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08ADDISABABA64	USG HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TEAM: DEGEHABUR ZONE FIELD [...] (U) Summary: Between December 27 and 30, the U.S. Government (USG) Humanitarian Assistance Team (HAT) in Ethiopia program officer, health and nutrition specialist, and safety and security officer traveled to Jijiga and Degehabur zones in Somali Region as part of an initial field visit to asse [...]	2008-01-09 14:34:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PHUM SENV EAGR PGOV ET

08ADDISABABA75	USG HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TEAM: DEGEHABUR ZONE FIELD [...] (U) Summary: Between December 27 and 30, the U.S. Government (USG) Humanitarian Assistance Team (HAT) in Ethiopia program officer, health and nutrition specialist, and safety and security officer traveled to Jijiga and Degehabur zones in Somali Region as part of an initial field visit to asse [...]	2008-01-10 10:15:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PHUM SENV EAGR PGOV ET
08ADDISABABA76	USG HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TEAM: HEALTH AND NUTRITION [...] (U) Summary: Between December 27 and 30, the U.S. Government (USG) Humanitarian Assistance Team (HAT) in Ethiopia health and nutrition specialist traveled to Jijiga and Degehabur zones in Somali Region as part of an initial field visit to assess humanitarian conditions and evaluate preliminar [...]	2008-01-10 10:15:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PHUM SENV EAGR PGOV ET
08ADDISABABA978	USAID/OFDA STRATEGY CONSULTATIONS [...] Ethiopia is a country of 77 million people and growing by 3 percent per year. Despite healthy growth in the macro economy and an aggressive pro-poor agenda supported by the World Bank and major donors, including USAID, millions of Ethiopians rely every year on a safety net food program to comp [...]	2008-04-09 06:05:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PHUM SENV EAGR PGOV ET
08ADDISABABA987	UPDATE ON SNNPR AND OROMIYA REGION DROUGHT [...] From March 11 to 18, 2008, USAID Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) Washington-based public health advisor and Addis-based field monitor staff traveled to SNNPR and Oromiya regions to assess the current drought condition and its impact on the nutrition and health status of [...]	2008-04-10 13:23:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PHUM SENV EAGR PGOV ET
08AITTAIPEI1635	DIRECTOR HIGHLIGHTS FINANCIAL CRISIS COORDINATION [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a November 21 meeting with Vice Premier Paul Chiu, the Director observed that the current APEC leaders' meeting in Peru presents a useful opportunity for Taiwan to coordinate with counterparts on the global financial crisis. He stressed U.S. interest in fast action on opening T [...]	2008-11-21 08:33:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL ETRD EAGR TW
08AITTAIPEI1706	DIRECTOR AND USTR TEAM URGE PROMPT TAIWAN ACTION [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a December 9 meeting with NSC Secretary General Su Chi, the Director and Deputy Assistant USTR Timothy Wineland urged Taiwan to open its market to the full range of U.S. beef imports as quickly as possible. They stressed that the imminent release of the Department of Health (DO [...]	2008-12-09 09:48:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EAGR PGOV PREL TW
08AITTAIPEI1716	USTR VISIT FOCUSES ON AGRICULTURE ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: During December 8-9 meetings in Taipei, USTR Senior Director for China and Taiwan Affairs Tim Wineland and AIT/W Director of Trade and Commercial Programs Rick Ruzicka pressed their Taiwan interlocutors on key agricultural market access issues, including beef, pork, and rice. Winel [...]	2008-12-11 08:29:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EAGR PGOV PREL TW
08AITTAIPEI213	TAIWAN SATELLITE PROGRAM UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY. On February 12, AIT officers visited the National Space Program Office (NSPO) and met with the newly-appointed director Miau Jiun-jih to discuss current and future plans at NSPO. Miau emphasized that the follow-on to the Formosat-2 remote sensing satellite was the top priority, [...]	2008-02-15 05:15:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	TSPA PREL ETTC KSCA CVIS TW
08AITTAIPEI34	R/V MELVILLE MARINE RESEARCH CLEARANCE DENIED BY [...] AIT forwarded R/V Melville clearance application via cover letter to TECRO on December 13, 2007 (ref B). TECRO then forwarded the application to the National Science Council (NSC) for consideration. On January 8 AIT received a formal written reply to the clearance request denying clearance f [...]	2008-01-09 09:02:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	KRVC TPHY EWWT JA RP TW
08AITTAIPEI786	TAIWAN PREPARES FOR PROGRESS ON CROSS-STRAIT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. As Taiwan and China prepare to resume negotiations on cross-Strait issues, beginning with charter flights and tourism, Taiwan authorities and industry representatives agree that initial progress should be straightforward. Taiwan authorities believe that during their June 11-14 [...]	2008-06-06 11:12:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EINV PGOV PREL TW CH
08AITTAIPEI808	VICE PRESIDENT SIEW OUTLINES TAIWAN ECONOMIC [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a June 10 meeting with ADIR and visiting AIT/W Director for Trade and Commercial Policy, Vice President Vincent Siew said the Ma administration is now concentrating on inflation control, stimulating domestic demand, and expanding cross-Strait economic ties through implementing [...]	2008-06-10 07:15:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EAGR PROG PREL TW CH
08AITTAIPEI809	MEDIA REACTION: U.S. AND CROSS-STRAIT RELATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-10 09:28:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO TW
08AITTAIPEI873	CROSS-STRAIT LIBERALIZATION WILL BOOST TAIWAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. In the wake of the July 11-14 SEF-ARATS agreements (ref a) to implement cross-Strait weekend charter flights and ease restrictions on PRC tourist travel to Taiwan, the Taiwan travel and tourism sector is anticipating a shot in the arm from an expected surge in Chinese visitors. T [...]	2008-06-19 23:50:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD PREL TW
08AMMAN1248	QUARTET ENVOYS DISCUSS GAZA, HAMAS, AND UPCOMING [...] (C) Summary: The Quartet Envoys met in Amman on April 17 in preparation for the May 2 Principals meeting in London. The Gaza situation dominated, with all sides agreeing that the volatility there impedes peace prospects. The UN's Robert Serry presented a plan Serry said was proposed by Pales [...]	2008-04-24 06:57:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	KWBG PREL IS JO
08ANKARA1179	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-27 13:51:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA166	TURKEY: POL-MIL ROUND-UP: January 2008 [...] Turkey launched air strikes against PKK terrorist positions in northern Iraq on December 16, 17, 22 and 26. Several of the air strikes were supported by artillery fire. During the same period, counterterrorism operations within Southeast Turkey and against PKK terrorists in several cities con [...]	2008-01-29 10:50:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR PREL CH KZ GR TU
08ANKARA1840	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-22 12:08:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1888	ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-30 15:19:00	Embassy Ankara	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR TU
08ANKARA1938	HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG: TURKEY'S NEW [...] (C) SUMMARY: Bureaucratic turf battles and finger pointing continue to frame Ankara's recent announcement of a new civilian structure to manage GoT efforts against the PKK in southeastern Turkey. That announcement came after extensive discussion on a new counterterrorism approach, amid mount [...]	2008-11-07 17:16:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PINR TU
08ANKARA1939	HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG: TURKEY'S NEW [...] (C) SUMMARY: Bureaucratic turf battles and finger pointing continue to frame Ankara's recent announcement of a new civilian structure to manage GoT efforts against the PKK in southeastern Turkey. That announcement came after extensive discussion on a new counterterrorism approach, amid mount [...]	2008-11-10 05:19:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PINR TU
08ANKARA321	EU NABUCCO COORDINATOR SAYS TURKEY MUST ACT NOW ON [...] (C) Summary: On February 14, EU Coordinator for Nabucco Jozias van Aartsen told us he would deliver a firm message to his Turkish interloctuers (which included Prime Minister Erdogan) that Turkey must act now to save the Nabucco pipeline. He said he has a six-month time horizon for progress [...]	2008-02-21 07:45:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET TU
08ANKARA331	TURKEY/IRAQ SITREP 1: TURKEY LAUNCHES GROUND [...] (S/NF) Summary: The Turkish General Staff (TGS) has publicly announced that Turkish forces have launched a ground operation into northern Iraq, which began at 1700 hours Zulu on February 21. Predator imagery has identified two columns of approximately 800 dismounted infantry six kilometers in [...]	2008-02-22 10:24:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MOPS MARR PTER TU IZ
08ANKARA627	TURKEY/IRAQ: S/I SATTERFIELD CONSULTS GOT ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: In discussions with MFA U/S Apakan, MFA Deputy U/S Sinirlioglu, GOT Iraq Coordinator Ozcelik, Presidency foreign affairs advisor Turkoglu, and D/CHOD Gen. Saygun March 31, S/I Satterfield warned of the political situation in which Iraq PM Maliki finds himself as a result of the se [...]	2008-04-03 12:20:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL PTER MOPS PINS PGOV TU IZ IR
08ASUNCION624	LUGO FOCUSES ON COUNTERNARCOTICS, MICROENTERPRISE [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Lugo expressed interest in closer counternarcotics cooperation with the United States and requested U.S. assistance with microenterprise development during a Friday, August 29 dinner with the Ambassador. Lugo made clear that he does not trust some of his closest advisors [...]	2008-09-05 18:58:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SNAR PGOV ECON PA
08ASUNCION696	SCENE-SETTER FOR BUSH-LUGO MEETING: PARAGUAY [...] (C) President Fernando Lugo's administration represents the first break in Colorado Party's 61-year stranglehold on power; as such, it is shaking the foundations of Paraguayan society. President Bush's October 27 meeting with President Lugo offers the United States an opportunity to reaffirm it [...]	2008-10-14 18:49:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON PGOV SNAR PA
08BAGHDAD1037	U.S.-IRAQ STATUS OF FORCES AGREEMENT NEGOTIATIONS: [...] (S) SUMMARY: The United States and Iraq held their first round of negotiations of a status of forces agreement (SOFA) March 23 through April 3 in Baghdad. This agreement is designed to provide a foundation for a long-term military to military relationship between the United States and Iraq. [...]	2008-04-05 06:10:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	MARR PREL KTIA IZ
08BAGHDAD1051	VICE PRESIDENT HASHIMI ON BASRA OPERATIONS, [...] (S) During an April 1 meeting, the Ambassador and Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi discussed the situation in Basra and the aftermath of the recent showdown with Sadrist forces there. Hashimi described how he had supported PM Maliki during the Basra campaign, putting personal differences aside [...]	2008-04-06 10:02:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL IZ IR
08BAGHDAD1052	APRIL 2 MEETING BETWEEN THE AMBASSADOR, GENERAL [...] (S) Summary: Prime Minister Maliki, flushed with the success of recent ISF operations in Basrah, reviewed next steps with the Ambassador and General Petraeus on April 5. Maliki noted that he was dedicating $100 million dollars towards Basrah's reconstruction, and is using Tribal Support Counci [...]	2008-04-06 10:05:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD1084	D/PM BARHAM SALIH MEETS NEW EMBASSY [...] (C) Summary: In his introductory call on D/PM Barham Salih, AMB. Lawrence Benedict described his mission as identifying how the U.S. could best support GOI anti-corruption initiatives. AMB Benedict asked for D/PM Barham Salih's cooperation in this endeavor. D/PM Barham Salih welcomed AMB [...]	2008-04-08 11:26:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON KCOR PGOV PREL IQ
08BAGHDAD1198	THE AMBASSADOR'S AND GENERAL PETRAEUS' APRIL 14 [...] (S) Summary: Prime Minister (PM) Maliki reviewed plans for security operations in Mosul with the Ambassador and General Petraeus on April 14. Maliki expressed consternation with what he saw as overly-generous descriptions of the Sadrists during the recent Congressional testimony; the Ambassado [...]	2008-04-17 08:48:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL IZ IR
08BAGHDAD1274	SRSG DISCUSSES TURKEY, ELECTIONS AND NEIGHBORS [...] (C) Summary: On April 18, the Ambassador met with UNAMI SRSG Staffan de Mistura to discuss a wide range of issues. The SRSG briefed on his fact-finding mission to Erbil and Ninewa provinces, and his surprise that out of the four districts UNAMI is working on for early recommendations, the two [...]	2008-04-24 11:24:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD132	IRAQI VICE PRESIDENTS HASHIMI AND ABDEL MEHDI ON [...] (S) During a January 16 meeting, the Ambassador urged Vice President Hashimi to support early Presidency Council approval of a Justice and Accountability law (de-Baath),recently approved by the Iraqi Council of Representatives (CoR). While not committing to a specific course of action, he i [...]	2008-01-18 12:24:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD1693	NSC JUNE 1 REVIEWS ONGOING OPERATIONS, AMNESTY [...] (S REL MCFI) Summary: Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki chaired June 1 the National Security Council (NSC) that reviewed security operations in Basra, Sadr City, and Mosul. (Note: Deputy PM Barham Salih, National Security Advisor Mowaffak Rubaie, and Minister of State for National Security Shirwan [...]	2008-06-04 11:30:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	MOPS MARR MASS PREL PTER SY IZ
08BAGHDAD1965	IRAQI NSC JUNE 22 REVIEWS RECONSTRUCTION EFFORTS, [...] (S REL UK AS) Summary: Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki chaired June 22 the National Security Council (NSC) that reviewed reconstruction efforts in Basra, Sadr City, and Mosul. (Note: Minister of Defense Abdul Qadr, Minister of Interior Jawad al-Bulani, Minister of Foreign Affairs Hoshyar Zebari [...]	2008-06-27 10:49:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	MOPS MARR MASS PREL PTER KCRM IZ
08BAGHDAD203	SRSG'S STRATEGY ON IRAQI PROVINCIAL ELECTIONS AND [...] (C) Summary: On January 18, Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) for Iraq Staffan de Mistura met with the Ambassador to discuss the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq's (UNAMI) plan of action to fulfill its expanded mandate under Resolution 1770. Topics included i [...]	2008-01-25 13:08:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UN IZ
08BAGHDAD2071	NSC JUNE 29 REVIEWS SUCCESSFUL SECURITY [...] (S/REL UK AS) Summary: Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki chaired June 29 the National Security Council (NSC) that discussed security operations in Amarah (Maysan Province),the security situation in Diyala, and the need for supplemental funding of the Ministry of Interior. The Prime Minister ope [...]	2008-07-05 08:47:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	MOPS MARR MASS PREL PTER IZ
08BAGHDAD2347	ELECTION SECURITY, AIRPORT SECURITY, AND AMNESTY [...] (S) Summary. Deputy Prime Minister Barham Saleh chaired the weekly National Security Council (NSC) meeting on Jul 20, deferring planned discussions about Diyala security operations because this had been the topic of an earlier meeting of the Crisis Action Committee held by Prime Minister Mali [...]	2008-07-28 06:17:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	IZ MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PREL PTER
08BAGHDAD2729	IRAQI NSC ON AUGUST 17 REVIEWS MOSUL [...] (S/REL MCFI) Summary: Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki chaired the August 17 meeting of the National Security Council (I-NSC) that focused on reconstruction efforts in Mosul, MOD's logistics modernization, and protection of infrastructure. The Council also reviewed operations in Diyala, protec [...]	2008-08-25 10:51:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	MOPS MARR MASS PREL PTER SY IZ
08BAGHDAD2784	IRAQI NSC ON AUGUST 24 REVIEWS READINESS OF [...] (S/REL MCFI) Summary: The National Security Council (I-NSC),chaired by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, focused its discussions August 24 on the readiness of the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) to provide security for Iraq and command and control of Ports of Entry (POEs). The council also heard [...]	2008-08-29 13:52:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	MOPS MARR MASS PREL PTER SY IZ
08BAGHDAD2860	IRAQI NSC AUGUST 31 DISCUSSES COUNTERING [...] (S/REL MCFI) Summary: Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki chaired the August 31 meeting of the Iraqi National Security Council (I-NSC) that followed up on the previous week's (reftel) discussion of preventing assassinations, detainee releases, and operations in Diyala. The Council also spent consi [...]	2008-09-05 15:32:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	MOPS MASS MARR ENGR ECON IZ
08BAGHDAD2933	NSC SEPTEMBER 7: STEMMING ASSASSINATIONS AND [...] (S/REL MCFI) Summary: Deputy Prime Minister Rafi Isawi chaired the sparsely attended September 7 meeting of the Iraqi National Security Council (I-NSC). The Council considered plans to tackle the rising number of assassinations in Baghdad, reconstruction coordination, and the achievements of [...]	2008-09-11 06:10:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	MOPS MARR MASS PREL PTER IZ
08BAGHDAD3022	NSC SEPTEMBER 14 REVIEWS NINEWA SECURITY [...] (S/REL MCFI) Summary: Deputy Prime Minister (D/PM) Barham Salih chaired the September 14 meeting of the Iraqi National Security Council (I-NSC). The Council heard short follow-up reports from the MOD on Civil-Military Operations Centers, from the MOI on continued difficulties in securing fund [...]	2008-09-19 12:36:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	MOPS MARR MASS PREL PTER SY IZ
08BAGHDAD3063	DEMISTURA VISIT TO IRAN: OPPOSITION TO SOFA, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Senior Iranian leaders told SRSYG DeMistura during his recent visit to Iran that, given improved security conditions, there is no longer a need for a foreign troop presence in Iraq. The Iranians were adamantly opposed to the U.S.-Iraq Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) and said [...]	2008-09-23 15:50:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PTER
08BAGHDAD3096	NSC REVIEW SEPTEMBER 21, 2008: SECURITY OPTICS, [...] (S/REL MCFI) Summary. The September 21 meeting of the Iraqi National Security Council (I-NSC) opened with the Ministry of the Interior asserting its control of the Petroleum Security Police (PSP). Emphasizing his desire both to improve optics in the international zone for the Iraqi public, [...]	2008-09-25 16:11:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	MOPS MARR MASS PREL PTER SY IZ
08BAGHDAD3325	I-NSC OCTOBER 12 REVIEWS SITUATION IN MOSUL, [...] (S/REL MCFI) Summary. The October 12 meeting of the Iraqi National Security Council (I-NSC) opened with the Prime Minister setting aside the prepared schedule and calling for a briefing on the situation of reported Christian persecution in Mosul City, Ninewa. All members of the NSC wanted to [...]	2008-10-15 06:37:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	MOPS MARR MASS PREL PTER SY IZ
08BAGHDAD3474	BASRA LEADERS VOICE QUIET SUPPORT FOR SOFA [...] (C) Summary: Basra politicians, security officials, and community leaders voiced quiet support for the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) during a visit October 26-29 by Gordon Gray, Senior Advisor for Southern Iraq Affairs. Basrah Governor Mohammed Wa'eli predicted that the SOFA would lead to [...]	2008-11-02 02:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR IR IZ
08BAGHDAD3475	BASRAH RESIDENTS ANGRY, WORRIED ABOUT IRANIAN [...] (C) Basrawis blame Iran for the Jaysh al-Mahdi (JAM) violence and intimidation that ended in April following Operation Charge of the Knights, community leaders and security officials told Senior Advisor Gray during a visit October 26-29. With the exception of an Islamic Supreme Council of Ir [...]	2008-11-02 02:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PINR IR IZ
08BAGHDAD3517	KARBALA WELCOMES IRANIAN TOURISTS BUT WARY OF [...] (C) Summary: Karbala business leaders and government officials discussed their concerns about Iranian influence and reliance on tourism revenue from Iranian pilgrims in a visit November 2-3 by Senior Advisor Gordon Gray. Governor Aqeel al-Khazali (Da,wa) hinted that the Iranians were behind [...]	2008-11-07 13:37:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER EFIN IR IZ
08BAGHDAD3526	SUNNI AND SHIA POLITICIANS EXPRESS OPPOSING VIEWS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Secretary's Senior Coordinator for Iraqi Refugee Issues, Ambassador James Foley, visited Baghdad October 22-27 to review Iraqi refugee admissions and special immigrant visa (SIV) programs and to assess the role the U.S. can play in facilitating refugee and IDP returns. Dep [...]	2008-11-08 12:12:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID IZ PGOV PHUM PREF PREL
08BAGHDAD3747	IRAQI NSC DISCUSSES TRILATERAL MEETING WITH U.S. [...] (S) Summary. At the November 23 meeting of the Iraqi National Security Council (NSC),with Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Rafi Essawi sitting in as chair for the Prime Minister, the Council received a report from Minister of State for National Security Affairs Shirwan Waeili on the recent U.S.- [...]	2008-11-28 16:57:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	MOPS MARR MASS PREL PTER SY IZ
08BAGHDAD3765	SALAH AD-DIN RESIDENTS WORRIED ABOUT PERCEIVED [...] (S/NF) Summary: Judges and community activists in the mostly Sunni province of Salah ad-Din expressed concern about Iranian meddling in Iraq during a visit by Iran Watcher to the province Nov. 22-25, but struggled to point to specific instances of Iranian influence aside from Iranian products [...]	2008-11-30 17:47:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PTER PINR IR IZ
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
08BAGHDAD4006	GOI TO ASSUME REPONSIBILITY FOR CAMP ASHRAF [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 16. 2. (S) SUMMARY. National Security Advisor (NSA) Dr. Mowaffak al-Rubaie led a joint GOI-USG delegation to Camp Ashraf December 20 to discuss the assumption of security responsibility for the camp, home to over 3000 Mujahedin e-Khalq (MEK) [...]	2008-12-22 14:57:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PTER PHUM PINR PREF PREL IZ IR
08BAGHDAD540	DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER HAMOUD ON LONG-TERM [...] (C) PolMil Minister Counselor (PMMC) Marcie Ries called on Deputy Foreign Minister Hamoud February 16 to discuss preparations for negotiations on the Long-Term Strategic Relationship (LTSR),including a Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA). She used the opportunity to inquire about efforts to en [...]	2008-02-25 07:34:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	ETRD EU EWWT IZ KISL MARR PREF PREL TU KU
08BAGHDAD594	TURKISH ENVOYS AND AMBASSADOR DISCUSS GOI [...] (S/NF) Summary: Turkish PM Advisor Ahmet Davutoglu asserted to Ambassador that Turkish ground operations were inevitable after the October kidnapping of Turkish soldiers and refused to predict when the operation would end. Ambassador pressed for operations to end before they upset the fragile [...]	2008-02-29 18:21:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV TU IZ
08BAGHDAD601	FOREIGN MINISTER PROVIDES AHMEDINEJAD VISIT [...] SUMMARY. During a February 28 meeting, Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari told Political Counselor Matt Tueller and NSC Senior Director for Iraq and Afghanistan Brett McGurk that he would urge the Iranians to avoid making inflammatory statements directed at the United States during President Ah [...]	2008-03-01 07:42:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IR IZ
08BAGHDAD642	SRSG DE MISTURA DISCUSSES UNAMI'S PLANS ON ARTICLE [...] (C) Summary: On February 20, Counselor Eliot A. Cohen met with Staffan de Mistura, Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) to the UN Assistance Mission for SIPDIS Iraq (UNAMI),to discuss UNAMI's plans for negotiating disputed internal boundaries and assisting with provinci [...]	2008-03-05 02:52:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD705	NSA RUBAI ON SOFA, SFA, AND GETTING APPROVAL [...] (C) In a wide-ranging March 5 conversation, National Security Advisor (NSA) Muwaffaq al-Rubai shared his views on the Strategic Framework (SF) and the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) with Embassy PolMil MinsCouns Marcie Ries and NSC's Brett McGurk. Rubai stressed the delicate political clim [...]	2008-03-10 03:06:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS MARR ECON IZ
08BAGHDAD724	SUMMARY OF GOI MEETINGS ON RULE OF LAW, DETENTIONS [...] This is an update on the continuing Ministerial Committee on the Rule of Law and Detention meetings (MCROLD). Since our last summary the MCROLD has been marked by more senior participants - most ministries or agencies are now represented at the deputy minister level - and more organized meeti [...]	2008-03-11 14:09:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KJUS MOPS IZ
08BAGHDAD742	UNAMI SRSG DISCUSSES ELECTIONS, ANKARA TRIP, SOFA [...] (C) Summary: On March 9, the Ambassador met with UNAMI Special Representative (SRSG) Staffan de Mistura upon his return from Ankara. The Ambassador and the SRSG discussed the veto of the Provincial Powers Law, provincial elections, and the SRSG,s thoughts on a way forward. De Mistura said [...]	2008-03-13 11:13:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL 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
08BANGKOK11	THAI ELECTION COMMISSION CONSIDERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Election Commission (ECT) has set up a reasonable system for handling fraud complaints, according to a US-funded election assistance organization briefing. Although the election law gives the ECT significant independence, its authority is not unchecked: there is a process to [...]	2008-01-02 11:39:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM TH
08BANGKOK1325	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES IPR, ECONOMY, GOVERNANCE WITH [...] (C) Senate President Prasobsook Boondech in an April 29 meeting with the Ambassador expressed hope the USG would remove Thailand from the USTR Special 301 Priority Watch List. The Ambassador reviewed U.S. concerns about IPR infringement. Prasobsook described the Senate as harmonious, despite [...]	2008-04-30 10:18:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF ETRD ECON KDEM TH BM
08BANGKOK1370	BURMESE PM VISIT: RTG FOCUSES ON ECONOMIC [...] (C) The RTG used Burmese Prime Minister Thein Sein's first state visit to Thailand primarily to highlight areas of economic engagement between the neighboring countries. Thai PM Samak Sundaravej made a show of welcoming Thein Sein to the Government House and expanding on various opportunities [...]	2008-05-02 11:25:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM TH BM
08BANGKOK1392	LEADING DEMOCRAT LEGISLATOR COMMENTS ON THAI [...] (C) Leading Democrat Party legislator Sukhumbhand Paribatra told us on May 7 that current media speculation about a possible coup d'etat evoked earlier rumors that former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra might orchestrate a seizure of power to undo the effects of the 2006 coup. Sukhumbhand as [...]	2008-05-07 10:27:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM TH BM
08BANGKOK1430	MGBM01: RTG, THAI NGOS SENDING CASH, SUPPLIES TO [...] (SBU) The MFA reported to us that the RTG was already in the process of transferring USD 300,000 to the Burmese government and that the Royal Thai Air Force delivered three planeloads of relief supplies as of May 8. Thus far, RTG assistance has been limited to the delivery of supplies only, a [...]	2008-05-09 10:27:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM EAID TH BM
08BANGKOK1522	MGBM01: HRW ADMITS BISCUIT STORY NOT CONFIRMED [...] (C) Human Rights Watch (HRW) staff based in Thailand (STRICTLY PROTECT) told us May 16 that the organization's press statement released May 14 had been a point of contention between "higher ups" and those on the ground. The press release claimed that the Burmese military confiscated internatio [...]	2008-05-16 12:34:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EAID TH BM
08BANGKOK1662	LESE MAJESTE ACCUSATIONS STIFLE DISCOURSE IN [...] (C) Politicians and allies of the Palace, under the guise of protecting the King, often use lese majeste accusations to silence critical media or opponents. In the last six months, lese majeste complaints have been filed or threatened against a wide range of figures, including a cabinet minist [...]	2008-05-30 10:56:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KPAO TH
08BANGKOK172	SUPREME COURT TO RULE ON ELECTION CHALLENGES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Supreme Court will rule on Friday on complaints challenging the legality of the December 23 elections. The most vulnerable point may be the advance voting, which some claim was unconstitutional. One legal expert said it was "50/50" whether the Supreme Court would void the a [...]	2008-01-16 11:23:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM TH
08BANGKOK1778	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: IDENTITY, CULTURE AND RELIGION [...] (SBU)Summary: On May 26 and 27, Senate Foreign Relations Committee staff members Jonah Blank and Frank Jannuzi traveled with Poloff to Narathiwat, Pattani, Hat Yai and Songkhla in southernmost Thailand for discussions about the root causes of the insurgency in Thailand's deep south, and the po [...]	2008-06-10 10:43:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH
08BANGKOK189	SUCCESSFUL PROSECUTION OF THAKSIN AND HIS WIFE [...] (C) A leading lawyer working for the Shinawatra family privately characterized current charges against Potjaman, the wife of deposed Prime Minister Thaksin, as weak. The lawyer characterized the current Attorney General as fair but noted he would be under pressure to pursue prosecution. Thail [...]	2008-01-17 09:32:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PHUM KDEM KJUS TH
08BANGKOK2092	THAKSIN SHINAWATRA'S LEGAL TEAM PESSIMISTIC ABOUT [...] (C) Former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and his wife are now on trial for alleged abuse of power in connection with a 2003 purchase of a plot of land from a state-affiliated institution. This trial may conclude as early as September. Thaksin's wife also appears likely to be convicted in [...]	2008-07-09 09:00:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS TH
08BANGKOK2095	REQUEST FOR REVIEW OF LEAHY VETTING CHANGES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy Bangkok strongly supports reftel request for high-level, inter-agency review of recent changes to the implementation of the Leahy Amendment. Recently proposed changes to the Leahy human rights vetting process pose a serious threat to USG security cooperation in Thailand. [...]	2008-07-09 09:36:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM MAAR TH
08BANGKOK222	STAFFDEL GROVE TRAVELS TO SOUTHERN THAILAND [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-23 06:25:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER 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
08BANGKOK2302	MOTHERLAND PARTY LEADER ANNOUNCES WITHDRAWAL FROM [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Prime Minister Suwit Khunkitti publicly announced on July 29 the withdrawal of his Motherland Party from the governing coalition. He appears to have acted without the full authority of the party, however. A reliable contact told us Suwit was bitter about his imminent loss [...]	2008-07-30 09:59:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM TH
08BANGKOK234	STAFFDEL GROVE TRAVELS TO SOUTHERN THAILAND [...] (S/NF) Summary: On January 15, a Senate Appropriations Committee staff delegation lead by professional staff member Paul Grove traveled with Poloff and USAID representatives to Hat Yai in southern Thailand for discussions on the violence in the South. Thai government and security officials, a [...]	2008-01-24 06:47:00	Embassy Bangkok	SECRET//NOFORN	EAID PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH
08BANGKOK2357	RESHUFFLED CABINET UNLIKELY TO ALTER TONE OF THAI [...] (C) In a cabinet reshuffle announced on August 2, Prime Minister Samak, among other moves, demoted his Commerce Minister, returned to the cabinet a Minister who had been forced from office by a recent court ruling, appointed a former Police Chief as Interior Minister, and retained three offici [...]	2008-08-04 09:16:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM KJUS TH
08BANGKOK2655	THAI POLITICAL DEADLOCK: BANGKOK QUIET AS SAMAK [...] (C) Summary: Bangkok was mostly quiet September 5, despite a motorcycle gunfire attack on university students marching on Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej's house during the evening of September 4, as the House focused on passing a budget, and the Senate moved the national referendum bill forwa [...]	2008-09-05 10:10:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR CASC TH
08BANGKOK297	PROPOSALS ON BURMA FROM ASSK CONFIDANT DE [...] (C) Leon de Riedmatten (Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue representative and former International Committee of the Red Cross head of delegation in Burma during which he acted as a liaison between ASSK and SPDC) viewed the prospects for change in Burma as growing weaker every day unless the inte [...]	2008-01-30 05:51:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM KPAO KDEM BM TH
08BANGKOK3191	THAI PM SOMCHAI AIMS FOR CONSTITUTION AMENDMENT; [...] (C) Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat told the Ambassador he was committed to a peaceful resolution of political disputes. He welcomed the Ambassador's expression of USG support for democracy and the rule of law, and Somchai said the way forward entailed a fact-finding commission's report on t [...]	2008-10-22 10:11:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KJUS TH CB
08BANGKOK3350	QUESTIONING THE UNQUESTIONABLE? UPTICK IN ONLINE [...] (C) Online and open public criticism of Thai royals, particularly of Queen Sirikit, has increased recently. Army Commander Anupong Paojinda issued a public warning October 27 that the Army would take unspecified steps against people committing lese majeste, or offense to the monarchy. A high [...]	2008-11-12 07:08:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KPAO TH
08BANGKOK3374	THAI WEBSITES, RADIO FACE LESE MAJESTE SCRUTINY [...] (C) The Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Ministry and the Ministry of Interior (MOI) joined recent Army and Police efforts against lese majeste in late October. The ICT Ministry sought the cooperation of website editors in self-censoring content and announced an effort to create [...]	2008-11-14 08:27:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KPAO KJUS TH
08BANGKOK3492	MOB SHUTS MAIN BANGKOK AIRPORT, ARMY CHIEF URGES [...] (C) Thousands of anti-government People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) protestors swarmed into Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi international airport on the night of November 25, forcing the airport's closure, which continues as of COB November 26. The Army Commander led a news conference late in the d [...]	2008-11-26 11:18:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC CASC TH
08BANGKOK3504	STALEMATE, LOOKING FOR A WAY OUT: BANGKOK AIRPORTS [...] (C) Bangkok's international and domestic airports remain closed as of COB November 28 due to continuing anti-government People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) protests, with no clear path out of the stalemate in the offing. Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat on November 27 declared a state of em [...]	2008-11-28 12:31:00	Embassy Bangkok	SECRET	PGOV PREL ASEC CASC TH
08BANGKOK3520	THAI STALEMATE DRAGS ON, FOCUS SHIFTING TO COURT [...] (C) An explosive device injured dozens of participants in the anti-government People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) gathering at the Government House compound on November 29. Citing safety concerns, a PAD co-leader called for supporters to decamp from Government House, although PAD may retain s [...]	2008-12-01 12:01:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KJUS ASEC CASC ECON EINV TH
08BANGKOK3649	THE SOUTHERN BORDER PROVINCES ADMINSTRATION [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: In an early December meeting, Vithit Powattanasuk, an MFA officer assigned to the Southern Border Provinces Administration Center (SBPAC) in Yala province, told us that the SBPAC was responsible for directing and monitoring all efforts in the deep south that could be [...]	2008-12-15 09:49:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH
08BANGKOK3712	NEW THAI CABINET APPOINTED, FACES CRITICISM [...] (C) Abhisit Vejjajiva's cabinet received royal appointment on December 20 and was scheduled to be sworn in late in the day on December 22. The cabinet consists primarily of politicians, although a former Army Commander serves as Defense Minister and a career diplomat serves as Foreign Ministe [...]	2008-12-22 09:42:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM TH
08BANGKOK3778	THAI ARMY COMMANDER TELLS AMBASSADOR MILITARY DID [...] (C) Summary. Army Commander General Anupong Paochinda told the Ambassador December 22 that he had not influenced the formation of the new government. Self-interest and the opportunity to gain political power had led the Newin Chidchob political faction and other politicians to split with Tha [...]	2008-12-30 09:33:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR TH
08BANGKOK622	AMBASSADOR AND FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSS BILATERAL [...] (C) In a February 26 meeting with the Ambassador, Foreign Minister Noppadon Pattama made and then announced to the press an impromptu decision to visit Washington for the March 20 anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Amity and Commerce and meet with Secretary Rice. Responding to the Am [...]	2008-02-27 09:25:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF KDEM ECON ETRD KPKO MOPS
08BANGKOK972	(WE'VE GOT THOSE) PARTY DISSOLUTION, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The parties in the governing coalition are proposing constitutional amendments to try to avoid the dissolution of their parties by the Constitutional Court. Although there is little love for the 2007 Constitution, some anti-Thaksin elements are seeking to block changes that would [...]	2008-03-27 11:53:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM TH
08BEIJING125	MFA AND SCHOLARS DESCRIBE CHINAâ€™S EFFORTS ON BURMA [...] (C) Summary: China has made great efforts to improve the situation in Burma, stretching the boundaries of its policy of non-interference, MFA and Chinese think tank interlocutors told HFAC and SFRC staff members January 10-11. MFA says China is contemplating next steps to address the current "stand [...]	2008-01-11 11:28:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CH BM
08BEIJING128	MFA and Scholars Describe China's Efforts on Burma [...] (C) Summary: China has made great efforts to improve the situation in Burma, stretching the boundaries of its policy of non-interference, MFA and Chinese think tank interlocutors told HFAC and SFRC staff members January 10-11. MFA says China is contemplating next steps to address the current [...]	2008-01-12 04:25:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CH BM
08BEIJING1396	BEIJING-BASED G-5 CHIEFS OF MISSION ON TIBET, THE [...] (C) At the April 11 bi-weekly Beijing-based G-5 Chiefs of Mission gathering, French DCM Nicolas Chapuis noted that there is much confusion in Paris regarding Sarkozy's "conditions" or "elements" involved in his ultimate decision to attend or not attend the Beijing Olympics. President Hu Jinta [...]	2008-04-14 10:44:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KOLY SOCI SENV CH FR GM JA UK
08BEIJING1879	CHINA: PROGRESS ON OLYMPIC SECURITY, BUT STILL [...] (S) While progress has been made in some areas of Olympic security, some issues remain outstanding, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Ken Wainstein told Vice Minister for Public Security (VMPS) Liu Jing during a May 13 meeting. Outstanding issues include ve [...]	2008-05-15 08:28:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PREL PTER PGOV PHUM KOLY CH
08BEIJING2155	SFDA'S TREATMENT OF BAXTER IN CHINA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Representatives of Baxter Healthcare (protect) visited the U.S. Embassy in Beijing to present their concerns about the deterioration of relations with China's State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA) amid concerns that the agency may try to shift responsibility for the hepar [...]	2008-06-04 08:49:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR ETRD HHS PREL CH
08BEIJING2281	U.S.-CHINA SECURITY DIALOGUE - MORNING SESSION [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-11 23:00:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PREL PGOV MARR MCAP MNUC CH TW KN KS JA RS
08BEIJING2305	U.S.-CHINA SECURITY DIALOGUE: MEETING WITH DEPUTY [...] (C) In a June 5 meeting at the Ministry of National Defense with Acting Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs John Rood, PRC Deputy Chief of the General Staff Department Lieutenant General Ma Xiaotian summarized the People's Liberation Army's major arms c [...]	2008-06-12 10:48:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM MNUC KTIA MOPS PBTS PHSA CH

08BEIJING2322	U.S.-CHINA SECURITY DIALOGUE WORKING LUNCH: STRATEGIC SECURITY, MISSILE DEFENSE, SPACE, NONPRO, IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-13 06:01:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PREL PGOV MNUC MCAP MAPS PARM PTER CH TW IR
08BEIJING3054	STATUS OF USAID/OFDA ASSISTANCE USED FOR SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE [...] (SBU) On July 30-August 2, 2008, ESTHOFFS met with representatives from the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) in Chengdu to review the status of the USD 500,000 donation disbursed by USAID's Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) on May 21 in response [...]	2008-08-07 09:48:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID SENV CH
08BEIJING3462	ARREST OF MOFCOM OFFICIAL GUO JINGYI [...] (C) SUMMARY: A Chinese publication reported on August 29 that a key official in the Ministry of Commerce has been detained and is charged with taking bribes. The official, Director-General Guo Jingyi played a key role in the drafting of many if not most of China's foreign investment related [...]	2008-09-05 09:07:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	CM ECON EIND PGOV
08BEIJING3513	BIDEN STAFFER MEETS CHINESE MINISTRY OF FINANCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 9, Frank Januzzi, from the staff of Senator Biden (D-DE) and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, met with China's Vice Minister of Finance Zhu Guangyao. The two discussed the U.S.-China Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED) as a forum for bilateral cooperation and c [...]	2008-09-10 06:59:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	CM ECON PREL
08BEIJING375	POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: D365577 JIUJIANG [...] (U) Unauthorised disclosure of the information below is prohibited by Section 12(c) of the Export Administration Act. 2. (U) REFTEL requested a Post-Shipment Verification (PSV) end-use check to be conducted at JIUJIANG PRECISION MEASUREMENT TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE ("JJ PRECISION MEASU [...]	2008-02-01 07:35:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET//NOFORN	BEXP CH ETRD ETTC PREL
08BEIJING3775	Coca-Cola's Huiyuan Bid Illustrates BIT Challenges, AML [...] (C) Summary. Coca-Cola Pacific Deputy Group President Paul Etchells briefed Acting Economic Minister-Counselor 9/17 on Coke's proposed acquisition of a leading Chinese juice maker for US$2.4 billion. Coke, which agreed to the meeting at our request, emphasized that it is not seeking U.S. Gove [...]	2008-09-29 06:56:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN CH
08BEIJING3855	Bilateral Investment Treaty Negotiations: Deliberate Pace in [...] (C) SUMMARY: The United States and China held the first round of bilateral investment treaty (BIT) negotiations in Beijing, September 2-5, 2008. China concurred with the U.S. view that an agreement would be significant given the two countries' importance to the global economy as major investme [...]	2008-10-08 09:40:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN CH
08BEIJING3856	CORRECTED VERSION OF BEIJING 3855 -- Bilateral Investment [...] (C) SUMMARY: The United States and China held the first round of bilateral investment treaty (BIT) negotiations in Beijing, September 2-5, 2008. China concurred with the U.S. view that an agreement would be significant given the two countries' importance to the global economy as major investme [...]	2008-10-08 09:49:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN CH
08BEIJING4084	China/G-20 Summit: Hu Jintao will Attend, MFA [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 27, Vice Foreign Minister He Yafei asked CDA Daniel Piccuta to join him at the Ministry to inform him that President Hu Jintao would attend the Financial Summit. The Vice Minister asked for specific logistical arrangements, including a larger Chinese delegation, sea [...]	2008-10-29 08:07:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON KPAO PREL PGOV CH
08BEIJING4549	CHINA/ECONOMY/CURRENCY: CONCERNS ABOUT ECONOMY, [...] (SBU) Summary: In meetings with visiting Fed Governor Warsh, Chinese researchers and bankers expressed concern that the U.S. economic downturn would become a protracted recession. They worried about the impact on ChinaQs economy, and expected problems such as rent-seeking and corruption to sp [...]	2008-12-16 04:57:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN CH
08BEIJING4671	TOP CHINESE ECONOMIST ON ECONOMY, POLITICAL REFORM [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a December 22 dinner hosted by Ambassador Randt, Economic Leading Group Vice Minister Liu He said the Chinese leadership's top concern over China's economic slowdown is that it will spark instability in China's urban centers. Liu, one of the key economic advisors to the Party [...]	2008-12-24 08:55:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV CH
08BEIJING889	ZHEJIANG PARTY SECRETARY ZHAO HONGZHU ON SOCIAL [...] (C) Zhejiang Party Secretary Zhao Hongzhu emphasized the need to address China's pressing social problems during a March 9 lunch hosted by the Ambassador. Zhao said the emphasis on social issues is the core message of this year's National People's Congress (NPC) session and is his primary co [...]	2008-03-11 10:02:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI ECON EINV PREL CH TW
08BEIRUT1014	SYRIA TAX ON TRUCKS COULD OBSTRUCT TRADE, INFLATION [...] (U) On July 3,the Syrian authorities began imposing a "gas tax" of around $300 on regular trucks leaving Syrian territory and $500 on refrigerated trucks. Head of the Lebanese Syndicate of Fruit and Vegetable Exporters said that this tax would lead to losses of around $50,000 per day for refri [...]	2008-07-14 11:19:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE
08BEIRUT1076	LEBANON: DEFENSE MINISTER MURR ON THE NEXT ARMY [...] (C) Please see action request in para 12. In a July 22 meeting, Defense Minister Elias Murr told Charge the decision on the next Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander is down to two names: LAF Intelligence Director BG Georges Khoury and 2nd Brigade Commander BG Jean Qahwaji. (Murr will advoc [...]	2008-07-23 15:47:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PTER MCAP MARR EAIR IR LE
08BEIRUT108	LEBANON: AMBASSADOR FAREWELL CALL ON LEBANESE ARMY [...] (C) In a January 12th farewell office call, a confident Lebanese Army Commander Michel Sleiman discussed the ongoing investigation of General Francois Al-Hajj's assassination, the current political impasse, a new but improbable Presidential candidate, and his mandatory resignation date as Army [...]	2008-01-24 13:47:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
08BEIRUT1086	LEBANON: TELECOM MINISTER PUSHES PRIVATIZATION, [...] (C) In a July 24 courtesy call by Charge Grant, newly appointed Minister of Telecommunications Gebran Bassil said that the GOL has been slow in its privatization of the mobile telecommunications market, but reaffirmed his belief that privatization in the sector is necessary. Bassil also reque [...]	2008-07-24 16:38:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ECPS EINV UNSC LE SY
08BEIRUT1166	LEBANON: SINIORA TELLS GENERAL PETRAEUS HE WILL [...] (C) Prime Minister Fouad Siniora announced to General David Petraeus, during the latter's August 6 visit to Lebanon, his plans to go to Iraq once parliament has passed the vote of confidence, expected to occur o/a August 12. Siniora said he intended to demonstrate to the Arab world his support [...]	2008-08-08 15:28:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER PINR OVIP PETRAEUS DAVID MARR
08BEIRUT1168	LEBANON: PETRAEUS AND SLEIMAN DISCUSS SYRIAN TRIP, [...] (C) In an August 6 meeting with visiting General David Petraeus, President Michel Sleiman outlined three objectives for his upcoming meeting with Syrian President Bashar Asad. Most important, Sleiman said, is to initiate a diplomatic exchange between the two countries. Additionally, Sleiman p [...]	2008-08-08 15:43:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET//NOFORN	OVIP PETRAEUS DAVID PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC
08BEIRUT1170	LEBANON: NEW DEPUTY PM SAYS AOUN INTERESTED IN [...] (C) Newly-appointed Deputy Prime Minister Issam Abou Jamra expressed to CDA on August 9 his pride both in being named Deputy Prime Minister and in how well his long-time friend Michel Aoun's Free Patriotic Movement is doing. Abou Jamra pointed to FPM's friendly alliance with Amal and Hizballah [...]	2008-08-08 16:49:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE
08BEIRUT120	LEBANON: ISF INTELLIGENCE OFFICER TARGETED IN [...] (S) A huge car bomb explosion rocked the Chevrolet-Furn al-Chubbak area of east Beirut on January 25 killing Internal Security Forces (ISF) intelligence officer Captain Wissam Eid, his bodyguard, and at least two others, and injuring dozens. Eid, an Embassy contact, was in charge of the ISF's [...]	2008-01-25 18:28:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PGOV PREL IS KPAL 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
08BEIRUT1286	LEBANON: NEA DAS HALE URGES THAT PRESIDENT SLEIMAN [...] (C) NEA DAS David Hale, accompanied by DCM and Poloffs, stressed to two of President Michel Sleiman's senior staff and an unofficial advisor the importance of Sleiman visiting Washington before or after his address to the UNGA in September. For their part, the advisors expressed concerns abou [...]	2008-09-03 08:34:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE MARR MOPS SY
08BEIRUT1289	LEBANON: WITH DAS HALE, UNSCOL SHARES CONCERNS [...] (C) In an August 31 meeting with visiting NEA DAS David Hale,officials of the UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon (UNSCOL) discussed the 2009 parliamentary elections, the National Dialogue, LIBAT II, Sheba'a Farms, UNMACC's funding crisis, and the August 28 downing by Hizballah of a Lebanese Ar [...]	2008-09-03 08:35:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS IS SY LE
08BEIRUT1292	LEBANON: PRESIDENT SLEIMAN MEETS ASD LONG, ASD [...] (C) In an August 27 meeting, President Sleiman said that he was looking forward to his upcoming trip to the White House. Sleiman intends to address the complicated issues facing Lebanon with the President, as well as his concern over recent Israeli comments. Sleiman thanked the USG for conti [...]	2008-09-03 14:07:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR MCAP MARR KPAL IR LE
08BEIRUT1296	LEBANON: LAF HELICOPTER ATTACK A HIZBALLAH ERROR? [...] (C) On August 28, a Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) helicopter operating in Hizballah-controlled territory was shot down, resulting in the death of an LAF officer. Details surrounding the incident remain unclear, although the LAF has begun a full investigation. Hizballah did not deny responsibil [...]	2008-09-04 11:12:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY IS LE
08BEIRUT1299	LEBANON: MAKKAWI SAYS GULF STATES NEED TO HELP [...] (C) In a September 3 meeting with the Ambassador, Lebanese Palestinian Dialogue Committee President Ambassador Khalil Makkawi said Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, and Qatar had yet to make any pledges for the reconstruction appeal for the destroyed Palestinian Refugee camp Nah [...]	2008-09-04 14:13:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREF PREL PTER KPAL LE AE KU QA SA
08BEIRUT1301	LEBANON: ACTING ARMY COMMANDER MASRI PUTS ATTACK [...] (C) In an August 29 meeting with a visiting DOD delegation, a confident and open Acting Lebanese Armed Forces Commander Masri explained the Army's most pressing needs, chief among them attack helicopters. Masri explained that the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) would remain in support of the Inte [...]	2008-09-04 15:48:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PINR MCAP MARR IR LE
08BEIRUT1302	LEBANON: DEFENSE MINISTER MURR DISCUSSES URGENCY [...] (C) In an August 27 meeting, Defense Minister Elias Murr said the outcome of elections in 2009 will depend on the Christian vote. It is critical that the current majority be able to show results to Christian voters. Specifically, the people must perceive that Murr's relationship with the Unit [...]	2008-09-04 15:49:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR MCAP MARR IR LE
08BEIRUT1316	LEBANON: PRESIDENT ASKS UNDP TO HELP WITH NATIONAL [...] (C) In a September 2 meeting with the Ambassador, UN Development Program Resident Representative Marta Ruedas reported that President Sleiman had recently approached the UN for technical assistance in setting up President Sleiman's Baabda Palace office and the National Dialogue. Ruedas said c [...]	2008-09-08 12:13:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAID PREL PTER PHUM KDEM LE
08BEIRUT1319	LEBANON: AMBASSADOR MEETS NEW LEBANESE ARMY [...] (C) In a September 8 meeting, a confident new Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander Kahwagi told us about himself and his positive past experiences with the U.S. Military. He also told us that he looks forward to future bilateral cooperation, to include the Joint Military Commission in Octobe [...]	2008-09-08 15:05:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PINR MCAP MARR IR LE
08BEIRUT1321	LEBANON: MINIMUM WAGE CONTROVERSY AMONG ISSUES FORCING [...] (SBU) The cabinet cancelled is September 4 session due to lack of consensus on minimum wage increases. The next cabinet session is scheduled for September 9, and though the minimum wage is not on the formal agenda, contacts tell us it may still be discussed. So far, disagreement among cabinet [...]	2008-09-08 16:00:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE
08BEIRUT1327	LEBANON: ISF HEAD: ONE DAY ELECTION IMPOSSIBLE [...] (C) Summary. The Director General of the Internal Security Forces (ISF),Major General Achraf Rifi, has reported to the Lebanese Minister of Interior (MOI) that the ISF would be unable to provide full security throughout all polling places in Lebanon if Spring parliamentary elections were to be [...]	2008-09-10 10:40:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR NAS LE
08BEIRUT1346	LEBANON: CABINET APPROVES FIRST WAGE INCREASES SINCE 1996 [...] (U) During its September 9 session, the cabinet decided to raise the minimum wage for the private and public sectors from 200 to 333 dollars per month (the first minimum wage increase since 1996) and the transportation allowance from 4 dollars to 5.30 dollars per day. In addition, it mandated a [...]	2008-09-15 11:12:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV
08BEIRUT1347	LEBANON: ARMY COMMANDERS LAMENT DEMINING PROBLEMS [...] (C) In a September 10 meeting, Brigadier General (BG) Mohammed Fehmi, Commander of the Lebanese Mine Action Center (LMAC),stated that lack of further funding for demining activities in southern Lebanon was a grave concern and expressed sincere hope that the U.S. would "push LMAC's needs" fo [...]	2008-09-15 13:15:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS IS SY LE
08BEIRUT1390	LEBANON: SCENESETTER FOR OCTOBER 5-6 JOINT [...] (C) The expansion of the U.S.-Lebanese military partnership represents a historic opportunity to bolster the cause of democracy, peace and stability in Lebanon and the Middle East. The Government of Lebanon (GOL) has demonstrated a commitment to strengthening our military-to-military ties. T [...]	2008-09-22 15:33:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PGOV PINR PREL PTER UNSC IS LE SY
08BEIRUT1449	LEBANON: LEBANESE GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS ON SYRIAN [...] (C) Defense Minister Elias Murr discussed recent reports of Syrian troop deployments near the northern border of Lebanon on October 6, but did not seem overly concerned with this development. Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander General Jean Kahwagi was also present and indicated troop positi [...]	2008-10-07 17:13:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINR MCAP MARR IR LE
08BEIRUT1472	LEBANON: ELECTION LAW FLAWED, BUT RIGHT MOVE, [...] (C) On October 7, Minister of Interior Ziyad Baroud told visiting NEA DAS David Hale that he was disappointed that many electoral reforms did not make it into the final law that parliament passed on September 29, but termed the new law as still encouraging. However, he added that providing s [...]	2008-10-10 15:10:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS IS LE SY
08BEIRUT1497	LEBANON: INAUGURAL JOINT MILITARY COMMISSION [...] (C) MinDef Elias Murr and ASD for International Security Policy Mary Beth Long chaired the inaugural U.S.-Lebanon Joint Military Commission (JMC) October 6. Murr opened the session by warmly welcoming the U.S. delegation and expressing his deep gratitude for U.S. assistance, especially during [...]	2008-10-20 15:05:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINR MCAP MARR IR LE
08BEIRUT1498	LEBANON: UNIFIL COMMANDER ASKS FOR HELP IN [...] (C) Force Commander General Claudio Graziano, speaking on October 9 at a regular United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) mission update briefing to the diplomatic corps, described the withdrawal of Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) from northern Ghajar as a critical step towards successful [...]	2008-10-20 15:24:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS IS SY LE
08BEIRUT1506	LEBANON: USDP EDELMAN MEETS LEBANESE ARMY COMMANDER [...] (C) In an October 17 meeting with visiting USDP Edelman, a confident new Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander Kahwagi discussed his vision for the army as well as priority equipment requirements. Kahwagi also provided an update on the current situation in city of Tripoli in the north and rec [...]	2008-10-21 13:58:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PINR MCAP MARR IR LE
08BEIRUT1507	LEBANON: PM SINIORA, WITH EDELMAN, THANKS USG FOR [...] (C) Under Secretary for Defense Eric Edelman met with Prime Minister Siniora on October 17 to explain to the Prime Minister that USG support for the Lebanese Armed Forces had been formally institutionalized with the recent establishment of the Joint Military Commission (JMC). U/S Edelman also [...]	2008-10-21 14:50:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL UNSC MARR MCAP MOPS IR LE
08BEIRUT1520	LEBANON: PARLIAMENT PASSES LAW ON CONSTITUTIONAL [...] (C) In the first meeting of its fall regular session, parliament passed a law on the Constitutional Council, Lebanon's highest court, paving the way for an end to the judicial vacuum that has existed since 2005. The ten-member Council, which has the power to rule on challenges to electoral re [...]	2008-10-24 14:25:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR SY LE
08BEIRUT1521	LEBANON: MINISTER OF INTERIOR PRESENTS ELECTION [...] (C) Minister of Interior Ziad Baroud presented a master plan for execution of the 2009 parliamentary elections on October 20 during a well-attended briefing for international donors. Though still light on specifics and cost estimates, this document was welcomed by the donor community who have [...]	2008-10-24 14:55:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL UNSC MARR MCAP MOPS IR LE
08BEIRUT1554	LEBANON: UNIIIC CHIEF WARNS A/S HOOK OF POSSIBLE [...] (S) On October 30, UNIIIC Commissioner Daniel Bellemare warned visiting IO A/S Brian Hook that, while he was fully prepared for the transition to the Special Tribunal and would not seek an extension, the Registrar in The Hague may need UNIIIC to request a "technical extension of a few months" [...]	2008-10-31 07:24:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER PINR KJUS UNSC SY LE
08BEIRUT1555	LEBANON: UNDP COUNTRY DIRECTOR, WITH A/S HOOK, [...] (C) During an October 30 meeting with Assistant Secretary for International Organization Affairs Brian Hook, UN Development Program (UNDP) Country Director Marta Ruedas stated that the key priorities for UNDP in Lebanon were governance, community and economic development, the environment, and [...]	2008-10-31 07:40:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL UNSC LE
08BEIRUT1575	LEBANON: NEED FOR EXPORT CONTROLS, CUSTOMS TRAINING [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 15 and 16. 2. (C) GOL officials tell us there are few, if any, rules or regulations in place to halt or interdict potentially illicit radiological, biological or chemical material and other strategic goods that can be used in WMD devel [...]	2008-11-04 15:42:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC MARR PBTS PGOV PINR PREL LE SY
08BEIRUT1577	LEBANON: A/S HOOK TOURS THE BLUE LINE; MEETS WITH [...] (C) On October 31, A/S for International Relations Affairs Brian Hook, Ambassador, PolMilOff and Defense Attach toured the Blue Line in a UNIFIL helicopter, overflying Sheba'a farms and Ghajar, and met at length with UNIFIL Commander Graziano. Graziano has developed a detailed UNIFIL plan for [...]	2008-11-04 16:20:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MARR MASS MCAP PGOV PREL PTER PARM PINR SY
08BEIRUT1584	LEBANON: NEW GOL BORDER PLAN DISAPPOINTS DONORS [...] (C) In an October 31 meeting, PM Siniora told international donors that the GOL planned to create a national border force to operate along Lebanon's border with Syria. He acknowledged that parliamentary approval would be needed to proceed with such a plan. However, Siniora felt this was a m [...]	2008-11-05 15:56:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID MARR MCAP PBTS PGOV PINR PREL EC LE SY
08BEIRUT1612	LEBANON: RECOMMENDATION ON INTERNATIONAL ELECTION [...] (C) After consulting with Lebanese governmental contacts, local NGOs and international donors, Embassy Beirut recommends that USAID provide funding to support an international observation team through the National Democratic Institute (NDI). With extensive experience in Lebanon working with d [...]	2008-11-10 16:15:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF OVIP ASEC SY LE
08BEIRUT1613	LEBANON: UNSCOL SEES MINIMAL PROGRESS ON GHAJAR; [...] (C) Briefing the Ambassador on his recent trips to Israel and Syria, UN Special Coordinator Michael Williams relayed that Israel will neither accept nor reject UNIFIL's proposal for withdrawal from Ghajar by the November 22 deadline. Williams relayed that Israeli PM Ehud Olmert is focusing all [...]	2008-11-10 16:49:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY IS LE
08BEIRUT1639	LEBANON: MINISTER OF INTERIOR BAROUD: "I CONSULTED [...] (C) On November 14, Minister of Interior Ziad Baroud told the Ambassador that his November 10 visit to Syria had been approved -- prior to departure -- by the Council of Ministers and that he had furthermore consulted with a range of political figures, including via a call to Saad Hariri in Mo [...]	2008-11-14 19:51:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL UNSC MARR MCAP MOPS IR LE
08BEIRUT1643	LEBANON: CABINET REJECTS CONTRACT FOR FRENCH FIRM'S [...] (U) (U) On November 15, the cabinet rejected Minister of Telecommunications (MOT) Gebran Bassil's proposal to contract French company Sofrecom (100 percent owned by France Telecom) to manage one of the GOL-owned mobile companies until it is privatized later this year. Bassil's proposal came in [...]	2008-11-17 16:21:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE
08BEIRUT166	LEBANON: NEW UNIIIC COMMISSIONER SAYS FAILURE IS [...] (C) New UNIIIC Commissioner and Prosecutor-Designate Daniel Bellemare believes time is running out for the Special Tribunal and "failure is not an option." UNIIIC was "clearly making process," but needs member states' urgent assistance in putting together the pieces of the puzzle and increasin [...]	2008-02-04 15:11:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
08BEIRUT1667	LEBANON: HARIRI EXPLAINS HIS CONTINUING HIZBALLAH [...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador and NEA/ELA Office Director Nicole Shampaine on November 20, parliamentary majority leader Saad Hariri said that he had spoken with Hizballah officials following his October 26 meeting with SYG Hassan Nasrallah (reftels) on a variety of topics. Hariri said [...]	2008-11-24 09:00:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL UNSC MARR MCAP MOPS IR LE
08BEIRUT1671	LEBANON: GEAGEA REJECTS TALKS WITH ISRAEL, PUSHES [...] (C) In a November 20 meeting with the Ambassador and NEA/ELA Office Director Nicole Shampaine, Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea said the GOL should impose a weapons ban given the recent clashes between Christian groups in north Lebanon. He said March 14 has had a consistent national platfo [...]	2008-11-24 16:37:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE IS SY
08BEIRUT1677	LEBANON: MURR CONCERNED ABOUT HARIRI IN ELECTIONS, [...] (C) Defense Minister Elias Murr, in a November 21 meeting with visiting CENTCOM J2 Brigadier General Stephen Fogarty, visiting NEA ELA Officer Director Nicole Shampaine, and the Ambassador, said he would travel to Damascus as soon as border cooperation, missing Lebanese soldiers, and the trans [...]	2008-11-25 12:09:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE
08BEIRUT1736	LEBANON: GENERAL PETRAEUS REVIEWS LAF COMMANDER'S [...] (C) On December 2, Commander, U.S. Central Command General David Petraeus met with Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander Jean Kahwagi to discuss bilateral and regional military cooperation issues. General Petraeus pledged continued support for the LAF and said Lebanon was one of the priority [...]	2008-12-09 09:33:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PGOV PINR PREL UNSC MARR MCAP MOPS IR LE
08BEIRUT1745	LEBANON: UNSCOL DISCUSSES HIZBALLAH, TIGHT [...] (C) In a December 9 meeting with visiting CENTCOM Assessment Team members and the Ambassador, UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon (UNSCOL) Chief of Staff Jack Christofides, PolChief Diego Zorrilla, and Poloff Rami Shehadeh provided a broad assessment of Lebanese politics after the Doha Accord. [...]	2008-12-10 16:37:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
08BEIRUT1752	LEBANON: PRESIDENT CARTER WELCOMED POLITELY BY POLITICOS, [...] (SBU) Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and an accompanying delegation presented a proposal to Prime Minister Fouad Siniora and Interior Minister Ziad Baroud to send a team to observe the 2009 parliamentary elections. Baroud welcomed Carter's proposal, but noted that it required cabinet appro [...]	2008-12-12 15:11:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UNSC LE SY
08BEIRUT1753	LEBANON: LAF COMMANDER TELLS CODEL ACKERMAN HE [...] (C) In a December 13 meeting with Codel Ackerman, Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander Jean Kahwagi stressed that the LAF's primary goal was to fight terrorists, and highlighted the U.S. assistance that the army needs in order to succeed. He underscored the importance of U.S. military assistan [...]	2008-12-15 09:17:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MASS MCAP LE IS IR
08BEIRUT1758	LEBANON: SLEIMAN WITH CODEL ACKERMAN SAYS [...] (C) In a December 13 meeting with visiting Codel Ackerman, President Michel Sleiman emphasized the need for a comprehensive regional peace agreement in order, "with time", to disarm Hizballah. Sleiman noted that Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) and UNIFIL presence south of the Litani since 2006 wa [...]	2008-12-16 11:26:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
08BEIRUT1759	LEBANON: SINIORA TELLS CODEL ACKERMAN SOLVING [...] (C) In a December 13 meeting with CODEL Ackerman, Prime Minister Siniora pushed for the U.S. to find an equitable solution to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Solving the Palestinian problem, he said, would solve other regional and world problems. Siniora said Lebanon sought an "excellent relation [...]	2008-12-16 11:31:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS LE SY
08BEIRUT1760	LEBANON: MARCH 14 OFFICIALS TELL CODEL ACKERMAN [...] (C) In a December 13 meeting, March 14 members expressed to Codel Ackerman their determination to win the spring 2009 parliamentary elections, and said the U.S. should support Lebanon rather than any single party. Rather than electoral politics, however, the bulk of the meeting was taken up wi [...]	2008-12-16 11:34:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC IS LE SY
08BEIRUT1761	LEBANON: CODEL ACKERMAN GIVES HARIRI STRONG [...] (C) Codel Ackerman delivered a strong message of U.S. bipartisan support for Lebanon during its meeting with majority leader Saad Hariri. Rep. Ackerman said that with the administration change in Washington, there would be no change in U.S. support for Lebanon. In particular, the USG will c [...]	2008-12-16 14:56:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MASS MCAP LE SY IR
08BEIRUT1763	LEBANON: NEW SALARY MEASURES COULD BREAK THE BUDGET [...] (SBU) On December 11, a parliamentary committees approved a set of measures which, if implemented, will put a significant additional burden on state finances. While the measures still require approval by the full parliament, their passage would dramatically increase Lebanon's already huge budg [...]	2008-12-16 15:15:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE
08BEIRUT1780	LEBANON: DEFMIN MURR EXPLAINS RUSSIANS' "SURPRISE" [...] (C) In a December 22 meeting with the Ambassador, Defense Minister Elias Murr struggled to explain that the Russians "surprised" him with a grant aid offer of 77 free T-72 or T-90 tanks and 130 mm mortars, among other equipment, to which he reportedly declined and made the "completely unrealis [...]	2008-12-22 15:41:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS RS LE SY
08BEIRUT182	LEBANON: FM SALLOUKH WELCOMES AMBASSADOR SISON [...] (C) Ambassador Sison made introductory protocol calls on MFA Chief of Protocol Georges Siam and then FM Fawzi Salloukh on February 6. Salloukh said that the Ambassador, although officially a Charge d'Affaires, would be considered as a "full-fledged Ambassador, with all the rights and privilege [...]	2008-02-07 17:12:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MASS MCAP SY IS LE
08BEIRUT183	LEBANON: JUMBLATT PESSIMISTIC ON ARAB LEAGUE, [...] (C) The Special Tribunal, the Arab League initiative and Amr Moussa's return to Lebanon, preparations for the February 14 commemoration of the assassination of PM Rafiq Hariri, and Hizballah arms were among the topics of conversation at a February 7 lunch hosted for the Ambassador by Druse lead [...]	2008-02-07 17:30:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM PINR SY IS LE
08BEIRUT191	LEBANON: SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF U/S DEFENSE ERIC [...] (C) Under Secretary Edelman: Welcome back to Lebanon. Your trip provides another excellent opportunity to reinforce the message of strong U.S. government support for Lebanon. Since your last visit in October 2007, Lebanon has sunk further into a political crisis. There have been more car bo [...]	2008-02-08 15:56:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MASS MCAP SY IS LE
08BEIRUT193	LEBANON: DEFMIN ON DEMONSTRATIONS, QATAR/UNIFIL [...] (C) In a February 8th introductory meeting at the MinDef's home, MinDef Elias Murr warmly welcomed the Ambassador and laid the ground work for continued, close coordination and cooperation with the USG. Murr looks forward to the upcoming visit of USDP Edelman and what that entails for supportin [...]	2008-02-08 16:06:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
08BEIRUT203	LEBANON: ARMY COMMANDER SAYS AMR MOUSSA WILL [...] (C) In a February 8th introductory office call, Lebanese Army Commander Michel Sleiman warmly welcomed Ambassador. Sleiman did not think that the February 7-9 trip by Arab League SYG Amr Moussa would accomplish anything other than a framework for more discussions. Sleiman gave a brief overvie [...]	2008-02-11 10:57:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PARM SY IS LE
08BEIRUT269	LEBANON: HADDAD STRESSES WTO ACCESSION, IPR [...] (C) Minister of Economy and Trade Sami Haddad told Charge Sison that in Lebanese-U.S. discussions of Lebanon's WTO accession, there were numerous U.S. questions about pharmaceutical issues on import regimes, without any indication of actual infringements. Haddad would like to see some compari [...]	2008-02-19 15:44:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON EFIN PGOV PREL PTER LE
08BEIRUT283	LEBANON: JUMBLATT PREOCCUPIED WITH SECURITY ISSUES [...] (C) Security concerns weighed heavily on Druse leader Walid Jumblatt during a February 22 meeting with the Charge. He sought U.S. assistance in persuading Saad Hariri to discuss recent Sunni-Shia clashes with Amal leader Nabih Berri, pointing to an upcoming Hizballah rally as another source o [...]	2008-02-21 15:28:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PTER PARM PINR SY IS LE
08BEIRUT286	LEBANON: ARAB LEAGUE INITIATIVE -- GROUNDHOG DAY? [...] (C) Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa's Chief of Staff expressed neither optimism nor pessimism following his February 20-21 discussions with members of the majority and opposition. Acknowledging that the situation was difficult, and that Moussa had not yet decided whether he would retu [...]	2008-02-22 16:04:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM PINR SY IS LE
08BEIRUT296	LEBANON: ARAB LEAGUE SYG MOUSSA REPORTS GLASS IS [...] (C) Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa, just minutes before departing Beirut, told the Charge that his most recent round of marathon meetings had resulted in "serious discussions" covering a lot of topics. If representatives from the majority and opposition could sit together and discus [...]	2008-02-26 16:32:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM PINR SY IS LE
08BEIRUT325	LEBANON: DRUSE AND PHALANGE DISMISSIVE OF ARAB [...] (C) Advisors to Phalange party leader Amine Gemayel and Druse leader Walid Jumblatt were critical of Arab League SYG Amr Moussa's ongoing efforts to resolve Lebanon's political impasse, suggesting that Moussa's real focus was a successful Arab League summit. They said some in March 14 favor th [...]	2008-03-04 06:25:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM PINR PREF MASS SY IS LE
08BEIRUT330	LEBANON: EPCA EXTENSION, DELICATE BANKING BALANCE [...] (C) U.S. Treasury DAS Andrew Baukol's visit to Beirut on February 25 was dominated by two recurring themes: the expired IMF Emergency Post Conflict Agreement (EPCA) must be replaced, and the normally robust Lebanese banking system might be more sensitive to increased security risks than politi [...]	2008-03-04 14:53:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV PGOV PREL PTER LE
08BEIRUT334	Lebanon: Print Media -- Newspapers [...] This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: This cable provides information on Lebanese newspapers including political affiliations and circulation figures where available. Lebanon's print media is diverse, vibrant and often opinionated. There a [...]	2008-03-05 08:56:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KMDR OPRC KPAO PREF PREL KISL KPAL LE
08BEIRUT339	LEBANON: MARCH 14 TO HOLD FIRST CONVENTION [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 12. 2. (U) The March 14 coalition, seeking to build on the momentum gained during the February 14, 2008 third commemoration of Rafiq Hariri's assassination, which rallied larger than expected crowds, is planning its first ever convention [...]	2008-03-05 15:37:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER PARM PINR PREF MASS SY IS LE
08BEIRUT340	LEBANON: CHARGE VISITS SAFE HOUSE FOR TRAFFICKING [...] (U) On March 4, the Charge visited the G/TIP-funded Safe House operated by Caritas in partnership with the International Catholic Migration Commission (ICMC). The residents, all women, told stories of abuse and exploitation, while at the same time displaying the strength and courage to leave [...]	2008-03-05 15:49:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB KCRM PHUM SMIG SOCI CE CF ET LE MA NP
08BEIRUT348	Lebanon: Media Coverage -- USAID Projects in the South [...] Summary: Under the title "Forbidden Assistance," a Lebanese magazine "Southern Issues" (Shu'un Jannubiah) carried a ten-page report on the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)/Lebanon's assistance to southern Lebanon, the area where Hizballah, a designated terrorist orga [...]	2008-03-07 12:25:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC KPAO PREF PREL KISL KPAL LE
08BEIRUT358	LEBANON: ANTI-HIZBALLAH SHIA LEADER SEEKS U.S. [...] (C) Independent Shia leader Ahmad Assad assessed positively his official reception during a recent Washington visit and is hopeful he will receive USG political and financial support. Assad briefed the Charge on his background and political stand, and deplored the general lack of media attenti [...]	2008-03-10 12:30:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IS KPAL LE
08BEIRUT405	LEBANON: RESIGNED FM SALLOUKH ON PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY. Charge Sison met with &resigned8 FM Salloukh, at his request, on March 14. Salloukh raised concerns about the White House spokesperson,s characterization of the sixteenth postponement of Lebanon,s presidential elections. In return, Salloukh got an earful on our displeasure [...]	2008-03-19 14:13:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER FR IS LE
08BEIRUT411	LEBANON: UNIFIL COMMANDER REQUESTS ASSISTANCE FROM [...] (S) In a March 21 introductory meeting with Charge, United Nations Interim Force In Lebanon (UNIFIL) Force Commander Graziano discussed a wide range of issues, but focused primarily on the difficulties posed by the continued Israeli occupation of Ghajar village inside Lebanon, the precipitous [...]	2008-03-21 15:18:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PARM PINR MCAP MASS SY IS LE
08BEIRUT418	LEBANON: IMF SEES POSITIVE OUTLOOK FOR 2008 DESPITE [...] (SBU) IMF resident representative Edward Gardner told us on March 18 that the outlook for 2008 looks positive even if the political situation remains unresolved, forecasting two to four percent GDP growth, continuing rise in deposit inflows, and a small drop in the debt to GDP ratio. On the fi [...]	2008-03-25 14:01:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE
08BEIRUT45	LEBANON: CODEL LYNCH MEETING WITH PM SINIORA [...] (C) On January 10, PM Siniora conveyed to CODEL Lynch his gratitude for U.S. economic, political, and military support. He said the January 5 Arab League Foreign Ministers' communique was important, but that the opposition's interpretation of the communique, if implemented, would put handcuf [...]	2008-01-11 15:36:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAL PARM PGOV PREL PTER IS LE SY
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
08BEIRUT471	LEBANON: BERRI SENDS UP TRIAL BALLOON ON [...] (C). Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri continues to seek internal and international support for his proposal to relaunch the National Dialogue, framing it as a continuation of the Arab League initiative and the only way to reach a solution to the ongoing political crisis. He criticized LAF comma [...]	2008-04-04 16:31:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PARM PINR KPAL MASS SY IS LE
08BEIRUT478	LEBANON: LABOR STRIKES AND NEW TAX ON SYRIAN BORDER AFFECT [...] (U) The Teachers' Union (including public, private and technical school teachers, and Lebanese University professors) held a "warning" strike on April 3 demanding higher wages, citing dramatic increases in the cost of living. Teachers' wages have been unchanged since 1996. Organizers stressed [...]	2008-04-07 12:39:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV 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
08BEIRUT488	LEBANON: INDEPENDENT SHIA DELEGATION HOPES TO [...] (C) Independent Shia activist Lokman Slim plans to travel to the U.S. in early May with eight other independent Lebanese Shia activists who represent a broad spectrum of opinions. The delegation's goal is to explain the independent Shia viewpoint to a variety of Washington policy makers and o [...]	2008-04-08 15:22:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINR SY IS LE
08BEIRUT498	LEBANON: HIZBALLAH WAITING FOR MARCH 14 TO SHIFT [...] (S) A Hizballah security official told an interlocutor from the office of the UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon that electoral law is all that remains to be discussed regarding Lebanon's political impasse. The Hizballah official claims the majority and opposition have agreed on Lebanese Arme [...]	2008-04-10 14:16:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PINR IS SY LE
08BEIRUT520	LEBANON: ON CIVIL WAR ANNIVERSARY, CIVIL SOCIETY [...] (SBU) April 13 marked the 33rd anniversary of the outbreak of the 1975-1990 Lebanese civil war and a number of civil society organizations marked the occasion with public events. Commemorative events have been held in the past, but this year's events are drawing more participants and public a [...]	2008-04-16 14:45:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL PHUM PGOV SY IS LE
08BEIRUT522	LEBANON: SECTION 1207 FUNDING USED FOR DEMINING [...] (U) In FY 2006, the State Department's Office of the Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization (S/CRS) received $10 million under Section 1207 of the 2006 National Defense Authorization Act in response to an emergency request for assistance to Lebanon following the July 2006 war between [...]	2008-04-16 15:44:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PGOV PREL PTER LE
08BEIRUT528	FIRST CLASS OF POLICE OFFICERS TRAINED BY U.S. INSTRUCTORS [...] (U) Summary. The first class of 166 Lebanese Internal Security Forces (ISF) police cadets trained under the USG sponsored Lebanon Police Program graduated on April 15, 2008. The graduation ceremony took place at the ISF Academy located in Warwar, a suburb of Beirut, and featured a sixty piece m [...]	2008-04-18 06:48:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL NAS PGOV IS SY LE
08BEIRUT533	LEBANON: EGYPTIAN GAS DEAL WILL REDUCE COSTS, [...] (C) Summary: Minister Mohammed Safadi received Charge for her initial courtesy call in his private sector company office, where he also handles the work of two ministries, Public Works and Transport, and Energy and Water. He supports the Megaports project, but wants his port director to be br [...]	2008-04-18 12:30:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON ELTN ENRG EPET EWWT LE
08BEIRUT542	LEBANON: TOUR OF THE BLUE LINE; UNIFIL COMMANDER'S [...] (C) On April 19, Charge and Defense Attache toured the Blue Line in a UNIFIL helicopter, overflying Sheba'a farms and Ghajar and met at length with UNIFIL Commander Graziano. General Graziano continues to stress that Ghajar is his number one issue, predicting that this issue will lead to arm [...]	2008-04-21 17:19:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MARR MASS MCAP PGOV PREL PTER PARM PINR SY
08BEIRUT547	LEBANON: JUSTICE MINISTER TELLS WELCH BELLEMARE [...] (C) Justice Minister Charles Rizk told visiting NEA Assistant David Welch on April 18 that the judiciary, unlike the other branches of the Lebanese government, was still functioning, and that the creation of the Special Tribunal had played a significant role. However, the Tribunal needed to s [...]	2008-04-22 14:00:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR KJUS MASS IR AR SY IS LE
08BEIRUT548	LEBANON: WITH WELCH, JUMBLATT AND COMPANY DISCUSS [...] (C) U.S. support for Lebanon, the April 22 Friends of Lebanon ministerial, the Special Tribunal, concerns about renewed regional conflict, the upcoming U.S. presidential election, and March 14's next steps dominated NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch's discussion with key March 14 leaders at [...]	2008-04-22 14:01:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR KJUS MASS IR AR SY IS LE
08BEIRUT549	LEBANON: WELCH TO BERRI: HOLD DIALOGUE IN [...] (C) In an April 17 meeting with Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, NEA A/S David Welch discussed the continuing impasse on the presidential election and Berri's proposal for a new national dialogue. Berri described his recent regional tour to garner support for his proposal and said the Arab Lea [...]	2008-04-22 14:02:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PARM PGOV PREL PTER IS LE SY

08BEIRUT550	LEBANON: GEMAYEL TELLS WELCH UNIFIL SHOULD EXPAND [...] (C) In a April 18 meeting, former president Amine Gemayel told visiting NEA A/S David Welch, that the rules of engagement for UNIFIL troops should be changed, and added that he wanted UNIFIL to expand its area of operations (AOE) and its mandate in southern Lebanon. UNIFIL could also be used [...]	2008-04-22 14:02:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PARM PGOV PREL PTER IS LE SY
08BEIRUT551	LEBANON: ARMY COMMANDER WILL EXTEND IF ORDERED BY [...] (C) In an April 18 meeting with NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch, Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander General Michel Sleiman stressed he was intent on retiring by November 21, 2008. Sleiman said his announcement that he would leave his post on August 21 was designed to put pressure on th [...]	2008-04-22 14:03:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MASS MCAP PTER PARM PINR KPAL SY AE IS LE
08BEIRUT552	LEBANON: SINIORA WITH WELCH URGES USG SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) In an April 17 meeting with NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch, Prime Minister Fouad Siniora asked for the U.S. and the international community to continue to support the components of the Arab League Initiative (ALI) in sequence, specifically the election of a president, followed by the [...]	2008-04-22 14:09:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KPAL SY IS LE
08BEIRUT564	LEBANON: AZOUR WORKING WITH IMF ON BENCHMARKS [...] (C) Summary: Finance Minister Azour and his team will be developing benchmarks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for the new Emergency Post-Conflict Assistance (EPCA) program during the IMF staff visit to Beirut the week of April 28. Based on PM Siniora's objectives, Azour will also [...]	2008-04-24 07:17:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EINV EFIN ELAB LE
08BEIRUT634	LEBANON: MAY 8 RUND-UP: BEIRUT REMAINS TENSE [...] (C) The situation on the ground in Beirut remains tense. Beirut International Airport (BIA) has resumed some operations, halted since demonstrators blocked roads early May 7, while the main road to BIA and the road to Damascus, have been closed. Sunni-Shia tension continues to rise and severa [...]	2008-05-08 19:16:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER PINR ASEC EAIR SA IR USUN LE
08BEIRUT639	LEBANON: ECONOMY TEETERING BUT NOT DOWN YET [...] (C) The economy is moving slowly, with banks officially reporting no problems, but branches closed in some places and cash hard to find. GOL staff cannot get to work, but like stock exchange employees, they are trying to find ways to work around the closures. Port activity is suspended, and [...]	2008-05-09 12:17:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV PGOV PREL PTER LE
08BEIRUT646	LEBANON: SINIORA TO GO ON AIR AT 1400 [...] (C) Prime Minister Fouad Siniora will go on air at 1400 local time to address the nation. His view on a Saudi-proposed Arab peacekeeping contingent, according to a PM aide, is "favorable only if feasible." The British Ambassador said the EU ambassadors met to discuss emergency preparedness; [...]	2008-05-10 10:49:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR ASEC CASC UNSC EAIR SA
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
08BEIRUT661	LEBANON: ARMY COMMANDER SAYS HE WILL PROTECT THE [...] (C/NF) In two meetings on Sunday, May 11, Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander Sleiman explained that he had not meant to embarrass the Prime Minister with his comments on GOL cabinet decisions, that reports of massive army resignations were not true, and that the Army would "defend until th [...]	2008-05-12 16:20:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MASS MCAP PTER PARM PINR KPAL SY AE IS LE
08BEIRUT686	LEBANON: AS BACKUP, KLEYATE AIRPORT REQUIRES US [...] (C) Summary: USG support will be required to make the northern Kleyate Airport viable for commercial flights. Request DOS and DOD/OSD feedback on possibility of either Paris III funds or Section 1206 or Section 1210 of the 2006 National Defence Authorization Act funding. With the Beirut Inter [...]	2008-05-14 15:33:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR EFIN PTER PINR MASS ASEC UNSC SA IR LE
08BEIRUT694	LEBANON: NOW LEBANON NEWS PORTAL SAYS BUSINESS IS [...] (C) To learn more about the on-line media phenomenon providing fast-breaking updates during the recent violence, Poloffs met with NOWLebanon.com staff writer Ben Ryan in the organization's Beirut offices on May 13. Ryan said NOWLebanon had recently received a 150 percent increase in hits on [...]	2008-05-15 13:05:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER LE
08BEIRUT695	LEBANON: NEED FOR REALISTIC POST-PILOT PHASE [...] (C) The strategic implications of Lebanese border security came into sharp focus recently. On May 5, the Charge visited the Northern Border Pilot Project (NBPP) Command Center in Tripoli and the Aarida border crossing station. On May 6, she attended a lunch organized by the UN to discuss the [...]	2008-05-15 13:16:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KPAL SY IS LE
08BEIRUT710	LEBANON: KEY INDEPENDENT SHIA CLERIC "FIRED" FROM [...] (C) In what may seen as a difficult blow to the independent Shia movement, Lebanon's Higher Shia Council (HSC) decided to replace Sayyed Ali Al-Amine, the Mufti of South Lebanon and a vocal critic of Hizballah (Ref A),with Sheikh Hassan Abdullah, a member of Speaker Berri's Amal party. Al-Am [...]	2008-05-16 17:59:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PINR PHUM SCUL LE
08BEIRUT722	LEBANON: ECONOMY DEMONSTRATES RESILIENCE (ECONOMIC WEEK IN [...] (U) Following the endorsement of the Arab Ministerial Committee agreement by all political leaders on May 15, all roads that were blocked since May 7 immediately reopened, including the road leading to Beirut International Airport (BIA) and the Masna (Biqa') border crossing; national and intern [...]	2008-05-19 13:01:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE
08BEIRUT723	LEBANON: CIVIL SOCIETY DEMAND A VOICE IN [...] (C) While the Lebanese leaders meet in Doha to discuss political issues, including electoral reform, Lebanese civil society organizations feel left out and ignored. Many of them, who have been working on these issues since 2005, are disgusted with reports that Doha talks have been focused only [...]	2008-05-19 14:28:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM LE
08BEIRUT772	LEBANON: STOCKS SOAR/INVESTMENTS PICK UP FOLLOWING [...] (SBU) Prices of Lebanese stocks soared on the Beirut Stock Exchange (BSE) on May 21 and 22 after Lebanese political leaders reached an agreement in Doha. Real estate consortium Solidere and some bank shares reached the BSE cap on daily price fluctuations. The market saw some profit-taking on M [...]	2008-05-27 12:47:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE
08BEIRUT78	LEBANON: AL-AKHBAR JOURNALIST ON ELECTION [...] (C) Political commentator Nicola Nassif, who writes for pro-Hizballah Al-Akhbar, believes Arab League SYG Amr Moussa's shuttle diplomacy in Beirut is a waste of time and that the presidential election impasse suits all parties. No one really wants Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander Michel [...]	2008-01-18 15:19:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LE
08BEIRUT790	LEBANON: GEAGEA WONDERS IF NEW CABINET WILL BE [...] (C) Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea, pleased that Fouad Siniora will likely be re-appointed as PM, cast doubt to the Charge on May 28 that a new cabinet would be formed. Unconcerned, Geagea explained that a caretaker cabinet composed of all of the resigned ministers, headed by Siniora, is [...]	2008-05-28 17:49:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE
08BEIRUT797	LEBANON: UNSCOL CONCERN ABOUT IMPACT ON TRIBUNAL [...] (C) The office of the UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon in Beirut is concerned that opposition members of the new Lebanese cabinet may seek to impede the UN SYG's effort to establish the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, says the UNSCOL chief of staff. The new UN Special Representative, Johan V [...]	2008-05-29 16:03:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PTER PREF UNSC LE SY
08BEIRUT809	LEBANON: BEIRUT STOCK EXCHANGE 101: PRESIDENT [...] (C) President of the Beirut Stock Exchange Dr. Fadi Khalaf explained that although by law investors cannot hold more than ten percent of any company's shares, secrecy laws prevent disclosure of who buys and sells. Rumors are that shares are held by front-men or institutions for unnamed inves [...]	2008-05-30 13:43:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	CASC EINV EFIN ELAB PGOV PINR LE
08BEIRUT812	LEBANON: BRITISH, DANISH READY TO TERMINATE BORDER [...] (C) At a May 30 donor coordination meeting, British and Danish reps said their missions are fed up with German mismanagement and willful disregard for donor wishes. Both countries are on the verge of terminating their role in the Northern Border Pilot Project (NBPP) when the pilot phase ends [...]	2008-05-30 17:55:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KPAL SY IS LE
08BEIRUT819	LEBANON: STOCK MARKET BEGINS CORRECTION PHASE, TOURIST [...] (SBU) The prices of listed shares on the Beirut Stock Exchange (BSE) started to drop the beginning of the week of May 26, due to technical factors and some profit taking, BSE president Dr. Fadi Khalaf told us on May 28. Khalaf explained that the market is in "a correction phase," after the sub [...]	2008-06-02 15:51:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE
08BEIRUT837	LEBANON: JUSTICE MINISTER RIZK WITH S/P GORDON: [...] (C) David Gordon, Director of Policy Planning, met with Acting Justice Minister Charles Rizk in his home on June 3. Rizk said that although the Tribunal should be above politics, in reality, it will likely play an important strategic role before the 2009 parliamentary elections. He would like [...]	2008-06-04 15:55:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM UNSC EAID LE SY IR
08BEIRUT840	LEBANON: GEAGEA TELLS S/P GORDON MAINTAINING MARCH [...] (C) Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea told Policy Planning Director David Gordon that the momentum is now with the March 14-led majority after the selection of PM Siniora over the opposition's objections. According to Geagea, for the majority to capitalize on this momentum, Siniora needs to [...]	2008-06-04 17:33:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC EAID SY IR LE
08BEIRUT848	LEBANON: WITH USDP EDELMAN, ACTING LAF COMMANDER [...] (C) Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Eric Edelman assured Acting Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) Commander MG Shawki al-Masri of the U.S.'s commitment to assisting the LAF. Expressing his appreciation, Masri said timing of the assistance is "very critical". Noting that the LAF is assuming so [...]	2008-06-05 16:26:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR MARR MCAPS MOPS UNSC LE
08BEIRUT849	LEBANON: MURR TELLS USDP EDELMAN HE EXPECTS TO [...] (C) Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Eric Edelman expressed to Defense Minister Elias Murr the U.S. commitment to assisting the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF). Murr reported that he understood from President Michel Sleiman that Sleiman would appoint him to stay on as Defense Minister in the [...]	2008-06-05 16:44:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MCAPS PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE
08BEIRUT850	LEBANON: SAAD HARIRI TELLS USDP EDELMAN THAT A [...] (C) Parliamentary Majority leader Saad Hariri told visiting Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Eric Edelman that a strong Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) can defeat Hizballah. Saad believes that U.S. military assistance to train and equip the LAF, funded in part by friendly Arab states, is Leb [...]	2008-06-05 16:45:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MCAPS PTER PINR MOPS UNSC IR LE
08BEIRUT860	LEBANON: FINANCE MINISTRY SHARES POSSIBLE [...] (C) Discussions between the GOL and the International Monetary Fund on possible new benchmarks are proceeding slowly. The Ministry of Finance has submitted to us a list of possible triggers for disbursement of U.S. assistance, some of which are already complete. The list does not include one [...]	2008-06-06 18:34:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EINV EAIR EFIN ELAB LE
08BEIRUT861	LEBANON: LABOR CONFEDERATION IN HIZBALLAH'S GRIP (ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) According to a long-time employee at the General Labor Confederation (GLC),Hizballah has been exerting almost full control over the GLC for the last three years. The GLC has totally ignored labor demands, and has been transformed into a political tool which Hizballah uses against the GO [...]	2008-06-09 05:10:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE
08BEIRUT889	LEBANON: ELECTORAL REFORM NEEDED NOW, POLITICIANS [...] (U) Lebanese politicians and civil society representatives came together for the first time to discuss their support for electoral reform in Lebanon at a June 11 conference cosponsored by the GOL and UNDP. Caretaker Justice Minister Charles Rizk read remarks from President Michel Sleiman, in [...]	2008-06-13 11:24:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID KDEM LE PGOV PHUM
08BEIRUT896	LEBANON: SEVERE POWER CUTS AND INCREASED GAS AND [...] (U) It is expected that power outages will be reduced in frequency after Finance Minister Azour approved opening $140 million Letters of Credit for fuel imports for national power utility Electricite du Liban (EDL). Azour indicated that EDL is using power cuts to put pressure on the GOL and Tr [...]	2008-06-16 05:00:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PGOV LE
08BEIRUT907	LEBANON: U.S. NGOS READY TO ASSIST LEBANON WITH [...] (C) In a June 17 meeting with the Charge, Embassy Beirut's U.S.-based civil society partners on electoral reform presented their plans on their activities leading up to the 2009 parliamentary elections. They will divide the work among them to cover tasks such as providing technical assistanc [...]	2008-06-18 17:54:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID KDEM LE PGOV PHUM
08BEIRUT908	LEBANON: POTENTIAL SHIA CABINET MEMBER STRESSES [...] (C) Respected Shia leader Ibrahim Shamseddine, rumored to be a possible March 14 candidate for a position in the next cabinet, stressed his political independence in a June 17 meeting with the Charge. Shamseddine welcomed the Secretary's statement stressing the need to resolve Sheba'a Farms, [...]	2008-06-18 19:02:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PTER PINR IR AR SY IS LE
08BEIRUT912	LEBANON: CHARGE'S TRIP TO NABATIEH TO VISIT USG [...] (C) On June 18, the Charge, visiting State Department Policy Planning staff member, and EmbOffs visited five sites of which the Embassy sponsors development, social assistance, and education projects in Nabatieh in southern Lebanon. The traveling party also attended a luncheon at the home of [...]	2008-06-19 18:30:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL PTER UNSC AID LE
08BEIRUT918	LEBANON: DEPOSED TYRE SHIA MUFTI PROPOSES FORMING [...] (C) On June 19, Charge and visiting S/P advisor met deposed Shia Mufti of Tyre Sayyed Ali al-Amin, who remains in Beirut after Hizballah drove him out of his position during the May clashes. Al-Amin described the lack of support from Iraqi Shia, whom he describes as afraid to confront Iranian [...]	2008-06-20 18:13:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PTER EAID PINR IQ IR LE
08BEIRUT919	LEBANON: INDEPENDENT SHIA FIGURES DISCUSS HOW TO [...] (C) On June 19, the Charge and visiting S/P staff member Jared Cohen met with a series of independent Shia, including activist Lokman Slim, journalist Ali Alamine, and political figure Ahmad Assad (ref A covers June 19 meeting with deposed Shia Mutfi at Tyre Syed Ali al-Amine). Slim proposed [...]	2008-06-20 19:07:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PTER PINR EAID LE IQ IR SY
08BEIRUT931	LEBANON: OPPOSITION REACTION TO NABATIEH TRIP AND [...] (C) Pro-opposition media have seized on the Charge's June 18 visit to Nabatieh in southern Lebanon (Ref A) to step up criticism over U.S. policy in the region. The heart of the criticism seems to be a concerted effort by Hizballah and the opposition to sound an alarm against U.S. relationship [...]	2008-06-25 16:56:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC LE
08BEIRUT936	LEBANON: ONE MONTH LATER, HOW CAN THE U.S. SUPPORT [...] (C) One month since he became president, the optimism and celebration that followed President Sleiman's election seem to have faded. The Lebanese political scene has returned to its all too familiar picture of squabbling leaders unable to resolve their differences, this time on cabinet format [...]	2008-06-26 18:00:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC MARR MOPS SY LE
08BEIRUT94	LEBANON: TIME TO REVIEW USG INVOLVEMENT IN [...] (C) The German-led Northern Border Pilot Project (NBPP) has been plagued with coordination and implementation problems for months. Despite repeated requests and suggestions from other donor country representatives, the German leadership in Beirut and Berlin (reftels A and B) remain convinced [...]	2008-01-22 15:28:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MASS MCAP SY IS LE
08BEIRUT994	LEBANON: FAMILY FEUD: MARCH 14 STRUGGLING ON [...] (C) Saad Hariri is back in Lebanon and March 14 is working on resolving its internal disagreements over the division of cabinet seats, but hard feelings are making it difficult. Hariri has been engaged in discussions with other March 14 leaders Samir Geagea, Walid Jumblatt, and PM-designate [...]	2008-07-09 15:21:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PINR FR LE SY
08BEIRUT996	LEBANON: DETERMINED UNIIIC COMMISSIONER MAKING [...] (S) UNIIIC Commissioner Daniel Bellemare told emboffs on July 9 that he sees no wavering of French support for UNIIIC and the Special Tribunal, asked for USG support in the Special Tribunal Management Committee and positive USG responses to his requests for assistance. Ever the careful prose [...]	2008-07-09 16:00:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER UNSC FR GB LE
08BELFAST138	PLANNED MILITARY PARADE AND SINN FEIN COUNTER-DEMONSTRATION [...] (C) Summary: British Ministry of Defence plans to hold a welcome home parade November 2 in Belfast for troops from the Royal Irish Regiment (RIR) returning from Afghanistan. Sinn Fein (SF) and dissident republican groups announced that they plan to hold separate counterdemonstrations on the [...]	2008-10-31 19:38:00	Consulate Belfast	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL EI UK
08BERLIN1187	GERMANY REACTS STRONGLY TO RUSSIAN RECOGNITION OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: German officials reacted strongly to Russia's recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia August 26. See para 7 for the full text of a German government statement on the matter. During a visit to Estonia today, Chancellor Merkel said the recognition was "absolutely unacceptable" [...]	2008-08-26 16:16:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS OSCE PHUM PREL UN GG RS GM EU
08BERLIN641	GERMANY: CDU/CSU STIRS THINGS UP WITH PROPOSED [...] (C) Summary: The parliamentary caucus of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union (CSU),held an international conference in Berlin May 7 to unveil and seek comment on a 13-page proposal for a new German security strategy. The paper propos [...]	2008-05-15 16:12:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NATO EUN GM
08BERLIN642	GERMANY: CDU/CSU STIRS THINGS UP WITH PROPOSED [...] (C) Summary: The parliamentary caucus of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and its Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union (CSU),held an international conference in Berlin May 7 to unveil and seek comment on a 13-page proposal for a new German security strategy. The paper propos [...]	2008-05-16 06:26:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NATO EUN GM
08BISHKEK499	KYRGYZ SEND MIXED SIGNALS ON U.S. OFFER TO BUILD [...] (C) Summary. Kyrgyz National Security Council Secretary Mamytov informed the Ambassador on May 13 that the Kyrgyz government had decided against the U.S. proposal to invest approximately $30 million to construct a strategic ramp at Manas Airport for the use of coalition aircraft. Prior to [...]	2008-05-16 11:06:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR KG
08BISHKEK530	A RAMP TOO FAR? KYRGYZ OFFER SOME INSIGHTS INTO [...] (C) Summary. In a May 23 meeting, Kyrgyz Security Council Deputy Secretary informed Charge that the Kyrgyz decision to disapprove the U.S. proposal to invest $30 million to construct a strategic parking ramp at Manas Airport for use by coalition forces was final, and the decision had been ta [...]	2008-05-23 11:26:00	Embassy Bishkek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR KG
08BOGOTA1145	(C) COLOMBIA'S STRATEGY TO EXPLOIT INFO FROM FARC [...] (C) Defense Minister Santos and Vice Minister of Defense (VMOD) Jaramillo told the Ambassador the GOC plans to selectively leak information from FARC computers connecting Presidents Chavez and Correa and their Governments to the FARC over the next 4-6 weeks, as INTERPOL completes its verificat [...]	2008-03-27 22:45:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREF PREL PHUM MOPS VZ EC CO
08BOGOTA2293	FARC INTENTIONS ON HUMANITARIAN EXCHANGE REMAIN \ [...] (C) On June 21-22 the FARC released proof of life videos \ for two Colombian hostages, and the media reported renewed \ French contacts with the FARC Secretariat--a claim discounted \ by the French Embassy in Bogota. XXXXXXXXXXXX \ told us the GOC received a message from a reliable contact \ who c [...]	2008-06-24 22:06:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM CO
08BRASILIA126	Brazil: Biofuels Meeting with MRE's Division of Renewable [...] Summary: EconOffs and ESTHOffs met January 22 with Ministry of External Relations (MRE) interlocutors to discuss next steps on our Biofuels MOU, and used the opportunity to introduce the MRE to new economic deputy and energy officer. Claudia Vieira Santos and Marcelo Solomao Martinez clarifie [...]	2008-01-25 12:24:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EPET PREL BR
08BRASILIA1405	BRAZILIANS HIGHLIGHT POSITIVE BILATERAL RELATIONS [...] (C) During his October 17 visit to Brazil, Under Secretary Bill Burns was told repeatedly by GOB officials and others that relations between the United States and Brazil are excellent and that they hope a new U.S. administration will make an early effort to build on them. GOB officials focused [...]	2008-10-24 20:08:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ENRG BR
08BRASILIA288	Brazil: CEO Forum Members meetings Feb 20 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: CEO co-chair Tim Solso (CEO Cummins) and Brazilian CEO Forum representatives Jorge Gerdau (CEO, Gerdau SA) and Flavio Leite (representing Josue Gomes da Silva of Cotaminas) met with Embassy staff and MRE visas chief Mitzi Gurgel the morning of February 20 to discuss progress on C [...]	2008-03-03 14:01:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD ECON EFIN BR
08BRASILIA289	Brazil: Investment Agreement Principles - consolidated GOB [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This message provides consolidated input to Washington agencies regarding the status of intra-GOB discussions on bilateral investment treaty principles. While no treaty "text" comparable to the US model BIT exists, CAMEX (the Brazilian External Trade Chamber) member ministries h [...]	2008-03-03 14:01:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD ECON EFIN BR
08BRASILIA824	Brazil: Tax Treaty Roundtable with Receita Federal [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-16 13:59:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV BR
08BRASILIA851	SENIOR BRAZILIAN DIPLOMAT TALKS MIDDLE EAST PEACE, [...] (C) In an office call June 9, the Ambassador discussed Brazil's policies in the Middle East and Africa with Ministry of External Relations (MRE) Under Secretary for Political Affairs (II),Ambassador Roberto Jaguaribe. Jaguaribe described an intensifying series of reciprocal visits with Middl [...]	2008-06-20 19:35:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MNUC IR XF ZU BR
08BRATISLAVA266	STRAINS SURFACE (AGAIN) IN FICO-KUBIS RELATIONSHIP [...] (C) Summary. Following a burst of media coverage suggesting that Foreign Minister Kubis's days in office could be numbered, signs of strained relations between Prime Minister Fico and FM Kubis were apparent, once again, during Fico's June 3 visit to the MFA. According to a senior MFA official [...]	2008-06-06 12:09:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV LO
08BRUSSELS458	BELARUS: EU TRENDING TOWARD ENGAGEMENT WITH REGIME [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-27 15:10:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ECON ETTC OSCE EUN BO XH
08BRUSSELS579	US-BELARUS TALKS IN BRUSSELS ON BILATERAL TENSIONS [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-17 15:31:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CASC ODIP ETTC EUN BO XH
08BRUSSELS704	YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THE MAY 13 TRANSATLANTIC [...] The U.S. Mission to the European Union and I welcome you to Brussels for the May 13 meeting of the Transatlantic Economic Council. This meeting will help realize President Bush and Chancellor Merkel's aspiration for greater transatlantic economic integration, but much will depend on the app [...]	2008-05-09 15:39:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EIND EINV EFIN EAGR ENRG WTO EUN
08BUCHAREST311	ROMANIA: FRUSTRATION WITH EU PARTNERS ON ENERGY [...] (C) Summary. Visiting DAS Matthew Bryza's April 3 meeting with Prime Minister Tariceanu's Chief of Staff, Ambassador Mihnea Constantinescu, and Romanian Ambassador to the U.S., Adrian Vierita, exposed Romania's frustration with the EU's reluctance to think strategically about energy security. [...]	2008-04-18 14:59:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EINV PGOV PREL RO
08BUCHAREST88	LNG TERMINAL AN APPEALING PROSPECT AS ROMANIA [...] (C) SUMMARY. A team of U.S. investors led by ETG International (www.etgint.com),a natural gas transport company and UGI (www.ugicorp.com),a natural gas marketing and distribution company, hope to construct an LPG and LNG terminal at the port of Constanta on Romania's Black Sea Coast. Proje [...]	2008-02-01 15:41:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EINV EFIN PREL RO
08BUDAPEST1118	PRIME MINISTER GYURCSANY AMBIGUOUS ON NABUCCO, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Hungarian Prime Minister Gyurcsany continued to play both advocate and devil's advocate for the Nabucco pipeline at an energy summit in Baku on November 14. He argued forcefully for Nabucco on the grounds of its importance to European energy security, based on his comments to re [...]	2008-11-24 16:37:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET PGOV HU
08BUDAPEST1158	INDIAN SUMMER: HUNGARY MOVES FROM A HURRY TO [...] (C) Summary: With the winter recess in sight, the Gyurcsany government is congratulating itself on the passage of the 2009 budget and the adoption of minor changes in Hungary's tax structure. But the international stabilization package has provided only a tenuous degree of stability, and eco [...]	2008-12-04 10:45:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN HU
08BUDAPEST1213	PRESIDENT SOLYOM'S INJUDICIOUS ACTIVISM [...] (C) Summary: The chorus of complaints regarding Prime Minister Gyurcsany has largely but not completely obscured the mixed reviews received by President Laszlo Solyom. Seen as principled by his supporters and pedantic by his critics, Solyom has tested the boundaries of his largely ceremonial [...]	2008-12-19 06:06:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KBIO HU
08BUDAPEST1227	HUNGARY PLANNING EXPANSION OF NUCLEAR ENERGY [...] (U) SUMMARY: The probable expansion of the Hungarian nuclear power sector offers significant opportunities to U.S. firms engaged in nuclear-related manufacturing and services. Hungary is currently considering building one or two new nuclear reactor units at the Paks nuclear plant. There is s [...]	2008-12-23 14:52:00	Embassy Budapest	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG TRGY BEXP BTIO KGHG US RS FR HU
08BUDAPEST148	MFA CONFIRMS INTENTION TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO IN THE [...] (C) Summary: DCM delivered reftel demarches to MFA State Secretary (Political Director) Szent-Ivanyi February 12. SIPDIS Szent-Ivanyi confirmed that the GoH is prepared to recognize Kosovo within the first tranche of EU member states, estimating that it could take formal action within 10 ) [...]	2008-02-12 16:55:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KO HU
08BUDAPEST155	MUSICAL CHAIRS; DISCORDANT VOICES: PARLIAMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Although it was only opening day, Hungarian MPs ) and protestors - were in mid-season form as the spring session began February 11. The governing coalition reaffirmed its support for PM Gyurcsany's health care reforms amidst heated rhetoric, but talk of a cabinet "pre-shuffle" [...]	2008-02-14 13:18:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM HU
08BUDAPEST195	THE PARTY LINE: WHAT PM GYURCSANY'S SUPPORTERS ARE [...] (C) With his personal popularity ratings still mired well below 20 percent as he nears the half-way point of his term, Prime Minister Gyurcsany appears to be playing small ball in an effort to gradually recoup his standing with the public (REF A). Key elements of his public message will lik [...]	2008-02-26 09:22:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ENRG KDEM HU
08BUDAPEST267	CONFIRMED BUT CAVEATED: HUNGARY PREPARING FOR [...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador March 9 (other issues septel),the Prime Minister's Foreign Policy Advisor confirmed that the GoH intends to recognize Kosovo on March 19. Ambassador Banai commented, however, that he would have to check with Foreign Minister Goncz regarding her most rec [...]	2008-03-12 13:55:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KO HU
08BUDAPEST270	SQUATTER'S RIGHTS: THE GYURCSANY GOVERNMENT AFTER [...] (C) Summary: The Gyurcsany government is struggling to go on with business as usual in the aftermath of its losses in the March 9 referendum. Unfortunately, business as usual involves an opposition with the political momentum, party members with a personal grudge, and policy initiatives wit [...]	2008-03-13 08:16:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM ENRG HU
08BUDAPEST37	COLD FEET ON KOSOVO?: MFA FLOATS THE LEAD BALLOON [...] (C) There are disturbing signs that the GoH is considering a partial recognition approach toward Kosovo. In a meeting with visiting former Ambassador Richard Holbrooke February 7, Foreign Minister Goncz solicited his opinion regarding the potential "recognition of the state but not of its so [...]	2008-01-10 16:45:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KO HU
08BUDAPEST391	TWENTY QUESTIONS: FIDESZ TURNS 20 [...] (C) Summary: FIDESZ celebrates its twentieth anniversary in a position of unprecedented popularity, having channeled broad public discontent with the Gyurcsany government's policies to build an imposing lead in opinion polls. A movement long before it became a political party, FIDESZ's iden [...]	2008-04-17 07:54:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREV KDEM PHUM HU
08BUDAPEST392	BELABORING THE POINT: COALITION CRISIS IN SLOW [...] (C) Summary: Although the governing coalition continues to move through what one observer has termed "the slowest-moving crisis in history," both insiders and outside observers believe that several possible scenarios are gradually emerging. They include a protracted period of minority gover [...]	2008-04-17 08:42:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KDEM HU
08BUDAPEST485	DAY ONE: MINORITY GOVERNMENT WINS APPROVAL FOR [...] (SBU) Marshaling a surprising majority, the Gyurcsany government secured Parliamentary approval for its government restructuring proposal (ref a) May 13. 2. (SBU) Confronting what many observers here cast as a crucial test of his ability to govern in the absence of a parliamentary majorit [...]	2008-05-15 09:54:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM HU
08BUDAPEST550	SUMMER RERUNS: A PAUSE IN THE (IN)ACTION [...] (C) The traditional summer "cucumber season" will be longer than usual this year, with Parliament scheduled to be on recess from June 9 through September 15. Although the Parliament has passed bills on issues ranging from our bilateral data-sharing agreement to Papa Airbase in recent days, t [...]	2008-06-05 10:33:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM HU
08BUDAPEST592	CAMPAIGNING WITHOUT AN ELECTION: THE PARTIES SHIFT [...] (C) As the MSzP and FIDESZ meet in closed session this week to map out strategy for the months ahead, both parties find themselves, in the words of FIDESZ VP Mihalj Varga, "campaigning without an election." SUMMERTIME BLUES 2. (C) In comments following the MSzP party leadership's meeti [...]	2008-06-13 13:14:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON HU
08BUDAPEST691	RIDING THE RANGE AND MENDING FENCES: GYURCSANY'S [...] (C) The GoH is working to mend fences with the U.S. through a series of moves highlighted by Prime Minister Gyurcsany's trip to Central Asia July 7 ) 9. 2. (C) According to Foreign and Security Policy Advisor Karoly Banai, the trip was designed to demonstrate that Hungary is committed to [...]	2008-07-10 14:06:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG PGOV HU
08BUDAPEST778	CRUEL SUMMER: POLITICS IN SLOW MOTION [...] (C) There are few signs of life during Hungary's long summer break. Government and party officials have departed en masse for vacation ) leaving one staffer in the Prime Ministry to question exactly who is acting in Prime Minister Gyurcsany's absence ) and one contact notes that political de [...]	2008-08-05 09:03:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KDEM HU
08BUDAPEST858	HUNGARY ON UPCOMING EU COUNCIL MEETING RE [...] (C) The Foreign Minister's Chief of Staff briefed Ambassador Foley on the positions Hungary intends to forward at the upcoming EU Council meeting. Hungary will praise the French presidency for its activism, support the EU statement condemning the recognition of the disputed regions, demand fu [...]	2008-08-29 16:48:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OSCE UN GG RS HU
08BUDAPEST899	EXPERTS' PARADISE: THE ARGUMENTS AND THE ODDS FOR [...] (C) Summary: A government of experts remains a persistent topic of conversation as prolonged gridlock continues to erode public confidence in Hungary's political class. Currently championed by the SzDSz, a government of experts is constitutionally possible but would likely not be politically [...]	2008-09-12 14:48:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV HU
08BUDAPEST913	RETURN TO NOWHERE: PARLIAMENT BEGINS ITS FALL [...] (U) Parliament reconvened on September 15, beginning its fall session with a dry session on a very rainy day in Budapest. 2. (SBU) Prime Minister Gyurcsany's opening remarks ) preceded by the usual walk-out by FIDESZ MPs - focused on his government's commitment to improving education and [...]	2008-09-17 16:15:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV HU
08BUENOSAIRES1124	ARGENTINA'S CENTRAL BANK PRESIDENT CONCERNED ABOUT [...] (C) Central Bank Governor Martin Redrado called his central bank,s aggressive response to the June/July run on Argentine bank deposits wholly successful in staunching the outflow and in punishing currency speculators. This rsponse included the sale of $3.5 billion in dollar reserves over a 60 [...]	2008-08-11 21:00:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV PREL OREP AR
08BUENOSAIRES126	REQUEST FOR DEPT GUIDANCE ON EDUARDO SAIEGH CASE [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 5. 2. (SBU) Summary. The Ambassador has raised with cabinet-level GOA officials the case of Mr. Eduardo Saiegh, an Argentine citizen who in 1980 was kidnapped, tortured and dispossessed of a bank he owned during Argentina's 1976-83 military dictat [...]	2008-02-04 10:19:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL ECON AR
08BUENOSAIRES245	ARGENTINA ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL REVIEW, JANUARY [...] (U) Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review covering the period January 28 - February 22, 2008. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact Econoff Chris Landberg at landbergca@state. [...]	2008-02-27 17:13:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV ETRD ELAB EAIR AR
08CAIRO1019	EGYPT'S COPTIC LEADER ON RELATIONS WITH ISLAM, THE [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-20 14:57:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI KIRF KISL EG
08CAIRO1066	EGYPT EXTENDS EMERGENCY LAW [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-27 11:46:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER EG
08CAIRO1129	EGYPTIAN COURT UPHOLDS HIV SENTENCES [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-04 12:41:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KHIV UN EG
08CAIRO1149	DEMARCHE REGARDING EGYPTIAN BLOGGERS DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-08 07:57:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KMPI EG
08CAIRO1175	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH EGYPTIAN FREEDOM HOUSE [...] (C) On June 2, the Ambassador met with nine Egyptian journalists and activists who recently returned to Egypt from the U.S. where they participated in Freedom House's New Generation of Advocates Fellowship program. Meeting participants included: Shaima Aboul Kheir (Journalist, Al Dustour n [...]	2008-06-09 08:56:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KMPI KDEM EG
08CAIRO1228	MUFTI'S VIEWS ON RECENT SECTARIAN INCIDENTS [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-15 11:23:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI KIRF PHUM KISL EG
08CAIRO1291	SPECIAL ENVOY GENERAL JONES' CAIRO MEETINGS JUNE 12 [...] (S) Summary: Special Envoy for Middle East Regional Security General James Jones (Ret.) met June 12 with Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit, EGIS Chief Omar Soliman and Assistant Minister of Defense for Policy MG Mohammed Al-Assar to discuss his mission. General Jones explained that he is re [...]	2008-06-22 14:07:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PARM PREL KPAL IS EG
08CAIRO1416	CODEL ACKERMAN MEETINGS WITH MUBARAK, SULEIMAN, [...] (C) Summary: In separate June 28 meetings with President Hosni Mubarak, EGIS Director Omar Suleiman, and FM Ahmed Aboul Gheit, CODEL Ackerman and the Ambassador discussed Israeli-Palestinian developments (focusing on Egypt's goals for building upon the current "calming period"),Egypt's region [...]	2008-07-07 13:55:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF KISL KPAL EAID ENRG IS
08CAIRO157	COURT RULES IN FAVOR OF BAHA'IS [...] (SBU) On January 29, the Cairo Administrative Court ruled in two cases brought by members of Egypt's small Baha'i religious community that the government may issue official identification documents without listing the holder's religion on the document. (Note: Under current practice, the gove [...]	2008-01-29 15:47:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIRF PHUM PGOV EG
08CAIRO1581	EGYPT ARRESTS FACEBOOK ACTIVISTS [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-28 08:18:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KDEM EG
08CAIRO1629	BOUTROS BOUTROS-GHALI ON HUMAN RIGHTS, RELIGIOUS [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-30 11:50:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KIRF KISL EG
08CAIRO1679	EGYPT RELEASES FACEBOOK ACTIVISTS [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-04 14:01:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KDEM EG
08CAIRO1711	EGYPTIAN MONASTERY CLASH: RESOLUTION EXPECTED SOON [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-06 15:12:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KIRF SOCI PHUM KISL EG
08CAIRO1940	ARAB LEAGUE AND EGYPTIAN MFA ON IRAQ, LEBANON, AND [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-02 14:23:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL IS IZ SU EG
08CAIRO2003	EGYPT ON PENDING RELEASE OF CONVICTED TERRORIST [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-14 06:03:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL PINR EG
08CAIRO2072	REPORT ON EGYPTIAN DISSIDENT'S HEALTH APPARENTLY [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-22 12:48:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM EG

08CAIRO2078	NDI MAKING PROGRESS WITH LOW-PROFILE APPROACH [...] (C) Summary: National Democratic Institute (NDI) resident representative Lila Jaafar told us September 16 that in spite of NDI's lack of official registration, the organization provided training and publications to local NGOs over the past year by adopting a low-profile posture and informing [...]	2008-09-22 14:50:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM EAID EG
08CAIRO2177	AYMAN NOUR'S WIFE ON POTUS LUNCH AND MUTED GOE [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-14 11:05:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KDEM KJUS IO EG
08CAIRO2187	AL-GAMA'AT AL-ISLAMIYA: CONCERNS REGARDING POSSIBLE REVOCATION OF FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATION STATUS [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-14 15:44:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PTER PREL PINR EG
08CAIRO2197	SYG MOUSSA ON IRAQ, SUDAN AND ISRAEL-PALESTINIAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-15 15:29:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL MARR IS SU IZ EG
08CAIRO2209	EGYPTIAN COPTIC PRIEST JAILED IN LEGAL DISPUTE [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-16 15:48:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM SOCI KIRF EG
08CAIRO2316	ARAB LEAGUE SYG MOUSSA DISCUSSES REGIONAL ISSUES [...] (C) Summary. Arab League Secretary General Moussa discussed Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and the global financial crisis during an October 26 meeting with visiting NEA PDAS Feltman and the Ambassador. Moussa said that the situation in Lebanon has improved markedly [...]	2008-11-05 12:21:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL LE SY IZ EG
08CAIRO2349	EGYPT'S BAHA'I: FAVORABLE RULINGS BUT NO [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-13 14:42:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF KDEM EG
08CAIRO2428	SECTARIAN ATTACK ON CHURCH NEAR CAIRO [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-26 14:55:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KIRF KISL SOCI EG
08CAIRO244	EGYPTIAN HIGH COURT RULES IN FAVOR OF RECONVERTS [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 10, Egypt's Supreme Court of Administrative Justice ruled in a case brought by Christian "re-converts" that the government must issue identification documents listing their religion as Christianity. The ruling reversed an April 2007 decision by the Cairo Court of A [...]	2008-02-10 14:36:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIRF PHUM PGOV EG
08CAIRO2515	COPTS ON SECTARIAN STRIFE IN UPPER EGYPT [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-17 06:00:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PTER PGOV ECON KIRF KISL SOCI EG
08CAIRO2527	EGYPTIAN STATE SECURITY COURT CONVICTS MAHALLA [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-18 15:04:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET//NOFORN	PHUM KDEM ELAB EG
08CAIRO256	EGYPTIAN COURT RULES AGAINST CONVERT [...] (SBU) On January 29, the Cairo Administrative Court denied the petition of Mohamed Hegazy, a Muslim-born convert to Christianity, to change the religious affiliation on his national identification card from Islam to Christianity. While Hegazy has the right to appeal the decision, he will prob [...]	2008-02-11 16:07:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIRF PHUM PGOV EG
08CAIRO2572	APRIL 6 ACTIVIST ON HIS U.S. VISIT AND REGIME [...] (C) Summary and comment: On December 23, April 6 activist XXXXXXXXXXXX expressed satisfaction with his participation in the December 3-5 "Alliance of Youth Movements Summit," and with his subsequent meetings with USG officials, on Capitol Hill, and with think tanks. He described how State Se [...]	2008-12-30 09:09:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PGOV PHUM KDEM EG
08CAIRO31	EGYPT'S COURTS CONTINUE TO CONVICT POLICE IN ABUSE [...] (U) On January 4, an Alexandria court reportedly convicted a police major and two junior policemen of abusing a detainee in April 2007. The major reportedly ordered his men to beat the detainee and then force him to appear publicly in women's clothes. The court sentenced the major to five y [...]	2008-01-08 15:41:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV EG
08CAIRO323	EGYPTIAN POLITICAL PARTY MEMBERS' SUCCESSFUL [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-19 12:20:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM EG
08CAIRO354	AYMAN NOUR'S WIFE ON ASSETS ISSUE AND NOUR'S [...] (C) Summary: In a February 22 meeting, Gameela Ismail (wife of imprisoned former Ghad party leader Ayman Nour),told us that she believes the government "is taking a step back" with regard to turning over some of Nour's assets to his government-backed rival and current leader of the Ghad party [...]	2008-02-24 14:23:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM EG
08CAIRO359	AYMAN NOUR'S WIFE ON ASSETS ISSUE AND NOUR'S [...] (C) Summary: In a February 22 meeting, Gameela Ismail (wife of imprisoned former Ghad party leader Ayman Nour),told us that she believes the government "is taking a step back" with regard to turning over some of Nour's assets to his government-backed rival and current leader of the Ghad party [...]	2008-02-25 10:32:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM EG
08CAIRO38	EGYPT'S FOREIGN MINISTRY RAISES DETENTION OF [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-10 05:04:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PTER CVIS EG
08CAIRO464	EGYPT BANS DEMONSTRATIONS IN MOSQUES AND CHURCHES [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 22, Egypt's lower house of Parliament, the Peoples' Assembly, passed a law banning demonstrations "inside or around places of worship." Although the law prohibits demonstrations in both churches and mosques, the law appears specifically to target the Muslim Brotherh [...]	2008-03-09 14:55:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KIRF KISL KDEM PHUM EG
08CAIRO467	A/S WELCH, MINDEF TANTAWI DISCUSS GOE ACTION ON [...] (S) Summary. In a March 6 meeting, A/S Welch encouraged Mindef Tantawi to work with the U.S. and Israel to achieve calm in Gaza, help restart Israeli-PA negotiations, and to improve the quality of life for the Palestinian people on the.[\is no rocket fire into Israel, the GOI would have no rea [...]	2008-03-09 16:05:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PREL PARM KPAL MASS IS EG
08CAIRO500	FOREIGN FIGHTERS DISCUSSION: EGYPT'S INTERIOR [...] (S) Summary: Dell Dailey, State Department Coordinator for Counterterrorism, accompanied by the Ambassador, met on February 25 with Egypt's Minister of Interior Habib El Adly. Dailey briefed Adly on the flow of foreign fighters to Iraq and asked Egypt to press for Syrian cooperation in closing [...]	2008-03-13 10:22:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	PTER PGOV PREL PHUM EAIR SY EG
08CAIRO53	EGYPT'S PROSECUTOR GENERAL ORDERS RELEASE IN [...] (SBU) According to her lawyer, Egypt's Office of the Prosecutor General ordered the release on January 13 of Shadia Nagui Ibrahim, who was convicted of fraud on November 21, 2007, in connection with her father's brief conversion in the early 1960s from Christianity to Islam (ref A). Ibrahim, [...]	2008-01-13 15:39:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIRF PHUM PGOV EG
08CAIRO567	PARLIAMENTARY SPEAKER ON U.S. VISIT, AYMAN NOUR, [...] (C) Summary: In a March 12 meeting with the Ambassador, Speaker of the Egyptian People's Assembly, Ahmed Fathi Surour, highlighted his satisfaction with his early March visit to Washington. He complained about Congressional focus on imprisoned former Al Ghad party leader Ayman Nour, and deta [...]	2008-03-23 12:40:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KDEM EG
08CAIRO595	EGYPTIAN COURT CONVICTS EDITOR BUT SUSPENDS JAIL [...] (SBU) On March 26, a Cairo court convicted Ibrahim Eissa, editor of the independent newspaper Al-Dustour, of spreading false information in connection with the newspaper's August 2007 publication of stories reporting rumors then circulating that President Mubarak was in poor health. The cou [...]	2008-03-26 15:04:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KDEM KPAO EG
08CAIRO602	UPDATE ON U.S. NAVY INCIDENT AT SUEZ (CORRECTED [...] (C) Summary: On March 25 our NCIS officer witnessed the autopsy of the apparent victim in the March 24 incident at Suez involving a U.S. Navy-chartered vessel. The wounds appear consistent with the 50-caliber warning shots fired from the "Global Patriot" (ref B). NAVCENT NCIS will send a te [...]	2008-03-27 09:36:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL PGOV EG
08CAIRO609	SUEZ UPDATE: INVESTIGATION, COMPENSATION AND [...] (C) Summary: As of March 27, embassy NCIS officer is conducting an investigation in Egypt. The MOD has agreed to provide autopsy results, but refused to provide the bullet fragments from the deceased's body. FM Aboul-Gheit publicly criticized the U.S. over the incident March 27, and complai [...]	2008-03-27 16:18:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL EG
08CAIRO611	POSSIBLE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD SYMPATHIES AMONG [...] (U) Summary: On March 15, we accompanied a DRL Program Officer on a monitoring visit to a DRL-funded governance project in Minya, a city in Upper Egypt. The project, implemented by the US-based NGO "Street Law International" and its local partner, the Assiut Human Rights Association (AHRA),[...]	2008-03-27 17:01:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID KDEM KISL EG
08CAIRO699	EGYPT'S INTERIOR MINISTRY ANNOUNCES NO APPEAL IN [...] (C) According to media reports, Egypt's Ministry of Interior (MoI) announced that the government will not appeal the January 24 Cairo Administrative Court ruling granting three members of Egypt's Baha,i minority the right to obtain government identification documents (ref B). According to th [...]	2008-04-07 15:33:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KIRF EG
08CAIRO7	EGYPTIAN COURT REJECTS LEGAL ATTACK ON BLOGS [...] (U) On December 29, the Cairo Administrative Judicial Court dismissed a lawsuit aimed at shutting down 51 websites belonging to Egyptian human rights organizations, opposition groups and individual bloggers. As a legal basis for its ruling, the Cairo court cited Article 19 of the Universal D [...]	2008-01-02 16:08:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO PHUM PGOV EG
08CAIRO739	EGYPT'S HIV ARRESTS AND CONVICTIONS [...] (U) According to media reports, on April 9 five HIV positive Egyptian men were convicted of "the habitual practice of debauchery" andsentenced to three years in prison. The debauchey charges stem from alleged homosexual conduct. awyers for the men intend to appeal the conviction but are not op [...]	2008-04-10 16:27:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KHIV EG
08CAIRO843	EGYPT'S MFA ON APRIL 6 DETAINEES, BAHA'IS, CT LAW [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-23 15:46:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF PGOV PTER KISL EG
08CAIRO913	EGYPTIAN COURT DISMISSES LAWSUITS AGAINST [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-04 14:47:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM EG
08CAIRO941	OUTREACH TO EGYPTIAN DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) Embassy Cairo continues to actively support and promote the President's Freedom Agenda. We are in close contact with the wide range of Egypt's political oppositionists, democracy and human rights activists, and journalists from independent and opposition newspapers, as well as bloggers wh [...]	2008-05-07 08:22:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM EG
08CAIRO975	SHEIKH OF AL AZHAR DISCUSSES COUNTERING EXTREMISM [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-13 10:53:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER KISL KPAO KIRF EG
08CANBERRA1097	G-20 LEADERS SUMMIT: LATEST AUSTRALIAN VIEWS FROM [...] (C/NF) Australian thinking about the goals for the upcoming G-20 leaders summit has evolved, according to newly-appointed Prime Minister's Special Envoy for the International Economy Mike Callaghan. Callaghan was about to leave later in the day for China, the UK and the United States. Sharin [...]	2008-10-30 06:33:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN ECON PREL AS
08CANBERRA898	AUSTRALIAN CARBON CAPTURE AND STORAGE INITIATIVE [...] (C/NF) Summary: Australian officials tasked with coordinating their proposed Global Carbon Capture and Storage Initiative (GCCSI) with international partners this week reiterated PM Rudd's strong interest in moving this forward, with a public rollout in the coming weeks. Australia will work t [...]	2008-09-10 07:43:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	SENV ENRG KGHG PREL AS
08CARACAS283	RAUL REYES DEATH: CONFLICT DOES NOT APPEAR [...] (S/NF) Summary: Notwithstanding President Chavez' order that ten battalions be dispatched to the Colombian border in the wake of the March 1 killing of FARC's second-in command Raul Reyes, DAO reports only a minor increase in activity at two relevant BRV bases in two states west of Caracas and [...]	2008-03-03 19:23:00	Embassy Caracas	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MOPS PGOV PTER MCAP CO VE
08CARACAS338	CHAVEZ STRIKES CONCILIATORY TONE, RESTORES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez abruptly changed roles from Field Marshal to Peacemaker after returning from the Rio Summit in Santo Domingo. During his March 8 International Day of the Woman speech, Chavez struck a conciliatory tone toward Colombia by reopening diplomatic miss [...]	2008-03-11 14:47:00	Embassy Caracas	SECRET	MOPS PGOV PREL CO VE
08CARACAS435	CODEL WYDEN'S MARCH 26-28 VISIT TO VENEZUELA [...] (C) Summary: On his March 26-28 visit to Caracas, Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) discussed the political situation in Venezuela with interlocutors from the political, business, media, and NGO communities. He also conducted internal meetings with Embassy personnel, took a driving tour of a poor ne [...]	2008-03-28 19:31:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON VE
08CARACAS493	BRV UNVEILS NATIONAL INFLATION INDEX [...] (SBU) Summary: The Central Bank (BCV) and National Statistics Institute (INE) unveiled on April 7 a national consumer price index (CPI-N),which replaces the metropolitan Caracas index (CPI-C) as the BRV's official inflation measure. According to the CPI-N, prices rose 3.1, 2.1, and 1.7 perc [...]	2008-04-08 12:22:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN VE
08CARACAS566	VENEZUELA'S BANKING SECTOR: ARE THE GOOD TIMES [...] (SBU) Summary: Over the last four years, Venezuela's banking sector has registered rapid growth and record profits. The good times may be ending, however. The economy is slowing down; the BRV has tightened monetary policy to counter inflation; and banks are subject to increasing government [...]	2008-04-25 20:01:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN VE
08CARACAS648	DUTCH BIT BITES THE DUST [...] (C) SUMMARY: Venezuela has revoked its bilateral investment treaty (BIT) with the Netherlands effective November 1, 2008. The BIT remains in force for 15 years for investments made before the date of revocation. Both ExxonMobil and ConocoPhillips are pursuing arbitration under the Dutch BIT. [...]	2008-05-12 21:23:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV ECON EFIN PREL VE
08CHIANGMAI133	NORTHERN LABOR UNIONS, STUDENTS AND MEDIA DIVIDED OVER PAD [...] (SBU) Labor unions in northern Thailand are split, with some supporting the anti-government People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) and others supporting Prime Minister Samak's government, though the more vocal ones support PAD. Over 1,000 PAD supporters have traveled from the north to Bangkok [...]	2008-09-03 10:08:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ELAB SOCI TH
08CHIANGMAI161	TV NEWS PROGRAM FOR BURMESE YOUTH LAUNCHED [...] (SBU) The exile media group Democratic Voice of Burma marked the official launch of its news program by and for Burmese youth on October 3 in Chiang Mai. Youth Voice is the result of a collaborative effort between several NGOs and governments, and is a first for Burma, giving youth a chance to [...]	2008-10-17 07:12:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SCUL SOCI ECPS PROP TSPA BM TH NL NO
08CHIANGMAI168	POLITICAL TEMPERATURE IN CHIANG MAI ON THE RISE [...] (SBU) Over the past six days, a bombing targeting a key People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) leader, and the siege of the Chiang Mai Thai Public Broadcasting Service station by pro-government supporters have upped the political tension in Chiang Mai. Though the bomb did not injure anyone, an [...]	2008-11-04 11:15:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM PROP KDEM TH
08CHIANGMAI173	BURMESE EXILES TELL STAFFDEL GROVE HUMANITARIAN SPACE WON'T [...] (C) Increased space for humanitarian relief work in the Irrawaddy Delta won't speed up political change, and the U.S. needs a strategy for change in Burma involving regional actors -- these were the two main messages prominent Burmese exiles conveyed to StaffDel Grove during his brief November [...]	2008-11-14 09:22:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM EAID ECON SOCI BM CH TH
08CHIANGMAI178	PRO AND ANTI-THAKSIN GROUPS IN CHIANG MAI: A PROFILE [...] (C) There are two anti-Thaksin groups, but only one main pro-Thaksin group based in Chiang Mai, according to journalists and members of the three groups. The pro-Thaksin group is financed by Thaksin himself, while the two People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD)-sympathetic groups are self-funde [...]	2008-11-25 11:52:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM TH
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
08CHIANGMAI40	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: PEACE DIALOGUE AWAITS SIGNAL FROM NEW [...] (S/NF) PM Samak's month-old government has yet to signal its approach to the secret peace process launched by its predecessor to address the violence in southern Thailand, we were told by Mark Tamthai, advisor to former PM Surayud. Samak's security policy team is still taking shape, and it is [...]	2008-03-11 09:26:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER KDEM TH
08CHIANGMAI47	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: AS NEXT ROUND OF PEACE TALKS BEGINS, [...] (S/NF) Notwithstanding his inopportune public comments last week, Prime Minister Samak has reportedly blessed the next round of "secret" peace talks between the government and southern insurgents set for the coming days. Our source, a Chiang Mai-based academic involved in the peace process, r [...]	2008-03-25 10:19:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER KDEM TH
08CHIANGMAI60	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: NEW NSC CHIEF SEEN AS THREAT TO PEACE [...] (S/NF) Thai Government point-man for secret talks with southern insurgents Mark Tamthai fears the newly announced National Security Council chief prefers harsh tactics over conciliation. Tamthai sees the next few weeks before the new chief takes office as a window for outreach directly to Pri [...]	2008-04-10 03:16:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PINR PREL KDEM PTER TH
08CHIANGMAI75	EXILES SEE OPPORTUNITY FOR POLITICAL CHANGE IN NARGIS [...] (C) The Burmese regime's mishandling of the relief effort in the wake of Cyclone Nargis has the potential to boil over into mass uprising, according to Thailand-based Burmese exiles. Given the correct confluence of factors, demonstrations could even possibly lead to the downfall of the regime, [...]	2008-05-15 09:49:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI BM TH
08CHIANGMAI79	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: THAILAND'S POLITICAL TURBULENCE PUSHES [...] (S/NF) A late-May round of secret talks between the Thai Government and southern insurgents yielded good progress on a proposal to create pilot "peace zones" in specific conflict areas, according to Mark Tamthai, RTG point-man for the talks. However, making the proposal operational anytime soo [...]	2008-05-30 09:12:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM PTER PHUM TH
08COPENHAGEN501	Denmark's New Climate Attaches Deployed to Washington, [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Cain hosted a lunch on August 19 at his residence in honor of Denmark's newly-named climate attaches, including Hans Jakob Eriksen, who will be posted to the Danish Embassy in Washington, DC. An initiative of the Climate and Energy Ministry, in cooperation with the [...]	2008-09-19 15:02:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KGHG SENV DA
08COPENHAGEN601	Climate Change: Denmark Restructures to Host COP-15 [...] (SBU) This cable responds to questions posed in Ref A. Q. Has your host government altered its bureaucratic structure for addressing climate change over the past 12-18 months? If so, how? How might upcoming elections affect current policy positions and entities? A. Yes. The Danish G [...]	2008-11-14 12:28:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG KGHG DA
08COTONOU408	SCENESETTER FOR PRESIDENT YAYI'S TRIP TO THE U.S., [...] (SBU) Summary: Benin,s President Boni Yayi travels to Washington, D.C., July 15-21, 2008, primarily for talks with the World Bank and the IMF and to seek assistance for plans to energize the country,s agricultural sector and to follow-up on earlier requests for food aid. His request for meeti [...]	2008-07-11 21:56:00	Embassy Cotonou	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP EAID EAGR PGOV PREL PINR EFIN LY BN
08COTONOU420	BENIN: POLITICAL STATE OF THE NATION - NATIONAL [...] (C) Summary: The uncertain legitimacy and role of Benin's Presidential Mediation Entity (OPM) headed by National Mediator, Albert Tevoedjre, is indicative of the political quagmire that engulfs the administration of reform-minded President Boni Yayi. The latter is beset on one hand by the i [...]	2008-07-15 19:36:00	Embassy Cotonou	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI EFIN PINR KDEM BN
08DAMASCUS29	STAFFDEL WAXMAN MEETS WITH SYRIAN DEPUTY FOREIGN [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-13 16:52:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ PHUM PINS PREL SY
08DAMASCUS320	SYRIAN REACTIONS TO INCREASE IN DIESEL PRICES [...] (C) The SARG's partial lifting of diesel subsidies and resulting price increases have produced a one-day strike by micro-bus drivers, a weeklong closure of private bakeries, breadlines at public bakeries, and a decision by many farmers to abandon their crops. In a continuing saga of government [...]	2008-05-08 16:13:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON ENRG EPET PGOV SY
08DAMASCUS438	THE IMPACT OF U.S. SANCTIONS ON CIVIL AVIATION IN [...] (C) Syrian Arab Airlines' ability to sustain operations has degraded in recent years and is estimated to be currently operating just six of at least 15 aircraft in its fleet. The SARG amended its aviation laws in 2005 to allow private airlines to enter the market, but as is often the case in [...]	2008-06-18 15:04:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ETRD PGOV PTER SY
08DAMASCUS453	SARG BEMOANS INADEQUATE IRAQI REFUGEE ASSISTANCE, [...] (C) Summary: During a 90-minute discussion, Senior Coordinator for Iraqi Refugee Issues James Foley briefed Syrian Deputy FM Faisal Mikdad on his mission to assess Iraqi refugee assistance needs and programs. Foley acknowledged that Syria had borne a large economic and social burden in host [...]	2008-06-25 16:11:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF PREL SY IZ
08DAMASCUS560	AMMAR AL-HAKIM VISIT SIGNALS NEW SARG EMPHASIS ON [...] (C) Summary: On July 30-31, President Asad and other senior officials provided a lavish reception for Deputy Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI) Chair Ammar al-Hakim. Embassy sources suggest Al-Hakim responded favorably to Syrian lobbying to oppose a a long-term security agreement between [...]	2008-08-07 16:38:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SY LE
08DAMASCUS579	SLEIMAN VISIT TO DAMASCUS: AGREEMENT ON [...] (S) Summary: In a visit that went largely as scripted, Lebanese President Sleiman arrived August 13 in Damascus and issued a joint press statement with President Asad on their decision to establish full diplomatic relations "at the ambassadorial level." Though there were Syrian concerns that a bus [...]	2008-08-14 16:06:00	Embassy Damascus	SECRET	PGOV PREL SY LE
08DAMASCUS609	FM KOUCHNER VISIT SETS AGENDA FOR SEPTEMBER 3-4 [...] (C) Summary: According to a French Embassy readout, French FM Kouchner's August 22-23 discussions with President Asad and FM Muallim focused on Lebanon, Russia/Georgia, human rights, Syria's indirect talks with Israel, and Iran in advance of President Sarkozy's September 3-4 visit to Damasc [...]	2008-08-27 10:04:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PGOV PHUM PREL SY FR
08DAMASCUS610	FM KOUCHNER VISIT SETS AGENDA FOR SEPTEMBER 3-4 [...] (C) Summary: According to a French Embassy readout, French FM Kouchner's August 22-23 discussions with President Asad and FM Muallim focused on Lebanon, Russia/Georgia, human rights, Syria's indirect talks with Israel, and Iran in advance of President Sarkozy's September 3-4 visit to Damasc [...]	2008-08-27 12:33:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PGOV PHUM PREL SY FR
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
08DAMASCUS666	SPANISH FOREIGN MINISTER "GETS TOUGH" WITH SARG [...] (C) Summary: The September 17 visit to Damascus of Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Moratinos, portrayed by the Spanish Embassy as an opportunity for Spain to "get tough" with the SARG, lasted less then a day. Moratinos held short meetings with President Asad and Foreign Minister Muallem and [...]	2008-09-22 14:56:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PROG PREF PREL SY
08DAMASCUS698	SYRIAN AL-RA,Y TV SHOWCASING COALITION AND IRAQI [...] (C) Summary: Former Al-Ra'y TV correspondent Ibrahim Al-Jabeen (protect) told us on September 28 that Syria-based Al-Ra,y TV had assumed the Iraq-based Al-Zawraa TV,s former role of showcasing Iraqi militant attacks on Coalition and Iraqi forces. Although Mish,an Al-Jaburi,s wife, Al-Usta, [...]	2008-10-07 14:04:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL SY KPAO
08DAMASCUS756	UPDATE FROM DAMASCUS: SARG BRIEFS DIPLOMATIC [...] (C) Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Miqdad briefed local diplomatic missions October 29 on the SARG's decision to order the closure of the American Cultural Center (ACC) and American School (DCS). He received push-back from a number of missions, especially regarding closure of the latte [...]	2008-10-29 14:16:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS SY IZ
08DAMASCUS758	OPTIONS FOR RESPONDING TO SARG ORDER TO CLOSE [...] (SBU) This is an action request, see para 11. 2. (C) Begin Summary: At 1500 local today, Post received official verbal notification from MFA Chief of Protocol Abdul Latif Dabbagh of the SARG's order to close the American Cultural Center (ACC) immediately and to close the American School [...]	2008-10-29 20:16:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEC APER AFIN PGOV 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
08DAMASCUS850	SYRIAN AIR DEDICATES LAST FOUR PLANES TO HAJJ [...] (C) A Syrian Air ticketing agent told Embassy staff that the airline is currently operating just four of its fleet of 16 aircraft, due to its inability to obtain essential spare parts. From November 22 to December 9, Syrian Air is dedicating its four remaining operational Airbus A320s to flyi [...]	2008-11-26 14:45:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON ETRD PGOV PREL SA SY
08DAMASCUS863	GUEANT AND LEVITTE TO SARG: GOOD JOB, BUT WORK [...] (C) Summary: French Embassy DCM Nicholas Suran briefed us December 1 on Claude Gueant and Jean-David Levitte's November 30 visit to Damascus. After stops in Doha and Jeddah, the two Elysee advisors delivered an oral message to President Asad from President Sarkozy, urged Syria to make good [...]	2008-12-02 15:35:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV LE IR FR IZ SY
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
08DHAKA213	SCA PDAS CAMP HIGHLIGHTS ROADMAP DURING BANGLADESH [...] (C) Summary: During a February 3 - 4 visit to Dhaka, SCA Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Don Camp emphasized the enduring nature of the U.S.-Bangladesh relationship and reiterated the importance of the Caretaker Government's adherence to the Electoral Roadmap. In meetings with the Ch [...]	2008-02-14 12:20:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ETRD ECON ELAB EFIN BG
08DHAKA345	EVERYONE IS TALKING, BUT IS ANYONE LISTENING? [...] (C) Summary: The long-awaited dialogue between Bangladesh,s Caretaker Government (CTG) and the political parties is set to kick off at the end of March. For the CTG and its backers in the Bangladesh Army, the goal of the dialogue is to convince the political parties to sign on to a &nation [...]	2008-03-18 14:18:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM BG
08DUSHANBE432	MVD MINISTER TALKS THE TALK WITH HIS HAND OUT [...] (SBU) Summary. In a March 14 meeting with Ambassador, Tajikistan's Interior Minister Mahmadnazar Solehov promised continued cooperation with Embassy security operations and security assistance programs and handed over a non-paper requesting $5 million in new assistance. He lamented Tajikistan [...]	2008-03-20 12:57:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PGOV KCRM TI
08FREETOWN171	CREDENTIALS REDUX [...] (U) SUMMARY: Ambassador Perry presented her credentials in a formal ceremony at State House on April 7, 2008. She also presented the Letters of Recall of her predecessor, Ambassador Thomas N. Hull, III. The meeting was attended by nearly all members of President Koroma's cabinet, including the [...]	2008-04-09 11:13:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL APER AMGT SL
08FREETOWN330	(C//NF) NSDD 38 - U.S. DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY [...] (C) As Chief of Mission, American Embassy Freetown, I concur with the Defense Intelligence Agency's request to establish an additional position, that of a Operations Non-Commissioned Officer (Ops NCO) in the Defense Attache Office at post and consent to the NSDD 38 agreement. Please see resp [...]	2008-07-14 09:22:00	Embassy Freetown	CONFIDENTIAL	KMRS AODE PINR AMGT SL
08FREETOWN380	SIERRA LEONE DELEGATION FOR 63RD UN GENERAL [...] (U) In accordance with reftel A, please see the following information regarding the Government of Sierra Leone (GoSL) delegation to the 63rd UN General Assembly. This information, an update to details provided in previous meetings, was relayed in a July 31 meeting between the Ambassador and the [...]	2008-08-01 11:40:00	Embassy Freetown	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA
08GENEVA1003	JCIC-XXXIII: (U) RUSSIAN FEDERATION HOSTED [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXIII-014. 2. (U) Meeting Date: Monday, November 17, 2008 Time: 6:00 - 7:50 p.m. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) The Russian JCIC Delegation hosted a reception on November 17, 2008, at the Russian M [...]	2008-11-21 15:57:00	US Mission Geneva	SECRET	KACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA572	JCIC-XXXII: HEADS OF DELEGATION MEETING ON [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXII-008. 2. (U) Meeting Date: July 18, 2008 Time: 10:30 A.M. - 12:30 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) A Heads of Delegation (HOD) Meeting was held at the U.S. Mission in Geneva, Switzerland on Jul [...]	2008-07-23 07:21:00	US Mission Geneva	SECRET	KACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA599	JCIC-XXXII: OTHER PARTIES' DELEGATION LISTS [...] This is JCIC-XXXII-003. 2. Paragraphs 3-5 below contain the texts of the official translations of the delegation lists of the Belarusian, Russian and Ukrainian Delegations to JCIC-XXXII. The Kazakhstani Delegation did not arrive until July 18, 2008 and no delegation list was provided. [...]	2008-07-25 13:12:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	KACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA600	JCIC-XXXII: U.S.-HOSTED RECEPTION, JULY 23, 2008 [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXII-015. 2. (U) Meeting Date: Tuesday, July 23, 2008 Time: 6:00 - 8:20 P.M.. Place: 41 Quai Wilson, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) The U.S. JCIC Delegation hosted a reception on July 23, 2008, and engaged members of the [...]	2008-07-25 13:51:00	US Mission Geneva	SECRET	KACT PARM START JCIC US RS UP BO KZ ZR ZP
08GENEVA612	JCIC-XXXII: RUSSIAN NON PAPER ON B-1 CONVERSION, [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXII-026. 2. (U) Paragraph 3 below contains the text of the official translation of a Russian Non-Paper, dated July 24, 2008, on the "U.S. Conversion of B-1 Heavy Bombers to a Non-Nuclear Variant." The non-paper refers to photographs that were taken during an inspection [...]	2008-07-26 12:38:00	US Mission Geneva	SECRET	KACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08GENEVA751	PART TWO OF TWO -- BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-04 15:35:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CD PARM PREL BWC CWC CBW TBIO
08GENEVA752	PART ONE OF TWO -- BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION: [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and should be protected accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary. The second annual meeting of BWC Experts for the 2007-2010 Work Program, focusing on biosafety, biosecurity, and professional responsibility in the life sciences, marked progress, register [...]	2008-09-04 15:35:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CD PARM PREL BWC CWC CBW TBIO
08GENEVA967	JCIC-XXXIII: BELARUSIAN, KAZAKHSTANI, RUSSIAN AND [...] This is JCIC-XXXIII-003. 2. Paragraphs 3, 4, 5 and 6 below contain the official translations of the texts of the Delegation Lists for the Belarusian, Kazakhstani, Russian and Ukrainian Delegations, respectively, for JCIC-XXXIII. 3. Begin text (Belarus): Offic [...]	2008-11-14 14:35:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	KACT PARM START JCIC INF US RS UP BO KZ
08HANOI349	INVESTMENT MINISTER READIES FOR U.S. TRIP [...] (SBU) Summary: Vietnamese Planning and Investment Minister Vo Hong Phuc met with the Ambassador on March 26 to discuss his April 6 - 12 visit to the United States. Phuc and the Ambassador discussed the itinerary and the issues that were likely to come up during the visit, including concerns ab [...]	2008-03-27 00:07:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON OVIP PGOV VM
08HANOI484	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH VICE FOREIGN MINISTER ON POSSIBLE [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Michalak discussed possible deliverables for a visit to the United States by Vietnamese Prime Minister Dung with Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Pham Binh Minh on April 25. The Ambassador noted that we need to make progress on human rights before the visit. The Ambas [...]	2008-04-25 09:19:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL VM
08HARARE1039	COLLAPSE: ZIMBABWE'S HEALTH CARE SYSTEM [...] (SBU) Zimbabwe's health system has collapsed. Most of Zimbabwe's public hospitals, including the three main medical centers in Harare, are closed. Many clinics lack basics including staff, water, electricity, and medical supplies. Despite protests by medical professionals and outcry over the [...]	2008-11-20 15:18:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI EAID AMED PGOV CACS PHUM ZI
08HARARE1040	ZIM NOTES 11-21-2008 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - Still No Political Progress - Health System Collapses - While Cholera Crisis Continues - Over 700 Doctors and Nurses Protest - Biti Still Faces Treason Charges - Tsvangirai's Travels Could Land Him in Jail - Freedom Defenders win awards - Res [...]	2008-11-24 05:42:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
08HARARE1057	ZIM NOTES 11-28-2008 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - Negotiators Sign Constitutional Amendment 19... - Treasury Department Designates More Cronies... - Supreme Court Dismisses Danish Suit... - Elders Turned Away... - Frustrated Soldiers Trash Bank... - Mbeki expresses frustration with MDC-T [...]	2008-12-01 08:06:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
08HARARE1101	DIRTY POLITICS AT WORK IN TOWN THAT VOTED MDC [...] (SBU) The mayor of Ruwa, Pinias Mushayavanhu, and members of his town council met with us on December 5 to discuss living conditions in Ruwa, a town of 100,000 people located about 12 miles east of Harare. The mayor and his staff are all members of the opposition MDC and displaced the incumbe [...]	2008-12-09 14:56:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
08HARARE1119	DISASTER DECLARATION IN ZIMBABWE FOR CHOLERA [...] This is an action cable (see paragraph 15). ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. Beginning in August 2008, cholera outbreaks have spread to affect 9 of the 10 provinces in Zimbabwe. A breakdown in water and sanitation infrastructure has exacerbated Zimbabwe's cholera outbreak, and the nation's c [...]	2008-12-15 12:50:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR PREL PHUM PGOV ZI
08HARARE1129	ZIMBABWE CHOLERA USAID DART SITUATION REPORT #1 [...] As of December 15, the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported a total of 18,413 cholera cases in Zimbabwe since the outbreak began in August, with 978 deaths and a case fatality rate (CFR) of 5.3 percent. Humanitarian organizations consider a CFR over 1 percen [...]	2008-12-17 12:03:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR PREL PHUM ZI
08HARARE1134	ZIMBABWE CHOLERA USAID DART SITUATION REPORT #2 [...] As of December 18, the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported a total of 20,896 cholera cases in Zimbabwe since the outbreak began in August, with 1,123 deaths and a case fatality rate (CFR) of 5.4 percent. According to the U.N. World Health Organization (WHO) [...]	2008-12-19 10:09:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR PREL PHUM ZI
08HARARE1137	ZIMBABWE CHOLERA USAID DART HEALTH AND WASH ASSESSMENT [...] The current cholera outbreak inZimbabwe began in August 2008. The outbreak resuled from a lack of access to clean water and non-unctional sanitation systems, largely due to the crrent regime's lack of maintenance, allowing forthe rapid spread of cholera through the country nd across borders, c [...]	2008-12-24 09:24:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR PREL PHUM ZI
08HARARE1147	ZPP LEADERS DETAIL ABDUCTIONS, TORTURE [...] (C) Lawyers have drafted affidavits for nine individuals who have recently been abducted and tortured by Government of Zimbabwe actors. Because lawyers have not had access to all abductees that are in State custody, there may be more who have suffered torture and been coerced into making fals [...]	2008-12-30 15:17:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI
08HARARE133	Zim Notes 2-15-2008 [...] The Embassy Harare Political/Economic Section began producing Zim Notes in July, 2007 to present a perspective on current events in Zimbabwe. Suggestions are always welcome. If you would like to receive Zim Notes by email, as well, please contact Frances Chisholm at chisholmfm@state.gov. Dist [...]	2008-02-15 10:54:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI

08HARARE18	Zim Notes January 11, 2008 [...] The Embassy Harare Political/Economic Section began producing Zim Notes in July, 2007 to present a perspective on current events in Zimbabwe. Suggestions are always welcome. If you would like to receive Zim Notes by email, as well, please contact Frances Chisholm at chisholmfm@state.gov. Dist [...]	2008-01-11 10:30:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
08HARARE180	Voter Registration: A Flawed Process [...] Newspapers and NGOs have reported in the last several weeks serious flaws in the Zimbabwean registration process which ended February 13. Anecdotal evidence corroborates these reports. Problems include absence of names of registered voters on voter rolls, ghost voters appearing on the rolls, [...]	2008-03-06 15:26:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC ZI
08HARARE184	Zim Notes, March 7, 2008 [...] The Embassy Harare Political/Economic Section began producing Zim Notes in July, 2007 to present a perspective on current events in Zimbabwe. Suggestions are always welcome. If you would like to receive Zim Notes by email, as well, please contact Frances Chisholm at chisholmfm@state.gov. Dist [...]	2008-03-07 10:33:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
08HARARE186	TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT (TIP) - ZIMBABWE [...] (U) The following is Embassy Harare's response to questions posed to Post in reftel. -------- OVERVIEW -------- -- 27 A. (SBU) Zimbabwe is a country of origin, transit, and destination for internationally trafficked men, women and children. Women and children are trafficked for labor and [...]	2008-03-10 15:29:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG ZI ASEC
08HARARE225	ZIM NOTES MARCH 20, 2008 [...] The Embassy Harare Political/Economic Section began producing Zim Notes in July, 2007 to present a perspective on current events in Zimbabwe. Suggestions are always welcome. If you would like to receive Zim Notes by email, as well, please contact Frances Chisholm at chisholmfm@state.gov. Dist [...]	2008-03-20 16:43:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
08HARARE246	MUGABE EXPECTED TO DECLARE VICTORY; EAC ADVISES [...] (SBU) Embassy contacts in both the MDC and ZANU-PF reported at 17:30 Sunday evening that President Mugabe was planning to declare himself the winner of Zimbabwe's presidential election. MDC sources understood the announcement was scheduled for 18:30 pm local time; ZANU-PF sources were less de [...]	2008-03-30 17:18:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CASC PGOV ZI
08HARARE275	SITUATION REPORT: PENDULUM SWINGS FROM RUNOFF TO [...] (C) Harare has remained quiet throughout the day April 3, but the rumor mill has continued to churn. Late in the morning Post contacts reported that ZANU-PF was preparing to pull out all the stops to assure itself victory in a runoff. Shortly after, usually well-informed contacts told us that [...]	2008-04-03 17:06:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PHUM ASEC ZI
08HARARE277	Reading the Tea Leaves in Zimbabwe: Troubled Times [...] (U) Production is down at Zimbabwe's two largest tea estates in the face of a severe labor shortage and lack of foreign exchange for inputs. In addition, the move to mechanization has reduced tea leaf quality and the amount of exportable product. Both estates have sought deals to improve the [...]	2008-04-04 11:00:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ETRD PGOV ASEC ZI
08HARARE282	SITUATION REPORT: ONE WEEK LATER: TSVANGIRAI CALLS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY One week after election day, in the wake of a government crackdown on international journalists and NGO staff, opposition presidential candidate Morgan Tsvangirai held a press conference to reiterate his call for the Zimbabwean Electoral Commission (ZEC) to announce the official [...]	2008-04-05 15:23:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PHUM ASEC CASC ZI
08HARARE287	SITUATION REPORT: ZIMBABWE CALM AS HIGH COURT [...] (SBU) Harare's residents remain calm and continue to go about daily activities despite entering a ninth day of waiting for the results of Zimbabwe's presidential contest. The High Court ruled on April 7 that it does have jurisdiction in a petition brought by the opposition MDC to compel the Zi [...]	2008-04-07 15:40:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ASEC KDEM CASC ZI
08HARARE324	PUBLIC BLAMES ZANU-PF AND SANCTIONS FOR DIRE STATE [...] (U) The presentation on April 8, 2007 of the results of round two of the Mass Public Opinion Institute's (MPOI) national survey on "The Zimbabwe Economy and People's Survival Strategies," carried out in December 2007, revealed greater pessimism over the state of the economy and personal levels [...]	2008-04-11 11:45:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV ASEC ZI
08HARARE331	SITUATION REPORT: POST-ELECTION VIOLENCE CONTINUES [...] (U) The MDC-Tsvangirai party and human rights groups have reported a massive surge in political violence orchestrated by senior regime insiders. Soldiers, police, war veterans, and youth militia have been deployed to rural areas to thrash the electorate into submission and to intimidate the o [...]	2008-04-16 11:43:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PHUM PGOV KDEM ZI
08HARARE359	STATE-SPONSORED VIOLENCE CONTINUES; VICTIMS [...] (U) Gangs of war veterans and ZANU-PF youth continue a state-sponsored terror campaign in rural areas burning homes, beating opposition supporters in public, and forcing attendance at ZANU-PF rallies. ZANU-PF thugs, and some security forces, are also victimizing and intimidating urban opposit [...]	2008-04-23 07:47:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM PGOV PREL ASEC ZI
08HARARE363	SURVIVOR ZIMBABWE: HOW BUSINESS COPES [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-23 14:34:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PGOV ASEC ZI
08HARARE365	CHEVRON AND BP RE-THINK THEIR ZIMBABWE OPERATIONS [...] (SBU) Chevron had no plans to divest its downstream interests in Southern Africa, Chevron's Country Representative Masimba Kambarami told econoff on April 16, when asked about the company's divestment plans elsewhere in Africa (reftel). Southern Africa was a key market for the company and the [...]	2008-04-24 12:26:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET EINV PGOV ASEC ZI
08HARARE366	COCA COLA, HAMMERED BUT IN ZIMBABWE TO STAY [...] (U) Coca Cola is in Zimbabwe for the long haul, but the company and its bottlers are plagued by the problems of labor retention, access to foreign exchange, sugar procurement, punitive price controls, and power and water outages. A senior executive believed that the technical state of the bot [...]	2008-04-24 12:27:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV ASEC ZI
08HARARE376	ZIM NOTES April 25, 2008 [...] SUMMARY ------------- Topics of the week: - Signals or Smoke Screen, State-Media Floats Idea of Government of National Unity - No End To Post-Election Violence - Recount Results Trickle In - UN Human Rights Officials Visit Harare - Chinese Ship With Arms For Zimbabwe On Its Way Home - G [...]	2008-04-25 13:09:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
08HARARE459	RICH PLATINUM CLAIMS CHANGE HANDS IN HUSH-HUSH [...] (C) Mining giant Anglo American ceded to the Government of Zimbabwe (GOZ) close to 30 percent of its platinum claims on the Great Dyke in an agreement signed on March 23, 2008. In return, it will receive a special mining lease that allows it to hold offshore foreign exchange earnings from its [...]	2008-05-23 10:23:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EMIN EINV PGOV ASEC MASS ZI CH RS
08HARARE470	WITH TSVANGIRAI HOME, OPPOSITION RETURNS TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On May 27, Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) presidential candidate Morgan Tsvangirai, who recently returned from a lengthy trip to South Africa focused on regional diplomacy, held a press conference to share his perspective on the current situation in Zimbabwe and outline h [...]	2008-05-28 14:48:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
08HARARE474	VIOLENCE BEATING DOWN VOTER OPTIMISM [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a visit to Mashonaland East, scene of post-election violence, Embassy officers interviewed religious leaders, doctors, and one victim of the post-election violence. While reluctant to speak freely, these Zimbabweans expressed dismay and frustration at the growing violenc [...]	2008-06-02 12:28:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
08HARARE477	ZIM NOTES 5-30-2008 [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-02 13:13:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECOM ZI
08HARARE486	ELECTORAL VIOLENCE HITS HOME: TENS OF THOUSANDS [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to independent international organizations, as many as 20-30 thousand Zimbabweans have been displaced due to electoral violence since the March 29 elections, with many more likely unreported. A senior official with one humanitarian provider reports that access to areas i [...]	2008-06-04 11:34:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI
08HARARE489	ZIM VIOLENCE INCREASING AND MORE SEVERE [...] (C) The Zimbabwean director of the Counseling Services Unit (CSU) describes the increasingly severe and numerous injuries inflicted on Zimbabwean citizens as the worst violence Zimbabwe has seen since CSU's opening in 1993. Describing the increased use of weapons and severe beatings, Dr. Franc [...]	2008-06-06 09:46:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI
08HARARE490	ZIM NOTES June 6, 2008 [...] SUMMARY --------------- Topics of the week: - U.S. Diplomats, Staff, Detained and Harassed By Police - Gov Suspends Field Operations of All NGOs - United Opposition Unlikely - Public Unenthusiastic About GNU - Senior MDC Officials Released - Violence Spurs Internal Displacement - Yout [...]	2008-06-06 11:38:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON EAGR EFIN EMIN ZI
08HARARE493	U.S. DIPLOMATS AND STAFF DETAINED BY ZIM SECURITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 5, five U.S. diplomats and two locally employed staff (LES),accompanied at times by British diplomats, were detained, harassed, and threatened by government security forces, military, police, and "war veterans" during a pre-election assessment trip in Mashonaland Ce [...]	2008-06-06 16:42:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI
08HARARE494	RETALIATION AGAINST MDC ACTIVISTS, CANDIDATES FOR [...] (C) Four women, one man and three children under the age of two were arrested and three homes were raided in Bindura after a visit by American and British diplomats on June 5. About six hours after the June 5 visit, a female MDC Councilor and an MDC activist were arrested at the Councilor's r [...]	2008-06-06 16:51:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI
08HARARE510	AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO MASHONALAND EAST [...] (SBU) On June 12, 2008, Ambassador McGee, the Dutch Charge d'Affaires, two poloffs, RSO, DATT, and three FSNs visited two locations in Mashonaland East Province: a Church of Christ mission hospital in Nhowe and the town of Mutoko, about 120km east of Harare. The trip confirmed significantly [...]	2008-06-13 14:31:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI
08HARARE512	ZIM VIOLENCE AND ARRESTS, IN DETAIL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Mugabe regime's political crackdown ahead of the June 27 presidential run-off is increasingly targeting opposition leadership. On June 12, presidential candidate Morgan Tsvangirai was twice detained by police while attempting to campaign, bringing the total to four deten [...]	2008-06-16 04:39:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI
08HARARE513	ZIM VIOLENCE AND ARRESTS, IN DETAIL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Mugabe regime's political crackdown ahead of the June 27 presidential run-off is increasingly targeting opposition leadership. On June 12, presidential candidate Morgan Tsvangirai was twice detained by police while attempting to campaign, bringing the total to four detention [...]	2008-06-16 04:39:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI
08HARARE515	RETALIATION CONTINUES. WILL SADC SEE? [...] (C) ZANU-PF MPs and thugs continue to attack MDC supporters and their families in Bindura in retaliation for a U.S. delegation visit on June 5. The brother of the losing MP in Bindura, Philip Mabika, called on poloff on June 17 to report an attack on his elderly parents at their home in Bind [...]	2008-06-19 13:35:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI
08HARARE517	HARARE HIT HARD: ELECTORAL VIOLENCE IN THE CAPITAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: With reports of ZANU-PF-led electoral violence escalating near the capital city, on June 18 Ambassador McGee and Emboffs toured the high-density Harare neighborhood of Epworth to investigate abuses, evaluate the presence of security forces, and gauge receptiveness to pre-electio [...]	2008-06-19 13:35:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI
08HARARE526	ZIM NOTES June 20, 2008 [...] SUMMARY --------------- Topics of the week: - Harare Hit by Electoral Violence - Ambassador Meets SADC Observer Leader - Retaliation for Diplomats' Visit - MDC Secretary General Faces Treason Charges - NGOs Still Suspended - Hidden and Hungry at Harvest House - Secretary Rice Talks Zi [...]	2008-06-20 12:53:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON EAGR EFIN EMIN ZI
08HARARE533	OPPOSITION HEADQUARTERS RAIDED AGAIN [...] (SBU) On June 23, MDC opposition headquarters, located in a downtown Harare building known as Harvest House, was raided by police, and internally displaced persons (IDPs) were seized for the second time since the March 29 national election (reftel). Acting on reports from local sources that [...]	2008-06-23 16:37:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI
08HARARE546	HARARE: OBSERVERS' PERSPECTIVES CONTRAST SHARPLY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Against the backdrop of a unanimous UN Security Council statement noting concern over politically-motivated violence in Zimbabwe and the announcement by opposition candidate Morgan Tsvangirai that he will not participate in the June 27 presidential run-off, poloffs met separatel [...]	2008-06-25 15:22:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI
08HARARE553	ZIM HUMANITARIAN CRISIS GROWS: WITH UN AGENCIES [...] (U) The humanitarian crisis in Zimbabwe continues to worsen. Politically motivated violence continues unabated. Humanitarian space continues to shrink. Access to the most vulnerable populations remains restricted. All this, combined with a high level of uncertainty, and exacerbated by the Z [...]	2008-06-27 14:54:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PHUM PREF PGOV PREL ZI
08HARARE593	ACTION REQUEST: OCHA ZIMBABWE NEEDS HELP [...] (C) In the wake of the Mugabe regime's continued crackdown on political and humanitarian space, it is increasingly clear that the UN Humanitarian Coordinator (HC) and the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Zimbabwe are ill-equipped for the significant challenges prese [...]	2008-07-03 16:21:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PHUM PREF PGOV PREL ZI
08HARARE598	EMBASSY HELPS OVER 300 IDPS, MORE IN NEED AS [...] (C) On July 3, 308 displaced Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) supporters came to the U.S. Embassy after being locked out of the MDC headquarters, Harvest House. Through considerable effort, Mission staff transferred about 64 women and 68 children to existing safe houses in Harare that day [...]	2008-07-07 16:20:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PHUM PREF PGOV PREL ZI
08HARARE602	UNHCR WANTS TO PLAY A ROLE WITH IDPS WHILE RUWA [...] (C) Charge and poloff met with UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) Resident Coordinator Marcellin Hepie on July 8 to discuss the ongoing IDP situation and how the U.S. Embassy had responded to the plight of over 300 IDPs that sought assistance on July 3 (Reftel A). Hepie indicated that U [...]	2008-07-09 15:14:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PHUM PREF PGOV PREL ASEC KDEM ZI
08HARARE611	ZIM NOTES 7-11-2008 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - ZANU-PF-MDC Preliminary Talks Begin... - Parliament to Convene... - Violence Continues... - Attack on Government IDP Camp... - IDPs Flee to Embassy... - Global Opinion of South Africa Slumps... - Remittance Disbursements Capped for Lack [...]	2008-07-14 14:47:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
08HARARE652	VIOLENCE CONTINUES IN AREAS; ACCESS TO MEDICAL [...] (C) While the prevalence of violence in Zimbabwe has fallen since the June 27 one-man runoff election, violence against MDC members and leaders continues, particularly in some rural areas, and victims continue to experience significant and growing delays accessing medical treatment. Because [...]	2008-08-01 11:29:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI
08HARARE754	ZIMBABWEAN HUMANITARIAN CRISIS WORSENING AS BAN [...] (SBU) The Mugabe government continues to deny nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and private voluntary organizations (PVOs) access to 1.3 million at-risk Zimbabweans to provide food, water, seed, fertilizer, and hygienic support. Currently, less than 300,000 people are receiving assistance [...]	2008-08-28 15:11:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC EAID PHUM ZI
08HARARE767	PRIVATE SCHOOLS ATTEMPT TO DOLLARIZE TUITION [...] (SBU) Private schools in Zimbabwe began requesting payment last week in US dollars or British pounds in an attempt to retain teachers and meet rising educational costs. Zimbabwean government officials quickly declared the practice illegal and deployed inspectors t investigate schools and threa [...]	2008-09-03 14:44:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
08HARARE777	WORLD BANK MISSION EMPHASIZES COMMITMENT TO POLICY [...] (SBU) During the week of August 18 three World Bank officials visited Harare to brief donors on developments related to the Multi-Donor Trust Fund (MDTF),hear donors concerns about its implementation, discuss conceptualization of a programmatic MDTF, and take the pulse of the economy. Maputo- [...]	2008-09-05 11:00:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV ZI
08HARARE78	Zim Notes November 16, 2007 [...] The Embassy Harare Political/Economic Section began producing Zim Notes in July, 2007 to present a perspective on current events in Zimbabwe. Suggestions are always welcome. If you would like to receive Zim Notes by email, as well, please contact Frances Chisholm at chisholmfm@state.gov. Dist [...]	2008-01-28 15:05:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
08HARARE821	SEED SHORTAGE ONE MORE THREAT TO MAIZE PRODUCTION [...] (U) Zimbabwe is heading into the summer planting season about one third short of needed seed maize. The past year's seed maize crop was poor due to uneven rainfall and inadequate supply of inputs. In addition, price controls have deterred farmers from growing the crop and delivering it to the [...]	2008-09-11 16:13:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR SOCI PGOV ZI
08HARARE863	ENVIRONMENT SUFFERING AS POACHING INCREASES [...] (C) Increasing pressures from poaching, deforestation, and Zimbabwe's economic free-fall pose serious threats to Zimbabwe's wildlife. Poaching is on the rise, with at least 38 rhinos killed so far in 2008. While much of this poaching has come from organized groups trafficking ivory, skins, [...]	2008-09-22 10:42:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV EAGR ECON KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC ZI
08HARARE89	AN INSIDER'S TAKE ON RBZ GOVERNOR GONO [...] (C) According to Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) division chief Simon Nyarota, RBZ Governor Gono no longer consults with staff when designing policy. Having isolated himself from the technocrats, he fails to grasp the extent of Zimbabwe's dire economic straits, including the current bank liqu [...]	2008-01-31 13:50:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PGOV ASEC ZI
08HARARE92	Zim Notes February 1, 2008 [...] The Embassy Harare Political/Economic Section began producing Zim Notes in July, 2007 to present a perspective on current events in Zimbabwe. Suggestions are always welcome. If you would like to receive Zim Notes by email, as well, please contact Frances Chisholm at chisholmfm@state.gov. Dist [...]	2008-02-01 08:12:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
08HARARE937	ZIM NOTES 10-17-2008 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - Talks Stall... - Parliament Opens, Talks Continue... - Masvingo Governor Blocks Humanitarian Aid... - 2 Protests; 13 Arrests; over 29 Injured... - Poor Water Management... - Zims Continue to go South... - Check Rate Replaces Transfer Rate And [...]	2008-10-20 08:00:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
08HARARE956	"QUIET DIPLOMACY" SUSPENDS ELEPHANT HUNTING IN [...] (C) After issuing commercial hunters hundreds of questionable permits for elephant hunting in national parks, the Zimbabwean Parks and Wildlife Authority (Parks) has agreed, under pressure from photographic tour operators, to suspend the hunting. The operation, which only lasted a few weeks, [...]	2008-10-23 10:25:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV PREL ASEC PHUM KDEM ZI
08HARARE963	ZIM NOTES 10-24-2008 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - Deadlocked, But SADC-Hosted Talks to Resume... - No Progress Says Tsvangirai... - Lack of Passport Paper to Blame... - Botswana Calls for New Elections... - Zimbabwean Elephants Get a Reprieve... - Zimbabwean Journalist Wins German Award. [...]	2008-10-27 08:32:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
08HARARE982	BARELY COPING IN ZIMBABWE,S ECONOMIC MELTDOWN [...] (SBU) Zimbabweans are coping under hyperinflation and in the face of a near worthless currency by tightening their belts, relying on food aid, seeking informal work opportunities within the distortions and contradictions of the economy, and through emigration and remittances. Over 4/5 of all [...]	2008-10-29 15:15:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV ASEC PHUM EAID ZI
08HARARE985	ZIM'S HEARTLAND: DOLLARIZATION AND DESPERATION [...] (SBU) Poloff and public affairs officer traveled to Gweru and Masvingo on October 23 and 24 to speak on U.S. elections (septel) and gather information on the situation in the Zimbabwean heartland. Historically, this region has been home to Zimbabwe's legendary cattle and dairy ranches and fe [...]	2008-10-30 11:35:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM SCUL KDEM ECON ZI
08HARARE988	Education in Zimbabwe - A Quiet Implosion [...] SUMMARY: In the wake of ongoing inter-party talks, much attention has been paid to immediate crises such as the collapse of the health care system and starvation facing the rural population. Equally devastating, however, is the precipitous decline of all levels of the country's education secto [...]	2008-10-31 10:50:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL SCUL SMIG ELAB KPAO ZI
08HAVANA335	IMPLICATIONS FOR U.S. OF POSSIBLE REFORM IN CUBAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Significant reform of Cuba's restrictive travel policies for Cuban citizens, reported to be imminent, could result in increased illegal migration towards the United States, certainly in the short-to-medium term. Migrant flows would probably be directed through Mexico and Central A [...]	2008-04-22 20:27:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	SMIG PGOV CMGT CU
08HAVANA362	REMARKS BY CUBAN OPPOSITION LEADER TO POTUS [...] Following is an unofficial translation of remarks made by prominent opposition leader Martha Beatriz Roque Cabello during a video teleconference with President Bush on May 6. Original Spanish version will follow septel. 2. (Begin unofficial translation). First I'd like to thank you on beh [...]	2008-05-07 13:14:00	US Interests Section Havana	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV KDEM PREL CU
08HAVANA369	TEXT OF REMARKS BY OPPOSITION LEADER TO POTUS [...] Following is the Spanish language text of the remarks made by prominent opposition leader Martha Beatriz Roque Cabello during a video teleconference with President Bush on May 6. 2. Begin text: Primero que todo quiero darle las gracias, en nombre de los tres (1),por una sola vez, por p [...]	2008-05-08 21:11:00	US Interests Section Havana	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV KDEM PREL CU
08HAVANA426	LETTER TO POTUS FROM CUBAN DISSIDENT MARTHA [...] After a hiatus brought about by GOC attacks on dissident leaders, especially Martha Beatriz Roque, and on USINT, COM met with Roque on June 2 at her apartment. Pol/Econ Counselor and dissident leader Vladimiro Roca also were present. During the encounter, Roque handed COM the letter at para [...]	2008-06-04 13:29:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU EAID PREL
08HONGKONG1041	OUR MACAU AGENDA: EXPANDING RAPIDLY [...] (SBU) Summary: Over the past year, we have greatly expanded our commitment of time and resources to Macau. In November 2006, we established a "Team Macau" as a platform for interagency coordination. All of the 13 USG agencies represented at post participate in this effort, which was driven i [...]	2008-06-11 09:31:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL ECON EINV SOCI CH HK MC
08HONGKONG1216	HKMA "LOCKS UP" MELLI BANK, PLC (HK) [...] (S) Summary: Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) Executive Director for Banking Supervision Arthur Yuen confirmed that HKMA has "locked up" Melli Bank, PLC (HK)'s accounts. While the bank is still officially operational, all transactions now require HKMA approval. HKMA banking supervision [...]	2008-07-03 08:54:00	Consulate Hong Kong	SECRET	EFIN ECON CH HK PARM PTER KNNP UK
08HONGKONG1261	NEW FINANCE AND TREASURY UNDERSECRETARY ASSAILS [...] (C) Summary: Newly appointed Undersecretary for Finance and the Treasury Julia Leung criticized the political controversy that surrounded the appointment of the six Political Undersecretaries, their salaries and their passports (discussed septel). In a recent meeting with the Deputy Principa [...]	2008-07-11 07:47:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV HK
08HONGKONG213	HONG KONG: CHINA'S FIRST DEMOCRACY? [...] (C) Summary: The December 29 National People's Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC) decision setting the timetable for implementation of universal suffrage has refocused the political debate in Hong Kong, deftly defusing the issue. The Hong Kong Government (HKG) appears confident that it has s [...]	2008-02-01 05:43:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR SOCI HK CH
08HONGKONG255	TIP, MONEY LAUNDERING, PROTECTING AMCITS: CG [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a productive and friendly meeting January 29 with Macau's chief executive, Edmund Ho, Consul General Cunningham received positive initial reactions to our plans to expand contacts with the growing American community there and to strengthen liaison with the Macau government to e [...]	2008-02-11 02:36:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM SMIG SOCI PGOV PHUM CACS CH MC MG HK
08HONGKONG403	HONG KONG NGO'S CONCERNED ABOUT PRISON LABOR AND [...] (C) Summary: Work study programs in China are among the most troubling, under researched and uncorrected human trafficking cases there, but exploitation in prison labor programs, as well as abuses of Indonesian foreign domestic workers in Hong Kong contribute to the problem in the region. Th [...]	2008-03-05 01:06:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KCRM KWMN KFRD ASEC ELAB PHUM PINR PGOV PREF
08HONGKONG408	2008 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT: MACAU [...] (SBU) Per ref A, the following are post's contributions to the eighth annual Trafficking in Persons report for the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR) of the People's Republic of China. (Note: Per instructions, subheadings, questions, and paragraph letters correspond to those in paragr [...]	2008-03-05 08:13:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM SMIG CH HK MC
08HONGKONG510	MACAU: BEIJING'S STEPPING STONE TO LUSOPHONES, [...] (C) Summary: Professor Ivo Carneiro, Vice-Rector for Research and International Relations at Macau's Inter-University Institute, recently told us that Beijing's goals for Macau include: (1) closer integration with the Pearl River Delta, especially Zhuhai; (2) expanding trade links with overse [...]	2008-03-18 08:24:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG CH MC HK
08ISLAMABAD1330	THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH ASIF ZARDARI [...] (C) Summary. In a wide-ranging discussion March 25, Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leader Asif Zardari told the Deputy Secretary that the National Assembly would give newly elected Prime Minister Gillani a vote of confidence on March 29. This would give the new government six months to beg [...]	2008-03-27 07:49:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PK
08ISLAMABAD2305	BOUCHER AND GILANI DISCUSS BORDER SECURITY AND [...] (C) Summary: During a July 1 meeting, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani told Assistant Secretary Boucher that his government was serious about the need to confront militant extremists, establish a foundation for sustainable development and address Pakistan's growing economic crisis. Gilani al [...]	2008-07-07 07:04:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER ECON PK
08ISLAMABAD2809	PAKISTAN: MANAGING VISITOR OVERLOAD [...] (SBU) Summary. Mission Pakistan welcomes codels and distinguished USG visitors, but the increase in the number of visitors has dangerously increased our threat profile and overtaxed our limited support resources. Effective immediately, the Mission advises Washington that we will deny count [...]	2008-08-25 10:02:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER ASEC AMGT OVIP PK
08ISLAMABAD36	IMPLEMENTATION OF RECONSTRUCTION OPPORTUNITY ZONES REQUIRES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Reconstruction Opportunity Zones (ROZs) will be an important tool for economic development in Afghanistan and the border areas of Pakistan. Embassy Islamabad has developed a description of initiatives which will be essential for the implementation of the ROZs. Many, such as imp [...]	2008-01-03 15:26:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV PK ETRD EAID PREL AF
08ISLAMABAD3760	PAKISTAN ABOLISHES ITS NSC [...] (C) Summary: On November 28, Prime Minister Gilani publicly announced that he and President Zardari had dissolved the National Security Council (NSC). The move was designed to stave off demands by the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz that Zardari deliver on promises to cede presidential powers t [...]	2008-12-03 13:19:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PK
08ISTANBUL505	SEVENTH WAVE OF ERGENEKON ARRESTS [...] (U) On September 18, in a seventh wave of Ergenekon-related detentions, Turkish police in Istanbul, Ankara, Izmir, Mersin, and Hakkari provinces took into custody 17 people. (The religiously-oriented Zaman daily newspaper reports that 19 people were taken into custody, rather than 17, as repo [...]	2008-09-22 07:05:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL TU ASEC AA
08ISTANBUL51	UMRANIYE ROUND-UP TARGETS DEEP STATE [...] (C) Summary. The January 22 police round-up of scores of people in Istanbul and other cities, related to the discovery of a weapons cache in Istanbul's Umraniye district last June, may be a battle in the war to fight the "deep state" in Turkey. The "deep state" is a vague, ill-defined networ [...]	2008-01-30 07:20:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU
08ISTANBUL560	IRAN EXPERTS REACT TO US ELECTIONS WITH SURPRISE, [...] (S) Summary: Our contacts in Turkey and in Iran who follow US-Iran relations closely, including think tank experts, correspondents, and businessmen, have expressed a range of reactions regarding the implications for US-Iran relations to the election of Barack Obama. Their views ran the gamu [...]	2008-11-05 13:01:00	Consulate Istanbul	SECRET	PREL PGOV IR US TU
08JAKARTA1030	SCENESETTER FOR CHAIRMAN MULLEN'S VISIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Admiral Mullen's May 28-30 visit to Jakarta builds on solid progress in our bilateral military-military relationship over the past two years. Democratic reforms have made Indonesia a different country from Suharto's military-dominated fiefdom. Dramatic TNI reform since 1998 ha [...]	2008-05-27 07:00:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV ID
08JAKARTA1048	HUMAN RIGHTS -- KEY COMMISSION WILLING TO HELP ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Keith Luse, U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Staff Member, met National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) Chair Ifdhal Kasim on May 27. Kasim said he will consider a suggestion that Komnas HAM assist with the vetting of Indonesian security personnel for USG training. [...]	2008-05-29 07:21:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM 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
08JAKARTA1058	SENIOR INDONESIAN DIPLOMAT ADDRESSES RANGE OF [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified--Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Charge met with Foreign Department Director General Imron Cotan on May 30 to discuss a wide range of common issues. Charge requested improved visa treatment for NAMRU personnel during negotiation [...]	2008-05-30 11:06:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR TBIO PHUM ID
08JAKARTA1076	CONTINUED ANGER ABOUT EXTREMIST ATTACK [...] (C) SUMMARY: Many Indonesians have condemned the June 1 attack on a peaceful rally held in Jakarta. The GOI--as of late June 3--has reportedly still not arrested anyone for the attack. Charge underscored to a key contact in the President's Office the need for action against the perpetrator [...]	2008-06-03 08:31:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KIRF KISL ID
08JAKARTA1098	KEY OFFICE SEEKS TO RESTORE CREDIBILITY AS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Attorney General Hendarman Supandji is attempting to restore his office's credibility as a key prosecutor goes on trial for alleged bribery. A new Deputy AG is making substantial changes in how corruption cases are handled and the AG has recently replaced 40 district office hea [...]	2008-06-05 04:54:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCOR ID
08JAKARTA1107	ADMIRAL MULLEN'S MEETINGS WITH THE GOI: BILATERAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: In meetings with GOI leaders during his visit to Jakarta, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mullen emphasized the U.S. commitment to bilateral military cooperation with Indonesia and pledged to continue building the GOI's defense capabilities at Indonesia's pace. His [...]	2008-06-06 03:47:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS ID BM
08JAKARTA1175	AUSTRALIA-INDONESIA: RUDD VISIT A SUCCESS DESPITE [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Medan. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Australian Prime Minister Rudd's June 13-14 visit to Indonesia highlighted the overall positive relationship between the two countries. PM Rudd and President Yudhoyono agreed on a broad range of political, economic an [...]	2008-06-16 09:47:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV EAID ID AS
08JAKARTA1232	ASIA-PACIFIC DEMOCRACY INITIATIVE -- INDONESIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOI will consider sending an "observer" to the upcoming Asia-Pacific Democracy Partnership (APDP) meeting in Seoul, a senior Indonesian diplomat told Paul Lettow of the NSC, Daniel Twining of the Department's Policy Planning Staff and DepPol/C on June 11. Meanwhile, two Ind [...]	2008-06-24 09:09:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM ID MG
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
08JAKARTA1247	NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH UNIT -- LEGISLATIVE HEARINGS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR) held hearings June 23 and 25 to discuss the future of the U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU 2) based in Jakarta. The DPR heard testimony from high-level representatives of the Ministry of Health, the military, and the Departme [...]	2008-06-26 10:04:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR TBIO AMED ID
08JAKARTA1286	POINTS FOR THE PRESIDENT'S POSSIBLE MEETING WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission understands that President Bush may have a short meeting with Indonesian President Yudhoyono on the margins of the upcoming G-8 Summit. We recommend that the President raise the troubled state of health cooperation as the most pressing issue to advance our bilateral rel [...]	2008-07-01 09:00:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TBIO MARR ID
08JAKARTA1342	GOI BUILDS CASE AGAINST FORMER GENERAL IN SLAYING [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOI continues to build its case against a former general in the 2004 slaying of Munir Said Thalib, a well-respected human rights activist. The former general--who was an intelligence official at the time of the murder--remains under arrest while the investigation continues. [...]	2008-07-14 07:09:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS ID
08JAKARTA1377	PRESIDENT YUDHOYONO'S RE-ELECTION CHANCES DIP [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) possesses many of the attributes which Indonesians respect in a leader--intelligence, integrity, and honesty. However, he faces widespread criticism for being indecisive. Lacking a united Cabinet and strong political base, SBY's cautious [...]	2008-07-17 06:40:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KISL PREL ID
08JAKARTA1384	ASEAN REGIONAL FORUM -- POINTS FOR POSSIBLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: If the Secretary meets Indonesian Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda on the margins of the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) in Singapore, we suggest that she urge the GOI to carry out the recommendations of the report of the Indonesia-Timor-Leste Commission on Truth and Friendship. We [...]	2008-07-18 08:11:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ID
08JAKARTA1477	NEW POLITICAL PARTY TRIES TO MAKE MARK [...] (C) SUMMARY: Hanura, a new political party, hopes to make a strong showing in the 2009 legislative elections. The party is led by Wiranto (one name only),a former general and current presidential candidate who is a highly controversial figure due to his poor human rights record. The party- [...]	2008-08-04 07:09:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM ID
08JAKARTA1483	PRIORITIES OF INDONESIAN MINISTRY OF MARINE AFFAIRS AND [...] (U) Summary: The Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries' (DKP) vision is one of environmentally sustainable coastal resource management and economic development. Its highest priority activities include: fisheries management plans for specific areas; capacity building and training on fisher [...]	2008-08-05 00:07:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID KGHG SENV PGOV ID
08JAKARTA1492	SCIENCE FELLOW PROGRAM STRENGTHENS MARINE COOPERATION WITH [...] (U) Summary: The Embassy Science Fellow program has been a valuable asset for Post, providing insight into the priorities of the Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries (DKP),and showing that DKP is open to advice about on how to make its organization more effective. Minister Numberi has c [...]	2008-08-06 06:08:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID KGHG SENV PGOV ID
08JAKARTA1515	MARRIOTT BOMBING VICTIMS COMMEMORATE TRAGIC DAY [...] (U) SURVIVORS HOST COMMEMORATION: Survivors of the August 5, 2003 Marriott Hotel bombing in Jakarta commemorated the five-year anniversary on Tuesday, with a prayer led by a Muslim cleric at 12:45 p.m., the moment of the bombing. The attack killed 12 and injured approximately 150, mostly I [...]	2008-08-08 09:52:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KISL ID
08JAKARTA1560	CORRUPTION SCANDAL CONTINUES TO PERCOLATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Bank Indonesia (BI) corruption case continues to make news. Recent court testimony has implicated the father-in-law of President Yudhoyono's eldest son. In another tentacle of the case, the President's retention of two cabinet ministers despite accusations of corruption co [...]	2008-08-15 05:25:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCOR 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
08JAKARTA1587	BALI BOMBERS -- FURTHER DELAY IN EXECUTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Indonesian Attorney General has stated that the executions of the Bali bombers will probably be delayed at least until after the Islamic fasting month of Ramadan concludes in October. In the meantime, the Constitutional Court continues to review a last-ditch appeal by the t [...]	2008-08-21 07:20:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER ASEC ID AS
08JAKARTA1629	BURMA -- SPECIAL ENVOY GAMBARI ON HIS LATEST TRIP [...] (C) SUMMARY: UN Special Envoy Ibrahim Gambari reported that during his August 18-23 visit to Burma he pressed key regime figures on the need for progress on reforms. He acknowledged disappointment with being unable to meet opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and Senior General Than Shwe. He [...]	2008-08-27 09:24:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM UNSC ID BM
08JAKARTA1631	SUPREME COURT CHIEF JUSTICE SET TO RETIRE; SEARCH [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Chief Justice of the Indonesian Supreme Court will retire in November. The selection process for his replacement has started in the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR). Although Chi [...]	2008-08-28 03:20:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KJUS KCOR KMCA PREL ID
08JAKARTA1742	AVIAN INFLUENZA LAWSUIT AGAINST USG: IMMUNITY [...] (SBU) On September 15, poloff delivered to the Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) the Department of Justice (DOJ) memorandum on the Application the Law of Foreign State Immunity: Sarmili v. World Health Organization and United States of America and the letter addressed to the co [...]	2008-09-15 08:06:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV TBIO KFLU KLIG ID
08JAKARTA1761	MUNIR CASE -- ACCUSED MASTERMIND'S BACKGROUND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former BIN Deputy Muchdi Purwopranjono--accused of masterminding the murder in 2004 of human rights activist Munir (Ref A)--is a decorated veteran who spent most of his career commanding troops in the Suharto-era's most difficult conflict zones. He was also at the heart of one [...]	2008-09-17 08:48:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PHUM ID PGOV

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
08JAKARTA1818	KEY ANTI-CORRUPTION COURT'S MANDATE UP FOR RENEWAL [...] (U) SUMMARY: President Yudhoyono sent a draft bill to re-authorize the Anti-Corruption Court to the Indonesian Parliament (DPR) on August 11. The DPR is slated to begin discussions of the draft soon. There are a couple of problematic issues that need to be addressed before the bill is pass [...]	2008-09-25 08:35:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KJUS KCOR ID
08JAKARTA185	CENTRAL JAVA -- PROMOTING U.S.-INDONESIAN RELATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: POL Regional Security Unit Chief met security policy scholars, and spoke at a local university and Muslim boarding school in Yogjakarta, central Java, January 28-29. He highlighted positive developments in U.S.-Indonesian relations, and opportunities for further cooperation on [...]	2008-01-30 08:14:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAO ID
08JAKARTA1906	INDONESIA -- NOMINATION FOR DOL AWARD FOR ELIMINATION OF [...] (U) SUMMARY: Mission Jakarta nominates Seto Mulyadi, a campaigner for child protection, for the USDOL Iqbal Masih Award for Elimination of Child Labor. Details of his leadership in the area of child protection follow. END SUMMARY. THE NOMINEE 2. (U) Nominee: a. Name: Mr. Seto Mulya [...]	2008-10-14 08:07:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ELAB ID
08JAKARTA1913	LOW-KEY APPROACH BEST FOR JAKARTA NAVAL MEDICAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission urges USG patience concerning discussions with the GOI re the future of the Naval Medical Research Unit Two (NAMRU-2) in Jakarta. Recent press reports that NAMRU-2 was to be closed are in error. The GOI has told us that it needs time before resuming negotiations toward [...]	2008-10-15 08:37:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR TBIO AMED ID
08JAKARTA1999	PARLIAMENT REOPENS INVESTIGATION INTO MISSING [...] (C) SUMMARY: A special House of Representatives (DPR) committee has begun an inquiry into the 1997-98 abductions and disappearances of 13 pro-democracy activists. The inquiry could lead to legislation establishing an ad hoc human rights court to try retired generals--some of whom are curren [...]	2008-10-29 10:37:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS PHUM ID
08JAKARTA2010	INDONESIA SHOULD BE AWARDED MCC COMPACT STATUS [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-31 06:09:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON KPAO ID
08JAKARTA2015	INDONESIAN SHERPA INFORMATION [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-31 08:56:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON KPAO ID
08JAKARTA2049	SAUDI ARABIA -- A PRESENCE TO RECKON WITH IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Saudi Arabia enjoys a positive image among Indonesians and is ramping up its already robust educational assistance. In addition to the annual flow of pilgrims to Mecca, Saudi religious groups are active here. While few have direct links to extremism, Saudi religious influence i [...]	2008-11-06 02:53:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON KISL ID SA
08JAKARTA2059	CHIEFS OF DEFENSE CONFERENCE IN BALI -- [...] (C) SUMMARY: Admiral Keating's participation in the Chiefs of Defense (CHOD) Conference in Bali (November 11-14) offers an opportunity to consolidate the mil-mil relationship with Indonesia. On the margins of this multilateral event, Admiral Keating will meet with Defense Minister Sudarsono [...]	2008-11-06 11:13:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS PGOV ID
08JAKARTA2063	INDONESIA CLIMATE CHANGE UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Minister of Environment Rachmat Witoelar will lead the Indonesian delegation to the U.N. climate change conference in Poznan, Poland this December. However, the delegation's composition is still undefined. Prior to Poznan, Minister of Industry Fahmi Idris will attend the Novem [...]	2008-11-07 09:31:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG SENV KGHG PREL ID
08JAKARTA2068	GOI EXECUTES BALI BOMBERS; POLICE REPORT SITUATION [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate General Surabaya. 2. (U) SUMMARY: The GOI has executed the three Bali bombers. The police report that the situation is calm, thus far. Mission has sent out a Warden message. Press guidance is attached in para seven. END SUMMARY. 3. [...]	2008-11-09 03:13:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PTER ASEC CASC ID AS
08JAKARTA2093	INDONESIA CLIMATE CHANGE DELEGATION [...] (SBU) This message updates reftel concerning the composition of the Indonesian delegation to the 14th Conference of the Parties (COP-14) of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Poznan, Poland this December. The Secretariat of Indonesia's National Climate Change Commissi [...]	2008-11-13 10:35:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG SENV KGHG PREL ID
08JAKARTA2095	DEFENSE REFORM -- GOI CONTINUES EFFORT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: A national review team recently developed recommendations for President Yudhoyono on removing military-related businesses from military cooperatives and foundations. The completion of this phase in the review effort nudges Indonesia a step closer to completing this long-awaited [...]	2008-11-13 11:01:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EIND KDEM KCOR ID
08JAKARTA2137	INDONESIAN SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT SENDS LETTER TO [...] (U) SUMMARY: Agung Laksono, Speaker of the Indonesian Parliament (DPR),has sent a letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi. The original copy of the letter has been sent to the Speaker's Office in Washington. A scanned copy has been provided to EAP/MTS. END SUMMARY. 2. (U) In the letter, Speak [...]	2008-11-19 09:35:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KDEM ID
08JAKARTA218	SCENESETTER FOR FEBRUARY 17-21 CODEL PRICE VISIT [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Embassy Jakarta welcomes you to Indonesia, one of the world's most dramatic democratic success stories. Your visit comes on the heels of former president Suharto's passing, an event which serv [...]	2008-02-04 08:28:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV OVIP ID
08JAKARTA2187	ASEAN SUMMIT -- INDONESIAN AND SECRETARIAT VIEWS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesian Government and ASEAN Secretariat officials say it is increasingly likely that the upcoming ASEAN Summit and related meetings will be postponed due to the political standoff in Thailand. If the situation in Thailand is not resolved, one possibility under discussion is [...]	2008-12-01 10:49:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEAN ID TH
08JAKARTA2195	MISSION'S ENGAGEMENT OF INDONESIAN PARLIAMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Mission has successfully stepped up engagement with the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR). Parliamentary exchanges funded by the House Democracy Assistance Commission (HDAC),USAID, PAS and other sources have been instrumental in encouraging DPR to engage productively w [...]	2008-12-02 10:55:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM ID
08JAKARTA2205	INDONESIAN HIGH SEAS DRIFTNET ACTIVITY INFORMATION [...] This message responds to reftel request for information from Indonesia for purposes of the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act. 2. Summary. The Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries (MMAF) has provided specific information on the vessels listed on the Inter-American T [...]	2008-12-04 10:10:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EFIS ETRD PGOV ID
08JAKARTA2210	DCM DISCUSSES DRAFT DEFENSE COOPERATION MOU WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 5, Deputy Chief of Mission met with Director General for Defense Strategy MG Syarifudin Tippe at the Department of Defense (DEPHAN) to review the Indonesian proposal and U.S. response regarding an understanding on defense cooperation. DCM urged conclusion as soon as [...]	2008-12-05 10:38:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV ID
08JAKARTA222	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH INDONESIA'S TOP MILITARY [...] SUMMARY: In a February 1 call on Indonesian Armed Forces Chief of Staff General Santoso, the Ambassador discussed progress in U.S.-Indonesian defense relations and future regional security challenges in Southeast Asia. Santoso, who in December was appointed to the TNI's most senior position, [...]	2008-02-04 10:39:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS 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
08JAKARTA2285	TERRORISM FINANCE -- LASHKAR-E TAYYIBA DESIGNATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Per reftel, Mission has urged the GOI to block the travel and assets of four target individuals and the Lashkar-e Tayyiba organization following their recent designation by the UN 1267 Committee. We passed on the information for individuals and the organization as a way to facil [...]	2008-12-18 04:36:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KTFN UNSC ID IN PK
08JAKARTA2298	BUILDING DEMOCRACY ON-LINE -- U.S./INDONESIA [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The U.S. Library of Congress (LOC) and the Indonesian Parliament (DPR) on December 16 jointly launched a U.S.-provided web-based information center for use by legislators and staff. It is call [...]	2008-12-19 08:47:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PREL ID
08JAKARTA2344	AMBASSADOR URGES SWIFT COMPLETION OF DEFENSE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Hume met December 30 with a key GOI defense official and urged Indonesia to sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on defense cooperation with the United States as quickly as possible. Indonesian officials hope to complete their review of the U.S.-proposed text soon [...]	2008-12-30 10:24:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV ID
08JAKARTA268	DEFENSE COOPERATION -- A ROBUST AGENDA FOR FY-2009 [...] (C) SUMMARY: USPACOM and the Indonesian military (TNI) agreed to an agenda of bilateral mil-mil activities for FY2009 at their annual discussions held in Jakarta on February 5-6. The event included U.S. presentations on the Global Peace Operations Initiative (GPOI),and GOI presentations on [...]	2008-02-08 09:42:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS PGOV ID
08JAKARTA284	EAST TIMOR -- INDONESIA CONDEMNS ATTACKS; BORDER [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate General Surabaya. 2. (C) SUMMARY: President Yudhoyono has condemned the February 11 attacks on President Ramos-Horta and Prime Minister Gusmao. In response to the situation, the Indonesian military (TNI) has tightened security on the two [...]	2008-02-12 08:14:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS ID TT
08JAKARTA307	PROPOSED NORTHERN TRANS-KALIMANTAN HIGHWAY UNDERMINES USG [...] (SBU) Summary: Post has strong reservations about a proposed Northern Trans-Kalimantan Highway (NTKH),which is the focus of an AsDB technical assistance grant for a pre-feasibility study. The economic rationale for the road is weak, and we support the USG decision to express several reservat [...]	2008-02-14 10:58:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EAID KGHG ECON PREL ID
08JAKARTA316	INDONESIA-SINGAPORE DEFENSE AGREEMENT IN TROUBLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Indonesia-Singapore Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) is in trouble. The Indonesian government indicates that the agreement--which, in part, would allow the Singapore military to train in Indonesia--has been "put aside." The key reason is that the national legislature (D [...]	2008-02-15 09:21:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV ID SN
08JAKARTA325	DEFENSE COOPERATION -- ENHANCING INDONESIA'S AIR [...] (C) SUMMARY: U.S. Air Force Deputy U/S Lemkin told the Indonesian DefMin on February 15 that the U.S. was prepared to help Indonesia develop its air capabilities by broadening bilateral cooperation through sales and upgrades of F-16s and further training and exercise opportunities. Sudarsono [...]	2008-02-19 10:34:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS MARR ID
08JAKARTA346	VISIT OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE TO JAKARTA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Secretary Gates' February 25 visit comes at a most opportune time. Our military-to-military relationship with Indonesia has made solid progress during the past two years and now is the time to move forward. Indonesia needs to decide whether it is ready to take that step, and ne [...]	2008-02-22 06:28:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS PGOV ID
08JAKARTA353	MIL-MIL RELATIONS -- U.S. NAVY VISIT REAPS GOODWILL [...] (C) SUMMARY -- A U.S. Navy Oceanographic Survey ship--the USNS Mary Sears--docked at Tanjung Priok, Jakarta's port, on February 18. The stop was part of the USG's effort to enhance cooperation between the two navies. The crew conducted a pier-side technical exchange with the Indonesian Offi [...]	2008-02-22 10:15:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV KPAO ID
08JAKARTA372	CODEL PRICE WORKS TO STRENGTHEN INDONESIAN [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Medan. 2. (U) SUMMARY: From February 17-21, CODEL Price visited Indonesia as part of the legislative strengthening program of the House Democracy Assistance Commission (HDAC). CODEL Price toured Aceh, met with President Yudhoyono, and held [...]	2008-02-25 09:40:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV OVIP EAID KDEM BM ID
08JAKARTA462	IRAN -- PRESSING INDONESIA ON YUDHOYONO'S TRIP [...] (S) SUMMARY: Ambassador Hume in a March 6 meeting with Ambassador Alwi Shihab urged that President Yudhoyono use his upcoming trip to Tehran to press Iran to meet its nonproliferation obligations. He also urged Indonesia to support Kosovo at the upcoming OIC Summit. Shihab explained that al [...]	2008-03-06 09:59:00	Embassy Jakarta	SECRET	PREL PARM KNNP UNSC ID IR
08JAKARTA503	GOI BANS CHEMICAL WEAPONS AS PART OF BROADER [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Indonesian parliament has passed legislation to implement commitments under the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC). The legislation is a welcome step which improves Indonesia's export control regime and imposes stiff criminal penalties for proscribed uses. As part of a broa [...]	2008-03-12 06:07:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL ETTC PGOV ID
08JAKARTA544	RAMPING UP ENGAGEMENT WITH THE INDONESIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission has ratcheted up its engagement with the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR),resulting in improved dialogue with this increasingly powerful--but capacity poor--institution. Building upon an existing USG program, Mission has formed an internal committee to further [...]	2008-03-17 09:32:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL KDEM PGOV ID
08JAKARTA545	COUNTERTERRORISM -- EXPLORING DERADICALIZATION [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly.. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: CT experts from Indonesia led a recent training workshop which focused on strategies for deradicalizing terrorists in prison. Mission was one of four co-sponsors of the workshop, which includ [...]	2008-03-17 10:01:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER 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
08JAKARTA589	DEFENSE REFORM -- TRYING TO GET THE MILITARY OUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The head of the new GOI team mandated to wind up the myriad business activities of the Indonesian armed forces (TNI) is optimistic. He plans to move forward with plans to sell off all TNI businesses and shut down illegal operations as well, adding that he thinks these steps wi [...]	2008-03-24 06:44:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EIND KCOR ID
08JAKARTA593	UN PEACEKEEPING -- GOI AGREES TO SEND MORE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOI has agreed to send 90 additional military personnel to Lebanon to augment the 850 personnel already serving there as UN peacekeepers. The decision is in response to requests by the Lebanese government and the UNIFIL command in Lebanon. Re another planned deployment, th [...]	2008-03-25 03:50:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO ID LE SU
08JAKARTA595	IN WAKE OF BRIBERY SCANDAL, ATTORNEY GENERAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Attorney General Supandji has demoted a top deputy and a senior prosecutor in an attempt to limit the damage to his department from a recent bribery scandal. The two men were questioned at length by the Corruption Eradication Commission, but have not been named suspects in the [...]	2008-03-25 07:01:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KCOR ID
08JAKARTA619	PRESIDENT YUDHOYONO MEETS WITH HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) SUMMARY: In a March 26 meeting, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono assured a group of victims of human rights violations that they would find justice. He pledged to hold a special Cabinet meeting to discuss their cases, which included Suharto-era massacres and the 2004 murder of human r [...]	2008-03-27 11:01:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ID
08JAKARTA626	SPECIAL ENVOY FOR MANPADS -- INDONESIAN HAS [...] (U) We conveyed to Indonesian counterparts on March 25 reftel announcement of the appointment of the Special Envoy for MANPADS Threat Reduction. We noted that the creation of this position underscored the importance that the United States attached to the effective control of such weapons. It [...]	2008-03-28 10:18:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM PTER MASS ID
08JAKARTA655	C-D18-00223: INDONESIA REACTS CALMLY TO RELEASE [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate General Surabaya and Consulate Medan. It is Sensitive but Unclassified. SIPDIS 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Indonesians are beginning to react to the release of the Dutch M.P.'s anti-Islamic video. President Yudhoyono condemned the film and said [...]	2008-04-02 07:16:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ASEC ID
08JAKARTA674	C-D18-00223: MEDAN -- DEMONSTRATORS VANDALIZE [...] (U) In Indonesia's first violent reaction against the anti-Islamic film "Fitna," 50 students from a North Sumatra Islamic students' organization vandalized the Dutch consulate in Medan on April 2. Police failed to react quickly enough to control the students, who broke down the consulate gate [...]	2008-04-03 10:08:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ASEC ID NL
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
08JAKARTA692	ADMIRAL KEATING'S VISIT TO INDONESIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Admiral Keating's April 9-11 visit to Jakarta offers an opportunity to move the bilateral mil-mil relationship forward. The visit should focus on further defining the long-term partnership and our shared regional security objectives. We should also review the robust bilateral [...]	2008-04-07 08:13:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS ID
08JAKARTA729	A/S O'BRIEN EMPHASIZES IRAN, ASSET FREEZING IN [...] (C) Summary: Treasury Assistant Secretary for Terrorism Financing and Financial Crimes O'Brien visited Indonesia April 2-3 to urge Indonesian government officials, regulatory agencies and private sector to be vigilant about Iran's outreach plans in the region and to more vigorously enforce ass [...]	2008-04-10 06:54:00	Embassy Jakarta	SECRET	KTFN EFIN PTER PGOV ID
08JAKARTA735	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES BURMA, SECURITY ISSUES WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Hume pressed key USG priorities--including Burma, counterterrorism, mil-mil cooperation and diplomatic privileges--in an April 9 meeting with Secretary General Imron Cotan, the number-two official at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU). Cotan did not commit to [...]	2008-04-10 09:26:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MASS AMGT KREC ID BM
08JAKARTA749	ADMIRAL KEATING'S MEETINGS WITH KEY GOI OFFICIALS [...] (C) SUMMARY: USPACOM Commander Admiral Keating met President Yudhoyono and key defense officials on April 10-11 in Jakarta. He stressed support for Indonesia's progress on military reform, the desire to expand cooperation further, and Indonesia's strategic importance. GOI officials express [...]	2008-04-15 08:59:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS PGOV ID XB
08JAKARTA8	SENIOR MILITARY APPOINTMENTS SPELL MODERATE REFORM [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Yudhoyono appointed new chiefs of the Indonesian Army and Air Force on December 28. The appointments spell continued moderate reform and seem positive for defense cooperation with the USG. The new Air Force Chief confirmed plans to restore Indonesia's F-16 fleet as p [...]	2008-01-02 10:19:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR PHUM ID
08JAKARTA804	U.S. NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER DRAWS FURTHER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Health Minister Siti Fadilah Supari paid a surprise visit to the U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit in Jakarta (NAMRU-2) on Friday, April 18. Although the visit went without serious incident, Supari escalated her criticism of NAMRU in subsequent media interviews. Several legisla [...]	2008-04-22 09:44:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR TBIO AMED ID
08JAKARTA806	NAMRU-2 -- MEDICAL RESEARCH UNIT'S DAYS MAY BE [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: The days of the Naval Medical Research Unit in Jakarta (NAMRU-2) may be numbered. The Minister of Health is actively campaigning against it, the media are giving increasing play to her wild accusations and legislators are calling for the unit's closure (ref a). [...]	2008-04-22 10:10:00	Embassy Jakarta	SECRET	PREL MARR TBIO AMED 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
08JAKARTA856	JUDICIAL REFORMS FACE UNCERTAIN FUTURE IN [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified--Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Judicial reform faces an uncertain future as Parliament's (DPR) Law and Human Rights Commission begins drafting bills in several key areas. The most significant changes would likely be at the sp [...]	2008-04-29 09:24:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KJUS KCOR 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
08JAKARTA860	NAMRU ISSUE MIRED IN POLITICAL AMBITIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The basis of Health Minister Siti Fadilah Supari's vitriolic public attacks against the U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit in Jakarta (NAMRU-2) is her desire to make it a populist/vote-getting issue in the run-up to the 2009 national elections. Our failure to respond to Indonesia [...]	2008-04-30 00:53:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR TBIO AMED ID EAGR KLIG
08JAKARTA878	TIMOR-LESTE -- PM GUSMAO STRESSES RECONCILIATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Visiting Timor-Leste PM Gusmao stressed reconciliation on a recent visit to Jakarta. In a speech, Gusmao said the Timorese could never forget the human rights violations that accompanied the country's birth, but they did need to forgive. During the visit, President Yudhoyono an [...]	2008-05-02 09:46:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ID TT
08JAKARTA924	NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH UNIT -- AMBASSADOR INVITES [...] (C) Ambassador Hume met with Indonesian House Speaker Agung Laksono on May 7 to invite him and other members of the legislature to visit the U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit (NAMRU-2) in Jakarta. NAMRU has been the target of a negative publicity campaign led by Indonesian Health Minister Sup [...]	2008-05-09 10:33:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TBIO PGOV MARR ID
08JAKARTA935	INDONESIA'S NATIONAL PARKS - MANAGEMENT AND ENFORCEMENT KEY [...] (SBU) Summary: An overview of several Indonesian national parks shows that their record in protecting flora and fauna has little correlation to budget size or numbers of forest rangers. Money is not necessarily the main problem with their performance. Improvements to management of existing fin [...]	2008-05-12 09:27:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EAID KGHG ECON PGOV ID
08JAKARTA958	DARFUR UNAMID: INDONESIAN FPU PEACEKEEPING NEEDS [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (U) On May 14, poloff conveyed to the Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs ref A non-paper with USG offer of assistance for Indonesian stabilization police deploying to the UN peacekeeping mission in Darfu [...]	2008-05-14 09:56:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR PKO ID SU
08JEDDAH361	SAUDI FM AND NSC HEAD DISCUSS INTEL COOPERATION, [...] (S) SUMMARY. During a Congressional Staff Del meeting with both Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal and Head of the National Security Council Prince Bandar bin Sultan on Aug. 20, both princes presented their broad views on successful USG-Saudi intelligence cooperation; distress over C [...]	2008-08-25 14:37:00	Consulate Jeddah	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL EU GB IAEA IR IS IZ MNUC PK SA
08JERUSALEM1010	AREA B PALESTINIAN POLICE STATIONS SPARTAN BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: PolOff and LTG Fraser staff visited four of eleven newly-opened Palestinian police stations in Area B on June 11 and met with police officers who discussed Israeli coordination and personnel/resource deficiencies. Commanders said they need Israeli clearance to execute any opera [...]	2008-06-13 14:33:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG IS PGOV ASEC
08JERUSALEM1027	SETTLEMENT ANNOUNCEMENTS AND TENDERS: MAJOR UPTICK [...] (C) SUMMARY: The announcement on June 13 of 1,300 new residential units in "Ramat Shlomo" (adjacent to the Palestinian neighborhood of Shufat) brings the post-Annapolis Conference total of housing units approved and awaiting public review or tender in the West Bank and East Jerusalem to 5,5 [...]	2008-06-18 15:38:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL IS
08JERUSALEM1049	UPDATE ON PA ZAKAT COMMITTEE REFORMS [...] (C) Summary. Palestinian Authority (PA) actions to control the collection and distribution of alms (zakat) have significantly reduced Hamas' exploitation of zakat committees as a source of income in the West Bank, according to the Deputy Minister of Awqaf and Religious Affairs (Awqaf). At Pr [...]	2008-06-20 11:36:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN KFTN PGOV KWBG IS PTER
08JERUSALEM1257	EAST JERUSALEM RESIDENTS FEAR EVICTION ORDER WILL [...] (C) Summary. On July 14, the Israeli High Court of Justice (HCJ) upheld an order to evict the al-Kurd family from their residence in Shaykh Jarrah, after nine years of litigation over the property's ownership. (Note: Shaykh Jarrah is home to much of East Jerusalem's most valuable and histor [...]	2008-07-15 17:26:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PREL PHUM IS PBTS
08JERUSALEM1259	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (7/16): "HAS THE WORLD BECOME [...] Al- Quds prints its daily editorial entitled, "A call on the international community to halt Israeli actions." Everyday Israel performs acts of tyranny [against Palestinians] such as destroying houses, confiscating land or insisting on building barriers in the middle of farming villages that [...]	2008-07-16 10:41:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1325	EAST JERUSALEM FAMILY FIGHTS EVICTION ORDER WITH [...] (SBU) Muhammad and Fawziya al-Kurd told PolOff on his July 21 visit to their Shaykh Jarrah home that they will continue to resist an Israeli eviction order despite legal setbacks (reftel). Fawziya said the family has been resisting Israeli efforts to remove them for two decades and will not [...]	2008-07-22 11:18:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PREL PHUM IS PBTS
08JERUSALEM1329	FURTHER NABLUS ARRESTS AND INCURSIONS; FUTURE OF [...] (C) Summary: According to PA security and Nablus business contacts, the IDF made several incursions into Nablus July 21-22 and made twenty arrests, including a PLC member and board members of al-I'timan, the developer of the Nablus shopping mall ordered closed by the GOI on July 6 (reftels). [...]	2008-07-22 14:13:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL PGOV KWBG PTER KTFN KISL IS
08JERUSALEM1330	MOI'S AL-YAHYA STRENGTHENS STRATEGIC PLANNING [...] (C) SUMMARY. On July 17, PA Minister of Interior Abd Razaq al-Yahya issued two decisions to strengthen the Strategic Planning Department (SPD). The decisions place the SPD within the MOI and authorize the SPD Director General to represent the Minister on issues related to security sector ref [...]	2008-07-22 14:37:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PREL IS PGOV
08JERUSALEM1349	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (7/25): DIFFERING VIEWS ON [...] Independent Al- Ayyam runs an editorial by Rajab Abu Sirriyyeh entitled, "Barack Obama: the journey in search of the Jewish voice" (7/25): "...Obama's attitude towards the Israeli side...has become clearer and more practical. [His visit to Sderot]...aims to portray Israel as a victim of Pales [...]	2008-07-25 10:46:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1358	JERUSALEM MUNICIPALITY DEMOLISHES BEIT HANINA HOME [...] (C) Summary. The Jerusalem Municipality demolished part of an apartment building belonging to Majid Abu Ayshah in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Beit Hanina on July 28, stating that the building exceeded its permit and that the Municipality was legally obligated to uphold the court-order [...]	2008-07-28 14:42:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM137	FATAH CENTRAL COUNCIL DISCUSSES SIXTH CONGRESS [...] (C) Summary. On January 15, eleven of the fourteen Fatah Central Committee (FCC) members discussed preparations for the Sixth Fatah Congress. They agreed that 1,500 representatives to the Congress, which will elect Fatah's leadership, will be selected from numerous Fatah organs by February [...]	2008-01-28 11:59:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAL KWBG PGOV PREL PTER IS
08JERUSALEM1387	TENSION CONTINUES IN GAZA AS HAMAS CLAIMS [...] (C) Summary. Tensions remain high in Gaza City following the multiple bombings on July 25, and subsequent Hamas crackdown. Hamas leaders told press July 31 that closed NGOs will be permitted to reopen, but Fatah and independent officials are skeptical and say Hamas gunmen used the crackdown [...]	2008-07-31 12:02:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG IS PGOV PTER
08JERUSALEM1390	PM FAYYAD COMPLAINS AFTER TWO UNARMED YOUTHS SHOT [...] (SBU) Palestinian Authority (PA) PM Salam Fayyad told the Consul General July 30 that shootings that killed two Palestinian youths near Ni'lin July 29-30 raised questions about IDF rules of engagement (ROEs) in the West Bank. He said information available to the PA suggests that lethal force [...]	2008-07-31 14:49:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG PGOV PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM1406	PA DENIES REPORT OF HAMAS DETAINEE RELEASE, [...] (C) Summary. After press reported that PA President Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen) ordered the release of all Hamas members arrested in the West Bank since July 25, PM Salam Fayyad told the Consul General July 31 that the PA has not ordered a mass release and PA security forces (PASF) will contin [...]	2008-08-01 12:40:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG IS PGOV PTER ASEC
08JERUSALEM1415	HAMAS FURTHER CONSOLIDATES POWER WITH DEFEAT OF [...] (C) Summary. 11 Palestinians were killed and 106 injured on August 2 after Hamas police stormed Hillis clan neighborhoods in Gaza City to seize suspects in the July 25 beach bombing. 188 clan members entered Israel near Nahal Oz fuel depot, where they were disarmed, strip-searched and affor [...]	2008-08-04 14:34:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG IS PGOV PTER ASEC
08JERUSALEM1422	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (8/05): Desperate calls for end [...] Independent Al-Quds carries its daily editorial entitled, "How can we regain our waning confidence?" (8/05): "A lot has been said about the low level to which the Palestinian attitude has fallen due to this destructive division between the two major parties [Fatah and Hamas] in the Palestinian [...]	2008-08-05 09:51:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1482	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (8/11): Mourning over the death [...] Independent Al-Ayyam runs its daily editorial by Hamada Fara'neh entitled, "Advice for the Palestinian President" (08/11): "More than ever before, President Mahmoud Abbas needs the solidarity of the Fatah movement. The movement, as a political struggle organization, is the mother that delivere [...]	2008-08-11 08:27:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1613	HAMAS RAIDS CENTRAL ELECTIONS OFFICE IN GAZA, TWICE [...] (C) Summary. Hamas Executive Force twice raided the Central Elections Commission's (CEC) Gaza branch August 26-28, removing three staff members for off-site interrogation, confiscating the cellular phone of one staff member, and seizing keys to the CEC's Gaza warehouse to conduct an "invento [...]	2008-08-28 14:08:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KDEM KWBG IS
08JERUSALEM1644	GAZA: HIGH PARTICIPATION RATES IN PUBLIC SECTOR [...] (C) Summary: The Gaza public sector labor strike that began on August 30 has been extended to at least September 9. Participation rates have been high - an estimated 90 percent among teachers and 50 percent among health care workers. PA officials and labor leaders told Econoffs that Gaza's p [...]	2008-09-04 11:36:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PHUM PTER EFIN PGOV KWBG
08JERUSALEM1689	HAMAS CONTINUES TO JAIL SENIOR PA, FATAH OFFICIALS [...] (SBU) Summary. About 100 Palestinian Authority (PA) and Fatah officials, including the Governors of Gaza and Khan Yunis, remain jailed by Hamas in the Gaza Strip, without a legal basis for their detention or institutional process to review their status. Senior Hamas spokesmen have previously [...]	2008-09-10 14:12:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG IS PGOV PTER PHUM
08JERUSALEM1712	IDF DEMOLISHES 32 STRUCTURES IN AL-MUARRAJAT [...] (C) Summary. The IDF demolished 32 bedouin structures east of Ramallah on September 9 in the second significant West Bank demolition in a month. End summary. 2. (SBU) On September 9, IDF soldiers demolished 32 structures in the al-Muarrajat bedouin encampment, south of route 449 between [...]	2008-09-12 14:29:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PREF PHUM KPAL KWBG IS
08JERUSALEM1753	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (9/22): THE UN, THE INTERNATIONAL [...] Al-Quds independent argues in its main editorial under the title, "International Responsibility" (09/22): [I]nternal political crises in Israel... directly impact the Palestinian issue and efforts to reach a solution [to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict]... How much longer will the internation [...]	2008-09-22 08:11:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1759	ARIEL MAYOR: SETTLEMENT POPULATION "STEADY BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ariel Mayor Ron Nachman told Poloff September 17 that his secular settlement is "struggling" to grow and has not received construction approvals. He said he will sue the GOI if it includes Ariel in permanent status negotiations. Unlike other Nablus area settlers, Ariel's popu [...]	2008-09-22 16:05:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM1824	PA JUSTICE SECTOR EFFORTS PROGRESSING IN [...] (SBU) Summary. Since the May 29 signing of its Justice Sector Strategy (JSS),the PA has progressed in implementing several areas of the plan: infrastructure, staffing, and case backlog reduction. PM Fayyad highlighted this progress in recent press statements (ref A). End Summary. Infras [...]	2008-09-29 14:59:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EAID KWBG KPAL CA IS
08JERUSALEM1841	ADDITIONAL ORDERS FOR DEMOLITION OF BEDOUIN [...] (SBU) Summary. According to UNRWA, COGAT officers delivered demolition orders for 38 structures at the Milehat-Ka'abneh bedouin encampment in area C on September 22. Bedouin resident in the area told Poloff they have been living seasonally in this location since 1985 and expressed concern [...]	2008-10-03 14:25:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PREF PHUM KWBG KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM1906	ARAB-ISRAELIS GIVE NABLUS A TEMPORARY BOOST, BUT [...] (C) Summary: According to prominent Nablus businessmen, continuing Israeli access restrictions cripple the city's commercial sector, limit significant economic growth, and are "political restrictions not related to security." They note that the GOI's decision to allow Arab-Israelis (and their [...]	2008-10-17 14:54:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON KWBG IS PGOV
08JERUSALEM1966	IDF EVACUATES AN OUTPOST NEAR HEBRON; SETTLERS [...] (C) Summary. NGO contacts confirm media reports that the IDF evacuated an illegal outpost near Hebron on October 26, and settlers reacted by slashing the tires of 22 Palestinian-owned cars and attacking a nearby Muslim cemetery. Speaking to the press October 26, Hebron area settlers called t [...]	2008-10-28 15:49:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PHUM ASEC IS PBTS PTER
08JERUSALEM2000	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/06): SPECULATION ON [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-06 12:14:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM2004	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/07): NO PEACE AGREEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-07 06:30:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM2042	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/14): ARAB RELUCTANCE TO PLAY [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-14 11:12:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM2045	ROCKETS STRIKE ISRAEL AS ISRAEL MAINTAINS GAZA [...] (C) Summary. Gaza militants fired at least 13 rockets into Israel on November 14, lightly injuring an Israeli in Sderot and damaging four buildings. An IAF airstrike injured two PIJ militants near Bayt Lahiya. The GOI has closed all of Gaza's crossings (most have been closed since November [...]	2008-11-14 15:17:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG IS PHUM PTER PREF PREL
08JERUSALEM2090	PALESTINIAN ACCESS TO EAST JERUSALEM HOSPITALS [...] (SBU) Summary: A new GOI access restriction for Palestinian hospital staff has severely disrupted the operations of the six Palestinian East Jerusalem hospitals, according to Hospital Network Coordinator Tawfiq Nasser. He said that patients and staff are now restricted to two specific check [...]	2008-11-21 12:23:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL PHUM KWBG IS
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
08JERUSALEM2154	PA PREPARES BETHLEHEM SECURITY PLAN TO SUPPORT [...] (C) PA National Security Forces (NSF) commander MG Thiab Mustafa Ali (Abu al-Fatah) told PolOff/PolFSN November 26 that PA security forces will begin a Christmas-period deployment in early December that will continue through early 2009. He said the operation will rotate 800-1000 NSF, police [...]	2008-11-26 15:22:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG IS PGOV PTER ASEC
08JERUSALEM2164	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (11/28): POTENTIAL BENEFITS OF [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-28 09:13:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM2189	JENIN: LOCAL JUDGES, PROSECUTORS DESCRIBE [...] (C) Summary. Judges and prosecutors in Jenin told Poloff and SEMERS staff that inadequate resources and interagency cooperation are the major obstacles to improving local administration of justice. They said the security campaign in Jenin has significantly improved public perception of the [...]	2008-12-03 17:53:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SOCI KJUS KWBG KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM2198	SETTLERS RETALIATE AGAINST PALESTINIANS FOLLOWING [...] (C) Summary. Settler violence broke out in Hebron and spread across the West Bank immediately after the IDF's evacuation of the Rajabi compound on December 4, injuring around 25 Palestinians, including one shooting victim in critical condition. Contacts reported seeing burning Palestinian f [...]	2008-12-05 14:27:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PHUM ASEC IS PBTS PTER
08JERUSALEM2215	CENTRAL ELECTIONS COMMISSION FACING BUDGET [...] (C) Summary. The Central Elections Commission (CEC) faces serious financial difficulties, according to Chief Electoral Officer Hisham Kuhail, and will be unable to pay December salaries without an additional infusion of funding. The PA Ministry of Finance (MoF) told post it will transfer NIS [...]	2008-12-09 14:50:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN KWBG KPAL KDEM IS

08JERUSALEM2248	PA COMPLAINS IDF KILLING OF PIJ ACTIVIST [...] (C) Summary. According to PA National Security Forces (NSF) staff, an undercover IDF squad shot and killed a PIJ militant December 16 without giving the PA notice of the operation. According to Jenin Governor Qaddura Musa and NSF staff, the militant had been in voluntary PA custody for seve [...]	2008-12-16 16:14:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG IS PGOV PTER ASEC
08JERUSALEM2258	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/18): "ACTION - NOT JUST LIP [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-18 10:58:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM2278	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (12/22): OBSTACLES TO PEACE [...] The main editorial in Al Quds, "Prisoners once again," opines: "It is time for the Palestinian side to reject the Israeli position that deals with prisoners of freedom as criminal prisoners...it is time for European mediators, who always demand the release of [abducted Israeli soldier Gilad] Sh [...]	2008-12-22 09:58:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM2285	PA REPORTS MORE JENIN-AREA INCURSIONS [...] (SBU) The IDF conducted 11 separate raids and patrols in Area A in Jenin Governorate from December 18-22, searching five houses and detaining two Palestinians, according to PA National Security Forces (NSF) and District Coordinating Office (DCO) contacts. The IDF operated in central Jenin tw [...]	2008-12-23 15:29:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG IS PGOV PTER ASEC
08JERUSALEM2295	GAZA UPDATE DECEMBER 29, 1400 LOCAL: AIRSTRIKES [...] (SBU) Summary. Israeli airstrikes in Gaza and Palestinian rocket fire continue as of 1400 local on December 29. Palestinian medical, UN and NGO staff report at least 280 Palestinian deaths and 700 injuries since the airstrikes began on December 27. One Israeli was killed in a rocket strik [...]	2008-12-29 12:28:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG IS PTER MOPS ASEC
08JERUSALEM2300	GAZA HUMANITARIAN UPDATE -- DECEMBER 29 [...] (SBU) Summary: An estimated 55 truckloads of humanitarian supplies entered Gaza through Kerem Shalom crossing on December 29, according to UN contacts. 21 truckloads entered on December 28. Food levels remain critically low, and no fuel has entered Gaza since December 26. End Summary. [...]	2008-12-29 16:23:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID PHUM KWBG ETRD IS
08JERUSALEM2309	GAZA UPDATE DECEMBER 30, 1300 LOCAL: 2 ISRAELIS, [...] (SBU) Summary. From 1800 local o December 29 to 1300 on December 30, rockets kiled two Israelis and injured at least nine others and Israeli airstrikes killed at least 16 more alestinians. Palestinian medical, UN and NGO staffreport at least 358 Palestinian deaths and 1070 njuries requiring [...]	2008-12-30 11:55:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG IS PTER MOPS ASEC
08JERUSALEM2314	SENIOR IDF, PASF COMMANDERS MEET TO DISCUSS WEST BANK SECURITY SITUATION [...] (S) PA security chiefs met with top IDF and COGAT officers late December 29 at Bet El (outside Ramallah) to discuss the West Bank security situation in light of Israeli operations in the Gaza Strip. PA security chiefs told ConGenOffs that the PA urged the IDF to avoid Palestinian demonstrations and [...]	2008-12-30 15:28:00	Consulate Jerusalem	SECRET	KWBG IS PGOV PTER ASEC
08JERUSALEM2315	GAZA HUMANITARIAN UPDATE -- DECEMBER 30 [...] (SBU) Summary: An estimated 100 truckloads of humanitarian supplies entered Gaza via Kerem Shalom crossing and five truckloads entered through Rafah on December 30, according to PA Crossing Authority contacts. The Gaza power plant was forced to shut down its only functioning turbine around 0 [...]	2008-12-30 16:20:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID PHUM KWBG ETRD IS
08JERUSALEM248	ARIEL MAYOR: LET ME BUILD IT AND THEY WILL COME [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ariel settlement mayor Ron Nachman told PolOff on February 6 that Ariel would welcome settlers from outlying settlements and outposts into his "existing population center" if he were allowed to build homes for them. Nachman said he has approved town plans to increase Ariel's pop [...]	2008-02-08 16:36:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM316	CLOSURE OF EAST JERUSALEM INSTITUTIONS RENEWED [...] (C) Summary. The Israeli MoI in early February renewed closure orders against eight Palestinian institutions in East Jerusalem. PA Advisor on Jerusalem Affairs Hatem Abd al-Qader has told the press that the Orient House reopened, but privately admitted that his comments were designed to bri [...]	2008-02-20 16:02:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM332	VIOLENCE AGAINST CHRISTIAN INSTITUTIONS IN GAZA; [...] (SBU) Summary. In the second major attack on Gaza's Christian institutions in a week, armed militants forced their way into the Lighthouse Baptist School in central Gaza City on February 21, beat one of the guards and vandalized some classrooms. On February 15, gunmen detonated explosives a [...]	2008-02-22 15:14:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PTER IS PHUM PGOV
08JERUSALEM364	GAZA: LOW FUEL SUPPLIES LIMIT WATER AND POWER [...] (C) Summary: Nahal Oz fuel transfer station was open for limited shipments on February 28. Gaza fuel importers claim that gasoline and diesel fuel imports currently meet just 20 percent of Gaza's needs. Most Gazan homes receive water from the mains for just six to ten hours each week. Local [...]	2008-02-28 13:21:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM
08JERUSALEM371	SETTLER LEADERS AND CONSUL GENERAL AGREE TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Settler leaders Dani Dayan (Yesha Council Chairman),Pinchas Wallerstein (Yesha Director General),Shaul Goldstein (Gush Etzion Regional Council Chairman),and Ron Nachman (Ariel Mayor) shared their views with the Consul General February 25, agreeing from the outset to disagree. [...]	2008-02-28 16:26:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PBTS PREL PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM403	WEST BANK GETS POWER BOOST, BUT EXPANSION LIMITED [...] (SBU) Summary: The interconnection power line between Jordan and Jericho became operational on February 25. The Jerusalem District Electricity Company (JDECO) said that its initial plan was much larger in scope, aiming to connect the Jordan grid to high-voltage lines running to Jericho, Ram [...]	2008-03-05 13:58:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM
08JERUSALEM497	CHIEF JUSTICE AND MINISTRY OF JUSTICE DISCUSS WEST [...] (C) Summary. In November 2007, at PM Salam Fayyad's request, Chief Justice (CJ) Abu Sharar, Minister of Justice (MOJ) Ali Khashan, and Attorney General (AG) Ahmad al-Mughani agreed to establish a court in Jericho to hear major felony and high level security cases. Abu Sharar told Poloff and [...]	2008-03-21 16:02:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM529	PALESTINIANS PROVIDE FURTHER CLARIFICATION ON [...] (C) Summary. Presidential Spokesman Nabil Abu Rudeineh confirmed on March 26 that President Mahmoud Abbas' (Abu Mazen) conditions to resume dialogue with Hamas remained unchanged. PLC-Fatah bloc leader Azzam al-Ahmed, who signed the Sana'a Declaration with Hamas on March 23, made this same [...]	2008-03-26 15:58:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM553	QADURA FARES CRITICIZES FATAH LEADERSHIP ON REFORM [...] (C) Summary. Grassroots Fatah leader Qadura Fares told Staffdel Diamond on March 25 that President Mahmud Abbas (Abu Mazen) is losing credibility because Palestinians see no progress on negotiations and no changes on the ground. He said imprisoned Fatah leader Marwan Barghuthi is the only a [...]	2008-03-28 09:51:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER IS
08JERUSALEM567	HAMAS SECURITY FORAY INTO AL-AZHAR UNIVERSITY IN [...] (SBU) Summary. University contacts report that Hamas Executive Force gunmen and pro-Hamas students forcibly entered of al-Azhar University in Gaza City on March 31, occupying the campus and assaulting several students and staff before leaving later the same day. University administrators had [...]	2008-04-01 16:00:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KWBG IS PGOV
08JERUSALEM593	MAZMURIYA CHECKPOINT CLOSED TO ALL BUT SETTLERS [...] (C) Summary. According to B'Tselem and Palestinians from the Jerusalem villages of Sur Baher and Um Tuba, use of Mazmuriya checkpoint near Bethlehem has been restricted to settlers since March 20. All Arabs, including Jerusalem ID holders, West Bankers with permits, and Arab Israelis, have [...]	2008-04-07 08:30:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM614	GAZA: FOOD AND HUMANITARIAN SHIPMENTS CONTINUE, [...] (SBU) Summary: Four hundred truckloads/week of basic food stuffs and humanitarian shipments entered Gaza through Kerem Shalom and Sufa crossings since March 28. Gazans receive around eight hours of running water and 18 hours of electricity each day, while health care professionals continue [...]	2008-04-08 14:35:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAGR KWBG PHUM IS
08JERUSALEM700	PA ATTORNEY GENERAL EFFORTS TO IMPROVE PROSECUTION [...] (C) Summary. Palestinian Authority Attorney General (AG) Ahmad al-Mughani told PolCouns April 21 that the number of PA prosecutors is increasing, but infrastructure and GOI interference continue to impede the work of his office. He said he is focused on anti-corruption cases, but cannot pur [...]	2008-04-22 13:17:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
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
08JERUSALEM765	HIGH COURT REJECTS AL-AQABAH'S PETITION [...] (C) Summary. On April 26, the Israeli High Court of Justice (HCJ) rejected Khirbet al-Aqabah's petitions to rescind demolition orders issued against 11 structures, but said "for the time-being" the Civil Administration will not demolish the mosque, kindergarten, women's center, clinic, and t [...]	2008-05-07 12:16:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM923	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (6/05): ISRAELI AND US ELECTIONS [...] Independent daily Al-Ayyam runs an op-ed by veteran columnist Talal Okal entitled, "After Barak... Olmert loses his chance" (6/02): "...Olmert cannot go to Washington and ask for its support in the middle of his current crisis unless he achieves some progress in his meeting with Palestinian A [...]	2008-06-02 10:56:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM945	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (6/05): 41ST ANNIVERSARY OF 1967 [...] Veteran columnist Talal 'Ukal comments in independent Al-Ayyam under the headline, "Not Much Time Is Left," (6/5): "It is safe to say that [Israeli Prime Minister] Olmert has achieved the goals of his [Washington] visit. I I think those goals can be summarized in the following two points: The [...]	2008-06-05 11:05:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM979	PREPARATORY MEETING FOR BERLIN CONFERENCE ON [...] SUMMARY. Palestinian Authority (PA) representatives briefed proposals for police/justice sector donor funding for the June 24 Berlin conference at a German-chaired, June 5 meeting in Jericho. The representatives said the proposals are consistent with the Palestinian Reconstruction and Develo [...]	2008-06-06 14:24:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG IS PGOV PREL EAID
08KABUL1064	FOREIGN MINISTER SPANTA ON PAKISTAN, IRAN, AND [...] (C) Foreign Minister Spanta told the Ambassador on April 22 that he would use his meetings in Islamabad the following day to underline Afghanistan's support for Pakistan's new government and explore opportunities for concrete projects (dealing especially with trade and economic cooperation) to [...]	2008-04-29 12:28:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ECON IR PK AF
08KABUL1100	Afghan Strategic Communications: Better Results by Design [...] (SBU) The recent wave of positive and balanced U.S. and European media coverage of Afghanistan is the result of intense collaborative efforts by U.S. civilian and military personnel inside Afghanistan, at USNATO, and in Washington. Specifically, we have developed an effective strategy to ident [...]	2008-05-04 13:13:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PAO AF
08KABUL1102	DECENTRALIZATION UNITES THE UNITED FRONT [...] (SBU) Mustafa Zahir, grandson of deceased King Zahir Shah and aspiring United Front presidential candidate, recently shared with us a stump speech he drafted, which proposes replacing the current highly centralized state, organized around a strong presidency, with a decentralized governmental [...]	2008-05-04 16:23:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV AF
08KABUL1193	ASSEMBLY REGAINS QUORUM; ELECTION LAW NEGLECTED [...] (SBU) The National Assembly's lower house regained quorum May 11 after Speaker Qanooni forced an end to the non-Pashtun MPs' boycott over the elections law bill's reservation of 10 parliamentary seats for Kochis (REFTEL). Qanooni redoubled his efforts to end the boycott when public sentiment t [...]	2008-05-15 04:56:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AF
08KABUL1210	ELECTIONS UPDATE [...] (SBU) Although Karzai and the opposition United Front agreed April 9 to separate presidential and parliamentary elections, the National Assembly's lower house has yet to pass the elections law, which would provide the necessary legal basis for an elections calendar. The National Assembly rece [...]	2008-05-17 14:04:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV AF KDEM
08KABUL1373	NURISTAN: IMPROVING GOVERNANCE AND DEVELOPMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Nuristan's capacity for governance continues to grow. Physical construction and institutional development have led to more effective government. Security problems have increased with the spring thaw. A "security shura" in the most problematic district, Kamdesh, is working to [...]	2008-06-07 09:31:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER ECON AF
08KABUL1413	PRT LASHKAR GAH, HELMAND PROVINCE: GARMSIR'S IMPROVED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The UK-led PRT in Lashkar Gah deployed a stabilization team to Garmsir on June 1. The team is working with the district leadership to establish reconstruction and development priorities. The District Administrator has established his office and is meeting with city residents a [...]	2008-06-10 09:07:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF
08KABUL1415	DUTCH CONTRIBUTIONS IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Dutch are shouldering a heavy burden as the lead nation in Uruzgan, one of the most underdeveloped provinces in Afghanistan. There are almost daily attacks on ISAF forces and civilians by the Taliban, often resulting in serious injuries or death. The Dutch focus on support [...]	2008-06-10 11:34:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PHUM PREL AF NL
08KABUL1493	Afghanistan's Refugee Absorption Reaches Saturation [...] (SBU) Summary: Since January 1 of this year, 143,737 Afghan refugees - the vast majority from Pakistan - have repatriated to Afghanistan with assistance from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). While the numbers are relatively low compared to recent years, Afghanistan' [...]	2008-06-19 06:46:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF PGOV PREL PK IR AF
08KABUL1507	PRT MEHTAR LAM: GOOD GOVERNANCE AND PLANNED DEVELOPMENT [...] (U) Summary: Governance in Laghman is improving as the Provincial Council (PC) takes on a more assertive role. The coordinated development strategy in "Laghman Forward" should improve the agricultural sector. The warmer weather has brought an upswing in insurgent activity compared to the quie [...]	2008-06-22 05:35:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER ECON AF
08KABUL1508	GHAZNI PROVINCE: SECURITY REMAINS A CHALLENGE, BUT [...] (SBU) Summary: Security in Ghazni's Pashtun belt remains a challenge, but the Afghan National Police (ANP) are slowly improving. The province is beginning to attract more donor attention, which will hopefully revive Ghazni's stagnant economic development. Ghazni has had four governors in the [...]	2008-06-22 05:49:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER ECON AF
08KABUL1523	ZABUL PROVINCE: SECURITY IMPROVES, ALLOWING MORE [...] (SBU) Summary: Security in Zabul is improving thanks to the Focused District Development (FDD) program, but an unintended consequence of better-trained police is that they are attractive to other employers. With improved security comes a focus on road building, training and other development p [...]	2008-06-22 12:51:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER ECON AF
08KABUL1551	PRT Herat: Semi-Annual Herat Province Review [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Herat enjoys a relatively stable security situation, an improvement from this past spring when there was a series of kidnappings. Shindand and Guzara districts remain unsettled. Governor Anwari has worked closely with Coalition forces, the Italian-led PRT, international organiz [...]	2008-06-24 05:49:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER ECON AF
08KABUL1552	PRT ASADABAD: GOVERNANCE AND DEVELOPMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Governor Wahidi extended good governance and implemented an aggressive development strategy despite ongoing insurgent activity in Kunar over the past six months. Governance is improved; development is increasing; and security is improving slightly. The threat of improvised ex [...]	2008-06-24 06:15:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV PREL PTER AF
08KABUL1575	PANJSHIR PROVINCE: GOOD SECURITY AND GOVERNANCE; [...] (SBU) Summary: Panjshir remains one of Afghanistan's safest provinces. The Governor speaks out strongly against corruption and has taken action to avoid even the hint of impropriety, but the Provincial Council is largely in the Governor's shadow. Development and reconstruction is ongoing wit [...]	2008-06-24 12:01:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER AF
08KABUL1701	"HYBRID" VOTER REGISTRATION BEGINS OCTOBER 6 [...] (SBU) Summary: Afghanistan's Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) will pursue a &hybrid8 voter registration. Voters who have registration cards from 2004/5 may use these cards at the polls. New voters and voters who lost their card, must register for a new, enhanced voter card. The IEC, [...]	2008-07-07 10:55:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PREF AF
08KABUL1709	AFGHANISTAN - JCMB VIII welcomes SRSG Kai Eide, [...] Summary. On July 6, the eighth meeting of the Joint Coordination and Monitoring Board (JCMB-VIII) welcomed the co-chairmanship of Kai Eide, the newly-arrived Special Representative of the UN Secretary General. Minister of Finance (MOF) Ahady announced the Government of the Islamic Republic of [...]	2008-07-08 09:02:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PREL PHUM ENRG EAIR AF
08KABUL173	KHOST PROVINCE: STABLE SECURITY SITUATION AND GOOD [...] (SBU) Summary: Khost's security situation has improved over the last six months. Afghan National Security Forces and Coalition Forces have performed joint operations in less secure areas, and police morale is improving. The generally stable security situation has allowed significant reconstru [...]	2008-01-21 13:13:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF
08KABUL1770	AFGHAN UN HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT [...] The GIRoA will issue a Universal Periodic Report (UPR) on its human rights record at the request of the UN's Human Rights Council (UNHCR). The government is open to including a modestly robust criticism of the its recent track record on human rights, especially in relation to treatment of pri [...]	2008-07-15 06:52:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV AF
08KABUL1817	Iran: Another Wave of Deportations? [...] (SBU) Summary: Per a July 12 letter from the Afghan Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation (MORR) office in Tehran, Iran will start deporting 85,000 Afghans at the beginning of the Persian month of Asad (July 22). Iran has already deported over 166,000 Afghans since January 1, 2008, mostly yo [...]	2008-07-19 12:30:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREF PREL PHUM IR AF
08KABUL1828	NURISTAN: NEW GOVERNOR, FRESH PRIORITIES [...] (SBU) Summary: Hazrat Din became Governor of Nuristan on July 5, replacing Tamim Nuristani. His priorities start with popular engagement and good governance, and he intends to establish representative district councils - shuras - for consultations on whom to nominate as district administrator [...]	2008-07-21 08:57:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AF
08KABUL1829	HELMAND UPDATE: NEW GOVERNOR BRINGS IMPROVEMENTS, MARINES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Since his arrival in March 2008, Governor Gulab Mangal has been a force for positive change in Helmand province. Mangal is a capable bureaucrat and has an excellent grasp of the political and security challenges facing Helmand. He is building a competent administration, and is d [...]	2008-07-21 08:59:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER ECON AF
08KABUL1892	BAMYAN PROVINCE: IMPROVING GOVERNANCE AND SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: Bamyan Governor Sarabi appears to be growing weary of the jockeying over her post and may be open to changing jobs. The Provincial Development Council has proven itself capable of producing a coordinated development strategy. PRT Bamyan is considering improving several districts [...]	2008-07-23 05:37:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER ECON AF
08KABUL1898	CODEL REED'S JULY 20 DISCUSSIONS WITH KARZAI [...] (C) SUMMARY: During the CODEL,s July 20 office call and subsequent working lunch with President Karzai, Senator Obama reaffirmed both major American political parties, long-term commitment to Afghanistan. He emphasized the Afghan leadership,s obligation to demonstrate determination in fighti [...]	2008-07-24 02:14:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER SNAR MOPS AFIN IR PK
08KABUL1973	ANTI-CORRUPTION EFFORT GAINING TRACTION [...] (U) President Karzai and his team have taken several positive steps to combat corruption in the wake of the Paris Donors Conference, including publishing a comprehensive anti-corruption strategy and establishing a wholly new watch-dog office against future corruption. Encouragingly, a June [...]	2008-07-31 04:31:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV AF
08KABUL2109	Chairman of Economic Committee of Afghanistan's Parliament [...] Not for Internet Distribution. 2. [SBU] Summary. Officers of the Economic Section met July 30 with Mohammad Daoud Sultanzoi, Chairman of the Economic Committee of Afghanistan's Parliament. Sultanzoi, who emigrated from Afghanistan to the United States and worked for 22 years as a United [...]	2008-08-10 10:46:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PREL PHUM ENRG EAIR AF
08KABUL2129	SHARANA PRT SIX MONTH UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Paktika experienced a difficult spring; violence was up and the government did not uniformly provide services. The long term outlook, however, remains positive, led by economic expansion. Anti-government activities, particularly indirect attacks and IED events increased. Seve [...]	2008-08-13 07:38:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON AF
08KABUL2146	NGO SECURITY IN LIGHT OF ATTACK ON IRC STAFF [...] (U) On August 13, masked gunmen killed four employees of the International Rescue Committee: three female ex-patriates, including one American, and their male Afghan driver. Another Afghan colleague was injured but survived. According to the media, IRC, and UN contacts, the IRC group was trav [...]	2008-08-14 13:23:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PGOV PHUM PREF PREL PTER AF
08KABUL217	SENIOR CLERICS URGE KARZAI TO CRACK DOWN ON [...] (SBU) Summary: The High Ulema Council of Afghanistan met with President Karzai to express concern over proselytizing in Afghanistan and issued a public statement urging the government to crack down on missionary activity. The council has also asserted themselves regarding media content and s [...]	2008-01-27 09:36:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	KPOL PREL PHUM KIRF AF
08KABUL2175	DARI-PASHTO DEBATE DEADLOCKS PARLIAMENT [...] (SBU) Action in Afghanistan's Wolesi Jirga (the National Assembly's Lower House) has stalled over a higher education bill because of disagreements over the Pashto and Dari usage of the word "university." The disagreement has stopped most activity in the lower house for more than a week, dela [...]	2008-08-17 10:01:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV AF
08KABUL2221	IEC SHOWS VOTER REGISTRATION PROCESS TO THE PRESS [...] (SBU) The Independent Elections Commission (IEC) on August 16 hosted a press conference on its plans for voter registration. Independent Ariana TV provided the most substantial coverage, including footage of the IEC's demonstration of "average" Afghans registering to vote. RTA television s [...]	2008-08-20 04:39:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV AF
08KABUL2229	FARAH: SECURITY WORSENS, GOVERNANCE IMPROVES [...] (SBU) Summary: Roohul Amin became Farah's governor on May 4, and is working closely with provincial officials, elders and the international community, but is struggling with ongoing insecurity. Amin's efforts to tackle corruption have produced some positive results. His efforts to secure Farah [...]	2008-08-21 02:46:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER ECON AF
08KABUL2245	PARLIAMENT'S ABSENTEE MP PROBLEM [...] (SBU) Afghanistan's Wolesi Jirga (Lower House of the National Assembly) has failed to make quorum on more than half of its business days since its new legislative session began July 22. Moreover, members lose quorum before they finish the day's business on many other occasions. The poor atte [...]	2008-08-23 05:37:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV AF
08KABUL2249	NEW ELECTION LAW UNLIKELY, BUT ELECTIONS STILL ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. After lingering on the National Assembly's Lower House agenda for weeks, a proposed election bill is unlikely to come to a vote in time to impact next year's presidential elections. Nonetheless, future candidates and election experts agree that the political consensus and legal [...]	2008-08-24 06:11:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV AF
08KABUL2357	NGO RESOLVE IN WAKE OF KILLINGS BUT VIOLENT [...] (C) Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are showing resolve in the face of the recent killings of aid workers, but the violence is continuing. Even at the memorial service for the three female expatriate International Rescue Committee (IRC) staffers and their Afghan driver, the IRC Country [...]	2008-08-28 17:05:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PGOV PHUM PREF PREL PTER AF
08KABUL2387	PREPARATIONS FOR PHASE 1 VOTER REGISTRATION [...] (SBU) Provincial staff of the Independent Elections Commission (IEC) are making tentative progress in preparing for the October 6 start date for Phase 1 voter registration, according to the reports of PRT field officers in Kapisa, Bamiyan, Panjshir, and Parwan. Kapisa, Bamiyan, and Parwan h [...]	2008-09-02 12:28:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV AF
08KABUL241	FRENCH ROLE IN AFGHANISTAN: WINDOW FOR HIGH LEVEL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The French Charge has suggested that, if FM Kouchner returns to Afghanistan before the March NATO Foreign Ministerial, he should meet with high-level Americans and travel to Kandahar to see how other Allies are managing in the South. Paris is thinking about an expanded French rol [...]	2008-01-29 12:58:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR NATO PREL FR AF
08KABUL2416	THINKING AHEAD ABOUT ELECTION CHALLENGES AT THE IEC [...] (SBU) Daoud Ali Najafi, Chief Technical Officer of the Independent Elections Commission (IEC),is thinking ahead about how to resolve potential challenges to the legitimacy of the electoral process. Facing widespread public speculation that insecurity will discourage voter registration, and [...]	2008-09-04 04:10:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV AF
08KABUL2546	AFGHANISTAN: UPDATE ON USG AND OTHER ENERGY PROJECTS - [...] (SBU) Summary. Over the past six weeks, long and meandering negotiations on Power Purchase Agreements (PPA) with Afghanistan's neighbors have been successfully concluded, and positive developments with regard to Kajaki, the 100MW GENSET plant, and related distribution systems have occurred. Cu [...]	2008-09-17 11:50:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EFIN ETRD KPWR EAID PGOV AF
08KABUL2562	TALIBAN-STYLE MORALITY BILL UNLIKELY TO SEE ACTION [...] SUMMARY. Media reports citing a Taliban-style morality law drafted by some National Assembly MPs likely overstate the proposal's support in the Lower House. The proposal gained notoriety in the media last week, as elements of the bill banning make-up, loud music, and dancing on television r [...]	2008-09-18 11:23:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PGOV PHUM AF
08KABUL2575	IEC SCRAMBLING TOWARDS VOTER REGISTRATION OPENING [...] (SBU) Summary. Two weeks before the first phase of voter registration opens on October 6 in 14 provinces, the Independent Elections Commission (IEC) is scrambling. Its field operations are up and running but hobbled by the still slow delivery of key equipment and supplies in some areas, incl [...]	2008-09-21 06:12:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV MASS AF
08KABUL2595	PARLIAMENT OVERRIDES KARZAI VETOES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The National Assembly's Lower House has for the first time overridden several vetoes by President Karzai, effectively bringing into law measures on the media, land ownership, and the establishment of a constitutional implementation commission. However, problems with achieving [...]	2008-09-22 10:23:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV AF
08KABUL2622	ELECTIONS ON THE BORDER: A SNAPSHOT FROM KUNAR [...] (SBU) In the northeastern province of Kunar, a patchwork of safe and increasingly prosperous river valleys stitches together dry mountains and high defiles where al Qaeda, the Taliban, and other anti-government forces operate. The hot, dusty, fly-blown capital of Asadabad is some 150 miles [...]	2008-09-25 11:02:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV AF
08KABUL2627	PAKTIKA: COMPLAINTS ABOUT ANP MANPOWER ALLOCATION [...] (C) Citizens and government officials in Paktika's two Focused District Development (FDD) districts, Mata Khan and Sar Hawza, complain about problems with manpower allocation created by Paktika's ANP commander. Due in a large part to diversion of manpower resources, citizens and officials say [...]	2008-09-26 12:42:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF
08KABUL2628	The Late Nuristan Governor's Unfinished Agenda [...] Nuristan Governor Hazrat Din was killed in a car accident on September 5, only two months after he assumed office (see reftel A). Days before his death, Hazrat Din told the PRT's Integrated Command Group (PICG) that security in the eastern districts of Nuristan was his chief concern. He wanted [...]	2008-09-27 05:26:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV AF
08KABUL2631	Engagement on Afghan-Tajik Bridge Could Enhance Impact [...] (SBU) The Afghan-Tajik bridge continues to drive trade and improve relations between Afghanistan and Tajikistan. The border crossing has the potential to become one of Afghanistan's most convenient, but dithering on both sides of the border about staffing the facility and on the Afghan side ab [...]	2008-09-27 12:23:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ETRD EFIN AF TI
08KABUL2633	IEC: IMAGE AND PUBLIC OUTREACH NEED IMPROVEMENT [...] (C NF) A senior strategic communications expert with experience in advising heads of state visited Afghanistan September 14 to 26 to consult with the Independent Elections Commission (IEC) on ways to improve the IEC's public image, media operations, and voter outreach. Hosted by UNDP/ELECT, [...]	2008-09-28 07:18:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KDEM PGOV AF
08KABUL2641	URUZGAN GOVERNOR HEADED DOWN PATH OF POLITICAL DEMISE, BUT [...] (C) Summary: On the eve of his one-year anniversary in office, Uruzgan Governor Hamdam conveyed his growing concern that he will not survive a full term. Hamdam's low profile in the province and his inability to check the influence of local power brokers and rebellious ministry directors are [...]	2008-09-28 11:31:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF
08KABUL2708	Initial Phase of Voter Registration Faces Tenuous Security [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With the commencement of voter registration just one day away - Oct.6, the Independent Election Commission (IEC) is struggling to address a number of issues that illustrate the fragile and fluid security situation that could undermine the registration process in some areas. The [...]	2008-10-05 11:12:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PREL PTER MASS AF
08KABUL2722	AFGHANISTAN: PHASE ONE OF VOTER REGISTRATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Phase one of the Voter Registration (VR) process began on 10/6 with the opening of VR stations scheduled in the 14 provinces of the Phase one region. VR successfully opened in 12 of the 14 provinces with only Nurestan and Ghazni experiencing some logistical and bureaucratic prob [...]	2008-10-07 14:44:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL KDEM AF
08KABUL2729	FEELING IGNORED BY KABUL, PANJSHIRIS PULL INWARD [...] (S) Despite having achieved unrivaled success in governance and security, Panjshiris appear to be turning increasingly away from Kabul as they see little attention paid to their valley by those in the national government, including other prominent Panjshiris. Evidence of this can be heard in [...]	2008-10-08 10:30:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	PGOV PREL AF
08KABUL2780	DUTCH PREPARE FOR CIVILIAN COMMAND OF URUZGAN PRT AND [...] (SBU) Summary: The Dutch civilian staff embedded in the Task Force Uruzgan (TFU) and PRT was recently expanded to twelve officials in an effort to ensure civilian control over governance and development issues, and greater involvement in security matters. As of July 26, the senior Dutch civil [...]	2008-10-18 08:09:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ETRD EFIN AF TI
08KABUL2796	WESTERN AFGHANISTAN WOMEN TRY OUT SHURAS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Life in Western Afghanistan remains difficult for women, particularly in rural and insecure areas. NGOs and government agencies report that families continue to force women and girls into marriages and to otherwise subject them to physical and emotional abuse. Women and girls co [...]	2008-10-19 14:57:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPOL PREL PHUM AF
08KABUL2810	3RD AFGHANISTAN TIFA TALKS POSITIVE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 8, U.S. and Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (GIRoA) delegations led by USTR Assistant Secretary for South Asia Michael Delaney and Minister of Commerce and Industry (MOCI) Mohammed Amin Farhang met in Kabul for the third round of Trade and Investment [...]	2008-10-21 06:15:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EINV EAID AF PK
08KABUL2837	THREE CHANGES IN CABINET FORESHADOW MORE TO COME [...] (C) SUMMARY. The National Assembly's Lower House overwhelmingly approved three of four nominees involved in President Karzai's much-anticipated Cabinet shuffle this week, moving forward on what many in the international community are hoping is a renewed focus fighting corruption and improvi [...]	2008-10-24 01:28:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV AF
08KABUL2838	DRL DAS BARKS-RUGGLES EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR AFGHAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In October 15-16 meetings with visiting DRL DAS Erica Barks-Ruggles, representatives from the Afghan Independent Electoral Commission (IEC),NATO, UNDP, the National Democratic Institute (NDI),the International Republican Institute (IRI),and the International Foundation for Elec [...]	2008-10-25 08:02:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL AF
08KABUL2839	ISAF AND PAKISTAN MILITARY AGREE TO BEGIN PLANNING [...] (S) Summary: At a Border Security Subcommittee Meeting (BSSM) on October 18, Pakistani Army and Frontier Corps, ISAF, Afghan National Army (ANA) and Afghan Border Police (ABP) commanders agreed to begin planning coordinated offensive operations designed to deny safe haven to insurgents on ei [...]	2008-10-25 09:58:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	MOPS PREL PGOV AF PK PTER
08KABUL2856	DOSTUM RECONCILES WITH RIVAL, TIPS HAT TO KARZAI [...] (C) SUMMARY. Gen. Abdul Rashid Dostum apparently reconciled with adversary Akbar Bai Oct. 26, opening the door for his return to public life and jeopardizing efforts to reform his Junbesh-e-Milli party and lock the notorious Uzbek warlord out of Afghan politics. After several months of hous [...]	2008-10-27 08:57:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV AF
08KABUL2896	AGAINST THE ODDS, VOTER REGISTRATION UNDERWAY IN [...] (SBU) Delayed in starting and still struggling across difficult terrain, Nuristan's voter registration process is nonetheless underway and going better than many observers expected. ------------------ FROM HERE TO THERE ------------------ 2. (SBU) Splayed across the jagged teeth of [...]	2008-10-29 12:12:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV AF
08KABUL2914	ELECTION SECURITY COOPERATION IMPROVING [...] (SBU) Summary: Cooperation on voter registration security among the Independent Election Commission (IEC),the Ministry of Interior (MOI),and the Ministry of Defense (MOD) is much improved over its early stumbles (REF A) and the fractious planning of the late summer (REF B.) The security fo [...]	2008-11-02 07:18:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV AF
08KABUL2933	AFGAN-PAKISTAN-TURKEY MEETING - GOOD SPIRIT, SHORT [...] (C) On 11/3, the Ambassador called separately on Presidential Chief of Staff Mohammad Daudzai and NSA Zalmay Rassoul. The 10/31 Karzai-PM Gailani-President Gul trilateral and the Karzai-Gailani bilateral were long on positive atmosphere, and short on substance. Gailani told Karzai that Pakist [...]	2008-11-04 12:11:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF
08KABUL2937	IDLG GOVERNOR'S ADVISORS PROGRAM IN URUZGAN: A WORK IN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Independent Directorate of Local Governance (IDLG) dispatched nine advisors to Uruzgan Province in a direct response to Governor Hamdam's call for help as he undertook to coordinate the work of insubordinate and unqualified department directors. The advisors are part of an [...]	2008-11-05 09:48:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ETRD EFIN AF
08KABUL2938	Indian and Pakistani Consulates Update [...] (SBU) Summary: Indian and Pakistani Consulates watch each others' activities carefully in Herat, while reaching out to Heratis in the medical area, in particular. The Indian Consul follows closely the progress of construction of the Indian-funded, 200-240 million dollar, 42-megawatt Salma dam [...]	2008-11-05 09:48:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ETRD EFIN AF TI
08KABUL2939	FIRST PHASE OF VOTER REGISTRATION WRAPS UP WELL [...] (SBU) Phase 1 of the voter registration update for the 14 central highland provinces reached its official end date on November 5 with 828,708 voters -- and counting -- added to the rolls (REF A). Nuristan province and selected districts in Ghazni, Wardak, and Logar will remain open until mid [...]	2008-11-05 12:36:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV AF
08KABUL2942	PHASE 2 VOTER REGISTRATION OFF TO A GOOD START [...] (SBU) Phase 2 voter registration for the eight northern provinces and Paktya and Kabul provinces began November 5. The Independent Elections Commission (IEC) reported that 322 of the 326 Phase 2 sites are open. Delays in delivery of supplies prevented four sites in remote areas of Badghis p [...]	2008-11-06 10:42:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV AF
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
08KABUL2978	DRL DAS BARKS-RUGGLES: U.S. COMMITTED TO [...] (U) SUMMARY: In October 15-16 meetings with visiting DRL DAS Erica Barks-Ruggles, representatives from media outlets, Ministry of Women's Affairs (MOWA),Parliament, Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC),Equal Access, Afghan Landmine Survivors' Organization (ALSO),and The As [...]	2008-11-11 14:07:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KPAO AFIN
08KABUL298	PAKTIKA SUPER SHURA IS A SUPER SUCCESS [...] (U) SUMMARY: District shura and government leaders from throughout Paktika province met in the provincial capital, Sharana, for three days in a "super shura" (gathering of elders). The shura was a huge success with a large number of attendees from diverse backgrounds, energetic debates, and c [...]	2008-02-06 03:42:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MOPS AF
08KABUL2980	ATIQULLAH LUDIN APPOINTED GOVERNOR OF LOGAR [...] (U) On October 23 former Mujahedin commander LTG Atiqullah Ludin took up his duties as the new governor of Logar Province just south of Kabul. He replaced Abdullah Wardak, who was killed in an insurgent attack on September 13. In his initial address to Logar residents and officials, Ludin [...]	2008-11-12 11:03:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AF
08KABUL2981	ZARAR LEAVES MIXED LEGACY AT MOI; ATMAR GETS OFF [...] (C) Summary. In the cabinet reshuffle of October 11, President Karzai replaced Minister of Interior Moqbal Zarar with Minister of Education Mohammad Hanif Atmar. While Zarar was a willing partner with the U.S. and succeeded in making (largely unacknowledged) initial organizational changes and [...]	2008-11-12 12:49:00	Embassy Kabul	SECRET	AFIN PGOV PREL PTER
08KABUL3006	FM SPANTA, NSC DIRECTOR RASSOUL DISCUSS WAY AHEAD [...] (SBU) In Kabul on November 8, Assistant Secretary Boucher met separately with Foreign Minister Spanta, National Security Council Director Rassoul, and Presidential Chief of Staff Daudzai to focus on improving governance and fighting corruption as the U.S. goes through the transition and Afgh [...]	2008-11-17 04:23:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AF
08KABUL3007	IEC LEADERSHIP'S POLITICAL TO-DO LIST [...] (SBU) Summary: The technical experts of the Independent Election Commission (IEC) have flagged five thorny issues for decision by their superiors. Chief Technical Officer Daoud Ali Najafi has asked the seven Commissioners, led by Dr. Azizullah Lodin (REF A) to issue guidance on: selecting an [...]	2008-11-17 04:23:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV AF
08KABUL3008	FM SPANTA, NSC DIRECTOR RASSOUL DISCUSS WAY AHEAD [...] (SBU) In Kabul on November 8, Assistant Secretary Boucher met separately with Foreign Minister Spanta, National Security Council Director Rassoul, and Presidential Chief of Staff Daudzai to focus on improving governance and fighting corruption as the U.S. goes through the transition and Afgh [...]	2008-11-17 04:23:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AF

08KABUL3009	IEC LEADERSHIP'S POLITICAL TO-DO LIST [...] (SBU) Summary: The technical experts of the Independent Election Commission (IEC) have flagged five thorny issues for decision by their superiors. Chief Technical Officer Daoud Ali Najafi has asked the seven Commissioners, led by Dr. Azizullah Lodin (REF A) to issue guidance on: selecting an [...]	2008-11-17 04:23:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV AF
08KABUL3012	PARLIAMENT DISCUSSES OPTIONS FOR PRESIDENTIAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Members of Parliament continue to debate the timing for next year's presidential election, many of them for political motives. Caught between certain legal provisions to hold the election as soon as March and the reality of logistical and climate challenges to doing so, MPs h [...]	2008-11-18 03:40:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV AF
08KABUL303	UZBEK WARLORD DOSTUM TANGLES WITH POLICE, SNUBS [...] (C) Armed supporters of Uzbek strongman Abdul Rashid Dostum abducted political rival Akbar Bay and brutally beat him at Dostum's Kabul residence on February 2. The standoff that ensued between Dostum's supporters and police sent to the scene ended with with Bay's release and a police withdraw [...]	2008-02-06 05:29:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID KDEM PGOV AF
08KABUL3036	DISCUSSIONS ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS LAW AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Afghan officials appear eager to implement the country's new anti-trafficking law, but the level of conceptual clarity on the definition of trafficking differed among government officials. Judicial delay, corruption, and weak coordination remain obstacles to effectively punishing [...]	2008-11-24 10:13:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PGOV KDEM KTIP AF
08KABUL3062	VIEW FROM THE NORTH: KUNDUZ WOMEN NAVIGATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Women in Kunduz Province face problems common throughout the country including illiteracy and violence. However, many Kunduz women are free to work, are much less covered in public than in other areas of the country, and express satisfaction with the Afghan government. The are [...]	2008-11-24 12:41:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPOL PREL PHUM AF KTIP
08KABUL3087	GOOD SECURITY ALLOWS PANJSHIR TO DEVELOP SUSTAINABLE [...] Summary. Panjshir province has become a model for "clean" energy, with virtually 100 percent of electricity coming from renewable sources. Recent projects include Afghanistan's first wind farm providing power for the provincial government center, multiple micro hydro-electric systems, and sol [...]	2008-12-01 04:21:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	SGNV ENRG PGOV AF
08KABUL3106	OLD AND NEW RUB TOGETHER IN VOTER REGISTRATION IN [...] (SBU) Summary: The dry, spare southeastern province of Paktya, bordering on Pakistan, retains a solid social framework of Pashtun tribes and traditional values. Its inhabitants are also eager to win their fair share of political representation and development dollars in the new order. As t [...]	2008-12-03 03:56:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV AF
08KABUL3122	IEC ENGAGES WOMEN MPS [...] With the Embassy and international NGOs as brokers, the Independent Election Commission held a consultative session this week with women MPs to discuss how to increase participation of women in the voter registration process. Although more than 2.5 million Afghans have registered under the cur [...]	2008-12-03 13:13:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PGOV AF
08KABUL316	PAKTIKA PROVINCE: ISOLATION AND POOR SECURITY MAKE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Paktika Province is widely perceived as an undeveloped and insecure Afghan hinterland. This perception is largely accurate, though centers of development and governance are emerging in key populated centers. The key challenge for Paktika is the near total absence of trained pr [...]	2008-02-07 06:42:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS AF
08KABUL3190	UNDERSTANDING IRREGULARITIES IN VOTER REGISTRATION [...] (SBU) By December 13, 24 of Afghanistan's 34 provinces will have completed the voter registration update exercise. To date, observed irregularities and partisan quibbles alike revolve around the politically-sensitive question of Pashtun participation. This dynamic makes Phases 3 and 4, in t [...]	2008-12-11 08:20:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV 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
08KABUL3215	PHASE 3 VOTER REGISTRATION TAKES UP THE CHALLENGE [...] (SBU) The Independent Elections Commission (IEC) reports that on December 13, the first day of Phase 3 voter registration, 123 of 124 planned voter registration sites opened. Some 7,000 Afghans in Farah, Zabul, Paktika, Khost, Nangarhar, and Laghman provinces signed up to vote, with turnout [...]	2008-12-15 11:30:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV AF
08KABUL3222	AFGHANISTAN - ADDITIONAL FOOD AID NEEDED [...] (SBU) Summary and Action Recommendation. Total food aid from international donors, combined with the Afghan government's wheat purchases, adds up to only one-quarter of Afghanistan's wheat production shortfall estimated at 2.5 million metric tons this year. Commercial imports and smuggling wi [...]	2008-12-16 08:58:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID PGOV WFP AF
08KABUL3240	PRT KUNDUZ - KUNDUZ CITY'S INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Since 2001, a number of informal settlements have sprung up around the Kunduz City's old urban core. Made up of returnees, internally displaced persons (IDP) and people simply attracted to the opportunities in the big city, these settlements vary in the level of amenities and or [...]	2008-12-23 03:39:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAID AF
08KABUL325	Logar Province: Chromite Smuggling Undermines Afghan [...] (SBU) Summary: Logar Province's Governor, Provincial Council (PC),and Members of Parliament (MPs) decried the widespread smuggling of chromite (a mineral used in the manufacture of steel and chemicals) by Pakistani smuggling mafias. The officials have repeatedly raised the issue with Minister [...]	2008-02-09 10:19:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCOR ECON EINV EMIN PK AF
08KABUL3277	AFGHANISTAN: IMF MISSION GIVES DOWNBEAT ASSESSMENT [...] (SBU) An IMF staff mission has conducted the fifth review of Afghan performance under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Fund (PRGF) program and found shortcomings. Their overall message was that GIRoA performance under the program, especially its fiscal aspects, is slipping and political-leve [...]	2008-12-23 12:59:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID IMF PGOV AF
08KABUL3294	URUZGAN PREPRARES FOR A SUCCESSFUL VOTER REGISTRATION [...] (SBU) Summary: With less than one month until the January 20 kick-off of the Phase IV voter registration period, Uruzgan election and ANSF officials are making steady progress in planning for a campaign that could lead to at least 100,000 new voters. The veteran Provincial Elections Officer h [...]	2008-12-28 12:33:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ETRD EFIN AF
08KABUL3342	AFGHAN MINISTRY OF WOMEN'S AFFAIRS: NOT SPEAKING [...] (SBU) Civil society actors largely agree the Ministry of Women's Affairs (MOWA) is a weak advocate for Afghan women. The Ministry receives one of the smallest budgets of all Afghan ministries, and four women have rotated through as Minister over the past seven years. MOWA leadership envisions [...]	2008-12-31 12:28:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPOL PREL PHUM AF
08KABUL388	AF - Request for input for New Required Reports to Congress [...] (U) The following is Embassy Kabul's response to Reftel, which requests input for 2 new reports to Congress on energy. Paragraph 2 offers a brief overview of the energy situation in Afghanistan and U.S. objectives. Paragraphs 3,4,5 and 6 contain the Embassy's responses to questions A, B, C an [...]	2008-02-18 06:06:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EFIN ETRD KPWR EAID PGOV AF
08KABUL450	PRT LASHKAR GAH, HELMAND PROVINCE: MUSA QALA RECONSTRUCTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Reconstruction efforts continue in Musa Qala (MQ). The District Governor, Mullah Salam, continues to work well with the stabilization team and is conducting Shuras outside the District Center (DC) in an effort to overcome continued Taliban intimidation of rural citizenry. Resid [...]	2008-02-24 10:39:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF
08KABUL48	MEDIA LAW REJECTION PROVOKES INTERNATIONAL'S [...] (SBU) Summary: President Karzai's surprise December 26 decision to return the media law bill to Parliament's Lower House for further consideration has provoked a sharp reaction from civil liberties monitors at several missions here. They interpret Karzai's action as a challenge to media free [...]	2008-01-05 08:27:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM EU AF
08KABUL491	DOSTUM IMPEDES UZBEK EFFORTS AT JUNBESH PARTY [...] (C) Afghanistan's Uzbek community is ready for change, but their traditional protector, General Abdul Rashid Dostum, is standing in the way. The larger political background to the ongoing crisis following the February 2-3 abduction of Akbar Bay (ref B) is that Dostum is loosing support. The [...]	2008-02-27 08:26:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID KDEM PGOV AF
08KABUL497	KARZAI-DOSTUM STANDOFF CONTINUES; KARZAI MESSAGE [...] (C) Attorney General Sabit announced on February 18 that the government had suspended General Abdul Rashid Dostum from his government post and threatened to arrest him if he refused to cooperate with the investigation into the beating and abduction of Akbar Bay on February 2-3 (reftel). Neith [...]	2008-02-27 11:51:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAID KDEM PGOV AF
08KABUL566	KUNDUZ DAIRY FACTORY LOOKS FOR BUYER [...] (SBU) Summary: The Kunduz dairy factory, the largest example of private investment in the city since the fall of the Taliban, is contemplating a sale to a local investor. The USD 8 million factory has never been used due to high input costs, low market price for dairy products and limited dema [...]	2008-03-05 10:00:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON AF
08KABUL579	IRAN EDUCATES, FUNDS, AND SUPPORTS PLACEMENT OF [...] (C) Summary. The Afghan Graduates Association, with the support of the Iranian government, is working to place Hazara Afghan refugee university students educated in Iran into positions within the Afghan government and private sector. Iran has committed to providing salaries, contacts, and visa [...]	2008-03-06 11:44:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF PREL IR AF
08KABUL599	POLITICIZED PARLIAMENT FACES CHALLENGING 2008 [...] (SBU) Summary: The Afghan Parliament considered more legislation in 2007 (ref A) than in its inaugural session. It is increasingly seen by Afghans as a vehicle to take their concerns to the government. Lower House Speaker (and presidential aspirant) Qanooni's willingness to use his position [...]	2008-03-09 09:51:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV AF
08KABUL623	PANJSHIR GOVERNOR OUT ON THE HUSTINGS [...] (U) Summary: Panjshir Governor Bahlul visited Panjshir's districts to hear directly from citizens in an open "town meeting" format. These sessions are examples of accountability in governance and reveal grass-roots concerns. DISTRICT-BY-DISTRICT "TOWN MEETINGS" ---------------------------- [...]	2008-03-12 05:26:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF
08KABUL71	2007 IN REVIEW [...] (SBU) 2007 was a year of important progress, but also continued challenge. The good news was on the battlefield, the economy, and strengthened local and national institutions. The bad news was increased terrorism, increased drug cultivation, and corruption. Afghanistan already is seeing leade [...]	2008-01-07 08:26:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAID SNAR ECON KPAO PREF AF
08KABUL757	AFGHANISTAN-TAJIKISTAN BRIDGE IMPROVES TRADE AND RELATIONS [...] (U) This report has been co-drafted with U.S. Embassy Dushanbe. 2. (SBU) Summary: Afghan and Tajikistani officials have agreed on several steps to improve operations at the Afghanistan-Tajikistan Bridge. Afghan vehicle traffic to Tajikistan has increased seven-fold and border tax revenue te [...]	2008-03-25 13:21:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ETRD ECON EAID AF TI
08KABUL835	PRT LASHKAR GAH, HELMAND PROVINCE: MUSA QALA RECONSTRUCTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Musa Qala remains stable but the absence of Mullah Salam and the District Shura has slowed government reconstruction efforts and stalled governance development. Ministries' provincial representatives in Lashkar Gah cannot coordinate development activities and will not send staf [...]	2008-04-03 12:01:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF
08KABUL855	DEPUTY MOI ATTACKS WEAK GOVERNANCE IN FARAH [...] (U) Summary: The First Deputy Minister of Interior, Abdul Khalee Khaled, visited Farah in late March to look at kidnapping, corruption, and weak governance. Over several days, Khaled met with an array of provincial officials and community members, as well as the Provincial Reconstruction Team [...]	2008-04-06 12:28:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KWMN AF
08KABUL86	PANJSHIR PROVINCE: EXCELLENT SECURITY, GOOD GOVERNANCE AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Panjshir has no insurgent threat and generally good governance, making reconstruction and development projects possible in the province. With Commander's Emergency Response Program (CERP) and "Good Performer" money guaranteed to flow for at least the next fiscal cycle, Panjshir [...]	2008-01-08 04:16:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF
08KABUL877	POLITICAL AGREEMENT REACHED ON SEPARATE ELECTION [...] (SBU) Summary. The prolonged political debate between Parliament and the Palace ended this week with an agreement to hold separate Presidential (in 2009) and Parliamentary (in 2010) elections using a Single Non- Transferable Voting (SNTV) system for the parliamentary elections. President Kar [...]	2008-04-10 13:38:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PGOV AF
08KABUL980	PRT ASADABAD: KUNAR POLICE FRUSTRATED AS FIGHTING SEASON [...] (SBU) Summary: Frustration among provincial police chiefs boiled over at an eastern region governors' conference in late March, as Kunar Brigadier Abdul Jalal declared that he was under-staffed and under-resourced. Jalal also asserted that the Ministry of Interior (MoI) has yet to release a no [...]	2008-04-22 10:55:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV AF
08KABUL984	AF: UPDATE ON USG ENERGY PROJECTS [...] (U) The following cable provides a current status update on USG energy sector projects in the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (IRoA). 2. (U) KABUL 100 MW GENERATOR SETS (GENSETS) - The IRoA transferred another USD 10 million to the U.S. Treasury, completing the Afghan Government's USD 20 mi [...]	2008-04-22 13:58:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EFIN ETRD KPWR EAID PGOV AF
08KHARTOUM100	USAID-FUNDED TRANSITION PARTNER ACCUSED OF VIOLATING [...] (SBU) Development Alternatives, Inc. (DAI),a USAID assistance partner, will close out its program in Sudan on January 31, 2008. After a week of negotiations with the Government of National Unity (GNU) Humanitarian Affairs Commission (HAC) over disposition of assets, DAI was told by HAC that i [...]	2008-01-24 09:40:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
08KHARTOUM1025	BLOODY ATTACK ON UNAMID PATROL AT SHANGIL TOBAYA, [...] (SBU) According to reports from UNAMID, on July 8 at approximately 1530 armed fighters attacked a UNAMID joint patrol in a "forested and mountainous" area 65 kilometers south of Dare Salam, 6 kilometers from Gusajamatta, in North Darfur. The UNAMID joint military observer and police team from [...]	2008-07-09 14:52:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1043	MFA OFFICIALLY WARNS OF "DISASTROUS, SERIOUS [...] (C) Summary: The Sudanese Foreign Ministry called in Charge to warn of "serious and disastrous consequences" if President Al-Bashir is indicted by the International Criminal Court. The Under-Secretary reiterated past requests (reftels) that the US use its influence to rein in ICC prosecutor Mo [...]	2008-07-11 12:18:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC KPKO PGOV PREL AU UN SU
08KHARTOUM1044	MFA OFFICIALLY WARNS OF "DISASTROUS, SERIOUS [...] (C) Summary: The Sudanese Foreign Ministry called in Charge to warn of "serious and disastrous consequences" if President Al-Bashir is indicted by the International Criminal Court. The Under-Secretary reiterated past requests (reftels) that the US use its influence to rein in ICC prosecutor Mo [...]	2008-07-11 12:18:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC KPKO PGOV PREL AU UN SU
08KHARTOUM1045	MFA OFFICIALLY WARNS OF "DISASTROUS, SERIOUS [...] (C) Summary: The Sudanese Foreign Ministry called in Charge to warn of "serious and disastrous consequences" if President Al-Bashir is indicted by the International Criminal Court. The Under-Secretary reiterated past requests (reftels) that the US use its influence to rein in ICC prosecutor Mo [...]	2008-07-11 12:18:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC KPKO PGOV PREL AU UN SU
08KHARTOUM1051	SPLM/GOSS PLOT AND PLAN FOR WORST-CASE GNU [...] (C) SUMMARY: The specter of an ICC indictment of President Bashir seems to have sent SPLM leadership circles in Juba into overdrive, spinning predictions of, and planning for, unrest and government reprisals. According to SPLM contacts, National Intelligence Security Services Chief Salah Ghosh [...]	2008-07-13 13:10:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1052	UN PREPARES FOR THE WORST IN DARFUR [...] (S/NF) The UN is preparing for the worst in Darfur and has drawn up evacuation plans for all of UNAMID, should that be required based on the actions Khartoum takes in response to the ICC indictments. Special assistants to JSR Adada and SRSG Qazi told polchief July 12 that JSR Adada and FC Agwa [...]	2008-07-13 14:05:00	Embassy Khartoum	SECRET	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1059	KIIR URGES BASHIR NOT TO OVERREACT FOLLOWING [...] (C) Summary: First Vice President Kiir and others have urged President Bashir to react calmly to the announcement of ICC indictments July 14, in hopes that the CPA and peace efforts in Darfur remain on track. Kiir is concerned at the prospect of a weakened GNU Presidency and notes that extremi [...]	2008-07-14 11:39:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1061	AFTER BASHIR INDICTMENT, SUDAN TAKES THE HIGH ROAD [...] (SBU) End summary: While keeping a steady drumbeat of negative media coverage, numerous but small and peace demonstrations, and slightly heightened security measures, the Khartoum regime reacted in a measured and careful way on July 14 to ICC prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo's announcement that h [...]	2008-07-15 07:03:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PHUM PREL UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1067	JEM AND SLA/U SHOW INCREASED COOPERATION IN GENEVA [...] (SBU) Summary: Europe-based representatives of SLA/Unity and JEM met in Geneva last week at meetings hosted by the Center for Humanitarian Dialogue ostensibly to discuss greater security for humanitarian operations in Darfur, but the workshop served as a springboard for mutual recognition and s [...]	2008-07-16 09:57:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM107	DDDC CONSULTATIONS ONGOING, BUT UNCOORDINATED [...] (SBU) Meeting with poloffs on January 23, Darfur-Darfur Dialogue and Consultation (DDDC) chair Abdul Mohamed painted a somber picture of the clumsy integration of UNAMID, the DDDC and the Joint Mediation Support Team (JMST). According to Mohamed, no communications or administrative structure ha [...]	2008-01-25 08:45:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1072	UNAMID RECEIVES "FULL COOPERATION" FROM GOS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: UNAMID Joint Special Representative Rodolphe Adada told CDA Fernandez that the GOS has been providing and pledged to continue to provide full cooperation on UNAMID deployment, despite the recent ICC indictment of President Bashir. With regard to the July 8 attack on UNAMID forces i [...]	2008-07-16 13:22:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1088	NCP SENSITIVE ABOUT IMAGE PROBLEM, EAGER TO ENGAGE [...] (C) Summary: Just a few days prior to the announcement of the ICC indictment against President Bashir, on July 11 CDA and polchief met with senior NCP officials at the party headquarters in Khartoum to sound them out on possible solutions to Darfur and their impressions of relations with the U [...]	2008-07-20 07:01:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1099	SUDAN "FORMALLY ACCEPTS THAI AND NEPALESE UNITS," [...] (SBU) UN DSRSG for Humanitarian Affairs Amira Haqq and the entire UN agency team provided donor principals a comprehensive review on July 22 of the UN civilian presence on the ground in Darfur in the wake of their decision to go to Phase IV operations and draw down staff numbers as a precautio [...]	2008-07-22 14:26:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID KPKO PGOV PREL UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1117	PRESIDENT BASHIR DANCES THROUGH DARFUR TO A [...] (SBU) Summary: President Al-Bashir used a whirlwind visit to the capitals of Darfur's three states July 23-24 to highlight a total rejection of possible ICC indictments against him. He also offered his most inclusive and personal vision ever of a peaceful and united Darfur while freely admitti [...]	2008-07-27 12:37:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO PGOV PREL UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1158	UMMA PARLIAMENTARIAN TURABI URGES SAF-US DEFENSE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a July 29 meeting with CDA Fernandez, Umma Party Parliamentarian Mudawi al Turabi claimed to have Presidential approval to initiate discussions for cooperation on civil affairs between the Sudeanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the U.S. Defense Department, including engineering proj [...]	2008-08-03 08:56:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1164	SUDAN COMPLAINS ABOUT USUN VOTE, COMMENTS ON [...] (C) Summary: The Sudanese Foreign Ministry called in Charge Fernandez to formally complain about remarks made at USUN on July 31 which seem to imply that the United States is supporting the International Criminal Court (ICC) bringing war crimes and genocide charges against President Al-Bashir. [...]	2008-08-03 12:24:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO PGOV PHUM PREL UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1200	THE RISING COST OF LIVING IN KHARTOUM [...] (SBU) Summary: An informal survey conducted by Embassy staff showed that the cost of living in Khartoum has increased drastically over the past several months. While Sudan is certainly not immune to international commodity pricing pressures, the high cost of food staples has been compounded by [...]	2008-08-07 07:51:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1208	SE WILLIAMSON'S MEETING WITH GOSS PRESIDENT SALVA [...] (C) Summary: The formation of the Abyei Interim Administration and the deployment of police to Abyei may allow IDPs to begin to return to the troubled region, once the Chief Administrator indicates that the time is right, GOSS President Salva Kiir told visiting Special Envoy Williamson August [...]	2008-08-11 06:00:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1211	SE WILLIAMSON MEETING WITH SLM/MM LEADERS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 9, senior leaders of the Sudan Liberation Movement of Minni Minnawi (SLM/MM) told Special Envoy Williamson that the Darfur Peace Agreement remains in a state of neglect. SLM/MM leaders also criticized UNAMID, President Bashir's vague Darfur initiative, and the show of [...]	2008-08-11 09:16:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1212	SE WILLIAMSON MEETING WITH NORWEGIAN PETROLEUM ENVOY ANDERS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During Special Envoy Richard Williamson's August 9 meeting in Khartoum with Norwegian Petroleum Envoy Anders Hannevik, Williamson advocated NCP-SPLM negotiations on sharing petroleum revenues and on determining the North-South border in advance of the 2011 Referendum in which So [...]	2008-08-11 10:06:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1215	SE WILLIAMSON'S VISIT TO ABYEI AND AGOK [...] (C) Summary: SE Williamson visited Abyei and Agok on August 10. UNMIS security, civil affairs, and force protection officers based at UNMIS headquarters in Abyei town who were present during the heavy fighting in mid-May provided an account of events. They suggested that more troops and armo [...]	2008-08-12 07:37:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1225	SE WILLIAMSON'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR [...] (C) Summary: On August 12 White House Special Envoy for Sudan (SE) Richard Williamson met with Presidential Advisor Dr. Mustafa Osman Ismail. He was accompanied by the CDA, State/L Christine Sanford, SE Staff Assistants and Poloff (notetaker.) SE Williamson began the meeting by expressing app [...]	2008-08-14 07:44:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1229	KASSALA STATE- HUMANITARIAN COORDINATION AND CONCERNS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Between August 3 and 5, USAID staff visited Kassala State in eastern Sudan. During the trip, the USAID team delivered mosquito nets requested by a local teaching hospital, and met with local implementing partners and UN agencies to discuss aspects of the humanitarian situation in [...]	2008-08-14 13:26:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
08KHARTOUM1237	UN BEGINS TRAINING ABYEI JOINT POLICE OFFICERS [...] (U) On August 11, UNMIS police started training the first of the Abyei Joint Integrated Police Units (JIPU) officers under a Rapid Deployment Package (RDP) approved by GONU Police General Al-A'del Ajab Yagob and GOSS South Sudan Police Service Inspector General of Police Lt. General Makuei Deng [...]	2008-08-15 09:05:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1238	SE WILLIAMSON'S MEETING WITH MINISTER OF FINANCE [...] (C) Summary: On 14 August Special Envoy for Sudan Richard Williamson met with Dr. Awad Ahmed Aljaz, the Minister of Finance and close confidante of President Bashir. Aljaz dismissed SE Williamson,s concerns about oil revenue sharing as unfounded and asserted that all the real problems in Sudan [...]	2008-08-15 12:01:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1239	SE WILLIAMSON'S MEETING WITH EU AMBASSADORS [...] (C) Summary: On August 13 SE Williamson met with EU Ambassadors in Khartoum, at their request, to brief them on his latest visit to Sudan. Recounting details of his trip to Abyei, SE Williamson noted that he was encouraged by progress there, adding that a political solution there represented th [...]	2008-08-15 12:57:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1241	SE WILLIAMSON'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR [...] (C) Summary: SE Williamson and Presidential Advisor Nafie Ali Nafie agreed to consider a resumption in bilateral discussions, possibly with a "re-calibrated" focus. Williamson stated several times during the meeting that President Bush's primary concern in Sudan is humanitarian, stating that " [...]	2008-08-15 14:08:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU 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
08KHARTOUM1248	SE WILLIAMSON'S MEETING WITH OCHA [...] (SBU) BEGIN SUMMARY. On August 14, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Chief, Mike McDonagh, briefed Special Envoy Williamson on the current state of affairs in Darfur and Abyei. Regarding Abyei, McDonagh noted progress with the pullout of the SPLM and SAF and the dep [...]	2008-08-17 15:05:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
08KHARTOUM1249	US SPECIAL ENVOY MEETING WITH THE NGO STEERING COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) On August 13, SE Williamson met with the NGO Steering Committee to discuss the Committee's concerns regarding humanitarian aid programs throughout Sudan, particularly in Abyei and Darfur, as well as recent issues including the referral to the ICC for an arrest warrant against President Ba [...]	2008-08-17 15:06:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
08KHARTOUM1250	SUMMER 2008: TRENDS ANALYSIS OF THE SITUATION IN SUDAN [...] (U) BEGIN SUMMARY: During July and August, USAID's field officers provided information and analysis on sector trends throughout Sudan. Examining the issues of safety and insecurity, food security, nutrition, health, returns, integration, and political process on a broader scale offers a chance [...]	2008-08-17 15:40:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
08KHARTOUM1258	SLA/UNITY: WE WILL SUBMIT TO ICC IF INDICTED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 18, leaders of SLA/Unity pledged their cooperation with the International Criminal Court, even if the ICC issues indictments against them or their SLA/Unity brethren. SLA/Unity leaders also separately told poloff via satphones that they support Luis Moreno Ocampo's req [...]	2008-08-19 07:14:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1276	WHILE DARFUR PLANS ABOUND, FOCUS SHOULD BE HUMANITARIAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Within the last month, many politicians, opposition political parties, and civil society representatives have announced their proposals for ending the crisis in Darfur (see para 10 for a list of many of these initiatives). On August 19, three different groups and individuals (t [...]	2008-08-21 07:56:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1280	LONDON-BASED HUMAN RIGHTS NGO CORRUPT, CO-OPTED BY NCP SAY [...] (U) Summary: Human rights advocates and Khartoum-based lawyers have revealed that Sudan's highest-profile international NGO, London-based Sudanese Organization Against Torture (SOAT),has stopped transferring grant funds to its Sudan-based representative organizations. Accusing SOAT of falling [...]	2008-08-22 11:14:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1284	DEFENSE LAWYERS, UNMIS SRSG AND OTHERS CRITICIZE GOS TRIALS [...] (SBU) Summary: Sudanese courts have sentenced fifty people to death for participation in the May 10 JEM attacks. Defense lawyers criticized the proceedings as flawed and unconstitutional, and UNMIS SRSG Ashraf Qazi issued a statement questioning the constitutionality of the courts and proceedin [...]	2008-08-22 12:53:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1289	FIGHTING IN KALMA CAMP, SOUTH DARFUR [...] (SBU) On August 25, USAID staff received reports of fighting and casualties in Kalma internally displaced person (IDP) camp, South Darfur. As of 1100 hours, implementing partners and the UN-African Union Hybrid Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) reported ongoing fighting, fires, and undetermined casua [...]	2008-08-25 12:42:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
08KHARTOUM1291	PESSIMISTIC WORLD BANK COUNTRY MANAGER REVIEWS SUDAN'S [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Outgoing World Bank Country Manager Asif Faiz worries that Khartoum is not thinking through the potential economic fallout in crafting its strategy to counter a possible ICC indictment of President al-Bashir. Nor is the Government of South Sudan (GoSS) in Juba focusing on the e [...]	2008-08-25 14:50:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAGR EAID PGOV PREL PINR IBRD SU
08KHARTOUM1292	GOSS FREEZES MINISTRY SALARIES IN ACCOUNTABILITY MOVE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Southern Sudan's three-month old salary freeze levied against civil service employees of the Ministry of Legal Affairs has been indefinitely extended pending turnover of documents clarifying who authorized the multi-year payroll excesses. While the Legal Affai [...]	2008-08-25 14:58:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID SU
08KHARTOUM1293	ABYEI JOINT SECURITY UNITS SEVERELY HAMPERED BY EQUIPMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In response to offers by donor countries to contribute to the newly-formed JIU and JIPU in Abyei, UNMIS has proposed a partnership package, including a donor trust fund, to facilitate donations. However, lack of will and both UN and Sudanese bureaucracy threaten to prevent the [...]	2008-08-25 15:05:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1294	ABYEI JOINT SECURITY UNITS SEVERELY HAMPERED BY EQUIPMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In response to offers by donor countries to contribute to the newly-formed JIU and JIPU in Abyei, UNMIS has proposed a partnership package, including a donor trust fund, to facilitate donations. However, lack of will and both UN and Sudanese bureaucracy threaten to prevent the [...]	2008-08-25 15:08:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1295	GOSS FREEZES MINISTRY SALARIES IN ACCOUNTABILITY MOVE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Southern Sudan's three-month old salary freeze levied against civil service employees of the Ministry of Legal Affairs has been indefinitely extended pending turnover of documents clarifying who authorized the multi-year payroll excesses. While the Legal Affai [...]	2008-08-25 15:09:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID 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
08KHARTOUM1300	UPDATE ON FIGHTING IN KALMA CAMP, SOUTH DARFUR [...] (SBU) BEGIN SUMMARY: On August 25, USAID staff received reports of fighting and casualties in Kalma internally displaced person (IDP) camp, South Darfur (REFTEL). UNAMID stated that armed IDPs had set up human shields and fired first on GOS forces assembled outside the camp, and UNAMID managed [...]	2008-08-26 15:00:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KPKO AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1303	KALMA IDP CAMP UPDATE [...] (SBU) UNAMID sources confirmed that 33 IDPs were killed on August 25, with 31 buried inside the camp following the fighting, and two dying at the hospital in Nyala. The embassy received an unconfirmed report from Fur tribal leaders that of the 33 dead, 11 women were killed, two of whom were pr [...]	2008-08-27 14:33:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PREF EAID KPKO AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1312	UNAMID DEPLOYMENT UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 26 and 27, six senior leaders of UNAMID separately discussed UNAMID deployment issues with poloffs. Most officials dismissed 80% deployment by December 31 as unrealistic, but predicted this goal may be reached by March 2009 if UNAMID completes upgrades to Darfur's air [...]	2008-08-29 11:22:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC 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
08KHARTOUM1323	GOVERNANCE CAPACITY IN SOUTHERN SUDAN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS) was created with the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Accord (CPA) in 2005. No government of its kind existed before it in Southern Sudan -- the earlier Executive Council that resulted from the 1972 Addis Ababa Accords did not have anyw [...]	2008-09-01 12:46:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1327	GOSS VICE PRESIDENT MACHAR ON ELECTIONS AND ICC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS) Vice President Riek Machar maintains that the SPLM has committed itself to elections at all costs, and that the party has refused to allow itself to be held hostage by declining implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement. The VP claim [...]	2008-09-01 13:28:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ASEC PGOV PREL PREF DPKO SOCI UNSC AU SU
08KHARTOUM1328	INTERNATIONAL NGOS IN DARFUR FACE "SHRINKING HUMNATITARIAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Senior UN humanitarian officials report that, despite improved cooperation with the Khartoum Government, international NGOs (INGOs) in Darfur are facing increased scrutiny and harassment from state authorities, possibly in connection with ICC prosecutor Ocampo's request that [...]	2008-09-01 13:54:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL PGOV PREF PHUM ASEC AU UN SU
08KHARTOUM1337	MORE DETAILS COMING OUT ABOUT KALMA CAMP ATTACK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As access improves to Kalma camp, GoS officials, and the Nyala hospital, more details are filtering out about what happened in the August 25 attack. The primary emergency care doctor at Nyala told poloff on August 30 that the injuries sustained by the IDPs were "massive" and i [...]	2008-09-02 11:14:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU 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
08KHARTOUM1346	AEC PLENARY SESSION OF SEPTEMBER 2, 2008 [...] (U) SUMMARY: The 35th plenary session of the Assessment and Evaluation Commission (AEC) was held at AEC headquarters in Khartoum on September 2, 2008. Most of the session was devoted to lengthy reports on the current situation in South Kordofan, and preparations for national elections in 200 [...]	2008-09-04 05:48:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1353	"WE'VE DONE ENOUGH FOR ICC DEFERRAL," CLAIMS [...] (C) CDA Fernandez met with Minister of Federal Rule Abdel Rahman Saeed on September 3. Saeed is an interesting figure in Sudanese politics. A career military man, he was Deputy Chief of Staff of SAF (Sudanese Armed Forces) in 1989 when his subordinate, General (now Marshal) Omar Al-Bashir led a [...]	2008-09-04 10:23:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL AU UN SU
08KHARTOUM1363	UK CONSULTANTS ON DDR: MISTRUST AND INAEDQUATE CAPACITY [...] (SBU) Summary: Over the past two weeks, a team of UK-funded consultants assessed UN, GNU, and GoSS capacity to carry out a mammoth disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration (DDR) program planned to commence in January 2009. They found that while the GoS has sufficient capacity to start [...]	2008-09-07 06:22:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU SU
08KHARTOUM1374	BASHIR TELLS FM "I HAVE DECIDED TO FIGHT ICC TO [...] (C) Summary: Sudanese President Al-Bashir told FM Alor on September 8 that he intends to confront rather than challenge the international community on the International Criminal Court (ICC). He also expressed displeasure with Alor and decided that VP Taha should make his case at UNGA. Deng Alor [...]	2008-09-08 16:11:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF PREL UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1377	DARFUR - NGOS AT THE END OF THEIR ROPE [...] (U) Between August 27 and 31, a USAID officer visited El Fasher and Nyala and met with partner organizations to discuss the current challenges facing the humanitarian organizations in Darfur. In the meetings, relief agencies reported a notable and concerning up tick in harassment and bureaucra [...]	2008-09-09 04:58:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
08KHARTOUM138	DPKO GUEHENNO's VISIT TO KHARTOUM AND ADDIS ABABA [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOS successfully avoided senior-level meetings with DPKO U/S Guehenno during his visit to Sudan and continues to drag its feet on finalizing a Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) and other UNAMID-related issues. The AU Summit in Addis Ababa provides a good opportunity to press [...]	2008-01-30 11:36:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPKO AU UN SU
08KHARTOUM1387	NYALA AND KALMA CAMP UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: CDA Fernandez traveled to Nyala on September 9-10 to meet with officials from the GOS and UNAMID, IDP leaders and humanitarian actors in the wake of the killing of dozens of IDPs in Kalma camp by GOS forces. The unrepentant Wali of South Darfur heaped scorn on the residents of Ka [...]	2008-09-11 14:15:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1391	JANJAWEED DOMINATE NORTH DARFUR PUNITIVE CAMPAIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Janjaweed and Arab militias have dominated the Birmaza and Deisa attacks in North Darfur, according to multiple contacts. One advisor to infamous janjaweed leader Musa Hilal told locally employed staff that SAF directed Arab militias to intentionally target Zaghawa strongholds i [...]	2008-09-12 11:47:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL PREF KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1416	LEADING BUSINESSMAN ON SUDAN'S AGRICULTURE SECTOR, [...] (C) Summary: In a wide-ranging conversation, Sudanese business magnate Osama Daoud outlined a project to gradually develop as much as 1.26 million acres in northern Sudan for agricultural production. Daoud sees Sudan,s agricultural potential as immense, but says that it currently has far to [...]	2008-09-18 06:31:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAGR EINV EAID PGOV PREL SU
08KHARTOUM1417	SUDANESE INTEL CHIEF WORRIED ABOUT ISLAMIC [...] (C) Summary: The GOS will be hard-pressed to control the actions of Islamic radicals in Sudan if the ICC issues an arrest warrant against President Bashir, NISS Chief Salah Ghosh told CDA Fernandez September 17. Ghosh clarified that he did not tell French Presidential Advisor Bruno Joubert th [...]	2008-09-18 13:52:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1422	"THIS TIME, THEY'RE SERIOUS?" - SUDAN MAKES UP [...] (C) Summary: On the eve of his departure for UNGA, Sudanese VP Ali Osman Taha hammered out a reconciliation with disgruntled Darfur rebel leader Minni Minnawi, promising full compliance of the semi-moribund 2006 Darfur Peace Agreement and an end to recent fighting and bombing in Darfur. Taha a [...]	2008-09-20 09:38:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO PGOV PHUM PREL UN AU SU

08KHARTOUM1434	OVERVIEW OF DARFUR REBEL POSITIONS, RELATIVE STRENGTH, AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In two recent visits to El-Fasher and Nyala, UN security provided an overview of Darfur rebel group's positions, relative strength, and potential for coordination. Sources stated that areas of control are fluid and prone to change, especially following GoS operations in North D [...]	2008-09-22 14:15:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1438	WHERE ARE DARFUR'S HIJACKED CARS AND TRUCKS? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Darfur's hijacking is a complex phenomenon, according to UNAMID, INGOs, and local contacts based in El-Fasher and Nyala. Most sources placed the majority of the blame on many different rebel movements, with one contact describing a transportation chain through SLM/MM and SLA/Un [...]	2008-09-23 05:31:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM145	MALLOCH BROWN ADVOCATES INCENTIVES TIED TO [...] (C) Summary: UK Minister for Africa, Asia and the UN Lord Mark Malloch Brown told CDA Fernandez January 30 that the UK would like to offer the Government of Sudan a package of incentives tied to milestones on peace in Darfur and CPA implementation, accompanied by a clear message of consequence [...]	2008-01-31 07:07:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1451	UNAMID DEPLOYMENT UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: UNAMID officials still believe that sixty-percent deployment is possible by the end of 2008, and eighty-percent is achievable by the end of March 2009. However, for this to happen, all former AMIS battalions must rotate at full strength and several new battalions have to be will [...]	2008-09-26 14:25:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1460	MISSERIYA CONTINUE SEARCH FOR PEACE BENEFITS [...] (SBU) A growing influx of arms into Misseriya areas of Southern Kordofan State and continued feelings of disenfranchisement among Misseriya over perceived losses in the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) have contributed to increased tensions in this tense region. There is a crucial need to sh [...]	2008-09-29 07:26:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SU
08KHARTOUM1468	UNAMID DEPLOYMENT UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: In a September 28 meeting with poloff, UNAMID officials reiterated the belief that 60% deployment is possible by the end of 2008. Road and rail transport of COE remains ongoing, but the lack of an air bridge and adequate air assets remain a significant obstacles to accelerated de [...]	2008-10-03 09:39:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1469	GOSS CONTEMPLATES RANSOM PAYMENT FOR TANKS [...] (C) Government of Southern Sudan Minister for Internal Affairs Paul Mayom Akec told CG Juba October 1 that the Government of Southern Sudan was preparing to pay a ransom to the Somali pirates holding the SPLA,s long-awaited arms shipment ) should there be a drop in price. &We are scraping the [...]	2008-10-03 11:19:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC KPKO MOPS PGOV PREL PTER UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1510	SE WILLIAMSON TELLS KHARTOUM TO MAKE A RADICAL [...] (C) Summary: The GOS must make a radical adjustment in its approach to Darfur, SE Williamson told regime officials in Khartoum. Peace conferences and theatrics are fine, but what is urgently required is a deal with keys rebels, and implementation of that deal. Williamson blasted the NCP for [...]	2008-10-13 07:01:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1512	SE WILLIAMSON MEETINGS WITH SOUTHERN SUDANESE [...] (C) US Special Envoy to Sudan Ambassador Richard Williamson visited the southern Sudanese towns of Rumbek and Juba on 7 October to meet with Government of National Unity (GNU) First Vice President and Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) President Salva Kiir Mayardit, the Sudan Liberation Peopl [...]	2008-10-13 09:47:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PGOV UNSC KPKO 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
08KHARTOUM1524	UNAMID DEPLOYMENT UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In meetings from October 11-15, UNAMID officials expressed concern over slow progress on airport upgrades, UNAMID's lack of air assets, and the weak security posture of many of UNAMID's bases. Chief of Staff Almstrom and J5 Colonel Stafford both stated that their focus of late [...]	2008-10-15 13:57:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1532	SUDAN PEOPLE'S INITIATIVE: NO SUBSTANCE YET [...] (SBU) Summary: The Sudan People's Initiative commenced in Khartoum October 16 with a show of solidarity among Sudan's current and former leaders; two former Sudanese heads of state (Suwar al Dahab and Sadiq al Mahdi) joined President Bashir on the dais along with FVP and GOSS President Salva Ki [...]	2008-10-17 12:26:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1544	SPLA CHIEF OF STAFF ON HIGHJACKED WEAPONS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 16, SPLA Chief of Staff Deng described that day,s meeting of the Joint Defense Board and the SPLA/M,s contentious relationship with the SAF and the NCP. He also provided an update on SPLA thinking on the Ukrainian ship seized by Somali pirates with weapons intended fo [...]	2008-10-19 15:55:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1545	A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A NEW SLM FIGHTER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 16, a new fighter for the Sudan Liberation Movement of Minni Minnawi (SLM/MM) described his daily life in the field to poloff. The contact described dire conditions for SLM/MM troops, where fighters are expected to buy their own uniforms (often from UNAMID troops,) m [...]	2008-10-20 05:18:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM156	USAID-FUNDED PARTNER REQUIRED TO HAND OVER USAID PROPERTY [...] (SBU) Development Alternatives Incorporated (DAI) has been implementing a wide range of programming including civic education, protection, capacity building for non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and the provision of tangible peace dividends in Sudan over the past three years. The week of J [...]	2008-02-01 11:15:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
08KHARTOUM1569	UN/AU OBSERVATIONS AT THE SUDAN PEOPLE'S [...] (C) Summary: Discussions at the Sudan People's Initiative in Kenana were reportedly open, constructive, and sometimes combative, with rifts between NCP officials on display for all to see, JMST Chief of Staff Yasir Sabra told polchief October 21. Presidential Assistant Nafie ali Nafie took a [...]	2008-10-22 13:22:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1577	UNAMID DEPLOYMENT UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite minor setbacks, UNAMID deployment appears to be on track; end of year deployment goals should be met. As of October 22, UNAMID had received more than 50 percent of expected Darfur staffing with a combined total of 13,700 UNAMID military, police and civilian staff. Depl [...]	2008-10-24 11:34:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1585	ABYEI ADMINISTRATION OFF TO A SLOW START DUE TO FINANCIAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Knee-deep in protocols and barely-functional joint military and police units, the beleaguered town of Abyei has yet to see any of the US$48 million promised to it annually. The Abyei Interim Administrator expects his staff to arrive eager to volunteer their services (without pa [...]	2008-10-28 08:29:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1589	DARFUR PEACE PROCESS: QATAR AND SUDAN PEOPLE'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 27 and 28, CDA Fernandez and polchief met with leaders from the Joint Mediation Support Team, National Congress Party, and other political parties to discuss the Sudan People's Initiative and potential negotiations in Qatar on Darfur. Contacts expressed conflicting m [...]	2008-10-28 14:17:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1591	SUDAN'S "FREEDOM BELLS" MUFFLED BY GOS ON ALL FRONTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Sudanese authorities are limiting the reach of Khartoum's newest Arabic-language daily, the independent but SPLM-leaning Ajras al-Hurriya ("Freedom Bells"),through a daily regimen of heavy censorship, excessive taxation and limited distribution. The paper's Nyala correspondent, [...]	2008-10-29 08:12:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1593	CHADIAN REBELS CONTINUE SEARCH FOR A LEADER [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 27, Abaker Tollimi, a UFDD Khartoum-based representative and second in command to Mahamat Nouri confirmed that the Chadian rebel leadership is under tremendous pressure from the Government of Sudan to unite, but internal division, personal ambition and a struggle for [...]	2008-10-29 11:21:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1603	SPLM/NCP JOINTLY CONFRONT CORRUPTION THROUGH POLITICAL [...] (U) Recent events in Southern Kordofan state serve as a reminder of the divided, partisan nature of the state administration and the continued potential for widespread conflict to erupt. Tensions between the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) Minister of Finance, who is pursuing financ [...]	2008-10-31 10:18:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PREF EAID ASEC KPKO UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1604	UNAMID DEPLOYMENT UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: UNAMID will reach its target of sixty percent deployment by the end of the year, but only by temporarily positioning new troop arrivals in the transit camps within the super camps, rather than at their intended final destinations. The offer to provide US airlift for contingent- [...]	2008-11-02 05:14:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1607	DARFUR PEACE PROCESS UPDATE - BASSOLE AND GOQ APPEAR MORE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Chief Mediator Djibril Bassole urged Qatar to focus first on the necessary preparations for negotiations and not on unrealistic dates for negotiations, according to senior representatives from the AU/UN's Joint Mediation Support Team (JMST). JMST contacts emphasized that the fo [...]	2008-11-02 14:37:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1618	SUDAN'S NORTHERN STATE: WHERE PARANOIA REIGNS [...] (C) Summary. On a rare visit to Sudan's Northern State on October 20-22, Emboffs faced significant intimidation and harassment by Northern State local government and intelligence authorities who denied them permission to meet with opposition parties and genuine civil society members, followed [...]	2008-11-05 08:54:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI ASEC KDEM SU
08KHARTOUM1622	UNAMID DEPLOYMENT UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 5-6, Commander Victor Luis Hernandez, FPU Advisor/Coordinator for UNAMID, Hugo Wyers, FPU coordinator, Sector North, and Ian Divers, UNAMID Logistics Officer told Poloff that UNAMID is optimistic it will make its desired goal of 60 percent boots-on-the-ground by Decem [...]	2008-11-06 15:01:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ASEC KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1625	FURTHER INFORMATION ON MURDER OF CHINESE OIL [...] (C) Summary: According to the head of Sudan's Criminal Investigation Directorate (CID),the murder of five Chinese oil workers in western Kordofan was apparently triggered when the kidnappers spotted a GOS helicopter tracking their movements and panicked. Meanwhile, Interior Minister Ibrahim [...]	2008-11-07 09:22:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO UNSC AU SU CH
08KHARTOUM1629	Media Reaction: Sudanese Journalists Strike Against [...] U) SUMMARY: Sudanese dailies Ajras Al Hurriya and Rai Al Shaab, in a show of solidarity with 46 modern-minded "democratic" columnists, took up a protest on November 4 against increasing censorship by state security organs, which have censored the editorial content of the publications. The dail [...]	2008-11-08 09:48:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI AU UNSC MCAP KPAO OIIP SU
08KHARTOUM1640	SALAH GHOSH TO ENGAGE DIRECTLY WITH KEY DARFUR [...] (C) National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) Chief Salah Ghosh told UN/AU Darfur Chief Mediator Djibril Bassole that he will begin to meet quietly with key Darfur rebels in advance of peace talks in Doha, according to Bassole's senior staff. The first meeting will be with JEM's Khali [...]	2008-11-10 11:59:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1658	DISARMAMENT, DEMOBILIZATION AND REINTEGRATION: THE WAY [...] (SBU) Summary: The United Nations Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) Chief told CDA Fernandez that the program will begin in Blue Nile state but will be postponed from 2008 to 2009. Both agreed that Blue Nile is the best location to begin, and further agreed that the interna [...]	2008-11-13 15:14:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1662	IRC AT WITS' END AT REGIME ATTRITION TACTICS [...] (SBU) Summary: While presenting a surface image of humanitarian cooperation, Sudanese authorities have succeeded in constraining IRC operations in Darfur to the point that the organization is tentative about its future in Sudan, IRC staff told CDA. With stay permits granted for only one quarte [...]	2008-11-14 11:11:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1670	UNAMID DEPLOYMENT UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Poloff spoke with Commander Victor Luis Hernandez, FPU Advisor/Coordinator for UNAMID, and Col. Nody Stafford, Chief of Military Plans for UNAMID, November 12-13 to discuss UNAMID deployment issues. UNAMID and contingent-owned equipment continues to flow into Darfur, but additio [...]	2008-11-16 12:28:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1672	DARFUR'S REBELS REJECT THE SPI AND BASHIR'S PROMISES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following the November 12 closing session of the Sudan People's Initiative (SPI),Darfur non-signatory rebels uniformly rejected President Omar Al-Bashir's announcement of a unilateral ceasefire and his proposed development package for Darfur. SLA/Abdul Wahid (SLA/AW) and SLA/Un [...]	2008-11-16 13:22:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1693	WAU: ALL QUIET IN THE HINTERLANDS, BUT IN NEED OF MORE [...] (SBU) Summary: The capital of Western Bahr al-Ghazal state in South Sudan, Wau is both secure and eager for international assistance. Operating in an ad hoc manner, local police have managed to control tribal conflict and keep down petty crime, but local government incompetence has hindered wo [...]	2008-11-21 11:28:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1694	UNAMID DEPLOYMENT AND PEACE PROCESS UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: UNAMID will meet sixty-percent deployment by the end of 2008, but will not have increased its operational capacity even with the additional troops, until they can be deployed to the field. Eighty-percent deployment by March 31 is not possible, and UNAMID has backed away from prese [...]	2008-11-23 12:38:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1697	MFA U/S MUTRIFF SIDDIQ WELCOMES US-LED CEASEFIRE [...] (C) Summary: In a November 23 meeting with CDA Fernandez, MFA Undersecretary Mutriff Siddiq welcomed a USG offer to lead efforts to form an interim cease-fire monitoring mechanism for Darfur until UNAMID is prepared to take on the task, but cautioned that the GOS would need time to study both [...]	2008-11-24 06:04:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1708	SUPPORTING CIVILIAN SECURITY AND RULE OF LAW IN SOUTHERN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As the major portion of the INL bilateral program gets underway in Southern Sudan, the INL officer has made several significant observations over the last two months (outlined in this cable) which will result in adjustments to the INL program. The current fragile condition of th [...]	2008-11-25 11:25:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1726	UNAMID DEPLOYMENT IN GREATER DETAIL [...] (SBU) Summary: UNAMID climbed to 50.3 percent of its authorized total force strength last week and expects to reach its goal of 60 percent by end of the year, as reported in Ref A. Most troop-contributing countries (TCCs) anticipated to arrive in the coming months have not provided load lists [...]	2008-12-01 15:26:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1738	FREED HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST DESCRIBES 'GHOST [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 1 human rights activist Osman Hummida (protect) described to CDA Fernandez the four days of grueling interrogation, physical abuse and psychological torture that he was subjected to at the hands of the National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS). From November 2 [...]	2008-12-02 15:03:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PHUM PREL UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1746	A/S FRAZER,S NOVEMBER 2 MEETING WITH SPLA CHIEF OF [...] (SBU) On November 2 in Juba, SPLA Chief of Staff Oyai Deng Ajak and a small coterie from the Southern military,s senior-most ranks reviewed for AF A/S Frazer the SPLA,s perception of the peace and its own transformation process three years after the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement [...]	2008-12-03 12:11:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID MCAP KPKO UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1752	SUDAN - U.N. UNDER-SECRETARY GENERAL HOLMES BRIEFS DONOR [...] Summary: On November 29, U.N. Under-Secretary General (U/SYG) for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator John Holmes briefed the donor community in Khartoum on his recent trip to Sudan, which included visits to all three Darfur states, the Three Areas, and Southern Sudan, as we [...]	2008-12-04 12:48:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ASEC PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
08KHARTOUM1764	DECEMBER 7 DARFUR UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the last push before the long Eid Al-Adha holiday (December 8-12),Darfur rebels, signatories to the DPA, and regional players all shared their views regarding the peace process, the potential for a ceasefire or monitoring mechanism for violence in Darfur, and the lack of DPA [...]	2008-12-07 10:30:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO ASEC SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1770	LETTER OF APPRECIATION FROM SUDANESE PRESIDENT AL BASHIR TO [...] (U) Post has received a letter of appreciation (text in paragraph 2) for President Bush from Sudanese President Al-Bashir. A copy of the original letter has been transmitted to the Department via pouch. 2. (U) Begin Text: Dear Mr. President: On behalf of the people and government of Su [...]	2008-12-11 15:56:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SU
08KHARTOUM1775	SLM/MM REQUESTS VISIT TO U.S., MEDICAL TREATMENT [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 7. 2. (C) SUMMARY: On December 11, SLM/Minnawi (SLM/MM) leaders in Khartoum visited CDA Fernandez requesting U.S. support for a visit to Washington, medical treatment for Minni Minnawi, and discrete funding for a leadership or party conferen [...]	2008-12-13 09:06:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR ECON ASEC KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1777	PLOTTING FOR BASHIR EXIT INTENSIFIES [...] (C) Summary: According to senior SPLM officials, Sudan's NCP is trying to broker a quick and graceful removal of President Al-Bashir within the next few months, with the President going into exile in Saudi Arabia. Discussions on a transition, which should take place before an ICC arrest warran [...]	2008-12-13 14:34:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1786	ONE DEAD IN ABYEI AFTER JIU AND JIPU CLASH, SITUATION NOW [...] (U) Over the course of two days, clashes between security forces in Abyei town are reported to have left one soldier dead, and nine individuals wounded. The first incident at 12:30PM on December 12 reportedly began with a dispute between a Southern Joint Integrated Police Unit (JIPU) policema [...]	2008-12-14 13:44:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID ASEC KPKO UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM179	TFCD01: SUDANESE DYNAMICS AS CHAD SITUATION UNFOLDS [...] (C) Reiterating its support for the government of Chadian President Idris Deby, the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) led by Khalil Ibrahim has vowed to "repel any attack" by Khartoum-backed Chadian rebel movements, JEM representatives told Field Poloff on February 4. While refusing to discl [...]	2008-02-05 11:18:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS KPKO UN AU SU CD LY
08KHARTOUM1790	SENATE STAFFDEL'S MEETING WITH MFA U/S MUTRIFF [...] (C) Summary: The situation in Abyei is under control following intervention by a GNU (NCP/SPLM) delegation to the town on December 13, MFA U/S Mutriff Siddiq told a visiting Senate Foreign Relations Committee Staffdel December 14. However, the regime remains concerned about a possible JEM incu [...]	2008-12-15 13:47:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1792	GOSS VIEWS ON ABYEI VIOLENCE, CONCERNS OF SPILLOVER ALONG [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a December 13 meeting with the Juba diplomatic corps, select Abyei Commissioners and GOSS Ministers placed responsibility for the December 12 gun battle in Abyei town (ref. A) on the Government of National Unity's (GNU) rejection of international assistance for the Abyei [...]	2008-12-16 13:57:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PREF MOPS EAID ASEC KPKO UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1793	JEM SPOKESMAN SAYS RUMORS OF ATTACK ARE GOS "SMOKESCREEN" [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 11-12, UNAMID sources told poloff they had received unconfirmed reports from the GOS that a large column of JEM vehicles had been observed crossing Chad border into Sudan. However, they were unclear whether this alleged mobilization signified preparation for new attac [...]	2008-12-16 13:58:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1810	UNAMID DEPLOYMENT UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: In discussions on December 14-15, UNAMID officials told poloff that the mission is still on target to meet its goal of 60 percent deployment by the end of December 2008. They also remain hopeful that 80 percent deployment is possible by March 2009, though it appears that this tar [...]	2008-12-17 15:56:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1817	CONTINUED REPORTS OF REGIME LEADERSHIP [...] (C) Summary: The SPLM leaderhip continues to report that the NCP is considering replacing President Bashir with a suitable military figure with Islamist credentials, and that Bashir would be content to leave power and live in exile in Saudi Arabia. The SPLM believes that the leading candidate [...]	2008-12-18 11:30:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1818	WILL UNAMID REACH SIXTY-PERCENT BY DECEMBER 31? [...] (SBU) An Reuters article picked up by international media on December 17 reported that UNAMID will fail to meet its target deployment goal of sixty-percent by the end of 2008. UNAMID refuted this and told Embassy Khartoum on December 18 that UNAMID fully anticipates meeting or surpassing the 6 [...]	2008-12-18 15:43:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1819	MINAWI CONTEMPLATES VISIT TO WASHINGTON: ASKS FOR [...] (C) During a meeting with a visiting Senate Staffdel December 16, SLM leader, DPA signatory and Senior Presidential Assistant Minni Minawi said he is considering a visit to Washington "soon after the New Year." Minawi asked for guidance on what dates would be best and asked which officials he [...]	2008-12-18 16:28:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1820	WILL UNAMID REACH SIXTY-PERCENT BY DECEMBER 31? [...] (SBU) An Reuters article picked up by international media on December 17 reported that UNAMID will fail to meet its target deployment goal of sixty-percent by the end of 2008. UNAMID refuted this and told Embassy Khartoum on December 18 that UNAMID fully anticipates meeting or surpassing the 6 [...]	2008-12-19 11:52:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM183	KHARTOUM SECURITY MILESTONES - JUNE 2007 TO [...] (SBU) This cable provides a summary of security-related actions and events affecting the US Mission in Sudan during a specific timeframe. It gathers references to numerous cables and messages on various related issues including OBO issues, EAC actions, Sudanese Government actions, terrorism, RS [...]	2008-02-06 05:55:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ABLD AMGT ASEC PREL PTER US 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
08KHARTOUM1840	SENATE STAFFDEL VISIT TO JUBA [...] (SBU) Summary: In meetings with a Senate staff delegation from December 17-19, senior SPLM officials urged deeper USG strategic coordination with their own party, as well as proactive engagement with the NCP, to produce a favorable outcome should there be an arrest warrant issued by the ICC ag [...]	2008-12-28 06:38:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU EAID
08KHARTOUM1848	MINNAWI'S POSITION ON THE DPA EVOLVES [...] (C) Summary: In a December 28 meeting with poloffs, Senior Assistant to the President Minni Arko Minnawi stated that he has chosen not to travel to Washington in January because he anticipates significant political and/or military developments in Sudan and Darfur in the coming weeks. He acknow [...]	2008-12-29 15:03:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM219	WEST DARFUR: JEM VOWS TO PROTECT ITS AREAS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) leader told FieldOff on February 10 that the Government of Sudan (GoS) had miscalculated in its February 8-9 attacks on the JEM-controlled West Darfur towns of Silea, Sirba and Abu Siruj. &JEM will come back to defend its areas,8 he vowed, [...]	2008-02-12 14:54:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM269	WEST DARFUR: SAF AND JEM CLASHES WORSEN ALREADY FRAGILE [...] (SBU) Summary: Since December 2007, renewed clashes between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) in areas north of El Geneina, West Darfur, have increased insecurity, limited humanitarian access to the area, and displaced at least 56,000 residents, accord [...]	2008-02-25 09:19:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
08KHARTOUM296	POTENTIAL ABYEI BORDER MOVES NORTH WITH SOME MAJOR [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-29 15:59:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PGOV PREL UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM299	U.S. SPECIAL ENVOY VISITS DARFUR, PRESSES FOR [...] (C) U.S. Presidential Special Envoy Richard Williamson met with UNAMID political and military leadership in El Fasher to emphasize the importance that President Bush places on resolving the crisis in Darfur and the administration's willingness to commit significant additional financial and pol [...]	2008-03-02 09:52:00	Embassy Khartoum	SECRET	PREL PGOV KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM300	SE WILLIAMSON TO PRESIDENT AL-BASHIR: WE DON'T [...] (C) Summary: In a positive, hour-long meeting with the Sudanese President, SE Richard Williamson clearly and concisely outlined American concerns on Darfur, CPA, Sudanese adventurism in Chad, and other bilateral issues while describing a possible way forward in improving relations based on spe [...]	2008-03-02 11:20:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL AU UN 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
08KHARTOUM314	SUDANESE FONMIN ON SPECIAL ENVOY NON-PAPER AND CONGRESSMAN [...] (SBU) FOREIGN MINISTER DENG ALOR TOLD CONGEN JUBA STAFF ON MARCH 1 THAT PRESIDENT BASHIR'S MEETING WITH SPECIAL ENVOY WILLIAMSON WENT "EXTREMELY WELL," AND THAT ALOR EXPECTED POSITIVE FORWARD MOVEMENT. ALOR CLAIMED THAT BASHIR HAD NOTED IN ADVANCE OF THE MEETING THAT "ONLY A MAD MAN DEFIES THE [...]	2008-03-03 15:12:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM MARR 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
08KHARTOUM320	OCHA TO SE WILLIAMSON: "CIVILIANS PAID PRICE FOR [...] (C) On February 29, UN OCHA (Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs) Sudan Office Director Mike McDonagh (protect) provided SE Williamson with a graphic but balanced account of the violence that occurred in West Darfur in February 2008. In a discussion informed by his recent two fir [...]	2008-03-04 12:10:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID KPKO PGOV PHUM PREL UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM338	THE NATIONAL CONGRESS PARTY - SUDAN'S BRUTAL [...] (C) Summary: After almost 20 years in power, the ruling National Congress Party has reach a level of cynical (and often brutal) pragmatism making it fully capable of making and keeping arrangements with the West on Darfur and on the CPA, as long as its core interest of remaining in power in Kh [...]	2008-03-09 07:01:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM KPKO PGOV PHUM PREL SU
08KHARTOUM345	A SNAPSHOT OF SOUTH SUDAN'S CORRUPTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Southern Sudan Anti-Corruption Commission will roll out its inaugural anti-corruption strategy with USG assistance in late March, 18 months after the Commission's establishment. Anecdotal evidence suggests that GOSS corruption will continue to seriously embarrass the SPLM as [...]	2008-03-10 07:08:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM372	KING OF EL FASHER ON THE PEACE AND RECONCILIATION COUNCIL, [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Malik (King) of El Fasher said the Peace and Reconciliation Commission in North Darfur has had some success in fostering reconciliation among Arab and African tribes, but lacks major funding from the GoS to carry out its work. The King also spoke about the census and called fo [...]	2008-03-13 12:08:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KEDEM PREF SU
08KHARTOUM384	CENSUS IN DARFUR IN TROUBLE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Central Bureau of Statistics office in North Darfur cited many obstacles to carrying out the census. Aside from security, transportation, communication, and logistical concerns, the CBS hasn't received confirmation from the local community, especially the native administrati [...]	2008-03-16 05:19:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KEDEM PREF 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
08KHARTOUM389	IDPS REJECT PARTICIPATION IN THE CENSUS AND ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The native administration of sheikhs and umdas in Darfur say that IDPs will not participate in the census nor the elections. They believe that the time is not right to conduct a census or the elections due to the massive displacement of the people of Darfur. Additionally, they [...]	2008-03-16 15:40:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KEDEM PREF SU
08KHARTOUM392	DARFUR - UNOFFICIAL SETTLEMENTS NEAR SEKELE PRESENT [...] (U) SUMMARY: New settlements near Sekele (near Nyala, South Darfur) originated in October 2007 as a result of GNU HAC efforts to relocate IDPs who fled Kalma camp following inter-tribal violence in that camp. While the GNU HAC completed the resettlement process, approximately 500 additional fa [...]	2008-03-16 15:51:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
08KHARTOUM408	UNAMID ON POLITICAL AND SECURITY DYNAMICS IN WEST [...] (C) Instability is still prevalent in the corridor north of El Geneina, where fighting over the last month displaced thousands and has left the civilians who remain in the area vulnerable to looting and violence at the hands of Arab militias, the Sudanese military, and the Central Reserve Poli [...]	2008-03-18 09:56:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO UN AU SU CD
08KHARTOUM41	AL-SAMANI: NEW EMBASSY COMPOUND POLITICAL ISSUE, NOT SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: In a sometimes tense meting with Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary (PDAS) Linda Greenfield-Thomas on January 12, State Minister for Foreign Affairs al-Samani al-Wasila maintained that construction on the new embassy compound (NEC) had been blocked in response to political, bila [...]	2008-01-13 16:01:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF SU AU PGOV UN
08KHARTOUM42	FOREIGN MINISTER ALOR: NEW MARCHING ORDERS FROM [...] (C) Summary: In a January 12 meeting with Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary (PDAS) Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the newly sworn in Foreign Minister (FM) Deng Alor said President Bashir had personally tasked him with taking the lead in improving bilateral relations between Sudan and the United S [...]	2008-01-13 16:17:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF SU AU UN PGOV
08KHARTOUM427	USG ELECTIONS STRATEGY IN SUDAN [...] (C) Free and fair elections in Sudan are a top foreign policy objective for the USG, and it is therefore critical early on to define a policy framework and begin planning in earnest now for the 2009 Sudanese elections. Despite the constant demands for our attention from Darfur and the North-S [...]	2008-03-23 13:25:00	Embassy Khartoum	SECRET	PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM428	LIAR'S POKER: SUDANESE "CALL AND RAISE" ON USG [...] (C) Summary: Sudan's formal response to a USG non-paper raises the hope of progress on some humanitarian and UNAMID deployment issues, considerable flexibility on CPA-related items and also presents unrealistic, maximalist recommendations towards normalizing relations with the United States an [...]	2008-03-23 15:43:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ABLD 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
08KHARTOUM435	FOREIGN MINISTER PROMISES SWIFT ACTION ON [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Deng Alor agreed to the immediate visa issuance of US Military Observers requested by UNAMID, and promised rapid progress on other visas and on security measures. He also will be raising the issue of NEC containers with President Al-Bashir in the next two days. Al [...]	2008-03-24 11:27:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	SU KPKO ABLD AMGT ASEC PGOV PREL
08KHARTOUM453	REARRANGING DECK CHAIRS ON THE TITANIC: JMST [...] (C) Poloffs met March 25 with the UN Joint Mediation Support Team's (JMST) newly-appointed Chief of Staff Yasir Sabra to discuss the stalled Darfur peace process and JMST plans to restructure its operations and pursue modest "confidence building measures" with the parties in advance of a more [...]	2008-03-27 08:43:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO UN AU SU CD
08KHARTOUM524	SPLM'S EDWARD LINO IN ABYEI: ESCALATING TENSIONS, [...] (C) Summary: According to SPLM-appointed Abyei Administrator Edward Lino, the NCP is ratcheting-up tension in Abyei by sending SAF and police reinforcements to the region, and by seeking to incite Misseriya herdsmen against the Ngok Dinka. The Misseriya have resisted this ploy and Lino hope [...]	2008-04-06 11:04:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EAID SOCI MOPS SU
08KHARTOUM540	ABYEI: GOSS-SPONSORED RETURNS UPDATE [...] On April 2, USAID staff visited a reception center in Abyei town that had received approximately 3,000 Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS)-sponsored returnees from Khartoum. According to UN Mission in Sudan Return, Reintegration, and Recovery (UNMIS RRR) staff, the returnees arrived with house [...]	2008-04-07 14:56:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
08KHARTOUM574	RARE CONFRONTATION BETWEEN GOS, SLA/ABDULWAHID AS FIGHTING [...] (SBU) In a departure from the unofficial ceasefire between the Sudanese Government and the Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM)/Abdulwahid, three separate confrontations have erupted between their forces in recent days. The first two rebel attacks occurred in East Jebel Marra on April 9 and 11 and [...]	2008-04-14 10:45:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM615	UNAMID'S JMST REACHES OUT TO THE U.S. LOOKING FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY On April 20, UNAMID's Joint Mediation Support Team (JMST) Chief of Staff Yassir Sabra told poloffs that there is a "window of opportunity" for engaging the rebels and the Government of Sudan (GoS) on security issues with a meeting planned for late May possibly in Geneva. Sabra al [...]	2008-04-21 13:07:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SU
08KHARTOUM630	SOUTHERN KORDOFAN - HUMANITARIAN UPDATE [...] (U) Begin Summary: From April 5 to 15, a USAID/OFDA program officer conducted site visits in Kadugli, Abu Gebeha, Talodi, and Kauda areas in Southern Kordofan State. The USAID/OFDA officer monitored USAID/OFDA-funded programs, particularly in the rural health sector, and met with humanitarian [...]	2008-04-24 08:05:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
08KHARTOUM648	DETERMINED UNHCR ENGAGES EXIGENT GNU [...] (SBU) Summary: Recent meetings between USAID Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) officials and USAID/OFDA partner U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) officials in Khartoum and Nyala reveal that the Government of National Unity (GNU) has methodically challenged UNHCR in it [...]	2008-04-28 13:20:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
08KHARTOUM650	TCCS FORCE AGWAI TO CHANGE UNAMID PRIORITIES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) Force Commander (FC) Agwai compromised on his number one deployment priority while in Addis Ababa, according to UNAMID's Chief of Planning. As he did with the Egyptians in Um Kadada (ref A),Agwai agreed to let the Ethiopi [...]	2008-04-29 09:58:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SOCI AU UNSC CD ET SU
08KHARTOUM654	WFP TO REDUCE DARFUR FOOD AID RATIONS IN MAY [...] (U) On April 14, the UN World Food Program (WFP) informed key donors that in May it would be forced to nearly halve the general food aid ration distributed in Darfur, due to ongoing banditry against contracted commercial vehicles resulting in decreased commodity dispatches. WFP issued a press [...]	2008-04-29 16:14:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
08KHARTOUM668	SUDAN RELEASES NEC CONTAINERS, APPROVES ARMING [...] (C) The GOS has begun releasing long-delayed NEC containers and also approved the US Embassy's request to arm its local guard force, as long as the guards "remain inside Embassy premises," MFA U/S Mutrif Siddiq told CDA Fernandez and polchief April 30 (first containers with in Embassy hands on [...]	2008-05-01 15:11:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	AMGT ASEC KPKO PGOV PREL UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM69	UNAMID OFFICIAL SAYS GOS NEITHER HELPING NOR HARMING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a January 15 conversation with FieldOff, United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) Chief of Integrated Support Services (CISS) did not paint a picture of outright Government of Sudan (GoS) obstructionism to UNAMID deployment. Instead, the CISS reported that the G [...]	2008-01-17 14:22:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM716	JEM REBELS ATTACK OMDURMAN, ALMOST REACH KHARTOUM [...] (SBU) JEM rebels attacked the sprawling Khartoum suburb of Omdurman May 10 and advanced within sight of one of the bridges leading to Khartoum. Although Sudanese Government forces prevented the rebels from crossing the Nile into the capital, JEM claims that it will launch another attack on the [...]	2008-05-11 15:50:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MOPS KPKO AU UN SU CD
08KHARTOUM737	HEAVY FIGHTING BETWEEN SPLA AND SAF IN ABYEI [...] (SBU) Summary: Heavy fighting has broken out and continues between SPLA and SAF forces in the town of Abyei, despite UNMIS efforts to broker a ceasefire. With both the NCP and SPLM distracted by other crises, the UN is concerned that the situation could deteriorate further if the fighting sp [...]	2008-05-14 16:56:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PREF EAID MOPS KPKO SU
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
08KHARTOUM745	ABYEI UPDATE: FIGHTING SUBSIDES, BUT HUMANITARIAN EMERGENCY [...] (SBU) Summary: Fighting between SAF and SPLA (reftel) subsided on May 15 and late in the day the sides agreed to a mutual withdrawal. Casualty numbers from May 13-14 fighting are unknown, but the town reportedly sustained heavy damage and the UN estimates that as many as 30,000 people (virtu [...]	2008-05-15 17:15:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PREF EAID MOPS KPKO SU
08KHARTOUM762	MAY 18 ABYEI UPDATE: SPORADIC FIGHTING AMIDST EFFORTS TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The situation in Abyei remained quiet as of mid-day May 18, after renewed fighting on May 16-17. SAF remains in the town, despite a UN-brokered mutual withdrawal agreement with the SPLA "police forces," which departed the town May 17. The Ceasefire Joint Monitoring Commission [...]	2008-05-19 04:00:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PREF EAID MOPS KPKO SU

08KHARTOUM763	DARFUR HUMAN RIGHTS TRENDS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Recent bombings targeting civilians in rebel-held areas of North Darfur have accompanied a deteriorating human rights situation throughout the region. Human rights advocates have also noted an increase in the incidence of rape, as well as domestic violence, often taking place in [...]	2008-05-19 05:09:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM KPKO SOCI UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM775	MFA INFORMS OF SPLA "SURPRISE ATTACK" IN ABYEI, [...] (C) MFA Under-Secretary Mutriff Siddiq called in CDA Fernandez on May 20 to inform him of military escalation in the contested region of Abyei by the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) after a purported compromise had been achieved on May 18. Siddiq said that SPLA units armed with heavy wea [...]	2008-05-20 10:35:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO PGOV PHUM PREF PREL EAID SU
08KHARTOUM778	GOS WILL NEGOTIATE WITH CHAD, SEEK TO ISOLATE AND [...] (C) Sudan will not support Chadian rebels in another bid to unseat President Deby, but rather will seek multilateral sanctions against Khalil Ibrahim and JEM and will participate in the African Union mediation between Sudan and Chad, MFA U/S Mutriff Siddiq told CDA May 20. Siddiq said that to t [...]	2008-05-20 13:54:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM783	ARAB REBEL LEADER PROMISES MORE ATTACKS ON GOS [...] (C) SUMMARY On May 19 and 20, Anwar Ahmed Khater, the leader of the Sudanese Revolutionary Front (SRF) (and "Darfur's emerging Arab leader" according to one Darfur expert),told poloff that Chadian officials and JEM leaders attempted to recruit his Arab rebel movement prior to JEM's May 10 a [...]	2008-05-21 11:35:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM SU
08KHARTOUM786	ABYEI REMAINS QUIET MAY 21, BUT TEMPERS REMAIN RAW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Abyei is reported to be relatively quiet but tense on May 21. Based on confirmed information, any of the previously reported accounts from both the SAF and the SPLA on how the most recent fighting started remain plausible. In speeches on May 20 and May 21, GoSS President Kiir [...]	2008-05-21 13:24:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID MOPS KPKO SU
08KHARTOUM787	SPLM ANGER FOLLOWING MAY 20 BATTLE IN ABYEI [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The SPLM remains divided over Kiir's decision to limit SPLA forces from Abyei, and senior leadership, including Foreign Minister Deng Alor, are among a faction favoring a more aggressive response. Outrage over SAF conduct intensified following May 19 SAF interference with the r [...]	2008-05-21 13:47:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PREF EAID MOPS KPKO SU
08KHARTOUM807	USAID ASSESSMENT OF ABYEI IDPS IN AGOK [...] Begin Summary: On May 24, a USAID team including officers from USAID's Office of Food for Peace (USAID/FFP) and Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) conducted a one-day assessment of the humanitarian situation in and around Agok in southern Abyei Area. The Agok area is curr [...]	2008-05-27 07:56:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
08KHARTOUM863	UNMIS CONSIDERS MANDATE SHIFT IN WAKE OF LRA VIOLENCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following a succession of highly visible, high casualty LRA attacks in Southern Sudan, UN officials are discussing a temporary shift of UNMIS's peacekeeping mandate from Chapter Six to Chapter Seven. UNMIS Sector One officials, sensitive to criticism leveled against their Sector [...]	2008-06-10 14:16:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO UNSC SU UG
08KHARTOUM904	ABYEI ROADMAP IMPLENTATION: JIU DEPLOYS, INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Elements of the new Joint Integrated Unit were deploying to Abyei on June 18, as both the SAF and SPLA are concentrating their regular forces outside the region to be part of the new unit. The SAF reportedly tried in the June 12 JDB meeting to walk back the timeline agreed to [...]	2008-06-18 13:28:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SU
08KHARTOUM911	UNAMID DEPLOYMENT GETS A LIFT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Just when it seemed like those in charge of UNAMID deployment were all out for summer break and all meaningful work would accordingly have to wait until fall, the contingent-owned equipment for the Chinese engineers in Nyala reached its destination at long last, allowing for arri [...]	2008-06-19 11:08:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU CD
08KHARTOUM915	SHORTLEY MEETINGS WITH GOSS/SPLA ON LRA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: "Dove" Vice President and Juba Peace Talks Mediator Riek Machar and military pragmatist SPLA Chief of Staff General Oyai Deng Ajak provided AF Senior Advisor Shortley with nuanced and occasionally differing viewpoints on how to deal with the LRA question following fresh LRA acti [...]	2008-06-20 09:01:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM MOPS SU CG CT UG
08KHARTOUM925	ABYEI ROADMAP IMPLENTATION: DSRSG HAQ OUTLINES UN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 21, DSRSG for Humanitarian Affairs for told CDA that security is gradually being reestablished in Abyei as the JIU moves into position. The UN expects about half of the IDPs to begin to return immediately when they are told it is safe. UN priorities are to assist IDPs [...]	2008-06-22 14:46:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PREF EAID SOCI KPKO SU
08KHARTOUM931	CHIEF MEDIATOR DESPERATELY NEEDED AS UN/AU MEDIATION TEAM [...] This is an action cable, see para 13. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On June 22, the political director of the UN/AU's Joint Mediation Support Team (JMST),Muin Shrim, told poloffs that they are "back to square one" in the search for a joint mediator, and that by August only a couple of its current staff [...]	2008-06-23 14:38:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM SU
08KHARTOUM936	EMBASSY KHARTOUM RESPONSE ON ABYEI NEXT STEPS [...] (U) This message responds to reftel request for post views on next steps to support implementation of the Abyei Roadmap. Responses are keyed to the questions posed in para. 12 of reftel. Provision of U.S. Legal Advisor - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2. (SBU) Post strongly supports the pr [...]	2008-06-24 12:12:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPKO PGOV PREL EAID SOCI UNSC AU SU
08KHARTOUM941	ABYEI, SUDAN ON KNIFE'S EDGE, WARNS FOREIGN [...] (C) Summary: FM Deng Alor described ongoing tensions on the June 8 Abyei road map while noting some progress in implementing its milestones. Back from a just concluded visit to several European capitals, he summarized increasing European pressure, especially from France, on the need for Sudane [...]	2008-06-25 11:10:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM945	ABYEI IDPS: HUMANITARIAN UPDATE [...] Begin Summary: On June 20 and 21, a team from USAID's Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) conducted a follow-up assessment of Agok area, where an estimated 27,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) from Abyei have been displaced to since mid-May. The USAID team reported a [...]	2008-06-25 13:29:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI UN SU
08KHARTOUM955	UN RESIDENT COORDINATIOR ON ABYEI ROADMAP, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The UN Resident Coordinator in Abyei reports gradual progress there, with an ethnic-Dinka police force being formed, unexploded ordinance collected, and remains of the dead being retrieved. He reported that no land mines have been found, contrary to earlier reports. He argued [...]	2008-06-27 11:38:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF EAID KPKO UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM962	UNMIS SENDS DETAILED ABYEI REPORT TO SYG AND DPKO [...] (C) According to senior staff at the embattled peacekeeping mission, UNMIS sent a comprehensive report with recommendations to SYG Ban and DPKO Guehenno June 26 regarding the mid-May fighting in Abyei and the UNMIS response to it. UNMIS reportedly "did not pull any punches" and expects that t [...]	2008-06-29 12:38:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM964	OYAI DENG AJAK ON ABYEI JIU FORMATION AND INTERIM [...] (SBU) SPLA Chief of General Staff Oyai Deng Ajak reviewed the latest developments on the Abyei Interim Administration for the Consul General on June 27. As anticipated and previously reported, the Southern Sudan Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration Commission Chairman General Arop Ma [...]	2008-06-30 12:21:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM MOPS SU CG CT UG
08KHARTOUM971	DEFENSE WHITE PAPER ENERGIZES SPLA BUDGET PROCESS, [...] (SBU) This is an action cable, please see paras 10-11. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The Southern Sudan Legislative Assembly,s (SSLA) long-expected, but very public, endorsement of the SPLA,s Defense White Paper (DWP) has had immediate impact on SPLA/SAF relations and the SPLA,s 2009 budge [...]	2008-07-02 06:02:00	Embassy Khartoum	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM982	APOCALYPSE SOON: SUDANESE PONDER POSSIBLE NEW ICC [...] (C) Summary: NCP officials are quietly warning the international community that cooperation on a variety of priority issues, from UNAMID implementation to CPA follow through and Sudan's slow move to democracy could be jeopardized by "politically motivated" indictments of the ICC of Sudanese o [...]	2008-07-04 09:56:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM992	DARFUR SECURITY UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Tensions are mounting throughout Darfur, particularly in North Darfur, where a heightened Government of Sudan (GoS) military presence and tightening GoS restrictions on movement of all parties seem to signal a reassertion of GoS control over the state, possibly in response to reb [...]	2008-07-06 06:18:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU CD
08KINGSTON795	JAMAICA: RECOVERY ASSISTANCE FOR STORM GUSTAV [...] (SBU) Jamaicans are again picking up the pieces from the ninth major natural disaster in seven years. Two weeks after Tropical Storm Gustav hit, the country is still assessing damage, but agriculture and infrastructure suffered most. Embassy and USAID staff traveled on September 8 to the thre [...]	2008-09-10 18:42:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EAIR AID EINV ECON ETRD IADB IBRD IMF TRSY XL JM
08KINSHASA1033	USAID/DART Update 2 on the Humanitarian [...] Begin summary: As of November 19, the situation in Goma, North Kivu was calm. On November 18, the National Congress of the Defense of the People (CNDP) announced plans to pull back approximately 40 km in order to provide a corridor for humanitarian assistance. As of 0800 hours on November 2 [...]	2008-11-20 16:01:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF CG
08KINSHASA47	SPECIAL ADVISOR SHORTLEY'S JANUARY 12 MEETING WITH [...] (C) On January 12, Tim Shortley, Senior Adviser for Assistant Secretary Jendayi Frazer for Conflict Resolution met with General Lauren Nkunda at his request and the request of President Kabila,s staff. The objectives of the meeting were to understand Nkunda state of mind and readiness for pe [...]	2008-01-17 14:02:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PINR PHUM 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
08KINSHASA726	63RD UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE AND [...] (SBU) Following is an updated response regarding GDRC attendance at the 63rd UN General Assembly. Post will continue to engage MFA to obtain additional attendance details: A. Attendance of the Head of State: -- Joseph Kabila, President of the Democratic Republic of Congo -- Arrival an [...]	2008-09-03 09:47:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OTRA OVIP UNGA KSEP
08KUALALUMPUR1003	MALAYSIA - U.S. COAST GUARD COOPERATION ADVANCES [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Kuala Lumpur is using its USD 1 million in NDAA Title 1207 funding to achieve three mission objectives: to establish a durable, long-term relationship between the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) and the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA); to support the MMEA - as a ne [...]	2008-11-12 10:00:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER MCAP MARR MY
08KUALALUMPUR152	CODEL SMITH MALAYSIA MEETING REPORT [...] (U) Congressman Adam Smith, accompanied by staff of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and Capabilities, visited Malaysia January 6-8, 2008 as part of a regional tour. The Congressman met with Malaysian NSC Secretary YBhg. Dato' Muhammad Hatta Bin Abd [...]	2008-03-05 23:46:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PTER MY
08KUALALUMPUR425	MALAYSIA HOSTS TRI-BORDER INTERAGENCY SECURITY [...] (SBU) The Tri-border Interagency Security Conference in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia, May 4-7, 2008 brought together official maritime and border security delegations from Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines as well as facilitators from the U.S. Pacific Command and from Embassies Kuala Lumpur, [...]	2008-05-23 11:41:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL MARR ID RP MY
08KUWAIT1247	KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION -- MEDIA SPECULATES ON GOK DEAL WITH [...] (U) Summary and Comment. As of late Sunday, December 28, Al-Rai and Al-Watan T.V. reported that the Council of Ministers had arrived at a negative decision in regards to the Government of Kuwait (GOK) deal with Dow Chemical. This media reaction cable covers the lead-up to the Council's decis [...]	2008-12-28 14:08:00	Embassy Kuwait	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINO EPET OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
08KUWAIT696	NSB ACKNOWLEDGES INCREASED AL QAEDA ACTIVITY AND [...] (S) Summary: Kenneth Wainstein, President Bush's Assistant for Homeland Security and Counter-terrorism (APHSCT),met with the President of the National Security Bureau (NSB),Ahmed Al-Fahd on 11 June. The principals discussed the recent increase in Al-Qaeda-related activity in Kuwait, ongoin [...]	2008-06-18 11:21:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PTER PGOV KDRG PREL KTFN KU
08KUWAIT936	(S) SCENESETTER FOR THE KUWAIT PRIME MINISTER'S [...] (S) Prime Minister Shaykh Nasser al-Mohammed al-Ahmed al-Jaber Al Sabah's September 18-19 visit to Washington offers a timely opportunity to honor and reaffirm the unique and indispensable security relationship between our two countries; it is also an important opportunity to encourage the PM [...]	2008-09-02 15:40:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	PREL PTER CVIS MASS ECON EINV IR IZ KU
08LAGOS385	NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR AND INTERAGENCY TEAM VISIT [...] (C) Summary: During a September 27 interagency team visit to Bayelsa State to discuss development and political issues, Governor Timipre Silva told Ambassador (POL-ECON Lagos notetaker) that he, the other Niger Delta Governors, as well as the leadership in Abuja are growing impatient with mili [...]	2008-10-02 06:11:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PM EPET ECON KDEM NI
08LAGOS386	NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR HEARS BAYELSA GOVERNOR'S VIEWS [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador led an interagency team to Bayelsa September 27 for a one-day orientation trip to look at possible partnerships through a pilot program that would focus on youth needs and development (see septel on these issues),but also had the opportunity, on the three hour drive fr [...]	2008-10-02 06:12:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PM EPET ECON KDEM NI
08LAGOS447	NIGERIA: OPPOSITION CANDIDATE OSHIOMHOLE WINS EDO [...] (U) Summary: On November 11 the Appeals Court for Edo State confirmed the decision of the Edo State Election Tribunal that had declared the Action Congress (AC) candidate for the governorship, Adams Oshiomhole, the winner of the April 2007 gubernatorial election. Governor Oserheimen Osunbor, [...]	2008-11-13 12:03:00	Consulate Lagos	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON NI
08LAGOS479	NIGERIA: VICE PRESIDENT'S SENIOR SPECIAL ASSISTANT [...] (C) Summary: Senior Special Assistant to the Vice President Oronto Douglas (strictly protect throughout) told Pol-Econ Chief November 22 that Delta State Governor Uduaghan, with the support of the Vice President, has brought peace to the troubled Warri South and Burutu local Government Areas ( [...]	2008-11-28 05:48:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PM EPET ECON KDEM NI
08LAGOS509	NIGERIA: NIGER DELTA GOVERNORS TAP UTOMI TO [...] (C) Summary: Governors of the south-south states have chosen Patrick Utomi, Lagos Business School Dean and 2007 presidential candidate, to spearhead an integrated development strategy for the region. With the Governors, Utomi has recruited well-respected business leaders to create public-priva [...]	2008-12-22 14:26:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EPET ECON KDEM NI
08LAGOS513	NIGERIA: MUSLIM RIGHTS ACTIVIST SEEKS DIALOGUE, [...] (C) Summary. On December 18, Pol-Econ Chief and PolOff met with Assistant Professor Is-haq Akintola, Director of Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC); MURIC has resolved numerous misunderstandings between Christians and Muslims that without intervention might have spiraled out of control. MURIC, whic [...]	2008-12-29 06:08:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER NI
08LJUBLJANA144	U.S.-EU JHA Ministerial Meeting Holds Productive Sessions [...] (U) Slovenian Interior Minister Dragutin Mate and Justice Minister Lovro Sturm hosted Attorney General Michael Mukasey, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, and European Commission Vice-President and Commissioner for Justice, Freedom and Security Franco Frattini on March 12-13 for the [...]	2008-03-27 15:11:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER CVIS SMIG SNAR PREL KCRM KFRD EUN SI
08LONDON2181	AFGHANISTAN: BROWN URGES KARZAI TO KEEP HELMAND [...] (C/NF) During what was described by FCO Afghanistan Desk Officer Tom Burns as a mainly "morale boosting" trip to Afghanistan on August 21, Prime Minister Gordon Brown met with UK and Afghan military commanders and Governor Mangal in Helmand, and with President Karzai and UNSYG Special Representativ [...]	2008-08-22 15:03:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MARR PTER AF UK
08LONDON949	EU/GERMANY/BLAIR MISSION/U.S. INFORMAL MEETING ON [...] (C) Summary. The international community's efforts to support the Palestinian Authority through security sector reform, justice sector capacity building, and targeted project assistance need to be better integrated to achieve demonstrable results, representatives of the EU, Germany, the U.S. [...]	2008-04-02 13:14:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MEPP KPAL UK
08LUANDA87	DEFENSE MINISTER EXUDES CHARM, BUT CAN HE DELIVER? [...] (C) Summary: In contrast to recent encounters with Embassy officials, Defense Minister Kundi Paihama was warm and ebullient during a January 24 courtesy call by Ambassador Mozena. Echoing a theme heard during Mozena's other calls on senior GRA and MPLA leaders (reftels),Paihama agreed that [...]	2008-01-29 18:27:00	Embassy Luanda	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MARR PREL AO
08MADRID346	FREED CUBAN PRISONERS GRATEFUL TO PRESIDENT BUSH [...] (U) On March 13, Ambassador Aguirre hosted a follow-up meeting with Omar Pernet and Alejandro Gonzlez-Raga. The two, until recently, had been political prisoners in Cuba. Both of these remarkable individuals individually pressed the Ambassador to personally convey their gratitude to President [...]	2008-03-19 14:56:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SP
08MADRID522	SPAIN/COUNTERTERRORISM - CHARGE'S MEETING WITH MINISTRY OF INTERIOR CHIEF OF STAFF [...] (S) The Charge, accompanied by EconOff, met with Gregorio Martinez, Chief of Staff to Interior Minister Rubalcaba, on May 9. Charge stressed the need for better inter-agency cooperation in Spain in the fight against terrorism. Responding to the Charge's expressions of concern regarding the front-pa [...]	2008-05-12 06:18:00	Embassy Madrid	SECRET	EFIN KTFN SP PTER
08MADRID526	MINISTRY OF INTERIOR CHIEF OF STAFF SAYS BARAKAT [...] (S) Late on Friday, May 9, Ministry of Interior Chief of Staff Gregorio Martinez called the Charge about the April 28 El Pais story that suggested that Barakat Yarkas had financed terrorist cells from jail. The Charge had discussed the issue in person with Martinez the morning of May 9 (ref A) [...]	2008-05-12 11:26:00	Embassy Madrid	SECRET	EFIN PTER KTFN SP
08MADRID7	SPAIN/AL-KASSAR: EXTRADITION ON TRACK, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY. The extradition process of Syrian arms dealer Monzer al-Kassar continues to move forward and we are increasingly confident that he will end up in U.S. custody. Foreign Minister Moratinos and Interior Minister Rubalcaba have both told the Ambassador in recent days that the judicia [...]	2008-01-03 12:28:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV SP
08MADRID855	INTERIM REPORT: SPAIN'S ATTENDEES FOR 63RD UN [...] (SBU) Poloff submitted reftel request to Spain's UN Subdirector General Juan Manuel Gonzalez de Linares on July 7. As of July 31, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs does not yet have definite plans or itineraries for UNGA participants. The following information, however, has been confirmed. [...]	2008-08-01 07:48:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA
08MANAGUA1184	UNGA 63 -- NICARAGUA OFFICIAL DELEGATION (IS THE ORTEGA-MURILLO BROOD) [...] (SBU) On September 18 we received a list of individuals that will travel with Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega and his wife, Rosario Murillo, to attend the 63rd session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). Following is the information about the delegation, which appears in the fo [...]	2008-09-19 23:14:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	NU OVIP PREL UNGA
08MANAGUA1220	NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS -- SO TRANSPARENT YOU CAN SEE [...] (C) Summary. On September 25, German Ambassador Betina Kern convened a meeting of the Elections Group (an informal group to monitor election-related issues chaired by the German Ambassador and comprising EU member states plus Japan, Canada and the U.S.) with Roberto Rivas, President of the S [...]	2008-10-03 15:16:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM NU
08MANAGUA1328	NICARAGUA'S ELECTIONS (VIOLENTLY) HEATING UP [...] (SBU) Summary: As Nicaragua's municipal elections draw closer, political violence is becoming a daily occurrence. The incidents are predominantly instigated by supporters of Daniel Ortega's Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) against members of the opposition Vamos con Eduardo-Constit [...]	2008-10-31 18:42:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ASEC KDEM NU
08MANAGUA1415	Media Reaction: Nicaraguan Municipal Elections [...] SUMMARY: The current political unrest in Nicaragua, arising from disputed municipal election results (REFTELS),is dominating all forms of domestic media. Amidst the clamor, foreign press articles and editorials regarding the situation have been well covered by local press as have State Depa [...]	2008-11-24 17:45:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ASEC KPAO KDEM KIRF NU
08MANAGUA1430	Media Reaction: Nicaraguan Municipal Elections [...] SUMMARY: The current political unrest in Nicaragua, arising from disputed municipal election results (REFTELS),is dominating all forms of domestic media. Amidst the clamor, foreign press articles and editorials regarding the situation have been well covered by local press as have State Depa [...]	2008-12-01 13:19:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ASEC KPAO KDEM KIRF NU
08MANAGUA153	ORTEGA TIGHTENS CONTROL OVER ELECTORAL ENVIRONMENT [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-08 16:51:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM NU PGOV PHUM
08MANAGUA209	NICARAGUA: THE PACTO STRIKES A DOUBLE BLOW AGAINST [...] (C) On February 20, the Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) delivered a double blow to democratic opposition efforts to unify in the November municipal elections. First, ignoring an appeal by all parties (other than the FSLN),the CSE voted to confirm the municipal electoral calendar which require [...]	2008-02-21 19:43:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM NU
08MANAGUA212	NICARAGUA'S MINING TRIANGLE - READY FOR MUNICIPAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: In Nicaragua's North Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAN) cities of Bonanza, Rosita, and Siuna (the "mining triangle"),Liberal political parties are discussing unity for the 2008 municipal elections, but obstacles remain as entrenched leaders may torpedo unity to remain in power. T [...]	2008-02-21 23:17:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON KDEM NU
08MANAGUA281	CAUGHT IN THE CROSSFIRE: DISCUSSION WITH [...] (C) We met this morning with Colombian Ambassador to Nicaragua, Antonio Gonzalez Castano to discuss the events of the last 24 hours, including President Ortega's surprise announcement to break relations with Colombia. The newly-PNG'd Castano was in good spirits but clearly concerned by the un [...]	2008-03-07 21:45:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CO NU
08MANAGUA348	NICARAGUA SOFA LETTER: POTENTIALLY DIFFICULT ROAD [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. After nine weeks of delays on the part of the Foreign Ministry (MINREX),on March 14 we were finally able to meet with Ministry and Nicaraguan Army officials to formally deliver the draft text of the letter regarding the bilateral Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) and talking [...]	2008-03-25 21:13:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MARR MOPS KTIA NU
08MANAGUA349	NICARAGUA CIVIL SOCIETY: STRUGGLING TO KEEP [...] (C) Nicaraguan civil society actors have expressed growing concern about the anti-democratic tendencies of the Ortega government, frustration with the political class, the private sector, and the lack of a coherent political opposition. They are also convinced that civil society is the only via [...]	2008-03-25 23:00:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PHUM PINR ECON NU
08MANAGUA350	CITIZEN POWER COUNCILS - THE TIP OF THE SPEAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Ortega's Citizen Power Councils are the "tip of the spear," helping Ortega and First Lady Rosario Murillo to further centralize and consolidate their personal power. CPCs have been most "successful" in municipalities with town halls controlled by the Sandinista Nation [...]	2008-03-25 23:02:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON KDEM NU
08MANAGUA417	ELECTION THEFT FOR DUMMIES: CPCS, CSE, FSLN [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Citizens' Power Councils (CPCs),the Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) and FSLN-controlled municipalities in several of Nicaragua's Departments appear to be engaged in a concerted and coordinated effort to pad voter rolls with FSLN-supporting voters for the upcoming municipal [...]	2008-04-08 20:26:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM NU
08MANAGUA573	THE ORTEGA ADMINISTRATION AT 15 MONTHS: SLIPPING [...] (S/NF) Summary and Background: Fifteen months into his second administration, Ortega continues to skillfully use his political pact with former President and convicted felon, Arnoldo Aleman to keep pro-democracy forces divided, vulnerable to coercion, and unable to mount sustained opposition [...]	2008-05-08 17:38:00	Embassy Managua	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV EAID ECON PTER PREL NU
08MANAGUA866	CITIZENS' POWER COUNCILS MEDDLING IN HEALTH CARE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Representatives from health care unions reported that Citizens' Power Council (CPC) members have been installed in all 102 of Leon's public health centers. Although not healthcare professionals, these CPC stalwarts are making healthcare-related decisions. Over 40 qualified healt [...]	2008-07-08 23:03:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON KDEM NU
08MEXICO1082	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF SECRETARY OF DEFENSE [...] (SBU) On behalf of the U.S. Mission, let me warmly welcome you to Mexico City. Your visit comes at a key juncture, as Mexico's military takes stock of its role in Mexico and the world -- and looks at its evolving relationship with its U.S. counterpart in light of ongoing challenges and new [...]	2008-04-10 19:12:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	MX OVIP PGOV PINR PREL PTER SNAR
08MEXICO1097	VISITING FINCEN DIRECTOR DISCUSSES ANTI-MONEY [...] (U) This is a joint message from Embassy Mexico City and FinCEN. 2. (SBU) Summary: Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) Director James H. Freis, Jr. visited Mexico City 19-23 February to meet with senior Mexican officials and address a joint FinCEN-FIU strategic analysis training [...]	2008-04-11 17:18:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETRD KTFN PTER MX
08MEXICO1271	AN ALTERNATIVE VIEW OF PRESIDENT CALDERON'S [...] (SBU) Econoffs met with several contacts associated with the Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD) in recent months to better understand how they view the Calderon administration,s management of economic policy. Although these contacts generally agree with the Calderon government about what ne [...]	2008-04-28 19:56:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB PINT PGOV MX
08MEXICO1671	CALDERON ANNOUNCES PLAN TO ADDRESS RISING FOOD [...] (U) The Embassy Foreign Agricultural Service Section contributed to this report, which responds to questions posed in REF A. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) The rising cost of food in Mexico is provoking concerns of another possible outbreak of the sort of political unrest caused by last year' [...]	2008-05-30 20:57:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON ENRG PGOV MX
08MEXICO2335	APPROACHING THE THIRD RAIL: MEXICO'S BIG PARTIES [...] (SBU) With the conclusion of the Senate debates on the Calderon Administration's proposal for reforming the state-owned petroleum monopoly PEMEX, leaders of the three major parties (the right-leaning ruling National Action Party, or PAN; the more centrist opposition Institutional Revolutionary [...]	2008-07-29 18:52:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET ECON PGOV EFIN MX
08MEXICO2453	CALDERON'S CHIEF OF STAFF REPLACES SOJO AT ECONOMY [...] (SBU) President Calderon announced that Eduardo Sojo would be leaving the helm of the Economy Secretariat in order to head up the National Institute of Statistics and Geography. Calderon assigned his Chief of Staff and longtime political confidante, Gerardo Ruiz Mateos, to succeed Sojo as Secre [...]	2008-08-08 22:40:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV ETRD EFIN MX
08MEXICO3498	CALDERON CONTINUES ANTI-CORRUPTION SWEEP [...] (C) Summary. The Calderon administration's anti-corruption initiative Operation Cleanup most recently produced the arrest of the head of Interpol in Mexico and a former Deputy Attorney General/anti-drug czar. While the revelations of narco-infiltration into the upper echelons of law enforcem [...]	2008-11-25 22:24:00	Embassy Mexico	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM SNAR KCRM MX
08MOSCOW1774	SECURITY COUNCIL'S NAZAROV HOLDS FIRM ON IRAN, [...] (C) Summary: In a June 19 meeting with NSC Senior Director for Russia Mary Warlick, EUR/DAS David Merkel and EUR/RUS Office Director Ian Kelly, Russian Federation Security Council Deputy Secretary Vladimir Nazarov repeated the now well worn list of grievances against U.S. policy on Iran and [...]	2008-06-20 15:34:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR GG IR RS
08MOSCOW1865	SIXTEENTH SESSION OF U.S-RUSSIA WORKING GROUP ON [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-02 10:22:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV EFIN AF IZ RS
08MOSCOW1875	SIXTEENTH SESSION OF U.S-RUSSIA WORKING GROUP ON [...] (C) Summary. The Sixteenth Session of the U.S. - Russia Working Group on Counterterrorism (CTWG) met in Moscow on June 19-20. U.S. Under Secretary for Political Affairs William Burns and Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Kislyak, co-Chairs of the CTWG, led the interagency delegations (delegatio [...]	2008-07-03 08:00:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	PREL PTER PGOV EFIN AF IZ RS
08MOSCOW2270	A CLOSER LOOK AT RUSSIA'S MECHEL INCIDENT [...] (C) Putin's sharp attack against steelmaker Mechel on July 24 and the nature of the Kremlin's response has created a spasm of new assessments and commentary during Moscow's usual dull summer vacation season. The Mechel incident (reftel) has provided a prism to critically assess the effective [...]	2008-08-06 03:20:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PREL RS
08MOSCOW229	RUSSIA'S INSTITUTE FOR DEMOCRACY AND COOPERATION [...] (SBU) Summary. As Russia's new Institute for Democracy and Cooperation prepares to open its New York and Paris offices, Institute Chairman Kucherena claimed to us that its purpose was not "propaganda," but to provide a Russian perspective on human rights and democracy and to aid in the creat [...]	2008-01-30 14:32:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM RS
08MUMBAI340	CARBON CREDITS SUFFICIENT BUT NOT NECESSARY FOR SUSTAINING [...] Summary. (SBU) Despite the risk and uncertainty of qualifying for carbon credits (see ref A),Indian businesses have pumped USD 25 billion into unilaterally developing Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects to generate carbon credits. In discussions with ConGenoff and visiting analysts f [...]	2008-07-16 06:44:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG ECON TSPL TRGY KSCA IN
08MUNICH317	RUSSIA/COUNTERTERRORISM: RUSSIAN PLEDGES ETERNAL [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Anatoliy Safonov and Ambassador Dell Dailey, coordinators of counterterrorism efforts by the Russian Federation and the United States, met privately in Munich on September 17 to discuss counterterrorism issues. Safonov took pains to confirm that bilateral relationship w [...]	2008-09-24 06:20:00	Consulate Munich	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV EFIN US RS
08NAIROBI13	KENYAN ELECTIONS - WORKING FOR A POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary. The electoral process in Kenya turned violent in recent days following the Electoral Commission's December 30 declaration of President Kibaki as the winner despite very serious irregularities in the vote tabulation process. Despite intense electoral observation by the U.S. and o [...]	2008-01-02 21:07:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ASEC KE
08NEWDELHI3009	MISSION INDIA EAC MEETING - 27 NOVEMBER 2008 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The New Delhi Emergency Action Committee (EAC) convened on Thursday, November 27, 2008 in response to multiple terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India that targeted a number of locations in the southern part of the city including the historic Taj Mahal Palace & Tower Hotel (TAJ),Obe [...]	2008-11-28 00:53:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC CASC IN PREL PTER
08NEWDELHI906	DALAI LAMA FEARS INFLUX OF HAN CHINESE WILL WIPE [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a March 28 meeting with the Ambassador, His Holiness the Dalai Lama sketched out two scenarios for Tibet: a positive scenario, where the PRC agrees to dialogue and permits a degree of Tibetan autonomy; and a negative scenario, where the PRC continues to flood Tibet with eth [...]	2008-03-28 14:09:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF PREL CVIS CH IN
08NICOSIA348	MAINTAINING POSITIVE MOMENTUM ON CYPRUS [...] (C) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: Prospects for substantive progress toward a Cyprus solution appeared bleak in December 2007. RoC President Tassos Papadopoulos enjoyed a clear lead among Greek Cypriot voters, and re-election of the celebrated hard-liner seemed likely. North of the Green Line, [...]	2008-06-02 04:17:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNFICYP CY TU
08NICOSIA741	CYPRIOT DELEGATION AND PLANS FOR UPCOMING GENERAL [...] (SBU) The Republic of Cyprus Presidency on September 16 provided the following information regarding the Cypriot delegation to the 63rd UN General Assembly, which updates provisional submission forwarded on August 5 (Reftel): a) Composition: President Demetris Christofias (Head of Delegati [...]	2008-09-16 13:07:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED	KSEP PREL OTRA OVIP CY
08PANAMA682	PANAMA: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL HAGEL, AUG. 27-28 [...] (SBU) You will be arriving in Panama in the middle of a long election campaign, due to take place amidst record economic growth, but growing economic uncertainty. Panama has been one of the fastest growing economies in Latin America for the last few years (11.2% growth in 2007),and there are [...]	2008-08-15 19:21:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PM
08PANAMA725	PANAMA'S NEW SECURITY LAWS PASSED AMIDST OPPOSITION [...] (C) The GOP approved five controversial security laws by decree on August 18 and 20. The decrees will: 1) create an independent civilian intelligence service (SENIS); 2) create a coast guard (SENAN); 3) create a frontier force to protect the borders (SENAFRONT); 4) reform the Panamanian Natio [...]	2008-09-05 12:44:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PM
08PANAMA933	PANAMA: GOP "PROFOUNDLY SATISFIED" WITH RESULTS OF [...] (C) Vladimir Franco, Director General of Legal and Treaty Affairs at the Panamanian MFA, declared himself "profoundly satisfied" with the results of two days of bilateral meetings on the Salas-Becker Agreement (SBA) December 17. The agreement, a corner stone of U.S. counter-drug operations i [...]	2008-12-22 15:39:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PM
08PARIS1168	NEA A/S WELCH DISCUSSION OF LEBANON/SYRIA AT [...] (C) Summary: Lebanon/Syria dominated NEA-themed discussions between visiting NEA A/S Welch and his French MFA counterpart, Jean Felix-Paganon, June 12. Felix-Paganon and members of his team voiced relative satisfaction with the situation in Lebanon after the Doha accord but were watching c [...]	2008-06-20 12:48:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM FR LE SY IS IR IZ
08PARIS216	LATEST ELYSEE TAKE ON LEBANON [...] (C) French Presidency adviser on NEA affairs Boris Boillon told us February 1 that France has run out of "levers, carrots, and sticks" to use in resolving the continued political impasse in Lebanon. The word from the French embassy in Damascus, he added, was that Syrian President Asad has s [...]	2008-02-06 16:37:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM FR LE SY
08PARIS2182	FRANCE: SARKOZY'S JANUARY COLLOQUIUM [...] (C) Summary: Eric Besson, the Junior Minister organizing the recently announced January 8-9 Paris Conference (now titled "New World: New Capitalism; Values, Development and Regulation"),dropped by a scheduled Embassy meeting with his staff December 2 to underline that this conference is "not a [...]	2008-12-02 17:29:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL WTO EU FR
08PARIS2259	FRANCE: SARKOZY'S JANUARY COLLOQUIUM - INVITATION TO NEW [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy has received a formal invitation from the GOF inviting Ambassador Stapleton and representatives of the new U.S. Administration to participate in the recently announced January 8-9 Paris Colloquium on: New World, New Capitalism. Copies of the invitation and draft program [...]	2008-12-12 14:17:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL WTO EU FR
08PARTO22804	(S) Secretary Rice's February 27, 2008 Meeting [...] (U) February 27, 2008; 3:15 p.m.; Tokyo, Japan. 2. (U) Participants: United States The Secretary Amb. J. Thomas Schieffer Lt Gen William Fraser III, Assistant to the Chairman, JCS NSC Senior Director for East Asian Affairs Dennis Wilder A/S Sean McCormack, PA LTG Edward A. Rice, Jr., C [...]	2008-02-28 11:35:00	US Delegation, Secretary	SECRET	OVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA PREL PARM MARR JA
08PARTO22806	(U) Secretary Rice's February 27, 2008 Working [...] (U) February 27, 2008; 8:00 p.m.; Tokyo, Japan. 2. (U) Participants: United States The Secretary Amb. J. Thomas Schieffer A/S Sean McCormack, PA Lt Gen William Fraser III, Assistant to the Chairman, JCS NSC Senior Director for East Asian Affairs Dennis Wilder Pol/Mil Chief Raymond Gree [...]	2008-02-28 16:34:00	US Delegation, Secretary	SECRET	OVIP RICE CONDOLEEZZA PREL EINV SENV ECON
08PESHAWAR389	FRONTIER CORPS COMMANDER ON FATA OPERATIONS, COOPERATION [...] (C) Frontier Corps Commander Khattak and 11th Corps Chief of Staff Aamer Riaz briefed NSC Senior Director for South and Central Asia Mark Webber on their strategy for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) on July 3. Khattak and Aamer were on message with other Northwest Frontier Provi [...]	2008-07-08 08:59:00	Consulate Peshawar	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER MOPS PGOV PINR PK AF
08PESHAWAR390	NWFP GOVERNOR ON KHYBER OPERATION, FOREIGN FIGHTERS AND [...] (C) Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP) Governor Owais Ghani briefed NSC Senior Director for South and Central Asia Mark Webber on the status of current operations in Khyber Agency during a July 3 meeting. While the Governor would like to expand operations to other parts of Khyber agency, he is [...]	2008-07-08 10:36:00	Consulate Peshawar	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER MOPS PGOV PINR PK AF
08PHNOMPENH611	CAMBODIA ELECTION: PEACEFUL, ORDERLY [...] (SBU) The national election to choose Cambodia's next National Assembly came to a peaceful close July 27 as most of its 15,255 polling stations wrapped up ballot counting in the evening. Overall, the atmosphere was non-violent and free of threats, with many Cambodians boasting participation [...]	2008-07-28 01:47:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR CB
08PHNOMPENH626	OBSERVATIONS FROM EMBASSY STAFF: POLLING STATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Forty-seven Embassy teams observed the July 27 elections in 18 provinces and found above-average professional behavior from the more than 15,000 PSCs (Polling Station Commissions) in the country. PSC staff were generally seen as timely, competent, evenhanded, and impartial in [...]	2008-07-30 13:59:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM EAID CB
08PHNOMPENH968	WHATEVER HAPPENED TO UMM AL-QURA? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Cambodia is home to approximately 320,000 Cham Muslims, the majority of whom belong to the Sunni Shafi,i school of Islam. From 1975-1979, the Khmer Rouge ruthlessly targeted the Cham, annihilating all but a few of the Islamic leaders, teachers, and scholars. In an effort to re [...]	2008-12-08 10:45:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER CB
08PORTAUPRINCE1104	HAITI - CAP HAITIEN AIRPORT IMPROVEMENTS DELAYED [...] (C) Modernization and expansion of Haiti's second busiest airport -- Cap Haitien International Airport -- is experiencing delays due to Venezuela,s failure to provide promised funds, and slow provision of financing and other resources by the Ministry of Public Works and Transport (TPTC). The [...]	2008-08-01 18:46:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAIR ECON HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1105	HAITI - CAP HAITIEN AIRPORT IMPROVEMENTS DELAYED [...] (C) Modernization and expansion of Haiti's second busiest airport -- Cap Haitien International Airport -- is experiencing delays due to Venezuela,s failure to provide promised funds, and slow provision of financing and other resources by the Ministry of Public Works and Transport (TPTC). The [...]	2008-08-01 18:46:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAIR ECON HA
08PORTAUPRINCE1414	PRIME MINISTER PIERRE-LOUIS ON HAITI'S URGENT [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. HAITIAN PRIME MINISTER MICHELE PIERRE-LOUIS (MPL) GAVE ME A CAUTIOUSLY UPBEAT ASSESSMENT OF HER FIRST MONTH IN OFFICE DURING OUR BREAKFAST MEETING OCTOBER 2. SHE EXPRESSED APPRECIATION FOR THE ASSISTANCE HAITI HAS RECEIVED IN THE WAKE OF THE HURRICANES, AND FOR US SUPP [...]	2008-10-06 14:52:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAID SOCI EAGR HA

08PRAGUE727	THE TROUBLEMAKERS PREPARE TO ASSUME THE EU [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: While both proud and abashed to be known as the "troublemakers" for speaking their mind and occasionally standing alone among the EU member states, the Czech government over the last several months has worked hard to change this perception to one of a serious and responsible E [...]	2008-11-21 12:54:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EZ EUN

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