYPTIAN MUSLIM TELEVANGELIST
[...] Key Points: -- (C) According to Moez Massoud, a rising star among Egyptian Muslim televangelists, Salafists and the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) are competing fiercely for influence among Egypt's youth. -- (C) Massoud said Salafist influence - which has been present in Egypt since the movements founding [...]
2009-05-27 14:49:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPGOV KISL KIRF KPAO SOCI EG
09CAIRO98GAZA: REVERBERATIONS WITHIN EGYPT
[...] (C) Summary: The Gaza crisis has inflamed a visceral hatred of Israel among Egyptians, and deepened disaffection for the Mubarak regime, furthering negative views of Mubarak as a "Western puppet." While GOE efforts to counter the negative propaganda may soften current hard feelings, the immed [...]
2009-01-20 15:21:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM KISL PA IS EG
09CARACAS1507CHAVEZ GIVES IRANIAN LEADER WARM WELCOME; SIGNS MORE
[...] (SBU) Summary: President Hugo Chavez provided a warm welcome to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad during his November 24-26 visit to Venezuela, declaring he and his Iranian counterpart were , "together to the end." The Iranian's visit attracted small protests from student, Venezu [...]
2009-11-27 21:36:00Embassy CaracasUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL IR VE KISL
09CASABLANCA166ELIMINATING SLUMS THAT BREED EXTREMISM IN MOROCCO
[...] (SBU) Summary: As part of Morocco's efforts to manage the socio-economic conditions that indirectly contribute to the growth of extremism, close to 40 percent of the country's 70 urban slums have been eradicated over the past several years and its inhabitants re-housed in new government-subsid [...]
2009-08-17 14:22:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV PREL KISL MO
09CASABLANCA210MOROCCO, THE WORLD'S NEXT HOLLYWOOD?
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Situated in central Morocco, the Souss-Massa-Draa region has become one of the world's most appealing film locations - and the backdrop for several major Hollywood films starring actors such as Angelina Jolie, Russell Crowe, and Leonardo DiCaprio. The Moroccan government has im [...]
2009-11-19 09:12:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV PGOV SOCI KISL MO
09CASABLANCA47MOROCCO/IRAN: THE PHANTOM SHIA MENACE
[...] (C) Summary: One of Morocco's top experts on Islam discounted the government of Morocco's (GOM) explanation that the Iranian Shia menace was a proximate cause of the breakdown in relations between the two countries. Whatever Iran's alleged proselytizing activities may have borne, the penetra [...]
2009-03-23 19:46:00Consulate CasablancaSECRETPREL PGOV KISL KTER MO AG IR
09CASABLANCA63MOROCCO'S MIDDLE CLASS PART III: DISCONTENT WITH
[...] (SBU) Summary: Private and public sector efforts to strengthen Morocco's middle class have done little to quell the increasing discontent among the lower echelons of Morocco's middle class. Conversations with contacts in academia and civic society reveal that this segment of society is increa [...]
2009-04-03 15:30:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON KISL MO PGOV PREL
09CASABLANCA67MOROCCO's GRAPES OF WRATH
[...] (SBU) Summary: The city of Meknes is the center of Morocco's budding wine business, employing 6,000 people and producing 70 percent of the country's wine. Paradoxically, until early 2009 the city was governed by the Islamist-oriented Party of Justice and Development (PJD). The story of Mekne [...]
2009-04-10 16:16:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ECON PGOV SOCI KISL MO
09CASABLANCA83MOROCCO'S NON-EMERGING ALTERNATIVE: ISLAMIC FINANCE
[...] (C) Summary: In late 2007, Morocco's central bank authorized Sharia-compliant products to be sold in the country's leading commercial banks. To date, the products have had limited success in penetrating the financial market due to two major constraints: the country's fiscal policy and a gove [...]
2009-04-30 16:19:00Consulate CasablancaCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN SOCI KISL MO
09CASABLANCA90ISLAMISTS CALL FOR DIALOGUE WITH SALAFIST
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In the aftermath of the 2003 Casablanca suicide bombings the government of Morocco (GOM) detained and prosecuted thousands of suspected Islamic extremists. The creation of a concentrated Salafist population in the prisons has presented the GOM with new challenges including the b [...]
2009-05-11 18:12:00Consulate CasablancaCONFIDENTIALPTER PINS KISL PHUM MO
09COPENHAGEN543PRESIDENTIAL ENTREPRENEURIAL SUMMIT - ENGAGING
[...] (SBU) This message addresses reftel action items due November 30. Post welcomes the opportunity to participate in this initiative, even though the economic context for Muslims in Denmark is substantially different from the norm in the Muslim world. While Denmark's population is largely homo [...]
2009-12-01 06:33:00Embassy CopenhagenUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID PREL SOCI KISL DA
09COTONOU154COTONOU REPORTS ON THE PLACEMENT OF STATE AND
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-20 06:14:00Embassy CotonouUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KDEM KPAO KISL PINR BN
09COTONOU157COTONOU REPORTS ON THE PLACEMENT OF STATE AND
[...] PAS Cotonou reports the following placements of State Department materials, articles on Mission-hosted activities and U.S. centered articles in the government-owned newspaper, La Nation, and various independent newspapers: February 2 The following articles were published: An article in the [...]
2009-04-20 11:32:00Embassy CotonouUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KDEM KPAO KISL PINR BN
09COTONOU241BENIN GPRA REPORT: TRANSPARENCY AND GOOD GOVERNANCE PROGRAM
[...] DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITY: Benin's participants in the March 16-April 3, 2009 Transparency and Good Governance Program, Dr. Eric Adja, Communication Assistant and Technical Advisor at the Presidency of Benin Republic and Evelle Gomez, Head of Debt Collection and Prosecution at the "Agence Judicia [...]
2009-06-05 10:25:00Embassy CotonouUNCLASSIFIEDKIRC OIIP KDEM KPAO KISL PINR ML
09COTONOU308CHARGE PARTICIPATES IN TV DEBATE ON OBAMA'S CAIRO SPEECH
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-17 03:08:00Embassy CotonouUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KDEM KPAO KISL PINR BN
09COTONOU43BENIN: GPRA Report - Black History Month Programming
[...] DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITY: As part of the activities scheduled to celebrate Black History Month, the Public Diplomacy Section of the American Cultural Center in Benin hosted a Black History Month film series program at its outdoor amphitheater. In her opening remarks for the showing of the firs [...]
2009-02-12 12:47:00Embassy CotonouUNCLASSIFIEDKIRC OEXC KPAO BN KISL SCUL
09COTONOU515BENIN: BLOOD DRIVE MUSLIM COMMUNITY PROJECT
[...] SUMMARY: On September 16, 2009, the American Embassy in collaboration with the interfaith dialogue committee organized the first blood drive community project at the Mosque of Cadjehoun. This blood drive community project was identified during the interfaith dialogue conference held on Septembe [...]
2009-10-27 01:52:00Embassy CotonouUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OIIP SCUL KISL BN
09COTONOU71COTONOU REPORTS ON THE PLACEMENT OF STATE AND
[...] Print January 6 The following articles were published: An article in the government-owned newspaper, La Nation, in the independent daily newspapers Le Matin and Le Telegramme, based on the Mission-produced press release on USS Robert Bradley's visit to Benin titled "Cooperation militaire: u [...]
2009-03-02 10:19:00Embassy CotonouUNCLASSIFIEDKIRC OIIP KDEM KPAO KISL PINR BN
09COTONOU73BENIN: GPRA REPORT : ALETA WILLIAMS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-03 04:30:00Embassy CotonouUNCLASSIFIEDKIRC OIIP KDEM KPAO KISL PINR ML
09COTONOU82BENIN: GPRA Report-WOMEN'S MONTH Programming
[...] DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITY: The American Cultural Center in Benin hosted the showing of the film dealing with sexual harassment entitled "Au nom de toutes les femmes" (On Behalf of All Women). In her opening remarks before the viewing, PAO Rhonda J. Watson briefed the audience about the origins of [...]
2009-03-06 08:36:00Embassy CotonouUNCLASSIFIEDKIRC OEXC KPAO KISL SCUL BN
09DAKAR130RELIGION IN SENEGAL-THE SHIA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-03 14:40:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS SOCI PINR KDEM KISL KIRF SG
09DAKAR1539Ambassador Meets Mouride Caliph
[...] (SBU) Summary: During a meeting with Serigne Bara Lamine Mbacke, the Caliph-General (or grand marabout) of Senegal's powerful Mouride Muslim brotherhood, the Ambassador requested help to end child trafficking and child begging and discussed transparency in government and the fight against corru [...]
2009-12-24 10:10:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINS PINR KDEM GTIP KISL SG
09DAKAR220SENEGAL FEBRUARY 2009 SCENESETTER
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Senegal is preparing to hold local elections amid an atmosphere of slowly building social unrest due to ongoing economic difficulties, poor management of the country's public finances, and disillusionment with Senegal's overall governance. The Senegalese are known for and proud [...]
2009-02-23 13:03:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINS ASEC SOCI PHUM PINR KDEM KISL ECON
09DAKAR226Senegal: Massive pilgrimage to Touba underlines strength of
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 14 the Mouride brotherhood celebrated its annual pilgrimage known as the Magal or "elevation" in Wolof. The Magal commemorates the exile of the founder of the brotherhood, Ahmadou Bamba MBacke, to Gabon by French Colonial authorities in 1895. This year's Magal saw m [...]
2009-02-24 11:10:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINS KDEM KISL ECON SG
09DAKAR890Animism in Senegal
[...] SUMMARY: During a trip to the Kedougou Region of southern Senegal, Poloff visited the Bedik village of Ewol whose people still practice a nature based form of animism and who have long resisted conversion to Islam or Christianity. While it is difficult to estimate how many true animists remain [...]
2009-07-14 10:39:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINS KISL SG
09DAMASCUS806A SUNNI GAMBIT? PM UTRI'S PROPOSED "NEW" PERSONAL
[...] (C) Summary: After provoking another controversial debate on religious freedom and women's issues by attempting to amend the Personal Status Law (PSL) in April, Prime Minister Muhammad Naji al-Utri has again introduced a draft that closely mirrors the current PSL from 1953. Some contacts sugg [...]
2009-11-19 13:09:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KIRF KISL KMPI KWMN SCUL SOCI
09DARESSALAAM372TANZANIAN MUSLIMS POSITIVE, BUT AWAITING ACTION FOLLOWING
[...] SUMMARY: President Obama's Cairo speech to the Muslim world received positive feedback in Tanzania, but Muslims say they are now "waiting for action." Opinion leaders thought the speech "marks the beginning of new relations with the Muslim world" but were reserved awaiting follow-on actions. [...]
2009-06-05 12:16:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KIRF KISL KDEM KPAO TZ
09DARESSALAAM40RELIGION AND POLITICS IN TANZANIA: DEBATE ON OIC MEMBERSHIP
[...] (SBU) Summary. During the latter half of 2008, debate simmered between Christian and Muslim Tanzanians regarding membership in the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC). Foreign Minister Membe sparked the recent round of discussion by indicating that Tanzania would seek membership, a p [...]
2009-01-22 07:10:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM KISL TZ
09DARESSALAAM484CONSULTING ON MUSLIM ENGAGEMENT
[...] SUMMARY: Following the President's Cairo Speech, we have consulted with various civil society groups and key target communities to identify ways to move forward priorities outlined in the speech. Among ideas presented by stakeholders for renewed collaboration are opening a community center tha [...]
2009-07-23 15:09:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIEDEAID OEXC SCUL KPAO KISL TZ
09DARESSALAAM73TANZANIA'S RELIGIOUS LANDSCAPE
[...] (U) Summary and Introduction: Tanzania's current religious identification demographics are 62 percent Christian, 35 percent Muslim and three percent other (traditional beliefs, Hindu, Sikh, Baha'i). The Tanzanian state does not gather religious identification census data as a matter of policy [...]
2009-02-04 12:53:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIRF KISL KDEM KPAO PHUM PGOV TZ
09DHAHRAN14SHI'A LEADERS MEET WITH KING AFTER MEDINA INCIDENT
[...] (C) Key Points: ------------------ -- King Abdullah met with more than 100 Shi'a leaders from Qatif, al-Ahsa, and Medina related to the sectarian clashes at Baqi'a cemetery (ref A). -- Following the meeting, the King announced the immediate release of all 38 detainees involved in the [...]
2009-03-04 15:44:00Consulate DhahranCONFIDENTIALSA PGOV PINR PHUM PREL KDEM KIRF KISL
09DHAHRAN210SAUDI SHI'A CELEBRATE IMAM AL-MAHDI'S BIRTHDAY
[...] (C/NF) The Shi'a of Qatif openly celebrated the birthday of Imam al-Mahdi -- who is recognized by most Shi'a as the twelfth and final (hidden) Imam -- on August 6 with impromptu public plays, free food, and candy for the children. PolOff and two EmbOffs from Riyadh visited Qatif during the fes [...]
2009-08-10 16:02:00Consulate DhahranCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKIRF KISL PGOV PHUM SA
09DHAHRAN217SAUDI PROVINCIAL AUTHORITIES CLOSE SHIA MOSQUES IN
[...] (C/NF) During the past year the provincial government in the Eastern Province (EP) has closed five Shia mosques (four Twelver Shia and one Ismaili Shia) in the commercial city of al-Khobar, with the last two being closed in the past two weeks. The provincial government reportedly carried out t [...]
2009-08-15 11:25:00Consulate DhahranCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKIRF KISL PGOV PHUM SA
09DHAHRAN219SHIA BUSINESS LEADERS MAKE A STRONG SHOWING IN AL-AHSA
[...] (SBU) In the July 25 al-Ahsa Chamber of Commerce elections, Shia candidates won five of the eight eligible board positions, with the remaining three going to Sunnis. In the previous elections in 2005, the ratio was the reverse in favor of Sunni candidates. One of the Shia victors attributed t [...]
2009-08-19 11:40:00Consulate DhahranCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ECON KIRF KISL KDEM SA
09DHAHRAN220BANNED SAUDI WEBSITE LAUNCHES ENGLISH-LANGUAGE VERSION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-19 14:28:00Consulate DhahranCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV KIRF KISL PHUM SA
09DHAHRAN222BANNED SAUDI WEBSITE LAUNCHES ENGLISH-LANGUAGE VERSION
[...] (C/NF) Rasid.com, the popular Arabic-language news website run by a small group of Saudi Shia political activists, launched an English-language version on August 1. The managing editor of Rasid explained that they hope to reach a larger audience with the English-language version. Both the Ara [...]
2009-08-19 15:38:00Consulate DhahranCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV KIRF KISL PHUM SA
09DHAHRAN246SAUDI AUTHORITIES CRACK DOWN ON SHIA IN AL-AHSA
[...] (C) Saudi authorities have stepped up discriminatory actions against Shia citizens in the Eastern Province (EP) oasis of al-Ahsa over the past year. Contacts point to the governor of al-Ahsa, HH Prince Badr bin Mohammad bin Abdullah Al Saud, as the main force behind the most recent uptick in s [...]
2009-09-16 13:30:00Consulate DhahranCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKIRF KISL PGOV PHUM SA
09DHAHRAN40SAUDI HEZBOLLAH LEADER WARNS OF SECTARIAN VIOLENCE
[...] (C/NF) Key Points: --------------------- -- XXXXXXXXXXXX (strictly protect),a popular Shi'a cleric and alleged leader of Saudi Hezbollah, met with PolOff after years of refusing to meet with USG officials (ref A). -- XXXXXXXXXXXX declared that the USG could persuade the SAG to adopt se [...]
2009-03-22 08:19:00Consulate DhahranCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNSA LE IR PGOV PTER PHUM KIRF KISL KDEM
09DHAHRAN46SHI'A PROTESTS LEAD TO ARRESTS, INCLUDING TWO AMERICANS
[...] (C/NF) Key Points: --------------------- -- On Thursday, March 19 Shi'a from the Awamiyya village in the Qatif oasis conducted a sit-in to protest the SAG's intention of arresting the radical Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr, who has been in hiding since calling for possible secession from Saudi Arabia [...]
2009-03-25 11:51:00Consulate DhahranCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNSA KU PGOV PHUM PINR KIRF KISL KDEM
09DHAHRAN8SHI'A UNREST CONTINUES TO BUILD AFTER THE MEDINA INCIDENT
[...] (C) Key Points: ----------------- -- The Shi'a clashes with Saudi security forces in Medina in February have set off a wave of demonstrations, protests, and calls on the government for justice. -- Members of the Shi'a communities from the Eastern Province were involved in the Baqi'a cemet [...]
2009-03-02 16:22:00Consulate DhahranCONFIDENTIALKDEM KIRF KISL PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER SA IR LE
09DHAKA1007GOVERNMENT OF BANGLADESH BANS HIZB UT-TAHRIR OVER
[...] (C) On October 22, the Government of Bangladesh banned the Islamist group Hizb ut-Tahrir Bangladesh (HTB) after determining the organization's activities were a threat to public safety. GOB officials stated their intent to use Bangladesh's new Prevention of Terrorism Act 2009, drafted with M [...]
2009-10-29 10:20:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PTER PINR KTFN KISL BG
09DHAKA1024BANGLADESH ARRESTS FOUNDER OF HUJI-B
[...] (C) Bangladesh authorities arrested Moulana Abdus Salam, the founder of Harkatul Jihad al Islami - Bangladesh (HUJI-B),which is on the Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) list on November 1. GOB officials said Salam's latest arrest was linked to his alleged role in a 2004 assassination att [...]
2009-11-09 08:08:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PTER PINR KTFN KISL BG
09DHAKA120PARLIAMENT VOTES FOR BANGLADESH WAR CRIMES TRIBUNAL
[...] (C) The new government must immediately take steps to try those suspected of committing war crimes during Bangladesh's 1971 war of independence, said a resolution the Awami League-dominated parliament passed unanimously January 29. Those pushing for the establishment of a war crimes tribunal a [...]
2009-02-02 10:17:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PTER KDEM PHUM KAWC KISL BD
09DHAKA122GOB'S CHIEF IMAM APPOINTMENT RUFFLES FEATHERS
[...] (SBU) An early challenge to the Awami League government from its religio-cultural as well as political opposition led to a security force crack-down at Dhaka's central mosque January 30. The move came after protesters objecting to the January 1 appointment of a new khatib (chief imam) at the n [...]
2009-02-03 09:56:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR PTER KDEM KISL BD
09DHAKA235EDUCATION MINISTER LOOKS TO CURRICULUM AND
[...] (SBU) Acknowledging significant problems in the education sector, the new Minister of Education told the Ambassador he intended to focus on introducing a uniform curriculum into Bangladesh's schools, increasing vocational and technical education opportunities and campaigning against illiteracy. [...]
2009-03-05 03:35:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SOCI SCUL KISL BG
09DHAKA239EDUCATION REFORM: FOR QAWMI MADRASAS TOO?
[...] (C) The new Awami League government recently announced plans to introduce a uniform curriculum into Bangladesh's multi-curriculumed schools. The Minister of Education told the Ambassador he intends to include qawmi madrasas (non-regulated, privately-funded Islam-focused institutions) in the ne [...]
2009-03-05 07:57:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PTER KISL SOCI SCUL BG
09DHAKA240TEXTILES MINISTER HOPES TO REVIVE JUTE INDUSTRY
[...] (C) The Minister of Textiles and Jute looks to private sector investment to revive Bangladesh's ailing jute industry and said the country's textile industry was feeling the effects of the global financial crisis. Well-disposed towards the United States, he thanked the USG for its support of the [...]
2009-03-05 07:59:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ETRD ECON PREL PTER KTEX KISL BG
09DHAKA345GOVT SAYS WAR CRIMES TRIAL PROCESS BEGINS APRIL 8.
[...] (C) The GOB intends to prosecute war crimes committed during the country's 1971 war of independence (reftel) on the basis of legislation passed in 1973, which may not provide a current internationally-acceptable basis for war crimes prosecution. The Law Minister announced the process would beg [...]
2009-04-06 09:28:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PTER KDEM ASEC KISL KAWC PHUM
09DHAKA361HIZB UT TAHRIR IN BANGLADESH: STILL NEW, STILL
[...] (SBU) Hizb-ut-Tahrir Bangladesh (HTB) was established in Dhaka in 2001 and has an estimated membership of about 3,000 young, well-educated, middle-class Bangladeshis, mostly from Dhaka. In common with the global HT movement, HTB claims to aspire to the establishment of a Muslim caliphate throug [...]
2009-04-09 04:31:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR PTER KDEM ASEC KISL BG
09DHAKA372LAW ENFORCEMENT IN BANGLADESH: CAUTION AHEAD
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-13 06:37:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALASEC KAWC KDEM KISL PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER
09DHAKA394BANGLADESH'S NEW ATTORNEY GENERAL OUTLINES AGENDA:
[...] (C) New Attorney General (AG) Mahbubey Alam, a barrister in private practice, recently detailed how the GOB was considering three adjudicative approaches (standard trials, war crimes tribunals, and military courts martial) to deal with the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) mutiny during a recent meeting [...]
2009-04-21 08:13:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALASEC KAWC KDEM KISL PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER
09DHAKA419WHAT DO BANGLADESH'S DEOBANDI QAWMI MADRASAS WANT?
[...] (SBU) Addressing problems related to the country's privately-funded unregulated Islamic education system (qawmi madrasas - QMs) has emerged as one of the Awami League government's top priorities. The government seeks more control over qawmi madrasas and fears failure to equip students with ski [...]
2009-04-28 04:16:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PTER KDEM KISL SOCI BG
09DHAKA431THE GOB SAYS IT IS SERIOUS ABOUT QAWMI MADRASA
[...] (C) After a rocky start, the Awami League government and Bangladesh's qawmi madrasa (QM) community appear to have laid the necessary groundwork for much-needed dialogue aimed at addressing problems related to the country's privately-funded unregulated Islamic education system. That said, the so [...]
2009-04-30 03:34:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PTER KDEM KISL SOCI BG
09DHAKA443ISLAMIC PARTIES AND THE QAWMI MADRASA COMMUNITY (3
[...] (C) Addressing problems related to the country's privately-funded unregulated Islamic education system (qawmi madrasas - QMs) has emerged as one of the Awami League government's top priorities. A proportion of Bangladesh's Deobandi qawmi madrasa (DQM) community has strong ties to small Islamic [...]
2009-05-04 10:01:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PTER KDEM KISL SOCI BG
09DHAKA464A WAY FORWARD FOR MUTUAL LEGAL ASSISTANCE AND
[...] (C) GOB's Law Minister Shafique Ahmed recently promised the government's full support for the development of a mutual legal assistance (MLA) program for Bangladesh, including the establishment of a Central Authority for MLA in the Office of the Attorney General (OAG). The Law Minister also agr [...]
2009-05-07 11:50:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALASEC KAWC KISL PGOV PHUM PREL PTER SNAR BG
09DHAKA474PAKISTANI AND FRENCH ENVOYS CRITICIZE UN
[...] (C) The Pakistani High Commissioner told the Ambassador May 10 he questioned the legitimacy of the UNDP Representative's interactions with the Government of Bangladesh (GOB) on the war crimes issues stemming from Bangladesh's 1971 War of Liberation. The French Ambassador indicated that the Gov [...]
2009-05-12 05:46:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PTER KDEM KISL PHUM KAWC BG
09DHAKA475BANGLADESH'S AHLE HADITH QAWMI MADRASAS: FEW AND
[...] (SBU) Bangladesh's Ahle Hadith qawmi madrasas (AHQM) would not object to coming under government oversight, according to a senior Ahle Hadith (AH) representative, who told post there were approximately 200 AHQMs in Bangladesh, mostly concentrated in the northwest. He said attempts were underway [...]
2009-05-12 10:15:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR PTER KDEM KISL SOCI BG
09DHAKA579PRESIDENT OBAMA'S CAIRO SPEECH BIG HIT IN BANGLADESH
[...] Summary: President Obama's Cairo speech received extensive and positive coverage in the local media. Five local television stations available to millions of cable or satellite subscribers throughout the country broadcast the speech live or on tape delay. Nine newspapers, including two of the [...]
2009-06-09 00:57:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL KISL BG
09DHAKA848THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING BANGLA: QUICK BANGLA TRANSLATION
[...] Summary: President Obama's Ramadan message received extensive coverage in the local media. The White House's Bangla translation ensured timely dissemination of the message immediately before the start of Ramadan. Seven local television stations broadcasting to 40 percent of Bangladesh's 150 [...]
2009-08-30 06:22:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PREL KISL BG
09DHAKA974BANGLADESH MEDIA CONGRATULATE PRESIDENT OBAMA FOR WINNING
[...] Summary and comment: President Obama's selection for this year's Nobel Peace Prize received extensive and positive coverage in the local media. Newspaper editorials across the political spectrum generally applauded the President's selection. Most mainstream commentary agreed with the Nobel c [...]
2009-10-14 23:59:00Embassy DhakaUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL KISL BG
09DJIBOUTI1173DJIBOUTI ON GOLDSTONE REPORT AND HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
[...] (SBU) PolOff discussed reftel points with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of Legal and Consular Affairs Marie Natalis on October 1. Natalis serves as the MFA's representative on Djibouti's newly-formed National Human Rights Commission, and acts as the MFA's de facto Djibouti-based f [...]
2009-10-01 13:13:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KWMN KISL SOCI KPAL IS DJ
09DJIBOUTI657MEDIA REACTION TO JUNE 4 POTUS SPEECH
[...] SUMMARY: Government-owned press in Djibouti devoted considerable media attention to the June 4 POTUS speech in Cairo before, during, and after the event. Prior to the speech, French-language newspapers carried a lengthy opinion piece reflecting the Government of Djibouti's expectations that t [...]
2009-06-09 16:22:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO KISL KPAL DJ
09DOHA28AL-JAZEERA IMAM BLASTS JEWS, U.S., AND ARAB
[...] (U) In a Friday, January 9, sermon broadcast on Al Jazeera Arabic, Imam Yousef Al-Qaradawi condemned Jews for spreading "corruption in the land," and for victimizing the Muslim people. He cited the Babylonian Captivity and the Roman conquest as historical examples of God's punishment of Israe [...]
2009-01-13 13:22:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM KIRF KISL QA
09DUBLIN304MUSLIMS IN IRELAND - A CHANGING COMMUNITY
[...] (U) Summary: The Irish Muslim community is one of the fastest growing minority communities in Ireland and is one of the major contributors to Ireland,s shift from an overwhelmingly homogeneous society to a multi-cultural one. The Irish Government has made some attempts at reaching out to the M [...]
2009-08-14 10:37:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PTER KISL EI
09DUSHANBE290TO WHOM DO TAJIKS LISTEN? MEETING THE IMAMS
[...] (C) Summary: As the Government of Tajikistan's credibility deteriorates and economic conditions worsen, Tajikistan's independent imams are becoming increasingly popular. These imams are attracting thousands of worshippers during Friday prayers, expanding their mosques, and enjoying a degree of [...]
2009-03-04 12:23:00Embassy DushanbeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KISL TI
09DUSHANBE346THREE FACES OF TAJIKISTAN'S SUNNI LEADERSHIP
[...] (C) Summary: EmbOffs have reached out to more of Tajikistan's imams to get their impressions of religious life in Tajikistan and perceptions of the United States. The dissatisfaction voiced by Tajikistan's increasingly popular independent imams, as described in reftel, appears to be shared by [...]
2009-03-19 11:32:00Embassy DushanbeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KISL TI
09DUSHANBE347TAJIKISTAN'S NEW LAW ON RELIGION - USHERING IN A NEW ROUND
[...] (C) Summary: Parliament has passed a new Law on Freedom of Conscience and Religious Associations (Religion Law),and President Rahmon is poised to sign the bill into law. The law is full of internal contradictions, and codifies numerous restrictions that government officials have been preempti [...]
2009-03-19 13:14:00Embassy DushanbeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KISL TI
09DUSHANBE357EMBASSY DUSHANBE REACHES OUT TO RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES IN THE
[...] (SBU) Summary: EmbOffs and William Trigg, USAID's Regional Society and State Advisor based in Bishkek, travelled to the Ferghana Valley in Northern Tajikistan to conduct outreach events with young people and members of the religious community. EmbOffs met students at a madrassa and worshippers [...]
2009-03-25 08:07:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV KIRF KISL TI
09DUSHANBE401THREE FACES OF TAJIKISTAN'S SUNNI LEADERSHIP
[...] (C) Summary: EmbOffs have reached out to more of Tajikistan's imams to get their impressions of religious life in Tajikistan and perceptions of the United States. The dissatisfaction voiced by Tajikistan's increasingly popular independent imams, as described in reftel, appears to be shared by [...]
2009-03-30 13:11:00Embassy DushanbeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KISL TI
09DUSHANBE416GOVERNMENT SMOTHERS COVERAGE OF RELIGION LAW
[...] (C) Summary: The Government of Tajikistan continues to use smoke and mirrors in discussing its religious policy. Government officials deflected criticism of the new religion law (reftel A) at a March 30 press round table without providing any substantive basis for their comments. The governmen [...]
2009-04-06 11:36:00Embassy DushanbeCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KISL TI
09DUSHANBE688TAJIK IMAMS RETURN FROM UNITED STATES WITH NEW OUTLOOK ON
[...] (U) Summary: On June 1 CAO and PolOffs met with Domullo Numonkhon and Mullo Abdurahim, two of the five independent Tajik imams who traveled to the United States on the International Visitor Leadership Program. Numonkhon and Abdurahim are both conservative, and both had criticized U.S. foreign [...]
2009-06-04 12:38:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KPAO KIRF KISL PINR TI
09DUSHANBE704RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS OFFICIALS IN TAJIKISTAN: WHO'S RUNNING THE
[...] (C) Summary: Catherine Cosman, Senior Analyst at the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF),met with Tajik officials June 1-4 to discuss the country's religious policy. USCIRF has placed Tajikistan on a list of countries of concern because of government restrictions on re [...]
2009-06-05 12:14:00Embassy DushanbeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KISL TI
09DUSHANBE724TAJIK AUDIENCE CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC AND RECEPTIVE TO OBAMA
[...] (U) Summary: In Tajikistan, an extremely poor country where 97% of the population is Muslim, few people watched the speech, either because it was broadcast in English or because it was available only via satellite and few had receivers. An audience of 40 came to watch the speech at the embassy [...]
2009-06-09 11:27:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPAO KISL KDEM PHUM TI
09DUSHANBE725UNIVERSITY HIJAB BAN: STUDENTS SPEAK OUT, OFFER VIEWS ON
[...] (SBU) Summary: Administrators at the National University of Tajikistan in Dushanbe recently expelled several students for failing to comply with a ban on wearing the hijab in class. On May 28, EmbOffs spoke to four students -- two men and two women -- who criticized the government's heavy-ha [...]
2009-06-10 12:14:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV KIRF KISL TI
09DUSHANBE845TAJIKISTAN - FORMER UTO COMMANDER ZIYOEV KILLED
[...] (C) Summary: On July 11 former United Tajik Opposition (UTO) commander and Minister of Emergency Situations Mirzo Ziyoev was killed in mysterious circumstances in Tavildara district. He was with the armed group led by Ne'mat Azizov and Mullo Abdullo in the week preceding his death. There are [...]
2009-07-14 12:32:00Embassy DushanbeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PINR PTER KCRM KISL TI
09DUSHANBE957PROMINENT FORMER OPPOSITION LEADER TURAJONZODA SHARES VIEWS
[...] (C) Summary: On July 30, Embassy PolOffs and two DRL representatives met with Hoji Akbar Turajonzoda, a charismatic religious leader who was among the top leaders of the United Tajik Opposition during Tajikistan's civil war. Despite his continued harsh criticism of President Rahmon, Turajonzod [...]
2009-08-07 12:04:00Embassy DushanbeCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KIRF KISL TI
09DUSSELDORF10IJU/"SAUERLAND CELL" TERRORISM TRIAL OPENS IN DUESSELDORF
[...] (SBU) Summary: The trial of the "Sauerland Cell" charged with membership in the Islamic Jihad Union (IJU) and planning terrorist attacks in Germany against American and other targets began on April 22 amidst strict security and enormous media attention at the High Security Court in Duesseldorf [...]
2009-04-22 17:46:00Consulate DusseldorfUNCLASSIFIEDPTER KISL PGOV KCRM KZ PK UZ GM
09DUSSELDORF16TRIAL OF GERMAN PKK LEADER HUESEYIN ACAR BEING
[...] (U) The trial of alleged Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) Germany leader Hueseyin Acar (aka Hueseyin Colak),began on April 27 in Duesseldorf, the latest in a series of high profile terrorism cases at the city's Higher Regional Court. German authorities have charged Acar (49) with leading an inte [...]
2009-04-27 16:14:00Consulate DusseldorfUNCLASSIFIEDPTER KISL PGOV KCRM TU GM
09DUSSELDORF17CORRECTED COPY: TRIAL OF GERMAN PKK LEADER HUESEYIN ACAR
[...] (U) The trial of alleged Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) Germany leader Hueseyin Acar (aka Hueseyin Colak),began on April 27 in Duesseldorf, the latest in a series of high profile terrorism cases at the city's Higher Regional Court. German authorities have charged Acar (49) with leading an inte [...]
2009-04-27 16:34:00Consulate DusseldorfUNCLASSIFIEDPTER KISL PGOV KCRM TU GM
09DUSSELDORF19LEADERSHIP CHANGES IN GERMAN MUSLIM COUNCIL; LITTLE PROGRESS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Concluding his six-month rotating leadership of Germany's Muslim Coordination Council (KRM),spokesman Erol Puerlue called for patience in judging its work. He said it was a challenge to deliver tangible results, partly because of differences within the KRM but also because the [...]
2009-05-08 15:19:00Consulate DusseldorfUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KISL GM
09DUSSELDORF27FORMER PKK LEADER IN GERMANY SENTENCED TO PRISON TERM
[...] (U) Former Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) leader for Germany, Hueseyin Acar (aka Hueseyin Colak),was sentenced on July 31 to three years and nine months in prison on charges of leadership of a criminal organization and coercion by the Higher Regional Court in Duesseldorf. The coercion cha [...]
2009-08-03 16:21:00Consulate DusseldorfUNCLASSIFIEDPTER KISL PGOV KCRM TU GM
09DUSSELDORF29NEW EDITION OF ANTI-EXTREMISM COMIC BOOK "ANDI 3" EXPECTED
[...] (U) Continuing their series of comic books designed to combat extremism amongst German youth in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW),the state's Office for the Protection of the Constitution (OPC) is expecting to release a third volume of the Andi series, Andi 3 (see reftel),by the end of the [...]
2009-08-07 14:45:00Consulate DusseldorfUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KISL PTER KPAO GM
09DUSSELDORF30U.S. MILITARY PERSONNEL IN GERMANY WERE PRIME TARGETS, IJU
[...] (U) Summary: The leader of the "Islamic Jihad Union" (IJU) Sauerland cell, Fritz Gelowicz (29),made a full confession in the ongoing terrorist trial at the Duesseldorf Higher Regional Court (reftels) on August 10, confirming that U.S. military personnel in Germany were the primary target for [...]
2009-08-12 15:44:00Consulate DusseldorfUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PGOV PREL KISL KCRM PK UZ GM
09DUSSELDORF32RIGHT-WING PARTIES IN NRW ELECTIONS FULL OF SOUND AND FURY
[...] (U) Summary: While right-wing extremist parties are likely to make gains in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) state-wide municipal elections at the end of August, their electoral success will actually be meager in the grand scheme of things. Despite historic difficulty in the region, extreme right [...]
2009-08-19 16:04:00Consulate DusseldorfUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KISL CASC ASEC GM
09DUSSELDORF35ATTACK ON RAMSTEIN AFB PLANNED FOR ITS SYMBOLIC VALUE,
[...] (U) Daniel Schneider, one of the defendants in the ongoing terrorist trial of the "Islamic Jihad Union" (IJU) Sauerland cell (reftel),testified before the Duesseldorf Higher Regional Court on September 15 that the group considered attacking the U.S. Air Force Base in Ramstein for its symbolic [...]
2009-09-21 07:57:00Consulate DusseldorfUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PGOV PREL KISL KCRM PK UZ GM
09DUSSELDORF46COLOGNE MOSQUE/CULTURAL CENTER CORNERSTONE LAYING - A
[...] (SBU) Summary: On November 7, the cornerstone for the Turkish Islamic Union's (DITIB) Cologne mosque and cultural center was laid in the presence of 2,000 guests, including senior representatives from the German and Turkish governments, and representatives of major religious communities Afte [...]
2009-11-16 14:23:00Consulate DusseldorfUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KISL PHUM TU GM
09DUSSELDORF47NRW STATE MINISTER EXPLAINS GERMANY'S INTEGRATION CHALLENGE
[...] (SBU) Summary: North Rhine-Westphalia's (NRW) Minister for Generations, Women, Families and Integration Armin Laschet told the Ambassador and Dusseldorf CG November 18 that Germany has a multi-faceted integration problem that must be immediately addressed. The Minister noted Germany's long-t [...]
2009-11-24 11:30:00Consulate DusseldorfUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KISL
09GENEVA263UNHCR OFFERS SEVERAL WAYS FORWARD ON THE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a very productive March 26 meeting with S/WCI Ambassador Clint Williamson, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Assistant High Commissioner for Protection Erika Feller offered the USG several options to assist in finding durable solutions for remaining [...]
2009-03-30 07:22:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREF PREL KDRG PGOV PTER MOPS KAWK KISL
09GENEVA280S/WCI AMB. WILLIAMSON'S GENEVA CONSULTATIONS WITH
[...] (C) Summary: S/WCI Ambassador Williamson met separately with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR). In both meetings he outlined the Department of Justice (DOJ) -led review of the remaining 241 detainees at Guantanamo that i [...]
2009-04-03 15:56:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREF PREL KDRG PGOV PTER MOPS KAWK KISL
09GENEVA34SADA CUMBER'S FAREWELL CALL ON OIC SECRETARY
[...] (SBU) Special Envoy to the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) Sada Cumber paid a farewell call on OIC Secretary General Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu on January 11 in Geneva. The two agreed to work swiftly on the details of USG-OIC cooperation on maternal and infant mortality. They discuss [...]
2009-01-15 17:21:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPREL KISL EAID OIC SA
09GENEVA383GUANTANAMO: SPECIAL ENVOY FRIED AND UNHCR ON NEXT
[...] (U)Special Envoy for Guantanamo Closure Fried and Acting PRM A/S Witten, accompanied by S/GC Williams, Mission RMA Counselor and Legal Adviser, met on May 18th with UNHCR,s Assistant High Commissioner for Protection, Erika Feller, and her staff to discuss USG progress towards GTMO closure and t [...]
2009-05-20 07:35:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREF PREL KDRG PGOV PTER MOPS KAWK KISL
09GENEVA77DURBAN REVIEW TURNS EVEN MORE SOUR: CAN THE
[...] (C) In turbulent negotiations from January 19-23, observers told us the Durban Review process and discourse became "poisonous" and the draft text -- at over 200 paragraphs -- even more problematic. The UK, the Netherlands, and Denmark are considering withdrawing from the process (Canada and [...]
2009-01-28 16:36:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNHRC PGOV KISL
09GEORGETOWN8GUYANA,S RULING PARTY LEADS MUSLIM COMMUNITY IN
[...] (U) The ruling People's Progressive Party (PPP) led some 80 demonstrators in a peaceful event in front of the Embassy on January 9. High profile protesters included PPP General Secretary Donald Ramotar, Minister of Amerindian Affairs Pauline Sukhai, and a number of other former Ministers who [...]
2009-01-09 19:11:00Embassy GeorgetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV KISL GY
09HELSINKI239FINLAND: MUSLIM POPULATION AND DEMOGRAPHICS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Over the last two decades, Finland has experienced significant growth in its Muslim population, albeit based on smaller numbers than other European countries. In the last decade, the growth occurred mainly due to refugee acceptance programs. Analyzing that growth proves chall [...]
2009-06-24 10:42:00Embassy HelsinkiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPINR KISL KPLS FI PHUM PGOV
09ISLAMABAD1074MODERATE RELIGIOUS LEADERS FIND THEIR VOICE
[...] (C) Summary: Bolstered by the government's new determination to combat terrorism, usually quiet moderate Pakistani religious leaders have begun publicly to condemn the Taliban. The most vocal are the Barelvi leaders who have formed a new alliance, the Sunni Ittehad Council, to counter the Ta [...]
2009-05-18 11:55:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV PHUM KISL PK
09ISLAMABAD358SHARIAT COURT OVERTURNS RAPE LAW
[...] (U) Summary: Pakistan's Federal Shariat Court invalidated a 25 year-old law allowing a man accused of rape to impeach the credibility of his alleged victim by offering evidence she "was of generally immoral character." In its judgment, the four-member panel requested President Zardari repea [...]
2009-02-19 11:36:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL KTIP KISL KWMN PK
09ISTANBUL351ISLAM, AKP, HEADSCARVES, FETHULLAH GULEN, AND THE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-14 12:04:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALKISL PGOV PREL TU
09ISTANBUL357ISLAM, AKP, HEADSCARVES, FETHULLAH GULEN, AND THE
[...] (SBU). SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION. A wide range of our contacts dismissed the notion that Turkey is at risk of becoming an Islamic Republic. Their consensus is that the political system is flexible enough to accommodate pious Turks, growing political activism. Though this activism will contin [...]
2009-09-17 14:25:00Consulate IstanbulCONFIDENTIALKISL PGOV PREL TU
09JAKARTA1148KEY INDONESIAN OFFICIAL FACING SAO DIFFICULTIES
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Mission requires the Department's urgent assistance in securing Security Advisory Opinion (SAO) clearance for a senior GOI official and prominent Islamic leader who hopes to travel to Washington for meetings with House Democracy Assistance Commission (HDAC) Co-Chairs Congressman [...]
2009-07-07 11:33:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL CVIS KISL ID
09JAKARTA1156SAO--URGENT ASSISTANCE NEEDED IN VISA CLEARANCE
[...] (U) This is an Action Request. See paragraph 3. 2. (U) Mission in reftel requested the Department's urgent assistance in securing Security Advisory Opinion (SAO) clearance for Hidayat Nur Wahid to travel to the United States. Nur Wahid is Chairman of the People's Consultative Assembly ( [...]
2009-07-08 09:56:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL CVIS KISL ID
09JAKARTA1187INDONESIAN MUSLIM GROUPS PROTEST TREATMENT OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Hundreds of protesters from various Indonesian hardline Islamic groups rallied outside the Chinese Embassy in Jakarta on July 13 protesting Chinese treatment of ethnic Uighurs. The protesters--who briefly clashed with security guards--urged that the GOI put diplomatic pressure [...]
2009-07-15 03:53:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL KISL PGOV ID CH
09JAKARTA1191ACEH -- MAINTAINING THE PEACE AND RECONCILIATION
[...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Medan. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Hume briefed ambassadors and country directors of major donor organizations on July 7 on a U.S. Mission initiative to form a group of eminent Achenese to advise on the way forward in consolidating peace and [...]
2009-07-15 09:49:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM KISL PGOV ID
09JAKARTA1198ISLAMIC CARD FAILS IN RECENT PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Vice President Kalla's attempt to play the Islamic card in Indonesia's recent presidential election campaign failed spectacularly. Despite blatantly playing up Muslim symbolism and his support from Muslim organizations, he only garnered 10-15 percent of the total vote. These [...]
2009-07-16 04:24:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KISL KDEM SOCI ID
09JAKARTA1230INDONESIA REACTS TO BOMB BLASTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: President Yudhoyono's public speculation that the July 17 bombings of two luxury hotels could be an attempt to sabotage his new, second administration and destabilize the country met with sharp criticism. Opposition parties claimed he was trying to intimidate them due to their [...]
2009-07-23 05:48:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KISL PTER ID
09JAKARTA1236OFFICIAL RESULTS CONFIRM THAT YUDHOYONO WON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: As expected, final results have confirmed that President Yudhoyono won the July 8 presidential election, taking over 60 percent of the vote. Yudhoyono's victory was also broad-based, winning 28 of 33 provinces. Former president Megawati--who finished a distant second--continu [...]
2009-07-24 07:46:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KISL ID
09JAKARTA1262MOVING TOWARD A U.S.-INDONESIA INTERFAITH DIALOGUE
[...] (U) Please see Action Request in para 7; this message is Sensitive but Unclassified. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Indonesian officials are eager to develop a bilateral interfaith dialogue with the U.S. as part of our emerging Comprehensive Partnership. Mission is discussing the idea with GOI offic [...]
2009-07-29 07:18:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KISL ID
09JAKARTA1269INDONESIA--REALIZING THE PRESIDENT'S CAIRO VISION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Expanded and more robust engagement with Indonesia is critical to the President's vision of a new relationship with the Muslim world as outlined in his Cairo speech. Now is the time to advance key elements of our Comprehensive Partnership with Indonesia--the Muslim world's larg [...]
2009-07-29 10:34:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SCUL SOCI KISL EAID ECON ID XF
09JAKARTA1306KEY INDONESIAN ANTI-CORRUPTION OFFICIAL FACING SAO
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Jakarta requires the Department's urgent assistance in securing Security Advisory Opinion (SAO) clearance for a GOI official who was invited by the FBI and U.S. Marshal Service to Washington for anti-corruption consultations. Facilitating this travel is a United States priority. [...]
2009-08-06 10:13:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL CVIS KISL ID
09JAKARTA1425INTERFAITH DIALOGUE -- INDONESIANS SUPPORT A
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesian officials remain hopeful that a proposed interfaith dialogue with the U.S. will include a strong bilateral component. During his June meeting with the Secretary, FM Wirajuda expressed his strong preference for a bilateral interfaith dialogue within the context of the [...]
2009-08-28 02:36:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KISL ID
09JAKARTA144CONSERVATIVE MUSLIM BODY LOSING CREDIBILITY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia's most important Islamic juridical body, the MUI, issued a series of controversial edicts (fatwas) during its recent national conference. The edicts included partial bans on yoga and smoking. The group also urged Muslims to vote for qualified Muslims in coming electi [...]
2009-01-28 09:05:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KISL ID
09JAKARTA1465RAMADAN IN INDONESIA -- AMID FASTING AND
[...] SUMMARY: Indonesia's over 200 million Muslims are observing the month of Ramadan in festive fashion with a constant round of Iftaar (breaking fast) events. Per local government orders, night clubs, massage parlors and saunas are shut, while karaoke and live music venues are maintaining limi [...]
2009-09-02 09:39:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KISL KIRF ID
09JAKARTA1471GOI RECEPTIVE TO U.S. "FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION"
[...] (C) SUMMARY: IO/RHS Director Keshap recently visited Jakarta. Keshap met with senior GOI officials to garner support for a draft resolution on "Freedom of Expression" to be tabled at the upcoming UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) session. The GOI indicated support for U.S. proposals aimed at [...]
2009-09-03 06:53:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KISL ID
09JAKARTA1511ENSURING COMPREHENSIVE PARTNERSHIP LONG-TERM SUCCESS: JAKARTA REACTION TO NIC REPORT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Comprehensive Partnership with Indonesia offers an opportunity to guide Indonesia toward the "ASEAN Leader" scenario in the February 2009 NIC Report, "Indonesia: Scenarios for the Future and Implications for US Interests. Above all, Indonesia,s future depends on the quality of [...]
2009-09-11 00:49:00Embassy JakartaSECRETKDEM KISL PINR PREL XB
09JAKARTA1519UNHRC "FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION" RESOLUTION --
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Per reftel instruction, poloff met with Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) contacts, explained USG positions, and urged the GOI to support USG priorities at the upcoming UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC). Contacts indicated support for U.S. initiatives and stressed that Indonesi [...]
2009-09-11 09:53:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL KISL SOCI ID UN
09JAKARTA1555INTERFAITH DIALOGUE -- WORKING WITH INDONESIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission is working closely with the GOI to finalize details of the proposed bilateral interfaith dialogue with the U.S. Poloff met recently with GOI officials to discuss key elements of the dialogue, which is slated to take place in Jakarta in November. The GOI is being very f [...]
2009-09-16 07:27:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KISL KPAO ID
09JAKARTA1569CENTRAL GOVERNMENT TO REVIEW CONTROVERSIAL ACEH
[...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Medan. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Stepping in to try to quell a firestorm of outrage, President Yudhoyono's spokesman has announced that the central government would work to strike down a controversial new Sharia bylaw in Aceh on constitutional ground [...]
2009-09-17 08:46:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KISL SOCI ID
09JAKARTA1571SAO -- URGENT ASSISTANCE NEEDED IN RESOLVING VISA
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Mission requires the Department's urgent assistant in securing a resolution for a Security Advisory Opinion (SAO) for a senior GOI official who hopes to travel to Pittsburgh for the upcoming G20 summit. The applicant's position is the equivalent of a top presidential aide on the [...]
2009-09-17 11:07:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL CVIS KISL ID
09JAKARTA1579EID HOLIDAYS IN INDONESIA -- THE MASS EXODUS BEGINS
[...] SUMMARY: With the close of Ramadan fasting approaching, Indonesia--the world's largest Muslim country by population--is bracing for a mass exodus of millions from urban areas to home villages. Almost 25 million people are expected to head home during the two-week period surrounding the Eid- [...]
2009-09-18 09:11:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KISL KIRF ECON ID
09JAKARTA1612VISA CLEARANCE NEEDED FOR NOTED INDONESIAN SCHOLAR
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified; Please see Action Request in para 5. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Mission requests the Department's urgent assistance in resolving visa clearance for a distinguished Indonesian scholar who hopes to travel to Northern Illinois University to receive an [...]
2009-09-25 10:17:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL CVIS KISL KPAO ID
09JAKARTA1732DECISION AND GUIDANCE REQUEST ON VISA CASE OF
[...] (U) The following is an action request. Please see paragraph 7. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In reftel, Post sought Department's urgent assistance in adjudicating the visa case of Director General of the Ministry of Defense, Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin so that he might travel with President Yudhoyono to t [...]
2009-10-15 06:14:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL CVIS KISL ID
09JAKARTA1771MOVING FORWARD ON INTERFAITH DIALOGUE AND BALI
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Umar Hadi, Director for Public Diplomacy at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU),confirmed in his recent meeting with CDA that the GOI remained committed to holding an interfaith dialogue with the U.S. Hadi welcomed high level U.S. participation in both the Bali Democracy F [...]
2009-10-22 11:58:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KISL KPAO ID
09JAKARTA1785ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON VISA CASE OF
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In reftel message, Mission provided information regarding allegations of gross human rights violations against presidential advisor and Defense Secretary General Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin. Mission is p [...]
2009-10-26 11:08:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL CVIS KISL ID
09JAKARTA1790MUSLIM ORGANIZATION PRODUCING MOVIE FOCUSED ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Muhammadiyah--one of Indonesia's largest Muslim organizations with over 35 million members--is producing a movie designed to promote religious tolerance. Muhammadiyah has teamed up with Indonesian National Intelligence (BIN),the police, and an ex-leader of the terrorist group J [...]
2009-10-27 10:21:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KISL ID
09JAKARTA1803UN CONVENTION ON DEFAMATION OF RELIGION --
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission has engaged Department of Foreign Affairs interlocutors regarding the draft UN convention on religion. We underscored that the convention could entail legal obligations that would justify censorship and other limits on freedom of expression. We also encouraged Indonesi [...]
2009-10-29 10:51:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL KISL UN ID
09JAKARTA1835INDONESIA PREPARES FOR THE HAJJ
[...] SUMMARY: With the start of the Hajj pilgrimage quickly approaching, Indonesia--the world's largest Muslim country by population--is making massive preparations for the annual pilgrimage to Mecca. Indonesia is the largest contributor to the Hajj, sending over 200,000 pilgrims. Amid the regul [...]
2009-11-05 04:26:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KISL KIRF ID SA
09JAKARTA1840INDONESIA -- REALIZING THE PRESIDENT'S CAIRO VISION
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified. It contains Action Requests in paras 4, 6, 8, 9, 11 and 12. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: We have an opportunity to enhance relations with Indonesia and carry out the President's vision of a "New Beginning" with the Muslim world. President Yudhoyono's [...]
2009-11-05 10:42:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SOCI KISL EAID ID XF
09JAKARTA1856CONTAINING DAMAGE FROM THE VISA CASE OF
[...] (S) On November 9, Ambassador informed Department of Foreign Affairs Director General for America and Europe Ambassador Retno Marsudi that Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin would be found ineligible for a U.S. visa. The Ambassador said the Embassy considers the case closed because Sjamsoeddin withdrew his [...]
2009-11-09 09:28:00Embassy JakartaSECRETPREL CVIS KISL ID
09JAKARTA1857RADICAL GROUPS HOLD LARGE, PEACEFUL PROTEST
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Members of several radical Muslim groups held a peaceful rally in front of Mission on November 8 to protest Israeli actions. Approximately 6,000 demonstrators participated in the FUI-sponsored demonstration. The FUI--whi [...]
2009-11-09 10:23:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KISL ASEC ID
09JAKARTA189INDONESIA'S ISLAMIC PARTIES--FADING A BIT AHEAD OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia's Islamic-oriented parties have so far not picked up much traction in the campaign for the April legislative elections. The Prosperous Justice Party (PKS)--which had high expectations--has faded a bit in the polls. Other conservative Muslim parties have also not made [...]
2009-02-05 08:16:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KISL ID
09JAKARTA1919INTERFAITH DIALOGUE WITH INDONESIA -- MOVING THE
[...] (U) This message contains an Action Request -- Please see paras 6-7. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Along with the USG, the Indonesian government has now committed funds and set a January 25-27, 2010, date for the planned joint Interfaith Dialogue. A representative of the U.S. NGO Religions for Peace [...]
2009-11-20 09:49:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL KISL KIRF KPAO ID
09JAKARTA1982INDONESIA STILL LIKELY TO SUPPORT OIC IN UN
[...] (SBU) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Mission urged Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs interlocutors to vote no or abstain from the December vote on the draft UN resolution on defamation of religion. Our interlocutors indica [...]
2009-12-03 09:41:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KISL UN ID
09JAKARTA2027SCENESETTER FOR SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE TO MUSLIM
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Mission Jakarta warmly welcomes your visit. Ten years of political and economic reform have made Indonesia democratic, stable, and increasingly confident about its leadership role in Southeast [...]
2009-12-10 09:55:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KISL ID
09JAKARTA2105UN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION -- DISCUSSING RELIGIOUS
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 22, IO/HRS Director Keshap held a constructive meeting with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director General for Multi-lateral Affairs Ambassador Rezlan Ishar Jenie to explore ways to s [...]
2009-12-28 08:25:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KISL EDRC ID
09JAKARTA2113S/R PANDITH'S DECEMBER 15-16 VISIT TO INDONESIA
[...] (U) The following messages is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During her December 15-16 visit to Indonesia, Special Representative to Muslim Communities Farah Pandith spoke about President Obama's and Secretary Clinton's vision of U.S. grassroot [...]
2009-12-29 10:16:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PGOV PREL KISL ID
09JAKARTA257MALUKU: VILLAGE FEUDS FUELED BY TRADITION, NOT
[...] (C) Summary: Sporadic fighting between two Muslim villages in Maluku province ended February 6 when village heads restored calm at the urging of Maluku,s Vice Governor. This long-standing dispute on the island of Haruku re-ignited on January 24 and resulted in one death, many injuries, and t [...]
2009-02-13 06:18:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL ASEC PGOV KISL PTER ID
09JAKARTA375MAINSTREAM MUSLIM ORGANIZATIONS STAY NEUTRAL IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia's two large mainstream Muslim organizations, Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) and Muhammadiyah, have maintained their historically neutral political postures ahead of this year's national elections. Despite their proclaimed neutrality, many of their leaders and members are inten [...]
2009-03-04 03:39:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KISL ID
09JAKARTA4GOI CRITICIZED FOR HAJJ MIS-MANAGEMENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOI has come under criticism for its performance during the recent Hajj season. Pilgrims assert that arrangements they had paid for were not made and that there was corruption in the way officials used funds. Problems related to the Hajj are endemic in Indonesia, though a 2 [...]
2009-01-02 08:09:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KISL KCOR ID
09JAKARTA41GAZA -- INDONESIAN CIVIL SOCIETY WEIGHS IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND REQUEST: Charge met with thirty Indonesian religious and civil society leaders at their request for a wide ranging discussion of the situation in Gaza on January 9. Indonesian interlocutors noted concern for the humanitarian situation in Gaza and called on the United States [...]
2009-01-09 10:24:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL KISL ID XF
09JAKARTA5GAZA -- INDONESIA REACTS TO ISRAELI MILITARY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOI and Indonesian Muslim groups have strongly condemned ongoing Israeli military operations in Gaza. Hard-line groups have called for volunteer fighters to go to Gaza, but the Indonesian government has vowed to prevent this. The GOI is sending a medical relief team to the [...]
2009-01-02 09:47:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC KISL ID IS
09JAKARTA538UN "DEFAMATION OF RELIGION" RESOLUTION -- PRESSING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Per reftel instructions, poloff met with Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) contacts and urged that the GOI oppose the "Combating Defamation of Religion" resolution at the UN Human Rights Council. Contacts said the GOI planned to support the resolution, citing purported "Isla [...]
2009-03-25 09:21:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL KISL SOCI ID UN
09JAKARTA553HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT -- POSITIVE REACTION TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Since its release a month ago, media reaction to the 2008 Country Report on Human Rights Practices for Indonesia has been relatively muted, with the report only generating several press articles. GOI officials had no public reaction, but several contacts privately welcomed lang [...]
2009-03-27 08:56:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KISL ID
09JAKARTA573LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS -- COURT ALLOWS "QUICK
[...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate General Surabaya. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Ten days before the April 9 legislative elections, the Constitutional Court has decided to allow pollsters to announce "quick count" results on election day. With the GOI set to announce final results only [...]
2009-03-31 09:56:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KISL ID
09JAKARTA593LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS -- POSSIBLE SCENARIOS AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia's April 9 elections will decide which parties get seats in the national Parliament. Based on a complex system, these elections are also critical in determining who will be the country's next president. If President Yudhoyono's Partai Demokrat (PD) wins a strong plura [...]
2009-04-02 09:45:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KISL ID
09JAKARTA709ISLAMIC PARTIES FAIL TO CATCH UP
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Islamic-oriented parties' support declined in April 9 parliamentary elections, with quick count results indicating they received only a combined 28 percent of the vote. These results represented a 10-point drop from the previous two national elections. Internal divisions, corru [...]
2009-04-22 06:54:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KISL ID
09JAKARTA773GOOD GOVERNANCE ANTIDOTE TO RADICALISM IN SOLO,
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In 2001, radical Muslim hooligans roamed the streets of Solo City, Central Java, threatening to "sweep" all Western tourists from hotels. The Ambassador recently strolled down those same streets, experiencing a rejuvenated and welcoming city. Although pockets of radicalism sti [...]
2009-05-01 09:36:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PTER KISL ID
09JAKARTA812MAJOR ISLAMIC PARTY WORKS TO REVAMP IMAGE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Members of the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS)--Indonesia's largest Islamic-oriented party--are concerned by what they see as the party's disappointing results in the recent legislative elections. Although the party did not do poorly (indeed it received slightly more support tha [...]
2009-05-08 08:12:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PDEM KISL ID
09JAKARTA875POLITICAL ISLAM - RADICAL GROUP TRIES TO GAIN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Hizbut Tahrir Indonesi (HTI) is one of the most active radical Islamis groups in Indonesia today. While claiming to be non-violent, HTI supports the formation of a Muslim "Caliphate" and espouses anti-Western views. Despite the group's limited inroads into some mainstream grou [...]
2009-05-20 05:28:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KISL SOCI ID
09JAKARTA930MODERATE MUSLIM GROUPS RELEASE BOOK ON RISE OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The anti-extremist nonprofit LibForAll Foundation recently launched a provocative new book outlining Islamic hardline attempts to infiltrate mainstream Muslim organizations and replace moderate Islam in Indonesia with a more radical form. Seen by many as a political move, the bo [...]
2009-06-02 05:16:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KISL SOCI ID
09JAKARTA934SECULAR-MUSLIM TENSIONS SPARKED BY ROW OVER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The wearing of the "jilbab"--traditional Muslim female head covering--has become an issue in Indonesia's presidential election campaign. Some Islamic leaders have recently asserted that the President might lose Muslim votes because his wife, Ibu Ani, does not wear the jilbab. [...]
2009-06-02 10:22:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KISL ID
09JAKARTA970PRESIDENT OBAMA'S CAIRO SPEECH EVOKES POSITIVE
[...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulates Surabaya and Medan. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Prominent Indonesians of different faiths praised President Obama's "soothing" speech to Muslim world communities on June 4. One of his advisors told Pol/C that President Yudhoyono was "highly impressed [...]
2009-06-05 10:52:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KIRF KISL ID
09JEDDAH121OIC PONDERS CREATION OF NEW HUMAN RIGHTS ORGAN,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Organization of the Islamic Conference(OIC) is in the process of establishing a new human rights organ, but it is far from certain whether member states will ratify the proposal during meetings in April and May and what form the new body will take. Several OIC declarations man [...]
2009-03-30 15:28:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIALPREL KISL OPDC OIC SA KTIP KIRF KWMN PHUM
09JEDDAH123OIC OFFICIALS, ADDRESSING REGIONAL ISSUES, CALL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: At an Organization of the Islamic Conference(OIC) roundtable with visiting American professor William Quandt, OIC Secretariat officials reiterated previous calls for strengthened ties with the US government (refs A,B),including appointment of a new US special envoy. OIC official [...]
2009-03-31 14:11:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIALPREL KISL OPDC OIC SA
09JEDDAH131MAKING A FIRST UMRAH IN MECCA: AN INSIDE VIEW
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 5, 2009, ConGen Jeddah political officer made a first visit to the Masjid Al-Haram(Grand Mosque) in Mecca in the company of three American Muslims of Sudanese origin, two men and one woman, in order to perform together the Umrah (visit to the holy places). Following is a [...]
2009-04-08 14:38:00Consulate JeddahUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIRF KISL PHUM SA
09JEDDAH151THE ISSUE OF TOLERANCE IN SAUDI SOCIETY: A HEATED BUT INCONCLUSIVE DEBATE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 24 ConGen hosted an exchange -- via DVC -- between U.S author and professor Lawrence Harrison and a small group of Saudi intellectuals and social activists. Harrison, a former USAID diplomat, sparked a heated debate after raising the idea that culture is the key factor in [...]
2009-04-26 15:18:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIALPREL KISL OIC KPAO SA OPDC
09JEDDAH152OIC REQUEST FOR HIGH-LEVEL DELEGATION TO VISIT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-28 13:54:00Consulate JeddahUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KISL OPDC OIC SA
09JEDDAH157ALBANIA SUBMITTING DRAFT RESOLUTION ON KOSOVO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Albania is submitting a draft resolution on Kosovo recognition at May 4-6 OIC Jeddah meeting preparatory to May 23-25 Damascus OIC Ministerial. En route to Jeddah OIC meeting today, the Albanian ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Admirim Banaj, passed post a copy of Albania's draft reso [...]
2009-05-04 19:17:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEAID KISL OFDP OVIP PREL SA KO XF
09JEDDAH163ALBANIA SUBMITTING DRAFT RESOLUTION ON KOSOVO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Albania is submitting a draft resolution on Kosovo recognition at May 4-6 OIC Jeddah meeting preparatory to May 23-25 Damascus OIC Ministerial. En route to Jeddah OIC meeting today, the Albanian ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Admirim Banaj, passed post a copy of Albania's draft reso [...]
2009-05-06 14:28:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIALEAID KISL OFDP OVIP PREL SA KO XF
09JEDDAH164MEDINA, ISLAM'S SECOND HOLIEST CITY, IN SEARCH OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a rare ConGen visit to Medina, Islam,s second holiest city and one of the fastest-growing metropolitan areas in the Kingdom, local officials expressed unexpectedly strong interest in establishing business ties and partnerships with U.S. firms. A tour of the city,s Islamic [...]
2009-05-06 15:04:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIALECON KISL OPDC PREL SA OIC
09JEDDAH165ALBANIANS REPORT SUCCESS IN MOVING DRAFT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: At a May 4-6 OIC preparatory meeting in advance of the upcoming Damascus ministerial conference, the OIC has passed an Albanian-submitted resolution encouraging its 57 member states to consider diplomatic and economic ties with Kosovo. According to the Albanian ambassador, Egypt w [...]
2009-05-06 15:18:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIALEAID KISL OFDP OVIP PREL SA KO XF
09JEDDAH166ALBANIAN-SPONSORED DRAFT RESOLUTION ON KOSOVO
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The Albanian ambassador in Riyadh and representative to the OIC reported that his country's draft resolution on Kosovo recognition is moving forward to the Damascus ministerial despite a last-minute Egyptian attempt to modify and dilute the text. The Kosovo issue will be raised an [...]
2009-05-08 13:12:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIALEAID KISL OFDP OVIP PREL SA KO XF
09JEDDAH168OIC SECRETARY GENERAL LETTER TO SECRETARY CLINTON
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Post received a letter from OIC Secretary General Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu to Secretary Clinton voicing strong concerns over increased Israeli settlement activities as well as the demolition of Palestinian houses. Letter asks the United States to place pressure on Israel to cease the [...]
2009-05-09 15:22:00Consulate JeddahUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KISL KPAL WBG SA
09JEDDAH17OIC CAMPAIGNING FOR SYG IHSANOGLU TO ATEND POTUS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-21 15:23:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIALKISL OFDP OPDC PREL SA OIC
09JEDDAH172OIC OFFICIAL ON KOSOVO ATTENDANCE/RECOGNITION AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: According to an OIC official, a request for Kosovo to attend the May 23-25 OIC Ministerial in Damascus is still pending Syrian permission. Reasons behind Egypt's role in hampering Albanian efforts to pass a resolution on Kosovo recognition remain opaque while the role of Syria as [...]
2009-05-19 15:32:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIALEAID EG KISL OFDP OVIP PREL RP SA SY KO
09JEDDAH173RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING CREATION OF NEW HUMAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) is moving forward with plans to create a new human rights organ within the OIC. A senior OIC official passed post a draft resolution as it stands now, with key points noted below. Outstanding issues include membership and composit [...]
2009-05-19 17:15:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIALIR KISL OPDC PREL SA OIC KTIP
09JEDDAH175OIC CAMPAIGNING FOR SYG IHSANOGLU TO ATTEND POTUS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In recent meeting an Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) official again expressed strong interest in sending a high level delegation to Washington in June, identifying five potential participants. In the course of the meeting, a May 13 email from OIC Permanent Observer [...]
2009-05-21 15:23:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIALKISL OFDP OPDC PREL SA OIC
09JEDDAH186READ-OUT ON OIC MINISTERIAL IN DAMASCUS: SUPPORT
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In May 25 conversation with Jeddah poloff, Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) adviser Ufuk Gokcen reviewed developments at the May 23-25 OIC Ministerial in Damascus, which included passage of a "modest" Kosovo resolution along with a watered-down version of a proposal to [...]
2009-05-26 15:27:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIALEG KISL KO PREL RP SA SY OIC OFDP OVIP
09JEDDAH195INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC RELIEF ORGANIZATION SAUDI
[...] (S) SUMMARY: The April 23 Arab News quotes International Islamic Relief Organization of Saudi Arabia (IIROSA) Secretary General Adnan Khalil Basha denying any link to terrorist activities and appealing to the US Administration to consider the lack of evidence against the organization. Citing h [...]
2009-06-01 10:34:00Consulate JeddahSECRETKISL PGOV PHUM SCUL SOCI PREL PINR SA
09JEDDAH214OIC OFFICIALS RECEIVE SECRETARY CLINTON'S LETTER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 27 Consul General delivered Secretary Clinton's letter to the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) Secretary General in response to his May 6 message urging pressure on Israel to end settlement expansion and home demolitions. While expressing appreciation for the Se [...]
2009-06-03 14:35:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIALIS KISL KWBG OPDC PREL SA OIC
09JEDDAH215ASKING TO SEE WORDS LINKED TO ACTION, JEDDAH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: President Obama's June 4 speech in Cairo to the Muslim world was very positively received by an audience of a dozen Saudi elites, Muslim diplomats, and a senior OIC official at the Consul General's residence in Jeddah. The speech was viewed as setting US-Islamic relations in a new [...]
2009-06-04 16:43:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIALKIRF KISL KPAO PGOV PREL SA TU EG
09JEDDAH226OIC SECRETARY GENERAL REQUESTS MEETING WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Following the President's POTUS speech, the Organization of the Islamic Conference remains fixated on gaining a meeting with a high-ranking U.S. official and specifically are requesting a meeting with the Secretary between June 15-23. While the OIC continues to press for lower le [...]
2009-06-14 13:14:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KISL KPAL WBG SA
09JEDDAH227IRF VISIT SPARKS DISCUSSION ON HOW FAR SAUDI
[...] (C) SUMMARY: May 2-4 visit of International Religious Freedom officer, and meetings with Saudis, expats and OIC officials, sparked discussion on Saudi Arabia's basic posture on IRF issues. Meetings revealed that many Saudis continue to question the rationale for respecting non-Muslim rights in [...]
2009-06-14 13:28:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIALPHUM KIRF KISL PGOV SA
09JEDDAH257OIC EXPRESSES DEEP CONCERN OVER VIOLENCE AGAINST
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 7, 2009, the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) issued a statement decrying the violence against Uighurs in Xinxiang, China, referring to the violence as "disproportionate" and expressing "deep concern". An OIC advisor noted that the statement came at the bequest [...]
2009-07-10 06:12:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIALKISL PGOV PREL PHUM CH SA
09JEDDAH260WO JEDDAH SHURA COUNCIL MEMBERS WEIGH IN ON
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-12 15:27:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIALKPAO PREL SCUL KWMN KISL KTIP SA
09JEDDAH265TWO JEDDAH-BASED SHURA COUNCIL MEMBERS COMMENT ON
[...] (C) Charge's separate July 1 meetings with two Shura Council members in Jeddah, one a reform-oriented, U.S.-educated economist and the other a rather conventional thinking Arab foreign policy intellectual, presented an interesting contrast and a window into the personalities serving on the Cou [...]
2009-07-18 11:53:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIALKPAO PREL SCUL KWMN KISL SA
09JEDDAH266OIC SYG PRAISES PRESIDENT,S CAIRO SPEECH, URGES
[...] (C) During July 13 meeting with Charge (Ambassador Erdman),Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) Secretary General Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu praised the President,s Cairo speech and the new tone set by his administration toward the Muslim world; hoped to see the Secretary at this fall's UNG [...]
2009-07-18 13:05:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIALKISL PGOV PHUM PREL CH SA
09JEDDAH267CANCELLATION OF THE JEDDAH FILM FESTIVAL: "TAKE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The fourth annual Jeddah Film Festival, slated to open July 18 was cancelled at 11 pm on July 17. While local media coverage has been limited, what little there is suggests public disappointment at the cancellation. Several theories have been offered by Saudi blogs and post contac [...]
2009-07-19 16:09:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM SCUL KISL SA
09JEDDAH268POST SNAPSHOT OF NEWLY-APPOINTED IRAN NUCLEAR
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: The Jeddah-based Organization for the Islamic Conference's (OIC) recent Assistant Secretary for Scientific and Technology Affairs, Ali Akbar Salehi, an AUB grad with doctorate from MIT, has been named chief of the Iranian Atomic Energy Organization. In 2008, USG officials dealt [...]
2009-07-19 16:11:00Consulate JeddahSECRETKNNP KISL IAEA PHUM PREL IR SA
09JEDDAH274MECCA GOVERNOR KHALID AL FAISAL ON PUBLIC
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In July 13 meeting with Charge, Governor of Mecca Region, HRH Prince Khalid Al Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, discussed the challenges of governing the Western Province of Saudi Arabia, the launching of public housing projects to eradicate Jeddah slums, the changes needed in the pu [...]
2009-07-21 14:08:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM TPHY SCUL KPAO KISL SA
09JEDDAH275PRINCE MISHAAL ON GOVERNING SAUDI ARABIA,S SECOND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In July 13 meeting with Charge, Governor of Jeddah, HRH Prince Mishaal bin Majed bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, reviewed the challenges of presiding over the Kingdom,s second and most progressive city with its growing population, development plans (including a future Diplomatic Quarter),[...]
2009-07-21 14:39:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM SCUL KPAO KISL SA
09JEDDAH283SAUDI WOMEN PLAN CAMPAIGN TO PRESS FOR RIGHT TO
[...] (C) Summary. Post has learned from a knowledgeable source that a group of Saudi women possessing foreign drivers' licenses is organizing a coordinated campaign to press the Saudi Arabian Government, by means of bringing legal cases, on the issue of women driving in the Kingdom. End Summary. [...]
2009-07-29 15:48:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIALKISL KWMN SOCI PHUM SA
09JEDDAH284OIC-USG COOPERATION ON POLIO: NEXT STEPS FOLLOWING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: OIC officials are ready and willing to cooperate on the joint initiative to eradicate polio proposed by President Obama in his Cairo speech -- although they need to obtain a final endorsement from OIC Secretary General Ihsanoglu. The OIC's institutional limi [...]
2009-07-29 16:04:00Consulate JeddahUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKISL OFDP OPDC PREL SA
09JEDDAH292EVIDENCE OF MORALITY POLICE CRACKING DOWN IN
[...] (C) Summary. The city of Jeddah is experiencing what appears to be one of the periodic crackdowns by the CPVPV (Committee for Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice) morality police. Last month's cancellation of the Jeddah Film Festival was one likely manifestation of stricter enforcemen [...]
2009-08-07 10:35:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNASEC KISL KPAO PGOV PHUM SA SOCI
09JEDDAH342KAUST: GREAT EXPECTATIONS AND LABOR PAINS
[...] (C) In September 4 pre-opening ceremony of King Abdullah University for Science and Technology (KAUST),the university administrators and event organizers aimed to project a modern image of Saudi Arabia by aggressively promoting themes of multiculturalism and green energy. Classes started on [...]
2009-09-09 14:46:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIALECON KISL KPAO PGOV PREL SCUL SOCI TPHY SA
09JEDDAH348OIC ISLAMIC FIQH ACADEMY SECRETARY GENERAL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-20 16:26:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIALKIRF KISL KWBG KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SA OIC
09JEDDAH368IRAQI CONSUL GENERAL IN JEDDAH MOVING TO KUWAIT AS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-01 11:43:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNIZ KIRF KISL KU OFDP PAL PGOV PHUM SA
09JEDDAH37INAUGURATION PROGRAM IN JEDDAH: SAUDI GUESTS
[...] (SBU) Summary. On January 20 Post hosted over 200 Saudi and foreign contacts )- youth, business people, KSA government officials, diplomats and the American expat community )- at the Consulate to watch the Presidential Inauguration in real-time. Participants appreciated the opportunity to wa [...]
2009-01-27 14:23:00Consulate JeddahUNCLASSIFIEDKISL KMPI KPAO OPRC PHUM SA SCUL SOCI XF
09JEDDAH385"SITUATION CATASTROPHIQUE MAIS NON SANS ESPOIR":
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. During October 10 farewell dinner at CG's residence, Iraqi Consul General Dr. Ajwad Sheikh Taha Hamad (strictly protect) had more to say about his posting as Charge d'Affaires in Kuwait. Departing Jeddah and arriving in Kuwait on October 11, Hamad expressed displeasure at the [...]
2009-10-13 07:50:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNIR IZ KIRF KISL KU OFDP PGOV PHUM SA
09JEDDAH386MORE ON ALI AKBAR SALEHI -- "A CIVILIZED FACE" ON
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-13 10:11:00Consulate JeddahSECRET//NOFORNPREL IAEA IR IZ KISL KNNP PHUM SA
09JEDDAH407OIC SYG CALLS MEETING WITH SECRETARY "HISTORIC"--
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Returning from a recent trip to the U.S. with Organization for the Islamic Conference (OIC) Secretary General Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, OIC senior official Ufuk Gokcen discussed the highlights of the visit, including the long anticipated meeting between SYG and Secretary Clinton. Acco [...]
2009-10-22 12:49:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KISL KPAL WBG SA
09JEDDAH44ACTION REQUEST FOR RESPONSE TO OIC SECRETARY
[...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (U) Below is the text of a congratulatory message from the Organization of the Islamic Conference Secretary General Ihsanoglu to President Obama. The letter appears both on the OIC website and as an advertisement in the Internationa [...]
2009-02-01 13:08:00Consulate JeddahUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KISL OPDC OIC SA
09JEDDAH443UNDERGROUND PARTY SCENE IN JEDDAH: SAUDI YOUTH
[...] (C) Summary: Behind the facade of Wahabi conservatism in the streets, the underground nightlife for Jeddah's elite youth is thriving and throbbing. The full range of worldly temptations and vices are available -- alcohol, drugs, sex -- but strictly behind closed doors. This freedom to indulge carna [...]
2009-11-18 16:58:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIALSA SCUL SOCI ZR KISL
09JEDDAH446LOBBYING FOR WOMEN'S RIGHTS SAUDI-STYLE: SPECIAL
[...] (C) Summary. As part of her October 31-November 1 visit to Saudi Arabia (ref A),Special Representative to Muslim Communities Farah Pandith met with Basmah Omair, general manager of the Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry's (JCCI) Khadeejah Bint Khuwailed Women's Center (KBKC). The KBKC [...]
2009-11-19 12:49:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIALKISL KPAO KWMN PHUM SA SOCI
09JEDDAH452THREATS OF IRANIAN PROTESTS AND H1N1 LOOM OVER HAJJ
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Saudi Arabian Government (SAG) continues to prepare for the Hajj, the annual pilgrimage to Mecca, which will take place November 25)27. While concerns over the spread of H1N1 may lead to significantly fewer pilgrims participating in this year,s pilgrimage, SAG officials appea [...]
2009-11-24 11:58:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIALIR KIRF KISL PGOV PREL KFLU SA
09JEDDAH466HAJJ 2009/1430 -- AN AMERICAN'S INSIDE VIEW OF THE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-08 14:47:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIALKIRF KISL PGOV PREL KFLU SA
09JEDDAH47HIGHER EDUCATION TAKING A LEAP FORWARD IN SAUDI
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In early January the King Abdullah University for Science and Technology (KAUST),slated to open in September 2009, held an on-site pre-orientation in Jeddah for 320 students including 60-70 from the U.S. and approximately 100 students from Saudi Arabia. Virtually all students [...]
2009-02-01 16:57:00Consulate JeddahUNCLASSIFIEDECON KISL PGOV TPHY KPAO SA
09JEDDAH5OIC HOLDS JANUARY 3 MINISTERIAL LEVEL MEETING ON
[...] (C) Summary. The Organization of the Islamic Conference issued a communiqu at the end of its January 3 ministerial level meeting strongly condemning Israel for its role in the conflict in Gaza and calling for a series of steps aimed at stopping the violence. The OIC is emphasizing the need f [...]
2009-01-05 16:36:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIALKISL KWBG OPDC PTER AORC GZIS SA
09JEDDAH51OIC SECRETARY GENERAL SEEKS RENEWED COMMUNICATION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 1 Post delivered thank you message (ref A) from President Obama to OIC Secretary General Ihsanoglu, who asked for increased communication with USG senior leadership (inviting POTUS to visit OIC) and a renewal of personal communication with Secretary Clinton. OIC seeks [...]
2009-02-02 15:49:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIALPREL KISL OPDC OIC SA
09JEDDAH6OIC HOLDS JANUARY 3 MINISTERIAL LEVEL MEETING ON
[...] (C) Summary. The Organization of the Islamic Conference issued a communiqu at the end of its January 3 ministerial level meeting strongly condemning Israel for its role in the conflict in Gaza and calling for a series of steps aimed at stopping the violence. The OIC is emphasizing the need f [...]
2009-01-05 16:37:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIALKISL KWBG OPDC PTER AORC GZIS SA
09JEDDAH84INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC RELIEF ORGANIZATION --
[...] (S/NF) Summary. Consulate General Jeddah received a letter through the post dated February 15 directed to President Obama from the Secretary General of the International Islamic Relief Organization(IIRO) in Saudi Arabia. IIRO Philippine and Indonesian branches, along with IIRO Saudi Arabia E [...]
2009-03-02 11:17:00Consulate JeddahSECRET//NOFORNKISL PGOV PHUM SCUL SOCI PREL PINR SA
09JEDDAH85HIJAZIS COMMENT ON RECENT MEDINA CLASHES AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Post met with Hijazi Shi'a to get their views of recent demonstrations in Medina following clashes after Shi'a pilgrims were not allowed to enter Baqi'a cemetery on February 20. Poloffs also spoke to a local Sunni contact with ties to Medina who claims the situation has been blown [...]
2009-03-02 16:49:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIALKIRF KISL PGOV PHUM SA
09JERUSALEM1220PALESTINIAN RELIGIOUS LEADERS COMPLAIN OF ISRAELI
[...] (C) Summary. The Israeli National Police (INP) are exercising increasing control over the Haram al-Sharif/Temple Mount and interfering with the Jordanian-run Waqf's ability to operate, according to Palestinian religious leaders. The INP, they allege, has prevented the Waqf from carrying out [...]
2009-07-16 07:10:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL JO KISL IS
09JERUSALEM1284MINISTER OF RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS ON MOSQUES, HAMAS,
[...] (SBU) Summary. Minister of Religious Affairs Mahmud al Habbash outlined progress in the Palestinian Authority (PA) government's campaign against mosque incitement in a July 16 meeting. Compliance with mandatory PA sermons in the West Bank's 1,800 mosques is now over ninety percent, he claimed [...]
2009-07-28 14:16:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PROP PTER KWBG KPAL KISL IS
09JERUSALEM1451HAMAS CONFRONTS ISLAMIC EXTREMIST GROUP IN GAZA
[...] (C/NF) Summary. Fighting between Hamas-led security forces and Jund Ansar Allah during August 14-15 in Rafah resulted in 28 dead and over 120 wounded. Casualties included Jund Ansar Allah leader Sheikh Abdel Latif Mousa and senior Hamas member Abu Jibril Shamali. Gaza-based contacts said th [...]
2009-08-17 14:51:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPTER PGOV KPAL KWBG KISL
09JERUSALEM1515HAMAS IMPOSES CONSERVATIVE DRESS FOR SCHOOL GIRLS
[...] (SBU) Summary. The school year in Gaza began on August 23 with Hamas imposing a requirement for girls to wear conservative Islamic dress. Teachers and administrative staff were also directed to work segregated by gender. This follows a July order requiring female lawyers to appear in court [...]
2009-08-25 14:01:00Consulate JerusalemUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PTER KPAL KWBG KISL KWMN SCUL
09JERUSALEM1584HAMAS PURSUES THREE-FOLD STRATEGY IN GAZA
[...] (C/NF) Summary. In separate meetings August 27, UNRWA Director for Gaza John Ging and Gaza-based Associated Press reporter Ibrahim Barzak characterized Hamas' agenda in Gaza as three-fold: (1) imposing gradual social and cultural change in accordance with Islamic values; (2) seeking internat [...]
2009-09-02 14:09:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPTER PREF KISL PGOV KWBG KPAL IS
09JERUSALEM1699MINISTER OF RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS ON QATAR TRIP, ZAKAT
[...] (S) Summary: PA Minister of Religious Affairs Mahmud al-Habash called Qatar's recent decision to re-open the Qatari Charitable Society (QCS) in the West Bank under PA supervision a positive step. He said the memorandum of understanding (MOU) he signed with QCS gives the PA information on the [...]
2009-09-16 15:13:00Consulate JerusalemSECRETPREL ECON PTER KWBG KPAL KISL QA IS
09JERUSALEM1799HAMAS SEIZES CONTROL OF AL AQSA UNIVERSITY
[...] (SBU) Summary. Hamas authorities seized control of Al Aqsa University in Gaza on October 7 by ousting the university's president after he departed Gaza for the West Bank. This move follows continuing pressure by the Hamas "government" to extend its control over Al Aqsa and other civil socie [...]
2009-10-09 14:30:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPTER PHUM KPAL KWBG KISL KWMN SCUL
09JERUSALEM1949UPDATE ON OCTOBER 25 EVENTS AT THE TEMPLE
[...] (SBU) Summary. Skirmishes took place between Muslim worshippers and the Israeli National Police (INP) around the Temple Mount/Haram al-Sharif compound on October 25, apparently triggered by rumors of an impending incursion into the compound by radical pro-settler elements. Unrest spread int [...]
2009-10-26 19:05:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KPAL KISL IS JO
09JERUSALEM2259WEST BANK MOSQUE TORCHED, SETTLERS SUSPECTED
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-11 16:11:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPAL KWBG KIRF KISL IS
09JERUSALEM2260WEST BANK MOSQUE TORCHED, SETTLERS SUSPECTED
[...] (C) Summary. Before dawn on December 11, a mosque was set afire in the Palestinian village of Yasuf, south of Nablus, according to Palestinian Authority security officials. Local contacts and press report that Israeli settlers from Kfar Tappuach are suspected of the arson, which was the la [...]
2009-12-11 16:33:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPAL KIRF KISL KWBG IS
09JERUSALEM317IMPRESSIONS FROM GAZA-BASED LES
[...] (S) Summary. ConGen RSO LES who lives and works in Gaza City, said that Hamas remains in firm control of Gaza. He notes that local support for Hamas has decreased since the December 2008 - January 2009 conflict, but decreased support for Hamas does not mean increased support for the current [...]
2009-02-24 09:29:00Consulate JerusalemSECRETAFSN PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL KISL EG IS
09JERUSALEM897PALESTINIANS WELCOME PRESIDENT OBAMA'S JUNE 4
[...] (U) Summary. Palestinians welcomed President Obama's June 4 Cairo speech. Palestinian Authority (PA) officials praised the speech, highlighting the President's commitment to an independent Palestinian state. Several Fatah leaders told Post officers privately that President Obama's speech [...]
2009-06-05 15:27:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG KPAL IS PTER KISL
09JERUSALEM966SALFIT LEADERSHIP RAISES PROBLEMS OF ROADBLOCKS,
[...] (SBU) Summary. In a meeting with the Consul General on June 8, the Mayor of Salfit Municipality and Governor of Salfit District both expressed concern about a road gate that has closed the main road into Salfit. They also described untreated wastewater seeping into Salfit from the nearby s [...]
2009-06-09 14:30:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPBTS PGOV PREL SENV IS KISL KPAL KWBG
09KABUL2247ULEMA COUNCIL: US MUST SUPPORT WHOMEVER IS LEGALLY
[...] SUMMARY: During their July 25 meeting, Council of Religious Scholars (Ulema Council) President Mawlawi Fazulhadi Shinwari told Ambassador Holbrooke Afghan Muslims had been very pleased with President Obama's Cairo speech, but added that many doubted there would be action behind the President, [...]
2009-08-06 05:33:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDKISL PREL PTER EAID AF EG
09KINGSTON1106JAMAICA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNGA IRAN HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) Per Reftel, CDA delivered demarche via telephone urging the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) to vote "yes" on the upcoming Iran human rights resolution in the UN General Assembly (UNGA). Demarche was delivered to Ambassador Evadne Coye, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and [...]
2009-12-15 17:49:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM HURI PREL KISL ISCON UN UNGA JM XL IR
09KINGSTON904JAMAICA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON 64TH UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY,
[...] (U) Per reftel, EmbOff delivered demarche to solicit cooperation and support for USG priorities at the 64th UN General Assembly (UNGA),Third Committee, and to seek the Government of Jamaica (GOJ)'s insights on other resolutions. Demarche was delivered to Ms. Norma Taylor Roberts, Director of [...]
2009-10-27 19:52:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM HURI PREL KOCI KWMN KISL ISCON UN UNGA
09KOLKATA17KOLKATA MUSLIMS SING PRESIDENT OBAMA'S PRAISES, BUT WATCH
[...] Summary. Kolkata area Muslims came together at the American Center on Inauguration Day to perform songs and recite poetry in honor of the incoming U.S. President Barack Obama. The spontaneous display of welcome for a new American president was unprecedented in Kolkata PAS' experience. The poets [...]
2009-01-23 10:46:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SCUL KISL KPAO IN
09KUALALUMPUR1010MALAYSIA AND FORWARD THINKING ON THE "DEFAMATION
[...] (SBU) Summary: If approached as part of a joint, transparent outreach effort to Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) countries, the Government of Malaysia may modify its strong support for the UN "Defamation of Religions" resolution, or a new treaty along the same lines (ref A). In that [...]
2009-12-22 07:15:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL KISL KDEM PGOV OPDC
09KUALALUMPUR159GOM AND CATHOLIC CHURCH STILL AT ODDS OVER "ALLAH"
[...] (SBU) The Malaysian government's attempted ban on the Catholic Church's use of the word "Allah" continues to generate politically-charged controversy with the courts yet to resolve the matter. Just prior to a February 27 court hearing, the Home Ministry issued an order allowing the Catholic C [...]
2009-03-04 10:56:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PINR SCUL KIRF KISL MY
09KUALALUMPUR16GAZA: PM ABDULLAH CONVOKES UNSC AMBASSADORS, CALLS
[...] (C) Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi convoked Ambassador Keith and other chiefs of mission from UNSC member countries on January 12 and personally conveyed his written message on the Gaza crisis, which is addressed to respective heads of state. PM Abdullah, flanked by Foreign Minister [...]
2009-01-12 08:20:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPREL KISL KPAL UNSC UNGA IS MY
09KUALALUMPUR214DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON "DEFAMATION OF RELIGION"
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on March 24 to Farisha binti Salman, Assistant Secretary for Multilateral Political Affairs in Malaysia's Foreign Ministry. Farisha stated the "points are duly noted" and pledged to share the information within the Ministry but otherwise provided no imm [...]
2009-03-24 09:39:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL KIRF KISL MY
09KUALALUMPUR23GAZA: PARLIAMENT VOTES TO CONDEMN ISRAEL, SEEKS
[...] (SBU) In a special session of the Malaysian Parliament convened on January 12, Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi delivered a blistering condemnation of Israel, while also lambasting the United States for supporting Tel Aviv. After seven hours of speeches, Parliament unanimously endorsed a resolu [...]
2009-01-13 10:40:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPREL KISL KPAL UNSC UNGA IS MY
09KUALALUMPUR414AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO TERENGGANU AND KELANTAN
[...] (C) The Ambassador traveled from May 18-21 to the northeastern Malaysian states of Terengganu and Kelantan, the poorest and most religiously conservative states in peninsular Malaysia. The Ambassador raised border security and human trafficking issues with senior state government officials an [...]
2009-05-28 07:54:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR ECON SOCI KISL KDEM MY
09KUALALUMPUR471ISLAMIST PARTY SENDS MIXED SIGNALS ON ITS FUTURE
[...] (SBU) The Islamic Party of Malaysia (PAS),the Islamist opposition party, held its annual convention and biannual elections June 5- 7. Elections featured an unprecedented contest between two factions, those supporting leadership by Islamic scholars (ulamas) and those favoring more pragmatic p [...]
2009-06-11 10:17:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM KISL MY
09KUALALUMPUR478MALAYSIANS LAUD PRESIDENT'S CAIRO SPEECH, QUESTION WHETHER
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Najib Razak, speaking to the press on June 11, welcomed President Obama's Cairo address and efforts to "mend the rift between the Muslim world and the West" while noting the importance of concrete measures, and offered Malaysia's cooperation with US. efforts. Opp [...]
2009-06-14 23:35:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KISL KPAO SOCI MY
09KUALALUMPUR479 MALAYSIANS LAUD PRESIDENT'S CAIRO SPEECH, QUESTION WHETHER
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-14 23:35:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KISL KPAO SOCI MY
09KUALALUMPUR480MALAYSIANS LAUD PRESIDENT'S CAIRO SPEECH, QUESTION WHETHER
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-14 23:36:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KISL KPAO SOCI MY
09KUALALUMPUR481MALAYSIANS LAUD PRESIDENT'S CAIRO SPEECH, QUESTION WHETHER
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-14 23:36:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KISL KPAO SOCI MY
09KUALALUMPUR760MALAYSIAN ACADEMICS ON OIC, U.S. ISLAMIC POLICY,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A September 10 seminar on the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) at Kuala Lumpur's International Institute of Advanced Islamic Studies (IAIS),a government-funded institute, was ostensibly about how the OIC could regain relevance, but also included supportive comments [...]
2009-09-14 08:55:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKISL MY OIC
09KUWAIT1012UNIVERSITY ELECTIONS: THE FUTURE OF
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-22 13:11:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV SOCI PHUM KWMN PREL KISL KU
09KUWAIT1013KUWAITI FEMALE MP FIGHTS FOR RETURN TO COEDUCATION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-22 13:13:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KWMN KISL KU
09KUWAIT1052SR PANDITH REACHES OUT TO NEXT GENERATION OF KUWAITI
[...] (U) Summary: Special Representative for Muslim Communities Farah Pandith's October 26-28 visit to Kuwait concentrated on outreach to students and young leaders active in civil society in a wide variety of ways. Throughout her visit, SR Pandith emphasized her strong interest in helping Kuwait's [...]
2009-11-04 13:26:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KISL KPAO ZR
09KUWAIT1159BIDOON KEPT AWAY FROM CANCELED PARLIAMENT SESSION
[...] (U) On December 10, the Kuwaiti parliament failed to hold a planned session on a bill to extend education and healthcare benefits to the country's 100,000 Bidoon (stateless residents who assert rights to Kuwaiti citizenship). Parliament Speaker Jassem Al-Khorafi canceled the session at exactly [...]
2009-12-14 06:08:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KISL KU
09KUWAIT558KUWAIT'S STATELESS BIDOON: BACKGROUND AND RECENT
[...] (SBU) Summary. For the past twenty years, Kuwait's 100,000 stateless Bidoon residents have been denied access to the free healthcare, education, and other welfare-state benefits enjoyed by Kuwaiti citizens. Demonstrating a growing social awareness of the plight of the Bidoon and a sensitivity [...]
2009-06-03 11:34:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KISL KU
09KUWAIT754EMBASSY KUWAIT'S PROMOTION OF DIALOGUE WITH MUSLIM
[...] (U) Summary. Regarding Ref A's tasking on the Consultative Process for Muslim Engagement, future events planned by Embassy Kuwait include the following five programs: -- Arab-American Science Partnership -- Alternative Energy Applications Conference -- American Diwaniya -- Food for Thought A [...]
2009-07-30 14:09:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KISL SCUL SOCI KU
09LAHORE156FEMALE MADRASSAHS IN PUNJAB PREPARE WOMEN FOR THE HOME
[...] (SBU) Summary. Poloff visits to three female Ahl-e-Hadith madrassahs in Punjab has shown that they provide Islamic studies, Quran memorization and basic life skills training, but little else to prepare women for an independent life. Aside from the Quran, girls learn to cook, clean and sew; th [...]
2009-07-30 02:41:00Consulate LahoreUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIRF PGOV KISL PK
09LAPAZ1611BOLIVIA: NEGATING "DEFAMATION OF RELIGION" RESOLUTION
[...] (C) Summary: Bolivia regularly votes for the Organization of the Islamic Conference's UN resolutions against "defamation of religions," most recently on December 18 in the UNGA plenary session. Given our thorny bilateral relationship, the GOB's ALBA membership, and its growing ties with Iran, [...]
2009-12-23 14:04:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR KISL OPDC BL
09LIBREVILLE550 GABON: FORWARD THINKING TO NEGATE DEFAMATION OF RELIGION
[...] (SBU) I welcome the opportunity to work with you on combating racial and religious discrimination and intolerance (reftel). In the past, unfortunately Gabon has voted "yes" and abstained on the anti-defamation resolutions, despite our efforts. Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials have expla [...]
2009-12-21 13:20:00Embassy LibrevilleUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL KISL KDEM PROVE OPDC GB
09LILONGWE320MALAWI: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S SPEECH OPENS DOORS FOR INCREASED
[...] (SBU) Summary: Discussions with student groups and Muslim leaders following President Obama's recent speech in Cairo have highlighted several opportunities for increased outreach to the Muslim community in Malawi. Commenting on President Obama's balance and inclusiveness in the speech, observe [...]
2009-06-09 14:18:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SCUL KPAO KISL MI
09LJUBLJANA307SLOVENIA FAVORS EU ABSTENTION ON GOLDSTONE REPORT
[...] (C) On October 1, Pol/Econ Chief used the occasion of a previously scheduled lunch to discuss refs (A) and (B) talking points concerning the Goldstone Report with MFA's Andrej Benedejcic, MFA's Director General for Security Policy and Multilateral Political Affairs. The MFA's Section for Hu [...]
2009-10-01 14:03:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PTER KISL KPAL
09LONDON1933UK GOVERNMENT SEEKS DEEPER COUNTER-RADICALIZATION
[...] (C/NF) Summary. During a USG-HMG Video Tele Conference (VTC) meeting on August 14, UK officials focused on the UK's PREVENT counter-radicalization strategy expressed strong interest in collaborating more closely with the US Government to counter violent extremism. UK officials outlined several pr [...]
2009-08-21 13:58:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKISL PREL PTER
09LONDON24ISLAMIC FINANCE KEY TO ENSURING LONDON AS TOP FINANCIAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: The British government is promoting the growth of the Islamic finance industry in the UK, although HMT has decided against issuing a sovereign Islamic finance bond, a sukuk, in the current economic climate. HMG is courting Islamic finance, and eliminating barriers to its growth, [...]
2009-01-05 17:40:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EINV KISL UK
09LONDON2416WELSH MUSLIM COMMUNITY SKILLFULLY DEFUSES
[...] (C/NF) Summary and Comment: A protest by a far-right anti-Muslim group in Swansea, Wales passed without violence on October 17, largely due to careful interfaith and intra-Muslim community planning. Wales' small size (three million people, of whom about one percent are Muslims) has made it relat [...]
2009-10-26 13:47:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALKISL PGOV UK
09LONDON27UK MUSLIM DEMOGRAPHICS (C-RE8-02527)
[...] (S/NF) Summary. Per reftel, this cable provides information on the demographics of the Muslim community in the UK. The last official UK census was in 2001 and much of what is provided below is a combination of census figures and subsequent estimates and surveys. Post notes that the information is i [...]
2009-01-06 11:55:00Embassy LondonSECRETPINR KISL KPLS UK
09LONDON290(S) FCO WELCOMES EXECUTIVE ORDERS ON DETAINEE
[...] (S) Summary. The UK Government "strongly welcomes" the executive orders concerning Guantanamo Bay and U.S. detainee policy, according to Robert Chatterton-Dixon, Head of the Foreign Office's Counter Terrorism Policy Department. The UK is not willing to resettle any further detainees in the UK -- be [...]
2009-02-03 10:16:00Embassy LondonSECRETPTER KHLS PREL PINS PHUM KAWK MOPS KISL EUN
09LONDON339AFRICA: U.S. VERSUS UK PRIORITIES, LONDON THINK
[...] (SBU/NF) Summary. During the transition to the Obama Administration, London think tanks have been active in discussing USG and HMG priorities in Africa. Poloff took the opportunity to poll opinions among Africa specialists at Chatham House, RUSI, the Royal Africa Society, Africa Confidential, the C [...]
2009-02-06 16:25:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL EAID MASS KISL ZI SO NI SU SF XA UK
09LUSAKA676CONSTRUCTIVE OUTCOME OF GLADSTONE REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-01 12:13:00Embassy LusakaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM KISL KPAL IS ZA
09LUSAKA726ZAMBIA SEEKING CONSTRUCTIVE OUTCOME OF GOLDSTONE
[...] (SBU) Zambian MFA International Organization official Mubukwanu told PolEcon Chief October 15 that the Zambian mission in Geneva would certainly be able to discuss its instructions on the Goldstone report with USMISSION Geneva. He regretted that he was not privy to the instructions given to t [...]
2009-10-15 14:36:00Embassy LusakaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KISL KPAL IS ZA
09MADRID351SPAIN: S/WCI ENGAGES GOS ON ACCEPTING GTMO DETAINEES
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-02 13:02:00Embassy MadridSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PTER PHUM MOPS KAWK KISL KPAO SP
09MADRID604SPAIN: S/GC DAN FRIED PRESENTS CASE FILES ON GTMO DETAINEES
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-24 13:58:00Embassy MadridSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PTER PHUM MOPS KAWK KISL KPAO SP
09MADRID742SPAIN ANALYZES GTMO FILES TO FIND "BEST FIT" FOR RESETTLEMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-22 12:37:00Embassy MadridSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PTER PHUM MOPS KAWK KISL KPAO SP
09MANAGUA1153Suggestions for Defamation of Religion in the UN
[...] (C) President Daniel Ortega's government generally votes against the U.S. position in the United Nations, and in 2008 voted against the U.S. position in the important issues as described in the Department's "Voting Practices in the United Nations 2008." As noted in ref E, Nicaragua (along wit [...]
2009-12-22 13:48:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KISL KDEM PGOV OPDC NU
09MANAMA14BAHRAIN: KING CALLS FOR SUMMIT ON GAZA
[...] (U) Bahrain's King Hamad called for an Arab-Islamic summit to address the Gaza situation if it was not possible to convene an Arab summit. His statement reiterated support for Egyptian-French efforts. Bahrain's government news agency released the statement the evening of January 8, before [...]
2009-01-09 07:26:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG KISL BA
09MANAMA149HAQ SUPPORTERS TARGET SOUTH ASIANS
[...] (U) Summary: Small bands of youth continue to skirmish with police in Shia villages, protesting the detention of two Shia Haq Movement activists. In a new development, some of these youth have attacked South Asians. End summary. 2. (U) Over the past week, several bands of 10-20 Shia yout [...]
2009-03-12 14:26:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ASEC PHUM KISL BA
09MANAMA19BAHRAIN: MORE ON PROPOSED ISLAMIC SUMMIT ON GAZA;
[...] (C) Summary: MFA says Bahrain did not coordinate with others in advance of the King's call for an Arab -- or Islamic -- summit , and claimed that an impending visit by an Iranian envoy is not connected. End summary. 2. (C) Two senior MFA officials -- Ministerial advisor Saeed Al Faih [...]
2009-01-11 14:14:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG KISL BA
09MANAMA22RADICALS DENOUNCE RULING FAMILY DURING ASHURA
[...] (U) Summary: The radical Shia Haq movement exploited Ashura processions to denounce Bahrain's ruling family. Erstwhile human rights activist Abdulhadi Al Khawaja called for the overthrow of the Al Khalifa family. Prosecutors later questioned and released him after a few hours. End Summary. [...]
2009-01-13 13:27:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KISL PHUM BA
09MANAMA29BAHRAIN: SHIA ULAMA COUNCIL ELECTIONS
[...] (U) Summary: A governing body for Bahrain's mainstream Shia clergy selected new leadership but we expect continuity in the senior clergy's politics. End summary. 2. (SBU) The Ulama Council held its regularly scheduled election for the seven-member Central Committee on November 21. Former [...]
2009-01-15 10:51:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KISL BA
09MANAMA356SRAP HOLBROOKE'S JUNE 6 MEETING WITH BAHRAIN'S
[...] (C) Summary: SRAP Holbrooke obtained from Bahrain's foreign minister a pledge to contribute t Pakistan IDP relief and reconstruction efforts;Bahrain's cabinet would announce the amount soon Holbrooke expressed appreciation for King Hama's offer to Secretary Clinton of a company of Bahaini spe [...]
2009-06-14 07:47:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL KISL MARR PTER AF PK BA
09MANAMA379SECTARIAN COLUMN BRINGS ABOUT ONE-DAY SUSPENSION
[...] (C) Summary: With Shia community leaders preparing to respond in kind to perceived insults published in a Sunni-oriented newspaper, and faced with the prospect of Iranian government complaints, Bahraini authorities intervened, and blocked publication of the paper for one day. End summary. [...]
2009-06-24 12:19:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL KISL IR BA
09MANAMA50THREE SHIA LEADERS ARRESTED
[...] (C) Summary: The government arrested three leaders of the radical Shia Al Haq Movement when they failed to appear for questioning in connection with an alleged bomb plot. End Summary. 2. (C) Police arrested Haq Movement leaders Hassan Musheima, Abduljalil Singace, and Mohammed Habib Maqdad in the [...]
2009-01-26 15:09:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KISL ASEC BA
09MANAMA543BAHRAINI SHIA PARTY DENIES LINKS TO YEMENI HOUTHIS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-09 07:41:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KISL YM BA
09MANAMA557BAHRAIN'S SHIA POLITICAL LEADERS VISIT IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-14 14:20:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KISL IR SY IZ BA
09MANAMA57ANEMIC TURNOUT SO FAR FOR ARRESTED SHIA ACTIVISTS
[...] (C) Summary: No more than two hundred supporters of two radical Shia activists turned out for skirmishes with riot police over the past week, far fewer than expected. Amnesty International issued a carefully-worded statement on the arrests. Meanwhile, the moderate Shia Wifaq party staged an [...]
2009-02-02 14:41:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC PHUM KISL BA
09MANAMA609WAFA': A NEW SHIA REJECTIONIST MOVEMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-19 08:00:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KISL KDEM ASEC BA
09MANAMA639OPPOSITION PROTEST HIGHLIGHTS "POLITICAL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-02 12:33:00Embassy ManamaSECRETPGOV KDEM KISL AF PK BA
09MANAMA651SAYYID AMMAR AL HAKIM, CHAIRMAN OF THE ISLAMIC
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-12 12:48:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL KISL IZ BA
09MANAMA741GULF SHIA CONVERGE ON BAHRAIN FOR ASHURA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-29 09:11:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KISL PHUM BA
09MANILA1037SULU GOVERNOR INJURED IN IED EXPLOSION
[...] (C) Sulu provincial governor Abdelsakur Tan reportedly received slight injuries to his hands May 13 when an improvised explosive device hidden in a motorcycle exploded at a provincial capitol complex in Patikul on the island of Jolo in the southern Philippines. Three of Tan's security escor [...]
2009-05-13 07:37:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPGOV MOPS PTER PINR KISL RP
09MANILA1063MINDANAO VIOLENCE RISING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The progress the Philippine military has achieved against insurgents and terrorists in Mindanao (ref B) and the Sulu Archipelago has slowed significantly in the last four months, and kidnappings and high-profile attacks have been on the rise. A Philippine hostage abducted April [...]
2009-05-18 08:34:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPGOV MOPS PTER PINR KISL RP
09MANILA1121MICROFINANCE TO EMPOWER MUSLIM FILIPINAS
[...] (U) Summary: The first Islamic microfinance program in the Philippines aims to empower Muslim women living in the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao, a region in the southern Philippines plagued by poverty and conflict. The intent is to expand the program nationwide to help Muslim Filipinas [...]
2009-05-27 08:56:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PHUM KWMN KISL RP
09MANILA1199 AMBASSADOR UNDERSCORES EDUCATION SUPPORT IN MARAWI CITY
[...] Summary. During a May 27 visit to Marawi City, the Ambassador demonstrated continued U.S. support for education development programs in a predominantly Muslim area of conflict-affected central Mindanao. She welcomed the start of a new school year by showcasing the continued strong education [...]
2009-06-05 04:50:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KISL KPAO EAID TP RP
09MANILA1275AMBASSADOR ENGAGES IN MUSLIM COMMUNITY OUTREACH IN SOUTHERN
[...] Summary: Ambassador Kenney's June 4th visit to Zamboanga City showcased continuing U.S. commitment to the economic and social development of Mindanao. The Ambassador launched the OneWoman Initiative, a USG-funded project to empower Islamic women leaders, and spoke at a U.S.-sponsored multicu [...]
2009-06-15 08:22:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KISL KPAO EAID RP
09MANILA1324SIX MONTHS LATER, RED CROSS HOSTAGE STILL HELD BY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Nearly six months after his January 15 kidnapping by the terrorist Abu Sayyaf Group on Jolo Island, International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) worker Eugenio Vagni remains captive despite recent aggressive military operations that have tightened the cordon around Abu Sayyaf [...]
2009-06-23 07:37:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALKISL MOPS PGOV PINR PTER RP
09MANILA1431AMBASSADOR FOSTERS AMERICAN BUSINESS AND ENVIRONMENTAL
[...] SUMMARY: The Ambassador visited Cebu City June 28 to highlight bilateral cooperation with the Philippines in the areas of food and agricultural trade, business development, and environmental conservation. The Ambassador delivered opening remarks at two events: the Second Conference of Coastal [...]
2009-07-08 00:20:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KISL KPAO EAID RP
09MANILA1455AMBASSADOR ENGAGES IN MUSLIM COMMUNITY OUTREACH IN SOUTHERN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-10 06:16:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KISL KPAO EAID RP
09MANILA1462BUILDING BRIDGES TO PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT IN ZAMBOANGA
[...] Summary. During a July 7 visit to Zamboanga City, the Ambassador highlighted the depth and longevity of U.S. commitment to peace and prosperity in Mindanao. The Ambassador spoke at the inaugurations of three USG-sponsored projects, including a commercial wireless internet broadband (WiMax) s [...]
2009-07-10 09:23:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KISL KPAO EAID RP
09MANILA1468LAST REMAINING ICRC HOSTAGE EUGENIO VAGNI RELEASED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The last of three International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) workers kidnapped January 15 on Jolo island in the southern Philippines by Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) terrorists was released early Sunday morning, July 12. The 62-year-old Italian engineer, Eugenio Vagni, was release [...]
2009-07-13 10:18:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PINR KISL IT RP
09MANILA1500MALACANANG: NO AMNESTY FOR TERRORISTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Malacanang Palace and numerous legislative leaders have rejected a July 14 suggestion by Philippine National Red Cross Chairman Senator Richard Gordon that the government grant amnesty to Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) terrorists who kidnapped three International Committee of the Red Cro [...]
2009-07-17 04:22:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALKISL PGOV PREL PTER RP
09MANILA153PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT EYES PEACE TALKS, BUT SOME
[...] (C) SUMMARY: At a private January 15 breakfast with the Ambassador, Presidential Peace Process Adviser Hermogenes Esperon was upbeat on prospects for peace with Muslim insurgents in Mindanao. With April as a new target date for a resumption of talks, Esperon said, the groundwork for new negot [...]
2009-01-23 08:30:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS KISL RP
09MANILA1561VISIT TO BAGUIO CELEBRATES AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE AND
[...] SUMMARY. Ambassador July 9 and 10 visit to Baguio celebrated the simultaneous July 4 holidays of American Independence and Philippine-American Friendship Day. The Ambassador participated in a ribbon-cutting ceremony with the Baguio Mayor officially opening the Picturing America exhibit in the [...]
2009-07-23 10:42:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KISL KPAO EAID RP
09MANILA1650AMBASSADOR SHOWCASES U.S. ROLE IN CREATING A PEACEFUL,
[...] (U) SUMMARY. The Ambassador traveled July 17-18 to Davao City on the island of Mindanao in the southern Philippines, underscoring the continuing U.S. commitment to the economic and social development of the region. The trip included the Ambassador's keynote address at a conference for graduat [...]
2009-08-04 10:16:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KISL KPAO EAID RP
09MANILA1980GOVERNMENT, MUSLIM REBELS AGREE TO INTERNATIONAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In keeping with pledges made during President Arroyo's July visit to Washington, the Philippine government has advanced discussions with the southern Philippines rebel group Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) regarding international participation in the peace talks and, in the p [...]
2009-09-16 10:19:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KISL RP
09MANILA2110PEACE ADVISER OUTLINES STATUS OF PEACE TALKS WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Peace Process Adviser Secretary Avelino Razon discussed with the Ambassador October 1 the state of progress in the Philippine government's three main peace processes with separatist and insurgent groups. Talks with the southern Philippines' Muslim separatist group Moro Islamic Li [...]
2009-10-05 08:36:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KISL PTER PINS ASEC RP
09MANILA218PHILIPPINE DEFENSE SECRETARY BELIEVES TIME IS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a wide-ranging discussion with senior Philippine defense officials January 29, the Ambassador emphasized that the United States and the Philippines have scored a number of successes on the security cooperation and counterterrorism fronts over the last several years, and that [...]
2009-02-03 00:32:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPGOV EAID PINR PREL PHUM KISL RP
09MANILA2198CHARGE DISCUSSES PEACE PROSPECTS, TERRORISM WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Chairman Murad Ebrahim of the separatist group Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) welcomed the Charge d'Affaires October 16 to MILF headquarters in Mindanao to discuss recent progress in informal peace talks with the Philippine government and to express thanks for U.S. developme [...]
2009-10-19 09:41:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV PINS EAID KISL RP
09MANILA2217PHILIPPINE PEACE PANEL CHAIR OUTLINES UPCOMING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Charge d'Affaires met Department of Foreign Affairs Undersecretary and Peace Process Chair Rafael Seguis October 15 to discuss the Philippine government's expectations for planned informal talks later this month in Kuala Lumpur with leaders of the southern Philippines separati [...]
2009-10-21 09:09:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS KISL RP
09MANILA2359DCM VISIT TO PROVINCIAL CAPITAL SHOWCASES U.S. CONTRIBUTION
[...] SUMMARY. The Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM) visited Cagayan de Oro, a vibrant city in Northern Mindanao, October 23-24 and showcased the continuing U.S. commitment to the economic and social development of the Philippines. The DCM presided over the conferral of an internationally recognized fo [...]
2009-11-12 04:34:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KISL KPAO EAID RP
09MANILA2382AMBASSADOR HONORS WORLD WAR II HEROES AND EMPHASIZES AN
[...] SUMMARY. On October 20, the Ambassador addressed President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and other dignitaries at the 65th anniversary commemoration of the Leyte Gulf Landings in Leyte Province, in Eastern Visayas. The Ambassador reminded the audience of the shared history between the United States [...]
2009-11-13 08:55:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KISL KPAO EAID RP
09MANILA2423MILF WELCOMES EAP A/S CAMPBELL LETTER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: EAP DAS Marciel and the DCM met two senior members of the southern Philippines' rebel group Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) November 6 to talk about the group's peace process with the Philippine government and to deliver a letter for MILF Chairman Murad from EAP A/S Campbell [...]
2009-11-20 04:25:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINS KISL RP
09MANILA247KIDNAPPED RED CROSS WORKERS BEGIN FOURTH WEEK WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Three workers from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) entered their fourth week as captives of terrorists on Jolo Island in the southern Philippines, while a task force led by the provincial governor sought to engage the terrorist group to negotiate the release of [...]
2009-02-05 10:09:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPGOV MOPS PTER PINR KISL RP
09MANILA2593 AMBASSADOR'S GOODWILL VISIT TO BAGUIO CITY AND LA TRINIDAD
[...] SUMMARY. In the wake of devastating mudslides in the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR),the Ambassador travelled to Baguio City December 3 and 4 for a goodwill visit and to host the annual holiday reception. On December 3, the Ambassador announced USG plans to provide an additional $10 mi [...]
2009-12-18 07:08:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KISL KPAO RP
09MANILA2594AMBASSADOR OPENS AMERICAN CORNER IN CEBU
[...] SUMMARY: On December 14, the Ambassador opened a new American Corner at the University of San Carlos in Cebu. This brings the number of American Corners in the Philippines to 14. She was joined by the President of San Carlos, the Library Director, Chief of Protocol, American Corner librarian [...]
2009-12-18 07:08:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KISL KPAO EAID RP
09MANILA365NEW PEACE PROCESS ADVISER OPTIMISTIC ABOUT FUTURE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a February 10 meeting with the Ambassador, newly installed Peace Process Adviser Avelino Razon, Jr., expressed optimism that talks with Muslim rebels in the southern Philippines would advance this year and described the government's recent discussions with the Malaysian facilit [...]
2009-02-18 09:50:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPINS KISL PTER PREL RP
09MANILA427VISIT TO PROVINCIAL CAPITAL HIGHLIGHTS U.S. INVOLVEMENT IN
[...] Summary. Ambassador Kenney's February 20 visit to Cebu City showcased the continuing U.S. commitment to the economic and social development of the Philippines. The Ambassador attended an environmental rally to celebrate and encourage the protection of the environment, visited a rapidly expand [...]
2009-02-26 09:28:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KISL KPAO EAID RP
09MANILA459PHILIPPINES MOVING FORWARD WITH ARF EXERCISE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Philippines has made significant progress in preparations for the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) Voluntary Demonstration of Response on Disaster Relief and are poised to host a successful event in early May. Fifteen ARF member countries attended the January initial planning co [...]
2009-03-04 04:07:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPGOV EAID PINR PREL PHUM KISL RP
09MANILA506 AMABASSADOR STRENGTHENS HISTORIC U.S. TIES TO BAGUIO CITY
[...] Summary. During a February 28 to March 1 visit to Baguio City, the Ambassador emphasized the importance of the historical links between the region and the United States and showcased the continuing important partnership between the United States and the Philippines. She visited the Philippin [...]
2009-03-10 00:05:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KISL KPAO RP
09MANILA544PROMISE OF BENEFITS DRAWS HUGE RESPONSE FROM
[...] (U) SUMMARY: With the February 17 passage of the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act, Filipino veterans who served under the U.S. Armed Forces in World War II became eligible for the Filipino Veterans Equity Compensation benefit. In three weeks since the bill was signed into law, more t [...]
2009-03-11 10:00:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV EAID PINR PREL PHUM KISL RP
09MANILA562AMBASSADOR ENGAGES COMMUNITIES ON PEACE AND DEVELOPMENT IN
[...] SUMMARY: The Ambassador completed a March 2-3 trip across Central Mindanao to listen first-hand to communities dealing with security and development issues on a day-to-day basis. The trip began in General Santos City, with stops throughout South Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat, and Maguindanao provin [...]
2009-03-13 08:33:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KISL KPAO RP USAID
09MANILA612U.S. ASSISTANCE AND ENGAGEMENT KEY TO PEACE AND
[...] (C) Summary. I just spent several days driving up the spine of Central Mindanao to talk with people from all walks of life, to listen to views, and to assess prospects for peace and development. Despite the frustration of the past six months as the peace process broke down and fighting bega [...]
2009-03-18 10:28:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS KISL RP
09MANILA686RED CROSS KIDNAPPERS INCREASE DEMANDS, SITUATION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A stalemate has ensued between the Philippine government and the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) regarding the fate of three workers from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) kidnapped by the ASG on Jolo Island in the southern Philippines January 15. The situation has been [...]
2009-03-30 08:01:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPGOV MOPS PTER PINR KISL RP
09MANILA687RED CROSS KIDNAPPERS INCREASE DEMANDS, SITUATION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-30 08:50:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPGOV MOPS PTER PINR KISL RP
09MANILA703PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT REJECTS TERRORISTS' DEMANDS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Philippine Secretary of National Defense Gilberto Teodoro called the Ambassador in the early morning hours of March 31 to update her on the situation involving the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) hostages being held by the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) on Jolo Island. Te [...]
2009-03-31 09:26:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPGOV MOPS PTER PINR KISL RP
09MANILA717PHILIPPINE TROOPS PURSUING ICRC KIDNAPPERS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador spoke with Philippine Secretary of National Defense Gilberto Teodoro April 2 to discuss the situation involving the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) hostages being held by the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) on Jolo Island. Referring to unconfirmed press rep [...]
2009-04-02 08:29:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPGOV MOPS PTER PINR KISL RP
09MANILA727PHILIPPINE AUTHORITIES SECURE RELEASE OF ONE ICRC
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 2, Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) kidnappers on Jolo Island released Filipino hostage Mary Jean Lacaba, one of three International Committee of the Red Cross workers abducted by the terrorist group on January 15. Philippine authorities said she was in good health. Lacaba said [...]
2009-04-03 08:47:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPGOV MOPS PTER PINR KISL RP
09MANILA812RED CROSS HOSTAGES: PURSUING NEGOTIATIONS, BUT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Philippine government is continuing efforts to negotiate the safe release of the two remaining International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) workers abducted January 15 by Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) terrorists. Government officials underscored that force would only be used as [...]
2009-04-17 08:56:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALKISL MOPS PGOV PINR PREL PTER RP
09MANILA902SEARCH FOR LAST RED CROSS HOSTAGE CONTINUES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite recent rumors that the sole remaining Red Cross hostage may have been abandoned by his Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) kidnappers, cabinet-level sources believe Red Cross worker Eugenio Vagni is still being held by his captors in the jungle area around the town of Indanan on Jolo [...]
2009-04-27 08:37:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPGOV MOPS PTER PINR KISL RP
09MANILA906AMBASSADOR AS ENVIRONMENTAL EMISSARY ON PRE-EARTH DAY TRIP
[...] Summary. During a pre-Earth Day trip to the Clark Freeport Zone and Baguio City, the Ambassador focused on environmental issues, U.S. investment in the Philippines, U.S.-Philippine military cooperation, and Filipino cultural heritage. Highlights of the trip included, remarks to the Supreme Cour [...]
2009-04-27 09:18:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KISL KPAO RP USAID
09MANILA942AMBASSADOR'S VISIT SUPPORTS ENVIRONMENTALLY PROGRESSIVE
[...] SUMMARY: The Ambassador's April 24, 2009, trip to Puerto Princesa, Palawan, emphasized the positive effects its environmentally friendly practices are having on quality of life and the local economy. The Ambassador also underscored the important role the province plays in regional security. H [...]
2009-04-30 15:27:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KISL KPAO EAID TP RP
09MANILA977 AMBASSADOR STRENGTHENS U.S.-PHILIPPINE TIES DURING ALBAY
[...] SUMMARY. During an April 28 visit to Albay province, the Ambassador reaffirmed the importance of the U.S.-Philippine bilateral military partnership where she dedicated a 3.2 kilometer road improvement project completed by a team of U.S. and Philippine military members during the annual Balika [...]
2009-05-07 03:27:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KISL KPAO RP
09MANILA985ICRC HOSTAGE: 100 DAYS AND COUNTING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Fully 100 days after the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) kidnapped three International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) workers on Jolo island January 15, Italian national Eugenio Vagni remains captive, despite ongoing efforts to negotiate the release of the injured and ailing 62-year-o [...]
2009-05-07 08:04:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PINR KISL RP
09MANILA999PHILIPPINES HITS HOME RUN WITH FIRST-EVER REGIONAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Philippines hosted the first-ever ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) field exercise May 4-8, a voluntary disaster relief demonstration, which involved 25 of 26 ARF nations and the European Union. The week-long event was an unqualified success. The primary goal of the civilian-led [...]
2009-05-08 08:26:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPGOV EAID PINR PREL PHUM KISL RP
09MAPUTO874CHARGE MARKS 25 YERAS OF USG AID; MEETS MANICA
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Charge's recent trip to Manica Province, located along the border with Zimbabwe, was the second in a series of visits planned to all of Mozambique's provinces to highlight USG funding successes. In a two-day visit, the Charge reviewed health and orphanage facilities supp [...]
2009-08-04 08:01:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KISL MZ
09MEXICO1136MEXICO ON USG PARTICIPATION IN THE DURBAN REVIEW
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-21 20:43:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SOCI AORC KISL PHUM KDEM MX
09MONTEVIDEO556URUGUAY WILL SEEK A MODERATE OUTCOME ON GOLDSTONE
[...] (C) Econoff delivered reftel points to MFA Director Human Rights Silvia Izquierdo on October 23. Ms. Izquierdo appreciated the constructive nature of this demarche and its early communication. She said the GOU will seek a balanced and moderate outcome from the Goldstone Report, but could not [...]
2009-09-25 14:00:00Embassy MontevideoCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PTER KISL KPAL IS UY
09MONTEVIDEO577GOLDSTONE - URUGUAY WILL ABSTAIN IF HRC RESOLUTION
[...] (C) Charge conveyed reftel points to Foreign Minister Pedro Vaz on October 1, following up on an earlier demarche delivered to the Director Human Rights on October 23. The Foreign Minister reiterated the GOU's intention to seek a balanced and moderate outcome from the Goldstone Report. He ex [...]
2009-10-09 12:12:00Embassy MontevideoCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PTER KISL KPAL IS UY
09MOSCOW1790TATARSTAN'S EXPORT-ORIENTED ECONOMY AWAITS GLOBAL
[...] (C) Summary: During Ambassador Beyrle's June 24-25 visit to Kazan, Tatarstan President Mintimir Shaymiyev and members of the central Russian republic's business community told him that the republic's export-oriented local economy (oil and heavy machinery) is suffering greatly from the current [...]
2009-07-10 14:50:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON PINR KISL SCUL RS
09MOSCOW2443RUSSIA SEEKS TO BALANCE ON GOLDSTONE REPORT
[...] (C) Post delivered reftel demarche to Russian MFA Human Rights Department Section Chief Andrey Lanchikov on September 25. Lanchikov said that the GOR had not yet developed an agreed position on the Goldstone report, but commented that the U.S. and Russia shared common positions on the way f [...]
2009-09-25 10:03:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PTER KISL KPAL IS RS
09MUSCAT1061END OF THE ROAD: THE LAST IMAM OF OMAN DIES, BUT...
[...] (SBU) The last Ibadi Imam of Oman, Imam Ghalib bin Ali al Hinai, passed away on November 29, 2009, in the eastern Saudi city of Dammam where had been living in self-exile. He was 96 years of age. Ibadi (the dominant sect in Oman) Imams are traditionally elected. As there is no successor, thi [...]
2009-12-02 14:13:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPGOV SOCI KISL MU
09MUSCAT86OMANI FOREIGN MINISTER LASHES OUT AT "DESTRUCTIVE U.S.
[...] (C) Summary: Oman's Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs, Yusef bin Alawi, strongly criticized the U.S. for interfering in the affairs of other nations during a January 13 meeting with U.S. Special Envoy to the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) Sada Cumber. Using uncharacteris [...]
2009-02-02 13:29:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPREL KISL MU
09NAIROBI2514Draft Constitution Includes Powerful Prime Minister,
[...] Summary: The Harmonized Draft Constitution proposes significant changes to executive powers, installs accountability mechanisms throughout government, ushers in a new house of parliament, reshapes the judiciary, and devolves power and some budgetary control to local governments. The document s [...]
2009-12-10 13:58:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KJUS KISL KDEM PHUM KE
09NAIROBI2664KENYA: FORWARD THINKING TO NEGATE "DEFAMATION OF RELIGION"
[...] (U) Summary: This message is a response to an action request in Ref A, and provides post input for Kenya to the Secretary's "Defamation of Religion" working group. Although Kenya has strong domestic incentives to oppose "defamation of religions" resolutions, the influence of African Union, G- [...]
2009-12-22 13:57:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL KISL KDEM PGOV OPDC KE
09NEWDELHI108MAYAWATI CANCELS BIRTHDAY PARTY, CASH GIFTS STILL
[...] (SBU) Summary: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leader Mayawati canceled her January 15 birthday party ostensibly because of the Mumbai attacks. In previous years, the now fifty-three year old Mayawati threw multiple lavish parties for herself that were noteworthy fo [...]
2009-01-16 13:07:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SOCI PINR KISL IN
09NEWDELHI195JAMMU AND KASHMIR: INDIAN ANXIETY OVER NEW
[...] (C) Summary: There is uncertainty and anxiety within the Indian foreign policy establishment over the direction the new U.S. administration might take on its India policy. The principal areas of Indian concern are: -- renewed U.S. activism on Kashmir; -- replacement of the stand-alone bil [...]
2009-01-30 14:15:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PHUM PINR KISL PK IN
09NEWDELHI2548ENGAGING INDIA ON UN DEBATE: FIGHTING
[...] (C) Summary: Post is pleased to offer our recommendations for a strategy to engage India on the "defamation of religions" proposal and to back the U.S. "Action Plan" at the upcoming March session of the UN Human Rights Council on countering racial and religious discrimination. While India may [...]
2009-12-22 12:23:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KISL KDEM PGOV OPDC UNGA IN
09NEWDELHI367DELHI DIARY, FEBRUARY 14-27, 2009
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for February 14-27, 2009, that did not feature in our other reporting: -- 14th Lok Sabha Ends Respectfully, But No Election Dates Yet -- Parliamentary Committee Calls for Better Military/Intel Coordination [...]
2009-02-27 11:27:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KISL PINR PTER MOPS IN
09NEWDELHI484BHARAT BALLOT 09: MAYAWATI HOPES TO DOMINATE UTTAR
[...] (SBU) Summary: Caste combinations and identity politics, rather than development or governance are the key drivers as Uttar Pradesh (UP) heads into parliamentary elections in April-May. National issues appear to play little or no role in voting decisions. This poor, largely rural state of 185 [...]
2009-03-17 07:23:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SOCI PINR KISL IN
09NEWDELHI788BHARAT BALLOT 09: DIVIDED LOYALTIES IN PEACEFUL
[...] (SBU) Summary. National elections came off with very few problems in Jammu and Kashmir, one of seventeen states where voting occurred in the first phase. The most striking aspect of Jammu and Kashmir's election campaign was its ordinariness: voters focused on governance, roads, electricity [...]
2009-04-21 12:56:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PREL KDEM PHUM KISL PK IN
09NEWDELHI800BHARAT BALLOT 09: BULANDSHAHR TAKE TWO
[...] (U) Summary: This is the second in a series of cables on Bulandshahr, a rural market-town of 175,000 two hours southeast of Delhi in the state of Uttar Pradesh (reftel). A series of one-day visits have given us an opportunity to observe the election campaign from the ground up, and to gauge t [...]
2009-04-22 13:18:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SOCI PINR KISL KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI960MAYAWATI DEPUTY FORESEES NO CHANGE IN INDIAN
[...] (C) Summary: Shashank Shekhar, Cabinet Secretary to Uttar Pradesh (UP) Chief Minister Mayawati, told Ambassador Burleigh on May 4 that he foresees no change in Indian foreign policy should Mayawati become Prime Minister. He further commented that what little the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) lead [...]
2009-05-13 11:44:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SOCI PINR KISL IN
09NEWDELHI995BHARAT BALLOT 09: CHARGE DISCUSSES NATIONAL
[...] (C) Summary: Charge d'Affaires Burleigh discussed the national elections with journalists, local politicians and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati's deputy during a visit to the state capital, Lucknow, on May 4. The journalists generally agreed that Mayawati's popularity has declined sinc [...]
2009-05-15 13:40:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SOCI PINR KISL IN
09NIAMEY214 NIGER: POL/ECON UPDATE FOR MARCH 2009
[...] The following is an Embassy Niger compilation of political and economic highlights for March 2009 not otherwise covered in mission reporting. This report covers the following issues: -- President Sarkozy to Visit Niger Briefly on March 27; -- Civil Society Demonstrations Occur on March 21 & [...]
2009-03-27 06:17:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM SOCI SCUL KISL TBIO FR NG
09NIAMEY987 Niger: 2009 Country Report on Terrorism
[...] (SBU) Summary: Al-Qa'ida in the Lands of the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) has demonstrated a greater interest in the Republic of Niger (RON) in 2009, with attempts to extend its influence into Nigerien territory from the largely ungoverned region bordering Mali and Algeria. The porous borders and u [...]
2009-12-16 13:31:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER ASEC SNAR PGOV SOCI KISL PHUM PREL NG
09NOUAKCHOTT619FIRST EVER MOSLEM AMERICAN COUPLE VISIT CEMENTS NEW
[...] Summary: IIP and ARS speakers Mrs. Fatima (Jane) Casewit and Mr. Daoud (Stephen) Casewit visited Mauritania from September 6th - 10th, 2009. Post capitalized on the timing of their visit to refresh recently renewed ties with the Mauritanian government through informal gatherings with local g [...]
2009-09-28 12:39:00Embassy NouakchottUNCLASSIFIEDKISL KMDR PREL MR PGOV PHUM SOCI KCOR KPAO NG
09OSLO311 FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION (FGM) IN NORWAY
[...] Several cases over the past few months highlight the continuing problem of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) among some immigrant groups in Norway. While the issue has gained public notoriety, the adequacy of the GON FGM response is questioned by some. Particularly at issue are mandated genital [...]
2009-04-22 14:34:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SOCI KFGM KISL KWMN KOCI XA NO
09OSLO592NORWAY RESPONDS CONSTRUCTIVELY TO GOLDSTONE
[...] (C) Summary: The Norwegian MFA responded positively September 24 to our demarche on engaging the Human Rights Council (HRC) in a constructive manner on the Goldstone report. The officials we met said Norway would want to "welcome" the Goldstone report in any HRC resolution on the matter, but c [...]
2009-09-25 07:14:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PTER KISL KPAL IS NO
09OSLO782NORWAY WANTS TO WORK WITH U.S. ON DEFEATING
[...] (C) In response to Ref A, which was primarily directed to posts in countries which support the "Defamation of Religion" resolutions problematic to the USG, poloff contacted Colleen Neville in IO/HR to determine next steps specific to the Government of Norway. Neville informed poloff (Ref B) t [...]
2009-12-21 14:14:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KISL KDEM PGOV OPDC
09OSLO90MINORITY ANGER IN NORWAY RISES
[...] (SBU) Summary: A series of anti-Israel demonstrations on January 8 and January 10 erupted into violence in central Oslo as some demonstrators, primarily young Muslim-background youth, clashed with police. The damages, police action and extent of the violence were the worst in Norway since the [...]
2009-02-03 06:02:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPREL KIRF PTER ASEC KPAO KCRM KISL NO
09OUAGADOUGOU1173BURKINA FASO: STRATEGY TO COUNTER THE "DEFAMATION
[...] (C) Burkina Faso has regularly abstained on "Defamation of Religion" votes. It will be a challenge to get Burkina Faso to change its position to align more closely with ours and will require direct interventions with President Compaore. Burkina Faso's membership in the OIC and the fact that [...]
2009-12-18 11:34:00Embassy OuagadougouCONFIDENTIALKISL KDEM PHUM PREL PGOV OPDC UV
09OUAGADOUGOU777BURKINA FASO: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON THE OUTCOME OF
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-23 14:08:00Embassy OuagadougouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKISL KPAL PREL PHUM PTER UV
09PARIS119FRANCE SEEKING COORDINATED EU POSITION AS
[...] (C/NF) Summary: In response to President Obama's January 22 Executive Order to close detention facilities at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base (ref a),the French have publicly given their support to at least review the idea of accepting detainees deemed not to be a security risk. Foreign Minister Ber [...]
2009-01-27 18:14:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL KAWK KISL KPAO MOPS PGOV PHUM PTER FR
09PARIS1300CONSTRUCTIVE OUTCOME FROM THE GOLDSTONE REPORT
[...] (C) On September 23, poloff met with French MFA Deputy Middle East DAS Frederick Bereyziat to deliver talking points per reftel. Bereyziat said the Government of France (GOF) had been debating the findings of the Goldstone Report for the past three days to finalize its position. Although a [...]
2009-09-23 17:01:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALKISL KPAL PHUM PREL PTER IS FR
09PARIS1495FRENCH RESPONSE TO THE 2009 IRF REPORT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Press and public reaction to the 2009 International Religious Freedom (IRF) report in France has been largely muted since its public release on October 26. However, in a follow up meeting, the MFA offered a more critical response to the report, characterizing the Scientology case [...]
2009-11-06 15:03:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KDEM PGOV KIRF KISL FR
09PARIS264S/WCI AMBASSADOR WILLIAMSON DISCUSSES GUANTANAMO
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: S/WCI Ambassador Williamson met with French MFA officials on February 16 to discuss detainee issues, France's role in the EU process and possible resettlement of Guantanamo Bay detainees in France. Williamson noted that France has a unique role to play in formulating a process [...]
2009-02-20 16:53:00Embassy ParisSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL MOPS PTER PHUM KAWK KISL KPAO FR
09PARIS381S/WCI OFFICIALS DISCUSS GUANTANAMO BAY DETAINEES
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: France accepted four former Guantanamo Bay (GITMO) detainees with claims to immigration status in France in July 2004 and an additional three in March 2005. Ministry of Interior contact Christophe Chaboud noted that, unlike other European countries visited by Washington official [...]
2009-03-16 16:23:00Embassy ParisSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PTER PHUM MOPS KAWK KISL KPAO FR
09PARIS416PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR SAYS FRANCE WILLING TO REVIEW
[...] (S/NF) In the course of a conversation on other issues, French Presidency Advisor for the Americas Damien Loras mentioned to pol/mc France's continuing desire to try to be helpful with Guantanamo detainees. Specifically, he said France has become aware that Algerian Guantanamo Bay detainee La [...]
2009-03-20 18:04:00Embassy ParisSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PTER PHUM MOPS KAWK KISL KPAO FR
09PESHAWAR130BOLD TTP-CLAIMED ATTACKS SIGNAL A TEST OF WILLS WITH THE
[...] (C) Summary: Baitullah Mehsud's Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has claimed a series of bold attacks undertaken over June 9-12. These attacks highlight the TTP's increasing willingness to attack and claim credit for violence within military cantonments, in the Punjab, and against politica [...]
2009-06-16 10:25:00Consulate PeshawarCONFIDENTIALPTER MOPS PGOV KISL PK
09PODGORICA171RADICAL ISLAM IN MONTENEGRO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Over the last decade, fundamentalist Islam, known here as Wahhabism, has established a small foothold among Montenegro's 110,000 Muslims. There are probably a few hundred adherents in country, concentrated in majority-Muslim towns of Plav and Rozaje, close to Kosovo and Albania [...]
2009-07-10 11:57:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KISL MW
09PORTLOUIS334MAURITIUS DISTANT FROM U.S. POSITION ON THE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-22 12:22:00Embassy Port LouisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PTER KISL KPAL IS MP
09PORTLOUIS413SEYCHELLES APATHETIC ON "DEFAMATION OF RELIGION"
[...] (C) The Permanent Representative of Seychelles to the UN, Ambassador Ronald (Ronny)Jumeau, was present for only one of the 88 votes at the 63rd UN General Assembly in 2008, and Jumeau was also absent at the 64th 3rd Committee vote on the resolution on "defamation of religion." Given, that the [...]
2009-12-24 07:50:00Embassy Port LouisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KISL KDEM PGOV OPDC SE
09PORTLOUIS414MAURITIUS AND THE "DEFAMATION OF RELIGION" ISSUE
[...] (C) After initially voting in favor of a resolution on defamation of religions, Mauritius -- thanks in part to U.S. initiatives -- has since 2008 changed its vote to an abstention. Post believes that it will be extremely difficult at this point to convince Mauritius to be more active on the [...]
2009-12-24 08:32:00Embassy Port LouisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KISL KDEM PGOV OPDC MP
09PRETORIA2017SOUTH AFRICA: CONSTRUCTIVE OUTCOME FROM THE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-06 12:20:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM PTER KISL KPAL IS
09PRETORIA2509PROMOTING MODERATE ISLAM IN SOUTH AFRICA:
[...] (C) Summary: In a December 2 courtesy call on the Ambassador, former Western Cape Premier Ebrahim Rasool and his Special Advisor Tahir Saleh discussed South Africa's Western Cape Muslim community as a political base and as a model for a Muslim path of moderation within a culturally diverse so [...]
2009-12-07 15:44:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KISL KDEM SCUL EAID SF
09RABAT1004MUSTAPHA RAMID: MOROCCO NEEDS REAL REFORM; U.S.
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a December 10 meeting with PolOff, leading Islamist politician Mustapha Ramid stressed that he is pro-monarchy, but openly and frankly criticized the Government; suggested that Morocco was moving in the wrong direction; and called for a devolution of the king's powers. Engagin [...]
2009-12-24 09:41:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR PHUM KISL IS MO
09RABAT1005FORWARD THINKING TO NEGATE "DEFAMATION OF
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Mission Morocco's strategy for engaging the host government and civil society to cease supporting "defamation of religions" proposals at the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) and elsewhere focuses on two main strategic objectives: (1) urging the GOM to vote against such resolutio [...]
2009-12-28 14:15:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KISL KDEM PREL PGOV OPDC MO
09RABAT1013MOROCCO: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MINISTER OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met with Minister of Endowments and Islamic Affairs Ahmed Toufiq on Dec. 8. In substantive and open talks, they discussed U.S.-Moroccan cooperation and the GOM's efforts to promote moderate Islam. Toufiq emphasized Morocco's role as a moderate force in the regi [...]
2009-12-29 16:54:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PHUM PREL KISL KPAO MO
09RABAT118CONGRATULATORY LETTER TO PRESIDENT OBAMA FROM THE
[...] Summary and introduction: The Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO) Director General, Dr. Abdulaziz Othman Altwaijri, has sent a letter of congratulations to President Obama. The January 23, 2009 letter praised President Obama's commitment to engage the Islamic [...]
2009-02-06 16:37:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDAORC SOCI KISL UNESCO OIC MO
09RABAT181MOROCCAN KING PROTESTS ISRAELI EVICTIONS IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: King Mohammed VI, as chair of the Jerusalem Committee of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC),has written to President Obama and other leaders asking them to press Israel to halt plans to demolish 88 Arab homes and evict 1,500 Palestinians in the area near the Al [...]
2009-03-03 13:13:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREL OPDC KISL KWBG KPAL IS MO
09RABAT196MOROCCO BREAKS DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH IRAN
[...] (U) Morocco announced it had broken diplomatic relations with Iran on March 6, 2009, in a communique from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). The communique cited the ongoing diplomatic dispute over Iranian comments about the sovereignty of Bahrain, and noted that Iran had not replied to M [...]
2009-03-06 21:02:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR SCUL KISL IR MO
09RABAT200MOROCCO: DETAILS OF MOROCCO'S DIPLOMATIC BREAK
[...] (C) Summary: The senior Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) official in charge of Middle East and Islamic affairs told us that Morocco broke relations with Iran due to Iran's negative reaction to GOM support for Bahrain's sovereignty, Shia proselytizing activities in Morocco and Iran, [...]
2009-03-12 19:36:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR SCUL KISL IR MO
09RABAT205IRAN'S AMBASSADOR DEPARTS UNDER PRESSURE; EMBASSY
[...] (C) Summary: MFA DG Azaroual confirmed to A/DCM March 13 that the Iranian ambassador had departed Rabat earlier in the week, and Iranian embassy staff are preparing for closure. Azaroual also confirmed that there were clear domestic political considerations involving legal Islamists, which a [...]
2009-03-16 11:44:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR SCUL KISL IR MO US
09RABAT230MOROCCO: FIRST QUARTER 2009 HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE
[...] (C) Summary: The first quarter of 2009 has seen several incidents of concern in the Moroccan human rights arena. The most significant of these is a late March pressure campaign against Morocco's Shi,a minority, linked to the Government of Morocco's (GOM,s) angry severing of diplomatic relati [...]
2009-03-24 17:43:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KIRF KISL IR MO
09RABAT267POLITICAL FOOTBALL OVER GAY RIGHTS
[...] (C) Summary: Recent Moroccan responses to overt homosexuality illustrate the extent to which this issue has become a touchstone between conservative and Islamist factions and modernizers, including many supporters of the throne. A Moroccan gay rights organization based in Madrid has receive [...]
2009-04-02 08:40:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KISL SCUL MO
09RABAT281MOROCCO'S ANTI-SHI'A CAMPAIGN: IRAQIS TARGETED,
[...] (C) Summary: The Government of Morocco's campaign against Moroccan Shi'a appears to have abated after delivering a strong message to Islamic activists. The campaign included confiscation of Shi'a books and interrogation of some Shi'a leaders. Civil society is beginning to publicly criticize [...]
2009-04-03 19:07:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPHUM PINS PREL SCUL KIRF KISL IR MO
09RABAT286PJD LEADERS DISCUSS ELECTION STRATEGY
[...] (C) Summary: Leaders of the "moderate faction" of the Islamist-inspired Party of Justice and Development (PJD) have acknowledged the party has been under some pressure from authorities, but emphasized that they have not been intimidated into trimming their sails. They said the PJD decision [...]
2009-04-06 16:02:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KISL MO
09RABAT289CORRECTED COPY: XXXXXXXXXXXX LINKS MOROCCAN
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Morocco broke diplomatic relations with Iran and began a campaign against its domestic Shi'a minority at Saudi Arabian instigation, according to XXXXXXXXXXXX. According to XXXXXXXXXXXX, Tehran had been using Morocco and its Embassy in Rabat for activities in Mali and Senegal. Dome [...]
2009-04-06 16:46:00Embassy RabatSECRET//NOFORNPREL PINR SCUL KISL IR SA EG MO
09RABAT307Moroccan TV coverage of U.S. elections
[...] For the first time in history, in 2008 a Moroccan television crew traveled to the U.S. to cover the presidential elections, providing Moroccans a nightly, first-hand glimpse into the American electoral process tailored to their interests. Over the course of ten nights, state-run Al-Aoula te [...]
2009-04-09 13:51:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL PHUM PGOV OIIP KISL KPAO KIRC
09RABAT313MOROCCO: SHI'A THOUGHTS ON RECENT GOVERNMENT
[...] (C) Summary: Representatives from the Iraqi Shi'a Muslim community met with PolOff to recount recent GOM activities targeting Shi,ites following last month's break in diplomatic relations between Morocco and Iran. While the situation is ameliorating, there remain unresolved issues such as th [...]
2009-04-13 09:03:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPHUM PINS PREL SCUL KIRF KISL IR MO
09RABAT374GENDER AND RELIGIOUS REFORM: WOMEN "IMAMS" IN
[...] (C) Summary: Morocco has successfully made gender a central component of religious reform in its efforts to both counter religious extremism and promote women's participation in all areas of civic life. Beginning with the ground-breaking 2004 reform of the Family Code (Moudawana),and exten [...]
2009-05-03 18:32:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV SOCI KISL KWMN MO
09RABAT48520,000 MUSLIM WOMEN RUNNING FOR ELECTION IN MOROCCO
[...] (SBU) Summary: The June 12th municipal elections will be a landmark in women's participation in Moroccan political life, and the effects of the government's decision to reserve seats for female candidates are already being felt in society. An astounding 20,000 women are poised to run in the [...]
2009-06-09 18:10:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KWMN KISL KDEM SOCI MO
09RABAT604WOMEN LEAD MOROCCO'S "PETITE REVOLUTION"
[...] (SBU) Summary: In what is being hailed in the press as the "petite revolution," a dozen women have been elected by their men and women peers to chair local councils, making them mayors or the equivalent rural executives. Prior to the June 12 municipal elections, only one woman had ever serve [...]
2009-07-14 18:37:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KWMN KISL KDEM KMPI SOCI MO
09RABAT636MOROCCO PLANS TO ATTEND JORDAN BIOMETRICS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-22 14:41:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC PREL KISL MO
09RABAT638MOROCCO'S STRATEGY FOR MUSLIM ENGAGEMENT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Moroccans, like others in the region, most clearly expressed a desire to see action on the Arab-Israeli conflict as a follow-up to the President's words in Cairo; so deeper partnership on economic development fronts will have the greatest impact if, and as, concrete political [...]
2009-07-23 07:13:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID OEXC SENV SOCI KISL MO
09RABAT667MUSLIM ENGAGEMENT: OPPORTUNITIES FOR COOPERATION
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Islamic Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (ISESCO) could facilitate linkages between U.S. and Islamic world universities, ISESCO Director General Abdulaziz Othman Altwaijri told the Charge on July 24. Altwaijri, an admirer of the U.S., proposed that such [...]
2009-07-31 17:16:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL OEXC SOCI KISL PINR MO
09RABAT679LANDMARK TERRORISM CASE RAISES HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (C) Summary: On July 28, a Sale court sentenced Moroccan-Belgian Abdelkader Belleraj to life in prison (instead of the death penalty requested by prosecutors) for running an international terrorist network. The 34 other defendants on trial with Belleraj received sentences ranging from one t [...]
2009-08-06 19:14:00Embassy RabatSECRET//NOFORNPHUM PGOV PTER KISL MO
09RABAT735REQUEST FOR WHITE HOUSE ENDORSEMENT OF
[...] Summary: This is an action request. UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador Kitin Munoz Valcarcel is planning a fourth Mata-Rangi expedition -- from Tarfaya, Morocco, to Florida in 2010. Munoz has the support of King Mohammed VI of Morocco and UNESCO Director General Koichiro Matsuura. Munoz seeks no [...]
2009-08-31 07:11:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC PREL OPDC KISL MO
09RABAT858PAM STEAMS AHEAD WHILE PJD SHUT OUT OF UPPER HOUSE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The year-old Party of Authenticity and Modernity (PAM) continues to engineer significant -- and, to some, unsettling -- electoral victories following its impressive showing in June's communal elections. In the latest of many indirect elections that by law follow the communal co [...]
2009-10-20 18:14:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PHUM KDEM KISL MO
09RIYADH1026 SAUDI RELIGIOUS SCHOLAR'S "REMINDER" ON WOMEN'S RIGHTS
[...] (U) In late July a senior religious scholar who is an adviser to the King wrote a column in the Saudi Arabic daily Al-Watan, recalling the Quranic stipulation that women have rights in equal measure to their obligations. The column illustrates a new approach to improving the status of women amo [...]
2009-08-09 07:44:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KISL SA
09RIYADH1027 SAUDI RELIGIOUS SCHOLAR'S "REMINDER" ON WOMEN'S RIGHTS
[...] (U) In late July a senior religious scholar who advises the King wrote a column in the Saudi Arabic daily Al-Watan recalling the Quranic stipulation that women have rights in equal measure to their obligations. The column illustrates a new approach to improving the status of women among religi [...]
2009-08-09 07:45:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KISL SA
09RIYADH1058SAUDI VOICES OF FEMINISM: RUNNING THE GAMUT FROM
[...] (C) The Saudi male guardianship system is the major impediment to advancing the status of women in Saudi Arabia. Although various women's groups have challenged the system, it has deep roots in Saudi culture and tradition, but very little basis in law, as opposed to regulations or policies. Li [...]
2009-08-16 04:48:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALKISL KWMN PGOV PHUM SA SOCI
09RIYADH1101SAUDI VOICES OF FEMINISM: RUNNING THE GAMUT FROM
[...] (C) The Saudi male guardianship system is the major impediment to advancing the status of women in Saudi Arabia. Although various women's groups have challenged the system, it has deep roots in Saudi culture and tradition, but very little basis in law, as opposed to regulations or policies. Li [...]
2009-08-26 06:28:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALKISL KWMN PGOV PHUM SA SOCI
09RIYADH1107EDUCATION REFORM AND THE NATIONAL DIALOGUE:
[...] (C) King Abdullah's national dialogue campaign addressing the Saudi population's reluctance to embrace reforms is taking on new forms. Recent episodes of the popular television program "Tash ma Tash" underscore national dialogue is not just an empty slogan but a vehicle that can give courage, [...]
2009-08-26 16:55:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETKISL KWMN PGOV PREL PHUM SA SOCI
09RIYADH1342KING FIRES SENIOR CLERIC OVER KAUST CRITICISM;
[...] (C) A member of the country's highest religious body crossed a red line in public comments critical of King Abdullah's newly launched and controversially coed science and technology university, KAUST, and was quickly fired in response. It was the first time that a Saudi king has unequivocally [...]
2009-10-07 17:46:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETPGOV PHUM KISL PTER SCUL SA
09RIYADH1359DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CONSTRUCTIVE OUTCOME FROM THE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-13 07:46:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM PTER KISL KPAL IS SA
09RIYADH1573MUSLIM WORLD LEAGUE CONFERENCE CITES EXTREMIST
[...] (U) In remarks delivered on behalf of King Abdullah, Mecca Governor Prince Khaled Al-Faisal urged Muslim scholars "to stand firm in the face of extremist ideology to prevent it from corrupting Muslim youth." He called for Muslim scholarly societies and the media to inspire youth with cultura [...]
2009-11-24 14:10:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALKISL KPAO PREL PTER PGOV SA
09RIYADH1671IO/DRL (KESHAP) VISIT BEGINS DIALOGUE ON
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a December 19 meeting Deputy FM for Multilateral Affairs, HH Dr. Torki told IO/HR Director Keshap and Senior Human Rights Policy Advisor Ostermeier that the SAG was prepared to consider working with the U.S. on a new approach to the defamation issue in the UN context. Pri [...]
2009-12-27 10:14:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL KISL PGOV KDEM OPDC SA
09RIYADH173THE THIRTEEN DAYS OF ASHURA IN QATIF
[...] (SBU) This year's Ashura was overshadowed by the war in Gaza and Saudi security forces were in full force for fear of any impromptu political demonstrations. In late December, EP authorities arrested close to 30 Shi'a who had demonstrated against the Israeli offensive in Gaza, making for an e [...]
2009-01-27 14:27:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALKIRF KISL PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PREL SA
09RIYADH270THE YOUNG AND RESTLESS SHIA
[...] (C) Key Points: ----------------- -- The Saudi Shia youth are frustrated by their leaders' perceived lack of progress in attaining more rights, representation, and opportunities for their community. -- Mainstream Shia leaders desire increased Shia membership on the Shura Council, a minist [...]
2009-02-10 15:26:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALKIRF KISL PGOV PINR PINS PREL PTER SA
09RIYADH345COINCIDENCE OR CUNNING: SAUDI BLOCK ON E-NEWSPAPER LIFTED
[...] Arab News reported February 23 that a two-year Saudi block against the London-based Elaph online newspaper (http://www.elaph.com) was lifted on February 19. According to Arab News sources, an unnamed "high government official" ordered the Communications and Information Technology Commission (C [...]
2009-02-24 04:45:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPAO ECON OEXC SCUL KISL KDEM SA
09RIYADH346SAUDI SHIA CLASH WITH POLICE IN MEDINA
[...] KEY POINTS -- (U) Saudi security forces clashed February 20 with between 500 and 2000 Saudi Shi'a pilgrims in Medina after Saudi police denied the pilgrims access to Baqi'a cemetery opposite the Prophet's Mosque. -- (U) Shi'a unhappiness escalated into a confrontation resulting in severa [...]
2009-02-24 07:14:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALKIRF KISL PGOV PHUM SA
09RIYADH378SAUDI KING APPOINTS MODERATE TO CONTINUE REFORMS
[...] (U) WHAT IS THE ROLE OF THE CPVPV? Saudi Founder King Abdalaziz established the CPVPV to uphold standards of public behavior based upon Shariah law. In Saudi Arabia, the CPVPV is commonly referred to as the "hayy,a," meaning commission. The CPVPV comprises approximately 3,500 officers in ad [...]
2009-03-03 04:57:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KIRF KISL KWMN SA
09RIYADH596SAUDIS PLAN MINIMUM MARRIAGE AGE
[...] KEY POINTS: -- (U) The new Saudi Justice Minister has announced that a "system to regulate child marriages" is under consideration. The Justice Ministry has constituted a committee of scholars to provide advice to the King on a minimum age that would be "best for society." -- (C) Accord [...]
2009-04-21 14:39:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KISL SA
09RIYADH651IDEOLOGICAL AND OWNERSHIP TRENDS IN THE SAUDI MEDIA
[...] (S) Summary: The Saudi regulatory system offers the al-Saud regime a means to manipulate the nation's print media to promote its own agenda without exercising day-to-day oversight over journalists, and Saudi journalists are free to write what they wish provided they do not criticize the ruling fami [...]
2009-05-11 10:50:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PHUM PTER ECON KISL SA
09RIYADH860DEPUTY MINISTER NOURA AL-FAIZ: AMBITIONS,
[...] (SBU) Summary and comment: Stinging media criticism of Noura Al-Faiz, Deputy Minister for Girls' Education, reflects the anxieties of Saudis -- especially women -- whose hopes were raised by Ms. Faiz's Valentine's Day appointment as the first Saudi female at Deputy Minister rank. Her ongoing [...]
2009-06-30 13:49:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO PREL SCUL KWMN KISL KMPI SA
09RIYADH911SAUDI EDITOR LAMENTS MUSLIM INSENSITIVITY TO
[...] (C) Over breakfast on June 28, Al-Watan Editor-in-Chief Jamal Khashoggi argued to Charge that the influence of the Saudi religious establishment was declining, though this didn't necessarily translate into support for secularization. He attributed intensified religious observance in Saudi Arab [...]
2009-07-12 15:34:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPHUM KIRF KISL PGOV SA
09ROME1108ITALY SUPPORTS U.S. POSITION ON THE GOLDSTONE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Italian MFA supports the U.S. position on the Goldstone report. The MFA emphasized the importance of the report "staying in Geneva" as part of the debate in the Human Rights Council (HRC). The MFA also hopes the report does not have a negative impact on the peace process. EN [...]
2009-09-28 14:55:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL KISL PHUM PTER KPAL IT
09ROME355ITALY READY TO HELP ON GUANTANAMO BAY DETAINEES
[...] (C) Italian Foreign Minister Frattini confirmed to S/WCI Ambassador Williamson March 24 that Italy is ready to help the United States resolve the issue of Guantanamo detainees through resettlement in Italy and advocacy for the U.S. effort within the EU. Frattini advised that there is oppositio [...]
2009-03-26 17:12:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS KISL IT
09SANAA1060YEMENIS IMPRESSED BY PRESIDENT OBAMA'S SPEECH,
[...] (U) Embassy interlocutors responded positively to President Barack Obama's June 4 speech in Cairo. They were pleased with the speech's respectful and balanced tone. Interlocutors, however, were somewhat skeptical that the change in tone would be matched by a change in policy, and awaited cle [...]
2009-06-08 06:17:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL OPRC KPAO KISL YM
09SANAA1087YEMEN'S SALAFIS COME OUT OF THE POLITICAL CLOSET
[...] (S) SUMMARY. Yemen's leading Salafis took a bold step into the political arena last month with a highly publicized conference in support of national unity, hosted by the country's largest Salafist charitable organization. Civil society reacted warily to the conservative religious movement's [...]
2009-06-09 13:30:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPGOV PTER KISL SCUL YM
09SANAA1541IN SEYOUN, FRUSTATION WITH SANA'A, FEAR OF THE
[...] (S) SUMMARY. Political and social life in Wadi Hadramout has taken a turn for the worse in recent years, members of the political opposition and civil society told PolOff in an August 4 visit to Seyoun. Hadramis complained of Sana'a's centralization of power and discrimination against south [...]
2009-08-18 11:54:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPGOV PREL PTER SCUL KISL YM
09SANAA1939FIGHTING FIRE WITH FIRE: A CLASH OF RELIGIOUS
[...] (S) SUMMARY. One of the deepest root causes of the conflict in Sa'ada is an ongoing battle of religious extremes between the violent Zaydism of the Shiite Houthi rebels native to the region and the radical Sunni Salafism that has crept down from Saudi Arabia in the last 20 years. Supported [...]
2009-10-20 13:36:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPGOV KISL SCUL YM
09SANAA257REVIEWING YEMEN'S PREVIOUS EXTREMIST
[...] (U) From 2002 through 2005, Yemen conducted an extremist rehabilitation program that is believed to have had some success. This report outlines what is known about that program and how it worked, and compares what is known about the ROYG's current plans for a rehabilitation center to it. Whi [...]
2009-02-10 11:28:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPTER KDRG KISL YM
09SANAA307SALEH INSISTS ON RECEIVING GTMO DETAINEES, ASSURES
[...] (C) The Ambassador told President Saleh that there are profound doubts in Washington about Yemen's ability to receive and properly manage detainees returned from Guantanamo. The Ambassador urged the President, in a February 18 meeting, to reconsider his objection to the possibility of sendin [...]
2009-02-18 14:07:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL KDRG KISL YM
09SAOPAULO663Engaging Sao Paulo's Muslim Communities: SMRC Pandith's
[...] (C) Summary: Sao Paulo offers unique possibilities for Muslim engagement, many of which were evident throughout Special Representative to Muslim Communities (SRMC) Farah Pandith's November 22-23 visit. The major Sunni and politically moderate Muslims were delighted to receive SMRC Pandit [...]
2009-12-08 18:46:00Consulate Sao PauloCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PINR PHUM PREL SCUL KISL KPAO OEXC BR
09SARAJEVO1147GOLDSTONE REPORT DEMARCHE
[...] (SBU) Per reftel A, post demarched Amb. Milenko Misic, BiH Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of the Department for Human Rights on October 1 regarding the U.S. position on UNHRC discussion of the Goldstone report. Misic had no substantive comment in response to the demarche, but informally [...]
2009-10-02 04:34:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKISL KPAL PREL PHUM PTER
09SARAJEVO1391BOSNIA: NEGATING THE "DEFAMATION OF RELIGION"
[...] (SBU) We believe the best way to get Bosnian support for our position on &Defamation of Religion8 votes (reftel) is to stress that Bosnia should change its voting behavior because it aims to become an EU country, a tolerant multi-ethnic democracy and a fully functional state that can present [...]
2009-12-21 14:27:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM KISL PGOV PHUM PREL BK
09SARAJEVO1433BOSNIA: ENGAGEMENT WITH THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY
[...] (SBU) Bosnian Muslims (Bosniaks) constitute the most numerous of the three constituent peoples in BiH and the majority group in the Federation of BiH and capital city Sarajevo. Given that the three constituent groups (Bosniaks, Serbs and Croats) are divided along ethnic-religious line, one of [...]
2009-12-31 10:10:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KISL KPAO PHUM PREL SCUL SOCI BK
09SARAJEVO747BOSNIA: FORMER FOREIGN FIGHTERS ARRESTED; BUT CAN
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Administrative delays and barriers to evidence sharing may contribute to the release from the Foreigners Affairs Service (FAS) Immigration Center of several former foreign fighters, who have been deemed threats to BiH national security. Currently the center holds eight persons [...]
2009-06-24 13:41:00Embassy SarajevoSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PTER KISL SCUL INR KJUS KCRM BK
09SEOUL1541ROK SUPPORTS BALANCED RESOLUTION ON GOLDSTONE
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on 9/25 to Cho Tae-ick, Director of MOFAT's Human Rights and Social Affairs Division, calling on the ROKG to support an unbiased resolution on the Goldstone Report. Cho, noting that the ROK had discussed the issue in detail with the Israelis, said Seoul wo [...]
2009-09-25 08:32:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PTER KISL KPAL IS KS
09SEOUL1574ROK TO FOLLOW EU LEAD ON GOLDSTONE REPORT
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered EAP/K-Embassy Seoul e-mail message on 10/1 to Cho Tae-ick, Director of MOFAT's Human Rights and Social Affairs Division, calling on the ROK to back the USG effort to get an unbiased resolution on the Goldstone Report. Cho underscored that the ROK would likely follow the [...]
2009-10-01 05:51:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKS KN PGOV PHUM PREL PTER KISL KPAL IS
09SOFIA286BULGARIA: REACHING OUT TO THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador McEldowney highlighted President Obama's Cairo speech in a meeting with Bulgaria's chief Mufti, stressing our determination to establish a new way forward for U.S. relations with the Muslim world. The Ambassador raised ideas for promoting religious tolerance and voi [...]
2009-06-11 14:44:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIEDBU KIRF KISL PGOV PHUM
09STATE105067(S/NF) KUDOS FOR REPORTING ON SHIA CLERICAL
[...] (C/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS GREATLY APPRECIATED RECENT REPORTING ON THE SHIA CLERICAL HIERARCHY IN BAHRAIN AND CONNECTIONS BETWEEN SHIA CLERICS/OPPOSITION LEADERS TO FOREIGN CLERICS FROM IRAQ, IRAN, LEBANON, AND HIZBALLAH. WE REMAIN INTERESTED IN ANY REPORTING THAT DESCRIBES THE LEVEL OF INFL [...]
2009-10-08 16:43:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNPINR KISL PGOV BA
09STATE123740NOVEMBER 2009 U.S.-AZERBAIJAN SECURITY DIALOGUE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-02 22:16:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ENRG KCRM KISL MARR PBTS PINR PREL PTER AJ
09STATE124834THE FIRST SCIENCE ENVOYS AND GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT IN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-07 06:41:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ISCON KISL KSCA OEXC OVIP PREL SCUL SENV SOCI
09STATE126780CORRECTED TEXT: THE FIRST SCIENCE ENVOYS AND
[...] (SBU)Summary: The Secretary announced the U.S. Science Envoy Program on November 3. The Science Envoys will seek to identify new opportunities and build new partnerships in Science and Technology (S&T) cooperation. The first three envoys will begin travel in January and February, and posts are [...]
2009-12-11 03:01:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ISCON KISL KSCA OEXC OVIP PREL SCUL SENV SOCI
09STATE128320FORWARD THINKING TO NEGATE "DEFAMATION OF
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-16 03:18:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL KISL KDEM PGOV OPDC
09STATE39222GUIDANCE REGARDING USG PARTICIPATION IN THE
[...] This is an action request for Geneva, The Hague, Moscow, Jerusalem, London, Nairobi, Accra, Kigali, Lusaka, Rabat, Bamako, Abuja, Dakar, Mexico City, Brasilia and Rome. Please see paragraphs 2, 3 and 4. 2. The draft review conference outcome document for the Durban Review Conference does no [...]
2009-04-20 23:57:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SOCI AORC KISL PHUM KDEM
09STATE40428(C) KUDOS FOR REPORTING ON ISLAM IN TAJIKISTAN
[...] (C) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS WISH TO PROVIDE KUDOS TO POST FOR REFS, WHICH PROVIDED UNIQUE INSIGHTS AND INFORMATION ON ISLAM IN TAJIKISTAN AND ON CENTRAL ASIA. ANALYSTS IN PARTICULAR APPRECIATE EFFORTS MADE BY POST TO MEET WITH VARIOUS ISLAMIC CLERICS THROUGHOUT TAJIKISTAN, WHICH PROVIDED IMPORT [...]
2009-04-22 21:27:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPINR KIRF KISL PGOV PHUM TI
09STATE61326(S)DEMARCHE TO CHINA CONCERNING TRANSFER OF
[...] (U) This is an action request. Embassy Beijing please see paras 5-6. 2. (S) The objectives of this demarche are to: -- Inform China of the U.S. decision to release four Uighur detainees at the Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility to Bermuda for resettlement. Explain that repatriation is [...]
2009-06-14 18:21:00Secretary of StateSECRETMOPS PGOV PHUM PREL PTER KAWC KISL KPAO CH
09STATE6516Executive Orders on Closing Guantanamo and on
[...] (U) Background. On January 22, 2009, President Obama issued three Executive Orders related to the Guantanamo Bay detention facility; interrogation rules and detention facilities; and future U.S. detention policy. The following background on the Executive Orders is for all diplomatic and cons [...]
2009-01-24 22:17:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKAWK KISL KPAO MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL PTER
09STATE74794(S) REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON ISLAM AND
[...] (C/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS ARE EXAMINING HOW ISSUES OF PIETY AND ISLAM ARE APPROACHED AND AFFECT POLITICAL AND DAILY LIFE IN TURKEY. WE WOULD APPRECIATE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION ON POLITICAL PARTIES' APPROACHES TO ISLAM, ISLAM'S ROLE IN POLITICS, AND PIETY ISSUES IN TURKEY, AS TIME, RESOURCES [...]
2009-07-17 18:08:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPINR KISL PREL TU
09STATE76469(S) REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON TARIKATS, KURDS AND ISLAM, AND MINORITY RELIGIONS IN TURKEY (C-RE9-01283)
[...] (S/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS GREATLY APPRECIATED REFTEL ON A KONDA POLL THAT ADDRESSES AND INTERPRETS THE RANGES OF VARIATION AND COMPLEXITY THAT CHARACTERIZE TURKISH ISLAM. WE WOULD APPRECIATE ANY INFORMATION ON THE SECRETIVE ISLAMIC TARIKAT ASSOCIATIONS, THE VIEW OF KURDS IN RELATION TO ISLAM, T [...]
2009-07-22 16:24:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNPINR KISL PREL TU
09STATE98567ACTION REQUEST: CONSTRUCTIVE OUTCOME FROM THE
[...] (U) This is an urgent action request. Posts should make determinations about delivering the points in para 8 and 9 below based on their discretion and best understanding of how to advance USG goals identified in paras 5 and 6 with host governments. Please see para 7 for action request. Bac [...]
2009-09-23 05:53:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PTER KISL KPAL IS
09STOCKHOLM327MALMO'S ISLAMISTS AND ENVIRONMENTALISTS CO-EXIST, UNEASILY
[...] Summary: The Charge, accompanied by the Regional Senior Commercial Officer and the Energy and Environment Outreach Assistant visited Lund and Malmo in southern Sweden May 14-15 to learn more about the Swedish side of the Oresund Region. Malmo is reinventing itself and trying to improve its re [...]
2009-05-28 14:01:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDENRG SENV KGHG KISL PGOV SW
09STOCKHOLM779SNAPSHOT OF MUSLIM COMMUNITIES IN SWEDEN
[...] (SBU) Summary: As in other European countries, Muslim communities in Sweden are fast-growing and diverse. Muslims represent between 2.7% to 4.4% of the total Swedish population of 9.2 million, some 250,000 to 450,000 persons. Prominent communities are from Iraq and other Arabic-speaking count [...]
2009-12-15 09:26:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALKISL PHUM PTER PINR PREL SW
09STOCKHOLM784MUSLIM COMMUNITIES STRUGGLE TO INTEGRATE IN SWEDEN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Approximately 30% or 400,000 of Sweden's foreign-born population comes from a Muslim-majority country. Despite generous government-sponsored social services for newcomers, immigrants routinely face racial, ethnic and religious discrimination. Immigrants often live in segregate [...]
2009-12-16 11:49:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALKISL PHUM PTER PINR PREL SW
09STOCKHOLM787SWEDEN'S PROGRAM OF PREVENTING ISLAMIST
[...] (C) Summary: The Swedish Security Police (SAPO) have three specific areas of concern when it comes to combating Islamist radicalization and violent extremism: (1) individuals who travel from Sweden to Somalia, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq; (2) growing isolation and alienation felt by some me [...]
2009-12-18 14:28:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALKISL PHUM PTER PINR PREL SW
09SURABAYA10EAST JAVA: GOVERNOR'S RACE ENDS WITH MURKY LESSONS FOR 2009
[...] (SBU) Summary: Indonesia's most populous province has finally elected a new governor after one general election and two run-off elections. Unprecedented televised testimony in Indonesia's Constitutional Court triggered a second runoff after vote buying in Madura was revealed. In a province of n [...]
2009-02-03 11:23:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ID KISL KIRF
09SURABAYA109SHARIA IN EASTERN INDONESIA WANING
[...] Summary: While Aceh has gained international attention for new laws mandating stoning for adultery and banning pants for women, sharia law has gained little traction in Eastern Indonesia. Since 2003, 11 local governments have issued just 16 bylaws, most commonly to mandate the giving of alms, [...]
2009-11-09 09:44:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV KISL KIRF ID
09SURABAYA20LOMBOK: LOCAL GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAYS AHMADIYAH CAN RETURN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ahmadiyah refugees in Lombok's Transito Camp have received word via a local government spokesman that they can return home after nearly three years away. Members of this minority Islamic sect are determined to return despite limits that will remain on their religious practice. [...]
2009-03-03 08:41:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KISL KCOR ID
09SURABAYA23EAST JAVA: FEMALE CANDIDATES UNAFRAID OF COMPETITION
[...] (SBU) Summary: East Java's female legislative candidates are not worried about their ability to compete in upcoming national elections despite the effective cancellation of a quota requiring that women account for 30% of candidates. More than gender, a lack of experience and education are th [...]
2009-03-12 07:23:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KISL ID
09SURABAYA26LOMBOK: AHMADIYAH'S RETURN POSTPONED
[...] (SBU) Summary: As reported Reftel, members of the Ahmadiyah community in Lombok, Nusa Tenggara Tengah (NTB),intended to return to their home villages in the West Lombok Regency on March 14. At the request of the West Lombok government, the Ahmadis resident in Transito Camp have agreed to de [...]
2009-03-16 07:35:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KISL KCOR ID
09SURABAYA4EAST JAVA AND CENTRAL SULAWESI: RHETORIC HEATS UP PEACEFUL
[...] (SBU) Summary: Demonstrations against Israeli military action in the Gaza strip remain peaceful in Surabaya. Four recent demonstrations have focused on the Consulate itself and one on the Consular Agency in Bali. In Surabaya, protestors led by a local leader in the Islamic Cleric's Associa [...]
2009-01-13 10:15:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KIRF PINS ID PHUM KISL
09SURABAYA40LOMBOK: FOUR AHMADI FAMILIES RETURN HOME WITHOUT INCIDENT
[...] The Ahmadiyah representative in Lombok told Congen April 24 that the head of the Ketapang district office visited the Transito camp on April 14 to request the Ahmadis once again delay their return to their homes in the Gegerungan Village in West Lombok Regency for security reasons. The official [...]
2009-04-24 10:25:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KISL KCOR ID
09SURABAYA68EASTERN INDONESIA: ISLAMIC VOTERS NOT SWAYED BY RELIGIOUS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Presidential candidate Vice President Jusuf Kalla struggled to burnish his image as the choice of Islamic and non-Javanese religious voters during the campaign. However, early results suggest voters from Indonesia's largest Islamic organizations did not heed their leaders' cal [...]
2009-07-09 09:10:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KISL KCOR ID
09SURABAYA81EAST JAVA: SURABAYA'S RAMADAN OUTREACH MAKES A POSITIVE
[...] (U) Summary: The staff of ConGen Surabaya extended their hands to 1500 Indonesians during the first three weeks of Ramadan. Surabaya hosted seven Iftaar events (known locally as Buka Puasas) throughout East Java and gave eight presentation on "Muslims in America" at local schools. The Iftaar [...]
2009-09-17 09:34:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PREL SOCI KISL ID
09TASHKENT1325Uzbekistan: Ataev and Norov Remarks Reflect Concerns About
[...] (C) Summary: The first set of astonishingly high-level meetings between the Government of Uzbekistan and two representatives from the Center for Strategic and International Studies kicked off on July 27 with meetings between them and National Security Council Secretary Ataev, NSC First Deputy S [...]
2009-07-28 12:56:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPREL ASEC AORC PGOV ECIN ELTN ENRG KISL MARR MOPS
09TASHKENT158TASHKENT TIDBITS FEBRUARY 10, 2008
[...] (SBU) Post has updated its cost of living analysis for Uzbekistan through the end of 2008. At 21.6 percent, the cost of living grew more slowly in 2008 than in 2007, when it increased by 29.2 percent. The cost of foodstuffs increased by only 17.0 percent as contrasted with a 29.1 percent rise [...]
2009-02-11 04:26:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON KIRF SOCI PHUM KISL KPAO UZ
09TASHKENT177UZBEKISTAN: REPORTS OF CRACKDOWN ON "NUR" RELIGIOUS GROUP
[...] (C) Summary: Uzbek authorities appear to be significantly ratcheting up the pressure on suspected members of the banned Nur (or "Nurcilar") religious organization, which is associated with the conservative (but not extremist) religious teachings and Pan-Turkish ideology of Turkish scholar Feth [...]
2009-02-13 09:26:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPHUM KCRM KIRF KISL KPAO PGOV PINR PREL SOCI TU UZ
09TASHKENT1948THE STATUS OF WOMEN IN UZBEKISTAN: IS SECULARISM STRONGER
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Gender issues in Uzbekistan continue to be a complicated matter. De jure, women in this secular, former Soviet society enjoy protections from discrimination, with relatively modern legislation and government policies pushing society towards greater gender equality. De fa [...]
2009-11-02 11:10:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KWMN KISL UZ
09TASHKENT222UZBEKISTAN: TRIAL OF ALLEGED RELIGIOUS EXTREMIST EXTRADITED
[...] (C) Summary: The trial of Haitjon Juraboev, a religious extremist suspect who was extradited by Kyrgyz authorities to Uzbekistan in September 2008, is nearing completion in Tashkent, according to an independent activist monitoring the trial. Juraboev has reportedly pled innocent to all the cha [...]
2009-02-26 13:01:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPHUM KCRM KIRF KISL PGOV PINR PREF PREL SOCI UNHCR KG
09TASHKENT277UZBEKISTAN: "NUR" RELIGIOUS GROUP CRACKDOWN CONTINUES
[...] (C) Summary: Authorities are continuing a widespread crackdown on suspected members of "Nur," a banned conservative (but not extremist) religious organization associated with Turkish scholar Fethullah Gullen (ref A). According to reports from independent and state-controlled media, at least 1 [...]
2009-03-13 12:31:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPHUM KCRM KIRF KISL KPAO PGOV PINR PREL SOCI TU UZ
09TASHKENT3UZBEKISTAN: ACTIVIST REPORTS ON KILLING OF AKROMIYIST;
[...] (C) Summary: An Andijon-based human rights activist recently reported the killing by law enforcement officials of a young member of "Akromiya," a religious-business organization whose members were at the center of the 2005 Andijon events. The activist specifically requested that the United [...]
2009-01-05 11:16:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPHUM KCRM KIRF KISL PGOV PINR PREF PREL PTER SOCI KG
09TASHKENT449UZBEKISTAN: SECURITY SERVICES SEEKING TO ENTRAP HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (S/NF) Summary: The National Security Service (NSS) appears to be attempting to entrap the Embassy's Human Rights Officer by arranging meetings for him outside the Embassy on sensitive topics that could then be taped. On at least three separate occasions over the past month, we have strong re [...]
2009-04-06 06:26:00Embassy TashkentSECRET//NOFORNPHUM KDEM KIRF KISL PGOV PINR PREL SOCI UZ
09TASHKENT451UZBEKISTAN: THE WAY FORWARD ON HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (C) Summary: While human rights abuses remain all too common in Uzbekistan, the government has taken some positive steps in certain areas over the past year. Uzbekistan is not posed to become a democracy anytime soon, but we continue to believe that the most effective strategy for curbing abus [...]
2009-04-06 12:40:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPHUM EAID ELAB ICRC KDEM KIRF KISL KTIP PGOV PREL
09TASHKENT463UZBEK ASYLUM-SEEKER EXTRADITED FROM KYRGYZSTAN RECEIVES
[...] (C) On March 30, independent human rights activist Ismoil Adilov provided poloff with court documents regarding the case of Haitjon Juraboev, a religious extremist suspect who was extradited by Kyrgyz authorities to Uzbekistan in September 2008 (reftel). According to the documents, on February [...]
2009-04-07 06:59:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPHUM KCRM KIRF KISL PGOV PREF PREL SOCI UNHCR KG UZ
09TASHKENT497UZBEKISTAN: RECENT RELIGIOUS EXTREMISM AND TERRORISM
[...] (C) Summary: During a meeting at the Embassy on March 30, independent human rights activist Ismoil Adilov handed over to poloff a collection of court documents from recent trials he had monitored involving suspected religious extremists. The documents demonstrate that at least six women were [...]
2009-04-13 15:47:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPHUM KCRM KIRF KISL KWMN PGOV PINR PREL PTER SOCI UZ
09TASHKENT55UZBEKISTAN: ANATOMY OF A HIZB UT-TAHRIR CASE
[...] (C) Summary: This cable examines in depth a recent Hizb ut-Tahrir case reported by state-controlled and independent media and a local human rights activist. While the case highlights on-going abuses in the government's campaign against suspected religious extremists, it also demonstrates how [...]
2009-01-13 10:49:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPHUM KCRM KIRF KISL KPAO PGOV PINR PREL PTER SOCI UZ
09TASHKENT559TASHKENT TIDBITS APRIL 22, 2009
[...] (SBU) We attended a roundtable on transboundary water issues at the Oliy Majlis on March 4. The two hour session was chaired by Sadyk Safaev, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee and former Ambassador to the U.S. The roundtable produced nothing new in terms of policy; all speakers [...]
2009-04-22 10:10:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ECON KIRF SOCI PHUM KISL KPAO UZ
09TASHKENT56UZBEKISTAN: HIZB UT-TAHRIR ARRESTS IN 2008
[...] (C) Summary: State-controlled media, independent news website s, and local human rights activists continue to report on arrests in Uzbekistan of suspected members of the Hizb ut-Tahrir (HT) religious extremist group, as well as the arrests of other banned religious groups members. In 2008, t [...]
2009-01-13 12:01:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPHUM KCRM KIRF KISL KWMN PGOV PINR PREF PREL PTER SOCI
09TASHKENT751UZBEKISTAN: AGRICULTURE, BORDERS, AND ISLAM IN THE FERGHANA
[...] (C) Summary: Poloff visited the Ferghana Valley on May 5-6, traveling through Fergana and Andijon Provinces en route to Kyrgyzstan. The overland trip was a good opportunity to take the pulse of this unique and populous area of the country. The land border crossing with Kyrgyzstan between And [...]
2009-05-13 10:24:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KTIP SOCI EAGR KISL ASEC KG UZ
09TELAVIV2425SENIOR MFA AND MOD OFFICIALS DESCRIBE COMPLEX
[...] (S) Summary. In separate meetings October 28 and 29, MOD Pol-Mil Director Gilad and MFA Deputy Director General Hadas described different aspects of Israel's complex relations with Jordan. Gilad effusively praised security cooperation with Jordan, calling it the "main pillar" of Israel's se [...]
2009-11-04 12:13:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PGOV KISL KWBG JO IS
09TELAVIV2678REPORTED MESSAGE FROM KING ABDULLAH TO NETANYAHU
[...] (C) Yair Hirschfeld, the director general of the Economic Cooperation Foundation, a respected Israeli NGO that is very active in track two peace efforts, briefed PolCouns December 2 on renewed Jordanian pressure on the GOI over Jerusalem. According to Hirschfeld, King Abdullah recently sent [...]
2009-12-10 10:30:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KISL JO KWBG IS
09THEHAGUE582NETHERLANDS/HRC: SUPPORTING U.S. ON GOLDSTONE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch MFA supports the U.S. position on the Goldstone report, but some members in the Dutch Parliament will try to pressure FM Verhagen to take a more skeptical approach toward Israel. The MFA intimated there is a split on Israel policy between FM Verhagen and Development Mini [...]
2009-09-25 07:22:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALIS KISL KPAL PREL PHUM PTER NL
09THEHAGUE693 EUR/PGI WEINSTEIN'S VISIT TO THE NETHERLANDS FOR EUROPEAN
[...] EUR/PGI's Ivan Weinstein, who heads EUR's policy formulation on engaging with Muslims and other minorities in Europe, visited The Netherlands September 21-23, 2009, to attend a conference on the intercultural policies of European cities, consult with Embassy The Hague, and meet with the America [...]
2009-11-16 08:22:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDKISL PGOV PHUM PREL KPAO SCUL SOCI NL
09TIRANA180GITMO DETAINEES IN ALBANIA POSE LIMITED THREAT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The resettlement of Guantanamo detainees in Albania has proven to be a success, even though significant challenges remain. Nearly three years after their arrival in Albania, seven former detainees remain in Albania, with one having received asylum in Sweden. Of the seven, all ha [...]
2009-03-24 12:06:00Embassy TiranaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM KAWK KISL KPAO AL
09TIRANA690ALBANIA ARRESTS LOCAL IMAM FOR PROMOTING TERRORISM
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Albanian authorities arrested a local imam, Artan Kristo AKA Muhammad Abdullah Al-Albani, on 12 October 2009, based on allegations that he had incited religious hatred and propagated terrorist acts. According to local press accounts, Kristo made appeals for terrorist acts on the [...]
2009-10-20 13:52:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PINS KCRM KHLS KISL AL
09TOKYO2920WHY JAPAN ABSTAINS ON DEFAMATION OF RELIGION
[...] (C) Following its normal practice, Japan once again abstained on the Defamation of Religion resolution. According to MOFA Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs Division Deputy Director Makoto Tanabe, Japan thinks that the Defamation of Religion resolution is "not a good resolution, but it is no [...]
2009-12-22 07:36:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KISL KDEM PGOV OPDC JA
09TORONTO151De-Radicalization Program Beginning in Toronto
[...] (U) Summary: Mohammed Robert Heft, a Canadian Muslim convert, is using Paradise Forever (P4E),a community center that provides assistance and social services to new Muslim converts in Toronto, to counter the effects of radicalization among young Muslims. Heft plans to help de-radicalize waywa [...]
2009-07-07 13:50:00Consulate TorontoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER KISL PGOV PINR CA
09TORONTO200 TORONTO'S SOMALI COMMUNITY REMAINS CLOSE TO HOMELAND
[...] (U) Summary: Nearly 80% of Canada's Somali population resides in Ontario, with the largest community in the Toronto area. The community, which consists mostly of recent immigrants, has had difficulty integrating into mainstream Canadian society due to problems with discrimination, both perceiv [...]
2009-08-27 14:31:00Consulate TorontoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER SCUL SMIG KISL KPAO SO CA
09TORONTO213UAE CHARITY FUNDS TORONTO DE-RADICALIZATION EFFORTS
[...] (C/NF) Muhammed Robert Heft, director of the Paradise Forever (P4E) center in Toronto, traveled to Dubai and Abu Dhabi in late August and early September, accompanied by Toronto-area Liberal federal MP Derek Lee. Heft and Lee met with officials of P4E's principal benefactor, the Mohammed Bin [...]
2009-09-09 20:09:00Consulate TorontoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPTER KISL PREL CA AE
09TORONTO239Toronto Diaspora Series: An Influential Pakistani-Canadian
[...] (U) SUMMARY: In a reception held in his honor, the new Pakistani CG in Toronto praised Toronto's Pakistani community and the important role it has played in promoting trade with Canada and development in Pakistan. The Canadian Pakistani Business Council (CPBC),the organization that hosted th [...]
2009-10-02 15:05:00Consulate TorontoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SCUL KISL PK CA
09TORONTO93Iranians in Toronto: A Complex Community
[...] (U) Summary: The Toronto area is home to a large and well-established Iranian expatriate community that has steadfastly held on to its Iranian identity. Nevertheless, the Iranian community is far from monolithic. It is divided mainly into two factions that clash over differing views about the [...]
2009-05-04 18:19:00Consulate TorontoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL IR KISL CA
09TRIPOLI48LATEST ROUND OF TALKS WITH IMPRISONED LIFG MEMBERS CONCLUDES, NEXT ROUND SCHEDULED FOR LATE FEBRUARY
[...] (C) Saleh Abdulsalam Saleh, Human Rights Committee Director of the quasi-governmental Qadhafi Development Foundation (QDF),told P/E Chief on January 22 that the latest round of talks with imprisoned members of the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG),which began in late December (ref A),had conc [...]
2009-01-22 15:53:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV KISL PINR PHUM LY
09TRIPOLI955LIBYAN ISLAMIC FIGHTING GROUP REVISES JIHADIST IDEOLOGY REF: A) Tripoli 359; B) Tripoli 678 TRIPOLI 00000955 001.2 OF 003
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-09 15:56:00Embassy TripoliSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER PGOV KISL PHUM LY
09TRIPOLI961LIBYAN CHANGE OF EID AL ADHA HOLIDAY PROMPTS RARE PUBLIC GRUMBLING TRIPOLI 00000961 001.2 OF 002
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-14 09:11:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KISL SOCI LY
09TUNIS343TUNISIANS SAY "BRAVO" TO PRESIDENT'S CAIRO SPEECH,
[...] (SBU) At a small gathering with opinion leaders and a reception for young people, as well as in exchanges with diplomatic officials, Ambassador and EmbOffs heard an overwhelmingly positive response to President Obama's June 4 speech in Cairo. While some contacts would have liked to see the P [...]
2009-06-04 22:06:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPREL KISL KPAL KPAO TS
09TUNIS361TUNISIA: CONTINUED POSITIVE REACTIONS TO OBAMA
[...] (C) One week after President Obama's June 4 Cairo speech, Tunisians continue to be generally positive. Much skepticism remains, with some commentators raising questions about actions versus words. The speech also remains a topic of conversation and discourse in the media. In fact, the cover [...]
2009-06-11 17:18:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPREL KISL KPAO KPAL TS
09TUNIS754CITING H1N1 CONCERNS, TUNISIA "POSTPONES" THE HAJJ
[...] (C) Summary: The Tunisian government has announced it is "postponing" the country's participation in the annual Hajj pilgrimage, citing fears over the spread of the H1N1 virus. While the government is not actually prohibiting participation in a legal sense, the suspension of the GOT's normal [...]
2009-10-09 12:42:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPREL KISL KIRF TBIO TS
09USEUBRUSSELS546JHA MINISTERS TASK COREPER AMBASSADORS TO PREPARE
[...] (U) At their April 6 Council meeting in Luxembourg, European Union (EU) Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Ministers agreed to work towards an "EU response" to U.S. requests in Washington and at the Prague Summit for help in closing Guantanamo. They tasked EU Ambassadors in the Committee of Perma [...]
2009-04-09 10:55:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL KISL KAWL PTER EON
09USUNNEWYORK638ALLIANCE OF CIVILIZATIONS
[...] (U) USUN PolCouns attended a June 22 meeting of the Friends of the Alliance of Civilizations (AOC) as an Observer. The meeting, co-chaired by the Permanent Representatives of Turkey and Spain, provided a briefing on the Second Forum of the AOC, held in Istanbul on April 6-7, 2009, and focused [...]
2009-06-29 16:26:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL KIRF KISL SP TU
09USUNNEWYORK641ALLIANCE OF CIVILIZATIONS: AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS
[...] This is an action cable. See paragraph 6 below. 2. (SBU) Turkish PermRep Ilkin and Spanish PermRep Yanez-Barnuevo requested a meeting with Ambassador Rice to urge U.S. backing for the Alliance of Civilizations (AOC). They explained that the initiative for the AOC came from their governme [...]
2009-06-30 20:40:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KIRF KISL SP TU
09VALLETTA251MALTESE OFFICIAL SAYS TWO INFORMAL MOSQUES CLOSED
[...] (C) In a May 20 meeting with Charge' and acting DCM, Malta Environment and Planning Authority (MEPA) Chairman Austin Walker gave his perspective on the closure last month of two informal mosques in the seaside towns of Sliema and Bugibba. Walker explained that in both instances, Maltese citizen [...]
2009-06-05 15:00:00Embassy VallettaCONFIDENTIALKIRF KISL PGOV PHUM PREF PREL MT
09VATICAN60VATICAN AND ARAB LEAGUE SIGN AGREEMENT TO PROMOTE PEACE AND
[...] (U) The Holy See and the Arab League signed a Memorandum of Understanding April 23 to strengthen joint projects to promote peace and dialogue, especially on the political and cultural level. The Memorandum was signed by Archbishop Dominique Mamberti, representing the Holy See, and by Amr Mou [...]
2009-04-24 17:54:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM SOCI KISL KIRF SCUL PTER VT
10ABUJA185NORTHERN NIGERIAN MUSLIM VIEWS OF THE UNITED STATES
[...] (C) Muslim scholars, government officials, politicians, professors, students, and civil society representatives discussed their views on the United States and its foreign policy with PolOffs during a visit in January to the Northern Nigerian state of Sokoto. Many interlocutors expressed apprec [...]
2010-02-18 12:29:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PTER SOCI KDEM KISL KPAO NI
10ABUJA209NIGERIAN NUGGETS -- FEBRUARY 25, 2010
[...] (U) Mission Nigeria provides the following compilation of recent political, economic, and social developments not previously reported. Included in this addition are: -- CRISIS AVERTED IN NORTHERN NIGERIA'S JIGAWA STATE -- LES IN CANADIAN EMBASSY IN NIGER BECOMES THE NEW PRIME MINISTER [...]
2010-02-25 14:20:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR ECON CASC KISL KPAO NI
10ALGIERS185ENTREPRENEURSHIP ROUNDTABLE
[...] (SBU) Embassy Algiers has been working to prepare for the April 26-27 Presidential Entrepreneurship Summit. This cable summarizes post's efforts to date in support of that event and indicates what we think the Algerian participants will be looking for in terms of Summit outcomes. Their analys [...]
2010-02-28 07:40:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV EFIN ETRD ECON PREL KISL AG
10ALGIERS186ALGERIA AND THE PRESIDENTIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP
[...] (SBU) Embassy Algiers has been working to prepare for the April 26-27 Presidential Entrepreneurship Summit. This cable summarizes post's efforts to date in support of that event and indicates what we think the Algerian participants will be looking for in terms of Summit outcomes. Their analys [...]
2010-02-28 07:53:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV EFIN ETRD ECON PREL KISL AG
10AMMAN219JORDAN: PREVIEW OF AFGHANISTAN SUPPORT OFFER IN
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Jordan's top military advisor and brother of the King, Lieutenant General (LTG) Prince Faisal bin Al Hussein, and Minister of Planning Jafar Hassan will travel to Washington during the week of January 25. Their itineraries include meetings with senior U.S. officials in the Depa [...]
2010-01-22 13:43:00Embassy AmmanSECRET//NOFORNPREL PINS MASS KISL JO AF
10ASHGABAT179WAHABIS IN TURKMENISTAN?
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite GOTX claims to the contrary, there are credible reports of presence of fundamentalist Islam in Turkmenistan, although the number of adherents currently seems to be fairly small. Using the term "Wahabis" to describe these groups, an Embassy contact recently told PAO about [...]
2010-02-08 12:03:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALKISL PHUM PGOV PTER TX
10ASHGABAT48TURKMENISTAN: EVANGELICAL GROUP MAINTAINS LOW
[...] (C) SUMMARY. A small group of local evangelical Protestants manages to practice its beliefs without hindrance by the government, due primarily to the group's extremely low profile. The group eschews denominational ties, traditional church trappings, and links with foreign churches, consider [...]
2010-01-13 12:41:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALKIRF PGOV KISL PHUM TX
10ATHENS25Muslim Engagement in Greece
[...] (U) This report is a response to reftel information request and is a joint cable with Consulate General Thessaloniki. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Mission Greece has a multifaceted Muslim outreach strategy encompassing public diplomacy programming, human rights and religious freedom advocacy, outr [...]
2010-01-19 15:36:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM SOCI SCUL KISL KPAO GR
10BAGHDAD111AFTER TWO YEARS OF RELATIVE CALM, DEADLY
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Early evening bomb attacks rocked the old city of Najaf on January 14, the first major blasts in the city for more than two years. Sources within the provincial government and media initially reported at least two dead and 73 wounded. PRT Team Leader has been in contact with th [...]
2010-01-16 11:58:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PREL KCRM KISL KJUS IZ
10BAGHDAD141AL-MUTLAQ DISQUALIFICATION IS SALT IN THE WOUND
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Diyala provincial leaders have expressed concern that disqualification of Sunni MP Saleh Mutlaq and other party candidates due to de-Baathification procedures could adversely effect Diyala's security situation and create more fertile grounds for insurgents to co-opt members of th [...]
2010-01-20 12:34:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV KISL KJUS
10BAGHDAD167PRT MUTHANNA: RENTAL SHEIKS AND LOST IRANIAN
[...] (U) This is a xxxxx reporting cable. 2. (S) SUMMARY: xxxxx met with local leader Sheikh xxxxx. During our lengthy discussions the Sheikh shared his belief that the USG has poorly utilized its influence in Iraq, leaving the way open for Iran to advance its agenda at USG expense. He went on to desc [...]
2010-01-22 16:50:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV KISL KCOR
10BAGHDAD175MANAGEMENT CHANGES MAY SIGNAL NEW OPPORTUNITIES
[...] (U) This is a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Najaf reporting cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting on January 11, PRT Najaf Team Leader, PRT Transportation Advisor, and Najaf International Airport (NIA) Director Issa al-Shemeri reviewed the status of negotiations over management of the [...]
2010-01-24 13:27:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALEAIR ECON EINV PGOV KISL IZ
10BAGHDAD193RELIGIOUS BATTLEGROUND NO LONGER, MUSTANSIRIYAH
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ePRT Baghdad Northeast Team Leader met in late December with new Mustansiriyyah University Vice Chancellor for Administrative Affairs, Dr. Adil al-Baghdadi, to review efforts to reduce the influence of extremist political and religious groups on campus. Baghdadi described 200 [...]
2010-01-25 17:00:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SCUL ASEC PTER KISL IZ
10BAGHDAD224PRT KARBALA: TENSIONS MOUNT DURING COUNTDOWN TO
[...] (U) This is a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Karbala reporting cable. 2. (C/NF) SUMMARY. Dissension is mounting in the Shi'a religious community in Iraq's south following a reported decision from the Iraqi Commission on Shi'a Religious Endowments (Awqaf) to cease most live broadcasts [...]
2010-01-29 13:49:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL KISL PTER IR IZ
10BAGHDAD245PRT NINEWA: NINEWA GOVERNOR MEASURED IN RESPONSE
[...] This is a Ninewa Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) message. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Taking a pragmatic approach to the Iraqi Government's de-Ba'athification efforts, Ninewa Provincial Governor Atheel al-Nujaifi suggested the current controversy may play to the favor of coalitions most affected [...]
2010-01-31 13:00:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM KISL IZ
10BAGHDAD61DIYALA PROVINCE: PERCEPTIONS OF SECTARIANISM
[...] (U) This is a Diyala Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) message. 2. (C) Summary: A spate of arrests and assassinations of Sunni leaders and a perception of sectarian bias among the Iraqi Police in the strategically important Muqdadiyah area of Diyala are undermining reconciliation efforts [...]
2010-01-10 15:24:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREF PTER KISL KIRF KCOR SOCI IZ
10BAGHDAD79NAJAF GOVERNOR ON PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The PRT, including the Team Leader, Public Diplomacy Officer, the Chief Engineer, and one of our Linguists, met with Gov. Adnan Al-Zurfi January 5 to discuss a range of topics including a post-election Shia alliance, security, the Najaf International Airport, and the elections. Z [...]
2010-01-12 14:27:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV KCOR KISL KTFN PREL ASEC IZ
10BAGHDAD89IN WAKE OF ATTACKS, ANBAR GOVERNMENT SIDESTEPS
[...] (U) This is a PRT Anbar (Ramadi) cable. 2. (S) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The December 30 attacks against the Provincial Government Center in Anbar resulted in the resignation of the Provincial Chief of Police. The direct involvement of Prime Minister Maliki and Sahwa party head Sheikh Ahmed ab [...]
2010-01-13 12:47:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV KCOR KISL KTFN PREL ASEC IZ
10BAKU107GRAND AYATOLLAH TO KHAMEINI: FREE PRISONERS, MAKE
[...] (C) Iranian source briefed Baku Iran watcher on an alleged February 9 meeting in Tehran between Supreme Leader Khameini and Grand Ayatollah Musavi-Ardebili. The source, a relative by marriage of Ardebili's, is a longtime Baku Iran watche contact who has credibly demonstrated access to a wide [...]
2010-02-16 12:30:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPGOV KISL PHUM AJ IR
10BAKU108IRAN: OVERVIEW OF 22 BAHMAN PROTESTS OUTSIDE
[...] (C) The following provides an overview of February 11/22 Bahman opposition protests and official activities in several provincial Iranian cities. Information was obtained by Baku Iran watcher via an outreach/reporting effort involving information obtained from Baku-based Iranians and multiple [...]
2010-02-16 13:56:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KISL AJ IR
10BAKU138HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS NOW FOCUS ON RELIGIOUS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 22 poloff met with three of Azerbaijan's leading human rights defenders for an update on their major concerns. Topping their list were increasing Iranian-inspired religiosity and property rights, as well as political prisoners and NGO registration problems. The righ [...]
2010-02-26 12:45:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM PREL KIRF KISL IR AJ
10BAKU69PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR CLAIMS NAKHCHIVAN POLICE
[...] (C) On January 29, Senior Presidential Advisor for Law Enforcement Fuad Alesgarov told the Charge that "I don't know if there were Interior Ministry abuses in Bananyar village (of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic),but if there were, we had to do it to fight religious extremism." He continu [...]
2010-02-02 13:23:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALKISL PGOV PHUM PREL KTIP AJ IR
10BAKU92VIEW FROM BAKU - "IRAN CAN'T GO ON LIKE THIS"
[...] (C) Over the last ten days Baku Iran watcher has met with over a dozen Iranian contacts to obtain their insights and expectations on the upcoming 22 Bahman/February 11 opposition demonstrations in Iran. Contacts polled included Iranian bankers, wealthy businessmen, NGO figures, journalists, [...]
2010-02-10 12:24:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KISL PHUM AJ IR
10BAKU93VIEW FROM BAKU - "IRAN CAN'T GO ON LIKE THIS"
[...] (C) Over the last ten days Baku Iran watcher has met with over a dozen Iranian contacts to obtain their insights and expectations on the upcoming 22 Bahman/February 11 opposition demonstrations in Iran. Contacts polled included Iranian bankers, wealthy businessmen, NGO figures, journalists, [...]
2010-02-10 13:34:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KISL PHUM AJ IR
10BAKU97VIEW FROM BAKU - "IRAN CAN'T GO ON LIKE THIS"
[...] (C) Over the last ten days Baku Iran watcher has met with over a dozen Iranian contacts to obtain their insights and expectations on the upcoming 22 Bahman/February 11 opposition demonstrations in Iran. Contacts polled included Iranian bankers, wealthy businessmen, NGO figures, journalists, managem [...]
2010-02-11 10:22:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KISL PHUM AJ IR
10BEIRUT51GEMAYEL ON MARCH 14
[...] (C) Summary: Although March 14 leaders -- save Druze leader Walid Jumblatt -- continue to meet to discuss policy issues on a regular basis, Prime Minister Saad Hariri is pulling back from taking a March 14 leadership role given his new office, said Kataeb leader Amine Gemayel. Gemayel expres [...]
2010-01-19 08:52:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER KISL SY LE
10BERN31ENGAGEMENT WITH MUSLIM COMMUNITIES IN SWITZERLAND
[...] (SBU) Embassy Bern is taking a multi-disciplinary approach to engagement with Muslim communities in Switzerland, coordinating efforts between the Political-Economic and Public Affairs sections (reftel). Switzerland has a Muslim population of approximately 320,000 (4.3 percent of the total pop [...]
2010-01-25 21:31:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKISL KPAO PGOV PHUM PREL SCUL SOCI SZ XG
10BRUSSELS121USEU AND MUSLIM ENGAGEMENT
[...] (U) SUMMARY: USEU Muslim outreach efforts have two objectives: U.S-EU cooperation on countering radicalization in Europe and globally, and sharing of best practices in integrating minorities into our societies. The latter cooperation on broader integration of minorities particularly reinfor [...]
2010-02-01 06:15:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEUN KISL PGOV PHUM PREL SCUL SOCI PTER PINS
10BRUSSELS169THE MIGRATION DIALOGUE: A U.S.-EU JHA DELIVERABLE
[...] (U) This cable includes two action requests. Please see paragraph 9. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 4, the USEU representatives from the Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration (PRM),the Bureau of Consular Affairs (CA),and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) met with represen [...]
2010-02-10 16:29:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSMIG PREF CVIS KFRD KISL EUN
10BRUSSELS191BELGIUM BEGINS TO DEVELOP AN ANTI-RADICALIZATION
[...] (C) Poloff and Political Analysts met recently with GOB security, counterterrorism, and police experts to discuss Belgium's national anti-radicalization policy-planning and development process. Belgium intends to complete by mid-2011 an anti-radicalization white paper that integrates threat d [...]
2010-02-17 16:31:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER KISL BE
10CAIRO119EGYPT: NEW MB SUPREME GUIDE NAMED
[...] Key Points: -- (C) Administrative insider and relative unknown Mohammed Badie, 66, was named the Muslim Brotherhood's eighth Supreme Guide on January 16. Badie's selection represents a generational shift within the group. He is the first Guide not to have known MB-founder Hassan Al-Banna. -- (C) In [...]
2010-01-21 15:51:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM KISL EG
10CAIRO141UPPER EGYPT SECTARIAN ATTACK UPDATE
[...] Key Points: - (SBU) On January 17, Egypt's State Information Service (SIS) announced that the trial of the three suspects in the January 6 attack on Coptic Christians in Naga Hamadi, Qena Governorate, will begin on February 13 (ref A). - (SBU) The three suspects will be tried under Emergency Law pr [...]
2010-01-28 15:59:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KIRF KISL SOCI EG
10CAIRO153RELIGIOUS FREEDOM COMMISSION VISITS EGYPT - SECTARIAN ATTACK
[...] (SBU) A delegation from the United States International Religious Freedom Commission (USCIRF),consisting of three commissioners and three staff members led by the USCIRF chairman, visited Cairo from January 22 to 26. The delegation met with the Minister of Islamic Endowments, the Grand [...]
2010-02-03 15:03:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KIRF KISL EG KPAO
10CAIRO197Egypt: New Round of MB Arrests
[...] Key Points: -- (U) Three senior leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) in Egypt including Deputy Supreme Guide Mahmoud Ezzat, Spokesman Essam El Eryan and MB "Mufti" Abdel Rahman El Barr were detained by security forces the morning of February 8 along with twelve other members of the MB. [...]
2010-02-11 16:09:00Embassy CairoSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV KISL PHUM EG
10CAIRO59UPPER EGYPT SECTARIAN ATTACK
[...] Key Points: -- (SBU) On January 7, gunmen armed with automatic weapons fired on Coptic Orthodox Christians as they were leaving Christmas Mass at the Mar Johanna (Saint John's) Church in Naga Hamadi, Qena Governorate, in Upper Egypt. Six Copts and one Muslim police officer guarding the church died [...]
2010-01-11 12:05:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KIRF KISL SOCI EG
10CASABLANCA24OIL CONTINUES TO GREASE MOROCCO-IRAN RELATIONS,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Although Rabat broke diplomatic relations with Tehran in March 2009, commercial links between the two countries remain important, led by Iran's provision of more than one quarter of Morocco's crude oil imports in 2009, worth nearly USD 1 billion. At the same time, Morocco export [...]
2010-02-19 11:26:00Consulate CasablancaCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PREL ENRG KISL MO IR
10CASABLANCA5MOHAMMED EL FIZAZI AND THE SALAFIST SHEIKHS
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Moroccan Salafist Sheikh Mohammed El Fizazi's letter to his daughter in Germany, published by Der Spiegel in October 2009, in our view signals a carefully couched reassessment of his support for legitimate jihad but probably not a complete renunciation of violence. Fizazi's le [...]
2010-01-13 15:56:00Consulate CasablancaSECRETPINR KISL GM MO
10CHENGDU45YUNNAN IMAMS ON RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, THE HAJJ, AND BUILDING
[...] (U) Summary: Southwest China's Yunnan Province has one of the PRC's highest concentrations of Muslims, with over 640,000 Muslims in the province and 140,000 in the provincial capital of Kunming. Muslims' religious freedom in Yunnan is increasing, though unannounced visits by Religious Affairs [...]
2010-02-26 06:17:00Consulate ChengduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PINR SOCI KISL SA CH
10COPENHAGEN62(SBU) BURQA: PM TRIES TO END DEBATE, DPP
[...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: The Government and opposition agree that a complete ban on wearing face-covering garments such as the burqa or niqab would be unconstitutional. At the same time, the Government associates such garments with an agenda that is oppressive to women and thus contra [...]
2010-02-03 17:10:00Embassy CopenhagenUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KISL DA
10DAMASCUS102GRAND MUFTI'S COMMENTS ON PROPHET SPARKS RARE
[...] (C) Summary: Reporting on a January 19 meeting between Grand Mufti Ahmad Hassoun and a George Mason University delegation, London-based daily Al-Quds al-Arabi attributed remarks to the Mufti that sparked outrage in certain conservative Islamic circles. As a result, a public campaign against t [...]
2010-02-03 14:02:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KISL KPAO SCUL SOCI SY
10DAMASCUS103OUTSIDE THE CAPITAL: LOCAL LEADERS DISCUSS
[...] (C) Summary: The Charge met a range of political, religious, and business leaders during a January 26-27 visit to Homs. In addition to a long discussion with Homs Governor Iyad Ghazal (ref B),the Charge met Melkite Catholic Archbishop Isidore Battikha, Greek Patriarchate Deputy Patriarch Fat [...]
2010-02-03 14:45:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON EIND EINV ETRD CASC CVIS KISL
10DAMASCUS106HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATES -- SARG BUDGES ON TIP, BUT
[...] (C) Summary: SARG pressure on civil society and human rights activists has been unrelenting since the 2007 detention of the Damascus Declaration National Council's leadership. The SARG consistently retaliated against any public statements, including press reports, deemed critical of the regime. The [...]
2010-02-07 03:43:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KISL KMPI KTIP KWMN SCUL SOCI SY
10DAMASCUS158WHEN CHICKENS COME HOME TO ROOST: SYRIA'S PROXY
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Lawyer and Syrian Human Rights Organization-SWASIAH activist Catherine al-Tali (strictly protect) updated us on SWASIAH's ongoing investigation into what happened during the Seidnaya prison riots in July and December 2008, and January 2009 (refs A, B, D and E). SWASIAH's invest [...]
2010-02-24 11:33:00Embassy DamascusSECRET//NOFORNPREL PHUM PGOV PINR PINS PTER KISL KTSD MASS
10DUSHANBE123TAJIK COURTS EXTORT, JAIL ISLAMISTS AND THEIR PLUMBER
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Tajik courts issued stiff sentences to individuals convicted of membership in two outlawed Muslim fundamentalist organizations as members of a third banned group stand trial. Dushanbe city court convicted seven individuals who follow the banned Salafiya movement, although the c [...]
2010-01-29 11:56:00Embassy DushanbeCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KISL TI
10DUSHANBE215DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER TALKS RELIGION AND ELECTRICITY
[...] (SBU) Deputy Foreign Minister Abdullo Yuldashev summoned Ambassador Gross on February 25 to discuss a range of religious, economic, and political issues. On May 18-20, Tajikistan will host an Organization of Islamic Countries (OIC) Foreign Ministers summit in Dushanbe and will invite U.S. Spec [...]
2010-02-25 11:41:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM KISL TI
10DUSHANBE229NEWSPAPERS STAND FIRM IN COURT, EMBASSY ISSUES STATEMENT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In preliminary court hearings in Dushanbe, editors in chief of four independent newspapers called libel lawsuits filed against them by government officials "groundless". On February 23, representatives of Asia-Plus, Farazh, Ozodagon and an attorney, Solijon Juraev, appeared in [...]
2010-02-26 11:49:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM KISL TI
10DUSSELDORF3FIRST MUSLIM PARTY IN GERMANY PREPARING TO GO NATIONAL
[...] (U) Summary: Germany's first and only Muslim-oriented political party, Alliance for Peace and Fairness (BFF) -- up until now only active in Bonn -- will run in the North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) state elections this May and ultimately aims to form party organizations in other states and on the [...]
2010-01-26 12:21:00Consulate DusseldorfUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KISL GM
10JAKARTA131Indonesia - US Interfaith Dialogue: A Cairo Initiative
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The January 25-27 Indonesia-U.S. Interfaith Dialogue, the first of its kind under President Obama's Cairo vision, concluded with the issuance of a joint statement that calls on the U.S. and Indo [...]
2010-01-29 07:28:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SOCI KISL EAID KPAO ID XF
10JAKARTA159ENGAGING INDONESIAN YOUTH - NSC RAMAMURTHY
[...] (SBU) Summary: NSC Senior Director for Global Engagement Pradeep Ramamurthy met with a wide cross-section of Indonesian youth, in addition to meetings with government officials and civil society and business interlocutors during his January 24-29 visit to Indonesia. Ramamurthy shared with audi [...]
2010-02-04 07:12:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SOCI KISL OEXC OIIP KPAO SCUL EAID ID XF
10JAKARTA86INDONESIA - CAIRO IS HERE
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The President's vision of a "New Beginning" with the Muslim world is alive and well in Indonesia. This new era of global engagement has allowed us to make significant advances to our Comprehensive Partnership with Indonesi [...]
2010-01-21 04:46:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SOCI KISL EAID KPAO ID XF
10JEDDAH10CATCHING UP WITH "THE FIRST WORLD": MECCA GOVERNOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In December 27 meeting with Ambassador, Governor of Mecca Region, HRH Prince Khalid Al Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (ref A),expressed his satisfaction with Hajj 2009 (ref B),which was not disrupted by the feared outbreak of H1N1 or significantly affected by the November 25 flash [...]
2010-01-08 10:30:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KFLU KISL KWBG SA
10JEDDAH14JEDDAH GOVERNOR PRINCE MISHAAL BIN MAJID'S
[...] (C) Summary. In December 29 introductory meeting with Ambassador, Prince Mishaal bin Majid bin Abdulaziz, Governor of Jeddah (ref A),warned that Yemen could become like Somalia in the absence of development projects funded by the GCC, U.S., and Europe. Skeptical that Israel wants peace given [...]
2010-01-10 06:37:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIALCASC KISL KWBG PREL SA YM IR IS
10JERUSALEM230MINISTER OF RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS ON INCITEMENT AT
[...] (C) The Palestinian Authority (PA) employee who delivered an impromptu sermon inciting violence at a West Bank mosque on January 29 was "disturbed," according to Minister of Awqaf and Religious Affairs Mahmoud Habash. The employee, who works in Habash's ministry, has been counseled for his s [...]
2010-02-08 17:53:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPAL KWBG KISL IS
10JERUSALEM234FORMER PALESTINIAN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL SPEAKER
[...] (S) Former Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) Speaker (and prominent Gazan) Rawhi Fattouh described three generational groupings inside Hamas today, and characterized each as more radical than its predecessor. The oldest generation consists mainly of religious leaders with little influen [...]
2010-02-09 18:11:00Consulate JerusalemSECRETPGOV PREL PTER KISL KWBG KPAL IS
10JERUSALEM307PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY MINISTER DELIVERS TELEVISED
[...] (U) Palestinian Authority (PA) Minister of Awqaf and Religious Affairs Mahmoud Habash delivered a Friday sermon on February 19, entitled, "Islam is a Religion of Tolerance and Mercy." Palestinian television broadcast the sermon live. The same topic was the official weekly theme for the appro [...]
2010-02-19 19:22:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KWBG KPAL KISL IS
10JERUSALEM358PRIME MINISTER FAYYAD VISITS HEBRON TO CALM LOCAL
[...] (C) Following a week of demonstrations in Hebron protesting the Israeli government's decision to include the Ibrahimi Mosque/Cave of the Patriarchs on a list of Israeli national heritage sites, Palestinian Authority (PA) Prime Minister Salam Fayyad attended Friday prayers in the Ibrahimi Mosq [...]
2010-02-26 18:11:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPAL KWBG SCUL KISL IS
10KHARTOUM328Sudan: Arab League-led Trade Delegation Visits Juba
[...] (U) Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa arrived in Juba on February 23, leading a delegation of Arab investors and companies to participate in the first Arab Investment Conference in Southern Sudan. GOSS President Salva Kiir and Vice-President Riek Machar attended the event's opening sess [...]
2010-02-25 06:54:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ETRD SENV EFIN KISL SU
10KINGSTON27Jamaica: Fertile Soil for Terrorism?
[...] (C) Jamaica has a significant penchant for violence, frequently gang related, and often exported to the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. Some perpetrators appear to be in search of the sense of security and strength offered by gang membership, or perhaps to fill the void of an a [...]
2010-02-25 15:31:00Embassy KingstonSECRET//NOFORNECON PTER SOCI EAIR ASEC PREL PINS PINR KISL KCRM
10KINSHASA76GRAND IMAM VOICES SUPPORT FOR U.S. VALUES AND SAYS CONGOLESE
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) national Islamic organization will focus specifically on promoting the positive and peaceful attributes of Islam, and will not veer into political issues, according to the country's leading Muslim leader, Grand Imam Abdala Mangala Luaba. [...]
2010-01-22 14:04:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPAO PHUM SOCI KIRF KISL CG
10KOLKATA25AMBASSADOR ROEMER PEDALS HIS WAY TO WIN A NEW BIHAR'S
[...] (SBU) Summary: During Ambassador Roemer's February 4-5 visit to Bihar, the first ambassadorial visit in more than a decade to India's third most populous state, he promoted the U.S.-India strategic dialogue and pedaled his way to win Bihar's "hearts and minds". He met the state's Chief Ministe [...]
2010-02-22 09:38:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER ECON ELTN ENRG EAID SCUL KISL IN
10LISBON20PORTUGAL ON ENGAGEMENT WITH MUSLIM COMMUNITY
[...] In response to reftel request for information on Muslim communities, Portugal's Muslim community comprises approximately 50,000 members (less than 1% of Portugal's 11 million population),the majority of whom are of Indo-Pakistani descent as well as immigrants from Portugal's former African col [...]
2010-01-14 08:12:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIEDKISL KPAO PGOV PHUM SCUL SOCI XG PO
10MANAMA99BAHRAINI OFFICIALS REACT TO TORTURE ALLEGATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-25 11:49:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ASEC KISL BA
10MANILA251PARTIES SHARE DRAFT PEACE ACCORDS, BUT POSITIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Negotiators from the Philippine government and the insurgent Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) met January 27-28 in Kuala Lumpur to exchange first drafts of a final peace agreement, and assessed that their positions were too distant to allow for a comprehensive settlement by th [...]
2010-02-08 08:26:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINS KISL RP
10MANILA350PEACE TALKS FACILITATOR SAYS PHILIPPINE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Malaysian facilitator for peace talks between the Philippine government and the insurgent Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) told the Charge d'Affaires February 18 that the parties had agreed to pursue an interim agreement before the end of President Arroyo's term, in lieu o [...]
2010-02-19 08:44:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINS KISL RP
10MANILA369U.S. RELIGIOUS FREEDOM COMMISSION CHAIR PRESSES
[...] (SBU) Leonard Leo, Chairman of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (CIRF),explained to President Arroyo in a February 19 meeting that some countries use opposition to "defamation of religion" to restrict free speech and enable repressive blasphemy laws. Leo, accompanied by [...]
2010-02-22 08:28:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL KISL KDEM PGOV PTER RP
10MANILA405MILF LEADERS CONCERNED ABOUT PEACE TALKS, SEEK
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) peace panel told Poloff February 24 they are concerned about the Philippine government's ability to negotiate an interim peace agreement that can satisfy the MILF's expectations, and asked to engage with the U.S. on a more forma [...]
2010-02-26 09:11:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PINS KISL RP
10MANILA63AMBASSADOR'S FINAL TRIP TO MINDANAO UNDERSCORES U.S.
[...] SUMMARY. During her final trip to Mindanao on January 8, the Ambassador emphasized the long-term commitment of the U.S. to peaceful development in the region. The Ambassador launched an English proficiency program for seven universities in the region, inaugurated a neighborhood footbridge, a [...]
2010-01-13 06:57:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KISL KPAO EAID RP
10MANILA73GOVERNMENT RACING AGAINST TIME FOR MILF PEACE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Philippine government and the insurgent Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) are poised to continue difficult discussions this month on a comprehensive peace agreement, even as the Philippine government questions how much progress can be made in reconciling the parties' distan [...]
2010-01-14 09:20:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINS KISL RP
10MILAN16INTERIOR MINISTER MARONI'S PLANS FOR INTEGRATION
[...] (C) Summary: Interior Minister Roberto Maroni, a member of the Northern League (LN) party, recently announced a new draft law that would offer immigrants a residence permit, known as a "permesso di soggiorno," in return for a promise to integrate into Italian society. The Maroni plan--which [...]
2010-02-10 09:01:00Consulate MilanCONFIDENTIALIT KIRF KISL PGOV PHUM PINR SMIG
10MILAN2DIVERGENT PATHS OF INTEGRATION IN NORTHERN ITALY
[...] (C) Summary: The integration of the growing immigrant population in Northern Italy is a challenge for communities throughout the region. Constructively, the city of Turin is taking advantage of a national government program to welcome so-called "second-generation immigrants" into the civil [...]
2010-01-05 14:49:00Consulate MilanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR SMIG KISL IT
10MUNICH34 ARAB MEDIA, ONLINE CHAT ROOMS AND THE MUNICH SECURITY
[...] (U) The handshake between Prince Turki al Faisal, the former head of Saudi Arabia's Intelligence Service, and Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon off stage but in public view at the Munich Security Conference (Munich, February 5-7, reported septels) drew the attention of Arab websites [...]
2010-02-23 08:29:00Consulate MunichUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER EINT KISL XF XD GM
10NEWDELHI114INDIA AGREES ALTERNATIVE IS NECESSARY TO
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Kozak and PolCouns on January 22 met with Rajiva Misra, Joint Secretary for United Nations Economic and Social (UNES) Division at the Ministry of External Affairs, to discuss USG concerns about the "defamation of religions" resolution and the related OIC-backed Protoc [...]
2010-01-22 13:40:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL KISL KDEM PGOV OPDC UNGA IN
10NEWDELHI207INDIAN ISLAM: DEOBANDI-BARELVI TENSION CHANGING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Like most issues affecting the world's largest democracy, Islam in India presents a series of dichotomies. The Muslim population of India ranks as the second or third highest in the world and yet it is only a minority in India, representing 13.4 percent of the total population [...]
2010-02-02 03:29:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM KISL IN
10NEWDELHI243SECENSETTER FOR SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE TO MUSLIM
[...] (U) Mission India warmly welcomes you on your first visit to India as Special Representative to Muslim Communities. You will find an Indian government that is more committed than ever to building a durable and wide ranging USG-GOI relationship after Prime Minister Singh's Washington visit in N [...]
2010-02-05 11:27:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KISL IN
10NIAMEY71(S) NIGER: UPDATE ON IRANIAN OUTREACH
[...] (S/NF) Contrary to ref A, Government of Niger Minister of Agricultural Development Moussa Labo and Minister of Commerce, Industry, and Standardization Halidou Badj recently traveled to Tehran, rather than Prime Minister Gamatie. On January 26 they met with Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki, [...]
2010-01-27 21:32:00Embassy NiameySECRET//NOFORNPREL ETRD PGOV PINR EAID ENRG KISL SCUL IR NG
10OSLO31NORWAY APPROVES OF US ACTION PLAN ON DEFEATING
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-21 12:38:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KISL KDEM PGOV OPDC NO
10PARIS58EMBASSY PARIS - MINORITY ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: In keeping with France's unique history and circumstances, Embassy Paris has created a Minority Engagement Strategy that encompasses, among other groups, the French Muslim population and responds to the goals outlined in reftel A. Our aim is to engage the French population at a [...]
2010-01-19 09:24:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL KIRF KISL FR
10RABAT158RENEWED CONTACT WITH THE JCO
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Fatallah Arsalane, governing board member of the unrecognized but tolerated Moroccan religious/political organization known as the Justice and Charity Organization (JCO; Arabic: "Al-Adl wal Ihsane"),met with D/PolCouns for a wide-ranging discussion of global issues and interna [...]
2010-02-24 15:45:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PTER PHUM KISL MO
10RABAT6IMPLEMENTING THE PRESIDENT'S CAIRO VISION IN MOROCCO
[...] Summary: Pursuant to President Obama's Cairo Speech and the Secretary of State's remarks in Marrakesh at the Forum for the Future, the U.S. Mission in Morocco continues to collaborate with Moroccan counterparts from civil society, government, media and academia to support a wealth of programs [...]
2010-01-05 07:45:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PHUM ECON SOCI KISL KTIA MO
10RIYADH148RIYADH HIGH COURT OVERTURNS AL-JOUF FORCED DIVORCE
[...] (S) SUMMARY: On January 30, English-language dailies Saudi Gazette and Arab News reported that the newly-established High Court in Riyadh -- a "supreme court" of review which is one of the first fruits of King Abdullah's judicial reform efforts -- had overturned the highly contentious forced d [...]
2010-02-01 13:51:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETKDEM KISL KJUS PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SA
10RIYADH152MOJ REPORTS SOME PROGRESS ON LEGAL REFORMS; STILL
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Ambassador Smith, engaged in a frank and wide-ranging discussion with Minister of Justice Dr. Mohammed Al-Issa on January 27. Dr. Al-Issa spoke candidly about the challenges he faced in implementing King Abdullah's reform agenda, citing several examples of recent progress such a [...]
2010-02-02 13:41:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALKDEM KISL KJUS PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SA
10RIYADH224CODEL LOWEY AND SAUDI VICE MINISTER OF EDUCATION
[...] (U) During a February 14 visit to the National Dialogue Center (KACND) CODEL Lowey was briefed on its primary goal of combating extremism by promoting dialogue and exchanges of differing points of view among Saudis. On the role of women the Center's Director explained the SAG privatization st [...]
2010-02-24 14:25:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM KISL KOCI KPAO PGOV PPD PREL SA
10RIYADH69HUMAN RIGHTS NGO SENDS OPEN LETTER TO SAUDI KING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 28, 2009 the unlicensed Civil and Political Rights Association (ACPRA) appealed to King Abdullah in an open letter to order the release from prison of 73-year old, well-known Human Rights activist, Suliman Al-Reshoudi. The letter claimed that Al-Reshoudi, a former j [...]
2010-01-12 14:43:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL KISL PGOV KDEM OPDC SA
10ROME89ITALY-YEMEN: SENIOR MFA OFFICIALS OUTLINE APPROACH
[...] (C) FM Frattini's Chief of Staff Alain Economides and Acting Director General of the MFA Middle East Bureau Luigi Marras told us the international community needed to take an inclusive and regional approach to stabilizing Yemen in the aftermath of the attempted bombing of NWA Flight 253. Marr [...]
2010-01-22 16:34:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER KISL IT YE
10ROME96DELIVERY OF U.S. POLICY TOWARD YEMEN DEMARCHE
[...] (C) On January 25, Poloff delivered ref A points to MFA Office Director for the Gulf States, Minister Stefano Queirolo Palmas. Palmas commented that Yemen's problems are closely linked to instability and underdevelopment in the whole region, especially Somalia and other East African countri [...]
2010-01-26 15:46:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER KISL IT YE
10SOFIA30STRATEGY FOR ENGAGEMENT OF MINORITIES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: While Bulgaria has long been one of the most stable countries in the Balkans with regard to minorities, specific minority outreach is still a sensitive subject. Bulgarians still think in terms of "real" Bulgarians and "other" Bulgarians with regard to citizens of Turkish, Roma, [...]
2010-01-15 12:43:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KISL KPAO PHUM PREL SCUL SOCI BG
10STATE12889BUREAU AUTHORIZED FUND CITE FOR U.S. SCIENCE
[...] THIS IS AN ACTION CABLE. SEE PARA 3. 2. PER REFTELS, WE ARE PROVIDING OES FISCAL DATA FOR U.S. SCIENCE ENVOY DR. ELIAS ZERHOUNI AND HIS DELEGATION'S FEBRUARY 13 TRIP TO THE MIDDLE EAST AND MAGREB, IN THE AMOUNT OF $5,950. DR. ZERHOUNI PLANS TO ARRIVE IN DOHA FEBRUARY 13 DEPARTING FEB 15, AR [...]
2010-02-12 20:06:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDAFIN KISL KSCA OEXC OVIP SCUL SENV TSPL XF KFSC
10STATE17152AMENDED BUREAU AUTHORIZED FUND CITE FOR U.S.
[...] THIS IS AN ACTION CABLE. SEE PARA 3. 2. PER REFTELS, WE ARE PROVIDING AMENDED OES FISCAL DATA FOR U.S. SCIENCE ENVOY DR. ELIAS ZERHOUNI AND HIS DELEGATION'S FEBRUARY 13-21 TRIP TO THE MIDDLE EAST AND MARCH 3-15 TRIP TO THE MAGREB, IN THE AMENDED AMOUNT OF $6,350. DR. ZERHOUNI WILL BE TRAVEL [...]
2010-02-24 19:59:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDAFIN KISL KSCA OEXC OVIP SCUL SENV TSPL XF KFSC EAID
10STATE2086BUREAU AUTHORIZED FUND CITE FOR U.S. SCIENCE
[...] THIS IS AN ACTION CABLE. SEE PARA 3. 2. PER REFTELS, WE ARE PROVIDING OES FISCAL DATA FOR THE FIRST U.S. SCIENCE ENVOY DR. AHMED ZEWAIL AND HIS DELEGATION'S JANUARY 8 TRIP TO THE MIDDLE EAST, IN THE AMOUNT OF $7500. DR. ZEWAIL PLANS TO ARRIVE IN CAIRO JANUARY 9 AND DEPART CAIRO FEBRUARY 1 [...]
2010-01-09 02:01:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDAFIN KISL KSCA OEXC OVIP SCUL SENV TSPL XF KFSC
10STATE4749THANK YOU FOR VOTES ON UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE
[...] (U) This is an action message for action addressees. See para 5. 2. (U) Summary: Efforts to reach out to host countries, at all levels, paid off on December 18, 2009 as the votes in favor of the Defamation of Religions resolution at the UN General Assembly (UNGA) declined by six votes ( [...]
2010-01-16 01:53:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM UNGA OPDC KIRF KISL
10STOCKHOLM11SWEDEN: EUR ENGAGEMENT ON WOMEN'S ISSUES
[...] Summary: Embassy Stockholm integrates women's issues in our International Visitor Leadership Programs in support of women's health, career advancement and leadership opportunities. Post also engages the Swedes on global women's issues such as gender-based violence and women's empowerment in A [...]
2010-01-13 14:12:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN KISL KTIP SW
10STOCKHOLM91SWEDISH SOCIAL DEMOCRATS REIN IN MALMO MAYOR'S
[...] (C) Summary: Following several attacks on the Jewish community in the Swedish city Malmo, comments by Mayor Ilmar Reepalu, a leading Social Democrat, caused a ruckus in national and international media. Reepalu reportedly blamed the anti-Semitic harassment on Malmo's Jews themselves, because [...]
2010-02-26 16:57:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KISL SW
10TRIPOLI113SAIF AL-ISLAM AL-QADHAFI'S PALESTINIAN ADVENTURISM
[...] (S/NF) Summary: In a nod to his father's dream to serve as grand regional mediator, Saif al-Islam al-Qadhafi appears to be increasingly interested in helping to broker reconciliation between Fatah and Hamas, possibly in hopes of achieving a compromise prior to the Libyan-hosted Arab League Sum [...]
2010-02-10 08:52:00Embassy TripoliSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PINR KISL KWBG KPAL IS LY
88LAGOS17750NIGERIA: REACTION TO CESSATION OF SHARIA DEBATE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: INITIAL PUBLIC RESPONSE TO THE FEDERAL MILITARY GOVERNMENT'S (FMG) DECISION TO HALT DEBATE ON SHARIA LAW IN THE CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY HAS BEEN MUTED. CRITICISM HAS PREDICTABLY COME FROM PARTISANS ON THE ISSUE AND THOSE OPPOSED TO MILITARY GOVERNMENT. ATTEMPTS IN THE ASSEMBLY T [...]
1988-11-30 15:07:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPGOV KISL NI
89CAIRO16206MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD: DEFANGED BUT REHABILITATED
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: TWO YEARS AGO, MUBARAK BET THAT BY ADMITTING THE OUTLAWED MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD (MB) TO THE PEOPLE'S ASSEMBLY, THE GROUP WOULD BE COOPTED AND THUS UNDERMINED AS THE CATALYST OF AN ISLAMIC OPPOSITION MOVEMENT. NOW, THE BET IS PAYING OFF: THE MB HAS G [...]
1989-07-20 17:43:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALKISL PGOV PINS KPRP EG
89LAGOS6503 NIGERIA: MUSLIMS PERSPECTIVES ON SHARIA
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: DURING POLOFF'S TRIP TO THE NORTH APRIL 3-14, MUSLIM SPOKESMEN PROTESTED THAT WESTERN PORTRAYALS GIVE A DISTORTED PICTURE OF THE SHARIA COURT SYSTEM. CONTRARY TO ITS BRUTAL IMAGE IN THE WEST, THEY ASSERT, SHARIA PROVIDES A HUMANE AND EFFECTIVE DET [...]
1989-04-27 11:08:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPGOV KISL PINR NI
90JERUSALEM3430FATAH AND HAMAS CLAIM RECONCILIATION
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT 2. SUMMARY: FOLLOWING TWO MONTHS OF CLASHES AND ACCUSATORY LEAFLETS, HAMAS AND FATAH HAVE ISSUED A COMMUNIQUE ANNOUNCING THEIR RECONCILIATION. THE LEAFLET, WHICH CLAIMS TO SPEAK ALSO FOR THE UNLU, CALLS FOR CONSTRUCTIVE DIALOGUE TO SOLVE DIFFERENCES, RESPECT F [...]
1990-09-25 12:17:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKPAL KISL PINS IS
91CAIRO12383 THE GREAT SHAYKHS: THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD AND
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. POLITICAL ISLAM IN EGYPT IS GENERALLY DIVIDED INTO ESTABLISHMENT ISLAM REPRESENTED BY THE RELATIVELY MODERATE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD (MB),AND THE RADICAL FRINGE REPRESENTED BY OMAR ABDURRAHMAN AND COMPANY. THESE GROUPS COMPETE FOR RECRUITS, STRUGGLE FOR CONTROL OF THE [...]
1991-07-11 15:16:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPINR KISL PINS KPRP EG
91CAIRO5521MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD CALLS FOR WITHDRAWAL OF
[...] IN A STATEMENT ISSUED ON THE EVENING OF MARCH 26, EGYPTIAN MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD SUPREME GUIDE HAMED ABU AL-NASR ISSUED A STATEMENT ON BEHALF OF HIS ORGANIZATION DENOUNCING THE "MALICIOUS PLOT" THAT HAS PRODUCED THE INVASION OF KUWAIT, THE DESTRUCTION OF IRAQ'S CAPABILITIES, AND THE POSSIBLE FRA [...]
1991-03-28 08:57:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDKISL PINS PGOV PREL SA KU EG
91RIYADH10006 PRINCE SAUD AL-FAISAL CRITICIZES IRAN
[...] (CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT). 2. DURING A NOVEMBER 21 MEETING ON A VARIETY OF TOPICS (SEPTELS, NOTAL),THE AMBASSADOR SPARKED A DIATRIBE ON IRAN FROM SAUDI FOREIGN MINISTER PRINCE SAUD AL-FAISAL BY ASKING WHAT HE THOUGHT IRAN WAS UP TO IN THE OIC. PRINCE SAUD REPLIED THAT IRAN HAD INDEED [...]
1991-11-24 08:22:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KISL OIC GCC IR SA
91RIYADH1809 OVERVIEW OF SAUDI ARABIA'S JIHAD CONVENTION
[...] (CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT.) 2. SUMMARY: THE UNPRECEDENTED CONVENTION ON THE CONCEPT OF JIHAD AND ITS RELATION TO THE GULF CRISIS ENDED IN RIYADH FEBRUARY 20 AFTER THREE DAYS OF DISCUSSION BY PERHAPS THE MOST DIVERSE GATHERING EVER OF SAUDI RELIGIOUS, GOVERNMENT, AND MEDIA PERSONALITIES [...]
1991-02-22 11:04:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALKISL PROP PREL IZ SA
91RIYADH1865 ISLAM AT THE JIHAD CONVENTION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: WHILE ISLAM WAS A CENTRAL SUBJECT AT LAST WEEK'S JIHAD CONVENTION IN RIYADH, DISCUSSIONS GENERALLY REPEATED THE SAME POINTS EMPHASIZED BY SAUDI RELIGIOUS AUTHORITIES SINCE LAST AUGUST. THE IRAQI GOVERNMENT, AND ESPECIALLY THE BAATH PARTY, WERE ROUNDLY CONDEMNED BY ALL SPEAKERS, [...]
1991-02-24 10:31:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALKISL PROP PREL IZ SA
91TELAVIV15380 ISLAMIC JIHAD: TOTAL REJECTION OF PEACE
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY AN ISLAMIC JIHAD ACTIVIST LAID OUT AN UNCOMPROMISING VIEW OF HIS ORGANIZATION'S OPPOSITION TO THE PEACE PROCESS AND FUTURE AIMS. WHILE CRITICAL OF PALESTINIANS ENGAGED IN THE CURRENT DIALOGUE, THE ACTIVIST ASSERTED THAT HIS GROUP WOULD NOT EMPLOY [...]
1991-11-25 14:16:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL KISL IS
92ALEXANDRIA721ALEXANDRIA: CONSENSUS OF VIEWS ON
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY AND COMMENT: DURING A DAY-LONG SERIES OF MEETINGS OCTOBER 17, CG SCHELL AND VISITING NEA/EGY DIRECTOR SURBER HEARD FROM A CROSS-SECTION OF OUR REGULAR LOCAL CONTACTS THAT THE MOST SERIOUS PROBLEM FACING EGYPT TODAY IS THE ECONOMY, MORE SPECIFICALLY, [...]
1992-10-20 10:46:00Consulate AlexandriaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON KISL EG
92ALEXANDRIA751 ALEXANDRIA: TRIAL OF SUSPECTED JIHAD MEMBERS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: THE TRIAL OF THIRTY-ONE SUSPECTED ISLAMIC JIHAD MEMBERS, SOME OF WHOM WERE ARRESTED IN ALEXANDRIA IN AUGUST, WILL BEGIN OCTOBER 29 AT ALEXANDRIAS HIGH MILITARY COURT ACCORDING TO WIDESPREAD PRESS COVERAGE. THE SUSPECTED MILITANTS, WHO COULD FACE THE DEATH PENALTY IF FOUND GUILTY [...]
1992-10-29 15:42:00Consulate AlexandriaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER KISL EG
92DAMASCUS8839 SYRIANS RELEASE 45 LEBANESE SUNNI ISLAMIC
[...] (U) THE LEBANESE NEWSPAPER "AL-NAHAR" REPORTED DECEMBER 4 THAT 45 MEMBERS OF THE ISLAMIC UNIFICATION MOVEMENT (HARIKAT AL-TAWHID AL-ISLAMI),WHO WERE IMPRISONED IN SYRIA, WERE FREED AND RETURNED TO THEIR HOMES IN TRIPOLI, LEBANON, AS PART OF THE AMNESTY COVERING 554 POLITICAL DETAINEES WHICH [...]
1992-12-04 13:46:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PINS PTER KISL SY LE IR
92ISLAMABAD8548ONE YEAR AFTER THE SHARIA ACT,
[...] CONFIDENTIAL -- ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: PRIME MINISTER NAWAZ SHARIF'S SHARIA (ISLAMIZATION) ACT, PASSED BY THE PAKISTANI NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ONE YEAR AGO, WAS SYMPTOMATIC OF THE GROWING INFLUENCE OF ISLAMIC IDEOLOGY ON PAKISTANI POLITICS. THE POORLY DRAFTED AND VAGUELY WORDED DOCUMENT P [...]
1992-06-08 12:07:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV KISL PHUM KPRP PK
92KHARTOUM5035 BIO UPDATE: IBRAHIM SANUSSI
[...] SECRET/NOFORN - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. FOLLOWING IS BASIC BIO DATA ON IBRAHIM SANUSSI: ---BORN 1937 AL UBAYD, KORDOFAN. ---1962 - BAKT AL RUDA TEACHER TRAINING INSTITUTE, DIPLOMA. ---1970 - CAIRO UNIVERSITY, B. LAW. WAS A LEADING FIGURE IN THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD MOVEMENT WITHIN THE CAIRO [...]
1992-07-02 12:25:00Embassy KhartoumSECRETPINR PGOV KISL SU US
92KHARTOUM7039 SUDAN'S TURABI ON "INTERNATIONALISM OF
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: THE LEADER OF SUDAN'S NATIONAL ISLAMIC FRONT SPELLED OUT TO THOUSANDS OF HIS FOLLOWERS HERE SEPTEMBER 14TH, THE INTERNATIONAL CHARACTER OF ISLAM AND, IN PARTICULAR, THE NEED FOR MUSLIMS TO USE THE RELIGION AS A SHIELD AGAINST THE POWER OF THE WEST. [...]
1992-09-23 08:09:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KISL SU
92TELAVIV6841 MINI-WAR BETWEEN ISLAMIC JIHAD ORGANIZATION
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. GAZAN CONTACTS CLAIM THAT A "MINI-WAR" BETWEEN HAMAS AND THE ISLAMIC JIHAD ORGANIZATION (IJO) HAS BEEN TAKING PLACE OVER THE PAST TWO MONTHS. THESE CONTACTS TOLD POLOFF THAT THE DISPUTE BETWEEN THE TWO ISLAMIC FUNDAMENTALIST GROUPS HAS RESULTED IN SEVERAL C [...]
1992-05-14 13:45:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL IS KISL
93ALEXANDRIA190 UPTURN IN FUNDAMENTALIST
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY/COMMENT: COMMENT: ALEXANDRIA AND THE DELTA HAVE, SO FAR, TRAILED UPPER EGYPT AND CAIRO IN TERMS OF VIOLENT FUNDAMENTALIST ACTIVITY. WE DO NOT BELIEVE NORTHERN EGYPT IS IMMUNE TO THIS KIND OF ACTIVITY AND ARE SEEING AN INCREASE IN RELIGIOSITY AND [...]
1993-03-18 11:24:00Consulate AlexandriaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KISL EG
93ALEXANDRIA373ALEXANDRIA: IMPROVING THE NEIGHBORHOODS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: THE CITY OF ALEXANDRIA IS UNDERTAKING A MAJOR PROGRAM TO IMPROVE HOUSING AND GENERAL LIVING CONDITIONS IN MANY OF ITS POORER NEIGHBORHOODS. ONE PROGRAM ELEMENT, INVOLVING THE RELOCATION OF NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTS, IS IN PART INTENDED TO ROOT OUT AND ISOLATE EXTREMISTS AND THEIR FU [...]
1993-05-17 07:22:00Consulate AlexandriaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KISL EG
93JEDDAH1305THE KINGDOM'S LEADING "RELIGIOUS REFORMERS"
[...] CONFIDENTIAL ENTIRE TEXT. 2. THE AWAKENING, OR "AS-SAHWAH" AS IT IS KNOWN IN ARABIC, IS THE GENERAL TERM USED TO DESCRIBE THE CONSERVATIVE RELIGIOUS TREND WHICH GAINED STRENGTH IN SAUDI ARABIA FOLLOWING OPERATION DESERT STORM. IT HAS REMAINED A LOOSELY STRUCTURED MOVEMENT WITHOUT FORMAL [...]
1993-06-27 07:26:00Consulate JeddahCONFIDENTIALKISL PGOV PINR SA
93STATE176000 POLITICAL ISLAM IN BLACK AFRICA
[...] THIS CABLE TRANSMITS AN INR MEMO OF JUNE 1 ON "POLITICAL ISLAM IN BLACK AFRICA." THE MEMO IS A SUMMARY OF VIEWS EXPRESSED BY ACADEMICS AT A MAY 7 CONFERENCE SPONSORED BY INR AND, AS SUCH' DOES NOT REPRESENT THE VIEWS OF THE U.S. GOVERNMENT. YOUR COMMENTS ARE WELCOMED. BEGIN SUMMARY [...]
1993-06-10 16:02:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPINR XA KISL
94AMMAN12970 THE PUBLIC FACE OF HAMAS IN JORDAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY HAMAS SPOKESMAN IN JORDAN IBRAHIM GHAWSHAH REFRAINED FROM PRAISING THE OCTOBER 19 TEL AVIV BOMBING BUT HAS PREDICTED THAT HAMAS WILL CONTINUE TO UNDERTAKE SUCH OPERATIONS. DESPITE HIS WILLINGNESS TO OBLIGE THE MEDIA WITH THE KIND OF FLAMBOYANT RHETORIC THAT MAKES A GOOD STORY, G [...]
1994-10-24 11:28:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV KPAL KISL JO XF KWBG
94BEIRUT5863 (S)ELECTING A LEBANESE PRESIDENT IN 1995: A
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: VIRTUALLY EVERY PROMINENT MARONITE POLITICAN IN LEBANON (AND IN PARIS) HOPES TO SUCCEED PRESIDENT HRAWI, WHOSE TERM IS SET TO EXPIRE IN NOVEMBER 1995. FURIOUS JOCKEYING HAS BEGUN, AND A DIZZYING ARRAY OF POSSIBLE SCENARIOS EXISTS, BEGINNING WITH AN E [...]
1994-11-09 09:45:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PREL PHUM KISL KPRP LE
94KHARTOUM6366SUDANESE MISCHIEF-MAKING: DOES IT MATTER?
[...] No summary [...]
1994-12-14 13:49:00Embassy KhartoumSECRETKISL PREL PTER SU
94MANILA13414 DISCUSSION ON THE ISLAMIC MOVEMENT IN THE
[...] CONFIDENTIAL -- ENTIRE TEXT 2. SUMMARY: DURING JULY 12 LUNCHEON MEETING WITH POLOFF, RETIRED DE LA SALLE UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR JOEL DE LOS SANTOS DESCRIBED THE FUTURE PROSPECTS OF PEACE WITH THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY AS LESS THAN ENCOURAGING. HE FELT THAT A MAIN PROBLEM WAS THE LACK OF UNDERS [...]
1994-07-19 07:42:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KISL RP
94RIYADH2051 THE SAUDI MAJLIS ASH-SHURA: NO PROBLEMS,
[...] CONFIDENTIAL -- ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY: MAJLIS ASH-SHURA PRESIDENT MOHAMMED BIN JUBAIR REVIEWED IN GENERAL TERMS THE WORK OF THE MAJLIS ASH-SHURA, ASSERTING THAT IT WAS PROCEEDING SMOOTHLY AND SATISFACTORILY. HE SAID, WITHOUT ELABORATION, THAT THE MAJLIS ASH-SHURA HAS NOT YET ESTABLISH [...]
1994-04-16 12:18:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV KISL SA
94RIYADH989 BIN LADIN FAMILY PUBLICLY WASHES HANDS OF USAMA
[...] CONFIDENTIAL -- ENTIRE TEXT 2. IN A FRONT PAGE ARTICLE IN THE FEBRUARY 19 ARABIC LANGUAGE DAILY, AL-RIYADH, BAKR BIN LADIN, HEAD OF A LARGE AND WEALTHY JEDDAH-BASED BUSINESS FAMILY, PUBLICLY SOUGHT TO DISTANCE HIMSELF AND HIS CLAN FROM THE FAMILY BLACK SHEEP AND INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC ACTI [...]
1994-02-20 13:19:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALKISL PTER SA
94STATE328961 RADICAL ISLAM IN BRUNEI
[...] CONFIDENTIAL NOFORN - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. REFTEL REFERRED TO A RECENT ARTICLE IN U.S. NEWS AND WORLD REPORT CLAIMING RADICAL ISLAMIC GROUPS EXIST IN BRUNEI AND REQUESTING INFORMATION FROM WASHINGTON AGENCIES ON THE MATTER. WASHINGTON AGENCIES HAVE PROVIDED THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION: 3. OU [...]
1994-12-10 02:10:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL KISL PTER BX
95BEIRUT4678 MORE ON ARREST OF LEBANESE-PALESTINIAN
[...] CLASSIFIED CONFIDENTIAL BY RONALD SCHLICHER, CHARGE. REASONS 1.5 B AND D. 2. SUMMARY: PRESIDENT HRAWI, CITING PEACE PROCESS AND OTHER REASONS, HAS DECIDED AGAINST ALLOWING THE LAF TO ENTER 'AYN AL-HILWEH REFUGEE CAMP TO ARREST THE FUGITIVE LEADER OF THE RECENTLY DISCOVERED SUNNI FUNDAM [...]
1995-12-28 14:49:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPTER KPAL KISL PREF LE SY
95JERUSALEM2191IDF KILLS WANTED HAMAS ACTIVIST IN HEBRON
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY. A WANTED HAMAS IZZ ED-DIN AL-QASSAM CELL MEMBER, TAHIR QAFISHA, WAS AMBUSHED AND SHOT DEAD BY AN UNDERCOVER UNIT OF THE ISRAELI BORDER POLICE JUNE 29 AT THE NORTHERN ENTRANCE TO HEBRON. TWO HOMES IN WHICH QAFISHA ALLEGEDLY HID WERE DEMOLISHED, AS [...]
1995-06-30 15:34:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPHUM KISL KWBG IS
95JERUSALEM3642PALESTINIANS EXPRESS SHOCK, ANXIETY ABOUT THE
[...] CLASSIFIED BY EDWARD G. ABINGTON, CONSUL GENERAL. 1.5B-D. THIS IS A JOINT CONGEN JERUSALEM, EMBASSY TEL AVIV CABLE. 2. SUMMARY. PALESTINIANS HAVE REACTED WITH SHOCK TO THE NOVEMBER 4 ASSASSINATION OF ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER YITZHAK RABIN, FOLLOWED BY ANXIETY ABOUT WHAT HIS DEATH MEANS T [...]
1995-11-05 18:20:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPGOV KWBG KISL PLO KPAL PTER IS
95LONDON15945 MURDER OF QADHAFI OPPONENT IN LONDON
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY: MICHAEL J. HABIB, MINISTER-COUNSELOR FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS. REASON: 1.5(D). 2. (U) ACCORDING TO PRESS REPORTS, AN EXILED OPPONENT OF QADHAFI'S REGIME WAS FOUND STABBED TO DEATH IN HIS WEST LONDON GROCER'S SHOP ON SUNDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 26. FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS [...]
1995-11-28 13:03:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV KISL LY UK
95RIYADH4074 SAUDI CLERICS URGE OBEDIENCE TO KING, TAKE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: RIYADH'S LEADING IMAM, TOGETHER WITH A SHAYKH FORMERLY RENOWNED FOR PUBLICLY OPPOSING AL SAUD POLICIES, RECENTLY ADVOCATED OBEDIENCE TO KING FAHD AND UNITY WITHIN THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY. THE OCCASION, A MOSQUE SEMINAR WHICH WAS UNCHARACTERISTICALLY COVERED BY A SAUDI NEWSPAPER, [...]
1995-09-12 11:51:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV KISL SA
95RIYADH5472 CDLR FEELS VINDICATED BY OPM/SANG BOMBING,
[...] CLASSIFIED BY DCM THEODORE H. KATTOUF, REASON 1.5(B). 2. (U) SUMMARY: ANALYSIS OF THE BULLETINS AND COMMUNIQUES ISSUED BY THE THE COMMITTEE FOR THE DEFENSE OF LEGITIMATE RIGHTS (CDLR) DURING THE PAST FOUR WEEKS REVEALS TWO MAIN THEMES OF NOTE. FIRST, THE CDLR CITES THE CAR BOMBING AT T [...]
1995-12-17 13:44:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KISL PINS PINR SA
96ADDISABABA1545 COUNTERING THE ISLAMIC FUNDAMENTALIST THREAT IN
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY POLOFF JEFFREY JACOBS, 1.5 (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY. RETIRED SOMALI GENERAL JAMA ISSA MOHAMUD (AKA JAMA "GREEN") DISCUSSED RISING ISLAMIC FUNDAMENTALIST ACTIVITY IN ETHIOPIA'S SOMALI REGIONAL STATE AND OFFERED POSSIBLE METHODS TO COUNTER THE THREAT TO REGIONAL STABILITY. [...]
1996-03-05 07:37:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPTER KISL PINS MOPS ET
96ALGIERS3262 RECENT TERRORIST ATTACKS: BLOODIER, BUT
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY CHARGE D'AFFAIRES JOSEPH STAFFORD, AMEMBASSY ALGIERS, REASON 1.5 (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: AGAINST THE BACKGROUND OF NEARLY FIVE YEARS OF SUSTAINED VIOLENCE HERE, NOVEMBER 1996 HAS WITNESSED SOME PARTICULRLY GRUESOME TERRORIST ATROCITIES, ESPECIALLY INCENTRAL ALGERIA. RAT [...]
1996-11-20 17:33:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPTER PINS KISL AG
96AMMAN2094 WHAT HAMAS IS -- AND ISN'T -- IN JORDAN
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY CHARGE ROBERT BEECROFT; REASON 1.5 (D). 2. (C) THERE IS NO/NO EVIDENCE TO LINK EITHER HAMAS SPOKESPERSONS IBRAHIM GHAWSHAH OR MUHAMMAD NAZZAL TO OPERATIONS CONDUCTED IN ISRAEL AND THE OCCUPIED TERRITORIES BY HAMAS' MILITARY WING. EMBASSY LIKEWISE HAS NO EVIDENCE TO VALID [...]
1996-03-06 16:41:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV PINS KPAL KISL JO IS
96ANKARA12278GLIMPSES OF THE SHARIA IN TURKEY
[...] CLASSIFIED BY POLITICAL COUNSELOR RICHARD MCKEE, EMBASSY ANKARA. REASON: 1.5(B)(D). 2. (C) ALONG WITH THE GROWING ELECTORAL STRENGTH OF PRIME MINISTER NECMETTIN ERBAKAN'S ISLAMIST REFAH (WELFARE) PARTY, THE IDEA OF RESTORING THE SHARIA (RELIGIOUS LAW) APPEARS TO BE GAINING ADHERENTS IN T [...]
1996-11-18 11:42:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV KISL PTER PHUM PINR TU
96ANKARA813REFAH'S GUL ANALYZES THE TURKISH ELECTIONS
[...] CLASSIFIED BY JAMES T. HEG, ACTING POLITICAL COUNSELOR, EMBASSY ANKARA. REASON 1.5 (B). 2. SUMMARY: ON JANUARY 24, ACTING POLCOUNS AND POLOFF CALLED ON ABDULLAH GUL, VICE-CHAIRMAN AND KAYSERI PARLIAMENTARY DEPUTY OF THE ISLAMIST REFAH (WELFARE) PARTY, TO GET THE LATEST REFAH THINKING ON [...]
1996-01-24 16:47:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KISL TU
96CAIRO13851EL-SADIQ EL-MAHDI ON THE FUTURE OF SUDAN
[...] CLASSIFIED BY DCM VINCENT BATTLE, REASON 1.5 (D). CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. DRAWING ON REFTEL TALKING POINTS, DCM MET WITH EL-SADIQ EL-MAHDI IN CAIRO ON DECEMBER 30 TO DISCUSS HIS FUTURE PLANS, SUDANESE OPPOSITION ACTIVITIES, THE POLITICAL SITUATION INSID [...]
1996-12-31 06:39:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER UNSC KISL SU EG
96DAKAR2654CONTINUING DISQUIET IN THE TIDIANE ISLAMIC
[...] CLASSIFIED CONFIDENTIAL ENTIRE TEXT BY: AMBASSADOR, AMEMBASSY DAKAR. REASON: 1.5 (B) 2. BEGIN SUMMARY: A PROMINENT LAWYER FAMILIAR WITH THE INNER WORKINGS OF THE TIDIANE ISLAMIC BROTHERHOOD SAYS THAT IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE JANUARY ATTEMPT ON THE LIFE OF ABDUL AZIZ SY, JR., THE RIVALR [...]
1996-04-08 07:47:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALKISL PGOV PINS SG
96ISLAMABAD8055AFGHANISTAN: TALIBAN ASSERTS “ARABS” HAVE FLED
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY POLITICAL COUNSELOR TOM PRICE. REASON: 1.5 (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: THE TALIBAN'S DEPUTY FOREIGN AFFAIR'S ADVISER TOLD POLOFF AND AARMA ON SEPTEMBER 18 THAT THE TALIBAN HAD SEIZED HEKMATYAR/SAYYAF TRAINING CAMPS IN PAKTIA PROVINCE. HE NOTED THAT THE "ARAB" OCCUPANTS OF THE CAMPS HA [...]
1996-09-19 12:41:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV MOPS KISL PREL PK AF
96ISLAMABAD8679AFGHANISTAN: BIN LADEN REPORTEDLY IN JALALABAD
[...] No summary [...]
1996-10-14 06:21:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALAF KISL MOPS PGOV PTER
96JERUSALEM3094HAMAS BIDING ITS TIME
[...] CLASSIFIED BY CONSUL GENERAL EDWARD G. ABINGTON, JR. REASON 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) BIR ZEIT UNIVERSITY POLITICAL SCIENCE PROFESSOR HISHAM AHMAD TOLD POLOFF THAT HAMAS IS LAYING LOW FOLLOWING CRACKDOWNS BY THE PA AND ISRAELI SECURITY AFTER TERRORIST ATTACKS EARLIER THIS YEAR. IN HIS VIE [...]
1996-11-08 15:30:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALKPAL KWBG KISL PTER
96PESHAWAR1059 AFGHANISTAN: TALIBAN STALL IN PERMITTING WESTERN
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY BRAD HANSON, PRINCIPAL OFFICER, AMCONSULATE PESHAWAR. REASON: 1.5 D. 2. (C) SUMMARY: NANGARHAR TALIBAN PROVINCIAL OFFICIALS HAVE TOLD A RESPECTED PAKISTANI REPORTER THAT USAMA BIN LADEN IS IN JALALABAD. THEY HESITATED TO GRANT THE BBC STRINGER'S REQUEST TO INTERVIEW HI [...]
1996-11-11 13:22:00Consulate PeshawarCONFIDENTIALPTER PINR KISL PREL AF
97ADDISABABA2584 ALLAH IN ETHIOPIA: MOSTLY QUIET ON THE ISLAMIC FRONT
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY POLOFF JEFFREY JACOBS, REASON 1.5 (D) . ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) FEW ISSUES ARE OF GREATER LONG-TERM CONCERN TO THE GOVERNMENT OF THE FEDERAL DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF ETHIOPIA (GFDRE) THAN THE THREAT OF MILITANT POLITICAL ISLAM. AT PRESENT THE GFDRE FACES LITT [...]
1997-04-01 15:04:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPGOV SOCI KISL PHUM PTER PREL KPRP ET
97ALGIERS734 ALGERIA'S HAMAS PARTY: A WINNING ORGANIZATION?
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY AMBASSADOR RONALD NEUMANN, AMEMBASSY ALGIERS, REASON 1.5 D. 2. (C) SUMMARY: IN THE LAST TWO YEARS, THE FOCUS IN ISLAMIST POLITICS HERE HAS SHIFTED TO THE LEGAL ISLAMIC PARTY HAMAS (N0 RELATION TO PALESTINIAN HAMAS) AWAY FROM THE BANNED ISLAMIC SALVATI0N FRONT (FIS). [...]
1997-02-25 12:57:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPGOV KISL AG
97ALGIERS952 NEW ARMED GROUPS JOINING THE OLD FIS?
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY AMBASSADOR RONALD NEUMANN, AMEMBASSY ALGIERS, REASON 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: THE ABILITY OF THE LONG-BANNED ISLAMIC SALVATION FRONT (FIS) TO RESTRAIN THE ISLAMIST ARMED GROUPS HERE IS QUESTIONABLE. OVER TIME, HOWEVER, THE BARBAROUS ATROCITIES OF THE ARMED I [...]
1997-03-12 16:51:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPINS PTER KISL AG
97AMMAN5383THE ISLAMIC ACTION FRONT: SOMETIMES A PLATFORM IS MORE
[...] CLASSIFIED BY POLITICAL COUNSELOR ROBERTA NEWELL FOR REASON 1.5 (D). 2. (U) SUMMARY: A COMMON REFRAIN AMONG OBSERVERS OF JORDAN'S ISLAMIC ACTION FRONT (IAF) IS CONDEMNATION OF THE INFURIATINGLY VAGUE NATURE OF THE PARTY'S POLITICAL PLATFORM. AN OPPONENT OF THE PEACE PROCESS AND A VOCAL [...]
1997-06-05 13:40:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALKISL PGOV PINR PTER JO
97ANKARA8752 A "SPECIAL TEAM" VIEW ON THE PKK, OHAL,
[...] CLASSIFIED BY ACTING POLCOUNS MARC SIEVERS, AMEMBASSY ANKARA. REASON: 1.5(B)(D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: ON THE EVENING OF SEPTEMBER 2, POLOFF DISCUSSED THE KURDISTAN WORKERS' PARTY (PKK),PROSPECTS FOR REFORM OF THE "STATE OF EMERGENCY" REGIME (OHAL),AND RELIGIOUS SENTIMENTS IN THE TURKISH NAT [...]
1997-09-03 08:28:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL KISL PHUM PINS TU
97CAIRO11981EGYPT'S MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD - DOWN BUT NOT OUT
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY POL/ECON MINISTER COUNSELOR JEFF MILLINGTON FOR REASON 1.5 (D). -------- SUMMARY -------- 2. (C) MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD AND JOURNALIST SYNDICATE MEMBERS MUHAMMAD ABD AL-QUDUS AND SALAH ABD AL-MAQSUD TOLD US RECENTLY THAT: -- THE LATEST MOVE IN THE GOVERNMENT'S ONGOIN [...]
1997-11-12 14:27:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KISL PHUM PINR EG
97CAIRO12034LEADING ISLAMIC FIGURE DENOUNCES TERRORISM
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY POL/ECON MINISTER COUNSELOR JEFF MILLINGTON FOR REASON 1.5 (B). 2. (C) SUMMARY: SHEIKH OF AL-AZHAR MUHAMMAD TANTAWI, IN AN INTERVIEW PUBLISHED NOVEMBER 7 IN A POPULAR EGYPTIAN MAGAZINE, STATED HIS OPPOSITION ON ISLAMIC GROUNDS TO SUICIDE OPERATIONS AGAINST ISRAELI CIV [...]
1997-11-13 14:00:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL KISL MEPP PTER KPAL IS EG
97ISLAMABAD2488 AFGHANISTAN: TALIBAN OFFICIAL CONFIRMS THAT MULLAH OMAR
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY TOM PRICE, POLITICAL COUNSELOR. REASONS: 1.5 (C) (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: MARCH 27 PAKISTANI PRESS REPORTS STATE THAT MULLAH OMAR MET WITH FUGITIVE SAUDI FINANCIER BIN LADEN IN KANDAHAR ON MARCH 25 AND TOLD HIM NOT TO USE "AFGHAN TERRITORY FOR ANTI- SAUDI GOVERNMENT ACTIVIT [...]
1997-03-27 11:38:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV KISL PREL AF PK SA
97ISLAMABAD2533 AFGHANISTAN: THE ENIGMATIC MULLAH OMAR AND TALIBAN
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY JOHN C. HOLZMAN, DEPUTY CHIEF OF MISSION. REASON: 1.5 (C) (D). 2. (U) THIS CABLE WAS COORDINATED WITH CONSULATE PESHAWAR. ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (C) NOT MUCH IS KNOWN ABOUT MULLAH OMAR, THE TALIBAN FOUNDER AND LEADER. HE COMES FROM A SMALL VILLAGE NEAR KANDAHAR AND H [...]
1997-03-28 11:47:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV KISL PREL PINR AF
97ISLAMABAD3085 AFGHANISTAN: OBSERVERS SAY "RADICALS" HAVE UPPER HAND IN
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY DAN MOZENA, ACTING POLITICAL COUNSELOR. REASONS: 1.5 (C) (D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: IN SEPARATE CONVERSATIONS, HAMED GAILANI, THE POLITICALLY-ACTIVE SON OF PIR GAILANI, AND MULLAH MALANG, AN AFGHAN WITH LINKS TO THE TALIBAN, TOLD POLOFF RECENTLY THAT "RADICALS" ARE GAINING T [...]
1997-04-14 12:55:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER KISL PINR AF PK
97NIAMEY5135 ISLAMIC FUNDAMENTALISM, IRAN, AND NIGER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: MOST NIGERIENS BELIEVE ISLAMIC FUNDAMENTALISM CONSTITUTES A LONG-TERM THREAT TO THE SECULAR STATE ESTABLISHED UNDER NIGER'S CONSTITUTION. IRAN IS WORKING QUIETLY AND WITH SIGNIFICANT RESOURCES TO PROMOTE SHI'ISM IN NIGER. SHIA RELIGIOUS LEADERS IN NORTHERN NIGERIA ARE ALSO A FO [...]
1997-11-05 12:31:00Embassy NiameyCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID SOCI NG IR KISL
97TASHKENT2034 UZBEK ISLAMIC MILITANT SURFACES IN PESHAWAR?
[...] CLASSIFIED BY AMBASSADOR ESCUDERO. REASON: 1.5 (B) AND (D). 2. (C) ACCORDING TO BBC CORRESPONDENT MONICA WHITLOCK (PLEASE PROTECT),UZBEK ISLAMIC MILITANT "TAKHIRJON" HAS SURFACED IN PESHAWAR. TAKHIRJON LED THE 1991 "ADOLAT" UPRISING WHICH BRIEFLY TOOK OVER THE HOKIMIATE OFFICES IN NAMA [...]
1997-05-01 10:26:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALKISL PINR PTER UZ PK
98AMMAN3050POLITICAL ISLAM IN JORDAN: STRUGGLING FOR THE SOUL
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY DCM JANET A. SANDERSON; REASONS: 1.5(B) AND (D). ------------------------ SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION ------------------------ 2. (C) THE NOVEMBER 1997 BOYCOTT OF PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS BY THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD AND ITS POLITICAL WING, THE ISLAMIC ACTION FRONT, EXPOS [...]
1998-04-02 13:45:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPGOV PINR KISL PHUM JO
98AMMAN8578 JORDANIAN ISLAMISTS' RELATIONSHIP WITH HAMAS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: THE JORDANIAN MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD (MB) HAS BEEN OUTSPOKEN IN ITS PUBLIC PROTESTS OVER THE KILLING OF HAMAS MILITARY LEADERS IMAD AND ADEL AWADULLAH AND HAS SUGGESTED PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY COMPLICITY IN THEIR DEATHS. THE MB OPENLY DECLARES ITS CLOSE TIES WITH HAMAS, BUT PRIVATELY [...]
1998-09-21 12:53:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL PTER KISL KWBG JO
98BEIRUT3570 AMBASSADOR'S CALLS ON PARLIAMENTARY LEADERSHIP
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY AMBASSADOR SATTERFIELD. REASONS 1.5 (B AND D). 2. (C) SUMMARY: DURING THE AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALLS AT THE PARLIAMENT, SPEAKER NABIH BERRI AND HIS DEPUTY ELIE FERZLI INDICATED THAT LAF COMMANDER GENERAL EMILE LAHUD IS THE MOST OBVIOUS CHOICE TO BECOME THE NEXT PR [...]
1998-09-29 14:20:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR KISL MEPP LE
98TELAVIV15545HAMAS CONSIDERS A NEW MODUS VIVENDI WITH PA
[...] (C) IN THE AFTERMATH OF WIDE-SCALE ARRESTS OF HAMAS ACTIVISTS FOLLOWING THE OCTOBER 29 GUSH KATIF SUICIDE BOMBINGS, SOME OF OUR GAZA CONTACTS ARE STATING THAT HAMAS IS PREPARING TO ENTER INTO A LIMITED "TRUCE" WITH THE PALESTINIAN.AUTHORITY (PA). THE TRUCE WOULD APPLY ONLY TO ATTACKS LAUNCHE [...]
1998-11-25 16:28:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALKISL KWBG KPAL PREL PHUM GZ IS PGOV
99BEIRUT5413THE SOUTH: HIZBALLAH STRATEGIC, TACTICAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: SPECULATION OVER A FUTURE ISRAELI WITHDRAWAL (UNILATERAL OR THROUGH NEGOTIATIONS) FROM SOUTH LEBANON HAS GIVEN RISE TO DIFFERENCES AMONG HIZBALLAH'S SENIOR LEADERS ABOUT THE PARTY'S FUTURE. THE PROSPECT OF CHANGE HAS COMPELLED THE PARTY TO BEGIN SPECIFIC PLANNING FOR THE ROLE IT [...]
1999-12-21 12:52:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV IR KISL IS LE
99CAIRO2104 EGYPT'S MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD AT LOW EBB
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY ECONOMIC-POLITICAL MINISTER COUNSELOR RICHARD LEBARON FOR REASONS 1.5 (B) AND (D). ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) SINCE 1995, WHEN THE GOVERNMENT SHUT DOWN PROFESSIONAL SYNDICATES CONTROLLED BY THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD AND ARRESTED THEIR ACTIVISTS, THE BROTHERHOOD HAS R [...]
1999-03-16 16:22:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPINS PTER PGOV PREL KISL PHUM ECON EG
99ISLAMABAD495PUBLIC DIPLOMACY: USAMA BIN LADIN
[...] No summary [...]
1999-01-26 03:32:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALAF KISL PK PREL PTER
99TELAVIV12144HAMAS DEBATES FUTURE
[...] (C) OUR CONTACTS IN GAZA HAVE PRESENTED DIFFERING VIEWS OVER NEXT STEPS BEING CONTEMPLATED BY HAMAS. A SENIOR FATAH LEADER AND MEMBER OF THE FATAH CENTRAL COMMITTEE, HANI AL-HASSAN, TOLD US RECENTLY THAT HAMAS WAS PLANNING AN "ELECTION" FOR MEMBERS OF ITS POLITBURO AND CONSULTATIVE ASSEMBLY. [...]
1999-08-27 06:42:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALKISL PTER KPAL KWBG PREL PHUM GZ IS
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