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06KINSHASA544	KAMITATU DECIDES TO ABIDE BY SUPREME COURT RULING [...] (U) In a carefully worded statement, Olivier Kamitatu announced April 3 that he will "abide by" the February Supreme Court decision requiring him to abandon his post as President of the National Assembly so that he "does not constitute an obstacle" to the business of the Assembly in the months [...]	2006-04-06 13:51:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG

06KINSHASA547	CANDIDATE REGISTRATION ENDS; UDPS TO BOYCOTT [...] (U) Summary: Candidate registration for the DRC's national presidential and legislative elections ended April 2, with the Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) validating 32 dossiers for president. The CEI also received 8,650 applications for legislative candidates for the country's 500 Natio [...]	2006-04-07 09:11:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG
06KINSHASA573	KABILA'S MILITARY STATUS CLARIFIED [...] (U) The debate over President Kabila's military status has been clarified following the publication of an official government decree accepting Kabila's voluntary resignation from the Congolese Army. The decree, signed March 15 by Kabila himself, was not made public until it appeared in the Apr [...]	2006-04-12 17:19:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPKO KDEM CG
06KINSHASA575	DRC ELECTIONS: MORE THAN 8,300 APPROVED TO RUN FOR [...] (U) The Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) announced April 12 that 8,340 dossiers have been validated from candidates running for seats in the 500-member National Assembly. The CEI received 9,797 candidacies nationwide; the remaining 1,457 dossiers are still being reviewed by the CEI. Thos [...]	2006-04-13 11:38:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM CG
06KINSHASA58	CONSTITUTION APPROVED; PARLIAMENT TO DEBATE [...] (U) Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) President Abbe Apollinaire Malu Malu announced January 11 that Congolese voters approved the DRC's new constitution by a margin of 84 percent to 16 percent. The CEI said that 62 percent of the DRC's 25 million voters participated in the December 18 re [...]	2006-01-12 09:12:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA593	POLITICAL PLURALISM ON DISPLAY IN NORTH KIVU [...] (C) During an April 12-17 visit to North Kivu, PolCouns visited and passed through villages small and large in Rutshuru and Masisi territories. Even in the smallest villages -- in some cases comprising only a few families and about 30 people -- the flags of various political parties were on di [...]	2006-04-17 08:58:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM CG
06KINSHASA600	ELECTORAL COMMISSION ANNOUNCES DEFINITIVE LIST OF [...] (U) The Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) announced April 15 the final and definitive list of presidential candidates. Following its review of more than 40 challenges to the list, the Supreme Court added the name of one independent candidate who had previously failed to provide copies of [...]	2006-04-17 15:45:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG
06KINSHASA607	DRC ELECTIONS: MORE THAN 9,500 CANDIDATES FOR [...] (U) The Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) announced April 17 that 9,587 candidates have been provisionally approved to run for the 500-seat National Assembly. The CEI rejected 312 candidates for not conforming with the DRC's electoral law. On April 12, the CEI published a list of 8,340 a [...]	2006-04-18 10:01:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG
06KINSHASA620	KABILA INTERVIEW MARKS BEGINNING OF PUBLIC IMAGE [...] (U) Summary: In a rare print interview published in the April 9 edition of "Jeune Afrique Intelligent," President Kabila presented himself as the "candidate of the people" and claimed he will win the presidency in the DRC's forthcoming elections. Kabila held forth on a variety of topics, inclu [...]	2006-04-19 15:07:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR KDEM KPKO CG
06KINSHASA630	DRC ELECTIONS: WHEN DOES THE CAMPAIGN REALLY BEGIN? [...] (SBU) Summary: Confusion reigns, even within the Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) itself, as to the proper interpretation of when the "official" presidential campaign period should begin. At least two different intepretations, based on two contradictory clauses of the Electoral Law, ha [...]	2006-04-20 14:14:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG
06KINSHASA631	ITURI UPDATE: NEW ANTI-MILITIA CAMPAIGN IMMINENT [...] (C) Summary: MONUC and the Armed Forces of the DRC (FARDC) are making final preparations for a new anti-militia campaign in Ituri District. While no date for the operation has been set, MONUC commanders believe fighting will begin soon. Meanwhile, militia forces of the Congolese Revolutionary [...]	2006-04-20 16:58:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KPKO MOPS CG
06KINSHASA651	MILITARY COURT SENTENCES FARDC MUTINEERS [...] (U) The military court of Ituri District rendered its verdict against 27 of the commandos of the Armed Forces of the DRC (FARDC) who mutinied during a anti-militia operation March 1 (reftel). The court sentenced ten of the mutineers to 20 years in prison, while one received a sentence of 15 yea [...]	2006-04-26 15:57:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MOPS KDEM CG
06KINSHASA676	DRC ELECTIONS: BALLOTS TO BE PRINTED IN SOUTH [...] (SBU) The electoral commissions of the DRC and South Africa signed an agreement April 27 which will provide for the printing of the DRC's presidential and legislative electoral ballots in South Africa. The GRSA will fund the paper for the ballots as well as the transportation of the finished b [...]	2006-04-28 12:43:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG SF
06KINSHASA681	DRC ELECTIONS SET FOR JULY 30 [...] (U) The Independent Electoral Commission announced April 30 that the first round of presidential and legislative elections will be held July 30. During an evening press conference April 30 attended by PolOff, CEI President Abbe Apollinaire Malu Malu said the vote was delayed from the previousl [...]	2006-05-01 09:19:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG
06KINSHASA699	PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE PROFILE: SENATOR ANATOLE [...] (C) PolCouns met May 2 with presidential aspirant, and current Senator, Anatole Matusila. Matusila is one of about a dozen serious candidates (among the 33 on the list) for the presidential post. A well-liked man, Matusila usually is characterized as "moral" and "honest," and bills himself as [...]	2006-05-04 15:27:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM CG
06KINSHASA701	FINAL NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SESSION OF THE TRANSITION [...] (C) Following weeks of behind-the-scenes negotiations and deal making, the final plenary session of the National Assembly opened May 3, with Thomas Luhaka presiding as the new President of the Assembly. (Note: Luhaka was named in November 2005 by Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba to replace Oli [...]	2006-05-04 16:00:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM CG
06KINSHASA703	PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE PROFILE: EUGENE DIOMI [...] (C) Although there are 33 presidential candidates registered for the DRC's upcoming elections, there are only about a dozen who can actually be considered serious candidates. One of these is Eugene Diomi, head of the Christian Democrats, a party which has its roots in Bas Congo province (Diomi [...]	2006-05-05 09:27:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM CG
06KINSHASA704	PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE PROFILE: EUGENE DIOMI [...] (C) Although there are 33 presidential candidates registered for the DRC's upcoming elections, there are only about a dozen who can actually be considered serious candidates. One of these is Eugene Diomi, head of the Christian Democrats, a party which has its roots in Bas Congo province (Diomi [...]	2006-05-05 09:27:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM CG
06KINSHASA705	PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE PROFILE: EUGENE DIOMI [...] (C) Although there are 33 presidential candidates registered for the DRC's upcoming elections, there are only about a dozen who can actually be considered serious candidates. One of these is Eugene Diomi, head of the Christian Democrats, a party which has its roots in Bas Congo province (Diomi [...]	2006-05-05 09:27:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM CG
06KINSHASA706	ARCHBISHOP MONSENGWO CRITICIZES CEI FOR LACK OF [...] (U) Monsignor Laurent Monsengwo, the Catholic archbishop of Kisangani and president of the National Episcopal Conference of Congo (CENCO),criticized the Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) for establishing a new electoral calendar (reftel) without first consulting the DRC's political actor [...]	2006-05-05 11:59:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG
06KINSHASA721	ELEVEN CANDIDATES CALL FOR ELECTORAL COMMISSION [...] (U) A group of eleven mostly marginal presidential candidates has published a letter criticizing Abbe Apollinaire Malu Malu, president of the Independent Electoral Committee (CEI),for "unilaterally" announcing July 30 as the DRC's election date. The letter's authors call for Malu Malu to be [...]	2006-05-09 10:56:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG
06KINSHASA763	DRC ELECTIONS UPDATE: VOTING MATERIAL ARRIVES AS [...] (U) The Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) announced May 9 that it had received a first shipment of nearly 60 tons of voting material to be used in the DRC's July 30 elections. The elections kits, which were manufactured and delivered from South Africa, contain such items as voting booths, [...]	2006-05-12 11:54:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPKO KDEM CG
06KINSHASA777	ITURI UPDATE: OPERATION EMBER ENDS; FARDC [...] (C) MONUC Ituri Brigade Commander General Mahboob Haider Khan announced May 15 the end of Operation Ituri Ember, which had been launched May 9 to eliminate militia control in certain areas of Djugu territory in Ituri District (ref A). The operation, which General Mahboob said had been a success [...]	2006-05-16 10:45:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPKO KDEM MOPS CG
06KINSHASA783	ITURI UPDATE: FARDC CAPTURES NOTORIOUS MILITIA [...] (C) According to MONUC Head of Office Sharouh Sharif, soldiers from the Armed Forces of the DRC (FARDC) on May 16 captured militia commander General Innocent Kayinga (code-named "Indian Queen"). Kayinga was a leader of the Union of Congolese Patriots (UPC) and one of the most wanted militia me [...]	2006-05-17 10:26:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KPKO MOPS CG
06KINSHASA785	EASTERN DRC VOTERS REJECT MONSENGWO'S CALL FOR NEW [...] (C) During a May 4-10 visit to several towns in eastern DRC, PolOff discovered strong disagreement to the appeal by Archbishop Laurent Monsengwo to launch a new national political dialogue in order to achieve a "consensus" on the DRC's political calendar (ref A) -- if, in fact, such a dialogue [...]	2006-05-18 08:46:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA788	ELECTIONS: ITURI POLITICS NOT YET IN FULL BLOOM [...] (SBU) Summary: In contrast to the open displays of political showmanship elsewhere in the DRC, Ituri District has yet to see much public electoral campaigning within its borders. Political parties freely operate in the region, but the practice of politics remains largely out of public view, as [...]	2006-05-18 16:23:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KPKO CG UG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA790	KABILA TO WED ON JUNE 4 [...] (U) Cardinal Frederic Etsou, the Archbishop of Kinshasa, announced during his May 14 sermon that President Joseph Kabila will marry his long-time partner, Marie-Olive Lembe, on June 4 (which will also mark Kabila's 35th birthday). Etsou said the ceremony will take place in the Sanctuary of Not [...]	2006-05-19 09:23:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR KDEM CG
06KINSHASA793	ELECTIONS: PPRD SURPRISINGLY COMPETITIVE IN GRAND [...] (C) Summary: North Kivu's "Grand Nord" region, the assumed stronghold of candidates and political parties of Nande tribal origin, is undergoing a political transformation of sorts in the months leading up to the DRC's July 30 presidential and legislative elections. Long a power base for nation [...]	2006-05-19 11:40:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KPKO CG UG RW ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA800	ITURI UPDATE: FARDC-MONUC OPERATION RETAKES [...] (C) Elements of the Armed Forces of the DRC (FARDC),backed by MONUC peacekeepers, retook control of the Ituri town of Tchei (approximately 43 miles south of Bunia) May 21 during Operation Ituri Explorer. The operation, which was launched May 20 and included some 3,000 FARDC troops and 1,000 M [...]	2006-05-22 10:53:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KPKO MOPS CG
06KINSHASA826	DRC ELECTIONS: DEADLINE EXTENDED FOR PROVINCIAL [...] (U) The Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) announced May 23 that it will extend until May 26 the registration period for candidates for provincial legislatures. According to the previously released electoral calendar, provincial registration was to have ended May 22 (after starting May 2). [...]	2006-05-24 16:24:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA827	ELECTIONS: ELECTORAL COMMISSION FACES MAJOR [...] (SBU) Summary: As it organizes the DRC's first free elections in more than 40 years, the Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) faces significant logistical challenges, particularly in the eastern part of the country. The lack of an adequate transportation infrastructure makes delivering votin [...]	2006-05-24 16:29:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA834	MONSENGWO CONTINUES TO PUSH POLITICAL "DIALOGUE" [...] (U) In an interview published May 22 by the Belgian newspaper "La Libre Belge," Monsignor Laurent Monsengwo, the Catholic archbishop of Kisangani and president of the National Episcopal Conference of Congo (CENCO),reiterated his appeal for a political "dialogue" to reach a national consensus [...]	2006-05-26 09:25:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA837	POLICE SURROUND HOMES OF FOUR DRC PRESIDENTIAL [...] (U) The Kinshasa homes of four DRC presidential candidates, as well as those of other prominent political personalities, were temporarily surrounded by elements of the Congolese police beginning the night of May 23. Among the presidential candidates involved were Mboso N'Kodia Pwanga (Conventi [...]	2006-05-26 10:52:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA859	FARDC IN EASTERN DRC OFTEN UNDERMINING SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: The Armed Forces of the DRC (FARDC) constitute one of the more problematic elements of the overall security situation in eastern DRC. Underpaid, underequipped, poorly disciplined, and poorly led, elements of the FARDC continue to harass, extort and menace local populations, thereb [...]	2006-05-31 11:26:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KPKO KDEM MARR CG UG
06KINSHASA862	DRC ELECTIONS: MORE THAN 11,000 CANDIDATES FOR [...] (U) The Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) has released figures showing that 11,044 candidates registered to run for 632 available seats in the DRC's 26 provincial legislatures. (Note: More than 9,700 candidates registered for the 500 National Assembly seats. End note.) According to CEI Pr [...]	2006-05-31 14:54:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA863	KABILA CONTINUES TALKING TO FOREIGN PRESS [...] (U) President Joseph Kabila continued talking to the foreign press with an interview published in the May 25 edition of the French newspaper "Le Monde." In the article, Kabila presented himself as a true Congolese who is ready to work to rebuild and reunify the Congo. Kabila also said the work [...]	2006-06-01 12:11:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA897	DRC'S ELECTION CALENDAR: LONG-TERM VIEW [...] (C) Summary: While there are still many hurdles to clear to ensure a successful July 30 first-round election as scheduled, the Independent Election Commission (CEI) and the International Committee to Accompany the Transition (CIAT) have initiated detailed planning for the second round, and the [...]	2006-06-06 11:39:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KPKO GC ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA918	PRESIDENT KABILA'S MOTHER SPEAKS OUT [...] (U) Summary: In a rare public interview, President Kabila's mother, Mama Sifa Maanya, sought to dispel rumors regarding the President's origins, saying unequivocally that Kabila is her son by birth. Speaking to the Belgian newspaper "Le Soir," Sifa described the struggles and sacrifices she an [...]	2006-06-09 11:26:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR KPKO KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA920	CARTER CENTER CONFIDENT IN DRC ELECTORAL PROCESS [...] (U) The Carter Center's elections observation mission in the DRC announced June 6 it is confident the country's July 30 elections can be conducted successfully and that the electoral calendar published by the Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) can be met. The Center noted the extremely [...]	2006-06-12 12:36:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA937	MANAGING THE MEDIA CAMPAIGN IN THE DRC'S [...] (SBU) Summary: The GDRC has reportedly agreed to fund a much-reduced budget, which would allow the High Media Authority (HAM) to provide for minimal fair media coverage to the 33 presidential candidates. The more than 9,700 legislative and 12,300 provincial candidates, however, will likely be [...]	2006-06-14 08:45:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KPAO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA938	FIRST SHIPMENT OF BALLOTS ARRIVES IN DRC [...] (U) The first shipment of presidential and legislative ballots for the DRC's July 30 elections arrived in Kinshasa June 10 from printers in South Africa. The legislative ballots were subsequently delivered to Kananga, the capital of Western Kasai province, for delivery to voting centers there. [...]	2006-06-14 09:28:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA942	UNSC SENDS CLEAR MESSAGE: ELECTIONS MUST TAKE [...] (U) Summary: Following a three-day visit in the DRC, a delegation from the UN Security Council (UNSC) announced it was "encouraged" by the country's political progress and rebuffed calls for a "dialogue" that would delay July 30 elections or lead to a re-negotiation of transitional institution [...]	2006-06-14 13:34:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPKO KDEM UNSC CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA954	AJELLO STUMBLES IN PREMATURE ELECTORAL CALENDAR [...] (SBU) During a June 13 press conference in Brussels, European Union Special Representative for the Great Lakes Aldo Ajello reportedly presented what he claimed was the calendar for the second phase of the DRC's elections. According to Ajello, the results from the first round of elections (to b [...]	2006-06-15 16:17:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA959	ITURI UPDATE: MILITIAS SURRENDERING BEFORE NEW [...] (C) According to internal MONUC military reports, 120 militia members -- including two women -- from the Front for National Integration (FNI) in Ituri surrendered June 14 to MONUC and Congolese troops in Toni (approximately 12 miles southeast of Bunia). MONUC military officials said another 50 [...]	2006-06-16 14:18:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG
06KINSHASA963	UNIVERSITY STUDENTS SKEPTICAL ABOUT UPCOMING [...] (SBU) Summary: Many Congolese university students, particularly in the capital, have little faith in the elections or the transparency of the electoral process. Many say they see scant benefit in voting in an election when the outcome is assumed to be already set. Others say they have littl [...]	2006-06-19 10:12:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPAO KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA965	PRESIDENT KABILA WEDS [...] (U) President Kabila June 16 wed his long-time partner Olive Lembe in a civil ceremony at his official residence in Kinshasa. The civil ceremony was followed June 17 by a religious marriage, presided over by Catholic Cardinal Frederic Etsou and Protestant Monsignor Pierre Marini (who is also P [...]	2006-06-19 11:40:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA969	MLC LAUNCHES NEW POLITICAL ALLIANCE [...] (U) The Movement for the Liberation of Congo (MLC),the political party of Vice President (and presidential candidate) Jean-Pierre Bemba, has entered into a new political alliance with a host of smaller Congolese political parties. MLC Secretary General (and Minister of Budget) Francois Mwamba [...]	2006-06-20 11:03:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA972	PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE OSCAR KASHALA [...] (C) Summary. Presidential candidate (and AmCit oncologist) Oscar Kashala believes he is well positioned for July 30 elections, having forged an alliance with minor political parties that could lead to direct cooperation with Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba and/or UDPS leader Etienne Tshiseke [...]	2006-06-21 11:03:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KPKO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA976	SLOGGING TOWARD JULY 30 ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: President Kabila, the four GDRC Vice Presidents, other senior officials and members of the International Committee to Accompany the Transition (CIAT) met for four and a half hours June 21 to discuss election planning and the post-June 30 future. The Independent Election Committee [...]	2006-06-22 11:31:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA978	ITURI'S MILITIAS: WHY THEY CONTINUE TO FIGHT [...] (C) Summary: Ituri District's security has long been threatened by the presence of local armed militias backed by Congolese and Ugandan elements seeking to profit from the region's abundant natural resources, instability, and lack of central government authority. Over the past three years, a s [...]	2006-06-22 13:14:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO KDEM CG UG
06KINSHASA987	CONTROVERSIAL SPIRITUAL LEADER SENTENCED IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Kuthino Fernando, the spiritual leader of the Church of the Army of Victory, was sentenced June 16 to twenty years in prison on charges of masterminding a failed December 2002 assassination attempt on a fellow pastor. Kuthino was arrested at his church in Kinshasa where police r [...]	2006-06-23 14:17:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM CG
06KINSHASA988	UDPS SAYS VIOLENCE "INEVITABLE" AFTER ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: A top-ranking official with the opposition Union for Democracy and Social Progress (UDPS) said June 21 that violence will be "inevitable" in the DRC after the country's elections, and that his party will take "no responsibility" for what will take place. Claiming that the internat [...]	2006-06-23 14:32:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KIRKUK10	WASHINGTON POST FABRICATED STORY, ACCORDING TO SALAH AD DIN [...] This is a SET Tikrit telegram. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. A January 12 Washington Post news article describes the Iraqi presidential palaces in Tikrit, formally known as FOB Danger. The article claims to quote the Salah Ad Din provincial Governor as accusing his deputy and the ISF of [...]	2006-01-26 21:58:00	REO Kirkuk	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM PREL ASEC IZ
06KIRKUK101	IRANIAN KURDS ORGANIZING AGAINST TEHRAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. According to an Iranian journalist in hiding in Northern Iraq, Iranian President Ahmadinejad has been cracking down on the Kurds in Iran and has caused souring relations between the Iranian Government and minorities. The Iranian Government under Ahmadinejad has become more reli [...]	2006-04-28 15:34:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PHUM PNAT PREF PREL PINR PGOV KDEM KCOR
06KIRKUK102	HALABJAH DETAINEES SPEAK ABOUT KRG ABUSES [...] (C) SUMMARY. A young teacher and student each describe their detention following the Halabjah protests on March 16. Neither of them participated in the demonstrations. The PUK thwarted more student demonstrations in Kalar through beefed-up security and intimidation. PRT finds these disturb [...]	2006-04-28 15:34:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PGOV KDEM KCOR KISL PHUM IZ IR
06KIRKUK103	KIRKUK PROVINCIAL COUNCIL MEMBERS BOYCOTT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Arab council members boycott and Turcoman council members threaten to boycott the Kirkuk Provincial Council if the Kurdish bloc does not meet their demands. Boycott Threatened ------------------ 2. (SBU) On April 18, Turcoman and Arab council members finally submitted [...]	2006-04-29 11:02:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
06KIRKUK106	KIRKUK NGO PROMOTES WOMEN'S RIGHTS, CITY PROJECTS [...] (C) SUMMARY. On April 18, Fathal Uthman Rasul, founder and director of the Rozh Foundation for Women's Rights, discussed the organization's work with IPAO. The Rozh Foundation is an NGO in Kirkuk that promotes women's liberties, civil society projects and educational opportunities. The Dir [...]	2006-04-30 18:03:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KWMN KDEM PINR IZ
06KIRKUK113	KRG SWEARS IN UNIFIED CABINET [...] (SBU) The Kurdistan Regional Government swore in its new unified cabinet May 7, the major step in its path towards full unification. Until now, the KRG had rival cabinets in Erbil (dominated by the Kurdistan Democratic Party) and in Sulaymaniyah (dominated by the Patriotic Union of Kurdista [...]	2006-05-14 14:47:00	REO Kirkuk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR KDEM EPET KWMN IZ
06KIRKUK117	PUK LEADERSHIP: PARTY CHANGE, KRG UNITY, IRAN [...] (C) Summary. On May 31 PUK party leader Noshirwan Mustafa informed PRT/REO POLOFS that the number of new KRG ministries was linked to building support for the Kurds on the 2007 Kirkuk Referendum. Further, the PUK would soon hold a congress to restructure the party to adapt to the new political [...]	2006-06-13 13:34:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PNAT KDEM KCOR EPET IZ IN
06KIRKUK119	OVERVIEW OF NORTHERN IRAQ FROM DEPARTING A/RC [...] (S) SUMMARY. The Kurds have long made clear they want the territories Saddam stripped from Kurdish control. Kirkuk province is main prize. We believe the Kurds would let Hawijah go in exchange for the other territories they seek. The Commission for the Resolution of Real Property Disputes [...]	2006-06-20 14:41:00	REO Kirkuk	SECRET	PGOV PINR PINS KDEM IZ
06KIRKUK12	(C) KRG UNIFICATION: TWO YEARS TO FORM NEW SECURITY SERVICE [...] (S) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION. Kurdistan Regional Government-Sulaymaniyah (KRG-S) PM Omar Fattah told RC and DRC January 26 he expected the two main Kurdish parties to name a PM and a Deputy PM for a unified KRG in the next few days so the Kurds could present a unified face in Baghdad. PUK De [...]	2006-01-28 20:03:00	REO Kirkuk	SECRET	PGOV EAID PINR PINS KDEM IZ IS BAGHDAD FOR POL
06KIRKUK120	DISPLACED ARAB FARMERS IN KIRKUK UNHAPPY OVER DISPLACEMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A farmers' union in Kirkuk province - claiming to represent 5,000 displaced families - said that one of the United States' key mistakes in Iraq was not taking more initiative to help solve the internally displaced persons (IDP) problem. The farmers claimed that following Oper [...]	2006-06-20 14:53:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KISL PHUM KIDE IZ
06KIRKUK123	(U) NEW KIRKUK KURDISH POLITICAL COMMITTEE DISCUSSES ARTICLE [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: IPAO on June 26 met with leaders representing local Kurdish parties who recently set aside differences to push implementation of Article 140. Kurdish representatives universally agreed that Baghdad must implement Article 140 immediately or risk discredit amo [...]	2006-07-15 14:22:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PNAT PREF PREL KDEM ECON EINV IZ
06KIRKUK124	(U) KURDISTAN REFERENDUM MOVEMENT LEADERS DISCUSS [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: IPAO on July 3 met with leaders of the Kurdistan Referendum Movement (KRM) to discuss the structure of the organization, its current political goals, and future plans for a referendum on Kurdistan independence. (Note: the KRM was responsible for an unofficia [...]	2006-07-15 14:28:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PNAT PREF PREL PBTS KDEM IZ
06KIRKUK125	(C) PUK CHANGES; KIRKUK MUST JOIN KDP; IRAN NO ALLY [...] (C) Summary. PUK party leader Noshirwan Mustafa informed IPAO on July 1 in Sulaymaniyah that the PUK had undertaken major reforms, including the re-election of all PUK leaders, beginning with the villages, districts, and sub-districts. Also, he said the Article 140 referendum was necessary [...]	2006-07-15 14:33:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PNAT PREF PREL KDEM IZ
06KIRKUK126	(C) KDP-PUK UNITED FRONT AFTER DOKAN MEETINGS [...] (C) Summary. KRG Prime Minister Nechirwan Barzani and PUK party leader Noshirwan Mustafa informed IPAO in separate meetings on July 2 and 1 respectively that the KDP and PUK politburos had agreed to end direct party interference in government affairs; delay appointment of deputy ministers; [...]	2006-07-15 14:38:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PNAT PREF PREL KDEM IZ
06KIRKUK127	(C) PM BARZANI: INVESTMENT LAW PASSES; KRG EDUCATION IN [...] (C) Summary. KRG Prime Minister Nechirwan Barzani said in July 2 meetings with IPAO that the new Investment Promotion Law had been held up in Parliament over the provision for 100% foreign ownership of property. He said the KRG had a window of opportunity for attracting foreign investment t [...]	2006-07-15 14:42:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINS PINR PNAT PREF PREL KDEM IZ
06KIRKUK128	(U) KRG VP KOSRAT RASUL: KRG CHALLENGES, REFORMS, [...] (C) Summary: KRG Vice President Kosrat Rasul told IPAO in a July 1 meeting in Sulaymaniyah that the biggest challenge facing the newly unified KRG was public dissatisfaction over government services and the subsequent appeal of the Islamic movement. In his first address to the KNA as KRG V [...]	2006-07-15 14:45:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PNAT PREF PREL KDEM IZ
06KIRKUK129	(U) KIRKUK IECI HEAD ON NORMALIZATION, UPCOMING CENSUS AND [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Kirkuk head of the Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq (IECI),Ferhad Talabani, is threatening to close the office due to poor security, government corruption, and lack of funding. Talabani detailed the ethnic breakdown of the office personnel and perceiv [...]	2006-07-19 16:12:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PNAT PREF PREL KDEM IZ
06KIRKUK131	(C) ASSYRIAN DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT LEADER ON CHRISTIANS' [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Assyrian Democratic Movement (ADM) General Secretary, Salim Kako, stated on July 9 that poor security and ethnic discrimination were causing Christians and Kurds to resettle to northern areas of Iraq, which was straining the relations between Kurdish and Assy [...]	2006-07-25 09:11:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PGOV PHUM PINR PINS ECON KDEM IZ
06KIRKUK133	(SBU) NEW KURDISH BLOC ON POLITICAL GOALS, OPPOSITION TO [...] (C/NF) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Leaders of the recently formed 5-party Kurdish political opposition bloc said they would focus on local issues and push to reduce the domination of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK). They asserted that their bloc [...]	2006-07-25 11:36:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PNAT PREF PREL KDEM PTER IZ
06KIRKUK134	(C/NF) KDSP LEADERS ON KRG'S CLOSURE OF KDSP OFFICES [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-25 12:16:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PTER PNAT PREF KDEM IZ TU
06KIRKUK135	(C) PUK ASAYISH HEAD - KIRKUK SECURITY WORSENING [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) Asayish head, Hallkawt Abdullah Aziz, said on July 24 that the security situation in Kirkuk was getting worse. He said terrorists had sympathizers among the Iraqi Police (IP) officers and checkpoint guards who facilitated t [...]	2006-07-31 10:23:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PNAT PREF PTER KDEM IZ
06KIRKUK136	(C) KDP KIRKUK ASAYISH HEAD ON SECURITY, MERGER WITH PUK, [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: KDP Kirkuk Asayish head, Hallo Najat Hamza, told IPAOs on July 25 that the terrorists were getting stronger and were targeting security forces in Kirkuk. Hamza said the open borders of Kirkuk and guards cooperating with the terrorists at checkpoints were pri [...]	2006-08-02 17:27:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PNAT PREF PREL PTER KDEM IZ
06KIRKUK137	(C) KIRKUK TURKOMAN DIVIDED ON ARTICLE 140, FUTURE STATUS OF [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Turkoman political leaders from different blocs said on July 26 they do not agree on the issues of implementation of Article 140 and the future status of Kirkuk. In separate meetings bloc leaders from the Iraqi Turkoman Front (ITF) and the Iraqi Turkoman Nat [...]	2006-08-02 17:49:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PNAT PREF PREL KDEM IZ TU
06KIRKUK139	KIRKUK POLICE SAY SECURITY SITUATION DETERIORATING [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: According to police, the security situation in Kirkuk province has reached new lows. IP forces were taking major casualties and the Sadr group was encouraging movement from the south to areas in southern Kirkuk in an attempt to ignite tensions between Sunni and [...]	2006-08-15 11:31:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINS PINR PREL PTER IZ KDEM
06KIRKUK140	KIKRUK POLICE CHIEF ON KIRKUK SECURITY AND HIS IMPENDING [...] (C) Kirkuk police chief General Sherko Shirku told IPAO on July 25, 2006, that security is better in Kirkuk than most other places in Iraq. When informed that most sources thought security was deteriorating in recent months, he said he believed that was because two months ago Sadr said that th [...]	2006-08-15 11:35:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINS PINR PREL PTER IZ KDEM
06KIRKUK141	READOUT OF RECENT PROTESTS IN KURDISTAN SULAYMANIYAH REGION [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Several participants and organizers of the recent protests in the Chamchamal sub-districts of Sulaymaniyah Province said on August 17 poor services in the water, electricity, and fuel sectors had prompted growing calls for government reform in the Kurdistan [...]	2006-08-20 17:08:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PNAT IZ KDEM
06KIRKUK142	(C) KRG PROVIDING WATER TO 450-PLUS VILLAGES IN KIRKUK; POOR [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Kirkuk Provincial Council (KPC) Minister of Water, Abdul Qadir, told IPAO on July 31 the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) has been supplying well water to Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs),mostly Kurds, in more than 450 villages on the periphery of Kirk [...]	2006-08-22 06:47:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PNAT PREF PREL KDEM IZ IR
06KIRKUK143	(C) KRG MINISTER OF RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS ON MONITORING MOSQUES, [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Minister of Awqaf and Religious Affairs (MARA) for the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG),Mohammad Ahamd Saeed Shakaly, said on August 8 that his ministry monitored more than 3000 mosques in the Kurdistan region and that checking sermons was a matter of "pu [...]	2006-08-22 07:03:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINR PINS PNAT PREF PREL PTER KDEM IZ
06KIRKUK144	(C) KRG MINISTER OF EDUCATION ON CHALLENGES, RELATIONS WITH [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Minister of Education (MOE) for the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG),Dilshad Abdul Rahman Osman Younis, said on August 8 that his ministry had limited relations with the MOE in Baghdad, which was divided into separate Sunni and Shia departments, and that t [...]	2006-08-22 07:19:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PNAT PREF PREL KDEM IZ
06KIRKUK145	(C) KRG MINISTER OF JUSTICE ON REGIONAL AUTHORITY [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-22 07:50:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PNAT PREF PREL PTER KDEM IZ
06KIRKUK146	(C) KRG CONSTITUTION COMMITTEE CHAIR DISCUSSES KURDISH [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Chair of the Constitution Committee for the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG),Farset Ahmad Abdallah, said on August 10 that resource control, Article 140, and regional defense were the key redlines defining federalism for the Kurdistan region. He said that [...]	2006-08-22 08:04:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PNAT PREF PTER KDEM IZ
06KIRKUK147	(C) KRG MINISTER FOR PESHMERGA AFFAIRS ON MERGER, SECURITY, [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Minister for Peshmerga Affairs, Omar Osman Ibrahim, said on August 7 the KDP and PUK were ready to merge their Peshmerga forces within six months (Septel.). Ibrahim said Peshmerga were located below the 'Green Line' anywhe [...]	2006-08-22 09:00:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PNAT PREF PTER IZ TU KDEM
06KIRKUK16	(SBU) POLITICAL ROUNDTABLE BRINGS PARTIES TOGETHER IN SALAH [...] (U) This is a SET Tikrit cable. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Several political parties in Salah Ad Din Province meet weekly to develop political cohesiveness in the province. The group is showing an amazing unity of purpose during its first two months in existence. END SUMMARY. -------------- (U [...]	2006-01-29 19:07:00	REO Kirkuk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KCOR IZ
06KIRKUK18	(SBU) SALAH AD DIN GOVERNOR WINS KRG LARGESSE [...] (U) This is a SET Tikrit cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY. The Governor of Salah Ad Din, a predominantly Sunni Arab province, is making inroads with Kurdish Regional Government President Barzani. Governor Hamad met with Barzani in January; he came away with a commitment for the KRG to fund medical s [...]	2006-01-29 19:15:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KDEM IZ TU JO SA
06KIRKUK19	(SBU) TURCOMAN FRONT FEELS CHEATED, BUT SAYS ELECTION A STEP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: Iraqi Turcoman Front (ITF) leader Sadettin Ergech called on Regional Coordinator (RC) and UK Consul General January 28. Ergech was the only person running as a Turcoman who won a seat in the December national legislative elections (some Turcomans running with [...]	2006-01-30 18:53:00	REO Kirkuk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM IZ
06KIRKUK21	(SBU) KURDISTAN ISLAMIC UNION TALKS THE TALK [...] (SBU) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: On January 29, RC, DRC and IPAO met Abdulrahman Siddiq Karim, the smooth-talking head of public affairs for the Kurdistan Islamic Union. Abdulrahman was upbeat on the KRG investigation into the Dahuk incidents in which several KIU members were killed, includin [...]	2006-01-31 19:51:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KISL PREL IZ
06KIRKUK22	(SBU) KAMAL SAYID QADIR KARIM: CONVICTION OVERTURNED, LOWER [...] (SBU) On January 19, the Kurdistan Regional Government-Erbil (KRG-E) Court of Cassation struck down the lower court's December 19 conviction of Austrian citizen and native Iraqi Kurd journalist and political activist Kamal Qadir Karim, aka Kamal Sayid Qadir (KSQ). The lower court had senten [...]	2006-01-31 19:53:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM IZ
06KIRKUK23	(U) RC FAREWELL VISIT TO ERBIL [...] (SBU) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: On January 29, Regional Coordinator (RC),accompanied by Deputy RC and IPAO, held farewell meetings in Erbil with senior Kurdistan Regional Government-Erbil (KRG-E) leaders affiliated with the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP),including Karim Sinjari, the Minis [...]	2006-02-01 13:53:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL IZ
06KIRKUK25	(SBU) KRG DETAINEES [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Kurdistan Regional Government-Sulaymaniyah (KRG-S) Interior Ministry says it has information only on 15 of the 200 or so names on the U.S. list of individuals allegedly detained in Kirkuk and taken to the KRG. The Minister says 3 have been released and the remaining 12 had [...]	2006-02-04 17:16:00	REO Kirkuk	SECRET	PGOV PINS PHUM KDEM IZ
06KIRKUK26	KRG CONSTITUTION: KURDS HOPE TO ENTICE MINORITIES [...] (C) The KNA's Constitutional Committee continues to work on a KRG Constitution. Members expect further changes. In the next few weeks, the committee is supposed to send the draft to party leaders. Once they have blessed it, the committee will issue it for public comment. KNA Deputy Speake [...]	2006-02-04 17:19:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PNAT PHUM KDEM KISL IZ TU
06KIRKUK27	(S) KURDISH IA UNIT SPLITS OVER DEPLOYING OUT OF KIRKUK [...] (S) The 101st tells REO that the MOD ordered the 4th BN, 2nd BDE, 4th Iraqi Army DIV to deploy from Kirkuk outside of Kirkuk province to Bayji. We understand this IA unit is composed of Kurds, but was not a former Peshmerga unit. After the order was given, about half (50%) of the unit deser [...]	2006-02-05 06:40:00	REO Kirkuk	SECRET	MOPS PGOV KDEM PINS IZ
06KIRKUK35	(C) SUNNIS ASCENDANT IN DIYALA [...] (U) This is a SET Ba'qubah cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The announcement of the results of the December 15 Council of Representatives elections has punctuated a scramble by the IIP to put together a coalition of Sunni Arab leaders in Diyala that can claim to represent the interests of the majori [...]	2006-02-13 16:07:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ
06KIRKUK36	MEDIA CONSTRAINTS IN KURDISTAN: AN EDITOR'S VIEW [...] (C) SUMMARY. The current editors of Hawlati, Kurdistan's most independent newspaper, (strictly protect) charge that Kurdish parties' dominance make press freedoms worse there than in the rest of Iraq. They said the government routinely monitored who met with foreign officials. They said th [...]	2006-02-13 16:19:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM KCOR IZ
06KIRKUK39	KRG-E JUSTICE MINISTRY FACES POLITICAL PRESSURE AND LEGAL [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY. The RC(A) met February 16 with Hadi Ali, the Justice Minister in the Erbil Kurdistan Regional Government, and the ministry's Director General, Judge 'Abdulbassit 'Abdullah Farhad. Ali is from the Kurdistan Islamic Union and has been the KRG-E Justice Minister f [...]	2006-02-19 18:43:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM KISL PINR KWMN IZ
06KIRKUK4	(U) KURDISTAN REGIONAL GOVERNMENTS TO UNITE [...] (U) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: The Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) announced January 7 that they had reached agreement on uniting the two Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) administrations in Erbil and Sulaymaniyah. The announcement was made by KRG [...]	2006-01-09 14:56:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ KDP
06KIRKUK40	(U) BA'QUBAH CARTOON DEMONSTRATION LARGEST IN OVER A YEAR [...] (U) This is a SET Ba'qubah cable. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. A February 19 demonstration in Ba'qubah protesting Danish cartoons and the alleged 2004 British beating of students in al-Amarah amassed one of the largest crowds Ba'qubah has seen in a demonstration to date. The numbers may imply a cons [...]	2006-02-22 09:50:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL PHUM KDEM PINS IZ
06KIRKUK48	SALAH AD DIN WANTS PROVINCIAL COUNCIL DISTRICTS [...] (U) This is a SET Tikrit cable. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) Salah Ad Din contacts are pushing to elect the next provincial council by district. The January 2005 elections brought 15 Provincial Council members from a single district because of the Sunni boycott. District elections w [...]	2006-02-28 19:45:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IZ

06KIRKUK49	(C) MEASURED RESPONSE IN DIYALA TO SAMARRA BOMBING; ISF [...] (U) This is a SET Ba'qubah cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The reaction in Diyala to the destruction of the al-Askariya shrine in Samarra has been restrained and generally focused on positive messages of shared determination to fight against takfirism, due in no small part to the responsible rhetori [...]	2006-03-01 19:13:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM MOPS KISL IZ IR
06KIRKUK50	(C) MEASURED RESPONSE IN DIYALA TO SAMARRA BOMBING; ISF [...] (U) This is a SET Ba'qubah cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The reaction in Diyala to the destruction of the al-Askariya shrine in Samarra has been restrained and generally focused on positive messages of shared determination to fight against takfirism, due in no small part to the responsible rhetori [...]	2006-03-02 05:41:00	REO Kirkuk	SECRET	PGOV PHUM KDEM MOPS KISL IZ IR
06KIRKUK52	NDI SUPPORTS IRAQI WOMEN'S POLITICAL ENGAGEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY. A National Democratic Institute (NDI) Program Manager for women's issues told IPAO's in late February that Iraqi women had not yet obtained an independent voice in political parties. NDI works with women from all Iraqi political parties to implement constitutional provisions adv [...]	2006-03-02 20:16:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KWMN KDEM PINR IZ
06KIRKUK56	KURDS' PUSH ON TAL ARTICLE 58 SPARKS TEMPORARY PROVINCIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. Kurds sprung a surprise proposal at the March 1 Kirkuk Provincial Council meeting to implement TAL article 58 at the provincial level. Turcoman and Arab PC members staged a walkout to show their displeasure, but both sides sidestepped a long-term boycott. END SUMMARY. (SBU) [...]	2006-03-09 11:54:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS KDEM IZ
06KIRKUK57	KRG UNIFICATION: CABINET FORMATION NEXT [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY. On February 28, RC met separately with Falah Bakir, a close aide to Kurdistan Regional Government-Erbil PM Barzani, and with Kurdistan Democratic Party Politburo Secretary Fadil Mirani on the unification of the two KRG's. The next step is for KRG President Masu [...]	2006-03-09 16:57:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS KDEM IZ IR
06KIRKUK58	KURDISTAN REGIONAL GOVERNMENT PUK PRIME MINISTER PUSHES FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. In separate meetings, leaders of the Patriotic United Kurdistan (PUK) demanded that the next Baghdad government tackle TAL 58 issues: "Kirkuk is a part of Kurdistan." The leaders reaffirmed the PUK's support for the U.S. presence in Iraq and their desire for continuing long-term [...]	2006-03-09 17:02:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KISL PHUM PINR PREL IZ IR SY TU
06KIRKUK61	TRIBAL LEADER WARNS OF FUNDAMENTALISM, CORRUPTION IN KURDISH [...] (C) SUMMARY. The leader of the second largest Kurdish tribe in Iraq, the Harki, identified corruption, nepotism and the growth of Islamic fundamentalism fueled by economic instability as the major threats to democracy in the Kurdish region of Iraq. Shaykh Mahmud Asad Fattah Harki said that th [...]	2006-03-14 12:21:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KISL PHUM APER IR SY TU IZ PREL
06KIRKUK62	(U) DIYALA REPRESENTATIVES' BIOS [...] (U) This is a SET Ba'qubah cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: SET has collected background information on nine of the ten representatives elected from Diyala province in the December 2005 elections. These representatives-elect share virtually no common characteristics, but their backgrounds reveal a l [...]	2006-03-15 11:58:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV KDEM IZ
06KIRKUK67	TURCOMAN FRUSTRATION MOUNTS IN KIRKUK [...] (C) Summary. The Turcoman are frustrated with the Kurds' domination of Kirkuk politics. An Iraqi Turcoman Front (ITF) leader warned that the Turcoman and Arabs might unite against Kurdish injustices. The Turcoman reject the national Normalization Committee on Kirkuk and believe that the IP [...]	2006-03-20 18:49:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV KDEM IZ
06KIRKUK69	HALABJAH DISCONTENT SPARKS VIOLENCE, CRACKDOWN [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY. On March 16, protestors in Halabjah torched a museum erected to commemorate the March 16, 1988, chemical weapons attack there. Locals believe the PUK has largely used the Halabjah museum to extract foreign assistance, but failed to spend the funds on Halabjah. [...]	2006-03-24 13:28:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PGOV KDEM KCOR KISL IZ IR
06KIRKUK70	(C) KAMAL QADR KARIM: CONVICTED FOR CRIMINAL LIBEL, PARDON [...] (SBU) Media reports say a Kurdistan Regional Government-Erbil court convicted Austrian citizen and Kurdish political activist Kamal Qadr Karim on March 26 of criminal defamation and sentenced him to 18 months in jail. As reported reftels, on December 19 a court had sentenced him to 30 years [...]	2006-03-27 18:43:00	REO Kirkuk	SECRET	PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR IZ
06KIRKUK71	TURCOMAN - UNIFIED IN KIRKUK, DIVIDED IN BAGHDAD -REMAIN [...] (SBU) Summary. The Islamic Turcoman Union represents most Shia Turcoman in Kirkuk. The party works with other Turcoman parties on issues locally but is aligned with the Unified Iraqi Alliance in Baghdad. The Shia Turcoman remain frustrated with the perceived bias and indecision in the land [...]	2006-03-29 04:37:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV KDEM IZ
06KIRKUK72	IRAQI ARMY RAID ON TURCOMAN VILLAGE - TWO DEAD, SEVERAL [...] (C) Summary. A mid-march Iraqi Army (IA) raid in predominately Turcoman village near the At Tamim - Salah ad Din provincial border results in two deaths, several injuries, and alleged widespread destruction of property. Turcoman frustration increases to what they perceive as an excessive mil [...]	2006-03-29 04:39:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV KDEM IZ
06KIRKUK73	KRG UNIFICATION: PLOTTING A PATH [...] (C) SUMMARY. KRG PM Barzani told RC(A) March 29 that that each of the dual Erbil and Sulaymaniyah KRG ministries would form a committee to consider who should get the top jobs in the unified ministry and to find new jobs for redundant incumbents. No one would suffer a pay cut. The PUK has [...]	2006-03-31 07:49:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PINS PHUM MCAP KCOR IZ
06KIRKUK74	(C) PM BARZANI TO PARDON KAMAL QADR KARIM IN NEXT FEW DAYS [...] (C) SUMMARY. KRG PM Barzani told RC(A) March 29 that he would pardon Kurdish political activist Kamal Qadr Karim "in the next three to four days." We suspect they will deport him. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) While discussing human rights with RC(A) March 29 in relation to the riot in Halabja [...]	2006-03-31 10:42:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR IZ
06KIRKUK75	KURDISH TRIBAL LEADER DOWNS KDP AND PUK, URGES U.S. TO STAY [...] (C) SUMMARY. A leader from the influential Kurdish tribe of Surchi said tribes were forced to work with the KDP and PUK because the parties controlled all the region's revenue. He thought the two Kurdish parties were incapable of working together. Shaykh Surchi urged the U.S. to remain in [...]	2006-03-31 15:29:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR PHUM PINS PREL PINR KDEM KWMN IZ IR
06KIRKUK78	STUDENT PROTEST SPARKED HALABJAH VIOLENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY. The KRG had denied permission for the March 16 protests at Halabjah. The KRG Deputy PM had agreed to student protest organizers' demands the night before, but was too late to prevent the violent March 16 Halabjah protests. Protestors were mostly male students from Halabjah, and [...]	2006-04-07 14:03:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PGOV KDEM KCOR KISL IZ IR
06KIRKUK79	PUK CRACKDOWN ON ALLEGED HALABJAH PROTESTORS [...] (C) SUMMARY. In the wake of the March 16 violent protests in Halabjah, the PUK has confiscated cameras and film, using them to identify perpetrators. Asayish security forces were arresting suspected protestors by conducting raids in the middle of the night wearing ski masks. A source in th [...]	2006-04-07 14:03:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PGOV KDEM KCOR KISL IZ IR
06KIRKUK8	(U) KURDISH PARLIAMENT APPROVES KRG UNIFICATION [...] (U) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: Ambassador Khalilzad attended the January 21 special session of the Kurdistan National Assembly (KNA),which unanimously approved reftel agreement on unification of the two Kurdistan Regional Governments (KRGs). Iraqi President Jalal Talabani (leader of the Patri [...]	2006-01-23 12:24:00	REO Kirkuk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM IZ KDP
06KIRKUK80	MORE PROTESTS AHEAD IN NORTHERN IRAQ [...] (S) SUMMARY. A freelance press interpreter says some who participated in the violent Halabjah protests could now be inclined to become KRG insurgents because the PUK is giving them few other options. Our contact said he had heard reports that some protestors had fled to the mountains or Ira [...]	2006-04-07 14:07:00	REO Kirkuk	SECRET	PINS PGOV KDEM KCOR KISL PINR IZ IR
06KIRKUK83	ZEBARI SHAYKH SAYS TRIBES CONTROL SOCIAL AFFAIRS IN NORTHERN [...] (C) SUMMARY. The head of the Zebari tribe said he supported the Coalition presence in Iraq, but requested that the U.S. pay more attention to the tribes. He explained that while the Sunni Arabs of Iraq are demanding a U.S. withdrawal, the Kurds fear it. Zebari said Kurds blamed the U.S. fo [...]	2006-04-10 13:50:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR PHUM PINS PREL PINR KDEM KWMN IZ IR
06KIRKUK85	DRL VISIT TO NORTHERN IRAQ: CIVIL SOCIETY STRUGGLES FOR [...] (C) Summary: During a visit by DRL to Northern Iraq, civil society funding recipients said they struggled to maintain independence against strong opposition, and in some cases persecution, from political parties. Media sources said they faced detainment and abuse from government authorities f [...]	2006-04-12 10:12:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM KISL KWMN IZ
06KIRKUK86	DRL VISIT TO NORTHERN IRAQ: TREATMENT AT LAST FOR THE [...] (U) Summary: A DRL site visit to Northern Iraq revealed that implementing partners are providing Iraqis for the first time with treatment for the mentally ill, legal services for women in jail, and a major effort to record the stories of victims of torture, imprisonment, and the genocide campa [...]	2006-04-12 10:41:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM KISL KWMN IZ
06KIRKUK88	YOUNG KURDS WARN OF IMMINENT PROTESTS IN KALAR [...] (C) SUMMARY. Students and recent graduates from Kalar concurred that demonstrations would likely ignite there, but they disagreed on when those demonstrations might occur or how violent they would be. One student was adamant about protesting on April 14 - the commemoration of the Anfal atta [...]	2006-04-12 13:53:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PGOV KDEM KCOR KISL IZ IR
06KIRKUK92	STREET TALKS BUSINESS AND POLITICS IN A KURDISH [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY. On a visit to Ankawa District in Erbil City, business owners told IPAO an influx of migrants was pushing up real estate prices. The owners complained about inflation, fuel prices, and how winning contracts required party membership. Ankawa is a middle-class, pre [...]	2006-04-14 09:10:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV KDEM KCOR IZ
06KIRKUK95	STUDENT UNIONS MAKE DEMANDS TO KRG ON HALABJAH DETAINEES [...] (C) SUMMARY. Students from Halabjah and As Sulaymaniyah issued a list of demands to the KRG following the violent protests in Halabjah (REFTELS),because detained protestors were being denied fundamental rights. They told REO April 8 that they might go on strike or organize peaceful demonst [...]	2006-04-21 13:08:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PGOV KDEM KCOR KISL IZ IR
06KIRKUK96	KURDISTAN ISLAMIC GROUP SEEKS U.S. RELATIONS [...] SUMMARY. (C) The Kurdistan Islamic Group (KIG) supported U.S. invasions in Afghanistan and Iraq, but has been disappointed with some U.S. actions toward it. The party seeks to uphold the holiness of Islam and advocates Sharia law as the main source of guidance on Iraqi law. The KIG and the [...]	2006-04-21 13:08:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KISL PHUM APER IR SY TU IZ PREL
06KIRKUK99	KURDISH REFUGEE SPEAKS ABOUT IRANIAN TORTURE; REQUESTS [...] (C) SUMMARY. An Iranian Kurd contacted Kirkuk Regional Embassy Office requesting asylum. He maintained that Iranian authorities detained him in June 2005 for writing negatively about the government. He claimed that he was tortured by Iranian intelligence and sent to Mariwan prison for thre [...]	2006-04-25 13:34:00	REO Kirkuk	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PHUM PNAT PREF PREL PINR PGOV KDEM KCOR
06KUALALUMPUR1516	RELIGIOUS FREEDOM DEBATE LEADS TO GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Pressure from non-Muslims to examine religious freedom in Malaysia has generated passionate debate here in recent months, leading to PM Abdullah's July 25 warning, repeated on August 11, for the media and public to refrain from openly debating contentious religious and racial issues. For t [...]	2006-08-11 08:13:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV PINR KISL KIRF KDEM KPAO MY
06KUALALUMPUR1618	COUNTERING CHAVEZ'S UNSC LOBBYING IN MALAYSIA [...] (C) As Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez conducted a state visit to Malaysia (below),Polcouns delivered reftel demarche August 28 on countering Venezuela's UNSC lobbying to the Malaysian Foreign Ministry's Acting Under Secretary for American Affairs Khairi Omar. We particularly highlighted V [...]	2006-08-28 09:19:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM UNSC VE MY
06KUALALUMPUR1634	MALAYSIA CONFIRMS SUPPORT FOR VENEZUELA'S UNSC BID [...] (C) Polcouns met August 30 with Bala Chandran Tharman, Principal Assistant Secretary, Multilateral Political Division/UN Affairs at the Malaysian Foreign Ministry, and reiterated ref B demarche regarding Venezuela's lobbying for a UNSC seat. We asked whether President Chavez's repeated publi [...]	2006-08-30 08:59:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM UNSC VE GT MY
06KUALALUMPUR1908	MALAYSIAN YOUTH POLL REVEALS RELIGIOUS DIVISIONS [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-12 08:00:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM KWMN PINR SOCI KISL MY
06KUALALUMPUR1913	MALAYSIAN YOUTH POLL REVEALS SHARP ETHNIC DIVIDE [...] (SBU) A recent opinion poll, funded by The Asia Foundation, of over 1,500 young Malaysian adults aged 18-32 showed sharp differences of views on religion and national identity and the relation between state and religion among the country's three largest ethnic groups - the Malays, Chinese and [...]	2006-10-13 02:49:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM KWMN PINR SOCI KISL MY
06KUALALUMPUR1935	SARAWAK: OPPOSITION ADRIFT; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE LACK SERVICES; POLICE REJECT CRITICISM [...] (C) We met with political opposition leaders, human rights advocates and police during an October 2 visit to Sarawak's state capitol of Kuching. While the nationally active ethnic Chinese opposition party DAP performed well in the May 20 state assembly election, we found the party has not yet [...]	2006-10-13 09:35:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KISL MY
06KUALALUMPUR1948	SABAH: POROUS BORDERS; PROBLEMS WITH FOREIGNERS; UNHAPPY UMNO COALITION PARTNER [...] (C) The police, political leaders, a human rights official in the East Malaysia state of Sabah recently expressed their concerns to us about rising crime and the security impact from the high number of foreigners - both legal and illegal - residing in the state. Sabah's Acting Police Commissio [...]	2006-10-17 05:11:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV PINR KDEM KISL SMIG ASEC MY
06KUALALUMPUR313	CARTOON CONTROVERSY ENVELOPS MALAYSIA'S PREMIER [...] (C) SUMMARY: A new cartoon controversy erupted in Malaysia on February 20 when the country,s second-largest English-language newspaper, the New Straits Times (NST),published a syndicated cartoon poking fun at the global Prophet Muhammad cartoon controversy. Muslim NGOs and the Islamic opposi [...]	2006-02-23 11:29:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM PGOV KISL KPAO MY
06KUALALUMPUR365	CARTOON CONTROVERSY ENVELOPS MORE MEDIA SOURCES [...] (C) SUMMARY: For the third time in a month, the Malaysian government has suspended publication of a daily newspaper that printed an image of a Prophet Muhammad cartoon. The government-controlled New Straits Times (NST) managed to avoid punishment, however, after it issued an "unreserved apolo [...]	2006-03-03 06:47:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM ASEC PREL PGOV KISL KPAO MY
06KUALALUMPUR954	MALAYSIA ON IRAQ GOVERNMENT FORMATION [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-25 04:03:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM IZ MY
06KUWAIT1021	MEDIA REACTION: Kuwait March 22, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-22 12:57:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PREL KDEM PGOV KU
06KUWAIT1077	FREEDOM AGENDA: MUNICIPAL COUNCIL CANDIDATE [...] (C) Summary and comment: Talal Dashti, one of twelve candidates in an election for a vacant Municipal Council (MC) seat, told Poloff March 26 he refused to participate in a pre-election Shi'a primary to choose one of the seven Shi'a candidates in the election to represent the constituency's S [...]	2006-03-28 07:29:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KWMN KU FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT1176	FREEDOM AGENDA: KUWAITI WOMEN "JUBILANT" AS THEY [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: For the first time since being given full political rights in May 2005, Kuwaiti women exercised their right to vote on April 4 in a Municipal Council by-election. Female campaign workers and voters were "jubilant" about exercising their political rights. "Today we [...]	2006-04-04 14:05:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KDEM KWMN KU WOMEN POLITICAL RIGHTS
06KUWAIT1196	FREEDOM AGENDA: FEMALE CANDIDATE RUNNER-UP IN [...] (U) Jenan Bushehri, one of two female candidates in the April 4 Municipal Council by-election, came in second behind Yousef Al-Suwaileh, a Sunni candidate representing the Al-Awazem tribe. (Note: The Municipal Council has national jurisdiction over land allocation, zoning, and public and hea [...]	2006-04-05 13:04:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KWMN KU FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT1206	MEDIA REACTION: Kuwait April 5, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-08 04:48:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PREL KDEM PGOV KU
06KUWAIT124	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION: DEMISE OF THE AMIR [...] Summary: The death of the Amir dominated all daily newspapers in Kuwaiti today. The Embassy's message of condolence was reprinted in all English and Arabic dailies. Al-Qabas, one of the five major Arabic language newspapers distributed today's edition free of charge, with the trademark blue lo [...]	2006-01-17 06:58:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO PREL KDEM IZ KMDR KU
06KUWAIT1317	FREEDOM AGENDA: PARLIAMENT POSTPONES DISCUSSION OF [...] (U) On April 17, Parliament unanimously approved a Government motion to postpone discussion on proposals to reduce the number of electoral constituencies, a key political reform, until May 15. Parliament previously voted to discuss the proposals on April 17 (ref D),but agreed to the postpon [...]	2006-04-17 13:42:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KU FREEDOM AGENDA NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
06KUWAIT1318	MEDIA REACTION: MUBARAK'S STATEMENTS ON SHIITES [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-17 13:47:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PREL KDEM PGOV KU
06KUWAIT1321	MEDIA REACTION: UNNEIGHBORLY IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-17 14:13:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PREL KDEM PGOV KU
06KUWAIT1323	MEDIA REACTION: KUWAITI WOMEN VOTE [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-18 04:54:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PREL KDEM PGOV KU
06KUWAIT1391	MEDIA REACTION: Iran [...] Saturday, April 22, 2006 -- The moderate Arabic-language daily Al-Anbaa published "The nuclear scenario" by Mr. Mifrih Al-Noumis Al-Anzy in which he wrote: "There are four possible explanations for the current crisis in the Gulf: one, Iran's interference in Iraqi domestic matters to cause th [...]	2006-04-24 04:39:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PREL KDEM PGOV KU
06KUWAIT1396	MEDIA REACTION: Iran [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-24 13:39:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PREL KDEM PGOV KU
06KUWAIT147	SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: THE DEMISE OF KUWAIT'S [...] Summary: All Arabic and English newspapers continued to dedicate the majority of each edition to the recent passing of the Amir. Some dailies published more photos of the Amir- designate, Shaykh Saad Al-Abdullah Al-Salem Al-Sabah, during his calls on various sites in Kuwait or with visiting he [...]	2006-01-18 04:51:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO PREL KDEM IZ KMDR KU
06KUWAIT148	DEATH OF THE AMIR: KUWAITI BLOGGERS SUDDENLY [...] A number of Kuwaiti web-logs (blogs) have expressed an outpouring of grief at the January 15 loss of the Amir, Shaykh Jaber Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. (See reftel for background on Kuwaiti blogs.) Most of the blogs lament the Amir's passing and hope for a good future for Kuwait. Many of t [...]	2006-01-18 04:55:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO PREL KDEM KU
06KUWAIT1567	KUWAIT DEMARCHE DELIVERED: BMENA DEMOCRACY [...] Post delivered reftel demarche by diplomatic note to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) on May 3, 2006. Drawing from the language provided, the note encouraged senior-level GOK participation. Post will report septel on GOK attendance. 2. PolChief discussed the May 22-23 Democracy Assi [...]	2006-05-03 13:50:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KDEM KMPI KU
06KUWAIT1570	FREEDOM AGENDA: PARLIAMENT LEADERS DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary: In a May 2 meeting, the Cabinet failed to agree on whether to support a reduction in the number of electoral constituencies from 25 to ten or five. Parliamentary debate on the issue, scheduled for May 15, could be postponed if the Government's proposal is further delayed. Nation [...]	2006-05-05 10:24:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KU FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT1599	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ'S NEW GOVERNMENT [...] Saturday, 6 May, 2006 -- Ahmed Bu-Dostour wrote in the conservative Arabic-language daily Al-Watan under the title "Will Al-Maliki fix what Al-Jaafari ruined": "The first public statement made by Al-Maliki called for the dismantlement of armed militias and their integration into the army. Al [...]	2006-05-07 05:12:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PREL KDEM PGOV KU
06KUWAIT1637	UNDERSTANDING THE KUWAITI MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD'S [...] (C) Introduction and Summary: The Islamic Constitutional Movement (Al-Haraka Al-Dusturi Al-Islamiyya),the political arm of the Kuwaiti Muslim Brotherhood, is one of, if not the, largest and most influential political associations in Kuwait. (Note: The Government does not officially recognize [...]	2006-05-09 10:49:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PINR KDEM KISL KU ISLAMISTS
06KUWAIT1638	UNDERSTANDING THE KUWAITI MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD'S [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-09 10:54:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PINR KDEM KISL KU ISLAMISTS
06KUWAIT1673	FREEDOM AGENDA: CABINET APPROVES TEN [...] (C) Summary and comment: On May 9, the Cabinet approved a draft law to reduce the number of electoral constituencies from 25 to ten. Information Minister Dr. Anas Al-Rashaid, a liberal who supports five constituencies, resigned in protest of the draft law and a related proposal (not approved) [...]	2006-05-10 15:38:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM KWMN KU FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT1674	MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ'S NEW GOVERNMENT [...] Saturday, 6 May, 2006 -- Mohamed Zain wrote in the pro-government Arabic-language daily Al-Seyassah under the title "Iraq without a people ruled by wolves": "As Alawi has gone so did Al-Jaafari, and Al-Maliki will stay for a short while then go so that another person may come to the same set [...]	2006-05-11 03:34:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PREL KDEM PGOV KU
06KUWAIT1768	KUWAITI EDITOR CHOOSES JAIL OVER BAIL IN TEST OF [...] (U) Hamad Turki Buyabis, editor of the Kuwaiti weekly Al-Shaab, was jailed May 15 after refusing to post bail in a case involving publishing material deemed offensive to the Amir. The Public Prosecutor's office had called Buyabis in for questioning because his weekly had published some of A [...]	2006-05-16 12:04:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM KU
06KUWAIT1773	FREEDOM AGENDA: BETWEEN DISSOLUTION AND [...] (C) Summary: On May 16, Parliament approved by a simple majority a motion to refer the Government's draft law on constituency reform to the Constitutional Court for review. The session was boycotted by 29 MPs who support five constituencies and strongly criticize the Government for submitting [...]	2006-05-16 14:04:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM KU FREEDOM AGENDA NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
06KUWAIT1774	FREEDOM AGENDA: KUWAITI WOMEN CELEBRATE FIRST ANNIVERSARY [...] May 16 marked the one-year anniversary of the historic parliamentary decision granting Kuwaiti women full political rights. The Ambassador attended an event entitled "Together towards a Promising Partnership" under the patronage of Amir Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmad and attended by Crown Prince Shayk [...]	2006-05-16 14:10:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM KWMN WOMEN POLITICAL RIGHTS
06KUWAIT1788	KUWAITI EDITOR RELEASED WITHOUT BAIL AFTER FUROR [...] (U) Hamad Turki Buyabis, editor of the Kuwaiti weekly Al-Shaab who was detained on May 15 for breaking Kuwait's Press and Publications law (ref A),was released from custody May 16 without having to post bail. Buyabis refused to pay bail following questioning by the Public Prosecutor's offic [...]	2006-05-17 13:35:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM KU
06KUWAIT1789	FREEDOM AGENDA: THE GOVERNMENT KEEPS ITS COOL AS PRESSURE [...] (U) Debate over constituency reform continues with the Government requesting on May 17 the convening of a special National Assembly session on May 22 to discuss the draft law to reduce the number of electoral constituencies from 25 to ten. Post contacts report that the Government is considerin [...]	2006-05-17 14:13:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KU FREEDOM AGENDA NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
06KUWAIT1814	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION: IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-21 04:38:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PREL KDEM PGOV KU
06KUWAIT1832	COMMUNICATIONS MINISTER EXPELLED FROM ISLAMIST [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-21 18:00:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KU FREEDOM AGENDA NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
06KUWAIT1833	KUWAITI AMIR DISSOLVES PARLIAMENT; NEW ELECTIONS [...] (U) Summary and comment: On May 21, the Amir issued decree 146 exercising his constitutional power to dissolve Parliament after weeks of contentious debate on reducing the number of electoral constituencies reached an impasse with 29 Members of Parliament (MPs) intent on "grilling" the Prime [...]	2006-05-21 19:00:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM KU FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT1844	FREEDOM AGENDA: PARLIAMENT DISSOLUTION PRESENTS [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Elections for a new National Assembly will take place on June 29, almost certainly on the basis of the status quo 25 constituencies. Reformers who rejected a compromise offer of 10 constituencies in order to hold out for their proposed 5 constituency model, will now [...]	2006-05-22 14:05:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KU FREEDOM AGENDA NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
06KUWAIT1852	FREEDOM AGENDA: REACTIONS TO PARLIAMENT DISSOLUTION [...] (U) Summary: The Amir's May 21 decision to dissolve Parliament has Kuwaitis focused on the prospects for meaningful political reform and the impact of women voting in national elections for the first time. A number of public figures have already declared their intent to run for office, among [...]	2006-05-22 17:36:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM KU FREEDOM AGENDA NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
06KUWAIT1887	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION: IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-23 17:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR PREL KDEM PGOV KU
06KUWAIT1888	FREEDOM AGENDA: REFINING STRATEGIES TO PROMOTE [...] (C) Key elements of Embassy Kuwait's Freedom Agenda are promoting democratic reform through full political participation by Kuwaiti women and encouraging the formation of political parties to reduce tribal influence and religious ideology on domestic politics. The May 21 Amiri decisions to [...]	2006-05-23 17:25:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KMPI KU
06KUWAIT1889	FREEDOM AGENDA: REFINING STRATEGIES TO PROMOTE [...] (C) Key elements of Embassy Kuwait's Freedom Agenda are promoting democratic reform through full political participation by Kuwaiti women and encouraging the formation of political parties to reduce tribal influence and religious ideology on domestic politics. The May 21 Amiri decisions to [...]	2006-05-23 17:26:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KMPI KU
06KUWAIT1915	FREEDOM AGENDA: RACING THE CLOCK TO PREPARE FOR KUWAIT'S [...] Summary: Debate over the Amir's May 21 decision to dissolve Parliament is already fading as focus shifts to the June 29 parliamentary elections. Though candidate registration begins officially May 25, many prospective candidates have already launched their campaigns. According to one estimat [...]	2006-05-24 16:30:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KU FREEDOM AGENDA NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
06KUWAIT1940	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION: SADDAM'S TRIAL [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-29 15:31:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PREL KDEM PGOV KU
06KUWAIT2026	FREEDOM AGENDA - KUWAIT ELECTION UPDATE: 24 WOMEN [...] (C) Summary: A total of 244 candidates, including 24 women, have registered so far for the June 29 parliamentary elections. Kuwaiti women, participating in national elections for the first time in Kuwait's history, have responded with enthusiasm. Women account for 194,910 of Kuwait's 340,24 [...]	2006-05-31 18:04:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM KU FREEDOM AGENDA NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
06KUWAIT2081	KUWAIT MEDIA ELECTION COVERAGE MAY 25-31: A CLEAR SPLIT [...] Summary: A divide has emerged in how the Kuwait media are covering the upcoming parliamentary elections. Newspapers, which are privately owned, are delving with delight into controversial matters such as vote buying, women candidates and whether members of the ruling family should stand for el [...]	2006-06-05 07:35:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO KDEM PGOV KU FREDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT2148	FREEDOM AGENDA AND JUNE 29 ELECTIONS: PROGRESS ON [...] (S/NF) Summary and comment: The June 29 Kuwaiti parliamentary election campaign has commenced. Some observers will be tempted to use votes for women and reform candidates as a litmus test for the pace and success of political reform in the Gulf region. A more nuanced view is required. The [...]	2006-06-07 17:42:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KDEM KU FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT2149	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION ON THE PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-07 17:44:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PREL KDEM PGOV KU
06KUWAIT2150	FREEDOM AGENDA: GRASSROOTS ACTIVISM BLOSSOMS IN [...] (C/NF) Summary and comment: Perhaps the most remarkable aspect of Kuwait's recent "orange revolution" is the role played by the ad hoc coalition of pro-reform youth organizations known as the "orange movement." These youth organizations, which include both liberals and Islamists and were not [...]	2006-06-07 17:47:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PINR KDEM KU FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT2152	KUWAIT MEDIA ELECTION COVERAGE JUNE 1-6: KEY ISSUES [...] Summary: With registration for candidates closed, the media in Kuwait has switched focus from announcing entrants into the race for Parliament to reporting on candidate platforms and those withdrawing their candidacies. Among the news coverage, several key issues have crystallized and are recei [...]	2006-06-08 07:58:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO KDEM PGOV KU FREDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT2154	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - IRAQI GOVERNMENT AND HAMAS [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-08 20:06:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PREL KDEM PGOV KU
06KUWAIT2155	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION ON VOTING, ETHICS AND CENSORSHIP IN [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-08 20:06:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PREL KDEM PGOV KU
06KUWAIT216	SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: MOURNING THE AMIR SHIFTS TO THE [...] Sunday, January 22, 2006 -- Al-Qabas front page "Two parallel lines: Activating article 3 and opening door for settlement"; "Council of Ministers keeps its sessions open"; "Speaker Al-Khrafi: Matters are in wise hands"; "Royal family meeting Al-Shaab Palace cancelled"; "Informed Sources: Med [...]	2006-01-24 07:07:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO PREL KDEM IZ KMDR KU
06KUWAIT217	SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: SUCCESSION IN KUWAIT [...] Monday, January 23, 2006 -- Al-Qabas front-page "Oath-taking session on Tuesday; The Government 'activation' letter was handed over to the National Assembly"; "Goodwill endeavors without any result"; "Al-Khorafi optimistic that wisdom will ultimately prevail"; "Amir received Speaker Al-Khora [...]	2006-01-24 07:09:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO PREL KDEM IZ KMDR KU
06KUWAIT2173	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - PROMISES, WOMEN, AND NEW FACES IN [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-10 10:08:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PREL KDEM PGOV KU
06KUWAIT2190	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - WOMEN, HOPES FOR REFORM [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-10 14:35:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PREL KDEM PGOV KU
06KUWAIT2194	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - ZARQAWI'S DEMISE [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-10 17:23:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR PTER KDEM PGOV IZ KU TERRORISM
06KUWAIT2214	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - WOMEN TAKE ON THE ELECTORAL CHALLENGE [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-11 13:53:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PREL KDEM PGOV KU
06KUWAIT2239	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - ELECTORAL SLOGANS, ALLIANCES, AND WOMEN'S PARTICIPATION [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-12 16:33:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PREL KDEM PGOV KU
06KUWAIT2264	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - WOMEN'S PARTICIPATION, CORRUPTION, AND VOTE BUYING [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-13 13:16:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PREL KDEM PGOV KU
06KUWAIT2271	THE ENEMY OF MY ENEMY IS MY FRIEND: SUPPORT FOR [...] (C/NF) Summary: An emerging consensus between ideologically opposite political blocs on the need for political reform in Kuwait has led to the formation of a number of unprecedented alliances in advance of the June 29 parliamentary elections. Some Islamist groups, like the Islamic Constituti [...]	2006-06-13 15:40:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PINR KDEM KU FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT2296	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - ELECTIONS: WOMEN'S PARTICIPATION, REFORM, AND CORRUPTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-14 16:22:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO KDEM PGOV KU
06KUWAIT2298	FREEDOM AGENDA: LOCAL NGO RECRUITS VOLUNTEERS TO [...] (C/NF) In a June 14 meeting with Poloff, Nasser Al-Abdly, the Chairman of the Kuwait Society for Developing Democracy (www.demokwt.com),a local NGO, reported that his organization hoped to recruit 700 local volunteers to monitor Kuwait's June 29 parliamentary elections. He said KSDD had giv [...]	2006-06-14 17:59:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM KU FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT2300	KUWAIT MEDIA ELECTION COVERAGE JUNE 8-14: NEWSPAPER JOINS [...] Summary: Corruption and alleged vote-buying held sway in the media this week as the June 29 elections draw nearer. One Arabic-language daily joined the fray by launching its own anti-vote-buying campaign with front-page banners and by setting up a hotline for the public to report corruption. R [...]	2006-06-15 10:04:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO KDEM PGOV KU FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT2301	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - ELECTIONS: WOMEN'S PARTICIPATION AND THE GOVERNMENT'S POSITION [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-15 13:00:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO KDEM PGOV KU
06KUWAIT2302	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - AFTERMATH OF ZARQAWI'S DEMISE [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-15 13:35:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR PTER KDEM PGOV IZ KU TERRORISM
06KUWAIT2322	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - CANDIDATES, REFORM, AND CORRUPTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-17 10:02:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO KDEM PGOV KU
06KUWAIT2323	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - IRAQ AFTER ZARQAWI'S DEATH AND HIS [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-17 10:03:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR PTER KDEM PGOV IZ KU TERRORISM
06KUWAIT233	PARLIAMENT VOTES TO RELIEVE AMIR-DESIGNATE; KUWAIT [...] A late night January 23 meeting between Prime Minister Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and National Guard Commander Shaykh Salem Al-Ali Al-Salem Al-Sabah supposedly set in motion the scenario for the January 24 abdication of Amir-designate Shaykh Saad Al-Abdullah Al-Salem Al-Sabah. It [...]	2006-01-24 14:38:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM KU
06KUWAIT2333	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - ELECTIONS: GOVERNMENT INTERFERENCE, FREEDOM, REFORM, AND FIGHTING CORRUPTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-17 15:31:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO KDEM PGOV KU

06KUWAIT2366	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - ELECTIONS, CENSORSHIP, REFORM AND [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-18 18:24:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO KDEM PGOV KU
06KUWAIT2392	FREEDOM AGENDA: WOMEN'S ELECTION PARTICIPATION [...] (C/NF) Summary and comment: The participation of women in the June 29 parliamentary elections is having a profound impact on Kuwaiti society. Issues of equality and social import have taken a prominent place in the local media, and candidates have been forced to address issues important to w [...]	2006-06-19 13:49:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KWMN KDEM KU FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT2393	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - ELECTIONS: ISLAMISTS WELCOME YOUTH [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-19 14:14:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO KDEM PGOV KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT2394	FREEDOM AGENDA: IMPLICATIONS OF ISLAMIST GAINS IN [...] (S/NF) Summary: There is a strong possibility that the Kuwaiti Parliament elected on June 29 will include more Islamist members than the previous one. Islamists are well-organized and poised to capitalize on the women's vote. While there are legitimate concerns about the impact this would ha [...]	2006-06-19 14:31:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM KISL KU FREEDOM AGENDA ISLAMISTS
06KUWAIT2419	ELECTION COUNTDOWN: WELCOME TO THE BIG TOP: [...] (C/NF) Campaigning in Kuwait is quite a production. In addition to waxing eloquent on all manner of issues, candidates are expected to provide lavish buffets, fresh-squeezed juice, copious amounts of tea and coffee, and big screen TVs showing the latest World Cup match. And all this in the [...]	2006-06-20 13:50:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM KU FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT2420	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - ELECTIONS: CORRUPTION, U.S. [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-20 14:36:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO KDEM PGOV KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT2442	ELECTION COUNTDOWN: KUWAIT MEDIA ELECTION COVERAGE JUNE [...] (U) Summary and comment: Government censorship and the fight against corruption stole the headlines as media coverage of the June 29 elections hits its stride. The Information Minister was the object of sharp criticism in the press from candidates and among the public over his role in blocki [...]	2006-06-21 12:54:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OPRC KMDR KPAO KDEM PGOV KMPI KU FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT2445	FREEDOM AGENDA: MEPI -- MAKING A REAL DIFFERENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: More than half of the Kuwaiti women currently running for office, while different in their social, economic, and educational backgrounds, have in common their participation in a range of MEPI programs designed to strengthen the role played by women. The women campaigning on [...]	2006-06-21 14:01:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PHUM KDEM KMPI KU FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT2446	ELECTION COUNTDOWN: CORRUPTION EMERGES AS THE [...] (S/NF) Summary: Corruption has emerged as the central issue in the June 29 parliamentary elections. Allegations of vote-buying are common and often politically-motivated, but there is no doubt that some candidates attempt to influence voters with bribes. Nonetheless, the intensity of the ca [...]	2006-06-21 14:39:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV EIND KDEM KU FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT2447	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - ELECTIONS: REDISTRICTING, [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-21 15:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO KDEM PGOV KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT2448	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - ELECTIONS: ELECTORAL DISTRICTS, [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-22 18:16:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO KDEM PGOV KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT2449	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - ELECTIONS: POLITICAL CORRUPTION, [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-23 15:40:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO KDEM PGOV KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT2478	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - ELECTIONS [...] Secretary General of Kuwait's Journalists Association, Mr. Faisal Al-Qanai suggested a new election strategy, "Let's take it back to what it used to be." In his daily column in pro-government Arabic daily Al-Seyassah that carried the same headline Mr. Qanai proposed, "The election campaign slo [...]	2006-06-24 14:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO KDEM PGOV KU IR MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT25	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION: WAR IN IRAQ [...] Tuesday, January 03, 2006 -- Al-Anbaa front page "Washington: The militias are loyal to their sects and there are fears of Iraq becoming a sectarian state" -- Al-Anbaa p. 23 "Bush's military advisor points to reducing the number of troops to 100,000 by the end of the year"; "Washington wi [...]	2006-01-04 04:26:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO PREL KDEM IZ KMDR KU
06KUWAIT2509	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - ELECTIONS [...] An op-ed headlined "And a Purse Too," by Ahmed Mohammed Al-Fahd in the conservative Arabic daily Al-Watan stated, "If we were to calculate roughly the cost of gifts allegedly given to prospective women voters, we would deduce that buying purses for women is cheaper and better than paying money [...]	2006-06-25 15:06:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO KDEM PGOV KU IR MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT2521	ELECTION COUNTDOWN: STRENGTHENED ANTI-FRAUD [...] (C/NF) During a June 24 meeting, the Director of the Ministry of Interior's National Assembly Elections Department, Ali Murad, showed Poloff the voting stands and transparent ballot boxes the GOK has ordered to prevent electoral fraud in the June 29 parliamentary elections. The voting stands [...]	2006-06-26 09:17:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM KU FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT2527	ELECTION COUNTDOWN: CABINET SHUFFLE RUMORED LIKELY [...] (C/NF) Summary: With the June 29 parliamentary elections fast approaching, candidates are making one final push to garner support. Several high-profile former members of Parliament are expected to easily win re-election, but beyond these it is unclear who will emerge victorious. Most contac [...]	2006-06-26 13:39:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM KU FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT2532	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - ELECTIONS: WOMEN IN PARLIAMENT; [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-26 14:58:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO KDEM PGOV KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT2561	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - ELECTIONS: CORRUPTION; SUPPORT FOR [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-27 11:30:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO KDEM PGOV KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT2568	ELECTION COUNTDOWN: YOUTH ACTIVISTS HIGHLIGHT [...] (C/NF) In a June 26 meeting with Poloff, "orange movement" (ref B) leaders Kahled Al-Fadhalah, Jassem Al-Maqamis, and Dana Al-Salem shared their views on the upcoming elections. All three studied in the U.S. and were active in the U.S. branch of the National Union of Kuwait Students (NUKS). [...]	2006-06-27 14:24:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM KU FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT2588	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - ELECTIONS: CORRUPTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-28 11:47:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO KDEM PGOV KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT2590	ELECTION COUNTDOWN: KUWAIT MEDIA ELECTION COVERAGE JUNE [...] (SBU) Summary: Some 100 foreign media, mostly from the Middle East and the Gulf Region, will be in Kuwait to cover the June 29 elections. Few U.S. or major international media outlets are present; however a CNN reporter is planning to arrive June 28. The Ministry of Information opened a forei [...]	2006-06-28 13:27:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OPRC KMDR KPAO KDEM PGOV KU FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT2593	ELECTION COUNTDOWN: KUWAITI CANDIDATES REPRESENT [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Two hundred and fifty-two candidates will compete in Kuwait's National Assembly elections on June 29. Over 340,000 voters will go to 91 polling stations between 8:00 am and 8:00 pm to elect two representatives from each of 25 electoral districts. Fifty-seven percen [...]	2006-06-28 14:21:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM KU FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT2598	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - ELECTION DAY AND WOMEN [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-29 15:55:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO KDEM PGOV KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT2599	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - ELECTIONS RESULTS [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-30 11:14:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO KDEM PGOV KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT2600	FREEDOM AGENDA: KUWAITI WOMEN NOT REPRESENTED IN [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: Kuwaiti women voted and ran for office for the first time on June 29. While initial reports indicate only 35% of registered women voted, EmbOffs who visited polling stations saw crowds of women taking part in the electoral process in both urban and tribal areas. [...]	2006-06-30 12:27:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM KWMN KU FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT2601	KUWAIT MEDIA ELECTION DAY COVERAGE - JUNE 30 [...] (U) Summary and comment: International broadcast coverage of the June 29 Kuwait National Assembly elections ran the gamut from near full-time coverage on Al-Arabiya to a brief mention late in the evening on BBC World. CNN, France 2, the New York Times and the Washington Post were among the m [...]	2006-06-30 12:43:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OPRC KMDR KPAO KDEM PGOV KU FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT2602	FREEDOM AGENDA: PRO-REFORM CANDIDATES WIN [...] (S/NF) Summary and comment: Pro-reform candidates won a resounding victory in the June 29 parliamentary elections as voters sent a clear message to the Government on the need for political reform to combat corruption. Pro-reform MPs now have a clear majority (34) in the 65-member Parliament. [...]	2006-06-30 13:14:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KDEM KWMN PINR KU FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT2634	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - ELECTIONS: RESULTS AND PREDICTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-01 12:07:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO KDEM PGOV KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT266	SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: RESOLUTION OF SUCCESSION ISSUE [...] Tuesday, 24 January 2006 -- Al-Qabas front page "Salem Al-Ali to Kuwaitis: Sabah Al-Ahmad is our Amir"; "Shaykh Saad steps down today in a statement to the nation"; "Government withdraws request for 'stepping down' session"; "Council of Ministers nominates Shaykh Sabah as Amir in 8 days"; "At [...]	2006-01-26 08:49:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO PREL KDEM KMDR KU
06KUWAIT2671	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - ELECTION RESULTS AND FORMATION OF [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-03 15:27:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO KDEM PGOV KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT2695	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - ELECTION RESULTS AND THE NEW [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-05 19:51:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO KDEM PGOV KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT2726	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - THE NEW GOVERNMENT AND THE ENEMIES [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-08 10:21:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO KDEM PGOV KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT2749	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - THE NEW GOVERNMENT [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-09 12:29:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO KDEM PGOV KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT2751	FREEDOM AGENDA: POST HOSTS YOUNG DEMOCRATIC [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-09 13:03:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM PHUM KU FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT2764	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - SECTARIAN VIOLENCE IN IRAQ AND GAZA [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-10 07:05:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO KDEM PGOV KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT2774	FREEDOM AGENDA: EMBASSY ANALYSIS OF ELECTION [...] (C/NF) Summary and Comment: Kuwaiti news media reported that only 35% of eligible women voted in the June 29 Parliamentary elections. Post's statistical analysis puts the number at approximately 60%. Although Islamists made gains in the National Assembly, a close look at the voting number [...]	2006-07-10 12:10:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM KU FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT2799	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - GAZA INCURSION AND IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-11 09:12:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO KDEM IZ KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT2824	KUWAIT MEPIC 5: MEPI MEETS CHANGE, CHALLENGES AND SUCCESS [...] (SBU) Summary: This quarterly report covers key MEPI developments in Kuwait during FY06Q3. The Amir's dissolution of the National Assembly on May 21 and the ensuing elections held on June 29 compelled a change in the scope of the Mission's MEPI programming for the quarter as well as for the c [...]	2006-07-13 14:34:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KMPI KPAO PGOV KU KDEM MEPI FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT2831	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - LEBANON [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-15 09:38:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO KDEM XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT2871	FREEDOM AGENDA: REFORMERS WIN MAJOR VICTORY AS [...] (C/NF) Summary and comment: Parliament voted July 17 to reduce the number of electoral constituencies from 25 to five. The vote comes after months of contentious debate on the issue, which culminated in the Amir's dissolution of Parliament on May 21. According to one liberal political analy [...]	2006-07-17 14:46:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM KU FREEDOM AGENDA NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
06KUWAIT2884	KUWAIT MEDIA COVERAGE OF STUDENT DEMONSTRATION AT U.S. [...] Summary and comment: The Kuwaiti press devoted significant space to coverage of a student-organized demonstration in front of the U.S. Embassy on July 15. The rally, called to protest the American veto of the U.N. Security Council resolution on Gaza, was a "photo opportunity" of which the pre [...]	2006-07-18 15:13:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO KDEM XF KU MEDIA REACTION
06KUWAIT346	SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: KUWAIT'S NEW AMIR [...] Summary: All major Arabic-language newspapers printed photographs of the new Amir, spanning the entirety of his political career. Both Al-Seyassah and Al-Rai Al-Aam included special appendices focusing on the same topic. In general, the Kuwaiti media celebrated the constitutional transfer of po [...]	2006-01-31 13:23:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO PREL KDEM KMDR KU
06KUWAIT3826	AFFILIATIONS OF THE 2006-2010 PARLIAMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Campaigning on a pro-reform, anti-corruption platform, opposition candidates won a two-seat majority in the June 2006 parliamentary elections. Parliamentarians (MPs) have since organized themselves into blocs, which serve as a means for coordinating on a common legislative agen [...]	2006-09-24 12:14:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR KDEM KU NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
06KUWAIT3856	FREEDOM AGENDA: PARLIAMENT SPEAKER SAYS ELECTORAL [...] (C/NF) Summary: In a September 25 meeting with the Ambassador, Speaker of Parliament Jassem Al-Khorafi highlighted the importance of the recently-passed electoral reform legislation for Kuwait's political future. The new electoral system will change the nature of parliamentary politics in Ku [...]	2006-09-26 12:54:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KDEM IZ KU FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT3878	FREEDOM AGENDA: MINISTER ANTICIPATES CONTENTIOUS [...] (C/NF) Summary: During a September 27 meeting with the Ambassador, Minister of State for National Assembly Affairs Abdul Hadi Al-Saleh said the Government is expending "maximum efforts" to repair its "tense" relations with Parliament. Despite these efforts, the Minister predicted Parliament w [...]	2006-09-28 06:50:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KDEM KU FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT3939	FREEDOM AGENDA: WOMEN ACTIVISTS CALL FOR "ONE [...] (SBU) Summary: A group of prominent Kuwaiti women political activists, academics, and former candidates for Parliament have launched a public campaign to establish a quota for the number of parliamentary seats to be held by women. They have lobbied the Amir, the Prime Minister, and First D [...]	2006-10-02 14:42:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KWMN KU FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT4075	KUWAITI MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD MPS MAKE FINANCIAL [...] (SBU) All six Kuwaiti MP's who are members of the Islamic Constitutional Movement (ICM),the political arm of the Kuwaiti Muslim Brotherhood, have voluntarily disclosed their personal financial records in letters to the Speaker of Parliament, local press reported October 11. The Speaker prom [...]	2006-10-11 14:30:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KISL KU ISLAMISTS
06KUWAIT4205	SPLITS EMERGING IN PARLIAMENT'S 17-MEMBER ISLAMIC [...] (C/NF) Summary and comment: Splits within the 17-member Islamic Bloc have recently surfaced. The tensions are largely between independent Islamists and those affiliated with a political association outside Parliament. While the two groups agree on fundamental issues, they differ over propos [...]	2006-10-23 06:18:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KISL KDEM KU ISLAMISTS NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
06KUWAIT4206	FREEDOM AGENDA: OPPOSITION GROUPS IN PARLIAMENT [...] (C/NF) Summary: The three opposition groups in Parliament -- the Islamic Bloc (17 MPs),the Popular Action Bloc (9 MPs),and the National Action Bloc (8 MPs) -- announced the formation of a new, 34-member Reform Bloc, culminating weeks of meetings between the groups. They also agreed on a com [...]	2006-10-23 06:22:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM KU FREEDOM AGENDA NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
06KUWAIT4289	FREEDOM AGENDA: PARLIAMENT RECONVENES; REFORM BLOC [...] (SBU) Summary: Parliament reconvened October 30 amid rising tensions between opposition MPs and the Government. In their customary speeches, the Amir, Prime Minister, and Speaker called for cooperation, development, and "national unity." The Prime Minister also presented details of the Gover [...]	2006-10-31 14:21:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON KDEM KU NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
06KUWAIT434	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION: HAMAS VICTORY [...] Monday, January 30 2006 -- Al-Rai Al-Aam p. 69 "Ambassador Kurtzer: Palestinian elections were fair, however, we have to distinguish between democratic option and government's policy" 2. Tuesday, January 31 2006 -- Al-Rai Al-Aam p. 33 "Dr. Mohammed Al-Rumaihi: 'Is Hamas' victory an imp [...]	2006-02-07 13:19:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO PREL KDEM KMDR KU
06KUWAIT439	SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: DANISH CARTOONS [...] Sunday, 5 February 2006 -- Al-Qabas page 11 "Regional offices of cooperative organizations boycott Danish products" -- Al-Rai Al-Aam p. 5 "Saleh Jowhar: America and Europe should discipline their Danish children before they are disciplined by children of Mohammed"; "Islamic Heritage Reviva [...]	2006-02-08 04:50:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO PREL KDEM KMDR KU
06KUWAIT4430	FREEDOM AGENDA: RUMBLINGS OF ANOTHER PARLIAMENT [...] (C/NF) Summary: Kuwait has been buzzing with rumors over the last two weeks that the Amir may dissolve Parliament again, this time unconstitutionally for a period of up to three years. Many Kuwaitis have come out strongly against such a move, arguing that it would exacerbate existing politic [...]	2006-11-10 14:01:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KDEM KU FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT4498	INFLUENTIAL AL-SABAH EXPRESSES FRUSTRATION WITH [...] (S/NF) Summary: In a November 17 meeting with Poloff, Shaykh Mohammed Al-Abdullah Al-Sabah, an influential ruling family member with close ties to the Amir, expressed frustration with the Prime Minister's "weakness" and his inability to control an increasingly assertive Parliament. He complai [...]	2006-11-21 14:24:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM KU FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT4612	SPEAKER AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS CHAIRMAN ON IRAQ, [...] (C/NF) Summary: During separate meetings December 6 with the Ambassador, Speaker of Parliament Jassem Al-Khorafi and the Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman, Mohammed Al-Sager, shared their views on regional and domestic political issues. Al-Khorafi welcomed the President's recent meetings wit [...]	2006-12-10 13:33:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM LE IZ IR KU
06KUWAIT4665	FEELING THE HEAT, INFORMATION MINISTER RESIGNS [...] (SBU) According to local media, Minister of Information Mohammed Al-Sanousi has submitted his resignation rather than subject himself to an intense parliamentary questioning session, commonly referred to in Kuwait as a "grilling," which was scheduled to take place on December 18. The grillin [...]	2006-12-17 13:12:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KPAO KU NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
06KUWAIT484	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION: THE NEW GOVERNMENT EMERGES [...] Saturday, 11 February 2006 -- Al-Qabas front page "Amir presides over first meeting of the new government today"; "New government adopts the program of its predecessor"; "Parliamentary blocs begin meetings to crystallize their positions" -- Al-Qabas p. 6 "New ministers in their offices tod [...]	2006-02-11 14:38:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO PREL KDEM KMDR KU
06KUWAIT586	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION: ABU GHRAIB PHOTOS [...] Thursday, 16 February 2006 -- Al-Qabas front page "A new version of torture photos taken at Abu Ghraib" -- Al-Qabas p. 35 "Australian television shows new photos of the Abu Ghraib scandal"; "The American used children to pressure the fathers" -- Al-Rai Al-Aam p. 24 "Australian Televisio [...]	2006-02-21 05:30:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO PREL KDEM KMDR KU
06KUWAIT608	KUWAIT SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: OIL, DEMOCRACY, AND U.S. [...] Monday, 20 February 2006 -- Dr. Hamoud Abdullah Al-Raqaba former Minister of Energy wrote in the moderate daily Al-Watan under the title "The American President George Bush's Statements": "The American President George Bush said a few days ago that by the year 2020 the United States of Americ [...]	2006-02-21 13:42:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PREL KDEM PGOV KU
06KUWAIT634	KUWAITI CONDEMNATION OF THE AL- ASKARIYA SHRINE [...] The highest levels of the Kuwaiti Government have condemned the February 22 bombing of the Al-Askariya shrine in Samarra. According to the press, Amir Shaykh Sabah sent a message to Iraqi President Talabani condemning the act and asserting that the targeting of religious monuments and murder [...]	2006-02-23 10:53:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER KDEM IZ KU
06KUWAIT638	KUWAITI YOUTH SURVEYS ON EDUCATION, DEMOCRACY AND POLITICS [...] Summary: Al-Qabas, the most prominent Arabic-language daily newspaper in Kuwait, regularly prints polling results reflecting youth opinions on a variety of topics, including early marriage, the Iranian nuclear program, the Danish cartoons, and political awareness. Recent polling exhibited stron [...]	2006-02-25 07:16:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PREL KDEM PGOV KU
06KUWAIT656	FREEDOM AGENDA: PLANNING MINISTER SAYS ELECTORAL [...] (C) Summary: During a February 27 call to congratulate the Minister on her re-appointment as Minister of Planning and Minister of State for Administrative Development Affairs, Dr. Ma'souma Al-Mubarak was generally optimistic about the new Government and echoed the Prime Minister's recent co [...]	2006-02-27 12:23:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KU FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT702	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION: SECTARIAN VIOLENCE [...] Thursday, 23 February 2006 -- Arab Times Front page "Urgent pleas against civil war" -- Al-Qabas Front page "Iraq races against sectarian violence" -- Al-Qabas p. 3 "The Amir denounces the explosion at the Imam Al-Hadi mausoleum: terrorist acts far from the teachings of our religion" [...]	2006-03-04 05:22:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PREL KDEM PGOV KU
06KUWAIT703	FREEDOM AGENDA: INFORMATION MINISTER REPORTS [...] (C) Summary: During a March 1, 2006 meeting with the Ambassador, the newly re-appointed Minister of Information commented optimistically about progress made on the draft press law and reduction in the number of political constituencies in Kuwait, two key Freedom Agenda elements. The Minister e [...]	2006-03-04 06:33:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KU PREL IZ KMPI FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT73	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION: Sharon's healthSHARON'S [...] Summary: Kuwaiti Arabic daily newspapers' coverage of the developments surrounding the Israeli Prime Minister's health mostly focused on the reporting on his conditions and the possibilities of recovery or death. The two analysis pieces found below provide an outlook into the possible scenarios [...]	2006-01-08 14:53:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KPAO PREL KDEM IZ KMDR KU
06KUWAIT786	KUWAIT SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: RATIFICATION OF NEW PRESS [...] Tuesday, 7 March 2006 -- Al-Rai Al-Aam front page "Press and Publications Law, the first sign of reform"; "Press and Publications Law was unanimously ratified after superficial amendments"; "Most prominent amendments tackled prohibition of encroachment on the Lord, prophets or companions"; " [...]	2006-03-08 04:18:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PREL KDEM PGOV KU
06KUWAIT805	FREEDOM AGENDA: LIBERAL MP SAYS REDISTRICTING REQUIRED [...] During a March 7 seminar entitled "Electoral Constituencies and the Extent of their Effect on the Woman's Contribution in the Electoral Process," sponsored by the Kuwaiti Women's Social and Cultural Society, liberal Member of Parliament Ali Al-Rashed asserted that under the current distributio [...]	2006-03-08 14:12:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KU KDEM KWMN
06KUWAIT85	FREEDOM AGENDA: MOST SAY WOMEN WON'T WIN, BUT [...] (U) Summary: Automatic registration of female voters began in late December and the Ministry of Interior announced January 7 that almost 195,000 names have been added to the electoral rolls, doubling the number of eligible voters. Verification of voter information is underway and the regist [...]	2006-01-09 13:20:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PINR KDEM KWMN KU FREEDOM AGENDA
06KUWAIT894	MEDIA REACTION: Kuwait March 15, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-16 04:44:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PREL KDEM PGOV KU
06KUWAIT995	FREEDOM AGENDA: ISLAMISTS SHARE VIEWS ON ELECTORAL [...] (C) Summary: The DCM hosted on March 18 an "American diwaniya," inviting influential Islamists, both Shi'a and Sunni, to discuss their political views and objectives, the prospects for political reform in Kuwait, and the impact of sectarian violence in Iraq on Shi'a-Sunni relations in Kuwait. [...]	2006-03-21 12:12:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KU ISLAMISTS FREEDOM AGENDA
06KYIV4062	UKRAINE: GUAM STATEMENT CRITICIZES RUSSIAN ACTIONS [...] (U) The Organization for Democracy and Economic Development - GUAM issued a statement dated October 16 on Russia-Georgia tension on the margins of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) Council of Foreign Ministers in Minsk. The press reported that Ukrainian delegation head First Deputy [...]	2006-10-20 16:25:00	Embassy Kyiv	SECRET	PREL KDEM YI RS AZ GG MD UP
06KYIV4229	UKRAINE: GO SLOW APPROACH POSSIBLY COMPLICATING [...] (C) Summary. Ukraine is increasingly willing to use the Organization for Democracy and Economic Development - GUAM as a policy coordination vehicle, covering everything from joint declarations by GUAM members on regional issues to economic, military and scientific cooperation. However, Ukrain [...]	2006-11-09 14:54:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM MARR RS AZ GG MD UP
06KYIV4466	EU MAKES BELARUS AN OFFER, AWAITING RESPONSE [...] (C) Summary: EU European Commission official Jean-Eric Holzapfel told us December 4 that the initial Belarusan government reaction was noncommittal to the November 21 delivery of an EU non-paper stating its readiness to assist Belarus if the government implemented democratic reforms. The timi [...]	2006-12-05 14:48:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PHUM EAID EUN BO UP
06KYIV4491	UKRAINE: FM TARASYUK'S LEGAL LIMBO [...] (SBU) Summary: Foreign Minister Tarasyuk called in EU and NATO ambassadors and charges December 7 to confirm his position as Minister of Foreign Affairs. He reported that he had filed a suit to block the Rada's move to dismiss him on the basis of three procedural errors. The court would hold [...]	2006-12-07 16:19:00	Embassy Kyiv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM UP
06LAGOS1025	A DIFFERENT PICTURE OF GOVERNOR DUKE [...] (C) Cross River State Governor Donald Duke is intelligent, young and charismatic. The Nigerian media is overwhelmingly favorable, portraying him as one of Nigeria's ablest governors, a bona-fide economic and political reformer capable of higher office in 2007. However, opposition figures in [...]	2006-07-25 11:24:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PREL KDEM PGOV NI
06LAGOS1057	CROSS RIVER'S TINAPA: IF YOU BUILD IT, WILL THEY [...] (SBU) Cross River State's $350-400 million Tinapa Business Resort, scheduled to open in March 2007, is perhaps the most ambitious commercial project in Nigeria. If successful it would transform the economy of the state. However, significant questions remain about who will provide the needed [...]	2006-08-01 17:43:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PREL KDEM PGOV NI
06LAGOS1387	REFORMIST PRESIDENTIAL ASPIRANT LEARNS THE [...] (C) Summary: In a November 1 conversation with Consul General, reformist presidential aspirant Pat Utomi said he had been making the campaign rounds. Utomi was optimistic about teaming with Lagos State Governor Bola Tinubu and Tinubu's new party, Action Congress (AC). Utomi was traveling to Ab [...]	2006-11-30 11:40:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM NI
06LAGOS1396	ABIA STATE SUPPORTERS SWITCH PARTIES TO BACK KALU [...] (SBU) Summary: Abia State Governor Orji Kalu's aides claim President Obasanjo has punished the State, by withholding federal resources and assistance, for Kalu's vociferous opposition to President Obasanjo. In support of Kalu's presidential bid, Kalu's advisors say his youth would allow him [...]	2006-12-04 13:52:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM NI ELECTIONS
06LAGOS1398	LAGOS GOVERNOR TINUBU PREDICTS NO APRIL ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: In a conversation with Consul General on November 18, Lagos State Governor Bola Tinubu declared his intention to seek the presidency under the Action Congress (AC) banner. Tinubu predicted that elections would not hold in April and that a six-month interim government, perhaps minu [...]	2006-12-05 08:05:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM NI
06LAGOS1399	OBASANJO INSIDER OUTLINES CRITERIA FOR [...] (C) Summary: Lawal Batagarawa, former Minister of State for Defense and currently Special Presidential Advisor, in an early November conversation with the Consul General discussed President Obasanjo's plans for presidential succession. Batagarawa detailed the criteria for selecting a candidate [...]	2006-12-05 09:03:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM NI
06LAGOS1403	OPPOSING PDP FACTIONS VIE FOR CONTROL OF THE ENUGU [...] (C) Summary: Enugu State Governor Chimaroke Nnamani is seeking to continue his hold on power by transferring the governor's seat to his closest advisers in the Ebeano faction of the Enugu State People's Democratic Party (PDP). President of the Senate Ken Nnamani (no relation to Governor Nnama [...]	2006-12-06 07:45:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM NI
06LAGOS1405	GOVERNOR KALU EVALUATES HIS PRESIDENTIAL PROSPECTS [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with the Consul General on November 19, Abia State Governor Orji Kalu discussed his plans for the Presidency. Kalu confessed the PDP nomination was a lost cause due to President Obasanjo's antipathy, thus Kalu would not bother to seek the People's Democratic Party ( [...]	2006-12-07 08:21:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM NI
06LAGOS1406	POLITICAL ADVISOR WARNS OF IMPENDING POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Consul General, long-time advisor to former head of state Ibrahim Babangida (IBB),Ukandi Damachi, discussed the soured relations between IBB and President Obasanjo, suggesting the two heavyweights may be approaching a head-on collision because of their antagonis [...]	2006-12-07 13:24:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM NI
06LAGOS1412	GROUP TO BRING US-STYLE ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE [...] (SBU) Summary: In an early November meeting with the Consul General, U.S. experts in alternative dispute resolution (ADR) outlined their plans to launch a new program in ADR and conflict resolution (CR) in partnership with Nigerian Law School and the Negotiation Conflict Management Group. E [...]	2006-12-08 06:48:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KDEM NI
06LAGOS1417	DHRF GRANT ENCOURAGES WOMEN CANDIDATES IN NIGER DELTA [...] (U) Summary: Twenty-eight women candidates, campaign coordinators, and aspiring political and party leaders attended the October 24-25 Democracy and Human Rights Fund (DHRF) workshop, QMainstreaming Women Leaders into the Political Process in NigeriaQs Niger Delta States of Rivers, Bayelsa, D [...]	2006-12-12 14:33:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PGOV EAID ECON SOCI NI
06LAGOS1418	SOUTHERN NIGERIA POLITICAL TIDBITS FOR NOVEMBER [...] (C) Summary: Kidnappers may be trying new tactics in Rivers State. Tinubu aide terms Lagos political scene tense. Edo State contact scoffs at idea of a Lucky Igbinedion Vice-Presidency. Senators in Cross-River State accuse contractors of embezzling money intended for development. Officials [...]	2006-12-12 15:08:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM NI
06LAGOS1420	POLITICAL INSIDER ARGUES YAR'ADUA IS LIKELY PDP [...] (C) Summary: In a December 10 conversation with Consul General, United Bank of Africa (UBA) Managing Director (MD) Tony Elumelu evaluated People's Democratic Party (PDP) presidential frontrunners. Elumelu suggested Katsina Governor Yar'Adua was President Obasanjo's favorite. Yar'Adua, who had [...]	2006-12-13 11:51:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM NI
06LAGOS1424	POLITICAL INSIDER: MU'AZU & ODILI ATTEMPT YAR'ADUA [...] (C) Summary: Saleh Ahmadu, part owner of IRS Airlines and friend of Governor Alhaji Adamu Mu'azu of Bauchi State, told the Consul General during a December 13 conversation that Rivers Governor Odili and others are engaged in a late round attempt to discredit PDP Presidential frontrunner Katsin [...]	2006-12-15 10:19:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM NI
06LAGOS1429	GOVERNOR ODILI ON THE OUTS AND IBB TOO [...] (C) Summary: During a recent conversation with the Consul General, longtime contact Professor Damachi stated Rivers Governor Odili has been squeezed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to give up his presidential candidacy and control of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) [...]	2006-12-15 22:08:00	Consulate Lagos	SECRET	PREL PGOV KDEM NI
06LAGOS1430	ELECTION 2007: SOUTHERN PDP WARD CONGRESSES AND [...] (C) Summary: The People's Democratic Party (PDP) has completed the process for choosing candidates to contest the April 2007 State Assembly and Federal House and Senate elections in southern Nigeria. Throughout the south, candidates from established factions supported by the governor generall [...]	2006-12-18 14:32:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM NI
06LAGOS1436	SUPREME COURT OVERTURNS OYO STATE IMPEACHMENT [...] (C) Summary: The Supreme Court ruling upholding an earlier appeal court decision has returned Rashidi Ladoja to the Oyo State governorship he unceremoniously lost eleven months ago due to the machinations of political strongman Lamidi Adedibu. The Supreme Court decision is a victory for the [...]	2006-12-19 14:56:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM NI
06LAGOS146	ALLOCATION REQUEST FOR THE AMBASSADOR'S SPECIAL [...] U.S. Mission Nigeria requests USD 250,000 for its Special Self Help (SSH) program for FY06. Given the strategic importance of the Niger Delta to American interests in Nigeria and to Nigeria's very stability, Mission would like to focus our self help efforts on easing tensions and improving l [...]	2006-02-01 16:55:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID KDEM SOCI NI
06LAGOS227	NIGERIAN POLICE THREATEN STRIKE [...] (U) Junior-level police officers, from the constable to superintendent ranks, have threatened strike on February 20. While most observers believe a deal will be struck in time to avert the strike, police officers in contact with the Consulate's security office continue to insist that their t [...]	2006-02-16 10:58:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PREL PGOV KDEM NI
06LAGOS935	PDP RECONCILIATION ATTEMPT FAILS IN THE SOUTH [...] (C) The Peoples Democratic Party's (PDP) National Executive Committee's (NEC) efforts to mend divisions exacerbated by the struggle over the third term amendment have failed in the south so far. Key invitees failed to appear at the zonal reconciliation meetings in the South-West, and boycotts [...]	2006-07-05 12:08:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PREL KDEM PGOV NI
06LAHORE318	MNA ALLEGES ABUSE AFTER RELEASE FROM JAIL [...] (U) On May 22 a Lahore anti-terrorism court released PML-N MNA Saad Rafique on bail after more than three months in jail. Accused by the government of inciting the violent February 14 anti-cartoon protests in Lahore, Rafique was originally taken into custody outside the National Assembly on Feb [...]	2006-06-27 04:12:00	Consulate Lahore	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PK
06LIBREVILLE688	GABONESE PUBLIC BORED, POLITICIANS FASCINATED, BY [...] (C) Summary: Most of the 877 candidates competing for 120 seats during Gabon's December 17 legislative elections have no chance of success, regardless of whether the elections are free and fair. The large majority of the winners will likely come from President Bongo's Gabonese Democratic Party [...]	2006-11-28 15:41:00	Embassy Libreville	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM GB
06LILONGWE1048	WRANGLE OVER FLOOR-CROSSING LAW LEAVES PARLIAMENT IN LIMBO [...] (SBU) Summary: Malawi's Constitutional Court has ruled that President Mutharika cannot appeal its advisory opinion on the controversial "floor-crossing" law. The ruling puts the ball firmly in the hands of the Speaker of Parliament, who could use the opinion to declare vacant the seats of over [...]	2006-12-01 10:36:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KCOR MI
06LILONGWE1095	VICE-PRESIDENT'S TREASON CASE: NO END IN SIGHT [...] (SBU) Summary: Eight months after his arrest for allegedly conspiring to assassinate President Mutharika, Vice President Cassim Chilumpha still awaits the start of his trial. The GOM has only allowed the defense limited access to evidence, and the very long delays in the case have provoked lit [...]	2006-12-20 14:12:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM MI
06LILONGWE113	ACOTA TRAINING SUCCESSFULLY BEGINS [...] The African Contingency Operations and Assistance (ACOTA) Program began a three week training in Malawi on Monday, February 6. A total of 946 Malawi Defense Force (MDF) soldiers--46 officers and 900 enlisted men--reported for training on the first day. The training will cover various peace-k [...]	2006-02-06 17:08:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PGOV MI

06LILONGWE118	FORMER GOVT. MINISTER CONVICTED ON CORRUPTION [...] (SBU) Summary: In the first conviction against a senior official in President Mutharika's administration, former Education Minister Yusuf Mwawa has been found guilty on four counts of fraud and corruption. Mwawa was arrested, and then fired by the President, after he paid for his $1,500 weddin [...]	2006-02-08 08:58:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM KCOR MI
06LILONGWE124	STREET VENDORS RIOT OVER REGULATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Hundreds of street vendors rioted in the capital city of Lilongwe on February 7, protesting the arrest of their trade association boss and government orders to move into organized fee-charging market areas. Using tear gas, police attempted to quell the vendors by pushing them o [...]	2006-02-08 16:30:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM ECON KCOR MI
06LILONGWE133	PRESIDENT "FIRES" VICE-PRESIDENT [...] (SBU) Summary: President Mutharika has announced that he is effectively firing his Vice-President, a move that is widely seen as unconstitutional. Mutharika claims that by skipping cabinet meetings and avoiding most government functions Vice-President Cassim Chilumpha has essentially tendered [...]	2006-02-10 11:39:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KCOR MI
06LILONGWE137	VICE PRESIDENT GIVEN INJUNCTION AGAINST DISMISSAL [...] (SBU) As expected, Vice President Cassim Chilumpha has been granted an injunction against his dismissal by the President, pending a constitutional review. As reported in reftel, the President had announced that Chilumpha effectively resigned his post as VP on February 9. Chilumpha's lawyers f [...]	2006-02-10 13:28:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM MI
06LILONGWE163	GOVERNMENT DEFIES COURT ORDER TO REINSTATE VP [...] (SBU) Summary: Government continues to ignore a court injunction against the dismissal of Vice President Cassim Chilumpha, and has withdrawn his security detail, staff and vehicles. For his part, Chilumpha announced on February 15 he plans to sue the Attorney General for contempt of court. Th [...]	2006-02-16 17:02:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KCOR MI
06LILONGWE166	FORMER EDUCATION MINISTER TO SERVE 5 YEARS [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-16 17:26:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM MI
06LILONGWE167	ACOTA VIP DAY A SUCCESS [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-17 13:09:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM MI
06LILONGWE178	MUTHARIKA TAKES ON MALAWI'S REGIONAL POLITICS [...] (SBU) Summary: President Mutharika is attempting to reverse Malawi's longstanding tradition of regional politics by building the first political party with a truly national base. Regionalism has always been a major factor in Malawian politics, and shapes the prism through which modern politic [...]	2006-02-22 16:58:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM MI
06LILONGWE200	ACOTA TRAINING CLOSES [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-28 16:35:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM MI
06LILONGWE204	MALAWIAN MUSLIMS PROTEST CARTOONS [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-01 16:29:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM ASEDC MI
06LILONGWE235	UDF SPOKESMAN ACCUSED OF WITCHCRAFT, ARRESTED FOR TRESSPASSING IN GRAVEYARD [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-14 13:22:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM MI
06LILONGWE237	CHOLERA OUTBREAK IN MALAWI [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-14 13:23:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM MI
06LILONGWE238	NO FURTHER DIALOGUE WITH NORTH KOREA, SAYS FOREIGN [...] (C) The GOM, "has decided that there will be no further dialogue with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea in connection with the proposed economic cooperation," according to a letter to Ambassador Eastham dated February 16, from Minister of Foreign Affairs Davies Katsonga. The letter of [...]	2006-03-14 14:20:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM MI KN
06LILONGWE258	VICE-PRESIDENT'S POSITION STILL IN LIMBO [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-20 14:25:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM MI
06LILONGWE273	PARLIAMENT SET TO PASS ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING BILL [...] Summary: Post's efforts to promote passage of anti-money laundering (AML) legislation appear to be bearing fruit. Legislators signaled their intention this week to pass the bill in next month's parliamentary session, and are working with government to resolve their remaining issues with the bi [...]	2006-03-24 10:43:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM EAID EFIN ETRD PREL MI
06LILONGWE286	MALAWI LAUNCHES CONSTITUTIONAL REVIEW [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-29 14:25:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM MI
06LILONGWE32	NORTH KOREAN DELEGATION ARRIVES UNINVITED [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Ambassador Eastham, Minister of Foreign Affairs Davies Katsonga confided that a delegation from North Korea had arrived uninvited last week. Malawi has allowed the delegation to meet with lower level civil servants, however has refused requests for meetings at th [...]	2006-01-12 14:23:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM MI KN
06LILONGWE324	BINGU PROMISES MORE ECONOMIC INTERVENTION AS [...] (U) Summary: President Bingu wa Mutharika opened the 39th session of Parliament on April 4, marking the event by promising to "pre-announce" prices for agricultural goods later this year. The President also reiterated his intention to continue fertilizer and seed subsidies and to launch severa [...]	2006-04-06 06:24:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM ECON EFIN EAGR MI
06LILONGWE33	MALAWI: CONCERNS ABOUT SUDANESE PRESIDENT BASHIR'S [...] (C) On January 12 Ambassador Eastham met with Minister of Foreign Affairs Davies Katsonga, and the issue of next weeks African Union summit arose. Katsonga spoke at length about who the next Chairman might be, unequivocally ruling out President Bashir of the Sudan and President Sassou of Cong [...]	2006-01-12 14:26:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM MI
06LILONGWE34	MP WITHDRAWS IMPEACHMENT MOTION AS OPPOSITION [...] (C) Summary: The Member of Parliament who began impeachment procedures against President Mutharika is now trying to withdraw his motion. Completing the 180-degree flip, the MP says that his party, the opposition United Democratic Front (UDF),has let him down and it's now clear to him that im [...]	2006-01-12 14:48:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM MI
06LILONGWE365	MUTARIKA QUELLS DEBATE ON MUGABE VISIT [...] (SBU) Summary: Malawian civil society organizations have recently criticized the GOM for inviting Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe to visit Malawi and open a new road, named after Mugabe himself. Local NGO leaders say Malawi should not name roads after human rights violators such as Mugabe. [...]	2006-04-26 08:31:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM MI
06LILONGWE371	THE FUTURE OF THE MALAWI CONGRESS PARTY [...] (SBU) Summary: The Malawi Congress Party (MCP) is Malawi's oldest political party, and is the party of former Life President Dr. Hastings Kamuzu Banda. They are currently the largest opposition party with 57 seats in Parliament, and have a strong political base in the central region. However, [...]	2006-04-27 15:59:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM MI
06LILONGWE376	VICE-PRESIDENT ARRESTED FOR TREASON [...] (SBU) Summary: Vice-President Cassim Chilumpha was arrested on April 28 and charged with treason and conspiracy to commit murder, for an alleged plot to assassinate President Mutharika. The Government claims Chilumpha, who has long been estranged from Mutharika, and four others hired a hit-ma [...]	2006-05-02 14:58:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KCOR MI
06LILONGWE384	GOVERNMENT ARRESTS MORE ALLEGED TREASON [...] (SBU) Summary: The government has arrested ten more alleged accomplices of Vice President Chilumpha, claiming that they are all linked to the VP's alleged plot to assassinate President Mutharika. Those arrested include senior members of the United Democratic Front (UDF) party, a former ambass [...]	2006-05-04 15:47:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV KCOR MI
06LILONGWE390	VP'S "ACCOMPLICES" RELEASED FOR LACK OF EVIDENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: Twelve of those arrested in connection with Vice-President Cassim Chiulumpha's treason case were released for lack of evidence on May 6, three days after they were arrested. The twelve included a number of leaders in the VP's United Democratic Front (UDF) party, a former Malawian [...]	2006-05-08 14:25:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KCOR MI
06LILONGWE391	MUTHARIKA HAILS "AFRICAN HERO" MUGABE [...] (SBU) Summary: Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe ended his four day state visit to Malawi on May 6, after opening a road named in his honor and publicly condemning the West. Malawian President Bingu wa Mutharika played the part of amiable host, asking donors to resume support to Zimbabwe and [...]	2006-05-08 15:46:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KCOR MI
06LILONGWE401	MINISTER OF JUSTICE DEFENDS CASE AGAINST VICE [...] (C) In a meeting May 10, Malawi,s Minister of Justice Henry Phoya assured Ambassador Eastham that the Vice-President's arrest on treason charges was legitimate and the case against him substantial. Challenged on the arrest and subsequent release without charge of the VP's alleged co-conspirato [...]	2006-05-10 15:38:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM MI
06LILONGWE404	NEW INTELLIGENCE SERVICE NOT UP AND RUNNING [...] (C) Ambassador Eastham met with the newly appointed Director General of Malawi's re-constituted Security Intelligence Service (SIS),Brigadier General Rueben Ngwenya, on May 9 to discuss SIS's mission and plans for re-establishing an effective intelligence service in Malawi. Ngwenya has been s [...]	2006-05-10 15:44:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM MI
06LILONGWE420	VICE PRESIDENT GRANTED BAIL, BUT KEPT UNDER HOUSE [...] (SBU) Summary: The High Court granted Vice President Cassim Chilumpha bail in his treason case on May 15, under the condition that he would remain under house arrest. Chilumpha's two alleged accomplices were released on bail outright after surrendering their passports and putting up just over [...]	2006-05-17 08:13:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM MI
06LILONGWE428	PRESIDENT FIRES ATTORNEY GENERAL [...] (SBU) Summary: President Mutharika sacked Malawi's powerful Attorney General, Ralph Kasambara, on May 17. The move ends the reign of one of the most politically active AG's in Malawi's history. Kasambara often used his post to pressure the police into making questionable arrests, and masterm [...]	2006-05-18 15:37:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KCOR MI
06LILONGWE442	MUTHARIKA AT TWO YEARS: A MIXED RECORD [...] (SBU) Summary: President Mutharika this week marks two years in office, and his record is one of mixed success. Mutharika has undertaken a number of popular initiatives to restore order and accountability in Malawian society, and his program of macroeconomic reforms has won praise from donors. [...]	2006-05-25 09:59:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KCOR MI
06LILONGWE483	GOM PROPOSES TO POSTPONE LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTIONS [...] (U) Summary: After a year of delay in staging local government elections that were due in May 2005, the GOM has announced its intention to amend the constitution to postpone local elections to 2009, to coincide with the next regular presidential and parliamentary elections. The move will save [...]	2006-06-01 15:32:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KCOR MI
06LILONGWE489	CABINET RESHUFFLED; OPPOSITION "REBEL" LEADERS JOIN GOVERNMENT [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-05 05:25:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM MI
06LILONGWE525	RESPECTED OPPOSITION FIGURE DIES [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-15 07:34:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM MI
06LILONGWE590	MULUZI RETURNS - HIS ARREST TO FOLLOW? [...] (C) Summary: Former President Bakili Muluzi returned to Malawi on July 9, after spending the last seven months in the U.K., ostensibly for medical care. In a speech given at the airport Muluzi disassociated himself with any impeachment attempt against President Mutharika, and told his supporte [...]	2006-07-12 05:07:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM KCOR MI
06LILONGWE612	PRESIDENT CLINTON VISITS MALAWI [...] (U) Summary: Former U.S. President William Jefferson Clinton made a four-hour visit to Malawi on July 14, meeting with President Bingu wa Mutharika and other cabinet officials. Clinton signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the Clinton Hunter Development Initiative and the GOM. The [...]	2006-07-17 15:06:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM OVIP MI
06LILONGWE620	BINGU AND PARLIAMENT - IMPASSE OVER SALARY INCREASE [...] (SBU) Summary: Parliament, in the midst of budget deliberations, adjourned for the remainder of the week on July 19 after a dispute over a parliamentarian pay raise brought the House to a standstill. MPs are demanding a 60 percent pay raise, which they say is comparable to a raise being given [...]	2006-07-20 11:22:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM OVIP MI
06LILONGWE643	FORMER PREZ ARRESTED AND RELEASED, AS [...] (C) Summary: Former President Bakili Muluzi was arrested, then quickly released in Blantyre on July 27, on forty-two counts of corruption. Only eight hours later it was announced on the government-run television station that Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) Director Gustave Kaliwo, who had placed [...]	2006-07-28 11:36:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KCOR MI
06LILONGWE651	GOM EXPLAINS SUSPENSION OF ANTI-CORRUPTION CHIEF, [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Malawi met with donors to explain the recent suspension of the head of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) and to reassure donors that the country's anti-corruption efforts remain as serious as ever. End summary. A Period of Risk ---------------- 2. (C) Fin [...]	2006-07-31 15:08:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KCOR MI
06LILONGWE654	FORMER PRESIDENT'S CORRUPTION CASE DISCONTINUED [...] (SBU) Summary: Amid turmoil caused by the suspension of the Anti-Corruption Bureau Director, the GOM has decided to halt indefinitely the corruption case against former President and United Democratic Front Chair Bakili Muluzi. The move, widely viewed as quid pro quo for the opposition-control [...]	2006-08-01 15:11:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KCOR MI
06LILONGWE690	MALAWI PASSES ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING BILL [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-09 07:01:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KCOR KMCA EAID MI
06LILONGWE699	A PROFILE OF THE DEOMCRATIC PROGRESSIVE PARTY [...] (SBU) Summary: President Bingu wa Mutharika's Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) is currently the largest party in the National Assembly with 77 MPs. The party, just over a year old, faces both legal and organizational challenges as it strives to make itself into a lasting party. The main ch [...]	2006-08-10 14:35:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KCOR MI
06LILONGWE706	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: URGENT DEMARCHE ON UN SECURITY [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-14 06:05:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM KCOR MI
06LILONGWE708	MALAWI SCORES ANOTHER CORRUPTION CONVICTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-14 10:12:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KCOR MI
06LILONGWE713	DEMARCHES DELIVERED: UNSC RESOLUTION AND UN HUMAN [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-15 14:35:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM KCOR MI
06LILONGWE715	PRESIDENT DEMANDS TOP PROSECUTOR'S RESIGNATION [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-16 08:42:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KCOR MI
06LILONGWE845	THE UNITED DEMOCRATIC FRONT: DOWN BUT NOT OUT [...] (U) Summary: Malawi's formerly powerful ruling party, the United Democratic Front (UDF),has declined significantly in both resources and influence since President Mutharika's resignation from the party in February 2005 and his subsequent formation of a new ruling party. Following the split, t [...]	2006-09-25 05:22:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KCOR MI
06LILONGWE924	LOCAL GOVERNMENT POLLS STILL UNCERTAIN [...] (SBU) Summary: Plans for local government elections in Malawi, delayed for a year and a half and now scheduled for May/June 2007, are still tentative, though there is slow movement in the right direction. End Summary. Political Will? --------------- 2. (SBU) Mandated by the constitution, [...]	2006-10-23 14:34:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM MI
06LILONGWE953	BINGU DUMPS TWO TOP MINISTERS [...] (SBU) Summary: President Mutharika fired the Ministers of Agriculture and Economic Planning and Development on October 26, primarily for political reasons. Mutharika has taken over as minister of both portfolios for the time being. The dismissals come as Malawi's political class begins to loo [...]	2006-11-02 13:19:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM MI
06LILONGWE976	FLOOR-CROSSING VERDICT OUT - GOVERNMENT COULD LOSE [...] (SBU) Summary: Malawi's Constitutional Court has issued a ruling which could cause over eighty members of Parliament, most of them associated with President Mutharika,s DPP, to lose their seats. The ruling was delivered on November 7 and has been appealed to the Supreme Court. If the ruling i [...]	2006-11-09 11:23:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM MI
06LILONGWE98	POLITICAL ASSESMENT OF UPCOMING CONSTITUTIONAL REVIEW [...] (SBU) Summary: Malawi is scheduled to begin a constitutional review process starting this June/July. The entire process has already become politicized, as both government and opposition seek to use the review to strengthen their respective political positions. The opposition is focused prima [...]	2006-02-01 14:37:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM MI
06LIMA4519	GOP DECENTRALIZATION "SHOCK" A NECESSARY BUT [...] (SBU) President Garcia has announced a series of measures to accelerate the GOP's decentralization process, including the transfer of many government functions and over $1 billion USD to the regions and municipalities in 2007. The political motive behind the initiative is clear -- Garcia will [...]	2006-11-29 13:59:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM SNAR PE
06LISBON1244	PORTUGAL WITH EU CONCENSUS ON VENEZUELAN ANTI-NGO [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-23 10:37:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PREL EAID VE PT
06LISBON2003	PORTUGAL ON THE COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES [...] (U) MFA International Organizations Officer Ana Coelho offered her perspective on the upcoming Community of Democracies (CD) Ministerial and discussed plans for Portugal's upcoming CD Presidency. In response to the reftel demarche, Coelho confirmed that Portuguese Foreign Minister Luis Amado [...]	2006-09-15 16:04:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PREL PGOV PHUM PO
06LJUBLJANA724	SLOVENIA: PRESERVING LEBANESE PM SINIORA'S [...] (C) Pol/Econ Chief delivered reftel points MFA EU Correspondent Aljaz Arih in context of regular GAERC demarche. Slovenia does not maintain a diplomatic presence in Lebanon, however, Arih agreed unreservedly with the USG concerns and call for US/EU coordination in support of PM Siniora's gov [...]	2006-11-09 12:38:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PREL PGOV PTER MOPS SI
06LOME447	TOGO: NATIONAL DIALOGUE UNDERWAY -- ALL PARTIES ON BOARD [...] (SBU) Summary. Following a prelimary launch last November, the Togolese national dialogue resumed in earnest on April 21. The opening came after much controversy concerning the venue and need for an outside mediator/facilitator, including a boycott threat by the principal opposition party. All [...]	2006-04-21 15:11:00	Embassy Lome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM TO
06LOME452	LUNCH WITH TOGO'S OPPOSITION THE DAY BEFORE THE [...] (U) Summary. On April 20, the day before the opening of the long-awaited re-launch of the national dialogue, the Ambassador held a luncheon meeting with four high-level members of the three principal opposition parties. The guests were wary but hopeful that the dialogue, based on an eight poin [...]	2006-04-24 17:38:00	Embassy Lome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM TO
06LOME474	GILCHRIST OLYMPIO IN TOGO, TALKS ABOUT NATIONAL [...] (U) Summary: Gilchrist Olympio, the absentee head of the principal Togolese opposition party, the Union des Forces de Changement (UFC) called on the Ambassador on April 28 during a rare visit to Togo. Olympio was in Togo to celebrate the 43rd anniversary of Togolese independence April 27. [...]	2006-05-03 15:16:00	Embassy Lome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM TO
06LOME529	TOGO: UNCOMPROMISING POSITIONS DURING THE NATIONAL [...] (U) Summary. Three weeks after the official opening of the Togolese national dialogue, discussions are moving along at a tortuous pace. In leading the proceedings, dialogue chair Yawovi Agboyibo of the opposition CAR party has been ponderous, as have been the agreed-to procedures. This we [...]	2006-05-22 10:00:00	Embassy Lome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM TO
06LOME558	SRSG OULD-ABDALLAH VISITS TOGO [...] (U) Charge met May 26 with Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah along with French Ambassador Alain Hohleville, German Ambassador Klaus-Guenther Grohmann, EU Delegation Charge Gilles Desesquelles and UNDP Resident Representative Rosine Sori-Coulibaly to discuss the political situation in Togo. Ould-Abdallah i [...]	2006-06-01 16:42:00	Embassy Lome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM TO
06LOME737	TOGO: NATIONAL DIALOGUE ROUSES FROM SOJOURN WITH [...] (SBU) Summary. Following an extended break in discussions caused by the contentious adoption of an interim agreement, the national dialogue process is suddenly back on track with the nomination of Burkinabe president Compaore as facilitator. The nine delegations unanimously agreed to cast [...]	2006-07-26 15:09:00	Embassy Lome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM TO
06LOME779	TOGOLESE NATIONAL DIALOGUE -- FIRST PHASE OF [...] (SBU) In an August 10 meeting with Commerce Minister Jean-Lucien Savi de Tove on WTO issues, Ambassador asked about the status of the national dialogue. De Tove chairs the Panafrican Patriotic Convergence (CPP) party's delegation at the dialogue. The CPP is one of the so-called moderate opp [...]	2006-08-10 16:23:00	Embassy Lome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM TO
06LOME800	TOGO: FINAL NEGOTIATIONS OF THE NATIONAL DIALOGUE [...] (U) Summary. This cable continues reporting from ref A. Although talks in Ouagadougou were difficult, the Togolese ruling party made significant concessions, and Blaise Compaore proved a worthy facilitator. Provisions of the comprehensive poltical agreement that emerged in Ouagadougou a [...]	2006-08-22 18:22:00	Embassy Lome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TO KDEM
06LOME813	EU AND ITS MEMBER STATES EMBRACE TOGOLESE [...] (SBU) Summary. The GOT has begun to see positive diplomatic fallout from Sunday's successful completion of the national political dialogue (refs a and b). In early September, President Faure Gnassingbe plans to travel to Brussels, Rome, and Paris to be received by top host government and EU of [...]	2006-08-24 10:59:00	Embassy Lome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM EAID TO
06LOME889	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH TOGOLESE NATIONAL [...] (SBU) Ambassador welcomed Togolese opposition party leader and chairman of the recently concluded national political dialogue Yawovi Agboyibo at the residence September 10 for an hour long, one-on-one meeting. An attorney by profession, Agboyibo is president of the Action Committee for Renewal [...]	2006-09-12 18:07:00	Embassy Lome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM EAID PINR TO
06LONDON2203	(SBU) "LOANS FOR PEERAGES": MORE SMOKE THAN FIRE, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The British media are making much of the revelation that Prime Minister Blair nominated some wealthy individuals for peerages after they had made unpublicized loans to his Labour party. Those loans were not public knowledge, because transparency rules (introduced by Blair) appl [...]	2006-03-24 16:39:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PINR UK
06LONDON4184	IRANIAN EXILE GROUP DEDICATED TO REGIME OVERTHROW [...] (C) Summary. The Iranian Solidarity Congress (ISC),an umbrella organization designed to unite disparate Iranian exile groups, held the third in a series of meetings June 3-5 in London. The ISC's stated goal is to develop a common strategy to bring about the nonviolent overthrow of the curr [...]	2006-06-12 15:13:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM IR UK
06LONDON6272	(C) KAZAKHSTAN: UK AGREES ON DELAYING OSCE [...] (C) In response to reftel demarche, FCO Head of International Organizations Department Tim Morris told Poloff August 25 that the UK agrees with the U.S. position and considers the timing "ideal." The EU will meet at working level on September 8 and the UK is prepared to block any attempt to [...]	2006-08-25 16:03:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PGOV PHUM OSCE KZ
06LONDON7080	(C) SUDAN: UK AWAITS EU ENVOY'S REPORT ON [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-02 16:07:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS KDEM SU ER UK
06LONDON7136	(C) ZIMBABWE: FCO CONVENES U.S., CANADA, [...] (U) Action Request; please see paragraph 11. 2. (C) SUMMARY: FCO Zimbabwe Section convened a meeting with London-based political officers from U.S., Canada, Australia and New Zealand October 4. The UK's priority on Zimbabwe is to ensure renewal of EU sanctions in February; it expects r [...]	2006-10-04 15:34:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM ZI UK
06LONDON7308	(C) DRC: OKITUNDU ASSAULTED IN LONDON; FCO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Leonard She Okitundu, chief of staff to DRC President Kabila, was assaulted in London October 11 by Congolese expatriates whose affiliation is not yet clear. He was beaten, stripped and robbed, and photos of his possessions were posted on the internet. He and his companions ha [...]	2006-10-13 14:18:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM CG UK
06LONDON7311	(C) PAKISTAN: ARD CHAIRMAN IN LONDON [...] (C) The Chairman of Pakistan's Alliance for the Restoration of Democracy (ARD),Makhdum Amin Fahim, is visiting London and met with Poloff October 13. He said former Prime Ministers Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif (whose parties, PPP and ML/N respectively, are the main components of ARD) wil [...]	2006-10-13 14:35:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PK UK
06LONDON8212	UK AGREES ON NEED FOR VIGOROUS CRITIQUE OF IRAN [...] (C) Summary. The Foreign and Commonwealth Office welcomes USG plans to publicly critique the undemocratic, unaccountable nature of Iran's Assembly of Experts election and the UK will be making a similar public statement, perhaps as early as December 5. The FCO noted, however, that due to co [...]	2006-12-05 12:24:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL IR EU UK
06LUANDA1305	ANGOLA: UPDATE ON PADEPA - FIGHTING ITS SENTENCING [...] (SBU) Summary. As noted in reftel, 27 members of PADEPA (Democratic Support and Progress Party) were arrested and then heavily fined for their roles in a protest march. A leading local NGO, Maos Livres, has appealed the fines and petitioned the Supreme Court to remove the judge in question fo [...]	2006-12-28 16:04:00	Embassy Luanda	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM AO
06LUSAKA1350	MWANAWASA LEADS IN PRESIDENTIAL RACE, BUT SLOW AND [...] (C) Summary: Based on results reported from 80 percent of the constituencies around the country, President Mwanawasa of the ruling Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD) enjoys a healthy lead over Patriotic Front (PF) and United Democratic Alliance (UDA) opponents. The Electoral Commission o [...]	2006-10-02 07:29:00	Embassy Lusaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM ASEC ZA
06LUSAKA1419	ZAMBIAN ELECTIONS: A WARTS-AND-ALL INSIDER'S [...] (C) Summary. President Mwanawasa won Zambia's September 28 presidential election "fair and square," according to an experienced international elections expert who worked closely on the electoral process. The expert also noted serious shortcomings in the management of election results and in t [...]	2006-10-13 14:28:00	Embassy Lusaka	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV EAID ZA
06MADRID1088	SPAIN ON ELECTION SUPPORT FOR HAITI AND GUYANA [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-28 16:29:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PREL PGOV HA GY
06MADRID1562	SPAIN'S SUPPORT FOR MONITORS FOR NICARAGUAN [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-16 11:14:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PREL SP NU
06MADRID1610	SPAIN OPPOSES VENEZUELAN ANTI-NGO LAW [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-21 07:24:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KDEM PREL EAID SP VZ
06MADRID1861	SPAIN WITH EU CONSENSUS ON NICARAGUA ELECTION [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-24 12:41:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL KDEM SP NU
06MADRID2259	OSCE: SPAIN'S CHAIRMANSHIP, KAZAKHSTAN [...] (U) Please see action request paragraph 6. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Poloff discussed reftel demarche, Spain's plans for the Chairmanship, and the Personal Representatives on Tolerance with Jose Lopez Jorrin, MFA Coordinator for the Spanish Chairmanship of OSCE, on September 7. Lopez Jorrin said th [...]	2006-09-11 10:55:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PREL OSCE SP KZ
06MADRID2319	SPAIN AGREES ON DARFUR AND NAM SUMMIT [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-15 07:22:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PINS KPKO UNSC KDEM PGOV SU SP
06MADRID3005	SPAIN ON IRAN'S FLAWED ELECTIONS [...] (C) The DCM discussed Iran's upcoming elections with MFA Director General for Foreign Policy Rafael Dezcallar on December 5. Reviewing reftel talking points, the DCM emphasized the U.S. objective of highlighting the profound flaws in the Iranian electoral process. 2. (C) Dezcallar said [...]	2006-12-07 09:24:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM IR
06MADRID3006	SPAIN: PRESERVING THE DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED [...] (S) The DCM met with Spanish MFA Director General for Foreign Policy Rafael Dezcallar to discuss the ongoing effort of Syria and Hizballah to destabilize the legitimately elected Lebanese government of Prime Minister Fouad Siniora. The DCM reviewed reftel demarche with Dezcallar and emphasiz [...]	2006-12-07 09:28:00	Embassy Madrid	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM MOPS LE SP
06MADRID462	SPAIN'S CONDEMNATION OF THE AL-ASKARIYA SHRINE [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-24 09:50:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM KPAO PREL PGOV PTER SP
06MANAGUA1002	NICARAGUA'S MOST WANTED PART I: THE CRIMES OF [...] (SBU) In preparation for the November 2006 national elections in Nicaragua, post has developed three "rap sheets" on the records of Daniel Ortega, the Sandinista party (FSLN) and Arnoldo Aleman, highlighting their systematic crimes and abuses. The rap sheets contain short summaries of the crime [...]	2006-05-05 15:56:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM KCRM SOCI ECON EAID NU
06MANAGUA1003	NICARAGUA'S MOST WANTED PART II: THE CRIMES OF THE [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-05 17:17:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM KCRM SOCI ECON EAID NU
06MANAGUA1004	NICARAGUA'S MOST WANTED PART III: THE CRIMES OF [...] (SBU) This is the third and final cable in a series summarizing the crimes and abuses of power committed by Nicaragua's corrupt party bosses and their associates. The first cable focused on Daniel Ortega and his family, the second highlighted the abuses of the FSLN, both while in power in th [...]	2006-05-05 17:53:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM KCRM SOCI ECON EAID NU
06MANAGUA1057	NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS: FIVE ALLIANCES EMERGE, APRE [...] (SBU) Summary: The deadline to register political alliances for Nicaragua's national elections in November came and went on May 11 without a deal to unite the Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC) and the Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN). The big surprise of the day was APRE's decision to break [...]	2006-05-12 21:44:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI NU
06MANAGUA1098	CODEL BURTON -- SHORT BUT SUCCESSFUL VISIT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 9, Codel Burton (Representatives Burton, Meeks, Akin, Bordallo, Marchant, and Watson) made a brief stopover in Nicaragua on their way back to the United States from Costa Rica. During their time in Nicaragua, the Codel met with Embassy staff for a briefing on elections [...]	2006-05-18 21:48:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA1105	NICARAGUA: DEMOCRACY PROMOTION PROGRESS REPORT [...] (C) Summary: This cable update's post's democracy promotion strategy submitted in October and reviewed in December 2005 (refs B and C). Now that the executive will in all likelihood remain in place through the end of President Bolanos' term, we must focus on the results of Nicaragua's nationa [...]	2006-05-19 19:05:00	Embassy Managua	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PINR PREL KDEM KCOR NU
06MANAGUA1145	NICARAGUA: SEEKING PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR IRAQI [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-26 22:51:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM KPAO IZ NU
06MANAGUA1180	REARRANGING THE DECK CHAIRS ON THE TITANIC: RIZO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Fear and ambition got the better of Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC) presidential candidate Jose Rizo, who set aside his earlier commitment to withdraw his candidacy and join Eduardo Montealegre if PLC caudillo Arnoldo Aleman and the party's leadership did not remove undesirabl [...]	2006-06-02 17:08:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM KCOR NU ECON
06MANAGUA1184	MISKITO CASE NEEDS SUPPPORT TO MOVE FORWARD [...] (C) During a May 30 meeting with Polcouns and Poloff, Raymond Genie and Marcos Carmona from the Nicaraguan Permanent Human Rights Commission (CPDH) outlined their current activities and plans for their investigation into atrocities committed against the Miskito population during the 1980s Sand [...]	2006-06-02 18:34:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR KDEM ECON SENV EFIN NU
06MANAGUA119	CPDH HUMAN RIGHTS NGO REVIEWS EFFORTS TO HOLD FSLN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Leaders of the Nicaraguan Permanent Human Rights Commission (CPDH),a prominent human rights NGO, have informed the Ambassador that they are moving forward with two projects to hold Sandinista (FSLN) leaders accountable for abuses of power committed in the 1980s. They are also i [...]	2006-01-23 15:24:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM KCRM NU
06MANAGUA1193	NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS: LIBERAL CHONTALENOS FEAR [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite the May 31 deadline to register party candidates for the November national elections and the fact that both major Liberal groups determined to run separately, we found most Liberals in Chontales still hoping for a united front to challenge the FSLN in November. Supporter [...]	2006-06-05 16:35:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI NU
06MANAGUA1209	UPBEAT PRESIDENT BOLANOS HOPES SUCCESSOR BUILDS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Bolanos recently confided to Ambassador his desire for his successor, ideally Liberal dissident Eduardo Montealegre, to build on his legacy. He justified his firing of a number of government employees for corruption, downplaying the fact that they had recently abandone [...]	2006-06-05 22:54:00	Embassy Managua	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM MARR MOPS NU
06MANAGUA1210	HERTY: I STAND BETWEEN ORTEGA AND THE PRESIDENCY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sandinista dissident (FSLN) Herty Lewites recently asserted to Ambassador that he stands between Daniel Ortega and the presidency. He believes he can whittle down support for Ortega to 25% of the vote in November -- thereby ensuring a runoff, which Ortega would lose. Lewites wa [...]	2006-06-05 22:54:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA1220	MARTINEZ CUENCA: ORTEGA MUST GO -- QUESTION IS HOW [...] (C) Alejandro Martinez Cuenca shared with Ambassador, DCM, and polcouns on June 6 his decision to continue his efforts to reform the Sandinista party (FSLN) and to challenge the FSLN "messianic" caudillo Daniel Ortega from within the party. According to Martinez Cuenca, Ortega has deluded hi [...]	2006-06-06 22:32:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA124	NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS REGIONAL REPORTING: JINOTEGA [...] (C) Summary: Conversations with political, religious, and economic leaders in Jinotega department reveal an affinity across the Liberal spectrum for dissident presidential candidate Eduardo Montealegre, although Liberal leaders acknowledged that local campesinos -- the majority of the populati [...]	2006-01-23 20:56:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI NU

06MANAGUA127	ELECTION 2006: POSSIBLE SCENARIOS, RISKS, AND [...] (C) Our election priorities in Nicaragua are twofold: ensure Nicaragua holds clean, fair, credible, and inclusive national elections and encourage Nicaraguans to vote for presidential and legislative candidates who uphold democratic principles. We will encourage an electoral process that will [...]	2006-01-23 21:32:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR
06MANAGUA1333	MANY NICARAGUAN EVANGELICALS WANT TO SUPPORT [...] (C) Summary: Many leaders of the evangelical community in Nicaragua prefer ALN presidential candidate Eduardo Montealegre as the best option to lead Nicaragua after the November elections. Most feel, however, that Montealegre has not done enough to promote evangelical candidates and politicia [...]	2006-06-19 14:47:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI KDEM KIRF NU
06MANAGUA1359	VERIFICATION SUCCESSFUL, BUT CSE NOTES SOME [...] (U) Summary: With over 45 percent of eligible Nicaraguan voters estimated to have verified their status and location on the official voters list (padron),the Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) proclaimed the two-weekend verification process a success. This assessment was supported by observers f [...]	2006-06-20 21:59:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI NU
06MANAGUA1370	NUNCIO: CARDINAL OBANDO Y BRAVO WILL EXERT LITTLE [...] (C) Nuncio Jean Paul Gobel shares our concerns over Cardinal Obando y Bravo's apparent support for Sandinista (FSLN) presidential candidate Daniel Ortega, but he believes Obando y Bravo will hold little sway over Nicaraguan voters. Gobel, who on June 20 advised Ambassador he is perplexed over [...]	2006-06-22 16:05:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM KDEM NU
06MANAGUA1383	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF STATE DEPARTMENT [...] (S) Summary/Introduction: Your visit to Nicaragua allows you to reiterate U.S. opposition to the Sandinista (FSLN)-Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC) pact and assure the Nicaraguan people that we share their desire for free, fair, credible, and inclusive elections. Your presence will also co [...]	2006-06-23 17:16:00	Embassy Managua	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM MARR MOPS KDEM ECON EFIN
06MANAGUA1400	NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS REGIONAL REPORTING: RIO SAN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Nicaraguan department of Rio San Juan is largely rural and a majority of the population has voted Liberal in every election since 1990. The FSLN has, however, captured a consistently large minority of the vote. Local political, religious, and community leaders disagree on [...]	2006-06-27 16:35:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI NU
06MANAGUA1411	MONTEALEGRE WARNS A/S SHANNON, "LEWITES IS [...] (C) Summary: ALN presidential candidate Eduardo Montealegre warned A/S Shannon, Ambassador and others at a June 27 breakfast that MRS candidate Herty Lewites is corrupt, surrounded by unreformed Sandinistas, and likely to siphon votes from Montealegre. Montealegre and his advisors further dis [...]	2006-06-29 11:11:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL KDEM NU ES
06MANAGUA1423	EU LIKELY TO SEND OBSERVATION MISSION FOR [...] (SBU) The European Union Commission official heading the EU election observation exploratory mission to Nicaragua, Andrew Bruce, gave a presentation to the Elections Donor Group on the parameters of a possible EU electoral observation mission (EOM). Although the mission will not conclude unti [...]	2006-06-29 18:55:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM OAS EU NU
06MANAGUA1429	AMBASSADORS SHARE ELECTION CONCERNS WITH A/S [...] (C) Summary: A group of ambassadors resident in Nicaragua, most of whom are contributing funds to election efforts, shared their conviction with A/S Shannon on June 26 that a thorough international observation effort is necessary to prevent fraud during the November 5 national elections. The [...]	2006-06-30 16:35:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM NU
06MANAGUA1434	NICARAGUA: COMMENTS ON NIC WATCH LIST OF INTERNAL [...] (S/NF) Post concurs with the bulk of the NIC Watch list's assessment of internal instability in Nicaragua. However, we recommend that the following clarifications and recent political developments be considered: CALL FOR A PUBLIC REFERENDUM ON CONSTITUTIONAL REFORMS - - - - - - - - - - - - [...]	2006-07-03 17:52:00	Embassy Managua	SECRET//NOFORN	KDEM MARR MOPS NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA1482	HERTY,S PASSING: WILL MORE UNDECIDED VOTES PASS TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sandinista Renewal Movement (MRS) presidential candidate Herty Lewites, who often asserted to us that he stands between Daniel Ortega and the presidency, died suddenly of apparent natural causes on July 2 and was buried before thousands of mourners on July 5. The MRS selected Le [...]	2006-07-06 22:22:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA1505	ASSISTANT SECRETARY SHANNON,S MEETING WITH MFA [...] (C) Summary: On June 26, A/S Shannon discussed with Foreign Minister Norman Caldera election concerns and the OAS' role, the Hugo Chavez factor, and how best to "stop the clock" on constitutional changes due to go into effect in January 2007. Caldera believed the OAS and other observers sho [...]	2006-07-10 16:29:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA1507	AMBASSADOR ENCOURAGES MONTEALEGRE TO FOCUS ON [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador, emboffs, and local IRI Director Gilberto Valdez met with ALN presidential candidate Eduardo Montealegre on July 7 to express concern that ALN officials are not sufficiently focused on the campaign and encourage him to organize the senior leadership of the party. Montea [...]	2006-07-10 20:17:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM NU
06MANAGUA1511	PROFESSIONALIZING NICARAGUA'S FOREIGN SERVICE [...] (U) On June 29, TDY Foreign Affairs Officer represented the Embassy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' induction ceremony for the successful candidates of the second public competitive examination for entrance to the nation's diplomatic service. Of the ten candidates selected, nine were wom [...]	2006-07-10 20:36:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL NU KCRM KDEM KWMN
06MANAGUA1513	MARTINEZ CUENCA: SECOND THOUGHTS ON REFUSING [...] (C) Alejandro Martinez Cuenca shared with Ambassador, DCM, and polcouns on July 7 his regret for not having accepted Sandinista Renewal Movement (MRS) Herty Lewites' invitation to run as his VP for the November 5 presidential race (Reftels). He recounted how a clairvoyant Lewites had feared [...]	2006-07-10 21:39:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA1519	IRI-EXECUTED HRDF PROJECT TRAINS NEW POLITICAL LEADERS AND ELECTION MONITORS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 28, Foreign Affairs Officer and FSN met with International Republican Institute (IRI) Program Officer Ivania Vega, and with Academic Director William Genet and General Manager Jorge Luis Ayestas of American College to discuss progress on the Nicaragua portion of the "Reg [...]	2006-07-11 13:58:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL NU KCRM KDEM KWMN
06MANAGUA1520	EVANGELICAL CHURCH LEADERS SEEK MORE RECOGNITION [...] (U) On June 23, foreign affairs officer and FSN met with Reverend Roberto Rojas, Vice President of the National Council of Evangelical Pastors and Reverend Mauricio Fonseca, of the Nicaraguan Evangelical Alliance (AENIC),to discuss human rights and democracy issues of interest to Nicaragua's [...]	2006-07-11 14:09:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL NU KCRM KDEM KWMN
06MANAGUA1523	A/S SHANNON -- LEWITES: LAST MEETING WITH U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 27, Assistant Secretary Shannon met with Herty Lewites, Sandinista dissident and presidential candidate for the Sandinista Renewal Movement (MRS). Lewites voiced concern about the election process, the lack of MRS poll watchers and continuing problems with national/voter [...]	2006-07-11 15:10:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA1524	FOREIGN MINISTER CALDERA TO A/S SHANNON: IT IS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a June 27 lunch he hosted for A/S Shannon, Foreign Minister Norman Caldera predicted that Central America would sign a free trade agreement with the European Union within the next three years. Caldera touched on the recent free trade agreement between Nicaragua and Taiw [...]	2006-07-11 15:30:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA1532	HRDF PRODEM PROJECT PROMOTES CREATING SPACE FOR CIVIC PARTICIPATION IN THE FACE OF "CAUDILLISMO" [...] (U) SUMMARY: On June 21-22, Foreign Affairs Officer and POL Intern attended a Catholic Relief Services (CRS)-sponsored conference for mayors from four of Nicaragua's departments. CRS is executing a $350,000 Human Rights and Democracy Fund (HRDF) grant to undertake the Civic Participation and [...]	2006-07-11 21:27:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL NU KCRM KDEM KWMN
06MANAGUA1534	ARCHBISHOP BRENES SHARES VIEWS ON ELECTIONS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 26, Assistant Secretary Shannon discussed with Archbishop Leopoldo Brenes Solorzano the Archbishop's perspectives on democracy and governance in Nicaragua and the upcoming November 5 elections. Brenes hoped the elections would be fair, peaceful, and inclusive, and voice [...]	2006-07-12 17:38:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL NU KCRM KDEM KWMN PGOV
06MANAGUA1555	MPN URGES REFORMS IN POLITICAL PLATFORMS TO BREAK [...] (U) SUMMARY: El Movimiento por Nicaragua (MpN),a local pro-democracy NGO presented its "Basic Agenda of the Nation" to a diverse audience, including representatives from several European embassies. The MpN introduced 28 proposals they propose that political parties incorporate into their p [...]	2006-07-17 13:40:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM SOCI NU
06MANAGUA1556	PLC MAYORS DEMAND ALEMAN LEAVE PARTY [...] (C) Summary: A group of 15 mayors and municipal leaders from northern areas of Nicaragua held a press conference in Managua on July 12 to insist that convicted PLC leader Arnoldo Aleman and his family leave the PLC for the good of the party and the good of the country. This event followed a s [...]	2006-07-17 14:06:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI NU
06MANAGUA1565	MPN WARNS OF CEDULA IRREGULARITIES [...] (C) Summary: Movimiento por Nicaragua (MpN) leaders warned poloffs on July 14 that Nicaragua's Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) is failing to issue national/voter ID cards (cedulas) in a fair and efficient manner. A recent MpN study of eligible voters in secondary schools revealed that only 18 [...]	2006-07-18 15:27:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KCOR SOCI OAS NU
06MANAGUA1568	NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS: REQUEST FOR OBSERVERS [...] Embassy Managua is coordinating a USG electoral observation mission (EOM) for the Nicaraguan national elections on November 5, 2006. Post is planning to field observation teams in Managua and several other Nicaraguan departments and regions. We would like to invite up to 10 officers from the [...]	2006-07-18 19:43:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	APER PGOV KDEM NU
06MANAGUA1571	BOAQUENOS TALK ELECTIONS WITH AMBASSADOR, FEAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: During Ambassador's recent trip to Boaco, interlocutors fretted that Sandinista (FSLN) leader Daniel Ortega may win the November election by excluding large numbers of potential voters and committing fraud on Election Day. While Boaco is a predominately Liberal department, the [...]	2006-07-18 22:06:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM ECON EFIN NU
06MANAGUA1572	MRS CANDIDATE JARQUIN: "WE ARE THE RESPONSIBLE [...] (C) Summary: New MRS presidential candidate Edmundo Jarquin assured Ambassador that he will continue deceased candidate Herty Lewites' strategy of pursuing "responsible" social and economic policies and a productive relationship with the USG. Jarquin admitted that he struggles with name recog [...]	2006-07-18 22:36:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI NU
06MANAGUA1573	A PEEK BEHIND THE CURTAIN: A LOOK AT THE 2006 [...] (U) SUMMARY: National Assembly candidates from FSLN, PLC, AC, ALN and MRS presented their parties, legislative priorities in a panel discussion broadcast live by Channel 10. ALN's Jamileth Bonilla emphasized poverty reduction, job creation, education and social justice, while PLC's Francisc [...]	2006-07-20 13:31:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM SOCI NU
06MANAGUA1593	OAS ELECTION MISSION CAUTIOUSLY BULLISH ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador recently met with the OAS election mission to assess preparations for Nicaragua's November 5 elections. OAS mission leader Gustavo Fernandez said that the OAS is engaging the Supreme Electoral Commission (CSE) on electoral regulations. The OAS has recommended that pa [...]	2006-07-21 20:18:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL KDEM NU
06MANAGUA1605	PASTOR ESPINOZA DISCUSSES EVANGELICAL POLITICAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 14, Ambassador Trivelli and Foreign Affairs Officer met with Mario Espinoza Gonzalez, Presidente Nacional of the Consejo Nacional de Pastores Evangelicos de Nicaragua, an umbrella organization that according to Espinoza, represents more than 400 pastors of all evangeli [...]	2006-07-24 16:08:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KDEM KWMN PREL PHUM NU
06MANAGUA1609	EFFORTS TO ERADICATE CHILD LABOR IN NICARAGUA [...] (U) SUMMARY: On June 14, Foreign Affairs Officer and POL Intern met with Bertha Rosa Guerra, International Labor Organization (ILO) Nicaragua National Coordinator for the International Program for the Elimination of Child Labor (IPEC). Guerra believes that due to recent coordinated efforts [...]	2006-07-24 20:03:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KDEM KCRM KWMN NU
06MANAGUA1630	CEDULA CRISIS FORCES EDG TO RECONSIDER PUBLIC [...] (C) Summary: The Nicaraguan Elections Donor Group (EDG) decided to reconsider releasing a public statement regarding the electoral process after leaders of the NGO Movimiento por Nicaragua (MpN) gave a presentation on their recent investigation revealing that large segments of the population a [...]	2006-07-26 13:48:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM GM CA DA SP FI JA NO NL SW
06MANAGUA1678	SCENE SETTER FOR CODEL BURTON/DAVIS [...] (U) Summary: Post welcomes the members of Codel Burton/Davis to Nicaragua and has developed an agenda that addresses the Codel's interest in discussing the upcoming elections with major political parties, registering bi-partisan support for free, fair and transparent election process, and witn [...]	2006-07-31 22:22:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON OVIP KDEM NU
06MANAGUA1717	CEDULA APPLICATION DEADLINE EXTENDED, BUT [...] (C) Summary: Under pressure from Movimiento por Nicaragua (MpN) and other civil society groups (reftel),Nicaragua's National Assembly voted on August 4 to extend the deadline for soliciting the national voter/ID card from August 6 to August 21. The media reported and CSE officials confirmed a [...]	2006-08-08 19:20:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI NU
06MANAGUA1731	NICARAGUA ELECTIONS: FSLN CONFIDENT OF FIRST ROUND [...] (C) Summary: With FSLN internal polls supposedly demonstrating an 8-10 point lead over the nearest challenger, FSLN Foreign Affairs officer Samuel Santos is confident that perennial FSLN presidential candidate Daniel Ortega can win in the first round of elections. The FSLN's confidence was fu [...]	2006-08-09 22:39:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI NU
06MANAGUA1760	MONTEALEGRE ALLIES CONFIDENT OF VICTORY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Senior advisor to ALN presidential candidate Eduardo Montealegre, Edmundo Leal and Conservative Party (PC) president Azalia Aviles recently expressed confidence that Montealegre will win the November 5 national election. Briefly interrupted to defend himself before the National As [...]	2006-08-14 22:31:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI NU
06MANAGUA1780	ORTEGA IN CUBA, REAFFIRMING SOLIDARITY AND [...] (C) FSLN Presidential candidate Daniel Ortega traveled to Cuba last week to express his "concern and solidarity" for Fidel Castro and "reaffirm cooperative efforts" with the Government of Cuba. Though it appears that Ortega did not actually meet with Castro (reftel),he used the opportunity [...]	2006-08-15 22:27:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA179	ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT GOMEZ: EQUILIBRIUM AND [...] (C) Summary: Newly elected National Assembly President Eduardo Gomez Lopez (APRE) promises to instill equilibrium on the Assembly Junta and focus on the business of lawmaking. His legislative priorities coincide with those of President Bolanos and USG interests: passage of economic legislation [...]	2006-01-25 16:00:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL KCOR
06MANAGUA1827	NICARAGUA ELECTIONS: OFFICIAL CAMPAIGN SEASON [...] (U) Summary: Nicaragua's Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) launched the official campaign season with a ceremony on August 18. CSE president Roberto Rivas used the occasion to admonish observer groups and remind the public that the CSE is the final arbiter of the November 5 national elections. [...]	2006-08-22 16:08:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM SOCI NU
06MANAGUA1839	NICARAGUA ELECTIONS UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: With only two an a half months left before the Nicaraguan national elections on November 5, the Liberals remain divided and the Sandinista dissidents are running low on funds. Five parties continue to contest the elections with the following candidates: Daniel Ortega (Sandinista [...]	2006-08-22 21:52:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI NU
06MANAGUA1894	OAS EOM CHIEF FERNANDEZ AND AMBASSADOR DISCUSS [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-28 18:44:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA1953	FSLN GOVERNMENT PLAN, PART I [...] SUMMARY: The Sandinista Front for National Liberation's (FSLN) government plan for the upcoming election promises a world of social programs and "quick fixes" to real problems while ignoring past statements and actions. FSLN presidential candidate Daniel Ortega expanded the plan and made his [...]	2006-09-06 17:00:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM SOCI NU
06MANAGUA1960	TAKE TWO ON NICARAGUA ELECTIONS -- SCENARIOS, [...] (S) SUMMARY: In January, post shared its assessment of Nicaragua's possible election scenarios, the risks entailed, and possible outcomes (Reftel). Since then, a fifth presidential candidate entered the race, and Herty Lewites passed away, replaced by Edmundo Jarquin. While approximately 7 [...]	2006-09-06 22:32:00	Embassy Managua	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA1961	MRS: "WE WANT TO BRING ORTEGA DOWN" [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sandinista Renovation Movement (MRS) spokesperson Israel Lewites (Herty Lewites' nephew) recently asserted to polcouns that the MRS is the only viable option for the 2006 election. Lewites believes that the MRS can capture some of the traditional Sandinista (FSLN) vote, enough t [...]	2006-09-06 22:33:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA1972	WHILE PLC MODERATES SEEK LIBERAL UNITY, HARDLINERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: While some Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC) Assembly moderates continue to seek a PLC alliance with Eduardo Montealegre's Liberal Nicaraguan Alliance (ALN),PLC hardliners have ratcheted up their party's smear campaign against Montealegre to the point that an alliance is likely [...]	2006-09-07 19:15:00	Embassy Managua	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA1977	MONTEALEGRE: BEST SCENARIO IS RIZO/ALVARADO [...] (S) SUMMARY: In his recent meeting with presidential candidate Eduardo Montealegre, the Ambassador touched on the crucial elements required to consolidate the campaign: convey a clear, concise, and consistent message; ensure financial and moral support to his campaigners throughout the countr [...]	2006-09-08 17:37:00	Embassy Managua	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2044	NICARAGUA: ENSURING DEMOCRATIC CONTINUITY IN THE [...] (S) INTRODUCTION: Our election priorities in Nicaragua have not changed since our February 24 update (Ref. D): support clean, fair, credible, and inclusive national elections; keep Nicaragua on the democratic path; and, end the Ortega-Aleman pact's control of the political system. Our four-p [...]	2006-09-18 19:45:00	Embassy Managua	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2053	NORTHERNERS BEMOAN MANAGUA NEGLECT TO AMBASSADOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: The pressing needs of local leaders, NGO's and election campaigns were clearly presented during the Ambassador's recent trip to the rural northern departments of Madriz, Nuevo Segovia, and Esteli. The Ambassador garnered considerable support for his anti Aleman-Ortega pact messa [...]	2006-09-18 22:12:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI NU
06MANAGUA2059	DANNY,S DOUBLE WHAMMY: ALN NUMBER THREE ASSEMBLY CANDIDATE AND RIZO,S SISTER JUMP SHIP FOR THE FSLN [...] (C) SUMMARY: As part of Sandinista Front (FSLN) candidate Daniel Ortega's concerted efforts to discredit the political prowess of his competitors, Ortega successfully recruited Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN) National Assembly candidate Salvador Talavera and Maria Elena Rizo, the sister of L [...]	2006-09-19 19:19:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2061	MEETING WITH ARCHBISHOP BRENES [...] (C) Summary: Archbishop Leopoldo Brenes recently told visiting WHA/CEN director and emboffs that better organization and a clearer message appear to be giving Daniel Ortega's Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) an edge in the race. He believes that Edmundo Jarquin and Eduardo Montea [...]	2006-09-19 19:43:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA2062	PLC MUNICIPAL OFFICALS FRUSTRATED WITH PARTY [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-19 19:45:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA2065	UPDATED SCENE SETTER FOR CODEL BURTON [...] (U) SUMMARY: Post welcomes the members of Codel Burton to Nicaragua and has developed an agenda that addresses the Codel's interest in discussing the upcoming elections with major political parties, registering bi-partisan support for a free, fair and transparent election process, and visiting [...]	2006-09-19 23:54:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON OVIP KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2074	OAS EOM CHIEF SEES NO NEED FOR OCTOBER INTERIM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador and WHA/CEN director recently met with the OAS election mission to assess developments in the preparations for Nicaragua's November 5 elections. While Mission head Gustavo Fernandez sees no need for a second OAS interim report on Nicaragua's electoral process, Ambassad [...]	2006-09-20 23:26:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2077	MARTINEZ CUENCA WORRIED ABOUT AN ORTEGA WIN [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a meeting with Polcouns and emboffs on 11 September, Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) dissident Alejandro Martinez Cuenca voiced his concern that savvy Sandinista campaigning and a weak and distracted center-right have strengthened Daniel Ortega's campaign. Th [...]	2006-09-21 15:55:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV SOCI
06MANAGUA2093	SCENESETTER FOR SECDEF RUMSFELD [...] (U) SUMMARY: Post welcomes the Secretary of Defense, the Honorable Donald Rumsfeld, to Nicaragua for attendance at the Seventh Defense Ministerial of the Americas. In conjunction with the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Minister of Defense of Nicaragua and the United States Defense A [...]	2006-09-22 16:44:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MARR OVIP KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2094	ELECTION DISPUTES GALORE -- AND HOW THEY COULD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The possible threats that impugnaciones (election disputes) pose to a legitimate election in November were recently discussed and explained at a forum hosted by IPADE and NDI. Candidates from all parties, with the exception of the FSLN, were in attendance and participated in [...]	2006-09-22 19:00:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM SOCI NU
06MANAGUA2097	GANARAM: ENCOURAGING PLC MEMBERS TO VOTE [...] (C) Summary: Polcouns and Emboffs met with Eugenio Rodriguez, a Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC) member who is part of GANARAM, a movement calling on PLC members to vote for Eduardo Montealegre. Instead of advocating a break with the PLC, GANARAM is encouraging PLC voters to support Nica [...]	2006-09-22 22:04:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA2116	NICARAGUA ELECTIONS UPDATE: WHERE WE ARE NOW [...] (C) Summary: Sandinista Front (FSLN) candidate Daniel Ortega remains stagnant in the polls, though within striking distance of victory (using fraudulent means),while the Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN) under Eduardo Montealegre and the Sandinista Renovation Movement's (MRS) Edmundo Jarquin [...]	2006-09-26 18:49:00	Embassy Managua	SECRET	PGOV PREL EAID KDEM SOCI NU
06MANAGUA212	NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS REGIONAL REPORTING: RAAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Emboffs visited the North Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAN) on January 19 to discuss the upcoming March 5 regional elections with political, religious, and NGO officials. Both partisan and independent authorities reported that Eduardo Montealegre is gaining strength in the regi [...]	2006-01-27 23:30:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI NU
06MANAGUA2136	ISRAEL LEWITES OPTIMISTIC OF MRS CHANCES [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-27 20:50:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA2158	MONTEALEGRE TELLS CODEL HE'S NICARAGUA'S BEST [...] (C) Summary: Congressman Burton, the Ambassador, and DCM met with Eduardo Montealegre, Adolfo Arguello, and Mario Rapacciolli on 23 September to discuss the progress of Montealegre's presidential campaign, the strength of his Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN) party, and the corrosive effects [...]	2006-09-29 21:53:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR
06MANAGUA2160	"EDUARDO WILL BE THE NEXT PRESIDENT, UNLESS FSLN [...] (C) Over lunch at the Presidency on 28 September, Eduardo Montealegre's campaign adviser Mario Elgarresta asserted to President Bolanos' chief of staff Nayo Somarriba, DCM, and polcouns that Ncaaguan Liberal Alliance (ALN) candidate Montealegre will be Nicaragua's next president -- unless San [...]	2006-09-29 22:44:00	Embassy Managua	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2180	ALN PLANNING FOR A ROUGH ROAD AHEAD [...] (C) SUMMARY: Drawing on Emboffs' recent meetings with various members of the Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN),this cable provides a comprehensive view of where the party stands five weeks before election day. Although most local polls continue to show Eduardo Montealegre as the second-stro [...]	2006-10-03 17:43:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR
06MANAGUA2192	PRIVATE SECTOR WORRIED ABOUT ORTEGA WIN, BUT STILL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Nicaraguan private sector is in general agreement that an Ortega presidency would have a negative impact on the economy, but its attitude toward the election and supporting the various candidates varies. Individual businesspersons appear unwilling to risk investing significan [...]	2006-10-04 15:33:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA2195	OAS UPDATES ELECTION POSTURE [...] (C) POL TDYers met on 29 September with OAS country electoral mission coordinator Patricio Gajardo to discuss the OASQ observation mission and election procedural issues. Gajardo noted that the Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) had announced final numbers for the number of registered voters an [...]	2006-10-04 17:26:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR
06MANAGUA220	OAS SENIOR POLITICAL ENVOY READS THE RIOT ACT TO [...] (C) Summary: OAS senior political envoy John Biehl has placed stringent conditions on the Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) to enable the OAS to participate in Nicaragua's March and November elections. In his recent visit to Managua, Biehl clarified that CSE's invitation for OAS observation of [...]	2006-01-30 22:27:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL KCOR
06MANAGUA221	NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS REGIONAL REPORTING: CARAZO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Meetings with political, economic and religious leaders in the Department of Carazo suggest that by far the two most popular presidential candidates there are Eduardo Montealegre and Herty Lewites. Montealegre has successfully siphoned off elements of the PLC departmental organi [...]	2006-01-30 22:28:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI NU
06MANAGUA2225	NICARAGUAN PRESIDENTIAL POLLS -- WHAT DO THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The presidential polls from March to the most recent in September all point to the likelihood of a runoff in the November 5 presidential election. From poll to poll the candidates have gained and lost percentage points, but none of the candidates has attained the level (40 per [...]	2006-10-07 00:00:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA223	NICARAGUA'S OAS AMBASSADOR CONCERNED ABOUT FRAUD [...] (SBU) The OAS election observation team and efforts to combat election fraud may fail unless certain steps are taken, according to Nicaraguan Ambassador to the OAS Jose Luis Velasquez. Velasquez, and senior MFA advisor Ariel Granera, during a 26 January meeting with the Ambassador, DCM and P [...]	2006-01-30 22:51:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI NU
06MANAGUA224	PLC WRESTS PLUM COMMISSIONS FROM FSLN IN NATIONAL [...] (U) Weeks after the official date of the Nicaraguan National Assembly's annual re-incorporation of its Junta Directiva and commissions, the deputies finally appointed the new heads of the commissions. The PLC allied with the minority caucuses (bancadas) to wrest control of two important commi [...]	2006-01-30 23:09:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2247	MISKITO VOTE POTENTIAL OBSTACLE TO FSLN AMBITIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite the Sandinista National Liberation Front's (FSLN) significant campaign efforts in the remote North Atlantic Autonomous Zone (RAAN),the indigenous Miskito population remains staunchly anti-Sandinista. In response, the FSLN-allied Yatama government has forced unelected le [...]	2006-10-10 23:48:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR
06MANAGUA2248	CODEL BURTON MEETS WITH EDMUNDO JARQUIN, FORMER [...] (C) SUMMARY: This cable provides a readout of several meetings Congressman Dan Burton held with various members of the political class during his 22-24 September visit. The congressman spoke with Sandinista Renovation Movement (MRS) candidate Edmundo Jarquin during which Jarquin reaffirmed h [...]	2006-10-11 00:08:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR
06MANAGUA2249	FSLN MOUNTING STRONG CAMPAIGN, CONVINCED OF VICTORY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloffs recently met with Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) dissident Alejandro Martinez Cuenca and FSLN foreign affairs director Samuel Santos to discuss the party's progress in the election campaign and examine the FSLN governing platform. Both figures reported that [...]	2006-10-11 00:12:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR
06MANAGUA2276	NUNCIO: "AN ORTEGA VICTORY IS POSSIBLE BUT NOT [...] (C) Nuncio Jean Paul Gobel believes that the victory of Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) presidential candidate Daniel Ortega is "possible but not probable." However, he warned Ambassador and polcouns on October 12 that popular support for the FSLN has grown in some areas of the co [...]	2006-10-13 19:08:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
06MANAGUA2277	DETAILS ON THE PROCESS OF THE ELECTRONIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: POL TDYer recently met with officials from the local phone company (Enitel) and the Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) to seek clarification on the process whereby the vote tallies will be electronically submitted to the CSE on election day. Each of Nicaragua's 158 municiaplities w [...]	2006-10-13 21:30:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR
06MANAGUA2286	OAS EOM POSITIVE ON NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: The technical team leading the OAS' electoral observation mission (EOM) in Nicaragua appeared generally positive during a recent briefing regarding preparations for the November 5 national elections, although they noted some areas of concern. Technical mission chief Patricio Ga [...]	2006-10-17 16:33:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM EAID OAS NU
06MANAGUA23	BOLANOS CONFIDENT HE CAN DEMAND KEY LEGISLATION [...] (C) Summary: In a recent breakfast meeting on January 4, Nicaraguan President Enrique Bolanos told the Ambassador that he could obtain agreement on key legislation during negotiations for the upcoming elections for the National Assembly's Executive Board ("Junta Directiva"). Such legislation [...]	2006-01-05 23:19:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KDEM SOCI OAS NU
06MANAGUA2329	ALN PLATFORM FOCUSES ON EMPLOYMENT AND ENERGY [...] (SBU) Summary: Nicaraguan presidential candidate Eduardo Montealegre's Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN) has created a campaign platform that focuses on creating employment -- with specific plans for women, youth, and small and medium enterprises -- and alleviating Nicaragua's periodic energy [...]	2006-10-20 12:11:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON KDEM SOCI NU
06MANAGUA2338	UCA PRESIDENTIAL POLL -- A PACT PLAY ON THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The University of Central America (UCA) released a poll October 18 showing Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) presidential candidate Daniel Ortega with a clear lead followed at a distant second by Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC) candidate Jose Rizo as part of its "El [...]	2006-10-20 21:29:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA2343	CSE PRESIDENT CLAIMS ELECTIONS WILL BE [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador and the magistrates of Nicaragua's Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) exchanged concerns regarding the November 5 national elections during a recent meeting at CSE headquarters. Ambassador urged the magistrates to assure that eligible voters can obtain the necessary voting [...]	2006-10-23 18:57:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2366	NICARAGUAN PRESIDENTIAL POLLS -- MORE NUMBERS, [...] (C) (SBU) SUMMARY: The most recent Nicaraguan presidential polls still point to the likelihood of a runoff in the November 5 presidential election. From poll to poll the candidates have gained and lost percentage points, but Sandinista Liberation Front (FSLN) candidate Daniel Ortega has mai [...]	2006-10-25 15:54:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA2377	NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS: THE SCENE ON THE GROUND TEN [...] (C) SUMMARY/INTRODUCTION: With ten days remaining before Nicaragua's November 5 elections, three presidential candidates are scrambling to convince voters that they are best suited to beat Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) candidate Daniel Ortega. Ortega remains the frontrunner in [...]	2006-10-25 22:46:00	Embassy Managua	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2389	NICARAGUA DOES NOT BACK OAS RESOLUTION, WILL [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-26 23:16:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2390	NICARAGUA WILL NOT BACK NAM'S UNGA RESOLUTIONS ON [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-26 23:19:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM UNGA LE IS PHUM PTER NU
06MANAGUA2433	ADDITIONAL ALN PROPOSALS ON ENVIRONMENT, SOCIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The ALN's final policy proposals concerning the environment, social justice, and security build on the earlier plans regarding employment and energy efficiency (reftel). ALN presidential candidate Eduardo Montealegre presented his complete plan of government during an October 2 [...]	2006-11-01 23:44:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON KDEM SOCI NU
06MANAGUA2434	DORA MARIA TELLEZ CONCERNED ABOUT FRAUD, POSSIBLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sandinista Renovation Movement (MRS) National Assembly deputy candidate Dora Maria Tellez is concerned about election fraud and the possibility of a Sandinista Liberation Front (FSLN) victory. She believes that the FSLN will resort to fraud to ensure a first-round victory for D [...]	2006-11-02 00:38:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA2442	OAS EOM EXPECTS VOTE TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: The OAS issued a communique factoring in the Ambassador's recent observations to OAS Election Observation Mission (EOM) chief Gustavo Fernandez. The OAS EOM is coordinating closely with other observation groups and will meet with the White House delegation. Fernandez believes [...]	2006-11-02 20:18:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2445	CARTER CENTER COP SHARES OUR CONCERNS OVER CEDULA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Carter Center COP Jaime Aparicio shares Ambassador's concerns that probably over 100,000 Nicaraguans will not possess national/voter IDs (cedulas) or temporary voting documents required to vote on November 5 and that Ortega may self-declare his victory -- which would be followed [...]	2006-11-02 23:50:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2459	SIT REP 1 - NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS [...] (U) Summary: With the Liberal vote split between the Liberal Nicaraguan Alliance (ALN) and the Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC),Sandinista Liberation Front (FSLN) presidential candidate Daniel Ortega appears to be the likely victor in Nicaragua's November 5 national elections. The latest r [...]	2006-11-06 18:46:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2466	SIT REP 2 - NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS [...] (U) Summary: With the results of 60 percent of the voting tables (JRVs) in, Sandinista Liberation Front (FSLN) presidential candidate Daniel Ortega enjoys an eight-point lead over his closest competitor, Eduardo Montealegre of the Liberal Nicaraguan Alliance (ALN),and will likely win the ele [...]	2006-11-07 23:45:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2470	VIEWS ON ORTEGA VICTORY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN) and Sandinista Renovation Movement (MRS) contacts are resigned to Sandinista Liberation Front (FSLN) presidential candidate Daniel Ortega's victory and many blame his win on the Liberal Constitutional Party's (PLC) disinformation campaign against [...]	2006-11-08 20:32:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2473	SIT REP 3 - NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS [...] (U) Summary: With the results of 91 percent of the voting tables (JRVs) in, Sandinista Liberation Front (FSLN) presidential candidate Daniel Ortega holds a virtually insurmountable nine-point lead over his closest competitor, Eduardo Montealegre of the Liberal Nicaraguan Alliance (ALN). Libe [...]	2006-11-08 23:18:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2484	IRREGULARITIES MAY INFLUENCE DISTRIBUTION OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Although the November 5 national elections occurred without significant outbreaks of violence or major systemic irregularities, mission observers nevertheless noted anomalies that may have been of a magnitude sufficient to affect the outcome of the distribution of deputy position [...]	2006-11-09 19:38:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2491	SIT REP 4 - NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: With PLC candidate Jose Rizo finally conceding defeat to FSLN candidate Daniel Ortega, the attention of the political parties and observers has now turned to the National Assembly race. Rizo continues to insist that the PLC has enough uncounted rural votes to overcome ALN candida [...]	2006-11-09 22:40:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2492	ONCE UPON A NICARAGUAN ELECTION: TALES OF A U.S. [...] (U) SUMMARY: The U.S. Embassy community contributed 46 observers to the international force on November 5th. Traveling to each of Nicaragua's 17 departments, observer teams left by plane and automobile early on Saturday the 4th. Their collective experiences paint a colorful picture of Nicarag [...]	2006-11-09 22:50:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI NU
06MANAGUA251	HERTY SEEKS CORDIAL, CONSTRUCTIVE, COOPERATIVE [...] (C) Summary: Sandinista (FSLN) dissident Herty Lewites seeks cordial, constructive, and cooperative relations with the United States and will request a prestigious U.S. delegation attend his inauguration if he wins Nicaragua's November presidential election. In his recent meeting with Ambassa [...]	2006-02-02 18:59:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL KCOR
06MANAGUA2517	SIT REP 5 - NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: ALN Deputy Yamileth Bonilla is confident the ALN will win at least 27 seats in the National Assembly which the ALN will use to influence the composition of the Assembly's executive board. The president of Bolanos' APRE party did not win an Assembly seat, but promises to help Mont [...]	2006-11-14 19:06:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2518	THE TORTOISE AND THE HARES -- WHY ORTEGA WON THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) candidate Daniel Ortega won Nicaragua's presidential election after surpassing the low 35% threshold required to win on the first round and with 4 percentage points below what he received in the 2001 race. While the lion's share of the [...]	2006-11-14 23:02:00	Embassy Managua	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2521	ORTEGA RETURNS, BUT WHAT NEXT? [...] (C) SUMMARY: In winning back the Presidency of Nicaragua, 16 years after his disastrous dictatorship, Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) leader Daniel Ortega may have temporarily obtained the redemption he has so long desired, but the challenges he faces are steep. Elected with only [...]	2006-11-14 23:14:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2531	SIT REP 6 - NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) has released final results for the presidential and provisional results for the congressional elections amidst complaints from the Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN),Sandinista Renovation Movement (MRS) and some observer groups that these talli [...]	2006-11-17 00:08:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM NU

06MANAGUA2537	SIT REP 7 - NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS [...] (U) Summary: With the deadline to submit formal complaints regarding the vote count fast approaching at midnight on November 17, the political parties are rushing to check the official numbers against the results provided by their poll watchers -- a task made especially arduous because the Sup [...]	2006-11-17 21:42:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2546	SIT REP 8 - NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS [...] (U) Summary: The deadline for political parties to submit formal complaints regarding the vote count has passed. The OAS has noted some anomalies in the National Assembly race, but claims they were mostly resolved. According to an analysis of the election observation effort presented by the [...]	2006-11-20 23:27:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2548	EVANGELICALS PLEDGE CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR ALN [...] (SBU) Summary: Evangelical leaders recently pledged to continue to support the Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN),led by Eduardo Montealegre, as long as that party continues to uphold Christian values. The reverends noted that Montealegre has a chance to consolidate the party and draw more di [...]	2006-11-21 17:53:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2567	SIT REP 9 - NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) certified today the final elections results for the presidential election, officially declaring Daniel Ortega of the Sandinista Liberation Front (FSLN) president-elect with 37.99 percent of the vote and confirming Eduardo Montealegre of the Li [...]	2006-11-22 23:55:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2599	NICARAGUA: ZOILAMERICA NARVAEZ VOWS TO CONTINUE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Zoilamerica Narvaez, the stepdaughter of Nicaragua's president-elect Daniel Ortega and daughter of future first lady Rosario Murillo, remains committed in her quest to bring justice to the case of alleged sexual abuse by her stepfather during the 1980s, and of the failure of the [...]	2006-11-29 22:32:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM KWMN NU PGOV PREL
06MANAGUA2606	RIZO TO A/S SHANNON: WE WILL REFORM THE PLC FROM [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 28, Assistant Secretary Thomas Shannon met with Jose Rizo and Jose Antonio Alvarado, former presidential and vice presidential candidates for the Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC). Voicing their discontent with the election process, Rizo and Alvarado insisted that t [...]	2006-11-30 20:07:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA2608	A/S SHANNON'S MEETING WITH NICARAGUAN [...] (C) Summary: In his cordial yet measured meeting with WHA Assistant Secretary of State Thomas Shannon, Nicaraguan President-elect Daniel Ortega of the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) stated his desire for "productive relations" with the USG. Ortega discussed his plans to fight pov [...]	2006-11-30 22:58:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR ECON EAID KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2611	ELECTION OUTCOME -- THE WAY FORWARD [...] (C) INTRODUCTION/SUMMARY: Sandinista Liberation Front (FSLN) President-elect Daniel Ortega realizes that our recognition of his minority government is critical to the continuation of our assistance programs, much-needed foreign investment, and to some degree, the policies of the internationa [...]	2006-12-01 16:02:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2614	ASSISTANT SECRETARY SHANNON'S MEETING WITH MFA [...] (C) Summary: On November 28, Assistant Secretary Thomas Shannon discussed with Nicaraguan Foreign Minister Norman Caldera the outcome of Nicaragua's November national elections, predictions for the Ortega government and its regional implications, and Caldera's future plans. While Caldera be [...]	2006-12-01 18:03:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2615	MONTEALEGRE TO A/S SHANNON: I WILL GIVE ORTEGA THE [...] (C) Summary: On November 28, Assistant Secretary Tom Shannon discussed with former Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN) presidential candidate Eduardo Montealegre the election outcome, the future of bilateral relations, and Montealegre's future role in ensuring Nicaragua remains on a democratic [...]	2006-12-01 18:14:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2616	A/S SHANNON'S MEETING WITH BUSINESS LEADER KRUGER [...] (U) Summary: On November 28, Assistant Secretary Thomas Shannon, Ambassador Paul Trivelli, and Nicaraguan business leader Erwin Kruger briefly discussed a broad spectrum of post-election business and political topics relevant to President-elect Ortega's upcoming presidency, including the frai [...]	2006-12-01 21:01:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KDEM PGOV PREL NU
06MANAGUA2617	BOLANOS TO A/S SHANNON: "WE HAVE TO CORRAL ORTEGA" [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a November 28 lunch hosted for Assistant Secretary Thomas Shannon, President Bolanos and his advisors shared their insights and concerns about an Ortega presidency and outlined the key points of a liberal opposition strategy. President Bolanos opined that Ortega has littl [...]	2006-12-01 22:24:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON KDEM NU PGOV
06MANAGUA2624	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES NEXT STEPS WITH FSLN [...] (C) Summary: Following up on Assistant Secretary Thomas Shannon's recent meeting with President-elect Daniel Ortega (Ref. B),Ambassador, DCM and polcouns met with Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) Foreign Affairs Secretary Samuel Santos to discuss next steps in our bilateral relat [...]	2006-12-04 14:32:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2625	ALN EMERGES AS DEMOCRATIC ALTERNATIVE [...] (C) Summary: The Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance's (ALN) second place finish to the FSLN in the November 5 presidential elections broke a 16-year political party duopoly in Nicaragua and thrust to the forefront an organization committed to democratic change. The election results and recognition b [...]	2006-12-04 14:53:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2630	NICARAGUA'S HEALTH MINISTER SAYS ABORTION LAW [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloffs recently met with Nicaraguan Minister of Health Margarita Gurdian to solicit her position on Nicaragua's new legislation criminalizing all forms of abortion and how this decision could affect women's health. According to the minister, the law will create fear and confusio [...]	2006-12-04 21:17:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KWMN
06MANAGUA2645	A/S SHANNON'S MEETING WITH THE MRS [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a November 27 meeting with Assistant Secretary Thomas Shannon, key Sandinista Renovation Movement (MRS) leaders expressed their views on the elections and the party's future. MRS member Luis Carrion, National Assembly deputy Monica Baltodano and spokesperson Israel Lewites [...]	2006-12-05 21:55:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA2646	LEGISLATIVE REFORMS WOULD GIVE FSLN "ABSOLUTE [...] (SBU) Summary: National Assembly deputies began approving the articles of a law on December 5 that would give the Sandinista Front (FSLN) caucus in the 2007-2012 Assembly greatly expanded powers, reduce legislative transparency, expand the Assembly's overall authority, and increase routes for [...]	2006-12-05 23:30:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KCOR NU
06MANAGUA2651	CONSERVATIVE PARTY PRESIDENT DELIBERATES ALLIANCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Conservative Party (PC) president Azalia Aviles Salmeron is determined to maintain her party's affiliation with Eduardo Montealegre's Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN),but not to the detriment of the PC's role in the National Assembly. According to PC by-laws, Conservative lawm [...]	2006-12-06 21:07:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2652	ALN BLOCKS SOME PROBLEMATIC ELEMENTS OF [...] (SBU) Summary: The Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN) partially succeeded in minimizing the effects of a ways and means law supported by "pacted" Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) and Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC) caucuses (Reftel). Vigorous ALN lobbying efforts prompted the re [...]	2006-12-06 21:53:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2665	CSE OFFICIAL CLAIMS COUNCIL IS OPEN TO ELECTORAL [...] (C) Summary: During a December 5 lunch with poloff, Nicaraguan Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) Chief of Staff Rodrigo Barreto commented that the CSE magistrates are open to suggestions to reform the electoral laws and regulations -- although not from certain prominent domestic NGOs with whom t [...]	2006-12-07 20:17:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2673	FSLN FACES DIFFICULTIES DELIVERING ON CAMPAIGN [...] (C) Summary: Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) Foreign Affairs Secretary Samuel Santos recently admitted that the party is having difficulty reconciling its many campaign promises. Santos specifically referred to the FSLN's desperate search for a solution to Nicaragua's ongoing ener [...]	2006-12-11 22:56:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ENRG KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2691	FSLN TRANSITION TEAM SEEKS SOCIAL INVESTMENT, [...] (U) Summary: Ambassador and country team members recently presented an overview of USG programs and their parameters to President-elect Daniel Ortega's transition team. The Ambassador reiterated our commitment to working with a democratic Nicaraguan government that supports open markets and [...]	2006-12-13 20:18:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2696	CONTROVERSIAL ASSEMBLY REFORMS SENT TO PRESIDENT, [...] (C) Summary: According to present and future National Assembly deputy for the Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN) Maria Eugenia Sequeira, the Assembly's controversial ways and means bill has been sent to President Bolanos for signing, but will likely face a veto, giving the new Assembly a chance [...]	2006-12-14 21:25:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2701	APRE RENEGOTIATING ALLIANCE WITH ALN [...] (C) Summary: Alliance for the Republic (APRE) President/National Assembly deputy Miguel Lopez Baldizon claims that his party's formal agreement with the Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN) expired following Nicaragua's November national elections, but he is negotiating a new alliance with the A [...]	2006-12-15 19:20:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2705	ALN DEPUTIES DISCOUNT POSSIBILITY OF QUICK, EASY [...] (C) Summary: During a recent meeting with the Ambassador, a group of young Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN) deputies-elect minimized rumors of ALN rapprochement with the rival Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC). They commented that public overtures from PLC officials aim to create the impres [...]	2006-12-18 14:25:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2706	ALN AND MRS JOINTLY LEVERAGING SELECTION OF NEW [...] (C) Deputies-elect of the Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN) and the Sandinista Renovation Movement (MRS) legislative caucuses are jointly leveraging the selection of the National Assembly's new Board of Directors to be formed by January 9, 2007. ALN Assembly deputy Yamileth Bonilla and MRS d [...]	2006-12-18 14:27:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2724	PRESIDENT BOLANOS VETOS ASSEMBLY REFORM LAW [...] (C) Summary: Responding to civil society demands, Nicaraguan President Enrique Bolanos vetoed the National Assembly's recently passed ways and means bill ("Ley Organica"). The veto met with mixed response in the Assembly, but ultimately the Sandinista Front (FSLN) and Liberal Constitutional P [...]	2006-12-20 14:30:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2725	FSLN ACCORD WITH PRN PRESIDENT TALAVERA PROMISES [...] (C) Summary: The September 15 accord that Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) leader/President-elect Daniel Ortega signed with Nicaraguan Resistance Party (PRN) President Salvador Talavera includes the formation of a autonomous and decentralized National Peace and Reconciliation Coun [...]	2006-12-20 14:43:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NU
06MANAGUA2741	DISCUSSIONS ON NEXT STEPS WITH FSLN INTERMEDIARY [...] (C) Summary: During Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) Foreign Affairs Secretary Samuel Santos' recent meeting with DCM and polcouns, he confirmed his appointment as Foreign Minister and requested to meet with State Department officials in Washington before President-elect Daniel Or [...]	2006-12-21 16:12:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL KDEM ECON ENGR MARR PTER NU
06MANAGUA281	"BOILING THE FROG": HOW THE SANDINISTAS HAVE [...] (C) Summary: A former top official in Nicaragua's Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) recently described to Emboffs the seamier side of the CSE -- an organization he claims is riddled with corruption and fraudulent partisan influence from top to bottom. In addition to blatant financial fraud and [...]	2006-02-06 19:31:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI KDEM KCOR NU
06MANAGUA301	ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT GOMEZ ADVANCES CONSTRUCTIVE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the spirit of his commitment to maintain a close working relationship with Embassy on legislation, National Assembly President Eduardo Gomez (Ref.) recently met with emboffs to discuss legislative priorities and how best to expedite them. The Embassy's priorities -- MANPADS [...]	2006-02-09 00:13:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL KCOR ETRD ECON EFIN
06MANAGUA302	ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT GOMEZ ADVANCES CONSTRUCTIVE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the spirit of his commitment to maintain a close working relationship with Embassy on legislation, National Assembly President Eduardo Gomez (Ref.) recently met with emboffs to discuss legislative priorities and how best to expedite them. The Embassy's priorities -- MANPADS [...]	2006-02-09 00:13:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL KCOR ETRD ECON EFIN
06MANAGUA303	ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT GOMEZ ADVANCES CONSTRUCTIVE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the spirit of his commitment to maintain a close working relationship with Embassy on legislation, National Assembly President Eduardo Gomez (Ref.) recently met with emboffs to discuss legislative priorities and how best to expedite them. The Embassy's priorities -- MANPADS [...]	2006-02-09 00:13:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL KCOR ETRD ECON EFIN
06MANAGUA304	LIBERAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION MAGISTRATE: WE ARE [...] (SBU) Summary: Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) magistrate Rene Herrera of the Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC) asserts that the PLC has boycotted CSE sessions to prevent the Sandinista (FSLN) majority from passing regulations that will enable the Sandinistas to steal the Atlantic Coast elec [...]	2006-02-09 00:13:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL KCOR
06MANAGUA370	MUCH ADO ABOUT EVERYTHING: ALVARADO CONTINUES TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Presidential-hopeful Jose Antonio Alvarado wants to have his cake and eat it too, continuing to waffle between allying with Eduardo Montealegre and entering into Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC)-initiated primaries. Ambassador noted in his recent meeting with Alvarado and his a [...]	2006-02-15 23:06:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA399	NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS REGIONAL REPORTING: BOACO [...] (C) Summary: On February 10, Property Officer and LES Lawyer visited Boaco, the rural capital of the Department of Boaco, located just to the north and east of Managua, to discuss upcoming elections with local leaders. While individuals differed on the merits of presidential and legislative [...]	2006-02-21 17:25:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV SOCI
06MANAGUA417	NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS REGIONAL REPORTING: RIVAS [...] (C) Summary: With the November national elections still distant in the minds of the citizens of the southern Nicaraguan department of Rivas, none of the major candidates seems to have made a significant impact on the views of the voting public. That stated, most contacts indicate that Nicarag [...]	2006-02-22 23:00:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI NU
06MANAGUA430	DANIELISTAS RIG COURT RULING TO FACILITATE [...] (C) Summary: Embassy is encouraging non-Sandinista (FSLN) parties to protest recent Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) and the Supreme Court's constitutional chamber decisions enabling CSE president Roberto Rivas to replace two of the CSE's PLC magistrates with the substitutes of his choice, th [...]	2006-02-24 21:11:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL KCOR
06MANAGUA432	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF STATE DEPARTMENT [...] (S) Summary: Your visit to Nicaragua allows you to reiterate U.S. opposition to the PLC-FSLN pact and assure the Nicaraguan people we share their desire for free, fair, credible, and inclusive elections. Your engagement will also facilitate progress on CAFTA-DR implementation and MANPADS des [...]	2006-02-24 22:54:00	Embassy Managua	SECRET	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL ECON ETRD MARR
06MANAGUA464	A RUSE -- OR DO GENUINE CONCERNS DRIVE PLC'S CALL [...] (C) Many Nicaraguan political and civil society leaders are calling for the resignation of all Supreme Electoral Commission (CSE) magistrates. Asserting that the CSE's substantial irregularities and clear domination by Daniel Ortega's Sandinista (FSLN) party will cause the March 5 Atlantic C [...]	2006-03-02 17:18:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL KCOR
06MANAGUA475	NO NICARAGUAN STATEMENT AS YET ON THE AL-ASKARIYA [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-03 17:01:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM KPAO PETER IZ NU
06MANAGUA511	NICARAGUAN ATLANTIC COAST ELECTIONS: PLC GARNERS [...] (U) Summary: Belying early predictions of an FSLN victory in the March 5 regional council elections for the North Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAN) and South Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAS),the PLC surged ahead as late returns from rural voting centers were added to the vote count. The FSL [...]	2006-03-07 23:59:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM SOCI OAS NU
06MANAGUA519	INVESTIGATION OF FSLN ABUSES HAS ORTEGA ON THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The CPDH human rights organization has completed its initial trip to the Atlantic coast to investigate and document 1980s Sandinista human rights abuses in the region. The group's initial findings received widespread media attention immediately prior to the March 5 Atlantic coa [...]	2006-03-08 20:46:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM KCRM NU
06MANAGUA556	NICARAGUA ATLANTIC COAST ELECTIONS: PLC SUPREME IN [...] (C) Summary: Preliminary results for the allocation of seats on the Councils of the South Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAS) and North Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAN) indicate that the PLC will win enough positions to control the RAAS without having to form an alliance with another party. In [...]	2006-03-13 19:14:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SNAR SOCI NU
06MANAGUA565	OAS MISSION LEADER - POLITICAL STAKES MUCH HIGHER [...] (SBU) Ambassador and team met with the OAS election mission on March 9 to assess the March 5 Atlantic Coast regional election and to determine the steps necessary to ensure clean, fair, credible, and inclusive national elections in November. OAS Mission leader Gustavo Fernandez believes that [...]	2006-03-13 22:55:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL KCOR
06MANAGUA568	NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS REGIONAL REPORTING: ESTELI [...] (C) SUMMARY: Meetings with political and economic leaders in the department of Esteli suggest that the Sandinistas (FSLN) continue to dominate the city of Esteli and that this strength, combined with a solid organization, will be enough to ensure an FSLN victory in the department in November [...]	2006-03-14 16:50:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI NU
06MANAGUA578	NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS REGIONAL REPORTING: MADRIZ [...] (C) SUMMARY: Meetings with political, economic, and civil society leaders in the department of Madriz suggest that the department's Liberal roots remain strong, and that the FSLN can be beaten there, despite the fact that it currently controls most municipalities and enjoys considerable sup [...]	2006-03-14 22:52:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI NU
06MANAGUA579	FSLN FOREIGN AFFAIRS CHIEF CLAIMS ORTEGA SEEKS [...] (C) Summary: Sandinista (FSLN) foreign affairs advisor Samuel Santos insists that Daniel Ortega seeks positive, constructive relations with the U.S. government. Santos decried to polcouns, poloff, and visiting INR analyst on March 13 the USG's "loss of interest" in its American neighbors, wh [...]	2006-03-14 23:45:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL KCOR
06MANAGUA632	FSLN FOREIGN AFFAIRS CHIEF: "JUDGE US BY OUR [...] (C) Summary: Sandinista (FSLN) foreign affairs advisor Samuel Santos holds up the FSLN's recent support for CAFTA implementation legislation as evidence of his party's interest in constructive relations with the United States. He suggests that the FSLN might also be willing to vote to destroy [...]	2006-03-21 21:31:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL KCOR
06MANAGUA633	NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS REGIONAL REPORTING: MASAYA [...] (U) SUMMARY: Meetings with political and business leaders in the department of Masaya suggest that the presidential race remains wide open. While most Liberals leader agree that Eduardo Montealegre is the likely Liberal candidate, support for him among the small business owners, who form t [...]	2006-03-21 21:33:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV SOCI
06MANAGUA642	MONTEALEGRE,S ALN-PC CAUCUS PICKS UP A NEW MEMBER [...] (C) National Assembly lawmaker Delia Arellano has left the Camino Cristiano party to join Eduardo Montealegre's National Liberal Alliance-Conservative (ALN-PC) caucus, making the formal announcement to the press on March 20. With Arellano, the ALN-PC (Ref. D) now encompasses eight deputies. [...]	2006-03-22 20:15:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA666	CSE RELEASES DRAFT ELECTORAL CALENDAR [...] (SBU) Nicaragua's Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) completed a draft calendar with key dates and deadlines for the November 5 national elections. The calendar was recently released to the political parties for consultation. After a consensus is reached with the political parties, the CSE will [...]	2006-03-24 21:13:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM NU
06MANAGUA674	MONTEALEGRE: REAL TEST BEGINS AFTER PLC SELECTS [...] (C) Summary: Eduardo Montealegre is reassured by the latest IRI/Borge poll suggesting that he is the candidate most able to beat Sandinista (FSLN) leader Daniel Ortega in the November elections. Montealegre believes the next poll, to be conducted following the Liberal Constitutional Party's [...]	2006-03-24 21:17:00	Embassy Managua	SECRET	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL ECON EFIN
06MANAGUA708	ZOILAMERICA NARVAEZ SEEKS USG HELP IN HER IACHR [...] (C) This cable includes an action request. See paragraph 8. 2. SUMMARY: (C) On March 24, DRL PDAS Jonathan Farrar and poloffs met Zoilamerica Narvaez, the daughter of Rosario Murillo and the step-daughter of Daniel Ortega, to discuss Narvaez's ongoing complaint against the Nicaraguan sta [...]	2006-03-28 21:13:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM KCRM USOAS KWMN NU
06MANAGUA709	TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT: USING PRIMARIES TO DEFINE [...] (SBU) For the past year, Nicaragua's Liberal factions have toyed with the idea of holding internal and/or multi-party primaries to select their presidential and National Assembly deputy candidates. Faction leaders generally agree that multi-party primaries are the most feasible and democratic [...]	2006-03-28 22:09:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAID KDEM NU
06MANAGUA710	CPDH FINDS MORE EVIDENCE OF SANDINISTA 1980S [...] (C) SUMMARY: Between March 14-23, representatives of the Nicaraguan Permanent Human Rights Commission (CPDH) NGO carried out the second of three planned trips to Nicaragua's Atlantic Coast to document charges of crimes against humanity and genocide brought against Sandinista leaders for acts [...]	2006-03-29 14:42:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM KCRM NU
06MANAGUA711	ARELLANO DISCUSSES DEFECTION TO ALN-PC, ELECTIONS, [...] (C) Summary: Outspoken National Assembly deputy Delia Arellano plans to actively recruit "converts" in the evangelical community to support presidential candidate Eduardo Montealegre now that she has become a member of Montealegre's ALN-PC caucus (reftel). Arellano backs a proposal to chose a [...]	2006-03-30 16:02:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KCOR SOCI NU
06MANAGUA715	LEON: SANDINISTA BASTION WELCOMES AMBASSADOR, MCC [...] (C) Summary: During Ambassador's recent trip to Leon department, the upcoming November national elections were on the tongues of all interlocutors. The cradle of Liberalism, intellectual Leon is now a Sandinista (FSLN) bastion, with ten of its eleven mayors in the department FSLN militants. [...]	2006-03-30 22:55:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL KMCA EFIN ECON
06MANAGUA720	IT'S MY PARTY - AND I'LL DO WHAT I WANT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: All is not well on the Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC) farm, as rivals vie for caudillo leader/convicted money launderer Arnoldo Aleman's blessing to run for president on the party ticket. Five of the six PLC pre-candidates recently confronted Aleman about the PLC Central Co [...]	2006-03-31 13:12:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL KCOR
06MANAGUA728	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH PLC MAYORS AND PRIVATE SECTOR LEADERS IN JINOTEGA [...] (C) Summary: After speaking at a CAFTA workforce briefing, touring a milk products plant certified by the FDA, and inaugurating a USAID-sponsored vegetable packing plant in the northern Nicaraguan department of Jinotega, Ambassador took the opportunity to meet with a group of PLC mayors and the Jin [...]	2006-03-31 23:08:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KDEM SOCI NU
06MANAGUA738	JOSE RIZO, ALEMAN'S "CHOSEN ONE," SELECTED AS PLC [...] (SBU) Summary: After receiving a large majority of votes in the March 31 PLC "mini conventions," Jose Rizo was ratified by the PLC general convention on April 2 as the party's presidential candidate. RizoQ,s large margin of victory (64%),as well as a last-minute change to divide voting into [...]	2006-04-03 21:36:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI NU
06MANAGUA745	ALLQ,S WELL THAT ENDS WELL, ASSERTS AGUIRRE SACASA [...] (C) Summary: Francisco Aguirre Sacasa, until recently a presidential-hopeful for the Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC),is disappointed with PLC leader Arnoldo Aleman's decision to influence the outcome of the PLC's selection of its presidential candidate. He believes that Aleman's hold on [...]	2006-04-04 22:48:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA757	NICARAGUA WILLING TO RE-APPROACH PANAMA ON UNSC [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-05 20:39:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA8	LEADING LIBERAL PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES AGREE ON [...] (C) Summary: During a cordial breakfast meeting with the Ambassador, leading Liberal presidential candidates Eduardo Montealegre, Jose Antonio Alvarado and Jose Rizo agreed in principle that the Liberals must unite to confront the FSLN in the 2006 elections and wrest the Liberal Constitutional [...]	2006-01-04 21:25:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI NU
06MANAGUA802	CSE RELEASES FINAL ELECTORAL CALENDAR [...] (U) Nicaragua's Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) released the final version of the 2006 Electoral Calendar after a period of consultation with Nicaragua's political parties (reftel). The last version contains several date changes; the deadlines for many events have been pushed forward, while a [...]	2006-04-10 20:16:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM NU
06MANAGUA807	CSE CONTINUES TECHNICAL WORK AS PLC/FSLN BATTLE [...] (C) Summary: The inter-institutional battle over control of Nicaragua's Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) continues even as the CSE embarks on a new electoral cycle. In the midst of conflicting court rulings and a PLC-driven National Assembly threat to invalidate CSE president Roberto Rivas' app [...]	2006-04-11 16:35:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI NU
06MANAGUA835	NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS REGIONAL REPORTING: MATAGALPA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 30, Property Officer and LES Lawyer visited Matagalpa, capital of the northeastern Nicaraguan Department of Matagalpa, to discuss upcoming national elections with local business, political and civil society leaders and to gauge their views on the prospect of free and [...]	2006-04-17 18:38:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV SOCI
06MANAGUA85	CIRCUS ENDS AS ASSEMBLY ELECTS CONSENSUS BOARD ON [...] (C) Summary: On its seventh attempt, the National Assembly unanimously elected a consensus board of directors (Junta). The Junta selected lawmaker Eduardo Gomez (APRE) as president. Two Sandinista (FSLN) deputies; two Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC) lawmakers; and one deputy each from the [...]	2006-01-18 00:17:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL KCOR
06MANAGUA854	PLC EAGER FOR GOOD RELATIONS WITH USG, BUT NOT [...] (C) Summary: Senior representatives of Nicaragua's Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC) have informed Ambassador that the party is willing to "negotiate and make sacrifices" to achieve Liberal unity and defeat the Sandinista Front (FSLN),but are adamant that Jose Rizo is the chosen presidential [...]	2006-04-18 22:48:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM NU
06MANAGUA863	THE GLOVES ARE OFF -- MONTEALEGRE TO RUN ON OWN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Now that it is clear that the Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC) will neither participate in multi-party primaries nor sideline Arnoldo Aleman (reftel),Eduardo Montealegre and his National Liberal Alliance-Conservative Party (ALN-PC) are determined to run on their own. In Ambas [...]	2006-04-19 22:19:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL EAID KCOR PHUM
06MANAGUA869	NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS REGIONAL REPORTING: NUEVA [...] (C) Summary: Liberals of all stripes in the largely Liberal Nicaraguan department of Nueva Segovia recently expressed concern to Emboffs that the FSLN is gaining support with poor voters by distributing agricultural goods and helping followers obtain voting documents in advance of the Novembe [...]	2006-04-20 18:03:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI NU
06MANAGUA885	EX-MINISTER OF DEFENSE CRITICIZES PRESIDENT AND [...] SUMMARY: (C) Ambassador and poloff held a wide-ranging discussion with Nicaraguan ex-Minister of Defense Jose Adan Guerra on April 19. Guerra strongly criticized President Bolanos' handling of the MANPADS issue, and commented that the Nicaraguan Army leadership will resist MANPADS destruction [...]	2006-04-24 14:42:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PARM KDEM NU
06MANAGUA931	CAMINO CRISTIANO LEADER DIGS IN HEELS OVER PLC [...] (C) Camino Cristiano (CCN) leader/National Assembly Deputy, Reverend Guillermo Osorno, appears likely to formalize an alliance with the Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC). In his April 27 meeting with Ambassador to discuss the feasibility of multi-party primaries (Reftel),Osorno opined that [...]	2006-04-28 22:12:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL KDEM NU
06MANAGUA932	APRE LEADER INCHES CLOSER TO MONTEALEGRE [...] (C) Alliance for the Republic (APRE) President/National Assembly Deputy Miguel Lopez Baldizon met with Ambassador on April 26 to discuss the feasibility of multi-party primaries. He opined there is no longer sufficient time to arrange such primaries. Further, given Liberal Constitutional Par [...]	2006-04-28 22:22:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL KDEM NU
06MANAGUA942	VICAR SUGGESTS TO DAS MADISON THE CATHOLIC CHURCH [...] (C) In Managua Vicar Carlos Aviles' April 24 meeting with DAS Madison, USAID DAA Mike Magan, and Ambassador, he affirmed that the Catholic Church will not pronounce in favor of a particular candidate. However, the Church does support democracy and favors candidates who make realistic promise [...]	2006-05-02 14:44:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA943	FOREIGN MINISTER CALDERA ASSURES DAS MADISON HE [...] (S) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Norman Caldera recently told DAS Madison, USAID's DAA Magan, and Ambassador that he will continue hammering Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez and Sandinista (FSLN) leader Daniel Ortega on their false accusations of U.S. intervention in Nicaragua's internal affairs [...]	2006-05-02 14:45:00	Embassy Managua	SECRET	EAID ECON EFIN KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL MOPS
06MANAGUA944	MONTEALEGRE TO DAS MADISON: A VOTE FOR RIZO IS A [...] (C) SUMMARY: Eduardo Montealegre of the National Liberal Alliance (ALN) predicts that at least four presidential candidates will compete in November's presidential race. He told visiting DAS Kirsten Madison, USAID DAA Mike Magan, and Ambassador that ultimately Nicaraguans must vote for or a [...]	2006-05-02 14:45:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA958	DAS MADISON UNDERSCORES NEED FOR CONTINUOUS OAS [...] (SBU) During an April 26 meeting with OAS Country Director Pedro Vuskovich, visiting DAS Kirsten Madison, USAID DAA Mike Magan, and the Ambassador underscored the importance of continuous OAS observation and political leadership on the ground throughout Nicaragua's entire election period. Vus [...]	2006-05-03 13:19:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA964	MOVING CLOSER TO MANPADS DESTRUCTION? [...] (C) SUMMARY: Conversations with representatives of the different political parties represented in Nicaragua's National Assembly reveal a claimed willingness from all sides to approve the destruction of another 651 MANPADS (leaving Nicaragua with an official stock of 400 MANPADS). Nicaraguan [...]	2006-05-03 14:38:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PARM KDEM SOCI
06MANAGUA967	VISIT TO NICARAGUAN DEPARTMENTS OF LEON AND [...] (SBU) Summary: During their April 25 visit to the departments of Leon and Chinandega, DAS Kirsten Madison and USAID DAA Mike Magan repeated the USG's commitment to strengthening democracy, the rule of law and economic growth in Nicaragua, and explored the views of local business and political [...]	2006-05-03 16:09:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID ECON ETRD KDEM NU PGOV SOCI
06MANAGUA968	LIBERAL FORUM MEMBERS TELL DAS MADISON THAT [...] (C) Liberal Forum (Foro Liberal) members, who dined with DAS Madison, USAID DAA Magan and Ambassador on April 24, agree that Liberal dissident Eduardo Montealegre is the brightest and best-suited candidate to lead Nicaragua. However, they diverge over whether he can beat Daniel Ortega in the [...]	2006-05-03 16:37:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA969	LEWITES WARNS DAS MADISON THAT AN ORTEGA [...] (C) SUMMARY: In Sandinista (FSLN)-dissident Herty Lewites' April 24 meeting with DAS Madison, USAID DAA Mike Magan, and Ambassador, Lewites warned that if FSLN leader Daniel Ortega wins the November elections, Ortega will impose a dictatorship on the Nicaraguan people and assume total contro [...]	2006-05-03 18:51:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN KDEM NU PGOV PINR PREL
06MANAGUA970	BUSINESS MAGNATE CARLOS PELLAS CLAIMS MONTEALEGRE [...] (C) Business magnate Carlos Pellas claims that statistics from past elections "prove" that Eduardo Montealegre is unlikely to win a four-way race in November and argues that Montealegre must thus come to terms with Arnoldo Aleman and his Liberal Constitutional Party (PLC). Both Pellas and Pr [...]	2006-05-03 19:44:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM ECON NU
06MANAMA106	FOREIGN MINISTER ON IRAQ, PALESTINIANS [...] (C) In a January 21 meeting covering several subjects (septels),Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa told the Ambassador that the Iraq election results were good because they encouraged all segments of society to participate in the political system. Iraq needs social peace an [...]	2006-01-25 06:36:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL KDEM BA REGION OFFICIALS
06MANAMA1116	GOVERNMENT COMMITTEES WARN NEWSPAPERS ABOUT [...] (C) Several Embassy media contacts have told Emboffs that the government recently formed two committees designed to monitor the content of print and broadcast media in Bahrain. The chairman of the board of the independent daily Al Wasat received a letter from one of the committees complaini [...]	2006-06-21 11:17:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KMPI KDEM BA POL REFORM HUMRIT
06MANAMA1146	FOREIGN MINISTER AGREES TO NDI VISIT [...] (C) In a June 25 meeting covering several subjects (septels),the Ambassador told Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa that he had been in contact with the National Democratic Institute (NDI) about sending a representative to Bahrain to resume talks on NDI programming in countr [...]	2006-06-26 13:14:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KMPI KDEM BA BILAT POL REFORM
06MANAMA117	NDI MOVE TO REGULARIZE ITS STATUS PROVOKES PRESS [...] (C) The MEPI-funded National Democratic Institute (NDI) project's efforts to negotiate with the Bahrain Institute for Political Development (BIPD) to regularize its status in Bahrain have prompted considerable coverage in the local press. While all papers have featured mostly factual reporti [...]	2006-01-25 15:32:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM KMPI PGOV KPAO BA POL REFORM
06MANAMA1170	KING WEIGHS IN ON PRESS FREEDOM, CONVINCES TALK [...] (U) Earlier this month, Bahrain Television talk show host Sawsan Al Shaer quit her popular Friday program "Final Word" after government censors cut two segments of the June 9 program which were critical of the parliament (reftel). On June 27, Arabic daily Al Ayam reported that King Hamad pers [...]	2006-06-28 12:46:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	BA KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL BILAT POL REFORM
06MANAMA13	GOVERNMENT REACTS TO PUBLIC CRITICISM OF REGIME [...] (C) In response to their public statements critical of the regime, the government briefly detained Shia cleric Mohammed Al Sanad December 25 (Refs A/B) and questioned activists Ibrahim Sharif and Abdul Nabi Al Ekry December 28. In their comments to Kuwaiti newspaper Al Qabas in mid-December, [...]	2006-01-03 14:38:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM BA POL REFORM
06MANAMA1307	GOB WELCOME MAT NOT EXTENDED FOR NDI [...] (C) National Democratic Institute (NDI) Regional Director Les Campbell and the Ambassador met with key Bahraini decision-makers July 11 in an attempt to resolve NDI's status in Bahrain to allow NDI programs to proceed. Bahrain Political Development Institute (BPDI) Board President Lulwa Al A [...]	2006-07-18 12:36:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM BA BILAT REGION REFORM
06MANAMA137	BAHRAIN: REACTION TO HAMAS VICTORY [...] (U) The press reported January 29 that King Hamad, Prime Minister Shaikh Khalifa, and Crown Prince Shaikh Salman each sent telegrams to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Hamas Political Bureau Chief Khalid Mashaal praising them on the success of the parliamentary elections. They also co [...]	2006-01-30 13:10:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL KDEM BA OFFICIALS REGION
06MANAMA1657	BAHRAIN: NAM SUMMIT ON UN PEACEKEEPING FORCE IN [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-14 13:43:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PINS KPKO UNSC KDEM PGOV BA SU
06MANAMA1660	BAHRAIN: COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES MINISTERIAL AT [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-14 14:47:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	UNGA PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM BA ROW HUMRIT REFORM
06MANAMA169	KING PROMOTES DEMOCRATIC PARTICIPATION, CONTINUED [...] (C) King Hamad gave an interview February 3 to the editors-in-chief of all six of Bahrain's Arabic daily newspapers. He covered democratic development and continued political reforms, including the participation of women in elections. He served notice that ministerial reshuffles would conti [...]	2006-02-06 11:38:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KPAO KMPI BA REFORM POL REGION
06MANAMA1691	MINISTER OF STATE FOR CABINET AFFAIRS EXPLAINS [...] (C) The Ambassador September 19 met with Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Shaikh Ahmed bin Attiyatallah, who is responsible for carrying out many aspects of the upcoming parliamentary and municipal elections. Shaikh Ahmed said King Hamad would soon officially announce the dates of the t [...]	2006-09-21 15:45:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM BA POL REFORM OFFICIALS
06MANAMA1728	"BANDARGATE" REPORT ALLEGES SENIOR POWER BROKER [...] (C) A recently leaked report written by a former strategic advisor for Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Shaikh Ahmed bin Attiyatallah Al Khalifa alleges that Shaikh Ahmed engaged in a complex conspiracy to influence the outcome of upcoming parliamentary elections in favor of friendly Sun [...]	2006-09-28 13:42:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM BA POL
06MANAMA1756	ELECTION HIGHLIGHTS NO. 1: DATES ANNOUNCED, [...] (SBU) This is the first in a series of regular updates on the elections scene in the run-up to parliamentary and municipal elections to be held on November 25. 2. (SBU) ELECTIONS ANNOUNCED: King Hamad announced September 28 that the first round of parliamentary elections would be held on [...]	2006-10-08 10:19:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM BA POL
06MANAMA1763	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES DOMESTIC, REGIONAL ISSUES [...] (C) The Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid October 5 and discussed NDI, Bahraini elections, the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) meeting in Havana, friction between Jordan and Qatar, and the Ambassador's participation in a trade promotion trip in the U.S. On NDI, Shaikh Khalid said [...]	2006-10-10 10:54:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KMPI BA OFFICIALS BILAT POL
06MANAMA1785	ELECTION HIGHLIGHTS NO. 2: KING AND CLERICS MEET, [...] (SBU) KING HAMAD MEETS WITH SHI'A CLERICS: King Hamad Bin Isa Al Khalifa met October 8 with members of the Islamic Scholars Council (Shi'a),made up of many of Bahrain's most influential Shi'a clerics, to discuss issues of concern, including the elections. King Hamad reportedly reassured the [...]	2006-10-12 16:23:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM BA POL
06MANAMA1799	ELECTION MONITORING: GOB MOVES TOWARD GREATER [...] (C) The High Commission for Elections announced October 16 that any registered Bahraini civil society group will be allowed to monitor the November 25 elections. Most societies welcomed the announcement, but Bahrain Human Rights Society continued to push the GOB to allow international monitor [...]	2006-10-18 11:12:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM BA POL REFORM

06MANAMA1814	ELECTION HIGHLIGHTS NO. 3: CAMPAIGN KICKS OFF, [...] (C) SUMMARY: By the conclusion of the official registration period for parliamentary candidates, a total of 221 have registered, 18 of whom are women. The official campaign period opens October 20. In his Friday sermon on October 13, Shaikh Isa Qassem, chairman of the Islamic Scholars Coun [...]	2006-10-19 16:34:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM BA POL
06MANAMA1834	ELECTION HIGHLIGHTS NO. 4: CAMPAIGN VANDALISM, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Acts of vandalism marred the election campaign during a week when Bahrainis were celebrating the Eid Al Fitr holiday. Vandals burned down the campaign tent of second deputy speaker and Al Asala (Salafi) candidate Shaikh Adel Al Ma'awada on October 22. In separate events, hooli [...]	2006-10-26 15:30:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM BA POL
06MANAMA1870	ELECTION HIGHLIGHTS NO. 5: SHAIKH ISA QASSEM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Leading Shi'a cleric Shaikh Isa Qassem continued to actively endorse participation in the elections, including in a district in the Central Governorate known to support a continued Shi'a boycott of the political system. Al Wifaq president Shaikh Ali Salman November 2 assured lib [...]	2006-11-03 07:50:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM BA POL
06MANAMA1887	FIRST ARAB WOMAN PARLIAMENTARIAN IN THE GULF: [...] (C) With the close of parliamentary candidate registration October 16, Latifa Al Qa'oud became the first woman member of an elected parliamentary body from any of the Arab Gulf states when no other candidates registered to run against her. Al Qa'oud is no newcomer to parliamentary politics, [...]	2006-11-06 14:39:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM KWMN BA POL REFORM
06MANAMA1912	ELECTION HIGHLIGHTS 6: SISTANI GIVES "ADVICE", AL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Leading Shi'a cleric Hussain Najati relayed "advice" from Sayed Sistani from Najaf to the Bahraini people November 1, encouraging them to participate in upcoming elections. Najati was careful to avoid possible misunderstanding that the "advice" was being issued in the form of a [...]	2006-11-09 12:44:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM BA POL
06MANAMA1915	FOREIGN MINISTER CITES MILITARY COOPERATION AS [...] (C) Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa told the Ambassador November 6 that Bahrain's participation in the late October Proliferation Security Initiative Leading Edge was a sign of the strength of the U.S.-Bahrain relationship. He noted that Iranian Foreign Minister Motakki h [...]	2006-11-13 12:13:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS PHUM KDEM ETRD BEXP BA REGION
06MANAMA1938	DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER ADDRESSES FTA, NDI, ELECTIONS [...] (C) In their November 9 meeting, Deputy Prime Minister Shaikh Mohammed bin Mubarak agreed with the Ambassador's suggestion that the GOB should launch a roadshow led by a senior official to promote the U.S.-Bahrain free trade agreement in the United States. Regarding NDI, Shaikh Mohammed said [...]	2006-11-16 12:34:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD KDEM KMPI BA BILAT OFFICIALS
06MANAMA1942	ELECTION HIGHLIGHTS 7: GENERAL POLLING STATIONS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Leading Shi'a cleric Shaikh Isa Qassem encouraged candidates and the public November 10 to lobby the government to eliminate the ten general polling centers. Members of the three-person High Commission for Elections said that it would be impossible to do away with the general ce [...]	2006-11-16 15:35:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM BA POL
06MANAMA1950	ELECTION HIGHLIGHTS 8: CANDIDATES WITHDRAW, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Fourteen parliamentary candidates withdrew from their respective races, including one incumbent MP, by the November 14 deadline, leaving 207 candidates competing for the 40 seats in the Council of Representatives (COR). The official election spokesperson announcedNovember 19 that [...]	2006-11-20 13:25:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM BA POL
06MANAMA1953	CANDIDATES FOCUS ON LOCAL ISSUES WHILE SPECTER OF [...] (C) Two hundred seven candidates are contesting Bahrain's parliamentary elections to be held November 25 and December 2. In the run-up to the elections, campaign tents, posters and billboards have blossomed around the country and candidates host events nightly for constituents to get to kno [...]	2006-11-22 13:08:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM KISL BA POL REFORM
06MANAMA1955	ELECTION HIGHLIGHTS 9: AN OFFICIAL "NO" TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the first official public statement on the matter, Minister of Information Dr. Mohamed Abdul Ghaffar stated to Arabic daily Al Wasat November 21 that Bahrain would not allow international organizations to monitor the elections November 25. However, it was reported in the pres [...]	2006-11-22 14:44:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM BA POL
06MANAMA1963	HUGE BAHRAINI ELECTION TURNOUT, VOTING PROBLEMS [...] (C) There was a massive turnout for Bahrain's parliamentary and municipal elections November 25, with reports of at least 72% participation. According to the NGO Election Monitoring Joint Committee (EMJC),their initial assessment is that there were no reports of widespread attempts to influ [...]	2006-11-26 13:44:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM BA POL
06MANAMA1970	ELECTION HIGHLIGHTS 10: UPDATED RESULTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: King Hamad, in responses November 27 to congratulatory cables from the Prime Minister and the Crown Prince, praised the participation of the Bahraini people in the election, which he said reinforces Bahrain's status as a kingdom of constitution and laws. Election result updates [...]	2006-11-27 15:00:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM BA POL
06MANAMA1984	ELECTION HIGHLIGHTS 11: ELECTION OBSERVER REPORT, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In light of suspicions raised in the general polling center vote count in the Munira Fakhro/Salah Ali election race, the Election Monitoring Joint Committee's (EMJC) November 29 preliminary report recommended that for the December 2 runoffs, election officials at all polling sta [...]	2006-11-30 15:52:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM BA POL
06MANAMA1995	SUNNI ISLAMISTS NET GAINS IN BAHRAIN'S SECOND [...] (C) Nearly 70% of Bahrain's registered voters in runoff districts participated in the second round of polls December 2. There were reports of minor skirmishes and journalists being harassed at a few poll stations, but overall voting proceeded peacefully. Early indications from the Election [...]	2006-12-03 15:16:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM BA POL
06MANAMA2004	BAHRAIN'S ELECTIONS: DESPITE ALLEGED FLAWS, A [...] (C) Bahrain's parliamentary elections, held in two rounds November 25 and December 2, represent a major step forward in the King's democratic reform program. In a significant improvement over the 2002 parliamentary elections, which were marred by a boycott by leading Shia opposition political [...]	2006-12-05 12:27:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM KISL BA POL
06MANAMA2009	SHURA COUNCIL APPOINTED; TEN WOMEN, POLITICAL [...] (C) The King December 5 issued a decree appointing the 40 members of the upper house Shura Council. Twenty-three of the appointees are returning members while 17 are new to the Shura, although two of the newcomers previously served as deputies in the elected lower house Council of Representa [...]	2006-12-07 12:44:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL KISL KWMN BA POL
06MANAMA2061	KING'S ADDRESS TO PARLIAMENT MARRED BY AL WIFAQ [...] (C) In his speech to a joint session of parliament December 15, King Hamad announced his instructions for the government to take several measures to ease the financial burden on Bahrain's lowest-income citizens. He ordered a 50 percent cut on outstanding government loans for public housing a [...]	2006-12-21 12:19:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM BA POL
06MANAMA2070	MUNICIPAL COUNCIL ELECTION RESULTS SIMILAR TO [...] (C) Results in the municipal council elections, held concurrently with parliamentary elections November 25 and December 2, mirrored those of the parliamentary elections. Twenty-six candidates from three Islamic political societies were elected to the 40 available seats, 17 from Shia society A [...]	2006-12-26 12:58:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM KWMN BA POL
06MANAMA339	POLITICAL ISLAM IN BAHRAIN (PART I): SHARED [...] (C) Bahrain's three leading Islamic political societies mirror major trends in the country's religious life: Al Minbar, associated with the Sunni Muslim Brotherhood; Al Asala, a Sunni Salafi group; and Al Wifaq, representing the country's Shia community. These three societies represent the [...]	2006-03-06 15:28:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL KDEM SCUL BA POL
06MANAMA358	AMBASSADOR'S MARCH 7 MEETING WITH DEPUTY PRIME [...] (C) The Ambassador and Deputy Prime Minister Shaikh Mohammed bin Mubarak March 7 discussed Crown Prince Salman's upcoming visit to Washington, elections in Bahrain, trafficking in persons, and the anti-terrorism law. During his March 19-21 visit, the CP will discuss the U.S.-Bahrain Free Tra [...]	2006-03-08 06:29:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD PHUM KNNP PTER OVIP KDEM KPAL BA REGION OFFICIALS BILAT
06MANAMA399	BAHRAIN: DEMARCHES ON MUQTADA AL SADR [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-15 09:36:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KDEM PGOV BA IZ REGION
06MANAMA456	POLITICAL ISLAM IN BAHRAIN (PART II): ISLAMISTS [...] (C) Although their agenda is controversial and opposed by many, Sunni Islamists generally represent the interests of their constituents, in the view of non-Islamist members of the elected Council of Representatives (COR). Despite their success in passing non-binding resolutions on religious- [...]	2006-03-21 12:26:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL KDEM SCUL BA POL REFORM
06MANAMA516	POLITICAL ISLAM IN BAHRAIN (PART III): THE [...] (C) Twenty-nine NGOs formed the "Lana Haq" (We Have a Right) movement in December 2005 and issued a public declaration calling for the defense of individual and civil liberties. The declaration says that the signatories took this step because "the liberal and patriotic forces in Bahraini soc [...]	2006-03-28 09:16:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL KDEM SCUL BA POL REFORM
06MANAMA583	MEPI/GOB REGIONAL ARAB WOMEN'S CONFERENCE A [...] (U) Summary: MEPI and the Bahraini MFA joined forces to co-host a MENA regional conference March 27-28 to celebrate the "Successes of Women as Leaders of Change". More than 120 women leaders from 16 Arab countries shared their recent unprecedented achievements of reform in the legal, economic [...]	2006-04-11 12:54:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	KMPI KWMN KDEM PGOV PREL BA REGION HUMRIT
06MANAMA710	BAHRAIN REFORM STRATEGY: FIRST QUARTER 2006 [...] (C) The reporting period was marked by tumult on the political scene as competing Shia groups jockeyed for the support of their community. Leading Shia opposition society Al Wifaq remained preoccupied with organizing itself internally following its decision, along with several other oppositi [...]	2006-04-25 10:45:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KMPI ECON KPAO BA BILAT REFORM
06MANAMA759	AMBASSADOR PRESSES MFA FOR FAVORABLE RESOLUTION OF [...] (C) In an April 26 meeting, the Ambassador briefed MFA Assistant Under Secretary for Coordination and Follow Up Shaikh Abdul Aziz bin Mubarak Al Khalifa on the status of the MEPI-funded National Democratic Institute (NDI) project in Bahrain. The Ambassador noted that he had requested to meet [...]	2006-05-01 13:28:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KMPI BA BILAT POL REFORM
06MANAMA765	SHIA OPPOSITION SOCIETY AL WIFAQ TO PARTICIPATE IN [...] (C) Leading Shia opposition society Al Wifaq May 1 voted in favor of participating in the parliamentary elections to be held later this year after boycotting the 2002 polls. Secretary General Shaikh Ali Salman told the press that the SIPDIS decision to participate was in line with the socie [...]	2006-05-02 11:33:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KISL BA POL REFORM
06MANAMA804	AMBASSADOR PRESSES FOREIGN MINISTER FOR FAVORABLE [...] (C) In a meeting covering several subjects (septels),the Ambassador May 6 pressed Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa for a favorable resolution to the National Democratic Institute's (NDI) outstanding legal status in Bahrain. Referring to Deputy National Security Advisor Ab [...]	2006-05-08 07:27:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KMPI KDEM BA BILAT REFORM OFFICIALS
06MANAMA828	BAHRAIN: ATTENDANCE AT THE BMENA DEMOCRACY [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-10 14:41:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KDEM KMPI BA REGION REFORM
06MANAMA836	NDI PROGRAM DIRECTOR SET TO DEPART BAHRAIN [...] (C) NDI Program Director for Bahrain Fawzi Guleid is to depart Bahrain May 12 after negotiations on an MOU regularizing NDI's status in Bahrain reached an impasse and the government advised that Guleid's residency permit had expired. Guleid hopes to continue supporting programs for Bahrain fr [...]	2006-05-11 11:38:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KMPI BA BILAT REFORM POL
06MANAMA869	AL WIFAQ ENCOURAGED BY REACTION TO PARTICIPATION [...] (C) Al Wifaq's May 1 decision to participate in this year's parliamentary elections prompted expressions of support from both King Hamad Bin Isa Al Khalifa and leading Shi'a cleric Shaikh Isa Qassim. In a May 3 press conference, Al Wifaq Secretary General Shaikh Ali Salman made the formal an [...]	2006-05-17 14:25:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM BA POL REFORM
06MANAMA891	BAHRAINI POLITICAL SCENE PART I: GOVERNMENT [...] (S) The forced departure of NDI's project director on May 12 is just one example of actions taken by elements within the government and ruling family to exert increased control over the political environment in the run-up to parliamentary and municipal council elections later this year. Accor [...]	2006-05-22 14:03:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PGOV PREL KDEM KMPI BA BILAT POL REFORM
06MANAMA898	INTERAGENCY DELEGATION DISCUSSES GULF SECURITY [...] (C) An interagency delegation led by Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense Henry and Assistant Secretary of State Hillen met with MFA Assistant Under Secretary Shaikh Abdul Aziz May 14 and discussed the Gulf Security Dialogue, Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI),the Iranian challen [...]	2006-05-23 09:09:00	Embassy Manama	SECRET	PREL PARM MARR MASS KDEM KMPI BA IR REGION
06MANAMA899	INTERAGENCY DELEGATION DISCUSSES GULF SECURITY DIALOGUE WITH CROWN PRINCE SALMAN [...] (C) An interagency delegation led by Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense Henry and Assistant Secretary of State Hillen met with Crown Prince Salman May 14 and discussed the Gulf Security Dialogue, the threat posed by Iran, direct contacts between the U.S. and Iran, a declaratory secur [...]	2006-05-23 09:09:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MARR MASS KDEM KMPI BA REGION IR
06MANAMA907	BAHRAINI POLITICAL SCENE PART II: ROYAL FAMILY [...] (C) At a time when the Bahrain's King and ruling family should be congratulating themselves for having successfully maneuvered major opposition society Al Wifaq into deciding to end its boycott and participate in this year's parliamentary elections, recent developments suggest that at least so [...]	2006-05-24 11:23:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KMPI BA BILAT POL REFORM
06MANAMA92	MFA SEEKS FAVORABLE RESOLUTION TO NDI'S STATUS IN [...] (C) During a January 21 meeting with Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa covering several subjects (septels),the Ambassador stated that the U.S. Government strongly supported the National Democratic Institute's (NDI) democracy project in Bahrain and was concerned about the Ja [...]	2006-01-23 12:46:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KMPI BA REFORM OFFICIALS POL
06MANAMA937	SUPREME COUNCIL FOR DEFENSE SECGEN REQUESTS U.S. [...] (C) The Ambassador called on the Secretary General for the recently-formed Supreme Council for Defense, Shaikh Ahmed bin Khalifa Al Khalifa, on May 28. Shaikh Ahmed said King Hamad meets daily with the Council, which is composed of the King, Crown Prince, Ministers of Defense, Foreign Affairs [...]	2006-05-30 06:13:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR KDEM KMPI BA REGION OFFICIALS POL
06MANAMA99	BAHRAIN: WAY FORWARD ON UN REFORM [...] (C) The Ambassador January 21 delivered Ref A demarche concerning the way forward on UN reform to Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa in a meeting covering several subjects (septels). Shaikh Khalid said that Bahrain supports U.S. efforts in the reform process and promised to [...]	2006-01-24 11:34:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KUNR PHUM KDEM BA UN ROW OFFICIALS
06MANILA1074	PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR WELCOMES USG SUPPORT FOR [...] (SBU) On February 27, 2006, representatives of USAID and the International Foundation for Election Systems (IFES),a USAID/Philippines grantee, met with former Philippine Supreme Court Chief Justice Hilario Davide, Jr. to discuss opportunities to collaborate on electoral reforms. President A [...]	2006-03-08 08:56:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PHUM PGOV PREL RP
06MANILA2294	SEEKING PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR THE IRAQI GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) In a meeting on May 30 with Assistant Secretary of Foreign Affairs for African and Middle East Affairs Oscar Valenzuela, poloff urged the GRP to issue a statement of support for the new Iraqi political leadership and congratulate them on forming a unified government (reftel). 2. (SB [...]	2006-06-02 02:15:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM KPAO IZ RP
06MANILA3899	NAM SUMMIT STANCE ON UN PEACEKEEPING FORCE IN [...] (SBU) Acting Political Counselor raised reftel points September 14 with Department of Foreign Affairs Acting Assistant Secretary for UN and International Organizations Julius Torres, emphasizing the importance of ending violence in the Darfur region of Sudan. Torres said he would immediately [...]	2006-09-15 04:37:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PINS KPKO UNSC KDEM PGOV SU RP
06MAPUTO228	MOZAMBICAN NEWSPAPERS' REPRINTING OF DANISH [...] On Friday, February 17, the Mozambican independent weekly newspaper "Savana" reprinted eight of the 12 Danish cartoons that have sparked world furor. This provoked a demonstration outside the paper's Maputo office that afternoon, involving approximately 120 Muslims. For the past several weeks [...]	2006-02-22 15:59:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PHUM ASEC PREL MZ
06MAPUTO242	MOZAMBIQUE: SIX MEN ARRESTED FOR ALLEGED [...] (U) Summary. On Friday, February 17, Mozambican police stopped two minivans on the EN4 highway linking Mozambique and South Africa, arresting six men allegedly involved in a plan to traffic 43 persons to South Africa. After being held for questioning in Maputo, the 43 individuals, including two [...]	2006-02-24 09:35:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM EAID KDEM KWMN ASEC KCRM SMIG MZ
06MAPUTO253	MOZAMBIQUE: DEMARCHE RESPONSE - STATEMENTS OF [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-28 11:54:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM KPAO PTER IZ MZ
06MAPUTO415	MOZAMBIQUE - PRESIDENT GUEBUZA'S TWO-WEEK VISIT TO [...] (U) Summary: President Guebuza recently completed a two-week trip to rural districts in southern Mozambique. Hopping from point to point by helicopter, he addressed rallies and listened to local concerns in some of Mozambique's most isolated communities. His message -- "together we can win t [...]	2006-04-06 15:39:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM ECON EAGR MZ
06MAPUTO551	MOZAMBIQUE: FLURRY OF FRELIMO MEETINGS IN MAPUTO; [...] (SBU) Mozambique's ruling party, FRELIMO, wrapped up a week of intense party activity in advance of the Ninth FRELIMO Party Congress, scheduled for November 10 - 14 in the central provincial capital of Quelimane, Zambezia province. Discussions focused around the fight against poverty and the m [...]	2006-05-10 15:33:00	Embassy Maputo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL MZ
06MAPUTO591	MOZAMBIQUE: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SCRAPS AD HOC [...] (SBU) Mozambique's National Assembly recently voted in favor of dissolving the ad-hoc committee on electoral legislation. The move came after committee chair, Alfredo Gamito, reported that the group was unable to reach consensus on the composition of the National Election Council. The issue [...]	2006-05-22 13:36:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM MZ
06MAPUTO604	MOZAMBIQUE: SEEKING PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR IRAQI [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-24 13:02:00	Embassy Maputo	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM KPAO PREL PGOV MZ
06MAPUTO82	EX-PRESIDENT CHISSANO AND FORMER AFRICAN LEADERS [...] On January 11 former Mozambican president Joaquim Chissano welcomed 15 other former African leaders to Maputo for the inaugural meeting of the "Forum of Former African Heads of State and Government." The Forum is Chissano's brainchild and was organized by the Joaquim Chissano Foundation, whic [...]	2006-01-18 14:37:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM MZ
06MAPUTO897	REQUEST FOR PORTUGUESE-SPEAKING FEDERAL JUDGE [...] NAME OF SPEAKER AND DATES: Peter J. Messitte, United States District Judge, District of Maryland, Greenbelt, MD. Speaker conducted successful, high-impact DVC with Maputo on June 8, 2006 (see reftel). 2. DATES REQUESTED: MAY 1-15, 2007 (any five program days during this period). 3. TOP [...]	2006-07-25 11:48:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	KCOR KDEM OIIP KPAO MZ
06MASERU158	TOUR D'HORIZON WITH NEW LCD SECRETARY GENERAL [...] (C) With preparations for 2007 national elections moving apace, Ambassador engaged Lesotho's Trade Minister (Mpho Malie) in a review of internal political developments as well as regional and bilateral issues. Malie, as the ruling Lesotho Congress for Democracy's (LCD) new Secretary-General, [...]	2006-03-29 11:06:00	Embassy Maseru	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR ETRD KDEM LT
06MASERU164	INTRA-PARTY FEUDS AND CONTROVERSY SURROUNDING THE I.E.C. [...] Summary: Intra-party feud within the Basotho National Party (BNP),the largest opposition party, is no longer confined to the executive committee; it has spread to the BNP Youth League as well. Joang Molapo is challenging Moeketsi Hanyane, current Chairman of the Youth League. Meanwhile, T [...]	2006-03-31 11:56:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM LT
06MASERU167	THE ARGUMENTS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE IEC DISPUTE [...] Per ref, the GOL and opposition parties are locked in a dispute regarding the extension of the tenure of two of the three current members of the Independent Electional Commission (IEC). Through a presentation by government officials at a recent donors' forum and related documents, post has m [...]	2006-04-03 13:09:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM LT
06MASERU182	LEADING OPPOSITION PARTY SEEKS RECOGNITION, INFLUENCE [...] Summary: The Ambassador met with Major General Metsing Lekhanya, the leader of Lesotho's largest opposition party, the Basotho National Party (BNP),on April 06, 2006. Party Treasurer Seabata Thabisi and Youth League Chairman Moeketsi Hanyane accompanied Lekhanya. The DCM and Political Assist [...]	2006-04-13 10:07:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM LT
06MASERU187	UPDATE ON FOREIGN MINISTER'S SHOOTING INCIDENT - THE PLOT [...] Foreign Minister Moleleki who is also editor-in-chief of the ruling party newspaper Mololi, has reacted to rumors which have surfaced regarding his enigmatic " assassination attempt." In his weekly editorial column on March 23, Moleleki clarifies that the woman he went to see after leaving the [...]	2006-04-19 12:26:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM LT
06MASERU222	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH THE LEADER OF THE BASOTHOLAND [...] Summary: The Ambassador met with the leader of the Basotholand African Congress (BAC),Dr. Khauhelo Ralitapole, on Thursday 20 April, 2006. Dr. Ralitapole is also Chairperson of the Parliamentary HIV/AIDS, a member of the Pan-African Parliament and Chairperson of the Health Committee of the [...]	2006-05-08 15:34:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM LT
06MASERU230	UNODC HOLDS A FOUR-DAY WORKSHOP ON COUNTER TERRORISM IN [...] The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) is holding a four-day workshop on counter terrorism in Maseru from 9 to 12 May, 2006. The purpose of the workshop, requested by the GOL, is to provide counter terrorism training and legislative drafting skills to senior criminal justice off [...]	2006-05-11 10:35:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PTER PREL KDEM LT
06MASERU235	UPDATE ON FOREIGN MINISTER'S SHOOTING INCIDENT [...] As the saga around the shooting of Foreign Minister Moleleki in January this year continues, a local newspaper, " Public Eye " May 12, 2006 issue, has revealed that the vehicle the minister was traveling in at the time of his controversial shooting on January 29 2006, bore South African H [...]	2006-05-17 10:51:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM LT
06MASERU250	DONOR INTERACTION WITH OPPOSITION AND DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER [...] (C) With May 24 Parliamentary action pending, opposition leader General Lekhanye (Secretary General of BNP) called Ambassador for an "urgent" meeting last week. We met May 18 (see septel) to hear his complaint that despite a petition to the Speaker of Parliament, a lower level BNP official at [...]	2006-05-24 14:36:00	Embassy Maseru	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL LT
06MASERU260	LEADING OPPOSITION PARTY BRIEFS U.S. AMBASSADOR AND DONORS; [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met with General Metsing Lekhanya, the leader of the largest opposition party, the Basotho National Party (BNP),on Thursday May 18, 2006. He was accompanied by party Secretary General, Ranthomeng Matete. The meeting was held at the request of the BNP leadership, [...]	2006-06-02 13:52:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM LT
06MASERU269	MURDER OF A MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT [...] (C) We have learned that Prime Minister Mosisili revealed during the June 6 Cabinet meeting that he had enlisted the South African Police and Intelligence Unit to resolve the June 2 assassination of opposition leader Bereng Sekhonyana. The Foreign Minister thought the investigation would be c [...]	2006-06-06 15:08:00	Embassy Maseru	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM LT
06MASERU298	DAS THOMPSON'S VISIT TO LESOTHO [...] Summary: Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Carol Thompson visited Maseru June 14-16 following her attendance at the Second Annual President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief Conference in Durban, South Africa. She met with the First Lady of Lesotho, the Deputy Prime Minist [...]	2006-06-23 10:04:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED	KHIV PREL KDEM SOCI LT
06MASERU371	OPPOSITION LEADER CHARGED WITH POSSESSION OF UNLICENCED [...] (U) Summary: The leader of the opposition Basotho National Party (BNP),Major General Justin Lekhanya, and several members of his family appeared before a Maseru district court on July 27, charged with contravening provisions of Lesotho's Internal Security Act. According to local sources, a po [...]	2006-08-03 14:31:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC LT
06MASERU458	LESOTHO CAR SCANDAL LIKELY TO DOG RULING PARTY IN 2007 [...] SUMMARY: Political fallout continues to snowball in response to the sale of official luxury vehicles to top government officials, at a one percent residual value, by a South African company leasing vehicles to the government. Two major political parties have appealed to the Ombudsman and the [...]	2006-09-14 16:17:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON KDEM LT
06MASERU503	LESOTHO CELEBRATES 40 YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: Amidst a rush of enthusiastic patriotism and against the backdrop of a new national flag, Lesotho celebrated the 40th anniversary of its independence during three days of celebrations that culminated on October 4. The ceremonies were attended by a number of foreign dignitaries- [...]	2006-10-10 15:47:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PNAT LT
06MASERU507	SENIOR GOL OFFICIAL QUITS CABINET, FORMS NEW PARTY [...] (C) Summary: Senior GOL official Thomas Thabane, a veteran of successive Lesotho governments since independence, sent shockwaves throughout Maseru on October 9 by resigning from the governing LCD party and quitting his post as Minister of Communications. Thabane announced the formation of a [...]	2006-10-11 15:22:00	Embassy Maseru	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM ECON LT
06MASERU514	LESOTHO POWER SHIFT: 18 MPS QUIT GOVERNING PARTY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 13, stepping up a rapidly unfolding political drama in Lesotho, eighteen members of the governing Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) abandoned their party, symbolically crossing the aisle at Parliament to join new splinter party, the All Basotho Convention (ABC). [...]	2006-10-13 12:58:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC LT
06MASERU556	LESOTHO: MURMERS OF POSSIBLE EARLY ELECTIONS, DIP CORPS [...] (C) In recent days, Embassy Maseru has heard rumors from several independent sources, including a senior Cabinet minister, that the GOL may call early national general elections in Lesotho. While certainly not conclusive, these rumors reflect the governing party's profound leadership uncertai [...]	2006-11-06 11:59:00	Embassy Maseru	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM LT
06MASERU579	LESOTHO KICKS OFF NEPAD PEER REVIEW MECHANISM [...] SUMMARY: Lesotho's Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on November 15 with South Africa's former Reserve Bank Governor Dr. Chris Stals, a member of the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) Panel of Eminent Persons, beginning a comprehensive assessment [...]	2006-11-21 07:21:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID KDEM LT
06MASERU630	AMBASSADOR VISITS PEPFAR USG-SUPPORTED HIV/AIDS SITES [...] On November 27, Ambassador June Carter Perry and a team of U.S. Government HIV/AIDS program staff, including Peace Corps and RHAP Pretoria, and CDC Lesotho, visited multiple PEPFAR-supported programs in the District of Leribe. During the four sites reviewed, the Ambassador offered remarks emp [...]	2006-12-27 10:20:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED	KHIV EAID KDEM LT
06MASERU631	AMBASSADOR'S VISITS REVEAL REMOTE AREAS BENEFIT FROM USG [...] SUMMARY. On November 28, Ambassador June Carter Perry and post's Special Projects team visited the District of Mokhotlong to review three Special Self-Help (SSH) Fund projects and to meet with Ambassador's Girls' Scholarship Program (AGSP) recipients there. This visible outreach to an isolat [...]	2006-12-27 10:20:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID KHIV SCUL KDEM LT
06MASERU634	LESOTHO: FOREIGN MINISTER ON ELECTIONS, EXPULSION OF LIBYAN [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Moleleki told Charge on December 29 that he fully supports and welcomes USG-funded election activities. He expects the political opposition will have difficulty accepting elections results, because "they will be lucky if they win only one or two seats." Moleleki [...]	2006-12-29 13:05:00	Embassy Maseru	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR OFDP ASEC KDEM LY LT
06MEXICO5165	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-12 17:38:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNGA PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM MX
06MEXICO5233	DEMARCHES ON NAM SUMMIT [...] (SBU) On September 8 and September 13, respectively, poloff passed ref A and ref B talking points to First Secretary Samuel Berkstein, of the Secretariat of Foreign SIPDIS Relations' (SRE) Directorate of Multilateral Affairs and Human Rights. Berkstein noted that Mexico was an observer, r [...]	2006-09-14 16:54:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PINS KPKO UNSC UNGA KDEM AA PGOV
06MEXICO6391	NATIONAL TEACHERS' UNION SAYS GOVERNMENT ACTIONS [...] Summary: The National TeachersQ, Union (SNTE) sharply criticized the GOM for negotiating directly with the striking teachers in Oaxaca. In SNTEQ,s view these negotiations, which bypass the national union, will only prolong OaxacaQ,s civil unrest and could potentially spread the problem to ot [...]	2006-11-08 20:08:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON PGOV CASC KDEM PINR MX
06MINSK1055	HRDF POLLING CONTINUES, NEW DISTRIBUTOR SUCCESSFUL [...] (C) This is the third report on implementation of a DRL grant to provide independent opinion polling in Belarus. Under the auspices of a DRL Human Rights and Democracy Fund (HRDF) small grant (ref A),the IISEPS polling service conducted the fifth of six opinion polls August 15-25 (see septel [...]	2006-09-27 13:47:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM BO
06MINSK1227	HRDF POLLING ENDS, NEW DISTRIBUTOR SUCCESSFUL [...] (C) This is the fourth report on the implementation of a DRL grant to provide independent opinion polling in Belarus. Under the auspices of a DRL Human Rights and Democracy Fund (HRDF) small grant (ref A),the IISEPS polling service conducted the sixph and final opinion poll in November (see s [...]	2006-11-29 12:39:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM BO
06MINSK141	Belarusian Athletes to Win, If They Know What Is Good For [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 24, Belarus' chief Olympic coach Aleksandr Popov announced the names of athletes who would attend the Turin Olympic Games. Athletes in the past have suffered from stress-related illnesses or left the country altogether because of government pressure to win. Aleksei A [...]	2006-02-10 14:14:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM BO
06MINSK286	Independent News Does Make a Difference [...] (C) Under the auspices of a DRL Human Rights and Democracy Fund (HRDF) small grant (reftel),the IISEPS polling service conducted the second of six opinion polls in mid-February (septel). IISEPS conducted the first such grant in early December, and plans to conduct the third in April. [Note: [...]	2006-03-17 08:46:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM BO
06MINSK464	HRDF POLLING SUCCESSFUL, LEAFLETS SEIZED [...] (C) This is the second report on implementation of a DRL grant to provide independent opinion polling in Belarus. Under the auspices of a DRL Human Rights and Democracy Fund (HRDF) small grant (ref A),the IISEPS polling service conducted the third of six opinion polls in late March/early Apri [...]	2006-04-28 11:51:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM BO
06MONTEVIDEO199	REQUEST FOR URUGUAY TO CONDEMN AL-AKSARIYA SHRINE [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-01 13:01:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KPAO PTER IZ UY
06MOSCOW10370	ORTHODOX CLASSES NOW MANDATORY IN SOME RUSSIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Public schools in the Bryansk, Kaluga, Smolensk, and Belgorod regions have incorporated a mandatory Orthodox culture course into their curriculums. Eleven other regions are offering the subject as an elective. Supporters say the move is needed to counter the spiritual vacuum left [...]	2006-09-18 07:06:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM RS
06MOSCOW10438	RUSSIA AND KOSOVO: THE POLITICS OF DELAY [...] (C) Summary: Russia will seek to delay the conclusion of the Kosovo status process beyond year's end, arguing that a negotiated settlement will be more enduring than one forced on Serbia. The GOR does not like UN Special Envoy Ahtisaari's draft status recommendations and might balk at agre [...]	2006-09-19 12:31:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM UNMIK SR YI RS
06MOSCOW10502	THE IMMIGRANT EXPERIENCE IN MOSCOW, PART ONE [...] (C) SUMMARY. This is part one of a two-part series on the typical experiences of immigrants in Moscow. The current cable describes the experiences of a partly disabled Chechen male who has lived on and off in Moscow for the past 20 years. The second cable relates the experiences of a Kazakh f [...]	2006-09-20 12:35:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM RS
06MOSCOW10605	KREMLIN UNHAPPINESS CAUSES MOSCOW'S "DOMASHNIY" [...] (C) Ekho Moskvy Editor-in-Chief Aleksey Venediktov confirmed to Embassy September 19 that a newly-minted television program hosted by him and telejournalist Svetlana Sorokina had been pulled from the air following a September 10 episode that the authorities had apparently found too controversi [...]	2006-09-21 14:46:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM SOCI RS
06MOSCOW10665	THE IMMIGRANT EXPERIENCE IN MOSCOW, PART TWO [...] (C) SUMMARY. This is part two of a two-part series on the typical experiences of immigrants in Moscow. The first cable described the experiences of a partly disabled Chechen male who has lived on and off in Moscow for the past 20 years. The current cable relates the experiences of a Kazakh fem [...]	2006-09-22 13:27:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM RS
06MOSCOW10704	HUMAN RIGHTS OMBUDSMAN LUKIN ON NGO [...] (C) In a September 22 meeting with the Ambassador, Human Rights Ombudsman Vladimir Lukin endorsed moving forward on the proposed U.S.-Russian roundtable on democracy and human rights, and said he was prepared to discuss modalities when in Washington October 10-12. Lukin offered to intercede on [...]	2006-09-25 09:25:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM SOCI RS
06MOSCOW10842	GOR ENFORCES NGO REGISTRATION DEADLINE [...] (C) Russian Federal Registration Service officials have clarified that foreign NGOs that have not been re-registered by October 18 will have to stop their external activities, but will be able to continue "internal operations." NGOs are hurrying to submit their paperwork, but according to reg [...]	2006-09-27 05:02:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM EAID PREF KDEM PREL RS
06MOSCOW11024	INITIAL REACTION TO 2006 IRF REPORT [...] (U) Ministry of Foreign Affairs Spokesman Mikhail Kaminin told reporters that the 2006 International Religious Freedom Report amounted to a repetition of groundless claims that there are restrictions on religious freedom in Russia. He said that U.S. officials had repeatedly ignored GOR explan [...]	2006-09-29 14:00:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM RS
06MOSCOW11137	UNITED RUSSIA SEEKS MAJORITY IN OCTOBER 8 [...] (C) A September 28 - 29 visit to Chuvashiya in the run-up to the October 8 State Council elections found: -- five of the Republic's twenty-two parties on the ballot, with a sixth --the Party of Pensioners-- denied registration, and joining the Party of Life in supporting Rodina's quest to cr [...]	2006-10-04 12:44:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PINR RS
06MOSCOW11172	UNITED RUSSIA IGNORES THE PARTY OF LIFE IN LIPETSK [...] (SBU) Lipetsk oblast and city are tightly controlled by United Russia Governor Oleg Korolyev. Oblast regional elections will be held on October 8 and it is widely believed in Lipetsk that YR will win a decisive majority. While the Communist Party (KPRF) continues to have loyal followers, it ap [...]	2006-10-04 15:32:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM RS
06MOSCOW11266	KREMLIN HUMAN RIGHTS CHAIRWOMAN PROMISES NO [...] (C) Chairwoman of the Presidential Administration Council for Civil Society and Human Rights Ella Pamfilova emphatically assured Ambassador October 5 that "nothing would happen" to curtail the activities of NGOs not re-registered by the October 18 deadline. Pamfilova's office was monitoring t [...]	2006-10-06 11:52:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM SOCI RS
06MOSCOW11276	UNITED RUSSIA AIMS TO WIN BY A WIDE MARGIN IN TUVA [...] (SBU) Embassy visited the Republic of Tuva October 1-5, in advance of the October 8 regional election. Tuva is tightly controlled by Regional Head Sherig-Ool Oorzhak, who became a member of United Russia (YR) eight months ago, and it is widely believed that YR will win a decisive majority, wit [...]	2006-10-06 14:41:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL SOCI RS
06MOSCOW11279	THE OCTOBER 8 REGIONAL ELECTIONS AS A PROVING [...] (C) The October 8 elections are being viewed by commentators here as a rehearsal for the 2007 State Duma elections (which some see as a rehearsal for the 2008 presidential contest). Viewed from that vantage point, the contests, in nine regions and republics of Russia, should offer the Kremlin [...]	2006-10-06 15:05:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL SOCI RS
06MOSCOW11310	MANAGED DEMOCRACY IN ACTION: ASTRAKHAN REGIONAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In advance of October 8 regional elections, we visited Astrakhan Oblast and found: -- The Kremlin-backed United Russia party in the lead and expecting to gain a majority in the regional Duma; -- A popular United Russia governor who touts his ability to use his contacts in th [...]	2006-10-06 16:31:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM RS
06MOSCOW11316	POLITKOVSKAYAâ€™S DEATH SENDS SHOCK WAVES THROUGH [...] (C) The October 7 murder of internationally-known investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya has sent shock waves through Moscow. A public demonstration has been held, the co-owner of Novaya Gazeta, the newspaper where Politkovksaya had worked since 1999, is offering a 25 million ruble reward for [...]	2006-10-09 11:14:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL RS
06MOSCOW11388	ELECTION LAW REQUIREMENTS FOR PROSPECTIVE DUMA [...] (U) This message reviews the electoral procedures in place for participating in the 2007 elections to the Duma. There have been no amendments to the electoral law since the Duma eliminated the "against all candidates" ballot option before the summer break. In order to be elected a Duma Deputy, [...]	2006-10-11 13:05:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM RS
06MOSCOW11413	REGIONAL ELECTION RESULTS: UNITED RUSSIA WINS AS [...] (SBU) As expected, the Kremlin's United Russia received a plurality or majority of votes cast in the elections for nine regional legislatures on October 8. Other key findings: -- the experiment with managed, two-party democracy seems to have succeeded from the perspective of the Presidential [...]	2006-10-11 14:52:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR RS
06MOSCOW11490	PUTIN REACTS TO POLITKOVSKAYA ASSASSINATION [...] (C) President Putin, three days after the murder of outspoken investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya, issued his definitive public statement that everything would be done to find the killers and bring them to trial. Russia's Prosecutor General, in fact, has already assumed charge of the [...]	2006-10-12 16:18:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL RS

06MOSCOW11631	RODINA: SATISFIED BUT SUING [...] (SBU) Rodina had a poor showing in the October 8 regional elections; it crossed the 7 percent threshold for representation in only one region: Astrakhan. Nevertheless, Deputy Chair of Rodina's Executive Committee Maksim Puchkov in an October 12 conversation found cause for optimism in the vo [...]	2006-10-17 14:42:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM SOCI RS
06MOSCOW11632	YABLOKO AT A LOSS AFTER OCTOBER 8 ELECTIONS [...] (C) In an October 11 meeting, Yabloko Deputy Chairman Sergey Mitrokhin and Political Department Head Galina Mikhaleva said the party is facing an existential crisis following the poor results of the October 8 elections, where the party polled in the two percent range. Mitrokhin charged red ta [...]	2006-10-17 14:47:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL RS
06MOSCOW11637	NGO RE-REGISTRATION STATE-OF-PLAY AS OF OCTOBER 17 [...] (U) With the October 18 NGO re-registration deadline looming, the Federal Registration Service reports that: -- 80 NGOs have been re-registered, 42 of them U.S. NGOs; -- 70 re-registration applications are pending; -- only three NGOs have to date been denied re-registration. One of them, a T [...]	2006-10-17 14:59:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM PREL PREF RS
06MOSCOW11652	PSYCHIATRY ABUSED FOR COMMERCIAL ENDS [...] (C) Anecdotal evidence suggests that psychiatry is increasingly being used as a tool, especially in more "sophisticated" urban areas like Moscow, in the resolution of family squabbles or business disputes. The interpretation of a 2001 law on legal expertise activities allegedly has been used [...]	2006-10-18 10:04:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM PINR RS
06MOSCOW11689	DEADLINE FOR FOREIGN NGO RE-REGISTRATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Federal Registration Service officials suggested October 18 that they expect all foreign NGOs that have applied for re-registration to be approved as the deadline for applications passed. According to the latest FRS statistics, 91 NGOs have been re-registered, and 79 others hav [...]	2006-10-18 14:14:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF KDEM EAID RS
06MOSCOW11695	ELECTORAL COMMISSION CHAIRMAN ON ELECTIONS [...] (C) Central Electoral Commission (CEC) Chairman Aleksandr Veshnyakov reviewed the October 8 regional elections, recent developments in electoral technology, prospects for the 2007 regional and national (Duma) elections, and possible further amendments to the election law in a meeting with Embas [...]	2006-10-19 06:13:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM SOCI RS
06MOSCOW11831	NGO RE-REGISTRATION UPDATE: NDI, IRI APPROVED [...] (U) The Federal Registration Service (FRS) informed NDI and IRI on October 20 that they had been re-registered. IRI has already been added to the list of approved organizations on the FRS website. Both were told to pick up their documents on October 23. Amid heightened international and Ru [...]	2006-10-20 15:01:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EAID KDEM PREF RS
06MOSCOW11834	HUMAN RIGHTS OMBUDSMAN GIVEN ADDITIONAL POWERS [...] (SBU) Summary. On October 16, President Putin signed into law amendments to the Federal Constitutional Law on the Human Rights Commission, which considerably broaden the Human Rights Ombudsman Office's powers. The new legislation gives the Ombudsman the right to propose parliamentary probes in [...]	2006-10-20 15:28:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL RS
06MOSCOW11890	OCTOBER 23 NGO RE-REGISTRATION UPDATE [...] (SBU) We continue to receive positive reports on the re-registration of foreign NGOs. Of the 29 NGOs that USAID is tracking, another three have been registered by the Federal Registration Service (FRS) since October 20, bringing the total re-registered to eleven. Of the remaining eighteen, s [...]	2006-10-23 14:12:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM EAID KDEM PREF RS
06MOSCOW11989	IN ANNUAL Q&A, PUTIN EXCLUDES THIRD TERM, WORRIES [...] (SBU) On October 25, President Putin hosted his annual "direct line to the President," during which he answered questions from Russia's regions and from Russian speakers abroad (Sevastopol, Ukraine). This year's "direct line" lasted 2 hours and 54 minutes, outstripping last year's by one minu [...]	2006-10-25 14:16:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM SOCI PINR RS
06MOSCOW11994	A/S FRIED'S MEETING WITH U.S. NGOS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Representatives of four U.S-based NGOs told EUR A/S Fried that they were trying to keep a low profile in light of the NGO law, approaching elections, and increasing GOR assertiveness, especially statist, in key economic sectors. Although NGOs were under increasing scrutiny and [...]	2006-10-26 07:49:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EINV KDEM RS
06MOSCOW12000	DRAFT MOSCOW LEGISLATION MAY LIMIT "RELIGIOUS [...] (SBU) Summary. The Moscow City Duma is considering a quality-of-life bill which, if adopted in its present form, would allow authorities to fine those engaged in many forms of street solicitation, including "religious agitation." Some religious organizations here worry that if passed as curren [...]	2006-10-26 11:37:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL RS
06MOSCOW12029	PRESERVING LEBANESE PM SINIORA'S GOVERNMENT: [...] (S) We delivered reftel demarche October 25 to MFA Middle East and North Africa Department Senior Counselor Vladimir Baibakov. Baibakov provided the following points: -- the GOR was aware of the concern over the SARG's attempt to undermine the Siniora government; -- Russia sees Siniora a [...]	2006-10-27 05:49:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM MOPS RS
06MOSCOW12143	NINETEEN PARTIES REGISTERED FOR 2007 ELECTIONS; [...] (C) The Federal Registration Service (FRS) has completed its inspection of the 35 political parties that filed for re-registration according to the new, more stringent requirements of the amended electoral law. A FRS representative at an October 26 press conference reported that sixteen of th [...]	2006-11-01 07:37:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI RS
06MOSCOW12168	RUSSIA: LEFT-OF-CENTER PARTY MERGER FINALIZED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 28, the new Spravedlivaya Rossiya ("A Just Russia") party was formally established in a merger of the Russian Party of Life, Rodina, and the Party of Pensioners. The leader of the new party is Federation Council Chairman and Russia Party of Life Chairman Sergey Miron [...]	2006-11-01 13:43:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR KDEM PGOV RS
06MOSCOW12265	OWNER VOWS TO PUSH FOR VIGOROUS INVESTIGATION OF [...] (C) A resolute Marat Gelman told us October 31 that he intended to use his remaining official contacts to energize a languishing criminal investigation of the October 21 attack on his Moscow Gelman Art Gallery. Law enforcement officials had "done nothing" since ten men smashed twenty paintings [...]	2006-11-03 04:56:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM SCUL RS
06MOSCOW12310	MORE NGOS RE-REGISTERED [...] (C) SUMMARY: The re-registration of foreign NGOs is continuing apace, with 148 approved by the backlogged Federal Registration Service. A majority of U.S. NGOs known to the Embassy are re-registered, with Human Rights Watch expecting approval any day. In the North Caucasus, the FRS and tax [...]	2006-11-03 16:15:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV PREF EAID KDEM RS
06MOSCOW12311	RUSSIA: NATIONALISTS TO MARCH ON NOVEMBER 4 [...] SUMMARY: On Russia Unity Day, November 4, a large nationalist "Russia March" is planned for several Russian cities, including Moscow. Russia March is being organized by the Movement Against Illegal Immigration (DPNI) and is supported by several other nationalist and fascist groups, and by som [...]	2006-11-03 16:25:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR PINS RS
06MOSCOW12369	RUSSIAN NATIONALIST MARCH FIZZLES [...] (SBU) Decisive action by the Moscow city authorities and waning enthusiasm for the enterprise produced smaller-then-predicted attendance at the March 4 nationalist "Russian march." In the end, fewer then three thousand Muscovites participated on Saturday, a fraction of the number of police an [...]	2006-11-08 16:18:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR RS
06MOSCOW12448	BRYANSK: CASE STUDY OF A REGIONAL PARTY OF POWER [...] (SBU) Summary: Once a keystone of post-Soviet Communist control, the political scene in Bryansk region is now dominated by United Russia (YR). YR has attracted the youth, business, and elite vote - votes that used to be divided between the Communist Party and liberal parties like the Union of [...]	2006-11-15 09:34:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM SOCI RS
06MOSCOW12471	NGO REGISTRATION UPDATE: NOVEMBER 16 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Federal Registration Service (FRS) has now re-registered 159 foreign NGOs, including Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International. We understand FRS has rejected five NGOs, although none appear to be U.S. organizations. The authorities have disseminated draft guidelines [...]	2006-11-16 14:25:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV PREF EAID KDEM RS
06MOSCOW12498	FURTHER ELECTORAL LAW CHANGES: MORE LEVERS OF [...] (SBU) Summary. A draft electoral law, which passed its third and final Duma reading on November 17, contains vague provisions which could be used to increase levers of central control over the electoral process. The draft would allow the exclusion of candidates who run negative TV ad campaign [...]	2006-11-17 14:26:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM RS
06MOSCOW12557	UNITED RUSSIA STUMBLES ON REGIONAL LEGISLATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: United Russia is far from united on the direct election of mayors. United Russia Duma members introduced legislation to eliminate the direct election of mayors, in what may have been a misguided attempt to implement Putin's call to transfer more authority to the regions. Predict [...]	2006-11-21 13:43:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR KDEM PGOV RS
06MOSCOW12609	BELGOROD: UNITED RUSSIA, THE GOVERNOR, AND THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Major local business owners, who are United Russia regional deputies, in conjunction with the Russian Orthodox Church, dominate all spheres of activity in Belgorod Oblast, which Embassy visited recently. Governor Savchenko is a strong leader who combines a flair for populist s [...]	2006-11-24 11:31:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM RS
06MOSCOW12630	CENTRAL ELECTORAL COMMISSIONER REVIEWS TRIP TO [...] (C) Central Electoral Commission Chairman Aleksandr Veshnyakov described to Ambassador November 21 his reaction to State Duma-adopted amendments to the existing electoral law (reftel). Veshnyakov's key judgments: -- elimination of the minimum threshold for voter turnout in Russia was premat [...]	2006-11-27 09:15:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM RS
06MOSCOW12637	DUTCH NGO REFUSED RE-REGISTRATION [...] (SBU) The Federal Registration Service refused the NGO Stichting Russia Justice Initiative (RJI) last week, citing technical problems with its application. The technical reasons included questions about RJI Executive Director Ole Solvang's authority to represent RJI during the process and in [...]	2006-11-27 13:12:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF PHUM EAID KDEM RS
06MOSCOW12708	COMMUNIST PARTY: NOT DEAD YET [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Most observers describe the Communist Party (KPRF) as a party on life-support sustained by nostalgic pensioners. The cliche has it that as party stalwart's die off, so too will the KPRF. This assessment, however, ignores a relatively constant level of support, despite the dem [...]	2006-11-30 12:44:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM RS
06MOSCOW12751	LITVINENKO ASSASSINATION: REACTION IN MOSCOW [...] (C) The November 23 death by radiation poisoning of former FSB agent Aleksandr Litvinenko in London has spawned a welter of conspiracy theories in Russia. The media have variously traced Litvinenko's demise to XXXXXXXXXXXX, suicide, Putin's Kremlin, Putin himself, those determined to undermine Put [...]	2006-12-01 14:44:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL PINR RS
06MOSCOW12784	FOREIGN NGO RE-REGISTRATION NEARING ITS END [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Federal Registration Service (FRS) has re-registered 176 foreign NGOs as of December 1, with another 15 still under consideration, and it is nearing the end of this process. Of the 29 NGOs tracked by USAID, 21 have been re-registered, and eight are awaiting decisions from [...]	2006-12-04 16:30:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM EAID KDEM RS
06MOSCOW12851	METROPOLITAN KIRILL SEES POPE BENEDICT AS MORE [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-08 13:49:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR RS
06MOSCOW12856	COMMUNIST PARTY DEPUTY CHAIRMAN LOOKS TO HIS [...] (SBU) Summary. In a December 6 meeting with EUR/RUS Director Mary Warlick, Communist Party (KPRF) Deputy Chairman Ivan Melnikov offered reactions to current domestic political events that confirmed his rumored social democratic leanings, and that suggested he was positioning himself to replace [...]	2006-12-08 15:33:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM RS
06MOSCOW12878	GAYDAR'S WEEKEND INTERVIEWS LEAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT [...] (C) A December 6 Financial Times article and two TV interviews with ex-Prime Minister Gaydar broadcast the weekend of December 8 have shed little light on Gaydar's alleged poisoning November 22 in Dublin. Although Gaydar's Moscow doctors have been unable or unwilling to state that Gaydar had [...]	2006-12-12 08:51:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM RS
06MOSCOW12901	"A JUST RUSSIA": DIFFICULT BEGINNING, UNCERTAIN [...] (C) Spravedlivaya Rossiya (SR) (&A Just Russia8),often referred to as the &second8 Kremlin party, has been officially registered. The party has moved to constitute itself at the federal and local levels, by combining elements of its constituent parties --Rodina, the Russian Party of Life, an [...]	2006-12-13 11:25:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM SOCI RS
06MOSCOW12916	KASPAROV'S UNITED CIVIC FRONT OFFICES SEARCHED BY [...] (C) On December 13, United Civic Front Chairman Garry Kasparov confirmed press accounts that police had searched his organization's offices the afternoon of December 12. Kasparov told us he thought that "intimidation" was the purpose of the search, which the police for their part described to [...]	2006-12-13 16:12:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM PINR RS
06MOSCOW12981	THREE DEMONSTRATIONS AND A CONVENTION [...] (C) Political groupings of all stripes made their presence known in Moscow over the December 16-17 weekend: -- "Other Russia" staged its "March of the Discontented." About 2,500 participants from a hodgepodge of groups, united only by their opposition to the current government and rejection [...]	2006-12-19 14:04:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR RS
06MOSCOW13071	NIZHNIY NOVGOROD: VERTICAL CONTROL INSUFFICIENT? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. With President Putin's appointment of Governor Valeriy Shantsev in August 2005, a United Russia political elite with strong business interests now firmly controls Nizhniy Novgorod and its region. The establishment of the regional branch of the second Kremlin-sponsored party, " [...]	2006-12-22 11:32:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR RS
06MOSCOW13092	NGO RE-REGISTRATION UPDATE: BACK TO WORK IN THE [...] (SBU) The Federal Registration Service (FRS) has re-registered 192 foreign NGOs as of December 22, including all of those providing aid in the North Caucasus. According to UN sources, the re-registration of International Rescue Committee (IRC) and World Vision, along with the French NGO Acti [...]	2006-12-26 15:15:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM EAID KDEM PGOV RS
06MOSCOW13136	ZHIRINOVSKIY,S LDPR LOOKS TO THE 2007 ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) December marks the 17th anniversary of the establishment of the Liberal Democrat Party of Russia (LDPR). LDPR's lack of any discernible platform is compensated for by the indomitable LDPR Chairman Vladimir Zhirinovskiy, whose instinct for the outrageous continues to resonate with a sig [...]	2006-12-28 15:15:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PINR SOCI RS
06MOSCOW13168	ALTAI KRAI: PICKETS AND PLURALISM [...] (SBU) Summary: While Altai Krai is one of the most economically depressed regions in Russia, it has an unusually high level of civic activity and political pluralism and is home to outspoken liberal Republican Party Head Vladimir Ryzhkov. United Russia dominates, but the Communists, Agrarians, [...]	2006-12-29 09:51:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM SOCI RS
06MOSCOW13172	HARD TIMES FOR RUSSIA'S HUMAN RIGHTS COMMUNITY [...] (C) Civil society and liberal political party leaders are sharply divided over the role of NGOs in partisan politics. While Moscow's most prominent human rights activist strongly defends the policy of overt political opposition, many NGO representatives are uncomfortable with, or opposed to, a [...]	2006-12-29 15:49:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KDEM PINR SOCI RS
06MOSCOW2446	NO SURPRISES IN RUSSIA'S "SUPER SUNDAY" REGIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. In regional legislative elections in eight of Russia's regions on March 12, the pro-Kremlin United Russia party appears to have scored a clear victory. Four political parties ran in all eight elections, while Rodina and some smaller parties were kept off the ballot in some of th [...]	2006-03-13 16:28:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PINR RS
06MOSCOW2447	COURT CASES STIR MUSLIM COMMUNITY IN ASTRAKHAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Two ongoing court cases in the southern Russian city of Astrakhan have stirred part of the local Muslim community to protest against perceived discrimination. On a February 28 - March 1 trip to Astrakhan, we found that some in its Muslim community suspect that a city order to de [...]	2006-03-13 16:39:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PHUM KDEM RS
06MOSCOW3803	CODEL FRIST MEETING WITH RUSSIAN EXPERTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In an April 10 breakfast meeting with Codel Frist and the Ambassador, Russian experts described the range of challenges facing Russia in the political, economic, and social sphere. Experts agreed that high oil profits disincline the political leadership to push new policy init [...]	2006-04-11 13:56:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM ECON EATO KHIV RS
06MOSCOW504	A/S LOWENKRON'S MEETING WITH NGO REPRESENTATIVES [...] (C) SUMMARY. On January 17, the same day as the announcement that President Putin had signed the controversial NGO legislation, NGO leaders told A/S Lowenkron and the Ambassador that the legislation was flawed and ambiguous. Although the new legislation will come into force around mid-April, [...]	2006-01-20 11:59:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EAID KDEM RS
06MOSCOW5456	MOSCOW ON IRAQI GOVERNMENT FORMATION [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-23 13:11:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KDEM KPAO IZ RS
06MOSCOW6173	NGO REPRESENTATIVES CONCERNED ABOUT IMPLEMENTATION [...] (C) SUMMARY. DRL Deputy Assistant Secretary Erica Barks-Ruggles discussed the controversial NGO law and the broader human rights and democracy situation in Russia with a range of NGO representatives on May 30-31. She expressed support for NGOs in Russia and asked about current trends for civ [...]	2006-06-08 11:18:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EAID KDEM RS
06MOSCOW6389	HUMAN RIGHTS OMBUDSMAN LUKIN AGREES WITH USG [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a June 14 meeting, Human Rights Ombudsman Vladimir Lukin agreed with the proposals put forward by EUR DAS David Kramer regarding a U.S.-Russian human rights dialogue. Lukin shared the view that it would be beneficial to announce the creation of the dialogue at the G8 summit. [...]	2006-06-15 14:31:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM PINR RS
06MOSCOW7047	HUMAN RIGHTS OMBUDSMAN LUKIN SUGGESTS CHANGES TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a June 30 meeting, Human Rights Ombudsman Vladimir Lukin discussed the paper outlining the proposal for a U.S.-Russian Roundtable on Democracy and Human Rights with the Ambassador. Lukin was positive about the proposal, but based on his consultations with the MFA and Kremlin F [...]	2006-07-03 09:56:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM PINR RS
06MOSCOW802	A/S LOWENKRON DISCUSSES NGO LAW WITH STATE DUMA [...] (C) SUMMARY. On January 18 DRL A/S Barry Lowenkron and EUR DAS David Kramer met with State Duma Deputy Andrey Makarov. Makarov vigorously )- and at times heatedly )- defended the new NGO legislation, insisting that the text met international legal standards, but he conceded there could be prob [...]	2006-01-27 07:34:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM RS
06MOSCOW868	A/S LOWENKRON'S MEETING WITH KONSTANTIN KOSACHEV, [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 19 DRL A/S Barry Lowenkron, Ambassador Burns, and EUR DAS David Kramer met with State Duma International Relations Committee Chairman Konstantin Kosachev. Defending the new NGO legislation, Kosachev insisted that it would clarify the role of NGOs in Russia, not limit t [...]	2006-01-30 10:25:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM RS
06MOSCOW9206	KHODORKOVSKIY-ASSOCIATED NGO HIT WITH HUGE TAX BILL [...] (C) SUMMARY. Russian tax authorities recently imposed a USD 180,000 bill for back taxes on an NGO headed by one of Mikhail Khodorkovskiy's lawyers. The Federal Tax Service claims the Center for International Legal Defense (CILD) owes taxes on grants it has received from the National Endowment [...]	2006-08-23 14:30:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM RS
06MOSCOW9412	15TH ANNIVERSARY OF 1991 "COUP": APATHY, PROMISE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The fifteenth anniversary of the August 1991 "coup" passed with little fanfare. There were no official events, and the Russian population greeted the anniversary with apathy or political antipathy. Despite concern in some circles over increasing restrictions on personal freedo [...]	2006-08-28 14:14:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM RS
06MOSCOW9436	A/S LOWENKRON'S VISIT TO MOSCOW [...] (C) SUMMARY. A/S Barry Lowenkron visited Moscow in July attending "The Other Russia" conference sponsored by opposition political parties on the eve of the G8 summit. He also had consultations with a number of Russian officials, politicians, and NGO leaders. These included: Chairperson of th [...]	2006-08-29 12:32:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM RS
06MOSCOW9627	RUSSIAN DUMA CHAIRPERSON KOSACHEV ON US, IRAN, LEBANON, CIS, NGOS, INTERNAL POLITICS [...] (C) Summary: In an August 31 meeting with the Ambassador, Chairman of the International Relations Committee of the Russia Duma Konstantin Kosachev expressed concern over the deteriorating tone in US-Russian relations. Kosachev explained his opposition to imposing sanctions against Iran abs [...]	2006-08-31 14:52:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM RS
06MUSCAT1468	OMAN MOVES EARLY TO INCREASE VOTER REGISTRATION [...] (SBU) The Omani government has started an early media campaign to increase voter registration. In addition to placing announcements on the radio and in newspapers, the Minister of Interior held an unprecedented question-and- answer session at a gathering of the Oman Journalists Association t [...]	2006-10-11 12:45:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KMPI MU
06MUSCAT1670	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF NEA A/S WELCH TO MUSCAT [...] (C) Embassy Muscat and I warmly welcome your visit to Oman. Oman remains a dependable friend and ally and cooperates with us on a wide range of subjects, although it prefers to maintain a low profile. Regional threat issues are a prominent concern for the Omani leadership; however, Oman's p [...]	2006-12-06 14:22:00	Embassy Muscat	SECRET//NOFORN	PARM PREL PTER KDEM KMPI KNNP KWMN SMIG ECON
06MUSCAT1737	NEA A/S WELCH ASSISTANT SECRETARY MEETING WITH [...] (C) NEA A/S WELCH, ACCOMPANIED BY AMBASSADOR, MET MINISTER OF THE ROYAL OFFICE GENERAL ALI BIN MAJID AL-MA'AMARI ON DECEMBER 12 FOR A BRIEF EXCHANGE OF IDEAS ON REGIONAL ISSUES. THE VISIT, MOSTLY A COURTESY CALL ON ONE OF THE SULTAN'S MOST TRUSTED ADVISORS, FEATURED A HEALTHY DIALOGUE ON IRA [...]	2006-12-28 15:00:00	Embassy Muscat	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL KDEM KMPI IZ MU
06MUSCAT1738	NEA A/S WELCH MEETING WITH ROYAL OFFICE MINISTER [...] (C) NEA A/S WELCH, ACCOMPANIED BY AMBASSADOR, MET MINISTER OF THE ROYAL OFFICE GENERAL ALI BIN MAJID AL-MA'AMARI ON DECEMBER 12 FOR A BRIEF EXCHANGE OF IDEAS ON REGIONAL ISSUES. THE VISIT, MOSTLY A COURTESY CALL ON ONE OF THE SULTAN'S MOST TRUSTED ADVISORS, FEATURED A HEALTHY DIALOGUE ON IRA [...]	2006-12-28 15:03:00	Embassy Muscat	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL KDEM KMPI IZ MU
06MUSCAT702	OMAN CONFIRMS ATTENDANCE AT THE BMENA DEMOCRACY [...] (SBU) In a May 3 call on MFA Under Secretary Sayyid Badr al-Busaidi, Ambassador shared reftel information on the BMENA Democracy Assistance Dialogue (DAD) and urged Omani official participation. The Under Secretary confirmed Oman's participation in earlier DAD events but did not know if Oman [...]	2006-05-03 13:37:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KDEM KMPI MU
06MUSCAT809	OMAN WELCOMES NEW IRAQI GOVERNMENT [...] Government-owned Oman News Agency reported May 23 the Sultanate's official comments hailing the formation of a new Iraqi government: "Oman welcomed today the forming of the new Iraqi government, expressing its hope for the government to be able to find solutions to political issues that Iraq [...]	2006-05-23 12:54:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KDEM KPAO OPRC IZ MU
06MUSCAT963	OMAN REJECTS MEPI ELECTION PROGRAMS [...] (SBU) Acting Foreign Minister Sayyid Badr al-Busaidi conveyed on June 12 Oman's decision to disallow MEPI-funded programming related to elections and "internal politics," including the voter education aspects of a new IRI program that was set to begin this month. MEPI programs in less sensiti [...]	2006-06-14 09:56:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KDEM KMPI KWMN MU
06NAIROBI1003	JUSTICE MINISTER WON,T QUESTION POLICE RAID [...] (C) SUMMARY: Justice Minister Karua refuses to criticize the police raids on the Standard Media Group, even going so far as to assert that it might have been justified on "national security" grounds. Karua's main concern seems to be that she and other cabinet members were not consulted before [...]	2006-03-07 07:53:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV KDEM KE
06NAIROBI1023	PUBLIC AND POLITICIANS DEMAND EXPLANATION FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: As the furor over the government's assault on media freedom grew into a several thousand strong protest march, further details of the raid against the Standard Media Group suggest it was part of a much deeper effort to help the increasingly paranoid government cling to power. Alt [...]	2006-03-07 12:33:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET//NOFORN	PHUM KDEM PGOV PREL ASEC KE
06NAIROBI1090	JUSTICE MINISTER WON'T QUESTION POLICE RAID [...] (C) SUMMARY: Justice Minister Karua refuses to criticize the police raids on the Standard Media Group, even going so far as to assert that it might have been justified on "national security" grounds. Karua's main concern seems to be that she and other cabinet members were not consulted before [...]	2006-03-09 08:30:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV KDEM KE
06NAIROBI1114	AN UNSETTLED KENYA AWAITS NEXT SHOE TO DROP [...] (S) SUMMARY: President Kibaki publicly stands firm behind the Kenyan Police raid on the Standard Media Group. Meanwhile, Standard journalists and others privately say the raids were prompted by a State House belief that the paper possesses documents implicating the President's family in grand [...]	2006-03-10 12:48:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET//NOFORN	PINS SNAR ASEC ECON PREL KCOR KDEM KE
06NAIROBI1154	KENYAN GOVERNMENT FUMBLES, OPPOSITION BENEFITS [...] (C) SUMMARY: With Parliament set to reconvene March 21, Kenya's "ODM" opposition is armed with a number of issues over which to take on the government. Buoyed by the government's recent media crack-down gaffe, ODM leaders have publicly recommitted themselves to cooperation. Their united ext [...]	2006-03-15 02:25:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KE
06NAIROBI1262	POLITICAL INTRIGUES TO ENGENDER FURTHER [...] (C) SUMMARY: After a four-month hiatus, Kenya's Parliament faces daunting challenges when it reconvenes March 21. Despite the importance of pending legislation, including the creation of a parliamentary budget office, the sharply polarized climate -- equal parts partisan and personal -- coup [...]	2006-03-20 15:40:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL KE
06NAIROBI1348	PARLIAMENT ALREADY FLIRTING WITH A STALEMATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Kibaki kicked off the re-opening of the long-suspended Parliament March 21 by highlighting the government,s economic successes and glossing over or completely ignoring issues potentially damaging to the government. As expected, the opposition was quick to criticize the [...]	2006-03-24 14:04:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL KE
06NAIROBI1434	KENYA FY2006 DHRF BUDGET REQUEST [...] Embassy Nairobi requests USD100,000 for our FY2006 Democracy and Human Rights Fund (DHRF) program. This represents a USD9,000 increase over the amount obligated in FY2005. Post is requesting this small increase to have the flexibility to either fund one more deserving organization than the f [...]	2006-03-31 08:09:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM KWMN PHUM SOCI KE
06NAIROBI1701	(C) CHALLENGES IN OUR CT RELATIONSHIP WITH KENYA [...] (S) SUMMARY: Post faces an increasingly difficult operating environment in which to pursue counter-terrorism (CT) cooperation with the Kenyan Government (GOK). In the absence of a focused, functional government that views CT as part of its political and national interest, Post is pursuing a [...]	2006-04-20 06:44:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET	ASEC PTER PGOV PINR PINS PREL MARR KDEM KE
06NAIROBI182	GOVERNMENT SPINNING ITS WHEELS WITH ALL EYES ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: The first meeting of the new cabinet on January 6 indicated the Kenyan government may finally be ready to get back to the business of governing. Political maneuvering and whining, nevertheless, continued, with a singular focus on the next election in 2007. Despite cabinet takin [...]	2006-01-13 07:27:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCOR KDEM KE
06NAIROBI2168	KENYAN MEDIA: FIRMLY IN GOVERNMENT'S CROSSHAIRS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Even as the government hoped the public's outrage over the March Standard Media Group raids would quietly dissipate, continuing official actions only underscore the government's unrelenting ire towards Kenyan media. While paying lip service to its commitment to free media on the [...]	2006-05-17 14:58:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM PREL KE
06NAIROBI2616	AIRPORT SECURITY INCIDENT LEADS TO EXPULSION OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Airport security is optional, for those with connections to high-level government officials and their associates. This point was underscored June 8 when two Armenian "mercenaries" (reftels) assaulted security officials at Kenya's main airport, waving firearms and bypassing inspe [...]	2006-06-14 13:51:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC KDEM PREL KE
06NAIROBI2759	KENYAN OPPOSITION TO ASSISTANT SECRETARY FRAZER: [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Kibaki Government is unresponsive and acting with impunity, opposition leaders told Assistant Secretary Jendayi Frazer during a June 21 meeting in Nairobi. SIPDIS The only solution is for Kenyans to vote in a new government, which is why politicians are fixed on the 2007 [...]	2006-06-25 12:13:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PREL KCOR PTER KE SO
06NAIROBI2870	KENYA: SCANDAL CONTROL CROWDS OUT INTEREST IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: With another corruption scandal emerging, this time involving private corporations whose malfeasance may have been enriching government officials, and another ministerial tirade against the media, the government has again demonstrated its aversion to transparent, democratic gover [...]	2006-06-30 11:39:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PREL KCOR EAID KE
06NAIROBI2933	CODEL DREIER IN KENYA: MEETING WITH OPPOSITION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During their July 5 meeting with CODEL Dreier in Nairobi, opposition leaders emphasized the constraints on their effectiveness imposed by insufficient resources and limited understanding of the opposition's legitimate function. KANU party members Justin Muturi, Chief Oppositio [...]	2006-07-06 11:05:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PREL KE
06NAIROBI2951	CODEL DREIER IN KENYA: MEETING WITH VICE PRESIDENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: CODEL Dreier and Vice President Moody Awori engaged in a comparative exchange on how business is conducted in the U.S. and Kenyan legislatures on July 5 in Nairobi. In his capacity as Leader of Government Business, Awori informed the visiting delegation of the Kenyan Parliamen [...]	2006-07-06 13:14:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PREL KE
06NAIROBI2952	CODEL DREIER IN KENYA: MEETING WITH PARLIAMENTARY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: CODEL Dreier met with members of the Legal Affairs and Defense and Foreign Relations Parliamentary Committees July 6 in Nairobi. The eleven members of Parliament, including Deputy Speaker of the House, David Musila, raised a number of concerns including U.S. counter-terrorism [...]	2006-07-06 13:41:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PTER PREL ASEC KE SU SO
06NAIROBI3090	PARLIAMENTARY BY-ELECTIONS SET THE MOOD FOR 2007 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 24, five new members of parliament will be chosen in the largest by-election in Kenyan history. Not only is the upcoming election significant in its size, but also for its timing - little more than a year before the next general election, and its location - four of the [...]	2006-07-17 14:00:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KE
06NAIROBI3214	PRELIMINARY PARLIAMENTARY BY-ELECTION RESULTS HAND [...] (U) Preliminary results from the parliamentary by-elections held on July 24 give the newly formed NARC-Kenya party a lead over its rivals in three out of the five constituencies left vacant following an April plane crash in which the sitting members of parliament were killed (reftel). NARC-Ke [...]	2006-07-25 13:05:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KE
06NAIROBI3270	PARLIAMENTARY BY-ELECTIONS: PRO-KIBAKI PARTY WINS [...] (SBU) Summary: NARC-Kenya's victory in three of five July 24 parliamentary by-elections was a much needed endorsement for the Kibaki government following several months of setbacks from November's referendum defeat and the public exposure of the massive Anglo Leasing corruption scandal. The n [...]	2006-07-28 08:18:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PREL KE
06NAIROBI3437	KENYA CRIMINALIZES SEXUAL (AND SOME TRAFFICKING) [...] (U) SUMMARY: On May 31, Kenya's National Assembly voted to criminalize the worst forms of sexual offenses, including rape, defilement, child pornography and sex tourism, and sexual harassment. While amendments to the bill may have watered down some of the proposed protections, the passage of [...]	2006-08-08 08:56:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PHUM PREL EAID SOCI KE
06NAIROBI3726	KENYAN GOVERNMENT DROPS ONE CASE AGAINST [...] (C) Summary: An almost one-year old legal case against two journalists charged with publishing an "alarming" article has been quietly dropped by the government of Kenya (GOK). But the GOK is pursuing another legal case against other journalists under the same law, despite the risk of negative [...]	2006-08-24 14:48:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM PREL KE
06NAIROBI3973	GOVERNMENT REFORMS FALTERING, KENYAN CIVIL SOCIETY [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: In a series of meetings on August 28 in Nairobi, leaders of Kenyan civil society and government oversight organizations highlighted for visiting Senator Obama the Kenyan government's faltering performance on human rights, corruption, and governance, while ably demon [...]	2006-09-13 12:13:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PREL PGOV PHUM KE
06NAIROBI3974	OBAMA DISCUSSES CORRUPTION AND TRIBAL POLITICS [...] (C) Summary: During an August 25 meeting with Senator Obama, Official Leader of the Opposition Uhuru Kenyatta predicted that ethnicity would dominate the 2007 national elections. While he stressed that his party, KANU, would strive to move beyond ethnic politics, he feared that the electora [...]	2006-09-13 12:17:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KDEM KE
06NAIROBI4000	KENYAN MEDIA GOES WILD OVER SENATOR OBAMA [...] Summary: Media reaction to United States Senator Barack Obama's (D-IL) visit to Kenya was overwhelmingly positive and included extensive coverage. Over-the-fold, inside articles and letters to the editor by members of the general Kenyan public were almost exclusively positive descriptions an [...]	2006-09-14 11:18:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	OFDP OPRC OREP PREL PGOV SOCI KDEM KE
06NAIROBI4002	KENYAN MEDIA GOES WILD OVER SENATOR OBAMA [...] Summary: Media reaction to United States Senator Barack Obama?s (D-IL) visit to Kenya was overwhelmingly positive and included extensive coverage. Over-the-fold, inside articles and letters to the editor by members of the general Kenyan public were almost exclusively positive descriptions a [...]	2006-09-14 11:33:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	OFDP OPRC OREP PREL PGOV SOCI KDEM KE
06NAIROBI4105	KENYAN ATTORNEY GENERAL: "DON'T DOUBT OUR WILL ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kenya Attorney General Amos Wako told the Ambassador on September 12 that the absence of prosecutions in major corruption cases was not for lack of will, but is a matter of capacity. The Ambassador made clear that the cloud of high-level corruption hangs heavy, shadowing some pos [...]	2006-09-20 12:48:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL KCOR KE
06NAIROBI4299	FEEBLE CASE AGAINST JOURNALISTS FINALLY DROPPED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 29 the Government of Kenya dropped its weak case against three journalists from the Standard daily newspaper charged with publishing an alarming story in February. The three men had been arrested two days before the infamous March 2 Standard Media Raids. Although [...]	2006-10-05 06:15:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PREL PHUM KE
06NAIROBI4327	KENYA'S HEAD PROSECUTOR "COMMITTED" TO ANTI-GRAFT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kenyan Director of Public Prosecution Keriako Tobiko told the Ambassador that while he is committed to prosecuting high-level corruption cases, the judiciary and the Anti-Corruption Commission are slowing him down. Delivering a message closely echoing that of the Attorney General [...]	2006-10-05 14:13:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PREL KCOR PINR KE
06NAIROBI4334	COAST PROVINCE - DIVERSITY, DEVELOPMENT, AND THE POLITICAL [...] (U) SUMMARY: The diversity of Kenya's Coast Province reflects an important part of the country's rich history and highlights the challenge that this fledgling democracy faces to develop a truly inclusive process focused on national issues, as opposed to the current tribally-driven system. Duri [...]	2006-10-06 08:07:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI PREL KISL PGOV ECON KE KDEM PTER SNAR
06NAIROBI4629	TWO MEETINGS WITH UHURU KENYATTA [...] (C) Summary: Gliding over the faults of the previous KANU government, KANU political party leader Uhuru Kenyatta sees a political landscape marred by the destruction of party discipline, with ethnic politics an increasingly attractive and dangerous option for some. The current opposition squa [...]	2006-10-27 12:13:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM ECON KE CH
06NAIROBI4899	COWS VERSUS CROPS: GOVERNMENT RESPONDS TO [...] (SBU) Summary: The recent government crack down on the influx of pastoralist migrants occupying privately-owned land in Laikipia is a short term solution to a very complex problem. Scarce resources and poor management of them will continue to drive desperate pastoralists to seek much needed [...]	2006-11-17 08:11:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PHUM KE
06NAIROBI4902	ARMENIAN THUG RETURNS TO KENYA? THE LATEST [...] (C) SUMMARY: Opposition leader and presidential hopeful Raila Odinga claims there is a plot to assassinate him involving one of the Armenian "mercenaries," who is back in Kenya. Odinga's outrageous claims have proven at least partly true in the past. The Armenian may be back, but we trust t [...]	2006-11-17 08:56:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV KE
06NAIROBI5003	KENYA: TWO CORRUPTION-TAINTED MINISTERS REAPPOINTED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Kibaki filled a dozen cabinet seats on November 15, bringing back into government two ministers who had earlier this year resigned over their implication in massive corruption scandals. One, reinstated Education Minister George Saitoti, was earlier exonerated in a du [...]	2006-11-22 14:44:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PREL KCOR KE
06NAIROBI5099	WHEELING AND DEALING AS KENYA'S OLDEST PARTY SPLITS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The brewing split in Kenya's KANU party boiled over on November 28 when party leaders elected from a rival faction were officially registered, ousting Chairman Uhuru Kenyatta from the party's top seat. The registration of Biwott as Chairman leaves Kenyatta legally no longer Lead [...]	2006-11-29 14:41:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV KCOR KE
06NAIROBI5129	POLITICAL PARTIES IN DISARRAY, OPPOSITION SMELLS A [...] (C) SUMMARY: On the heels of the hostile takeover in Kenya's KANU party, members of the (mostly pro-government) FORD-K party attempted a similar coup. The original leaders in both cases received support November 30; KANU's Kenyatta from Parliament and FORD-K's Kombo from the High Court. In [...]	2006-12-01 15:20:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV KE
06NAIROBI5183	SENATOR FEINGLOD TOLD OF CHALLENGES TO KENYA'S [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Top electoral and human rights officials confided to Senator Feingold the numerous challenges facing the independence of their institutions. The Electoral Commission of Kenya highlighted the limitations on their ability to penalize electoral malpractices, while the [...]	2006-12-07 05:06:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PGOV KE
06NAIROBI5207	KENYA'S ELECTORAL COMMISSION: DETERMINED BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Electoral Commission of Kenya is not insulated from the rising political temperature in Kenya ahead of next year's general election. The Commission is feeling the heat too, Chairman Samuel Kivuitu told the Ambassador, describing how party politics and government machinatio [...]	2006-12-08 07:14:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL KE
06NAIROBI5214	KENYA: THE BIWOTT SIDE OF THE KANU STORY [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a December 7 conversation with Poloff, newly elected KANU Secretary General Josephine Ojiambo made the case for the Nicholas Biwott-led coup in the party. Ojiambo, a Parliamentary hopeful, insisted the matter was purely an issue of internal party democracy, contrary to observe [...]	2006-12-08 09:37:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL KE

06NAIROBI5231	KENYA POLL RESULTS: KIBAKI'S RATING UP, BUT NOT A [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A recent national opinion poll shows that more Kenyans approve of President Kibaki than earlier in the year. However, although Kibaki came out far in front of a field of six leading opposition candidates, he did not fare as well in head-to-head races, in particular against pro [...]	2006-12-11 13:46:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV KCOR KE
06NAIROBI525	STORMY PARTY POLITICS COMPOUND KIBAKI'S WOES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Under mounting pressure to effectively respond to a massive corruption scandal, President Kibaki is also facing the disintegration of his governing "NARC" coalition, as parties and politicians calculate their strategy for the 2007 general election. Kenyans are fired up and fed u [...]	2006-02-06 11:49:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV KCOR PREL KE
06NAIROBI5261	KENYAN MINISTRIES NAMED AND SHAMED IN PERFORMANCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a positive development for government accountability in Kenya, the results of a performance evaluation of public agencies were announced on December 8. Equally noteworthy, President Kibaki insisted on the presentation of the full results, including the under-performers, duri [...]	2006-12-14 12:02:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV KE
06NAIROBI5282	FORMER GANG LEADER'S ENTRY INTO POLITICS LEAVES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a likely foreshadowing of a troubled election year ahead, a political rally in Kenya's largest slum turned violent on December 17 leaving three dead. Police had earlier denied permission for the gathering, organized by Ndura Waruinge, a feared criminal gang leader turned pas [...]	2006-12-18 13:58:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PHUM KE
06NAIROBI5390	KENYA HIGH COURT REINSTATES KENYATTA AS KANU CHIEF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 28, Kenya's High Court ruled in favor of ousted KANU party Chairman Uhuru Kenyatta restoring him as the party's leader and allowing his court case against the registration of a rival slate of party officers to go forward. The decision, a surprise to Kenyatta suppor [...]	2006-12-29 08:23:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL KE
06NAIROBI916	NYANZA IS ISOLATED, RESIDENTS TELL AMBASSADOR [...] The people of Nyanza are isolated from Nairobi, residents and officials from the Province told the Ambassador during his one-day trip to the area February 21. While there, he participated in a school dedication, presented awards to CDC Kenyan staff, and launched a food security assistance pr [...]	2006-03-01 10:12:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PREL EAID EAGR KE
06NAIROBI939	MASKED GUNMEN STORM NEWSPAPER OFFICE [...] (C) SUMMARY: A March 2 assault on a leading daily newspaper in Kenya, undertaken with the assistance of the police, marks a new low in the Kibaki administration,s respect for the rule of law. The &Standard8, despite its occasional editorial lapses, offers Kenyan readers hard-hitting investiga [...]	2006-03-02 10:13:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC KE
06NAIROBI945	MASKED GUNMEN STORM NEWSPAPER OFFICE [...] (C) SUMMARY: A March 2 assault on a leading daily newspaper in Kenya, undertaken with the assistance of the police, marks a new low in the Kibaki administration's respect for the rule of law. The "Standard", despite its occasional editorial lapses, offers Kenyan readers hard- hitting investiga [...]	2006-03-02 11:34:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC KE
06NAIROBI946	PROVINCIAL SHAKEUP INTENDED TO STRENGTHEN KIBAKI'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: A February 27 shakeup of provincial commissioners is a thinly veiled move by the Kibaki administration to tighten its grip on key elements within the civil service. By disposing of a number of Moi-era civil servants and promoting a new guard, the government seems poised to ensure [...]	2006-03-02 11:57:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KE
06NAIROBI973	KENYAN MEDIA CRACKDOWN: PUBLIC OUTRAGED, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Public fury and disgust mounted with official confirmation that Kenyan police conducted the March 2 raids against the Standard Media Group. Senior government officials are split in their reactions, ranging from condemnation to brashly unapologetic. The flimsy official explanati [...]	2006-03-03 12:01:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC KE
06NAIROBI974	INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY CONDEMNS ATTACK ON PRESS [...] (U) The pre-dawn March 2 Kenyan police commando-style raids on the Standard Media Group's headquarters, television transmission station, and printing plant, which resulted in the destruction of property, arrests and the burning of newspapers, and the disruption of newsprint and broadcasting op [...]	2006-03-03 12:05:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC KE
06NAIROBI988	MICHUKI UNBOWED, BUT OPPOSITION GROWS TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Security Minister Michuki remains unbowed in his conviction that the police actions against independent media were fully legal and justified in the name of national security. Civil society, the media and opposition parliamentarians plan a day of peaceful protest against what many [...]	2006-03-06 11:54:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC KE
06NASSAU1712	SUPREME COURT JUSTICE CHALLEGES GOVERNMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: In two rulings November 7, a Bahamian Supreme Court Justice lashed out at the Government in a forceful assertion of judicial independence, initially generating fears of a temporary shutdown of the Supreme and Magistrate courts. One ruling challenged the Attorney General's implem [...]	2006-11-15 16:11:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KJUS
06NDJAMENA1057	ANOTHER FIVE YEARS FOR CHAD'S PRESIDENT DEBY [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 8, after nearly sixteen years in power, President Deby rolled out the red carpet for himself and ten visiting African heads of state in a celebration to honor his claim to five more. The ceremony was marked by public displays of Chad's new rapprochement with Sudan and [...]	2006-08-15 10:39:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KDEM PGOV PHUM PREF PREL CD
06NDJAMENA1178	CHAD OPPOSITION SEEKS INTERVENTION IN WAKE OF [...] (C) Summary. In the wake of reported heavy fighting in eastern Chad, opposition leaders called on the Ambassador to urge the international community to impose a cease-fire and force President Deby to hold a national dialogue which included the rebel factions. The Ambassador assured them of [...]	2006-09-27 14:58:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF KDEM CD
06NDJAMENA1182	NEW DIRECTOR OF CHAD PRESIDENT'S CIVIL CABINET [...] (C) Summary. The new Director of President Deby's Civil Cabinet told the Ambassador that Chadian rebels in the east were effectively confined to a zone near the border and would not venture further into Chad. He spoke frankly of ongoing negotiations with the rebels and reported some success [...]	2006-10-02 11:32:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM CD
06NDJAMENA1205	CHAD: MORE TROUBLES AHEAD [...] (C) SUMMARY: The respite President Deby enjoyed after his inauguration on August 8 for another five-year term in power did not last long. Last month he had to intervene personally in campaigns to rout out Chadian rebel forces from their strongholds in eastern Chad. The failure of his offe [...]	2006-10-04 12:34:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL CD
06NDJAMENA252	CHAD: GOVERNMENT EXPRESSES WILLINGNESS TO WORK [...] (C) Summary: The Chadian Government convoked the diplomatic corps to state its willingness to talk the opposition about participation in the electoral process and to welcome donor assistance for the upcoming elections. Members of the diplomatic corps asked the Government what actions it had [...]	2006-02-21 17:46:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM CD
06NDJAMENA296	CHAD: INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS DISCUSS ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: The French Ambassador in Chad gave vent to a gloomy view of the Chadian political scene to the EU and U.S. Ambassadors and UN resrep February 24. Meeting the day before the announcement that presidential elections will take place May 3, he acknowledged that Deby was unacceptable [...]	2006-02-26 18:33:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM CD
06NDJAMENA305	CHAD: ROLE OF THE POLITICAL OPPOSITION [...] (C) Summary: President Idriss Deby's opponents are trying to capitalize on his unpopularity and a heightened level of general discontent to push for a political transition. However, since coming to power, Deby has stacked the political arena against his opponents, cleverly buying off, exploi [...]	2006-02-28 10:24:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM CD
06NDJAMENA336	CHAD: MAVERICK OPPOSITIONIST UNDERLINES [...] (SBU) Summary: Opposition leader Yorongar, in a call on the Ambassador February 27, said that the opposition would never agree on a single candidate but, if (huge if) fair elections could be assured, Deby would lose to almost anyone. He cited recent rebel activity in the south as a further [...]	2006-03-01 16:20:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM CD
06NDJAMENA346	CHAD: ARCHBISHOP ON MUSLIM ATTACKS AND ON THE [...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting with the Ambassador March 1, Archbishop Ngartery said the anti-Danish-cartoons violent demonstration on February 11 had been an opportunity for Chadian Christians to show the path of peacefulness in not reacting. He said that the only way out of Chad's present po [...]	2006-03-03 11:29:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM CD
06NDJAMENA351	CHAD: FRENCH AMBASSADOR ON A COORDINATED APPROACH [...] (C) Summary: French Ambassador Bercot, saying he had been authorized by Paris to brainstorm with the Ambassador, volunteered a scenario March 3 (uncleared by his government),in which the U.S. and France would support and facilitate a graceful exit for President Deby. Under this scenario, [...]	2006-03-06 16:48:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM CD
06NDJAMENA352	CHAD: UN RESREP DISCUSSES ELECTIONS WITH MPS [...] (SBU) Summary: United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Head Amaning told Misoffs March 4 that he had an encouraging meeting with President Deby March 1 in which Deby agreed that opposition participation in the upcoming elections was worth working for. While Deby refused to consider postpon [...]	2006-03-06 16:56:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM UNDP CH
06NDJAMENA365	TRANSLATION OF CHAD HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-09 10:56:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KDEM CD
06NDJAMENA400	CHAD: OPPOSITION ADAMANT ABOUT BOYCOTTING ELECTION [...] (SBU) Summary: The opposition coalition rejects UNDP's proposal for participating in the May 3 election and intends to call for boycott and, possibly, obstruction of the election. End Summary 2. (SBU) On March 8 Poloff called on Lol Mahamat Choua, leader of the Kanembou ethnicity (nort [...]	2006-03-10 14:04:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM CD
06NDJAMENA409	CHAD: VIEW OF OPPOSITION LEADER FROM EAST [...] (SBU) Summary: The leading oppositionist from the East, Ibni Oumar, describes the drawdown of Chadian security forces in the border area as a net plus, despite the resulting lawlessness. He says that his public call for obstruction of the May 3 election has not yet taken specific form. En [...]	2006-03-14 12:14:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM CD
06NDJAMENA421	CHAD: VOICES OF THE RULING PARTY [...] (SBU) Summary: The Secretary General of the ruling party acknowledges rot in the party and an up-hill battle to stimulate popular interest in the coming election. The Governor of Kanem, a former rebel, dismisses the political opposition as ineffective and looks toward an ill-defined "polit [...]	2006-03-15 18:02:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM CD
06NDJAMENA427	CHAD: UNDP CONVENES OPPOSITION AND AMBASSADORS [...] (SBU) Summary: UNDP resrep invited hand-picked key opposition leaders for an unprecedented discussion March 16, with U.S. and French ambassadors present. CPDC members and Yorongar stated their willingness to engage in national dialogue but emphasized that the blame lay on President Deby fo [...]	2006-03-17 16:11:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM CD
06NDJAMENA431	CHAD: FRENCH VERSION OF COUP ATTEMPT, DEBY'S [...] (C) Summary: According to the French Ambassador, the March 14 coup activity involved another member of Deby's extended clan and has made him more paranoid and less amenable to reason. The supposed coup leader, commander of an armored squadron in the presidential protective reserve force, i [...]	2006-03-20 11:41:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM CD
06NDJAMENA433	CHAD: SEBY AGUID AND THE ZAGHAWAS [...] (SBU) Summary: President Deby's Zaghawa clan is severely divided, a result of his insufficient support for the Darfur rebellion and fears of tribal retribution against his rule, according to the son of the Sultan of Iriba. Recent conversations with him provided insights into the Zaghawa and [...]	2006-03-20 17:08:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM CD
06NDJAMENA453	CHAD: LAST-DITCH UN EFFORT ON ELECTIONS FAILS [...] (SBU) Summary: Midnight March 24, the deadline for candidates to announce themselves for the May 3 presidential election, passed with only five candidates being announced: President Deby and four of his allies. The significant political opposition held fast to its boycott, despite reported [...]	2006-03-27 12:01:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM CD
06NDJAMENA462	CHAD: INTERIOR MINISTER SEES DEBY AS "LEAST BAD," [...] (SBU) Summary: Close Deby advisor and fellow Zaghawan Interior Minister Mahamat Ali described Deby as the "least bad" option for Chad, in conversation with Ambassador March 28. Claiming total victory in the March 20 battle against the Chadian Zaghawa rebels, he downplayed anxieties over in [...]	2006-03-29 14:07:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM CD SU
06NDJAMENA463	CHAD'S TROUBLES ON ELECTION'S EVE AND WHAT WE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Troubles are ahead in the run-up to the presidential elections on May 3. The opposition parties are calling for obstructing them outright as well as for a boycott. Security is under strain, but President Deby is fighting back, with resolute support from the French. The belea [...]	2006-03-29 14:56:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CD KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL
06NDJAMENA467	CHAD: CIVIL SOCIETY LEADERS ON POLITICAL WARPATH [...] (SBU) Summary: The approach of the May 3 election has prompted civil society leaders publicly to ask the international community to pressure the regime to postpone the election. Some have privately lumped the United States with France in supporting the regime. The operative thesis is that [...]	2006-03-30 08:41:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM CD
06NDJAMENA482	CHAD: DEBY ON DARFUR, DEMOCRACY, AND OIL [...] (C) Summary: President Deby, in a meeting with Ambassador Wall March 30, said that Islamic fundamentalism and the deteriorating situation in Darfur threatened the stability of the entire Sahel region, and he asked for more forceful action from the international community. He reacted equably [...]	2006-03-31 10:30:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM KDEM CD SU
06NDJAMENA487	CHAD: KEBZABO ON OPPOSITION UNITY AND OBSTRUCTION [...] (SBU) Summary: Southern Muslim leader Kebzabo acknowledges that the regime has more to fear from the armed rebels than from the democratic opposition but the latter is relatively unified for the first time and determined to go beyond boycotting the coming election. End Summary. 2. (SBU) [...]	2006-04-03 11:42:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM CD
06NDJAMENA520	CHAD: ANOTHER PLEA FROM CIVIL SOCIETY [...] (SBU) Summary: A leading civil society activist, urging a national forum for reconciliation, painted a bleak picture for Chad and the region if the U.S. did not take a strong stand against the May 3 election. The Ambassador was sympathetic but doused expectation of U.S. support for her prop [...]	2006-04-08 11:18:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM CD
06NDJAMENA521	CHAD: FRENCH AMBASSADOR LOOKS AT POST-ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: French Ambassador Bercot, in conversation with Ambassador Wall April 7, confirmed that the March 30 battle went badly for the Chadian armed forces, but said that Deby was using oil tax payments to buy helicopters and was building up for an imminent riposte against the rebels led [...]	2006-04-09 09:52:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM KDEM CD FR
06NDJAMENA546	CHAD: OPPOSITION QUANDARY [...] (SBU) Summary: Opposition leader Lol Mahamat Choua cast the opposition's quandary in clear focus in conversation with the Ambassador April 14: The democratic opposition could call for massive obstruction to the May 3 election, but to do so would bring brutal repression. The democratic oppos [...]	2006-04-16 16:15:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM CD
06NDJAMENA555	FOREIGN MINISTER EMPHASIZES CHAD'S FRAGILITY [...] (SBU) Summary: Foreign Minister Allam-mi and Ambassador agreed to disagree April 17 on the urgency of political dialogue, Allam-mi saying the absolute priority was going forward with the May 3 election to ensure preservation of the outward form of rule of law at a time of external aggression [...]	2006-04-18 15:30:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM CD
06NDJAMENA57	PROMOTING A PEACEFUL TRANSITION IN CHAD [...] (C) SUMMARY: As we define a strategy for advancing our growing interests in Chad, it is important that we work to convince President Deby to arrange for a peaceful handover of power. Our interests would be damaged by the spread of violent civil unrest, a prospect that is becoming dangerousl [...]	2006-01-18 07:09:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EPET KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL CD
06NDJAMENA586	CHAD: FRENCH AMBASSADOR SEES DAS YAMAMOTO [...] (C) Summary: French Ambassador Bercot repeated his view April 20 that the only way forward was to get Deby, before the May 3 election, t announce publicly the naming of an opposition government. He saw DAS Yamamoto's visit April 24-25 as key step in moving this idea forward. He acknowledged [...]	2006-04-21 20:45:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM CD FR SU
06NDJAMENA587	CHAD: FRENCH AMBASSADOR SEES DAS YAMAMOTO [...] (C) Summary: French Ambassador Bercot repeated his view April 20 that the only way forward was to get Deby, before the May 3 election, t announce publicly the naming of an opposition government. He saw DAS Yamamoto's visit April 24-25 as key step in moving this idea forward. He acknowledged [...]	2006-04-21 20:45:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM CD FR SU
06NDJAMENA589	CHAD: SOUTHERN OPPOSITIONIST INSISTS ON ELECTION [...] (SBU) Summary: Leading Southern oppositionist Kamougue said April 21 that the political opposition would not be again deceived into taking a post in a Deby government, unless the election were delayed, a national conference convened, and Deby became a titular transitional president alongside [...]	2006-04-23 08:03:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM CD
06NDJAMENA592	CHAD'S FOREIGN MINISTER DEFENDS MAY 3 ELECTIONS, [...] (C) Summary. Better to have a president chosen in flawed elections than to risk the anarchy that a delay in elections could provoke, according to Chad's Foreign Minister. In other comments in his meeting with the Ambassador April 21, he blamed the opposition for the breakdown in dialogue; [...]	2006-04-24 08:34:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL CD
06NDJAMENA599	CHAD: DAS YAMAMOTO MEETING WITH FRENCH AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Summary: In meeting with French Ambassador Bercot April 25, DAS Yamamoto explained that he had urged President Deby to delay the May 3 election and begin a dialogue with the opposition. Bercot regretted this approach. He put little store in political dialogue. He preferred to ask Deby [...]	2006-04-25 17:43:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM CD SU FR
06NDJAMENA604	DAS YAMAMOTO VISIT TO CHAD APRIL 24-25 [...] (C) Summary: During his April 24-25 visit to Chad, DAS Yamamoto conveyed to President Deby a message from the Secretary calling for postponement of the May 3 election and SIPDIS initiation of constructive political dialogue. Deby refused to postpone the election, citing a constitutional v [...]	2006-04-26 17:16:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM CD SU
06NDJAMENA612	CHAD: ELECTION PREPARATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Chadian presidential election campaign ends midnight on May 1, with elections scheduled for May 3. From the field of 5 original candidates it appears that only four remain. Opposition groups continue to call for a "ville morte" (dead city) on May 3 and for citizens to boycot [...]	2006-04-30 13:25:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KDEM PGOV CD
06NDJAMENA643	PRESIDENT DEBY'S ELECTION: NOW WHAT? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Few bothered to vote, no opposition leader of any stature was a candidate, and the voter registration lists were virtually useless, but never mind. Now that these peaceful, but flawed elections held on May 3 are behind him, President Deby will claim a popular mandate for holdi [...]	2006-05-04 17:12:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL CD
06NDJAMENA684	CHAD: ELECTION RESULTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Representing what most observers considered a formality, the National Independent Electoral Commission (CENI) announced last night that President Idriss Deby Itno was the projected winner of the May 3 presidential election. According to the preliminary results, which must be cer [...]	2006-05-15 16:35:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CD KDEM PGOV PHUM PREF
06NDJAMENA771	CHAD: FINAL ELECTION RESULTS -- DEBY WINS, BY [...] (SBU) The Chadian Constitutional Council announced 28 May the official results of the 3 May presidential elections. The Council declared President Idriss Deby Itno the winner in the first round, with 64.67 percent of the votes cast, from a voter turnout of 53.8 percent of the estimated 5.7 mil [...]	2006-05-31 16:06:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM CD
06NDJAMENA775	CHAD: FRANCE CITES CHADIAN INVOLVEMENT IN [...] (C) Summary. In a meeting May 29, French Ambassador Jean-Pierre Bercot made a pitch to Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) Yamamoto for USG efforts in the UN Security Council for sanctions against individual Chadian political and armed opposition leaders whom he called directly engaged in activit [...]	2006-06-01 14:13:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM CD
06NDJAMENA778	CHAD: PRESIDENT, OPPOSITION ACKNOWLEDGE NEED FOR [...] (C) Deputy Assistant Secretary Don Yamamoto discussed with Chad's President Idriss Deby Itno on 30 May the pressing need for the creation of a space for political dialogue between Deby and Chad's political opposition. Opposition politicians were fulsome in their description of the barriers and [...]	2006-06-02 10:17:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KCRS CD
06NDJAMENA779	CHAD: FRANCE ON POST-ELECTION STRATEGY [...] (C) Summary. In a meeting with Ambassador Wall, French Ambassador Bercot outlined the Paris-blessed strategy for expanding a political dialogue and establishing the foundations for better economic and political governance in Chad after elections. He cautioned that the regime's ongoing effort [...]	2006-06-02 10:37:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KCRS CD
06NDJAMENA787	CHAD: WISE MEN'S CHAIR MALLOUM SEEKS GUIDANCE [...] (C) The Chair of President Deby's Committee of Wise Men on political dialogue does not see any indication from the President or his opposition of the political will necessary for compromise and reconciliation. He hopes that international pressure will bring Deby to understand the need for rea [...]	2006-06-05 14:11:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KCRS CD
06NDJAMENA788	CHAD: UNDP ON POST-ELECTION "FRAMEWORK" [...] (SBU) Summary. United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Resident Coordinator Amaning sees a two-month window for the government and the opposition to agree to a framework for shared supervision of political and economic reforms. He was concerned that the government might succeed at co-opting [...]	2006-06-05 14:26:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM UNDP CD
06NDJAMENA821	CHAD: GOC UNDERSTANDS TIP TIER TWO AND WATCH LIST [...] (SBU) Ambassador and POL/ECON Officer on June 6 informed GOC Ministers of Justice, and of Family and Social Action of the publication of the 2006 Trafficking in Persons report, and of Chad's Tier Two Watch List ranking. Ambassador again raised the issue on June 7 with Minister of Foreign Affai [...]	2006-06-09 10:58:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KWMN PGOV PREL SMIG KDEM CD KCRS PHUM
06NDJAMENA826	CHAD: POLITICAL OPPOSTION PROPOSES UNITY GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Chad's political opposition's ideas for a non-exclusive political dialogue would emasculate President Deby inside a multi-headed executive structure as part of a "Government of Broad Union", created to implement a "National Pact for Peace, Unity and Democracy" aimed at a root-and-branch re [...]	2006-06-12 09:55:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KCRS CD
06NDJAMENA828	CHAD: PRESIDENT'S CALL FOR "DIALOGUE" REJECTED [...] (SBU) The Chadian President has instructed his Council of Ministers to take the initiative for a "Chado-Chadian, internal political dialogue" to allow Chadians -- not foreigners -- to take control of the political development of the country. The political opposition publicly rejected any prop [...]	2006-06-12 10:42:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM KCRS CD
06NDJAMENA847	CHAD: POLITICAL OPPOSTION TO TAKE FRANCE TO TASK [...] (C) Chad's political opposition intends to tell the visiting French Minister-Delegate for Cooperation that she should see President Deby's initiative for political dialogue as they see it: a red herring designed to tell the international community what it wants to hear. That said, the opposit [...]	2006-06-16 11:31:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KCRS CD
06NDJAMENA853	CHAD/DRFUR: AU-UN JOINT ASSESSMENT MISSION BRIEFS [...] (C) UN U/S General for Peacekeeping Operations reported in N'Djamena that expectations of the impact of a UN PKO in Darfur are unrealistic on both sides of the Chad/Sudan border. He called the logistical challenge of standing up the force "a nightmare", and cautioned that it would be at least [...]	2006-06-19 16:47:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KCRS CD
06NDJAMENA862	CHAD/DARFUR: FRENCH AMBASSADOR SETS LIMITS ON [...] (SBU) France's Ambassador to Chad told UN U/S General for Peacekeeping Operations that there should be no illusions about using France's troops in Chad as an arm of an eventual PKO in Darfur. He stressed the need for international protection of the refugees and IDPs in Chad, made clear France [...]	2006-06-20 15:02:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM KCRS PHUM CD
06NDJAMENA864	CHAD: THE ROAD AHEAD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Deby's victories this spring provide him an opening for reaching out to his opponents. While their starting positions appear unbridgeable, and neither side has manifested the political will for compromise, at least Deby is making gestures in the right direction and [...]	2006-06-20 15:43:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL CH
06NDJAMENA867	CHAD: MULTI-DONOR MISSION ON PUBLIC FINANCE AND [...] (SBU) The second Multi-Donor Mission to Chad since April opened on June 21. A week of meetings with the GOC will seek to settle on the framework of a "global agreement" on the issues of public finance and oil revenue management. This would replace the "interim agreement" the GOS and World Ban [...]	2006-06-22 15:33:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID EPET PGOV PREL KDEM KCRS CD
06NDJAMENA882	CHAD: CREDIBLE OIL REVENUE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM IN [...] (C) Senior Chadian government officials have succeeded in blocking any discussion of capturing all or some indirect oil revenues generated by taxes and customs fees into an "improved" revenue management scheme for poverty reduction. They see no need to change the current distribution of funds [...]	2006-06-27 14:34:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON EAID EPET KDEM PREL PGOV KCRS CD
06NDJAMENA893	CHAD: DOES THE GOVERNMENT WANT THE WORLD BANK OUT [...] (SBU) Tough talk in the Multi-Donor Mission's oil revenue management working group seems to indicate a Government of Chad desire to cut the World Bank out of the oil sector all together. If the GOC shows continued inflexibility over the World Bank's status as a senior creditor, it could be an [...]	2006-06-29 08:43:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID EPET PREL PGOV KDEM KCRS CD
06NDJAMENA894	CHAD: FRENCH AMBASSADOR BLAMES POLITICAL [...] (C) The French Ambassador to Chad believes that none of the actors in Chad's political-military conflicts are willing to use dialogue to reach a peaceful solution to the country's succession problem. Although he believes that the international community must keep up the pressure on all partie [...]	2006-06-29 08:44:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KCRS CD
06NDJAMENA906	CHAD/DARFUR: NEW PATTERNS IN EASTERN CHAD'S [...] (SBU) Human rights groups and international NGOs point to an apparent shift toward ethnically or racially motivated attacks in eastern Chad in the area bordering Darfur. The period of September 2005 through May 2006 saw numerous such attacks; the month of June has been relatively quiet. Alleg [...]	2006-07-03 14:07:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KCRS CD
06NDJAMENA908	CHAD: OIL REVENUE MANAGEMENT AND THE PRICE OF [...] (SBU) The ten-day intensive talks between a Multi-Donor Mission and the Government of Chad (GOC) ended June 29. A good start was made on revisions to Chad's Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP),and on defining urgent actions needed to improve public finance management. The World Bank's m [...]	2006-07-04 11:39:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID EPET PGOV PREL KDEM KCRS CD
06NDJAMENA929	CHAD: MARAUDING YOUTH THREATEN HUMANITARIAN WORKERS [...] (SBU) A tense day of stand-off between local youths ostensibly demonstrating for employment, and humanitarian NGOs working in the Sudanese refugee camps outside the eastern Chadian town of Bahai ended July 7 with one locally engaged staff member of the International Rescue Committee injured. [...]	2006-07-10 16:31:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM KCRS ASEC PHUM CD
06NDJAMENA950	CHAD/DARFUR: FOREIGN MINISTER BRIEFS ON KHARTOUM [...] (SBU) Chad's Foreign Minister says he proposed to Khartoum a kind of reciprocal withdrawal of sanctuary for armed groups. Sudan suggested joint Chad/Sudan patrols of the common border. Neither side gave formal responses to the other's proposals. Chad awaits a follow-on mission from Khartoum [...]	2006-07-13 16:27:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM KCRS PHUM CD
06NDJAMENA968	CHAD/DARFUR: NMRD CLAIMS CHADIAN PRESSURE TO JOIN [...] (C) The Darfur rebel group National Movement for Reform and Development (NMRD) has indicated a desire to revisit its objections to the DPA, and implied a readiness to support DPA implementation. The group's General Secretary has stated that the group must be recognized as a valid interlocutor [...]	2006-07-19 14:23:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KCRS PHUM CD SU
06NDJAMENA989	CHAD'S POLITICAL DIALOGUE DEADLOCK [...] (C) Post's monitoring of Chad's political pulse since the May 3 Presidential poll indicates, with each passing week, less and less life in any of the ideas so far proposed to bring a political solution to Chad's institutional crises. The two major blocks in the face-off, roughly centered on Pr [...]	2006-07-25 10:12:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KCRS CD
06NEWDELHI1094	UPA/LEFT INFIGHTING REVIVES "NO CONFIDENCE" RUMORS [...] (C) Summary: Rumors of an imminent attempt by the Left Front (LF) and its allies to form a "third front" government to pull down Manmohan Singh have revived in the aftermath of India's IAEA vote against Iran. This is primarily the result of the contentious politics of India's largest state o [...]	2006-02-13 13:34:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL KDEM ECON PGOV PREL PINR IR IN
06NEWDELHI1095	CARTOONS: GOI ISSUES STATEMENT OF CONCERN, INDIAN [...] (C) Summary: Indian Muslims joined in scattered protests against the Danish cartoons depicting the prophet Muhammad following Friday prayers on February 10. Most denounced the offensive cartoons, while a few directed their anger into either anti-US demonstrations (encouraged by the Iranian E [...]	2006-02-13 14:05:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SOCI KISL KDEM SCUL IN DA IR
06NEWDELHI1169	NEW INDIAN MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS BACKS [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with newly appointed Minister of State for External Affairs Anand Sharma on February 14 to review plans for the President's visit, push for an Indian reply on our proposal for a democracy initiative (Ref B) and present the US appeal for further Indian assistance equ [...]	2006-02-15 12:50:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM UNSC PHUM PTER MARR MASS MOPS KNNP
06NEWDELHI1175	PM REACHES OUT TO ARRAY OF KASHMIRI LEADERS AS J&K [...] (C) Summary: Mixed private reaction, ranging from support to suspicion, greeted the GOI announcement that PM Singh would, on February 24, bring together moderate Kashmiri separatists and J&K elected political leaders for a roundtable conference in New Delhi. The event appears designed by the [...]	2006-02-15 14:29:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PHUM PGOV KDEM MOPS PBTS IN PK
06NEWDELHI1315	MUSLIMS SQUARE OFF - AGAINST AND FOR THE POTUS [...] (C) Summary: On February 21, influential Muslim leader Imam Bukhari of Old Delhi's Jama Mosque confirmed to Poloff that he had rejected overtures from anti-American leaders to support their "Bush go Back" campaign. Bukhari, who formerly supported anti-US campaigns, has moderated his views an [...]	2006-02-22 12:46:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR IAEA KNNP KISL KDEM SCUL IN
06NEWDELHI1660	RAJASTHAN GOVERNMENT QUELLS HARASSMENT OF EMMANUEL [...] (SBU) Summary: Local press recently reported that Hindu activists had attacked churches, hospitals and schools associated with the Emmanuel Ministries (EM) in Rajasthan, and blocked its employees from entering a hospital and orphanage. Embassy contacts in Rajasthan acknowledged that Hindu ac [...]	2006-03-09 13:37:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF KDEM PGOV SCUL CASC IN
06NEWDELHI1738	GOI HOPES FOR RESPONSE ON UN DEMOCRACY FUND [...] (U) This message contains an ACTION REQUEST. Please see para 7. 2. (C) Summary: MEA Joint Secretary (UN Political) Sanjiv Arora told PolCouns and Poloff on March 13 that India is awaiting a US response to its proposal to set up a New Delhi office of the UN Democracy Fund. The GOI also l [...]	2006-03-13 13:48:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PHUM IN
06NEWDELHI180	THE BROKEN BJP EMBRACES VOTE-LOSING HINDUTVA [...] (C) Summary: At its recently concluded "silver jubilee celebration" in Mumbai (septel) the BJP failed to overcome its deep divisions, failed to name a new President capable of uniting the party, failed to adopt a voter-friendly platform, and unenthusiastically embraced Hindutva and continued [...]	2006-01-10 05:11:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PINR PREL SCUL IN
06NEWDELHI1806	PRESIDENT KALAM IN BURMA: BALANCING REALPOLITIK WITH HUMAN RIGHTS [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-16 11:15:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEAN BM ECON ELAB ENRG EPET KDEM PHUM PREL
06NEWDELHI1814	GOI MOVING DEMOCRACY INITIATIVE FORWARD [...] (C) The Charge, accompanied by PolCouns and Poloff, called on Minister of State for External Affairs Anand Sharma on March 16 to further our discussion on democracy initiatives. Charge explained USG reservations regarding the initial GOI proposal to establish a New Delhi office of the UN Dem [...]	2006-03-16 12:43:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PGOV IN
06NEWDELHI1818	LONG-SIMMERING PROPERTY DISPUTE AT HEART OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Although the Emmanuel Mission (EM) case has aroused considerable controversy in the press, the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly and the Lok Sabha (Parliament),it is not likely to be resolved quickly. There are powerful vested property-interests on both sides of the dispute. Co [...]	2006-03-16 13:13:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF KDEM PGOV SCUL CASC IN
06NEWDELHI1953	SECULAR INDIA SUPPORTS EMMANUEL MINISTRIES, [...] (C) Summary: Thousands of Indians from all religious communities marched on the Rajasthan Parliament in Jaipur on March 21 to demand an end to the anti-Emmanuel Mission (EM) campaign of state Minister for Social Welfare and Cooperatives Madan Delivar. The issue also caused a major uproar in [...]	2006-03-22 11:22:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KRIF KDEM SCUL CASC IN
06NEWDELHI2173	GOI PRIVATELY MAINTAINING PRESSURE TO DEMOCRATIZE [...] (C) Summary: MEA Burma watcher Mohan Kumar told PolCouns March 30 that the GOI is continuing privately to push the military regime in Burma to pursue democratic reforms. Kumar elaborated on President Kalam's visit to Burma earlier this month, and indicated that discussions on democracy figur [...]	2006-03-30 13:59:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM BM IN
06NEWDELHI2226	INDIA RE-STATES ITS HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL MANTRA [...] (C) Summary: MEA's UN Joint Secretary Manjiv Puri was sanguine about the as-yet unaddressed flaws in the new Human Rights Council, arguing that the need to stand for election in the General Assembly would bar the worst human rights violators from the Council. India and the US have different approac [...]	2006-03-31 12:44:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KUNR KDEM UN IN
06NEWDELHI2291	RAJASTHAN ANTI-CONVERSION BILL SLOW TO PASS, [...] (SBU) Summary: Fulfilling a BJP party platform commitment, the Rajasthan government introduced an anti-conversion bill on March 31 in the state assembly. Rajasthan Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) Mohammad Mahir Azad (opposition Congress Party) predicted to us that the bill will likely pa [...]	2006-04-04 13:05:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KRIF KDEM SCUL CASC IN
06NEWDELHI2365	KASHMIRI SEPARATISTS LACK CLEAR AIM BUT TERRORISTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Meetings in Srinagar with Kashmiri separatists reveal a group that lacks consensus and is divided by a leadership squabble over how to respond to Prime Minister Singh's launch of a roundtable dialogue process. Most expect to boycott the PM's planned May roundtable in J&K and are [...]	2006-04-07 13:57:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV KDEM PBTS KISL PHUM ECON ASEC
06NEWDELHI2446	HUMAN RIGHTS, RELIGIOUS GROUPS DECRY PASSAGE OF [...] (C) Summary: Split on party lines, the BJP-dominated Rajasthan Assembly overwhelmingly passed a controversial anti-conversion bill on March 26, but it must be signed by the state governor, then be approved by the state cabinet and have regulations promulgated before it can be enforced. Human [...]	2006-04-11 12:45:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KIRF KDEM SCUL CASC IN
06NEWDELHI2496	MEA PROVIDES A/S BOUCHER WITH TOUR D'HORIZON OF [...] (C) Summary: Over an April 7 lunch, MEA regional Joint Secretaries provided Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher with SIPDIS a review of India's relations with its neighbors in South and Central Asia. Boucher probed them specifically on Nepal, Pakistan (including Kashmir),Afghanistan, Cent [...]	2006-04-13 06:09:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ENRG ETRD PBTS MOPS ELTN EPET KDEM
06NEWDELHI2529	RAJASTHAN'S CHIEF MINISTER TELLS SPEAKER HASTERT [...] (C) In an otherwise cordial April 10 courtesy call with Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert and seven accompanying Congressman, Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje expressed genuine anger at the activities of Christian missionaries in her state and provided a spirited defense of the rece [...]	2006-04-13 12:08:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR KIRF KDEM SCUL CASC IN
06NEWDELHI2699	INDIAN ENVOY TO NEPAL KING: ASSUME CEREMONIAL ROLE [...] (C) Summary: As the Indian establishment debates the effectiveness of envoy Karan Singh's visit to Kathmandu, New Delhi is still reaching out to Nepalese actors to try to pull the parties and Palace together. Speaking with the Charge on April 21, Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran said the King ha [...]	2006-04-21 11:44:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PHUM PGOV PBTS OREP NP IN
06NEWDELHI2703	INDIA CONFIRMS DETAILS FOR PEACEKEEPING JWG, [...] (U) MEA Under Secretary (UN Political) Manish confirmed to Poloff on April 17 that India would participate in the next round of the bilateral Peacekeeping Joint Working Group (PKJWG) proposed for May 11-12 in Washington. MEA Joint Secretary (UN Political) Sanjiv Arora would lead the SIPDIS [...]	2006-04-21 12:18:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPKO MOPS PHUM KDEM MASS IN
06NEWDELHI2706	INDO-PAK ON THE RIGHT TRACK [...] (C) SUMMARY: Seen from Delhi, Indo-Pak engagement seems to keep going strong, with the PM planning what he hopes will be a May or July trip to Pakistan that will be heavy on substantive achievement. In addition, India has made an important water concession to Pakistan and highly placed sourc [...]	2006-04-21 13:31:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS KDEM PHUM PTER ECON EWWT IN PK
06NEWDELHI2747	INDIA STILL HOPEFUL ON NEPALESE PARTIES, TEMPERS [...] (C) Summary: Following criticism of its statement of support for Nepalese King Gyanendra's April 21 announcement, the MEA reassured us on April 23 and 24 that it continues to work with the Nepalese political parties and believes the "door is not closed" to a compromise between the parties and [...]	2006-04-24 11:57:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV PHUM KDEM IN
06NEWDELHI2785	DEMARCHE ON AFGHAN ELECTION FINANCIAL REQUIREMENTS [...] (C) Poloff discussed Ref A points with MEA Under Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran) Acquino Vimal on SIPDIS April 25, suggesting that some of India's USD 10 million in non-programmed but committed funds (Ref B) could be used to cover costs for Afghan elections. Vimal replied that it w [...]	2006-04-25 13:05:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM EAID PGOV IN AF
06NEWDELHI2788	JAMMU & KASHMIR ASSEMBLY BY-ELECTIONS EXCEED [...] (SBU) Summary: Residents of four of Jammu & Kashmir's Assembly constituencies came out in strength to vote in by-elections on April 24, undaunted by threats and violence in the third major exercise of electoral democracy in the state since 2002. Another data point in the trend of Kashmiris' [...]	2006-04-25 13:27:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM IN
06NEWDELHI2789	JAMMU & KASHMIR ASSEMBLY BY-ELECTIONS EXCEED [...] (SBU) Summary: Residents of four of Jammu & Kashmir's Assembly constituencies came out in strength to vote in by-elections on April 24, undaunted by threats and violence in the third major exercise of electoral democracy in the state since 2002. Another data point in the trend of Kashmiris' [...]	2006-04-25 13:34:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM IN

06NEWDELHI279	NO GOI DECISION YET ON LONDON CONFERENCE ATTENDANCE [...] (C) PolCouns delivered reftel demarche to MEA Joint Secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran) Dilip Sinha on SIPDIS January 13. In a follow-up conversation, Under Secretary (Afghanistan) Aquino Vimal told Poloff that MEA had not yet decided on the level of its official representation, but w [...]	2006-01-13 10:34:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL EAID KDEM IN AF
06NEWDELHI2790	NEW DELHI ADAPTING TO CRITICISM AS NEPAL SITUATION [...] (C) Summary: The GOI issued a strong statement of support for the "Nepalese people" on April 25, after widespread criticism over its Nepal policies including former Foreign Minister Natwar Singh on April 24 who assailed India's Nepal policy as "masterly inactivity" that "let down the people of [...]	2006-04-25 14:00:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV KDEM IN NP
06NEWDELHI286	UN REFORM DEMARCHE: GOI OKAY ON HRC, WITH TWO [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-13 12:59:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KUNR PHUM UN KDEM IN
06NEWDELHI2867	EXPECTED SONIA GANDHI ELECTORAL VICTORY NOT ENOUGH [...] (C) Summary: Poloff's April 19-21 trip to Uttar Pradesh (UP) revealed that the political equation has changed since our previous visit in January. Then, most considered the ruling Samajwadi Party (SP) to be on its way out. However, Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav has since used American [...]	2006-04-27 11:21:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM KISL SCUL IN
06NEWDELHI2875	YASIN MALIK VISA [...] (SBU) Action Request: Post recommends that Department request DHS to approve a 212(d)(3)(A) waiver of nonimmigrant visa ineligibilities as appropriate for Yasin MALIK (DOB: 3 April 1965),President of the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF),to seek medical treatment in Bethesda, MD. We [...]	2006-04-27 12:02:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	CVIS PREL PTER PGOV KDEM PHUM IN PK
06NEWDELHI2915	RAJASTHAN UPDATE: EMI FOUNDER RECEIVES [...] (U) Summary: Emmanuel Ministries International (EMI) founder MA Thomas was granted anticipatory bail on April 21, but remains in hiding, All India Christian Council President John Dayal twld us on April 27. Dayal also reported that EMI President Samuel Thomas (son of MA Thomas) remains in j [...]	2006-04-28 11:36:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KIRF KDEM SCUL CASC IN
06NEWDELHI2983	INDIA'S STATE ELECTIONS: A REFERENDUM ON CONGRESS [...] (C) Summary: The usual religious and caste issues have been all but absent in the April/May electoral contests in four states and one Union Territory, raising the prospect that the vote will be viewed as a referendum on UPA economic and foreign policies. The Communists hope to move the elect [...]	2006-05-02 09:56:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL KDEM IN
06NEWDELHI2997	INDIA REQUESTS USG SUPPORT FOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) Reflecting the priority the GOI places on participating in the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC),Indian Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran called together resident Chiefs of Missions on May 1 to promote the GOI candidacy. Adding to the previous GOI non-paper outlining India's qualificaitons [...]	2006-05-02 11:52:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KUNR AORC UNHRC KDEM IN
06NEWDELHI2998	TERRORISTS MASSACRE 35 HINDUS IN J&K AFTER [...] (U) This is an Action Request for PA and SCA. Please see Para 18. 2. (C) Summary: Terrorism raised its ugly head in J&K twice, after April 30 and May 1 attacks in Jammu left over 35 Hindus dead in an attempt to fan the flames of religious hatred and spoil the atmosphere before PM Singh m [...]	2006-05-02 13:13:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM PBTS KISL IN
06NEWDELHI3006	GOI RESPONSE POSITIVE TO UN DEMOCRACY FUND [...] (C) In a May 2 meeting with PolCouns and Poloff, MEA Joint Secretary (United Nations/Political) Sanjiv Arora said that the GOI plans actively to promote the UN Democracy Fund (UNDEF, Ref A) to Indian NGOs and civil society organizations, including via the MEA's Internet site, and to facilitat [...]	2006-05-03 07:40:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM UNGA KUNR IN AF KG
06NEWDELHI3007	GOI SHARES ITS SELECTION CRITERIA FOR NEXT UNSYG [...] (C) In a May 2 meeting with PolCouns and Poloff, MEA Joint Secretary (United Nations/Political) Sanjiv Arora shared the GOI's thinking on who it will support as the next UN Secretary-General. Avoiding commenting on any declared or stealth candidates (including UN Under-Secretary-General for [...]	2006-05-03 07:40:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM UNGA KUNR PINR IN
06NEWDELHI3117	EMMANUEL MINISTRIES PRESIDENT FREE ON BAIL, COURT [...] (SBU) Emmanuel Ministries International (EMI) President Samuel Thomas was released from judicial custody on May 2, and his next hearing will be on May 12, EMI Hospital Administrator Jacob Matthew told us on May 5. Jacob commented that the property registration dispute with the Rajasthan Gove [...]	2006-05-05 12:31:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KIRF KDEM SCUL CASC IN
06NEWDELHI3130	HURRIYAT UPBEAT ABOUT MEETING WITH PM SINGH AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: The moderate separatist Kashmiri Hurriyat led by Mirwaiz Omar Farooq was quite pleased with their May 3 meeting with Indian PM Singh and his commitment to dialogue on the full range of Jammu and Kashmir issues and to improved human rights. The Hurriyat are also gearing up to begin [...]	2006-05-05 14:49:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PBTS PINR KDEM PHUM KISL PK IN
06NEWDELHI3199	INDIAN MUSLIMS AND CONGRESS NERVOUS OVER U.S. IRAN [...] (C) Summary: A cross-section of Indian Muslims have told Poloff in recent weeks that Indian Muslim opinion, both Sunni and Shia, is opposed to Washington's policy on Iran's nuclear program and that Indian Muslims would --as they did for Iraq in 2003-- likely peacefully take to the streets in l [...]	2006-05-09 11:35:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM KISL PGOV PINR PREL SCUL IN IR
06NEWDELHI3248	RIFTS EMERGE AMONG INDIAN MUSLIMS OVER FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: In an ugly marriage of convenience, Indian Muslim extremists from the Wahhabi-influenced Deobandi sect and radical pro-Iran Shias have joined forces with the opportunistic regional Samajwadi Party (SP) of Uttar Pradesh (UP) to mount an anti-US political campaign. More moderate [...]	2006-05-11 08:38:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM KISL PGOV PINR PTER SCUL IN IR IZ
06NEWDELHI3271	STATE ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS MOSTLY A VOTE FOR THE [...] (C) Summary: The outcome of State Assembly elections was largely as anticipated (Ref A),with the Left Front (LF) retaining power in West Bengal and unseating Congress in Kerala, while Congress held on to power in Pondicherry, and in a coalition in Assam (Details Refs C and D). The only rea [...]	2006-05-11 14:11:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM IN
06NEWDELHI3307	FRESH CHARGE AGAINST EMI PRESIDENT FALLS FLAT [...] (C) Summary: Emmanuel Ministries International's (EMI) President Samuel Thomas told Poloff on May 11 that the court struck down charges of sedition brought by the Rajasthan government on May 10. He noted that the charges were filed under Section 124 of the Indian Penal Code for having a map o [...]	2006-05-12 11:03:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KIRF KDEM SCUL CASC IN
06NEWDELHI3313	PARLIAMENT SET TO DEBATE THE UPA'S PRO-AMERICAN [...] (C) Summary: The UPA's pro-American foreign policy could come under intense criticism from both the Left Front (LF) and the BJP during the current parliamentary session that began May 10. The Communists, energized by victories in the just-concluded state assembly elections, will take a hosti [...]	2006-05-12 11:46:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM MNUC KNNP PINR IN
06NEWDELHI3382	GOI FAVORS NEPAL CEASE-FIRE MONITORING UNDER UN [...] (C) Summary: Noting that that India does not want to be unilaterally involved in maintaining the peace in Nepal, MEA Under Secretary (Nepal) Manish Gupta indicated on May 16 that the GOI would not oppose UN involvement in monitoring the cease-fire between the Maoists and Government of Nepal. [...]	2006-05-16 12:04:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER AORC ECON EPET MASS KDEM IN NP
06NEWDELHI3433	POLITICAL AND DIPLOMATIC SUPPORT TO NEPAL VITAL, [...] (U) This is an ACTION REQUEST for G, IO and USUN. Please see paragraph 10. 2. (C) Summary: The international community needs to provide full diplomatic and political support to the Government of Nepal (GON) and be ready to provide aid when requested, MEA Joint Secretary (North) Pankaj Sa [...]	2006-05-18 06:46:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PTER AORC ECON EPET MASS KDEM IN NP
06NEWDELHI3471	CONGRESS SHOOTS ITSELF BY REVIVING THE CASTE QUOTA [...] (C) Summary. The Congress party needlessly set off a political firestorm by proposing a bill to add a 27 percent quota for "other backward castes (OBCs)" in public higher education institutions. OBCs are castes that do not face traditional discrimination but have been determined to be "econo [...]	2006-05-18 12:50:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PINR SOCI SCUL KPAO IN
06NEWDELHI3506	AN INDIAN ROGUE'S GALLERY ENTERTAINS A PAKISTANI TALIBAN APOLOGIST [...] (C) Pakistani hard-liner and Taliban advocate Fazlur Rahman visited India from May 15-19. During his visit, he was guest of honor at a Delhi reception hosted by the Deobandi Political organization Jamiat-i-Ulama-i-Hind (JuH),that we steered well clear of. The JuH failed to convince most promine [...]	2006-05-19 13:50:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM KISL PGOV PINR PTER SCUL IN PK AF
06NEWDELHI3546	INDIA WELCOMES FORMATION OF NEW IRAQI GOVERNMENT [...] (U) In a welcome sign of leadership, India today issued a statement welcoming the formation of the new Iraqi government. See para 4 for complete text. 2. (C) PolCouns spoke May 22 to Indian Middle East envoy Ambassador Chinmaya Garekhan to deliver the points in Reftel. Garekhan said the GO [...]	2006-05-22 13:01:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM EPET ENRG KISL IZ IN
06NEWDELHI3548	RAJASTHAN GOVERNOR REFUSES TO SIGN ANTI-CONVERSION BILL [...] (C) Summary: On May 19, Rajasthan Governor Pratibha Patil unexpectedly refused to sign Rajasthan's controversial anti-conversion bill (Ref C),instead sending it back to the state cabinet based on concerns that it is unconstitutional. The cabinet must now present arguments to the Governor that wou [...]	2006-05-22 13:15:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KIRF KDEM SCUL IN
06NEWDELHI3583	CONGRESS FARES BADLY IN SPECIAL SESSION OF [...] (C) Summary. Congress ineptitude and a predilection for scoring "own goals" on domestic policy turned what should have been a routine wrap-up session of Parliament into an embarrassment for the UPA that has left the Prime Minister's political stock in the doldrums. Congress convened the May [...]	2006-05-23 13:06:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PARM MNUC ENRG PINR MARR IN
06NEWDELHI3586	INDIA WILL CONSIDER ADDITIONAL SUPPORT TO IRAQ [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (C) Summary: Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Director for the Gulf Manohar Ram was noncommittal about the message in Ref (A) demarche, but was receptive to suggestions that India provide training to the Iraqi Parliament, renew Ind [...]	2006-05-23 13:48:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM IZ IN
06NEWDELHI3664	PRIME MINISTER TALKS HUMAN RIGHTS WITH KASHMIRIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Even as the Prime Minister's talks with representatives of the people of Jammu and Kashmir state stretched into their second day, terrorists killed ten more villagers in Rajouri. During the first day's roundtable discussions, and following a security briefing by the Army, the PM [...]	2006-05-25 12:20:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PHUM
06NEWDELHI370	HAVING SURVIVED 2005, THE UPA WILL BE MORE [...] (C) Summary: Most political observers expect the Congress-led UPA government of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to remain in power until the end of its term in 2009, although it is likely to proceed cautiously on economic liberalization and closer ties with the US out of fear of provoking its [...]	2006-01-18 13:33:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON PHUM PINR KDEM IN
06NEWDELHI3799	THE PRESIDENT SENDS KEY UPA LEGISLATION BACK TO [...] (C) Summary: Although Parliament passed the "office of Profit Bill" on May 17 in a special session of Parliament, the President refused to sign it and sent it back for parliamentary reconsideration on May 30. The President is apparently concerned that the Bill could be inherently unconstitut [...]	2006-05-31 12:12:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM IN
06NEWDELHI3833	INDIA WELCOMES NEW U.S. APPROACH ON IRAN, BUT IS [...] (C) DCM delivered reftel points to MEA Joint Secretary (Americas) Dr. S. Jaishankar after NSA Narayanan remained unavailable throughout the day either to meet with or speak on the phone to the Ambassador. Jaishankar acknowledged our demarche's requests for Indian action, but made no further s [...]	2006-06-01 13:12:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN
06NEWDELHI397	PM SINGH EMPHASIZES MUTUAL BENEFITS OF NUCLEAR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh told visiting US Representative Paul Gillmor (R-OH) and his delegation January 13, 2006 that the future of US-India relations was extremely promising, that India and America shared common values, that both would benefit from successful passage of l [...]	2006-01-19 15:19:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MNUC ENRG PTER ETRD EINV KDEM OVIP
06NEWDELHI4062	THE COMMUNISTS ARE ON A ROLL AND LOADED FOR BEAR [...] (C) Summary: India's Communist parties were energized by their victories in the recently concluded state elections (Reftel A),and have been more rhetorically aggressive in their criticism of the UPA. While the Communists will be more ambitious in their confrontation, they remain unlikely t [...]	2006-06-09 13:00:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINR ECON EINV EFIN IN
06NEWDELHI4169	FS SARAN BRIEFS ON NEPAL PM VISIT [...] (C) Summary: The most important outcome from the June 5-9 visit of Nepalese Prime Minister G.P. Koirala to New Delhi was the GOI's expression of unconditional political support for the Seven Party Alliance (SPA) and the announcement of an economic aid package worth USD 210 million, in finite t [...]	2006-06-14 11:45:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KPKO ECON ENRG MASS IN NP
06NEWDELHI4206	INDIA SHARES OUR CONCERNS ABOUT DECLARATION ON [...] SUMMARY: A senior Indian official said India shared U.S. views on the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, found the self-determination clauses unacceptable, and was not comfortable with the process by which the declaration had been framed, but would not be averse to an extension o [...]	2006-06-15 14:20:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM AORC PREL IN
06NEWDELHI4405	INDIA FAVORS PARALLEL DEMARCHE TO SRI LANKA [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-22 12:08:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM IN
06NEWDELHI4588	INDIA WALKED A FINE LINE ON IRAN AT THE SCO SUMMIT [...] (C) Indian Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Murli Deora told the Ambassador June 28 that he had informal conversations with Iranian President Ahmedinejad 3-4 times at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit, and while Ahmedinejad had been reserved due to India's IAEA votes against I [...]	2006-06-29 12:01:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN
06NEWDELHI4729	GOI PRESSING MAOISTS TO FOREGO VIOLENCE, OPPOSES [...] (C) On July 5 Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran agreed with the Ambassador's assertion that the UN needs to play a role in Maoist disarmament and welcomed the Government of Nepal's (GON's) dispatch of a letter to this effect. Saran underlined the need for the Maoists to disarm. In a separate Ju [...]	2006-07-06 11:17:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KPKO ECON ENRG MASS IN NP
06NEWDELHI4819	PRIVATIZATION POLICY LEADS TO PRIME MINISTERIAL [...] (C) Summary: A relatively minor affair regarding the 10 per cent privatization of a public sector company in Tamil Nadu caused the UPA to suspend its entire privatization program (Septel),and the opposition BJP to call for the resignation of Prime Minister Singh. On July 7, New Delhi was a [...]	2006-07-10 12:26:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PINR ECON EINV EFIN IN
06NEWDELHI4947	INDIAN THINK TANKS STRESS NEED FOR UN INVOLVEMENT, [...] (C) Summary: Representatives from Delhi-based think tanks stressed to PolOffs on July 11 that proposed negotiations with the Maoists in Nepal will not be successful without UN involvement and a strong and united front by the country's political parties. The representatives also stressed their [...]	2006-07-13 12:42:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM KPKO IN NP
06NEWDELHI546	POLLING DATA SHOWS THAT THE GOVERNMENT OF PM SINGH [...] (C) Summary: Despite domestic setbacks, two recent polls indicate that the Congress-dominated UPA remains popular with the Indian voter due to sustained economic growth, a popular foreign policy plank and the enduring appeal of the Congress Party and the Gandhi family brand. Congress Presiden [...]	2006-01-25 12:31:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM IN
06NEWDELHI550	GOI STUMPED ON ITS NEPAL POLICY [...] (C) Summary: New Delhi is trying to decide its next steps on Nepal, and hopes for more "clarity" in a few days, Joint Secretary Pankaj Saran said in a January 25 meeting with SIPDIS PolCouns and Poloffs. The GOI is committed to maintaining its current pro-democracy position (including the [...]	2006-01-25 13:00:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM MASS PTER ASEC IN NP
06NEWDELHI5621	TWO GRUMPY OLD MEN HIJACK NATIONAL POLITICS AND [...] (C) Summary: Two grumpy old men, Natwar Singh of Congress and Jaswant Singh of the BJP, have made unwise decisions that will likely end their political careers. Too proud to admit to poor judgment, both men have blamed Congress for their problems and taken the offensive. Ordinarily, their f [...]	2006-08-11 11:28:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL KDEM EPET IN
06NEWDELHI6133	THE PM PICKS A WINNER: SHIV SHANKAR MENON TO BE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The August 31 announcement that seasoned diplomat Shiv Shankar Menon will succeed Shyam Saran as Foreign Secretary with Saran moving to a newly-created post as the PM's Special Envoy for the Indo-US Civil Nuclear Deal represents not only a domestic coup for PM Singh, but also bod [...]	2006-09-01 12:49:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN
06NEWDELHI6320	MEA STILL CAUTIOUSLY POSITIVE ON NEPAL [...] (C) Summary. MEA North Division Joint Secretary Pankaj Saran told PolCouns: -- in his analysis, the desire for success in Nepal's peace process "is overwhelming;" -- India continues to see eye-to-eye with the U.S. on key issues regarding Nepal; -- the Seven-Party Alliance must appear s [...]	2006-09-11 10:17:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM MARR NP IN
06NEWDELHI6511	INDIAN PUBLIC RESPONDING POSITIVELY TO [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-19 05:56:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN
06NEWDELHI6513	DELHI AND DHAKA TRY TO DIAL DOWN THE HEAT [...] (C) SUMMARY: After weeks of tough talk about cross border insurgency, disputed boundaries, and illegal Bangladeshi immigration, both sides agreed at the recent Indo-Bangladeshi Home Secretary-level talks to tone down the rhetoric and undertake a "joint visit initiative" to resolve boundary di [...]	2006-09-19 07:07:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL PTER KDEM KTIA KISL MOPS
06NEWDELHI6520	INDIA, US "CONVERGE" ON SRI LANKA, LESS ON [...] (C) Summary. In a September 18 courtesy call, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Joint Secretary Mohan Kumar told PolCouns: -- India and the U.S. have a "broad convergence" of interests on Sri Lanka; -- India continues to tell the GSL that there can be no military solution to the conflict, [...]	2006-09-19 10:26:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM CE BG IN
06NEWDELHI6523	KASHMIR: POLICE REPORT TERRORIST INFILTRATION [...] (S) Summary: Military leaders in India sounded an ominous warning last week, just as Prime Minister Singh was leaving for his meeting with Pakistani President Musharraf in Havana, that terrorist infiltration into Jammu and Kashmir had risen sharply this year. Like many similar press releases [...]	2006-09-19 11:15:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN
06NEWDELHI6527	EMBASSY, INDIAN EXPERTS COORDINATE ON NEPAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Over Sep. 18th and 19th, PolCouns led a round-table on Nepal and met with leading Indian Nepal experts with the objective of enhancing our ability to coordinate with India on Nepal. From these meetings, it appears that two camps exist within India's policy making elite on prosp [...]	2006-09-19 14:28:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS KDEM NP IN
06NEWDELHI6647	KASHMIR: SELF RULE, SOFT BORDER SOLUTION GAINING [...] (S) Summary: Indian government responses to Musharraf's recent book, in which he discussed a four part solution to the Kashmir issue, are likely to be harsh publicly, and targeted for domestic consumption. However, journalists with access to the Prime Minister's office say the proposal is ve [...]	2006-09-25 12:47:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN
06NEWDELHI6737	INDIAN PM FACING OUTCRY AGAINST ANTI-TERROR PLAN [...] (S) Summary: Prime Minister Singh has come under fire in India for his agreement with Pakistan to combat terrorism jointly. Opposition BJP leaders and hardliners in PM Singh's own party and India's security establishment have unleashed a barrage of statements criticizing the agreement. They [...]	2006-09-27 12:46:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN
06NEWDELHI6766	"PRAGMATIC" MAOISTS GETTING CLOSER TO KOIRALA? [...] (C) SUMMARY: Nepalese Maoists are getting closer to PM Koirala, according to Sudhindra Bhadoria of the left-leaning New Delhi-based South Asian Forum for People's Inititatives, because they are pragmatists who are not "hard and fast" on the issues of arms and the role of the monarchy in the fu [...]	2006-09-28 12:10:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS KDEM PK NE IN
06NEWDELHI7005	HIGH STAKES FOR INDIA IN NEPAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: India's stakes in Nepal are high, yet, of all its neighbors, Nepal is the easiest to manage, according to MEA Americas Director Santosh Jha. Jha said the Maoists are long on guns, but short on strategy. They have created an "aura" of support, said Jha, but would be exposed in e [...]	2006-10-11 10:03:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM NE IN
06NEWDELHI7126	INDIA OPEN TO GPOI IN GENERAL; NOT READY FOR FULL [...] (C) Summary. In response to reftel demarche conveying U.S. interest in a partnership with India on the Global Peace Operations Initiative (GPOI),on October 12 the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Joint Secretary for United Nations-Political (UNP),Sanjiv Arora, told Poloff and visiting PAC [...]	2006-10-16 13:16:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS KDEM IN
06NEWDELHI7273	KASHMIR: PENDING EXECUTION CAUSING STRIFE FOR CONGRESS NEW DELHI 00007273 001.2 OF 003 [...] (C) Summary. The Srinagar Valley erupted in protest during the first weeks of Ramazan when the Indian Supreme Court upheld a death sentence for Mohammad Afzal Guru, a convicted facilitator of the 2001 attacks on the Indian Parliament. The Indian President has granted Afzal's family a temporary re [...]	2006-10-20 12:49:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN
06NEWDELHI7359	INDIA DEFENDS MUMBAI BLAST EVIDENCE POINTING TO [...] (S) Summary: Indian officials remain convinced that Pakistan is behind the July 11th Mumbai attacks, and worry that the US is setting the bar too high for "solid evidence" of Pakistani intelligence involvement. In an October 25th meeting with the Charge, Home Secretary Duggal indicated that [...]	2006-10-26 13:50:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK
06NEWDELHI7360	INDIA DEFENDS MUMBAI BLAST EVIDENCE POINTING TO [...] (S) Summary: Indian officials remain convinced that Pakistan is behind the July 11th Mumbai attacks, and worry that the US is setting the bar too high for "solid evidence" of Pakistani itelligence involvement. In an October 25th meeting with the Charge, Home Secretary Duggal indicated that t [...]	2006-10-26 13:58:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK
06NEWDELHI7577	DECADES OF CORRUPTION LEADS TO URBAN CHAOS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Since 1962, shopkeepers aided by corrupt civil servants in the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) and the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) have ignored New Delhi's Master plan and illegally constructed over 50,000 shops in residential zones. After residents, angered by the i [...]	2006-11-03 12:08:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM ECON EINV PINR IN
06NEWDELHI7585	NARAYANAN SEES PAKISTANI EFFORT TO BUILD TERRORIST [...] (S) Summary: The Ambassador met with National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan to discuss counter-terrorism issues and the state of India-Pakistan relations ahead of the Foreign Secretary talks on November 14th and 15th. Narayanan warned that the recently thwarted terrorist attack in Mysore [...]	2006-11-03 15:18:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN
06NEWDELHI759	U/S DOBRIANSKY DISCUSSES DEMOCRACY PROMOTION IN [...] (C) As part of the February 1 Global Issues Forum, U/S Dobriansky met with Foreign Secretary Saran to discuss initiatives to promote democracy and human rights with India, including presidential deliverables, the UN Deeocracy Fund and UN Human Rights Commission reform. U/S Dobriansky opened [...]	2006-02-02 14:19:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM UNSC PHUM PTER AF HU JP IZ IN
06NEWDELHI7618	ANTI-AMERICAN GROUPS USE SADDAM VERDICT TO SQUEEZE [...] (C) Summary: The GOI on November 5 issued a tepid response to the verdict and death sentence on Saddam Hussein that questioned the validity of the judicial process. This GOI response reflects the considerable pressure the Congress Party is facing from two key groups that it needs to remain [...]	2006-11-06 15:11:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KNNP PARM MNUC KISL KDEM IN
06NEWDELHI7667	FOREIGN MINISTER MUKHERJEE POSITIONED TO HELP [...] (C) SUMMARY: In his first call on Pranab Mukherjee in his new position as Minister for External Affairs (bio in reftel),the Ambassador emphasized the importance of the broad vision for US-India relations outlined by the President, to which Mukherjee readily added his support and commitment. [...]	2006-11-08 08:05:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL
06NEWDELHI7748	BOUCHER DISCUSSES PAKISTAN, IRAN, AND AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher met with Indian Joint Secretary Dilip Sinha on November 10th to discuss India's relations with Pakistan, Iran, and Afghanistan. Boucher emphasized the importance to the United States that India voice its conc [...]	2006-11-13 08:31:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN
06NEWDELHI7759	BOUCHER DISCUSSES NUCLEAR TALKS, BILATERAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Reflecting the rapid maturation and quickly broadening scope of US-India strategic coordination, visiting Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher and Ministry of External Affairs Joint Secretary (Americas) Dr. Subramanyam Jaishankar discussed the o [...]	2006-11-13 10:55:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN
06NEWDELHI7767	BOUCHER AND MENON TOUR D'HORIZON: PAKISTAN, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Secretary Menon told Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher SIPDIS and Ambassador Mulford in a Nov. 10 meeting that countering Pakistani mistrust about India's role in Baluchistan will be difficult. India is concerned about the growin [...]	2006-11-14 04:19:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK
06NEWDELHI7797	INDIA-PAKISTAN FOREIGN SECRETARIES RESUME DIALOGUE [...] (C) At their just concluded their meetings in New Delhi, Indian and Pakistani Foreign Secretaries Shivshankar Menon and Riaz Mohammad Khan agreed to a fourth round of composite dialogue despite ongoing Indian concerns about continued terrorist attacks. Press reports said Indian Foreign Minis [...]	2006-11-15 11:35:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN
06NEWDELHI7937	NEPALESE MAOIST SUPREMO PRACHANDA CONQUERS DELHI, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Nepal's Maoist Chairman Prachanda made a splashy debut in New Delhi last week, addressing a leadership conference and sharing the stage with world leaders like Afghan President Karzai and former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani. Prachanda criticized Stalin and Lenin, preached [...]	2006-11-22 12:16:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM IN
06NEWDELHI7954	INDIA-PAKISTAN FOREIGN SECRETARIES LAUNCH COUNTER-TERROR JOINT MECHANISM, REVIEW SIACHEN [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-22 14:06:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	IN KDEM KISL MOPS PBTS PGOV PINR PK PREL PTER
06NEWDELHI7997	INDIA REBUILDING ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH ISRAEL [...] (S) Summary: In a November 24 conversation, Israeli DCM Yoed Magen described to us a renewed positive trend in India's relationship with Israel. Magen told the DCM that Israeli National Security Advisor Ilan Mizrachi is coming to Delhi from November 27th through 30th for a high level intell [...]	2006-11-27 13:27:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN
06NEWDELHI8047	GOI BRIEFING: ARMS MANAGEMENT IN NEPAL MUST BE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indian Ambassador to Nepal Shiva Shankar Mukherjee presided over a November 28 briefing of the New Delhi diplomatic corps, with International Organizations Additional Secretary K.C. Singh also in attendance, to stress the need for speed in getting a team of UN monitors to observe [...]	2006-11-30 01:20:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS KDEM NP CH IN
06NEWDELHI8137	PM SINGH VISIT TO JAPAN: TIME FOR THE U.S. TO SEIZE THE DAY ON CLOSER TRILATERAL COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Singh will visit Tokyo December 13-16 as a follow-on to the ASEAN summit. He and PM Abe are expected to have a feel-good series of meetings, including talks on deepening the bilateral relationship, economic and cultural "deliverables," recognition of the expansion of I [...]	2006-12-05 08:10:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR KDEM JA IN
06NEWDELHI8191	INDIA DOES NOT DISMISS MUSHARRAF PROPOSAL, BUT [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Mukherjee told Ambassador December 6 that Pakistan President Musharraf's proposal on Kashmir contained no new ideas, but was instead an effort to repackage old proposals. He said the GoI would carefully assess Musharraf's message, adding that he saw "no negative [...]	2006-12-06 15:09:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR PBTS MOPS KDEM KISL PK
06NEWDELHI8276	MUKHERJEE EXPRESSES APPRECIATION FOR CIVILIAN [...] (C) Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee t/ld Under Secretary Nicholas Burns on December 8 he appreciated the Bush Administration's efforts to negotiate language for the civilian nuclear legislation that was favorable to India, and said Indian officials were preparing to address their remaining c [...]	2006-12-11 12:56:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ETTC EAID ECON EAGR PINR PTER KDEM
06NEWDELHI8298	INDIAN MP'S ARE GUARDEDLY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE [...] (C) Summary: A selected group of Members of Parliament from the India/US Forum of Parliamentarians (IUFP) discussed a broad range of issues with U/S Burns and Ambassador Mulford during their December 8 meeting. The MPs were mostly from the Congress party, although the BJP and regional partie [...]	2006-12-12 10:42:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ETTC EAID ECON EAGR PINR PTER KDEM
06NEWDELHI8463	CRUCIAL MUSLIM CONSTITUENCY SPLIT BEFORE IMPENDING [...] (C) Summary: The crucial state of Uttar Pradesh (UP) is facing an election in early 2007 that could displace the current Samajwadi Party (SP) government. Muslims have long been considered a crucial SP "vote bank." A December 11-13 trip to the Muslim dominated areas of Rampur, Moradabad and [...]	2006-12-21 11:44:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR SCUL KDEM KISL IN
06NEWDELHI85	GOI ON UN REFORM PRIORITIES, LET DESIGNATION [...] (S) Summary: PolCouns and Poloff conveyed Ref B demarche on LET surrogates' terrorist designation to the MEA officials responsible for UN affairs. New Delhi remains hopeful that the CCIT will be completed soon, despite its disappointment at a failure to finish the text in 2005, and would like [...]	2006-01-05 10:17:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PREL PTER EFIN PHUM KUNR KDEM IN
06NEWDELHI888	CARTOON WARS: INDIAN MUSLIMS (BARELY) PROTEST [...] (SBU) Summary: Indian Muslim reaction to the controversy over publication of cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed in a Danish newspaper spilled out into the streets on February 6 in the form of a peaceful city-wide strike in Muslim-majority Srinagar, a student demonstration in New Delhi, and small [...]	2006-02-07 13:41:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KISL ASEC OVIP KDEM SOCI IN IR DA
06NEWDELHI948	IRAN'S ANTI-US COLD WAR FALLS FLAT IN INDIA [...] (C) Summary. India's IAEA Iran vote, the Danish cartoons, and the POTUS visit are reverberating on the Indian political scene, provoking Indian Muslim leaders and activists to speak out. On the domestic front, however, the Congress-dominated UPA government has begun to act on the promises m [...]	2006-02-08 13:08:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IAEA KNNP KISL KDEM SCUL IN IR IZ
06NIAMEY1075	POLITICAL DECENTRALIZATION IN NIGER: (STILL) A [...] (C) More than two years have passed since Nigeriens elected local councils to govern the country's 265 communes. The advent of political decentralization - a subject of discussion for most of the nation's first four decades of independence - was greeted with excitement by ordinary Nigeriens wh [...]	2006-09-22 16:22:00	Embassy Niamey	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KCOR EAID NG
06NIAMEY1193	ISLAM IN NIGER: SLOW MOTION CULTURAL CHANGE [...] (U) This is the first in a series of cables examining the changing nature of Islam in Niger and its implications for the world's least developed Muslim democracy. Emboffs' recent travel to Maradi - a key trading center on the Niger/Nigeria border in the heart of "Hausaland" - and our examinati [...]	2006-10-26 13:54:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER EAID SOCI KDEM NG
06NIAMEY1200	NIGER: A NEAR MISS ON ABRIDGEMENT OF FREE SPEECH [...] SUMMARY: On October 24, International news organizations (Radio France International and the BBC French Service) reported that the Government of Niger (GON) had banned something called the "social forum," a meeting of anti-globalization activists from Niger and several foreign countries. By d [...]	2006-10-27 14:06:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM NG
06NIAMEY584	NIGER: ISLAM ANALYSIS [...] (C) Summary: Building on the excellent study of Islamic practices in Niger that the Danish Cooperation (Danida) commissioned this year, excerpts from Islamic press organs such as the monthly newspaper As-Salam and radio Bonferey and discussions with Nigeriens of various backgrounds and degree [...]	2006-06-08 08:23:00	Embassy Niamey	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM KPAO PGOV PREL NG
06NICOSIA2040	LOCAL ELECTIONS A DRAW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The governing coalition and opposition alike claimed victory in the December 17 municipal elections. The alliance )- comprising AKEL, DIKO, and EDEK )- won mayorships in five major Cyprus cities, while opponent DISY triumphed in smaller municipalities and increased its take of [...]	2006-12-19 11:48:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL CY
06NICOSIA374	CYPRUS WILL CONSIDER SUGGESTIONS FOR REACTION TO [...] (C) On March 1, poloff delivered reftel message to Vasos Chamberlain, who handles Russian and Eastern European issues in the MFA's Division of bilateral affairs. Chamberlain said that Belarus was discussed at the Informal Meeting of EU Foreign Affairs Ministers held March 10-11 (Gymnich) in [...]	2006-03-13 14:47:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PGOV EUN BO CY
06NICOSIA638	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UN DEMOCRACY FUND [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel message to Demetra Christodoulou in the MFA's Division of Multilateral Affairs on April 28. Christodoulou was unaware of the UN Democracy Fund, but promised to pass talking points and information on the Democracy Fund's website to her director. SCHLICHER [...]	2006-04-28 13:35:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KDEM UNGA CY
06NICOSIA756	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON ADDRESSING SARG HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) On May 17, Poloff delivered reftel message to Charalambos Hadjisavvas, who follows Middle Eastern issues in the MFA's office of bilateral affairs. Hadjisavvas said that the ROC will not issue a unilateral statement condemning human rights violations in Syria. Cyprus would, however, supp [...]	2006-05-19 13:37:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL
06NICOSIA769	DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO SEEK PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) On May 22 Poloff delivered reftel message to Charalambos Hadjisavvas, who follows Middle Eastern issues in the MFA's Office of Bilateral Affairs. Hadjisavvas was unaware that Iraq's Council of Representatives had formed a new cabinet, admitting that he had been focused on the May 21 pa [...]	2006-05-23 12:53:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM KPAO PREL PGOV
06NICOSIA924	CYPRUS WILL FOLLOW EU LEAD ON VENEZUELAN ANTI-NGO [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel verbal message to Saavas Vladimirou in the MFA's Division of the Americas and Oceania. Vladimirou, who handles Latin American issues and regularly attends meetings of the EU Committee on Latin America (COLAT) in Brussels, said he was aware of the Venezuelan anti-NG [...]	2006-06-19 07:34:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PGOV PHUM VE EAID CY
06NICOSIA96	CYPRUS WILL FOLLOW EU LEAD ON BELARUS ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) On January 26 poloff delivered reftel message to Vasos Chamberlain in the MFA's Bilateral Affairs Division. Chamberlain said Cyprus would support EU policy on the Belarussian presidential election, including any efforts to engage the international media. He characterized the EU positio [...]	2006-01-26 13:27:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BO KDEM KPAO PREL
06NOUAKCHOTT1363	CHARGE INTRODUCTORY CAL ON COL. VALL [...] (U) CHARGE MADE AN INTRODUCTORY CALL ON MILITARY COUNCIL FOR JUSTICE AND DEMOCRACY (CMJD) PRESIDENT COL. ELY OULD MOHAMED VALL ON NOVEMBER 23, ACCOMPANIED BY DCM. NO ONE ELSE WAS PRESENT ON THE MAURITANIAN SIDE, AND THE MEETING WAS HELD IN VALL'S PRIVATE OFFICE. --------------------------- [...]	2006-11-28 12:20:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID EFIN KDEM MR
06NOUAKCHOTT1386	MEPI SENIOR ADVISOR BRIEFS COL. VALL ON ELECTION [...] (U) Visiting NEA Office of Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) Senior Advisor Kent A. Patton paid a courtesy call on Military Council for Justice and Democracy President Col. Ely Ould Mohamed Vall on December 5, accompanied by Charge and DCM (Notetaker). Joining Col. Vall were Foreign M [...]	2006-12-05 18:58:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID EFIN KDEM MR
06NOUAKCHOTT1388	MAURITANIAN RUN-OFF: OBSERVERS SEE CONTINUED [...] (U) Mauritania completed a second round of legislative elections December 3 to decide the remaining 52 National Assembly seats not won during the November 19 first round polls (ref B). Post sent out nine observation teams of U.S. and Mauritanian personnel to track the process and compare find [...]	2006-12-06 11:56:00	Embassy Nouakchott	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV EAID KDEM MR
06NOUAKCHOTT872	HELPING MAURITANIA TRANSITION TO DEMOCRACY -- FREE [...] (C) Eleven months after the bloodless military coup here, Mauritania is still on schedule to hold important parliamentary elections in November and a crucial presidential election next March. Those elections must be free and fair, if Mauritania is to have any chance of transitioning to democr [...]	2006-07-12 17:15:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM MR
06OSLO1224	NORWEGIANS LOOK BEYOND AN EAST SUDAN PEACE [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-04 06:49:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM SU ER NO
06OSLO132	NORWAY DETERMINED - NO CHANGE OF COURSE IN [...] (C) Summary. Opposition parties in Parliament rallied behind Prime Minister Stoltenberg on February 8 when he announced "we will not give way to pressure," reinforcing the message that Norway remains committed in Afghanistan, despite calls from some left-wing Parliamentarians for Norway to w [...]	2006-02-08 16:10:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR KDEM NO NATO
06OSLO53	NORWEGIAN PLANS FOR LONDON AFGHANISTAN CONFERENCE [...] (C) We discussed Norway's plans for the London January 31-February 1 Afghanistan Conference with MFA Advisor Arne Floelo on January 13. Floelo said that both Foreign Minister Jonas Stoere and Development Minister Erik Solheim planned to attend the conference (back to back, not simultaneously) [...]	2006-01-13 13:10:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON KDEM EFIN PGOV PREL AF NO
06OSLO534	NORWAY VOICES SUPPORT FOR HAITI [...] (SBU) On April 25 we delivered reftel points to Tore Hattrem, the Deputy Director General of the Peace and Reconciliation Section at the MFA. Hattrem reiterated Norway's deep commitment to Haiti, and noted the importance of Haiti's forthcoming elections. Given the recent promotion of Tom Tyr [...]	2006-04-27 12:07:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL HA NO KDEM
06OSLO545	NORWAY WILL TRY TO SUPPORT OAS EFFORTS IN GUYANA [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-28 14:42:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NO GY KDEM
06OSLO657	FOREIGN MINISTER STOERE CONGRATULATES IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-22 10:59:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV IQ NOK KDEM KPAO
06OSLO788	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON VENEZUELA'S ANTI-NGO LAW [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-16 09:01:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV VE EAID NO KDEM

06OSLO895	NICARAGUA DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-18 14:03:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PGOV PREL DEM NO KDEM

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