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Identifier	Subject	Date	Office	Classification	Tags
05COLOMBO1217	SRI LANKA RESPONDS TO LTTE ULTIMATUM AND OTHER [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-13 11:42:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER CE LTTE

05COLOMBO1224	LTTE CLOSES FIELD OFFICES AMID CEASE FIRE [...] (C) The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) have ordered all political cadres to close field offices in the Trincomalee and Batticaloa districts of the Eastern Province and return to LTTE headquarters in Kilinochi, Northern Province. The LTTE has also ordered all 22 Tamil National Allian [...]	2005-07-14 12:19:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER CE LTTE
05COLOMBO1255	SRI LANKA: SUPREME COURT ORDERS TEMPORARY STAY ON [...] (SBU) In response to petitions filed by members of the Marxist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) party, a three-member panel of the Supreme Court (SC) granted a temporary stay order for four key sections of the Post-Tsunami Operational Management Structure (P-TOMS) on July 15 (Reftel). Despit [...]	2005-07-18 11:15:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PTER CE LTTE
05COLOMBO1258	DETERIORATING SECURITY ALARMS CO-CHAIRS [...] (C) The July 15 ruling by the Sri Lankan Supreme Court (SC) concerning a constitutional challenge to the Post-Tsunami Operational Management Structure (P-TOMS) (SEPTEL) combined with the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) refusal of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) ultimatum to increase [...]	2005-07-18 11:48:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PHUM PGOV CE LTTE
05COLOMBO1286	LTTE STIFFS NORWEGIANS ON CEASEFIRE TALKS, PTOMS [...] (C) Summary: The LTTE told Norwegians they will not hold talks on ceasefire with Government until it disarms all paramilitaries. The Tigers also said they were not willing to change any part of the PTOMS agreement. The two sides continue to work with the SLMM to solve the transportation iss [...]	2005-07-22 06:47:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER EAID PGOV CE NO LTTE
05COLOMBO1291	PRESIDENT SAYS GOVERNMENT WILL ABIDE BY CEASEFIRE, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Co-chairs told President Kumaratunga ceasefire was under threat, that LTTE bore brunt of blame for ceasefire violations, but that current upsurge of violence in East required both sides to take steps. Kumaratunga said she had given orders to security forces to not attack LTTE, bu [...]	2005-07-25 11:46:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER EAID PGOV CE NO LTTE
05COLOMBO1316	UNICEF REPORTS SPIKE IN LTTE CHILD RECRUITMENT IN [...] (U) United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) issued a press statement saying there has been a significant increase in the number of reports concerning child recruitment by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) during the month of July. Since the tsunami, UNICEF had seen a considerable [...]	2005-07-28 10:59:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV SOCI PTER CE LTTE
05COLOMBO1353	FORMER GUANTANAMO DETAINEE REQUESTS LOST DOCUMENTS [...] (U) Maldivian national Ibrahim Fauzee, detained in Pakistan in May 2002, was returned to Maldives from Guantanamo on March 12, 2005 after it was determined that he had no connection to terrorism and posed no threat to the US. Maldivian Government passed a request from Mr. Fauzee for return o [...]	2005-08-03 09:24:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KAWC PREL MV
05COLOMBO1374	VIOLENCE ERUPTS IN JAFFNA [...] Two or three SLA soldiers entered a barbershop at Inuvil junction in Jaffna. One barber is killed and another reported injured. Stories include an accidental shooting, or a dispute between a soldier and a barber, or a dispute between a soldier and an officer getting his hair cut with the ba [...]	2005-08-05 05:47:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PTER CE LTTE
05COLOMBO1396	SRI LANKA: THESE TIGERS DON'T PURR: ANALYSIS OF [...] (SBU) Summary: The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) exercise de facto control over parts of northern and eastern Sri Lanka, and the LTTE claims to have created a separate and fully functional government infrastructure within the areas it controls. These institutions include political [...]	2005-08-10 07:25:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PINR PHUM PGOV CE LTTE
05COLOMBO1417	SRI LANKAN FOREIGN MINISTER KILLED BY SUSPECTED [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Lakshman Kadirgamar was shot by suspected Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) assassins at his Colombo home between 10:30 - 11:00 p.m. local time on August 12. He died shortly after midnight August 13. The cold-blooded killing of this prominent, vocally an [...]	2005-08-12 21:18:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV CE LTTE
05COLOMBO1419	SRI LANKA: STATE OF EMERGENCY DECLARED FOLLOWING [...] (U) President Chandrika Kumaratunga declared a state of emergency the morning of August 13 following the killing of Foreign Minister Lakshman Kadirgamar by suspected Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) assassins the previous night (Ref A). The measure, which gives police and military ex [...]	2005-08-13 05:15:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV ASEC CE LTTE
05COLOMBO1425	SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT WANTS BOTH CRACKDOWN ON [...] (C) Summary. The Sri Lankan government (GSL) wants the international community to crack down further on the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in the wake of the assassination of Foreign Minister Lakshman Kadirgamar but also insists somewhat contradictorily that it remains committed to [...]	2005-08-15 05:21:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL EAID CE LTTE
05COLOMBO1428	Special Media Reaction: Assassination of Foreign [...] (U) Summary: Foreign Minister Kadirgamar's assassination has been the overwhelming focus of all media since late Friday night, with homages and retrospectives repeatedly broadcast on TV stations and printed in the press. Despite the public anger and shock over the slaying, however, the media [...]	2005-08-15 09:04:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PTER EAID OIIP PREL CE LTTE
05COLOMBO1440	SRI LANKA: HELGESEN BRIEFS CO-CHAIRS ON NORWEGIAN [...] (C) Summary. The Norwegian facilitators have shared with the co-chairs a constructive plan for putting the burden on the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) for the next steps in the peace process while also heading off rash actions by the government (GSL). The Norwegians will give LTTE [...]	2005-08-16 12:06:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER NO CE LTTE
05COLOMBO1448	INVESTIGATIONS CONTINUE UNDER STATE OF EMERGENCY [...] (U) SUMMARY: While security forces continue to investigate the murder of Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Kadirgamar, human rights groups urge restraint under the State of Emergency (SOE). Meanwhile, Tamil leaders complain the SOE and checkpoint inspections are an undue trauma on the Tamil people a [...]	2005-08-17 12:04:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PTER CE LTTE
05COLOMBO1451	Leading Tamil Announcer and Husband Murdered in [...] (SBU) Summary: Following the high-profile April 29 murder of Tamil commentator Dharmaretnam Sivaram (Ref A)and several alleged death threats received by other prominent Tamil journalists (Ref B),a well-known Tamil radio and television personality and her husband -- a former member of the Pe [...]	2005-08-18 07:17:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO PTER EAID OIIP PREL CE LTTE
05COLOMBO1453	SRI LANKA: NORWEGIAN FACILITATORS SEND LETTER TO [...] (C) Summary. In their August 17 meeting with LTTE theoretician Anton Balasingham in London, Norwegian FM Petersen and DFM Helgesen passed a letter to LTTE leader Prabhakaran (text below). At GSL request, EU missions in Colombo will recommend to Brussels that the EU designate the LTTE as a te [...]	2005-08-18 09:13:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV NO CE LTTE
05COLOMBO1459	LTTE SUSPECT ARRESTED IN MURDER OF POLICE [...] Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) cadre "Gopi" was arrested following a gun battle on August 17, in Jaffna during a joint security forces operation for the August 5 murder of the police superintendent . The gun fight slightly wounded one officer and mortally wounded another. A heavy s [...]	2005-08-18 11:35:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PGOV PHUM CE LTTE
05COLOMBO1460	LTTE AGREES TO MEET WITH GOVERNMENT [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-19 02:38:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV NO CE
05COLOMBO1493	SRI LANKAN GOVERNMENT WANTS TALKS WITH TIGERS AT [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see Para 12. -------- SUMMARY -------- 2. (C) Nearly a week after the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) agreed to talks with the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) to strengthen the Ceasefire Agreement, details regarding the timing, venue and le [...]	2005-08-25 11:44:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL PHUM CE NO LTTE
05COLOMBO1512	NORWEGIANS SEEK INSTRUCTIONS FROM OSLO IN FACE OF [...] (C) Norwegian Ambassador Hans Brattskar told Charge' August 30 that he is seeking instructions from Oslo on how to proceed in the face of continuing public criticism of the Norwegian peace process facilitation role. Brattskar confided he is particular angry about public comments new Foreign [...]	2005-08-30 07:17:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER NO CE LTTE
05COLOMBO1522	REQUEST FOR RESETTLEMENT ASSISTANCE FOR CERTAIN [...] (C) Charge' raised reftel situation of Uighur Guantanamo detainees with Foreign Ministry Secretary H.G.M.S. Palihakkara August 31 and asked SIPDIS for Sri Lankan assistance. Palihakkara replied that "we'd like to do it," but that accepting the Uighurs would "create problems with our Chine [...]	2005-08-31 05:32:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PREF PINR CE
05COLOMBO1523	Grenade attack on pro-LTTE newspaper office shakes [...] (U) Summary: Two men threw two grenades into the premises of the Sudar Oli newspaper office in Colombo August 29, killing one and injuring three. Sudar Oli, an unapologetically pro-LTTE paper, was the object of an unsuccessful grenade attack on one of its Colombo branch offices on August 20, [...]	2005-08-31 07:16:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO PTER PHUM EAID OIIP PREL CE LTTE
05COLOMBO1539	VIOLENCE IN SRI LANKA'S EAST: SUNSET FOR THE CEASE [...] (SBU) Immediately following Foreign Minister Kadirgamar's assassination (Reftel B),there were few reports of Cease-Fire Agreement (CFA) violations. However, in recent days, there have been a number of such violations in the East. The non-governmental Foundation for Co-Existence (FCE) has r [...]	2005-09-01 11:30:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PINS CE LTTE
05COLOMBO1547	SRI LANKAN GOVERNMENT URGES EU TERRORIST [...] (C) In a September 2 meeting, Foreign Secretary H.M.G.S. Palihakkara briefed Charge' on the status of Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) efforts to persuade the European Union to proscribe the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) as a terrorist organization and to review possible funding flows f [...]	2005-09-02 09:43:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL EFIN EAID PGOV CE LTTE
05COLOMBO1560	BRAHIMI TELLS CO-CHAIRS UN NOT OUT TO REPLACE [...] (C) Colombo co-chair representatives (Charge', British DCM Craig, Japanese Ambassador Suda, Norwegian DCM Laegreid, EC Charge' Wilton) met with UNSYG special envoy and former Algerian FM Lakhdar Brahimi September 6 to exchange views on the current situation. Brahimi characterized his visit t [...]	2005-09-07 04:41:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER CE NO UN LTTE
05COLOMBO1604	SRI LANKA: TIME FOR CO-CHAIRS TO STAND UP AGAINST [...] (C) The co-chairs will meet in New York at a time when the prospects for tangible progress on the Sri Lanka peace process are underwhelming, especially in the wake of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam's (LTTE) refusal to accept the latest proposal by the Norwegian facilitators for a cease [...]	2005-09-12 10:27:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PHUM PREL CE LTTE
05COLOMBO1610	LTTE CLOSES POLITICAL OFFICES IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 8, Liberation Tamil Tigers of Eelam (LTTE) political leader Thamilchelvan announced the LTTE would close all remaining political offices in government-controlled areas in the wake of the LTTE refusal to hold Cease Fire Agreement (CFA) talks at Colombo airport. The LTT [...]	2005-09-12 11:55:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER CE LTTE
05COLOMBO1619	AUSTRALIANS INVESTIGATE POSSIBLE LTTE ATTEMPT TO [...] (S/NF) We have been advised by the Australian High Commission here in Colombo that it has alerted authorities in Canberra to what appears to be an effort by a front company of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) to purchase a small cargo ship in Australia. Without sharing full detai [...]	2005-09-13 10:32:00	Embassy Colombo	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PINR CVIS EWWT CE AS LTTE
05COLOMBO1656	SRI LANKA: TIGERS DETAIN GSL CHILD PROTECTION [...] (U) SUMMARY: Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam's (LTTE) police force detained three special policemen from the Government of Sri Lanka's (GSL) National Child Protection Authority (NCPA) on September 13 after the GSL officers crossed into LTTE-controlled territory in the north while pursuing a [...]	2005-09-20 11:32:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PTER KWMN CE LTTE
05COLOMBO17	TFXO01: LTTE PEACE SECRETARIAT HEAD BRIEFED ON [...] (C) On January 2 USAID Mission Director Carol Becker, USAID/OFDA DART leader Bill Berger and poloff met with S. Puleedevan, head of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) Peace Secretariat at the Norwegian Ambassador's residence to explain U.S. disaster relief efforts in Sri Lanka. The [...]	2005-01-03 12:27:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER EAID AEMR CE LTTE
05COLOMBO1714	Special Media Reaction: E.U. Ban on LTTE Travel [...] (U) Summary: The Sri Lankan media reacted strongly to the European Union's travel ban on the LTTE. Mainstream and Sinhala nationalist media led with news of the ban, praising the move and speculating the decision could lead quickly to the EU's designation of the LTTE as a Foreign Terrorist Or [...]	2005-09-29 10:40:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KPAO PTER OIIP PREL CE LTTE
05COLOMBO1800	AMBUSH ON LTTE LEADERS IN EASTERN SRI LANKA [...] (C) Summary: In Batticaloa district, in eastern Sri Lanka, on October 10, suspected Karuna faction gunmen, ambushed a convoy carrying the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) district military head and intelligence head. The attack reportedly left four dead and seven wounded. At the requ [...]	2005-10-13 01:55:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER CE LTTE
05COLOMBO1830	SNAPSHOTS FROM TRINCOMALEE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 19, the Ambassador traveled to the eastern district of Trincomalee for a a series of meetings with the Sri Lankan Army (SLA),Trincomalee Government Agent (GA) K.G. Leelananda, Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM) and an NGO roundtable hosted by USAID. Interlocutors said [...]	2005-10-20 11:56:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM LTTE
05COLOMBO1832	SRI LANKA: PRO-LTTE MP INDICATES CONCERN AT [...] (SBU) On October 19 poloff met in Colombo with Pathmini Sithamparanathan, Tamil National Alliance (TNA) MP from Jaffna, and her husband, Professor K. Shivakumaran, who teaches drama at Jaffna University. The couple told poloff they were in the capital to meet with a number of "Sinhalese frie [...]	2005-10-20 12:00:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM CE
05COLOMBO1837	TWO ENVOYS MAKE LITTLE PROGRESS ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Former Amnesty International head Ian Martin found the GSL eager to inject a human rights component into the peace process, but the LTTE rejected any discussion of human rights until after talks on the cease-fire had resumed. Former Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission head General (re [...]	2005-10-21 06:31:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PHUM PREL CE LTTE
05COLOMBO1841	TWO ENVOYS MAKE LITTLE PROGRESS ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Former Amnesty International head Ian Martin found the GSL eager to inject a human rights component into the peace process, but the LTTE rejected any discussion of human rights until after talks on the cease-fire had resumed. Former Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission head General (re [...]	2005-10-24 10:31:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV PHUM PREL CE LTTE
05COLOMBO1859	SRI LANKA: CO-CHAIRS PREVIEW POSSIBLE ROLE [...] (C) On October 25 the Ambassador convened a meeting of Heads of Mission of the co-chairs of the 2003 Tokyo Conference on Reconstruction and Development of Sri Lanka to reassess the co-chairs' role in the wake of developments over the past two years. Pointing out that many of their original o [...]	2005-10-27 10:19:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL CE
05COLOMBO1860	COLOMBO TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICER [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-27 11:02:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETTC KVPR PREL PTER KTFN CE LTTE
05COLOMBO1864	DEMARCHE - IRANIAN PRESIDENT'S INCREASING EXTREMISM [...] (SBU) The Ambassador raised reftel points on Ahmadi-Nejad's October 25 remarks on wiping Israel off the map with Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Anura Bandanaraike during an October 28 conversation (other subjects reported septel). Bandanaraike was not familiar with the Iranian president's spe [...]	2005-10-28 07:23:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM CE IR IAEA
05COLOMBO187	NORWEGIAN AMBASSADOR BRIEFS COLOMBO CO-CHAIRS ON [...] (C) Summary. The Norwegian delegation headed by Foreign Minister Petersen made progress in working out an LTTE/GSL tsunami coordination mechanism although the deal is not final. Norwegian Ambassador Brattskar, who has been facilitating the discussions, is encouraged. Colombo co- chair rep [...]	2005-01-25 04:24:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM EAID CE LTTE
05COLOMBO1870	REQUEST FOR RESETTLEMENT ASSISTANCE OF CERTAIN [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-31 06:34:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PREF PINR MV
05COLOMBO1875	PRE-ELECTION VIEW FROM THE SRI LANKAN FRONT LINE: [...] (C/NF) During a mid-October trip to the Sri Lankan Army (SLA) Headquarters near the front lines, interlocutors from Vavuniya said the situation there and at the Omanthai Entry/Exit Point demarcating Tiger-controlled territory was relatively calm, but expressed concern at continued ceasefire vi [...]	2005-10-31 09:21:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PINS PTER CE
05COLOMBO1877	MALDIVES: IRANIAN PRESIDENT'S EXTREMISM [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-31 11:00:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER PHUM IR MV
05COLOMBO1879	TIGERS BAG ANOTHER INTELLIGENCE OFFICER WHILE [...] (C) On the evening of October 29, an assassin shot and killed Sri Lankan Army (SLA) LTCOL T.R. Meedin as the officer sat in his car. This killing follows the May 31 murder of another high ranking Tamil speaking intelligence officer MAJ T.N. Muthalif. Police arrested four suspects on Octobe [...]	2005-10-31 11:18:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER CE LTTE
05COLOMBO1883	PRE-ELECTION PERSPECTIVES FROM KURUNEGALA, [...] (U) Summary. Poloff and Pol FSN met on October 25-27 with community members in Kurunegala district in North Western province, Polonnaruwa district in North Central province, and Trincomalee district in Eastern province to discuss the political climate in the weeks before the November 17 pre [...]	2005-11-01 09:37:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER CE
05COLOMBO1912	FOREIGN MINISTER ANURA BANDARANAIKE ON "WHEN RANIL [...] (C) When I met Foreign Minister Anura Bandaranaike on October 28 (reftel),he said that he wanted to get together before the Presidential election for a one-on-one chat, "without all these people (pointing to the notetakers) around." On November 7 we had that meeting over lunch at his offici [...]	2005-11-07 09:37:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PHUM PREL CE
05COLOMBO1929	SRI LANKA: IMPLICATIONS OF PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION [...] (C) -- The distinct approaches to the peace process adopted by the two main candidates in the run-up to Sri Lanka's November 17 presidential election pose different challenges for members of the international community, including the U.S., who hope to promote a permanent resolution of the eth [...]	2005-11-09 11:06:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL CE LTTE
05COLOMBO1930	Suspected LTTE suicide bomber surrenders at U.S. [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 7, 2005 an individual claiming to be an LTTE suicide bomber came to AmEmbassy Colombo and requested asylum. After an interview to determine that there was no threat or information involving U.S. facilities or personnel he was given into the custody of the police. Th [...]	2005-11-09 11:32:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PTER CE LTTE
05COLOMBO1943	LTTE DISCOURAGES TAMILS FROM VOTING, BLOW TO [...] (U) SUMMARY: Ending weeks of speculation about the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) stance in the November 17 presidential election, the LTTE met late on November 10 with their Tamil National Alliance (TNA) proxies in Kilinochchi and announced that the Tamil people would "not benefit f [...]	2005-11-14 12:42:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER CE LTTE
05COLOMBO1965	SRI LANKA: BOTH SIDES CONFIDENT, CALCULATING WIN [...] (C) One day before the presidential election campaign insiders for both major candidates remained confident of claiming a decisive, if narrow, victory. Strategists for Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) candidate Mahinda Rajapakse seem sure that their contender will clinch a significant slice of [...]	2005-11-16 11:30:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER CE
05COLOMBO1971	SRI LANKA: POLLING PEACEFUL; TIGER INTIMIDATION [...] (SBU) As of mid-day on November 17, voting in the presidential election was proceeding peacefully in the central and southern parts of the country. Virtually no voters had crossed from territory controlled by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in the north and east to cast their ba [...]	2005-11-17 11:02:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER CE
05COLOMBO1974	US INTERESTS AFTER THE SRI LANKAN PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) How is the apparent victory of Mahinda Rajapakse likely to affect US interests in Sri Lanka? We define our overriding interests here quite simply: Peace and Prosperity. Peace because a successful peace process will mean the end of terrorism by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) [...]	2005-11-18 07:44:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EAID PTER US CE LTTE
05COLOMBO1975	SRI LANKA: PM RAJAPAKSE WINS PRESIDENCY IN CLOSE [...] On November 18, Election Commissioner Dayananada Dissanayake announced that Prime Minister and Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) candidate Mahinda Rajapakse won Sri Lanka's November 17 presidential election with a mere 50.3 percent of the total vote. The deciding factor in the election was a Tam [...]	2005-11-18 09:18:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM CE LTTE
05COLOMBO1979	SRI LANKA: PRESIDENT RAJAPAKSE SOUNDS MODERATE [...] (C) On November 19 Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapakse took the oath of office as the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka's fifth Executive President. Following the swearing-in ceremony, Rajapakse addressed the nation listing his objectives of averting war, supporting the Cease Fire Agre [...]	2005-11-21 11:08:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER KIRF CE
05COLOMBO1988	SRI LANKA: OPPOSITION LEADER'S VIEWS ON LOST [...] Summary: On November 22, the Ambassador met with Ranil Wickremesinghe, leader of the opposition United National Party (UNP) and unsuccessful candidate in the November 17 presidential election by a margin of under 200,000 votes. Wickremesinghe expressed surprise that the Liberation Tigers of T [...]	2005-11-22 11:29:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER CE LTTE
05COLOMBO2000	SRI LANKA: SUSPECTED TIGERS ATTACK US-DONATED [...] (SBU) Fredrik Palsson, Chief of Party for RONCO, the contractor for the US-funded humanitarian demining program, contacted poloff the morning of November 25 to report that at about 7:45 p.m. the previous evening in the Point Pedro area of Jaffna suspected Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTT [...]	2005-11-25 06:38:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER MOPS EAID CE LTTE
05COLOMBO2008	SRI LANKA: TIGER LEADER'S ANNUAL MESSAGE GIVES [...] (C) Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) leader Velupillai Prabhakaran's annual Heroes' Day speech on November 27, while less belligerent than many had feared, put the new government of President Mahinda Rajapaksa on notice that it must "come forward soon with a reasonable political framew [...]	2005-11-28 11:26:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV CE LTTE
05COLOMBO2014	Special Media Reaction: LTTE Leader Vellupillai [...] (SBU) Summary: Following LTTE leader V. Prabhakaran's annual Heroes' Day speech on November 27(reftel),Sri Lankan television and newspapers on November 28 and 29 focused on the future of the peace process with a renewed sense of hope and pragmatism. In response to the election of President [...]	2005-11-29 11:07:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KPAO PTER EAID OIIP PREL CE LTTE
05COLOMBO2017	SRI LANKA: PRESIDENT'S PUBLIC STATEMENTS OFFER [...] (C) In public statements made since his November 17 election, President Mahinda Rajapaksa has offered few concrete details into how he plans to realize his oft-stated goal of achieving a political resolution to the conflict with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). In particular, how [...]	2005-11-29 11:42:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER CE LTTE
05COLOMBO2040	SRI LANKA: BODY COUNT MOUNTS IN NORTH AND EAST [...] (C) Violence intensified in the north and east over the past week, culminating in a Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) attack December 4 on a Sri Lanka Army (SLA) vehicle in Jaffna that resulted in the highest number of Army casualties in a single incident since the beginning of the Ceas [...]	2005-12-05 12:39:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PINS CE LTTE
05COLOMBO2042	NEW FOREIGN MINISTER EAGER TO MAINTAIN CLOSE U.S. [...] (C) Summary. New Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera said the GSL has proposed CFA talks to the LTTE via the Norwegian facilitators and would be flexible on the location of those talks. The landmine killings of soldiers in Jaffna make such talks especially urgent. The FM outlin [...]	2005-12-06 10:04:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER CE LTTE
05COLOMBO2056	Special Media Reaction: Department's Statement on [...] (U) Summary: Sri Lankan Media commented widely on the statement issued Monday, December 5, by Deputy Spokesman Adam Ereli condemning persistent violations of the cease- fire agreement (CFA),in particular the December 4 LTTE landmine attacks in Jaffna. The English-language and Sinhala media c [...]	2005-12-07 11:17:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KPAO PTER EAID OIIP PREL CE LTTE
05COLOMBO2058	LTTE STRIKES AGAIN IN THE NORTH, SITUATION TENSE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Tensions remain high in the North and East of Sri Lanka following a second Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) attack on December 6 that killed seven in Jaffna, and the murder of two Muslim fishermen in Ampara also blamed on the LTTE. New Army Commander Fonseka told a pres [...]	2005-12-07 11:28:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV CASC CE LTTE
05COLOMBO2059	SRI LANKA: UN RAPPORTEUR, AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) Overlapping visits by Amnesty International (AI) Secretary General Irene Khan and UN Special Rapporteur on SIPDIS Extrajudicial, Summary and Arbitrary Killings Philip Alston during the first week of December focused on continuing political assassinations and the danger they pose to the [...]	2005-12-07 12:13:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PTER PGOV CE LTTE
05COLOMBO2076	PEACE PROCESS: AKASHI VISITS, OFFERS TO HOST [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese Special Envoy Akashi found President Rajapakse eager to take up ceasefire implementation talks and willing to use a venue outside of Sri Lanka. Akashi offered Japan for the first round. Rajapakse was upset at reported comments of Norwegian Envoy Eric Solheim that Norway w [...]	2005-12-12 08:47:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV CE LTTE
05COLOMBO2088	SRI LANKA: SCENESETTER FOR DECEMBER 19 CO-CHAIRS [...] (C) In the run-up to their December 19 meeting in Brussels, the co-chairs are faced with rapidly degenerating security in the north and east; an inexperienced new Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) administration that won on a hardline platform; a Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) that has p [...]	2005-12-13 04:23:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL CE LTTE
05COLOMBO2094	2005-2006 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] UPDATED RESPONSE TO REFTEL FOLLOWS: 2. The Maldives is not an important regional financial center. The financial sector of the Maldives is very small, with five commercial banks (one international bank, three branches of public banks from neighboring countries and the state owned bank),t [...]	2005-12-14 07:56:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN EFIN PTER SNAR KCRM MV
05COLOMBO2096	CO-CHAIRS SHOULD FOCUS ON PRIVATE MESSAGES TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Co-Chairs Chiefs of Mission (COM's) and visiting EC DDG Jouanjean agreed Dec 19 Co-Chairs meeting in Brussels should focus on role of Co-Chairs in changed peace process environment in Sri Lanka. All agreed Co-Chairs should develop messages to be passed privately to both GSL and [...]	2005-12-14 09:27:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV CE LTTE
05COLOMBO2101	SRI LANKA: 2005 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] (U) The Sri Lankan government strongly supports the Global War on Terror and continues to demonstrate an unwavering commitment to combating terrorism. Sri Lanka has acceded to all international conventions that deal with combating terrorism, with the exception of the 1980 Nuclear Materials Co [...]	2005-12-15 07:53:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER ASEC KCRM EFIN KHLS KPAO CE LTTE
05COLOMBO2108	TIGERS' TNA PROXIES BLAME GOVERNMENT AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a December 15 meeting with pro-Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) Tamil National Alliance (TNA) parliamentarians, the Ambassador stressed U.S. and international concern at the escalation of violence following the November 17 election. The TNA MPs were quick to deny LTTE i [...]	2005-12-16 07:07:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER CE LTTE
05COLOMBO2111	2005-2006 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] UPDATED RESPONSE TO REFTEL FOLLOWS: 2. Sri Lanka is neither an important regional financial center nor a preferred center for money laundering. Money laundering currently is not a criminal offense. There are strict bank secrecy laws, under which the Government of Sri Lanka is required to [...]	2005-12-19 08:17:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN EFIN PTER SNAR KCRM CE ECONOMICS
05COLOMBO2112	POST (AGAIN) RECOMMENDS INVESTIGATION INTO [...] (C) This is an action request, please see para 10. This is a follow-on to reftel, in which Post specifically requested USG efforts to investigate possible LTTE-linked fundraising in the US. 2. (C) Summary: In the wake of reports of increased LTTE fundraising activities in Canada, France, U [...]	2005-12-19 08:23:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ECON EFIN KCRM CE LTTE ECONOMICS
05COLOMBO2118	SRI LANKA: SEVEN CIVILIANS INJURED IN VIOLENT [...] (U) SUMMARY: Seven civilians were injured when Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldiers fired on a violent protest led by students affiliated with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in the northern district of Jaffna on December 19. In Colombo on December 17-18 security forces arrested and rel [...]	2005-12-19 12:05:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER CE LTTE
05COLOMBO2119	Sri Lanka requests assistance to enforce [...] (U) This is an action cable. See action request in para 7 below. 2. (U) SUMMARY: A Computer Crimes bill will soon become law in Sri Lanka, and submission of an electronic transactions bill is anticipated for early 2006. Sri Lanka would appreciate USG technical assistance in developing [...]	2005-12-20 02:15:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECPS EFIN EINT ETRD PTER KCRM CE
05COLOMBO2136	Special Media Reaction: December 19 Statement by [...] (U) Summary: The statement by the Tokyo Donors Conference Co-chairs after their December 19 meeting in Brussels sparked banner headlines and lead stories of all print and electronic media on December 21. However, only the mainstream independent Daily Mirror and its sister Sinhala paper, Lanka [...]	2005-12-21 09:54:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KPAO PTER EAID OIIP PREL CE LTTE
05COLOMBO2139	US GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE TO SRI LANKA?S DEVELOPMENT [...] United States Treasury?s Office of Technical Assistance (OTA),Financial Enforcement team visited Colombo December 12- 16, 2005, to provide training to government officials on establishment of an effective AML/CFT regime. The timing of the visit was appropriate since the government of Sri La [...]	2005-12-21 11:28:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON KTFN KCRM SNAR PTER CE
05COLOMBO2149	SRI LANKA: STEADY ATTACKS PRESSURE GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) continues to goad the Sri Lankan Army (SLA) and Sri Lankan Navy (SLN) in the north, launching nine small-scale attacks against military targets since December 20. The back-to-back attacks seem designed to increase pressure on the new governm [...]	2005-12-22 12:36:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM CE LTTE
05COLOMBO2155	ATA-5459, OFFER FOR TRAINING: SRI LANKA SENIOR [...] AS REQUESTED IN REFTEL, LISTED BELOW IS THE FINAL LIST OF NAMES AND DEPARTMENT INFORMATION OF THOSE NOMINATED BY THE GOVT OF SRI LANKA TO ATTEND THE SENIOR CRISIS MANAGEMENT SEMINAR IN WASHINGTON FROM 23 TO 27 JAN 2006. ALL ATTENDEES ON THIS LIST HAVE BEEN MEDICALLY CLEARED, CLEARED FAVORABLY [...]	2005-12-27 05:12:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PTER CE
05COLOMBO2157	MURDER IN THE CATHEDRAL: ASSASSINATION OF [...] (SBU) Following two consecutive Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) attacks on the Sri Lanka Navy in the northern district of Mannar on December 22 and 23 (Refs A and B),the violence continues in the north and east with no respite for the holiday. Tamil National Alliance (TNA) MP Joseph [...]	2005-12-27 10:48:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PHUM CE LTTE
05COLOMBO2158	GOVERNMENT ASKS CO-CHAIRS FOR ACTION AS VIOLENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Co-Chair Chiefs of Missions (COM's) met with Prime Minister and Foreign Minister on December 23 to de-brief on Brussels meeting. In light of renewed Tiger attacks, GSL asked Co-Chair COM's to travel to Kilinocchi to deliver hard message to Tigers. COM's (minus US Ambassador) de [...]	2005-12-27 11:03:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL CE NO LTTE
05COLOMBO2164	Special Media Reaction: Tsunami Anniversary [...] (U) Summary: All three English dailies carried Ambassador Lunstead's tsunami memorial message titled "America Joins Sri Lanka in Remembrance" on Friday, December 23. Sinhala and Tamil newspapers carried the op-ed in the vernacular on Saturday, December 24 and Monday, December 26. Complementin [...]	2005-12-28 08:55:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KPAO PTER EAID OIIP PREL CE
05COLOMBO2166	Special Media Reaction: Editorial Reaction to [...] (U) Summary: The statement by the Tokyo Donors Conference Co-chairs after their December 19 meeting in Brussels sparked a considerable amount of editorial comment in the English and Sinhala press in the week following its December 21 release in Colombo. Editorialists analyzed the statement am [...]	2005-12-28 11:19:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KPAO PTER EAID OIIP PREL CE LTTE
05COLOMBO2167	SRI LANKA: DEMINING OPERATIONS IN JAFFNA SUSPENDED [...] (SBU) The HALO Trust (HT),Sri Lankan Army (SLA) and Danish Demining Group (DDG) have all suspended operations in the Jaffna peninsula as of December 28. HALO Trust and the SLA cited the deteriorating security environment, while the DDG's closure coincides with its holiday stand-down. Disgrun [...]	2005-12-28 11:20:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PHUM CASC MOPS KHDP CE EAIS LTTE
05COLOMBO2179	SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY'S JANUARY 5 MEETING WITH [...] (C) Since the November 17 election of Mahinda Rajapaksa as President, violence has escalated rapidly, imperiling the increasingly fragile three-year-old Ceasefire Agreement between the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). On his first visit to Washin [...]	2005-12-30 06:30:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER CE
05COLOMBO228	Sri Lanka: Post-tsunami Political Landscape [...] (C) SUMMARY: As Sri Lanka begins to pick up the pieces one month after the tsunami, politicians are calculating the impact of the disaster on the bitterly divisive zero-sum game that is Sri Lankan politics. For now, the enormous sympathy generated for Sri Lanka-as well as repeated calls for [...]	2005-01-28 05:59:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV AEMR EAID PTER CE
05COLOMBO244	Special Media Reaction: Colombo Press Conference [...] (U) Summary: Media coverage of post's January 29 press conference to announce plans to transition from a mix of military and civilian tsunami relief efforts to a fully civilian one was prominent and widespread, generating front-page headlines but little editorial comment. Most media focused [...]	2005-02-01 01:28:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KPAO PTER EAID OIIP PREL CE
05COLOMBO278	GSL REQUEST FOR NII/CSI EQUIPMENT LOAN [...] Post has received a request from GSL Presidential Advisor Mano Tittawella and Finance Secretary PB Jayasundera to expedite the loan of CSI-related non-intrusive inspection equipment, in an effort to expedite scanning of inbound cargo for humanitarian efforts. (Note: Sri Lanka has a three-ye [...]	2005-02-03 07:18:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT EWWT ACOA ASEC ETRD ECON ETTC KSTC PTER CE
05COLOMBO291	MALDIVIAN GOVERNMENT RESPONSE ON THE RETURN OF [...] (S) In late January, the Embassy received the following diplomatic note from the Government of the Republic of Maldives (GoRM),building on their preliminary response contained in Ref A, in response to our diplomatic note, drawing from Ref B, which laid out the USG view regarding the return [...]	2005-02-07 05:17:00	Embassy Colombo	SECRET	PTER KAWC PREL PINS MV
05COLOMBO312	SRI LANKA: EASTERN LTTE POLITICAL LEADER KILLED [...] (C) Summary. On February 7, E. Kausalyan, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) Political Leader for the eastern districts of Batticaloa and Ampara, was killed in an ambush in a Government of Sri Lanka (GSL)-controlled area while driving to Batticaloa from LTTE-controlled territory in t [...]	2005-02-08 13:26:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER CE
05COLOMBO314	FROM COMITY TO CALUMNY: SRI LANKAN POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: Six weeks after the tsunami that devastated the coasts of Sri Lanka, the main political parties have fallen back into their previous pattern of exchanging accusations and denunciations in the media. This return to fractiousness has dissolved the relative comity that prevailed imm [...]	2005-02-09 04:26:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KPAO PTER EAID OIIP PREL CE LTTE
05COLOMBO324	SRI LANKA: LTTE POST-TSUNAMI CHILD RECRUITMENT, [...] (C) Summary. January media reports highlighted Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) recruitment of child soldiers in the north and east, particularly in welfare camps for tsunami-affected persons. In early February, displeased by unfavorable media attention, the LTTE threatened to pull o [...]	2005-02-10 11:50:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PHUM CE LTTE
05COLOMBO327	SRI LANKA: SCENESETTER FOR THE FEBRUARY 20-21 [...] (SBU) The December 26 tsunami, in spite of its cruel humanitarian toll and staggering financial costs, has provided the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) a chance to re-engage after a near two-year hiatus in negotiations. The tragedy has mitigated [...]	2005-02-10 12:52:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PREL PGOV EAID PTER CE LTTE
05COLOMBO341	AKASHI SEES PROGRESS POSSIBLE BETWEEN LTTE AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Akashi found LTTE's Tamilchelvan less aggressive than expected, and believes negotiations on a joint mechanism for tsunami reconstruction can resume. President Kumaratunga said she was eager for an agreement. Each side blamed the other for delays. Akashi thinks a Co- Chair Ambass [...]	2005-02-14 08:55:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER CE JA
05COLOMBO358	MALDIVES CLARIFIES POSITION ON GUANTANAMO DETAINEE [...] (S) Maldivian Foreign Ministry Permanent Secretary Zakariyyah called DCM February 15 to SIPDIS advise that, after the DCM's February 3 conversation with the Maldivian Attorney General, the GoRM had further considered its position on the return of Maldivian Guantanamo detainee Ibrahim Fo [...]	2005-02-15 11:44:00	Embassy Colombo	SECRET	PTER KAWC PREL PINS MV
05COLOMBO373	DHANAPALA SAYS GOVERNMENT WILLING TO COMPROMISE [...] (C) Ambassador met with head of Sri Lankan Peace Secretariat Jayantha Dhanapala February 16. Dhanapala launched immediately into a recounting of the status of the negotiations with the LTTE to set up a joint mechanism for reconstruction in the North and East. He said that the negotiations [...]	2005-02-16 12:09:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER CE JA LTTE
05COLOMBO395	Special Media Reaction: Former Presidents [...] (U) Summary: The visit of former Presidents Clinton and Bush to Sri Lanka February 20-21 elicited copious, straightforward media coverage, with all media outlets, print as well as electronic, featuring the visit prominently. Editorial comment was largely positive as well, but a few outlets [...]	2005-02-22 10:39:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KPAO EAID PTER OIIP PREL CE
05COLOMBO399	SRI LANKA: FORMER PRESIDENTS BUSH AND CLINTON [...] (SBU) Summary. In a February 20 meeting, Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga offered former Presidents George H.W. Bush and William J. Clinton an assessment of Sri Lanka's post-tsunami progress, including immediate relief efforts and longer-term reconstruction plans. President Kumar [...]	2005-02-22 11:31:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID PTER CE LTTE

05COLOMBO404	SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES IT IS PREPARED [...] (C) In a speech marking the third anniversary of the Ceasefire Agreement (CFA),Jayantha Dhanapala, head of the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) Peace Secretariat, announced on February 22 that the GSL is "ready to reopen direct negotiations" with the insurgent Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam ( [...]	2005-02-23 10:47:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER CE LTTE
05COLOMBO438	NORWEGIANS SEE HOPE FOR LTTE-GSO AGREEMENT ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Both sides have been flexible on negotiations for a "mechanism" for distributing reconstruction assistance to the North and East, and the Norwegians believe an agreement is possible in the next few days. Such an agreement would not only assist in the reconstruction effort, but [...]	2005-02-28 11:14:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV CE NO LTTE
05COLOMBO445	NOTICE OF FINAL DETERMINATION OF COMBATANT STATUS [...] (C) The Embassy on March 1 forwarded to the Maldivian government a diplomatic note, drawing from the relevant portions of reftel, advising that Maldivian Guantanamo detainee Ibrahim Fauzee has been determined to no longer be an enemy combatant and thus approved for release. DCM also called [...]	2005-03-01 10:37:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KAWC PINR PREL MV
05COLOMBO451	SRI LANKA: TIGERS TRY TO DOWNPLAY, DENY CHARGES [...] (SBU) Over the past week the local media have given broad coverage to reports of the February 23 UN Security Council session on child soldiers, highlighting in particular the reported recommendation by the Secretary-General's Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict that the Co [...]	2005-03-01 11:50:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PTER CE UNICEF LTTE
05COLOMBO458	SRI LANKA: PRESIDENT ESTABLISHES COMMISSION TO [...] (C) Summary: Three female Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) cadres were shot and injured in the eastern town of Akkaraipatuu, south of Ampara, on February 28, 2005. The police have a suspect in custody, allegedly a loyalist to breakaway eastern LTTE rebel Karuna. As with previous att [...]	2005-03-02 11:07:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PHUM CE LTTE
05COLOMBO461	SRI LANKA: REQUEST FOR INFORMATION/ASSISTANCE [...] This is an action request. Please see Para 4. 2. On March 3 the Embassy received a letter from a Member of Parliament requesting assistance with the repatriation of remains of a Sri Lankan national believed to have been killed in Iraq on February 11. According to the letter, Dewamullage [...]	2005-03-03 10:04:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER IZ CE
05COLOMBO463	MALDIVES: GOVERNMENT POINT OF CONTACT FOR [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-03 11:28:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KAWC PREL MV
05COLOMBO472	SRI LANKA: JVP JINGOISM ELICITS CLARIFICATION ON [...] (U) Coalition partner Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) opposition to an official statement issued by the Government (GSL) on February 22 declaring its readiness to discuss "an interim arrangement" with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) prompted an official clarification of the GSL st [...]	2005-03-04 07:04:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER CE LTTE
05COLOMBO485	SRI LANKA: NORWEGIAN ENVOY SAYS TSUNAMI [...] (C) In a March 6 conversation with the Ambassador, Norwegian Ambassador Hans Brattskar, summarizing his findings after a trip to Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) headquarters in Kilinochchi the previous day, said that "if the Government of Sri Lanka really wants a mechanism (to coopera [...]	2005-03-07 11:19:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL CE LTTE
05COLOMBO487	SRI LANKA: KILLINGS IN THE NORTH AND EAST [...] (C) Summary: Separate deadly incidents in the north and east March 4-6 highlight continuing tensions between the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) in the northern Jaffna peninsula and the LTTE's fractured control of areas in the east. Security forces fired [...]	2005-03-07 11:30:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PHUM CE LTTE
05COLOMBO488	SRI LANKAN GOVERNMENT WORRIED ABOUT LTTE AIR [...] (S) In a meeting with the Ambassador on March 4, Foreign Minister Lakshman Kadirgamar expressed concern that Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) air assets could be used to conduct suicide attacks against Government and/or foreign targets. The Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) views the Tige [...]	2005-03-07 11:42:00	Embassy Colombo	SECRET	PTER PREL PGOV CE LTTE
05COLOMBO547	SRI LANKA: BISHOP OF JAFFNA SEES POPULAR [...] (C) In a March 16 meeting with poloff in Colombo, Thomas Savundaranayagam, Catholic Bishop of Jaffna, reported that initial post-tsunami coordination among the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL),the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE),NGOs and the Catholic Church ran smoothly. Since then, h [...]	2005-03-17 03:10:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER EAID PGOV PHUM CE LTTE
05COLOMBO557	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES RECONSTRUCTION PROBLEMS WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador told President Kumaratunga that reconstruction effort was running into problems, especially on transitional shelter, with monsoon season looming. There was a risk of major problems that could cost Sri Lanka the international good will it had achieved in the emergency [...]	2005-03-18 06:00:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER TPHY EAID CE
05COLOMBO558	KUMARATUNGA SAYS READY TO SIGN JOINT MECHANISM [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Kumaratunga told Ambassador March 17 that she believes establishing a joint mechanism with LTTE for administration of tsunami reconstruction is necessary. One issue remains to be resolved. Once it is, she is ready to sign and does not believe her coalition partner the J [...]	2005-03-18 06:02:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER EAID CE LTTE
05COLOMBO569	BAD PRESS: LTTE KILLS SUSPECTED DISSIDENTS AFTER [...] (U) Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) militants attacked a camp of anti-LTTE Karuna loyalists in Thivichchenei, Polonnaruwa District, in the early morning hours of March 21, killing at least two suspected Karuna cadres. (Note: The Sri Lanka Army claims that the two dead are LTTE cadre [...]	2005-03-21 11:45:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV CE LTTE
05COLOMBO651	REPORTED TRAVEL TO LTTE-CONTROLLED TERRITORY BY [...] (C) Several Colombo Sunday (April 3) newspapers ran brief articles reporting that U.S. Congressman Danny K. Davis (7th District - Illinois) had visited Kilinocchi and Mullaitivu in the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)- controlled "Wanni" region of northern Sri Lanka the day before. Ac [...]	2005-04-04 07:04:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER OREP CE LTTE
05COLOMBO669	SRI LANKA: NAVAL VESSEL FIRED ON BY SUSPECTED [...] (SBU) Just before 10:00 a.m. local time on April 5, a Sri Lankan naval inshore patrol craft was fired upon as it patrolled coastal waters about 700 meters from shore in the eastern district of Trincomalee. A monitor from the Sri Lankan Monitoring Mission (SLMM) was on board the vessel (whic [...]	2005-04-05 12:10:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER MOPS CE LTTE
05COLOMBO679	GWOT ASSESSMENT: SRI LANKA AND MALDIVES [...] (S) We appreciate the opportunity to review the status of the Global War on Terror (GWOT) in our two countries. In both countries we experience good counter-terrorism cooperation but could accomplish a great deal more with a relatively modest increase in resources. Sri Lanka --------- [...]	2005-04-07 04:43:00	Embassy Colombo	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PGOV KJUS KISL MARR ASEC CE MV LTTE
05COLOMBO684	THE JAFFNA BLUES: NORTHERN TAMILS FEAR COLOMBO [...] (C) During a March 30-April 1 trip to the northern districts of Jaffna and Vavuniya, poloff and POL FSN met with local government officials, members of the judiciary, aid workers, human rights activists, Members of Parliament, university faculty and students, religious figures, members of the [...]	2005-04-08 07:30:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PHUM CE LTTE
05COLOMBO697	AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO TSUNAMI-HIT ATOLL IN MALDIVES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador visited badly-damaged atoll in south Maldives. Temporary shelter for those who lost houses is well-planned, with community involvement. Most residents of severely-affected islands are willing to relocate to larger island. Maldives officials insist no one will be fo [...]	2005-04-11 11:29:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER EAID CE
05COLOMBO710	POST-TSUNAMI ASSISTANCE TO MALDIVES [...] Reftels detail my recent visit to Maldives, where I had extensive discussions with Maldives Government officials and with UNDP on the state of reconstruction planning and the options for tsunami assistance. I came away with several clear impressions. --Government of Maldives (GORM)is very [...]	2005-04-12 10:44:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PTER EAID CE
05COLOMBO732	International Visitor Request: Sri Lankan MP's [...] (U) A group of seven Sri Lankan Members of Parliament (MP) have requested a fully-funded trip of a week to ten days' duration to visit Hawaii, California and Washington, D.C., in order to look at how the U.S. prepares for and responds to natural disasters. The group would like to visit the Ts [...]	2005-04-20 01:36:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO PTER EAID CE
05COLOMBO741	NORWEGIAN FACILITATOR SOLHEIM THINKS JOINT RELIEF [...] (C) Summary. Solheim is optimistic that a joint GSL/LTTE/Muslim mechanism for tsunami relief in the north and east will be signed soon but quite emphatic that, absent the mechanism, there will be no progress on peace for a long time. How the mechanism, if signed, would play out on the gro [...]	2005-04-20 11:22:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER EAID PGOV CE NO LTTE
05COLOMBO786	SRI LANKA: INTERNECINE FIGHTING IN THE EAST [...] (C) Summary: Violence in the Eastmainly involving the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE),Karuna faction cadres, and even the Sri Lankan militarycontinues to percolate, keeping tensions raw in this troubled region and slowly testing the limits of both the ceasefire agreement (CFA) and [...]	2005-04-27 03:04:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PINR PHUM CE LTTE
05COLOMBO788	SRI LANKA: A/S ROCCA'S DISCUSSIONS ON THE PEACE [...] (C) In meetings with Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) and political leaders on April 20, Assistant Secretary for South Asian Affairs Christina Rocca and the Ambassador urged greater flexibility from both the GSL and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in approaching the peace process. T [...]	2005-04-27 06:40:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL CE LTTE
05COLOMBO789	SRI LANKA: A/S ROCCA DISCUSSES TSUNAMI [...] (C) In an April 19 visit to the eastern district of Ampara and in discussions with government and political leaders in Colombo on April 20, Assistant Secretary for South Asian Affairs Christina Rocca reviewed the progress of post-tsunami reconstruction efforts and prospects for a proposed "jo [...]	2005-04-27 06:45:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAID PTER CE LTTE
05COLOMBO797	NORWEGIANS SEE NO PROGRESS ON JOINT RELIEF [...] (C) Summary. The Norwegians report no progress on the joint relief mechanism since Solheim's visit earlier in April. Norwegian FM Peterson will try to cajole CBK (just returned from vacation) towards progress in an imminent phone conversation; DFM Helgesen may appear on BBC to rebut the vi [...]	2005-04-28 09:52:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER EAID PGOV CE NO LTTE
05COLOMBO807	SRI LANKA: WESTERN PROVINCIAL COUNCIL SHOWDOWN [...] (C) Summary: A growing controversy over the future of the Chief Minister of the Western Province has exacerbated already-strained tensions within the United People,s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) and has breathed new life into the long-dormant opposition United National Party (UNP). At the same t [...]	2005-04-29 01:45:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PHUM PTER CE
05COLOMBO812	PRO-LTTE JOURNALIST MURDERED IN COLOMBO [...] (U) Just one week after the abduction of a Colombo-area police inspector (Ref A),Dharmaretnam Sivaram (aka "Taraki"),a renowned Tamil journalist, was abducted from in front of a Colombo restaurant (and across the street from a police station) by unidentified assailants late April 28. Accord [...]	2005-04-29 07:33:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV CE LTTE
05COLOMBO832	Multiparty demonstration in Colombo over murder [...] (U) Summary: Five days after the murder of Tamil commentator Dharmaretnam Sivaram, a.k.a.Taraki, (see Reftel) prominent journalists from all political persuasions along with Members of Parliament and trade unionists gathered on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day to express concern for me [...]	2005-05-04 08:01:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KPAO PTER EAID OIIP PREL CE LTTE
05COLOMBO834	SRI LANKA: PRESIDENT TALKS POSITIVELY ON JOINT [...] (C) Summary. In a May 3 address to religious leaders, President Kumaratunga publicly expressed her desire to conclude a Joint Mechanism with the Liberation Tiger of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) for distribution of aid in tsunami-affected areas. Kumaratunga said the Joint Mechanism would be the path t [...]	2005-05-04 11:15:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL EAID CE LTTE
05COLOMBO837	MALDIVES BLACKLISTS FOREIGN NATIONALS FOR [...] (C) On May 2 Maldivian Foreign Secretary Abdul Hameed Zakariyya met with CDA in Colombo to advise him that the Government of the Republic of Maldives (GORM) had blacklisted eight foreigners, including an apparent American citizen, from entering Maldives because of suspected links to a Maldivi [...]	2005-05-05 06:15:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV CASC MV
05COLOMBO844	COLOMBO CO-CHAIR REPS MULL OVER ISSUING STATEMENT [...] (C) Summary. After May 5 discussion of whether to issue a statement in support of the joint mechanism for tsunami relief in the North and East, Colombo co-chair representatives agreed that such a statement would be most useful after the joint mechanism is agreed upon (assuming that happens [...]	2005-05-05 12:21:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER EAID PGOV CE NO LTTE
05COLOMBO849	MALDIVIAN GUANTANAMO DETAINEE IBRAHIM FAUZEE [...] (SBU) The Maldivan government has advised the Embassy that, according to Maldivian national Ibrahim Fauzee who was returned to Maldives from Guantanamo March 12, when Mr. Fauzee was detained in Pakistan his Maldivian passport and several "educational certificates" were seized. They were not [...]	2005-05-09 02:14:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KAWC PTER PREL MV
05COLOMBO870	BURNING TIRES IN BATTICALOA: MORE PROBLEMS IN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) called a one-day strike that closed businesses and halted transportation in many areas of the north and east May 10. The strike was called ostensibly to protest the fatal shooting of a civilian protester at a Batticaloa checkpoint [...]	2005-05-11 12:52:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV CE LTTE
05COLOMBO887	VISIT TO BATTICALOA: PESSIMISM PERVADES VIEWS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: ON A MAY 9-11 TRIP TO BATTICALOA IN SRI LANKA'S TURBULENT EASTERN PROVINCE, POLOFF, INFORMATION OFFICER, A/RSO,AND POL FSN MET WITH LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, PEACE MONITORS, AND REPRESENTATIVES FROM LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL NGOS TO ASSESS THE SITUATION ON THE GROUND AND VIEWS RE [...]	2005-05-13 06:43:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PHUM PGOV EAID CE LTTE
05COLOMBO888	SRI LANKA: PROPOSED JOINT MECHANISM NOW POLITICAL [...] (C) Hopes that the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) would sign a joint mechanism on tsunami aid before the May 16-17 Development Forum are fading. The proposal has become a political hot potato for President Chandrika Kumaratunga, with her opponen [...]	2005-05-13 11:21:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER EAID CE LTTE
05COLOMBO890	KUMARATUNGA GIVES STRONG INDICATION SHE WILL GO [...] (C) Summary. President Kumaratunga told the Ambassador May 13 that she is determined to go ahead with the joint mechanism despite opposition from coalition partner JVP although the process will take a few more weeks. The Ambassador stated that the U.S. supported her efforts and that a sign [...]	2005-05-16 03:06:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAID PTER KIRF CE LTTE
05COLOMBO897	Journalists in Eastern Sri Lanka Constrained in [...] (SBU) Summary: Journalists in the East of Sri Lanka, concerned about their welfare, hesitate to report fully on events in the region. Reporters from the Batticaloa Media Alliance allege they cannot report freely from the Eastern province due to pressure from the LTTE and Sri Lankan Army for [...]	2005-05-16 10:36:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KPAO PTER EAID OIIP PREL CE LTTE
05COLOMBO916	SRI LANKA: STATUE STIRS STRIKE, VIOLENCE IN [...] (U) One person was killed and five injured in scattered grenade attacks in the eastern district of Trincomalee on May 17 during a two-day strike, or "hartal," to protest the erection of a large Buddha statue on government-owned land. The Embassy has received no reports of U.S. citizens hurt or [...]	2005-05-18 11:53:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC KIRF PTER PHUM CASC CE LTTE
05COLOMBO933	SRI LANKAN PRESIDENT VOWS TO PASS JOINT MECHANISM, [...] (U) President Chandrika Kumaratunga gave an extemporaneous and sometimes emotional opening speech to the Sri Lanka Development Forum in Kandy on May 16, vowing to sign the "Joint Mechanism" on tsunami relief with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). She also asked donors to support [...]	2005-05-20 05:25:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV ECON EAID CE LTTE
05COLOMBO94	TFXO01: GOVERNMENT/LTTE RELIEF COORDINATION [...] (C) Coordination between Government and Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) relief efforts on the ground, especially in the east, remains adequate, according to UN and foreign diplomatic sources, despite recent allegations and counter-allegations in the local press of obstructionism and/o [...]	2005-01-12 14:27:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV AEMR EAID CE LTTE
05COLOMBO954	Leading Tamil Editor Receives Death Threats [...] (U) Summary: Following the high-profile April 29 murder of Tamil commentator Dharmaretnam Sivaram, (Reftel),another prominent Tamil journalist, Vediwel Thevaraj, Acting Editor- in-Chief of the mainstream independent Tamil daily Virakesari, has reported receiving anonymous death threats. Mr. [...]	2005-05-26 11:39:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KPAO PTER EAID OIIP PREL CE LTTE
05COLOMBO955	SRI LANKA: COMMUNAL TENSION CONTINUES OVER [...] (SBU) Summary: Religious and ethnic tensions continue to percolate in Trincomalee over the May 16 erection of a large Buddha statue on public land in the city center. A May 18 decision by a local judge ordering the removal of the statue has not yet been implemented, and the statue remains, [...]	2005-05-26 12:19:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PHUM KIRF CE LTTE
05COLOMBO961	COUNTRY TEAM ASSESSMENT FOR AIR DEFENSE RADARS [...] THE GOVERNMENT OF SRI LANKA HAS REQUESTED THROUGH A US COMPANY PRICE AND AVAILABILITY OF A COMPLETE SYSTEM SALE FOR AN UNSPECIFIED NUMBER OF AIR DEFENSE RADARS. LIKELY RADARS MENTIONED ARE THE SENTINEL OR ANTPQ36A. A SYSTEM SALE WOULD INCLUDE ASSOCIATED SUPPORT EQUIPMENT, TRAINING, SPARES AND [...]	2005-05-31 07:37:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS PREL PGOV PTER CE LTTE
05COLOMBO971	Special Media Reaction: Former President Bill [...] (U) Summary: Media coverage of President Clinton's May 27-28 visit to Sri Lanka and the Maldives as United Nations Special Envoy for Tsunami Relief was prominent and widespread. Electronic and print media reported on the visit through the weekend and Monday. The coverage of the former Presi [...]	2005-06-01 01:32:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KPAO PTER EAID OIIP PREL CE
05COLOMBO998	SRI LANKA: ASSASSINATIONS, COUNTER-KILLINGS [...] (C) The May 31 killing of a Sri Lanka Army intelligence officer as he drove to work in Colombo (Ref A) is only the latest installment in a recurrent pattern of assassinations and counter-killings by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and its rivals, primarily members of the breakaway [...]	2005-06-02 12:46:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PHUM PREL CE LTTE
05COPENHAGEN613	DENMARK STRUGGLES WITH IMMIGRATION AND INTEGRATION [...] (C) Summary. The integration of Muslims and other ethnic minorities remains one of the most pressing political and social issues in Denmark. The government increasingly has focused attention on this issue, including passing legislation to assist newly arrived immigrants and introducing actio [...]	2005-04-12 14:57:00	Embassy Copenhagen	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI PHUM PINR PTER SCUL DA
05DAMASCUS6224	REGIME INSIDERS ALREADY MOVED TO PROTECT ASSETS [...] (C) Summary: Contacts report that those who may be named in the UNIIIC report on December 15 already have protected their assets in anticipation of new sanctions. Regime insiders have spread their assets both at home and abroad under the names of family members, and avoid moving money through [...]	2005-11-29 09:56:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV EFIN PTER KTFN SY
05DAMASCUS6225	TERRORIST FINANCE: SARG FREEZES ACCOUNTS SUSPECTED [...] (C) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) informed Post by diplomatic note on November 26 that the Central Bank's Anti-Money Laundering and Combating Financial Terrorism Commission had identified and frozen two accounts that may be [...]	2005-11-29 13:03:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	KTFN ETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS KVPR SY
05DAMASCUS6326	SARG HIGHLIGHTS TWO RECENT CLASHES WITH ISLAMISTS [...] (C) Summary: Two Islamist militants were injured in a shoot-out with Syrian security forces the morning of December 4 in Aleppo, according to Syrian media. A previously unreported clash between security forces and militants also occurred in Aleppo a week earlier, leaving two dead and three [...]	2005-12-05 16:09:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL SY HRCS
05DAMASCUS6423	TWO MORE SHOOT-OUTS BETWEEN ARMED ELEMENTS AND [...] (C) Summary: Two more shoot-outs between armed elements and SARG security services have occurred in Syria, a week after two earlier clashes in the Aleppo area (reported reftel). A December 8 incident involving armed Islamists took place near Aleppo, and the second, possibly involving crimi [...]	2005-12-12 08:48:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER SY
05DAMASCUS6524	2005 REPORT ON FINANCIAL CRIMES AND MONEY [...] (U) Summary: Throughout 2005, Syria has enacted legislation to strengthen Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terror (AML/CFT) regulations in its financial sector, which has opened up in the last two years to include four private banks. It has begun to develop a Financial Int [...]	2005-12-18 07:23:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KCRM KTFN PTER SNAR
05DAMASCUS6571	SARG TRUMPETS COSMETIC STEPS TO CRAFT AML/CFT [...] (SBU) In a further attempt to reach out to the international community and promote the Asad regime as reform-minded (ref A),SARG officials used a two-day regional conference last week on strategies to combat money laundering and the financing of terror (AML/CFT) to assert that the SARG alread [...]	2005-12-19 13:05:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PTER SY
05DARESSALAAM150	Tanzanian Participation at the Saudi Counter- [...] As of January 24, Ms. Agnes Kayola, an officer in the Foreign Ministry's Multilateral Affairs Department, was planning to attend the Saudi Counter-terrorism Conference. She noted that one, unnamed official at the Justice Ministry also planned to attend, but that the Ministry of Home Affairs ha [...]	2005-01-25 13:53:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL SA TZ
05DARESSALAAM2272	TERRORIST FINANCE: TANZANIA TO SEARCH FOR THREE [...] (U) On December 13, Econoff delivered reftel to Susan Mkapa, Director of Legal Services at the Ministry of Finance (MOF),regarding the addition of the Abu Sayeff Group (ASG) leaders to the UN 1267 Sanctions Committee list. Mkapa said she would forward the names to the Bank of Tanzania (BOT) [...]	2005-12-15 11:45:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KTFN PTER PREL ETTC TZ
05DARESSALAAM2276	2005-2006 TANZANIA'S INCSR PART II: FINANCIAL [...] SUMMARY: In 2005, the Government of Tanzania (GOT) delayed building the legal foundation for an effective anti-money laundering regime. While the anti-money laundering (AML) bill was finalized and presented to the Cabinet in May 2005, the Cabinet did not approve and table the draft AML bill [...]	2005-12-16 04:02:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KCRM KTFN PTER SNAR TZ
05DARESSALAAM2346	TERRORIST FINANCE: TANZANIA TO SEARCH FOR EIGHT [...] On December 12, Econoff delivered reftel to Ms. Mwanakombo Ngingite, Principal Planning Officer in the Ministry of Finance, regarding the December 5 addition of eight names to the 1267 Sanctions Committee list. Ngingite agreed to forward the names to the Bank of Tanzania (BOT) for a search [...]	2005-12-30 11:38:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN ETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS KVPR TZ
05DARESSALAAM254	TANZANIA NOMINATIONS FOR CT FINANCE TRAINING [...] Per reftel, post nominates the following individuals from the Bank of Tanzania to attend the Washington training program March 7 - 11, 2005: Mr. H. Kessy, Deputy Director, Bank Supervision Mr. M. Gasabile, Deputy Director, Non Banks and Financial Institutions Mr. D. Karungula, Senior Bank E [...]	2005-02-07 13:52:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN KCRM PTER TZ
05DARESSALAAM382	RETURN OF SURVEILLANT FROM DAR 352 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On 02/18/05 Subject GEARAY from Reftel B returned as agreed at the time of the incident on 02/16/05. He provided RA with his UK passport, which was scanned. RA and a security officer from the British High Commission (BHC) interviewed GEAREY. 2. (SBU) On 02/18/05 GEARAY, the [...]	2005-02-22 08:41:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER ASEC TZ
05DARESSALAAM597	Terrorism Finance: LET Prenotification [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-23 05:46:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	SECRET	KTFN EFIN PREL PTER TZ
05DARESSALAAM684	GWOT Assessment: Input from Dar es Salaam [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-06 12:56:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	SECRET	PREL PTER TZ
05DARESSALAAM685	TANZANIA AND THE CONSOLIDATED PRENOTIFICATION LIST [...] (C) Post has reservations about being included on the Terrorist Finance consolidated prenotification list as described reftel A. For the reasons noted below, post requests to be allowed to deliver prenotification demarches at our discretion, and not to be required to make a demarche at every [...]	2005-04-06 12:58:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC KTFN EFIN PTER KSEP CVIS KVPR TZ
05DARESSALAAM696	Terrorism Finance: Buisir Prenotification [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-08 04:27:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	SECRET	KTFN EFIN PREL PTER TZ
05DARESSALAAM723	Financial Systems Assessment for Tanzania [...] (SBU) Summary: A multi-agency team from Washington and the European Union visited Tanzania to assess Tanzania's compliance with international standards to combat money laundering and terrorist financing. Their full report follows below. While Tanzania has signed and/or ratified [...]	2005-04-13 08:16:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KTFN EFIN TZ
05DHAKA1053	BANGLADESH: DHS BANS LIGHTERS ON FLIGHTS TO, FROM [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-10 03:41:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR PTER BG
05DHAKA1096	Media Reaction: U.S. Human Rights Report on [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-14 04:15:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA1114	Media Reaction: Syria;Dhaka [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-14 07:57:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA1142	ALLEGED KIBRIA KILLER ARRESTED WITH THREE [...] (SBU) On March 9, police formally arrested four persons in connection with the January 27 murder of former Awami League finance minister Shah AMS Kibria according to local press reports and other sources. The chief suspect is AKM Abdul Qayyum, a BNP leader in Habiganj, where Kibria was killed. [...]	2005-03-14 11:20:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KCRM BG
05DHAKA1175	Media Reaction: Middle East;Dhaka [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-16 08:00:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA1296	Media Reaction: Secretary of State Rice's comments [...] U.S. Secretary of State's South Asia Tour ------------------------------------------- "A Paradigm Shift in US Foreign Policy" Centrist English language newspaper "News Today" editorially comments (3/22): It seems that Condoleezza Rice, the new United States Secretary of State, is in the pro [...]	2005-03-22 09:17:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA1297	Media Reaction: Secretary of State Rice's South [...] U.S. Secretary of State's South Asia Tour ------------------------------------------- "The Visit of Condoleezza Rice" Conservative Bangla language newspaper "Ittefaq" editorially comments (3/20): What Condoleezza Rice said during her visit to India and Pakistan means that the U.S. wants to st [...]	2005-03-22 09:18:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA1308	DHAKA VISAS VIPER REPORT - MARCH 2005 [...] (C) Post's Visas Viper committee met on March 22, 2005. The committee discussed the addition of several leaders of two radical Islamic groups into the VISAS VIPER program. 2. (U) The government of Bangladesh has recently banned two radical Islamic groups, the Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh [...]	2005-03-22 10:32:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KVPR CVIS PTER PINR ASEC
05DHAKA1313	KIBRIA CASE UPDATE [...] (C) Summary. Late March 22 the BDG passed us the confession statements and the inter-agency commission's report on the Kibria attack to pave the way for A/Legatt's meeting with the suspects, perhaps as early as next week. Police say they have completed the murder portion of the case but still [...]	2005-03-22 13:36:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PTER PGOV PREL BG
05DHAKA1354	Media Reaction: Secretary of State Rice's comments [...] U.S. Secretary of State's South Asia Tour ------------------------------------------- "Does Bangladesh Deserve All Those Adjective?" A page 1 commentary in centrist economic newspaper "Financial Express" opines (3/23): One cannot but be concerned by what US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice [...]	2005-03-23 10:14:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA1399	ROHINGYAN LINKS TO EXTREMIST GROUPS AND PATTERNS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A human rights activist briefed poloff about Rohingyan refugee connections to Islamic extremist groups and Rohingyan patterns of human smuggling. END SUMMARY 2. (SBU) Poloff recently met with Chris Lewa, a Belgian who works for Forum Asia in Bangkok and who has worked on Roh [...]	2005-03-24 09:51:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PGOV BG PTER PINR GTIP
05DHAKA1437	Media Reaction: Lebanon situation; Dhaka [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-28 04:48:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA1450	Media Reaction: Dr. Rice's reported comments on [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-29 09:03:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA1477	Media Reaction: Dr. Rice's reported comments on [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-30 04:40:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA1524	AMBASSADOR MEETS BANGLADESH'S NEW FOREIGN SECRETARY [...] (C) Summary: New Foreign Secretary Hemayetuddin reiterated familiar BDG themes during the Ambassador's first meeting with him. Ambassador Thomas welcomed recent BDG actions to combat terrorism and encouraged Bangladesh to sign the nine anti-terrorism conventions to which it is not yet a p [...]	2005-03-31 10:04:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PINR PGOV BG
05DHAKA1535	Media Reaction: State Department's Report on [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-03 06:02:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA1558	CHITTAGONG HILL TRACTS UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Poloff recently visited the Chittagong Hill Tracts to meet with military/civilian officials and a broad range of civil society leaders. Eight years after the signing of the CHT peace accord, significant dissatisfaction persists among both the indigenous tribal groups and the su [...]	2005-04-04 11:15:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PTER BG
05DHAKA1632	BANGLADESH GWOT ASSESSMENT [...] (S) Bangladesh's status as a moderate country with a small terrorist footprint could quickly change if steps are not taken to redress widespread Bangladeshi cynicism about the GWOT, the corruption that degrades all sectors of society, poor governance in general and ineffective law enforcement i [...]	2005-04-07 11:19:00	Embassy Dhaka	SECRET	PTER PREL BG
05DHAKA1699	Media Reaction: Middle East; Dhaka [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-11 05:47:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA1704	Attacks in 2005 on "Un-Islamic" Targets [...] (SBU) Since 1999, there have been at least 18 unsolved bombings against the political opposition, cultural events, and other people and occasions viewed by Islamist extremists as "un-Islamic" (reftel). In 2005, there has been a clear broadening of such attacks. 2. (SBU) Media and other sou [...]	2005-04-11 09:42:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER KISL BG
05DHAKA1742	DAS GASTRIGHT'S VISIT TO BANGLADESH [...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction. On April 10-11, visiting SA DAS John Gastright discussed Bangladesh developments with Foreign Secretary Hemayetuddin, PMO Principal Secretary Kamaluddin Siddiqui, Awami League president Sheikh Hasina, UNOCAL Bangladesh Managing Director Andrew Fawthrup, British [...]	2005-04-13 08:32:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV ENRG ECON BG
05DHAKA1767	BDG TO ALLOW RESUMPTION OF ETV TELEVISION CHANNEL [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 12, the BDG cleared the Ekushey Television (ETV) application for a fresh license to resume operation after the Supreme Court ordered its closure two years ago. The BDG also gave clearances for two more TV channels owned, respectively, by two ruling party legislators. [...]	2005-04-16 07:16:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER KISL BG
05DHAKA1799	22 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER OF AL MP [...] (C) Summary: A Speedy Trial Tribunal has sentenced to death 22 people, mostly tied to the ruling BNP, for the May 2004 murder of Awami League MP Ahsanullah Master. AL leaders expressed satisfaction with the judgment but want the "godfathers" behind the attack identified and brought to justice [...]	2005-04-18 07:54:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER BG
05DHAKA1805	Media Reaction: Admiral Fallons's Visit to [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-19 09:21:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA1851	BDG INTEL BRIEFING ON ISLAMIST MILITANTS [...] (C/NF) On April 18, a three-man team headed by Brigadier Asif Chowdhury, Foreign Intelligence Bureau director of the military Director General Forces Intelligence (DGFI),presented a 30-minute Power Point briefing at the Embassy to Ambassador, P/E counselor, DATT, and RAO on the investigation [...]	2005-04-20 11:24:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PTER KISL PGOV PREL BG
05DHAKA1860	Media Reaction: Admiral Fallons's Visit to [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-21 05:44:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA1919	Media Reaction: Myanmar; Dhaka [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-25 11:31:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA1924	HOME MINISTER AGREES TO NEW LINES OF KIBRIA CASE [...] (C) Summary. On April 21. Home State Minister Babar and Foreign Policy Adviser Rahman agreed to Ambassador's proposal for pursuing new lines of investigation to supplement the BDG's case against the Kibria murder suspects and, in that context, to bring the FBI back to Bangladesh for another r [...]	2005-04-25 15:11:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV KCRM PREL PHUM BG
05DHAKA194	Media Reaction: Iraq, Sudan;Dhaka [...] IRAQ ------- "The Chink in the Armor" Independent English language newspaper "Daily Star" editorially comments (1/17): There is evidence that the entire U.S. project in Iraq is hopelessly flawed and its armed forces are being vanquished by a ferocious guerilla army. The security situati [...]	2005-01-17 06:29:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA1953	Media Reaction: Asia-Africa summit in Jakarta; [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-26 06:23:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA1975	ADMIRAL FALLON'S VISIT TO BANGLADESH [...] (U) Admiral William J. Fallon, Commander, U.S. Pacific Command, visited Bangladesh 16-17 April 2005. During the visit he had the opportunity to meet with Foreign Minister Morshed Khan; Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister, Dr. Kamal Uddin Siddique; Chief of Army Staff, LTG Hasan Mashhud [...]	2005-04-27 09:00:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS PREL PTER PGOV BG
05DHAKA2061	BDG DRAFTS ANTI-TERRORISM LEGAL AMENDMENTS [...] (C) The Law Cell of the Ministry of Home Affair (MHA) has drafted amendments to Section 121 of the Penal Code redefining "waging or abetting war" and to Section 3 of the Special Powers Act concerning sabotage to broaden their coverage and thereby their utility for counter-terrorism. A MHA law [...]	2005-05-02 03:23:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PHUM PGOV AFIN BG
05DHAKA2083	FOREIGN MINISTER CHALLENGES TERRORISM REPORT [...] (SBU) On May 2, Foreign Minister Morshed Khan blamed "organized vested interests" (read India and the Awami League) for creating the view that international terrorism exists in Bangladesh. Reacting to the Department's 2004 Country Reports on Terrorism, Khan told journalists that he sees no si [...]	2005-05-03 06:14:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV BG
05DHAKA2085	Media Reaction: Country Report on Terrorism; Dhaka [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-03 08:07:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA2088	REVIEW PANEL TO RECOMMEND UN TERRORISM FINANCING CONVENTION [...] (C) On May 3, RLA and Econchief called on Finance Secretary Zakir Ahmad Khan to discuss the inter-ministerial SIPDIS panel Khan heads to review the UN Convention on Terrorist Financing. Khan stated that the panel would meet May 7 and formally recommend that the BDG sign the Convention. The [...]	2005-05-03 09:33:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	AFIN PTER BG

05DHAKA2094	REVIEW PANEL TO RECOMMEND UN TERRORISM FINANCING [...] (C) On May 3, RLA and Econchief called on Finance Secretary Zakir Ahmad Khan to discuss the inter-ministerial SIPDIS panel Khan heads to review the UN Convention on Terrorist Financing. Khan stated that the panel would meet May 7 and formally recommend that the BDG sign the Convention. The [...]	2005-05-03 23:46:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	AFIN PTER BG
05DHAKA2173	Media Reaction: U.K. Elections; Dhaka [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-08 03:49:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA2185	Media Reaction: U.K. Elections; Dhaka [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-09 03:00:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII BGD
05DHAKA2222	DHAKA VISA VIPER REPORT - APR 2005 [...] (C/NF) Post Visa Viper committe met on May 1, 2005. The committe received a briefing from visiting RAO analysts regarding the state of the Islamist movement in Bangladesh. The Committee decided to nominate several leaders of outlawed radical Islamist groups (Ref A) for inclusion in the Visas [...]	2005-05-10 08:20:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KFRD CVIS PTER PINS ASEC
05DHAKA224	BIHARI UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: While Bihari spokesmen continue to press for resettlement in Pakistan, many Biharis are integrating themselves into local life and say they want Bangladeshi citizenship. End Summary. ------------- Background ------------- 2.(SBU) The Biharis are an internally displaced gr [...]	2005-01-18 12:10:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF BG PINR PHUM PTER
05DHAKA2270	Media Reaction: Assistant Secretary Christina [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-15 06:05:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA2297	Media Reaction: Alleged Desecration of the Holy [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-17 04:01:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA2314	DHAKA QUIET AFTER KILLING OF OPPOSITION OFFICIAL [...] (C) Summary. Local media and some Awami League (AL) leaders speculate that the May 17 killing in Dhaka of a minor party leader was the result of internal rivalries and not, as the AL publicly alleges, "government backed killers." End Summary. 2. (SBU) On May 17, three unidentified assail [...]	2005-05-18 07:59:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL BG
05DHAKA2400	BANGLADESH: TERRORISM FINANCE: ADDITION OF JI-3 [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-24 07:56:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN EFIN ETTC PREL PTER CVIS KVPR BG
05DHAKA2403	BANGLADESH: TERRORIST FINANCE: ELEHSSAN [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-24 07:56:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KTFN EFIN PTER KSEP CVIS KVPR BG
05DHAKA2409	WIDENING SPLITS AMONG BANGLADESHI ISLAMIST GROUPS [...] (C) Summary. There is a widening, public split between mainstream Jamaat Islami and other, more extreme Islamist groups driven by ideological, personal, historical, and even material factors. While IOJ could drop out of the ruling coalition, the JI-BNP alliance -- grounded solidly in politica [...]	2005-05-24 10:07:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PHUM PGOV PTER BG
05DHAKA2474	DHAKA - MAY 2005 VISAS VIPER MEETING AND STATUS REPORT [...] POST'S VISAS VIPER COMMITTEE MET ON MAY 31, 2005 AND HAS NO NEW ENTRIES TO SUBMIT FOR MAY 2005. 2. THE MEETING WAS CHAIRED BY CHARG D'AFFAIRES JUDITH A. CHAMMAS. THE VVP COORDINATOR AT EMBASSY DHAKA IS CONSULAR SECTION CHIEF ELIZABETH GOURLAY. CHAMMAS [...]	2005-05-31 02:32:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KVPR CVIS PTER ASEC PINR CMGT BG
05DHAKA2490	REPORTED BDR/RAB CLASH WITH INDIAN INSURGENTS [...] (SBU) On May 27, Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) and Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) personnel killed six Indian insurgents in a gunfight in Kamalganj, five kilometers from the border with Tripura state, according to local press reports. Bangladeshi security forces also reportedly launched a drive in the [...]	2005-06-01 08:09:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PHUM SNAR PREL IN BG
05DHAKA251	DHAKA - DEC 2004 VISAS VIPER MEETING AND STATUS REPORT [...] POST'S VISAS VIPER COMMITTEE MET ON DECEMBER 15, 2004 AND HAS NO NEW ENTRIES TO SUBMIT FOR DECEMBER 2004. 2. CHAIR FOR THE MEETING WAS DCM JUDY A. CHAMMAS AND COORDINATOR WAS CONSUL ELIZABETH GOURLAY. THOMAS [...]	2005-01-19 10:53:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	KVPR CVIS PTER ASEC PINR CMGT BG
05DHAKA2570	Media Reaction: Koran Desecration and NewsWeek; Dhaka [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-05 07:24:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA2602	Media Reaction: Koran Desecration; Dhaka [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-06 06:20:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA261	DHAKA - DEC 2004 VISAS VIPER MEETING AND STATUS REPORT [...] POST'S VISAS VIPER COMMITTEE MET ON DECEMBER 15, 2004 AND HAS NO NEW ENTRIES TO SUBMIT FOR DECEMBER 2004. 2. THE MEETING WAS CHAIRED BY DCM JUDITH A. CHAMMAS. THE VVP COORDINATOR AT EMBASSY DHAKA IS CONSULAR SECTION CHIEF ELIZABETH GOURLAY. THOMAS [...]	2005-01-24 02:08:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KVPR CVIS PTER ASEC PINR CMGT BG
05DHAKA2619	Media Reaction: Koran Desecration;Dhaka [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-07 23:20:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA2798	NEW ALLEGATIONS OF AL INVOLVEMENT IN THE AUGUST 21 [...] (SBU) After months of silence, new accusations have exploded over the August 21 grenade attack on the leadership of the opposition Awami League (AL) that killed 23 persons. 2. (SBU) At a June 13 press conference, AL president Sheikh Hasina, who has apparently lost complete hearing in one ear [...]	2005-06-15 09:45:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM BG
05DHAKA2880	SCENESETTER FOR U/S BURNS'S VISIT TO BANGLADESH [...] (C) As the most senior State official to visit Bangladesh since Secretary Powell in 2003, you will be warmly received by Bangladeshis and the BDG. Dynamic but chaotic, Bangladesh defies easy generalizations about its nature or future. Nevertheless, most trends are negative. Politics: The Ar [...]	2005-06-20 10:17:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PGOV PTER PHUM PREL BG
05DHAKA290	SUGGESTED PRESS GUIDANCE - NYT MAGAZINE ARTICLE ON [...] In the January 23 edition of the New York Times Magazine, an article on Bangladesh entitled "The Next Islamic Revolution?" is generating significant local reaction. In the event it is raised at the noon press briefing or with SA/PB, we suggest the following guidance: Q: THE NEW YORK [...]	2005-01-24 10:59:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PHUM PTER ASEC BG
05DHAKA3030	Media Reaction: U.S.-Bangladesh Relations, Iranian [...] U.S.-Bangladesh Relations ---------------------------- "Burns' Praise for Bangladesh" Independent English "News Today" editorially comments (6/28): The United States' support to Bangladesh's development and democracy remains crucial for stability and progress in this country. Bangladesh [...]	2005-06-28 05:46:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA3042	Media Reaction: Under Secretary Nicholas Burns' [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-29 03:41:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA3060	Media Reaction: Visit of Nicholas Burns and [...] The Visit of Nicholas Burns and Gastright --------------------------------------------- "US Policy And Ahmadiyas" Independent English language newspaper "Bangladesh Observer" editorially comments (6/30): On the heels of US Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs Nicholas Burns' visit to D [...]	2005-06-30 03:59:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA3127	DHAKA VISA VIPER REPORT - JUNE 2005 [...] (C/NF) Post Visa Viper committee met on June 28, 2005. The committee wishes to nominate one individual for inclusion in the Visas Viper Program, as follows: NAME: Hasanul Haq DPOB: 01-JAN-1976 Affiliation: Haq claims to be an al-Qaeda member, and sent e-mail messages threatening to blo [...]	2005-07-05 02:41:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CVIS PINR PTER
05DHAKA3203	Media Reaction: G 8 summit, London Blast, Iraq; [...] G-8 Summit ------------- "Limited Gain at G-8: Disappointment Over Environment" Independent English language newspaper "Daily Star" editorially comments (7/10): In the aftermath of the terrorist attack on London, there was much speculation that the G-8 summit at Gleneagles would be side- [...]	2005-07-10 08:50:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA326	Media Reaction: Bush Inauguration, Iraq;Dhaka [...] BUSH INAUGURATION -------------------- "Of Two Presidential Inaugurations" Independent English language newspaper "New Age" editorially comments (1/25/05): Two presidential inaugurations in the past few days have naturally aroused two different kinds of feeling around the globe. The tho [...]	2005-01-25 07:04:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA3296	Media Reaction: Aftermath of the London Blast; [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-12 04:56:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA331	TERRORISM FINANCE: DARWISH DESIGNATION [...] No summary [...]	2005-01-25 11:34:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC EFIN PTER KSEP CVIS KVPR BG
05DHAKA3315	Media Reaction: Aftermath of the London Blast; [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-13 04:12:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA335	Media Reaction: Bush Inauguration;Dhaka [...] No summary [...]	2005-01-26 04:46:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA3401	BANGLADESH: TERRORIST FINANCE: LIST 70T - [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-18 05:32:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KTFN EFIN PTER KSEP CVIS KVPR BG
05DHAKA3418	SPLIT AMONG BANGLADESHI ISLAMIST GROUPS FESTERS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Jamaat Islami leaders assert they are unfazed by increased attempts by other Islamist elements to discredit JI as the principal voice of political Islam in Bangladesh. END SUMMARY 2. (SBU) On July 10, poloff met with AMM Bahauddin, editor of the Islamist oriented "Inquilab [...]	2005-07-19 08:04:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER BG JI
05DHAKA3496	BDG ACCEDES TO EIGHT COUNTER-TERRORISM CONVENTIONS [...] (SBU) The BDG informed Post by Diplomatic Note dated July 18 that it has deposited its Instruments of Accession to the following eight Counter-Terrorism Conventions and Protocols: -- Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Crime against Internationallly Protected Persons, including Di [...]	2005-07-21 07:23:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER BG
05DHAKA350	Media Reaction: Bush Inauguration;Dhaka [...] No summary [...]	2005-01-27 08:09:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA3530	Media Reaction: Bomb blast in Egypt;Dhaka [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-24 02:58:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA3557	Media Reaction: Bomb blast in Egypt;Dhaka [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-25 05:51:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA360	ANOTHER LETHAL ATTACK ON THE AWAMI LEAGUE [...] (C) Summary. The January 27 attack that killed former Awami League finance minister Kibria and at least three other party activists is the latest in a series of unsolved assaults on opposition leaders. There are reports of scattered AL protests, mainly in the area of the attack. It is uncle [...]	2005-01-28 11:59:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL PHUM BG BGD
05DHAKA3608	TERRORIST FINANCE: AMENDMENT TO NASCO BUSINESS [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-27 06:30:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KTFN EFIN PTER KSEP CVIS KVPR BG
05DHAKA361	LIST OF UNSOLVED BOMBINGS [...] According to local press reports, there have been 18 unsolved bombings in Bangladesh since 1999 (when the Awami League ruled) that have killed 140 persons and injured thousands more. Seven of those incidents were in Sylhet district, where former AL finance minister Kibria was killed on Januar [...]	2005-01-29 08:53:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PHUM PGOV BG BGD
05DHAKA366	Media Reaction: Iraqi Elections; Dhaka [...] No summary [...]	2005-01-30 08:57:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA3681	Media Reaction: Terrorism and Islamic Apologists; [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-31 06:46:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA3731	CDA CALLS ON MINISTER FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND [...] (C) Summary: CDA called on Minister for Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives and Secretary General of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Abdul Mannan Bhuyian. He expressed confidence in the strength of the BNP four-party coalition, and stated that the recent IOJ by-election [...]	2005-08-02 04:54:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID ASEC PTER BG
05DHAKA3764	Media Reaction: Indo-U.S. Defense Agreement; Dhaka [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-03 07:26:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA3797	DHAKA - JULY 2005 VISAS VIPER MEETING AND STATUS REPORT [...] (SBU) POST'S VISAS VIPER COMMITTEE MET ON JULY 26, 2005 AND HAS NO NEW ENTRIES TO SUBMIT FOR JULY 2005. 2. (SBU) THE MEETING WAS CHAIRED BY CHARG D'AFFAIRES JUDITH A. CHAMMAS. THE VVP COORDINATOR AT EMBASSY DHAKA IS CONSULAR SECTION CHIEF ELIZABETH GOURLAY. CHAMMAS [...]	2005-08-06 23:24:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KVPR CVIS PTER ASEC PINR CMGT BG
05DHAKA3803	Media Reaction: GWOT: London Bombings, Central [...] GWOT: London Bombings ------------------------ "Ghost of Terror on Blair's shoulder" Pro-government Bangla language newspaper "Amar Desh" editorially comments (8/7): Britain is now seeing the specter of terrorism. The Last vestiges of human rights and liberalism are being eliminated with m [...]	2005-08-07 04:50:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA3816	BANGLADESH: TERRORIST FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-07 05:57:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN ETTC EFIN PTER KSEP CVIS KVPR BG
05DHAKA3847	Media Reaction: GWOT: London Bombings; Dhaka [...] GWOT: London Bombings ------------------------ "Measures to expel Muslims Will Be Disastrous For Britain" An op-ed article in anti-West Bangla language newspaper "Inqilab" opines (8/8): The meeting between Muslim leaders and leaders of the British government and the opposition had generated d [...]	2005-08-08 05:02:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA3851	TEA WITH ISLAMIST FIREBRANDS [...] (C) Summary. At their initiative, four senior Islamist scholars and clerics met with CDA to defend their stance on Ahmadiyas, urge greater USG-Islamist cooperation, and promise to fight extremism "if" any is found in Bangladesh. They argued that branding Ahmadiyas as non-Muslim would make them [...]	2005-08-08 08:07:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PREL PTER BG PPAO
05DHAKA3854	BNP INFIGHTING INTENSIFIES [...] (SBU) Summary: BNP infighting has degenerated to public quarreling by ministers over patronage and other issues in Dhaka and several regional strongholds. An embarrassed BNP is trying to end the feuds, which at this point do not appear to pose a threat to the BNP's integrity or its prospects [...]	2005-08-08 09:32:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER KISL BG
05DHAKA3883	BDG PROGRESS ON ACCESSION TO UN TERROR FINANCING [...] (SBU) In reftel, post reported that BDG plans to accede to the Convention on the Suppression of Financing of Terrorism. On August 8, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director General Fazlul Karim confirmed to Resident Legal Advisor (RLA) that Bangladesh will be a party to the U.N Convention on t [...]	2005-08-09 07:26:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER BG
05DHAKA3942	Media Reaction: GWOT: London Bombings, Israel, [...] GWOT: London Bombings ------------------------ "Is Tony Blair on the right track to combat terrorism in Britain?" An editorial page article in English language newspaper "Daily Star" by former ambassador Harun ur Rashid opines (8/10): Political observers believe the basic fault lies in t [...]	2005-08-11 04:03:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA3943	Media Reaction: Iran; Dhaka [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-11 04:04:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA4040	Media Reaction: Iranian Nuclear Program; Dhaka [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-16 08:09:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA4089	AT LEAST 300 COORDINATED SMALL BLASTS ROCK [...] (S) Summary. Between 1100 and 1130 local, at least 300 small blasts rocked Dhaka and virtually every other Bangladeshi city,injurying several dozen and killing two. Apparently identical leaflets in the name of the banned Jamaat ul-Mujahidin Bangladesh were recovered at the sites demanding imp [...]	2005-08-17 11:58:00	Embassy Dhaka	SECRET	PGOV PTER CASC BD
05DHAKA4090	AT LEAST 300 COORDINATED SMALL BLASTS ROCK [...] (S) Summary. Between 1100 and 1130 local, at least 300 small blasts rocked Dhaka and virtually every other Bangladeshi city,injurying several dozen and killing two. Apparently identical leaflets in the name of the banned Jamaat ul-Mujahidin Bangladesh were recovered at the sites demanding imp [...]	2005-08-17 12:00:00	Embassy Dhaka	SECRET	PGOV PTER CASC BD
05DHAKA4108	ZIA CUTS SHORT CHINA TRIP TO RETURN TO RATTLED [...] (S) SUMMARY: PM Zia is returning early to Bangladesh to cope with the aftermath of the 503 blasts that injured 191 and killed two. The BNP and the AL have blamed each other for the blasts, and the Awami League-led opposition has called protests for August 19 and a nationwide general strike fo [...]	2005-08-18 11:57:00	Embassy Dhaka	SECRET	PGOV PTER CASC BG
05DHAKA4135	Media Reaction: Israeli Withdrawal From Gaza; Dhaka [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-21 06:39:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA4151	MEDIA REACTION: IRAN; DHAKA [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-22 09:39:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA4206	HEALTH MINISTER BLAMES FOREIGN SOURCES FOR AUGUST [...] (C) Summary: During a meeting with the Health Minister, CDA discussed the August 17 attacks, the general and law and order situation, and the impact on Bangladesh's image. Hussein blamed outside sources (India) for the attacks. He said the reason for political violence is not religious, it's [...]	2005-08-24 11:33:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV CASC PREL BG
05DHAKA4207	AUGUST 17 BOMBING INVESTIGATION CONTINUES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Bangladesh Government continues its investigations to determine the masterminds behind the August 17 bombings. The arrest of a former Islamic Foundation director has created significant publicity. The PM and BNP General Secretary assure the public that the BDG is doing all [...]	2005-08-24 11:51:00	Embassy Dhaka	SECRET	PGOV PTER CASC BG
05DHAKA4290	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ'S CRISIS OVER CONSTITUTION; [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-30 04:38:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA430	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH LAW MINISTER AND POLITICAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On January 31, Ambassador met with Law Minister Moudud Ahmed to express concern about the Kibria killing and the rise in extra-judicial killings. He also raised ratification of UN Counter-terrorism conventions, the Ahmadiyyas, a pending DOE agreement with the BDG to manage nu [...]	2005-02-01 08:13:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER BG
05DHAKA4392	Media Reaction: Aftermath of Katrina; Dhaka [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-06 09:37:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA4410	Media Reaction: Aftermath of Katrina; Dhaka [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-07 05:46:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA4435	CHARGE VISITS CHITTAGONG HILL TRACTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: From August 23 to 25, Charge D'Affaires visited the Chittagong Hill Tracts with poloff (notetaker) and interviewed government, military, journalists and representatives from civic action groups. CDA distributed book bags with Bangla-English dictionaries, school supplies, and a [...]	2005-09-07 11:31:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PTER BG
05DHAKA4440	PRESSING THE BDG ON THE AUGUST 17 INVESTIGATION [...] (C) Summary. We are pressing the BDG hard to step up its investigation of the August 17 blasts and to show it recognizes the blasts are a turning point in the development of Islamist extremism in Bangladesh. With seven alleged bombers saying they belong to Jamaat ul-Mujahdin Bangladesh, ther [...]	2005-09-08 13:32:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV BG
05DHAKA4447	Media Reaction: Aftermath of Katrina, U.S. Supreme [...] Aftermath of Katrina ----------------------- "Katrina Fallout Issues: Tragedy Compounded by Governance Failure" English language newspaper "Daily Star" editorially comments (9/8): The destruction of the city of New Orleans by Hurricane Katrina and the accompanying massive loss of life ha [...]	2005-09-10 04:55:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA4483	Media Reaction: Iraq Constitution Bangladesh-U.S. [...] Iraq Constitution -------------------- "Iraq Constitution Points To War On Terror's Agenda" Independent English language newspaper "New Age" front-page article comments (9/11): The US-led invasion of Iraq dubbed as the "war on terror" sparked off by the twin tower bombings in New York fou [...]	2005-09-11 10:26:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA4566	HIS BOSS SAYS QUAYYUM WAS FRAMED FOR KIBRIA'S [...] (C) Summary: The Chairman of one of Bangladesh's largest conglomerates believes that his employee, the key defendant in the Kibria assassination, was framed, though he says he does not know by whom or why. He contradicted statements by Quayyum and Political Secretary Haris Chowdhury denying t [...]	2005-09-12 12:24:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL BG
05DHAKA4567	HIS BOSS SAYS QUAYYUM WAS FRAMED FOR KIBRIA'S [...] (C) Summary: The Chairman of one of Bangladesh's largest conglomerates believes that his employee, the key defendant in the Kibria assassination, was framed, though he says he does not know by whom or why. He contradicted statements by Quayyum and Political Secretary Haris Chowdhury denying t [...]	2005-09-13 01:19:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL BG
05DHAKA4605	ACTION - COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ROY ROBINSON [...] Embassy Dhaka welcomes Roy Robinson on his 09/17-25/2005 visit and grants country clearance, contingent repeat contingent on obtaining a Bangladeshi visa in his passport prior to arrival in Bangladesh (see Paragraph 3.D. and 3.E. below). Control Officer will be Katrina Martin. Contact infor [...]	2005-09-14 10:50:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA AMGT ASEC PTER BG
05DHAKA4694	MEDIA REACTION: US-BANGLADESH RELATIONS, UNGA [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-18 07:19:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA4704	TERRORISM FINANCE - AL-AKHTAR TRUST INTERNATIONAL [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-18 09:48:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KTFN PTER EFIN BG UN
05DHAKA4744	TERRORISM FINANCE LIST 72T DR. ABDUL LATIF SALEH [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-21 07:26:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN ETTC PTER EFIN BG UN
05DHAKA500	BYE BYE BANGLA BHAI? [...] (C) Summary: After a six-month hiatus, self-styled Islamist vigilante Bangla Bhai is back in the news. An embarrassed BDG has reiterated orders for his arrest, but it is unclear if this embarrassment is enough to bring to heel the politically-connected mystery man. End Summary. 2. (C) In [...]	2005-02-02 11:08:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KISL PGOV PREL BG
05DHAKA524	Media Reaction: President Bush's State of the Union [...] No summary [...]	2005-02-06 08:42:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA554	PM ZIA PROMISES FULL SUPPORT FOR "FBI" ASSISTANCE [...] (C) Summary. PM Zia promised full support for U.S. law enforcement consultants investigating the January 27 attack, expressed a strong preference for the FBI because of its positive profile in Bangladesh, and attributed hartal violence and a bombing at the Khulna press club to the Awami Leagu [...]	2005-02-07 12:03:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV KCRM BG
05DHAKA555	AMBASSADOR-PM ZIA MEETING [...] (SBU) On February 7, Ambassador called on Prime Minister Khaleda Zia to discuss her request for U.S. law enforcement consultants in the investigation of the January 27 attack that killed Awami League leader, and former finance minister, Shah Kibria (ref a). Also present were P/E counselor (no [...]	2005-02-07 12:39:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER BG IQ
05DHAKA558	Media Reaction: President Bush's State of the Union [...] No summary [...]	2005-02-09 02:35:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA5592	13TH SAARC SUMMIT CONCLUDES; AFGHANISTAN INVITED [...] Summary: SAARC leaders concluded a successful 13th summit on November 13 with decisions to admit Afghanistan to membership, create a South Asia Poverty Alleviation Fund, implement SAFTA on schedule and implement the additional protocol on terrorism. Preparation paid off; the summit ran sm [...]	2005-11-14 08:54:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON PTER BG SAARC AID
05DHAKA5593	ASSASSINATION OF TWO JUDGES SPARKS COURT PROTESTS [...] (SBU) Summary: An IED thrown at a court commuter van killed two judges and injured four others in southern Bangladesh. Home State Minister Babar speculated to reporters that Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB),the alleged perpetrator of the August 17 and October 3 bomb blasts, was behind th [...]	2005-11-14 11:13:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KISL PGOV BG
05DHAKA5594	ASSASSINATION OF TWO JUDGES SPARKS COURT [...] (SBU) Summary: An IED thrown at a court commuter van killed two judges and injured four others in southern Bangladesh. Home State Minister Babar speculated to reporters that Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB),the alleged perpetrator of the August 17 and October 3 bomb blasts, was behind th [...]	2005-11-15 00:53:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KISL PGOV BG
05DHAKA5627	"SUICIDE" BOMBER MARKS ESCALATION OF EXTREMIST [...] (S) Summary. The November 15 assassination of two provincial judges, and the perception that the attacker meant to martyr himself for Islamic glory, marks a worrisome growth in the evolution of Islamic extremism in Bangladesh. The recurring attacks on the judiciary have upped the political s [...]	2005-11-17 11:04:00	Embassy Dhaka	SECRET	PTER KISL PGOV PREL ASEC BG
05DHAKA5648	DHAKA BRACES FOR MASS OPPOSITION RALLY [...] (C) Summary: Dhaka is bracing for the Awami League's plan to hold its biggest rally in Dhaka since the August 21, 2004, grenade attack on AL leaders that killed 22 persons and wounded 200 hundred. Sheikh Hasina and her leftist coalition partners will demand the implementation of electoral and [...]	2005-11-21 08:26:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER BG
05DHAKA5649	GALIB'S PEOPLE REACH OUT TO EMBASSY TO PROCLAIM [...] (C) Summary. Two senior figures in Prof. Galib's Ahle Hadith group assured us that perceptions that their leader supports violence and terrorism are false and the work of Jamaat Islami and the leftist media. They requested regular Embassy contact and invited us to visit their headquarters an [...]	2005-11-21 10:11:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PTER PGOV BG
05DHAKA5650	BANGLADESHI EFFORTS TO BRING JMB BOMBERS TO JUSTICE [...] (S) Summary. A disorganized, inter-agency BDG effort continues to scramble to catch JMB bombers and prevent future attacks, but investigators have failed to arrest seven senior JMB leaders or learn how the bomb attacks were organized, financed, and coordinated. The BDG remains receptive to US [...]	2005-11-21 11:49:00	Embassy Dhaka	SECRET	PTER KISL ASEC PGOV BG
05DHAKA5652	LEVERAGING A NEW OPENING TO ENCOURAGE BDG ACTION [...] (S) Summary. There is dawning BDG recognition that its normal strategy for dealing with terrorism -- denial and procrastination -- is cracking in the face of JMB's continuing campaign of violence. We therefore have a new opening to press the BDG to combat extremism by delivering directly and [...]	2005-11-21 13:39:00	Embassy Dhaka	SECRET	PREL PGOV KISL PTER BG
05DHAKA5706	BANGLADESH OPPOSITION HOLDS MEGA RALLY SAFELY [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-27 07:07:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER BG
05DHAKA5813	BANGLADESH: POST TERRORISM REPORTING OFFICER [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-28 07:42:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM CBG BG
05DHAKA5837	SUSPECTED JMB SUICIDE BOMBERS KILL EIGHT, WOUND [...] (C) Summary. Suspected JMB suicide bombers killed at least eight persons and wounded dozens in separate courthouse attacks this morning in Chittagong and Gazipur, according to police and media reports. PM Zia denounced JMB as an enemy of Bangladesh, and the opposition Awami League has backed [...]	2005-11-29 11:48:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC KISL PREL BG
05DHAKA606	Media Reaction: Middle East;Dhaka [...] No summary [...]	2005-02-10 05:48:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA6064	TERRORISM FINANCE: ASG INDIVIDUALS - BANGLADESH [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-12 05:28:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KTFN EFIN PTER PREL BG
05DHAKA6065	TERRORISM FINANCE: LIST 74 - BANGLADESH [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-12 05:32:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KTFN EFIN PTER PREL BG
05DHAKA607	DHAKA - JAN 2005 VISAS VIPER MEETING AND STATUS REPORT [...] (SBU) POST'S VISAS VIPER COMMITTEE MET ON JANUARY 25, 2005 AND HAS NO NEW ENTRIES TO SUBMIT FOR JANUARY 2005. 2. (SBU) THE MEETING WAS CHAIRED BY DCM JUDITH A. CHAMMAS. THE VVP COORDINATOR AT EMBASSY DHAKA IS CONSULAR SECTION CHIEF ELIZABETH GOURLAY. THOMAS [...]	2005-02-10 06:48:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KVPR CVIS PTER ASEC PINR CMGT BG
05DHAKA6127	JMB DEPUTY COMMANDER CAUGHT [...] (S/NF) Summary. Rapid Action Battalion personnel have caught reputed JMB deputy commander Ataur Rahman Sunny. The breakthrough came in Dhaka the evening of December 13 but has reportedly been kept quiet to further the JMB dragnet. A major seizure of arms and explosives in Dhaka the morning o [...]	2005-12-14 09:47:00	Embassy Dhaka	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER KISL PGOV BG
05DHAKA6143	BANGLADESH: 2005 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERROR [...] The POC for Embassy Dhaka is Robert Wong, Political Officer. Email: wongre@state.gov. The report will also be sent to Rhonda Shore and Ed Salazar via email. 2. BEGIN TEXT GENERAL ASSESSMENT The Bangladesh government affirms full support for the global war on terror, and in [...]	2005-12-15 06:27:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER ASEC KISL PGOV KCRM BG
05DHAKA6190	DISSENT FROM A CHIEF ZIA ADVISOR [...] (C) Summary: PMO insider Siddiqui told Charge at least 50 BNP MP's want to drop Jamaat Islami from the ruling coalition, acknowledged that the BDG has failed to recognize JMB's terrorist potential, and accused Tarique Rahman of arranging the release of Bangla Bhai's reputed number two. Siddiq [...]	2005-12-15 10:41:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL BG JI
05DHAKA6191	BUSINESS NERVOUS, BUT NOT HURT, BY JMB ATTACKS [...] (C) Summary: The business community in Bangladesh is thus far unaffected by increasing violence by the JMB. Business leaders are concerned, however, that escalating violence will at some point begin to take its toll, yet they are reluctant to press aggressively for government action. A high [...]	2005-12-15 11:10:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ECON EFIN EAID PREL BG
05DHAKA6193	2006 INSCR PART II - BANGLADESH [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-18 01:15:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KCRM KTFN PTER SNAR BG

05DHAKA6194	2006 INSCR PART II - BANGLADESH [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-18 01:15:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KCRM KTFN PTER SNAR BG
05DHAKA6195	BUSINESS NERVOUS, BUT NOT HURT, BY JMB ATTACKS [...] (C) Summary: The business community in Bangladesh is thus far unaffected by increasing violence by the JMB. Business leaders are concerned, however, that escalating violence will at some point begin to take its toll, yet they are reluctant to press aggressively for government action. A high [...]	2005-12-18 01:21:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ECON EFIN EAID PREL BG
05DHAKA625	Media Reaction: Middle East Summit, Iraq; Dhaka [...] MIDDLE EAST SUMMIT --------------------- "Mahmoud Abbas' Leadership" Independent English language weekly "Holiday" editorially comments (2/11): The deal struck by Mahmoud Abbas and Ariel Sharon in Sharm el Sheikh last week should ignite some kind of cheer in those who have regularly wished [...]	2005-02-13 10:58:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA6251	2005 REVIEW: A MATTER OF PERSPECTIVE [...] (S) How Bangladesh looks depends on where you stand. For many, the view is disturbing: the country's government is unable or unwilling to cope with, and sometimes even acknowledge, its many obvious sores. Politics are bitter, parochial, and winner take all. But there's another perspective. [...]	2005-12-20 10:57:00	Embassy Dhaka	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER KISL ETRD BG
05DHAKA6275	VISITING THE MEGA-MADRASSA OF AN ISLAMIST [...] (C) Summary: Maulana Kamaluddin Jafri is the principal of a growing 2,000 student Saudi-backed madrassah complex. He condemns JMB violence but speculates the U.S., India, the Awami League, and an international Jewish "conspiracy" might be the JMB's true patrons. In a cordial meeting with polo [...]	2005-12-20 12:32:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KISL PGOV BD BG
05DHAKA6293	CHARGE'S MEETING WITH HOME MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: Home Affairs Minister Babar told Charge that RAB is now the lead law enforcement agency on combating the JMB terrorist attacks and counter-terrorism. He also said JMB is aware that their string of violent attacks is not sanctioned by Islam, and therefore their prime motivation mus [...]	2005-12-21 06:49:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KISL PHUM PGOV BG
05DHAKA6297	BNP/JI COALITION STRAINED BUT NOT BROKEN [...] (C) Calling Jamaatul Mujahedin Bangladesh (JMB) "de-railed romantics," BNP MP and party whip Rezaul Bari Dina told poloff that he didn't think that the attacks will continue. He credited the police's numerous arrests of key Jamaatul Islami Bangladesh (JMB) figures for stopping the bombings t [...]	2005-12-21 09:43:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV KISL BG
05DHAKA6303	JMB: WINDED OR DOWN FOR THE COUNT? [...] (C) December 22 marks the second week since the last attack, in Netrakona, which at that point looked like the most ruthless in an escalating and quickening campaign of violence waged by Jamaatul Mujahidin Bangladesh (JMB). The focus has shifted from attacks to apparent breakthroughs in the a [...]	2005-12-21 10:11:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KISL ASEC PGOV BG
05DHAKA6335	PM ZIA AT BNP GRAND RALLY WARNS OPPOSITION [...] (SBU) Prime Minister Zia rallied an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 BNP faithful on Dec 22, at the Paltan Maidan outdoor parade grounds, a normal crowd size by Bangladeshi political rally standards. Zia criticized the opposition for not accepting her call to resolve the national crises of bomb [...]	2005-12-22 10:08:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV BG
05DHAKA6352	JI LEADER ASSURES CDA THAT JI HAS NO TIES TO JMB [...] (C) Summary. Jamaat-E-Islami Leader Muhammed Kamaruzzaman called on Charge December 21 to deliver a message that Jamaat-E-Islami Bangladesh (JIB) was not involved with Jamiat Ul Mujahidin Bangladesh (JMB). The discussion also involved Kamaruzzaman's involvement within Islami Chatra Shibir [...]	2005-12-22 11:43:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER BG
05DHAKA6356	JI LEADER ASSURES CDA THAT JI HAS NO TIES TO JMB [...] (C) Summary. Jamaat-E-Islami Leader Muhammed Kamaruzzaman called on Charge December 21 to deliver a message that Jamaat-E-Islami Bangladesh (JIB) was not involved with Jamiat Ul Mujahidin Bangladesh (JMB). The discussion also involved Kamaruzzaman's involvement within Islami Chatra Shibir [...]	2005-12-23 07:01:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER BG
05DHAKA906	BDG PROVIDES LIMITED KIBRIA CASE MATERIALS [...] (SBU) On March 1, Home Ministry Joint Secretary Mohammad Mohsin conveyed to us the following Kibria investigation case materials: -- 34 photographs of the crime scene, bloodied victims, and apparent grenade fragments/pieces -- "The Investigation Report on Explosion Incident" -- A small sket [...]	2005-03-01 11:53:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KCRM PTER PGOV BG
05DHAKA909	BANGLADESH PONDERS FATE OF ULFA CHIEF [...] (C) Summary: United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) Secretary General Anup Chetia's seven year prison sentence SIPDIS expired on February 25 but he remains in "safe custody," according to Alana Khan, Secretary General of Bangladesh Society for Enforcement of Human Rights (BSEHR). Khan said [...]	2005-03-02 08:15:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KCRM PGOV BG
05DHAKA913	FOLLOW UP ACTIONS ON RADIOLOGIC MATERIAL IN [...] (SBU) Following the visit of the DOE team to Bangladesh in May 2004, Gammatech, Ltd. in Chittagong was identified as the most critical radiologic security concern in Bangladesh. On February 22, EconOff visited the defunct Gammatech factory to check on the status of the facilities and the radio [...]	2005-03-02 09:57:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG MNUC PARM PTER TRGY BG
05DHAKA914	ARRESTED DR. GALIB: TERRORIST OR DUPE? [...] (SBU) Following the February 23 arrest of professor Muhammad Asadullah al-Galib and 16 other alleged militants, and the banning of two related organizations, JMJB (Jagrata Muslim Janata Bangladesh) and JMB (Jamaat ul-Mujahidin Bangladesh),newspapers continue to describe professor Galib as an [...]	2005-03-03 10:14:00	Embassy Dhaka	SECRET	PTER KCRM PGOV BG
05DHAKA918	Media Reaction: U.S. Human Rights Report on [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-03 10:51:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA954	Media Reaction: U.S. Human Rights Report on [...] U.S. Human Rights Report on Bangladesh ----------------------------------------- "The Government Should Perform Its Duty" Independent Bangla language newspaper "Jugantor" editorially comments (3/4): The U.S. human rights report on Bangladesh has commented that the government's human right [...]	2005-03-06 07:12:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DHAKA997	Media Reaction: U.S. Human Rights Report on [...] U.S. Human Rights Report on Bangladesh ----------------------------------------- "Calling somebody a thief by his master for the crime he committed for him" An editorial page article in independent Bangla "Prothom Alo" by columnist Farhad Mazhar opines (3/7): The U.S. Human Rights Report ha [...]	2005-03-07 09:05:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII
05DJIBOUTI1028	DJIBOUTI WALK-IN 10/13/2005 [...] (S/NF) Summary - On 10/13/2005 RSO and ARSO interviewed a Walk-in claiming to have information relating to terrorism. The Walk-in provided RSO with information regarding a terrorist camp located in Somalia. Details of the interview were discussed with ORA and the Walk-in was turned over to OR [...]	2005-10-13 13:37:00	Embassy Djibouti	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC PTER PINR DJ
05DJIBOUTI1046	DJIBOUTI: EAC 10/18/2005 [...] (S) Post convened a meeting of the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on October 18, 2005 to review recent threat reporting received by the COS. The EAC discussed the potential of attacks on U.S. government interests and the addition of needed security measures to mitigate the threat. Potential [...]	2005-10-19 15:02:00	Embassy Djibouti	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC CASC DJ PTER
05DJIBOUTI111	THREAT LETTER [...] (SBU) - BEGIN SUMMARY- On 02/01/2005 at 1100 hours, the Embassy's Human Resources assistant passed an envelope to the RSO indicating that enclosed in the envelope was a threat letter. After careful review of the letter, RSO immediately notified Post Management, Host Nation security services a [...]	2005-02-02 10:51:00	Embassy Djibouti	SECRET	PTER ASEC DJ
05DJIBOUTI1117	CJTF-HOA AND MULTINATIONAL ENGAGEMENT IN THE [...] (C) Ambassador conveyed to Minister of Foreign Affairs Mahmoud Ali Youssouf on November 6 reftel guidance on CJTF-HOA's interest in multi-nationalization of its operations. Youssouf did not comment on substance of the U.S. proposal, but said he believed this subject was also raised in the bas [...]	2005-11-09 11:22:00	Embassy Djibouti	SECRET	MARR PREL PTER DJ
05DJIBOUTI1123	AMBASSADORS MEETING WITH HONORARY CONSUL FOR UK [...] (S) On 11/10/2005 at approximately 1000 Mr. Alain Martinet, Honorary Consul for the U.K., called the Ambassador because he wanted to come to the Embassy to discuss a security issue. At 1030 the Ambassador met with Mr. Martinet who passed to the Ambassador that he had been contacted by a man [...]	2005-11-10 09:16:00	Embassy Djibouti	SECRET	ASEC PTER
05DJIBOUTI1230	DJIBOUTI: 2005 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] Post submits the following language for use in the 2005 Country Report on Terrorism. Embassy POC's for this report is RSO Gary Stoner (stonergm@state.gov). Overview 2. Djibouti continues to be a critical front-line state in the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT),and has been one of the [...]	2005-12-15 13:51:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC DJ
05DJIBOUTI1238	DJIBOUTI - 2005-2006 [...] Much of the information included in Post's 2004-2005 report remains the same with the exception that Djibouti intends to have an operational Financial Intelligence Unit by February 2006. Djibouti is still the most stable country in the Horn of Africa. It is a financial hub in the sub-regi [...]	2005-12-18 13:54:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KCRM KSEP PTER SNAR KTFN DJ
05DJIBOUTI220	TERRORIST FINANCE: FADHLI DESIGNATION UNDER E.O. [...] (U) Pol/Econ delivered reftel demarche 2 March to Director of Bilateral Relations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mohamed Ali Hassan. Hassan said he would pass it on to the National Terrorism Finance Committee. RAGSDALE [...]	2005-03-02 12:58:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	KSEP ETTC EFIN PTER CVIS DJ
05DJIBOUTI290	CLARIFICATION ON ATTACK ON U.S. SAILBOATS NEAR YEMEN [...] (U) Action requested paragraph 7. 2. (U) ConOff followed up on the report of an attack on two American sailboats in the Gulf of Aden on March 8 (see ref) offering victims' assistance. Between 15 March and 21 March, she received multiple emails from each of the sailboats involved. They indi [...]	2005-03-22 12:17:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER EWWT PHSA KCRM PBTS YM CASC CMGT DJ
05DJIBOUTI291	ENGLISH CONVERSATION GROUPS: WHY WE CARE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Public Diplomacy's effort to implement weekly conversation groups in each of the city's 12 private night schools, has revealed not only the strong desire of Djibouti's youth to learn English, but also the importance of engaging these students who span ethnic, religious, economic [...]	2005-03-30 05:07:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	DJ ET KPAO KQ PREL PTER YM
05DJIBOUTI337	GWOT ASSESSMENT: POLITICAL CLARITY, EDUCATION AND PERSONAL [...] (S) A successful effort to prosecute the global anti-terrorism war, especially in countries that already harbor extremists, must proceed on two levels. On one level, the U.S. must create a strategy for framing, implementing, marketing and obtaining support for national political preferences. On [...]	2005-04-07 13:35:00	Embassy Djibouti	SECRET	PREL PTER PGOV DJ
05DJIBOUTI541	DEMARCHE REQUEST: GATHERING SUPPORT FROM MUSLIM [...] (U) Pol/Econ delivered demarche per reftel 2 June to Director of Bilateral Relations, Mohamed Ali Hassan. Hassan replied that it is not Djibouti's tendency to take positions on every crisis in the world. He explained that Djibouti's diplomatic corps was much smaller than that of the U.S. As it [...]	2005-06-07 07:05:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	KISL CASC PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER DJ
05DJIBOUTI543	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: TERRORIST FINANCE LIST 71 [...] (U) Pol/Econ delivered demarche per reftel 2 June to Director of Bilateral Relations, Mohamed Ali Hassan. Hassan said he would pass the list to the National Committee for Terrorism Finance and financial institutions. RAGSDALE [...]	2005-06-07 07:06:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN EFIN ETTC PREL PTER CVIS KVPR DJ
05DJIBOUTI595	DJIBOUTI: EAC 06/21/2005 - SECURITY PREPARATIONS [...] (SBU) On 06/21/2005, Post convened a meeting of the Emergency Action Committee per REFTEL (a). Post reviewed its security posture and determined that current security measures are adequate to handle daily operations and are commensurate with current threat standards. 2. (C) Post has decide [...]	2005-06-21 14:08:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC AEMR DJ
05DJIBOUTI644	LONDON EXPLOSIONS - ACTION REQUESTED [...] (C) Per REFTEL, Post convened a meeting of the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on 07/07/2005 to review its current security posture in light of the attacks in London, England. The EAC discussed the need to issue a warden message or public announcement and concluded that the current warden mes [...]	2005-07-07 14:11:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC CASC DJ
05DJIBOUTI683	APPROACH TO DJIBOUTI'S FOREIGN MINISTER FOR [...] (U) Using points provided reftel (notal),Ambassador approached Minister of Foreign Affairs Mahmoud Ali Yousuf on July 19 to request that Djibouti make a strong public statement of condemnation and of support to the Iraqi people in the wake of insurgent targeting of civilians in Iraq. She not [...]	2005-07-19 11:26:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAO PTER SCUL IZ DJ
05DJIBOUTI710	GOVERNMENT OF DJIBOUTI RAISES THREAT LEVEL IN [...] (S) DURING A MEETING JULY 26 AT NATIONAL SECURITY SERVICES (NSS) HEADQUARTERS, THE DIRECTOR OF NSS, HASSAN SAID, AND THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR ABDILLAHI MOHAMED ABDILLAHI, ADVISED TDY RSO, FSNI, AND NCIS FORCE PROTECTION OFFICER THAT NATIONAL SECURITY HAS RAISED THE THREAT LEVEL OF DJIBOUTI TO A [...]	2005-07-26 14:15:00	Embassy Djibouti	SECRET	ASEC DJ PTER
05DJIBOUTI802	DJIBOUTI EAC MEETING OF AUGUST 14 [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-14 12:10:00	Embassy Djibouti	SECRET	ASEC CASC DJ PREL PTER
05DJIBOUTI984	TERRORISM FINANCE - ADDITION OF AL-AKHTAR TRUST [...] (U) Pol/Econ delivered demarche per reftel 21 September to Mohamed Bourhan, Americas Bureau in the Department of Bilateral Relations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Bourhan said he would pass it to the Terrorism Finance Committee for distribution. RAGSDALE [...]	2005-10-04 11:19:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	KSEP ETTC EFIN PTER CVIS DJ
05DJIBOUTI985	TERRORIST FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF NAME APPROVED BY [...] (U) Pol/Econ delivered demarche per reftel 21 September to Mohamed Bourhan, Americas Bureau in the Department of Bilateral Relations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Bourhan said he would transmit the new list to the Terrorism Finance Committee for distribution. RAGSDALE [...]	2005-10-04 11:19:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS DJ
05DJIBOUTI996	DJIBOUTI: EAC 10/06/2005 [...] (S) Post convened a meeting of the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on October 06, 2005 to review recent threat reporting received by the COS. The EAC discussed the potential of attacks on U.S. government interests and the addition of needed security measures to mitigate the threat. Potential [...]	2005-10-06 13:25:00	Embassy Djibouti	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC CASC DJ PTER
05DOHA1056	CONVERSATION WITH ISLAMIC SCHOLAR YOUSEF [...] (C) P/E Chief met with influential Islamic scholar Dr. Yousef al-Qaradawi in May. Qaradawi maintained an attitude of intellectual superiority and aloofness during the meeting. He made a point to reaffirm his well-known positions on suicide bombings against Israel and on interacting with Jews. H [...]	2005-06-13 14:45:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KISL PTER PINR IZ IS QA
05DOHA1096	QATAR REFUTES AL-QAIDA PAYOFF ALLEGATION [...] Post received the note verbale in paragraph two from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs by fax on June 8. The message refutes the allegation made in a Sunday Times article May 1 that Qatar pays al-Qaida to spare it from attack. The note requests that the Qatari position be transmitted to the "high [...]	2005-06-16 11:22:00	Embassy Doha	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PGOV PREL UK QA
05DOHA1268	QARADAWI VIEWED LOCALLY AS A MODERATE SCHOLAR [...] (C) Summary. Dr. Yousef al-Qaradawi is the most influential Muslim scholar in Qatar. His positions on social issues are seen as moderate by his followers. He plays an important role in Islamic banking in the country. His personal wealth is due to favors bestowed by the ruling Al Thani family. [...]	2005-07-12 14:43:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KISL PTER QA
05DOHA1468	OULD AL-TAYA ARRIVES IN DOHA, JOINING OTHER EXILES [...] (U) Ousted Mauritanian president Maouiya Ould al-Taya arrived in Doha at 8 PM August 22 with his family. According to a local news report, he was also accompanied by the "teacher of his children" and is staying at a luxury hotel. He arrived on a Qatar Airways plane via Cairo. Sources indicate [...]	2005-08-24 13:58:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PTER KISL XA QA
05DOHA1593	9/17 MEETING WITH AL JAZEERA MANAGING DIRECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary: PAO met 9/17 with Wadah Khanfar, Managing Director of Al Jazeera (AJ). The following topics were discussed: Para 2: Khanfar's view of GWOT; Para 3: A new entity: "The Al Jazeera Network" Paras 4-7: Al Jazeera's relations with Arab governments (including Iraq's); Paras 5: USG [...]	2005-09-18 13:08:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO PREL PTER QA ALJAZEERA
05DOHA1721	QATAR: CODEL REED'S 10 OCTOBER 2005 MEETING WITH [...] (C) Senators Jack Reed of Rhode Island and Chris Dodd of Connecticut met with Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim al-Thani (HBJ) in his private majlis at Al-Wajba Palace outside Doha on the evening of 10 October 2005. Senator Dodd is the third-ranking Democrat on the Foreign Relati [...]	2005-10-12 10:19:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER QA
05DOHA1744	QATAR: AMBASSADOR UNTERMEYER'S 14 OCTOBER 2005 [...] (U) The Ambassador met with Qatar's First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim al-Thani (HBJ) at Wajbah Palace during the evening of Friday, 14 October. ---------------------- Iraq Referendum ---------------------- 2. (S) HBJ said he had been ca [...]	2005-10-17 14:08:00	Embassy Doha	SECRET	PREL PTER KPAO QA IZ
05DOHA1752	QATAR: S/I JEFFREY'S OCTOBER 6, 2005 MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: Senior Advisor on Iraq James Jeffrey and an interagency team that included representatives from the NSC, DOD, and Treasury met with Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim al-Thani (HBJ) on October 6. HBJ assured the U.S. delegation that Qatar was committed to winning the [...]	2005-10-19 07:08:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ PREL PTER QA
05DOHA1779	QATARIS SEE TRUTH IN MEHLIS REPORT BUT ARE CAUTIOUS [...] (C) Summary. Qataris and resident non-Qatari Arabs (largely Palestinians, Jordanians, and Egyptians) are generally of the view that the Mehlis report on the Hariri assassination is credible but should not be used as a justification to use force against Syria. Qataris and non-Qatari Arabs hold [...]	2005-10-24 13:37:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER SY LE QA
05DOHA953	SCENESETTER FOR NSC FRANCES TOWNSEND'S JUNE 2, [...] (C) Let me extend a warm welcome to you from me and the team at Embassy Doha. Your visit fulfills a pledge President Bush made to the Emir last April for you to visit Qatar to explore enhanced counterterrorism cooperation. To that end, we have requested meetings with the Emir, Sheikh Hamad bin [...]	2005-05-26 15:01:00	Embassy Doha	SECRET	PREL PTER MARR QA
05DUBAI6327	IRAN DENIES ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON AHMADINEJAD [...] Iranian government spokesman Golamhoseyn Elham has denied reports of a December 15 assassination attempt on Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. He confirmed, however, that a Revolutionary Guardsman -- identified by Iran Daily as presidential bodyguard Hojjat Garmabdari -- and his driver, wer [...]	2005-12-20 14:19:00	Consulate Dubai	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PGOV IR ZP
05DUBLIN1006	COLOMBIA THREE: IRISH AND COLOMBIAN POLICE IN [...] (C) The Irish police (Garda) have sent a formal message to the Colombian police through Interpol regarding the Colombia Three (ref A),Emboff was told by Irish Department of Justice (DOJ) Assistant Secretary Ken O'Leary following an August 12 meeting attended by DOJ, the Department of Foreign [...]	2005-08-12 16:32:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KCRM EI
05DUBLIN1022	COLOMBIA THREE TURN THEMSELVES IN [...] (C) Summary: On August 18, the Colombia Three voluntarily presented themselves to the Irish police. The Irish Department of Justice (DOJ) believes that the Garda will release the men and turn to the Director of Public Prosecutions for a decision on charges. The DOJ has also asked for Embass [...]	2005-08-18 15:40:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KCRM EI CO
05DUBLIN1050	FOREIGN MINISTER AHERN DISCUSSES NORTHERN IRELAND, [...] (C) Summary. In an August 25 meeting with SFRC Chairman Lugar and the Ambassador, Irish Foreign Minister Dermot Ahern said that continued U.S. support for the Northern Ireland peace process, including through the International Fund for Ireland (IFI),would help to foster reconciliation betwee [...]	2005-08-26 14:00:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KCRM KJUS CO EI
05DUBLIN1068	IRISH FM UNAWARE OF EXTRADITION DIFFICULTIES [...] (C) Ambassador, DCM and poloff called on Irish Foreign Minister Dermot Ahern August 30 to further advance bilateral judicial cooperation. These issues were discussed during Senator Lugar's visit (reftel) and that of a DOJ team (septel). FM Ahern had asked for more information. 2. (C) FM [...]	2005-08-30 16:32:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KCRM KJUS CO EI
05DUBLIN1084	IRELAND: NO PLANS TO MEET SYRIANS AT UN [...] (S) Paul Gunning, First Secretary for Middle East issues, said that as of September 2, FM Ahern had received no request from the Syrians for a bilateral meeting at the UNGA. FM Ahern plans to keep bilateral meetings to a minimum in order to be available to the Secretary General in his capacity [...]	2005-09-01 16:44:00	Embassy Dublin	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER UNGA
05DUBLIN1087	IRISH IMAM VOWS TO ARREST EXTREMISTS, BUT WILL HE? [...] (C) Summary. Sheikh Hussein Halawa, the most prominent Muslim in Ireland, said in an August 29 interview with the Irish Times that he would personally arrest or report extremists to the Irish authorities. He said that he did not know extremists that were operating in Ireland, but would repudi [...]	2005-09-02 12:47:00	Embassy Dublin	SECRET	PTER KTFN ASEC KHLS PINR
05DUBLIN111	TERRORIST FINANCE: DARWISH DESIGNATION [...] No summary [...]	2005-01-28 16:49:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KTFN EFIN PTER KSEP KVPR CIVS
05DUBLIN112	GAERC: GOI POSITIVE ON U.S.-EU RELATIONSHIP [...] (C) On January 27, POL/ECON Chief met with Gerard Keown, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) EU correspondent, to get Irish views on the upcoming GAERC (reftel points had been shared earlier in the week). Keown opened the meeting with high praise for A/S Jones' January 15 consultations with E [...]	2005-01-28 16:52:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PTER EUN
05DUBLIN1151	TERRORISM FINANCE: AL-AKHTAR TRUST INTERNATIONAL [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-16 15:38:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC KSEP KVPR CIVS UN
05DUBLIN1162	TERRORISM FINANCE: LIST 72T [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-20 13:56:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN ETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS KVPR
05DUBLIN1165	IRELAND: UNLIKELY TO PUSH FOR LTTE DESIGNATION [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-20 15:20:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KTFN PREL PTER
05DUBLIN1188	IRELAND RESPONSE TO IRISH/COLOMBIA THREE [...] (C) Embassy Dublin has discussed the Irish/Colombia Three (ref A) with senior GOI officials on numerous occasions, including with Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Bertie Ahern on September 12 and Justice Minister Michael McDowell on September 10. McDowell told the Ambassador that the GOI is invest [...]	2005-09-27 09:41:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KCRM
05DUBLIN1196	ORGANIZED CRIME IN IRELAND (C-CN5-00417) [...] (C) Summary. It is unlikely that there is large scale involvement of non-nationals in organized crime activities in the Republic of Ireland. According to the EU's 2004 Organized Crime Report, Ireland is unique in that its organized criminal elements are comprised almost entirely of Irish na [...]	2005-09-27 16:11:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PREL PTER
05DUBLIN1203	IRELAND PREFERS EU DESIGNATION MECHANISM [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-28 15:28:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KTFN KPAO PREL PGOV PTER EUN
05DUBLIN1212	IRELAND: TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICER [...] (SBU) Per reftel, post provides names of Terrorism Finance Coordination Officer (TFCO) and deputy. (a) TFCO: Jonathan Benton, DCM, 353-1-668-8777 ext. 2302, BentonJS@state.gov. (b) Deputy TFCO: Thomas Rosenberger, poloff, 353-1-630-6275, rosenbergertm@state.gov (c) Post suggests EU-wide sem [...]	2005-10-03 08:14:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KTFN KVPR EFIN ETTC PREL
05DUBLIN1216	IRISH SHI'A MUSLIMS PLEA FOR U.S. TO STAY IN IRAQ [...] (C) Summary. On September 26, the Ambassador met with five prominent Iraqi Shi'a members of the Irish Islamic community to initiate dialogue and advance post's Muslim Outreach program. The Imam of the Shi'a community, Dr. Ali Al-Saleh, expressed gratitude to the USG for removing Saddam Huss [...]	2005-10-03 13:48:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PINR
05DUBLIN1233	TERRORISM FINANCE: LIST 72U [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-06 16:11:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KTFN ETTC PTER PREL CVIS KVPR
05DUBLIN1255	IRELAND UNLIKELY TO ACCEPT GITMO UIGHURS [...] (S) In a private meeting October 7, the Ambassador delivered reftel points to Dermot Gallagher, Secretary General of the DFA. Gallagher frankly told the ambassador that Ireland would not accept GITMO Uighurs because of their bad experience with the Church of the Nativity occupier they had ac [...]	2005-10-12 15:04:00	Embassy Dublin	SECRET	MOPS PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PREF PINR
05DUBLIN1264	IRISH/IRAQI SHI'A MUSLIMS WELCOME AMBASSADOR TO [...] (C) Summary. On October 8, the Ambassador and two emboffs received a warm welcome at an Iftar celebration at the local Shi'a mosque in Dublin. Dr. Ali A. A. Al-Saleh, the Imam of the predominantly Iraqi Mosque, spoke out publicly in strong support of USG policy, stating that U.S. intervention [...]	2005-10-14 11:12:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PINR KPAO
05DUBLIN1285	IRELAND: NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR MARITIME SECURITY [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-18 16:46:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER KHLS ASEC EWWT ETRD EIND MARR
05DUBLIN1307	TERRORIST FINANCIER APPEALS AN ORDER FREEZING HIS [...] (U) On October 24, the Irish Times (newspaper of record) reported that Bin Muhammad Ayadi Chafiq will make an appeal on October 25 to the European Court of Justice for the release of his bank accounts. According to the report, Ayadi Chafiq, a Bosnian national born in Tunis, is named on a Eur [...]	2005-10-24 13:54:00	Embassy Dublin	SECRET	PTER KTFN ASEC KHLS PINR EI
05DUBLIN1385	UN ASKS IRISH TO TRAIN PALESTINIAN POLICE; IRISH [...] (C) In a pull-aside discussion November 10, DoJ Secretary General Sean Aylward told the ambassador that the UN has approached the GOI about sending Irish police to train Palestinian police. Aylward asked for U.S. views. The ambassador encouraged him to consider seriously the proposal. We w [...]	2005-11-10 17:33:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MASS PARM IS CO EI
05DUBLIN1407	LETTER FROM FAMILY OF MARGARET HASSAN [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-17 16:43:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MOPS PTER PINR PHUM PGOV PREL CMGT IZ
05DUBLIN1409	ADDITIONAL IRISH AID TO OAS MISSION IN COLOMBIA [...] On November 16, emboff delivered reftel points to Department of Foreign Affairs Americas Section Third Secretary Margaret Stanley. Stanley confirmed previous Irish SIPDIS contributions to the Organization of American States (OAS) Mission in Bogota as the following: --euro 130,000 core-f [...]	2005-11-18 14:01:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PTER OAS CO EI
05DUBLIN1426	TERRORIST FINANCE: ASG PRENOTIFICATION [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-23 09:43:00	Embassy Dublin	SECRET	EFIN KTFN PTER PREL ETTC RP EI
05DUBLIN143	PEACE PROCESS: GOI SHAKEN BY SECOND IRA STATEMENT [...] (S) SUMMARY: Amb Kenny met February 4 with Michael Collins, second Secretary General to PM Ahern, and Ahern's senior advisor on Northern Ireland. The ambassador indicated that the USG is inclined not to invite Northern Ireland political parties to the March 17 White House event. Collins sai [...]	2005-02-04 16:06:00	Embassy Dublin	SECRET	PREL PTER PINR EI UK NIPP
05DUBLIN1439	SUNNIS AND SHIAS ATTEND INTERFAITH THANKSGIVING [...] (U) Summary. On November 22, the Ambassador hosted the Embassy's second annual interfaith Thanksgiving reception, in large part to promote Post's Muslim outreach program. The event was especially successful in bringing together key Shia and Sunni Muslim leaders, including among the Iraqi com [...]	2005-11-25 14:49:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PINR KPAO KIRF EI
05DUBLIN1493	IRELAND: PREVENTING AL-MANAR BROADCASTS [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-08 16:08:00	Embassy Dublin	SECRET	PTER ASEC PREL ANET EI
05DUBLIN1494	TERRORISM FINANCE: ASG INDIVIDUALS [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-08 16:09:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KTFN PTER PREL ETTC EI
05DUBLIN1515	TERRORIST FINANCE: LIST 74 [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-13 15:44:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN ETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS KVPR EI
05DUBLIN1525	IRELAND: 2005 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] Summary. Per ref A, Ireland was not included in the 2004 Annual Terrorism Report, but there are positive developments that might merit its inclusion this year. A remarkable change from 2004 is the September 26 decommissioning of the Provisional Irish Republican Army. Another notable change i [...]	2005-12-15 11:12:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC EI
05DUBLIN1564	TERRORIST FINANCE: LET AMENDMENT [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-30 10:41:00	Embassy Dublin	SECRET	KTFN PREL EFIN ETTC PK PTER EI
05DUBLIN1567	ADDENDUM TO ORGANIZED CRIME IN IRELAND REPORT [...] (C) Per ref A's request for continued information on organized crime elements in Ireland, Post offers the following updates from police sources who were available for comment after the drafting of ref B: 2. (C) Irish police report Russian, Ukrainian, Chinese, and West African involvement i [...]	2005-12-30 13:13:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PREL PTER EI
05DUBLIN172	ISLAM IN IRELAND, C-DI4-01219 [...] (C) Summary. Embassy Dublin salutes the initiative of Washington analysts (reftel) to look at the role of Islamic thinkers across Europe. In November, we launched a new outreach program to Muslims in Ireland, a group that has grown rapidly in recent years. There are two significant mosques [...]	2005-02-11 10:21:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PTER SCUL
05DUBLIN193	IRELAND WANTS EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT HIZBALLAH [...] No summary [...]	2005-02-14 17:42:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PTER EFIN EUN
05DUBLIN206	TERRORIST FINANCE: FADHLI DESIGNATION [...] No summary [...]	2005-02-17 16:59:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KTFN EFIN PTER KSEP CVIS KVPR
05DUBLIN210	POLICE ARREST SINN FEIN MEMBERS IN MONEY [...] (SBU) Summary. Sinn Fein is facing its biggest political crisis since the beginning of the peace process after two party activists, including a former elected representative, were arrested in a swoop by Irish police on suspects in an apparent money laundering scheme. Seven people were arreste [...]	2005-02-18 14:01:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PINR PGOV PINS PREL EI NIPP
05DUBLIN222	TERRORISM FINANCE - IDENTIFYING DESIGNATION [...] Summary: Per reftel's request on Ireland's designation mechanisms and authorities, Ireland's authority in combating terrorism financing rests with the Departments of Foreign Affairs, Justice and Finance. Under the auspices of Finance, the Central Bank of Ireland plays a key role in monitorin [...]	2005-02-22 17:21:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KTFN PGOV PTER EUN
05DUBLIN254	IRELAND IS UNDECIDED ON HIZBALLAH DESIGNATION, [...] (S) Summary. In a March 1 demarche, DFA said that it remained undecided on whether to support designation of Hizballah. "At first glance," DFA said, the information emboffs provided fell short of a "smoking gun." Moreover, DFA expressed concern that verbal information might not satisfy the [...]	2005-03-02 15:17:00	Embassy Dublin	SECRET	ETTC PTER EFIN EUN
05DUBLIN310	PRESIDENT SIGNS TERRORISM BILL INTO LAW [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-11 17:40:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC PREL KTFN PHUM PINS
05DUBLIN321	IRISH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHES ON MARCH 16 GAERC [...] (U) On March 11, post delivered ref A demarche to Gerard Keown, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) EU Correspondent. On March 14, post followed up with Keown on points in refs B, C, and D on China, Croatia, and Iran. China: Increased U.S-EU Dialogue Useful --------------------------------- [...]	2005-03-15 17:41:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KAWC KPAO ETTC PTER KPAL EUN ICTY
05DUBLIN352	IRISH REACTION TO DHS BAN ON LIGHTERS [...] On March 15, Post provided ref A talking points to Liam Duggan, Department of Transport Assistant Principal for Aviation Security. This demarche followed discussions between Embassy London TSA representative and GOI officials during the week of March 7 in Dublin (ref B). On March 22, Duggan [...]	2005-03-22 16:19:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR PTER
05DUBLIN353	TERRORISM FINANCE: 2005 UPDATE NO. 2 [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-22 18:01:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	KTFN KVPR EFIN PTER ETTC PREL CVIS
05DUBLIN388	TERRORIST FINANCE: LET PRENOTIFICATION [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-01 14:18:00	Embassy Dublin	SECRET	KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL
05DUBLIN409	TERRORIST FINANCE: BUISIR PRENOTIFICATION [...] (S) On April 7, Maurice Biggar, acting director of the DFA's UN office, and Stephan Dawson, deputy director of the Middle East office, briefed POL/ECON counselor on the hurdles the GOI would have to jump in order to co-sponsor submission of Buisir to the UN 1267 Committee. Because Buisir is [...]	2005-04-07 15:28:00	Embassy Dublin	SECRET	PTER KTFN EFIN ECON ETTC EAID TC
05DUBLIN417	BUISIR: GOI SUPPORTS USG ACTION [...] (S) On April 8, Maurice Biggar, acting Director of the DFA's UN office, called to say that following consultations with Ireland's DOJ and higher levels at the DFA, the GOI wishes to confirm its support of the USG plan to submit Buisir to the UN 1267 Committee. 2. (S) Biggar noted that the [...]	2005-04-08 14:35:00	Embassy Dublin	SECRET	PTER KTFN EFIN ECON ETTC EAID TC
05DUBLIN439	TERRORIST FINANCE: LET SUBMISSION TO 1267 COMMITTEE [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-13 15:46:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL CVIS KVPR AEMR AFIN
05DUBLIN440	TERRORIST FINANCE: AL-HIYARI DESIGNATION [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-13 15:46:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC KSEP CVIS KVPR
05DUBLIN49	PEACE PROCESS: GOI DISCOURAGED, BUT COMMITTED TO [...] (C) Summary: On January 13, the Ambassador met with Michael Collins, senior advisor to the prime minister, and separately with members of parliament. Anger and discouragement are rampant following the assertion that the PIRA is likely behind the December 20 robbery of Belfast's Northern Bank [...]	2005-01-14 17:30:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL EI UK PTER NIPP
05DUBLIN515	IRELAND'S RESPONSE TO WHO DEMARCHE [...] On April 28, Post delivered ref A talking points on WHO International Health Regulations (IHRs) to James McIntyre, Department of Foreign Affairs First Secretary for EU Common Policies and the OECD (with responsibility for WHO). McIntyre said that Ireland generally shared U.S. views on the out [...]	2005-04-29 15:01:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO PREL PTER ETRD WHO

05DUBLIN522	TERRORIST FINANCE: JI-3 PRENOTIFICATION [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-04 15:27:00	Embassy Dublin	SECRET	KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL ADPM
05DUBLIN523	TERRORIST FINANCE: ELEHSSAN DESIGNATION [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-04 15:28:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KTFN EFIN PTER KSEP CVIS KVPR
05DUBLIN587	TERRORIST FINANCE: IJG PRENOTIFICATION [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-19 09:13:00	Embassy Dublin	SECRET	KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL
05DUBLIN588	IRELAND CONSIDERS CUTTING AID TO UGANDA [...] On May 13, Irish Foreign Minister Dermot Ahern announced that the Irish government is considering reducing aid to Uganda by euro 2 million to send a clear message to Ugandan President Museveni regarding political reform. Department of Foreign Affairs Uganda desk officer Jerry Kelliher confirm [...]	2005-05-19 09:16:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PHUM PTER
05DUBLIN59	TERRORIST FINANCE: FADHLI AND DARWISH DESIGNATION [...] No summary [...]	2005-01-19 17:03:00	Embassy Dublin	SECRET	ETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS KTFN
05DUBLIN657	NORTHERN IRELAND: GOI WAITING FOR IRA RESPONSE AND [...] (C) During Special Envoy Mitchell Reiss' visit to Ireland May 19-22, the Irish government emphasized that the Good Friday Agreement and the December 8 joint communique must be the basis for forward movement in the peace process. They anticipate an IRA response to Gerry Adams' call to leave the [...]	2005-06-01 08:39:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINS EI UK NIPP
05DUBLIN677	(C) SINN FEIN CLAIMS IRA RESPONSE IMMINENT [...] (C) Rita O'Hare requested an appointment with Pol Chief today on an urgent basis. O'Hare said the IRA response to Gerry Adams' April call on them to pursue their goals through solely political means is coming very soon, perhaps within two weeks. According to O'Hare, the IRA leadership is 100 [...]	2005-06-03 14:51:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINS EI NIPP
05DUBLIN680	VISA DENIAL OF SINN FEIN MEMBER RITA O'HARE [...] (S) In May, the USG reversed past practice and denied a visa to Rita O'Hare, who serves as Sinn Fein's U.S. representative. As is well-known, Rita O'Hare, like most of the Sinn Fein leadership, was a member of the IRA and she is wanted in the UK for an attempted murder in 1971. The USG has [...]	2005-06-03 17:22:00	Embassy Dublin	SECRET	PINR PREL PTER UK EI NIPP
05DUBLIN801	IRELAND TO RATIFY/ACCEDE TO REMAINING UN TERRORISM [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-28 13:24:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC PREL KTFN PHUM PINS
05DUBLIN853	TERRORIST FINANCE: NASCO AMENDMENT [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-11 15:24:00	Embassy Dublin	SECRET	KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL
05DUBLIN885	IRISH SUPPORT FOR COMPREHENSIVE CONVENTION ON [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-15 14:32:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER UNGA
05DUBLIN889	U.S.-IRELAND AGREEMENTS ON EXTRADITION/MUTUAL [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-15 16:16:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL CJAN KCRM PTER
05DUBLIN894	TERRORIST FINANCE: MOVEMENT FOR ISLAMIC REFORM IN [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-18 12:36:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC KSEP KVPR CIVS
05DUBLIN934	IRA STATEMENT EXPECTED AFTERNOON OF JULY 28 [...] (C) Rita O'Hare, Sinn Fein's North America representative, told POL/ECON chief to expect an IRA statement on Thursday, July 28. (The statement is in response to Sinn Fein's call on the IRA last spring to pursue its objectives solely through peaceful and democratic means.) O'Hare believes that [...]	2005-07-27 15:15:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PINR EI UK
05DUBLIN942	IRISH THANK USG FOR PEACE PROCESS SUPPORT AND [...] (C) Dermot Gallagher, DFA Secretary General, asked to meet with the ambassador July 28 to discuss the IRA statement. Gallagher said that in the view of the GOI, the IRA statement of July 28 showed "a clarity that was not in previous statements" and is "as good as you can get." He hoped the Ir [...]	2005-07-29 07:26:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PINR EI UK
05DUBLIN944	NEW ANTI-TERROR SECURITY IN PLACE IN IRISH PORTS [...] Summary. On July 27, the GOI completed the installation of new anti-terror security measures at all Irish international sea ports, bringing Ireland into compliance with the UN International Maritime Organization (IMO) code established in July 2004. These arrangements are aimed at preventing [...]	2005-07-29 11:14:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC EWWT PHSA KHLS
05DUBLIN977	TERRORIST FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF THREE NAMES [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-05 16:03:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC KSEP KVPR CIVS
05DUBLIN983	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES COLOMBIA THREE WITH GOI [...] (C) Summary: The Irish Government had no prior knowledge that the Colombia Three were in Ireland, nor had it discussed the case with Sinn Fein in recent Northern Ireland peace process-related exchanges, GOI officials told the Ambassador on August 8. The officials noted that the case presente [...]	2005-08-08 16:43:00	Embassy Dublin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KCRM PTER PGOV EI
05FRANKFURT2127	Saarland Takes New Steps to Fight TIP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The state of Saarland has announced several new measures targeting trafficking in persons (TIP). These include consolidating agencies responsible for TIP within the Interior Ministry. State Interior Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer will also highlight TIP at the upcoming co [...]	2005-03-15 06:51:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PTER SOCI GM
05FRANKFURT6995	Hesse to Deport Afghan Hate Preacher [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The German state of Hesse has initiated deportation proceedings against Mr. Said Khobaib Sadat (DPOB 1 January 1959 in Logar, Afghanistan),an Afghan imam living in Offenbach, near Frankfurt, for reportedly being a "hate- preacher," a crime under the immigration law that went int [...]	2005-09-14 14:05:00	Consulate Frankfurt	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KISL PHUM GM AF
05FRANKFURT7398	POLICE ARREST THIRTY-EIGHT IN RAIDS AGAINST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Police targeted criminal elements of the Muslim community in large-scale raids across the German state of Hessen on September 27. In total, thirty-eight individuals were arrested--although none were confirmed extremists. Police stated that the raids were based on ongoing inves [...]	2005-09-29 13:41:00	Consulate Frankfurt	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC KCRM KISL GM
05FRANKFURT8965	GULF BETWEEN KEY MUSLIM ORGANIZATION AND HESSE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Tensions between the Hesse state government and the IRH (Islamische Religionsgemeinschaft Hessen, the state's largest Muslim umbrella organization) have simmered since the state listed the IRH in its annual report on extremism. The dispute came to the forefront again at IRH's h [...]	2005-12-14 17:08:00	Consulate Frankfurt	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PTER KISL KPAO GM
05GABORONE346	TERRORISM FINANCE 2005 UPDATE NO. 2 - BOTSWANA [...] (U) The following is post's response to reftel request for an evaluation of the host government's ability to cooperate in the disruption of terrorist financing. Answers below are keyed to questions in reftel. 2. (U) A. As yet, the GOB has not identified any assets within Botswana subjec [...]	2005-03-10 04:56:00	Embassy Gaborone	CONFIDENTIAL	KTFN KVPR EFIN PTER ETTC PREL CVIS BC
05GABORONE461	BOTSWANA ANXIOUS FOR AML-CTF ASSISTANCE [...] (U) SUMMARY: A bilateral technical assistance program with Botswana could quickly and significantly improve its anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism finance (AML- CTF) regime, a March 20-25 visit by advisors from US Treasury's Office of Technical Assistance (Enforcement) revealed. Me [...]	2005-03-31 04:37:00	Embassy Gaborone	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER EFIN KTFN BC
05GENEVA2396	DOD GENERAL COUNSEL HAYNES, MEETING WITH HIGH [...] (U) U.S.: Ambassador Kevin Moley, DOD General Counsel William J. Haynes, DOD DAS Matthew Waxman, USN Capt. Michael Boock, EUCOM Col. William Lietzau and Lt. Col. Sarajane Stenton, U.S. Mission Legal Adviser Jeffrey Kovar, and Political Counselor Velia De Pirro. OHCHR: High Commissioner L [...]	2005-10-05 10:33:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM PREF PTER ICRC UNCHR
05GENEVA2767	DUNANT CENTRE FACILITATING PHILIPPINE-MNLF TALKS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Geneva-based Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue briefed interested Missions November 2 on its efforts to mediate final implementation of the 1996 peace agreement between the Philippine government and the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF). The effort grew out of concern th [...]	2005-11-10 11:38:00	US Mission Geneva	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PGOV PINR PREL PTER RP MNLF
05GEORGETOWN1194	VISAS VIPER: OCTOBER 2005 MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT [...] Post's VISAS VIPER Committee met on November 9, 2005, covering the period October 4, 2005 - November 9, 2005. Conoff Wells chaired the meeting. CONS, POL, ECON, RSO, and MLO attended. Non-resident LEGATT was queried separately. 2. No VISAS VIPER telegrams were submitted during this period [...]	2005-11-14 21:02:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	KVPR CVIS PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL GY
05GEORGETOWN1196	GUYANA 2005 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] Guyana was not included in the 2004 Country Report on Terrorism. Post's reading of the instructions indicates Guyana will not require a "detailed assessment" for 2005 because no acts of international terrorism occurred in Guyana, Guyana is not a state sponsor of terrorism, there are no known [...]	2005-11-15 13:55:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC GY
05GUATEMALA2303	GUATEMALA POISED TO RATIFY INTER-AMERICAN [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-03 14:22:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PREL PGOV KTIA GT OAS
05GUATEMALA2466	GUATEMALAN LEGAL REFORM: CREATION OF A CIVILIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Guatemalan Congress approved a law creating a civilian intelligence agency, including an initially controversial provision to permit wiretapping in restricted circumstances. Inclusion of the wiretapping provision in the bill augurs well for passage of what the Embassy has [...]	2005-10-27 21:09:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KJUS KCRM PTER ASEC PINS PGOV PHUM GT
05GUATEMALA2685	TERRORISM FINANCE IMPLEMENTING REGULATIONS COVER [...] (SBU) Guatemala's Financial Intelligence Unit (IVE) proposed implementing regulations for the recently passed terrorism finance legislation. The regulations will need to be approved by the monetary board before implementation. In advance of this submission, the IVE consulted EconOff and pro [...]	2005-11-29 20:04:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTFN KVPR EFIN PTER ETTC PREL SNAR GT
05GUATEMALA376	GANG VIOLENCE THREATENS GUATEMALAN SECURITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. With the implementation of hardline policies against gangs in neighboring Honduras and El Salvador (reftels),Guatemala is searching for ways to combat its own gang problem. The GOG blames the gangs for the continued upswing in homicides, which have increased each year for th [...]	2005-02-15 12:58:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINR SNAR KCRM PGOV PHUM PARM PTER SMIG MASS ASEC EAID KCOR KFRD GT
05GUATEMALA391	GUATEMALA ON SECURING OAS ACTION TO INVESTIGATE MANPADS TRAFFIC [...] (SBU) Guatemalan FM Briz reacted very positively to Ambassador's demarche per reftel. Briz said he fully agreed with the urgency of getting the GON to request an OAS technical verification mission. 2. (SBU) To that effect, Briz promised to speak with President Berger later the same day, Fe [...]	2005-02-15 19:54:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER MOPS NU GT OAS
05GUATEMALA819	LETTER TO SECRETARY RICE FROM GUATEMALAN FM BRIZ [...] Embassy received late March 30 a letter from Guatemalan FM Jorge Briz to the Secretary. Text follows in para 2. The letter argues for greater cooperation in combatting narco-trafficking, alien smuggling and trafficking in persons by providing spare parts, training and other resources to Gua [...]	2005-03-31 17:37:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SMIG PHUM ASEC SNAR EAID MASS PREF PTER KCOR KDEM GT
05GUATEMALA915	FOLLOW UP ON LIGHTER BAN DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-12 15:57:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR PTER
05HALIFAX65	PORT SECURITY: PROPOSED CHANGES IN HALIFAX GENERATE [...] (SBU) Press reports that the Port of Halifax is planning significant reductions in the number of police assigned to security have generated significant local controversy, with politicians including the Mayor and a federal Senator denouncing the proposal. While it is correct that the port is [...]	2005-03-18 14:50:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT ASEC PTER KCRM ETRD CA
05HANOI3031	MPS TO FBI: LET'S UPGRADE RELATIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The early November visit of an FBI delegation to Hanoi, led by Ms. Deborah Pierce, Deputy Assistant Director, Criminal Investigative Division (CID),and Mr. Thomas Fuentes, Special Agent-in-Charge, Office of International Operations, offered the opportunity for the Mission to st [...]	2005-11-15 10:24:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER ASEC VM CNARC CTERR
05HANOI3099	VIETNAM: COUNTERTERRORISM ACTION GROUP MEETING [...] (SBU) Summary: Local G-8 Counter Terrorism Action Group (CTAG) Ambassadors were briefed by the Head of the Counterterrorism Department of the Ministry of Public Security, and later met privately with representatives from Australia, the European Commission and the United Nations Office on Drug [...]	2005-11-23 07:36:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER SNAR VM CTERR
05HANOI3127	VIETNAM: 2005 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] (SBU) Vietnam's low-threat terrorist situation did not change in 2005. Vietnam has a small Muslim population with no known affiliations with international terrorist organizations. There is no evidence that terrorists operate in or transit Vietnam, or that they use Vietnam for other support [...]	2005-11-28 01:55:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER VM CTERR
05HANOI3358	VIETNAM: 2005-2006 INCSR RESPONSE PART II FINANCIAL [...] (U) This cable is in response to an action request (reftel). 2. (U) Summary: In addition to Vietnam's underdeveloped financial sector, its large black market economy, weak customs controls, and substantial remittances make it an easy place to launder money. While the Government of Vietnam [...]	2005-12-23 08:42:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KCRM KTFN PTER SNAR VM CNARC FINREF CTERR
05HANOI3383	VIETNAM'S ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING LAW [...] (SBU) Summary: Throughout this year, formal meetings and informal exchanges with officials from the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV),the State Securities Commission, the World Bank, the Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Center (AUSTRAC),and other international agencies in Hanoi have mad [...]	2005-12-29 10:14:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KCRM KTFN PTER SNAR VM ECON PREL PINR CTERR FINREF BTA
05HANOI641	VIETNAM TERRORIST FINANCE: 2005 UPDATE NO. 2 [...] (SBU) The following paragraphs contain answers to reftel questions and provide an evaluation of Vietnam's ability to cooperate in disrupting terrorism financing. 2. (SBU) The Government of Vietnam (GVN) has not frozen, forfeited or seized any assets pursuant to UNSCR Resolutions 1267 and 13 [...]	2005-03-15 08:09:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN KVPR PTER EFIN ETTC PREL CVIS VM CTERR FINREF
05HANOI988	VIETNAM: MEETING WITH MINISTRY OF PUBLIC [...] This cable contains sensitive information. Please do not post on the Internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: Econ/C delivered reftel points on AML/CTF to officials at the Ministry of Public Security (MPS). Econ/C reminded MPS of his December 2004 letter requesting the answers to several specific qu [...]	2005-04-28 10:04:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTFN KVPR PTER EFIN ETTC PREL VM FINREF CTERR
05HARARE1103	IOM UPDATE ON RESTORE ORDER RELIEF EFFORTS [...] (C) On August 1, International Organization for Migration (IOM) officials told CDA and USAID mission Director they had received no reports of further demolitions following Vice President Mujuru,s announcement last week that the operation was over. They also reported that the GOZ had agreed to [...]	2005-08-03 13:08:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PREF PTER EAID ZI
05HARARE1678	ZIMBABWE: 2005 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] (U) This cable responds to reftel request to update information for the 2005 Country Report on Terrorism. ------------------ GENERAL ASSESSMENT ------------------ 2. (SBU) Zimbabwe does not fit the criteria stipulated in paragraph 7 (a) (b) and (c) of reftel instructions. Despite our s [...]	2005-12-13 11:35:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PTER PGOV PREL ZI
05HARARE171	ZIMBABWE: 2005 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] Zimbabwe is not a regional financial center and is not considered to be at significant risk for money laundering. 2. Zimbabwe,s Anti-Money Laundering Act criminalizes narcotics-related money laundering. The Government of Zimbabwe in 2004 passed the Anti-Money Laundering and Proceeds of C [...]	2005-02-03 05:00:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KCRM KSEP PTER SNAR ZI
05HELSINKI1015	FINLAND WILL NOT (YET) SUPPORT LISTING THE LTTE AS [...] (C) PolChief delivered subject demarche to Ambassador Mikko Pyhala, MFA office director for South Asia. Pyhala noted that the GOF has publicly denounced the assassination of the Sri Lankan foreign minister and continues to condemn the LTTE both for other murders attributed to it and for its u [...]	2005-09-26 09:46:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KTFN PTER PREL CO FI
05HELSINKI1163	FINLAND CONDEMNS IRANIAN PRESIDENT'S EXTREMISM [...] (U) The GOF has roundly condemned Iranian President Ahmadi-Nejad's October 25 call for Israel to be "wiped off the map." On Oct. 27, Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja released a public statement that expressed the GOF's "deep disapproval of the Iranian president's comment;" emphasized that "und [...]	2005-11-01 14:22:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER PHUM PGOV IR FI
05HELSINKI1204	FINLAND CONSIDERING SUPPORT FOR OAS COLOMBIA [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-15 13:45:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PTER CO FI
05HELSINKI1286	DEMARCHE TO FINLAND - CONDEMNING THE ASSASSINATION [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-15 08:20:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER FI
05HELSINKI1321	FINLAND: 2005 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] (U) This report is keyed to the applicable questions in reftel paragraphs 7-10. Post's summary update has also been emailed to Rhonda Shore and Ed Salazar per reftel instructions. Embassy POC for the report is Poloff David Schlaefer (SchlaeferDA2@state.gov). 2. (U) General Assessment ( [...]	2005-12-29 09:33:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PTER FI
05HELSINKI202	FINLAND'S RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON EU DESIGNATION [...] (C) Embassy delivered reftel demarche February 14 to Jarno Syrjala, MFA's "regional director" for Lebanon, Syria, Israel, and the Palestinian Authority in its Middle East Unit, and to Juha Rainne of the Unit for Public International Law. On the same day, Ambassador met with Israel Ambassador [...]	2005-02-16 14:21:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ETTC EFIN XF LE FI EUN EU GAERC
05HELSINKI406	GWOT ASSESSMENT: EMBASSY HELSINKI RESPONSE [...] (S) Embassy Helsinki has found that our primary challenge in dealing with the GoF on counterterrorism issues has been to overcome the ingrained Finnish belief that "it can't happen here." This mind-set, on the part of senior officials and public opinion alike, has slowed Finnish progress in m [...]	2005-04-07 14:22:00	Embassy Helsinki	SECRET	PTER PREL FI
05HELSINKI476	FINNS SAY 'YES' TO EXTENDING POLICE TRAINERS AT [...] (U) We delivered reftel demarche to Anu Laamanen-Ryter, Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Unit for Civilian Crisis Management. Laamanen-Ryter told us the Finns had already concluded that the Jordan International Police Training Center (JIPTC) will need to remain in operation past th [...]	2005-04-25 15:10:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER SNAR SOCI IZ FI
05HELSINKI590	U/S BROWN'S MEETING WITH FINLAND'S INTERIOR [...] (C) Summary: U.S. Under Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Brown and U.S. Ambassador to Finland Earle I.Mack met with Finland's Interior Minister, Kari Rajamaki, on April 26 in Helsinki. Rajamaki told them that Finland was just beginning its preparations for its fall 2006 EU Presidency; [...]	2005-05-26 07:52:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PREL PTER KCRM KWMN FI EUN NATO EU
05HELSINKI8	FINLAND: 2004 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] (U) This report is keyed to the applicable questions in reftel para 15. The Embassy's summary update has also been emailed to John Kincannon and Kiersten McCutchan per reftel instructions. 2. (U) a) Finland actively supports and participates in the European Union's counterterrorism ef [...]	2005-01-03 13:13:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PTER FI
05HELSINKI947	DEMARCHE RESPONSE: FINLAND DISINCLINED TO RESETTLE [...] (C) DCM delivered subject demarche to MFA Undersecretary for Political Affairs Markus Lyra. Lyra said that the GOF would be disinclined to consider resettlement of any of the Uighurs from Guantanamo to Finland. Finland grants third-country resettlement only to cases referred through the UN H [...]	2005-09-02 11:02:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREF PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PINR FI
05HELSINKI949	GOF CONCERNED ABOUT SYRIA BUT HESITANT ABOUT [...] (C) DCM delivered subject demarche to MFA Undersecretary for Political Affairs Markus Lyra. The GOF has not received a request from Syria for a high level meeting at the UNGA, but Lyra said he would communicate our request to Finland's UNGA delegation. He fully agreed that Syria has failed to [...]	2005-09-02 11:03:00	Embassy Helsinki	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER SY FI
05HOCHIMINHCITY328	TRANSNATIONAL CRIME IN VIETNAM - HCMC CONSULATES GENERAL [...] (SBU) Key Ho Chi Minh City consulates met March 23 for the second quarterly, informal discussion of transnational crime issues. Australia National Police rep has organized this group in an effort to foster law enforcement cooperation between key countries and Vietnam. Participation includes co [...]	2005-03-30 01:39:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PREL KCRM SNAR PTER EFIN AS VM CNARC TIP
05ISLAMABAD15286	TFPK01: POLITICAL PARTIES AND MILITANT [...] (U) Summary: Pakistan's political parties are mobilizing their own relief/recovery operations for victims of the South Asian earthquake. All have promised to send funds, supplies, and teams to the affected areas and several are setting-up independent relief camps. In addition, Kashmiri mil [...]	2005-10-12 09:23:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER EAID MOPS PK
05ISLAMABAD15769	PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: ISLAMIST AND EXTREMIST [...] (S) Summary: Islamist parties, clergy, and militant/extremist groups are using the Kashmir earthquake to strengthen their public image in affected areas...and to raise money. Member parties of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal (MMA) are engaged in independent relief efforts through their charitable [...]	2005-10-20 13:07:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	AEMR ASEC EAID MASS PGOV PREL PTER PK
05ISLAMABAD16553	PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: A VISIT TO BATTGRAM [...] (C) Forward Operating Base Mansehra Officer-in-Charge and Econoffs visited Battgram district on November 5. Settlement patterns have complicated relief as damage is spread across mountain villages with low population densities. Interlocutors were concerned for villages in the Allai tehsil, [...]	2005-11-07 13:02:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID MASS MOPS PGOV PK PTER ECON PREF ASEC
05ISLAMABAD16577	PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE: A VISIT TO BATTGRAM [...] (C) Forward Operating Base Mansehra Officer-in-Charge and Econoffs visited Battgram district on November 5. Settlement patterns have complicated relief as damage is spread across mountain villages with low population densities. Interlocutors were concerned for villages in the Allai tehsil, [...]	2005-11-08 08:00:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID MASS MOPS PGOV PK PTER ECON PREF ASEC
05ISTANBUL1495	ISTANBUL BOMBING TRIAL POSTPONED [...] (U) 30 of the 71 defendants in the November 2003 Istanbul bombings were brought before Istanbul's Heavy Penal Court (Agir Ceza Mahkemesi) No. 10 for their closing statements on August 27. Their lawyers reiterated that the attacks were not targeted at the Turkish Republic but at the US and its [...]	2005-08-29 15:10:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PGOV PREL PTER TU
05ISTANBUL1556	HIZB-UT TAHRIR ACTIVE IN ISTANBUL [...] (U) Members of the radical Islamic organization Hizb-ut Tahrir (HT) staged a protest and delivered a press statement after Friday prayers at Fatih Mosque in Istanbul on September 2. Calling for the the reinstatement of the Caliphate, HT's putative leader in Turkey, Yilmaz Celik, reportedly c [...]	2005-09-09 14:15:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PGOV PHUM PINS PTER TU
05ISTANBUL1993	BOMB EXPLODES NEAR BUS STOP IN ISTANBUL [...] (SBU) Summary. On Friday, 11/18/05 at approximately 1830 hours a bomb exploded near a bus stop in the Buyukcekmece District of Istanbul. One person was killed and as many as twelve have been reported injured. Two vehicles were reported damaged in the explosion. The police suspect the PKK t [...]	2005-11-21 15:43:00	Consulate Istanbul	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC PTER TU TAGS
05ISTANBUL502	FORMER TURKISH HOSTAGE ALLEGES MALFEASANCE IN [...] (C) Summary: In an Istanbul meeting with Ambassador Edelman, Turkish businessman Kahraman Sadikoglu, who was held hostage in Basra from December 15, 2004, to February 15, 2005, made serious allegations regarding malfeasance in USAID contracting in Basra in 2003. Sadikoglu, who was working und [...]	2005-04-01 14:49:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON IZ PTER TU
05JEDDAH1960	EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE - JEDDAH, KSA [...] (S/NF) On 06/19/2005, the CG called a meeting of the Emergency Action Committee to discuss the security situation in Jeddah. In attendance were representatives from RSO, BPM, CONS, IPC, DHS, USMTM and OPM/SANG. 2. (S/NF) BPM advised that a Lieutenant Colonel from the Ministry of Interior [...]	2005-06-20 11:10:00	Consulate Jeddah	SECRET	PTER ASEC
05JEDDAH2079	EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE - JEDDAH, KSA [...] (S/NF) On 06/26/2005, the CG called a meeting of the Emergency Action Committee to discuss the security situation in Jeddah. In attendance was the the DCM from Riyadh and representatives from RSO, Dhahran RSO, PA, BPM, CONS, IPC, POL, DHS, USMTM and OPM/SANG. 2. (S/NF) RSO advised the EAC [...]	2005-06-27 12:01:00	Consulate Jeddah	SECRET	PTER ASEC
05JEDDAH2202	EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE - JEDDAH, KSA [...] (S/NF) On 07/03/2005, the A/CG met with the Emergency Action Committee to discuss the security situation at the Consulate. In attendance were representatives from RSO, BPM, MGT, POL, DHS and USMTM. 2. (S) RSO advised that the final numbers for the Consulate's LGF Tower Guards are currentl [...]	2005-07-03 13:46:00	Consulate Jeddah	SECRET	PTER ASEC
05JEDDAH2495	UNDERGRADS FRET ABOUT JOBS AND DISCUSS TERROR [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. Conoff participated in an outdoor "Youth Challenge" competition on July 21 sponsored by the College of Business Administration (CBA) Youth Business Club and "Yalla Ya Shabbab" (roughly "Let's Go Guys"),a youth-oriented television program. On June 30, Conoff visited [...]	2005-07-23 14:21:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PGOV PTER SOCI
05JEDDAH2537	EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE - JEDDAH 07/26/2005 [...] (S) The Acting Consul General convened the core Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on July 26, 2005 to discuss the current security situation in Jeddah. The A/CG, BPM, ARSO, MGT, MSG and CONS were in attendance. 2. (S) The EAC reviewed the warden message sent out on July 26 and current t [...]	2005-07-26 11:03:00	Consulate Jeddah	SECRET	ASEC AMGT PTER
05JEDDAH3366	SAUDI KING PLEASED WITH PROGRESS AGAINST [...] (S) SUMMARY. On September 5, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security Fran Townsend met with King Abdullah at his invitation at the King's home in Jeddah. The meeting, notable for its warm and friendly tone, focused on the Saudi progress in subduing Saudi terrorists and the need to c [...]	2005-09-13 11:44:00	Consulate Jeddah	SECRET	PGOV PTER PREL SA
05JERUSALEM1578	WB/G SITREP: APRIL 18, 2005 (1800 HOURS LOCAL) -- [...] (SBU) Summary: In the West Bank, a 12-year-old Palestinian boy was wounded by IDF gunfire near Ramallah on April 17. Eight Palestinians were arrested from April 15-17 throughout the West Bank. Two firebombs were thrown at passing Israeli vehicles on road 443 and near Ofra settlement on April 1 [...]	2005-04-18 16:37:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS ASEC
05JERUSALEM1617	WB/G SITREP: APRIL 19, 2005 (1600 HOURS LOCAL) -- [...] (SBU) Summary: In the West Bank, IDF troops arrested three Hamas members and two Fatah militants on April 18. IDF troops in Nablus found three kilograms of explosives hidden in a house in Askar refugee camp on April 18. The IDF imposed a curfew on Burqa village, north of Nablus, on April 18 [...]	2005-04-19 14:23:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL ASEC IS
05JERUSALEM1633	WB/G SITREP: APRIL 20, 2005 (1500 HOURS LOCAL) -- [...] (SBU) Summary: In the West Bank, a Palestinian man was hospitalized April 19 after he was shot by an Israeli soldier. Palestinian militants also reportedly fired shots at Bet Romano settlement in the Old City of Hebron April 19. The IDF arrested five Palestinians April 19 in various areas of [...]	2005-04-20 14:07:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS ASEC
05JERUSALEM1655	WB/G SITREP: APRIL 21, 2005 (1600 HOURS LOCAL) -- [...] (SBU) Summary: In the West Bank, a Palestinian shepherd was attacked by a number of settlers from Betar Illit settlement, near Husan village by Bethlehem on April 20. Six Palestinians were arrested in various areas of the West Bank April 20. In the Gaza Strip, one IDF soldier was moderately [...]	2005-04-21 14:36:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS ASEC
05JERUSALEM1668	WB/G SITREP: APRIL 22, 2005 (1600 HOURS LOCAL) -- [...] (SBU) Summary: In the West Bank, 11 Palestinian and foreign peace activists were lightly injured when hit by rubber-coated bullets during clashes with the IDF in the village of Bil,in, west of Ramallah, April 21. The IDF found and defused a six-kilogram explosive device near Jenin on April 21 [...]	2005-04-22 14:32:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS ASEC
05JERUSALEM1792	WB/G SITREP: MAY 2, 2005 (1800 HOURS LOCAL) -- ONE [...] (SBU) Summary. On May 2, one IDF soldier and one PIJ gunman (Shawfiq Abd al-Ghani) were killed in a shootout during an IDF operation in Saida village, by Tulkarm, according to Israeli and Palestinian media. In Gaza, one Palestinian was killed during a gunfight between members of the Eddiri [...]	2005-05-02 16:45:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PBTS PHUM KWBG ASEC CASC IS
05JERUSALEM1813	WB/G SITREP: MAY 3, 2005 (1700 HOURS LOCAL) -- [...] (SBU) Summary. The West Bank was quiet May 2-3. Fatah will hold primary elections to determine PLC candidates on May 27 or June 1, according to PLC speaker Rawhi Fattuh. In Gaza, PA security forces arrested in Gaza City three Hamas members suspected of preparing to fire Qassam rockets. The [...]	2005-05-03 14:57:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PBTS PHUM KWBG ASEC CASC IS
05JERUSALEM1849	WB/G SITREP: MAY 4, 2005 (1700 HOURS LOCAL) -- [...] (SBU) Summary. IDF forces conducted several incursions near Jenin, Nablus and Hebron in the West Bank on May 3, but no deaths or serious injuries resulted. PA President Abbas is expected to leave Ramallah May 7 for an international tour including Chile, Brazil, Japan and India. A PA Interio [...]	2005-05-04 14:55:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PBTS PHUM KWBG ASEC CASC IS
05JERUSALEM1859	WB/G SITREP: MAY 5, 2005 (1500 HOURS LOCAL) -- TWO [...] (SBU) Summary. IDF troops shot and killed two unarmed Palestinian teens near Bayt Liqya village (off Route 443) on May 4, during stone-throwing clashes and protests against the separation barrier. In Gaza, two mortar shells exploded May 4, one east of an IDF post near Khan Yunis and the othe [...]	2005-05-05 12:23:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PBTS PHUM KWBG ASEC CASC IS
05JERUSALEM1891	WB/G SITREP: MAY 6, 2005 (1700 HOURS LOCAL) -- [...] (SBU) Summary. Fatah won at least 60 percent of 906 municipal council seats in May 5 elections held in 84 localities in the West Bank and Gaza, based on preliminary results and exit polling, but Hamas also garnered 35-37 percent. Militants fired four Qassam rockets toward Sderot May 5-6, ac [...]	2005-05-06 14:36:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PBTS PHUM KWBG ASEC CASC IS
05JERUSALEM1987	WB/G SITREP: PALESTINIAN KILLED AT WEST BANK [...] (SBU) Summary: In the West Bank, the IDF on May 16 shot and killed a Palestinian as he approached an Israeli checkpoint on foot near Tulkarm. The IDF on May 15 shot and wounded two Palestinians who had thrown firebombs near 'Abud village, northwest of Ramallah. In the Gaza Strip, four Isra [...]	2005-05-16 17:27:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PBTS PHUM KWBG CASC IS
05JERUSALEM1996	WB/G SITREP: CLASHES IN GAZA CITY BETWEEN PA [...] (SBU) Summary: At least three Palestinians were shot and injured the evening of May 16 in Gaza City during an altercation that broke out between members of the PA civil police and the anti-riot police unit. The ensuing gun battle went on for several hours. In the West Bank, PA police on M [...]	2005-05-17 16:59:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PBTS PHUM KWBG CASC IS
05JERUSALEM2009	WB/G SITREP: IDF MISSILE STRIKE INJURES ONE HAMAS [...] (SBU) Summary: In the Gaza Strip, the IDF fired missiles at two Hamas militants May 18, injuring one critically, as the two were reportedly preparing to fire mortars into the Gush Katif settlement bloc. The IDF action followed a barrage of five mortars into the settlement earlier in the day [...]	2005-05-18 16:21:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PBTS PHUM KWBG CASC IS
05JERUSALEM2051	WB/G SITREP: HAMAS MILITANT SUCCUMBS TO WOUNDS [...] (SBU) Summary: In the Gaza Strip, a Hamas militant on May 18 died from wounds received from an Israeli missile strike earlier that day. The IDF and UNRWA reported that Palestinian militants fired a total of 45 mortar shells and homemade rockets overnight May 18-19 at Israeli targets through [...]	2005-05-19 18:02:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PBTS PHUM KWBG CASC IS
05JERUSALEM2059	WB/G SITREP: ONE PALESTINIAN KILLED IN GAZA STRIP; [...] (SBU) Summary: In the Gaza Strip, IDF soldiers shot and killed one Palestinian militant overnight May 19-20 and wounded another during an early morning attack on the Kfar Darom settlement with anti-tank rockets and mortar fire. No Israelis were reported injured. The IDF and UNRWA reported [...]	2005-05-20 15:36:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PBTS PHUM KWBG CASC IS
05JERUSALEM2225	WB/G SITREP: JUNE 1, 2005 (1800 HOURS LOCAL) -- [...] (SBU) Summary: In the West Bank, an Israeli settler shot and wounded a Palestinian near Itamar settlement, near Nablus, May 31. In al-Fraides village, near Bethlehem, three Palestinians were assaulted by Israeli settlers May 31. Five Fatah and six Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) members were [...]	2005-06-01 15:17:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS ASEC
05JERUSALEM2250	WB/G SITREP: JUNE 2, 2005 (1700 HOURS LOCAL) -- [...] (SBU) Summary: Fourteen Palestinian and foreign peace activists were injured from tear gas inhalation during clashes with IDF troops over construction of the separation barrier near the village of Beit Suriq, northwest of Jerusalem, June 1. Israeli security forces arrested 21 Palestinians in [...]	2005-06-02 15:06:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS ASEC
05JERUSALEM2419	WB/G SITREP: JUNE 10-14, 2005 (1600 HOURS LOCAL) [...] (SBU) Summary. Two Palestinians were shot and injured during clashes between different al-Aqsa cells by Manasra Square in Ramallah on June 12. The IDF shot and injured a a Palestinian youth in Saida village near Tulkarm on June 11, according to Palestinian security sources. UNRWA reported [...]	2005-06-14 16:12:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PBTS PHUM KWBG ASEC CASC IS
05JERUSALEM2436	WB/G SITREP: JUNE 15, 2005 (1600 HOURS LOCAL) -- [...] (SBU) Summary. Four Palestinian family members were shot and killed in Jabaliya in Gaza June 14, when an internal family dispute between two brothers turned violent, according to UNRWA. In the West Bank, the IDF entered Dura, west of Hebron on June 14, and shot and injured two Palestinians i [...]	2005-06-15 15:03:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PBTS PHUM KWBG ASEC CASC IS
05JERUSALEM2461	WB/G SITREP: JUNE 16, 2005 (1300 HOURS LOCAL) -- [...] (SBU) Summary: In the West Bank, the IDF arrested four members of Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) June 15. Israeli settlers uprooted or set on fire 140 Palestinian-owned olive trees near Nablus-area settlements. In the Gaza Strip, IDF forces entered al-Mughragha overnight June 15-16 and arre [...]	2005-06-16 12:07:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS ASEC
05JERUSALEM2508	WB/G SITREP: JUNE 17, 2005 (1500 HOURS LOCAL) -- [...] (SBU) Summary. Palestinian militants fired two Qassam rockets at the Israeli town Sderot on June 16, but caused no injuries or significant damage. A Palestinian Preventive Security (PSO) agent died in Ramallah June 16 from an accidental discharge of his weapon. Two Palestinians were shot a [...]	2005-06-17 12:40:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PBTS PHUM KWBG ASEC CASC IS
05JERUSALEM2570	WB/G SITREP: JUNE 22, 2005 (1700 HOURS LOCAL) -- [...] (SBU) Summary: The IDF arrested alleged 10 PIJ activists June 21, most in Qalqiliya and Nablus. The IDF also arrested a Palestinian woman who attempted to stab an IDF soldier at a checkpoint near Tulkarm on June 21, according to Israeli newspapers. There were no injuries in the incident. In [...]	2005-06-22 14:06:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS ASEC
05JERUSALEM2643	WB/G SITREP: JUNE 27, 2005 (1800 HOURS LOCAL) -- [...] (SBU) Summary: Palestinian gunmen shot and killed two Israelis and injured two others outside Bayt Haggai settlement near Hebron June 24. PIJ and Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades claimed credit. In subsequent IDF incursions into the area, the IDF shot and injured two Palestinians in Dura village, [...]	2005-06-27 14:37:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS ASEC
05JERUSALEM2670	WB/G SITREP: JUNE 28, 2005 (1800 HOURS LOCAL) -- [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Palestinian militants launched a total of six mortar shells and one Qassam rocket from the southern Gaza Strip. Erez Crossing was open June 27, and 4,200 laborers and 405 merchants crossed into Israel. An IDF military court has convicted a former IDF soldier of manslaughter, [...]	2005-06-28 14:48:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS ASEC
05JERUSALEM2673	WB/G SITREP: JUNE 29, 2005 (1800 HOURS LOCAL) -- [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Five disengagement opponents and one Palestinian were lightly wounded in June 28 stone-throwing clashes that broke out in al-Mowassi in Gaza. In the West Bank, IDF raids continued in the area of Allar, Attil, and Saida. Several Palestinian activists suffered minor injuries in c [...]	2005-06-29 14:55:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS ASEC
05JERUSALEM2739	WB/G SITREP: JUNE 30, 2005 (1800 HOURS LOCAL) -- [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UNRWA and Israeli media reported that five Palestinians were injured, one of them seriously, as stone-throwing clashes between Palestinians, Israeli settlers, and Israeli security forces continued for a fourth day in al-Mowassi. A large IDF force entered Nablus after three IDF [...]	2005-06-30 13:50:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS ASEC
05JERUSALEM2786	WB/G SITREP: JULY 01, 2005 (1800 HOURS LOCAL) -- [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Five Palestinians and one IDF soldier were lightly wounded June 30 in Nablus during an IDF incursion in response to reports, ulimately unfounded, that two soldiers had been kidnapped. UNRWA and Israeli media reported that disengagement opponents in the al-Mowassi area of Gaza [...]	2005-07-01 16:05:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS ASEC

05JERUSALEM2911	WB/G SITREP: TWO PALESTINIANS KILLED, SEVENTEEN [...] (SBU) Summary: In the West Bank, an Israeli security guard on July 8 shot and killed a Palestinian teenager near Bayt Liqya, west of Ramallah. The Israeli Police are reportedly conducting an investigation of the incident. A second Palestinian teenager on July 10 died from bullet wounds re [...]	2005-07-11 16:00:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PBTS PHUM KWBG CASC IS
05JERUSALEM2955	WB/G SITREP: SENIOR PA OFFICIAL ASSAULTED IN WEST [...] (SBU) Summary: A senior official from the Palestinian Authority (PA) Ministry of the Interior (MOI) on July 12 sustained injuries from an attack by unknown assailants as he traveled from Jerusalem to Ramallah. The MOI official was later hospitalized, but is expected to recover from his in [...]	2005-07-12 16:18:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PBTS PHUM KWBG CASC IS
05JERUSALEM2970	WB/G SITREP: TWO PALESTINIANS KILLED, FIVE [...] (SBU) Summary: In response to the July 12 suicide bombing in Netanya that killed four Israelis and wounded at least 90 others, and the attempted car bombing by a Palestinian in the West Bank settlement of Shavei Shomron, the IDF on July 13 launched an operation into Tulkarm, killing two Pal [...]	2005-07-13 16:09:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PBTS PHUM KWBG CASC IS
05JERUSALEM3005	WB/G SITREP: OPERATIONS IN TULKARM, GENERAL [...] (SBU) Summary: IDF operations in Tulkarm continued for a second day following the July 12 suicide bombing in Netanya, which killed five Israelis. A general closure remains in effect for the entire West Bank and Gaza Strip. In Nablus, the IDF on the evening of July 13 shot and killed a loc [...]	2005-07-14 14:37:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PBTS PHUM KWBG CASC IS
05JERUSALEM3019	WB/G SITREP: TARGETED KILLINGS, ROCKET ATTACKS [...] (SBU) Summary: In the West Bank, Israeli helicopters on July 15 fired missiles at a vehicle traveling near Salfit, killing at least two Hamas activists. Meanwhile, in the Gaza Strip, Hamas and PA security forces have engaged in street battles July 14-15, resulting in the deaths of at least [...]	2005-07-15 15:49:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PBTS PHUM KWBG CASC IS
05JERUSALEM3095	WB/G SITREP: JULY 21, 2005 (1400 HOURS LOCAL) -- [...] (SBU) Summary: In Gaza, one IDF soldier was lightly wounded by a mortar shell fired at an IDF outpost near Neve Dekalim settlement. Israeli media reported that Israeli police arrested about 250 disengagement opponents who tried to enter Gaza, some of whom reportedly tried to cut through the [...]	2005-07-21 11:12:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS ASEC
05JERUSALEM3181	WB/G SITREP: JULY 26, 2005 (1700 HOURS LOCAL) -- [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: IDF soldiers shot and seriously injured a wanted Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) member in Hebron July 26. The local planning and construction committee in Jerusalem approved July 25 plans to build a new Jewish settlement inside the Muslim Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem [...]	2005-07-26 14:10:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS ASEC
05JERUSALEM3250	WB/G SITREP: JULY 27, 2005 (1700 HOURS LOCAL) -- [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the West Bank, a Palestinian teenager was killed when hit by a car driven by an Israeli settler near Karmi Tzur settlement. According to PA security sources, an unarmed Palestinian teenager was shot and killed by the IDF during an incursion in Jenin July 27. The IDF arrest [...]	2005-07-27 15:33:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS ASEC
05JERUSALEM3317	WB/G SITREP: JULY 28, 2005 (1700 HOURS LOCAL) -- [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the West Bank, according to Palestinian security sources, a 15-year old Palestinian wqas shot and killed by the IDF when IDF troops entered into Jenin July 27. The IDF arrested a senior Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) official during the operation. In Gaza, a five-year-o [...]	2005-07-29 05:58:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS ASEC
05JERUSALEM3325	WB/G SITREP: JULY 29, 2005 (1500 HOURS LOCAL) -- [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the West Bank, IDF forces entered into Shufa village near Tulkarm July 28 and killed a 29-year old Palestinian, whom the IDF said helped organize the recent suicide bombing in Netanya. The IDF arrested a total of four PIJ militants in Ramallah, Jenin, and Hebron July 28. In [...]	2005-07-29 12:31:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS ASEC
05JERUSALEM3557	WB/G SITREP: AUGUST 8, 2005 (1800 HOURS LOCAL) -- [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The IDF shot and injured two Palestinians in Tulkarm August 6 during an incursion into the city, according to Palestinian security sources. Two Israeli settlers, including a 10-year-old boy, were shot and injured by Palestinian gunmen near Ateret settlement, north of Ramallah [...]	2005-08-08 16:18:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS ASEC
05JERUSALEM3580	WB/G SITREP: AUGUST 9, 2005 (1800 HOURS LOCAL) -- [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has suspended its activity in Gaza after militants fired at their offices in Khan Yunis August 8 and in the aftermath of recent kidnappings of foreign aid workers. The IDF shot and killed a Palestinian in Nur Shams Refugee C [...]	2005-08-09 15:26:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS ASEC
05JERUSALEM3626	WB/G SITREP: AUGUST 10, 2005 (1700 HOURS LOCAL) -- [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the West Bank, the IDF entered Tulkarm for an arrest operation on August 9, seizing two alleged Hamas members and leaving three Palestinian youths injured in stone-throwing clashes during the operation. Gunmen shot and lightly injured two Israeli settlers in a car near Hebro [...]	2005-08-10 15:08:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS ASEC
05JERUSALEM3683	WB/G SITREP: AUGUST 11, 2005 (1700 HOURS LOCAL) -- [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the West Bank on August 10, ten Palestinians were injured during clashes with the IDF over construction of the separation barrier west of Ramallah. In Gaza, Israel radio reported August 11 that two Palestinians in Rafah were injured when an improvised hand grenade exploded. [...]	2005-08-11 14:53:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS ASEC
05JERUSALEM3701	WB/G SITREP: AUGUST 12, 2005 (1700 HOURS LOCAL) -- [...] (SBU) Summary: In the West Bank, the IDF entered the Nablus casbah on August 11 and clashed with gunmen from the al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, injuring one Palestinian in the clashes. In the Gaza Strip, Palestinian police on August 11 found an explosive device near the Eley Sinai settlement. The [...]	2005-08-12 15:16:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PBTS PHUM KWBG KPAL IS ASEC
05JERUSALEM5669	HAMAS AND FATAH OFFICIALS REJECT HOUSE RESOLUTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Fatah and Hamas spokesmen reacted strongly to the U.S. House of Representatives resolution against Hamas participation in the January 25 Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) elections. While most of the official Hamas statements focused on U.S. "interference" and "hypocrisy," Ga [...]	2005-12-20 17:28:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG PGOV PINS PTER KPAL IS
05KABUL4976	PRT FARAH: A NEW SHERIFF IN TOWN [...] (SBU) Begin Summary. MOI replaced Farah Provinces Chief of Police Colonel Allah Wadin Noorzai on November 14 with Brigadier General Said Agha. First indications are favorable although he must deal with issues of ingrained corruption, bribery and a poorly-functioning judicial system. On Nov [...]	2005-12-08 10:18:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PTER AF
05KABUL5025	CN ACTIVITIES IN THE JUSTICE SECTOR [...] (U) Summary: Justice reform and law enforcement are key components of Embassy Kabul's Counter Narcotics Implementation Plan (CIP). Over the past two months, the DOJ prosecutors (assigned to the Embassy) have made significant progress in establishing legal institutions and reforming laws to ens [...]	2005-12-13 02:51:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PGOV PTER PREL KCRM AF
05KABUL5050	KARZAI PROMISES RESULTS ON CN, ASKS FOR GREATER [...] (C) Summary: President Karzai convened a meeting of his cabinet on December 11 to press for implementation of the GOA's Counter Narcotics (CN) strategy. In the meeting, Karzai addressed the disparity between UNODC's (21 percent reduction) and the USG's (48 percent reduction) survey results reg [...]	2005-12-14 08:21:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PGOV PREL PTER SNAR AF
05KABUL5092	COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM - AFGHANISTAN [...] (SBU) In 2005, Afghanistan continued its progress toward building a democratic government. The 2004 Presidential elections were followed by national assembly and provincial council elections in September 2005. In spite of Taliban threats to disrupt the democratic process, only minor inciden [...]	2005-12-15 13:02:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER ASEC KCRM EFIN KHLS KPAO AF
05KABUL5110	POPPY ELIMINATION PROGRAM (PEP) STATUS REPORT [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Afghanistan (GOA) sponsored Poppy Elimination Program continues to move forward. The Ministry of Counter Narcotics (MCN) is on-target to hire all PEP personnel by early 2006. All seven PEP teams have Afghan members and four international advisors (IA) have been hi [...]	2005-12-17 03:17:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PREL PGOV PTER KCRM AF
05KABUL5120	CN MEETING WITH GOVERNOR OF BADAKHSHAN IN KABUL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At a December 6, 2005 meeting at the Ministry of Counter Narcotics (MCN),Badakhshan Governor Majeed spoke about rural development assistance and reduction of opium cultivation with MCN Minister Qaderi and representatives of the MCN, UK Embassy, and US Embassy. Several members [...]	2005-12-17 15:12:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PREL PGOV PTER KCRM AF
05KABUL5121	TWO SCHOOLS ATTACKED IN HELMAND [...] (SBU) A TEACHER WAS KILLED ON DECEMBER 16 IN NAD ALI DISTRICT IN HELMAND PROVINCE. ALTHOUGH THE MOTIVE WAS UNCLEAR, TERRORISM IS LIKELY. ON DECEMBER 17, ANOTHER INCIDENT INVOLVING A SCHOOL TOOK PLACE, THIS TIME IN THE PROVINCIAL CAPITAL. TWO MEN ON A MOTORCYCLE DROVE TO THE KARTELEGON SCH [...]	2005-12-18 03:22:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAID PTER AF
05KABUL5176	INAUGURATION OF AFGHAN PARLIAMENT [...] (U) SUMMARY: The inauguration ceremonies for Afghanistans first Parliament in over 30 years began shortly after 10 a.m. on the cold and cloudy morning of 19 December. The city was under strict security, with most roads and even pedestrian traffic strictly controlled. Both the upper and lower [...]	2005-12-20 07:13:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PTER PREL KCRM KDEM AF
05KABUL5180	PRT: BADGHIS: AN ALMOST FORGOTTEN PROVINCE [...] Summary: In one of the poorest countries in the world, Badghis is one of (out of 34) the poorest provinces in Afghanistan. There is no paved road network, no electricity except for a few small generators, and no radio reception outside the capital of Qal I Now. Apart from its presence in Q [...]	2005-12-20 12:27:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PTER KDEM PINR EAID SNAR AF
05KABUL5188	Poetry and Motion - Sikhs and Hindus Return to [...] (SBU) Summary: A November 11 poetry reading hosted by the Paktia Literary Society not only opened Gardez's new Afghan Government-built Marriage Hall but also revealed significant progress in the faith of the people in the GOA. A three hour gathering of some 300 Pashto men in Gardez's unheat [...]	2005-12-21 10:07:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF
05KABUL5198	PRT HERAT: TROUBLING ISSUES AFFECT HERAT'S DIAG [...] (C) Summary: Herat Governor Anwari is angered by reported MOI criticism of DIAG (Disbandment of Illegal Armed Groups) in his province. It is Kabul, he affirmed at the December 14 weekly DIAG Committee meeting, which is underperforming. The GOA, moreover, has failed, so far, to force Herat's [...]	2005-12-21 11:37:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER AF
05KABUL5200	QANOONI ELECTED SPEAKER OF WOLESI JIRGA IN SECOND [...] (U) KABUL MP YOUNUS QANOONI WON THE VOTE FOR SPEAKER OF THE WOLESI JIRGA (LOWER HOUSE) IN A SECOND ROUND OF VOTING LATE IN THE AFTERNOON OF DECEMBER 21. IN THE INITIAL ROUND OF VOTING, QANOONI TOOK 108 VOTES; KABUL MP USTAD ABDRAB ALRASOUL SAYAFF HAD 88 VOTES; PAKTIKA MP PEER SAYED ISHAQ GAIL [...]	2005-12-21 14:53:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM AF
05KABUL5201	JAILED JOURNALIST ALI MOHAQIQ NASAB RELEASED WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Jailed journalist Ali Mohaqiq Nasab was released from jail with a suspended six-month sentence. During the hearing Nasab gave a one-sentence apology stating, "I ask the court to forgive me if I caused any confusion and problem." This statement appeased the court and the orig [...]	2005-12-22 02:21:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PGOV PTER AF
05KABUL5223	Update on CN Activities 11/20-12/20 [...] Summary: The Counter Narcotics Public Information (CNPI) campaign is entering phase two: eradication, which will be folded into ongoing rule of law and health campaigns. Hiring for PEP teams continues with the aim of hiring of Afghan staff by early January and the hiring of the International A [...]	2005-12-24 06:32:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PREL PGOV PTER KCRM AF
05KABUL5234	PRT GHAZNI FIRST PROVINCIAL JUSTICE CONFERENCE [...] SUMMARY: Afghan justice officials, including representatives of the Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Interior, Supreme Court, and Attorney General?s office, attended a conference with provincial justice officials December 14-15 in Ghazni Province. The conference was hosted by the provincial go [...]	2005-12-26 06:20:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PTER PREL KCRM EAID KDEM AF
05KABUL5273	PRT/QALAT: CHALLENGES IN SOUTHEASTERN ZABUL PROVINCE [...] (SBU) Summary: Zabul Governor Arman has a strategic goal of a goo 2. (SBU) PRT PolOff discussed the goal with the Governor, as well as Goal Of Connecting Pakistan and the Ring Road in Zabul 3. (SBU) Governor Armans vision is to have a good road connect Qalat Shinkay District 4. [...]	2005-12-29 06:33:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER ECON EAID ELTN AF
05KABUL5292	CORRECTED COPY PRT/QALAT: CHALLENGES IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Zabul Governor Arman has a strategic goal of a good road connecting the Ring Road in Qalat to the Pakistani border in southeastern Zabul Province. The road improvement is underway (with US funding),but the districts are not secure yet nor under the effective control of the ce [...]	2005-12-31 06:10:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER ECON EAID ELTN AF
05KATHMANDU1256	NEPAL THINKING AGAIN ABOUT BHUTANESE REFUGEES [...] (C) UNHCR Resident Representative Abraham Abraham reported to us a conversation he had with Nepal Foreign Secretary Acharya on June 7 to press the issue of Bhutanese SIPDIS refugees in Nepal. Acharya said the government of Bhutan must start implementing their agreement to take back refugees [...]	2005-06-09 11:18:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PGOV PTER PINS NP
05KATHMANDU1294	GOVERNMENT ARRESTS JOURNALISTS; BAN ON INDIAN [...] (U) The government arrested 98 human rights activists and lawyers, including 71 journalists, from Kathmandu and Kavre Districts on June 13. The government released all 50 arrested in Kavre the same day. Journalists from FM radio stations vowed to continue their protest programs despite the [...]	2005-06-14 12:13:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV PINS PHUM NP
05KATHMANDU1303	INDIAN DCM HINTS MAOIST LEADERS DETAINED IN INDIA [...] (S/NF) Indian DCM V.P. Haran met with CDA at his request on June 13. He requested information about the mid-May trip to Afghanistan by Embassy Kathmandu's DATT and USAID Director along with the Vice Chairman of Nepal's Planning Commission and an RNA officer. CDA explained that the purpose [...]	2005-06-15 11:04:00	Embassy Kathmandu	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER EAID IN NP
05KATHMANDU1345	NEPAL: MAOISTS BACK 7-PARTY APPROACH TO BOYCOTT [...] (C) Maoist leader Prachanda announced the Maoist's support of the seven party alliance agenda, including the parties' June 18 decision to boycott municipal elections and to not recognize government appointments at the local and district level. Prachanda also said that he had ordered a halt to [...]	2005-06-20 11:39:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PINS PGOV MOPS NP
05KATHMANDU1353	KOIRALA DISTRUSTFUL OF MAOISTS AND KING [...] (C) Charge found former Nepalese PM and current leader of the seven party alliance 80-year-old GP Koirala fit and spry when calling on him at his residence on June 21 after his return from a "medical" trip to India. Koirala said that there was an important role for the international community [...]	2005-06-21 12:19:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINS NP IN GON
05KATHMANDU2185	NEPAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION CITES IMPROVEMENTS, [...] (C) In a public session to review the activities of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) since March, NHRC Chairman N.B. Khatri and Acting Secretary Kedar Prasad Poudyal informed members of the diplomatic and donor community, including the Ambassador, that both Maoists and security forc [...]	2005-10-05 11:19:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PTER PINS NP
05KATHMANDU2206	TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICER (TFCO) [...] (SBU) Embassy Kathmandu's Terrorism Finance Coordination Officer (TFCO) is Deputy Chief of Mission Elisabeth I. Millard. Her phone number is 977-1-441-1179; classified e-mail: MillardEI@state.sgov.gov; unclassified e-mail: MillardE@state.gov. Deputy TFCO is Pol/Econ Officer Natasha Basley un [...]	2005-10-07 09:56:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KTFN KVPR EFIN ETTC PREL NP
05KATHMANDU2217	ICJ GENERAL SECRETARY UNDERSCORES CONTINUED [...] (C) In a recent meeting with the Ambassador, Nicholas Howen, International Commission of Jurists (ICJ),stressed the importance of protecting human rights in what could potentially become an increasingly repressive environment in Nepal. The Ambassador and Howen discussed possibilities of prol [...]	2005-10-07 11:53:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PTER PINS NP
05KATHMANDU2218	EU TROIKA SEES STRONG RISK OF POLITICAL COLLAPSE [...] (U) An October 6 statement on Nepal released by a European Union (EU) Troika noted that unless all involved moved quickly to address the country's problems effectively, there was a "strong risk" of political collapse. The Troika called on those in Nepal who wanted peace "to act now." Specific [...]	2005-10-07 11:59:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINS NP
05KATHMANDU2293	PARTIES PAN POLLS, PLAN MAOIST DIALOGUE [...] (C) On October 19, seven party alliance leaders officially announced they would boycott municipal elections set for February 8 and would hold dialogue with Maoist rebels with the immediate objective of prolonging the Maoist's unilateral cease-fire so that a conducive atmosphere for dialogue cou [...]	2005-10-20 10:54:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINS NP
05KATHMANDU2295	MAOIST ATROCITIES CONTINUE DESPITE CEASEFIRE [...] (U) Despite a three-month unilateral ceasefire announced on September 3 by Prachanda, Chairman of the Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (CPN-Maoist),the rebels continued to commit atrocities daily. The Maoists abducted more than 4,500 civilians, including teachers and students, in the month f [...]	2005-10-20 11:21:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINS PTER PHUM PGOV NP
05KATHMANDU2306	NEPAL: COST OF THE MAOIST INSURGENCY [...] The effect of the ongoing Maoist insurgency is palpable in every sector of Nepal's economy. The estimated economic cost of the conflict, since 1996 when it started, is more than USD 2.3 billion. Insurgents have destroyed public and private property worth USD 71 million. The conflict has re [...]	2005-10-21 11:05:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER ECON EAID EFIN NP
05KATHMANDU2307	NEPAL: COST OF THE MAOIST INSURGENCY [...] The effect of the ongoing Maoist insurgency is palpable in every sector of Nepal's economy. The estimated economic cost of the conflict, since 1996 when it started, is more than USD 2.3 billion. Insurgents have destroyed public and private property worth USD 71 million. The conflict has redu [...]	2005-10-21 13:17:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER ECON EAID EFIN NP
05KATHMANDU2326	NEPAL'S TOURISM INDUSTRY BENEFITS FROM CEASE-FIRE [...] (U) According to recent figures released by Nepal's Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation (MOCTCA),tourist arrivals grew by a record 46.5 percent in September compared to the same month in 2004. The increase is largely attributed to the three-month unilateral ceasefire declared by [...]	2005-10-25 10:39:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND PTER PINS NP
05KATHMANDU2340	Nepal Wardens' Message Regarding Political [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-27 11:38:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC PTER ASEC NP
05KATHMANDU2390	EMBASSY ISSUES PRESS RELEASE WARNING AGAINST [...] On November 4, the Embassy issued the following press release in both English and Nepali, as discussed reftels. Text of Press Release: Embassy Warns Against Maoists-Parties "Alliance" The U.S. Embassy notes with alarm recent reports in Nepal media on the emerging potential for an " [...]	2005-11-04 11:01:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PTER OPRC KPAO NP
05KATHMANDU2400	POLITICAL PARTIES: TALKS, NOT ALLIANCE, WITH [...] (U) Responding to the Embassy's November 4 Press Statement "Embassy Warns Against Maoists-Parties 'Alliance'" (ref A),leaders of the Seven-Party Alliance stressed to the media that the ongoing dialogue with the Maoists should not be construed as an attempt to forge an agreement with the insur [...]	2005-11-07 11:15:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER NP
05KATHMANDU2407	MAOISTS MENACE RURAL NEPAL [...] (C) Taking advantage of the Maoist unilateral cease-fire, the Ambassador traveled to Lumbini Zone in western Nepal October 24 and 25 to discuss the current situation with local government officials, human rights activists, political party leaders and journalists. All told the Ambassador of the [...]	2005-11-08 06:58:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MASS PTER MOPS NP
05KATHMANDU2415	UNHCR REGIONAL DIRECTOR ON BHUTANESE REFUGEES, [...] (U) This is an action request please see para. 3. Bhutanese Refugees: Need Solution to Protracted Problem --------------------------------------------- ----------- 2. (C) Janet Lim, UNHCR Director for the Bureau for Asia and the Pacific, briefed the diplomatic community in Nepal on Novemb [...]	2005-11-09 07:38:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PTER PHUM PGOV NP
05KATHMANDU2418	POLITICAL PARTIES GET MESSAGE ABOUT DANGER OF [...] (C) The parties have clearly received our message warning of the dangers of a Maoist-Parties Alliance and have reiterated that they would not seek an alliance with the Maoists unless they lay down their arms (ref A). CPN-UML Acting General Secretary Bamdev Gautam, who had maintained the need [...]	2005-11-09 08:52:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER OPRC KMDR KPAO NP
05KATHMANDU2492	CPN-UML LEADER: DIALOGUE, NOT ALLIANCE, WITH [...] (C) In a November 15 meeting with CPN-UML General Secretary Madhav Kumar Nepal, the Ambassador emphasized that SIPDIS the USG was not against dialogue between the political parties and the Maoists with the goal of bringing the Maoists into the political mainstream. While not clearly admitti [...]	2005-11-16 04:01:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINS NP
05KATHMANDU2493	FEAR AND HOPE IN EASTERN, RURAL NEPAL [...] (C) During a November 9-10 visit to the Morang and Dhankuta Districts in Eastern Nepal, the Ambassador met with the National Human Rights Commission's (NHRC) new Biratnagar team, journalists, NGO representatives, government officials, members of the business community, and discovered considera [...]	2005-11-16 06:50:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID MCAP PTER NP
05KATHMANDU2517	UML CADRES REJECT AGREEMENT WITH MAOISTS [...] (C) According to UML contacts, more than 400 cadres spent two days discussing the agreement initialed by the party's leadership with the Maoists to overthrow Nepal's monarchy. The group overwhelmingly rejected the pact, recommending instead that the alliance of Nepal's major seven political pa [...]	2005-11-18 09:42:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM NP
05KATHMANDU2519	UML PLANS NOVEMBER 19 DEMONSTRATION IN WEST [...] (C) The November 18 newspapers front-paged that zonal and regional administrators were attempting to mobilize local government officials to prevent CPN-UML's demonstration planned for November 19 in Butwal. CPN-UML General Secretary MK Nepal had told the Ambassador November 15 that the Butwal [...]	2005-11-18 10:55:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINS PHUM NP
05KATHMANDU2528	AMNESTY SENDS OPEN LETTER TO MAOISTS [...] (U) On the occasion of the 16th International Children's Day (November 20),Amnesty International sent an open letter to the Chairman of the Maoists urging them to immediately halt their attacks on children, schools and teachers. The letter noted that the continuing violence by the Maoists re [...]	2005-11-21 11:18:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PTER NP
05KATHMANDU2529	UML HAS SUCCESSFUL DEMONSTRATION IN WEST [...] (C) On November 19, CPN-UML held a peaceful mass meeting to protest against the King and in favor of democracy in Butwal, Rupandehi District. Despite reported government efforts to prevent supporters from reaching Butwal, thousands attended. Estimates of the crowd vary: Birendra Chhetri, Cha [...]	2005-11-21 11:31:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM NP
05KATHMANDU2547	KING SHOULD SEIZE INITIATIVE AND CALL CEASE-FIRE [...] (C) In separate meetings on November 21, the Ambassador suggested to Vice-Chairmen Kirti Nidhi Bista and Tulsi Giri that His Majesty's Government of Nepal (HMGN) call for a cease-fire with international monitoring. If the Maoists accepted, Nepal would be closer to peace. If the Maoists refus [...]	2005-11-22 10:46:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM ECON EINV NP
05KATHMANDU2548	AMBASSADOR REVIEWS POSSIBLE PARTY-MAOIST [...] (C) In a November 21 discussion on developments in Nepal, the Ambassador and Indian Ambassador Shiv Mukherjee discussed a reported agreement between the political parties and the Maoists. The Ambassador related that British Ambassador Keith Bloomfield had approached him at a social function on [...]	2005-11-22 11:28:00	Embassy Kathmandu	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER PGOV MASS MCAP NP
05KATHMANDU2549	COAS THAPA WELCOMES PROPOSAL THAT KING CALL FOR [...] (C) In a November 22 meeting, COAS Thapa thought the Ambassador's suggestion that the King call for an internationally-monitored cease-fire was a good proposal. Thapa denied there was any cooling of our military-military relationship and welcomed a visit by PACOM Commander Admiral Fallon. The [...]	2005-11-22 11:45:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MCAP MASS NP
05KATHMANDU2556	PARTIES AND MAOISTS ANNOUNCE 12 POINT [...] (U) This contains an action request. Please see paragraph 14. Summary ------- 2. (C) On November 22, the seven-party alliance and the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) separately issued a twelve point "understanding" in which both groups agreed to the goal of a constituent assembly el [...]	2005-11-23 12:01:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER NP
05KATHMANDU2565	FM PANDEY: BITTER TOWARD INDIA, NEED TO [...] (C) Hosting the Ambassador over one-on-one drinks at his home just hours after returning to Nepal from his international travel, FM Pandey was particularly bitter toward the Government of India (GOI),accusing them of brokering the recent Maoist-Parties understanding (ref A). Pandey indicated [...]	2005-11-25 08:57:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM PGOV AMGT NP
05KATHMANDU2568	FM PANDEY: NO PROGRESS ON BHUTANESE REFUGEES [...] (C) In a November 23 discussion with the Ambassador, Foreign Minister Ramesh Nath Pandey relayed the gist of his unfruitful discussion with the Bhutanese Foreign Minister held on the margins of the SAARC meeting in Dhaka. Pandey lamented that, after having agreed in writing in September to ta [...]	2005-11-25 09:15:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PTER CVIS NP
05KATHMANDU2595	MAOIST LEADER NEGATIVE ON EXTENDING CEASE-FIRE [...] (SBU) In a November 24 interview published on the official Maoist website and a November 27 interview with BBC's Nepali Service, Maoist leader Prachanda explained the benefits of the Parties-Maoist understanding (reftel). Prachanda called the understanding an agreement that was the "preliminar [...]	2005-11-28 08:47:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINS MOPS NP
05KATHMANDU2596	CHINA MILITARY ASSISTANCE ARRIVES [...] (C) On November 25, Kantipur News, a private media organization, broke the news that Nepal had received 18 truckloads of military equipment from China. An initial RNA statement posted on-line said that the trucks contained lethal and non-lethal assistance. However, within hours that statemen [...]	2005-11-28 08:52:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MCAP PTER NP
05KATHMANDU2635	UML LEADER CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT [...] (C) CPN-UML leader Madhav Kumar Nepal told the Charge November 28 that the political parties would shun violence, even if the Maoists broke the cease-fire, due to expire December 3. He speculated that the insurgents might pose conditions for extending the cease-fire. He emphasized his conti [...]	2005-11-29 10:38:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER NP
05KATHMANDU2638	MAOIST ATROCITIES CONTINUE DESPITE CEASEFIRE [...] Despite a three-month unilateral ceasefire announced on September 3 by Prachanda, Chairman of the Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (CPN-Maoist),the rebels continued to commit atrocities daily. They attacked infrastructure and used extortion and looting to fund their insurgency. However, data [...]	2005-11-29 11:05:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PTER PHUM PGOV NP
05KATHMANDU2652	GOVERNMENT INTERESTED IN US COUNTERTERRORISM [...] (C) In separate meetings on November 18, Nepali officials shared with visiting S/CT South Asia Officer William Slaven the actions that His Majesty's Government of Nepal (HMGN) was taking against terrorism and how those activities complemented U.S. counterterrorism strategy. Nepal is focused o [...]	2005-11-30 09:24:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL NP
05KATHMANDU2653	NC-D PARTY SUSPICIOUS, BUT VIEWS UNDERSTANDING [...] (C) In a November 29 meeting with the Charge, Nepali Congress-Democratic (NC-D) Acting President Gopal Man Shrestha hailed the Maoist-Parties understanding a "breakthrough for peace and democracy," but noted that many details needed to be worked out. He worried that the Maoists might be usin [...]	2005-11-30 10:01:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER NP
05KATHMANDU2655	FINCEN 314(A) NOTICE ON SYRIA AND THE MEHLIS [...] (S) Post shared with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Acting Secretary Nabin Bahadur Shrestha reftel's talking points and SIPDIS urged His Majesty's Government of Nepal to issue an advisory to Nepal's financial institutions regarding the concerned Syrian and Lebanese officials. Shrestha commente [...]	2005-11-30 10:25:00	Embassy Kathmandu	SECRET	KTFN PTER LE SY NP
05KATHMANDU2657	FORMER PM THAPA WORRIED ANARCHY POSSIBLE [...] (C) Five-time former Prime Minister and leader of the Rastriya Janashakti Party (RJP) Surya Bahadur Thapa told the Charge November 30 that he was not happy that the political parties were "compelled to join the Maoists in an unnatural alliance." He explained that while the "natural alliance" [...]	2005-11-30 10:30:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER NP
05KATHMANDU2685	MAOISTS EXTEND UNILATERAL CEASE-FIRE ONE MONTH [...] This is an action request. Please see para. 5. Maoists Announce One-Month Extension of Cease-Fire --------------------------------------------- ------ 2. (U) On the morning of December 2, the last day of the Maoists' original three-month cease-fire (ref A),Maoist party chairman Prachand [...]	2005-12-02 08:43:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER NP
05KATHMANDU2686	NEPAL: 2005 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] (U) Nepal In April, 2003, Nepal signed an agreement with the U.S. Government establishing an antiterrorism assistance program. The Government of Nepal continued its strong support of the global coalition against terrorism in 2005, and was responsive to both US and multilateral efforts to polic [...]	2005-12-02 09:08:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC KCRM EFIN NP
05KATHMANDU2699	ANTI-TERRORISM ORDINANCE CHANGED [...] (U) The government changed legal procedures relating to anti-terrorism legislation when it most recently renewed the Terrorist and Disruptive Ordinance (TADO) 2005 for six months. The Courts will now hear all anti-terrorist cases in-camera. Under existing law, cases relating to "vulnerable g [...]	2005-12-05 10:33:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PHUM PGOV KCRM NP
05KATHMANDU2742	TERRORISM FINANCE: ASG INDIVIDUALS [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-08 10:14:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN EFIN PTER PREL ETTC NP
05KATHMANDU2781	ICE OFFICIAL SEEKS FUNDING FOR NEPAL CUSTOMS [...] (SBU) In recent meetings with James Dozier of the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Immigration and Customs Enforcement Division (ICE) from Embassy New Delhi, Nepali officials identified training and equipment needed to improve immigration, customs, and drug trafficking enforcement. Pol [...]	2005-12-12 10:27:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON KCOR KFRD CVIS SNAR PTER NP
05KATHMANDU2783	DOMINANT MAOIST PRESENCE IN FAR WEST DISTRICT OF [...] (C) During a December 5-9 World Food Program (WFP)-organized trip including the Norwegian Ambassador, the mission head for Britain's Dept. for International Development (DFID),a representative of the Technical Cooperation of the Federal Republic of Germany (GTZ),and the Embassy's P/E Chief t [...]	2005-12-12 11:05:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER EAID MOPS NP
05KATHMANDU2784	TERRORIST FINANCE: LIST 74 [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-13 00:59:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER KTFN EFIN ETTC CVIS KVPR
05KATHMANDU2793	INDIAN FS SARAN: KING NEEDS TO RECONCILE WITH [...] (C) On December 12, Indian Foreign Secretary Saran told the Ambassador that he was visiting Nepal to follow-up on the Dhaka meeting between PM Singh and King Gyanendra and to keep open lines of communication with the government in Nepal. Saran's message to the King in his December 13 audience w [...]	2005-12-13 11:00:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV NP
05KATHMANDU2811	FM PANDEY SEEKS SPECIAL, LONG-TERM RELATIONSHIP [...] (C) On December 14, Foreign Minister Ramesh Nath Pandey emphasized to the Ambassador that HMGN sought a long-term special Nepal-U.S. relationship; Pandey urged the U.S. to change course and use engagement, rather than pressure, with the King. The Ambassador responded that he was authorized to [...]	2005-12-15 10:52:00	Embassy Kathmandu	SECRET	PREL PTER PGOV PREF PHUM NP
05KATHMANDU2813	MAJOR PARTY HEADS SKEPTICAL ABOUT FUTURE MAOIST [...] (C) On December 14, in separate meetings with Nepali Congress (NC) President G.P. Koirala and CPN-UML General Secretary Madhav Kumar Nepal, the Ambassador cautioned that SIPDIS if the Maoists returned to violence, Washington would look askance at the political parties remaining linked to the [...]	2005-12-15 11:28:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM NP
05KATHMANDU2828	2005-2006 INCSR REPORT, FINANCIAL CRIMES AND MONEY [...] (SBU) This is Post's 2005-2006 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report Part II, Financial Crimes and Money Laundering, per reftel. Begin Text. Nepal Nepal is not a regional financial center and there are no indications that Nepal is used as an international money laundering cen [...]	2005-12-16 10:51:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KCRM KTFN PTER SNAR NP
05KATHMANDU2905	PALACE REMAINS ON COURSE WITH FEBRUARY 1 GOALS [...] (C) In a December 20 press conference, Vice-Chairman Dr. Tulsi Giri gave what was widely regarded as a response to the messages carried by Indian FS Saran (ref A) and the Ambassador in his December 16 meeting with the King. Giri said the government was moving forward on the King's February 1 [...]	2005-12-23 06:05:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL NP
05KATHMANDU2907	MAOISTS ANNOUNCE ACTION AGAINST ELECTION [...] (C) On December 22, the Maoists reacted to Vice-Chairman Giri's December 20 statement (septel) in a public relations campaign aimed at both internal and external audiences. Maoists announced a February 5-11 strike to boycott elections, including "physical action" against those involved in the [...]	2005-12-23 06:39:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV NP
05KATHMANDU2956	PARTIES PLAN POLL BOYCOTT [...] (C) The UN Office of the High Commission for Human Rights (OHCHR) said on December 28 that the Maoist leadership had given assurances that they had not instructed cadre to abduct or kill as part of their anti-election plan (ref A). The Maoists gave no indication whether they would extend the [...]	2005-12-30 08:42:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PHUM PREL NP
05KATHMANDU2969	UML SUSPICIOUS OF MAOIST INTENTIONS [...] (C) UML Leader MK Nepal told the Charge on December 30 that he was suspicious of Maoist intentions. He said the Maoists were not acting against the Palace, but rather targeting common people, so he suspected the Maoists were playing both the Parties and the Palace. He said he did not know wh [...]	2005-12-30 10:26:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL NP
05KINGSTON1013	DHS BANS LIGHTERS ON FLIGHTS TO, FROM AND WITHIN [...] (U) Econoff delivered talking points to Lt. Col Oscar Derby, Deputy Director of the Jamaica Civil Aviation Authority, on March 14. Derby had no comment. TIGHE [...]	2005-04-12 16:07:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR PTER JM
05KINGSTON1109	TERRORIST FINANCE: BILAL AL-HIYARI SUBMISSION TO [...] Embassy Kingston delivered a dipnote containing the talking points and background paper provided in reftel to Angella Brown, Deputy Director for International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, on April 13, 2005. Brown did not have any immediate comment. TI [...]	2005-04-26 19:24:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KTFN PTER KSEP CVIS KVPR EFIN JM
05KINGSTON1111	TERRORIST FINANCE: LET SUBMISSION TO 1267 [...] Embassy Kingston delivered a dipnote containing the talking points and background paper provided in reftel to Angella Brown, Deputy Director for International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, on April 13, 2005. Brown did not have any immediate comment. TI [...]	2005-04-26 19:24:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KTFN PTER KSEP CVIS KVPR EFIN JM
05KINGSTON1112	TERRORIST FINANCE: BUISIR SUBMISSION TO 1267 [...] Embassy Kingston delivered a dipnote containing the talking points and background paper provided in reftel to Angella Brown, Deputy Director for International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, on April 13. Brown did not have any immediate comment. TIGHE [...]	2005-04-26 19:24:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KTFN PTER KSEP CVIS KVPR JM
05KINGSTON1486	CURRENT STATUS OF ALLEGED TERRORIST LUIS POSADA [...] (SBU) On June 8, Pol/Econ Chief met with Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT) Caribbean and Americas Director Joy Wheeler to convey reftel talking points, a copy of which he provided her. He emphasized the USG's commitment to handle the Posada case consistent with U.S. law an [...]	2005-06-10 19:27:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER EAIR KJUS CU VE JM
05KINGSTON1675	LONDON EXPLOSIONS [...] (SBU) Embassy Kingston has suspended normal operations for all of Thursday July 7 due to the proximity of Hurricane Dennis to the Jamaica mainland. Post will resume normal ops on July 8 and will convene EAC as directed. In the interim, post does not consider a terrorist attack in Jamaica likely [...]	2005-07-07 17:58:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT ASEC CASC PTER
05KINGSTON1803	COMPREHENSIVE CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-22 20:16:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER JM UNGA
05KINGSTON2170	INTERPOL'S REQUEST FOR BIOTERRORISM-RELATED [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-16 19:05:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM TBIO PTER JM
05KINGSTON2207	SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE -- FALL [...] Per reftel A, Post's core EAC met and determined that there are currently no identifiable changes from the last rating cycle (reftel B). ROBINSON [...]	2005-09-21 18:04:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PTER
05KINGSTON2509	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IRANIAN PRESIDENT'S [...] (U) On November 4, Polcouns contacted MFA Bilateral Affairs Department Director Courtenay Rattray to convey reftel points, and to ask whether the GOJ had publicly rejected Iranian President Ahamdi-Nejad's disturbing comments. 2. (U) Rattray replied that the GOJ shared the sentiment behind [...]	2005-11-04 20:40:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER PHUM IR JM
05KINGSTON2617	SEEKING SUPPORT FOR THE OAS MISSION IN COLOMBIA [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-30 19:26:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PTER CO JM OAS
05KINGSTON2711	FINCEN 314(A) NOTICE ON SYRIA AND THE MEHLIS REPORT [...] On December 12, Emboff delivered reftel talking points to Angella Brown, Deputy Director, International Organizations Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT). By phone on December 13, Brown told Emboff that the MFAFT will distribute the names to the Counter-Terrorism [...]	2005-12-16 12:27:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN PTER LE SY JM

05KINGSTON2730	JAMAICA: 2005 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] As requested reftel, Embassy Kingston's 2005 annual terrorism report for Jamaica follows in paragraph 2. Post point of contact is Natasha M. Henderson (HendersonNM@state.gov). ------------------ General Assessment ------------------ 2. There are strong public and private statements of [...]	2005-12-19 19:41:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC KCRM SNAR JM
05KINGSTON275	GOJ COMMITTED TO RATIFYING COUNTERTERRORISM [...] No summary [...]	2005-02-01 20:57:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC PREL JM
05KINGSTON382	JAMAICA'S RESPONSE TO CICTE DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2005-02-11 19:17:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PREL AORC JM OAS
05KINGSTON622	GOJ FINANCIAL CRIMES DIVISION PROVIDES HEADS-UP ON [...] (C) Summary: Finance Ministry Financial Investigations Division (FID) Chief Technical Director Mike Surridge told Pol/Econ Chief March 4 that FID is investigating a naturalized Jamaican of Pakistani origin for suspected narcotics-related money laundering. The suspect, Mohammed Tufail Ahmed, [...]	2005-03-04 22:22:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PTER ETTC SNAR JM
05KINGSTON624	GOJ FINANCIAL CRIMES DIVISION PROVIDES HEADS-UP ON [...] (C) Summary: Finance Ministry Financial Investigations Division (FID) Chief Technical Director Mike Surridge told Pol/Econ Chief March 4 that FID is investigating a naturalized Jamaican of Pakistani origin for suspected narcotics-related money laundering. The suspect, Mohammed Tufail Ahmed, [...]	2005-03-04 22:33:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PTER ETTC SNAR JM
05KINGSTON755	TERRORISM PREVENTION ACT PASSES IN THE LOWER HOUSE [...] After a five-hour, heated debate on the Terrorism Prevention Act in Parliament on March 15, the GOJ secured the support of the Opposition and the act was passed in the lower house that evening. The debate commenced with Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade K.D. Knight spending over a [...]	2005-03-16 19:57:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC PREL KCRM JM
05KINSHASA1033	CONGO/B: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHES AND TIP [...] The following demarches were delivered on June 16, 2005, by the Ambassador and Econ/Cons Officer to Ambassador Gregoire Kaya, Interim Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). 2. Release of the 2005 TIP Report (REF A) - Ambassador conveyed to Kaya that the 2005 TIP Report [...]	2005-06-23 10:05:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OPRC KCRM KWMN PHUM KTFN EFIN ETTC PTER CVIS KVPR KPAO EAGR ETRD TBIO PARM MNUC KNNP KUNR PGOV AORC CF UNESCO KSCI UNSC
05KINSHASA1039	DRC ATTEMPTS TO KEEP PORTS AFLOAT [...] (U) Summary: The GDRC is increasing its efforts to bring its maritime ports into compliance with international security standards in response to U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) sanctions that became effective May 23. The USCG now requires inspection of all ships that enter U.S. ports within five port [...]	2005-06-24 11:07:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT ECON PREL PTER PINS CG
05KINSHASA151	CONGO/B: 2004-2005 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS [...] In response to Reftel, Embassy Brazzaville provides the following narrative report as per instructions in Paragraph 17. BEGIN TEXT: The Republic of Congo (also called Congo-Brazzaville) is not considered a major drug producer, exporter or transit country. As far as we are able to determi [...]	2005-01-28 08:20:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KSEP PTER SNAR KTFN EFIN CF
05KINSHASA1647	CONGO/B: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHES [...] The following demarches were delivered on September 16, 2005 to Mr. Felix Ngoma, the Americas Desk Officer for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Note: REF G had also been earlier delivered, on September 9, 2005, by Charge' d'Affaires Rutherford to the Minister of Finance (see paragraph 6). [...]	2005-10-04 07:14:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ETTC KTFN EFIN PGOV PTER KSEP CVIS KVPR KISL KPAO OIIP TBIO EAGR ECON ECIN EAIR EAID KSCA SOCI UK SA CF UNGA WTO AID
05KINSHASA2049	Congo/Brazzaville: 2005 Country Report [...] (SBU) The Republic of Congo (Congo-Brazzaville) has taken impressive strides in 2005 to strengthen cooperation with both domestic and international partners in the fight against terrorism. Mindful of the Republic of Congo's emerging reputation as an oil-sector heavyweight [...]	2005-12-15 19:00:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC KCRM EFIN KHLS CF KAPO
05KINSHASA232	DRC REPORTING TO UN 1267 COMMITTEE AND CTC [...] Summary: Emboffs met with Congolese Central Bank (BCC) Governor Jean-Claude Masangu and Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Chief of Staff Fabian Zulu to discuss DRC reporting to the UN 1267 Committee and the CTC. The two officials outlined the counter-terrorism structure of the GDRC and assured [...]	2005-02-09 15:50:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KTFN ETTC PTER PREL CG EUN
05KINSHASA335	TERRORISM FINANCE: FADHLI DESIGNATION DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2005-02-28 14:48:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KTFN EFIN PTER CVIS KVPR CG
05KINSHASA581	REQUEST FOR POST INPUT ON GWOT ASSESSMENT [...] (C) Although there is no evidence of current terrorist activity in the DRC, factors that could increase future risks include widespread corruption, lack of effective government authority around the country, weak state institutions, and abundant mineral resources including uranium. The areas ou [...]	2005-04-07 14:13:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER CG
05KINSHASA724	CONGOLESE CENTRAL BANK OPERATIONS [...] (C) Summary: The Congolese Central Bank (BCC) is currently undergoing strong scrutiny by the IMF. It has modernized its methods of open market operations, but still has little impact in most of the country due to the general weakness of the banking sector. The lack of effective branch offices - [...]	2005-04-29 09:25:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KTFN ECON PTER PGOV CG
05KIRKUK287	(C) SAMARRA: IECI REPORTS INTIMIDATION BY IA [...] (U) This is a SET Tikrit cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY. On 10 and 11 October, IECI employees in the Samarra area were victims of flagrant intimidation by Iraqi Army. END SUMMARY. 3. (C) On 12 December, the Salah Ad Din IECI director, Mr. Salah Salih made a complaint to SET officer about intim [...]	2005-12-14 08:21:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PTER IZ
05KIRKUK302	(S) FUEL TRUCK DRIVERS MAY CRIPPLE OIL FLOW IN CENTRAL IRAQ [...] (U) This is a SET Tikrit cable. 2. (S) SUMMARY. A truckers' strike at the Bayji Refinery may cripple the oil flow throughout central Iraq. This strike, which appears to be unnoticed in other parts of Iraq, is in response to the recent fuel price increase. END SUMMARY. 3. (S) As a res [...]	2005-12-23 17:04:00	REO Kirkuk	SECRET	EPET ECON PGOV PTER IZ
05KUWAIT1069	KUWAITI ADHERENCE TO THE 12 INTERNATIONAL [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. During a March 14 meeting with President of the National Security Bureau (NSB),Shaykh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Sabah, the Ambassador applauded Kuwait's decision to sign the International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terroris [...]	2005-03-15 12:05:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PREL AORC KU UN
05KUWAIT107	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: URGING KUWAIT TO SIGN FINAL [...] No summary [...]	2005-01-08 11:36:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PREL PGOV AORC KU
05KUWAIT1071	SECURITY BUREAU REPORTS COUNTERTERRORISM [...] (C) Summary: In a March 14 meeting with National Security Bureau President Shaykh Sabah Al-Khaled, the Ambassador expressed appreciation for Kuwait's aggressive response to recent terror activities and stressed the need for Kuwait to sustain momentum in rounding up militants, amending laws [...]	2005-03-15 12:29:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER EFIN ETTC PREL PGOV KU
05KUWAIT1075	UPDATE ON FORMER GTMO DETAINEE NASSER AL-MUTAIRI [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-15 13:11:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KAWC PHUM PINR PREL PGOV KU
05KUWAIT1076	EXTREME ISLAMIST JABER AL-JALAHMA SHARES WORLDVIEW [...] (U) SUMMARY: Extreme Sunni Islamist Jaber Al-Jalahma, a frequent subject of questioning by state security officials for his links to militants and for preaching violent jihad, granted an unusual and exclusive interview to the Daily Star, which ran in the March 12 edition of the Kuwaiti English [...]	2005-03-15 13:31:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PTER PGOV KISL KMDR PINR KU ISLAMISTS
05KUWAIT1078	INTERAGENCY BRIEFING TEAM ON GUANTANAMO ISSUES [...] (C) Embassy Kuwait would welcome the visit of a senior-level interagency team provided that team is empowered to answer direct questions on the 11 Kuwaitis currently detained at Guantanamo. The Kuwaitis have an active legal team in Washington and are familiar with U.S. policies. They would [...]	2005-03-15 13:44:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KAWC PINR PREL PGOV PHUM KU
05KUWAIT115	NEWSPAPER PUBLISHES GOK ANTI-TERROR STRATEGY PAPER [...] (U) Kuwait news daily Al-Qabas obtained and published a Social Affairs Ministry working paper outlining Kuwait's efforts to combat terrorism. The paper, according to the article, is expected to be presented by GOK officials at the upcoming conference in Riyadh on International Counterterroris [...]	2005-01-09 11:45:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PREL PGOV KISL KU
05KUWAIT1159	KUWAIT COUNTERTERRORISM WORKING GROUP: GOK TO USE [...] (S/NF) Summary: The Ambassador chaired on March 14 the monthly meeting of post's Counterterrorism Working Group (CWG). Participants reviewed pending anti-terror legislation, developments in stemming terror financing, and identified criteria by which to assess GOK counterterrorism measures. [...]	2005-03-21 14:13:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL PGOV EFIN ASEC MARR CVIS KU TERRORISM
05KUWAIT1308	ISLAMIC EXTREMIST HAMAD AL-ALI: GOK CONFUSION ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Extremist Salafi preacher Hamad Al-Ali continues to preach violent jihad in Kuwait despite GOK attempts to promote tolerance in the society. Al-Ali was recently detained by Kuwait State Security (KSS) for alleged links to two of the January shoot-outs between law enforcement of [...]	2005-03-30 14:15:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PGOV KISL KMDR PINR KU ISLAMISTS
05KUWAIT1309	CHARGES AGAINST MILITARY OFFICER TERROR SUSPECTS [...] (U) Reportedly citing the absence of a crime, Kuwaiti Public Prosecutors on March 29 dropped charges against two former active-duty Kuwait Army soldiers who were detained on January 3 for allegedly plotting attacks against U.S. military assets in Kuwait. The pair, released on bail in mid-Febr [...]	2005-03-30 14:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL MOPS KU TERRORISM
05KUWAIT1400	GWOT ASSESSMENT: KUWAIT [...] (S/NF) Summary: Counterterrorism remains at the top of our bilateral agenda and post has experienced increased cooperation from the Government of Kuwait (GOK) in the Global War on Terror (GWOT) since January when a series of security incidents revealed to the GOK a home-grown threat. There [...]	2005-04-06 13:14:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL PGOV KU TERRORISM
05KUWAIT1482	FOLLOW UP ON LIGHTER BAN DEMARCHE [...] (U) Reftel A points were delivered to the Ministry of Foreign Affai rs by diplomatic note on March 13, 2005. During a follow up conversation on April 12, 2005, Econoff spoke with Fawaz al-Farah, Deputy Director General of Civil Aviation for Aviation Security and Air Transport Affairs, to con [...]	2005-04-12 10:07:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR PTER KU
05KUWAIT1501	GTMO DETAINEE NASSER AL-MUTAIRI RELEASED ON BAIL [...] (C) Summary: Former Guantanamo detainee Nasser Al-Mutairi (US9-KU-000205DP),who was transferred to Kuwaiti custody on January 15, was released April 13 on bail of KD 200 (USD 680) by the Criminal Court, pending the June 1 resumption of the case against him. The court's decision contradict [...]	2005-04-14 09:07:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PHUM PGOV KU
05KUWAIT1517	AMBASSADOR ENCOURAGES GOK TO ENFORCE UNDERAGE [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador urged the Minister of Social Affairs and Labor Faisal Hajji Boukhadour to enforce a ban on the employment of underage camel jockeys and extend labor law coverage to domestic help. The Minister explained that the GOK was taking steps to ameliorate these problems but a [...]	2005-04-16 13:39:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV PTER ELAB KU
05KUWAIT1557	GOK RESPONSE ON RELEASE OF IRAQ ASSETS TO DFI AND [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-18 11:00:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	ECON EFIN PTER KU IQ TERRORISM
05KUWAIT1730	CHARITIES IN KUWAIT: TREASURY DAS DISCUSSES [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 16, 2005, Treasury DAS Glaser met with a Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor official to discuss how charitable contributions in Kuwait can be made, collected and transferred, and the methods the GOK uses to track and prevent the abuse of charitable contributions for te [...]	2005-04-27 14:57:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PTER KTFN KU
05KUWAIT1731	CUSTOMS GIVES MIXED MESSAGE ON ANTI-TERRORIST [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an April 17, 2005 meeting with the Kuwait Customs Director General Ibraheem Al-Ghanim, visiting Treasury DAS Daniel Glaser learned of the new steps that Kuwait Customs is taking to combat terrorist financing. Although several new resources are being added to the Customs rep [...]	2005-04-27 15:03:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PTER KTFN ELTN KU
05KUWAIT1733	DAS GLASER DISCUSSES TERROR FINANCE LEGISLATION [...] (U) SUMMARY: Ambassador and Treasury DAS Daniel Glaser met with the Governor of the Central Bank of Kuwait on April 17, 2005. During the visit, DAS Glaser discussed the designation of Muhsin Al-Fadhli and inquired about any accounts that the Central Bank had frozen in response to that design [...]	2005-04-27 15:16:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	EFIN PTER KTFN KU
05KUWAIT1734	TREASURY DAS GETS THE COMMERCIAL VIEW ON TERRORIST [...] (SBU) On April 16, 2005 Treasury DAS Daniel Glaser attended a dinner hosted at the DCM's residence. Several key members of Kuwait's commercial banking sector attended and over the course of the evening terrorist financing and the Central Bank's regulations to monitor banking transactions wer [...]	2005-04-27 15:17:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN PTER KTFN KU
05KUWAIT185	KUWAITIS NOT SURPRISED BY JANUARY 10 SHOOTOUT; [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Most Kuwait dailies described the January 10 incident (reftel),in which two state security officers and one militant were killed in a shootout, as an aggression which "shocked the Kuwaiti street." While the act was roundly denounced throughout the society, interpreta [...]	2005-01-11 14:07:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL KISL KPAO KU
05KUWAIT1860	DFI UPDATE FROM MFA LEGAL DEPARTMENT [...] (C) On May 4, 2005, Econ/C met with Mr. Ghanim Al-Ghanim, Director of the MFA Legal Department, to discuss the status of the $78 million in frozen Iraqi assets (Reftel) that remain at Kuwait's mission to the U.N. Al-Ghanim confirmed that this money has not been transferred to the UNSCR 1483 D [...]	2005-05-04 13:25:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PTER KU IQ
05KUWAIT1884	IRANIAN GAS AND PROJECT KUWAIT: THE VIEW FROM KPC [...] (C) Summary: During a May 2 meeting, Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) General Counsel, Shaykh Nawaf Saud Nasser Al-Sabah (strictly protect) gave Poloff a readout on the status of Kuwait's efforts to import natural gas, including details on the highly publicized March 15 MOU with Iran. Nawaf [...]	2005-05-08 10:18:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PREL PTER KU IZ IR OIL SECTOR
05KUWAIT1908	KUWAITI COURT SENTENCES VIOLENT JIHADISTS TO JAIL [...] (U) Twenty Islamic extremists, including 18 Kuwaitis, were sentenced by the Criminal Court on May 8 in two separate cases for entering Iraq to fight U.S.-led forces, or providing training to others to fight there. Four others, three Kuwaitis and one bidoon (stateless Arab),were fined for low [...]	2005-05-09 12:28:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL PTER KJUS KU ISLAMISTS TERRORISM
05KUWAIT215	KUWAIT MFA ON DETAINEES: IF WE CAN'T HAVE THEM [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 4. 2. (S/NF) Pol Chief delivered January 8 background on the 12 Kuwaitis detained at Guantanamo (ref a) to Ambassador Khalid Al-Maqamis, MFA Director of Coordination and Follow Up. Al-Maqamis welcomed the information and confirmed that preparati [...]	2005-01-12 13:48:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL KAWC PGOV KU IZ
05KUWAIT2174	LAWYER FOR ACCUSED TERRORIST MAKES HIS CASE [...] (C) Summary: PolOffs met with prominent defense attorney Osama Al-Munawer on May 15, 2005, at the law offices of his father, Ahmed H. Al-Munawer, to discuss the status of pending criminal cases against many of his clients. Al-Munawer is the defense attorney for most of the Kuwaiti nationals [...]	2005-05-22 14:43:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PHUM PINR KJUS KISL KU TERRORISM ISLAMISTS
05KUWAIT2228	KUWAIT'S INTERIOR MINISTER APPLAUDS WOMEN'S [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a meeting with the Ambassador on May 24, Interior Minister Shaykh Nawaf Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, said that the Prime Minister is seeking to place a woman in the Cabinet. (Note: The Prime Minister confirmed this in a meeting later in the day.) On C/T training, the Ambassado [...]	2005-05-24 16:15:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	ASEC KISL KU PGOV PREL PTER SA TERRORISM
05KUWAIT2258	FOUR OUT OF FIVE KUWAITI LAWYERS AGREE: SYSTEMIC [...] (C) Summary and Comment: An examination of many recent legal cases, discussions with Kuwaiti attorneys of all political stripes, and an overview of basic legal codes and procedures reveals significant flaws in Kuwait's judicial system. According to several lawyers, the system suffers from a c [...]	2005-05-25 12:02:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL PTER KLIG KJUS PHUM ASEC KU ISLAMISTS TERRORISM
05KUWAIT2265	KUWAIT COUNTERTERRORISM WORKING GROUP: SOME [...] (S/NF) Summary: Post's Counterterrorism Working Group (CWG) met May 2 to asses the GOK's progress in developing its counterterrorism (CT) capacity. The group concluded that the GOK remained serious about confronting terrorism, investing heavily in tools and equipment, but is still in need of [...]	2005-05-25 13:57:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL PGOV EFIN ASEC MARR CVIS KU TERRORISM
05KUWAIT2548	IRANIAN NSA VISITS KUWAIT, CALLS FOR AMERICAN [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Following a number of official exchanges, the Secretary General of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, Dr. Hassan Rouhani, visited Kuwait June 4-6, during which he held a series of meetings reportedly focusing on security cooperation in the fight against terroris [...]	2005-06-08 14:21:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KU IR KUWAIT IRAN RELATIONS
05KUWAIT256	REQUEST FOR DEPT CLARIFICATION OF ALLEGED REPORT [...] This is an action request: please see para 3. 2. On December 31, 2004, the Arabic newspaper Al-Watan alleged that a U.S. Department of State report exonerated all Kuwaiti charities of support for terrorism (informal translation in para 3). The story was subsequently repeated in other pu [...]	2005-01-17 13:15:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETTC PTER PREL KU
05KUWAIT258	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES TERRORIST ATTACKS, CT [...] (S) SUMMARY. In a January 17 meeting with Ambassador, National Security Bureau President Shaykh Sabah Al-Khaled said that while it was too early to reach any conclusions about last week's terrorist attacks, Kuwaitis everywhere were raising their voices against these incidents. He said he ho [...]	2005-01-17 14:07:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PTER EFIN PREL ETTC CASC KU TERRORISM
05KUWAIT2607	COURT UPHOLDS EXTREMIST HAMAD AL-ALI'S SENTENCE; [...] (U) Kuwait's Supreme Court of Appeals (Mahkamah Al-Tameez) upheld on June 7 a two-year suspended sentence of Islamic extremist cleric Shaykh Hamad Abdullah Al-Ali (ref C). The court said that Al-Ali had violated the constitution by defaming Kuwaiti Amir Shaykh Jabir Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah during h [...]	2005-06-12 13:57:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KISL PGOV KJUS KU ISLAMISTS
05KUWAIT2624	SECURITY BUREAU HEAD ON COUNTERTERRORISM, IRAQ, [...] (C) Summary: During a June 12 meeting with the Ambassador, National Security Bureau (NSB) President Shaykh Sabah Al-Khaled said the GOK remained committed to fighting terror and was taking all appropriate steps to arrest and prosecute those who practice or advocate violence. He reported th [...]	2005-06-13 15:09:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL PHUM PARM KU IZ IR
05KUWAIT264	KUWAITIS SHOCKED BY RECENT TERROR INCIDENTS; MANY [...] (C) Summary and Comment: In the wake of a second shoot-out on January 15 between Kuwaiti security officers and extremists, public calls for increased monitoring of mosque sermons, weapons turn-in programs, and increased security throughout the country indicate a genuine and growing concern amo [...]	2005-01-17 15:21:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL KISL KPAO KU TERRORISM
05KUWAIT2927	POST INPUT FOR GULF STRATEGY PAPER TO COMBAT [...] (S/NF) Post read with interest the Kuwait portion of the "Strategy for the Gulf Region to Combat Terrorist Financing And Strengthen Overall AML/CTF Efforts" paper (Ref A). While we endorse the action points for Kuwait as well-targeted and appropriate, we are concerned that the background por [...]	2005-06-29 16:17:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER EFIN ETTC PGOV KU
05KUWAIT2928	GTMO DETAINEE NASSER AL-MUTAIRI ACQUITTED [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-30 11:13:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PREL PHUM PGOV KISL KCRM KU
05KUWAIT294	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: TERRORIST FINANCE -- FADHLI [...] (S) Ambassador delivered ref A demarche to MFA Undersecretary Khaled Al-Jarallah on January 17. Al-Jarallah assured the Ambassador that Kuwait is ready to cooperate with the U.S., saying that the GOK recognized that people like Fadhli pose a threat to Kuwaitis as well as Americans, and that t [...]	2005-01-18 12:35:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	ETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS
05KUWAIT3041	TFUK01: KUWAITI RESPONSE TO JULY 7 TERROR ATTACKS [...] (U) The Kuwaiti government was quick to publicly condemn the July 7 attacks in London, reassert its commitment to the global war on terror, and call for the immediate capture of the perpetrators. Acting Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Shaykh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah told the press, "Ou [...]	2005-07-08 11:54:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PGOV PREL PINR KPAO KISL KU
05KUWAIT3059	KUWAIT COUNTERTERRORISM WORKING GROUP: SLOW BUT [...] (S/NF) Summary: The Charge chaired on July 5 Post's monthly meeting of the Counterterrorism Working Group (CWG). The CWG discussed continuing GOK efforts to locate wanted terror financier Mohsen Al-Fadhli; prompt GOK reaction to potential security threats, but limited follow up; the acquitta [...]	2005-07-09 14:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL PGOV EFIN ASEC MARR CVIS KU
05KUWAIT3112	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GOK UNAWARE OF MAURITANIAN [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-13 09:21:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER OPDC KU MR
05KUWAIT3113	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GOK REQUESTED TO RATIFY CCIT [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-13 10:02:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KU UNGA
05KUWAIT3197	TERRORISM FINANCE: MOVEMENT FOR ISLAMIC REFORM IN [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-19 14:18:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETTC KTFN PTER CVIS KVPR KU
05KUWAIT3246	Engaging Kuwaitis On Terrorism and Islam [...] (U) SUMMARY: The July 7 terror attacks in London, followed closely by increasingly horrific and deadly suicide attacks in Iraq, Lebanon and Egypt, have deeply affected Kuwaiti leaders and opinion makers. Some contacts have said that the London attacks, in particular, hit them harder than the 9 [...]	2005-07-24 04:41:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KPAO KISL PREL PHUM KU TERRORISM
05KUWAIT326	ISLAMIST MP TALKS ABOUT TERRORISM, IRAQI DEBT, [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a January 16 call on influential Islamist Member of Parliament (MP) Dr. Nasser Al-Sane, the Ambassador discussed a wide range topics, including terrorist finance, cancellation of Iraq's debt to Kuwait, the Kuwait Project to develop the northern oilfields, and political rig [...]	2005-01-19 13:44:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL EFIN ETTC PGOV EAID EPET KISL KWMN KU
05KUWAIT3261	INVITATION DELIVERED FOR LABORATORY BIOSECURITY [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-24 10:37:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO PTER KU
05KUWAIT3266	READING, WRITING, AND QUR'ANIC RECITATION: THE [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-25 04:59:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL KISL SCUL KWMN KIRF PINR KU ISLAMISTS
05KUWAIT3267	READING, WRITING, AND QUR'ANIC RECITATION: THE [...] (U) Summary and Introduction: The January shoot-outs between Kuwaiti security officers and extremist militants placed new emphasis on the debate over the Islamic religious education curriculum in public schools, an already politically divisive issue at the best of times. As Kuwaitis wrestle w [...]	2005-07-25 05:49:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL KISL SCUL KWMN KIRF PINR KU ISLAMISTS
05KUWAIT327	UPDATE ON KEY ISSUES FOR UNDERSECRETARY BOLTON'S [...] (S) Since your last visit, the GOK welcomed the transfer of sovereignty to the interim Iraqi government and has been a strong supporter of holding elections on January 30. The GOK has also encouraged Sunni participation in elections and Kuwaitis are hoping greater stability will result from [...]	2005-01-19 14:05:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER MARR KISL KU IR IAEA
05KUWAIT3288	DAILY NEWSPAPER DETERMINED TO CONFRONT ISLAMISTS [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: In a July 24 meeting with IO following the Sharm El-Sheikh bombings earlier that morning, the local editor of Al-Qabas newspaper reiterated his determination to confront Islamists on the issue of terrorism. He said that it was now the paper's "mission" to highlight Kuw [...]	2005-07-25 14:00:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KPAO KISL PREL KU TERRORISM
05KUWAIT3290	HALTING THE FLOW OF FOREIGN INSURGENTS TO IRAQ: [...] (C) Charge delivered July 25 ref a demarche to Shaykh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Sabah, President of the National Security Bureau (NSB). He explained that the U.S. was approaching several governments, with an emphasis on Iraq's neighbors, to underscore concerns about the presence of foreign fighters [...]	2005-07-25 14:14:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL KISL KU TERRORISM
05KUWAIT3325	SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: SHARM EL-SHEIKH BOMBINGS [...] SUMMARY: Kuwaiti writers rallied around Egypt in the wake of the July 23 Sharm El-Sheikh bombings condemning the acts and seeking to assign blame. Most commentators foreswore blaming the acts on Israeli perfidy or U.S. policy, as has been the case after previous attacks elsewhere. Some sought [...]	2005-07-27 11:33:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KPAO KISL PREL SCUL KU
05KUWAIT3384	ISLAMISTS OFFER CRITIQUE OF U.S. POLICY, ADVICE ON [...] SUMMARY AND COMMENT: On July 26, CDA hosted a gathering of Kuwaiti Islamists from the media, academic, religious and political fields for the purpose of engaging Kuwait's religious leaders and opinion makers in a formal dialogue about U.S. policy and world events. The guests, some of whom expr [...]	2005-07-31 11:34:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KPAO KISL PTER KU ISLAMISTS
05KUWAIT3393	CHARITY OVERSIGHT DIRECTOR DESCRIBES HIS WORK; [...] (U) This is an action request, please see para 6. 2. (C) Summary and Comment: Econ Officer met July 27 with Ministry of Social Affairs Charitable Organizations Oversight Department Director Nasser Al-Ammer and Undersecretary Adnan Al-Omar to learn more about the day-to-day operations of th [...]	2005-07-31 13:18:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PTER KTFN PINR KU
05KUWAIT3394	TRANSFER OF KUWAITI DETAINEES: GOK PROMISES [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 4 and 5. 2. (S/NF) PolChief delivered ref A demarche July 31 to Ambassador Khaled Al-Maqamis, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Director of Coordination and Follow Up. Al-Maqamis said he was aware that several Kuwaitis were under considerat [...]	2005-07-31 13:39:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PHUM PREL KAWC KU TERRORISM
05KUWAIT3397	SHARM EL-SHEIKH DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GOK HOPES FOR [...] (C) Summary: In response to reftel demarche delivered July 31 by the Charge d'Affairs (CDA),Ministry of Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Khaled Al-Jarallah said terrorism and Iraq will be the main topics discussed at the August 3 summit. Al-Jarallah remarked that Arab rhetoric was not enough: [...]	2005-07-31 15:39:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KPAL KSUM KWBG KU
05KUWAIT3548	TERRORIST FINANCE: NASCO AMENDMENT [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-09 10:56:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETTC KTFN PTER CVIS KVPR KU
05KUWAIT3583	ANTI-WEST, ANTI-ISRAEL AD MAKES ROUNDS OF LOCAL [...] (U) SUMMARY: A virulently anti-West, anti-Israel advertisement calling on good Muslims to fight to defend the Quran and their faith appeared in two of Kuwait's five Arabic daily papers on three consecutive days this week. The ad, placed at considerable expense by an individual Kuwaiti said to [...]	2005-08-10 11:28:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO KISL PREL PTER PINR KU ISLAMISTS
05KUWAIT3590	ACTING SPEAKER INFORMS AMBASSADOR NATIONAL [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with MP Mohammed Jassem Al-Sager, Acting National Assembly Speaker, August 9 to discuss legislation that would be addressed when the National Assembly reconvened October 17. Al-Sager predicted the National Assembly would approve Project Kuwait legislation for [...]	2005-08-10 13:57:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER EPET KU NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
05KUWAIT3607	INSIDE THE KUWAIT CENTRAL BANK'S AML/TF OFFICE [...] (C) Summary: Talal Alsayegh, head of the Anti-Money Laundering Section of the Central Bank of Kuwait (CBK),confirmed that the CBK notifies Kuwaiti financial institutions of new terrorist finance designations and seeks to ensure compliance through periodic assessments. Alsayegh affirmed tha [...]	2005-08-13 13:21:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETTC KTFN PTER PINR KVPR KU
05KUWAIT362	PROPOSED DIPLOMATIC NOTE ON DETAINEE ABDELRAHAM [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 3. 2. (U) Post continues to receive requests from the Government of Kuwait for information on the status of Kuwaiti nationals detained in Iraq. Post seeks approval to deliver the below diplomatic note to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on S [...]	2005-01-26 14:04:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER KAWC PHUM PREL KU
05KUWAIT3669	NATIONAL GUARD CHIEF ON COUNTERTERRORISM, THE [...] (C) Summary: During an August 15 meeting, National Guard Commander Shaykh Salem Al-Ali Al-Salem Al-Sabah told the Ambassador that fighting poverty and illiteracy will help combat terrorism and that the security situation in Iraq will improve once the Iraqis advance economically. On Iran and [...]	2005-08-16 08:31:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL PTER IZ KU
05KUWAIT3743	NO PROOF OF KUWAITI LINK TO AQABA ATTACK GETAWAY [...] (S/NF) For the past two days, the local press has reported on the front pages that Jordanian authorities were searching for Syrian, Egyptian, and Iraqi terrorists who reportedly fled the scene of the August 19 Aqaba attack in a Kuwaiti-licensed car. We have been advised by DATT and SIMO that [...]	2005-08-21 13:37:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL PGOV JO KU
05KUWAIT3774	TERRORIST FINANCE: POST COMMENTS ON PCC-APPROVED [...] (S) Post has reviewed the PCC-adopted version of the Gulf Terrorist Finance Strategy paper. While Post concurs with the strategy's overall objectives, the paper paints an incomplete and bleak picture of the ground realities in Kuwait (see reftel). 2. (S) It is important to point out that: [...]	2005-08-23 14:50:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	EFIN ETTC KTFN PTER CVIS KVPR KU
05KUWAIT3775	PM URGES ENGAGEMENT WITH IRAN, SYRIA; CALLS FOR [...] (S) Summary: During Ambassador's 30-minute conversation with Kuwaiti Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah at Sief Palace August 23, the PM urged the U.S. to heed his advice and engage Iran and Syria. He provided updates on GOK progress in counterterrorism and human traffickin [...]	2005-08-23 14:53:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER KU
05KUWAIT3809	NATIONAL BANK OF KUWAIT CEO DISCUSSES REGIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary. In a meeting with the Ambassador on August 22, Ibrahim Dabdoub, the CEO of the National Bank of Kuwait (NBK--largest Kuwaiti bank and third largest in the Middle East),made the following key points: (1) NBK has outgrown the Kuwaiti market and continues to expand worldwide; (2 [...]	2005-08-24 13:51:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETTC KTFN PTER PINR CVIS KVPR KU
05KUWAIT3831	KUWAIT CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR OPTIMISTIC ABOUT NEW [...] (C) Summary. In an August 24 meeting with the Ambassador, Sheikh Salem Abdulaziz Al-Sabah, Governor of the Central Bank of Kuwait made the following key points: (1) GOK remains committed to enacting comprehensive legal reform on terror finance and money laundering; (2) an independent auditing [...]	2005-08-27 15:24:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETTC KTFN KVPR PTER PINR CVIS KU TERRORISM
05KUWAIT3835	KUWAIT COUNTERTERRORISM WORKING GROUP: GOK TAKING [...] (S/NF) Summary: The Ambassador chaired on August 22 the monthly meeting of post's Counterterrorism Working Group (CWG). He reviewed his August 20 discussions with senior representatives of the GOK on the need to maintain a sharp focus on CT and recommendations that the arrests of wanted in [...]	2005-08-28 04:58:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL PGOV MARR PBTS EFIN ASEC CVIS KU TERRORISM
05KUWAIT3850	KUWAIT FUND DIRECTOR GENERAL DISCUSSES AID TO [...] (U) Action request at para 13. 2. (SBU) Summary and Comment: In an August 24 meeting with the Ambassador, the Director General of the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development (KFAED),Abdulwahab Al-Bader, made the following key points: (1) GOK has donated 25 million USD in grants to the [...]	2005-08-28 13:26:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETTC KTFN KVPR PINR PTER KU AF IZ GZ CH WB TERROR FINANCE
05KUWAIT3959	KUWAIT DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ARAB LEAGUE FOREIGN [...] (C) The Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Head of International Organizations Ambassador Abdullah Al-Murad in a September 5 meeting. Al-Murad informed the Ambassador that Arab League foreign ministers would agree on a "new" resolution on Iraq, which wou [...]	2005-09-06 09:31:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KSUM KU
05KUWAIT4032	POST SUPPORT FOR GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OF GULF [...] (S) Post reaffirms its support for the goals and objectives of the Gulf Strategy to combat terrorist finance and strengthen money-laundering (CTF/AML) efforts. We appreciated the opportunity to offer input on the strategy paper. 2. (C) While there is more to be done in Kuwait, it is impo [...]	2005-09-13 12:58:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	EFIN ETTC KTFN KVPR PTER PINR CVIS KU
05KUWAIT4056	KUWAIT SEEKING INDEPENDENT AUDITOR FOR CHARITABLE [...] (SBU) The Ambassador used a September 12 meeting on other issues (septels) to inform Minister of Social Affairs and Labor Faisal Al-Hajji of the September 20-23 visit of Department of Treasury Director of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) Robert Werner. He told the Minister that among the issu [...]	2005-09-14 14:53:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER EFIN PREL PGOV ETTC KU TERROR FINANCE
05KUWAIT4093	KUWAITI PRESS CLAIMS U.S. WILL RETURN FIVE GTMO [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (U) Arabic and English dailies have given prominent coverage to hunger strikes by detainees in Guantanamo and reports that "the United States has agreed to release five of the 11 Kuwaitis imprisoned at its camp in Guantanamo Bay, [...]	2005-09-19 13:53:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PHUM PGOV KU TERRORISM
05KUWAIT4102	KUWAIT SIGNS INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION ON THE [...] (U) According to press reports, Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah signed on September 16 the International Convention for the Suppression of Actions of Nuclear Terrorism. Kuwait was the 60th UN member state to sign the new treaty. The FM reaffirmed Kuw [...]	2005-09-20 11:50:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PREL PGOV KU UNGA
05KUWAIT4111	TERRORIST FINANCE: KUWAITI CHARITIES TO COLLECT [...] (U) Begin Summary. The director of the Charities Oversight Office, Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor, reports his ministry will implement a plan requiring Kuwaiti charities to collect zakat (alms) only through the sale of government-issued coupons. End Summary 2. (U) In a conversatio [...]	2005-09-21 05:50:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETTC KTFN PTER CVIS KVPR KU
05KUWAIT4142	DIPLOMATIC NOTE ON KUWAITI DETAINEES AT GUANTANAMO [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-21 14:53:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KAWC PHUM PINR KU TERRORISM
05KUWAIT417	MILITANT CLASHES PROVOKE COLLECTIVE SOUL [...] (C) Summary: Reeling from four separate shootouts between security forces and extremists in the past month, two of them in as many days, Kuwaitis are engaged in collective soul searching to determine what went wrong and how to prevent future acts of violence. Spurred into action, the GOK has [...]	2005-01-31 14:12:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PTER PREL KU TERRORISM
05KUWAIT4214	TERRORIST FINANCE: SUMMARY OF OFAC DIRECTOR [...] (C) Summary. On September 21, OFAC Director Robert Werner met separately with GOK officials from the Central Bank and Ministries of Finance, Foreign Affairs, Social Affairs and with Kuwait Customs to discuss continued bilateral cooperation on combating terrorist finance and money laundering (C [...]	2005-09-27 14:09:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETTC KTFN PTER CVIS KVPR KU
05KUWAIT4230	TERRORIST FINANCE: SUMMARY OF OFAC DIRECTOR [...] (U) Summary. On September 22, OFAC Director Robert Werner met separately with officials from the National Bank of Kuwait, the Union of Kuwaiti Banks and the Kuwait Finance House to discuss ways in which OFAC and the Kuwaiti banking sector can further cooperate on combating terrorist financing [...]	2005-09-28 13:11:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETTC KTFN PTER CVIS KVPR KU
05KUWAIT4231	KUWAIT EXPRESSES FRUSTRATION AT NATO'S SLOW PACE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 7. 2. (C) Summary. NATO member embassies held a second Istanbul Cooperation Initiative (ICI) meeting September 28 at the Italian Embassy. The meeting was chaired by Italian Ambassador Vincenzo Prati, and in attendance were the Chiefs and D [...]	2005-09-28 13:21:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PTER IR IZ KU NATO
05KUWAIT4316	KUWAIT AGREES TO U.S. CONDITIONS REGARDING [...] (SBU) Post received October 4, a diplomatic note from the Office of the Under Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs reaffirming that the GOK will detain and try five of the Kuwaitis currently held in Guantanamo upon their return to Kuwait, as requested ref C. Post's unofficial transla [...]	2005-10-04 12:55:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV PHUM OPDC KU TERRORISM
05KUWAIT4322	UPDATE ON PENINSULA LIONS: PROSECUTION CALLS FOR [...] (C) Summary: The Peninsula Lions terrorist cell case completed its procedural phase and began actual deliberations on the charges facing the thirty-seven defendants on Saturday, September 24. The accused are all implicated in the January 10, 15, 30, and 31 police actions that left four Kuwai [...]	2005-10-05 07:09:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV JO IZ SA KU TERRORISM
05KUWAIT4353	TERRORISM FINANCE: LIST 72T [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-10 12:51:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN ETTC EFIN PTER PREL KVPR CVIS KU
05KUWAIT4354	TERRORISM FINANCE: AL-AKHTAR TRUST INTERNATIONAL [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-10 12:51:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN ETTC EFIN PTER PREL KVPR CVIS KU

05KUWAIT4355	TERRORISM FINANCE: LIST 72 U [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-10 12:51:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN ETTC EFIN PTER PREL KVPR CVIS KU
05KUWAIT4356	MEETING IN KUWAIT OF G8 COUNTER TERRORISM ACTION [...] (C) As current G-8 President, the UK Embassy in Kuwait hosted and chaired a meeting of the G-8 Counter Terrorism Action Group (CTAG) on October 10. Ambassador LeBaron attended along with other representatives of G-8 diplomatic missions. British Charge d'Affaires Jamie Bowden gave a G-8 Pres [...]	2005-10-10 13:01:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV KU
05KUWAIT4380	A VIEW FROM THE KUWAIT/IRAQ BORDER, FROM NAVISTAR [...] (U) Please see para 10 for action request of all addressees. 2. (U) The references in this cable are photographs which are posted on Embassy Kuwait's classified website. Please visit http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/kuwait/ and click on the "Kuwait/Iraq Border Pictures" link in the Pictur [...]	2005-10-11 14:27:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PTER PREL IZ IR KU KUWAIT IRAQ RELATIONS
05KUWAIT4400	KUWAIT: VULNERABILITY OF KEY FOREIGN OIL SUPPLIERS [...] (S) Summary and Comment: The flow of oil from Kuwait remains vulnerable to disruption by terrorist attack, accident or natural disaster, with the off-shore loading platforms and facilities being the most vulnerable. The onshore Mina Al-Ahmadi facilities are considered a restricted zone and [...]	2005-10-12 13:57:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	EPET ETRD EWWT KHLS PTER ASEC KU OIL SECTOR
05KUWAIT4423	TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATING OFFICER [...] (SBU) Below are Post's responses to reftel A action request. (a) Terrorism Finance Coordinating Officer (TFCO): --Name: Matthew Tueller --Title: Deputy Chief of Mission --Phone: 00-965-259-1362 --Email: TuellerMH@state.gov (b) TFCO Deputy: --Name: Mustafa Pop [...]	2005-10-15 13:26:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KTFN KVPR EFIN ETTC PREL KU
05KUWAIT4426	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: TRANSFERRING KUWAITI DETAINEES [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-15 15:13:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PREL KAWC OPDC PTER KU
05KUWAIT4451	SHI'A MOSQUE ATTACKED BY YOUTH IN JAHRA; SHI'A [...] (C) Summary: A group of youth between the ages of 14 and 18 attacked a Shi'a mosque in Jahra on October 7, burning a stolen car, breaking the mosque's spotlights, pelting worshippers with stones, and chanting anti-Shi'a slogans, including: "Death to infidel Shi'a, agents of America." No one was rep [...]	2005-10-17 10:50:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PTER KISL KDEM SA KU SHI
05KUWAIT446	KUWAIT RESPONDS TO JANUARY 31 SHOOTOUT: GOK WILL [...] Summary: Kuwaiti officials vowed to use all available resources to hunt down militants after security forces engaged in a nine-hour confrontation with Islamic radicals on January 31 that left 5 militants, 1 civilian and 1 police officer dead, 4 police officers and 3 militants wounded, and led [...]	2005-02-01 12:16:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PREL KU TERRORISM
05KUWAIT4633	UPDATE ON SHI'A MOSQUE INCIDENT: LOCALIZED ACT [...] (C) This is an update to reftel reporting on the October 7 attack against a Shi'a mosque in Jahra, a predominantly Sunni city approximately 35 kilometers west of Kuwait City. According to the mosque's owner, Hussein Al-Qattan, and a worshiper at the mosque "between 150 to 200 Saudi and bidoon [...]	2005-10-30 06:54:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KISL KIRF KU SHI
05KUWAIT4641	DEMARCHES DELIVERED: GOK LABELS IRANIAN STATEMENTS [...] (C) During an October 30 meeting with Ambassador, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Under Secretary Khaled Al-Jarallah characterized Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad's October 25 remarks regarding Israel as "very strong and very strange," reminding the GOK of language from the days of Ayatolla [...]	2005-10-30 13:16:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER IR KU
05KUWAIT4647	FREEDOM AGENDA: ENERGY MINISTER'S VIEWS ON [...] (C) Summary: Responding to the Ambassador's inquiries about elements of the "Freedom Agenda" during a meeting on October 30, ruling family member and Energy Minister Shaykh Ahmad Fahd Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah said most National Assembly members "don't know how many voting constituencies they want," [...]	2005-10-31 07:40:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KMPI PREL SOCI PTER PINR KU FREEDOM AGENDA SUCCESSION
05KUWAIT4653	AMBASSADOR TELLS KEY KUWAITI MINISTER MORE C/T [...] (S/NF) During the course of a 30 October conversation on other topics with Shaykh Ahmad Fahd Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, the Ambassador told the Minister that, while cooperation on counter-terrorism between Kuwait and the U.S. has improved in the last 6-8 months, we are not satisfied and more needs to [...]	2005-10-31 10:48:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER KU TERRORISM
05KUWAIT4681	FIRST GUANTANAMO RETURNEE'S ACQUITTAL OVERTURNED [...] Local press reports that former Guantanamo detainee Nasser Al-Mutairi has had his acquittal overturned and has been sentenced to five years in prison. The MFA office which tracks returning detainees confirmed that Nasser Al-Mutairi was sentenced to five years in prison, adding the sentence w [...]	2005-11-02 12:07:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PREL PHUM PGOV KISL KCRM KU TERRORISM
05KUWAIT4717	POST ASSESSMENT OF KUWAIT CASH COURIER ENVIRONMENT [...] (C) Per reftel A request, the following is Post's assessment of Kuwait's cash courier environment. At the Border and Legal Environment ----------------------------------- 2. (C) The GOK's 2002 law (No. 35) "Concerning Combating Money Laundering" criminalizes cash smuggling within the [...]	2005-11-08 12:46:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETTC KTFN PTER PGOV KU TERROR FINANCE
05KUWAIT4739	INTERIOR MINISTER SAYS INFORMATION-SHARING KEY TO [...] (C) Summary: During a November 12 meeting with Interior Minister Shaykh Nawaf Al-Sabah, the Ambassador stressed the needed to strengthen counterterrorism measures and said that better cooperation between the U.S. and Kuwait, as well as increased information-sharing, would help to prevent ter [...]	2005-11-13 07:40:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PBTS PGOV PREL KU IZ
05KUWAIT4741	HEAD OF CENTRAL BANK'S AML UNIT ON MENA/FATF, [...] (C) Begin Summary. On November 10, Emboffs met with Talal Al-Sayegh, head of the Kuwait Central Bank's Anti-Money Laundering unit, to discuss the latest MENA/FATF developments, get an update on the new terror finance legislation, and reaffirm USG technical assistance offers in support of Kuw [...]	2005-11-13 08:00:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETTC KTFN PTER CVIS KVPR KU TERROR FINANCE
05KUWAIT4792	PUBLIC PROSECUTION QUESTIONS RULING FAMILY MEMBER [...] (C) Summary: The Public Prosecution Office questioned Shaykh Mishal Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah, former Assistant Undersecretary for State Security Affairs, on November 8 about his public criticism of the GOK during a September interview conducted by Mohammed Al-Jassem on his program "Al-Majlis," whic [...]	2005-11-16 13:49:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR PHUM KDEM KU SUCCESSION
05KUWAIT4794	PENINSULA LIONS UPDATE: DEFENSE CHALLENGES CHARGES [...] (SBU) The trial of the Peninsula Lions resumed on November 12 amid tightening security with over a dozen defense lawyers presenting their arguments one-by-one as the trial judges sat and listened. The hearing, which began at 2 pm, has continued in extraordinary sessions finishing after 8 pm [...]	2005-11-16 14:38:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV JO IZ SA KU TERRORISM
05KUWAIT4795	MEDIA REACTION: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS, HUMAN [...] Kuwaiti Arabic-language press responded unfavorably to the November 9 roundtable discussion the Ambassador held on the topic of trafficking in persons, with the exception of one Kuwait University political science professor, who thanked the Ambassador in Al-Seyassah. Al-Rai Al-Aam dedicated a [...]	2005-11-17 08:29:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KIRF KPAO PGOV PHUM PREL PTER
05KUWAIT481	FM AND SENIOR MP TELL U/S BOLTON IRANIAN NUCLEAR [...] (C) Summary: During a January 29 visit to Kuwait, Under Secretary Bolton shared with FM Shaykh Dr. Mohammed and MP SIPDIS Mohammed Al-Sager U.S. concerns about Iran's nuclear activities and the firm belief that UNSC involvement is necessary. Bolton said the U.S. was following the Europea [...]	2005-02-02 12:39:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL PGOV PTER KU
05KUWAIT4832	AMBASSADOR RAISES ALARM RE SHARP DECLINE IN KUWAITI [...] (U) Summary and comment: On November 9, Ambassador met with Undersecretary for Higher Education, Dr. Rasha Al- Sabah. During the meeting, they discussed reasons for the significant decline in the number of Kuwaiti students studying in the U.S., the benefits of increasing the number of Ameri [...]	2005-11-22 04:11:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OEXC KPAO SCUL PREL PTER OIIP CVIS KISL XF KU
05KUWAIT486	NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DISCUSSES ANTI-TERRORISM [...] (C) Summary: During separate February 2 discussions with the Ambassador, Members of Parliament (MPs) Dr. Yousef Al-Zalzalah and Abdullah Al-Roumi discussed the National Assembly's February 1 passage of a new law which expands law enforcement powers to search and seize illegal weapons, calling [...]	2005-02-02 14:30:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KISL EFIN PGOV KU
05KUWAIT4884	KUWAITI AUTHORITIES CRACK DOWN ON "DOOR-TO-DOOR [...] Local Arabic daily Al-Seyassah reported November 22 that five extremist preachers -- three Egyptians and two Indonesians -- were arrested November 21 "for spreading the doctrine of the terror group al-Qaeda among the inhabitants of a Kuwaiti city." The paper reported that they went from door- [...]	2005-11-26 13:38:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KISL SOCI KU
05KUWAIT4903	MFA UNDERSECRETARY SAYS SYRIAN PRESIDENT'S [...] (C) During a November 27 meeting, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Khaled Al-Jarallah shared his views on the recent Syrian decision to send officials to Europe in for questioning by the Mehlis commission. Al-Jarallah said the SARG's decision to cooperate was the right one. Al-Jar [...]	2005-11-27 13:59:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV SY KU
05KUWAIT4914	MINISTER AL-HAJJI DISCUSSES COMBATTING TIP, [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Social Affairs and Labor Faisal Al-Hajji briefed Ambassador November 28 on GOK discussions to establish a shelter for domestic workers as part of efforts to combat trafficking in persons (TIP). He highlighted other GOK measures including proposed revisions to the curren [...]	2005-11-28 14:03:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KCRM ELAB PTER KU
05KUWAIT4960	DEMARCHE POINTS DELIVERED--FINCEN 314 (A) NOTICE [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-30 10:52:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTFN PTER LE SY KU
05KUWAIT4981	DEMARCHE DELIVERED--FINCEN 314 (A) NOTICE ON SYRIA [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-04 04:28:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTFN PTER LE SY KU
05KUWAIT5002	PENINSULA LIONS VERDICT TO BE ANNOUNCED DECEMBER 27 [...] (C) After six weeks of deliberations, the all-Kuwaiti judicial panel of three judges presiding over the case of the Peninsula Lions, with 37 defendants, eleven of whom are fugitives, is expected to announce its verdict on December 27. The 37 defendants face charges including murder of Kuwai [...]	2005-12-05 11:05:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV JO IZ SA KU TERRORISM
05KUWAIT5032	HUMANITARIAN OPERATIONS CENTER CHIEF ON IRAQ AND [...] (C) Summary: Lt. General (Ret.) Ali Mohammed Hassan Al Mu'min, head of Kuwait's Humanitarian Operations Center (HOC),met with poloff on November 28 and discussed his candidacy for ambassador to Iraq, the extension of the HOC's mandate until spring 2006, and Sunni-Shi'a relations in Kuwait. [...]	2005-12-06 15:12:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL KISL OFDP SOCI PINR IZ KU
05KUWAIT504	INTERIOR MINISTER TO SKIP RIYADH COUNTERTERRORISM [...] No summary [...]	2005-02-05 13:55:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL KU
05KUWAIT5052	DEMARCHES DELIVERED ON ASG AND BANCO DELTA ASIA; [...] (SBU) On December 6, Econcouns, accompanied by Econoff, delivered reftels B-D demarche points (verbally and through non-papers) to Khaled Al-Mughamis, Director of the MFA's Follow-up and Coordination Department responsible for terrorism finance and anti-money laundering issues. 2. (SBU) Wi [...]	2005-12-08 07:42:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETTC KTFN KJUS KNNP PTER PREL KN LE SY
05KUWAIT5053	DEMARCHES DELIVERED ON ASG AND BANCO DELTA ASIA; [...] (SBU) On December 6, Econcouns, accompanied by Econoff, delivered reftels B-D demarche points (verbally and through non-papers) to Khaled Al-Mughamis, Director of the MFA's Follow-up and Coordination Department responsible for terrorism finance and anti-money laundering issues. 2. (SBU) Wi [...]	2005-12-08 07:42:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETTC KTFN KJUS KNNP PTER PREL KN LE SY
05KUWAIT5061	KUWAIT DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PREVENTING AL-MANAR [...] (C) NEA DAS Gordon Gray delivered reftel demarche during a December 6 meeting with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Acting U/S Ambassador Khaled Al-Babtain. DAS Gray emphasized the insidious nature of Al-Manar broadcasts and urged the GOK to remove the station from Arabsat, of which Kuwait owns a [...]	2005-12-10 07:19:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ANET ASEC KU
05KUWAIT5070	KUWAIT REQUESTS FILES ON RELEASED GUANTANAMO [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 3. 2. (C) Ambassador Khalid Al-Maqamis, head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Coordination and Follow-Up Department called poloff December 10 to request that the U.S. military files of the five Guantanamo detainees released November 4 be passed [...]	2005-12-10 14:18:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PTER PREL PGOV PHUM OPDC KU TERRORISM
05KUWAIT5082	TERRORIST FINANCE: AMBASSADOR OPENS ANTI-MONEY [...] (U) On December 11, Ambassador delivered remarks at the opening of an anti-money laundering and terror finance conference hosted by Kuwait General Administration of Customs (KGAC) and DHS's U.S. Custom's Advisory Team. The Ambassador's remarks praised ongoing cooperation between the GOK and t [...]	2005-12-11 14:09:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETTC KTFN PTER CVIS KVPR KU
05KUWAIT5099	AMBASSADOR PITCHES COMMUNICATIONS MINISTER ON [...] (SBU) Ambassador ran into the Kuwait Communications Minister, Shaykh Ahmed Al-Abdullah Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah, the evening of December 11 and made a strong pitch to pull Al Manar from ARABSAT programming. The Minister replied that ARABSAT is a jointly owned company and therefore others would nee [...]	2005-12-12 13:01:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV PREL ANET KU
05KUWAIT5113	MEDIA REACTION: GWOT SECRET PRISONS [...] One Kuwaiti Arabic-language newspaper reported allegations of the existence of CIA detention facilities on European soil. End summary. ------------------ Selected Headlines ------------------ 2. Saturday, December 10, 2005 -- Al-Rai Al-Aam, p. 33, "Did Romania get paid for the American [...]	2005-12-14 04:02:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KIRF KPAO PGOV PHUM PREL PTER
05KUWAIT512	RAID NETS SAUDI, JORDANIAN MILITANTS; KUWAIT [...] Summary: In the latest round of raids on suspected militants since security crackdowns began January 10, police on February 5 reportedly captured five suspected militants, including two Saudi Arabian and three Jordanian citizens. Kuwaiti security forces have been authorized and are using all n [...]	2005-02-06 13:27:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PREL KPAO ASEC KU SA JO TERRORISM
05KUWAIT5128	TUENI ASSASSINATION DEMARCHE DELIVERED FM SAYS [...] (C) Summary: During a December 14 meeting, the Ambassador shared with Kuwait FM Shaykh Dr. Mohammed U.S. views on the assassination of Gebran Tueni and encouraged the GOK to publicly condemn the murder. The FM responded that the situation in Lebanon was quite serious and said the GOK's pri [...]	2005-12-14 12:32:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV LE SY KU
05KUWAIT5129	AMBASSADOR RESTATES TO FOREIGN MINISTER THE CASE [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-14 12:38:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV PREL ANET KU
05KUWAIT5133	KUWAIT: 2005 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT DRAFT [...] (U) Embassy Kuwait's submission for the 2005 Terrorism Report is provided below. The text will also be submitted electronically as instructed in reftel. Addendum information will be provided septel. Post contact is Political Officer Andrea F. Gastaldo who can be reached at GastaldoAF2@stat [...]	2005-12-14 14:17:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC KCRM EFIN KHLS KPAO KU TERRORISM
05KUWAIT5141	2005-2006 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] (U) Post's input for Part II of the 2005-2006 INCSR follows in para 2. An updated redlined country write-up has been emailed to rindlerep (AT) state.gov per reftel instructions. 2.(U) BEGIN TEXT OF REPORT. Kuwait The Government of Kuwait should significantly accelerate [...]	2005-12-16 11:25:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN ETTC EFIN PTER PREL KU
05KUWAIT5142	PLACEMENT REPORT: OP-ED ON TERRORISM FINANCING AND [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-16 11:25:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KPAO ETTC KTFN PINS CVIS AMGT AFSI KSEP
05KUWAIT5143	TERRORIST FINANCE: LIST 74 [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-16 11:27:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN ETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS KVPR KU
05KUWAIT5144	TERRORIST FINANCE: LIST 74 [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-16 11:28:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN ETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS KVPR KU
05KUWAIT5164	GOVERNMENT OF KUWAIT SHOWS INTEREST IN [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-17 13:35:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PGOV PREL PTER KU
05KUWAIT5270	PENINSULA LIONS VERDICT IN: 30 CONVICTIONS [...] (U) In a verdict announced December 27, 30 of the 37 Peninsula Lions defendants were convicted of murder, attempted assassinations and other terror related crimes. The decision was first read to the defense lawyers in a closed court session, followed by an announcement to court observers out [...]	2005-12-27 12:58:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PHUM PGOV JO IZ SA KU TERRORISM
05KUWAIT5283	KUWAIT HOSTS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ROLE OF [...] Kuwaiti Minister of Education and Minister of Higher Education Dr. Rashid Al-Hamad opened on December 26 "The First International Conference on the Educational Dimensions in the Treatment of Terrorism and Extremism Phenomenon." The two-day conference brought together representatives from 27 [...]	2005-12-28 09:34:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI KU TERRORISM
05KUWAIT5287	MEDIA REACTION: Conference on Using Education to [...] Summary: Kuwaiti Arabic-language daily newspapers praised a conference examining the role of education in confronting extremism as being a good initiative taken by the Ministry of Education. The conference, The First International Conference on the Educational Dimensions in the Treatment of [...]	2005-12-28 13:10:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PREL PGOV KPAO KMDR KISL OEXC KU
05KUWAIT5289	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION: International Conference on [...] Summary: Kuwaiti daily newspapers provided coverage on their pages of the first International Conference on the Educational Dimensions in the Treatment of Terrorism and Extremism Phenomenon, reporting on it as a news piece. Dr. Shamlan Yousef Al-Issa is a professor of political science at th [...]	2005-12-28 14:12:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PREL PGOV KPAO KMDR KISL OEXC KU
05KUWAIT537	CABINET MINISTER SAYS ANTI-TERROR CAMPAIGN JUST [...] (C) Commerce Minister Abdullah Taweel told Poloffs February 6 that the GOK effort to rid the country of militants was "just beginning." He said there are approximately 250 people in Kuwait who have been identified as suspected militants and are wanted by the government. 2. (C) Taweel, who [...]	2005-02-07 14:04:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL KU
05KUWAIT539	FM SAYS MOD SHOULD ADDRESS FUEL; PROMISES AID FOR [...] (C) Summary: In a February 7 meeting with the Ambassador, Kuwaiti FM Shaykh Dr. Mohammed encouraged that a timeline be established for resolving the fuel issue. He reported that members of Parliament were expressing interest in what that the GOK was providing and that a plan could help to [...]	2005-02-07 14:39:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM EAID PTER PREL PGOV MOPS MARR PHUM KU
05KUWAIT594	C/T UPDATE: PM SAYS ERA OF SOFTNESS OVER, TERROR [...] Summary: Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmed told newspaper editors February 7 that the "era of softness" was over and the GOK would begin demolishing unlicensed mosques which the GOK partially blamed for the spread of radical ideology. The comments came during a meeting the PM called with e [...]	2005-02-09 14:00:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PREL PHUM KPAO KU
05KUWAIT638	KUWAIT'S COMMERCIAL BANKS: SURVEY OF RESULTS, IRAQ [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Following up on his December 2004 meeting with the Central Bank Governor (Ref B) Ambassador met during January and February with the top executives of the leading Kuwait banks. The bank executives were generally positive about the Kuwaiti economy and the strength o [...]	2005-02-13 12:28:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PTER KU IZ
05KUWAIT656	ISLAMISTS IN KUWAIT: CONTOURS OF A GROWING, [...] (C) Introduction: The Islamist movement in Kuwait reaches into every aspect and sector of Kuwaiti society. From grass-roots businesses to senior positions in government, Islamists have a strong voice throughout this country. Paradoxically, Islamists lead the national dialogue in calling for d [...]	2005-02-14 13:29:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL KISL KU ISLAMISTS
05KUWAIT730	KUWAIT COUNTERTERRORISM WORKING GROUP MEETING [...] (S/NF) Ambassador chaired February 14 a meeting of post's Counterterrorism Working Group (CWG) to review developments in Kuwait's counterterrorism activities following the January discovery of a terrorist cell, and to identify areas where post can enhance its CT activities as well as strengt [...]	2005-02-16 14:27:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL PGOV EFIN ASEC MARR CVIS KU TERRORISM
05KUWAIT806	SYNOPSIS OF KUWAIT'S ACTIONS TO COMBAT TERRORIST [...] (U) Summary. In the wake of January's violent confrontations between extremists and Kuwaiti security forces, the Government of Kuwait has begun to view terrorist finance as an issue of real concern. Although Kuwait is not a major financial center and has not been a primary entrepot for terr [...]	2005-02-23 12:00:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PTER ETTC KU TERRORISM
05KUWAIT926	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GUANTANAMO ADMINISTRATIVE [...] (C) Political Chief delivered 6 March ref A demarche on the proposed Administrate Review Board (ARB) Proceedings for the ten Kuwaiti nationals currently detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to Ambassador Khalid Al-Maqamis, MFA Director of Co-ordination and Follow-Up. Al-Maqamis said he was aware [...]	2005-03-06 13:30:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL KAWC KU
05LAGOS1277	NIGERIA: REPORTED AL QA'IDA ACTIVITY [...] (S) Summary. Professor Ukandi Damachi, a long-time Mission contact and close advisor to former head-of-state Ibrahim Babangida, recently told us about a chance encounter he had with pro-Obasanjo members of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) executive. These partisans alleged an association [...]	2005-08-15 15:43:00	Consulate Lagos	SECRET	PTER PINR PGOV PREL NI
05LAGOS1636	LAGOS EAC MEETING ON INCREASED CRIME IN LAGOS AND [...] (U) Lagos EAC convened October 17 to review Post's security posture in response to what appears to be a marked increase in violent crime in Lagos, and to discuss appropriate precautions against such crime. NOTE: In the past few months armed bank robberies, prison riots, attacks on expatriate [...]	2005-10-21 16:35:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PTER CASC NI
05LAGOS1642	LAGOS EAC MEETING ON INCREASED CRIME IN LAGOS AND [...] (U) Lagos EAC convened October 17 to review Post's security posture in response to what appears to be a marked increase in violent crime in Lagos, and to discuss appropriate precautions against such crime. NOTE: In the past few months armed bank robberies, prison riots, attacks on expatriate [...]	2005-10-21 16:36:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PTER CASC NI
05LAGOS1734	BELLVIEW CRASH: POTENTIALLY WORRISOME EVIDENCE [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 8. 2. (S) On November 5, Charge Tom Furey, the Lagos Consul General and other Consulate staff accompanied NTSB's Dennis Jones to the Lagos airport hangar where Jones and his team had begun to piece together parts of the shattered Bellview ai [...]	2005-11-07 15:34:00	Consulate Lagos	SECRET	CASC EAIR NI ASEC PTER PREL
05LAGOS1743	BELLVIEW CRASH: AVIATION MINISTER ACCEPTS [...] (S) Aviation Minister Borishade met Consul General to discuss next steps in the investigation of the crash, given our concerns regarding the plane fragment recently found (reftel). The Minister stated he had briefed President Obasanjo on the new evidence. According to Borishade, the Preside [...]	2005-11-09 14:45:00	Consulate Lagos	SECRET	CASC EAIR NI ASEC PTER PREL
05LAGOS1748	PRELIMINARY REVIEW YIELDS NO "SMOKING GUN" IN [...] (S) Explosives forensics experts performed a preliminary examination of the Bellview plane crash debris thus far collected. Visual inspection of the plane fragment in question showed no clear sign of explosive damage, according to the experts. The suspect piece was swabbed, and the samples [...]	2005-11-10 17:02:00	Consulate Lagos	SECRET	CASC EAIR NI ASEC PTER PREL
05LAGOS1769	BELLVIEW CRASH UPDATE [...] (C) FBI explosives experts completed their on-site support and departed on November 10. Preliminary test results from swab samples from the subject fragment are expected this week from the FBI laboratory, and will be reported to GON crash investigators to assist with their ongoing investigat [...]	2005-11-21 10:36:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	CASC EAIR NI ASEC PTER PREL
05LAGOS1933	TWO SHELL FLOWSTATIONS CLOSE AFTER SUSPICIOUS [...] (U) According to several credible sources, an unidentified group of armed men damaged a section of an oil pipeline in the Andoni local government area of Rivers State the evening of December 19. Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) shut down two flowstations, producing 170,000 barrels [...]	2005-12-21 14:00:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV CASC PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS EWWT NI
05LAGOS1941	SHELL CLOSES THIRD FLOWSTATION, ANOTHER EXPLOSION [...] (U) After surveying the pipeline fire at their Opobo terminal line in Rivers State, Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) closed their Bonny terminal supply line in an attempt to quench the fire faster. (Note. Previously, SPDC had shut down two flowstations in hopes that their temporar [...]	2005-12-22 15:23:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV CASC PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS EWWT ELAB NI
05LAGOS1942	SHELL CLOSES THIRD FLOWSTATION, EXPLOSION IN EDO [...] (U) After surveying the pipeline fire at their Opobo terminal line in Rivers State, Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) closed their Bonny terminal supply line in an attempt to quench the fire faster. (Note. Previously, SPDC had shut down two flowstations in hopes that their temporar [...]	2005-12-22 15:23:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV CASC PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS EWWT ELAB NI
05LAGOS1951	NIGERIAN PETROLEUM VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT [...] (S) Given the presence of armed militia and of oil bunkering enterprises, the GON has difficulty maintaining security of the oil producing Nigerian Delta region. Parts of the region are effectively under the control of the militia or bunkering groups than governmental authority. As the Dec [...]	2005-12-28 12:36:00	Consulate Lagos	SECRET	EPET PTER KHLS EWWT PINR ETRD NI
05LAGOS1956	ANOTHER PIPELINE EXPLOSION, SABOTAGE SUSPECTED BUT [...] (U) As repairs continue on the pipelines ruptured in last week's attack reported ref B, a section of pipeline carrying refined product from the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) refinery in Warri, Delta State to locations elsewhere in Nigeria suffered multiple explosions on December [...]	2005-12-29 06:32:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET EINV PGOV ASEC PTER KHLS EWWT PINR NI
05LAGOS1965	TERRORISM FINANCE: AHMED IDRIS NASREDDIN [...] (SBU) Pol/Econ off and Poloff presented ref D demarche to Ibrahim Lamorde, Director of Operations for Nigeria's Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Lagos office. Lamorde said the EFCC had been investigating the Nasco group of companies since October, after receiving communication [...]	2005-12-30 12:09:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KTFN EFIN PTER PREL PM NI
05LAGOS536	NIGERIAN BANKS IN DISTRESS? [...] (C) Summary. With nine months remaining to meet the December 2005 naira 25 billion (USD 192 million) recapitalization deadline, banking sector noise has amplified. While the banks publicly talk positive about the future, we have heard rumors of liquidity problems at some banks. We believe t [...]	2005-04-08 13:03:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON ETTC KTFN PTER NI
05LAGOS545	LAGOS EAC MEETING ON ON CURRENT THREAT ASSESSMENT [...] (S/NF) Lagos core EAC members convened today to review Post's security posture in light of the current threat information outlined in REFTELs. In attendance were the CG, RSO, RMAS, MGT, CON, DEA, POL/ECON, PAO, DAO, FCS and FBI. 2. (S/NF) RMAS summarized recent reporting outlined in RE [...]	2005-04-12 10:15:00	Consulate Lagos	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC CASC NI PTER
05LAGOS838	NIGERIA: IJAWS -- WHO ARE THEY AND WHY THEY MATTER [...] (SBU) Summary: Ijaws are the largest ethnic group in the volatile, oil-laden Niger Delta. As such, Ijaws view themselves as the legitimate stewards of the region's vast resources. Though united in the desire for "resource control," Ijaw leaders differ over how to attain that goal. These tac [...]	2005-06-02 15:16:00	Consulate Lagos	SECRET	PGOV PREL NI PTER ENRG
05LILONGWE267	REACTION - WESTERN AID, LILONGWE [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-22 04:42:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC KMDR KPAO MI
05LILONGWE279	MEDIA REACTION - IRAQ, LILONGWE [...] "Short memories, rude awakenings" 2. The independent daily, "The Daily Times" of March 9, 2005, carried an opinion piece by one of Malawi's prominent writers, Jika Nkolokosa, on his regular "Take it or Leave it" Nkolokosa argues that people in Malawi don't get the truth from politicians. [...]	2005-03-24 09:41:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC KMDR KPAO MI
05LILONGWE748	MEDIA REACTION - IRAQ, LILONGWE [...] "Come to the rescue now" 2. The independent weekly, "Malawi News" of August 27, carried an opinion piece by prominent journalist/editor, Jika Nkolokosa, in his regular column "All I can say". Nkolokosa blames the world for a belated intervention to stop atrocities Saddam Hussein committ [...]	2005-08-31 14:20:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PTER MI
05LILONGWE906	AL QAIDA MADE ME DO IT: GONDWE'S TALL STORY ON [...] (U) In the midst of a raucous parliamentary debate on October 12 over the food and fertilizer situation in Malawi, Finance Minister Goodall Gondwe was asked to explain delays in getting fertilizer imported and distributed to depots around the country. He said the GOM had sealed a fertilizer d [...]	2005-10-13 14:57:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PTER EAID MI
05LIMA1418	THIRD NATIONAL COCALERO CONGRESS A BUST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Third National Congress of the National Confederation of Agricultural Producers of the Coca Valleys (CONPACCP),held 3/14-18 outside Lima, was largely a bust. Cocaleros from the Monzon and parts of the Apurimac-Ene Valley (VRAE) did not attend and a group led by Elsa Malpart [...]	2005-03-23 22:53:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SNAR PTER PE
05LIMA2158	COCALEROS ATTRACTIVE TO POLITICAL GROUPS BUT [...] (C) Summary: Although the various cocalero groups remain fragmented with no national leadership or strategy, they are courted by disparate radical elements in Peruvian society who view the cocaleros as potential allies. In addition, there is evidence that narcotraffickers are arming and radical [...]	2005-05-12 18:49:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR ASEC PGOV PTER PE
05LIMA2320	GOP EXTENDS STATE OF EMERGENCY FOR 60 MORE DAYS [...] Via a Supreme Decree signed by President Toledo on May 20, the Government extended for two more months the State of Emergency first declared in May of 2003. The Presidential Decree carried over the State of Emergency in the same geographic area covered by the most recent extensions, dated Ma [...]	2005-05-24 20:33:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINS PTER PHUM ASEC PE
05LIMA3341	EU AMBASSADOR PROVIDES READOUT ON SOUTH AMERICAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador met with EU Ambassador Mendel Goldstein on 7/27 to convey concerns about statements attributed to EU External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner that appeared to criticize U.S. counternarcotics policies in the Andes. Goldstein stated that Ferrero-Waldne [...]	2005-08-03 21:48:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PREL ETRD PTER EU PE
05LIMA3500	TERRORISM FINANCE: UNSCR 1617 IMPLEMENTATION [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-15 11:56:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN EFIN PTER PE
05LIMA3609	MINING COMPANIES WORRIED ABOUT SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: The U.S. and Canadian Ambassadors hosted a meeting on August 11 for representatives of international mining companies to review their operating difficulties in Peru and to coordinate efforts to improve the investment climate. Consensus among the companies is that radical forces [...]	2005-08-19 18:20:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN ETRD SNAR PTER ECON EINV PGOV PE
05LIMA3784	A NEW INTERVIEW WITH SL LEADER COMRADE "ARTEMIO" [...] (C) SUMMARY. A Peruvian newspaper and a TV news program made public an interview with Sendero Luminoso (SL) Commander "Artemio," head of the largest SL faction still involved in combat operations. Leading daily La Republica published a portion of the interview on 8/28. Later that evening, Cuart [...]	2005-09-01 14:57:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC SNAR PINS PGOV PE
05LIMA3798	UPDATE ON ANTI-TERRORISM TRIALS IN PERU [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to Anti-Terrorism judges, convictions are expected in the "megatrials" of the Movimiento Revolucionario Tupac Amaru (MRTA) and Sendero Luminoso (SL) leaders. The defendants in the El Polo bombing case may be acquitted, however, but should remain in jail on other charges [...]	2005-09-01 22:11:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KJUS PREL ASEC PE
05LIMA3813	ANTI-TERRORISM COURT ISSUES VERDICTS IN EL POLO [...] The National Anti-Terrorism Court convicted Wilbert Elqui Meza Magino of participating in the planning of the 3/20/2002 bombing at the El Polo shopping center across the street from the U.S. Embassy, and sentenced him to a 30-year prison term. Seven other co-defendants were acquitted of invol [...]	2005-09-02 17:47:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PINS ASEC KJUS PE
05LIMA4078	SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE (SEPQ) [...] (SBU) In response to Reference A, Embassy Lima provides the following information for use in the preparation of the DS/DSS/ITA Security Environment Threat List (SETL). Responses are cued to questions posed in the SEPQ reporting guideline: ------------------ POLITICAL VIOLENCE -------------- [...]	2005-09-19 22:04:00	Embassy Lima	SECRET	ASEC PTER PE
05LIMA4188	PERU: TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATOR OFFICER AT POST [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-27 14:30:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN KVPR EFIN PTER ETTC PREL PE
05LIMA4569	WHA/AND DIRECTOR'S MEETINGS ON BILATERAL [...] (C) In meetings with Foreign Ministry, congressional, economic, trade, counternarcotics, and human rights officials/activists on 10/17-18, visiting WHA/AND Director Philip French received a briefing on Peruvian views on bilateral relations (termed excellent, with a plug for a Toledo-POTUS me [...]	2005-10-24 18:00:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SNAR ETRD PHUM PTER PE
05LIMA4692	DEMARCHE -IRANIAN PRESIDENT'S INCREASING EXTREMISM [...] Iranian President Ahmadi-Nejad's public call for Israel to be "wiped off the map" (Ref A) was discussed at a 10/28 breakfast hosted by the Ambassador for Foreign Minister Oscar Maurtua and leading Foreign Ministry officials (Ref B). Maurtua expressed disapproval of the Iranian leader's statem [...]	2005-11-03 16:15:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER PHUM PE IR
05LIMA4985	SENDERO THREATENS ALTERNATIVE DEVELOPMENT PARTNER [...] (SBU) Summary: Sendero Luminoso (SL) remnants in the Upper Huallaga have threatened five communities either to reject Alternative Development (AD) or suffer the consequences. This follows the kidnapping of AD USG contractors on 11/6 (reftel). Post is curtailing AD operations in the immediate [...]	2005-11-23 14:06:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PE PGOV PTER SNAR AID
05LIMA5008	PERU ON SEEKING SUPPORT FOR OAS COLOMBIA MISSION [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-23 18:11:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER EAID CO PE OAS
05LIMA5061	FORMER INTERIOR MINISTER ROSPIGLIOSI WORRIED ABOUT [...] (C) SUMMARY. Former Interior Minister Fernando Rospigliosi and ex-Director of National Defense Ruben Vargas, in an 11/18 lunch with Poloffs, expressed concern over prospects that ultranationalist Ollanta Humala is establishing himself as a political force to be reckoned with. They had few [...]	2005-11-29 17:14:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PTER PHUM ASEC PE
05LIMA5203	FIVE PNP OFFICERS KILLED IN AYACUCHO AMBUSH [...] (C) On the morning of 12/5 between 15 and 20 armed individuals ambushed and attacked two DIRANDRO vehicles en route from the new NAS-funded DIRANDRO base at Palma Pampa to San Francisco, both in the VRAE (reftels). Five police officers were killed, and a prosecutor and one other police office [...]	2005-12-07 21:46:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PTER PGOV SNAR PE
05LIMA5210	SCENESETTER FOR FOREIGN MINISTER OSCAR MAURTUA'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Oscar Maurtua believes that the U.S.-Peru Free Trade Agreement adds a new political as well as commercial dimension to our relationship. He will wish to discuss how we can take advantage of this to raise the bilateral relationship to a higher level, emphasizing [...]	2005-12-09 16:08:00	Embassy Lima	SECRET	PREL SNAR PTER ETRD PE KICC
05LIMA5263	TERRORISM: TRACKING EXPANSION OF AL-MANAR TO NEW [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-13 15:42:00	Embassy Lima	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER ASEC PREL ANET PE
05LIMA5335	THE ONGOING DEBATE: IS TERRORISM BACK ON THE RISE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Remarks by Prime Minister Kuczynski alleging a growing terrorism problem in Peru have rekindled public interest in this issue, but have generated little consensus on how grave the problem really is. In private, Embassy contacts point to an increasing involvement of Sendero Lumin [...]	2005-12-16 20:19:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV ASEC SNAR PE
05LIMA5336	PERU: 2005 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] The following is Post's submission for the 2005 Annual Terrorism Report. Peru remained a strong supporter of U.S. counterterrorism efforts in 2005. Peru has consistently supported the Global War on Terrorism, has actively participated in the United Nations and OAS Inter-American Committee A [...]	2005-12-16 22:22:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC KCRM SNAR PE
05LIMA5392	PERU INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] The following is Post's submission as Part II of the 2004-2005 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR),regarding financial crimes and money laundering. OVERVIEW AND INTRODUCTION ------------------------- 2. Narcotics-related and other money laundering is taking place, [...]	2005-12-21 20:31:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR EFIN KCRM PREL PTER PE

05LIMA5397	ANOTHER SENDERO LUMINOSO AMBUSH LEAVES EIGHT [...] (C) SUMMARY. On 12/20, Sendero Luminoso (SL) members ambushed and killed eight Peruvian National Police officers near the town of Aucayacu, located in the Huallaga River coca production zone. The attack followed by only two weeks the SL murder of five officers in northern Ayacucho, a differen [...]	2005-12-21 23:02:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV ASEC SNAR PE
05LIMA5440	SENDERO IS CHANGING STRATEGY: WHAT IT MEANS FOR [...] (C) I believe that the armed Sendero Luminoso factions in the Monzon and VRAE valleys have changed both their strategic objectives and tactics in a way that has implications for our counter narcotics work and anti-terrorism interests. The Toledo Government fully doesn,t realize this yet. We [...]	2005-12-27 19:33:00	Embassy Lima	SECRET	PTER PINS ASEC SNAR PGOV PE
05LONDON1257	TAKING ACTION AGAINST HEZBOLLAH AND HAMAS [...] (S) SUMMARY: The Prime Minister's commitment to the Secretary to proscribe the political wings of Hezbollah and Hamas coupled with the March 1 London meeting to support the Palestinian leadership provide us with our best opportunity in three years to leverage significant change in HMG policy t [...]	2005-02-11 15:31:00	Embassy London	SECRET	PGOV PINR PREL PTER UK XF
05MADRID1	2004-2005 INCSR PART II: SPAIN [...] No summary [...]	2005-01-03 08:31:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PTER KSEP SNAR KTFN EFIN SP
05MADRID1000	SPAIN'S VIEWS IN ADVANCE OF MARCH 16 FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Poloff discussed the China arms embargo, Croatia, Human Rights in Belarus and Cuba, the Middle East Peace Process, Hamas, Lebanon, Sudan, Moldova, and Georgia with the MFA's Head of EU Policy Planning Enrique Mora Benavente on March 10 and March 14. Spain's position regarding [...]	2005-03-15 17:44:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PREL PTER HR CH LE KPAL SU RS GG SP EUN
05MADRID1003	SPAIN: UPDATE ON TRANSFERRED GUANTANAMO DETAINEE [...] (U) The USG transferred Spanish-national Guantanamo detainee Hamed Abd al Rahman Ahmed (DPOB: September 22, 1974, Ceuta, Spain) to Spanish custody on February 14, 2004. He was held for five months on suspicion of membership in a terrorist organization and released on EUROS 3,000 bail (USD 3,9 [...]	2005-03-16 11:15:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	KTIA PTER PHUM PINR OPDC PREL
05MADRID1010	ATTORNEY GENERAL GONZALES MEETINGS WITH SPANISH [...] (C) Summary. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales held bilateral meetings with Minister of Interior Jose Antonio Alonso and Minister of Justice Juan Fernando Lopez Aguilar on the margins of his March 10-11 visit to Spain to represent the USG at the commemoration honoring the victims of the March [...]	2005-03-16 13:17:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER SP
05MADRID1011	VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. NAME: MILENOV, TONI RADEV - GENDER: MALE - DPOB: JAN. 6, 1978, POPOVEZT, BULGARIA - CLASS: POSITIVE (NO DOB) 3. SPANISH PRESS OF MARCH 14, 2005 R [...]	2005-03-16 13:19:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
05MADRID1025	VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. SPANISH DAILY "EL PAIS" OF MARCH 16, 2005, REPORTED THAT MEMBERS OF THE SPANISH CIVIL GUARD ARRESTED THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS ON MARCH 15, 2005. THEY ARE [...]	2005-03-16 16:01:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL DIEZ
05MADRID1031	SPANISH OFFICIALS DISCUSS VENEZUELA SALE WITH [...] (C) Summary: Spanish Deputy Defense Minister Francisco Pardo requested a meeting with Charge Friday, March 11 to explain Spain's plans to sell military equipment to Venezuela. In the meeting, Pardo denied reports that Spain would sell "Corvette" gunships to Venezuela, said none of the equip [...]	2005-03-16 19:15:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER SP
05MADRID11	2004-2005 INCSR PART II: SPAIN CORRECTED VERSION [...] No summary [...]	2005-01-03 16:14:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PTER KSEP SNAR KTFN EFIN SP
05MADRID1141	SPAIN: SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY VISIT TO [...] (C) Your visit to Madrid comes after a difficult year in our bilateral relationship but also at a time when we are gradually moving relations to a more positive track. The Madrid train bombings in March 2004 came as a terrible shock to a country that felt it was accustomed to dealing with terrorism [...]	2005-03-23 16:11:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MOPS ECON IZ SP NATO
05MADRID1178	DEMARCHE TO ZAPATERO ON MEETING WITH CHAVEZ, LULA, [...] (SBU) Charge conveyed Ref A points to National Security Adviser Carles Casajuana on March 23. Casajuana stressed the correlation of USG-Spanish interests in a stable, democratic Venezuela and assured Charge that the USG points would be provided to President Zapatero and his party prior to Zapatero' [...]	2005-03-29 13:47:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER SP VZ
05MADRID1179	VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. NAME: RODRIGUEZ RECONDO, ZAINE - GENDER: FEMALE - DPOB: 26 YEARS OLD, SPAIN - CLASS: NEGATIVE 3. SPANISH PRESS OF MARCH 22, 2005 REPORTED THAT [...]	2005-03-29 15:16:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
05MADRID1181	VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. SPANISH PRESS OF MARCH 20, 2005 REPORTED THAT FRENCH AND SPANISH POLICE CONDUCTED AN OPERATION THAT ENDED IN THE ARREST IN LE CAP D'ADGE, MONTPELLIER, FRAN [...]	2005-03-29 15:16:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
05MADRID1182	VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. SPANISH PRESS OF MARCH 20, 2005 REPORTED THE ARREST BY SCOTLAND YARD IN LONDON, U.K. OF MOUTAZ ALMALLAH, DABAS, A SYRIAN NATURALIZED SPANISH CITIZEN, WANTED [...]	2005-03-29 15:17:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
05MADRID1183	VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. DAILY PRESS OF MARCH 19, 2005 REPORTED THAT THE SPANISH POLICE DETAINED MOHANNAD ALMALLAH DABAS. HE WAS PREVIOUSLY ARRESTED ON MARCH 24, 2004 IN CONNECTION [...]	2005-03-29 15:17:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
05MADRID1203	VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. NAME: OLABARRIETA COLORADO, IKER - GENDER: MALE - SEP. 29, 1977, BARACALDO, VIZCAYA, SPAIN - CLASS: NEGATIVE 3. NAME: GONZALEZ SOLA, IGOR [...]	2005-03-30 13:20:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
05MADRID1204	VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. SPANISH PRESS OF MARCH 24, 2005 REPORTED THAT THE TWO ETA ACTIVISTS REFERENCED BELOW WERE ARRESTED BY FRENCH POLICE IN LANNEMEZAN, FRANCE. THE ARRESTED WERE FOUND [...]	2005-03-30 13:21:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
05MADRID1278	VISAS VIPER MONTHLY REPORT: FY05 - MARCH [...] THE VISAS VIPER COMMITTEE MET ON 04 APRIL 2005, AS PART OF MADRID INTERAGENCY COUNTERTERRORISM WORKING GROUP AND WAS CHAIRED BY THE CHARGE, ROBERT MANZANARES. THE CHARGE EXPRESSED HIS APPRECIATION FOR THE CONTINUING STRONG COOPERATION AND COMMITMENT TO THE PROGRAM BY ALL AGENCIES AT [...]	2005-04-04 13:50:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
05MADRID1305	VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. THE SPANISH NATIONAL POLICE ARRESTED THE FOLLOWING 13 INDIVIDUALS ON APRIL 1, 2005 IN CONNECTION WITH THE 11 MARCH 2004 TERRORIST ATTACKS IN MADRID. THE ARRE [...]	2005-04-06 08:46:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
05MADRID1306	VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. SPANISH PRESS OF APRIL 1, 2005 REPORTED THE ARREST OF JON SANCHEZ MENDAZA, AN ALLEGED LEADER OF "KAS - EKIN", AN OUTLAWED ORGANIZATION OF ETA'S POLITICAL OR [...]	2005-04-06 08:47:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
05MADRID1349	GWOT ASSESSMENT: MADRID FEEDBACK [...] (C) Summary. We appreciate the opportunity to weigh in on issues related to the Global War on Terrorism per reftel action request. Overall, counterterrorism cooperation between the U.S. and Spain is excellent, remaining a cornerstone of the bilateral relationship despite friction on other important [...]	2005-04-07 12:04:00	Embassy Madrid	SECRET	PTER PREL SP
05MADRID1353	MFA OFFICIAL SEES LITTLE PROGRESS ON WESTERN SAHARA [...] (C) MFA DAS for Maghreb Affairs Carlos Fernandez Arias told poloff on March 31 that Spain sees few signs of progress in negotiations to resolve the Western Sahara dispute and only limited indications of improved Moroccan-Algerian relations. Arias (protect) said FM Moratinos and other GOS poli [...]	2005-04-07 14:22:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER MO SP
05MADRID1442	VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. SPANISH DAILY PRESS OF APRIL 8, 2005 REPORTED THAT AS A RESULT OF RECENT POLICE OPERATIONS CONDUCTED IN FRANCE AND ALSO IN THE BASQUE COUNTRY OF SPAIN, AGAINS [...]	2005-04-13 15:33:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
05MADRID1477	SPANISH CONGRESS' FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE CHAIR [...] (C) Rafael Estrella, Socialist spokesperson on Congress's Foreign Affairs Committee (committee chairman equivalent) told us that he believes relations have "completely normalized" between the U.S. and Spain. According to Estrella, Spain's engagement with Venezuela should not pose an obstacle [...]	2005-04-15 15:44:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MOPS SP NATO
05MADRID1495	BASQUE ELECTIONS: ETA SUPPORTERS GAIN SEATS [...] (U) The moderate Basque Nationalist Party (PNV) won its eighth straight regional election, but lost four seats in the 75-seat Basque Parliament to the radical leftist Communist Party of the Basque Lands (EHAK),which had the explicit support of ETA front-group Batasuna. The Marxist-Leninist E [...]	2005-04-18 16:13:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER SP
05MADRID1517	VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. DAILY PRESS OF APR. 16, 2005, REPORTED THAT THE SPANISH NATIONAL COURT EXAMINING JUDGE FOR THE MARCH 11TH TERRORIST ATTACKS, ORDERED THE UNCONDITIONAL IMPRISONMENT [...]	2005-04-20 11:51:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
05MADRID1560	VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. INFORMATION RECEIVED AT THIS POST REFERS TO THE RADICAL ISLAMIST ACTIVITY OF TWO MOROCCANS IMPRISONED IN SPAIN. AS OF LATE MARCH 2005, THE SPANISH AUTHORI [...]	2005-04-21 15:39:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
05MADRID1584	MASS TRIAL OF AL-QA'IDA SUSPECTS GETS UNDERWAY [...] (U) Spanish prosecutors launched their case against al-Qa'ida financier Imad Eddin Barakat Yarkas and 23 associated defendants on April 22 before the Fifth Magistrate of Spain's National Court. The defendants were named in a September 2003 indictment handed down by high-profile judge Baltasar [...]	2005-04-22 16:33:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL SP
05MADRID1585	SPANISH DEFENSE MINISTRY: "TRUST US ON VENEZUELA [...] (C) Summary: Secretary of State for Defense (deputy minister equivalent) Francisco Pardo called a meeting with Charge April 20 to discuss Spain's plan to sell ships and planes to Venezuela. Pardo said the Zapatero government wanted to be as transparent as possible on the sale but was frustrated tha [...]	2005-04-22 17:04:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER SP
05MADRID1587	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER [...] (C) Your visit to Madrid comes after a difficult year in our bilateral relationship but also at a time when we are gradually moving relations to a more positive track. Our counter-terrorism cooperation with Spain remains strong despite problems in other areas and your visit will help demonstr [...]	2005-04-25 11:46:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER SP
05MADRID1598	VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. DAILY SPANISH PRESS OF APR. 22, 2005 REPORTED THAT THE CANADIAN SUPREME COURT DENIED THE LAST APPEAL BEFORE THE EXTRADITION TO SPAIN OF THE TWO SUSPECTED E [...]	2005-04-25 15:13:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
05MADRID1604	SPANISH DEFENSE MINISTER: VENEZUELA DEAL DESIGNED [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Charge April 22, Minister of Defense Jose Bono said the only reason Spain was selling military ships to Venezuela was to help troubled Izar shipyard. Protesting Izar workers had put a lot of pressure on the Zapatero government, said Bono. He assured Charge that none o [...]	2005-04-26 06:04:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MOPS SP
05MADRID1626	SPAIN: SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY RUMSFELD'S [...] (C) The Zapatero government believes it has taken significant steps to put relations with the U.S. back on track, such as agreeing to lead both a PRT and an FSB in western Afghanistan. Military-to-military relations between Spain and the U.S. have remained strong over the past 14 months despite the [...]	2005-04-27 06:44:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS PTER SP
05MADRID1637	VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. DAILY PRESS OF APRIL 25, 2005 REPORTED THAT ETA SUSPECT ARAIZ ZUBIMENDI IZAGA ARRIVED IN SPAIN ESCORTED BY FRENCH POLICE AND WAS HANDED OVER TO THE SPANISH [...]	2005-04-27 13:00:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
05MADRID1646	ENCOURAGING EU PARTICIPATION IN APRIL 28-29 [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-27 15:31:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN PTER KTFN SP EUN
05MADRID1687	SPAIN NOT SUPPORTIVE ON WHO INTERNATIONAL HEALTH REGULATIONS [...] (U) ESTHOFF passed reftel points April 21 to appropriate MFA and Health Ministry contacts. POLMILOFF passed reftel points that same day to the Defense Ministry. The MFA contacted ESTHOFF to inform the Embassy that it would deliver the combined GOS response to our demarche. This response was [...]	2005-04-29 15:05:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO PREL PTER SP WHO
05MADRID1691	VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. SPANISH DAILY EL PAIS REPORTED THAT FRENCH POLICE ARRESTED TWO ALLEGED MEMBERS OF ETA ON APR. 28, 2005. THE ARREST TOOK PLACE IN CAUSSADE, FRANCE, WHEN THEY [...]	2005-04-29 15:43:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
05MADRID1739	VISAS VIPER MONTHLY REPORT: FY05 APRIL [...] THE VISAS VIPER COMMITTEE MET ON MAY 06, 2005, AS PART OF MADRID INTERAGENCY COUNTERTERRORISM WORKING GROUP AND WAS CHAIRED BY THE DCM, ROBERT MANZANARES 2. DURING THE MONTH OF APRIL 2005, MADRID SUBMITTED EIGHT VISAS VIPER CABLES IDENTIFYING TWENTY-FIVE INDIVIDUALS, EIGHT SUSPE [...]	2005-05-06 15:47:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
05MADRID1786	UPDATE ON TERRORISM FINANCE IN SPAIN [...] (U) Summary. Meetings with Spanish contacts suggest that Spain remains serious about fighting terrorism finance. The GOS conducts searches for funds from all individuals and organizations listed in prenotifications and notifications from the U.S.; no such funds have been found in Spanish acc [...]	2005-05-10 15:02:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON ETTC KTFN PTER PGOV PREL EU SP EUN
05MADRID1809	FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER'S MEETING WITH ANTI-TERRORISM [...] (C) Summary. FBI Director Robert Mueller met May 9 with Juan del Olmo, the Spanish judge overseeing the investigation into the March 11, 2004 Madrid train bombings, to advocate improved information sharing on terrorism investigations. Director Mueller expressed understanding of the limits imp [...]	2005-05-12 10:06:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV SP
05MADRID1826	LOOKOUT SHARING [...] CHARGE D'AFFAIRES A.I. MANZANARES PRESENTED DEMARCHE AS INSTRUCTED IN REFTEL TO JOSE MARIA PONS IRAZAZABAL, DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR NORTH AMERICAN AFFAIRS AT THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS ON MAY 10. FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER WAS IN SPAIN AND HAD A MEETING WITH MINISTER OF INTERIOR ALONSO IN WHICH H [...]	2005-05-13 05:51:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS CASC PGOV PTER PINR PREL KPAO EU SP
05MADRID1829	VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. DAILY SPANISH PRESS OF MAY 7, 2005 REPORTED THAT THE SPANISH NATIONAL COURT SENTENCED THE ALLEGED ETA ACTIVISTS REFERENCED BELOW TO 2,775 YEARS OF PRISON FOR [...]	2005-05-13 09:51:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL LORAN
05MADRID1831	VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. NAME: MOTO NSA, SEVERO - GENDER: MALE - DPOB: NOV. 6, 1943, ACOCK, EQUATORIAL GUINEA - POSITIVE 3. DAILY SPANISH PRESS "EL PAIS" REPORTED THAT TH [...]	2005-05-13 12:02:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL MOTO
05MADRID1835	VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. DAILY SPANISH PRESS OF MAY 10, 2005 REPORTED THAT THE SPANISH POLICE ARRESTED THE INDIVIDUALS REFERENCED BELOW AS SUSPECTED MEMBERS OF ETA'S INFORMATION NE [...]	2005-05-13 13:50:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL PENA
05MADRID1837	VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. DAILY SPANISH PRESS REPORTED ON MAY 12, 2005, THAT THE SPANISH POLICE ARRESTED TWO ALLEGED MEMBERS OF ETA'S FINANCIAL NETWORK. THE DETAINEES HAD MADE TRAN [...]	2005-05-13 13:50:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL LARREA
05MADRID1859	SPAIN: ETA ATTACKS AFTER ZAPATERO PROPOSES PEACE [...] On May 15, four small bombs, each containing approximately four pounds of explosives, exploded in the Basque region of Spain, The bombings, attributed to the Basque Fatherland and Liberty (ETA) terrorist group, took place near four industrial centers in the Guipuzcoa region of the Basque coun [...]	2005-05-16 15:43:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PGOV SP
05MADRID1881	DEMARCHE ON TRANSFER OF GUANTANAMO DETAINEE TO [...] (C) Poloff advised MFA Deputy Director General for North America Manuel de la Camara on May 16 regarding the USG's readiness to transfer Moroccan national Lahcen Ikassrien to the Spanish authorities, contingent upon Spain's agreement to the conditions established in reftel. De la Camara had no [...]	2005-05-17 16:37:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KAWC PHUM PINR SP
05MADRID1894	PARLIAMENT AUTHORIZES GOS NEGOTIATIONS WITH ETA [...] (U) President Zapatero won Parliamentary approval on May 17 for his plan to offer peace talks with Basque terrorist group ETA if ETA agrees to abandon the armed struggle. The initiative passed by a vote of 192 to 147, with all parties except the Popular Party (PP) accepting Zapatero's proposal [...]	2005-05-18 12:23:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV SP
05MADRID1924	SPANISH FIRM SEEKS BUSINESS WITH LIBYA [...] (C) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) On May 17, Javier Hergueta, the Foreign Ministry's deputy director general for bilateral economic relations with Europe and the OECD countries, requested a meeting with poloff. Hergueta explained that a Spanish firm, Espindesa (part of [...]	2005-05-19 14:36:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL PTER ETTC SP CBW
05MADRID2082	DOJ COUNTERTERRORISM MEETINGS WITH SPANISH [...] (C) Summary. A USDOJ/FBI team led by DOJ Trial Attorneys Donald Ashley and Greg Sofer visited Madrid May 16-20 for meetings with Spanish prosecutors and judicial officials to discuss counterterrorism cooperation and to participate in the first official meeting of the U.S.-Spain Bilateral Coun [...]	2005-06-01 14:28:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL SP
05MADRID2126	VISAS VIPER MONTHLY REPORT: FY05 MAY [...] THE VISAS VIPER COMMITTEE MET ON JUNE 6, 2005, AS PART OF MADRID INTERAGENCY COUNTERTERRORISM WORKING GROUP AND WAS CHAIRED BY THE DCM, ROBERT MANZANARES. 2. DURING THE MONTH OF MAY 2005, MADRID SUBMITTED EIGHT VISAS VIPER CABLES IDENTIFYING TWENTY INDIVIDUALS, SUSPECTED MEMBERS [...]	2005-06-06 12:56:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
05MADRID2132	GUANTANAMO DETAINEE IKASSRIEN: SPAIN AGREES TO [...] (C) On June 3, post received note verbale number 67112-Ext-04 from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs indicating the Government of Spain's acceptance of USG terms for the transfer to Spain of Guantanamo detainee Lahcen Ikassrien (ref A). Attached to the note verbale was a notification from the C [...]	2005-06-06 14:26:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KAWC PHUM PINR SP
05MADRID2223	SPAIN: YARKAS TERRORIST TRIAL UPDATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 22, judge Javier Gomez Bermudez of the Spanish National Court initiated trial proceedings against 24 defendants, mostly Syrian-born residents of Spain, accused of belonging to a radical Islamic terrorist cell linked to al-Qa'ida (Reftel). Three defendants, the main one b [...]	2005-06-10 11:24:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV SP
05MADRID2248	GOS SUGGESTED COOPERATION WITH U.S. ON TERRORISM [...] (C) During the first official meeting of the U.S.-Spain Bilateral Counterterrorism Experts Working Group on May 16-20 in Madrid (reftel),Spanish judicial officials proposed a joint investigation into the finances of the Islamic Cultural Center. The Center is a prominent Islamic institution l [...]	2005-06-10 15:41:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL ADPM SP
05MADRID2296	SPAIN FAVORS NICARAGUA MANPADS DESTRUCTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-14 15:28:00	Embassy Madrid	SECRET	MARR PARM PREL PTER SP
05MADRID2310	VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. INFORMATION RECEIVED AT THIS POST INDICATES THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUAL WAS LINKED TO THE 11 MARCH 2004 BOMBINGS IN MADRID, SPAIN. 3. BOU NADJA, REZKI SOUKE [...]	2005-06-15 14:00:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL BOU
05MADRID2314	NOVEMBER 14-16 TERRORISM FINANCE CONFERENCE IN [...] Summary: The Embassy, Ministry of Interior and the Ortega y Gasset Foundation (a well-respected thinktank) are collaborating on a November 14-16 terrorism finance conference in Madrid. This will be the fourth conference on terrorism issues we put together with the GOS and the Foundation. The [...]	2005-06-15 15:52:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL ADPM SP
05MADRID2332	VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. SPANISH NEWS OF JUNE 15, 2005 REPORTED THAT THE SPANISH POLICE CONDUCTED AN OPERATION IN DIFFERENT LOCATIONS IN SPAIN, RESULTING IN THE ARREST OF 11 ALLEGE [...]	2005-06-16 13:37:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
05MADRID2337	VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. DAILY PRESS OF JUNE 16, 2005 REPORTED THAT THE SPANISH POLICE ARRESTED FIVE MOROCCAN NATIONALS IN BARCELONA AND MADRID, FOR THEIR ALLEGED LINKS TO THE MADR [...]	2005-06-16 15:43:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL EL
05MADRID2340	SPANISH POLICE DISRUPT AL-ZARQAWI SUPPORT NETWORK [...] (U) Spanish police arrested 16 suspected Islamic terrorists early June 15 in two related operations involving over 500 police officers. The arrests took place in Madrid, Catalunia, Andalucia, Levante and Ceuta; with 13 of those detained being natives of Morocco, two others from Algeria and on [...]	2005-06-16 16:05:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV SP PINR
05MADRID2347	VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. ALL INDIVIDUALS REFERENCE BELOW WERE ALSO ARRESTED IN THE RECENT SPANISH POLICE OPERATIONS AGAINST RADICAL ISLAMIST CELLS ASSOCIATED TO "ANSAR AL ISLAM" AND T [...]	2005-06-17 12:06:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL EL
05MADRID2359	ZAPATERO AND THE BASQUE PROBLEM: A HIGH STAKES [...] (C) Summary. In one of his most dramatic gestures since taking office last year, President Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero recently requested Parliamentary approval for direct government negotiations with the Basque terrorist group ETA, if ETA agrees to abandon the armed struggle. This was the [...]	2005-06-17 15:35:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER SP
05MADRID2442	VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. INFORMATION OBTAINED AT THIS POST REFERS TO THE INDIVIDUALS REFERENCED BELOW, ARRESTED OR BEING SOUGHT FOR THEIR ALLEGED ASSOCIATION WITH THE "ANSAR AL ISLAM" [...]	2005-06-24 12:55:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL EL
05MADRID2522	VISAS VIPER MONTHLY REPORT: FY05 JUNE [...] THE VISAS VIPER COMMITTEE MET ON June 06, 2005, AS PART OF MADRID INTERAGENCY COUNTERTERRORISM WORKING GROUP AND WAS CHAIRED BY THE DCM, ROBERT MANZANARES. 2. DURING THE MONTH OF JUNE 2005, MADRID SUBMITTED FIVE VISAS VIPER CABLE IDENTIFYING THIRTY-THREE INDIVIDUALS, SUSPECTED M [...]	2005-07-05 10:46:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
05MADRID2537	BARAKAT YARKAS TERRORISM TRIAL: PROSECUTION BLAMES [...] (C) Summary. Embassy officials met with the Chief Prosecutor of Spain's National Court Eduardo Fungarino on July 1 to express concern regarding press reports quoting the lead prosecutor in the Barakat Yarkas terrorism trial complaining about the lack of access to USG detainee Ramzi Binalshibh [...]	2005-07-05 15:46:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL SP
05MADRID2562	SPAIN (MAD) - COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR [...] Embassy Madrid grants country clearance to TSA Aviation Security Inspectors Yasmin Moorgan and Sandra Johnson to visit Madrid from 10-21 July 2005 to perform the airport and air carrier station assessments at Madrid Barajas International Airport (MAD). 2. Control Officer for the visit is [...]	2005-07-07 12:39:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ASEC PTER OTRA KHLS
05MADRID2567	EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING, AMEMBASSY [...] On July 07, 2005, as directed in REFTEL, the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) at Embassy Madrid met to discuss the bombing incidents that occurred in London. 2. The EAC discussed current conditions and indicators within Spain relating to any recent reporting and law enforcement and intell [...]	2005-07-07 14:40:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PTER
05MADRID2594	VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. INDIVIDUALS REFERENCED BELOW HAVE BEEN ARRESTED BY THE SPANISH NATIONAL POLICE FOR THEIR LINKS WITH THE SPAIN-BASED JIHADIST FACILITATOR NETWORK, "ANSAR AL [...]	2005-07-11 14:35:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SAAD
05MADRID2607	SPAIN'S REACTION TO US OPPOSITION TO ITS CANDIDATE [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-12 09:33:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PTER SP
05MADRID2608	SPAIN'S POSITION ON THE COMPREHENSIVE CONVENTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-12 09:34:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER SP UNGA
05MADRID2617	SPAIN: TERRORIST FINANCE: NASCO AMENDMENT [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-12 15:05:00	Embassy Madrid	SECRET	KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL SP
05MADRID2648	SPAIN: SPEAKING WITH MUSLIM LEADERS ABOUT [...] (U) Though not an action addressee on reftel, post wished to share the following points. 2. (U) Embassy Madrid's Muslim Outreach Committee has been active in reaching out to the Muslim Community in Spain in the past year. Embassy officers have made visits to the M-30 mosque, the largest mos [...]	2005-07-13 15:59:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL KPAO PREL PTER SP
05MADRID2653	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT ZAPATERO [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Aguirre had his first meeting with President Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero on July 12 to introduce himself and to review the USG roadmap for improving bilateral relations. The 90-minute meeting was cordial and relaxed throughout and covered a broad range of bilateral an [...]	2005-07-14 12:16:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER SP VZ
05MADRID2685	SPAIN: TERRORISM FINANCE: MOVEMENT FOR ISLAMIC [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-19 10:57:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN EFIN ETTC PTER CVIS KVPR SP
05MADRID2765	VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. SPANISH NEWS MEDIA REPORTED THAT ON JULY 27, 2005, THE SPANISH POLICE CONDUCTED AN OPERATION IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS IN THE BASQUE AREA OF SPAIN, WHICH LED TO TH [...]	2005-07-27 12:03:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL ORUE
05MADRID2792	DHS U/S BEARDSWORTH MEETS WITH SPANISH OFFICIALS [...] (SBU) Summary. DHS Acting Under Secretary for Border and Transportation Security visited Madrid July 19 to brief Spanish Ministry of Interior and MFA officials on DHS discussions with EU interlocutors regarding the value of Passenger Name Record (PNR) data as a tool for enhancing border secur [...]	2005-07-29 08:32:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER EAIR SP EUN
05MADRID2817	VISAS VIPER MONTHLY REPORT: JULY 2005 [...] THE VISAS VIPER COMMITTEE MET ON AUG. 2, 2005, AS PART OF MADRID INTERAGENCY COUNTERTERRORISM WORKING GROUP. 2. DURING THE MONTH OF JULY 2005, MADRID SUBMITTED TWO VISAS VIPER CABLES IDENTIFYING SEVEN INDIVIDUALS, FIVE SUSPECTED MEMBERS OF ETA AND TWO SUSPECTED MEMBERS OF ISLAMI [...]	2005-08-02 11:03:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
05MADRID2833	CORRECTED COPY: DHS U/S BEARDSWORTH MEETS WITH [...] (SBU) Summary. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Acting Under Secretary for Border and Transportation Security Randy Beardsworth visited Madrid July 19 to brief Spanish Ministry of Interior (MOI) and Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) officials regarding the value of Passenger Name Record [...]	2005-08-02 14:35:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER EAIR SP EUN
05MADRID2851	VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. SPANISH DAILY PRESS OF JULY 30, 2005 REPORTED THE ARREST IN FRANCE OF FOUR MEMBERS OF THE TERRORIST ORGANIZATION ETA IN TWO, NON-RELATED, POLICE SECURITY C [...]	2005-08-03 15:41:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
05MADRID2868	VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. FOLLOWING IS ACCURATE DPOB FOR TWO OF THE ETA SUSPECTS SUBMITTED IN REFTEL. 3. NAME: ERRASTI GOITI, ZUHAITZ - GENDER: MALE - DPOB: FEB. 13, 1981, ARETXABALET [...]	2005-08-04 15:17:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
05MADRID2970	VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. DAILY SPANISH PRESS OF AUG. 18, 2005 REPORTED THE ARREST IN BELGRADE, SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO, OF RADICAL ISLAMIST ABDELMAJID BOUCHAR FOR WHOM SPANISH AUTHORI [...]	2005-08-18 13:55:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
05MADRID3038	VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. INFORMATION RECEIVED AT THIS POST FROM ANOTHER AGENCY INDICATES THAT THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS ARE CURRENTLY UNDER INVESTIGATION BY THE SPANISH AUTHORITIES FOR TERRORISM [...]	2005-08-25 07:45:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL JAWAD
05MADRID3171	VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST SUBMITS THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES. 2.INFORMATION RECEIVED AT THIS POST FROM ANOTHER AGENCY INDICATES THAT THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS HAVING LINKS WITH A NETWORK OF JIHADIST FACILATATORS IN SPAIN: [...]	2005-09-07 15:18:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
05MADRID3202	VISAS VIPER MONTHLY REPORT: FY05 AUGUST [...] THE VISAS VIPER COMMITTEE MET ON SEPTEMBER 08,2005, AS PART OF MADRID'S INTERAGENCY COUNTERTERRORISM WORKING GROUP. 2. DURING THE MONTH OF AUGUST 2005, MADRID SUBMITTED FOUR VISAS VIPER CABLE IDENTIFYING TWENTY-NINE INDIVIDUALS, FOUR SUSPECTED MEMBERS OF ETA AND TWENTY-FIVE SUSPECT [...]	2005-09-12 11:59:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
05MADRID3260	SPAIN: AN ACTIVE FRONT IN THE WAR ON TERROR [...] (C) Summary. Spain is both a significant target of Islamic terrorist groups and a major logistical hub for Islamic extremist groups operating across the globe. The March 11, 2004 train bombings made Madrid the site of the worst terrorist attack in the history of the EU and triggered the second majo [...]	2005-09-15 10:18:00	Embassy Madrid	SECRET	PTER PGOV SP
05MADRID3262	VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. INFORMATION RECEIVED AT THIS POST REFERS TO THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUAL, PRESENTLY RESIDING IN SPAIN, WHO HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AND IS UNDER SPANISH POLICE INVES [...]	2005-09-15 11:51:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
05MADRID3277	COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR TRAVEL OF TSA [...] The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) requests country clearance for the travel of Christine Sarkes Sasseville, International Program Analyst, International Programs and Multilateral Liaison, for travel to Rabat and Casablanca for the dates of 24-28 September 2005. 2. The purpo [...]	2005-09-16 12:07:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR PTER OTRA ASEC
05MADRID33	VISAS VIPER MONTHLY REPORT: FY05 - DECEMBER [...] THE VISAS VIPER COMMITTEE MET ON JAN. 5, 2005, AS PART OF MADRID INTERAGENCY COUNTERTERRORISM WORKING GROUP AND WAS CHAIRED BY THE CHARGE, ROBERT MANZANARES. THE CHARGE EXPRESSED HIS APPRECIATION FOR THE CONTINUING STRONG COOPERATION AND COMMITMENT TO THE PROGRAM BY ALL AGENCIES AT [...]	2005-01-05 13:39:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL SP
05MADRID3301	SPAIN SUPPORTS EU LISTING OF LTTE AS TERRORIST [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-20 09:14:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL SP
05MADRID3482	SECURITY ENVIRONMENTAL PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE [...] In response to REFTEL (A) and as authorized by email communication with DS/DSS/ITA, RSO Mission Spain provides that there are no changes to the previous SEPQ response submitted for Mission Spain on February 16, 2005, in Madrid cable 00623 REFTEL (B). AGUIRRE [...]	2005-10-04 07:51:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PTER
05MADRID3488	VISAS VIPER MONTHLY REPORT: FY05 SEPTEMBER [...] THE VISAS VIPER COMMITTEE MET ON 04 OCTOBER 2005, AS PART OF MADRID'S INTERAGENCY COUNTERTERRORISM WORKING GROUP. 2. DURING THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER 2005, MADRID SUBMITTED FOUR VISAS VIPER CABLES IDENTIFYING THIRTY-TWO INDIVIDUALS, SUSPECTED MEMBERS OF ISLAMIST TERRORIST GROUPS LINKE [...]	2005-10-04 11:51:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
05MADRID3490	VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. DAILY PRESS REPORTED OCT. 4, 2005 THAT FRENCH ANTITERRORIST POLICE (DNAT) IN CONJUNCTION WITH SPANISH POLICE CONDUCTED AN OPERATION IN AURILLAC, SOUTH- CEN [...]	2005-10-04 13:46:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL AGUIRRE GARCIA HARRIET ET AL
05MADRID3512	TERRORISM FINANCE - SPAIN'S REACTION ON ECI COURT [...] (C) EconOff discussed reftel discussion points with Miguel Enrique Garcia Herraiz, Area Director for EU Terrorism Issues within the MFA's Subdirectorate on International Terrorism. He said that the GOS is pleased with the European Court of First Instance's ruling on the "Swede 3" cases since th [...]	2005-10-05 11:57:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KTFN KPAO PREL PGOV PTER SP EUN
05MADRID3528	"SPANISH TALIBAN" SENTENCED TO SIX YEARS IN PRISON [...] (U) Spain's High Court sentenced Spanish national Hamed Abderrahman Ahmed to six years in prison for "membership in a terrorist organization." Abderrahman, who was transferred to Spain from the U.S. base at Guantanamo in February 2004, is known in the press as the "Spanish Taliban" because he [...]	2005-10-06 11:52:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL SP
05MADRID3550	TERRORIST FINANCE: LIST 72T DELIVERED TO SPANISH [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-07 15:46:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC EFIN KTFN PTER PREL CVIS SP
05MADRID3551	TERRORIST FINANCE: LIST 72U DELIVERED TO SPANISH [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-07 15:47:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETTC KTFN PTER PREL CVIS SP
05MADRID3600	VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. SPANISH DAILY PRESS REPORTED OCT. 7, 2005, THAT FRENCH AUTHORITIES EXTRADITED THE ALLEGED ETA MEMBER ANTXON SASIAIN RODRIGUEZ TO SPAIN ON OCT. 6, 2005. THE [...]	2005-10-14 14:50:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
05MADRID3601	VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. DAILY PRESS OF OCT. 7, 2005 REPORTED THAT FRENCH AUTHORITIES AGREED TO THE TEMPORARY EXTRADITION TO SPAIN OF FERNANDO SILVA SANDE, THE ALLEGED LEADER OF SPA [...]	2005-10-14 14:50:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL FERNANDO

05MADRID3667	VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. INFORMATION RECEIVED AT THIS POST FROM ANOTHER AGENCY STATES THAT THE SPANISH POLICE HAS IDENTIFIED THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS AS SUSPECTED ISLAMIC EXTREMIS [...]	2005-10-19 14:59:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL ET AL BOUCHAIB KAKA
05MADRID3668	VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. DAILY "EL PAIS" OF OCT. 18, 2005 REPORTED THE DETENTION IN PARIS OF TWO SUSPECTED MEMBERS OF THE SPANISH TERRORIST ORGANIZATION "GRAPO", MILITARY ARM OF TH [...]	2005-10-19 15:00:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL ET AL
05MADRID3682	TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICERS FOR MADRID [...] (U) In response to reftel, Spain's TFCO is Deputy Chief of Mission Bob Manzanares, tel. ( 34) 91-587-2205; fax ( 34) 91-577-7675; unclassified email: ManzanaresB@state.gov; classified email: ManzanaresJ@state.sgov.gov. 2. (U) Deputy TFCO is Economic Officer Carl Schonander, tel. ( 34) 91-58 [...]	2005-10-20 16:59:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KTFN KVPR EFIN ETTC PREL SP
05MADRID3753	VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. DAILY PRESS OF OCT. 23, 2005 REPORTED THAT THE SPANISH POLICE DETAINED THREE ETA COLLABORATORS IN NAVARRA, SPAIN. THE INDIVIDUALS FACILITATED THE TRANSIT [...]	2005-10-26 11:57:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL ET AL
05MADRID3838	COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR TSA REPRESENTATIVE [...] The following information outlines the proposed travel of a Transportation Security Adminstration (TSA) employee who seeks country clearance for Portugal (transit) and Cape Verde. 2. Name of Visitor: Luz E. Ponce Title: Transporation Security Administration Representative Posted: Madri [...]	2005-11-02 13:01:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ASEC PTER KHLS OTRA CV
05MADRID3903	SPAIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FINCEN WILLIAM BAITY [...] Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to William Baity, Deputy Director, FINCEN, to travel to Madrid, November 11-16, to attend the Conference on Terrorism Finance, organized by the Instituto Universitario de Investigacion Ortega y Gasset, with the collaboration of the State Secretar [...]	2005-11-07 08:09:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC EFIN KCRM PREL PTER OTRA SP
05MADRID391	VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. INFORMATION RECEIVED AT THIS POST INDICATES THAT AS OF MID-JANUARY 2005, THE SPANISH AUTHORITIES WERE INVESTIGATING THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS FOR POSSIBLE [...]	2005-02-02 12:39:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
05MADRID394	VISAS VIPER MONTHLY REPORT: FY05 - JANUARY [...] THE VISAS VIPER COMMITTEE MET ON JAN. 5, 2005, AS PART OF MADRID INTERAGENCY COUNTERTERRORISM WORKING GROUP AND WAS CHAIRED BY THE DCM, ROBERT MANZANARES. THE CHARGE EXPRESSED HIS APPRECIATION FOR THE CONTINUING STRONG COOPERATION AND COMMITMENT TO THE PROGRAM BY ALL AGENCIES AT POST [...]	2005-02-02 14:58:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
05MADRID398	SPAIN STATEMENTS AT CARTAGENA CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...]	2005-02-03 12:35:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	OPDC PGOV PREL PTER SNAR ECON CO SP
05MADRID4052	SPAIN - TERRORIST FINANCE: PRENOTIFICATION OF [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-22 16:51:00	Embassy Madrid	SECRET	EFIN KTFN PTER PREL ETTC SP
05MADRID4059	SUCCESSFUL TERORRISM FINANCE CONFERENCE HOSTED IN [...] (U) SUMMARY: From November 14-16, the Fundacion Jose Ortega y Gasset hosted a conference entitled Terrorism Finance: What Control is Possible? The conference was attended by a diverse mix of government officials, academics, journalists, and students. The Embassy contributed by providing speak [...]	2005-11-23 09:58:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KTFN PTER KPAO SP
05MADRID4068	SPAIN'S SUPPORT FOR THE OAS MISSION IN COLOMBIA [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-23 15:17:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PTER SP CO
05MADRID433	BASQUE LEADER CALLS EARLY ELECTIONS AFTER [...] On February 1, the Spanish National Parliament decisively rejected Plan Ibarretxe, the Basque proposal for reform of the GOS-Basque autonomy statute. (See reftel). After a marathon debate, the Basque proposal was voted down 313 to 29. The Socialists, Popular Party and other national partie [...]	2005-02-04 17:12:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV PTER SP
05MADRID4353	VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2.INFORMATION RECEIVED AT THIS POST FROM ANOTHER AGENCY INDICATES THAT THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS HAVE BEEN ARRESTED BY SPANISH AUTHORITIES FOR LINKS TO TERRORISM. 3. NAME: [...]	2005-12-30 11:38:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL ET AL
05MADRID467	VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. DAILY SPANISH PRESS "EL PAIS" OF JAN. 29, 2005 REPORTED THAT THE FRENCH JUDICIAL POLICE ARRESTED THREE MEMBERS OF ETA'S POLITICAL ORGANIZATION NETWORK, WHO [...]	2005-02-07 16:36:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
05MADRID468	VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. DAILY SPANISH PRESS OF JAN. 29, 2005 REPORTED THAT THE SWISS OFFICE OF FEDERAL JUSTICE AGREED TO THE REQUEST FOR EXTRADITION TO SPAIN OF MOHAMED ACHRAF, A R [...]	2005-02-07 16:37:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
05MADRID471	VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. RELIABLE PRESS OF FEB. 2, 2005 REPORTED BELGIUM POLICE ARRESTED THE ALLEGED AL QAEDA "SPOKESMAN" YOUSSEF BELHADJ IN BRUSSELS, BELGIUM ON FEB. 1, 2005. THE [...]	2005-02-07 16:37:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
05MADRID473	VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. RELIABLE DAILY SPANISH PRESS OF FEB. 2, 2005 REPORTED THAT THE SPANISH POLICE DETAINED FOUR MEMBERS OF THE SAME FAMILY ALLEGEDLY INVOLVED AND/OR ASSOCIATED [...]	2005-02-07 16:37:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
05MADRID474	VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. SPANISH PRESS OF FEB. 3, 2005, REPORTED THE ARREST OF THE INDIVIDUAL BELOW. HE IS ACCUSED OF ASSOCIATION WITH THE PERPRETRATORS OF THE MARCH 11 ATTACKS. 3 [...]	2005-02-07 16:37:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
05MADRID490	SPAIN ON TRAINING FOR IRAQI POLICE, IRAN, MIDEAST [...] (C) Summary. MFA Office Director for the Near East Alberto Moreno confirmed that Spain is willing to train Iraqi police and judicial officials in Spain, but said the GOS would not undertake such training in Iraq, Jordan, or anywhere else in the region. Moreno said the Iraq elections were a v [...]	2005-02-08 16:46:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER SP
05MADRID50	VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. ON DECEMBER 22, 2004, THE SPANISH NATIONAL POLICE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE SPANISH CIVIL GUARD, DETAINED SIX MOROCCAN NATIONALS IN BARCELONA, SPAIN, FOR THEIR [...]	2005-01-10 13:50:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
05MADRID521	ETA CAR BOMB DETONATES IN MADRID [...] SUMMARY: On 10 February at 0930, a car bomb exploded outside the entrance to Madrid's main convention center. The Basque separatist group ETA had called in a warning about the attack to the Basque newspaper Gara shortly before 0900 that morning. The attack followed an overnight anti-terrorism [...]	2005-02-10 10:21:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PGOV PREL SP
05MADRID540	VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. DAILY SPANISH PRESS OF FEB. 10, 2005 REPORTED THAT THE ETA MEMBER, JUAN MARIA INSAUSTI MUGIKA, ESCORTED BY FRENCH POLICE, ARRIVED TO BARAJAS AIRPORT, MADRID ON [...]	2005-02-10 16:21:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
05MADRID569	ZAPATERO VENEZUELA POLICY PERPLEXES SPANISH MFA [...] (C) Summary: The Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs' chief official for Andean countries informed poloff February 9 that a majority of officials at the MFA are as perplexed as the U.S. is at President Jose Luis Rodriquez Zapatero's policy of building closer relations with Venezuela's Hugo Chavez. [...]	2005-02-11 16:49:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER SP CO VE
05MADRID584	VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. DAILY PRESS OF FEB. 14, 2005 REPORTED THAT THE SPANISH GUARDIA CIVIL ARRESTED ON FEB. 11, 2005 TWO SUSPECTED ETA ACTIVISTS IN BASAURI, VIZCAYA AND CAMPELLO, [...]	2005-02-14 15:59:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL PEREZ
05MADRID611	VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. RELIABLE SPANISH PRESS OF FEB. 10, 2005 AND SUBSEQUENT DAYS, REPORTED THAT ON FEB. 9, 2005, THE SPANISH POLICE CONDUCTED SEVERAL OPERATIONS IN THE BASQUE C [...]	2005-02-15 15:15:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
05MADRID623	SECURITY ENVIRONMENTAL PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE [...] (U) As directed in REFTEL, the following responses constitute the SEPQ for Mission Spain. The responses will directly correlate in sequence with the questions asked. All questions and responses have been coordinated with the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) and the Consulate General in Barce [...]	2005-02-16 11:49:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PTER
05MADRID643	SPAIN OPPOSES LISTING OF HIZBALLAH [...] (C) Charge relayed ref A points to National Security Advisor Carles Casajuana on 2/14, emphasizing the importance the USG placed on pressuring Hizballah to end its terrorist activities. Poloff followed up later in the day with MFA Sub Director General for the Near East (DAS equivalent) Alberto [...]	2005-02-17 16:38:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL LE SP
05MADRID655	NSDD 38: Department of Homeland Security/U.S. [...] Summary. Embassy Madrid supports the establishment of a new CSI program in Spain. This program would enhance Mission's MPP goal of prevention and response to terrorism. In order to effectively meet the duties required of CSI Spain, Embassy requires personnel and operational control changes to [...]	2005-02-18 16:41:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	AODE AMGT APER ECON EWWT ASEC PTER KMRS SP
05MADRID681	SPAIN: TERRORISM FINANCE - IDENTIFYING DESIGNATION [...] Spain's designation of financiers of terrorism follows the EU Clearinghouse standard. Spain brings entities for designation to the EU Clearinghouse and freezes assets of terrorists designated by the EU or the UN. 2. The responsible entity for ensuring that sanctions are implemented against [...]	2005-02-22 17:05:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN PTER SP KTFN PGOV EUN
05MADRID703	SPANISH DEFENSE MINISTER TELEPHONES CHARGE ON [...] (C) Minister of Defense Jose Bono telephoned Charge February 22 to explain Spain's decision to sell military and civilian ships to Venezuela. Saying he wished to follow up with Charge after Bono's appearance before Congress's defense commission a day earlier (during which the Defense Minister answe [...]	2005-02-24 13:00:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS PTER SP
05MADRID712	VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. DAILY SPANISH PRESS OF FEB. 18, 2004 REPORTED THE ARREST OF TWO ETA ACTIVISTS IN VALENCIA, SPAIN. AT THE TIME OF ARREST THEY WERE IN POSSESION OF TWO PISTOL [...]	2005-02-24 16:19:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
05MADRID724	CHARGE'S MEETING WITH VICE PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary. Charge met with Spanish Vice President Maria Teresa Fernandez de la Vega on 2/22 for a review of U.S.-Spain relations and to discuss USG security, consular, and commercial priorities in Spain. Charge congratulated de la Vega on her government's success in obtaining a good turnou [...]	2005-02-25 08:04:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER CVIS SP
05MADRID8	BASQUE PARLIAMENT APPROVES PLAN TO SEEK GREATER [...] (U) Summary. The Basque Regional Parliament surprised Spanish political observers by narrowly approving a proposal by the ruling Basque Nationalist Party (PNV) to seek increased autonomy from the national government. Known as "Plan Ibarretxe," the proposal falls short of calling for an indep [...]	2005-01-03 15:34:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER SP
05MADRID979	VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAMES AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. SPANISH DAILY PRESS OF MARCH 5, 2005 REPORTED THAT THE SPANISH NATIONAL COURT PROVISIONALY RELEASED THE INDIVIDUALS REFERENCED BELOW, ALL HIGH RANKING MEMBERS [...]	2005-03-14 16:38:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL
05MADRID981	VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION [...] POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: 2. SPANISH PRESS OF MARCH 6, 2005 REPORTED THAT THE SPANISH POLICE HAVE ARRESTED THE INDIVIDUAL REFERENCED BELOW FOR HIS ALLEGED COLLABORATION WITH THE TERRORIST [...]	2005-03-15 08:31:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL LEON
05MADRID983	ATTORNEY GENERAL'S MEETING WITH SPANISH FIRST VICE [...] Summary. During his visit to mark the one-year anniversary of the March 11 terrorist attacks in Madrid, Attorney General Gonzalez met with First Vice President Maria Teresa Fernandez de la Vega, together with Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos. Spanish Minister of Justice Lopez Aguilar a [...]	2005-03-15 09:37:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PTER CU SP VZ
05MADRID988	DELIVERY OF HIZBALLAH NON-PAPER TO SPAIN [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-15 11:33:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PTER EFIN SP EUN
05MADRID990	SPAIN: DEMARCHE RESPONSE ON DHS LIGHTER BAN [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-15 12:18:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR PTER SP
05MANAGUA2098	NICARAGUA AND THE COMPREHENSIVE CONVENTION ON [...] No summary [...]	2005-07-20 22:06:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER NU UNGA
05MANAMA101	SCENESETTER FOR UNDER SECRETARY BOLTON'S JANUARY [...] (S) We warmly welcome your visit to Bahrain. On the key issues of Iran, counter-terrorism, and Article 98, you will find the Bahraini government to be fully supportive of U.S. foreign policy objectives and interests. However, on CT and Article 98, you will find that there are specific areas [...]	2005-01-24 10:04:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PREL PTER PARM ASEC KISL BA IR IZ KICC IAEA
05MANAMA1012	SPEAKING WITH MUSLIM LEADERS ABOUT TERRORIST ACS: [...] (C) The Embassy, in response to Ref A instruction, has focused its initial efforts to encourage denunciation and delegitimization of terrorist violence on engagement with Bahrain's senior leadership, including the King, Minister of Information/Min State for Foreign Affairs Mohammed Abdul Ghaff [...]	2005-07-13 13:47:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KISL KPAO BA
05MANAMA1163	BAHRAIN: PREPARING FOR THE SHARM AL SHEIKH SUMMIT [...] (C) The Charge delivered reftel demarche concerning the Sharm Al Sheikh summit to Foreign Minister Shaikh Mohammed bin Mubarak Al Khalifa in an August 10 meeting covering a number of issues. Shaikh Mohammed said the summit had not yet been rescheduled and relayed his sense that it could be p [...]	2005-08-10 12:51:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KPAL KDEM BA
05MANAMA1261	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES SECURITY ISSUES WITH INTERIOR [...] (SBU) Begin summary: The Ambassador advised Minister of Interior Shaikh Rashid August 24 that the USG had provisionally allocated USD 1 million in CT funding for Bahrain, particularly in support of the planned Joint Counterterrorism Center (JCTC),and needed to discuss proposals on how to use [...]	2005-08-31 11:00:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ASEC BA PGOV PHUM PTER
05MANAMA1267	BAHRAIN: ISOLATING SYRIA AT THE UNGA [...] (S) Pol/Econ chief August 31 delivered reftel demarche concerning isolating Syria at the UNGA to MFA Director for Bilateral Relations Dhafer Al Umran and (separately) to MFA Director for International Organization Affairs Ghassan Shaikho. Al Umran listened carefully to the points and stated [...]	2005-08-31 15:23:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER BA SY
05MANAMA1280	BAHRAIN: CHANGES TO PROCEDURES OF MILITARY [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-05 14:06:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	KAWC PTER PREL BA
05MANAMA1282	BAHRAIN: URGENT DEMARCHE ON THE CAIRO FOREIGN [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-05 14:07:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER BA
05MANAMA1320	"We Are All in This Together": Solidarity Across [...] Summary: The Ambassador, in his remarks during a commemoration of September 11, honored the victims of many nations and faiths who have perished in terrorist attacks. Ambassadors of the United Kingdom and Egypt joined the Ambassador in calling for a united stand against the border- less threa [...]	2005-09-12 11:52:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PREL PGOV PTER OEXC BA
05MANAMA14	BAHRAIN'S RELIGIOUS AND POLITICAL LEADERS CONDEMN [...] (C) Bahrainis disregarded London-based Saudi dissident Dr. Saad Al Faqih's call for protests against the Saudi Arabian government following Friday prayers December 31. While police stood by, worshippers departed the Al Fateh Grand Mosque compound in a normal fashion. Al Faqih's appeal provok [...]	2005-01-03 10:56:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ASEC BA SA
05MANAMA1403	COMBATING EXTREMISM: BAHRAIN ACTIVE PARTNER IN [...] (S) The United States and Bahrain are close partners in combating extremism and promoting tolerance and moderation inside the Kingdom. King Hamad is a recognized regional leader for his political and economic reforms and advancement of women's rights. He is fully committed to the global war [...]	2005-09-29 08:51:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL KDEM KPAO PTER EAID PHUM KMPI BA
05MANAMA1432	OFAC DIRECTOR WERNER'S MEETINGS WITH FINANCE [...] (S) Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) Director Robert Werner met with the Minister of Finance Sheikh Ahmed bin Mohammed Al Khalifa, Minister of Social Affairs (MSA) Dr. Fatima Belooshi and the Governor of the Bahrain Monetary Agency (BMA) Rasheed Al-Maraj in Bahrain September 14-15. Topi [...]	2005-10-03 13:28:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	ETTC KTFN EFIN PTER BA
05MANAMA1433	BAHRAIN SPECIAL IV PROPOSAL: "BRIDGES ACROSS FAITH [...] Summary: Embassy Manama proposes a special International Visitor program to send a delegation of five to six Bahraini religious leaders to the U.S. under the theme of "Building Bridges Across Faith and Culture." Efforts to engage regional Muslim leaders and encourage messages of tolerance, m [...]	2005-10-03 14:41:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PREL PGOV PTER OEXC BA
05MANAMA1446	GOB SEEKS INFORMATION ON GUANTANAMO HUNGER STRIKE, [...] (U) This is an action message -- see para 5. 2. (SBU) The Embassy received a diplomatic noted dated October 2 regarding the hunger strike of detainees at Guantanamo. The note requests, in light of information received from the Embassy (reftel) and other sources about the hunger strike, tha [...]	2005-10-05 14:45:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	KAWC OPDC PREL PTER BA
05MANAMA1447	TRANSFERRING BAHRAINI DETAINEE AL WADI [...] (U) This is an action message -- see para 4. 2. (S) Ambassador, in separate conversations October 5, advised Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid Al-Khalifa and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Dr. Mohammed Abdul Ghaffar that the United States, after evaluating the written assurances receive [...]	2005-10-05 15:01:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	KAWC OPDC PREL PTER BA
05MANAMA1468	BAHRAIN: REQUEST FOR RESETTLEMENT ASSISTANCE OF [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-11 09:07:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PTER MOPS PREL KAWC BA
05MANAMA1497	BAHRAIN: TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATING OFFICER [...] Embassy Manama TFCO is Econoff Stephen Simpson, phone: (973)1724-2986, unclassified email: SimpsonSC@state.gov, and classified email: SimpsonSC@state.sgov.gov. 2. Deputy TFCO is OFAC Attache Jason Beal, phone: (973)1724-2709, unclassified email: BealJ@state.gov and classified email: BealJR@ [...]	2005-10-17 08:10:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KTFN KVPR EFIN ETTC PREL BA
05MANAMA1503	TRANSFER OF BAHRAINI DETAINEE AL NOAIMI [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-17 14:13:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	KAWC OPDC PTER BA
05MANAMA1547	HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP PROTESTS GTMO, REQUESTS [...] (U) This is an action message; please see para 7. 2. (C) Five members of the Bahrain Human Rights Watch Society (BHRWS) called on the Ambassador October 16 to protest the detention of six Bahrainis in Guantanamo and to request the Embassy's assistance in arranging meetings for a BHRWS del [...]	2005-10-22 12:18:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	KAWC PTER PHUM PREL BA
05MANAMA1553	ARTICLES ALLEGE SEXUAL HUMILIATION, HUNGER STRIKE, [...] (U) This is an action request; please see para 7. 2. (U) Sister newspapers Arabic daily Akhbar Al Khaleej and English daily Gulf Daily News October 19 and 20 published two articles alleging the sexual humiliation of Juma Al Dossary and the advanced hunger strike of Issa Al Murbati, both B [...]	2005-10-23 11:59:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KAWC PTER ASEC PREL KPAO BA
05MANAMA1563	NOTICE OF ARB FINAL DETERMINATION - BAHRAIN [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-24 14:21:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KAWC PINR PREL BA
05MANAMA1571	American Imam in Bahrain Stresses Shared Values, [...] Summary: U.S. speaker Imam Yahya Hendi, in public and private appearances across Bahrain, urged religious leaders to "put differences away," and to form a clear vision of the future based on foundations of political, economic, and social justice shared by Muslims, Christians, and Jews alike. [...]	2005-10-29 04:28:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PREL PGOV PTER OEXC BA
05MANAMA1578	TRANSFER OF THIRD BAHRAINI DETAINEE [...] (C) Ambassador advised Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Dr. Mohammed Abdul Ghaffar on October 29 that the USG is prepared to transfer a third Bahraini national, Shaikh Salman Ebrahim Mohamed Ali Al Khalifa, from Guantanamo to the exclusive custody of the Government of Bahrain on the basis [...]	2005-10-29 13:55:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KAWC PHUM PINR BA
05MANAMA158	U/S BOLTON PRESSES FOR MOVING IRAN NUCLEAR ISSUE [...] (C) Under Secretary Bolton January 30 met with Foreign Minister Shaikh Mohammed, Defense Minister Shaikh Khalifa, and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Abdul Ghaffar to discuss Iran's nuclear program and bringing into force the bilateral Article 98 agreement. In response to U/S Bolton's [...]	2005-02-03 14:20:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL PGOV PTER BA IR KICC
05MANAMA1594	MFA GOES PUBLIC ON IMPENDING TRANSFER OF BAHRAINI [...] (U) Unidentified "sources" at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs told the Bahraini press on October 30 that some of the six Bahrainis detained at Guantanamo would return to Bahrain shortly, possibly over the upcoming Eid holidays. This story became a lead front-page news in both the English and A [...]	2005-10-31 13:20:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KAWC PHUM PINR BA
05MANAMA1602	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES SECURITY ISSUES WITH INTERIOR [...] (C) Begin summary: The Ambassador advised Minister of Interior Shaikh Rashid October 29 that the USG is prepared to transfer a third Bahraini national from Guantanamo to the government of Bahrain. The Ambassador noted continued concerns over the inflammatory remarks by Iranian President Ahmad [...]	2005-10-31 15:19:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ASEC BA PGOV PHUM PTER
05MANAMA1603	BAHRAIN: DEMARCHE ON IRANIAN PRESIDENT'S REMARKS [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-01 07:11:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER BA IR
05MANAMA1620	BAHRAINI GTMO DETAINEE SUICIDE REPORT GETS [...] (U) This is an action message -- see para 5. 2. (U) All Bahraini newspapers gave prominent front-page coverage November 2 to the November 1 Washington Post story describing the reported October 15 suicide attempt by Bahraini Guantanamo detainee Juma Al-Dossary. The reporting in the Bahrain [...]	2005-11-02 13:31:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	KAWC PHUM PTER PREL BA
05MANAMA1626	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH SHURA COUNCIL CHAIRMAN AL [...] (C) Summary: In an October 30 meeting with the Ambassador, Shura Council Chairman Dr. Faisal Al Mousawi said he anticipates that the opposition political societies will participate in the 2006 parliamentary elections and will gain between 14 and 18 seats at the expense of the Al Minbar bloc [...]	2005-11-05 10:19:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER BA
05MANAMA1627	THREE BAHRAINI DETAINEES ARRIVE, RELEASED AFTER [...] (C) Three Bahraini Guantanamo detainees, approved for transfer back to Bahrain, arrived in Bahrain at 9:15 AM November 5 via USG transportation. Upon arrival at the airport, the three -- Shaikh Salman Ebrahim Mohammed Ali Al Khalifa, Adil Kamil Abdullah Al Wadi, and Abdullah Al Noaimi -- wer [...]	2005-11-05 10:20:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KAWC PREL PHUM PINR BA
05MANAMA1635	MFA REQUESTS INFORMATION ON REPORTED GTMO SUICIDE [...] (C) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent a diplomatic note to the Embassy, dated November 2, noting newspaper reports of the attempted suicide by Bahraini detainee at Guantanamo Juma Al-Dossary (reftel),and requesting that the Embassy inquire into the veracity of this report and advise the Min [...]	2005-11-07 11:44:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	KAWC PHUM PTER PREL BA
05MANAMA1686	MFA REPORT ON THREE RETURNED GUANTANAMO DETAINEES [...] After the Bahraini citizens Adel Kamel Abdulla Al Awadhi, Abdulla Majid Al Noaimi, and Shaikh Salman Bin Ibrahim Bin Mohammed Al Khalifa were returned, they were presented to the Public Prosecutor for the necessary legal procedures. 2. After the procedures completed, the detainees were rele [...]	2005-11-15 12:27:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KAWC PHUM PINR BA
05MANAMA1704	REPLY TO BAHRAINI DIPNOTE ON DETAINEE SUICIDE [...] (S) Embassy delivered reftel diplomatic note on Bahraini detainee Juma Al-Dossary to the Foreign Ministry on November 20. In discussing the note with the Ambassador, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Mohammed Abdul Ghaffar commented on the recent Washington Post article quoting American l [...]	2005-11-21 13:11:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PREL KAWC OPDC PTER BA
05MANAMA1810	ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT TOWNSEND'S DECEMBER 2 [...] (C) Summary: Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counter-Terrorism (APHSCT) Frances Fragos Townsend met with Kuwaiti National Security Bureau President Shaikh Sabah Khaled Al-Sabah December 2 on the margins of the IISS Gulf Security Dialogue conference in Manama. Shaikh Sab [...]	2005-12-10 12:47:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ASEC PARM PGOV KISL BA KU REGION OFFICIALS CTR
05MANAMA1811	ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT TOWNSEND'S DECEMBER 2 [...] (C) Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counter-Terrorism (APHSCT) Frances Fragos Townsend met with United Arab Emirates Ministry of Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Abdalla Rashid Al Noaimi December 2 on the margins of the IISS Gulf Security Dialogue conference in Manama. APH [...]	2005-12-10 12:47:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ASEC PARM PGOV KISL BA AE CTR OFFICIALS REGION
05MANAMA1812	ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT TOWNSEND'S DECEMBER 3 [...] (C) Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counter-Terrorism (APHSCT) Frances Fragos Townsend met with Bahraini Crown Prince Salman December 3 on the margins of the IISS Gulf Security Dialogue conference in Manama. APHSCT Townsend praised Bahrain's role in hosting the conference [...]	2005-12-10 13:38:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PREL PTER ASEC PARM PGOV ETRD BA POL OFFICIALS REFORM CTR
05MANAMA1830	BMA ISSUES WARNING LETTER TO SHAMIL BANK FOR [...] (S) Summary. Ambassador and OFAC Attache met with Bahrain Monetary Agency (BMA) Governor November 20, 2005 to discuss the International Islamic Relief Organization (IIRO) account at Shamil Bank (Ref A). The BMA Governor stated that the IIRO account was ordered closed and Shamil Bank had receiv [...]	2005-12-12 09:06:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	ETTC KTFN EFIN PTER KSEP CVIS KVPR BA ECTRD CTR
05MANAMA1835	AMBASSADOR TAHIR-KHELI DISCUSSES UN REFORM WITH [...] (C) Summary: Senior Advisor to the Secretary of State on UN Reform Ambassador Tahir-Kheli met in separate meetings December 7 with Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Minister of Information Mohammed Abdul Ghaffar and Ministry of Foreign Affairs Assistant Undersecretary for Political A [...]	2005-12-12 13:06:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KUNR BA OFFICIALS ROW
05MANAMA193	SCENESETTER FOR COMBATANT COMMANDER CENTRAL COMMAND, [...] (S) General Abizaid, we look forward to your visit to Bahrain. We have asked for a call on the Crown Prince and Commander in Chief of Bahrain Defence Force, Shaikh Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa and Minister of Defense, General Shaikh Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Khalifa. We also expect you will have t [...]	2005-01-27 16:30:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PREL MARR MOPS PGOV ASEC PTER KDEM BA IZ
05MANAMA222	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH NEW MINISTER OF JUSTICE [...] (C) In an introductory meeting with the new Minister of Justice, Dr. Mohammed Ali Al Sitry February 8, the Ambassador discussed the counterterrorism challenges in the region and stressed the importance of aggressively prosecuting the four terrorist suspects currently on trial in Bahrain. The [...]	2005-02-16 10:17:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV PTER PREL ASEC BA
05MANAMA223	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH INTERIOR MINISTER SHAIKH [...] (S) Ambassador Monroe's meeting with Interior Minister Shaikh Rashid Bin Abdulla Al-Khalifa highlighted the GOB's determination to establish a CT Operations Center (CTOC) in Bahrain and use it as a model for other GCC countries. Shaikh Rashid asked for the intended FBI team to visit Bahrain M [...]	2005-02-16 12:01:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC BA PGOV PTER
05MANAMA224	BAHRAINIS PUBLICLY ACKNOWLEDGE REGIONAL TERRORIST [...] (C) Bahraini media have covered the threat of regional terrorism in an unusually direct way following recent incidents in Kuwait and Oman and the Saudi counter-terrorism conference. The Interior Minister visited Kuwait February 6 and stated publicly that countries must work together to eradi [...]	2005-02-16 12:50:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PTER ASEC PGOV PREL BA
05MANAMA229	GULF DAILY NEWS ARTICLE CLAIMS TORTURE OF BAHRAINI [...] (C) While there have been previous press reports on the six Bahraini detainees at Guantanamo, their "imminent" release, and complaints about conditions there, a February 10 article in the English-language Gulf Daily News is perhaps one of the more detailed and widely disseminated "expose" pie [...]	2005-02-16 14:51:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	KAWC PREL PTER MARR BA
05MANAMA251	GENERAL ABIZAID DISCUSSES IRAQ, IRAN, TERRORISM [...] (C) CENTCOM Commander General Abizaid discussed with Crown Prince Salman and Defense Minister Shaikh Khalifa in separate meetings February 16 the situation in Iraq following the elections; Iran and its nuclear program; Lebanon and Syria; the threat of terrorism in Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and Ku [...]	2005-02-23 15:27:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL ASEC PTER BA IZ IR LE SY
05MANAMA273	PM ENDORSES FOR ENHANCED SECURITY COOPERATION, [...] (C) Prime Minister Shaikh Khalifa told the Ambassador February 26 that Bahrain must improve its security system with American assistance. The United States continues to be the leader in dealing with security threats while the Gulf region has fallen behind. The PM expressed his admiration fo [...]	2005-02-28 15:05:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC KJUS PINR BA IZ IR
05MANAMA28	BAHRAIN: PLACEMENT OF AL MANAR ON USG TERRORIST [...] No summary [...]	2005-01-05 11:05:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER EFIN BA LE
05MANAMA282	STAFFDEL FISCHER DISCUSSES ANTI-MONEY [...] (U) SUMMARY: Senate Banking Committee Staffdel Fischer met with the Bahrain Minister of Finance, the Ministry of the Interior Anti-Money Laundering Unit, the Bahrain Monetary Agency Compliance Unit and the Director of Community Development at the Ministry of Social Affairs to discuss the GOB, [...]	2005-03-01 13:50:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KTFN EFIN ETTC BA
05MANAMA344	FOREIGN MINISTER WARNS OF IRANIAN INTERFERENCE IN [...] (C) Foreign Minister/Deputy Prime Minister Shaikh Mohammed bin Mubarak Al Khalifa told the Ambassador March 7 that Minister of Interior Shaikh Rashed briefed members of Parliament March 6 on Iranian interference in Bahrain's Ashura celebrations in February. Shaikh Rashed told Parliamentarian [...]	2005-03-08 14:56:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PREL PGOV KIRF PHUM PTER ASEC BA IR
05MANAMA358	BAHRAIN: DHS BANS LIGHTERS ON FLIGHTS TO, FROM [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-14 10:09:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR PTER BA
05MANAMA361	BAHRAINI LEADERS DISCUSS REFORM AND IRAN WITH [...] (C) GOB officials expressed their commitment to continued political and economic reform in the kingdom and advocated a diplomatic solution to the disagreement with Iran over its nuclear program in meetings with visiting NEA/ARPI Director Alan Misenheimer February 21. Members of parliament also [...]	2005-03-14 11:47:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV PHUM KDEM BA
05MANAMA392	BAHRAIN: INTERAGENCY BRIEFING TEAM ON GUANTANAMO [...] (C) Post welcomes DOD's offer to lead an interagency team to discuss the status of the six Bahraini detainees at Guantanamo (reftel). Senior government officials regularly raise the detainees in meetings with the Ambassador and EmbOffs, most recently today, March 16, and the press covers the [...]	2005-03-16 13:33:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KAWC PINR PREL BA
05MANAMA398	TERRORISM FINANCE: 2005 UPDATE NO. 2: BAHRAIN [...] (U) Per ref A request the following are Post's answers on Bahrain,s counter-terrorist financing capabilities: AMOUNT OF ASSETS FROZEN, FORFEITED OR SEIZED --------------------------------------------- 2. (U) Bahrain has frozen $10,334,641 in five separate accounts - two accounts of two e [...]	2005-03-17 14:11:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	CVIS EFIN ETTC KVPR PREL PTER BA KTFN
05MANAMA427	BAHRAIN: INTERNATIONAL COORDINATION AND OUTREACH [...] (C) Per reftel, Embassy's Pol/Econ office, Regional Security Office (RSO),Office of Military Cooperation (OMC),and Naval Central Command (NAVCENT) consulted on the coordination of maritime security efforts. The RSO is in direct contact with the Bahrain Coast Guard (BCG) and OMC/NAVCENT lia [...]	2005-03-21 11:19:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT ECON ETRD KSTC PTER ASEC BA
05MANAMA435	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH INTERIOR MINISTER SHAIKH [...] (U) This is an action message-see para 5. 2. (S) Ambassador Monroe met with Interior Minister Shaikh Rashid Al-Khalifa Wednesday March 16, 2005 to review arrangements in anticipation of an FBI team visit to Bahrain for the purpose of creating a Joint Counter Terrorism Center (JCTC) in Bahra [...]	2005-03-22 12:28:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	ASEC BA PGOV PTER
05MANAMA484	BAHRAIN MOVES FORWARD WITH JOINT COUNTER TERRORISM [...] (C) Summary. An FBI-led team's March 19-22 visit to Bahrain successfully kick-started Bahrain's effort to establish a Joint Counter Terrorism Center (JCTC) within the next two-four months. Most notably, Minister of Interior (MOI) Shaikh Rashid pulled in senior leaders from CT-related agencies [...]	2005-03-30 12:57:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC BA PTER
05MANAMA498	GWOT ASSESSMENT: BAHRAIN [...] (S) Summary. Cooperation on counterrorism issues with the Government of Bahrain is generally good, as government leaders well understand the catastrophic effect that a terrorist act would have in a country and an economy that does not have the oil wealth of its neighbors. At the same time, th [...]	2005-04-05 11:40:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PREL PTER BA
05MANAMA505	BAHRAIN: NOTICE OF GUANTANAMO ADMINISTRATIVE [...] (C) The Ambassador informally raised the issue of the upcoming Guantanamo Administrative Review Board (ARB) proceedings with Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Mohammed Abdul Ghaffar on the sidelines of an event last week. PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs As [...]	2005-04-06 12:05:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL KAWC BA
05MANAMA544	CROWN PRINCE DISCUSSES DEMOCRACY, TRADE, SECURITY [...] (S) The Ambassador met with Crown Prince Salman April 11 to review the CP's upcoming trip to Washington. While noting that the CP's primary focus was ratification of the free trade agreement (FTA),the Ambassador told him that American officials will also want to discuss the political situati [...]	2005-04-12 14:34:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PREL PGOV PHUM ETRD PTER ASEC BA
05MANAMA551	KING EMPHASIZES NEED FOR COUNTER-TERRORISM LAW [...] (SBU) The press reported that the King met with parliamentary leaders April 13 to emphasize that a counter-terrorism law is necessary to protect Bahrain given the growing number of attacks throughout the region and the world. King Hamad told the parliamentarians that they had "a responsibili [...]	2005-04-13 14:07:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC PGOV BA
05MANAMA553	SCENESETTER FOR CROWN PRINCE SALMAN'S APRIL 19-22 [...] (C) The primary reason for the Crown Prince's April 19-22 visit to Washington is to advocate for expeditious Congressional ratification of the U.S.-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement (FTA). With the launch of U.S. FTA negotiations with the United Arab Emirates and Oman, Bahrain knows it has a limi [...]	2005-04-14 13:28:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PREL PGOV ETRD KDEM PTER ASEC OVIP BA
05MANAMA585	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES SECURITY THREATS WITH [...] (S) Ambassador met with Interior Minister Shaikh Rashid Al-Khalifa April 19 to register our concern about recent threat information and possible surveillance activity, and to thank the Minister for steps taken by his Ministry to enhance Embassy security. The Ambassador also reiterated our conc [...]	2005-04-19 15:41:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	ASEC BA PGOV PTER

05MANAMA621	DIPLOMATIC NOTE ON ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW BOARDS [...] This is an action message; please see para 2. 2. The Embassy received Diplomatic Note number 19/1/5-41677 of April 19, 2005 from the MFA covering information to be included in the GTMO Administrative Review Boards for Bahraini detainees Salman bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa, Issa Al Murbati, Juma [...]	2005-04-26 11:17:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	KAWC PTER ASEC PREL OPDC BA

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