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07BUENOSAIRES292	MEDIA REACTION; AFTERMATH OF THE BURNS-SHANNON VISIT, [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Several dailies carry U/S Burns and A/S Shannon's post-trip declarations praising their visit to the region, and noting 'very positive' relations with Argentina. Clarin also points out the USG offer for Argentina to join the 'Global Initiative against Nuclear Terrorism'. Al [...]	2007-02-14 21:02:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION

07BUENOSAIRES297	AG GONZALES MEETS WITH PROSECUTOR GENERAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Attorney General Alberto Gonzales met with Argentine Prosecutor General Esteban Righi on February 7 and discussed the challenges that the GOA faces with its transition to an accusatorial justice system. The AG offered U.S. assistance to help with the transition, as well as trai [...]	2007-02-15 17:30:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SCUL OVIP KTER AR
07BUENOSAIRES300	ARGENTINA: NOMINATION FOR INTERNATIONAL WOMEN OF COURAGE [...] (U) Below is Post's response to reftel request for a woman of courage in Argentina. In Argentina, women have been leaders on a number of social and political issues, such as human rights abuses, drug abuse, poverty, and trafficking in persons. AmEmb Buenos Aires' nomination has faced danger [...]	2007-02-15 19:29:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN PHUM PREL AR KCRM SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
07BUENOSAIRES301	AG GONZALES'S MEETING WITH INTERIOR MINISTER FERNANDEZ [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Attorney General Alberto Gonzales ("AG"),several senior-level Department of Justice officials, and the Ambassador met with Argentine Minister of the Interior Anibal Fernandez on February 7. The Minister expressed Argentine concerns over what he characterized as the USG's unila [...]	2007-02-15 19:32:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER SNAR SCUL AR
07BUENOSAIRES302	AG GONZALES'S MEETING WITH MINISTER OF JUSTICE IRIBARNE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Attorney General (AG),senior USDOJ officials, and the Ambassador met with the Minister of Justice and Human Rights Alberto Iribarne and Secretary of Justice Marcela Losardo on February 7 to exchange views on USG and GOA efforts to combat transnational crime, such as terroris [...]	2007-02-15 19:32:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER SNAR SCUL AR
07BUENOSAIRES303	AG GONZALES VISITS AMIA BOMBING SITE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Leaders of the Argentine Israeli Mutual Association (AMIA) and Delegation of Argentine-Israeli Associations (DAIA) welcomed Attorney General Gonzales to AMIA headquarters on February 7, thanking him in particular for USG support in the efforts to investigate and prosecute the [...]	2007-02-15 19:33:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER SNAR SCUL AR
07BUENOSAIRES305	ATTORNEY GENERAL GONZALEZ' FEBRUARY 7 MEETING WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 7, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and Ambassador Wayne met with the heads of the Argentine security forces. The Attorney General asked the group about Argentina's experiences with gangs, information sharing, and budgeting. The Argentine security chiefs spoke ca [...]	2007-02-15 20:43:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER SNAR SCUL AR
07BUENOSAIRES322	U/S BURNS AND A/S SHANNON HEAR ARGENTINE JEWISH COMMUNITY'S [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Representatives of AMIA (Argentine Israeli Mutual Association) and DAIA (Delegation of Argentine-Israeli Associations) welcomed Undersecretary Nicholas Burns and Assistant Secretary Tom Shannon to the AMIA building for a public wreath laying and a separate private meeting. The [...]	2007-02-16 20:57:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV PREL FBI IR AR
07BUENOSAIRES343	MEDIA REACTION; IRAN, IRAQ, VENEZUELA, ANTI-TERRORISM, [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Lead international stories today include the US decision to deploy a second aircraft carrier in the Persian Gulf area, Prime Minister Tony Blair's reported plan to announce today the trimming of UK forces in Iraq and regional politics in light of President Nestor Kirchner's [...]	2007-02-21 21:06:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
07BUENOSAIRES353	MEDIA REACTION; KIRCHNER-CHAVEZ ALLIANCE VIS-@-VIS THE [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Papers lead with President Kirchner's strong defense of Argentina's alliance with Chavez while defying U.S. pressures to contain him, and PM Blair's announcement of a reduction in the number of UK soldiers in Iraq, in sharp contrast to the U.S. troop buildup in Baghdad. [...]	2007-02-23 09:26:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
07BUENOSAIRES36	ARGENTINA: CAMPAIGN SEASON NOW OPEN [...] (U) SUMMARY: Former Economy Minister Roberto Lavagna announced January 4th his candidacy for the October presidential elections, but declined to comment on any political alliances he may form with opposition parties. Lavagna is the first in 2007 to announce his intention to run in the Octobe [...]	2007-01-10 16:37:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AR
07BUENOSAIRES367	MEDIA REACTION; KIRCHNER-CHAVEZ, LULA-BUSH-TABARE, IRAN, [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Key stories focus on President Kirchner's ambivalence in his policy vis-`-vis the U.S. regarding Chavez, President Bush's trip to the region, with media speculating on biofuels as the main reason for his visit, and repercussions of Iran's challenge to UNSC ultimatum. 2 [...]	2007-02-26 18:34:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
07BUENOSAIRES369	LATIN AMERICAN CANDIDACIES FOR THE UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] Acting PolCouns spoke with Federico Villegas, head of the MFA,s human rights office, to raise reftel concerns and urge Argentina to reconsider standing for re-election to the HRC. Villegas noted our concerns but stated that Argentina had carefully considered its options and is firm in its decis [...]	2007-02-26 19:23:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM AR
07BUENOSAIRES374	ARGENTINA: "WE ARE NOT ORGANIZING AN ANTI U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador spoke February 27 with Acting Foreign Minister Roberto Garcia Moritan and DCM spoke with Secretary General of the Presidency Oscar Parilli to express SIPDIS our concerns regarding local press reports that the GoA was facilitating the organization of an anti-U.S. r [...]	2007-02-27 21:10:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV AR
07BUENOSAIRES376	(C) U.S.- ARGENTINE RELATIONS: DR. JEKYL AND MR. [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Argentina's President Nestor Kirchner is trying to stake out a position for himself close to Chavez yet still working well with the U.S. on issues important to Argentina. With domestic political advantage and 2007 elections in mind, we expect Kirchner to continue the balanc [...]	2007-02-27 21:41:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON VZ AR
07BUENOSAIRES379	MEDIA REACTION; LULA-VAZQUEZ, MERCOSUR, AFGHANISTAN, [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Leading international stories and commentaries today focus on Brazilian President Lula Da Silva's visit to Uruguay and its consequences for the future of the MERCOSUR trade bloc and the region's relations with the US. An opinion story in Clarin is critical of the US policy [...]	2007-02-28 12:54:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
07BUENOSAIRES380	MEDIA REACTION; MIDDLE EAST SUMMIT, DPRK NUCLEAR PROGRAM, [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Top stories focus on the poor results of the summit between Secretary Rice and Middle East leaders Olmert and Abbas; the SIPDIS positive repercussions of North Korea's agreement to deactivate its nuclear program; the mounting tension in Iran due to its intention to conti [...]	2007-02-28 12:55:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
07BUENOSAIRES381	MEDIA REACTION; STATUS OF BILATERAL RELATIONS FOLLOWING KEY [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Daily-of-record "La Nacion" comments positively on the present status of U.S.-Argentina relations following the visits of AG Gonzales, U/S Burns and A/S Shannon, despite differences on Cuba and Venezuela, and praises Ambassador Wayne for his key contribution to strengthenin [...]	2007-02-28 12:55:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
07BUENOSAIRES384	(SBU) ARGENTINA: "WE ARE NOT ORGANIZING AN ANTI [...] (U) Please note this cable replaces recalled Buenos Aires 00374 which was sent without proper SBU designation. 2. (SBU) Summary: Ambassador spoke February 27 with Acting Foreign Minister Roberto Garcia Moritan and DCM spoke with Secretary General of the Presidency Oscar Parilli to express [...]	2007-02-28 15:03:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV AR
07BUENOSAIRES402	U/S BURNS AND FM TAIANA DISCUSS REGIONAL STABILITY [...] (C) U.S. Participants: Under Secretary for Political Affairs R. Nicolas Burns Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs Thomas Shannon Ambassador Early Anthony Wayne DCM Mike Matera William McIlhenny, Member, Policy Planning Council (S/P) Heide Bronke, P Special Assistant D [...]	2007-03-01 21:11:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON AR CU HA VZ BZ
07BUENOSAIRES403	U/S BURNS IN ARGENTINA: DISCUSSES U.S. INVESTMENT [...] (C) Summary. U/S Burns and A/S Shannon, accompanied by Ambassador, met February 9 with Minister of Planning and Infrastructure Julio De Vido and discussed the public controversy over Embassy support for a proposed U.S. company's investment, broader investment concerns, and respective pli [...]	2007-03-01 21:29:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EINV ENRG ETRD EPET PGOV BL VE AR
07BUENOSAIRES406	U/S BURNS AND A/S SHANNON FEBRUARY 9 MEETING WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Under Secretary Burns and Assistant Secretary Shannon, accompanied by Ambassador, met February 9 SIPDIS with Cabinet Chief Alberto Fernandez. During a brief drop-by, President Kirchner welcomed U/S Burns and A/S Shannon and thanked them for their visit. Fernandez ex [...]	2007-03-02 16:22:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EINV ETRD BL CU AR
07BUENOSAIRES41	USG REACTION TO CHAVEZ'S NATIONALIZATIONS; DEATH OF SADDAM [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT All local papers report on USG officials' response to Venezuelan President Chavez's announced planned re-nationalization of telecommunications and utility companies, like US Press Secretary Tony Snow's statement that "nationalization has a long and inglorious history of fai [...]	2007-01-10 19:58:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
07BUENOSAIRES411	ARGENTINA: FEBRUARY 9 BURNS/SHANNON MEETING WITH [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-02 21:16:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON PTER AA ASEC ETRD IAEA CU HA
07BUENOSAIRES413	(C) KIRCHNER STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS: A [...] (C) SUMMARY: In what amounts to an annual state of the union address, President Kirchner opened the GOA Congress's 2007 session on March 1 with a two hour, 15-minute speech, touting his administration's economic achievements, its "regained" political independence, and taking shots at the usua [...]	2007-03-02 22:57:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON AR
07BUENOSAIRES414	AMBASSADORIAL TRAVELS IN PATAGONIA -- MAJOR US [...] (SBU) The fast-growing provinces that make up Argentine Patagonia are hungry for investment, particularly in energy and tourism, and they are eager to attract U.S. investors, tourists, and airlines. This according to the Governors of Argentina's three southernmost provinces -- Chubut, Santa C [...]	2007-03-05 14:14:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP ECON EINV PREL SENV AR
07BUENOSAIRES422	(C) SUPPORTING THE AMIA TERROR INVESTIGATION AT [...] (C) In anticipation of a senior level interagency meeting early this week, I would like to restate the importance of the USG supporting the efforts of Argentina's prosecutors to pursue justice in the 1994 AMIA terrorist bombing case. I understand the need for full debate of the sensitive issue [...]	2007-03-05 21:52:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV KJUS AR FBI
07BUENOSAIRES429	MEDIA REACTION; CHAVEZ IN ARGENTINA, MIDDLE EAST, 03/05/07; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Papers lead with Bush's up-coming trip to the region aimed at reinforcing a 'positive agenda' - amid Argentina's preparation of Chavez' mass public rally against President Bush's visit to Uruguay -, and the repercussions of U.S. announcement of a summit in Iraq, which inclu [...]	2007-03-07 10:53:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
07BUENOSAIRES430	MEDIA REACTION; BUSH SPEECH, CHAVEZ IN ARGENTINA, 03/06/07; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's stories focus on the mostly negative repercussions of President Bush's speech at the US Hispanic Chamber of Commerce yesterday, three days before leaving on his Latam tour. 2. OPINION PIECES - "Bush's Concern, Too Late" Hugo Alconada Mon, daily-of-record "La [...]	2007-03-07 10:54:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
07BUENOSAIRES439	MEDIA REACTION; HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT, U.S. FARMING [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT The press report on the Human Rights Report, focusing mainly on the U.S. mention of GOA pressures on Argentina's press. Stories also note the report says Argentina has "generally" respected human rights. 2. OPINION PIECES "U.S. Denounces GOA Pressures on Argentine Pre [...]	2007-03-07 20:09:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
07BUENOSAIRES444	ARGENTINA: THE BATTLE FOR BUENOS AIRES [...] (U) SUMMARY: Buenos Aires is set for a short, intense, and important mayoral campaign. Current Buenos Aires Mayor Jorge Telerman has announced that the city elections will be held on June 3, 2007, several months earlier than expected. Telerman's move has forced nationally important, center-r [...]	2007-03-08 14:00:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AR
07BUENOSAIRES447	ARGENTINA'S RESPONSE TO USG OBJECTIVES FOR 4TH [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-09 12:21:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM UNHRC HUMAN
07BUENOSAIRES465	ARGENTINA: CHAVEZ'S ANTI-BUSH RALLY [...] (U) SUMMARY: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez led an inflammatory anti-Bush, anti-imperialism rally on March 9 in Buenos Aires in which he called President Bush a "political cadaver." Argentine President Nestor Kirchner allowed the rally to take place but was careful to distance himself from [...]	2007-03-10 17:51:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC AR VZ CU BO UR
07BUENOSAIRES466	MEDIA REACTION; PRESIDENT BUSH'S TRIP TO LATIN AMERICA, [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT International news pages today lead with President Bush's trip to Latin American, with stories dated from Sao Paulo, Montevideo and Washington DC. 2. OPINION PIECES "Lula bitterly criticizes the US shortly before Bush's arrival" Eleonora Gosman, correspondent in Sao [...]	2007-03-12 11:25:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
07BUENOSAIRES467	MEDIA REACTION; PRESIDENT BUSH'S TRIP TO LATIN AMERICA, [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT World news pages today lead with President Bush's trip to Latin American. There also continues to be reactions to the State Department's annual human rights report. 2. OPINION PIECES "A short-lived priority" Hugo Alconada Mon, Washington correspondent with the daily [...]	2007-03-12 11:26:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
07BUENOSAIRES481	MEDIA REACTION; CHINA AND RUSSIA'S REARMAMENT; US-ARGENTINE [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Key international stories today include an alleged Chinese and Russian rearmament, which could spark US concern; the "conflicting attitudes of the (Argentine) presidential couple towards the Bush-Chavez clash;" and the traffic in people in Argentina. 2. OPINION PIECES [...]	2007-03-14 10:19:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
07BUENOSAIRES484	AMBASSADOR DISCUSES ANTI-TERROR TRAINING, [...] (SBU) Ambassador took advantage of a March 2 meeting with Interior Minister Anibal Fernandez to present him with a copy of the 2007 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR),to discuss an upcoming Anti Terrorism Assistance Program (ATA) needs assessment visit and to ask him to as [...]	2007-03-14 14:46:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SNAR ASEC AR
07BUENOSAIRES492	MEDIA REACTION; HUMAN RIGHTS; ECUADOR; 03/14/07; BUENOS [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international stories include leading "Clarin's" interview with Tex Harris, former US political counselor under the Carter administration, who attended a seminar on human rights in Buenos Aires; and the political crisis in Ecuador. 2. OPINION PIEC [...]	2007-03-15 09:16:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
07BUENOSAIRES501	ARGENTINA: DEMARCHE ON UN REFORM, INTERNAL [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-15 20:29:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	ACABQ AORC APER PREL UNGA
07BUENOSAIRES512	MEDIA REACTION; US PRESIDENT BUSH'S LATAM TOUR; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Key international stories today focus on the "meager" achievements of US President Bush's trip to Latin American countries; and an interpretation of Argentina's ties to Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and his regime. 2. OPINION PIECES - "The US Senate already debates [...]	2007-03-16 16:20:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
07BUENOSAIRES513	MEDIA REACTION; AMIA CASE - INTERPOL TO ORDER ARREST OF [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Major international stories today focus on Interpol's Executive Committee unanimously accepting Argentina's petition to have red notices issued against five Iranians and one Lebanese (although not for former Iranian President Akbar Rafsanjani),suspected of involvement in t [...]	2007-03-16 16:25:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
07BUENOSAIRES520	ARGENTINE GOVERNMENT WELCOMES AMIA DECISION [...] (C) Summary: On March 15, Interpol Executive Committee (EC) recommended by consensus the issuance of Red Notices against five Iranian officials and one Hizballah - Islamic Jihad Organization (IJO) leader wanted in connection with the July 18, 1994 suicide bombing of the Argentine-Israeli Mutua [...]	2007-03-19 09:24:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV KJUS AR FBI
07BUENOSAIRES525	MEDIA REACTION; US-ARGENTINE BILATERAL TIES; US PRESIDENT [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend international stories include Argentina's cooperation with the US on matters related to the fight against international terrorism and its impact on the bilateral relationship; the aftermath of US President George W. Bush's trip to Latin America; and the US influence [...]	2007-03-19 19:47:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
07BUENOSAIRES531	AMBASSADOR WAYNE'S MARCH 12 MEETING WITH HUMAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 12, Ambassador Wayne met with human rights and civil liberty NGOs working in Argentina to discuss their concerns with Argentina's human rights situation and democracy. The groups expressed concern over the weakening of democratic institutions and transparency in Arge [...]	2007-03-20 13:32:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV AR PHUM OEXC
07BUENOSAIRES538	DEMARCHE: BUILDING INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT FOR [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-21 12:15:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM AR
07BUENOSAIRES54	ARGENTINA'S RIO MERCOSUR SUMMIT PRIORITIES [...] (C) President Chavez's inaugural comments and nationalization of key industries have cast a shadow on Argentina's participation in the upcoming January 18-19 Mercosur Summit in Rio. Key GoA officials have commented that "Venezuela is not the model" for Argentina or for Mercosur. Venezuela's [...]	2007-01-12 20:33:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PREL AR
07BUENOSAIRES55	ARGENTINA'S RIO MERCOSUR SUMMIT PRIORITIES [...] (C) President Chavez's inaugural comments and nationalization of key industries have cast a shadow on Argentina's participation in the upcoming January 18-19 Mercosur Summit in Rio. Key GoA officials have commented that "Venezuela is not the model" for Argentina or for Mercosur. Venezuela's [...]	2007-01-12 20:34:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PREL AR
07BUENOSAIRES56	ARGENTINA'S POST-CRISIS TRADE BOOM [...] (U) SUMMARY: Since the economic crisis of 2001/2, Argentine trade has grown quickly, and much more so than the economy overall. Total two-way trade has risen 85.0% since 2003. Argentina's leading trade partner remains Brazil, followed by the EU as a whole, and bilaterally by the U.S. and Ch [...]	2007-01-12 20:34:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EAGR PREL AR
07BUENOSAIRES561	MEDIA REACTION; US PRESIDENT BUSH'S LATAM TOUR; IRAQ; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Leading international stories today include the implications for Argentina of US President Bush's tour of Latin America; an assessment of the four-year war in Iraq; and misconceptions in the US-led Global War on Terrorism. 2. OPINION PIECES - "The political scenario i [...]	2007-03-23 09:30:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
07BUENOSAIRES562	MEDIA REACTION; PRESIDENT BUSH'S LATAM TOUR; FREE TRADE [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international stories focus on US Assistant Secretary Thomas Shannon's remarks about the "positive" results of SIPDIS US President Bush's tour of Latin America; and Professor Richard Feinberg's press round table in Buenos Aires on international trad [...]	2007-03-23 09:30:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
07BUENOSAIRES563	MEDIA REACTION; IRAQ; IRAN; US PRESIDENT BUSH'S LATAM TOUR; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Leading international stories today include US President Bush pleading for patience and warning US citizens of dire consequences of a swift troop withdrawal from Iraq; the possibility that international judicial system could be amended to legalize a Western military action [...]	2007-03-23 10:32:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
07BUENOSAIRES57	ARGENTINA: PULP MILL PROTESTS UPDATE [...] (U) SUMMARY: A group of Argentine pulp mill protesters (asambleistas),piqueteros, and various other leftist groups demonstrated January 12 in Buenos Aires for the first time against the paper mill under construction by Finnish firm Botnia in neighboring Uruguay. Some of the demonstrators ma [...]	2007-01-12 20:34:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC AR
07BUENOSAIRES576	K MAY WANT GOOD RELATIONS, BUT GOA DEFENSIVE OF [...] (C) Summary. "Kirchner truly believes that the USG abandoned Argentina," Deputy Foreign Minister Garcia Moritan told the Ambassador on March 20 in an attempt to explain why Kirchner allowed Venezuelan President Chavez to host an anti-US rally in Buenos Aires during President Bush's visit to [...]	2007-03-23 21:58:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AR VZ BO UR
07BUENOSAIRES58	ARGENTINA: FORMER PRESIDENT ISABEL PERON ARRESTED [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ex-President Maria Estela Martinez de Peron (known as Isabel Peron) reportedly has been arrested in Madrid, Spain pursuant to a request from Mendoza judge Raul Acosta for suspicion of involvement in forced disappearances in 1976. The arrest warrant was sent to Interpol to reque [...]	2007-01-12 20:34:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AR PHUM
07BUENOSAIRES587	MEDIA REACTION; U/S NICHOLAS BURNS'S CRITICISM OF [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend international stories focus on the implications of US Under Secretary for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns' critical statements SIPDIS about Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's anti-US President Bush rally in Buenos Aires. Daily-of-record "La Nacion" carries an ed [...]	2007-03-26 20:46:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
07BUENOSAIRES596	MEDIA REACTION; US REACTION TO CHAVEZ'S ANTI-BUSH RALLY IN [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT International opinion pieces today are mainly focused on the USG's reaction to Venezuelan Hugo Chavez's anti-Bush rally in Buenos Aires; Venezuelan President Chavez's land seizures; and China's acknowledgement of private property. 2. OPINION PIECES - "The US complaint [...]	2007-03-27 20:46:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
07BUENOSAIRES6	SADDAM HUSSEIN'S DEATH; LATIN AMERICA; DEATH OF PINOCHET; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend papers cover the implications of Saddam Hussein's execution; the governments of Evo Morales and Hugo Chavez and their influence on violence in Latin America; the aftermath of Pinochet's death; and Bolivian President Evo Morales imposing a visa on US citizens who wan [...]	2007-01-04 11:10:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
07BUENOSAIRES606	MEDIA REACTION; UK-IRAN; SITUATION IN IRAN; 03/28/07; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's key international stories are related to the dispute between the UK and Iran over the seizure of 15 British Naval personnel; and the situation in Iran given that the world is "on the verge of a new military confrontation in the (Persian) Gulf." 2. OPINION PIECES [...]	2007-03-29 14:33:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
07BUENOSAIRES612	MEDIA REACTION; IRAN; ARGENTINE-VENEZUELAN TIES; 03/29/07; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Leading international stories today focus on the escalation of the conflict between the UK and Iran over the British detained military; and President Kirchner's upcoming trip to Venezuela in the aftermath of the USG complaint over President Chavez's anti-Bush rally in Bueno [...]	2007-03-29 20:11:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
07BUENOSAIRES616	MEDIA REACTION; LULA TO THE US; ARGENTINE DEBT HOLDOUTS; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Leading international stories today include Brazilian President Lula's upcoming trip to the US to meet with President Bush; a letter from the leaders of the House of Representatives Western Hemisphere Subcommittee to Treasury Secretary Paulson urging action by the USG to de [...]	2007-03-30 17:45:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
07BUENOSAIRES621	ARGENTINA: FOREIGN MINISTER SEES WAY AHEAD ON [...] (C) Summary: "Let's put recent events behind us and move forward on our positive agenda" Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana told Ambassador Wayne March 29, offering no rebuttal to the Ambassador's conveyance of Washington's serious displeasure with the GoA decision to allow Chavez's March 9 anti-US [...]	2007-03-30 20:47:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PARM MARR ECON AR
07BUENOSAIRES624	MEDIA REACTION; IRAN; MEETING BETWEEN BUSH AND LULA; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend international stories include the impact of the capture of 15 British soldiers on the status of the war against Iran; and the implications of the meeting between US President George W. Bush and Brazilian President Lula da Silva for Brazil's strategic interests. [...]	2007-04-03 18:07:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
07BUENOSAIRES626	ARGENTINA PARTICIPATION IN U.S.-LATIN AMERICAN [...] Per reftels, Post delivered invitations to the Argentine Central Bank President Martin Redrado and Ministry of Economy and Production Felisa Miceli on March 21. At the request of the Central Bank, Post sent similar letters and information on the conference to the GoA's Financial Intelligence [...]	2007-04-03 19:08:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETTC KTFN KVPR PREL PTER AR
07BUENOSAIRES63	IRAQ-IRAN; CHAVEZ; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES; 01/12/07 [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT All local dailies report on the wave of domestic and international criticism unleashed by US President Bush's plan to send additional US troops to Iraq. Papers also cover the US blow to the Iranian consulate in Erbil; the Chavez administration's 'totalitarianism'; and envi [...]	2007-01-12 20:34:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
07BUENOSAIRES632	MEDIA REACTION; HOUSE SPEAKER PELOSI'S TRIP TO SYRIA; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's local papers focus on the alleged irritation triggered in the White House by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's trip to Syria; a predicted overhaul in the US-Argentine bilateral relationship; and possible implications of the US-Brazilian bio-fuels deal on US-Latin Amer [...]	2007-04-04 18:37:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
07BUENOSAIRES638	ARGENTINA: DEMARCHE ON DESIGNATION OF IRAN'S [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-04 23:11:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KNNP PARM KN IR AR
07BUENOSAIRES64	US POLICY ON IRAQ; VENEZUELA; 01/11/07; BUENOS AIRES [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's leading stories include US President Bush's decision to send more troops to Iraq; the implications of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's announced nationalization of telecommunications and utility corporations; and the Argentine Government's reaction to Chavez's ann [...]	2007-01-12 20:34:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
07BUENOSAIRES640	MEDIA REACTION; IRAN SETS FREE 15 HOSTAGES; THE KIRCHNER [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's international leading stories are Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's decision to set free the 15 British Marines; and the US academics' opinion of the Kirchner administration and Argentina's economic recovery. 2. OPINION PIECES - "An End With No Winners" [...]	2007-04-05 15:01:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
07BUENOSAIRES660	MEDIA REACTION; THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION; US EMBARGO ON [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend international stories focus on an alleged decline in neo-conservatives' clout on the Bush administration; a reported reduction in popular support for the US embargo imposed on Cuba; a debate in Latin America about the bio-fuels option; and the status of the US-Argen [...]	2007-04-10 08:55:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
07BUENOSAIRES666	MEDIA REACTION; IRAN'S INDUSTRIAL-SCALE NUCLEAR FUEL [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT All local papers report Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's announcement that Iran has begun industrial-scale nuclear fuel production in defiance of the international community. Also, daily-of-record "La Nacion" carries an opinion piece regarding the planned US immigrat [...]	2007-04-10 16:18:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
07BUENOSAIRES677	MINISTER OF DEFENSE STRESSES POSITIVE RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary: In a March 23 meeting with Ambassador Wayne, and again on March 28 with visiting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Stephen Johnson, Defense Minister Nilda SIPDIS Garre stressed the importance of the bilateral relationship with the U.S. and training and exchange opportunities [...]	2007-04-10 19:56:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS PREL AR
07BUENOSAIRES68	IRAQ; US PENTAGON AND LATIN AMERICA; THE US FOREIGN POLICY; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend papers carry opinion pieces on USG policy on Iraq; the relationship between the Pentagon and Latin America; current US foreign policy; Venezuelan President Chavez's announced transformation of his country; and problems in Bolivia. 2. OPINION PIECES - "Bush sai [...]	2007-01-16 20:40:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
07BUENOSAIRES687	ARGENTINA: K CAMPAIGNING ON CONFRONTATION? [...] (C) SUMMARY: While opposition politicians are busy conducting their pre-campaigns, President Nestor Kirchner, with an overwhelming lead in all the polls, remains mum about whether he will run for reelection in October. Kirchner associates and rumors favor First Lady Senator Cristina Fernan [...]	2007-04-11 19:25:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AR
07BUENOSAIRES689	MEDIA REACTION; IRAN; IRAQ; CUBA; 04/11/07; BUENOS AIRES [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT International stories today include the alleged Iranian energy crisis that could justify its nuclear program; the upcoming FM ministerial on the Iraq issue, which will take place in Egypt; and the US embargo on Cuba, which is questioned not only in Cuba but also in the US, [...]	2007-04-12 09:03:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
07BUENOSAIRES70	FM TAIANA AND PLANNING MINISTER DEVIDO ON MERCOSUR [...] (C) Summary. Planning Minister and influential presidential advisor Julio De Vido told Ambassador January 15 that Bolivia's membership application is the most important item for the January 19 Mercosur Summit in Rio, but that Brazil-Argentine relations will dominate substantive economic dia [...]	2007-01-17 12:19:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON EINV PREL AR
07BUENOSAIRES707	MEDIA REACTION; US CZAR TO OVERSEE WARS IN IRAQ AND [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international stories are related to the White House's alleged attempt to appoint a "czar" to manage the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan; the IMF-WB Spring Meetings' conclusions about Argentina's economic performance; IMF Research Department Director Cha [...]	2007-04-13 11:48:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
07BUENOSAIRES710	MEDIA REACTION; IMF AND ARGENTINA; TERRORISM; IRAN AND THE [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Key international stories today focus on the IMF postponing its audit of Argentina's economy; implications of savage terrorist attacks in Northern Africa; and the regional strategic role of Iran. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS - "The IMF will not audit Argentina thi [...]	2007-04-13 14:31:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
07BUENOSAIRES726	AMBASSADOR AND INTERIOR MINISTER REVIEW SECURITY [...] (C) SUMMARY. On April 13, Ambassador Wayne and Interior Minister Anibal Fernandez met to review the broad range of bilateral security cooperation. Ambassador noted success of Operation ""Todo Inclusivo,"" a DEA-supported effort to target cocaine trafficking out of Ezeiza airport and Fernandez [...]	2007-04-13 21:10:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER SNAR PARM AR
07BUENOSAIRES731	MEDIA REACTION; SOUTH AMERICAN ENERGY SUMMIT; TERRORISM; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend international stories focus on the implications of the South American Energy Summit, to be held in Venezuela; and the global war on terrorism, which, according to leading "Clarin," requires a "multilateral" approach. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS - "Lula st [...]	2007-04-16 18:55:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
07BUENOSAIRES764	MEDIA REACTION; VIRGINIA TECH MASSACRE; SOUTH AMERICAN [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT The most important international topics today include the Virginia Tech massacre; and the South American Energy Summit, which, according to daily-of-record "La Nacion" and liberal "Buenos Aires Herald," "ended without conclusive developments regarding the main items on the [...]	2007-04-20 13:01:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
07BUENOSAIRES767	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR AMBASSADOR GROVER JOSEPH [...] (SBU) POST WELCOMES AND GRANTS COUNTRY CLEARANCE TO AMBASSADOR GROVER JOSEPH REES, SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR SOCIAL ISSUES, WHO WILL TRAVEL TO ARGENTINA FROM APRIL 25-28, 2007. THE PURPOSE OF THE VISIT IS TO PARTICIPATE IN PUBLIC DIPLOMACY ACTIVITIES AND TO ASSESS U.S. SUPPORTED MULTILATERAL [...]	2007-04-20 13:04:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI UNICEF WHO OTRA PREL AR BR CI
07BUENOSAIRES772	MEDIA REACTION; VIRGINIA TECH MASSACRE; 04/20/07; BUENOS [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT The massacre at Virginia Tech remains the most important international story. Leading "Clarin" carries an opinion piece on the political implications of the massacre. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS - "The dark side" Claudio Mario Aliscioni, international analyst o [...]	2007-04-20 19:46:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
07BUENOSAIRES78	ARGENTINE PRESIDENT KIRCHNER SENDS [...] (C) On December 20, Argentine President Kirchner sent the GoA's draft anti-terrorism and counter-terrorism finance bill to Congress. The GoA took this action in order to comply with Financial Action Task Force (FATF) demands, and avoid sanctions. Post lobbying contributed to this significant [...]	2007-01-17 20:59:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	KTFN EFIN PTER SNAR ETTC PREL AR
07BUENOSAIRES792	AMBASSADOR MEETS ARGENTINE BUSINESS LEADERS [...] (U) The following cable contains business-confidential information and should not be distributed via internet. ------- Summary ------- 2. (SBU) Association of Argentine Businessmen (AEA) Directors, a who's who of Argentina's business elite, are generally upbeat on Argentina's medium ter [...]	2007-04-24 10:23:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV PREL VZ AR
07BUENOSAIRES793	EMBASSY BUENOS AIRES PROPOSALS FOR G/TIP MANAGED FY 2007 [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Buenos Aires's top priorities in strengthening Argentina's anti-trafficking efforts include 1) advanced training in investigating and prosecuting human trafficking cases; 2) the establishment of a dedicated and specialized assistance center for trafficking victims; and [...]	2007-04-24 13:33:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG
07BUENOSAIRES794	FIRST LADY SENATOR CRISTINA FERNANDEZ DE KIRCHNER [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 20, Ambassador Wayne called on First Lady and Senator Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner to discuss her upcoming May 3 trip to Washington. The Ambassador raised three issues that people may raise during her visit: 1) Argentina's position on support for democracy and press [...]	2007-04-24 14:59:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER AR
07BUENOSAIRES795	FIRST LADY SENATOR CRISTINA FERNANDEZ DE KIRCHNER [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 20, Ambassador Wayne delivered reftel points to First Lady and Senator Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner and noted that during her May 3 visit Washington interlocutors might raise this issues as well as the status of draft legislation on counterterrorism finance and anti- [...]	2007-04-24 15:03:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL VZ AR
07BUENOSAIRES796	ARGENTINA: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH US-ARGENTINE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On April 17, Ambassador Wayne met with ten members of the US-Argentine Congressional Friendship Committee from the Legislature's lower house to discuss bilateral relations. Ambassador noted the positive cooperation in traditional areas, e.g. counterterrorism and counternarcot [...]	2007-04-24 15:38:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG PREF ELAB AR
07BUENOSAIRES797	MEDIA REACTION; IRAQ; CRISTINA KIRCHNER'S TRIP TO MEXICO; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend international stories include the war in Iraq; Argentine First Lady Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner's upcoming trip to Mexico; the State of Vermont asking for the impeachment of US President Bush and VP Cheney; and the 2007 Heritage Foundation Index of Economic Freed [...]	2007-04-24 18:07:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
07BUENOSAIRES798	MEDIA REACTION; VIRGINIA TECH MASSACRE; ECUADOR 04/24/07; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Leading international editorials cover the Virginia Tech University massacre and the flare-up of the debate over arms control; and chances of an institutional change in Ecuador. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS - "Massacre and arms control" Daily-of-record "La Nac [...]	2007-04-24 18:07:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
07BUENOSAIRES799	ARGENTINE FIRST LADY EXPECTS CONGRESS TO PASS [...] (C) First Lady and Senator Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner told Ambassador on April 20 that she expects the Argentine Congress to pass draft legislation criminalizing trafficking in persons (TIP) by May or June at the latest, especially given that the Senate had already approved one version of [...]	2007-04-24 21:44:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG KWMN PGOV AR
07BUENOSAIRES80	FM TAIANA ON ECUADORIAN PRESIDENT CORREA [...] (C) Summary: Correa represents "a new generation of Latin American leaders" Foreign Minister Taiana told the Ambassador in a meeting on January 16. He asserted that Correa is "not Chavez" and has demonstrated a willingness to negotiate early on, citing Correa's success in negotiating an ag [...]	2007-01-17 21:29:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SNAR EC CO AR
07BUENOSAIRES800	FIRST LADY SENATOR CRISTINA FERNANDEZ DE KIRCHNER [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 20, Ambassador Wayne delivered reftel points to First Lady and Senator Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner and noted that during her May 3 visit Washington interlocutors might raise this issues as well as the status of draft legislation on counterterrorism finance and anti- [...]	2007-04-25 11:55:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL VZ AR
07BUENOSAIRES803	ARGENTINA: SENATE PRESIDENT JOSE PAMPURO ON THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 23, Ambassador Wayne called on President Pro Tempore of the Senate Jose Pampuro, who said he expects to accompany First Lady Cristina Kirchner on her May 3 trip to Washington. The Ambassador raised three issues that people may raise during their visit: 1) Argentina's p [...]	2007-04-25 12:02:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER AR
07BUENOSAIRES804	ARGENTINA: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH DAIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On April 19, Ambassador Wayne met with the President and several board members of the Delegation of Israeli and Argentine Associations (DAIA),the political representative of the Argentine Jewish community with a specific focus on preserving human rights, eradicating anti-Semi [...]	2007-04-25 13:02:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AR VZ
07BUENOSAIRES806	RCTV: EMBASSY OUTREACH TO GOA AND LEGISLATIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY. The government of Argentina is not likely to make any overt efforts on the RCTV issue. Ambassador Wayne will seek to raise the issue again with Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana, but it seems that the GOA will not do more than say they have privately and politely raised the issue. [...]	2007-04-25 17:05:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM SCUL VE AR
07BUENOSAIRES808	AMBASSADOR'S APRIL 24 LUNCH WITH BRAZILIAN [...] (C) Ambassador met April 24 with Brazil's Ambassador to Argentina, Mauro Viera, to discuss the April 26-27 visit of President Lula to Argentina (after Lula's visit to Chile). Following are highlights of the discussion: 2. (C) Brazil-Argentine Relations: Friday morning, Lula will meet pr [...]	2007-04-25 18:38:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EFIN ENRG AR BR
07BUENOSAIRES81	FM TAIANA ON IRAQ: DECISION ON IRAQ EMBASSY WILL [...] (C) Summary. On January 16, the Ambassador briefed Foreign Minister Taiana on the President's new Iraq strategy and urged the GOA to allow the Iraqi government to reestablish its Embassy in Buenos Aires. Taiana expressed hope that the USG is successful in Iraq and added that although the G [...]	2007-01-17 21:43:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OFDP KCOM AR IQ
07BUENOSAIRES814	ARGENTINE MOJ CALLS ANTI-TIP LAW A PRIORITY; [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador met with Minister of Justice Alberto Iribarne on April 26 and sponsor of anti-TIP legislation, Deputy Stella Cordoba, on April 27, to underscore the importance of passing anti-TIP legislation. Ambassador urged Iribarne to lend his support to pass draft legislation no [...]	2007-04-25 22:19:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG AR

07BUENOSAIRES815	MEDIA REACTION; ARGENTINE ECONOMIC GROWTH; ARGENTINE [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's leading international stories include prospects of Argentina's stunning recovery from its 2001-02 economic meltdown; and American Task Force Argentina asking the G8 about Argentina's debt to holdout creditors. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS - "Perplexity and [...]	2007-04-26 09:04:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
07BUENOSAIRES821	MEDIA REACTION; IPR; CLIMATE CHANGE; ARGENTINE-BRAZILIAN [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's most important international stories include the celebration of Intellectual Property Day and the need to fight piracy; climate change and the USG; and prospects of Argentine-Brazilian ties. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS - "Climate change gets religion" J [...]	2007-04-26 17:21:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
07BUENOSAIRES83	FARM SUBSIDIES; LATIN AMERICAN POLITICAL SCENARIO; CHAVEZ; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's leading international opinion pieces include farm subsidies in wealthy countries; the political "patchwork" in Latin America; the economic and political implications of Venezuela's Hugo Chavez' announced changes; the reasons for clashes in Bolivia; and expectations [...]	2007-01-18 16:59:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
07BUENOSAIRES837	MEDIA REACTION; VENEZUELA AND FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION; TIES [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend international stories cover the closure of RCTV in Venezuela; reinvigorated ties between Argentina and Brazil; the upcoming US-Argentine naval exercises; and Argentine First Lady Cristina Kirchner's trip to Washington. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS - "Chave [...]	2007-04-30 16:32:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
07BUENOSAIRES838	ARGENTINA'S INTERIOR MINISTER REQUESTS TIP [...] (C) On April 30, Thomas Fuentes, the FBI's Special Agent in Charge of International Operations, and Ambassador met with Interior Minister Alberto Fernandez to discuss Fernandez's May 3-4 trip to Washington. Fernandez indicated that he would be interested in receiving a briefing on how the U [...]	2007-04-30 16:46:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG KWMN PGOV AR
07BUENOSAIRES844	SKANSKA GAS PIPELINE SCANDAL ROCKS KIRCHNER [...] (C) A blossoming corruption scandal is coming closer to linking kickbacks from contractors on a natural gas pipeline expansion public works project to senior GoA Planning Ministry and energy regulatory officials. Multiple judicial investigations and relentless media and opposition party atte [...]	2007-04-30 21:48:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EINV ECON ENRG PREL SW AR
07BUENOSAIRES851	MEDIA REACTION; BUSH VETO OF IRAQ WITHDRAWAL BILL; US [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-02 17:37:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
07BUENOSAIRES855	ARGENTINA: AMBASSADOR WAYNE'S APRIL 30 MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 30, Ambassador Wayne called on Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana to discuss First Lady Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner's May 3 trip to Washington and other issues. (Taiana had planned to join her, but it now appears he will not.) The Ambassador highlighted the importance of [...]	2007-05-02 20:32:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER AR VZ
07BUENOSAIRES86	MEDIA REACTION US POLICY ON IRAQ-IRAN; HUGO CHAVEZ; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's leading international stories include Henry Kissinger's alleged influence on the USG policy on Iraq and Iran; the discussion of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez' nationalization plans in the framework of the Mercosur Summit; the alleged progress of Mercosur; and Ecu [...]	2007-01-18 19:23:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
07BUENOSAIRES862	MEETINGS WITH ARGENTINE INTERIOR MINISTER AND [...] (C) On April 30, Minister of Interior Anibal Fernandez met for over an hour with the Ambassador, FBI Special Agent in Charge (SAC) of International Operations, Tom Fuentes and LEGATT to discuss trafficking in persons, upcoming USG training programs, and next steps on the AMIA case. Minister F [...]	2007-05-03 11:48:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG KWMN PGOV
07BUENOSAIRES864	ARGENTINA: FOREIGN MINISTER TAIANA ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 30, Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana briefed Ambassador Wayne on his recent trip to, and Argentine relations with, Mexico, as well as President Kirchner's meeting with Brazilian President Lula Ignacio da Silva. Taiana, who accompanied First Lady Cristina Kirchner to Mexico [...]	2007-05-03 11:55:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AR MX BR
07BUENOSAIRES868	MEDIA REACTION; US-LATIN AMERICAN TIES; URIBE TO THE US; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Key international stories today include the US-Latin American relationship, according to Karen Tramontano, former Clinton advisor; Colombian President Uribe's trip to Washington; the UNITAS military exercise; and today's celebration of World Press Freedom Day. 2. OPINION [...]	2007-05-03 15:35:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
07BUENOSAIRES875	MEDIA REACTION; CRISTINA'S ADDRESS TO THE AJC; ISLAM AND [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's major international stories include Argentine Senator Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner's address to the American Jewish Committee; and the connection between violent Islam and terrorist attacks, in the opinion of a Spanish expert. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS [...]	2007-05-04 15:34:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
07BUENOSAIRES881	MEETINGS WITH ARGENTINE JUSTICE MINISTER AND [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met separately with Minister of Justice Alberto Iribarne on April 24 and Prosecutor General Esteban Righi on April 27 to discuss upcoming USDOJ consultations and training seminars; GOA efforts to introduce judicial reform; trafficking in persons (ref A); and passage [...]	2007-05-04 21:06:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KJUS FBI AR
07BUENOSAIRES887	MEDIA REACTION; ISRAEL'S WAR; BRAZIL'S INCORPORATION INTO [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend international stories include the outcome of Israel's war against Hezbollah; Brazil's incorporation into the OECD; and Russia's prevailing manipulation of the mass media. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS - "The lives of others" Daily-of-record "La Nacion's" [...]	2007-05-07 15:33:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
07BUENOSAIRES899	MEDIA REACTION; THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION; 05/09/07; BUENOS [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's daily-of-record "La Nacion" carries an opinion piece on an alleged 'exodus' in the Bush administration, with some members moving to the private sector. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS - "Some members of the Bush administration start to flee" Hugo Alconada M [...]	2007-05-09 17:49:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
07BUENOSAIRES900	MEDIA REACTION; SARKOZY'S TIES TO BUSH; TECHINT AND CHAVEZ; [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Leading international stories today include President-elect Nicolas Sarkozy's views on France's relationship with the US; and Argentine company Techint toning down a possible conflict with Venezuelan President Chavez. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS - "The US praises [...]	2007-05-09 17:49:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
07BUENOSAIRES905	OVERVIEW OF ARGENTINE ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION [...] (U) This telegram is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. 2. (U) There are four major pieces of environmental legislation that have either recently passed or will be on the Argentine national agenda in 2007. These include new laws and proposed legislation on the l [...]	2007-05-10 14:56:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ENRG SENVSPL PREL ETRD AR
07BUENOSAIRES906	ARGENTINA: CRISTINA FOR PRESIDENT AND OTHER HOT [...] (C) SUMMARY: With just over five months until the presidential elections in October, President Nestor Kirchner has yet to announce whether he will run for reelection, or as many speculate, whether his wife, Senator Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, will run for the office. Respected journalis [...]	2007-05-10 15:17:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AR
07BUENOSAIRES907	ARGENTINE DRAFT COUNTER TERRORISM FINANCE LAW [...] (C) It appears increasingly uncertain that the Argentine Congress will pass pending counter-terrorism finance legislation prior to the June 2007 Financial Action Task Force (FATF) deadline, despite strong support from within the GoA, the private sector, and even within Congress. The main obst [...]	2007-05-10 16:31:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	KTFN EFIN PTER SNAR ETTC PREL AR
07BUENOSAIRES910	MEDIA REACTION; SARKOZY AND 1968; PEACE IN ULSTER; ILLEGAL [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Local papers lead with French President-elect Nicolas Sarkozy's views on the cultural and social heritage of 1968; a new Democratic Party's draft bill on illegal immigration; and a Catholic-Protestant coalition taking power in Northern Ireland. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDIT [...]	2007-05-10 18:25:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
07BUENOSAIRES912	MEDIA REACTION; SARKOZY AND 1968; PEACE IN ULSTER; ILLEGAL [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Local papers lead with French President-elect Nicolas Sarkozy's views on the cultural and social heritage of 1968; a new Democratic Party's draft bill on illegal immigration; and a Catholic-Protestant coalition taking power in Northern Ireland. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDIT [...]	2007-05-10 18:26:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
07BUENOSAIRES913	AMBASSADOR'S ASSESSMENT ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] (C) Early May 11, I contacted Deputy Foreign Minister Roberto Garcia Moritan to raise reftel points. Garcia Moritan emphatically stated that Argentina would not vote for Belarus for the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC). He asked that convey to U/S Burns that he is personally involved in the [...]	2007-05-11 12:00:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNHRC
07BUENOSAIRES915	MEDIA REACTION; UK PM TONY BLAIR'S DECISION TO STEP DOWN & [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's major international stories include the impact on the Bush administration of UK PM Tony Blair's decision to step down; and the First Bio-Fuels Congress of the Americas, which will be held in Buenos Aires and will feature former US VP Al Gore as the keynote speaker. [...]	2007-05-11 13:44:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
07BUENOSAIRES92	MEDIA REACTION OBAMA'S BID FOR US PRESIDENCY; GLOBAL [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Key international stories today include Democratic Senator Barack Obama's nomination to the US presidency; expectations that the US Congress will help reduce carbon dioxide emissions; and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez reassuring Argentine President Nestor Kirchner that h [...]	2007-01-19 20:51:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
07BUENOSAIRES920	ARGENTINA: KEY OBJECTIVES FOR WORLD HEATH ASSEMBLY [...] Emboff delivered our key objectives as described in reftel to Hugo Fernandez of the Offices of Foreign Affairs in Argentina's Ministry of Health. Fernandez responded by saying that the Government of Argentina agrees that avian influenza will require a "truly global" response and they look for [...]	2007-05-11 18:47:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO AORC PREL KFLU WHO
07BUENOSAIRES93	AMIA UPDATE: NISMAN TRAVELS TO LYON WITH [...] (C/NF) LEGATT and the Department of Justice's Office of International Affairs (OIA) have reviewed the GOA's revised application for Interpol arrest warrants ("Red Notices"),which AMIA Special Prosecutor Alberto Nisman gave to LEGATT on January 17. LEGATT advises that the 9-page application [...]	2007-01-19 22:22:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV KJUST AR IR FBI
07BUENOSAIRES935	Ambassador in Mendoza Province - Students and Youth, [...] (U) In an active and well-publicized May 3-4 visit to the central-western province of Mendoza, the Ambassador held a successful youth outreach event at the Mendoza Binational Center, where he awarded scholarships to students to study English; met with Mendoza Governor, and possibly future vice [...]	2007-05-14 08:57:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ENRG BEXP PREL OTRA TPHY TSPA SCUL OIIP
07BUENOSAIRES94	ARGENTINA TO ATTEND HAITI KEY PLAYERS MEETING, [...] Summary. (C) Argentina supports a 12-month renewal of MINUSTAH's mandate and has demarched China in Beijing, New York, and Port-au-Prince urging them to do the same, Under Secretary for Latin America Policy Agustin Colombo Sierra SIPDIS told A/Polcouns on January 19 in response to reftel [...]	2007-01-19 22:32:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL EAID PGOV EFIN UNAUS HA EUN
07BUENOSAIRES940	ARGENTINA: AMBASSADOR WAYNE'S MAY 10 MEETING WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 10, Ambassador Wayne met with Argentine political analysts and pollsters to discuss the current political panorama and outlook for the October presidential elections. While none of the participants admitted to knowing for sure who will be the official candidate, they a [...]	2007-05-14 14:46:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AR
07BUENOSAIRES945	MEDIA REACTION; US-FRENCH RELATIONSHIP; FORMER US VICE [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend international stories include the status of the US-French relationship following Sarkozy's victory in presidential elections; the impact of former US Vice President Al Gore's address to the first Bio-Fuels Congress for the Americas, held in Buenos Aires; President G [...]	2007-05-14 16:05:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
07BUENOSAIRES954	MEDIA REACTION; WASHINGTON-TEHRAN DISCUSSIONS; BIO-FUELS [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Key international stories today include the upcoming meeting between US and Iranian delegations to discuss Iraq; an opinion on the bio-fuels debate; and the upcoming meeting between Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and Paolo Rocca, head of the Techint group, which has been [...]	2007-05-15 16:49:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
07BUENOSAIRES958	ARGENTINE VICE PRESIDENT SCIOLI ON U.S. RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador and DCM had a very productive three-hour discussion with Argentine Vice President Daniel Scioli. Scioli said he foresaw a natural partnership between Argentina, Latin America and the United States in the economic development and integration of the hemisphere and base [...]	2007-05-15 20:39:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON AR
07BUENOSAIRES962	MEDIA REACTION; FRENCH PRESIDENT-ELECT NICOLAS SARKOZY'S [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Major international stories today include French President-elect Nicolas Sarkozy's expected foreign policy; US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's trip to Russia; and UK PM Tony Blair's legacy. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS - "Sarkozy, with his eyes placed on Euro [...]	2007-05-16 19:11:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
07BUENOSAIRES965	AMBASSADOR'S MEETS WITH TIP ACTIVIST TRIMARCO AND [...] (C) Summary. On May 4, Ambassador Wayne met with Susana Trimarco, an activist fighting against trafficking in persons (TIP) in Argentina and recent State Department International Woman of Courage award winner (REF A). Part of the meeting was filmed by Pablo Milstein, a local award-winning [...]	2007-05-17 08:52:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG KWMN PGOV AR
07BUENOSAIRES973	MEDIA MAGNATE GRIPES TO THE AMBASSADOR ABOUT [...] (C) In a lunch punctuated by misgivings about the Kirchner Administration, ailing Clarin giant Hector Magnetto conveyed to the Ambassador that his vigor has not waned, despite a throat cancer that has diminished his ability to communicate. As the Ambassador was feted by Clarin,s top brass, May [...]	2007-05-17 17:53:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO OPRC PREL KMDR AR
07BUENOSAIRES976	MEDIA MAGNATE GRIPES TO THE AMBASSADOR ABOUT [...] (C) In a lunch punctuated by misgivings about the Kirchner Administration, ailing Clarin giant Hector Magnetto conveyed to the Ambassador that his vigor has not waned, despite a throat cancer that has diminished his ability to communicate. As the Ambassador was feted by Clarin's top brass, May [...]	2007-05-17 19:03:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO OPRC PREL KMDR AR
07BUENOSAIRES978	SKANSKA SCANDAL TAKES DOWN FIRST TWO OFFICIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Skanska-gate has its first two official victims. On May 16, Cabinet Minister Alberto Fernandez announced the firing of the President of ENARGAS (the GoA's natural gas regulatory authority) and the Manager of Nacion Fideicomisos (the public trust established to structure pri [...]	2007-05-17 21:31:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EINV ENRG PREL ECON SW AR
07BUENOSAIRES979	MEDIA REACTION; NUCLEAR NON PROLIFERATION; AMERICAS [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's major international opinion pieces are related to Argentina's nuclear development and its commitments to the Nuclear Non Proliferation regime; Argentine government officials attending the Americas Competitiveness Forum to be held in Atlanta; and negotiations between [...]	2007-05-18 09:52:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
07BUENOSAIRES983	MEDIA REACTION; US IMMIGRATION DEAL; WOLFOWITZ'S [...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Major international stories today include the US deal to overhaul immigration legislation; and Paul Wolfowitz's resignation from the World Bank. 2. OPINION PIECES AND EDITORIALS - "Key US immigration deal" Hugo Alconada Mon, Washington-based correspondent for daily [...]	2007-05-18 15:45:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
07BUENOSQRES633	KIRCHNER ABSENCE AT FALKLANDS/MALVINAS MEMORIAL SPARKS [...] (SBU) Summary: President Kirchner was prominent by his absence at the major commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the Falklands/Malvinas war in Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego. Vice President Scioli led the ceremony in Ushaia, calling for renewed negotiations with the UK over the sovereignty dis [...]	2007-04-04 18:38:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM MASS AR
07BUJUMBURA176	BURUNDI'S FORMER 2ND VICE PRESIDENT ARRESTED [...] (U) Summary: Burundi's National Security Services (SNR) arrested former Vice President Marina Barampama on March 13 on charges of being a "threat to the internal security of the state". The charges are likely related to the import of building materials, which many believe are for her personal [...]	2007-03-13 15:54:00	Embassy Bujumbura	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL BY
07BUJUMBURA178	BURUNDI'S FORMER SECOND VICE PRESIDENT RELEASED FROM [...] Burundi's National Intelligence Services (SNR) released the former Second Vice President, Marina Barampama, from custody by late in the evening on March 13, after eight hours of questioning. Barampama had been arrested earlier the same day on charges of posing a "threat to the internal securit [...]	2007-03-14 15:47:00	Embassy Bujumbura	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR PREL BY
07BUJUMBURA181	BURUNDIAN RESPONSE TO UN INTERNATIONAL [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-15 15:40:00	Embassy Bujumbura	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC APER PREL PINR UNGA BY
07BUJUMBURA201	DAS SWAN VISIT TO BURUNDI: TACKLING OBSTACLES TO [...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting with Deputy Assistant Secretary(DAS) for African Affairs, James Swan, SIPDIS Burundian President Nkurunziza expressed appreciation for the continued support of the American people and emphasized Burundi,s commitment to political and economic stability. During a [...]	2007-03-21 15:51:00	Embassy Bujumbura	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL BY
07BUJUMBURA204	BURUNDI: NEW FNL DEMANDS COULD STALL REINTEGRATION [...] (U) Summary: During meetings with Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) for African Affairs, James Swan, the SIPDIS Government of Burundi (GOB) responded to U.S. concerns about stagnation in the Joint Verification and Monitoring Mechanism (JVMM) initiative due to new PALIPEHUTU-FNL demands. Th [...]	2007-03-22 11:30:00	Embassy Bujumbura	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL BY
07BUJUMBURA206	BURUNDI'S DEFENSE MINISTER: TROOPS IN SOMALIA [...] (C) Summary: During a March 12 meeting with Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) for African Affairs, James Swan, Burundi,s Minister of Defense, Lt. Gen Germain Niyoyankana, projected that with U.S. logistical and financial assistance, Burundi could be ready to deploy troops to Somalia within two [...]	2007-03-22 13:17:00	Embassy Bujumbura	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PARM PGOV PREL BY SO
07BUJUMBURA215	BURUNDI RENEWS APPEAL FOR U.S. SUPPORT FOR TROOPS [...] Action Request Para 8. 2. (C) Summary: Burundi renewed its request for donor support for Burundian plans to send peacekeepers to Somalia, providing donors on March 23 with a specific list of needs. Minister of Defense Germain Niyoyankana told Charge on March 26 that Burundi would rely on [...]	2007-03-26 14:41:00	Embassy Bujumbura	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PARM PREL BY SO
07BUJUMBURA237	BURUNDI CEASE FIRE AT CRITICAL JUNCTURE [...] (C) Summary: Burundi's cease fire agreement with the rebel PALIPEHUTU-FNL has stalled. Visiting South African analyst Jan van Eck (protect) warned that the accord could collapse because the South African facilitators had assured the FNL that certain outstanding issues could be discussed in B [...]	2007-03-30 12:37:00	Embassy Bujumbura	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR PINR BY SF
07BUJUMBURA241	BURUNDI CEASE FIRE AT CRITICAL JUNCTURE [...] (C) Summary: Burundi's cease fire agreement with the rebel PALIPEHUTU-FNL has stalled. Visiting South African analyst Jan van Eck (protect) warned that the accord could collapse because the South African facilitators had assured the FNL that certain outstanding issues could be discussed in B [...]	2007-04-02 09:58:00	Embassy Bujumbura	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR PINR BY SF
07BUJUMBURA244	POSSIBLE BURUNDIAN DEPLOYMENT TO SOMALIA [...] (U) Action Request Para 4. 2. (U) Burundi is prepared to send troops expeditiously to Somalia in support of the African Union mission there (AMISOM),but it recognizes it cannot do so without substantial support. Burundi's minister of Defense, Germain Niyonyankana, estimates that his min [...]	2007-04-02 12:22:00	Embassy Bujumbura	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PARM PREL BY SO
07BUJUMBURA265	POSSIBLE BURUNDIAN DEPLOYMENT TO SOMALIA [...] (U) Action Request Para 4. 2. (U) Burundi is prepared to send troops expeditiously to Somalia in support of the African Union mission there (AMISOM),but it recognizes it cannot do so without substantial support. Burundi's minister of Defense, Germain Niyonyankana, estimates that his min [...]	2007-04-05 14:17:00	Embassy Bujumbura	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PARM PREL BY SO
07BUJUMBURA267	THREE CONTENTIOUS ISSUES STALL BURUNDIAN CEASE FIRE TALKS [...] (U) SUMMARY: South African Special Envoy Kingsley Mamabolo outlined the three most contentious issues facing the Joint Verification Monitoring Mechanism (JVMM) and briefed the diplomatic corps on the status of implementation after a meeting with the National Liberation Front (FNL) on April 2. [...]	2007-04-05 16:12:00	Embassy Bujumbura	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MARR PINR BY SF
07BUJUMBURA268	BURUNDI TALKS WITH FNL TO CONTINUE IN PRETORIA? [...] (C) The South African facilitation mission has proposed to hold a special set of talks between the Government of Burundi (GOB) and the rebel PALIPEHUTU-FNL in Pretoria, according to South Africa's Institute for Strategic Studies analyst Jan van Eck. In a conversation on April 6, Van Eck priv [...]	2007-04-09 12:00:00	Embassy Bujumbura	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR PINR BY SF
07BUJUMBURA289	UN PEACEBUILDING COMMISSION VISIT TO BURUNDI [...] (C) Summary: The UN Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) has identified four priority areas in which to work in Burundi, according to a delegation which visited Bujumbura April 11-14. The PBC is now preparing an integrated peacebuilding strategy which will focus on good governance, rule of law, se [...]	2007-04-17 15:30:00	Embassy Bujumbura	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KPKO SOCI UNGA PREL BY
07BUJUMBURA290	BURUNDI'S PRESIDENT DISMISSES HIGH-LEVEL [...] (U) President Pierre Nkurunziza, on April 12, replaced three high-ranking members of Burundi,s national intelligence service, the Securite National de Renseignments (SNR),including the Deputy General Manager and the Chief of Staff. The former principal advisor to the President, Zacharie Sa [...]	2007-04-17 15:57:00	Embassy Bujumbura	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PINR PREL BY
07BUJUMBURA299	BURUNDI: SINDUHIJE LEAVES THE HELM OF AFRICAN [...] (U) On April 23, African Public Radio (APR) announced the departure of its founder, Alexis Sinduhije, as Director of the popular radio station. APR enjoys the largest media market share and audience in Burundi. There was no official reason given for Sinduhije,s departure, though his exit is [...]	2007-04-24 12:51:00	Embassy Bujumbura	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PGOV PINR PREL BY
07BUJUMBURA306	BURUNDI: TAPE REVEALS RADJABU PLANS FOR ARMED [...] (SBU) Burundi,s Minister of the Interior, Major General Evariste Ndayishimiye, is investigating reports that former CNDD-FDD party president, Hussein Radjabu, is organizing an armed rebellion against President Pierre Nkurunziza,s government. In Bubanza province, Burundian security forces hav [...]	2007-04-25 12:41:00	Embassy Bujumbura	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL BY
07BUJUMBURA307	BURUNDI HOSTS THE RELAUNCH OF THE ECONOMIC [...] (U) Summary: Representatives from the Great Lakes member states of Burundi, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo convened in Bujumbura on April 16 to open dialogue for the Economic Community of the Great Lakes States (CEPGL). The CEPGL is relaunched after 13 years of inactivity [...]	2007-04-25 12:41:00	Embassy Bujumbura	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN ECON PGOV PINR PREL BY
07BUJUMBURA309	BURUNDI: RADJABU APPEARS BEFORE PROSECUTOR GENERAL [...] (SBU) On April 26, former CNDD-FDD party president Hussein Radjabu is appearing for the second time before Burundi,s Prosecutor General in response to a warrant issued against him on April 25. The reasons for Radjabu,s appearance have not been confirmed but it is widely believed that the rec [...]	2007-04-26 12:54:00	Embassy Bujumbura	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL BY
07BUJUMBURA323	BURUNDI PARTICIPATION IN THE IRAQ COALITION [...] (C) Although the government of Burundi (GOB) is a supporter of many U.S. foreign policy initiatives, at this time, it is unlikely that Burundi will have the civilian or military resources to contribute to the New Way Forward initiative in Iraq. The primary efforts undertaken by the GOB's Min [...]	2007-05-03 07:55:00	Embassy Bujumbura	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MARR MASS MOPS PREL BY
07BUJUMBURA327	BURUNDI: HUSSEIN RADJABU ARRESTED AND JAILED IN [...] (SBU) Summary. The controversial former CNDD-FDD party president, Hussein Radjabu, is imprisoned in solitary confinement at Bujumbura,s Mpimba Central Jail. Radjabu,s arrest on Friday, April 27 is the result of an inquiry by the Prosecutor General,s office concerning taped evidence of Radja [...]	2007-05-04 07:13:00	Embassy Bujumbura	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PINR PREL BY
07BUJUMBURA337	CONSULTANT TO US TRADE DEVELOPMENT AGENCY VISITS BURUNDI TO [...] Summary. An energy consultant for the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) met May 2-3 with senior Government of Burundi (GOB) officials and private energy officials to discuss a feasibility study for a petroleum pipeline to Burundi. Burundian government officials and private concerns res [...]	2007-05-08 05:29:00	Embassy Bujumbura	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EINV EMIN ENRG EPET PREL PBTS RW KE TZ UG BY
07BUJUMBURA352	BURUNDI RECEIVES DEMARCHE ON KEY U.S. OBJECTIVES [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-14 14:43:00	Embassy Bujumbura	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PREL TBIO WHO KFLU
07BUJUMBURA36	BURUNDI'S RULING PARTY SETS CONGRESS DATE; WILL [...] (C) Summary: The CNDD-FDD party Congress is tentatively scheduled for February 6. Although party head Hussein Radjabu originally sought to place one of his allies at the helm of a committee to prepare for the conference, the CNDD-FDD's spokesperson subsequently announced that Radjabu's pick [...]	2007-02-03 11:40:00	Embassy Bujumbura	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM MARR BY
07BUJUMBURA37	NEW BURUNDIAN CABINET APPOINTMENTS [...] Burundian President Nkurunziza on January 23 announced the following Cabinet appointments: -- Minister of Agriculture and Livestock Breeding: Jean de Dieu Mutabazi -- Minister of Commerce and Industry: Donatien Nijimbere -- Minister of Planning, Development and National Reconstruction: [...]	2007-02-03 11:41:00	Embassy Bujumbura	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR ECON BY
07BUJUMBURA376	BURUNDI'S RADJABU TO GO TO COURT MAY 29 [...] (U) Summary. Burundi's National Prosecutor on May 22 presented to former CNDD-FDD chairman Hussein Radjabu's attorney a list of charges against Radjabu following his April 27 arrest. Radjabu is expected to go to court May 29. This session follows an extensive search of Radjabu's home on the ev [...]	2007-05-25 09:05:00	Embassy Bujumbura	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL BY
07BUJUMBURA38	BURUNDI: IS RADJABU'S POLITICAL FATE HANGING IN [...] (C) Summary: The power struggle between Burundian strongman Hussein Radjabu and the country's President continues to dominate headlines, as government journalists report that the President's office has barred one of his key allies, Communications Minister Ramadhan Karenga, from entering gover [...]	2007-02-03 11:41:00	Embassy Bujumbura	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR PINR BY SA
07BUJUMBURA413	BURUNDI: CHANGES IN PRESIDENT'S SENIOR STAFF [...] (U) Burundi's President Nkurunziza announced on May 31 changes in his two most senior staff positions. The new Chief of Cabinet, Melchior Wagara, replaces Martin Mbazumutima. The new Deputy Chief of Cabinet, Jean-Bosco Ndikumana, replaces Melchiade Nzopfabarushe, who left the position more t [...]	2007-06-05 10:52:00	Embassy Bujumbura	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR BY
07BUJUMBURA422	BURUNDI: CHANGES IN PRESIDENT'S SENIOR STAFF [...] (U) Burundi's President Nkurunziza announced on May 31 changes in his two most senior staff positions. The new Chief of Cabinet, Melchior Wagara, replaces Martin Mbazumutima. The new Deputy Chief of Cabinet, Jean-Bosco Ndikumana, replaces Melchiade Nzopfabarushe, who left the position more t [...]	2007-06-06 10:21:00	Embassy Bujumbura	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR BY
07BUJUMBURA423	BURUNDI: CHANGES IN PRESIDENT'S SENIOR STAFF [...] (U) Burundi's President Nkurunziza announced on May 31 changes in his two most senior staff positions. The new Chief of Cabinet, Melchior Wagara, replaces Martin Mbazumutima. The new Deputy Chief of Cabinet, Jean-Bosco Ndikumana, replaces Melchiade Nzopfabarushe, who left the position more t [...]	2007-06-06 10:21:00	Embassy Bujumbura	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR BY
07BUJUMBURA424	RADJABU APPEARS BEFORE BURUNDI'S SUPREME COURT [...] (U) Burundi's Supreme Court confirmed May 31 the continued detention of Hussein Radjabu. The Supreme Court's confirmation means that Radjabu will remain at Mpimba Prison through the end of his trial, which, according to Burundian law, must begin within thirty days of detention. Formal charge [...]	2007-06-06 10:21:00	Embassy Bujumbura	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL BY
07BUJUMBURA430	BURUNDI ARRESTS FNL SPLINTER GROUP LEADER [...] Summary: (U) The Burundian police reportedly arrested PALIPEHUTU-FNL splinter group leader Jean Bosco Sindayagaya on June 1 during his meeting with an unnamed PALIPEHUTU-FNL colleague at Chez Andre, a local Bujumbura restaurant. Although a number of local radio stations have confirmed the deta [...]	2007-06-07 15:39:00	Embassy Bujumbura	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL BY
07BUJUMBURA453	BURUNDI'S PRESIDENT NOMINATES NEW MEMBERS OF [...] (U) Burundi's President Pierre Nkurunziza announced new appointments to fill the positions of National and Deputy National Prosecutor, the Presidency of the Constitutional Court, and the mayor of Bujumbura. He also announced the replacements of six of Burundi's seventeen governerships The no [...]	2007-06-14 15:35:00	Embassy Bujumbura	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL BY
07BUJUMBURA454	BURUNDI'S PRESIDENT TO MEET WITH FNL'S AGATHON [...] (SBU) Burundi's President Pierre Nkurunziza and Forces Nationale de Liberation (FNL) leader Agathon Rwasa will participate in talks June 17 in Dar-Es-Salaam, Tanzania, according to the African Union (AU) special envoy to the peace negotiations between the Government of Burundi (GOB) and the F [...]	2007-06-14 15:42:00	Embassy Bujumbura	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL BY
07BUJUMBURA460	AU ASSESSES BURUNDI'S CAPABILITIES FOR SOMALIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: African Union (AU) military leaders visited Burundi on June 10-13 to assess Burundi's readiness for participation in the African Union Mission to Somalia (AMISOM). AU Major General Benonbuta Biraaro and his team inspected two battalions and met with Minister of Defense Lieutenant [...]	2007-06-15 11:32:00	Embassy Bujumbura	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR BY
07BUJUMBURA466	NKURUNZIZA'S FACE-TO-FACE WITH FNL'S RWASA [...] (U) Summary: In an unprecedented meeting, Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza and PALIPEHUTU-FNL rebel leader Agathon Rwasa met privately on June 18 in Dar es Salaam, marking a significant milestone in the resuscitation of the September 2006 ceasefire agreement. The two men agreed that the F [...]	2007-06-25 13:49:00	Embassy Bujumbura	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL BY
07BUJUMBURA467	BURUNDI HOSTS TANZANIAN PRESIDENT [...] (U) Summary. Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete made his first state visit to Burundi June 19-21 in answer to President Nkurunziza's November 2006 visit to Tanzania. Kikwete's visit immediately followed talks in Dar-Es-Salaam between President Nkurunziza and FNL leader Agathon Rwasa. Tanzania [...]	2007-06-25 15:27:00	Embassy Bujumbura	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON ETRD PHUM PINR PREF PREL BY
07BUJUMBURA479	ALLEGED NUCLEAR SMUGGLING INCIDENT IN BUJUMBURA, [...] (C/NF) Post wishes to alert the Department and Washington agencies per reftels that it has received a report indicating a potential incident of illicit trafficking in nuclear and/or radiological materials. This report came to posts attention via phone contact to the ARSO, XXXXXXXXXXXX on the mornin [...]	2007-06-27 16:23:00	Embassy Bujumbura	SECRET	KCRM KNNP MNUC PARM PREL PTER ASEC BY
07BUJUMBURA482	BURUNDI'S SECOND VICE PRESIDENT TO LEAD DELEGATION [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-28 15:08:00	Embassy Bujumbura	UNCLASSIFIED	KSUM PREL BY
07BUJUMBURA513	BURUNDI'S PRESIDENT ANNOUNCES CABINET CHANGES [...] (C) Summary. President Nkurunziza announced new appointments in seven ministries, and announced the creation of a new Ministry, the Ministry of Regional Integration and Cooperation. They mark the third round of new appointments in the Nkurunziza government since early June 2007. Two of Buru [...]	2007-07-16 16:17:00	Embassy Bujumbura	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PINR PREL BY
07BUJUMBURA515	ADDENDUM TO ALLEGED NUCLEAR SMUGGLING IN BURUNDI [...] (C/NF) Post wishes to alert the Department and Washington agencies per reftels that it has received additional information regarding the incident of nuclear smuggling reported in Bujumbura cable 479 dated 06/27/2007. XXXXXXXXXXXX and I have met on XXXXXXXXXXXX additional occasions since that initia [...]	2007-07-17 14:48:00	Embassy Bujumbura	SECRET	KCRM KNNP MNUC PARM PREL PTER ASEC BY
07BUJUMBURA516	BURUNDI - DEMARCHE FOR IOM DIRECTOR GENERAL [...] (U) DCM on July 17 delivered reftel demarche raising details of Ambassador William Swing's candidacy for Director General of the Council of the International Organization for Migration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Chief of Cabinet, Alain Nyamitwe. Nyamitwe did not offer formal, substa [...]	2007-07-17 15:11:00	Embassy Bujumbura	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREF PREL BY
07BUJUMBURA522	DISSENSION WITHIN BURUNDI'S OPPOSITION UPRONA [...] (U) Summary. The Executive Committee of UPRONA voted to suspend from the party its two highest-ranking members of the government, following the party's decision not to participate in the new cabinet. After his suspension, the First Vice-President of the Republic consulted the arm of the party [...]	2007-07-23 15:21:00	Embassy Bujumbura	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL BY
07BUJUMBURA534	TALKS BETWEEN GOVERNMENT OF BURUNDI AND FNL FALTER [...] (U) Summary. Negotiations between the Government of Burundi (GOB) and the PALIPEHUTU-National Liberation Forces(FNL) in talks meant to start the 2006 cease-fire agreement faltered July 21, leading to the gradual departure of the FNL's delegation. The FNL's head of delegation, Jean-Berchmans [...]	2007-07-25 15:20:00	Embassy Bujumbura	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINR PREL BY
07BUJUMBURA538	FNL FLEES BURUNDIAN PEACE PROCESS IN DRAMATIC [...] (U) SUMMARY: The National Force for Liberation (FNL),the last hold-out rebel group, has fled the negotiating table and Bujumbura in a severe rupture of the year long attempts to implement a June 2006 cease-fire agreement. The 25 member negotiating team has been reduced to three members of the [...]	2007-07-26 10:43:00	Embassy Bujumbura	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PINR PREL BY
07BUJUMBURA542	BURUNDI: NUCLEAR TERRORISM CONVENTION AWAITING [...] (U) Burundi has signed, but has not yet ratified, the International Convention for the Suppression of Nuclear Terrorism, according to Burundi's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). DCM met on July 27 with the MFA's Chief of Staff, Alain Niyamitwe, to urge that Burundi ratify the convention as [...]	2007-07-27 10:34:00	Embassy Bujumbura	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL BY
07BUJUMBURA543	BURUNDI'S CNDD-FDD PARTY SEEKS USG HELP IN [...] (C) Summary: On July 26, the President of Burundi,s ruling National Council for the Defense of Democracy-Forces for the Defense of Democracy (CNDD-FDD) party, Jeremie Ngendakumana, appealed to Ambassador Moller for assistance in resolving the government,s impasse with Burundi,s major politic [...]	2007-07-27 15:13:00	Embassy Bujumbura	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL BY
07BUJUMBURA544	BURUNDI WELCOMES SWISS PRESIDENT [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-30 15:51:00	Embassy Bujumbura	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL SZ BY
07BUJUMBURA550	CNDD PARTY LEADER NYANGOMA SPEAKS CRITICALLY OF [...] (SBU) Summary: The National Council for the Defense of Democracy (CNDD) Party leader and former Burundi National Assembly member, Leonard Nyangoma met with Ambassador Moller on July 31 to share his impressions of Burundi's democratic progress and his opinions concerning President Pierre Nkur [...]	2007-08-01 16:25:00	Embassy Bujumbura	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL BY
07BUJUMBURA556	BURUNDI DEADLOCK IN PARLIAMENT [...] (SBU) Summary. Burundi's Diplomatic Community issued a press statement July 31 addressing the deadlock in the Burundian National Assembly, and the deterioration of negotiations with the FNL, calling on all political actors in Burundi to place national interests above individual ones. Speaking [...]	2007-08-06 15:37:00	Embassy Bujumbura	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF PREL BY
07BUJUMBURA559	BURUNDI'S MAJOR OPPOSITION PARTIES DESPERATE FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: The leaders of Burundi's major opposition parties, Front for Democracy in Burundi (FRODEBU),Leonce Ngendakumana, and Union for National Progress (UPRONA),Aloys Rubuka, both insisted that dialogue between Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza's government and the two largest opp [...]	2007-08-07 14:11:00	Embassy Bujumbura	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL BY
07BUJUMBURA563	IMF REPRESENTATIVE IN BURUNDI CONCERNED OVER [...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador Moller met on August 7 with International Monetary Fund (IMF) Resident Representative Israel de la Piedra and visiting IMF Assessment Team economist Alvaro Manoel to discuss Burundi's impending budgetary crisis. De la Piedra identified the two most immediately troub [...]	2007-08-08 13:05:00	Embassy Bujumbura	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL BY
07BUJUMBURA565	BURUNDI FORMER MINISTER ADVOCATES RADJABU'S [...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting on August 6, National Council for the Defense of Democracy - Forces for the Defense of Democracy (CNDD-FDD) party member and former Minister of Commerce and Industry Jean Bigirimana claimed that the political malaise plaguing Burundi's government can be alleviated [...]	2007-08-08 13:21:00	Embassy Bujumbura	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL BY
07BUJUMBURA567	EVENT ON LITERACY AND HEALTH HOSTED BY MRS. BUSH, [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-09 10:08:00	Embassy Bujumbura	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SOCI TSPL UNGA BY
07BUJUMBURA568	62ND UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: BURUNDI'S HIGH-LEVEL [...] (U) The Government of Burundi will send the following delegation to attend the 62nd UN General Assembly: A. Attendance of the Head of State: Will not attend. B. Attendance of the Head of Delegation: -- Dr. Martin Nduwimana, First Vice-President of the Republic. -- Arrive New York: [...]	2007-08-09 13:00:00	Embassy Bujumbura	UNCLASSIFIED	KSEP PREL UNGA OVIP BY
07BUJUMBURA571	BURUNDI'S FORMER PRESIDENT WARNS OF A MILITARISTIC [...] (SBU) Summary: During a meeting on August 6 with Ambassador Moller, Front for Democracy in Burundi (FRODEBU) party member and former Burundi President Domitien Ndayizeye, asserted that the National Council for the Defense of Democracy - Forces for the Defense of Democracy (CNDD-FDD) party int [...]	2007-08-13 15:02:00	Embassy Bujumbura	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL BY
07BUJUMBURA574	BURUNDI PRESIDENT BEING ADVISED BY HIGH-LEVEL [...] (C) Members of Burundi's political and civil society are consistently suggesting that President Pierre Nkurunziza is being manipulated by a small group of advisors who are strongly connected to the military wing of Nkurunziza's ruling CNDD-FDD party. Embassy officers have been told by well- [...]	2007-08-16 14:56:00	Embassy Bujumbura	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL BY
07BUJUMBURA575	FORMER BURUNDI NATIONAL ASSEMBLY LEADER SPREADS [...] (SBU) In a meeting with the embassy on August 7, National Council for the Defense of Democracy - Forces for the Defense of Democracy (CNDD-FDD) party member and former First Vice President of the National Assembly Onesime Nduwimana summed up his perceptions of Burundi's political morass by sta [...]	2007-08-16 15:53:00	Embassy Bujumbura	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL BY
07BUJUMBURA577	BURUNDI: PEACE BUILDING COMMISSION RECEIVES UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. The Peace Building Commission in New York was briefed on the latest developments in Burundi surrounding stalled negotiations with the FNL and the budgetary impasse in Burundi's Parliament via an August 13 video conference. South African Ambassador Mdu Denis Lembede reported that [...]	2007-08-17 11:34:00	Embassy Bujumbura	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREF PREL BY

07BUJUMBURA584	BURUNDI'S GOVERNMENT TAKES THEIR MESSAGE ON THE [...] (SBU) Summary: Just prior to his departure for Burundi's interior on August 9, Burundi's Minister of Good Governance, Venant Kamana, briefed the Ambassador on the government's message he intended to convey to communal representatives concerning various political issues plaguing the nation. [...]	2007-08-20 16:58:00	Embassy Bujumbura	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL BY
07BUJUMBURA585	BURUNDI'S CIVIL SOCIETY PUTS PRESSURE ON [...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting with the Ambassador on August 13, civil society leaders Onesphore Nduwayo of Governmant Action Watch (OAG) and Jean-Marie Vianney Kavumbagu of Ligue Iteka expressed serious concerns over President Pierre Nkurunziza's lack of action to address the political storm [...]	2007-08-20 17:00:00	Embassy Bujumbura	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL BY
07BUJUMBURA586	BURUNDI'S PARLIAMENT LEADERS OFFER NO SOLUTIONS TO [...] (SBU) In a meeting on August 8, the President of Burundi's Senate, Gervais Rufyikiri, emphasized that only true dialogue among the political powers would be able to unblock the stalemate in the National Assembly. Rufyikiri stated the the political problems threatening to destabilize Burundi [...]	2007-08-20 17:05:00	Embassy Bujumbura	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL BY
07BUJUMBURA587	BURUNDI HARDLINE OPPOSITION LEADER DOES NOT RULE [...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting on August 7 to elicit his perceptions of Burundi's political stalemate, influential Union for National Progress (UPRONA) party firebrand, Terence Sinunguruza, suggested that President Pierre Nkurunziza's continued disregard for his country's constitution and the [...]	2007-08-20 17:18:00	Embassy Bujumbura	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL BY
07BUJUMBURA591	BURUNDI CENTRIST PARTY LEADER SEES PARTY DIVISIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: During an August 6 meeting with the Ambassador, Epitace Bayaganakandi, National Assembly member for the small Movement for the Rehabilitation of the Citizen (MRC) party attributed the political impasse stifling Burundi's progress to the growing internal divisions within the ma [...]	2007-08-21 08:21:00	Embassy Bujumbura	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL BY
07BUJUMBURA608	BURUNDI'S FORMER PRESIDENT NDAYIZEYE FEARS FOR HIS [...] (SBU) Summary: Former Burundi President Domitien Ndayizeye called for an impromptu meeting with Ambassador Moller on August 23 to express his concerns over his personal security in light of the recent rise in harassment and intimidation towards opposition figures by the National Police. Nd [...]	2007-08-24 09:30:00	Embassy Bujumbura	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL BY
07BUJUMBURA626	BURUNDI MAKING EFFORTS TO MEET IMF DEMANDS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Local International Monetary Fund (IMF) representative Israel de la Piedra met with Ambassador Moller on August 30th to discuss the Government of Burundi's (GOB) progress on meeting short term IMF goals required for funds dispersal. De la Piedra expanded on actions undertaken to [...]	2007-08-31 10:24:00	Embassy Bujumbura	CONFIDENTIAL	BY PGOV PINR PREL
07BUJUMBURA629	FNL FACTIONS FIGHT IT OUT IN NORTHERN BUJUMBURA [...] In the early morning hours of September 3rd and 4th, factions of the Palipehutu-FNL (FNL) engaged in infighting in northern Bujumbura. Embassy sources currently report twelve casualties from the confrontations. The attacks occurred in the Buterere and Kimana communes of Bujumbura, areas of th [...]	2007-09-04 12:42:00	Embassy Bujumbura	UNCLASSIFIED	BY PREL PGOV PINR
07BUJUMBURA637	PRESIDENT NKURUNZIZA TAKES ACTION TO INITIATE [...] (SBU) Summary: During the week of August 27, Ambassador Moller met with Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza and key political leaders in follow-up to the unprecendented Ngozi meetings the previous week between Nkurunziza and the opposition FRODEBU and UPRONA parties. President Nkurunziza cal [...]	2007-09-04 15:22:00	Embassy Bujumbura	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL BY
07BUJUMBURA65	BURUNDI'S RULING PARTY ELECTS NEW PARTY HEAD [...] (U) At a party congress in Ngozi on February 7, Burundi's ruling party, the CNDD-FDD, elected a new party president, Jeremie Ngendakumana, the current ambassador to Kenya. The party also elected two Vice Presidents, members of parliament Jean Marie Sesema from Bubanza and Denise Sindokotse fr [...]	2007-02-07 17:24:00	Embassy Bujumbura	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINR BY
07BUJUMBURA656	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF DEPUTY ASSISTANT [...] SUMMARY: Your visit to Burundi comes at yet another critical time in the country's modern political history. President Nkurunziza,s administration faces significant political challenges that could destabilize the government if unadressed. Negotiations between the Government of Burundi (GOB) [...]	2007-09-11 15:07:00	Embassy Bujumbura	UNCLASSIFIED	PINR PGOV BY PREL
07BUJUMBURA657	IMF COMMITTED TO EVENTUAL BURUNDI BUDGETARY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: International Monetary Fund (IMF) representative Israel de la Piedra briefed a small number of the diplomatic corps on a proposed IMF budget review in a September 11 meeting. A positive review of the Government of Burundi (GOB) budget will allow for the release of $93 million i [...]	2007-09-12 07:49:00	Embassy Bujumbura	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINR PREL BY PGOV
07BUJUMBURA676	BURUNDI: SECOND PROMOTION OF US CANDIDATE FOR UN [...] (U) PolOff delivered reftel demarche soliciting Burundian support for the candidacy of Felice Gaer for re-election to the UN Committee Against Torture. Burundian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Chief of Cabinet Alain Nyamitwe and the Director General in Charge of Relations with North America, Eur [...]	2007-09-20 15:17:00	Embassy Bujumbura	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL UNGA UNHRC
07BUJUMBURA682	DAS SWAN URGES DIALOGUE TO RESOLVE BURUNDI'S [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In meetings with high level government officials on September 18-19, Deputy Assistant Secretary for African Affairs James Swan expressed support for Burundi's transition to a post conflict society while cautioning officials on pending potential pitfalls. DAS Swan met with Presi [...]	2007-09-25 08:56:00	Embassy Bujumbura	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PINR PGOV BY
07BUJUMBURA711	BURUNDI SENATE AND NATIONAL ASSEMBLY REVEAL DOCKET [...] In ceremonial openings on October 1, the Burundi Senate and National Assembly announced they will consider 33 bills in their upcoming sessions. Of the 33 bills to be considered, only 1 of the bills differs from the last docket. The other bills have been in limbo for several months due to a s [...]	2007-10-05 12:25:00	Embassy Bujumbura	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM PREF PTER KNNP ECPS MNUC
07BUJUMBURA714	IMF GUARDEDLY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT BURUNDI 2008 BUDGET [...] (U) SUMMARY: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) representative to Burundi called a meeting of the principal donor representatives to review the progress the Government of Burundi (GOB) is making in terms of meeting conditional provisions of the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility. The ag [...]	2007-10-05 14:23:00	Embassy Bujumbura	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PARM PREL PGOV BY
07BUJUMBURA74	BURUNDI'S RULING PARTY ELECTS NEW PARTY HEAD [...] (U) At a party congress in Ngozi on February 7, Burundi's ruling party, the CNDD-FDD, elected a new party president, Jeremie Ngendakumana, the current ambassador to Kenya. The party also elected two Vice Presidents, members of parliament Jean Marie Sesema from Bubanza and Denise Sindokotse f [...]	2007-02-12 07:49:00	Embassy Bujumbura	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINR BY
07BUJUMBURA759	BURUNDI WILL SUPPORT WALKER CANDIDACY FOR IAAC [...] In a follow up conversation with Director of International Organizations in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ambassador Adolphe Nahayo, poloff received assurances that Burundi will support David Walker's candidacy for the UN Independent Audit Advisory Committee. MOLLER [...]	2007-10-30 13:47:00	Embassy Bujumbura	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AORC UN UNGA
07BUJUMBURA784	UNGA HR RESOLUTIONS - BURUNDI WILL SUPPORT US [...] (SBU) In a November 19 meeting with Charge and Poloff, MFA Director General for International Organizations Ambassador Adolphe Nahayo said Burundi will vote for the resolutions on North Korea, Iran, and Belarus, and vote against any no-action motions presented by the Committee. Ambassador Nah [...]	2007-11-19 08:31:00	Embassy Bujumbura	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KTIA UN BY
07BUJUMBURA79	BURUNDI NAVAL OFFICIALS SEIZE EXPLOSIVES [...] (U) On January 30, Burundian naval officials seized a cache of approximately 1000 sticks of dynamite and detonators discovered aboard a fishing boat that had crashed against rocks near Nyanza-Lac, a village in Southern Burundi on the shores of Lake Tanganyika not far from the Tanzanian border. [...]	2007-02-12 07:49:00	Embassy Bujumbura	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC MARR PGOV PINR PREL BY
07BUJUMBURA798	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL INHOFE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Your visit to Burundi comes at a critical time in the country's modern political history. After a summer marked by political infighting and a virtual legislative standstill, President Nkurunziza appointed a new government and displayed some willingness to tackle Burundi's sig [...]	2007-11-26 13:01:00	Embassy Bujumbura	UNCLASSIFIED	OVIP PINR PGOV PREL OREP EAID MASS MARR BY
07BUJUMBURA800	UN PROSPER CANDIDACY - BURUNDI NONCOMMITTAL [...] In a meeting with poloff on November 26, Director General for the Americas and Europe in the Ministry of External Relations Ambassador Egide Ndikuriyo indicated he needed to consult with Burundi representatives in New York before affirming support for the candidature of Mr. Pierre-Richard Pros [...]	2007-11-26 16:39:00	Embassy Bujumbura	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNGA BY
07BUJUMBURA802	ANTI-ISRAELI UNGA VOTES - BURUNDI NONCOMMITTAL [...] In the absence of Director General for International Organizations Ambassador Adolphe Nahayo, Poloff called on Director General for the Americas and Europe in the Ministry of External Relations Ambassador Egide Ndikuriyo to deliver reftel demarche on November 26. Ambassador Ndikuriyo told Po [...]	2007-11-27 16:14:00	Embassy Bujumbura	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNGA BY
07BUJUMBURA81	BURUNDI'S PRESIDENT NKURUNZIZA DISMISSES 2ND VICE [...] (U) On Thursday, February 8, Burundi President Nkurunziza dismissed 2nd Vice President, Marina Barampama. The media reported on February 9 that her dismissal is due to "irresponsibility and insubordination." Most notably, Barampama, a key supporter of former CNDD-FDD party president, Hussei [...]	2007-02-12 07:49:00	Embassy Bujumbura	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL BY
07BUJUMBURA86	BURUNDI'S PARLIAMENT NAMES NEW SECOND VICE [...] The Burundian parliament named Gabriel Ntisezerana as the Second Vice President on February 9. Immediately prior to his designation, Ntisezerana was the governor of the Central Bank of Burundi. In a statement given after his appointment, Ntisezerana declared that "priorities will be a fight a [...]	2007-02-12 11:31:00	Embassy Bujumbura	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR PREL BY
07BUJUMBURA94	MORE BURUNDIAN CABINET SHUFFLING [...] (U) Burundian President Nkurunziza on February 12 appointed new ministers of Planning, Development, and Reconstruction and of Information, Communications, and Parliamentary Relations. Mr. Tabu Abdallah Manirakiza will replace Jean Bigirimana as the Minister of Planning. Mrs. Hafsa Mossi succ [...]	2007-02-14 16:57:00	Embassy Bujumbura	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO PGOV PINR PREL
07CAIRO1049	ALLEGATIONS OF POW KILLINGS DURING 1967 WAR [...] (C) The controversy sparked by an Israeli documentary film alleging that 250 Egyptian POWs were killed by the IDF at the end of the 1967 war has dropped from the front pages, but remains close to the surface and will likely continue as a source of irritation in the bilateral relationship with [...]	2007-04-12 16:52:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MEPN KPAL PHUM EG IS
07CAIRO1125	EGYPTIANS REVIEWING DEBT RELIEF FOR IRAQ [...] (C) Poloff and Treasury Attach made reftel demarche to Amal Mourad, Foreign Ministry Deputy Assistant Minister for Arab Affairs, on April 16. Mourad was well-briefed on the issue of Iraqi debt and knew Finance Minister Boutros-Ghali had discussed the issue with Iraqi authorities and Treasury [...]	2007-04-17 13:44:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EAID EG IZ
07CAIRO1170	SNAPSHOT OF UPCOMING LEGISLATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: EGYPT'S PARLIAMENT WILL CONSIDER AN ARRAY OF SIGNIFICANT POLITICAL LEGISLATION DURING ITS CURRENT SESSION (WHICH ENDS APRIL 24 FOR THE SHURA COUNCIL, AND JULY 15 FOR THE PEOPLE'S ASSEMBLY),AS WELL AS IN THE SUBSEQUENT SESSION (BEGINNING NOVEMBER 15). SEVERAL OF THE LAWS ARE THE L [...]	2007-04-19 16:32:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL KJUS PTER EG
07CAIRO1176	ARAB LEAGUE FOREIGN MINISTERS STATEMENT ON ARAB [...] (U) Foreign ministers of the Arab League's committee assigned to follow up on the League's Arab Peace Initiative (API) -- or Beirut 2002 Initiative -- met in Cairo on April 18 to determine the manner in which the League will seek to market the API with Israel and the international community. [...]	2007-04-22 11:05:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MEPN KPAL ARABL EG IS
07CAIRO1188	AMBASSADOR SATTERFIELD DISCUSSES IRAQ WITH [...] (C) Ambassador Satterfield discussed security and political developments in Iraq, as well as preparations for the International Compact on Iraq and expanded Neighbors conferences in separate April 19 meetings with Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit and Arab League (AL) Secretary General Amre [...]	2007-04-23 10:05:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KPAL IZ IR EG
07CAIRO1189	EGYPT COUNSELS DIALOGUE ON DARFUR, NOT SANCTIONS; [...] (C) Summary: During an April 22 meeting to deliver ref demarches, MFA Assistant Minister for African Affairs Maasoum Marzouk said Egypt would commit "large numbers" of troops for the UN Darfur peacekeeping operation (DPKO) once an effective political solution is reached between the government [...]	2007-04-23 10:50:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC KPKO EG SU
07CAIRO1204	EGYPT PLEASED WITH MALIKI VISIT, MUBARAK EXPRESSES [...] (C) Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki is in Egypt April 22-24 to meet the Egyptian leadership and to begin the process of normalizing strained relations, overcoming mutual suspicions, discussing commercial opportunities, and preparing for upcoming international meetings on Iraq. Maliki has [...]	2007-04-23 15:15:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MOPS ECON EFIN EG IZ
07CAIRO1207	NAZIF READOUT ON BASHIR AND DARFUR: COOL AND [...] (C) Prime Minister Nazif on April 23 told the Ambassador that his recent meeting with Sudanese President Bashir and Vice President Ali Osman Taha in Khartoum had been "cool." Bashir was "unreceptive" and "not interested in cooperating" on the issues Nazif raised, including Darfur. Nazif said [...]	2007-04-23 15:59:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC KPKO EG SU
07CAIRO1242	EGYPT TELLS HAMAS TO HALT GAZA ROCKET ATTACKS [...] (C) Egypt has warned Hamas to halt rocket attacks from Gaza against Israel, according to wire service and other reports. These reports are consistent with information provided to Embassy Cairo by senior GOE security officials. Note: The Jerusalem Post and the independent Cairo daily Al-Mas [...]	2007-04-26 15:53:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MEPN MOPS KPAL EG IS
07CAIRO1249	EGYPTIAN-ISRAELI COOPERATION THWARTS PALESTINIAN [...] (SBU) An Egyptian official responsible for border security issues told poloff on April 27 that Egyptian security forces confronted two suspected Palestinian terrorists in a "heavily tunneled" area along the Egyptian-Gaza border at dawn on April 26 after Israeli liaison alerted them to a poten [...]	2007-04-29 09:06:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER MEPN KPAL EG IS
07CAIRO1252	EGYPT OFFERS TROOPS FOR DARFUR [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 26, Egypt publicly offered a significant contribution for the AU/UN Darfur heavy support package (HSP),contingent upon Sudanese government approval. MOD contacts confirmed that the GOE has offered between 1200 and 1900 troops. Egypt has asked the UN to provide further [...]	2007-04-29 10:31:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MOPS UNSC KPKO EG SU PHUM
07CAIRO1258	SCENESETTER FOR THE SECRETARY'S VISIT TO SHARM EL [...] (C) PM Maliki,s April 22-24 visit to Cairo marked an important warming in Egyptian-Iraqi relations, despite deep and lingering mutual suspicions. Mubarak, PM Nazif, and other officials warmly received Maliki, reassured him of Egypt's support, and set a positive tone for the May 3-4 discussion [...]	2007-04-29 16:29:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PREL PGOV EFIN ECON IZ EG
07CAIRO1276	RESPONDING TO EGYPT'S CRACKDOWN ON THE MUSLIM [...] (C) The GOE has ratcheted up its campaign against the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) by arresting two MB parliamentarians on April 29. At least 300 members of the banned Islamist organization have been detained since December, 40 of whom (including the group's third-most senior leader) will face mil [...]	2007-04-30 14:09:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KISL PHUM EG
07CAIRO1279	DARFUR: ARAB LEAGUE CHIEF RESPONDS TO [...] (C) The Ambassador had the opportunity on April 30 to discuss with Arab League Secretary General Moussa a recent Congressional Resolution on Darfur that explicitly criticizes the Arab League over the conflict there. Moussa conveyed that he was personally affronted by the resolution, and said [...]	2007-05-02 09:31:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON UNSC MOPS EG SU
07CAIRO1302	EGYPT: ARAB LEAGUE AND MFA ON KOSOVO FINAL STATUS [...] (SBU) Special Representative for Kosovo Final Status Talks Ambassador Frank Wisner and Ambassador Ricciardone met with Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa and Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit on April 30, soliciting support for Kosovo's independence following an anticipated May vote in [...]	2007-05-03 11:20:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UNSC KSAC EG
07CAIRO1325	MFO TWIN OTTER CRASHES, KILLING ALL NINE ON BOARD [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-06 15:09:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMFO EG
07CAIRO1339	EGYPTIAN CIVIL SOCIETY AND THE FORUM FOR THE FUTURE [...] (U) This is a joint cable from Embassy Cairo and the MEPI Regional Office in Tunis. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) MEPI RO Tunis and Embassy Cairo Political Section staff canvassed MEPI and BMENA partners and other leading reformers in Egypt to seek their views on the Forum for th [...]	2007-05-07 15:48:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KMPI EG
07CAIRO1353	ARAB LEAGUE MEDIATING IN THE COMOROS [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-09 07:58:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINR ARABL CN EG
07CAIRO1360	SUDAN: EGYPTIANS PROPOSE UN/AU ENVOYS DRAFT A [...] (C) During a May 9 meeting, MFA Cabinet staff member responsible for African affairs Ahmed Abu Zeid told poloff that the foreign minister was putting the final touches on an oral message on Darfur which would be transmitted later the same day. The message would be addressed, he said, to Secr [...]	2007-05-09 13:46:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EG SU
07CAIRO1361	COURT RULES AGAINST MILITARY TRIBUNALS FOR MUSLIM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ON MAY 8, EGYPT'S SUPREME ADMINISTRATIVE COURT OVERTURNED THE FEBRUARY PRESIDENTIAL DECREE THAT ORDERED 40 MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD MEMBERS TO STAND BEFORE A MILITARY TRIBUNAL, AND RULED THAT THE MB DEFENDANTS BE RELEASED IMMEDIATELY. THE WIDESPREAD EXPECTATION AMONG OUR JUDICIAL CON [...]	2007-05-09 13:58:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL PREL KDEM PHUM EG
07CAIRO1373	BLUE LANTERN CHECK ON APPLICATION 05-050042160 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-10 12:35:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ETTC KOMC EG TU
07CAIRO1380	SOMALIA: EU ENVOY VISITS CAIRO, HEARS ARAB VIEWS [...] (C) New European envoy for Somalia, Jean-Christophe Belliard, was in Cairo May 8-9 for meetings with senior officials at the Egyptian Foreign Ministry and Arab League to discuss ways forward on the political track in Mogadishu. UK poloff Martin Hetherington told emboff on May 9 that Belliard [...]	2007-05-10 14:25:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ARABL EG SO
07CAIRO1381	EGYPT'S POSITION ON BELARUS'S CANDIDATURE FOR UNHRC [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-10 16:05:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL EG UNHRC
07CAIRO1386	SUDAN: EGYPT'S SLIPPERY DARFUR PLEDGE AND [...] (C) Summary: The GOE is awaiting UN response on its seemingly robust offer of troops for the AU/UN Heavy Support Package (HSP) for Darfur. However, as with past Egyptian offers for Darfur, the UN's Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) is unlikely to fully accept this offer. The GOE h [...]	2007-05-10 16:23:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNSC KPKO EG SU
07CAIRO1388	SUDAN: EGYPT'S SLIPPERY DARFUR PLEDGE AND [...] (C) Summary: The GOE is awaiting UN response on its seemingly robust offer of troops for the AU/UN Heavy Support Package (HSP) for Darfur. However, as with past Egyptian offers for Darfur, the UN's Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) is unlikely to fully accept this offer. The GOE h [...]	2007-05-13 04:11:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNSC KPKO EG SU
07CAIRO1408	SUPREME ELECTORAL COMMISSION TO BE FORMED, SHURA [...] (C) Summary: Following vigorous parliamentary debate, on May 10 the People's Assembly approved several elections-related changes to the 1956 Political Rights Law, including the creation of a new Supreme Electoral Commission (SEC) to oversee Egypt's electoral contests. Opposition lawmakers bi [...]	2007-05-13 15:18:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL EG
07CAIRO1417	PRESIDENTIAL SUCCESSION IN EGYPT [...] (C) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: PRESIDENTIAL SUCCESSION IS THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM OF EGYPTIAN POLITICS. DESPITE INCESSANT WHISPERED DISCUSSIONS, NO ONE IN EGYPT HAS ANY CERTAINTY ABOUT WHO WILL SUCCEED MUBARAK, OR HOW THE SUCCESSION WILL HAPPEN. MUBARAK HIMSELF SEEMS TO BE TRUSTING TO GOD AND [...]	2007-05-14 14:23:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM EG
07CAIRO1424	EGYPTIAN HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS DECRY EGYPT'S [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A COALITION OF 19 EGYPTIAN HUMAN RIGHTS NGOS HAS PROTESTED THE GOE'S CANDIDACY FOR MEMBERSHIP (REFTELS) IN THE UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL (UNHRC) AND EXPRESSED "AMAZEMENT" AT WHAT IT ALLEGED WERE "FALSIFICATIONS OF THE GOVERNMENT,S TRUE STANCE ON HUMAN RIGHTS" INCLUD [...]	2007-05-15 11:18:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV UNHRC EG
07CAIRO1442	IRAN: "SURPRISING" OVERTURE TO EGYPT BY AHMEDINEJAD [...] (C) Wire services reported late on May 15 that Iranian President Ahmedinejad, upon return from a visit to Oman and the Emirates, responded to an Egyptian reporter's question by saying Tehran was prepared to restore full diplomatic relations with Egypt that "very day" were the Egyptian governm [...]	2007-05-16 13:05:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER EG IR
07CAIRO1443	SUDAN: NDA LEADER MIRGHANI TO RETURN TO KHARTOUM, [...] (C) Offering a read-out of his May 7 meeting in Cairo with Sudanese President Omar Bashir, National Democratic Alliance (NDA) head and Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) Chief Mohamed Osman Al Mirghani told emboffs that he received Bashir's support for a plan to organize a national reconciliation [...]	2007-05-16 15:17:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNSC KPKO EG SU
07CAIRO1458	USSC AND EGYPTIAN DEFENSE OFFICIALS DISCUSS [...] (SBU) US Security Coordinator (USSC) representatives asked Egyptian Ministry of Defense (MoD) officials to consider training Palestinian Presidential Guard (PG) forces and toured a potential training facility during their May 16-17 visit to Cairo. MoD officials expressed unambiguous interest [...]	2007-05-17 14:14:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER KPAL EG IS
07CAIRO1488	EGYPTIANS DISMISS IDEA TO OPEN IRANIAN-EGYPTIAN [...] (C) Summary: Amid continuing press speculation about a warming in Iranian-Egyptian relations, Egyptian trade and diplomatic officials dismiss the likelihood of the establishment of an Iranian-Egyptian Chamber of Commerce. A senior MFA official told PolCons separately that the only person who [...]	2007-05-21 13:40:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD EG IR
07CAIRO1491	LEBANON: EGYPTIAN INFLUENCE ON SOUTH AFRICA AND [...] (C) Poloffs delivered reftel demarche to MFA Cabinet Staff Member Nazih Al Negeiry on May 21, seeking Egyptian help in pressing South Africa and Indonesia to support a UN Security Council Chapter VII-based tribunal for Lebanon. Negeiry said that Indonesia may abstain on a UNSC vote, and that E [...]	2007-05-21 16:12:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC EG LE
07CAIRO1503	ASSISTANT MINISTER OF DEFENSE REJECTS US OFFER OF [...] (C) The OMC Chief asked the Assistant Minister of Defense for Policy MG Mohammed Al Assar and the Assistant Minister for Armament MG Fouad Abd el Halim on May 21 if Egypt is prepared to proceed with the US proposal to use FMF to fund a border security assessment. MG Al Assar said Egypt reje [...]	2007-05-23 04:00:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KPAL EG IS
07CAIRO1518	SOMALIA: ARAB LEAGUE CONDEMNS ATTACK ON AMISOM [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-23 13:31:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PREL ARABL SO
07CAIRO1519	ARAB LEAGUE READOUT OF COMOROS NEGOTIATIONS [...] AFRICAN AFFAIRS SAMIR HOSNI GAVE POLOFF A READOUT ON HIS MAY 8 - 11 TRIP TO THE COMOROS, ONE OF THE LEAGUE'S 22 MEMBER STATES, TO MEDIATE THE CONFLICT THERE. HOSNI SAID THAT HE AND AFRICAN UNION ENVOY MANDELA NEGOTIATED THE AGREEMENT UNDER WHICH ISLAND PRESIDENT BACAR STEPPED DOWN FROM OFFICE [...]	2007-05-23 13:33:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINR ARABL CN EG
07CAIRO1526	END USE MONITORING LIAISON POSITION FOR EGYPT [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-23 14:33:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KTTC EG
07CAIRO1531	EGYPT: TRADE MINISTER HINTS AT BROADER POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: In a pointed and wide-ranging speech to the American Chamber of Commerce in Egypt, Trade and Industry Minister Rachid Rachid called for reform of Egyptian education, infrastructure, energy policy, and other areas far removed from his trade portfolio. The ambitious speech encoura [...]	2007-05-24 06:57:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PINR PREL EG
07CAIRO154	EGYPT: 19TH HUMAN AVIAN INFLUENZA CASE SHOWS NO [...] (SBU) Scientists at NAMRU-3 reported to Emboff on January 21 that the H5N1 avian influenza virus responsible for the death of an Egyptian woman on January 19 does not contain the genetic mutation (N294S) that shows resistance to oseltamivir (Tamiflu). (Note: On January 16, alarm bells sounded [...]	2007-01-22 05:15:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU KSTH TBIO ECON PREL WHO EG
07CAIRO1542	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL PRICE [...] (SBU) Representative Price, we warmly welcome you and your delegation to Egypt. You are scheduled to meet with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, Minister of Foreign Affairs Ahmed Aboul Gheit, and Speaker of the People's Assembly Ahmed Fathy Sorour and other parliamentarians. You will also mee [...]	2007-05-24 11:22:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EAID KPAL IAEA EG IZ SO SU
07CAIRO1543	DARFUR: "OPERATIONAL ISSUES SHOULD BE WORKED OUT [...] (C) Summary: Poloff delivered ref A/B demarches to MFA Cabinet Advisor Ahmed Abu Zeid on May 24. Abu Zeid warned of potential fallout from pressing Khartoum too hard on "operational issues" related to the AU/UN Darfur peace keeping operation; issues he felt should be worked out by UN/AU/GOS e [...]	2007-05-24 11:30:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNSC KPKO EG SU
07CAIRO160	EGYPT DISCUSSING NATIONAL POSITION ON CLUSTER [...] (C) Poloff discussed the movement to develop a legally binding treaty to restrict the use of cluster munitions (CM) with MFA's Director of Disarmament Dr. Hossam Aly on January 22. Dr. Aly said that representatives of several ministries discussed CM at a recent "National Committee" meeting [...]	2007-01-22 13:47:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL NATO EG
07CAIRO1602	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MINISTER OF INTERIOR ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: IN A WIDE-RANGING MAY 29 MEETING WITH MINISTER OF INTERIOR HABIB EL ADLY, THE AMBASSADOR AGAIN PUSHED THE GOE TO CHANGE ITS POLICY OF LISTING ONLY THREE RELIGIONS ON NATIONAL ID CARDS, AND ASKED THAT THE MINISTRY OF INTERIOR (MOI) ENSURE THE SAFETY OF RECENTLY RELEASED CONVERT TO [...]	2007-05-30 17:58:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KIRF KDEM KWMN KCRM EG
07CAIRO1603	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MINISTER OF INTERIOR ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: IN A WIDE-RANGING MAY 29 MEETING WITH MINISTER OF INTERIOR HABIB EL ADLY, THE AMBASSADOR AGAIN PUSHED THE GOE TO CHANGE ITS POLICY OF LISTING ONLY THREE RELIGIONS ON NATIONAL ID CARDS, AND ASKED THAT THE MINISTRY OF INTERIOR (MOI) ENSURE THE SAFETY OF RECENTLY RELEASED CONVERT TO [...]	2007-05-30 18:05:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KIRF KDEM KWMN KCRM EG
07CAIRO1625	SURPRISE HEARING DENIES AYMAN NOUR'S RELEASE ON [...] (SBU) IN A SURPRISE MAY 31 HEARING AT THE NEW CAIRO FELONIES COURT, A REPORTED REQUEST BY PUBLIC PROSECUTOR ABDEL MEGUID MAHMOUD (EGYPT'S ATTORNEY GENERAL EQUIVALENT) TO RELEASE IMPRISONED AL GHAD PARTY LEADER AYMAN NOUR ON HEALTH GROUNDS WAS REFUSED. THE HOPES OF NOUR'S FAMILY AND LAWYER HAD [...]	2007-05-31 11:36:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM EG
07CAIRO1627	EGYPT, ARAB LEAGUE PUBLICLY OPPOSE SUDAN [...] (SBU) Responding to ref A demarche, MFA Cabinet Advisor Ahmed Abu Zeid referenced Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit's May 30 statement criticizing increased U.S. bilateral economic sanctions on Sudan. Aboul Gheit criticized escalating sanctions on Sudan "at a time when the political process [...]	2007-05-31 12:13:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM UNSC KPKO EG SU
07CAIRO1641	CODEL PRICE MEETING AT PARLIAMENT ELICITS PUBLIC [...] (SBU) IN A MAY 27 MEETING AT THE PEOPLE'S ASSEMBLY, PRESIDED OVER BY SPEAKER FATHI SUROUR, CODEL PRICE MET WITH SEVERAL EGYPTIAN PARLIAMENTARIANS, INCLUDING HEAD OF THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD (MB) PARLIAMENTARY BLOC MOHAMED SAAD AL KATANI, NDP PARLIAMENTARY LEADER ABDEL AHAD GAMALEDDIN, AL WAFD LEADER [...]	2007-05-31 14:17:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KISL EG
07CAIRO1678	SOMALIA: EGYPT, ARAB LEAGUE WANT COURTS MODERATES [...] (C) Summary: Poloff delivered ref A demarche on June 3 to both MFA Cabinet Advisor Ahmed Abu Zeid and Arab League Secretariat advisor Zeid Sabban. Abu Zeid said that Egypt SIPDIS supports including moderate members of the now defunct Council of Islamic Courts (CIC) in reconciliation talks, [...]	2007-06-04 11:03:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL ARABL EG SO
07CAIRO1682	NEW LIBERAL POLITICAL PARTY APPROVED, AFFILIATED [...] (C) Summary: Egypt's Political Parties Committee on May 24 approved the registration of the Democratic Front Party (DFP),a new liberal group led by prominent intellectuals Osama Al Ghazali Harb and Yehya Al Gamal. The party's broad goals for the next six months are to build a "nationwide ins [...]	2007-06-04 12:58:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL EG
07CAIRO1690	EGYPT: GOVERNMENT-CONTROLLED PRESS SLAMS DOHA [...] (C) Editorials in the GOE-controlled press (Refs A-C) have strongly criticized the May 27-29 conference in Doha on "Democracy and Political Reform in the Arab World." The attacks have singled out the Doha meeting's most prominent Egyptian participant, Egyptian-American democracy activist Sa [...]	2007-06-05 11:22:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM EG QA
07CAIRO171	IRAQ: EGYPTIAN EMBASSY EMPLOYEE KIDNAPPED [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-24 05:01:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER PHUM EG IZ
07CAIRO1717	SHURA COUNCIL ELECTIONS OVERVIEW [...] (C) Summary: Elections for one-third of the seats in Egypt's Shura Council (upper parliamentary chamber) will be held on June 11, with run-offs to be conducted as needed on June 18. With minimal participation by legal opposition parties, attention is focused on the 19 races in which National [...]	2007-06-07 08:48:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KISL EG
07CAIRO172	DARFUR: ARAB LEAGUE TO CONTRIBUTE USD 15 MILLION [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-24 05:01:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EFIN ARABL EG SU
07CAIRO1727	EGYPT: REACTION TO PRESIDENT BUSH'S PRAGUE SPEECH [...] (C) THE EGYPTIAN GOVERNMENT, AND GOVERNMENT-DOMINATED MEDIA, HAVE REJECTED PRESIDENT BUSH'S JUNE 5 SPEECH IN PRAGUE, PARTICULARLY THE CALL FOR THE RELEASE OF AYMAN NOUR. THE FOREIGN MINISTER AND THE PARLIAMENT'S FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE TOOK EXCEPTION TO THE REFERENCE TO AYMAN NOUR. THE ST [...]	2007-06-07 12:40:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM EG
07CAIRO1737	EGYPTIANS WELCOME PALESTINIAN TRADE, GAZA EXPORT [...] SUMMARY: (C) EGYPTIAN GOVERNMENT AND PRIVATE-SECTOR CONTACTS SAY THEY WELCOME INCREASED TRADE WITH PALESTINIANS, INCLUDING A TRADE CORRIDOR FOR GAZA EXPORTS THROUGH EGYPT. MERCHANTS IN THE NORTH SINAI CAPITAL OF EL-ARISH ARE ALREADY DOING SMALL-SCALE BUSINESS WITH PALESTINIANS WHO MANAGE TO P [...]	2007-06-07 15:38:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PREL KWBG KPAL IS EG
07CAIRO1738	UPDATE ON CUSTOMS ISSUES AT RAFAH BORDER [...] (SBU) Summary: Emboffs met on May 31 with Egyptian officials at the Rafah border. The officials indicated that the border opens only infrequently, taxing border staff's ability to process the large number of travelers attempting to cross during these short openings. Gazans who cross during [...]	2007-06-07 15:43:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL KPAL IS EG
07CAIRO175	RAFAH BORDER GATES RE-OPEN TEMPORARILY; EGYPT MAY [...] (SBU) Embassy contacts at the Egypt/Gaza border confirmed on January 23 that both the Egyptian border crossing at Rafah and the Palestinian border terminal opened on January 22 for civilian crossings, and would remain open on January 23. The contacts said that approximately 1,600 Palestinians [...]	2007-01-24 05:01:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON EAID KPAL EG IS
07CAIRO176	LEBANON, PARIS III CONFERENCE: EGYPTIAN [...] (C) MFA Deputy Assistant Minister for Arab Affairs, Amal Mourad, told poloff on January 22 that Egyptian Finance Minister Yousef Boutros-Ghali would lead Egypt's delegation to the upcoming Paris III conference on Lebanon, departing Cairo on January 24 and returning on January 26. Boutros-Ghal [...]	2007-01-24 05:01:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EFIN EG LE
07CAIRO1766	SCENE SETTER FOR AFRICOM CONSULTATIONS [...] (S) Mr. Henry, we warmly welcome you and your delegation to Cairo for AFRICOM consultations with Ministry of Defense (MoD) officials. A series of difficult, but unrelated issues have brought the mil-to-mil relationship to a sensitive juncture, and your primary interlocutor, Assistant Ministe [...]	2007-06-11 07:05:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PREL PGOV MOPS KPAL KMFO EAID EG IS IR SU IZ
07CAIRO1793	AYMAN NOUR APPRECIATIVE OF PRESIDENT'S PRAGUE [...] (C) In a positive June 10 meeting with Gameela Ismail, wife of imprisoned Al Ghad party leader Ayman Nour, and Amir Salem (Nour's lawyer),Ismail told poloff that Nour is "deeply appreciative" that the President mentioned him in his June 5 speech in Prague. Ismail read to poloff a letter from [...]	2007-06-12 10:04:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM EG
07CAIRO1794	RULING ON HEALTH PAROLE FOR AYMAN NOUR DELAYED [...] (SBU) At a June 12 hearing of Egypt's State Council (the judicial body to which imprisoned Al Ghad Party leader Ayman Nour has appealed for a health-based release),presiding judge Mohamed Al Husseini ruled that a decision on Nour's appeal be delayed until June 26. Additionally, as no new med [...]	2007-06-12 10:28:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KDEM EG
07CAIRO1816	BACKGROUND ON SAMEL SAMI KHOUZAM EXTRADITION [...] (SBU) Recent press reports have focused on the possible extradition of Egyptian citizen Sameh Sami Khouzam from the United States to Egypt; some of these reports have been inaccurate. The purpose of this cable is to describe the history of the case itself. Khouzam is an Egyptian citizen who f [...]	2007-06-14 04:08:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF PGOV PREL EG
07CAIRO1822	DAS GRAY DISCUSSES ARAB ISSUES WITH MFA ASSISTANT [...] (C) During a June 13 meeting on regional topics with MFA Assistant Minister for Arab Affairs Hany Khallaf, NEA Deputy Assistant Secretary Gordon Gray discussed Egypt-Iraq relations, Iran, Libya, and the situation in Gaza. Khallaf said that Baghdad recently requested agrement from the GOE on [...]	2007-06-14 09:37:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL EG IZ IR LY
07CAIRO1823	SHURA COUNCIL ELECTIONS: NDP "WINS" SWEEPING [...] (C) Summary: The official results of the June 11 Shura Council elections, released amid widespread claims of fraud, are that the ruling National Democratic Party won 59 seats (out of the 77 seats in contention). The opposition Taggamu Party won one. No Muslim Brotherhood (MB) candidates won [...]	2007-06-14 10:09:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EG
07CAIRO1832	DAS GRAY DISCUSSES MULTI-NATIONAL FORCE AND [...] (C) On June 13, NEA Deputy Assistant Secretary Gordon Gray discussed the potential for a draw-down in the U.S. troop contribution to the Multi-National Force and Observers (MFO) with MFA Acting Assistant Minister for Legal Affairs and Treaties Hussein Mubarak. The meeting was convened at Muba [...]	2007-06-14 14:45:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KMFO KPAL EG IS
07CAIRO1833	DAS GRAY DISCUSSES QUARTET MEETING, REGIONAL [...] (C) During a June 14 meeting with Arab League Cabinet Chief of Staff Hesham Youssef, NEA Deputy Assistant Secretary Gordon Gray discussed Israel/Palestine, Lebanon, Iraq, Darfur, and Western Sahara. Youssef outlined League views on the upcoming Quartet meeting in Cairo, reiterating the League [...]	2007-06-14 14:50:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL EG IS IZ SU
07CAIRO1856	SCIENTIST REDIRECTION PROGRAM - EGYPT'S ROLE [...] (S) In support of the Iraqi Scientist Redirection Program, Post recently secured initial visa approval for two Iraqi scientists, Dr. Anton Al-Banna and Dr. Al-Abbasi Obaid, to do one year fellowships at NAMRU-3, the U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit in Cairo. Securing these visas required exte [...]	2007-06-18 10:06:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PARM PINR PINS PREF PREL PTER TBIO EG
07CAIRO1863	ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERS CONDEMN EIDO ASSASSINATION [...] (SBU) Arab League foreign ministers, meeting late on June 15 at AL headquarters in Cairo, addressed Lebanon in addition to their previously-scheduled Hamas agenda at the request of PM Siniora. The AL statement (full text paragraph 2) condemns the assassination of Lebanese MP Walid Eido, offers [...]	2007-06-18 14:34:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MEPN ARABBL KPAL IS LE EG
07CAIRO1870	A DIVIDED ARAB LEAGUE CONDEMNS "CRIMINAL" ACTS IN [...] (U) Arab League (AL) foreign ministers, at the request of Egypt, met on June 15 at AL headquarters in Cairo to address Hamas's take-over of the Gaza Strip, next steps by - and assistance for - PA President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen),and the situation in Lebabon (septel). The ministers (from 1 [...]	2007-06-19 05:38:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MEPN ARABBL KPAL EG IS
07CAIRO1879	REMOVING AL-ZAWRAA AND MANAR FROM ARABSAT [...] (C) Poloff delivered demarche to Arab League Chief of Staff Hisham Youssef on June 11, ahead of a ministerial meeting of Arab Information Ministers expected to convene in Cairo from June 20-24. Poloff focused on the Arab League's role as founder of the ArabSat organization. 2. (C) Yousse [...]	2007-06-19 14:39:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETTC KPAO PTER EG IZ LE
07CAIRO1880	RESULTS OF SHURA COUNCIL RUN-OFF ELECTIONS: AND [...] (SBU) On June 19, Egypt's Supreme Electoral Commission (SEC) announced the results of the June 18 Shura Council run-off elections, in which the remaining seventeen seats of the upper parliamentary chamber were contested (out of the total 88 seats up for election this year). Fourteen National [...]	2007-06-19 14:51:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM EG
07CAIRO1887	ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERS CONDEMN EIDO ASSASSINATION [...] Arab League foreign ministers, meeting late on June 15 at AL headquarters in Cairo, addressed Lebanon in addition to their previously-scheduled Hamas agenda at the request of PM Siniora. The AL statement (full text paragraph 2) condemns the assassination of Lebanese MP Walid Eido, offers yet- [...]	2007-06-20 11:23:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MEPN ARABBL KPAL IS LE EG
07CAIRO1889	AFRICOM CONSULTATIONS IN EGYPT [...] (C) Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Ryan Henry, accompanied by an interagency delegation, briefed Egyptian Ministry of Defense (MoD) officials on USG planning for AFRICOM on June 12. The MoD delegation included the Assistant Minister of Defense for Policy, MG Al Assar, [...]	2007-06-20 14:18:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM MOPS EG
07CAIRO1901	IRAQI REFUGEE NUMBERS IN EGYPT SWELL, UNDER A [...] (SBU) Egyptian authorities are watching cautiously as Iraqi refugee numbers in Egypt approach the 100,000 mark, according to official estimates, amid signs of an increasingly restless Iraqi community. The GOE offers few social services to the Iraqis (similar to other large refugee communitie [...]	2007-06-21 10:01:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PREF PGOV PHUM EG IZ

07CAIRO1911	DARFUR: MEETING WITH CAIRO-BASED JEM LEADER [...] (C) Summary and action requested: In a June 20 introductory meeting with Cairo-based Sudanese Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) Presidency Chief of Staff Gammali Hassan Galaleddin, Galaleddin requested further contact with the USG and emphasized that "peace is our only option" in Darfur. G [...]	2007-06-21 13:15:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNSC KPKO EG SU
07CAIRO1931	AYMAN NOUR'S WIFE EXPECTS POSITIVE RULING ON JUNE [...] (C) In a June 22 meeting, Gameela Ismail, wife of imprisoned Al Ghad Party leader Ayman Nour, told poloff that she expects a "ruling in Nour's favor," at a June 26 hearing of Nour's appeal for health-based parole. Ismail is optimistic because the presiding judge at the State Council, Mohamed [...]	2007-06-24 14:05:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM EG
07CAIRO1933	GOE-BEDOUIN TENSION OVER SECURITY AND DEVELOPMENT [...] (C) Tension between the Bedouin of Egypt's Sinai Peninsula and the GOE has remained high since late April when up to 2,000 Bedouin staged a sit-in on Egypt's border with Israel, alleging that GOE security and development policies discriminate against them. Despite several meetings between B [...]	2007-06-25 06:47:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM EG
07CAIRO1934	AYMAN NOUR LETTERS TO POTUS AND THE SECRETARY [...] (SBU) Per reftel, following are the texts, as translated by Embassy Cairo staff, of two separate letters from imprisoned Al Ghad Party leader Ayman Nour to President Bush and to the Secretary. Nour's wife passed the letters to poloff on June 22, and asked that they not be passed to President [...]	2007-06-25 09:23:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KDEM EG
07CAIRO1938	QURANISTS CHARGED WITH "RELIGIOUS DEFAMATION" [...] (SBU) On June 21, the Supreme State Security Court announced that it will charge five detainees with "religious defamation" following a series of arrests in late May. Amr Tharwat, a member of the "Quranist" movement and an employee of the USG-supported civil society organization, Ibn Khaldun [...]	2007-06-25 13:09:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KIRF KISL PHUM EG
07CAIRO1948	MUFTI ISSUES FATWA AGAINST FEMALE GENITAL [...] (U) On June 23, Dr. Ali Gomaa, Egypt,s Mufti, issued an official fatwa on Al-Mehwar satellite TV banning female genital mutilation (FGM). His fatwa, proclaiming that it is "religiously prohibited to circumcise girls," was issued following Egyptian press coverage of the death of a 12 year old [...]	2007-06-26 13:44:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI PREL PGOV KWMN KISL EG
07CAIRO1949	RULING ON AYMAN NOUR'S HEALTH PAROLE DELAYED UNTIL [...] (SBU) At the June 26 hearing of imprisoned Al Ghad Party leader Ayman Nour's appeal for health parole, Mohamed al Husseini (presiding judge of the State Council's Administrative Court) ruled that he could not yet issue a decision on Nour's case, because a governmental forensic medical committe [...]	2007-06-26 14:58:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM EG
07CAIRO197	MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD PARLIAMENTARY BLOC LEADER CALLS [...] (C) Summary: The parliamentary leader of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood (MB) made a recent public statement indicating a desire to initiate a "constructive dialogue" with Western governments, including the USG. Meanwhile, opposition press and Cairo think tanks are rife with rumors that some recent [...]	2007-01-24 16:09:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KISL KDEM EG
07CAIRO1981	EGYPT: DEMARCHE ON MAPUTO PLAN AT AU ACCRA SUMMIT [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-28 13:49:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SOCI EG
07CAIRO2005	MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD PARLIAMENTARIANS ATTEND [...] (U) According to Egyptian press reports, five Muslim Brotherhood (MB) parliamentarians, in an unusual and notable development, participated in a recent event at the Presidential Palace. President Mubarak reportedly hosted a June 23 breakfast to celebrate the signing of new education-related l [...]	2007-07-01 15:16:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KISL KDEM EG
07CAIRO2008	AMBASSADOR PRESSES PRIME MINISTER ON ARREST OF [...] (C) In a meeting June 28 with Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif, the Ambassador emphasized USG concerns that Amr Tharwat's imprisonment was inconsistent with the Egyptian constitutional guarantee of free worship and could pose difficulties for bilateral relations. Ambassador noted that Tharwat, a m [...]	2007-07-02 07:26:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KIRF PINR EG
07CAIRO2015	AMBASSADOR URGES GOE TO PROVIDE DEBT RELIEF FOR [...] (C) Meeting June 28 with Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif, Ambassador urged the GOE to restart negotiations to provide debt relief for Iraq and move toward fulfilling its commitment under the International Compact on Iraq (ref A). 2. (C) Nazif responded that the GOE is still considering the iss [...]	2007-07-02 10:43:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PREL IZ EG
07CAIRO2030	EGYPT: NATIONAL COUNCIL ON CHILDHOOD AND MOTHERHOOD [...] (U) This is an action request. See paras 7 and 8. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: DCM Jones met with National Council on Childhood and Motherhood (NCCM) chief, Ambassador Mushira Khattab on June 25 to discuss Egypt's anti-trafficking strategy of the coming year. Khattab elaborated on efforts to push th [...]	2007-07-03 09:27:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KPAO PGOV PREL EG
07CAIRO2035	DARFUR: EGYPT STILL RETICENT ON DEPLOYING TROOPS, [...] (C) Summary: Poloffs delivered ref A demarche to MFA Cabinet Advisor Ahmed Abu Zeid on July 1. Abu Zeid confirmed that Sudanese President Bashir's acceptance of the UN/AU hybrid force lowered a barrier to deploying peacekeepers, but that deployment of Egyptian troops still depends on the "con [...]	2007-07-03 12:41:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO UNSC MASS EG SU
07CAIRO2036	DECISION ON AYMAN NOUR HEALTH PAROLE APPEAL DUE IN [...] (U) At a July 3 hearing at the State Council's Administrative Court, presiding judge Mohamed al Husseini ruled that he will issue "within three weeks" a final decision on imprisoned Al Ghad Party leader Ayman Nour's appeal for health parole. Husseini's ruling came after over an hour of questi [...]	2007-07-03 12:52:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KDEM EG
07CAIRO2041	JUNE 28 DCM MEETING WITH DR. MOHAMED MATTAR REGARDING TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 28, the DCM met with Dr. Mohamed Mattar for an update on his USAID-funded research project into human trafficking in Egypt. Dr. Mattar is an internationally recognized trafficking expert and the Executive Director of the Protection Project at Johns Hopkins University. He b [...]	2007-07-03 14:17:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PGOV KPAO PREL EG KWMN
07CAIRO2067	LOOMING REVISIONS TO NGO LAW [...] (U) Recent press reports predict that Egypt's NGO Law (Law 84) and related provisions of Egyptian civil law are likely to be revised, with the new legislation reportedly to be debated and passed in the next parliamentary session. Embassy and USAID contacts also anticipate changes to NGO-relate [...]	2007-07-05 10:20:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM EG
07CAIRO2080	CONGRESSMEN TOUR EGPYT'S RAFAH BORDER; EGYPTIANS [...] (SBU) CODEL McCollum, comprising Betty McCollum, (D) Wisconsin, Lincoln Davis (D) Tennesee, and staff toured Egypt,s Rafah Terminal and border on July 3. Major General Nagy Kamal, from the Egyptian Department of Military Intelligence (DMI),briefed on anti-smuggling efforts and escorted the t [...]	2007-07-05 13:48:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PTER EG IS
07CAIRO2087	EGYPT'S HEALTH MINISTRY BANS FGM; FORMAL ANTI-FGM [...] (U) SUMMARY: Following the June 23 issuance of a televised fatwa banning female genital mutilation (FGM) by Egypt's Mufti (Ref A),Health Minister Dr. Hatem Al-Gabaly issued a decree on June 28 banning the practice. Formal legislation affirming the Health Minister's decree is pending until [...]	2007-07-08 10:48:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI PREL PGOV KWMN KISL EG
07CAIRO2093	DARFUR: CAIRO-BASED SLM/A-UNION FRONT OUTLINES ITS [...] (C) Summary: On July 5, Cairo-based Youssef Hassan Youssef Abdullah, leader of the Sudanese Liberation Movement/Army - Union Front (SLM/A-UF),outlined his goal to reunify the factions of the former SLM/A into a single face in peace negotiations with the Sudanese government. His new group's [...]	2007-07-08 14:49:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO UNSC MASS EG SU
07CAIRO2100	FIRST TRANCHE OF AMMUNITION TRANSFER COMPLETE [...] (C) Embassy confirmed with Embassy Beirut that the first tranche of the third party transfer of ammunition from the Government of Egypt to the Government of Lebanon (refs) is complete; all four Jordanian Air Force C-130 flights landed and offloaded a total of 768 155 millimeter rounds July 8. [...]	2007-07-09 11:42:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER EG LE
07CAIRO2109	SUDAN: SADIQ AL MAHDI TO WASHINGTON IF U.S. "READY [...] (SBU) During a July 5 courtesy call at his Cairo office, Sadiq Al Mahdi, head of the Sudanese opposition National Umma Party, Imam of the Ansar, and former prime minister of Sudan told poloff that he might visit Washington for consultations on Sudan, but only if U.S. officials are "ready to lis [...]	2007-07-09 13:39:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO UNSC MASS EG SU
07CAIRO214	EGYPT, ARAB LEAGUE WANT AFRICAN UNION FORCE, [...] (C) Summary: With the impending withdrawal of Ethiopian forces from Somalia, Egypt and the Arab League are encouraging deployment of an African Union (AU) peace-keeping operation (PKO) as soon as possible. Both are also pressing for national reconciliation, to include members of the Islamic C [...]	2007-01-25 16:06:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAO PGOV PTER EG SO
07CAIRO2147	ELECTION PLATFORM OF THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD: [...] (SBU) Summary: In early June, the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood (MB) released a 39-page platform in advance of the June 11 Shura Council elections, detailing the group's views on issues ranging from tourism to Copts. The MB document offers an unprecedented detailing of a consolidated MB position [...]	2007-07-11 09:57:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KISL KDEM EG
07CAIRO2148	MB PLATFORM CALLS FOR "MIXED" PUBLIC-PRIVATE ECONOMY [...] (SBU) In preparation for the Shura Council elections, the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) issued a platform that included an extensive economic component. The document, our first in-depth look at the MB's economic views, criticizes capitalism and free markets in general, particularly the GOE's econom [...]	2007-07-11 10:11:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL PGOV EAID ETRD EG
07CAIRO2162	CODEL LINCOLN-MCCOLLUM MEETING WITH EGYPTIAN [...] (SBU) Summary. A Congressional delegation comprised of Representatives Betty McCollum (D-MN) and Lincoln Davis (D-TN) met with Egyptian Peoples' Assembly Speaker Fathi Surour and fellow members of parliament on July 2. Surour and his colleagues were highly critical of USG bilateral and regio [...]	2007-07-11 13:01:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL EG
07CAIRO2165	MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD MP'S COMPLAIN: WHY WERE WE [...] (U) As reported ref A, on July 2, CODEL McCollum (comprised of Representative Betty McCollum (D-WI) and Representative Lincoln Davis (D-TN)),met with parliamentary speaker Fathi Surour and several other MP's. CODEL McCollum was the first in a series of exchange visits between Congress and th [...]	2007-07-11 13:09:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM KISL EG
07CAIRO2173	EGYPT: NO DECISION YET ON CANDIDATURE FOR IOM [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-12 14:32:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC EUN PREF PREL SMIG EG
07CAIRO2195	EGYPT: DEAL WITH ISRAEL ON SUDANESE REFUGEES STILL [...] (C) Despite Israeli press reports on an Israeli-Egyptian deal for Israel to return Sudanese refugees who illegally entered Israel through the Sinai to Egypt, GOE officials deny that such a deal has been concluded. On July 11, MFA Cabinet Advisor for U.S. Affairs Ahmed El Fadly told poloff that [...]	2007-07-16 14:18:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PTER EG IS SU
07CAIRO22	EGYPT: UPDATE ON RECENT HUMAN AVIAN INFLUENZA CASES [...] (SBU) Summary. Scientists at NAMRU-3 conducted a detailed examination of the H5N1 avian influenza virus responsible for the deaths of three family members in late December in the Gharbiya governorate (ref A). Early results show that the virus has undergone mutations and acquired some chara [...]	2007-01-04 14:50:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KSTH KFLU ECON PREL WHO EG
07CAIRO220	DARFUR: EGYPTIANS PREPARED TO OFFER TROOPS, APCS [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-28 09:28:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM MOPS EG SU
07CAIRO2207	EGYPTIAN GOVERNMENT AND ARAB LEAGUE PUBLIC [...] The official Egyptian and Arab League initial public reactions to the President's July 16 speech on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict were mostly favorable. Egyptian Presidential Spokesman Soliman Awwad said (according to an unofficial embassy translation) that, as President Mubarak has repeat [...]	2007-07-17 15:18:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV EG IS
07CAIRO2241	SUDANESE OFFICIAL, JEM REPRESENTATIVE ON IBRAHIM [...] (C) On July 19, poloff discussed with Sudanese Embassy Political Counselor Mohamed Al Rashid the peace agreement between the Government of Sudan (GOS) and Ibrahim Yehia Abdul Rahman, representing a faction of the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM). Local press had reported that this agreement [...]	2007-07-19 14:37:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO UNSC MASS EG SU
07CAIRO2242	AMRE MOUSSA REVIEWS SITUATION IN LEBANON [...] (C) Arab League Secretary General Amre Moussa told the Ambassador in a July 17 meeting (reftel) that "time is running out," and that there is a lot of groundwork to be done before the Lebanese presidential election (required to be held by mid-November). At the same time, he expressed the hope [...]	2007-07-19 16:32:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE SY IS
07CAIRO2243	EGYPTIAN MOD ON BORDER GUARD FORCE AT RAFAH [...] (C) Major General Mohamad Said El Assar (Advisor for Policy to Defmin Field Marshal Tantawi) called Ambassador July 17, and again on July 19, to request that the USG press the Israelis to engage directly with the MOD, through Egyptian-Israeli military liaison channels, regarding the number of [...]	2007-07-19 16:56:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER EG IS
07CAIRO2279	GCC+2 MEETING THEMES - EGYPTIAN VIEWS [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Alaa Al-Hadidy, Minister Plenipotentiary for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, July 22. Hadidy agreed that objectives in reftel (i.e. Iraq, Lebanon, the Israel-Palestinian conflict, WMD proliferation, and terror) should all be addressed at the meeting, [...]	2007-07-24 16:12:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EG
07CAIRO2280	SCENESETTER FOR THE JULY 31 VISIT OF SECRETARIES [...] (C) The Egyptians welcome the joint visit of the Secretaries of State and Defense as a clear signal of mutual SIPDIS recognition of shared strategic interests, despite recent highly publicized bilateral tensions. President Mubarak and ministers Aboul Gheit, Tantawi, and Soliman, expect the [...]	2007-07-24 17:01:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	ECON EFIN KPAL MARR PGOV PREL SU EG IS IZ IR
07CAIRO2292	STATE SECURITY RESPONDS TO REPORTED MISTREATMENT [...] (C) Summary: State Security Investigations Service (SSIS) Brigadier General Mohamed Youssef told A/Polcouns that Egyptian security personnel had not/not mistreated Muslim-born convert to Christianity Shaymaa Mohamed El-Sayed during her July 16-23 detention and that, upon her release from po [...]	2007-07-25 16:27:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF EG
07CAIRO2305	EGYPTIAN GOVT WIRE SERVICE MISTAKENLY REPORTS [...] (SBU) Egypt's official wire service, the Middle East News Agency (MENA),created brief confusion on 7/26 when it disseminated a text message to mobile phone subscribers which reported that National Democratic Party (NDP) Secretary General Safwat El-Sherif had announced that "The coming confe [...]	2007-07-26 14:47:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EG KN
07CAIRO2306	FM ABOUL GHEIT ON GOE MEETING WITH NORTH KOREAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-26 15:09:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EG KN
07CAIRO2320	EGYPTIAN OFFICIALS: INTERDICTION OF SUDANESE DUE [...] (C) Summary: Emboffs pressed for a more humane GOE approach to migrants and asylum seekers attempting to enter Israel with MFA contacts on July 25, reinforcing points on July 29 per ref A demarche. Separately, emboff informed the UNHCR/Cairo office of our request for UNHCR/Geneva to take the [...]	2007-07-29 15:00:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PREL EG IS SU
07CAIRO2321	STRANDED PALESTINIANS BEGIN TO DEPART RAFAH FOR [...] (C) Egyptian military intelligence told Assistant Army Attache who was visiting North Sinai on July 29 that 101 Palestinians, among the estimated 6000 who have been stranded in Egypt since the June 9 closure of the Rafah border crossing with Gaza, have begun to make their homeward journey. [...]	2007-07-29 15:05:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM KPAL IS EG
07CAIRO2332	POPE SHENOUDA III ON RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, RELATIONS [...] (C) The Ambassador raised religious freedom issues with the Coptic Orthodox Pope, Shenouda III, on July 26. In an extended and unusually substantive response, Shenouda addressed his concerns about some "critical" matters, including controversies over conversion as well as what he alleged wa [...]	2007-07-30 10:15:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF KISL EG
07CAIRO2350	EGYPT: COURT REJECTS AYMAN NOUR REQUEST FOR [...] (SBU) Judge Mohamed El-Husseiny, of the State Council's Court of Administrative Justice, rejected Ayman Nour's health-based request to be paroled from prison, in a court session on July 31. Before the verdict was read, Nour's lawyer Amir Salem told poloff that if the verdict went against No [...]	2007-07-31 12:13:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KPAO
07CAIRO2364	EGYPTIAN ATTENDENCE AT 62ND UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-01 13:02:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	KSEP PREL OVIP UNGA EG
07CAIRO2365	EGYPT WELCOMES UNSCR 1769 ON DARFUR PEACEKEEPING [...] (SBU) On August 1, MFA Cabinet Advisor for African Affairs Ahmed Abu Zeid told poloff that Egypt welcomes UN Security Council Resolution 1769 authorizing the UN/AU hybrid force for Darfur (UNAMID). Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit is planning to release a statement to that effect, he said, [...]	2007-08-01 14:08:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO UNSC MASS EG SU
07CAIRO2380	EGYPTIAN NPT INTERLOCUTORS [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-02 13:45:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP ENRG MNUC PARM PREL EG
07CAIRO2440	EGYPT: GROWING ECONOMIC RELATIONS WITH CHINA [...] (C) Summary: Egyptian-Chinese relations have expanded over the last several years, primarily in the economic realm. Egypt is courting Chinese trade and investment but is wary that China could undercut Egypt in low-cost, labor-intensive sectors, complicating Egyptian efforts to combat persistent [...]	2007-08-07 14:22:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD EINV ECON CH EG
07CAIRO2455	GOE BEGINS CONSULTATIONS TO REMOVE STRUCTURES [...] (C) A Ministry of Defense official with direct knowledge of Gaza border security issues told poloff on August 6 that GOE security services had started deliberations over the possible removal of buildings located closest to Egypt's border with Gaza. He said that to improve tunnel detection an [...]	2007-08-08 09:20:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KPAL IS EG
07CAIRO2459	NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VP ON HUMAN [...] (C) The Ambassador raised a range of human rights and religious freedom issues with National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) Vice President Ahmad Kamal Aboul Magd. In addition to reviewing recent religious conversion controversies, Ayman Nour, military tribunals against the Muslim Brotherho [...]	2007-08-08 16:15:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KIRF EG
07CAIRO2497	NOTIFICATION TO GOE OF UPCOMING ARB III PROCEEDINGS [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-12 14:04:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PINR PREL PTER EG
07CAIRO2559	EGYPT SEEKS TO CONTINUE USE OF AWGA-NITZANA FOR [...] (C) A representative of the Liaison Agency with International Organizations (LAWIO) told poloff during an August 15 meeting at the Awga-Nitzana border crossing that Egyptian-Israeli coordination for the return of 6,372 Palestinians to Gaza (via Israel) during the period July 29-August 12 was [...]	2007-08-16 13:37:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PTER KPAL EG IS
07CAIRO2560	KHARTOUM CDA FERNANDEZ MEETS WITH DUP [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-16 13:38:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM SU
07CAIRO2575	BOEING SCORES SUCCESS IN EGYPT AIR LONG-HAUL [...] (SBU) Continuing the augmentation and upgrading of its long-haul fleet, Egypt Air has agreed to lease six Boeing 777-300R aircraft, with the possibility of a direct purchase or lease of two more. The decision follows shortly after the airline concluded an agreement with Airbus to lease two A33 [...]	2007-08-19 14:20:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON PREL EG
07CAIRO2576	BOEING SCORES SUCCESS IN EGYPT AIR LONG-HAUL [...] (SBU) Continuing the augmentation and upgrading of its long-haul fleet, Egypt Air has agreed to lease six Boeing 777-300R aircraft, with the possibility of a direct purchase or lease of two more. The decision follows shortly after the airline concluded an agreement with Airbus to lease two A33 [...]	2007-08-19 14:27:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON PREL EG
07CAIRO2577	RUMORS OF A CABINET RESHUFFLE AND CHANGES TO [...] (C) Summary: Cairo is abuzz with rumors of a looming cabinet reshuffle, with conjecture focusing on expected changes in the ministries of Justice, Social Solidarity, Culture, Housing, and perhaps a change of the Prime Minister. Speculation also abounds about an imminent shake-up in the leader [...]	2007-08-20 06:56:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EG
07CAIRO258	COUNTRY TEAM ASSESSMENT ON RELEASE OF NIGHT VISION [...] (C) Description: The USG has offered the GOE two excess defense article OSPREY Class Mine Hunter Craft under the Naval Vessels Transfer Act of 2005. The US Navy transferred these ships to the Egyptian Navy (EN) in January 2007. The following Night Vision Devices (NVDs) are routinely included [...]	2007-01-30 14:49:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS MCAP EG
07CAIRO2584	MOD CALLS DEPLOYMENT OF BORDER GUARD FORCES AN [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-20 12:23:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER EG IS
07CAIRO2600	CONVICTIONS IN 2005 KHAN AL KHALILI BOMBING CASE [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-22 07:51:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER CASC EG
07CAIRO2601	DINNER WITH DEMOCRACY ACTIVISTS: FRUSTRATION, [...] (C) Summary: In a wide-ranging three-and-a-half hour-long August 15 dinner, a group of five leading Egyptian democracy activists told the Ambassador and Pol-Econ Minister-Counselor that Egypt's domestic "deterioration" across the board has resulted in increased frustration and anger on the part [...]	2007-08-22 09:09:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EG
07CAIRO2603	KHARTOUM CDA FERNANDEZ' AUGUST 14 MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary and introduction. Visiting Khartoum Charge d'Affairs Alberto Fernandez met with Hisham Yousef, Chief of Staff to Arab League Secretary General Amre Moussa, on August 14 in Cairo. Yousef expressed optimism that Darfur is "on the right track" and has a better chance of successful r [...]	2007-08-22 13:21:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM SU
07CAIRO2620	EGYPT: FINANCIAL SECTOR CASH TRANSFER IMPLEMENTATION [...] (U) After several months of waiting for the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) to provide draft terms of reference (TORs) for international audit firms' work in the state-owned banks, we now have bilaterally-agreed TORs and the auditors can get down to business. This ends the worrisome delay in the [...]	2007-08-23 11:15:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL EAID EG
07CAIRO2627	EGYPT MONTHLY MILITARY WRAP-UP [...] (C) Emboffs discussed border security, prospects for a secure communications agreement, plans for the 2007 Military Cooperation Committee (MCC) meetings, political release of defense systems, and BRIGHT STAR (BS) with Assistant Minister of Defense for Policy MG Al Assar, Assistant Minister of [...]	2007-08-23 14:30:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER EAID EG IS
07CAIRO2642	MUBARAK SAYS PEACE SUMMIT LACKS FRAMEWORK [...] (U) During an exclusive interview with the Chief Editor of Akhbar el-Youm on August 25, President Mubarak said that the framework for the proposed fall Middle East peace summit has not yet been drawn up. He said "Egypt supports the necessity of consensus around all the outstanding cases for [...]	2007-08-27 12:34:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IS EG
07CAIRO2643	BLUE LANTERN-PRE LICENSE CHECK ON 05-050048861 [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-27 12:36:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ETTC KOMC EG TU
07CAIRO2654	EGYPT'S MUFTI ON U.S. VISIT, IRAQ, REFORMING [...] (C) Summary: In a 90-minute meeting on August 26, the Ambassador and the Mufti of the Republic, Dr. Ali Goma'a, discussed the Mufti's possible travel to the U.S. and Canada in December, and a mid-August meeting in Cairo of Iraqi Sunni and Shi'a leaders with Egyptian Muslim leaders, orchestrated [...]	2007-08-28 14:01:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KISL PTER KIRF IZ EG
07CAIRO2669	GAMAL MUBARAK ADVISOR DISCUSSES EGYPT'S ASSISTANCE [...] (C) Mohamed Farnawany, senior advisor to Gamal Mubarak, told poloff on August 27 that the GOE is not happy that the USG never responded to the ESF proposal to create an endowment. Poloff reminded Farnawany that the U.S. did respond, explaining the difficulties with the concept. Farnawany said [...]	2007-08-29 14:34:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID EG
07CAIRO2670	EGYPTIANS REACT SHARPLY TO ESF REDUCTION [...] (C) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: The Egyptian's strong reaction to diminished ESF levels reflects concern about political play on the new Israeli military assistance package. They are now trying for face-saving consultations. Ambassador Nabil Fahmy has been instructed to bring new ideas in de [...]	2007-08-29 14:55:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PREL EAID ECON PGOV EG IS
07CAIRO2680	ARAB LEAGUE AGAINST PERMANENT OBSERVER STATUS FOR [...] (SBU) Poloff discussed reftel demarche with Samir Hosni, head of the Arab League Office of African Affairs, on August 30. Drawing from reftel, poloff argued that including Canada and Yemen as Permanent Observers to the International Contact Group on Somalia (ICG) would increase the ICG's abil [...]	2007-08-30 12:12:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EG SO
07CAIRO2689	SINAI RESIDENTS ANGRY OVER POTENTIAL GOE PLANS TO [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-30 13:37:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PTER KPAL IS EG
07CAIRO2691	STATUS OF PALESTINIANS HELD IN THE SINAI [...] (C) A Directorate of Military Intelligence (DMI) contact has refuted press reports alleging that 180 Palestinians being held in camps in the Sinai have launched a hunger strike. He said that the Palestinians, who are detained because they lack legal papers and permission to remain in Egypt ( [...]	2007-08-30 14:08:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM KPAL EG IS
07CAIRO2697	COOPERATION MINISTER ABUL NAGA ON FY 09 ESF; [...] (SBU) On September 2, Ambassador met with Minister for International Cooperation Fayza Abul Naga , accompanied by Acting USAID Mission Director John Groarke and Econcouns (notetaker). The meeting was at Abul Naga's request, and focused on the recent notification by the USG to the GOE of the [...]	2007-09-03 15:13:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL PGOV KIRF EG
07CAIRO2711	CAIRO-BASED ARAB DARFUR REBEL GROUP SENDS LETTER [...] (SBU) Summary: The Democratic Popular Front (DPF),a mostly Arab Darfur group with representation in Cairo, recently gave an Arabic-language letter to pol LES for delivery to President Bush, requesting U.S. support for the DPF to fulfill its "responsibilities" in the coming phase of the peace [...]	2007-09-05 15:20:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPKO MASS EG SU
07CAIRO2725	SUMMER HOLIDAYS IN EGYPT: ELITES TAKING A TURN FOR [...] (C) Summary: An increased Islamic consciousness, a marked phenomenon for the past two decades among the lower and mid-echelons of Egyptian society, now appears to be on the rise among the country's upper class as well. This cable explores the burgeoning piety of Egypt's well-heeled, as seen [...]	2007-09-06 13:29:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV KISL SOCI ECON KWMN EG
07CAIRO2729	EGYPT TO STUDY IAEA/IRAN PLAN OF ACTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-06 14:13:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP IAEA IR EG
07CAIRO2730	ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERS: MIDDLE EAST PEACE MUST BE [...] (U) During its September 5 annual ministerial meeting, Arab League (AL) foreign ministers confirmed their support for President Bush's proposed meeting for Middle East peace, but stressed a comprehensive approach producing tangible results. AL Secretary General Amre Moussa said in a press con [...]	2007-09-06 14:25:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL EG IS IZ XP
07CAIRO2731	EGYPT'S MFA DELIVERS NON-PAPER ON PEACE SUMMIT [...] (C) During a meeting with Economic and Political Minister Counselor on September 6, foreign ministry spokesman Ambassador Hossam Zaki delivered a non-paper (see para two) reflecting Egypt's views on the peace summit proposed by President Bush, and asked the Embassy to forward it to the Secret [...]	2007-09-06 14:26:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IS EG SY LE
07CAIRO2733	GRAND SHAYKH OF AL AZHAR ON EXTREMISM AND IRAQ [...] (SBU) In a September 5 meeting, the Shaykh of Al Azhar, Mohamed Sayed Tantawi, stressed to the Ambassador his focus on the need for tolerance, cooperation, and understanding between religions. Asserting that "all humans are brothers," the Shaykh decried violence in the name of religion, and h [...]	2007-09-06 14:43:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KISL PTER IZ EG
07CAIRO2734	EGYPT: RULING PARTY TRIES, WITH PARTIAL SUCCESS, [...] (C) The Cairo representative of the International Republican Institute (IRI),Keith Kidd, told us on September 2 that senior members of the National Democratic Party were attempting to prevent individual NDP members from taking part in an "offshore" training session organized in Morocco for [...]	2007-09-06 14:43:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM EG
07CAIRO2736	EGYPT ASKS USG SUPPORT AT IAEA ON "ALL" OF THE [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-06 15:23:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP IAEA IR EG IS
07CAIRO2769	ARAB LEAGUE BRIEFING FOLLOWING SEPTEMBER 5 [...] Summary. In a briefing for foreign diplomats on the Arab League's (AL) annual September 5 ministerial, AL Chief of Staff Hisham Youssef said that the ministers confirmed their support for President Bush's proposed international meeting for Middle East peace and noted their strong desire to rea [...]	2007-09-12 14:13:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAL PREF EG SO IS IZ SU XP
07CAIRO2777	EGYPT TO CONSIDER WIPO ACCOUNTABILITY ISSUE [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-13 11:52:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AORC WIPO EG
07CAIRO2781	EGYPT'S FOREIGN MINISTER NOT FLEXIBLE ON IAEA [...] (C) On September 13, the Ambassador urged Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit to work towards a consensus agreement with Israel on the "Application of IAEA Safeguards in the Middle East" resolution and the "Israeli Nuclear Threat" (INT) agenda item. He said the U.S. did not see the p [...]	2007-09-13 16:03:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP IAEA EG IS
07CAIRO2798	EGYPT: INPUT ON DISCUSSIONS OF THE COMPLEMENTARY [...] (C) Per reftel request regarding Egypt's planned participation in the mid-November Community of Democracies ministerial in Mali, on September 16 the staff of Ambassador Raouf Saad, the MFA's BMENA coordinator (who also handles CD matters),told poloff that the MFA "had just received notificati [...]	2007-09-16 15:03:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KISL EG
07CAIRO2800	EGYPT - SEPTEMBER MILITARY WRAP-UP [...] (C) The Chief of the Office of Military Cooperation ("OMC Chief") discussed the annual Military Cooperation Committee (MCC) meeting, the slow disbursement of FMF, border security and prospects for a secure communications agreement with Assistant Minister of Defense for Policy MG Al Assar and [...]	2007-09-16 15:25:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS MARR EAID EG
07CAIRO2801	DEFENSE MINISTER TANTAWI ON MIL-TO-MIL RELATIONS [...] (C) On September 16, Minister of Defense Field Marshal Tantawi and the Ambassador discussed the impact of the FMF debates on the overall relationship, the state of mil-to-mil relations, border security, the under-disbursement of FMF in FY07, and the peace process. Tantawi said that the U.S. [...]	2007-09-16 15:37:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID KPAL EG IS
07CAIRO2805	IRAQIS IN EGYPT FACE CHALLENGES OBTAINING [...] (SBU) Summary: Iraqis in Egypt are finding it difficult to obtain education, health services and job opportunities. More established Iraqi residents are depleting their savings, and newer arrivals are less wealthy than their predecessors. Although the GOE is publicly committed to providing ed [...]	2007-09-17 09:29:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON PHUM PREF EG IZ
07CAIRO2808	ANOTHER EGYPTIAN COURT RULES AGAINST MILITARY [...] (SBU) Following on three previous rulings by other courts, another Egyptian civil court has ruled against the GOE's use of military tribunals against the Muslim Brotherhood (MB). On September 10, the Cairo Court of Summary Jurisdiction reportedly rejected the Egyptian government's appeal of a M [...]	2007-09-17 10:02:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KISL KJUS EG
07CAIRO2809	AYMAN NOUR APPRECIATIVE OF AMBASSADOR'S RECENT [...] (C) On September 16, a handwritten letter from imprisoned Al Ghad Party leader Ayman Nour was delivered to poloff's residence by Nour's wife, Gameela Ismail. The letter thanks the Ambassador for his recent public comments on Nour's case, both at a September 9 American Chamber of Commerce event [...]	2007-09-17 10:34:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM EG
07CAIRO2827	EGYPTIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY DOWNPLAYS SIGNIFICANCE [...] (SBU) Egyptian government-owned press reported on September 18 that Iranian Assistant Foreign Minister Abbas Iraq was holding talks with Egyptian Foreign Ministry officials. Iraq was to meeting MFA Assistant Minister for Asian Affairs Hussein Darar and Assistant Minister for Multilateral Affa [...]	2007-09-18 17:44:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EG IR
07CAIRO2841	MUBARAK'S LEGAL ADVISOR ON UPCOMING LEGISLATION [...] (C) In a September 19 meeting, presidential legal advisor Mohamed Dakroury discussed a range of upcoming legislation with DCM and poloff. In addition to his influential position as "the president's lawyer," through which he appears to have a drafting or oversight role for virtually all new Egy [...]	2007-09-19 15:26:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PTER KJUS EG
07CAIRO2845	EGYPT: POLICE TRAINING PROGRAM UNDERWAY [...] (SBU) On September 2-5, Embassy Cairo sponsored a four-day workshop for twenty-four Egyptian National Police (ENP) Generals and other senior police officials. This Senior Leadership Workshop is part of the larger USG-Egyptian Police project funded by the USG and sub-contracted by State-INL to [...]	2007-09-20 12:54:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EG
07CAIRO2855	SEEKING ARAB SUPPORT FOR LEBANON BORDER MISSION [...] (C) DCM and poloff delivered points in reftel to Arab League and the Egyptian MFA September 19-20. The Arab League welcomed USG interest on providing technical assistance for the Syrian-Lebanese border, but was wary of deploying personnel immediately. The MFA was supportive in principle, bu [...]	2007-09-20 15:37:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EG LE
07CAIRO2856	SEEKING HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE AT AD HOC LIAISON [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-20 15:39:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAL KWBG EAID EG
07CAIRO2867	DARFUR: DEMOCRATIC POPULAR FRONT SEEKS INVITE TO [...] (SBU) In an introductory meeting with poloff on September 20, Cairo-based Siddique Ander and Osama Mohamed El Hassan, President and Secretary General, respectively, of the Democratic Popular Front (DPF),asked for USG pressure on the UN and AU to get the DPF invited to the planned October 27 p [...]	2007-09-23 14:58:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPKO MASS EG SU
07CAIRO2871	EGYPT IN TRANSITION: SADAT AND MUBARAK [...] (C) Egypt faces uncertainty as it moves towards a post-Mubarak future. It has been almost exactly twenty-six years since Egypt last faced such a transition. Although one could argue that some of the elements that led to the dramatic events of September and October 1981 are back in place -- sho [...]	2007-09-23 16:01:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR EG
07CAIRO2881	MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD: GOVERNMENT PREVENTS ANNUAL [...] (SBU) For the first time in approximately twenty years, the government has prohibited the annual Ramadan iftar (fast-breaking meal) hosted by the leadership of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood (MB). Reportedly, the Interior Ministry refused to grant the MB permission to hold the yearly event ( [...]	2007-09-24 15:33:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KISL KDEM EG
07CAIRO2889	TRADE MINISTER'S POLITICAL AMBITIONS INFLUENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Minister of Trade and Industry Rachid Rachid, a leader of the cabinet's economic reformers, has been hesitant this year to confront bureaucratic opposition to key reform priorities. At the same time, he has laid out a bold public vision for the future of economic reform in Egypt [...]	2007-09-25 09:17:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID ETRD EAGR PINR PREL IS EG
07CAIRO2896	OPPOSITION NEWSPAPER EDITOR-IN-CHIEF SENTENCED TO [...] (SBU) On September 24, the editor-in-chief, his deputy, and a journalist from the "Al Wafd" newspaper (the mouthpiece of Al Wafd, Egypt's oldest liberal political party),were sentenced to two years in prison by the Al Warak Court of Misdemeanors, for "having published untrue information which [...]	2007-09-25 15:36:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAO PHUM KDEM EG
07CAIRO2904	DELTA AIRLINES TO ANNOUNCE NEW YORK-CAIRO NON-STOP [...] Cairo General Manager for Delta Air Lines Karim Nabhan told us that Delta plans to announce on September 26 the establishment of non-stop New York-Cairo-New York service beginning on June 4, 2008. The flight will operate 5 times per week (SU,M,TU,W,F from JFK and M,TU,W,TH,SA from Cairo) and [...]	2007-09-26 14:16:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ETRD ECON PREL EG

07CAIRO2932	EGYPT: MFA'S BMENA REPRESENTATIVE DISCUSSES FORUM [...] (C) Charge called on Ambassador Raouf Saad, FM Aboul Gheit's Coordinator for Reform Initiatives, on September 24 to discuss the planning for the Forum for the Future (FFF). Saad indicated that he personally plans to attend the upcoming sub-ministerial in Berlin (reftel). Saad made clear tha [...]	2007-10-01 08:04:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KMPI KDEM PINR GM EUN
07CAIRO2937	EGYPT HOPING NEW MEASURES LESSEN MIGRANT FLOW TO [...] (C) Summary: The MFA's refugee point-man says that his primary mission is to avoid any civil unrest from Egypt's large refugee and migrant population. He said he was "privately uncomfortable" about his government's August decision to accept 48 Africans from Israel, who had illegally crossed t [...]	2007-10-01 14:35:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PHUM EG IS SU
07CAIRO2943	MFA RESPONSE ON ENTRY OF 80-90 ENTERING GAZA FROM [...] (C) PolEcon MinCons and Poloff queried Egyptian MFA Cabinet Advisor Hosam Zaki October 1 over recent press reports that 80-90 Gazans had entered Gaza from Egypt. Zaki acknowledged that the Palestinians had apparently crossed into Gaza, but said that he would have to consult with other GOE age [...]	2007-10-02 07:56:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS KWBG IS EG
07CAIRO2951	EGYPT COMMENTS ON IAEA CONFERENCE OUTCOME [...] (C) MFA Disarmament Office Director Aly Sirry told poloff on September 30 that the recent IAEA General Conference outcome on the Middle East Safeguards resolution and the Israeli Nuclear Threat (INT) agenda item signaled a lack of substantive commitment to establishing a nuclear weapons free [...]	2007-10-02 14:36:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IAEA KNNP IS EG IR
07CAIRO2953	DARFUR REBEL GROUPS MEET IN CAIRO [...] (C) Summary: Sudanese Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) Spokesman Ahmed Hussein's push for consultations between Darfur groups appears aimed at giving the JEM a primary role in the upcoming Libya negotiations with the Sudanese government. According to Hussein (visiting Cairo),previous talk [...]	2007-10-02 15:46:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNSC KPKO EG SU
07CAIRO2961	CAIRO GOSS CHIEF ON LOCAL SOUTH SUDANESE ISSUES [...] (SBU) Summary: In a September 30 introductory meeting with poloffs, Government of South Sudan (GOSS) liaison office head Parmena Makuet Mangar sought USG support on a list of GOSS grievances, discussed his recent meeting with Darfur rebels in Cairo (ref A),and detailed the problems facing the [...]	2007-10-03 14:23:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM EG SU
07CAIRO2982	EGYPT: NEWSPAPERS STRIKE FOR PRESS FREEDOM [...] (U) Twenty-two independent and opposition newspapers did not publish on October 7 in protest of recent government actions against press freedom, including the sentencing of four editors-in-chief to a year in prison for criticizing president Mubarak and senior government officials (ref C),and [...]	2007-10-08 13:16:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KAPO PHUM KDEM EG
07CAIRO2998	EGYPT: ALLEGED PLANS TO ATTACK IBN KHALDOUN CENTER [...] (SBU) Independent daily Al-Masry Al-Youm published a front-page, above the fold article on October 9 stating that GoE security services had arrested 62 members of a group affiliated with terrorist organization Takfir wa al-Higra, and accused them plotting to blow up the Ibn Khaldoun Center (IK [...]	2007-10-09 12:52:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PTER PGOV PREL EG
07CAIRO3001	EGYPT: UPDATED DEMOCRACY STRATEGY [...] (C) Our fundamental reform goal in Egypt remains democratic transformation, including the expansion of political freedom and democratic pluralism, respect for human rights, and a stable, democratic and legitimate transition to the post-Mubarak era. While our programs in the areas of judicial reform [...]	2007-10-09 15:00:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KMPI EG
07CAIRO3003	EGYPTIAN MFA ON EGYPTIAN-SYRIAN RELATIONS, THE [...] (C) MFA Cabinet Advisor on the Levant Nazih el Naggary told poloff October 9 that recent GOE overtures to get Syria a seat at the fall peace meeting are partly an effort to empower moderates in the Bashir regime. He said that Syrian advisors are divided on whether Syria should attend. The m [...]	2007-10-09 16:16:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EG LE
07CAIRO3017	THE IMPACT OF CONDITIONING EGYPT'S FMF [...] (C) Congressman Obey's proposal to condition USD 200 million of FMF for Egypt on progress on border security, judicial independence and police reform continues to vex senior GOE officials. Assistant Minister of Defense MG Mohamed Al Assar and a member of Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit's Cabine [...]	2007-10-10 15:13:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID EG
07CAIRO3018	RESPONDING TO THE LIKELY CONVICTION OF MUSLIM [...] (SBU) The military trial of 40 Muslim Brotherhood (MB) members has lurched along sporadically since April 26, in fits of stops and starts. Observers, the defendants' family members, and sometimes even defense lawyers have been barred from the court, which convenes at a military base outside o [...]	2007-10-11 08:29:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KISL KDEM EG
07CAIRO3022	EGYPT AND ISRAEL REQUEST USG TO EXPAND QIZ TO [...] (U) The GOE and Government of Israel are jointly requesting that USTR expand the Qualified Industrial Zone (QIZ) agreement to cover several cities in Upper Egypt. In a letter to USTR Schwab dated October 9, GOE Trade Minister Rachid Rachid and Israeli Minister of Industry, Trade and Labor El [...]	2007-10-11 09:31:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PREL IS EG
07CAIRO3023	EGYPT AND ISRAEL AGREE TO LOWER ISRAELI QIZ [...] (U) The GOE and Government of Israel agreed on October 9 to reduce the required level of Israeli content in Qualified Industrial Zone (QIZ) exports to the United States. The agreement to lower the content requirement from 11.7 percent to 10.5 percent came in response to long-standing compla [...]	2007-10-11 09:36:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PREL IS EG
07CAIRO3026	EGYPT: OCTOBER MILITARY WRAP-UP [...] (C) Embassy Cairo's OMC Chief discussed border security and his recent meetings on FMF with members of Congress with Assistant Minister of Defense for Armament MG Fouad abd el Halim, Assistant Minister of Defense for Policy MG Mohamed el Assar, and American Affairs Chief MG Ahmed Mo'taz on Oct [...]	2007-10-11 11:30:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID MASS MARR EG IS
07CAIRO3029	KING FAROUK: NOSTALGIA FOR THE PAST OR LOATHING FOR THE [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-11 14:43:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ANET PREL PGOV KPAO PHUM KDEM SCUL SOCI EG
07CAIRO3031	EGYPT: SIGNS OF STRONGER EFFORTS ON TIP [...] (SBU) Summary: A new inter-ministerial committee on Trafficking In Persons (TIP),a proposed new child protection law with anti-TIP provisions, and a nascent public awareness campaign are signs that the GOE is moving towards awareness of, and eventually action on, TIP. Continued challenges wi [...]	2007-10-11 16:03:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KCRM KWMN EG
07CAIRO3058	KING FAROUK: NOSTALGIA FOR THE PAST OR LOATHING FOR THE [...] (U) Summary: Rare is the iftar or sohour in Cairo these days where the topic does not quickly turn to the Ramadan soap opera series about King Farouk, which presents a view of Egypt's last monarch radically at odds with the image perpetrated by the official media and textbooks over the past 55 [...]	2007-10-17 12:58:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPAO PHUM KDEM SCUL SOCI EG
07CAIRO3080	GAMAL MUBARAK: CONCENTRATING ON RULING PARTY AS [...] (C) Summary: Over the past several months, presidential son and National Democratic Party (NDP) assistant secretary general Gamal Mubarak has focused his energies on re-vitalizing the party. With no military background to draw on as his power base (the army being the traditional source of Egy [...]	2007-10-18 14:41:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EG
07CAIRO3101	EGYPTIAN FOREIGN, INTELLIGENCE MINISTERS URGE [...] (C) Summary: Egyptian Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit and Intelligence Chief Soliman encouraged Sudanese President Bashir and Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) President Salva Kiir to maintain Sudanese unity during their October 17 Khartoum-Juba visit, according to MFA Cabinet Advisor fo [...]	2007-10-22 12:58:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO UNSC MASS EG SU
07CAIRO3103	MFA ADVISOR ON EGYPTIAN JUDGE FOR SELECTION [...] (S) MFA Cabinet Advisor Nazih el Neggary told Poloff Oct 22 that retired Egyptian judge Amin Mahdi had agreed to serve on the UN selection panel for judges to the UN Special Tribunal for Lebanon. However, Mahdi did not want to serve on the tribunal itself, for fear of having to carry out pun [...]	2007-10-22 15:31:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PREL PGOV LE PTER EG
07CAIRO3115	EGYPT AND ARAB LEAGUE ON LEBANON BORDER MISSION [...] (C) Poloff delivered points (reftel A) October 23 to Hisham Yousef, Chief of Staff to Arab League Secretary General Amre Moussa, and conveyed strong USG support for Lebanese PM Siniora's proposed Arab-EU monitoring mission. Yousef agreed that Lebanese sovereignty is critical, and said that Sin [...]	2007-10-23 16:10:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EG LE
07CAIRO3118	MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD: DRAFT PARTY PLATFORM [...] (C) Summary: The recent release of a markedly conservative draft political party platform has unleashed a wave of criticism against the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood (MB),and highlighted internal tensions between the moderate and conservative wings of the Islamist organization. In a highly unu [...]	2007-10-24 10:16:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KISL KDEM EG
07CAIRO3123	MUBARAK CLAIMS PROGRESS ON REFORM, CALLS FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: In an address marking the fifth anniversary of the opening of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, President Mubarak said Egypt has "gone a long way" on the road to reform. Compared to the 1970's, he said, Egyptians enjoy far greater freedoms now. However, he stressed, freedom is "bo [...]	2007-10-24 13:18:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KPAO EG XF
07CAIRO3124	EGYPTIAN MFA DOWNPLAYS MUBARAK COMMENTS ON [...] (SBU) Poloff spoke with MFA Spokesman and Senior Cabinet Advisor Hosam Zaki October 24 regarding press reports implying President Mubarak was willing to facilitate Hamas-Fatah negotiations based on his October 22 interview with Austrian newspaper "Der Standard." He said that Mubarak had said [...]	2007-10-24 16:21:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EG IS
07CAIRO3126	SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR CROCKERâ€™S VISIT TO CAIROClassified By: DEPUTY CHIEF OF MISSION STUART JONES. REASONS: 1.4 (B) and (D) [...] (S) Welcome to Cairo. 2. (S) Cairo-Baghdad Relations: The Egyptian leadership wants assurances that the USG will not withdraw from Iraq precipitously. The Egyptians were also taken aback by Senate resolution on sectarian division, which got broad press play here. The GOE has played a constructive [...]	2007-10-25 08:47:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PREL PGOV EG IQ
07CAIRO3127	NOMINATION OF AMBASSADOR MOUSHIRA KHATTAB FOR THE [...] Ambassador Moushira Khattab, Embassy Cairo's nominee for the Secretary's International Woman of Courage award, deserves USG commendation for having formed and led a broad alliance to combat female genital mutilation (FGM) in Egypt. Since the beginning of her tenure as Secretary General of the [...]	2007-10-25 09:56:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KPAO KWMN EG
07CAIRO3129	MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD: UNUSUAL FORWARD-LEANING [...] (SBU) In an October 13 press interview, prominent Muslim Brotherhood (MB) moderate and Political Bureau member Essam El Erian surprised MB officials and other observers alike with forward-leaning comments on Israel that seemed to break with the MB's traditional strong anti-Israel stance. El E [...]	2007-10-25 10:30:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KISL KDEM IS EG
07CAIRO3137	MUBARAK'S POSITION ON LEBANESE ELECTIONS [...] (C) The Ambassador got a read-out from Presidential Advisor Soliman Awaad on the October 21 visit of Lebanese Army Commander Michel Sleiman. According to Awaad, Sleiman thanked Mubarak for Egyptian military assistance (i.e. the delivery of ammunition in July for use in the confrontation with [...]	2007-10-25 15:23:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV LE EG
07CAIRO3153	EGYPT'S VIEWS ON UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE RESOLUTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Poloffs met with MFA Deputy Minister for Human Rights Affairs Wael Aboulmagd on October 29 to discuss reftel points. Aboulmagd said that Egypt generally does not support prohibitions on "no-action motions" or country specific resolutions. On the thematic resolutions, Aboulmagd [...]	2007-10-29 13:58:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIA PHUM PREL UN EG
07CAIRO3155	SCENESETTER FOR FBI DEPUTY DIRECTOR JOHN PISTOLE [...] (S) The Egyptians, and I, will warmly welcome you to Cairo. Despite strains in the relationship over the past several months, our partnership in law enforcement and mutual security affairs remains solid. Your visit provides the opportunity to review and reinforce our law enforcement cooperation [...]	2007-10-30 05:00:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PTER PREL PHUM KJUS
07CAIRO3161	PRESIDENT MUBARAK ANNOUNCES EGYPT WILL ESTABLISH [...] (SBU) President Mubarak announced on October 29 that Egypt will establish a number of nuclear power stations to generate electricity. Following the inauguration of a power plant in North Cairo, Mubarak said Egypt will "prepare the program for building several nuclear power stations," noting [...]	2007-10-30 09:52:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG IAEA EG
07CAIRO3166	EGYPTIAN-AMERICAN DEMOCRACY ACTIVIST FACES LAWSUITS [...] (C) Summary: Saad Eddin Ibrahim (SEI),the prominent Egyptian-American democracy activist, faces four separate lawsuits for "spreading false news" and trying to harm Egypt's economy by calling for cuts in U.S. assistance to Egypt. Court proceedings in the four lawsuits, all filed by privat [...]	2007-10-30 14:29:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KMPI CASC EG
07CAIRO3168	OCTOBER 25 MEETING WITH AYMAN NOUR'S WIFE [...] (C) In an October 25 meeting with poloff, Gameela Ismail (wife of imprisoned Ghad party leader Ayman Nour) said that on October 20 Nour,s blood pressure had shot up, and he started having heart palpitations. She rushed to Torah Prison, together with a cardiac specialist, Dr. Mahmoud Hassanein [...]	2007-10-30 15:54:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM EG
07CAIRO3176	DEMARCHE (2ND REQUEST AND FOLLOW-UP): CANDIDACY [...] Poloff conveyed points in reftel, and reitereated the USG position in support of David Walker's candidacy for the UN Independent Audit Advisory Committee (IAAC) to MFA Advisor on United Nations Affairs Ihab Soliman October 31. Soliman took the message. He said he understood the Swiss were als [...]	2007-10-31 15:55:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AORC UNGA EG
07CAIRO3190	EGYPT ALLEGEDLY DEPORTS SUDANESE MIGRANTS RETURNED [...] (SBU) Commenting on Israeli press reports that Egypt had deported five of the 48 mostly-Sudanese Africans whom Israel had returned to Egypt in August, and who had previously illegally entered Israel from the Sinai (reftel),UNHCR/Cairo Spokeperson Abeer Etefa told poloff on October 31 that the [...]	2007-11-01 14:57:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PHUM EG IS SU
07CAIRO3198	AMRE MOUSSA ON IRAQ [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker met with Arab League Secretary General Amre Moussa October 26th in Cairo. Moussa said that Arabs share USG interests for a secure, stable Iraq, and that Iraqi reconciliation is critical. He agreed that Arab leaders should do more to support the [...]	2007-11-05 10:26:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EG IZ
07CAIRO3209	EGYPTIAN FOREIGN MINISTER ABOU GHEIT ON IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-06 09:03:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PREL IZ LE
07CAIRO3218	GOE AND ARAB LEAGUE READOUTS OF LEBANON SIDE [...] (C) Nazih el Neggary, MFA Cabinet advisor on Syria-Lebanon, gave a readout to poloff of the Lebanon side meeting in Istanbul, as well as an assessment of the Lebanese political state of play, on November 5. Neggary said the GOE was pleased with the meeting and the strong statement against int [...]	2007-11-07 11:41:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV LE EG
07CAIRO3223	DEMARCHE DELIVERED IN SUPPORT OF ARGENTINA'S [...] (U) As requested in reftel, Embassy has confirmed that an Egyptian Ministry of Interior (MOI) delegation is attending the Interpol General Assembly meeting in Marrakech, Morocco from November 5 to 8. 2. (C) On November 7, Poloff spoke to Argentina's Ambassador to Egypt, Luis Enrique Cabba [...]	2007-11-07 16:11:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PTER ASEC PREL PGOV EG IR
07CAIRO3228	THE NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY'S GENERAL [...] (C) Summary: The November 3-6 General Conference of Egypt's ruling party held few surprises, with the main news of the event being a change to the party's mechanism for selecting a presidential candidate: a 45-member committee was formed, from among whose ranks will be chosen the National Dem [...]	2007-11-08 15:20:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM ECON ENRG PINR EG
07CAIRO3238	EGYPT DOES NOT CONFIRM DEPORTATION OF SUDANESE [...] (C) Summary: The MFA's lead on refugee issues Tarek El Maaty refused to confirm press reports that Egypt had refouled to Sudan five of the group of 48 African migrants that Israel returned to Egypt in August. Nonetheless, El Maaty argued that Egypt has the right to do so for "national securit [...]	2007-11-13 13:34:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PREL EG IS SU
07CAIRO3255	EGYPT: COUNTRY TEAM ASSESSMENT ON THE RELEASE OF [...] (SBU) Description: In Ref A, the GOE requested price and availability data for sixty-six (66) replacements for Night Ranger Viewers and associated spare parts to support two (2) ex-Knox Class Frigates and four (4) ex-Oliver Hazard Perry Class Frigates. The Night Ranger Viewers were originally [...]	2007-11-14 14:18:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MASS MARR EG
07CAIRO3256	ARREST OF CHRISTIAN ACTIVISTS [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-14 15:35:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PGOV EG
07CAIRO3260	MUBARAK MEETS ABBAS, TALABANI; EGYPTIANS CONTINUE [...] (SBU) President Mubarak hosted several Arab leaders visiting Cairo for the Arab Olympics November 11-13. Mubarak met Palestinian Authority President Abbas, Saudi King Abdullah, Jordanian King Abdullah II, and hosted a lunch with Iraqi President Talabani, Sudanese President Bashir, and Yemeni P [...]	2007-11-14 16:27:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EG IZ XF IS
07CAIRO3261	AMRE MOUSSA TO DAMASCUS; ARAB LEAGUE OFFICIAL [...] (U) Arab League Cabinet Advisor and Spokesman Alaa Roushdy told us November 14 that Secretary General Amre Moussa's travel to Damascus that evening would focus on the planned Annapolis meeting and Lebanon. Moussa will meet with President Assad, Vice President Shara, and FM Moallam. 2. (C) [...]	2007-11-14 16:30:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IS EG LE
07CAIRO3262	DAS DANIN/DASD KIMMITT DISCUSS BORDER SECURITY [...] (S) NEA DAS Robert Danin and DASD Mark Kimmitt discussed enhancing both Egypt's counter smuggling efforts and Egyptian-Israeli border security cooperation with Minister of Defense Field Marshal Tantawi on November 8. Tantawi said he would be open to trilateral discussions on border security [...]	2007-11-14 16:46:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PREL PTER KPAL EG IS
07CAIRO3280	TERRORIST FINANCE: CAIRO FOLLOW-UP ON ILLICIT CASH [...] (U) This cable responds to the request for more information regarding illicit cash couriers, as requested in REF A. Much of this information is included in the INCSR. 2. (U) The executive regulations of the AML law (from 2002) and the Banking Law (from 2003) address the issue of bulk cash [...]	2007-11-18 14:38:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PREL PTER EG IS
07CAIRO3283	HEARINGS BEGIN IN NEW CASES AGAINST EGYPTIAN [...] (SBU) As reported reftel, Saad Eddin Ibrahim (SEI),the prominent Egyptian-American democracy activist, is facing four separate lawsuits for "spreading false news," espionage, and attempting to harm Egypt's economy by calling for cuts in U.S. assistance to Egypt. On November 18, the first hear [...]	2007-11-19 10:14:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM EG
07CAIRO3292	SUDAN: CAIRO-BASED OPPOSITION LEADERS MAHDI, [...] (C) Summary: In separate Cairo meetings with Sudanese opposition figures Mohamed Osman Al Mirghani and Sadiq Al Mahdi, both emphasized that current USG efforts on Sudanese unity are overly-focused on the National Congress Party (NCP) and the Sudanese People's Liberation Movement (SPLM),leaving [...]	2007-11-20 11:47:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EG SU
07CAIRO3300	MUBARAK POSITIVE AFTER OLMERT MEETING; MFA [...] (U) President Mubarak gave positive comments following his November 20 meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. He noted that the meeting falls on the 30th anniversary of former Egyptian President Anwar Sadat's visit to Jerusalem, and said that it is time now for Egypt to push for pe [...]	2007-11-20 17:46:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IS EG
07CAIRO3308	USACE TUNNEL EXPERTS PROPOSE TECHNICAL SOLUTIONS [...] (C) A U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)-led team of tunnel detection experts visited Egypt's border with Gaza on November 15 to assess whether technical equipment would assist the Ministry of Defense in detecting and exploiting tunnels used in smuggling. The team presented its preliminar [...]	2007-11-21 15:44:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MASS MARR MOPS
07CAIRO3309	DEFMIN TANTAWI ON BORDER SECURITY, BRIGHT STAR, [...] (C) U.S Central Command (CENTCOM) Commander Admiral William J. Fallon discussed security assistance, border security, and EXERCISE BRIGHT STAR with Minister of Defense Field Marshal Tantawi on November 18. Tantawi and the senior MoD officials joining him: (1) confirmed Egypt's interest in ho [...]	2007-11-21 15:52:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER EAID MASS MARR MOPS KPAL EG IS
07CAIRO3329	FOREIGN MINISTER ABOUL GHEIT DISCUSSES IRAQ, [...] (C) U.S. Central Command Commander, Admiral William J. Fallon discussed Iraqi security and the upcoming Annapolis conference with Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit on November 18. Aboul Gheit asked whether it would be possible to widen the participation in PM Maliki's government and express [...]	2007-11-26 11:41:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KPAL MOPS EG IS IZ IR
07CAIRO3330	IRAQI CHARGE ON PROPSECTS OF AMBASSADORIAL EXCHANGE [...] (C) We met November 25 with Iraqi Charge d'Affaires Saad Ali. He gave a positive readout of Iraqi President Talabani's recent visit to Cairo (reftel). Ali assessed that the Egyptians were slowly moving out of a "wait and see" strategy with respect to Iraq, and that the Talabani visit, as we [...]	2007-11-26 11:57:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EG IZ
07CAIRO3333	MOD INDICATES WILLINGESS TO SIGN LOR FOR [...] (C) As a result of the recent visit and recommendations of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers counter-tunneling experts (reftel),MoD Assistant Minister of Defense for Armament MG Fouad told OMC MG Collings on November 25 that Minister of Defense Field Marshal Tantawi had agreed to sign a proposed L [...]	2007-11-26 15:36:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MASS MARR MOPS EG
07CAIRO3341	TAGAMMU PARTY LEADER: I WILL CLOSE DOWN THE IBN [...] (C) Summary: In a November 26 meeting with Rifaat Said, president of the opposition Tagammu party (a leftist, socialist-leaning party),Said told us he plans to follow through with a libel lawsuit against Saad Eddin Ibrahim (SEI),the prominent Egyptian-American democracy activist who is curre [...]	2007-11-27 14:34:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PHUM EG
07CAIRO3342	DEMARCHE ON U.S.-IRAQ BILATERAL RELATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-27 15:00:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL PGOV IZ EG
07CAIRO3344	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ELECTION FOR THE COMMITTEE ON [...] On November 26, we delivered the requested demarche to Wael Abdoulmagd, Egypt's Deputy Foreign Minister for Human Rights. Abdoulmagd was not aware of the upcoming election, but said he would consider the request for support and share it with his colleagues who coordinate United Nations activ [...]	2007-11-27 15:36:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM UNGA EG
07CAIRO3348	FBI DEPUTY DIRECTOR MEETS WITH HEAD OF STATE [...] (C) Summary: In a wide-ranging November 4 meeting, State Security Investigative Service (SSIS) head Hassan Abdul Rahman and visiting FBI Deputy Director John Pistole discussed increased fingerprint sharing, the GOE's views on the Muslim Brotherhood, Egyptian concerns about terrorist returnees from [...]	2007-11-28 09:30:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PREL PTER KJUS ECPS IZ EG
07CAIRO3351	UPDATE ON DETENTION OF MECA ACTIVISTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Three members of the Toronto-based Middle Eastern Christians Association (MECA) arrested on November 10 (ref) remain in custody. In a November 25 meeting, their lawyer expressed "cautious optimism" that they will be released soon. The lawyer also provided additional details [...]	2007-11-28 16:47:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PGOV EG
07CAIRO3359	EGYPT SIGNS LETTER OF REQUEST FOR BORDER EQUIPMENT [...] (SBU) We have received a Letter of Request (LOR) from the Egyptian Procurement Office, dated November 27, requesting the $23 million in equipment and training recommended by the Army Corps of Engineers-led survey team. The team, headed by Dr. Jason McKenna of the Army Corps of Engineers, was [...]	2007-11-29 12:07:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER MASS MARR MOPS EG
07CAIRO336	SPY SPANDAL INVOLVING CANADA, EGYPT, AND ISRAEL [...] (C) A SPY SCANDAL INVOLVING AN EGYPTIAN-CANADIAN CITIZEN AND THREE ISRAELIS BECAME PUBLIC ON FEBRUARY 4. STATE SECURITY ARRESTED AN EGYPTIAN-CANADIAN IN JANUARY WHEN HE RETURNED TO CAIRO ON A FAMILY VISIT FOR SPYING ON EGYPTIAN CITIZENS IN TURKEY AND CANADA ON BEHALF OF ISRAEL. CANADIAN EMB [...]	2007-02-07 12:12:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PTER MEPN EG IS CA
07CAIRO3365	FINANCIAL SECTOR CASH TRANSFER UPDATE [...] (SBU) Since the Financial Sector (FS) MOU cash transfer's first disbursement of $275 million in January 2007, the GOE has met several additional benchmarks. Pending conclusion of ongoing financial analysis of banking sector performance, up to $275 million could be disbursed in 2008, bringing [...]	2007-11-29 15:53:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL ECON EG
07CAIRO3370	EGYPT SIGNS LETTER OF REQUEST FOR BORDER EQUIPMENT [...] (SBU) We have received a Letter of Request (LOR) from the Egyptian Procurement Office, dated November 27, requesting the $23 million in equipment and training recommended by the Army Corps of Engineers-led survey team. The team, headed by Dr. Jason McKenna of the Army Corps of Engineers, was [...]	2007-12-02 05:22:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER MASS MARR MOPS EG
07CAIRO3385	APPROXIMATELY 700 PALESTINIANS ENTER EGYPT AT [...] (C) MG Nagy Kamal, Chief of the Directorate of Military Intelligence Liaison Agency with International Organizations, said that approximately 700 Palestinians forcibly entered the Rafah border crossing terminal from Gaza on December 3. He said the Egyptian terminal manager quickly calmed the [...]	2007-12-03 13:01:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PTER KPAL EG IS
07CAIRO3390	SINAI SMUGGLING INCENTIVES INCREASE UNDER STIFLED [...] (C) SUMMARY: Pent-up economic pressure for trade with the Palestinians is fueling smuggling between North Sinai and Gaza, residents and officials in the governorate told us on a visit to El-Arish and Sheikh Zuwayed Nov. 28-29. END SUMMARY. ------------------------------------ Hard Times, U [...]	2007-12-03 15:37:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PTER PINR PREL KPAL KWBG EG IS XF
07CAIRO3391	ARAB LEAGUE SYG MOUSSA ON ANNAPOLIS FOLLOW-UP, [...] (C) Summary: Freshly returned from Annapolis, Arab League Secretary General Amre Moussa spoke with us December 1. The SIPDIS conversation focused on next steps in the Israeli-Arab engagement, Iraq, Lebanon, and Iran. He conceded that fear is the real reason the Arab League has not returne [...]	2007-12-03 15:38:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER IZ LE SY IS EG
07CAIRO3398	AMBASSADOR RAISES RELIGIOUS FREEDOM CASES WITH FM [...] (SBU) Among the issues the Ambassador raised in a December 3 meeting with Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit (see septel) were two recent religious freedom cases: the November 10 arrest of three members of the Middle East Christians Association (MECA) (refs A and B); and the fraud con [...]	2007-12-04 15:32:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIRF PHUM PGOV PREL EG
07CAIRO3399	NOTE VERBALE FROM FM ABOUL GHEIT TO SECRETARY RICE [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-04 15:42:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EG
07CAIRO3400	GOE WORRIED ABOUT MORE HAJJ PILGRIMS THROUGH [...] (C) Summary. Egyptian MFA and MOD contacts confirmed to us today that approximately 500 Palestinians entered Egypt from Gaza on December 3. The GOE maintains that only Palestinians holding valid Saudi Arabian Hajj visas were allowed to enter, and that these travelers have been bused to the [...]	2007-12-04 17:00:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PREL PTER KPAL EG IS
07CAIRO3407	"1,000 PLUS" HAJJ PILGRIMS ENTER EGYPT AT RAFAH [...] (C) An official at the Directorate of Military Intelligence (DMI) Liaison Agency with International Organizations (LAWIO) estimated that over 1,000 Hajj pilgrims crossed the Egypt-Gaza border at Rafah on December 4. Although some of pilgrims traveled from Rafah to the Nuweiba port to board f [...]	2007-12-05 13:29:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PTER KPAL EG IS
07CAIRO3411	EGYPT ADVISED OF NIE ON IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-06 05:04:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP IR EG
07CAIRO3412	DEMARCHE: ENCOURAGING RAPID LEBANESE PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) We delivered the reftel demarche to MFA Cabinet Advisor for the Levant Nazih Neggary December 6. Neggary said the GOE position is in line with ours, i.e. for a rapid election without additional conditions. He agreed that the March 14 majority should not be pressed to make any more compro [...]	2007-12-06 08:20:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PREL PGOV IR LE EG
07CAIRO3413	RIOT POLICE SURROUND VIGIL ON SECOND ANNIVERSARY [...] (SBU) On December 5, we attended a candle-light vigil at the Ghad party's central Cairo headquarters, marking two years since former Ghad party leader and presidential candidate Ayman Nour was imprisoned. (Note: Nour was remanded to temporary custody on December 5, 2005, and officially sentenc [...]	2007-12-06 11:57:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM EG
07CAIRO3419	DARFUR: CAIRO-BASED SLM/A-UNION FRONT SPLINTERS [...] (SBU) In a December 4 meeting at his request, Youssef Hassan Youssef Abdallah of the Sudan Liberation Movement/Army-Union Front (SLM/A-UF) told us that the leadership of the SLM/A-UF had divided due to the conference of Darfur rebels in Sirte, Libya, which began in late October. Mohamed Abdul [...]	2007-12-06 13:08:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPKO UNSC MASS PINR EG SU
07CAIRO3420	IRI GARNERING ATTENTION FROM RULING PARTY AND PRESS [...] (SBU) Over the past week the activities of the International Republican Institute (IRI) have garnered an unusual amount of attention, following on the heels of the Deputy Foreign Minister's November 21 complaint to us about IRI (reftel). In a clear signal of the GOE's mounting displeasure wit [...]	2007-12-06 13:46:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KDEM EG
07CAIRO3422	EGYPTIAN ISLAMIC JIHAD CHANGES ITS TUNE: [...] (C) Summary: The ideological architect and former leader of Egyptian Islamic Jihad (EIJ),Sayid Imam al-Sharif, jailed in Egypt since 2004, recently issued an 111-page book, published in full in 15 installments in a leading Egyptian independent daily newspaper, detailing "revisions" to his pre [...]	2007-12-06 14:54:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV KISL PHUM EG
07CAIRO3425	DARFUR: EGYPT READY TO HOST REBELS, DEPLOY [...] (SBU) MFA Cabinet Advisor for African Affairs Ahmed Abu Zeid told us December 6 that Egypt stands ready to host an "Arusha-style" meeting for Darfur rebel unity if the international community calls for it to do so. Discussing the December 4 meeting in the Egyptian resort of Sharm El Sheikh be [...]	2007-12-06 15:10:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO UNSC MASS EG SU
07CAIRO3427	ARAB LEAGUE AND GOE ON LEBANESE PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Ambassador raised with Arab League Secretary General Amre Moussa today (December 6) the need for a rapid Lebanese Presidential election. Moussa said he understood the Lebanese were working into the evening on a deal that would allow the election to proceed on December 7. He agreed the el [...]	2007-12-06 17:14:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PREL PGOV LE EG
07CAIRO3455	TWENTY LAWSUITS AGAINST DEMOCRACY ACTIVIST SAAD [...] (SBU) In a December 9 conversation with us, Barbara Ibrahim (wife of Egyptian-American democracy activist Saad Eddin Ibrahim (SEI)),noted that her husband is now facing twenty separate lawsuits, most of them charging him with "spreading false news," espionage, and attempting to harm Egypt's e [...]	2007-12-11 08:14:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM EG
07CAIRO3465	DINNER WITH A WAFDIST: ANATOMY OF THE DIRTY [...] (C) Summary: At a recent dinner with lawyer and leading opposition Wafd party member Essam Shiha, who plans to run in a December 26 parliamentary by-election for a vacant seat in the People's Assembly, we were given a look into the realities of playing politics in Egypt, replete with tales of [...]	2007-12-12 13:44:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM EG
07CAIRO3469	EGYPT'S PLANS ON RETURN OF HAJJIS TO GAZA STILL IN [...] (C) A Directorate of Military Intelligence official told us that plans to facilitate the return of approximately 2,000 Hajjis to Gaza are unresolved. They said the GOE wishes to use Karem Shalom to return the pilgrims, but that no agreement has been reached. During a briefing at the Rafah bor [...]	2007-12-12 16:13:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM KPAL EG IS
07CAIRO3480	A/S FRAZER PRESSES EGYPT ON SUDAN, SOMALIA [...] (C) Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Jendayi Frazer met ith her MFA counterpart, Assistant Foreign Minister for African Affairs Shamel Nasser, on November 25, to discuss Sudan and Somalia. Nasser argued that the security situation in Somalia had been better under the Islamic Courts Unio [...]	2007-12-13 15:54:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EG SU SO
07CAIRO3482	EGYPTIAN AND ARAB LEAGUE ATTENDANCE AT PARIS [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-13 16:13:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	KWBG KPAL AMGT PREL PGOV EG
07CAIRO3483	RULING PARTY HEAD ON IRI AND POLITICAL PARTIES [...] (C) Summary: In a December 11 meeting, Safwat El Sherif (secretary-general of the ruling National Democratic Party and speaker of the Shura Council, Egypt's upper parliamentary house) qualified his previous public criticism (reftel) of the International Republican Institute's (IRI) activities i [...]	2007-12-13 16:31:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM IZ EG
07CAIRO3498	EGYPTIAN PUBLIC SENTIMENT TOWARD PALESTINIANS [...] (C). Summary. Although the Palestinian cause remains a primary political issue in Egypt, there are indications that attention to it is decreasing among younger Egyptians. The constant violence following the outbreak of the intifada in 2001 and recent intra-Palestinian fighting are factors. [...]	2007-12-17 08:20:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IS EG
07CAIRO3503	REPAIRING EGYPTIAN-ISRAELI COMMUNICATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-17 11:51:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PREL PTER PHUM KPAL EG IS
07CAIRO3506	CHARGES REDUCED AGAINST MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD MEMBERS [...] (SBU) In an unexpected December 15 development, the military court which is trying forty members of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) reportedly dropped charges against the defendants of "participating in a terrorist organization" (which carries the death penalty) and money laundering. According to [...]	2007-12-17 12:28:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KISL KDEM EG
07CAIRO3516	SUDANESE IN EGYPT TURN TO GANG VIOLENCE [...] Summary: Sudanese gang violence has become a problem of increasing concern in Cairo. Gang members are Sudanese youths who face poor economic prospects in Egypt, are unwilling to return to worse prospects in Sudan, and are less able to resettle in third countries following the 2005 peace agreeme [...]	2007-12-17 15:18:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PREF PHUM EG SU
07CAIRO3518	MFA ON LEBANON AND EGYPTIAN DELEGATION TO TEHRAN [...] (C) MFA Cabinet Advisor for Iran Mahmoud Afifi told us December 17 that the December 11 visit of Assistant Minister for Asian Affairs Hussein Derar was to reciprocate the September 18 visit to Egypt of an Iranian delegation (led by Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs A [...]	2007-12-17 17:10:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV LE SY EG IR
07CAIRO3526	REFORMIST JUDGE ON NEW JUDICIARY LAW, SUCCESSION, [...] (C) Summary: In a December 11 meeting Hisham Bastawisi told us that new legislation focused on financing of the judiciary must, by law, be passed by June 2008. One of the two judges at the center of the spring 2006 judges' crisis and a vocal advocate for judicial independence, Bastawisi under [...]	2007-12-23 13:43:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KJUS PHUM KDEM EG
07CAIRO3527	THE APPARENT DEMISE OF AYMAN NOUR'S AL GHAD PARTY [...] (SBU) The opposition party Al Ghad, previously led by now-imprisoned former presidential candidate Ayman Nour, appears to have been neutalized. On December 9, Musa Mustafa Musa, an apparent government-backed rival of Nour's, reportedly won the final court ruling regarding the leadership dispu [...]	2007-12-23 13:48:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM EG
07CAIRO3528	EGYPTIAN MOD MEETING WITH ISRAELI POL/MIL DIRECTOR [...] (S) Assistant Minister of Defense for Policy MG Mohamed Al Assar told us that December 16 discussions in Cairo with Israel's Pol/Mil Director MG Amos Gilad had been brief and tense. Al Assar said he used the meeting to complain to Gilad about Israel's efforts to influence the outcome of dis [...]	2007-12-23 14:42:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PREL PTER PHUM KPAL EG IS
07CAIRO3541	Central Bank Governor Commits to Completing Financial [...] (SBU) On December 17, the Ambassador and Econoffs met with Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) Governor Farouk El Okdah and the two Deputy Governors, Tarek Amer and Tarek Kandil, to cover a wide variety of end-of year issues. The Ambassador began by congratulating the Governor and Deputy Governor Amer [...]	2007-12-27 12:06:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL ECON EG
07CAIRO3542	EGYPT REACTS TO CONGRESSIONAL CONDITIONS ON US [...] (C) SUMMARY: Since the Eid, Egyptian reaction to Congressional conditioning of US assistance has become more pronounced. Privately, GOE officials have expressed anger but hope that the Secretary will waive the conditionality. On December 23, Minister for Foreign Affairs Aboul Gheit told Am [...]	2007-12-27 12:12:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL KPAL EG IS XF
07CAIRO3543	EGYPT'S NEW PRESS SYNDICATE CHAIRMAN OUTLINES [...] (SBU) We met on December 12 with Makhram Mohamed Ahmed, the new chairman of Egypt's influential press syndicate (ref A). Ahmed told us he has two immediate objectives as chairman; 1) to open a dialogue with the government that will end the prosecution of journalists, and 2) to enhance the pro [...]	2007-12-27 12:44:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO PGOV PHUM PREL EG
07CAIRO3555	POSSIBLE NEW RESTRICTION ON PRESS FREEDOM IN EGYPT [...] (U) According to media reports, Egypt's State Council issued a decree in early December directing the Central Audit Bureau (CAB) to begin monitoring the finances of independent media outlets. The decision has not yet been formally announced and a member of the State Council (Egypt's highest ju [...]	2007-12-31 08:51:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO PREL PGOV PHUM EG
07CAIRO3558	CONTROVERSY OVER AL-AZHAR ENGLISH LANGUAGE RESEARCH CENTER [...] (SBU) Summary: The recent opening of the English Language Research Center (ELRC) at the premier Islamic studies university in the Middle East (Al-Azhar University in Cairo) was a key milestone in U.S. public diplomacy efforts in Egypt. There have been ten articles on the new center, three of [...]	2007-12-31 14:00:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPAO KIRF KDEM SCUL SOCI EG
07CAIRO3560	EGYPT: MIXED MESSAGES ON TIP [...] (SBU) Summary: During G/TIP Reports and Political Affairs Officer Gayatri Patel's December 11 - 17 visit to Cairo, Egyptian officials at the Ministries of Interior (MOI),Justice (MOJ),and Social Solidarity (MOSS) asserted that Trafficking-in-Persons (TIP) is not an internal Egyptian problem, [...]	2007-12-31 14:54:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KWMN PREL PGOV PHUM SMIG AEMR EG

07CAIRO3562	MUBARAK SPEAKS OUT AGAINST SYRIA IN LEBANON [...] (C) Egyptian FM Aboul Gheit emphasized to Ambassador and a visiting Congressional delegation led by Senator Voinovich December 31 that Egypt was taking a firm public stance supporting election of a Lebanese president. Aboul Gheit cited Mubarak's December 30 joint press conference with French [...]	2007-12-31 16:13:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SY LE EG
07CAIRO3563	(U) UPDATE ON DETENTION OF MOHAMMAD ABU GHAZALA [...] (S/NF) Further to readout in reftel a, since early December ORA has coordinated with EGIS regarding the case of Mohammad Abu Ghazala, AKA Mansour Abu Layth (reported as Mansour Abu al-Ghaith in reftel a). 2. (S/NF) Per refs b and c, EGIS advised that Egyptian State Security (SSIS) had orig [...]	2007-12-31 16:14:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV KWBG PINR IS EG
07CAIRO376	ARAB LEAGUE DENOUNCES ISRAELI MUGHRABI GATE, [...] (SBU) ARAB LEAGUE PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVES MET IN CAIRO ON SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10, TO DISCUSS THE WEEKEND VIOLENCE IN JERUSALEM, TOUCHED OFF BY ISRAELI CONSTRUCTION AT THE MUGHRABI GATE NEAR THE TEMPLE MOUNT. SENIOR POLITICAL ADVISOR TO PALESTINIAN PRESIDENT MAHMOUD ABBAS, NABIL SHAATH, JOIN [...]	2007-02-12 12:02:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MEPN KPAL EG IS
07CAIRO378	GERMAN CHANCELLOR MERKEL VISITS EGYPT [...] (C) SUMMARY: GERMAN CHANCELLOR ANGELA MERKEL VISITED CAIRO FEBRUARY 3 - 4 TO DISCUSS MIDDLE EAST REGIONAL ISSUES AND ECONOMIC RELATIONS. ACCORDING TO A GERMAN EMBASSY CONTACT, MERKEL AND EGYPTIAN PRESIDENT MUBARAK AGREED ON THE NEED FOR A PALESTINIAN NATIONAL UNITY GOVERNMENT. ON THE ECONOMY, [...]	2007-02-12 14:57:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EFIN MEPN ETRD EG GE
07CAIRO389	RENEWING THE ARTICLE 98 AGREEMENT WITH EGYPT [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-13 11:15:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR KTIA EG
07CAIRO409	MILITARY COURT TO TRY 40 MUSLIM BROTHERS [...] (SBU) President Mubarak ordered on February 6 that 40 members of the Muslim Brotherhood, including Second Deputy Chairman Khairat Al-Shatir, face a military tribunal on charges including money laundering and planning terrorist actions in support of the outlawed group. Past military tribunal [...]	2007-02-14 13:30:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KISL EG
07CAIRO412	GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: AYMAN NOUR NOT IN NEED OF [...] (C) Gameela Ismail, wife of imprisoned Al Ghad Party leader Ayman Nour, told poloff on February 12 that a governmental medical committee charged with evaluating Nour's physical condition has determined that his health is "stable." The committee found that Nour's life "is not in danger, as lo [...]	2007-02-14 13:38:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM EG
07CAIRO433	EMBASSY CAIRO'S NOMINATION: THE SECRETARY'S AWARD [...] (U) Per reftel, Embassy Cairo nominates Ambassador Moushira Khattab, President of the National Council for Motherhood and Childhood (NCCM),for the Secretary's Award for International Women of Courage. Ambassador Khattab is one of Egypt's most outspoken and inspirational leaders lobbying for [...]	2007-02-15 15:53:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN PHUM PREL KPAO EG
07CAIRO434	ARAB LEAGUE SECRETARY GENERAL MOUSSA LETTER TO THE SECRETARY ON JERUSALEM [...] (SBU) Post received a letter from Arab League Secretary General Amre Moussa, addressed February 7, 2007, to the Secretary of State regarding Jerusalem and its status with SIPDIS respect to the World Heritage Convention. The text of Moussa's letter is below at paragraph two. The original [...]	2007-02-15 16:05:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ARABL KPAL MEPN IS EG
07CAIRO469	EGYPT CONSIDERING UTILITY OF IGAD SUMMIT ON [...] (C) EGYPT IS AWARE OF PLANS BY KENYA, AS CHAIR OF THE INTER-GOVERNMENTAL AUTHORITY FOR DEVELOPMENT (IGAD),TO HOST A SUMMIT IN COMING WEEKS TO FOCUS ATTENTION ON IMPLEMENTATION OF SUDAN'S COMPREHENSIVE PEACE AGREEMENT (CPA). THE GOE IS CONSIDERING A FORMAL RESPONSE TO THE SUMMIT PROPOSAL, BUT [...]	2007-02-20 17:04:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EAID EG SU
07CAIRO482	COUNTRY TEAM ASSESSMENT OF INCREMENT 10 OF EGYPT'S [...] (U) Description: Egypt has requested the acquisition of an additional 125 co-produced M1A1 tanks (Letter of Request 06/MC/019). This tenth increment of M1A1 tanks will raise Egypt's total M1A1 tank inventory to 1005. 2. (U) Justification for the M1A1 increment: Upgrading its tank fleet wi [...]	2007-02-22 11:34:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PREL MARR MASS MCAP EG
07CAIRO492	MEPI PROJECT DATABASE [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-22 16:31:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PREL KMPI EG
07CAIRO517	U/S JOSEPH AND EGYPTIAN MINISTER FOR FOREIGN [...] (S) SUMMARY: U/S Joseph met with Egyptian Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit on February 3. He was accompanied by A/S Rood, Ambassador, DOE-NNSA Deputy Administrator Will Tobey, T Senior Advisor Jim Timbie, and econ counselor (notetaker). U/S Joseph described his recent discussions in Moscow, incl [...]	2007-02-26 13:18:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PARM ENRG KNNP EG IR NK
07CAIRO519	EGYPTIAN PLANNING FOR NPT PREPCOMM MEETING [...] (C) The MFA's Disarmament Office Director told poloff on February 22 that Egypt plans to submit a paper addressing Middle East issues at the upcoming NPT Preparatory Committee meeting for the 2010 Review Conference to focus the debate on Israel and the 1995 Resolution. Stressing that the pap [...]	2007-02-26 14:03:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP IAEA PREL EG IS IR
07CAIRO539	EGYPT RAIL: U.S. COMPANIES SWEEP LOCOMOTIVE TENDER [...] (SBU) U.S. companies General Electric (GE) and Electromotive Diesel (EMD) recently beat out Chinese competition, with each company selling forty new locomotives to Egyptian National Railways (ENR) as part of Egypt's multi-billion dollar transport infrastructure development plan. The GE portio [...]	2007-02-28 07:08:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELTN ECON PREL EG QA
07CAIRO559	EGYPTIAN PLANS FOR MARCH 3-4 ARAB LEAGUE FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: MFA Deputy Assistant Minister for Arab Affairs Hani Khallaf says that Egypt will take a cautious approach towards the Palestinian National Unity Government at the upcoming Arab League Foreign Ministers meeting and withhold final judgment until after the NUG is formed. Egypt will [...]	2007-03-01 14:00:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG PINR EG IZ SU IR LE XF IS
07CAIRO572	IRAQI FOREIGN MINISTER ZEBARI ON REGIONAL [...] (C) Iraqi Foreign Minister Zebari told the Ambassador on March 3 that he was working with the Egyptian government and UNHCR to ease residency requirements for the growing number of Iraqis in Egypt. On Egypt-Iraq relations, Zebari said he had selected a candidate for Ambassador to Cairo, but [...]	2007-03-05 06:07:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF ARABL EG IZ
07CAIRO579	(C) ROMANIAN PRESIDENT OFFERS EGYPT NUCLEAR [...] (C) Romanian President Basescu visited Egypt February 21-22 and met privately with President Mubarak, Prime Minister Nazif, Arab League Secretary General Amre Moussa, Egyptian economic ministers, local business leaders, and others. Basescu reportedly offered Egypt access to Romania's nuclear [...]	2007-03-05 10:50:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON KNNC EG RO
07CAIRO582	ARAB LEAGUE FOREIGN MINISTERS DISCUSS IRAQ, [...] (SBU) In anticipation of an upcoming annual Arab Summit, scheduled for late March in Saudi Arabia, foreign ministers of the Arab League (AL) met in Cairo on March 3-4 to prepare the summit agenda and discuss a variety of pressing regional issues. Among those issues were the Arab-Israeli confl [...]	2007-03-05 11:48:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ARABL KPAL EG IS IZ
07CAIRO583	EGYPTIAN NAMED TO SENIOR UN MANAGEMENT POST; BIO [...] (U) A senior Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs official, Mohamed Shaaban, has been named by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon as the Under Secretary General for General Assembly and Conference Management. Shaaban had most recently served as Egypt's National Coordinator for Reform Initiativ [...]	2007-03-05 12:56:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UNGA PINR EG
07CAIRO607	EGYPTIAN NAMED TO SENIOR UN MANAGEMENT POST; BIO [...] (U) A senior Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs official, Mohamed Shaaban, has been named by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon as the Under Secretary General for General Assembly and Conference Management. Shaaban had most recently served as Egypt's National Coordinator for Reform Initiativ [...]	2007-03-07 07:31:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNGA PINR EG
07CAIRO613	EGYPT'S REPORT TO THE UNSC-IRANIAN COMPLIANCE WITH [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-07 11:10:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP UNSC IR EG
07CAIRO62	SEASONS GREETINGS [...] PLEASE DELIVER THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE FROM EGYPT'S MINISTER OF INTERIOR GENERAL HABIB AL ADLY TO THE SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY MR. MICHAEL CHERTOFF. THERE WILL BE NO SIGNED ORIGINAL TEXT. 2. BEGIN TEXT: DEAR SIR, ON THE OCCASION OF THE NEW YEAR, IT GIVES ME A GREAT PLEASURE TO C [...]	2007-01-10 08:48:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL EG
07CAIRO620	INTERAGENCY DELEGATION ENGAGES WITH EGYPTIAN [...] (SBU) Summary. Special Representative on Avian and Pandemic Influenza John Lange and an interagency delegation of USG officials from DOS, USAID, HHS, USDA, DHS and DOD met with senior Egyptian government officials, toured laboratory facilities, and visited poultry farms from February 19-21. [...]	2007-03-07 14:31:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU KSTH TBIO ECON PREL WHO EG
07CAIRO622	UK'S COUNTER-PROLIFERATION HEAD DISCUSSES NPT [...] (C) The UK's Director of Counter-Proliferaton Paul Arkwright gave Emboffs a brief readout of his NPT Prepcom discussions with GOE and Arab League officials on March 5. At the MFA, Arkwright met with Deputy Assistant Minister for Multilateral Affairs, Ihab Fouzy; Director of the Disarmament O [...]	2007-03-07 14:38:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM PREL EG IR IS
07CAIRO623	SOMALIA: ARAB LEAGUE OFFERS TO HOST CONTACT GROUP [...] (SBU) Arab League Secretariat Staff Member Zeid Al Sabban confirmed to poloff on March 6 that the League wanted to host the next International Contact Group (ICG) meeting in Cairo, and was consulting in Nairobi for dates in early April. A diplomatic note from the AL asserting that the meeting [...]	2007-03-07 16:13:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNSC MOPS PTER ARABL EG SO
07CAIRO624	FUROR OVER ALLEGED ISRAELI 1967 EGYPTIAN POW [...] (SBU) Paralleling the growing public outcry in Egypt over an Israeli documentary film accusing the Israeli military of massacring several hundred Egyptian POWs during the 1967 war, the GOE has ratcheted up its official reaction by threatening Israel with legal action if it does not investigate [...]	2007-03-07 16:19:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER KPAL EG IS
07CAIRO645	RAFAH BORDER CROSSING OPEN; VIOLENCE ON [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-08 16:56:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KPAL EG
07CAIRO671	CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS: MAJOR DECISIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: THE THIRTY-FOUR PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS BEFORE EGYPT'S PARLIAMENT WILL BE PUT TO A LEGISLATIVE VOTE BY MARCH 20, AND SUBSEQUENTLY TO A NATION-WIDE REFERENDUM ON OR ABOUT APRIL 4. THE ACTUAL TEXTS OF THE AMENDMENTS ARE NOT YET PUBLIC (AS THEY ARE REPORTED [...]	2007-03-12 10:49:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EG
07CAIRO715	MFA COMMENTS ON HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT [...] (C) In a March 11 meeting with visiting NEA DAS Scott Carpenter and the DCM, Assistant Foreign Minister for North American Affairs Hatem Saif El-Nasr elaborated on Foreign Minister Aboul Gheit's strident criticism of the Department's Human Rights Report. (Note: In widely reported comments t [...]	2007-03-14 11:13:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KDEM EG
07CAIRO718	NEW EU-EGYPT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM [...] (SBU) On March 6 the EU and Egypt signed a new bilateral assistance agreement worth 500 million over the next four years. The agreement includes cash transfers and funds to implement projects in a number of areas, under the rubric of a bilateral "Action Plan." Technical sub-committees of EU a [...]	2007-03-14 13:11:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON PREL PHUM KDEM EG EU
07CAIRO724	GOE DENIES REGISTRATION FOR INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) Summary: The GOE has adopted a new harder line against the registrations of the International Republican Institute (IRI),National Democratic Institute (NDI),and IFES, the USAID-funded political parties institutes whose registration applications have been frozen by the GOE since June 2 [...]	2007-03-14 16:33:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM EG
07CAIRO736	CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS: APPROVED BY SHURA [...] (SBU) Summary: Egypt's Shura Council approved President Mubarak's constitutional amendments package on March 13; the 34 proposed amendments will be debated and voted upon by the People's Assembly on March 18-20, followed by an April 4 national referendum. An unusual joint statement signed by [...]	2007-03-15 13:36:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL EG
07CAIRO748	NEA DAS CARPENTER DISCUSSES EGYPTIAN REFORM WITH [...] (C) Summary: In meetings on the Egyptian constitutional amendments with NEA DAS Scott Carpenter during a March 9-11 visit, several independent analysts said that Egypt's constitutional amendment process had been flawed by the GOE and NDP's tight control over the process. These critics asse [...]	2007-03-18 10:19:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL EG
07CAIRO778	EGYPT AVIAN FLU UPDATE: 26TH HUMAN CASE [...] (U) Ministry of Health and Population officials (MOHP) confirmed the 26th case of highly pathogenic H5N1 in a two-year old boy on March 19, and the 25th case on March 14 in a ten-year old girl, both from the Aswan governorate. Their families raise backyard poultry. Thirteen of the twenty-six [...]	2007-03-19 14:49:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU KSTH TBIO ECON PREL EG
07CAIRO795	CONTACT WITH MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD PARLIAMENTARY [...] (C) On March 19, Muslim Brotherhood (MB) parliamentary bloc leader Mohamed Saad al Katatni came to the Embassy's Consular section for a visa interview. His visa application had been submitted earlier in the day, under cover of a diplomatic note from the MFA (a normal procedure for a parliament [...]	2007-03-20 14:54:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KISL KDEM EG
07CAIRO806	AYMAN NOUR FILES NEW REQUEST FOR MEDICAL RELEASE [...] (SBU) Summary: Based on a government medical report that references the possibility of imprisoned Al Ghad party leader Ayman Nour's "sudden death," Nour is filing a new lawsuit requesting that he be released on medical grounds. Despite noting the risk of "sudden death," and long-term degenerat [...]	2007-03-21 13:08:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM EG
07CAIRO816	CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS: NATIONAL REFERENDUM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: IN A SURPRISE MOVE, FOLLOWING PARLIAMENT'S MARCH 19 PASSAGE OF PRESIDENT MUBARAK'S CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS PACKAGE, THE GOE MOVED UP THE DATE FOR THE OBLIGATORY SUBSEQUENT NATIONAL REFERENDUM TO MARCH 26, TEN DAYS EARLIER THAN PREVIOUSLY ANTICIPATED. IN THE MIDST OF APPARENT [...]	2007-03-21 15:13:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PREL EG
07CAIRO855	REFERENDUM: RULING PARTY OFFICIAL DETAILS GET OUT [...] (C) Summary: In an unprecedented March 24 meeting at party headquarters in central Cairo, steel magnate and National Democratic Party (NDP) secretary for organization Ahmed Ezz hosted poloff and pol-FSN for an hour-long briefing on the NDP's "Get Out the Vote" campaign in advance of the March 2 [...]	2007-03-26 05:45:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL EG
07CAIRO858	CAIRO ON THE EVE OF THE NATIONAL REFERENDUM [...] (SBU) As the country readies for the rushed March 26 referendum on President Hosni Mubarak's constitutional amendments package, the government apparatus has swung belatedly into gear to raise public awareness about the event. All Egyptian TV channels - terrestrial and satellite - broadcast ad [...]	2007-03-26 06:36:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM EG
07CAIRO865	A/S WELCH'S MARCH 20 MEETING WITH ARAB LEAGUE [...] (C) In a March 20 meeting with NEA Assistant Secretary Welch, Arab League Secretary General Amre Moussa discussed the upcoming Arab summit and Arab-Israeli peace issues. Welch pressed Moussa for ideas on how to help Israel and the Palestinians get back to the negotiating table. Welch urged Mo [...]	2007-03-26 14:48:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ARABL KPAL MEPN IZ GZ LE EG
07CAIRO866	CONSTITUTIONAL REFERENDUM: VOTER TURNOUT MINIMAL [...] (C) IT APPEARS THAT ONLY NEGLIGIBLE NUMBERS OF VOTERS TURNED OUT FOR THE MARCH 26 NATIONAL REFERENDUM ON EGYPT'S AMENDMENTS TO THIRTY-FOUR CONSTITUTIONAL ARTICLES. THERE HAVE BEEN NO REPORTS OF VIOLENCE, AND PROTESTS APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN LIMITED TO SMALL DEMONSTRATIONS AT A FEW LOCATIONS IN CA [...]	2007-03-26 16:32:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EG
07CAIRO870	NATIONAL REFERENDUM: OFFICIAL RESULTS RELEASED [...] (SBU) On March 27, Minister of Justice Mamdouh Marei, in his capacity as head of the Egyptian Supreme Elections Commission, announced the official results of the March 26 national referendum on President Mubarak's constitutional amendments package. The government results are as follows: - [...]	2007-03-27 11:46:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EG
07CAIRO872	PUSHING EGYPT ON BORDER SECURITY [...] (C) Complex institutional, political, economic, and social factors impact Egypt's counter-smuggling efforts along the border with the Gaza Strip and Israel. Efforts to counter terrorism related to smuggling are more effective than those directed at contraband. GOE effectiveness will contin [...]	2007-03-27 12:45:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER KPAL IS EG
07CAIRO90	EGYPTIAN REACTIONS TO PRESIDENT BUSH'S JANUARY 10 [...] (C) Reaction to President Bush's January 10 Iraq speech has so far been muted from both official and private sources, yet the general tenor of opinion among contacts and media sources is one of pessimism that an additional twenty thousand U.S. troops will end the violence in Iraq. During a J [...]	2007-01-11 17:16:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS EG IZ
07CAIRO924	CIVIL SOCIETY MONITORS CRITICIZE CONDUCT OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: AT LEAST FIVE GROUPS OF EGYPTIAN CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS MONITORED THE MARCH 26 REFERENDUM ON EGYPT'S CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS. THEIR REPORTS, WHICH WERE ISSUED THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON MARCH 26, AND SUMMARIZED IN WRAP-UP PRESS RELEASES ISSUED OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS, PROVID [...]	2007-03-29 14:47:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID KDEM EG
07CAIRO946	SOMALIA: ARAB LEAGUE MEETING CALLS FOR MORE [...] (SBU) Arab heads of state met in Riyadh on March 28-29 at an annual Arab League summit, where they addressed the Arab-Israeli conflict, Darfur, and Somalia, among other topics. On Somalia, Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al Faisal convened on March 28 an informal meeting that included the [...]	2007-04-02 15:03:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MOPS EG ARABL SO
07CAIRO971	EGYPT CONSIDERING GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-04 12:09:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KNNP EG
07CAIRO974	XXXXXXXXXXXX MP ON PRESIDENTIAL SUCCESSION [...] (C) Summary: In a recent meeting with poloff, XXXXXXXXXXXX parliamentarian XXXXXXXXXXXX discussed presidential son Gamal Mubarak's possible succession of his father, and opined that Gamal increasingly views Minister of Defense Mohamed Hussein Tantawi and EGIS head Omar Suleiman as a threat to hi [...]	2007-04-04 17:17:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM EG
07CAIRO979	NON-PROLIFERATION DISCUSSIONS WITH EGYPT [...] (U) Summary: Special Representative for Nuclear Nonproliferation Christopher Ford visited Cairo on March 21 for bilateral consultations on Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) issues. Egypt has expressed its dissatisfaction with what it says is insufficient progress in implementing the Res [...]	2007-04-05 15:28:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNSC IAEA KNNP IS IR EG
07CALCUTTA10	ULFA GOES ON A KILLING SPREE AGAINST HINDU "OUTSIDERS" [...] (SBU) Summary: Over the January 5-7 weekend, ethnic insurgent separatists from the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) carried out a string of attacks in remote areas of Assam, killing more than 65 people. The majority of attacks targeted migrant Bihari workers from India's Hindi- speakin [...]	2007-01-08 12:02:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER ASEC PGOV IN BG PREL PBTS PHUM PINR
07CALCUTTA6	SENATOR SPECTER'S VISIT TO ORISSA [...] (SBU) Summary: December 22-23 Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter, accompanied by his spouse Mrs. Joan Specter, Colonel Gregg Olsen, staff aide Scott Bowen Boos and medical escort Dr. Needleman, visited Bhubaneshwar, the capital of Orissa. While in Bhubaneshwar, Senator Specter met a range of [...]	2007-01-05 07:30:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PARM ETRD ENRG KNNP TRGY IN BEXP
07CANBERRA1018	DEMARCHE ON HEAVY-CALIBER AMMUNITION FOR LEBANESE [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Adrian Lochrin, Director for Defence Policy and Liaison, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) on July 5, emphasizing the urgency of the issue for the Lebanese Armed Forces and the need for a rapid response. 2. (SBU) Lochrin advised the GOA [...]	2007-07-05 06:11:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PARM PREL LE AS
07CANBERRA1021	PM HOWARD'S JULY 5 SPEECH ON AUSTRALIA'S STRATEGIC [...] (SBU) Prime Minister Howard used the July 5 release of the Australian Department of Defense's 2007 Defense Update to deliver a wide-ranging address on Australia's strategic future and implications for national security policy. In remarks to the Australian Strategic Policy Institute that refle [...]	2007-07-05 11:18:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS MARR PINR PREL AS
07CANBERRA1480	AUSTRALIA DRAWS UP TARGETED SANCTIONS AGAINST BURMA [...] (C) Jeannie Henderson, Director of the Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Burma Section, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, briefed poloff on the sanctions the Government of Australia is currently contemplating in response to the Burmese government's bloody crackdown on recent protests. 2. [...]	2007-10-04 07:20:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNSC BM AS
07CANBERRA1496	AUSTRALIA RESPONSE TO AGREEMENT ON SECOND PHASE [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel points and paper to Andrew Willis, Acting Director for Korean Affairs, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT),on October 5. 2. (U) Willis referred to Foreign Minister Downer's media release the previous day in which Downer welcomed the agreement on "Seco [...]	2007-10-05 08:14:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP EAID
07CANBERRA1547	DUTCH, CANADIAN AMBASSADOR'S VIEWS ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (C/REL AUS, UK, CANADA) At our quarterly U.S.-UK-Canada-Netherlands lunch on October 19, Dutch Ambassador to Australia Niek van Zutphen commented that senior Dutch officials were sincere in voicing continuing support for the Netherland's troop commitment in Afghanistan, but faced formidable do [...]	2007-10-19 07:20:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MARR PREL PGOV AS
07CANBERRA1580	ARGENTINA'S REQUEST FOR INTERPOL APPROVAL OF RED [...] (S) Argentina Embassy Counselor Carlos Chiappe told Polcouns on October 26 that he didn't anticipate "any problem" at the Marrakech INTERPOL General Assembly on the question of Australian support on the question of red notices against Iranian officials charged in the AMIA bombing. In declini [...]	2007-10-26 08:06:00	Embassy Canberra	SECRET	AR AS IR PREL PTER
07CANBERRA1581	CARETAKER STATUS PRECLUDES AUSTRALIA FROM ACTING [...] (U) We presented Ref A and B demarches to Paul Foley, Assistant Secretary for the Middle East and Africa, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) on October 29. (Australia had been inadvertently omitted as an action addressee on Ref A, per Ref D, thus the delayed delivery.) Foley, who [...]	2007-10-29 06:22:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KNNP PTER PREL PARM EFIN IR AS
07CANBERRA1593	AUSTRALIA WILL SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDATE DAVID WALKER [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-31 05:51:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AORC UNGA AS
07CANBERRA1603	AUSTRALIAN IRAQ DEPLOYMENT REQUIREMENTS DEPENDENT [...] (C) Australia's requirements to deploy forces to Iraq following expiry of the MNF-I mandate will depend heavily on which party forms the government following the November 24 election. The Liberal/National Coalition government under Prime Minister John Howard has been solidly behind the missio [...]	2007-11-02 06:34:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL AS PM
07CANBERRA1622	COMMEMORATING THE GREAT WHITE FLEET [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-09 05:29:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO MARR MAS PREL AS
07CANBERRA1651	AUSTRALIA: INTERIM RESPONSE ON IRAQI WMD SCIENTIST [...] (S) Poloff provided Ref A responses to Australia's questions on the Iraqi WMD Scientist Relocation Plan (Ref B),along with notification that we would be seeking Australia's acceptance of a specific case, to Gerry McGuire, Director of the Counter-Proliferation Section, Department of Foreign Af [...]	2007-11-19 09:46:00	Embassy Canberra	SECRET	PTER PINR PINS PARM PREL PREF AS
07CANBERRA1671	OPPOSITION LABOR PARTY SET TO WIN AUSTRALIAN [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Absent a sudden, highly unlikely turnaround, the Kevin Rudd-led Australian Labor Party (ALP) will win the Australian federal election on November 24. Although there has been a small shift towards the Coalition since the campaign started, the ALP appears headed to win an additio [...]	2007-11-21 08:02:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL AS
07CANBERRA1678	LABOR WINS MANDATE FOR CHANGE IN AUSTRALIAN [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: With the polls consistently favoring Australian Labor Party (ALP) leader Kevin Rudd over Prime Minister John Howard's Liberal-National Party Coalition since last December, it was no surprise that the ALP won the November 24 federal parliamentary election (ref A). The overall [...]	2007-11-26 06:24:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL AS
07CANBERRA1682	SCENE SETTER FOR YOUR VISIT TO AUSTRALIA [...] (C/NF) Your visit comes on the heels of Australia's November 24 federal election in which voters decisively rejected John Howard and his Liberal/National coalition government after more than eleven years in office, and embraced opposition Australian Labor Party (ALP) leader Kevin Rudd. Rudd, [...]	2007-11-27 06:22:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV OTRA AS
07CANBERRA1683	SCENE SETTER FOR YOUR VISIT TO AUSTRALIA [...] (C/NF) Your visit comes on the heels of Australia's November 24 federal election in which voters decisively rejected John Howard and his Liberal/National coalition government after more than eleven years in office, and embraced opposition Australian Labor Party (ALP) leader Kevin Rudd. Rudd, [...]	2007-11-27 10:47:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV OTRA AS
07CANBERRA1728	NEW OPPOSITION SHADOW CABINET [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Liberal Party leader Brendan Nelson announced his new Shadow Ministry December 6, the same day Prime Minister Rudd held his first Cabinet meeting. Nelson's front bench is a mixture of veterans from the Howard Government and newcomers. None of the veterans were in the same port [...]	2007-12-06 07:32:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL MARR AS
07CANBERRA1738	MEETING THE PRIME MINISTER [...] (C/NF) Summary: At a December 8 meeting with Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, the Ambassador offered his congratulations and noted the positive tone set by the recent meetings of Under Secretary of State Nicholas Burns with the Foreign and Defense Ministers and the Deputy Prime Minister. The Amb [...]	2007-12-10 04:50:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	AF AS CH IR IZ NZ PREL
07CANBERRA1739	PARIS DONOR MEETING: AUSTRALIAN RESPONSE [...] (C) At his December 8 meeting with Prime Minister Rudd, (Ref. B) the Ambassador urged that Australia's attendance at the Paris donors conference be at the ministerial level and stated the need for major assistance pledges from the participants. He told the PM that the Secretary would attend [...]	2007-12-10 05:55:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	AS IS KPAL KWBG PREL
07CANBERRA1740	PSI 5TH ANNIVERSARY CONFERENCE: NOTIFICATION TO [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-10 06:05:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL KNNP KSTC AORC AS
07CANBERRA1742	AUSTRALIA'S PARTICIPATION IN DECEMBER 12 [...] (C/NF) Gerry McGuire, Director for Counter-Proliferation, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, told poloff December 11 Australia agreed with the U.S. judgment that Jakarta's December 12 seminar on "PSI in the Framework of Maritime Security" does not meet its requirements as a venue to adv [...]	2007-12-11 02:14:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PARM PREL PHSA PBTS MNUC ETTC KNNP EWWT AS ID
07CANBERRA1744	U/S BURNS' 12/4 MEETING WITH AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE MINISTER [...] (C) Under Secretary Nicholas Burns, accompanied by the Ambassador, called on newly sworn-in Minister for Defence Joel Fitzgibbon on December 4. Fitzgibbon reaffirmed the Rudd government's commitment to the alliance with the United States, asserted his government's long-term commitment to Afgh [...]	2007-12-11 23:33:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS KNNP PREL AS
07CANBERRA1745	U/S BURNS' 12/5 MEETINGS WITH AUSTRALIAN DPM [...] (C/NF) Summary: During wide-ranging conversations December 5 with newly appointed Australian Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard, Foreign Minister Stephen Smith, and Agriculture Minister Tony Burke, Under Secretary Nicholas Burns emphasized the importance Washington placed on a continued cl [...]	2007-12-12 00:27:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	AS CH ID IN IR IZ JA MNUC PREL PTER
07CANBERRA1763	AUSTRALIA'S RESPONSE TO CLUSTER MUNITIONS DEMARCHE [...] (C) Pol/Mil Officer delivered reftel demarche on cluster munitions December 17 to Dr. Ada Cheung of the Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation Branch in DFAT's International Security Division. Australia remains in agreement with the USG position on cluster munitions, particularly on the need [...]	2007-12-18 00:06:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PARM PREL AS
07CANBERRA1771	CHINESE RESPONSE TO AUSTRALIAN M/V IRAN MATIN [...] (S) Further to Ref A, Counter-Proliferation Director Gerry McGuire gave us a readout December 18 of the results of Australia's demarche in Beijing on December 14 on the M/V Iran Matin. Upon the U.S. request for Australia and the UK to demarche China (Ref D),DFAT had sought authorization to [...]	2007-12-18 05:25:00	Embassy Canberra	SECRET//NOFORN	PARM PREL MASS PTER AS CH
07CANBERRA1782	U/S BURNS' 12/4 MEETING WITH AUSTRALIAN DFAT [...] (C/NF) Summary: In a December 4, 2007 meeting in Australia, Under Secretary Burns and DFAT Secretary L'Estrange agreed the election of a new Australian government would not affect the strength of our alliance, but underlined the urgency to identify a new date for the Australia-U.S. Ministerial [...]	2007-12-19 23:00:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL AS MARR
07CANBERRA1783	U/S BURNS' 12/4 MEETING WITH JAPAN DEPUTY FOREIGN [...] (C/NF) Summary: In a December 4, 2007 meeting in Canberra, Australia with Under Secretary Burns, Deputy Foreign Minister Mitoji Yabunaka outlined Japan's goals to improve the relevance of multilateral fora in Asia and its desire for greater United States engagement in the region. The two also [...]	2007-12-20 03:03:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL AS
07CANBERRA1799	BHUTTO ASSASSINATION AND U.S. POLICY FOR [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-31 05:34:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AS PGOV PINR PINS PK PREL PTER
07CANBERRA266	AUSTRALIA TO DEPLOY ADDITIONAL MILITARY TRAINERS [...] (SBU) The Government of Australia, in a National Security Committee of Cabinet meeting on Wednesday, February 14, approved a recommendation to deploy an additional 70 Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel to assist in training Iraqi Army forces. 2. (C) Robert Garran, Assistant Secretary [...]	2007-02-20 07:08:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MARR PREL AS IZ XF ZP
07CANBERRA293	AUSTRALIAN PLANS TO INCREASE FORCES IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (S/NF) The Government of Australia, concerned about the upcoming Taliban offensive and worried that Dutch preparations to counter the expected Taliban offensive in southern Afghanistan are not robust enough, are making preliminary plans to deploy an additional 250 Australian Defence Force (ADF [...]	2007-02-22 03:35:00	Embassy Canberra	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MARR MOPS AS
07CANBERRA329	AUSTRALIA WANTS ADDITIONAL FORCES FOR AFGHANISTAN [...] (S/NF) Summary: On February 28, we received a briefing from Australian Defence Force (ADF) CMDR Jonathan Sadlier and Australian Department of Defence (ADOD) Afghanistan Section Assistant Director Malcolm Brailey, which provided additional information about the proposed Australian troop increas [...]	2007-03-02 07:34:00	Embassy Canberra	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MARR MOPS AS
07CANBERRA334	AUSTRALIA - JAPAN JOINT DECLARATION ON SECURITY [...] (U) This message contains an action request - please see para 6 below. 2. (C) On March 5, DFAT North Asia Division First Assistant Secretary (FAS) Peter Baxter and Japanese Embassy SIPDIS Minister-Counselor Shinichi Hosono briefed DCM on the Australia - Japan Joint Declaration on Securit [...]	2007-03-05 07:28:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR KTIA ASEC PREL AS JA
07CANBERRA472	AUSTRALIAN READ-OUT OF PIF FOREIGN MINISTER'S [...] (C) Summary: Australia was very pleased with the outcome of the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) Foreign Minister's meeting on March 16. GOA officials strongly favor early elections in Fiji, and are examining modalities for making electoral preparations in the absence of a Parliament. They have s [...]	2007-03-28 04:14:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM FJ AS
07CANBERRA519	AUSTRALIAN FM DOWNER URGES IRANIAN FM MOTTAKI TO [...] (C) On April 3, Deputy Secretary of Foreign Affairs and Trade David J. Ritchie gave the DCM a readout of Foreign Minister Downer's March 29 telephone conversation with Iranian Foreign Minister Mottaki regarding the 15 British naval personnel seized by Iran. 2. (C) According to Ritchie, Down [...]	2007-04-03 06:02:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL PTER INRA IR IQ AS
07CANBERRA539	AUSTRALIA TO NEARLY DOUBLE MILITARY FORCES IN [...] (S/NF) Stephanie Foster, First Assistant Secretary for International Policy, Australian Department of Defense, advised DCM April 5 that the Government of Australia had approved a planned deployment of Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel to Oruzgan Province in Afghanistan that would nearly [...]	2007-04-05 08:04:00	Embassy Canberra	SECRET//NOFORN	MOPS MARR PREL PTER AS
07CANBERRA571	RUDD'S POLICY ADVISER ON IRAQ, AFGHANISTAN AND ASIA [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Ahead of Opposition Leader Kevin Rudd's April 19-21 trip to Washington and New York, his foreign policy adviser, Peter Khalil, told poloffs that Rudd was committed to a close relationship with the United States. While he would withdraw Australian combat troops from Iraq if he b [...]	2007-04-13 08:33:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MARR PARM AF IZ AS
07CARACAS1016	RCTV CLOSURE: UNSUBSTANTIATED RUMORS OF VIOLENCE [...] (C) Summary. The Caracas rumor mill is in full gear as the BRV's announced May 28 date for the closure of independent broadcaster RCTV approaches. Most of these rumors are being fueled by President Chavez and other senior BRV officials who have alleged for several months that the opposition, [...]	2007-05-24 19:14:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC PREL PHUM VE
07CARACAS1033	IV PROGRAM INVITEES AND PARTICIPANTS OUTED [...] (U) Summary: During a press conference from Telesur headquarters May 25, Amcit Eva Golinger released names of prominent, mostly pro-opposition, journalists who had either been selected for or had participated in the International Visitors (IV) Program. She claimed the IV participants were US [...]	2007-05-25 21:30:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KDEM VE
07CARACAS1073	PODEMOS NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEPUTY: TOO MUCH CHAVEZ [...] (C) Summary. National Assembly (NA) Deputy Ricardo Gutierrez told PolCouns May 29 that his pro-Chavez party Podemos is interested in reopening a dialogue with Embassy officials. Gutierrez predicted that Podemos will weather President Chavez' condemnation for not joining the Venezuelan presid [...]	2007-06-01 14:30:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL VE
07CARACAS109	CHAVEZ GOVERNMENT SEEKING BROAD LEGISLATIVE POWERS [...] (C) Summary. Per President Chavez' request at his January 10 inauguration (Reftel),the National Assembly is already preparing an enabling law that would give Chavez legal authority to issue executive decrees in ten substantive areas over the next 18 months. Chavez would assume broad powers [...]	2007-01-18 16:35:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ECON VE
07CARACAS1107	GOVERNOR ROSALES: SEEKING INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT [...] (C) Summary. Zulia Governor and de facto opposition leader Manuel Rosales briefed the Ambassador June 1 on Rosales' ongoing efforts to persuade other Latin American governments that the "democratic deficit" in Venezuela is a regional problem. Rosales considers his May 21-22 visit to Panama a [...]	2007-06-06 17:26:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM VE
07CARACAS1193	UN NUEVO TIEMPO: BUILDING IN VENEZUELA; LOBBYING [...] (C) Summary. Un Nuevo Tiempo (UNT) leaders told visiting Special Coordinator for Venezuela Deborah McCarthy June 14 that they were happy with their party's initial efforts to become a nationwide opposition party. They noted that the party now had strong leaders in all states and is working ha [...]	2007-06-15 21:23:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM VE
07CARACAS1194	IRAN SANCTIONS, UNSCR 1747 AND VENEZUELA [...] (C) PolCouns met with BRV Ministry of Popular Power for Foreign Affairs (MPPFA) Director for North America and Multilateral Affairs Yaneth Arocha on June 14 to raise Venezuelan implementation of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1747. Drawing from the points in refs A and B, PolCouns [...]	2007-06-15 21:41:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PREL UNSC ETTC PARM VE IR
07CARACAS1234	ANTI-TIP NGO A.M.B.A.R. - FINAL REPORT [...] (SBU) Poloff visited the local anti-trafficking NGO Women's Association for Well-Being and Reciprocal Assistance (A.M.B.A.R.) May 18, a recipient of an Economic Support Fund (ESF) Grant approved by the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (G/TIP),to receive the organization's f [...]	2007-06-21 20:27:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN SNAR VE
07CARACAS1272	S/C MCCARTHY'S MEETINGS WITH VENEZUELAN MEDIA AND POLITICAL FIGURES [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-25 21:07:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM VE
07CARACAS130	EU DCMS ON QUICKENING PACE OF BOLIVARIAN REVOLUTION [...] (C) Key EU DCMs based in Caracas analyze the general situation in Venezuela almost exactly as we do, seeing Chavez as increasingly moving to accrue all power to the executive and silence independent voices, in violation of democratic norms. The Caracas HOMs have recommended that Brussels ap [...]	2007-01-22 18:52:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EU VE
07CARACAS135	CHAVEZ TO U.S.: "GO TO HELL" [...] (C) Summary. An extremely confident President Chavez resumed his weekly "Alo Presidente" television broadcast January 21 after a four-month campaign/inauguration hiatus. During the nearly six-hour broadcast, Chavez lashed out against a USG expression of concern about a pending Enabling Law, a [...]	2007-01-22 22:14:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON VE
07CARACAS1361	CHAVEZ AND AHMADINEJAD CONTINUE TO DEEPEN TIES [...] (C) Summary: During his June 30-July 2 visit to Iran, President Chavez publicly agreed to help Iranian President Ahmadinejad by selling gasoline to Iran. While details of the deal were not published, its impact will not be immediate as the shipments could take up to 40 days to arrive in Ira [...]	2007-07-09 14:05:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM VE IR
07CARACAS1382	AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL TRIP TO MARACAIBO [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador traveled to Maracaibo, Zulia state June 26-27 to meet with local leaders, visit social programs, and meet with the press during his farewell visit. He called on San Francisco Mayor Saady Bijani and President of the Venezuelan Episcopal Conference Monsignor Ubaldo Sa [...]	2007-07-11 14:24:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON VE

07CARACAS1384	THE MILITARY MOVES FURTHER RED [...] (C) The July 6 replacement of Defense Minister Raul Isaias Baduel with Gustavo Rangel Briceno does not bode well for the future of the Venezuelan Armed Forces (FAN). Baduel, a long-time supporter of Chavez, was perhaps the last remaining cabinet member to make even mild statements contradic [...]	2007-07-11 16:19:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PROV PREL VE
07CARACAS146	VFM VALERO ON BILATERAL DIALOGUE [...] (C) The Ambassador met with VFM Valero on Jan 19 to discuss possible topics for bilateral dialogue, following up on his earlier discussion with FM Maduro. We also took the opportunity to clear out some pending bilateral issues; of those the most interesting BRV response came on reciprocity, [...]	2007-01-23 15:41:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL US VE
07CARACAS1483	OUTGOING DEFENSE MINISTER QUESTIONS 'SOCIALIST' [...] (C) Summary. The Venezuelan president swore-in a new cadre of pro-Chavez military leaders to head the Venezuelan Armed Forces (FAN) on July 18 during a televised ceremony. His picks include hard-line Chavista and former head of the National Reserve and Mobilization Command Gustavo Rangel Bric [...]	2007-07-27 14:25:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR PREL VE
07CARACAS15	THE GLOVES ARE OFF: CHAVEZ SAYS HE WILL CLOSE RCTV [...] (U) SUMMARY: President Chavez on December 28 made his strongest statement yet threatening the broadcasting license of major opposition television outlet Radio Caracas Television (RCTV). During a New Year's address to the Armed Forces, Chavez stated unequivocally that RCTV's license for ove [...]	2007-01-04 13:00:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM VE
07CARACAS1526	CHARGE'S MEETING WITH VICE MINISTER VALERO-JULY 30 [...] (C) Summary. Foreign Ministry Vice Minister Valero told Charge July 30 that the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV) wants more dialogue with the USG, so long as the USG "respects our sovereignty." Valero raised U.S. financing of Venezuelan NGOs, energy and commercial relations, consular r [...]	2007-08-01 19:55:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER SNAR VE
07CARACAS1527	UNSC SANCTIONS ON IRAN: VENEZUELA RECALCITRANT [...] (C) Charge raised reftel points July 30 with Jorge Valero, Vice Minister of North American and Multilateral Affairs at the Ministry of Popular Power for Foreign Affairs. Charge reminded Valero of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela's (BRV's) obligations with respect to Iran-related UNSCRs and [...]	2007-08-01 20:00:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM PREL IR VZ
07CARACAS1597	JEFE SUPREMO: HUGO CHAVEZ'S PERSONALITY CULT [...] (C) Summary. President Chavez and his supporters are devoting considerable resources to construct a cult of personality for the Venezuelan president (see Embassy Caracas website on Siprnet for accompanying photo essay). Flattering images of the Venezuelan president dominate government buildi [...]	2007-08-10 19:15:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SOCI VE
07CARACAS1611	CHAVEZ' CONSTITUTION REWRITE: BATTLE LINES FORMING [...] (C) Summary. President Chavez continues to promote major changes to the 1999 Constitution, but has delayed releasing to the National Assembly a formal package of proposals. Simmering opposition to the elimination of presidential term limits and further centralization of power has forced the V [...]	2007-08-14 12:20:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM VE
07CARACAS1617	BRV SENDING MIXED MESSAGES ON DIALOGUE WITH USG [...] (C) SUMMARY. BRV officials have privately expressed interest in working with the incoming Ambassador on a practical agenda, but President Chavez' recent public remarks appear to preclude cooperation. During a televised August 2 speech, Chavez dismissed the possibility of dialogue under the c [...]	2007-08-14 19:03:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV VE
07CARACAS1635	CHAVEZ PROPOSES "SOCIALIST" CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGES [...] (C) Summary. After numerous delays (reftels),President Chavez finally proposed significant "socialist" changes to the 1999 Constitution in a lengthy August 15 speech at the National Assembly. As expected, Chavez framed his controversial proposals as giving more power to the people. He also [...]	2007-08-16 20:54:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM VE
07CARACAS1637	IV PARTICIPANTS AND USAID PARTNERS OUTED, AGAIN [...] (C) During a presentation before the National Assembly (NA) August 1, Amcit Eva Golinger and Mario Silva, host of the stridently Chavista television show "La Hojilla," accused 33 former International Visitors (IV) Program participants and several USAID partners of working on behalf of the USG t [...]	2007-08-17 11:41:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SCUL VE
07CARACAS1671	CHAVEZ' NEW PARTY PLAGUED BY ORGANIZATIONAL [...] (C) Summary. The organization of aspiring members of President Chavez' United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) into neighborhood "battalions" has been plagued by confusion and poor attendance. Scant grassroots party activity to date raises serious doubts that the PSUV has almost six millio [...]	2007-08-22 17:19:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM VE
07CARACAS1680	CHAVEZ REACHES OUT TO COLOMBIA; BUT BORDER SPAT [...] (C) Summary. Despite President Chavez's historically rocky relationship with Colombia, he has made an effort of late to reach out to the Uribe government, particularly through his offer to be a key mediator in the negotiations for a humanitarian exchange with the FARC. The importance of comm [...]	2007-08-23 19:31:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MARR ETRD VE
07CARACAS1686	THE TEFLON EFFECT: CHAVEZ EVADES SUITCASE SCANDAL [...] (C) Summary. President Chavez so far seems to have escaped largely unscathed by the fallout from the seizure in Buenos Aires of $800,000 cash carried by a U.S.-Venezuelan businessman. Using a variety of public relations tactics, the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV) has managed to defle [...]	2007-08-24 15:07:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM VE
07CARACAS169	VENEZUELAN FREE PRESS FACES AN EVEN MORE RESOLUTE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Since turning the calendar to 2007, President Chavez has ratcheted up his vitriol - and promised concrete actions - against opposition media outlets, including but not limited to RCTV (reftel). He is also focusing his attention on his own house, dictating not just what, but al [...]	2007-01-25 13:31:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM VE
07CARACAS1690	PRESS FREEDOM UPDATE [...] (C) Summary. The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV) is employing a variety of mechanisms to harass opposition-oriented journalists and independent media outlets. Journalists, particularly former International Visitor (IV) Program participants, have been harassed and accused of fomenting [...]	2007-08-24 16:06:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SCUL VE
07CARACAS1703	STUDENT MOVEMENT PREPARING FOR RENEWED ACTIVISM [...] (C) Summary. After a long summer lull, student activists recently formed a new student parliament to coordinate pro-democracy student efforts nation-wide this fall. Law students Stalin Gonzales, Yon Goicochea, and Jose Caricote were elected to lead Venezuela's opposition student movement ove [...]	2007-08-27 14:27:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL VE
07CARACAS1718	ROUND ONE OF CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM DEBATE [...] (C) Summary. In the days following President Chavez' rollout of his proposed constitutional revisions, debates are already taking shape as to the reform process. Chavez' opponents, still divided over whether or not to participate at all, have been unsuccessful in their initial attempt to inf [...]	2007-08-28 20:22:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SCUL VE
07CARACAS1742	POLITICAL POLARIZATION: VENEZUELA'S DIVIDED [...] (C) Summary. Venezuelan society has become increasingly politically polarized as a result of President Chavez' "with me or against me" tone of governance. Controversial constitutional reform proposals and his efforts to implement an increasingly radical "revolutionary" program in the Bolivar [...]	2007-09-04 19:04:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PINR PREL VE
07CARACAS175	USAID/OTI WATCHDOGS START TO SHED LIGHT [...] (C) In October of 2005, the Pan American Development Foundation (PADF) began implementation of a USAID/OTI funded project to develop a grants program to support watchdog organizations. Although the Bolivarian "Revolution" is failing its citizens in many ways, there are few reputable organiz [...]	2007-01-26 14:27:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM VE
07CARACAS1771	CATHOLIC CHURCH PREPARING TO OPPOSE CONSTITUTIONAL [...] (C) Papal Nuncio Giacinto Berloco told the Ambassador September 6 that the Catholic Church is concerned with the "radical direction" of Chavez' proposed constitutional changes. Berloco said he expected the bishops would be critical in their evaluation of the proposals in an October communique [...]	2007-09-07 19:43:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL VE
07CARACAS1773	SCENESETTER FOR WHA/AND CHACON VISIT - SEPT 12-14 [...] (C) Embassy welcomes the September 12-14 visit of WHA/AND Director Arnold Chacon. Your visit comes on the heels of Ambassador Duddy's arrival at post on August 29 and after the June 11-15 visit of Special Coordinator for Venezuela McCarthy. Since winning re-election in December 2006, Preside [...]	2007-09-07 20:07:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON VE
07CARACAS1776	CHAVEZ' NEW PARTY: DISCIPLINING DISCUSSION [...] (C) Summary. President Chavez continues to face serious internal challenges to his efforts to forge a single pro-government party, the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV). Most recently, Chavez' new PSUV discipline committee stripped Francisco Ameliach, Chavez' 2006 presidential campa [...]	2007-09-07 20:43:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM VE
07CARACAS1805	PERUVIAN AMBASSADOR ON VENEZUELA'S RE-ENTRY INTO [...] (C) Speaking "unofficially" Peruvian Ambassador Luis Santa Maria Calderon told the Ambassador during an initial courtesy call September 10 that Peru would probably welcome Venezuela's reintegration into the Andean Community of Nations (CAN),but prefers that Venezuela be re-admitted as an asso [...]	2007-09-12 14:00:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD VE
07CARACAS182	CHAVEZ THREATENS TO PNG AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Summary - During a lengthy speech at a swearing-in ceremony on the evening of January 25, President Chavez threatened to expel the Ambassador. Chavez said, "Mr. Ambassador, if you keep interfering in Venezuelan affairs, you could be declared persona non grata (PNG) and would have to lea [...]	2007-01-26 20:17:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM VE
07CARACAS184	CHAVEZ'S NEW CABINET: A LOOK AT SOME NEW MINISTERS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. President Chavez swore in a new cabinet of hard-line loyalists on January 8. His picks include a number of his party's, the Fifth Republic Movement (MVR),National Assembly (NA) deputies who gave up their seats to assume the ministry positions. The ideological and political te [...]	2007-01-26 20:55:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL VE
07CARACAS1846	WHA/AND DIRECTOR'S VISIT: CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGES [...] (C) Summary. A wide range of Embassy contacts discussed Chavez' proposed constitutional changes September 12-14 with the Ambassador and visiting WHA/AND Director Chacon. There is widespread consensus among analysts, pro-Chavez and opposition politicians, and third country diplomats that Chav [...]	2007-09-18 17:38:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV VE
07CARACAS186	CUBA COMES TO TOWN [...] (U) SUMMARY: President Hugo Chavez received Cuban Vice President Carlos Lage on January 24 with fanfare but without pubic announcement prior to Lage's arrival. Lage's presentation of a letter purportedly written by Fidel Castro to Chavez gave Chavez the opportunity to publicly trumpet Cast [...]	2007-01-26 22:19:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL VE
07CARACAS1864	BRV TIGHTENS THE VISA SCREWS ON FOREIGN JOURNALISTS [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-20 20:30:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM VE
07CARACAS1879	ONCE AGAIN CHAVEZ TAKES HUGE ENTOURAGE TO UNGA [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-21 21:16:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNGA OVIP KSEP ITRA VE
07CARACAS1894	AHMADINEJAD TO VISIT VENEZUELA FOLLOWING UNGA [...] (SBU) On September 24, during his longest "Alo, Presidente" television broadcast to date (eight hours and fifteen minutes),President Chavez confirmed press reports that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will visit Venezuela on September 26. Ahmadinejad is expected to give a speech at the [...]	2007-09-24 21:06:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM IR VE
07CARACAS1914	CHAVEZ MEETS WITH FAMILIES OF AMERICAN CITIZEN [...] (SBU) President Chavez met with the family members of Amcit FARC hostages Keith Stansell, Thomas Howes, and Marc Gonsalves the evening of September 25. Paloma Diaz, the sister of FARC prisoner in Colombia, and Yolanda Pulecio, mother of Colombian/French hostage Ingrid Betancourt, were also pr [...]	2007-09-27 15:36:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM CO VE
07CARACAS1936	UNT LOBBIES EU, PLANS MEETING WITH OAS TO RAISE [...] (C) Summary. Former presidential candidate Manuel Rosales and Un Nuevo Tiempo (UNT) party leaders are actively sharing their concerns about the anti-democratic nature of Chavez' proposed constitutional changes with foreign governments and the OAS. Zulia Governor Rosales briefed 13 European A [...]	2007-09-28 20:49:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM VE
07CARACAS1937	CHAVEZ AND AHMADINEJAD: PROUD TO BE BROTHERS IN [...] (U) On the evening of September 27, 2007 Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad visited President Chavez at the Miraflores, Presidential Palace. Arriving in Caracas from La Paz, Bolivia, in an aircraft provided by the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV),Ahmadinejad received full formal ho [...]	2007-09-28 22:15:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL IR VE
07CARACAS1948	SERVICE COMPANIES FACE USG IRANIAN AND CUBAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Baker Hughes (BH) has three contracts with PDVSA in various stages of execution that they believe appear to violate USG Iranian and Cuban sanctions legislation. According to BH, other U.S. service companies have similar contracts that raise the same issues. BH will meet with PDVS [...]	2007-10-02 16:17:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV ECON PREL KFPC ETTC CU IR VE
07CARACAS1969	NGOS CITE WORRISOME HUMAN RIGHTS PATTERNS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Several prominent local human rights organizations recently released critical reports on the human rights situation in Venezuela. These studies document patterns of human rights violations, often allegedly involving Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV) officials, agents, and sy [...]	2007-10-04 22:04:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM VE
07CARACAS2037	VENEZUELA: NOMINATION FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S [...] (U) Embassy Caracas is pleased to nominate Isela I. Iguaran for the Secretary's Award for International Women of Courage, per reftel. 2. (U) Nominee: Isela I. Iguaran 3. (U) Title and Institution: President, Bloque Vecinal Indigena (Indigenous Issues NGO) 4. (U) Date of Birth: Februa [...]	2007-10-18 17:34:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KWMN PHUM KPAO VE
07CARACAS206	GOVERNOR ROSALES AND EPISCOPAL CONFERENCE EAGER [...] (SBU) Action Request -- See Paragraph 12. 2. (C) Summary. During the Ambassador's January 23-24 visit to Maracaibo, Zulia Governor and former presidential candidate Manuel Rosales expressed strong interest in enhancing programs of cooperation with his state administration. Rosales said he [...]	2007-01-30 21:35:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PHUM PGOV SNAR VE
07CARACAS2071	PRINTING PRESS RAIDED, ANTI-REFORM MATERIAL SEIZED [...] (SBU) State Intelligence (DISIP) and Military Intelligence (DIM) police officials raided the Impresos Chirivel printing press in San Diego, Carabobo state October 23 in order to confiscate anti-constitutional reform promotional material. The seized goods, which read "No to constitutional reform [...]	2007-10-25 11:56:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SCUL VE
07CARACAS2091	PRESS FREEDOM UPDATE [...] (C) Summary. The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV) continues to systematically harass independent media outlets and restrict freedom of expression. The BRV appears determined to find grounds to sanction opposition-oriented cable news network Globovision through a series of bizarre accus [...]	2007-10-26 20:51:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SCUL VE
07CARACAS2099	CHAVEZ ACCEPTS AMBASSADOR'S CREDENTIALS, OFFERS [...] (C) In a surprisingly cordial October 29 meeting, the Ambassador presented his credentials to Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez Frias. President Chavez repeatedly stressed during the 35 minute discussion that the United States and Venezuela were not enemies and that his door was open "24 hours [...]	2007-10-30 19:32:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SNAR PREL VE
07CARACAS21	VENEZUELA STRONGLY CONDEMNS EXECUTION OF SADDAM [...] (SBU) In a press release January 3, the Venezuelan Foreign Ministry strongly condemned the execution of Saddam Hussein, which it called "a political crime produced by an illegitimate foreign occupation." The BRV couched its objection not only as a rejection of the death penalty, but also of [...]	2007-01-04 17:56:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL VE
07CARACAS2125	VENEZUELA - COLOMBIA BRIDGE BLOCKADE LIFTED [...] (SBU) Summary. Truckers ended a 97-day binational blockade of bridges joining Venezuela and Colombia on October 13 after the Colombian government agreed to relocate toll booths, giving motorists alternate local routes to avoid the Colombian tolls. Truck drivers from both countries were prot [...]	2007-11-02 21:40:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM VE CO
07CARACAS2136	SPANISH ENVOY RAISES PROPERTY RIGHTS WITH FM MADURO [...] (C) Summary. Spain's Secretary of State for Iberoamerica, Trinidad Jimenez, visited Caracas October 31. In addition to a lengthy meeting with Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro, she met President Chavez, leaders from political parties (PODEMOS, Accion Democratica, Primero Justicia, Un Nuevo Tie [...]	2007-11-06 15:19:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SP VE
07CARACAS215	MFA REJECTS NEGROPONTE'S COMMENTS [...] (SBU) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) issued a January 30 press release criticizing Deputy Secretary-designate Negroponte's remarks to the Senate SIPDIS Foreign Relations Committee earlier the same day. The MFA release states that Negroponte "represents a real threat to peace and dem [...]	2007-01-31 22:18:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV VE
07CARACAS2162	CONSTITUTIONAL REFERENDUM: POLLS SAY CHAVEZ STILL [...] (C) SUMMARY. Local polls have focused on three issues in the lead-up to the December 2 constitutional referendum: likely participation rates, overall support for the referendum, and the popularity of specific reforms. Polls indicate that while Chavez' electoral camp does not necessarily enjoy [...]	2007-11-09 22:18:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL VE
07CARACAS2173	WEAK TURNOUT FOR OPPOSITION "NO" MARCH, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The November 11 march convoked by opposition parties advocating voting "No" in the December 2 constitutional referendum failed to generate a significant show of public support. Turnout for the event was likely hurt by a fractured anti-reform movement, recent well attended student [...]	2007-11-13 22:11:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SCUL VE
07CARACAS2174	JEWISH COMMUNITY UNDERSCORES GROWING CONCERNS [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador met November 9 with fifteen Jewish community leaders to reinforce the USG's commitment to promoting religious freedom in Venezuela. All of the Jewish organization representatives expressed concern that President Chavez's government is fomenting anti-Semitism in Ven [...]	2007-11-13 22:14:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL VE
07CARACAS2187	CHAVEZ KEEPS SPAT WITH SPAIN GOING [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Hugo Chavez, as well as his political supporters and detractors, are attempting to make political hay out of King Juan Carlos' royal rebuke of Chavez on November 10 at the Iberoamerican summit. The King's "why don't you shut up" sound bite is receiving extensive airpla [...]	2007-11-15 19:14:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL VE
07CARACAS219	NATIONAL ASSEMBLY HANDS CHAVEZ BROAD LEGISLATIVE [...] (C) Summary. The National Assembly (NA) gave final approval January 31 to an omnibus Enabling Law that provides President Chavez with broad authority to issue executive decrees over the next 18 months in eleven areas, including energy. President Chavez is expected to promulgate the measure wi [...]	2007-02-01 16:26:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON PHUM VE
07CARACAS2201	CONSTITUTIONAL REFERENDUM: KELLER POLL SAYS "NO" [...] (C) SUMMARY. Emboffs met November 16 with pollster Alfredo Keller of Keller and Associates to discuss the December 2 referendum on President Chavez' sweeping constitutional changes. Keller said that based on his current polls the "No" vote appears to be gaining support among Chavistas despite [...]	2007-11-19 17:38:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL VE
07CARACAS2203	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: FATF STATEMENT AND GUIDANCE ON [...] (C) Emboffs delivered Ref A demarche on the recent Financial Action Task Force (FATF) decisions concerning Iran to Yaneth Arocha, Director of the MFA's Office of North American Affairs, and, separately, to Francisco Canela, Director of the Financial Intelligence Unit (UNIF) at the Superintend [...]	2007-11-19 20:50:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MNUC ECON EFIN VE
07CARACAS2211	PRO-CHAVEZ PPT PARTY: GRUDGING SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) Summary. The small pro-Chavez party Patria Para Todos (PPT) is reluctantly supporting President Chavez's proposed, sweeping constitutional changes. PPT leaders told PolCouns that Chavez's constitutional package is a "tough sell" within Chavismo, and they predict that it will only narrowly [...]	2007-11-20 21:15:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM SNAR VE
07CARACAS2212	CHAVEZ VISITS IRAN: THE FOURTH TIME IN TWO YEARS [...] (C) On November 19, President Chavez visited Tehran for the fourth time since 2005 and the sixth time since 1998. During the five-hour stop-over, Chavez and his entourage of five ministers and the mayor of Caracas met with President Ahmadinejad and Iranian officials. According to media report [...]	2007-11-20 21:51:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL IR VE
07CARACAS2214	OPPOSITION UCV STUDENT BLOC WINS LANDSLIDE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Opposition-oriented candidates easily won student elections held November 16 at the public Central University of Venezuela's (UCV) campuses nationwide. Student voters elected a new president to the Federation of UCV Colleges (FCU),representatives for each college, and student de [...]	2007-11-21 14:27:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SCUL VE
07CARACAS2215	BRV APPOINTS DISMISSED JUDGES TO DIPLOMATIC POSTS [...] (SBU) The Foreign Ministry of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV) appointed three dismissed appellate court judges to diplomatic posts in Europe and Latin America in late October. Judge Belkis Cedeno is the new consul general to Vigo, Spain. Judge Maikel Moreno is the new commercial [...]	2007-11-21 14:28:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL VE
07CARACAS2226	CHAVEZ ELECTORAL MACHINE KICKS INTO HIGH GEAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Chavez' government and the "Yes" campaign are increasingly one and the same in the run-up to the December 2 referendum on Chavez' proposed, sweeping changes to the constitution. The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV) is injecting significant personnel and resources [...]	2007-11-23 21:21:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL VE
07CARACAS2229	VENEZUELA: VISIT OF G/TIP'S BARBARA FLECK [...] (C) SUMMARY. Barbara Fleck, Reports Officer for the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (G/TIP),and Emboffs met with Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV) officials and NGOs October 19-23 to discuss the government's anti-trafficking efforts. MFA officials agreed to facilitate [...]	2007-11-26 14:39:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KCRM KWMN VE
07CARACAS2270	THE REFERENDUM -- AND AFTER: WHAT TO WATCH [...] (C) Summary. The December 2 constitutional referendum is proving to be President Chavez's most difficult electoral test since the 2004 recall referendum, but the Venezuelan president and his supporters still enjoy significant electoral advantages. Both the "Yes" and "No" camps are battling t [...]	2007-11-30 23:13:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM VE
07CARACAS2271	REFERENDUM CAMPAIGN UPDATE-NOVEMBER 29-30 [...] (C) Summary: Following the November 29 final, substantial rally of the "No" camp, President Chavez canceled a planned visit to Ecuador. Instead, he prepared for his final "Yes" campaign speech on November 30 rally, while his Zamora Command alleged domestic conspiracies to reject a "Yes" vic [...]	2007-12-01 15:00:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM VE
07CARACAS2272	CHAVEZ ALLEGES USG ELECTION INTERFERENCE; [...] (C) Summary. President Chavez told a mass rally November 29 that his electoral battle to win approval of sweeping proposed constitutional changes in the December 2 referendum is really a struggle against the United States and its opposition "lackeys" in Venezuela. As expected, Chavez has ram [...]	2007-12-01 18:34:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV VE
07CARACAS2274	CHAVEZ LOSES CONSTITUTIONAL REFERENDUM [...] (C) Summary. The National Electoral Council (CNE) announced at 1:19 a.m. on December 3 that President Chavez and his supporters failed to win public approval for proposed, sweeping changes to the 1999 Constitution. According to the CNE announcement, Venezuelans voted down both blocks of the 6 [...]	2007-12-03 17:51:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL VE
07CARACAS2290	A DEFIANT CHAVEZ DECLARES INTENTION TO REVISIT [...] (C) Summary. After appearing more statesmanlike in his December 4 concession speech, President Chavez lashed out at the opposition during a December 5 news conference, calling the "No" camp's electoral win in a December 2 constitutional referendum a "Pyhrric" and "sh-tty" victory. Chavez decl [...]	2007-12-06 20:40:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL VE
07CARACAS2322	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SHARING U.S. CASH COURIER [...] Post forwarded reftel non-paper on December 11 to the head of the Ministry of People's Power for External Relation's North America department, with a copy to the head of the Financial Intellegence Unit of the Superintendency of Banks. We will notify the Department if we receive a substantive [...]	2007-12-11 15:20:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETTC KTFIN PREL PTER ASEC VE
07CARACAS2348	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PARIS DONORS CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-14 17:39:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL IS VE
07CARACAS235	CHAVEZ'S SELF-CORONATION; GOES AFTER ELECTRICITY, [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Chavez promulgated the omnibus Enabling Law February 1, an instrument that gives him effectively unlimited power to rule by decree in eleven vaguely-defined areas for the next eighteen months. He then engaged in a rambling four-hour follow-on press conference in whic [...]	2007-02-02 21:54:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON KDEM VE
07CARACAS2351	BRV CALLS ANTONINI INDICTMENTS A U.S. PLOT [...] (C) Summary. In a December 12 press release Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro denounced the Justice Department's arrest of three Venezuelans and one Uruguayan as "a U.S. plot to smear progressive governments in South America". Information and Communication Minister William Lara later told a gov [...]	2007-12-14 19:39:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV VE
07CARACAS2355	PRESS FREEDOM UPDATE -- DECEMBER 17 [...] (C) Summary. In the period leading up to and immediately following President Chavez' failed efforts to reform the 1999 constitution, the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV) continued to systematically harass and threaten independent media outlets and restrict freedom of expression. The op [...]	2007-12-17 17:57:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SCUL VE
07CARACAS2370	CHAVEZ RAMBLES ON ANNIVERSARY OF BOLIVAR'S DEATH [...] (C) In a six-hour speech on December 17 from the Pantheon (where Simon Bolivar is entombed),a clearly unhappy President Chavez delivered a particularly rambling discourse in which he attacked in succession "the Empire" (United States),Spain, Colombia and the international press. Speaking on [...]	2007-12-19 11:26:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL VE
07CARACAS2386	PUBLIC REPORTING UNDERESTIMATES RISING HOMICIDE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Venezuelan newspaper, El Universal, reported that 315 violent deaths occurred in Caracas during the first two weeks of December, an average of 15.5 per day. The chief coroner (protect) at the Caracas morgue told Poloff that the actual rate was closer to one per hour. El Un [...]	2007-12-21 12:57:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCRM VE
07CARACAS2388	CHAVISTA GOVERNOR LEADS PROTEST AT U.S. EMBASSY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Cojedes State Governor Jhonny Yanez Rangel led a small and peaceful protest on December 20 in front of the U.S. Embassy against the arrest of three Venezuelans implicated in the Antonini "valijagate" case. Governor Rangel held a press conference outside the mission and read al [...]	2007-12-21 19:45:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEC PGOV VE
07CARACAS2398	CHAVEZ'S PLAN AND URIBE'S BURDEN TO RECOVER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Hugo Chavez outlined a plan designed to secure the release of three hostages of the Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARC) in a December 26 press conference. The plan calls for the participation of international observers from Venezuela and six other countries [...]	2007-12-27 15:15:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER CO VE
07CARACAS2403	FOR NOW: CHAVEZ' POST-REFERENDUM OPTIONS [...] (C) Summary. In the wake of his constitutional referendum defeat, President Chavez declared his intention to continue to pursue changes to the constitution, but he has not specified how or when. Amending the constitution is required to make major political changes, such as the elimination of [...]	2007-12-27 20:19:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL VE
07CARACAS2410	OPERATION TO RECOVER THREE FARC HOSTAGES BEGINS [...] (SBU) President Chavez personally kicked off what he called "phase one" of "Operation Emmanuel" on December 28 to facilitate the release of three FARC hostages. Chavez led the team of international commissioners from Caracas to the Santo Domingo airfield in the western state of Tachira on his [...]	2007-12-28 22:09:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER CO VE
07CARACAS242	FM MADURO CONTINUES ATTACKS ON NEGROPONTE [...] (SBU) For the third time in two weeks, Minister of Foreign Affairs (FM) Nicolas Maduro attacked Deputy Secretary-designate John Negroponte, calling him a "confessed SIPDIS and convicted drug dealer". Maduro launched the latest round of insults February 4 at a Caracas military parade marking [...]	2007-02-05 21:14:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL VE
07CARACAS245	ROSALES CALLS FOR UNITED FRONT AGAINST [...] (C) Summary. Zulia Governor and de facto opposition leader Manuel Rosales tried to rally opposition to President Chavez and recapture some of his lost momentum in a combative February 1 speech in Caracas. Rosales said that his Un Nuevo Tiempo (UNT) would unite with several other mainstream op [...]	2007-02-05 22:00:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV VE
07CARACAS25	CHAVEZ NAMES JORGE RODRIGUEZ VP AND PEDRO CARRENO [...] (C) Summary. President Hugo Chavez named former National Electoral Council (CNE) President Jorge Rodriguez to replace Jose Vicente Rangel as Vice President and Fifth Republic Movement (MVR) National Assembly deputy Pedro Carreno to replace Jessie Chacon as Interior and Justice Minister on Jan [...]	2007-01-04 21:33:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL VE
07CARACAS256	CARDINAL PREDICTS FURTHER BRV PRESSURE ON CHURCH [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador had lunch February 1 with Cardinal Jorge Cardenal Urosa Savino at the Papal Nuncio's residence. The Venezuelan Cardinal predicted continued Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV) pressure against the Catholic Church, noting that the BRV is trying to wrest control of the [...]	2007-02-06 21:30:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM VE
07CARACAS264	NATIONAL ASSEMBLY CEDES POWER TO CHAVEZ [...] (C) On January 31, the Venezuelan National Assembly (AN) passed the Omnibus Enabling Law, which gives unlimited power to legislate to President Chavez for 18 months. With this act, the 100-percent pro-Chavez National Assembly eagerly and completely abdicated its responsibility as an independe [...]	2007-02-07 21:18:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM VE
07CARACAS293	FM MADURO RESPONDS TO SECRETARY'S COMMENTS, CUT [...] (U) SUMMARY. Minister of Foreign Affairs (FM) Nicolas Maduro continued his anti-USG comments, this time in response to Secretary Rice's February 7 remarks to the U.S. Congress on the state of democracy in Venezuela. Maduro also reiterated allegations that the U.S. is mounting a "campaign" aga [...]	2007-02-09 21:26:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SNAR VE
07CARACAS329	VENEZUELA: EU DIPLOMAT CONCERNED ABOUT RCTV AND [...] (C) EU First Secretary Denis Daniilidis (protect) told Poloff February 7 that the EU Commission is increasingly concerned about President Chavez' push to implement his "socialist revolution." Daniilidis said the EU mission is organizing a trip to Brussels for Radio Caracas Television (RCTV) [...]	2007-02-15 13:57:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM EU VE
07CARACAS330	VENEZUELA NOMINATIONS FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S [...] (U) Post identified a number of potential nominees for the Secretary of State's Award for International Women of Courage. Because of the abundance of deserving candidates, post has decided to nominate two Venezuelan Women of Courage for Washington's consideration. Both are working for the s [...]	2007-02-15 15:08:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KWMN PHUM KPAO VE
07CARACAS35	CHAVEZ PRESSING AHEAD WITH A SINGLE [...] (C) Summary. President Chavez has announced that his intention to form a single "revolutionary" party early in 2007 is firm, although he has not yet specified exactly when or how he plans to form the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV). Chavez and other leaders of the ruling Fifth Rep [...]	2007-01-05 21:31:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL VE
07CARACAS354	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL JACKSON LEE [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes the visit of Congresswoman Jackson Lee, the first congressional visitor to come to Caracas since the April 23-24, 2006 visit of Representatives Delahunt and Meeks. Since winning re-election on December 3, President Hugo Chavez has launched the "socialist" phase of the " [...]	2007-02-16 21:06:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PREL PGOV VE
07CARACAS423	ACTION REQUEST: BRV QUERIES ON MILITARY [...] (C) This is an Action Request; See Paragraph 3, and action recommendation in Paragraph 5. 2. (C) BACKGROUND: In May 2006 the Department announced that the BRV was not fully cooperating with the global war on terrorism. As a result, the USG, though the Arms Export Control Policy, "suspende [...]	2007-02-28 19:25:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS PGOV PM PREL VE
07CARACAS424	NATIONAL ASSEMBLY CONDEMNS U.S. "WAR PREPARATIONS" [...] (SBU) Summary. The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela's (BRV) anti-American foreign policy recently reached new rhetorical depths. The National Assembly unanimously passed a February 22 resolution that condemns U.S. "war preparations" against Iran (sic) and exhorts all countries to "confront t [...]	2007-03-01 14:07:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KNNP PTER IR VE
07CARACAS434	CODEL JACKSON LEE VISITS CARACAS [...] (SBU) Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee visited Caracas February 19-22. During her visit, she met with representatives of civil society, visited an Embassy supported orphanage, met with union leaders, U.S. businesses, U.S. oil company executives, representatives of the Foreign Ministry, Nation [...]	2007-03-02 13:41:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON VE
07CARACAS444	LIKELY CHAVEZ RANTS IN ARGENTINA AND BOLIVIA [...] (S) Summary. President Chavez announced February 28 that he will visit Argentina and Bolivia starting on March 9-10, the same time that the President is visiting Brazil, Uruguay, and Colombia. Chavez is publicly criticizing the President's upcoming visit to Latin America and is helping organi [...]	2007-03-02 18:41:00	Embassy Caracas	SECRET	PREL ETRD VE AR
07CARACAS474	CHAVEZ: NEGROPONTE A "PROFESSIONAL ASSASSIN" [...] (SBU) President Chavez launched his latest round of anti-American insults March 4 as a special guest on the first edition of former-Vice President Jose Vicente Rangel's new Sunday television talk show, "Jose Vicente, Today." Chavez called the Deputy Secretary a "professional assassin," and ac [...]	2007-03-05 20:46:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL VE
07CARACAS489	MPPFA ANNOUNCES LOYAL AMBASSADORS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Venezuelan Ministry of People's Power for Foreign Affairs (MPPFA) announced a series of new ambassadorial assignments for Argentina, Peru, Paraguay, Central America, and the Caribbean in February. Following the December election, Chavez has moved quickly to place close an [...]	2007-03-07 11:29:00	Embassy Caracas	SECRET	PGOV PINR PREL VE
07CARACAS502	VENEZUELAN GOVERNMENT DECLARES THE PRESIDENT [...] (C) The National Assembly criticized the President's upcoming trip to Latin America by unanimously adopting a resolution on March 6 that declares the President "persona non-grata" in Latin America and rejects any attempts by him to thwart regional integration and counter Venezuela. Senior Ve [...]	2007-03-08 15:01:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM VE
07CARACAS505	CARACAS-TEHRAN FLIGHT: BUILDING A BOLIVARIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 2, an Iran Air Boeing 747 touched down in Caracas, carrying 60 passengers on the inaugural flight of the Caracas-Damascas-Tehran route. Iran Air will operate this route once a week as a code-share with Conviasa, the BRV's fledgling state carrier. The inauguration of t [...]	2007-03-08 15:42:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAIR VE
07CARACAS52	CHAVEZ NAMES A "YES" CABINET/PREVIEWS HIS [...] (C) Summary. President Chavez used the televised January 8 swearing-in ceremony for his new cabinet to preview his plans to steer his government toward "socialist" reforms, including expropriations of privatized industries and the revision of Venezuela's commercial code. He also harshly crit [...]	2007-01-09 21:02:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR VE
07CARACAS53	TO THE MAT: CHAVEZ TAKES ON INSULZA AND CHURCH [...] (C) SUMMARY In a blustery January 8 address to commemorate the swearing-in of his new cabinet (septel),President Chavez again declared that the non-renewal of RCTV's broadcast license was "irreversible." Chavez lashed out at two actors who urged reconsideration of the RCTV decision, OAS S [...]	2007-01-09 21:06:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM VE
07CARACAS542	BRV RESPONDS TO HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT [...] (SBU) BRV officials reacted angrily to the Venezuela section of the March 6 release of the Department's 2006 Human Rights Report, but their response has been overshadowed by other events. BRV Human Rights Ombudsman German Mundarain said the USG lacked the "moral authority" to speak on human r [...]	2007-03-12 20:49:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL VE
07CARACAS574	CHAVEZ SHADOWS POTUS TOUR, PROMISING AID AND LATIN [...] (SBU) Summary: During Chavez' March 9-13 "shadow tour" of President Bush's Latin American trip, he continued to aggressively push forward his own brand of dollar diplomacy and the "Bolivarian alternative" of regional financing and integration to counter USG initiatives in the region. Chavez [...]	2007-03-16 12:52:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL EINT VE
07CARACAS584	THE ANTI-BUSH "SHADOW TOUR": CHAVEZ ON THE [...] (C) Summary. President Chavez visited Argentina, Bolivia, Nicaragua, Haiti, and Jamaica March 8-13 in an obvious, but in our view unsuccessful, effort to upstage the President's March 8-14 visit to Latin America (Refs B-D). Upon his return to Venezuela, an unusually defensive Chavez appeared [...]	2007-03-19 14:36:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV VE
07CARACAS597	CHAVEZ' ETHANOL HYPOCRISY [...] (SBU) Summary: Subsequent to the ethanol cooperation agreement President Bush signed with Brazil on March 9, Chavez has labeled ethanol as "immoral," accusing the United States of turning "food into fuel." The BRV's reaction is indicative of its hypocrisy. It has actively pursued a domestic [...]	2007-03-20 21:01:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENIV ENRG PREL VE CU
07CARACAS62	CHAVEZ' SWEARING IN: "SOCIALISM OR DEATH" [...] (C) Summary. At his carefully choreographed January 10 inauguration ceremony, President Chavez staunchly defended and elaborated on his plans to enact profound "socialist" changes in Venezuela as the embodiment of the "will of the people." The Venezuelan president reiterated his intention to [...]	2007-01-10 21:20:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM VE
07CARACAS634	ACTION REQUEST: CLOSURE OF VMAO [...] (C) This is an Action Request -- see Paragraph 3. 2. (C) Post requested February 28 guidance on the status of the Venezuelan Air Force's purchases currently in the pipeline and regarding the removal of items in the Venezuelan Military Acquisitions Office (VMAO) in Miami, Florida. Based on [...]	2007-03-26 18:16:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS PGOV PM PREL VE

07CARACAS637	VENEZUELAN JEWISH COMMUNITY COURTS INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) Summary. The Confederation of Jewish Associations in Venezuela (CAIV) attracted considerable international support and media attention for its 40th anniversary celebration on March 24. Argentine First Lady and Senator Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner electrified the audience of several hu [...]	2007-03-26 21:43:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL VE
07CARACAS655	NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEMANDS U.S. WITHDRAWAL FROM IRAQ [...] (C) Summary. The National Assembly passed a March 20 resolution calling for an immediate withdrawal of U.S. and coalition troops from Iraq. This latest resolution comes on the heels of a February 22 resolution condemning U.S. "war preparations" against Iran (reftel). Having conceded to Chav [...]	2007-03-28 21:29:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV VE IZ
07CARACAS673	DEMARCHE ON BUILDING INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT FOR [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-02 14:07:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM ZI VE
07CARACAS701	VENEZUELAN ARMY HOSTS U.S. MILITARY DELEGATION [...] (C) SUMMARY. An eight person U.S. Army delegation attended a March 26-30 Conference of American Armies (CAA) seminar on Disaster Relief in Venezuela, the first U.S. military delegation hosted in-country since 2003. U.S. participants were generally well received. Failure to conduct the exerci [...]	2007-04-04 21:19:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS PGOV PM PREL VE
07CARACAS71	CHAVEZ'S WAY AHEAD: WORDS TO DEEDS [...] (C) SUMMARY In the wake of President Chavez's January 10 swearing-in, Post offers the following preliminary assessment of how Chavez intends to unfold his "socialist" project in coming months. Chavez has been foreshadowing most of these moves, and we take him at his word. Untethered by vo [...]	2007-01-12 11:39:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM VE
07CARACAS763	CAPRILES BACK IN COURT [...] (C) SUMMARY. Opposition mayor of Baruta municipality Henrique Capriles Radonski appeared in appeals court April 16, following the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela's (BRV) decision to appeal a lower court's ruling to acquit him December 15. The prosecution argued Capriles failed to impede the [...]	2007-04-17 20:33:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL PHUM VE
07CARACAS766	CHAVEZ PRESSES RADICAL AGENDA DURING FIFTH [...] (C) Summary. President Chavez exploited the April 11-13 commemorations of the fifth anniversary of the short-lived April 2002 coup to convey some of his most extreme political positions to date, and to buttress "Bolivarian" myths. Specifically, the Venezuelan president ruled out any meaningfu [...]	2007-04-18 12:46:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM VE
07CARACAS777	CHAVEZ PRAISES IRANIAN ASSISTANCE AND DEFENDS [...] (SBU) Summary. President Chavez continues to increase his political support for Iran and facilitate Iran's plans to establish closer relations with the rest of Latin America. Chavez vigorously defended Iran's nuclear ambitions at a recent international women's conference hosted by the Bolivar [...]	2007-04-18 20:48:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM VE
07CARACAS787	VENEZUELA: PROPOSAL SUBMISSION FOR G/TIP FUNDING [...] (U) Per reftel, Post submits the following executive summary of an anti-trafficking in persons project proposal for G/TIP funding. -------------------- Project Information -------------------- 2. (U) Please find the requested project information below: -- Name of the applicant: Internat [...]	2007-04-20 21:12:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM ELAB KCRM ASEC PREL SMIG VE
07CARACAS789	VENEZUELA CONDEMNS POSADA CARRILES' RELEASE ON BAIL [...] (C) Summary. President Chavez, Foreign Minister Maduro, and the National Assembly have all condemned a U.S. federal judge's decision to order Luis Posada Carriles' release on bail. They have also reiterated the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela's (BRV's) demands that Posada Carriles be extrad [...]	2007-04-20 21:14:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER VE
07CARACAS90	FM MADURO INSULTS NEGROPONTE [...] (U) On January 12, Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro called U.S. National Intelligence Director John Negroponte a "criminal" after Negroponte expressed concern over the state of democracy in Venezuela and Bolivia during a hearing before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. Grossly misch [...]	2007-01-16 22:49:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL VE
07CARACAS91	CHAVEZ AND AHMADINEJAD UNITE TO SAVE THE WORLD [...] (U) President of Iran Mohammed Ahmadinejad kicked off a Latin American tour with a short (hours-long) January 13 stop in Caracas to visit with President Chavez. The trip marks Ahmadinejad's second trip to Caracas in less than six months, having also visited with Chavez in September of last y [...]	2007-01-16 22:49:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM VE
07CARACAS92	RCTVQ,S LAST DITCH FIGHT AGAINST BRV CLOSURE [...] (C) Summary: In a January 11 lunch with ChargQ, Polcouns and A/PAO, RCTV President Marcel Granier outlined his plans for a last ditch defense against the closure of RCTV. He believes he has a strong case under both domestic and international law, but doubts the fairness of the former and e [...]	2007-01-16 22:53:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM VE
07CARACAS920	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH FORMER VP RANGEL - MAY 4 [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador met former Vice President Jose Vicente Rangel May 4 and probed as to how the USG could best initiate a pragmatic, bilateral dialogue with the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV). Rangel said President Chavez wants dialogue, but U.S. criticism of BRV policies un [...]	2007-05-08 15:12:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV VE
07CARACAS968	PSUV MEMBERSHIP DRIVE STARTS SLOW, PICKS UP WITH [...] (C) Summary. Over one million voters have reportedly joined President Chavez' United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) during the first three weekends of party registration. With only three more weekends left in the PSUV's initial membership drive, the PSUV may fall short of Chavez' outsize [...]	2007-05-15 13:20:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ELAB PREL VE
07CARACAS978	EU PLANS RESPONSE TO RCTV CLOSURE [...] (C) Summary: The international protest against the closure of independent media outlet Radio Caracas Television (RCTV) may be aided if the European Union (EU),which has so far been quiet, adds its voice to the chorus of dissent. Five EU Parliamentarians will visit Venezuela May 16-18 and are [...]	2007-05-17 18:19:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM VE
07CASABLANCA10	WOMEN'S NGO SAYS LAW CHANGED, NOT PRACTICE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Volunteers and staff members of the NGO Union for Women's Action say that while Morocco's new Family Code has brought some change, its laws are not followed consistently in practice. Reasons cited include the inclination of some judges to ignore new statutes, the unwillingness of [...]	2007-01-10 14:23:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PHUM PGOV PREL MO
07CASABLANCA118	ALGERIA WEEK IN CASABLANCA PROMOTES ECONOMIC EXCHANGE, HOPE [...] (SBU) Summary: June 26 to July 1 marks Algeria Week in Casablanca, where Algeria is staging a week-long exhibition to promote business and investment opportunities between Morocco and Algeria. While the attendance of key royal family members and senior GOM officials at a lavish kick-off event [...]	2007-06-29 15:03:00	Consulate Casablanca	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL EFIN KDEM AG MO
07CASABLANCA135	GOVERNMENT OF MOROCCO TO SIGN ACCORD WITH UNHCR [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: On June 20, the Government of Morocco announced it would sign a cooperation agreement with the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) delivering full diplomatic status to the UNHCR [...]	2007-07-20 12:31:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SMIG PREF PREL SOCI MO
07CASABLANCA148	FROM DENIAL TO FEAR - THIS SUMMER, CASABLANCANS TALK ABOUT [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified, please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Despite the calm facade in Casablanca since the GOM raised the terrorism threat level on July 6, there is little doubt that its impact has been significant. The July announcement raised questio [...]	2007-07-27 13:58:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV PHUM MO
07CASABLANCA168	A JEWISH LEADER'S PERSPECTIVE IN AN ARAB CITY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: As President of the Moroccan Jewish community and Ambassador at Large for the GOM, Serge Berdugo has never been shy about expressing his opinions on the situation in the country. Berdugo, however, rarely strays fr [...]	2007-08-14 17:06:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV MO
07CASABLANCA180	NORTHERN MOROCCO ELECTORATE EXPECTS LITTLE FROM ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: In Al Hoceima, on Morocco's Mediterranean coast, estimates of voter turnout vary. Most believe participation will be low, and will not exceed 50 percent. Those interviewed said they would cast their votes based on family and tribal connections or what a candidate had done for the [...]	2007-09-06 17:28:00	Consulate Casablanca	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL MO
07CASABLANCA181	VOTE BUYING IN HAHA AND OTHER [...] (C) Summary: During a recent visit to three coastal cities and numerous villages south of Casablanca, Poloff and PD FSN discovered a general lack of interest for the upcoming parliamentary elections, despite the fact that campaign season was in full swing. The dearth of enthusiasm was bla [...]	2007-09-06 19:03:00	Consulate Casablanca	CONFIDENTIAL	MO PGOV PINR PREL KDEM
07CASABLANCA24	NGO ON APPEARANCE VERSUS REALITY IN MOROCCO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The president of the Moroccan Association of Youth Against AIDS (A.M.J.C.S.) shared his perspective on the political and economic context in which Moroccan NGOs operate. His candid comments about government efforts to appear socially responsive, the disconnect between economic g [...]	2007-02-01 17:54:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PHUM PGOV PREL MO
07CASABLANCA64	MOROCCANS UNEASY THREE WEEKS AFTER BOMBING [...] (SBU) Summary: Three weeks after an Islamic extremist accidentally blew himself up outside an internet caf in the city's notorious slum, Sidi Moumen, the streets of Casablanca remain tense. Since the evening of March 11, when a 23-year-old unemployed Moroccan detonated a belt of explosives he [...]	2007-04-04 10:05:00	Consulate Casablanca	CONFIDENTIAL	MO PGOV PINR PREL
07CASABLANCA79	CASABLANCA ON THE MORNING AFTER [...] (C) Summary: Tuesday's events in Casablanca continue to reverberate locally, provoking comment and concern at all levels in the city. The events, as described by police sources here, are now broadly known. Police continue to search for more suspects with possible links to Tuesday's incidents [...]	2007-04-12 15:10:00	Consulate Casablanca	CONFIDENTIAL	MO PGOV PINR PREL
07CASABLANCA85	Varied Reactions to Bombings in Casablanca [...] (SBU) Summary: Nearly six weeks after the first in a series of suicide bombings that shook Casablanca, residents of the city are still grasping for explanations. Finding themselves at a loss for answers, many citizens are reacting to the recent explosions at the U.S. Consulate and privately-ru [...]	2007-04-27 13:11:00	Consulate Casablanca	CONFIDENTIAL	MO PGOV PINR PREL
07CHENGDU159	BIOGRAPHICAL PROFILES OF TIBET AUTONOMOUS REGION FOREIGN [...] (C) During a recent seven-day road trip through Nagchu Prefecture in the Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR),Consulate had over 40 hours of "quality" time to dialogue with the TAR Foreign Affairs Office (FAO) official assigned to accompany us to remote field sites. In the course of our trip, in [...]	2007-06-26 03:46:00	Consulate Chengdu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL CH
07CHENGDU203	PRESENTING CHENGDU'S COLORFUL FIRST PAKISTANI CONSUL [...] (C) Summary: Recently arrived to assume his duties in Chengdu, Pakistan's first consul general to southwest China may have been picked for his current assignment due to his experience in Burma and military background. The JF-17 fighter aircraft jointly developed and produced by China and Paki [...]	2007-08-03 01:01:00	Consulate Chengdu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR MASS PK CH
07CHENNAI103	ROOTING OUT TRAFFICKING IN ANDHRA PRADESH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 29, G/TIP Trafficking in Persons Coordinator Gayatri Patel and Embassy INL officer met with NGOs and law enforcement officials in Hyderabad, the capital of the south India state of Andhra Pradesh (AP),to review projects to combat the trafficking of women and children [...]	2007-02-07 11:12:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWMN SOCI KCRM ELAB PHUM PREL IN
07CHENNAI198	LTTE SMUGGLING AND ONGOING FISHERIES DISPUTE RAISE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The recent upswing in smuggling by Tamil Tigers has combined with an ongoing fisheries dispute to mobilize anti-Sri Lanka sentiment in Tamil Nadu. Possibly in an effort to tamp down on smuggling by the Tigers, the Sri Lankan Navy has allegedly fired on Indian fishing vessels re [...]	2007-03-15 11:24:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER EFIS IN CE
07CHENNAI280	SRI LANKA CONFLICT: SPILLOVER INTO INDIA CONTINUES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The effects of the intensifying conflict between the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) and Sri Lankan forces continue to spillover into India's southern state of Tamil Nadu. The death of five Indian Tamil fishermen on March 29, gunned down by unknown assailants, has raised [...]	2007-04-13 11:34:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER EFIS MOPS IN CE
07CHENNAI318	TAMIL NADU SAYS LTTE TO BLAME FOR KILLING AND ABDUCTING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Through a surprise announcement that the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (not the Sri Lankan Navy) shot five Tamil Nadu fishermen dead on March 29 (reftel),Tamil Nadu has embarrassed and silenced Tamil Tiger supporters in the state. The Tamil Nadu government also alleged that [...]	2007-05-02 07:34:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER EFIS IN CE
07CHENNAI349	AN ANTI-U.S. ECHO CHAMBER IN BANGALORE'S URDU SPEAKING [...] (SBU) Summary: Deeply felt Muslim resentment over the Iraq war and U.S. policies in the Middle East, as well as misperceptions of American society emerged during a planned literary discussion in Bangalore between Urdu writers and journalists and visiting American author Eddy Harris. End summar [...]	2007-05-16 06:39:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OEXC OIIP SCUL KPAO KISL IN
07CHENNAI445	Plea from NGOs: Don't Downgrade India to Tier 3 [...] SUMMARY: During a July 3 visit to Hyderabad, Ambassador Mulford met with representatives of anti-trafficking NGOs to hear their views on India's efforts to combat trafficking in persons (TIP). The NGO representatives argued that the 2007 TIP report did not sufficiently or accurately acknowledge [...]	2007-07-09 10:55:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED	SOCI ELAB KCRM KWMN PREL PHUM IN
07CHENNAI475	Nuclear-Powered Nimitz Visits Chennai: The Only Emission Is [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The July 2-5 visit of USS Nimitz to Chennai was an overwhelming success, overcoming criticism, protests, and bureaucratic hurdles to make an indelible impression on the bilateral strategic relationship. Citing the incident-free shore visits by thousands of sailors and their read [...]	2007-07-23 10:19:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS MARR MNUC PREL PGOV KPAO ASEC IN
07CHENNAI50	PDAS Mann in Chennai: Visas, Refugees and Politics [...] (SBU) Summary: During his December 16-17 visit to Chennai, SCA bureau Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Steven Mann met with visa staff and viewed visa processing, had talks with Sri Lankan refugee leaders and discussed politics and Indo-U.S. relations with journalist-insider Malini Parthasa [...]	2007-01-19 10:28:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM CMGT IN CE
07CHENNAI518	CODEL ENSIGN EXPERIENCES SOUTH INDIA'S HIGH-TECH SECTOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Senator John Ensign (R-NV) made his first visit to Bangalore August 5-8 to see South India's info-tech boomtown firsthand. He met with top executives from several companies, including Tata Consultancy Services (TCS),Infosys, General Electric (GE),Brickwork, Texas Instruments [...]	2007-08-22 06:58:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP ECON EINV PGOV PREL SCUL CVIS IN
07CHENNAI530	HYDERABAD BOMBING UPDATE AND EAC MEETING REPORT [...] (SBU) On August 27, 2007 the RSO convened an EAC meeting to discuss and update members on new information surrounding the bombings in Hyderabad on Saturday, August 25. The meeting was attended by Pol/Econ, PAS, FCS, and FCS. The meeting was chaired by the Acting Consul General from PAS. The EAC [...]	2007-08-27 12:11:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CASC ASEC PGOV PREL KTER IN
07CHENNAI54	CODEL SPECTER IN SOUTH INDIA: COMMUNISTS, COMPUTERS AND [...] (U) Summary: During a December 17-22 visit to the south Indian states of Kerala and Karnataka, Senator Arlen Specter (R-Pennsylvania) viewed first-hand India's high-tech and business boom, met with judicial officials and journalists, and experienced traditional culture and politics, the latter [...]	2007-01-22 11:09:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PREL PGOV ECON SCUL IN
07CHENNAI541	HYDERABAD TERROR GROUPS HAVE INTERNATIONAL LINKS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a wide-ranging conversation only days before the August 25 bombings in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh's Police Intelligence Chief told post that his office closely monitors 40 to 50 Indian nationals in Hyderabad who have links to Islamic terrorist groups. He said many of these y [...]	2007-08-29 10:47:00	Consulate Chennai	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC IN KCRM KISL PGOV PREL PTER
07CHENNAI565	INDIAN AEROSPACE ORGANIZATIONS TIE "RESTRICTIVE" LICENSING [...] (SBU) Summary: High-level representatives of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) and Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) recently complained to us about delays in receiving visas and in obtaining export licenses for equipment purchased from the United States. HAL told us that it will [...]	2007-09-13 11:34:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL CVIS ETTC KFPC ETRD ESTH BEXP EIND IN
07CHENNAI629	PRESIDENTIAL RULE IMPOSED IN KARNATAKA: ADVANTAGE [...] (SBU) Summary: President Pratibha Patel imposed direct rule over the southern Indian state of Karnataka on October 9, following the recommendation of the state's governor the day before. The governor submitted his recommendation after the October 8 resignation of the Chief Minister (CM),which [...]	2007-10-12 05:23:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PREL IN
07CHENNAI662	BJP CLAIMS A NEW MAJORITY IN BANGALORE [...] (SBU) Summary: A newly reformed BJP-JD(S) coalition now claims to have a majority in the South Indian state of Karnataka's legislature. It has demanded that the governor re-activate the state's legislative assembly and ask the coalition to form a government. The Congress-appointed governor h [...]	2007-11-02 06:34:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PREL IN
07CHENNAI668	RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN ANDHRA PRADESH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The south Indian state of Andhra Pradesh recently enacted a law allowing the government to identify places of worship where the propagation of any religion other than the religion traditionally practiced at the identified location is prohibited. Thus far, the state has only id [...]	2007-11-09 08:08:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL SOCI IN
07CHENNAI671	BJP SET TO LEAD ITS FIRST GOVERNMENT IN SOUTH INDIA [...] (SBU) Summary: The Union Cabinet decided on November 8 to end "President's Rule" in the South Indian state of Karnataka, paving the way for the BJP to lead a governing coalition -- the first time that the BJP has led a government in a southern state. The BJP will join the JD(S) to govern, in [...]	2007-11-09 10:41:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PREL IN
07CHENNAI689	BETRAYAL ENDS THE BJP'S WEEK-LONG REIGN IN KARNATAKA [...] (SBU) Summary: The BJP's first, brief taste of power in South India ended on November 19 when Karnataka's Chief Minister B.S. Yedyurappa resigned his position after a mere seven days in office. He submitted his resignation when it became clear that his government would fail to win its initial [...]	2007-11-20 10:56:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM ECON PREL IN
07CHIANGMAI104	BURMA EXILES AND CHINESE OFFICIALS KEEP COMMUNICATION LINES [...] (SBU) Chinese officials maintain communication with Burma exiles based in northern Thailand representing the National League for Democracy - Liberated Area (NLD-LA) and the National Council of the Union of Burma (NCUB),soliciting their views on the situation inside Burma and offering advice. [...]	2007-06-08 08:44:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL TH BM CH
07CHIANGMAI107	"TARNISHED EAGLE" AFTERMATH SEEN AS EASING PETCHABUN REFUGEE [...] (U) Summary. Thai security officials see the June 4 arrests of former Laotian Gen. Vang Pao and his associates in the US as likely to have positive effects on the protracted problems of Hmong refugees and anti-Vientiane Hmong along the Thai-Lao border. End summary 2. (C) National Inte [...]	2007-06-13 01:43:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL PREF TH LA
07CHIANGMAI116	CHIANG MAI SERVES AS BASE FOR CHINA-FOCUSED CHRISTIAN GROUP [...] (C) Summary. Chiang Mai's large foreign Christian community provides a safe base for religious groups engaged in quiet work elsewhere in the region. While most do not identify their activities to the Consulate, our presence and American citizen services contribute to Chiang Mai's appeal for t [...]	2007-06-26 06:58:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM CASC PREL KIRF SOCI OEXC TH CH
07CHIANGMAI127	BURMESE EXILES FRET OVER SUPPOSED WEAKENING SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) Exile Burmese leaders in northern Thailand have approached ConGen staff in the past few weeks to voice concern that the U.S. might retreat from its current sanctions policy on Burma. Several prominent leaders have told PolOff they interpret recent comments by influential figures in the U.S. [...]	2007-07-16 09:16:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EINV TH BM
07CHIANGMAI131	FROM POPPIES TO PEACHES: HMONG PROGRESS REMAINS MIXED [...] Summary. Despite generally low economic status, land tenure issues, and a renewed refugee inflow from Laos, the Hmong hill people today are considered among the more successful hill tribe groups in Thailand. Best known for fighting beside US forces in Laos from the 1960s to1975 while a signi [...]	2007-07-25 18:55:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM PREF SNAR TH
07CHIANGMAI139	CHINA-FOCUSED CHRISTIAN GROUP SAYS GOING GETTING TOUGHER IN [...] (C) It is getting tougher to operate in western China's Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, according to the head of the "Friends of China" (FOC) Christian group's Chiang Mai office. Although FOC - which has been placing teachers and developmental workers in China for 20 years - has never had a [...]	2007-08-27 08:21:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KIRF SOCI CASC TH CH
07CHIANGMAI143	GOVERNOR'S PROMOTION SENDS INTERESTING SIGNALS ABOUT [...] (SBU) Chiang Mai Governor Vichai Srikwan's recent promotion to head an important election administration body has caught many observers by surprise. Some of Vichai's Interior Ministry colleagues are reportedly grumbling that he is a bit junior for the job. They, and the press, attribute his [...]	2007-08-31 03:05:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PREL PHUM TH
07CHIANGMAI151	NORTH KOREAN REFUGEES: NEW ARRIVALS OUTSTRIP RESETTLEMENT [...] (C) Over 1,400 North Korean refugees are expected to cross into Thailand during 2007, according to projections by officials in Northern Thailand. This flow is outstripping the pace of resettlement of the refugees in South Korea and elsewhere, and worsening crowding conditions in Thailand's im [...]	2007-09-14 07:49:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL KN KS CH TH
07CHIANGMAI156	NORTHERN THAI ACTIVISTS PREDICT CRACKDOWN IN BURMA [...] (C) A violent government crackdown against ongoing protests in Burma is the likeliest scenario seen by northern Thai-based activists and NGOs who met with CG and visiting Thailand Desk Officer September 25. As a first step, they anticipate the GOB will attempt to cut off protestors' communica [...]	2007-09-26 11:40:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF KDEM MARR MOPS TH BM CH IN
07CHIANGMAI157	BURMESE ARMY MUTINIES REPORTED [...] (C) Three Burmese Army divisions have reportedly refused to carry out orders from army central command to fire on demonstrators, according to several northern Thailand-based sources. These units are: -- the 33rd Division, based in Meiktila (near Mandalay); -- the Mandalay Division comman [...]	2007-09-28 10:03:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF KDEM MARR MOPS TH BM LA
07CHIANGMAI165	THAI CIVIL SOCIETY RAISES PUBLIC AWARENESS ABOUT BURMA [...] (SBU) For the first time ever, Chiang Mai University (CMU) held a public meeting on Burma designed to increase awareness of the problems caused by the Burmese regime's repressive policies and encourage students to pay closer attention to the plight of the Burmese people. The gathering was well [...]	2007-10-12 04:40:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM TH BM
07CHIANGMAI166	GATEWAY OR SPEED-BUMP? NORTHERN THAILAND AND THE [...] The Greater Mekong Subregion's North-South Corridor links southern China to Bangkok and foreign markets further afield. The route passes through northern Thailand, which aspires to be inner China's "golden gateway" and thereby develop its transportation and logistics sectors and expand its trad [...]	2007-10-15 09:15:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON PREL CH TH
07CHIANGMAI169	BURMA ACTIVISTS CITE NEED TO "CREATE SPACE" FOR [...] (C) The outside world needs to create space for pro-democracy forces inside Burma to recover and rise up again, visiting DCM was told by Chiang Mai-based Burma activists. Specifically, high-level personal diplomacy must maintain pressure on regime leaders to ease the brutal crackdown, and con [...]	2007-10-19 11:59:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF PHUM MARR ECON BM TH
07CHIANGMAI173	THAI ARMY PROVIDES GLIMPSE ACROSS BURMESE BORDER [...] (C) A recent visit with a Thai military unit on the Burmese border showed business as usual. An uneasy truce holds among Burmese troops and two armed ethnic groups in the area. Thai drug interdiction efforts there have reportedly had success locally, but have only diverted the Burma-based tr [...]	2007-10-26 09:58:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PHUM PREF BM TH SNAR
07CHIANGMAI177	SMALLER PARTIES CASH-STRAPPED, TALK OF MERGER [...] (C) High-level representatives of the Matchima, Ruamchai Thai Chart Pattana, Pracharat, Phua Phaen Din (Motherland),and Rak Chat Thai parties are currently in discussions about their political future, according to prospective Rak Chat Thai candidate Palangkool Wongluekiat and a Phua Phaen Din [...]	2007-11-08 05:16:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TH
07CHIANGMAI179	MAE SOT: REFUGEES BEMOAN BURMESE EXILES; HUMANITARIAN NEEDS [...] (C) Political infighting among the exiles in Thailand came as a surprise to recent arrivals fleeing the violent crackdown in Burma. The number of Burmese crossing into Thailand since the regime cracked down on demonstrations in September remains steady, but several contacts pointed to signs t [...]	2007-11-14 10:41:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PHUM BM TH
07CHIANGMAI193	PLIGHT OF "LONG-NECK" KARENNI WOMEN HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) The detention, fining, and relocation by Thai police of six ethnic Karenni women, also known as "Long-Neck" Karen, for working as entertainers at a resort in Chiang Mai highlight several shortcomings in Thai policy toward Hill Tribe and refugee populations. Had one of the women's village l [...]	2007-12-07 01:37:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM TH BM
07CHIANGMAI203	BURMESE ARMY POSSIBLY PREPARING FOR KAREN STATE OFFENSIVE [...] (C) The Burma Army (BA) is deploying more soldiers than usual to Karen State in possible preparation for a new offensive, according to Free Burma Rangers (FBR) and Karen National Union (KNU) contacts. Normally, the BA maintains a 40-50-battalion strong presence in the area with new units rotat [...]	2007-12-28 04:46:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MOPS PREL PREF BM TH
07CHIANGMAI22	KNU RIFT WIDENS [...] (U) Summary: A growing split among leaders of the Karen resistance to the Burmese military government has broken into the open in the wake of the Dec. 26 funeral of long-time Karen National Union (KNU) leader Bo Mya. Thai observers are concerned that the dispute will further weaken the KNU [...]	2007-02-05 10:28:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS TH BM
07CHIANGMAI35	REQUIEM FOR A GENERAL [...] (SBU) Summary. The Dec. 26 funeral of former Karen National Union (KNU) leader Gen. Bo Mya provided a stage for some of the alliances and shifting relationships that characterize the longest-running resistance to the Burmese regime. Attendees included most elements of the Karen resistance [...]	2007-02-16 10:11:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PINS TH BM PGOV
07CHIANGMAI46	SHAN MILITIA LEADER REACHES OUT TO INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Leaders of the Restoration Council of Shan State (RCSS) and Shan State Army-South (SSA-S) have invited Consulate General staff and other members of the international community in northern Thailand to visit Shan villages on the Thai-Burma border, seeking to draw attention to huma [...]	2007-03-13 01:25:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	SECRET	PREL PHUM SNAR TH BM
07CHIANGMAI50	TEST DRIVING THE THAILAND-YUNNAN HIGHWAYS [...] Chinese government officials and Mekong region diplomats tested two alternate north-south routes between China and Thailand March 6-10 by driving from Jinghong in Yunnan Province to Chiang Rai via Burma and back through Laos. Although the road under construction through Laos is generally con [...]	2007-03-15 07:22:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON TH BM CH LA
07CHIANGMAI58	WOMAN OF COURAGE" AND GRASS ROOTS LEADERSHIP [...] To present Thailand's "Woman of Courage" award, Consulate General Chiang Mai took advantage of a program organized by the awardee herself, a training seminar on women and the constitution for paralegals and community leaders from 17 northern provinces. The event marked the first occasion the [...]	2007-03-23 01:18:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KWMN KDEM KPAO TH
07CHIANGMAI63	TENSIONS ON THAI-BURMA FRONTIER LEAD TO BORDER CLOSINGS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Tensions have increased along the Thai-Burma border over the past few weeks, leading to the closure of most border crossings. Likely causes for the tensions include a renewed Burma Army offensive in the Karen State and a handful of altercations involving military and police forces [...]	2007-04-03 11:45:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS TH BM
07CHIANGMAI66	BORDER FIGHTING HEATS UP AFTER KNU SPLIT [...] (C/NF) Summary. Shaken by a recent split in its ranks, the Karen National Union (KNU) took more battering this week, as soldiers allied with former KNU 7th Brigade Commander Htain Maung joined State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) and Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA) forces in an atta [...]	2007-04-10 09:57:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	SECRET	PREL PINS TH BM
07CHIANGMAI70	KAREN GROUPS SAY FIGHTING WON'T REACH REFUGEE CAMPS IN [...] (C/NF) Fighting along the Thai-Burma border is unlikely to spill into the Mae La refugee camp in Thailand's Tak province, according to the ethnic factions involved in recent clashes. Karen groups on both sides of the conflict share an interest in protecting the camp and other Karen settlements [...]	2007-04-18 10:31:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PREF TH BM
07CHIANGMAI85	KAREN GROUP SAYS SPDC REJECTED THAI ARMY OFFER TO NEGOTIATE [...] (C) Northern Thailand-based Burma exiles told the Consulate that Burma's ruling State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) recently rejected a Royal Thai Army (RTA) offer to negotiate a ceasefire with the Karen National Union (KNU). Sources said that representatives of a Thai special force [...]	2007-05-10 08:56:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS TH BM
07CHIANGMAI92	NORTH KOREAN REFUGEE FLOW INTO THAILAND SURGES [...] (C) SUMMARY. The ever-increasing North Korean refugee flow into Thailand is disrupting the RTG's ability to handle the wave of those seeking to use Thailand as a conduit to resettlement in a third country. Many sources believe the new RTG plan to process resettlement cases with Republic of Kore [...]	2007-05-18 08:32:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	SECRET	PREF PGOV PREL PHUM TH KN CH
07CHISINAU1273	PRESIDENT VORONIN SUPPORTS U.S. CFE PROPOSALS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a cordial meeting with President Voronin, DAS David Kramer presented elements of our forward-leaning CFE package proposals delivered in Moscow. Arriving in Moldova after his Moscow talks, Kramer said the U.S. had presented this package to the Russians, and is waiting for the [...]	2007-10-22 11:36:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KCFE OSCE PARM MD
07CHISINAU1275	TRANSNISTRIA: SMIRNOV'S POWER WEAKENING [...] (C) SUMMARY: With Transnistria's (TN) economic situation deteriorating, "President" Smirnov is showing unprecedented signs of weakness, and the previously unquestioned position of the TN leader now seems increasingly uncertain. While TN leaders formerly presented a united front, in recent mee [...]	2007-10-22 15:08:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PBTS ECON PHUM MD
07CHISINAU1281	PM TARLEV UPBEAT ON USG CFE PROPOSALS [...] (C) Summary. DAS Kramer briefed Prime Minister Tarlev on U.S. efforts to persuade Russia not to suspend participation on CFE. Tarlev appreciated our efforts and stressed that getting Russian forces out of Transnistria soon would help to resolve the Transnistria conflict. Kramer's urging of [...]	2007-10-23 14:30:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PBTS ECON MD
07CHISINAU1282	SPEAKER LUPU READY TO ENGAGE TRANSNISTRIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: During his meeting with Speaker Marian Lupu, EUR DAS David Kramer briefed Lupu on the Transnistrian (TN) negotiations and recent developments in Moscow, noting Chisinau's positive public diplomacy contributions. Lupu raised his willingness to start an inter-parliamentary dialogue [...]	2007-10-23 14:37:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MD
07CHISINAU1283	FOREIGN MINISTER STRATAN SUPPORTS US ON [...] (C) Summary: EUR DAS David Kramer's October 19 meeting with Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration Andrei Stratan won willing support on U.S. positions regarding Transnistria (TN),CFE and the OSCE. Stratan expressed his appreciation for U.S. transparency on talks with Russia an [...]	2007-10-23 14:41:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PBTS PGOV PINR PREL MD
07CHISINAU1284	MINISTER SOVA INSISTS PLAN NEEDS CLEAR DEADLINES [...] (C) Summary: Minister for Reintegration Sova welcomed and supported EUR DAS Kramer's outlines of the three-point proposal presented in Moscow, which looks at Transnistria in the context of the CFE treaty, but said clear timelines must be established. Sova proposed limiting to one year the tr [...]	2007-10-23 14:55:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE OSCE PARM PBTS PREL MD
07CHISINAU1301	TRANSNISTRIA OPTS TO DEAL WITH MOLDOVA -- FOR NOW [...] (C) Summary: In a reversal of earlier policy, Transnistria's Foreign Minister Valery Litskai said at an informal 5 plus 2 gathering that he was open for dialogue with Chisinau and praised President Voronin's initiatives on Transnistria. Litskai said Transnistria was prepared to resolve the [...]	2007-10-25 12:14:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PBTS PREL PINR MD
07CHISINAU1331	IRAQ DEPLOYMENT REQUIREMENTS: MOLDOVA [...] (C) Summary: Because of its constitutional neutrality, Moldova sends its officers and soldiers abroad only to conduct peacekeeping and humanitarian operations under a specific mandate, such as UN or OSCE, and for a specific purpose. For Iraq, the Moldovan soldiers officially deploy at the r [...]	2007-11-02 14:06:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL IZ MD
07CHISINAU1354	TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT: SOME PROGRESS, BUT STILL NO [...] (U) Post's interim assessment for EUR Special Watchlist countries is keyed to the questions in reftel para. 6B. 2. (SBU) According to the Center for Combating Trafficking in Persons (CCTIP),Government of Moldova (GOM) authorities opened 429 cases against traffickers (a 7.7% rise over the sa [...]	2007-11-13 07:22:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KWMN PHUM PGOV PREL SMIG MD
07CHISINAU1362	SHEVCHUK: MOLDOVA NOT A RELIABLE PARTNER [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador's November 9 meeting with Transnistria's Parliamentary Speaker Evgeny Shevchuk took place against the backdrop of a controversial decree adopted by the Government of Moldova on November 7, requiring that all TN vehicles register with Chisinau. Shevchuk charged tha [...]	2007-11-14 05:31:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS EAID PGOV MD
07CHISINAU1366	SOVA: THE GOODWILL IS GONE [...] (C) SUMMARY: At a November 13 meeting we had requested to discuss the Moldovan decree on vehicle registration, Minister for Reintegration Sova lost no time in expressing his ire at Transnistrian "foreign minister" Litskai. Litskai had agreed to meet Sova by November 10, but instead had avoidin [...]	2007-11-14 15:14:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS OSCE KCFE MD
07CHISINAU1367	NO VORONIN-ZUBAKOV AGREEMENT ON TRANSNISTRIA; [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with the DCM, Presidential advisor Marc Tkaciuk categorically denied the existence of any agreement made between President Voronin and Russian Security Council Deputy Secretary Yuriy Zubakov. The meeting with Zubakov mostly concerned domestic political issues and th [...]	2007-11-14 15:27:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PREL PGOV TN GM RS MD
07CHISINAU1377	VORONIN PERCEIVES KREMLIN-MFA SPLIT ON MOLDOVA, [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with the Ambassador on November 30, President Voronin said his meeting with Deputy Secretary of the Russian Security Council Yuri Zubakov produced little forward movement on Transnistria (TN). Instead, the meeting showed Voronin that the Russian MFA and Kremlin seeme [...]	2007-11-20 11:23:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PREL PGOV RS TN MD
07CHISINAU1380	With Questionable Tactics, Communists Win Majority on [...] (SBU) Summary: November 11 district council repeat elections in Rezina saw a shift in power to the Communist Party. This victory was assisted by apparent misuse of state power, threats, and inducements. A disunited opposition is learning some hard lessons as the electorate has begun to signa [...]	2007-11-23 06:59:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PREL PINR MD
07CHISINAU1384	NEW MOLDOVAN REGULATION TO IMPEDE TRADE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Side-stepping Parliament and filters intended to give the business community a voice in new regulations effecting them, the Government of Moldova (GOM) adopted a decision requiring a state commercial stamp on all containers of non-alcoholic beverages sold in Moldova. Ostensibly [...]	2007-11-23 14:40:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD WTO PGOV PREL MD
07CHISINAU1393	Marginal Moldovan Political Parties Merge. Bet on the [...] (SBU) Summary: In preparation for 2009 parliamentary elections, marginal political parties are merging to increase the vote bank of the ideologically like-minded. One center-left, social-democratic alliance has potential. One centrist agreement adds marginally to centrist strength, which is n [...]	2007-11-26 08:05:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PREL PINR MD
07CHISINAU1395	REQUEST FOR TRANSNISTRIA DROUGHT ASSISTANCE [...] (SBU) I am declaring a disaster in the Transnistrian region of Moldova due to severe drought, loss of crops, and consequent negative impact on living standards. I hereby request $50,000 from USAID/OFDA for disaster relief in Transnistria. 2. (SBU) This request follows reftel in which I requ [...]	2007-11-26 13:42:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PREL MD
07CHISINAU1400	LITSKAI: HEADING TO MADRID [...] (C) SUMMARY: Transnistrian "Foreign Minister" Litskai intends to travel to Madrid for consultations on the sidelines of the OSCE Ministerial. In a November 23 meeting, Litskai told Ambassador Kirby he expected the Finns would provide much better leadership for OSCE than the Spanish had. Whi [...]	2007-11-27 15:43:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS OSCE PGOV MD
07CHISINAU1406	SEEKING TO REGAIN MOMENTUM ON TRANSNISTRIA [...] (C) Summary: In a November 27 meeting on the eve of his departure for the OSCE Ministerial in Madrid, Minister of Reintegration Sova was angry that the Spanish had given Litskai a visa and threatened a GOM walkout. Ambassador Kirby counseled a more measured diplomatic approach that would all [...]	2007-11-29 14:56:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS OSCE PGOV MD
07CHISINAU1435	TRANSNISTRIAN CEMETERY HONORS ROMANIAN WAR DEAD [...] (SBU) Summary: After earlier refusals, Transnistrian (TN) authorities allowed an Embassy officer to cross into TN-controlled territory to check conflicting claims about the graves of Romanian World War II dead in Bender. A visit to the Dragalina Cemetery revealed careful and sensitive restora [...]	2007-12-10 09:40:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PBTS PGOV PHUM PREL MD
07CHISINAU1477	REFUSED ENTRY INTO TRANSNISTRIA [...] (U) On December 14 the Ambassador set out for Tiraspol, accompanied by MCC Director for Moldova Chris Williams, Pol/Econ Section Chief Daria Fane, Interpreter Vlad Kulminsky and a security follow car. At the Transnistrian border checkpoint the delegation was informed that the Ambassador could [...]	2007-12-14 13:39:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PGOV MD
07CHISINAU1486	LUPU: BALACED AND HELPFUL [...] (C) Sumary: In a wide-ranging meeting with the Ambassdor December 17, Parliamentary Speaker Marian Lupu continued to be very interested in visiting the .S. to meet Speaker Nancy Pelosi. He promised tohelp get a bilateral Article 98 agreement signed to take steps to have a new Moldovan TIP Co [...]	2007-12-18 10:34:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MD
07CHISINAU1505	STRATAN GETTING COLD SHOULDER FROM BOTH NEIGHBORS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a December 20 meeting, Foreign Minister Stratan complained that his Romanian counterpart, Foreign Minister Cioroianu, would be in Chisinau for a ribbon-cutting ceremony, but had not requested a meeting with him. Stratan mentioned that Moldova also faces problems with its easte [...]	2007-12-21 13:17:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PGOV RO UP MD
07CHISINAU1520	MOLDOVAN ENERGY WOES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Moldovan energy sector continues to suffer from political manipulations, which in a society accustomed to government subsidies prevents charging full cost-recovery tariffs for increasingly more expensive natural gas, electricity, and heating. According to recent media reports [...]	2007-12-28 15:29:00	Embassy Chisinau	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PGOV PREL MD
07COLOMBO100	SRI LANKA: INTERNATIONAL NGOS FACE CLIMATE OF [...] (C) Summary: Elements of the government appear to be orchestrating a campaign against international NGOs, particularly those working in LTTE-controlled areas. On January 11, a mob led by the nationalist Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) party stormed the Colombo office of the Dutch NGO ZOA Refugee [...]	2007-01-17 12:51:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE

07COLOMBO1002	SRI LANKA: CHARGE PRESSES MINISTER OF POWER AND ENERGY ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Charge met Power and Energy Minister Seneviratne to continue pressing for the Ceylon Electricity Board to deliver contractually-required letters of credit to U.S. independent power producer AES. The minister said that he hoped to resolve the issue by getting the cabinet to offic [...]	2007-07-17 11:52:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ENRG PREL CE
07COLOMBO1003	EASTERN PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL ASSASSINATED [...] (U) On July 16, unidentified gunmen shot and killed Chief Secretary of the Eastern Provincial Council H.M. Herath Abeyweera in his office in Trincomalee. The gunmen fired several rounds at point blank range before fleeing the scene. It is unclear how the assailants were able to enter Abeyw [...]	2007-07-17 12:06:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1016	COLOMBO CELEBRATION MARKS VICTORY IN THE EAST [...] (C) Summary. On July 19 the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) held a ceremony in Colombo's Independence Square to celebrate the military victory in the East. The U.S., United Kingdom, and India sent their Defense Attaches to observe, while many countries opted not to attend at all. The Preside [...]	2007-07-19 12:17:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1017	SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT PLANS TO RELEASE ACSA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Opposition parties are trying to make political hay out of the GSL's execution of an Acquisition and Cross-Servicing Agreement (ACSA) with the USG. At the time it was signed on March 5, 2007, by Defense Secretary Gothabaya Rajapaksa and Ambassador Blake, Embassy issued a short [...]	2007-07-19 12:18:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1020	MAIN OPPOSITION AND RULING PARTY SPLINTER GROUP [...] (C) Summary. On July 19, the leading opposition United National Party and the recently-formed Sri Lanka Freedom Party/Mahajana (SLFP/M) wing (ref) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU). The agreement stipulates that the two groups will jointly contest future elections. It outlines th [...]	2007-07-20 10:00:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1023	SRI LANKA: POLICE FORCES KILL TAMIL TIGER LEADER [...] (SBU) Elite Sri Lankan police officers known as Special Task Forces (STF) killed six Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) cadres on Saturday, July 21, including the Ampara area leader known as Ravindran, recovering a cache of weapons and ammunition. The STF reported that its raid was in [...]	2007-07-23 13:24:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1025	SRI LANKA: REQUEST FOR UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES [...] (C) Charge and Pol Chief met Foreign Minister Bogollagama on July 20 and informed him according to reftel that the U.S. could not provide Unmanned Aerial Vehicles to the Sri Lankan military at this time. Charge explained that the U.S. interagency process had determined that the targeting and [...]	2007-07-24 02:48:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV MASS
07COLOMBO1029	SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT MODERATES OPTIMISTIC ABOUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The representative of the President's party on the committee to develop a consensus devolution proposal told Charge on June 23 he was confident President Rajapaksa would accept the consensus on power-sharing with the regions and the country's minorities. Foreign Minister Bogollag [...]	2007-07-24 23:35:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1031	SRI LANKA: WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT SECRETARY ENGAGES [...] (C) Summary. On July 10, Charge and Poloff called on Secretary of the Ministry of Child Development and Women's SIPDIS Empowerment Indrani Sugathadasa to brief her on Sri Lanka's Tier 2 Watch List status and discuss Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) efforts to address trafficking of women and [...]	2007-07-25 06:00:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM KWMN KPAO ELAB KCRM SOCI
07COLOMBO1036	SRI LANKA: CONDITIONS DETERIORATING IN JAFFNA; [...] (C) SUMMARY: Conditions in the military-controlled portion of the Jaffna peninsula are deteriorating, with eight extra-judicial killings in just three days and 21 dead in the past two weeks. Among the dead is a Tamil employee of the Danish Refugee Council, who was shot twice in the face at [...]	2007-07-25 10:38:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1045	SRI LANKA: CONDITIONS FOR "UP-COUNTRY" TAMILS [...] (C) SUMMARY: There are approximately 1.5 million Tamils, mostly of Indian origin and often referred to as "Up-Country" Tamils, working on tea, rubber and coconut plantations in Sri Lanka. Plantation exports account for more than 50 percent of Sri Lanka's gross domestic product, but the Govern [...]	2007-07-27 07:27:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1046	SRI LANKA: 1206 FUNDING JUSTIFICATION FOR FY2008 [...] (SBU) Embassy supports the allocation of fiscal year 2008 funds under the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) section 1206 for installation of a high frequency surface wave (HFSW) radar near Arugam Bay (Okanda) on the southeastern coast of Sri Lanka. The total estimated cost of this p [...]	2007-07-27 08:45:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MASS MOPS MARR PTER CE
07COLOMBO1048	OPPOSITION RALLY DRAWS SIGNIFICANT CROWD AND [...] (C) Summary: On July 26, the newly formed United National Party/Sri Lanka Freedom Party-Mahajana Wing alliance, now called the National Congress, held its first public rally at Colombo's Hyde Park with the theme "Country is ruined. Come forward." Rumors that the Government would try to preve [...]	2007-07-27 09:35:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1050	SRI LANKA: EMBASSY HELPS GLOBAL ENERGY REVIVE ITS OIL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy continues advocacy for U.S. firm Global Energy and Industrial Operations, Inc., which seeks to build and operate an $800 million oil refinery near Colombo. The project has been stalled since 2004, when Global Energy thought it had a deal upon signing a memorandum of und [...]	2007-07-30 06:35:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ENRG PREL CE
07COLOMBO1054	SRI LANKA: SUPREME COURT ALLOWS CASE AGAINST [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Supreme Court on July 27 allowed a case filed by the Sinhalese nationalist parties against the constitutionality of the CFA to proceed. The Court of Appeals had previously dismissed the suit. The line of questioning by Chief Justice Silva may give an indication that he inte [...]	2007-07-30 12:22:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1055	SRI LANKA: LITTLE PROGRESS ON COMPLIANCE WITH [...] (C) On July 26, Acting DCM and Econ Chief called on Ministry of Foreign Affairs Additional Secretary for UN and Multilateral Affairs Sarala Fernando to follow up on earlier demarches (refs E and F) urging Sri Lanka to comply with UNSCR 1747. EmbOffs specifically emphasized the requirement to [...]	2007-07-31 06:16:00	Embassy Colombo	SECRET	KNNP PARM PREL ETTC EFIN IR CE
07COLOMBO1058	SRI LANKA TO CONSIDER ADOPTING CONVENTION FOR THE [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-31 10:23:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL CE
07COLOMBO1067	SRI LANKA: DEMARCHE RESPONSE ON AMERICAN RED CROSS [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-01 10:14:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL PHUM ICRC CE
07COLOMBO1071	SRI LANKA: PRESIDENT'S SOUTHERN POLITICAL BASE [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Rajapaksa is losing support among his political base in southern coastal towns to former Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera, whose recent alliance with the United National Party (UNP) has re-energized the opposition. In an effort to sway public opinion in his favor, [...]	2007-08-01 11:34:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1077	SRI LANKA AND MALDIVES: 62ND UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY [...] (SBU) On July 26, A/DCM called on Sri Lankan Ministry of Foreign Affairs Additional Secretary for UN and Multilateral Affairs Sarala Fernando to request a list of high-level officials planning to attend the 62nd UN General Assembly (UNGA). Fernando replied that President Mahinda Rajapaksa and [...]	2007-08-02 08:42:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ITRA OVIP KSEP UNGA CE MV
07COLOMBO1078	SRI LANKA: JAFFNA HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICE ENDS CONTACT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Long-time Embassy interlocutors in Jaffna, including those who met with Assistant Secretary Boucher in May 2007, report that they continue to feel pressure from the government, particularly the Jaffna military commander. Contacts have told us that in addition to the GSL curtailin [...]	2007-08-03 06:53:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1079	SRI LANKA: DEFECTIONS REDUCE PRESIDENT'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 2, the Ceylon Workers Congress (CWC) Party leader, Minister of Youth Empowerment and Socio-Economic Development Arumugan Thondaman, and four out of five CWC Members of Parliament announced they would no longer vote with the President's coalition. The one CWC parliam [...]	2007-08-03 08:18:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1087	MALDIVES: KEY GOVERNMENT REFORMERS RESIGN [...] (C) Summary. On August 5, Attorney General Hassan Saeed and Justice Minister Mohamed Jameel, both leading members of the "New Maldives" group of reform-minded ministers, resigned from Government, accusing the President of obstructing the reform process. Local press and POL section contacts [...]	2007-08-06 13:01:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM MV
07COLOMBO109	SRI LANKA: DEVOLUTION PROPOSAL ON TRACK, BUT WILL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Tissa Vitharana, Chair of the All-Party Representative Committee (APRC),has culled common elements from several devolution proposals and offered a compromise document for discussion within the committee. In a January 17 meeting with the Ambassador, Vitharana explained that he ba [...]	2007-01-19 06:05:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1103	SRI LANKA: PRESIDENT APPEARS READY TO ACCEPT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The chair of the committee to work out a consensus devolution proposal reported that the President and all parties represented in the current government had agreed to support a compromise. This foresees the province, rather than the district, as the unit of devolution. This con [...]	2007-08-09 10:56:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1106	SRI LANKA: HUMANITARIAN ACCESS COMMITTEE REVIEWS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UN Under Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs John Holmes, currently visiting Sri Lanka, attended the 11th Consultative Committee on Humanitarian Assistance (CCHA) meeting chaired by Minister of Disaster Management and Human Rights Mahinda Samarasinghe on August 7. Charg [...]	2007-08-10 05:11:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREF PHUM PGOV PREL CE
07COLOMBO1113	SRI LANKA: DEFENSE SECRETARY OUTLINES PLAN FOR [...] (C) Defense Secretary (and brother of the President) Gothabaya Rajapaksa told Charge and Pol Chief on August 9 of his plans to stabilize the security environment in Sri Lanka's East, where government forces recently routed the remaining regular Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) forces. [...]	2007-08-13 10:45:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1114	SRI LANKA: USAID LAUNCHES NATIONAL ANTI-CORRUPTION [...] SUMMARY: The final version of the USAID-sponsored National Anti-Corruption Action Plan (NACAP),which outlines key steps the Government and private sector can take to address corruption, was presented at the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall (BMICH) on July 28 as part of the [...]	2007-08-13 11:12:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID KCOR PGOV PREL ECON CE
07COLOMBO112	SRI LANKA: 1206 BOAT TRAINING TO SUPPORT [...] (U) Post supports PACOM's approval of $1.4 million to conduct boat training with the Sri Lanka Navy (SLN) through 1206 FY07 funding. This initiative provides training and equipment necessary for the SLN to effectively conduct Visit, Board, Search and Seizure (VBSS) operations off the coast of [...]	2007-01-19 09:03:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV MOPS PREL CE
07COLOMBO1123	SRI LANKA: PRIME MINISTER LASHES OUT AT UN UNDER [...] (C) SUMMARY: UN Under Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs John Holmes visited Sri Lanka from August 6-9, the first high-level UN visit to Sri Lanka in almost a year. Holmes met with senior Government officials, attended the first year anniversary of the killing of 17 Action Against Hun [...]	2007-08-14 12:00:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1127	SRI LANKA: COMPROMISE ON DEVOLUTION SHOWS SIGNS OF [...] SUMMARY: The deal the President put together on devolution (reftel) has come under fire from Sinhalese hardliners, delaying its approval for at least several days, perhaps much longer. The radical Sinhalese Buddhist monk-based party Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) objected to the compromise, insi [...]	2007-08-15 12:31:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO113	GOVERNMENT AGREES TO TEMPORARY CEASEFIRE IN [...] (SBU) At the fourth Consultative Committee on Humanitarian Affairs chaired by Minister for Human Rights and Disaster Management Samarasinghe and Defense Secretary Rajapaksa on January 19, Samarasinghe briefed selected donors, UN agency representatives, Ambassador and AID Mission Director o [...]	2007-01-19 09:32:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER PGOV CE
07COLOMBO115	SRI LANKA: MUSLIM PARTY LEADER ACCUSES GOVERNMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sri Lanka Muslim Congress leader Rauff Hakim complained to Ambassador on January 19 that the President's brother and senior political advisor Basil Rajapaksa had employed strong-arm tactics to induce members of his party to join the government. Hakim said, however, that he was s [...]	2007-01-19 10:51:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM CE
07COLOMBO1161	MALDIVES: REFORM-MINDED FOREIGN MINISTER RESIGNS; [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 21, key Government reformer and Foreign Minister Ahmed Shaheed resigned from his post, joining the Attorney General and Justice Minister who resigned earlier this month (ref a). Embassy contacts tell us that Shaheed had several reasons to resign, including a scheduled [...]	2007-08-22 12:02:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM MV
07COLOMBO1165	SRI LANKA: TRINCOMALEE TAMILS WARY OF GOVERNMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: DCM met with local government officials, civil society leaders, and community members in the eastern city of Trincomalee on August 10-12th to discuss the security and humanitarian situation in the area and promote policies that will foster peace and economic development. The Gov [...]	2007-08-24 08:07:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAID PTER PHUM PREF MOPS PREL KMCA CE
07COLOMBO1166	MALDIVES: NEW FOREIGN, JUSTICE MINISTERS NAMED; [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Gayoom on August 23 appointed two new cabinet ministers, Abdullah Shahid as Foreign Minister and Mohamed Muiz Adnan as Justice Minister. Shahid and Muiz were previously both senior officials in their respective ministries. In addition to the new ministers, Gayoom has [...]	2007-08-24 09:20:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM MV
07COLOMBO1168	SRI LANKA: NATIONALISTS THREATEN TO END SUPPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Sinhalese nationalist Janatha Vikmuthi Peramuna (JVP) has threatened to withdraw its support from outside for the government if the All-Party Representative Committee consensus in favor of meaningful devolution to the provinces is allowed to stand. The JVP insists on retainin [...]	2007-08-27 09:33:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1170	FOREIGN MINISTER AND AMBASSADOR DISCUSS DEVOLUTION [...] Summary: In an August 27 meeting, Foreign Minister Bogollagama and Ambassador reviewed human rights, the status of the All Parties Representative Committee (APRC) deliberations, and a request by the Foreign Minister to meet the Secretary anytime between October 4 and 8 in Washington. The Amb [...]	2007-08-27 11:37:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNGA CE
07COLOMBO1171	SRI LANKA: EMINENT PERSONS REASSURED AFTER MEETING [...] (C) SUMMARY: The International Independent Group of Eminent Persons (IIGEP) held its third plenary meeting with the Commission of Inquiry (COI) August 17 - 20. The positive tone of the meeting reassured even skeptics within the IIGEP. U.S. Eminent Person Gene Dewey noted that the possibilit [...]	2007-08-27 12:00:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1182	SRI LANKA PROMISES RESPONSE ON UNSCR 1737 AND 1747 [...] (S) Ambassador on August 24 sent a letter to Minister of Foreign Affairs Rohitha Bogollagama outlining US concerns about Sri Lanka's lack of compliance with UN Security Council Resolutions 1737 and 1747. Ambassador noted in the letter that Sri Lanka's Bank of Ceylon maintains a correspondent [...]	2007-08-29 12:11:00	Embassy Colombo	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1184	"NEW MALDIVES" MINISTERS WHO RESIGNED PREDICT [...] (C) Summary: At a private dinner on 8/29 hosted by Ambassador, the three leading "New Maldives" advocates for political reform, all of whom resigned from the government in recent days, candidly discussed the bleak outlook for political reform and the unsuccessful negotiations they had with Pr [...]	2007-08-30 11:30:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MV
07COLOMBO1186	MALDIVES: PRESIDENT GAYOOM SAYS REFERENDUM [...] (C) Summary: Maldives President Gayoom told Ambassador August 28 that the country's August 18 referendum had been "well-organized," "in general, free and fair," and had produced an outcome of 62 percent in favor of a "U.S.-style" presidential system. Opposition Maldives Democratic Party leade [...]	2007-08-30 12:24:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KWWW ETRD EAID MV
07COLOMBO1187	SRI LANKA: DEFENSE CORRESPONDENT FEARS RETALIATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Defense Correspondent Iqbal Athas is preparing to temporarily leave Sri Lanka with his family following a barrage of threats and intimidation apparently orchestrated by the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL). On August 12, he wrote an article for the Sunday Times about the Ukraini [...]	2007-08-30 12:31:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1188	SRI LANKA OPEN TO ENGAGEMENT ON TIP ACTION PLAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: DCM and Poloff called on Foreign Secretary Palitha Kohona on August 23 to deliver ref A talking points and Trafficking in Persons (TIP) action plan. DCM noted that the primary reason for watchlisting Sri Lanka was insufficient evidence of Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) efforts t [...]	2007-08-30 12:41:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1207	SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT OFFENSIVE IN SOUTHERN MANNAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Sri Lankan Army (SLA) began a military offensive on August 27 to clear Silavaturai and neighboring villages in southwestern Mannar district of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) cadres. About four thousand civilians are reportedly displaced by the fighting. UN interlo [...]	2007-09-04 11:35:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1216	MALDIVES: FINAL REFERENDUM RESULTS ANNOUNCED, BUT [...] SUMMARY: On August 28, the Election Commission announced the final results of the August 18 referendum to decide on Maldives' future system of governance. 95,619 voters endorsed the presidential system, while 58,504 supported the parliamentary system. The final results do not require the app [...]	2007-09-05 08:30:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM MV
07COLOMBO1225	HUMAN RIGHTS IN SRI LANKA: SOME IMPROVEMENT BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The period April-June 2007 showed a decline relative to the beginning of the year in Colombo and some other parts of Sri Lanka in certain categories of human rights abuses, such as abductions. However, the overall level of human rights violations compared to 2002-2005 remains e [...]	2007-09-06 11:21:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1232	SRI LANKAN PROGRESS ON ISSUES OF CONCERN TO U.S. - [...] (C) As Washington prepares for a busy fall, post thought it would be useful to provide a brief snapshot of where we stand on the key issues in our agenda with Sri Lanka; the outlook for the fall; and what specific steps the U.S. can take to advance our interests here. A number of factors have [...]	2007-09-07 11:09:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CE
07COLOMBO124	MALDIVIAN FOREIGN MINISTER AGREES TO QUIET [...] (C) During a January 16 trip to Male', Ambassador encouraged Foreign Minister Ahmed Shaheed to consider establishing LOW-KEY diplomatic contacts with Israeli officials with a view to establishing full diplomatic relations at a future date. (Note: The Ambassador had earlier discussed this [...]	2007-01-22 09:11:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MV
07COLOMBO1253	SRI LANKA LIKELY TO SUPPORT US CANDIDATE FOR [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-12 06:35:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM UNGA UNHRC CE
07COLOMBO1254	MALDIVES: RESIGNED MINISTERS CONTINUE REFORM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former Foreign Minister Ahmed Shaheed, Justice Minister Mohamed Jameel, and Attorney General Hassan Saeed, the key advocates for reform within the Government until their resignations last month (refs d and e),are reportedly considering joining the opposition Maldivian Democra [...]	2007-09-12 06:53:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM MV
07COLOMBO1259	SRI LANKAN NAVY SINKS THREE LARGE LTTE SHIPS IN [...] (S) SUMMARY: On September 12, Ambassador and Defense Attache Oxley met with Sri Lanka Navy Commander Wasantha Karannagoda to discuss the navy's recent operational successes, including sinking three large Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) weapons supply ships (referred to by the media [...]	2007-09-12 12:29:00	Embassy Colombo	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1260	SRI LANKA: CHRISTIANS FACE MOUNTING LEGAL HURDLES [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 10, Godfrey Yogarajah of the National Christian Evangelical Alliance of Sri Lanka (NCEASL) called on Ambassador to provide an update on the problems faced by Sri Lanka's Christian community. Yogarajah noted that Sri Lankan churches are experiencing a growing number [...]	2007-09-12 12:30:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1261	SRI LANKA: PRESIDENT SHARES HIS VIEWS ON THE [...] SUMMARY: In an early September interview with Indian author and journalist Inderjit Badhwar (full text at www.tamilunitedfront.com/articles/rajapakse.h tml),President Mahinda Rajapaksa emphasized his desire for a political solution that addresses the aspirations of the Tamil people. He also [...]	2007-09-12 12:47:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1262	SRI LANKA: SIT-REP ON THE TSUNAMI WATCH [...] Following local and international media reports of a tsunami watch issued by the Pacific Center, Embassy issued SIPDIS the following warden message at 6:17 p.m. local time: "7.9 earthquake reported in Indonesia. Tsunami watch issued for the Indian Ocean, including Sri Lanka. People in co [...]	2007-09-12 13:09:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC AEMR PREL PHUM CE
07COLOMBO1263	SRI LANKA: SIT-REP FOLLOW-UP ON TSUNAMI WARNING [...] After a 7.9 magnitude earthquake struck the west coast of Indonesia and the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) issued a tsunami warning, Embassy convened the Emergency Action SIPDIS Committee at 7:00 p.m. local time to discuss contingencies and preparedness measures in the event of an tsunami. [...]	2007-09-12 14:50:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC AEMR PREL PHUM CE
07COLOMBO1266	SRI LANKA: RESPONSE ON PRESIDENT'S HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador, Embassy staff, and Washington-based officials have made a consistent, intensive effort over the past year to engage the Sri Lankan government on improving its human rights record, and to support and defend human rights advocates in the country. Sri Lanka has recen [...]	2007-09-13 03:56:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1267	MALDIVES LIKELY TO SUPPORT US CANDIDATE FOR [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-13 04:13:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM UNGA UNHRC MV
07COLOMBO127	SRI LANKAN ARMY TAKES VAKARAI; TIGERS ATTACK [...] (C) Summary: Security forces captured the eastern LTTE redoubt of Vakarai on January 20 after almost three months of fighting. This significant victory in the east may embolden the GSL to continue its campaign to recapture LTTE-held territory in the north and east. On January 21, a cluster o [...]	2007-01-22 12:13:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL PTER PHUM PGOV CE
07COLOMBO1273	SRI LANKA: OFFICIAL DELEGATION LIST FOR 62ND UNGA [...] (SBU) Embassy Colombo has received by diplomatic note the following list (para 2) of the official delegation and media members who are scheduled to visit the USA accompanying H.E. the President of Sri Lanka for the 62nd United Nations General Assembly. 2. (SBU) (begin list) Composition [...]	2007-09-13 12:07:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ITRA OVIP UNGA CE
07COLOMBO1284	BUILDING A SOUTH ASIA COUNTERTERRORISM STRATEGY [...] (S) SUMMARY: Chiefs of Mission and other Embassy representatives from Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan met under the auspices of the Regional Security Initiative (RSI) in Colombo on September 7 to discuss regional counterterrorism strategy with the Coordinator for Counterte [...]	2007-09-17 11:13:00	Embassy Colombo	SECRET	PTER PGOV PREL PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1286	ICAO ASSEMBLY: SRI LANKA SUPPORT FOR U.S. RE-ELECTION TO [...] (U) Summary: The Sri Lanka Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Civil Aviation Authority support re-election of the United States to the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). Sri Lanka plans to send a four-person delegation, including Minister of Ports and Aviation, C [...]	2007-09-17 11:25:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR PREL AORC ICAO CE
07COLOMBO1290	MALDIVES: OFFICIAL DELEGATION LIST FOR 62ND UNGA [...] (SBU) Embassy Colombo has received by diplomatic note the following information (para 2) on the Maldivian official delegation to the 62nd United Nations General Assembly. 2. (SBU) (begin list) Composition of Delegation for the Official Visit of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Rep [...]	2007-09-18 07:44:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ITRA OVIP UNGA MV
07COLOMBO13	SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT AIR STRIKES KILL 16 [...] (C) Summary: On January 2 Sri Lankan Air Force (SLAF) jets bombed a northwestern coastal area near Mannar. Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) website Tamilnet reported that 16 civilians died in the air strike. Government officials countered that the SLAF targeted and hit a known Sea Tig [...]	2007-01-04 12:29:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PTER PHUM PREL PGOV CE
07COLOMBO130	SRI LANKA: OPPOSITION LEADER SEEKS TO MEND PARTY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador met opposition leader Wickremesinghe on January 22 to urge him to seek common ground with his UNP critics, including leading dissident Karu Jayasuriya. Our only interest was in supporting the peace process, Ambassador noted, but the current round of political wrangli [...]	2007-01-23 05:22:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM MOPS PREL CE
07COLOMBO1301	SRI LANKA: PRESIDENT'S BROTHER BASIL TAKES A [...] (U) The President's brother, Basil Rajapaksa, took a seat in parliament today, replacing Muslim MP Anver Ismail, who died recently, reportedly from alcohol-related illness. Speaker of Parliament Lokubandara swore in Basil, whose nomination had gone the previous day to the Election Commissione [...]	2007-09-19 12:26:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM CE
07COLOMBO1304	SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT OUTLINES EFFORTS TO COMBAT [...] (SBU) Summary. DCM and Poloff recently met with GSL officials from the Foreign Employment Bureau, the National Child Protection Authority, the Ministry of Women's Empowerment and Child Development, and the Sri Lanka Police to present the Department's TIP Action Plan and follow up on an Augu [...]	2007-09-20 10:33:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1308	SRI LANKA LIKELY TO SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDATE FOR [...] DCM phoned Foreign Secretary Palitha Kohona on September 20 to follow up on ref b demarche. Kohona indicated that Sri Lanka would likely support the U.S. candidate, remarking that this was "an easy decision." He said he would ask the Office of UN and Multilateral Affairs to answer the demarc [...]	2007-09-21 07:23:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM UNHRC CE
07COLOMBO1309	SRI LANKAN ATTENDANCE COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIE [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-21 07:24:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM UNGA CE
07COLOMBO1322	SRI LANKA: PROGRESS ON DEVOLUTION PROPOSAL STALLED [...] (C) SUMMARY: The All-Party Representative Committee (APRC) has made substantial progress on drafting its devolution proposal, but remains stuck on some final key issues. The President, under pressure from his Sinhalese base to stick to the "unitary state" concept, has decided to delay action [...]	2007-09-25 10:56:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1329	MALDIVES TO SUPPORT US CANDIDATE FOR COMMITTEE [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-27 11:00:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM UNHRC MV
07COLOMBO133	SRI LANKA: DEATH THREATS CREATE AN ATMOSPHERE OF [...] (C) Summary. Death threats are aggravating the atmosphere of intimidation in Sri Lanka. Twenty-two individuals, mostly anti-war advocates and Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) sympathizers, received death threats in January from a shadowy Sinhalese ultra-nationalist group called the " [...]	2007-01-23 10:00:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO134	SRI LANKA: FOREIGN SECRETARY ASKS FOR PATIENCE ON [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Secretary Palitha Kohona called an evening meeting with Ambassador Blake on January 22. Kohona expressed concern that a pending public letter from U.S. Congressman Frank Pallone to the White House would call for a special international envoy to investigate human rights. [...]	2007-01-23 10:06:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1348	MALDIVES: BLAST IN MALE APPARENTLY TARGETS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A blast in Male's Sultan Park on the afternoon of September 29 wounded 12 foreign tourists. Foreign Minister Shahid told Ambassador the same day that the Government of Maldives (GORM) was shocked by the incident and does not know who was responsible. Eleven arrests have so fa [...]	2007-10-01 10:26:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PREL CASC MV
07COLOMBO135	MALDIVES: A NEED TO STRENGTHEN DEMOCRACY TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met government officials and the leader of the opposition in Male' on January 16 to discuss the lagging democratic reform process. Ambassador also promoted the Maldives' purchase of Boeing aircraft and a potential joint venture with an American wind power firm. Int [...]	2007-01-23 10:19:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM MV
07COLOMBO1358	SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT CRITICIZES EMINENT PERSONS; [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The International Independent Group of Eminent Persons (IIGEP) submitted its second Interim Report to the President on September 18 and released its third public statement on September 19. The Commission of Inquiry (COI) and Attorney General's (AG) office sent strongly-worded [...]	2007-10-02 12:36:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1369	FORMER FOREIGN MINISTER ASSESSES STABILITY OF [...] (C) Summary: In a lunch on October 3 with Ambassador, former Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera said that his breakaway faction from the ruling SLFP party and the opposition UNP have not yet been able to persuade the JVP to vote against the Government in November, mostly because the JVP st [...]	2007-10-04 08:37:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM CE
07COLOMBO1371	256TH SESSION OF THE COLOMBO PLAN COUNCIL [...] (U) SUMMARY: On September 27, 2007, The Colombo Plan Council convened for the 256th Session and discussed FY 2005/6 audited accounts, the 2006/7 draft annual report, a special paper on "Strategic Plan of The Colombo Plan 2025," and the needs assessment questionnaire. Ambassador Blake present [...]	2007-10-04 12:04:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SNAR SOCI ECON EAID CE
07COLOMBO1372	MEETING WITH NATIONALIST JVP PARTY [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met for a spirited but cordial hour with JVP Parliamentary group leader Wimal Weerawansa, on October 1 at the JVP Party-Headquarters. Weerawansa expressed dissatisfaction with President Rajapaksa's failure to reduce inflation and corruption but said the JVP has not decid [...]	2007-10-04 12:15:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM CE
07COLOMBO1384	SRI LANKA PROTESTS IMPROMPTU VISIT BY ICELANDIC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: An Icelandic diplomat on a tourist visa paid an impromptu visit to the Tamil Tiger de facto capital, Kilinochchi. Icelandic FSO Bjarni Vestmann, who apparently was under consideration for a position with the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM),decided to accompany the SLMM on [...]	2007-10-05 10:42:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1387	MUSLIM LEADERS VOICE CONCERNS ABOUT LAND RIGHTS [...] (U) SUMMARY: On October 2, Ambassador hosted prominent Muslim leaders for a roundtable discussion on Muslim issues to mark the holy month of Ramadan. Participants noted the absence of Al-Qaida and other radical Islamist terror groups but expressed concern about a growing Wahhabi presence, an [...]	2007-10-09 06:28:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1391	SRI LANKA: MIXED REACTIONS TO NEW U.S. LAW ON MARITIME [...] SUMMARY: Colombo Port authorities and managers of shipping lines expressed opposing views on the ability to meet the new U.S. law on maritime cargo scanning requirements. Authorities of the Port of Colombo maintain that the port will be able to scan all U.S.-bound shipping containers by year [...]	2007-10-09 09:30:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT ETRD PREL PTER KMCA CE
07COLOMBO140	SRI LANKA: ARMY COMMANDER CONSIDERS CLEARING [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Blake met with Army Commander Major General Sarath Fonseka on January 23 following the Sri Lanka Army's (SLA) victory in the eastern Tiger (LTTE) strong hold of Vakarai (ref B). Fonseka estimated that the LTTE had been significantly weakened by two and a half months of [...]	2007-01-24 08:53:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1400	MALDIVES: BOMBING INVESTIGATION YIELDING RESULTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Maldivian police have made impressive progress on investigating the bombing in Male' on September 29 (reftel). All remaining suspects in the incident are Maldivian. The site of the bombing has been reopened to the public following the completion of the crime scene investig [...]	2007-10-10 09:26:00	Embassy Colombo	SECRET	ASEC PGOV PREL PHUM MV
07COLOMBO1402	SRI LANKA NOMINATES CANDIDATE FOR UNESCO [...] The Sri Lanka Ministry of Foreign Affairs informed Post via diplomatic note on October 1 that the Government of Sri Lanka has nominated Minister of Education Susil Premajayantha for election to the UNESCO Executive Board. A document outlining "Sri Lanka's Vision In and For UNESCO" was attach [...]	2007-10-10 11:56:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL UNESCO CE
07COLOMBO1407	ARBOUR PROVIDES INTERIM READOUT OF HER VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary: At a working lunch on October 11 UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour expressed doubt that she will be able to negotiate during this trip an increase in the staff of the office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Colombo with a broad mandate. She wants t [...]	2007-10-11 09:51:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL AORC CE
07COLOMBO1408	SRI LANKA: RUMORS ABOUND ABOUT KARUNA'S [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: On October 8, the Hindustan Times reported that pro-government paramilitary Tamil Makkal Viduthalai Pulikal (TMVP) military commander Chandrakanthan, more commonly known as Pillaiyan, ousted the group's founder Karuna Amman from the party's Executive Committee over "financia [...]	2007-10-11 11:38:00	Embassy Colombo	SECRET	PGOV PREL PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1421	ARBOUR CONCLUDES DISAPPOINTING TRIP TO SRI LANKA [...] (C) Summary. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour completed a five-day visit to Sri Lanka on October 14. UN Resident Representative Neil Buhne told Ambassador that Arbour was disappointed in the outcome of her visit and disturbed by the magnitude of the human rights problems [...]	2007-10-15 10:21:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1425	SRI LANKA: TIGERS STAGE A RAID DEEP IN THE [...] (SBU) On October 15, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) attacked a Sri Lanka Army (SLA) base in Yala National Sanctuary, located deep in the predominantly Sinhalese portion of the South. Tamilnet, a pro-LTTE web site, reported that Tigers took a cache of weapons and set the camp ab [...]	2007-10-16 10:25:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1428	TAMIL LEADER REFLECTS ON THE CONFLICT, THE EAST [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-17 08:59:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV CE
07COLOMBO1439	SRI LANKA: PRESIDENT PLANS VISIT TO IRAN TO [...] (C) Summary: President Rajapaksa plans to make a state visit to Iran, probably in December. The focus of the visit will be on trade. Iran is Sri Lanka's sixth largest trading partner -- it provides half of Sri Lanka's crude oil imports and is the fourth largest buyer of Sri Lanka's tea. With [...]	2007-10-19 05:06:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ENRG PREL KNNP IR CE
07COLOMBO1441	SRI LANKA: NOMINATION FOR SECRETARY'S [...] Embassy Colombo wishes to nominate Ms. Srinithy Nandasekaran of Sri Lanka for the Secretary's International Woman of Courage Award. As one of Sri Lanka's few female attorneys from the ethnic minority Tamil population, Ms. Nandasekaran has worked tirelessly as a lawyer, judge, and human righ [...]	2007-10-19 09:22:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KWMN KPAO CE
07COLOMBO1444	SRI LANKA: TAMIL TIGERS ATTACK NORTH CENTRAL AIR [...] (C) Before daybreak on October 21, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) launched a ground attack on the Sri Lankan Air Force (SLAF) base in Anuradhapura, 210 kilometers north-east of Colombo. Less than an hour later, two LTTE light aircraft dropped bombs over the base, hitting an air [...]	2007-10-22 10:56:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1449	SRI LANKA: PROPOSED TIP BENCHMARKS [...] In accordance with the Short Term Action Plan for Sri Lanka provided by G/TIP, post recommends the following benchmarks for use in evaluating Government of Sri Lanka progress in combating trafficking in persons: -Working with the International Organization for Migration (IOM),set up and be [...]	2007-10-23 10:08:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1450	SRI LANKA: AMBASSADOR LAUNCHES US-FUNDED [...] Summary. Ambassador on October 18 hosted a press event to launch a Department of State and USAID-funded anti-trafficking program implemented by the International Organization for Migration (IOM). The event received wide coverage in the Sri Lankan media. The Sri Lanka Police's Women's and Chi [...]	2007-10-23 10:11:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1459	SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT PROVIDES WEAK RESPONSE TO [...] (C) Summary. Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama on October 23 provided Charge with an Aide Memoire response to U/S Burns' request for additional information on the GSL's progress on human rights indictments and convictions. The GSL document, although constructive rather than defensive in [...]	2007-10-24 15:01:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1460	SRI LANKA UNDECIDED ON UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-25 07:33:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM KTIA UN CE
07COLOMBO1461	MALDIVES UNDECIDED ON IAAC ELECTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-25 07:34:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL AORC UN UNGA MV
07COLOMBO1462	MALDIVES: POSITIONS ON UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-25 07:35:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL KTIA UN MV
07COLOMBO1463	SRI LANKA UNDECIDED ON IAAC ELECTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-25 08:27:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL AORC UN UNGA CE

07COLOMBO1479	SRI LANKA: AIR BASE ATTACK RESULTS IN HEAVY [...] SUMMARY: Reports of damage from the October 21 attack on the Anuradhapura air base (ref A) remain varied. The Sri Lankan Air Force (SLAF) reports 8 aircraft destroyed and 14 SLAF casualties, including two pilots. According to a U.S. defense contractor, approximately 75 percent of the SLAF's [...]	2007-10-30 10:18:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO148	SRI LANKA: ATTITUDE SURVEY REVEALS SINHALESE VIEWS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A Sri Lankan think tank, the Centre for Policy Alternatives, recently released a study intended to provide a measure of public confidence in the peace process and public opinion on resolving the conflict. This attitude survey provides valuable insight into the views of the maj [...]	2007-01-24 13:29:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1484	SRI LANKA: UN BRIEFS AMBASSADORS ON RESULTS OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour did not call publicly for an international human rights monitoring mission during her recent visit here. However, she made her desire for international monitoring clear to Sri Lankan government officials in private. The GSL i [...]	2007-10-31 09:53:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1492	SRI LANKA TO ENDORSE UNGA RAPE RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-01 11:36:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM UNGA CE
07COLOMBO1504	SRI LANKA TO ENDORSE US CANDIDATE FOR IAAC ELECTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-02 08:47:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM AORC UNGA CE
07COLOMBO1505	SRI LANKA CONFIRMS PARTICIPATION IN THE 4TH [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-02 08:49:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM UNGA CE
07COLOMBO152	SRI LANKA: PRESIDENT STRUGGLING IN ATTEMPT TO WOO [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Rajapaksa has yet to announce his anticipated cabinet reshuffle, leading to confusion and speculation in the media and among our political contacts. The Rajapaksa team is struggling to eke out a bare majority of the parliamentary seats. Both the governing Sri Lanka Fre [...]	2007-01-25 05:53:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CE
07COLOMBO1523	SRI LANKA: TAMILCHELVAN'S DEATH - AFTERMATH AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: LTTE Police Chief Nadesan has replaced the deceased Tamilchelvan as head of the LTTE political wing, but will continue to serve as head of the LTTE "police." A former Sri Lankan government peace negotiator noted that Nadesan has little experience in the negotiating field. A No [...]	2007-11-07 13:04:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM MOPS PREL PINR CE
07COLOMBO1526	SRI LANKA: GSL HELPED KARUNA ENTER UK ON FALSE [...] (C) SUMMARY: UK High Commissioner Dominic Chilcott briefed Co-Chair Ambassadors on November 7 on the arrest of TMVP leader Karuna Amman for entering the UK on a false Sri Lankan diplomatic passport. Chilcott said there is no question that the GSL, with high-level authorization, knowingly iss [...]	2007-11-08 11:33:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CVIS CE
07COLOMBO1527	SRI LANKA: CO-CHAIRS SEE LITTLE PROSPECT OF A [...] (C) SUMMARY: A meeting of Co-Chair Ambassadors in Colombo on November 5 concluded there will be little scope for promoting new peace talks in the next several months. Participants agreed to propose to capitals that the Co-Chairs principals meet during the first quarter of 2008 in Tokyo. Sever [...]	2007-11-08 11:43:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS PINR CE
07COLOMBO1528	SRI LANKAN FOR MIN TO TRY TO DISSUADE PRESIDENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Tourism Minister Moragoda told Ambassador that he was traveling to Tehran in mid-November to advance the President's trip to Iran. Embassy has continued to underline our concerns about Iran's proliferation programs and sponsorship of terrorist activities known to the most senior [...]	2007-11-08 12:23:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS IR CE
07COLOMBO153	SRI LANKA: TAMIL PARLIAMENTARIANS FEAR "ETHNIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador met with three Members of Parliament from the Tamil National Alliance (TNA),a party which shares the political goals of the LTTE, on January 24. The Tamil representatives said they feared an "ongoing campaign of ethnic cleansing" of Tamils from the east. Ambassador ex [...]	2007-01-25 10:52:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1532	MALDIVES: ENCOURAGING PROGRESS ON CONSTITUTION; [...] (C) SUMMARY: On the margins of U.S.-Maldives Friendship Week from November 4-6, Ambassador and Poloffs met a number of contacts to discuss the progress of democratic reform in Maldives. Most contacts reported a renewed sense of cooperation between the government and opposition and encoura [...]	2007-11-09 09:12:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM MV
07COLOMBO1533	SRI LANKA: AMBASSADOR PRESSES FOREIGN MINISTER ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Bogollagama requested a meeting with Ambassador on November 7 to follow up on Under Secretary Burns's October meetings with President Rajapaksa SIPDIS in New York and the Foreign Minister in Washington (reftel). He and his staff expressed frustration at their l [...]	2007-11-09 09:29:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1534	AMBASSADOR PRESENTS RADARS AND RIB BOATS TO SRI LANKAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador handed over to the Sri Lankan Navy Commander a radar-based maritime surveillance system and ten Rigid Hull Inflatable Boats in a ceremony on November 8 at the Trincomalee Base today. In his public remarks, the Ambassador explained that the equipment was transferred u [...]	2007-11-11 07:19:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PREL PTER PGOV CE
07COLOMBO154	SRI LANKA: HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS IN CLERGY FACE [...] (C) Summary: Catholic and Protestant clergy engaged in human rights work in the predominantly Tamil North and East report they have received death threats from elements of the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) security forces and their allied paramilitaries, including that of Social Development M [...]	2007-01-25 10:56:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1542	MEETING WITH SRI LANKAN DEFENSE SECRETARY ON [...] (C) Ambassador and EU Head of Mission Wilson met with Defense Secretary Rajapaksa on November 13 to present a list of incidents reported by NGOs operating in eastern Sri Lanka in the last year perpetrated by the paramilitary Karuna Group. Secretary Rajapaksa admitted such incidents were stil [...]	2007-11-14 13:09:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PHUM CE
07COLOMBO1546	SRI LANKA: TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT [...] (SBU) After meeting with numerous officials from throughout the GSL, Post assesses that the Government acknowledges the trafficking problem in Sri Lanka and is committed to addressing it. However, resource constraints, a lack of coordination among concerned ministries, and systemic problems [...]	2007-11-15 10:13:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG CE
07COLOMBO1550	IMO COUNCIL ELECTIONS - SRI LANKA AND MALDIVES SUPPORT FOR [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche to Sri Lanka Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Director for the United Nations and Multilateral Affairs Division, Satya Rodrigo. Rodrigo told Econoff that Sri Lanka will support the U.S. candidacy in the upcoming International Maritime Organization (IMO [...]	2007-11-15 11:43:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC EWWT PHSA PREL CE MV
07COLOMBO1551	SRI LANKA: BUDGET VOTE A CLIFFHANGER AS JVP [...] (C) SUMMARY: The leader of the principal Sinhalese nationalist party, the JVP, with 37 seats in Parliament, told a rally of supporters on November 13 that the party would not support the government on the crucial budget vote unless its conditions were met. He demanded that the President agree [...]	2007-11-15 12:20:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1554	SRI LANKA: TRO DESIGNATION WELCOMED BY GOVERNMENT [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-16 10:55:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	KTFN PTER PREL SL
07COLOMBO1560	MALDIVES FEEDBACK ON EAST AFRICA SOUTH WEST INDIAN OCEAN [...] (U) Econoff thanked Maldives for their participation in the 2007 East Africa South West Indian Ocean Maritime Security (EASWIO) Conference, and discussed reftel with Maldives Ministry of Transport and Communication's Director of Ports and Maritime, Mohamed Latheef. Latheef led the five-person [...]	2007-11-19 10:43:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT MARR PREL MV
07COLOMBO1562	SRI LANKA: GSL ARM-TWISTING SUCCEEDS IN GETTING [...] (C) SUMMARY: The government came to its own rescue in a must-win budget vote, using every means at its disposal to ensure passage of its budget in the second reading. President Rajapaksa was once again able to outmaneuver opposition leader Ranil Wickremesinghe. In the process, Rajapaksa repo [...]	2007-11-19 12:12:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1564	SRI LANKA: TRO ASSET FREEZE ALIENATES TAMILS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Tamils and some non-Tamil Sri Lankans have conveyed to post predictably negative reactions to the U.S. Government's Executive Order 13224 designation of the Tamils Rehabilitation Organisation (TRO)(ref A). They assert the move will hurt Tamils and embolden the government to ta [...]	2007-11-19 12:27:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTFN PTER PREL PHUM CE
07COLOMBO1565	SRI LANKA: TRO DESIGNATION WELCOMED BY GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary and comment: Ambassador informed the Government of Sri Lanka the evening of November 15 of the forthcoming U.S. designation of the Tamils Rehabilitation Organisation shortly before Treasury's Washington announcement of the Executive Order 13224 designation. The government welcomed [...]	2007-11-20 10:42:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	KTFN PTER PREL SL
07COLOMBO158	Respected NGO Analyst Tells Donor Ambassadors to Expect Protracted Conflict in Sri Lanka [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-25 12:30:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PTER EAID CE PHUM
07COLOMBO1582	SRI LANKA: EMINENT PERSONS FRUSTRATED, DECIDE TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: The members of the International Independent Panel of Eminent Persons assisting the Sri Lankan Presidential Commission of Inquiry into Human Rights Abuses feel their efforts have been stymied and concluded they can do little more to influence events in a positive way. A letter [...]	2007-11-23 11:42:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1588	MALDIVES: CONSTITUTIONAL PROPOSAL TO DISQUALIFY [...] (SBU) On November 24, pro-government members of the Special Majlis (constituent assembly charged with drafting a new constitution) put forward two proposed changes which would effectively bar former Attorney General Hassan Saeed from running in the country's first multi-candidate Presidential [...]	2007-11-26 11:37:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM MV
07COLOMBO1601	LTTE CHIEF SAYS INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In his annual "Heroes' Day" speech, LTTE supremo Prabhakaran reiterated his litany of charges against the majority Sinhalese community in Sri Lanka. However, Prabhakaran went further than he has before in condemning what he sees as the international community's passivity in the [...]	2007-11-28 13:38:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MOPS PGOV PHUM CE
07COLOMBO1604	SRI LANKA: TIGERS RESUME ATTACKS IN COLOMBO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A bomb exploded near a clothing store in a crowded shopping mall in Nugegoda, a southern suburb of Colombo, at 5:55 p.m. on November 28. The attack may have been a reprisal for an alleged attack on a bus transporting schoolchildren near the Tamil Tiger de facto capital of Kil [...]	2007-11-29 12:02:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1616	SRI LANKA: ARMY, POLICE ROUND UP TAMILS WHILE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 30 - December 3, Sri Lankan security forces conducted random arrests and cordon and search operations, rounding up approximately 2500 Tamils in Colombo and suburbs and perhaps 3500 island-wide. Some of the detainees were released within hours, others were transported [...]	2007-12-04 13:51:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1618	SRI LANKAN ARMY HOLDS HUMAN RIGHTS SEMINAR FOR [...] Summary: The Sri Lankan Army organized on December 4-7 a three-day seminar on "Human Rights, International Humanitarian Law, Disaster Response and Military Civilian Relations" for all of its battalion field commanders in the northern and eastern parts of Sri Lanka (where fighting is heaviest [...]	2007-12-05 02:31:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR PTER PREL CE
07COLOMBO1640	CONVERSATION WITH PRESIDENT RAJAPAKSA ON THE WAY [...] (S) Summary: In a series of short conversations with Ambassador on December 6 during a trip to his home town of Tangalle, President Rajapaksa expressed confidence his government would win the third and final budget vote on December 14, but was less clear on the way forward after that. Rajapa [...]	2007-12-07 11:32:00	Embassy Colombo	SECRET	PREL PGOV CE
07COLOMBO1641	ISRAELI AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES ISRAELI RELATIONS [...] (C) In an introductory meeting on December 7, Israel's new Ambassador to Sri Lanka Mark Sofer (who is resident in New Delhi) told Ambassador that after presenting his credentials to President Rajapaksa and several days of consultations in Colombo he had noted considerable pessimism about the [...]	2007-12-07 11:32:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER CE IR IS
07COLOMBO1651	IIGEP INFORMS DONORS IT IS LEAVING IN MARCH [...] (SBU) As reported reftel, the International Independent Group of Eminent Persons (IIGEP) has decided to end its work in Sri Lanka by March 2008. IIGEP informed the Government of Sri Lanka of this on December 7. Ambassador received the following letter dated December 4 from IIGEP. BEGIN ME [...]	2007-12-12 09:47:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM MOPS PTER CE
07COLOMBO1652	SRI LANKA'S RELATIONS WITH UN DETERIORATING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The last month has seen a deterioration in the UN's already shaky relations with Sri Lanka. On November 12, JVP parliamentary floor leader Wimal Weerawansa made a speech to parliament in which he accused UNICEF of supporting the LTTE through contributions of money and vehicles. [...]	2007-12-12 10:53:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AORC PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1656	SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT STRUGGLES FOR SURVIVAL ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: The third and final reading of the budget on December 14 is shaping up as a battle royal for the government's survival -- and the government is losing ground in the count. On December 12, Sri Lankan Muslim Congress leader Rauff Hakeem and three of his five Members of Parliament [...]	2007-12-12 12:04:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1666	MALDIVIAN OPPOSITION PARTIES JOIN FORCES, ENDORSE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Opposition parties and other political groups in Maldives have formed a National Unity Alliance (NUA) and called for a transitional government that would run Maldives from the time the new constitution comes into effect until new officials can be elected. Member parties, includ [...]	2007-12-14 11:25:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM MV
07COLOMBO1667	SRI LANKA: FOREIGN SECRETARY COMPLAINS ABOUT U.S. [...] (C) DCM and Pol Chief were summoned by Foreign Secretary Palitha Kohona on December 13 to discuss proceedings at the Human Rights Council in Geneva. Kohona expressed the government's objection to the U.S. delegation's statement in support of the High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbo [...]	2007-12-14 11:49:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1676	MALDIVES: AHMED KHALEEL NEW PERMREP IN NEW YORK [...] On December 13, Embassy received a diplomatic note dated December 10, 2007, announcing the appointment of Ahmed Khaleel as Maldives' Permanent Representative to the United Nations. [begin text] The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Maldives presents its compliments to the Emb [...]	2007-12-18 09:11:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OVIP PINR UN MV
07COLOMBO1677	SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT SCRAPES TOGETHER A FINAL [...] SUMMARY: On December 14, the United People's Freedom Alliance passed its budget with a majority of 47 votes. The Government's victory was not assured until the JVP decided, in the final hours before the vote, to abstain. The decision to abstain, after voting against the budget in the first tw [...]	2007-12-18 11:04:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO168	SRI LANKA: NAVY CLAIMS IT AVERTS TAMIL TIGER [...] (S) Summary: Government of Sri Lanka military sources described to DATT on January 27 an attempted Tamil Tiger (LTTE) attack on the Colombo Port that morning in which the Navy destroyed three suspected "Sea Tiger" vessels, two of them suicide boats, disguised as fishing craft. Local weekend [...]	2007-01-29 12:40:00	Embassy Colombo	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO1687	MCC DECISION NOT TO RE-SELECT SRI LANKA FOR COMPACT [...] (SBU) Sri Lanka's national focal point for Millennium Challenge Account issues, Secretary of Ministry of Plan Implementation Dhara Wijayatilake, contacted Econoff December 20 to seek clarification regarding the MCC board's December 12 decision regarding Sri Lanka. Wijayatilake had seen a local [...]	2007-12-20 10:58:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID KMCA PREL CE
07COLOMBO1689	GOVERNMENT ISSUES PUBLIC STATEMENT IN SUPPORT OF [...] Summary: At the urging of the U.S., EU and UN in Sri Lanka, the Government of Sri Lanka issued a public statement on December 15 expressing its "support for, and confidence in, United Nations operations in Sri Lanka" and "the efforts of the international agencies in humanitarian assistance and [...]	2007-12-20 12:00:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PREL CE
07COLOMBO1698	MINISTER PEIRIS PREVIEWS PRESIDENTIAL INITIATIVE [...] (C) Summary: In a one-on-one meeting with the Ambassador on December 20, Trade Minister GL Peiris (who was one of the Government's former chief negotiators in the 2002-3 talks with the LTTE) previewed a new initiative the President has asked him to draft to begin to redress Tamil grievances. [...]	2007-12-21 08:42:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV CE
07COLOMBO170	SRI LANKA: CABINET RESHUFFLE NARROWS MAJORITY FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Mahinda Rajapaksa reshuffled his cabinet on January 28. Joining the government ranks were 18 "dissident" MPs from the opposition United National Party (UNP) and all 6 MPs from the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC). This gave the government, which previously had 98 seat [...]	2007-01-29 15:15:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS ETRD EINV CE
07COLOMBO1707	SRI LANKA: IRAN REFINERY OFFER COMPLICATES PICTURE FOR US [...] (SBU) Summary: Iran's recent promise to finance a $750 million expansion of Sri Lanka's sole oil refinery complicates the ambitions of U.S. firms Global Energy and ENGlobal to secure contracts for similar refinery investments. The head of the state-owned Ceylon Petroleum Corporation doubts Ira [...]	2007-12-31 08:33:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ENRG PREL CE IR
07COLOMBO1708	SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT UPS WAR RHETORIC, FIGHTING [...] (C) Summary. In late December, Sri Lanka's Defense Secretary, Prime Minister, and Army Commander spoke out SIPDIS confidently on the GSL's prospects of defeating the LTTE militarily. Meanwhile, heavy fighting continued in several areas in the North. The GSL's statements and actions conf [...]	2007-12-31 08:45:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO175	SRI LANKA: NEW FOREIGN MINISTER TO MAKE INDIA HIS [...] (C) Summary. Indian High Commissioner Alok Prasad informed the Ambassador on January 30 that new Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama is traveling this evening to New Delhi for introductory calls on the Government of India (GOI). Prasad suggested the U.S. and India should combine efforts t [...]	2007-01-30 14:43:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO176	SRI LANKA: HUMAN RIGHTS MINISTER VOWS NOT TO TAKE [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador met with Minister of Disaster Relief and Human Rights Mahinda Samarasinghe January 30 to share with him a list of suggested actions the Government could take to address the human rights situation. The deeply frustrated Minister (strictly protect throughout) expressed [...]	2007-01-30 14:43:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO181	SRI LANKA TO SIGN ACQUISITION AND CROSS SERVICING [...] On December 7, 2006, Ambassador and Office of Defense Cooperation (ODC) Chief met with Sri Lankan Defense Secretary Gothabaya Rajapaksa to provide background information (see para 4) on a Acquisition and Cross Servicing Agreement (ACSA) and a the draft ACSA proposed for signature. See paragra [...]	2007-01-31 10:27:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PREL MOPS CE
07COLOMBO186	SRI LANKA: RULING PARTY LURES 8 MORE CROSSOVERS [...] (C) Eight out of nine Members of Parliament (MPs) from the Buddhist monk-based Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) announced on January 31 that they have joined the Government. JHU MP Venerable Omalpe Sobitha Thero resigned to allow the party's Policy Formulator, Champika Ranawaka, to become an MP. R [...]	2007-01-31 11:51:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO188	SRI LANKA: RULING PARTY LURES 8 MORE CROSSOVERS [...] (C) Eight out of nine Members of Parliament (MPs) from the Buddhist monk-based Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) announced on January 31 that they have joined the Government. JHU MP Venerable Omalpe Sobitha Thero resigned to allow the party's Policy Formulator, Champika Ranawaka, to become an MP. R [...]	2007-01-31 12:08:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO189	SRI LANKA: NORWEGIAN AMBASSADOR SAYS TIGERS WILL [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met Norwegian Ambassador Hans Brattskar on January 31 to discuss the January 28-29 Sri Lanka Development Forum and the ramifications of the Government of Sri Lanka's (GSL) military victories in Vakarai and elsewhere in the east. The Ambassadors shared concerns over sp [...]	2007-01-31 12:24:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO20	SRI LANKA: NEW HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION CHAIR - A [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Rajapaksa has named former Sri Lankan Supreme Court justice Anandacoomaraswamy chair of the national Human Rights Commission (HRC),circumventing a constitutional requirement that an independent council appoint the heads of national commissions. Sri Lanka's human right [...]	2007-01-05 06:30:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PTER CE
07COLOMBO211	REQUEST FOR NIH ACCOUNTS TO ACCESS MALDIVES DATA [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-05 12:14:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO SENV PREL CE MV
07COLOMBO214	SRI LANKA: DEFENSE SECRETARY RECKONS TIGER GROUND [...] (C) Summary: Defense Secretary Gothabaya Rajapaksa offered his interpretation of the government security forces' January victory in Vakarai to Ambassador and DATT on February 5 and explained the government's current military strategy. Gothabaya noted that the security forces encountered pred [...]	2007-02-05 13:12:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO215	SRI LANKA: MONK-BASED JHU INSISTS GSL SHOULD SEEK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 2, Ambassador met with several members of the Buddhist monk-based Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU),including newly appointed environment minister Champika Ranawaka (reftel). JHU representatives said the government should crush the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) [...]	2007-02-05 13:15:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PTER CE
07COLOMBO221	NORWEGIAN AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO "TENSE" KILINOCHCHI [...] Summary: In a February 5 readout of his February 1-2 visit to Kilinochchi, Norwegian Ambassador Brattskar described the mood in the area as very tense. LTTE spokesman and chief negotiator Tamilselvan complained to Brattskar that the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) had gone to war by occupying V [...]	2007-02-06 08:21:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV CE
07COLOMBO229	SRI LANKA: OPPOSITION LEADER SAYS PROGRESS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met with Ranil Wickremesinghe, leader of the major opposition United National Party (UNP),on February 5, soon after 18 UNP parliamentarians joined the government to accept ministerial posts (ref). Wickremesinghe said he would not attempt to expel the "crossovers" f [...]	2007-02-06 11:48:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PTER CE
07COLOMBO230	SRI LANKA: NEW MEGA-CABINET BOOSTS RAJAPAKSA [...] (C) Summary. President Mahinda Rajapaksa's recent cabinet reshuffle has served to consolidate his and his brothers' control, particularly over the all-important defense portfolio. The new United National Party (UNP) ministers have settled for distinctly secondary ministries, while their de [...]	2007-02-06 12:43:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO231	FOREIGN MINISTER OUTLINES INITIAL PRIORITIES AND [...] (SBU) Sri Lanka's new Foreign Minister Rohita Bogollagama convoked diplomatic heads of mission on February 6 to outline his initial priorities and travel plans. Noting his prior experience as Minister of Industries, then Minister of Enterprise Development and Investment Promotion, Bogollagam [...]	2007-02-06 13:02:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER PGOV CE
07COLOMBO232	FOREIGN MINISTER OUTLINES INITIAL PRIORITIES AND [...] (SBU) Sri Lanka's new Foreign Minister Rohita Bogollagama convoked diplomatic heads of mission on February 6 to outline his initial priorities and travel plans. Noting his prior experience as Minister of Industries, then Minister of Enterprise Development and Investment Promotion, Bogollagama [...]	2007-02-07 02:46:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER PGOV CE
07COLOMBO241	PRESS CONFERENCE TO PUBLICIZE POSITIVE WORK OF [...] The Ambassador and EU Head of Mission Wilson organized on February 7 a press conference to publicize the positive work that international NGOs are performing in Sri Lanka and condemn the recent campaign to discredit international NGOs. The German Ambassador (and EU President),the U.S. Ambass [...]	2007-02-08 06:55:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL PGOV CE
07COLOMBO249	SRI LANKA: NEW FOREIGN MINISTER AFFIRMS COMMITMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador paid his initial call on new Foreign Minister Bogollagama on February 8. Ambassador reviewed U.S. support for Sri Lanka in its fight against LTTE terrorism. He also underlined serious U.S. concerns about Sri Lanka's deteriorating human rights and humanitarian situati [...]	2007-02-09 09:06:00	Embassy Colombo	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO250	SRI LANKA: GROWING COUT AND APPEAL OF NON-WESTERN [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: Sri Lanka is increasingly looking to non-Western partners like China, India, Korea, Malaysia, and even Iran to fund major infrastructure projects. These donors are promising aid without conditions, while the World Bank, Asian Development Bank, European donors and t [...]	2007-02-09 09:42:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EINV PREL CE CH IN IR JA KS MY
07COLOMBO254	SRI LANKA: NEW FOREIGN MINISTER AFFIRMS COMMITMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador paid his initial call on new Foreign Minister Bogollagama on February 8. Ambassador reviewed U.S. support for Sri Lanka in its fight against LTTE terrorism. He also underlined serious U.S. concerns about Sri Lanka's deteriorating human rights and humanitarian situati [...]	2007-02-09 10:14:00	Embassy Colombo	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO255	SRI LANKA: NEW FOREIGN MINISTER AFFIRMS COMMITMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador paid his initial call on new Foreign Minister Bogollagama on February 8. Ambassador reviewed U.S. support for Sri Lanka in its fight against LTTE terrorism. He also underlined serious U.S. concerns about Sri Lanka's deteriorating human rights and humanitarian situati [...]	2007-02-09 10:14:00	Embassy Colombo	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO257	SRI LANKA: AMBASSADOR URGES PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Summary: In a candid, hour-long meeting with President Rajapaksa on February 9, Ambassador pressed the President to show personal leadership in taking concrete steps to improve his government's human rights performance. Rajapaksa weighed in against a proposal by members of Congress to app [...]	2007-02-12 11:16:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO264	SRI LANKA: GOVERNMENT ROUNDS UP ALLEGED SINHALESE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 5, three Sinhalese members of the Railway Services Trade Union disappeared. Three days after the abduction, Defense Spokesman Rambukwella announced that the Army had arrested the three men on allegations that they had links to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (L [...]	2007-02-12 13:12:00	Embassy Colombo	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO265	SRI LANKA: MILITARY VICTORIES IN THE EAST PAVE WAY [...] (C) Summary: The military victories of the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) security forces against the Tamil Tigers (LTTE) in Vakarai, Sampur and elsewhere in the eastern province mark a significant change in the balance of power. The consensus, with which we agree, is that the capture of Vakara [...]	2007-02-12 13:20:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM ECON MOPS CE
07COLOMBO274	MODERATE TAMILS SEARCH FOR ALTERNATIVES [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador MET on February 9 with Ahilan Kadirgamar of the Sri Lanka Democracy Forum, a group of moderate Tamil expatriates. Kadirgamar, who is based in the U.S., was critical of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam's (LTTE) monopoly over Tamil politics and saw the breakaway [...]	2007-02-13 12:31:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO28	SRI LANKA: TWO BUS BOMBS KILL 21 IN SINHALESE [...] (C) Summary: A January 5 bomb blast on a passenger bus in the Western Province town of Nittambuwa killed five and injured 50. On January 6, a second bus bomb near the southern coastal town of Hikkaduwa killed at least 15 people, and injured 42. Both buses originated in Colombo. The indepen [...]	2007-01-08 11:49:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV MOPS PREL PHUM CE
07COLOMBO281	UNP WITHDRAWS FROM APRC BUT PLEDGES TO SUPPORT [...] (C) Upon receipt of press reports that the opposition UNP party planned to abandon the all-parties committee process, Ambassador called UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe to express concern and reaffirm the crucial role the UNP has to play in working with the government to develop a strong and [...]	2007-02-14 10:37:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV CE
07COLOMBO286	CO-CHAIR AMBASSADORS DISCUSS POLICY IMPLICATIONS [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador hosted on February 14 a meeting with Co-Chair Ambassadors and Indian High Commissioner Prasad to agree on positions we should recommend that capitals take on the key policy issues that Co-Chairs now face as a result of the Sri Lankan military's victories in the east [...]	2007-02-14 13:01:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV CE
07COLOMBO289	MALDIVES: STRATEGY FOR ENGAGING ONE OF ISLAMIC [...] (SBU) Maldives is a moderate, pro-American Islamic country that cooperates on American military objectives and is responsive to US advice on reform and openness. In a generation, it has gone from being South Asia's poorest country to that with the region's highest per-capita income. However, [...]	2007-02-15 10:48:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MASS MARR ECON ETRD AMGT OEXC KPAO
07COLOMBO290	SRI LANKA: PRODUCTIVE KICKOFF FOR IIGEP [...] (C) Summary. The eleven members of the International Independent Group of Eminent Persons (IIGEP) met February 12 for the first time with each other and with the Government of Sri Lanka's (GSL) recently established Commission of Inquiry (COI) into human rights abuses, which they will be obse [...]	2007-02-15 11:51:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO292	SRI LANKA: TWO SACKED MINISTERS CRITICIZE [...] (U) Recently dismissed ministers Mangala Samaraweera and Sripathy Suriyarachchi (reftel) strongly criticized President Mahinda Rajapaksa at press conference they held at the Parliament building on February 15. Ex-Foreign Minister Samaraweera said he would not accept any ministerial post under [...]	2007-02-15 12:16:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PTER CE
07COLOMBO294	SRI LANKA: GERMAN EMBASSY PROTESTS HARASSMENT OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: The German Ambassador has lodged a protest with Foreign Minister Bogollagama regarding separate recent incidents in Trincomalee and Batticaloa involving their aid agency and, apparently, members of the LTTE splitoff "Karuna group." German Technical Cooperation (GTZ),the German [...]	2007-02-16 08:58:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS EAID CE
07COLOMBO303	SRI LANKA: PRESS COVERAGE FOR SIGNING OF ACQUISITION AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With Department concurrence, Post plans to sign an Acquisition and Cross Servicing Agreement (ACSA) with the government of Sri Lanka on or about February 28, 2007. Because of the risk that the agreement could be misconstrued by local parties pursuing domestic political agendas, [...]	2007-02-20 13:55:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO PREL MOPS MASS CE
07COLOMBO304	SRI LANKA: PRESS COVERAGE FOR SIGNING OF ACQUISITION AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With Department concurrence, Post plans to sign an Acquisition and Cross Servicing Agreement (ACSA) with the government of Sri Lanka on or about February 28, 2007. Because of the risk that the agreement could be misconstrued by local parties pursuing domestic political agendas, [...]	2007-02-20 13:56:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO PREL MOPS MASS CE
07COLOMBO316	SRI LANKA: 5-YEAR CEASEFIRE ANNIVERSARY INSPIRES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: February 22 marks the five-year anniversary of the Cease-fire Agreement (CFA),which has inspired renewed calls to abandon the peace process. A group of Buddhist monks from the National Bhikku Front, officially backed by the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP),mounted a hunger [...]	2007-02-22 11:57:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO324	SRI LANKA: CABINET RESHUFFLE AND SACKING OF [...] (C) Summary. The effects of the President Rajapaksa's strategy of luring crossovers and reshuffling the Cabinet are still rumbling through both of Sri Lanka's main political parties. Senior Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) Vice President D.M. Jayaratne held talks on February 21 in an attempt [...]	2007-02-23 12:28:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO326	SRI LANKA: FORMIN PROMISES DEVOLUTION PROPOSAL; [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador called on Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama and Foreign Secretary Palitha Kohona on February 23 at their request. Bogollagama assured us that the All Party Representative Committee (APRC) devolution proposal would be ready soon, perhaps before Bogollagama's propo [...]	2007-02-26 12:18:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO328	ATTACK ON AMBASSADOR'S CONVOY IN BATTICALOA [...] On February 27, 2007 Ambassador Blake and the German, Italian, Japanese and French Ambassadors accompanied Minister of Disaster Management and Human Rights Mahinda Samarasinghe and representatives of the United Nations and international non-governmental organizations on a day trip to observe [...]	2007-02-27 09:49:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PTER PREL PGOV MOPS
07COLOMBO337	SRI LANKA:EX-FOREIGN MINISTER COMPLAINS OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador called on Ex-Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera at his residence on February 26, at Samaraweera's request. Samaraweera reported that following his petition to the Human Rights Commission on Friday regarding his personal security, a senior official from the Ministe [...]	2007-02-28 12:17:00	Embassy Colombo	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO338	SRI LANKA: FORMER PRESIDENT KUMARATUNGA EXCORIATES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former President Chandrika Kumaratunga expressed strong disapproval of President Rajapaksa's approach to governance in a meeting with Ambassador on February 26. She feared that the current government was committed to trying to resolve the country's ethnic conflict through purel [...]	2007-03-01 02:52:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS ECON CE
07COLOMBO341	CIVIL SOCIETY LEADERS IN BATTICALOA DECRY HUMAN [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador participated in a visit to Batticaloa led by Minister for Disaster Management and Human Rights Samarasinghe. Although the visit was disrupted by a mortar attack as the delegation arrived in Batticaloa (reftel),the delegation met with civil society leaders. The Amba [...]	2007-03-01 08:18:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PTER PGOV MOPS KHDP CE
07COLOMBO342	LTTE HEAD REGRETS ARTILLERY FIRE ON AMBASSADOR [...] (S) SUMMARY: On February 28, Ambassador Blake received a faxed letter (full text para 2) dated February 27, 2007, from S.P. Tamilselvan, Head of the Political Division, LTTE, apologizing for the February 27 artillery attack on the delegation in which the Ambassador was traveling to Battical [...]	2007-03-01 08:42:00	Embassy Colombo	SECRET	PTER ASEC PREL CE
07COLOMBO35	SRI LANKAN MONITORING MISSION ADAPTING TO RESUMED [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-09 12:17:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV MOPS PREL CE
07COLOMBO350	SRI LANKA: SCENESETTER FOR SCA PDAS MANN'S VISIT [...] (C) Your visit to Colombo comes at a critical time. There is a substantial risk of a return to fighting in the east and north in the next few weeks. Prospects are uncertain that the ruling Sri Lankan Freedom Party (SLFP) will present a viable devolution proposal to the All-Party Representati [...]	2007-03-01 12:42:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
07COLOMBO36	SRI LANKAN MONITORING MISSION ADAPTING TO RESUMED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: SLMM head of mission Lars Solvberg briefed Co-Chair Ambassadors and new Indian Ambassador to Sri Lanka Alok Prasad on January 8 regarding SLMM plans to reconfigure the mission. Because of their limited numbers and various constraints on their operations, but especially because [...]	2007-01-09 12:21:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV MOPS PREL CE
07COLOMBO368	AMBASSADOR AND FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSS FOREIGN [...] (C) Ambassador called on Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Rohita Bogollagama on March 5th to brief him on the Acquisition and Cross Servicing Agreement that Ambassador signed earlier in the day with Defense Secretary RajapaksA(septel). Bogollagama expressed appreciation for the briefing. Neithe [...]	2007-03-05 12:35:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OVIP CE
07COLOMBO37	SRI LANKAN SECURITY FORCES CAPTURE KEY TIGER BASE [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-09 12:21:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV MOPS PREL CE
07COLOMBO376	TERRORIST FINANCE: SRI LANKA ENFORCING AGAINST ILLICIT CASH [...] (SBU) Summary: Sri Lanka Customs and the Central Bank's Financial Intelligence Unit are actively attempting to prevent illicit cash courier activity and are aware of the issues raised in reftel. They have had some success in disrupting transactions, but have been less effective in figuring ou [...]	2007-03-06 12:39:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETTC KFTN LE PREL PTER CE
07COLOMBO379	MUSLIM MINISTER SAYS PRESIDENT WAVERING ON [...] (C) On March 4 Ambassador paid an initial courtesy call on the President of the Sri Lanka Muslim Council (SLMC) Rauff Hakeem in his new capacity as SL Minister of Posts and Telecommunications. After a brief discussion on his new portfolio which Hakeem admitted he was still learning about, A [...]	2007-03-06 13:14:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV CE
07COLOMBO38	SRI LANKAN SECURITY FORCES CAPTURE KEY TIGER BASE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) security forces captured the Tamil Tigers' (LTTE) main military camp in the eastern district of Ampara on January 7, where they reportedly uncovered an explosive-laden truck and three motorbikes fitted with explosive detonators. The military alleged [...]	2007-01-09 12:21:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV MOPS PREL CE
07COLOMBO383	LTTE LEADER BREAKS NO NEW GROUND IN MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: The Norwegian Ambassador briefed Co-Chair ambassadors March 7 on his visit to Killinochi earlier this week. LTTE political chief Tamilselvan warned that a push by the Sri Lankan military in the North would produce aggressive retaliation by the LTTE. He criticized the internat [...]	2007-03-07 14:23:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC PREL CE
07COLOMBO386	POLICE CHIEF DISCLOSES ARRESTS OF SECURITY FORCES [...] (SBU) Police Inspector General Victor Perera told selected members of the press on Tuesday, March 6, that "a large number" of police officers and troops had been arrested on charges of abduction and extortion. In some instances, he said, ransoms had been paid abroad. He indicated that among [...]	2007-03-08 10:23:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM CE
07COLOMBO388	SRI LANKA: CRUNCH TIME COMING ON DEVOLUTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Two months after the release of the All-Party Representative Committee (APRC) Experts Panel "Majority Report," the President's party, the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP),has yet to put forward its own proposals on devolution. The President reportedly has told his party's ad-ho [...]	2007-03-08 11:08:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE

07COLOMBO402	SRI LANKA: EARLY ROADBLOCKS FOR IIGEP [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Disaster Management and Human Rights Mahinda Samarasinghe called a meeting on March 6 to brief donor country Heads of Mission on the status of the International Independent Group of Eminent Persons (IIGEP). Samarasinghe acknowledged a lack of clarity on the responsib [...]	2007-03-12 13:14:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE

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