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05PARIS3957	FY-2005 Voluntary Visitor Program: Karl-Erik [...] Current U.S. Administration: - Introduction to governmental organizations under current administration. 2. Security and Defense Issues: - Introduction to Security and Defense Issues and Foreign Policy under current administration: OSD/AT and L. 3. Foreign Policy formulation and challeng [...]	2005-06-08 09:49:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL FR

05PARIS4019	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - ERDOGAN IN WASHINGTON -RUN-UP [...] ERDOGAN IN WASHINGTON 2. RUN-UP TO THE G8 3. A/S FRIED IN PARIS 4. NATO AND DARFUR (B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: PRIME MINISTER DE VILLEPIN'S SPEECH YESTERDAY ON STRATEGIES TO BOOST EMPLOYMENT IN FRANCE DOMINATE HEADLINES. RIGHT-WING ORIENTED DAILIES LABEL DE VILLEPIN'S SPEECH AS "NOT BAD" [...]	2005-06-09 11:18:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS4103	TOGO: MEETING WITH FORMER MINISTER BOKO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Togo's former Interior Minister Francois Boko visited the Embassy on June 8 to discuss his visa request and prospective travel to the U.S. He also discussed events in Togo, stating that he had little faith that Faure was truly committed to democratic reform. He discussed the [...]	2005-06-10 15:50:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SNAR TO FR
05PARIS4106	STAFFDEL TALWAR DISCUSSES LEBANON/SYRIA, IRAN/EU-3, AND IRAQ WITH SENIOR FRENCH OFFICIALS [...] (C) Summary: Visiting SFRC Professional Staff Member Puneet Talwar met separately with MFA NEA A/S-equivalent Jean Francois-Thibault and Presidential Middle East/Americas advisor Dominique Boche June 3 and discussed Lebanon/Syria, EU-3 negotiations with Iran, and Iraq. Thibault expressed con [...]	2005-06-10 17:29:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL XF IZ IR LE FR
05PARIS4162	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - NORTH KOREA - SIX PARTY TALKS [...] NORTH KOREA - SIX PARTY TALKS 2. LEBANESE ELECTIONS 3. GUANTANAMO 4. EU AFFAIRS - TURKEY B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: THE AFTERMATH OF THE LIBERATION OF FLORENCE AUBENAS STILL CAPTURES THE MOST FRONT-PAGE ATTENTION TODAY. THE CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH THE FRENCH HOSTAGE WAS RELEASED LEAD MANY [...]	2005-06-14 11:53:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS444	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAQ AND THE BUSH DOCTRINE [...] IRAQ AND THE BUSH DOCTRINE 2. MIDDLE EAST B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: DOMESTIC POLICY ISSUES LEAD ON TODAY'S FRONT PAGES, AS THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY EMBARKS ON THE PRELIMINARY PROCESS TO REVISE FRANCE'S CONSTITUTION. THE PROCESS AIMS TO MAKE THE CONSTITUTION MORE COMPATIBLE WITH THE EUROPEAN C [...]	2005-01-25 14:55:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS4518	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAN IRAQ [...] IRAN 2. IRAQ B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: A WIDE VARIETY OF MOSTLY DOMESTIC STORIES DOMINATE TODAY'S FRONT PAGES, WITH RIGHT-OF-CENTER LE FIGARO AND MARSEILLES- BASED REGIONAL LA PROVENCE DEVOTED TO ITER, THE EXPERIMENTAL NUCLEAR REACTOR. LA PROVENCE HEADLINES: "ITER'S SUNRAYS SHINING ON CAD [...]	2005-06-28 11:03:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS4630	AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. G8/AFRICA 3. COTE D'IVOIRE 4. MAURITANIA 5. RWANDA 6. CONGO-BRAZZAVILLE 7. NIGER 8. MALI 9. GABON 10. MADAGASCAR 11. MOZAMBIQUE 12. NIGERIA 13. DROC Â [...]	2005-07-01 13:47:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO XA
05PARIS4671	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - G-8: CLIMATE CHANGE - AFRICA [...] G-8: CLIMATE CHANGE - AFRICA 2. AFGHANISTAN 3. GUANTANAMO B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: THE G-8, WHICH BEGINS TOMORROW, IS A BIG FRONT-PAGE STORY, WITH RELATED STORIES ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND HELPING AFRICA, AS REPORTED ON MONDAY IN LA TRIBUNE: "THE SUCCESS OF THE G8. WILL DEPEND ON THE CLIMAT [...]	2005-07-05 12:07:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS4766	AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. G8/AFRICA 3. BURUNDI 4. MALI 5. MADAGASCAR 6. MOZAMBIQUE 7. SUDAN 8. COTE D'IVOIRE 9. ANGOLA 10. BURKINA FASO Â [...]	2005-07-08 11:53:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO XA
05PARIS4904	AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. G8/AFRICA 3. MALI 4. COTE D'IVOIRE 5. SENEGAL 6. SUDAN 7. BURKINA FASO 8. CENTRAFRIQUE Â [...]	2005-07-15 09:23:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO XA
05PARIS4936	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAQ: ATTACKS IN MOUSSAYEB - [...] IRAQ: ATTACKS IN MOUSSAYEB 2. LONDON BOMBINGS (B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: VIOLENCE IN IRAQ DOMINATES HEADLINES AFTER A WEEKEND OF ATTACKS THAT KILLED HUNDREDS. LEFT-OF-CENTER LIBERATION FOCUSES ON THE "EXASPERATION' OF THE IRAQI POPULATION AGAINST THE INSURGENTS WHO ARE NOW SEEN BY THE CIVI [...]	2005-07-18 10:33:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS4947	U.S./FRANCE: THE CASE FOR RENEWING AND [...] THIS CABLE CONTAINS AN ACTION REQUEST FOR PM AND EUR/RPM IN PARAGRAPH 7. 2.SUMMARY: WE CONTINUE TO COUNT ON FRENCH SUPPORT IN THE WAR AGAINST TERORISM, AND IN A VARIETY OF INTERNATIONAL FLASHPOINTS, INCLUDING AFGHANISTAN, AFRICA, THE BALKANS, THE MIDDLE EAST AND HAITI. IN A NUMBER OF CAS [...]	2005-07-18 13:43:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS PREL ECIN FR
05PARIS5003	U.S./FRANCE: THE CASE FOR RENEWING AND [...] (U) THIS CABLE CONTAINS AN ACTION REQUEST FOR PM AND EUR/RPM IN PARAGRAPH 8. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: WE CONTINUE TO COUNT ON FRENCH SUPPORT IN THE WAR AGAINST TERORISM, AND IN A VARIETY OF INTERNATIONAL FLASHPOINTS, INCLUDING AFGHANISTAN, AFRICA, THE BALKANS, THE MIDDLE EAST AND HAITI. IN A [...]	2005-07-19 14:42:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS PREL ECIN FR
05PARIS5106	FRENCH RESPONSE TO VENEZUELA DEMARCHE [...] (C) Summary: Poloff delivered ref A demarche July 20 to MFA Venezuela desk officer Hedi Picquart. Picquart said that the GOF shared many of our concerns about the Chavez government, particularly in light of recent GOV activities regarding the French oil company Total. At least for the time [...]	2005-07-22 15:26:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV FR VE
05PARIS5202	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - WITHDRAWAL FROM IRAQ, [...] WITHDRAWAL FROM IRAQ 2. ALTERNATIVE TO KYOTO PROTOCOL B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: DOMESTIC STORIES MAKE THE FRONT PAGE OF MOST DAILIES TODAY: PRIME MINISTER DE VILLEPIN'S PRESS CONFERENCE AND THE VERDICTS IN BOTH THE LONG-RUNNING ANGERS TRIAL ON CHILD MOLESTATION AND RAPE AND THE MONT BL [...]	2005-07-28 10:06:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS5225	AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. SECRETARY RICE IN AFRICA 3. COTE D'IVOIRE 4. SENEGAL 5. MADAGASCAR 6. SUDAN 7. NIGER 8. SAOTOME 9. TOGO 10. DROC 11. CONGO BRAZZAVILLE 12. ZIMBABWE 13. UGANDA Â [...]	2005-07-29 09:41:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO XA
05PARIS5228	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAQ, IRA, ASIA-PACIFIC [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-29 10:39:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS5422	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAN - NUCLEAR ISSUE [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-09 10:54:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS5563	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - MIDDLE EAST - GAZA PULLOUT [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-18 12:34:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS5596	AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. COTE D'IVOIRE 3. MAURITANIA 4. NIGER 5. CHAD 6. SENEGAL 6. CONGO BRAZZAVILLE 7. BURUNDI 8. SUDAN 9. GUINEA BISSAU 10. ZIMBABWE 11. BRAIN DRAIN Â [...]	2005-08-19 11:49:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO XA
05PARIS5783	AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. COTE D'IVOIRE 3. BURUNDI 4. NIGER 5. ANGOLA 6. SUDAN Â [...]	2005-08-26 14:53:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO XA
05PARIS5797	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAQI CONSTITUTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-29 10:58:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS6125	EUR A/S FRIED'S SEPTEMBER 1 MEETINGS WITH SENIOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 1, EUR A/S Daniel Fried met separately with French MFA Political Director Stanislas de Laboulaye, A/S-equivalent Director for Strategic Affairs Philippe Carre, and Presidential Diplomatic Advisor Maurice Gourdault-Montagne. They discussed Iran, NATO, the EU, Russia, [...]	2005-09-09 14:22:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PARM UP FR NATO EUN RU
05PARIS6600	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - GWOT - Abu Gharaib - [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-27 11:07:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS6644	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq: Abu Azzam Assassination [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-28 10:23:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS6694	FRENCH WARY OF ISAF/OEF COMMAND PROPOSAL AND [...] (C) Summary. According to the MOD Policy Director, France can live with the NATO proposal for an ISAF/OEF integrated, but still dual-hatted command, so long as there is clear differentiation between the OEF and ISAF missions. It is for this reason that Defense Minister Alliot-Marie continues [...]	2005-09-29 16:14:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS AF FR NATO
05PARIS68	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAQ - VIOLENCE AND COMING [...] IRAQ - VIOLENCE AND COMING ELECTIONS 2. TRANSATLANTIC RELATIONS B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: PRESIDENT CHIRAC'S ECONOMIC PROGRAM FOR THE NEXT TEN YEARS HAS REPLACED THE ASIAN DISASTER ON MOST OF TODAY'S FRONT PAGES, ALTHOUGH NUMEROUS STORIES CONTINUE TO BE DEVOTED TO THE RELIEF EFFORTS BEING [...]	2005-01-05 11:07:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS6810	COMBATING EXTREMISM IN FRANCE [...] (C) Summary: The U.S. and France enjoy a strong and healthy relationship in matters related to combating violent extremism, especially as regards the investigative side. Intelligence, law enforcement and judicial exchanges and cooperation are ongoing and effective, and the French government's [...]	2005-10-04 11:01:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM KPAO EAID PHUM KMPI PTER FR
05PARIS6890	DIALOGUE WITH MUSLIM MODERATES AND MAGHREB [...] (C) Summary: In the context of ongoing Muslim outreach (refs),Ambassador recently visited the Paris Mosque, paid separate courtesy calls on ambassadors from Morocco and Algeria -- the two leading countries of origin for the majority of French Muslims -- and met with a French-Tunisian author [...]	2005-10-06 13:13:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KISL PTER FR
05PARIS7118	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq - Saddam Trial Middle [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-18 12:02:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS7132	AVIAN FLU: FRANCE REACTS TO THREAT [...] (SBU) Summary: The presence of the H5N1 virus in Romania, Turkey, and (possibly) Greece has captured front-page headlines and triggered much commentary in the French media. The French government reacted swiftly, too. Prime Minister de Villepin confirmed on October 14 the two French gover [...]	2005-10-18 16:30:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO EAGR SOCI FR
05PARIS7146	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq - Saddam Trial UNESCO - [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-19 10:20:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS7236	AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. LIBERIA 3. COTE D'IVOIRE 4. NIGER 5. CHAD 6. ZIMBABWE 7. WTO/COTTON Â [...]	2005-10-24 06:52:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO XA
05PARIS7249	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Syria Trade UNESCO - Cultural [...] Syria 2. Trade 3. UNESCO - Cultural Diversity B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: Most front pages and editorials are devoted to the government's decision to partially privatize EDF, the nation's power company. The state is to retain 85 percent of the capital. Editorialists in the specialized and [...]	2005-10-24 12:03:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS7454	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Syria Iraq - Bush Presidency [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-02 14:06:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS7688	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq Social Unrest in France [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-10 12:53:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS7812	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - President Bush to China [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-17 13:27:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS7838	AVIAN AND PANDEMIC INFLUENZA INFORMATION - FRANCE [...] (U) Detailed GOF reactions and responses to date to the possibility of an avian flu pandemic are contained in reftels (B) - (E). The following paragraphs respond to reftel A queries. -------------------------- Preparedness/Communication -------------------------- 2. (U) Following news t [...]	2005-11-17 18:29:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO SENV ECON EAGR EAID PREL FR
05PARIS7873	AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. LIBERIA 3. CHAD 4. GABON 5. BURKINA FASO 6. COTE D'IVOIRE 7. ETHIOPIA 8. NIGERIA Â [...]	2005-11-18 15:53:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO XA
05PARIS8072	DNSA ABRAMS' 11/22 MEETINGS WITH SENIOR FRENCH MFA [...] (C) Summary: November 22 discussions between Deputy National Security Advisor (DNSA) Elliott Abrams and senior French officials focused on Syria/Lebanon, Iran, and Israeli-Palestinian issues, with Morocco, Iraq, and BMENA discussed in passing. Presidency officials predicted Syrian non-coopera [...]	2005-11-29 10:07:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL FR IR IS IZ KDEM KPAL LE MO PARM SY
05PARIS8162	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq Alleged CIA Prisons [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-01 15:43:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS8327	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Secretary Rice to Europe - [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-08 13:18:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS8397	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - WTO Ministerial in Hong Kong [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-12 13:51:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS8471	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iran - Ahmadinejad's [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-15 13:27:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS8499	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq - Legislative elections [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-16 13:11:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS86	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAQ TSUNAMI - HUMANITARIAN [...] IRAQ 2. TSUNAMI - HUMANITARIAN AID AND POLITICS B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: POLITICS AND HUMANITARIAN AID ARE TWO KEY WORDS IN MANY OF TODAY'S COMMENTARIES, WHILE FRONT PAGES ARE MOSTLY DEVOTED TO DOMESTIC SOCIAL ISSUES. LEFT-OF-CENTER LIBERATION IS AN EXCEPTION WITH ITS LEAD STORY ON IRAQ A [...]	2005-01-06 11:12:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS8608	MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Iraq Iran International [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-22 13:56:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS8613	U.S. TROOP DRAWDOWN IN AFGHANISTAN NOT A SURPRISE [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-22 14:45:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MOPS PGOV AF FR NATO
05PARIS8692	AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS [...] ATTENTION 2. SENEGAL 3. COTE D'IVOIRE 4. CHAD/SUDAN 5. DROC 6. RWANDA 7. CAMEROON 8. FRANCE AND AFRICA Â [...]	2005-12-30 10:30:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO XA
05PORTAUPRINCE1072	HAITI ELECTIONS: ELECTION NEWS ROUND-UP (APRIL 16, [...] (U) I. ELECTION SECURITY (Para. 2) II. PARTY ALLIANCES: CONSTANTLY SHIFTING (Paras. 3-5) III. PARTY CONVENTIONS FILL MONTH OF APRIL (Paras. 6-11) IV. MORE POSSIBLE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES (Paras. 12-13) V. CEP COMMISSIONS (Paras. 14-15) I. ELECTION SECURITY ---------------- [...]	2005-04-19 11:46:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID HA
05PORTAUPRINCE1353	HAITI: SUPREME COURT ANNULS KEY PART OF RABOTEAU [...] (C) Summary. On May 9, the Haitian Supreme Court issued an unexpected ruling that effectively annulled one part of the 2000 Raboteau trial. The decision, on procedural grounds, annuls the convictions of the 15 people who were actually present during the proceedings, but leaves unclear whethe [...]	2005-05-13 18:45:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL HA
05PORTAUPRINCE1487	HAITIAN PRIVATE SECTOR PANICKED BY INCREASING [...] (C) Summary: Fritz Mevs, a member of one of Haiti's richest families and a well-connected member of the private sector elite, told Poloff on May 13 that business leaders are exasperated by the lack of security in the vital port and industrial zone areas of Port-au-Prince and are allegedly armi [...]	2005-05-27 19:47:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC ECON EWWT
05PORTAUPRINCE1537	Haiti elections update - June 2 [...] (U) Summary: Voter registration continues to lag, but MINUSTAH and OAS are making a big push to get a significantly increased number of registration centers up and running within the next 7-10 days, and believe they are still on track for a successful registration program. The CEP's website [...]	2005-06-03 14:13:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO HA
05PORTAUPRINCE1609	Haiti elections update - June 9 [...] 27 registration centers are now open, 39 more will open "within the next few days," and another 140 or so are being refurbished by UNOPS in order to be opened by June 15, according to UN and OAS officials. These last include a registration center in Delmas and one in Petionville (both in the [...]	2005-06-09 11:41:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO HA
05PORTAUPRINCE1664	HAITIAN-AMERICAN ENTREPRENEUR SIMEUS: A PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: Haitian-American businessman Dumas Simeus declared his intention to run for President during a lively discussion with the Ambassador on June 10. Simeus, a self-made millionaire currently residing in Texas, said he would manage Haiti like a business and lead the country by example, [...]	2005-06-15 18:26:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HA
05PORTAUPRINCE1666	Grupo M Update: Source of the Problem [...] Summary: As described in reftels, a long-standing labor dispute between Dominican manufacturer Grupo M and workers in Ouanaminthe was recently settled. According to Yannick Etienne, a labor representative, the fight has its origins in the closed-door negotiations that established the Free Tr [...]	2005-06-15 19:13:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PHUM ECON EINV HA
05PORTAUPRINCE2989	HAITI ELECTIONS: PREVAL'S MEETING WITH CDA CARNEY, [...] (SBU) Summary: Former President Rene Preval expressed satisfaction with the January 8 election date in a meeting with Charge d'Affaires Carney on November 29. He expressed confidence that he was the leading candidate, attributing his popularity to his previous term and his attempts to impro [...]	2005-12-05 19:07:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV HA
05PORTAUPRINCE3003	HAITI ELECTIONS: PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES [...] (SBU) Summary: The first round of a series of six debates between leading presidential candidates concluded December 1. A total of eight candidates squared off in the debates, organized by the local organization ECOSOF and sponsored by the US Embassy Public Diplomacy section. The three deb [...]	2005-12-07 18:37:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV HA
05PORTAUPRINCE796	HAITIAN ELECTIONS: UPDATE ON PRESIDENTIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: With the publication of the electoral law, the campaign season has unofficially begun in Haiti. There have been a handful of presidential candidacy announcements, most notably that of KID's Evans Paul. We expect several more over the next few months. By June and July, most [...]	2005-03-23 21:39:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV HA
05PRAGUE1008	CZECH MOD STAFF CONFIRM PLANS FOR EXTENSION OF [...] (C) Summary: Czech MOD senior officials offered assurances that plans for extension of the Czech military police trainers currently in Iraq are continuing, and that the contingent would remain in its current status, i.e., part of MNF-I, but with the hope that they would "eventually" be move [...]	2005-07-01 17:00:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS MASS IZ EZ
05PRAGUE1058	CZECH'S SOLIDARITY FUND REQUEST PROCUREMENT LIST [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified - Not for Internet Distribution. 2. (SBU) In response to the Department's request, Post is transmitting the text of the original Czech request for items under their $6 million Coalition Solidarity Fund (CSF) allocation. Per reftel, Czech MOD Director of Secur [...]	2005-07-14 16:06:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MASS PARM PREL MOPS EZ
05PRAGUE1167	CZECH MFA: 10,000 ASSAULT RIFLES FOR PRIVATE USE? [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-09 16:29:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	KOMC PREL PGOV EZ
05PRAGUE126	CZECH REQUEST FOR USG TRANSPORT OF ARMORED [...] (U) Action request in para 5. 2. (C) Summary: The Czech government requests USG assistance in transporting two armored vehicles to Baghdad. The vehicles will be used by protective forces guarding the Czech ambassador and other Czech diplomats in Baghdad. The Czechs are prepared to cover [...]	2005-01-27 16:30:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL EZ IZ
05PRAGUE127	CZECH SENATE GIVES FINAL APPROVAL FOR EXTENSION OF [...] No summary [...]	2005-01-27 16:38:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR EZ IZ
05PRAGUE1289	TFUS01: CZECHS OFFER IMMEDIATE HUMANITARIAN HELP [...] Czech PM Paroubek and President Klaus both met Ambassador morning of Sept 5 to present list of Czech offers of immediate support for relief and assistance following Hurricane Katrina. The Czechs have notionally offered $1 million in equipment and personnel to provide immediate relief, althoug [...]	2005-09-05 11:24:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AEMR EAID EZ
05PRAGUE1329	CZECH CORRUPTION: BAD, AND UNLIKELY TO GET BETTER [...] SUMMARY. In light of several recent Czech corruption scandals, post offers the following snapshot of the issue. Internal statistics, as well as assessments from Transparency International and the World Bank show the number of cases is increasing, while the government's effectiveness in combati [...]	2005-09-14 07:49:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED	KCOR PGOV EINV KJUS EZ
05PRAGUE1343	CZECH ACTIVIST JAN URBAN ON IRAQI JOURNALISTS, [...] SUMMARY. Poloff met with Czech journalist/activist Jan Urban after his return from Amman, Jordan, where he conducted training for 40 Iraqi journalists under a program funded with money from the National Endowment for Democracy. Urban said he would like to follow up with additional programs, i [...]	2005-09-16 09:22:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL SCUL EZ IZ JO KPAO
05PRAGUE1348	TFUS01: CZECH ASSISTANCE RECAP [...] SUMMARY: Post continues to receive active offers of assistance and support from the GOCR, City of Prague, and private individuals. The Ambassador and Foreign Minister Svoboda attended a ceremony and press conference on September 11 marking the first NATO humanitarian assistance mission stop [...]	2005-09-16 15:27:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EZ PREL
05PRAGUE169	CZECH ON FUTURE OF IRAQ COALITION; POSSIBILITY OF [...] (C) Pol-Econ Counselor and DATT raised ref A points on future of Iraq coalition with Czech MFA and MOD Security Policy Departments. The Czechs welcomed the information provided about current thinking on the coalition. They noted, of course, that the Czech parliament had just approved the ext [...]	2005-02-07 08:29:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL IZ EZ NATO
05PRAGUE1699	16 YEARS AFTER THE END OF COMMUNIST RULE, CZECHS [...] (U) SUMMARY. A recent unsuccessful initiative to ban the Czech Communist Party (KSCM),together with November's anniversary of the student protests that led to the eventual end of communist rule, and the general elections scheduled for next June, have focused public debate on the role of the l [...]	2005-12-08 15:34:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EZ
05PRAGUE260	CZECHS SOLICIT U.S. OPINION ON ARMS SALES TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. The Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs is beginning to get a number of requests from Czech arms firms wanting to sell weapons and ammunition to the government of Afghanistan. The Czech Republic has no diplomatic mission in Afghanistan, and consequently [...]	2005-02-23 13:11:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	AF EZ PARM
05PRAGUE337	(C) RUSSIAN MISSILES FOR US NAVY COMING FROM [...] (C) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. SEE PARAGRAPH 4. The US Navy has for some time been planning an open commercial purchase of 23 KH-31 (or MA-31) Russian sea-skimming missiles from a Czech arms dealer. It has come to our attention that the missiles are coming from Belarus, via a series of complicated [...]	2005-03-09 06:49:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS PREL EZ UP BO RS
05PRAGUE366	AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO MORAVIAN-SILESIAN REGION: [...] Summary. During his February 7-8 visit to Ostrava, regional governor Evzen Tosenovsky told the Ambassador the influence of the regions is growing, and that an accommodation between Prague and the regions must be worked out within his ODS party. The Ambassador visited Vitkovice Steel, which [...]	2005-03-14 06:42:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EINV ETRD MARR EZ IZ
05PRAGUE499	GWOT ASSESSMENT: POST FEEDBACK FOR CZECH REPUBLIC [...] (C) The Czech Republic, despite the weak coalition government that came into power after the June 2002 elections, has been a stauch supporter of the GWOT and has responded admirably to USG requests for troop contributions to Iraq and Afghanistan, and is actively providing economic, humanitari [...]	2005-04-07 13:42:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL EZ
05PRAGUE815	TROUBLING SIGNALS IN LARGEST CZECH MILITARY [...] (S) Summary: The current $1 billion Czech Army tender for armored vehicles -- the military's largest procurement to date -- is designed to avert past problems with transparency, with PriceWaterhouseCoopers engaged to run the tender instead of the MOD's Armaments Directorate. The two main decl [...]	2005-05-27 12:04:00	Embassy Prague	SECRET	MASS PREL BEXP KCRM EZ
05PRAGUE889	CZECH ARMS SALES/DONATIONS TO IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN [...] (U) ACTION REQUEST, SEE PARAGRAPH 4. 2 (C) As the western-most country in the Soviet bloc, then Czechoslovakia became the forward ammo depot for any potential invasion of Western Europe.That fact, combined with the recent draw-down in the number of Czech troops from over 130,000 to roughly [...]	2005-06-10 13:36:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PM EZ
05QUITO1000	EMBASSY RECOMMENDS 3C FINDINGS FOR ISAIAS BROTHERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: William and Roberto Isaias, former chiefs of Filanbanco bank and among Ecuador's richest men, fled Ecuador in 1999 after absconding with over $100 million in government bailout funds. They used their ill-gotten wealth to buy safe passage from Ecuador and later pressured prosecu [...]	2005-05-02 23:21:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CVIS EFIN KCOR EC
05QUITO1177	ECUADOR: FM AND MINDEF MEETINGS [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met separately with FM Parra and MinDef Espinosa on May 19. Parra expressed hope for the strongest possible relations with the U.S., and pledged MFA support for successful FTA negotiations. He expressed GOE discomfort with language in the draft OAS resolution, sa [...]	2005-05-19 23:05:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR MASS PINR SNAR EC
05QUITO120	DEMINING: POLITICAL PROBLEMS THREATEN OPERATIONAL [...] SUMMARY: Humanitarian demining (HD) continues apace in Ecuador, although political difficulties - both bilateral and multilateral - threaten future effectiveness. 2004 successes include the conclusion of mine clearance operations in El Oro, near-completion in Loja, and termination of mine im [...]	2005-01-19 20:04:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED	KHDP PHUM MASS MOPS MARR EC PE
05QUITO1322	DROPPING DOLLAR RAISES PROSPECTS IN TULCAN [...] SUMMARY: Tulcan, capital of Ecuador's Carchi province, bestrides the Panamerican Highway four hours from Quito and four miles from Colombia. Like frontier towns worldwide, Carchi's capital enjoys its share of money changers, truck stops, and customs checkpoints, most visitors clocking in for [...]	2005-06-08 20:36:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SNAR PTER ECON ETRD EC CO
05QUITO1340	GUTIERREZ RETURN JUST ONE OF PALACIO'S PROBLEMS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Forty-five days young, the Alfredo Palacio government has hit its first snags. Two cabinet ministers resigned this week (Septel) amidst charges they owed money to the state. One other is backpedaling over accusations he conspired to depose former President Lucio Gutierrez. Mil [...]	2005-06-09 23:09:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EC
05QUITO1404	WELCOME TO ECUADOR, GENERAL CRADDOCK [...] (U) On behalf of Mission Ecuador, General, please accept a warm welcome on your second visit to this fascinating South American nation. Regrettably, your tight schedule forced an agenda trimming -- we initially had you traversing Ecuador's border with Colombia -- but we'll file that itinerary [...]	2005-06-16 13:39:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EC CO
05QUITO1534	FARC ATTACKS FURTHER ALIENATE QUITO, BOGOTA [...] (C) SUMMARY: News of the FARC's lethal attacks in southern Putumayo June 25 spawned a counterproductive but oh-so-Ecuadorian response from politicians in Quito. Rather than condemning the narcoterrorists and acknowledging that border security requires bilateral cooperation, Palacio administ [...]	2005-06-29 15:15:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR SNAR PTER EC CO
05QUITO1628	REQUEST FOR DOS REVIEW ON POST-VETTED MEMBERS OF [...] The Embassy has developed plans to train these members of the Ecuadorian armed forces. Bio information follows: NAME AND DPOB: -- Quishpe Ipiales, LT (Navy) German Napoleon. B. 22 Oct 1976 Quito, Pichincha province; -- Proano Daza, LTC (Army) Jacinto Agustin. B. 31 Dec 1962, Pimapiro, [...]	2005-07-11 22:02:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL EC KICC
05QUITO1635	BORDER SECURITY DOMINATES PALACIO-URIBE DISCUSSION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Amidst a perception of frayed bilateral relations -- due mainly to GoE leaders' anti-Colombia outbursts -- Presidents Alfredo Palacio and Alvaro Uribe briefly met July 7 in Costa Rica. Media here claimed the session was substance-lite and lasted only fifteen minutes; an MFA con [...]	2005-07-12 22:59:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SNAR PTER EC CO
05QUITO1645	STAFFDEL SEES CN, CT GAPS IN ECUADOR [...] (S) SUMMARY: Use of Ecuadorian territory by narcotics and alien smugglers dominated discussions during Staffdel Walker, which visited Ecuador July 4-9. A DEA briefing revealed that agency,s eavesdropping weaknesses, exacerbated by Ecuadorian cellular carriers migration from analog to digita [...]	2005-07-14 15:49:00	Embassy Quito	SECRET	SNAR PTER MASS PGOV PREL EC CO
05QUITO1924	ECUADOR ENGAGEMENT IN HAITI UNWAVERING [...] (SBU) PolChief conveyed reftel points urging continued Ecuadorian military support for the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) to VFM Marcelo Fernandez de Cordova on February 17. 2. (SBU) Fernandez said he would not attend the vice-ministerial meeting in Santiago August 19; the G [...]	2005-08-17 23:27:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPKO MARR HA EC
05QUITO2866	ECUADOR: 2005 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] Embassy Quito's contribution to the 2005 Country Report on Terrorism report follows, keyed to questions in Reftel (paras 7-10). Embassy POC is PolOff Jarahn Hillsman, 593-2-256-2890 ext 4471, unclass email Hillsmanjd@state.gov, classified email Hillsmanjd@state.sgov.gov, fax 593-2-254-0712. [...]	2005-12-16 17:50:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PGOV KJUS MARR CASC ASEC EC
05QUITO369	AMBASSADOR VISITS COASTAL CITY HOSTING FIRST U.S. [...] Summary: During a two-day trip to the northern coastal city of Esmeraldas, the Ambassador visited with local officials and highlighted the positive impact of U.S. assistance on the province. Our emphasis on both security and development resonated, even in a city dominated by the far-left Pe [...]	2005-02-15 22:44:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM KWMN EC
05QUITO391	ECUADOR ON CWC: NATIONAL AUTHORITY IN PLACE, [...] In response to Reftel, the Embassy February 15 delivered non-paper to Ruben Herrera, the Technical Agencies representative in the MFA's Multilateral Affairs directorship general. In a follow-up telcon February 17, Herrera refuted a Reftel assertion, claiming Ecuador had in fact established i [...]	2005-02-17 17:18:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM ABUD ES EC AROC CWC CBW OPCW
05QUITO559	LATEST FARC COMMUNIQUE SMACKS OF PAYBACK [...] (C) SUMMARY: A FARC communique that essentially threatened President Lucio Gutierrez "to keep his end of the bargain or else" hit Ecuadorian presses March 10. Early reactions were as expected: the GoE dismissed the remarks out-of-hand, while a handful of consulted ex-Ecuadorian military re [...]	2005-03-10 23:15:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SNAR PTER EC CO
05QUITO618	REQUEST FOR DOS REVIEW OF POST-VETTED UNIT OF EC [...] This is an action message - please see paragraph 4. 2. The Embassy has developed plans to train members of Ecuador's 19th Jungle Brigade (HQ in Coca),25th Special Forces Group (Esmeraldas),11th Marine Infantry Battalion (San Lorenzo),and 13th Infantry Brigade (Machachi). Bio informatio [...]	2005-03-17 20:05:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL EC KICC
05QUITO748	CHAVEZ INFLUENCE SLIGHT, BUT GROWING [...] (U) SUMMARY: Separated by only a thousand miles and led by ex-colonels from similar backgrounds, Ecuador and Venezuela nonetheless aren't closest of friends. Commercial, cultural, and people-to-people ties are slight, compared to those of other near-neighboring countries. There is genuine d [...]	2005-04-05 19:14:00	Embassy Quito	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER EC VE ASEX
05QUITO773	WELCOME TO ECUADOR, GENERAL MYERS [...] (U) On behalf of the Mission Ecuador team, General, please accept a hearty welcome to Ecuador. Into your three hour stop we have packed a bilat with GoE President Lucio Gutierrez, a press conference with your joint chief counterpart, and a working lunch with the Ecuadorian high command; the [...]	2005-04-07 22:17:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PGOV MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EC
05QUITO781	ECUADOR: DIALOGUE UNDERWAY, STRIKE POSTPONED ONE [...] (C) Summary: The government and opposition appear closer than ever to resolving the Supreme Court issue. However, they may not achieve congressional passage of a measure to do so before April 13, the new start date for an indefinite strike in the capital and Azuay province. Still in play ar [...]	2005-04-08 22:54:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC EC
05QUITO835	ECUADOR: PUBLIC DISGUSTED WITH POLITICIANS [...] (C) Summary: President Gutierrez missed an opportunity for conciliation after the opposition failed to turn great crowds out for the protest strike on April 13. His recent intemperate statements led the opposition to court (and nearly attract) PRIAN support for a new, blatantly partisan pr [...]	2005-04-15 22:32:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC EC
05QUITO836	ECUADOR: PRESIDENT DECLARES STATE OF EMERGENCY IN [...] (C) Summary: President Lucio Gutierrez declared an indefinite state of emergency in a national televised address at 21:30 local on April 15. Embassy personnel are accounted for and safe. Military units have not yet appeared in the streets, where spontaneous demonstrations sprang up to prot [...]	2005-04-16 06:27:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC EC
05QUITO840	ECUADOR STATE OF EMERGENCY: SITREP 2, 1300 HRS [...] (C) Summary: Demonstrations in Quito petered out early April 16. As of 0900, the city was calm, but police contacts report likely large gatherings commencing shortly after nightfall. The Ambassador reconvened the Country Team at 1000 hrs to discuss the situation on the streets, the safety [...]	2005-04-16 19:32:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC EC

05QUITO842	ECUADOR: PRESIDENT ENDS STATE OF EMERGENCY [...] (C) Summary: President Lucio Gutierrez revoked the state of emergency declared on April 15 the following day. Anti-government citizen protests continued after the lifting of the emergency, though generally peacefully. The political situation here remains fluid--a special session of Congress [...]	2005-04-17 19:54:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC EC
05QUITO855	STATE OF EMERGENCY: USG OUTREACH CRITICAL [...] (C) Summary: After the declaration of a state of emergency by President Gutierrez on the evening of April 15, Embassy Quito and Consulate Guayaquil, working with other USG colleagues, acted quickly to encourage GOE restraint and non-violence. The Mission team (including several Embassy sect [...]	2005-04-19 17:33:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EC
05QUITO882	ECUADOR: FATE OF USG INTERESTS [...] (C) Summary: It is too early to know how a Palacio government would handle key issues on the USG agenda, but based on Palacio's history and early public statements, it appears very likely that FTA negotiations would be set back, and that Ecuador might well withdraw from the negotiations, whi [...]	2005-04-21 20:24:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC KCRM ELAB EC
05QUITO895	ECUADOR: POLITICAL SITUATION UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: On April 22, the new Minister of Defense Anibal Solon Espinosa named a new military high command. The Embassy has begun outreach to the new government's Cabinet, though not at the Ambassadorial level. Congress is expected to reconvene on April 26, possibly in Guayaquil. There [...]	2005-04-22 20:13:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC EC
05QUITO911	BIO INFO FOR NEW GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS: PART 2 [...] (U) Summary: On April 25, President Palacio named Minister of Education Consuelo Yanez Cossio, Minister of Tourism Maria Isabel Crespo, Minister of Sports Omar Cevallos, Minister of Health Wellington Sandoval and Presidential Communication Secretary Carlos Cortez. Elsa de Mena will return t [...]	2005-04-25 22:08:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR EC
05RABAT1809	MOROCCO POLITICAL HIGHLIGHTS [...] (SBU) Table of Contents - Early Reactions to Algeria's New Ambassador to Morocco - King Mohammed VI Receives King of Bahrain - King Pardons Underage Would-Be Suicide Bomber Twins - International Community Pleased with Tindouf POW Release - PJD and USFP Clash over Cultural Festival [...]	2005-08-26 17:03:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER SNAR MO
05RABAT2562	MOROCCO POLITICAL HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) Contents --Moroccan Press Under Pressure? --Frustrated Unemployed Graduates Turn to Self-Burning --2005 National Solidarity Campaign Raises $28 Million --Kings OIC Speech Zeroes in on Terrorism --King Orders Monument at Tazmamart Prison Site --Morocco and Libya Increasing Bilateral Coo [...]	2005-12-23 15:42:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL MO
05RANGOON1065	CORRECTED COPY--EXPLOSIVES FOUND DURING WEEK OF [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-20 09:54:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PTER BM
05RANGOON11	BURMA: TALKING DRUGS WITH THE NEW HOME MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: The new Home Affairs Minister, Maj Gen Maung Oo, Burma's top counterdrug official, took our recent drug certification demarche in stride, blaming ousted Prime Minister Khin Nyunt for not sharing counterdrug intelligence. He said the GOB now must "start from zero" in combating mo [...]	2005-01-03 11:11:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR KCRM PINR EFIN BM
05RANGOON122	BIOGRAPHY: U WUNNA MAUNG LWIN (PROPOSED AMBASSADOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Post has compiled newly available biographical information on U Wunna Maung Lwin, who has been proposed by the GOB to be the next ambassador from Burma to Washington. Reftel forwarded the GOB's request for agrement and an official CV. U Wunna Maung Lwin, Burma's current amba [...]	2005-01-28 06:30:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR BM
05RANGOON1234	EASTERN SHAN STATE: BURMA'S NON-BURMA [...] (SBU) Summary: Rangoon PolEcon Officer and FSN Political Specialist recently traveled throughout eastern Shan State, visiting the trading crossroads of Tachileik (on the border with Thailand) and Mongla (on the border with China),as well as the regional capital, Kenteng. Falling under the in [...]	2005-11-02 04:39:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PINS ECON BM CM TH
05RANGOON1236	BURMA: TIP NGOS WORKING WITH TIGHTER RESTRICTIONS [...] (C) Summary: Representatives of international NGOs and UN agencies working on Trafficking-in-Persons (TIP) projects told Mark Taylor, G/TIP's Senior Coordinator, about the difficulties they face in Burma, including expired MOUs with the government, restricted travel for expatriate staff, and p [...]	2005-11-02 07:13:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM KWMN PHUM ELAB PGOV EAID BM NGO
05RANGOON1256	BURMA'S KACHIN STATE: COUPS, TEAK, AND CHINESE [...] (C) Summary: On a recent trip to Kachin State in Burma's far north, Emboff gained insight into a failed coup attempt within an ethnic cease-fire group, the NDA-K. The outfit, once one of the region's most significant insurgent groups, is now little more than a business organization that reaps [...]	2005-11-04 06:36:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS MARR SENV SNAR BM CM
05RANGOON1262	ETHNIC SHAN LEADERS: OUT FOR THE COUNT? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A GOB court has sentenced eight leading ethnic Shan politicians and cease-fire group leaders, arrested in February 2005, to stiff prison sentences ranging from 12 to over 100 years. The harshest sentence of all was reserved for Hkun Htun Oo, one of Burma's most effective pro-de [...]	2005-11-07 11:12:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PINS BM
05RANGOON1276	NLD VIEWS ON CAPITAL RELOCATION [...] (C) Summary: In an exchange of views on November 8 with NLD leaders, party Secretary U Lwin expressed befuddlement over the regime's relocation of Burma's capital to remote Pyinmana. He revealed, however, his own participation in military exercises under a former Burmese dictator that had con [...]	2005-11-09 11:06:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BM
05RANGOON1294	CHARGE MEETS WITH RANGOON MILITARY COMMANDER [...] (C) Summary: Charge met with Burma's Chief of Military Affairs Security and Rangoon Military Commander Lt. Gen. Myint Swe on November 9 to discuss security issues affecting the U.S. Embassy. Charge outlined specific ways in which security could be improved around our Embassy, noting that th [...]	2005-11-10 11:29:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC AMGT CMGT PGOV PREL PTER BM
05RANGOON1321	SHAN LEADERS TRANSFERRED TO NORTHERN PRISONS [...] (U) Summary: Embassy sources report that GOB authorities recently transferred Shan leaders, including ethnic pro-democracy leader Hkun Htun Oo, from Insein Prison in Rangoon to remote detention facilities in northern Burma. This will make it more difficult for family members to offer them vita [...]	2005-11-22 10:15:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BM
05RANGOON1346	BURMA'S NEW CAPITAL: NOT READY FOR PRIME TIME [...] (C) Summary: Embassy officers, making an unannounced (and unwelcome) visit to the Burmese regime's new capital in Pyinmana, observed a massive, though largely unfinished, project to construct a new city from scratch. A nearby military zone, inaccessible to Emboffs, is even more substantial a [...]	2005-12-02 09:24:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ECON SNAR MARR BM
05RANGOON138	UWSA DRUG INDICTMENTS: ONE WEEK LATER [...] (C) Summary: The GOB has yet to go public with a reaction to the January 24 indictments against seven top UWSA leaders, although sources claim the GOB (and the Wa) are preparing to hold press conferences. UNODC staff and NGO partners, convinced that all is quiet and normal in Wa territory, ar [...]	2005-02-01 11:33:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR KCRM BM
05RANGOON1423	UNHCR AWAITS APPROVAL TO WORK IN THE SOUTHEAST [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a December 14 meeting, the UNHCR Representative for Burma described the UNHCR's relationship with the GOB and UNHCR's access to the southeastern border region with Thailand. The UNHCR has informal support to do needs assessments, but still lacks an MOU to officially work in th [...]	2005-12-21 02:16:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM PINS PREL BM NGO
05RANGOON1439	BURMA: 2005 INCSR PART I - DRUGS AND CHEMICAL [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-23 05:41:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM BM
05RANGOON1440	FAMILIES VISIT SHAN POLITICAL PRISONERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Family members of imprisoned Shan political and military leaders managed to visit the detainees for the first time since the GOB relocated them to remote prisons. Although several of the political prisoners signed documents with their attorneys that will facilitate legal appeals, w [...]	2005-12-23 05:54:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BM
05RANGOON1444	THE SLIPPERY SLOPE TO A DRUG-FREE WA REGION [...] (U) SUMMARY: United Wa State Army (UWSA) leaders told visiting diplomats that drugs have turned the ethnic Wa into "pariahs." The Wa leaders claimed, however, that they have turned a new page and "put narcotics behind us," appealing for increased international assistance and a reversal of U.S. [...]	2005-12-27 08:25:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAID KCRM PGOV PHUM PINS PREL SNAR BM NGO
05RANGOON1448	AN UNEASY AND UNCERTAIN PEACE IN KACHIN STATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: After a rocky year in Kachin State, marked by renewed tension among and within former insurgent groups, an uneasy though uncertain peace has settled in this northern border region. The Burmese regime has released the leaders of a failed September coup within one former insurgent g [...]	2005-12-28 07:36:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS SNAR BM
05RANGOON201	SHAN CEASE-FIRE GROUPS THREATEN CONVENTION BOYCOTT [...] (C) Summary: Two Shan cease-fire groups, the Shan State Army North and the Shan State National Army, threaten to boycott the National Convention (NC) if their political leader, detained since February 7, is not released. Seven other cease-fire groups appear to support the Shan effort. In a se [...]	2005-02-15 09:39:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS BM
05RANGOON220	GAMBLING IN BURMA: ILLEGAL, BUT INEVITABLE [...] (C) Summary: This cable is in response to tasking in ref A. Gambling has been illegal in Burma for 106 years; however, it occurs with impunity across the country. Most of the gambling is surreptitious -- illegal lotteries in particular -- though some is in garish casinos on the Thai and Chi [...]	2005-02-18 05:22:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON SNAR PGOV BM
05RANGOON224	BURMA: A TOUGH WEEK AND A MISERABLE YEAR FOR THE [...] (C) Summary: It's been a long week for the democratic opposition: Burma's most influential pro-democracy ethnic leader is behind bars; the regime put NLD leader U Tin Oo on notice that he, like Aung San Suu Kyi, will likely spend a third consecutive year in detention; the NLD, possibly to fo [...]	2005-02-18 06:48:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BM ASSK NLD
05RANGOON291	BURMA: RESPONSE TO FIFTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING [...] (SBU) Summary: The following report contains Post's responses to the fifth annual anti-trafficking in persons questionnaire contained in reftel requesting information on trafficking in persons in Burma from March 2004 to March 2005. End Summary. 2. (U) Embassy point of contact on TIP is p [...]	2005-03-08 07:41:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ELAB SMIG ASEC PREF KCRM KWMN KFRD BM
05RANGOON332	BURMA: TRIAL UNDERWAY FOR HKUN HTUN OO AND OTHER [...] (SBU) Summary: A trial of leading pro-democracy ethnic leader Hkun Htun Oo, and three other members of the Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD),is underway. The GOB has rejected family-appointed lawyers and instead assigned government attorneys to defend them. Family members have [...]	2005-03-16 10:43:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BM NLD
05RANGOON333	MANDALAY: SERVING BURMA'S COMMERCIAL NEEDS FROM [...] (C) Summary: Mandalay's status as a commercial hub has not saved it from the economic malaise gripping all of Burma. The usual culprits are to blame -- government mismanagement of the economy, a moribund banking system, and low consumer purchasing power -- and no fix is in sight. The hangover [...]	2005-03-17 05:03:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON PGOV BM
05RANGOON351	BURMESE ARMY PREPARES TO THROW A PARTY - FOR ITSELF [...] (C) Summary: The Burmese regime is undertaking extensive preparations to commemorate the country's 60th Armed Forces Day (March 27),in more grandiose fashion than ever, with a traditional military parade and associated events, to which the general public is denied any access. This year, in a [...]	2005-03-22 11:11:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PINS MOPS ASEC BM
05RANGOON380	NATIONAL CONVENTION RECESSES FOR BURMESE NEW YEAR [...] (C) Summary: The National Convention is scheduled to recess on March 31. Some ethnic cease-fire group delegates have already departed to "come clean" with their unregistered vehicles by the March 31 deadline. This session "discussed" nearly half of the agenda items. Some cease-fire groups ar [...]	2005-03-31 05:23:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON BM
05RANGOON402	BURMA: GOB SHUTS MONEY LAUNDERING BANKS [...] (C) Summary: After an opaque 16-month investigation, the GOB revoked the banking licenses of Asia Wealth Bank and Myanmar Mayflower Bank. The two banks had clear ties to narco-traffickers and money laundering; however, the GOB has made no public statement that the banks were closed for either [...]	2005-04-04 11:25:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PGOV SNAR BM
05RANGOON407	ALLEGED NORTH KOREAN CONSTRUCTION SITE IN CENTRAL [...] (S) The construction of high-tension power lines running to a secretive building site in Magwe Division has been halted, according to second-hand information from a Burmese military engineer working in the area. The sensitive project (19.55 N, 94.25 E),purportedly under construction by North [...]	2005-04-05 11:02:00	Embassy Rangoon	SECRET	PARM PINR KNNP PREL BM KN
05RANGOON440	BURMA "RECALLS" UNREGISTERED VEHICLES [...] (U) Summary: On a recent visit to Karen State, Emboffs saw hundreds of impounded vehicles. Many people lost the savings they invested in cars and their depression was palpable. They fear the loss will have a negative long-term economic and social impact on the region. Yet, some unregistered [...]	2005-04-12 08:42:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BM
05RANGOON460	SHAN EXILES GET A RISE OUT OF BURMESE [...] (C) Summary: Reacting to a recent exile-based declaration of independence for the "Federated Shan States," the SPDC on April 19 declared a host of unnamed groups as "unlawful associations," which could expose those who support democracy and human rights in Shan State to jail terms of up to 13 [...]	2005-04-20 11:19:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS BM NLD
05RANGOON518	BURMESE GOVERNMENT ANGLING TO (RE-)MONOPOLIZE THE [...] (C) Summary: There is mounting circumstantial evidence that the GOB is seeking to assert full control over Burma's still developing Internet and IT sectors. Declining fortunes of the country's once high-flying private Internet service provider, rumors of expanded influence and aspirations of t [...]	2005-05-03 09:41:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ECPS TSPL PGOV SCUL ECON BM
05RANGOON542	DEADLY EXPLOSIONS ROCK RANGOON [...] (U) Summary: On the afternoon of Saturday May 7, three nearly simultaneous explosions at two busy shopping centers and an official trade fair in downtown Rangoon reportedly killed and injured dozens. GOB military and police units immediately secured the explosion locations, beefed up their pr [...]	2005-05-07 14:36:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINS ASEC CASC BM
05RANGOON57	LEADING GOVERNMENT FIGURES: BURMA [...] (SBU) Per reftel request, included are the names, titles, and best available phone numbers for top leaders in the Burmese ruling junta -- the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) -- and the Foreign Ministry. Name of Country: Union of Burma Date: 1/13/2005 A) Head of Government Name [...]	2005-01-13 07:55:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL BM
05RANGOON573	BOMBINGS: REGIME REACTION SURREAL BUT PREDICTABLE [...] (C) Summary: The Burmese regime is treating the shocking May 7 triple bombings as a non-event; there are few signs of enhanced security and control of information has been heavy-handed. Over 90 wounded victims remain hospitalized and the death toll has reportedly approached 30 persons, altho [...]	2005-05-12 11:57:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER ASEC CASC ECON BM
05RANGOON62	BURMA: IMPLICATIONS OF OPERATION WARLORD [...] (SBU) Summary: Imminent U.S. Attorney indictments of UWSA leaders, seven of which are scheduled to be unsealed in New York on January 24, are the product of a DEA-led law enforcement investigation ("Operation Warlord") that will disrupt drug activities of key traffickers and producers. Unseali [...]	2005-01-14 07:31:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR KCRM PREL PGOV PINS ASEC BM
05RANGOON639	BURMA: SHIFTING ALLIANCES AMONG SHAN ARMIES [...] (C) Summary: The Burmese regime has successfully pressured elements of ethnic cease-fire groups in Shan State to surrender their weapons. These groups comprise former rebels seeking autonomy or independence from Rangoon who were allowed to retain their arms as part of an agreement to give up [...]	2005-05-24 09:25:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS BM
05RANGOON668	BURMA: 2005 COUNTERNARCOTICS REPORT CARD [...] (U) This message responds to ref A request for a report card on the Government of Burma's cooperation on counternarcotics efforts (based on benchmarks established in November 2004, ref B, and delivered to the GOB in December 2004, ref C) in preparation for the annual certification process. [...]	2005-06-02 09:22:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM BM
05RANGOON714	BURMA: ALLEGED USE OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS ALONG THAI [...] (S/NF) Per reftel request, we are providing this Embassy Rangoon interagency response to questions regarding the alleged use of chemical weapons by Burmese army forces in a battle near the Thai border in February 2005. Answers are keyed to numbered reftel questions. CG Chiang Mai has cleared [...]	2005-06-14 10:24:00	Embassy Rangoon	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR MOPS PHUM BM
05RANGOON76	BURMA'S IT SECTOR LOSES ITS CHAMPION [...] (C) Summary: Since former PM, and IT champion, Khin Nyunt was ousted in October 2004, the computer industry has faced a rapid decline in government support. It is also coming to terms with the reality of Burma's human resources shortcomings. The situation is in flux at the moment, but ultima [...]	2005-01-19 10:42:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ECPS TSPL PGOV SCUL ECON BM
05RANGOON763	SPDC GETS SERIOUS ABOUT A NEW CAPITAL [...] (C) Summary: Amidst a swirl of rumors, evidence is emerging that the SPDC truly plans to move at least some portion of the government 250 miles northward to Pyinmana. The GOB has not publicized the decision or the alleged order that will have several ministries on the move by July 1st. Similar [...]	2005-06-28 07:06:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS MCAP BM
05RANGOON87	A RARE GLIMPSE INTO BURMA'S NAGA REGION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Burma's Naga region, abutting the Indian border some 350 miles NW of Mandalay, is quiet but edgy, with "three governments--the underground, the Indian underground, and the Government" all exploiting villagers' resources, according to a Naga leader. Traditional opium poppy cult [...]	2005-01-21 05:20:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SNAR MOPS PINS SENV BM
05RANGOON88	GOB, UNODC TAKE PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES IN ADVANCE [...] (C) Summary: The GOB, as well as the UNODC, has undertaken efforts to clear Wa territory in northern Shan State of all UN and NGO expatriate staff in anticipation of an international law enforcement operation o/a January 24 targeting UWSA leaders. We continue to have no expectation that GOB [...]	2005-01-21 05:48:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR KCRM BM
05RANGOON909	WFP CHIEF REVEALS GOB SKIMMING DURING BURMA VISIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: WFP Executive Director James Morris, the UN's most senior visitor to Burma in over a year, told Rangoon donor missions that, unbeknownst to WFP, the GOB has been levying a 10% "export tax" on all commodities that WFP purchases in country for its feeding programs. Morris was angry [...]	2005-08-08 00:21:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL EAID EAGR BM NGO
05RANGOON996	BURMA: GOB PRESS CONFERENCE "CLARIFIES" OLD NEWS [...] SUMMARY: The SPDC Information Committee, in an August 28 "press conference" held in Rangoon, declared four opposition groups "unlawful associations" and again accused "destabilizing Western countries" of being behind recent security threats to Burma. In response to a press query, a GOB offici [...]	2005-08-29 11:12:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINS BM
05RIYADH9342	CODEL HAGEL MEETINGS IN KSA FOCUS ON IRAQ, IRAN [...] (C) On November 30 and December 1, Senator Chuck Hagel (R-NE) led a delegation including Senator Tom Carper (D-DE) and Representative Ellen Tauscher (D-CA) to the first Senate-level visit to Saudi Arabia in over two years. The delegation received a warm welcome in meetings with King Abdullah [...]	2005-12-18 09:17:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PINR PREL PTER SA IZ IR
05ROME1264	A REPORT BY USUN ROME AMBASSADOR TONY HALL [...] (U) SUMMARY: Ambassador Tony Hall, U.S. Mission to the UN Agencies in Rome, traveled to Ethiopia and Uganda from March 16 through 23, 2005, to investigate humanitarian issues in both countries. In Ethiopia Ambassador Hall visited USAID-funded projects for HIV/AIDS orphans and mothers, observ [...]	2005-04-14 11:03:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID SENV PGOV KPAO EAGR ET UG UN
05ROME1270	CALIPARI: ITALY PROPOSES SPLITTING JOINT REPORT FROM [...] (S) SUMMARY: Italian government officials tell us they will refuse signature or endorsement as a "joint report" of any MNF-I AR 15-6 inves contains the unqualified conclusion that personal responsibility for th cannot be assigned and U.S. forces did not violate their ROE. They say a political [...]	2005-04-14 15:17:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	PREL MOPS IT IZ IRAQI FREEDOM
05ROME2115	IRAQ/ITALY - MOD/IDGS STUDYING ISF EMBEDDING [...] (S) Ambassador discussed Engaging the Coalition message (Ref A) with DefMin Martino June 17; Army Attache and PolMilCouns, accompanied by UK counterparts, followed up with D/CHOD Castagnetti and MoD Diplomatic Advisor Amerio June 20. The Italians noted that while they would begin an internal [...]	2005-06-20 16:46:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	MARR MOPS PREL IT IZ NATO EUN IRAQI FREEDOM
05ROME2178	ITALY-EU: BERLUSCONI STANDS FIRM, BUT PRODI [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified; not for Internet distribution. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Italian reactions to the French/Dutch rejection of the EU Constitution are playing out in the context of national election politics, Italy's own battle with Brussels over Stability Pact bu [...]	2005-06-27 12:20:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON IT TU EUN ITALY NATIONAL ELECTIONS
05ROME249	IRAQ: ITALY SENDING POSITIVE MESSAGES ON ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary. Despite the recent death of another Italian soldier in Iraq, Italy has no intention of withdrawing its troops until asked by the new Iraqi government. Furthermore, Italian officials continue publicly to support the January 30 elections as the first step in the transition to a free [...]	2005-01-25 14:45:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ IT IRAQI ELECTIONS
05ROME2498	ROME RESPONSE: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: 05-969702 [...] This is a response to reftel, and conveys pre-license information on application number 05-969702, regarding the export of CH-47 Chinook spare parts from Lee Air Company, Inc. to Italian consignee Aermeccanica. 2. We confirmed Aermeccanica's order by telephone with co-owner Aldo Pinza. M [...]	2005-07-27 08:31:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	KOMC ETTC IT ECON AVIATION BLUE LANTERN EXPORT CONTROLS
05ROME2835	ITALIAN MFA REQUESTS USG ASSISTANCE IN [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 7. 2. (SBU) Summary. To ensure Italian participation in an upcoming U.S.-led military exercise in West Africa, the Italian MFA has asked for USG assistance in paving the way for Italy to conclude bilateral status of forces-type agreement [...]	2005-08-25 14:17:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PARM PREL XY IT NATO
05ROME36	US-ITALIAN WORKING GROUP MEETS ON GLOBAL DEFENSE [...] (S) SUMMARY. PM DAS Bue and OSD Strategy Director Pavel led a joint State-DOD delegation to Rome on December 7 to discuss anticipated US Global Defense Posture Review (GDPR) changes and work through details on reshaping our presence in Italy. In working group discussions with an Italian dele [...]	2005-01-05 13:18:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	PARM PREL KPAO IT GLOBAL DEFENSE
05ROME574	Italy's 2005 budget - Smoke and Mirrors [...] For the last several years, Italy has relied on extraordinary one-off revenue measures and spending deferrals to avoid bumping up against the euro zone budget deficit/GDP ceiling of three percent. Finance Minister Siniscalco, a technocrat, has sworn off tax amnesties and pursued the most chal [...]	2005-02-22 09:14:00	Embassy Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV IT KPRP ITALIAN POLITICS
05SANAA1037	AL-HOUTHI LEADERS FLEE YEMEN, REBELLION NEAR END [...] (C) Summary. The level of conflict between government and rebel forces in the Sa'ada region seems to be decreasing, but clashes continue in isolated areas. The leaders of the uprising are rumored to have fled the country, perhaps under a negotiated agreement. There is considerable risk that [...]	2005-04-25 14:35:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PTER YM DOMESTIC POLITICS
05SANAA1352	ROYG INSIDERS INCREASINGLY FRUSTRATED WITH SALEH CLAN [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-23 14:26:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER PINR KMCA KMPI DOMESTIC POLITICS
05SANAA1534	YEMEN: FUNDING FOR THE CSF-CTU [...] (S) Summary. Post welcomes the opportunity to address the issue of including Yemen,s Central Security Force-Counter-Terrorism Unit (CSF-CTU) in Yemen,s FY 05, 06, and 07 Foreign Military Financing allocations. Post assesses that the inclusion of the CSF-CTU in FMF is an essential element in [...]	2005-06-07 10:12:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	MASS PARM PREL YM YE COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA2766	WILL SALEH'S SUCCESSOR PLEASE STAND UP? [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-17 12:29:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	KDEM KMCA KMPI PGOV PINR PREL PTER YM DOMESTIC POLITICS
05SANAA2912	MOI ALIMI DISCUSSES OIL TERMINAL SECURITY AND [...] (C) Summary: In a October 3 meeting with Ambassador and Office of Military Cooperation (OMC) Chief, Interior Minister Rashad Alimi discussed security arrangements for the Safer oil terminal and the transfer of protection duties to the Yemen Coast Guard (YCG). Alimi stated that the YCG, a M [...]	2005-10-09 13:11:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MASS YM MARITIME SECURITY ENERGY
05SANAA3430	LTG WHITCOMB DISCUSSES MILITARY COOPERATION WITH [...] (C). Summary. Visiting U.S. ARCENT Commander LTG Whitcomb met with the Ministers of Defense and Interior on November 29. Both Ministers expressed their gratitude for USG assistance in strengthening Yemen's ability to combat terrorism. LTG Whitcomb thanked the ROYG for its support in the GW [...]	2005-12-10 07:52:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MASS YM COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA3546	STATE-DOD MOU ON SECURITY - ANNUAL REVIEW OF MOA [...] On November 13, the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) convened to complete the required annual review of post's MOA implementing the Department of State and Department of Defense MOU on security arrangements for DOD personnel (ref A). EAC reviewed annexes A and B as requested and made no subs [...]	2005-12-20 11:53:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	AODE AMGT ASEC KMRS
05SANAA647	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING APPROVAL FOR SOCCENT JCET IN [...] The following statement is provided to verify the human rights vetting process: at this date the Embassy verified that Post possesses no credible information of gross human rights violations by any members of the Yemen Special Operations Force (YSOF). 2. Additionally, the following human ri [...]	2005-03-19 06:21:00	Embassy Sanaa	UNCLASSIFIED	MOPS PHUM YM
05SANAA690	SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE RESPONSE [...] (S/NF) Demonstrations A. Are there any ethnic or religious communities in country that are capable of carrying out significant anti-American demonstrations? There are not organized, clearly defined communities as such, but ad hoc groupings of Yemeni fundamentalists and/or some members [...]	2005-03-23 11:22:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC PTER
05SANAA726	FIGHTING ESCALATES IN SAADA: AL-HOUTHI LIVES ON [...] (U) Renewed fighting between government forces and followers of the slain anti-American rebel cleric Hussein al-Houthi occurred on March 28. Reports from official media and Post contacts indicate over 20 casualties from both sides. The ROYG blamed the current uprising on the dead cleric's fa [...]	2005-03-29 14:36:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PINR PREL PTER YM COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA906	GRENADE ATTACKS IN SANAA PERSIST AMID SAADA [...] (SBU) Summary. Amidst reports of escalating fighting in Saada, six grenade attacks against military personnel were reported in downtown Sanaa in the past ten days. Accounts of the attacks, which are sporadic and sometimes conflicting, indicate that this violence is Saada related, perpetrated [...]	2005-04-12 04:12:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PREL PTER YM DOMESTIC POLITICS COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA916	YEMEN GWOT ASSESSMENT [...] (S) Summary. President Saleh has logged some major CT gains and significantly improved security in Yemen since the post-9/11 forging of the U.S-Yemen GWOT partnership. Recent successes include: the round-up of an emerging al-Qa'ida cell with plans to target the U.S. Ambassador, prosecution an [...]	2005-04-12 12:29:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PREL PTER YM COUNTER TERRORISM TERFIN
05SANAA949	ROYG DECLARES END TO AL-HOUTHI REBELLION: SAADA [...] (U) Summary. The ROYG claimed that it has ended the al-Houthi uprising in Saada, but isolated clashes continue. Initial casualty estimates show 280 killed from both sides in less than two weeks of clashes, but such figures may rise as more facts come to light. The main rebel leaders escaped [...]	2005-04-16 10:44:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PINR PREL PTER YM DOMESTIC POLITICS COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANJOSE1730	COSTA RICA: MANPADS INVENTORY AND TRAFFICKING [...] (C) Summary: Having experienced no major military conflicts, and since abolishing the national army in 1949, the GOCR has never bought, sold or otherwise had possession of MANPADS or similarly sophisticated missile delivery systems. While Costa Rica does represent a transit point on the illic [...]	2005-08-01 22:40:00	Embassy San Jose	SECRET//NOFORN	EAIR ETTC PARM PGOV PREL
05SANJOSE2131	COSTA RICA TO ATTEMPT TWO-YEAR STOPGAP ACCORD ON [...] (C) As the clock ticks down on a three-year "truce" on the San Juan River dispute between Costa Rica and Nicaragua, Foreign Minister Roberto Tovar on September 8 told Charge that he will propose a new two-year stopgap agreement. He said Costa Rica, however, will demand in the new agreement so [...]	2005-09-12 23:11:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PREL PINR ETRD CS NU
05SANJOSE2265	FOREIGN MINISTER TOVAR BRIEFS DIPLOMATIC CORPS ON [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minsiter Tovar told diplomats in San Jose that Costa Rica had no alternative to filing a case in the ICJ to vindicate its rights to free navigation on the San Juan River. He said that going to the court was not a hostile or unfriendly act and that retaliation on the part o [...]	2005-09-29 23:21:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PREL PINR ETRD CS NU
05SANJOSE2850	SCENESETTER: CODEL BLUNT IN COSTA RICA [...] (U) SUMMARY: Embassy San Jose warmly welcomes CODEL Blunt on its December 19 ) 20 visit to Costa Rica. The delegation's visit comes at a time when the main issue in the bilateral relationship is the Central America-Dominican Republic-United States Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR). The debate [...]	2005-12-14 00:02:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN ECON ETRD CS
05SANJOSE2909	PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE OSCAR ARIAS CONFIDENT OF [...] (C) Presidential candidate Oscar Arias told Ambassador that he (Arias) was "an idiot" to run again for president but that he was under a lot of pressure to come back. Arias said that Costa Rica, which has been neglecting education, infrastructure, and economic development, "cannot afford to w [...]	2005-12-22 10:31:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ETRD PREL CS
05SANSALVADOR2896	REPATRIATION REQUEST FOR COLONEL REYES, SALVADORAN [...] (U) Col Juan Hector Reyes was granted Secretary of the Army Designee Status on 21 Oct 05. Col Reyes arrived Brooke Army Medical Center (BAMC) via U.S. sponsored MEDEVAC on or about 22 2000L Oct 2005. 2. (SBU) Col Reyes is currently in a comatose state and BAMC Doctors report Col Reyes co [...]	2005-10-23 23:01:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MARR CA
05SANSALVADOR3433	INFORMATION ON AVIAN INFLUENZA [...] Post, through USAID and the Regional Medical Officer (RMO),is coordinating with Salvadoran authorities to support local efforts to control avian influenza and assess their capability to respond to an influenza pandemic. Responses to Ref. A questions are included in paragraph 2; they are based [...]	2005-12-08 15:33:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO SENV ECON EAGR EAID PREL ES AVIAN FLU
05SANTIAGO1632	MEDIA REACTION - IRA DECLARATION ON END TO [...] On August 1, business and financial "Diario Financiero" (circ. 20,000) carried a commentary by international analyst Libardo Buitrago entitled, "IRA: A Timely Announcement." Quote: "The Irish Republican Army (IRA)...handled the timing very well, because in the current high season for ter [...]	2005-08-02 14:28:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO OPRC PTER CI UK
05SANTIAGO1681	A/S DESUTTER'S AUGUST 18-19 VISIT TO CHILE: [...] Summary: Following a successful run on the international stage, Chile is shifting its focus to domestic issues and its December 11 presidential and congressional elections. Former Defense Minister and ruling coalition candidate Michelle Bachelet is the favorite to succeed President Lagos. Chi [...]	2005-08-10 14:44:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PARM EAID MARR HA VE CI SOFA
05SANTIAGO1794	CHILE: INCREASING TIES WITH CHINA [...] (S/NF) Summary: Chile is trying to position itself as the business platform for Latin America. It is using China's interest in stable suppliers -- primarily for copper -- to increase ties with its second largest bilateral trading partner after the U.S. and with the Pacific Basin as a whole. Chile [...]	2005-08-29 11:29:00	Embassy Santiago	SECRET//NOFORN	EAGR ECON EFIN EINV EMIN ENRG ETRD ETTC PHUM PREL SENV CH
05SANTIAGO2409	PINOCHET UNDER HOUSE ARREST IN OPERATION COLOMBO [...] (U) Summary: Former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet marked his 90th birthday November 25 under house arrest for aggravated kidnapping charges after presiding judge Victor Montiglio filed four charges against Pinochet in the 1975 disappearance of six regime opponents, and ordered his house a [...]	2005-11-28 10:58:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KCRM CI
05SANTODOMINGO2209	THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AND HUGO CHAVEZ OF VENEZUELA [...] (C) SUMMARY. Venezuela and the Dominican Republic have close historical ties; during Trujillo's dictatorship, many Dominicans got help from Venezuela or lived there in political exile. Hugo Chavez has been in active contact with the Dominican Republic, agreeing to concessional financing for [...]	2005-04-20 17:37:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PINR PREL DR
05SANTODOMINGO3158	DOMINICAN DEPORTATIONS OF HAITIANS - DEEPLY ROOTED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Repatriations of Haitians ceased after the May 9-12 round-ups and expulsion of about 1800 persons from the northwestern border areas, but conditions there remain largely unchanged. On June 6 vengeful Dominicans attacked sleeping Haitians in the same area, prompting further pa [...]	2005-06-10 20:55:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PGOV DR HA
05SANTODOMINGO3434	DOMINICAN POLITICS #32: PLD'S LONG CONGRESS MOVES [...] (SBU) This is #32 in our series of political reports on Leonel Fernandez's first year in office. PLD's Long Congress Moves Into End-Game - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Though founder Juan Bosch is dead and gone, the Partido de Liberacion Dominicana of President Fernandez retain [...]	2005-07-01 14:18:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV DR
05SANTODOMINGO5004	DOMINICAN INDUSTRIAL DISASTER WAITING TO HAPPEN [...] (SBU) Summary. The intentional gas release by the National Refinery (REFIDOMSA) on October 24 revealed how poorly the Dominican petrochemical industry regulates itself. It also revealed how ill prepared the city of Santo Domingo and the Dominican government are in preparing for or responding [...]	2005-11-10 20:08:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	DR ECON ETRD TBIO
05SANTODOMINGO5038	FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER MEETS WITH PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary. President Fernandez told FBI Director Robert Mueller III during his October 24 visit to Santo Domingo that Venezuelan drug trade via the Dominican Republic to the United States was a "crime against humanity." The Ambassador,s suggestion that a high-level Dominican government tea [...]	2005-11-15 17:12:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	DR PREL SNAR KJUS KPAO PINR CU VE HA CH CO
05SANTODOMINGO799	DOMINICAN POLITICS #12: NARCOTICS EXTRADITION TESTS SYSTEM, WORRIES MILITARY & POLITICIANS [...] No summary [...]	2005-02-16 18:15:00	Embassy Santo Domingo	CONFIDENTIAL	CJAN CO DR HA KJUS MARR PGOV PREL SNAR
05SAOPAULO624	AMBASSADOR VISIT TO RIO GRANDE DO SUL [...] (U) Summary: Ambassador, accompanied by officers from Consulate General Sao Paulo, visited Porto Alegre, capital of Brazil's southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul, May 1- 3. During the visit, Ambassador met with the governor and the mayor; toured the modern General Motors and Dell Compute [...]	2005-05-23 20:17:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD KIPR EAGR ENRG SCUL SOCI PREL PGOV PINR BR
05SINGAPORE2073	VISIT BY SEN. CLINTON TO SINGAPORE (JULY 5-7) [...] (C) Summary: Singapore's senior leadership discussed the challenges of combating Islamic terrorism, the need for moderate Muslims to speak out, and the importance of success in Iraq in meetings with visiting Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY). GOS leaders told the Senator that cross-Strait re [...]	2005-07-06 09:51:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON SN
05SOFIA1548	BULGARIAN PM CONFIRMS INTENTION TO REMAIN ENGAGED [...] (U) SUMMARY: In a weekly parliamentary question and answer session, Prime Minister Stanishev confirmed his government's intention to remain engaged in Iraq despite the withdrawal of its military contingent by the end of 2005. Stanishev added that an interagency commission will suggest possible [...]	2005-09-02 13:04:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ BU
05SOFIA1685	BULGARIAN INTERIOR MINISTER SAYS HE WILL DISBAND [...] (S) SUMMARY: Interior Minister Rumen Petkov's appointment of a "Citizen's Advisory Council" consisting largely of retired Communist-era security officials has caused a domestic political uproar in Bulgaria that has forced the Socialist-led government into some quick backtracking. Petkov told A [...]	2005-09-30 15:34:00	Embassy Sofia	SECRET	PREL PGOV ASEC KCRM BG
05SOFIA1741	BULGARIAN PRESIDENT'S AGENDA FOR OCTOBER 17 WHITE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador Beyrle met the evening of October 10 with President Purvanov at the President's request to discuss Purvanov's upcoming visit to Washington. Purvanov provided a non paper outlining "key points" for his meeting with President Bush (ref A and para 4 below). He confirmed [...]	2005-10-12 11:54:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM MARR MOPS EINV OVIP IZ LY BG
05SOFIA1858	BULGARIA NARROWS ITS MILITARY PRIORITIES, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY. The MOD has finally managed to narrow from eleven to three its list of top-priority modernization projects. Multi-role fighters are not among them. The decision reflects belated acceptance by the MOD of the Finance Minister's argument that there is not enough money in next year' [...]	2005-10-28 14:00:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS PREL BU NATO
05SOFIA1860	BULGARIAN FOREIGN MINSTER DISCUSSES LIBYA, IRAQ, [...] (C) SUMMARY. Foreign Minister Kalfin told the Ambassador October 27 that Bulgaria would be ready "soon" to continue discussions regarding a follow-on mission for Bulgarian soldiers in Iraq. We will follow up with the MFA the week of October 31. On the fate of the Bulgarian nurses sentenced t [...]	2005-10-28 15:01:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS KCRM LY IZ BU
05SOFIA1882	BULGARIA'S CRACKDOWN ON ORGANIZED CRIME: IS IT [...] (C) Summary: In the wake of the high-profile killing of banker Emil Kyulev, Bulgarian authorities have begun a crackdown on organized crime, including the arrest of two notorious crime figures. It is not yet clear whether this is a genuine effort to deal with the problem of organized crime or [...]	2005-11-02 15:44:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR EINV ECON KCOR KCRM BU
05SOFIA2051	BULGARIA: 2005 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] The following submission provides Post's contributions to the Department's "Country Reports on Terrorism 2005" report. 2. Bulgaria remains a steadfast member of the global coalition against terrorism. No significant acts of terrorism occurred in Bulgaria in 2005. Bulgaria is not a sp [...]	2005-12-14 04:02:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC BU
05SOFIA436	BULGARIAN LEADERS ASSERT SOLDIER KILLED BY U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. Bulgarian Prime Minister Simeon Saxe-Coburg Gotha and President Georgi Purvanov called the Ambassador to their offices March 7 to assert that the Bulgarian soldier killed in Iraq on March 4 died as a result of friendly fire by U.S. forces. In separate, back-to- [...]	2005-03-07 13:13:00	Embassy Sofia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS IZ BG

05TAIPEI1173	ANTI-SECESSION LAW: TAIWAN CALLS FOR [...] (C) Summary. Taipei is aggressively courting international support in its opposition to Beijing's Anti-Secession Law. Taiwan diplomats and representatives abroad have been tasked with lobbying host governments, and President Chen has given interviews to the foreign media. On March 15, Mini [...]	2005-03-17 09:44:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TW
05TAIPEI1188	SECRETARY'S BEIJING VISIT: TAIWAN HOPES FOR MIX OF [...] (S) Summary: National Security Council (NSC) Secretary General Chiou I-jen asked AIT March 18 that Secretary Rice deliver a firm message to PRC leaders over the recent enactment of the Anti-Secession Law during her upcoming visit to Beijing. At the same time, Chiou hoped the Secretary would u [...]	2005-03-18 10:15:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	SECRET	PREL PGOV CH TW
05TAIPEI1526	MILITARY OFFICERS INVOLVED IN HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND [...] (SBU) Summary: A year-long investigation into a illegal loan-sharking operation run by two Taiwan Army officers has resulted in a number of arrests and revealed additional involvement in prostitution, human trafficking and illegal weapons sales, according to local prosecutors. Kaohsiung pro [...]	2005-03-31 00:31:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM ASEC TW TIP
05TAIPEI2557	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-China-Taiwan Relations [...] Taiwan dailies focused June 10 on the election for the new president of National Taiwan University (NTU),and U.S. President George W. Bush's comments on cross-Strait relations. The centrist, pro-status quo "China Times" and the conservative, pro-unification "United Daily News" both reported [...]	2005-06-10 07:41:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
05TAIPEI2596	TAIWAN POLICY ELITES DIVIDED OVER FUTURE CONTACTS [...] (S) Summary: Taiwan National Security Council (NSC) Senior Advisor for cross-Strait affairs Chen Chung-hsin asserted that senior policymakers remain deeply skeptical over Beijing's willingness to engage in official discussions with the Taiwan government. Chen told former U.S. NSC Asia Directo [...]	2005-06-13 10:29:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINR CH TW
05TAIPEI260	MEDIA REACTION: BUSH'S SECOND TERM, MIDEAST [...] Bush's Second Term A) "[Condoleezza] Rice Has Endorsed the Neo- conservatism" The "International Outlook" column of the centrist, pro- status quo "China Times" commented (1/21): "Secretary of State appointee Condoleezza Rice's congressional confirmation hearing showed that neo- conserv [...]	2005-01-21 08:51:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
05TAIPEI2655	PRATAS ISLAND: TAIWAN'S STRATEGIC WEAKEST LINK? [...] (C) Summary: The May 27 confrontation between Taiwan Coast Guard vessels and a suspected PRC research ship off the Taiwan-controlled Pratas Island has focused minds in the Taiwan government on the strategic risks associated with the disputed South China Sea island. Given its location between [...]	2005-06-16 09:38:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR PINR CH TW
05TAIPEI3030	NSC OFFICIALS DOWNPLAY "OFFENSIVE WEAPONS" IN [...] (C) Summary. Taiwan National Security Council (NSC) officials dismissed recent press reporting that the upcoming National Security Report (see Ref A) will include references to "offensive weapons." They did, however, acknowledge that the report will very likely include a passing reference to [...]	2005-07-15 05:42:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC TW
05TAIPEI3057	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS, [...] Summary: Amid the extensive coverage July 16-19 of Typhoon Haitang hitting Taiwan and Taipei Mayor Ma Ying- jeou winning the KMT chairmanship election, almost all major Chinese-language newspapers in Taiwan also reported on People's Liberation Army (PLA) Major General Zhu Chenghu's remarks las [...]	2005-07-19 08:46:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
05TAIPEI3072	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] Summary: While the Taipei dailies continued July 20 to focus their coverage on the aftermath of Typhoon Haitang and local politics, it is noteworthy to see that the pro-independence "Liberty Times," Taiwan's biggest daily, printed a banner headline on its front page that read: "United States j [...]	2005-07-20 23:32:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
05TAIPEI3085	MEDIA REACTION: PENTAGON'S REPORT ON PRC [...] Summary: The Taipei dailies gave significant coverage July 21 to the Pentagon's annual report on the military power of the People's Republic of China (released Tuesday in DC). All the major Chinese- language newspapers in Taiwan reported on the contents of the report on their front and first [...]	2005-07-21 08:04:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
05TAIPEI3116	MEDIA REACTION: PENTAGON'S REPORT ON PRC [...] Summary: The major Chinese-language dailies in Taiwan July 22 focused on the appreciation of China's Renminbi (RMB) and the Pentagon's annual report on the PRC's military power. The pro-independence "Liberty Times" (Taiwan's biggest daily),the centrist "China Times," and the pro-unification [...]	2005-07-22 08:42:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
05TAIPEI3132	MEDIA REACTION: RENMINBI REVALUATION, CROSS- [...] Summary: Amid the extensive coverage of local politics and the return of an injured Taiwan super- model from China to Taiwan, the major Chinese language Taipei dailies also spent pages July 23-25 reporting on the impact of the revalued Renminbi on Taiwan, President Chen's offer to attend this [...]	2005-07-25 08:39:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
05TAIPEI3198	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] Summary: The major Chinese-language Taipei dailies, in addition to covering local politics July 30-August 1, also carried extensive coverage of the Japan-Taiwan fishery talks, the aftermath of China's announcement regarding duty-free entry of Taiwan fruit, the outbreak of melioidosis in southe [...]	2005-08-01 09:10:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
05TAIPEI3611	MEDIA REACTION: U.S. ARMS SALES TO TAIWAN [...] Summary: Major Chinese-language Taipei dailies focused their coverage August 30 on local politics and the surge in crude oil futures. Nonetheless, the pro- independence "Liberty Times," Taiwan biggest daily, spent half of its page five reporting on Taiwan's arms procurements. The newspaper [...]	2005-08-31 00:58:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
05TAIPEI3783	CORRECTED MEDIA REACTION: U.S. ARMS SALES TO [...] Summary: The coverage of major Chinese-language Taipei dailies focused September 10-12 on local politics; a Taipei District Court ruling in which Kuro, Taiwan's most popular peer-to-peer software company, was found guilty of intellectual property rights (IPR) infringement; a local feud over sp [...]	2005-09-13 02:26:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
05TAIPEI5035	KMT CHAIRMAN MA YING-JEOU FORGING A NEW [...] The following cable is an analysis of public opinion written by one of AIT's senior local employees in the Press Section. She wrote it based on several weeks of monitoring talk shows, newspapers and conversations among her contacts and friends. Rather than edit it into a traditional reporti [...]	2005-12-30 00:38:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO TW
05TBILISI3202	NON-PAPER ON RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN ABKHAZIA [...] Poloff received the following non-paper on recent developments in Abkhazia from Giorgi Nikolaishvili, Advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs. The non-paper is laying out the Georgians position on Abkhazia. 2. Begin Text: After the UN Secretary General's last report on the situation [...]	2005-12-09 03:24:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV GG
05TEGUCIGALPA1213	MEDIA REACTION ON THE OAS, JUNE 07, 2005 [...] On 06/07, the Tegucigalpa-based liberal daily "La Tribuna" published an editorial entitled, "Abysses." "Nicaragua is facing a deep political crisis. Congress' refusal to ratify the State of Economic Emergency Decree that suspend several constitutional guarantees and the general discontent that [...]	2005-06-07 18:57:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP PREL KPAO PGOV KDEM HO
05TEGUCIGALPA1389	FAREWELL TO ARMS: HONDURAS TO DESTROY 6000+ WEAPONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 13, 2005, Honduran Minister of Defense Federico Breve Travieso announced that the Honduran Armed Forces (HOAF) will destroy more than 6000 excess/obsolete weapons currently stored at the Army's Logistics Support Center (CALE). The weapons date as far back as World War I [...]	2005-06-30 15:11:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	SECRET	ASEC HO PGOV PREL PTER SNAR
05TEGUCIGALPA1460	MEDICINE MANIFESTO; CUBAN DOCTORS BRIGADE FACING [...] (C) (SUMMARY) The Cuban Medical Brigade (CMB) was welcomed into Honduras with open arms in 1998, after the devastation of Hurricane Mitch. However, over the past seven years that welcome has been worn out, according to some government offices and the Honduran medical community (HMC). With the [...]	2005-07-13 14:50:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ELAB TBIO SOCI HO
05TEGUCIGALPA1693	SEND LAWYERS, FUNDS AND GUNNY: SA/LW DESTRUCTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Department of State Small Arms and Light Weapons (SA/LW) program officer (PM/WRA) and Department of Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) ordnance destruction team visited Honduras August 1-5 to review possible future technical assistance. Team and PolMilOff met with Vice Minis [...]	2005-08-12 23:27:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS MARR PARM PREL PTER MOPS SNAR KLIG HO
05TEGUCIGALPA875	MEDIA REACTION REMOVAL OF ECUADOREAN PRESIDENT, [...] On 4/22 an editorial in Tegucigalpa-based moderate daily "El Heraldo", titled "Ecuadorian Lesson." "The fall of Lucio Gutierrez in Ecuador is another example that many Latin Americans are not willing to respect presidential terms if the governors are incapable to fulfill their promises and act [...]	2005-04-26 16:10:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO PHUM PREL KDEM EC HO
05TEGUCIGALPA887	MEDIA REACTION REMOVAL OF ECUADOREAN PRESIDENT, [...] On 4/22 an editorial in Tegucigalpa-based moderate daily "El Heraldo", titled "Ecuadorian Lesson." "The fall of Lucio Gutierrez in Ecuador is another example that many Latin Americans are not willing to respect presidential terms if the governors are incapable to fulfill their promises and act [...]	2005-04-26 21:22:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO PHUM PREL KDEM EC HO
05TELAVIV1080	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-02-23 12:52:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV1171	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Democratic Reform in Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- During the weekend, Friday night's suicide bombing outside a Tel Aviv nightclub dominated the news reports. Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the attack, in [...]	2005-02-28 11:27:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV119	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-01-07 11:46:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV1289	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-04 11:32:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV1352	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Democracy in Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio and other media reported that PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas and Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz are supposed to sign an agreement tonight regarding the transfer of se [...]	2005-03-08 11:49:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV1397	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-09 13:38:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV1419	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Syrian-Lebanese Track ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The media say that today's meeting between Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in Sharm el-Sheikh that will focus on Israeli- Palestinian neg [...]	2005-03-10 11:16:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV1455	(S) ISRAELI VIEWS ON PALESTINIAN-ISRAELI SECURITY [...] (S) On instructions from Defense Minister Mofaz, BG Eitan Dangott briefed the Ambassador March 11 on the status of Israeli-Palestinian security negotiations and other issues discussed in the Sharm el-Sheik summit. Dangott said that Mofaz and the Israeli security establishment are becoming i [...]	2005-03-11 14:38:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	IS KPAL PREL XF ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV146	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-01-10 11:10:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV1513	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Lebanon and Syria ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported that PM Sharon told visiting UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Sunday that there would SIPDIS be no progress on the road map until the Palestinian armed [...]	2005-03-14 12:00:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV1548	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-16 10:30:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV170	Fischer Accepts GOI Offer to Be Next Governor of [...] (U) On January 9, Prime Minister Sharon and Finance Minister Binyamin Netanyahu jointly nominated Professor Stanley Fischer as the next Governor of the Bank of Israel. Fischer accepted the nomination the same day, although it will require further administrative and political approvals, includ [...]	2005-01-10 15:20:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV1730	SHARON CAUTIONS CODEL REID ON PROVIDING DIRECT [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Sharon emphasized to Codel Reid March 21 that ensuring Israel's security against terrorism is his primary objective, although he is optimistic about the opportunities created by Arafat's death and the new Palestinian leadership. Codel Reid and Sharon discussed how [...]	2005-03-22 16:12:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	OREP PGOV PTER KWBG MNUC IS IR SY ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ECONOMY AND FINANCE GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV1833	ISRAELI DEFMIN DISCUSSES PA SECURITY PERFORMANCE [...] (C) Summary: On March 23, 2005, Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz told NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch, Deputy National Security Advisor Elliott Abrams and the Ambassador that arms smuggling continues into both Gaza and the West Bank. Despite success by Palestinian Authority (PA) secur [...]	2005-03-25 08:27:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PTER MARR KWBG KPAL EG SY IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV1938	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-30 10:53:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV2010	GILAD TO CODEL PLATTS: THE SECRETARY'S MESSAGE [...] (C) Amos Gilad, director of the Political-Security Bureau at the Defense Ministry, told Codel Platts that Secretary Rice's recent statement on expanding settlements is "clear," and he is sure the "policy will be implemented in the most efficient way." Gilad had praise for PA President Abbas, b [...]	2005-04-01 12:52:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG OREP PGOV IS SETTLEMENTS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ISRAEL RELATIONS
05TELAVIV2045	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Syrian-Lebanese Track 3. Pope John Paul II ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media on Sunday and Monday (3, 4 April) led with stories on the Pope's death and disengagement-related reports. Ha'aretz reported Sunday that [...]	2005-04-04 11:49:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV2077	FM SHALOM EXPRESSES SKEPTICISM TO CODEL SAXTON ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a March 30 meeting with Codel Saxton and the Ambassador, Foreign Minister Shalom expressed dissatisfaction with what he called Palestinian President Abbas's lack of effort to dismantle terrorist groups and the recent turn of roadmap discussions toward final status issues. He [...]	2005-04-05 07:30:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG OREP IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS COUNTERTERRORISM
05TELAVIV2098	"REALITY BITES" ABBAS, BRIG. GEN. KUPPERWASSER [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting on March 31, Brigadier General Yossi Kupperwasser described for CODEL Saxton the changing mission of Israeli intelligence-gathering and presented his analysis of the current developments in the Palestinian Authority. Kupperwasser also discussed the battle for hearts [...]	2005-04-05 14:28:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG OREP PGOV IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS COUNTERTERRORISM GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV2120	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-06 12:45:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV2125	(S) DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE OFFICER TO CODEL LEVIN: [...] (S) A senior defense intelligence (DMI) officer told Senator Levin March 31 that pre-OIF Israeli intelligence estimates of Iraqi WMD were nearly as wrong as those of the USG. GOI analysts, prior to the war, "knew" that Saddam's regime would never support al-Qaeda or any other terrorist organi [...]	2005-04-06 13:31:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PINR PREL PTER OREP IS IZ GOI EXTERNAL MILITARY RELATIONS
05TELAVIV2138	(C) EILAND OUTLINES STEPS TO PREVENT [...] (S) In a March 23 meeting with Deputy APNSA Abrams, A/S Welch, and the Ambassador, National Security Advisor Eiland sketched out "preliminary" GOI thinking about the future of Lebanon after a Syrian withdrawal. He described three scenarios for post-Syria Lebanon: democratic stability; a retur [...]	2005-04-07 05:28:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PTER KWBG IS LE SY COUNTERTERRORISM GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV2185	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Upcoming Bush-Sharon Meeting 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Maariv headlined: "Iran Is Approaching Nuclear Bomb." The paper cited a senior military source as saying that it is a matter of months. Yediot headlined that the U. [...]	2005-04-08 10:08:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV2212	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Upcoming Bush-Sharon Meeting 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The leading media carried reports on the Gaza Strip incident of 9 April in which three Palestinian youths were killed by IDF fire, after which Katif Bloc settlement [...]	2005-04-11 10:42:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV222	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Russia Relations 3. Stanley Fischer's Bank of Israel Nomination ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that this afternoon the Knesset approved the 2005 state budget in a first reading, 64- 53, as the [...]	2005-01-12 11:56:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV227	(C) SHARON TO CODELS: KEY TO PROGRESS WITH PALESTINIANS IS SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings with Senators Kyl, Martinez, Murkowski, Sununu, and Biden, and Congressman Adam Smith January 9 and with Senator Kerry January 10, Prime Minister Sharon emphasized that progress with Palestinians depends fundamentally on whether terrorism, violence and inci [...]	2005-01-12 14:24:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IS XF ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV2323	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Bush-Sharon Meeting 2. Mideast 3. U.S.-Israeli Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Maariv cited Israeli sources from Sharon's entourage as confirming that the crisis in US-Israeli security relations recently reached a new high as [...]	2005-04-14 10:02:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV2376	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] "Bush vs. Democracy" Extreme right-wing columnist Caroline B. Glick wrote in conservative, independent Jerusalem Post (April 15): "As irony would have it, democracy is now the biggest threat facing the so-called peace process between the Palestinian Authority and Israel.... The thing is, bo [...]	2005-04-15 10:56:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV2420	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-18 10:24:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV245	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Proposed Russia-Syria Arms Deal 2. Mideast 3. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz and Maariv led with, and all media extensively reported on, Israel's concerns that a planned Russian weapons sale to Syria could reach Hizbu [...]	2005-01-13 11:19:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV2469	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-20 10:07:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV2528	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-22 09:49:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV2698	WB/G SITREP: 28 PALESTINIANS, INCLUDING AN [...] (SBU) Summary: Some 28 Palestinians were lightly to moderately injured in the village of Bil,in, west of Ramallah, during clashes with the IDF that erupted April 28 during protests against the construction of the separation barrier on lands belonging to village residents. Among those injured [...]	2005-04-29 16:31:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS
05TELAVIV2719	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Syrian-Lebanese Track 3. Visit of Turkish PM Erdogan to Israel, May 1-2 ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that an IDF soldier was killed and another was wounded in an operation near Tulkarm, in which a [...]	2005-05-02 09:41:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV2722	PERES DESCRIBES POSITIVE CHANGE IN QURAYA'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: Vice Premier Peres told A/S Welch and Charge April 27 that Palestinian PM Quraya', in an April 21 meeting with Peres, showed a positive change of attitude toward disengagement coordination. Peres said he cautioned Quraya' not to push for final status talks after disengagement; doi [...]	2005-05-02 11:43:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PREL ECON PGOV EAID IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV274	EILAND ASSESSES THE CHALLENGES FACING SHARON AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: National Security Advisor Giora Eiland highlighted the following points in a January 9 meeting with Codel Kerry: -- Israel faces three main challenges in implementing disengagement: a fragile domestic political situation, operational difficulties to evacuate thousands of settle [...]	2005-01-14 13:29:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS GOI EXTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV2874	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Democracy in Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media reported that Israel has informed the PA that it will not release the next tranche of Palestinian prisoners until the PA takes concrete measures against terro [...]	2005-05-09 11:12:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV2925	CODEL FRIST'S MEETING WITH VICE PM SHIMON PERES [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 1, CODEL Frist met with Vice PM Shimon Peres where discussions surrounded the Syrian withdrawal from Lebanon, Jordan's economic growth and its contribution to the economy in the Palestinian territories, Iran's push to develop nuclear weapons and recent democratic election [...]	2005-05-10 12:34:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON IS XF GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI INTERNAL EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV2939	CODEL FRIST'S MEETING WITH FINANCE MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 2, Israeli Finance Minister Benjamin Netanyahu outlined to CODEL Frist the economic evolution in Israel since he became finance minister in 2003. Netanyahu said he had increased taxes, reduced government expenditures, while simultaneously combating welfare fraud, challengin [...]	2005-05-10 15:03:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON IS XF ECONOMY AND FINANCE
05TELAVIV294	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Proposed Russia-Syria Arms Deal ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- During the weekend, all media led with the possibility of IDF action to counter continued rocket strikes at Israeli targets from the northern Gaza Strip; a 17-yea [...]	2005-01-18 11:48:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV3001	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program 3. Israeli Ambassador to U.S. Danny Ayalon ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- This morning, Israel Radio reported that FM Silvan Shalom has decided to cut short the term of Ambassador to the U.S. Danny [...]	2005-05-16 14:07:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV3032	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Israel-U.S. Relations 2. Russia: Yukos Trial ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yediot and Jerusalem Post quoted White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan as saying Tuesday that the SIPDIS First Lady's visit to the region is "an opport [...]	2005-05-18 10:02:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV3080	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Global War on Terrorism ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz quoted sources in Jerusalem as saying that First Lady Laura Bush has included Israel in her visit to the region only because President Bush asked her to do so. [...]	2005-05-20 11:07:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV3121	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-23 13:05:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV3139	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Israel-U.S. Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yediot writes that PM Sharon is expected to call on PA Chairman [President] Mahmoud Abbas today at the AIPAC convention in Washington to coordinate positions with Israel a [...]	2005-05-24 10:35:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV3151	GOI MOVES AHEAD ON STRATEGIC PLAN FOR THE NEGEV [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOI is moving ahead to prepare a comprehensive strategy to develop the Negev and Galilee regions, a plan which has as one of its objectives the reduction of public opposition to and concern over the disengagement. Two private consulting firms Daroma and Mckinsey have been con [...]	2005-05-24 15:02:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL SENV IS ECONOMY AND FINANCE GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV3167	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Newsweek Reports of Koran Desecration at Guantanamo ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media (banner in Jerusalem Post) reported that in his speech to the AIPAC convention in Washington Tuesday, PM Sharon urged PA Chairman [P [...]	2005-05-25 11:44:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV3189	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. U.S. Nuclear Policy ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Yediot reported that over 1,000 families (60 percent of the settlers) from the Katif Bloc (Gush Katif) have signed a letter that will be sent to the High Court of Justice to [...]	2005-05-26 10:41:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV3304	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Lebanon 3. European Union ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported on today's transition from Moshe Ya'alon to Dan Halutz in the position of IDF chief of staff. The media cited anger among right-wing politicia [...]	2005-06-01 11:50:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV3399	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Democracy in Mideast 3. Russia: Yukos Verdict ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media (banner in Jerusalem Post) reported that the planned meeting between PM Sharon and PA Chairman [President] Mahmoud Abbas was fina [...]	2005-06-02 12:22:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV3467	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-06 10:47:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV3517	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-07 12:08:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV3539	A Political Map of the Orthodox Movement in [...] (U) Summary: The Jewish Orthodox sector in Israel today is composed of an increasingly complex fabric, from ultra-orthodox to "modern" or "liberal" orthodox. Religious strands are represented by political parties in the Knesset -- from Shas and Agudat Yisrael to the National Religious Party (N [...]	2005-06-08 12:05:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KIRF KPAO IS ISRAELI SOCIETY
05TELAVIV3620	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] "Time to Cut" Senior columnist and longtime dove Yoel Marcus wrote in independent, left-leaning Ha'aretz (June 10): "The psychological warfare and scare tactics [used by the settlers] have produced a drop in public support, from 65 percent to less than 50 percent. The frightening scenarios [...]	2005-06-10 11:12:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV370	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Prospect For Second Bush Administration 2. Mideast 3. Proposed Russia-Syria Arms Deal ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media underscored Thursday's inauguration of President Bush in Washington. The three national TV stations bro [...]	2005-01-21 11:37:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV389	2004-2005 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] Israel is not a significant producer or trafficking point for drugs. The Israeli National Police (INP),however, reports that during the year 2004, the Israeli drug market continued to be characterized by high demand in nearly all sectors of society and a high availability of drugs including [...]	2005-01-24 08:11:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KSEP IS ISRAELI SOCIETY GOI INTERNAL
05TELAVIV3899	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Democracy in Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that PM Sharon hosted PA Chairman [President] Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday at his Jerusalem residence for their first working visit since the Sharm el-Sheikh [...]	2005-06-22 21:48:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV391	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program 3. Bush Inauguration ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Maariv led with the Israeli defense establishment's concern that Iran would crush efforts by PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) to achieve a hu [...]	2005-01-24 11:19:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4030	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] U.S.-Israel Security Exports Crisis 2. Iran: Presidential Election 3. Democracy in Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- On Sunday, Ha'aretz reported that during her visit to Jerusalem last week, Secretary of State Condoleezza Ric [...]	2005-06-27 11:20:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4097	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran 3. Guantanamo Detainees 4. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media led with disengagement-related issues. Ha'aretz reported that the army will soon declare the Gaza Strip a closed militar [...]	2005-06-29 10:55:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4142	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Aftermath of U.S.-Israel Security Exports Crisis ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media highlighted the evacuation by the IDF and police on Thursday of the residents of the Maoz Hayam Hotel at the Neve Dekalim settlement in [...]	2005-07-01 11:20:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4255	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] July 7 London Bombings 2. Israel-China Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media led with, and extensively reported on, Thursday's terror bombings in London, in which at least 37 people were killed and 700 others were wounded. [...]	2005-07-08 10:54:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4265	SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: WAKING UP TO REALITY IN GAZA: [...] Summary: As the disengagement battle escalates on the ground, with violent confrontations in Gaza resulting in a temporary IDF closure of the Gush Katif settlement bloc, anti- disengagement roadblocks throughout the country, and the first case of a "conscientious objector," Israeli media comm [...]	2005-07-08 14:08:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR GAZA DISENGAGEMENT MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV430	JUSTICE MINISTRY DG PROVIDES DISENGAGEMENT UPDATE [...] (C) Looking visibly tired, Justice Ministry DG Aaron Abramovich updated Economic Counselor and Deputy on the "hectic" period ahead on disengagement. He said he and his team were about to embark on a week of intensive consultations with the Finance Committee Disengagement Subcommittee prior to [...]	2005-01-25 14:59:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV4304	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. London Bombings ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that on Monday, the delegation of senior Israeli officials to Washington officially presented Israel's disengagement-related aid request to the U.S. admini [...]	2005-07-12 11:51:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4367	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Gaza Disengagement 2. London Bombings ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- PM Sharon's decision to seal off the Gaza Strip to non- resident Israelis through the disengagement move dominates the media, some of which report on scuffles between [...]	2005-07-14 13:46:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4387	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Global War on Terrorism ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that on Thursday afternoon, a 22- year-old Israeli woman was killed and her boyfriend was slightly injured in a shelling attack on Moshav Netiv Ha'asa [...]	2005-07-15 10:54:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4472	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Gaza Disengagement 2. Global War on Terrorism ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The major media reported that the police last night allowed tens of thousands of anti-pullout demonstrators to sleep at Kfar Maimon, five km west of Netivot, w [...]	2005-07-19 10:23:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV452	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-01-26 11:13:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4564	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-21 09:46:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4659	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Secretary Rice to Israel, West Bank, and Lebanon 2. Mideast 3. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio cited a White House announcement, according to which Richard Jones has been appointed U.S. ambassador to Israel. Ha' [...]	2005-07-27 10:30:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4727	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] U.S.-Israel Relations 2. Democracy in Mideast 3. Global Struggle Against Violent Extremism ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Maariv quoted people who attended Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's meeting with Defense Minister Shaul M [...]	2005-07-29 11:12:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4770	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Gaza Disengagement 2. Saudi Arabia ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All major media reported that the settler leadership accepted a late-night IDF and police compromise on their mass anti-disengagement protest planned for today. The set [...]	2005-08-02 11:19:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4815	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All major media reported that police last night halted thousands of anti-disengagement activists at the Peduim junction two km west of Ofakim after the demonstration departed the Negev tow [...]	2005-08-04 10:49:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV482	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Syrian-Lebanese Track ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media reported that newly confirmed Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met with FM Silvan Shalom at the White House on Wednesday. Israel Radio reported that Secr [...]	2005-01-27 11:39:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4831	WB/G SITREP: THOUSANDS OF PALESTINIANS RALLY IN [...] (SBU) Summary: The IDF reported one mortar attack and five shooting incidents in Gaza overnight with no injuries. Israeli police and army units arrested up to 200 protesters attempting to infiltrate into Gaza. According to UNRWA, some 15,000 Palestinians held a rally outside the Palestinian [...]	2005-08-04 16:19:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	KWBG KPAL PHUM PREL PTER ASEC CASC GZ IS

05TELAVIV4838	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-05 09:57:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4877	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Netanyahu Resignation 2. Israeli Arabs ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that on Sunday, immediately before the cabinet voted the final approval for the evacuation of the Gaza Strip settlements of Kfar Darom, Netzarim, [...]	2005-08-08 12:17:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV4930	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Iran: Nuclear Program 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Most major media led with disengagement-related developments. Ha'aretz highlighted the collecting of army-issued weapons in Sa-Nur and Homesh, two of the northern West Ba [...]	2005-08-10 10:23:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5002	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Gaza Disengagement 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Last night, Israel TV broadcast excerpts of an exclusive interview that President Bush granted the station's Washington correspondent Yaron Dekel in Crawford, T [...]	2005-08-12 11:04:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5034	EXPANDED ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-15 11:12:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5054	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Gaza and Northern West Bank Disengagement 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Last night, the electronic media aired Sharon's brief speech to the nation regarding the disengagement. He said that while he had hoped Israel could keep [...]	2005-08-16 10:42:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5065	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Gaza and Northern West Bank Disengagement 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Last night, the electronic media aired Sharon's brief speech to the nation regarding the disengagement. He said that while he had hoped Israel could keep [...]	2005-08-16 11:57:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5091	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-17 11:42:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5113	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-18 10:23:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5137	A/S WELCH'S MEETING WITH ISRAELI MOD'S GILAD [...] (S) Israeli Defense Ministry Political Security Director Amos Gilad confirmed to visiting NEA A/S Welch and Ambassador Kurtzer August 16 that Egypt and Israel had reached a general agreement on the deployment of 750 Egyptian Border Guards along the Egypt-Gaza border. Israeli DefMin Mofaz is e [...]	2005-08-19 11:05:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL MARR MASS PARM KPAL KWBG PGOV PINR EG IS GOI EXTERNAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV5154	DISENGAGEMENT SITUATION REPORT, AUGUST 19, 2005 [...] (SBU) Summary: On the fifth day of disengagement, IDF soldiers and police focused on evacuating the settlement of Gadid. At the beginning of the day, ten families and over 300 infiltrators remained, but the evacuation was complete by around 1500 hours. The GOI also began demolishing homes i [...]	2005-08-19 14:56:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG KPAL PREL ECON EAID IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV5163	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Gaza and Northern West Bank Disengagement 2. Rocket Attacks on Aqaba and Eilat ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The electronic media reported that this afternoon in the settlement of Netzarim, the IDF and police are completing their evacu [...]	2005-08-22 14:45:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV518	GOI LAWYERS ON ABSENTEE PROPERTY LAW: HA'ARETZ [...] (C) Summary: GOI lawyers from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) told Deputy Economic Counselor on January 26 and 27 that recent changes to the Absentee Property Law (APL) are not aimed at large-scale expropriations of Palestinian land in East Jerusalem a [...]	2005-01-28 13:35:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KWBG IS JE GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV5197	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Gaza and Northern West Bank Disengagement 2. Mubarak Presidential Campaign 3. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported that the evacuation of Netzarim on Monday concluded the departure of all Gaza settlers. At noon [...]	2005-08-23 11:13:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5227	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-24 13:58:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5258	DISENGAGEMENT SITUATION REPORT, AUGUST 25, 2005 [...] (SBU) Summary: Israeli disengagement is proceeding, with demolition of remaining settlements underway. Israeli focus has now turned to the situation of evacuees in Israel, and on political maneuvering post-disengagement. A gun battle that ensued during an Israeli operation near Tulkarm overn [...]	2005-08-25 14:49:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG KPAL PREL ECON EAID PINS IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT
05TELAVIV5275	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that the U.S. is urging Israel and the PA to exercise restraint and not to miss the historic opportunity for peace in the region. Visiting U.S. House Majority Whip R [...]	2005-08-26 11:01:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5426	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Hurricane Katrina 2. U.S.-Israel Relations 3. Syrian-Lebanese Track 4. Israeli Arabs ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz notes that the international community is putting pressure on Israel to allow the Palestinians freedo [...]	2005-09-06 11:01:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5518	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Hurricane Katrina 3. Egypt ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that PM Sharon and his senior ministers decided this morning that the IDF would withdraw from the Gaza Strip on September 12 through 15. [...]	2005-09-07 11:56:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5542	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-08 10:15:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5597	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] IDF Withdrawal From Gaza 2. Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina 3. Global War on Terror ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The IDF withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, after 38 years of Israeli military rule, dominated the headlines during the w [...]	2005-09-12 11:22:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5706	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. UN Reform ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media led with the speech PM Sharon delivered in Hebrew to the UN General Assembly on Thursday. The major media focused on Sharon's conciliatory words, as he reached out to the P [...]	2005-09-16 11:14:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5734	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-19 10:52:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5794	NEA DAS DIBBLE'S 9/20 MEETING WITH ISRAELI MOD'S [...] (S) Israeli MOD Political-Military Affairs Bureau Chief Amos Gilad told NEA DAS Elizabeth Dibble September 19 that the Multinational Force and Observers (MFO) is a pillar of the recently-concluded Egypt-Israel agreement on the Egypt-Gaza border and performs a vital role monitoring changes alon [...]	2005-09-21 03:53:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PINR MARR MASS PARM KPAL PGOV IS EG GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI EXTERNAL INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV5799	MOFAZ: CALM ALLOWS GOI TO HOLD OFF GAZA ACTION, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz told Ambassador Jones September 25 that the day's calm, after some than 36 hours of Qassam rocket launches and IDF counterattacks, is allowing the GOI to stand back and avoid any further strikes on Palestinian targets. He said any possible ground forc [...]	2005-09-25 16:25:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KWBG IS GAZA DISENGAGEMENT GOI EXTERNAL INTERNAL
05TELAVIV5802	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Likud Infighting 3. Six-Party Talks ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All major media, except Jerusalem Post, led with PM Sharon's situation in the Likud. Leading media (banner in Ha'aretz) reported that on Wednesday, Shar [...]	2005-09-26 07:07:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5868	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-28 11:12:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5897	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-29 10:36:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV59	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-01-05 12:02:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV5956	PA-HAMAS CONFRONTATION IN GAZA [...] (C) Summary: Clashes took place in Gaza City on October 2 between Palestinian Authority (PA) policemen and Hamas gunmen. Three Palestinians were killed -- a senior police officer and two civilians -- while at least 51 were wounded, many of whom were bystanders. Two police stations in Gaza Ci [...]	2005-10-03 14:28:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS KWBG KPAL GAZA DISENGAGEMENT ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV6103	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Syria Governance 3. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- In their lead stories, all media reported that nearly simultaneous drive-by shootings, one at the Gush Etzion Junction and the other at the settlement of Eli in the [...]	2005-10-17 11:58:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6146	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-20 08:01:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6197	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-27 12:17:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6386	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. France Riots 3. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media led with political developments at the Knesset on Monday. They reported that eight Likud "rebels" voted with the opposition to defeat by 61- [...]	2005-11-08 14:31:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6413	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- This morning, Hamas leader Mahmoud Zahar was quoted as saying in an interview with Israel Radio that he does not rule out holding negotiations with Israel if this serves P [...]	2005-11-09 12:44:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6468	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-14 12:19:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6641	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Lebanese-Syrian Track ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Maariv, Yediot, and The Jerusalem Post, published the results of three polls that show improvement in the rating of PM Sharon's party Kadima (Forward). Were elections hel [...]	2005-11-25 09:52:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV669	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-02-04 11:46:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6708	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All Israeli media led with pre-election stories on the movement of key figures between political parties and on public opinion polls. The Jerusalem Post reports that Professor Uriel Reichman, Shinui fou [...]	2005-11-30 11:45:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV671	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-02-04 11:50:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6778	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Israeli Elections 2. Iranian Nuclear Race 3. The Syrian Threat ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz online and Israel Radio reported that a blast occurred at around 11:30 am Monday at the entrance to the Hasharon shopping mall in Ne [...]	2005-12-05 12:46:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6815	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Iranian Nuclear Race ------------------------------ Key stories in the media: ------------------------------ The Jerusalem Post and other media reported the IDF is gearing up for a crackdown on the Islamic Jihad in the West Bank, wishing to apprehend "all of the terrorists" there. The [...]	2005-12-07 11:01:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6848	2005-2006 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] Israel is not a significant producer or trafficking point for drugs. The Israeli National Police (INP),however, reports that during the year 2005, the Israeli drug market continued to be characterized by high demand in nearly all sectors of society and a high availability of drugs including [...]	2005-12-08 15:08:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KSEP IS ISRAELI SOCIETY
05TELAVIV6855	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Israel and the Iranian Nuclear Program 2. Israeli Election Campaigns 3. Palestinian Leadership and the West ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post reports that the IDF resumed "targeted assassinations" in the wake of the Neta [...]	2005-12-09 09:26:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6876	GILAD TELLS A/S WELCH PA ACTION AGAINST PIJ AND [...] (S) Summary: In a December 9 meeting after that with Defense Minister Mofaz (septel),MOD Pol-Mil Director Amos Gilad told A/S Welch, the Ambassador, and Col. Dugger (USSC) that he is concerned that Fatah is replacing its "old guard" with extremists. He assessed that if this trend continues, [...]	2005-12-10 15:52:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PGOV PINS PTER KWBG KPAL IS JO LE SY ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS COUNTERTERRORISM GOI EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV6884	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] US Pressures Israel on Safe Passage Agreement 2. Sharon's Kadima Political Moves 3. Israel and the Iranian Nuclear Program 4. Defense Establishment Expected View of Egypt ------------------------------ Key stories in the media: ------------------------------ The Army Radio reported [...]	2005-12-12 11:49:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6911	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Iranian Nuclear Program ------------------------------ Key stories in the media: ------------------------------ Major media reported on the Mehlis report, which was delivered yesterday to the UN Security council, claiming that Syrian and Lebanese intelligence knew about the plot to assass [...]	2005-12-13 12:25:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6924	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program 3. Syria 4. U.S.-Israel Relations ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media highlighted remarks made in an interview with Newsweek by Kalman Gayer, who advises PM Sharon on public opinion po [...]	2005-12-15 04:54:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV6996	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Prime Minister Sharon's Health 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media led with the state of PM Sharon's health. Israel Radio reported that Sharon was in good condition this morning after he was rushed to Jerusalem's Hadass [...]	2005-12-19 11:51:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV7002	ISRAELI PM'S MILITARY ADVISER REVIEWS REGION, [...] (S) Major General Gadi Shamni -- Israeli PM Sharon's military adviser -- told the Ambassador that the U.S. should continue to lead the international community to diplomatically pressure Iran to abandon its program. If a military solution were required, Shamni said he believes the U.S. could d [...]	2005-12-19 12:38:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	SECRET	PREL PINR PARM MARR MASS MNUC KPAL SY EG LE IR GOI EXTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV7023	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iran: Nuclear Program ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel TV and Israel Radio reported that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice praised PM Sharon's courageous moves in an interview with CNN, as, in the words of both statio [...]	2005-12-21 11:15:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV7090	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Iraq ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio and leading Israeli Internet news web sites reported that this morning, a suicide bomber approached a roadblock in Jabara village near the West Bank town of Tulkarm and blew h [...]	2005-12-29 12:48:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV7098	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Syria ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media, except Maariv, led with Wednesday's suicide bombing near Tulkarm, in which IDF officer Uri Binamo and two Palestinians were killed. Three soldiers and seven Palestinians were [...]	2005-12-30 12:05:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV7100	CODEL SPECTER MEETS WITH EHUD BARAK AND SHIMON [...] (C) Summary: Vice Premier Shimon Peres and former Prime Minister Ehud Barak, in separate meetings, told Senator Arlen Specter (R-PA) that they are optimistic about the impact of Kadima on the peace process, and both predicted the Labor party would be marginalized under the leadership of Amir P [...]	2005-12-30 14:07:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON IS GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS PEACE PROCESS EXTERNAL
05TELAVIV752	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-02-08 11:21:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV820	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-02-10 11:51:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV881	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-02-14 12:09:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV895	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Assassination of Former Lebanese PM Hariri ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The newspapers -- except Ha'aretz (English Ed.) -- banner either threats against PM Sharon or the assassination of former Lebanese PM Rafiq Hariri in [...]	2005-02-15 10:51:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05TELAVIV960	EU COPPS STRESS DONOR COORDINATION WHILE BUILDING [...] (SBU) Summary: The director of the EU's police reform program, Jonathan McIvor, told the DCM and emboffs February 15 that a lack of credibility among the population is the biggest problem facing the PA police, due in large part to the fact that it is militants rather than the police that "st [...]	2005-02-17 10:30:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC EAID PREL KPAL KWBG IS ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS
05TELAVIV961	ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION [...] Mideast 2. Lebanon Bombing ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media highlighted Wednesday's approval by the Knesset, 59-40, with 5 abstentions, of the Disengagement Plan Implementation Law, empowering the government to pay 3.8 billion [...]	2005-02-17 11:57:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05THEHAGUE2414	TFUS01: STATUS REPORT ON DUTCH OFFERS OF [...] This is an action request. See paras 4-10. 2. Summary: The Dutch Parliament on September 6 issued a brief statement expressing condolences for the victims of Hurricane Katrina and declaring its support for relief efforts. The Dutch have made several offers of assistance to the hurricane-a [...]	2005-09-06 15:53:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PREL MARR CASC US NL AMER
05THEHAGUE2434	NETHERLANDS: MAJOR MILITARY REORGANIZATION [...] Summary: The Dutch military has implemented a major reorganization that strengthens the role of Chief of Defense Gen. Dick Berlijn by giving him operational control over the Army, Air Force and Navy -- powers that previously rested with the service chiefs. The three services fought a losing b [...]	2005-09-07 14:51:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL NL
05THEHAGUE2446	THE DUTCH IN AFRICA: SECURITY, AIDS AND WATER [...] Summary: The Dutch are among the world's most generous aid donors, giving about 0.8 percent of GDP or $4.2 billion in 2004. Roughly half of Dutch aid goes to 18 countries in Africa, making the Netherlands the fourth largest donor of bilateral aid to Africa. Dutch aid to Africa focuses on h [...]	2005-09-08 14:17:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL KHIV NL XA
05THEHAGUE2594	DUTCH 2006 BUDGET: REFORM, GROWTH, AND UNCERTAINTY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. With early indications of a long- awaited economic recovery as a backdrop, the Netherlands' center-right governing coalition presented a draft 2006 budget that seeks to ensure continued economic growth through additional structural reforms of the country's welfare system and [...]	2005-09-26 15:41:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL EINV ELAB PGOV NL
05THEHAGUE2756	SCENESETTER FOR DASD THERSA WHELAN'S VISIT TO THE [...] Your visit to The Hague comes at a time when the GONL is broadening its already substantial aid to Africa and is boosting its efforts in security assistance and reform. The Ministries of Defense, Foreign Affairs, and Development are pursuing joint SSR and DDR initiatives in Africa and have cre [...]	2005-10-12 14:39:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL KHIV NL XA
05THEHAGUE2892	NETHERLANDS/PAKISTAN: DUTCH WILL PROVIDE FIELD [...] Emboffs delivered reftel A points to Director of Humanitarian Affairs and Pakistan relief coordinator Joost Andriessen, as well as Western Hemisphere department staff. 2. Andriessen told econoff the Netherlands had pledged 17 million Euros (USD 20.5 million) "so far." He did not rule out [...]	2005-10-25 11:56:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PHUM PK NL
05THEHAGUE2913	US VISIT BY CROWN PRINCE OF THE NETHERLANDS [...] (U) On October 25, 2005, the Dutch press reported that FM Bot announced during October 24 meetings in Washington that Dutch Crown Prince Willem Alexander (aka Prince of Orange) planned to visit Washington D.C. on November 8, 2005. According to the press reports, the Crown Prince intends to mee [...]	2005-10-26 16:17:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PGOV KPAO NL
05THEHAGUE2973	NETHERLANDS/AFRICA: DASD WHELAN'S VISIT TO THE [...] (U) SUMMARY. On October 14, DASD for African Affairs Theresa Whelan met with several representatives of the Dutch MFA and MOD. Discussion during the two meetings included GONL and USG involvement in SSR and DDR initiatives in South Africa, Sudan, Rwanda, Burundi, and the DRC, as well as mutua [...]	2005-11-01 12:49:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MCAP NL XA MASS MARR PGOV
05THEHAGUE3032	NETHERLANDS/PAKISTAN: GONL PLEDGES ANOTHER 5 MILLION EUROS [...] Econoff met with Joost Andriessen (Humanitarian Affairs Director, MFA) at the first available opportunity on November 7 to get an update on Dutch contributions to earthquake relief and inform him of U.S. efforts. 2. Andriessen said the GONL had pledged a second 5 million euro (USD 6 milli [...]	2005-11-08 14:00:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL NL PHUM
05THEHAGUE3100	NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: CONTINUING DUTCH [...] (S) SUMMARY: Senior Dutch military and diplomatic contacts say that Defense Minister Kamp feels he has not yet received sufficient assurances from the U.S. to proceed with a proposed Dutch troop deployment to Oruzgan under ISAF Stage III. Kamp hopes to talk directly to SecDef Rumsfeld to res [...]	2005-11-16 16:35:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINR MARR MOPS AF NL EUN
05THEHAGUE3394	AVIAN INFLUENZA - NETHERLANDS TRIPWIRES AND [...] This message responds to the tasking in ref A to develop mission-specific tripwires and responses regarding avian influenza. We believe that the Netherlands is relatively well prepared to respond to such an epidemic, and that our most probable response to a significant outbreak of human H5N1 [...]	2005-12-23 11:06:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ASEC CASC AMED KFLO NL AMER
05THEHAGUE3396	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL LANDRIEU [...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Senator Mary Landrieu, Senator David Vitter, Representative Bill Jefferson, Herman Gesser and Adam Sharp, Senator Landrieu's Staff Members; Drew Willison and Roger Cockrell, Professional Staff Members, SAC-EW; Kyle Ruckert, Chief of Staf [...]	2005-12-23 11:08:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA AMGT ASEC AFIN NL
05THEHAGUE427	NETHERLANDS/GAERC: DUTCH EXPECTATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Preparing a positive agenda for the President's visit, the EU is actively seeking forward-looking ways to engage with the U.S. on a range of issues while the Luxembourg Presidency struggles to control an agenda where 25 Heads of State/Foreign Ministers want a chance to speak. T [...]	2005-02-14 16:45:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAL PREL IR UP MD SU CG SR BK NL
05THEHAGUE956	NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: FUNDING AFGHANISTAN'S [...] (C) Poloff met Marit van Zomeren (MFA Afghanistan Desk) April 6 to request augmented Dutch support for subject elections (reftel). Referring to a comprehensive list of Dutch contributions in Afghanistan for the 2001-2005 period (outlined below),van Zomeren said the GoNL had disbursed to UN [...]	2005-04-11 13:45:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID AF UNSC
05TORONTO2778	AMBASSADOR BRIDGE OWNERS UNVEIL BIG PLANS FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 20 the Detroit Free Press reported that the Ambassador Bridge owners have proposed giving the City of Detroit $30 million to &extend the lease8 on the Detroit Windsor Tunnel and buy some land at the foot of the bridge. Ambassador Bridge owners say they plan to construct [...]	2005-10-21 10:13:00	Consulate Toronto	CONFIDENTIAL	ELTN PBTS PREL CA
05TORONTO2805	Update on Plans for New Detroit River Crossing [...] (U) Action request contained in para 12. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In a closed-door session on October 19, 2005 in Detroit, the Corradino Group described to U.S. federal and state government officials the status of the Detroit River International Crossing (DRIC) study of potential new border cross [...]	2005-10-25 14:44:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PBTS PREL CA
05TRIPOLI290	THE NORTH AFRICAN BRIGADE OF THE AFRICAN UNION PEACE AND [...] (S) According to press reports, army chiefs of staff from Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, and "the Western Sahara Republic," announced November 17 the creation of a joint military force. We obtained additional information about the agreement in November 29 meetings with the Egyptian Embassy an [...]	2005-12-01 11:12:00	Embassy Tripoli	SECRET	MARR PREL EG AG MO TS WI CA LY
05TUNIS1934	NEW MINISTER OF DEFENSE WELCOMES STRONG BILATERAL [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-31 12:43:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV TS
05TUNIS909	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END USE CHECK ON [...] (SBU) Post has made appropriate inquiries to establish the legitimacy of a transaction for the export of AB205 Bell helicopter spare parts to Tunisia and concludes that it is a legitimate transaction. In addition, the post has investigated concerns regarding the end user, the Tunisian Army, a [...]	2005-05-02 15:29:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KOMC ETTC TS
05VATICAN447	DARFUR: SANT EGIDIO READY TO ENGAGE [...] (C) Community of Sant'Egidio representatives told the Charge February 24 that they were willing to work with the Darfur rebels to help them become better prepared for the Abuja negotiations. In confidential talks that could be held at its Rome headquarters, Sant'Egidio proposed a preparatory [...]	2005-02-24 17:12:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL SU VT
05VATICAN558	TOGO: SANT'EGIDIO STILL ENGAGED [...] (C) Mario Giro, West Africa expert for the Vatican-linked Community of Sant'Egidio, told us recently that the Community remained in close contact with the Togolese government and the Union of Forces for Change (UFC) and hoped for further face-to-face talks in Rome between the two groups. Fol [...]	2005-12-16 13:46:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	TO PHUM PREL PGOV VT
05VIENNA1298	HAIDER'S NEW MOVEMENT PLEDGES CONTINUED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At its founding convention on April 17, the Freedom Party (FPO) spin-off, the "Alliance Future Austria" (BZO),elected Carinthian governor Joerg Haider as chairman. Haider underscored the commitment of BZO ministers and legislators to the governing coalition with Chancellor Sch [...]	2005-04-19 12:45:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR AU
05VIENNA1401	FREEDOM PARTY: NEW LEADER, TRIED-AND-TRUE THEMES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Freedom Party (FPO) delegates elected Vienna state chairman Heinz Christian Strache as new FPO national chair at a special convention in Salzburg April 23. Strache, blasting the founder of the FPO spinoff party BZO (Alliance Future Austria),Joerg Haider, as a betrayer, pledge [...]	2005-04-29 07:22:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR AU
05VIENNA2121	AUSTRIA HOSTS CONFERENCE ON MOLDOVA'S EUROPEAN [...] On June 22, the Austrian Foreign Ministry's Diplomatic Academy hosted a conference on "Moldova's European Options." Two Moldovan ministers, European political analysts, and diplomatic representatives discussed Moldova's relations with the EU and the Transnistrian conflict. Moldovan Foreign M [...]	2005-06-24 12:07:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PBTS AU
05VIENNA2130	EUFOR-ALTHEA: AUSTRIA TO ASSUME COMMAND OF "TASK [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-24 14:34:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PREL KPKO AU BK NATO EUN
05VIENNA331	AUSTRIA: SNIPER RIFLES TO IRAN: COMPANY HEAD [...] (S) Ambassador and DCM called on Ambassador Hans-Peter Manz, the Chancellor,s diplomatic advisor, at Manz,s request on February 2 to discuss the Steyr-Mannlicher sale of sniper rifles to Iran (reftels). Manz said his government wanted to avoid creating any wrong impressions in Washington: t [...]	2005-02-04 15:34:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	PARM PREL ETTC AU
05VIENNA3679	STEYR-MANNLICHER PLANS TO PHASE OUT ASSAULT [...] According to press reports, Steyr-Mannlicher GmbH plans to phase out production of military weapons at its Austrian facility. Steyr-Mannlicher will also reportedly divest its Malaysia-based production during the first quarter of 2006 and sell its weapons production technology. The [...]	2005-11-18 15:43:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ETTC EIND ECON AU
05VIENNA3923	Austria: 2005 Country Report on Terrorism [...] Austria has been a constructive ally in the fight against terrorism. Austria has shown leadership in regional anti-terrorism initiatives and in ongoing efforts to tighten controls on suspected terrorism financing. 2. Austria is forthcoming and diligent in implementing asset freeze decis [...]	2005-12-20 12:05:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC KCRM KHLS EFIN KPAO AU
05VIENNA764	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: MARCH 09, 2005 [...] The current struggles within the government coalition party FPOe continue, all Austrian media report. Carinthian Governor Joerg Haider insists the Freedom Party is to be "re- launched" in the wake of a continuing decline in voter support. It is not clear what changes are being planned, but Hai [...]	2005-03-10 07:11:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO AU OPRC
05VIENNA855	AUSTRIAN MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS: MARCH 15, 2005 [...] reads the front-page headline in mass-circulation provincial daily "Kleine Zeitung." After Sunday's district council elections in Styria, the SPOe is allegedly speculating that the OeVP-FPOe coalition government will fall apart, the daily says. For SPOe floor leader Josef Cap, whose party all [...]	2005-03-15 14:16:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO AU OPRC
05VILNIUS313	Government of Lithuania request to purchase Dual [...] Summary: The GOL requested an amendment to an existing contract for the Stinger missile system on 23 March 2005 in order to enhance NATO interoperability and realize a long- term cost savings over the life of the modified contract. Lithuania is requesting the purchase of eight Dual Mounted [...]	2005-03-23 14:31:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MCAP MASS LH
05VILNIUS429	Government of Lithuania request Requests for [...] Summary: The GOL recently provided us with a formal request requested that the USG provide Generation III Night Vision Devices (NVDs) for their its troops deploying in support of a Provincial Reconstruction Tteam in Afghanistan and SOF troops preparing to support NATO NATO Reaction Forces -5 [...]	2005-04-25 09:42:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR PREL LH
05VILNIUS530	LITHUANIA'S MFA WARY OF PROPOSED ARMS SALE TO NEPAL [...] This is a short-fuse action request; see para 6. We need input from Washington and Katmandu by OOB May 24. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Kestutis Jankauskas, Director of the MFA'a Security Policy Department, notified us on May 18 of an application of a Lithuanian company for a license to export ammuni [...]	2005-05-23 09:24:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP KSTC PARM PGOV PTER PINR LH NP
05VILNIUS731	LITHUANIAN SCIENTISTS ADJUST TO A NEW, MARKET- [...] Summary: Lithuania's research institutes have significant research and development (R&D) capabilities, but generally fail to produce profitable and marketable innovations. While there are some exceptions -- notably in lasers, electronics, and biochemistry -- inadequate funding and a lack of [...]	2005-07-13 10:28:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON TSPL KSCA PGOV LH
05WARSAW2887	EUR ASSISTANT SECRETARY FRIED LUNCH WITH LAW AND [...] (C) EUR A/S Dan Fried met July 11 for lunch with center-right Law and Justice (PiS) leader and presidential candidate, Lech Kaczynski. They reviewed the bidding in the upcoming parliamentary and presidential elections, with Kaczynski saying differences between PiS and expected coalition partn [...]	2005-07-20 09:55:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV ECON PL
05WARSAW3044	IRAQ-POLAND: JONES-SMITH CONSULTATIONS WITH GOP [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador Richard Jones Senior Adviser to the Secretary and Coordinator for Iraq Policy (S/I) led an interagency delegation to Warsaw July 28-29 to consult with senior GOP officials and encourage continued substantial Polish participation in the Iraq Coalition and the Multi-Nati [...]	2005-08-05 11:46:00	Embassy Warsaw	SECRET	PREL MOPS MARR PL IZ
05WARSAW3794	NEW POLISH DEFMIN SIKORSKI HOPES TO VISIT [...] (C) SUMMARY. In his introductory meeting with Ambassador Ashe, new Defense Minister Radek Sikorski expressed his desire to visit Washington during the week of November 28 for official meetings with Secretary Rumsfeld and other senior officials. In a focused half-hour discussion, Sikorski also [...]	2005-11-09 15:44:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MASS PL
05WELLINGTON221	TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS - NEW ZEALAND 3/2005 [...] (SBU) Following are responses to the Trafficking in Persons report for New Zealand, keyed to reftel: Begin responses: 18. Overview: New Zealand fully complies with international standards to eliminate trafficking. New Zealand problems with internationally trafficked persons are qui [...]	2005-03-16 02:43:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB NZ
05WELLINGTON671	AMENDED NOMINATION REQUEST FOR VOLUNTARY VISITOR [...] POST AMENDS ORIGINAL CABLE AND NOW REQUESTS AN EIGHT-DAY VOLUNTARY VISITOR PROGRAM FOR DEBORAH MCCORMICK (DIRECTOR) AND A SIX-DAY PROGRAM FOR ADRIENNE STEWART (TRUSTEE) OF THE ART AND INDUSTRY BIENNIAL TRUST. 2. POST REQUESTS FUNDING FOR ACCOMMODATIONS AND DAILY PER DIEM AND DOMESTIC TRAVEL [...]	2005-09-01 06:19:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL KPAO NZ
05WELLINGTON675	TFUS01: NEW ZEALAND OFFERS ASSISTANCE [...] The Government of New Zealand has made a general offer of assistance to the United States in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. In addition, the government has approved specific areas of assistance, and the New Zealand Embassy has been instructed to convey those offers to USG officials on Se [...]	2005-09-02 05:58:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON AEMR ASEC CASC MARR AMGT US NZ

05WELLINGTON827	FY2006 U.S. Speaker Request -- Ambassador [...] Program Description: In Support of MPP Goal 06-01, Active Anti-Terrorist Coalitions and Security, Post requests a U.S. speaker visit by Ambassador Charles Salmon (ret.),Asia Pacific Center for Security Studies, Honolulu, Hawaii. We have received a request from one of New Zealand's leading un [...]	2005-10-21 04:10:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP SCUL
05YEREVAN1625	HOLD THE PRESSES: TURKISH SCHOLAR RETURNS TO U.S. [...] (C) Yektan Turkyilmaz, the Turkish citizen and Duke University doctoral student arrested for attempting to smuggle controlled books and manuscripts out of Armenia (reftel),departed Yerevan for his home in Durham, North Carolina on September 2. Despite claims in court to the contrary, Turkyil [...]	2005-09-08 10:44:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV TU GG AM
05YEREVAN1811	ARMENIA: MORE PROGRESS ON DEFENSE COOPERATION [...] (C) During September 28-29 Bilateral Defense Consultations (BDC) in Yerevan, the Armenian military's senior leadership indicated an encouraging commitment to openness and transparency, engaging in straightforward discussions centered on Armenia's current threat environment. According to Minis [...]	2005-10-07 10:24:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PGOV PREL MARR AM
05YEREVAN19	ARMENIA: INCONSISTENT CLAIMS OF RELIGIOUS [...] (SBU) On January 6, Forum 18, a Norwegian NGO, reported that Armen Grigoryan, an Armenian citizen eligible for mandatory military service, had been refused status as a conscientious objector, hazed and forced to serve in Nagorno- Karabakh against his will. Post is investigating the claims mad [...]	2005-01-07 12:53:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV AM
05YEREVAN35	ARMENIA: UPDATE ON CLAIMS OF RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION [...] (C) We reported reftel our initial investigation of an allegation of religious persecution in Armenia's armed forces. On January 11, we spoke with Levon Margaryan, Deputy Board Member of the Jehovah's Witnesses in Armenia, about the recent media claims that Armen Grigoryan was abused while se [...]	2005-01-11 13:32:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV AM
05YEREVAN517	ARMENIAN DEFMIN ON POW'S, CEASE-FIRE VIOLATIONS [...] (C) Armenian Defense Minister Serzh Sargsian told the Ambassador that Azerbaijan was to blame for the recent increase in cease-fire violations on the line of contact with Azerbaijan. If the International Community was now concerned about the effect of violations on the negotiation process, t [...]	2005-03-23 12:11:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MARR AM AJ
05YEREVAN585	ARMENIA PRESS REACTION: KYRGYZSTAN [...] Colored by Russian President Putin's concurrent visit (March 24-25),public comments in Armenia about the situation in Kyrgyzstan reject speculation that a similar situation exists in Armenia. Some politicians chalked up the change in Bishkek to "Western interference." Even the opposition, [...]	2005-04-04 12:11:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KMDR OPRC PREL KG AM RU
05YEREVAN680	ARMENIA CREATES IPR ENFORCEMENT UNIT [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. PLEASE PROTECT ACCORDINGLY. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) The GOAM has established an Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) enforcement unit under the police department, filling a structural gap in their IPR protection regime. In an April [...]	2005-04-18 12:16:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON KIPR AM
05YEREVAN857	ARMENIA'S SOUTHERN PROVINCE: DEAD END? [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Armenia's Southern region of Syunik is a narrow swath of remote mountainous land, bound by the closed historical borders with Azerbaijan to the East and West, and stretching South [...]	2005-05-16 05:46:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON KHDP PHUM PGOV PREF ETRD AM IR
05ZAGREB1741	H5N1 CONFIRMED IN CROATIA: OVERVIEW OF [...] SUMMARY: Croatian Veterinary authorities confirmed on October 26 the presence of the H5N1 virus in dead swans found in the eastern part of the country last week. The GOC has been rapid and transparent in its handling of the situation thus far. This message summarizes the situation to date, [...]	2005-10-26 15:00:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO PREL EAID WHO HR
05ZAGREB1833	NATO'S MIXED MESSAGE TO CROATIA [...] (U) This is an Action Request - see para 3. 2. (C) SUMMARY and COMMENT: NATO DSYG Minuto Rizzo made a brief stop in Zagreb on November 11 on a whirlwind tour of MAP countries Croatia, Albania, and Macedonia. Minuto Rizzo carried a useful message about NATO being a community of values. It [...]	2005-11-16 15:32:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NATO HR
05ZAGREB335	CROATIA SOON READY TO TALK SOFA & ARTICLE 98 [...] (C) New Assistant Minister of Defense for Policy Igor Pokaz told the DCM in a introductory call on February 24 that he is planning to lead a delegation to Washington around March 29-31 to restart talks on Supplemental SOFA and Article 98 agreements. Pokaz would like to finalize an agreement on [...]	2005-03-03 13:09:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PARM KNNP HR NATO
06ABIDJAN1042	COTE D'IVOIRE SITREP 15 SEPTEMBER 2006, 1430 GMT [...] (U) A number of roadblocks were established in Abidjan on the morning of September 15. By early afternoon, some of these had been dismantled although roadblocks remained primarily in the Riviera district of Abidjan, where the Embassy is located. A group of about 50 protesters gathered in the [...]	2006-09-15 15:56:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC SENV CASC IV
06ABIDJAN1303	COTE D'IVOIRE: AMBIGUOUS ROLE OF THE SECURITY [...] (C) Summary. The armed forces are playing a very ambiguous role in Cote d'Ivoire's political process. No one trusts the security forces: not President Gbagbo, not Prime Minister Banny, and not the public. FANCI (Armed Forces of Cote d'Ivoire) Chief of Staff Mangou's loyalty to Gbagbo goes w [...]	2006-11-24 14:36:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PREL ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN1351	ARMY CHIEF OF STAFF PLAYING THE ROLE OF MEDIATOR? [...] (U) Today the local press widely reported that Armed Forces of Cote d'Ivoire (FANCI) Chief of Staff General Philippe Mangou met with lead opposition leader Professor Alphonse Djedje Mady on December 6th. Mangou reportedly wants to calm the increasingly acrid political environment in Abidjan b [...]	2006-12-07 17:05:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UN IV
06ABIDJAN1377	OPPOSITION ACKNOWLEDGES IMPOTENCE IN THE FACE OF [...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador December 11, Alphonse Djedje Mady, spokesman for the RHDP (Rally of Houphouetists for Democracy and Peace) coalition of opposition parties, acknowledged the opposition's frustration and lack of resolve to fight against President Gbagbo and his FPI (Ivoiria [...]	2006-12-14 14:31:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UN IV
06ABIDJAN1405	COTE D'IVOIRE: FN LEADER SORO PUSHES FOR BANKS TO [...] (C) Summary. Forces Nouvelles leader Guillaume Soro took surprise advantage of a December 11 courtesy call by Econ Chief and Econ/Pol JO to FN HQ in Bouake to make a very public push to reopen the banking sector in FN-held territory. Soro also sharply criticized President Gbagbo for his un [...]	2006-12-21 11:28:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN IV
06ABIDJAN150	COTE D'IVOIRE: MOVING THE PEACE PROCESS FORWARD [...] (C) Since 2002, the Cote d'Ivoire peace process has gone through multiple mediators and mediations including Lome, Linas-Marcoussis, Accra, and Pretoria. Each has petered out in turn, leaving Cote d'Ivoire far short of reunification, disarmament, and elections. Per reftel, the new government [...]	2006-02-12 08:03:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN179	ECHOES OF ARETHA FRANKLIN: THE REBELS WANT RESPECT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador made a three-day trip to Bouake and Korhogo, in New Forces (FN) territory in the North, to urge the ex-rebels to help move the political process forward. We found a relatively relaxed security environment and a population whose most pressing concerns were not the [...]	2006-02-17 10:30:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN246	COTE D'IVOIRE: FRENCH FORCES CONFRONT IVOIRIAN [...] (U) Most newspapers reported March 3 the French Defense Minister's official letter of protest to UN Secretary General Kofi Annan regarding recent incursions of Ivoirian military forces into the Zone of Confidence (ZC) separating the government-controlled south from the rebel-controlled north. [...]	2006-03-06 14:15:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC CI
06ABIDJAN606	COTE D'IVOIRE: ACOTA COORDINATOR VISIT SUMMARY [...] (U) Summary: ACOTA Program and Policy Coordinator, Chip Beck (Coordinator),visited Abidjan 13-14 May 2006 for a visit to, and an exchange of information with, the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI) Headquarters Staff. He received a general briefing from the Senior [...]	2006-06-07 14:46:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MASS IV
06ABIDJAN903	COTE D'IVOIRE: GBAGBO REINS IN IDENTIFICATION [...] (C) Summary. President Gbagbo has declared that the mobile courts carrying out the identification process can only issue birth certificates, not a second category of identification document that provisionally establishes Ivoirian nationality. In reaction, the rebel New Forces suspended their [...]	2006-08-10 12:36:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPKO ASEC IV
06ABUDHABI1637	MEDIA REACTION: DUBAI PORTS/IRAQ [...] Summary: A UAE columnist in "Al-Khaleej" comments on the oppressive way the Dubai Ports deal was handled by the American media and politicians. He concludes that despite of all these failures, globalization will continue. "Al- Khaleej" asserts that the American occupation of Iraq is the pro [...]	2006-04-23 14:08:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR AE KPAO TC
06ABUDHABI1797	SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY HILLEN'S VISIT [...] (S) Summary: Embassy Abu Dhabi looks forward to welcoming you to the UAE on May 15-16. Your visit will be an opportunity to build on recent Iran discussions between U.S. and UAE officials, particularly Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security Joseph's April 8 meeting with U [...]	2006-05-03 11:47:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MCAP MARR MASS MNUC IR AE
06ABUDHABI2324	UAE ARMED FORCES COS ON IRAN, MISSILE DEFENSE, [...] (S) Summary: During a June 6 meeting with Ambassador, UAE Armed Forces Chief of Staff Lt. General Hamad Mohamed Thani al-Rumaithy sought broader engagement on the Gulf Security Dialogue, particularly given the escalating tension surrounding Iran. Al-Rumaithy, who requested the meeting, charac [...]	2006-06-06 13:12:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PREL PARM MARR MASS MCAP IR IZ AF AE
06ABUDHABI288	2005/2006 REPORT TO CONGRESS ON ALLIED [...] (U) The UAE in 2004 and 2005 continued its outstanding record as a valuable strategic partner in the Global War on Terrorism and in supporting key U.S. regional strategic policy goals. Among the highlights of the UAE's contributions to the common defense are: -- (C) Providing basing for USA [...]	2006-01-29 13:19:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MCAP MARR MASS AE
06ABUDHABI2930	SCENESETTER FOR GULF SECURITY DIALOGUE WITH UAE [...] (S) Summary: Embassy Abu Dhabi looks forward to the June 27 Gulf Security Dialogue (GSD) as an opportunity to clarify key areas of potential cooperation with the UAE, particularly vis-a-vis the very real threat that the Emirates feels from Iran. The UAE is also likely to want to expand the a [...]	2006-07-17 14:35:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER PARM MOPS MASS KNNP IR IZ AE
06ABUDHABI2997	MEDIA REACTION: CRISIS IN LEBANON [...] Summary: One editorial in "Al-Bayan" accused the United States of betraying Lebanon after it promised to support its new democracy. In "Al-Khaleej," one writer questioned how anyone could believe that Arabs would accept Israeli aggression given their own experiences with Israeli attacks, whi [...]	2006-07-23 12:32:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
06ABUDHABI3000	SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: CRISIS IN LEBANON [...] Summary: Reactions to the crisis in Lebanon continue to be negative. In the print media, editorials have heavily criticized references to building a new Middle East as well as the United States for facilitating Israel's offensive. One editorial entitled "Go home Condoleezza" appeared on the [...]	2006-07-24 12:28:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
06ABUDHABI3024	SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: CRISIS IN LEBANON [...] Summary: The Arabic-language media remained critical of the U.S. position on the current conflict in Lebanon. In "Al-Khaleej," three editorials criticize Rice's visit and question U.S. motives in the ongoing crisis. An article in "Akhbar Al-Arab" describes Rice's visit to Lebanon as a conso [...]	2006-07-25 08:53:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
06ABUDHABI3097	MBZ'S VIEWS ON IRAQ COMPACT, HIZBOLLAH AND [...] (S/NF) Summary: Treasury Deputy Secretary Robert Kimmitt and Counselor of the State Department Philip Zelikow won Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan's support for the International Compact on Iraq during their July 22 visit. However, MbZ said that he was less worried about Ira [...]	2006-07-31 12:28:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER EAID EFIN KDEM LE QA IZ AE
06ABUDHABI3110	SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: CRISIS IN LEBANON [...] Summary: Editorials continued to portray the United States as responsible for the ongoing conflict in Lebanon. One columnist in "Al-Khaleej" attributed recent comments by a fringe Israeli group as attempts to assuage the American conscience. Another in "Emarat Al-Youm" urged Arabs to take a [...]	2006-08-01 11:41:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
06ABUDHABI3403	SECURITY ASSISTANCE FOR LEBANON [...] (C) CDA delivered reftel points August 23 to MFA Acting U/S Tariq Al Haidan who said he appreciated the U.S. message and indicated that the UAE was "doing a lot for Lebanon and prepared to do even more," including assistance for the Lebanese army and internal security forces. Al Haidan, who a [...]	2006-08-23 13:32:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS EAID PREL AE
06ABUDHABI3851	UAE DEFENSE SPENDING [...] (C) Estimates of the cumulative value of defense procurements by the UAE in recent decades reach well over 20 billion dollars (although the UAE does not publish its overall defense and security expenditures). Funded essentially by the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, that money has been spent on sophis [...]	2006-10-02 14:40:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAPS PREL MASS MOPS BEXP AE
06ABUDHABI3944	GENERAL ABIZAID WITH ABU DHABI CROWN PRINCE: IRAN, [...] (S) On the evening of October 9, CENTCOM Commander General John Abizaid and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ) Al Nahyan discussed Iran, Iraq, and Afghanistan. On Iran, MbZ pressed for clarity on U.S. "war plans" and cal [...]	2006-10-12 10:18:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PREL MOPS PARM IR AF PK IZ AE
06ABUDHABI4328	PRESIDENT KHALIFA SHARES VIEWS ON IRAN, IRAQ, AND [...] (C) Summary: In a cordial meeting with UAE President Khalifa November 21, former President Bush emphasized the strength of bilateral relations and reminisced about cooperation during the liberation of Kuwait and why some regional players had sided with Saddam. Bush inquired about Khalifa's [...]	2006-11-22 09:57:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP KDEM IR IZ LE SY AE
06ABUDHABI4473	TREASURY U/S LEVEY VISIT - ASKING UAE TO PROTECT [...] (S) Summary. On December 6, 2006 Under Secretary of Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Stuart Levey and a USG delegation met with UAE officials to encourage support in isolating Iran from financial markets in the UAE and internationally. Levey met with Sheikh Ahmed bin Zayed [...]	2006-12-14 12:47:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL KTFN ECON PTER IR AE
06ABUJA1079	DARFUR PEACE AGREEMENT: ABUJA AFTERMATH [...] (SBU) Summary: Sudan Liberation Movement faction leader Minni Minnawi remains under considerable pressure on number of fronts for signing the Darfur Peace Agreement. His followers are seeking assistance in bolstering his ability to promote the deal in Darfur. SLM's Abdelwahid Nur continues [...]	2006-05-10 13:41:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM SU NI
06ABUJA119	MEETING WITH THE NSA EVENING OF 18 JANUARY 2005 [...] (S/NF) On January 18, 2006, Nigerian National Security Advisor (NSA) Aliyu Mohammed told the Ambassador that he expected a quick resolution of the Delta hostage crisis. He said he would be a candidate for the presidency in 2007 if President Obasanjo steps down at the end of his second term an [...]	2006-01-20 15:39:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREF PREL NI HOSTAGES
06ABUJA1218	SCENESETTER FOR ADMIRAL ULRICH'S MAY 2006 VISIT TO [...] (U) Your visit to Nigeria comes at a critical time in the country's political evolution. Increasing instability in the lower Niger River Delta threatens the nation's oil production, the government's primary source of income; continuing outbreaks of avian influenza threaten the nation's poult [...]	2006-05-23 15:31:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON KDEM MASS NI
06ABUJA1841	NIGERIA:IMPLEMENTATION OF THE BAKASSI AGREEMENT [...] (C/REL TO USA, GBR, FRA, DEU) Summary. From the Nigerian side, plans for implementation of the Greentree Accord on Bakassi are moving forward. The military fully intends to be out of Bakassi in "not a day more" than the sixty days specified in the agreement, the Nigerian police have reques [...]	2006-07-18 12:32:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS MOPS PREL NI CM
06ABUJA1921	NIGERIA:BAKASSI UPDATE [...] (C/REL USA GBR FRA DEU) On 24 July, Post hosted a meeting of the local representatives of the four witness states to the Greentree Accord on Bakassi, though the German embassy was unable to send anyone. No representatives from either the UK or France have yet traveled to the Bakassi area. [...]	2006-07-25 11:22:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS MOPS PREL NI CM
06ABUJA1924	CALABAR: NIGERIA'S MODEL CITY [...] Summary. Emboffs in mid-July visited Calabar in Cross Rivers State and were pleasantly surprised to find a Nigerian city that was clean, functional, and bustling with new business ventures. Unlike its underdeveloped and poorly-governed neighbors in the Niger Delta and elsewhere, Calabar sta [...]	2006-07-25 14:28:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV NI
06ABUJA212	A VISIT TO NIGERIA'S EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY [...] (SBU) Summary. Embassy Abuja economic officer and military air attach visited the headquarters of Nigeria's National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA). This visit occurred following the October and December 2005 crashes of large passenger aircraft near Lagos and in Port Harcourt. NEMA curren [...]	2006-01-31 07:57:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	NI
06ABUJA2226	SCENESETTER FOR RADM GREENE'S AUGUST 2006 VISIT TO [...] (U) Your visit to Nigeria comes at a critical time in the country's political evolution. Increasing instability in the lower Niger River Delta threatens the nation's oil production, the government's primary source of income; continuing outbreaks of avian influenza threaten the nation's poult [...]	2006-08-25 11:26:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON MASS KDEM PREL NI
06ABUJA2725	AGOA ELIGIBILITY REVIEW - NIGERIA [...] (U) Country: Nigeria Current AGOA Status: Eligible 2. (U) Country Background Summary: Estimated population of 140 million. 2005 GNI was $74.2 billion; 2005 GNI per capita was $560. (World Bank 2006 Data) Nigeria completed civilian-run national and state elections in 2003 that were marr [...]	2006-10-13 13:37:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD AGOA ECON NI
06ABUJA2766	IMPEACHMENT LEADS TO VIOLENCE AND CONFUSION IN [...] (C) Summary: Efforts to impeach Governor Joshua Dariye in Plateau State have exacerbated long simmering intra-state political rivalries and led to violence. The battle to remove the divisive and corrupt Dariye has become a proxy battle about control over local politics, with an eye toward 20 [...]	2006-10-18 10:53:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM KCOR NI
06ABUJA2948	SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL WARD'S NOVEMBER 2006 VISIT [...] (C) Your visit to Nigeria comes at a critical, though tumultuous time in the country's political evolution. Increasing instability in the Niger Delta threatens the nation's oil production, the government's primary source of income; continuing outbreaks of avian influenza threaten the nation's [...]	2006-11-13 12:17:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL ECON MASS KDEM NI
06ABUJA3182	BATTLELINES DRAWN IN FIGHT FOR CONTROL OF PDP [...] (C) SUMMARY: The PDP convention scheduled for Dec. 16 may be one of the most significant political gatherings in Nigeria's post-independence history and its outcome, for better or worse, could have a significant impact on Nigerian politics for years to come. With President Obasanjo's popularit [...]	2006-12-12 16:24:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM NI
06ABUJA3188	(C) NIGERIA: CHIEF OF DEFENSE STAFF ON THE [...] (C) Summary: Gen. Martin Luther Agwai, Chief of Defense Staff and the most senior military official in Nigeria, acknowledges the danger that the current Delta crisis will evolve into civil war, acknowledges that many of the illegal arms in the Delta come from military armories, and, while af [...]	2006-12-13 09:18:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NI
06ABUJA3277	SOKOTO: POLITICS, RELIGION, AND PERCEPTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a December 12-15 outreach trip to Sokoto, Country PAO, IRO, and PolOffs paid courtesy visits to Governor Attahiru Bafarawa, Senator Umaru Dahiru, Usman Danfodiyo University Department Heads and Lecturers, and State and privately-funded media. Although most our interlocutor [...]	2006-12-22 11:32:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PREL KISL KDEM SCUL NI
06ABUJA567	NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR ON NIGERIA'S UNSETTLED [...] (S) Summary: During a March 10 call to discuss another issue, National Security Advisor Aliyu Mohammed gave his strongest signal yet that he has become disaffected from President Obasanjo over the Third Term issue. He also linked the Delta hostage crisis and the sectarian rioting in the Nort [...]	2006-03-10 17:26:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREF PREL NI
06ABUJA874	MILITANTS DETONATE VBIED AT NIGERIAN ARMY BARRACKS [...] (U) The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND),the militant group responsible for the recent rash of kidnappings and violence in the Niger Delta, claimed credit for the detonation of a VBIED at Camp Bori, a Nigerian Army base in Port Harcourt, the evening of April 19. While [...]	2006-04-20 17:02:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET	PTER ENRG MOPS NI MILITANTS
06ACCRA1013	GHANAIAN NGO HOSTS TOGOLESE AND IVORIAN PARTY TALKS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In two separate events, Ghana's Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) hosted conferences with Togolese and Ivoirian political parties in Accra to discuss creative listening and conflict management skills. The IEA expects to host a second conference for Togolese parties in May. [...]	2006-05-03 07:45:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV GH CI TO
06ADANA114	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MAY 22, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-23 06:22:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA124	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR 24 MAY 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-30 11:31:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA130	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JUNE 01, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-02 05:02:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA148	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL DEAL [...] U.S. Consulate Adana grants country clearance to Representatives Nathan Deal, Charlie Norwood, Michael Burgess, Gene Greene; Staffers Chris Riley, Todd Smith, Lodriguez Murray, Brandon Clark; as well as U.S. Army Escort Major Patrick Lewis and Attending Physician Dr. Mark Corrairie who will vi [...]	2006-06-21 13:15:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN TU
06ADANA172	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JULY 19, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-20 12:05:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA190	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 24, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-25 06:29:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA196	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 06, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-07 09:47:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA202	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 15, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-15 09:50:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA203	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 17, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-18 09:02:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA204	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR 18 SEPTEMBER, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-19 05:24:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA205	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 19, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-19 12:19:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA206	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 22, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-25 05:46:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA208	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 23-24-25, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-27 07:45:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA212	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 03, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-03 08:37:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA243	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 19, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-20 09:24:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA247	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 26, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-28 06:48:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA250	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 29, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-29 13:22:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA39	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 17, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-22 10:09:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
06ADANA55	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MARCH 23, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-24 07:32:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
06ADANA64	TURKEY: UNEASY CALM SHATTERED ON THE THIRD DAY OF FUNERAL [...] (SBU) Summary: A temporary, uneasy calm was shattered at approximately 3:30 p.m. local time on March 30 when renewed violence erupted between funeral mourners and security forces in Diyarbakir (reftel). Diyarbakir Mayor Osman Baydemir had earlier called on both sides to cease the violence. L [...]	2006-03-30 16:34:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM CASC TU
06ADANA67	TURKEY: CIVIL UNREST CONTINUES IN SOUTHEAST [...] (SBU) Summary: A tense mood continued to prevail in Diyarbakir on March 31, the fourth day of violent civil unrest sparked by anger over the recent deaths of PKK guerrillas. With the March 31 police shooting death of yet another victim, a young child in Batman, the death toll across the southe [...]	2006-03-31 16:09:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM CASC TU
06ADANA78	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR APRIL 10, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-12 06:36:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA91	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR APRIL 25, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-26 05:18:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA92	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR APRIL 26, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-27 10:28:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA96	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR APRIL 28, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-28 13:40:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADDISABABA1154	ETHIOPIA: REPORTS OF ATTACKS ON ANUAK REFUGEES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) representative in Addis Ababa and other embassy contacts confirmed mid-April reports of Ethiopian troop movements along the Sudanese border in the Gambella region of western Ethiopia, but deemed media reports of widescal [...]	2006-04-26 04:39:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL MOPS ET SU
06ADDISABABA1568	UNSC MISSION REPORTS TO AU THAT SUDAN HAS NOT [...] (SBU). SUMMARY. On June 7, the visiting UN Security Council delegation visiting Addis Ababa, Chad, and Sudan, briefed representatives of the 15-member African Union Peace and Security Council (AU PSC) and AU partners (i.e., non-member states) on its June 6 meetings in Khartoum with Sudanese P [...]	2006-06-09 07:11:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MOPS KPKO SU AU UN
06ADDISABABA1744	ETHIOPIA: A/S FRAZER DISCUSSES SOMALIA AND SUDAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: A/S Frazer discussed Somalia and Sudan with FM Seyoum June 24. Seyoum urged a stronger U.S. role in Somalia. If not leading, he said, the U.S. should at least be an active participant in a partners group. A radical change of U.S. attitude will be required, he said. Seyoum said [...]	2006-06-26 09:08:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO IGAD AU SO SU
06ADDISABABA1763	ETHIOPIA: ANALYSIS OF OLF CONNECTIONS TO TERRORISM [...] (S) SUMMARY: In response to reftel request for intel analysis on the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF),Post has gathered information from local sources, including clandestine reports, to respond to the questions posed. The information collected suggests that the OLF has, and continues to, support [...]	2006-06-28 06:30:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET	PTER PREL PGOV ET ER
06ADDISABABA1780	ETHIOPIA: A/S FRAZER DISCUSSES SOMALIA AND SUDAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: A/S Frazer discussed Somalia and Sudan with FM Seyoum June 24. Seyoum urged a stronger U.S. role in Somalia. If not leading, he said, the U.S. should at least be an active participant in a partners group. A radical change of U.S. attitude will be required, he said. Seyoum said [...]	2006-06-29 16:14:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO IGAD AU SO SU
06ADDISABABA1987	ETHIOPIA: PROSECUTION STEPS UP EVIDENCE IN CUD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The prosecution has completed the presentation of audiocassettes and most written evidence in the case against detained opposition Coalition for Unity and Democracy (CUD) leaders, independent journalists and civil society representatives. In contrast to the previously presented [...]	2006-07-20 12:12:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KJUS KDEM PGOV ET
06ADDISABABA2042	SOMALI PERMREP BRIEFS AU PEACE AND SECURITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 24, the African Union's Peace and Security Council (PSC) met to discuss the situation in Somalia and upcoming elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Prior to closed door deliberations, Somalia's Permanent Representative to the AU Amb. Abdulkarim Farah briefed P [...]	2006-07-25 13:53:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MOPS KPKO AU SO
06ADDISABABA2178	ETHIOPIAN MILITARY ASSESSES BORDER SITUATION WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ethiopia's senior military officer, Chief of General Staff Lieutenant General Samora Yonus, expressed concern that Eritrea, Somalia's Union of Islamic Courts (UIC),and Ethiopian insurgent groups are collaborating to destabilize Ethiopia. Ethiopia plans to train troops for Somal [...]	2006-08-09 15:51:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS MOPS ET SO ER
06ADDISABABA2524	DARFUR: SEPTEMBER 7 AU DITF BRIEFING REPORTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On September 7, African Union officials reported to AU partners that recent cash contributions would allow the AU Mission in Sudan to continue operations beyond September 30, but that any decision on either extending or strengthening AMIS by two additional battalions would have [...]	2006-09-15 13:35:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MOPS KPKO SU AU
06ADDISABABA2763	PM MELES: ETHIOPIA WILL CONTAIN THE ISLAMIC COURTS [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Theresa Whelan met with Prime Minister Meles, Minister of State Tekeda and Defense Chief of Staff Samora on October 10. Whelan was accompanied by DATT Col. Zedler, OSD Rep Lt. Col. Atallah and myself. Meles argued that the best way to conta [...]	2006-10-12 13:02:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	ET MOPS PREL PTER
06ADDISABABA2776	PM MELES: ETHIOPIA PREPARING TO GO AGAINST CIC IN [...] (C) Summary. Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi told Business Executives for National Security (BENS) President and CEO General Charles Boyd, U.S. Air Force (Ret.),CJTF-HOA Commander Rear Admiral Richard Hunt, and Charge October 13 that he sees a UN-supported IGAD/Ugandan battalion station [...]	2006-10-14 10:58:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL PTER ET
06ADDISABABA2810	ETHIOPIA: UNMEE SAYS ACTION NECESSARY TO PREVENT [...] (C) Summary. The United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) Deputy Special Representative Ambassador Azouz Ennifar invited representatives of the United Nations Security Council permanent members to a briefing October 17 to discuss Eritrea's movement into the temporary security zon [...]	2006-10-17 15:52:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL PTER ER ET
06ADDISABABA2812	ETHIOPIA: BI-WEEKLY REPORT OCTOBER 13 2006 [...] The following reports compiled over the last two weeks illustrate the variety of economic, political, and social developments occurring in Ethiopia. POLITICAL --------- President Girma Outlines Commitment to Good Governance at Opening of Parliament 2. President Girma Wolde-Giorgis ad [...]	2006-10-17 16:04:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM ETRD ECON PREF KHIV ET
06ADDISABABA2927	ETHIOPIA: SFRC STAFFER PHELAN VISIT TOUCHES ON WAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a series of meetings during a visit to Ethiopia, SFRC Staffer Phelan inquired about issues at the forefront of Ethiopian politics ) engagement in Somalia and progress in deepening democracy. Regarding Somalia, Phelan was told by GoE officials that Ethiopia is ready to eliminate [...]	2006-11-03 09:42:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM ET ER
06ADDISABABA2948	DARFUR: AMIS FORCE COMMANDER ARGUES FOR UP TO NINE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a November 2 briefing to major AU partners, officers from the AU Mission in Sudan (AMIS) highlighted two areas of continued fighting in Darfur: North Darfur, where GOS aerial reconnaissance and bombardment of suspected NRF strongholds continues; and the Darfur-Chad border, [...]	2006-11-06 14:26:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MOPS KPKO SU AU
06ADDISABABA3003	ETHIOPIA: CUD TRIAL MOVES ON TO WITNESSES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The trial of detained opposition Coalition for Unity and Democracy (CUD) leaders, independent journalists and civil society representatives has resumed after a two-month break and quickly wrapped up the documentary stage of evidence. The bench ruled in favor of the prosecution [...]	2006-11-14 07:53:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KJUS KDEM PGOV ET
06ADDISABABA3318	DARFUR: SPECIAL ENVOY NATSIOS WARNS SUDANESE FM TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a bilateral meeting with Sudanese Foreign Minister Lam Akol and other GOS principals, just prior to November 16 high-level consultations on Darfur chaired by the UN SYG and AU Commission Chairperson Konare (septel),Presidential Special Envoy for Sudan Natsios outlined USG pri [...]	2006-12-18 16:21:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM MOPS KPKO SU AU
06ADDISABABA38	ETHIOPIA: WIDESPREAD STUDENT PROTESTS DRAW HARSH [...] (U) Summary. Last week was marked by a series of small, but widespread student disturbances throughout Ethiopia, but predominantly in Addis Ababa and Oromiya. While the majority of student demonstrators called peacefully for the release of detained CUD leaders and the resignation of Prime Mi [...]	2006-01-05 13:48:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS ET
06ADDISABABA941	ETHIOPIAN FOREIGN MINISTER REAFFIRMS DESIRE FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. Foreign Minister Seyoum Mesfin hailed the importance of U.S. engagement in addressing Ethiopia-Eritrea tensions, but voiced continued concern about Eritrean intentions and the presence of Eritrean troops in the Temporary Security Zone, where UNMEE had become "a hostage." FM Seyou [...]	2006-04-07 09:15:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MOPS KPKO ET ER
06AITTAIPEI1371	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA SUMMIT [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies continued to give extensive coverage April 19 on the controversial battle over the ownership of the Sogo Department Store, in which First Lady Wu Shu-chen was allegedly involved; the local oil price hike; and the aftermaths of last weekend's KMT- [...]	2006-04-19 08:01:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
06AITTAIPEI2203	MEDIA REACTION: U.S. MILITARY EXERCISES IN GUAM, RECALL OF [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused their coverage June 24-26 on the pan-Blue and pan-Green camps' continued wrestling prior to the Legislative Yuan's scheduled vote July 27 on the presidential recall motion; Academia Sinica President Lee Yuan-tseh's statement Sunday blast [...]	2006-06-26 22:02:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW

06AITTAIPEI2492	MEDIA REACTION: TAIWAN'S POLITICAL SITUATION [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies gave extensive coverage July 25 to a decision by National Communications Commission (NCC) members Monday to remain in their positions until January 2008, following the Grand Justices' ruling that the way the commissioners are selected is unconst [...]	2006-07-25 07:27:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
06AITTAIPEI3474	MEDIA REACTION: DPRK NUCLEAR TEST [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused their coverage October 6-11 on the high-profile parade and siege of the Presidential Office launched by former DPP Chairman Shih Ming-teh's "Oust Bian" campaign on the Double Ten National Day; on North Korea's nuclear test Monday; and on [...]	2006-10-11 08:41:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
06AITTAIPEI3536	MEDIA REACTION: DPRK NUCLEAR TEST, U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused their coverage October 14-16 on President Chen Shui-bian's call to consider writing a constitution for a "Second Republic" Sunday; and on the UN Security Council's decision to impose sanctions on North Korea. News also focused on Presid [...]	2006-10-16 09:06:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
06AITTAIPEI3564	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-TAIWAN RELATIONS [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies shifted their focus October 18 from covering all political issues to a business scandal involving a major holding company; the KMT-CCP Cross-Strait Agricultural Forum held in Boao October 17-18; and the year-end Taipei and Kaohsiung mayoral race [...]	2006-10-18 09:08:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
06AITTAIPEI4183	MEDIA REACTION: CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-26 08:17:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
06AITTAIPEI917	MEDIA REACTION: KMT CHAIRMAN MA YING-JEOU'S U.S. TRIP, [...] Summary: Taiwan's major Chinese-language dailies focused their coverage March 18-20 on a railway accident in Pingtung; the freeway electronic toll collection system scandal; the DPP and PFP rallies in Taipei March 18 and March 19, respectively; and the year-end Taipei and Kaohsiung mayoral race [...]	2006-03-20 23:38:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
06ALGIERS1184	UPTICK IN VIOLENCE IN ALGERIAN COUNTRYSIDE [...] (SBU) Since late April, GSPC terrorists have intensified their attacks against both traditional military and government targets and civilians in areas to the east and west of Algiers. The GSPC has changed tactics and increased the lethality of its attacks. The Algerian Army for its part has [...]	2006-06-27 17:32:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV ASEC AG
06ALGIERS1376	ALGERIAN COMMITTEE OF SOLIDARITY AND SUPPORT FOR [...] Vice President of the Conseil de la Nation (Senate) Zohra Bitat; Senator Saida Benhabyles; Female Executives NGO President Aicha Kouadri; and General Union of Students President Nabil Yahoui called July 24 on the Charge d'Affaires to present a petition calling on the United States to take ste [...]	2006-07-24 16:24:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL LE IS AG
06ALGIERS1572	FORMER FIS LEADERS QUESTION IMPLEMENTATION OF [...] (U) Former Islamic Salvation Front (FIS) leaders Rabeh Kebir and Anwar Haddam and former Islamic Salvation Army (AIS) emir Madani Mezrag gave interviews that appeared August 27 in the Arabic-language daily El Chourouk El Youmi. The interview of Haddam, who currently resides in the U.S., was t [...]	2006-09-06 06:18:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM KDEM AG
06ALGIERS662	RELEASED ISLAMIC LEADER ATTACKS GOA LEGITIMACY, [...] (C) Since his March 6 release from prison pursuant to the Charter for Peace and National Reconciliation, Ali Belhadj, co-founder of the now banned Islamic Salvation Front (FIS),has blatantly defied the Charter's ban on those released engaging in political activity. Belhadj's most direct ch [...]	2006-04-12 13:02:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM AG
06ALMATY1068	SECRETARY BODMAN MEETING WITH PRESIDENT NAZARBAYEV [...] (C) SUMMARY: Secretary Bodman met President Nazarbayev for nearly an hour on March 14. Bodman conveyed President Bush's desire to send VP Cheney to Kazakhstan in May, and invite Nazarbayev to the White House in the early fall. Nazarbayev accepted both parts of the proposal, but said that hi [...]	2006-03-27 07:27:00	US Office Almaty	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PREL KZ POLITICAL
06ALMATY1372	KAZAKHSTAN ENVIRONMENT UPDATE MARCH 31, 2006 [...] Summary: This information is drawn primarily from the Kazakhstani press and has not yet been verified. The opinions expressed in this report, therefore, should not be interpreted as official positions and/or policy of the U.S. Government. -- Kazakhstan Bans Waterfowl Hunting For Fear Of B [...]	2006-04-14 10:21:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED	ECONOMIC
06ALMATY1662	KAZAKHSTAN: A/S BOUCHER AND NSC DIRECTOR MILLARD [...] (U) Summary: On May 4, Assistant Secretary Boucher and National Security Council Senior Director Elisabeth Millard met with Kazakhstani Minister of Defense Altynbayev to discuss the continuing cooperation between the U.S. Department of Defense and MOD. Altynbayev's staff provided briefings on [...]	2006-05-10 11:39:00	US Office Almaty	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MARR MOPS PREL KZ
06AMMAN1059	EXBS-JORDAN ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE JANAURY 2006 [...] On January 4-6, EXBS Advisor completed a program Consultation Visit to Washington D.C. to discuss country and regional plans with representatives of the EXBS interagency working group. The following is a summary of discussions and EXBS events: A. Wednesday January 4, 2006. Â [...]	2006-02-14 07:05:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL MASS KSTC KNNP JO
06AMMAN1261	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT TO JORDAN OF LIEUTENANT [...] (C) EMBASSY AMMAN IS LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR VISIT ON 22-24 FEBRUARY 2006. JORDAN REMAINS ONE OF OUR STRONGEST SUPPORTERS FOR ALL ASPECTS OF REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT. YOUR VISIT WILL ALLOW YOU TO REITERATE TO THE JORDANIANS OUR CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO OUR JOINT EFFORTS TO COMBAT TERRORISM AND MAI [...]	2006-02-21 12:25:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL MARR JO
06AMMAN1657	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT TO JORDAN OF LIEUTENANT [...] (S) EMBASSY AMMAN IS LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR VISIT ON 8-9 MARCH 2006. JORDAN REMAINS ONE OF OUR STRONGEST SUPPORTERS FOR ALL ASPECTS OF REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT. YOUR VISIT WILL ALLOW YOU TO REITERATE TO THE JORDANIANS OUR CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO OUR JOINT EFFORTS TO COMBAT TERRORISM AND MAINTAIN [...]	2006-03-07 05:29:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	JO MARR PREL
06AMMAN1914	MEDIA REACTION ON IRAQ AND MIDDLE EAST [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-15 13:37:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
06AMMAN1957	Entry-Level Initiative to Celebrate African-American [...] (U) SUMMARY: In celebration of African-American History Month, Embassy Amman scheduled a series of events for Jordanian and American audiences. The Embassy honored African-Americans through art exhibitions, film showings, discussion, concerts, and a formal ball. Each event shared an aspect [...]	2006-03-19 06:32:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL KPAO APER JO
06AMMAN2046	PALESTINIANS STRANDED AT JORDAN-IRAQ BORDER [...] (C) SUMMARY: As of mid-day March 20, 89 Palestinians who left Baghdad with the assistance of an American NGO, were stranded in the no-man's land between the Iraqi and Jordanian border posts at the Karamah-Trebil crossing. The Jordanian Government is not admitting the Palestinians who claim [...]	2006-03-21 10:43:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL KPAL XF IZ JO
06AMMAN2234	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT TO JORDAN OF GENERAL [...] (S) EMBASSY AMMAN IS LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR VISIT ON 28-29 MARCH 2006. JORDAN REMAINS ONE OF OUR STRONGEST SUPPORTERS FOR ALL ASPECTS OF REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT. YOUR VISIT WILL ALLOW YOU TO REITERATE TO THE JORDANIANS OUR CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO OUR JOINT EFFORTS TO COMBAT TERRORISM AND MAINTA [...]	2006-03-28 12:05:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	JO MARR PREF
06AMMAN234	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT TO JORDAN OF LIEUTENANT [...] (C) EMBASSY AMMAN IS LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR VISIT 16-17 JANUARY 2006. JORDAN REMAINS ONE OF OUR STRONGEST SUPPORTERS FOR ALL ASPECTS OF REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT. YOUR VISIT WILL ALLOW YOU TO REITERATE TO THE JORDANIANS OUR CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO OUR JOINT EFFORTS TO COMBAT TERRORISM AND MAINTAI [...]	2006-01-12 18:09:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	JO MARR PREL
06AMMAN2541	A/S WELCH'S MEETING WITH INTELLIGENCE CHIEF [...] (C) Summary: A/S Welch and Jordanian intelligence chief Dhahabi discussed Iran's ambitions in the region, and how to deal with Hamas. End summary. 2. (S/NF) Assistant Secretary for NEA David Welch met with Muhammad Dhahabi, the chief of Jordan's General Intelligence Directorate (GID),in [...]	2006-04-12 08:14:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PINR IR IZ JO
06AMMAN2771	MEDIA REACTION ON TEL AVIV BOMBING [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-18 13:23:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
06AMMAN3180	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT TO JORDAN OF LIEUTENANT [...] (S) EMBASSY AMMAN IS LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR VISIT ON 6-7 MAY 2006. JORDAN REMAINS ONE OF OUR STRONGEST SUPPORTERS FOR ALL ASPECTS OF REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT. YOUR VISIT WILL ALLOW YOU TO REITERATE TO THE JORDANIANS OUR CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO OUR JOINT EFFORTS TO COMBAT TERRORISM AND MAINTAIN RE [...]	2006-05-04 14:34:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	JO MARR PREL
06AMMAN3375	IRAQ: AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD DISCUSSES MOD NEEDS, [...] (C) During a May 9 meeting in Amman with U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad, Lt. General Abdel Al-Qadir, Iraqi Ground Forces Commander, underlined the need for an experienced professional as the next Iraqi Minister of Defense. Al-Qadir negatively assessed the ability of the Iraqi Army [...]	2006-05-14 09:15:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MCAP PTER IZ
06AMMAN3987	MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-06 11:54:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
06AMMAN4030	PILLARS OF JORDAN,S HASHEMITE RULE: THE TRIBES [...] (SBU) This is the first in a series of messages that will assess the traditional pillars of Hashemite rule in Jordan. 2. (C) Introduction: The three traditional pillars of Jordan's Hashemite rule - the East Bank tribes, the security and military services, and the business elite - remain [...]	2006-06-06 14:14:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI ECON KPAL IZ JO
06AMMAN4124	SCENESETTER FOR THE CONUS VISIT OF GENERAL KHALID [...] (S) GENERAL KHALID JAMIL SARAYREH WILL VISIT THE UNITED STATES AT THE INVITATION OF GENERAL PETER PACE, CJCS, 15-24 JUN 2006 UNDER THE COUNTERPARTS' VISIT PROGRAM. JORDAN REMAINS ONE OF OUR STRONGEST SUPPORTERS FOR ALL ASPECTS OF REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT. THIS VISIT WILL ALLOW US TO FURTHER ENHANC [...]	2006-06-08 09:19:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	JO MARR PREL
06AMMAN4265	KING ABDULLAH MEETS WITH ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a good-spirited meeting with Israeli PM Olmert on June 8, King Abdullah expressed Jordanian opposition to Olmert's unilateral convergence plan and encouraged the GOI to strengthen Abu Mazen. Olmert reassured the King that Israel would heed Jordan's interests in its plans conc [...]	2006-06-13 09:49:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL KPAL KWBG JO IS
06AMMAN4374	MEDIA REACTION ON PRESIDENT BUSH IN IRAQ, TARGETED [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-15 11:34:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
06AMMAN4793	MEDIA REACTION ON GAZA INCURSION [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-28 10:02:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
06AMMAN483	NEGOTIATIONS TOWARD A CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION [...] (C-Rel Jordan) An interagency team led by Dr. David Cooper, Director for Nonproliferation Policy in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, met December 13 in Amman with Jordanian officials to work toward conclusion of a U.S. - Jordan Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) Host Country Agreement (H [...]	2006-01-23 09:19:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL JO CWC BWC CBW
06AMMAN5208	MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-12 10:49:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
06AMMAN5251	MEDIA REACTION ON ACTION IN SOUTH LEBANON [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-13 08:16:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
06AMMAN5498	MEDIA REACTION ON LEBANON [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-23 10:31:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
06AMMAN5568	MEDIA REACTION ON LEBANON [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-25 09:18:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
06AMMAN5609	MEDIA REACTION ON LEBANON [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-26 11:12:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
06AMMAN5697	MEDIA REACTION ON ISRAEL-HEZBOLLAH COMBAT AND IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-30 10:53:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
06AMMAN5743	MEDIA REACTION ON ISRAEL-HEZBOLLAH COMBAT [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-31 10:23:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
06AMMAN5775	TFLE01: MORE PROTESTS AND ANGER OVER LEBANON [...] ( SBU ) Two-thousand protested outside the UN,s Amman offices July 31, burning Israeli and U.S. flags. The demonstration was organized by the professional associations. According to local media, slogans and banners denounced the UN and Arab leaders and called for the expulsion of the Israe [...]	2006-08-01 13:30:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IS LE JO
06AMMAN5806	MEDIA REACTION ON ISRAEL-HEZBOLLAH COMBAT [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-02 09:34:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
06AMMAN6008	MEDIA REACTION ON ISRAEL HIZBOLLAH COMBAT [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-09 10:48:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
06AMMAN6222	MEDIA REACTION ON MIDDLE EAST [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-16 09:44:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
06AMMAN6335	"STREET" EXULTS OVER HIZBALLAH "VICTORY" [...] (SBU) Summary: Many Jordanians who were once resigned to the view that armed resistance to Israel was no longer an option for the Arab world have changed their minds as a result of the supposed Hizballah "victory" over Israel's army. The Embassy's friends in the establishment tell us this with worr [...]	2006-08-17 13:25:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPAL IS LE SY JO
06AMMAN7051	EMBASSY AMMAN COMMEMORATES SEPTEMBER 11 [...] (U) Post marked the fifth anniversary of the attacks of September 11 with a memorial ceremony at the Ambassador's residence, a DVC between NEA/PPD's Alberto Fernandez and a dozen leading Jordanian columnists, and the electronic distribution to 900 Embassy contacts of the August 2006 IIP e-jour [...]	2006-09-13 05:56:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KPAO JO
06AMMAN7306	MEDIA REACTION ON LEBANON, PALESTINIAN GOVERNANCE [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-24 10:27:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
06AMMAN8241	Market Liberalization in Jordan Will Not Meet 2006 [...] (SBU) Summary: The Chairman of Jordan's Executive Privatization Committee (EPC),former Finance Minister Mohammed Abu Hammour, offered an upbeat analysis of the government's privatization efforts and successes in 2006. The much-delayed but ongoing privatization of Jordan Telecom (JT) should c [...]	2006-11-02 18:21:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN KPRV JO
06AMMAN8312	MEDIA REACTION ON SADDAM TRIAL [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-07 13:42:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR JO
06AMMAN863	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT TO JORDAN LIEUTENANT [...] (C) EMBASSY AMMAN IS LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR VISIT ON 8 FEBURARY 2006. JORDAN REMAINS ONE OF OUR STRONGEST SUPPORTERS FOR ALL ASPECTS OF REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT. YOUR VISIT WILL ALLOW YOU TO REITERATE TO THE JORDANIANS OUR CONTINUED COMMITMENT TO OUR JOINT EFFORTS TO COMBAT TERRORISM AND MAINTAI [...]	2006-02-06 15:23:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	JO MARR PREL
06ANKARA1121	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-06 15:37:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA1137	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-07 13:01:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA1153	TURKEY: LAWSUIT AGAINST ARMY COMMANDER RAISES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkish Land Forces (TLFC) Commander GEN Yasar Buyukanit (slated to take the top job in TGS this Aug.) is again at the center of public controversy. On Mar. 5, the Van Public Prosecutor filed a complaint against Buyukanit for allegedly trying to influence the trial of Jandarma off [...]	2006-03-08 11:53:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PGOV TU
06ANKARA116	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-06 16:38:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA1252	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY [...] (U) Mission warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried, Ambassador Steven Mann, and Elizabeth Rood to travel to Turkey from March 16 - 21, 2006 for meetings with government officials. We understand that A/S Fried will depart Turkey on March 17, and Ambassad [...]	2006-03-10 13:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA PGOV TU AM AJ GG
06ANKARA1328	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR EUROPEAN REGIONAL [...] Mission welcomes and grants country clearance to European Regional Affairs (EUR/ERA) Officer John Robinson to travel to Ankara from March 16-18, 2006. The purpose of this trip is for consultations with embassies and host government officials. Embassy control officer for the visit is Political [...]	2006-03-13 14:48:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA PGOV BE BU TU
06ANKARA1330	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-13 15:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA136	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR US INTERAGENCY AVIAN [...] Embassy Ankara grants country clearance for the US Interagency Avian Influenza Team traveling to Turkey arriving January 16 to assess the Avian Influenza outbreak in Turkey and to assist the response by the GoT, WHO and FAO/OIE. 2. Embassy Ankara will meet and assist team members at Anka [...]	2006-01-14 15:57:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA TBIO CDC WHO TU AGMT
06ANKARA141	TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP, DECEMBER 2005 [...] (U) Turkey's Supreme Military Council (YAS) - convened under PM Tayyip Erdogan on December 1 - assessed war readiness of the TAF (Turkish Armed Forces) and major modernization projects, discussed recent developments in the Middle East, assessed fight against separatism, reactionism and separat [...]	2006-01-16 14:47:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS PREL PGOV TU
06ANKARA1442	INDICTMENT OF TURKISH LAND FORCES COMMANDER [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Turkish General Staff (TGS) has reviewed the indictment issued against TLFC Commander GEN Buyukanit (ref a) and determined that there is no reason to approve a trial, while the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) Justice Minister has launched an investigation into the p [...]	2006-03-20 12:13:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS TU
06ANKARA1605	2005/2006 REPORT TO CONGRESS ON TURKEY'S [...] (U) This is Mission Turkey's contribution to the 2005/2006 Report to Congress on Allied Contributions to the Common Defense. We follow reftel's format. General Assessment ------------------- 2. (U) A. Turkey has NATO's second-largest military after the United States. It has taken on an [...]	2006-03-27 08:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP PREL NATO US TU
06ANKARA1628	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-27 14:14:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA1657	CJCS AND CHOD OZKOK STRESS IMPORTANCE OF [...] (S) Summary: CJCS Gen Pace and TGS Chief Ozkok reaffirmed the importance of the US-Turkey military relationship. Ozkok underscored Turkey's record of cooperation on Iraq, acknowledged recent progress there, stressed the importance of Kirkuk, and warned that sectarian strife could draw neighbo [...]	2006-03-29 06:04:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MARR PTER OVIP PACE PETER TU IZ IR SY
06ANKARA2226	TURKISH PRESS EXAGGERATES TROOP BUILD-UP IN THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent Turkish press reports claim the Turkish Land Forces Command (TLFC) has initiated a movement of its headquarters to southeast Turkey and undertaken a massive build-up of troops there to fight the PKK. Some go further to suggest this will include cross-border operations int [...]	2006-04-22 14:38:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS TU
06ANKARA2327	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR NANCY WENTZLER AND [...] Embassy Ankara welcomes and grants country clearance to Nancy Wentzler, Deputy Comptroller and Chief Economist and Teresa Rutledge, Senior International Advisor for travel to Turkey from May 11-13, 2006. Purpose for the visit is to meet with the BDDK, the Central Bank, US Banks and other Fina [...]	2006-04-27 13:04:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN OTRA TU
06ANKARA2383	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL PENCE + 8 TO [...] Embassy Ankara welcomes and grants country clearance to the House International Relations Committee Congressional Delegation led by Rep. Mike Pence and including Rep. Mike Ferguson, Rep. Lincoln Davis, Rep. Jim Costa, Professional Staff Members Sam Stratman, Alan Makovsky and Hillel Weinberg, [...]	2006-05-02 06:11:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	AFIN AMGT ASEC GM GR IZ JO OREP TU
06ANKARA2449	TURKISH TROOP MOVEMENTS: WHAT DO THEY MEAN? [...] (S/NF) The deployment of troops along the Iraqi border appears to be consistent with GOT practice in past years when PKK terrorism threatened Turkey: The military is apparently sealing the Iraqi border in order to block PKK infiltration. This is what FonMin Gul told the Secretary during their April [...]	2006-05-03 15:19:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MOPS PTER TU IZ IR
06ANKARA2478	TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, April 1-15, [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial Embassy translation. 2. Published by Vatan on Monday, April 3: TITLE: Mobile [...]	2006-05-04 14:54:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY
06ANKARA2506	NO APPARENT INTENT -- NOW -- FOR TURKISH [...] (S/NF) Summary: We continue to see no evidence of Turkish cross-border activity across the northern Iraq border. A senior staff general told us May 3 that two developments would almost certainly precipitate a cross-border operation (CBO): a spectacular attack in Turkey or an attack against Tu [...]	2006-05-05 14:47:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MOPS PTER TU IZ IR
06ANKARA2534	EXBS: TURKEY CTRY CLR GRANTED FOR DOS FEENEY [...] (U) Mission welcomes and grants country clearance to Department of State Official John Feeney to travel to Turkey from May 10 through May 13, 2006. Embassy control officer for the visit is EXBS Advisor Kevin Lyon, who can be contacted 24 hours/day at (90)(312)455-5555, ext. 0. Mr. Lyon will a [...]	2006-05-08 14:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KNNP KSTC OTRA PREL TU
06ANKARA2698	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR EUR/SE DIRECTOR [...] (U) Mission warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to EUR/SE Director Douglas A. Silliman to travel to Turkey May 17 - 18, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to conduct meetings and consultations with Turkish officials. The point of contact for the visit is Political Officer Carl Sieben [...]	2006-05-12 14:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA PGOV TU BE UK
06ANKARA2700	TURKEY: MFA ANNOUNCEMENT ON DARFUR PEACE AGREEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-12 14:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM TU
06ANKARA2746	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-15 13:33:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA2970	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-24 14:32:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA2981	TURKEY'S SOUTHEAST: A POLITICAL PRIMER [...] (U) This message is from Consulate Adana. 2. (C) Summary: Turkey's southeast encompasses 23 provinces stretching from Gaziantep in the west to Kars in the north and Hakkari in the far southeast. This region includes most of Turkey's Iranian and Syrian borders and its entire Iraqi border [...]	2006-05-25 06:45:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER TU
06ANKARA3006	TURKEY-GERMANY CONSULTATIONS ON IRAN, CAUCASUS AND [...] (C) Turkish officials reportedly told visiting German PolDir Schaefer that PM Erdogan had given Iranian President Ahmadinejad the undiluted U.S./EU-3 message during their recent meetings in Baku and Bali. The GOT is convinced Iran seeks to develop a nuclear weapon and this is a threat to Turk [...]	2006-05-25 13:04:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IR AR YI AJ TU
06ANKARA321	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DRL/IRF STAFF MEMBER [...] (U) Mission welcomes and grants country clearance to DRL/IRF Desk Officer Michael Mates to travel to Ankara and Istanbul February 20 - 25, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to meet religious leaders and NGOs and advocate for USG positions regarding religious freedom with host government offic [...]	2006-01-27 15:39:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA PHUM AL BU TU
06ANKARA3228	TURKEY CTRY CLR GRANTED FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV, [...] Embassy Ankara grants country clearance to Erik Deschler who will travel to Ankara to discuss Second Line of Defense program with Turkish Government officials from June 10 to 14. 2. Control Officer is Kevin Lyon who can be contacted via the IVG 295-2525 or Commercial (90)(312)455-5555 ext.2 [...]	2006-06-02 13:30:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG KNNP OTRA PARM TU
06ANKARA331	SCENE-SETTER FOR THE VISIT OF MARINE CORPS COMMANDANT GENERAL HAGEE [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-30 13:38:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	MARR MASS MOPS PREL PGOV TU IZ AF RU
06ANKARA348	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-31 05:54:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA3593	R&D HIGHLIGHTS THE 18TH TURKISH/AMERICAN DEFENSE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The 18th Defense Industrial Cooperation (DIC) meeting and subsequent Defense Industry Day on May 23-24 underscored a continued impasse over the barriers to US defense industry participation in Turkish defense contracts but highlighted R&D as a potential area for closer coopera [...]	2006-06-19 10:59:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS MCAP PREL TU
06ANKARA3772	TURKEY'S MILITARY AND AKP GOVERNMENT: FURTHER [...] (C) SUMMARY: The March indictment of Turkish Land Forces Command (TLFC) Commander GEN Buyukanit on charges of interfering in the trial of a Jandarma officer accused in the Semdinli book store bomb attack (ref d) furthered a public decline in the already-cool relationship between Turkish Genera [...]	2006-06-27 14:18:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR TU
06ANKARA3835	TURKISH MFA RELEASES STATEMENT ON ISRAELI [...] (U) The Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) released a statement on June 28 in response to the Israeli army's movements into the Gaza Strip. 2. (U) Text of MFA statement. Unofficial translation. Begin text. We are deeply worried about the fact that the tension in the region has e [...]	2006-06-30 13:47:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV TU IS
06ANKARA4197	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-19 14:31:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA4237	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-21 04:26:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA4249	BREATHING LIFE INTO THE U.S.-TURKEY STRATEGIC [...] (SBU) Secretary Rice and Turkish FM Gul have put their imprimatur on the Structured Strategic Dialogue. We must now implement it. Over the next six months, we should focus on some of the most pressing bilateral and regional issues through continued high-level dialogue, consultations and ste [...]	2006-07-21 14:04:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL US TU
06ANKARA4373	TFLE01: TURKISH PRESS AND PUBLIC CONDEMN QANA [...] (C) Summary: Continued large-scale attacks causing civilian deaths such as the Qana bombing in Lebanon are fueling increased anti-Israel and anti-American sentiment among the public and the press. Protests in Istanbul and Ankara against the U.S. and Israel occurred on July 28 and 29, and may [...]	2006-07-31 15:28:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER TU IS LE
06ANKARA4448	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-02 14:55:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA445	COUNTRY LEARANCE GRANTED FOR ROBERT STIRITI, TODD [...] Embassy Ankara grants country clearance to Robert Stiriti, Todd Horton and Lisa Wainwright for February 5-7, 2006. The purpose of the visit will be to meet with Turkish officials regarding the planning of a CSI assessment of the Port of Izmir, Turkey. 2. Point of contact for the visit at [...]	2006-02-03 13:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT ETRD OTRA TU
06ANKARA4526	US-TURKEY SECURITY RELATIONS: INCREASINGLY [...] (S/NF) After the March 1, 2003 parliamentary vote vetoing a northern front for the Iraq War and the July 4, 2003 arrest (including hooding) of Turkish special forces personnel in Suleymania (an event widely seen in Turkey as a national insult),our security relations were at their lowest point [...]	2006-08-07 14:53:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	MARR PREL MOPS PGOV TU
06ANKARA4528	TURKEY'S NEW CHOD -- DIFFERENT STYLE, SAME STRATEGY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The July 31 announcement of Turkish Land Forces (TLFC) Commander General Buyukanit's appointment as the next Chief of the General Staff (CHOD) five days earlier than expected (ref a) caused few ripples in the press. Buyukanit's appointment was preordained by military tradition and [...]	2006-08-08 05:09:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS TU
06ANKARA4587	TURKEY: POSSIBLE ESCALATION OF PKK VIOLENCE IN [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 4. 2. (SBU) On August 15, 1984, PKK militants killed two police officers in Eruh and Semdinli, launching the armed phase of the PKK's campaign for Kurdish autonomy in Turkey. The anniversary of the PKK's first attack against Turkish governme [...]	2006-08-09 16:17:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER IZ TU
06ANKARA4626	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-10 14:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA4687	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-11 14:12:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA4887	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-23 12:59:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA4894	TURKEY'S SUPREME MILITARY COUNCIL PUTS A STRONG [...] (C) SUMMARY: The early announcement of Turkish Land Forces Commander (TLFC) GEN Buyukanit's appointment as the next Chief of the Turkish General Staff (ref a) was not the only surprise to come out of the annual Supreme Military Council (YAS) meeting. After just one year as Deputy Chief of the [...]	2006-08-23 15:46:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR TU
06ANKARA4937	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-25 13:33:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA4986	TURKEY COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CG MCKAY +3 [...] Embassy Ankara grants country clearance to Coast Guard Officials Raymond McKay, Irvin Jones, Noel Bolleurs and Daniel Vazquez who will travel to Izmir to conduct an EXBS-sponsored Port Security/Port Vulnerability workshop from September 17 to 23, 2006. 2. Control Officer is Kevin Lyon who [...]	2006-08-29 12:36:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC KCRM PARM SNAR TU
06ANKARA5109	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-05 13:36:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA5212	COMPULSORY MILITARY SERVICE IN IRAN: A MISNOMER? [...] (S) Summary: Over a period of two months conoffs surveyed male Iranian visa applicants about the military service requirement in Iran. While all Iranian men upon reaching eighteen years of age are ostensibly required to fulfill a national military service requirement, many means exist for th [...]	2006-09-11 10:10:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PGOV PREL TU IR
06ANKARA5248	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-12 12:44:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU

06ANKARA5249	GENERAL (RET) BASER SELECTED AS TURKEY'S PKK [...] (C) SUMMARY: General (ret) Edip Baser was appointed on September 8 as Turkey's Coordinator for Countering the PKK (Kurdistan Workers Party) terrorist organization. A respected, retired military officer who has good relations with both the government and the military and has fought the PKK in [...]	2006-09-12 12:51:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL PGOV TU IZ
06ANKARA526	TURKEY CTRY CLR GRANTED FOR DOC PETROV [...] (U) Mission welcomes and grants country clearance to Department of Commerce Export Control Specialist Rossitza Petrov to travel to Turkey from February 12 through February 15, 2006. Embassy control officer for the visit is EXBS Advisor Kevin Lyon, who can be contacted 24 hours/day at (90)(312) [...]	2006-02-07 15:03:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KSTC OTRA PARM PREL TU
06ANKARA5395	COUNTRY CLEARANCE ANGELA M. THERIAULT - ANKARA AND [...] (U) Mission warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Angela M. Theriault to travel to Turkey September 17 - 21, 2006. Embassy telephone is (90)(312) 455-5555, 24 hours a day. 2. (U) Hotel reservations for Istanbul have been confirmed at the Ritz Carlton Istanbul, Suzer Plaza, Elmad [...]	2006-09-15 14:31:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA OREP AMGT AFIN PGOV TU
06ANKARA551	MARINE CORPS COMMANDANT GENERAL HAGEE WITH TGS AND [...] (S) BEGIN SUMMARY: US Marine Corps Commandant General Michael Hagee outlined for Deputy Chief of the Turkish General Staff (TGS) General Isik Kosaner and Turkish Land Forces Commander (TLFC) General Yasar Buyukanit in separate meetings on Feb. 2 the Iraqi Coalition's progress to stand up Iraqi [...]	2006-02-08 15:46:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	MARR MOPS PREL PGOV TU IZ SY
06ANKARA5521	TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP, August 2006 [...] Turkey's National Security Council (NSC) held its bi-monthly meeting on August 21. National security issue and the fight against terrorism topped the agenda of the meeting. Recent developments in the Middle East, humanitarian assistance to Lebanon and Palestine, Turkey's policy on Black Sea s [...]	2006-09-21 10:20:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR PREL TU AF BK
06ANKARA5537	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-21 14:21:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA5610	TURKEY'S LAND FORCES COMMANDER REASSERTS RIGHT OF [...] (C) In a September 25, 2006 speech to incoming Land Forces cadets, Commander of the Turkish Land Forces Command General Ilker Basbug warned of a growing Islamist threat to Turkey and defended the right of the military to speak out on issues that threaten the unitary and secular nature of the n [...]	2006-09-26 11:43:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR TU
06ANKARA5615	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-26 13:04:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA5650	TURKEY COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DOE/NNSA [...] Embassy Ankara grants country clearance to DOE/NNSA Representative Scott Hulse who will travel to Adana in support of Department of Defense customer training from October 1 to 6, 2006. 2. Embassy Control Officer is Kevin Lyon who can be contacted via the IVG 295-2525 or Commercial (90)(312 [...]	2006-09-28 10:46:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG KNNP OTRA TRGY TU
06ANKARA5710	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-02 05:08:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA5830	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-05 14:15:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA5955	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR PMA OFFICER SARA L. HORNER [...] Post grants country clearance for Sara L. Horner to visit Turkey for the purpose of accompanying Embassy officers on familiarization travel to southeastern Turkey and the Turkey-Iraq border area during the period October 16-19. POCs for the visit are PMA Counselor Carl Siebentritt and Assistan [...]	2006-10-16 14:53:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA APER IZ TU
06ANKARA5992	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-17 14:10:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA6043	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-19 09:15:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA6053	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-19 14:28:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA6119	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR [...] (U) Mission warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to USDOL official Mr. Mihail Seroka. Control Officer is POLOFF Chris Krafft who can be reached 24 hours at 90-312-455-5555, ext 0 or via cell 0533-523-3592. 2. (U) Hotel and other logistical information will be communicated in separa [...]	2006-10-26 14:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB OTRA AFIN AMGT PGOV TU
06ANKARA612	TURKEY CTRY CLR GRANTED FOR IRAN BRIEFING TEAM [...] (U) Mission welcomes and grants country clearance to USG interagency team led by Ambassador Schulte to travel to Turkey from February 15 through February 18, 2006. Embassy control officer for the visit is EXBS Advisor Kevin Lyon, who can be contacted 24 hours/day at (90)(312)455-5555, ext. 0. [...]	2006-02-10 14:29:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EUN IR KNNP PARM PREL TU
06ANKARA6121	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-26 14:57:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA6163	SCENESETTER FOR NOVEMBER 7-8 VISIT OF EUCOM DCDR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkey continues to demonstrate its commitment to GWOT in Afghanistan, Lebanon and the Balkans, but is feeling the pinch of resources stretched both internationally and in the southeast, where it is battling a significant up-tick in PKK terrorist activity. The appointment of Ge [...]	2006-10-30 16:03:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS TU
06ANKARA6219	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-01 13:00:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA6230	TURKISH MILITARY STRESSES IRAQ AND PKK TO VISITING [...] (S) Summary: Iraq and the PKK dominated US Army Chief of Staff Schoomaker,s meetings in Ankara October 27 with his host Turkish Land Forces Commander Gen. Basbug and with TGS CHOD Gen. Buyukanit. The Turks expressed anxiety about developments in Iraq and possible trends in US policy; complai [...]	2006-11-01 15:26:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PGOV MARR MPOS PTER IZ TU
06ANKARA6239	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-02 14:06:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA6294	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-06 13:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA6388	TURKEY/GREECE: SOLDIERS TAKE THE LEAD IN [...] (C) Summary: The November 1-4 visit to Athens by Turkey's Chief of General Staff (CHOD) Gen. Yasar Buyukanit, the first such visit in at least 32 years, is the most high-profile of recent firsts in Turkish-Greek military cooperation. Buyukanit reportedly discussed extending Aegean confidence [...]	2006-11-09 16:02:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS TU GR
06ANKARA6429	TURKISH TROOPS IN THE SOUTHEAST STAYING PUT FOR NOW [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: In past years, the annual December snowfall prompted the re-deployment of Turkish troops away from the Iraqi border region back to bases in the West. However, given the increased intensity of the PKK terrorist campaign this summer and continued low-level engagement with Turkis [...]	2006-11-16 14:50:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MOPS PTER TU IZ IR
06ANKARA6433	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-16 15:55:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA6495	TURKISH MILITARY SUSPECTS US OF USING UAVS TO [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Major General Hikmet Celik, Command and Control Chief for the Turkish General Staff (TGS),notified us that an unidentified Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) crossed the border from Iraq into Turkey on November 7 and 8. He requested an investigation and re-stated a previous TGS wa [...]	2006-11-24 07:25:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	MARR MOPS PTER TU IZ
06ANKARA6544	TURKEY COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DOE/NNSA [...] Embassy Ankara grants country clearance to DOE/NNSA Representatives Scott Hulse, Ronald Hansen and Christopher Joines, who will travel to Adana in support of Department of Defense PRISM Flame training from December 7 to 18, 2006. 2. Embassy Control Officer is Kevin Lyon who can be contacted [...]	2006-11-30 15:05:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG KNNP OTRA TRGY TU
06ANKARA6555	Turkey's Military Pension Fund: Powerful, but [...] (SBU) Summary. One of the many unique institutions with which outsiders often associate Turkey is its large and powerful military pension fund, which is often pointed to as a sign of undue military influence in politics and society. But, along with coups, squatter housing, leftist terror, a [...]	2006-12-01 13:32:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PGOV PHUM TU
06ANKARA6560	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-01 13:55:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA6581	TURKEY: HIGH LEVEL DEFENSE GROUP MEETING AN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Relations with Turkey are trending positive but Iraq and PKK terrorism cast a long shadow; a Congressional Armenian Genocide resolution would do further damage. Continued clashes between the military and the PKK, despite the terrorist group's October 1 cease-fire declaration, hav [...]	2006-12-05 13:23:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS PTER TU
06ANKARA6589	TURKEY: CENTER-RIGHT LEADER AGAR: POLITICIANS TO [...] (C) Summary: In Ambassador's November 24 meeting Mehmet Agar, leader of the center-right True Path Party (DYP),Agar focused mainly on DYP's domestic strategy to answer society's demands for change that he believes the current Justice and Development Party (AKP) government has not met. For DYP [...]	2006-12-05 16:01:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TU AM
06ANKARA6628	TURKISH OFFICIALS TELL CODEL SHAYS THAT SECTARIAN [...] (C) Summary: Senior Turkish officials and business leaders told CODEL Shays Nov. 29 that sectarian violence in Iraq threatens Turkey and the region. Events in Iraq are now threatening a centuries-old balance between Sunnis and Shia in the area, they asserted. Turkey continues to be concerned [...]	2006-12-11 09:52:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV TU IZ IR
06ANKARA6642	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-12 14:47:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA6651	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-14 11:23:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
06ANKARA6700	TURKEY - HIGH LEVEL DEFENSE GROUP IDENTIFIES WAYS [...] (C) SUMMARY: At the 20th meeting of the bilateral High Level Defense Group (HLDG),the US and Turkey reaffirmed our shared regional vision of a stable, unified and democratic Iraq; a region without Iranian nuclear weapons; security and stability in Lebanon and Afghanistan; and an economically [...]	2006-12-19 15:10:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR TU
06ANKARA6705	TURKEY - HIGH LEVEL DEFENSE GROUP IDENTIFIES WAYS [...] (C) SUMMARY: At the 20th meeting of the bilateral High Level Defense Group (HLDG),the US and Turkey reaffirmed our shared regional vision of a stable, unified and democratic Iraq; a region without Iranian nuclear weapons; security and stability in Lebanon and Afghanistan; and an economically [...]	2006-12-20 13:27:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR TU
06ANKARA843	TURKEY CTRY CLR GRANTED FOR DHS/NNTRAV KOENIG +1, [...] (U) Mission welcomes and grants country clearance to USG team led by Mr. Zachary Koenig to travel to Turkey from February 28 through March 5, 2006. Embassy control officer for the visit is EXBS Advisor Kevin Lyon, who can be contacted 24 hours/day at (90)(312)455-5555, ext. 0. Mr. Lyon will a [...]	2006-02-22 07:41:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP PARM RS TU
06ANKARA844	TURKEY CTRY CLR GRANTED FOR DOE/NNSA/NNTRAV PARKER [...] (U) Mission welcomes and grants country clearance to DOE team led by Ms. LaReina Parker to travel to Turkey from March 3 through March 11, 2006. Embassy control officer for the visit is EXBS Advisor Kevin Lyon, who can be contacted 24 hours/day at (90)(312)455-5555, ext. 0. Mr. Lyon will arra [...]	2006-02-22 07:41:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG KNNP OTRA PARM TU
06ANKARA938	TURKEY CTRY CLR GRANTED FOR DOE/NNSA/DPTRAV, [...] (U) Mission welcomes and grants country clearance to DOE traveler Mr. Robert Elder to travel to Turkey from February 24 through March 12, 2006. We understand that no Mission support is required at this time. If the need arises, the Embassy duty officer can be reached 24 hours a day at (90)( [...]	2006-02-24 12:54:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG KSCA OTRA TRGY TU
06ANTANANARIVO1186	PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES SET IN MADAGASCAR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 18, Madagascar's High Constitutional Court (HCC) officially approved 14 out of 18 candidates for the upcoming December 3 presidential election. The HCC rejected controversial candidate Pierrot Rajaonarivelo because his application did not comply with Malagasy law reg [...]	2006-10-19 13:44:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR MA
06ANTANANARIVO1261	MADAGASCAR PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES VENT TO DONORS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: All but one of Madagascar's 14 presidential candidates, or their representatives, met foreign donors assisting Madagascar's electoral process on November 7. President Ravalomanana's representative, Minister of Education Haja Nirina Razafinjatoro, did not speak. All other candi [...]	2006-11-08 12:41:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID MA
06ANTANANARIVO1297	FORMER GENERAL ATTEMPTS "COUP" ACTION [...] (SBU) Former Army General Andrianafidisoa, also known as General Fidy, and 12 to 20 supporters made an unsuccessful attempt at a military coup from November 17 to 18 in Madagascar's capital of Antananarivo. Early November 17, General Fidy and supporters -- officers, enlisted, and militia known [...]	2006-11-18 10:32:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR ASEC CASC MA
06ANTANANARIVO1304	GENERAL FIDY STILL AT LARGE AFTER COUP ATTEMPT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Antananarivo is calm and quiet in the wake of the failed weekend coup attempt although the "coup" leader, General Fidy, remains in hiding and in occasional contact with the press. Fidy appears to have grossly over-reached as few military officers rallied to his cause. During hi [...]	2006-11-20 13:51:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR ASEC CASC MA
06ANTANANARIVO1307	INTER-ISLAND TENSION THREATENS COMOROS' UNITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Officials of the Government of the Union of the Comoros (GOC) expressed anxiety to the Ambassador, during his November 2006 visit, that the tension between the Union and Anjouan Island Governments could split the fragile union. Efforts by the forward-looking Sambi government to pr [...]	2006-11-21 12:26:00	Embassy Antananarivo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR EAID KISL CN
06ANTANANARIVO1309	AMBASSADOR MCGEE MEETS WITH PRESIDENT SAMBI OF [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-21 13:57:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED	CN EAID KISL MA OPDC PGOV PINR PREL
06ANTANANARIVO1435	SAMBI WANTS INTERNATIONAL HELP TO END SECURITY "CRISIS" [...] (U) Comoran President Sambi met the diplomatic corps in Moroni to request international assistance to end the stand-off between the Union and Island Governments over division of security responsibilities (reftel). Media reports indicate Union officials want Island forces to be armed with polic [...]	2006-12-22 09:09:00	Embassy Antananarivo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM CN
06ASHGABAT1093	PRESIDENT NIYAZOV BACKS AWAY FROM FORMAL DIVERT [...] (C) During a two-hour meeting October 18 with Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (DASD) James MacDougall and NSC Director David Merkel, Turkmenistan's President Niyazov said that he was not prepared to sign a formal divert agreement allowing U.S. planes to make emergency landings at Mary I [...]	2006-10-20 03:22:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR TX
06ASHGABAT1228	TURKMENISTAN GROUNDS CZECH MILITARY PLANE OVER [...] (SBU) Turkmenistan on December 2 grounded at the Ashgabat airport a transiting Czech military plane transporting high-ranking Czech military and civilian officials from Kabul because some on board were carrying weapons. The issue was resolved 14 hours later through diplomatic channels, but th [...]	2006-12-04 13:16:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MCAP PREL OSCE TX EZ
06ASHGABAT439	GOTX DRAFTING STUDENTS STUDYING ABROAD INTO ARMY [...] (C) The GOTX has ordered male Turkmenistani citizens of Kazakh ethnicity studying in Kazakhstan to return home for military service, according to information from a Kazakh Diaspora contact. The contact provided Post with a copy of a letter sent by the Turkmen Embassy in Astana to South Kazakh [...]	2006-04-26 08:38:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KZ RS UP TX
06ASHGABAT580	ARMENIAN CONSUL CLAIMS "IRAN PREPARING FOR WAR" [...] (C) Ashgabat-based Armenian consular officer Artek Kalachayan somberly told Emboffs attending the May 26 Georgian national day celebration about his recent two-week trip to Iran, during which he traveled from the Iranian-Turkmenistani border (Ashgabat is 30km north of the border) to the Armen [...]	2006-05-31 18:10:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL PTER IR TX
06ASHGABAT704	TURKMENISTAN AND PAKISTAN: PROBLEMS ABOUND [...] (C) SUMMARY: PolOff met with Pakistani Deputy Chief of Mission in Turkmenistan, Dr. Ali Ahmad Arian on June 30 and talked about the bilateral relationship between Turkmenistan and Pakistan, including their declining trade relations, Trans-Afghan Pipeline feasibility, educational exchanges, an [...]	2006-07-05 12:54:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG PK TX KPAO ETRD EPET ZK PGOV
06ASHGABAT851	A Quiet Violence: Niyazov Destroys More Neighborhoods [...] (SBU) A large neighborhood across the street from the CHG's residence has fallen victim to President Niyazov's dream of a transformed Ashgabat, this time in a particularly brutal fashion. During the weekend of July 29-30, residents were given just 24 - 72 hour eviction notices before demolition [...]	2006-08-09 13:01:00	Embassy Ashgabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL TNGD PGOV TX
06ASHGABAT862	LT GENERAL EIKENBERRY VISIT TO TURKMENISTAN [...] (C) Commander, CFC-A met with Minister of Defense, Chief of the State Border Service and Chief of State Civil Aviation Service. The Minister of Defense and Chief of the State Border Service provided a short summary of Turkmenistan support for Afghanistan and questioned why, after five years, [...]	2006-08-11 09:13:00	Embassy Ashgabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TX
06ASMARA323	CAMEL AIRWAYS: IS THERE HUMAN SMUGGLING IN [...] (C) As the situation in Eritrea further deteriorates and GSE restrictions tighten, increasingly Eritreans desperately search for a way out. To avoid national service and conscription into the army, many Eritreans are trying to leave. A recent report from the western region of Eritrea regardin [...]	2006-04-06 14:14:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINR PREL CVIS ER
06ASMARA491	VILLAGERS DEMAND ANSWERS FROM THE GSE ABOUT [...] (C) Echoing the tactics of the "Madres de Plaza de Mayo" in Buenos Aires in the late 1970s, an estimated 30 to 50 wives and elders from the Debub region came to Asmara last week to inquire of the Office of the President about their missing husbands. The women and elders sought information abo [...]	2006-06-07 14:28:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINR PREL SOCI ER
06ASMARA625	EF/GNU NEGOTIATIONS UPDATE: REASONABLE [...] (C) Summary: According to both Eastern Front (EF) contacts and Government of the State of Eritrea (GSE) officials, there has been reasonable progress on the Eastern Front/Government of National Unity (EF/GNU) negotiations so far. The two trickiest issues are no surprise: whether to unify t [...]	2006-08-01 12:28:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC ETTC ER SU
06ASMARA652	ERITREANS JUBILANT AFTER ETHIOPIAN BRIGADIER [...] (C) Celebrations continue in Asmara with military and government officials following the defection of Ethiopian Brigadier General Kemal Geltu with a number of troops on August 9. Previously commander of Ethiopia's 18th Army Division, Geltu is an ethnic Oromo who reportedly was denied a recent [...]	2006-08-11 10:45:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR MOPS ET ER
06ASMARA694	ONE REPORTED KILLED DURING WEEKEND ROUNDUPS [...] (C) Throughout the weekend, the Eritrean army conducted sweeping round-ups in Asmara. Witnesses to the round-ups reported as many as 200 soldiers in the central market during prime shopping hours on August 26. Soldiers reportedly went in and out of stores and around the open air market aggre [...]	2006-08-28 12:54:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR ER
06ASMARA802	EASTERN SUDAN AGREEMENT: TWO DOWN, ONE TO GO [...] (C) Summary: Over the past week, the Eastern Front and Sudan's Government of National Unity (GNU) have agreed in principle to the wealth sharing and security arrangement components of an agreement on the future of eastern Sudan. The parties are finalizing power sharing arrangements, the fina [...]	2006-10-04 12:51:00	Embassy Asmara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC ETTC ER SU
06ASTANA29	KAZAKHSTAN: NAZARBAYEV OUTLINES PLAN TO MAKE KAZAKHSTAN ONE [...] (U) Summary: In his annual state of the nation address delivered on March 1, President Nazarbayev presented his "Strategy for Kazakhstan's being among - the world's 50 most competitive countries." In his introductory statement, he spoke of the key components of his vision: the market economy, [...]	2006-04-13 07:02:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN EINV ENRG KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL OSCE PINR
06ASTANA569	EXBS: KAZAKHSTAN ADVISOR'S MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE [...] The Kazakhstan EXBS Program office completed its move across town from the interim Embassy Branch Office to the New Embassy Compound in October and is now fully operational, with brand-new computers and a beautiful new office space. 2. Andrew Offenbacher concluded his tenure with the EXBS P [...]	2006-11-14 02:05:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP KZ
06ASUNCION1077	PARAGUAY: PRIVATE AND PUBLIC CONCERN OVER BOLIVIA [...] (U) SUMMARY: Bolivian Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca visited Paraguay October 19-21 to address concerns about Bolivia's military agreement with Venezuela to build new military bases and increase weapons sales. The Duarte Administration maintains it is satisfied with the Bolivian explana [...]	2006-10-26 14:03:00	Embassy Asuncion	SECRET	PREL PBTS PGOV PINS PNAT MASS MCAP PA BO VE
06ASUNCION1191	PARAGUAY: PRESIDENTIAL REELECTION IS BACK; DUARTE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the wake of the Colorado Party's routing of the opposition in November 19 municipal elections, President Duarte is laying the groundwork for his reelection in 2008. Regardless of what combination of Congressional approval, Constituent Assembly, and/or national referendum is ul [...]	2006-11-29 23:48:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR SNAR PINS PA
06ASUNCION445	PARAGUAY: PRESIDENT REPLACES MILITARY LEADERS IN [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 23, President Duarte replaced the commanders of the three military services and several other senior military leaders, including Colonel Heriberto Galeano, the controversial Commander of the Presidential Escort Regiment. He did not replace Military Forces Commander Gen [...]	2006-04-28 12:00:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MARR KDEM PA
06ASUNCION446	PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE, APRIL [...] (U) SUMMARY: --AMB Meets with Colorado Leadership --UTE Seizes Pirated Goods --Ten Generals Retired, Galeano Delayed --TIP Traffickers Arrested in CDE --OTA Meets with Minister Bergen --President Replaces Agriculture Minister ---------------------------------- AMB Meets with Colorado Lead [...]	2006-04-28 15:54:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM KCRM SNAR KWMN SMIG PA SP
06ASUNCION590	PARAGUAY: SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL BANTZ CRADDOCK [...] (C) General Craddock, Embassy Asuncion warmly welcomes your visit as an opportunity to promote U.S. interests in military, counter-narcotics and counter-terrorism cooperation with Paraguay. You come at a particularly sensitive time as we prepare to submit a new request to the GOP to establish [...]	2006-06-07 17:07:00	Embassy Asuncion	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER MARR MASS SNAR PA
06ASUNCION683	PARAGUAY: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING REQUEST FOR [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-05 18:54:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PGOV MASS MOPS PA
06ASUNCION731	PARAGUAY: SENATOR CORNYN VISITS TRI-BORDER REGION [...] SUMMARY: Senator John Cornyn-R Texas visited the tri-border area of Paraguay, Brazil and Argentina on July 1-3. In Brazil, Cornyn met with Brazilian Revenue officials to discuss their challenges in dealing with contraband and illicit goods transported over the Friendship Bridge that connects [...]	2006-07-17 11:00:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP PGOV PREL ETRD PTER EFIN PA
06ASUNCION750	PARAGUAY: SCENESETTER FOR BRIGADIER GENERAL OLIVER [...] (C) Brigadier General Oliver J. Mason, Embassy Asuncion warmly welcomes your visit as an opportunity to promote U.S. interests in military, emergency management, social reforms and other areas of cooperation with Paraguay. You come at a particularly sensitive time, with press and political a [...]	2006-07-21 13:43:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MARR MASS SNAR PA
06ASUNCION757	PARAGUAY: PEACEKEEPING FORCE MAY GET BRAZILIAN [...] (C) On 6/28, Pol Couns learned of the possibility that Brazil would be supporting a team of Paraguayan Peacekeepers for Peacekeeping Operations (PKO) in Haiti. Post has confirmed that Brazil approved USD 1.7 million for the Paraguayan Military forces. The funds are designated to be used to r [...]	2006-07-24 18:40:00	Embassy Asuncion	SECRET	PGOV PINR MCAP MOPS MARR PA BR
06ASUNCION986	PARAGUAY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC UPDATE, SEPTEMBER [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-26 18:46:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON SNAR KCRM MASS BO PA
06ASUNCION992	PARAGUAY: THE CHANGING RELATIONS WITH BOLIVIA [...] SUMMARY: (U) Paraguayan media September 27 trumpet charges by Bolivian Interior Vice Minister Puente that Paraguayan President Duarte is "a liar" FM Ramirez publicly told a midmorning radio call-in show that unless Bolivia withdraws such baseless accusations Paraguay will "withdraw the ambas [...]	2006-09-27 21:39:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS MARR PREL PGOV PA BO VE
06ATHENS2282	LEBANON/IRAN: GREECE FOCUSES ON MIDDLE EAST IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 30, DCM met with Ambassador Kostas Chalastanis, director of FM Bakoyannis' cabinet, for a readout of Bakoyannis' visit to Middle East capitals August 22-25. Chalastanis informed us that, in addition to her consultations in Beirut, Amman, and Tel Aviv, Bakoyannis woul [...]	2006-08-31 12:35:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS UNSC IAEA GR IS CY LE
06ATHENS3111	GETTING ATHENS ON BOARD WITH KOSOVO STATUS PROCESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy Athens is pressing the Greek government, now that the Ahtisaari proposal has been delayed, to avoid advocating any further delay. Ambassador and DCM have urged senior officials, once the proposal is presented in late January, to press Belgrade for a more constructive enga [...]	2006-12-01 16:20:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV YI GR
06BAGHDAD1004	ABU GHREIB COUNCIL MEMBERS COMPLAIN ABOUT [...] (C) SUMMARY. On March 23 IPAOmet with five members of the Abu Ghreib Qada Council and the Abu Ghreib Chief of Police to discuss issues including security and other issues. Council members complained of lack of support and representation from the Baghdad Provincial Council (BPC). They also c [...]	2006-03-27 11:24:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS IZ
06BAGHDAD1007	IRAQIYYA LIST COR MEMBER DISCUSSES POTENTIAL SISTANI- [...] (C) SUMMARY. Council of Representatives (CoR) and Iraqiyya List member Shaykh Jamal Abd al-Mehdi al-Shemari (Wasit) told PolOff March 26 that the List is trying to arrange a visit by Ayad Allawi to Ayatollah Sistani in Najaf. He also mentioned that he is exploring preliminary talks with the [...]	2006-03-27 11:51:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD101	DPM CHALABI UPDATES ON ENERGY AND INFRASTRUCTURE [...] (C/REL MNF-I) SUMMARY: Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Ahmad Chalabi, serving at that time as acting Minister of Oil (MoO),hosted a status review on January 8 for the Steering Group for Infrastructure Integrity. According to data he presented, Chalabi claimed that Baghdad has 1.1 days of gasoli [...]	2006-01-11 15:09:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	ECON ENRG EPET EFIN MOPS MARR PGOV PREL KCOR IZ
06BAGHDAD1014	PRT BAGHDAD: CORRUPTION AND BLACK MARKETEERING [...] (C) During a meeting with PRT representative, Karada District Council (DC) Chairman Mohammed Al- Rubiey commented with concern the high degree of corruption in the fuel distribution sector, notably that of heating oil, cooking oil, and benzene (gasoline),in his district. 2. (C) According [...]	2006-03-27 13:43:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR ECON EPET IZ
06BAGHDAD1015	BAGHDAD PROVINCIAL COUNCIL CEASES RELATIONS WITH [...] (C) The Baghdad Provincial Council (BPC),after a four hour meeting, voted to cease all communication with the Embassy and U.S. Army Forces. This decision came in a March 27 resolution protesting U.S. participation in a military operation March 26 evening in the Shaab neighborhood of north Ba [...]	2006-03-27 13:56:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS IZ
06BAGHDAD1021	SCIRI PM NOMINEE ADEL ABDEL MEHDI SLAMS JAFARI IN [...] (SBU) Summary: In a March 26 article in government financed independent Al-Sabah newspaper (Iraq's most widely read),SCIRI leader Adil Abd al-Mahdi noted that he would not accept the Prime Minister nomination without "a full and clear mandate from the Unified Iraqi Coalition and other blocs" [...]	2006-03-28 12:52:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD1040	CODEL WARNER MEETING AT MINISTRY OF DEFENSE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a meeting March 21 with CODEL Warner, Defense Ministry,s Lieutenant General Nasir Abadi reported the Iraqi military is making great progress and increasingly taking the lead in field operations. He took exception to CODEL Warner,s suggestion that ethno-sectarian violence p [...]	2006-03-30 11:41:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MARR PHUM PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD1056	IRAQ: JOINT COMMITTEE TO TRANSFER SECURITY [...] (S//REL GBR AUS JAPAN) SUMMARY: The Principals Group of the Joint Committee to Transfer Security Responsibility (JCTSR) met March 27, 2006 at the Prime Minister's Situation Room to review progress made by the Working Group and to approve future steps. The meeting was chaired by National Sec [...]	2006-04-01 14:20:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PINS MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD1087	FALLUJAH: ARMY-POLICE FRICTION AND PERCEIVED U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY: Reports of recent Iraqi Army (IA) and Iraqi Police (IP) friction in Fallujah led to a Marine- initiated meeting held March 20 to convey Coalition Force (CF) concerns and implement operational changes. The Shia-dominant army units (two brigades) and Sunni- dominant city police fo [...]	2006-04-03 14:55:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINS KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD1096	FADHILA MEMBER DISCUSSES GOVERNMENT FORMATION [...] (C) In a March 29 introductory meeting, Council of Representatives (CoR) and Fadhila member Kareem Mushin Hassan al-Yaqubi told PolOff and PolFSN that the Tawafuq coalition plan to invest a Deputy Prime Minister with absolute authorities (including assigning people and chairing the Ministerial [...]	2006-04-04 13:49:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD1098	IRAQ'S LEADERS COMPLETE UNITY GOVERNMENT FRAMEWORK [...] (C) Iraq's leaders on April 2 reached agreement on the key by-laws for the next cabinet (appended below),the final piece of a national unity government framework before they turn to naming ministers. The agreement on the cabinet by-laws completes the last of four documents - also addressing [...]	2006-04-04 14:53:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD1146	SOUTH AFRICAN ARMORED VEHICLES FOR IRAQI SECURITY [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST; PLEASE SEE PARA 6. ---------- BACKGROUND ---------- 2. (C) A South African company -- Integrated Convoy Protection, Ltd. (ICP) -- entered into a contract on September 16, 2005, with Joint Contracting Command - Iraq (JCC-I) to supply 85 REVA armored perso [...]	2006-04-06 18:46:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PGOV IZ SF
06BAGHDAD1149	IRAQ PRTS WEEKLY ROUNDUP FOR 23-30 MAR 06 [...] SUMMARY. The Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs) report weekly their activities, meetings, and progress towards helping the provincial governments achieve self-governance capability. For the period 23-30 March, the Ninawa Governor looked ahead to utilizing the current PRT site once it rel [...]	2006-04-07 15:07:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON MOPS PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD1169	MCNS DISCUSSES ATTACK ON BURATHA MOSQUE AND [...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: The Iraqi Ministerial Committee for National Security (MCNS) convened at the residence of Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Ja'afari the evening of April 8 to discuss the previous day's suicide bombing attack on the Buratha mosque and the overall security situation in Baghdad. [...]	2006-04-10 09:02:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PINS PGOV MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD1180	COALITION SUPPORT FOR RRT ERBIL [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Post requests that the Department issue instructions to deliver the points in paragraph six to the government of South Korea both in Washington and in Seoul on the establishment of a Regional Reconstruction Team (RRT) in Erbil, Iraq. ---------- BACKGROUND [...]	2006-04-11 17:16:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON MOPS PREL IZ KS
06BAGHDAD1196	MCNS TO REVIEW SECURITY PLANS [...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: The Ministerial Committee for National Security (MCNS) convened the morning of April 9 at PM Jafari's residence to follow up on discussions held the previous evening (reftel). The Committee first addressed Operation Scales of Justice, on which there is a difference o [...]	2006-04-13 02:42:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PINS PREL MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD1215	IRAQ PRTS WEEKLY ROUNDUP FOR 31 MAR - 6 APR [...] (U) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY. The Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs) report weekly their activities and progress towards helping the provincial governments achieve self-governance capability. The following paragraphs summarize their activities in several areas for the period 31 March - 6 [...]	2006-04-13 19:01:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON MOPS PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD1247	MCNS DISCUSSES BAGHDAD SECURITY, MILITIAS, [...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: The Ministerial Committee for National Security (MCNS) convened the evening of April 13 at the residence of Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Ja'afari. The Commanding General of Multi-National Division-Baghdad (MND-B) gave a briefing on Operation Scales of Justice, highlight [...]	2006-04-17 12:54:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PINS PGOV MOPS PTER IZ
06BAGHDAD1285	IRAQ PRTS ASSESS PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENTS - MAR 2006 [...] (U) INTRODUCTION. The Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs) in Iraq report monthly the ability of the provincial level government to function effectively and the obstacles that prevent full self-governance. The PRTs assess provincial governments in the areas of governance, economic developme [...]	2006-04-20 08:13:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON MOPS PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD13	BAYJI REFINERY FUEL DISTRIBUTION RESTARTED [...] (C/REL MNF-I) SUMMARY: Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Chalabi, who is now the acting Minister of Oil, informed us the Bayji blockade has been broken and trucks loaded and dispatched to Baghdad. He also reported pipeline repairs had been expedited on the energy corridors between Baghdad and Bayji [...]	2006-01-02 16:37:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET ENRG PGOV KCOR PINR IZ
06BAGHDAD1323	MOD ON DETAINEE OPERATIONS TRANSFER, RELEASES [...] (C) On April 23, Minister of Defense Sadoun al- Dulime and MNF-I Deputy Commanding General, Detainee Operations met (with Pol-MilOff in attendance) to discuss MOD's role in the staggered transition of Coalition detainees and the facilities in which they are housed to the Government of Iraq ov [...]	2006-04-24 10:02:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINS PTER OPDAT IZ
06BAGHDAD1326	FEMALE IRAQI MAJOR: "THEY DON'T EVEN SALUTE ME" [...] (C) On April 11, PolOff met with Major Angham Ahmed from the Iraqi Army Military Police Brigade to discuss the role of women in the Iraqi military. Major Ahmed was one of almost 90 women recruited into the Iraqi military and trained in Jordan during the CPA period. She complained that women i [...]	2006-04-24 12:06:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KWMN JA
06BAGHDAD1360	SUNNI ARAB POLITICIANS ALREADY SPLIT ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sunni Arab politicians in Tawafuq remain internally divided about the new Iraqi government formation. A well-connected Sunni Arab politician told us April 23 that there is great resentment that the Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP) is dominating the process at the expense of the other tw [...]	2006-04-26 09:26:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINS KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD1395	CABINET FORMATION UPDATE [...] (C) Summary. Cabinet discussions between the Shia Coalition and the Kurds are well underway (See reftel). Internal Iraqiyya meetings have yet to produce results, as members await Ayad Allawi's decision whether or not Iraqiyya will participate. Iraqiyya may opt to go into opposition unless th [...]	2006-04-28 13:07:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT IZ
06BAGHDAD1451	IRAQ PRTs WEEKLY ROUNDUP FOR 14-20 APR [...] (SBU) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY. The Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs) report weekly their activities and progress towards helping the provincial governments achieve self-governance capability. The following paragraphs include summaries of their activities in several areas for the period [...]	2006-05-02 12:34:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON MOPS PREL IZ

06BAGHDAD1495	MCNS: MILITIAS AND IRAN [...] (C//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: A MCNS was convened May 2 to propose further actions on militias. GEN Casey pressed for immediate implementation of new directives to control militia activities. MOI Jabr sought agreement on a proposal to integrate directly and immediately 5000 Badr Corps members in [...]	2006-05-06 07:47:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IR IZ MOPS NATO PGOV PINS PNAT PREL TU
06BAGHDAD1555	FALLUJAH ARMY RECRUITS GRADUATE; SOME REBEL OVER [...] (C) SUMMARY: A group of Fallujah-area Iraqi Army (IA) recruits, numbering approximately 800 out of a total of 978 in the training class (the first of several planned waves),participated in a graduation ceremony April 30, 2006 in Habbaniyah (ex-British base located in Al Anbar Province, near [...]	2006-05-10 09:30:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINS KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD1647	REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED [...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (U) Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory informa [...]	2006-05-18 12:57:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM IZ
06BAGHDAD1658	SADR CITY DAC MEMBER ON RECONSTRUCTION; DAC ROLE [...] (C) Summary: Sadr City District Advisory Council (DAC) and Baghdad City Council member Khudair al-Lami told PolOff on May 15 that Sadr City residents would give Coalition Forces (CF) credit for reconstructing their area if large, visible structures were built. It is difficult to notice sewer [...]	2006-05-18 16:40:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PNAT PTER KDEM KISL IZ
06BAGHDAD1661	MCNS - GOI FOCUS ON ELECTRICITY [...] (C//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: The Ministerial Committee for National Security (MCNS),which for the first time included PM-designate Nuri Maliki, convened May 8 to address the significant electricity shortage in Iraq. PM Ja'afari called the meeting because, he said, electricity is among Maliki's [...]	2006-05-19 03:25:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ENRG IR IZ MOPS NATO PGOV PINS
06BAGHDAD1677	MALIKI MOVES QUICKLY TO ACTIVATE CABINET, FILL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Newly-elected Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki met the Ambassador and General Casey May 21 and outlined ambitious plans to jump-start his government and fill the security gaps in his cabinet. Maliki convened both the incoming and outgoing cabinets for a joint meeting May 21 to hand [...]	2006-05-21 20:09:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD1683	IRAQI VILLAGERS AND SECURITY FORCES FOIL JAYSH [...] (C) SUMMARY: This is a PRT Diyala cable. A May 11 raid by Jaysh al-Mahdi (JAM) elements on a Sunni village east of Khan Bani Sa'd was foiled by the response of villagers and the coordinated response of local Iraqi Army (IA) and Iraqi Police (IP) units. Twenty-eight detained members of the g [...]	2006-05-22 08:13:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV MOPS PHUM IZ
06BAGHDAD1692	MALIKI PUSHING DIPLOMATIC SOLUTION IN BASRA, [...] (C) Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki told the Ambassador in a brief May 22 meeting that he plans to push for urgent action to find a political solution to the deteriorating security situation in Basra. Maliki said that he believes the crux of the problem is a tribal conflict between Muhammad Fala [...]	2006-05-22 20:06:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD1822	MANSOUR HUMAN RIGHTS LEAD SAYS KILLINGS HAVE [...] (C) Hussein Al-Bayati, the human rights lead for the Mansour District Advisory Council (DAC),told PolOffs May 24 that the Baghdad neighborhoods of Khadra, Ghazaliya, and Hatin have experienced a marked decrease in reported extrajudicial killings (EJK) over the past month. Based on conversati [...]	2006-05-30 20:41:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PNAT KDEM PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD1824	SECTARIAN TENSIONS RUNNING HIGH IN MADA'IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In several meetings with PRT staff over the last three weeks, residents of Mada'in, a predominantly Sunni district in southeast Baghdad, have expressed fears that rising tensions over Shia militia control of fuel stations and an important mosque in the area could provoke a violent [...]	2006-05-31 03:40:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINR IZ
06BAGHDAD1844	MCNS DISCUSSES NEW PLAN FOR BAGHDAD SECURITY [...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki convened a meeting of the Ministerial Committee for National Security (MCNS) on May 29 to discuss the Baghdad Security Plan. National Security Advisor (NSA) Dr. Mowaffak al-Rubaie provided a briefing on the political and outreach aspect [...]	2006-06-01 09:46:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PINS MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD1852	FEAR AND UNCERTAINTY IN ANTICIPATION OF KARADAH [...] (C) Summary: Over the last three weeks, the Karadah District Advisory Council (DAC) has faced a surge in threats, and targeted killings, which has resulted in the deaths of two council members and has forced the long-standing Karadah DAC chairman to flee the country. Council members have told [...]	2006-06-01 13:24:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINR IZ
06BAGHDAD1854	BIOGRAPHIC BACKGROUND ON BAGHDAD PROVINCIAL [...] The following is a biographic outline of the leadership of the Baghdad Provincial Council (BPC),with background information on each of the committee chairs as well as the senior members. Included as available with each entry is biographic information, perceived views of the United States an [...]	2006-06-02 02:29:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD1869	PM HOPES TO COMPLETE SELECTION OF SECURITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 1 meeting with Ambassador, PM Maliki repeated his intent to complete selection soon of Ministers of Defense and Interior. MinDef will be either Abdel Qader al-Mufraji (if Kurds can be brought on board) or Nabil Khalil Saeed. MinInt candidates are Tawfiq Yasseri or Farouk [...]	2006-06-03 16:14:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	ASEC IZ PGOV PREL
06BAGHDAD1918	IRAQ PRTS ASSESS PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENTS - APR 2006 [...] (SBU) INTRODUCTION. The Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs) in Iraq report monthly the ability of the provincial level government to function effectively and the obstacles that prevent full self- governance. The PRTs assess provincial governments in the areas of governance, economic deve [...]	2006-06-07 10:37:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON MOPS PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD1920	MCNS APPROVES BAGHDAD SECURITY PLAN, DISCUSSES [...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: On June 5, the Ministerial Committee for National Security (MCNS) met and approved a new plan for Baghdad security. The group decided that Prime Minister Maliki would be in overall charge of the plan's execution, with Multi-National Force-Iraq (MNF-I) commanders car [...]	2006-06-07 13:23:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PINS PGOV MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD1928	TRANSCRIPT OF PM MALIKI PRESS CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-08 02:49:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD1946	A TIRED PRIME MINISTER STRUGGLING WITH UNWIELDY [...] (C) SUMMARY: ON JUNE 7, PRIME MINISTER MALIKI REITERATED HIS NEED TO THE AMBASSADOR FOR MORE TRAINED IRAQI ARMY AND NATIONAL POLICE TO HANDLE THE SECURITY SITUATION IN BASRAH. MALIKI SAID HE BELIEVES HE CAN GET HIS TWO PREFERRED NOMINEES CONFIRMED ON JUNE 8, EVEN WITHOUT SCIRI SUPPORT, BUT WA [...]	2006-06-08 17:47:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ PGOV PREL
06BAGHDAD2026	IRAQ NATIONAL ACCORD CONFERENCE DELAYED TO AUGUST [...] (C) Summary: Pol/C delivered on June 12 reftel points to Arab League Assistant Secretary General Ahmed Bin Hili and Ambassador to Iraq Mokhtar Lamani. Bin Hili said that the Iraqi National Accord Conference scheduled for June 20-22 was pushed back to the first week of August due to a date con [...]	2006-06-15 11:11:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD2059	XXXXXXXXXXXX BLAMES UK FOR SECURITY [...] (S//REL UK) Summary: In a June 12 conversation with PolOff, XXXXXXXXXXXX told PolOff the UK is largely to blame for the unrest in Basrah. The UK has not brought militias under control, and so Basrah is now a violent place, he said. This, combined with the activities of foreign intelligence ser [...]	2006-06-18 12:52:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PINR PINS PNAT PREL PTER KDEM KISL IZ
06BAGHDAD2082	AUSTRALIAN DEMARCHE: MILITARY PARTICIPATION [...] (C/ REL AS, UK) SUMMARY: On June 17, Australian Ambassador Howard Brown confirmed to Charge d'Affaires Speckhard that Australian military forces will participate in overwatch operations in Dhi Qar and Muthanna Provinces following the transfer of security responsibility to the Iraqis in Muthanna [...]	2006-06-19 16:28:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL PINS UK AS
06BAGHDAD2085	DOCTOR COMPLAINS OF JAYSH AL-MAHDI "TAKEOVERS" AT [...] (C) On June 8, Dr Bashor (LNU),an emergency care physician at Karama hospital (located in the Saliya neighborhood near the IZ),complained to Poloff that Jaysh al-Mahdi (JAM) militia hospital "takeovers" have become common practice in several hospitals across Baghdad, including his own. The [...]	2006-06-19 17:37:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PNAT KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD209	MINISTERIAL COMMITTEE FOR NATIONAL SECURITY [...] (C//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Ja'afari convened the Ministerial Committee on National Security (MCNS) at his residence the evening of January 22. Although the major topic of discussion was infrastructure security (septel),the MCNS also heard reports concerning: the status of the [...]	2006-01-25 17:36:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MOPS PINS KCRS IZ
06BAGHDAD2114	MCNS - MUTHANNA, BASRAH, AND BAGHDAD [...] (S//REL GBR AUS JAPAN) SUMMARY: On June 18, the Ministerial Committee for National Security (MCNS) met to discuss security issues in Muthanna, Basrah, and Baghdad. It was decided to announce the transfer of security responsibility for Muthanna from the Coalition to the GOI on June 19. The Ba [...]	2006-06-21 02:31:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV CIA IZ MASS MCAP MOPS NATO PINR PREL
06BAGHDAD2116	WHERE WE STAND ON CRUDE EXPORTS, ELECTRICITY AND [...] (C) Summary: Baghdad's hours of power increased in June to an average of 8-9 hours per day, up from 4-5 a month ago. Improvements are attributable to more focused security and the return to service of several power plants that had been down for maintenance or other reasons. Crude exports are [...]	2006-06-21 06:25:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	ECON ENRG EPET PGOV PREL TU SY IZ
06BAGHDAD212	MINISTERIAL COMMITTEE FOR NATIONAL SECURITY [...] (C//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: At the urging of Ambassador, the members of the Iraqi Ministerial Committee for National Security (MCNS),joined by the Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) responsible for energy policy (Ahmed Chalabi) and Minister of Electricity Shallash, met on January 22 to discuss Iraq's [...]	2006-01-26 03:25:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MOPS EPET ECON ENRG EFIN MARR PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD2135	MCNS - UPDATE ON BAGHDAD SECURITY [...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: On June 20, the Ministerial Committee for National Security (MCNS) met to review progress on the Baghdad security plan. Iraqi Army (IA) and Iraqi National Police (INP) leadership, supported by Multi-National Division-Baghdad(MND-B) Commanding General (CG),highlighte [...]	2006-06-22 02:44:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	MASS CIA IZ MCAP MOPS NATO PGOV PINR PREL
06BAGHDAD215	WITH COMPETING PROGRAMS, UNITY GOVERNMENT WILL [...] (C) Summary: One of Iraq's top Sunni Arab political leaders, Tariq al-Hashemi, told us January 25 that while his constitutents are not happy with the election process, he will move forward on unity government talks. He anticipated difficulties finding common ground with the Kurds and the S [...]	2006-01-26 12:26:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT KDEM PHUM IZ
06BAGHDAD2165	PRESIDENT TALABANI: UPBEAT ON RECONCILIATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Talabani hosted the Ambassador for lunch June 23 with Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih. Talabani said that the Prime Minister's reconciliation proposal would go forward to the Council of Representatives. Barham expressed deep concern over as-yet unchallenged infiltrati [...]	2006-06-24 09:49:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	IZ PGOV PREL
06BAGHDAD217	POSSIBLE SURFACE-TO-AIR MISSILE ATTACK AGAINST [...] (S) SUMMARY: On January 23, 2006 at about 1411 hours local time, a possible surface-to-air missile (SAM) was fired at a Coalition aircraft eight miles southwest of Baghdad International Airport (BIAP). Countermeasures were deployed and a possible detonation 100 meters from the aircraft was re [...]	2006-01-26 14:49:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	ASEC IZ
06BAGHDAD219	NATIONAL ENERGY COUNCIL PROPOSES WAY FORWARD ON [...] (C/REL GBR AUS) Summary: The National Energy Council (NEC) agreed January 22 in principle to a plan put forward by Minister of Finance Ali Allawi to pay off Iraq's arrears to Turkish fuel suppliers over time. Deputy Prime Minister Chalabi and MinFin Allawi were both adamant that the State Oil [...]	2006-01-26 15:41:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ENRG EPET MOPS MARR PGOV PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD2237	DEATH OF SADDAM HUSSEIN DEFENSE ATTORNEY [...] (S) SUMMARY: On the morning of June 21, multiple assailants entered the home of Khamees Al-Obeidi -- one of two principal Iraqi defense attorneys in the Ad-Dujayl trial of Saddam Hussein and his co-defendants. The assailants removed Khamees from his home, transported him to the Jamilah neighb [...]	2006-06-27 02:45:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PHUM KJUS KCRM KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD2293	AL-HILLAH 6/26/06 EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) NOTE: Due to technical problems at REO Al-Hillah, Embassy Baghdad is transmitting this cable. END NOTE. 2. (SBU) The Regional Coordinator (RC) convened the Core Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on June 26 to discuss threat information related to REO Al-Hillah. In attendance were the [...]	2006-06-30 13:24:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC AMER PTER IZ
06BAGHDAD2318	JOINT WORKING GROUP TO ASSESS IRAQI ARMED FORCES [...] (C/REL MNF-I, MNC-I and IZ) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki told the Ambassador June 24 that he is interested in establishing a joint working group to assess the Iraqi Armed Forces (IAF). Maliki, Defense Minister Abdul Qader, and National Security Advisor Dr. Mowaffak al-Rubaie agreed [...]	2006-07-03 10:59:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PARM MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD2354	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES SECURITY, SERVICES, AND [...] (S) SUMMARY: In a brief meeting with Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki on June 29, the Ambassador raised points on security and economic issues, ranging from a military operation in Fallujah to the draft investment law. The Ambassador also discussed the Kurds, and he indicated to Maliki th [...]	2006-07-05 07:47:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD2379	WAY FORWARD ON BASRAH CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: As a way forward on the Basrah Children's Hospital (BCH),Mission recommends descoping the Bechtel construction job order; transferring construction program management to the Gulf Region Division (GRD) of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) with JCC-I/A contracting assistanc [...]	2006-07-07 08:13:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID SOCI IZ
06BAGHDAD2571	MEETING WITH SPEAKER OF IRAQI COUNCIL OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraqi Council of Representatives (CoR) Speaker, Mahmoud Mashadani, described to Charge Satterfield and CG Casey his efforts to support the Prime Minister, his recent discussions in Tehran, and the "Baathist trap" he fell into when he remarked on the presence of Israeli troops in t [...]	2006-07-18 15:08:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD2581	TALABANI: IRANIAN UPDATE AND SEEKING POLITICAL [...] (S) Summary: The Ambassador, just back from consultations in Washington, met President Talabani July 17. Talabani briefed the Ambassador on the latest Iraqi discussions with the Iranians, and they discussed ways to leverage concerns about Iran into greater support for Iraq from Sunni neighbo [...]	2006-07-19 09:19:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	IZ PGOV PREL
06BAGHDAD2587	MCNS - BAGHDAD SECURITY PLAN AND FORCE STRUCTURE [...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: The Ministerial Committee for National Security (MCNS) met July 16 to hear MNF-I briefings on the progress of the Iraqi Army training and on the strategic view of the Baghdad Security Plan Phase II. The Iraqis expressed the desire for more Iraqi troops to be trained, [...]	2006-07-19 16:31:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PINS PNAT PREL PTER MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD2610	IRAQI MINDEF TELLS CODEL HOEKSTRA THAT 14 [...] (C) On July 15, Congressmen Pete Hoekstra R-MI),Christopher Shays (R-CT),Gil Gutknecht (R-MN) Earl Pomeroy (D-ND),and Mike Rogers (R-MI) met with the Iraqi MinDef Abd Al-Qader. Al-Qader emphasized that the Iraqi Army (IA) is making great progress in its development despite the very challen [...]	2006-07-20 17:54:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD2652	NINAWA: PROVINCIAL IIP DIRECTOR MULLS RUN FOR [...] (C) Ninawa,s Sunni Arab population comprises a majority of the province,s population, but is a distinct minority in the provincial government. Provincial Islamic Party Director Dr. Mohammed Shakir wants to change that by possibly running at the top of his party,s ticket in upcoming provincial [...]	2006-07-24 14:28:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINR PGOV PHUM MARR ECON IZ
06BAGHDAD2668	GOI TELLS SECRETARY BODMAN THEY ARE PUSHING FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a series of separate meetings July 18, Prime Minister Maliki, Deputy Prime Minister Barham Saleh and Minister of Oil (MoO) Shahristani stressed to visiting U.S. Energy Secretary Bodman that the GOI intends to adopt foreign investor-friendly hydrocarbon legislation by year's end. [...]	2006-07-25 16:40:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET ENRG EINV ETRD PGOV PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD267	MASHHADANI SAYS SEIZE MOMENT TO END INSURGENCY, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Leading Sunni Arab Tawafuq bloc figure Mahmud Mashhadani told Poloff January 29 that his group favors Nadeem al-Jabiri for the prime ministership but is more focused on the dynamics of the next government than its members. Mashhadani said that Tawafuq strongly supported the creat [...]	2006-01-31 03:20:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD2675	REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED [...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (U) Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory informa [...]	2006-07-26 16:20:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV MOPS PINS PHUM PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD2677	IRAQI MINDEF ON IA DEVELOPMENT [...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met with Iraqi Minister of Defense Abd al-Qadir al-Mufraji July 21 to discuss Baghdad security. Al-Mufraji said the situation reflected personal struggles among politicians who are behind the militias killing innocent Iraqis. He pledged to "nip in the [...]	2006-07-26 19:07:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	IZ MOPS PGOV PINS PNAT PREL PTER
06BAGHDAD2704	IRAQI PARTICIPANTS IN US-ARAB ECONOMIC FORUM FEEL ISOLATED [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-30 08:39:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KWMN IZ
06BAGHDAD2739	FM READ-OUT OF ARAB LEAGUE MEETING AND VISITS TO [...] (C) On July 30, Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari characterized the Arab League preparatory meeting in Cairo as unsuccessful. He reported that it did not result in setting a date for the conference because sectarian tensions were too high and everyone was distracted by the Lebanon-Gaza crisis. [...]	2006-08-01 06:12:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER IZ JO
06BAGHDAD275	IRAQI INTELLECTUALS WANT STRONGMAN, U.S. TO SOLVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 28, the MNF-I/Embassy militia working group discussed militias or Extra-Governmental Armed Groups (EGAGs) with members of Iraq's intelligentsia. The Iraqi participants agreed that the GOI has failed to protects its citizens and solve the EGAG problem. Iraq, they asse [...]	2006-01-31 13:15:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS IZ
06BAGHDAD2869	NINEWA: IRAQI ISLAMIC PARTY (IIP) CALLS FOR EARLY [...] (C) Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP) leadership in Ninewa believes restoration of security is the most important task in Ninewa, and early elections (to replace the current Kurd-dominated Ninewa Provincial Government) would be the best first step to improve security. Only a fully representative gov [...]	2006-08-09 10:08:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF MARR ECON IZ
06BAGHDAD2870	NINEWA: PUK PERSPECTIVES ON SECURITY AND ARAB [...] (C) Ninewa's Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) party leadership believes security is the fundamental key to political, economic and social progress in the province. PUK Director Rebaz Berkoty proposes a security conference for all political and religious groups be convened to seek consensu [...]	2006-08-09 10:50:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM MARR ECON IZ
06BAGHDAD2907	PRIME MINISTER ON SECURITY ISSUES [...] (S) Summary: On July 29, MNF-I CG Casey briefed Prime Minister Maliki on security-related developments that had occured during his absence from Iraq. The Prime Minister's National Security Adviser, Dr. Mowaffaq Al-Rubaie was also present. General Casey stressed to the Prime Minister that the [...]	2006-08-12 09:32:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	ASEC IZ MARR PREL PTER
06BAGHDAD2908	IRAQI MOD - QUELLING VIOLENCE TOP PRIORITY [...] (S) SUMMARY: At an August 7 working lunch, Ambassador Khalilzad and Minister of Defense Abdul Qader al-Mufraji discussed the current security situation, relations with the Ministry of Interior (MOI),MOD reforms and future plans, the regional environment, and ideas for reforming MOI. Al-Mufraj [...]	2006-08-12 10:17:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PREL MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD2928	AMBASSADOR'S AUGUST 11 MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER [...] (S) SUMMARY: Ambassador Khalilzad and General Casey met on August 11 with Prime Minister Maliki to review the Baghdad Security Plan. Maliki gave his consent to a revised plan for a more flexible checkpoint system and appeared markedly more forward leaning on operational security cooperation th [...]	2006-08-12 12:39:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PREL MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD293	UPDATE ON DETAINEE FACILITY INSPECTIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Iraqi Interagency Inspection Team (IIIT),created in response to the discovery of abuses at the Ministry of Interior's (MoI's) al-Jadriyah (Bunker) detention facility in November and supported by Multi-National Forces-Iraq (MNF-I),has conducted four unannounced inspections [...]	2006-02-01 18:25:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PREL PINS PHUM KJUS MARR IZ
06BAGHDAD2936	NINEWA: GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL CHAIR LIST PROVINCIAL [...] (C) Summary: Ninewa PRT Leader Knight made initial calls on Ninewa's Governor Kashmoula and Provincial Council Chair Issa 3 Aug 06. Individual discussions were followed by a working lunch at which both attended. Security in Mosul remains the primary concern of both. Kashmoula again press [...]	2006-08-14 04:23:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM MARR ECON IZ
06BAGHDAD2991	BAYAN JABR AN POLITICS, AND "BAGHDAD BERMS" [...] (C/REL GBR AUS) Summary: During an August 14 dinner with the Ambassador, Finance Minister Bayan Jabr proposed that MNF-I construct an earthen berm around Baghdad, while gradually expanding the Green Zone walls outward - with the ultimate goal of turning the whole of Baghdad into a green zone - [...]	2006-08-17 09:27:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PREL PTER PNAT MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD2992	NINEWA: ADM REPORTS CONTINUED MARGINALIZATION OF [...] (C) PRT Team Leader Knight and IPAO Pope met Assyrian Democratic Movement (ADM) Mosul Director and Provincial Council Representative Gevara Zia and ADM Deputy Director for Mosul Toma Khowshaba at PRT offices on FOB Marez (Mosul) 12 August 2006. Zia and Khowshaba complain that Christians and [...]	2006-08-17 10:01:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF IZ
06BAGHDAD3029	SUNNI COR MEMBER DEFENDS MASHHADANI [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a late meeting on August 17 with the Ambassador, Sunni National Dialogue Front (INCD) Council of Representatives (CoR) member Sheikh Abd al-Nasir al-Jenabi stubbornly defended CoR Speaker Mahmud al-Mashhadani's performance and demanded that he retain his position in the CoR. W [...]	2006-08-20 17:27:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER IZ
06BAGHDAD3036	KRG TELLS UNCHR THEY OPPOSE MAKHMOUR INTEGRATION [...] (C) Summary: UNHCR-Iraq officials Burgi Englbrecht and Charlie Lynch met August 6-8 with KRG officials and residents of the Makhmour refugee camp. According to Englebrecht and Lynch, KRG Deputy Prime Minister Omar Fattah Hussayn, KRG Minister of Interior Osman Haji Mahmud, and Chief of Staff [...]	2006-08-21 08:44:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PTER PHUM UNHCR IZ TU
06BAGHDAD3053	AUGUST 18 MEETING BETWEEN IRAQI PM, AMBASSADOR, [...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: At an intense August 18 meeting with Prime Minister Maliki, MNF-I Commander General (CG) Casey and the Ambassador, the PM reacted negatively to American news reports that the PM is willing to kill Sunnis, but shield Shia including Moqtada al-Sadr from MNF-I raids. The [...]	2006-08-22 11:50:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PINS PNAT PREL PTER MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD315	FADHILA MEMBERS DISCUSS SOLUTION TO INSURGENCY [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a February 1 meeting with PolCouns, Fadhila Party members Hassan al-Shamiri and Mohammed Ismael al-Khuzai argued that rebuilding Iraq's economy is key to ending the insurgency. Many insurgents join armed groups because they have no jobs and feel they have no future in the new [...]	2006-02-04 16:05:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON ELAB PINR IZ
06BAGHDAD3205	MCNS - AUGUST 27 [...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: At the Ministerial Council for National Security (MCNS) on August 27, Prime Minister Maliki suggested that the looting of a former British base in Maysan province created a "public perception of defeat" that must be analyzed. The Baghdad Security Plan is progressing, [...]	2006-08-31 11:36:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PINS PNAT PREL PTER MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD3243	ATTORNEY GENERAL MAKES PRODUCTIVE VISIT TO IRAQ [...] (C) U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales paid a productive and busy visit to Baghdad on August 29. He met with Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih and other key Iraqi officials, visited wounded soldiers at the U.S. Combat Support Hospital, toured the Iraqi High Tribunal where Saddam Hussein [...]	2006-09-04 09:51:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PINS PGOV KJUS IZ
06BAGHDAD3255	TALABANI ACCUSES TURKISH MILITARY OF UNDERMINING [...] (C) In separate meetings on August 30 and September 2, President Talabani updated the Charge d'Affaires on steps taken by the Government of Iraq (GOI) and the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) to push the PKK toward a ceasefire. Charge began the meeting on August 30 by raising the spate of [...]	2006-09-05 03:11:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER TU IZ
06BAGHDAD3281	UN AMBASSADOR QAZI ON THE INTERNATIONAL COMPACT [...] (C) In an August 30 meeting with Charge, UN Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) Ashraf Qazi welcomed the UAE's decision to host the Iraq Compact Preparatory Committee meeting in Abu Dhabi on September 10. Qazi stressed that the Compact's political/security language should la [...]	2006-09-06 02:36:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT KDEM PREL ECON IZ
06BAGHDAD3283	NINEWA: SHABAK PUSH FOR RECONCILIATION COUNCIL AND [...] (C) PRT Team Leader Knight and IPAO Pope met Shabak Democratic Party (SDP) leader and Council of Representatives member Dr. Hunain Qaddo at PRT offices on FOB Marez (Mosul) 21 August 2006. Hunain proposed a major reconfiguration of de- Ba'athification efforts since he believes social peace [...]	2006-09-06 04:17:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF EAID IZ
06BAGHDAD3297	NINEWA: PM MALIKI'S VISIT TO MOSUL 4 SEP 06 [...] (SBU) Nuri al-Maliki made his first visit to Ninewa Province as Iraq's Prime Minister 4 September, when he met over 100 Ninewa leaders, including Provincial government officials, chairs of Provincial Council committees, and ranking traditional and opinion leaders. His brief opening statemen [...]	2006-09-06 10:56:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON MARR IZ
06BAGHDAD332	FALLUJAH: NEW YEAR, NEW CHALLENGES -- SAME HIGH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Fallujah faces ongoing security and rebuilding challenges despite hard-won progress throughout 2005. Attacks directed against Marines and Iraqi Security Forces continue, including an IED explosion in January 2006 targeting local police (native Fallujans). Intermittent sniper a [...]	2006-02-06 08:17:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINS MOPS MARR EAID ECON KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD3329	AMBASSADOR AND TALABANI DISCUSS DEFUSING FLAG [...] (C) SUMMARY: In meetings with President Jalal Talabani on September 5-6, the Ambassador expressed his disappointment with the timing of Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) President Masud Barzani's September 1 statement on using the 1958 Iraqi flag within the KRG until a new flag had been dete [...]	2006-09-07 15:22:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER SY RU TU IZ
06BAGHDAD3332	BAGHDAD'S DISTRICTS: A PRIMER [...] (U) Baghdad is home to nearly one-fourth of Iraq's 27 million residents, and the city is bisected north-to-south by the Tigris river. Administratively, it has nine urban districts. The following is a primer on those districts. Karadah: Beverly Hills of Baghdad ----------------------------- [...]	2006-09-08 06:13:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR IZ
06BAGHDAD3335	AMBASSADOR URGES SUNNI LEADERS TO PARTICIPATE IN [...] (C) The Ambassador told the Speaker of the Council of Representatives (CoR) Dr. Mahmoud Mashhadani September 7 that, for Iraq to succeed, the political parties need to cooperate to strengthen the unity government and to deal with tough, divisive issues. The Ambassador encouraged the Speaker t [...]	2006-09-08 10:02:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD3358	NINEWA'S FUEL CRISIS [...] (C) Unending fuel shortages in Ninewa are the preoccupation of all/all PRT interlocutors, second only to ongoing violence in Mosul. These shortages are the single most critical issue impeding improved security and economic rehabilitation throughout Ninewa. They restrict mobility of Iraqi s [...]	2006-09-10 07:43:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL ECON EPET MARR IZ
06BAGHDAD3374	ABU GHRAIB PRISON TRANSFERRED TO GOI, FUTURE USE [...] (U) This is a PRT Al Anbar cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Effective September 1, 2006, responsibilities for securing and administering Abu Ghraib prison transferred to an on-site Iraq Army unit and Ministry of Justice officials. A platoon of U.S. Marines will remain at the location until mid-Sept [...]	2006-09-11 06:49:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINS KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD3399	BADR CORPS SECGEN VIEWS ON MILITIA DEMOBILIZATION [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-12 12:29:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PNAT PREL KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD344	MINISTERIAL COMMITTEE FOR NATIONAL SECURITY [...] (C//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: The Iraqi Ministerial Committee for National Security (MCNS) met on February 3 and addressed the following: -- The MCNS acknowledged the work of the Joint Committee to Transfer Security Responsibility (JCTSR) and directed that its Working Group continue steps toward [...]	2006-02-06 13:42:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PTER MOPS ENRG EPET IZ
06BAGHDAD3454	KURDISH LEADER BARZANI SUPPORTS "PACKAGE DEAL" IDEA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) President Masoud Barzani told the Ambassador September 13 that he would support a "package deal" by Iraq's political leaders on federal region formation, constitutional questions, militias, hydrocarbons and other issues (ref A). Barzani feels a [...]	2006-09-14 18:59:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PNAT IZ
06BAGHDAD3456	MCNS - MALIKI ON OIL SMUGGLING, DIYALA SECURITY [...] (S/REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: During the September 10 meeting of the Ministerial Committee for National Security, Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki: -- Cited petroleum smuggling as a key source of terrorist financing that must be addressed together with energy infrastructure protection; -- Called for be [...]	2006-09-14 19:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	IZ MOPS PGOV PINS PNAT PREL PTER
06BAGHDAD3471	FALLUJAH - DISPLACED SUNNI ARABS RELOCATE TO AL [...] (U) This is a PRT Al Anbar cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Sectarian violence has prompted thousands of Sunni-Arabs to relocate to Al Anbar Province. Many have moved to Fallujah given its proximity to Baghdad and lack of Shia militia activity. Fallujah city leaders have taken steps to address the [...]	2006-09-17 12:01:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINS KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD3505	PRT BAGHDAD: IRAQI POLICE PERCEPTION OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In furtherance of Baghdad Security Plan (BSP) operations, PRT officers visited seven police stations in BSP focus areas in September. Our conversations with senior police officials revealed that police officers believe or want us to believe that BSP focus area residents lack co [...]	2006-09-19 12:30:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS MCAP PGOV PINR PTER PINS IZ
06BAGHDAD351	CONTINUING TO REACH OUT TO THE SUNNIS: DEMOCRACY [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a follow-up meeting on January 30, 2006, the Ambassador met with Sheikh Khamis Hawaz al-Sidiq, a former Iraqi Army Major General from Hillah and senior Shammar tribal figure. Sidiq criticized the US for depending on expatriate Iraqis when it launched the war, and he defended [...]	2006-02-06 15:01:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PTER PINR KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD3539	NINEQA: TURKISH CG BOTSALI VISIT TO MOSUL 19-20 [...] (SBU) Turkish Consul General for Mosul Huseyn Avni Botsali visited Mosul 19-20 Sep. While this visit was scheduled primarily to initiate contractor work to harden and rehabilitate the Consulate's facilities in Mosul, he held productive discussions on future GOT-Coalition economic and governa [...]	2006-09-21 13:43:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL ECON EAID MARR PREF TU IZ
06BAGHDAD3653	SHAHRISTANI ON THE HYDROCARBON LAW - THE WAY AHEAD [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador met September 28 with Oil Minister Shahristani to discuss the status of the Hydrocarbon Law. Shahristani confirmed that broad agreement has been reached on most elements, and felt that especially with U.S. help, the Kurds could be convinced to reach agreement on the rem [...]	2006-09-29 14:46:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET IZ KJUS KCOR PGOV EINV PBTS
06BAGHDAD3725	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES DE-BAATHIFICATION AND OTHER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Khalilzad met October 2 with Ahmet Chalabi, who chairs Iraq's Higher National De-Baathification Commission (HNDBC). Chalabi appeared open to de-Baathification reforms such as redrafting de-Baathification guidelines and granting some mid-level ex-Baathists pensions an [...]	2006-10-07 17:55:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PINS IZ
06BAGHDAD3738	LEAHY IN IRAQ [...] (U) Restated questions from Ref A para 7 followed by Post's answers. ---------- QUESTION A ---------- 2. (SBU) What measures have Post or MNF-I taken to prevent human rights abusers from receiving U.S. security assistance and to improve the human rights record of units receiving U.S. a [...]	2006-10-09 08:49:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PHUM PINS MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD3796	IRAQI MP AND ADVISOR TO PRIME MINISTER DISCUSSES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sami al-Askari, Council of Representatives (CoR) member and confidante of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki told the Ambassador that the leaders who signed the Ramadan agreement had agreed on members for the central committee and had begun to discuss the issue of checkpoints. The Amb [...]	2006-10-12 18:25:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS IZ
06BAGHDAD3808	CHAIR OF SECURITY AND DEFENSE COMMITTEE OUTLINES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chair of the Council of Representatives (CoR) Committee on Security and Defense Hadi Al-Amri said that the Policy Council on National Security (PCNS) has decided that the Iraqi government needs a mandate from the CoR in order to request an extension of UN Security Council Resolut [...]	2006-10-13 11:21:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS IZ
06BAGHDAD3827	IRAQI GOVERNMENT ANBAR TRIBES CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Representatives from Anbar tribes gathered with local and national government officials October 7 in Baghdad to pledge cooperation in restoring security and promoting economic development in the heavily-Sunni province. Conference participants highlighted mounting frustrations [...]	2006-10-15 06:49:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS IZ
06BAGHDAD3858	AMBASSADOR AND GENERAL CASEY URGE PM MALIKI TO ACT [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: During an October 14 meeting, Ambassador Khalilzad and MNF-I Commanding General George Casey urged PM Maliki to take decisive political and military steps to curb ethno-sectarian violence. Maliki pushed back against the use of military force, arguing that three years of Coali [...]	2006-10-16 11:39:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD393	IRAQI ISLAMIC PARTY SEEKS USG ASSISTANCE ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Members of the Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP) Human Rights Committee lodged complaints January 28 about the alleged abuse of human rights of MOI and MOD detainees. IIP presented to EmbOffs lists of detainees held by MNF-I, Ministry of Defense and Ministry of Interior. The IIP Committ [...]	2006-02-09 08:42:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM KJUS IZ
06BAGHDAD3946	PRT TIKRIT: SCENE SETTER FOR SALAH AD DIN PROVINCE [...] (U) This is a PRT Tikrit, Salah ad Din cable. 2. (SBU) INTRODUCTION. Salah ad Din province, best known as Saddam's homeland and the Sunni heartland of Iraq, is struggling to find a new political identity and economic vigor in a free Iraq. Believing themselves to suffer unfairly from assum [...]	2006-10-21 06:32:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON PINR EAID IZ
06BAGHDAD396	SHIA INDEPENDENT: WHO WILL DEFEND IRAQ WHEN U.S. [...] (C) Shia Islamist Coalition (List 555) independent parliamentarian Sami al-Askari asked PolOff in a February 6 meeting, "Who will defend Iraq after coalition forces (CF) leave?" Al-Askari said he is concerned that the U.S. will withdraw its forces soon because of its domestic political situat [...]	2006-02-09 12:03:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PGOV PINS PREL IZ IR
06BAGHDAD3971	IRAQI MP GIVES SHI'A NARRATIVE OF DIYALA'S [...] (C) Summary: According to Diyala native and Council of Representatives (CoR) member Taha Der'a al-Saadi (Shi'a coalition independent),nascent cross-sectarian security cooperation in Iraq's Diyala governorate has ended and Sunnis, with the help of local offcials, are actively seeking to expe [...]	2006-10-23 07:51:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ PGOV PINS PREL
06BAGHDAD3975	BAGHDAD,S RASHID DISTRICT ADVISORY COUNCIL REPORTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: PRT Baghdad Iraq Provincial Action Officer (IPAO) met with Rashid District Advisory Council (DAC) Chairman Sabeeh Radhy Kaaby and attended the weekly DAC meeting there on 18 October. Both the Chairman and the broader membership expressed deep frustration over the deteriorating s [...]	2006-10-23 09:54:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM PINR KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD402	SHIA ISLAMIST PM CONTENDERS: NO PERFECT CANDIDATE [...] (S) SUMMARY: None of the contenders for the Shia Islamist Coalition's prime minister nominee is ideal, and we will need to convince whoever the nominee is to construct a good set of structural agreements and program plans to address Iraq's deep problems. SCIRI's Adil Abd' al-Mahdi appears to [...]	2006-02-10 08:51:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD4023	BAGHDAD'S KARADA DISTRICT SECURITY SITUATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 12 PolOff met with Abdulla Amir, Deputy Council Chairman and District Douncil Security Chairman in Karada, a relatively prosperous, predominantly Shia but mixed Baghdad district near the International Zone (IZ). Abdulla told PolOff that Jaish al Mahdi (JAM) militia me [...]	2006-10-29 05:48:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ KDEM PGOV PHUM PINR PTER
06BAGHDAD4029	IRAQI PM SEEKS GREATER AUTHORITY BUT QUESTIONS [...] (S) SUMMARY: Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki told the Ambassador that he wanted the power to command the movements of Iraqi Security Forces (ISF),arguing that he could not be asked to bear responsibility for security in Iraq without the having the appropriate authority. Saying he was r [...]	2006-10-29 08:17:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PINS IZ
06BAGHDAD4042	PRT TIKRIT INAUGURATION LEADS TO SECURITY AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. After the Salah ad Din (SaD) PRT's October 12 inauguration ceremony, the Ambassador and MND-North CG Major General Mixon discussed security issues and reconciliation with SaD Governor Hamad Hamood al Shakti, Deputy Governor General Abdullah Al Jbarah, and Provincial Council Chair [...]	2006-10-29 12:25:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD4057	VP ADVISOR HANNAH, PRESIDENT TALABANI ASSESS THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a wide-ranging discussion on October 18, President Jalal Talabani and the Vice-President's National Security Advisor John Hannah discussed the internal political divisions both within the Sunni Arab groups and between the Shia, Sunni Arab, and Kurdish factions within the new [...]	2006-10-30 06:12:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER SY TU IZ
06BAGHDAD4059	KRG CONSTITUTION CHAIRMAN - PESHMERGA NEEDS ARMY WEAPONS [...] (U) This is a PRT Erbil cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Peshmerga with tanks and aircraft are necessary for KRG security, Farsat Ahmed (Secretary of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Kurdistan National Assembly (KNA),member of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP),and Chair of the KNA Cons [...]	2006-10-30 06:34:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ PREL
06BAGHDAD4094	AL-BATHA MAYOR SEEKS DONOR SUPPORT [...] (U) This is a PRT Dhi Qar cable. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Dhi Qar PRT and U.S. Army Civil Affairs (CA) personnel met with the Mayor of Al-Batha, a small town located approximately 15 KM from provincial capital, Al-Nasiriyah, on September 12 at the Mayor's office. The mayor, Mr. Ali Faad Al She [...]	2006-11-01 14:55:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINS ECON EZ

06BAGHDAD4096	SCIRI CHAIRMAN HAKIM DISCUSSES MISTAKES, MILITIAS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an October 17 meeting with National Security Advisor to the Vice President John Hannah and the Charge, Abdulaziz al-Hakim, leader of the Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI),said that Iraq had realized significant achievements in the short time since its libe [...]	2006-11-01 20:20:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS IZ
06BAGHDAD4097	IRAQI MP HUMAM HAMMOUDI CALLS FOR NATIONAL UNITY [...] (C) In an October 18 meeting with National Security Advisor to the Vice President John Hannah and the Charge, Humam Hammoudi, Council of Representatives (CoR) member and senior SCIRI politician, said that the current situation in Iraq required a national unity government, rather than one cente [...]	2006-11-01 20:23:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS IZ
06BAGHDAD4098	IRAQI MINISTER DEFENDS EFFORTS ON SECURITY AND [...] (C) In an October 17 meeting with National Security Advisor to the Vice President John Hannah, and the Charge, Minister of Finance Bayan Jabr, defended his record at MoI, where he served as Minister from April 2005 to May 2006. Asked by Hannah whether his tenure at MoI had resulted in the mini [...]	2006-11-01 20:26:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS ECON IZ
06BAGHDAD410	IRAQI MINISTERIAL COMMITTEE FOR NATIONAL SECURITY [...] (C//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: The Iraqi Ministerial Committee for National Security (MCNS) met the evening of February 6, 2006 at the residence of Prime Minister Ibrahim Ja'afari. -- MNF-I Commanding General Casey urged the members to address the issue of kidnappings and assassinations about wh [...]	2006-02-10 18:38:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM MOPS PINS EPET ENRG IZ
06BAGHDAD4127	DEPUTY PRESIDENT MAHDI DISCUSSES SECURITY AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy President Adil Abd al-Mahdi told John Hannah, the National Security Adviser to the Vice President, October 17 that the security situation is bad (but statistically getting slightly better),with more Iraqis, particularly in Baghdad, feeling personally threatened. Mahdi [...]	2006-11-05 08:45:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS ECON IZ
06BAGHDAD4164	IRAQI SHI'A POLITICIAN AIRS DOUBTS ABOUT U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ali al-Adeeb, Dawa bloc leader in the Council of Representatives (CoR) and vice chairman of the Shi'a coalition, aired doubts about U.S. and coalition intent in Iraq in a conversation with PolCouns on November 6. He raised a number of alleged incidents that, he thought, suggest [...]	2006-11-07 12:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS IZ
06BAGHDAD4168	DHI QAR PRT AND U.S. ARMY CIVIL AFFAIRS PERSONNEL [...] (U) This is a PRT Dhi Qar cable. 2. (S) Summary: Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) and U.S. Army 1/34 Civil Affairs personnel met with a representative of the Jaysh Al Mahdi Militia (JAM) on October 26 to discuss access to parts of the province under the influence of the JAM. The inter [...]	2006-11-07 13:40:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINS IZ
06BAGHDAD4183	MUTHANNA AND DHI QAR OFFICIALS CAUTIOUSLY [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an October 30 meeting with National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley and the DCM, political leaders and security chiefs of Dhi Qar and Muthanna provinces characterized their provinces as relatively calm but raised concerns about the number and readiness of the ISF in their areas [...]	2006-11-08 15:51:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS IZ
06BAGHDAD4218	NINEWA: SHAMAR CHIEF ON KURD EXPANSIONISM, [...] (C) The predominant Shamar Tribe chief in Ninewa, Ahmad Abdullah al-Yawer, urgently met PRT Team Leader Knight and Multilateral Division North Deputy Commander BG Wiercinski's representative, COL Lull, to express Shamar alarm at Kurd territorial ambitions in Ninewa. A group of subordinate S [...]	2006-11-13 07:18:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PINR IZ
06BAGHDAD4238	FM ZEBARI BRIEFS DIPLOMATIC CORPS ON UNSCR [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 14, FM Zebari informed the diplomatic corps that Iraq would formally request an extension of MNF-I's UN Security Council mandate. He said that the decision had been reached with broad support within the Iraqi political leadership after discussions with the Coalition o [...]	2006-11-14 20:10:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS UN IZ
06BAGHDAD4246	PRT ERBIL: KRG PESHMERGA MINISTER OBJECTS TO [...] (C) This is a PRT Erbil cable. Omer Othman (known as Za'im Ali),the Kurdistan Regional Government's Minister of Peshmerga (KDP-Kurdistan Democratic Party) met Erbil IPAO to clarify Peshmerga and party views on Kurdish-U.S. relations, the PKK, negotiations with Baghdad, and freedom of the p [...]	2006-11-15 11:19:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD4247	PRT ERBIL: MINISTER OF PESHMERGA'S VIEW ON THE [...] (C) This is a PRT Erbil cable. Omer Othman (known as Za'im Ali),the Kurdistan Regional Government's Minister of Peshmerga (KDP - Kurdistan Democratic Party) met Erbil IPAO to clarify Peshmerga and party views on Kurdish - U.S. relations, the PKK, negotiations with Baghdad, and freedom of th [...]	2006-11-15 11:23:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD4252	PRT/REO POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC ROUNDUP (OCTOBER 25 - NOVEMBER 10, 2006) [...] (C) SUMMARY. Embassy Baghdad has initiated a regular roundup cable of short political and economic items submitted by Provisional Reconstruction Teams and Regional Embassy Offices in Iraq. This is intended to complement other reporting and provide insight on events and developments across the [...]	2006-11-15 15:01:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EINV ECON IZ KJUS
06BAGHDAD4254	LEADING SHIA POLITICIAN SHAYKH HUMAM HAMMOUDI LAYS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Leading SCIRI party member Shaykh Humam Hammoudi laid out a vision on how to achieve democracy in Iraq and gave specific recommendations in the security, political and economic spheres. He highlighted the short-term importance of building Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) committed to [...]	2006-11-15 17:28:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS IZ
06BAGHDAD4267	NOVEMBER 15 MCNS ON MOD REFORM [...] (S/REL UK, AUS) SUMMARY: On November 15, Minister of Defense Abdul Qader presented a report on MoD reform to the Ministerial Committee on National Security (MCNS),focusing on the current situation in the ministry. Following the MinDef's presentation, National Security Advisor Rubaie said the [...]	2006-11-16 21:06:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PGOV MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD4271	REPORT OF KILLING AND TORTURE AT MOD DETENTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-17 10:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD4275	PRT DIYALA - PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT WEAKENED BY [...] (U) SUMMARY: Diyala's reconstruction efforts and the provincial government?s ability to manage its affairs have been increasingly hindered as the province's security situation has worsened over recent months. Key Iraqi government personnel in various departments have been killed, kidnappe [...]	2006-11-19 14:01:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PREL SOCI IZ
06BAGHDAD4295	PRT DIYALA: SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN NUMBER OF [...] (S) SUMMARY. There has been a noticeable increase in the number of Iraqi Police (IP) and Iraqi Army (IA) detainee abuse cases reported to Coalition Forces (CF) in Diyala Province since Major General Hulal Husain Shakir, a Shi'a Arab, was appointed commander of the 5th IA Division in July 200 [...]	2006-11-20 13:00:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PINS PREL PHUM IZ
06BAGHDAD4310	CHARGE AND IRAQI CONSTITUTIONAL COMMITTEE CHAIR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Newly elected Constitution Review Committee (CRC) Chair Shaykh Humam Hammoudi (Shia Coalition/SCIRI) told Charge Speckhard on November 19 that the CRC will take up political, technical/drafting, and "continuity" issues. Political issues like regional authorities will be decided by [...]	2006-11-21 08:47:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD4367	REPORT OF KILLING AND TORTURE AT MOD DETENTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-27 13:15:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PHUM KDEM PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD4371	IRAQI PRIME MINISTER TO REVIEW PLAN TO RESTORE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting in Erbil with United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) and the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) on November 24, the Iraqi Minister for National Security Affairs (MNSA),Sharwan Waili agreed to ask the Iraqi PM to approve the use of Iraqi Security Forces ( [...]	2006-11-27 18:34:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PREL PTER TU IZ
06BAGHDAD4384	PRT DIYALA: IRAQI ARMY GENERAL TARGETING DIYALA,S [...] (S) SUMMARY: Credible evidence collected by Coalition forces (CF) working with Iraqi Army (IA) battalions and reported by senior Diyala government officials indicates that Diyala's IA Fifth Division Commander, Major General Hulail Husayn Shakir (Shi'a),is targeting Sunnis and abusing detain [...]	2006-11-28 15:13:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PINS PREL PHUM IZ
06BAGHDAD4385	NOVEMBER 26 MCNS: HIGH LEVEL WORKING GROUP REPORT [...] (S/REL UK) SUMMARY: The November 26 meeting of the Ministerial Committee on National Security (MCNS) focused on the report of the High Level Working Group formed on October 28 by President Bush and PM Maliki to make recommendations regarding acceleration of GOI control over the security situat [...]	2006-11-28 15:13:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD4392	AMBASSADOR HOSTS FRANK RXCHANGE BETWEEN IRAQI [...] (S) SUMMARY: Iraqi Shiite Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and Sunni Vice-President Tariq al-Hashimi had a frank exchange on differences and prospects for cooperation in a meeting with the Ambassador on November 27. Maliki also discussed dealing with national level problems and his lack of auth [...]	2006-11-29 07:12:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD4400	FALLUJAH UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: PRT officials met with Fallujah leaders Mayor Jassim, Fallujah City Council (FCC) Secretary Abbas and Iraqi Police Chief Colonel Karim at the Fallujah IP District Headquarters 25 on November 25. They noted that the sectarian violence in Baghdad would likely lead to a greater inf [...]	2006-11-29 13:22:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PHUM PINS PGOV PREF IZ
06BAGHDAD4401	PRT TIKRIT: PERCEPTIONS AND ELECTION PROSPECTS OF [...] (U) This is a PRT Tikrit, Salah ad Din cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY. Recent Coalition Forces (CF) polling in Salah ad Din's (SAD) major cities revealed that the SaD Governor is seen as incapable and indecisive; the Deputy Governor, effective but dictatorial; and Provincial Council (PC) members, c [...]	2006-11-29 13:27:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD4407	PRT TIKRIT: POWER, CORRUPTION, AND AQIZ IN SALAH [...] (U) This is a PRT Tikrit, Salah ad Din cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY. The disintegration of the social fabric of Salah ad Din (SaD),which started during the Saddam regime, was exacerbated by its fall and the subsequent aftermath, has caused political disarray in the province. With the diminuti [...]	2006-11-30 05:22:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PINR PTER KCOR KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD4408	PRT TIKRIT: PRO-BAATHIST SHEIKHS FIND ROLE IN [...] (U) This is a PRT Tikrit, Salah ad Din (SaD) cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY. At a joint PRT-SaD Sheikhs Council meeting, provincial tribal sheikhs expressed their frustration with the political process, saying "they could not support a government that does not support them." They blamed the curren [...]	2006-11-30 05:29:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD442	FALLUJAH CITY COUNCIL CHAIRMAN ASSASSINATED [...] (C) SUMMARY: Assailants assassinated Sheikh Kamal Shakir Al-Nazal. Fallujah City Council (FCC) Chairman and senior city imam, on February 7, 2006 in central Fallujah. He had generally pursued a cooperative relationship with coalition forces. Sheikh Kamal, along with other Fallujah imams and [...]	2006-02-13 15:17:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINS KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD4425	IRAQI PRESIDENT'S LIST OF STEPS FOR IRANIANS TO [...] (S) Summary: President Jalal Talabani provided the Ambassador December 1 with a document that included steps for Iran to take to help restore security and support the government in Iraq. Talabani delivered the list to Iranian leaders during his November 27-29 trip to Teheran. Recommended measu [...]	2006-12-03 03:41:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINS PINR IR IZ
06BAGHDAD4434	DPM SALEH DISCUSSES IRAQ'S CURRENT SITUATION WITH [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador hosted a November 28 dinner for visiting U.S. Governors Corzine (NJ),Huntsman (UT),Kulongoski (OR) and Pataki (NY) with Iraqi DPM Barham Saleh. After an overview by the Ambassador, Saleh gave the governors his views on how Sunnis and Shiites could forge a common v [...]	2006-12-03 11:38:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IR IZ
06BAGHDAD4439	PRT DIYALA: SUNNI SHEIKHS PRESENT DEMANDS TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 22, PRT officials met with a group of Sunni sheikhs who presented a written list of demands of the CF and Diyala government that centered on re-balancing representation in local security services and government positions, and holding provincial elections. The assemble [...]	2006-12-04 10:30:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PREL PHUM IZ
06BAGHDAD4440	IRAQI LEADERS CONTINUE DISCUSSIONS OF MODERATE [...] (S) Summary: President Talabani, Prime Minister Maliki, and other Iraqi leaders met December 2 to continue discussing the formation of a moderate political front. They seemed to be moving toward the creation of an executive body representing the Kurds, IIP, SCIRI, and Dawa, perhaps as embodie [...]	2006-12-04 10:51:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINS IZ
06BAGHDAD4449	IRAQI PRESIDENT TALABANI DISCUSSES STATE OF IRAQ [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a December 3 meeting with the Ambassador and Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, Congressman Christopher Shays stressed the importance for the U.S. public of seeing progress in Iraq relatively soon. Talabani emphasized the importance of training and equipping Iraqi Forces and said [...]	2006-12-05 08:50:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ IR
06BAGHDAD4464	BAGHDAD LOCAL LEADERS SAY NOVEMBER VIOLENCE [...] (C) Summary. Several District Advisory Council (DAC) Members in Baghdad and a number of average citizens expressed concern recently about what they see as a further decline in public faith in the central government following a spike in violence in November. The turning point, some said, was t [...]	2006-12-06 08:16:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PHUM PGOV SOCI PINS IZ
06BAGHDAD4501	PRT TIKRIT: COMMUNITY LEADERS HIGHLIGHT CHALLENGES [...] (U) This is a PRT Tikrit, Salah ad Din cable. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. On November 30, representatives from Salah ad Din's private sector, academia, citizens? groups and municipal governments met in Tikrit for a Dialogue and Communication Conference sponsored by the 3BCT and the PRT. The Governor [...]	2006-12-10 12:34:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGER IR IZ
06BAGHDAD4503	KRG SINJARI CALLS FOR PKK AMNESTY, MAKHMOUR CAMP [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Minister of Interior Karim Sinjari told RRTOffs on December 4 and 5 that steps to resolve the presence of the PKK (the Kurdistan Workers Party) in Iraq are finally moving forward but face continuing difficulties with the Government of Turkey [...]	2006-12-10 12:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PBTS PHUM PREF PTER IZ
06BAGHDAD4516	PRT TIKRIT: POSSIBLE KURDISH MANEUVERING AROUND AL [...] (U) This is a PRT Tikrit, Salah ad Din cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY. Recently PRT Tikrit has received several reports of Kurdish attempts to populate with Kurds and garner political support in the area around al Tuz. Separated from the rest of Salah ad Din (SaD) province by the Hamrin mountains, [...]	2006-12-11 08:06:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM PHUM IZ
06BAGHDAD4517	PRT TIKRIT: THE EFFECT OF DEBAATHIFICATION IN [...] (U) This is a PRT Tikrit, Salah ad Din cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY. In the Baathist heartland of Salah ad Din (SaD),the effects of de-Baathification and dismantling of the former Iraqi Army are causing SaD Sunnis to resist engagement in the political process. While many SaD residents object to [...]	2006-12-11 08:11:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PTER IZ
06BAGHDAD4527	IRAQI MODERATE FRONT ORGANIZERS CONCERNED ABOUT [...] (S) Summary: In the latest meeting of political leaders quietly organizing a moderate front, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki made clear his desire to keep their effort out of the media and expressed frustration at the front's lack of progress thus far. Usual participant Sunni VP Tariq al [...]	2006-12-12 12:58:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD4529	MCNS DECEMBER 3 [...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: During the December 3 Ministerial Council on National Security, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki: -- Responded to reports of attacks on downtown Baghdad banks and government ministries by calling for "Green Zone" like security zones in strategic areas of the capital; [...]	2006-12-12 13:23:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PINS PGOV PNAT PTER MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD4530	MCNS DECEMBER 10 [...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: During the December 10 Ministerial Council on National Security, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki asked for options to rapidly restore security to the area around the Bayji Oil Refinery so that production may resume. Ministers also discussed increasing prison security a [...]	2006-12-12 13:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINS PTER PNAT MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD4531	SENIOR DAWA PARTY LEADER OFFERS SHI'A PERSPECTIVE [...] (C) Summary: Senior Dawa party leader and vice-chairman of the Shi'a coalition Ali al-Adeeb told PolCouns on December 6 that negotiations on the Independent Higher Election Commission (IHEC) had reached an impasse because the Kurds, specifically Masoud Barzani, would not accept national comm [...]	2006-12-12 14:32:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD455	COMMITTEE TO ADDRESS SUNNI HUMAN RIGHTS CONCERNS ? [...] (C) SUMMARY. On February 7 Deputy Prime Minister Abid Mutlaq Hamud al-Jabburi told us that Prime Minister Jafari had given him oral instructions to form an investigative committee to address human rights issues and complaints lodged against the Iraqi security forces. The Prime Minister refe [...]	2006-02-14 15:45:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD4552	MASHHADANI UPDATES AMBASSADOR ON HIS NATIONAL BLOC [...] (S) SUMMARY. Council of Representatives (CoR) Speaker Mahmoud Mashhadani told the Ambassador December 11 that approximately 100 CoR members are in agreement with the National Bloc proposal he presented to the CoR December 5. He said the National Bloc could be in formal opposition to the modera [...]	2006-12-14 12:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD4554	PM STANISHEV SAYS BULGARIA TO CONSIDER EXTENDING [...] (C) Summary: Bulgarian Prime Minister Sergei Stanishev told the Ambassador December 12 that Bulgaria will decide in March whether to extend its troop contribution to MNF-I, following the ongoing U.S. policy review on Iraq. Stanishev sought the Ambassador's views on prospects for reducing sect [...]	2006-12-14 13:33:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS BU IZ
06BAGHDAD4560	PRT WEEKLY SUMMARY FOR THE PERIOD 1 - 7 DECEMBER 2006 [...] (SBU) Summary: This summary of the Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) activities for December 1-7, 2006, as provided by PRTs to the National Coordination Team at Embassy Baghdad. This report also includes PRTs' observations, views and assessments of the political, economic, infrastructure, r [...]	2006-12-14 15:52:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM PTER PINS SOCI KJUS KDEM ECON EFIN
06BAGHDAD4571	AL ANBAR: IRAQI SOLDIERS DISCUSS GOI, [...] (U) This is a PRT Al Anbar cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Al Anbar PolOff met in early and mid-December 2006 with several Iraqi Army (IA) and Iraqi Police (IP) units and Coalition trainers December 4-6 based near Fallujah to discuss Baghdad violence, CF training efforts, GOI logistical support, an [...]	2006-12-15 15:52:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINS KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD4582	IRAQI PRESIDENT TELLS CODEL MCCAIN NEW TACTICS, [...] (C) Summary: Iraqi President Talabani declared to a congressional delegation led by Senator John McCain (R-AZ) December 13 that new tactics and more weapons are crucial elements to stabilizing Iraq. He said the American people need to understand the positive consequences of deposing Saddam Hu [...]	2006-12-16 17:18:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL OVIP IZ
06BAGHDAD4604	PRT TIKRIT: THE POST-SADDAM BA'ATH PARTY: [...] (U) This is a PRT Tikrit, Salah ad Din cable. 2. (C/NF) SUMMARY. Support for the Ba'ath Party remains strong in Salah ad Din (SaD); however, the party's supporters are not a monolith. At the extremes are those actively promoting the insurgency and those willing to engage in the democratic [...]	2006-12-18 10:37:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD4613	POLITICAL PARTIES CONFERENCE FOCUSES ON KEY THEMES [...] (C) Summary. The Ministry of State for Reconciliation and National Dialogue hosted the much anticipated political parties conference December 16-17 in Baghdad. The GOI intends for this conference to be one in a series of political party conferences although future dates have not been announced. [...]	2006-12-18 19:54:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM PHUM IZ
06BAGHDAD463	GOVERNMENT FORMATION UPDATE: HIZBALLAH LEADER [...] (C) Summary: Iraqi politicos are still adjusting to the victory of incumbent Prime Minister Jafari being named again by the Shia Islamist Coalition to be its prime minister nominee. A key element of the Shia Coalition, the SCIRI party, is worried about the rising influence of the rival Sad [...]	2006-02-14 20:42:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT IZ
06BAGHDAD4630	COUNCIL OF REPRESENTATIVES MEMBER DISCUSSES THE [...] (C) Summary: Dr. Amirah Al Baldawi (UIA-independent) discussed her work on the Economic Committee at the Council of Representatives (CoR) with Emboffs on December 18. She believes that signing the International Compact is an important step, wants a limited role for the government in the econo [...]	2006-12-20 07:03:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV IZ
06BAGHDAD4634	AL-ANBAR PRT: RAMADI POLICE RECRUITS SEEK JOB [...] (C) SUMMARY. Over 200 Anbari men from Ramadi and surrounding towns turned out on December 17 for the first day of a three-day recruiting drive for the Iraqi police forces. Many applicants cited job security as the main motivation for their interest in joining the Iraqi police. While they we [...]	2006-12-20 14:06:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINS PHUM ASEC KJUS IZ
06BAGHDAD4650	DHI QAR POLITICAL LANDSCAPE PART I: THE GOVERNOR [...] (U) This is a PRT Dhi Qar cable, the first in a series of six cables covering the political landscape of Dhi Qar Province and responding to the information request in reftel. This cable focuses on the Dhi Qar governor. 2. (SBU) Summary: The formal political institutions of Dhi Qar Provinc [...]	2006-12-21 15:32:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS PINR IZ
06BAGHDAD4654	THE SECURITY SITUATION IN ANBAR: A YEAR-END REVIEW [...] (U) This is a PRT Anbar reporting cable. 2. (S) Summary. The security situation in Anbar is typically described as "deteriorating," and there is little doubt that the enemy is deeply rooted here and ruthlessly pursues its goals. However, AQI is on the defensive. The organization may hav [...]	2006-12-21 16:38:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINS ASEC PHUM KDEM PINR IZ
06BAGHDAD4666	CHALABI AGREES TO CONCESSIONS ON DE-BAATH REFORM [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a December 20 meeting, Chairman of the De-Baathification Commission Ahmed Chalabi told the Ambassador that reform of de-Baath procedures was necessary, but cautioned against blanket decisions that reached too far. The Ambassador emphasized the need for balance, and pressed Cha [...]	2006-12-22 13:43:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KJUS IZ
06BAGHDAD4667	PM COMMITS TO UNVEILING AGGRESSIVE STRATEGY ON [...] (S) Summary. Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki December 20 told the Ambassador he sought decisive action with the development of a new plan for security in Baghdad and agreed to announce the new plan at a speech in coming days. He also agreed with the importance of following through with his com [...]	2006-12-22 14:14:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINS IZ
06BAGHDAD4672	IRAQI PRESIDENT TALABANI PROVIDES SECDEF SECURITY [...] (S) Summary: President Jalal Talabani emphasized to Secretary of Defense Gates and the Ambassador December 20 his SIPDIS firm belief that Iraqi Security Forces should be on the frontlines of Iraq's internal conflict while Coalition Forces should be in a support role. He provided a list of [...]	2006-12-22 17:48:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINS PTER IZ
06BAGHDAD4673	IRAQI PRESIDENT TALABANI'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR [...] (S) Summary: President Jalal Talabani provided in Arabic a list of his recommendations for Baghdad security, during a December 20 meeting with Secretary of Defense Gates and the Ambassador (septel). Among other recommendations, Talabani calls for a unified Iraqi military command in Baghdad; t [...]	2006-12-22 18:05:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINS PTER IZ
06BAGHDAD4680	SULAIMANIYAH GOVERNOR ON REGIONAL ISSUES, PESHMERGA [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with RRToff, the Governor of Sulaimaniyah Province contrasted continued Arab Shia and Sunni fighting with the Kurdistan Region,s stability and unity. The Governor opposed dissolution of the Peshmerga. He noted that due to the efficiency of the Asayish (secret polic [...]	2006-12-24 03:20:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS EAID IZ
06BAGHDAD4698	SECDEF MEETS WITH IRAQI NATIONAL SECURITY TEAM [...] (S) SUMMARY: During Secretary of Defense Gates' December 21 meeting with Minister of Defense Abdul Qader Mufraji, Minister of Interior Jawad Bolani and National Security Advisor Mowaffuk al-Rubaie, Iraq's key security officials focused on institutional challenges and capacity building. They al [...]	2006-12-24 13:51:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINS PTER IZ
06BAGHDAD4706	IRAQI DEPUTY NSA,S VIEWS ON SECURITY, ELECTIONS [...] (U) This is a PRT Anbar reporting cable. 2. (S/REL MCFI) Summary. Iraqi Deputy National Security Advisor Safa expressed his views on a variety of issues to Anbar PRT Poloff. Safa commented on the positive impact of increased U.S. troop presence, his interpretation of the evolving securit [...]	2006-12-26 07:02:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD4715	MCNS DECEMBER 17 [...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: Deputy Prime Minister Salam Al-Zubai presided over the December 17 Ministerial Council on National Security, and discussed his trip to the Bayji area to observe security operations against Al Qaeda. Ministers again discussed increasing prison security. Minister of D [...]	2006-12-26 15:16:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PINS PNAT PREL PTER MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD4746	COR ECONOMIC COMMITTEE CHAIR ON 2007 BUDGET [...] (C) Summary: In a December 25 meeting with Acting Economic Minister-Counselor and Treasury Attache, the Chair of the Economic Committee at the Council of Representatives Dr. Haider Abadi (Shi'a - Da'wa) discussed the 2007 draft budget. The executive branch sent the budget to the Council of R [...]	2006-12-28 15:50:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN IZ
06BAGHDAD4754	BAGHDAD GOVERNATE: THE ISSUES, THE LEADERS, [...] (C) Summary: Baghdad's prevailing political and security issue remains sectarian violence between Sunni and Shi'a, including the spreading influence of the Jash al Mahdi (JAM) militia. Many families continue to leave Baghdad, including doctors, educators and business owners, leaving critica [...]	2006-12-29 17:41:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINS ECON EAID PHUM KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD4755	DIYALA: THE ISSUES, LEADERS, POSSIBLE STEPS FORWARD [...] (C) Summary: Diyala is a mixed Province. Although the Sunni represent a majority, they are underrepresented in the Provincial Government due to their boycott of the January 2005 provincial elections. With a Shi'a minority government trying to exert control over a Sunni-supported insurgency [...]	2006-12-29 17:45:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINS ECON EAID PHUM KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD4759	ANBAR PROVINCE -- THE ISSUES, THE LEADERS, STEPS [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-29 21:49:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PTER PINS ECON EAID PHUM KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD4765	DIWANYAH: THE ISSUES, THE LEADERS, POSSIBLE STEPS [...] (S) Summary: Diwaniyah is a province with a number of problems. Security is weak and the reconstruction process is virtually halted. Restarting the reconstruction process could provide an alternative to young men with a desire for employment, but that is only part of the solution. Free and [...]	2006-12-30 01:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PINS ECON EAID PHUM KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD4770	BASRAH PROVINCE: THE ISSUES, THE LEADERS, [...] (S) Summary: Basrah province is home to Iraq,s second largest city and has an estimated population of 2.4 million, the majority of which are Shi,a. Basrah is also Iraq,s economic center; over 80 % of the country,s commerce passes through its ports. Security concerns center around targeted [...]	2006-12-30 01:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PINS ECON EAID PHUM KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD4771	MUTHANNA: THE ISSUES, THE LEADERS, POSSIBLE STEPS [...] (S) Summary: Muthanna is beset by militia intimidation -- notably by the Jash al Mahdi (JAM) -- power shortages, and poor economic performance. That said, the province is currently stable, relatively secure, and has a reasonably effective provincial government. MNF-I efforts could be effec [...]	2006-12-30 01:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PTER PINS ECON EAID PHUM KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD4772	BABIL PROVINCE: THE ISSUES, THE LEADERS, POSSIBLE [...] (S) Summary: Babil is a Shi'a majority province, with a significant disenfranchised Sunni population. The province lacks respected leaders and, as in other parts of Iraq, has witnessed a marked increase in religious extremism and militia activity. Iraqi Army personnel staffed entirely from [...]	2006-12-30 01:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PINS ECON EAID PHUM KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD4774	SALAH AD DIN PROVINCE: THE ISSUES, THE LEADERS, [...] (C) Summary: Salah ad Din, a Ba'athist stronghold under the previous regime, has had difficulty finding itself in a democratic Iraq. Most of the Sunni majority in the Province do not support the insurgency, but at the same time are frustrated by a provincial government in which they do not [...]	2006-12-30 01:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PINS ECON EAID PHUM KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD4776	IRAQI KURDISTAN NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SPEAKER ADNAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with Regional Coordinator and RRT Poloff, the Speaker of the Iraqi Kurdistan National Assembly Adnan Mufti criticized the recommendations of the Iraq Study Group, alleged that the State Department does not take into account Kurdish needs, and said the Kurds have to r [...]	2006-12-30 01:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON PINR IZ
06BAGHDAD4777	IRAQI KURDISTAN NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SPEAKER ADNAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with Regional Coordinator and RRT Poloff, the Speaker of the Iraqi Kurdistan National Assembly Adnan Mufti criticized the recommendations of the Iraq Study Group, alleged that the State Department does not take into account Kurdish needs, and said the Kurds have to r [...]	2006-12-30 01:36:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON PINR IZ
06BAGHDAD4790	UPDATE ON IRANIAN KURDISH REFUGEES IN IRAQI [...] (C) SUMMARY. The United Nations High Commission on Refugees Officer-in-Charge (UNHCR OIC) for Sulaimaniyah Province in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region told RRT Off he is working with local officials to obtain rights for Iranian Kurdish refugees to limited government employment, drivers licenses, [...]	2006-12-31 09:03:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV PHUM IZ
06BAGHDAD48	OIL SECTOR IN CENTER OF CONFLICT [...] (C/REL MNF-I) SUMMARY: Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Chalabi, who is now the acting Minister of both Oil and Finance, hosted a status review January 4 of energy infrastructure protection. Fuel convoys were reported to be delivering fuel to Baghdad. The convoys had been attacked multiple times [...]	2006-01-06 14:41:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET ENRG PGOV KCOR PINR EFIN IZ PO TU
06BAGHDAD495	DPM CHALABI ON OIL MINISTRY CORRUPTION AND KURDISH [...] (C/REL GBR AUS) Summary: Deputy Prime Minister Ahmed Chalabi, newly provided with expanded authority over the energy sector, is wrestling for results with the military and civilian bureaucracies. On other subjects, Chalabi cited a recent comment by Kurdish Regional President Mas'ud Barzani o [...]	2006-02-16 17:43:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET KCOR MARR MOPS PGOV PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD501	LEADERS OUTSIDE SHIA COALITION DISCUSS "NATIONAL [...] (S) SUMMARY: The leaders of the Kurdistan Alliance, Sunni Arab Tawafuq list, and Allawi's Iraqiyya List met on February 16 and agreed to work to form a united front to change the balance of power in the government formation process. Their first goal is a "National Salvation Front" that draws i [...]	2006-02-17 08:32:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD534	SADRISTS EXTEND HAND AS PLOT AGAINST JAFARI [...] (S) SUMMARY: A Sadrist leader presented a flexible approach to government negotiations in a February 19 conversation with the Ambassador, but, in a subsequent meeting, Ayad Allawi and Kurdistan President Masud Barzani made clear that they want to continue to develop plans to upend Jafari's nom [...]	2006-02-20 15:12:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD549	MUQTADA SADR DEBUTS ON AL-JAZEERA WITH [...] (SBU) Summary. Influential Iraqi politician Moqtada al- Sadr has emerged from relative media obscurity into the regional limelight with extensive travels and a remarkable interview on al-Jazeera on February 18. During a regional procession that included Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iran, Syria and [...]	2006-02-21 18:00:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPAO KISL OPRC IZ
06BAGHDAD574	(CORRECTED COPY) QUIET MORNING FOLLOWS SIGNIFICANT VIOLENCE; [...] (C) SUMMARY: Although it appears there were more incidents on Wednesday after the Samarra mosque bombing than we reported (ref),there appear so far to be fewer incidents of sectarian violence on Thursday. Baghdad Deputy Mayor al-Bahrani told Poloff February 23 that approximately 30 Sunni mo [...]	2006-02-23 13:25:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PTER PNAT PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD591	SUNNI ARAB LEADERS' REACTION TO SAMARA BOMBING [...] (C) Summary: On February 23, Sunni Arab Tawafuq leaders refused to join President Talabani at a gathering of top Iraqi government officials in response to sectarian violence that followed the February 22 bombing of the Golden Mosque in Samara. At an afternoon press conference, Tawafuq leader [...]	2006-02-24 10:24:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD594	QUIET CONTINUES; ASSOCIATION OF MOSLEM SCHOLARS [...] (C) SUMMARY Iraq was relatively calm on February 24. There was a curfew in effect most of the day in Baghdad and three surrounding provinces. There were no or reduced prayers at many Baghdad mosques. The Mahdi militia was out in force in some cities. Political and religious leaders, both S [...]	2006-02-24 15:40:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PTER PHUM IZ
06BAGHDAD595	GATHERING OF IRAQI LEADERS PRODUCES FRAIL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraqi leaders arrived at a frail consensus for calm after a day of meetings and mutual recriminations on February 23. President Talabani issued a statement (after reading it aloud to unanimous approval at a meeting he hosted for Iraq's leadership) calling for peaceful demonstratio [...]	2006-02-24 15:52:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD602	AMBASSADOR RALLIES KEY PLAYERS AROUND PM'S CRISIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: After a day of prodding, Sunni Arab leaders agreed over February 24-25 to join a government advisory committee that will unite key leaders and convene the evening of February 25 to plan the next steps following the Samarra tragedy. Prime Minister Jafari issued a plan February 24 [...]	2006-02-25 17:05:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD609	JAFARI DRAWS SUNNI LEADERSHIP INTO CRISIS [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Prime Minister Jafari drew leaders from across the political spectrum into his crisis management process by convening a new advisory group late on February 25. For the first time since the Samarra tragedy, the Sunni Arab leadership directly engaged the top tier of the [...]	2006-02-26 16:43:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD621	SADRIST PARLIAMENTARIAN: JAYSH AL-MAHDI BEYOND [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a February 26 telephone conversation, Sadrist Council of Representatives member Kusai al-Suhail told PolOff that the Jaysh al-Mahdi (JAM) is not fully under the control of Muqtada al-Sadr. JAM is not an organized army, al-Suhail said, and "anyone with a gun" can dress in blac [...]	2006-02-27 12:49:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PTER IZ KISL
06BAGHDAD624	RAMADI CONUNDRUM: COMMERCE AMID TERROR [...] (C) Summary. From State Embedded Team Ramadi. Iraqi Police employees working for the Governor painted for PolOff earlier this month a bleak picture of intimidation and paralysis on the streets of Ramadi. Terrorists use criminal enterprise to fund their jihad. While the people hope for a gr [...]	2006-02-27 13:38:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINS IZ
06BAGHDAD628	NATIONAL SECURITY COMMITTEE DISCUSSES 24-POINT [...] (S//REL MNFI) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Ibrahim Jafari called a Ministerial Committee on National Security (MCNS) meeting on February 26 with the Ambassador, UK Ambassador Patey, senior MNF-I officers, and top Iraqi national security staff to continue addressing the February 22 bombing of the Go [...]	2006-02-27 19:54:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	IZ KCRM MOPS KJUS PINR PREL PGOV UK
06BAGHDAD646	IRAQ,S EFFECTIVE SECURITY RESPONSE TO THE GOLDEN [...] (S//REL MNFI) SUMMARY: The GOI's national security apparatus and the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF),supported by the U.S. and UK embassies and MNF-I, performed well in most areas of Iraq that experienced sectarian violence following the February 22 bombing in Samarra. The GOI's tactics were mos [...]	2006-02-28 16:49:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	IZ KCRM MOPS NATO PARM PGOV PINR PREL UK
06BAGHDAD662	COLLABORATION AND CONFRONTATION BETWEEN MOI AND [...] (C/REL MNFI) SUMMARY: Recent high-profile encounters between the Ministry of Interior (MoI) and the Ministry of Defense (MoD) highlight the friction that exists between the two security ministries. Although there also has been cooperation in some areas, there have been several incidents in wh [...]	2006-03-03 15:55:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ KCRM MOPS NATO PARM PGOV PINR PREL UK
06BAGHDAD663	IRAQ PRTs WEEKLY ROUNDUP FOR 17-23 FEBRUARY [...] SUMMARY: The Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs) report weekly their activities and progress towards helping the provincial governments achieve self-governance capability. The following paragraphs summarize their activities in several areas for the period 17-23 February 2006. The Ninawa [...]	2006-03-03 16:05:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON MOPS PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD665	BAGHDAD NEIGHBORHOODS ORGANIZING THEIR OWN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Since the attack last week on the Shia mosque in Samarra, district advisory councils (DACs) chairman in two Sunni Arab districts within the city have told PolOff of how neighborhoods are organizing to protect themselves against attacks by Shia militias. Separately, another polit [...]	2006-03-03 18:51:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS IZ
06BAGHDAD71	SUNNI OUTREACH: AMB CONVEYS U.S. VISION OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 7, Ambassador Khalilzad outlined suggested principles for the new Iraqi government during meetings with two Sunni sheikhs recommended to the Ambassador by Lakhdar Brahimi, former Special Advisor to UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan. The Ambassador underlined the SIPDIS [...]	2006-01-09 12:39:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS PTER PINR KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD766	IRAQ ENERGY COUNCIL ADDRESSES FUEL SHORTAGE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The National Energy Council (NEC) directed that fuel be moved by rail from Bayji to Baghdad March 9. DPM Chalabi said he would submit draft fuel law to Council of Ministers (COM) to liberalize private import of fuel. NEC requested Ministry of Defense (MOD) increase security of [...]	2006-03-09 15:16:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET IZ KCOR MOPS
06BAGHDAD768	REPORTS OF ATTACKS DRIVING FAMILIES OUT OF BAGHDAD [...] (C) Summary: A group of internally displaced persons (IDPs) from the Shia community in Nahrawan, east of Baghdad, told Poloff March 6 that hundreds of families had moved out of Nahrawan under threat from Sunni Arab terror groups. A USAID contractor NGO with substantial field expertise in mi [...]	2006-03-09 16:32:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PREF IZ
06BAGHDAD792	IRAQ PRTS ASSESS PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENTS - JAN [...] (U) INTRODUCTION. Each Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) in Iraq reports monthly the status of the provincial level government's ability to function effectively and the obstacles that prevent full self- governance. The PRTs assess provincial governments in the three areas (pillars) of gove [...]	2006-03-12 14:40:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON MOPS PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD797	IRAQ PRTS ASSESS PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENTS - FEB 2006 [...] (U) INTRODUCTION. The Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs) in Iraq report monthly the ability of the provincial level government to function effectively and the obstacles that prevent full self-governance. The PRTs assess provincial governments in the areas of governance, economic developme [...]	2006-03-13 03:30:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON MOPS PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD80	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQI GOVERNMENT, DECEMBER 15th [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-10 03:30:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO IZ

06BAGHDAD807	SADR CITY OFFICIALS SAY MAHDI ARMY ACTIVITY IS ON [...] (C) Summary: In separate conversations, the Mayor of Sadr City 1, Sheikh Rahim Sahood, and Sadr City District Advisory Council (DAC) member Mustafa Jassim told PolOff that the Sadrist-backed Jaysh al-Mahdi (JAM) have been flexing their muscles in Sadr City. Sahood said, even though the Sadri [...]	2006-03-13 12:44:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS KISL IZ
06BAGHDAD812	MILITIAS AND OTHER ARMED GROUPS IN IRAQ - [...] (S//REL MNCI) SUMMARY. Militia organizations, acting both as extra-legal bodies and within government structures at multiple levels, will continue to pursue sectarian agendas that will undermine the government's ability to improve the security environment and will exacerbate sectarian tensions [...]	2006-03-13 16:38:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	KJUS MCAP MOPS PGOV PINR PINS PNAT PREL PTER
06BAGHDAD891	PST BAGHDAD: PROVINCIAL COUNCIL ELECTION OF A NEW [...] (SBU) During a 15 March meeting of the Baghdad Provincial Council (PC) at Amanat (city hall) Baghdad, the PC voted Iraqi Army Colonel Jassim al-Jizany the new Baghdad Chief of Police. The Governor of Baghdad, Hussein Al-Tahan, attended the meeting, which was open to Iraqi media outlets. 2. [...]	2006-03-19 17:31:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR IZ
06BAGHDAD905	SHIA NEWSPAPER COLUMNIST SUPPORTS CPA DISSOLUTION [...] (C) Summary: In a March 9 conversation, Al-Adala newspaper columnist Ali Khaleef told PolOff and PAS/Off that economic progress in Iraq has not kept pace with political progress. Coalition Forces (CF) need to do more to fight corruption and promote economic growth in Iraq, he said. Khaleef [...]	2006-03-20 10:29:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PHUM PNAT PTER ECON KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD917	ZELIKOW-CHALABI DISCUSSION: GOVERNMENT PRIORITIES [...] (C/REL GBR AUS) Summary: In a March 16 discussion with Department of State (DoS) Counselor Philip Zelikow, Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Ahmad Chalabi took deserved credit for a series of strategic and tactical victories to meet the ongoing energy crisis during the past week, the most important [...]	2006-03-20 17:42:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET IZ PGOV PREL KCOR
06BAGHDAD930	BADR LEADER AGREES THE MILITIA SHOULD DEMOBILIZE [...] (C) Summary. Council of Representatives member and Badr Organization leader Hadi Farhan Abdullah al-Amiri told PolOffs on March 19 that the Al-Askariya shrine bombing was the work of Saddamists. PolOffs pressed al-Amiri that all militias needed to be under the control of the State. Amiri ag [...]	2006-03-21 11:05:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MOPS PHUM PREL PTER IZ
06BAGHDAD931	TRIBAL SHEIKH WANTS TO BE BIGGER THAN SCIRI [...] (C) In a March 4 conversation, Sheikh Talib al-Yasseri of Najaf told PolOffs that the politicians who were elected in the December 15 elections do not represent the ordinary people of Iraq. "There was much fraud," he said, "but the people remain silent. The winners passed over the heads of o [...]	2006-03-21 11:13:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PNAT KDEM IZ
06BAGHDAD973	SECURITY STILL MAIN CONCERN FOR SUNNI LEADERS [...] (C) Summary: In a March 21 meeting with Codel Warner, Tawaffuq leaders Tarik Hashimi and Ayad Samarai decried sectarian violence and claimed that the Sunnis bear the brunt of it. Calling the current distribution of power in Iraq unbalanced, and blaming the US for that imbalance, the Sunnis as [...]	2006-03-24 13:47:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM IZ
06BAGHDAD976	CODEL HOEKSTRA MEETS IRAQI MINISTER OF INTERIOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with CODEL Hoekstra, Minister of Interior Bayan Jabr said that he is not concerned by the problem that militias -- other than Jaysh al-Mahdi (JAM) -- pose and is confident that it will be solved soon. He believes the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) are growing in effec [...]	2006-03-24 14:57:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PHUM PREL IZ
06BAGHDAD977	DISTRICT COUNCIL MEMBERS DECLARE NO TRUST IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. On March 21 members of the Sunni Arab neighborhood of Al-Adhamiyah's district advisory council emphasized that while they welcomed the presence of the Iraqi Army, the Iraqi Police were unreliable and involved in much of the terrorism hurting local residents. men stressed that fe [...]	2006-03-24 15:10:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS IZ
06BAGHDAD981	MCNS DISCUSSES MILITIA DEATH SQUADS, RECENT [...] (S//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY: At a meeting of the Iraqi Ministerial Committee for National Security (MCNS) on March 22, MNF-I Commanding General Casey presented information indicating militia death squads are most likely responsible for recent spikes in murders and executions that have followed t [...]	2006-03-25 07:13:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PTER MOPS IZ
06BAGHDAD984	IRAQI SECURITY FORCES IN SADR CITY [...] (C/REL MNC-I) SUMMARY. The Jaysh al-Mahdi (JAM) presence in Sadr City remains problematic, although the area is much more under control than described by reports. There is a tremendous amount of everyday urban activity - a heavy volume of vehicle traffic, large numbers of pedestrians, shops o [...]	2006-03-25 11:04:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ MARR MCAP MOPS NATO PGOV PINR PREL PTER
06BAGHDAD989	THE DISILLUSIONED MINDEF DULIME [...] (C//REL GBR AUS) SUMMARY. In a March 19 meeting with Multi-National Security Transition Command-Iraq (MNSTC-I) Lieutenant General Dempsey and Acting PolMilCouns, Iraqi Minister of Defense Sadoun Al-Dulime, accompanied by Iraqi Commanding General Babakir Zibari, discussed his disillusionment w [...]	2006-03-25 18:29:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL PINS MARR IZ
06BAKU631	CONVICTION OF ARMY OFFICER IN HUNGARY SPARKS SMALL [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a case closely followed by many Azerbaijanis, on April 13 a Hungarian court convicted Army Lieutenant Ramil Safarov to life imprisonment for the February 2004 murder of an Armenian officer during a NATO Partnership for Peace (PfP) exercise. Azerbaijani media has followed every [...]	2006-04-25 10:52:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM PGOV PREL PBTS ASEC AM AJ
06BAMAKO1243	SECOND TUAREG - GSPC BATTLE PLACES ALGIERS ACCORDS [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-31 07:40:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PINS PGOV ML
06BAMAKO1244	TUAREG AND GOM OFFICIALS PROVIDE DETAILS ON GSPC [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-31 08:20:00	Embassy Bamako	SECRET	PREL PINR PINS PGOV ML
06BAMAKO577	ARMED ASSAILANTS ATTACK MILITARY POSTS IN KIDAL - [...] (C) The Embassy has received reports of an attack by armed assailants on two military posts in Kidal. According to Embassy contacts, the attack and an ensuing gun battle occurred during the early hours of May 23. Although reports are contradictory, the attackers appear to have targeted a lar [...]	2006-05-23 13:44:00	Embassy Bamako	SECRET	ASEC PREL PGOV PINR CASC ML
06BANGKOK1034	GANGING UP ON THAKSIN -- SNAP ELECTIONS NEXT? [...] (C) SUMMARY: Things are getting worse for the Prime Minister. A prominent leader of the 1992 democracy movement has joined the anti-Thaksin coalition, calling on Thaksin to resign and promising to join the protest on Sunday. Retired General Chamlong Srimuang's political influence has declin [...]	2006-02-21 12:41:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TH
06BANGKOK1036	BLUE LANTERN CHECK ON ROYAL THAI GOVERNMENT AND [...] Reftel A requests post to determine whether the Royal Thai Government (RTG) is conducting barter trade for defense articles and seeks examples. The RTG does/does seek barter deals for defense items. Reftels B through H provide details about a proposed barter transaction under which Thailand [...]	2006-02-22 00:54:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC TH BLUE LANTERN
06BANGKOK1092	OPPOSITION PLANS FOR THAKSIN'S OUSTER, TRANSITION [...] (C) SUMMARY: The NGO alliance organizing Sunday's massive protest against Prime Minister Thaksin predicts a peaceful and successful rally which will unseat the PM. They expect the PM's ruling Thai Rak Thai party to crumble within several months, leading to new elections before the end of the [...]	2006-02-23 10:48:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TH TRT
06BANGKOK1093	OPPOSITION PLANS FOR THAKSIN'S OUSTER, TRANSITION [...] (C) SUMMARY: The NGO alliance organizing Sunday's massive protest against Prime Minister Thaksin predicts a peaceful and successful rally which will unseat the PM. They expect the PM's ruling Thai Rak Thai party to crumble within several months, leading to new elections before the end of the [...]	2006-02-23 11:12:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TH TRT
06BANGKOK1180	MASSIVE PROTEST IN SANAM LUANG - POLITICAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Late on Friday, February 24, Prime Minister Thaksin dissolved the Lower House of Parliament and announced snap elections to take place on April 2. While the opposition political parties vacillate in their response to Thaksin's latest maneuver, the demonstration led by the Peop [...]	2006-02-28 00:05:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TH
06BANGKOK1208	THAILAND: PERSPECTIVES ON CURRENT POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary and Introduction: The Thai political system is working through its biggest crisis since 1992. Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra enjoyed a precipitous rise to power in 2001. Since then, he has dominated all the elements of government that were intended to balance the increased p [...]	2006-02-28 11:46:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TH
06BANGKOK1214	PRIVY COUNCILLOR/FORMER ARMY COMMANDER ON STATE OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Retired Army Commander and current Privy Counselor General Surayud Chulanont told the Ambassador on February 28 that the political situation was "a mess" while asserting that there was no interest on the part of the military in getting involved. Similarly, he said that the King w [...]	2006-02-28 23:42:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TH
06BANGKOK1236	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF PACFLT COMMANDER ADM [...] (C) Gary, your trip to Bangkok will take place as Prime Minister Thaksin faces his most serious political crisis since taking office. Speculation about the future of his government will likely arise during all of your meetings. We are asking all U.S. visitors meeting with Thai officials to u [...]	2006-03-01 10:25:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PGOV PREL MARR TH
06BANGKOK1237	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: FEBRUARY VISIT TO FAR SOUTH [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a February 15-16 visit to the far southern provinces of Narathiwat, Pattani, and Songkhla poloffs discussed the influence of radical Islam and other factors behind the violence. They heard continued concern over divisions between the Buddhist and Muslim communities and c [...]	2006-03-01 10:25:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER TH
06BANGKOK1248	THAI POLITICAL PARTIES DIG IN AND BRACE FOR THE [...] (C) Summary. Both sides dug in deeper on March 1. Thaksin insisted that he will not resign, snap elections will be held on April 2, and he will hold his own rally this Friday at Sanam Luang to kickoff his election bid. Opposition party leaders did not waiver (publicly) from their threat to bo [...]	2006-03-02 00:06:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TH
06BANGKOK1301	TO BE OR NOT TO BE: THAT IS THE THAI SNAP ELECTION [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Thaksin led his Thai Rak Thai party in registering for the April 2 snap election Thursday. Only four other fringe parties have followed suit so far, as the major opposition parties held to their boycott. The Democrat Party canceled their planned rally at the Royal [...]	2006-03-02 11:18:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TH SNAP
06BANGKOK1302	THE THAI ARMY COMES TO DINNER [...] (C) Summary. During a March 2 dinner hosted by the Ambassador, Royal Thai Army (RTA) CINC, GEN Sonthi Boonyaratglin and his senior staff appeared relaxed and gave no indication that the Army plans to involve itself in the ongoing political crisis. Sonthi told the Ambassador that he had rec [...]	2006-03-02 11:34:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL MARR TH TRT SNAP
06BANGKOK1376	THAI POLITICAL UPDATE: DUELING DEMOS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Thaksin's ruling Thai Rak Thai had the bigger demonstration, but the opposition rally on Sunday had more spirit. Thaksin promised more of everything: political reform, transparency and, by the way, a pay raise for civil servants. The opposition scored by turning out a bigger cr [...]	2006-03-06 23:57:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ASEC TH SNAP TRT
06BANGKOK1471	EAP DAS JOHN'S MEETING WITH MFA PERMSEC KRIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a March 8 meeting with MFA Permanent Secretary Krit Garnjana-Goonchorn, EAP DAS Eric John countered the perception that the U.S. was not sufficiently engaged in Southeast Asia. Krit indicated that a 505 Agreement on Excess Defense Articles could be concluded prior to Ma [...]	2006-03-09 09:56:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TH BURMA US
06BANGKOK1472	EAP DAS JOHN MEETS WITH THAKSIN'S BRAIN TRUST [...] (C) Summary. In a March 3 meeting with visiting EAP DAS Eric John and the Ambassador, principal advisor to the Prime Minister Pansak Vinyaratn brushed aside rumors that Thaksin could yet resign, that the ruling Thai Rak Thai party could have problems in the April 2 snap election, or that milita [...]	2006-03-09 10:06:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TH TRT SNAP
06BANGKOK1493	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for 1Lt. Jun MONGKONSAP, Cavalry School, Army Training Command, Royal Thai Arm [...]	2006-03-10 03:48:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
06BANGKOK1494	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Cpt. Wallop MAINAPIANG, Artillery School, Royal Thai Army who has been sel [...]	2006-03-10 03:49:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
06BANGKOK1575	THAILAND POLITICAL UPDATE: HUGE ANTI-THAKSIN RALLY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Anti-Thaksin protesters gathered in full-force this morning on March 14, in far greater numbers than the demonstrations of March 5, and marched peacefully from Sanam Luang to Government House. The People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) and the Dharma Army have both vowed to r [...]	2006-03-14 23:31:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TH
06BANGKOK1602	THAILAND POLITICAL UPDATE: MARCH 15 [...] (C) SUMMARY: Thaksin's comments to the press have sparked speculation that he might be considering stepping down, or declaring a state of emergency. Neither will be attractive to him, but his third option, winning the elections on April 2, is looking more problematic: the Electoral Commissio [...]	2006-03-15 11:32:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TH
06BANGKOK1625	REFUGEES ARRIVE FROM SITE OF BURMA'S NEW CAPITAL [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-16 09:24:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL PINS TH BM
06BANGKOK1667	DPM SURAKIART SEES "WINDOW CLOSING" ON THAKSIN'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: Thaksin has "only a few days" left to decide to step down and preserve his political future, according to DPM Surakiart. If the PM steps down, Surakiart sees several possible ways to manage the transition to new elections and political reform. If Thaksin does not step down volun [...]	2006-03-17 10:46:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TH
06BANGKOK1678	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Maj. Chavalit PRADITNAWAKUL, Command and General Staff College, Royal Thai [...]	2006-03-20 03:46:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
06BANGKOK1693	THAILAND POLITICAL UPDATE: FATIGUE SETTING IN [...] (C) Summary. Negotiations for a public debate between the PM and opposition broke down late Friday, with both sides demanding that the other capitulate before their scheduled debate. Thousands of peaceful pro-Thaksin farmers have arrived in Bangkok from the provinces and are camped out--trac [...]	2006-03-20 11:01:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TH
06BANGKOK1747	TELEVISION IN THAILAND: WHO HOLDS THE LEASH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The RTG has traditionally maintained tight control over the information presented to the public over the airwaves. The RTG owns all of the country's six television licenses, although three are licenses to commercial operators. Reform of broadcast media, though mandated by the [...]	2006-03-22 07:45:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV KPAO TH
06BANGKOK1767	PRIVY COUNCILOR PREM THINKS THAKSIN SHOULD GO, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Privy Councilor Gen. Prem says that PM Thaksin should "go now," but he will not be the one to tell him. He told the Ambassador in a meeting March 22 that Thaksin's hawkish advisors do not have the country's best interests at heart. He agreed with the "doves" in the ruling part [...]	2006-03-22 11:51:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TH
06BANGKOK1825	NSC SECRETARY GENERAL JOINS CHORUS: THAKSIN'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: NSC SecGen Winai told the Ambassador on March 24 that PM Thaksin had lost the support of the educated and middle class, and would have to step down. He pointed to the court decision yesterday against the planned privatization of a major utility as yet another blow to the PM. H [...]	2006-03-24 10:44:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TH
06BANGKOK1895	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Col. Tibordee AMPUNAN, Directorate of Intelligence, Royal Thai Army, who h [...]	2006-03-30 02:56:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
06BANGKOK1896	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for 1Lt. Jirat TANE-NGIW, Army Military Intelligence Command, Royal Thai Army, [...]	2006-03-30 02:56:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
06BANGKOK1918	THAILAND POLITICAL UPDATE: MARCH 30 [...] (C) Summary. Over 150,000 anti-Thaksin protesters demonstrated peacefully last night in the heart of Bangkok's upscale shopping district. This morning, the protesters marched on the offices of the Election Commission where about one thousand still remain this afternoon. PAD announced that t [...]	2006-03-30 10:13:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TH
06BANGKOK1945	THAILAND POLITICAL UPDATE: THAKSIN LOYALISTS FIGHT [...] (C) SUMMARY: In Chiang Mai, around one thousand agitated Thaksin supporters disrupted the Democrat's planned rally last night, forcing the Democrats to cancel the rally amidst flying rotten eggs and cries to "get out." Meanwhile, in Bangkok, heavy rain poured on People's Alliance for Democracy [...]	2006-03-31 10:35:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TH
06BANGKOK2004	THAKSIN SAYS, "I WON" [...] (C) Summary: Saying that essentially "I won," Prime Minister Thaksin appeared on an interview program on April 3 evening and outlined his view of the next steps to resolve the country's political impasse. Thaksin offered to form a "national reconciliation panel" to find ways of bringing pea [...]	2006-04-04 23:42:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TH
06BANGKOK2005	THAKSIN SAYS, "I WON" [...] (C) Summary: Saying that essentially "I won," Prime Minister Thaksin appeared on an interview program on April 3 evening and outlined his view of the next steps to resolve the country's political impasse. Thaksin offered to form a "national reconciliation panel" to find ways of bringing pea [...]	2006-04-04 23:42:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TH
06BANGKOK2081	INITIAL THAI RESPONSE: UN TROOP CONTRIBUTIONS FOR [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Paisit Boonparlit from MFA's North Americas Division and to Charn Jullamon from the International Organizations Division. Paisit confirmed that Thailand has offered 12 military engineers for deployment to Darfur as requested by the UN. The caretaker [...]	2006-04-07 11:44:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO SU TH
06BANGKOK2084	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Col. Kanid UTITSARN, The Institute of Advance Military Studies, Royal Thai [...]	2006-04-10 02:40:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
06BANGKOK2096	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: PROMINENT ACADEMIC WARNS OF THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Dr. Chaiwat Satha-Anand, a prominent academics and central member of the National Reconciliation Commission (NRC),expressed concern that "conflict entrepreneurs" were making exaggerated assessments of the role of radical Islam in southern Thailand. Chaiwat did not believe the [...]	2006-04-10 09:26:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER TH
06BANGKOK2169	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Cpt. Sirapope KAEWCHANID, Ranger Battalion, Royal Thai Army, who has been [...]	2006-04-12 11:07:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
06BANGKOK2461	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for 1Lt. Intrayuth CHAROENTHAIPANICH, 1st Special Forces Battalion, 1st Special Forces Regiment, Royal Thai Army, who has been selected to attend course(s) l [...]	2006-04-28 06:18:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK2462	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Maj. Jarunee ROOPNGAM, Army Training Command , Royal Thai Army, who has been selected to attend course(s) listed below. Embassy Bangkok possesses no cred [...]	2006-04-28 06:19:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK2464	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Cpt. Phairote PRASAT 1st Air Mobile Company, Royal Thai Army, who has been selected to attend course(s) listed below. Embassy Bangkok possesses no credi [...]	2006-04-28 06:20:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK2484	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF THE VICE CHAIRMAN OF [...] (C) Summary. Admiral Giambastiani, your trip to Bangkok will take place as Thailand recovers from its most serious political upheaval in over a decade. We are asking all U.S. visitors meeting with Thai officials to encourage continued respect for the democratic process. Your visit is also a [...]	2006-04-28 08:07:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL PGOV MARR MASS TH
06BANGKOK258	CT ASSISTANCE TO THAILAND [...] (S) Summary: Thailand is the recipient of a wide range of U.S. training and assistance programs to help the RTG combat terrorist and extremism. We believe that the assistance programs detailed below are making a contribution to the RTG's efforts. This message provides information on CT ass [...]	2006-01-13 09:32:00	Embassy Bangkok	SECRET	PTER PREL PINR PGOV PINS PBTS ECON TH
06BANGKOK2585	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for 2Lt. Parnthong INTRATAT, 1st Special Forces Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Regiment, Royal Thai Army, who has been selected to attend course(s) listed bel [...]	2006-05-03 08:52:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK2587	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Cpt. Jom RATTAPONG, 11th Infantry Regiment, King's Guard, Royal Thai Army, who has been selected to attend course(s) listed below. Embassy Bangkok posse [...]	2006-05-03 08:53:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK2588	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Cpt. Kitisak KANCHANAVASITA, Artillery Battalion, Artillery Center, Royal Thai Army, who has been selected to attend course(s) listed below. Embassy Ban [...]	2006-05-03 08:53:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK2589	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Col. Phawadee DEEPHUENGTON, Chulachomklao Royal Military Academy, Royal Thai Army, who has been selected to attend course(s) listed below. Embassy Bangk [...]	2006-05-03 08:53:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK2590	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for 2Lt. Pongwaran NAKCHATTRE, Quartermaster Department, Royal Thai Army, who has been selected to attend course(s) listed below. Embassy Bangkok possesses [...]	2006-05-03 08:54:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK2591	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Cpt. Parskorn YASAWUTE, 7th Air Defense Artillery Battalion, Royal Thai Army, who has been selected to attend course(s) listed below. Embassy Bangkok po [...]	2006-05-03 08:54:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK2592	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for 1Lt. Wipaporn DUANGJARAT, Chemical Department, Royal Thai Army, who has been selected to attend course(s) listed below. Embassy Bangkok possesses no cred [...]	2006-05-03 08:54:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK2624	THAILAND: THE ANDAMAN SEA MARITIME SECURITY [...] (C) Post has proposed and the Royal Thai Supreme Command and Royal Thai Navy (RTN) have endorsed a U.S. funded initiative to secure Thai territorial waters in the Andaman Sea which would also provide radar coverage of the northern entrance to the Strait of Malacca. The proposed initiative w [...]	2006-05-04 07:41:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MARR MASS TH POL MIL
06BANGKOK2643	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF PACOM ADM FALLON [...] (C) Summary. Fox, I'm looking forward to your visit and hope to host you and Mary for lunch while you are here. While things have settled down for the moment on the domestic political front, a great deal of uncertainty remains over who the next Prime Minister will be and the makeup of the new [...]	2006-05-04 10:01:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL PGOV MASS MARR TH
06BANGKOK2644	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF USARPAC LTG JOHN M. [...] (C) Summary. John, we are looking forward to your visit and appreciate USARPAC's support of Cobra Gold. We are pleased that Cobra Gold this year includes the active participation of Japan, Singapore and Indonesia. We are working closely with your staff to make Cobra Gold a capstone event f [...]	2006-05-04 10:05:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL PGOV MASS MARR TH
06BANGKOK2822	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE UPDATE: NEW BOMB ATTACK; NEW [...] (C) Summary: On May 10 a bomb exploded outside a tea shop in the far southern province of Pattani, killing one soldier and three civilians. The type of bomb and tactic of targeting security forces at a location they are known to frequent is similar to past attacks. However, the reported pl [...]	2006-05-11 09:28:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER TH
06BANGKOK2826	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF EAP A/S HILL [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY. Chris, we're looking forward to your upcoming visit to participate in the ASEAN-U.S. Dialogue. I am also planning to host a dinner in your honor with former Prime Minister Anand Panyarachun. Anand is thoughtful and I think you'll enjoy hearing his views on s [...]	2006-05-11 09:45:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP MARR MASS PREL PGOV TH
06BANGKOK2890	A LONG-TERM THAI EFFORT TO DEAL WITH SOUTHERN [...] (S) SUMMARY/INTRODUCTION: As we continue to develop a framework to assist the Thai deal with the situation in far southern Thailand, we should be realistic about the limitations of our aid and the length of time it will take for the Thai to make significant progress in the South. Expanded t [...]	2006-05-16 23:44:00	Embassy Bangkok	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER TH
06BANGKOK296	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: INSIDE THE REEDUCATION PROGRAM [...] (C) Summary. In their struggle to manage the violence in Southern Thailand, Thai officials have turned to an Orwellian-sounding program of publicly blacklisting suspected separatists and forcing them to undergo "reeducation" or "training." The details of the program are much less foreboding [...]	2006-01-17 10:14:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PHUM TH
06BANGKOK2988	PRIVY COUNCILOR ON THAI POLITICAL SITUATION [...] (C) SUMMARY. Privy Councilor Surayud Chulanont told the Ambassador that he is convinced Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra will attempt to reenter Thai politics after a brief hiatus. Surayud agreed with suggestions that Thaksin might be hoping to capitalize on his close relationship with th [...]	2006-05-18 07:53:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR TH
06BANGKOK3090	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for individuals listed below, who has been selected to attend course(s) listed below. Embassy Bangkok possesses no credible information of gross violations [...]	2006-05-23 04:11:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK310	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for 1LT. Sittichai AUTTISILWAT, Post Engineer Department, Royal Thai Army, wh [...]	2006-01-18 06:12:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK311	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for 1Lt. Putthipong CHANKAN, 3rd Air Mobile Company, Aviation, Royal Thai Arm [...]	2006-01-18 06:12:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK312	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Col. Buncha BUNPAMEE, Office of the Army Comptroller, Royal Thai Army, wh [...]	2006-01-18 06:12:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK3179	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: SENIOR THAI OFFICIALS BRIEF EAP [...] (C) SUMMARY: In separate meetings on May 21 and 22, Deputy Prime Minister Chidchai Vansatidya and NSC SecGen Winai, respectively, told EAP DAS Eric John and the Ambassador that the RTG was developing more effective information on southern Thai insurgents and working to improve RTG policy and [...]	2006-05-26 01:48:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER TH
06BANGKOK3196	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: THE POLICE SEARCH FOR [...] (C) Summary. While the Royal Thai Army has moved to reassert its traditional role of managing security in the restive South, the Royal Thai "provincial" police remain the foundation for investigating, arresting and prosecuting militants. Over the past two years, senior Thai officials have mo [...]	2006-05-26 06:16:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK3261	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON [...] (U) Reftel requests post conduct a Blue Lantern check on Royal Defense Col Ltd. POL FSN conducted background research and determined that The Royal Defense Co., Ltd is listed in the data base maintained by the Thai Ministry of Commerce, Department of Business Development as follows: Reg [...]	2006-05-31 02:36:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC TH BLUE LANTERN
06BANGKOK3384	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Col. Songpol RATTANAKOSATE, Royal Thai Army, who has been selected to attend course(s) listed below. Embassy Bangkok possesses no credible information o [...]	2006-06-06 05:26:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK3444	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Ltc. Permsak PRASETSRI, 4th Infantry Regiment, Jirawat Camp, Royal Thai Army, who has been selected to attend course(s) listed below. Embassy Bangkok po [...]	2006-06-08 06:18:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK3445	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Ltc. Narongrit PANIGABUTR, 3rd Infantry Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment, Royal Thai Army, who has been selected to attend course(s) listed below. Emba [...]	2006-06-08 06:18:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING
06BANGKOK3649	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: OFFICIAL RESPONSE TO LATEST [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 16, in response to the series of bomb attacks across far southern Thailand, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a diplomatic note addressing the current situation in the South and the RTG's efforts to deal with it. In the press, caretaker PM Thaksin continued to be [...]	2006-06-19 10:28:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER PGOV TH
06BANGKOK3785	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: NRC REPORT - THE LONG VIEW [...] (C) Summary/Comment: The final report of the National Reconciliation Commission (NRC),"Overcoming Violence Through the Power of Reconciliation" was issued on June 5. The report provides solid background on the origins of the conflict and context on how specific local factors are influenci [...]	2006-06-27 09:14:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV TH
06BANGKOK3838	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Cpt. Kullajit SORNKHUM, Intelligence School, Royal Thai Army, who has been selected to attend course(s) listed below. Embassy Bangkok possesses no credi [...]	2006-06-29 03:43:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
06BANGKOK3839	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Cpt. Penpim THALAWONG The Institute of Advance Military Studies, Royal Thai Army, who has been selected to attend course(s) listed below. Embassy Bangko [...]	2006-06-29 03:43:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
06BANGKOK3883	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: THE ARMY TAKES THE LEAD [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Thaksin has charged Royal Thai Army (RTA) commander General Sonthi Boonyaratglin with overall command of the security situation in the restive South, formally returning the Army to preeminence in that region. Many observers have hailed the appointment of Sonthi--h [...]	2006-06-30 09:37:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINR PHUM TH
06BANGKOK3916	WHAT'S THAKSIN UP TO? [...] (C) SUMMARY: PM Thaksin asserted himself aggressively in the past week, suing the Democrat Party for over usdols 25 million, and alleging that an unnamed "person with charisma" was trying to use undemocratic means to gain power. He has refused to name the person, but it is widely recognized a [...]	2006-07-03 13:00:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TH
06BANGKOK3948	KAREN NATIONAL UNION AND KAREN NATIONAL LIBERATION [...] (U) This message responds to reftel request for information about Karen National Union (KNU) and Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) activities in refugee camps along the Thai-Burma border. 2. (C) Detailed, concrete information about KNU and KNLA activities in the seven camps where Karen [...]	2006-07-05 08:07:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV PREL TH
06BANGKOK4038	THAI ARMY CHIEF ON POLITICAL SITUATION [...] (C) Summary. Royal Thai Army Commander General Sonthi Boonyaratglin told me on July 6 that the current political situation is untenable, but the military has no intention of getting involved. Sonthi added that he has Thaksin's supporters in the military "under control." End Summary. 2. ( [...]	2006-07-07 10:00:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TH
06BANGKOK4041	STEAK WITH THAKSIN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Thaksin told me again that he would not be back as prime minister, but he still plans to lead his party to election victory before he steps down. I suggested that he could lower political tensions and preserve the option to return as PM in the future if he stepped down soon; he [...]	2006-07-07 11:16:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TH
06BANGKOK4137	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for individuals listed below has been selected to attend the course listed above. Embassy Bangkok possesses no credible information of gross violations of h [...]	2006-07-12 09:33:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
06BANGKOK4277	THAI POLITICAL UPDATE: JOCKEYING INTENSIFIES [...] (C) Summary. Privy Council chairman Prem Tinsulanonda struck back at PM Thaksin on July 14 in a speech to military cadets. The PM appeared to step back from his normally strident self over the weekend, with an appeal to reconciliation, even as he moves to set the stage for a new election Oct [...]	2006-07-18 09:25:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TH
06BANGKOK4309	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Ltc. Worawech WANAMONGKOL, Artillery School, Royal Thai Army, who has been selected to attend course(s) listed below. Embassy Bangkok possesses no credi [...]	2006-07-19 08:55:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
06BANGKOK4373	THAI POLITICAL UPDATE: SHUFFLING THE DECKS IN A [...] (C) Summary. The liar's poker of Thai politics heated up this week, with Army Chief Sonthi Boonyaratglin ordering his own reshuffle of lower-level officers and Thaksin's caretaker government preparing to shift around senior civil servants. Speculation over possible senior-level defections from [...]	2006-07-20 09:57:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TH
06BANGKOK4476	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for 1LT Kamolsiri WONSRICHANALAI, Office of the Army Comptroller, who has been selected to attend course(s) listed below. Embassy Bangkok possesses no credi [...]	2006-07-25 07:33:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
06BANGKOK4480	CHINESE LANGUAGE PROGRAMS IN THE SOUTH [...] (C) SUMMARY. As Chinese television dramas and the prospects for better-paying jobs for Chinese speakers increase, Chinese language learning programs have taken off in the southern Songkhla Province. Along with for-profit cram schools, various Chinese associations there have opened their own [...]	2006-07-25 07:56:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAO PTER TH CH TW
06BANGKOK4538	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] This is an action request. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for COL. Apichai HONGTHONG, HQ 4th Army Area - Director of Operations, who has been selected to attend course(s) listed below. Embassy Bangkok possesses no c [...]	2006-07-27 03:25:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
06BANGKOK4592	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: SCHOOLS REMAIN A TARGET [...] (C) Summary: The shooting death of a teacher in Narathiwat, in front of a class of primary school students, outraged the country and highlighted the danger facing government teachers in the far south. Rural village schools -- often the only visible symbol of the Thai government besides securi [...]	2006-07-28 08:03:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER TH

06BANGKOK4610	MORE ON MILITARY RESHUFFLE -- THAI ARMY PUTS [...] (C) Summary. Thai Army officers, civilian defense analysts and other observers almost uniformly view the July 17 Army reshuffle as a deft move by Royal Thai Army (RTA) CINC GEN Sonthi Boonyaratglin to ensure that key battalion-level commanders and their subordinates in the capital environs [...]	2006-07-28 09:55:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR MASS TH

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