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08BAGHDAD2273	MUTHANNA GATHERING SHOWS POTENTIAL OF ORGANIZED [...] (U) This is a PRT Muthanna reporting cable. 2. (C/REL USA, MCFI) Summary: Over 900 sheikhs from tribes stretching from Wasit to Basra gathered July 16 in Muthanna under the auspices of two emerging political parties, the Assembly of the Middle Euphrates and the Sheikhs' Council of Southe [...]	2008-07-22 07:05:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS KU IZ IR

08BAGHDAD2279	PRT MAYSAN: MUNICIPAL OFFICIALS LIST IMMEDIATE [...] (U) This is a PRT Maysan reporting cable. Summary and Comment: -------------------- 2. (C) The Director General (DG) of Municipalities and Director of Maysan (Amarah) Municipalities identified solid waste collection and disposal as a top priority during a July 15 meeting with PRT Munic [...]	2008-07-23 05:33:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINS ECON EAID IZ
08BAGHDAD2298	HARIRI VISIT FURTHERS OPENING TO ARAB NEIGHBORS, [...] (C) Summary: Lebanese MP and Future Movement leader Saad Hariri on July 17 briefed Ambassador Crocker and General Petraeus at the end of his one-day visit to Baghdad and Najaf. Hariri viewed the trip as an opportunity to increase contacts and understanding between his Saudi allies and both t [...]	2008-07-23 19:17:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS PINR IZ
08BAGHDAD2304	MEK SECURITY TRANSITION: INFORMAL MULTI-PARTY [...] (S) SUMMARY: Informal discussions on July 20 among the GOI, USG, ICRC, UNAMI, and Mujahedin e-Khalq (MEK)leaders from Ashraf helped to clarify the positions and roles that each party would play in the transfer of responsibility for the MEK from the USG to the GOI, and the ensuing questions of [...]	2008-07-24 13:55:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PHUM KJUS PINS PTER PREL UN IZ
08BAGHDAD2307	BABIL: PM FORMING SUPPORT COUNCILS WITH TRIBAL [...] (U) This is a PRT Babil reporting cable. 2. (C) Summary: In a July 22 meeting, Sheikh Ali Shnan disclosed to REO Hillah Deputy Team Leader (DTL) recent steps taken by Prime Minister Maliki's office to establish "Support Councils" in Babil province and throughout the country. The Babil coun [...]	2008-07-24 14:12:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS IZ
08BAGHDAD2309	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...]	2008-07-24 14:42:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08BAGHDAD2310	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...]	2008-07-24 14:42:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08BAGHDAD2312	SCENESETTER FOR WASHINGTON VISIT OF IRAQI MINISTER [...] (S) Iraqi Minister of Interior Jawad al-Bolani is a hard working, honest broker achieving real but fragile success in his efforts to rid the Ministry of the Interior (MOI) of corruption and sectarianism. He arrives in Washington against a backdrop of increasing good news about security in Ira [...]	2008-07-24 15:54:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PINS PGOV PTER PNAT MOPS MCAP MARR IZ
08BAGHDAD2316	KARBALA: PC CHAIRMAN YASIRI IN TROUBLE [...] (U) This is a PRT Karbala reporting cable. 2. (S) Summary: Widely disliked Acting Provincial Council (PC) Chairman Abd al-Al al-Yasiri may be removed from his position shortly. On July 24, a majority of PC members signed a petition demanding al-Yasiri's ouster, setting the stage for a remo [...]	2008-07-25 15:17:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINS IZ
08BAGHDAD2329	MAYSAN GOVERNOR: I AM A SADRIST [...] (C) Summary: "I am a Sadrist," said Maysan Governor Adil al-Maliki in a July 24 meeting with MND-C DCG-S COL Smith and poloffs at the governor's office in Amarah. During a wide-ranging conversation Maliki expressed concerns, which he said were shared by the Maysani public, over the "militari [...]	2008-07-26 16:09:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IR IZ PTER MOPS PINS
08BAGHDAD2348	MOHR TELLS AMBASSADOR GOI DOES NOT SUPPORT HUMAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Minister of Human Rights Wijdan Salim told the Ambassador on July 22 that the GOI does not support human rights and threatens to undermine her ministry in its work with the Mujahedin e-Khalq (MEK) and detention facilities. She sought guidance from the Ambassador on how to deal wi [...]	2008-07-28 06:43:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KJUS PINS IZ
08BAGHDAD2368	LACK OF ACCOUNTABILITY OF MOI CRIMES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Although there is much evidence of torture and abuse in Ministry of Interior (MoI) detention facilities and police stations, no one has been sentenced and imprisoned in 2008. The MoI Inspector General's office and Human Rights office seem to have little power to do anything more [...]	2008-07-29 07:22:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PINS KJUS IZ
08BAGHDAD2396	GOI CALLS DETENTION OPERATIONS AND AMNESTY LAW A [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih and Minister of Human Rights Wijdan Salim convened a meeting on July 27 with representatives of all three branches of government to address problems in the GOI detention system and with implementation of the Amnesty Law. Each branch representa [...]	2008-07-31 11:22:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM KJUS PINS PTER IZ
08BAGHDAD2402	SECURITY OPERATION BENEVOLENT DIYALA STARTS [...] (U) This is a PRT Diyala reporting cable. Summary ------- 2. (C) On July 28, Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) launched Benevolent Diyala, the security operation designed to sweep residual terrorist elements and supporters from Diyala province. The ISF blockaded the provincial capital Baqub [...]	2008-08-01 09:19:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS PINR MOPS PTER ECON IZ
08BAGHDAD2403	DIYALA PREPARES FOR POTENTIAL HUMANITARIAN ISSUES [...] (U) This is a PRT Diyala reporting cable. 2. (C) Summary: The Provincial Council committee in charge of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) is working with the Director General for Migration to prepare for any potential humanitarian crises created by the current Iraqi-led security operat [...]	2008-08-01 09:47:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	POL PREL ECON PTER MOPS EAID PINS PINR IZ
08BAGHDAD241	MALIKI REAFFIRMS DESIRE FOR CABINET SHAKE-UP, [...] (S) SUMMARY: During the weekly security meeting on January 24 with the Ambassador, Prime Minister Maliki reaffirmed his desire to reduce the number of cabinet posts and form a national unity government with ministers from a broad spectrum of parties including Tawafuq and Iraqiyya. He express [...]	2008-01-28 02:44:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	MARR MCAP MOPS PGOV PINS PNAT PTER IZ JO SY
08BAGHDAD2414	SONS OF IRAQ (SOI) PROGRAM UPDATE [...] (U) This is the second in a series of reports on the Sons of Iraq (SOI),formerly known as Concerned Local Citizens (CLC). For information regarding the origins, training, equipment, operations, and the initial prospects for integration of the former CLC, see Ref A. 2. (S) Summary. As of [...]	2008-08-02 05:48:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PINS MOPS PGOV ECON IZ
08BAGHDAD2415	BABIL: LOTS OF WORK TO BE READY FOR PIC [...] (S) Summary. Babil Province is not ready for PIC transfer; CF/PRT and GOI officials agree that significant improvement will be needed to meet the established PIC transfer goal of November 2008. In separate meetings, Governor Salem Salih Mahdi Al-Muslimawi (July 29) and leading Iraqi Army (IA) [...]	2008-08-03 03:03:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL MOPS PINS IZ
08BAGHDAD2420	SALAH AD DIN REACTION TO KIRKUK PC VOTE: KIRKUK [...] (U) This is a PRT Salah ad Din reporting cable. Summary ------- 2. (C) Anecdotal evidence from PRT discussions with provincial officials and residents of Salah ad Din (SaD),who are overwhelmingly Sunni, indicates strong opposition and growing anger over the Kirkuk Provincial Council's [...]	2008-08-03 18:34:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM IZ
08BAGHDAD2425	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...]	2008-08-04 12:54:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08BAGHDAD2426	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...]	2008-08-04 12:54:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08BAGHDAD2438	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...]	2008-08-05 06:14:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08BAGHDAD2439	MOJ AL-SAFI "SHOCKED" BY WOMEN'S PRISON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Acting Minister of Justice Safa al-Safi accompanied an MNF-I and Embassy inspection visit on August 2 to Kadhamiya Maximum Prison and Kadhamiya Women's Prison in Baghdad. At Kadhamiya Maximum, a high-value detainee prison that is monitored by ICITAP officials five days a week, a [...]	2008-08-05 07:30:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KJUS PINS IZ
08BAGHDAD2518	MAYSAN GOVERNOR PLAYS IT COOL WHILE SHEIKHS RUN HOT [...] (C) Summary: Maysan Governor Adil al-Maliki said all the right things in an August 9 meeting with PRT Team Leader (TL) at the Governor's offices in downtown Amarah. The Governor expressed satisfaction with security gains in the province as a result of Operation Tidings of Peace and the presen [...]	2008-08-11 07:30:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IR IZ PTER MOPS PINS
08BAGHDAD2519	MOHR TO COORDINATE TCN RELEASE AND TRANSFER [...] (S) SUMMARY: Minister of Human Rights Wijdan Salim told EmbOffs and Task Force 134 officials on August 7 that her ministry will help with the releases and transfers of third-country national (TCN) detainees in MNF-I custody to their home countries. Wijdan said that since her ministry is th [...]	2008-08-11 08:27:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PHUM KJUS PREL PINS IZ
08BAGHDAD2528	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...]	2008-08-11 14:23:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08BAGHDAD2582	ICRC TO INCREASE GOI DETENTION INSPECTIONS AND [...] (S) SUMMARY: In separate meetings with PolOff and Embassy Legal Adviser on August 5, ICRC Iraq delegation members discussed their increased access to GOI detention facilities, ICRC support for USG efforts to obtain humane treatment assurances before transferring third country national detai [...]	2008-08-14 08:02:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	ICRC PHUM KJUS PINS IR IZ
08BAGHDAD2583	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...]	2008-08-14 10:53:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08BAGHDAD2584	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...]	2008-08-14 11:05:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08BAGHDAD259	GOI MISHANDLES HIT AND RUN INCIDENT [...] (C) Summary: A January 15 traffic incident involving Iraqi Chief Justice Medhat,s Protective Security Detail (PSD) and an Iraqi Army (IA) checkpoint led to death and injury, with school children among the victims. Iraqi authorities initially denied any involvement, claiming that a taxi had c [...]	2008-01-29 11:38:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PINS IZ
08BAGHDAD2590	BABIL: SONS OF IRAQ TRANSITION KEY TO CONTINUED [...] (SBU) Separate walkabouts through the towns of Jurf as Sakhr (August 6) and Iskandariyah (August 7) -- both organized by the 4th Battalion/3rd Division -- indicated a security situation markedly improved from the previous year but still fragile. Local politicians and tribal leaders expressed [...]	2008-08-14 15:09:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS MOPS IZ
08BAGHDAD26	SCENESETTER FOR IRAQI MINISTER OF DEFENSE ABDEL [...] (S) Iraqi Minister of Defense Abdel Qadr arrives in Washington against a backdrop of encouraging news about security in Iraq, still tentative legislative progress, and just as the USG SOFA negotiating team begins its preliminary work prior to its initial meeting with the GOI later this month. [...]	2008-01-03 11:41:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	IZ MARR MCAP MOPS PGOV PINS PNAT PTER
08BAGHDAD264	BATTLE FOR BAGHDAD PART 1: MAKING PROGRESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: As violence drops, community life rebounds, and markets revive, substantial improvements in the security environment in Baghdad have precipitated a shift in attitude among many Baghdad residents. Locals seem buoyed by the fragile hope that the near future may be better than the [...]	2008-01-29 15:24:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KDEM PGOV PINR PINS IZ
08BAGHDAD2644	(C) PRT SALAH AD DIN: REPORT FROM THE GOVERNORS, [...] (C) The Salah ad-Din (SaD) Deputy Governor Abdullah Hussein al-Jubara met with the PRT to discuss the results of the August 4-7 Baghdad conference for all provincial governors, which he and the Governor attended. SaD agenda items included: 1) increasing provincial budget allocations; 2) estab [...]	2008-08-19 03:34:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINS KCRS IZ
08BAGHDAD2645	(C) PRT SALAH AD DIN: SAD SIGNS CONTRACT FOR [...] (C) On 11 August, Salah ad-Din (SaD) Province signed a contract with a Turkish company for the construction of a commercial airport and industrial area east of Tikrit. Provincial leaders expect the airport project to be a tremendous boon to the provincial economy, serving as a means for prospe [...]	2008-08-19 03:34:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON IR IZ KCRS PGOV PINS PREL PTER
08BAGHDAD265	BATTLE FOR BAGHDAD PART 2: IT'S NOT OVER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite a substantially improved security environment in Baghdad, local residents continue to stress that the battle for Baghdad is not yet won. Most importantly, they assert that the Government of Iraq (GoI) and the Coalition have not achieved irreversible momentum toward the e [...]	2008-01-29 15:29:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PINR PINS PTER IZ
08BAGHDAD2658	MEK ASSURANCES RECEIVED FROM THE GOVERNMENT OF IRAQ [...] (C) On August 18, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) provided a Diplomatic Note (text at para 3) regarding assurances of humane treatment for Mujahedin e-Khalq residents of Camp Ashraf, in response to our diplomatic note dated July 18 (ref B). The assurances are nearly identical to the re [...]	2008-08-20 03:12:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PINS KJUS IZ
08BAGHDAD266	BATTLE FOR BAGHDAD PART 3: KEEPING MOMENTUM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Many Baghdad residents have warned Mission officers that the enemies of Iraq may regain the initiative in Baghdad if the Government of Iraq (GoI) fails to develop and implement coherent policies for a number of key issues. These issues include the future of Concerned Local Citizen [...]	2008-01-29 15:32:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	KDEM PGOV PINR PINS PTER IZ
08BAGHDAD2664	QADISIYAH UNDER PIC - PROVINCIAL ISCI CONTROL [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-20 12:37:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS PINR IZ
08BAGHDAD2665	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...]	2008-08-20 13:15:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08BAGHDAD2667	MAYSANI SHEIKHS: EXPECT MORE ATTACKS [...] (S/REL MCFI) Summary: In an August 19 meeting with U.S. officials, Maysani sheikhs Ali Hasan Sajar Al-Fartusi and Saha, Jabar Suhail Al-Buzaid warned of a "second phase" in local reactions to the U.S. presence in the governorate, predicting that released detainees and militants returning fro [...]	2008-08-20 14:43:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PTER MOPS PINS IR IZ
08BAGHDAD2683	A MONTH AFTER PIC - WHAT,S DIFFERENT ABOUT [...] (C/NF) Summary: Coalition Forces transferred authority in Diwaniyah (Qadisiyah) Province to Provincial Iraqi Control (PIC) on July 16 after months of negotiations, assessments, poltical maneuvering, and a last-minute weather delay. Though not always a certainty, the Polish-led Coalition Force [...]	2008-08-21 14:07:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS PINR IZ
08BAGHDAD2714	SAMARRA RECONSTRUCTION EXTENDS BEYOND GOLDEN MOSQUE [...] (C) Reconstruction of the Al-Askari Mosque continues to advance. The Shi'a Mosque recently opened to local citizens for the first time since the terrorist bombing in February 2006. Additionally, reconstruction efforts are now expanding more noticeably beyond the Mosque with an increased focus [...]	2008-08-24 10:24:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINS KCRS IZ
08BAGHDAD2730	SUNNI CHARGES GOI "DOING AL-QAEDA A BIG FAVOR" [...] (C) Summary: Dhia Mahdi (strictly protect),a senior aide to (Sunni Arab) Deputy Prime Minister al-Issawi, recently complained that the GOI had "(done) Al-Qaeda a big favor" through its recent security operations in Diyala province, which he alleged targeted Sunni political rivals rather than [...]	2008-08-25 11:14:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS MOPS KISL IZ
08BAGHDAD2741	A GREEN LINE AND A RED LINE DIVIDE THE SHIA AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kurdish-Shia Islamist tensions about Kirkuk complicate passage of a new election law but also reflect a deeper dissatisfaction among some important Shia Islamists about Kurdish policies. An influential Shia parliamentarian ranted to us on August 24 about alleged Kurdish selfis [...]	2008-08-26 10:15:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS IZ
08BAGHDAD2773	GOI MAKES FIRST OFFICIAL VISIT TO MEK CAMP; IRAQI [...] (S) SUMMARY: A GOI team led by Minister of Human Rights Wijdan Salim and including an MFA official made its first visit to the Mujahedin e-Khalq (MEK) at Camp Ashraf on August 18 to prepare for a transfer of security responsibility. The team toured Camp Ashraf and heard from MEK members that [...]	2008-08-28 14:38:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PINS PTER PHUM IZ
08BAGHDAD2782	MALIKI CONFIDANTE CAREFUL ON SOFA AND DISPUTES [...] (C) SUMMARY: One of Prime Minister's closest confidantes told us August 28 that the Prime Minister will keep asserting the Baghdad government's right to deploy the Iraqi army up to the Green Line. He acknowledged Kurdish sensitivities over towns like Khanaqin and Kirkuk but insisted they a [...]	2008-08-29 12:22:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS IZ
08BAGHDAD2787	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Army who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. 3. The n [...]	2008-08-30 12:52:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD2795	PRT ANBAR: ANBAR PROVINCE ON THE EVE OF PIC [...] (U) This is a PRT Anbar reporting cable. Summary ------- 2. (C) Security responsibility in Anbar Province is scheduled to be transferred from the Coalition Forces (CF) to Iraqi national and provincial authorities in a ceremony in Ramadi on September 1. Called Provincial Iraqi Control [...]	2008-08-31 13:13:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON PTER PINS PINR IZ
08BAGHDAD2820	DIYALA STANDOFF RECEDES BUT GOI-KRG TENSIONS [...] (C) The standoff in the northeastern Diyala province town of Khanaqin between Kurdish Peshmerga and the Iraqi Army (IA) forces appears to have passed its most dangerous phase, but an armed showdown between KRG and GOI security forces in this or another disputed territory remains a threat. Dep [...]	2008-09-02 14:52:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS PINR IZ
08BAGHDAD2837	PRT DIYALA: KURDS AND SUNNIS CLAIM GOI SECURITY [...] (U) This is a PRT Diyala reporting cable. Summary ------- 2. (C) Top Kurdish and Sunni political leaders in Diyala view the recent security operations in the province (Operation Benevolent Diyala) as a GOI sectarian campaign designed to suppress Kurdish and Sunni participation in the [...]	2008-09-04 07:17:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	POL PINS PHUM MOPS IZ
08BAGHDAD2838	PRT DIYALA: IRAQI ARMY ACTIONS IN KHANAQIN RAISE [...] (U) This is a PRT Diyala reporting cable. Summary ------- 2. (C) Diyala Provincial Council Chairman Ibrahim Bajellan (Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, PUK) told us that negotiators, who have met the past few days in Baghdad, have worked to defuse the tense confrontation between Kurdish fo [...]	2008-09-04 14:55:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	POL PREL PTER PINS PINR MOPS IZ
08BAGHDAD2862	PRT SALAH AD DIN: KIRKUK ISSUE HEIGHTENS TENSIONS [...] (U) This is a PRT Salah ad Din reporting cable. Summary ------- 2. (C) For Salah ad Din (SaD) residents, the Kirkuk Provincial Council's (PC's) call for Kirkuk to join the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) has proved to be a very emotive issue. This is a particularly sensitive issue [...]	2008-09-05 19:34:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL PTER PINS IZ
08BAGHDAD288	IRAQI PARLIAMENT SPEAKER MASHADANI ON PROVINCIAL [...] (C) Summary: COR Speaker Mashadani told us on January 30 that he expects the Provincial Powers law to pass the CoR on February 4. He does not agree with those arguing that a date for elections should be in the law but does believe that elections should be held as soon as possible, hopefully [...]	2008-01-31 11:42:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINR PROV
08BAGHDAD2890	STATE OF DETENTION FACILITIES IN IRAQ: SOUTH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: There are still big problems with overcrowding in detention facilities in southern Iraq, with the consequent effect on supplies of food and medicine and judicial processing delays. There is an immediate need for more facilities, especially prisons, and more trained correctio [...]	2008-09-08 07:07:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KJUS PINS IQ
08BAGHDAD2897	KURDISH REPS CLAIM AQI LINKS AT NEW IRAQI POLICE [...] (U) This is a PRT Diyala reporting cable. 2. (C/NF) Summary: Diyala Provincial Council (PC) Chairman Ibrahim Bajellan has alleged a newly set-up police force at Jaloula in the Khanaqin district has links to Al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) and threatens Kurdish and regional security. He charged t [...]	2008-09-08 14:00:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PTER PINS PINR MOPS IZ
08BAGHDAD291	PROGRESS IN TRANSFER OF IRAQ SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: The fourth quarterly meeting of the High Level Working Group held January 24 to discuss the Joint Committee for Accelerating the Transfer of Iraq Security indicated progress. Consistent Iraqi themes were to reduce the number of supporting committees either through closure or con [...]	2008-01-31 15:50:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PGOV MOPS PTER PINR IZ
08BAGHDAD2913	STATE OF DETENTION FACILITIES IN IRAQ: NORTH AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Similar to conditions in southern and central Iraq, there are serious problems with overcrowding in detention facilities in northern and western Iraq. Ongoing GOI military operations and a lack of sufficient facilities, especially prisons, have exacerbated overcrowding in Diy [...]	2008-09-09 11:46:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KJUS PINS IQ
08BAGHDAD2946	ICRC STATE OF PLAY ON MEK [...] (S) SUMMARY: ICRC conducted its first official visit to the Mujahedin e-Khalq (MEK) at Camp Ashraf from August 24-26 in line with its agreement to increase ICRC involvement in the transfer of responsibility for the MEK from the USG to the GOI. ICRC Iraq delegation head Juan Pedro Schaerer s [...]	2008-09-12 09:45:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PHUM PINS PTER ICRC KJUS IZ
08BAGHDAD2958	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...]	2008-09-14 10:19:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08BAGHDAD2966	NINEWA: SHREWD AND MERCURIAL GOVERNOR FAVORS KRG, [...] (S/NF) Summary: Ninewa provincial governor Kashmoula is a pro-KRG Sunni Arab whose administration has contributed to the socio-economic decline of the province. Elected with US support by Kurdish and pro-Kurdish members of the Provincial Council following the 2004 assassination of his cousin, [...]	2008-09-14 17:17:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PHUM KDEM PINS PINR IZ
08BAGHDAD2969	VP HASHIMI: DEFENDING THE SOFA WILL BE DIFFICULT, [...] (S) SUMMARY: On September 7, Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi told the Ambassador that he anticipated major problems trying to defend the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) in parliament, and he worried about the destabilization that would result if the Iraqi government mishandled the Sons of Ir [...]	2008-09-15 09:23:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PINS IZ
08BAGHDAD2987	SEPTEMBER 13TH CAR BOMB IN AD-DUJAYL: A SETBACK [...] (U) This is a PRT Salah ad Din reporting cable. SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) A car bomb exploded in the predominantly Shi'a Ad-Dujayl district of Salah Ad Din (SaD) province on September 13, 2008, shattering a period of relative calm and economic improvement over the past year. According to [...]	2008-09-16 12:49:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV PINS IZ
08BAGHDAD2991	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...]	2008-09-16 14:00:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08BAGHDAD3002	USAID/IRAQ HELPS CAPTURE $1 BILLION PER YEAR [...] BEGIN SUMMARY: With elections approaching and essential services still lagging, improved service delivery of electricity is critical. Yet every day Iraq's southern oil fields burn off gas associated with oil production, gas that could drive 3,500 megawatts (MW) of generator power worth $9 b [...]	2008-09-17 14:58:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PGOV PREL ECON SOCI PINS SNAR ENRG
08BAGHDAD3010	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...]	2008-09-18 15:26:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08BAGHDAD3028	PRT SALAH AD DIN: AD-DUJAYL CITY COUNCIL [...] (U) This is a PRT Salah ad Din reporting cable. Summary ------- 2. (S) The September 16 Ad Dujayl City Council criticized GOI and provincial responses to the September 12 car bombing (reftel). The Council thanked Coalition Forces (CF) for their quick response and support, complained abo [...]	2008-09-20 14:26:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PINS IZ
08BAGHDAD3038	MOD REINSTATEMENT INITIATIVE BRINGS IN THOUSANDS [...] (C) Summary: The Iraqi Ministry of Defense initiated September 6 a program to reinstate or retire remaining officers and NCO's from the pre-2003 Iraqi Army. The initiative is being administered jointly by the Ministry of Defense and the Prime Minister's Implementation and Follow-up Committee [...]	2008-09-22 05:25:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS IZ
08BAGHDAD3081	ADVANCING CIVIL SERVICE REFORM IN IRAQ [...] SUMMARY: The Prime Minister is leading a new Civil Service Reform Committee to overhaul federal personnel management in Iraq. The Iraqi Government has requested USG help to make this happen. The goals are to have merit- based appointment and promotion; performance management, grading, and p [...]	2008-09-24 14:50:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PGOV PREL ECON SOCI PINS SNAR ENRG EPET
08BAGHDAD3088	IRAQ MINISTERIAL PARTNERSHIPS RE-START WATER [...] SUMMARY: In the midst of Iraq's struggles with a crippling drought, the USAID-funded Tatweer and Inma programs have facilitated a partnership between the Ministry of Water Resources (MoWR) and Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) to help secure a rehabilitation budget allotment to keep the water flow [...]	2008-09-25 10:12:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PGOV PREL ECON SOCI PINS SNAR ENRG EPET
08BAGHDAD3124	SETTING THE SCENE FOR PROVINCIAL ELECTIONS IN TUZ [...] (U) This is a PRT Salah ad Din reporting cable. Summary ------- 2. (C) While the situation remains reasonably calm in the Tuz district of Salah ad Din province, background tension exists among the different ethnic groups present there. Even though Tuz is not formally a "disputed area," [...]	2008-09-27 14:23:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PINS PTER PREL KDEM IZ
08BAGHDAD3142	PRT WASIT: SADRIST PC MEMBERS DELIVER DOCUMENT TO [...] Prepare for the coming religious state 2. Prepare the people spiritually 3. Guide society by spreading a correct Islamic awareness 4. Teach people about God and Islamic laws 5. Spread social equality and justice through the Islamic system 6. State and spread human rights according to Isl [...]	2008-09-29 08:46:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINR IZ
08BAGHDAD3144	PRT WASIT: SADRIST PC MEMBERS DELIVER DOCUMENT TO [...] (U) This is a PRT Wasit reporting cable. 2. (S//REL TO USA, ACGU) Summary: On September 14, Sadrist Trend Provincial Council (PC) member Ahmed Hasan E'barah delivered a statement to the PRT from Muqtada al-Sadr ordering his followers to turn away from armed struggle and enter his new pro [...]	2008-09-29 13:05:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PINS PINR IZ
08BAGHDAD3166	BAYJI OIL REFINERY DG TAKING ACTION AGAINST FUEL [...] (U) This is a PRT Salah ad Din reporting cable. SUMMARY ------- 2. (S) In a September 18 meeting Bayji Oil Refinery (BOR) Director General Ali Obeidi (protect throughout) told PRT and Joint Security Station officers (JSS) that he has made progress in shutting down corruption and black ma [...]	2008-10-01 11:54:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL KCOR PTER PINS IZ
08BAGHDAD3211	PRT SALAH AD DIN: POLITICAL TENSIONS INCREASE AS [...] (U) This is a PRT Salah ad Din reporting cable. SUMMARY ------------ 2. (C) As provincial elections approach, the PRT is hearing more complaints of political infighting, and accusations against provincial officials in Salah ad Din (SaD). One key duel is between two of the most powerful [...]	2008-10-05 06:49:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINS IZ
08BAGHDAD3311	IRAQI TURKOMAN ALLEGE KURDISH MISRULE AND US BIAS [...] (C) Summary: Iraqi Turkoman both in and out of government in late September broadly agreed that Kurdish oppression is their community's largest problem and that the U.S. sytematically discriminates against Turkoman and in favor of Kurds. Contacts generally criticized the Iraqi Turkoman Front [...]	2008-10-14 08:37:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS PINR IZ
08BAGHDAD3389	PRT SALAH AD DIN: EXPATS FROM THE PROVINCE KEEN [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-23 13:09:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PINS IZ
08BAGHDAD3419	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...]	2008-10-27 06:58:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08BAGHDAD3420	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...]	2008-10-27 06:58:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08BAGHDAD3421	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates from the Higher Institute, Ministry of Interior who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no deroga [...]	2008-10-27 06:58:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08BAGHDAD3422	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates from the Higher Institute, Ministry of Interior who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no deroga [...]	2008-10-27 06:58:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08BAGHDAD3445	UPDATE ON MEK TRANSFER [...] (S) Summary: In preparation for the transfer of security authority from the USG to the GOI for the Mujahedin e-Khalq (MEK) at Camp Ashraf, the USG is encouraging MEK leaders to begin planning for the transition and pressing the GOI to formulate a plan for when it takes over responsibility. [...]	2008-10-28 18:01:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PHUM PTER KJUS PINS PREL UN IZ
08BAGHDAD3464	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING QR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...]	2008-10-31 09:36:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08BAGHDAD3484	RSO MEETING WITH THE MINISTER OF INTERIOR TO [...] (C/NF) Summary: On 10/31/2008, RSO met with the Minister of the Interior (MOI) to discuss further specifics regarding the integration of Iraqi forces into RSO's protective security operation. The RSO updated the Minister on recent progress and underscored the need to accelerate the VIP train [...]	2008-11-03 04:44:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ASEC IZ PINS PTER
08BAGHDAD354	BAGHDAD PC CHAIRMAN FIGHTS TO STAY ON TOP [...] (U) This is a Baghdad PRT reporting cable. 2. (C) Summary. The Chairman of the Baghdad Provincial Council, Mueen al-Khademy (ISCI/Badr) is working overtime to shore up his position in the increasingly uncertain environment of provincial politics in Baghdad. Chairman Mueen must prepare for [...]	2008-02-06 18:59:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PINR PINS IZ
08BAGHDAD357	IMPLEMENTATION OF RECOMMENDATIONS ON PERSONAL [...] (C) This cable is the third update of Embassy Baghdad,s implementation of the relevant eighteen recommendations of the Secretary,s Panel on Protective Services. The following recommendations have been implemented by Post (reftel D): A. (C) Kennedy Recommendation 12 - Joint Review Board B. ( [...]	2008-02-07 07:39:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	AMGT ASEC PREL PINS IZ
08BAGHDAD3581	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...]	2008-11-12 12:29:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08BAGHDAD3674	PRT SALAH-AD-DIN: SUNNI TRIBAL SHEIKS DEMONSTRATE [...] (U) This is a PRT Salah-ad-Din reporting cable. It is sensitive but unclassified; protect accordingly. Not for internet distribution. SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Sunni tribal sheikhs from across Salah-ad-Din (SaD) province staged a peaceful demonstration in support of the Status of Force [...]	2008-11-20 12:38:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER PINS IZ
08BAGHDAD3678	NEW GOI AMNESTY LAW VOTED DOWN BY MINISTERS [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Maliki proposed a new amnesty law during the November 4 Cabinet meeting, but ministers voted against it during the November 18 Cabinet meeting. According to Minister of Human Rights Wijdan Salim, although the PM was supporting the law, key ministers spoke agains [...]	2008-11-21 12:24:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PINS PHUM PTER IZ
08BAGHDAD3703	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...]	2008-11-24 17:55:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08BAGHDAD3704	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate from the Iraqi Air Force who has been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. 3. [...]	2008-11-24 17:55:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08BAGHDAD3718	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Iraqi Armed Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. 3. [...]	2008-11-25 10:10:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08BAGHDAD377	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...]	2008-02-09 12:41:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08BAGHDAD3771	PRT SALAH AD DIN: INDEPENDENT MEDIA FACE [...] (U) This is a PRT Salah ad Din reporting cable. SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Government officials and insurgents continue to intimidate and harass journalists in Salah ad Din (SaD). Many journalists associate themselves with powerful clients who can offer protection, such as political part [...]	2008-12-01 15:31:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER KPAO PINS IZ
08BAGHDAD3774	SALAH AD DIN PROVINCIAL ELECTIONS PART I: PARTIES [...] (U) This is a PRT Salah ad Din reporting cable. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) Political entities in Salah ad Din (SaD) province have been working intensively to forge alliances for upcoming provincial elections. The Governor, Deputy Governor, and Provincial Director of Police (PDOP) a [...]	2008-12-01 17:08:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL PINS IZ
08BAGHDAD3775	SALAH AD DIN PROVINCIAL ELECTIONS PART II: [...] (U) This is a PRT Salah ad Din reporting cable. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) In addition to National Sunni Arab political entities, Shi'a and Kurdish parties, representing minority populations in Salah Ad Din (SaD) province, are preparing for provincial elections there (ref C). Form [...]	2008-12-01 17:13:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL PINS IZ
08BAGHDAD3778	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Air Force who has been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. 3. The [...]	2008-12-02 08:45:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08BAGHDAD378	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...]	2008-02-09 12:41:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08BAGHDAD3796	GOI DELIVERS ASSURANCES TO MEK, TAKES CUSTODY OF [...] (C) Summary: A GOI delegation led by Minister of Human Rights Wijdan Salim conveyed the GOI's humanitarian assurances to the USG to the Camp Ashraf (Mujahedin e-Khalq (MEK)) leadership during a November 26 visit. The GOI had been reluctant to officially convey the assurances, concerned tha [...]	2008-12-04 06:37:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KJUS PTER PINS PREF IR IZ

08BAGHDAD3798	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Force who has been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. 3 [...]	2008-12-04 08:40:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08BAGHDAD3811	COUNTERING HOSTAGE-TAKING IN IRAQ [...] (S) SUMMARY. Embassy Baghdad's Office of Hostage Affairs (OHA) has provided critical support to the Embassy and MNF-I in the recovery of hostages captured by a multitude of criminal/insurgent organizations in Iraq. Formed in 2004 as the Hostage Working Group (HWG),OHA has three primary role [...]	2008-12-04 14:57:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	ASEC IZ MOPS PGOV PINS PTER
08BAGHDAD383	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...]	2008-02-10 02:36:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08BAGHDAD3861	SADRIST MAYSAN PC CHAIR: WE WANT TO WORK WITH THE [...] (U) This is a Maysan PRT reporting cable. 2. (C/REL MCFI) Summary: Meeting with the PRT and Coalition Forces Commanders on December 4, Sadrist Maysan Provincial Council (PC) Chairman Abdul Jabbar Wahid Homaydi expressed the PC's appreciation for U.S. reconstruction assistance. He said th [...]	2008-12-11 08:48:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINS IZ
08BAGHDAD3919	MAYSAN: ISCI DEPUTY GOVERNOR ON SECURITY AGREEMENT [...] (U) This is a Maysan PRT reporting cable. Summary ------- 2. (C/REL MCFI) Summary: Maysan Deputy Governor Abdul Hussein Abdul Radha (ISCI) told PRT members ON December 3 that the recent ratification of the Security Agreement (SA) would ensure stability in Iraq and facilitate bilateral [...]	2008-12-15 07:44:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON PTER PINS IZ
08BAGHDAD3947	FIRST USG/GOI MEETING ON SECURITY AGREEMENT [...] (S) Summary: In the first meeting on implementation of the detainees article of the USG-GOI Security Agreement on December 10, the CG detailed the USG plan for releasing and/or transferring up to 1,500 detainees per month. Barham Saleh, the head of the existing GOI detention committee, pro [...]	2008-12-17 13:29:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PINS PTER KJUS PHUM IZ
08BAGHDAD395	AQI USES WOMAN WITH DOWN'S SYNDROME TO ATTACK [...] (C) SUMMARY: District Council chairmen in Baghdad told poloff February 2 that Al Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) detonated bombs in two popular markets on February 1 as part of a desperate bid for attention on the one year anniversary of the launch of the Baghdad Security Plan and the second anniversary o [...]	2008-02-10 20:42:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PINR PINS PTER IZ
08BAGHDAD3950	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Force who has been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. 3 [...]	2008-12-17 15:23:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08BAGHDAD3951	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Force who has been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. 3 [...]	2008-12-17 15:56:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08BAGHDAD3954	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Air Force who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. 3. Th [...]	2008-12-18 12:28:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08BAGHDAD3959	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Army who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. 3. The nam [...]	2008-12-19 10:03:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08BAGHDAD3960	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. 3 [...]	2008-12-19 10:04:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08BAGHDAD3977	PM VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE ON HOLD FOR NOW [...] (C) SUMMARY. There is plenty of talk about a no-confidence vote against Prime Minister Maliki, but it appears unlikely that his opponents will force action any time soon. There was more discussion about removing Maliki among the Kurdish, Sunni Arab and one Shia Islamist party during the Musl [...]	2008-12-19 16:09:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS KDEM IZ
08BAGHDAD3994	(C) PRT SALAH AD DIN: IRANIAN INVOLVEMENT IN [...] (SBU) Over the last six months, Samarra residents have grown increasingly concerned that Iranian interests are coordinating to influence the reconstruction of the Al Askari shrine (Golden Mosque) in Samarra, as well as the overall development of the city itself. People fear that the GOI and [...]	2008-12-21 11:17:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINS IZ
08BAGHDAD400	ANBAR PROVINCIAL COUNCIL RECOMMENDS LEGAL ACTION [...] (U) This is a PRT Anbar reporting cable. 2. (C) Summary: The Anbar Provincial Council (PC) voted February 9 to recommend prosecuting two local figures, Hameed Al-Heiss and Sheikh Ali Hatim Suleiman, for allegedly threatening to use violence to loosen the Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP) grip on po [...]	2008-02-11 09:32:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINS IZ
08BAGHDAD401	PRT SALAH AD DIN: NEW PROVINCIAL RECONCILIATION [...] (U) This is a PRT Tikrit, Salah ad Din cable. 2. (C) Summary: During its inaugural meeting on February 6, members of the recently-formed 24-member Salah ad Din (SaD) Provincial Committee for the Promotion of National Reconciliation - the provincial-level equivalent of the GoI's Implem [...]	2008-02-11 10:07:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ECON PINS IZ
08BAGHDAD4015	(C) PRT SALAH AD DIN: BAYJI OIL REFINERY DG [...] (U) This is a PRT Salah ad Din reporting cable. 2. (C) Bayji Oil Refinery (BOR) Director General Ali Obeidi informed JSS BOR officers on December 18 that he had submitted a letter resigning his position to the Ministry of Oil (MOO) and requesting that he be reassigned to a technical or advi [...]	2008-12-23 09:15:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PINS KCRS IZ
08BAGHDAD4043	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...]	2008-12-28 10:57:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08BAGHDAD4044	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...]	2008-12-28 10:57:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08BAGHDAD4064	PRT SALAH AD DIN: APPREHENSION OVER COMING SOI [...] (U) This is a PRT Salah ad Din reporting cable. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Provincial leaders are concerned that the upcoming transition of responsibility for Sons of Iraq (SOI) contracts from Coalition Forces (CF) to the Government of Iraq (GOI) could undermine security improvements in Salah ad Din ( [...]	2008-12-30 14:55:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINS KCRS IZ
08BAGHDAD422	MALIKI CABINET APPROVES MOSUL CONCEPT OF OPERATIONS [...] (S) SUMMARY: On February 7, Prime Minister Maliki convened a cabinet-level Crisis Action Cell (CAC) to review the concept of operations for the upcoming campaign against al-Qaeda (AQI) in Ninewa province. Major General Riyadh, Commander of the Ninewa Operations, briefed a three-phased plan tha [...]	2008-02-13 06:44:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	IZ MARR MCAP MOPS PGOV PINS PNAT PTER
08BAGHDAD431	SMALL KURDISH PARTIES TAP FRUSTRATION WITH KDP AND [...] (C) Summary: Islamist and other small parties in Iraqi Kurdistan are attempting to exploit growing public frustration with the dominant Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK). Based on anecdotal evidence, the two parties appear to be losing popularity, though [...]	2008-02-13 19:00:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS PINR IZ
08BAGHDAD436	CLC JOB PLANS WIN EARLY BACKING IN BAGHDAD [...] (C) SUMMARY: Government of Iraq (GoI) officials won initial support from Baghdad Mayor Saber Al-Assawi and Baghdad Provincial Council Chairman Mueen Al-Khademy for two new employment plans for Concerned Local Citizens (CLCs) during a series of meetings in late January and early February. Bot [...]	2008-02-14 15:13:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PINR PINS IZ
08BAGHDAD457	PRT ANBAR: ANBAR POLITICAL FIGURES DEMAND COUNCIL [...] (U) This is a PRT Anbar reporting cable. 2. (C) Summary: Sheikh Ali Hatim Suleiman and Hameed Al-Heiss aired their grievances with the Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP) in a meeting with MNF-West and the PRT at Camp Fallujah on February 16. Both disavowed any support for political violence, alt [...]	2008-02-17 17:23:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINS KDEM IZ
08BAGHDAD465	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...]	2008-02-18 13:38:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08BAGHDAD473	GOI FIGHTS KEROSENE CORRUPTION, MILITIA RACKETS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sayid Nemah Jabour of the office of the Iraqi National Security Advisor told poloff February 15 that the new Project Clean Delivery (PCD) kerosene distribution system had significantly diminished militia revenue from the theft and sale of kerosene. Jabour said that an Iraqi inte [...]	2008-02-19 10:03:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PINR PINS PTER IZ PGOV
08BAGHDAD474	MALIKI RECONSIDERS CABINET RE-SIZING, MAKES [...] (S) SUMMARY: At the weekly security meeting with the Ambassador and General Petraeus on February 14, Prime Minister Maliki expressed optimism on the return of the Tawafaq and Iraqiyya parties to the government, but noted their objection to reducing the number of ministries. On services, Maliki [...]	2008-02-19 10:47:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	IZ MARR MCAP MOPS PGOV PINS PNAT PTER
08BAGHDAD50	SEEKING KUWAITI CONCURRENCE ON MNF-I SALVAGE [...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 7. 2. (C) Summary. On December 18, 2007, the Kuwaiti Navy ordered two vessels contracted by the Multi-National Force in Iraq (MNF-I) to depart disputed waters in the Khawr Abd Allah (KAA) waterway. These contracted vessels were surveying tw [...]	2008-01-07 15:43:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT KU MARR MCAP MOPS PBTS PINS PNAT PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD503	PRT SALAH AD DIN: PROVINCIAL COUNCIL AND ITS [...] (U) This is a PRT Tikrit, Salah ad Din reporting cable. Summary ------- 2. (C) After months of meeting sporadically and without achieving quorum, the Salah ad Din Provincial Council (PC) has been increasingly active, meeting with quorum and efficiently conducting its business. PC Chairm [...]	2008-02-21 15:27:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINS PINR KCRS IZ
08BAGHDAD511	GOI ASSASSINATIONS ON THE RISE [...] (S) SUMMARY: Despite the significant decrease in violence in the past six months, attacks against Iraqi officials, professionals, and local leaders are hindering the development of ministerial capacity and undermining reconciliation efforts. The troop surge has stemmed the incidence of high-p [...]	2008-02-22 10:10:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PINS PINR ASEC KDEM IZ
08BAGHDAD527	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...]	2008-02-24 02:20:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08BAGHDAD53	SALIH AND RUBAIE SAY 2008 THE YEAR OF ECONOMIC, [...] (C) Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih and National Security Advisor Muwaffaq al-Rubaie met January 5 with Senators Norm Coleman, John Cornyn, and Johnny Isaksen in Salih,s home. All agreed that Iraq has made important security strides in the last year, a fact which Salih hoped the Senators [...]	2008-01-08 17:47:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS IZ
08BAGHDAD562	BAGHDAD: LOCAL COUNCILS AND ESSENTIAL SERVICES [...] (U) This is a Baghdad PRT reporting cable. 2. (U) Summary. Recent security gains and progress toward reconciliation have opened a window for greater cooperation between local councils and the authorities responsible for delivering services to Baghdad residents. As national leaders work to [...]	2008-02-26 16:28:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PINS PTER KDEM IZ
08BAGHDAD571	MALIKI REASSESSES ONGOING CABINET NEGOTIATIONS, [...] (S) SUMMARY: During his weekly security meeting with the Ambassador and General Petraeus on February 21, Prime Minister Maliki said he was discouraged by lack of progress in negotiations with the Tawafaq and Iraqiyya parties on rejoining the government, blaming their senior leadership for ever [...]	2008-02-27 13:53:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	MARR MOPS MCAP PGOV PTER PINS PNAT IZ
08BAGHDAD575	BAGHDAD: RIVALRY HEATS UP AMONG SHIA PARTIES [...] SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Over 75 percent of Baghdad's ISCI-dominated Provincial Council (PC) voted February 19 to dismiss Baghdad's three Deputy Mayors, one of whom was the highest-ranking Sadrist in Baghdad's city government. PC members announced publicly that the Amanat needs more "effort and [...]	2008-02-28 02:22:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PINS PTER KDEM IZ
08BAGHDAD578	GOI BEGINS TO MAKE SOME PROGRESS IN IMPROVING [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOI has begun to make some progress on addressing overcrowding in the juvenile justice system in Baghdad. The Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs (MOLSA) has identified a suitable site and has begun planning for a new juvenile facility in the 9 Nissan neighborhood and has b [...]	2008-02-28 08:52:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM KJUS PGOV PINS IZ
08BAGHDAD636	PRT SALAH AD DIN: PROVINCIAL OFFICIALS BRACE FOR [...] (U) This is a PRT Tikrit, Salah ad Din cable reporting cable. Summary ------- 2. (C) With the clock ticking on the implementation of the Accountability and Justice Law, Provincial leaders have begun to look ahead at how they can make their case to Baghdad on how and why the law should b [...]	2008-03-04 12:21:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINS KCRS IZ
08BAGHDAD650	THE IRAQI FPS - A MISSING SECURITY LINK? [...] SUMMARY: Prior to the fall of Saddam's regime, the Facility Protection Services (FPS) was directly controlled by the Ministry of Interior (MoI) but was decentralized during the CPA's administration. The MoI has recently introduced a FPS Reform Law that is considered critical in guaranteeing [...]	2008-03-05 13:46:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ MCAP PGOV PINS
08BAGHDAD66	KURDS STILL SEEKING CHANCE TO REPLACE MALIKI [...] (C) Summary: Kurdish leaders have agreed not to remove Prime Minister Maliki in the short term, but have little faith in him and probably would move to replace him if not for the Secretary,s strong message that Iraqi leaders must focus on issues instead of personalities. While that message r [...]	2008-01-09 15:44:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS PINR IZ
08BAGHDAD67	TIME FOR TALKS BETWEEN KRG AND TURKEY [...] (C) Summary: Despite their strong reaction to Turkish airstrikes, including Massoud Barzani,s refusal to meet Secretary Rice (reftel),Iraqi Kurdish leaders are continuing SIPDIS to implement the anti-PKK measures they had previously imposed. Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, Kurdistan Regio [...]	2008-01-09 15:53:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS PINR IZ
08BAGHDAD700	MALIKI CHASTISES JUDICIARY, REQUESTS HELP ON [...] (S) SUMMARY: At the Prime Minister's weekly security meeting with Ambassador Crocker and General Petraeus, Maliki immediately turned to the acquittal of the former Deputy Minister of Health. Maliki lamented the failure of the judiciary to promote justice and promised to seek redress. During [...]	2008-03-09 16:46:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	MARR MOPS MCAP PGOV PTER PINS PNAT IZ KU
08BAGHDAD727	PRT SALAH AD DIN: LOCAL AND PROVINCIAL OFFICIALS [...] (U) This is a PRT Tikrit, Salah ad Din reporting cable. SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) Local district and subdistrict governments have over the last several months shown increasing signs of engagement with the Salah ad Din Provincial Government and a commitment to meeting the basic needs of thei [...]	2008-03-11 19:03:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINS KCRS IZ
08BAGHDAD744	TALABANI'S ANKARA VISIT STRESSES PKK, GOI-GOT [...] (C) Summary: Iraqi President Talabani met on March 10 with Ambassador Crocker, S/I Satterfield, Pol-Mil Minister-Counselor Ries, and NSC Senior Director McGurk. Talabani told the Ambassador he was quite satisfied with his visit to Turkey and especially with progress on Northern Iraq. In fran [...]	2008-03-13 12:59:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS PINR IZ
08BAGHDAD756	KIRKUK BOYCOTT NEGOTIATIONS STALL [...] (U) This is a PRT Kirkuk reporting cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The Turkman Bloc met with the Kirkuk Brotherhood List (KBL) on March 9 as part of their ongoing negotiations to end the 15 month-long boycott of the Kirkuk Provincial Council by the Turkman Bloc. Negotiations stalled after the tw [...]	2008-03-14 09:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI PINS IZ
08BAGHDAD768	IRAQI DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF SURVEYS IRAQI JOINT [...] SUMMARY: (SBU) At the monthly Defense Attach Association of Iraq (DAAI) meeting on March 4, the Deputy Chief of the General Staff (DCOS),General Nasier Abadi, presented a frank overview of the Iraqi military and the challenges it faces in the coming years. He observed that the current counte [...]	2008-03-14 14:15:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	IZ MARR MCAP MOPS PINS PNAT PTER
08BAGHDAD784	ARAB PARLIAMENTARY SUMMIT FLAUNTS KURDS' [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Arab Parliamentary Union (APU)'s semi-annual conference convened March 11-13 in Erbil. Kurdistan Regional Government officals called the event immensely important for the Kurdish region for three reasons: it advertised Erbil as an investment haven, demonstrated the KRG's comm [...]	2008-03-15 14:29:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS PINR IZ
08BAGHDAD802	PRT SALAH AD DIN: SAMARRA HAS NEW CITY COUNCIL [...] (U) This is a PRT Tikrit, Salah ad Din reporting cable. Summary ------- 2. (C) After weeks of backroom maneuvering, and with the full support of the Provincial Council (PC),Samarra has a new 21 member City Council (CC) that was selected by the consensus of the Samarra Mayor, local Sheik [...]	2008-03-17 12:34:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINS KCRS IZ
08BAGHDAD823	PRT ANBAR: EMBASSY KABUL DCM DISCUSSES AWAKENING [...] (U) This is a PRT Anbar Reporting Cable. 2. (C) Summary: On March 12, Embassy Kabul DCM, Ambassador Chris Dell, met with Sheikh Ahmad, the leader of the tribal-based anti-Al Qaeda Awakening Movement of Iraq (SAI),to discuss the origins and success of SAI and what lessons could potentially [...]	2008-03-18 15:04:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINS IZ
08BAGHDAD833	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...]	2008-03-19 11:16:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08BAGHDAD834	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...]	2008-03-19 11:17:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08BAGHDAD851	PRT SALAH AD DIN: ANXIETIES BUILD AMID QUESTIONS [...] (U) This is a PRT Tikrit, Salah ad Din reporting cable. Summary ------- 2. (C) With anxieties building as the April 14 application deadline set in the Justice and Accountability Law approaches, Salah Ad Din (SaD) provincial officials have begun to collect data on former Firqah and Shuba [...]	2008-03-20 11:56:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINS KCRS IZ
08BAGHDAD87	TALABANI ON RESTARTING THE 3+1 AND MODERATING [...] (C) Summary: Iraqi President Jalal Talabani and Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih on January 9 met with the Ambassador on the occasion of Talabani,s return to Baghdad from the Kurdistan region. Talabani said he is ready to move forward on the 3 1 mechanism now that all the principals are bac [...]	2008-01-12 16:08:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS PINR IZ
08BAGHDAD873	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...]	2008-03-23 12:31:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08BAGHDAD906	PRT SALAH AD DIN: ANXIETIES BUILD AMID QUESTIONS [...] (U) This is a PRT Tikrit, Salah ad Din reporting cable. Summary ------- 2. (C) With anxieties building as the April 14 application deadline set in the Justice and Accountability Law approaches, Salah Ad Din (SaD) provincial officials have begun to collect data on former Firqah and Shuba [...]	2008-03-25 16:07:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINS KCRS IZ
08BAGHDAD91	VP ADEL ABDEL MEHDI: KEEP PRESSURE ON MALIKI [...] (S) Summary: Vice President Adel Abdel Mehdi told S/I Satterfield January 12 that ISCI fully supports the USG position that the Maliki government must reform in order to operate in a more inclusive and effective manner. However, Adel opined that Prime Minister Maliki is misreading USG attitu [...]	2008-01-13 08:15:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINS IZ
08BAGHDAD92	PROVINCIAL OPERATIONS CENTERS CHANGING THE PREMISE [...] (C) On December 16th, Basrah become the second province to transfer to Provincial Iraqi Control (PIC) with a federally-mandated provincial operations command in charge of the province,s security forces. Established in several volatile provinces by Prime Minister Maliki, these operations comma [...]	2008-01-13 11:09:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP MOPS PGOV PINS PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD920	MALIKI TAKES ON BASRAH MILITIA [...] (C) Prime Minister Maliki on 24 March traveled to Basrah to announce the beginning of military operations to regain control of the city from armed militias. Interior Minister Bolani, Defense Minister Abdul Qadar and Minister of State for National Security Waeli are with the PM. Fighting between [...]	2008-03-26 02:03:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PGOV PINS PTER IZ
08BAGHDAD928	BASRAH/BAGHDAD SITUATION REPORT: MARCH 25-26, [...] (U) The following is a situation report on Basrah, Baghdad, and the southern provinces as of 14:00 local time, drawn from Embassy contacts, REO Basrah, and local press reporting. PM Taking Control in Basrah --------------------------- 2. (C) At present, PM Maliki, Defense Minister Abdel [...]	2008-03-26 13:57:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PGOV PINS PTER IZ
08BAGHDAD933	SOUTHERN IRAQ SITUATION REPORT: MARCH 26, 23:00 [...] (S/NF) Summary and comment: The below is a situation report for Basrah and other southern provinces, reflecting reporting from PRTs and REOs, open-source media, and Embassy Baghdad. In Basrah, militants have entrenched themselves in several neighborhoods in response to the ISF offensive. Tens [...]	2008-03-26 20:03:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV IZ PINS MOPS
08BAGHDAD945	SOUTHERN IRAQ SITUATION REPORT: MARCH 27, 13:00 [...] (S/REL MCFI) SUMMARY: The below is a situation report for Basrah and other southern provinces, reflecting reporting from PRTs and REO Basrah, open-source media, and Embassy Baghdad. In Basrah, JAM continues to occupy its traditional strongholds and conduct harassing attacks on ISF throughout [...]	2008-03-27 15:54:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	MOPS PGOV PINS PTER IZ
08BAGHDAD969	MILITARY AND POLITICAL DEADLOCK IN BASRAH [...] (S/NF) Summary: Basrah is gripped by military and political deadlock six days into Maliki's "Charge of the Knights" offensive. PM Maliki seems unwilling to compromise his hard-line stance against JAM even as the militia consolidates its position in Basrah's neighborhoods; on March 28 he reb [...]	2008-03-29 16:37:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV IR MOPS PINS
08BAGHDAD970	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...]	2008-03-30 02:18:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08BAGHDAD988	PRT SALAH AD DIN: SALAH AD DIN CLAMORS FOR [...] (U) This is a PRT Tikrit, Salah ad Din reporting cable. 2. (C) Summary: With the withdrawal of the veto of the Provincial Powers Law by the Presidency Council, Salah Ad Din leaders, as well as the public, are enthusiastically anticipating provincial elections. Interlocutors almost without [...]	2008-03-31 16:10:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINS KCRS IZ
08BAGHDAD998	PM'S ADVISORS DISCUSS BASRAH EXIT STRATEGY [...] (C) Summary: In separate March 30 conversations with S/I Satterfield and Polmilcouns, both National Security Advisor Muwaffaq al-Rubaie and Political Advisor Sadiq Rikabi acknowledged the seriousness of the current crisis facing PM Maliki and the need to provide him with a face-saving exit bu [...]	2008-04-01 08:29:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PINS MOPS IR IZ
08BAMAKO290	AUSTRIAN EFFORTS TO FOLLOW AQIM HOSTAGE CRISIS IN [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-19 14:36:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PINS PINR ML
08BAMAKO295	MALIAN ARMY RUNS INTO BAHANGA, AND LOSES, AGAIN [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-21 11:15:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PINS PINR ML
08BAMAKO299	MALI TALLIES ITS LOSSES FOLLOWING LATEST BATTLE [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-27 11:42:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PINS PINR ML
08BAMAKO305	MALI NEGOTIATES WITH BAHANGA AS NEW GROUP ATTACKS [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-28 06:30:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PINS PINR PTER ML
08BAMAKO320	BATTLE WITH BAHANGA BREWING NEAR KIDAL [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-01 15:48:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PINS PINR ML
08BAMAKO325	MALI USES HELICOPTERS TO ATTACK BAHANGA NEAR KIDAL [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-03 11:16:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PINS PINR ML
08BAMAKO339	TUAREG LEADERS FROM GAO AND TIMBUKTU: TIME FOR [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-07 13:38:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PINS PINR ML
08BAMAKO364	AS NORTHERN CRISIS DEEPENS, MALI DRIFTS [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-14 14:15:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PINS PINR ML
08BAMAKO366	EXECUTION OF TWO TUAREGS IN KIDAL SETS MALI ON EDGE [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-14 15:28:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PINS PINR PHUM ML
08BAMAKO371	BERABICHE AND AQIM IN NORTHERN MALI [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-17 11:36:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PINS PINR ML
08BAMAKO375	UPDATE ON SECURITY IN KIDAL [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-21 11:19:00	Embassy Bamako	SECRET	ASEC PINS PINR ML
08BAMAKO385	COMMISSION OF TUAREG LEADERS TO MEET WITH ADC AND [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-22 16:03:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PINS PINR ML
08BAMAKO414	MALIAN MILLITARY CONVOY REPELS ATTACK BY BANDITS [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-05 15:49:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PINS PINR MASS MARR PREL ML
08BAMAKO415	UPDATE ON NEGOTIATIONS, HOSTAGES AND HUMANITARIAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-05 15:49:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF EAID PHUM ASEC PINS ML
08BAMAKO419	ADC ATTACKS MILITARY POST NORTH OF SEGOU [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-06 16:47:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PINS PINR ML
08BAMAKO435	BANDITS ATTACK GENDARMARIE IN ANSONGO WHILE [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-13 17:00:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PINS PINR ML
08BAMAKO446	TUAREG CLAIMS AND COUNTER-CLAIMS FOR RECENT ATTACKS [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-16 12:04:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PINS PINR ML
08BAMAKO462	OF TUAREGS AND TERRORISTS: A REBEL'S VIEW OF [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-21 14:18:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PINS PINR ML
08BAMAKO463	TUAREG REBELS OVERRUN GARRISON IN ABEIBARA [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-21 16:02:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PINS PINR ML
08BAMAKO482	MALI USING TUAREG MILITIAS TO COMBAT TUAREG REBELS [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-30 12:06:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PINS PINR ML
08BAMAKO507	A FORMER MINISTER OF DEFENSE'S VIEW OF THE CRISIS [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-04 15:53:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PINS PINR PREL
08BAMAKO558	FOREIGN MINISTER OUANE SAYS REGIONAL SECURITY [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-13 10:36:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINR ML
08BAMAKO567	TUAREG REBELS SEEK UNITY AS FOOD CRISIS IN KIDAL [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-18 15:55:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PINS PHUM PREL ML
08BAMAKO623	FORMER BERBICHE REBEL ALIGNS WITH TUAREG ADC [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-03 15:19:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PINS PINR ML
08BAMAKO624	NEGOTIATING THE NEGOTIATIONS: ALGERIA PRIMES [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-03 15:30:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PINS PINR PREL ML
08BAMAKO639	NORTHERN MALI POLICE BLOTTER: ONE CARJACKING AND [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-08 15:49:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PINS PINR ML
08BAMAKO648	UNHCR REPORT FINDS TUAREG REFUGEES NOT REFUGEES [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-10 09:00:00	Embassy Bamako	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PINS PINR ML
08BAMAKO666	MALIANS AND TUAREG REBELS PREPARE FOR DIRECT TALKS [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-17 13:46:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PINS PINR ML
08BAMAKO675	TUAREG BANDITS ATTACK TESSALIT WHILE MALI AND [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-22 15:03:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PINS PINR ML
08BAMAKO676	SAHEL-SAHARA SECURITY SUMMIT NOW SCHEDULED FOR [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-22 15:05:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PINS PREL ML
08BAMAKO684	FIVE MALIAN SOLDIERS RELEASED FOLLOWING TALKS IN [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-28 13:48:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PINS PINR ML
08BAMAKO712	DETAILS ON RECENT HOSTAGE RELEASE AND NEXT STEPS [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-07 15:50:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PINS PINR PREL ML
08BAMAKO721	TUAREG LEADERS TRY TO SECURE PRISONER RELEASE [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-12 15:18:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PINS PINR ML
08BAMAKO778	NEW MILITIA GROUP ALLEGEDLY BEHIND MURDER OF FOUR [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-09 16:04:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PINS PINR PHUM ML
08BAMAKO779	MALI AND ADC CONTENT TO LEAVE BAHANGA BEHIND IN [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-09 16:06:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEC PINS PINR ML
08BAMAKO785	BAHANGA RELEASES MOST - BUT NOT ALL - MALIAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-11 15:19:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PINS PINR PHUM ML

08BAMAKO800	POLICE ROUND UP MORE GANDA-IZO SUSPECTS AND RAID [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-17 16:17:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PINS PINR ML
08BAMAKO824	FOLLOW UP ON TUAREG INSURGENTS IN MALI [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-03 10:27:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PINR PREL PINS ASEC ML NG
08BAMAKO831	NEW NATIONAL DIRECTOR OF POLICE SHAKES UP POLICE [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-10 11:09:00	Embassy Bamako	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINS SOCI ML
08BAMAKO867	ALGERIAN AMBASSADOR'S VIEW OF SECURITY SUMMIT AND [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-04 06:56:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINR ASEC ML
08BAMAKO888	THE LIBERATION OF AQIM'S AUSTRIAN HOSTAGES: AN [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-14 10:26:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PINS PINR ML
08BAMAKO897	A MEETING OF THE MINDS, BUT NOT HEADS OF STATE, ON [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-18 14:34:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ASEC PINS ML
08BAMAKO898	ARAB-TUAREG TENSIONS IN LERE RISE AFTER SECURITY [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-19 16:04:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM SOCI PINS PINR ML
08BAMAKO901	NORTHERN MALI: ALGIERS ACCORDS OPTIMISM [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-20 14:54:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINR ML
08BAMAKO902	ADC MEMBER WARNS HOSTAGE TAKING IS NORTHERN MALI'S [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-20 14:59:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PINS PINR ML
08BAMAKO918	TUAREG REBEL LEADER IYAD AG GHALI WANTS OVERHAUL [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-01 10:16:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PINR PTER PREL ASEC ML
08BAMAKO932	TOP REBEL: THE RETURN OF IYAD AG GHALI [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-11 09:45:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PINS ASEC ML
08BAMAKO942	NORTHERN MALI POLICE BLOTTER AND EVENTS CALENDAR [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-16 15:00:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PINR ASEC KCOR PHUM ML
08BAMAKO954	(S) MALIAN OFFICIALS CONFIRM PRESENCE OF KIDNAPPED [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-22 14:25:00	Embassy Bamako	SECRET	PTER PINR PINS ASEC ML
08BAMAKO960	ASSESSING BAHANGA'S ATTACK ON NAMPALA [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-23 12:56:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PINS PGOV PINR ML
08BAMAKO968	EFFORTS TO SAVE ALGIERS ACCORDS ACCELERATE AS [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-29 16:38:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PINR ASEC ML
08BANGKOK1611	SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY OF DEFENSE GATES VISIT [...] (C) Summary. Mr. Secretary, all of us in Bangkok look forward to your June 1-2 visit as an opportunity to advance key U.S. foreign policy interests. Your meeting with Prime Minister/Defense Minister Samak Sundaravej will provide an opportunity to emphasize the importance of Thailand to our r [...]	2008-05-23 12:24:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MARR MOPS PINS PHUM TH
08BANGKOK1670	COBRA GOLD INTEGRAL TO USG ALLIANCE STRUCTURE IN [...] (C) Summary. Cobra Gold, America's largest multilateral exercise in Asia, is much more than a bilateral exercise with Thailand. In that Thailand provides good training infrastructure, large areas for unrestricted live fire operations, and access to bombing ranges -- all in short supply in [...]	2008-06-02 09:22:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MARR MOPS PINS PHUM TH
08BANGKOK1723	SCENESETTER FOR ADMIRAL TYSON [...] (C) Summary. Admiral Tyson, your visit to Thailand will afford you a chance to see the importance of Thailand to our regional security interests as the United States and Thailand celebrate 175 years of relations. You will also have an opportunity to underscore the United States Government's [...]	2008-06-05 10:23:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MARR MOPS PINS PHUM TH
08BANGKOK1978	LEADING GENERAL PRAISES SAMAK'S APPROACH TOWARDS [...] (C) Defense Ministry Permanent Secretary General Winai Phattiyakul told the Ambassador on June 25 that Prime Minister Samak appeared unlikely to crack down harshly on anti-government protestors, and, even if Samak were to do so, this would not necessarily prompt military intervention in politi [...]	2008-06-26 09:46:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS MOPS KDEM TH
08BANGKOK224	PRIVY COUNCILLOR TELLS AMBASSADOR OF STEADY [...] (C) SUMMARY: During the Ambassador's January 22 courtesy call, a Privy Councillor with long experience in the South encouraged the Ambassador to travel in the troubled region. Palakorn Sunwanrath believed that a visit with southern religious and community leaders would show sympathy for Th [...]	2008-01-23 11:09:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PINS TH
08BANGKOK2359	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES LAO HMONG, BURMA, SOUTH, AND [...] (C) The Ambassador paid an introductory call on National Security Council Secretary General Surapol Puanaiyaka on August 4, in advance of Surapol's participation in the upcoming POTUS visit. Surapol appeared receptive to points the Ambassador made on Lao Hmong migrants, Burmese refugees, Prea [...]	2008-08-05 04:45:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS PREF SCUL UNESCO UNGA BM TH CB
08BANGKOK2405	TENSIONS ESCALATE AT THAI STREET PROTESTS [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Increased tension at ongoing People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) rallies across Thailand resulted in numerous clashes between PAD supporters and pro-government groups in July. Following the recent outbreak of violence at a July 24 rally in Udon Thani province, the R [...]	2008-08-11 07:27:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINS ASEC TH
08BANGKOK2481	THAI COURT FLEXES MUSCLE, CONVICTS NOTORIOUS [...] (SBU) Summary: Thailand's Supreme Court convicted former Deputy Interior Minister Vatana Asavahame of corruption charges in the Klong Dan wastewater treatment plant scandal on August 18 and sentenced him in absentia to 10 years of imprisonment. Anticipating the verdict earlier this summer, Va [...]	2008-08-19 09:21:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINS ASEC TH
08BANGKOK2591	SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL BOONSRANG'S COUNTERPART [...] (C) Summary. Embassy Bangkok is extremely appreciative that General Boonsrang Niumpradit will be able to conduct a counterpart visit with CJCS Admiral Mullen. The visit will reinforce the importance of Thailand to our regional security interests as the United States and Thailand celebrate 175 [...]	2008-08-29 09:41:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MOPS PINS PHUM TH
08BANGKOK3341	SCENESETTER FOR ADMIRAL KEATING'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary. Admiral Keating, your brief meeting with Royal Thai Armed Forces (RTARF) Chief of Joint Staff General Ratchakrit Kanchanawat at the Chiefs of Defense conference affords a chance to affirm the United States Government's commitment to working with a democratically elected Thai gove [...]	2008-11-10 09:51:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MARR MOPS PINS PHUM TH
08BANGKOK3632	SCENESETTER FOR SENATOR WEBB'S VISIT TO THAILAND [...] (SBU) Senator Webb, Embassy Bangkok looks forward to welcoming you to Thailand. Your visit will afford a chance to express the United States' commitment to working with a democratically-elected Thai government and to affirming U.S. commitment to the bilateral relationship, particularly our im [...]	2008-12-12 09:14:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MARR MOPS PINS TH
08BANGKOK585	SCENESETTER FOR ADMIRAL KEATING [...] (C) Summary. Admiral Keating, your visit to Thailand will afford you a chance to see the importance of Thailand to our regional security interests as the United States and Thailand celebrate 175 years of relations. You will also have an opportunity to underscore the United States Government's [...]	2008-02-22 11:11:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MARR MOPS PINS PHUM TH
08BANGKOK833	SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL MONTREE,S COUNTERPART [...] (C) Summary. General Montree Sungkasap's counterpart visit will afford the chance to reinforce the importance of Thailand to our regional security interests as the United States and Thailand celebrate 175 years of relations. This visit to the U.S. will be the first by a senior Thai military [...]	2008-03-14 09:59:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MARR MOPS PINS PHUM TH
08BANJUL193	THE GAMBIA: GLOBAL MARITIME PARTNERSHIP RESPONSE [...] Post did not receive a substantive response to its demarche on the Global Maritime Partnership. However, Post notes that the Gambian government might be responsive to future collaborations following the successful installation of the Maritime Security and Safety Information System (MSSIS) in [...]	2008-06-17 09:40:00	Embassy Banjul	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT EAID ECON EFIS MARR MCAP MOPS PHSA PINS SMIG
08BANJUL216	THE GAMBIA: MORE CHANGES IN GOVERNMENT [...] On June 27, President Yahya Jammeh appointed a new Secretary of State (Minister) for Youth and Sports and a new Director General of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA). The new Sports Minister is former army lieutenant Sheriff Gomez, while Benedict Jammeh, until recently the Inspector Gene [...]	2008-07-03 08:12:00	Embassy Banjul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR PINS PHUM GA
08BASRAH10	BASRAH BADR LEADER PREDICTS SOME BADR-JAM ELECTION VIOLENCE [...] (C) Summary: Hasan al-Rashid, Basrah's Badr leader, told the Regional Embassy Office IPAO that provincial elections might occur in September assuming passage of key legislation in Baghdad. He did not rule out violent political confrontation in Basrah during the campaign season between the Isl [...]	2008-02-10 06:37:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PINS PHUM PGOV IZ
08BASRAH13	FADHILA FOCUSED ON REGIONAL FORMATION; ELECTIONS ON [...] (C/Rel USA, MCFI) Provincial Councilor Aqeel Talib (Fadhila) told Regional Embassy Officer February 17 that the Fadhila party was more concerned with turning Basrah province into its own region than it was with future elections. Talib explained that the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI) f [...]	2008-02-21 15:01:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PINS PREL IR IZ
08BASRAH14	BASRAH MOD ADVISOR ARRESTED BY MOI UNDER BADR PRESSURE [...] (C) Ministry of Defense (MoD) Advisor to the Basrah Operations Center (BOC) Majid al-Sari met Regional Embassy Officer February 10 to describe his poor relations with the Badr Corps because of his vocal opposition to Iranian intervention and his close relationship to the Basrah Operations Comma [...]	2008-02-22 10:34:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PINS IR IZ
08BASRAH16	BASRAH GOVERNOR ALLEGES IRANIAN ASSASSINATION PLOT [...] (C) Basrah Provincial Governor, Muhammed Musbeh Wa'eli, met with Regional Embassy (REO) officers on February 24 to substantiate his public allegation that the Iranian Government was directly involved in a recent assassination plot against Wa'eli and his brother. At a February 23 press conferen [...]	2008-02-26 17:20:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS IZ IR
08BASRAH19	ISCI-LED PROTEST AGAINST VIOLENCE IN BASRAH [...] (C/Rel MCFI) SUMMARY: Basrawis affiliated with the Basrah Islamic List (BIL) parties on the provincial council (ISCI, Badr, Thar Allah, Sayyid al-Shuhada, Shaheed al-Mihrab, Hizbollah Movement) took to the streets March 8, protesting the city's deteriorating security. An estimated 600-800 pa [...]	2008-03-14 15:00:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PROP MCAP MOPS PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PREL
08BASRAH21	BASRAH ISF COMMANDER SAYS ISF NOT READY [...] (S/REL MCFI) Summary: Basrah Operations Commander, LTG Mohan Hafith Fahad al-Fariji told us that the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) in his command are not capable of confronting the militias given their lack of training and equipment. Mohan asked the Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force [...]	2008-03-17 17:01:00	REO Basrah	SECRET//NOFORN	MCAP MOPS PBTS PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PREL PROP
08BASRAH24	BASRA SHEIK'S SUCCESS CONFRONTING JAM [...] (S/Rel MNFI) SUMMARY and Comment: Sheik Mansur (Beni-Tamim) told REO March 28 of tribal success in securing the Shat-al-Arab sector of Basrah City; he asked the Minister of Interior for permission to field 500 tribesmen from a coalition of 12 tribes to secure his area, as well as help in removi [...]	2008-03-29 11:40:00	REO Basrah	SECRET	PGOV PINS IZ IR
08BASRAH25	BASRAH SHEIK'S SUCCESS CONFRONTING JAM [...] (S/Rel MNFI) SUMMARY and Comment: Sheik Mansur (Beni-Tamim) told REO March 28 of tribal success in securing the Shat-al-Arab sector of Basrah City; he asked the Minister of Interior for permission to field 500 tribesmen from a coalition of 12 tribes to secure his area, as well as help in removi [...]	2008-03-30 07:15:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS IR IZ
08BASRAH26	GENERAL WARNS BASRA BATTLE LOST WITHOUT U.S. TROOPS [...] (S/REL MNFI) SUMMARY: MG Mared Beni-Malik (Strictly Protect),Director of Tribal Affairs, spoke with the REO Director on March 30 after meeting with PM Maliki in the Basrah Palace. He said that the ISF will lose the battle for Basrah without intervention of U.S. ground troops and increased a [...]	2008-03-30 11:46:00	REO Basrah	SECRET	PGOV PINS IR IZ
08BASRAH28	PM MALIKI'S TRIBAL INITIATIVE IN BASRAH [...] (S/REL MCFI) SUMMARY: Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has reversed his previous opposition to a tribal initiative in Iraq's Shia south. Shunning Coalition involvement, Maliki affirmed the nascent scheme will be GOI-led and appears to be under the direction of Acting Minister of Justice Sa [...]	2008-04-11 18:44:00	REO Basrah	SECRET	MOPS MCAP PGOV PREL PINS PINR PARM PTER IR UK
08BASRAH29	CBS REPORTER RICHARD BUTLER FREED [...] (S) SUMMARY: Kidnapped CBS reporter and British citizen Richard Butler was freed during the afternoon of April 14 during an Iraqi Army (IA) operation conducted as part of operation Charge of the Knights II (COKII). UK, U.S., and Iraqi authorities had been trying to secure Butler's release sin [...]	2008-04-14 17:18:00	REO Basrah	SECRET	KCRM PTER PINS PGOV IZ
08BASRAH3	BASRAH'S IRAQ SECURITY FORCES QUELL "SOLDIERS OF HEAVEN" [...] (C//Rel ACGU) Summary & Comment: The Shia festival of Ashura was disrupted January 18 when militants from the messianic cult Jund al Sama'a (Soldiers of Heaven - JAS) attacked Iraqi police and civilians in Basrah. It is believed the cult sought to create the chaos that foretells the return of [...]	2008-01-22 14:41:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP MOPS PGOV PINR PINS PREL PROP PTER IR IZ
08BASRAH32	REO BASRAH SITREP FOR APRIL 15, 2008 [...] (U) Basrah REO situation report for April 15. 2. (S//REL MCFI) Summary: The situation in Basrah remains tense, but is gradually improving as Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) confront militias and assert governmental control. The ISF continue to execute the second phase of "Operation Charge of [...]	2008-04-16 09:21:00	REO Basrah	SECRET	PGOV PINS ECIN IZ
08BASRAH33	CHARGE OF THE KNIGHTS III: BASRAH UPDATE [...] (S//REL MCFI) SUMMARY: Charge of the Knights (COK) II, clearing of Basrah City's Qibla district, winds down as COK III, clearing of the strongest JAM stronghold Hyyaniyah, is about to begin. JAM, possibly with IRGC help, may make COK III its major fight. Sadrists are reportedly behind several [...]	2008-04-18 13:05:00	REO Basrah	SECRET	PGOV PINS ECON IZ
08BASRAH34	UMM QASR DEPUTY UPBEAT ABOUTPORT'S PROPSECTS [...] (C//REL MCFI) SUMMARY: REO Officers met with merchant marine Captain Hussain Mohammed Abdullah, Assistant Director General (A-DG) for Management at the Port of Umm Qasr (PUQ). The GOI has sacked PUQ A-DG for Technical Affairs Safa Abud al-Hussein, who with militia influence had been appointed [...]	2008-04-21 15:12:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT ETRD ECON PINS IZ
08BASRAH35	BASRAH SITUATION REPORT, APRIL 21, 2008 [...] (S//REL MCFI) SUMMARY: Charge of the Knights (COK) III commenced on the morning of April 19, meeting very little resistance. Planning is already underway for the next operations to be conducted in Latif, Qarmat, and the Five Mile areas. The Tribal and Political Committees set up by PM Maliki [...]	2008-04-22 11:53:00	REO Basrah	SECRET	PGOV PINS ECON IZ
08BASRAH36	NEW BASRAH ISF COMMANDER ON OPERATIONS AND IP REFORM [...] (C//REL MCFI) Summary: During an April 16 meeting with the Regional Embassy Office, MG Mohammed Jawad Hawadi, the newly appointed Basrah Operations Commander, admitted that the ISF initially performed poorly against the militias. Thanks to U.S. support and recent operational successes clearin [...]	2008-04-22 16:23:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP MOPS PGOV PINR PINS PREL PTER IZ
08BASRAH37	SAYYID AL SHUHADA ON BASRAH OPERATIONS, IRANIAN INFLUENCE, [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-24 15:31:00	REO Basrah	SECRET//NOFORN	MOPS PBTS PGOV PINR PINS PREL PTER IR IZ
08BASRAH38	HYYANIYAH HEARTS AND MINDS WITH CMOC [...] (C/REL MCFI) SUMMARY: MNCI's Civil Military Operations Center (CMOC) has planned a weeklong rejuvenation of Basrah City's poor and JAM-infested Hyyaniyah. On April 29, Iraqi Army and Coalition Forces will secure the area, to be followed by Iraqi teams to deliver services and repairs. The CMOC [...]	2008-04-27 14:32:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PHUM IZ
08BASRAH40	SAFA AL SAFI ON COALITION FAILURES, GOI FUND FOR BASRAH, [...] (C/REL MCFI) SUMMARY: Acting Justice Minister Safa al-Safi met with CMOC and REO Basrah Directors in Basrah on April 24. Safi roundly criticized Coalition reconstruction efforts as ineffective and corrupt. He showed little understanding of the PRT role or a provided list of past projects. Sa [...]	2008-04-29 15:19:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS KJUS ECON EAID IR IZ
08BASRAH42	FADHILA MEMBER CRITICIZES MALIKI FOR BASRAH OPERATION [...] (C//REL USA, MCFI) SUMMARY: Basrah Provincial Council (PC) member and Fadhila insider, Sheikh Khazl Jaloob Falih al-Saidi (aka Abu Salam),criticized Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's Charge of the Knights (CoK) as a political move to eliminate the Jaysh al-Mahdi so that the Islamic Supreme Counc [...]	2008-05-04 17:18:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PINS PREL KDEM MOPS PBTS IR IZ
08BASRAH44	CHARGE OF THE KNIGHTS WHEELS NORTH: OBJECTIVE QURNAH [...] (S//REL MCFI) SUMMARY: For the first time since the GoI launched Operation Charge of the Knights (CoK) in March, on May 13 CoK will focus its attention outside greater Basrah - targeting the JAM stronghold of Al Qurnah, 70 km to the northwest. Despite a long supply line and a low priority for [...]	2008-05-13 12:37:00	REO Basrah	SECRET	PINS PGOV ECON IR IZ
08BASRAH46	SAYYID AL-SHUHADAH LEADER ON POST-CHARGE OF THE KNIGHTS [...] (S) SUMMARY: In a May 21 meeting with the REO, Sayyid al-Shuhadah (SAS) leader and Council of Representatives (COR) member Daghir al-Musawi stated that the security situation is much improved after Operation Charge of the Knights (Cok),but cautioned that the slow pace of reconstruction was be [...]	2008-05-27 03:37:00	REO Basrah	SECRET	PGOV PINS ECON IZ
08BASRAH52	BANI MALIK SHEIKS ON COK, GROWING IRANIAN INFLUENCE IN [...] (S/rel MCFI) Summary: In a May 22 meeting at the REO, Sheikh Salam Maliki, leader of the Bani Malik tribe, and his brother, Sabah Maliki, expressed dissatisfaction with the ongoing Charge of the Knights (COK) operation in their tribal area, Qurnah. Both claimed the government had yet to fulfil [...]	2008-05-30 12:02:00	REO Basrah	SECRET	PGOV PINS IR IZ
08BASRAH54	SUNNI CLERIC ON BASRAH AFTER COK, RECONSTRUCTION DELAYS, [...] (C/rel MCFI) In a meeting held on May 20 at the Basrah Regional Embassy Office, Sheikh Abd al-Karim al-Dosari, a leading Sunni cleric, discussed the improved environment in Basrah following the Charge of the Knights (COK) operation, crediting the GOI and the ISF for the instrumental role that [...]	2008-06-03 18:16:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PINS IR IZ
08BASRAH59	(S) SADRIST IN BASRAH SEEKS USG AID TO REPLACE MOQTADA [...] (S/REL MCFI) SUMMARY: Mohammed al-Fariji, a Sadrist cleric in Basrah and representative of Ayatollah Qassim al-Ta'i, requested USG support in al-Ta'i's bid to lead the Sadrist Trend. Fariji noted that the Sadrists were deeply divided, upset with Moqtada al-Sadr's failure of leadership, and read [...]	2008-06-13 17:41:00	REO Basrah	SECRET	PTER PINR PINS PGOV PREL PROP MARR MOPS UK IR
08BASRAH65	ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON INDEPENDENT SHIA CLERIC [...] (C) Summary: Gunmen rumored to be connected to a Jaysh al-Mahdi (JAM) Special Group attempted to assassinate independent Shia cleric Sayid Aqiel Fadil Abbass Jamal al-Deen on July 16. The attack is one of a series of recent assassination attempts that underscore the fragile nature of Basrah [...]	2008-07-30 06:19:00	REO Basrah	SECRET	PGOV PINR PBTS PINS PREL PTER IR IZ
08BASRAH66	SHOOTING AT BASRAH HOSPITAL [...] (C) Summary: A close REO contact reported a shooting incident involving the director of al-Musawi Hospital in Basrah. The director confronted members of the Iraqi Army (IA) who insisted on bringing weapons into the hospital. The shooter was allegedly a bodyguard of the commander 50th Brigad [...]	2008-07-30 06:31:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PINS IR IZ
08BASRAH69	DISTRUST BETWEEN BASRAH GOVERNOR AND IRAQI ARMY [...] (C). Summary: Basrah governor Mohammad Wa'ili and General Abd al-Aziz al-Dalmi of the Iraqi Army (IA) reported an August 16 altercation between the governor's personal security detail (PSD) and members of the 14th Division, IA. While there are conflicting versions of the events that transpi [...]	2008-08-19 07:30:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS IZ
08BASRAH70	ATTACK ON IHEC STAFF IN SOUTHERN BASRAH [...] (C) A local source from the Iraqi Intelligence Department in Abu al-Khaseeb informed REO interpreter via telephone that unknown gunmen opened fire on three IHEC staff members at 8:45 on the morning of August 18. Two of the staff, Jasmin Mohammad and Ma'ad Wahab, were killed. The third staff m [...]	2008-08-19 07:32:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PTER KDEM IZ
08BASRAH71	GENERAL ABD AL-AZIZ AL-DALMI ON BASRAH GOVERNOR [...] (C) Summary: REO met with the commander the Iraqi Army (IA) 14th Division, Major General Abd al-Aziz al-Dalmi on August 18 to discuss the August 16 altercation between Basrah governor Mohammad Wa'ili's personal security detachment (PSD) and members of his division. Aziz confirmed that arrest [...]	2008-08-23 10:03:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS IZ
08BASRAH85	BASRAH PROVINCIAL JOINT OPERATIONS CENTRE NEARLY READY TO [...] (C) Summary: On October 28, Senior Advisor Gordon Gray toured the newly operational Basrah Provincial Joint Operations Center (PJOC),located at the Basrah Operations Command (BOC). Conceived as a result of the poor communication among Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) components during Operation Ch [...]	2008-11-07 11:03:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS ASEC IZ
08BASRAH9	SAYID AL SHUHADA SUPPORT BADR'S NINE PROVINCE REGION [...] (S/NF) Summary: Regional Embassy Officers met with representatives of Sayid al-Shuhada (SAS, aka Lord of the Martyrs) January 28. SAS complained about the U.S. arrest of Rasheed Majeed al-Sari, the editor of SAS newspaper Al-Fateh, and requested his release. They also reviewed their political [...]	2008-02-05 11:33:00	REO Basrah	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PGOV PINS IR IZ
08BEIJING2592	GUIZHOU RIOT: AUTHORITIES FOCUS ON STABILITY, [...] (U) The following is a joint Embassy Beijing - ConGen Chengdu cable. 2. (C) Following the massive riot in Guizhou Province that reportedly involved 30,000 people on June 28-29 over allegations of a cover-up in the rape and murder of a 15 year-old girl, Chinese authorities are moving to rest [...]	2008-07-01 11:15:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PHUM PGOV CH
08BEIJING2649	PRC: DIALOGUE WITH DALAI LAMA REPRESENTATIVES [...] (C) During July 1-2 talks between the Chinese Government and representatives of the Dalai Lama, Chinese official statements slightly modified earlier Chinese demands, saying the Dalai Lama should "not support" rather than "stop" independence, violence, actions of the Tibetan Youth Congress, an [...]	2008-07-07 11:10:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PHUM KOLY CH
08BEIJING3476	MINISTER OF CIVIL AFFAIRS DISCUSSES PARALYMPICS, [...] (SBU) In a September 5 meeting, Minister of Civil Affairs Li Xueju welcomed Secretary of Veterans Affairs James B. Peake, head of the U.S. Presidential Delegation to the Paralympic Games, and wished U.S. athletes success. Minister Li said that with assistance from the international community, [...]	2008-09-08 05:44:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINS MOPS SOCI EAID SENV KOLY CH
08BEIRUT1085	LEBANON: NEW INTERIOR MINISTER WILL FOCUS ON BOTH [...] (C) During an introductory call with the Charge Grant on July 23, newly appointed Interior Minister Ziyad Baroud said that he has a comprehensive vision for the Ministry portfolio and stressed that he will focus both on electoral and security issues. He said that the Ministry itself, rather t [...]	2008-07-24 15:59:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINS LE
08BEIRUT1233	LEBANON: INTERIOR MINISTER FOCUSED ON 2009 [...] (C) In a August 20 meeting with the Charge, Minister of Interior Ziyad Baroud said he is finalizing a "master plan" for donor nations who wish to provide technical assistance to Lebanon for the 2009 elections. Asked about a USG offer to assist with elections security planning, Baroud told us h [...]	2008-08-21 16:27:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINS LE
08BEIRUT1413	LEBANON: ELECTION LAW DRAFT GOES TO PARLIAMENT [...] (SBU) IFES officials briefed PolOff on last minute changes to the draft electoral law submitted by the Parliament's Administration and Justice Committee to Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri on September 24. The draft law states that elections should take place in one day but notes that election [...]	2008-09-26 14:59:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM PINS LE
08BEIRUT1439	LEBANON: NEW ELECTION LAW DISAPPOINTS CIVIL [...] (C) Parliament approved a new electoral law on September 27. The key element was a stipulation that the 2009 parliamentary elections take place in one day, despite concerns about authorities being able to provide security for all polling stations on the same day, as opposed to past practice [...]	2008-10-03 15:06:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINS LE
08BEIRUT450	LEBANON: FINMIN AZOUR HOPES CONTINUED REFORMS [...] (C) Finance Minister Azour told Charge that the reform agenda for Lebanon, successful so far but facing serious challenges in light of the paralyzed GOL, is the only way to maintain the credibility of the government in the face of Hizballah's political attacks. Keys to success of the reform p [...]	2008-03-31 15:18:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	ENIV PGOV PREL PTER PINR MCAP PINS LE
08BEIRUT483	VISIT OF INL ASSISTANT SECRETARY TO LEBANON MARCH 30-31, [...] (U) Summary: During his official visit to Lebanon March 30 to March 31, 2008, Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL),David T. Johnson reaffirmed the U.S. government commitment to a sovereign, democratic Lebanon, and discussed INL's continuing [...]	2008-04-08 10:12:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINS PREL PBTS NAS PGOV IS SY LE
08BEIRUT615	LEBANON: MAY 7 GENERAL STRIKE UPDATE - NO CLEAR [...] (C) There have been calls for a general strike on May 7 for several weeks over concern about increasing prices. The cabinet, in a marathon ten-hour session, increased the minimum wage by 50 percent, and took other steps to combat the rising cost of living. Hizballah and Amal are expected to s [...]	2008-05-06 13:05:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PREL PTER EINV MCAP LE
08BEIRUT647	LEBANON: GOL WANTS TO REDUCE ITS MANPADS STOCKPILE [...] (S/NF) In a March 26 meeting, DATT informed the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) officials of the appointment of Ambassador Bloomfield as the Special Envoy for MANPADS Threat Reduction. GOL officials also expressed great interest in relinquishing MANPADS within their possession during a March 3-7 [...]	2008-05-10 17:30:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	MARR MASS MCAP MOS PARM PINR PINS LE
08BELGRADE1086	SERBIA TO ATTEND GLOBAL INITIATIVE EPG [...] We delivered reftel demarche to Serbian MFA Arms Control officer Ljubomir Postic on September 29. On October 14, Postic told us that Serbia planned to attend the Global Initiative Exercise Planning Group meeting. 2. Postic inquired if there would be any financial support for delegations [...]	2008-10-20 13:29:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	MCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC SR
08BELGRADE111	MY SWEET LITTLE SERBIAN VILLAGE [...] (C) DCM re-visited the central Serbian town of Kraljevo where she lived as an exchange student 34 year years ago, and found her "typical" Serbian family galvanized by the presidential elections and traumatized by the thought of returning to the '90's under a Radical government. Coincidentall [...]	2008-01-29 13:33:00	Embassy Belgrade	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS SR
08BELGRADE1341	SERBIA MADE AWARE OF JUNE 2009 GLOBAL INITIATIVE MEETING [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-29 12:36:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC SR
08BELMOPAN168	BELIZE RESPONSE TO ACTION REQUEST: MERIDA INITIATIVE [...] (U) On February 19 to 21st, Ambassador Dieter and DCM Hill conducted initial meetings following general elections in early February with high-level ministers including the new Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Minister of National Security. During these me [...]	2008-03-19 21:36:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PREL PTER SNAR BH
08BERLIN1329	GERMANY'S RESPONSE TO GLOBAL INITIATIVE EXERCISE [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-25 15:06:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC GM
08BERLIN1480	HR VETTING FOR SOVEREIGN CHALLENGE [...] (U) This cable responds to ref e-mail request to conduct human rights vetting, as required by the Leahy Amendment, for German military representatives who plan to attend the Sovereign Challenge Conference from November 17-20, 2008 at Hurbult Field, Ft. Walton Beach, Florida. 2. (U) The POL [...]	2008-10-31 10:39:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GM
08BERLIN1703	GERMANY TO PARTICIPATE IN FIFTH GLOBAL INITIATIVE [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-22 14:27:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC GM
08BERLIN343	GLOBAL INITIATIVE - EXERCISE PLANNING GROUP [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-17 16:31:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER FR GM
08BERN656	INFORMING SWITZERLAND OF THE FIFTH GLOBAL [...] Poloff coordinated with local Dutch embassy DCM Karin Moessenlechner to deliver the reftel announcement to appropriate Swiss government colleagues regarding the Fifth Plenary Meeting of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT),which will be hosted by the Netherlands in June 2 [...]	2008-12-24 07:17:00	Embassy Bern	UNCLASSIFIED	KGIC PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER SZ
08BOGOTA2855	U.S.-COLOMBIA LAUNCHES STRATEGIC POLICY DIALOGUE [...] (C) Summary: On July 23, Dr. David F. Gordon, the State Department's Director of the Office of Policy Planning (S/P),led the first Policy Planning talks with the GOC. The talks were carried out under the March 2007 U.S.-Colombian strategic framework agreement. The meetings in Bogota with FM [...]	2008-08-04 18:28:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KJUS CO PINS SOCI SNAR PTER ETRD
08BOGOTA3990	AMBASSADOR BROWNFIELD'S OCTOBER 23 MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: At an October 23 meeting, Foreign Minister Jaime Bermudez provided the Ambassador with a proposed MFA-MOD rewrite of the Cooperative Security Location (CSL) agreement and said he foresaw a resolution by the end of the year. Bermudez commented that his October 17 meeting with V [...]	2008-11-04 12:14:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PREL VE CO
08BOGOTA591	URIBE VS THE SUPREME COURT [...] Summary: In January, Supreme Court Justice Cesar Valencia publicly accused President Alvaro Uribe of interfering in the Supreme Court's investigation of the president's distant cousin for alleged paramilitary connections. Valencia said Uribe called him to complain about the Court's actions an [...]	2008-02-14 18:59:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR PINS CO
08BOGOTA634	SATELLITE ENGAGEMENT UPDATE PRESENTED TO GOC [...] On February 21, Post delivered all relevant points in reftel to MFA Director for U.S. and Canadian Affairs Patricia Cortes. Cortes said the GOC appreciated the information. Brownfield [...]	2008-02-21 18:15:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM PNAT PINS TSPA KTIA CO
08BRASILIA1314	SUPREME COURT WIRETAP SCANDAL CHANGES FACE OF [...] (C) Summary: Long-running suspicions that phone calls of high-level Brazilian officials from all three branches of government are being intercepted became the latest front-page scandal when Veja magazine reported that the Brazilian Intelligence Agency (ABIN) had tapped conversations between a [...]	2008-10-03 14:51:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PGOV PTER PINS BR
08BRIDGETOWN704	ST LUCIA CORRUPTION CASE AGAINST FREDERICK HEADS [...] (SBU) The long-running saga of the Minister Richard Frederick's corruption case appears headed towards a final resolution. Frederick lost his action for dismissal of charges against him relating to evasion of taxes for the importation of a vehicle, and the case is finally headed to trial. I [...]	2008-12-02 20:22:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	OECS POL PGOV PINR PHUM PINS XL
08BRIDGETOWN706	ST LUCIA CORRUPTION CASE AGAINST FREDERICK HEADS [...] (SBU) The long-running saga of the Minister Richard Frederick's corruption case appears headed towards a final resolution. Frederick lost his action for dismissal of charges against him relating to evasion of taxes for the importation of a vehicle, and the case is finally headed to trial. I [...]	2008-12-03 17:30:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	OECS POL PGOV PINR PHUM PINS XL
08BRUSSELS122	BELGIAN INTERIOR MINISTER PUSHING FOR EXPANDED [...] (C) Summary: During a one-on-one lunch held January 17, 2008, Belgian Interior Minister Dewael told the Ambassador he would press for passage of new legislation that would expand the authority of the country's intelligence services to use "special investigative techniques" like wiretaps. Law [...]	2008-01-24 14:32:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PINS PTER BE
08BRUSSELS14	BELGIAN GOVERNMENT HAS SAME GOALS AS USG ON [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-04 13:07:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PREL PTER BE
08BRUSSELS945	GUANTANAMO DETAINEES -- SUGGESTIONS FOR A SPECIAL [...] (C/NOFORN) Belgian Senator and OSCE Parliamentary Representative on Guantanamo Anne-Marie Lizin engaged in an open and frank discussion June 12 with Ambassador Fox on her trip to Guantanamo Detention Facility and what to do about the remaining detainees there. She provided an advance copy o [...]	2008-06-20 11:08:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KDRG PHUM PTER OSCE PREL MOPS PINS BE
08BUCHAREST226	INTERIOR MINISTRY CANDIDATES FOR SECOND LINE OF [...] (U) Mission received on March 18, a Note Verbale from the Ministry of Interior and Administrative Reform (MIRA),Inspector General of the Border Police, addressed to the Department of Energy,s National Nuclear Security Administration. The note conveys the names of those nominees for the HAMM [...]	2008-03-20 14:39:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG OPDC PARM PINS PREL RO
08BUCHAREST261	GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-07 12:15:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED	MCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC FR
08BUCHAREST430	ROMANIA: GLOBAL MARITIME PARTNERSHIPS DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-02 09:00:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT EAID ECIN ECON EFIS ETRD ENRG PHSA PINS
08BUDAPEST1033	HUNGARY WILL CONSIDER HOSTING A FUTURE EXERCISE [...] In a follow-up discussion to ref A demarche delivered October 27, MFA Section for Arms Control and Non-proliferation Head Mark Horvath told PolOff October 30 that the MFA will take under consideration hosting a future Exercise Planning Group (EPG) event. Horvath noted that the MFA is facing a [...]	2008-10-31 09:55:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM MCAP PINR PINS HU
08BUDAPEST933	BUDAPEST DEMONSTRATIONS - LESS VIOLENCE, BUT [...] Summary. In a day of Budapest demonstrations September 20, approximately 4,000 supporters of the government's newly-organized Magyar Charta (Hungarian Charter) and 1,000 Roma peacefully carried their message of tolerance and inclusion through the streets of the Capital, culminating in a ral [...]	2008-09-23 16:15:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PINS SOCI HU
08CAIRO971	STATE OF PLAY REGARDING EGYPT'S PLANNED [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-12 15:08:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV PINS PTER EG
08CANBERRA585	RUDD'S VISION FOR NEW REGIONAL ARCHITECTURE [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Seeking to assert Australia's influence in in the region, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has set out an ambitious vision for a new Asia-Pacific Community to be established by 2020, loosely modeled after the European Union, to respond to the shift of global economic and strategic wei [...]	2008-06-06 07:46:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PINS AORC AS

08CANBERRA685	GUIDANCE REQUEST: ALLEGATION USG SOUGHT TO TEST [...] (U) This is an action request - please see paragraph 4 below. 2. (SBU) Australian newspapers, quoting recently declassified Australian government documents, carried stories over the July 4 weekend alleging the U.S. Government had asked the Australian government in 1963 to permit aerial tes [...]	2008-07-07 07:49:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PINS PREL AS
08CASABLANCA38	DISMANTLED TERRORIST NETWORK ILLICITS SHOCK, BUT NOT [...] (C) Summary: Casablancans reacted to the news of the discovery of an extensive terrorist network in Morocco with shock, but not surprise. Casablancans were stunned that seemingly ordinary professionals were involved, and that large weapons caches were found. At the same time, volatile events [...]	2008-02-25 16:48:00	Consulate Casablanca	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PINS PGOV KDEM MO
08CASABLANCA56	Services, Safety and Management Ongoing Concerns in [...] (SBU) Summary: Six Americans have been arrested in Morocco in the past five months, more than were arrested in all of FY07. The recent increase has expanded Post's knowledge of the prison system and the issues Americans face while incarcerated, including few provisions for their basic needs, b [...]	2008-03-28 15:42:00	Consulate Casablanca	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CASC PINS PGOV MO
08CHENNAI385	POLICE KILL SUSPECTED MAOISTS IN KARNATAKA [...] (SBU) Summary: State police ambushed a group of four suspected Maoist insurgents (also known as Naxalites) before dawn on November 19, killing three, according to press reports. The fourth, reported to be a woman, escaped the ambush, which took place in southwestern Karnataka. Press reports [...]	2008-11-20 08:27:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV ASEC PINS PHUM IN
08CHIANGMAI191	BURMESE MONKS' VIEWS ON BURMA'S INTERNAL SITUATION [...] (C) Monks will not be the leading agents for change; the populace is waiting for Aung San Suu Kyi to come to power; the regime continues to keep close tabs on Buddhist clergy; the general public complains about worsening economic conditions; and monastic education is suffering, according to Bu [...]	2008-12-19 04:21:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINS BM TH
08CHISINAU553	NEW NATIONAL SECURITY CONCEPT PASSES WITH A NARROW [...] (SBU) Summary: Moldova's new National Security Concept (NSC) passed in Parliament on May 22. The document provides for neutrality as the cornerstone of Moldova's national security. Unlike the previous 1995 version, the new document focuses more on social and economic threats to national secur [...]	2008-05-27 09:53:00	Embassy Chisinau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINS PBTS PARM PREL PTER PGOV MD
08COLOMBO113	AMBASSADOR IN SRI LANKA'S EAST: DISARM PARAMILITARY GROUPS [...] Ambassador and AID officer visited Batticaloa in Sri Lanka's volatile Eastern Province on January 22-24 to attend the opening of a vocational training center funded by private American donations; open two USAID funded facilities; and meet with local officials, donors, and INGO representatives. [...]	2008-01-30 11:20:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREF EAID PINS CE
08CONAKRY257	GUINEA: GLOBAL MARITIME PARTNERSHIP STATUS [...] (U) Reftel requests that post solicit host country support for the Global Maritime Partnership (GMP). Guinea is fully engaged in the partnership and Embassy's Defense Attache Office is coordinating implementation of the GMP with the Guinean Government. Post will continue to work with the Govern [...]	2008-06-02 11:18:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT EAID ECON EFIS MARR MCAP MOPS PHSA PINS SMIG
08DAKAR1023	SENEGAL-WADE TIGHTENS HIS GRIP ON THE JUDICIARY [...] (SBU) Summary: Alioune Niane, a long time embassy contact and a judge at the Court of Accounts, said that with recent judicial appointments, the reinstatement of the Supreme Court and his resignation as the head of the National Association of Judges, President Abdoulaye Wade's grip over the j [...]	2008-09-08 09:31:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM SG
08DAKAR117	SENEGAL: A CONTROVERSIAL RETURN TO BICAMERALISM [...] (SBU) Summary: Senegal's return to bicameralism, following a February 2007 amendment to the Constitution, was widely perceived as a huge waste of funds and driven by a desire to create privileges for a growing political class rather than strengthening the country's democratic architecture. Th [...]	2008-01-29 16:42:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM ECON SG
08DAKAR1196	Senegal: President Wade's Final Assault Against National [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 13, the Senegalese Congress (National Assembly and Senate in joint session) held an emergency meeting to amend the Constitution to allow for the removal of the President of the National Assembly, Macky Sall, from his post. Despite having applied tremendous political [...]	2008-10-17 13:32:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM SG
08DAKAR1279	Senegal: The Misery of Local Democracy [...] (SBU) On October 29, President Abdoulaye Wade fired by decree Mbaye Ndiaye, the Mayor of the Parcelles Assainies suburb of Dakar for mismanagement. Ndiaye who is one of the old guards in the ruling party and a Deputy at the National Assembly has been punished for his loyalty to Macky Sall, th [...]	2008-11-05 16:26:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM SG
08DAKAR1286	RELIGION IN SENEGAL-IBADU RAHMAN, THE SALAFISTS [...] (C) This is the first in a series of cables analyzing religion in Senegal. While the country is 95 percent Sunni Muslim, major differences exist between the various brotherhoods that dominate the Sunni-Sufi landscape which includes smaller, more conservative Sunni groups and Shia Muslims. Ad [...]	2008-11-06 17:13:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PINS SOCI PINR KDEM KISL KIRF SG
08DAKAR1348	President elect Obama calls President Wade [...] On November 19, the Spokesperson of the President's office announced that President Abdoulaye Wade received a telephone call from US President elect Obama. The following unofficial translation of the press release that was issued and read on the evening news broadcast of the Senegalese state [...]	2008-11-20 16:46:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM SG
08DAKAR1351	Senegal: National Assembly elects new Speaker [...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: On November 16, Senegal's National Assembly elected a new Speaker, Mamadou Seck, the former Chair of the Assembly's Finance Committee. His election ends the long saga between President Abdoulaye Wade and the former Chair of the Assembly, Macky Sall, who was ous [...]	2008-11-20 17:01:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM SG
08DAKAR1378	RELIGION IN SENEGAL-AL FALAH, THE WAHABBI [...] (C) SUMMARY: This is the second in a series of cables analyzing religion in Senegal. This cable concerns the Al Falah group who, along with Cemaat Ibadu-Rahman (reftel),is considered to be one of the country,s more conservative organizations. They are identified by many as being Wahabbi wit [...]	2008-12-01 10:43:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM KIRF KISL PGOV PINR PINS SOCI SG
08DAKAR1395	Senegal-Former National Assembly Chairman Creates his own [...] (U) Summary: On December 2, the recently ousted Chairman of the National Assembly, Macky Sall, called a press conference at the Hotel Teranga to announce the creation of his party. He announced that his new party is APR-Yakaar (Alliance for the Republic and the Wolof word for hope-Yakaar). En [...]	2008-12-04 14:38:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM ECON SG
08DAKAR1401	SENEGAL: FORMER PRIME MINISTER MACKY SALL [...] (C) Summary: On December 3 Political Counselor and PolOff met with the recently ousted president of the National Assembly, Macky Sall. The previous day Sall announced the creation of a new political party: the Alliance for the Republic Yakaar - APR Yakaar (Yakaar means hope in Wolof). Sall sa [...]	2008-12-08 10:47:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS SOCI ECON PINR KDEM SG
08DAKAR1435	RELIGION IN SENEGAL: THE CATHOLICS [...] (C) SUMMARY: This is the third in a series of cables analyzing religion in Senegal. This cable concerns Catholics in Senegal. With a long established history, the Catholics are Senegal,s largest religious minority and continue to wield far greater influence in the country,s political, econom [...]	2008-12-17 11:52:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS SOCI PINR KDEM KISL KIRF SCUL VT SG
08DAKAR1444	Senegal: Imams Call for Civil Disobedience [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 6, a group of imams (Muslim religious leaders) led a protest in the streets of the Guediawaye suburb of Dakar, to demand a reduction in the cost of electricity. They are threatening to refuse to pay their bills and to spread the protest by calling for the support of [...]	2008-12-18 17:03:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM ENRG ECON SG
08DAKAR1450	Senegal: Imams Call for Civil Disobedience [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 6, a group of imams (Muslim religious leaders) led a protest in the streets of the Guediawaye suburb of Dakar, to demand a reduction in the cost of electricity. They are threatening to refuse to pay their bills and to spread the protest by calling for the support of [...]	2008-12-19 14:05:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM ENRG ECON SG
08DAKAR151	CASAMANCE OF SENEGAL: A STALLED PEACE PROCESS [...] (SBU) Summary: A permanent peace in the Casamance remains elusive since the fragmentation of the MFDC (Movement of Democratic Forces of Casamance) following the death of its founder Father Diamacoune Senghor and the resulting in-fighting amongst the group's military wing, Atika. President Abd [...]	2008-02-07 11:31:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS PTER KDEM SG
08DAKAR165	Senegal: Women in Politics [...] (SBU) Summary: In a series of conversations with some of Senegal's leading female political activists a picture has emerged of a gender that is becoming an increasingly important part of this country's complicated and yet sometimes monochromatic political environment. Today's political partie [...]	2008-02-08 12:57:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINS SOCI PINR SG
08DAKAR176	SENEGAL: ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM OR GERRYMANDERING? [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 1, Senegal's National Assembly passed a law to increase the number of administrative regions from 11 to 14, fulfilling an election promise that President Abdoulaye Wade made in February 2007. Described by Wade as an effort to bring government closer to citizens, oppo [...]	2008-02-15 07:32:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM ECON SG
08DAKAR187	SENEGAL: CONTROVERSY OVER GAY MARRIAGE [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 1, a small-circulation magazine called "ICONE" published pictures of a 2006 homosexual marriage uniting a Senegalese male and a Ghanaian male. As a result, the National Police detained and interrogated five homosexuals identified in the pictures and subsequently re [...]	2008-02-19 15:26:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM PHUM SG
08DAKAR188	SENEGAL: HESITANT REFUGEES RETURN TO MAURITANIA [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 29, a group of 101 Mauritanian refugees returned home voluntarily under the auspices of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR). These refugees have been living in Senegal since being deported in 1989 by the Government of Mauritania. While some refu [...]	2008-02-19 15:35:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREF PREL PINS KDEM PHUM ECON SG
08DAKAR2437	SENEGAL'S INFLUENTIAL MOURIDE LEADER DIES [...] (SBU) Summary: The extremely influential leader of the powerful Mouride brotherhood, Serigne Saliou Mbacke, died on Friday evening after 17 years in charge. He was 92 and the last surviving son of Mouride founder Cheikh Amadou Bamba. He has been succeeded as Khalife-General by his nephew Se [...]	2008-01-01 00:03:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINS ECON KDEM KISL SG
08DAKAR2438	SENEGAL-PRESIDENT OF NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEFIES [...] (SBU) Pressed on December 28 by President Wade to resign from his position as Chairman of the National Assembly, Macky Sall, one of Wade's former Prime Ministers, refused to do so indicating that he had "done no wrong." This is an unprecedented riposte for the ruling PDS (Democratic Party of [...]	2008-01-01 00:03:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM SG
08DAKAR268	SENEGAL: A NEW CYCLE OF VIOLENCE IN UNIVERSITIES [...] (SBU) Summary: Senegal's university students have begun using violent protests again to put pressure on President Abdoulaye Wade. Regular confrontations between the police and university students are reminiscent of the late '80s when the country was undergoing a profound malaise and desperate [...]	2008-03-05 11:59:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM ECON SG
08DAKAR386	SENEGAL: POLICE CRUSH PROTEST AGAINST HIGH COST OF LIVING [...] (U) Summary: On March 30, two Senegalese consumer associations organized a demonstration against the steady rise of the costs of basic commodities and food staples. Riot police arrested the leaders of the two associations and used electric batons, tear gas, and riffle butts to forcefully bre [...]	2008-04-01 13:02:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI PGOV PREL PINS KDEM ECON SG
08DAKAR423	SENEGAL CELEBRATES 48TH ANNIVERSARY IN MALAISE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On the eve of Senegal's April 4th Independence Day celebrations, President Abdoulaye Wade delivered his address to the nation during which he tried to galvanize the armed forces around a Pan-African defense concept and urged young people to be good citizens. Yet, he offered lit [...]	2008-04-09 17:16:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM ECON SG
08DAKAR448	SENEGAL AMENDS ITS CONSTITUTION TO PROSECUTE HABRE [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 8, the Senegalese National Assembly amended article 9 of Senegal's Constitution to enable local courts to prosecute former Chadian President Hissene Habre. The debate was passionate and took three-and-a-half hours. The overwhelming majority of President Abdoulaye Wad [...]	2008-04-18 09:58:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM SG
08DAKAR451	SENEGAL-THE RETURN OF THE SUPREME COURT [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 8, the Senegalese National Assembly passed a law reforming the judicial system to reinstate a Supreme Court. According to the government, this will streamline the system by allowing budgetary savings and harmonizing jurisprudence. The Association of Judges called the [...]	2008-04-18 10:16:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM ECON SG
08DAKAR497	WADE LAUNCHES GOANA AS RESPONSE TO FOOD SHORTAGES [...] (SBU) Summary: In response to increasing reports of current and future food shortages in Senegal (Reftels),on April 18, President Abdoulaye Wade launched a confusing and fiscally questionable initiative he claimed will address current food insecurity and greatly increase future agricultural p [...]	2008-04-29 17:12:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAID EAGR PREL PINS KDEM ECON SG
08DAKAR521	SENEGAL: THE OPPOSITION'S THREATENS TO USE VIOLENT TACTICS [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 26, the youth movements of Senegal's opposition parties organized a demonstration to protest rising commodities prices. This heralds a new strategy for the opposition, which is looking to gain some political advantage from the government's poor economic policies. Unl [...]	2008-05-06 12:32:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM ECON SG
08DAKAR53	SENEGAL-PRESIDENT OF NATIONAL ASSEMBLY MAKES PEACE WITH [...] (SBU)Summary: With the mediation of the brand new Caliph-General of the Mouride Brotherhood, Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade and National Assembly speaker Macky Sall have apparently patched up their differences. What remains unclear is if this detente is a case of forgive and forget or ju [...]	2008-01-14 11:35:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM ECON SG
08DAKAR534	SENEGAL'S UNIONS PREPARING MULTIPLE STRIKES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Fed up with President Abdoulaye Wade's confrontational attitude and refusal to communicate, Senegal's major unions are getting ready to strike. The country's main unions are preparing to hold a general strike, while teacher's unions have just announced that they will strike for [...]	2008-05-08 17:17:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB SOCI PHUM PGOV PINS KDEM ECON SG
08DAKAR637	SENEGAL: OPPOSITION LAUNCHES NATIONAL DIALOGUE [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite tremendous government pressure and intimidation against it, Senegal's main opposition has successfully kicked off a three- to six-month long National Dialogue (Assises National) to diagnose and propose solutions to the country's political, economic and social problems. [...]	2008-06-03 15:36:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM ECON SG
08DAKAR649	PRESIDENT WADE'S MONUMENT TO THE REBIRTH OF AFRICA: LOOKING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In an effort to leave a legacy for himself that identifies with the glories of Africa's past achievements and even more with Africa's future, Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade has mobilized Pierre Goudiaby Atepa, a Senegalese architect and businessman, to arrange the construct [...]	2008-06-05 12:48:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID EFIN PINS KDEM SG
08DAKAR688	SENEGAL: INFORMATION ON FORCED LABOR AND CHILD LABOR IN THE [...] (U) The majority of working children can be found in agriculture, livestock herding, hunting, fishing, domestic service, sewing and weaving activities, transportation, construction, as well as in automobile repair shops, restaurants, and hotels. Children also work in hazardous conditions in ro [...]	2008-06-11 14:23:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB EIND ETRD SOCI PHUM PGOV PINS KDEM SG
08DAKAR771	WADE TAKES CONTROL OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY [...] SBU) Summary: On June 24, the National Assembly renewed its leadership. The changes further isolated the President of the National Assembly, Macky Sall, whose main supporters lost their positions. END SUMMARY. Harassing the Chair of the National Assembly ---------------------------------- [...]	2008-07-01 13:23:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM ECON SG
08DAKAR818	HUMANITARIAN MINE ACTION AND SMALL ARMS AND LIGHT WEAPONS [...] A joint visit by State Department PM/WRA Program Manager Deborah Netland, AFRICOM Humanitarian Mine Action Manager Senior Chief Joseph Severino to Dakar, Senegal and (with Dakar demining watcher) Guinea-Bissau from 15-22 May shed valuable light on the progress in demining and arms and ordnance [...]	2008-07-11 11:03:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM HDP SG
08DAKAR828	WADE SEEKS TO EXTEND PRESIDENT'S TERM IN OFFICE [...] SBU) Summary: On July 11, the Legislation Committee of the National Assembly approved a draft constitutional Amendment that will extend the President's term from five to seven years. If approved by the Assembly plenary session in a week, it will still need to be passed by the Senate and subseq [...]	2008-07-16 14:27:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM ECON SG
08DAKAR917	SENEGAL: PRESIDENTIAL TERM OF OFFICE INCREASED [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 28, the Senegalese National Assembly adopted a constitutional amendment to increase the presidential term of office from five to seven years. To end rumors that President Abdoulaye Wade was seeking to increase his term, the GOS finally inserted in the amendment a sente [...]	2008-08-08 08:59:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM ECON SG
08DAKAR918	SENEGAL MODIFIES CONSTITUTION TO TRY HABRE [...] (U) Former Chadian President Hissene Habre has moved one step closer to being put on trial. On July 23, Senegal's Senate and National Assembly met in congress to vote on a number of proposed amendment's to the country's constitution which had already previously passed separate votes in both [...]	2008-08-08 08:59:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM SG
08DAMASCUS218	SYRIAN INVITATION FOR U.S. TO ATTEND APRIL 13 [...] This is an action request ) please see paragraph 5. 2. (SBU) On March 31 embassy received a Diplomatic Note from the Syrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Deputy Foreign Minister's Office, dated March 29, 2008. The text of the Diplomatic Note follows in paragraph 4. 3. (SBU) We believe [...]	2008-03-31 15:20:00	Embassy Damascus	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER MARR PREL PINS SY IZ
08DAMASCUS29	STAFFDEL WAXMAN MEETS WITH SYRIAN DEPUTY FOREIGN [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-13 16:52:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ PHUM PINS PREL SY
08DAMASCUS64	STAFFDEL WAXMAN MEETS WITH SYRIAN DEPUTY FOREIGN [...] (U) This cable replaces Syria 00029. 2. (C) Summary: In a January 9 meeting with Senate staffers Sharon Waxman and Perry Cammack, D/FM Miqdad outlined the significant challenges to Syria posed by Iraqi refugees and conveyed the SARG's unhappiness with recent U.S. statements criticizing Syr [...]	2008-01-29 13:14:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ PHUM PINS PREL SY
08DAMASCUS773	CORRECTED COPY: ANYTHING BUT CONCILIATORY: SARG [...] (S) Summary: Several Embassy sources suggest Iran and Hizballah are pressuring the SARG not only to lobby PM Maliki's government to alter the U.S.-Iraqi bilateral security framework and SOFA, but also to participate in joint attacks against U.S. military targets in Iraq and elsewhere. As rep [...]	2008-11-03 09:19:00	Embassy Damascus	SECRET	PREL PTER PINS ASEC IZ IR SY
08DAMASCUS885	VIOLENCE AND FIRE ERUPT AGAIN AT SEIDNAYA/SAYDNAYA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Eyewitnesses reported a large fire and gunshots inside Seidnaya prison on December 6. Human rights and diplomatic contacts have confirmed the accounts, though no casualty details are known. Embassy contacts surmise the violence pointed to another riot in the prison. Other conta [...]	2008-12-15 15:01:00	Embassy Damascus	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PINS SY
08DHAKA1012	(S) NATIONAL SECURITY INTELLIGENCE DIRECTOR [...] (S) During a September 22 courtesy call, National Security Intelligence (NSI) Director General Major General Sheikh Mohammad Monirul Islam told the Ambassador that among his goals was to professionalize NSI and oversee an increase in the size and capabilities of the service. NSI was monitoring [...]	2008-09-24 03:30:00	Embassy Dhaka	SECRET	PREL PTER PINR PINS PGOV BG
08DHAKA1056	UNCERTAINTY ABOUT BANGLADESH'S POLITICAL [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-08 07:23:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PINS KDEM BG
08DHAKA1059	UNCERTAINTY ABOUT BANGLADESH'S POLITICAL [...] (C) Nearly three weeks after Chief Adviser Dr. Fakhruddin Ahmed announced a date for national elections, fears about Bangladesh's return to democracy appear to be spiking again. Hardliners within the Bangladesh Nationalist Party are trying to convince party Chairperson Khaleda Zia to boycott [...]	2008-10-08 12:58:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PINS KDEM BG
08DHAKA1108	COAS PLEDGES TO BLOCK IDP REGISTRATION; DGFI [...] (S) The Ambassador, on October 22, phoned Bangladesh Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Moeen Uddin Ahmed (then on an official visit to Pakistan) to convey deep concern about the Islamic Democratic Party's (IDP,s) attempt to register to participate in the 18 December parliamentary elections. [...]	2008-10-23 11:01:00	Embassy Dhaka	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL PGOV PINR PINS KDEM BG
08DHAKA1121	BANGLADESH AWAMI LEAGUE: COMMITTED TO ELECTIONS, [...] (C) Former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina appears in firm control of the Awami League as she prepares to return to Bangladesh to lead the party into Parliamentary elections. Efforts by the military-backed Caretaker Government and her Awami League rivals to topple her have failed, and for now the [...]	2008-10-27 10:47:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PINS PHUM KDEM BG
08DHAKA1137	CIVIL SOCIETY CASTS WARY EYE TOWARDS POST-ELECTION [...] (C) As the likelihood of parliamentary elections taking place as scheduled on December 18 has increased, prominent members of civil society have become increasingly vocal in expressing their concerns about what happens after the political parties return to power. In general, civil society we [...]	2008-10-30 10:08:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PINS KDEM PHUM BG
08DHAKA1138	ELECTION COMMISSION TO REJECT IDP REGISTRATION [...] (S) Election Commissioner Brigadier General (retired) Sakhawat Hossain told the Embassy on 10/30 the Commission would reject the Islamic Democratic Party's attempt to register for Parliamentary elections in December. The party was formed earlier this year by senior members of Harakat ul-Jihad- [...]	2008-10-30 11:27:00	Embassy Dhaka	SECRET	PTER PREL PGOV PINR PINS KDEM ASEC BG
08DHAKA1151	ADDRESSING THE ROHINGYA REFUGEE SITUATION IN THE [...] (U) Previous international assistance for Burmese Muslim Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh has focused largely on those who have been formally registered with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). While this approach has improved the well being of the registered refugees, i [...]	2008-11-04 09:45:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID KDEM PGOV PHUM PINS PREF PREL BG BM
08DHAKA1155	A TALE OF TWO BEGUMS: SHEIKH HASINA RETURNS IN [...] (C) Former Prime Minister and Awami League Leader Sheikh Hasina returned to Bangladesh November 6 in triumph, nearly five months after authorities released her from prison in the middle of the night and whisked her out of the country on parole for medical treatment. In remarks to the press up [...]	2008-11-06 11:52:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PINS KDEM PHUM BG
08DHAKA1180	AMBASSADOR WARNS BANGLADESH INTELLIGENCE HEAD TO [...] (S) The Ambassador warned Bangladeshi Director General for Forces Intelligence Golam Mohammad that the U.S. government vehemently opposed the creation of the Islamic Democratic Party (IDP),formed earlier this year by senior members of Harakat ul-Jihad-Islami-Bangladesh (HUJI-B) with DGFI sup [...]	2008-11-17 06:58:00	Embassy Dhaka	SECRET	PREL PTER PINS PGOV PINR KDEM BG
08DHAKA1182	SHEIKH HASINA COMMITTED TO ELECTIONS ON DECEMBER [...] (C) Awami League President Sheikh Hasina insists Bangladesh's parliamentary elections must take place on December 18, with or without the BNP's participation. For Hasina, violent extremist groups represent the greatest threat to the restoration of democracy; she fears terrorist attacks within [...]	2008-11-17 10:01:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PINS KDET PTER BG
08DHAKA1194	BANGLADESH NATIONALIST PARTY ASKS FOR DELAY IN [...] (C) The Bangladesh Nationalist Party's (BNP) demand on November 18 for a delay in December 18 Parliamentary elections intensified the nation's already super-heated political brinkmanship. The party demanded that within 48 hours the government lift the State of Emergency, reign in Election Comm [...]	2008-11-18 10:54:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PINR PINS PREL PHUM BG
08DHAKA1199	NO ELECTION DEAL YET, BUT DOOR STILL OPEN [...] (C) The deadline set by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) for the Caretaker Government to meet its election demands passed late November 19 with no agreement. As a result, the Caretaker Government reaffirmed its intention to hold elections as originally scheduled on December 18. Still, th [...]	2008-11-20 10:25:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PINR PINS PREL PHUM BG
08DHAKA1200	JATIYA PARTY SUPPORTS AWAMI LEAGUE BUT STRIKES A [...] (C) As Bangladesh,s third largest party, former President Ershad,s Jatiya Party (JP) is well positioned to play the role of kingmaker in the country,s upcoming parliamentary elections. Ershad seeks to maximize the number of JP candidates nominated by the Awami League-led &Grand Alliance8 eve [...]	2008-11-20 11:17:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PINR PINS PREL PHUM BG
08DHAKA1218	GOVERNMENT SETS NEW ELECTION DATE AND PARTIES [...] (C) The Caretaker Government acceded to the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) demand to delay Parliamentary elections and moved the date from December 18 to December 29. Initial BNP reaction was positive, even though the Government did not fully meet three other party preconditions for partic [...]	2008-11-24 11:41:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PINR PINS PREL PHUM BG
08DHAKA1221	ZFR - RUN-UP TO BANGLADESH'S RETURN TO DEMOCRACY PROVING [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-25 05:11:00	Embassy Dhaka	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM PINR PINS PREL PHUM BG
08DHAKA1222	SCENESCETTER FOR CODEL MCCAIN [...] (SBU) USG activities in Bangladesh are based on three pillars: democratization, development and denial of space to terrorists. Your visit to Bangladesh comes in the twilight of the Caretaker Government's (CTG) two-year term, amid preparations for national Parliamentary elections in December [...]	2008-11-25 05:44:00	Embassy Dhaka	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM PINR PINS PREL PHUM BG
08DHAKA1243	POLITICAL PARTIES DROP KEY REFORMERS, INCLUDE [...] (C) The two major political parties dropped key reformers and embraced several graft-tainted politicians in their slates of Parliamentary candidates. The lists clearly indicated Bangladesh Nationalist Party Chairwoman Khaleda Zia and Awami League President Sheikh Hasina remained vindictive tow [...]	2008-12-02 11:37:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PINS PINR BG
08DHAKA1346	BNP ATTEMPTS TO DIVERT ATTENTION FROM CORRUPTION [...] (C) As the parliamentary election campaign enters its final days, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party is attempting to divert attention away from a corruption scandal involving Chairperson Khaleda Zia's younger son by decrying an alleged plot against the party's leader. Hours after Zia had add [...]	2008-12-24 10:35:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC BG CASC KDEM PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PREL
08DHAKA1349	CARETAKER GOVERNMENT PREPARES FOR ELECTIONS AND [...] (C) With the campaign period over and Bangladesh's 81 million voters prepared to cast their ballots December 29, the Caretaker Government (CTG) has its sights set on a peaceful transfer of power to its elected successor. The CTG expects to transfer power to the Awami League and its leader Sh [...]	2008-12-28 09:29:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PINS KDEM PTER EAID BG
08DHAKA341	BANGLADESH'S RAPID ACTION BATTALION RESPONDS [...] (C) Summary: Senior members of Bangladesh's Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) said they highly valued a just-concluded human rights course and were eager for more such training. The United Kingdom-administered training has the potential to quickly improve the paramilitary forces' human rights perfo [...]	2008-03-18 09:53:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS PHUM PINR PINS PREL BG
08DHAKA436	ISLAMIST PROTESTS OF WOMEN'S DEVELOPMENT POLICY [...] (C) A Women's Development Policy announced by Bangladesh's Caretaker Government has prompted violent protests by some Islamist groups. These groups have organized protests in recent weeks to demand deletion of the clauses they interpret as contrary to "sharia" or the Quranic law. Caught by s [...]	2008-04-15 10:54:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PINS BG
08DHAKA472	DIALOGUE WITH POLITICAL PARTIES BEGINS, BUT DOUBTS [...] (C) With just eight months remaining before the expiration of the Caretaker Government's (CTG) self-imposed deadline of holding parliamentary elections before the end of 2008, the government's long-awaited dialogue with the political parties has finally begun. Beginning with the Awami Leagu [...]	2008-04-24 13:18:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PINR KDEM PHUM BG
08DHAKA491	FOREIGN ADVISER EXPLAINS CTG'S VISION DURING [...] (C) As it prepares for elections by the end of 2008, the Caretaker Government is focused on ensuring the continuity of the reforms it initiated after coming to office in January 2007, according to Foreign Adviser Iftekhar Chowdhury. He noted that a key component of its strategy for achieving [...]	2008-05-01 10:10:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PINS EAID ELAB ETRD BG
08DHAKA514	BANGLADESH ARMY CHIEF: ELECTIONS BY DECEMBER 2008 [...] (C) Chief of Army Staff General Moeen Uddin Ahmed and the Ambassador discussed the progress of efforts to promote democracy, development, and denial of space to terrorism in their introductory meeting May 6. Moeen pledged continued cooperation in fighting terrorism, focusing on the need to r [...]	2008-05-07 11:41:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PINS MARR EAID BG
08DHAKA526	BANGLADESH PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION SET FOR [...] (C) The Chief Adviser announced in a nationally broadcast speech that Parliamentary elections would take place the third week of December and government dialogue with political parties start May 22. He also announced a relaxation of restrictions on political activity to facilitate campaigning [...]	2008-05-13 11:41:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PINS PINR KDEM PHUM BG
08DHAKA534	BOUCHER ENCOURAGES BANGLADESH TO STICK TO ELECTION [...] (C) During his May 8 - 10 visit to Bangladesh, Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher emphasized the importance of free, fair and credible elections by the end of 2008. Boucher urged the Caretaker Government to remove the State of Emergency and to wo [...]	2008-05-15 10:18:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PINS EAID EAGR PHUM BG
08DHAKA593	REPORTED RESHUFFLE OF MILITARY LEADERS COMES AMID [...] (C) Lt. Gen. Masud Uddin Chowdhury, a key behind-the-scenes player in Bangladesh's increasingly chaotic politics, reportedly has been transferred from his powerful position atop the armed forces administration to head the National Defense College (NDC). Masud has been perceived as the top riva [...]	2008-06-02 11:32:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PINS MARR BG
08DHAKA604	GENERAL MOEEN CONSOLIDATES POSITION; CARETAKERS [...] (S) Bangladesh Army Chief of Staff General Moeen Uddin Ahmed remains committed to holding elections by the end of 2008. That said, he has directed personnel changes that could further consolidate his position within the Army and sideline his principal rival, Lieutenant General Masud Uddin C [...]	2008-06-05 08:58:00	Embassy Dhaka	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINR PINS MARR KDEM BG
08DHAKA609	(S) LET SHEIKH HASINA TRAVEL TO THE UNITED STATES [...] (S) I feel strongly that it is in the U.S. national interest to allow former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in to the United States for a short period of time. I understand there are serious allegations of corruption against her and her family; I believe those charges need to be inves [...]	2008-06-06 10:59:00	Embassy Dhaka	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINR PINS KDEM ASEC BG
08DHAKA622	READY, SET, WAIT. SHEIKH HASINA DEPARTURE FOR U.S. [...] (S) Former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina did not leave Bangladesh for the U.S. the morning of June 9 as planned, but her Awami League confidantes and a senior government official told the Embassy that morning they expected her to depart within days. The delay appeared due in part to tying up bu [...]	2008-06-09 10:49:00	Embassy Dhaka	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR PINS KDEM BG
08DHAKA628	SHEIKH HASINA SET TO DEPART BANGLADESH JUNE 12 [...] (S) Former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is now set to depart Bangladesh the morning of June 12 local time, according to her personal staff. She is scheduled to arrive in Boston the evening of June 12 local time. Her staff said they expected she would stay in the States for a couple weeks, m [...]	2008-06-10 11:52:00	Embassy Dhaka	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR PINS KDEM KCOR OVIP ASEC BG
08DHAKA629	RAPID ACTION BATTALION GOES AFTER DRUG-DEALERS, [...] (C) The new Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) commander in Rajshahi said his top priorities were fighting drug dealers and violent leftists. He said deaths still occurred in firefights with the leftists but added that all killings were investigated by independent magistrates. Although he said he ha [...]	2008-06-11 00:30:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PTER PREL PINR PINS MASS MARR BG
08DHAKA632	HASINA RELEASED FROM PRISON, SET TO FLY TO THE [...] (SBU) The Government of Bangladesh (GOB) June 11 released former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina from prison "temporarily" until August 6. In its release order, the GOB cited a medical board's finding that Hasina required medical treatment abroad as the reason for her parole. Media and other so [...]	2008-06-11 12:21:00	Embassy Dhaka	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR PINS KDEM KCOR ASEC OVIP BG
08DHAKA633	CIVILIAN LEADER SAYS PRAGMATISM GAINING HEADWAY IN [...] (C) Civilian leaders in the Caretaker Government who advocate a pragmatic approach to resolving the political impasse with the country's two major parties are gaining headway, according to Commerce and Education Adviser Hossain Zillur Rahman. Hossain told the Ambassador June 10 that there was [...]	2008-06-12 00:09:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR PINS KDEM BG
08DHAKA639	HASINA EN ROUTE TO BOSTON [...] (C) Former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina departed Dhaka the morning of June 12 as scheduled; she plans to arrive in Boston at 1825 local time June 12. In meetings with leaders of her party, the Awami League, following her release from prison June 11, Hasina instructed her deputies to participa [...]	2008-06-12 10:24:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL PINS KDEM KCOR OVIP ASEC BG
08DHAKA656	IMPRISONED FORMER PM KHALEDA ZIA REMAINS DEFIANT [...] (C) Nearly a week after Awami League President Sheikh Hasina was paroled from prison to seek medical attention abroad, a deal to free imprisoned Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chairperson Khaleda Zia appears elusive. Complicating matters are Khaleda Zia's insistence that her two jailed son [...]	2008-06-18 01:29:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR PINS KDE KCOR BG
08DHAKA658	RAB AGREES TO DEPARTMENT PRINCIPLES FOR TRAINING [...] (C) Rapid Action Battalion Intelligence Director Lt. Col. Mohammad Abdul Majid informed Post on June 17 that the RAB agreed to the objectives of proposed USG human rights training as stated in Reftel. In a meeting with the RAB directors of training and intelligence on June 15, Post enumerated [...]	2008-06-18 08:51:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PINR PINS PREL MASS BG
08DHAKA692	BANGLADESH ARMY CHIEF KEEPS HIS EYE ON THE PRIZE: [...] (C) Bangladesh's Army Chief General Moeen Uddin Ahmed reiterated his goal continued to be "free, fair and credible elections" by the end of the year so power could be "handed over to a democratically elected government." In a June 26 meeting with the Ambassador, Moeen noted that the Caretaker [...]	2008-06-29 09:37:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PINS MARR EAID KDEM BG
08DHAKA775	CHIEF ADVISER "GUARDEDLY OPTIMISTIC" [...] (C) Summary: The Chief Adviser told the Ambassador on July 18 that he was "guardedly optimistic" that things were headed in the right direction. Fakhruddin Ahmed hoped that the United States and other major external players would do what they could to help his efforts to get the parties to [...]	2008-07-21 10:52:00	Embassy Dhaka	SECRET	MARR PHUM PINR PINS PREL PTER PGON BG
08DHAKA781	BANGLADESH'S THIRD LARGEST CITY PREPARES FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Preparations for the August 4 city corporation elections are well underway in Khulna, Bangladesh's third largest city, located in the economically depressed southwestern corner of the country. While the Election Commission is confident voting will go smoothly, the campaigning [...]	2008-07-24 05:59:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR PINS BG
08DHAKA80	BANGLADESH ARMY CHIEF REMAINS COMMITTED TO [...] (S) Summary: One year after prompting the President to declare a State of Emergency and install a new Caretaker Government led by Dr. Fakhruddin Ahmed, Chief of Army Staff General Moeen Uddin Ahmed has as many questions as answers regarding the prospects for the coming 11 months. Moeen and h [...]	2008-01-17 06:14:00	Embassy Dhaka	SECRET	BG MARR PGOV PINR PINS
08DHAKA812	SMALL TOWN BANGLADESH PREPARES FOR ELECTIONS: THE [...] (U) Pre-election excitement in palpable in Dupchanchia, one of the nine Bangladeshi municipalities holding elections August 4. Located in the northwest district of Rangpur, Dupchanchia has 13,000 inhabitants. The voters are focused on local issue and personalities, and the political machinat [...]	2008-07-31 09:53:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR PINS BG
08DHAKA873	BANGLADESH'S CARETAKER GOVERNMENT'S POLITICAL [...] (C) Bangladesh's Caretaker Government (CTG) remains committed to holding parliamentary elections in December 2008 and wants to ensure that all parties take part in the political process, according to one of the principal architects of the January 11, 2007 State of Emergency. Towards this end, [...]	2008-08-13 10:51:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PINS KDEM BG
08DHAKA890	AUGUST 15 RECAP: AWAMI LEAGUE OBSERVANCE OF SHEIKH [...] (C) Strengthened by the Caretaker Government's last minute decision to declare the day a "National Day of Mourning," on August 15 the Awami League organized a very successful nationwide program to observe the 33rd anniversary of former Prime Minister Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's assassination. A [...]	2008-08-20 10:40:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL PINR PINS BG
08DHAKA893	GOVERNMENT INCHING TOWARDS A DEAL TO RELEASE [...] (C) Bangladesh's political debate currently centers around the status of negotiations to release former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia and her son Tarique Rahman from prison. Both Zia loyalists and senior CTG officials tell us that a deal is close, but that lack of trust between the two sides is [...]	2008-08-21 10:26:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PINS PREL KDEM ASEC BG
08DHAKA916	COURT CLEARS WAY FOR TARIQUE RAHMAN'S RELEASE; GOB [...] (C) The Caretaker Government's lengthy negotiations with former BNP Prime Minister Khaleda Zia regarding her and her son Tarique's release from prison have been overtaken by an activist High Court Bench which has removed all the legal obstacles standing between the two and freedom. In a per [...]	2008-08-29 07:51:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PINS KDEM PREL ASEC BG
08DHAKA928	TARIQUE RAHMAN RELEASED ON BAIL [...] (C) Tarique Rahman, the notoriously corrupt and violent son of former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, was released from prison on September 3 after the Supreme Court rejected the Government's last minute legal efforts to block his bail. Tarique will remain in the hospital under police protection [...]	2008-09-03 11:00:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PINS KDEM ASEC BG
08DJIBOUTI582	DJIBOUTI: INTERIOR MINISTER DISCUSSES DECISION TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. On July 5, Minister of Interior Yacin Elmi Bouh summoned Charge to explain the GODJ's July 3 decision to expel World Food Program (WFP) Resident Representative Benoit Thiry (REF A). Minister Bouh shared a June 29 letter he sent to Thiry, which protested Thiry's decision to cancel [...]	2008-07-08 17:12:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS EAID EAGR DJ UN
08DJIBOUTI925	DJIBOUTI READY TO SIGN MEGAPORTS MOU [...] The GODJ has confirmed that Djibouti is ready to be the first African port to participate in the Department of Energy's Megaports Initiative. In early November, Post reached an agreement with the MFA on the text of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to allow for the installation of specialize [...]	2008-11-20 14:26:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON ENRG EWWT MNUC PINS DJ

08DJIBOUTI990	GODJ CONCERNS OVER BANDITRY, INSECURITY IN NORTH [...] (C) Summary: GODJ officials are concerned by recent incidents of banditry and other insecurity in ethnic Afar regions of northern Djibouti. They ascribe the incidents to disaffected unemployed youth and/or to immigrant criminals from Ethiopia. Tadjoura region traditional elders are reachi [...]	2008-12-08 11:09:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC DJ PGOV PINS
08DOHA578	ESTABLISHMENT OF QATARI INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Qatar is rapidly building a world-wide disaster response and humanitarian relief capability, part of the Qatari leadership's efforts to carve out a larger regional and international role for their country. To better coordinate these efforts, a recent Emiri decree established [...]	2008-08-13 11:20:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PGOV EAID ASEC SOCI QA
08DUBLIN236	IRELAND ENDORSES GLOBAL INITIATIVE [...] (U) Ireland endorses the Statement of Principles of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism, according to a diplomatic note received at post on May 1. Begin text of note ------------------ 2. (U) Note No. 157/08. The Department of Foreign Affairs presents its compliments to th [...]	2008-05-01 13:24:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL EI
08FREETOWN416	STAFFDEL VISIT TO SIERRA LEONE REVEALS CONSTANT [...] Summary: The three-day visit of Shannon Smith from the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee, and Sarah Margon from Senator Russ Feingold's office highlighted both Sierra Leone's development accomplishments and major obstacles to further progress. Visits with Government of Sierra Leone (GoSL) offic [...]	2008-08-25 12:20:00	Embassy Freetown	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PINS SL
08GABORONE248	PRESIDENT KHAMA'S NEW CABINET -- CHANGE WITH ORDER [...] (C) Summary: Newly installed President Khama stayed well within his comfort zone by selecting Foreign Minister Lt. General Merafhe to serve as his vice president, and the choice also underscores Khama's inaugural remarks pledging continuity of government policy and vision. Similarly, his new [...]	2008-04-03 14:48:00	Embassy Gaborone	CONFIDENTIAL	BC PGOV PINR PINS PREL
08GEORGETOWN364	DIP NOTE REQUEST FOR USG FORENSIC ASSISTANCE IN [...] (SBU) This is communication of a formal diplomatic request from the Government of Guyana (GoG) to the USG for provision of a forensic pathology team to assist in a criminal investigation. 2. (SBU) Begin text of cover Diplomatic Note: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Guya [...]	2008-06-24 20:28:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	GY PREL PGOV PINS PHUM MOPS
08GEORGETOWN365	FORMAL GOG REQUEST FOR INFORMATION REGARDING [...] (SBU) This is communication of a formal request by the Government of Guyana (GoG) for information relating to applications for export licenses. 2. (SBU) Begin text of letter: Ms. Karen Williams Charge d'Affaires Embassy of the United States of America Duke Street Kingston Dear Ms. W [...]	2008-06-24 21:19:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	GY PREL PGOV PINS ETTC
08GUANGZHOU373	PROSECUTING RAPE CASES IN SOUTH CHINA'S CRIMINAL COURTS - [...] (SBU) Summary: As Guangzhou's American Citizen Services Section continues to closely monitor the status of a criminal case in which an American citizen has been charged with rape, research into how the local courts handle the prosecution of these cases sheds some light on China's developing cri [...]	2008-06-26 08:58:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CASC CJAN PHUM PINS SOCI CH
08GUATEMALA866	GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING [...] (U) The Military Group at Embassy Guatemala has identified Vice Admiral Roberto Fernando Campos Sanchez to attend the Panamax 2008 Counter Terrorism Exercise August 13-22, 2008 in Miami, Florida. 2. (C) Embassy conducted its own review and DEA initially submitted derogatory information on [...]	2008-07-09 22:02:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS PREL PHUM PINS PINR GT
08HANOI1208	Vietnam's Marine Police Seeking Equipment, Cooperation [...] (SBU) Summary. In an October 21 meeting in Hai Phong, Rear Admiral Pham Duc Linh, Director General of the Ministry of Defense's Department for the Vietnam Marine Police (VMP),explained the mission of the VMP, expressed their interest in U.S. equipment to build their patrol capabilities, and h [...]	2008-10-24 08:02:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EWWT PINS SNAR VM
08HANOI169	FBI DIRECTOR MEETS WITH VICE MINISTER OF MINISTRY OF PUBLIC [...] (SBU) Summary: During FBI Director Robert Mueller's January 30 meeting with Ministry of Public Security (MPS) Vice Minister Nguyen Van Huong, the Vietnamese agreed to simplify and intensify information sharing in criminal matters and enthusiastically welcomed prospects for enhanced training pr [...]	2008-02-14 10:14:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC KCRM PGOV PREL PTER PINS VM
08HAVANA164	SNAPSHOT OF CUBA ON THE EVE OF FIDEL'S ANNOUNCEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-19 18:34:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PHUM PINR PINS
08HAVANA278	DISSIDENT LEADERS PLAN TO UNIFY MOVEMENT [...] (C) Dissident leaders Martha Beatriz Roque and Vladimiro Roca are spearheading an effort they call the "Minimum Agenda Project" (Agenda Minima),which they say is designed to unify dissident efforts towards achieving democratic change in Cuba. They are calling for a meeting on April 10, of 14 [...]	2008-04-02 15:03:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PGOV PHUM PINR PINS
08HAVANA542	INFORMAL POLL OF REFUGEE APPLICANTS SHOWS WOEFUL [...] (C) SUMMARY: FROM MAY 20 TO JUNE 20, USINT REFUGEE UNIT CONDUCTED AN UNOFFICIAL AND UNSCIENTIFIC SURVEY OF 236 CUBAN ADULTS (OVER AGE 21) WHO WERE PRINCIPAL APPLICANTS FOR REFUGEE STATUS. RESULTS REVEALED THAT OVER HALF OF THOSE SURVEYED COULD NOT IDENTIFY ANY OF SEVEN PROMINENT CUBAN DISSIDENTS/OP [...]	2008-07-09 20:51:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINS PINR PREF CU
08HAVANA717	MGJM01: HURRICANE GUSTAV DEVASTATES WESTERN CUBA [...] (U) Through a combination of official news and contacts with individuals in the affected regions, we can report that it appears that Pinar del Rio province suffered severe damage in Hurricane Gustav, and that housing and infrastructure on the Isla de la Juventud was almost totally destroyed. [...]	2008-09-02 21:44:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU EAID PINR PINS PREL XL XK
08HAVANA818	DOES RAUL HAVE A PLAN FOR CUBA? [...] (C) SUMMARY: Raul Castro's July 26 speech gave little promise of change or progress on any front. The real impact of four tropical storms/hurricanes in the intervening two months is now beginning to be felt strongly throughout the island. Whether Raul thought the time was propitious to move [...]	2008-10-17 19:45:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS PINR CU
08HELSINKI1	FINNISH RESPONSE - BHUTTO ASSASSINATION AND US [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-02 13:05:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PINS PREL PTER SHUM PK FI
08HELSINKI145	FINLND: GLOBAL INITIATIVE EPG INAUGURAL MEETING [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-02 07:10:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	MCAP ARM PINR PINS PREL PTER FI FR
08HILLAH15	NAJAF GOVERNOR BRIEFS PRT - AYATOLLAH AL-SISTANI EXPLICITLY [...] (S) SUMMARY: During a meeting with the PRT February 7, Najaf Governor Asa'd Abu Gilel briefed about the Iraqi Vice President's meeting with Grand Ayatollah al-Sistani, preparation for the upcoming al-Arbaeen gathering in Karbala city, and the Iraqi VP's meeting with Najaf officials. A key poi [...]	2008-02-12 09:01:00	REO Hillah	SECRET	PREL PGOV PHUM PINS IZ
08HILLAH78	BABIL PREPARES TO TRANSITION SONS OF IRAQ PROGRAM [...] (S) Babil Governor Salam, Provincial Director of Police BG Fadhil, 31st Army (IA) Brigade Commander BG Abdul Ameer and 4/3 BCT Commander Thomas James led a meeting September 16 in Hillah of the North Babil Tribal Conference to discuss transition of the Sons of Iraq (SOI) to GOI management. Go [...]	2008-09-18 05:56:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PGOV PINR IZ
08HILLAH79	BABIL PREPARES TO TRANSITION SONS OF IRAQ PROGRAM [...] (C) Babil Governor Salam, Provincial Director of Police BG Fadhil, 31st Army (IA) Brigade Commander BG Abdul Ameer and 4/3 BCT Commander Thomas James led a meeting September 16 in Hillah of the North Babil Tribal Conference to discuss transition of the Sons of Iraq (SOI) to GOI management. Go [...]	2008-09-19 05:56:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PGOV PINR IZ
08HILLAH81	BABIL TRIBAL SUPPORT COUNCIL MOVING AHEAD [...] (C) On September 18, Sheikh Ali Shannan Sheik Salah Khashif al-Gettah, who chaired the 11 September founding Congress of the Babil Tribal Support Council (TSC),told the PRT that they are pressing forward with the TSC initiative in Babil and would focus on political reconciliation, including w [...]	2008-09-22 05:32:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PINS IZ
08HILLAH83	BABIL POLICE INTELLIGENCE HIT SQUADS: AN IRANIAN HAND? [...] (S) Babil Department of the Iraqi National Intelligence Service (INIS) and the Babil SWAT (Anti-Terrorist National Police) personnel are being surveiled for targetting and elimination by a secret Police Intelligence unit supervised by Col. Majid Wawe'e Al Kafaji (aka Abu Ahmed Al-Shabani),acc [...]	2008-09-24 06:45:00	REO Hillah	SECRET	PINR PINS IZ IR
08HILLAH84	BABIL'S SOI TRANSITION: PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS [...] (S) Summary: In meetings September 10-20 with Sons of Iraq (SOI) leaders, tribal sheikhs, Iraqi Army and Police commanders, local councilors, Babil Governor Salam, Provincial Council Chair Messaoudi and PRT, EPRT and 4/3 ID Brigade leadership, leaders in North Babil underscored potentially ser [...]	2008-09-26 11:04:00	REO Hillah	SECRET	MARR PINS PGOV PINR IZ
08HILLAH85	BABIL SOI TRANSITION: PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS [...] (S) Summary: In meetings September 10-20 with Sons of Iraq (SOI) leaders, tribal sheikhs, Iraqi Army and Police commanders, local councilors, Babil Governor Salam, Provincial Council Chair Messaoudi and PRT, EPRT and 4/3 ID Brigade leadership, leaders in North Babil underscored potentially ser [...]	2008-09-27 15:58:00	REO Hillah	SECRET	MARR PINS PGOV PINR IZ
08HILLAH91	WHAT'S IN A TRIBAL BATTALION? [...] (C) In recent weeks, there have been cross-cutting political pressures in Babil regarding the establishment of an "Iraqi Police (IP) tribal battalion." ISCI Governor Salam Saleh Mahdi Al-Muslimawi has pushed hard to have one established but so far without success. He has been looking to capi [...]	2008-11-01 10:47:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS IZ
08HILLAH93	OMS' TOWER OF BABYL [...] (C) Summary: OMS leadership in Babil is under increased strain as its militia wing, the Mahdi Army (JAM),seeks to transorm itself into the Mumahidun and as divisions widen between moderates and hard-liners widen in the run-up to the provincial elections in late January. Dawa efforts to court [...]	2008-11-06 18:47:00	REO Hillah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS IZ
08ISLAMABAD2528	PAKISTAN LIKELY TO ATTEND GI CONFERENCE ON [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-26 07:06:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KNNP MCAP PK PINS PARM PREL PINR
08ISLAMABAD3222	PAKISTAN INVITED TO GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-08 13:02:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PARM PINR PINS PTER KGIC MCAP PK
08ISLAMABAD3906	GLOBAL INITIATIVE INVITATION PASSED TO PAKISTAN [...] (U) In concert with Russian and Dutch counterparts, Post passed reftel invitation message on the fifth Global Initiative plenary meeting to Kamran Akhtar, Disarmament Director in Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on December 22. 2. (C) Akhtar thanked the group for the invitation and [...]	2008-12-22 12:30:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM KNNP PINR KGIC PINS PK
08ISTANBUL156	SATTERFIELD AND DAVUTOGLU ON BASRAH, NORTHERN [...] (S) Summary: In an April 1 meeting with Turkish Prime Ministerial advisor Ahmet Davutoglu, S/I David Satterfield reviewed the state of play in Basrah and urged Turkey to give full support to Maliki and the GOI. Davutoglu said GOI stability was in Turkey's strong interest, and also agreed to [...]	2008-04-02 13:09:00	Consulate Istanbul	SECRET	PGOV PINS PREL MOPS TU IZ IR
08ISTANBUL245	(C) TURKEY-IRAN ELECTION WORKSHOPS CONTINUING; NO [...] (C/NOFORN) Summary: A Turkish professor who has held several academic exchanges on election-related issues with an influential Iranian think-tank since last year said that his Iranian counterparts are under renewed pressure not to allow European experts to participate. He believes that the [...]	2008-05-14 11:49:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM IR TU
08ISTANBUL310	AN IRANIAN ANALYST LOOKS AT US-IRAN RELATIONS [...] (S/NOFORN) Summary and comment: A prominent Tehran-based political and economic analyst spoke with Consulate Istanbul's Iran Watcher June 6 about the prospects for US-Iran relations, Iran's nuclear program and the P5 1 offer, and Iran's compelling need for US energy investment and technology [...]	2008-06-13 10:32:00	Consulate Istanbul	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PINS IR
08ISTANBUL361	IRAN/P5+1 OFFER: LOCAL EXPERTS PESSIMISTIC, [...] (C) Summary: In discussions with several well-informed contacts over the past two weeks regarding the updated P5 1 offer to Iran and the regime's likely response, Consulate Istanbul "Iran Watcher" was told that the regime would most likely claim to be responding to the offer in good faith -- [...]	2008-07-03 12:35:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS KNNP EU IR TU
08ISTANBUL438	AHMADINEJAD IN ISTANBUL [...] (C) Summary: Iranian President Ahmadinejad led an Iranian delegation to Istanbul August 14-15 for a bilateral "working visit." Five agreements -- on security cooperation, the environment, transportation, tourism, and archives -- were signed, but observers said these were not likely to conta [...]	2008-08-15 17:40:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS KNNP TU IR
08ISTANBUL439	AHMADINEJAD IN ISTANBUL [...] (C) Summary: Iranian President Ahmadinejad led an Iranian delegation to Istanbul August 14-15 for a bilateral "working visit." Five agreements -- on security cooperation, the environment, transportation, tourism, and archives -- were signed, but observers said these were not likely to conta [...]	2008-08-16 08:35:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS KNNP TU IR
08ISTANBUL440	AHMADINEJAD IN ISTANBUL [...] (C) Summary: Iranian President Ahmadinejad led an Iranian delegation to Istanbul August 14-15 for a bilateral "working visit." Five agreements -- on security cooperation, the environment, transportation, tourism, and archives -- were signed, but observers said these were not likely to conta [...]	2008-08-16 08:35:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS KNNP TU IR
08ISTANBUL481	WHY ARE THERE SO FEW IRANIANS IN IZMIR? [...] (C) Summary: Local police officials, human rights experts, and Izmir-based diplomats and consular agents told us that Izmir does not host a large or active Iranian community. A police official estimated the number of legal Iranian residents as "fewer than 1,000,", while a human rights exper [...]	2008-09-09 07:00:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PREL PHUM PREF TU IR
08ISTANBUL499	PUBLIC INTELLECTUALS URGE VIGOROUS ERGENEKON [...] (C) Summary. Conversations with professors at various Istanbul universities reveal a fear among the left-wing intelligensia that the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) and Turkey's military establishment have arrived at a modus vivendi that, in order to protect the interests of both, w [...]	2008-09-17 08:24:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PREL TU
08ISTANBUL540	IRANIAN AND AFGHAN REFUGEES IN TURKEY: A SNAPSHOT [...] (C) Summary: We met October 8-10 with UNHCR, provincial, municipal, and police officials, an NGO, and Iranian Baha'i families in Van province in southeast Turkey, to look at conditions facing Iranian refugees. Van hosts between 1700 and 2100 registered refugees, mostly Iranian and Afghan. So [...]	2008-10-23 05:17:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PGOV PINS PREL IT TU
08ISTANBUL557	IRANIAN TOURISM: AN OPPORTUNITY FOR LEVERAGE? [...] (C) Summary: Iran is making a strong diplomatic push to promote tourism cooperation with Turkey and "friendly" organizations like the D8 and the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO). Iran sees tourism and related investment as a way to ease its isolation and boost economic growth, and th [...]	2008-11-03 14:18:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS ECON EINV CVIS SCUL SOCI TU IR
08ISTANBUL589	AFGHANISTAN'S ISTANBUL CG COMMENTS ON [...] (C) Summary: Afghan CG in Istanbul Azzim Nasser-Zia said his biggest challenge is dealing with smuggled Afghan citizens. Some pay up to USD 10,000 to be smuggled from Afghanistan through Turkey to Europe; most are caught before entering the EU. Turkish police send up to 600 such Afghans a [...]	2008-11-21 13:22:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PINS PGOV PHUM TU IR AF
08ISTANBUL601	IRAN/ETHNIC GROUPS: AN ETHNIC RIGHTS ACTIVIST [...] (S) Summary: An Iranian-Azeri journalist told us November 29 that the June 2006 ethnic Azeri demonstrations against authorities in northwest Iran were "an awakening" for the Azeri ethnic movement and led the regime to conclude it was a threat to stability. He described a diffuse ethnic move [...]	2008-12-02 14:02:00	Consulate Istanbul	SECRET	PREF PHUM PINS IR TU AZ
08ISTANBUL615	REGIONAL ACTIVISTS STRATEGIZE ON BOLSTERING THE [...] (C) Summary: Iranian, Azeri, and Turkish human rights experts participated in a "regional women's rights discussion" November 28-29 in Istanbul, co-hosted by Turkish and Azeri human rights NGOs. Focusing primarily on the beleaguered state of women's rights in Iran, the speakers highlighted t [...]	2008-12-17 10:11:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PINS IR TU AZ
08JAKARTA1006	PAPUA -- KEY MINING TOWN AWAITS ELECTION RESULTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Papua's Mimika District--the site of a giant mine owned by U.S. company Freeport-McMoRan--voted for local officials on May 19. The Election Commission is still counting the results. The race was heatedly contested and observers expect the losing side to challenge the results. [...]	2008-05-22 03:54:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS KDEM ID
08JAKARTA1008	DEMONSTRATIONS CONTINUE AGAINST PLANNED FUEL PRICE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Demonstrations took place at various sites in Indonesia on May 21 to protest the GOI's plan to raise the cost of fuel. During one raucous protest, police arrested some 27 protesters in front of the Presidential Palace in Jakarta. The government is standing firm and the price ri [...]	2008-05-22 05:26:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS ASEC ID
08JAKARTA1020	EAST KALIMANTAN -- RESOURCE-RICH PROVINCE PREPARES [...] (C) SUMMARY: East Kalimantan Province, one of Indonesia's richest provinces in terms of natural resources, goes to the polls May 26 for its first ever direct gubernatorial elections. The race is close. The indigenous Dayak people--perhaps 10 percent of the population--could prove a key swi [...]	2008-05-23 08:07:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI PINS ID
08JAKARTA1032	FUEL PRICE HIKE SPARKS DEMONSTRATIONS, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOI announced fuel price hikes of roughly 30 percent early May 24. In a bid to cushion the blow, the government began a cash transfer payment program to poor families later that day. The price hike sparked some demonstrations by students and there were some arrests, but th [...]	2008-05-27 09:25:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS ASEC ID
08JAKARTA1043	IMPORTANT GUBERNATORIAL RACE TOO CLOSE TO CALL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Final results for the May 26 East Kalimantan gubernatorial election are not expected until as late as June 10. Interim "quick counts" by two Indonesian polling organizations indicate that no ticket received more than the 30 percent of the vote needed to avoid a run-off. While i [...]	2008-05-28 09:34:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI PINS ID
08JAKARTA1046	PAPUA -- NO EVIDENCE OF MILITARY ATTACK ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Overseas NGOs have alleged that there was recently a major incident pitting the Indonesian military against civilians in the Papuan highlands. Human rights groups in Papua have found no evidence of any attack. The bubbling up of such allegations--which is a regular occurrence- [...]	2008-05-29 06:17:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS ID
08JAKARTA105	RELIGIOUS FREEDOM -- PAPUA CHRISTIANS PUSH TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Manokwari--in Christian majority West Papua Province--is considering a draft regional bylaw proclaiming itself a "City of the Gospel." Supporters cite the special place of Manokwari in the history of Christian missionary activity in Papua. They also regard the bylaw as a respon [...]	2008-01-17 08:41:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS KIRF ID
08JAKARTA1092	PAPUA -- RESULTS ANNOUNCED IN KEY ELECTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Local election officials have announced a winner of a closely contested election in a key mining district in Papua, eastern Indonesia. The candidate of GOLKAR--the country's largest party--was named winner. Faced with angry supporters of the losing candidate, however, official [...]	2008-06-04 08:31:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS KDEM ID
08JAKARTA11	SULAWESI UPDATE -- TENSION IN THE SOUTH, CALM IN [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate General Surabaya. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Tensions are bubbling up in the southern part of Sulawesi--an island in central Indonesia with about 20 million people--over a recent election. In the meantime, after years of violence in the Poso region o [...]	2008-01-03 07:25:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PREL ID
08JAKARTA1134	GOVERNMENT ISSUES DECREE AGAINST MINORITY SECT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 9, the GOI issued a Joint Ministerial Decree prohibiting the Muslim sect Ahmadiyah from proselytizing and conducting religious activities. Issued weeks after it was first announced (ref B),the decree balances several GOI interests and represents a compromise between ra [...]	2008-06-10 10:40:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KIRF PINS ID
08JAKARTA1143	SECT MEMBERS ALLOWED TO WORSHIP DESPITE EDICT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Vice President Yusuf Kalla made a public assurance on June 10 that the Islamic sect Ahmadiyah will be free to worship in the privacy of their mosques, despite the June 9 joint decree outlawing Ahmadis from religious activities (reftel). A senior Justice Ministry official public [...]	2008-06-11 09:15:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KIRF PINS ID
08JAKARTA1151	GOLKAR AND PKS IN RUN-OFF IN EAST KALIMANTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The upstart Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) pulled in the urban youth vote again to force a run-off election against the establishment Golkar Party, in the closely contested East Kalimantan gubernatorial elections. The final vote count for the May 26 elections was announced on Ju [...]	2008-06-12 07:57:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI PINS ID
08JAKARTA1152	DOD REWARDS -- INDONESIAN POLICE PAY 13 INFORMANTS [...] (S) SUMMARY: On May 23, the Indonesian National Police (INP) paid reward money to 13 Indonesian nationals for their role in providing information leading to the capture of Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) leader Abu Dujana in June 2007 in Central Java (ref C). The INP used Department of Defense (DOD) [...]	2008-06-12 08:49:00	Embassy Jakarta	SECRET	PTER PREL PINS ID
08JAKARTA1237	PAPUA -- NEW DISTRICTS; KEY ELECTION STILL IN LIMBO [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOI has announced the creation of five new regencies (districts) in Papua Province in eastern Indonesia. The provincial government opposed the move but was powerless to stop it. Many Papuans see the new regencies as part of a long-standing Jakarta "divide and rule" strateg [...]	2008-06-25 08:36:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS KDEM ID
08JAKARTA1260	MAJOR MUSLIM GROUP SPONSORS CONFERENCE; MODERATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Over a hundred prominent experts from 27 countries gathered to discuss the topic of "Addressing Facets of Violence: What can be Done?" at the Second World Peace Forum hosted by Muhammadiyah--Indonesia's second-largest Muslim organization with over 30 million members. The eve [...]	2008-06-27 08:42:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS KIRF KISL ID
08JAKARTA1297	PAPUA -- TRIAL OF ACTIVISTS BEGINS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The treason trial of twelve Papuan activists began on July 2 in Manokwari, West Papua, in eastern Indonesia. Defense lawyers will argue that the defendants' act of raising the "Morning Star Flag"--which the GOI regards as a separatist symbol--was not aimed at challenging the le [...]	2008-07-03 06:29:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS ID
08JAKARTA1298	INDONESIAN POLICE ARREST SUSPECTED JI MEMBERS IN [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Medan. 2. (C) SUMMARY: On July 2, an Indonesian National Police counterterrorist unit raided a house in South Sumatra and arrested at least nine suspected Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) terrorists. During the raid, the police also seized several Im [...]	2008-07-03 06:39:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PTER PREL ID
08JAKARTA1321	INDONESIA GETS READY FOR LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: This week marks the formal start of campaigning for the April 2009 national legislative elections. The Election Commission has authorized 34 parties to contest the election. Most of the parties are new and small, and they are not expected to be competitive. Parties are now dr [...]	2008-07-09 07:48:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ID PGOV PINS
08JAKARTA1335	PALEMBANG ARRESTS SHOW GOI RESOLVE ON TERRORISM [...] (U) This is a message cleared by the country team. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The arrest of suspected Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) terrorists in Palembang, South Sumatra on July 2 shows that terrorism remains a threat in Indonesia but that the Indonesian National Police (INP) are effectively disrupting te [...]	2008-07-11 08:44:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PTER PREL ID
08JAKARTA1393	PAPUA -- MORE ARRESTS FOR "FLAG RAISING" [...] (C) SUMMARY: Authorities in the Papuan region of eastern Indonesia have detained 41 people and may charge nine in connection with an incident in which a flag with separatist connotations was raised during a peaceful protest. Human rights groups are mobilizing for the detainees' legal defens [...]	2008-07-21 06:55:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS KDEM ID
08JAKARTA143	PAPUA -- NEW EXILE GROUP TRIES TO GAIN TRACTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: A new group of self-described Papuan exiles has told us it seeks to open negotiations with Jakarta over the province's legal status. The group's focus on "self-determination" basically makes their efforts a non-starter with the GOI. Moreover, the exiles' almost exclusive focus [...]	2008-01-24 07:33:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS ID FI
08JAKARTA144	ACEH -- AMBASSADOR REVIEWS SITUATION WITH NATIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador recently reviewed the situation in Aceh with General Sutanto, Indonesia's national police chief. The Ambassador noted recent trends that were of concern, including the failure of local officials to make full use of federal funds and a rising crime rate in the pro [...]	2008-01-24 07:35:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS ID
08JAKARTA1486	PAPUANS TAKE TO THE STREETS IN LARGE, PEACEFUL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Approximately 3,000 Papuans gathered August 4 to protest the adoption of Sharia laws in some parts of Indonesia and the slow implementation of Papua's Special Autonomy Law. The protest--large by Papua standards--reflected simmering tensions and strained relations between (mainl [...]	2008-08-05 08:07:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS KISL ID
08JAKARTA1522	PAPUA -- TENSIONS TORQUE UP IN RESTIVE PROVINCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesian security forces allegedly shot a Papuan protester to death during an August 9 rally in Papua. The shooting came after activists raised a flag regarded as a separatist symbol during a large rally. On the advice of the GOI, Mission has postponed a trip to Papua due to t [...]	2008-08-11 09:32:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PREL ID
08JAKARTA1542	CHRISTIAN SCHOOL UNDER PRESSURE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 25, small clashes involving local residents and Christian seminary students broke out in East Jakarta. No one was seriously injured. Police have evacuated the seminary and placed students and staff in camps in the Jakarta area. On August 12, the students demonstrated [...]	2008-08-13 06:42:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS KIRF ID
08JAKARTA1555	PAPUA -- GOI DOES NOT PLAN TO RELEASE DETAINED [...] (C) SUMMARY: Senior Indonesian officials have announced that the GOI does not plan to release two detained Papuan activists who are the subject of a recent U.S. Congressional letter. Indonesian legislators and some officials continue to condemn the letter as "interference" in Indonesia's in [...]	2008-08-14 08:19:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS PHUM ID
08JAKARTA1562	PAPUA -- INVESTIGATION INTO SHOOTING CONTINUES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesian authorities continue to investigate the August 9 shooting that left one Papuan dead following a controversial incident involving the waving of a banned separatist-linked flag. The investigation has focused on five police officers and the fatal bullet has been sent fo [...]	2008-08-15 08:12:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PHUM ID
08JAKARTA1589	RADICAL MUSLIM GROUP STAGES CONGRESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Majelis Mujahiddin Council (MMI)--the political wing of the terrorist organization Jemaah Islamiyah (JI)--held its annual congress in Yogyakarta, August 9-10. The group chose a new "Amir" to replace former leader (and JI co-founder) Abu Bakar Bashir, who recently resigned from th [...]	2008-08-21 08:45:00	Embassy Jakarta	SECRET	PGOV PINS KISL PTER ID
08JAKARTA1593	ISLAMIC EXTREMIST CHARGED WITH INCITING HATRED [...] (C) SUMMARY: A well-known militant has been put on trail in Jakarta. Islamic extremist Rizieq Shihab was charged on August 21 with inciting hostility and fomenting assault during a June 1 incident in which militants attacked a peaceful rally in Jakarta. Dozens of FPI members filled the cou [...]	2008-08-22 07:55:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KIRF PINS KISL ID
08JAKARTA161	RELIGIOUS FREEDOM -- GOI DECIDES NOT TO BAN SECT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Indonesian government has decided not to ban a small Islamic sect. Instead, the GOI announced that it will monitor the group in order to make sure it is generally aligned with Sunni orthodoxy and not acting against "public order." While enthused that the group was not bann [...]	2008-01-25 08:39:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KIRF PINS ID
08JAKARTA1638	ACEH -- POLITICAL SITUATION STEADY IN GOVERNOR'S [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Medan. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Aceh Governor Irwandi's absence from office over the past several weeks due to a stroke has not triggered any challenges to his authority. His deputy has kept a steady hand on the rudder and the former Aceh rebel move [...]	2008-08-28 08:54:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS KISL ID
08JAKARTA1686	WEST KALIMANTAN -- ETHNIC TENSIONS ON THE DECREASE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Pol/C recently visited West Kalimantan Province in Indonesian Borneo. In a September 4 meeting, Dr. Cornelis--who took over as governor earlier this year--underscored his priorities which include improving infrastructure in the region and educational opportunities, especially f [...]	2008-09-08 05:18:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PREL KPAO ID
08JAKARTA1729	NEW INDONESIAN NATIONAL POLICE CHIEF NAMED [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Yudhoyono chose Bambang Hendarso Danuri to be the new Chief of the Indonesian National Police (INP) on September 10. Danuri is slated to replace General Sutanto at the end of September. He still needs to be confirmed by the Indonesian legislature, but that should not [...]	2008-09-11 08:41:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PREL ASEC ID
08JAKARTA174	SUHARTO'S DEATH YIELDS MUTED REACTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former president Suharto died of multiple organ failure in Jakarta, January 27. The former general was buried mid-day January 28 at the Suharto family cemetery in central Java in a ceremony attended by President Yudhoyono and a host of political heavyweights and foreign dignitar [...]	2008-01-28 10:15:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS ID
08JAKARTA1746	PAPUA -- NO ONE INJURED AS SMALL BOMBS GO OFF NEAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Three small explosive devices have gone off near a massive copper and gold mine operated by U.S. company Freeport-McMoRan near Timika, Papua, in eastern Indonesia. Police are investigating the explosions, which did not cause any injuries or significant damage. An underground pr [...]	2008-09-16 04:52:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS EMIN PTER ID
08JAKARTA1770	PAPUA -- AMBASSADOR VISITS KEY SITES IN TROUBLED [...] (C) SUMMARY: On a September 10-12 trip to Papua, a wide range of interlocutors told Ambassador Hume the province faces many significant development challenges. The provincial government has an ambitious program to develop the region but this has yet to show concrete results. Relations betw [...]	2008-09-18 08:06:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS EMIN EAID ID
08JAKARTA1792	SOUTHERN THAILAND -- INDONESIA HOSTS NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOI hosted talks involving representatives of the Thai government and southern rebel groups, September 20-21. According to Indonesian contacts, both sides underscored their commitment to resolve the conflict peacefully and agreed to regular meetings under Indonesian facilit [...]	2008-09-22 08:22:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PGOV ID TH
08JAKARTA180	SULAWESI -- GOI EFFORTS TO IMPROVE POST-CONFLICT [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate General Surabaya. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The GOI has made significant progress in the past year in solidifying the security situation in Poso, Central Sulawesi, a region which had been afflicted by inter-religious violence. In order to maintain t [...]	2008-01-29 09:30:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS SOCI ECON ID
08JAKARTA1814	PRESIDENT'S CHOICE FOR NATIONAL POLICE CHIEF [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Yudhoyono's choice as chief of the Indonesian National Police (INP),Bambang Hendarso Danuri, sailed through his parliamentary confirmation hearings this week. Police contacts told us Danuri will be officially installed as head of the INP, a huge entity with over 300 [...]	2008-09-25 06:09:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PREL ASEC ID
08JAKARTA1817	PAPUA -- GOI INVESTIGATES RECENT BOMBINGS; ARRESTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Authorities continue to investigate a series of small bombings on the premises of an American-owned mining company in Papua, eastern Indonesia. No clear explanation for the bombings--which caused no injuries and little damage--has yet emerged. Also in Papua, police have arrest [...]	2008-09-25 08:11:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PREL ID AS
08JAKARTA1838	PAPUA -- INCREASING ACCUSATIONS OF MILITARY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia's National Human Rights Commission (KOMNAS HAM) has blamed the Indonesian military (TNI) for the fatal shooting of a Papuan during a peaceful August 9 rally. KOMNAS HAM officials have called on President Yudhoyono to establish a special team to pursue the case further [...]	2008-09-29 07:00:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PHUM ID
08JAKARTA1845	PAPUA -- PRISON BEATING A SERIOUS BUT ISOLATED [...] (C) SUMMARY: The September 22 beating of a Papuan prisoner--Ferdinand Pakage--was a serious but isolated incident, according to our contacts. Pakage has been treated for his injuries and remains with his family while the authorities attempt to persuade him to return to custody. Prison offic [...]	2008-09-30 04:20:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PHUM ID
08JAKARTA1870	PAPUA GEARS UP FOR NEXT YEAR'S NATIONAL ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-07 08:02:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS KDEM ID
08JAKARTA1896	ENGAGING INDONESIA ON RUSSIAN-SPONSORED UNGA [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Mission reviewed reftel points with the GOI, urging it to reject the proposed Russian UNGA First Committee resolution on telecommunications and international security. Department of Foreign Af [...]	2008-10-10 08:49:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PARM PINS UNGA ID
08JAKARTA1924	PRESIDENT UNDERSCORES CONTINUED NEED FOR THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Yudhoyono emphasized the importance of the Indonesian military's continued political neutrality at the recent celebration of the anniversary of the Indonesian Armed Forces. He also underscored the need for further military reform. 2. (C) SUMMARY (Con'd): While it [...]	2008-10-16 08:59:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS MARR ID
08JAKARTA1929	PAPUA -- PRO-SEPARATISTS HOLD LARGE, PEACEFUL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Pro-separatists have held large rallies in the Papuan region of eastern Indonesia The rally in Jayapura, the capital of Papua Province, was particularly large by local standards, with a crowd of upwards of 2,000. Security forces acted with restraint, allowing the protests to p [...]	2008-10-17 07:22:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS ID
08JAKARTA1943	CONTINUED VOLATILITY IN PAPUA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Tensions continue to ratchet up in the Papua region of eastern Indonesia. Following large rallies last week, Papuans again demonstrated in Jayapura, the capital of Papua, on October 20. Police cracked down on the marchers, arresting at least 18 Papuans, including a well-known [...]	2008-10-21 07:06:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS ID
08JAKARTA2014	MUSLIM MILITANTS CONVICTED FOR ATTACK ON RELIGIOUS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Two hard-line Muslim militant leaders who led a June 1 attack against a peaceful religious freedom rally were convicted of inciting violence and other crimes in an October 30 verdict in Central Jakarta Court. The 18-month prison sentences handed down sent a clear law enforcement [...]	2008-10-31 08:52:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS KIRF KISL ID
08JAKARTA2046	PAPUA -- TENSIONS CONTINUE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Tensions continue to percolate in the Papuan region of eastern Indonesia. A court in Manokwari, the West Papua capital, has sentenced eight Papuans to eight months in prison for a March incident involving the raising of the separatist-linked "Morning Star" flag. Other flag-rai [...]	2008-11-05 10:09:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PHUM ID
08JAKARTA2102	PAPUA -- IN LEAD UP TO IMPORTANT ANNIVERSARY, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Tensions continue to simmer in the Papuan region of eastern Indonesia. Popular anger is fed by slow implementation of the region's Special Autonomy Law and continued poverty and underdevelopment. In response to Papuan anger, the GOI continues to act with general restraint. In [...]	2008-11-14 09:53:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS ID
08JAKARTA2198	PAPUA -- SENSITIVE DATE PASSES WITHOUT MAJOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: December 1--a sensitive date in Indonesia's restive eastern provinces of Papua and West Papua--passed without serious incident. Activist groups organized large rallies at major Papuan cities, all of which remained peaceful. Security forces maintained a visible but restrained p [...]	2008-12-03 10:50:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PHUM ID
08JAKARTA2233	ACEH -- ECONOMIC DOWNTURN COULD IMPACT PEACE [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Medan. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Since the 2004 tsunami, the Aceh reconstruction effort has made real progress thanks to international and GOI assistance, buoying the economy. A considerable amount of funding remains in the pipeline, but assistance [...]	2008-12-11 11:13:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PREL ECON ID
08JAKARTA2341	WEST JAVA -- ISLAMIST GROUP CONVICTED OF TREASON [...] (C) SUMMARY: A court in West Java--a province adjacent to Jakarta--has found 17 members of a small extremist group guilty of treason. Although the group engaged in anti-government activities, it did not engage in violence or terrorism. Our contact in the governor's office in West Java told [...]	2008-12-30 07:06:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS KISL PTER ID
08JAKARTA26	PAPUA -- ACTIVIST'S TRIAL ON INCITEMENT CHARGES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Detained Papuan human rights lawyer Sabar Iwanggin, accused of inciting public hatred with inflammatory SMS messages, goes to trial Monday, January 7, in Jayapura, Papua. Iwanggin's defense rests on the claim that he was not the source of the messages and that his forwarding the [...]	2008-01-04 09:54:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS ID
08JAKARTA318	PAPUA -- BOOK BAN STIRS CONTROVERSY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Claiming it could spark public unrest, Indonesian authorities have banned a book by a previously unknown Papuan author. Papuan intellectuals and activists criticized the ban and promised to use it to generate international attention for their cause. There is little doubt that [...]	2008-02-15 10:12:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS ID
08JAKARTA333	PAPUA -- PROPOSAL ON PROVINCES SPARKS OPPOSITION [...] (C) SUMMARY: A proposal to divide the Papuan region into three more provinces--in addition to the current two--has stirred controversy and anger. The national legislature in Jakarta has endorsed a draft proposal to this effect, while President Yudhoyono favors a go-slow approach. Many Papua [...]	2008-02-20 10:13:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS SOCI ID

08JAKARTA4	RELIGIOUS FREEDOM -- EX-PRESIDENT TAKES STAND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former president Wahid--who is also known as "Gus Dur"--recently denounced violence against minority religious sects. He also criticized the Indonesia Ulama Council (MUI) for its role in issuing edicts that are used by militants as excuses for religious-based violence. Wahid's [...]	2008-01-02 06:59:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS KISL ID
08JAKARTA445	Five ex-GAM killed in Aceh attack [...] (U) Summary. In the worst single incident of violence since the signing of the Helsinki Peace MoU, at least 5 former GAM members were killed on March 1 in an attack on a local office in Central Aceh. The attack followed a series of clashes between former-GAM members and supporters of a local ga [...]	2008-03-04 09:53:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PINS PREL MARR ECON ASEC SOCI ID
08JAKARTA464	Five Suspects Arrested in Aceh ex-GAM killings [...] (U) Summary. Five suspects were arrested on March 5 in relation to the March 1 killings of five ex-GAM members and injury of seven others during an attack on a KPA office in Central Aceh. TQ motive for the attack remains unclear and the police maintain the suspects are not ex-militia or membe [...]	2008-03-06 10:04:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PINS PREL MARR ECON ASEC SOCI ID
08JAKARTA484	BEIRUT CONFERENCE -- URGING INDONESIAN ATTENDANCE [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Trini Gunarti, Deputy Director for North American Affairs at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU),on March 10. Poloff stressed that--as a Muslim-majority democracy and contributor to UNIFIL--Indonesia should show support for Lebanon by attending [...]	2008-03-11 03:29:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS ID LE
08JAKARTA505	IRAN -- PRESIDENT YUDHOYONO HIGHLIGHTS TRADE [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Yudhoyono visited Tehran from March 10-12. While there, he highlighted bilateral economic cooperation and downplayed the controversy over Iran's nuclear program. Although he signed some deals in the economic area, the nuclear controversy was never far from the surfac [...]	2008-03-12 09:35:00	Embassy Jakarta	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINS ID IR
08JAKARTA521	PAPUA -- CONTINUED IMPATIENCE WITH IMPLEMENTATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Many Papuans remain impatient with the slow pace of GOI implementation of the provinces' Special Autonomy Law, which is supposed to give the region enhanced self-governing powers. President Yudhoyono is moving to resolve one outstanding issue, the legal status of West Papua, wh [...]	2008-03-14 04:25:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS KDEM ID
08JAKARTA528	BURMA REFERENDUM -- U.S./INDONESIA ON THE SAME [...] (C) SUMMARY: Pol/C reviewed Ref A points with a contact at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) on March 14. Pol/C stressed the importance of ASEAN and Indonesia pressing the regime on its proposed referendum and election. DEPLU said it shared U.S. concerns, noting that it had made thes [...]	2008-03-14 09:31:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS ID BM
08JAKARTA561	PAPUA -- TWO STEPS FORWARD, ONE STEP BACK [...] (C) SUMMARY: An Indonesian military tribunal has sentenced four soldiers to jail for rape and desertion in Biak, Papua. The GOI also continues to investigate an incident where soldiers allegedly shot and killed a Papuan civilian. In a separate development, authorities plan to charge two Pa [...]	2008-03-18 08:24:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS KDEM ID
08JAKARTA571	COUNTERTERRORISM -- TRILATERAL GROUP MEETS TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Trilateral CT Working Group--comprising the U.S., Australia, and Japan--held a regular meeting on March 14 in Jakarta. The group reviewed CT assistance programs. Mission continues to find the Working Group highly useful in coordinating programs and maximizing donor assis [...]	2008-03-19 04:42:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PINS ID AS JA
08JAKARTA60	FM WIRAJUDA OUTLINES BILATERAL AND REGIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a wide-ranging discussion with the Ambassador, Foreign Minister Wirajuda discussed regional developments and outlined bilateral priorities. Wirajuda looked forward to increased security cooperation with the United States as Indonesia made progress on human rights. He worried [...]	2008-01-11 03:59:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS MASS ID
08JAKARTA678	TENSIONS IN WEST TIMOR [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate General Surabaya and is Sensitive but Unclassified. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Thousands of former refugees all but brought the West Timor border city of Atambua to a halt by occupying government offices on April 1. The protesters--who are demandi [...]	2008-04-04 02:40:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINS ID TT
08JAKARTA696	LIFE SENTENCE FOR RAISING SEPARATIST FLAG [...] (U) This message was coordinated with ConGen Surabaya. 2. (C) SUMMARY: A district court in eastern Indonesia has sentenced a man to a life sentence on treason charges for waving a separatist flag in front of President Yudhoyono in June 2007. The separatist South Maluku Republic (RMS) fl [...]	2008-04-07 11:14:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS ID
08JAKARTA718	PAPUA -- ACTIVISTS TO BE CHARGED FOR FLAG RAISING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Authorities continue to detain eleven people in connection with the March 13 raising of the separatist Morning Star Flag during a non-violent protest in Manokwari, West Papua. Officials are preparing charges of treason against the detainees and expect to submit the case to pros [...]	2008-04-09 09:53:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS KDEM ID
08JAKARTA743	KEY POLICE UNIT REVIEWS CIRCUMSTANCES OF SULAWESI [...] (U) This message was coordinated with ConGen Surabaya. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Mission approached the GOI's key anti-terror unit, SD-88, and asked about the recent shooting death of a Muslim sect leader in central Sulawesi. SD-88 claims the individual in question--who was wanted for alleged inv [...]	2008-04-14 06:55:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS ASEC ID
08JAKARTA770	SENIOR JI OPERATIVES RENDERED FROM MALAYSIA TO [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Embassy Kuala Lumpur and Consulate Medan. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Malaysian authorities have handed over two senior Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) operatives to the GOI. The two Indonesian nationals were arrested in Malaysia in January. The GOI is in the process of [...]	2008-04-17 06:08:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PTER PREL ID MY
08JAKARTA789	INDONESIAN ISLAMIC SECT THREATENED [...] (U) SUMMARY: Following a recommendation by a government monitoring body to outlaw the minority Muslim sect Jamaah Ahmadiyah as "heretical," the GOI is preparing a joint decree to ban the organization. However, the Attorney General's Office and some Muslim leaders are reportedly calling for the [...]	2008-04-21 07:00:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KIRF SOCI PINS ID
08JAKARTA823	SECT LEADER SENTENCED TO FOUR YEARS FOR BLASPHEMY [...] (C) SUMMARY: A Jakarta district court convicted Ahmad Mushaddeq, leader of an outlawed religious sect, of blasphemy on April 23 and sentenced him to four years in prison. He was jailed last October for declaring himself "a new Islamic Prophet." Human rights advocates criticized the decision [...]	2008-04-24 07:18:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KIRF SOCI PINS ID
08JAKARTA824	PAPUA -- INCITEMENT TRIAL INVOLVING ACTIVIST [...] (C) SUMMARY: Based on our soundings, prosecutors have repeatedly failed to make an effective case for incitement against detained Papuan human right activist Sabar Iwanggin. The case continues while he remains under house arrest. Pol/C and poloff plan to visit Papua in early May to raise USG [...]	2008-04-24 08:19:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS KDEM ID
08JAKARTA837	KING COAL -- THE POLITICS OF DECENTRALIZATION IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 24, President Yudhoyono traveled to South Kalimantan to highlight "the success" of decentralization. In an April 23 visit to South Kalimantan, however, emboffs discovered that local coal industry bosses heft significant political clout, using their influence like robbe [...]	2008-04-25 09:23:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EMIN EINV PINS ID
08JAKARTA846	ISLAMIC SECT UNDER PRESSURE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 27, a large crowd burned down a mosque located near Jakarta belonging to the Ahmadiyah sect. The crowd also vandalized an adjoining school run by the sect. No one was seriously injured. A handful of suspects were questioned by the police, but no arrests have been made. [...]	2008-04-28 08:29:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KIRF PINS ID
08JAKARTA855	ETHNIC TURBULENCE IN KALIMANTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: There has been ethnic turbulence in East Kalimantan in central Indonesia. Large crowds of indigenous Dayaks staged various rallies around the province, including blocking an entrance to an airport in Balikpapan, the provincial capital. The Dayaks are angered because none of th [...]	2008-04-29 08:33:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI PINS ID
08JAKARTA858	ACEH -- AMID CHALLENGES, PEACE PROCESS PROCEEDS [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Medan. It is Sensitive but Unclassified. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Although rising criminal violence and a poor medium-term economic outlook continue to hamper progress in Aceh, the political outlook in the province has improved. While several iss [...]	2008-04-29 09:38:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON PINS PHUM ID
08JAKARTA865	RELIGIOUS FREEDOM -- CHURCHES UNDER PRESSURE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Activists and Indonesian Christians are concerned that pressure from extremist Islamic groups on churches will continue in the lead-up to 2009 national elections as holier-than-thou demagoguery trumps tolerance. Authorities have used a 2006 decree regulating licenses for houses [...]	2008-04-30 08:56:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS KIRF ID
08JAKARTA888	RELIGIOUS FREEDOM -- ARRESTS MADE IN ATTACK ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Police have detained 12 suspects in connection with the April 27 arson attack on a mosque owned by the Ahmadiyah sect. The GOI continues to review whether to ban the sect, which was recently declared "deviant." Indonesian civil society has criticized the attacks on the sect, de [...]	2008-05-05 09:15:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KIRF PINS ID
08JAKARTA9	LAND EVICTIONS SPARK HUMAN RIGHTS CONCERNS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Jakarta provincial government has evicted thousands of urban poor from squatter settlements in recent months. Those evicted have held rallies and human rights groups have complained, charging that authorities are acting with force and not offering appropriate compensation. [...]	2008-01-02 10:30:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PHUM ID
08JAKARTA928	STUDENTS IN SULAWESI DEMONSTRATE OVER FUEL PRICES [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate General Surabaya. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Students in Makassar, South Sulawesi, demonstrated on May 6-7 to protest rises in fuel prices. During the May 6 rally, demonstrators threw rocks at police and--in the resulting melee--there were some minor [...]	2008-05-12 07:18:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS ID
08JAKARTA934	CONTINUED TENSIONS IN PAPUA [...] (C) SUMMARY: A Mission team visited Papua Province in eastern Indonesia, May 5-9. Papuan interlocutors complained heatedly about the GOI and its failure to implement autonomy provisions for the region. Local officials admitted that implementation of autonomy was slow, but asserted that they [...]	2008-05-12 09:14:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS ID
08JAKARTA943	INDONESIANS PROTEST PLANNED FUEL PRICE HIKES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Thousands of Indonesians demonstrated in Jakarta on May 12 protesting GOI plans to increase fuel prices. The largest rally took place in front of the Presidential Palace. The rallies were peaceful. The Indonesian legislature is also heatedly debating the matter, with the bala [...]	2008-05-13 06:31:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS ASEC ID
08JAKARTA948	LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN PAPUA -- A TALE OF TWO TOWNS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Two Papuan towns--coastal Nabire and highland Wamena--present vastly different pictures of local governance and development. Nabire's relatively effective local government has made progress on development priorities, although tensions between migrants and ethnic Papuans lurk ben [...]	2008-05-13 09:00:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS KDEM ID
08JAKARTA954	PAPUA -- HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE HIGHLANDS [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-14 03:18:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS KDEM ID
08JAKARTA979	WEST JAVA -- GOI CRACKS DOWN ON ISLAMIST GROUP [...] (C) SUMMARY: Police in West Java--a province adjacent to Jakarta--on May 12 arrested 35 reported members of the Indonesian Islamic State (NII),an underground Islamist group. Thirteen of the group were charged with subversion. There is no evidence that those arrested have links to terrorism [...]	2008-05-16 07:27:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS KISL PTER ID
08JAKARTA983	PAPUA -- NEW POLICE CHIEF IN RESTIVE PROVINCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The newly appointed police chief for Papua Province in eastern Indonesia underscored his commitment to building a well-trained force that respects human rights. He promised to consult broadly with Papuans and said he looked forward to consultations with the USG on community poli [...]	2008-05-16 08:51:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS KJUS ID
08JEDDAH370	PRINCE KHALID DECREES CLOSE OF ALL SUMMER CAMPS IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. A blog recently revealed that Mecca region governor Prince Khalid Al-Faisal is closing religious summer camps for Saudi youth in the Mecca region. The particular type of camps being shut and the extent to which this has actually impacted operations is the subject of local debate. [...]	2008-09-01 12:58:00	Consulate Jeddah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PROP PTER SOCI SCUL KISL KMDR KIRF PINS
08JEDDAH521	SAUDI BLOGGER/ACTIVIST PREVENTED FROM TRAVEL TO [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: On December 10, 2008, Saudi authorities prevented blogger and activist Fouad Al-Farhan from boarding a plane to Beirut where he was scheduled to address an annual (December 10-14) conference on freedom of the press. At a meeting with Consulate Jeddah officers in November, Al- [...]	2008-12-17 13:01:00	Consulate Jeddah	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV EINT PHUM PINR PINS PREL PTER
08JERUSALEM106	SENIOR AL-AQSA MILITANT KILLED IN BALATA CAMP [...] (C) Senior al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades militant Ahmad al-Sanakra was shot and killed in an IDF operation early January 18, according to PA security contacts. Sanakra, brother of top-level al-Aqsa militant Ala'a Sanakra, was wanted by the Israelis since 2004 and was previously wounded twice in I [...]	2008-01-18 15:12:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PINS IS PTER PGOV
08JERUSALEM1192	PA REPORTS MAJOR INCREASE IN IDF WEST BANK [...] (SBU) Summary. PA officials and security commanders report a marked increase in the number of IDF incursions in the West Bank since mid-June. On July 6-8, there were IDF raids in every Palestinian city except Jericho. Nablus officials told PolOff and POL FSN that the IDF entered Nablus on [...]	2008-07-08 14:41:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG IS PGOV PINS PTER KISL
08JERUSALEM121	PA CONVICTS TWO FOR MURDER OF OFF-DUTY IDF [...] (SBU) National Security Forces (NSF) contacts confirmed press reports that on January 22 a PA military court in Hebron convicted Ali Abd al-Hamid Dandis and Amar Badr Halim Taha of "intentional killing" (a charge similar to voluntary manslaughter and not as serious as premeditated murder) in [...]	2008-01-23 15:03:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PINS IS PTER PGOV
08JERUSALEM141	PA RETRIES GUNMEN CONVICTED OF KILLING OFF-DUTY [...] (C) PA Interior Ministry (MoI) and National Security Forces (NSF) confirmed that a Palestinian military court retried Ali Abd al-Hamid Dandis and Amar Badr Halim Taha in the December 28 shooting deaths of two off-duty IDF soldiers, and sentenced both to life imprisonment on January 25. PM Sa [...]	2008-01-28 14:39:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PINS IS PTER PGOV
08JERUSALEM1498	"POSITIVE BUT INCOMPLETE" ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN SECURITY COORDINATION MEETING IN JENIN [...] (S) Summary. PA security forces (PASF) commanders told PolOff and POL FSN August 11-12 that they had a positive meeting with IDF commanders in Jenin on August 11. PM Salam Fayyad told the Consul General August 11 that the meeting was "positive and important." National Security Forces (NSF) commande [...]	2008-08-14 07:59:00	Consulate Jerusalem	SECRET	KWBG PGOV IS PREL PINS
08JERUSALEM172	PM FAYYAD TALKS ROAD MAP WITH LTG FRASER, [...] (C) SUMMARY: PM Salam Fayyad told LTG William Fraser January 29 that freezing settlement construction is the top Palestinian priority for Roadmap implementation. He said the PA will be pragmatic and also seriously address Israeli security concerns. He urged GoI compliance with the obligati [...]	2008-02-01 09:29:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PINS IS
08JERUSALEM1852	PA PLANS FOR HEBRON DEPLOYMENT [...] (C) PM Salam Fayyad told the Consul General October 6 that the GOI has approved a deployment of PA security forces (PASF) to Hebron on/about October 17. National Security Forces (NSF) commander MG Thiab Ali (Abu al-Fatah) told PolOff/PolFSN October 7 that the PA submitted a request to IDF Ce [...]	2008-10-07 15:41:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PTER PGOV IS PINS
08JERUSALEM1903	PA'S HEBRON DEPLOYMENT DELAYED PENDING FURTHER [...] (C) A PA security forces (PASF) deployment to Hebron, expected to begin on/about October 17, has been postponed pending additional PA-IDF coordination, according to National Security Forces (NSF) commander MG Thiab Mustafa Ali (Abu al-Fatah). PA President's Office contacts told PolOff that t [...]	2008-10-17 14:40:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG IS PINS PGOV
08JERUSALEM1942	IDF, PA AGREE ON HEBRON SECURITY DEPLOYMENT; PA [...] (C) Summary. PA security forces (PASF) commanders told ConGenOffs October 23 that the IDF approved a PASF deployment of about 580 troops to the Hebron Governorate, starting late October 24, for 30 days. PA commanders said the IDF laid down conditions for the deployment's approval as well as [...]	2008-10-23 14:06:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG IS PINS PGOV
08JERUSALEM1952	PA STARTS SECURITY OPERATION SOUTH OF HEBRON; [...] (C) Summary. PA security forces (PASF) commanders told ConGenOffs October 26-27 that joint PASF patrols entered Yatta and al-Samu'a (Area A towns south of Hebron) early October 27, arresting 23 criminal fugitives and Hamas activists and detaining 30 other suspects. The PA National Security [...]	2008-10-27 15:26:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG IS PINS PGOV PTER LE
08JERUSALEM2153	FAYYAD MEETS PA SECURITY CHIEFS IN HEBRON; PASF [...] (C) Summary. PA security forces (PASF) commanders told ConGenOffs that they met with PM Salam Fayyad in Hebron on November 26 to review progress and discuss challenges. The National Security Forces (NSF) commander said PASF have arrested 110 security and criminal suspects in/around Hebron s [...]	2008-11-26 15:18:00	Consulate Jerusalem	SECRET	KWBG IS PINS PGOV PTER
08JERUSALEM243	PA SECURITY SAYS HAMAS RESPONSIBLE FOR DIMONA [...] (S) PA police chief Kamal al-Shaykh and Hazem Attallah (PM Salam Fayyad's military secretary) told PolOff on February 6-7 that Hamas was responsible for the February 4 suicide bombing in Dimona and that the blast is part of a Hamas strategy to sow instability and undermine peace efforts. Att [...]	2008-02-08 12:07:00	Consulate Jerusalem	SECRET	KWBG PTER IS PINS
08JERUSALEM317	NABLUS GOVERNOR AND PA SECURITY CHIEFS ASSESS [...] (C) SUMMARY. At a February 11 meeting with USSC LTG Dayton in Nablus, Governor Jamal Muhaysin, National Security Forces (NSF) commander MG Thiab Mustafa Ali (Abu al-Fatah) and the local security chiefs assessed the recent Nablus campaign. They said clear and consistent PA political backin [...]	2008-02-20 16:12:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PTER IS PINS PGOV
08JERUSALEM549	HAZIM ATTALLAH APPOINTED PA POLICE CHIEF [...] (C) Hazim Attallah (formerly PM Salam Fayyad's military secretary and a security advisor in the Office of the SIPDIS President) was appointed PA police chief effective March 24, replacing MG Faysal "Kamal" al-Shaykh. As part of the appointment, President Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen) promoted h [...]	2008-03-28 07:23:00	Consulate Jerusalem	SECRET	KWBG PINS PINR PGOV IS
08JERUSALEM733	PA SECURITY CHIEFS, IDF COMMANDERS COORDINATE [...] (C) Summary. Following an April 28 meeting with senior IDF officers in Bet El, PA security forces (PASF) commanders report progress in coordination for security operations in Jenin, shortening deployment clearance times, and reopening police stations in Area B. They report IDF criticism of t [...]	2008-04-30 08:19:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PINS IS PGOV PTER
08JERUSALEM744	PALESTINIAN PLANS FOR EARLY MAY SECURITY [...] (C) Summary. According to PA National Security Forces (NSF) commander MG Thiab Mustafa Ali (Abu al-Fatah) and Joint Security Committee (JSC) chief BG Samir Makhzumi Qaysi, the PA has completed logistical preparations for a 400-man deployment to Jenin and plans to start security operations in [...]	2008-05-01 14:15:00	Consulate Jerusalem	SECRET	KWBG PINS IS PGOV PTER
08JERUSALEM753	PA OPERATION BEGINS IN JENIN: PASF WELCOMED BY [...] (C) Summary. A 485-man force of Presidential Guards (PG),National Security Forces (NSF) and police entered Jenin early May 2. PM Salam Fayyad visited Jenin May 4 with the NSF and police commanders and directed local security officers to be "firm in enforcing the law without discrimination. [...]	2008-05-05 14:35:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PINS IS PGOV PTER
08JERUSALEM757	JENIN: PASF EXCHANGE FIRE WITH GUNMEN IN QABATIYA, [...] (C) Summary. PA security forces (PASF) clashed with gunmen in Qabatiya on May 6, with a bystander killed and two PIJ activists injured in separate exchanges of gunfire. Security contacts report that a PASF patrol was attacked with a pipe bomb and pelted with stones. West Bank National Secur [...]	2008-05-06 15:14:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PINS IS PGOV PTER
08JERUSALEM764	JENIN: QABATIYA REMAINS TENSE; IDF INCURSION ENDS [...] (C) Summary. PA security forces (PASF) maintain checkpoints in and around Qabatiya as of 1300 local May 7 amidst tensions over the May 6 shooting of bystander Mu'min Kmayl and PASF arrest of two PIJ activists. West Bank National Security Forces (NSF) commander MG Ali told local press he est [...]	2008-05-07 11:16:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PINS IS PGOV PTER
08JERUSALEM777	JENIN OPERATION: TENSE CALM IN QABATIYA; PA [...] (C) Summary. PA security forces (PASF) officers report successes May 8-9 in seizing contraband and closing outstanding criminal cases and warrants. PASF patrolled in several villages south and east of Jenin with minor opposition from gunmen and stone-throwers, and carried out a raid on a Ha [...]	2008-05-09 13:58:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PINS IS PGOV PTER
08JERUSALEM778	PA MOI AL-YAHYA DISCUSSES SECURITY TRAINING, JENIN [...] (C) PA Minister of Interior (MOI) Abd al-Raziq Al-Yahya told USSC LTG Dayton on May 7 that he intends to station the National Security Forces (NSF) battalion currently training at JIPTC in Jericho upon its return, and employ it as a reserve force. Al-Yahya said discussion of stationing an add [...]	2008-05-09 14:00:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PINS IS PGOV
08JERUSALEM791	JENIN: PA ARRESTS PIJ MILITANT AND CRIMINALS, IDF [...] (SBU) Summary. PA security forces (PASF) conducted patrols in Jenin and 32 nearby villages May 10-12, arresting a senior leader of the PIJ military wing and 11 wanted criminals. According to PA security commanders, the IDF entered Jenin and nearby Area A towns late May 11/early May 12, unsu [...]	2008-05-12 12:54:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PINS IS PGOV PTER
08JERUSALEM817	JENIN: PA ARRESTS TWO PIJ MILITANTS; NEW IDF [...] (SBU) PA General Intelligence (Mukhabarat) officers arrested PIJ militants Ra'ad Abu al-Rub and Yusif Kmayl in Jenin May 12, according to a PIJ spokesman, who said another militant, Ala'a Abu al-Rub, escaped a PA arrest attempt in Qabatiya also May 12. National Security Forces (NSF) contacts [...]	2008-05-13 13:27:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PINS IS PGOV PTER
08JERUSALEM86	MOI AL-YAHYA POSITIVE ABOUT PASF EFFORTS, BUT [...] (S) Summary: In a January 15 meeting, MoI Abd al-Razaq al-Yahya told USSC LTG Dayton that the Palestinian Authority Security Forces (PASF) had significantly enhanced law and order in the West Bank based on their doctrine of securing Palestinian areas without confronting the IDF. He said the [...]	2008-01-16 14:26:00	Consulate Jerusalem	SECRET	KWBG PINS IS PGOV PTER
08JERUSALEM865	JENIN: VILLAGE PATROLS AND ARRESTS CONTINUE [...] (SBU) Summary. PA security forces (PASF) continue patrols in Jenin area villages as of 1400 local on May 20. PA security commanders plan new patrols and raids across the Jenin Governorate in coming days. PIJ suspects remain in custody, but have not been formally charged. End summary. PAS [...]	2008-05-20 14:14:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG IS PGOV PINS PTER
08KABUL1030	AFGHAN POLICE: FDD UPDATE FROM ZABUL PROVINCE [...] (SBU) The Focused District Development (FDD) program to reform Afghan police at the local level has yielded positive results in the southern province of Zabul. Elite, national units provided an effective backstop as local units were rotated out for training. The highway was cleared of over 20 [...]	2008-04-26 11:12:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS MARR AF
08KABUL1495	AFGHAN POLICE: ANAP/ABP TRAINING SURGE UPDATE [...] In the onward press of the Focused District Development (FDD) program to train and equip the Afghan National Police (reftels),the network of police-training facilities has been running at full capacity. Most of the network capacity of about about 3,500 spaces is now dedicated to FDD-related [...]	2008-06-19 08:54:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINS MARR AF
08KABUL2473	WILLIAMSON-HODGKINSON: MOVING FORWARD ON [...] (U) Summary: On September 6-7, Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson and DOD Deputy Assistant Secretary for Detainee Affairs Sandra Hodgkinson led a delegation to Afghanistan to discuss the way forward for a number of remaining detainees at Guantanamo Bay (GTMO). End sum [...]	2008-09-12 10:03:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	KAWC MARR PGOV PHUM PINS PREL PTER
08KABUL2970	The Details of Evolving the PRT Model in Afghanistan [...] (SBU) Summary. Reftel lays out the Mission's ideas for evolving the PRT model in Afghanistan and expanding our civilian support for Operation Enduring Freedom. This message provides a more in-depth look at the structures outlined in Kabul 2784, detailing the new initiatives and tailored grow [...]	2008-11-10 04:17:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ETRD EFIN AF MOPS KDEM PINS
08KABUL3089	ATMAR LEADS DONORS TO FUNDING DECISIONS ON ANP [...] (SBU) Summary. On November 18, in Minister Atmar's first LOTFA Steering Committee meeting, he steered the group to decisions to fund an increase to ANP salaries, initiate a pilot project to test incentive pay in targeted medium- and high-threat ANP districts, reach a settlement on how to handl [...]	2008-12-01 05:41:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS AFIN AF
08KABUL3194	Integrated Civilian-Military Action Group Established at [...] (SBU) Summary. Embassy Kabul has established an Integrated Civilian-Military Action Group (ICMAG) to begin a rigorous, systematic effort to better align the respective actions of USG agencies across the civilian and military lines of operation. This decision builds on efforts over the last y [...]	2008-12-12 04:42:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ETRD EFIN AF MOPS KDEM PINS KCRS
08KABUL3195	Integrated Civilian-Military Action Group Established at [...] (SBU) Summary. Embassy Kabul has established an Integrated Civilian-Military Action Group (ICMAG) to begin a rigorous, systematic effort to better align the respective actions of USG agencies across the civilian and military lines of operation. This decision builds on efforts over the last y [...]	2008-12-12 04:42:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ETRD EFIN AF MOPS KDEM PINS KCRS
08KABUL414	USOSCE EXPLORES POTENTIAL ROLE FOR OSCE IN [...] (SBU) Post welcomed the visit of Powell Moore and LTC Alan Hester of USOSCE on January 28 - 30 for consultations on how the OSCE might support U.S. and international objectives in Afghanistan. Moore and Hester paid office calls on the Ambassador, Commander of the Combined Security Transition [...]	2008-02-19 13:35:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS MARR AF
08KABUL870	INFORMATION PASSED TO AFGHAN GOVERNMENT ON GLOBAL [...] On April 7, 2008, POLMILOFF passed information sheet and talking points from reftel to Abdul Malik Quraishi, Director of Policy and Oversight, Office of the National Security Council, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (IRoA). Quraishi is also a member of IRoA Ministry of Foreign Affairs United [...]	2008-04-08 14:39:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	MCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC FR AF
08KAMPALA1611	UGANDA'S POPULATION BOOM JEOPARDIZES DEVELOPMENT GAINS [...] (SBU) Summary: Two new demographic studies in Uganda show that the country has one of the highest population growth rates in the world, creating a demographic time bomb which threatens to undermine Uganda's recent economic gains and political stability. According to one study, Uganda's popula [...]	2008-12-17 12:33:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID PINS PGOV PREL UG
08KAMPALA36	UGANDA: Local resources meet the needs of Kenyan [...] (SBU) On January 7, 2008, Refugee Assistant spoke with Ugandan Red Cross officer, Will Obeka and to GoU Refugee Officer David Kazungu regarding the influx of Kenyans into Uganda. The Uganda Red Cross led the national response to the current influx of Kenyan refugees in Uganda's Malaba, Musafa [...]	2008-01-08 10:44:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF EAID PINS UG
08KAMPALA565	Uganda refugee official on Kenyan, Sudanese [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 18, 2008, RefCoord met with Carlos Twesigomwe, Commissioner for Disaster Management and Refugee Affairs, Office of the Prime Minister, Uganda. The Commissioner reaffirmed his government's commitment to Kenyan and Congolese refugees in its borders and praised UNHCR ef [...]	2008-04-24 05:58:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF EAID PINS UG
08KAMPALA674	UGANDA: MUSEVENI AND KABILA DEFUSE BORDER TENSION [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 11, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni and his Congolese counterpart Joseph Kabila met in Tanzania to discuss border issues after Congolese military units moved a border demarcation four kilometers into an agreed-upon no-man's zone on the Ugandan border. The growing bord [...]	2008-05-21 09:43:00	Embassy Kampala	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS ASEC PINS PGOV PTER PREL CG UG
08KAMPALA727	Uganda: UNHCR Preparing for Congolese Returns to DRC [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 29, 2008, RefCoord met with acting UNHCR country Representative, Montserrat Vihe, in Kampala. Vihe said that the Government of the DRC had invited the Government of Uganda to attend tripartite discussions in Kinshasa in the coming weeks. The GoU, in anticipation of the [...]	2008-06-04 12:52:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF EAID PINS UG CG
08KATHMANDU403	NEPAL NOT SENDING DELEGATE TO GLOBAL INITIATIVE EPG [...] The Government of Nepal (GON) is unlikely to send any delegates to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism Exercise Planning Group (EPG) to be held in Paris, France on April 15. The Deputy Chief of Mission extended invitation as requested in Ref B to Foreign Secretary Acharya on Ap [...]	2008-04-11 09:18:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	MCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER FR NP
08KATHMANDU797	MADHESI PARTIES WIN A MAJOR ROLE IN NEPAL'S [...] (U) For the first time in Nepal's democratic history, Madhesi parties won a significant percentage of seats in the April 10 Constituent Assembly (CA) election. When appointed seats are factored in, the three leading Madhesi parties, including the largest -- the Madhesi People's Rights Forum - [...]	2008-07-14 10:59:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PINS KDEM NP
08KHARTOUM1034	THE NEW NORTH/SOUTH WAR? IT'S THE ECONOMY, STUPID [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The SPLM and the NCP are mired in an economic standoff grounded in competing interpretations of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement. It is the latest chapter in the two parties' complex and often dysfunctional relationship, and a further blow to hopes that unity can be made attra [...]	2008-07-10 12:35:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINS EFIN EAID SOCI KDEM SU
08KHARTOUM1247	CODEL PAYNE VISIT TO JUBA/ABYEI [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Congressman Donald Payne and Congressional Research Staff Member Ted Dagne traveled to Juba and Abyei during August 9-11 to gauge the status of Abyei Road Map implementation and to hear SPLM views on the pace of CPA implementation. In Abyei, Payne was troubled by evidence of a [...]	2008-08-17 14:51:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	OTRA PGOV PHUM KDEM PINS PREL SU
08KHARTOUM130	SPLM SEES SLOW PROGRESS AND REVIEWS SUBVERSIVE YET [...] (C) Summary: SPLM SecGen and GNU Minister for Cabinet Affairs Pagan Amun sees the National Congress Party's "totalitarian structure intact" but is currently taking the long view towards NCP stonewalling about the December 2007 agreement that returned the SPLM to government. Amun, although resi [...]	2008-01-29 13:35:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PHUM PINS PREL SU
08KHARTOUM1310	BASHIR OFFERS SCOLDING AND CALL FOR UNITY IN JUBA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In marked contrast with his recent tour of Darfur, and indicative of still-strained relations between the NCP and SPLM, President Bashir's visit to Juba - his first appearance in the South in more than two years and only his second visit to the seat of the GOSS Presidency since t [...]	2008-08-28 15:53:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINS KDEM EAID SOCI SU
08KHARTOUM1314	GOVERNMENT OF SOUTHERN SUDAN REQUESTS UN ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Acting on direct orders from Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS) President Salva Kiir Mayaradit, Vice President Riek Machar formally requested elections assistance from the United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) SRSG Qazi on August 16. This request allows UNMIS and UNDP to begin expedit [...]	2008-08-29 14:25:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM PINS EAID KDEM UN SU
08KHARTOUM1338	DEEPENING SPLA PAY ARREARS THREATEN DISCIPINE, MORALE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: SPLA morale and discipline are sagging as soldiers face arrears in pay averaging two months, while some troops reportedly have not been paid during the past six months. With 2008 funds already exhausted because of corruption and cost overruns, there seems little prospect for r [...]	2008-09-02 13:08:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EFIN PHUM PINS MOPS ASEC SU
08KHARTOUM1344	SPLM FRUSTRATION GROWS OVER DEMARCATING SUDAN'S NORTH-SOUTH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Bashir's August 27 public comments have put the North-South border demarcation issue at the center of the latest SPLM/NCP political impasse. Senior SPLM officials involved in the NCP/SPLM Executive-Committee talks are concerned that border demarcation could spark unint [...]	2008-09-03 12:53:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PINS PGOV KDEM MARR ASEC UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1522	ABEL ALIER DECLINES ELECTIONS COMMISSION CHAIRMANSHIP [...] (SBU) Summary: Abel Alier informed GOSS Vice President Riek Machar Teny and GNU Vice President Ali Osman Taha on October 13 of his intention to decline the chairmanship of Sudan's yet-to-be formed National Elections Commission (NEC). Alier, currently in Juba, paid a call on Machar to deliver t [...]	2008-10-14 12:46:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM EAID PINS SU
08KHARTOUM1836	APPOINTMENT OF NHIAL DENG NHIAL AS MINISTER FOR SPLA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Presidential advisors assert that Nhial Deng Nhial's performance during and after Ali Osman Taha's December 16th visit to Juba (reftel) gave an 11th hour boost to his selection by GOSS President Salva Kiir Mayardit to be Minister for SPLA Affairs. They add he was chosen over Jon [...]	2008-12-23 12:55:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINS KDEM SU
08KHARTOUM258	FEBRUARY 17 ABORTED WEALTH-SHARING WORKING GROUP PLANNING [...] (U) SUMMARY: In the February 17 meeting of the Wealth Sharing Working Group (WSWG),the SPLM representative admitted he was neither prepared, nor qualified to speak on behalf of his party. The NCP accused the AEC secretariat of failing to deliver a document outlining the structure of the mid [...]	2008-02-21 16:20:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINS ECON EAID SU
08KHARTOUM308	VIOLENCE FLARES AGAIN ALONG 1956 BORDER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Violence has erupted again along the Kiir River in Northern Bahr el Ghazal state, where supposedly non-Misseriya Northern Popular Defense Forces have reportedly launched simultaneous attacks against three separate SPLA positions. Although calm returned after five hours of fightin [...]	2008-03-03 07:20:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINS MOPS KDEM SU
08KHARTOUM315	PROGRESS ON SPLA DEFENSE WHITE PAPER [...] (SBU) Responding to a request from SE Williamson during his visit to Juba, SPLA Defense White Paper Committee Chairman Kuol Diem Kuol told ConGen PolOff March 1 that he expected the paper to be completed by March 7 and issued via Presidential Order shortly thereafter. According to Kuol, GOSS P [...]	2008-03-03 15:12:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINS KDEM EAID MARR SU
08KHARTOUM317	SPECIAL ENVOY WILLIAMSON'S MEETING WITH SPLA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: SENIOR SPLA LEADERSHIP GREATLY APPRECIATES USG SUPPORT IN BOTH HELPING TO BUILD MILITARY INFRASTRUCTURE AND IN MILITARY TRAINING, AND THEY EXPRESSED THE DESIRE FOR A CONTINUED CLOSE WORKING RELATIONSHIP. BOTH LT. GENERAL DOMINIC DIM DENG, THE MINISTER FOR SPLA AFFAIRS, AND LT. [...]	2008-03-03 15:55:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINS KDEM EAID MARR SU
08KHARTOUM387	(C) CAIRO TO LOAN $300 MILLION TO SPLA? [...] (C) According to a senior expatriate advisor within the Government of Southern Sudan's Finance Ministry, the Government of Egypt has decided to award a $300 million loan to the Sudanese People's Liberation Army. The MinFin advisor told ConGen staff on March 7 that save for the note of guarant [...]	2008-03-16 14:56:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS MARR MOPS SU
08KHARTOUM388	VIEWS ON MARCH 1 BORDER SKIRMISHES FROM SOUTH OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Discussions with senior UN and UNMIS officials in Juba and Aweil, in addition to follow-on discussions with various elements of the SPLA, place March 1 skirmishes not in the disputed region of Abyei but south of the Kiir River near Rumaker, Northern Bahr el Ghazal state. UNMIS off [...]	2008-03-16 15:07:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS MARR MPOS SU
08KHARTOUM395	1956 BORDER DEMARCATION: STILL ANOTHER FLASHPOINT [...] (C) SUBJECT: Senior SPLM officials involved in the NCP/SPLM Joint Executive Talks are concerned that forthcoming demarcation of the North/South 1956 border will fuel popularly-led violence that could push the SAF and SPLA in direct conflict across the disputed boundary region. Both parties ha [...]	2008-03-17 05:47:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PHUM KDEM MARR MOPS SU
08KHARTOUM396	YASIR ARMAN ON USG-SUDAN RELATIONS, ELECTIONS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: SPLM Deputy Secretary General Yasir Arman has called on the USG to admit that it needs Khartoum as much as it loathes it, and to recognize that in the absence of "meaningful leverage" against the National Congress Party, it must refocus its efforts on "internal mechanisms for chang [...]	2008-03-17 05:58:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINS KDEM SU
08KHARTOUM430	GOSS REGIONAL COOPERATION MINISTER ON IRAN AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Government of Southern Sudan Minister for Regional Cooperation discussed the SPLM,s concern over a recently revealed &defense pact8 between Tehran and Khartoum, continued SAF manipulation of the Misseriya Arabs, and outward attempts by the SAF to push a military solution to th [...]	2008-03-23 15:56:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PINS EAID MARR IR MOPS SU
08KHARTOUM432	GOSS MINISTER PRESSES FOR U.S. COMMITMENT ON ABYEI DISPUTE [...] (SBU) GOSS Presidential Affairs Minister Luka Biong Deng recently told ConGen Juba PolOff that President Kiir was struck by the frank nature of Kiir's meeting with with Special Envoy Richard S. Williamson. Deng noted that Kiir was "relieved by the clarity of the message." Deng himself was l [...]	2008-03-24 04:53:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINS KDEM SU
08KHARTOUM567	URF ANNOUNCES FINAL CONSOLIDATION [...] (SBU) Four months after the close of SPLM-hosted Darfur movement consolidation talks in Juba, the United Resistance Front (URF) has announced its final consolidation. The coalition represents five factions that includes Massaleit and Arab representatives but is dominated by Zaghawa JEM/Collect [...]	2008-04-14 05:15:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINS PREL PGOV SOCI EAID SU AU
08KHARTOUM739	PAULINO MATIEP ON SPLM POLITICS AND THE SPLA [...] (SBU) Deputy Commander in Chief for the SPLA and ex-SSDF Commander Paulino Matiep claims that his involvement in the SPLM Unity State Congress fallout has been overstated. In a May 13 conversation with Acting CG, the aging Nuer military strategist was emphatic that rumors linking him with GOSS [...]	2008-05-15 10:31:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINS PHUM MARR MOPS SU
08KHARTOUM740	PAGAN AMUN THREATENS TO LEAVE GNU CABINET [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: GNU Cabinet Affairs Minister and SPLM Secretary General Pagan Amun cited irreconcilable differences with SPLM Chairman and First Vice President of Sudan Salva Kiir Mayardit as his justification for why he intends to leave the Government of National Unity (GNU) and join his wife [...]	2008-05-15 10:38:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINS KDEM SU
08KHARTOUM747	DRAFT SPLM CONSTITUTION SETS STAGE FOR CONVENTION DYNAMICS [...] (SBU) The SPLM's 119-member Interim National Council (INC) held its final session May 12-13 in a marathon push to finalize transformative foundational documents for the SPLM on the eve of the party's second national convention. Before its dissolution (the INC will be replaced by a 250-member Na [...]	2008-05-16 11:09:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINS PHUM KDEM SU
08KHARTOUM750	"NO TO WAR, YES TO A NEW SUDAN" - THE SPLM NATIONAL [...] (SBU) The SPLM National Convention - the party's second in 14 years - kicked off May 15 with great fanfare. 1720 delegates elected via successive grassroots contests at the boma, payam, county, and state-level converged on Juba to craft a new executive structure for the party - the first intra [...]	2008-05-16 11:35:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINS PHUM KDEM SU
08KHARTOUM773	SPLM NATIONAL CONVENTION: THE ROLLER COASTER CONTINUES [...] (SBU) The SPLM National Convention recessed abruptly on May 17 to allow for a six-hour extraordinary session of the Interim National Council. The future of Dr. Riek Machar - and the embattled GOSS Vice President's legacy of untrustworthiness and brutality within the South - brought decisions o [...]	2008-05-19 15:21:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM SU

08KHARTOUM902	SLM/MM FRUSTRATED AND WEAKENED TO THE BREAKING POINT [...] (U) SUMMARY: On June 17, Mohammed Suliman, a senior leader of SLM/Minni Minnawi (SLM/MM) and Secretary General of the TDRA, railed against the NCP, stating that the ruling party should openly admit its neglect of the DPA, rather than deceptively undermine the peace agreement. Suliman's fiery [...]	2008-06-18 10:30:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM PINS SU
08KIGALI525	ETHNICITY IN RWANDA -- WHO GOVERNS THE COUNTRY? [...] (C/NF) An analysis of the ethnic breakdown of the current Rwandan government shows Tutsis hold a preponderant percentage of senior positions. Hutus in very senior positions often hold relatively little real authority, and are commonly "twinned" with senior Tutsis who exercise real power. Th [...]	2008-08-05 16:34:00	Embassy Kigali	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PINR PINS RW
08KIGALI866	DEMARCHE DELIVERED REGARDING ACTIVITIES OF RWANDAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-22 15:18:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KCRM PINS RW
08KINSHASA189	CONGOLESE URANIUM: GDRC LOOKS TO CHINA FOR HELP [...] (S/NF) Summary: Minister xxxxxxxxxxxx briefed the Ambassador on possible future Chinese involvement in uranium studies in the DRC at the request of President Kabila. End Summary. 2. (U) Minister xxxxxxxxxxxx requested a meeting with Ambassador Garvelink Thursday, 21 February after having met with [...]	2008-02-22 14:46:00	Embassy Kinshasa	SECRET//NOFORN	EMIN ENRG ETRD KNNP PGOV PINR PINS
08KINSHASA191	UNHRO December 2007 Human Rights Assessment [...] (SBU) Summary: The UN's December 2007 Human Rights Assessment describes a number of human rights violations by FARDC soldiers. This message highlights three arbitrary killings of civilian by soldiers. In two of the three cases, military authorities took no action against the alleged perpetrat [...]	2008-02-25 09:09:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PINS KDEM KJUS CG
08KINSHASA25	VIOLENT CLASHES BETWEEN POLICE AND POLITICAL- RELIGIOUS [...] (U) Summary: Clashes between police and members of the political-religious sect Bundia dia Kongo (BDK) on January 5 in Bas-Congo Province left at least six people dead and dozens more injured. The violence is the latest manifestation of tension between the BDK and the Congolese government. T [...]	2008-01-11 11:31:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM PHUM PINS PTER PREL CG
08KINSHASA441	FARDC 14TH BRIGADE: A BURDEN TO KABARE RESIDENTS [...] (SBU) Summary. The FARDC 14th Brigade looted two schools in Kabare Center, South Kivu on April 28 and continues to plunder the local population, including food supplies. The 14th Brigade settled in Kabare since it disintegrated during fighting with the CNDP in North Kivu in December 2007. A [...]	2008-05-19 06:03:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PHUM PGOV PINS SOCI CG
08KINSHASA5	THE DRC'S KIVUS CONFERENCE -- HARBINGER OF PEACE, [...] (C) Summary: The "Conference on Peace, Stability and Development in North and South Kivu" opens January 6 in Goma amid great fanfare. President Kabila made the decision to convene the Conference, which ruling coalition hardliners had attempted to stall indefinitely in hopes of ending the in [...]	2008-01-04 13:34:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC KDEM MARR MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL KPKO
08KINSHASA61	PROPOSAL FOR JOINT PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS [...] (C) Summary: Embassy Kinshasa hereby requests a feasibility study on the potential use in the Democratic Republic of the Congo of non-lethal, Psychological Operations (PSYOP) as a means to influence negative forces and asks that a PSYOP assessment team (POAT) be dispatched to the DRC as quick [...]	2008-01-22 16:46:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PINR PINS PREL KPKO CG
08KINSHASA63	ON THE ROAD TO BETTER DRC AND UGANDA RELATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: In mid-December 2007, representatives to the 5th Session of the Joint Permanent Commission (JPC) between the governments of Uganda and the DRC met in Kampala to discuss a wide array of issues in their bilateral relationship. On December 27, PolOff and EconOff met with Minister [...]	2008-01-23 06:39:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PINS PREL PREF PBTS CG
08KINSHASA9	UNHRO reports continued deficiencies [...] (SBU) Summary: The United Nations Human Rights Office's (UNHRO) Monthly Human Rights Assessment of the DRC for October 2007, released November 28, 2007, describes numerous violations highlighting the inadequacies of the country's justice system at all levels including the police, the courts, an [...]	2008-01-07 15:07:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PINS KDEM KJUS CG
08KUALALUMPUR287	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR MALAYSIAN DELEGATION TO [...] The Malaysian officials listed in Paragraph 2 are scheduled to participate in the Tri-border Interagency Security Conference in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia from May 4-7, 2008. The conference is being jointly sponsored by S/CT and by the U.S. Pacific Command. Post has no information to indicate [...]	2008-04-18 13:26:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PREL SNAR MY
08KUALALUMPUR52	MALAYSIAN POLICE SEEKING U.S. SPEAKER FOR TIP [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) The Malaysian Royal Police (RMP) will hold trafficking in persons (TIP) training for their officers as they continue to develop their capacity to enforce their new anti-trafficking in persons law. The RMP has not yet set the [...]	2008-01-22 10:01:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS SMIG SOCI MY
08KUALALUMPUR988	HR VETTING FOR SOVEREIGN CHALLENGE [...] The servicemembers listed in Paragraph 3 are invited to attend the Fourth Annual Sovereign Challenge Conference from November 17-20, 2008. The USSOCOM commander invites the senior attach of approximately 100 nations for this Valuable Partnership Conference. Post has no information to indic [...]	2008-11-07 09:19:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PREL PHUM MY
08KUWAIT155	EXTREMIST REHABILITATION PROGRAMS (C-CT8-00002) - [...] (S) The Government of Kuwait (GOK) does not currently have a rehabilitation program for jihadists or extremists. This analysis is based on post's conversations with the Ministry of Interior Kuwait State Security (KSS),the National Security Bureau (NSB),the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Legal [...]	2008-02-07 16:09:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PINR KISL PGOV PINS PTER SOCI KU
08KUWAIT536	INTERIOR MINISTER SEIZED WITH ELECTIONS; LOOKING [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-14 13:33:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PGOV PTER PINS KDEM KU
08KUWAIT558	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH KUWAIT PM: IRAQ, CT, [...] (C) Ambassador used her introductory call on Kuwait Prime Minister Shaykh Nasser Mohammed Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al Sabah to thank him for the "indispensable support" that Kuwait provides to USG efforts in Iraq and the region, and to urge greater GOK support for the Al-Maliki government. The PM s [...]	2008-05-18 11:02:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINS PINR KDEM KU
08KUWAIT701	APHSCT WAINSTEIN MEETS WITH KUWAITI PRIME MINISTER [...] (S) Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism (APHSCT) Kenneth Wainstein accompanied by AMB Jones met on June 11 with Kuwaiti Prime Minister (PM) Shaykh Nasser Al Sabah and Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al Sabah. APHSCT Wainstein shared a letter from Presid [...]	2008-06-19 03:26:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PREL PTER KTFN SY PINS
08KUWAIT992	KUWAIT MILDLY CONCERNED OVER PROSPECTIVE ARMS [...] (C) POLCOUNS on September 15 raised reftel points concerning USG plans to support the Iraqi Security Forces transition plan through sales of U.S. weapons and military equipment with Ambassador Khaled Mohammed Al-Muqamis, director of MFA's Follow-up and Coordination Office. In presenting the d [...]	2008-09-18 05:18:00	Embassy Kuwait	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PINS MASS IZ KU
08KYIV1627	TFGG01 Ukrainian Media on Georgian Conflict [...] (SBU) Summary: Ukrainian media is split on its coverage of the conflict in Georgia, which occupied the front page of Ukrainian newspapers this week and featured prominently on broadcast and on-line media. Pro-Western and pro-presidential periodicals denounced Russia's support for separatist r [...]	2008-08-15 14:04:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PBTS PINR PINS PNAT PREL PGOV KPAI GG UK
08KYIV2354	UKRAINE'S MEDIA MONITORS DECRY CURRENT STATE OF MEDIA IN [...] Summary: At a November 20 luncheon hosted by Ambassador Taylor, ten Ukrainian media monitors and observers shared their views on the current state of media in Ukraine. Participants agreed that, despite great expectations, Ukraine's media development had been disappointingly slow in the years s [...]	2008-12-02 05:22:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PBTS PINR PINS PNAT PGOV KPAI KPAO RS UP
08KYIV418	UKRAINE: NOTIFICATION DELIVERED [...] As requested, Polcouns delivered notification contained reftel on February 21 to Yuriy Nikytyuk, Chief of the Americas Desk at MFA. 2. Visit Embassy Kyiv's classified website: www.state.sgov.gov/p/eur/kiev. Taylor [...]	2008-02-22 13:13:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL PNAT KTIA PINS TSPA TPHY ESA UP
08LEIPZIG21	GERMANY'S ONGOING STRUGGLE WITH RIGHT-WING EXTREMISM [...] (U) This is a Mission-wide message and has been coordinated with Embassy Berlin and Consulates Frankfurt, Munich, Duesseldorf, and Hamburg. ------- Summary ------- 2. (U) Germany has extensive government and civic efforts against right-wing extremism, including legal and constitutiona [...]	2008-10-29 16:01:00	Consulate Leipzig	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINS GM CASC PREL
08LILONGWE280	MALAWI: COUP RUMORS, ARRESTS CLOUD POLITICAL NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) Summary: Five prominent members of the opposition United Democratic Front (UDF) party and three active duty generals in the Malawi Defense Forces (MDF) have been detained in connection with an alleged plot to overthrow President Mutharika. The arrests occurred on May 13, casting a long sh [...]	2008-05-16 10:58:00	Embassy Lilongwe	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS KDEM MI
08LILONGWE286	MALAWI: TREASON SUSPECTS RELEASED ON BAIL [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 20, the Lilongwe High Court granted bail to eight alleged coup plotters and told government that the two documents submitted as evidence failed to satisfy requirements to further detain the suspects. The eight suspects, which include three active-duty brigadier generals, [...]	2008-05-22 12:06:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINS MI
08LILONGWE294	MALAWI: FORMER PRESIDENT MULUZI ARRESTED IN [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 25, police arrested former president Bakili Muluzi as he exited the airplane in Lilongwe on return from a trip to the United Kingdom. Muluzi was immediately escorted to a Malawi Defense Force (MDF) plane and flown to Blantyre where he was detained under "house arrest" at [...]	2008-05-27 11:39:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINS KDEM ASEC MI
08LILONGWE307	MALAWI: FORMER PRESIDENT MALUZI RELEASED ON BAIL, RALLY [...] (SBU): Summary: On May 30, former president Bakili Muluzi was granted bail and released from house arrest. Muluzi was arrested on May 25 upon his return from the UK (ref A) as a suspect in an alleged coup plot, but was never charged. The High Court in its ruling cited the case of the previous [...]	2008-06-02 13:34:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINS KDEM ASEC MI
08LISBON2619	PORTUGAL BRIEFED ON GLOBAL INITIATIVE EXERCISE [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-06 09:48:00	Embassy Lisbon	UNCLASSIFIED	MCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER
08LONDON1509	IRAN'S EX-AMBASSADOR TAJIK: UK MAY EXTRADITE AS [...] (C) The UK says it intends to extradite ex-Iranian ambassador Nosratullah Tajik to the United States no later than June 11, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) contacts told London Iran Watcher (Poloff) on May 29. the Tajik case has been a significant bilateral irritant between the UK and [...]	2008-06-02 10:49:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	CJAN PINS PREL PTER IR UK
08LONDON1552	EDELMAN AND MOD HOLD PAKISTAN ROUNDTABLE [...] (C) Summary. Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Eric Edelman, UK counterpart Ministry of Defense Policy Director Desmond Bowen, and their staffs held a wide-ranging roundtable discussion on Pakistan May 30. (Participants in para 6.) Bowen described Pakistan as "vital strategic ground," a [...]	2008-06-04 15:47:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MARR PINS PK UK
08LONDON1574	PAKISTAN: UK VIEWS ON DEALS WITH TRIBAL GROUPS IN [...] (C) Summary. The UK is giving the Government of Pakistan (GOP) "space to try making peace" in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) through deals with tribal groups because the new government needs to be seen in Pakistan as "in charge of security," but London is "under no illusion th [...]	2008-06-06 12:29:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MCAP PINR PINS PK UK
08LONDON1580	IRAN: UK INTENDS TO GO FORWARD ON TAJIK [...] (C) Summary: Taking a strong pro-extradition line, the UK still expects to extradite former Iranian Ambassador Tajik as soon as remaining medical-legal aspects of his case are resolved. Foreign and Commonwealth contacts underline, however, that HMG takes Iranian threats related to the Tajik c [...]	2008-06-06 16:18:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	CJAN PINS PREL PTER IR UK
08LONDON1645	IRAN: FCO READOUT ON SOLANA IN TEHRAN AND PM [...] (S/NF) Summary: Although Iran did not provide an immediate response to the P5 1 refreshed offer, Iran NSC Secretary Jalili unexpectedly agreed to "study the offer carefully," and also agreed it is now up to Iran, rather than the P5 1, to respond (ref a). A reference by Prime Minister Gordon [...]	2008-06-17 16:41:00	Embassy London	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL ECON EFIN KTFN MNUC PINS IR UK
08LONDON1648	SOMALIA: POLITICAL SOLUTIONS REQUIRED FOR SHIPPING [...] (C) Summary. Discussing French efforts to establish secure maritime supply chains for humanitarian aid for Somalia at a June 12 think-tank event in London, French MFA and Defense Ministry representatives were met with strong demands from shipping industry leaders for the international communi [...]	2008-06-18 13:22:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS EWWT PHSA UNSC KPKO SO XW UK
08LONDON1649	AFRICOM: FCO AND DFID INTERESTED BUT IN [...] (C/NF) Summary. FCO and DFID officials report they are in a "wait-and-see" mode on AFRICOM and have allowed the MOD to take the UK Government lead in engaging the USG on AFRICOM. Saying they have been "kept well informed" as USG thinking on AFRICOM develops, MOD officials have said they get th [...]	2008-06-18 15:47:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MASS KPKO MOPS PINS XA UK
08LONDON1666	SOMALIA: UN SPECIAL REP CALLS FOR INTERNATIONAL [...] (U) UN Special Representative for Somalia Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah called for the international community's support for the Djibouti Agreement between the Somali Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and the Alliance for Re-Liberation of Somalia (ARS) at a June 19 think-tank event in London. Def [...]	2008-06-20 14:47:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PINS UNSC KPKO SO XW UK
08LONDON1887	PAKISTAN: UK SEES KASHMIR SOLUTION AS KEY TO [...] (S) Summary. The UK sees resolving Kashmir as central to changing the dynamic in Pakistan's long-term security cooperation with the West, according to FCO contacts. Improving relations between Pakistan and India through a solution to Kashmir will allow the Pakistani Army to reduce its focus on Ind [...]	2008-07-18 16:15:00	Embassy London	SECRET	PREL PTER PBTS PINS IN PK UK
08LONDON2005	IRAN: TAJIK EXTRADITION - FURTHER DELAYS AND [...] (C) HMG will take no final decision or action on the extradition of former Iranian Ambassador Tajik before 1 September because the Home Secretary, who reportedly wants to personally review all decisions on the case, will be on holiday until then, FCO Iran Bilateral Team Leader Margaret Tongue on J [...]	2008-08-01 14:28:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	CJAN PINS PREL PTER IR UK
08LONDON2101	IRANIAN PUGWASH PARTICIPANTS CLAIM TEHRAN [...] (S) Summary: Iranian government advisers at the most recent "Pugwash" Conference on Iran reportedly argued during the August 2-3 seminar that: -- Iran wants direct flights to the United States addressed before any talks on a U.S. interest section in Tehran; -- sanctions do not affect Iran's le [...]	2008-08-12 18:01:00	Embassy London	SECRET//NOFORN	PARM PINS PREL AG IR IS IZ LE UK
08LONDON2186	IRAN: CHINESE EMBASSY ASKS WHETHER GEORGIA CRISIS AFFECTS P5+1'S IRAN POSTURE REF: BEIJING 3034 [...] (C) Summary: Chinese Embassy counterparts asked informally whether the Georgia crisis means in U.S. eyes a suspension or slowdown in multilateral efforts on Iran nuclear. London Iran Watcher (Poloff) said this is not the case; international equities on Iran are too urgent and well-defined, and Iran [...]	2008-08-22 16:31:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PINS PREL PTER CH IR UK
08LONDON2474	IRAN: TAJIK EXTRADITION - UK DITHERING, MAY HAVE COLD FEET REF: A. E-MAILS EMBASSY (GAYLE) TO NEA/IR 9/3/08 AND PREVIOUS B. LONDON 2005 [...] (C/NF) Summary: The Foreign and Commonwealth Office has not formally retreated from its earlier stated intention to extradite ex-Iranian Ambassador Tajik, and says the Tajik file is now on the desk of the Home Secretary for final decision. FCO is noticeably vague, however, on when a decision might [...]	2008-09-29 14:03:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	CJAN PINS PREL PTER IR UK
08LONDON2600	IRAN: UK CURRENT POSTURE -- FCO FORMAL AND INFORMAL VIEWS [...] (S) Please see Department information request at paragraph4. 2. (S/NF) Summary: Foreign and Commonwealth Office working contacts told London Iran Watcher (Poloff) October 14 that: -- Foreign Secretary Miliband pressed his Chinese counterpart to have China re-engage in the P5 1, with little resul [...]	2008-10-14 19:04:00	Embassy London	SECRET//NOFORN	CJAN PINS PREL PTER GE FR IT IR UK
08LONDON2778	IRANIAN IMPORTERS/EXPORTERS: HAVING MORE PROBLEMS [...] (S/NF) Summary: Iranian importers and exporters are encountering ever-greater problems, in all regions including China, in obtaining trade financing due to USG-led international financial measures, according to statements by an Iran banking contact to Embassy London Iran Watcher (poloff). End su [...]	2008-11-03 15:59:00	Embassy London	SECRET//NOFORN	CJAN ECON EFIN PINS PREL PTER KFIN IR UK
08LONDON2822	DRC: UK FOCUSING ON POLITICAL SOLUTION, MAKING [...] (C) Parliament is pressing HMG for deployment of additional troops to MONUC, but the Foreign Office is concentrating on a political solution to the crisis and increased MONUC flexibility, FCO Great Lakes Team Leader David Hall and DRC Desk Officer Oliver Craven told us November 7. HMG will not sup [...]	2008-11-07 16:53:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PINR PREF PINS KPKO RW CG UK
08MADRID1048	SPANISH INTEREST IN FEATURED ROLE AT GI EXERCISE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Post delivered draft agenda for the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism's meeting of its Exercise Planning Group in Washington, DC during November 13-14, 2008. GOS officials indicated Spain's intention to attend and responded positively to a USG suggestion that the Spa [...]	2008-10-03 09:54:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL KGIC SP
08MADRID1055	BASQUE TERRORIST GROUP ETA STEPS UP OPERATIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Basque terrorist group ETA (Basque Fatherland and Liberty) has conducted a series of bombing attacks in Spain in recent weeks as a "show of force" to counter Spanish judicial efforts to outlaw political parties affiliated with ETA. The Zapatero government and all opposition pa [...]	2008-10-06 10:02:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINS SP
08MADRID1116	SPAIN/GLOBAL INITIATIVE: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON [...] (SBU) POLOFF met Carlos Torres, MFA Counselor for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament, on October 22 to deliver REFTEL A demarche. Torres said that he will serve as point of contact (POC) for the Defense Threat Reduction Agency for matters related to the Global Initiative Information Po [...]	2008-10-22 16:18:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC SP
08MADRID1182	SPAIN: MFA OFFICIAL SPEAKS ON GLOBAL INITIATIVE, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In recent weeks, Carlos Torres, Counselor for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (MFA),has shared information with Embassy Madrid officials on a range of subjects related to non-proliferation, including Spanish participat [...]	2008-11-06 17:58:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP KNNP PINR PINS SP KGIC PTER PREL
08MADRID1186	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL SIRES' NOVEMBER 13-16 VISIT [...] (SBU) Representative Sires, Embassy Madrid looks forward to your and your delegation's visit to Madrid and Barcelona. The Spanish are eager to share their assessment of political developments, regional issues, and bilateral relations with you. The recent US national election has been closely [...]	2008-11-07 12:56:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELTN OVIP PINS PREL PTER SP OREP AMGT AFIN
08MADRID1214	CALLS FOR REFORM OF SPAIN'S COUNTER-TERRORISM LAWS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Spain's counter-terrorism (CT) laws were designed with the domestic terrorist group ETA - Basque Fatherland and Liberty - in mind, but a number of recent rulings and actions by the Spanish judiciary and law enforcement forces in recent weeks have brought into focus Spain's need to [...]	2008-11-18 12:51:00	Embassy Madrid	SECRET	PGOV PINS PTER KJUS SP
08MADRID1230	SPAIN: CIVIL GUARD OFFERS INSIDER ACCOUNT OF ITS [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a counter-terrorism (CT) conference co-sponsored by Embassy Madrid, General Pablo Martin Alonso, the Head of Intelligence for the Civil Guard -- known in Spanish as Guardia Civil (GC) -- discussed the role of the GC in detaining radical Islamic jihadists within Spain's borde [...]	2008-11-24 17:30:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PINS PREL PTER SP
08MADRID1231	SPAIN: ASSESSING THE SIGNIFICANCE OF RECENT ETA [...] (C) SUMMARY: French police and Spanish Guardia Civil (GC) paramilitary forces conducted a joint raid in Cauterets, France early on the morning of November 17 in which they arrested ETA members Mikel Garikoitz Aspiazu Rubina (aka "Txeroki" in Basque or "Cherokee" in English) and Leire Lopez Zu [...]	2008-11-24 17:34:00	Embassy Madrid	SECRET	PINR PINS PREL PTER SP FR
08MADRID1269	FURTHER THOUGHTS ON SPAIN'S COUNTER-TERRORISM [...] (C) SUMMARY. This cable continues the discussion from REFTEL, which examined recent Supreme Court acquittals of lower court convictions of radical Islamic jihadists. Most recently, the Supreme Court on October 7 overturned 14 of 20 convictions for a 2004 case known an Operation Nova; on Novem [...]	2008-12-02 17:39:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PTER KJUS SP
08MADRID746	SPAIN SUPPORTS GLOBAL MARITIME PARTNERSHIPS CONCEPT [...] (C) As per reftel request, Econoff conveyed the Global Maritime Partnerships concept to Alberto de la Calle from MFA's Foreign Policy Directorate as well as to Juan Luis Munoz de Laborde, Deputy Director for Economic, Maritime, and Aviation issues. Both directorates represent Spain on issues [...]	2008-07-07 14:59:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT ECON EFIN MASS MCAP MOPS PINS PHSA PREL
08MANAMA231	BAHRAIN: GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR [...] Econoff conveyed reftel non-paper regarding the Global Initiative (GI) to Combat Nuclear Terrorism planning group meeting to MFA Legal Advisor Dr. Yousif Abdulkarim April 8. 2. Dr. Abdulkarim reiterated the GOB's support for the GI, but said he had been unaware of the exercise planning group [...]	2008-04-10 13:11:00	Embassy Manama	UNCLASSIFIED	MCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC BA
08MANAMA585	PERMISSION FOR PATRIOT DEPLOYMENT [...] (C) Ambassador informed Foreign Minister Khalid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa September 2 of U.S. intent to deploy Patriot III missile assets in Bahrain, and of the U.S. desire to discuss soon support arrangements. Shaikh Khalid heartily welcomed the news, and expressed Bahrain's eagerness to facilitate [...]	2008-09-02 14:52:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS MARR MCAP PINS PREL AE BA
08MANILA1091	CONSTITUTIONAL PROCESS REMAINS KEY ISSUE FOR MILF [...] (C) During an April 30 visit to Cagayan de Oro, the Ambassador and President Gloria Arroyo discussed the impasse in peace negotiations, and the impending withdrawal of the Malaysia-led International Monitoring Team (IMT) from Mindanao. The Ambassador again emphasized U.S. support for a negot [...]	2008-05-07 09:37:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS KISL RP
08MANILA1188	SCENESETTER FOR ADMIRAL CROWDER'S VISIT TO THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Admiral, welcome back to the Philippines! President Arroyo maintains her strong political position, in part due to robust economic growth. The Philippine armed forces continue to score successes against terrorists in the southern Philippines, while supporting the Philippine go [...]	2008-05-19 03:57:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PINS PREL PTER RP
08MANILA1192	FORMER MILITARY CHIEF TO HEAD PEACE PROCESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following weeks of widespread speculation about a cabinet reshuffle, President Gloria Arroyo named former Armed Forces chief General Hermogenes Esperon as her new presidential advisor on the peace process, replacing Jesus Dureza, who was named press secretary. Esperon, who reti [...]	2008-05-19 10:15:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS MCAP PREL PINS KISL RP
08MANILA1212	MILF VICE CHAIR FOR MILITARY AFFAIRS SUPPORTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Meeting in a remote base camp in the southern Philippines May 9, DCM urged the Vice Chairman for Military Affairs of the Muslim insurgency to persevere with the peace process and remove remaining terrorists from its territories. The Vice Chair stressed the Muslim insurgency's o [...]	2008-05-21 09:33:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS KISL RP
08MANILA1255	SCENESETTER FOR ADMIRAL MULLEN'S VISIT TO THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Admiral, we appreciate your engagement with Philippine officials at Shangri-La and your subsequent visit to the Philippines. The Philippines has undergone many positive changes since the last visit of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs to the Philippines in 2002, many as a result o [...]	2008-05-23 07:57:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PINS PREL PTER RP
08MANILA1352	BASILAN UNREST MIRRORS UNSETTLED PEACE PROCESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: While the Philippine government continues to reiterate its commitment to the Mindanao peace process, and a ceasefire is largely holding in conflict-affected areas of Mindanao, Malaysian-facilitated peace talks between government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) have b [...]	2008-06-04 09:54:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER MOPS PINS RP
08MANILA1399	TOP BROADCAST JOURNALIST ABDUCTED IN MINDANAO [...] (C) SUMMARY: A popular Philippine television journalist was reportedly kidnapped by the terrorist Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) on June 8, in an isolated area of Jolo Island, southern Philippines, while en route to a putative interview with ASG leader Radulan Sahiron. President Arroyo immediately or [...]	2008-06-11 08:57:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER MOPS PINS RP
08MANILA1443	SCENESETTER FOR ADMIRAL WILLARD'S VISIT TO THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Admiral Willard, welcome back to the Philippines! President Arroyo maintains her strong political position, in part due to positive economic growth. The Philippine Armed Forces continue to score successes against terrorists in the southern Philippines, while supporting the Ph [...]	2008-06-16 09:18:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PINS PREL PTER RP
08MANILA1460	BROADCAST JOURNALIST FREED BY KIDNAPPERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kidnappers have released well-known broadcast journalist Ces Drilon and three members of her crew, after 10 days of captivity on Jolo Island. Drilon and her colleagues were abducted on June 8 on Jolo Island in southern Mindanao. While most media sources and government officials ha [...]	2008-06-18 08:47:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER MOPS PINS PHUM RP
08MANILA1463	NEW PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR SEEKS RESUMPTION OF MILF [...] (C) Summary: In a one-on-one breakfast with Ambassador on June 18, President Arroyo's new top advisor on the peace process -- retired Armed Forces of the Philippines Chief of Staff Hermogenes Esperon -- said he is working to end a six-month impasse in negotiations with the Moro Islamic Liber [...]	2008-06-18 10:54:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS KISL RP
08MANILA1464	DNA RESULTS NEGATIVE FOR SUPPOSED DULMATIN REMAINS [...] (C) Summary: DNA testing by FBI laboratories confirmed on June 18 that a corpse unearthed on Tawi-Tawi Island in the course of an operation by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) is not the remains of Dulmatin, a prominent Jemaah Islamiyah terrorist who masterminded the Bali bombings in [...]	2008-06-18 10:58:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	CASC KJUS MCAP MOPS PINS PTER RP
08MANILA1696	LOCAL ELECTIONS IN MUSLIM MINDANAO IMPACT PEACE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Provincial and local elections in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) elections are scheduled for August 11, even as an array of key Muslim groups urges that they be postponed until after the Philippine government signs a final peace agreement with Muslim insurgents [...]	2008-07-17 08:41:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER MOPS PINS PGOV PHUM RP
08MANILA175	GOVERNOR OF JOLO SEEKS POLICE ASSISTANCE; GRATEFUL [...] (C) Summary: The Governor of the southern island of Jolo - where Philippine Armed Forces track high-value terrorists with direct assistance from U.S. Special Forces - expressed deep appreciation for USG development and military assistance, which he said is helping rejuvenate the remote isla [...]	2008-01-23 10:09:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER MOPS PINS RP
08MANILA1758	SCENESETTER FOR ADMIRAL BIRD'S VISIT TO THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Admiral Bird, welcome back to the Philippines! The U.S. 7th Fleet is an important player in our interagency engagement to promote U.S. interests in the Philippines. The Philippine Armed Forces continue to score successes against terrorists in the southern Philippines, even a [...]	2008-07-23 08:18:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PINS PREL RP
08MANILA1779	PHILIPPINE NATIONALS DEPORTED FROM MALAYSIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The southern Philippines is bracing for a massive influx of deported Filipinos following the Malaysian government's June 25 announcement of an immigration crackdown against undocumented foreign workers in Sabah, East Malaysia. Hundreds of thousands of Filipinos, many of whom hai [...]	2008-07-25 08:31:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS KISL MY RP
08MANILA1788	PRESIDENT FOCUSES ON ECONOMY IN STATE OF THE [...] (U) In her penultimate State of the Nation Address (SONA),Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo highlighted her administration's efforts to improve the country's economy and help the poor cope with rising food and fuel costs. The President called for legislation to implement a peace a [...]	2008-07-28 11:46:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS PINR SOCI PTER ECON KPAO ASEC
08MANILA1837	AMBASSADOR, NATIONAL POLICE CHIEF DISCUSS HUMAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Over a July 31 working breakfast with Philippine National Police (PNP) Director, Gen. Avelino "Sonny" Razon, Ambassador discussed extrajudicial killings (EJKs),the peace process in the southern Philippines, and the challenges that lie ahead for the Philippines' police force. R [...]	2008-08-01 08:08:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PREL PTER RP SNAR
08MANILA1860	ALL DETERMINED TO MOVE PEACE PROCESS FORWARD AFTER [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador encouraged Philippine, Malaysian, and NGO leaders, gathered in Kuala Lumpur for the signing of a key agreement with Philippine Muslim insurgents, to keep the peace process moving forward after the Philippine Supreme Court temporarily halted the formal signing. Overc [...]	2008-08-05 12:35:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS KISL RP
08MANILA1930	FIRST EVER AUTOMATED ARMM ELECTIONS PEACEFUL, [...] (C) SUMMARY. Thanks to new automated voting procedures, the regional elections in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) August 11 turned out more peaceful, clean, and efficient than previous polls and an estimated 60 percent of the 1.5 million registered voters turned out to cast thei [...]	2008-08-12 09:13:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER MOPS PINS PGOV PHUM RP
08MANILA1958	SCENESETTER FOR LTG MAPLES VISIT TO THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Welcome to the Philippines! You are coming to the Philippines at an important time. With U.S. support, the Armed Forces of the Philippines continues to score successes against terrorists in the southern Philippines, even as it reforms itself and controls extrajudicial killings. [...]	2008-08-15 10:23:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PINS PREL PTER RP
08MANILA1960	SCENESETTER FOR LTG MAPLES VISIT TO THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Welcome to the Philippines! You are coming to the Philippines at an important time. With U.S. support, the Armed Forces of the Philippines continues to score successes against terrorists in the southern Philippines, even as it reforms itself and controls extrajudicial killings. [...]	2008-08-15 10:56:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PINS PREL PTER RP
08MANILA2202	SCENESETTER FOR ADMIRAL KEATING'S VISIT TO THE [...] (C) Admiral Keating, welcome back to the Philippines! You are returning at a challenging time. The situation in central Mindanao remains tense but controlled. The Philippine armed forces (AFP) continue a targeted search for Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) commanders who carried out sava [...]	2008-09-23 09:36:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PINS PREL PTER RP
08MANILA2355	SCENESETTER FOR BG CROWE'S VISIT TO THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Welcome to the Philippines! You are coming to the Philippines at an important time. Our bilateral engagement remains strong with the Talon Vision/PHIBLEX exercise ongoing during your visit. With U.S. support, the Armed Forces of the Philippines continues to score successes again [...]	2008-10-17 09:59:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PINS PREL PTER RP
08MANILA238	PRESIDENT ARROYO REVISES MILF PEACE PROPOSAL AS [...] (C) Summary: In hopes of resuming peace talks with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, the Philippine government has prepared a revised draft territorial agreement that omits references to the issue of governance -- references to which the MILF had strenuously objected. The proposal will be [...]	2008-01-29 09:01:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS KISL RP
08MANILA2455	KEY FIGURE IN ALLEGED CAMPAIGN FUND DIVERSION [...] (C) SUMMARY: The debate over President Arroyo's 2004 election win was revived again with the return to Manila October 28 of a former Philippine government official accused of diverting more than $15 million in Philippine agricultural subsidies to President Arroyo's political war chest and over [...]	2008-10-31 05:33:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PREL PGOV RP
08MANILA2523	YOUR DISCUSSIONS WITH GENERAL YANO AT CHOD [...] (S) Admiral Keating, in advance of your meeting with Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief of staff General Alexander Yano at the Chiefs of Defense conference, I wanted to give you a quick update on the situation in the Philippines and some key areas where I believe the strong relationsh [...]	2008-11-06 09:19:00	Embassy Manila	SECRET	MARR MOPS PINS PREL PTER RP
08MANILA2596	SCENESETTER FOR LTG FRASER'S VISIT TO THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Welcome to the Philippines! You are coming to the Philippines at an important time. Our bilateral engagement remains strong with the Talon Vision/PHIBLEX exercise having recently concluded and planning for Balikatan 2009 in full swing. With U.S. assistance, the Philippine milit [...]	2008-11-25 05:59:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PINS PREL PTER RP
08MANILA2626	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL PRICE'S VISIT TO THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy warmly welcomes CODEL Price to the Philippines! The relationship and spirit of partnership between the United States and the Philippines are strong. U.S. interests in this major non-NATO ally center on strengthening democracy, fostering economic growth, fighting terro [...]	2008-11-28 10:10:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PGOV PINS PREL RP CH VM
08MANILA2655	YOUR DISCUSSIONS WITH PHILIPPINE NAVY CHIEF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Admiral Roughead, greetings from Manila! In advance of your meeting with Philippine Navy Chief Admiral Ferdinand Golez, I wanted to update you on some of the key issues we are working here in the Philippines regarding their Navy and the Philippine Armed Forces. Recently, I hoste [...]	2008-12-05 04:15:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PINS PREL PTER RP
08MANILA285	SCENESETTER FOR ADMIRAL OLSON'S VISIT TO THE [...] (SBU) Summary: Admiral Olson, welcome to the Philippines! You are coming to the Philippines at an important time. With U.S. support, the Armed Forces of the Philippines are targeting terrorists on islands in the southern Philippines, while supporting the government's efforts to make peace [...]	2008-02-01 03:40:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PINS PREL PTER RP
08MANILA360	EMBASSY WORKING VARIOUS FRONTS TO KEEP BALIKATAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: With the U.S.-Philippine Balikatan joint military exercise set to begin February 18, all Embassy elements, to include JSOTF-P personnel, have been moving aggressively to counter negative publicity by a vocal minority of political and social leaders, who in recent weeks have soug [...]	2008-02-11 10:04:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PINS PTER RP
08MANILA426	POSSIBLE REMAINS OF TERRORIST DULMATIN RECOVERED [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Philippine Armed Forces recovered a cadaver February 18 that was reported by informants to be the remains of Jemaah Islamiyah leader and Bali bombing mastermind Dulmatin, one of the most wanted terrorists in the Philippines, with up to a $10 million reward under the Rewards [...]	2008-02-19 09:36:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS MOPS PINS PTER RP
08MANILA443	SCENESETTER FOR ADMIRAL KEATING'S VISIT TO THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Admiral, welcome back to the Philippines! You will find the political atmosphere in the usual state of ferment, with President Arroyo still in firm control, in part due to continued strong economic growth. We have been working hard to counter the efforts of a vocal minority to [...]	2008-02-21 04:50:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PINS PREL PTER RP
08MANILA463	SCENESETTER FOR LTG MIXON'S VISIT TO THE [...] (SBU) Summary: LTG Mixon, welcome to the Philippines! You are coming to the Philippines at an important time. With U.S. support, the Armed Forces of the Philippines are targeting terrorists on islands in the southern Philippines, while supporting the government's efforts to make peace with [...]	2008-02-22 08:50:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PINS PREL PTER RP
08MANILA518	GUARDED PROGRESS FOR MINDANAO PEACE PROCESS [...] (C) Summary: Philippine government Peace Panel Chairman Rudy Garcia told us February 25 that the government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front had reached an agreement in principle on the territory to be encompassed by a new Muslim political entity, and work on governance and ownership of [...]	2008-02-29 07:54:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS KISL RP
08MANILA592	SCENESETTER FOR BG TOOLAN'S VISIT TO THE [...] (SBU) Summary: Brigadier General Toolan, welcome back to the Philippines! You will find the political atmosphere in the usual state of ferment, with President Arroyo still in firm control, in part due to continued strong economic growth. U.S. and Philippine military personnel just concluded [...]	2008-03-07 09:03:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PINS PREL PTER RP
08MANILA691	DCM'S VISIT TO STRATEGIC PALAWAN PROFILES RANGE OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The DCM's March 3-4 visit to Palawan, a island province stretching to Malaysia, showcased a wide range of U.S. activities, including construction of a new schoolhouse by U.S. and Philippine militaries on a remote island prone to terrorist recruitment; Peace Corps engagement; U [...]	2008-03-17 08:56:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PINS PTER RP
08MANILA893	HURDLES OVERCOME IN BALIKATAN 2008, CHALLENGES [...] (C) SUMMARY: This year's Balikatan U.S.-Philippine joint annual military exercise was a solid success but was not without controversy, as insufficient public affairs coordination on the part of Philippine authorities led some local leaders, principally in central Mindanao, to complain that the [...]	2008-04-15 02:26:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PINS PTER RP
08MANILA899	PHILIPPINE ANTITERROR SUCCESSES CONTINUE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Philippine authorities, with U.S. assistance, arrested or killed eight significant terrorists since January. These operations demonstrated enhanced synergies between security and intelligence forces, increased sophistication, and effective avoidance of collateral damage. In r [...]	2008-04-15 09:26:00	Embassy Manila	SECRET	PTER MOPS PINS KJUS RP
08MANILA912	KEY PEACE DOCUMENT UNDER LEGAL REVIEW [...] (C) Summary: Peace talks between the Philippine government and Moro Islamic Liberation Front insurgents are expected to resume after government legal experts finish reviewing a key draft agreement. The legal review is currently focused on contentious issues related to governance, political [...]	2008-04-16 08:31:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS KISL RP
08MASERU172	LESOTHO: GOL LINKS ATTACKS TO DEFUNCT INSURGENCY [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 10, the Lesotho Mounted Police Service (LMPS) held a "security briefing" for GOL officials, the diplomatic corps, and local press to display items recovered over the last year associated with various anti-government attacks (reftels A and B),including automatic weapons an [...]	2008-06-10 15:52:00	Embassy Maseru	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS ASEC LT
08MASERU317	MASERU: F-77 REPORTER DESIGNATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-22 12:03:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC KFLO PINS LT
08MEXICO1810	MEXICO AND CHINA AGREE ON PHASED LOWERING OF [...] (U) Mexico and China avoided a serious trade impasse by reaching an agreement on a transitioned approach to eliminating and/or reducing Mexican anti-dumping (AD) duties on a wide range of Chinese manufactured imports. Assuming the deal is approved by the Mexican Senate (as expected),Mexico w [...]	2008-06-12 20:06:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV KTEX PINS MX CH
08MEXICO520	INTERNATIONAL NOTIFICATION OF U.S. SATELLITE [...] ESTCOUNS presented the demarche in reftel to Yuriria Guadalupe GARCIA Nunez, Director of Multilateral Affairs, Africa and the Middle East in the Mexican Foreign Ministry (SRE). Garcia mentioned that Director-General for Science and Technology Maximo ROMERO Jimenez (who is traveling) had info [...]	2008-02-22 16:28:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIA PREL PARM PNAT PINS TSPA TPHY CDG PUOS

08MINSK118	SATELLITE DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO BELARUS [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-15 16:06:00	Embassy Minsk	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PNAT KTIA PINS TSPA TPHY ESA CDG
08MINSK127	NOTIFICATION OF SATELLITE ENGAGEMENT PASSED TO BELARUS [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-21 17:02:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PARM PNAT PINS KTIA KSPA BO
08MONTERREY414	KIDNAPPINGS AND ORGANIZED CRIME CHALLENGE CIVIL SOCIETY [...] (C) Summary. Over the past few weeks, Conoffs have reached out to various players within Nuevo Leon civil society to gauge the effect that the increase in kidnappings since the beginning of the year has had on local institutions. In our conversations with military and police officials, ma [...]	2008-09-02 19:45:00	Consulate Monterrey	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PINS SNAR ASEC PGOV PHUM MX
08MONTERREY458	OCTOBER 12 AMCONSULATE MONTERREY EAC MEETING [...] (SBU) The evening of October 12 post's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) met to review secure posture and preparations in light of the gunshot/grenade attack on the Consulate building midnight October 11. While unknown assailants fired 6 to 10 shots at the building and threw a grenade (wh [...]	2008-10-14 18:27:00	Consulate Monterrey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC KCRM PINS SNAR MX
08MONTERREY459	OCTOBER 12 AMCONSULATE MONTERREY EAC MEETING [...] (SBU) The evening of October 12 post's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) met to review secure posture and preparations in light of the gunshot/grenade attack on the Consulate building midnight October 11. While unknown assailants fired 6 to 10 shots at the building and threw a grenade (wh [...]	2008-10-14 18:27:00	Consulate Monterrey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC KCRM PINS SNAR MX
08MONTERREY468	OCTOBER 16 AMCONSULATE MONTERREY EAC MEETING [...] (SBU) At approximately 11:36 a.m. October 16, a series of 7 to 8 gunshots, in two bursts, were heard near the Consulate. This gunfire comes in the wake of the weekend gunshot/grenade attack on the Consulate by assailants unknown (see reftel). Upon hearing the gunshots, Post Acting RSO i [...]	2008-10-17 01:28:00	Consulate Monterrey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC KCRM PINS SNAR MX
08MONTERREY475	OCTOBER 20 AMCONSULATE MONTERREY EAC MEETING [...] (SBU) AmConsulate Monterrey's Emergency Action Committee met again on October 20 at 1600 in the Consulate building, and was attended by the CG, Acting RSO, Cons, Econ/Pol, PA, MGT, GSO, CLO, FCS, ACS, Embassy RSO, DHS, DEA, FBI, ATF, and OIG (TDY). Participants agreed on the need to remai [...]	2008-10-22 20:19:00	Consulate Monterrey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC KCRM PINS SNAR MX
08MONTERREY493	AMCONSULATE MONTERREY 'ELECTION NIGHT' EAC MEETING [...] (SBU) AmConsulate Monterrey's Emergency Action Committee met again on October 29 at 1100 in the Consulate building, and the meeting was attended by the CG, Acting RSO, Cons, Econ/Pol, PA, MGT, GSO, CLO, FCS, FAS, DHS, DEA, ATF, and OIG (TDY). Participants agreed on the need to remain on hi [...]	2008-10-31 19:22:00	Consulate Monterrey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC KCRM CASC SNAR PINS MX
08MONTERREY519	NOVEMBER 25 EAC AMCONSULATE MONTEREY [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-26 19:26:00	Consulate Monterrey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC KCRM PINS SNAR MX CASC
08MONTEVIDEO535	BRAZILIAN DEFENSE MINISTER BRIEFS MERCOSUR [...] (U) This telegram is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. - - - - Summary - - - - 2. (U) Brazilian Defense Minister Nelson Jobim outlined Brazil's vision for a South American Defense Council (CODESUR) for Mercosur's parliament September 16 in Montevideo. CODE [...]	2008-09-18 18:26:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MOPS MCAP PINS UY
08MOSCOW1200	ZIMBABWE DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GOR FAVORS HANDS OFF [...] (C) Summary: The MFA told us Russia's "usual position" of noninterference in the internal matters of sovereign states applied in the case of Zimbabwe and that only the South African Development Community could legitimately engage on the results of the recent elections. MFA officials said the [...]	2008-04-30 03:31:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PHUM PINS PREL
08MOSCOW1302	DEMARCHES DELIVERED: RUSSIAN COOPERATION ON [...] (C) We delivered reftel demarches to MFA Afghanistan Desk Chief Yuri Khokhlov on May 8, emphasizing the U.S. desire to cooperate with Russia on counter-narcotics, counter-terrorism and military equipment assistance to Afghanistan. Khokhlov agreed that the U.S. and Russia shared similar goals w [...]	2008-05-08 14:24:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN MARR MASS MCAP OSCE PGOV PINS
08MOSCOW1320	RUSSIA'S ELITIST VICTORY DAY CELEBRATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Russia on May 9 celebrated the sixty-third anniversary of the end of World War II with a parade on Red Square that featured approximately 8,000 soldiers and 100 military vehicles. For the first time since 1990, the parade showcased military hardware such as empty ballistic miss [...]	2008-05-13 03:38:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP PGOV PINS PREL PROP
08MOSCOW1334	RUSSO-BELARUSIAN POLITICAL-MILITARY RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary: In an April 30 visit to Belarus, Minister of Defense (MOD) Anatoliy Serdyukov met with MOD Leonid Maltsev and proclaimed that close ties between the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) members were more important than ever before because of the threat posed by NATO enl [...]	2008-05-13 13:35:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MCAP PBTS PGOV PINS PREL MASS
08MOSCOW1487	AFGHAN FM VISITS MOSCOW, DIPNOTE REGARDING TRANSPORT OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Afghan FM Spanta's May 26 visit to Moscow focused on expanding cooperation on economic and counter narcotics issues, without making progress on the Russian proposal to provide military assistance to Afghanistan. On May 21 Moscow DAO received a diplomatic note from the MOD regard [...]	2008-05-27 14:20:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MASS MOPS PGOV PINS PREL ELTN AF RS
08MOSCOW1500	RUSSIA REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF THE LIBERTAD [...] (U) Summary. In response to Department request for information contributing to a country review for Title III suspension of the Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act, GOR support for the development of democracy in Cuba has been marginal, and Russia's economic relations with C [...]	2008-05-28 13:40:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP PGOV PINS PREL PROP
08MOSCOW1599	PRESIDENT MEDVEDEV'S VISIT TO CHINA [...] (SBU) Summary. President Medvedev's visit to China on May 23-24 is seen as confirmation of Russia's desire to project a new foreign policy focus towards other major partners, such as China. At the same time, Putin's visit to Paris (septel) and Medvedev's upcoming trip to Berlin ensure that Russ [...]	2008-06-05 11:19:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP PGOV PINS PREL PROP
08MOSCOW2263	MFA EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR AFGHAN RECONSTRUCTION [...] (C) Summary: In a July 30 meeting, MFA Afghanistan Deputy Director Khokhlov noted his office's support for two OSCE border guard initiatives, suggesting that GOR reservations were driven more by its broader unhappiness with the OSCE. Khokhlov undertook to make another bureaucratic push for the [...]	2008-08-04 15:54:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PREL MARR MCAP MASS RS AF OSCE
08MOSCOW2343	Russian TV paints Georgia-US plot in South Ossetia [...] (SBU) Summary: Russian broadcast coverage of the events in South Ossetia has placed the onus of the conflict on Georgia. We have noticed signs that some broadcast and electronic media outlets are distorting coverage to suggest that the conflict is part of a U.S./NATO plot against Russia. Broa [...]	2008-08-11 13:11:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PBTS PINR PINS PNAT PREL GG RS
08MOSCOW2366	(SBU) TFGG01: Russian media continues to push anti-U.S., [...] (SBU) Summary: In a tone reminiscent of the early 20th century "yellow press", Russian media continues its nonstop coverage of the South Ossetian-Georgian conflict, through the prism of Georgian violence against South Ossetians. The major themes focus on foreign, particularly U.S., involvement [...]	2008-08-13 03:07:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PBTS PINR PINS PNAT PREL GG RS
08MOSCOW2383	TFGG01 Russian media on ceasefire and U.S. interference in [...] (SBU) Summary: The Russian media treated the ceasefire with Georgia as a Russian victory that sent a message of strength to Georgia and the West, but noted that the conflict was far from settled. Broadcast images of shelled homes and weeping victims underlined the human costs of the conflict. [...]	2008-08-13 13:54:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PBTS PINR PINS PNAT PREL GG RS
08MOSCOW2407	TFGG01: Russian Media on Humanitarian Situation, Regional [...] (SBU) Summary: The conflict in South Ossetia remained a front-page, top-of the news hour topic for Russian media, but the focus shifted from breaking events to refugees and humanitarian needs, and the long-term regional and geopolitical implications. In contrast to CNN's images of tanks and R [...]	2008-08-14 13:24:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PBTS PINR PINS PNAT PREL GG RS
08MOSCOW2408	TFGG01: UNION OF SOLDIERS' MOTHERS SAYS GOR SHOULD [...] (C) Valentina Melnikova of the Moscow Union of Soldiers' Mothers Committee told us August 14 that her organization's only criticism of Russia's conduct on the South Ossetia conflict is that it waited too long to help the peacekeepers. She said the GOR should have intervened in South Ossetia w [...]	2008-08-14 14:09:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINS MOPS GG RS
08MOSCOW2413	TFGG01: IS THE KREMLIN REALLY LOSING THE [...] (C) Summary: Russian media seems as concerned about Western press coverage of the events in South Ossetia as it is by the conflict itself. Pro-Kremlin pundits and Russian officials alike have lashed out at CNN and other media sources, criticizing their bias, but other Russian voices have no [...]	2008-08-14 15:32:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PINR PINS PNAT PREL GG RS
08MOSCOW2416	IS THE KREMLIN REALLY LOSING THE INFORMATION WAR? [...] (C) Summary: Russian media seems as concerned about Western press coverage of the events in South Ossetia as it is by the conflict itself. Pro-Kremlin pundits and Russian officials alike have lashed out at CNN and other media sources, criticizing their bias, but other Russian voices have no [...]	2008-08-15 02:50:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PINR PINS PNAT PREL GG RS
08MOSCOW2428	TFGG01: Russian media declares war over - now what? [...] (SBU) Summary: The Russian media decreased its coverage of the South Ossetian conflict, shifting the focus to a post-game analysis of the war. Many media reports examined the future of U.S.-Russian relations after the conflict, responding to statements by President Bush and other senior USG o [...]	2008-08-15 11:36:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PBTS PINR PINS PNAT PREL GG RS
08MOSCOW2497	TFGG01: Russian media focuses on American hostility toward [...] (SBU) Summary: In the week since the signing of the six-point agreement, the Russian media concentrated largely on the conflict's aftermath, U.S. antagonism towards Russia, the division in Europe over how to deal with Moscow, and continued Western media bias. Outrageous characterizations of Sa [...]	2008-08-21 11:40:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PBTS PINR PINS PNAT PREL GG RS
08MOSCOW2961	WMD COMMISSION'S MEETING WITH RUSSIAN [...] (C) Summary: The Commission on the Prevention of WMD Proliferation and Terrorism (WMD Commission),chaired by former Senator Bob Graham, met with Russian Special Envoy on Counterterrorism Anatoliy Safonov September 25. The Commissioners focused their questions on bioterrorism and the security [...]	2008-10-06 12:34:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL OVIP PINS PARM RS
08MOSCOW482	RUSSIA NOTIFIED OF U.S SATELLITE ENGAGEMENT [...] (SBU) DCM delivered notification of U.S. satellite engagement to MFA North America Department Director Igor Neverov. He was appreciative of the information in advance of DoD's planned press conference. BURNS [...]	2008-02-22 08:04:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PARM PNAT KTIA PINS TSPA TPHY ESA CDG POUS
08MOSCOW520	ENCOURAGING RUSSIAN ASSISTANCE TO AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary: Russia is ready to do more to assist in stabilizing and rebuilding Afghanistan - a key area of overlapping Russian, U.S. and NATO interests. Absent concerted U.S. effort, however, Russian attempts to constructively engage with the Karzai government likely will continue to founde [...]	2008-02-26 15:17:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MCAP PGOV PINS PREL MASS RU AF
08MOSCOW833	RUSSIA-UZBEKISTAN RELATIONSHIP COMPLEX BUT GROWING [...] (C) Summary: In the wake of Karimov's February visit, MFA officials and outside experts agree that Uzbekistan remains a priority, if difficult, partner for Russia. MFA officials stress Russia does not oppose the U.S. use of the Termez airbase in Uzbekistan, given the shared goal of a stable [...]	2008-03-27 04:38:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EIND ENRG EPET ETRD MARR MASS PGOV PINS PREL
08MOSCOW965	GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM: RUSSIAN [...] (SBU) On April 8, we delivered reftel inquiries regarding the Estonian Prime Minister's idea to draft a three-way editorial on the importance of international cooperation to combat nuclear proliferation to Senior Counselor Vladimir Prokhorov, MFA Department on New Challenges and Threats. Pro [...]	2008-04-08 13:13:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PINR PINS PARM PREL ET RS
08MUMBAI40	REGIONAL LEADER RAJ THACKERAY TARGETS NORTH INDIANS AND [...] (U) Summary: Irresponsible statements by Abu Asim Azmi of the Samajwadi Party (SP) and inflammatory responses by Raj Thackeray, the founder of Maharashtra Nav Nirman Sena (MNS),resulted in minor violence against several North Indian migrants in Mumbai on February 3 and 4. Media pundits were [...]	2008-02-06 11:45:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PINS PGOV PINR IN
08NAHA132	POTENTIAL FORUM SHOPPING: OKINAWA GOVERNOR'S VISIT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: Okinawa's Prefectural Governor is planning to visit Washington D.C. between January 7-11 and again in May or June of 2009 to seek meetings with USG officials. He intends to ask for changes to bilaterally-agreed base realignment plans for Okinawa, the return of [...]	2008-12-11 08:32:00	Consulate Naha	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL JA PINS PGOV
08NAHA25	APPEASEMENT STRATEGY BEHIND REPUTED FRF ENVIRONMENTAL [...] (C) Summary: At the March 6 meeting of the Alliance Transformation Agreement Working Group for Okinawa, GOJ representatives raised the possibility that environmental procedures related to the landfill portions of the replacement facility for Marine Corps Air Station Futenma would be extended [...]	2008-03-11 08:47:00	Consulate Naha	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PGOV PINS JA
08NAHA43	CONSERVATIVES MAY LOSE MAJORITY IN OKINAWA PREFECTURAL [...] (C) Summary: Our local political contacts echo private media views that the balance of power in the Okinawa Prefectural Assembly (OPA) may shift from the conservatives to the opposition reformists in the upcoming June 8 election. Although most of the five parties who comprise the reformist gr [...]	2008-06-03 05:44:00	Consulate Naha	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PGOV PINS JA
08NAHA64	OKINAWA GOVERNOR'S VISIT TO WASHINGTON: POTENTIAL FORUM [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: Okinawa's Prefectural Governor may be planning to visit Washington D.C. this fall to seek meetings with USG officials and to ask for changes to bilaterally-agreed base realignment plans for Okinawa and revisions to the U.S.-Japan SOFA. The USG position is to r [...]	2008-08-05 10:14:00	Consulate Naha	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PGOV PINS JA
08NAHA65	OKINAWA GOVERNOR'S VISIT TO WASHINGTON: POTENTIAL FORUM [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: Okinawa's Prefectural Governor may be planning to visit Washington D.C. this fall to seek meetings with USG officials and to ask for changes to bilaterally-agreed base realignment plans for Okinawa and revisions to the U.S.-Japan SOFA. The USG position is to r [...]	2008-08-08 02:37:00	Consulate Naha	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PGOV PINS JA
08NAIROBI1880	Somalia - New Rumors of Ethopian Withdrawal [...] (C) On July 31, President Abdullahi Yusuf told Special Envoy for Somalia John Yates he suspected Ethiopia was preparing to withdraw its troops soon. According to Yusuf, Ethiopian troops, possibly as many as forty truckloads, left their bases at the former pasta factory and football stadium in [...]	2008-08-01 05:44:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID PINS SO
08NAIROBI1885	SOMALIA - PM HUSSEIN ATTEMPTS TO OUST MOGADISHU'S [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein issued a public recommendation to remove Banaadir governor and Mogadishu mayor Muhammad Umar Habeb, aka Mohammad Dheere, on July 29. President Yusuf, who rejected the maneuver as illegal, told us the Prime Minister didn't consult the President [...]	2008-08-01 12:10:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID PINS SO
08NAIROBI1886	SOMALIA - UNEASINESS AT PRESIDENCY [...] (C) SUMMARY: A series of telephone calls from President Yusuf, reinforced by multifarious other reports and rumors July 31, suggest a shaken Villa Somalia unnerved by and uncertain of Ethiopian intentions. The ongoing rift between Yusuf and Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein, with the latter [...]	2008-08-01 12:29:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET	PGOV PREL EAID PINS SO
08NAIROBI1906	SOMALIA - A POLITICAL STALEMATE [...] (C) Days after several ministers supporting President Abdulahi Yusuf resigned in protest from Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein's cabinet (reftels A and B),our contacts tell us the political fight between the Prime Minister and President Yusuf has evolved into a resentful, but less bellicose [...]	2008-08-06 14:18:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID PINS SO
08NAIROBI1958	SOMALIA - PARLIAMENT MOVES TO UNSEAT PRIME MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY. On August 12, Somalia's Transitional Federal Parliament submitted a petition to the Speaker to table a motion of no confidence against Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein. Although this motion has been in the works for weeks, it gained momentum as a result of high level pressure [...]	2008-08-14 10:48:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID PINS SO
08NAIROBI2021	SOMALIA - PIRACY SPIKES, COALITION NAVIES BEGIN [...] (S/REL CMFC) Summary: U.S. Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT) has assigned an international task force of warships to patrol the Gulf of Aden after five commercial vessels were attacked off Somalia's coast since August 19, resulting in three hijackings within the last 24 hours. NAVCENT w [...]	2008-08-22 13:16:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET	PGOV PREL EAID PINS SO
08NAIROBI2032	Somalia - Clan Militias Battle to Control Kismayo [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 22, a loose coalition of clan militias, cooperating with remnants of the former Islamic Courts Union (ICU) and some al-Shabaab elements drove warlord and Member of Parliament Barre "Hirale" out of Kismayo, southern Somalia's major port city. Upwards of 100 fighters a [...]	2008-08-26 14:36:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM SO
08NAIROBI2053	SOMALIA - President and Prime Minister Face Hostile [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After signing an August 26 agreement in Addis Ababa to reconcile internal political conflicts, President Yusuf and Prime Minister Hassan Hussein returned to Baidoa to brief parliament on the accord. While the two senior officials convinced their respective camps to support the [...]	2008-09-02 11:58:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM SO
08NAIROBI2061	SOMALIA - Leahy Vetting Request for Interdicting Terrorist [...] Post requests Department's assistance in screening the following members of the Somali security forces nominated to participate in a USG-sponsored Interdicting Terrorist Activities Course from September 22 to October 3, 2008 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assi [...]	2008-09-03 15:59:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM SO
08NAIROBI2174	TERRORISM CONVICTION OVERTURNED, SUSPECT RELEASED [...] (U) According to multiple news reports, Omar Said Omar, the only suspect convicted of a crime in connection with the 2002 attacks on an Israeli owned hotel and airliner near Mombasa, Kenya, was released from prison today after his conviction was overturned by the High Court of Kenya. In 2005 [...]	2008-09-17 04:38:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM KE PINS PTER
08NAIROBI2225	Somalia: Atmospherics During Somalia Program in Kenya [...] (C) Summary: The Somalia Unit, including the embedded Military Information Support Team (MIST),conducted a Youth Enrichment Program (YEP) from August 25-29, 2008 in Mandera, on the Kenya-Somalia border (reftel). While the program was an unqualified success in changing negative attitudes towa [...]	2008-09-22 09:04:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID PINS SO
08NAIROBI2231	SOMALIA - PUNTLAND RESPONSE TO A/S FRAZER'S PIRACY [...] Post forwarded A/S Frazer's reftel letter urging more be done on piracy to Mohamed Muse Hersi, President of Somalia's semi-autonomous Puntland region. Hersi's response follows in paragraph 3. 2. Separately, poloff shared A/S Frazer's letter with Ali Abdi Aware, Puntland's foreign relatio [...]	2008-09-22 13:50:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EWWT FR PGOV PINS PREL SO
08NAIROBI2232	Somalia - Internationals and Somalis Meet on Humanitarian, [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-22 14:07:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM EWWT SO
08NAIROBI2233	Somalia - No Cease Fire in Joint Communique [...] From October 17-21 Transitional Federal Government and Alliance for the Re-Liberation of Somalia joint High Level and Security committees met in Djibouti to advance implementation of June 9 peace agreement. At the conclusion of the meetings, the parties issued a communique, the text of which [...]	2008-09-22 14:14:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM EAID EWWT SO
08NAIROBI2257	Somalia: Border Security Near Mandera, Kenya [...] (C) Summary: Members of the Somalia Unit spent nearly ten days on the Kenya-Somalia border in late August 2008. Although the border remains officially closed, we experienced first-hand the border security challenges Kenya has with Somalia. We also heard several anecdotes demonstrating the por [...]	2008-09-25 11:50:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID PINS SO
08NAIROBI2334	NGOs and USG Discuss Civil-Military Relations in the [...] On July 15, USEmbassy Nairobi jointly with the NGO umbrella organization InterAction and the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa held a one-day conference in Nairobi to discuss the evolving civil-military cooperation framework -- also known as Diplomacy, Development, and Defense (3D) -- in [...]	2008-10-10 12:14:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS EAID PINS SOCI KE XA
08NAIROBI2369	SOMALIA - JOINT SECURITY COMMITTEE TRAINING IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. The joint TFG-ARS Joint Security Committee (JSC) is participating in a conflict management workshop in South Africa from October 11-17. The training session was organized by the UN Political Office for Somalia (UNPOS) to prepare the JSC members for the next round of meetings of t [...]	2008-10-15 15:45:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID PINS SO
08NAIROBI2519	SOMALIA - PUNTLAND AND SOMALILAND TERROR ATTACKS [...] (SBU) Summary: The final number of casulties from the October 29 suicide car bombs in northern Somalia's Somaliland and Puntland regions have not yet been confirmed. In Hargeisa, the capital of Somaliland, reportedly three car bombs killed 29 and injured scores more. In Bossaso, Puntland's [...]	2008-10-30 15:00:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV PREL CASC SO PINS
08NAIROBI2527	SOMALIA: PUNTLAND, SOMALILAND TERROR ATTACKS [...] (C) Summary: Security remained tight in Somaliland October 31 following the October 29 suicide bombings (reftels). A curfew remained in place, the land borders remained closed, and security was enhanced at key buildings in the capital, Hargeisa. Somaliland authorities report some progress in [...]	2008-10-31 12:30:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL CASC SO PINS
08NAIROBI2552	SOMALIA - PRESIDENT YUSUF AND AMBASSADOR DISCUSS [...] (SBU) Summary: At a meeting with the Ambassador on the eve of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development's Somalia Summit (ref a),Transitional Federal Government (TFG) President Abdullahi Yusuf welcomed, and pledged support for the Djibouti Agreement's cease-fire and unity government de [...]	2008-11-05 00:41:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID PINS SO
08NAIROBI2562	SOMALIA - REACTION TO OBAMA WIN [...] Somali contacts expressed deep admiration for the United States in the aftermath of the November 5 U.S. election. A wide range of Somalia Unit contacts called and wrote to congratulate the United States on a peaceful and historic election. Contacts' comments ranged from statements of esteem [...]	2008-11-10 15:03:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KPAO PINS SO
08NAIROBI2564	SOMALIA - CARE CONTINUES TO NEGOTIATE WITH [...] (SBU) Summary. Negotiations continue between al-Shabaab spokesman Mukhtar Robow and humanitarian relief organization CARE over whether CARE can continue to feed one million people in southern and central Somalia. In October, Robow told CARE to leave Somalia or face attack (reftel). CARE sa [...]	2008-11-10 17:13:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PGOV PINS PREL SO
08NAIROBI2602	SOMALIA - ARS LEADERS READY FOR RADICAL CHANGE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Leaders of the Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia (ARS) seek to consolidate support from their recent mission in Somalia and are committed to the Djibouti Process and a unity government, even as internal strife threatens to implode the Transitional Federal Government (TFG [...]	2008-11-17 13:46:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS SO
08NAIROBI2612	SOMALIA - SUPERTANKER HIJACKED; BRITS TURN 8 [...] (S) Summary: On November 15, Somali pirates hijacked their largest ship yet, the crude oil supertanker Sirius Star, and have anchored it off Hobyo, Somalia, a known Indian Ocean pirate base. So far this year, Somalia pirates have captured and ransomed 38 ships. Separately, on November 18 [...]	2008-11-18 14:45:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET	EWWT PREL PINS PGOV SO
08NAIROBI2661	SOMALIA - UN DETAILS PIRACY CONFERENCE PLANS [...] Summary: The UN's Somalia political office on November 25 outlined its plans for a Nairobi conference on Somali piracy December 10-11. The UN has invited high level representation from over 50 countries (including the United States, previously forward via separate email) and international o [...]	2008-11-26 04:03:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT PREL PINS PGOV SO
08NAIROBI2776	SOMALIA - PRESIDENT'S ATTEMPT TO SACK PM FOILED BY [...] (SBU) Summary. Transitional Federal Government (TFG) President Abdullahi Yusuf's effort to fire the Prime Minister on December 14 has triggered a backlash from the transitional Parliament in Baidoa where, on December 15, a reported 143 parliamentarians passed a vote of confidence in the Prime [...]	2008-12-15 13:56:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT PREL PINS PGOV SO
08NAIROBI2779	SOMALIA - KENYANS WILL JOIN PIRACY CONTACT GROUP [...] (C/Rel KE) We shared reftel A points and non-paper with MFA Director of Political Affairs Ambassador Benson Ogutu, Americas Desk Head Ambassador Binsai Chepsongol, and International Organizations and Conferences Head Anthony Andanje. Andanje responded that the Kenyans will join the Contact G [...]	2008-12-15 15:36:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT PREL PINS PGOV SO
08NDJAMENA57	CHAD: NO STRONG VIEWS ON LIBYAN TSCTP MEMBERSHIP [...] (U) DCM raised the question of Libyan membership in the Trans-Sahara Counterterrorism Partnership (TSCTP) December 28 with Youssef Saleh Abbas, the President's International Relations Advisor. Abbas said that he didn't see any problems in principle, and suggested that this was an item which t [...]	2008-01-29 07:05:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINR PINS PREL PTER CD
08NDJAMENA598	CHAD: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR IMET TRAINING [...] A search of Embassy biographic and human rights files found no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights as of this date by the following individuals nominated for IMET training. 2. For training in ACSS Next Generation Leadership Course, of Jan - Feb 09: LTC Kasto Douri, Jan 1 [...]	2008-12-23 15:04:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM ASEC MASS MOPS PREL PINR PINS CD
08NDJAMENA64	CHAD REBEL INCURSION MOVES WESTWARD [...] (SBU) Summary: Chad rebels have moved across the border, bypassed Abeche and are reported to be holding in the Am Dam area southwest of Abeche. There has been no major confrontation with the government, other than aerial bombing by the government on January 28th. The government has moved to f [...]	2008-01-30 17:52:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR CASC MOPS SU CD PINS ASEC
08NDJAMENA65	SITREP 1: CHAD REMAINS JITTERY AS REBELS ADVANCE [...] (SBU) As of 15:10, January 31, the U.S. Embassy is staffed with the following personnel: AMB, A/DCM, OMS, POL/ECON, CONS, IPC, PAO, FMS, FMO, GSO, RSO (2) and DAO, as well as selected locally engaged staff. All other personnel and eligible family members (EFMs) are at standfast at their respe [...]	2008-01-31 15:00:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR CASC MOPS SU CD PINS ASEC
08NDJAMENA66	SITREP 2: EVENING IN CHAD IS QUIET BUT ANXIETY [...] (SBU) As of 2200 local, January 31, the Mission moved to consolidate all official Americans due to continued concern of imminent rebel attacks on N'djamena. Embassy officials and eligible family members are consolidated in three locations: at the Embassy compound; the American school compound [...]	2008-01-31 20:52:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR CASC MOPS SU CD PINS ASEC
08NDJAMENA67	SITREP 3: MORNING STARTS CALM IN CHAD [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-01 08:15:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR CASC MOPS SU CD PINS ASEC
08NDJAMENA69	SITREP 4: CHAD SITUATION AT 1330 ON 1 FEBRUARY [...] (SBU) N'djamena is still tense but calm. Agence France Presse (AFP) reports that fighting has broken out near Massaguet, 60-90 miles NE of the capital. A few hundred Chadian riot police and various armored tanks have been seen moving about the city. Chadian military aircraft have left the air [...]	2008-02-01 12:13:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR CASC MOPS SU PINS ASEC CD
08NDJAMENA70	SITREP 5: FIGHTING ONGOING IN NDJAMENA [...] (SBU) Sounds of artillery fire and automatic weapons have been heard off-and-on beginning 0845 2 February in N'djemana. Fighting between elements of the Chadian military forces loyal to President Deby and rebel forces continue. The road in front of the presidential palace is closed. There is l [...]	2008-02-02 08:07:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR CASC MOPS SU PINS ASEC CD
08NEWDELHI103	DELHI DIARY, JAN 7-11 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for January 7-11, 2007, that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- India, Israeli Kick Off 2008 with High-Level Defense Talks -- India Remains Israel's Largest Defense Customer -- National Defense [...]	2008-01-11 13:10:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PREL PTER SCUL SNAR SOCI
08NEWDELHI144	VHP DEMANDS EXPULSION OF "FOREIGN" CHRISTIAN [...] (U) Vote bank politics, along with opposition to Christian missionary activity in the name of national security continue to percolate in the Indian media as Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leaders met Indian President Pratibha Patil on January 8. The VHP accused the Christian community of startin [...]	2008-01-15 14:00:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV KIRF SCUL PTER SNAR SOCI PINS IN
08NEWDELHI1998	DEMARCHE DELIVERED - INDIA LOOKS FORWARD TO [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered the information contained in ref A on July 21 to Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) directors for Disarmament and International Security Affairs (DISA) Gaddam Dharmendra and Amandeep Singh Gill. Dharmendra replied that India looks forward to fully participating in Globa [...]	2008-07-21 11:05:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL ID
08NEWDELHI2628	INDIA REITERATES INTEREST IN TAKING ACTIVE ROLE IN [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on September 29 to Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Director for Disramament and International Security (DISA) G. Dharmendra. Dharmendra made no immediate reply about whether India plans to participate in the Global Initiative (GI) Exercise Planning Gr [...]	2008-10-01 11:32:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC
08NEWDELHI739	INTERNAL MIGRATION POSES DAUNTING CHALLENGE FOR [...] (U) Summary: A skirmish last week in Parliament underscored a grave challenge facing India in the coming years: large internal migrations caused by the widening gap between successful states and failed states. This displacement of people has the potential for significant political, economic [...]	2008-03-11 11:05:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV PHUM PREL PREF PINR PINS PROP SOCI
08NEWDELHI790	DELHI DIARY, MARCH 10-14 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for March 10-14, 2008 that did not feature in our other reporting: -- The Spy Who Came in from the Cold Changes His Story -- CBI Has Nothing to Show for its Tytler Enquiry -- Supreme Court Avoids Meddling in Politics [...]	2008-03-14 13:32:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINR PINS PREF PHUM SMIG SOCI MOPS
08NIAMEY1179	Niger: 4th Anniversary of Pres. Tandja's 2nd Term; [...] Summary: Immediately after the festivities marking the 50th Anniversary of the Republic of Niger, the fourth anniversary of President Tandja's second term was celebrated on December 21. Traditionally a commemorative event, this year's celebration was transformed into a political rally, wherein [...]	2008-12-29 05:22:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINS SOCI NG
08NIAMEY277	NIGER: MOUVEMENT DES NIGERIENS POUR LA JUSTICE [...] On Sunday, March 9, 2008, the MNJ website reported on the release of "25 military prisoners, including the Prefet of Tanout." The website reports that the release of the hostages marks the first anniversary of the MNJ after more than a year of hostilities against the Government of Niger (GON [...]	2008-03-10 15:05:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PGOV MOPS NG LY
08NIAMEY310	NIGER: OPTIMISM ABOUT THE PROSPECT FOR PEACE [...] (C) Summary. On March 12, Ambassador Allen met with the Government of Niger (GON) High Commissioner for the Restoration of Peace, Mohamed Anacko, to discuss the Mouvement des Nigeriens pour la Justice (MNJ) release of 25 hostages (ref A) and whether it was an opening for the GON to negotiate [...]	2008-03-12 15:49:00	Embassy Niamey	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS MOPS ASEC PGOV NG
08NIAMEY546	NIGER: Request for Intervention to Gain the Liberation of [...] Government of Niger National Commission of Human Rights and Fundamental Liberties (CNDHLF) President, Lompo Garba, sent a letter (dated May 21, 2008) to U.S. Embassy Niamey requesting the Ambassador's intervention to gain the liberation of the CNDHLF Commissioner and other persons in the custod [...]	2008-05-22 14:23:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM PINS PGOV SOCI NG
08NIAMEY559	NIGER: REBELS RELEASE VICE PRESIDENT OF NATIONAL [...] On Saturday, May 24, 2008, Mouvement des Nigerien Pour la Justice (MNJ) rebels released CNDHLF Vice President Ahamadou Ahalawey and his newphew, taken hostage as reported in reftel, to the custody of the International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC). The ICRC delivered Ahalawey and his neph [...]	2008-05-27 14:49:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM PINS PGOV SOCI NG
08NICOSIA213	CYPRUS LIKELY TO ATTEND GI EXERCISE PLANNING GROUP [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-31 11:36:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED	MCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER CY
08NICOSIA354	CYPRUS: GLOBAL MARITIME PARTNERSHIPS (GMP) [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 12. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Per reftel request, on May 15 Post delivered demarches on the Global Maritime Partnership (GMP) initiative to the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Communications and Works at the ministerial level. We followed up with [...]	2008-06-02 08:24:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT EAID ECIN ECON EFIS MARR MCAP MOPS PHSA PINS
08OSLO183	NORWAY'S NEW DEFENSE PLAN:ILLUSIONARY INCREASES [...] (C) Summary: Norway,s recently announced new long-term defense plan was touted as strengthening the armed forces but in reality politically motivated and costly elements leave little room for any real strengthening of Norway,s Armed Forces. The plan will continue to stress High North and terr [...]	2008-04-03 06:16:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MCAP PGOV PINS PREL NO
08OSLO3	NORWAY: DELIVERED US POLICY ON ELECTION IN PAKISTAN [...] (SBU) Reftel demarche was shared with the Pakistan desk officer, Espen Rikter-Svendsen. His office is focused on the case of a Norwegian-Pakistani citizen who has recently been arraigned for murder in Pakistan and he did not have any immediate comments. NOTE: Norway has a large Pakistani immig [...]	2008-01-02 13:11:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PINS PREL PTER SHUM PK NO
08OTTAWA1591	CANADA STRONGLY SUPPORTS GLOBAL INITIATIVE MEETING [...] (SBU) On December 24, Dutch Deputy Head of Mission Erik Boer, Russian Deputy Chief of Mission Dimitri Trasimov, and Deputy Pol/C Kurt van der Walde jointly delivered reftel announcement about the upcoming fifth Global Initiative meeting in The Hague to Department of Foreign Affairs and Inter [...]	2008-12-24 18:37:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC RU NL CA
08OTTAWA2327	CANADA OPEN TO SHORT DELAY IN PAKISTANI ELECTIONS, [...] (U) During a December 31 news conference, Prime Minister Stephen Harper commented regarding Pakistan that "we understand there may be some delay in holding elections. I think that's justifiable as long as it's a delay to ensure a fairer process. As long as it is not a delay leading to suspen [...]	2008-01-02 12:50:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PRFL PTER SHUM PK CA
08OTTAWA269	NOTIFICATION TO CANADA OF U.S. SATELLITE ENGAGEMENT [...] (C) Ambassador orally briefed Foreign and Defence Policy Advisor to the Prime Minister Susan Cartwright about the U.S. interception of the NRO satellite on February 20. Cartwright expressed concern about the possibility of debris landing in populated Canadian areas, and Ambassador reassured [...]	2008-02-21 19:23:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PNAT KTIA PINS TSPA TPHY CA
08OTTAWA360	CANADA'S SECURITY CERTIFICATE SYSTEM [...] (U) Summary: Revised legislation to improve the balance between national security and civil rights has enabled Canada to meet a Supreme Court deadline and to seek updated immigration "security certificates" against five alleged members of the al-Qaeda network. The legislation permits the co [...]	2008-03-11 21:43:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PTER PHUM PINS CA
08OTTAWA436	SHIPRIDER NEGOTIATIONS WITH CANADA - ROUND ONE [...] (U) Summary. On March 20, U.S. and Canadian delegations met in Quebec City and completed a productive and successful first round of negotiations on a framework agreement on integrated cross-border maritime law enforcement operations (ICBMLEO). The delegations reached agreement on much of the [...]	2008-03-31 13:58:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PBTS EWWT PINS SNAR KTIA KCRM CA
08OTTAWA653	CANADA'S POST-CONFLICT STABILIZATION AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Canada's "Stabilization and Reconstruction Task Force" (START) has become a key component of its foreign affairs architecture. Its Ottawa headquarters works on policy formulation, while inter-agency teams now operate in Haiti, Uganda, Colombia, and Kandahar -- and soon also in [...]	2008-05-13 18:06:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID PINS KDEM KJUS MCAP PGOV CA
08OTTAWA724	FRIENDS OF IRAQ CONFERENCE DRAFT AGENDA PASSED TO [...] (U) Poloff passed a copy of the draft agenda for the Friends of Iraq Conference to Iraq Desk Officer David Leach of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade on May 30. Leach thanked us for keeping Canada in the loop, but reconfirmed that Canada would not send a representative [...]	2008-05-30 18:52:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINS MARR MOPS KDEM EAID ECON CA IZ
08OTTAWA907	CANADA UPDATES 1267 COMMITTEE ON ABDELRAZIK [...] (S) Acting Senior Coordinator for International Crime and Terrorism Evelyn Puxley at the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade informed PolMinCouns on July 7 that Canada had advised the UN Security Council's 1267 Committee that Canada was now providing limited in-kind assista [...]	2008-07-07 19:03:00	Embassy Ottawa	SECRET	PTER PINR PINS CA
08OUAGADOUGOU424	BURKINA FASO: GENERAL STRIKE AGAINST THE RISING COST OF [...] Key Points: - Burkinabe unions expressed satisfaction with their nationwide strike on May 13-15 to protest the rising cost of living. - Participation was light in most cities and there were no incidents of violence. Between 6-8,000 peacefully participated in a May 14 rally in Ouagadougou. [...]	2008-05-19 17:04:00	Embassy Ouagadougou	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ELAB ECON EFIN PHUM PINS UV
08PARAMARIBO145	FIVE HOURS WELL-SPENT IN SURINAME: [...] (U) SUMMARY OF ACTIVITIES FROM SHANNON/STAVRIDIS FIVE-HOUR VISIT: On March 28, WHA Assistant Secretary Tom Shannon and SOUTHCOM Commander Admiral Jim Stavridis spent five hours on the ground in Suriname. Together they met with President Runaldo Ronald Venetiaan (paras 2-4) and conducted a we [...]	2008-04-09 15:51:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PINS PGOV PINR SNAR NS
08PARIS1024	FRIENDS OF IRAQ CONFERENCE DRAFT AGENDA PASSED TO [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-29 15:42:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PINS MARR MOPS KDEM EAID ECON FR IZ
08PARIS1116	DJIBOUTI/ERITREA: FRENCH MFA ASSESSMENT [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-12 14:40:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PINS ER DJ FR

08PARIS1160	FRENCH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON BERLIN CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-19 15:30:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PBTS PHUM KPAL EUN FR IS
08PARIS1170	NEA A/S WELCH DISCUSSION OF IRAQ AT FRENCH MFA, [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-20 13:08:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PTER PINS EUN FR IZ IR
08PARIS1285	SUDAN: FRENCH CONCERNED ABOUT POSSIBLE ICC [...] (C) SUMMARY: French MFA Sudan Desk Officer Frederic Bouvier on July 7 expressed concern that ICC Prosecutor Moreno-Ocampo might soon seek to indict Sudan President Bashir for war crimes, which the French believe could have a negative impact on events in the region. Bouvier said France woul [...]	2008-07-08 17:14:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PINS SU FR
08PARIS1367	DRC: PRESIDENT KABILA'S VISIT TO FRANCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: DRC President Kabila's July 16-17 visit to Paris went smoothly, MFA DAS-equivalent Helene Le Gal reported on July 17, with an emphasis on economic issues centered on reducing or canceling DRC's IFI debts. Debt reduction has been complicated by new debts DRC has incurred with C [...]	2008-07-18 13:33:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EFIN PINS CG FR
08PARIS1368	SUDAN: ICC ISSUE DOMINATES ALL OTHERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA DAS-equivalent Helene Le Gal said that the possible ICC prosecution of Sudan President Bashir was dominating the Sudan/Darfur debate, reinforced during Sudan FM Deng Alor's July 16 consultations with the French in Paris. This was the only subject he discussed, seeking ways [...]	2008-07-18 13:33:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINR MOPS SU FR
08PARIS1505	GLOBAL INITIATIVE: FRANCE WELCOMES NEW MEMBERS AND [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-04 11:15:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL PTER KGIC KNNP MCAP PINR PINS JO
08PARIS16	FRENCH FM KOUCHNER'S JANUARY 1-2 VISIT TO PAKISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. As the first high-level Western official to visit Pakistan since Benazir Bhutto's death, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner carried a strong message to President Musharraf that free and fair elections must go forward as soon as possible. While in Pakistan January 1- 2, Ko [...]	2008-01-04 18:39:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PINS PREL PTER PARM SHUM IN PK FR
08PARIS167	SATELLITE RE-ENTRY DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO FRENCH, [...] (C) On January 29, reftel demarche was delivered to Philippe Errera, MFA Advisor to FM Kouchner for Strategic Affairs, following initial contact with the MFA duty officer on January 27 and subsequent guidance from the MFA. Also on January 29, reftel demarche was delivered to the European Spa [...]	2008-01-30 16:34:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PNAT PINS TSPA TPHY KTIA ESA NASA GM UK
08PARIS1717	FRENCH BELIEVE THAT ASSASSINATION OF SYRIAN [...] (S/NF) As Washington readers and others ponder French policy toward Syria, and as an expansion of para 3 in reftel, we pass along the previously unreported views of two of our GOF interlocutors from meetings in late August on the mysterious assassination earlier in the month of Syrian brigad [...]	2008-09-12 17:57:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINS PINR FR SY LE
08PARIS1805	FRENCH GOVERNMENT TAKING A HARD LINE ON COUP [...] (C) SUMMARY: Romain Serman, Counselor on Africa at the French Presidency, on September 19 provided a frank assessment of the situation in Mauritania in the aftermath of the August 6 coup to Ambassador Mark Boulware, stating that the French are prepared for a "divorce" with Mauritania if P [...]	2008-09-26 16:57:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR KDEM PINS MR FR
08PARIS1855	MARCH 14 SHOOTS ITSELF IN FOOT DURING ELYSEE VISIT [...] (S) Summary: A March 14th delegation led by Lebanese MP Marwan Hamadeh that met October 2 with senior French officials may have done more harm than good, at least so far as relations with the Elysee are concerned. "What world are they living in?" Boris Boillon, Counselor for Middle East Affairs at [...]	2008-10-08 10:11:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	FR PREL PGOV KDEM PINS LE SY
08PARIS1874	FRENCH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON GLOBAL INITIATIVE [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-10 16:46:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	MCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC FR
08PARIS1914	FRENCH MFA OFFICIAL DISCUSSES GENEVA CONFERENCE ON [...] (C) MFA A/S-equivalent for Continental Europe, Galharague told us October 17 that the fact that the Geneva meeting took place qualifies it as a success for the French. No one had any illusions that the Geneva meeting would be easy, given the Russian threat not to participate if South Ossetia [...]	2008-10-17 15:40:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS PINR PHUM EUN FR RS GG
08PARIS1936	CHAD: CONTINUED HIGH FRENCH ENGAGEMENT IS KEY TO [...] (C) Deputy Presidential Diplomatic Advisor Bruno Joubert told U.S. Ambassador to Chad Louis Nigro on October 20 that 2009 could be a "pivotal year" in Chad's history. Joubert said that French priorities in Chad centered on (a) electoral reform to achieve credible elections in Chad in 2009 an [...]	2008-10-21 15:35:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PINR MARR CD FR
08PARIS1946	MAURITANIA/FRANCE: "ISOLATE AZIZ, MAKE HIM LEAVE" [...] (C) SUMMARY: The French are attempting to isolate Mauritania coup leader General Aziz, in order to force his resignation, which would lead to the return of constitutional government, Presidential AF Counselor Romain Serman said on October 22. Serman said that the GOF had had some success in [...]	2008-10-23 13:40:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PINS ETTC MR FR
08PARIS1948	FRENCH MFA "PRUDENT" ON MOSKALENKO CASE, CITES [...] (C) MFA desk officer for Russian internal issues Arnaud Migoux told us October 23 that the French are paying close attention to the alleged poisoning of Russian human rights lawyer Karina Moskalenko in the eastern French city of Strasbourg where she lives. However, French investigators are [...]	2008-10-23 17:20:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PHUM PGOV PINS PINR FR RS
08PARIS1958	SUDAN/QATAR: FRENCH INTERESTED BUT NOT OPTIMISTIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA DAS-equivalent Helene Le Gal on October 23 said that France was not optimistic that the Qatar process on Sudan/Darfur would produce results, although France was interested in and supportive of Qatar's effort. In Qatar, French envoy Issa Maraut has helped convey the French m [...]	2008-10-24 15:20:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PGOV SU AL QA FR
08PARIS1961	FRENCH RESPONSE TO GICNT: GI INITIATIVE [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-24 17:00:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	MCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC FR
08PARIS1978	CHAD: FRENCH EAGER TO DISCUSS MINURCAT II [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 5. 2. (C) SUMMARY: French MFA officials suggest a conference telephone call between the Department and the French MFA on Friday, October 31, at 4:00 pm Paris time (11:00 am EDT) to allow interested parties on both sides to discuss specifics con [...]	2008-10-28 16:40:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS MARR UN CD FR
08PARIS2012	DRC/FRANCE: "NO NEW TROOPS -- FOR NOW" [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA DRC deskoff Laurent Chevallier on November 3 said that France did not at present support sending new forces to DRC. Instead, MONUC should be reorganized and redeployed to address security concerns in North Kivu. The French are working to promote EU-AU consultations that w [...]	2008-11-03 17:51:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PINS PINR MARR CG FR
08PARIS273	CHAD/SUDAN: FRENCH IDEAS ON POSSIBLE WAY FORWARD [...] (C) SUMMARY: French Presidential AF-advisor Romain Serman on February 14 sketched out possible next steps concerning Chad and Sudan jointly to acting Africa Watcher and UK Emboff. Serman prioritized stabilizing Chad, promoting reconciliation between Deby and the rebels, improving Chad-Suda [...]	2008-02-15 16:54:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PINS CD SU FR
08PARIS3	PAKISTAN: AMBASSADOR STAPLETON DELIVERS POINTS TO [...] (SBU) On December 31, in a telephone conversation with Foreign Minsiter Kouchner, Ambassador Stapleton delivered reftel demarche. Without responding directly to the points, Kouchner indicated his overall agreement with them. The next day, January 1, Kouchner departed for a two day visit to [...]	2008-01-02 17:40:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR PINS PREL PTER SHUM PK FR
08PARIS680	FRENCH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON THE APRIL 13 IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-11 15:27:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PTER PINS FR IR SY
08PARIS682	FRENCH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON THE APRIL 13 IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-11 15:37:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PTER PINS FR IR SY
08PARIS685	FRENCH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON THE APRIL 13 IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-11 15:48:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PTER PINS FR IR SY
08PARIS689	FRENCH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON THE APRIL 13 IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-11 16:10:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PTER PINS FR IR SY
08PARIS72	CHAD/C.A.R. PKO: FRANCE TO PROVIDE MISSING [...] (C) SUMMARY: France will provide helicopters and additional troops, heretofore lacking, that will enable the EU-led peacekeeping mission to deploy to Chad and the Central African Republic (C.A.R.),MFA DAS-equivalent Christine Fages informed us on January 10. She said the EU would discuss [...]	2008-01-11 16:49:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR EUN PINS CD CT FR
08PARIS81	SUDAN/KENYA/RWANDA: MFA DAS PROVIES OVERVIEW [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA DAS-equivalent Helene Le Gal (Central and East Africa) on January 11 said that France was highly concerned about renewed Chad-Sudan fighting but that the arrival in February of the EU's PKO in Chad and C.A.R. could help ease tensions. France renewed Abdulwahid el-Nur's res [...]	2008-01-15 11:50:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS PINS PHUM SU CD CT KE RW FR
08PARIS859	SUDAN/DARFUR: SPECIAL ENVOY WILLIAMSON'S APRIL 15 [...] (S) SUMMARY: Special Envoy for Sudan Richard Williamson met with a seven-member JEM delegation from the UK, France, Chad, Egypt, and Darfur in Paris on April 15 as part of a three-track approach to making progress in Sudan: 1) engagement with the government of Sudan (GOS) on improving U.S./ [...]	2008-05-02 14:47:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PREL PHUM MARR MOPS PINS UNSC SU FR
08PARIS860	SUDAN/DARFUR: SPECIAL ENVOY WILLIAMSON'S APRIL 14 [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sudan Special Envoy Richard Williamson met with SLM/AW leader Abdul Wahid Al Nur and his associate Ahmed Abdalla in Paris on April 14 as part of a three-track approach to making progress in Sudan. USG objectives are to: 1) engage with the Government of Sudan (GOS) on improving [...]	2008-05-02 14:47:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM MARR MOPS PINS UNSC SU FR
08PARIS898	COMOROS: BACAR DENIED ASYLUM, FRANCE SEEKS 3RD [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-09 15:27:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PHUM CN FR
08PARIS899	COMOROS: BACAR DENIED ASYLUM, FRANCE SEEKS 3RD [...] (C) SUMMARY: France has denied political asylum to Colonel Mohamed Bacar, who fled to French territory in March after being driven from Anjouan in the Comoros. However, the GOF agency that ruled on his asylum request determined that he could neither stay in France nor be returned to the Co [...]	2008-05-09 15:34:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PHUM CN FR
08PARIS964	SUDAN: FRENCH URGE U.S. TO PROMOTE KHARTOUM-REBEL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Presidential AF-advisor Romain Serman on May 19 urged the USG to support dialogue between the Government of Sudan and rebel factions, especially JEM, as a way to breaking the cycle of rebel attacks against Khartoum and N'Djamena. He said that the budding political dialogue bet [...]	2008-05-20 15:57:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PINS SU CD FR
08PORTLOUIS267	SPPF LOSES CHANCE TO CHANGE CONSTITUTION BUT CASTS A SHADOW [...] (U) The Seychelles National Party (SNP) won the July 18 by-election provoked by the resignation of Jean Francois Ferrari, thus, the ruling Seychelles People's Progressive Front (SPPF) remains one seat shy of being able to amend the constitution. Oddly enough, had the SPPF won this seat, it cou [...]	2008-07-25 10:36:00	Embassy Port Louis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PROP PINS KDEM PINR SE
08PRAGUE632	CZECH REPUBLIC: RESPONSE TO INVITATION TO NOVEMBER [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-26 15:43:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC EZ
08PRAGUE724	CZECH REPUBLIC: DEMARCHE RESPONSE TO GLOBAL [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-19 14:31:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP PARM PINR PINS EZ
08PRETORIA576	ANC DEPUTY PRESIDENT TO BE 'DEPLOYED' TO GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) The ANC's National Executive Committee (NEC) decided on 17 March to "deploy" ANC Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe to government in order to smooth the transition from current national President Thabo Mbeki to the next administration, which presumably will be led by new ANC President Ja [...]	2008-03-19 12:27:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS SF
08RABAT1023	MOROCCO SUPPORTS GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-24 13:13:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC MO
08RABAT1183	MOROCCO RECEIVES JOINT DUTCH, RUSSIAN, AND U.S. [...] (SBU) Dutch DCM Frank Keurhorst delivered his country's invitation requesting Morocco's participation in the 5th Global Initiative To Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT) plenary meeting to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Head of United Nations Division Azzedine Farhane on December 22. Keurhorst del [...]	2008-12-22 18:45:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC NL RS MO
08RABAT151	DAS GRAY URGES MOROCCAN SUPPORT FOR UNIFIL AND [...] (C) Summary: DAS Gray urged Moroccan Foreign Minister Fassi Fihri to increase Moroccan support for Lebanon during a meeting February 8, otherwise devoted to S/CT Dailey's call for support on foreign fighters going to Iraq (septel). He pressed for a contribution to the Hariri tribunal and ask [...]	2008-02-19 10:09:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS LE MO
08RABAT171	MOROCCO: TERRORIST NETWORK DISRUPTED BUT MANY [...] (C) Summary: Moroccan authorities arrested 32 persons including several minor Islamist politicians in mid-February and reported seizing a significant quantity of weapons, from what they called the Belliraj terror network, after its leader, the Moroccan-Belgian Abdelkader Belliraj. In televis [...]	2008-02-22 19:59:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PINR PINS PREL KISL MO
08RABAT178	GOM PROVIDES A/S WELCH WITH A MORE COHERENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 25, Director General for Studies and Documentation (DGED) Mohamed Yassine Mansouri gave NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch and his party a lengthy, comprehensive briefing on the Belliraj terrorist network. Mansouri explained the network,s alleged revolutionary aims [...]	2008-02-27 10:44:00	Embassy Rabat	SECRET	PTER ASEC PINS PINR MO
08RABAT194	NEA A/S WELCH AND DIRECTOR GENERAL MANSOURI REVIEW [...] (S) SUMMARY: On February 25, Director General for Studies and Documentation (DGED) Mohamed Yassine Mansouri (the Moroccan equivalent of the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency) and NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch and his party had a cordial and frank two-hour exchange on regional i [...]	2008-03-03 11:32:00	Embassy Rabat	SECRET	PREL PINS OVIP MO
08RABAT253	MOROCCO: AGENDA FOR THE TECHNICAL EXPERTS' MEETING [...] (U) Polcons delivered reftel agenda to Arab Maghreb Union Political Advisor Zouhier Merchaoui who will attend the meeting in Washington on April 9, 2008. (Note: Merchaoui will also attend the Africa Defense Policy Dialogue to be held in Washington the last week of March End Note.) 2. (U) S [...]	2008-03-19 15:03:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PINR PINS PREL PTER MO
08RABAT324	MOROCCO TO SEND EMBASSY OFFICER TO GI PLANNING [...] (SBU) On April 14, 2008, the Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs Head of United Nations Division Azzedine Farhane informed Embassy Poloff that the Government of Morocco intends to send an officer from its Embassy in Paris to the Exercise Planning Group meeting for the Global Initiative for C [...]	2008-04-14 15:28:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	MCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC FR MO
08RABAT33	LIBYAN MEMBERSHIP IN THE TRANS-SAHARA [...] (C) DCM raised reftel query on the inclusion of Libya in the Trans-Sahara Counterterrorism Partnership (TSCTP) with MFA Director General for Bilateral Affairs (P-equiv) Youssef Amrani, on January 14, and conveyed talking points. DCM stressed the importance of a regional approach to defeat ter [...]	2008-01-14 17:52:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PINS PREL XA XF MO
08RABAT390	MOROCCO SIGNALS DESIRE FOR CLOSER SECURITY TIES TO [...] (C) Summary: Senior Moroccan military and diplomatic officials indicate that they would give serious consideration to the Status of Forces Agreement, but needed to review the U.S. draft. Morocco,s Inspector General of the Armed Forces (CHOD) General Bennani recently pledged to sign the Acqui [...]	2008-04-30 17:06:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PINS MCAP MO
08RABAT392	MFA POL/MIL CHIEF: AFRICA OPPOSES AFRICOM PRESENCE [...] (C) Summary: Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Military Affairs Chief Karim Halim recently criticized U.S. military plans for an AFRICOM presence in Africa, underscoring that the vast majority of African countries considered any U.S. military presence in Africa to be a provocation. [...]	2008-05-01 07:24:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PINS MO
08RABAT548	MOJ OFFICIAL BEMOANS RISE OF EXTREMISM IN MOROCCAN [...] (C) Ministry of Justice (MOJ) Director of Penal Affairs and Pardons and Director of the Prosecution Service M'hammed Abdenebaoui (protect) expressed concern over growing societal intolerance and religious rigidity in Morocco. A pious Muslim, he complained that extremism, exported by Saudi Ar [...]	2008-06-13 07:02:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PINR PINS PREL KISL MO
08RABAT569	MOROCCO PRISON CHANGES: A BLAST FROM THE PAST [...] (C) The new Delegate-General for Prison Administration, Mohammed Benhachem, indicated to PolCouns a willingness to work with the USG, but asked to defer any USG assessment until at least July, so he would be better prepared. Benhachem is a former head of the national police force and Ministry [...]	2008-06-19 10:25:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PINR PINS PTER KISL MO
08RABAT570	MOROCCO RIOTS: WHAT HAPPENED IN SIDI IFNI? [...] (C) The heavy-handed police breakup of a blockade at the Sidi Ifni port on June 7, and consequent riot, yielded numerous casualties. In contrast to media reports, there were neither fatalities nor rapes, but a consensus of credible independent inquiries confirms there were numerous cases of p [...]	2008-06-20 07:54:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PINR PINS ECON EFIS EAGR MO
08RABAT58	CONVICTION OF ANSAR AL-MEHDI CELL MEMBERS [...] (SBU) In a month long trial, 50 out of 51 defendants in the sensational Answar al-Mehdi terror cell case were convicted on January 4 in Morocco's terrorism court in Sale and sentenced to prison terms ranging from two to 25 years. The alleged mastermind Hassan al-Khattab and the group's second [...]	2008-01-22 07:25:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PINS AL MO
08RABAT72	MOROCCO: HEALTH MINISTER DESCRIBES A CRISIS OF CORRUPTION, NOT CAPABILITY [...] (C) In the course of a courtesy call on Morocco's new Health Minister, Yasmina Baddou, she told the Ambassador that corruption, not capabilities or resources, was the primary reason for Morocco's substandard level of health care provision. She said that fighting graft was her top priority, f [...]	2008-01-24 13:00:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS SOCI ELAB MO
08RABAT833	MOROCCAN MFA ON THE ARAB LEAGUE MEETING AND NORTH [...] (C) SUMMARY: In preparation for the Arab League Ministerial, MFA Director General for Arab and Islamic Affairs Mohamed Azeroual told us that the League had no mechanism to block attendance by Mauritanian junta representatives. He maintained that democracy continued to function there and that [...]	2008-09-05 16:40:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL PBTS PINS PARM AL AG SY MR MO
08RABAT926	MOROCCO LIKELY TO ATTEND GI EXERCISE PLANNING [...] Poloff delivered reftel message to MFA Head of UN Division Azzedine Farhane on September 26. Farhane said that Morocco will likely participate in the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism Exercise Planning Group second meeting in Washington, D.C. on November 13-14. He will forward the [...]	2008-09-26 18:21:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	MCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC MO
08RECIFE34	NORTHEAST BRAZIL: LANDLESS MOVEMENT TRIES TO RE-INVENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Just as in southern Brazil (reftel),the Landless Rural Workers Movement (MST),and their fellow travelers in the always-disadvantaged northeast region, seem to be changing tactics; with confrontation less appealing, they appear to be re-positioning themselves and trying to get o [...]	2008-05-28 00:57:00	Consulate Recife	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ELAB PHUM PINS PGOV SOCI BR
08RIGA617	GICNT EPG SAVE THE DATE - LATVIA HAS NO PLANS YET [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-09 12:08:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM MCAP PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC LG
08RIYADH1078	THE VISIT OF THE MNF-I COMMANDER TO THE KINGDOM OF [...] (U) SUMMARY: Multi-National Force-Iraq (MNF-I) Commander David Petraeus met with King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud and the primary cabinet officials responsible for the national security of Saudi Arabia. The meetings were frank yet quite cordial and appeared to establish Petraeus as an off [...]	2008-07-13 08:34:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	MARR MASS MCAP PGOV PINS PREL PTER SA
08RIYADH1321	SHI'A POLITICAL MOVEMENTS IN SAUDI ARABIA'S [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: The Shi'a of the Eastern Province (EP) - located primarily in the oases of Qatif and al-Ahsa - comprise the vast majority of the Saudi Shi'a, the largest minority in the Kingdom. With strong socio-religious ties to Iran, and residing on lands holding one quarter of the world's [...]	2008-08-27 23:22:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	KIRF KISL PINR PREL PTER PGOV PINS SA
08RIYADH1543	SAUDIS CONFIRM AFGHAN MEDIATION EFFORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-16 11:48:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PINS PREL PTER
08RIYADH1716	PIRATES DIVERT SAUDI OIL SHIPMENT DESTINED FOR US [...] (S/NF) Summary: Saudi Aramco officials confirmed with Consulate General Dhahran that one of their ultra-large crude carriers destined for the U.S., carrying more than 2 million barrels of crude oil, was captured by Somali pirates approximately 450 kilometers off the Kenyan coast. The crew of [...]	2008-11-18 11:09:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	ENRG EPET EWWT PHSA PINS PTER
08RIYADH1888	HAJJ MESSAGES FOLLOW KING'S LEAD [...] (U) Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz spoke to Muslim leaders at an Eid reception. The King called for "a dialogue of the Ummah within itself." Of terrorism, the King said Muslims themselves were responsible. "The terrorism that threatens the entire world is attri [...]	2008-12-31 13:40:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PINS PTER SA
08ROME148	ITALY AND ISAF: NO NEW DEPLOYMENTS IN NEAR TERM, [...] (C) Summary: With the current political crisis likely to drag on for months, and a caretaker government prohibited from making significant policy changes, we see no prospect for new large-scale Italian military commitments in Afghanistan between now and the summer. However, GOI officials are [...]	2008-02-01 16:54:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO PINS PREL MOPS MARR EAID AF IT
08ROME312	AFGHANISTAN: ITALY STRESSES LONG-TERM COMMITMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Italy hosted a "West 4" meeting of ISAF RC-West contributor nations (Italy, Lithuania, Spain and the U.S.) in Rome on March 4. Italian MFA U/S for Asia Gianni Vernetti, in his opening address, said that Italy is in Afghanistan for the "long haul" in both its civilian and milita [...]	2008-03-12 11:33:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS NATO PREL PINS SNAR AF IT SP LH
08RPODUBAI49	[SOURCE REMOVED] OUTLINES IRCâ€™S [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 18. 2. (S) Summary and Background: IRPO officer met with [SOURCE REMOVED] on October 15 and 20, 2008 to discuss [DETAILS REMOVED] his knowledge [DETAILS REMOVED] Iran's Ministy of Information and Security (MOIS) and the Islamic Revolutionary Gua [...]	2008-10-23 09:20:00	Iran RPO Dubai	SECRET	PINR PINS PGOV PREL IR IZ ZP
08SANAA1053	YEMEN'S BIG BROTHER: WHAT HAS SAUDI ARABIA DONE [...] (U) AMEMBASSY Riyadh and AMCONGEN Jeddah have cleared this cable. Summary ------- 2. (C) Yemen has a long history of relations with Saudi Arabia based primarily on their 1500 km shared border, which has led to extensive social, religious and business ties. Yemenis perceive the relationship as he [...]	2008-06-18 09:26:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINS SA YM
08SANAA1165	AL-HOUTHI REBELLION: NO END IN SIGHT [...] (C) Fighting between the al-Houthi rebels and ROYG forces has intensified this year, leading to increased efforts by the ROYG to quash the rebellion militarily once and for all and prompting it to seek aid from the US, Russia, Belarus, and Yemen's own militant tribes. As fighting has increased [...]	2008-07-14 10:22:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PGOV PINS YM
08SANAA1947	GENERAL PETRAEUS' VISIT TO YEMEN [...] (S) SUMMARY. On November 29, during his first visit to Yemen, General David Petraeus, Commander of the U.S. Central Command, met with President Ali Abdullah Saleh and senior ROYG officials for frank and open discussions. Discussions focused on security issues, including counter-terrorism, pi [...]	2008-12-06 11:19:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PREL MARR MCAP PHSA PINS PTER MOPS OTRA YM
08SANAA1991	IN LIGHT OF NEW SECURITY THREATS, ROYG PROMISES TO [...] (S) During a December 13 meeting at the Ministry of the Interior (MOI),the Ambassador broached recent security concerns with Minister of Interior Rashad al-Masri. The Minister assured the Ambassador that the ROYG was taking all threats against Western interests, including the U.S. Embassy an [...]	2008-12-15 07:26:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PTER ASEC PINS MOPS YM
08SANAA67	SAADA UPDATE: IT'S NOT QUIET ON YEMEN'S [...] (U) On January 10 there was renewed intense fighting in Saada in northwestern Yemen between al-Houthi and ROYG forces leading to a spike in casualties. A Qatari-mediated cease-fire is widely accepted to have failed despite efforts at the highest levels to maintain it. A fifth war in Saada is [...]	2008-01-13 15:39:00	Embassy Sanaa	SECRET	PINS PGOV YM
08SANAA711	SALEH'S STEWARDSHIP OF YEMEN A SUBJECT OF CONCERN [...] (C) Summary. Conversations this month with a range of interlocutors have revealed a growing sense of unease with the Saleh government's seeming inability to effectively address the problems of terrorism and internal unrest in Yemen. The consensus view holds that Saleh's preoccupation with the [...]	2008-04-20 07:59:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS YM
08SANAA979	YEMEN PIPELINE ATTACK [...] (C) On June 1 the Yemeni Soldiers' Brigade (a group associated with Al-Qaida which claimed responsibility for the attack on the embassy in March) claimed responsibility for what it called a "mortar attack" on the oil pipeline near a state-run refinery in Aden on May 30. Media reporting varies [...]	2008-06-02 13:55:00	Embassy Sanaa	CONFIDENTIAL	EIND ENRG EPET PINS PTER YM
08SANJOSE500	COSTA RICA AND GLOBAL MARITIME PARTNERSHIP: MANY [...] On June 10, we briefed Director Martin Arias of the Costa Rican Coast Guard (SNGC) on the Global Maritime Partnership (GMP) initiative. Arias seemed positive about Costa Rica's support of the GMP principles, but will provide us further feedback once the GOCR's Ministry of Public Security (MPS) [...]	2008-06-12 14:08:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS MASS MCAP SNAR CS
08SANJOSE530	COSTA RICA REQUESTS IMMEDIATE MARITIME [...] (C) On June 12, Minister of Public Security Janina Del Vecchio told us that Costa Rica desperately needs security assistance, especially to reinvigorate the dilapidated Costa Rican Coast Guard (SNGC) to help fight narcotrafficking. She requested that all of the planned Merida Initiative funds [...]	2008-06-18 17:51:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR MASS MCAP PINS SNAR CS
08SANJOSE586	COSTA RICA REITERATES NEED FOR IMMEDIATE MARITIME [...] (C) On July 1, during the Ambassador's formal courtesy call with her, Minister of Public Security Janina Del Vecchio reiterated what she had told us on June 12 meeting (Reftel): Costa Rica needs immediate maritime interdiction assistance to help combat drug trafficking in littoral waters. She [...]	2008-07-10 12:50:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR MASS MCAP PINS SNAR CS
08SANJOSE596	ONE SIZE DOES NOT FIT ALL: ENDURING FRIENDSHIP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Post appreciates Department's and other agency's hard work to secure Merida Initiative funding for Costa Rica. However, we do not/not recommend the purchase of Enduring Friendship (EF) vessels for Costa Rica. We understand there is a short deadline to develop the spending plan [...]	2008-07-11 22:30:00	Embassy San Jose	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MASS MCAP PINS SNAR CS
08SANJOSE910	GOCR FEARS INSTABILITY FROM NICARAGUAN MUNICIPAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOCR will speak out in multilateral fora about the fraudulent municipal elections in Nicaragua, including in the November 20 OAS debate, but will not confront its northern neighbor directly. The GOCR will urge adherence to the principles of the Democratic Charter, but will no [...]	2008-11-21 18:32:00	Embassy San Jose	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PINS PREF OAS CS NU CA VZ
08SANSALVADOR12	Salvadoran Legislative Assembly Authorizes Tenth Contingent [...] (U) Summary: Based on United Nations Security Council Resolution 1790, the Salvadoran Legislative Assembly voted to extend authorization for Salvadoran troops to remain in Iraq. The authorization was extended until June 2009 in an attempt to keep the Iraq deployment from coming up for reauthori [...]	2008-01-04 22:26:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PGOV PINS PREL ES
08SANSALVADOR4	EL SALVADOR REITERATES CONCURRENCE WITH 1206 [...] (C) I am writing again in support of the following two 1206 funding proposals that relate to El Salvador. The two proposals for 1206 funding include: 2. (C) Four High Speed Interceptor Patrol Craft: Providing four high speed Interceptor Patrol Craft (along with trailer and vehicle to mo [...]	2008-01-02 21:53:00	Embassy San Salvador	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS MCAP MOPS PREL PTER PINS ES PGOV
08SANSALVADOR400	EL SALVADOR: MERIDA BRIEFINGS DELIVERED [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel information to Foreign Affairs Vice-Minister Eduardo Calix, MFA Director General for Foreign Policy Guillermo Melendez, Minister of Public Security and Justice Rene Figueroa, Attorney General Felix Safie, and National Civilian Police (PNC) Director Francisco Rovir [...]	2008-04-03 18:19:00	Embassy San Salvador	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ES PINS PTER SNAR
08SANTIAGO712	CHILE WELCOMES GLOBAL INITIATIVE MEMBERS [...] Poloff informed two members of the MFA's Office of Special Policies, Counselor Julio Bravo and Third Secretary Alvaro Guzman, of the recent addition of Mauritius and Uzbekistan to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism on August 1. Both officials welcomed the new members. 2. [...]	2008-08-04 15:18:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL KGIC CI
08SANTIAGO872	GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM: [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-26 20:48:00	Embassy Santiago	UNCLASSIFIED	MCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC
08SAOPAULO248	MST "RED APRIL" SHOWS DECLINE IN ACTIVITY [...] (SBU) Summary: The Landless Rural Workers' Movement (MST) is facing a significant change in its organization. The number of its members is slowly decreasing, as is the number of land invasions it carries out. Some observers cite President Lula's "Bolsa Familia" cash transfer program for the p [...]	2008-05-16 09:18:00	Consulate Sao Paulo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ELAB PHUM PINS EINV PGOV SOCI ASEC BR
08SECTINN02OF02JAKARTA1486	PAPUANS TAKE TO THE STRETS IN LARGE, PEACEFUL [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-05 08:07:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS KISL ID
08SEOUL1187	GENERAL SHARP'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON DEFMIN LEE [...] (C) SUMMARY: General Walter "Skip" Sharp, the new Commander UNC/CFC/USFK, paid an introductory call on the ROK Minister of National Defense Lee Sang-hee on June 10. General Sharp, accompanied by Ambassador Vershbow, stated that his predecessor had done much to strengthen the U.S.-ROK Allianc [...]	2008-06-13 01:54:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV PINS KN KS
08SEOUL1606	ROK RELIEVED DPRK NOT MAKING ISSUE OF COLLISION OF [...] (C) At 2:25 a.m. on August 12, the 658 ton "Dongi No.1," a South Korean barge, collided with an unnamed North Korean fishing vessel in North Korean territorial waters approximately 8 km northeast of Jangjon, a port on the DPRK's eastern cost. The ten crewmen of the South Korean barge admitte [...]	2008-08-14 05:01:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PGOV PHSA PINS MARR KS KN
08SEOUL1841	DASD SEDNEY MEETING WITH ROK DEFENSE MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following the end of SPI-19 (septel),DASD David Sedney and Ambassador Vershbow met with ROK Minister of National Defense Lee Sang-hee. The Ambassador delivered reftel points on the pending announcement by the Government of Iraq regarding reductions in Coalition forces that would [...]	2008-09-17 07:09:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PGOV PHSA PINS MARR KS KN
08SEOUL1844	SPI CLOSED SESSION: IRAQ, AFGHANISTAN, BURDEN [...] (CO) SUMMARY: DASD David Sedney met with MND Deputy Minister Jeon on September 10 for a closed meeting of the U.S.-ROK Security Policy Initiative (SPI). The discussed the following four issues: -- DASD Sedney informed DM Jeon of the reftel A decision that would result in the drawdown in I [...]	2008-09-17 07:13:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PGOV PHSA PINS MARR KS KN
08SEOUL1845	DASD SEDNEY MEETING WITH MOFAT NORTH AMERICA DG [...] (CO) SUMMARY: On September 11, DASD David Sedney and EAP/K Director Kurt Tong paid an office call on MOFAT North American Affairs DG Chang Ho-jin. They agreed that the September 10 Security Policy Initiative talks had gone well, but that several issues -- camp returns and the SMA burden-shar [...]	2008-09-17 07:14:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PGOV PHSA PINS MARR KS KN
08SEOUL2034	SCENESETTER FOR THE 40TH US-ROK SECURITY [...] (C) Since your June visit to Seoul, the South Korean domestic political scene has largely returned to normal. President Lee has escaped from the morass that was the beef controversy, but still has much work to do before his government regains the trust and support of the Korean public. The s [...]	2008-10-15 08:58:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PGOV PINS KS KN JA
08SEOUL2077	AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON ROK MINISTER OF [...] (C) During her October 22 introductory office call on Lee Sang-hee, ROK Minister of National Defense: --- Ambassador Stephens and the Minister swapped positive reports on the October 17 U.S.-ROK Security Consultative Meeting. Lee cited in particular its helpfulness in allaying Korean conce [...]	2008-10-22 08:50:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PGOV PINS KS
08SEOUL2154	19TH SECURITY POLICY INITIATIVE PLENARY [...] (C) The 19th Security Policy Initiative (SPI-19) talks were held in Seoul on September 10, 2008. The U.S. Delegation was headed by Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for East Asia (DASD) David Sedney. Ministry of National Defense Deputy Minister (DM) for Policy Jeon Jei-guk led the ROK D [...]	2008-11-04 06:38:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS MARR KS KN
08SEOUL2155	ROK SEEKS U.S. VIEW ON KOREA-JAPAN-CHINA DEFENSE [...] (C) On November 3, MOFAT ROK-US Security Cooperation Director Kim Yong-hyon demarched the POL-MIL chief on a South Korean proposal to hold ROK-Japan-China defense trilateral meetings in 2009. Kim explained that the ROK planned to discuss the idea with the Japanese at the ROK-Japan bilateral [...]	2008-11-04 06:46:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PREL MARR KS JA CH
08SEOUL22	ROKG SUPPORTS PROPOSED GI MODEL GUIDELINES DOCUMENT [...] (C) On December 7, poloff delivered reftel demarche to Kim Jae-woo, Deputy Director, Disarmament and Nonproliferation Division, ROK Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT). In a follow-up meeting January 4, Kim told poloff that the ROKG supports the vision and outline of the proposed Glob [...]	2008-01-04 06:24:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PTER EAIR ETRD PREL PINR PINS KNNP KGIC
08SEOUL2307	U.S.-ROK SMA (AD REF) AGREEMENT [...] (C) On November 19-20, U.S. and Republic of Korea delegations, led respectively by Ambassador Jackson McDonald and Ambassador Cho Byung-jae, met in Honolulu for the sixth and likely final round of this year's Special Measures Agreement (SMA) defense cost-sharing negotiation. The talks starte [...]	2008-12-02 22:15:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS MARR MCAP KS
08SEOUL349	REPLY: INTERNATIONAL NOTIFICATION OF U.S. [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-21 08:59:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIA PREL PARM PNAT PINS TSPA TPHY ESA CDG
08SEOUL43	2020 VISION OF A MORE VIABLE AND STRATEGIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: For more than half a century, the U.S.-ROK Alliance has served the interests of both our countries, while significantly contributing to the overall security of Northeast Asia. In recent years, however, the Alliance has experienced significant change. South Korea has changed, th [...]	2008-01-08 09:29:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS MARR MASS KN KS
08SEOUL45	2020 VISION OF A MORE VIABLE AND STRATEGIC [...] (C) SUMMARY: In our previous message (ref A),we described the impact that changes in and around the Korean Peninsula are having on the U.S.-ROK Alliance and argued that the mission and footprint of our military presence must adapt to meet those changes. We pointed out that while many aspec [...]	2008-01-09 04:38:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS MARR MASS KN KS
08SEOUL455	NEW DEFENSE MINISTER SAYS DEFINING COMMON INTEREST [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador held his first official meeting on March 7 with Lee Sang-hee, the new ROK Minister of National Defense. They engaged in a one-hour discussion that focused on the strategic importance and future role of the U.S.-ROK Alliance. -- The Ambassador congratulated Minst [...]	2008-03-07 12:04:00	Embassy Seoul	SECRET	MARR PGOV PINS PREL KN KS
08SEOUL623	ROKG DOWNPLAYS NORTH KOREAN STYX MISSILE TEST [...] (C) The Republic of Korea Ministry of National Defense (MND) has confirmed Korean media reports that the North Korean People's Army (KPA) test fired three Russian-made Styx anti-ship missiles into the West Sea (Yellow Sea) at approximately 10:30 a.m. local time on Friday March 28. (Note: Due [...]	2008-03-28 07:19:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP MNUC PINS PREL KN KS JA

08SEOUL903	SCENESETTER FOR THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MAY 7-8 [...] (C) Your visit to Korea falls between the April 18-19 Camp David Summit and the Secretary's expected stop in Seoul at the end of June. Secretary Gates will also be coming for the U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) change-of-command ceremony on June 3. These visits will be followed by a second U.S.-ROK [...]	2008-05-01 08:24:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PARM PREL PGOV PINS KN KS CH JA
08SHENYANG3	PRC HUMAN RIGHTS: YAO FUXIN ABUSE ALLEGATIONS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Health problems continue to beset imprisoned Liaoning labor activist Yao Fuxin, whose case has triggered high-level USG attention since his initial arrest in 2002. In a letter to his daughter he recently managed to have smuggled out of prison, Yao for the first time described sev [...]	2008-01-07 07:43:00	Consulate Shenyang	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINS SOCI CH
08SINGAPORE104	SINGAPORE DETAINS TWO MORE TERRORIST SUSPECTS, [...] (C) Summary: Singapore detained two terrorist suspects and issued a Restriction Order against a third under the Internal Security Act (ISA) in December 2007, the Ministry of Home Affairs announced January 24. MHA said the three men were involved in "activities that posed a potential terrorist [...]	2008-01-25 09:52:00	Embassy Singapore	CONFIDENTIAL	KGIT PREL PINS PTER PGOV SN
08SKOPJE502	MACEDONIA: NEW GI MEMBER INFORMATION CONVEYED; GOM [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-05 11:38:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PARM PTER KGIC KNNP MCAP PINS MK
08SKOPJE621	MACEDONIA: GI-EPG NOVEMBER MEETING INFORMATION [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-10 07:15:00	Embassy Skopje	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PARM PTER KGIC KNNP MCAP PINS MK
08SOFIA609	BULGARIAN MEDIA INCLUDES CRITICISM OF RUSSIA IN GEORGIA [...] (U) SUMMARY: Initial, widespread coverage in the Bulgarian media of the Georgia-Russia conflict was generally thin on hard facts, often derived from other, Western outlets, and generally critical of Georgia's actions leading up to the conflict. Over time, the story moved off the front page, bu [...]	2008-09-11 08:52:00	Embassy Sofia	UNCLASSIFIED	PROP PREL PBTS PINS OPRC PGOV GG BU
08STATE100108	LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR SOMALI CANDIDATES TO [...] Reftel nominated nineteen candidates to attend the Interdicting Terrorist Activities course from September 22 to October 3 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. As per reftel, Embassy Nairobi has reviewed mission records and found no credible information of gross human rights violations by the nominees l [...]	2008-09-18 20:20:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PHUM PGOV PINS PREL SO
08STATE100116	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] The Department has reviewed its files and finds that it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights at this time by the members of the Iraqi Security Forces listed below. Department strongly suggests that visa applications for both individuals be filed with as much t [...]	2008-09-18 20:27:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08STATE104508	(SBU) HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED [...] (SBU) The Department has reviewed its files and finds that it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights at this time by the member of the Iraqi Security Forces listed below. Department strongly suggests that visa applications for the individual be filed with as muc [...]	2008-09-30 21:14:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08STATE105276	(U) KUDOS FOR REPORTING ON SHIA POLITICAL [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-02 13:28:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PINR PGOV PINS BA
08STATE106743	USUN INSTRUCTION: SOMALIA SANCTIONS COMMITTEE [...] This is an action request; see paras 3 and 4. ---------- BACKGROUND ---------- 2. As part of security sector reform efforts in Somalia the United States will provide a two-week Interdicting Terrorist Activities Course for nineteen Somali Transitional Federal Government participants. The [...]	2008-10-06 19:30:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM KTFN PGOV PHUM PINS PREL PTER SO XW UNSC
08STATE107421	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] The Department has reviewed its files and finds that it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights at this time by the members of the Iraqi Security Forces listed below. Department strongly suggests that visa applications for both individuals be filed with as much t [...]	2008-10-07 19:27:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL IZ
08STATE108114	SAUDI NEGOTIATIONS WITH TALIBAN AND AFGHAN [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 3. 2. (U) In his September 30 Eid message, President Karzai said, "Since two years I have been sending letters and messages to the Saudi king, and requested him, as a world Muslim leader, to help us bring peace in Afghanistan. The preparation for nego [...]	2008-10-08 21:59:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PINS PREL PTER SA AF
08STATE10999	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S. SPONSORED TRAINING [...] Department has reviewed its files and finds that it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights at this time by the members of the Iraqi Security Forces listed below. If at any time Embassy becomes aware of any information regarding incidents that could be deemed to [...]	2008-02-04 12:32:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08STATE111775	(U) Secretary Rice's October 9, 2008 [...] (U) Classified by: Dan Smith, Deputy Executive Secretary, S/ES, Department of State. Reason 1.4 (b) and (d) 2. (U) October 9, 2008, 9:00 - 9:30, Washington, D.C. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary Robert Gilchrist, EUR Sean McCormack, PA C [...]	2008-10-21 00:18:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PINS PGOV NATO CVIS LG LH EN
08STATE115258	USUN INSTRUCTION: VOTE IN FAVOR OF CDI SANCTIONS [...] This is an action request. USUN is instructed to vote in favor of the adoption of the resolution (text in para 2) that will renew the UNSC Cote d'Ivoire sanctions regime and extend the mandate of the Group of Experts for an additional 12 months. ------------------ TEXT OF RESOLUTION ----- [...]	2008-10-29 16:00:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM KTFN PGOV PHUM PINS PREL PTER UNSC XY
08STATE117508	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] (U) The Department has reviewed its files and finds that it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights at this time by the member of the Iraqi Security Forces listed below. Department strongly suggests that visa applications for the individual be filed with as much [...]	2008-11-04 20:58:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08STATE119510	(U) HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-10 15:09:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08STATE119512	(U) HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-10 15:10:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08STATE119513	(U) HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-10 15:11:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08STATE124027	REQUEST FOR YEMENI BLANKET ASSURANCES [...] (SBU) This is a message for immediate action. Please see para 3. 2. (C) In response to President Saleh,s recent urgent requests to the President, Secretary Rice, and other senior U.S. officials, the USG is seeking to deliver expeditiously twenty-five (25) U.S.-origin M113A1 Armored Personn [...]	2008-11-22 00:21:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MCAP PINS
08STATE124462	(U) HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-24 19:47:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08STATE125319	(U) HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED [...] (U) The Department has reviewed its files and finds that it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights at this time by the member of the Iraqi Security Forces listed below. Department strongly suggests that visa applications for the individual be filed with as much t [...]	2008-11-26 14:32:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08STATE127522	DEMARCHE: CLUSTER MUNITIONS LETTER EXCHANGE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. --------- OBJECTIVE --------- 2. (S) Department requests Embassy Tel Aviv seek Ambassador's signature and deliver the classified letter and clarifications in paragraphs 3 and 4 to Israeli MOD Barak at the earliest possible opportun [...]	2008-12-03 22:16:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	IS MARR MCAP PARM PINS PREL
08STATE127955	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] (U) The Department has reviewed its files and finds that it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights at this time by the member of the Iraqi Security Forces listed below. Department strongly suggests that visa applications for the individual be filed with as much t [...]	2008-12-04 19:35:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08STATE130109	IRAQ ECONOMIC RECOVERY: ROLE OF SCIENCE & [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-11 14:11:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECIN EAID SOCI OEXC PGOV PINS PTER IZ
08STATE130227	IRAQ ECONOMIC RECOVERY: ROLE OF SCIENCE & [...] (U) Summary: To accelerate Iraq's economic recovery, a roundtable of U.S. experts, convened by the Department, has offered to help Iraq establish and develop its own National Science Foundation (NSF). Science and technology (the application of science) has long been a vital engine of economic [...]	2008-12-11 16:58:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECIN EAID SOCI OEXC PGOV PINS PTER IZ
08STATE130393	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] (U) The Department has reviewed its files and finds that it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights at this time by the member of the Iraqi Security Forces listed below. Department strongly suggests that visa applications for the individual be filed with as much t [...]	2008-12-11 21:03:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08STATE130444	CORRECTED COPY - KIRIBATI: RESETTLEMENT OF UIGHUR DETAINEES [...] (S) In November 2008, pursuant to instructions from the Department, Post initiated discussions with the Government of Kiribati (GoK) regarding the possible resettlement in Kiribati of up to 17 Uighur detainees from Guantanamo Bay (GTMO). GoK President Tong indicated a willingness to discuss th [...]	2008-12-11 22:13:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PTER PREL PHUM PINS TN KR AS NZ CH
08STATE132306	RWANDAN PUBLIC PROSECUTOR IN THE UNITED STATES: [...] (U) Embassy Kigali is instructed to deliver the points in Para 7 below as soon as possible to the highest appropriate level within the Rwandan government. AF Acting A/S Carter delivered these same points to Rwandan Ambassador Kimonyo on Wednesday, December 17. BACKGROUND 2. (SBU) On D [...]	2008-12-17 23:28:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	CVIS PINS PREL RW
08STATE133682	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] (U) The Department has reviewed its files and finds that it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights at this time by the member of the Iraqi Security Forces listed below. Department strongly suggests that visa applications for the individual be filed with as much t [...]	2008-12-22 21:07:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08STATE133683	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] (U) The Department has reviewed its files and finds that it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights at this time by the members of the Iraqi Security Forces listed below. Department strongly suggests that visa applications for the individuals be filed with as muc [...]	2008-12-22 21:08:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08STATE133685	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] (U) The Department has reviewed its files and finds that it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights at this time by the member of the Iraqi Security Forces listed below. Department strongly suggests that visa applications for the individual be filed with as much t [...]	2008-12-22 21:08:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08STATE133686	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] (U) The Department has reviewed its files and finds that it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights at this time by the members of the Iraqi Security Forces listed below. Department strongly suggests that visa applications for the individuals be filed with as muc [...]	2008-12-22 21:09:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08STATE14270	LIBYA: REQUEST FOR ROUTINE ACCESS TO REPATRIATED GUANTANAMO [...] (S/NF) Department remains concerned about the GOL's past failure to provide Post with timely access to returned Libyan detainees Muhammad Abdallah Mansur al-Rimi (ISN 194) and Ben Qumu Abu Sufian Ibrahim Ahmed Hamouda (ISN 557),and believes that under the circumstances it is important to insti [...]	2008-02-11 22:54:00	Secretary of State	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL PHUM PINS LY
08STATE15895	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S. SPONSORED TRAINING [...] Department has reviewed its files and finds that it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights at this time by the members of the Iraqi Security Forces listed below. If at any time Embassy becomes aware of any information regarding incidents that could be deemed to [...]	2008-02-15 17:22:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08STATE17336	INTERNATIONAL NOTIFICATION OF U.S. SATELLITE [...] (U) This is an immediate action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (SBU) GUIDANCE FOR BERLIN, BRASILIA, CANBERRA, LONDON, OTTAWA, PARIS, ROME, TOKYO, BEIJING, KYIV, MOSCOW, PRAGUE, COPENHAGEN, TEL AVIV, SANTIAGO, WARSAW, SEOUL, THE HAGUE, AND NEW DELHI, USNATO (FOR NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCI [...]	2008-02-21 05:55:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PARM PNAT KTIA PINS TSPA TPHY ESA
08STATE18782	NOTIFICATION TO CANADA OF U.S. SATELLITE ENGAGEMENT [...] (C) Ambassador orally briefed Foreign and Defence Policy Advisor to the Prime Minister Susan Cartwright about the U.S. interception of the NRO satellite on February 20. Cartwright expressed concern about the possibility of debris landing in populated Canadian areas, and Ambassador reassured [...]	2008-02-25 21:12:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PNAT KTIA PINS TSPA TPHY CA
08STATE18943	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S. SPONSORED TRAINING [...] Department has reviewed its files and finds that it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights at this time by the member of the Iraqi Security Forces listed below. If at any time Embassy becomes aware of any information regarding incidents that could be deemed to b [...]	2008-02-26 12:39:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08STATE2577	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S. SPONSORED TRAINING [...] Department has reviewed its files and finds that it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights at this time by the member of the Iraqi Security Forces listed below. If at any time, the Embassy becomes aware of any information regarding incidents which could be credi [...]	2008-01-09 18:46:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08STATE29525	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S. SPONSORED TRAINING [...] Department has reviewed its files and finds that it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the members of the Iraqi Security Forces listed below. If at any time Embassy becomes aware of any information regarding incidents that could be deemed to be credible i [...]	2008-03-21 11:46:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08STATE29748	BORDER STRATEGY COORDINATION CONFERENCE IN [...] (U) This is an action request see paragraph 6. 2. (SBU) During a meeting with the EU's Council Working Group on Eastern Europe and Russia (COEST) on February 28 in Brussels, the EU asked A/S Boucher whether the United States would support a border management coordination conference in Dus [...]	2008-03-21 17:16:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINS PREL SNAR TI PARM
08STATE34247	CLUSTER MUNITIONS WORKING GROUP [...] (U) ACTION REQUEST: Request Embassy Tel Aviv pass the following at paragraph 2 as a nonpaper to appropriate officials within the Government of Israel,s Ministry of Defense. 2. (S) Begin Nonpaper: (SECRET//REL ISRAEL) The U.S. and Israel agreed at the March 20, 2008 Joint Political Mi [...]	2008-04-02 20:37:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	IS MARR MCAP PINS PREL
08STATE34305	SATTERFIELD AND DAVUTOGLU ON BASRAH, NORTHERN [...] (S) Summary: In an April 1 meeting with Turkish Prime Ministerial advisor Ahmet Davutoglu, S/I David Satterfield reviewed the state of play in Basrah and urged Turkey to give full support to Maliki and the GOI. Davutoglu said GOI stability was in Turkey's strong interest, and also agreed to [...]	2008-04-03 01:44:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	PGOV PINS PREL MOPS TU IZ IR
08STATE38413	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] The Department has reviewed its files and finds that it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the members of the Iraq Security forces listed below. If, at any time, Embassy becomes aware of any information regarding incidents that could be deemed to be cred [...]	2008-04-11 18:15:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08STATE41023	THE U.S.-ISRAEL JOINT POLITICAL MILITARY GROUP [...] (C) The thirty-ninth meeting, and first in two years, of the U.S.-Israel Joint Political Military Group (JPMG) took place in Washington on March 20, 2008. Co-chairmen were Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Political Military Affairs Stephen D. Mull and Israeli Ministry of Defense (MOD) [...]	2008-04-18 15:21:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	IS MARR MCAP PINS PREL
08STATE41097	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] The Department has reviewed its files and finds that it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the members of the Iraq Security forces listed below. If, at any time, Embassy becomes aware of any information regarding incidents that could be deemed to be cred [...]	2008-04-18 16:23:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08STATE48027	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S. SPONSORED TRAINING [...] The Department has reviewed its files and finds that it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the member of the Iraq Security Forces listed below. If, at any time, Embassy becomes aware of any information regarding incidents that could be deemed to be credi [...]	2008-05-06 20:21:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08STATE48047	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] The Department has reviewed its files and finds that it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the member of the Iraq Security Forces listed below. If, at any time, Embassy becomes aware of any information regarding incidents that could be deemed to be credi [...]	2008-05-06 20:31:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08STATE48065	(U) Secretary Rice's April 25, 2008 [...] (U) Classified by: KURT VOLKER, ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR EUROPEAN AND EURASIAN AFFAIRS, REASONS: 1.4(b) and (d). 2. (U) April 25, 2008, 9:20 - 10:50 a.m., Washington, D.C. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary Ambassador Charles W. Larson, Jr. Acting Assistant Secretary K [...]	2008-05-06 20:53:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA MARR PREL PINS NATO
08STATE53419	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S. SPONSORED TRAINING [...] The Department has reviewed its files and finds that it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the members of the Iraq Security Forces listed below. If, at any time, Embassy becomes aware of any information regarding incidents that could be deemed to be cred [...]	2008-05-20 12:39:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08STATE71576	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] The Department has reviewed its files and finds that it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights at this time by the members of the Iraqi Security Forces listed below. Department strongly suggests that visa applications for both individuals be filed with as much t [...]	2008-07-03 12:24:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08STATE71583	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED KING AIR [...] The Department has reviewed its files and finds that it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights at this time by the members of the Iraqi Security Forces listed below. Department strongly suggests that visa applications for both individuals be filed with as much t [...]	2008-07-03 12:33:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08STATE71795	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] The Department has reviewed its files and finds that it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights at this time by the members of the Iraqi Security Forces listed below. Department strongly suggests that visa applications for both individuals be filed with as much t [...]	2008-07-03 16:58:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08STATE72686	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] The Department has reviewed its files and finds that it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights at this time by the members of the Iraqi Security Forces listed below. Department strongly suggests that visa applications for both individuals be filed with as much t [...]	2008-07-07 21:46:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08STATE73807	(U) SECRETARY RICE'S JULY 2, 2008 CONVERSATION [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY: DAN SMITH, DEPUTY EXECUTIVE SECRETARY, S/ES, DEPARTMENT OF STATE. REASON 1.4. (B) AND (D) 2. (U) JULY 2, 2008, 10:30 - 11:15, WASHINGTON, D.C. 3. (U) PARTICIPANTS: U.S. THE SECRETARY AMBASSADOR JOHN CLOUD ACTING UNDER SECRETARY JOHN ROOD, T ASSISTANT SECRETARY D [...]	2008-07-10 00:49:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PINS PGOV NATO CVIS LG AF IZ
08STATE80278	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] The Department has reviewed its files and finds that it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights at this time by the members of the Iraqi Security Forces listed below. Department strongly suggests that visa applications for both individuals be filed with as much t [...]	2008-07-25 13:22:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08STATE87417	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] The Department has reviewed its files and finds that it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights at this time by the members of the Iraqi Security Forces listed below. Department strongly suggests that visa applications for both individuals be filed with as much t [...]	2008-08-14 15:41:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08STATE87433	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] The Department has reviewed its files and finds that it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights at this time by the members of the Iraqi Security Forces listed below. Department strongly suggests that visa applications for both individuals be filed with as much t [...]	2008-08-14 15:47:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08STATE89155	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING IN [...] The Department has reviewed its files and finds that it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights at this time by the members of the Iraqi Security Forces listed below. Department strongly suggests that visa applications for both individuals be filed with as much t [...]	2008-08-19 19:08:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08STATE89736	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED FMS [...] The Department has reviewed its files and finds that it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights at this time by the members of the Iraqi Security Forces listed below. Department strongly suggests that visa applications for both individuals be filed with as much t [...]	2008-08-20 21:00:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08STATE91327	REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY FOR ISF TRANSITION [...] (U) This is an action request. --------- OBJECTIVE --------- 2. (SBU) Department requests that Posts engage appropriate host country officials to notify and elicit support for the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) Transition Plan and the associated U.S. weapons sales. State and Defense Depar [...]	2008-08-25 20:25:00	Secretary of State	SECRET	MARR MCAP MOPS PINS MASS AE BA EG IS IZ JO KU QA
08STATE92039	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] The Department has reviewed its files and finds that it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights at this time by the members of the Iraqi Security Forces listed below. Department strongly suggests that visa applications for both individuals be filed with as much t [...]	2008-08-27 13:49:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08STATE92040	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] The Department has reviewed its files and finds that it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights at this time by the members of the Iraqi Security Forces listed below. Department strongly suggests that visa applications for both individuals be filed with as much t [...]	2008-08-27 13:50:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08STATE93352	HURRICANE GUSTAV MGJM01 SITUATION REPORT NO. 2 [...] (U) The storm center is projected to pass 100 miles southwest of Havana. JAMAICA HAS YET TO DECLARE DISASTER OR ASK FOR U.S. HELP --------------------------------------------- ----------- 2. (SBU) Embassy Kingston reports severe agricultural sector and infrastructure damage, with several [...]	2008-08-30 22:30:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PINS AEMR MARR CASC GV KHLS
08STATE93380	HURRICANE GUSTAV MGJM01 SITUATION REPORT NO. 3 [...] (SBU) The storm center made landfall with 150 mph winds and an 18-foot storm surge, which penetrated up to four miles inland. USINT HAVANA SAFE, AWAITING OFFICIAL CUBAN DAMAGE REPORT --------------------------------------------- ----------- 2.(SBU) The government evacuated 164,000 people fr [...]	2008-08-31 18:03:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PINS AEMR MARR CASC GV KHLS
08STATE9395	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S. SPONSORED TRAINING [...] Department has reviewed its files and finds that it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights at this time by the members of the Iraqi Security Forces listed below. If at any time Embassy becomes aware of any information regarding incidents that could be deemed to [...]	2008-01-30 14:10:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08STATE9474	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S. SPONSORED TRAINING [...] Department has reviewed its files and finds that it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights at this time by the members of the Iraqi Security Forces listed below. If at any time Embassy becomes aware of any information regarding incidents that could be deemed to [...]	2008-01-30 15:59:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08STATE96997	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] The Department has reviewed its files and finds that it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights at this time by the members of the Iraqi Security Forces listed below. Department strongly suggests that visa applications for both individuals be filed with as much t [...]	2008-09-10 19:06:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08STATE99505	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] The Department has reviewed its files and finds that it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights at this time by the members of the Iraqi Security Forces listed below. Department strongly suggests that visa applications for both individuals be filed with as much t [...]	2008-09-17 18:30:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08STOCKHOLM152	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: NOTIFICATION OF U.S. SATELLITE [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-25 15:14:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM PNAT KTIA PINS TSPA TPHY ESA DCDG
08STOCKHOLM340	Media Reaction - Israel and Palestinian Refugees [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-07 07:54:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PINS PHUM PREF EUN SW
08STOCKHOLM343	Media Reaction - Inauguration of President Medvedev [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-08 09:13:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PINS PHUM PREF EUN SW
08STOCKHOLM364	Media Reaction - China and Burma [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-15 07:20:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PINS PHUM PREF EUN SW
08STOCKHOLM377	Media Reaction - Lebanon and Hezbollah [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-22 07:28:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PINS PHUM PREF EUN SW
08STOCKHOLM390	Media Reaction - Stockholm ICI Conference [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-29 06:11:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PINS PHUM PREF EUN SW
08STOCKHOLM391	Media Reaction - Stockholm ICI Conference [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-02 06:45:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PINS PHUM PREF EUN SW
08STOCKHOLM420	Media Reaction - President Bush's Trip to Europe [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-10 09:34:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PINS PHUM PREF EUN SW
08STOCKHOLM475	Media Reaction - Mugabe and Zimbabwe [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-30 10:34:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PINS PHUM PREF EUN SW
08STOCKHOLM501	Media Reaction - G-8 Summit Meeting [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-11 09:05:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PINS PHUM PREF EUN SW
08STOCKHOLM559	Media Reaction - Georgia/Ossetia/Russia [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-11 12:01:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PINS PHUM PREF EUN SW
08STOCKHOLM562	Media Reaction - Russia [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-12 08:03:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PINS PHUM PREF EUN SW
08STOCKHOLM574	TFGG01: Swedish media coverage of Georgia crisis; Embassy [...] Over the weekend and Monday, August 16-18, Swedish media reported extensively on the crisis in Georgia, with correspondent reports from the region, analytical articles and editorials. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's visit to Tbilisi, during which a six-point peace agreement was signed, r [...]	2008-08-18 14:28:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PINS PHUM PREF EUN SW
08STOCKHOLM592	TFGG01: Media Reaction - Georgia [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-27 07:14:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PINS PHUM PREF EUN SW
08STOCKHOLM594	TFGG01: Media Reaction - Russia and Georgia [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-28 14:31:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PINS PHUM PREF EUN SW
08STOCKHOLM604	TFGG01: Media Reaction - Russia [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-04 07:23:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PINS PHUM PREF EUN SW
08STOCKHOLM638	Media Reaction - Financial Market Crisis [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-22 09:18:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PINS PHUM PREF EUN SW
08STOCKHOLM640	Media Reaction - South Africa, Mbeki Resignation [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-23 08:59:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PINS PHUM PREF EUN SW
08STOCKHOLM653	Media Reaction - Financial Crisis [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-01 10:13:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PINS PHUM PREF EUN SW
08STOCKHOLM796	Media Reaction - Secretary of State nomination [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-02 10:03:00	Embassy Stockholm	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO PINS PHUM PREF EUN SW
08SURABAYA116	CENTRAL SULAWESI: MEDIA REPORT OF PALU BOMB PLOT TURNS OUT [...] (SBU) Summary: A September 30 report titled "Kids Uncover Idul Fitri Bomb Terror Plan in Palu" was carried in the English language daily, The Jakarta Post. Congen Surabaya spoke with local police, and civil society leaders knowledgeable about local media who refuted the Jakarta Post story. W [...]	2008-10-03 09:30:00	Consulate Surabaya	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KISL KIRF PTER EAID PREL ASEC ID PINS
08SURABAYA137	MALUKU: PEACE REIGNS AFTER ALLEGED BLASPHEMY SPARKS A [...] (SBU) Summary. Rebuilding is underway in the Central Maluku town of Masohi after a day-long sectarian riot broke out there after more than four years of calm. On December 9, more than 60 houses and two churches were burned and six people were injured in Masohi on Seram Island some 120 km east [...]	2008-12-18 08:28:00	Consulate Surabaya	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KISL KIRF PTER PINS ASEC ID
08SURABAYA63	BALI: CONTINUED PRESSURE CAUSES AHMADIYAH MEMBERS TO SEEK [...] (U) Six representatives of the Islamic religious sect Ahmadiyah now resident in Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) sought but failed to gain political asylum at the Australian Consulate and German Honorary Consulate in Bali on May 15. The six claimed to represent 195 Ahmadiyah members still in Lo [...]	2008-05-23 10:13:00	Consulate Surabaya	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KIRF PINS ID PHUM KISL
08SURABAYA65	MALUKU: ETHNICITY, RELIGION MIGHT TRIGGER POST-ELECTION [...] (SBU) Summary: While Maluku remains calm, recent fighting between a handful of villages has underscored the role of ethnicity in all aspects of life in Maluku, ConGen Surabaya Pol-Econ Officer and Pol-Econ Assistant found during meetings with NGOs, media and political parties in Ambon, Maluku [...]	2008-05-29 09:06:00	Consulate Surabaya	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KISL KIRF PTER PINS ASEC ID
08TAIPEI218	TAIWAN NOTIFIED OF IMPENDING U.S. SATELLITE [...] (C) AIT Acting Director Robert Wang delivered reftel notification to Taiwan Acting Foreign Minister Yang Tzu-pao at 1000 February 15 (2300 EST, February 14). Yang was accompanied by North American Affairs Director-General Leo Lee, who told ADIR before the meeting that FM James Huang is trave [...]	2008-02-15 07:47:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PNAT KTIA PINS TSPA TPHY ESA CDG PREL
08TALLINN326	ESTONIA CHARTS LEGAL, MILITARY FUTURE OF CYBER [...] (C) Summary and Comment: In the wake of the August cyber attacks against government websites in the Republic of Georgia, Estonia has provided both material and technical assistance to Tbilisi. Lawyers at the Cyber Center of Excellence in Tallinn have produced a legal analysis of the status of cyber [...]	2008-09-22 14:07:00	Embassy Tallinn	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS TINT NATO RU GG EN
08TASHKENT1061	UZBEKISTAN SHARES ITS VIEWS OF SCO SUMMIT [...] (C) Summary: A representative from Uzbekistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Section told us on September 11 that Uzbekistan is pleased with the results of the August SCO summit in Dushanbe. Uzbekistan's main goals for future summits include further secur [...]	2008-09-15 12:09:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEC ECIN ECON PGOV PINS PTER UZ
08TASHKENT1231	UZBEKISTAN: RESPONSE TO GLOBAL INITIATIVE QUERIES [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-27 09:16:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC UZ
08TASHKENT1271	UZBEKISTAN IDENTIFIES POINTS OF CONTACT FOR GLOBAL [...] (SBU) On October 31, Uzbekistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs informed Post via diplomatic note that the following individuals are the Government of Uzbekistan's points of contact for activities related to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism: H. Halilov, Branch Chief at "Sanoatko [...]	2008-11-04 09:14:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER UZ
08TASHKENT1325	UZBEKISTAN: FORMER OFFICIAL COMMENTS ON FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: On November 13, Furkat Sidikov (a former official who remains affiliated with the Government of Uzbekistan) discussed a range of political and security issues with Poloff and expressed interest in developing bilateral cooperation. Sidikov asserted that Uzbekistan is curious about [...]	2008-11-18 10:57:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC KISL PINS PTER PHUM SOCI AF UZ

08TASHKENT1471	UZBEKISTAN: BORDER SECURITY ASSESSMENT [...] (C) Summary. Several U.S. programs--including the Export Control and Related Border Security program, the International Narcotics and Law Enforcement program, and others sponsored by the Department of Defense and Department of Energy--have contributed to enhancing the security of Uzbekistan's b [...]	2008-12-17 08:29:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS ASEC ECON MASS PGOV PINS KNNP PREL UZ

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